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He<00:11:55.960><c> says</c><00:11:56.440><c> in</c><00:11:56.740><c> verse</c><00:11:56.899><c> 37</c><00:11:57.379><c> here</c><00:11:57.700><c> that</c><00:11:58.059><c> anything</c><00:11:58.279><c> else</c><00:11:58.580><c> comes</c><00:11:58.940><c> of</c>

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evil.<00:11:59.759><c> In</c><00:11:59.779><c> actual</c><00:12:00.000><c> fact,</c><00:12:00.240><c> the</c><00:12:00.360><c> Greek</c><00:12:00.480><c> is</c><00:12:00.720><c> the</c><00:12:01.019><c> evil</c><00:12:01.279><c> one.</c>

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Anything<00:12:05.059><c> else</c><00:12:05.980><c> is</c><00:12:07.179><c> of</c><00:12:07.299><c> our</c><00:12:07.559><c> own</c><00:12:07.879><c> natural</c><00:12:08.860><c> inclinations,</c><00:12:09.700><c> which</c><00:12:09.879><c> are</c>

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inclined<00:12:11.159><c> towards</c><00:12:11.620><c> evil.</c>

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Speaking<00:12:17.220><c> of</c><00:12:17.820><c> the</c><00:12:18.200><c> truth</c><00:12:18.740><c> in</c><00:12:19.200><c> our</c><00:12:19.679><c> heart,</c><00:12:20.340><c> says</c><00:12:20.480><c> Psalm</c><00:12:20.720><c> 15.</c>

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That's<00:12:23.200><c> interesting,</c><00:12:23.539><c> isn't</c><00:12:23.620><c> it,</c><00:12:23.779><c> because</c><00:12:24.240><c> we</c><00:12:24.960><c> speak</c><00:12:25.179><c> with</c>

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the<00:12:25.639><c> tongue,</c><00:12:25.960><c> but</c><00:12:26.179><c> Psalm</c><00:12:26.340><c> 15</c><00:12:26.679><c> talks</c><00:12:26.960><c> about</c><00:12:27.259><c> speaking</c>

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in<00:12:27.759><c> the</c><00:12:28.019><c> heart,</c><00:12:28.620><c> because</c><00:12:28.860><c> it's</c><00:12:29.059><c> the</c><00:12:29.299><c> heart</c><00:12:29.600><c> that</c><00:12:30.000><c> generates</c>

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the<00:12:31.139><c> thought,</c><00:12:31.500><c> which</c><00:12:31.720><c> generates</c><00:12:32.200><c> the</c><00:12:32.620><c> pattern</c><00:12:32.860><c> of</c><00:12:33.240><c> speech.</c>

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Get<00:12:34.519><c> the</c><00:12:34.840><c> heart</c><00:12:35.100><c> right.</c><00:12:36.620><c> Blessed</c><00:12:36.759><c> are</c><00:12:36.919><c> the</c><00:12:37.139><c> pure</c><00:12:37.320><c> in</c><00:12:37.519><c> heart,</c>

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they<00:12:38.440><c> shall</c><00:12:38.580><c> see</c><00:12:38.840><c> God.</c>

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We<00:12:41.879><c> speak</c><00:12:42.039><c> a</c><00:12:42.139><c> lot</c><00:12:42.220><c> of</c><00:12:42.379><c> words,</c><00:12:42.820><c> some</c><00:12:43.059><c> more</c><00:12:43.259><c> than</c><00:12:43.419><c> others.</c>

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But<00:12:47.419><c> our</c><00:12:47.700><c> speech</c><00:12:47.899><c> has</c><00:12:48.200><c> to</c><00:12:48.419><c> have</c><00:12:48.539><c> that</c><00:12:48.879><c> integrity</c><00:12:49.320><c> and</c><00:12:49.779><c> honesty</c>

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and<00:12:50.679><c> clarity</c><00:12:51.279><c> and</c><00:12:53.120><c> meaningfulness</c>

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that<00:12:55.940><c> the</c><00:12:56.120><c> Lord</c><00:12:56.580><c> requires</c><00:12:57.600><c> of</c><00:12:57.960><c> the</c><00:12:58.200><c> citizens</c><00:12:58.519><c> of</c><00:12:58.700><c> his</c><00:12:58.860><c> kingdom.</c><00:12:59.659><c> Come</c><00:12:59.720><c> with</c><00:12:59.840><c> me</c>

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to<00:13:00.100><c> Ephesians</c><00:13:00.519><c> if</c><00:13:00.620><c> you</c><00:13:00.860><c> would,</c>

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our<00:13:02.740><c> speech.</c><00:13:04.799><c> We</c><00:13:04.879><c> spent</c><00:13:04.899><c> a</c><00:13:05.039><c> whole</c><00:13:05.259><c> session</c><00:13:05.580><c> on</c><00:13:06.559><c> speech</c><00:13:07.179><c> and</c><00:13:07.320><c> what</c><00:13:07.440><c> we</c>

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say.<00:13:08.580><c> Look</c><00:13:08.820><c> at</c><00:13:08.899><c> Ephesians</c><00:13:09.320><c> chapter</c><00:13:09.580><c> 4.</c>

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out<00:13:21.779><c> of</c><00:13:21.899><c> your</c><00:13:22.139><c> mouth,</c>

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but<00:13:24.980><c> that</c><00:13:25.139><c> which</c><00:13:25.259><c> is</c><00:13:25.580><c> good</c><00:13:25.799><c> to</c><00:13:26.059><c> the</c><00:13:26.320><c> use</c><00:13:26.679><c> of</c><00:13:27.019><c> edifying.</c><00:13:27.899><c> That's</c>

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an<00:13:28.320><c> interesting</c><00:13:28.539><c> concept,</c><00:13:29.100><c> words</c><00:13:29.360><c> have</c><00:13:29.600><c> a</c><00:13:29.779><c> use.</c>

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But<00:13:36.360><c> it's</c><00:13:36.519><c> the</c><00:13:36.740><c> use,</c><00:13:38.600><c> it's</c><00:13:38.720><c> the</c><00:13:38.980><c> service</c><00:13:39.240><c> of</c><00:13:39.440><c> edifying,</c><00:13:40.100><c> of</c><00:13:40.240><c> building,</c><00:13:40.879><c> of</c>

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encouraging,<00:13:41.480><c> of</c><00:13:41.720><c> strengthening.</c>

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That<00:13:44.080><c> it</c><00:13:44.259><c> may</c><00:13:45.039><c> minister</c><00:13:46.320><c> grace</c><00:13:46.960><c> to</c><00:13:47.179><c> the</c><00:13:47.360><c> hearers.</c><00:13:48.419><c> The</c><00:13:48.519><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:13:49.000><c> Christ</c><00:13:49.299><c> stood</c><00:13:49.440><c> in</c><00:13:49.799><c> the</c><00:13:49.960><c> synagogue</c><00:13:50.200><c> of</c><00:13:50.600><c> Nazareth</c>

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and<00:13:51.379><c> Luke</c><00:13:51.559><c> recalls</c><00:13:52.059><c> that</c><00:13:52.179><c> from</c><00:13:52.360><c> his</c><00:13:52.620><c> mouth</c><00:13:53.159><c> proceeded</c><00:13:53.500><c> the</c>

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gracious<00:13:54.179><c> words.</c><00:13:55.600><c> Tragically,</c><00:13:56.500><c> unfortunately,</c>

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we're<00:13:57.120><c> not</c><00:13:57.279><c> told</c><00:13:57.559><c> precisely</c><00:13:58.080><c> the</c><00:13:58.440><c> graciousness</c><00:13:58.879><c> of</c><00:13:59.059><c> those</c><00:13:59.299><c> words,</c><00:13:59.840><c> but</c><00:14:00.059><c> the</c><00:14:00.259><c> Lord</c><00:14:00.559><c> ministered</c><00:14:01.279><c> grace</c><00:14:01.620><c> to</c>

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his<00:14:02.100><c> hearers.</c>

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He<00:14:04.440><c> had</c><00:14:04.620><c> this</c><00:14:04.820><c> way</c><00:14:05.100><c> of</c><00:14:05.799><c> informing</c><00:14:06.460><c> and</c><00:14:06.799><c> instructing</c><00:14:07.179><c> and</c><00:14:07.299><c> even</c>

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rebuking<00:14:08.159><c> and</c><00:14:08.360><c> yet</c><00:14:08.639><c> ministering</c><00:14:09.240><c> grace.</c>

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So,<00:14:16.519><c> we</c><00:14:16.580><c> live</c><00:14:16.659><c> in</c><00:14:16.740><c> a</c><00:14:16.940><c> world</c><00:14:17.220><c> where</c><00:14:18.100><c> the</c><00:14:18.399><c> communication</c><00:14:18.740><c> is</c><00:14:19.019><c> corrupt.</c><00:14:20.120><c> I</c>

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work<00:14:20.340><c> in</c><00:14:20.460><c> the</c><00:14:20.539><c> construction</c><00:14:20.980><c> industry</c>

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and<00:14:22.039><c> I</c><00:14:22.120><c> can</c><00:14:22.340><c> tell</c><00:14:22.460><c> you</c><00:14:22.580><c> that</c><00:14:22.700><c> the</c><00:14:22.860><c> building</c><00:14:23.120><c> site</c><00:14:23.360><c> is</c><00:14:23.500><c> one</c><00:14:23.600><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:23.779><c> most</c><00:14:24.059><c> corruptest</c><00:14:24.879><c> of</c><00:14:25.600><c> language</c><00:14:25.960><c> places</c><00:14:26.299><c> in</c><00:14:26.480><c> the</c>

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world<00:14:27.019><c> and</c><00:14:27.519><c> you've</c><00:14:27.659><c> got</c><00:14:27.659><c> to</c><00:14:27.659><c> resist</c><00:14:27.960><c> that.</c><00:14:29.419><c> And</c><00:14:29.539><c> you</c><00:14:29.720><c> do</c><00:14:29.980><c> so,</c>

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says<00:14:30.500><c> Paul,</c><00:14:30.860><c> by</c><00:14:31.159><c> doing</c><00:14:31.379><c> the</c><00:14:31.759><c> opposite.</c>

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You<00:14:34.179><c> see,</c><00:14:34.320><c> he's</c><00:14:34.519><c> saying</c><00:14:34.779><c> that.</c><00:14:36.059><c> In</c><00:14:36.139><c> verse</c><00:14:36.279><c> 28,</c><00:14:37.299><c> if</c><00:14:37.360><c> you're</c><00:14:37.580><c> a</c>

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kleptomaniac,<00:14:38.639><c> then</c><00:14:38.840><c> you</c><00:14:39.139><c> solve</c><00:14:39.500><c> the</c><00:14:39.720><c> problem</c><00:14:40.080><c> of</c>

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stealing<00:14:41.000><c> by</c><00:14:41.279><c> giving,</c><00:14:41.820><c> you</c><00:14:41.919><c> do</c><00:14:41.980><c> the</c><00:14:42.139><c> opposite.</c><00:14:43.120><c> Same</c><00:14:43.299><c> with</c><00:14:43.519><c> speech.</c><00:14:46.279><c> If</c>

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you're<00:14:46.539><c> faced</c><00:14:46.720><c> with</c><00:14:46.899><c> an</c><00:14:46.919><c> environment</c><00:14:47.299><c> of</c>

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corrupt<00:14:47.820><c> communication,</c><00:14:48.799><c> you</c><00:14:48.919><c> make</c><00:14:49.120><c> a</c><00:14:49.360><c> conscious</c><00:14:49.620><c> decision</c>

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to<00:14:50.200><c> do</c><00:14:50.320><c> the</c><00:14:50.659><c> opposite.</c><00:14:53.460><c> That</c><00:14:53.620><c> no</c><00:14:53.879><c> corrupt</c>

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communication<00:14:54.639><c> is</c><00:14:54.759><c> said</c><00:14:54.799><c> of</c><00:14:54.960><c> your</c><00:14:55.200><c> mouth,</c><00:14:56.039><c> but</c><00:14:56.220><c> the</c><00:14:56.419><c> use</c><00:14:56.659><c> of</c>

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edifying.<00:14:57.960><c> So,</c><00:14:58.080><c> we</c><00:14:58.179><c> come</c><00:14:58.340><c> back</c><00:14:58.580><c> to</c><00:14:58.720><c> Matthew</c><00:14:58.980><c> 5,</c>

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our<00:15:00.159><c> yea</c><00:15:00.379><c> is</c><00:15:00.720><c> yea,</c><00:15:01.240><c> our</c><00:15:01.360><c> nay</c><00:15:01.539><c> is</c><00:15:01.759><c> nay.</c><00:15:02.320><c> We</c><00:15:02.460><c> mean</c><00:15:02.720><c> what</c><00:15:02.899><c> we</c><00:15:03.200><c> say</c>

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and<00:15:03.500><c> we</c><00:15:03.720><c> say</c><00:15:03.820><c> what</c><00:15:04.000><c> we</c><00:15:04.159><c> mean.</c><00:15:04.559><c> It</c><00:15:04.659><c> doesn't</c><00:15:04.860><c> mean</c><00:15:05.039><c> that</c>

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we<00:15:05.340><c> are</c><00:15:05.580><c> rude.</c><00:15:06.480><c> It</c><00:15:06.559><c> doesn't</c><00:15:06.779><c> mean</c><00:15:06.919><c> that</c><00:15:07.059><c> we</c><00:15:07.240><c> are</c><00:15:07.519><c> blunt.</c><00:15:08.379><c> It</c><00:15:08.419><c> doesn't</c><00:15:08.639><c> mean</c><00:15:08.779><c> that</c><00:15:08.980><c> we</c>

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don't<00:15:09.659><c> need</c><00:15:09.879><c> diplomacy</c><00:15:10.519><c> and</c>

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kindness.<00:15:12.820><c> It</c><00:15:12.919><c> means</c><00:15:13.159><c> that</c><00:15:13.360><c> there's</c><00:15:13.759><c> honesty</c><00:15:14.200><c> and</c><00:15:14.759><c> integrity.</c><00:15:17.200><c> No</c><00:15:17.340><c> need</c>

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for<00:15:17.740><c> oaths.</c><00:15:18.320><c> No</c><00:15:18.440><c> need</c><00:15:18.580><c> to</c><00:15:18.940><c> prove</c>

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your<00:15:19.360><c> sincerity.</c><00:15:21.259><c> What</c><00:15:21.539><c> you</c><00:15:21.779><c> say</c><00:15:21.960><c> is</c><00:15:22.159><c> who</c><00:15:22.340><c> you</c><00:15:22.600><c> are.</c><00:15:23.600><c> So,</c><00:15:23.799><c> back</c>

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in<00:15:24.019><c> Matthew</c><00:15:24.279><c> chapter</c><00:15:24.559><c> 5,</c><00:15:27.299><c> the</c><00:15:27.379><c> Lord</c><00:15:27.559><c> now</c><00:15:27.740><c> is</c><00:15:27.899><c> going</c>

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to<00:15:28.340><c> proceed</c><00:15:28.720><c> with</c><00:15:29.059><c> another</c><00:15:30.820><c> mangling</c><00:15:32.759><c> of</c><00:15:33.179><c> the</c><00:15:33.379><c> law.</c><00:15:36.379><c> In</c><00:15:36.399><c> verse</c>

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38,<00:15:37.059><c> you've</c><00:15:37.360><c> heard</c><00:15:37.460><c> that</c><00:15:37.639><c> it</c><00:15:37.740><c> hath</c><00:15:37.840><c> been</c><00:15:38.200><c> said,</c>

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this<00:15:43.440><c> is</c><00:15:43.559><c> one</c><00:15:43.659><c> of</c><00:15:43.740><c> the</c><00:15:43.899><c> most</c><00:15:44.960><c> misaligned</c><00:15:46.159><c> laws</c>

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in<00:15:46.960><c> the</c><00:15:47.240><c> whole</c><00:15:47.539><c> of</c><00:15:47.700><c> the</c><00:15:47.820><c> law</c><00:15:47.940><c> of</c><00:15:48.139><c> God.</c><00:15:49.700><c> And</c><00:15:50.080><c> people</c><00:15:50.340><c> use</c><00:15:50.600><c> it</c><00:15:50.779><c> to</c>

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say,<00:15:51.080><c> well,</c><00:15:51.159><c> this</c><00:15:51.340><c> is</c><00:15:51.460><c> how</c><00:15:51.679><c> barbaric</c><00:15:52.259><c> the</c><00:15:52.480><c> law</c><00:15:52.720><c> was.</c>

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you<00:16:00.299><c> lose</c><00:16:00.519><c> your</c><00:16:00.759><c> hand.</c><00:16:01.480><c> The</c><00:16:01.679><c> law</c><00:16:01.860><c> is</c><00:16:02.059><c> not</c><00:16:02.360><c> saying</c>

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that<00:16:02.940><c> at</c><00:16:03.320><c> all.</c><00:16:06.259><c> Now,</c><00:16:06.740><c> let</c><00:16:06.940><c> me</c><00:16:07.039><c> just</c><00:16:07.159><c> give</c><00:16:07.220><c> you</c><00:16:07.279><c> a</c><00:16:07.340><c> bit</c><00:16:07.419><c> of</c><00:16:07.639><c> context</c><00:16:08.000><c> about</c>

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existence<00:16:10.860><c> a</c><00:16:11.899><c> contemporary</c><00:16:12.399><c> law</c><00:16:12.679><c> called</c><00:16:12.919><c> the</c><00:16:13.120><c> law</c><00:16:13.320><c> of</c><00:16:13.600><c> Hammurabbi.</c><00:16:14.980><c> Hammurabbi</c><00:16:15.500><c> was</c><00:16:16.100><c> a</c>

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ruler<00:16:16.799><c> of</c><00:16:17.059><c> the</c>

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Mesopotamian<00:16:17.899><c> Delta</c><00:16:18.279><c> and</c><00:16:18.860><c> that</c><00:16:19.320><c> legal</c><00:16:19.779><c> code</c><00:16:20.200><c> became</c><00:16:20.659><c> the,</c><00:16:21.539><c> if</c>

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you<00:16:22.159><c> like,</c><00:16:22.799><c> the</c><00:16:23.320><c> legal</c><00:16:23.320><c> code</c><00:16:23.320><c> of</c><00:16:23.320><c> the</c><00:16:23.320><c> law</c><00:16:23.320><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:24.419><c> land</c><00:16:24.940><c> across</c><00:16:25.399><c> the</c><00:16:25.639><c> Fertile</c><00:16:26.039><c> Crescent</c><00:16:26.279><c> for</c><00:16:26.440><c> hundreds</c><00:16:26.700><c> of</c><00:16:26.980><c> years.</c>

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In<00:16:29.980><c> some</c><00:16:30.200><c> ways,</c><00:16:30.480><c> it</c><00:16:30.600><c> was</c><00:16:30.820><c> a</c><00:16:30.940><c> barbaric</c><00:16:31.379><c> law.</c><00:16:31.519><c> Let</c><00:16:31.639><c> me</c><00:16:31.700><c> give</c><00:16:31.799><c> an</c><00:16:31.919><c> example</c><00:16:32.320><c> of</c><00:16:32.580><c> that.</c><00:16:33.159><c> For</c><00:16:33.379><c> example,</c><00:16:33.759><c> if</c><00:16:33.980><c> you</c><00:16:34.259><c> were</c><00:16:34.899><c> a</c>

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in<00:16:39.519><c> Mesopotamia</c><00:16:40.659><c> and</c><00:16:41.600><c> that</c><00:16:41.820><c> building</c><00:16:42.019><c> collapsed</c>

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and<00:16:44.240><c> injured</c><00:16:44.539><c> somebody,</c><00:16:45.480><c> the</c><00:16:45.820><c> penalty</c><00:16:46.700><c> under</c><00:16:47.919><c> Hammurabbi</c><00:16:48.519><c> law</c><00:16:48.860><c> was</c><00:16:49.120><c> that</c><00:16:49.399><c> your</c><00:16:49.840><c> son</c><00:16:50.399><c> would</c><00:16:50.879><c> in</c>

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fact<00:16:51.179><c> face</c><00:16:51.500><c> the</c><00:16:51.639><c> death</c>

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penalty.<00:16:53.700><c> Now,</c><00:16:54.039><c> where's</c><00:16:54.220><c> the</c><00:16:54.399><c> justice</c><00:16:54.580><c> in</c><00:16:54.799><c> that?</c><00:16:55.820><c> I</c><00:16:56.080><c> build</c><00:16:56.259><c> the</c><00:16:56.480><c> house,</c><00:16:57.980><c> my</c>

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son<00:16:58.779><c> takes</c><00:16:59.700><c> the</c><00:16:59.899><c> repercussions</c>

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of<00:17:00.500><c> my</c><00:17:00.700><c> behavior.</c><00:17:02.820><c> And</c><00:17:02.980><c> so</c><00:17:03.080><c> the</c><00:17:03.179><c> law</c><00:17:03.259><c> of</c><00:17:03.460><c> Moses</c><00:17:03.620><c> was</c><00:17:03.860><c> entirely</c>

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different.<00:17:04.619><c> The</c><00:17:04.700><c> law</c><00:17:04.839><c> of</c><00:17:05.000><c> Moses</c><00:17:05.180><c> had</c><00:17:05.460><c> personal</c>

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responsibility,<00:17:07.160><c> personal</c><00:17:07.579><c> judgment.</c><00:17:10.319><c> The</c><00:17:10.460><c> thing</c><00:17:10.559><c> about</c><00:17:10.819><c> the</c><00:17:11.000><c> law</c><00:17:11.099><c> of</c>

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Hammurabbi<00:17:11.799><c> was</c><00:17:12.299><c> that</c><00:17:12.819><c> frequently</c>

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the<00:17:14.339><c> punishment</c><00:17:14.940><c> exacted</c><00:17:15.900><c> far</c><00:17:16.400><c> exceeded</c><00:17:17.359><c> the</c><00:17:18.039><c> crime</c><00:17:18.240><c> itself.</c>

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So<00:17:21.680><c> when</c><00:17:21.859><c> the</c><00:17:22.000><c> law</c><00:17:22.079><c> of</c><00:17:22.259><c> Moses</c><00:17:22.640><c> said</c><00:17:23.339><c> eye</c><00:17:24.599><c> for</c><00:17:24.759><c> eye,</c><00:17:25.299><c> tooth</c><00:17:25.400><c> for</c>

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tooth,<00:17:26.180><c> hand</c><00:17:26.319><c> for</c><00:17:26.599><c> hand,</c><00:17:26.880><c> foot</c><00:17:27.039><c> for</c><00:17:27.299><c> foot,</c>

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what<00:17:28.119><c> it</c><00:17:28.279><c> was</c><00:17:28.519><c> doing</c><00:17:28.819><c> in</c><00:17:29.380><c> contrast</c><00:17:29.920><c> to</c><00:17:30.240><c> contemporary</c><00:17:30.799><c> law</c><00:17:31.240><c> was</c>

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actually<00:17:32.660><c> minimizing</c>

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and<00:17:35.940><c> regulating</c><00:17:36.579><c> the</c><00:17:37.799><c> amount</c><00:17:38.059><c> of</c><00:17:38.500><c> penalty</c><00:17:38.880><c> and</c><00:17:39.240><c> damages</c><00:17:39.579><c> that</c>

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you<00:17:40.000><c> could</c><00:17:40.240><c> exact</c><00:17:40.759><c> from</c><00:17:40.980><c> an</c><00:17:41.180><c> individual</c>

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and<00:17:43.900><c> it</c><00:17:44.019><c> could</c><00:17:44.259><c> not</c><00:17:44.420><c> exceed</c><00:17:44.779><c> the</c><00:17:45.039><c> crime</c><00:17:45.180><c> itself.</c><00:17:45.759><c> That</c><00:17:45.900><c> was</c><00:17:46.099><c> revolutionary.</c>

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And<00:17:49.279><c> what</c><00:17:49.400><c> the</c><00:17:49.539><c> law</c><00:17:49.640><c> was</c><00:17:49.779><c> trying</c><00:17:50.039><c> to</c><00:17:50.180><c> do,</c><00:17:50.380><c> bensis,</c><00:17:50.779><c> was</c><00:17:51.039><c> to</c><00:17:51.500><c> regulate</c><00:17:52.039><c> this</c><00:17:52.420><c> sense</c><00:17:52.819><c> of</c>

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vengeance.<00:17:54.319><c> So</c><00:17:54.460><c> for</c><00:17:54.700><c> example,</c>

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if<00:17:56.579><c> someone</c><00:17:57.000><c> did</c><00:17:57.400><c> in</c><00:17:57.640><c> fact</c><00:17:57.839><c> take</c><00:17:58.119><c> my</c><00:17:58.440><c> eye</c><00:17:58.619><c> out</c><00:17:59.079><c> and</c><00:17:59.960><c> under</c><00:18:00.180><c> the</c>

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go<00:18:03.519><c> to</c><00:18:03.680><c> the</c><00:18:03.740><c> judge</c><00:18:03.920><c> and</c><00:18:04.119><c> I</c><00:18:04.180><c> could</c><00:18:04.460><c> actually</c><00:18:04.960><c> demand</c><00:18:05.619><c> off</c><00:18:05.859><c> the</c>

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judge<00:18:06.400><c> retribution</c><00:18:06.980><c> but</c><00:18:07.140><c> the</c><00:18:07.259><c> law</c><00:18:07.420><c> said</c><00:18:07.759><c> you</c><00:18:08.220><c> cannot</c>

