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And<00:11:19.820><c> we</c><00:11:20.000><c> explained</c><00:11:20.500><c> that</c><00:11:20.799><c> this</c><00:11:21.419><c> sinning</c><00:11:21.740><c> not</c><00:11:21.940><c> is</c><00:11:22.399><c> to</c><00:11:22.759><c> go</c><00:11:23.080><c> in</c>

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or<00:11:23.679><c> to</c><00:11:24.059><c> continue</c><00:11:24.399><c> in</c><00:11:24.639><c> a</c><00:11:25.360><c> life</c><00:11:25.620><c> of</c><00:11:26.259><c> continued</c><00:11:26.860><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:11:28.720><c> the</c><00:11:28.840><c> way</c><00:11:29.019><c> that</c><00:11:29.200><c> we</c><00:11:29.279><c> can</c><00:11:29.519><c> combat</c><00:11:29.759><c> that</c><00:11:30.039><c> is</c><00:11:30.200><c> to</c><00:11:30.480><c> live</c><00:11:30.620><c> in</c><00:11:30.779><c> the</c>

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presence<00:11:31.320><c> of</c><00:11:31.620><c> God,</c>

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in<00:11:32.480><c> the</c><00:11:32.720><c> Shekinah</c><00:11:33.200><c> glory,</c><00:11:33.960><c> which</c><00:11:34.200><c> represents</c><00:11:34.740><c> the</c><00:11:34.940><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:11:35.419><c> Christ,</c>

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in<00:11:36.379><c> other</c><00:11:36.580><c> words,</c><00:11:36.840><c> to</c><00:11:37.100><c> live</c><00:11:37.259><c> in</c><00:11:37.419><c> the</c><00:11:37.639><c> presence</c><00:11:37.879><c> of</c><00:11:38.100><c> our</c><00:11:38.360><c> Lord.</c>

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Now,<00:11:39.620><c> how</c><00:11:39.700><c> many</c><00:11:39.899><c> of</c><00:11:40.080><c> you</c><00:11:40.460><c> would</c><00:11:41.320><c> do</c><00:11:41.639><c> some</c><00:11:41.879><c> of</c><00:11:42.000><c> the</c><00:11:42.179><c> things,</c>

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or<00:11:42.580><c> how</c><00:11:42.779><c> many</c><00:11:42.960><c> of</c><00:11:43.059><c> us</c><00:11:43.240><c> would</c><00:11:43.399><c> do</c><00:11:43.620><c> the</c><00:11:43.799><c> things</c><00:11:43.960><c> that</c><00:11:44.139><c> we</c><00:11:44.379><c> do</c>

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if<00:11:45.559><c> we</c><00:11:45.919><c> had</c><00:11:46.840><c> Jesus</c><00:11:47.659><c> standing</c><00:11:48.440><c> right</c><00:11:48.980><c> beside</c><00:11:49.320><c> us?</c>

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Would<00:11:50.159><c> our</c><00:11:50.360><c> lives</c><00:11:50.600><c> change?</c>

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Would<00:11:52.240><c> we</c><00:11:52.419><c> do</c><00:11:52.600><c> things</c><00:11:52.820><c> any</c><00:11:53.059><c> differently?</c>

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Well,<00:11:57.000><c> you</c><00:11:57.120><c> know</c><00:11:57.259><c> what?</c><00:11:57.460><c> Jesus</c><00:11:57.720><c> is</c><00:11:57.960><c> beside</c><00:11:58.240><c> us.</c>

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He's<00:12:01.320><c> told</c><00:12:01.480><c> us</c><00:12:02.039><c> that</c><00:12:02.639><c> he's</c><00:12:02.860><c> with</c><00:12:02.960><c> us</c><00:12:03.100><c> even</c><00:12:03.279><c> to</c><00:12:03.419><c> the</c><00:12:03.519><c> end</c><00:12:03.639><c> of</c><00:12:03.779><c> the</c><00:12:03.960><c> age.</c>

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So<00:12:05.840><c> how</c><00:12:06.360><c> do</c><00:12:06.559><c> we</c><00:12:06.679><c> live?</c>

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Anyway,<00:12:07.820><c> I</c><00:12:07.860><c> just</c><00:12:08.039><c> want</c><00:12:08.179><c> to</c><00:12:08.179><c> go</c><00:12:08.379><c> to</c><00:12:08.519><c> a</c><00:12:08.639><c> couple</c><00:12:08.799><c> of</c><00:12:09.059><c> incidents</c><00:12:09.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:10.519><c> Gospel</c><00:12:10.860><c> of</c><00:12:11.080><c> John,</c>

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and<00:12:13.460><c> well</c><00:12:13.779><c>-known</c><00:12:13.980><c> incidents,</c><00:12:14.360><c> obviously,</c><00:12:14.799><c> but</c><00:12:15.340><c> let's</c><00:12:15.820><c> just</c>

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share<00:12:16.220><c> them</c><00:12:16.379><c> together.</c>

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John<00:12:17.399><c> chapter</c><00:12:17.759><c> 5,</c><00:12:18.360><c> the</c><00:12:18.580><c> Gospel</c><00:12:18.899><c> of</c><00:12:19.059><c> John</c><00:12:19.340><c> chapter</c><00:12:19.639><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:12:34.519><c> we've</c><00:12:34.820><c> got</c><00:12:34.899><c> the</c><00:12:35.139><c> incident</c><00:12:35.419><c> in</c><00:12:35.639><c> John</c><00:12:35.899><c> chapter</c><00:12:36.259><c> 5</c><00:12:36.679><c> at</c><00:12:36.860><c> the</c>

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pool<00:12:37.179><c> of</c><00:12:37.360><c> Bethesda</c>

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with<00:12:37.940><c> this</c><00:12:38.139><c> man</c><00:12:38.340><c> who</c><00:12:39.500><c> was</c><00:12:40.080><c> afflicted.</c>

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He<00:12:41.820><c> was</c><00:12:42.240><c> paralysed</c><00:12:43.659><c> for</c><00:12:44.039><c> 38</c><00:12:44.940><c> years.</c>

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We<00:12:47.179><c> won't</c><00:12:47.399><c> go</c><00:12:47.600><c> into</c><00:12:47.759><c> the</c><00:12:47.980><c> incident</c><00:12:48.200><c> in</c><00:12:48.460><c> any</c><00:12:48.580><c> detail</c><00:12:49.299><c> because</c>

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it's<00:12:53.419><c> not</c><00:12:53.820><c> what</c><00:12:54.220><c> we're</c><00:12:54.639><c> here</c><00:12:54.740><c> to</c><00:12:54.899><c> do.</c>

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But<00:12:56.600><c> what</c><00:12:58.259><c> I</c><00:12:58.399><c> want</c><00:12:58.539><c> to</c><00:12:58.820><c> bring</c><00:12:59.039><c> your</c><00:12:59.360><c> attention</c><00:12:59.700><c> to</c><00:13:00.379><c> is</c><00:13:02.019><c> at</c><00:13:02.940><c> the</c>

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end<00:13:03.620><c> of</c><00:13:03.840><c> this</c><00:13:04.200><c> incident,</c>

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or<00:13:06.039><c> in</c><00:13:06.480><c> verse</c><00:13:06.700><c> 13</c><00:13:07.200><c> of</c><00:13:07.259><c> chapter</c><00:13:07.580><c> 5,</c><00:13:07.940><c> we</c><00:13:07.940><c> find</c><00:13:08.279><c> that</c><00:13:09.440><c> he</c><00:13:09.559><c> that</c><00:13:09.779><c> was</c><00:13:10.039><c> healed</c>

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wist<00:13:11.019><c> not</c><00:13:11.740><c> who</c><00:13:12.259><c> it</c><00:13:12.559><c> was.</c>

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He<00:13:14.379><c> didn't</c><00:13:14.580><c> know</c><00:13:14.679><c> who</c><00:13:14.960><c> it</c><00:13:14.960><c> was</c><00:13:15.139><c> who</c><00:13:15.360><c> healed</c><00:13:15.620><c> him.</c>

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For<00:13:18.179><c> Jesus</c><00:13:18.659><c> had</c><00:13:18.879><c> conveyed</c><00:13:19.200><c> himself</c><00:13:19.580><c> away.</c>

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And<00:13:21.860><c> we</c><00:13:21.960><c> know</c><00:13:22.159><c> that</c><00:13:22.320><c> Jesus</c><00:13:22.580><c> didn't</c><00:13:22.799><c> come</c><00:13:23.100><c> to</c><00:13:23.279><c> heal</c><00:13:23.480><c> the</c><00:13:23.679><c> multitudes,</c>

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but<00:13:25.480><c> we</c><00:13:25.659><c> know</c><00:13:25.840><c> that</c><00:13:26.019><c> he</c><00:13:26.539><c> did</c><00:13:26.720><c> pick</c><00:13:26.879><c> out</c><00:13:27.220><c> certain</c><00:13:27.519><c> individuals,</c>

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and<00:13:28.519><c> when</c><00:13:28.659><c> he</c><00:13:28.820><c> picked</c><00:13:28.960><c> out</c><00:13:29.139><c> this</c><00:13:29.320><c> individual,</c><00:13:29.740><c> he</c><00:13:29.960><c> healed</c><00:13:30.139><c> him</c>

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and<00:13:30.379><c> then</c><00:13:30.500><c> he</c><00:13:30.659><c> disappeared.</c>

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Because<00:13:33.700><c> there</c><00:13:33.860><c> was</c><00:13:34.059><c> a</c><00:13:34.360><c> multitude</c><00:13:34.879><c> in</c><00:13:35.299><c> that</c><00:13:35.580><c> place.</c>

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But<00:13:37.940><c> look</c><00:13:38.100><c> at</c><00:13:38.200><c> what</c><00:13:38.399><c> happens</c><00:13:38.820><c> in</c><00:13:39.340><c> verse</c><00:13:39.620><c> 14.</c>

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Afterward,<00:13:43.460><c> Jesus</c><00:13:44.139><c> findeth</c><00:13:45.019><c> him.</c>

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So<00:13:46.899><c> Jesus</c><00:13:47.240><c> had</c><00:13:47.419><c> a</c><00:13:47.820><c> deliberate</c><00:13:48.120><c> mission</c><00:13:48.460><c> to</c><00:13:48.799><c> go</c><00:13:49.139><c> and</c><00:13:49.639><c> find</c><00:13:50.000><c> that</c><00:13:50.519><c> man.</c>

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He<00:13:51.559><c> wasn't</c><00:13:51.860><c> going</c><00:13:52.100><c> to</c><00:13:52.320><c> leave</c><00:13:52.480><c> him</c><00:13:53.299><c> in</c><00:13:53.639><c> the</c><00:13:53.799><c> lurch.</c>

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He<00:13:54.059><c> wasn't</c><00:13:54.240><c> going</c><00:13:54.500><c> to</c><00:13:54.580><c> leave</c><00:13:54.799><c> him</c><00:13:55.840><c> without</c><00:13:57.279><c> knowing</c><00:13:57.799><c> who</c><00:13:59.740><c> had</c>

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healed<00:14:00.159><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:01.559><c> to</c><00:14:01.700><c> give</c><00:14:01.980><c> him</c><00:14:02.220><c> the</c><00:14:02.580><c> final</c><00:14:03.279><c> part</c><00:14:03.679><c> of</c><00:14:03.820><c> his</c><00:14:03.940><c> miracle.</c>

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And<00:14:06.000><c> look</c><00:14:06.159><c> at</c><00:14:06.279><c> what</c><00:14:06.500><c> unfolds</c><00:14:07.279><c> as</c><00:14:07.620><c> Jesus</c><00:14:08.059><c> confronts</c><00:14:08.600><c> this</c><00:14:08.720><c> man.</c>

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And<00:14:11.080><c> he</c><00:14:11.159><c> said</c><00:14:11.320><c> unto</c><00:14:11.539><c> him,</c><00:14:13.419><c> Behold</c><00:14:13.799><c> thou</c><00:14:13.980><c> art</c><00:14:14.080><c> made</c><00:14:14.360><c> whole.</c>

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And<00:14:18.480><c> I</c><00:14:18.820><c> think</c><00:14:19.039><c> the</c><00:14:20.179><c> authorized</c><00:14:20.580><c> version</c><00:14:20.840><c> is</c><00:14:21.019><c> beautiful</c><00:14:21.399><c> here</c>

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where<00:14:21.799><c> it</c><00:14:21.899><c> says</c><00:14:22.000><c> you're</c><00:14:22.279><c> made</c><00:14:22.480><c> whole.</c>

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You're<00:14:24.340><c> not</c><00:14:24.480><c> just</c><00:14:24.779><c> healed,</c><00:14:25.240><c> you're</c><00:14:25.539><c> complete.</c>

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You've<00:14:27.299><c> got</c><00:14:27.419><c> it</c><00:14:27.659><c> all.</c>

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But<00:14:29.940><c> notice</c><00:14:30.299><c> what</c><00:14:30.460><c> he</c><00:14:30.620><c> says</c><00:14:30.759><c> next.</c>

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Sin<00:14:33.639><c> no</c><00:14:34.059><c> more,</c><00:14:34.879><c> lest</c><00:14:37.000><c> the</c><00:14:37.340><c> worst</c><00:14:37.639><c> thing</c><00:14:37.980><c> come</c><00:14:38.200><c> upon</c><00:14:38.460><c> unto</c><00:14:38.820><c> thee.</c>

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Just<00:14:41.019><c> let's</c><00:14:41.659><c> go</c><00:14:41.860><c> into</c><00:14:42.039><c> the</c><00:14:42.200><c> situation.</c>

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Can<00:14:44.279><c> you</c><00:14:44.539><c> imagine</c><00:14:44.919><c> that</c><00:14:45.200><c> man?</c>

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He's<00:14:46.559><c> been</c><00:14:46.879><c> crippled</c><00:14:47.279><c> for</c><00:14:47.519><c> 38</c><00:14:48.100><c> years.</c>

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He<00:14:49.799><c> couldn't</c><00:14:50.039><c> get</c><00:14:50.259><c> out</c><00:14:50.460><c> of</c><00:14:51.080><c> his</c><00:14:51.320><c> state.</c>

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Along<00:14:53.440><c> comes</c><00:14:53.740><c> Jesus</c><00:14:54.080><c> and</c><00:14:54.220><c> Jesus</c><00:14:54.559><c> heals</c><00:14:54.840><c> him</c><00:14:55.019><c> and</c><00:14:55.100><c> now</c><00:14:55.360><c> he's</c><00:14:55.580><c> a</c>

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whole<00:14:56.019><c> man.</c>

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He's<00:14:56.539><c> complete,</c><00:14:57.100><c> he's</c><00:14:57.399><c> vibrant</c><00:14:57.740><c> with</c><00:14:58.000><c> health.</c>

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And<00:14:59.860><c> the</c><00:14:59.980><c> master</c><00:15:00.220><c> comes</c><00:15:00.440><c> along</c><00:15:00.679><c> and</c><00:15:00.799><c> he</c><00:15:00.860><c> says,</c><00:15:02.379><c> Don't</c><00:15:02.639><c> sin</c><00:15:03.159><c> anymore.</c>

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How<00:15:06.320><c> would</c><00:15:06.440><c> the</c><00:15:06.580><c> man</c><00:15:06.759><c> feel?</c>

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How<00:15:08.600><c> would</c><00:15:08.820><c> you</c><00:15:09.120><c> feel?</c>

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How<00:15:09.799><c> would</c><00:15:09.940><c> I</c><00:15:10.240><c> feel?</c>

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If<00:15:10.779><c> Jesus</c><00:15:11.100><c> came</c><00:15:11.360><c> any</c><00:15:11.500><c> other</c><00:15:11.659><c> day</c><00:15:11.759><c> and</c><00:15:11.820><c> he</c><00:15:11.879><c> said,</c><00:15:13.120><c> You've</c><00:15:13.500><c> got</c>

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it,<00:15:14.100><c> but</c><00:15:14.340><c> don't</c><00:15:14.580><c> sin</c><00:15:14.960><c> ever</c><00:15:15.360><c> again.</c>

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How<00:15:18.659><c> would</c><00:15:18.779><c> you</c><00:15:18.919><c> feel?</c>

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You'd<00:15:21.179><c> feel</c><00:15:21.360><c> totally</c><00:15:21.879><c> intimidated.</c>

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But<00:15:25.100><c> I</c><00:15:25.580><c> don't</c><00:15:25.820><c> think</c><00:15:25.919><c> Jesus</c><00:15:26.159><c> said</c><00:15:26.399><c> that.</c>

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I<00:15:29.279><c> don't</c><00:15:29.440><c> think</c><00:15:29.519><c> Jesus</c><00:15:29.820><c> could</c><00:15:30.100><c> have</c><00:15:30.240><c> said</c><00:15:30.399><c> it</c><00:15:30.500><c> to</c><00:15:30.639><c> a</c><00:15:30.759><c> man</c><00:15:30.840><c> because</c><00:15:31.139><c> he</c><00:15:31.299><c> was</c><00:15:31.539><c> a</c>

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mortal<00:15:32.320><c> sinner.</c>

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So<00:15:35.360><c> what</c><00:15:35.500><c> was</c><00:15:35.759><c> he</c><00:15:36.220><c> saying?</c>

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I<00:15:38.500><c> think</c><00:15:38.639><c> in</c><00:15:38.759><c> effect</c><00:15:38.960><c> what</c><00:15:39.139><c> Jesus</c><00:15:39.399><c> was</c><00:15:39.620><c> saying</c><00:15:39.759><c> to</c><00:15:39.919><c> the</c><00:15:40.019><c> man</c><00:15:40.179><c> is,</c><00:15:41.100><c> Don't</c><00:15:41.120><c> go</c><00:15:41.419><c> back.</c>

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You've<00:15:43.279><c> got</c><00:15:43.460><c> it</c><00:15:43.639><c> now.</c>

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You've<00:15:44.679><c> got</c><00:15:44.799><c> a</c><00:15:45.000><c> life</c><00:15:45.279><c> ahead.</c>

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Live<00:15:46.379><c> it</c><00:15:46.679><c> to</c><00:15:46.879><c> the</c><00:15:47.100><c> full.</c>

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And<00:15:49.559><c> if</c><00:15:49.759><c> you</c><00:15:50.039><c> want</c><00:15:50.340><c> to</c><00:15:50.700><c> live</c><00:15:50.860><c> a</c><00:15:51.159><c> life</c><00:15:51.440><c> that</c><00:15:51.639><c> is</c><00:15:51.860><c> not</c><00:15:52.080><c> a</c><00:15:52.240><c> life</c><00:15:52.419><c> of</c>

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sin,<00:15:54.259><c> live</c><00:15:54.480><c> with</c><00:15:55.139><c> me.</c>

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Isn't<00:15:57.299><c> that</c><00:15:57.480><c> so</c><00:15:57.740><c> precious?</c>

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Can<00:15:59.600><c> you</c><00:15:59.799><c> see</c><00:15:59.980><c> what's</c><00:16:00.539><c> going</c><00:16:00.779><c> on</c><00:16:00.980><c> here</c><00:16:01.179><c> between</c><00:16:01.519><c> the</c><00:16:01.919><c> man,</c><00:16:03.000><c> the</c>

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cripple,<00:16:04.279><c> the</c><00:16:04.539><c> healed,</c><00:16:05.179><c> the</c><00:16:05.440><c> whole</c><00:16:05.700><c> man</c><00:16:06.220><c> and</c><00:16:06.620><c> his</c><00:16:06.820><c> Lord?</c>

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Can<00:16:08.100><c> you</c><00:16:08.279><c> see</c><00:16:08.399><c> it?</c>

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Can<00:16:08.639><c> you</c><00:16:08.840><c> see</c><00:16:09.000><c> the</c><00:16:09.179><c> value</c><00:16:09.419><c> in</c><00:16:09.600><c> that</c><00:16:09.740><c> for</c><00:16:09.879><c> you</c><00:16:10.139><c> and</c><00:16:10.279><c> for</c><00:16:10.500><c> me?</c>

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What<00:16:12.179><c> a</c><00:16:12.299><c> lesson.</c>

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Well,<00:16:13.340><c> there's</c><00:16:13.600><c> another</c><00:16:13.799><c> one,</c><00:16:14.240><c> John</c><00:16:14.620><c> chapter</c><00:16:14.940><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:16:15.919><c> you</c><00:16:16.039><c> know</c><00:16:16.220><c> this</c><00:16:16.440><c> one</c><00:16:16.639><c> too.</c>

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It's<00:16:17.000><c> the</c><00:16:17.120><c> woman</c><00:16:17.379><c> who</c><00:16:17.480><c> was</c><00:16:17.659><c> taken</c><00:16:17.899><c> in</c><00:16:18.159><c> adultery.</c>

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It<00:16:32.720><c> points</c><00:16:33.480><c> out</c><00:16:33.980><c> the</c><00:16:34.460><c> huge</c><00:16:34.840><c> contrast</c><00:16:35.639><c> between</c><00:16:36.480><c> formal</c><00:16:37.620><c> Judaism</c><00:16:38.320><c> and</c><00:16:41.840><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:16:44.159><c> they</c><00:16:44.360><c> said</c><00:16:44.480><c> her</c><00:16:44.639><c> in</c><00:16:44.759><c> the</c><00:16:44.840><c> midst</c><00:16:45.039><c> in</c><00:16:45.220><c> verse</c><00:16:45.460><c> 4.</c>

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They<00:16:47.440><c> say</c><00:16:47.539><c> she's</c><00:16:47.840><c> been</c><00:16:48.019><c> taken</c><00:16:48.159><c> in</c><00:16:48.360><c> the</c><00:16:48.519><c> act.</c>

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Taken<00:16:48.980><c> in</c><00:16:49.100><c> the</c><00:16:49.179><c> act</c><00:16:49.320><c> of</c><00:16:49.519><c> adultery.</c>

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The<00:16:50.080><c> very</c><00:16:50.460><c> act.</c>

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And<00:16:53.059><c> they</c><00:16:53.240><c> said</c><00:16:53.480><c> at</c><00:16:53.480><c> first</c><00:16:53.919><c> tempting</c><00:16:54.320><c> him</c><00:16:54.600><c> that</c><00:16:54.700><c> they</c><00:16:54.940><c> might</c>

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have<00:16:56.019><c> were</c><00:16:56.360><c> of</c><00:16:56.440><c> to</c><00:16:56.679><c> accuse</c><00:16:57.000><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:58.539><c> we</c><00:16:58.659><c> know</c><00:16:58.759><c> what</c><00:16:58.980><c> unfolds</c><00:16:59.500><c> as</c><00:16:59.620><c> Jesus</c><00:16:59.940><c> stoops</c><00:17:00.259><c> down.</c>

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And<00:17:02.639><c> he</c><00:17:02.940><c> says,</c><00:17:03.320><c> he</c><00:17:03.320><c> that</c><00:17:03.419><c> is</c><00:17:03.620><c> without</c><00:17:04.019><c> sin</c><00:17:04.299><c> among</c><00:17:04.559><c> you,</c><00:17:04.819><c> let</c><00:17:04.920><c> him</c><00:17:05.259><c> first</c><00:17:05.640><c> cast</c><00:17:05.960><c> a</c>

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stone<00:17:06.420><c> at</c><00:17:06.539><c> her.</c>

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And<00:17:08.220><c> we</c><00:17:08.359><c> know</c><00:17:08.559><c> how</c><00:17:08.740><c> that</c><00:17:08.839><c> they</c><00:17:09.000><c> were</c><00:17:09.279><c> convicted</c><00:17:09.700><c> by</c><00:17:09.980><c> the</c><00:17:10.200><c> statement</c><00:17:10.460><c> of</c><00:17:10.640><c> Jesus</c><00:17:10.859><c> and</c><00:17:11.000><c> they</c><00:17:11.200><c> all</c><00:17:11.440><c> walked</c><00:17:11.660><c> out</c><00:17:11.920><c> one</c><00:17:12.160><c> by</c><00:17:12.519><c> one.</c>

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One<00:17:15.400><c> of</c><00:17:15.880><c> the</c><00:17:16.240><c> Jesus</c><00:17:16.640><c> left.</c>

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Until<00:17:19.319><c> it</c><00:17:19.519><c> came</c><00:17:19.720><c> down</c><00:17:20.119><c> to</c><00:17:20.339><c> just</c><00:17:20.740><c> Jesus</c><00:17:21.140><c> and</c><00:17:21.500><c> the</c><00:17:21.660><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:17:23.019><c> isn't</c><00:17:23.119><c> that</c><00:17:23.319><c> so</c><00:17:23.579><c> beautiful,</c><00:17:24.079><c> brothers</c><00:17:24.140><c> and</c><00:17:24.339><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:17:24.819><c> isn't</c><00:17:25.720><c> that</c><00:17:26.039><c> often</c><00:17:26.279><c> the</c><00:17:26.480><c> situation</c><00:17:26.920><c> with</c><00:17:27.099><c> us?</c>

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You<00:17:28.940><c> know,</c><00:17:29.180><c> quite</c><00:17:29.440><c> often</c><00:17:29.680><c> we</c><00:17:29.859><c> do</c><00:17:30.059><c> so</c><00:17:30.259><c> very</c><00:17:30.619><c> well</c><00:17:30.779><c> when</c><00:17:30.940><c> we're</c>

