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is<00:14:38.440><c> essential</c><00:14:38.879><c> for</c><00:14:39.159><c> faith.</c>

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without<00:14:58.320><c> the</c><00:14:58.679><c> humility</c><00:14:59.360><c> and</c><00:15:00.320><c> the</c><00:15:00.559><c> faith</c><00:15:00.820><c> that</c><00:15:01.059><c> goes</c><00:15:01.399><c> with</c><00:15:01.720><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:04.919><c> so</c><00:15:05.120><c> we</c><00:15:05.360><c> have</c><00:15:05.539><c> that</c><00:15:06.220><c> wonderful</c><00:15:06.940><c> passage</c><00:15:07.519><c> in</c><00:15:07.779><c> the</c><00:15:07.940><c> 57th</c><00:15:08.879><c> of</c>

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Isaiah,<00:15:09.580><c> the</c><00:15:09.840><c> 15th</c><00:15:10.700><c> verse,</c>

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Thus<00:15:11.899><c> saith</c><00:15:12.200><c> the</c><00:15:12.559><c> high</c><00:15:13.120><c> and</c><00:15:13.519><c> lofty</c><00:15:14.159><c> one</c><00:15:14.580><c> that</c><00:15:15.100><c> inhabiteth</c><00:15:16.139><c> eternity,</c><00:15:17.220><c> whose</c><00:15:17.379><c> name</c><00:15:17.820><c> is</c><00:15:18.519><c> holy.</c>

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The<00:15:21.820><c> wonderful</c><00:15:22.639><c> emphasis</c><00:15:23.559><c> on</c><00:15:24.019><c> the</c><00:15:24.779><c> exaltation</c><00:15:25.759><c> of</c><00:15:26.059><c> God,</c><00:15:26.980><c> the</c>

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absolute<00:15:27.919><c> separation</c><00:15:28.779><c> of</c><00:15:29.179><c> God,</c>

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and<00:15:31.809><c> the</c><00:15:32.090><c> infinity</c><00:15:32.830><c> of</c><00:15:33.190><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:38.090><c> yet</c><00:15:38.250><c> that</c><00:15:38.509><c> leads</c><00:15:38.870><c> us</c><00:15:39.169><c> up</c><00:15:39.470><c> to</c><00:15:39.710><c> this</c><00:15:40.470><c> wonderful</c><00:15:41.350><c> paradox.</c>

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I<00:15:43.450><c> dwell</c><00:15:43.909><c> in</c><00:15:44.269><c> the</c><00:15:44.850><c> high</c><00:15:45.309><c> and</c><00:15:45.789><c> holy</c><00:15:46.389><c> place</c><00:15:47.090><c> with</c><00:15:48.090><c> him</c><00:15:48.789><c> also,</c><00:15:50.590><c> that</c><00:15:50.730><c> is</c>

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of<00:15:51.210><c> a</c><00:15:51.490><c> contrite</c><00:15:52.250><c> and</c><00:15:52.610><c> humble</c><00:15:53.169><c> spirit,</c>

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to<00:15:54.710><c> revive</c><00:15:55.269><c> the</c><00:15:55.590><c> spirit</c><00:15:55.970><c> of</c><00:15:56.210><c> the</c><00:15:56.370><c> humble</c><00:15:56.690><c> and</c><00:15:57.009><c> to</c><00:15:57.169><c> revive</c><00:15:57.769><c> the</c>

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heart<00:15:58.409><c> of</c><00:15:58.669><c> the</c><00:15:58.830><c> contrite</c><00:15:59.490><c> ones.</c>

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He<00:16:03.350><c> dwells</c><00:16:03.950><c> in</c><00:16:04.029><c> the</c><00:16:04.309><c> high</c><00:16:04.649><c> and</c><00:16:05.049><c> holy</c><00:16:05.409><c> place</c><00:16:05.909><c> and</c><00:16:06.149><c> yet</c><00:16:06.350><c> also</c><00:16:07.330><c> he</c>

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dwells<00:16:09.210><c> in</c><00:16:09.409><c> the</c><00:16:10.429><c> narrow</c><00:16:10.889><c> compass</c><00:16:11.490><c> of</c><00:16:11.809><c> the</c><00:16:12.049><c> heart</c><00:16:12.429><c> of</c><00:16:12.690><c> a</c>

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man.<00:16:14.389><c> But</c><00:16:14.970><c> only</c><00:16:15.570><c> if</c><00:16:15.830><c> that</c><00:16:16.110><c> heart</c><00:16:16.389><c> is</c><00:16:16.649><c> humble,</c><00:16:19.950><c> then</c><00:16:20.330><c> the</c><00:16:20.590><c> door</c>

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is<00:16:21.149><c> opened</c><00:16:21.830><c> by</c><00:16:23.230><c> humility</c><00:16:23.870><c> and</c><00:16:24.149><c> the</c><00:16:24.350><c> faith</c><00:16:24.629><c> which</c>

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can<00:16:25.210><c> go</c><00:16:25.450><c> with</c><00:16:25.750><c> it.</c><00:16:29.210><c> And</c><00:16:29.590><c> so</c><00:16:29.769><c> in</c><00:16:30.009><c> a</c><00:16:30.190><c> verse</c><00:16:30.450><c> which</c><00:16:30.710><c> is</c><00:16:30.950><c> very</c><00:16:31.269><c> familiar</c><00:16:31.769><c> to</c><00:16:32.009><c> us,</c><00:16:32.389><c> Habakkuk</c><00:16:32.970><c> 2</c>

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and<00:16:33.669><c> the</c><00:16:33.850><c> fourth</c><00:16:34.149><c> verse,</c>

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we<00:16:36.610><c> get</c><00:16:36.950><c> the</c><00:16:37.250><c> contrast</c><00:16:38.009><c> of</c><00:16:39.029><c> faith</c><00:16:39.509><c> with</c><00:16:40.230><c> arrogant</c><00:16:40.909><c> self</c><00:16:41.570><c>-sufficiency.</c><00:16:44.210><c> The</c>

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prophecy<00:16:44.730><c> concerned</c><00:16:45.450><c> the</c><00:16:45.789><c> Chaldean,</c>

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the<00:16:49.690><c> one</c><00:16:49.929><c> who</c><00:16:50.289><c> was</c><00:16:50.429><c> to</c><00:16:50.789><c> invade</c><00:16:52.149><c> the</c><00:16:54.289><c> Holy</c><00:16:54.669><c> Land.</c>

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And<00:16:58.470><c> he</c><00:16:58.669><c> is</c><00:16:59.009><c> presented</c><00:16:59.549><c> all</c><00:17:00.090><c> through</c><00:17:00.429><c> as</c><00:17:00.710><c> the</c><00:17:01.029><c> very</c><00:17:01.450><c> embodiment</c><00:17:02.149><c> of</c><00:17:03.090><c> arrogant</c><00:17:03.570><c> self</c><00:17:04.150><c>-sufficiency.</c>

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And<00:17:05.490><c> so</c><00:17:05.710><c> this</c><00:17:06.089><c> fourth</c><00:17:06.390><c> verse</c><00:17:06.769><c> says,</c><00:17:07.809><c> Behold,</c><00:17:08.349><c> his</c><00:17:08.809><c> soul</c><00:17:09.269><c> which</c>

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is<00:17:10.009><c> lifted</c><00:17:10.450><c> up</c><00:17:10.869><c> is</c><00:17:11.269><c> not</c><00:17:11.650><c> upright</c><00:17:12.210><c> in</c><00:17:12.410><c> him,</c>

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but<00:17:14.329><c> that</c><00:17:14.589><c> just</c><00:17:15.369><c> shall</c><00:17:15.990><c> live</c><00:17:16.589><c> by</c><00:17:17.210><c> his</c><00:17:17.630><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:17:20.930><c> of</c><00:17:21.130><c> course</c><00:17:21.210><c> there's</c><00:17:21.589><c> an</c><00:17:21.789><c> ellipsis</c><00:17:22.309><c> here,</c><00:17:22.630><c> there's</c><00:17:22.970><c> something</c><00:17:23.230><c> left</c>

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out<00:17:23.890><c> which</c><00:17:24.109><c> we</c><00:17:24.349><c> have</c><00:17:24.589><c> to</c><00:17:24.809><c> supply</c><00:17:25.289><c> in</c><00:17:25.589><c> our</c>

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own<00:17:26.069><c> thinking.</c><00:17:27.390><c> And</c><00:17:27.450><c> it</c><00:17:27.589><c> is</c><00:17:27.869><c> that</c><00:17:28.109><c> his</c><00:17:28.450><c> soul</c><00:17:28.750><c> who</c><00:17:29.009><c> is</c><00:17:29.130><c> left</c><00:17:29.430><c> up,</c>

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who<00:17:30.250><c> is</c><00:17:30.549><c> lifted</c><00:17:30.890><c> up,</c><00:17:31.569><c> shall</c><00:17:31.710><c> not</c><00:17:32.089><c> live.</c>

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And<00:17:35.150><c> that</c><00:17:35.349><c> only</c><00:17:35.690><c> by</c><00:17:36.069><c> faith</c><00:17:36.910><c> shall</c><00:17:37.630><c> men</c><00:17:37.930><c> live.</c>

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And<00:17:42.170><c> B.</c><00:17:42.430><c> B.</c><00:17:42.650><c> Warfield</c><00:17:43.170><c> has</c><00:17:43.529><c> said</c><00:17:43.670><c> on</c><00:17:43.970><c> this</c><00:17:44.369><c> prophecy,</c><00:17:45.690><c> said</c><00:17:45.930><c> on</c>

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this<00:17:46.529><c> passage</c><00:17:46.910><c> and</c><00:17:47.230><c> others</c><00:17:47.529><c> in</c><00:17:47.869><c> Habakkuk,</c>

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through<00:17:50.089><c> this</c><00:17:50.509><c> prophecy</c><00:17:51.269><c> the</c><00:17:52.170><c> Chaldean</c><00:17:52.829><c> is</c><00:17:53.250><c> ever</c><00:17:53.650><c> exhibited</c>

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as<00:17:55.230><c> the</c><00:17:55.549><c> type</c><00:17:55.910><c> of</c><00:17:56.529><c> insolent</c><00:17:57.089><c> self</c><00:17:57.549><c>-assertion</c>

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in<00:17:59.250><c> contrast</c><00:18:00.029><c> with</c><00:18:00.329><c> which</c><00:18:00.670><c> the</c><00:18:01.009><c> righteous</c><00:18:01.410><c> appear</c><00:18:01.950><c> as</c><00:18:02.309><c> men</c><00:18:02.769><c> who</c><00:18:03.329><c> look</c><00:18:03.650><c> in</c>

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faith<00:18:04.450><c> to</c><00:18:04.789><c> God</c>

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and<00:18:06.329><c> trustingly</c><00:18:07.809><c> depend</c><00:18:08.289><c> upon</c><00:18:08.710><c> his</c><00:18:09.130><c> hour.</c>

