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Thirdly,<00:14:07.940><c> our</c><00:14:08.039><c> natural</c><00:14:08.480><c> mind</c><00:14:08.840><c> likes</c><00:14:09.220><c> to</c><00:14:09.600><c> keep</c><00:14:09.919><c> score.</c>

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It<00:14:11.179><c> likes</c><00:14:11.500><c> to</c><00:14:11.840><c> note</c><00:14:12.179><c> when</c><00:14:12.559><c> others</c><00:14:12.940><c> sin</c><00:14:13.299><c> against</c><00:14:13.759><c> us.</c>

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So<00:14:15.440><c> that</c><00:14:15.639><c> comment</c><00:14:15.960><c> at</c><00:14:16.200><c> the</c><00:14:16.419><c> lake</c><00:14:16.639><c> yesterday</c><00:14:17.080><c> that</c><00:14:17.360><c> somebody</c>

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made<00:14:17.940><c> to</c><00:14:18.220><c> me,</c>

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or<00:14:19.700><c> the</c><00:14:19.879><c> comment</c><00:14:20.059><c> that</c><00:14:20.200><c> was</c><00:14:20.360><c> made</c><00:14:20.580><c> to</c><00:14:20.759><c> you</c><00:14:20.879><c> and</c><00:14:20.960><c> there</c><00:14:21.120><c> was</c><00:14:21.279><c> no</c>

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comment<00:14:21.740><c> I'm</c><00:14:22.000><c> thinking</c><00:14:22.240><c> about,</c>

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but<00:14:23.019><c> just</c><00:14:23.440><c> the</c><00:14:23.700><c> idea</c><00:14:24.100><c> that</c><00:14:24.259><c> when</c><00:14:24.440><c> we</c><00:14:24.679><c> interact</c><00:14:25.000><c> with</c><00:14:25.200><c> each</c><00:14:25.440><c> other,</c>

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there's<00:14:26.399><c> this</c><00:14:26.620><c> little</c><00:14:26.919><c> score</c><00:14:27.259><c> sheet</c><00:14:27.480><c> that's</c><00:14:27.779><c> taking</c><00:14:28.000><c> place.</c>

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What<00:14:28.559><c> did</c><00:14:28.659><c> he</c><00:14:28.799><c> mean</c><00:14:28.899><c> by</c><00:14:29.159><c> that?</c>

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I'm<00:14:30.600><c> not</c><00:14:30.799><c> like</c><00:14:31.059><c> that.</c><00:14:31.639><c> He's</c><00:14:32.000><c> far</c><00:14:32.159><c> worse</c><00:14:32.379><c> than</c><00:14:32.519><c> I</c><00:14:32.759><c> am.</c>

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I<00:14:32.940><c> don't</c><00:14:33.080><c> know</c><00:14:33.159><c> why</c><00:14:33.259><c> he's</c><00:14:33.500><c> talking</c><00:14:33.639><c> about</c><00:14:33.879><c> that</c><00:14:34.039><c> in</c><00:14:34.139><c> my</c><00:14:34.419><c> case.</c>

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That's<00:14:35.279><c> how</c><00:14:35.419><c> our</c><00:14:35.620><c> natural</c><00:14:35.919><c> mind</c><00:14:36.200><c> thinks.</c>

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We<00:14:36.679><c> are</c><00:14:36.879><c> keeping</c><00:14:37.279><c> score</c><00:14:37.799><c> of</c><00:14:38.519><c> all</c><00:14:38.759><c> the</c><00:14:38.980><c> times</c><00:14:39.460><c> that</c><00:14:39.779><c> others</c><00:14:40.240><c> are</c>

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offending<00:14:41.580><c> us</c>

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and<00:14:42.720><c> looking</c><00:14:43.080><c> for</c><00:14:43.360><c> the</c><00:14:43.580><c> gravity</c><00:14:43.940><c> or</c><00:14:44.379><c> the</c><00:14:44.659><c> seriousness</c><00:14:45.080><c> of</c>

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those<00:14:45.600><c> sins.</c>