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amongst<00:17:31.440><c> brothers</c><00:17:31.700><c> and</c><00:17:31.940><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:17:32.380><c> thrive.</c>

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But<00:17:34.319><c> how</c><00:17:34.539><c> do</c><00:17:34.680><c> we</c><00:17:34.819><c> do</c><00:17:34.940><c> when</c><00:17:35.039><c> it</c><00:17:35.140><c> comes</c><00:17:35.380><c> down</c><00:17:35.539><c> to</c><00:17:35.700><c> just</c><00:17:36.059><c> you</c><00:17:36.700><c> and</c>

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your<00:17:37.500><c> Lord?</c>

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Just<00:17:38.700><c> me</c><00:17:39.900><c> and</c><00:17:41.279><c> my</c><00:17:41.500><c> Saviour.</c>

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And<00:17:44.000><c> this</c><00:17:44.240><c> was</c><00:17:44.500><c> the</c><00:17:44.680><c> precious</c><00:17:44.900><c> moment</c><00:17:45.279><c> that</c><00:17:45.519><c> Jesus</c><00:17:45.960><c> brought</c>

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this<00:17:46.759><c> woman</c><00:17:47.059><c> to.</c>

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But<00:17:48.960><c> look</c><00:17:49.099><c> what</c><00:17:49.240><c> he</c><00:17:49.400><c> says.</c>

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And<00:17:51.480><c> when</c><00:17:51.660><c> Jesus</c><00:17:52.019><c> had</c><00:17:52.220><c> lifted</c><00:17:52.359><c> up</c><00:17:52.559><c> himself</c><00:17:53.220><c> and</c><00:17:53.819><c> saw</c><00:17:54.079><c> none</c><00:17:54.640><c> but</c>

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the<00:17:55.160><c> woman,</c><00:17:55.839><c> he</c><00:17:55.839><c> said</c><00:17:55.980><c> unto</c><00:17:56.200><c> her,</c>

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Whereup<00:17:58.140><c> these</c><00:17:58.299><c> line</c><00:17:58.539><c> accusers?</c>

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Hath<00:18:00.880><c> no</c><00:18:01.119><c> man</c><00:18:01.440><c> condemned</c><00:18:01.839><c> thee?</c>

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She<00:18:03.920><c> said,</c><00:18:04.200><c> no</c><00:18:04.240><c> man,</c><00:18:05.059><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:18:06.900><c> can</c><00:18:07.059><c> you</c><00:18:07.180><c> imagine</c><00:18:07.599><c> the</c><00:18:08.099><c> liberty</c><00:18:08.480><c> that</c><00:18:08.740><c> that</c><00:18:08.920><c> woman</c><00:18:09.099><c> felt</c>

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at<00:18:09.579><c> that</c><00:18:09.720><c> moment?</c>

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There<00:18:11.299><c> was</c><00:18:11.559><c> not</c><00:18:11.900><c> one</c><00:18:12.119><c> man</c><00:18:12.440><c> who</c><00:18:12.640><c> could</c><00:18:12.839><c> accuse</c><00:18:13.180><c> her.</c>

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Wow.<00:18:17.279><c> And</c><00:18:17.559><c> she</c><00:18:17.880><c> was</c><00:18:18.160><c> facing</c><00:18:18.500><c> death.</c>

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And<00:18:22.660><c> we</c><00:18:22.799><c> can</c><00:18:23.059><c> imagine</c><00:18:23.539><c> then</c><00:18:24.259><c> the</c><00:18:24.480><c> impact</c><00:18:24.880><c> of</c><00:18:25.119><c> the</c><00:18:25.259><c> words</c><00:18:25.519><c> that</c>

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came<00:18:25.900><c> out</c><00:18:26.099><c> of</c><00:18:26.200><c> Jesus'</c><00:18:26.700><c> mouth</c><00:18:26.759><c> when</c><00:18:26.900><c> he</c><00:18:27.019><c> said,</c>

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Neither<00:18:27.660><c> do</c><00:18:28.039><c> I</c><00:18:29.660><c> condemn</c><00:18:30.220><c> thee.</c>

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But<00:18:33.400><c> look</c><00:18:33.579><c> at</c><00:18:33.680><c> what</c><00:18:33.839><c> follows.</c>

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Go<00:18:38.059><c> and</c><00:18:38.579><c> sin</c><00:18:39.059><c> no</c><00:18:39.559><c> more.</c>

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And<00:18:43.420><c> Jesus</c><00:18:43.740><c> was</c><00:18:44.000><c> not</c><00:18:44.180><c> a</c><00:18:44.259><c> man</c><00:18:44.400><c> to</c><00:18:44.579><c> place</c><00:18:44.720><c> a</c><00:18:45.000><c> burden</c><00:18:45.240><c> on</c><00:18:45.519><c> any</c><00:18:45.839><c> man</c>

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or<00:18:46.180><c> woman's</c><00:18:46.640><c> back.</c>

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And<00:18:48.579><c> we</c><00:18:48.740><c> can</c><00:18:48.920><c> imagine</c><00:18:49.220><c> if</c><00:18:49.500><c> we</c><00:18:49.640><c> took</c><00:18:49.799><c> those</c><00:18:50.160><c> words</c><00:18:50.460><c> without</c><00:18:50.819><c> really</c><00:18:51.299><c> thinking</c><00:18:51.559><c> about</c><00:18:51.819><c> it,</c>

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what<00:18:52.180><c> a</c><00:18:52.440><c> burden</c><00:18:52.680><c> that</c><00:18:52.900><c> would</c><00:18:53.140><c> be</c><00:18:53.500><c> this</c><00:18:54.160><c> woman</c><00:18:54.700><c> to</c><00:18:55.900><c> then</c><00:18:56.099><c> go</c><00:18:56.319><c> out</c>

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and<00:18:57.680><c> live</c><00:18:57.819><c> a</c><00:18:58.019><c> life</c><00:18:58.240><c> without</c><00:18:58.559><c> committing</c><00:18:59.180><c> a</c><00:18:59.940><c> sin.</c>

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What<00:19:02.720><c> was</c><00:19:03.000><c> Jesus</c><00:19:03.259><c> saying</c><00:19:03.700><c> that</c><00:19:04.559><c> liberated</c><00:19:05.059><c> this</c><00:19:05.339><c> woman?</c>

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And<00:19:08.660><c> I</c><00:19:08.779><c> think</c><00:19:08.900><c> we</c><00:19:09.079><c> can</c><00:19:09.519><c> well</c><00:19:09.779><c> understand</c><00:19:10.460><c> that</c><00:19:11.779><c> what</c><00:19:12.000><c> Jesus</c><00:19:12.339><c> was</c><00:19:12.619><c> saying</c><00:19:12.799><c> to</c>

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her<00:19:13.299><c> was,</c>

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Don't<00:19:15.079><c> go</c><00:19:15.440><c> back.</c>

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You<00:19:17.759><c> don't</c><00:19:18.079><c> have</c><00:19:18.480><c> to</c><00:19:18.579><c> go</c><00:19:18.859><c> back</c><00:19:19.059><c> to</c><00:19:19.200><c> that</c><00:19:19.319><c> way</c><00:19:19.500><c> of</c><00:19:19.720><c> life.</c>

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There<00:19:21.180><c> is</c><00:19:21.380><c> something</c><00:19:21.700><c> that</c><00:19:21.880><c> is</c><00:19:22.220><c> far</c><00:19:22.559><c> better</c><00:19:22.799><c> for</c><00:19:23.039><c> you.</c>

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And<00:19:24.720><c> it's</c><00:19:24.960><c> a</c><00:19:25.160><c> relationship</c><00:19:25.759><c> with</c><00:19:26.079><c> me.</c>

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And<00:19:28.400><c> this</c><00:19:28.559><c> is</c><00:19:28.700><c> what</c><00:19:28.880><c> John</c><00:19:29.160><c> is</c><00:19:29.420><c> inviting</c><00:19:29.680><c> us</c><00:19:29.960><c> to</c><00:19:30.039><c> in</c><00:19:30.160><c> his</c><00:19:30.400><c> epistle.</c>

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When<00:19:31.660><c> as</c><00:19:31.819><c> he</c><00:19:32.039><c> gives</c><00:19:32.240><c> in</c><00:19:32.359><c> his</c><00:19:32.640><c> second</c><00:19:33.920><c> reason</c><00:19:34.220><c> for</c><00:19:34.440><c> writing</c><00:19:34.839><c> the</c><00:19:35.039><c> letter,</c>

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that<00:19:35.980><c> we</c><00:19:36.259><c> might</c><00:19:36.539><c> sin</c><00:19:36.859><c> not.</c>

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That<00:19:38.319><c> we</c><00:19:38.559><c> might</c><00:19:38.759><c> have</c><00:19:38.920><c> that</c><00:19:39.180><c> relationship</c><00:19:39.720><c> with</c><00:19:39.960><c> our</c><00:19:40.160><c> Lord</c>

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That<00:19:41.000><c> will</c><00:19:41.339><c> lead</c><00:19:42.539><c> us</c><00:19:42.900><c> away</c><00:19:43.240><c> from</c><00:19:43.440><c> the</c><00:19:43.720><c> life,</c><00:19:44.859><c> the</c><00:19:45.200><c> life</c><00:19:45.579><c> of</c><00:19:45.980><c> self,</c><00:19:46.279><c> the</c>

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life<00:19:46.759><c> of</c><00:19:47.140><c> sin</c>

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and<00:19:49.759><c> lead</c><00:19:49.900><c> us</c><00:19:50.019><c> into</c><00:19:50.180><c> his</c><00:19:50.380><c> presence.</c>

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And<00:19:53.220><c> when</c><00:19:53.319><c> we</c><00:19:53.500><c> understand</c><00:19:53.920><c> that,</c><00:19:54.299><c> my</c><00:19:54.400><c> brothers</c><00:19:54.619><c> and</c><00:19:54.819><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:19:56.180><c> can</c><00:19:56.640><c> love</c><00:19:57.160><c> John's</c><00:19:58.000><c> epistle.</c>

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It<00:19:59.700><c> is</c><00:20:00.819><c> so</c><00:20:01.759><c> refreshing.</c><00:20:02.299><c> It</c><00:20:02.420><c> is</c><00:20:03.059><c> so</c><00:20:04.200><c> exhortational</c><00:20:05.700><c> for</c><00:20:05.960><c> us.</c>

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Alright,<00:20:08.819><c> well,</c><00:20:09.759><c> let's</c><00:20:10.759><c> move</c><00:20:11.000><c> on.</c>

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And<00:20:12.240><c> come</c><00:20:12.680><c> into</c><00:20:12.880><c> the</c><00:20:13.079><c> first</c><00:20:13.279><c> of</c><00:20:14.259><c> John.</c>

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And<00:20:27.099><c> verse</c><00:20:27.359><c> 2.</c>

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1<00:20:29.339><c> John</c><00:20:29.519><c> 2.</c>

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We<00:20:31.619><c> touched</c><00:20:31.880><c> on</c><00:20:32.319><c> this</c><00:20:32.480><c> yesterday.</c>

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We<00:20:33.180><c> need</c><00:20:33.339><c> to</c><00:20:33.500><c> spend</c><00:20:33.619><c> a</c><00:20:33.779><c> little</c><00:20:33.980><c> bit</c><00:20:34.140><c> more</c><00:20:34.319><c> time</c><00:20:34.579><c> on</c><00:20:34.839><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:36.500><c> that</c><00:20:36.720><c> is</c><00:20:37.779><c> the</c><00:20:38.240><c> advocate.</c>

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We<00:20:41.059><c> have</c><00:20:41.420><c> an</c><00:20:42.000><c> advocate</c><00:20:42.380><c> and</c><00:20:42.680><c> we</c><00:20:42.880><c> mention,</c><00:20:43.440><c> as</c><00:20:43.519><c> you'll</c><00:20:43.759><c> have</c><00:20:43.859><c> in</c>

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your<00:20:44.259><c> margin,</c>

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the<00:20:45.980><c> Greek</c><00:20:46.099><c> for</c><00:20:46.279><c> that</c><00:20:46.440><c> is</c><00:20:46.700><c> paraclete.</c>

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And<00:20:48.960><c> often</c><00:20:49.140><c> times</c><00:20:49.359><c> in</c><00:20:49.519><c> our</c><00:20:49.640><c> Bible</c><00:20:49.920><c> study,</c><00:20:50.380><c> it's</c><00:20:50.619><c> essential</c><00:20:51.039><c> that</c><00:20:51.259><c> we</c>

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look<00:20:51.599><c> up</c><00:20:51.839><c> words</c>

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just<00:20:52.319><c> to</c><00:20:52.500><c> find</c><00:20:52.619><c> out</c><00:20:52.799><c> what</c><00:20:52.920><c> is</c><00:20:53.079><c> really</c><00:20:53.359><c> being</c><00:20:53.619><c> said.</c>

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Because<00:20:54.279><c> we</c><00:20:55.019><c> often</c><00:20:55.380><c> don't</c><00:20:56.079><c> know</c><00:20:56.359><c> what</c><00:20:56.539><c> the</c><00:20:56.740><c> word</c><00:20:56.880><c> means.</c>

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And<00:20:58.900><c> we</c><00:20:59.099><c> don't</c><00:20:59.440><c> know</c><00:20:59.839><c> what</c><00:21:00.059><c> the</c><00:21:00.259><c> word</c><00:21:00.460><c> advocate</c><00:21:00.940><c> means.</c>

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And<00:21:02.660><c> quite</c><00:21:02.920><c> often</c><00:21:03.160><c> the</c><00:21:03.299><c> word</c><00:21:03.519><c> advocate</c><00:21:04.000><c> has</c><00:21:04.359><c> been</c><00:21:04.539><c> taken</c><00:21:04.839><c> to</c><00:21:05.039><c> mean</c><00:21:05.160><c> a</c><00:21:05.400><c> lawyer.</c>

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We've<00:21:06.880><c> got</c><00:21:06.960><c> a</c><00:21:07.119><c> lawyer.</c><00:21:07.819><c> We've</c><00:21:08.000><c> got</c><00:21:08.119><c> a</c><00:21:08.299><c> representative.</c>

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Someone<00:21:09.779><c> who</c><00:21:09.940><c> can</c><00:21:10.079><c> go</c><00:21:10.380><c> before</c><00:21:10.660><c> the</c><00:21:10.880><c> judge</c><00:21:11.259><c> and</c><00:21:12.019><c> appeal</c><00:21:12.559><c> our</c><00:21:13.380><c> cause.</c>

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And<00:21:15.400><c> that</c><00:21:15.960><c> is</c><00:21:17.039><c> wrong.</c>

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It<00:21:19.299><c> is</c><00:21:19.519><c> a</c><00:21:19.680><c> wrong</c><00:21:19.960><c> understanding</c><00:21:20.640><c> of</c><00:21:20.880><c> that</c><00:21:21.140><c> word.</c>

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And<00:21:24.079><c> I'm</c><00:21:24.220><c> probably</c><00:21:24.380><c> going</c><00:21:24.539><c> to</c><00:21:24.660><c> surprise</c><00:21:24.940><c> you</c><00:21:25.079><c> a</c><00:21:25.079><c> little</c><00:21:25.319><c> bit</c>

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by<00:21:27.700><c> what</c><00:21:28.000><c> comes</c><00:21:28.380><c> next.</c>

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And<00:21:30.940><c> if</c><00:21:31.099><c> any</c><00:21:31.319><c> of</c><00:21:31.480><c> you</c><00:21:31.660><c> are</c><00:21:31.839><c> sort</c><00:21:31.940><c> of</c><00:21:32.079><c> getting</c><00:21:32.259><c> a</c><00:21:32.519><c> little</c><00:21:32.859><c> bit</c><00:21:35.019><c> sleepy,</c>

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I<00:21:36.599><c> think</c><00:21:36.720><c> you</c><00:21:36.859><c> might</c><00:21:37.039><c> wake</c><00:21:37.319><c> up.</c>

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I'm<00:21:40.960><c> going</c><00:21:40.980><c> to</c><00:21:41.059><c> ask</c><00:21:41.220><c> you</c><00:21:41.400><c> a</c><00:21:41.480><c> question.</c>

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But<00:21:43.420><c> I</c><00:21:43.519><c> don't</c><00:21:43.740><c> want</c><00:21:43.920><c> you</c><00:21:44.220><c> to</c><00:21:44.220><c> raise</c><00:21:44.220><c> your</c><00:21:44.400><c> hand.</c>

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How<00:21:47.859><c> many</c><00:21:48.140><c> of</c><00:21:48.359><c> you</c><00:21:48.579><c> believe</c><00:21:49.200><c> that</c><00:21:50.440><c> there</c><00:21:50.640><c> is</c><00:21:50.900><c> one</c><00:21:51.240><c> mediator</c>

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between<00:21:52.220><c> God</c><00:21:52.839><c> and</c><00:21:53.519><c> man,</c>

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the<00:21:55.339><c> main</c><00:21:55.539><c> forces?</c>

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I<00:21:58.839><c> expect</c><00:21:59.279><c> over</c><00:22:00.180><c> 90</c><00:22:00.640><c>%</c><00:22:01.059><c> of</c><00:22:01.240><c> you</c><00:22:02.019><c> would</c><00:22:03.259><c> say</c><00:22:03.440><c> yes.</c>

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How<00:22:07.339><c> would</c><00:22:07.559><c> you</c><00:22:07.759><c> feel</c><00:22:08.420><c> if</c><00:22:08.799><c> I</c><00:22:09.000><c> were</c><00:22:09.180><c> to</c><00:22:09.299><c> tell</c><00:22:09.480><c> you</c><00:22:10.299><c> I</c><00:22:10.619><c> don't</c>

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believe<00:22:11.119><c> that?</c>

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She<00:22:13.220><c> would</c><00:22:13.400><c> probably</c><00:22:13.619><c> say,</c><00:22:14.220><c> hey,</c><00:22:15.220><c> you</c><00:22:15.299><c> shouldn't</c><00:22:15.500><c> even</c><00:22:15.640><c> be</c><00:22:15.859><c> speaking.</c>

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Where<00:22:18.519><c> are</c><00:22:18.579><c> the</c><00:22:18.740><c> Bozeman</c><00:22:19.059><c> brethren?</c><00:22:19.680><c> They</c><00:22:19.859><c> should</c><00:22:20.000><c> get</c><00:22:20.140><c> him</c><00:22:20.359><c> off.</c>

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But<00:22:23.140><c> I'm</c><00:22:23.339><c> going</c><00:22:23.400><c> to</c><00:22:23.480><c> have</c><00:22:23.599><c> to</c><00:22:23.819><c> explain</c><00:22:24.000><c> it</c><00:22:24.240><c> obviously.</c>

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Why<00:22:25.619><c> I</c><00:22:25.819><c> do</c><00:22:26.039><c> not</c><00:22:26.180><c> believe</c><00:22:26.940><c> that</c><00:22:28.400><c> there</c><00:22:28.720><c> is</c><00:22:29.480><c> one</c><00:22:30.160><c> mediator</c><00:22:30.740><c> between</c><00:22:31.599><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:32.480><c> man,</c>

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the<00:22:34.259><c> man</c><00:22:34.440><c> Christ</c><00:22:34.660><c> Jesus.</c>

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Because<00:22:38.119><c> I've</c><00:22:38.319><c> heard</c><00:22:38.420><c> it</c><00:22:38.619><c> said</c><00:22:38.740><c> many</c><00:22:39.019><c> times,</c><00:22:39.859><c> and</c><00:22:40.019><c> I've</c><00:22:40.240><c> even</c>

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taught<00:22:40.799><c> it</c><00:22:41.039><c> myself,</c>

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that<00:22:43.420><c> Jesus</c><00:22:43.720><c> is</c><00:22:43.900><c> a</c><00:22:44.000><c> go</c><00:22:44.160><c>-between.</c>

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The<00:22:45.779><c> verse</c><00:22:46.019><c> clearly</c><00:22:46.400><c> tells</c><00:22:46.700><c> us</c><00:22:47.220><c> there's</c><00:22:47.720><c> God,</c><00:22:49.099><c> man,</c><00:22:49.640><c> Jesus</c><00:22:49.960><c> right</c><00:22:50.200><c> here</c><00:22:50.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:50.559><c> middle.</c>

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And<00:22:51.059><c> you</c><00:22:51.079><c> know</c><00:22:51.200><c> what?</c><00:22:51.319><c> He</c><00:22:51.400><c> isn't.</c>

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And<00:22:54.160><c> I</c><00:22:54.279><c> can</c><00:22:54.500><c> say</c><00:22:54.559><c> it</c><00:22:54.700><c> with</c><00:22:54.859><c> confidence</c><00:22:55.259><c> because</c><00:22:55.779><c> in</c><00:22:56.160><c> the</c><00:22:56.460><c> Greek</c><00:22:56.740><c> text,</c>

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the<00:22:57.859><c> word</c><00:22:58.259><c> between</c><00:22:58.779><c> does</c><00:22:59.180><c> not</c><00:22:59.559><c> exist.</c>

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Did<00:23:02.119><c> you</c><00:23:02.240><c> know</c><00:23:02.359><c> that?</c><00:23:03.259><c> It</c><00:23:03.480><c> doesn't</c><00:23:03.700><c> exist.</c>

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And<00:23:07.279><c> in</c><00:23:07.500><c> fact,</c>

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in<00:23:17.339><c> Young's</c><00:23:18.099><c> literal</c><00:23:18.420><c> translation</c><00:23:19.059><c> of</c><00:23:19.259><c> that</c><00:23:19.500><c> verse,</c>

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it<00:23:20.880><c> says</c><00:23:21.140><c> one</c><00:23:21.599><c> also</c><00:23:22.279><c> is</c><00:23:22.799><c> mediator</c><00:23:23.460><c> of</c><00:23:23.920><c> God</c><00:23:24.599><c> and</c><00:23:25.880><c> of</c><00:23:26.099><c> man,</c>

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the<00:23:27.980><c> man</c><00:23:28.539><c> Christ</c><00:23:29.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:23:31.339><c> Young's</c><00:23:31.640><c> literal</c><00:23:31.819><c> picks</c><00:23:32.039><c> up</c><00:23:32.220><c> the</c><00:23:32.400><c> fact</c><00:23:32.579><c> that</c><00:23:33.279><c> the</c><00:23:33.779><c> word</c><00:23:33.960><c> between</c><00:23:34.319><c> is</c>

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not<00:23:34.779><c> there.</c>

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And<00:23:40.099><c> the</c><00:23:40.619><c> diagot</c><00:23:41.759><c> renders</c><00:23:43.299><c> one</c><00:23:43.839><c> mediator</c><00:23:44.599><c> of</c><00:23:45.779><c> God</c><00:23:46.720><c> and</c><00:23:47.640><c> man.</c>

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Now<00:23:51.960><c> we</c><00:23:52.180><c> have</c><00:23:52.380><c> jumped</c><00:23:52.539><c> to</c><00:23:52.740><c> a</c><00:23:52.940><c> conclusion,</c><00:23:53.319><c> many</c><00:23:53.559><c> of</c><00:23:53.740><c> us.</c>

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I<00:23:54.500><c> know</c><00:23:54.700><c> I</c><00:23:54.880><c> did</c><00:23:54.980><c> in</c><00:23:55.720><c> earlier</c><00:23:55.980><c> years</c><00:23:56.359><c> when</c><00:23:56.579><c> I</c><00:23:57.039><c> taught</c><00:23:57.180><c> medi</c>

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in<00:23:59.880><c> instructing</c><00:24:00.400><c> in</c><00:24:01.200><c> the</c><00:24:01.400><c> first</c><00:24:01.599><c> principles</c><00:24:02.000><c> that</c><00:24:02.200><c> this</c><00:24:02.359><c> is</c>

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how<00:24:02.660><c> it</c><00:24:02.859><c> was.</c>

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And<00:24:03.440><c> we</c><00:24:03.619><c> bought</c><00:24:04.019><c> the</c><00:24:04.839><c> church</c><00:24:05.339><c> doctrine.</c>

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This<00:24:06.779><c> is</c><00:24:06.859><c> what</c><00:24:06.960><c> the</c><00:24:07.140><c> church</c><00:24:07.339><c> teaches.</c>

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And<00:24:08.839><c> think</c><00:24:09.359><c> about</c><00:24:09.700><c> it,</c><00:24:09.960><c> if</c><00:24:10.359><c> it</c><00:24:10.599><c> were</c><00:24:10.859><c> so,</c><00:24:11.460><c> brothers</c><00:24:11.480><c> and</c><00:24:11.700><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:24:13.200><c> could</c><00:24:13.579><c> not</c><00:24:13.839><c> pray</c><00:24:14.519><c> our</c><00:24:15.140><c> Father.</c>

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We<00:24:18.720><c> couldn't.</c>

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Because<00:24:20.039><c> we</c><00:24:20.200><c> can't</c><00:24:20.519><c> approach</c><00:24:20.799><c> him.</c>

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We<00:24:21.299><c> have</c><00:24:21.539><c> to</c><00:24:21.720><c> go</c><00:24:22.019><c> to</c><00:24:22.799><c> the</c><00:24:24.039><c> middle</c><00:24:24.160><c> man,</c><00:24:24.799><c> and</c><00:24:24.859><c> we</c><00:24:24.940><c> can</c><00:24:25.440><c> only</c><00:24:25.579><c> pray</c>