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So<00:18:12.750><c> faith</c><00:18:13.630><c> embraces</c><00:18:14.910><c> trust.</c>

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And<00:18:20.329><c> we</c><00:18:20.609><c> see</c><00:18:20.750><c> it</c><00:18:20.930><c> in</c><00:18:21.109><c> the</c><00:18:21.289><c> great</c><00:18:21.490><c> example</c><00:18:22.130><c> of</c><00:18:22.470><c> that</c><00:18:23.789><c> great</c><00:18:24.509><c> man</c>

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of<00:18:25.170><c> faith,</c><00:18:25.450><c> the</c><00:18:25.690><c> father</c><00:18:26.069><c> of</c><00:18:26.329><c> the</c><00:18:26.549><c> faithful</c><00:18:26.930><c> Abraham.</c>

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He<00:18:28.410><c> believed</c><00:18:29.430><c> in</c><00:18:29.829><c> the</c><00:18:30.049><c> Lord,</c><00:18:30.289><c> he</c><00:18:30.529><c> had</c><00:18:30.849><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:18:34.009><c> he,</c><00:18:34.670><c> God,</c><00:18:35.609><c> counted</c><00:18:35.990><c> it</c><00:18:36.329><c> to</c><00:18:36.529><c> him</c><00:18:36.970><c> for</c><00:18:37.410><c> righteousness.</c>

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Faith<00:18:43.470><c> means</c><00:18:44.230><c> taking</c><00:18:44.690><c> God</c><00:18:45.029><c> as</c><00:18:45.250><c> his</c><00:18:45.490><c> word,</c>

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believing<00:18:48.750><c> when</c><00:18:48.990><c> he</c><00:18:49.329><c> promises</c><00:18:49.710><c> a</c><00:18:50.009><c> thing</c><00:18:50.150><c> it</c><00:18:50.289><c> will</c><00:18:50.509><c> be</c><00:18:50.789><c> fulfilled,</c>

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believing<00:18:53.970><c> that</c><00:18:54.269><c> there</c><00:18:54.569><c> can</c><00:18:54.869><c> be</c><00:18:55.529><c> absolute</c><00:18:56.230><c> dependence</c><00:18:57.170><c> upon</c>

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him,<00:18:58.869><c> trust</c><00:18:59.269><c> upon</c><00:18:59.630><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:02.890><c> hence</c><00:19:03.150><c> Paul</c><00:19:03.450><c> could</c><00:19:03.769><c> write</c><00:19:04.049><c> of</c><00:19:04.289><c> Abraham,</c><00:19:05.630><c> being</c><00:19:05.769><c> not</c><00:19:06.109><c> weak</c>

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in<00:19:06.690><c> faith,</c><00:19:07.009><c> he</c><00:19:07.269><c> considered</c><00:19:07.730><c> not</c><00:19:07.990><c> his</c><00:19:08.250><c> own</c><00:19:08.609><c> body</c><00:19:08.970><c> now</c>

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dead<00:19:09.769><c> when</c><00:19:09.990><c> he</c><00:19:10.130><c> was</c><00:19:10.390><c> about</c><00:19:10.690><c> a</c><00:19:10.910><c> hundred</c><00:19:11.230><c> years</c><00:19:11.630><c> old,</c><00:19:12.849><c> neither</c>

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yet<00:19:13.289><c> the</c><00:19:13.569><c> deadness</c><00:19:14.029><c> of</c><00:19:14.329><c> Sarah's</c><00:19:14.890><c> womb,</c>

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he<00:19:15.849><c> staggered</c><00:19:16.509><c> not</c><00:19:16.789><c> at</c><00:19:17.069><c> the</c><00:19:17.269><c> promise</c><00:19:17.589><c> of</c><00:19:17.910><c> God</c><00:19:18.210><c> through</c><00:19:18.930><c> unbelief.</c>

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Unbelief,<00:19:22.670><c> the</c><00:19:22.809><c> reverse</c><00:19:23.369><c> of</c><00:19:23.650><c> faith.</c>

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He<00:19:26.569><c> staggered</c><00:19:27.069><c> not</c><00:19:27.269><c> at</c><00:19:27.529><c> the</c><00:19:27.670><c> promise</c><00:19:27.990><c> of</c><00:19:28.269><c> God</c><00:19:28.670><c> through</c><00:19:29.450><c> unbelief</c><00:19:30.329><c> but</c><00:19:30.630><c> was</c><00:19:31.069><c> strong</c><00:19:31.589><c> in</c>

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faith,<00:19:33.450><c> giving</c><00:19:33.950><c> glory</c>

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to<00:19:34.950><c> God.</c><00:19:37.170><c> It's</c><00:19:37.309><c> one</c><00:19:37.509><c> of</c><00:19:37.630><c> the</c><00:19:37.750><c> qualities</c><00:19:38.190><c> of</c><00:19:38.430><c> faith</c><00:19:38.730><c> that</c><00:19:38.910><c> it</c><00:19:39.130><c> does</c><00:19:39.390><c> give</c><00:19:39.650><c> glory</c><00:19:40.029><c> to</c>

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God<00:19:40.490><c> and</c><00:19:40.670><c> not</c><00:19:40.869><c> to</c><00:19:41.130><c> ourselves.</c>

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It<00:19:42.950><c> removes</c><00:19:43.410><c> all</c><00:19:43.829><c> boasting,</c><00:19:44.369><c> as</c><00:19:44.609><c> Paul</c><00:19:44.930><c> points</c><00:19:45.309><c> out</c><00:19:45.609><c> in</c><00:19:45.789><c> that</c>

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first<00:19:46.349><c> chapter</c><00:19:46.789><c> of</c><00:19:47.069><c> Corinthians,</c>

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there's<00:19:48.309><c> no</c><00:19:48.549><c> ground</c><00:19:48.890><c> of</c><00:19:49.150><c> boasting,</c><00:19:50.549><c> the</c><00:19:50.829><c> glorious</c><00:19:51.230><c> gods</c><00:19:51.630><c> and</c>

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gods<00:19:52.289><c> alone.</c>

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And,<00:19:55.369><c> to</c><00:19:55.750><c> continue</c><00:19:56.089><c> the</c><00:19:56.369><c> quotation</c><00:19:56.890><c> from</c><00:19:57.190><c> Romans</c><00:19:57.670><c> 4,</c><00:19:58.670><c> being</c>

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fully<00:19:59.650><c> persuaded</c><00:20:00.390><c> that</c><00:20:00.750><c> what</c><00:20:01.170><c> he</c><00:20:01.670><c> God</c><00:20:01.950><c> had</c><00:20:02.289><c> promised,</c>

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he<00:20:03.410><c> was</c><00:20:03.690><c> able</c><00:20:04.069><c> also</c><00:20:04.569><c> to</c><00:20:04.970><c> perform</c><00:20:05.589><c> and</c><00:20:06.150><c> therefore</c><00:20:06.750><c> it</c><00:20:07.069><c> was</c><00:20:07.410><c> imputed,</c><00:20:08.069><c> it</c>

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was<00:20:08.549><c> reckoned</c><00:20:08.990><c> to</c><00:20:09.210><c> him</c><00:20:09.470><c> for</c><00:20:09.769><c> righteousness.</c>

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Faith<00:20:15.009><c> held</c><00:20:15.730><c> in</c><00:20:16.089><c> the</c><00:20:16.369><c> humility</c><00:20:16.930><c> is</c><00:20:18.289><c> the</c><00:20:18.509><c> opening</c><00:20:19.009><c> of</c><00:20:19.390><c> the</c><00:20:19.589><c> heart</c><00:20:20.130><c> to</c>

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God<00:20:21.710><c> and</c><00:20:23.490><c> therefore</c><00:20:23.950><c> it</c><00:20:24.210><c> is</c><00:20:24.450><c> the</c><00:20:24.750><c> essential</c>

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for<00:20:25.569><c> any</c><00:20:25.970><c> true</c><00:20:26.289><c> relationship</c><00:20:27.089><c> to</c><00:20:27.430><c> God.</c><00:20:28.549><c> It</c><00:20:28.750><c> was</c><00:20:29.009><c> essential</c>

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under<00:20:29.869><c> the</c><00:20:30.109><c> law,</c><00:20:30.470><c> the</c><00:20:30.569><c> men</c><00:20:30.849><c> who</c><00:20:31.069><c> were</c><00:20:31.329><c> accepted</c><00:20:31.769><c> under</c><00:20:32.230><c> the</c>

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law.<00:20:33.470><c> Well</c><00:20:33.710><c> not</c><00:20:33.910><c> those</c><00:20:34.490><c> who</c><00:20:35.410><c> rigidly</c><00:20:36.250><c> fulfilled</c><00:20:36.970><c> all</c><00:20:37.410><c> the</c><00:20:37.670><c> ordinances</c><00:20:38.210><c> as</c>

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law<00:20:38.930><c> but</c><00:20:39.150><c> those</c><00:20:39.509><c> who</c><00:20:39.789><c> did</c><00:20:39.970><c> them</c><00:20:40.309><c> in</c>

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faith.<00:20:43.009><c> Faith</c><00:20:43.390><c> and</c><00:20:43.650><c> obedience</c><00:20:44.230><c> to</c><00:20:44.529><c> God's</c><00:20:44.990><c> way.</c><00:20:47.930><c> It's</c><00:20:48.069><c> part</c><00:20:48.329><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:48.690><c> quality</c><00:20:49.029><c> of</c><00:20:49.329><c> faith</c><00:20:49.549><c> that</c><00:20:49.750><c> it</c><00:20:49.970><c> makes</c><00:20:50.190><c> no</c><00:20:50.569><c> claim</c><00:20:50.910><c> on</c>

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God.<00:20:56.809><c> Paul</c><00:20:57.029><c> again</c><00:20:57.549><c> quoting</c><00:20:57.950><c> Romans</c><00:20:58.450><c> 4</c><00:20:59.430><c> verses</c><00:20:59.930><c> 4</c><00:21:00.309><c> and</c><00:21:00.589><c> 5,</c><00:21:01.069><c> now</c>

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to<00:21:01.390><c> him</c><00:21:01.630><c> that</c><00:21:01.950><c> worketh</c><00:21:02.410><c> is</c><00:21:03.210><c> the</c><00:21:03.410><c> reward</c><00:21:03.750><c> not</c><00:21:04.069><c> reckoned</c>

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of<00:21:04.930><c> grace</c><00:21:04.970><c> but</c><00:21:05.250><c> of</c><00:21:05.509><c> debt.</c><00:21:06.390><c> But</c><00:21:06.589><c> to</c><00:21:06.750><c> him</c><00:21:06.890><c> that</c><00:21:07.230><c> worketh</c><00:21:07.549><c> not</c><00:21:07.930><c> but</c>

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believeth<00:21:09.130><c> has</c><00:21:09.869><c> faith</c><00:21:10.529><c> on</c><00:21:11.789><c> him</c><00:21:12.069><c> that</c><00:21:12.390><c> justifieth</c>