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Jesus<00:14:47.299><c> is</c><00:14:47.639><c> telling</c><00:14:47.799><c> us</c><00:14:48.059><c> in</c><00:14:48.159><c> this</c><00:14:48.360><c> parable,</c><00:14:48.940><c> don't</c><00:14:49.179><c> keep</c><00:14:49.600><c> score.</c>

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Don't<00:14:51.480><c> bother</c><00:14:51.840><c> counting</c><00:14:52.299><c> the</c><00:14:52.580><c> ten</c><00:14:52.860><c> dollars</c><00:14:53.240><c> when</c><00:14:53.399><c> there's</c><00:14:53.759><c> ten</c><00:14:54.000><c> million</c><00:14:54.460><c> on</c>

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this<00:14:55.220><c> side</c><00:14:55.600><c> of</c><00:14:55.799><c> the</c><00:14:55.980><c> ledger.</c>

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1<00:14:57.379><c> Corinthians</c><00:14:57.779><c> 13</c><00:14:58.340><c> tells</c><00:14:58.639><c> us</c><00:14:58.919><c> that</c><00:14:59.080><c> love</c><00:14:59.419><c> thinketh</c><00:15:00.039><c> no</c><00:15:00.419><c> evil</c>

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in<00:15:00.899><c> verse</c><00:15:01.179><c> 5.</c>

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The<00:15:02.639><c> Greek</c><00:15:02.820><c> means</c><00:15:03.200><c> it</c><00:15:03.480><c> doesn't</c><00:15:04.159><c> keep</c><00:15:04.659><c> score.</c>

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To<00:15:06.399><c> keep</c><00:15:06.700><c> track</c><00:15:07.019><c> of</c><00:15:07.279><c> offenses</c><00:15:07.820><c> committed</c><00:15:08.320><c> against</c><00:15:08.779><c> us</c><00:15:09.120><c> is</c><00:15:09.399><c> to</c>

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lose<00:15:09.980><c> sight</c><00:15:10.539><c> of</c><00:15:11.080><c> the</c><00:15:11.240><c> meaning</c><00:15:11.419><c> of</c><00:15:11.700><c> forgiveness.</c>

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I'll<00:15:13.440><c> say</c><00:15:13.600><c> that</c><00:15:13.799><c> again.</c>

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To<00:15:14.440><c> keep</c><00:15:14.879><c> track,</c><00:15:16.679><c> to</c><00:15:16.899><c> keep</c><00:15:17.240><c> score</c><00:15:17.679><c> of</c><00:15:18.080><c> the</c><00:15:18.440><c> offenses</c><00:15:18.879><c> that</c><00:15:19.120><c> are</c>

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committed<00:15:19.700><c> against</c><00:15:20.159><c> us</c>

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is<00:15:21.220><c> to</c><00:15:21.480><c> lose</c><00:15:21.799><c> sight</c><00:15:22.179><c> of</c><00:15:22.460><c> the</c><00:15:22.659><c> meaning</c><00:15:22.940><c> of</c><00:15:23.299><c> forgiveness</c>

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and<00:15:25.320><c> the</c><00:15:25.480><c> magnitude</c><00:15:26.179><c> of</c><00:15:26.440><c> the</c><00:15:26.679><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:27.059><c> that</c><00:15:27.299><c> our</c><00:15:27.460><c> Heavenly</c><00:15:27.759><c> Father</c>

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extends<00:15:29.940><c> to</c><00:15:30.240><c> us.</c>

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Brother<00:15:34.539><c> Carter</c><00:15:34.860><c> in</c><00:15:35.019><c> his</c><00:15:35.200><c> book</c><00:15:35.340><c> on</c><00:15:35.720><c> parables</c><00:15:36.419><c> addresses</c><00:15:38.000><c> the</c>

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aspect<00:15:38.740><c> of</c><00:15:39.080><c> what</c><00:15:39.279><c> about</c><00:15:40.080><c> forgiving</c><00:15:40.620><c> and</c><00:15:41.120><c> forgetting.</c>

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And<00:15:43.200><c> this</c><00:15:43.340><c> is</c><00:15:43.480><c> what</c><00:15:43.580><c> he</c><00:15:43.840><c> says,</c><00:15:44.039><c> and</c><00:15:44.200><c> I</c><00:15:44.259><c> think</c><00:15:44.340><c> it's</c><00:15:44.539><c> quite</c><00:15:44.779><c> wise.</c>