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to<00:24:26.119><c> Jesus.</c>

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All<00:24:27.220><c> we</c><00:24:27.420><c> can</c><00:24:27.579><c> say</c><00:24:27.819><c> would</c><00:24:28.000><c> be,</c><00:24:28.299><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:28.559><c> put</c><00:24:28.720><c> in</c><00:24:28.859><c> the</c><00:24:28.960><c> good</c><00:24:29.119><c> word</c>

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for<00:24:29.480><c> me,</c><00:24:29.799><c> please.</c>

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But<00:24:32.339><c> that</c><00:24:32.539><c> is</c><00:24:32.720><c> not</c><00:24:32.940><c> the</c><00:24:33.140><c> role</c><00:24:33.359><c> of</c><00:24:34.420><c> the</c><00:24:34.420><c> advocate.</c>

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Our<00:24:35.700><c> advocate</c><00:24:36.119><c> is</c><00:24:36.460><c> our</c><00:24:37.119><c> helper.</c>

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:40.279
And<00:24:37.819><c> that's</c><00:24:38.039><c> the</c><00:24:38.160><c> meaning</c><00:24:38.339><c> of</c><00:24:38.539><c> the</c><00:24:38.619><c> word</c><00:24:38.859><c> paraclete.</c>

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:42.859
He<00:24:40.460><c> is</c><00:24:40.619><c> the</c><00:24:40.779><c> one</c><00:24:40.900><c> who</c><00:24:41.039><c> actually</c><00:24:41.299><c> comes</c><00:24:41.579><c> alongside</c><00:24:42.119><c> of</c><00:24:42.420><c> us.</c>

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:45.900
So<00:24:43.339><c> yes,</c><00:24:43.480><c> we</c><00:24:43.579><c> can</c><00:24:43.779><c> pray</c><00:24:44.000><c> our</c><00:24:44.240><c> Father</c><00:24:44.500><c> which</c><00:24:44.779><c> art</c><00:24:44.880><c> in</c><00:24:45.119><c> heaven.</c>

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:48.059
We<00:24:46.220><c> can</c><00:24:46.460><c> pray</c><00:24:46.700><c> to</c><00:24:46.960><c> God.</c>

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:56.380
And<00:24:54.119><c> that's</c><00:24:54.599><c> the</c><00:24:54.759><c> meaning</c><00:24:54.920><c> of</c><00:24:55.099><c> that</c><00:24:55.259><c> word</c><00:24:55.400><c> advocate.</c>

00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:03.019
He<00:24:59.859><c> is</c><00:25:00.579><c> our</c><00:25:02.000><c> helper.</c>

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:07.700
He<00:25:04.019><c> is</c><00:25:04.279><c> the</c><00:25:04.519><c> one</c><00:25:04.799><c> who</c><00:25:05.380><c> works</c><00:25:05.920><c> with</c><00:25:06.660><c> God.</c>

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:11.920
And<00:25:08.680><c> that's</c><00:25:09.160><c> how</c><00:25:09.420><c> that</c><00:25:09.660><c> verse</c><00:25:09.839><c> comes</c><00:25:10.119><c> out</c><00:25:10.420><c> in</c><00:25:10.839><c> the</c><00:25:11.019><c> literal</c><00:25:11.319><c> translation.</c>

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:15.359
He<00:25:12.759><c> works</c><00:25:13.180><c> with</c><00:25:13.839><c> God</c><00:25:14.200><c> for</c><00:25:14.579><c> us.</c>

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And<00:25:16.000><c> he</c><00:25:16.099><c> works</c><00:25:16.380><c> with</c><00:25:16.779><c> us</c><00:25:17.279><c> for</c><00:25:17.559><c> God.</c>

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Do<00:25:19.599><c> you</c><00:25:19.660><c> see</c><00:25:19.779><c> the</c><00:25:19.940><c> difference?</c>

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There's<00:25:21.880><c> a</c><00:25:22.019><c> huge</c><00:25:22.400><c> difference</c><00:25:22.940><c> when</c><00:25:23.500><c> we</c><00:25:24.000><c> understand</c><00:25:24.859><c> the</c><00:25:25.859><c> meaning</c><00:25:26.279><c> of</c>

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that<00:25:26.960><c> word.</c>

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And<00:25:30.380><c> if</c><00:25:30.980><c> you</c><00:25:31.119><c> want</c><00:25:31.220><c> to</c><00:25:31.299><c> look</c><00:25:31.440><c> up</c><00:25:31.720><c> the</c><00:25:32.039><c> Vines</c><00:25:32.339><c> Expository</c><00:25:33.000><c> Dictionary,</c>

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:37.339
it<00:25:34.440><c> will</c><00:25:34.680><c> tell</c><00:25:34.859><c> you</c><00:25:35.019><c> that</c><00:25:35.180><c> that</c><00:25:35.339><c> word</c><00:25:35.539><c> advocate,</c><00:25:36.460><c> or</c><00:25:36.559><c> paraclete,</c>

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:41.019
means<00:25:37.819><c> helper,</c><00:25:38.759><c> counsellor,</c><00:25:39.579><c> or</c><00:25:39.880><c> supporter.</c>

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And<00:25:41.700><c> that's</c><00:25:41.819><c> what</c><00:25:41.980><c> Jesus</c><00:25:42.240><c> is.</c>

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He's<00:25:42.640><c> our</c><00:25:42.799><c> supporter.</c>

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He's<00:25:44.200><c> not</c><00:25:44.339><c> our</c><00:25:44.519><c> lawyer.</c>

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We<00:25:45.740><c> don't</c><00:25:46.019><c> have</c><00:25:46.339><c> a</c><00:25:46.579><c> lawyer.</c>

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We<00:25:48.460><c> don't</c><00:25:48.779><c> have</c><00:25:49.119><c> someone</c><00:25:49.400><c> who's</c><00:25:49.599><c> putting</c><00:25:49.779><c> in</c><00:25:49.940><c> the</c><00:25:50.019><c> good</c><00:25:50.200><c> word</c>

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for<00:25:50.619><c> us.</c>

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What<00:25:52.279><c> he</c><00:25:52.519><c> is</c><00:25:52.740><c> doing</c><00:25:52.900><c> is</c><00:25:53.359><c> working</c><00:25:53.720><c> effectively</c><00:25:54.440><c> with</c><00:25:54.940><c> the</c><00:25:55.160><c> Father</c>

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for<00:25:55.859><c> the</c><00:25:56.160><c> Father's</c><00:25:56.720><c> glory</c><00:25:57.119><c> to</c><00:25:57.519><c> be</c><00:25:57.759><c> revealed</c><00:25:58.180><c> and</c><00:25:58.500><c> manifested</c>

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in<00:25:59.359><c> us.</c>

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And<00:26:06.539><c> as</c><00:26:07.180><c> we</c><00:26:08.039><c> mentioned</c><00:26:08.380><c> yesterday,</c><00:26:08.980><c> he</c><00:26:09.240><c> is</c><00:26:09.519><c> the</c><00:26:09.720><c> propitiation.</c>

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:14.299
And<00:26:12.599><c> again,</c><00:26:12.779><c> that's</c><00:26:13.079><c> a</c><00:26:13.140><c> word</c><00:26:13.259><c> that</c><00:26:13.460><c> hasn't</c><00:26:13.619><c> been</c><00:26:13.880><c> understood</c>

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.720
very<00:26:14.700><c> well.</c>

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Because<00:26:18.119><c> we've</c><00:26:18.599><c> come</c><00:26:18.599><c> to</c><00:26:19.519><c> the</c><00:26:19.619><c> conclusion</c><00:26:20.079><c> that</c><00:26:20.220><c> we</c><00:26:20.279><c> have</c>

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this<00:26:20.660><c> middle</c><00:26:20.900><c> man.</c>

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:25.819
And<00:26:22.480><c> so</c><00:26:22.619><c> Jesus</c><00:26:22.880><c> is</c><00:26:23.160><c> this</c><00:26:23.480><c> propitiator</c><00:26:24.220><c> who</c><00:26:24.799><c> has</c><00:26:24.980><c> to</c><00:26:25.240><c> cover</c><00:26:25.440><c> all</c>

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of<00:26:26.140><c> our</c><00:26:26.519><c> sins</c><00:26:26.799><c> up.</c>

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But<00:26:28.000><c> we</c><00:26:28.220><c> showed</c><00:26:28.460><c> yesterday,</c><00:26:28.920><c> and</c><00:26:29.079><c> I'm</c><00:26:29.180><c> not</c><00:26:29.299><c> going</c><00:26:29.420><c> to</c><00:26:29.500><c> go</c><00:26:29.559><c> into</c>

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.539
the<00:26:29.900><c> details</c><00:26:30.240><c> again,</c>

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:32.299
that<00:26:30.720><c> Jesus</c><00:26:31.000><c> is</c><00:26:31.240><c> actually</c><00:26:31.480><c> our</c><00:26:31.779><c> mercy</c><00:26:32.059><c> seat.</c>

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:36.079
He<00:26:32.980><c> is</c><00:26:33.160><c> the</c><00:26:33.319><c> one</c><00:26:33.460><c> who</c><00:26:33.619><c> brings</c><00:26:33.839><c> us</c><00:26:34.000><c> into</c><00:26:34.160><c> the</c><00:26:34.420><c> divine</c><00:26:34.839><c> presence.</c>

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And<00:26:36.819><c> it's</c><00:26:36.940><c> with</c><00:26:37.099><c> that</c><00:26:37.339><c> blood</c><00:26:37.579><c> that</c><00:26:37.700><c> was</c><00:26:38.099><c> sprinkled</c><00:26:38.539><c> upon</c><00:26:38.779><c> that</c>

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mercy<00:26:39.480><c> seat</c>

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that<00:26:40.200><c> we</c><00:26:40.619><c> receive</c><00:26:41.480><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:51.619
And<00:26:45.960><c> so</c><00:26:46.599><c> Psalm</c><00:26:47.039><c> 80</c><00:26:47.299><c> verse</c><00:26:47.539><c> 1,</c><00:26:48.200><c> shine</c><00:26:48.279><c> forth,</c><00:26:50.099><c> shine</c><00:26:50.460><c> forth,</c>

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the<00:26:52.480><c> one</c><00:26:52.779><c> who</c><00:26:53.019><c> dwells</c><00:26:53.599><c> between</c><00:26:54.359><c> the</c><00:26:55.019><c> Caribbean.</c>

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And<00:27:01.779><c> just</c><00:27:02.420><c> keep</c><00:27:02.759><c> your</c><00:27:02.980><c> finger</c><00:27:03.200><c> in</c><00:27:03.420><c> first,</c><00:27:03.660><c> John,</c>

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.099
but<00:27:04.500><c> I'd</c><00:27:04.819><c> like</c><00:27:04.880><c> you</c><00:27:05.019><c> to</c><00:27:05.059><c> come</c><00:27:05.200><c> back</c><00:27:05.400><c> actually</c><00:27:05.660><c> to</c><00:27:05.859><c> Psalm</c><00:27:06.079><c> 80.</c>

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It's<00:27:08.460><c> brilliant,</c><00:27:08.799><c> really.</c>

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Give<00:27:17.700><c> ye,</c><00:27:17.940><c> O</c><00:27:18.079><c> shepherd</c><00:27:18.359><c> of</c><00:27:18.500><c> Israel,</c><00:27:19.059><c> thou</c><00:27:19.160><c> that</c><00:27:19.819><c> leadest</c><00:27:20.279><c> Joseph</c><00:27:20.799><c> like</c>

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a<00:27:21.460><c> flock,</c>

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thou<00:27:23.079><c> that</c><00:27:23.460><c> dwellest</c><00:27:23.900><c> between</c><00:27:24.299><c> the</c><00:27:24.619><c> Caribbean,</c><00:27:25.519><c> shine</c><00:27:26.019><c> forth,</c>

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:32.359
before<00:27:28.759><c> Ephraim</c><00:27:29.279><c> and</c><00:27:29.420><c> Benjamin</c><00:27:29.920><c> and</c><00:27:30.119><c> Manasseh</c><00:27:30.619><c> stir</c><00:27:30.940><c> up</c><00:27:31.160><c> by</c><00:27:31.579><c> might,</c>

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and<00:27:32.599><c> come</c><00:27:33.119><c> and</c><00:27:35.000><c> Yahshua.</c>

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:42.460
From<00:27:40.319><c> where</c><00:27:40.480><c> we</c><00:27:40.640><c> get</c><00:27:40.799><c> the</c><00:27:40.980><c> name</c><00:27:41.180><c> Jesus,</c>

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:46.160
come<00:27:43.680><c> and</c><00:27:44.359><c> save</c><00:27:44.700><c> us.</c>

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And<00:27:47.619><c> there</c><00:27:47.740><c> it</c><00:27:47.900><c> is,</c><00:27:49.720><c> Yahshua.</c>

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And<00:27:51.700><c> he</c><00:27:51.839><c> is</c><00:27:52.039><c> the</c><00:27:52.220><c> one</c><00:27:52.400><c> who</c><00:27:52.519><c> is</c><00:27:52.740><c> the</c><00:27:53.079><c> shining</c><00:27:53.460><c> presence</c><00:27:54.160><c> of</c><00:27:55.220><c> the</c>

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Almighty<00:27:55.700><c> God</c>

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as<00:27:56.339><c> the</c><00:27:56.680><c> propitiation</c><00:27:57.440><c> or</c><00:27:57.740><c> as</c><00:27:57.859><c> the</c><00:27:58.059><c> hilasterion</c><00:27:58.700><c> or</c><00:27:58.859><c> as</c><00:27:59.000><c> the</c>

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.079
mercy<00:27:59.740><c> seat</c>

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:07.660
by<00:28:01.259><c> means</c><00:28:01.579><c> of</c><00:28:01.819><c> which</c><00:28:01.960><c> we</c><00:28:02.220><c> come</c><00:28:02.680><c> right</c><00:28:03.140><c> in</c><00:28:03.839><c> to</c><00:28:04.500><c> the</c><00:28:04.880><c> very</c><00:28:05.259><c> presence</c><00:28:05.819><c> of</c><00:28:06.740><c> God.</c>

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:26.980
So<00:28:24.619><c> what</c><00:28:25.099><c> does</c><00:28:25.339><c> a</c><00:28:25.500><c> mediator</c><00:28:25.799><c> then</c><00:28:26.079><c> do?</c>

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:32.200
I've<00:28:28.980><c> already</c><00:28:29.319><c> told</c><00:28:29.660><c> you</c><00:28:29.960><c> that</c><00:28:30.099><c> I</c><00:28:30.240><c> don't</c><00:28:30.500><c> believe</c><00:28:30.920><c> that</c><00:28:31.119><c> the</c><00:28:31.500><c> mediator</c><00:28:31.859><c> is</c><00:28:32.059><c> a</c>

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.200
go<00:28:32.380><c>-between.</c>

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I<00:28:35.500><c> don't</c><00:28:35.720><c> blame</c><00:28:35.940><c> anyone</c><00:28:36.259><c> for</c><00:28:36.500><c> actually</c><00:28:36.700><c> coming</c><00:28:36.920><c> up</c><00:28:37.119><c> with</c><00:28:37.240><c> this</c>

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:39.480
because<00:28:37.640><c> this</c><00:28:37.819><c> is</c><00:28:37.940><c> the</c><00:28:38.039><c> way</c><00:28:38.200><c> we</c><00:28:38.480><c> use</c><00:28:38.599><c> it</c><00:28:38.759><c> in</c><00:28:38.839><c> English</c><00:28:39.119><c> today.</c>

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:41.940
We<00:28:39.940><c> know</c><00:28:40.180><c> that</c><00:28:40.359><c> a</c><00:28:40.660><c> mediator,</c><00:28:41.599><c> for</c><00:28:41.940><c> example,</c>

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:45.160
in<00:28:42.640><c> an</c><00:28:43.299><c> industrial</c><00:28:43.900><c> dispute,</c>

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:49.059
which<00:28:45.339><c> is</c><00:28:45.559><c> where</c><00:28:45.700><c> we</c><00:28:45.940><c> read</c><00:28:46.220><c> of</c><00:28:46.680><c> mediation</c><00:28:47.299><c> on</c><00:28:47.960><c> a</c><00:28:48.079><c> regular</c><00:28:48.319><c> basis</c><00:28:48.779><c> in</c>

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.680
the<00:28:49.180><c> newspaper,</c>

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where,<00:28:50.359><c> for</c><00:28:50.519><c> example,</c><00:28:51.160><c> a</c><00:28:51.500><c> corporation</c><00:28:51.960><c> and</c><00:28:52.180><c> a</c><00:28:52.400><c> union</c><00:28:53.079><c> are</c><00:28:54.640><c> at</c><00:28:54.880><c> loggerheads,</c>

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:58.200
there's<00:28:56.319><c> a</c><00:28:56.500><c> dispute</c><00:28:56.920><c> and</c><00:28:57.019><c> they</c><00:28:57.220><c> can't</c><00:28:57.500><c> resolve</c><00:28:57.740><c> the</c><00:28:57.960><c> dispute,</c>

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.460
so<00:28:58.380><c> they</c><00:28:58.579><c> bring</c><00:28:58.700><c> in</c><00:28:58.880><c> a</c><00:28:59.099><c> mediator.</c>

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What<00:28:59.799><c> does</c><00:28:59.940><c> a</c><00:29:00.119><c> mediator</c><00:29:00.400><c> do?</c>

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He<00:29:00.920><c> gets</c><00:29:01.099><c> one</c><00:29:01.400><c> side</c><00:29:01.759><c> in</c><00:29:02.359><c> a</c><00:29:02.440><c> room</c><00:29:02.599><c> and</c><00:29:02.700><c> he</c><00:29:02.839><c> talks</c><00:29:03.019><c> to</c><00:29:03.180><c> them,</c>

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and<00:29:03.500><c> then</c><00:29:03.599><c> he</c><00:29:03.640><c> gets</c><00:29:03.799><c> the</c><00:29:03.960><c> other</c><00:29:04.140><c> side</c><00:29:04.240><c> in</c><00:29:04.380><c> a</c><00:29:04.420><c> room</c><00:29:04.500><c> and</c><00:29:04.599><c> he</c><00:29:04.660><c> goes</c>

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and<00:29:04.940><c> talks</c><00:29:05.180><c> to</c><00:29:05.359><c> them,</c>

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and<00:29:05.920><c> he</c><00:29:05.940><c> goes</c><00:29:06.180><c> back</c><00:29:06.480><c> and</c><00:29:06.759><c> forth,</c><00:29:07.500><c> maybe</c><00:29:07.859><c> days,</c><00:29:08.259><c> maybe</c><00:29:08.599><c> weeks,</c>

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:11.880
until<00:29:09.920><c> he</c><00:29:10.099><c> can</c><00:29:10.220><c> come</c><00:29:10.400><c> up</c><00:29:10.559><c> with</c><00:29:10.700><c> a</c><00:29:10.779><c> solution.</c>

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That's<00:29:13.279><c> the</c><00:29:13.519><c> mediator</c><00:29:13.920><c> as</c><00:29:14.099><c> we</c><00:29:14.359><c> understand</c><00:29:14.880><c> it.</c>

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:17.720
But<00:29:16.259><c> we</c><00:29:16.420><c> need,</c><00:29:16.660><c> when</c><00:29:16.779><c> we</c><00:29:16.960><c> come</c><00:29:17.099><c> to</c><00:29:17.240><c> the</c><00:29:17.440><c> Scriptures,</c>

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to<00:29:18.019><c> understand</c><00:29:18.559><c> it</c><00:29:18.740><c> in</c><00:29:18.900><c> a</c><00:29:19.180><c> different</c><00:29:19.559><c> way</c>

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because<00:29:20.799><c> it's</c><00:29:21.019><c> not</c><00:29:21.319><c> exactly</c><00:29:22.099><c> how</c><00:29:23.460><c> we</c><00:29:24.220><c> should</c><00:29:24.640><c> understand</c>

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:27.319
that<00:29:26.500><c> word.</c>

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So<00:29:27.920><c> now</c><00:29:28.240><c> I've</c><00:29:28.500><c> got</c><00:29:28.619><c> the</c><00:29:28.920><c> responsibility</c><00:29:29.500><c> of</c><00:29:30.019><c> explaining</c><00:29:30.420><c> to</c><00:29:30.680><c> you</c>

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:33.940
how<00:29:31.000><c> I</c><00:29:31.200><c> think</c><00:29:31.339><c> the</c><00:29:31.559><c> word</c><00:29:32.019><c> should</c><00:29:32.440><c> be</c><00:29:32.920><c> understood.</c>

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And<00:29:34.240><c> so</c><00:29:34.319><c> I</c><00:29:34.420><c> want</c><00:29:34.480><c> to</c><00:29:34.599><c> come</c><00:29:34.740><c> to</c><00:29:34.920><c> Hebrews,</c><00:29:35.480><c> Chapter</c><00:29:35.720><c> 9,</c>

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where<00:29:36.859><c> the</c><00:29:37.039><c> word</c><00:29:37.160><c> is</c><00:29:37.380><c> used</c><00:29:37.559><c> again</c><00:29:37.859><c> and</c><00:29:38.059><c> it's</c><00:29:38.279><c> the</c><00:29:38.400><c> same</c><00:29:38.579><c> in</c><00:29:38.680><c> the</c><00:29:38.920><c> Greek,</c>

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Hebrews,<00:29:41.019><c> Chapter</c><00:29:41.339><c> 9.</c>

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Hebrews,<00:29:42.339><c> Chapter</c><00:29:50.400><c> 9.</c>

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Verse<00:30:00.279><c> 15,</c>

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For<00:30:00.980><c> this</c><00:30:01.339><c> cause</c><00:30:01.980><c> he,</c><00:30:02.460><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:02.880><c> is</c><00:30:03.119><c> the</c><00:30:03.519><c> mediator</c><00:30:04.740><c> of</c><00:30:06.619><c> a</c><00:30:06.859><c> new</c><00:30:07.700><c> covenant,</c>

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that<00:30:10.619><c> by</c><00:30:11.039><c> means</c><00:30:11.519><c> of</c><00:30:12.000><c> death,</c><00:30:13.220><c> for</c><00:30:13.500><c> the</c><00:30:13.759><c> redemption</c><00:30:14.319><c> of</c><00:30:14.660><c> the</c><00:30:14.940><c> transgressions</c>

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that<00:30:15.839><c> were</c><00:30:15.960><c> under</c><00:30:16.220><c> the</c><00:30:16.660><c> first</c><00:30:16.920><c> covenant,</c>

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:21.380
they<00:30:18.740><c> which</c><00:30:18.980><c> are</c><00:30:19.299><c> called</c><00:30:19.480><c> might</c><00:30:19.700><c> receive</c><00:30:20.240><c> the</c><00:30:20.640><c> promise</c><00:30:20.960><c> of</c>

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eternal<00:30:22.079><c> inheritance.</c>

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Look<00:30:24.759><c> at</c><00:30:25.140><c> that</c><00:30:25.400><c> verse.</c>

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If<00:30:28.599><c> you're</c><00:30:29.559><c> really</c><00:30:29.819><c> wondering</c><00:30:30.200><c> about</c><00:30:30.420><c> what</c><00:30:30.599><c> I've</c><00:30:30.859><c> said</c><00:30:31.000><c> up</c><00:30:31.200><c> to</c><00:30:31.319><c> now,</c>

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look<00:30:32.480><c> at</c><00:30:32.740><c> that</c><00:30:33.019><c> verse</c><00:30:33.259><c> and</c><00:30:33.480><c> see</c><00:30:33.740><c> if</c><00:30:33.859><c> you</c><00:30:34.019><c> can</c><00:30:34.220><c> see</c><00:30:34.480><c> anywhere</c><00:30:34.960><c> in</c>

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that<00:30:35.640><c> verse</c>

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where<00:30:36.480><c> there</c><00:30:36.779><c> is</c><00:30:37.059><c> a</c><00:30:37.440><c> middleman</c><00:30:38.599><c> as</c><00:30:39.259><c> a</c><00:30:39.400><c> mediator.</c>

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And<00:30:40.759><c> you</c><00:30:40.880><c> won't</c><00:30:41.059><c> find</c><00:30:41.299><c> it.</c>

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:48.900
What<00:30:44.339><c> you</c><00:30:44.500><c> will</c><00:30:44.740><c> find</c><00:30:44.960><c> in</c><00:30:45.160><c> that</c><00:30:45.339><c> verse,</c><00:30:45.680><c> you</c><00:30:46.000><c> will</c><00:30:46.359><c> find</c><00:30:46.640><c> a</c><00:30:47.299><c> minister</c><00:30:47.960><c> of</c>

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a<00:30:49.079><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:30:50.839><c> that's</c><00:30:51.019><c> what</c><00:30:51.220><c> Jesus</c><00:30:51.539><c> is</c><00:30:51.779><c> and</c><00:30:51.859><c> that's</c><00:30:52.220><c> the</c><00:30:52.400><c> role</c><00:30:52.619><c> of</c><00:30:52.859><c> Jesus</c>