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the<00:21:13.349><c> ungodly.</c><00:21:14.250><c> His</c><00:21:14.670><c> faith</c><00:21:15.089><c> is</c><00:21:15.410><c> counted</c><00:21:15.809><c> for</c><00:21:16.170><c> righteousness.</c>

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We<00:21:20.450><c> can't</c><00:21:21.029><c> put</c><00:21:21.470><c> God</c><00:21:21.809><c> in</c><00:21:22.130><c> our</c><00:21:22.509><c> debt</c>

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and<00:21:26.230><c> faith</c><00:21:26.970><c> makes</c><00:21:27.990><c> no</c><00:21:28.509><c> claim</c><00:21:28.890><c> upon</c><00:21:29.269><c> God.</c><00:21:29.690><c> It</c><00:21:29.890><c> doesn't</c><00:21:30.410><c> try</c><00:21:30.809><c> to</c>

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put<00:21:31.289><c> God</c><00:21:31.630><c> in</c><00:21:31.930><c> our</c><00:21:32.210><c> debt.</c><00:21:32.430><c> It</c><00:21:32.710><c> reckons</c>

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all<00:21:34.150><c> the</c><00:21:34.390><c> while</c><00:21:34.690><c> that</c><00:21:34.930><c> we</c><00:21:35.170><c> are</c><00:21:35.430><c> in</c><00:21:35.690><c> God's</c><00:21:36.190><c> debt.</c>

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Faith<00:21:42.430><c> confides,</c><00:21:44.990><c> it</c><00:21:45.309><c> trusts,</c><00:21:47.410><c> it</c><00:21:47.670><c> is</c><00:21:48.210><c> outgoing</c><00:21:48.769><c> to</c><00:21:49.089><c> God</c><00:21:49.529><c> and</c>

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therefore<00:21:50.789><c> it</c><00:21:51.029><c> is</c><00:21:51.309><c> consistent</c><00:21:51.950><c> with</c><00:21:52.329><c> humility.</c>

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And<00:21:55.470><c> that</c><00:21:55.670><c> was</c><00:21:55.910><c> why</c><00:21:56.630><c> Israel</c><00:21:57.410><c> under</c><00:21:57.809><c> the</c><00:21:58.109><c> law</c><00:21:58.349><c> when</c><00:21:58.609><c> they</c><00:21:59.029><c> sought</c><00:21:59.269><c> righteousness</c><00:21:59.970><c> through</c><00:22:00.329><c> works</c>

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of<00:22:00.970><c> the</c><00:22:01.150><c> law</c>

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failed<00:22:01.730><c> to</c><00:22:01.970><c> attain</c><00:22:02.309><c> it</c><00:22:03.670><c> because</c><00:22:04.450><c> works</c><00:22:04.829><c> of</c><00:22:05.069><c> the</c><00:22:05.210><c> law</c><00:22:05.390><c> ministered</c><00:22:06.049><c> to</c><00:22:06.230><c> pride</c>

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and<00:22:09.309><c> where</c><00:22:09.569><c> there</c><00:22:09.750><c> was</c><00:22:10.029><c> pride</c>

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there<00:22:10.930><c> was</c><00:22:11.230><c> an</c><00:22:11.529><c> absolute</c><00:22:12.130><c> blockage</c><00:22:12.849><c> to</c><00:22:13.069><c> the</c><00:22:13.289><c> dwelling</c><00:22:13.549><c> of</c><00:22:13.869><c> God</c>

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with<00:22:14.410><c> men.</c><00:22:15.710><c> A</c><00:22:16.049><c> blockage</c><00:22:16.990><c> to</c><00:22:17.309><c> real</c><00:22:17.769><c> genuine</c><00:22:18.289><c> approach</c>

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to<00:22:19.029><c> God.</c><00:22:22.130><c> It</c><00:22:22.230><c> wasn't</c><00:22:22.529><c> the</c><00:22:22.769><c> purpose</c><00:22:23.130><c> of</c><00:22:23.410><c> the</c><00:22:23.589><c> law</c><00:22:23.869><c> that</c><00:22:25.190><c> the</c><00:22:25.410><c> law</c>

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itself<00:22:26.089><c> should</c><00:22:26.390><c> be</c><00:22:26.630><c> the</c><00:22:26.789><c> means</c><00:22:27.069><c> of</c><00:22:27.430><c> giving</c><00:22:27.670><c> life.</c>

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Paul<00:22:28.950><c> makes</c><00:22:29.289><c> that</c><00:22:29.690><c> clear</c><00:22:29.990><c> in</c><00:22:30.289><c> Galatians</c><00:22:30.930><c> the</c><00:22:31.109><c> third</c><00:22:31.470><c> chapter</c>

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Is<00:22:35.730><c> the</c><00:22:36.009><c> law</c><00:22:36.170><c> then</c><00:22:36.569><c> against</c><00:22:37.029><c> the</c><00:22:37.329><c> promises</c><00:22:37.650><c> of</c><00:22:38.009><c> God?</c><00:22:38.230><c> God</c><00:22:38.549><c> forbid.</c><00:22:40.170><c> For</c>

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if<00:22:41.329><c> there</c><00:22:42.130><c> had</c><00:22:42.529><c> been</c><00:22:43.049><c> a</c><00:22:43.329><c> law</c><00:22:43.609><c> given</c>

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which<00:22:44.509><c> could</c><00:22:44.990><c> have</c><00:22:45.269><c> given</c><00:22:45.690><c> life,</c><00:22:48.069><c> deadly</c><00:22:48.349><c> righteousness</c><00:22:48.970><c> should</c><00:22:49.269><c> have</c><00:22:49.490><c> been</c><00:22:49.730><c> by</c>

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the<00:22:50.210><c> law.</c><00:22:50.630><c> If</c><00:22:51.190><c> there</c><00:22:52.009><c> had</c><00:22:52.549><c> been</c>

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but<00:22:54.430><c> there</c><00:22:54.750><c> wasn't.</c><00:22:58.769><c> There</c><00:22:59.609><c> wasn't</c><00:23:00.089><c> given</c><00:23:00.430><c> a</c><00:23:00.730><c> law</c><00:23:00.950><c> which</c><00:23:01.609><c> could</c><00:23:02.269><c> have</c>

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given<00:23:03.170><c> life.</c><00:23:04.329><c> It</c><00:23:04.690><c> could</c><00:23:05.109><c> not</c><00:23:05.730><c> in</c><00:23:06.529><c> itself</c><00:23:07.109><c> give</c>

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life.<00:23:10.349><c> It</c><00:23:11.069><c> wasn't</c><00:23:11.410><c> the</c><00:23:11.609><c> purpose</c><00:23:12.029><c> of</c><00:23:12.309><c> the</c><00:23:12.470><c> law</c><00:23:12.650><c> to</c><00:23:12.910><c> give</c><00:23:13.130><c> life.</c>

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It<00:23:15.190><c> was</c><00:23:15.450><c> the</c><00:23:15.670><c> purpose</c><00:23:16.250><c> of</c><00:23:16.509><c> the</c><00:23:16.769><c> law</c><00:23:17.029><c> to</c><00:23:17.289><c> be</c><00:23:17.730><c> a</c>

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discipline<00:23:18.589><c> in</c><00:23:18.869><c> the</c><00:23:19.029><c> way</c><00:23:19.230><c> of</c><00:23:19.589><c> approach</c><00:23:19.910><c> to</c><00:23:20.150><c> God.</c><00:23:25.750><c> And</c><00:23:25.950><c> it</c><00:23:26.130><c> was</c>

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so<00:23:26.589><c> because</c><00:23:26.990><c> law</c><00:23:27.250><c> could</c><00:23:27.589><c> convict</c><00:23:28.049><c> of</c><00:23:28.369><c> sin.</c>

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Paul<00:23:30.970><c> says</c><00:23:31.250><c> again</c><00:23:31.670><c> in</c><00:23:31.890><c> Romans</c><00:23:32.390><c> 7,</c><00:23:35.029><c> I</c><00:23:35.029><c> had</c><00:23:35.309><c> not</c><00:23:35.569><c> known</c><00:23:35.849><c> sin</c><00:23:36.190><c> but</c>

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by<00:23:36.710><c> the</c><00:23:36.910><c> law</c><00:23:37.349><c> but</c><00:23:38.150><c> I</c><00:23:38.289><c> had</c><00:23:38.390><c> not</c><00:23:38.650><c> known</c><00:23:38.910><c> lust</c><00:23:39.250><c> except</c>

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the<00:23:39.930><c> Lord</c><00:23:40.150><c> said</c><00:23:40.430><c> thou</c><00:23:40.650><c> should</c><00:23:40.970><c> not</c><00:23:41.289><c> covet.</c><00:23:43.289><c> The</c><00:23:43.490><c> law</c><00:23:43.809><c> defines</c>

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sin<00:23:45.210><c> and</c><00:23:46.509><c> so</c><00:23:46.849><c> says</c><00:23:47.130><c> Paul</c><00:23:47.549><c> it</c><00:23:47.789><c> made</c><00:23:48.049><c> it</c><00:23:48.349><c> exceeding</c>

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sinful.<00:23:49.670><c> It</c><00:23:50.069><c> showed</c><00:23:50.470><c> up</c><00:23:50.910><c> sin</c><00:23:51.289><c> for</c><00:23:51.569><c> what</c><00:23:51.829><c> it</c><00:23:52.130><c> is.</c><00:23:55.349><c> For</c><00:23:55.609><c> the</c><00:23:56.029><c> insuperable</c><00:23:56.809><c> barrier</c><00:23:57.289><c> that</c>

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sin<00:23:57.930><c> is</c><00:23:58.589><c> in</c><00:23:58.950><c> itself</c><00:23:59.430><c> is</c><00:23:59.789><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:01.349><c> approach</c><00:24:01.670><c> of</c><00:24:01.950><c> men</c><00:24:02.150><c> to</c><00:24:02.410><c> God</c><00:24:03.069><c> apart</c><00:24:05.309><c> from</c><00:24:05.710><c> God's</c><00:24:06.289><c> forgiveness.</c>

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But<00:24:10.170><c> sin</c><00:24:10.509><c> that</c><00:24:10.750><c> it</c><00:24:11.069><c> might</c><00:24:11.329><c> appear</c><00:24:12.109><c> sin</c><00:24:12.490><c> that</c><00:24:12.890><c> it</c><00:24:13.170><c> might</c><00:24:13.490><c> be</c><00:24:13.869><c> shown</c><00:24:14.150><c> up</c>

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as<00:24:14.890><c> sin</c><00:24:15.089><c> be</c><00:24:15.390><c> made</c><00:24:15.690><c> manifest</c><00:24:16.349><c> as</c><00:24:16.670><c> sin.</c>