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exact<00:18:09.819><c> more</c><00:18:10.480><c> retribution</c><00:18:11.299><c> than</c><00:18:11.599><c> the</c><00:18:11.819><c> damage</c><00:18:12.059><c> done</c><00:18:12.220><c> to</c>

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yourself.<00:18:14.099><c> Revolutionary.</c>

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command<00:18:22.099><c> retribution.</c><00:18:24.059><c> In</c><00:18:24.220><c> other</c><00:18:24.299><c> words,</c>

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if<00:18:24.579><c> I</c><00:18:24.720><c> had</c><00:18:24.859><c> personal</c><00:18:25.279><c> injury</c><00:18:25.579><c> to</c><00:18:25.819><c> me</c><00:18:25.960><c> and</c><00:18:26.079><c> I</c><00:18:26.259><c> came</c><00:18:26.380><c> before</c><00:18:26.599><c> the</c>

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judges<00:18:27.140><c> the</c><00:18:27.539><c> law</c><00:18:27.740><c> did</c><00:18:27.960><c> not</c><00:18:28.180><c> command</c><00:18:28.640><c> me</c><00:18:28.900><c> to</c><00:18:29.059><c> exact</c>

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retribution<00:18:30.480><c> but</c><00:18:31.700><c> if</c><00:18:32.180><c> I</c><00:18:32.700><c> did</c><00:18:33.000><c> seek</c><00:18:33.240><c> retribution</c><00:18:33.960><c> I</c><00:18:34.779><c> couldn't</c>

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go<00:18:35.220><c> beyond</c><00:18:35.380><c> the</c><00:18:35.559><c> penalty.</c><00:18:36.680><c> See</c><00:18:36.980><c> that?</c>

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The<00:18:39.680><c> other</c><00:18:39.819><c> thing</c><00:18:40.039><c> too,</c><00:18:40.960><c> when</c><00:18:41.019><c> you</c><00:18:41.220><c> look</c><00:18:41.400><c> at</c><00:18:41.480><c> the</c><00:18:41.579><c> law</c><00:18:41.640><c> a</c><00:18:41.779><c> bit</c>

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more<00:18:42.099><c> closely</c><00:18:42.400><c> you</c><00:18:42.599><c> find</c><00:18:42.940><c> in</c><00:18:43.160><c> fact</c>

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the<00:18:43.640><c> law</c><00:18:43.980><c> eye</c><00:18:44.220><c> for</c><00:18:44.299><c> eye,</c><00:18:44.599><c> tooth</c><00:18:44.700><c> for</c><00:18:44.980><c> tooth,</c><00:18:45.480><c> in</c><00:18:45.700><c> the</c><00:18:45.980><c> end</c><00:18:46.180><c> came</c>

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down<00:18:46.859><c> to</c><00:18:47.220><c> monetary</c><00:18:47.640><c> compensation.</c>

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the<00:18:53.380><c> only</c><00:18:54.079><c> crime</c><00:18:54.619><c> that</c><00:18:54.819><c> you</c><00:18:54.920><c> could</c><00:18:55.259><c> not</c><00:18:55.480><c> in</c>

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fact<00:18:55.940><c> receive</c><00:18:56.519><c> monetary</c><00:18:56.880><c> compensation</c><00:18:57.440><c> was</c><00:18:57.720><c> murder.</c><00:19:00.099><c> And</c><00:19:00.279><c> the</c><00:19:00.380><c> implication</c><00:19:00.799><c> is</c>

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that<00:19:01.339><c> every</c><00:19:01.680><c> other</c><00:19:01.960><c> personal</c>

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crime<00:19:03.299><c> if</c><00:19:03.599><c> you</c><00:19:03.880><c> did</c><00:19:04.099><c> exact</c><00:19:04.579><c> retribution</c><00:19:05.279><c> a</c><00:19:05.880><c> monetary</c><00:19:06.240><c> payment</c>

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in<00:19:06.920><c> fact</c><00:19:07.099><c> came.</c>

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That's<00:19:10.039><c> the</c><00:19:10.180><c> true</c><00:19:10.319><c> context</c><00:19:11.059><c> of</c><00:19:11.660><c> the</c><00:19:11.920><c> eye</c><00:19:12.099><c> for</c><00:19:12.259><c> eye</c><00:19:12.640><c> and</c><00:19:13.220><c> tooth</c>

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for<00:19:13.599><c> the</c><00:19:13.740><c> tooth</c><00:19:13.900><c> law.</c><00:19:14.539><c> Now</c><00:19:14.640><c> when</c><00:19:14.700><c> you</c><00:19:14.819><c> come</c><00:19:14.920><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:15.140><c> first</c><00:19:15.339><c> century</c><00:19:16.259><c> the</c><00:19:17.759><c> Jew</c><00:19:17.940><c> had</c><00:19:18.579><c> mangled</c><00:19:19.160><c> this</c><00:19:19.440><c> law</c><00:19:19.799><c> in</c><00:19:21.079><c> such</c><00:19:21.319><c> a</c>

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way<00:19:22.079><c> that</c><00:19:22.880><c> he</c><00:19:23.200><c> used</c><00:19:23.480><c> it</c><00:19:23.779><c> to</c><00:19:24.200><c> demand</c><00:19:24.960><c> retribution.</c>

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legalize<00:19:33.480><c> vengeance</c><00:19:34.279><c> and</c><00:19:34.920><c> that's</c><00:19:35.079><c> how</c><00:19:35.220><c> they</c><00:19:35.460><c> used</c>

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it.<00:19:38.759><c> They</c><00:19:39.180><c> used</c><00:19:39.619><c> it</c><00:19:39.839><c> to</c><00:19:40.259><c> legalize</c><00:19:41.140><c> vengeance.</c><00:19:41.759><c> You</c><00:19:42.039><c> hurt</c><00:19:42.339><c> me,</c>

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I'm<00:19:43.099><c> going</c><00:19:43.259><c> to</c><00:19:43.440><c> hurt</c><00:19:43.539><c> you</c><00:19:43.799><c> back,</c><00:19:43.960><c> it's</c><00:19:44.259><c> my</c><00:19:44.480><c> duty</c><00:19:44.799><c> and</c>

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commanded<00:19:51.119><c> retribution</c><00:19:51.880><c> but</c><00:19:52.900><c> if</c><00:19:53.119><c> compensation</c><00:19:53.579><c> was</c>

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also.<00:20:17.880><c> Now</c><00:20:18.119><c> we</c><00:20:18.279><c> need</c><00:20:18.519><c> to</c><00:20:18.839><c> understand</c><00:20:19.400><c> this</c><00:20:19.859><c> verse</c>

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so<00:20:28.920><c> we're</c><00:20:29.059><c> not</c><00:20:29.240><c> talking</c><00:20:29.480><c> about</c><00:20:29.920><c> evil</c><00:20:30.160><c> in</c><00:20:30.480><c> general</c><00:20:30.720><c> we're</c><00:20:31.180><c> talking</c><00:20:31.279><c> about</c><00:20:31.660><c> an</c>

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evil<00:20:32.680><c> individual.</c>

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the<00:20:44.319><c> believer</c><00:20:44.579><c> is</c><00:20:44.880><c> on</c><00:20:45.299><c> trial</c><00:20:45.599><c> as</c><00:20:45.819><c> it</c><00:20:46.019><c> were</c>

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and<00:20:46.440><c> he</c><00:20:46.740><c> faces</c><00:20:47.059><c> his</c><00:20:47.400><c> accusers</c>

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Should<00:20:55.299><c> he</c><00:20:55.619><c> resist?</c>

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Now<00:20:58.940><c> this</c><00:20:59.099><c> is</c><00:20:59.299><c> drawn</c><00:20:59.519><c> benesis</c><00:20:59.900><c> from</c><00:21:00.140><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:00.440><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.700><c> 50.</c><00:21:01.220><c> I'd</c>

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like<00:21:01.359><c> you</c><00:21:01.460><c> to</c><00:21:01.519><c> come</c><00:21:01.680><c> to</c><00:21:01.799><c> that</c><00:21:01.960><c> please</c><00:21:02.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:02.599><c> 50</c>

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and<00:21:06.299><c> we're</c><00:21:06.420><c> going</c><00:21:06.519><c> to</c><00:21:06.619><c> illustrate</c><00:21:06.960><c> this</c><00:21:07.140><c> from</c><00:21:07.299><c> the</c><00:21:07.460><c> Lord's</c><00:21:07.859><c> example</c><00:21:08.140><c> himself</c><00:21:08.859><c> but</c><00:21:09.420><c> let's</c><00:21:09.559><c> look</c><00:21:09.680><c> at</c>

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Isaiah<00:21:10.079><c> 50</c><00:21:10.440><c> first.</c>

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Ye<00:21:16.599><c> resist</c><00:21:17.380><c> not</c><00:21:18.259><c> the</c><00:21:18.799><c> evil</c><00:21:19.220><c> one.</c>

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Now<00:21:22.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:22.960><c> 50</c><00:21:23.859><c> describes</c><00:21:24.740><c> the</c><00:21:25.059><c> Messiah</c><00:21:25.500><c> in</c><00:21:26.380><c> a</c><00:21:26.519><c> servant</c><00:21:26.779><c> song.</c>

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He's<00:21:30.200><c> a</c><00:21:30.380><c> scholar</c><00:21:30.619><c> who</c><00:21:31.220><c> wants</c><00:21:31.480><c> to</c><00:21:31.740><c> learn</c><00:21:32.279><c> but</c><00:21:34.039><c> in</c><00:21:34.200><c> verse</c><00:21:34.380><c> 6</c><00:21:35.480><c> he's</c>

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on<00:21:38.099><c> trial.</c>

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I<00:21:40.460><c> gave</c><00:21:40.819><c> my</c><00:21:41.240><c> back</c><00:21:41.640><c> to</c><00:21:41.880><c> the</c><00:21:42.099><c> smiters,</c>

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my<00:21:44.640><c> cheeks</c><00:21:45.180><c> to</c><00:21:45.599><c> them</c><00:21:45.900><c> that</c><00:21:46.220><c> plucked</c><00:21:46.500><c> off</c><00:21:46.680><c> the</c><00:21:46.940><c> hair.</c><00:21:48.759><c> I</c><00:21:48.940><c> hid</c><00:21:49.099><c> not</c><00:21:49.400><c> my</c>

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face<00:21:49.980><c> from</c><00:21:50.279><c> shame</c><00:21:50.599><c> and</c><00:21:50.880><c> spitting</c>

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for<00:21:53.180><c> the</c><00:21:53.299><c> Lord</c><00:21:53.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:53.759><c> will</c><00:21:53.980><c> help</c><00:21:54.180><c> me</c><00:21:54.380><c> therefore</c><00:21:54.680><c> shall</c><00:21:54.839><c> I</c><00:21:55.039><c> not</c><00:21:55.200><c> be</c>

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confounded.<00:21:56.599><c> Therefore</c><00:21:56.940><c> have</c><00:21:57.140><c> I</c><00:21:57.380><c> set</c><00:21:57.500><c> my</c>

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face<00:21:58.079><c> like</c><00:21:58.279><c> a</c><00:21:58.500><c> flint</c><00:21:58.880><c> and</c><00:21:59.259><c> I</c><00:21:59.480><c> know</c><00:21:59.640><c> that</c><00:21:59.799><c> I</c><00:22:00.000><c> shall</c><00:22:00.160><c> not</c><00:22:00.400><c> be</c><00:22:00.660><c> ashamed.</c><00:22:01.500><c> He</c>

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is<00:22:01.880><c> near</c><00:22:02.019><c> that</c><00:22:02.279><c> justifies</c><00:22:02.799><c> me.</c><00:22:08.299><c> Who</c><00:22:08.839><c> will</c>

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withstand<00:22:10.119><c> in</c><00:22:10.480><c> Matthew</c><00:22:10.859><c> chapter</c><00:22:11.200><c> 5?</c><00:22:13.440><c> Who</c><00:22:13.660><c> is</c><00:22:13.859><c> my</c><00:22:14.039><c> adversary?</c>

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they<00:22:19.539><c> all</c><00:22:19.900><c> shall</c><00:22:20.079><c> wax</c><00:22:20.299><c> old</c><00:22:20.440><c> as</c><00:22:20.599><c> a</c><00:22:20.740><c> garment.</c>

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on<00:22:26.980><c> trial</c><00:22:27.420><c> and</c><00:22:29.440><c> he</c><00:22:29.619><c> gave</c><00:22:29.960><c> his</c><00:22:30.480><c> cheeks</c><00:22:31.180><c> to</c><00:22:31.940><c> them</c><00:22:32.099><c> that</c><00:22:32.380><c> plucked</c>

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off<00:22:32.720><c> the</c><00:22:32.960><c> hair.</c><00:22:33.740><c> They</c><00:22:34.039><c> buffeted</c><00:22:34.319><c> him,</c>

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they<00:22:36.380><c> swung</c><00:22:36.619><c> him</c><00:22:36.759><c> across</c><00:22:36.980><c> the</c><00:22:37.200><c> cheek,</c><00:22:37.799><c> excuse</c><00:22:38.079><c> me,</c><00:22:38.440><c> the</c><00:22:38.440><c> cheek</c>

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but<00:22:41.680><c> he</c><00:22:41.839><c> stood</c><00:22:42.019><c> there</c><00:22:42.400><c> resolutely</c><00:22:42.880><c> like</c><00:22:43.200><c> a</c><00:22:43.460><c> flint</c>

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and<00:22:48.519><c> that's</c><00:22:48.799><c> the</c><00:22:48.960><c> basis</c><00:22:49.500><c> of</c>

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Matthew<00:22:50.180><c> chapter</c><00:22:50.440><c> 5.</c><00:22:51.279><c> Now</c><00:22:51.359><c> when</c><00:22:51.460><c> the</c><00:22:51.619><c> Lord</c><00:22:51.799><c> said,</c><00:22:53.200><c> whoever</c><00:22:53.200><c> shall</c><00:22:53.700><c> smite</c><00:22:54.000><c> thee</c><00:22:54.099><c> on</c>

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thy<00:22:54.380><c> right</c><00:22:54.700><c> cheek,</c>

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this<00:22:55.140><c> is</c><00:22:55.299><c> the</c><00:22:55.519><c> evil</c><00:22:55.740><c> one,</c><00:22:56.059><c> isn't</c><00:22:56.160><c> it?</c><00:22:56.259><c> This</c><00:22:56.460><c> is</c><00:22:56.660><c> not</c><00:22:56.859><c> evil</c><00:22:57.240><c> in</c><00:22:57.599><c> general,</c><00:22:58.160><c> this</c><00:22:58.380><c> is</c><00:22:58.640><c> a</c>

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precise<00:22:59.640><c> individual</c>

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who<00:23:01.000><c> is</c><00:23:01.319><c> the</c><00:23:01.480><c> evil</c><00:23:01.859><c> one.</c><00:23:03.400><c> Now</c><00:23:03.559><c> when</c><00:23:03.700><c> the</c><00:23:03.859><c> Lord</c><00:23:04.000><c> said</c><00:23:04.460><c> if</c><00:23:05.559><c> you're</c>

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spitting<00:23:05.980><c> on</c><00:23:06.140><c> the</c><00:23:06.599><c> right</c><00:23:06.960><c> cheek,</c>

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turn<00:23:07.940><c> to</c><00:23:08.119><c> the</c><00:23:08.180><c> left,</c><00:23:09.400><c> did</c><00:23:09.539><c> he</c><00:23:09.720><c> literally</c><00:23:10.059><c> mean</c><00:23:10.279><c> that</c><00:23:10.519><c> or</c><00:23:10.920><c> was</c><00:23:11.079><c> he</c><00:23:11.240><c> talking</c><00:23:11.460><c> about</c><00:23:11.619><c> a</c><00:23:11.859><c> principle?</c>

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Let's<00:23:15.559><c> come</c><00:23:15.680><c> to</c><00:23:15.759><c> John</c><00:23:16.019><c> 18</c>

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because<00:23:20.539><c> the</c><00:23:20.740><c> Lord</c><00:23:20.859><c> did</c><00:23:21.119><c> give</c><00:23:21.319><c> his</c><00:23:21.680><c> cheek</c><00:23:22.220><c> but</c><00:23:22.700><c> then</c><00:23:22.900><c> it</c><00:23:23.019><c> plucked</c><00:23:23.220><c> off</c>

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the<00:23:23.579><c> hair</c><00:23:24.039><c> and</c><00:23:25.420><c> it's</c><00:23:25.579><c> back</c><00:23:25.740><c> to</c><00:23:25.900><c> the</c><00:23:26.079><c> smiters</c>

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and<00:23:38.880><c> when</c><00:23:39.000><c> he</c><00:23:39.140><c> had</c><00:23:39.259><c> thus</c><00:23:39.440><c> spoken,</c><00:23:41.299><c> one</c><00:23:41.460><c> of</c><00:23:41.579><c> the</c><00:23:41.819><c> officers</c><00:23:42.140><c> which</c><00:23:42.440><c> stood</c><00:23:42.660><c> by</c>

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struck<00:23:44.299><c> Jesus</c><00:23:44.759><c> with</c><00:23:45.000><c> the</c><00:23:45.400><c> palm</c>

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of<00:23:46.339><c> his</c><00:23:46.660><c> hand</c><00:23:47.640><c> saying,</c><00:23:49.140><c> answer</c><00:23:49.220><c> now</c><00:23:49.440><c> that</c><00:23:49.599><c> the</c><00:23:49.720><c> high</c><00:23:49.920><c> priest</c><00:23:50.140><c> thus.</c>

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Now<00:23:53.000><c> did</c><00:23:53.259><c> Jesus</c><00:23:53.680><c> literally</c><00:23:54.180><c> turn</c><00:23:54.420><c> the</c><00:23:54.559><c> other</c><00:23:54.720><c> cheek?</c>

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No,<00:23:58.220><c> but</c><00:23:59.000><c> in</c><00:23:59.640><c> principle</c><00:23:59.940><c> he</c><00:24:00.160><c> did</c><00:24:00.319><c> because</c><00:24:00.619><c> the</c><00:24:00.839><c> answer</c><00:24:01.019><c> comes</c>

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in<00:24:01.440><c> verse</c><00:24:01.579><c> 23,</c><00:24:02.359><c> if</c><00:24:02.660><c> I</c><00:24:02.880><c> have</c><00:24:03.119><c> spoken</c><00:24:03.480><c> evil,</c>

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bear<00:24:04.180><c> witness</c><00:24:04.460><c> of</c><00:24:04.619><c> the</c><00:24:04.819><c> evil</c><00:24:05.039><c> but</c><00:24:05.400><c> if</c><00:24:05.700><c> well,</c><00:24:07.000><c> why</c><00:24:07.019><c> smitest</c><00:24:07.740><c> thou</c><00:24:08.039><c> me?</c>

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What<00:24:10.039><c> he</c><00:24:10.339><c> didn't</c><00:24:10.579><c> do</c><00:24:10.920><c> was</c><00:24:11.200><c> retaliate</c><00:24:11.900><c> in</c><00:24:12.259><c> kind,</c>

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what<00:24:13.079><c> he</c><00:24:13.380><c> did</c><00:24:13.640><c> do,</c><00:24:14.000><c> ben</c><00:24:14.099><c> sisters,</c><00:24:15.539><c> was</c><00:24:15.700><c> in</c><00:24:15.900><c> perfect</c><00:24:16.299><c> calmness,</c>

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he<00:24:19.299><c> pointed</c><00:24:19.539><c> out</c><00:24:19.880><c> the</c><00:24:20.240><c> irregularity</c><00:24:21.200><c> of</c><00:24:21.339><c> what</c><00:24:21.500><c> they</c><00:24:21.680><c> were</c><00:24:21.920><c> doing</c><00:24:22.259><c> with</c><00:24:23.619><c> no</c>

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interest<00:24:24.599><c> in</c><00:24:24.960><c> defending</c><00:24:25.660><c> his</c><00:24:26.180><c> own</c>

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:30.819
dignity<00:24:27.519><c> or</c><00:24:28.019><c> status</c><00:24:28.480><c> or</c><00:24:28.759><c> position</c><00:24:29.200><c> whatsoever,</c><00:24:30.319><c> that's</c><00:24:30.700><c> what</c>

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it<00:24:31.059><c> means</c><00:24:31.259><c> to</c><00:24:31.579><c> turn</c><00:24:31.680><c> the</c><00:24:31.759><c> other</c><00:24:31.940><c> cheek.</c>

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So<00:24:39.440><c> to</c><00:24:39.599><c> retaliate</c><00:24:39.960><c> against</c><00:24:40.259><c> the</c><00:24:40.519><c> evil</c><00:24:40.720><c> one</c><00:24:40.900><c> is</c><00:24:41.099><c> to</c><00:24:41.200><c> take</c><00:24:41.460><c> matters</c><00:24:41.960><c> in</c>

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your<00:24:42.539><c> own</c><00:24:42.980><c> hand,</c>

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it's<00:24:43.640><c> to</c><00:24:43.799><c> trust</c><00:24:43.980><c> in</c><00:24:44.140><c> your</c><00:24:44.339><c> own</c><00:24:44.660><c> strength,</c><00:24:45.480><c> to</c><00:24:45.579><c> rely</c><00:24:45.799><c> on</c><00:24:45.980><c> your</c>

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own<00:24:46.519><c> sense</c><00:24:46.759><c> of</c><00:24:47.359><c> justice.</c>

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Isaiah<00:24:51.599><c> 50</c><00:24:51.819><c> is</c><00:24:51.960><c> very</c><00:24:52.299><c> clear,</c><00:24:52.839><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:53.039><c> will</c><00:24:53.259><c> help</c><00:24:53.460><c> me,</c><00:24:54.000><c> God</c><00:24:54.200><c> will</c><00:24:54.400><c> justify</c><00:24:54.859><c> me.</c>

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Peter<00:24:57.400><c> makes</c><00:24:57.640><c> that</c><00:24:57.960><c> point</c><00:24:58.180><c> that</c><00:24:58.420><c> he</c><00:24:58.740><c> committed</c><00:24:59.200><c> his</c><00:24:59.660><c> soul</c><00:24:59.900><c> to</c>

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him<00:25:00.380><c> that</c><00:25:00.799><c> judgeth</c><00:25:01.420><c> righteously</c>

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and<00:25:02.680><c> as</c><00:25:02.880><c> the</c><00:25:03.039><c> Lord</c><00:25:03.200><c> was</c><00:25:03.700><c> smacked</c><00:25:04.119><c> and</c><00:25:04.400><c> butted</c><00:25:04.680><c> across</c><00:25:04.980><c> the</c><00:25:05.240><c> face</c><00:25:06.799><c> turning</c><00:25:08.779><c> the</c>

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other<00:25:09.160><c> cheek</c><00:25:09.420><c> was</c><00:25:09.660><c> to</c><00:25:10.000><c> stand</c>

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there<00:25:10.680><c> resolutely</c><00:25:11.220><c> taking</c><00:25:11.700><c> it</c><00:25:12.000><c> all</c><00:25:12.720><c> and</c><00:25:13.680><c> replying</c><00:25:14.180><c> in</c><00:25:14.339><c> that</c>

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calm<00:25:15.160><c> confident</c><00:25:15.799><c> manner</c><00:25:16.660><c> questioning</c><00:25:17.839><c> what</c><00:25:18.119><c> the</c>

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people<00:25:18.460><c> are</c><00:25:18.660><c> doing,</c><00:25:18.960><c> why</c><00:25:19.059><c> are</c><00:25:19.160><c> you</c><00:25:19.240><c> doing</c><00:25:19.400><c> this,</c><00:25:19.839><c> why</c><00:25:20.039><c> smitest</c>

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thou<00:25:20.519><c> me,</c><00:25:20.759><c> what</c><00:25:20.880><c> have</c><00:25:21.000><c> I</c><00:25:21.099><c> done?</c><00:25:22.380><c> It</c><00:25:22.539><c> is</c><00:25:22.759><c> the</c><00:25:23.099><c> path</c>

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not<00:25:24.900><c> just</c><00:25:25.119><c> of</c><00:25:25.339><c> non</c><00:25:25.539><c>-resistance</c><00:25:26.000><c> but</c><00:25:26.180><c> the</c><00:25:26.460><c> path</c><00:25:26.940><c> of</c><00:25:28.680><c> quietly</c>

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challenging<00:25:30.039><c> those</c><00:25:30.500><c> who</c><00:25:30.759><c> are</c><00:25:30.880><c> smiting</c><00:25:31.160><c> you.</c>

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So<00:25:31.799><c> we</c><00:25:31.880><c> come</c><00:25:32.019><c> back</c><00:25:32.200><c> to</c><00:25:32.339><c> Matthew</c><00:25:32.579><c> 5,</c><00:25:34.299><c> that's</c><00:25:34.539><c> the</c><00:25:34.720><c> context.</c>

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Do<00:25:38.259><c> you</c><00:25:38.259><c> know,</c><00:25:38.359><c> ben</c><00:25:38.480><c> sisters,</c><00:25:38.779><c> that</c><00:25:39.039><c> Paul</c><00:25:39.259><c> was</c><00:25:39.640><c> smacked</c><00:25:39.839><c> across</c><00:25:40.079><c> the</c>

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face<00:25:40.460><c> as</c><00:25:40.720><c> well</c>