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as<00:30:53.240><c> the</c><00:30:53.700><c> mediator.</c>

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He's<00:30:55.940><c> the</c><00:30:56.359><c> mediator</c><00:30:56.740><c> of</c><00:30:56.920><c> one</c><00:30:57.059><c> who</c><00:30:57.440><c> brings</c><00:30:57.900><c> us</c><00:30:58.240><c> the</c><00:30:58.740><c> new</c><00:30:59.200><c> covenant</c><00:30:59.740><c> through</c><00:31:00.259><c> his</c><00:31:00.500><c> death.</c>

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And<00:31:02.259><c> that's</c><00:31:02.640><c> the</c><00:31:02.859><c> true</c><00:31:03.019><c> role,</c><00:31:03.980><c> I</c><00:31:04.420><c> believe</c><00:31:04.720><c> that's</c><00:31:05.240><c> the</c><00:31:06.400><c> truth</c>

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as<00:31:06.900><c> to</c><00:31:07.019><c> how</c><00:31:07.220><c> we</c><00:31:07.480><c> should</c><00:31:07.640><c> understand</c><00:31:08.740><c> that</c><00:31:09.660><c> word</c><00:31:09.900><c> mediator.</c>

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And<00:31:12.759><c> if</c><00:31:12.880><c> you'll</c><00:31:13.099><c> do</c><00:31:13.220><c> yourself</c><00:31:13.559><c> a</c><00:31:13.759><c> favour,</c><00:31:14.839><c> you</c><00:31:14.880><c> can</c><00:31:15.019><c> go</c><00:31:15.180><c> to</c><00:31:15.339><c> 1</c><00:31:15.480><c> Timothy</c>

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and<00:31:16.980><c> just</c><00:31:17.279><c> cross</c><00:31:17.460><c> out</c><00:31:17.680><c> that</c><00:31:17.859><c> word</c><00:31:18.059><c> between.</c>

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And<00:31:21.099><c> maybe</c><00:31:21.619><c> you</c><00:31:21.720><c> might</c><00:31:21.920><c> need</c><00:31:22.099><c> to</c><00:31:22.240><c> make</c><00:31:22.400><c> a</c><00:31:22.559><c> note</c><00:31:22.700><c> just</c><00:31:22.880><c> to</c>

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remind<00:31:23.259><c> yourself.</c>

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Diagelot<00:31:25.359><c> doesn't</c><00:31:25.599><c> include</c><00:31:25.880><c> it.</c><00:31:26.259><c> The</c><00:31:26.460><c> Greek</c><00:31:26.640><c> text</c><00:31:26.880><c> doesn't</c>

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include<00:31:27.420><c> it.</c>

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It<00:31:28.660><c> shouldn't</c><00:31:28.900><c> be</c><00:31:29.140><c> there.</c><00:31:30.480><c> It</c><00:31:30.599><c> should</c><00:31:30.819><c> not</c><00:31:31.039><c> exist.</c>

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Jesus<00:31:32.940><c> is</c><00:31:33.180><c> the</c><00:31:33.359><c> one</c><00:31:33.519><c> who</c><00:31:33.640><c> is</c><00:31:33.839><c> the</c><00:31:34.180><c> minister</c><00:31:34.619><c> of</c><00:31:34.920><c> a</c><00:31:35.160><c> covenant</c>

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and<00:31:36.220><c> he</c><00:31:36.400><c> is</c><00:31:36.599><c> the</c><00:31:36.759><c> one</c><00:31:36.920><c> who</c><00:31:37.079><c> has</c><00:31:37.500><c> brought</c><00:31:37.660><c> it</c><00:31:37.819><c> to</c><00:31:38.000><c> us</c>

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just<00:31:39.200><c> like</c><00:31:39.480><c> Moses</c><00:31:39.960><c> was</c><00:31:40.200><c> the</c><00:31:40.539><c> mediator</c><00:31:41.099><c> of</c><00:31:41.259><c> a</c><00:31:41.420><c> covenant.</c>

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Moses<00:31:42.720><c> on</c><00:31:42.980><c> occasion</c><00:31:43.480><c> did</c><00:31:44.339><c> come</c><00:31:44.720><c> directly</c><00:31:45.259><c> between</c><00:31:45.660><c> God</c><00:31:45.900><c> and</c>

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the<00:31:46.180><c> people</c>

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because<00:31:46.660><c> God</c><00:31:46.900><c> said</c><00:31:47.019><c> he</c><00:31:47.099><c> was</c><00:31:47.259><c> going</c><00:31:47.380><c> to</c><00:31:47.559><c> destroy</c><00:31:47.819><c> that</c><00:31:48.059><c> nation.</c>

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But<00:31:50.980><c> when</c><00:31:51.460><c> Moses</c><00:31:51.920><c> mediated</c><00:31:52.759><c> the</c><00:31:53.000><c> covenant,</c><00:31:53.799><c> what</c><00:31:53.980><c> did</c><00:31:54.220><c> he</c><00:31:54.339><c> do?</c>

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:57.500
He<00:31:54.940><c> brought</c><00:31:55.319><c> the</c><00:31:55.539><c> covenant</c><00:31:55.839><c> from</c><00:31:56.180><c> Mount</c><00:31:56.519><c> Sinai.</c><00:31:56.859><c> He</c><00:31:57.180><c> brought</c>

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it<00:31:57.700><c> down</c><00:31:57.859><c> to</c><00:31:58.019><c> the</c><00:31:58.160><c> people.</c>

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This<00:31:59.680><c> is</c><00:31:59.819><c> what</c><00:31:59.960><c> Jesus</c><00:32:00.319><c> is</c><00:32:00.559><c> doing</c><00:32:00.720><c> as</c><00:32:01.019><c> our</c><00:32:01.400><c> mediator,</c><00:32:01.859><c> as</c><00:32:01.920><c> our</c><00:32:02.259><c> minister.</c>

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:06.539
He's<00:32:03.420><c> bringing</c><00:32:03.859><c> the</c><00:32:04.180><c> covenant</c><00:32:04.440><c> to</c><00:32:04.680><c> us.</c>

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Look<00:32:10.039><c> at</c><00:32:10.200><c> chapter</c><00:32:10.440><c> 12</c><00:32:10.900><c> of</c><00:32:11.119><c> Hebrews,</c><00:32:11.519><c> verse</c><00:32:11.839><c> 24.</c>

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And<00:32:14.099><c> to</c><00:32:14.339><c> Jesus</c><00:32:14.799><c> the</c><00:32:15.160><c> mediator</c><00:32:15.759><c> of</c><00:32:16.180><c> the</c><00:32:16.640><c> new</c><00:32:16.980><c> covenants</c>

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and<00:32:18.779><c> to</c><00:32:19.099><c> the</c><00:32:19.599><c> blood</c><00:32:19.960><c> of</c><00:32:20.339><c> sprinkling</c><00:32:20.720><c> that</c><00:32:20.960><c> speaketh</c><00:32:21.259><c> better</c>

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things<00:32:21.819><c> than</c><00:32:22.019><c> that</c><00:32:22.200><c> of</c><00:32:22.420><c> Abel.</c>

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So<00:32:23.680><c> there</c><00:32:23.940><c> again</c><00:32:24.240><c> Jesus</c><00:32:24.619><c> is</c><00:32:24.819><c> the</c><00:32:25.059><c> minister</c><00:32:25.480><c> and</c><00:32:25.680><c> you'll</c><00:32:25.900><c> see</c>

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nowhere<00:32:26.400><c> in</c><00:32:26.640><c> that</c><00:32:26.880><c> verse</c>

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that<00:32:28.180><c> you</c><00:32:28.400><c> could</c><00:32:28.619><c> even</c><00:32:29.400><c> imagine</c><00:32:30.259><c> somebody</c><00:32:30.920><c> going</c><00:32:32.059><c> between</c><00:32:32.500><c> us</c>

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and<00:32:32.940><c> God.</c>

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And<00:32:35.980><c> I</c><00:32:36.460><c> want</c><00:32:36.599><c> to</c><00:32:36.759><c> bring</c><00:32:36.880><c> you</c><00:32:36.980><c> now</c><00:32:37.160><c> to</c><00:32:37.440><c> Ephesians.</c>

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I<00:32:38.700><c> know</c><00:32:38.859><c> I'm</c><00:32:39.660><c> asking</c><00:32:39.900><c> you</c><00:32:40.059><c> to</c><00:32:40.119><c> come</c><00:32:40.259><c> to</c><00:32:40.380><c> a</c><00:32:40.500><c> few</c><00:32:40.660><c> references</c>

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but<00:32:41.180><c> I</c><00:32:41.319><c> think</c><00:32:41.420><c> this</c><00:32:41.599><c> is</c><00:32:41.779><c> all</c><00:32:42.900><c> essential.</c>

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And<00:32:46.039><c> that's</c><00:32:46.299><c> Ephesians</c><00:32:46.680><c> chapter</c><00:32:47.000><c> 2</c><00:32:47.220><c> and</c><00:32:47.380><c> verse</c><00:32:47.579><c> 13.</c>

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Look<00:32:50.500><c> at</c><00:32:50.619><c> what</c><00:32:50.859><c> Jesus</c><00:32:51.200><c> does.</c>

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It<00:32:53.640><c> says,</c><00:32:55.660><c> 2</c><00:32:55.660><c>.13,</c><00:32:56.460><c> but</c><00:32:56.619><c> now</c><00:32:57.160><c> in</c><00:32:57.599><c> Christ</c><00:32:58.059><c> Jesus,</c>

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ye<00:33:00.019><c> who</c><00:33:00.640><c> sometimes,</c><00:33:03.599><c> or</c><00:33:03.980><c> that</c><00:33:04.339><c> once</c><00:33:04.859><c> revised</c><00:33:05.400><c> version,</c>

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:13.740
were<00:33:06.859><c> far</c><00:33:07.380><c> off,</c><00:33:09.279><c> are</c><00:33:09.519><c> made</c><00:33:09.940><c> nigh</c><00:33:10.960><c> in</c><00:33:12.240><c> the</c><00:33:12.380><c> blood</c><00:33:12.559><c> of</c><00:33:12.680><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:18.619
So<00:33:15.619><c> Jesus</c><00:33:16.019><c> effectively</c><00:33:16.599><c> as</c><00:33:16.880><c> this</c><00:33:17.160><c> mediator,</c><00:33:17.579><c> he</c><00:33:17.880><c> brings</c><00:33:18.380><c> us</c>

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.779
into<00:33:18.799><c> the</c><00:33:19.000><c> presence</c><00:33:19.200><c> of</c><00:33:19.460><c> God.</c>

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:23.059
And<00:33:20.500><c> that's</c><00:33:20.680><c> why</c><00:33:20.920><c> I</c><00:33:21.259><c> was</c><00:33:21.519><c> at</c><00:33:21.740><c> pains</c><00:33:21.880><c> yesterday</c><00:33:22.319><c> to</c><00:33:22.559><c> try</c><00:33:22.700><c> and</c>

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:24.259
explain<00:33:23.460><c> this.</c>

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:28.740
We<00:33:24.920><c> would</c><00:33:25.180><c> understand</c><00:33:25.900><c> that</c><00:33:26.400><c> Jesus</c><00:33:26.799><c> as</c><00:33:27.259><c> the</c><00:33:27.819><c> mercy</c><00:33:28.279><c> seat,</c><00:33:28.559><c> as</c>

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.740
the<00:33:28.940><c> propitiation,</c>

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:32.440
is<00:33:30.319><c> the</c><00:33:30.480><c> one</c><00:33:30.619><c> who</c><00:33:30.779><c> actually</c><00:33:31.079><c> brings</c><00:33:31.359><c> us</c><00:33:31.559><c> right</c><00:33:31.839><c> within</c><00:33:32.160><c> the</c>

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:34.140
most<00:33:32.740><c> holy</c><00:33:33.059><c> place.</c>

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:39.019
Now<00:33:36.160><c> if</c><00:33:36.339><c> he</c><00:33:36.500><c> were</c><00:33:36.619><c> the</c><00:33:36.740><c> go</c><00:33:36.960><c>-between</c><00:33:37.259><c> that</c><00:33:37.460><c> the</c><00:33:37.640><c> church</c><00:33:37.920><c> teaches,</c>

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:42.900
we<00:33:40.579><c> couldn't</c><00:33:40.960><c> get</c><00:33:41.180><c> into</c><00:33:41.359><c> the</c><00:33:41.519><c> most</c><00:33:41.720><c> holy</c><00:33:41.900><c> place.</c>

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:46.119
We<00:33:43.460><c> might</c><00:33:43.700><c> not</c><00:33:43.900><c> even</c><00:33:44.059><c> be</c><00:33:44.160><c> able</c><00:33:44.299><c> to</c><00:33:44.400><c> get</c><00:33:44.480><c> into</c><00:33:44.680><c> the</c><00:33:44.839><c> holy</c><00:33:45.039><c> place.</c>

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:50.160
We<00:33:46.579><c> would</c><00:33:46.740><c> have</c><00:33:46.900><c> to</c><00:33:47.039><c> be</c><00:33:47.279><c> out,</c><00:33:48.539><c> maybe</c><00:33:48.839><c> out</c><00:33:49.279><c> even</c><00:33:49.579><c> before</c><00:33:49.920><c> the</c>

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.339
brazen<00:33:50.460><c> altar.</c>

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:55.839
But<00:33:52.440><c> we</c><00:33:52.720><c> know</c><00:33:53.039><c> how</c><00:33:53.339><c> God</c><00:33:53.660><c> just</c><00:33:54.279><c> opened</c><00:33:54.700><c> that</c><00:33:55.140><c> veil.</c>

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:58.980
Through<00:33:57.000><c> the</c><00:33:57.160><c> death</c><00:33:57.299><c> of</c><00:33:57.480><c> Jesus</c><00:33:57.779><c> Christ</c><00:33:58.059><c> he</c><00:33:58.279><c> opened</c><00:33:58.619><c> the</c><00:33:58.839><c> veil</c>

00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:01.279
and<00:33:59.299><c> we</c><00:33:59.720><c> go</c><00:34:00.119><c> in.</c>

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:04.099
Amazing,<00:34:02.960><c> isn't</c><00:34:02.960><c> that?</c>

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.579
That's<00:34:05.500><c> our</c><00:34:05.640><c> God.</c>

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:10.059
That's<00:34:08.099><c> how</c><00:34:08.219><c> God</c><00:34:08.420><c> does</c><00:34:08.739><c> things.</c>

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:12.539
God<00:34:10.539><c> wants</c><00:34:10.960><c> us</c><00:34:11.219><c> with</c><00:34:11.460><c> him.</c>

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:16.059
And<00:34:14.440><c> that's</c><00:34:14.880><c> what</c><00:34:15.000><c> we</c><00:34:15.179><c> do.</c>

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:18.960
Right,<00:34:16.800><c> we're</c><00:34:16.980><c> back</c><00:34:17.119><c> to</c><00:34:17.619><c> 1</c><00:34:17.820><c> John.</c>

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:25.139
1<00:34:21.539><c> John</c><00:34:21.840><c> chapter</c><00:34:22.119><c> 2,</c><00:34:24.179><c> verse</c><00:34:24.360><c> 3.</c>

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:41.019
And<00:34:31.119><c> hereby</c><00:34:31.639><c> we</c><00:34:33.119><c> do</c><00:34:33.619><c> know</c><00:34:33.900><c> that</c><00:34:34.099><c> we</c><00:34:34.280><c> know</c><00:34:34.539><c> him</c><00:34:35.599><c> if</c><00:34:37.780><c> we</c><00:34:38.039><c> keep</c><00:34:38.980><c> his</c><00:34:39.940><c> commandments.</c>

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:46.380
Alright,<00:34:45.079><c> what</c><00:34:45.280><c> are</c><00:34:45.360><c> the</c><00:34:45.539><c> commandments?</c>

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:49.159
All<00:34:46.960><c> we've</c><00:34:47.159><c> got</c><00:34:47.179><c> to</c><00:34:47.280><c> do</c><00:34:47.380><c> is</c><00:34:47.440><c> know</c><00:34:47.579><c> what</c><00:34:47.719><c> the</c><00:34:47.900><c> commandments</c><00:34:48.159><c> are.</c>

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:51.639
We<00:34:49.400><c> ask</c><00:34:49.579><c> the</c><00:34:49.739><c> question,</c><00:34:50.019><c> why</c><00:34:50.219><c> am</c><00:34:50.519><c> I</c><00:34:50.519><c> keeping</c><00:34:50.519><c> that</c><00:34:50.780><c> commandment?</c>

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:56.159
And<00:34:52.099><c> then</c><00:34:52.300><c> we</c><00:34:53.380><c> can</c><00:34:53.539><c> come</c><00:34:53.760><c> to</c><00:34:53.920><c> the</c><00:34:54.199><c> conclusion</c><00:34:54.659><c> that</c><00:34:55.739><c> we</c><00:34:55.940><c> either</c>

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:58.320
know<00:34:56.420><c> him</c><00:34:56.719><c> or</c><00:34:56.960><c> we</c><00:34:57.159><c> don't.</c>

00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:01.260
That's<00:34:59.219><c> the</c><00:34:59.440><c> face</c><00:34:59.699><c> value</c><00:34:59.960><c> of</c><00:35:00.219><c> that</c><00:35:00.440><c> verse.</c>

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:05.119
I'm<00:35:03.639><c> going</c><00:35:03.739><c> to</c><00:35:03.860><c> make</c><00:35:03.980><c> a</c><00:35:04.219><c> suggestion.</c>

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:08.400
I<00:35:07.019><c> want</c><00:35:07.199><c> you</c><00:35:07.360><c> to</c><00:35:07.500><c> think</c><00:35:07.639><c> about</c><00:35:07.860><c> it.</c>

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:10.980
You<00:35:09.019><c> can</c><00:35:09.119><c> get</c><00:35:09.320><c> back</c><00:35:09.460><c> to</c><00:35:09.579><c> me</c><00:35:09.659><c> if</c><00:35:09.780><c> you</c><00:35:09.880><c> want</c><00:35:09.980><c> on</c><00:35:10.139><c> it.</c>

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:13.159
I'm<00:35:11.559><c> going</c><00:35:11.639><c> to</c><00:35:11.760><c> make</c><00:35:11.880><c> a</c><00:35:12.119><c> suggestion</c><00:35:12.420><c> that</c><00:35:12.599><c> the</c><00:35:12.820><c> commandments</c>

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.900
that<00:35:13.400><c> John</c><00:35:13.539><c> is</c><00:35:13.760><c> referring</c><00:35:14.099><c> to</c><00:35:14.380><c> here</c>

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:18.659
are<00:35:15.699><c> the</c><00:35:15.960><c> two</c><00:35:16.460><c> commandments</c><00:35:17.039><c> that</c><00:35:17.300><c> we</c><00:35:17.519><c> have</c><00:35:17.659><c> been</c><00:35:17.980><c> given.</c>

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:25.099
Number<00:35:19.559><c> one,</c><00:35:19.900><c> to</c><00:35:20.000><c> be</c><00:35:20.280><c> baptized,</c><00:35:21.480><c> and</c><00:35:21.820><c> number</c><00:35:22.219><c> two,</c><00:35:23.500><c> to</c><00:35:23.699><c> break</c><00:35:23.940><c> bread.</c>

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.019
Alright?

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:34.039
I'm<00:35:30.699><c> shaking</c><00:35:31.059><c> my</c><00:35:31.360><c> head</c><00:35:31.420><c> so</c><00:35:31.760><c> I</c><00:35:32.340><c> guess</c><00:35:32.599><c> we're</c><00:35:32.800><c> good</c><00:35:32.920><c> to</c><00:35:33.239><c> continue.</c>

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:36.099
Alright?

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:39.920
So<00:35:36.800><c> why</c><00:35:37.199><c> would</c><00:35:37.340><c> it</c><00:35:37.440><c> be</c><00:35:37.579><c> so</c><00:35:37.840><c> essential</c><00:35:38.059><c> in</c><00:35:38.340><c> John's</c><00:35:38.719><c> letter</c><00:35:39.239><c> that</c>

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.719
he<00:35:40.179><c> should</c><00:35:40.400><c> say</c>

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:42.559
that<00:35:40.980><c> he</c><00:35:41.139><c> should</c><00:35:41.300><c> bring</c><00:35:41.519><c> out</c><00:35:41.679><c> this</c><00:35:41.900><c> important</c><00:35:42.239><c> lesson,</c>

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:44.940
we<00:35:43.039><c> know</c><00:35:43.239><c> him</c><00:35:43.400><c> if</c><00:35:43.519><c> we</c><00:35:43.679><c> keep</c><00:35:43.800><c> him</c><00:35:43.880><c> the</c><00:35:44.039><c> commandments?</c>

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:50.139
Quite<00:35:47.539><c> a</c><00:35:47.719><c> few</c><00:35:47.760><c> of</c><00:35:47.880><c> us</c><00:35:48.000><c> here</c><00:35:48.219><c> are</c><00:35:48.900><c> arranging</c><00:35:49.219><c> brothers.</c>

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:54.699
And<00:35:52.139><c> I</c><00:35:52.300><c> know</c><00:35:52.559><c> from</c><00:35:52.820><c> talking</c><00:35:53.059><c> to</c><00:35:53.340><c> other</c><00:35:53.659><c> arranging</c><00:35:54.119><c> brothers</c>

00:35:54.699 --> 00:36:00.400
that<00:35:55.900><c> the</c><00:35:56.079><c> most</c><00:35:56.539><c> vexing</c><00:35:57.099><c> question</c><00:35:57.559><c> that</c><00:35:57.820><c> we</c><00:35:58.139><c> face</c><00:35:58.679><c> in</c><00:36:00.159><c> our</c>

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:02.139
arranging<00:36:00.719><c> brothers'</c><00:36:01.639><c> meetings</c>

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:06.219
is<00:36:03.820><c> the</c><00:36:04.099><c> absence</c><00:36:04.599><c> of</c><00:36:04.800><c> our</c><00:36:04.960><c> brothers</c><00:36:05.159><c> and</c><00:36:05.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:09.780
We<00:36:07.800><c> don't</c><00:36:08.079><c> know</c><00:36:08.280><c> what</c><00:36:08.519><c> to</c><00:36:08.739><c> do.</c>

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:13.400
We<00:36:12.300><c> try</c><00:36:12.639><c> and</c><00:36:12.860><c> reach</c><00:36:13.099><c> out.</c>

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:15.039
We<00:36:13.980><c> try</c><00:36:14.199><c> and</c><00:36:14.360><c> talk</c><00:36:14.619><c> to</c><00:36:14.820><c> people.</c>

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:16.059
We<00:36:15.239><c> invite</c><00:36:15.480><c> them</c><00:36:15.599><c> for</c><00:36:15.800><c> lunch.</c>

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.880
We<00:36:16.260><c> have</c><00:36:16.360><c> them</c><00:36:16.480><c> for</c><00:36:16.639><c> dinner.</c>

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:20.360
We<00:36:17.380><c> do</c><00:36:17.539><c> all</c><00:36:17.699><c> kinds</c><00:36:17.900><c> of</c><00:36:18.119><c> things</c><00:36:18.440><c> because</c><00:36:18.840><c> we</c><00:36:19.380><c> are</c><00:36:19.679><c> so</c><00:36:19.900><c> concerned</c>

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:24.059
that<00:36:20.539><c> a</c><00:36:20.679><c> brother</c><00:36:20.840><c> or</c><00:36:20.980><c> sister</c><00:36:21.260><c> is</c><00:36:21.480><c> not</c><00:36:21.679><c> attending</c><00:36:21.960><c> the</c><00:36:22.159><c> breaking</c><00:36:22.300><c> of</c><00:36:22.519><c> bread.</c>

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:30.179
Because<00:36:25.079><c> what</c><00:36:25.440><c> that</c><00:36:25.659><c> is</c><00:36:26.000><c> telling</c><00:36:26.260><c> us</c><00:36:27.760><c> is</c><00:36:29.500><c> that</c><00:36:29.659><c> they</c><00:36:29.739><c> don't</c><00:36:29.960><c> want</c><00:36:30.059><c> to</c>

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:32.099
be<00:36:30.280><c> in</c><00:36:30.440><c> the</c><00:36:30.679><c> presence</c><00:36:30.980><c> of</c><00:36:31.280><c> God.</c>

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:35.400
Now<00:36:33.199><c> some</c><00:36:33.320><c> will</c><00:36:33.480><c> say,</c><00:36:33.880><c> well,</c><00:36:34.619><c> they</c><00:36:34.960><c> sort</c><00:36:35.059><c> of</c><00:36:35.199><c> tell</c><00:36:35.260><c> us,</c>

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:37.679
I<00:36:35.699><c> don't</c><00:36:35.860><c> want</c><00:36:35.940><c> to</c><00:36:36.019><c> be</c><00:36:36.099><c> in</c><00:36:36.179><c> the</c><00:36:36.420><c> presence</c><00:36:36.619><c> of</c><00:36:37.079><c> the</c><00:36:37.179><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:40.000
You<00:36:38.519><c> know,</c><00:36:38.619><c> I</c><00:36:38.719><c> can</c><00:36:38.940><c> still</c><00:36:39.179><c> be</c><00:36:39.400><c> in</c><00:36:39.619><c> God's</c><00:36:39.900><c> presence,</c>