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This<00:24:17.309><c> is</c><00:24:17.549><c> the</c><00:24:17.710><c> 13th</c><00:24:18.349><c> verse</c><00:24:18.809><c> of</c><00:24:19.849><c> that</c><00:24:20.089><c> seventh</c><00:24:20.390><c> chapter</c><00:24:20.890><c> of</c><00:24:21.269><c> Romans.</c><00:24:22.269><c> But</c>

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sin<00:24:22.750><c> that</c><00:24:22.950><c> it</c><00:24:23.230><c> might</c><00:24:23.750><c> be</c><00:24:24.410><c> shown</c><00:24:24.710><c> up</c><00:24:25.109><c> as</c><00:24:25.470><c> sin</c>

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working<00:24:26.609><c> death</c><00:24:27.009><c> in</c><00:24:27.250><c> me</c><00:24:27.490><c> by</c><00:24:27.769><c> that</c><00:24:28.049><c> which</c><00:24:28.289><c> is</c><00:24:28.609><c> good</c><00:24:28.829><c> that</c><00:24:29.130><c> sin</c><00:24:29.650><c> by</c>

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the<00:24:30.670><c> commandment</c><00:24:31.990><c> might</c><00:24:32.349><c> become</c><00:24:33.269><c> exceeding</c><00:24:34.710><c> sinful.</c>

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The<00:24:39.269><c> commandment</c><00:24:39.950><c> defined</c><00:24:40.529><c> the</c><00:24:40.849><c> sin</c><00:24:41.230><c> and</c><00:24:42.490><c> therefore</c><00:24:42.990><c> made</c><00:24:43.450><c> clear</c><00:24:43.849><c> what</c><00:24:44.289><c> sin</c><00:24:44.569><c> is</c>

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and<00:24:45.990><c> showed</c><00:24:46.410><c> sin</c><00:24:46.970><c> up</c><00:24:47.309><c> in</c><00:24:47.690><c> all</c><00:24:47.990><c> its</c>

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enormity.<00:24:53.210><c> And</c><00:24:53.329><c> that</c><00:24:53.509><c> was</c><00:24:53.750><c> the</c><00:24:53.930><c> function</c><00:24:54.269><c> of</c><00:24:54.509><c> the</c><00:24:54.670><c> law.</c><00:24:56.569><c> So</c><00:24:56.809><c> the</c><00:24:56.990><c> law</c><00:24:57.329><c> could</c><00:24:57.630><c> not</c><00:24:57.829><c> in</c>

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itself<00:24:58.630><c> bring</c><00:24:59.589><c> righteousness.</c>

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That<00:25:01.750><c> which</c><00:25:01.950><c> had</c><00:25:02.190><c> to</c><00:25:02.470><c> bring</c><00:25:02.690><c> righteousness</c><00:25:03.390><c> had</c><00:25:03.710><c> to</c><00:25:03.910><c> be</c><00:25:04.049><c> something</c><00:25:04.470><c> which</c>

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made<00:25:05.130><c> no</c><00:25:05.250><c> sense</c><00:25:05.250><c> to</c><00:25:05.250><c> God.</c>

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Something<00:25:06.250><c> which</c><00:25:07.750><c> is</c><00:25:07.990><c> outgoing</c><00:25:08.730><c> towards</c><00:25:09.450><c> God.</c><00:25:09.869><c> Something</c><00:25:10.250><c> which</c><00:25:11.049><c> glorifies</c><00:25:11.869><c> God</c><00:25:12.250><c> and</c><00:25:12.490><c> not</c><00:25:12.710><c> man</c><00:25:13.089><c> and</c><00:25:13.269><c> that</c><00:25:13.529><c> is</c><00:25:13.750><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:25:16.150><c> so</c><00:25:16.369><c> faith</c><00:25:16.690><c> is</c><00:25:16.950><c> the</c><00:25:17.309><c> essential</c><00:25:17.750><c> and</c><00:25:18.549><c> only</c><00:25:19.150><c> bond</c><00:25:19.549><c> of</c><00:25:19.910><c> relationship.</c>

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Faith<00:25:21.910><c> held</c><00:25:22.769><c> in</c><00:25:23.190><c> humility.</c><00:25:24.690><c> And</c><00:25:24.829><c> for</c><00:25:24.930><c> all</c><00:25:25.250><c> these</c><00:25:25.569><c> reasons</c><00:25:26.309><c> the</c>

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epistle<00:25:27.490><c> to</c><00:25:27.769><c> the</c><00:25:27.930><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:28.470><c> can</c><00:25:28.950><c> say</c>

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without<00:25:30.109><c> faith</c><00:25:30.690><c> it</c><00:25:30.990><c> is</c><00:25:31.369><c> impossible</c><00:25:32.289><c> to</c><00:25:32.750><c> please</c><00:25:33.069><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:35.490><c> the</c><00:25:35.589><c> further</c><00:25:35.890><c> we</c><00:25:36.190><c> go</c><00:25:36.549><c> the</c><00:25:36.769><c> deeper</c><00:25:37.150><c> we</c><00:25:37.509><c> dig.</c><00:25:38.430><c> The</c><00:25:38.569><c> more</c><00:25:38.910><c> we</c>

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appreciate<00:25:39.910><c> the</c><00:25:40.329><c> significance</c><00:25:40.970><c> of</c><00:25:41.309><c> that</c><00:25:41.670><c> word</c>

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the<00:25:42.710><c> more</c><00:25:43.049><c> we</c><00:25:43.369><c> see</c><00:25:43.650><c> the</c><00:25:44.210><c> impossibility.</c>

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The<00:25:51.569><c> words</c><00:25:51.869><c> of</c><00:25:52.109><c> the</c><00:25:52.289><c> Holy</c><00:25:52.589><c> Spirit</c><00:25:53.009><c> are</c><00:25:53.390><c> chosen</c><00:25:53.849><c> with</c><00:25:54.309><c> great</c><00:25:54.690><c> exactitude.</c>

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Without<00:25:57.190><c> faith</c><00:25:57.769><c> it</c><00:25:58.490><c> is</c><00:25:59.210><c> impossible</c><00:26:00.190><c> to</c><00:26:00.650><c> please</c><00:26:01.029><c> God</c><00:26:01.369><c> and</c><00:26:01.589><c> it</c><00:26:01.829><c> is</c><00:26:02.230><c> a</c>

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literal<00:26:03.069><c> impossibility.</c>

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And<00:26:11.490><c> so</c><00:26:11.789><c> man</c><00:26:12.369><c> with</c><00:26:13.170><c> the</c><00:26:13.490><c> heart</c><00:26:14.309><c> believeth</c><00:26:15.210><c> unto</c><00:26:15.710><c> righteousness</c><00:26:16.390><c> has</c><00:26:17.049><c> faith.</c>

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Let<00:26:19.029><c> us</c><00:26:19.250><c> always</c><00:26:19.670><c> remember</c><00:26:20.710><c> that</c><00:26:22.089><c> the</c><00:26:22.890><c> Greek</c><00:26:23.269><c> has</c><00:26:25.009><c> one</c><00:26:26.069><c> word</c><00:26:26.589><c> which</c><00:26:26.869><c> can</c><00:26:27.130><c> be</c>

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in<00:26:27.450><c> its</c><00:26:27.690><c> noun</c><00:26:28.069><c> form</c><00:26:28.509><c> or</c><00:26:28.829><c> its</c>

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Greek<00:26:29.470><c> or</c><00:26:30.109><c> its</c><00:26:31.410><c> its</c><00:26:32.750><c> adjectival</c><00:26:33.430><c> form</c><00:26:33.890><c> or</c><00:26:34.549><c> its</c><00:26:34.829><c> verb</c><00:26:35.190><c> form.</c><00:26:35.670><c> It</c>

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can<00:26:36.069><c> be</c><00:26:36.269><c> in</c><00:26:36.529><c> various</c><00:26:36.930><c> forms</c>

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with<00:26:38.769><c> different</c><00:26:39.369><c> inflections</c><00:26:40.210><c> but</c><00:26:40.410><c> it's</c><00:26:40.809><c> essentially</c><00:26:41.390><c> one</c>

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word.<00:26:43.289><c> The</c><00:26:43.609><c> word</c><00:26:43.890><c> for</c><00:26:44.170><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:26:45.809><c> have</c><00:26:46.170><c> to</c><00:26:46.390><c> have</c><00:26:46.609><c> a</c><00:26:46.769><c> different</c><00:26:47.329><c> verb</c><00:26:47.769><c> to</c><00:26:48.069><c> believe.</c>

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Literally<00:26:52.190><c> it</c><00:26:52.369><c> means</c><00:26:52.710><c> to</c><00:26:52.990><c> have</c><00:26:53.230><c> faith.</c>

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With<00:26:55.869><c> the</c><00:26:56.150><c> heart</c><00:26:56.789><c> man</c><00:26:57.509><c> has</c><00:26:58.309><c> faith</c><00:26:59.170><c> unto</c><00:27:00.170><c> righteousness.</c><00:27:01.490><c> Faith</c><00:27:01.930><c> that</c>

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leads<00:27:02.589><c> to</c><00:27:02.970><c> righteousness.</c>

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That<00:27:05.809><c> is</c><00:27:06.029><c> why</c><00:27:06.289><c> faith</c><00:27:06.690><c> begins</c><00:27:07.430><c> with</c><00:27:08.069><c> a</c><00:27:08.349><c> reckoning</c><00:27:08.849><c> of</c><00:27:09.170><c> righteousness.</c>

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Faith<00:27:10.450><c> is</c><00:27:10.849><c> reckoned</c><00:27:11.450><c> for</c><00:27:11.829><c> righteousness</c><00:27:12.529><c> and</c><00:27:13.369><c> it's</c><00:27:13.730><c> reckoned</c>

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for<00:27:14.349><c> righteousness</c><00:27:14.849><c> because</c><00:27:15.569><c> true</c><00:27:16.089><c> faith</c>

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can<00:27:16.950><c> lead</c><00:27:17.329><c> to</c><00:27:17.630><c> righteousness.</c><00:27:18.769><c> It</c><00:27:18.890><c> must</c><00:27:19.369><c> lead</c><00:27:19.690><c> to</c><00:27:20.009><c> righteousness.</c><00:27:22.309><c> It</c><00:27:22.309><c> is</c><00:27:22.930><c> active</c><00:27:23.549><c> and</c><00:27:23.990><c> obedient</c>

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otherwise<00:27:25.289><c> it's</c><00:27:25.710><c> not</c><00:27:25.990><c> faith.</c><00:27:29.150><c> And</c><00:27:29.549><c> conversely</c><00:27:30.950><c> the</c><00:27:33.190><c> absence</c>

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of<00:27:34.230><c> faith</c><00:27:34.650><c> the</c><00:27:35.829><c> failure</c><00:27:36.329><c> of</c><00:27:36.710><c> faith</c>

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is<00:27:38.549><c> the</c><00:27:38.789><c> ground</c><00:27:39.250><c> and</c><00:27:39.650><c> source</c><00:27:40.049><c> of</c><00:27:40.609><c> disobedience.</c>