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but<00:25:43.599><c> he</c><00:25:43.839><c> didn't</c><00:25:44.140><c> have</c><00:25:45.180><c> the</c><00:25:46.319><c> sense</c><00:25:46.680><c> of</c><00:25:47.660><c> self</c><00:25:47.920><c>-control</c><00:25:48.359><c> the</c><00:25:48.599><c> Lord</c><00:25:48.799><c> had.</c>

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When<00:25:54.039><c> Paul</c><00:25:54.440><c> was</c><00:25:55.339><c> smitten</c><00:25:55.660><c> across</c><00:25:55.920><c> the</c><00:25:56.119><c> cheek,</c><00:25:57.720><c> his</c><00:25:57.779><c> response</c>

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was,<00:25:58.920><c> and</c><00:25:58.940><c> God</c><00:25:59.140><c> shall</c><00:25:59.380><c> smite</c><00:25:59.660><c> thee,</c>

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thou<00:26:00.079><c> whited</c><00:26:00.420><c> wall.</c><00:26:03.559><c> And</c><00:26:03.759><c> later</c><00:26:03.880><c> on</c><00:26:04.019><c> in</c><00:26:04.200><c> Acts</c><00:26:04.339><c> he</c><00:26:04.500><c> apologised</c>

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for<00:26:05.220><c> that,</c><00:26:07.079><c> he</c><00:26:07.140><c> realised</c><00:26:07.299><c> he'd</c><00:26:07.440><c> done</c><00:26:07.619><c> the</c>

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wrong<00:26:08.000><c> thing.</c><00:26:10.519><c> But</c><00:26:10.619><c> you</c><00:26:10.700><c> see</c><00:26:10.759><c> that's</c><00:26:11.720><c> a</c><00:26:11.819><c> normal</c><00:26:11.920><c> reaction</c><00:26:12.180><c> isn't</c><00:26:12.359><c> it,</c>

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I<00:26:12.579><c> mean</c><00:26:12.579><c> someone</c><00:26:12.759><c> smacks</c><00:26:12.980><c> you</c><00:26:13.099><c> across</c><00:26:13.279><c> the</c>

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face,<00:26:14.099><c> you</c><00:26:14.339><c> are</c><00:26:14.500><c> going</c><00:26:14.619><c> to</c><00:26:14.779><c> react</c><00:26:15.180><c> but</c><00:26:15.599><c> the</c><00:26:15.799><c> Lord</c><00:26:15.920><c> had</c><00:26:16.099><c> this</c>

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absolute<00:26:17.299><c> discipline.</c>

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This<00:26:19.380><c> wonderful</c><00:26:19.880><c> sense</c><00:26:20.240><c> of</c><00:26:20.579><c> self</c><00:26:20.819><c>-control,</c><00:26:22.539><c> it's</c><00:26:22.559><c> called</c><00:26:22.839><c> temperance</c><00:26:23.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:23.819><c> scriptures,</c><00:26:24.279><c> it's</c><00:26:25.119><c> a</c>

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form<00:26:25.599><c> of</c><00:26:25.859><c> the</c><00:26:26.519><c> spirit</c><00:26:26.839><c> of</c><00:26:27.880><c> God,</c><00:26:28.839><c> a</c><00:26:28.980><c> fruit</c><00:26:29.079><c> of</c><00:26:29.240><c> the</c><00:26:29.420><c> spirit,</c>

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temperance,<00:26:30.279><c> self</c><00:26:30.460><c>-control.</c>

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Paul<00:26:32.859><c> didn't</c><00:26:33.059><c> quite</c><00:26:33.259><c> have</c><00:26:33.460><c> that</c><00:26:33.819><c> but</c><00:26:33.960><c> Jesus</c><00:26:34.259><c> did.</c>

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No<00:26:38.559><c> retaliation,</c><00:26:39.539><c> don't</c><00:26:39.779><c> take</c><00:26:39.980><c> matters</c><00:26:40.160><c> into</c><00:26:40.339><c> your</c><00:26:40.500><c> own</c><00:26:40.700><c> hands,</c><00:26:41.660><c> vengeance</c><00:26:41.880><c> is</c><00:26:42.160><c> mine</c><00:26:42.359><c> I</c>

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will<00:26:42.839><c> repay.</c>

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What<00:26:43.619><c> it</c><00:26:43.759><c> means</c><00:26:44.019><c> is</c><00:26:44.380><c> to</c><00:26:45.380><c> have</c><00:26:45.559><c> a</c><00:26:45.720><c> disposition</c><00:26:46.480><c> of</c><00:26:47.500><c> understanding</c><00:26:48.279><c> that</c><00:26:48.519><c> the</c><00:26:48.700><c> promise</c><00:26:48.859><c> of</c>

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God<00:26:49.299><c> is</c><00:26:49.480><c> in</c>

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control<00:26:50.220><c> of</c><00:26:50.440><c> this</c><00:26:50.619><c> circumstance,</c><00:26:52.460><c> to</c><00:26:52.640><c> bring</c><00:26:52.880><c> God</c><00:26:53.059><c> into</c><00:26:53.339><c> the</c>

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arrangement<00:26:54.220><c> by</c><00:26:55.160><c> faith.</c>

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Thou<00:26:58.880><c> shalt</c><00:26:59.180><c> not</c>

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stand<00:27:02.660><c> against</c><00:27:03.380><c> the</c><00:27:04.000><c> evil</c><00:27:04.299><c> one.</c><00:27:06.299><c> Now</c><00:27:06.660><c> this</c><00:27:06.819><c> raises</c><00:27:07.240><c> the</c><00:27:07.500><c> question</c><00:27:07.960><c> of</c><00:27:08.539><c> evil</c><00:27:08.960><c> in</c><00:27:09.380><c> general</c>

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and<00:27:12.240><c> this</c><00:27:12.339><c> is</c><00:27:12.480><c> beyond</c><00:27:13.019><c> the</c><00:27:14.119><c> parameters</c><00:27:14.339><c> of</c><00:27:14.519><c> this</c><00:27:14.700><c> verse,</c><00:27:16.200><c> but</c>

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should<00:27:16.599><c> we</c><00:27:16.799><c> resist</c><00:27:17.119><c> evil</c><00:27:17.339><c> in</c><00:27:17.559><c> general?</c>

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What<00:27:20.119><c> should</c><00:27:20.299><c> we</c><00:27:20.460><c> do</c><00:27:20.759><c> if</c><00:27:22.099><c> there</c><00:27:23.099><c> are</c><00:27:23.180><c> people</c><00:27:23.359><c> out</c><00:27:23.500><c> there</c><00:27:23.579><c> who</c>

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molest<00:27:24.019><c> our</c><00:27:24.200><c> young</c><00:27:24.359><c> women?</c>

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What<00:27:27.119><c> should</c><00:27:27.259><c> we</c><00:27:27.420><c> do</c><00:27:27.539><c> out</c><00:27:27.740><c> there</c><00:27:27.940><c> if</c><00:27:28.299><c> there</c><00:27:28.539><c> are</c><00:27:28.599><c> people</c><00:27:28.880><c> who</c>

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are<00:27:29.680><c> battering</c><00:27:30.000><c> our</c><00:27:30.240><c> children,</c><00:27:30.720><c> who</c><00:27:30.900><c> are</c>

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abusing<00:27:32.380><c> our</c><00:27:32.640><c> wives?</c><00:27:35.299><c> Should</c><00:27:35.619><c> we</c><00:27:36.319><c> just</c><00:27:36.559><c> turn</c><00:27:36.960><c> away</c><00:27:37.259><c> from</c><00:27:37.480><c> that?</c><00:27:38.319><c> Are</c>

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we<00:27:38.759><c> allowed</c><00:27:39.039><c> to</c><00:27:39.400><c> turn</c><00:27:39.579><c> away</c><00:27:39.720><c> from</c><00:27:39.720><c> that?</c>

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Should<00:27:40.579><c> we</c><00:27:40.960><c> or</c><00:27:41.059><c> how</c><00:27:41.539><c> should</c><00:27:41.740><c> we</c><00:27:41.920><c> respond?</c><00:27:42.700><c> There's</c><00:27:42.900><c> a</c><00:27:43.079><c> greater</c>

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question<00:27:43.680><c> here</c>

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which<00:27:44.420><c> is</c><00:27:44.579><c> beyond</c><00:27:44.759><c> the</c><00:27:45.000><c> parameters</c><00:27:45.160><c> of</c><00:27:45.380><c> this</c><00:27:45.539><c> verse</c><00:27:45.720><c> but</c><00:27:46.119><c> important</c><00:27:46.559><c> to</c><00:27:46.799><c> understand.</c>

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Well<00:27:51.359><c> we</c><00:27:51.420><c> do</c><00:27:51.559><c> have</c><00:27:51.700><c> a</c><00:27:51.740><c> number</c><00:27:51.960><c> of</c><00:27:52.099><c> scriptural</c><00:27:52.680><c> examples</c><00:27:53.660><c> which</c>

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illustrate<00:27:55.660><c> the</c><00:27:56.119><c> behaviour</c><00:27:56.519><c> of</c><00:27:56.759><c> the</c><00:27:57.019><c> godly</c><00:27:57.359><c> when</c>

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they<00:27:57.720><c> are</c><00:27:58.019><c> threatened</c><00:27:58.400><c> by</c><00:27:58.839><c> evil</c><00:27:59.240><c> in</c><00:27:59.619><c> general,</c><00:28:00.220><c> particularly</c>

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physical<00:28:01.339><c> and</c><00:28:01.759><c> violent</c><00:28:02.039><c> danger.</c>

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We<00:28:07.900><c> have</c><00:28:08.019><c> an</c><00:28:08.200><c> evil</c><00:28:08.339><c> woman</c><00:28:08.500><c> called</c><00:28:08.700><c> Athaliah</c><00:28:09.599><c> and</c><00:28:10.319><c> Athaliah</c><00:28:10.779><c> was</c><00:28:11.140><c> bent</c><00:28:11.740><c> on</c>

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destroying<00:28:13.059><c> the</c><00:28:13.460><c> seed</c><00:28:13.660><c> royal</c>

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and<00:28:18.140><c> so</c><00:28:18.339><c> Joash</c><00:28:18.839><c> was</c><00:28:20.579><c> hidden</c><00:28:20.940><c> from</c><00:28:21.140><c> the</c><00:28:21.299><c> violence,</c><00:28:23.480><c> nothing</c>

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wrong<00:28:23.799><c> with</c><00:28:24.000><c> that.</c>

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You<00:28:26.940><c> know</c><00:28:27.019><c> the</c><00:28:27.180><c> times</c><00:28:27.319><c> of</c><00:28:27.500><c> Daniel</c><00:28:27.880><c> when</c><00:28:28.119><c> Arioc,</c><00:28:29.980><c> the</c><00:28:30.220><c> chief</c><00:28:30.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:30.779><c> slaughter</c><00:28:31.019><c> men,</c><00:28:31.240><c> the</c><00:28:31.500><c> executioner,</c>

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was<00:28:32.920><c> going</c><00:28:33.119><c> from</c><00:28:33.400><c> house</c><00:28:33.579><c> to</c><00:28:33.759><c> house</c><00:28:34.180><c> executing</c><00:28:34.920><c> all</c><00:28:36.339><c> of</c><00:28:36.640><c> the</c><00:28:37.339><c> wise</c><00:28:37.660><c> men</c><00:28:37.900><c> and</c><00:28:38.059><c> astrologers</c><00:28:38.299><c> of</c>

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Babylon<00:28:38.740><c> and</c><00:28:38.880><c> he</c>

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came<00:28:39.160><c> to</c><00:28:39.420><c> Daniel's</c><00:28:39.819><c> house.</c><00:28:43.859><c> Daniel</c><00:28:44.000><c> withstood</c><00:28:44.339><c> him</c><00:28:44.519><c> and</c><00:28:44.619><c> just</c>

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:48.819
simply<00:28:44.980><c> said,</c><00:28:46.700><c> and</c><00:28:46.819><c> the</c><00:28:46.960><c> record</c><00:28:47.119><c> says</c><00:28:47.359><c> so</c><00:28:47.779><c> wonderfully</c>

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with<00:28:49.480><c> wisdom</c><00:28:49.900><c> and</c><00:28:50.240><c> counsel,</c><00:28:52.500><c> why</c><00:28:52.660><c> is</c><00:28:53.039><c> the</c><00:28:53.519><c> decree</c><00:28:53.819><c> so</c><00:28:54.160><c> hasty</c>

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from<00:28:54.599><c> the</c><00:28:54.799><c> king?</c>

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And<00:28:57.200><c> that</c><00:28:57.460><c> turned</c><00:28:58.160><c> to</c><00:28:58.680><c> that</c><00:28:58.799><c> very</c><00:28:59.160><c> intelligent</c><00:28:59.619><c> and</c><00:29:00.180><c> wise</c><00:29:00.579><c> question</c><00:29:01.200><c> the</c>

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:03.180
whole<00:29:02.099><c> of</c><00:29:02.259><c> the</c><00:29:02.380><c> event</c><00:29:02.539><c> on</c><00:29:02.660><c> its</c><00:29:02.900><c> head,</c>

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:09.799
nothing<00:29:03.500><c> wrong</c><00:29:03.700><c> with</c><00:29:03.920><c> that.</c><00:29:07.180><c> The</c><00:29:07.299><c> lord</c><00:29:07.640><c> counseled</c><00:29:08.440><c> flight</c><00:29:08.680><c> from</c><00:29:08.920><c> persecution</c><00:29:09.519><c> to</c>

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:11.039
get<00:29:09.960><c> out</c><00:29:10.160><c> of</c><00:29:10.259><c> it,</c>

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:16.900
nothing<00:29:12.420><c> wrong</c><00:29:12.599><c> with</c><00:29:12.839><c> that.</c><00:29:15.279><c> Paul</c><00:29:15.400><c> was</c><00:29:15.740><c> faced</c><00:29:15.920><c> with</c><00:29:16.279><c> torture</c>

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:20.259
on<00:29:17.460><c> the</c><00:29:17.660><c> steps</c><00:29:17.859><c> of</c><00:29:18.519><c> the</c><00:29:18.680><c> tower</c><00:29:19.019><c> of</c><00:29:19.319><c> Antonia</c>

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:22.880
to<00:29:20.940><c> reveal</c><00:29:21.119><c> the</c><00:29:21.359><c> truth</c><00:29:21.480><c> of</c><00:29:21.619><c> what</c><00:29:21.720><c> he</c><00:29:21.960><c> said</c>

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:26.759
and<00:29:24.319><c> his</c><00:29:24.519><c> answer</c><00:29:24.740><c> was</c><00:29:24.960><c> to</c><00:29:25.160><c> appeal</c><00:29:25.460><c> to</c><00:29:25.759><c> the</c><00:29:26.059><c> protection</c><00:29:26.460><c> of</c><00:29:26.619><c> the</c>

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law<00:29:26.859><c> of</c><00:29:27.000><c> the</c><00:29:27.160><c> land,</c>

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nothing<00:29:28.599><c> wrong</c><00:29:28.799><c> with</c><00:29:29.019><c> that.</c><00:29:30.119><c> So</c><00:29:30.259><c> you</c><00:29:30.380><c> see</c><00:29:30.500><c> brothers</c><00:29:30.700><c> and</c>

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:36.119
sisters<00:29:31.039><c> hiding,</c><00:29:32.759><c> fleeing,</c><00:29:34.299><c> wisely</c><00:29:34.559><c> challenging</c><00:29:35.079><c> evil,</c>

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:40.000
enlisting<00:29:36.839><c> lawful</c><00:29:37.259><c> avenues</c><00:29:37.519><c> of</c><00:29:37.779><c> protection</c><00:29:38.279><c> were</c><00:29:38.779><c> all</c><00:29:39.079><c> legitimate</c><00:29:39.440><c> means</c>

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of<00:29:40.500><c> defending</c><00:29:40.920><c> oneself</c><00:29:41.640><c> against</c><00:29:42.599><c> evil</c>

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:53.259
in<00:29:43.299><c> general.</c><00:29:47.680><c> Let's</c><00:29:48.359><c> appreciate</c><00:29:48.779><c> that</c><00:29:49.740><c> but</c><00:29:50.660><c> let's</c><00:29:50.839><c> understand</c><00:29:51.680><c> that</c><00:29:53.019><c> we</c>

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cannot<00:29:53.440><c> retaliate.</c>

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Vengeance<00:29:55.619><c> is</c><00:29:55.819><c> mine,</c><00:29:56.119><c> I</c><00:29:56.440><c> will</c><00:29:56.599><c> repay.</c><00:29:58.720><c> When</c><00:29:58.839><c> you're</c><00:29:59.160><c> persecuted,</c><00:29:59.700><c> when</c>

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.400
you're<00:30:00.160><c> cursed,</c>

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:06.140
counter<00:30:02.579><c> that</c><00:30:02.799><c> with</c><00:30:02.980><c> blessing,</c><00:30:04.619><c> challenging</c><00:30:05.000><c> in</c><00:30:05.200><c> itself</c><00:30:05.500><c> isn't</c><00:30:05.700><c> it?</c>

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But<00:30:06.460><c> the</c><00:30:06.599><c> point</c><00:30:06.779><c> is</c><00:30:07.160><c> don't</c><00:30:07.740><c> take</c><00:30:08.200><c> revenge</c>

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:12.720
because<00:30:09.160><c> the</c><00:30:09.380><c> jew</c><00:30:09.500><c> was</c><00:30:09.880><c> legitimizing</c><00:30:10.700><c> vengeance.</c><00:30:12.160><c> He's</c><00:30:12.599><c> hurt</c>

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:17.019
me,<00:30:13.140><c> I</c><00:30:13.440><c> will</c><00:30:13.720><c> hurt</c><00:30:13.920><c> you</c><00:30:14.200><c> back.</c><00:30:14.960><c> No,</c><00:30:15.740><c> can't</c><00:30:16.000><c> do</c><00:30:16.220><c> that.</c>

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:22.059
And<00:30:19.339><c> now</c><00:30:19.680><c> the</c><00:30:19.799><c> lord</c><00:30:19.940><c> moves</c><00:30:20.240><c> in</c><00:30:20.420><c> the</c><00:30:20.500><c> next</c><00:30:20.720><c> verse</c><00:30:21.160><c> in</c><00:30:21.359><c> verse</c><00:30:21.700><c> 40</c>

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:25.039
to<00:30:22.720><c> a</c><00:30:23.059><c> situation</c><00:30:23.480><c> where</c><00:30:23.619><c> you're</c><00:30:23.839><c> on</c><00:30:24.079><c> trial.</c>

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:29.220
You're<00:30:26.500><c> in</c><00:30:26.559><c> fact</c><00:30:26.720><c> brought</c><00:30:27.019><c> before</c><00:30:27.319><c> the</c><00:30:27.559><c> courts</c><00:30:27.940><c> in</c><00:30:28.220><c> verse</c><00:30:28.420><c> 40.</c>

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:37.660
You<00:30:30.880><c> see</c><00:30:31.460><c> verse</c><00:30:31.740><c> 39</c><00:30:32.700><c> deals</c><00:30:34.240><c> with</c><00:30:34.539><c> people</c><00:30:35.799><c> touching</c><00:30:36.279><c> and</c><00:30:36.539><c> hurting</c><00:30:36.859><c> your</c>

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status<00:30:37.880><c> and</c><00:30:38.160><c> integrity.</c><00:30:38.940><c> Verse</c><00:30:39.160><c> 40</c>

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:42.759
is<00:30:40.519><c> now</c><00:30:40.740><c> people</c><00:30:40.940><c> touching</c><00:30:41.220><c> your</c><00:30:41.559><c> property.</c>

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:52.000
If<00:30:46.079><c> any</c><00:30:46.339><c> man</c><00:30:46.539><c> will</c><00:30:46.859><c> sue</c><00:30:47.039><c> thee</c><00:30:47.180><c> at</c><00:30:47.359><c> law.</c><00:30:49.380><c> So</c><00:30:49.519><c> here's</c><00:30:49.680><c> a</c><00:30:49.799><c> situation</c><00:30:50.119><c> where</c><00:30:50.240><c> you</c><00:30:50.380><c> find</c><00:30:50.539><c> yourself</c><00:30:50.759><c> in</c><00:30:51.000><c> court.</c>

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:58.279
So<00:30:56.160><c> we</c><00:30:56.160><c> don't</c><00:30:56.380><c> know</c><00:30:56.460><c> what</c><00:30:56.680><c> circumstances</c><00:30:57.380><c> might</c><00:30:57.619><c> arise</c><00:30:58.019><c> that</c>

00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:00.960
may<00:30:58.500><c> bring</c><00:30:58.619><c> a</c><00:30:58.839><c> person</c><00:30:59.140><c> into</c><00:30:59.519><c> this</c><00:30:59.740><c> circumstance</c>

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:07.160
but<00:31:02.519><c> it's</c><00:31:02.819><c> clearly</c><00:31:03.200><c> a</c><00:31:04.140><c> situation</c><00:31:04.799><c> to</c><00:31:05.700><c> deal</c><00:31:05.799><c> with</c><00:31:06.000><c> property.</c>

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We're<00:31:11.460><c> not</c><00:31:11.619><c> told</c><00:31:11.839><c> whether</c><00:31:12.799><c> this</c><00:31:13.180><c> person</c><00:31:13.359><c> is</c><00:31:13.480><c> in</c><00:31:13.579><c> there</c><00:31:13.700><c> because</c><00:31:13.859><c> he</c><00:31:14.039><c> deserves</c><00:31:14.299><c> to</c>

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.619
be<00:31:14.579><c> in</c><00:31:14.700><c> there</c><00:31:14.880><c> or</c><00:31:15.240><c> he's</c><00:31:15.480><c> in</c>

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:17.480
there<00:31:15.680><c> because</c><00:31:15.839><c> he</c><00:31:15.940><c> doesn't</c><00:31:16.180><c> deserve</c><00:31:16.440><c> to</c><00:31:16.579><c> be</c><00:31:16.720><c> in</c><00:31:16.819><c> there.</c><00:31:17.400><c> The</c>

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.339
law<00:31:17.539><c> doesn't</c><00:31:17.779><c> make</c><00:31:17.980><c> that</c><00:31:18.180><c> distinction</c><00:31:18.460><c> but</c><00:31:18.619><c> he's</c>

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:25.460
there.<00:31:21.579><c> The</c><00:31:22.259><c> reason</c><00:31:22.420><c> is</c><00:31:22.579><c> undisclosed</c><00:31:23.259><c> and</c><00:31:23.680><c> clearly</c><00:31:24.019><c> the</c><00:31:24.559><c> decision</c><00:31:25.059><c> goes</c>

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.960
against<00:31:25.839><c> the</c><00:31:26.039><c> brother.</c>

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:31.920
Rightly<00:31:29.220><c> or</c><00:31:29.359><c> wrongly</c><00:31:29.599><c> we're</c><00:31:29.700><c> not</c><00:31:29.920><c> told</c><00:31:30.240><c> but</c><00:31:30.519><c> the</c><00:31:30.799><c> decision</c><00:31:31.059><c> is</c>

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:35.079
you've<00:31:33.880><c> got</c><00:31:34.000><c> to</c><00:31:34.240><c> give</c>

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:41.980
your<00:31:37.460><c> coat</c><00:31:37.799><c> as</c><00:31:39.700><c> part</c><00:31:39.859><c> of</c><00:31:40.079><c> this</c><00:31:40.519><c> settlement</c><00:31:40.880><c> in</c><00:31:41.180><c> court.</c>

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:46.700
It's<00:31:44.500><c> most</c><00:31:44.680><c> likely</c><00:31:44.880><c> a</c><00:31:45.000><c> gentile</c><00:31:45.400><c> court</c><00:31:45.599><c> because</c><00:31:46.140><c> under</c><00:31:46.500><c> Jewish</c>

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:49.359
law<00:31:47.000><c> the</c><00:31:48.119><c> coat</c><00:31:48.339><c> that</c><00:31:48.460><c> was</c><00:31:48.660><c> received</c><00:31:49.000><c> had</c><00:31:49.180><c> to</c><00:31:49.279><c> be</c>

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:56.680
given<00:31:49.480><c> back</c><00:31:49.700><c> as</c><00:31:49.880><c> a</c><00:31:50.019><c> pledge.</c><00:31:51.980><c> So</c><00:31:52.160><c> here</c><00:31:52.299><c> we</c><00:31:52.480><c> are</c><00:31:52.579><c> we're</c><00:31:55.440><c> in</c><00:31:56.480><c> court</c>

00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:01.160
prosecuted<00:31:57.660><c> and</c><00:31:59.480><c> the</c><00:31:59.640><c> decision</c><00:31:59.839><c> goes</c><00:32:00.079><c> against</c><00:32:00.380><c> us.</c>

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:08.059
The<00:32:01.299><c> normal</c><00:32:01.779><c> reaction</c><00:32:02.539><c> is</c><00:32:02.980><c> to</c><00:32:03.339><c> fight</c><00:32:03.779><c> tooth</c><00:32:04.220><c> and</c><00:32:04.500><c> nail</c><00:32:04.759><c> for</c><00:32:05.019><c> your</c><00:32:05.420><c> own</c><00:32:05.839><c> individual</c><00:32:06.359><c> justice.</c><00:32:07.660><c> That</c><00:32:07.839><c> is</c>

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.500
the<00:32:08.180><c> natural</c>