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When<00:15:46.200><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:46.879><c> is</c><00:15:47.279><c> extended,</c><00:15:48.559><c> the</c><00:15:48.679><c> past</c><00:15:49.460><c> is</c><00:15:50.320><c> forgotten</c>

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by<00:15:52.840><c> the</c><00:15:53.100><c> injured</c>

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so<00:15:54.799><c> far</c><00:15:55.240><c> as</c><00:15:55.580><c> holding</c><00:15:55.980><c> a</c><00:15:56.340><c> matter</c><00:15:56.679><c> against</c><00:15:57.299><c> another</c><00:15:57.659><c> person</c><00:15:58.100><c> goes.</c>

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The<00:16:00.759><c> past</c><00:16:01.320><c> is</c><00:16:01.740><c> forgotten</c><00:16:02.399><c> by</c><00:16:02.860><c> the</c><00:16:03.100><c> injured,</c><00:16:03.419><c> by</c><00:16:03.659><c> the</c><00:16:03.820><c> one</c><00:16:03.960><c> who</c>

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is<00:16:04.360><c> sinned</c><00:16:04.580><c> against,</c>

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so<00:16:05.899><c> far</c><00:16:06.240><c> as</c><00:16:06.720><c> holding</c><00:16:07.200><c> a</c><00:16:07.639><c> matter</c><00:16:07.940><c> against</c><00:16:08.820><c> another</c><00:16:09.259><c> person</c><00:16:09.700><c> goes.</c>

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Will<00:16:11.519><c> we</c><00:16:11.779><c> forget</c><00:16:12.080><c> the</c><00:16:12.320><c> sin?</c><00:16:12.740><c> No.</c>

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But<00:16:14.200><c> in</c><00:16:14.379><c> terms</c><00:16:14.700><c> of</c><00:16:14.960><c> holding</c><00:16:15.299><c> anything</c><00:16:15.940><c> against</c><00:16:16.559><c> a</c><00:16:16.799><c> person,</c><00:16:18.399><c> that</c><00:16:18.700><c> should</c><00:16:18.899><c> be</c><00:16:19.139><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:16:21.720><c> think</c><00:16:21.899><c> back</c><00:16:22.120><c> about</c><00:16:22.399><c> Joseph.</c>

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How<00:16:23.100><c> often</c><00:16:23.419><c> did</c><00:16:23.600><c> he</c><00:16:23.899><c> think</c><00:16:24.379><c> and</c><00:16:25.000><c> reflect</c><00:16:25.580><c> in</c><00:16:25.879><c> a</c><00:16:26.059><c> negative</c><00:16:26.320><c> way</c>

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about<00:16:26.980><c> all</c><00:16:27.240><c> the</c><00:16:27.480><c> evil</c><00:16:27.600><c> that</c><00:16:27.779><c> his</c><00:16:27.980><c> brothers</c><00:16:28.240><c> did</c><00:16:28.419><c> to</c><00:16:28.639><c> him?</c>

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If<00:16:29.960><c> anything,</c><00:16:30.399><c> whenever</c><00:16:30.659><c> he</c><00:16:30.960><c> thought</c><00:16:31.139><c> about</c><00:16:31.379><c> it,</c><00:16:31.519><c> he</c><00:16:31.620><c> would</c>

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think<00:16:32.039><c> of</c><00:16:32.279><c> the</c><00:16:32.559><c> joy</c>

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and<00:16:34.080><c> the</c><00:16:34.379><c> wonder</c><00:16:34.720><c> of</c><00:16:34.919><c> how</c><00:16:35.059><c> God</c><00:16:35.320><c> was</c><00:16:35.500><c> able</c><00:16:35.679><c> to</c><00:16:35.899><c> work</c><00:16:36.100><c> such</c><00:16:36.519><c> great</c>

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things<00:16:37.759><c> out</c><00:16:38.200><c> of</c><00:16:38.419><c> that</c><00:16:38.580><c> evil.</c>