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This<00:27:44.289><c> is</c><00:27:44.569><c> brought</c><00:27:44.890><c> out</c><00:27:45.309><c> in</c><00:27:45.670><c> the</c><00:27:46.609><c> third</c><00:27:47.130><c> chapter</c><00:27:47.769><c> of</c><00:27:48.230><c> Hebrews</c>

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which<00:27:49.130><c> we</c><00:27:49.430><c> read</c><00:27:49.670><c> this</c><00:27:49.990><c> morning</c>

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and<00:27:53.130><c> carried</c><00:27:53.950><c> on</c><00:27:54.329><c> into</c><00:27:54.690><c> the</c><00:27:54.930><c> fourth</c><00:27:55.269><c> chapter</c><00:27:56.049><c> where</c><00:27:57.630><c> we</c><00:27:57.950><c> find</c>

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a<00:27:58.829><c> continual</c><00:27:59.410><c> play</c><00:27:59.890><c> a</c><00:28:00.049><c> play</c><00:28:00.430><c> which</c><00:28:00.730><c> isn't</c>

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brought<00:28:01.869><c> out</c><00:28:02.309><c> clearly</c><00:28:02.750><c> in</c><00:28:03.069><c> the</c><00:28:03.250><c> King</c><00:28:03.509><c> James</c><00:28:03.970><c> version</c><00:28:04.329><c> it's</c><00:28:04.730><c> shown</c><00:28:04.970><c> more</c><00:28:05.369><c> clearly</c><00:28:05.730><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:06.609><c> revised</c><00:28:07.049><c> version</c>

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and<00:28:07.990><c> in</c><00:28:08.190><c> other</c><00:28:08.410><c> later</c><00:28:08.869><c> some</c><00:28:09.109><c> of</c><00:28:09.269><c> the</c><00:28:09.430><c> other</c><00:28:09.670><c> later</c><00:28:10.029><c> versions.</c>

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We<00:28:11.809><c> have</c><00:28:12.089><c> a</c><00:28:12.490><c> continual</c><00:28:13.029><c> play</c><00:28:13.569><c> between</c>

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the<00:28:14.549><c> ideas</c><00:28:15.069><c> of</c><00:28:15.549><c> belief</c><00:28:16.109><c> or</c><00:28:16.829><c> unbelief</c><00:28:17.930><c> and</c><00:28:18.430><c> obedience</c><00:28:19.130><c> or</c><00:28:19.950><c> disobedience.</c>

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Second<00:28:26.990><c> verse.</c><00:28:28.490><c> Jesus</c><00:28:28.569><c> who</c><00:28:29.289><c> was</c><00:28:30.230><c> faithful</c><00:28:30.910><c> to</c><00:28:32.150><c> him</c><00:28:32.410><c> that</c><00:28:32.670><c> appointed</c><00:28:33.130><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:35.369><c> the</c><00:28:35.430><c> word</c><00:28:35.670><c> for</c><00:28:35.950><c> faith</c><00:28:36.250><c> is</c><00:28:36.569><c> bistis.</c>

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And<00:28:40.329><c> so</c><00:28:40.730><c> later</c><00:28:41.069><c> it</c><00:28:41.450><c> said</c><00:28:41.950><c> Moses</c><00:28:42.789><c> fifth</c><00:28:43.130><c> verse</c><00:28:43.509><c> Moses</c><00:28:44.130><c> verily</c>

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was<00:28:46.029><c> faithful</c><00:28:46.789><c> in</c><00:28:47.150><c> all</c><00:28:47.430><c> his</c><00:28:47.670><c> house.</c>

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Now<00:28:50.450><c> we</c><00:28:50.650><c> go</c><00:28:50.869><c> on</c><00:28:51.890><c> and</c><00:28:53.789><c> we</c><00:28:54.089><c> find</c><00:28:54.410><c> this</c><00:28:55.730><c> 12th</c><00:28:59.329><c> verse.</c><00:29:00.509><c> Take</c><00:29:00.569><c> heed</c><00:29:00.809><c> brethren</c>

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after<00:29:04.190><c> you</c><00:29:04.490><c> cited</c><00:29:04.809><c> the</c><00:29:05.130><c> example</c><00:29:05.509><c> of</c><00:29:05.730><c> Israel</c><00:29:06.490><c> and</c><00:29:07.890><c> their</c><00:29:08.130><c> disobedience.</c><00:29:10.029><c> Take</c>

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heed<00:29:10.410><c> brethren</c><00:29:10.950><c> lest</c><00:29:11.309><c> there</c><00:29:11.569><c> be</c><00:29:11.769><c> in</c>

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any<00:29:19.950><c> of</c><00:29:19.950><c> you</c><00:29:19.950><c> an</c><00:29:19.950><c> evil</c><00:29:19.950><c> heart</c><00:29:19.950><c> of</c><00:29:19.950><c> unbelief.</c><00:29:19.950><c> The</c><00:29:19.950><c> a</c><00:29:20.490><c> is</c><00:29:20.849><c> privative.</c><00:29:21.690><c> That's</c>

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it.<00:29:22.069><c> It</c><00:29:22.170><c> turns</c><00:29:22.650><c> the</c><00:29:23.529><c> word</c><00:29:23.950><c> into</c><00:29:24.289><c> a</c>

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negative.<00:29:26.849><c> The</c><00:29:27.150><c> converse</c><00:29:27.670><c> of</c><00:29:27.930><c> faith.</c><00:29:32.230><c> Apistia.</c><00:29:34.990><c> Take</c><00:29:35.269><c> heed</c>

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brethren<00:29:36.109><c> lest</c><00:29:36.509><c> there</c><00:29:36.730><c> be</c><00:29:36.970><c> in</c><00:29:37.109><c> any</c><00:29:37.430><c> of</c><00:29:37.650><c> you</c><00:29:37.849><c> an</c><00:29:38.190><c> evil</c>

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heart<00:29:38.809><c> of</c><00:29:39.690><c> unbelief.</c><00:29:43.529><c> Apistia.</c><00:29:45.049><c> The</c><00:29:45.309><c> a</c><00:29:45.670><c> is</c><00:29:46.150><c> privative.</c><00:29:46.869><c> That's</c><00:29:46.990><c> it.</c><00:29:47.230><c> It</c><00:29:47.430><c> turns</c><00:29:47.809><c> the</c><00:29:48.890><c> word</c><00:29:49.210><c> into</c><00:29:49.549><c> a</c><00:29:49.750><c> negative.</c>

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The<00:29:52.450><c> converse</c><00:29:52.930><c> of</c><00:29:53.230><c> faith.</c><00:29:53.950><c> Apistia.</c><00:29:57.769><c> But</c><00:29:57.990><c> now</c><00:29:58.630><c> go</c><00:30:00.130><c> a</c><00:30:00.309><c> little</c><00:30:00.529><c> further.</c>

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Come<00:30:04.450><c> to</c><00:30:04.690><c> the</c><00:30:04.789><c> 18th</c><00:30:05.509><c> verse.</c><00:30:06.990><c> And</c><00:30:06.990><c> to</c><00:30:07.250><c> whom</c><00:30:07.450><c> he</c><00:30:07.990><c> sware</c><00:30:08.410><c> that</c><00:30:08.609><c> they</c><00:30:08.890><c> should</c><00:30:09.230><c> not</c>

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enter<00:30:09.910><c> into</c><00:30:10.309><c> his</c><00:30:10.769><c> rest,</c>

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but<00:30:12.289><c> to</c><00:30:12.569><c> them</c><00:30:12.890><c> that</c><00:30:14.150><c> King</c><00:30:15.250><c> James</c><00:30:15.789><c> version</c><00:30:16.190><c> believed</c><00:30:16.809><c> not.</c><00:30:18.890><c> Revised</c><00:30:19.470><c> version</c><00:30:20.009><c> were</c><00:30:20.809><c> disobedient.</c><00:30:22.490><c> Now</c><00:30:22.829><c> actually</c>

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we<00:30:23.430><c> come</c><00:30:23.750><c> to</c><00:30:23.990><c> another</c><00:30:24.309><c> word.</c><00:30:26.470><c> Apithia.</c><00:30:29.369><c> Which</c><00:30:29.470><c> is</c><00:30:29.730><c> the</c><00:30:29.890><c> converse</c><00:30:30.369><c> of</c><00:30:30.589><c> obedience.</c><00:30:31.589><c> Disobedience.</c><00:30:33.630><c> And</c><00:30:33.750><c> then</c>

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19th<00:30:34.690><c> verse.</c><00:30:36.509><c> So</c><00:30:36.509><c> we</c><00:30:36.890><c> see</c><00:30:37.210><c> that</c><00:30:37.410><c> they</c><00:30:37.710><c> could</c><00:30:38.069><c> not</c><00:30:38.430><c> enter</c><00:30:38.809><c> in</c><00:30:39.150><c> because</c><00:30:39.750><c> of</c>

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unbelief.<00:30:42.069><c> And</c><00:30:42.150><c> now</c><00:30:42.390><c> we</c><00:30:42.549><c> are</c><00:30:42.730><c> back</c><00:30:43.049><c> on</c><00:30:43.329><c> the</c>

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converse<00:30:44.769><c> of</c><00:30:45.069><c> faith.</c><00:30:45.369><c> The</c><00:30:45.589><c> opposite</c><00:30:45.950><c> of</c><00:30:46.269><c> faith.</c><00:30:46.970><c> Apistia.</c>

00:30:48.630 --> 00:30:51.230
Now<00:30:48.769><c> you</c><00:30:48.890><c> see</c><00:30:49.369><c> how</c><00:30:50.029><c> Paul</c><00:30:50.490><c> rings</c><00:30:50.869><c> the</c>

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the<00:30:58.410><c> root</c><00:30:58.609><c> of</c><00:30:59.009><c> disobedience.</c>

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And<00:31:13.369><c> faith</c><00:31:13.869><c> must</c><00:31:14.309><c> therefore</c><00:31:14.829><c> be</c><00:31:15.609><c> a</c><00:31:15.910><c> living</c><00:31:16.329><c> faith.</c><00:31:17.089><c> Faith</c><00:31:17.470><c> without</c><00:31:17.950><c> works.</c><00:31:18.849><c> Words</c><00:31:19.210><c> which</c><00:31:19.509><c> are</c>

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very<00:31:19.930><c> familiar</c><00:31:20.430><c> to</c>

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faith<00:31:21.109><c> without</c><00:31:21.609><c> works</c><00:31:22.009><c> is</c><00:31:22.410><c> dead.</c><00:31:25.170><c> The</c><00:31:25.349><c> words</c><00:31:25.509><c> come</c><00:31:25.809><c> from</c><00:31:26.109><c> James</c><00:31:26.529><c> but</c>

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remember<00:31:27.549><c> what</c><00:31:28.230><c> James</c><00:31:28.670><c> quotes</c><00:31:29.109><c> as</c><00:31:29.430><c> examples</c>