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:42.260
but<00:36:40.139><c> I</c><00:36:40.280><c> don't</c><00:36:40.360><c> have</c><00:36:40.460><c> to</c><00:36:40.539><c> go</c><00:36:40.619><c> to</c><00:36:40.719><c> the</c><00:36:40.860><c> meeting</c><00:36:41.079><c> to</c><00:36:41.239><c> do</c><00:36:41.400><c> that.</c>

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.360
And<00:36:43.159><c> that's</c><00:36:43.440><c> nonsense.</c>

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:46.300
It's<00:36:45.679><c> absolute</c><00:36:45.920><c> nonsense.</c>

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:47.460
And<00:36:46.599><c> John</c><00:36:46.860><c> brings</c><00:36:47.119><c> it</c><00:36:47.360><c> out.</c>

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:52.300
He<00:36:47.559><c> says,</c><00:36:47.840><c> we</c><00:36:48.019><c> know</c><00:36:48.480><c> that</c><00:36:48.699><c> we</c><00:36:48.800><c> know</c><00:36:49.000><c> him</c><00:36:49.500><c> if</c><00:36:51.059><c> we'll</c><00:36:51.380><c> keep</c><00:36:51.679><c> the</c><00:36:51.980><c> commandments</c>

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:54.400
and<00:36:52.539><c> be</c><00:36:52.920><c> present</c><00:36:53.320><c> with</c><00:36:53.500><c> the</c><00:36:53.679><c> brothers</c><00:36:53.860><c> and</c><00:36:54.099><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:57.119
Now<00:36:54.860><c> the</c><00:36:55.139><c> brothers</c><00:36:55.420><c> and</c><00:36:55.780><c> sisters</c><00:36:55.920><c> are</c><00:36:56.139><c> not</c><00:36:56.420><c> perfect.</c>

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:59.179
We<00:36:57.760><c> know</c><00:36:58.019><c> that.</c>

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:03.940
And<00:37:01.320><c> I've</c><00:37:01.760><c> had</c><00:37:01.920><c> the</c><00:37:02.159><c> experience,</c><00:37:02.679><c> many</c><00:37:03.000><c> of</c><00:37:03.139><c> you</c><00:37:03.219><c> have</c><00:37:03.320><c> had</c><00:37:03.420><c> the</c><00:37:03.679><c> experience</c>

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:08.900
where<00:37:04.260><c> you</c><00:37:04.539><c> talk</c><00:37:04.739><c> to</c><00:37:04.960><c> someone</c><00:37:05.179><c> who's</c><00:37:07.000><c> losing</c><00:37:07.780><c> interest</c>

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:13.340
and<00:37:09.460><c> they'll</c><00:37:09.659><c> point</c><00:37:09.780><c> out</c><00:37:10.000><c> all</c><00:37:11.159><c> the</c><00:37:11.360><c> inconsistencies</c><00:37:12.159><c> in</c><00:37:12.380><c> the</c><00:37:12.500><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:16.239
This<00:37:13.960><c> brother,</c><00:37:14.320><c> this</c><00:37:14.519><c> sister,</c><00:37:14.880><c> this</c><00:37:15.440><c> and</c><00:37:15.639><c> this</c><00:37:15.880><c> and</c><00:37:15.940><c> this</c><00:37:16.139><c> and</c>

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.900
the<00:37:16.320><c> list</c><00:37:16.500><c> goes</c><00:37:16.739><c> on.</c>

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:19.380
They've<00:37:17.119><c> got</c><00:37:17.260><c> all</c><00:37:17.619><c> kinds</c><00:37:17.900><c> of</c><00:37:18.019><c> them.</c>

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:23.500
No,<00:37:21.760><c> no,</c><00:37:21.900><c> I'm</c><00:37:22.119><c> not</c><00:37:22.400><c> perfect.</c>

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:27.860
I'm<00:37:25.260><c> giving</c><00:37:25.519><c> up</c><00:37:25.739><c> trying</c><00:37:25.940><c> to</c><00:37:26.159><c> explain</c><00:37:26.440><c> to</c><00:37:26.539><c> people</c><00:37:26.900><c> that,</c><00:37:27.659><c> well,</c>

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.460
you<00:37:27.940><c> know,</c>

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:31.619
maybe<00:37:28.960><c> we</c><00:37:29.099><c> can</c><00:37:29.219><c> do</c><00:37:29.340><c> this</c><00:37:29.500><c> or</c><00:37:29.599><c> maybe</c><00:37:29.840><c> we</c><00:37:29.980><c> can</c><00:37:30.099><c> do</c><00:37:30.239><c> that</c><00:37:30.460><c> or</c><00:37:30.679><c> we</c><00:37:30.980><c> resolve</c><00:37:31.260><c> this</c><00:37:31.440><c> or</c>

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.000
resolve<00:37:31.840><c> that.</c>

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.119
Would<00:37:32.139><c> you</c><00:37:32.219><c> come</c><00:37:32.420><c> back?</c>

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:37.119
And<00:37:34.940><c> I</c><00:37:35.139><c> even</c><00:37:35.320><c> have</c><00:37:35.539><c> got</c><00:37:35.639><c> to</c><00:37:35.820><c> tell</c><00:37:35.920><c> our</c><00:37:36.219><c> interested</c><00:37:36.719><c> friends</c>

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:39.639
and<00:37:37.260><c> I'm</c><00:37:37.400><c> in</c><00:37:37.539><c> communication</c><00:37:38.019><c> by</c><00:37:38.219><c> email</c><00:37:38.500><c> with</c><00:37:38.699><c> a</c><00:37:38.940><c> fellow</c><00:37:39.260><c> over</c>

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.659
on<00:37:39.760><c> the</c><00:37:39.920><c> mainland</c>

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:42.900
who's<00:37:41.159><c> looking</c><00:37:41.440><c> at</c><00:37:41.639><c> our</c><00:37:41.840><c> community.</c>

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:45.760
And<00:37:43.900><c> I</c><00:37:43.980><c> had</c><00:37:44.139><c> to</c><00:37:44.300><c> tell</c><00:37:44.380><c> him,</c><00:37:44.659><c> because</c><00:37:45.019><c> he's</c><00:37:45.260><c> got</c><00:37:45.360><c> the</c><00:37:45.559><c> internet,</c>

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:48.159
he<00:37:46.119><c> can</c><00:37:46.559><c> see</c><00:37:46.780><c> all</c><00:37:46.940><c> the</c><00:37:47.059><c> dirty</c><00:37:47.239><c> laundry.</c>

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:51.519
And<00:37:49.000><c> I</c><00:37:49.079><c> had</c><00:37:49.219><c> to</c><00:37:49.260><c> say</c><00:37:49.340><c> to</c><00:37:49.420><c> this</c><00:37:49.519><c> brother,</c><00:37:49.739><c> we're</c><00:37:49.920><c> not</c><00:37:50.039><c> a</c><00:37:50.239><c> perfect</c><00:37:50.360><c> community.</c>

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:54.420
By<00:37:51.840><c> the</c><00:37:52.320><c> way,</c><00:37:52.559><c> you</c><00:37:53.059><c> read</c><00:37:53.239><c> the</c><00:37:53.340><c> New</c><00:37:53.500><c> Testament,</c>

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:56.820
they<00:37:54.719><c> weren't</c><00:37:54.880><c> a</c><00:37:54.960><c> perfect</c><00:37:55.219><c> community</c><00:37:55.559><c> in</c><00:37:55.699><c> the</c><00:37:55.800><c> first</c><00:37:55.980><c> century.</c>

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:59.940
And<00:37:57.500><c> by</c><00:37:57.659><c> the</c><00:37:57.780><c> way,</c><00:37:57.880><c> if</c><00:37:58.019><c> you</c><00:37:58.119><c> go</c><00:37:58.280><c> back</c><00:37:58.500><c> to</c><00:37:58.659><c> the</c><00:37:58.760><c> time</c><00:37:58.920><c> of</c><00:37:59.099><c> Jesus</c><00:37:59.380><c> and</c><00:37:59.519><c> he's</c><00:37:59.739><c> a</c><00:37:59.800><c> post,</c>

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:02.219
they<00:38:00.360><c> weren't</c><00:38:00.579><c> perfect</c><00:38:00.960><c> either.</c>

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:06.519
So<00:38:04.800><c> you</c><00:38:04.960><c> won't</c><00:38:05.159><c> find</c><00:38:05.559><c> it.</c>

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:08.940
But<00:38:07.000><c> what</c><00:38:07.159><c> we</c><00:38:07.420><c> find</c><00:38:07.619><c> with</c><00:38:07.780><c> the</c><00:38:07.940><c> brother</c><00:38:08.099><c> or</c><00:38:08.239><c> sister</c><00:38:08.480><c> who</c><00:38:08.679><c> wants</c>

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.739
to<00:38:09.159><c> be</c><00:38:09.400><c> present</c>

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:12.000
with<00:38:09.940><c> the</c><00:38:10.119><c> brothers</c><00:38:10.300><c> and</c><00:38:10.599><c> sisters</c><00:38:10.820><c> in</c><00:38:11.000><c> the</c><00:38:11.219><c> breaking</c><00:38:11.480><c> of</c><00:38:11.800><c> bread</c>

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:14.719
tells<00:38:12.539><c> us</c><00:38:12.840><c> that</c><00:38:13.099><c> that</c><00:38:13.320><c> brother</c><00:38:13.519><c> or</c><00:38:13.760><c> sister</c>

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:18.800
is<00:38:15.239><c> not</c><00:38:15.460><c> only</c><00:38:15.699><c> keeping</c><00:38:16.019><c> the</c><00:38:16.380><c> commandments</c><00:38:16.739><c> in</c><00:38:16.940><c> an</c><00:38:17.179><c> academic</c><00:38:17.679><c> way,</c>

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:22.639
but<00:38:20.460><c> we</c><00:38:20.659><c> want</c><00:38:20.780><c> to</c><00:38:21.000><c> share</c><00:38:21.159><c> something</c><00:38:21.539><c> together.</c>

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:26.760
I<00:38:24.699><c> know</c><00:38:25.239><c> that</c><00:38:25.440><c> if</c><00:38:25.579><c> you</c><00:38:25.820><c> break</c><00:38:26.039><c> bread</c><00:38:26.239><c> with</c><00:38:26.460><c> me,</c>

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:29.519
you're<00:38:27.179><c> breaking</c><00:38:27.340><c> bread</c><00:38:27.519><c> with</c><00:38:27.679><c> imperfection.</c>

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:32.079
But<00:38:30.239><c> we've</c><00:38:30.460><c> all</c><00:38:30.659><c> got</c><00:38:30.840><c> the</c><00:38:31.059><c> same</c><00:38:31.280><c> aim.</c>

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:34.099
We<00:38:32.480><c> don't</c><00:38:32.719><c> want</c><00:38:33.059><c> to</c><00:38:33.280><c> sin.</c>

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:37.039
We<00:38:35.099><c> want</c><00:38:35.380><c> the</c><00:38:35.579><c> fellowship</c><00:38:35.960><c> with</c><00:38:36.159><c> Jesus</c><00:38:36.500><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:39.760
We<00:38:37.639><c> want</c><00:38:37.940><c> to</c><00:38:38.119><c> be</c><00:38:38.260><c> with</c><00:38:38.440><c> him.</c>

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:45.059
And<00:38:43.679><c> if</c><00:38:43.820><c> brother</c><00:38:43.980><c> or</c><00:38:44.119><c> sister,</c><00:38:44.300><c> you're</c><00:38:44.480><c> trying</c><00:38:44.679><c> to</c><00:38:44.800><c> make</c><00:38:44.880><c> your</c>

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.559
ekklesia<00:38:45.340><c> perfect,</c>

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:49.559
you're<00:38:48.199><c> on</c><00:38:48.320><c> the</c><00:38:48.420><c> wrong</c><00:38:48.599><c> track.</c>

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:53.619
What<00:38:51.239><c> we</c><00:38:51.500><c> need</c><00:38:51.659><c> to</c><00:38:51.880><c> do</c><00:38:51.980><c> is</c><00:38:52.159><c> what</c><00:38:52.340><c> John</c><00:38:52.619><c> is</c><00:38:52.860><c> doing</c><00:38:53.039><c> with</c><00:38:53.239><c> us</c><00:38:53.420><c> here.</c>

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:56.059
He's<00:38:53.980><c> bringing</c><00:38:54.340><c> us</c><00:38:54.559><c> to</c><00:38:54.679><c> the</c><00:38:54.800><c> foot</c><00:38:54.920><c> of</c><00:38:55.099><c> the</c><00:38:55.179><c> cross.</c>

00:38:57.139 --> 00:39:00.139
That<00:38:57.400><c> was</c><00:38:57.619><c> the</c><00:38:58.000><c> impact</c><00:38:58.460><c> that</c><00:38:58.659><c> the</c><00:38:58.940><c> cross</c><00:38:59.099><c> had</c><00:38:59.300><c> on</c><00:38:59.820><c> John.</c>

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:03.880
That<00:39:00.880><c> moment</c><00:39:01.219><c> lived</c><00:39:01.619><c> with</c><00:39:01.860><c> him</c><00:39:02.119><c> for</c><00:39:02.619><c> every</c><00:39:03.119><c> instant</c><00:39:03.559><c> of</c><00:39:03.699><c> his</c>

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:05.559
life<00:39:04.059><c> from</c><00:39:04.199><c> that</c><00:39:04.420><c> point</c><00:39:04.599><c> on.</c>

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:08.099
And<00:39:06.380><c> that's</c><00:39:06.539><c> where</c><00:39:06.699><c> we</c><00:39:06.920><c> need</c><00:39:07.079><c> to</c><00:39:07.260><c> be.</c>

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:11.659
We<00:39:09.280><c> come</c><00:39:09.559><c> into</c><00:39:09.820><c> the</c><00:39:09.920><c> very</c><00:39:10.320><c> presence</c><00:39:10.599><c> of</c><00:39:10.780><c> the</c><00:39:10.880><c> Lord</c><00:39:11.039><c> Jesus</c><00:39:11.340><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:13.659
and<00:39:11.900><c> what</c><00:39:12.179><c> do</c><00:39:12.420><c> we</c><00:39:12.599><c> find,</c><00:39:13.119><c> brothers</c><00:39:13.219><c> and</c><00:39:13.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:16.420
as<00:39:14.019><c> we</c><00:39:14.280><c> sit</c><00:39:14.460><c> down</c><00:39:14.699><c> at</c><00:39:14.840><c> the</c><00:39:14.960><c> breaking</c><00:39:15.179><c> of</c><00:39:15.440><c> bread?</c>

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.980
Do<00:39:16.699><c> we</c><00:39:16.820><c> look</c><00:39:16.980><c> at</c><00:39:17.079><c> the</c><00:39:17.159><c> other</c><00:39:17.320><c> brothers</c><00:39:17.539><c> and</c><00:39:17.679><c> sisters</c><00:39:17.800><c> and</c><00:39:17.920><c> say,</c>

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:19.460
oh,<00:39:18.179><c> I</c><00:39:18.300><c> wonder</c><00:39:18.400><c> what</c><00:39:18.539><c> they</c><00:39:18.760><c> believe?</c>

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:21.579
Or<00:39:20.300><c> are</c><00:39:20.400><c> we</c><00:39:20.579><c> at</c><00:39:20.800><c> the</c><00:39:20.900><c> foot</c><00:39:21.119><c> of</c><00:39:21.260><c> the</c><00:39:21.420><c> cross</c>

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:23.519
and<00:39:21.699><c> we</c><00:39:21.800><c> see</c><00:39:22.119><c> a</c><00:39:22.300><c> man</c><00:39:22.480><c> who's</c><00:39:22.800><c> giving</c><00:39:22.960><c> up</c><00:39:23.159><c> his</c><00:39:23.340><c> life</c>

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:25.639
and<00:39:23.619><c> he's</c><00:39:23.940><c> giving</c><00:39:24.099><c> it,</c><00:39:24.340><c> giving</c><00:39:24.539><c> it,</c><00:39:24.780><c> giving</c><00:39:25.000><c> it</c><00:39:25.139><c> to</c><00:39:25.199><c> the</c><00:39:25.360><c> very</c>

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.260
last<00:39:25.960><c> breath,</c>

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:29.219
and<00:39:26.659><c> we've</c><00:39:26.900><c> got</c><00:39:26.980><c> to</c><00:39:27.099><c> say,</c><00:39:27.360><c> I've</c><00:39:27.420><c> got</c><00:39:27.599><c> to</c><00:39:27.760><c> do</c><00:39:27.820><c> the</c><00:39:28.000><c> same</c><00:39:28.239><c> thing.</c>

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:33.639
I<00:39:29.920><c> have</c><00:39:30.139><c> to,</c><00:39:30.460><c> in</c><00:39:30.940><c> confidence,</c><00:39:31.820><c> give</c><00:39:32.079><c> myself</c><00:39:32.619><c> to</c><00:39:32.920><c> my</c><00:39:33.280><c> Father,</c>

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:35.099
my<00:39:34.059><c> God,</c>

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:40.900
as<00:39:36.139><c> imperfect</c><00:39:36.579><c> as</c><00:39:36.800><c> I</c><00:39:37.039><c> am,</c><00:39:37.880><c> I</c><00:39:38.119><c> need</c><00:39:38.320><c> to</c><00:39:38.460><c> just</c><00:39:38.800><c> give</c><00:39:39.000><c> myself</c><00:39:39.539><c> up.</c>

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:44.179
And<00:39:42.039><c> when</c><00:39:42.139><c> Jesus</c><00:39:42.360><c> said,</c><00:39:42.639><c> this</c><00:39:42.719><c> is</c><00:39:42.960><c> my</c><00:39:43.159><c> body,</c>

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:47.219
and<00:39:44.980><c> this</c><00:39:45.119><c> is</c><00:39:45.340><c> my</c><00:39:45.639><c> outpoured</c><00:39:46.139><c> life,</c>

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:49.000
why<00:39:48.099><c> is</c><00:39:48.239><c> he</c><00:39:48.460><c> telling</c><00:39:48.679><c> us?</c>

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:51.099
Because<00:39:49.239><c> he</c><00:39:49.360><c> wants</c><00:39:49.619><c> us</c><00:39:49.900><c> to</c><00:39:50.059><c> do</c><00:39:50.199><c> the</c><00:39:50.360><c> very</c><00:39:50.599><c> same</c><00:39:50.880><c> thing</c>

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:54.059
and<00:39:51.500><c> he</c><00:39:51.500><c> wants</c><00:39:51.780><c> us</c><00:39:52.019><c> to</c><00:39:52.280><c> share</c><00:39:52.559><c> that</c><00:39:53.159><c> moment.</c>

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:58.840
And<00:39:55.400><c> why</c><00:39:55.559><c> was</c><00:39:55.800><c> Jesus</c><00:39:56.139><c> so</c><00:39:56.960><c> anxious</c><00:39:57.340><c> to</c><00:39:57.599><c> share</c><00:39:58.000><c> that</c><00:39:58.559><c> moment?</c>

00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:02.179
Why<00:39:59.380><c> would</c><00:39:59.539><c> he</c><00:39:59.699><c> want</c><00:39:59.920><c> his</c><00:40:00.179><c> brothers</c><00:40:00.420><c> and</c><00:40:00.780><c> sisters</c><00:40:01.119><c> to</c><00:40:01.500><c> go</c><00:40:01.840><c> back</c>

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:03.800
to<00:40:02.380><c> the</c><00:40:02.780><c> cross?</c>

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:09.320
It<00:40:05.079><c> was</c><00:40:05.380><c> cruel,</c><00:40:05.900><c> it</c><00:40:05.900><c> was</c><00:40:06.360><c> ugly,</c><00:40:07.559><c> it</c><00:40:07.699><c> was</c><00:40:08.000><c> horrible.</c>

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:14.639
But<00:40:13.219><c> there</c><00:40:13.360><c> was</c><00:40:13.460><c> something</c><00:40:13.659><c> about</c><00:40:13.860><c> the</c><00:40:14.099><c> cross</c><00:40:14.239><c> that</c><00:40:14.360><c> we</c><00:40:14.500><c> can</c>

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never<00:40:14.820><c> forget.</c>

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:21.760
It<00:40:17.940><c> was</c><00:40:18.340><c> for</c><00:40:18.500><c> the</c><00:40:18.719><c> joy</c><00:40:19.099><c> that</c><00:40:20.300><c> was</c><00:40:20.659><c> set</c><00:40:20.840><c> before</c><00:40:21.159><c> him</c><00:40:21.300><c> that</c><00:40:21.480><c> he</c>

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:23.219
endured<00:40:22.000><c> the</c><00:40:22.280><c> cross.</c>

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:27.539
It<00:40:25.119><c> was</c><00:40:25.320><c> the</c><00:40:25.599><c> joy,</c><00:40:25.940><c> my</c><00:40:26.119><c> brothers</c><00:40:26.300><c> and</c><00:40:26.599><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:31.599
And<00:40:28.179><c> I</c><00:40:28.380><c> always</c><00:40:28.599><c> thought</c><00:40:29.119><c> the</c><00:40:29.960><c> joy</c><00:40:30.260><c> for</c><00:40:30.699><c> Jesus</c><00:40:31.000><c> on</c><00:40:31.179><c> the</c><00:40:31.380><c> cross</c>

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:33.280
was<00:40:31.760><c> that</c><00:40:32.059><c> it</c><00:40:32.300><c> was</c><00:40:32.360><c> soon</c><00:40:32.579><c> going</c><00:40:32.699><c> to</c><00:40:32.800><c> be</c><00:40:32.980><c> over.</c>

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:35.280
He<00:40:33.739><c> was</c><00:40:33.880><c> going</c><00:40:33.940><c> to</c><00:40:34.039><c> be</c><00:40:34.300><c> resurrected</c><00:40:34.739><c> from</c><00:40:34.960><c> the</c><00:40:35.119><c> grave,</c>

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:36.900
and<00:40:35.440><c> yes,</c><00:40:35.599><c> he</c><00:40:35.780><c> knew</c><00:40:35.900><c> that</c><00:40:36.039><c> was</c><00:40:36.239><c> coming</c><00:40:36.519><c> too,</c>

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:39.380
and<00:40:37.159><c> that</c><00:40:37.280><c> he</c><00:40:37.380><c> would</c><00:40:37.500><c> be</c><00:40:37.679><c> in</c><00:40:37.820><c> the</c><00:40:38.000><c> presence</c><00:40:38.199><c> of</c><00:40:38.480><c> God.</c>

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:42.679
And<00:40:40.760><c> I</c><00:40:40.880><c> always</c><00:40:41.019><c> thought</c><00:40:41.099><c> that</c><00:40:41.300><c> was</c><00:40:41.519><c> it.</c>

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:47.159
I<00:40:44.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:45.179><c> say</c><00:40:45.380><c> that</c><00:40:45.559><c> it</c><00:40:45.760><c> wasn't</c><00:40:45.960><c> that</c><00:40:46.179><c> way,</c>

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:50.280
but<00:40:48.420><c> I</c><00:40:48.820><c> have</c><00:40:49.000><c> come</c><00:40:49.280><c> to</c><00:40:49.960><c> believe,</c>

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:52.139
and<00:40:50.460><c> I've</c><00:40:50.739><c> got</c><00:40:50.860><c> quite</c><00:40:51.059><c> a</c><00:40:51.159><c> string</c><00:40:51.300><c> of</c><00:40:51.500><c> verses</c><00:40:51.699><c> actually</c><00:40:52.059><c> if</c>

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:53.380
you're<00:40:52.400><c> interested,</c>

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:56.880
to<00:40:53.920><c> show</c><00:40:54.199><c> you</c><00:40:54.460><c> that</c><00:40:54.659><c> the</c><00:40:54.900><c> joy</c><00:40:55.260><c> I</c><00:40:55.739><c> think</c><00:40:55.960><c> that</c><00:40:56.159><c> Jesus</c><00:40:56.400><c> had</c><00:40:56.599><c> upon</c>

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.300
the<00:40:57.119><c> cross</c>

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:58.940
that<00:40:57.400><c> he</c><00:40:57.579><c> was</c><00:40:57.780><c> going</c><00:40:57.960><c> to</c><00:40:58.119><c> lead</c><00:40:58.340><c> captivity,</c>

00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:02.360
he<00:40:59.400><c> was</c><00:40:59.960><c> going</c><00:41:00.179><c> to</c><00:41:00.360><c> take</c><00:41:00.579><c> us</c><00:41:01.199><c> into</c><00:41:01.500><c> the</c><00:41:01.699><c> eternal</c><00:41:01.980><c> age.</c>

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:04.619
And<00:41:02.739><c> when</c><00:41:02.840><c> he</c><00:41:03.000><c> looked</c><00:41:03.199><c> down</c><00:41:03.519><c> and</c><00:41:03.659><c> he</c><00:41:03.800><c> saw</c><00:41:03.940><c> his</c><00:41:04.159><c> mother</c><00:41:04.340><c> and</c><00:41:04.500><c> he</c>

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:05.179
saw<00:41:04.800><c> John,</c>