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:12.880
reaction.<00:32:09.140><c> There</c><00:32:09.319><c> is</c><00:32:09.720><c> in</c><00:32:10.099><c> built</c><00:32:10.259><c> within</c><00:32:10.559><c> human</c><00:32:10.819><c> nature</c><00:32:11.119><c> a</c><00:32:11.460><c> very</c><00:32:11.819><c> strong</c><00:32:12.339><c> sense</c><00:32:12.579><c> of</c>

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:14.359
justice<00:32:13.200><c> isn't</c><00:32:13.480><c> there.</c>

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When<00:32:14.980><c> we</c><00:32:15.259><c> see</c><00:32:15.640><c> unfortunate</c><00:32:16.160><c> people</c><00:32:16.619><c> being</c><00:32:16.920><c> taken</c><00:32:17.240><c> advantage</c>

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:20.140
of<00:32:17.859><c> you</c><00:32:18.000><c> know</c><00:32:18.299><c> it</c><00:32:19.299><c> raises</c><00:32:19.579><c> the</c><00:32:19.839><c> hackles</c>

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:24.279
in<00:32:20.259><c> us</c><00:32:20.339><c> because</c><00:32:20.599><c> we</c><00:32:21.079><c> have</c><00:32:21.480><c> this</c><00:32:21.720><c> strong</c><00:32:22.039><c> sense</c><00:32:22.220><c> of</c><00:32:22.460><c> justice</c><00:32:22.740><c> and</c><00:32:23.220><c> when</c><00:32:23.680><c> we're</c><00:32:24.079><c> in</c>

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.279
this<00:32:24.460><c> situation</c>

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:29.839
rightly<00:32:25.839><c> or</c><00:32:26.160><c> wrongly</c><00:32:26.579><c> being</c><00:32:27.240><c> given</c><00:32:28.339><c> a</c><00:32:28.579><c> verdict</c><00:32:28.740><c> that</c><00:32:28.960><c> goes</c><00:32:29.079><c> against</c><00:32:29.460><c> us</c>

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:32.140
the<00:32:30.180><c> immediate</c><00:32:30.660><c> sense</c><00:32:30.839><c> is</c><00:32:30.980><c> to</c><00:32:31.220><c> fight</c><00:32:31.400><c> that</c>

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:40.799
decision.<00:32:34.880><c> Well</c><00:32:35.240><c> says</c><00:32:35.380><c> Jesus</c><00:32:35.799><c> you</c><00:32:36.519><c> can</c><00:32:37.140><c> dispute</c><00:32:37.559><c> the</c><00:32:37.799><c> decision</c><00:32:38.460><c> but</c><00:32:40.700><c> if</c>

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someone<00:32:41.000><c> finds</c><00:32:41.339><c> you</c><00:32:41.559><c> a</c><00:32:41.660><c> thousand</c>

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dollars<00:32:42.720><c> put</c><00:32:43.500><c> up</c><00:32:43.579><c> your</c><00:32:43.720><c> hand</c><00:32:43.819><c> and</c><00:32:44.059><c> say</c><00:32:44.240><c> I'd</c><00:32:44.660><c> like</c><00:32:44.700><c> to</c><00:32:44.839><c> give</c><00:32:44.960><c> two</c>

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thousand<00:32:45.440><c> dollars.</c><00:32:47.920><c> Could</c><00:32:48.019><c> you</c><00:32:48.160><c> do</c><00:32:48.319><c> that?</c><00:32:49.660><c> Could</c><00:32:49.720><c> I</c><00:32:49.859><c> do</c><00:32:50.039><c> that?</c>

00:32:56.299 --> 00:33:03.049
You<00:32:56.880><c> know</c><00:32:57.099><c> that</c><00:32:57.400><c> that</c><00:32:57.839><c> challenges</c><00:32:58.200><c> it</c><00:32:58.700><c> challenges</c><00:32:59.700><c> me</c><00:33:00.079><c> in</c><00:33:00.660><c> every</c><00:33:01.359><c> aspect</c><00:33:02.019><c> of</c><00:33:02.259><c> life</c>

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:07.400
because<00:33:05.640><c> because</c><00:33:05.960><c> this</c><00:33:06.119><c> sense</c><00:33:06.339><c> of</c><00:33:06.559><c> justice</c><00:33:06.779><c> of</c><00:33:06.960><c> doing</c><00:33:07.160><c> right</c>

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of<00:33:07.660><c> being</c><00:33:07.960><c> treated</c><00:33:08.380><c> right</c><00:33:08.640><c> is</c><00:33:08.920><c> so</c><00:33:09.240><c> strong.</c>

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:15.059
Please<00:33:12.859><c> can</c><00:33:13.180><c> you</c><00:33:13.319><c> change</c><00:33:13.380><c> the</c><00:33:13.539><c> decision?</c><00:33:14.740><c> I'd</c><00:33:14.859><c> like</c><00:33:14.960><c> for</c><00:33:14.980><c> us</c>

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:17.720
to<00:33:15.240><c> give</c><00:33:15.380><c> more</c><00:33:15.839><c> than</c><00:33:16.000><c> I'm</c><00:33:16.180><c> being</c><00:33:16.400><c> fined</c><00:33:16.740><c> for.</c>

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:23.740
Could<00:33:18.700><c> we</c><00:33:18.900><c> do</c><00:33:19.079><c> that?</c><00:33:21.500><c> I</c><00:33:21.599><c> mean</c><00:33:22.079><c> we</c><00:33:22.900><c> might</c><00:33:22.980><c> get</c><00:33:23.079><c> in</c><00:33:23.200><c> the</c><00:33:23.319><c> post</c><00:33:23.519><c> an</c>

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infringement<00:33:24.099><c> notice</c><00:33:24.279><c> because</c><00:33:24.500><c> we've</c><00:33:24.660><c> been</c><00:33:24.900><c> speeding.</c>

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:28.819
Have<00:33:26.660><c> a</c><00:33:26.799><c> nice</c><00:33:26.960><c> lovely</c><00:33:27.140><c> photograph</c><00:33:27.619><c> of</c><00:33:27.819><c> our</c><00:33:28.059><c> beaming</c><00:33:28.359><c> smile</c><00:33:28.720><c> as</c>

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:30.740
we<00:33:28.940><c> go</c><00:33:29.019><c> through</c><00:33:29.160><c> the</c><00:33:29.259><c> red</c><00:33:29.380><c> light</c><00:33:29.519><c> camera</c>

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and<00:33:31.480><c> the</c><00:33:31.680><c> fines</c><00:33:31.940><c> three</c><00:33:32.259><c> and</c><00:33:32.420><c> four</c><00:33:32.539><c> hundred</c><00:33:32.660><c> dollars</c><00:33:32.880><c> and</c><00:33:33.019><c> we</c><00:33:33.160><c> think</c><00:33:33.380><c> four</c><00:33:33.720><c> hundred</c><00:33:33.980><c> dollars</c><00:33:34.319><c> you</c><00:33:35.119><c> know</c><00:33:35.240><c> what</c><00:33:35.420><c> a</c><00:33:35.559><c> waste</c>

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:38.140
of<00:33:35.880><c> money.</c><00:33:36.839><c> Would</c><00:33:36.940><c> you</c><00:33:37.079><c> write</c><00:33:37.279><c> back</c><00:33:37.420><c> and</c><00:33:37.619><c> say</c><00:33:37.720><c> look</c><00:33:37.880><c> I'd</c><00:33:38.079><c> like</c>

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:41.420
to<00:33:38.259><c> give</c><00:33:38.339><c> a</c><00:33:38.420><c> donation?</c><00:33:40.180><c> You</c><00:33:40.279><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:40.500><c> would</c><00:33:40.660><c> you?</c>

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:43.900
You<00:33:41.420><c> know</c><00:33:42.019><c> it</c><00:33:42.359><c> challenges</c><00:33:42.839><c> us</c><00:33:43.119><c> brothers</c><00:33:43.299><c> and</c><00:33:43.400><c> sisters</c><00:33:43.519><c> in</c><00:33:43.720><c> so</c>

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:46.190
many<00:33:44.059><c> aspects</c><00:33:44.839><c> doesn't</c><00:33:45.460><c> it?</c>

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Have<00:33:51.059><c> the</c><00:33:51.480><c> cloak</c><00:33:51.680><c> also.</c><00:33:53.319><c> You</c><00:33:53.440><c> know</c><00:33:53.539><c> I</c><00:33:53.640><c> find</c><00:33:53.859><c> that</c>

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:59.759
exceedingly<00:33:55.500><c> difficult.</c><00:33:57.779><c> Why</c><00:33:58.000><c> is</c><00:33:58.119><c> Jesus</c><00:33:58.299><c> talking</c><00:33:58.759><c> about</c><00:33:59.039><c> this?</c><00:33:59.460><c> Well</c><00:33:59.660><c> you</c>

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:01.140
know<00:33:59.900><c> it</c><00:34:00.119><c> is</c><00:34:00.420><c> this</c><00:34:00.779><c> this</c><00:34:00.779><c> this</c>

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:04.109
submission<00:34:01.500><c> to</c><00:34:01.700><c> the</c><00:34:01.859><c> demands</c><00:34:02.099><c> of</c><00:34:02.279><c> those</c><00:34:02.500><c> who</c><00:34:02.619><c> are</c><00:34:02.799><c> in</c><00:34:02.839><c> authority</c><00:34:03.140><c> isn't</c><00:34:03.380><c> it?</c>

00:34:06.769 --> 00:34:14.090
It's<00:34:07.210><c> it's</c><00:34:07.609><c> it's</c><00:34:08.030><c> devolving</c><00:34:08.690><c> our</c><00:34:08.929><c> personal</c><00:34:09.230><c> sense</c><00:34:09.409><c> of</c><00:34:09.670><c> justice</c><00:34:09.949><c> and</c><00:34:10.550><c> giving</c><00:34:10.889><c> the</c><00:34:11.090><c> whole</c><00:34:11.269><c> matter</c><00:34:11.750><c> to</c><00:34:13.050><c> God.</c>

00:34:16.750 --> 00:34:21.050
And<00:34:16.829><c> then</c><00:34:16.949><c> in</c><00:34:17.050><c> verse</c><00:34:17.210><c> 41</c><00:34:17.969><c> if</c><00:34:20.090><c> verse</c><00:34:20.329><c> 4</c><00:34:20.429><c> is</c><00:34:20.530><c> not</c><00:34:20.750><c> challenging</c>

00:34:21.050 --> 00:34:22.309
enough<00:34:21.289><c> what</c><00:34:21.469><c> about</c><00:34:21.590><c> verse</c><00:34:21.809><c> 41?</c>

00:34:22.610 --> 00:34:25.670
Now<00:34:22.809><c> I</c><00:34:22.929><c> want</c><00:34:23.010><c> you</c><00:34:23.130><c> to</c><00:34:23.190><c> think</c><00:34:23.230><c> of</c><00:34:23.349><c> the</c><00:34:23.590><c> mindset</c><00:34:24.150><c> of</c><00:34:24.570><c> the</c><00:34:24.769><c> Jew.</c><00:34:24.989><c> The</c><00:34:25.190><c> mindset</c><00:34:25.489><c> of</c>

00:34:25.670 --> 00:34:27.449
the<00:34:25.809><c> Jew</c><00:34:25.969><c> was</c><00:34:26.349><c> was</c><00:34:26.570><c> that</c><00:34:26.769><c> the</c><00:34:27.070><c> Romans</c>

00:34:27.449 --> 00:34:31.329
were<00:34:27.690><c> the</c><00:34:27.849><c> most</c><00:34:28.190><c> abominable</c><00:34:29.190><c> hatred</c><00:34:29.690><c> people</c><00:34:30.030><c> in</c><00:34:30.210><c> the</c><00:34:30.369><c> world.</c>

00:34:33.170 --> 00:34:38.349
You<00:34:33.329><c> couldn't</c><00:34:33.610><c> find</c><00:34:34.090><c> a</c><00:34:34.429><c> more</c><00:34:34.670><c> grotesque</c><00:34:35.949><c> contrast</c><00:34:36.869><c> except</c>

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between<00:34:38.630><c> Jew</c><00:34:38.949><c> and</c><00:34:39.309><c> Roman</c><00:34:39.690><c> soldiers.</c>

00:34:42.250 --> 00:34:46.750
And<00:34:42.309><c> in</c><00:34:42.409><c> verse</c><00:34:42.550><c> 41</c><00:34:43.130><c> there</c><00:34:44.030><c> was</c><00:34:44.449><c> a</c><00:34:44.710><c> law</c><00:34:44.949><c> a</c><00:34:45.250><c> law</c><00:34:45.489><c> of</c><00:34:45.769><c> impressment.</c>

00:34:48.789 --> 00:34:52.710
In<00:34:49.030><c> fact</c><00:34:49.489><c> had</c><00:34:50.210><c> its</c><00:34:50.369><c> origins</c><00:34:50.550><c> in</c><00:34:50.869><c> Persia</c><00:34:51.590><c> where</c><00:34:52.130><c> the</c><00:34:52.389><c> Persian</c>

00:34:52.710 --> 00:34:54.750
posts<00:34:53.230><c> used</c><00:34:53.469><c> to</c><00:34:53.630><c> go</c><00:34:53.750><c> on</c><00:34:53.869><c> their</c><00:34:54.050><c> horses</c><00:34:54.429><c> across</c>

00:34:54.750 --> 00:34:58.309
the<00:34:55.150><c> country</c><00:34:55.269><c> and</c><00:34:56.809><c> at</c><00:34:57.170><c> times</c><00:34:57.409><c> the</c><00:34:57.590><c> Persian</c><00:34:57.769><c> administration</c>

00:34:58.309 --> 00:35:00.449
would<00:34:58.590><c> impress</c><00:34:59.050><c> you</c><00:34:59.230><c> to</c><00:34:59.349><c> look</c><00:34:59.489><c> after</c><00:34:59.630><c> that</c><00:34:59.929><c> horse</c><00:35:00.110><c> or</c><00:35:00.269><c> to</c>

00:35:00.449 --> 00:35:02.849
care<00:35:00.550><c> for</c><00:35:00.650><c> that</c><00:35:00.869><c> horse</c><00:35:01.329><c> and</c><00:35:01.750><c> you</c><00:35:01.849><c> had</c><00:35:01.869><c> to</c><00:35:01.949><c> do</c><00:35:02.150><c> that.</c><00:35:02.650><c> It's</c><00:35:02.769><c> the</c>

00:35:02.849 --> 00:35:04.309
same<00:35:02.949><c> with</c><00:35:03.110><c> the</c><00:35:03.250><c> Romans.</c>

00:35:06.730 --> 00:35:08.809
There<00:35:06.889><c> were</c><00:35:07.070><c> laws</c><00:35:07.309><c> of</c><00:35:07.610><c> impressment</c><00:35:07.949><c> where</c><00:35:08.130><c> you</c><00:35:08.230><c> had</c><00:35:08.389><c> to</c><00:35:08.630><c> carry</c>

00:35:08.809 --> 00:35:11.650
their<00:35:09.010><c> equipment</c><00:35:09.409><c> for</c><00:35:09.989><c> a</c><00:35:10.269><c> mile</c><00:35:10.449><c> or</c><00:35:10.710><c> so.</c>

00:35:13.289 --> 00:35:15.530
And<00:35:13.429><c> you</c><00:35:13.510><c> can</c><00:35:13.610><c> imagine</c><00:35:13.869><c> the</c><00:35:14.030><c> Jewish</c><00:35:14.170><c> reaction</c><00:35:14.550><c> there</c><00:35:14.829><c> is</c><00:35:15.170><c> no</c>

00:35:15.530 --> 00:35:17.969
way<00:35:15.730><c> in</c><00:35:16.010><c> the</c><00:35:16.309><c> world</c><00:35:16.630><c> I'm</c><00:35:16.929><c> going</c><00:35:17.050><c> to</c><00:35:17.250><c> carry</c><00:35:17.469><c> your</c>

00:35:17.969 --> 00:35:22.269
sword<00:35:18.309><c> which</c><00:35:18.550><c> you</c><00:35:18.909><c> used</c><00:35:19.289><c> to</c><00:35:19.730><c> kill</c><00:35:19.929><c> my</c><00:35:20.269><c> own</c><00:35:20.510><c> people</c><00:35:20.949><c> a</c><00:35:21.570><c> mile.</c><00:35:21.889><c> No</c>

00:35:22.269 --> 00:35:24.230
way<00:35:22.550><c> in</c><00:35:22.789><c> the</c><00:35:23.010><c> world</c><00:35:23.230><c> you</c><00:35:23.349><c> can</c><00:35:23.510><c> kill</c><00:35:23.590><c> me</c><00:35:23.690><c> on</c><00:35:23.809><c> the</c><00:35:24.030><c> spot</c>

00:35:24.230 --> 00:35:30.269
I<00:35:24.230><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:24.429><c> even</c><00:35:24.750><c> do</c><00:35:24.929><c> it.</c><00:35:27.449><c> Jesus</c><00:35:27.610><c> said</c><00:35:27.829><c> go</c><00:35:28.710><c> double</c><00:35:29.269><c> the</c><00:35:29.489><c> distance.</c>

00:35:36.110 --> 00:35:38.130
And<00:35:36.210><c> what's</c><00:35:36.469><c> the</c><00:35:36.590><c> Lord</c><00:35:36.730><c> leading</c><00:35:37.070><c> to?</c><00:35:37.409><c> The</c><00:35:37.570><c> Lord</c><00:35:37.769><c> is</c><00:35:37.969><c> leading</c>

00:35:38.130 --> 00:35:40.469
up<00:35:38.349><c> to</c><00:35:38.869><c> this</c><00:35:38.869><c> particular</c><00:35:39.409><c> point</c><00:35:39.829><c> that</c><00:35:40.289><c> that</c>

00:35:40.469 --> 00:35:45.210
God<00:35:40.710><c> himself</c><00:35:41.210><c> is</c><00:35:41.630><c> generous</c><00:35:42.070><c> and</c><00:35:42.570><c> caring</c><00:35:42.969><c> even</c><00:35:43.710><c> to</c><00:35:43.989><c> the</c><00:35:44.469><c> worst</c>

00:35:45.210 --> 00:35:48.489
of<00:35:45.550><c> the</c><00:35:45.769><c> ungodly.</c><00:35:47.510><c> So</c><00:35:47.650><c> this</c><00:35:47.750><c> is</c><00:35:47.889><c> where</c><00:35:47.949><c> he's</c><00:35:48.150><c> leading</c>

00:35:48.489 --> 00:35:52.070
to<00:35:48.869><c> and</c><00:35:49.789><c> it</c><00:35:50.150><c> challenges</c><00:35:50.489><c> us</c><00:35:50.710><c> brethren</c><00:35:50.929><c> and</c><00:35:51.090><c> sisters.</c><00:35:51.889><c> I</c><00:35:51.989><c> mean</c>

00:35:52.070 --> 00:35:56.150
we<00:35:52.210><c> are</c><00:35:52.449><c> a</c><00:35:52.590><c> holy</c><00:35:52.809><c> people</c><00:35:53.670><c> a</c><00:35:54.809><c> separate</c><00:35:55.090><c> people</c>

00:35:56.489 --> 00:35:58.769
and<00:35:57.010><c> when</c><00:35:57.110><c> we</c><00:35:57.269><c> come</c><00:35:57.369><c> in</c><00:35:57.610><c> contact</c><00:35:58.010><c> with</c><00:35:58.250><c> people</c><00:35:58.469><c> who</c><00:35:58.610><c> are</c><00:35:58.690><c> not</c>

00:35:58.769 --> 00:36:01.110
in<00:35:58.889><c> the</c><00:35:59.130><c> truth</c><00:35:59.269><c> sometimes</c><00:35:59.650><c> there</c><00:35:59.829><c> is</c><00:36:00.030><c> this</c><00:36:00.369><c> superiority</c>

00:36:01.110 --> 00:36:08.389
complex<00:36:01.849><c> that</c><00:36:02.030><c> we</c><00:36:02.289><c> have.</c><00:36:05.789><c> And</c><00:36:05.869><c> the</c><00:36:06.329><c> power</c><00:36:06.909><c> and</c><00:36:07.550><c> the</c><00:36:07.889><c> wonder</c><00:36:08.150><c> of</c>

00:36:08.389 --> 00:36:10.889
God<00:36:08.570><c> is</c><00:36:08.829><c> that</c><00:36:09.110><c> he</c><00:36:09.349><c> gives</c><00:36:09.610><c> reign</c>

00:36:11.489 --> 00:36:17.829
to<00:36:12.010><c> the</c><00:36:12.230><c> godly</c><00:36:12.510><c> and</c><00:36:12.789><c> ungodly.</c><00:36:13.730><c> You</c><00:36:14.150><c> don't</c><00:36:14.550><c> see</c><00:36:15.369><c> no</c><00:36:15.889><c> rain</c><00:36:16.110><c> falling</c><00:36:16.469><c> on</c><00:36:16.670><c> the</c><00:36:16.949><c> evil</c><00:36:17.190><c> cities</c><00:36:17.650><c> in</c>

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the<00:36:18.030><c> world.</c>

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And<00:36:19.409><c> you</c><00:36:19.590><c> see</c><00:36:19.750><c> a</c><00:36:19.969><c> brother</c><00:36:20.130><c> and</c><00:36:20.289><c> sister's</c><00:36:20.690><c> farm</c><00:36:20.849><c> having</c><00:36:21.010><c> a</c><00:36:21.130><c> lovely</c><00:36:21.349><c> bit</c>

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of<00:36:22.010><c> water</c><00:36:22.269><c> and</c><00:36:22.449><c> sunshine</c><00:36:22.769><c> here.</c>

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God<00:36:23.409><c> doesn't</c><00:36:23.630><c> work</c><00:36:23.849><c> like</c><00:36:24.110><c> that.</c><00:36:25.750><c> There's</c><00:36:26.050><c> a</c><00:36:26.309><c> generosity</c><00:36:26.869><c> about</c><00:36:27.250><c> God</c>

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which<00:36:28.710><c> goes</c><00:36:28.949><c> beyond</c><00:36:29.530><c> this</c><00:36:29.949><c> kind</c><00:36:30.269><c> of</c>

00:36:30.769 --> 00:36:33.409
self<00:36:31.030><c>-imposed</c><00:36:31.630><c> righteousness</c><00:36:32.230><c> and</c><00:36:32.489><c> these</c><00:36:32.750><c> boundaries</c><00:36:33.170><c> that</c>

00:36:33.409 --> 00:36:35.849
we<00:36:33.769><c> subconsciously</c><00:36:34.489><c> lay</c><00:36:34.590><c> between</c><00:36:34.909><c> us</c><00:36:35.309><c> and</c><00:36:35.590><c> those</c>

00:36:35.849 --> 00:36:39.070
outside.<00:36:36.969><c> Yes</c><00:36:37.050><c> they</c><00:36:37.250><c> are</c><00:36:37.610><c> outside</c><00:36:37.849><c> the</c><00:36:37.969><c> commons</c><00:36:38.110><c> of</c><00:36:38.369><c> promise</c>

00:36:39.070 --> 00:36:42.650
but<00:36:40.389><c> ought</c><00:36:40.570><c> never</c><00:36:41.170><c> never</c><00:36:41.670><c> to</c><00:36:41.949><c> become</c><00:36:42.190><c> a</c><00:36:42.389><c> basis</c>

00:36:42.650 --> 00:36:45.070
of<00:36:42.969><c> superiority</c><00:36:43.349><c> as</c><00:36:43.550><c> far</c><00:36:43.630><c> as</c><00:36:43.730><c> we</c><00:36:43.849><c> are</c><00:36:43.989><c> concerned.</c><00:36:44.869><c> That</c><00:36:44.949><c> was</c>

00:36:45.070 --> 00:36:46.630
the<00:36:45.190><c> trouble</c><00:36:45.289><c> with</c><00:36:45.530><c> the</c><00:36:45.650><c> Jew.</c>

00:36:49.630 --> 00:36:54.050
You<00:36:49.630><c> know</c><00:36:50.050><c> challenging</c><00:36:50.550><c> very</c><00:36:51.070><c> very</c><00:36:51.409><c> challenging.</c><00:36:53.610><c> So</c><00:36:53.750><c> now</c><00:36:53.949><c> in</c>

00:36:54.050 --> 00:36:56.190
verse<00:36:54.170><c> 42</c><00:36:54.610><c> we</c><00:36:55.250><c> leave</c><00:36:55.489><c> the</c><00:36:55.809><c> courts.</c>

00:36:56.670 --> 00:36:59.570
We<00:36:56.909><c> leave</c><00:36:57.289><c> public</c><00:36:57.730><c> responsibility</c><00:36:58.469><c> and</c><00:36:58.809><c> we</c><00:36:58.969><c> come</c><00:36:59.130><c> now</c><00:36:59.349><c> down</c>

00:36:59.570 --> 00:37:01.670
to<00:36:59.809><c> personal</c><00:37:00.170><c> requests.</c>

00:37:03.409 --> 00:37:09.110
Verse<00:37:03.650><c> 42</c><00:37:04.110><c> give</c><00:37:04.550><c> to</c><00:37:05.690><c> him</c><00:37:05.929><c> that</c><00:37:06.250><c> asketh</c><00:37:06.690><c> thee</c><00:37:07.090><c> and</c><00:37:07.849><c> from</c><00:37:08.030><c> him</c><00:37:08.210><c> that</c><00:37:08.329><c> would</c><00:37:08.610><c> borrow</c><00:37:08.869><c> of</c>