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of<00:31:30.390><c> faith.</c><00:31:34.890><c> What</c><00:31:35.230><c> sort</c><00:31:35.529><c> of</c><00:31:35.809><c> works</c><00:31:36.150><c> they</c><00:31:36.509><c> were.</c><00:31:39.190><c> Not</c><00:31:39.430><c> what</c><00:31:39.809><c> men</c>

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call<00:31:40.509><c> good</c><00:31:40.809><c> works.</c><00:31:43.049><c> They</c><00:31:43.210><c> were</c><00:31:43.369><c> works</c><00:31:43.710><c> of</c><00:31:43.970><c> faith</c><00:31:44.230><c> in</c>

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and<00:31:44.930><c> of</c><00:31:45.190><c> obedience</c><00:31:45.710><c> to</c><00:31:45.990><c> God.</c><00:31:47.069><c> Of</c><00:31:47.250><c> recognition</c><00:31:47.910><c> of</c><00:31:48.150><c> God.</c><00:31:49.750><c> For</c>

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the<00:31:50.109><c> examples</c><00:31:50.609><c> he</c><00:31:50.970><c> cites</c><00:31:51.390><c> are</c><00:31:51.750><c> Abraham</c>

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sacrificing,<00:31:53.849><c> Abraham</c><00:31:54.289><c> offering</c><00:31:54.769><c> Isaac</c><00:31:55.450><c> and</c><00:31:56.450><c> Graham</c><00:31:57.049><c> aiding</c>

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the<00:31:58.250><c> spies.</c>

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Now<00:32:03.289><c> human</c><00:32:03.630><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:04.369><c> isn't</c><00:32:04.710><c> a</c><00:32:04.910><c> good</c><00:32:05.150><c> work</c><00:32:05.410><c> by</c><00:32:05.730><c> human</c><00:32:06.109><c> standards.</c><00:32:08.009><c> It</c><00:32:08.190><c> isn't</c><00:32:08.509><c> a</c>

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good<00:32:08.890><c> work</c><00:32:09.150><c> by</c><00:32:09.430><c> God's</c><00:32:10.029><c> standards.</c>

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It's<00:32:10.809><c> a</c><00:32:10.930><c> thing</c><00:32:11.190><c> of</c><00:32:11.390><c> honor</c><00:32:11.569><c> to</c><00:32:11.869><c> God.</c><00:32:14.250><c> It</c><00:32:14.289><c> was</c><00:32:14.549><c> only</c><00:32:14.950><c> a</c><00:32:15.190><c> good</c><00:32:15.430><c> work</c>

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because<00:32:16.309><c> God</c><00:32:17.170><c> commanded</c><00:32:17.950><c> it</c><00:32:18.309><c> as</c><00:32:18.670><c> an</c><00:32:18.869><c> act</c><00:32:19.130><c> of</c><00:32:19.509><c> faith</c>

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in<00:32:20.069><c> that</c><00:32:20.410><c> particular</c><00:32:21.130><c> instance.</c><00:32:22.390><c> That</c><00:32:22.549><c> he</c><00:32:22.690><c> should</c><00:32:22.890><c> come</c><00:32:23.230><c> and</c>

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be<00:32:26.950><c> delivered</c><00:32:27.309><c> from</c><00:32:27.730><c> death.</c><00:32:31.970><c> And</c><00:32:31.970><c> Rahab?</c><00:32:34.950><c> Rahab</c><00:32:35.589><c> was</c><00:32:35.829><c> acting</c>

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as<00:32:36.470><c> a</c><00:32:36.630><c> fifth</c><00:32:36.890><c> columnist</c><00:32:37.569><c> in</c><00:32:37.750><c> her</c><00:32:37.990><c> own</c><00:32:38.269><c> native</c>

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city<00:32:39.230><c> and</c><00:32:39.390><c> sitting</c><00:32:39.750><c> aboard</c><00:32:40.450><c> in</c><00:32:42.430><c> our</c><00:32:42.650><c> ideas.</c><00:32:46.009><c> And</c><00:32:46.690><c> yet</c><00:32:46.849><c> she</c><00:32:47.089><c> is</c>

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commended<00:32:47.849><c> for</c><00:32:48.210><c> her</c><00:32:48.549><c> faith</c><00:32:48.910><c> because</c><00:32:49.410><c> she</c><00:32:49.849><c> recognized</c>

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the<00:32:50.970><c> Lord</c><00:32:51.329><c> God</c><00:32:51.609><c> of</c><00:32:51.869><c> Israel</c><00:32:52.529><c> and</c><00:32:53.109><c> it</c><00:32:53.349><c> was</c><00:32:53.589><c> for</c><00:32:53.869><c> his</c><00:32:54.190><c> sake</c><00:32:54.470><c> she</c><00:32:54.690><c> was</c><00:32:55.009><c> doing</c><00:32:55.349><c> it.</c><00:32:57.869><c> Let</c><00:32:58.089><c> us</c>

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see<00:32:58.529><c> then</c><00:32:58.789><c> what</c><00:32:59.250><c> is</c><00:32:59.930><c> meant</c>

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by<00:33:00.609><c> the</c><00:33:00.990><c> works</c><00:33:01.430><c> of</c><00:33:01.769><c> faith</c><00:33:02.430><c> in</c><00:33:03.650><c> James</c><00:33:04.049><c> conception</c><00:33:04.809><c> of</c><00:33:08.369><c> works.</c>

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Faith<00:33:14.230><c> when</c><00:33:15.150><c> it</c><00:33:15.450><c> issues</c><00:33:15.750><c> in</c><00:33:16.150><c> works</c><00:33:16.630><c> has</c><00:33:18.349><c> the</c><00:33:18.650><c> power</c><00:33:18.990><c> of</c><00:33:19.470><c> transforming</c><00:33:20.269><c> men.</c>

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It<00:33:22.650><c> leads</c><00:33:23.049><c> to</c><00:33:23.369><c> righteousness.</c>

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It<00:33:26.230><c> leads</c><00:33:26.730><c> to</c><00:33:27.589><c> obedience</c><00:33:28.509><c> unto</c><00:33:29.450><c> righteousness</c><00:33:30.150><c> as</c><00:33:30.549><c> Paul</c><00:33:30.950><c> says.</c>

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We<00:33:32.849><c> have</c><00:33:33.069><c> obeyed</c><00:33:33.529><c> from</c><00:33:33.769><c> the</c><00:33:33.950><c> heart</c><00:33:34.170><c> that</c><00:33:34.450><c> form</c><00:33:34.730><c> of</c><00:33:35.009><c> doctrine,</c>

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that<00:33:35.549><c> form</c><00:33:35.789><c> of</c><00:33:36.210><c> teaching.</c><00:33:37.049><c> Not</c><00:33:37.309><c> doctrine</c>

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in<00:33:38.069><c> our</c><00:33:38.309><c> narrow</c><00:33:38.630><c> sense</c><00:33:38.910><c> because</c><00:33:39.250><c> we</c><00:33:39.589><c> misuse</c><00:33:40.009><c> that</c><00:33:40.349><c> word</c><00:33:40.589><c> doctrine.</c><00:33:41.890><c> That</c>

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form<00:33:42.450><c> of</c><00:33:42.890><c> teaching</c><00:33:43.349><c> embracing</c><00:33:44.009><c> the</c>

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whole<00:33:45.049><c> foundations</c><00:33:45.809><c> of</c><00:33:46.190><c> life</c><00:33:46.410><c> and</c><00:33:46.710><c> the</c><00:33:47.029><c> living,</c><00:33:47.410><c> the</c><00:33:47.650><c> conduct</c>

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of<00:33:48.369><c> life.</c><00:33:49.890><c> That</c><00:33:50.069><c> form</c><00:33:50.349><c> of</c><00:33:50.630><c> teaching</c><00:33:50.910><c> which</c><00:33:51.250><c> was</c>

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delivered<00:33:51.890><c> you.</c><00:33:52.690><c> Being</c><00:33:52.869><c> then</c><00:33:53.269><c> made</c><00:33:53.730><c> free</c><00:33:54.210><c> from</c><00:33:54.589><c> sin</c><00:33:54.849><c> he</c><00:33:55.069><c> became</c><00:33:55.630><c> servants</c><00:33:56.150><c> of</c><00:33:56.490><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:57.950 --> 00:34:01.269
Now<00:33:58.190><c> being</c><00:33:58.509><c> made</c><00:33:58.869><c> free</c><00:33:59.250><c> from</c><00:33:59.589><c> sin</c><00:33:59.869><c> and</c><00:34:00.170><c> become</c><00:34:00.490><c> servants</c><00:34:00.990><c> to</c>

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God<00:34:01.789><c> you</c><00:34:02.549><c> have</c><00:34:02.710><c> your</c><00:34:02.970><c> fruit</c><00:34:03.230><c> unto</c><00:34:03.609><c> holiness</c><00:34:04.170><c> and</c><00:34:04.849><c> the</c>

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end<00:34:05.309><c> everlasting</c><00:34:06.029><c> life.</c><00:34:08.190><c> So</c><00:34:08.510><c> faith</c><00:34:09.349><c> leads</c><00:34:10.250><c> to</c><00:34:10.550><c> freedom</c><00:34:10.909><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:34:11.690><c> but</c><00:34:11.989><c> freedom</c><00:34:12.510><c> for</c><00:34:12.889><c> service</c><00:34:13.329><c> not</c><00:34:13.670><c> freedom</c><00:34:14.090><c> for</c>

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license.<00:34:16.889><c> And</c><00:34:17.110><c> so</c><00:34:17.250><c> it</c><00:34:17.329><c> is</c><00:34:17.590><c> that</c><00:34:17.849><c> active</c><00:34:18.210><c> faith</c><00:34:18.570><c> can</c><00:34:18.969><c> bring</c><00:34:19.170><c> about</c><00:34:19.869><c> a</c>

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progressive<00:34:21.010><c> transformation.</c>

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It<00:34:25.829><c> leads</c><00:34:26.309><c> to</c><00:34:26.650><c> that</c><00:34:26.949><c> righteousness</c><00:34:27.690><c> in</c><00:34:30.030><c> the</c><00:34:30.309><c> end</c><00:34:31.110><c> which</c><00:34:32.409><c> is</c><00:34:32.730><c> the</c><00:34:32.969><c> fulfillment</c><00:34:33.570><c> of</c><00:34:33.969><c> faith.</c>

00:34:35.969 --> 00:34:41.510
And<00:34:36.130><c> so</c><00:34:36.309><c> faith</c><00:34:36.610><c> in</c><00:34:36.829><c> God's</c><00:34:37.269><c> mercy</c><00:34:37.969><c> because</c><00:34:38.869><c> it</c><00:34:39.170><c> contains</c><00:34:39.750><c> in</c><00:34:40.030><c> itself</c><00:34:40.489><c> the</c><00:34:40.809><c> promise</c><00:34:41.170><c> of</c>