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:07.119
and<00:41:05.559><c> he</c><00:41:05.719><c> saw</c><00:41:05.900><c> the</c><00:41:06.139><c> others</c><00:41:06.320><c> there</c><00:41:06.559><c> in</c><00:41:06.679><c> the</c><00:41:06.800><c> distance,</c>

00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:09.739
he<00:41:07.619><c> knew</c><00:41:07.860><c> that</c><00:41:07.980><c> they</c><00:41:08.159><c> would</c><00:41:08.320><c> be</c><00:41:08.440><c> with</c><00:41:08.559><c> him</c><00:41:08.639><c> in</c><00:41:08.780><c> the</c><00:41:08.920><c> kingdom.</c>

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:12.159
And<00:41:10.380><c> that</c><00:41:10.639><c> was</c><00:41:10.840><c> the</c><00:41:11.059><c> joy.</c>

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.880
And<00:41:13.699><c> do</c><00:41:13.860><c> you</c><00:41:14.000><c> know,</c><00:41:14.380><c> brothers</c><00:41:14.480><c> and</c><00:41:14.699><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:16.920
that<00:41:15.099><c> that</c><00:41:15.320><c> should</c><00:41:15.460><c> be</c><00:41:15.679><c> a</c><00:41:15.780><c> part</c><00:41:15.920><c> of</c><00:41:16.079><c> our</c><00:41:16.260><c> experience</c><00:41:16.639><c> of</c><00:41:16.780><c> the</c>

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:18.059
breaking<00:41:17.079><c> of</c><00:41:17.300><c> bread?</c>

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:22.139
Because<00:41:19.320><c> the</c><00:41:19.519><c> breaking</c><00:41:19.739><c> of</c><00:41:19.920><c> bread</c><00:41:20.019><c> is</c><00:41:20.239><c> not</c><00:41:20.400><c> about</c><00:41:20.659><c> me.</c>

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:27.280
And<00:41:24.699><c> that</c><00:41:24.840><c> puts</c><00:41:24.940><c> a</c><00:41:25.099><c> whole</c><00:41:25.300><c> different</c><00:41:25.539><c> emphasis</c><00:41:25.840><c> on</c><00:41:26.000><c> the</c><00:41:26.159><c> breaking</c><00:41:26.320><c> of</c><00:41:26.539><c> bread.</c>

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:32.280
My<00:41:29.219><c> presence</c><00:41:29.559><c> at</c><00:41:29.760><c> the</c><00:41:29.900><c> table</c><00:41:30.119><c> of</c><00:41:30.300><c> the</c><00:41:30.440><c> Lord</c><00:41:30.619><c> is</c><00:41:30.820><c> for</c><00:41:31.059><c> you.</c>

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:36.599
And<00:41:34.820><c> you</c><00:41:35.059><c> think</c><00:41:35.300><c> about</c><00:41:35.559><c> it,</c><00:41:35.659><c> and</c><00:41:35.780><c> when</c><00:41:35.860><c> you</c><00:41:36.079><c> come</c><00:41:36.239><c> to</c><00:41:36.440><c> John,</c>

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:39.179
we're<00:41:37.099><c> going</c><00:41:37.179><c> to</c><00:41:37.320><c> find</c><00:41:37.519><c> out,</c><00:41:37.880><c> hopefully,</c><00:41:38.079><c> and</c><00:41:38.139><c> hopefully</c><00:41:38.440><c> we'll</c><00:41:38.679><c> get</c><00:41:38.920><c> there,</c>

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:44.260
but<00:41:39.639><c> we're</c><00:41:39.940><c> going</c><00:41:39.980><c> to</c><00:41:40.139><c> find</c><00:41:40.360><c> out</c><00:41:40.820><c> that</c><00:41:42.099><c> our</c><00:41:42.619><c> position</c><00:41:43.179><c> as</c><00:41:43.460><c> brothers</c><00:41:43.739><c> and</c><00:41:44.019><c> sisters</c>

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:46.360
is<00:41:44.460><c> to</c><00:41:44.679><c> embrace</c><00:41:45.460><c> one</c><00:41:45.760><c> another,</c>

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:49.699
not<00:41:47.039><c> to</c><00:41:47.440><c> cast</c><00:41:47.639><c> each</c><00:41:47.920><c> other</c><00:41:48.099><c> off</c><00:41:48.539><c> and</c><00:41:49.079><c> separate</c><00:41:49.360><c> and</c><00:41:49.519><c> divide.</c>

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:53.260
It's<00:41:49.980><c> to</c><00:41:50.380><c> bring</c><00:41:50.659><c> ourselves</c><00:41:51.039><c> together</c><00:41:51.460><c> into</c><00:41:51.659><c> the</c><00:41:51.860><c> presence</c><00:41:52.079><c> of</c><00:41:52.420><c> God.</c>

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:56.559
My<00:41:53.940><c> job</c><00:41:54.300><c> is</c><00:41:54.739><c> not</c><00:41:55.039><c> my</c><00:41:55.380><c> salvation.</c>

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:59.239
My<00:41:57.300><c> job</c><00:41:57.440><c> is</c><00:41:57.699><c> your</c><00:41:57.980><c> salvation.</c>

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:08.760
So<00:42:00.840><c> isn't</c><00:42:01.219><c> it</c><00:42:04.619><c> unusual</c><00:42:05.380><c> that</c><00:42:08.039><c> we</c><00:42:08.219><c> should</c><00:42:08.320><c> be</c><00:42:08.579><c> told</c>

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:11.019
to<00:42:08.920><c> not</c><00:42:09.059><c> forsake</c><00:42:09.400><c> the</c><00:42:09.579><c> assembling</c><00:42:09.860><c> of</c><00:42:10.019><c> ourselves</c><00:42:10.599><c> together,</c>

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:14.039
as<00:42:11.199><c> the</c><00:42:11.380><c> manner</c><00:42:11.539><c> of</c><00:42:11.699><c> some</c><00:42:11.860><c> is,</c><00:42:12.199><c> but</c><00:42:12.480><c> exhort?</c>

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:16.679
And<00:42:15.199><c> he</c><00:42:15.280><c> doesn't</c><00:42:15.480><c> say,</c><00:42:15.840><c> well,</c><00:42:15.920><c> get</c><00:42:16.139><c> exhorted.</c>

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:18.300
Did<00:42:16.940><c> you</c><00:42:17.059><c> ever</c><00:42:17.199><c> notice</c><00:42:17.420><c> that?</c>

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:21.119
You<00:42:19.000><c> just</c><00:42:19.159><c> go</c><00:42:19.440><c> to</c><00:42:19.980><c> the</c><00:42:20.079><c> breaking</c><00:42:20.260><c> of</c><00:42:20.460><c> bread</c><00:42:20.539><c> so</c><00:42:20.719><c> that</c><00:42:20.840><c> you</c><00:42:20.960><c> can</c>

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:22.460
get<00:42:21.400><c> exhorted.</c>

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:25.380
He<00:42:23.340><c> says,</c><00:42:23.619><c> go</c><00:42:23.840><c> to</c><00:42:24.059><c> the</c><00:42:24.400><c> breaking</c><00:42:24.679><c> of</c><00:42:24.860><c> bread</c><00:42:25.000><c> to</c><00:42:25.199><c> forsake</c>

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:26.920
not<00:42:25.599><c> the</c><00:42:25.820><c> assembling</c><00:42:26.099><c> of</c><00:42:26.280><c> yourselves</c><00:42:26.579><c> together,</c>

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:30.159
as<00:42:27.099><c> the</c><00:42:27.179><c> manner</c><00:42:27.320><c> of</c><00:42:27.539><c> some</c><00:42:27.679><c> is,</c><00:42:28.300><c> but</c><00:42:28.619><c> exhort,</c><00:42:29.519><c> edify.</c>

00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:33.179
The<00:42:30.360><c> word</c><00:42:30.500><c> means</c><00:42:30.679><c> to</c><00:42:30.960><c> build</c><00:42:31.139><c> up,</c><00:42:32.059><c> an</c><00:42:32.320><c> edifice.</c>

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:36.599
Build<00:42:33.599><c> it</c><00:42:33.780><c> up.</c><00:42:34.679><c> Exhort</c><00:42:35.159><c> one</c><00:42:35.679><c> another.</c>

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:40.860
And<00:42:39.079><c> if</c><00:42:39.300><c> any</c><00:42:39.460><c> of</c><00:42:39.559><c> you</c><00:42:39.719><c> sisters</c><00:42:39.960><c> think,</c><00:42:40.159><c> well,</c><00:42:40.300><c> I'm</c><00:42:40.500><c> not</c><00:42:40.619><c> an</c>

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.340
exhorting<00:42:41.179><c> brother,</c>

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:43.559
yes,<00:42:41.940><c> you're</c><00:42:42.320><c> an</c><00:42:42.420><c> exhorting</c><00:42:42.760><c> sister.</c>

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:48.039
Paul,<00:42:45.659><c> the</c><00:42:46.139><c> writer</c><00:42:46.400><c> to</c><00:42:46.559><c> the</c><00:42:46.699><c> Hebrews,</c><00:42:46.980><c> doesn't</c><00:42:47.340><c> differentiate</c>

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:50.699
in<00:42:48.340><c> that</c><00:42:48.619><c> verse</c><00:42:48.780><c> between</c><00:42:49.079><c> a</c><00:42:49.280><c> brother</c><00:42:49.480><c> and</c><00:42:49.599><c> a</c><00:42:49.800><c> sister.</c>

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:53.940
Do<00:42:52.199><c> you</c><00:42:52.320><c> know</c><00:42:52.420><c> some</c><00:42:52.579><c> of</c><00:42:52.699><c> the</c><00:42:52.940><c> strongest</c><00:42:53.300><c> exhortations</c>

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:56.280
that<00:42:54.099><c> I've</c><00:42:54.239><c> ever</c><00:42:54.500><c> received</c><00:42:54.760><c> have</c><00:42:54.960><c> been</c><00:42:55.039><c> from</c><00:42:55.239><c> sisters?</c>

00:42:57.900 --> 00:43:00.460
And<00:42:58.000><c> do</c><00:42:58.099><c> you</c><00:42:58.199><c> know</c><00:42:58.440><c> that</c><00:42:58.579><c> I</c><00:42:58.920><c> think</c><00:42:59.099><c> some</c><00:42:59.219><c> of</c><00:42:59.320><c> the</c><00:42:59.539><c> strongest</c><00:42:59.940><c> encouragement</c>

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:03.219
that<00:43:00.719><c> Jesus</c><00:43:00.980><c> ever</c><00:43:01.280><c> received</c><00:43:01.639><c> was</c><00:43:01.940><c> from</c><00:43:02.099><c> the</c><00:43:02.300><c> sisters?</c>

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:05.340
The<00:43:03.940><c> men</c><00:43:04.159><c> didn't</c><00:43:04.380><c> get</c><00:43:04.579><c> it.</c>

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.980
And<00:43:06.000><c> that's</c><00:43:06.179><c> quite</c><00:43:06.340><c> often</c><00:43:06.500><c> the</c><00:43:06.679><c> case.</c>

00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:08.880
We<00:43:07.380><c> just</c><00:43:07.639><c> don't</c><00:43:07.880><c> get</c><00:43:08.079><c> it.</c><00:43:08.280><c> The</c><00:43:08.440><c> women</c><00:43:08.679><c> do.</c>

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:11.559
They've<00:43:09.059><c> got</c><00:43:09.179><c> a</c><00:43:09.400><c> spiritual</c><00:43:09.699><c> perception</c><00:43:10.300><c> that</c><00:43:10.699><c> is</c><00:43:10.960><c> way</c><00:43:11.159><c> beyond</c><00:43:11.360><c> ours.</c>

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:15.420
And<00:43:11.699><c> I</c><00:43:11.800><c> can</c><00:43:12.019><c> say</c><00:43:12.639><c> in</c><00:43:12.960><c> all</c><00:43:13.320><c> honesty</c><00:43:13.880><c> that</c><00:43:14.340><c> this</c><00:43:14.559><c> is</c><00:43:14.780><c> my</c><00:43:14.980><c> wife.</c>

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:17.579
She<00:43:16.099><c> is</c><00:43:16.320><c> my</c><00:43:16.500><c> conscience.</c>

00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:21.139
Because<00:43:18.360><c> oftentimes</c><00:43:18.780><c> I</c><00:43:19.000><c> don't</c><00:43:19.219><c> see</c><00:43:19.440><c> something</c><00:43:19.699><c> and</c><00:43:19.880><c> she</c><00:43:20.119><c> sees</c><00:43:20.420><c> it.</c>

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:24.139
And<00:43:21.519><c> I</c><00:43:21.699><c> have</c><00:43:21.900><c> to</c><00:43:22.019><c> admit,</c><00:43:22.920><c> yeah,</c><00:43:23.079><c> she's</c><00:43:23.340><c> right.</c>

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:31.159
But<00:43:27.840><c> one</c><00:43:28.000><c> of</c><00:43:28.099><c> the</c><00:43:28.360><c> strongest</c><00:43:28.739><c> exhorting</c><00:43:29.360><c> sisters</c><00:43:29.679><c> in</c><00:43:29.860><c> our</c><00:43:30.099><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:35.179
was<00:43:31.599><c> an</c><00:43:31.920><c> old</c><00:43:32.380><c> sister</c><00:43:33.019><c> who</c><00:43:33.679><c> sat</c><00:43:33.920><c> in</c><00:43:34.079><c> the</c><00:43:34.340><c> very</c><00:43:34.699><c> back,</c>

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:37.199
no,<00:43:35.840><c> sorry,</c><00:43:36.099><c> the</c><00:43:36.320><c> second</c><00:43:36.599><c> back</c><00:43:36.920><c> row.</c>

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:39.460
And<00:43:37.400><c> I</c><00:43:37.460><c> can</c><00:43:37.739><c> see</c><00:43:37.880><c> her</c><00:43:38.059><c> face</c><00:43:38.260><c> right</c><00:43:38.619><c> there</c><00:43:39.079><c> now.</c>

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:40.400
She's<00:43:39.719><c> been</c><00:43:39.880><c> dead</c><00:43:39.980><c> for</c><00:43:40.159><c> years.</c>

00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:43.320
But<00:43:41.039><c> she</c><00:43:41.280><c> was</c><00:43:41.480><c> my</c><00:43:41.760><c> exhortation</c><00:43:42.219><c> every</c><00:43:42.500><c> Sunday.</c>

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:46.719
And<00:43:44.800><c> if</c><00:43:44.960><c> ever</c><00:43:45.179><c> I</c><00:43:45.400><c> thought,</c><00:43:45.719><c> oh</c><00:43:45.760><c> gee,</c><00:43:45.960><c> I</c><00:43:45.960><c> don't</c><00:43:46.099><c> think</c><00:43:46.199><c> I</c><00:43:46.260><c> can</c><00:43:46.440><c> make</c><00:43:46.599><c> it</c>

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:48.159
to<00:43:46.760><c> the</c><00:43:46.900><c> meeting</c><00:43:47.059><c> today.</c><00:43:47.199><c> I'm</c><00:43:47.420><c> not</c><00:43:47.599><c> feeling</c><00:43:47.739><c> too</c><00:43:48.019><c> good.</c>

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:50.360
I<00:43:48.480><c> would</c><00:43:48.579><c> only</c><00:43:48.739><c> have</c><00:43:48.880><c> to</c><00:43:49.039><c> think</c><00:43:49.159><c> of</c><00:43:49.300><c> this</c><00:43:49.539><c> one</c><00:43:49.780><c> sister</c>

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:52.480
who<00:43:50.920><c> would</c><00:43:51.119><c> be</c><00:43:51.360><c> there</c><00:43:51.519><c> no</c><00:43:51.800><c> matter</c><00:43:52.099><c> what.</c>

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:54.840
And<00:43:52.820><c> she</c><00:43:52.960><c> had</c><00:43:53.260><c> plenty</c><00:43:53.679><c> of</c><00:43:53.940><c> physical</c><00:43:54.280><c> issues.</c>

00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:56.280
And<00:43:55.500><c> she</c><00:43:55.679><c> would</c><00:43:55.880><c> be</c><00:43:56.119><c> there.</c>

00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:58.960
And<00:43:56.539><c> she</c><00:43:56.699><c> would</c><00:43:56.960><c> be</c><00:43:57.460><c> overjoyed</c><00:43:58.260><c> to</c><00:43:58.400><c> be</c><00:43:58.480><c> with</c><00:43:58.659><c> the</c><00:43:58.780><c> brothers</c>

00:43:58.960 --> 00:44:00.000
and<00:43:59.139><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.760
Absolutely<00:44:01.239><c> overjoyed.</c>

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:04.820
And<00:44:01.980><c> the</c><00:44:02.260><c> first</c><00:44:02.460><c> thing</c><00:44:02.699><c> that</c><00:44:02.900><c> she</c><00:44:03.039><c> would</c><00:44:03.280><c> say</c><00:44:03.619><c> would</c><00:44:04.280><c> be</c><00:44:04.480><c> about</c>

00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:09.599
how<00:44:05.579><c> blessed</c><00:44:05.880><c> she</c><00:44:06.219><c> was</c><00:44:06.500><c> to</c><00:44:06.679><c> be</c><00:44:06.980><c> there</c><00:44:07.300><c> to</c><00:44:07.599><c> receive</c><00:44:08.119><c> the</c><00:44:08.760><c> exhortation.</c>

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:11.239
And<00:44:09.920><c> she</c><00:44:10.159><c> would</c><00:44:10.639><c> tell</c><00:44:10.860><c> me</c><00:44:11.039><c> things.</c>

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:12.780
And<00:44:11.320><c> I'd</c><00:44:11.500><c> think,</c><00:44:11.659><c> oh</c><00:44:11.900><c> dear.</c>

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:16.960
And<00:44:15.340><c> she'd</c><00:44:15.860><c> been</c><00:44:16.139><c> reading</c><00:44:16.519><c> magazines.</c>

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:18.239
She'd<00:44:17.219><c> been</c><00:44:17.440><c> reading</c><00:44:17.639><c> the</c><00:44:17.960><c> Word.</c>

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:23.059
She<00:44:18.960><c> was</c><00:44:19.320><c> already</c><00:44:20.519><c> exhorted</c><00:44:21.239><c> by</c><00:44:21.480><c> the</c><00:44:21.619><c> time</c><00:44:21.760><c> she</c><00:44:21.940><c> got</c><00:44:22.059><c> to</c><00:44:22.159><c> the</c><00:44:22.260><c> meeting.</c>

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:26.320
What<00:44:24.340><c> an</c><00:44:24.559><c> exhortation</c><00:44:25.059><c> for</c><00:44:25.300><c> me.</c>

00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:28.579
And<00:44:26.860><c> if</c><00:44:26.980><c> we</c><00:44:27.099><c> could</c><00:44:27.239><c> only</c><00:44:27.579><c> all</c><00:44:27.900><c> be</c><00:44:28.079><c> like</c><00:44:28.340><c> that,</c>

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:32.760
and<00:44:28.780><c> I</c><00:44:29.019><c> know</c><00:44:29.420><c> it's</c><00:44:30.480><c> an</c><00:44:30.679><c> ideal</c><00:44:31.019><c> that</c><00:44:31.579><c> many</c><00:44:32.119><c> of</c><00:44:32.280><c> us</c><00:44:32.360><c> don't</c><00:44:32.539><c> even</c>

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:34.099
come<00:44:32.980><c> close</c><00:44:33.280><c> to,</c>

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:37.960
but<00:44:34.659><c> how</c><00:44:35.079><c> many</c><00:44:35.360><c> of</c><00:44:35.539><c> the</c><00:44:35.739><c> sisters</c><00:44:36.000><c> have</c><00:44:36.199><c> done</c><00:44:36.380><c> that</c><00:44:36.619><c> for</c><00:44:36.860><c> me</c>

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:40.500
and<00:44:38.599><c> continue</c><00:44:39.059><c> to</c><00:44:39.280><c> do</c><00:44:39.380><c> it?</c>

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:43.659
And<00:44:40.719><c> I</c><00:44:40.880><c> get</c><00:44:41.059><c> more</c><00:44:41.480><c> encouragement</c><00:44:42.159><c> from</c><00:44:42.820><c> my</c><00:44:43.179><c> ministry</c>

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:45.900
from<00:44:44.079><c> the</c><00:44:44.320><c> sisters</c><00:44:44.539><c> than</c><00:44:44.699><c> I</c><00:44:44.820><c> do</c><00:44:44.900><c> from</c><00:44:45.019><c> the</c><00:44:45.159><c> brethren.</c>

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:53.320
And<00:44:49.039><c> I'm</c><00:44:49.219><c> not</c><00:44:49.460><c> saying</c><00:44:49.960><c> that</c><00:44:51.280><c> women</c><00:44:51.480><c> should</c><00:44:51.699><c> aspire</c><00:44:51.980><c> to</c><00:44:52.119><c> the</c><00:44:52.280><c> platform.</c>

00:44:55.179 --> 00:44:57.119
God<00:44:55.380><c> has</c><00:44:55.599><c> given</c><00:44:55.719><c> us</c><00:44:56.159><c> roles.</c>

00:44:57.980 --> 00:45:00.699
God<00:44:58.199><c> knows</c><00:44:58.619><c> that</c><00:44:58.880><c> men</c><00:44:59.119><c> and</c><00:44:59.300><c> women</c><00:44:59.559><c> are</c><00:44:59.780><c> different.</c>

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:02.360
And<00:45:01.079><c> women</c><00:45:01.300><c> do</c><00:45:01.460><c> what</c><00:45:01.639><c> they</c><00:45:01.840><c> do</c><00:45:02.039><c> best,</c>

00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:06.179
and<00:45:02.840><c> the</c><00:45:03.059><c> men</c><00:45:03.320><c> should</c><00:45:04.300><c> be</c><00:45:04.480><c> doing</c><00:45:04.599><c> what</c><00:45:04.760><c> we</c><00:45:05.019><c> do</c><00:45:05.219><c> best.</c>

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:09.739
And<00:45:06.539><c> we</c><00:45:06.699><c> should</c><00:45:06.840><c> be</c><00:45:07.059><c> leading,</c><00:45:08.179><c> guiding,</c><00:45:08.800><c> directing,</c><00:45:09.519><c> giving</c>

00:45:09.739 --> 00:45:11.420
strength<00:45:10.219><c> to</c><00:45:10.400><c> the</c><00:45:10.599><c> flock.</c>

00:45:11.679 --> 00:45:14.039
But<00:45:11.860><c> look</c><00:45:12.039><c> at</c><00:45:12.159><c> the</c><00:45:12.320><c> sisters</c><00:45:12.519><c> who've</c><00:45:12.800><c> been</c><00:45:12.980><c> blessed</c><00:45:13.219><c> with</c><00:45:13.800><c> that</c>

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:16.579
ability<00:45:14.599><c> to</c><00:45:15.039><c> nurture.</c>

00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:20.880
Like<00:45:18.039><c> men</c><00:45:18.420><c> cannot</c><00:45:18.820><c> do.</c>

00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:23.980
Amazing,<00:45:22.460><c> isn't</c><00:45:22.679><c> it?</c>

00:45:24.760 --> 00:45:26.539
It's<00:45:25.019><c> all</c><00:45:25.260><c> how</c><00:45:25.440><c> God</c><00:45:25.679><c> intended</c><00:45:26.079><c> it.</c>

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:29.179
And<00:45:27.000><c> if</c><00:45:27.099><c> ever</c><00:45:27.260><c> we</c><00:45:27.440><c> have</c><00:45:27.559><c> any</c><00:45:27.800><c> problem</c><00:45:28.039><c> with</c><00:45:28.199><c> that</c><00:45:28.480><c> particular</c><00:45:28.900><c> role,</c>

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:31.099
and<00:45:29.320><c> I</c><00:45:29.440><c> don't</c><00:45:29.519><c> want</c><00:45:29.619><c> to</c><00:45:29.699><c> get</c><00:45:29.780><c> into</c><00:45:29.940><c> that</c><00:45:30.199><c> subject.</c>

00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:34.260
It's<00:45:31.820><c> a</c><00:45:31.920><c> challenge</c><00:45:32.179><c> for</c><00:45:32.400><c> us</c><00:45:32.619><c> in</c><00:45:32.820><c> some</c><00:45:33.000><c> areas</c><00:45:33.239><c> at</c><00:45:33.420><c> this</c><00:45:33.559><c> present</c><00:45:33.960><c> time,</c>

00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:36.139
but<00:45:34.420><c> I</c><00:45:34.500><c> don't</c><00:45:34.619><c> want</c><00:45:34.699><c> to</c><00:45:34.780><c> get</c><00:45:34.880><c> into</c><00:45:35.039><c> it.</c>

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:41.119
But<00:45:36.519><c> if</c><00:45:36.619><c> you</c><00:45:36.719><c> ever</c><00:45:36.860><c> want</c><00:45:37.019><c> to</c><00:45:37.179><c> really</c><00:45:37.980><c> find</c><00:45:38.239><c> out</c><00:45:39.019><c> what</c><00:45:40.460><c> it's</c><00:45:40.659><c> about,</c><00:45:40.840><c> just</c><00:45:40.980><c> go</c>

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:42.019
to<00:45:41.340><c> Paul.</c>