00:37:09.110 --> 00:37:12.730
thee<00:37:09.550><c> turn</c><00:37:10.469><c> thou</c><00:37:10.929><c> not</c><00:37:11.489><c> away.</c>

00:37:14.969 --> 00:37:21.550
The<00:37:15.530><c> the</c><00:37:15.809><c> law</c><00:37:16.309><c> enjoined</c><00:37:18.670><c> generosity.</c><00:37:19.630><c> Come</c><00:37:19.869><c> with</c><00:37:20.050><c> me</c><00:37:20.090><c> to</c><00:37:20.289><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:37:20.630><c> 15.</c>

00:37:33.530 --> 00:37:36.809
Yes<00:37:33.630><c> here's</c><00:37:34.130><c> a</c><00:37:34.289><c> wonderful</c><00:37:34.630><c> law</c><00:37:34.809><c> expressed</c><00:37:35.269><c> in</c><00:37:35.449><c> such</c><00:37:35.550><c> a</c><00:37:35.750><c> wonderful</c><00:37:36.030><c> way.</c>

00:37:41.829 --> 00:37:44.170
Verse<00:37:42.269><c> 7</c><00:37:42.710><c> of</c><00:37:43.030><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:37:43.289><c> 15.</c>

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If<00:37:46.630><c> there</c><00:37:46.849><c> be</c><00:37:46.969><c> among</c><00:37:47.150><c> you</c><00:37:47.309><c> a</c><00:37:47.489><c> poor</c><00:37:47.650><c> man</c><00:37:48.409><c> of</c><00:37:50.590><c> one</c><00:37:50.849><c> of</c><00:37:51.030><c> thy</c><00:37:51.210><c> brethren</c><00:37:51.969><c> within</c>

00:37:53.630 --> 00:37:56.110
any<00:37:54.269><c> of</c><00:37:54.449><c> thy</c><00:37:54.630><c> gates</c><00:37:55.210><c> in</c><00:37:55.590><c> thy</c><00:37:55.789><c> land</c><00:37:55.929><c> which</c>

00:37:56.110 --> 00:38:00.869
ye<00:37:56.230><c> are</c><00:37:56.230><c> with</c><00:37:56.329><c> thy</c><00:37:56.510><c> god</c><00:37:56.690><c> giveeth</c><00:37:57.050><c> thee.</c><00:37:57.849><c> Now</c><00:37:58.269><c> notice</c><00:37:58.389><c> the</c><00:37:58.610><c> phraseology</c><00:37:59.030><c> there.</c><00:38:00.670><c> He's</c>

00:38:00.869 --> 00:38:02.670
a<00:38:00.989><c> brother</c><00:38:01.409><c> and</c><00:38:02.329><c> it</c><00:38:02.409><c> could</c><00:38:02.510><c> be</c>

00:38:02.670 --> 00:38:07.449
anywhere.<00:38:03.650><c> You</c><00:38:03.869><c> could</c><00:38:04.010><c> be</c><00:38:04.170><c> visiting</c><00:38:04.429><c> another</c><00:38:04.710><c> city</c><00:38:05.070><c> and</c><00:38:05.309><c> he</c><00:38:05.449><c> could</c><00:38:05.590><c> be</c><00:38:05.750><c> there</c><00:38:05.889><c> as</c><00:38:06.070><c> well</c><00:38:06.190><c> but</c><00:38:06.289><c> he's</c><00:38:06.409><c> a</c><00:38:06.530><c> brother.</c>

00:38:11.530 --> 00:38:17.349
Thou<00:38:11.829><c> shalt</c><00:38:12.250><c> not</c><00:38:13.789><c> harden</c><00:38:15.269><c> thine</c><00:38:15.969><c> heart</c>

00:38:18.269 --> 00:38:26.309
nor<00:38:18.849><c> shut</c><00:38:19.309><c> thine</c><00:38:19.690><c> hand</c><00:38:20.510><c> from</c><00:38:21.550><c> thy</c><00:38:21.849><c> poor</c><00:38:22.210><c> brother.</c><00:38:24.570><c> You</c><00:38:24.650><c> see</c><00:38:24.849><c> it's</c><00:38:25.989><c> a</c>

00:38:26.309 --> 00:38:27.570
conscience<00:38:26.750><c> thing</c><00:38:26.969><c> isn't</c><00:38:27.090><c> it.</c><00:38:27.289><c> It's</c><00:38:27.369><c> something</c>

00:38:27.570 --> 00:38:33.150
which<00:38:27.750><c> the</c><00:38:28.210><c> heart</c><00:38:28.789><c> has</c><00:38:29.769><c> got</c><00:38:29.889><c> to</c><00:38:29.989><c> be</c><00:38:30.150><c> affected</c><00:38:30.409><c> by.</c><00:38:32.869><c> But</c><00:38:32.929><c> thou</c>

00:38:33.150 --> 00:38:37.110
shalt<00:38:33.429><c> open</c><00:38:33.969><c> thine</c><00:38:34.329><c> hand</c><00:38:35.289><c> wide</c><00:38:35.809><c> unto</c><00:38:36.050><c> him</c>

00:38:37.230 --> 00:38:40.429
and<00:38:37.750><c> shall</c><00:38:37.969><c> surely</c><00:38:38.289><c> lend</c><00:38:38.550><c> him</c><00:38:38.849><c> sufficient</c><00:38:39.269><c> for</c><00:38:39.469><c> his</c><00:38:39.710><c> need</c><00:38:40.090><c> in</c>

00:38:40.429 --> 00:38:42.030
that<00:38:40.570><c> which</c><00:38:40.730><c> he</c><00:38:40.969><c> lacketh.</c>

00:38:43.190 --> 00:38:45.590
So<00:38:43.670><c> there's</c><00:38:43.829><c> a</c><00:38:43.929><c> double</c><00:38:44.070><c> emphasis</c><00:38:44.369><c> here.</c><00:38:44.889><c> There's</c><00:38:45.110><c> a</c><00:38:45.250><c> not</c><00:38:45.429><c> and</c>

00:38:45.590 --> 00:38:46.750
there's<00:38:45.789><c> a</c><00:38:45.869><c> must.</c>

00:38:47.989 --> 00:38:51.769
Don't<00:38:48.309><c> close</c><00:38:48.510><c> your</c><00:38:48.730><c> heart.</c><00:38:48.929><c> Don't</c><00:38:49.150><c> close</c><00:38:49.409><c> your</c><00:38:49.610><c> hand.</c><00:38:51.530><c> But</c><00:38:51.590><c> on</c>

00:38:51.769 --> 00:38:54.409
the<00:38:51.909><c> contrary</c><00:38:52.429><c> open</c><00:38:52.989><c> it</c><00:38:53.369><c> wide.</c>

00:38:55.369 --> 00:38:57.989
How<00:38:55.889><c> wide</c><00:38:56.409><c> is</c><00:38:56.590><c> a</c><00:38:56.769><c> wide</c><00:38:56.989><c> hand?</c>

00:39:00.389 --> 00:39:03.309
You<00:39:00.590><c> see</c><00:39:00.809><c> the</c><00:39:01.110><c> law</c><00:39:01.289><c> was</c><00:39:01.570><c> asking</c><00:39:01.949><c> for</c><00:39:02.170><c> the</c><00:39:02.429><c> conscience</c><00:39:02.849><c> to</c><00:39:03.090><c> be</c>

00:39:03.309 --> 00:39:06.650
affected<00:39:03.670><c> here</c><00:39:04.150><c> for</c><00:39:05.070><c> you</c><00:39:05.449><c> to</c><00:39:05.730><c> see</c><00:39:05.949><c> the</c><00:39:06.110><c> need</c><00:39:06.170><c> and</c><00:39:06.389><c> fill</c>

00:39:06.650 --> 00:39:10.289
the<00:39:06.889><c> need.</c><00:39:07.550><c> You</c><00:39:07.690><c> can't</c><00:39:07.969><c> measure</c><00:39:08.210><c> that.</c><00:39:09.010><c> It's</c><00:39:09.269><c> a</c><00:39:09.469><c> wide</c><00:39:09.710><c> hand.</c><00:39:09.969><c> It's</c><00:39:10.050><c> not</c><00:39:10.190><c> a</c>

00:39:10.289 --> 00:39:12.670
narrow<00:39:10.510><c> hand.</c><00:39:10.969><c> It's</c><00:39:11.110><c> a</c><00:39:11.309><c> wide</c><00:39:11.630><c> hand.</c>

00:39:13.530 --> 00:39:15.570
The<00:39:13.690><c> law</c><00:39:13.809><c> is</c><00:39:14.090><c> exceedingly</c><00:39:14.489><c> generous.</c>

00:39:17.210 --> 00:39:22.130
When<00:39:17.469><c> you</c><00:39:17.570><c> go</c><00:39:17.670><c> out</c><00:39:17.750><c> in</c><00:39:17.869><c> the</c><00:39:18.050><c> fields</c><00:39:18.690><c> don't</c><00:39:20.409><c> touch</c><00:39:20.630><c> the</c><00:39:20.889><c> corners.</c><00:39:21.809><c> Leave</c>

00:39:22.130 --> 00:39:23.650
those<00:39:22.409><c> for</c><00:39:22.610><c> the</c><00:39:22.829><c> poor.</c>

00:39:23.909 --> 00:39:28.230
In<00:39:24.250><c> today's</c><00:39:24.750><c> world</c><00:39:25.190><c> of</c><00:39:25.590><c> efficiency</c><00:39:26.210><c> and</c><00:39:26.750><c> productivity</c><00:39:27.369><c> and</c>

00:39:28.230 --> 00:39:30.769
aggressive<00:39:28.670><c> export</c><00:39:29.230><c> you'll</c><00:39:30.030><c> get</c><00:39:30.230><c> every</c><00:39:30.550><c> single</c>

00:39:30.769 --> 00:39:35.250
one<00:39:30.889><c> of</c><00:39:30.989><c> those</c><00:39:31.170><c> grains.</c><00:39:33.550><c> If</c><00:39:33.550><c> you</c><00:39:33.550><c> don't</c><00:39:33.829><c> productivity</c><00:39:34.250><c> is</c><00:39:34.489><c> down.</c><00:39:34.809><c> That's</c><00:39:35.090><c> not</c>

00:39:35.250 --> 00:39:36.630
the<00:39:35.369><c> law</c><00:39:35.469><c> of</c><00:39:35.750><c> God.</c><00:39:36.010><c> Just</c><00:39:36.250><c> leave</c><00:39:36.449><c> the</c>

00:39:36.630 --> 00:39:43.630
corners.<00:39:38.769><c> And</c><00:39:38.969><c> when</c><00:39:39.070><c> you</c><00:39:39.130><c> get</c><00:39:39.230><c> to</c><00:39:39.429><c> Bethlehem</c><00:39:41.309><c> in</c><00:39:41.809><c> times</c><00:39:41.949><c> of</c><00:39:42.210><c> Boaz,</c><00:39:42.550><c> Boaz</c><00:39:43.210><c> said</c><00:39:43.469><c> to</c>

00:39:43.630 --> 00:39:45.849
his<00:39:43.829><c> reapers</c><00:39:44.230><c> look</c><00:39:44.690><c> when</c><00:39:45.289><c> you</c>

00:39:45.849 --> 00:39:50.070
when<00:39:46.110><c> you</c><00:39:46.269><c> go</c><00:39:46.369><c> out</c><00:39:46.550><c> there</c><00:39:46.670><c> just</c><00:39:46.889><c> just</c><00:39:47.110><c> on</c><00:39:47.429><c> purpose</c><00:39:47.809><c> leave</c><00:39:48.010><c> a</c><00:39:48.250><c> few</c><00:39:48.349><c> behind.</c><00:39:49.369><c> That's</c><00:39:49.630><c> the</c><00:39:49.789><c> spirit</c><00:39:49.909><c> of</c>

00:39:50.070 --> 00:39:51.110
the<00:39:50.190><c> law.</c><00:39:50.650><c> It's</c><00:39:50.949><c> a</c>

00:39:51.110 --> 00:39:57.769
generosity<00:39:51.550><c> of</c><00:39:51.929><c> a</c><00:39:52.210><c> wide</c><00:39:52.489><c> hand.</c><00:39:55.929><c> And</c><00:39:56.050><c> the</c><00:39:56.110><c> law</c><00:39:56.409><c> asked</c><00:39:56.949><c> Jews</c><00:39:57.369><c> to</c>

00:39:57.769 --> 00:40:02.969
do<00:39:58.010><c> that.</c><00:40:00.690><c> Now</c><00:40:00.829><c> back</c><00:40:00.969><c> in</c><00:40:01.469><c> Matthew</c><00:40:01.789><c> chapter</c><00:40:02.090><c> 5</c>

00:40:03.469 --> 00:40:08.030
give<00:40:04.210><c> to</c><00:40:04.570><c> him</c><00:40:04.989><c> that</c><00:40:05.409><c> asketh</c><00:40:05.809><c> of</c><00:40:06.070><c> thee</c><00:40:06.309><c> says</c><00:40:06.510><c> verse</c><00:40:06.750><c> 42</c>

00:40:09.929 --> 00:40:16.190
and<00:40:10.670><c> from</c><00:40:10.849><c> him</c><00:40:11.050><c> that</c><00:40:11.190><c> would</c><00:40:11.469><c> borrow</c><00:40:11.710><c> of</c><00:40:11.969><c> thee</c><00:40:12.269><c> turn</c><00:40:13.210><c> not</c><00:40:14.289><c> thou</c><00:40:14.730><c> away.</c>

00:40:19.369 --> 00:40:23.730
So<00:40:19.769><c> in</c><00:40:19.969><c> the</c><00:40:20.150><c> scriptures</c><00:40:20.449><c> there's</c><00:40:20.650><c> a</c><00:40:20.809><c> very</c><00:40:21.150><c> generous</c><00:40:21.510><c> man.</c><00:40:23.550><c> His</c>

00:40:23.730 --> 00:40:28.289
name<00:40:23.869><c> was</c><00:40:24.170><c> Job</c><00:40:24.610><c> and</c><00:40:27.050><c> even</c><00:40:27.309><c> though</c><00:40:27.469><c> he</c><00:40:27.690><c> sought</c><00:40:27.849><c> to</c>

00:40:28.289 --> 00:40:33.110
justify<00:40:28.650><c> himself</c><00:40:29.449><c> on</c><00:40:30.590><c> occasions</c><00:40:31.269><c> we</c><00:40:32.030><c> have</c><00:40:32.150><c> a</c><00:40:32.289><c> little</c><00:40:32.530><c> window</c>

00:40:33.110 --> 00:40:36.369
into<00:40:33.550><c> the</c><00:40:33.809><c> generosity</c><00:40:34.250><c> of</c><00:40:34.550><c> a</c><00:40:34.710><c> faithful</c><00:40:34.969><c> man.</c>

00:40:37.090 --> 00:40:39.429
Let's<00:40:37.289><c> in</c><00:40:37.369><c> fact</c><00:40:37.489><c> come</c><00:40:37.730><c> to</c><00:40:37.829><c> that</c><00:40:37.909><c> shall</c><00:40:38.090><c> we?</c><00:40:38.289><c> Job</c><00:40:38.489><c> 31.</c><00:40:38.989><c> I'm</c><00:40:39.150><c> sorry</c><00:40:39.250><c> we</c>

00:40:39.429 --> 00:40:41.489
went<00:40:39.530><c> back</c><00:40:39.670><c> to</c><00:40:39.809><c> Matthew.</c><00:40:40.309><c> Let's</c><00:40:40.469><c> come</c><00:40:40.630><c> back</c><00:40:40.769><c> to</c>

00:40:41.690 --> 00:40:46.090
I<00:40:42.210><c> just</c><00:40:42.690><c> want</c><00:40:42.769><c> to</c><00:40:42.989><c> illustrate</c><00:40:43.510><c> the</c><00:40:44.670><c> the</c><00:40:44.889><c> generosity</c>

00:40:48.269 --> 00:40:51.409
that<00:40:48.789><c> was</c><00:40:48.969><c> taken</c><00:40:49.230><c> up</c><00:40:49.409><c> by</c><00:40:49.650><c> faithful</c><00:40:49.989><c> brethren</c><00:40:50.389><c> and</c><00:40:50.650><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:54.630 --> 00:40:58.110
Job<00:40:54.789><c> 31</c><00:40:55.570><c> and</c><00:40:56.670><c> verse</c><00:40:56.829><c> 16.</c>

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If<00:41:00.269><c> I</c><00:41:00.510><c> have</c><00:41:00.630><c> withheld</c><00:41:00.909><c> the</c><00:41:01.190><c> poor</c><00:41:01.289><c> from</c><00:41:01.510><c> their</c><00:41:01.690><c> desire</c><00:41:02.309><c> or</c><00:41:03.769><c> have</c>

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caused<00:41:04.230><c> the</c><00:41:04.530><c> eyes</c><00:41:04.710><c> of</c><00:41:04.869><c> the</c><00:41:05.010><c> widow</c><00:41:05.150><c> to</c><00:41:05.489><c> fail</c>

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or<00:41:07.269><c> have</c><00:41:07.469><c> eaten</c><00:41:07.710><c> my</c><00:41:08.010><c> morsel</c><00:41:08.409><c> myself</c><00:41:08.929><c> alone</c><00:41:09.329><c> and</c><00:41:09.489><c> the</c><00:41:09.730><c> fathers</c>

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have<00:41:10.210><c> not</c><00:41:10.530><c> eaten</c><00:41:10.769><c> thereof.</c>

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Verse<00:41:12.750><c> 19.</c><00:41:13.150><c> If</c><00:41:13.150><c> I</c><00:41:13.369><c> have</c><00:41:13.570><c> seen</c><00:41:13.829><c> any</c><00:41:14.289><c> perish</c><00:41:14.650><c> for</c><00:41:14.949><c> want</c><00:41:15.130><c> of</c><00:41:15.369><c> clothing</c><00:41:15.769><c> or</c><00:41:16.610><c> any</c><00:41:17.050><c> poor</c><00:41:17.250><c> without</c><00:41:17.630><c> covering</c><00:41:18.130><c> if</c>

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his<00:41:19.469><c> loins</c>

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have<00:41:19.889><c> not</c><00:41:20.070><c> blessed</c><00:41:20.269><c> me</c><00:41:20.489><c> and</c><00:41:20.590><c> if</c><00:41:20.690><c> he</c><00:41:20.789><c> were</c><00:41:20.949><c> not</c><00:41:21.230><c> warmed</c><00:41:21.449><c> with</c><00:41:21.650><c> the</c><00:41:21.829><c> fleece</c><00:41:21.989><c> of</c>

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my<00:41:22.349><c> sheep</c><00:41:22.590><c> if</c><00:41:22.889><c> I've</c><00:41:23.230><c> lifted</c><00:41:23.369><c> up</c><00:41:23.610><c> my</c><00:41:23.730><c> hand</c>

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against<00:41:24.269><c> the</c><00:41:24.550><c> fathers</c><00:41:24.769><c> when</c><00:41:24.909><c> I</c><00:41:25.130><c> saw</c><00:41:25.250><c> my</c><00:41:25.530><c> help</c><00:41:25.670><c> in</c><00:41:25.829><c> the</c><00:41:25.989><c> gate</c><00:41:26.250><c> then</c><00:41:26.690><c> let</c><00:41:26.869><c> my</c>

00:41:27.090 --> 00:41:28.590
arm<00:41:27.309><c> fall</c><00:41:27.590><c> from</c><00:41:27.750><c> my</c><00:41:28.010><c> shoulder</c><00:41:28.250><c> blade</c>

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and<00:41:28.969><c> my</c><00:41:29.210><c> arm</c><00:41:29.349><c> be</c><00:41:29.590><c> broken</c><00:41:29.829><c> from</c><00:41:30.030><c> the</c><00:41:30.230><c> bone.</c><00:41:30.969><c> Now</c><00:41:31.449><c> this</c><00:41:31.650><c> wasn't</c><00:41:31.889><c> an</c><00:41:32.050><c> empty</c><00:41:32.250><c> boast.</c><00:41:32.489><c> This</c><00:41:32.690><c> was</c><00:41:32.849><c> a</c>

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generous<00:41:33.170><c> man</c>

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in<00:41:35.210><c> a</c><00:41:35.329><c> community</c><00:41:35.949><c> east</c><00:41:36.349><c> of</c><00:41:36.469><c> the</c><00:41:36.630><c> Jordan.</c><00:41:38.809><c> A</c><00:41:39.130><c> generous</c><00:41:39.469><c> man.</c><00:41:39.889><c> He</c>

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said<00:41:40.130><c> I</c><00:41:40.230><c> didn't</c><00:41:40.449><c> eat</c><00:41:40.630><c> alone.</c>

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If<00:41:41.469><c> I</c><00:41:41.650><c> saw</c><00:41:41.849><c> there</c><00:41:42.050><c> someone</c><00:41:42.269><c> who</c><00:41:42.389><c> needed</c><00:41:42.570><c> food</c><00:41:42.809><c> they</c><00:41:42.989><c> came</c><00:41:43.170><c> to</c>

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my<00:41:43.489><c> place</c><00:41:43.690><c> for</c><00:41:43.929><c> meals.</c>

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If<00:41:47.170><c> I</c><00:41:47.349><c> saw</c><00:41:47.530><c> someone</c><00:41:47.690><c> there</c><00:41:47.789><c> with</c><00:41:48.030><c> rags</c><00:41:48.449><c> I</c><00:41:48.889><c> clothed</c><00:41:49.309><c> them.</c><00:41:49.590><c> If</c><00:41:49.809><c> I</c>

00:41:50.030 --> 00:41:53.650
saw<00:41:50.170><c> someone</c><00:41:50.409><c> going</c><00:41:51.170><c> cold</c><00:41:51.829><c> at</c><00:41:52.150><c> night</c><00:41:52.570><c> I</c><00:41:53.329><c> made</c><00:41:53.469><c> sure</c>

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they<00:41:53.789><c> were</c><00:41:54.010><c> warm.</c><00:41:56.409><c> That's</c><00:41:56.690><c> the</c><00:41:56.809><c> spirit</c><00:41:56.909><c> of</c><00:41:57.130><c> generosity</c><00:41:57.650><c> of</c>

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righteous<00:41:59.170><c> men</c><00:41:59.389><c> and</c><00:41:59.570><c> women.</c>

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So<00:42:02.110><c> we</c><00:42:02.190><c> come</c><00:42:02.309><c> back</c><00:42:02.530><c> to</c><00:42:02.650><c> Matthew</c><00:42:02.869><c> chapter</c><00:42:03.110><c> five</c><00:42:04.050><c> when</c><00:42:05.030><c> Jesus</c><00:42:05.250><c> said</c><00:42:05.409><c> give</c><00:42:05.670><c> to</c>

00:42:05.769 --> 00:42:07.449
him<00:42:05.909><c> that</c><00:42:06.190><c> asketh</c><00:42:06.510><c> of</c><00:42:06.730><c> thee</c>

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he<00:42:08.769><c> meant</c><00:42:09.210><c> be</c><00:42:10.269><c> generous.</c><00:42:11.869><c> Now</c><00:42:12.070><c> we</c><00:42:12.190><c> need</c><00:42:12.289><c> to</c><00:42:12.489><c> strike</c><00:42:12.590><c> a</c><00:42:12.789><c> balance</c>

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here<00:42:13.630><c> and</c><00:42:14.530><c> like</c><00:42:14.690><c> all</c><00:42:14.969><c> of</c><00:42:15.090><c> the</c><00:42:15.250><c> commands</c><00:42:15.650><c> of</c>

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scripture<00:42:16.349><c> I</c><00:42:16.570><c> think</c><00:42:16.730><c> Brother</c><00:42:16.889><c> Ken</c><00:42:17.110><c> mentioned</c><00:42:17.369><c> in</c><00:42:18.090><c> this</c><00:42:18.210><c> morning's</c><00:42:18.769><c> studies</c><00:42:18.809><c> you've</c><00:42:19.289><c> got</c>

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to<00:42:19.510><c> take</c><00:42:19.570><c> the</c><00:42:19.869><c> balance</c>

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of<00:42:20.389><c> scripture</c><00:42:20.550><c> together.</c><00:42:20.989><c> You</c><00:42:21.150><c> just</c><00:42:21.369><c> can't</c><00:42:21.530><c> take</c><00:42:21.650><c> a</c><00:42:21.809><c> verse</c><00:42:22.030><c> in</c>

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isolation.<00:42:25.269><c> You</c><00:42:25.409><c> see</c><00:42:25.469><c> if</c><00:42:25.550><c> you</c><00:42:25.730><c> give</c><00:42:25.809><c> everything</c><00:42:26.050><c> away</c>

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how<00:42:30.530><c> could</c><00:42:30.710><c> you</c><00:42:30.909><c> fulfill</c><00:42:31.570><c> another</c><00:42:32.150><c> principle</c><00:42:32.510><c> that</c><00:42:32.789><c> says</c><00:42:32.929><c> that</c><00:42:33.110><c> you</c>

00:42:33.230 --> 00:42:34.030
have<00:42:33.429><c> to</c><00:42:33.590><c> provide</c><00:42:33.829><c> for</c>

00:42:34.030 --> 00:42:36.269
your<00:42:34.210><c> household</c><00:42:34.650><c> and</c><00:42:34.829><c> support</c><00:42:35.070><c> your</c><00:42:35.269><c> family?</c>