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righteousness,<00:34:42.150><c> the</c><00:34:42.409><c> seed</c>

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of<00:34:43.150><c> righteousness,</c><00:34:44.690><c> is</c><00:34:44.869><c> in</c><00:34:45.050><c> God's</c><00:34:45.489><c> mercy</c><00:34:46.030><c> reckoned</c><00:34:46.969><c> for</c><00:34:47.329><c> righteousness</c><00:34:47.969><c> put</c>

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down<00:34:48.630><c> to</c><00:34:48.829><c> the</c><00:34:49.050><c> account</c><00:34:49.389><c> for</c><00:34:49.650><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:34:58.409><c> faith</c><00:34:58.829><c> that</c><00:34:59.130><c> continues</c><00:34:59.909><c> as</c><00:35:00.269><c> an</c><00:35:00.489><c> active</c><00:35:01.010><c> faith</c><00:35:01.789><c> can</c><00:35:02.409><c> bring</c>

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about<00:35:03.210><c> the</c><00:35:03.610><c> transformation</c><00:35:04.650><c> of</c><00:35:05.070><c> man</c><00:35:05.389><c> by</c><00:35:05.769><c> the</c>

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renewing<00:35:06.769><c> of</c><00:35:07.030><c> the</c><00:35:07.289><c> mind.</c><00:35:08.690><c> Remember</c><00:35:09.150><c> how</c><00:35:09.510><c> Paul</c><00:35:09.909><c> works</c><00:35:10.289><c> up</c><00:35:10.570><c> his</c>

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argument<00:35:11.510><c> in</c><00:35:11.889><c> those</c><00:35:12.349><c> chapters</c><00:35:12.969><c> of</c><00:35:13.349><c> the</c><00:35:13.590><c> epistle</c><00:35:14.030><c> to</c>

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the<00:35:14.510><c> Romans.</c><00:35:15.769><c> Until</c><00:35:16.090><c> he</c><00:35:16.269><c> comes</c><00:35:16.710><c> to</c><00:35:16.969><c> that</c><00:35:17.309><c> great</c><00:35:17.969><c> climax</c><00:35:18.610><c> in</c><00:35:18.989><c> the</c><00:35:19.309><c> peon</c><00:35:19.650><c> of</c>

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praise<00:35:20.389><c> which</c><00:35:20.710><c> ends</c><00:35:21.110><c> the</c><00:35:21.429><c> eleventh</c><00:35:21.949><c> chapter</c>

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and<00:35:22.989><c> then</c><00:35:23.309><c> immediately</c><00:35:24.070><c> he</c><00:35:24.590><c> carries</c><00:35:24.929><c> over</c><00:35:25.550><c> into</c><00:35:26.190><c> the</c><00:35:26.530><c> twelfth</c>

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chapter<00:35:27.409><c> I</c><00:35:27.809><c> beseech</c><00:35:28.369><c> you</c><00:35:28.869><c> therefore.</c>

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And<00:35:31.829><c> therefores</c><00:35:32.349><c> and</c><00:35:32.550><c> wherefores</c><00:35:33.090><c> in</c><00:35:33.289><c> the</c><00:35:33.510><c> Bible</c><00:35:33.769><c> are</c><00:35:34.090><c> always</c>

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significant.<00:35:35.070><c> They</c><00:35:35.309><c> mean</c><00:35:35.610><c> something.</c>

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I<00:35:36.949><c> beseech</c><00:35:37.449><c> you</c><00:35:37.909><c> therefore</c><00:35:38.530><c> by</c><00:35:38.889><c> the</c><00:35:39.150><c> mercies</c><00:35:39.550><c> of</c><00:35:39.750><c> God</c><00:35:40.110><c> that</c><00:35:40.650><c> ye</c>

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present<00:35:41.289><c> your</c><00:35:41.610><c> body</c><00:35:41.929><c> as</c><00:35:42.190><c> a</c><00:35:42.269><c> living</c><00:35:42.690><c> sacrifice</c>

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wholly<00:35:43.969><c> acceptable</c><00:35:44.690><c> unto</c><00:35:45.030><c> God</c><00:35:45.650><c> which</c><00:35:45.969><c> is</c><00:35:46.190><c> your</c><00:35:46.469><c> service</c><00:35:46.929><c> which</c><00:35:47.289><c> is</c>

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your<00:35:47.929><c> reasonable</c><00:35:48.590><c> service</c><00:35:49.110><c> your</c><00:35:49.389><c> service</c><00:35:49.769><c> of</c>

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mind<00:35:50.849><c> your</c><00:35:51.449><c> service</c><00:35:51.789><c> of</c><00:35:52.150><c> reason</c><00:35:52.489><c> and</c><00:35:53.250><c> be</c><00:35:53.670><c> not</c><00:35:54.130><c> conformed</c><00:35:54.929><c> to</c>

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this<00:35:55.489><c> world</c><00:35:55.769><c> but</c><00:35:56.170><c> be</c><00:35:56.510><c> ye</c><00:35:56.889><c> transformed.</c>

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And<00:35:59.369><c> the</c><00:35:59.989><c> word</c><00:36:00.309><c> transformed</c><00:36:01.110><c> is</c><00:36:01.349><c> the</c><00:36:01.610><c> same</c><00:36:01.909><c> word</c><00:36:02.230><c> that's</c><00:36:02.550><c> used</c>

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of<00:36:03.250><c> the</c><00:36:03.550><c> transfiguration</c><00:36:04.710><c> of</c><00:36:05.010><c> Jesus.</c>

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It's<00:36:06.150><c> a</c><00:36:06.289><c> metamorphosis.</c><00:36:08.190><c> Be</c><00:36:08.329><c> ye</c><00:36:08.969><c> transformed</c><00:36:09.889><c> by</c><00:36:10.730><c> the</c><00:36:11.130><c> renewing</c><00:36:11.929><c> of</c>

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your<00:36:12.510><c> mind.</c>

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We've<00:36:17.269><c> spoken</c><00:36:17.570><c> all</c><00:36:17.909><c> the</c><00:36:18.070><c> way</c><00:36:18.269><c> through</c><00:36:18.650><c> of</c><00:36:18.969><c> this</c><00:36:19.909><c> communication</c><00:36:21.090><c> between</c><00:36:21.929><c> God</c>

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and<00:36:22.730><c> men</c><00:36:23.090><c> and</c><00:36:23.369><c> men</c><00:36:23.750><c> and</c><00:36:24.150><c> God.</c>

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Faith<00:36:26.030><c> as</c><00:36:26.469><c> the</c><00:36:27.650><c> influence</c><00:36:28.389><c> of</c><00:36:28.710><c> the</c><00:36:29.110><c> mind</c><00:36:29.510><c> of</c><00:36:29.889><c> God</c><00:36:30.469><c> received</c><00:36:31.730><c> by</c>

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the<00:36:32.289><c> mind</c><00:36:32.630><c> of</c><00:36:32.889><c> men</c>

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that<00:36:34.449><c> ye</c><00:36:34.690><c> be</c><00:36:35.070><c> transformed</c><00:36:36.030><c> by</c><00:36:36.429><c> the</c><00:36:36.750><c> renewing</c><00:36:37.309><c> of</c><00:36:37.469><c> your</c><00:36:37.789><c> mind</c>

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that<00:36:38.710><c> ye</c><00:36:38.949><c> may</c><00:36:39.250><c> prove</c><00:36:39.690><c> what</c><00:36:39.949><c> is</c><00:36:40.250><c> that</c><00:36:40.550><c> good</c><00:36:40.789><c> and</c>

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acceptable<00:36:41.730><c> and</c><00:36:42.090><c> perfect</c><00:36:42.510><c> will</c><00:36:42.769><c> of</c><00:36:43.050><c> God.</c><00:36:46.070><c> Now</c><00:36:46.829><c> that</c><00:36:47.010><c> is</c><00:36:47.269><c> the</c>

00:36:47.469 --> 00:36:51.710
work<00:36:47.670><c> of</c><00:36:47.929><c> faith</c><00:36:48.309><c> when</c><00:36:49.469><c> faith</c><00:36:49.849><c> opens</c><00:36:50.349><c> the</c><00:36:50.630><c> way</c><00:36:50.889><c> to</c><00:36:51.110><c> God</c>

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and<00:36:52.570><c> to</c><00:36:52.809><c> his</c><00:36:53.150><c> revelation.</c><00:36:55.510><c> Faith</c><00:36:55.750><c> doesn't</c><00:36:56.130><c> take</c><00:36:56.449><c> the</c><00:36:56.670><c> place</c>

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of<00:36:57.329><c> sacrifice.</c><00:36:58.190><c> There</c><00:36:58.190><c> was</c><00:36:58.409><c> sacrifice</c>

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under<00:37:00.030><c> the</c><00:37:00.309><c> law</c><00:37:00.650><c> and</c><00:37:01.389><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:02.070><c> is</c><00:37:02.369><c> an</c><00:37:02.630><c> essential</c><00:37:03.050><c> principle</c>

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of<00:37:03.989><c> the</c><00:37:04.170><c> way</c><00:37:04.369><c> of</c><00:37:04.650><c> approach</c><00:37:04.949><c> of</c><00:37:05.210><c> God</c><00:37:05.510><c> to</c><00:37:05.869><c> men.</c>

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There<00:37:07.150><c> has</c><00:37:07.489><c> been</c><00:37:08.150><c> one</c><00:37:08.730><c> sacrifice.</c><00:37:11.449><c> Faith</c><00:37:11.829><c> doesn't</c><00:37:12.250><c> take</c><00:37:12.630><c> the</c>

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place<00:37:13.170><c> of</c><00:37:13.650><c> sacrifice</c>

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in<00:37:15.250><c> the</c><00:37:15.429><c> way</c><00:37:15.610><c> of</c><00:37:15.909><c> approach</c><00:37:16.469><c> because</c><00:37:17.949><c> first</c><00:37:18.329><c> of</c><00:37:18.530><c> all</c><00:37:18.690><c> it</c><00:37:18.829><c> is</c><00:37:19.130><c> a</c><00:37:19.329><c> sacrifice.</c>

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It's<00:37:21.409><c> a</c><00:37:21.570><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:22.110><c> of</c><00:37:22.289><c> one's</c><00:37:22.690><c> own</c><00:37:22.929><c> self</c><00:37:23.230><c>-sufficiency.</c><00:37:25.429><c> Next</c>

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it<00:37:26.650><c> unites</c><00:37:27.289><c> us</c><00:37:27.550><c> with</c><00:37:27.829><c> a</c><00:37:28.150><c> sacrifice.</c>

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The<00:37:30.949><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:31.510><c> of</c><00:37:31.949><c> Christ's</c><00:37:32.710><c> offering</c><00:37:32.949><c> of</c><00:37:33.230><c> himself</c><00:37:33.929><c> once</c>