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That's<00:16:40.639><c> where</c><00:16:40.759><c> the</c><00:16:40.840><c> mind</c><00:16:41.080><c> of</c><00:16:41.220><c> a</c><00:16:41.419><c> spiritual</c><00:16:41.740><c> man</c><00:16:41.960><c> goes</c><00:16:42.299><c> to.</c>

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So<00:16:44.639><c> forget</c><00:16:45.500><c> what</c><00:16:45.820><c> has</c><00:16:46.139><c> been</c><00:16:46.360><c> done</c><00:16:46.600><c> to</c><00:16:46.919><c> us</c><00:16:47.360><c> in</c><00:16:47.500><c> terms</c><00:16:47.779><c> of</c><00:16:48.019><c> holding</c><00:16:48.440><c> a</c>

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matter<00:16:49.100><c> against</c><00:16:50.500><c> another</c><00:16:50.919><c> person.</c>

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Next,<00:16:54.179><c> we</c><00:16:54.259><c> see</c><00:16:54.440><c> that</c><00:16:54.600><c> we</c><00:16:54.659><c> have</c><00:16:54.860><c> no</c><00:16:55.100><c> difficulty</c><00:16:55.659><c> in</c><00:16:55.840><c> this</c><00:16:56.080><c> parable</c>

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in<00:16:56.620><c> justifying</c><00:16:57.179><c> the</c><00:16:57.379><c> need</c><00:16:57.539><c> to</c><00:16:57.799><c> hold</c><00:16:58.000><c> others</c><00:16:58.360><c> accountable</c><00:16:58.899><c> for</c>

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their<00:16:59.379><c> sins</c><00:16:59.659><c> against</c><00:17:00.059><c> us,</c>

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even<00:17:01.340><c> to</c><00:17:01.639><c> taking</c><00:17:01.919><c> punitive</c><00:17:02.539><c> action</c><00:17:03.059><c> against</c><00:17:03.500><c> them</c><00:17:04.259><c> until</c>

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they<00:17:05.119><c> make</c><00:17:05.319><c> restitution.</c>

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By<00:17:07.059><c> our</c><00:17:07.440><c> nature,</c><00:17:08.039><c> when</c><00:17:08.119><c> someone</c><00:17:08.559><c> sins</c><00:17:08.839><c> against</c><00:17:09.259><c> us,</c>

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we<00:17:09.599><c> are</c><00:17:09.839><c> far</c><00:17:10.059><c> more</c><00:17:10.500><c> interested</c><00:17:10.940><c> in</c><00:17:11.299><c> vengeance</c><00:17:11.859><c> of</c><00:17:12.140><c> some</c><00:17:12.440><c> kind</c>

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than<00:17:13.859><c> we</c><00:17:13.980><c> are</c><00:17:14.220><c> in</c><00:17:14.380><c> forgiveness.</c>

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The<00:17:17.359><c> next</c><00:17:17.599><c> point</c><00:17:17.859><c> is</c><00:17:18.119><c> that</c><00:17:18.220><c> by</c><00:17:18.480><c> our</c><00:17:18.660><c> nature,</c><00:17:19.119><c> we</c><00:17:19.140><c> don't</c><00:17:19.900><c> want</c>

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to<00:17:20.440><c> have</c><00:17:20.619><c> to</c><00:17:20.839><c> forgive</c><00:17:21.079><c> sins</c><00:17:21.579><c> against</c><00:17:22.019><c> us.</c>

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Instead,<00:17:23.019><c> we</c><00:17:23.099><c> would</c><00:17:23.380><c> prefer</c><00:17:24.039><c> to</c><00:17:24.500><c> insist</c><00:17:25.000><c> upon</c><00:17:25.480><c> some</c><00:17:25.900><c> kind</c><00:17:26.200><c> of</c>

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repayment,<00:17:27.740><c> some</c><00:17:28.059><c> kind</c><00:17:28.400><c> of</c><00:17:28.599><c> restitution,</c>