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If<00:42:39.309><c> you</c><00:42:39.570><c> impoverish</c><00:42:40.050><c> yourself</c><00:42:40.809><c> you</c><00:42:41.389><c> put</c><00:42:41.550><c> a</c><00:42:41.710><c> burden</c><00:42:41.849><c> on</c><00:42:42.010><c> others.</c>

00:42:46.530 --> 00:42:48.730
So<00:42:46.650><c> you</c><00:42:46.769><c> see</c><00:42:46.849><c> when</c><00:42:47.070><c> the</c><00:42:47.230><c> Lord</c><00:42:47.349><c> said</c><00:42:47.550><c> give</c><00:42:47.829><c> to</c><00:42:47.949><c> him</c><00:42:48.110><c> that</c><00:42:48.409><c> asketh</c>

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of<00:42:48.969><c> thee</c><00:42:49.349><c> you</c><00:42:50.349><c> have</c><00:42:50.530><c> to</c><00:42:50.690><c> understand</c><00:42:51.050><c> that</c><00:42:51.750><c> the</c><00:42:52.070><c> gift</c>

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has<00:42:53.269><c> to</c><00:42:53.809><c> meet</c><00:42:54.110><c> the</c><00:42:54.590><c> need.</c><00:42:55.150><c> That's</c><00:42:55.289><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:55.590><c> 15.</c><00:42:57.230><c> The</c><00:42:57.469><c> gift</c>

00:42:57.929 --> 00:43:00.289
has<00:42:58.489><c> to</c><00:42:58.750><c> meet</c><00:42:58.929><c> the</c><00:42:59.170><c> need.</c>

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Money<00:43:02.869><c> isn't</c><00:43:03.309><c> always</c><00:43:04.489><c> the</c><00:43:06.090><c> gift</c><00:43:06.670><c> that</c><00:43:07.150><c> is</c><00:43:07.530><c> needed</c><00:43:08.150><c> maybe</c>

00:43:11.489 --> 00:43:16.329
but<00:43:12.090><c> it</c><00:43:12.250><c> may</c><00:43:12.329><c> not</c><00:43:12.469><c> be</c><00:43:12.610><c> either</c><00:43:13.150><c> and</c><00:43:14.849><c> the</c><00:43:15.010><c> challenge</c><00:43:15.230><c> of</c><00:43:15.369><c> a</c><00:43:15.550><c> disciple</c><00:43:15.789><c> in</c><00:43:16.010><c> Christ</c><00:43:16.190><c> is</c>

00:43:16.329 --> 00:43:17.250
to<00:43:16.449><c> understand</c><00:43:16.869><c> the</c><00:43:17.090><c> need</c>

00:43:17.250 --> 00:43:22.110
and<00:43:17.590><c> have</c><00:43:17.690><c> the</c><00:43:17.989><c> right</c><00:43:18.289><c> gift</c><00:43:18.510><c> to</c><00:43:18.889><c> fill</c><00:43:19.070><c> the</c><00:43:19.289><c> need.</c><00:43:21.750><c> That's</c><00:43:22.010><c> what</c>

00:43:22.110 --> 00:43:23.829
the<00:43:22.210><c> Lord</c><00:43:22.289><c> is</c><00:43:22.449><c> talking</c><00:43:22.650><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:43:26.590><c> to</c><00:43:26.730><c> help</c><00:43:26.849><c> and</c><00:43:26.969><c> benefit</c><00:43:27.150><c> others</c><00:43:27.750><c> and</c><00:43:29.469><c> you</c><00:43:29.610><c> do</c><00:43:29.730><c> so</c><00:43:30.329><c> in</c><00:43:30.650><c> the</c>

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appropriate<00:43:31.130><c> way</c><00:43:31.750><c> without</c><00:43:32.449><c> destroying</c><00:43:32.889><c> other</c>

00:43:33.289 --> 00:43:37.289
principles<00:43:33.670><c> of</c><00:43:33.849><c> the</c><00:43:33.969><c> word</c><00:43:34.070><c> of</c><00:43:34.289><c> God</c><00:43:35.050><c> but</c><00:43:36.590><c> it's</c><00:43:36.809><c> generosity</c><00:43:37.150><c> the</c>

00:43:37.289 --> 00:43:40.190
Lord<00:43:37.429><c> is</c><00:43:37.650><c> talking</c><00:43:37.829><c> about.</c><00:43:39.409><c> And</c><00:43:39.510><c> from</c><00:43:39.650><c> him</c><00:43:39.789><c> that</c><00:43:39.909><c> would</c>

00:43:40.190 --> 00:43:45.550
borrow<00:43:40.429><c> of</c><00:43:40.650><c> thee</c><00:43:40.849><c> turn</c><00:43:41.389><c> thou</c><00:43:41.730><c> not</c><00:43:42.210><c> away.</c><00:43:42.889><c> If</c><00:43:43.250><c> you</c><00:43:43.469><c> have</c><00:43:43.670><c> the</c><00:43:44.250><c> financial</c><00:43:44.630><c> capacity</c><00:43:45.250><c> to</c>

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help<00:43:45.750><c> a</c><00:43:45.949><c> person</c><00:43:46.449><c> help</c><00:43:46.849><c> them.</c>

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And<00:43:51.809><c> sometimes</c><00:43:52.309><c> we're</c><00:43:52.650><c> a</c><00:43:52.690><c> little</c><00:43:52.789><c> bit</c><00:43:53.030><c> cautious</c><00:43:53.250><c> about</c><00:43:53.510><c> this</c>

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aren't<00:43:53.849><c> we?</c><00:43:54.230><c> We</c><00:43:54.349><c> sort</c><00:43:54.510><c> of</c><00:43:54.590><c> say</c><00:43:54.750><c> well</c><00:43:55.090><c> you</c><00:43:55.369><c> know</c><00:43:55.690><c> what</c>

00:43:55.849 --> 00:43:58.829
if<00:43:55.949><c> they</c><00:43:56.250><c> squander</c><00:43:56.570><c> it</c><00:43:56.710><c> or</c><00:43:57.050><c> what</c><00:43:57.210><c> if</c><00:43:57.289><c> a</c><00:43:57.409><c> person</c><00:43:57.550><c> takes</c><00:43:57.849><c> advantage</c><00:43:58.329><c> of</c><00:43:58.590><c> me</c>

00:43:58.829 --> 00:44:00.659
and<00:43:59.269><c> all</c><00:43:59.429><c> this</c><00:43:59.590><c> kind</c><00:43:59.750><c> of</c><00:43:59.909><c> thing.</c>

00:44:04.449 --> 00:44:10.809
Give.<00:44:05.190><c> Be</c><00:44:05.349><c> generous.</c><00:44:06.369><c> Be</c><00:44:06.570><c> wise</c><00:44:07.190><c> but</c><00:44:08.550><c> be</c><00:44:08.809><c> generous.</c><00:44:10.409><c> It's</c><00:44:10.550><c> more</c>

00:44:10.809 --> 00:44:12.610
blessed<00:44:10.989><c> to</c><00:44:11.329><c> give</c><00:44:11.530><c> than</c><00:44:11.730><c> to</c><00:44:11.969><c> receive.</c>

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We<00:44:12.969><c> should</c><00:44:13.110><c> do</c><00:44:13.309><c> good</c><00:44:13.469><c> to</c><00:44:13.829><c> all</c><00:44:14.190><c> men</c><00:44:14.489><c> especially</c><00:44:15.010><c> those</c><00:44:15.309><c> of</c><00:44:15.469><c> the</c>

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household<00:44:15.809><c> of</c><00:44:16.050><c> faith.</c>

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So<00:44:18.730><c> in</c><00:44:19.030><c> our</c><00:44:19.170><c> each</c><00:44:19.289><c> individual</c><00:44:19.570><c> conscience</c><00:44:20.130><c> we</c><00:44:20.309><c> need</c><00:44:20.469><c> to</c><00:44:20.650><c> weigh</c>

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up<00:44:21.090><c> in</c><00:44:21.329><c> our</c><00:44:21.530><c> conscience</c>

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the<00:44:23.170><c> appropriateness</c><00:44:23.570><c> and</c><00:44:23.869><c> benefitness</c><00:44:24.250><c> of</c><00:44:24.469><c> doing</c><00:44:24.690><c> that.</c><00:44:26.530><c> We</c>

00:44:26.730 --> 00:44:30.210
make<00:44:26.949><c> sure</c><00:44:27.269><c> that</c><00:44:27.489><c> the</c><00:44:27.590><c> gift</c><00:44:28.070><c> meets</c><00:44:28.769><c> the</c><00:44:29.269><c> need.</c>

00:44:31.670 --> 00:44:33.449
So<00:44:31.809><c> you</c><00:44:31.949><c> see</c><00:44:32.070><c> brothers</c><00:44:32.230><c> and</c><00:44:32.349><c> sisters</c><00:44:32.449><c> what</c><00:44:32.670><c> the</c><00:44:32.769><c> Lord</c><00:44:32.869><c> is</c><00:44:33.030><c> teaching</c><00:44:33.269><c> us</c>

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is<00:44:33.650><c> this</c>

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banish<00:44:35.050><c> any</c><00:44:35.409><c> thought</c><00:44:35.670><c> of</c><00:44:35.849><c> getting</c><00:44:36.090><c> even.</c>

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Banish<00:44:39.190><c> any</c><00:44:39.469><c> thoughts</c><00:44:39.750><c> of</c><00:44:39.949><c> retaliating,</c><00:44:41.429><c> of</c><00:44:41.630><c> personal</c><00:44:41.869><c> vengeance,</c><00:44:43.190><c> of</c>

00:44:43.269 --> 00:44:45.090
repaying<00:44:43.829><c> evil</c><00:44:43.989><c> with</c><00:44:44.289><c> good.</c>

00:44:46.030 --> 00:44:50.789
I'm<00:44:46.130><c> sorry</c><00:44:46.269><c> of</c><00:44:47.949><c> repaying</c><00:44:48.329><c> evil</c><00:44:48.489><c> with</c><00:44:48.710><c> evil.</c><00:44:49.949><c> And</c><00:44:50.150><c> instead</c><00:44:50.510><c> be</c>

00:44:50.789 --> 00:44:53.929
generous,<00:44:51.929><c> be</c><00:44:52.010><c> unselfish.</c>

00:44:55.190 --> 00:44:58.849
Be<00:44:55.309><c> like</c><00:44:55.530><c> God.</c><00:44:57.110><c> This</c><00:44:57.329><c> is</c><00:44:57.449><c> where</c><00:44:57.650><c> the</c><00:44:57.730><c> Lord</c><00:44:57.829><c> is</c><00:44:57.989><c> leading</c><00:44:58.289><c> to.</c><00:44:58.710><c> Be</c>

00:44:58.849 --> 00:45:00.550
like<00:44:59.110><c> God.</c>

00:45:02.590 --> 00:45:08.750
And<00:45:03.210><c> the</c><00:45:03.690><c> Lord</c><00:45:04.010><c> next</c><00:45:05.710><c> looks</c><00:45:06.349><c> at</c><00:45:07.329><c> the</c><00:45:07.449><c> issue</c><00:45:07.730><c> of</c><00:45:07.909><c> generosity</c><00:45:08.409><c> in</c>

00:45:08.750 --> 00:45:11.389
relation<00:45:09.110><c> to</c><00:45:09.449><c> your</c><00:45:10.110><c> enemies.</c>

00:45:13.889 --> 00:45:17.469
Now<00:45:13.969><c> we</c><00:45:14.090><c> certainly</c><00:45:14.389><c> shouldn't</c><00:45:15.010><c> have</c><00:45:15.130><c> any</c><00:45:15.289><c> enemies</c><00:45:15.469><c> in</c><00:45:15.630><c> the</c><00:45:15.789><c> truth.</c>

00:45:19.010 --> 00:45:21.369
But<00:45:19.150><c> there</c><00:45:19.289><c> are</c><00:45:19.289><c> people</c><00:45:19.489><c> there</c><00:45:19.690><c> who</c><00:45:19.849><c> are</c><00:45:19.969><c> hostile</c><00:45:20.510><c> outside</c><00:45:21.210><c> in</c>

00:45:21.369 --> 00:45:25.489
the<00:45:21.550><c> world</c><00:45:22.289><c> because</c><00:45:23.789><c> they</c><00:45:23.989><c> hate</c><00:45:24.150><c> the</c><00:45:24.349><c> truth.</c>

00:45:27.030 --> 00:45:31.829
And<00:45:27.550><c> verse</c><00:45:27.809><c> 43</c><00:45:28.429><c> you've</c><00:45:29.010><c> heard</c><00:45:29.150><c> them</c><00:45:30.409><c> say,</c><00:45:31.309><c> Thou</c><00:45:31.389><c> shalt</c><00:45:31.570><c> love</c>

00:45:31.829 --> 00:45:33.289
thy<00:45:32.010><c> neighbor</c><00:45:32.369><c> and</c><00:45:32.710><c> hate</c><00:45:32.909><c> thy</c><00:45:33.070><c> enemies.</c>

00:45:33.630 --> 00:45:37.909
So<00:45:34.010><c> here</c><00:45:34.610><c> was</c><00:45:34.789><c> the</c><00:45:34.989><c> Jewish</c><00:45:35.210><c> interpretation</c><00:45:36.010><c> of</c><00:45:36.389><c> the</c><00:45:36.610><c> law.</c><00:45:37.750><c> The</c>

00:45:37.909 --> 00:45:39.929
law<00:45:38.030><c> never</c><00:45:38.349><c> said</c><00:45:38.550><c> that.</c>

00:45:41.889 --> 00:45:45.710
But<00:45:42.050><c> that</c><00:45:42.230><c> was</c><00:45:42.489><c> the</c><00:45:43.110><c> interpretation</c><00:45:43.889><c> of</c><00:45:44.750><c> the</c><00:45:44.949><c> Jew.</c>

00:45:47.710 --> 00:45:50.170
The<00:45:47.949><c> first</c><00:45:48.130><c> part,</c><00:45:48.690><c> Thou</c><00:45:48.889><c> shalt</c><00:45:49.070><c> love</c><00:45:49.269><c> thy</c><00:45:49.469><c> neighbor,</c><00:45:50.070><c> comes</c>

00:45:50.170 --> 00:45:52.230
from<00:45:50.329><c> Leviticus</c><00:45:50.769><c> 19</c><00:45:51.269><c> verse</c><00:45:51.610><c> 18.</c>

00:45:52.230 --> 00:45:55.929
But<00:45:52.690><c> the</c><00:45:52.949><c> words</c><00:45:53.170><c> that</c><00:45:53.409><c> are</c><00:45:53.409><c> missing</c><00:45:53.750><c> are</c><00:45:54.489><c> as</c><00:45:54.929><c> thyself.</c>

00:45:58.289 --> 00:46:00.789
So<00:45:58.449><c> you</c><00:45:58.550><c> see</c><00:45:58.630><c> when</c><00:45:58.929><c> the</c><00:45:59.110><c> Jew</c><00:45:59.210><c> quoted</c><00:45:59.469><c> his</c><00:45:59.670><c> own</c><00:45:59.889><c> law</c><00:46:00.190><c> he</c><00:46:00.590><c> only</c>

00:46:00.789 --> 00:46:02.510
quoted<00:46:00.949><c> half</c><00:46:01.210><c> his</c><00:46:01.409><c> own</c><00:46:01.570><c> law.</c>

00:46:04.349 --> 00:46:06.289
And<00:46:04.489><c> then</c><00:46:04.610><c> he</c><00:46:04.730><c> added</c><00:46:04.889><c> another</c><00:46:05.289><c> bit</c><00:46:05.489><c> which</c><00:46:05.630><c> was</c><00:46:05.829><c> never</c><00:46:06.010><c> in</c><00:46:06.150><c> the</c>

00:46:06.289 --> 00:46:09.510
law.<00:46:06.610><c> Thou</c><00:46:06.750><c> shalt</c><00:46:07.190><c> hate</c><00:46:07.829><c> thine</c><00:46:08.510><c> enemy.</c>

00:46:12.250 --> 00:46:16.269
So<00:46:12.369><c> see</c><00:46:12.469><c> that</c><00:46:12.590><c> was</c><00:46:12.670><c> very</c><00:46:12.869><c> convenient</c><00:46:13.289><c> because</c><00:46:14.130><c> if</c><00:46:15.309><c> you</c><00:46:15.570><c> loved</c>

00:46:16.269 --> 00:46:19.650
your<00:46:18.110><c> neighbor</c><00:46:18.650><c> as</c><00:46:19.050><c> yourself</c>

00:46:19.650 --> 00:46:23.650
the<00:46:20.230><c> Jew</c><00:46:20.449><c> got</c><00:46:20.690><c> into</c><00:46:20.909><c> this</c><00:46:21.210><c> legal</c><00:46:21.610><c> wrangle.</c><00:46:22.170><c> Well</c><00:46:22.389><c> let's</c><00:46:22.989><c> examine</c><00:46:23.389><c> this.</c>

00:46:23.710 --> 00:46:25.449
Who's<00:46:24.170><c> my</c><00:46:24.489><c> neighbor?</c>

00:46:27.789 --> 00:46:30.250
And<00:46:27.949><c> now</c><00:46:28.130><c> they</c><00:46:28.550><c> had</c><00:46:28.610><c> an</c><00:46:28.809><c> out</c><00:46:29.110><c> because</c><00:46:29.409><c> now</c><00:46:29.610><c> they</c><00:46:29.730><c> could</c><00:46:29.829><c> have</c><00:46:30.010><c> a</c>

00:46:30.250 --> 00:46:33.409
legal<00:46:30.510><c> wrangle.</c><00:46:31.409><c> Well</c><00:46:31.409><c> if</c><00:46:32.429><c> she's</c><00:46:32.789><c> not</c><00:46:32.929><c> my</c><00:46:33.110><c> neighbor</c>

00:46:33.409 --> 00:46:37.130
I<00:46:33.809><c> don't</c><00:46:34.710><c> have</c><00:46:34.929><c> any</c><00:46:35.090><c> obligation</c><00:46:35.510><c> to</c><00:46:35.710><c> do</c><00:46:35.809><c> anything</c><00:46:36.030><c> towards</c><00:46:36.409><c> them.</c><00:46:36.889><c> And</c><00:46:37.030><c> of</c>

00:46:37.130 --> 00:46:38.610
course<00:46:37.230><c> this</c><00:46:37.570><c> was</c><00:46:37.769><c> the</c><00:46:38.070><c> very</c>

00:46:38.610 --> 00:46:45.030
nice<00:46:39.269><c> legal</c><00:46:39.610><c> way</c><00:46:40.010><c> of</c><00:46:40.889><c> restricting</c><00:46:41.389><c> their</c><00:46:41.590><c> obligations.</c><00:46:44.130><c> I</c><00:46:44.409><c> could</c><00:46:44.630><c> argue</c><00:46:44.869><c> as</c>

00:46:45.030 --> 00:46:48.050
a<00:46:45.230><c> Jew</c><00:46:45.429><c> the</c><00:46:45.670><c> law</c><00:46:46.030><c> excluded</c><00:46:46.829><c> Ammonites,</c>

00:46:48.190 --> 00:46:52.690
Moabites,<00:46:49.369><c> Edomites</c><00:46:49.690><c> from</c><00:46:49.829><c> the</c><00:46:50.010><c> congregation</c><00:46:50.349><c> of</c><00:46:50.650><c> God.</c><00:46:51.889><c> Surely</c><00:46:52.250><c> I</c><00:46:52.429><c> have</c><00:46:52.530><c> no</c>

00:46:52.690 --> 00:46:54.230
obligation<00:46:53.030><c> towards</c><00:46:53.329><c> these</c><00:46:53.630><c> people.</c>

00:46:54.730 --> 00:46:57.309
See<00:46:54.869><c> how</c><00:46:54.969><c> the</c><00:46:55.090><c> argument</c><00:46:55.250><c> would</c><00:46:55.369><c> have</c><00:46:55.510><c> gone.</c><00:46:56.670><c> So</c><00:46:56.829><c> in</c><00:46:57.010><c> the</c><00:46:57.190><c> end</c>

00:46:57.309 --> 00:47:02.329
the<00:46:57.570><c> Jew</c><00:46:57.710><c> said</c><00:46:58.170><c> my</c><00:46:59.130><c> neighbor</c><00:46:59.510><c> is</c><00:46:59.969><c> my</c><00:47:00.329><c> fellow</c><00:47:01.070><c> Jew.</c>

00:47:04.769 --> 00:47:07.730
Let's<00:47:04.989><c> see</c><00:47:05.110><c> what</c><00:47:05.250><c> the</c><00:47:05.449><c> law</c><00:47:05.610><c> said.</c><00:47:06.250><c> Exodus</c><00:47:06.670><c> 23.</c>

00:47:16.150 --> 00:47:19.130
Because<00:47:17.110><c> it</c><00:47:17.349><c> said</c><00:47:17.429><c> precisely</c><00:47:17.909><c> the</c><00:47:18.150><c> opposite.</c>

00:47:26.829 --> 00:47:30.349
Verse<00:47:28.110><c> 4.</c><00:47:29.190><c> Exodus</c><00:47:29.210><c> 23.</c>

00:47:31.889 --> 00:47:41.269
If<00:47:32.530><c> thou</c><00:47:32.829><c> meet</c><00:47:34.130><c> thine</c><00:47:34.869><c> enemy's</c><00:47:35.590><c> ox</c><00:47:36.190><c> or</c><00:47:37.389><c> his</c><00:47:37.690><c> ass</c><00:47:38.289><c> going</c><00:47:38.969><c> astray,</c><00:47:41.090><c> thou</c>

00:47:41.269 --> 00:47:44.650
shalt<00:47:41.769><c> surely</c><00:47:42.469><c> bring</c><00:47:42.849><c> it</c><00:47:43.070><c> back</c><00:47:43.309><c> to</c><00:47:43.429><c> him</c><00:47:43.610><c> again.</c>

00:47:46.010 --> 00:47:48.269
So<00:47:46.650><c> here</c><00:47:46.809><c> I</c><00:47:46.969><c> am.</c><00:47:47.170><c> I'm</c><00:47:47.250><c> a</c><00:47:47.449><c> Jew.</c>

00:47:50.150 --> 00:47:57.190
My<00:47:50.389><c> inheritance</c><00:47:51.070><c> is</c><00:47:52.070><c> in</c><00:47:52.389><c> Dan,</c><00:47:52.889><c> the</c><00:47:53.110><c> original</c><00:47:53.449><c> Dan,</c><00:47:55.590><c> on</c><00:47:55.750><c> the</c><00:47:56.090><c> borders</c><00:47:56.730><c> of</c>

00:47:57.190 --> 00:47:59.030
which<00:47:57.510><c> is</c><00:47:57.889><c> Philistine</c><00:47:58.389><c> territory.</c>

00:47:59.510 --> 00:48:01.409
The<00:47:59.750><c> uncircumcised.</c>

00:48:03.570 --> 00:48:06.650
And<00:48:04.210><c> I</c><00:48:04.289><c> have</c><00:48:04.429><c> to</c><00:48:04.550><c> go</c><00:48:04.789><c> down</c><00:48:05.090><c> from</c><00:48:05.349><c> Dan</c><00:48:05.730><c> into</c><00:48:06.010><c> Philistia</c><00:48:06.449><c> every</c>

00:48:06.650 --> 00:48:08.369
now<00:48:06.829><c> and</c><00:48:06.889><c> then</c><00:48:06.949><c> to</c><00:48:07.070><c> get</c><00:48:07.230><c> my</c><00:48:07.730><c> agricultural</c>

00:48:08.369 --> 00:48:12.750
implements<00:48:08.809><c> sharpened.</c><00:48:11.269><c> I've</c><00:48:11.269><c> got</c><00:48:11.269><c> no</c><00:48:11.809><c> technology</c><00:48:12.289><c> back</c><00:48:12.570><c> in</c>

00:48:12.750 --> 00:48:14.690
Judea<00:48:12.989><c> to</c><00:48:13.110><c> do</c><00:48:13.289><c> that</c><00:48:13.469><c> so</c><00:48:13.590><c> I've</c><00:48:13.730><c> got</c><00:48:13.809><c> to</c><00:48:13.849><c> actually</c><00:48:14.110><c> go</c>

00:48:14.690 --> 00:48:22.590
into<00:48:14.969><c> Philistine</c><00:48:15.369><c> territory.</c><00:48:19.030><c> I'm</c><00:48:19.230><c> on</c><00:48:19.349><c> my</c><00:48:19.510><c> way</c><00:48:19.670><c> down</c><00:48:20.469><c> and</c><00:48:22.409><c> I</c>

00:48:22.590 --> 00:48:24.829
see<00:48:22.789><c> there</c><00:48:23.110><c> there</c><00:48:23.289><c> is</c><00:48:23.530><c> this</c><00:48:23.849><c> Philistine</c><00:48:24.389><c> cow.</c>

00:48:25.289 --> 00:48:27.829
Somehow<00:48:25.510><c> I</c><00:48:25.690><c> know</c><00:48:25.829><c> it's</c><00:48:25.969><c> a</c><00:48:26.090><c> Philistine</c><00:48:26.469><c> cow.</c><00:48:26.829><c> I</c><00:48:26.849><c> don't</c><00:48:26.989><c> know</c><00:48:27.170><c> how</c><00:48:27.349><c> but</c><00:48:27.570><c> I</c>

00:48:27.829 --> 00:48:29.449
know<00:48:28.010><c> it's</c><00:48:28.150><c> a</c><00:48:28.250><c> Philistine</c><00:48:28.630><c> cow.</c>