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:44.360
But<00:45:42.619><c> you</c><00:45:42.780><c> have</c><00:45:42.960><c> to</c><00:45:43.239><c> think</c><00:45:43.440><c> about</c><00:45:43.639><c> some</c><00:45:43.820><c> of</c><00:45:43.940><c> the</c><00:45:44.039><c> words</c><00:45:44.199><c> that</c>

00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:45.320
Paul<00:45:44.559><c> says.</c>

00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:50.340
You<00:45:46.500><c> know,</c><00:45:46.960><c> when</c><00:45:47.079><c> he</c><00:45:47.280><c> says</c><00:45:47.579><c> that</c><00:45:48.219><c> God</c><00:45:48.360><c> created</c><00:45:48.699><c> man</c><00:45:48.940><c> first.</c>

00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:53.099
And<00:45:51.840><c> you</c><00:45:51.900><c> might</c><00:45:52.059><c> say,</c><00:45:52.420><c> well,</c><00:45:52.500><c> Paul,</c><00:45:52.619><c> tell</c><00:45:52.780><c> us</c><00:45:52.880><c> something</c><00:45:53.000><c> we</c>

00:45:53.099 --> 00:45:54.420
don't<00:45:53.300><c> know.</c>

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:57.719
But<00:45:55.539><c> look</c><00:45:55.719><c> behind</c><00:45:56.139><c> what</c><00:45:56.320><c> he</c><00:45:56.480><c> says</c><00:45:56.599><c> and</c><00:45:56.780><c> see</c><00:45:57.000><c> why</c><00:45:57.179><c> he</c><00:45:57.420><c> said</c><00:45:57.559><c> what</c>

00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:59.719
he<00:45:57.920><c> said</c><00:45:58.039><c> about</c><00:45:58.300><c> men</c><00:45:58.579><c> and</c><00:45:58.820><c> women.</c>

00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:03.659
Adam<00:46:01.500><c> was</c><00:46:01.699><c> created</c><00:46:01.960><c> first,</c><00:46:02.199><c> and</c><00:46:02.500><c> then</c><00:46:02.800><c> Eve.</c>

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:06.219
And<00:46:04.000><c> it</c><00:46:04.079><c> wasn't</c><00:46:04.280><c> that</c><00:46:04.460><c> Eve</c><00:46:04.619><c> was</c><00:46:04.900><c> secondary</c><00:46:05.199><c> to</c><00:46:05.460><c> Adam,</c>

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:10.099
but<00:46:07.519><c> it</c><00:46:07.960><c> certainly</c><00:46:08.280><c> shows</c><00:46:08.739><c> us</c><00:46:08.920><c> the</c><00:46:09.139><c> role</c><00:46:09.360><c> of</c><00:46:09.519><c> men</c><00:46:09.679><c> and</c><00:46:09.880><c> women</c>

00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:10.800
within<00:46:10.320><c> the</c><00:46:10.559><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:46:10.820 --> 00:46:13.820
Just<00:46:11.019><c> that</c><00:46:11.239><c> one</c><00:46:11.420><c> verse,</c><00:46:12.340><c> if</c><00:46:12.579><c> we</c><00:46:12.860><c> really</c><00:46:13.139><c> think</c><00:46:13.400><c> it</c><00:46:13.619><c> through.</c>

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:17.380
Anyway,<00:46:14.599><c> that's</c><00:46:14.840><c> off</c><00:46:15.039><c> the</c><00:46:15.159><c> subject,</c><00:46:15.519><c> and</c><00:46:16.239><c> pardon</c><00:46:16.639><c> me.</c>

00:46:18.179 --> 00:46:20.300
All<00:46:18.280><c> right,</c><00:46:18.480><c> back</c><00:46:18.699><c> to</c><00:46:18.840><c> 1</c><00:46:19.000><c> John.</c>

00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:26.360
If<00:46:24.440><c> we</c><00:46:24.619><c> know</c><00:46:24.780><c> him,</c><00:46:24.940><c> we're</c><00:46:25.099><c> going</c><00:46:25.179><c> to</c><00:46:25.219><c> keep</c><00:46:25.380><c> the</c><00:46:25.539><c> commandments.</c>

00:46:26.780 --> 00:46:29.260
And<00:46:26.920><c> so</c><00:46:27.000><c> what</c><00:46:27.179><c> I've</c><00:46:27.519><c> suggested</c><00:46:27.960><c> to</c><00:46:28.280><c> you,</c><00:46:28.579><c> my</c><00:46:28.719><c> brothers</c><00:46:28.940><c> and</c><00:46:29.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:29.340 --> 00:46:34.780
is<00:46:29.539><c> that</c><00:46:29.980><c> if</c><00:46:30.559><c> we</c><00:46:31.500><c> are</c><00:46:32.019><c> in</c><00:46:32.440><c> a</c><00:46:32.920><c> relationship</c><00:46:33.739><c> with</c><00:46:34.119><c> our</c><00:46:34.380><c> Father</c>

00:46:34.780 --> 00:46:36.360
and<00:46:34.960><c> with</c><00:46:35.199><c> the</c><00:46:35.260><c> Lord</c><00:46:35.480><c> Jesus</c><00:46:35.840><c> Christ,</c>

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:40.159
we<00:46:37.099><c> will</c><00:46:37.400><c> be</c><00:46:37.699><c> sharing</c><00:46:38.159><c> his</c><00:46:38.780><c> body</c><00:46:39.119><c> and</c><00:46:39.320><c> his</c><00:46:39.559><c> blood</c><00:46:39.800><c> with</c><00:46:40.019><c> the</c>

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:41.000
brothers<00:46:40.360><c> and</c><00:46:40.639><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:45.420
And<00:46:41.639><c> we,</c><00:46:42.260><c> at</c><00:46:42.519><c> the</c><00:46:42.679><c> breaking</c><00:46:42.900><c> of</c><00:46:43.179><c> bread,</c><00:46:43.679><c> will</c><00:46:43.800><c> be</c><00:46:44.000><c> outstanding</c><00:46:44.820><c> examples</c>

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:48.320
to<00:46:45.619><c> our</c><00:46:45.800><c> brothers</c><00:46:46.019><c> and</c><00:46:46.199><c> sisters</c><00:46:46.380><c> that</c><00:46:46.639><c> we</c><00:46:47.019><c> together</c><00:46:47.460><c> will</c><00:46:47.900><c> go</c>

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:50.119
into<00:46:49.039><c> the</c><00:46:49.300><c> kingdom.</c>

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:52.360
Now,<00:46:51.159><c> isn't</c><00:46:51.320><c> that</c><00:46:51.539><c> amazing?</c>

00:46:53.260 --> 00:46:56.360
I<00:46:53.579><c> don't</c><00:46:53.880><c> know</c><00:46:54.119><c> if</c><00:46:54.360><c> you</c><00:46:54.519><c> could</c><00:46:54.719><c> ever</c><00:46:55.000><c> think</c><00:46:55.179><c> of</c><00:46:55.420><c> anything</c><00:46:55.780><c> that</c>

00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:59.619
is<00:46:56.960><c> more</c><00:46:57.300><c> precious</c><00:46:57.780><c> than</c><00:46:58.599><c> that.</c>

00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:02.880
It<00:47:01.199><c> tells</c><00:47:01.599><c> the</c><00:47:02.000><c> story.</c>

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:05.579
And<00:47:03.360><c> this</c><00:47:03.579><c> is</c><00:47:03.739><c> the</c><00:47:03.880><c> unfortunate</c><00:47:04.360><c> part</c><00:47:04.699><c> of</c><00:47:04.880><c> our</c><00:47:05.119><c> register</c><00:47:05.400><c> that</c>

00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:06.619
we<00:47:05.820><c> keep.</c>

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:08.820
Well,<00:47:06.840><c> not</c><00:47:07.000><c> the</c><00:47:07.179><c> unfortunate,</c><00:47:07.659><c> it's</c><00:47:07.860><c> a</c><00:47:07.940><c> necessary</c><00:47:08.360><c> part</c><00:47:08.639><c> of</c>

00:47:08.820 --> 00:47:09.719
the<00:47:08.980><c> register</c><00:47:09.199><c> that</c><00:47:09.380><c> we</c><00:47:09.500><c> keep.</c>

00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:14.340
The<00:47:10.059><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:47:11.519><c> the</c><00:47:11.619><c> brother</c><00:47:11.860><c> or</c><00:47:12.019><c> sister</c><00:47:12.219><c> that's</c><00:47:12.480><c> not</c><00:47:12.679><c> attending,</c><00:47:14.119><c> is</c><00:47:14.219><c> in</c>

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:15.679
spiritual<00:47:14.719><c> trouble.</c>

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:17.579
And<00:47:16.420><c> we</c><00:47:16.519><c> as</c><00:47:16.679><c> a</c><00:47:16.780><c> range</c><00:47:16.900><c> of</c><00:47:17.059><c> brothers</c><00:47:17.219><c> know</c><00:47:17.420><c> it.</c>

00:47:17.619 --> 00:47:19.559
We<00:47:17.780><c> struggle</c><00:47:18.119><c> with</c><00:47:18.280><c> it</c><00:47:18.420><c> every</c><00:47:18.639><c> month.</c>

00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:23.440
And<00:47:19.960><c> John</c><00:47:20.099><c> is</c><00:47:20.320><c> telling</c><00:47:20.440><c> us,</c><00:47:21.719><c> if</c><00:47:21.940><c> we're</c><00:47:22.099><c> going</c><00:47:22.199><c> to</c><00:47:22.340><c> keep</c><00:47:22.460><c> the</c><00:47:22.659><c> commandments,</c>

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:26.139
that's<00:47:23.860><c> the</c><00:47:24.039><c> evidence</c><00:47:24.260><c> that</c><00:47:24.480><c> we</c><00:47:24.659><c> need</c><00:47:25.000><c> to</c><00:47:25.460><c> know</c><00:47:25.719><c> that</c><00:47:25.900><c> we</c><00:47:26.039><c> are</c>

00:47:26.139 --> 00:47:27.000
in<00:47:26.300><c> him.</c>

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:28.980
And<00:47:27.239><c> if</c><00:47:27.360><c> ever</c><00:47:27.500><c> you're</c><00:47:27.780><c> flagging,</c><00:47:28.179><c> my</c><00:47:28.360><c> brothers</c><00:47:28.579><c> and</c><00:47:28.780><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:30.860
if<00:47:29.219><c> ever</c><00:47:29.380><c> you</c><00:47:29.619><c> just</c><00:47:29.860><c> feel</c><00:47:30.019><c> like,</c><00:47:30.420><c> no,</c><00:47:30.420><c> I</c><00:47:30.500><c> don't</c><00:47:30.639><c> want</c><00:47:30.699><c> to</c><00:47:30.800><c> be</c>

00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:31.599
with<00:47:31.019><c> the</c><00:47:31.139><c> brothers</c><00:47:31.320><c> and</c><00:47:31.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:34.099
I've<00:47:31.840><c> got</c><00:47:31.900><c> other</c><00:47:32.079><c> things</c><00:47:32.280><c> I</c><00:47:32.440><c> want</c><00:47:32.559><c> to</c><00:47:32.699><c> do,</c><00:47:33.460><c> think</c><00:47:33.699><c> again.</c>

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:39.000
You<00:47:35.059><c> really</c><00:47:35.460><c> need,</c><00:47:35.900><c> we</c><00:47:36.599><c> need</c><00:47:36.880><c> to</c><00:47:37.159><c> examine</c><00:47:37.519><c> ourselves</c><00:47:38.119><c> if</c><00:47:38.780><c> we</c>

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:40.159
ever<00:47:39.199><c> get</c><00:47:39.360><c> to</c><00:47:39.539><c> that</c><00:47:39.679><c> position</c>

00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:44.400
that<00:47:40.900><c> we</c><00:47:41.139><c> don't</c><00:47:41.460><c> want</c><00:47:41.659><c> to</c><00:47:41.860><c> be</c><00:47:42.239><c> with</c><00:47:42.780><c> our</c><00:47:43.000><c> brothers</c><00:47:43.199><c> and</c><00:47:43.460><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:47.480
Verse<00:47:46.460><c> four.</c>

00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:52.880
He<00:47:48.300><c> that</c><00:47:48.579><c> saith,</c><00:47:49.000><c> I</c><00:47:49.000><c> know</c><00:47:49.300><c> him,</c><00:47:49.639><c> and</c><00:47:49.800><c> keepeth</c><00:47:50.119><c> not</c><00:47:50.300><c> his</c><00:47:50.539><c> commandments,</c><00:47:51.059><c> is</c><00:47:51.239><c> a</c><00:47:51.539><c> liar.</c>

00:47:55.219 --> 00:47:56.099
The<00:47:55.400><c> truth</c><00:47:55.579><c> is</c><00:47:55.780><c> not</c><00:47:55.900><c> in</c><00:47:56.019><c> him.</c>

00:47:56.139 --> 00:47:59.860
See<00:47:56.340><c> how</c><00:47:57.000><c> powerful</c><00:47:57.719><c> and</c><00:47:57.900><c> strong</c><00:47:58.260><c> the</c><00:47:58.380><c> words</c><00:47:58.539><c> of</c><00:47:58.760><c> John</c><00:47:58.880><c> are</c><00:47:59.119><c> because</c><00:47:59.460><c> he</c>

00:47:59.860 --> 00:48:00.719
feels<00:48:00.199><c> it.</c>

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:03.539
Now,<00:48:01.320><c> John</c><00:48:01.539><c> was</c><00:48:01.780><c> a</c><00:48:02.039><c> sensitive</c><00:48:02.460><c> man.</c>

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:09.460
I<00:48:05.480><c> know</c><00:48:05.739><c> he</c><00:48:06.019><c> was</c><00:48:06.440><c> vehement</c><00:48:06.880><c> in</c><00:48:07.139><c> his</c><00:48:08.039><c> early</c><00:48:08.519><c> discipleship</c>

00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:12.960
when<00:48:09.619><c> he</c><00:48:10.480><c> wanted</c><00:48:10.659><c> to</c><00:48:11.039><c> call</c><00:48:11.139><c> down</c><00:48:11.480><c> fire</c><00:48:11.719><c> on</c><00:48:11.920><c> the</c><00:48:12.039><c> Samaritans.</c>

00:48:14.780 --> 00:48:16.659
He<00:48:15.260><c> was</c><00:48:15.440><c> a</c><00:48:15.599><c> loose</c><00:48:15.780><c> cannon.</c>

00:48:18.179 --> 00:48:21.380
But<00:48:18.380><c> look</c><00:48:18.539><c> at</c><00:48:18.679><c> him</c><00:48:18.820><c> now</c><00:48:19.059><c> as</c><00:48:19.420><c> he</c><00:48:19.619><c> writes</c><00:48:19.980><c> this</c><00:48:20.500><c> appeal</c><00:48:21.039><c> to</c><00:48:21.219><c> the</c>

00:48:21.380 --> 00:48:22.059
brothers<00:48:21.579><c> and</c><00:48:21.800><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:22.340 --> 00:48:24.780
And<00:48:22.579><c> here</c><00:48:22.719><c> he</c><00:48:22.800><c> is,</c><00:48:23.019><c> he's</c><00:48:23.119><c> black</c><00:48:23.360><c> and</c><00:48:23.559><c> white,</c><00:48:23.679><c> he's</c><00:48:23.940><c> direct,</c><00:48:24.280><c> and</c><00:48:24.639><c> he</c>

00:48:24.780 --> 00:48:25.820
says<00:48:24.900><c> it</c><00:48:25.059><c> as</c><00:48:25.199><c> it</c><00:48:25.360><c> is.</c>

00:48:26.300 --> 00:48:29.380
And<00:48:26.539><c> he</c><00:48:26.719><c> that</c><00:48:26.940><c> saith,</c><00:48:27.119><c> verse</c><00:48:27.380><c> six,</c><00:48:27.639><c> that</c><00:48:27.800><c> he</c><00:48:28.119><c> abideth</c><00:48:28.639><c> in</c><00:48:28.920><c> him,</c>

00:48:29.380 --> 00:48:34.139
ought<00:48:29.780><c> himself</c><00:48:30.199><c> also</c><00:48:30.760><c> to</c><00:48:31.139><c> walk</c><00:48:31.619><c> even</c><00:48:32.239><c> as</c><00:48:32.880><c> he</c><00:48:33.260><c> walked.</c>

00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:38.219
And<00:48:35.719><c> here</c><00:48:35.900><c> is</c><00:48:36.119><c> the</c><00:48:36.340><c> mind</c><00:48:36.599><c> and</c><00:48:36.900><c> the</c><00:48:37.079><c> life</c><00:48:37.400><c> of</c><00:48:37.579><c> the</c><00:48:37.679><c> Lord</c><00:48:37.860><c> Jesus</c>

00:48:38.219 --> 00:48:40.380
Christ<00:48:38.739><c> in</c><00:48:39.199><c> us.</c>

00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:42.559
Now,<00:48:41.159><c> when</c><00:48:41.320><c> we</c><00:48:41.460><c> come</c><00:48:41.639><c> to</c><00:48:41.760><c> the</c><00:48:41.920><c> breaking</c><00:48:42.079><c> of</c><00:48:42.300><c> bread,</c><00:48:42.380><c> that's</c>

00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:44.059
what<00:48:42.699><c> it's</c><00:48:42.840><c> really</c><00:48:43.000><c> all</c><00:48:43.179><c> about.</c>

00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:47.239
We<00:48:45.460><c> come</c><00:48:45.659><c> to</c><00:48:45.800><c> the</c><00:48:45.940><c> breaking</c><00:48:46.079><c> of</c><00:48:46.260><c> bread</c><00:48:46.360><c> to</c><00:48:46.579><c> remind</c><00:48:46.860><c> ourselves</c>

00:48:47.239 --> 00:48:49.460
that<00:48:47.659><c> we</c><00:48:48.000><c> want</c><00:48:48.139><c> to</c><00:48:48.260><c> be</c><00:48:48.340><c> like</c><00:48:48.519><c> Jesus.</c>

00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:52.019
That's<00:48:50.039><c> why</c><00:48:50.159><c> we</c><00:48:50.380><c> take</c><00:48:50.519><c> him</c><00:48:50.739><c> in.</c>

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:54.760
We<00:48:53.840><c> want</c><00:48:54.000><c> to</c><00:48:54.139><c> take</c><00:48:54.239><c> all</c><00:48:54.480><c> of</c><00:48:54.579><c> it.</c>

00:48:54.940 --> 00:48:55.940
We<00:48:55.079><c> want</c><00:48:55.219><c> to</c><00:48:55.340><c> take</c><00:48:55.440><c> his</c><00:48:55.639><c> body.</c>

00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:57.480
We<00:48:56.139><c> want</c><00:48:56.300><c> to</c><00:48:56.420><c> take</c><00:48:56.519><c> his</c><00:48:56.820><c> lifeblood.</c>

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:58.880
We<00:48:57.920><c> want</c><00:48:58.280><c> Jesus.</c>

00:48:59.119 --> 00:49:01.099
That's<00:48:59.400><c> what</c><00:48:59.480><c> it's</c><00:49:00.260><c> for.</c>

00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:03.960
And<00:49:02.059><c> John</c><00:49:02.199><c> is</c><00:49:02.400><c> telling</c><00:49:02.539><c> us</c><00:49:02.719><c> we</c><00:49:02.840><c> ought</c><00:49:03.019><c> to</c><00:49:03.119><c> be</c><00:49:03.320><c> like</c><00:49:03.559><c> him.</c>

00:49:04.440 --> 00:49:06.420
We<00:49:04.639><c> ought</c><00:49:04.820><c> to</c><00:49:04.940><c> walk</c><00:49:05.159><c> as</c><00:49:05.320><c> he</c><00:49:05.599><c> walked.</c>

00:49:07.139 --> 00:49:10.420
And<00:49:07.280><c> we</c><00:49:07.380><c> all</c><00:49:07.500><c> say,</c><00:49:07.679><c> wow,</c><00:49:08.300><c> yeah,</c><00:49:09.139><c> that's</c><00:49:09.360><c> great,</c><00:49:09.639><c> we</c><00:49:09.780><c> understand</c><00:49:10.199><c> that,</c><00:49:10.380><c> but</c>

00:49:10.420 --> 00:49:11.159
how<00:49:10.579><c> do</c><00:49:10.699><c> we</c><00:49:10.840><c> do</c><00:49:11.019><c> it?</c>

00:49:11.159 --> 00:49:14.280
How<00:49:11.360><c> can</c><00:49:11.539><c> we</c><00:49:11.780><c> possibly</c><00:49:12.340><c> be</c><00:49:12.900><c> like</c><00:49:13.139><c> Jesus?</c>

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:20.679
It's<00:49:19.380><c> a</c><00:49:19.500><c> tough</c><00:49:19.619><c> call.</c>

00:49:24.500 --> 00:49:27.159
But<00:49:24.900><c> is</c><00:49:25.059><c> it</c><00:49:25.199><c> so</c><00:49:25.340><c> difficult</c><00:49:25.679><c> that</c><00:49:25.820><c> we</c><00:49:25.940><c> can't</c><00:49:26.199><c> do</c><00:49:26.320><c> it?</c>

00:49:28.800 --> 00:49:35.460
If<00:49:29.239><c> that</c><00:49:29.519><c> were</c><00:49:29.679><c> the</c><00:49:29.860><c> case,</c><00:49:32.579><c> our</c><00:49:32.860><c> call</c><00:49:33.239><c> to</c><00:49:33.599><c> discipleship</c><00:49:34.500><c> is</c><00:49:35.300><c> a</c>

00:49:35.460 --> 00:49:36.800
false<00:49:35.739><c> call.</c>

00:49:38.860 --> 00:49:41.099
I<00:49:39.039><c> don't</c><00:49:39.320><c> think</c><00:49:39.500><c> Jesus,</c><00:49:39.880><c> when</c><00:49:40.019><c> he</c><00:49:40.219><c> said</c><00:49:40.360><c> to</c><00:49:40.519><c> his</c><00:49:40.699><c> disciples,</c>

00:49:41.119 --> 00:49:42.900
follow<00:49:41.679><c> me,</c>

00:49:43.300 --> 00:49:47.079
was<00:49:43.599><c> issuing</c><00:49:43.980><c> a</c><00:49:44.440><c> challenge</c><00:49:44.760><c> that</c><00:49:44.920><c> they</c><00:49:45.219><c> couldn't</c><00:49:45.519><c> live</c><00:49:45.760><c> up</c><00:49:45.980><c> to.</c>

00:49:47.780 --> 00:49:49.920
And<00:49:47.920><c> I</c><00:49:48.000><c> don't</c><00:49:48.199><c> think</c><00:49:48.340><c> John,</c><00:49:48.599><c> when</c><00:49:48.719><c> we</c><00:49:48.920><c> come</c><00:49:49.059><c> here</c><00:49:49.199><c> to</c><00:49:49.300><c> verse</c><00:49:49.480><c> six</c><00:49:49.739><c> of</c>

00:49:49.920 --> 00:49:50.420
chapter<00:49:50.159><c> two,</c>

00:49:50.420 --> 00:49:52.860
when<00:49:50.579><c> he's</c><00:49:50.780><c> saying</c><00:49:50.980><c> that</c><00:49:51.179><c> we</c><00:49:51.360><c> ought</c><00:49:51.579><c> also</c><00:49:51.800><c> to</c><00:49:52.039><c> walk</c><00:49:52.159><c> just</c><00:49:52.380><c> like</c><00:49:52.579><c> him,</c>

00:49:53.039 --> 00:49:55.440
that<00:49:53.199><c> he's</c><00:49:53.559><c> giving</c><00:49:53.719><c> us</c><00:49:53.960><c> an</c><00:49:54.219><c> impossibility.</c>

00:49:57.780 --> 00:50:03.440
What<00:49:58.300><c> he's</c><00:49:58.539><c> giving</c><00:49:58.659><c> us,</c><00:49:58.980><c> my</c><00:49:59.059><c> brothers</c><00:49:59.239><c> and</c><00:49:59.440><c> sisters,</c><00:50:01.320><c> is</c><00:50:02.219><c> a</c><00:50:02.440><c> challenge,</c>

00:50:04.179 --> 00:50:07.139
but<00:50:04.699><c> he's</c><00:50:04.880><c> also</c><00:50:05.199><c> giving</c><00:50:05.420><c> us</c><00:50:05.639><c> a</c><00:50:05.699><c> wonderful</c><00:50:06.059><c> blessing.</c>

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:10.679
And<00:50:08.420><c> you</c><00:50:08.579><c> and</c><00:50:08.780><c> I</c><00:50:09.000><c> know</c><00:50:09.219><c> from</c><00:50:09.440><c> the</c><00:50:09.760><c> experience</c><00:50:10.099><c> that</c><00:50:10.320><c> we've</c><00:50:10.599><c> had</c>

00:50:10.679 --> 00:50:12.440
that<00:50:10.840><c> when</c><00:50:11.099><c> we</c><00:50:11.539><c> walk</c><00:50:11.780><c> with</c><00:50:12.079><c> Jesus,</c>

00:50:12.480 --> 00:50:14.519
there<00:50:12.760><c> is</c><00:50:13.119><c> nothing</c><00:50:13.539><c> better.</c>