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so<00:17:30.339><c> that</c><00:17:30.460><c> when</c><00:17:30.619><c> we</c><00:17:30.859><c> are</c><00:17:31.140><c> sinned</c><00:17:31.440><c> against,</c><00:17:31.940><c> we</c><00:17:32.119><c> have</c><00:17:32.339><c> a</c><00:17:32.619><c> decision</c><00:17:32.940><c> to</c><00:17:33.220><c> make,</c><00:17:33.539><c> brothers</c><00:17:33.720><c> and</c><00:17:34.000><c> sisters.</c>

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Do<00:17:35.680><c> we</c><00:17:35.880><c> want</c><00:17:36.119><c> to</c><00:17:36.339><c> go</c><00:17:36.440><c> the</c><00:17:36.680><c> retribution</c><00:17:37.319><c> route,</c><00:17:38.079><c> or</c><00:17:38.119><c> do</c><00:17:38.259><c> we</c><00:17:38.380><c> want</c>

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to<00:17:38.779><c> go</c><00:17:38.900><c> the</c><00:17:39.099><c> forgiveness</c><00:17:39.480><c> route?</c>

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And<00:17:40.960><c> that's</c><00:17:41.180><c> a</c><00:17:41.299><c> decision</c><00:17:41.579><c> we</c><00:17:41.799><c> have</c><00:17:42.019><c> to</c><00:17:42.180><c> make</c><00:17:42.420><c> every</c><00:17:42.900><c> time</c><00:17:43.220><c> someone</c><00:17:43.579><c> sins</c>

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against<00:17:44.180><c> us.</c>

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Am<00:17:46.039><c> I</c><00:17:46.140><c> going</c><00:17:46.279><c> to</c><00:17:46.299><c> look</c><00:17:46.460><c> for</c><00:17:46.700><c> retribution</c><00:17:47.240><c> of</c><00:17:47.500><c> some</c><00:17:47.759><c> kind,</c><00:17:49.039><c> repayment</c><00:17:49.440><c> of</c>

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some<00:17:49.960><c> kind,</c>

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or<00:17:51.880><c> am</c><00:17:52.140><c> I</c><00:17:52.240><c> going</c><00:17:52.420><c> to</c><00:17:52.640><c> forgive</c><00:17:52.839><c> them?</c>

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Because<00:17:55.579><c> that's</c><00:17:56.099><c> $10</c><00:17:56.519><c> versus</c><00:17:57.539><c> $10</c><00:17:57.940><c> million.</c>

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You<00:18:01.279><c> can't</c><00:18:01.759><c> have</c><00:18:02.140><c> a</c><00:18:02.539><c> debt</c><00:18:02.720><c> owed</c><00:18:03.099><c> to</c><00:18:03.420><c> you,</c><00:18:04.140><c> repaid,</c><00:18:05.880><c> and</c><00:18:06.259><c> also</c><00:18:06.619><c> forgiven.</c>

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You<00:18:07.920><c> can't</c><00:18:08.160><c> do</c><00:18:08.299><c> it.</c><00:18:09.400><c> That's</c><00:18:09.640><c> why</c><00:18:09.759><c> we</c><00:18:09.880><c> have</c><00:18:10.039><c> a</c><00:18:10.180><c> decision</c><00:18:10.420><c> to</c><00:18:10.619><c> make.</c>

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So<00:18:10.960><c> when</c><00:18:11.119><c> a</c><00:18:11.200><c> brother</c><00:18:11.380><c> sins</c><00:18:11.599><c> against</c><00:18:11.940><c> me,</c><00:18:12.259><c> I</c><00:18:12.380><c> have</c><00:18:12.599><c> to</c><00:18:12.740><c> decide.</c>

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Is<00:18:14.420><c> he</c><00:18:14.539><c> going</c><00:18:14.680><c> to</c><00:18:14.880><c> repay</c><00:18:15.079><c> this</c><00:18:15.319><c> debt</c><00:18:15.480><c> he</c><00:18:15.660><c> owes</c><00:18:15.839><c> me,</c><00:18:16.440><c> or</c><00:18:16.599><c> am</c><00:18:16.779><c> I</c><00:18:16.799><c> going</c><00:18:16.960><c> to</c>

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forgive<00:18:17.299><c> that</c><00:18:17.599><c> debt?</c>