00:48:31.630 --> 00:48:37.869
And<00:48:32.550><c> I</c><00:48:32.690><c> think</c><00:48:32.829><c> to</c><00:48:32.989><c> myself</c><00:48:33.449><c> that</c><00:48:34.630><c> would</c><00:48:34.769><c> make</c><00:48:34.869><c> a</c><00:48:35.050><c> delicious</c><00:48:35.510><c> barbecue</c><00:48:36.110><c> because</c><00:48:37.550><c> a</c>

00:48:37.869 --> 00:48:39.510
Philistine<00:48:38.369><c> cow.</c>

00:48:41.110 --> 00:48:47.909
But<00:48:41.329><c> the</c><00:48:41.409><c> law</c><00:48:41.550><c> says</c><00:48:42.989><c> thou</c><00:48:44.369><c> shalt</c><00:48:45.110><c> surely</c><00:48:46.110><c> bring</c><00:48:47.289><c> it</c><00:48:47.550><c> back.</c><00:48:47.750><c> Now</c>

00:48:47.909 --> 00:48:51.670
can<00:48:48.050><c> you</c><00:48:48.309><c> imagine</c><00:48:48.769><c> you</c><00:48:51.170><c> imagine</c>

00:48:52.130 --> 00:48:54.329
the<00:48:52.590><c> Jew</c><00:48:52.869><c> grabbing</c><00:48:53.369><c> that</c>

00:48:57.030 --> 00:49:01.650
awful<00:48:57.510><c> Philistine</c><00:48:57.989><c> cow</c><00:48:58.630><c> and</c><00:49:00.309><c> having</c><00:49:00.449><c> to</c><00:49:00.690><c> take</c><00:49:00.829><c> it</c><00:49:01.030><c> back</c><00:49:01.190><c> a</c><00:49:01.309><c> couple</c><00:49:01.469><c> of</c>

00:49:01.650 --> 00:49:03.630
kilometers<00:49:01.869><c> down</c><00:49:02.269><c> the</c><00:49:02.489><c> road</c><00:49:02.809><c> into</c><00:49:03.250><c> enemy</c>

00:49:03.630 --> 00:49:06.809
territory<00:49:04.289><c> and</c><00:49:04.809><c> to</c><00:49:05.070><c> hand</c><00:49:05.210><c> it</c><00:49:05.469><c> back</c><00:49:05.690><c> to</c><00:49:05.869><c> the</c><00:49:06.090><c> owner,</c><00:49:06.409><c> to</c><00:49:06.630><c> find</c>

00:49:06.809 --> 00:49:08.650
the<00:49:07.010><c> owner</c><00:49:07.130><c> and</c><00:49:07.289><c> to</c><00:49:07.469><c> hand</c><00:49:07.570><c> it</c><00:49:07.789><c> back</c><00:49:07.969><c> to</c><00:49:08.130><c> the</c><00:49:08.289><c> Philistine</c>

00:49:08.650 --> 00:49:15.010
and<00:49:08.789><c> say</c><00:49:09.050><c> here</c><00:49:09.630><c> is</c><00:49:09.969><c> your</c><00:49:10.230><c> lost</c><00:49:10.769><c> cow.</c><00:49:14.050><c> The</c><00:49:14.150><c> law</c><00:49:14.269><c> said</c><00:49:14.449><c> you</c><00:49:14.650><c> will</c>

00:49:15.010 --> 00:49:21.889
surely<00:49:15.389><c> do</c><00:49:15.630><c> it.</c><00:49:17.730><c> Wow.</c><00:49:19.630><c> That</c><00:49:19.809><c> challenges</c><00:49:20.489><c> every</c><00:49:21.429><c> aspect</c>

00:49:21.889 --> 00:49:25.469
of<00:49:22.030><c> this</c><00:49:22.269><c> so</c><00:49:22.570><c>-called</c><00:49:22.750><c> superiority</c><00:49:23.389><c> of</c><00:49:23.590><c> the</c><00:49:23.730><c> Jewish</c><00:49:24.030><c> culture.</c>

00:49:26.210 --> 00:49:28.150
Surely<00:49:26.690><c> take</c><00:49:26.989><c> it</c><00:49:27.230><c> back.</c>

00:49:29.530 --> 00:49:32.469
So<00:49:29.750><c> not</c><00:49:29.889><c> only</c><00:49:30.050><c> had</c><00:49:30.150><c> they</c><00:49:30.369><c> mangled</c><00:49:30.710><c> the</c><00:49:30.869><c> law</c><00:49:30.969><c> they</c><00:49:31.150><c> had</c><00:49:31.429><c> deliberately</c><00:49:31.909><c> omitted</c>

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a<00:49:32.670><c> verse</c><00:49:32.789><c> like</c><00:49:33.130><c> this.</c>

00:49:36.650 --> 00:49:40.550
So<00:49:36.750><c> let's</c><00:49:36.849><c> come</c><00:49:37.050><c> back</c><00:49:37.210><c> shall</c><00:49:37.389><c> we</c><00:49:37.550><c> to</c><00:49:38.110><c> Matthew</c><00:49:38.789><c> chapter</c><00:49:39.610><c> 5.</c>

00:49:43.550 --> 00:49:50.869
I<00:49:44.389><c> say</c><00:49:44.690><c> to</c><00:49:44.809><c> you</c><00:49:44.869><c> in</c><00:49:44.989><c> verse</c><00:49:45.230><c> 44.</c><00:49:49.210><c> Love</c><00:49:49.349><c> your</c><00:49:49.849><c> enemies.</c>

00:49:52.829 --> 00:49:57.050
So<00:49:53.010><c> the</c><00:49:53.170><c> Lord</c><00:49:53.389><c> has</c><00:49:54.050><c> given</c><00:49:54.449><c> this</c><00:49:54.710><c> very</c><00:49:55.130><c> bold</c><00:49:55.449><c> definition</c><00:49:56.150><c> of</c>

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thy<00:49:57.230><c> neighbor.</c>

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It<00:50:00.349><c> includes</c><00:50:00.510><c> everybody.</c><00:50:03.130><c> Everybody.</c>

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Even<00:50:07.289><c> your</c><00:50:07.489><c> enemies.</c><00:50:08.329><c> Even</c><00:50:08.730><c> the</c><00:50:08.929><c> people</c><00:50:09.110><c> who</c><00:50:09.289><c> have</c><00:50:09.449><c> got</c><00:50:09.530><c> it</c><00:50:09.670><c> in</c>

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for<00:50:09.929><c> you</c><00:50:10.389><c> and</c><00:50:11.349><c> they</c><00:50:11.449><c> let</c><00:50:11.530><c> you</c><00:50:11.750><c> know</c><00:50:11.989><c> they've</c><00:50:12.170><c> got</c><00:50:12.250><c> it</c>

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in<00:50:12.429><c> for</c><00:50:12.590><c> you.</c><00:50:12.750><c> Even</c><00:50:12.969><c> those</c><00:50:13.250><c> people.</c><00:50:16.429><c> You</c><00:50:16.550><c> know</c><00:50:16.710><c> we</c><00:50:16.969><c> react</c><00:50:17.389><c> to</c>

00:50:17.630 --> 00:50:20.730
people<00:50:18.289><c> in</c><00:50:19.130><c> the</c><00:50:19.210><c> way</c><00:50:19.269><c> they</c><00:50:19.469><c> treat</c><00:50:19.670><c> us</c><00:50:20.090><c> and</c><00:50:20.389><c> the</c><00:50:20.530><c> natural</c>

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response<00:50:21.349><c> is</c><00:50:22.070><c> to</c><00:50:22.230><c> treat</c><00:50:22.329><c> them</c><00:50:22.449><c> exactly</c><00:50:22.750><c> the</c><00:50:22.949><c> same</c><00:50:23.130><c> way.</c><00:50:23.750><c> The</c>

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Lord<00:50:24.090><c> is</c><00:50:24.190><c> asking</c><00:50:24.469><c> us</c><00:50:24.710><c> to</c><00:50:25.030><c> to</c><00:50:25.289><c> to</c><00:50:25.630><c> be</c><00:50:25.929><c> higher</c><00:50:26.429><c> in</c><00:50:26.730><c> our</c>

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discipleship<00:50:27.469><c> than</c><00:50:27.710><c> that.</c><00:50:31.309><c> Now</c><00:50:31.610><c> how</c><00:50:31.670><c> do</c><00:50:31.769><c> we</c><00:50:31.829><c> love</c><00:50:31.969><c> our</c><00:50:32.130><c> enemies?</c>

00:50:34.510 --> 00:50:38.030
I<00:50:34.989><c> mean</c><00:50:35.469><c> Psalm</c><00:50:35.690><c> 7</c><00:50:35.929><c> verse</c><00:50:36.170><c> 11</c><00:50:36.429><c> says</c><00:50:36.789><c> that</c><00:50:37.210><c> God</c><00:50:37.369><c> is</c><00:50:37.630><c> angry</c><00:50:37.849><c> with</c>

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the<00:50:38.150><c> wicked</c><00:50:38.289><c> every</c><00:50:38.650><c> day.</c>

00:50:44.909 --> 00:50:47.690
God<00:50:45.090><c> said,</c><00:50:46.230><c> in</c><00:50:46.349><c> fact</c><00:50:46.389><c> let's</c><00:50:46.570><c> turn</c><00:50:46.750><c> to</c><00:50:46.829><c> this</c><00:50:46.929><c> shall</c><00:50:47.110><c> we.</c><00:50:47.510><c> Second</c>

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Chronicles<00:50:48.090><c> chapter</c><00:50:48.329><c> 19.</c>

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You<00:50:49.389><c> know</c><00:50:49.469><c> this</c><00:50:49.650><c> is</c><00:50:50.010><c> an</c><00:50:50.909><c> interesting</c><00:50:51.309><c> quotation.</c><00:50:52.090><c> Second</c><00:50:52.250><c> Chronicles</c><00:50:52.510><c> 19.</c>

00:50:57.789 --> 00:50:59.949
Because<00:50:57.849><c> we</c><00:50:57.949><c> have</c><00:50:58.050><c> to</c><00:50:58.230><c> reconcile</c><00:50:58.650><c> these.</c>

00:51:02.670 --> 00:51:04.929
The<00:51:03.110><c> famous</c><00:51:03.369><c> incident</c><00:51:03.710><c> of</c><00:51:03.889><c> Jehoshaphat.</c>

00:51:07.849 --> 00:51:12.949
I<00:51:08.289><c> tend</c><00:51:08.349><c> to</c><00:51:08.469><c> ally</c><00:51:08.750><c> himself</c><00:51:09.550><c> with</c><00:51:09.909><c> Ahab.</c><00:51:10.570><c> Look</c><00:51:10.650><c> at</c><00:51:10.969><c> 2nd</c><00:51:11.210><c> Chronicles</c><00:51:11.389><c> 19</c><00:51:11.949><c> verse</c><00:51:12.230><c> 1.</c>

00:51:13.849 --> 00:51:16.170
And<00:51:13.849><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:51:14.349><c> the</c><00:51:14.429><c> king</c><00:51:14.670><c> of</c><00:51:14.869><c> Judah</c><00:51:15.010><c> returned</c><00:51:15.409><c> to</c><00:51:15.550><c> his</c><00:51:15.690><c> house</c><00:51:15.909><c> in</c>

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peace<00:51:16.309><c> to</c><00:51:16.530><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:51:17.389 --> 00:51:19.710
And<00:51:17.550><c> Jehu</c><00:51:17.769><c> the</c><00:51:17.869><c> son</c><00:51:18.050><c> of</c><00:51:18.190><c> Hanani</c><00:51:18.530><c> the</c><00:51:18.829><c> seer</c><00:51:19.070><c> went</c><00:51:19.250><c> out</c><00:51:19.369><c> to</c><00:51:19.570><c> meet</c>

00:51:19.710 --> 00:51:21.050
him<00:51:19.889><c> and</c><00:51:19.989><c> said</c><00:51:20.070><c> to</c><00:51:20.170><c> king</c><00:51:20.329><c> Jehoshaphat.</c>

00:51:21.389 --> 00:51:25.150
Surest<00:51:21.550><c> thou</c><00:51:21.710><c> help</c><00:51:21.949><c> the</c><00:51:22.130><c> ungodly.</c><00:51:22.969><c> Love</c><00:51:23.269><c> them</c><00:51:23.469><c> that</c><00:51:23.650><c> hate</c><00:51:23.869><c> Yahweh.</c><00:51:24.449><c> Therefore</c><00:51:24.789><c> is</c>

00:51:25.150 --> 00:51:26.170
wrath<00:51:25.309><c> upon</c><00:51:25.670><c> thee</c>

00:51:26.170 --> 00:51:29.349
from<00:51:26.730><c> before</c><00:51:27.010><c> Yahweh.</c><00:51:28.010><c> So</c><00:51:28.230><c> here</c><00:51:28.409><c> we</c><00:51:28.530><c> have</c><00:51:28.650><c> a</c><00:51:28.769><c> verse</c><00:51:28.989><c> saying</c>

00:51:29.349 --> 00:51:31.210
don't<00:51:30.050><c> help</c><00:51:30.250><c> your</c><00:51:30.409><c> enemies.</c>

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Don't<00:51:32.250><c> love</c><00:51:32.489><c> them</c><00:51:32.670><c> that</c><00:51:32.869><c> hate</c><00:51:33.030><c> God.</c><00:51:34.309><c> And</c><00:51:34.389><c> yet</c><00:51:34.489><c> we</c><00:51:34.530><c> have</c><00:51:34.650><c> another</c><00:51:34.849><c> quotation</c><00:51:35.289><c> in</c><00:51:35.469><c> Matthew</c><00:51:35.750><c> it</c>

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says<00:51:36.010><c> love</c><00:51:36.250><c> your</c><00:51:36.389><c> enemies.</c>

00:51:40.329 --> 00:51:42.329
So<00:51:40.389><c> how</c><00:51:40.469><c> do</c><00:51:40.550><c> we</c><00:51:40.650><c> reconcile</c><00:51:40.969><c> these</c><00:51:41.210><c> two</c><00:51:41.449><c> quotations?</c>

00:51:46.610 --> 00:51:53.550
The<00:51:46.989><c> love</c><00:51:47.329><c> that</c><00:51:47.650><c> Jesus</c><00:51:48.030><c> enjoined</c><00:51:49.070><c> is</c><00:51:50.090><c> defined</c><00:51:50.610><c> by</c><00:51:50.829><c> the</c><00:51:51.110><c> context</c><00:51:51.829><c> and</c><00:51:52.769><c> we'll</c><00:51:52.929><c> see</c><00:51:53.010><c> what</c><00:51:53.070><c> that</c><00:51:53.250><c> means</c><00:51:53.349><c> in</c>

00:51:53.550 --> 00:51:54.530
a<00:51:53.630><c> moment.</c>

00:51:54.940 --> 00:52:02.630
The<00:51:55.469><c> love</c><00:51:56.750><c> that</c><00:51:57.670><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:51:58.369><c> had</c><00:51:58.809><c> for</c><00:51:59.329><c> Ahab</c><00:51:59.969><c> was</c><00:52:01.070><c> totally</c><00:52:01.530><c> incorrect.</c>

00:52:04.150 --> 00:52:09.760
His<00:52:04.449><c> help</c><00:52:05.250><c> was</c><00:52:06.170><c> to</c><00:52:07.050><c> marry</c><00:52:07.630><c> into</c><00:52:08.170><c> a</c><00:52:08.349><c> line</c><00:52:08.510><c> of</c><00:52:08.730><c> wickedness.</c>

00:52:11.090 --> 00:52:15.969
Was<00:52:11.190><c> to</c><00:52:11.510><c> support</c><00:52:11.849><c> a</c><00:52:12.170><c> campaign</c><00:52:12.670><c> of</c><00:52:13.050><c> war</c><00:52:13.570><c> against</c><00:52:14.210><c> this</c><00:52:14.489><c> man's</c><00:52:14.969><c> enemies.</c>

00:52:16.730 --> 00:52:23.889
And<00:52:17.289><c> to</c><00:52:17.489><c> do</c><00:52:17.869><c> nothing</c><00:52:18.349><c> to</c><00:52:18.650><c> protect</c><00:52:19.309><c> the</c><00:52:20.670><c> prophet</c><00:52:21.329><c> who</c><00:52:23.610><c> stood</c><00:52:23.769><c> up</c>

00:52:23.889 --> 00:52:24.949
for<00:52:23.989><c> the</c><00:52:24.170><c> truth.</c>

00:52:28.389 --> 00:52:31.750
God<00:52:28.389><c> says</c><00:52:28.670><c> I</c><00:52:28.989><c> don't</c><00:52:29.289><c> want</c><00:52:29.389><c> you</c><00:52:29.489><c> to</c><00:52:29.610><c> do</c><00:52:29.769><c> that.</c><00:52:31.150><c> That's</c><00:52:31.449><c> not</c><00:52:31.650><c> what</c>

00:52:31.750 --> 00:52:33.730
it<00:52:31.849><c> means</c><00:52:32.050><c> to</c><00:52:32.309><c> love</c><00:52:32.489><c> one's</c><00:52:32.829><c> enemies.</c>

00:52:33.829 --> 00:52:36.610
We<00:52:33.989><c> don't</c><00:52:34.289><c> intermarry</c><00:52:34.769><c> with</c><00:52:34.949><c> the</c><00:52:35.150><c> world.</c><00:52:35.949><c> We</c><00:52:36.110><c> don't</c><00:52:36.289><c> support</c>

00:52:36.610 --> 00:52:37.989
their<00:52:36.849><c> campaigns.</c>

00:52:38.210 --> 00:52:40.670
We<00:52:38.369><c> don't</c><00:52:38.469><c> get</c><00:52:38.590><c> alongside</c><00:52:39.050><c> them</c><00:52:39.289><c> and</c><00:52:39.449><c> resist</c><00:52:39.650><c> the</c><00:52:39.889><c> truth.</c>

00:52:42.610 --> 00:52:45.769
And<00:52:43.329><c> in</c><00:52:43.329><c> Matthew</c><00:52:43.650><c> chapter</c><00:52:43.909><c> five</c><00:52:44.429><c> this</c><00:52:44.650><c> is</c><00:52:44.769><c> what</c><00:52:44.829><c> it</c><00:52:45.030><c> means</c><00:52:45.369><c> to</c>

00:52:45.769 --> 00:52:49.469
love<00:52:46.710><c> one's</c><00:52:48.090><c> enemies.</c>

00:52:51.769 --> 00:52:56.909
Bless<00:52:51.989><c> them</c><00:52:52.409><c> that</c><00:52:52.710><c> curse</c><00:52:52.929><c> you.</c><00:52:54.889><c> Do</c><00:52:55.030><c> good</c><00:52:55.269><c> to</c><00:52:55.409><c> them</c><00:52:55.610><c> that</c><00:52:55.869><c> hate</c><00:52:56.050><c> you.</c>

00:52:57.889 --> 00:53:02.849
Pray<00:52:58.030><c> for</c><00:52:58.190><c> them</c><00:52:58.550><c> which</c><00:52:59.050><c> despitefully</c><00:52:59.590><c> use</c><00:52:59.809><c> you</c><00:53:00.409><c> and</c><00:53:01.409><c> persecute</c><00:53:01.989><c> you.</c>

00:53:09.289 --> 00:53:16.590
Love<00:53:10.070><c> rejoiceth</c><00:53:10.849><c> not</c><00:53:11.469><c> in</c><00:53:11.949><c> iniquity.</c><00:53:12.989><c> Love</c><00:53:13.329><c> is</c><00:53:13.869><c> not</c><00:53:14.250><c> indifferent</c><00:53:14.909><c> to</c><00:53:15.190><c> evil.</c>

00:53:19.969 --> 00:53:24.349
But<00:53:20.090><c> the</c><00:53:20.190><c> love</c><00:53:20.349><c> which</c><00:53:20.789><c> our</c><00:53:21.050><c> Lord</c><00:53:21.210><c> is</c><00:53:21.429><c> asking</c><00:53:21.789><c> us</c><00:53:22.070><c> to</c><00:53:22.349><c> emulate</c><00:53:22.929><c> is</c><00:53:24.130><c> a</c>

00:53:24.349 --> 00:53:28.829
disposition<00:53:24.750><c> that</c><00:53:25.210><c> seeks</c><00:53:25.429><c> to</c><00:53:25.829><c> win</c><00:53:26.190><c> these</c><00:53:26.809><c> people</c><00:53:27.269><c> to</c><00:53:27.570><c> the</c><00:53:27.789><c> truth.</c>

00:53:32.809 --> 00:53:38.349
So<00:53:33.230><c> somebody</c><00:53:33.389><c> curses</c><00:53:33.829><c> us</c><00:53:34.070><c> and</c><00:53:34.230><c> swears</c><00:53:34.510><c> at</c><00:53:34.730><c> us</c><00:53:36.050><c> and</c><00:53:37.750><c> our</c><00:53:37.929><c> response</c><00:53:38.190><c> would</c>

00:53:38.349 --> 00:53:39.309
normally<00:53:38.489><c> be</c><00:53:38.650><c> just</c><00:53:38.829><c> to</c><00:53:38.969><c> turn</c><00:53:39.090><c> away.</c>

00:53:39.590 --> 00:53:42.389
Jesus<00:53:39.869><c> I</c><00:53:40.010><c> want</c><00:53:40.150><c> you</c><00:53:40.230><c> to</c><00:53:40.289><c> be</c><00:53:40.449><c> actually</c><00:53:40.690><c> proactive</c><00:53:41.170><c> in</c><00:53:41.369><c> this.</c>

00:53:43.730 --> 00:53:47.329
I<00:53:43.889><c> want</c><00:53:43.989><c> you</c><00:53:44.110><c> to</c><00:53:44.230><c> bless</c><00:53:44.409><c> them</c><00:53:44.590><c> to</c><00:53:44.789><c> say</c><00:53:44.969><c> a</c><00:53:45.309><c> kind</c><00:53:45.690><c> word</c><00:53:46.070><c> to</c><00:53:46.269><c> them.</c>

00:53:47.829 --> 00:53:49.250
Can<00:53:48.010><c> we</c><00:53:48.130><c> do</c><00:53:48.309><c> that?</c>

00:53:49.630 --> 00:53:53.449
It<00:53:49.829><c> goes</c><00:53:50.050><c> against</c><00:53:50.710><c> everything</c><00:53:51.429><c> that</c><00:53:51.690><c> human</c><00:53:51.849><c> nature</c><00:53:52.070><c> stands</c><00:53:52.389><c> for.</c>

00:53:55.829 --> 00:53:57.329
What<00:53:56.030><c> would</c><00:53:56.150><c> you</c><00:53:56.349><c> say?</c>

00:53:59.769 --> 00:54:01.730
Well<00:54:00.250><c> the</c><00:54:00.369><c> Lord</c><00:54:00.489><c> said</c><00:54:00.610><c> bless</c><00:54:00.909><c> them.</c>

00:54:02.570 --> 00:54:04.550
Return<00:54:02.809><c> with</c><00:54:03.070><c> kind</c><00:54:03.349><c> words.</c>

00:54:04.829 --> 00:54:07.889
Diffuse<00:54:05.150><c> the</c><00:54:05.250><c> situation</c><00:54:05.829><c> with</c><00:54:06.389><c> soft</c><00:54:06.730><c> words.</c>

00:54:08.530 --> 00:54:10.309
Don't<00:54:08.710><c> retaliate</c><00:54:09.309><c> in</c><00:54:09.550><c> like.</c>

00:54:12.429 --> 00:54:13.570
Do<00:54:12.710><c> good</c><00:54:12.909><c> to</c><00:54:13.050><c> them</c><00:54:13.110><c> that</c><00:54:13.250><c> hate</c><00:54:13.369><c> you.</c>

00:54:13.750 --> 00:54:15.750
So<00:54:13.909><c> here's</c><00:54:14.150><c> a</c><00:54:14.250><c> person</c><00:54:14.570><c> who's</c><00:54:14.829><c> doing</c><00:54:14.969><c> everything</c><00:54:15.329><c> he</c><00:54:15.489><c> can</c><00:54:15.510><c> to</c>

00:54:15.750 --> 00:54:18.889
destroy<00:54:15.989><c> your</c><00:54:16.269><c> career,</c><00:54:16.570><c> to</c><00:54:16.750><c> destroy</c><00:54:16.949><c> your</c><00:54:17.210><c> life,</c><00:54:17.610><c> to</c><00:54:17.969><c> assassinate</c><00:54:18.469><c> you</c><00:54:18.650><c> in</c>

00:54:18.889 --> 00:54:20.429
every<00:54:19.090><c> single</c><00:54:19.329><c> way.</c>

00:54:21.510 --> 00:54:24.050
And<00:54:21.989><c> you</c><00:54:22.150><c> turn</c><00:54:22.329><c> around</c><00:54:22.510><c> and</c><00:54:22.630><c> you</c><00:54:22.730><c> bake</c><00:54:22.829><c> him</c><00:54:22.989><c> a</c><00:54:23.110><c> cake.</c>

00:54:24.630 --> 00:54:28.929
Or<00:54:25.510><c> something</c><00:54:25.949><c> like</c><00:54:26.190><c> that</c><00:54:26.329><c> I</c><00:54:26.429><c> can't</c><00:54:26.789><c> bake</c><00:54:26.889><c> but</c><00:54:27.630><c> you</c><00:54:28.429><c> do</c><00:54:28.650><c> good</c>