00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:17.599
Our<00:50:15.360><c> whole</c><00:50:15.619><c> perspective</c><00:50:16.099><c> on</c><00:50:16.380><c> life</c><00:50:16.559><c> changes.</c>

00:50:17.920 --> 00:50:20.760
Things<00:50:18.260><c> that</c><00:50:18.599><c> will</c><00:50:18.760><c> matter</c><00:50:19.039><c> to</c><00:50:19.619><c> our</c><00:50:19.760><c> friends</c><00:50:20.039><c> and</c><00:50:20.239><c> our</c><00:50:20.420><c> neighbours,</c>

00:50:21.139 --> 00:50:24.300
and<00:50:21.280><c> that</c><00:50:21.400><c> will</c><00:50:21.619><c> be</c><00:50:21.840><c> the</c><00:50:22.079><c> cause</c><00:50:22.440><c> of</c><00:50:22.659><c> their</c><00:50:23.000><c> energy</c><00:50:23.440><c> and</c><00:50:23.599><c> their</c><00:50:23.840><c> pursuit</c>

00:50:24.300 --> 00:50:27.360
and<00:50:25.099><c> everything</c><00:50:25.579><c> that</c><00:50:25.780><c> they</c><00:50:26.000><c> have</c><00:50:26.119><c> in</c><00:50:26.380><c> life.</c>

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That's<00:50:28.239><c> not</c><00:50:28.360><c> where</c><00:50:28.539><c> we</c><00:50:28.760><c> are.</c>

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:32.739
Our<00:50:30.699><c> focus</c><00:50:31.000><c> is</c><00:50:31.199><c> on</c><00:50:31.300><c> something</c><00:50:31.539><c> different.</c>

00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:36.500
We<00:50:34.980><c> have</c><00:50:35.159><c> different</c><00:50:35.460><c> values.</c>

00:50:38.099 --> 00:50:40.619
And<00:50:38.300><c> these</c><00:50:38.539><c> values</c><00:50:38.820><c> are</c><00:50:39.059><c> telling</c><00:50:39.199><c> us</c><00:50:39.360><c> that</c><00:50:39.599><c> yes,</c><00:50:39.800><c> we</c><00:50:40.019><c> have</c><00:50:40.300><c> changed,</c>

00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:42.619
and<00:50:40.840><c> yes,</c><00:50:41.079><c> we</c><00:50:41.360><c> do</c><00:50:41.679><c> walk</c><00:50:41.960><c> with</c><00:50:42.159><c> Jesus.</c>

00:50:43.099 --> 00:50:45.820
And<00:50:43.420><c> none</c><00:50:43.539><c> of</c><00:50:43.659><c> us</c><00:50:43.760><c> will</c><00:50:43.940><c> ever</c><00:50:44.179><c> claim</c><00:50:44.400><c> that</c><00:50:44.579><c> we</c><00:50:44.760><c> are</c><00:50:44.960><c> perfect</c><00:50:45.300><c> in</c>

00:50:45.820 --> 00:50:46.920
our<00:50:46.119><c> walk.</c>

00:50:47.340 --> 00:50:51.460
But<00:50:47.500><c> the</c><00:50:47.760><c> closer</c><00:50:47.980><c> we</c><00:50:48.139><c> get</c><00:50:48.340><c> to</c><00:50:48.559><c> him,</c><00:50:49.719><c> the</c><00:50:49.980><c> better</c><00:50:50.260><c> our</c><00:50:50.659><c> joy</c><00:50:50.920><c> will</c><00:50:51.219><c> be,</c>

00:50:51.659 --> 00:50:54.519
or<00:50:51.800><c> the</c><00:50:52.380><c> greater</c><00:50:53.039><c> our</c><00:50:53.340><c> joy</c><00:50:53.480><c> would</c><00:50:53.760><c> be.</c>

00:50:54.739 --> 00:50:55.559
Amazing,<00:50:55.219><c> isn't</c><00:50:55.280><c> it?</c>

00:50:55.559 --> 00:50:57.619
But<00:50:55.739><c> we've</c><00:50:56.199><c> got</c><00:50:56.219><c> to</c><00:50:56.380><c> start</c><00:50:56.500><c> somewhere.</c>

00:50:58.300 --> 00:51:02.239
And<00:50:58.460><c> so</c><00:50:58.599><c> I</c><00:50:58.659><c> think</c><00:50:58.840><c> where</c><00:50:59.000><c> we</c><00:50:59.340><c> start,</c><00:50:59.739><c> if</c><00:51:00.000><c> ever</c><00:51:00.219><c> we</c><00:51:00.440><c> need</c><00:51:00.739><c> to</c><00:51:01.179><c> sort</c><00:51:01.400><c> of</c>

00:51:02.239 --> 00:51:03.599
go<00:51:02.579><c> back</c><00:51:02.840><c> and</c><00:51:03.079><c> start</c><00:51:03.280><c> again,</c>

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:07.340
where<00:51:04.300><c> we</c><00:51:04.780><c> start</c><00:51:05.059><c> in</c><00:51:05.420><c> our</c><00:51:05.780><c> walk</c><00:51:05.960><c> in</c><00:51:06.159><c> Jesus</c><00:51:06.500><c> Christ</c><00:51:06.800><c> is</c><00:51:07.019><c> right</c>

00:51:07.340 --> 00:51:08.500
there<00:51:07.559><c> at</c><00:51:07.719><c> the</c><00:51:07.820><c> foot</c><00:51:07.940><c> of</c><00:51:08.119><c> the</c><00:51:08.260><c> cross,</c>

00:51:08.820 --> 00:51:13.000
because<00:51:09.119><c> there</c><00:51:09.519><c> Jesus</c><00:51:09.860><c> taught</c><00:51:10.119><c> us</c><00:51:10.539><c> the</c><00:51:10.860><c> lesson</c><00:51:11.300><c> that</c><00:51:12.119><c> nothing,</c>

00:51:13.219 --> 00:51:16.340
absolutely<00:51:13.719><c> nothing</c><00:51:14.219><c> would</c><00:51:14.519><c> ever</c><00:51:14.820><c> keep</c><00:51:15.059><c> him</c><00:51:15.239><c> from</c><00:51:15.480><c> God.</c>

00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:20.559
And<00:51:17.460><c> I</c><00:51:17.599><c> believe</c><00:51:17.800><c> that</c><00:51:17.960><c> that's</c><00:51:18.159><c> one</c><00:51:18.340><c> reason</c><00:51:18.599><c> why</c><00:51:18.820><c> God</c><00:51:19.000><c> permitted</c><00:51:19.360><c> this</c><00:51:19.579><c> to</c><00:51:19.820><c> happen.</c>

00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:23.800
God<00:51:21.239><c> was</c><00:51:21.619><c> not</c><00:51:21.880><c> happy</c><00:51:22.159><c> that</c><00:51:22.400><c> day</c><00:51:22.619><c> when</c><00:51:22.780><c> his</c><00:51:23.079><c> son</c><00:51:23.239><c> was</c><00:51:23.460><c> in</c><00:51:23.579><c> agony</c>

00:51:23.800 --> 00:51:24.559
upon<00:51:24.059><c> that</c><00:51:24.340><c> cross.</c>

00:51:24.559 --> 00:51:31.099
He<00:51:25.300><c> demonstrated</c><00:51:26.119><c> his</c><00:51:26.460><c> anger</c><00:51:27.079><c> in</c><00:51:28.260><c> the</c><00:51:28.460><c> earthquake,</c><00:51:29.500><c> in</c><00:51:29.800><c> the</c><00:51:30.000><c> darkness,</c>

00:51:31.880 --> 00:51:35.699
because<00:51:32.559><c> it</c><00:51:33.039><c> was</c><00:51:33.280><c> a</c><00:51:33.500><c> demonstration</c><00:51:33.940><c> of</c><00:51:34.139><c> what</c><00:51:34.559><c> sin</c><00:51:34.820><c> would</c><00:51:35.099><c> do</c>

00:51:35.699 --> 00:51:39.360
when<00:51:36.139><c> it</c><00:51:36.460><c> brought</c><00:51:36.679><c> that</c><00:51:37.119><c> innocent</c><00:51:37.480><c> man</c><00:51:37.760><c> and</c><00:51:37.960><c> put</c><00:51:38.079><c> him</c><00:51:38.239><c> to</c><00:51:38.380><c> death.</c>

00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:42.880
But<00:51:39.780><c> what</c><00:51:39.960><c> it</c><00:51:40.139><c> also</c><00:51:40.440><c> demonstrated</c><00:51:41.019><c> to</c><00:51:41.300><c> us,</c><00:51:41.820><c> the</c><00:51:42.179><c> beauty</c><00:51:42.519><c> of</c><00:51:42.699><c> it</c>

00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:44.579
is<00:51:43.039><c> that</c><00:51:43.239><c> Jesus</c><00:51:43.579><c> showed</c><00:51:43.860><c> us</c>

00:51:44.579 --> 00:51:51.159
that<00:51:44.940><c> even</c><00:51:45.300><c> to</c><00:51:45.619><c> his</c><00:51:46.400><c> dying</c><00:51:46.800><c> breath,</c><00:51:48.599><c> his</c><00:51:49.280><c> fellowship,</c><00:51:50.840><c> his</c>

00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:54.260
association<00:51:51.980><c> was</c><00:51:52.940><c> with</c><00:51:53.139><c> the</c><00:51:53.320><c> Father.</c>

00:51:55.360 --> 00:51:57.719
Nothing<00:51:55.840><c> could</c><00:51:56.139><c> separate,</c><00:51:56.539><c> and</c><00:51:56.719><c> Paul</c><00:51:56.900><c> takes</c><00:51:57.139><c> this</c><00:51:57.340><c> up</c><00:51:57.440><c> as</c><00:51:57.579><c> we</c>

00:51:57.719 --> 00:51:58.679
know<00:51:57.840><c> in</c><00:51:58.039><c> Romans</c><00:51:58.280><c> 8,</c>

00:51:58.840 --> 00:52:03.079
nothing<00:51:59.239><c> could</c><00:51:59.539><c> separate</c><00:51:59.840><c> us</c><00:52:01.019><c> from</c><00:52:01.500><c> the</c><00:52:01.659><c> love</c><00:52:01.760><c> of</c><00:52:02.460><c> God,</c><00:52:02.960><c> which</c>

00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:05.460
is<00:52:03.260><c> in</c><00:52:03.420><c> Christ</c><00:52:03.619><c> Jesus</c><00:52:03.940><c> our</c><00:52:04.139><c> Lord,</c><00:52:04.440><c> nothing</c><00:52:04.719><c> at</c><00:52:04.940><c> all.</c>

00:52:05.800 --> 00:52:08.579
And<00:52:06.079><c> there</c><00:52:06.219><c> is</c><00:52:06.380><c> a</c><00:52:06.659><c> practical</c><00:52:07.019><c> demonstration</c><00:52:07.719><c> for</c><00:52:07.980><c> us,</c><00:52:08.320><c> but</c>

00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:09.139
brothers<00:52:08.800><c> and</c><00:52:08.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:09.139 --> 00:52:12.320
if<00:52:09.320><c> I</c><00:52:09.420><c> can</c><00:52:09.599><c> just</c><00:52:09.940><c> bring</c><00:52:10.079><c> this</c><00:52:10.320><c> down</c><00:52:10.519><c> to</c><00:52:10.639><c> some</c><00:52:10.920><c> practical</c><00:52:11.340><c> levels,</c>

00:52:13.059 --> 00:52:19.480
just<00:52:13.539><c> remember</c><00:52:14.019><c> that</c><00:52:16.039><c> our</c><00:52:16.420><c> role</c><00:52:17.000><c> in</c><00:52:18.019><c> whatever</c><00:52:18.400><c> area</c><00:52:18.840><c> of</c><00:52:19.199><c> life</c>

00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:20.139
that<00:52:19.679><c> we</c><00:52:19.860><c> are</c><00:52:20.000><c> in,</c>

00:52:20.139 --> 00:52:23.019
and<00:52:20.320><c> this</c><00:52:20.380><c> applies</c><00:52:20.840><c> to</c><00:52:21.039><c> our</c><00:52:21.340><c> workplace,</c><00:52:22.000><c> to</c><00:52:22.059><c> our</c><00:52:22.320><c> home</c><00:52:22.599><c> life,</c>

00:52:23.320 --> 00:52:24.860
to<00:52:23.460><c> our</c><00:52:23.699><c> ecclesial</c><00:52:24.119><c> life,</c>

00:52:25.139 --> 00:52:28.019
our<00:52:25.619><c> call</c><00:52:25.920><c> is</c><00:52:26.139><c> to</c><00:52:26.400><c> make</c><00:52:26.619><c> a</c><00:52:26.960><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:52:29.460 --> 00:52:31.719
And<00:52:29.619><c> this</c><00:52:29.739><c> is</c><00:52:29.860><c> what</c><00:52:30.119><c> God</c><00:52:30.380><c> was</c><00:52:30.579><c> teaching</c><00:52:30.860><c> Israel</c><00:52:31.300><c> when</c><00:52:31.440><c> he</c><00:52:31.539><c> got</c>

00:52:31.719 --> 00:52:32.619
them<00:52:31.880><c> out</c><00:52:32.039><c> into</c><00:52:32.219><c> the</c><00:52:32.360><c> wilderness</c>

00:52:32.619 --> 00:52:35.099
because<00:52:33.059><c> for</c><00:52:33.519><c> 400</c><00:52:33.760><c> years</c><00:52:34.039><c> they</c><00:52:34.159><c> had</c><00:52:34.300><c> not</c><00:52:34.420><c> made</c><00:52:34.579><c> a</c><00:52:34.800><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:52:35.159 --> 00:52:37.260
They<00:52:35.280><c> were</c><00:52:35.460><c> slaves,</c><00:52:36.039><c> they</c><00:52:36.159><c> were</c><00:52:36.340><c> servants</c><00:52:36.739><c> in</c><00:52:36.920><c> Egypt.</c>

00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:39.960
They<00:52:37.739><c> didn't</c><00:52:38.019><c> know</c><00:52:38.300><c> what</c><00:52:38.559><c> sacrifice</c><00:52:39.079><c> was.</c>

00:52:40.179 --> 00:52:43.099
All<00:52:40.440><c> they</c><00:52:40.679><c> knew</c><00:52:40.860><c> was</c><00:52:41.079><c> pain</c><00:52:41.460><c> and</c><00:52:41.679><c> misery</c><00:52:42.019><c> and</c><00:52:42.300><c> suffering.</c>

00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:46.480
They<00:52:44.000><c> didn't</c><00:52:44.280><c> know</c><00:52:44.519><c> the</c><00:52:44.719><c> beauty</c><00:52:44.960><c> of</c><00:52:45.179><c> giving</c><00:52:45.380><c> something</c><00:52:45.780><c> up</c><00:52:45.980><c> to</c><00:52:46.239><c> God.</c>

00:52:46.679 --> 00:52:48.659
All<00:52:46.920><c> they</c><00:52:47.119><c> knew</c><00:52:47.260><c> was</c><00:52:47.400><c> that</c><00:52:47.559><c> they</c><00:52:47.619><c> had</c><00:52:47.780><c> to</c><00:52:47.960><c> serve</c><00:52:48.199><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:52:48.659 --> 00:52:50.639
And<00:52:49.320><c> when</c><00:52:49.480><c> they</c><00:52:49.659><c> got</c><00:52:49.820><c> out</c><00:52:50.019><c> into</c><00:52:50.179><c> the</c><00:52:50.360><c> wilderness,</c>

00:52:50.659 --> 00:52:52.500
God<00:52:50.880><c> was</c><00:52:51.079><c> going</c><00:52:51.199><c> to</c><00:52:51.420><c> teach</c><00:52:51.579><c> them</c><00:52:51.780><c> a</c><00:52:51.880><c> lesson</c><00:52:52.079><c> by</c><00:52:52.300><c> saying,</c>

00:52:52.639 --> 00:52:54.860
give<00:52:52.780><c> the</c><00:52:52.940><c> very</c><00:52:53.280><c> best</c><00:52:53.440><c> that</c><00:52:53.599><c> you</c><00:52:53.820><c> have</c><00:52:53.940><c> and</c><00:52:54.079><c> bring</c><00:52:54.239><c> it</c><00:52:54.380><c> to</c><00:52:54.519><c> my</c><00:52:54.699><c> altar,</c>

00:52:55.099 --> 00:52:56.940
lay<00:52:55.320><c> it</c><00:52:55.500><c> down,</c><00:52:55.699><c> give</c><00:52:55.880><c> it</c><00:52:56.000><c> up.</c>

00:52:57.719 --> 00:52:58.960
What<00:52:57.960><c> a</c><00:52:58.139><c> lesson.</c>

00:52:59.639 --> 00:53:04.219
Now<00:52:59.980><c> who</c><00:53:00.260><c> of</c><00:53:00.360><c> us</c><00:53:00.800><c> can</c><00:53:02.980><c> do</c><00:53:03.199><c> that?</c>

00:53:07.579 --> 00:53:10.940
I'm<00:53:07.980><c> not</c><00:53:08.239><c> sure</c><00:53:08.440><c> that</c><00:53:08.619><c> I</c><00:53:08.760><c> would</c><00:53:09.519><c> find</c><00:53:09.739><c> it</c><00:53:09.920><c> easy.</c>

00:53:11.659 --> 00:53:17.739
If<00:53:12.260><c> I</c><00:53:12.440><c> had</c><00:53:12.639><c> a</c><00:53:12.820><c> prize</c><00:53:13.159><c> bull</c><00:53:13.619><c> in</c><00:53:16.300><c> my</c><00:53:16.659><c> farm,</c>

00:53:19.000 --> 00:53:21.900
the<00:53:19.280><c> prize</c><00:53:19.719><c> bull</c><00:53:20.059><c> that</c><00:53:20.300><c> would</c><00:53:20.559><c> inseminate</c><00:53:21.079><c> those</c><00:53:21.440><c> cows</c><00:53:21.659><c> and</c>

00:53:21.900 --> 00:53:23.940
give<00:53:22.019><c> me</c><00:53:22.559><c> precious</c><00:53:22.920><c> stock,</c>

00:53:24.980 --> 00:53:27.460
if<00:53:25.139><c> I</c><00:53:25.219><c> could</c><00:53:25.460><c> lay</c><00:53:25.739><c> that</c><00:53:26.019><c> bull</c><00:53:26.179><c> upon</c><00:53:26.420><c> the</c><00:53:26.639><c> altar.</c>

00:53:29.960 --> 00:53:33.940
But<00:53:30.239><c> you</c><00:53:30.380><c> all</c><00:53:30.599><c> know</c><00:53:30.860><c> and</c><00:53:31.019><c> I</c><00:53:31.260><c> know</c><00:53:32.079><c> that</c><00:53:32.599><c> when</c><00:53:32.820><c> we</c><00:53:33.059><c> do,</c>

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we<00:53:36.840><c> receive</c><00:53:37.199><c> an</c><00:53:37.599><c> abundance</c><00:53:37.900><c> of</c><00:53:38.179><c> blessings.</c>

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If<00:53:40.099><c> we</c><00:53:40.420><c> can</c><00:53:40.719><c> only</c><00:53:41.179><c> learn</c><00:53:41.480><c> to</c><00:53:41.800><c> give</c><00:53:42.019><c> up</c><00:53:42.239><c> the</c><00:53:42.559><c> best</c><00:53:42.860><c> that</c><00:53:43.059><c> we</c><00:53:43.360><c> have,</c>

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that's<00:53:44.159><c> what</c><00:53:44.340><c> God</c><00:53:44.579><c> taught</c><00:53:44.780><c> Israel.</c>

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That<00:53:47.300><c> is</c><00:53:47.559><c> a</c><00:53:47.800><c> sacrifice.</c>

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Now<00:53:50.159><c> a</c><00:53:50.300><c> sacrifice</c><00:53:50.920><c> might</c><00:53:51.219><c> hurt,</c><00:53:51.599><c> it</c><00:53:51.840><c> will</c><00:53:52.019><c> hurt.</c>

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I<00:53:53.039><c> don't</c><00:53:53.179><c> imagine</c><00:53:53.440><c> it</c><00:53:53.559><c> was</c><00:53:53.800><c> ever</c><00:53:54.059><c> easy</c><00:53:54.320><c> for</c><00:53:54.500><c> an</c><00:53:54.699><c> Israelite</c>

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to<00:53:55.239><c> offer</c><00:53:55.400><c> up</c><00:53:55.539><c> the</c><00:53:55.699><c> best</c><00:53:55.900><c> of</c><00:53:56.059><c> their</c><00:53:56.219><c> flock</c>

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or<00:53:58.519><c> the</c><00:53:58.699><c> best</c><00:53:59.019><c> of</c><00:53:59.179><c> their</c><00:53:59.420><c> first</c><00:53:59.639><c> fruits.</c>

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How<00:54:02.179><c> is</c><00:54:02.400><c> it</c><00:54:02.500><c> for</c><00:54:02.639><c> us</c><00:54:02.820><c> to</c><00:54:03.000><c> offer</c><00:54:03.179><c> up</c><00:54:03.320><c> the</c><00:54:03.440><c> very</c><00:54:03.760><c> best</c><00:54:03.960><c> that</c><00:54:04.139><c> we</c><00:54:04.360><c> have,</c>

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the<00:54:04.800><c> best</c><00:54:05.059><c> of</c><00:54:05.179><c> the</c><00:54:05.360><c> first</c><00:54:05.739><c> part</c><00:54:06.000><c> of</c><00:54:06.159><c> our</c><00:54:06.400><c> energy?</c>

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To<00:54:09.159><c> offer</c><00:54:09.559><c> our</c><00:54:10.679><c> mind</c><00:54:11.019><c> to</c><00:54:11.199><c> the</c><00:54:11.280><c> living</c><00:54:11.460><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:54:13.139><c> our</c><00:54:13.260><c> sacrifice.</c>

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That's<00:54:15.460><c> our</c><00:54:15.579><c> giving</c><00:54:15.820><c> up.</c>

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That's<00:54:17.900><c> what</c><00:54:18.039><c> we</c><00:54:18.280><c> have</c><00:54:18.440><c> to</c><00:54:18.599><c> do</c><00:54:18.739><c> if</c><00:54:18.920><c> our</c><00:54:19.199><c> joy</c><00:54:19.420><c> is</c><00:54:19.619><c> going</c><00:54:19.719><c> to</c><00:54:19.880><c> be</c>

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crammed<00:54:20.400><c> full</c><00:54:20.679><c> replete,</c>

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as<00:54:22.199><c> John</c><00:54:22.480><c> invites</c><00:54:22.840><c> us</c><00:54:23.019><c> to</c><00:54:23.139><c> do</c><00:54:23.239><c> in</c><00:54:23.360><c> his</c><00:54:23.539><c> letter.</c>

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He<00:54:27.480><c> says,</c><00:54:29.179><c> oops,</c><00:54:29.500><c> I'm</c><00:54:29.719><c> sorry,</c><00:54:29.940><c> I'm</c><00:54:30.000><c> out</c><00:54:30.119><c> of</c><00:54:30.239><c> time.</c>

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It<00:54:32.840><c> goes,</c><00:54:33.380><c> I</c><00:54:33.380><c> don't</c><00:54:33.500><c> know,</c><00:54:33.760><c> I</c><00:54:33.840><c> hope</c><00:54:33.900><c> it</c><00:54:33.980><c> went</c><00:54:34.079><c> as</c><00:54:34.260><c> quickly</c><00:54:34.460><c> for</c>

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you<00:54:34.880><c> as</c><00:54:34.980><c> it</c><00:54:35.039><c> did</c><00:54:35.179><c> for</c><00:54:35.380><c> me.</c>

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We're<00:54:37.860><c> going</c><00:54:37.920><c> to</c><00:54:37.980><c> have</c><00:54:38.079><c> to</c><00:54:38.199><c> take</c><00:54:38.300><c> it</c><00:54:38.400><c> up</c><00:54:38.500><c> again.</c>

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Sorry,<00:54:39.980><c> I</c><00:54:40.019><c> did</c><00:54:40.219><c> say</c><00:54:40.320><c> at</c><00:54:40.440><c> the</c><00:54:40.539><c> outset</c><00:54:40.780><c> that</c><00:54:40.980><c> we</c><00:54:41.059><c> would</c><00:54:41.239><c> not</c><00:54:41.400><c> be</c>

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able<00:54:41.679><c> to</c><00:54:41.820><c> deal</c>

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with<00:54:42.099><c> every</c><00:54:42.280><c> verse</c><00:54:42.460><c> in</c><00:54:42.559><c> 1</c><00:54:42.719><c> John,</c><00:54:42.980><c> didn't</c><00:54:43.219><c> I?</c>

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I'm<00:54:46.000><c> fulfilling</c><00:54:46.260><c> that</c><00:54:46.559><c> promise.</c>

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God<00:54:49.400><c> willing,</c><00:54:49.639><c> we'll</c><00:54:49.780><c> come</c><00:54:50.000><c> back</c><00:54:50.159><c> tomorrow.</c>

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Thanks<00:54:51.239><c> for</c><00:54:51.420><c> your</c><00:54:51.639><c> patience,</c><00:54:52.039><c> thanks</c><00:54:52.219><c> for</c><00:54:52.400><c> listening.</c>