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for<00:37:35.789><c> all</c><00:37:36.389><c> the</c><00:37:37.230><c> one</c><00:37:37.829><c> perfect</c><00:37:38.389><c> full</c><00:37:38.809><c> and</c><00:37:39.190><c> complete</c><00:37:39.650><c> sacrifice</c>

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and<00:37:42.489><c> finally</c><00:37:43.090><c> it</c><00:37:43.510><c> issues</c><00:37:44.130><c> in</c><00:37:44.610><c> sacrifice.</c><00:37:46.230><c> The</c><00:37:46.610><c> living</c><00:37:47.110><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:47.989><c> of</c><00:37:48.250><c> the</c>

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offering<00:37:48.849><c> of</c><00:37:49.190><c> ourselves</c><00:37:49.809><c> which</c><00:37:50.170><c> Paul</c>

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speaks<00:37:51.230><c> and</c><00:37:54.309><c> so</c><00:37:54.570><c> it</c><00:37:54.710><c> is</c><00:37:54.889><c> that</c><00:37:55.130><c> Christ</c><00:37:55.510><c> can</c><00:37:55.909><c> dwell</c><00:37:56.250><c> in</c><00:37:56.630><c> our</c><00:37:56.929><c> hearts</c><00:37:57.489><c> by</c>

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faith.<00:38:01.349><c> As</c><00:38:01.389><c> Paul</c><00:38:01.670><c> prays</c><00:38:02.289><c> in</c><00:38:02.530><c> the</c><00:38:02.650><c> third</c><00:38:02.929><c> chapter</c>

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the<00:38:04.389><c> 17th</c><00:38:05.289><c> verse.</c><00:38:06.469><c> Christ</c><00:38:06.829><c> may</c><00:38:07.090><c> dwell</c><00:38:07.429><c> in</c><00:38:07.670><c> your</c><00:38:07.969><c> hearts</c><00:38:08.429><c> by</c><00:38:09.070><c> faith</c><00:38:09.750><c> that</c><00:38:10.829><c> he</c>

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being<00:38:11.289><c> rooted</c><00:38:11.710><c> and</c><00:38:12.130><c> grounded</c><00:38:12.530><c> in</c><00:38:12.909><c> love</c>

00:38:13.130 --> 00:38:17.389
may<00:38:13.369><c> be</c><00:38:13.610><c> able</c><00:38:13.829><c> to</c><00:38:14.269><c> comprehend</c><00:38:14.750><c> with</c><00:38:15.630><c> all</c><00:38:16.190><c> saints</c><00:38:16.550><c> what</c><00:38:16.829><c> is</c><00:38:17.110><c> the</c>

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breadth<00:38:17.730><c> and</c><00:38:18.050><c> length</c><00:38:18.449><c> and</c><00:38:18.750><c> depth</c><00:38:19.170><c> and</c><00:38:19.429><c> height</c>

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and<00:38:20.150><c> to</c><00:38:20.429><c> know</c><00:38:20.670><c> the</c><00:38:21.110><c> love</c><00:38:21.429><c> of</c><00:38:21.710><c> Christ</c><00:38:22.070><c> which</c><00:38:22.570><c> passeth</c><00:38:23.190><c> knowledge</c><00:38:24.070><c> that</c><00:38:25.449><c> ye</c>

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might<00:38:25.829><c> be</c><00:38:26.130><c> filled</c><00:38:26.349><c> with</c><00:38:26.630><c> all</c><00:38:26.929><c> the</c>

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God.<00:38:27.949><c> What</c><00:38:28.349><c> a</c><00:38:28.530><c> wonderful</c><00:38:28.869><c> expression</c><00:38:29.489><c> that</c><00:38:29.769><c> is.</c><00:38:32.150><c> Paul</c><00:38:32.429><c> says</c>

00:38:32.690 --> 00:38:34.449
of<00:38:32.929><c> Christ</c><00:38:33.250><c> that</c><00:38:33.469><c> in</c><00:38:33.710><c> him</c><00:38:34.070><c> dwelt</c>

00:38:34.449 --> 00:38:41.510
all<00:38:35.170><c> the</c><00:38:35.429><c> fullness</c><00:38:35.869><c> of</c><00:38:36.130><c> the</c><00:38:36.389><c> Godhead</c><00:38:36.849><c> bodily.</c><00:38:40.010><c> He</c><00:38:40.230><c> says</c><00:38:40.429><c> of</c><00:38:40.630><c> those</c><00:38:40.849><c> who</c><00:38:41.110><c> come</c><00:38:41.309><c> to</c>

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God<00:38:41.769><c> in</c><00:38:42.130><c> faith</c>

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that<00:38:43.389><c> the</c><00:38:43.570><c> end</c><00:38:43.849><c> of</c><00:38:44.090><c> faith</c><00:38:44.309><c> is</c><00:38:44.590><c> that</c><00:38:44.750><c> they</c><00:38:44.989><c> shall</c><00:38:45.150><c> be</c><00:38:45.429><c> filled</c><00:38:45.690><c> with</c><00:38:45.949><c> all</c><00:38:46.269><c> the</c><00:38:46.429><c> fullness</c><00:38:46.750><c> of</c><00:38:47.070><c> God.</c>

00:38:52.630 --> 00:38:59.210
And<00:38:53.429><c> so</c><00:38:53.750><c> he</c><00:38:53.989><c> says</c><00:38:54.489><c> in</c><00:38:55.650><c> Philippians</c><00:38:57.150><c> that</c><00:38:57.909><c> second</c><00:38:58.429><c> chapter</c><00:38:58.929><c> the</c>

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fifth<00:38:59.510><c> verse.</c>

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Let<00:39:00.750><c> this</c><00:39:01.510><c> mind</c><00:39:02.150><c> be</c><00:39:02.530><c> in</c><00:39:02.809><c> you</c><00:39:03.110><c> which</c><00:39:03.349><c> was</c><00:39:03.670><c> also</c><00:39:04.150><c> in</c><00:39:04.670><c> Christ</c><00:39:05.150><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:10.369 --> 00:39:13.250
Christ<00:39:10.530><c> Jesus</c><00:39:10.969><c> who</c><00:39:11.250><c> thought</c><00:39:11.449><c> it</c><00:39:11.690><c> not</c><00:39:12.090><c> robbery</c><00:39:12.469><c> not</c><00:39:12.869><c> a</c><00:39:13.010><c> thing</c>

00:39:13.250 --> 00:39:16.269
to<00:39:13.550><c> be</c><00:39:13.969><c> seized</c><00:39:14.409><c> to</c><00:39:14.650><c> be</c><00:39:14.789><c> on</c><00:39:14.969><c> inequality</c><00:39:15.530><c> with</c><00:39:15.929><c> God</c>

00:39:16.269 --> 00:39:21.250
in<00:39:16.929><c> spite</c><00:39:17.110><c> of</c><00:39:17.349><c> his</c><00:39:17.530><c> divine</c><00:39:18.130><c> birth</c><00:39:18.670><c> who</c><00:39:19.929><c> made</c><00:39:20.170><c> himself</c><00:39:20.650><c> of</c><00:39:20.969><c> low</c>

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reputation<00:39:22.050><c> and</c><00:39:22.409><c> took</c><00:39:22.650><c> upon</c><00:39:23.030><c> him</c><00:39:23.289><c> the</c><00:39:23.710><c> form</c><00:39:23.929><c> of</c><00:39:24.329><c> a</c>

00:39:24.510 --> 00:39:29.429
servant<00:39:25.110><c> was</c><00:39:26.050><c> made</c><00:39:26.309><c> in</c><00:39:26.590><c> the</c><00:39:26.750><c> likeness</c><00:39:27.150><c> of</c><00:39:27.409><c> men</c><00:39:27.670><c> and</c><00:39:28.070><c> being</c><00:39:28.469><c> found</c><00:39:28.989><c> in</c>

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a<00:39:29.530><c> fashion</c><00:39:29.889><c> in</c><00:39:30.329><c> fashion</c><00:39:30.730><c> as</c><00:39:31.010><c> a</c><00:39:31.250><c> man</c><00:39:31.449><c> he</c><00:39:31.769><c> humbled</c>

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himself<00:39:33.010><c> and</c><00:39:33.969><c> became</c><00:39:34.750><c> obedient</c><00:39:35.969><c> unto</c><00:39:36.590><c> death</c><00:39:37.730><c> even</c><00:39:39.309><c> the</c><00:39:39.650><c> death</c>

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of<00:39:40.110><c> the</c><00:39:40.329><c> cross</c><00:39:40.929><c> the</c><00:39:42.190><c> most</c><00:39:42.590><c> terrible</c><00:39:43.070><c> the</c><00:39:43.349><c> most</c>

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humiliating<00:39:44.750><c> death</c><00:39:45.110><c> of</c><00:39:45.369><c> all.</c><00:39:48.570><c> Let</c><00:39:48.829><c> this</c><00:39:49.269><c> mind</c><00:39:49.730><c> be</c><00:39:50.050><c> in</c><00:39:50.250><c> you</c><00:39:50.510><c> which</c><00:39:50.849><c> was</c>

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also<00:39:51.769><c> in</c><00:39:52.750><c> Christ</c><00:39:53.110><c> Jesus</c><00:39:53.590><c> and</c><00:39:55.070><c> so</c><00:39:55.369><c> faith</c>

00:39:55.730 --> 00:40:01.190
means<00:39:56.269><c> the</c><00:39:56.550><c> making</c><00:39:56.889><c> of</c><00:39:57.289><c> a</c><00:39:57.449><c> covenant</c><00:39:57.929><c> by</c><00:39:58.429><c> sacrifice</c><00:39:59.309><c> it</c><00:40:00.829><c> means</c>

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the<00:40:01.550><c> setting</c><00:40:01.809><c> up</c><00:40:02.269><c> of</c><00:40:02.449><c> a</c><00:40:02.750><c> two</c><00:40:03.090><c>-way</c><00:40:03.309><c> relationship</c>

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between<00:40:04.829><c> God</c><00:40:05.170><c> and</c><00:40:05.530><c> men</c><00:40:06.070><c> so</c><00:40:07.090><c> that</c><00:40:07.349><c> we</c><00:40:07.829><c> have</c><00:40:08.150><c> access</c><00:40:08.889><c> by</c><00:40:09.409><c> one</c><00:40:09.869><c> spirit</c><00:40:10.469><c> unto</c><00:40:10.849><c> the</c><00:40:11.190><c> Father</c>

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and<00:40:14.869><c> from</c><00:40:15.210><c> the</c><00:40:15.469><c> Father</c><00:40:16.210><c> when</c><00:40:17.289><c> we</c><00:40:17.630><c> approach</c><00:40:17.929><c> in</c><00:40:18.289><c> faith</c><00:40:18.730><c> we</c><00:40:20.369><c> shall</c><00:40:20.610><c> receive</c><00:40:21.190><c> as</c>

00:40:21.469 --> 00:40:24.690
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