00:54:28.929 --> 00:54:29.989
to<00:54:29.130><c> them.</c>

00:54:30.349 --> 00:54:32.449
It's<00:54:30.789><c> disarming</c><00:54:31.210><c> isn't</c><00:54:31.449><c> it?</c>

00:54:33.510 --> 00:54:39.489
There's<00:54:33.829><c> something</c><00:54:34.070><c> different</c><00:54:34.510><c> about</c><00:54:35.409><c> this</c><00:54:35.949><c> person</c><00:54:36.469><c> in</c><00:54:37.429><c> retaliating</c><00:54:37.869><c> with</c><00:54:38.190><c> kindness.</c>

00:54:41.369 --> 00:54:43.630
Of<00:54:41.869><c> doing</c><00:54:42.070><c> good.</c>

00:54:47.789 --> 00:54:49.989
And<00:54:48.230><c> to</c><00:54:48.389><c> pray</c><00:54:48.510><c> for</c><00:54:48.730><c> them.</c>

00:54:50.829 --> 00:54:55.750
So<00:54:51.329><c> here</c><00:54:51.469><c> we</c><00:54:51.630><c> have</c><00:54:51.730><c> a</c><00:54:51.809><c> person</c><00:54:52.030><c> at</c><00:54:52.210><c> work</c><00:54:52.849><c> who's</c><00:54:53.769><c> antagonist</c><00:54:54.230><c> towards</c><00:54:54.429><c> the</c><00:54:54.690><c> truth.</c>

00:54:56.210 --> 00:54:58.420
Who<00:54:56.230><c> makes</c><00:54:56.409><c> life</c><00:54:56.690><c> exceedingly</c><00:54:57.150><c> difficult</c><00:54:57.449><c> for</c><00:54:57.670><c> us.</c>

00:54:58.989 --> 00:55:01.010
Who<00:54:58.989><c> publicly</c><00:54:59.309><c> abuses</c><00:54:59.730><c> us</c><00:54:59.949><c> and</c><00:55:00.130><c> humiliates</c><00:55:00.690><c> us.</c>

00:55:01.150 --> 00:55:04.530
And<00:55:01.210><c> Jesus</c><00:55:01.449><c> said</c><00:55:01.630><c> well</c><00:55:01.789><c> when</c><00:55:01.869><c> you</c><00:55:02.269><c> get</c><00:55:02.489><c> home</c><00:55:02.750><c> tonight</c><00:55:03.349><c> and</c><00:55:04.349><c> you</c>

00:55:04.530 --> 00:55:10.070
offer<00:55:04.630><c> your</c><00:55:04.889><c> prayers</c><00:55:05.269><c> I</c><00:55:05.489><c> want</c><00:55:05.690><c> you</c><00:55:05.829><c> to</c><00:55:05.969><c> include</c><00:55:06.650><c> that</c><00:55:07.750><c> individual</c><00:55:08.349><c> in</c><00:55:08.929><c> your</c><00:55:09.110><c> prayers.</c>

00:55:12.869 --> 00:55:14.489
That's<00:55:13.210><c> what</c><00:55:13.309><c> it</c><00:55:13.449><c> means</c><00:55:13.590><c> to</c><00:55:13.789><c> love</c><00:55:13.949><c> one's</c><00:55:14.230><c> enemies.</c>

00:55:14.809 --> 00:55:16.309
Can<00:55:14.949><c> we</c><00:55:15.070><c> do</c><00:55:15.250><c> that?</c>

00:55:17.570 --> 00:55:20.070
The<00:55:18.150><c> natural</c><00:55:18.369><c> reaction</c><00:55:18.730><c> is</c><00:55:18.949><c> to</c><00:55:19.170><c> retaliate</c><00:55:19.630><c> in</c><00:55:19.889><c> kind.</c>

00:55:20.210 --> 00:55:21.190
To<00:55:20.210><c> have</c><00:55:20.269><c> nothing</c><00:55:20.429><c> to</c><00:55:20.590><c> do</c><00:55:20.590><c> with</c><00:55:20.650><c> that</c><00:55:20.809><c> person.</c>

00:55:21.409 --> 00:55:23.190
To<00:55:21.590><c> defame</c><00:55:21.949><c> them.</c>

00:55:23.389 --> 00:55:24.809
Put<00:55:23.510><c> them</c><00:55:23.690><c> down.</c>

00:55:24.929 --> 00:55:27.750
Speak<00:55:25.070><c> to</c><00:55:25.269><c> third</c><00:55:25.590><c> parties</c><00:55:25.929><c> about</c><00:55:26.210><c> the</c><00:55:26.489><c> even</c><00:55:26.570><c> individual.</c>

00:55:27.949 --> 00:55:29.849
We<00:55:28.050><c> can't</c><00:55:28.230><c> do</c><00:55:28.429><c> that.</c>

00:55:30.469 --> 00:55:32.590
We<00:55:30.610><c> can't</c><00:55:30.909><c> do</c><00:55:31.110><c> that.</c>

00:55:34.010 --> 00:55:38.550
That<00:55:34.309><c> in</c><00:55:34.590><c> verse</c><00:55:35.110><c> 45</c><00:55:36.050><c> ye</c><00:55:36.550><c> may</c><00:55:36.849><c> become</c><00:55:37.449><c> as</c><00:55:37.750><c> the</c><00:55:37.969><c> Greek</c><00:55:38.070><c> is.</c>

00:55:38.909 --> 00:55:39.650
You<00:55:39.070><c> may</c><00:55:39.250><c> become.</c>

00:55:39.730 --> 00:55:41.309
It's<00:55:40.090><c> a</c><00:55:40.289><c> growing</c><00:55:40.670><c> process.</c>

00:55:41.309 --> 00:55:45.750
That<00:55:41.730><c> ye</c><00:55:41.869><c> may</c><00:55:42.090><c> become</c><00:55:42.849><c> the</c><00:55:43.809><c> children</c><00:55:44.409><c> of</c><00:55:44.730><c> your</c><00:55:45.010><c> father</c><00:55:45.510><c> which</c>

00:55:45.750 --> 00:55:46.429
is<00:55:45.949><c> in</c><00:55:46.130><c> heaven.</c>

00:55:46.670 --> 00:55:48.489
There<00:55:46.869><c> it</c><00:55:47.070><c> is.</c>

00:55:49.170 --> 00:55:50.769
The<00:55:49.389><c> family</c><00:55:49.690><c> of</c><00:55:49.909><c> God.</c>

00:55:50.929 --> 00:55:53.510
The<00:55:51.070><c> people</c><00:55:51.429><c> who</c><00:55:51.690><c> inherit</c><00:55:51.929><c> the</c><00:55:52.150><c> kingdom</c><00:55:52.389><c> as</c><00:55:52.630><c> my</c><00:55:52.889><c> family.</c>

00:55:53.989 --> 00:55:55.570
As<00:55:54.210><c> sons</c><00:55:54.429><c> and</c><00:55:54.710><c> daughters</c><00:55:54.849><c> of</c><00:55:55.010><c> the</c><00:55:55.030><c> living</c><00:55:55.250><c> God.</c>

00:55:55.829 --> 00:55:57.670
Are<00:55:56.050><c> people</c><00:55:56.329><c> who</c><00:55:56.590><c> have</c><00:55:56.750><c> these</c><00:55:57.090><c> qualities.</c>

00:55:57.989 --> 00:56:00.190
If<00:55:58.190><c> you</c><00:55:58.250><c> don't</c><00:55:58.489><c> have</c><00:55:58.630><c> these</c><00:55:58.809><c> qualities</c><00:55:59.210><c> you</c><00:55:59.530><c> won't</c><00:55:59.809><c> be</c><00:56:00.010><c> part</c>

00:56:00.190 --> 00:56:02.030
of<00:56:00.349><c> the</c><00:56:00.489><c> family.</c>

00:56:07.409 --> 00:56:11.269
I<00:56:07.929><c> find</c><00:56:08.289><c> this</c><00:56:08.750><c> exceedingly</c><00:56:09.329><c> challenging</c><00:56:09.769><c> in</c><00:56:10.050><c> every</c><00:56:10.329><c> way.</c>

00:56:13.010 --> 00:56:16.789
In<00:56:13.570><c> the</c><00:56:13.750><c> context</c><00:56:14.050><c> of</c><00:56:14.449><c> everyday</c><00:56:14.730><c> life</c><00:56:15.489><c> the</c><00:56:16.130><c> Jew</c><00:56:16.309><c> thought</c><00:56:16.630><c> that</c>

00:56:16.789 --> 00:56:18.889
he<00:56:16.849><c> was</c><00:56:17.130><c> automatically</c><00:56:17.909><c> going</c><00:56:18.230><c> to</c><00:56:18.389><c> be</c><00:56:18.489><c> in</c><00:56:18.590><c> the</c><00:56:18.730><c> kingdom.</c>

00:56:18.949 --> 00:56:20.510
Because<00:56:19.230><c> he</c><00:56:19.429><c> was</c><00:56:19.869><c> a</c><00:56:20.030><c> Christ</c><00:56:20.170><c> of</c><00:56:20.289><c> Delphi.</c>

00:56:20.510 --> 00:56:23.030
Because<00:56:20.710><c> he</c><00:56:20.909><c> was</c><00:56:21.250><c> a</c><00:56:21.570><c> member</c><00:56:21.769><c> of</c><00:56:21.929><c> the</c><00:56:22.070><c> family.</c>

00:56:23.289 --> 00:56:24.269
No.

00:56:25.369 --> 00:56:30.409
These<00:56:25.630><c> qualities</c><00:56:25.989><c> which</c><00:56:26.289><c> are</c><00:56:26.670><c> far</c><00:56:26.969><c> superior</c><00:56:27.369><c> to</c><00:56:27.630><c> anything</c><00:56:27.909><c> that</c><00:56:28.469><c> man</c><00:56:28.690><c> could</c><00:56:29.010><c> ever</c><00:56:29.429><c> ever</c><00:56:30.130><c> in</c>

00:56:30.409 --> 00:56:32.309
the<00:56:30.730><c> natural</c><00:56:31.070><c> world</c><00:56:31.389><c> respond</c><00:56:31.809><c> to.</c>

00:56:32.329 --> 00:56:34.190
Are<00:56:32.449><c> something</c><00:56:32.550><c> which</c><00:56:32.710><c> we've</c><00:56:33.010><c> got</c><00:56:33.110><c> to</c><00:56:33.349><c> work</c><00:56:33.570><c> at.</c>

00:56:34.550 --> 00:56:36.090
Got<00:56:34.769><c> to</c><00:56:35.010><c> work</c><00:56:35.250><c> at.</c>

00:56:36.269 --> 00:56:39.610
They<00:56:36.530><c> are</c><00:56:37.030><c> unnatural</c><00:56:37.690><c> in</c><00:56:38.210><c> that</c><00:56:38.789><c> absolute</c><00:56:39.210><c> sense.</c>

00:56:39.610 --> 00:56:42.869
That's<00:56:40.050><c> why</c><00:56:40.289><c> these</c><00:56:40.530><c> qualities</c><00:56:40.869><c> are</c><00:56:41.110><c> the</c><00:56:41.309><c> fruit</c><00:56:41.429><c> of</c><00:56:41.590><c> the</c><00:56:41.949><c> spirit.</c>

00:56:43.630 --> 00:56:46.570
They're<00:56:43.789><c> driven</c><00:56:44.170><c> and</c><00:56:44.550><c> given</c><00:56:44.889><c> by</c><00:56:45.610><c> the</c><00:56:45.969><c> things</c><00:56:46.090><c> of</c><00:56:46.369><c> God.</c>

00:56:46.590 --> 00:56:47.369
The<00:56:46.750><c> word</c><00:56:46.969><c> of</c><00:56:47.170><c> God.</c>

00:56:47.469 --> 00:56:49.570
The<00:56:47.570><c> power</c><00:56:47.889><c> of</c><00:56:48.010><c> God's</c><00:56:48.449><c> truth.</c>

00:56:52.030 --> 00:56:57.130
Because<00:56:52.230><c> God</c><00:56:52.469><c> makes</c><00:56:53.210><c> his</c><00:56:53.809><c> son</c><00:56:54.829><c> to</c><00:56:55.309><c> rise</c><00:56:55.489><c> on</c><00:56:55.750><c> the</c><00:56:56.010><c> evil</c><00:56:56.369><c> and</c><00:56:56.849><c> on</c>

00:56:57.130 --> 00:56:57.530
the<00:56:57.349><c> good.</c>

00:56:57.730 --> 00:57:01.489
And<00:56:57.949><c> sendeth</c><00:56:58.309><c> rain</c><00:56:58.670><c> on</c><00:56:58.969><c> the</c><00:56:59.210><c> just</c><00:56:59.469><c> and</c><00:56:59.829><c> on</c><00:57:00.170><c> the</c><00:57:00.469><c> unjust.</c>

00:57:01.590 --> 00:57:03.269
You<00:57:01.670><c> know</c><00:57:01.769><c> the</c><00:57:01.989><c> essentials</c><00:57:02.550><c> for</c><00:57:02.849><c> life.</c>

00:57:03.469 --> 00:57:05.289
Light<00:57:03.829><c> and</c><00:57:04.250><c> water.</c>

00:57:05.690 --> 00:57:07.190
God<00:57:06.030><c> so</c><00:57:06.449><c> freely</c><00:57:06.829><c> gives.</c>

00:57:07.190 --> 00:57:09.210
And<00:57:07.650><c> that</c><00:57:08.010><c> generosity.</c>

00:57:09.590 --> 00:57:11.349
To<00:57:09.690><c> people</c><00:57:09.949><c> who</c><00:57:10.230><c> don't</c><00:57:10.489><c> deserve</c><00:57:10.909><c> it.</c>

00:57:11.610 --> 00:57:13.469
To<00:57:11.769><c> the</c><00:57:11.989><c> worst</c><00:57:12.170><c> of</c><00:57:12.429><c> mankind.</c>

00:57:14.730 --> 00:57:17.949
Can<00:57:14.889><c> you</c><00:57:15.010><c> imagine</c><00:57:15.369><c> the</c><00:57:15.809><c> angels</c><00:57:16.090><c> giving</c><00:57:16.449><c> rain</c><00:57:16.750><c> to</c><00:57:16.929><c> Nazi</c><00:57:17.309><c> Germany</c><00:57:17.690><c> during</c>

00:57:17.949 --> 00:57:18.570
World<00:57:18.150><c> War</c><00:57:18.329><c> II?</c>

00:57:18.610 --> 00:57:19.949
It<00:57:18.909><c> still</c><00:57:19.030><c> rained.</c>

00:57:21.650 --> 00:57:23.750
And<00:57:21.969><c> we</c><00:57:22.170><c> stand</c><00:57:22.289><c> back</c><00:57:22.510><c> in</c><00:57:22.849><c> awe.</c>

00:57:24.409 --> 00:57:25.909
Of<00:57:24.650><c> all</c><00:57:24.929><c> of</c><00:57:25.130><c> that.</c>

00:57:26.190 --> 00:57:28.789
That<00:57:26.289><c> there's</c><00:57:26.590><c> a</c><00:57:26.769><c> wholesome</c><00:57:27.110><c> generosity</c><00:57:27.730><c> and</c><00:57:28.050><c> wonder</c><00:57:28.250><c> about</c><00:57:28.530><c> God.</c>

00:57:29.050 --> 00:57:31.530
Yes<00:57:29.329><c> there</c><00:57:29.610><c> are</c><00:57:29.869><c> lines</c><00:57:30.170><c> to</c><00:57:30.369><c> his</c><00:57:30.630><c> justice</c><00:57:30.969><c> as</c><00:57:31.250><c> well.</c>

00:57:31.650 --> 00:57:32.650
Not<00:57:31.889><c> denying</c><00:57:32.230><c> that.</c>

00:57:33.050 --> 00:57:36.090
But<00:57:33.289><c> in</c><00:57:33.670><c> the</c><00:57:33.909><c> essence</c><00:57:34.289><c> God</c><00:57:34.630><c> is</c><00:57:35.150><c> good.</c>

00:57:36.889 --> 00:57:39.369
When<00:57:37.489><c> the</c><00:57:37.750><c> name</c><00:57:37.929><c> was</c><00:57:38.230><c> proclaimed</c><00:57:38.750><c> to</c><00:57:39.010><c> Moses.</c>

00:57:39.469 --> 00:57:40.630
Yahweh.<00:57:39.929><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:40.389><c> ale.</c>

00:57:40.769 --> 00:57:42.210
Merciful<00:57:41.070><c> and</c><00:57:41.289><c> gracious.</c>

00:57:42.309 --> 00:57:44.710
And<00:57:42.389><c> this</c><00:57:42.570><c> wonderful</c><00:57:42.929><c> litany</c><00:57:43.250><c> of</c><00:57:43.710><c> glorious</c><00:57:44.030><c> characteristics.</c>

00:57:45.070 --> 00:57:46.309
Later<00:57:45.329><c> on</c><00:57:45.510><c> in</c><00:57:45.750><c> Exodus.</c>

00:57:46.670 --> 00:57:49.769
Moses<00:57:47.030><c> said</c><00:57:47.329><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:47.789><c> show</c><00:57:48.010><c> thy</c><00:57:48.269><c> goodness</c><00:57:48.670><c> according</c><00:57:49.010><c> to</c><00:57:49.190><c> thy</c><00:57:49.329><c> name.</c>

00:57:49.969 --> 00:57:52.829
The<00:57:50.250><c> essential</c><00:57:50.929><c> essence</c><00:57:51.590><c> of</c><00:57:51.869><c> God</c><00:57:52.070><c> is</c><00:57:52.489><c> goodness.</c>

00:57:53.309 --> 00:57:53.909
Generosity.

00:57:54.389 --> 00:57:54.989
Liberality.

00:57:55.289 --> 00:57:57.869
In<00:57:55.409><c> the</c><00:57:55.670><c> face</c><00:57:55.929><c> of</c><00:57:56.369><c> evil</c><00:57:56.650><c> as</c><00:57:56.929><c> well.</c>

00:58:00.929 --> 00:58:02.150
To<00:58:01.070><c> become</c><00:58:01.250><c> part</c><00:58:01.449><c> of</c><00:58:01.550><c> that</c><00:58:01.710><c> family.</c>

00:58:02.250 --> 00:58:04.269
To<00:58:02.369><c> have</c><00:58:02.510><c> that</c><00:58:02.829><c> same</c><00:58:03.230><c> disposition.</c>

00:58:06.090 --> 00:58:08.369
If<00:58:06.610><c> you</c><00:58:06.809><c> love</c><00:58:07.030><c> them</c><00:58:07.329><c> which</c><00:58:07.610><c> love</c><00:58:07.809><c> you.</c>

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What<00:58:09.110><c> reward</c><00:58:09.630><c> have</c><00:58:10.010><c> you?</c>

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It's<00:58:11.909><c> easy</c><00:58:12.309><c> to</c><00:58:12.469><c> be</c><00:58:12.670><c> generous.</c>

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To<00:58:13.590><c> people</c><00:58:13.789><c> who</c><00:58:13.969><c> are</c><00:58:14.110><c> generous</c><00:58:14.309><c> to</c><00:58:14.530><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:58:15.369><c> easy</c><00:58:15.690><c> to</c><00:58:15.909><c> love</c><00:58:16.110><c> people</c><00:58:16.429><c> who</c><00:58:16.730><c> love</c><00:58:16.909><c> you</c><00:58:17.150><c> back.</c>

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Even<00:58:20.269><c> publicans</c><00:58:20.690><c> and</c><00:58:20.929><c> tax</c><00:58:21.210><c> collectors.</c>

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Considered<00:58:22.349><c> by</c><00:58:22.389><c> Israel</c><00:58:22.570><c> to</c><00:58:22.710><c> be</c><00:58:22.809><c> the</c><00:58:22.989><c> worst</c><00:58:23.150><c> of</c><00:58:23.449><c> society.</c>

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Even<00:58:24.289><c> they</c><00:58:24.570><c> have</c><00:58:24.730><c> their</c><00:58:24.989><c> own</c><00:58:25.329><c> social</c><00:58:25.750><c> norms.</c>

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We're<00:58:27.090><c> going</c><00:58:27.130><c> to</c><00:58:27.130><c> be</c><00:58:27.289><c> above</c><00:58:27.469><c> that.</c>

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Different<00:58:27.949><c> to</c><00:58:28.170><c> that.</c>

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People<00:58:31.210><c> insult</c><00:58:31.650><c> you.</c>

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Upset<00:58:32.289><c> you.</c>

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Even<00:58:32.929><c> within</c><00:58:33.110><c> the</c><00:58:33.369><c> brotherhood.</c>

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Love<00:58:35.869><c> them.</c>

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Be<00:58:40.190><c> generous.</c><00:58:40.630><c> Be</c><00:58:40.889><c> kind.</c><00:58:41.289><c> Be</c><00:58:41.429><c> good.</c>

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In<00:58:44.769><c> verse</c><00:58:45.010><c> 48.</c>

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Ye<00:58:46.650><c> may</c><00:58:46.909><c> be</c><00:58:47.949><c> perfect.</c>

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And<00:58:49.670><c> the</c><00:58:49.750><c> Greek</c><00:58:49.869><c> word</c>

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teleos<00:58:50.550><c> means</c><00:58:51.110><c> complete.</c>

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Whole.

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Mature.

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Children<00:58:58.230><c> grow</c><00:58:58.449><c> up.</c>

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Have<00:58:59.349><c> become</c><00:58:59.530><c> mature.</c>

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And<00:59:00.289><c> the</c><00:59:00.349><c> Lord</c><00:59:00.489><c> said</c><00:59:00.610><c> I</c><00:59:00.690><c> want</c><00:59:00.869><c> you</c><00:59:00.989><c> to</c><00:59:01.050><c> become</c><00:59:01.250><c> children</c><00:59:01.730><c> who</c><00:59:02.030><c> are</c>

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mature.

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Be<00:59:04.590><c> ye</c><00:59:04.849><c> complete.</c>

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Even<00:59:06.989><c> as</c><00:59:07.170><c> your</c><00:59:07.349><c> father</c><00:59:07.829><c> which</c><00:59:08.150><c> is</c><00:59:08.349><c> in</c><00:59:08.550><c> heaven</c>

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is<00:59:10.250><c> perfect.</c>

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He<00:59:12.570><c> gives</c><00:59:12.710><c> gifts</c><00:59:12.929><c> to</c><00:59:13.070><c> the</c><00:59:13.250><c> unthankful</c><00:59:13.789><c> and</c><00:59:13.969><c> to</c><00:59:14.090><c> the</c><00:59:14.329><c> evil.</c>

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Be<00:59:14.929><c> perfect.</c>

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It's<00:59:18.929><c> a</c><00:59:19.090><c> challenge</c><00:59:19.250><c> brothers</c><00:59:19.449><c> and</c><00:59:19.610><c> sisters</c>

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to<00:59:20.090><c> a</c><00:59:20.190><c> way</c><00:59:20.369><c> of</c><00:59:20.630><c> life</c><00:59:20.949><c> that</c><00:59:21.289><c> is</c>

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beyond<00:59:22.969><c> anything</c><00:59:23.650><c> the</c><00:59:24.150><c> world</c>

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has<00:59:24.590><c> to</c><00:59:24.769><c> offer.</c>

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But<00:59:26.710><c> it's</c><00:59:26.949><c> a</c><00:59:27.130><c> path</c><00:59:27.329><c> of</c><00:59:27.630><c> discipleship</c>

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that<00:59:28.429><c> we</c><00:59:28.670><c> need</c><00:59:29.170><c> to</c><00:59:29.570><c> tread</c>

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and<00:59:30.409><c> tread</c><00:59:30.969><c> well.</c>

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To<00:59:33.409><c> develop</c><00:59:33.710><c> within</c>

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these<00:59:34.690><c> characteristics</c><00:59:35.429><c> is</c><00:59:35.829><c> to</c><00:59:36.010><c> develop</c>

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within<00:59:36.369><c> the</c><00:59:36.710><c> Spirit</c><00:59:36.869><c> of</c><00:59:37.010><c> God's</c><00:59:37.469><c> power.</c>

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Giving.

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Being<00:59:42.789><c> generous.</c>

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Blessing.

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Not<00:59:46.489><c> retaliating</c><00:59:47.150><c> in</c><00:59:47.429><c> the</c><00:59:47.670><c> face</c><00:59:47.969><c> of</c>

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extreme<00:59:48.909><c> provocation</c>

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is<00:59:50.630><c> what</c><00:59:50.769><c> the</c><00:59:50.909><c> Lord</c><00:59:51.010><c> is</c><00:59:51.210><c> calling</c><00:59:51.409><c> us</c><00:59:51.690><c> to.</c>

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Trust<00:59:55.769><c> in</c><00:59:56.030><c> Yahweh</c><00:59:56.349><c> with</c><00:59:56.750><c> all</c><00:59:56.969><c> thy</c><00:59:57.170><c> hearts</c>

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in<00:59:57.690><c> Psalm</c><00:59:57.869><c> 37.</c>

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Lean<00:59:59.469><c> not</c><00:59:59.730><c> to</c><00:59:59.869><c> our</c><00:59:59.989><c> understanding</c>

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and<01:00:01.889><c> God</c><01:00:01.989><c> will</c><01:00:02.230><c> bring</c>

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things<01:00:03.389><c> to</c><01:00:03.590><c> pass.</c>