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Keeping<00:18:19.259><c> in</c><00:18:19.559><c> mind</c><00:18:19.740><c> how</c><00:18:19.940><c> our</c><00:18:20.079><c> Heavenly</c><00:18:20.380><c> Father</c><00:18:20.720><c> treats</c><00:18:21.019><c> us.</c>

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The<00:18:23.799><c> man</c><00:18:24.039><c> who</c><00:18:24.220><c> would</c><00:18:24.440><c> not</c><00:18:24.680><c> forgive</c><00:18:24.980><c> the</c><00:18:25.180><c> $10</c><00:18:25.619><c> was</c><00:18:26.640><c> not</c><00:18:26.920><c> looking</c>

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to<00:18:27.579><c> forgive.</c>

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He<00:18:28.180><c> was</c><00:18:28.380><c> looking</c><00:18:28.660><c> for</c><00:18:28.920><c> the</c><00:18:29.099><c> $10.</c>

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Like<00:18:30.859><c> all</c><00:18:31.400><c> other</c><00:18:31.859><c> aspects</c><00:18:32.339><c> of</c><00:18:32.779><c> selfishness,</c><00:18:33.480><c> when</c><00:18:33.559><c> it</c><00:18:33.720><c> is</c><00:18:33.960><c> applied</c><00:18:34.299><c> to</c><00:18:34.559><c> forgiveness,</c>

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we<00:18:35.779><c> want</c><00:18:36.059><c> what's</c><00:18:36.359><c> best</c><00:18:36.680><c> for</c><00:18:36.900><c> us.</c>

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We<00:18:37.440><c> would</c><00:18:37.680><c> rather</c><00:18:37.859><c> have</c><00:18:38.140><c> the</c><00:18:38.319><c> $10,</c><00:18:38.960><c> because</c><00:18:39.140><c> that's</c><00:18:39.440><c> important.</c>

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If<00:18:40.680><c> you</c><00:18:40.680><c> do</c><00:18:40.839><c> a</c><00:18:40.960><c> lot</c><00:18:41.019><c> with</c><00:18:41.200><c> $10,</c><00:18:43.359><c> we'd</c><00:18:44.480><c> rather</c><00:18:44.619><c> have</c><00:18:44.859><c> the</c><00:18:45.079><c> $10</c><00:18:45.680><c> than</c><00:18:46.500><c> to</c><00:18:46.759><c> forgive.</c>

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So<00:18:48.000><c> we</c><00:18:48.220><c> hang</c><00:18:48.460><c> on</c><00:18:48.779><c> if</c><00:18:48.960><c> we're</c><00:18:49.140><c> not</c><00:18:49.339><c> careful</c><00:18:49.759><c> to</c><00:18:50.380><c> those</c><00:18:50.599><c> words</c>

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that<00:18:51.200><c> were</c><00:18:51.319><c> spoken.</c>

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Maybe<00:18:52.779><c> he</c><00:18:53.019><c> meant</c><00:18:53.140><c> it</c><00:18:53.359><c> in</c><00:18:53.460><c> jest,</c><00:18:53.640><c> I</c><00:18:53.740><c> don't</c><00:18:53.960><c> know,</c><00:18:54.099><c> but</c><00:18:54.240><c> it</c><00:18:54.440><c> hurt.</c>

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And<00:18:55.660><c> I'm</c><00:18:55.799><c> going</c><00:18:56.000><c> to</c><00:18:56.099><c> carry</c><00:18:56.240><c> that</c><00:18:56.480><c> hurt</c><00:18:56.599><c> with</c><00:18:56.839><c> me</c><00:18:57.019><c> all</c><00:18:57.240><c> day</c><00:18:57.640><c> until</c><00:18:58.859><c> he</c><00:18:58.980><c> does</c><00:18:59.160><c> a</c>

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bigger<00:18:59.480><c> hurt.</c>

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I<00:18:59.839><c> don't</c><00:18:59.960><c> carry</c><00:19:00.160><c> that</c><00:19:00.359><c> hurt</c><00:19:00.460><c> with</c><00:19:00.700><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:19:02.099><c> how</c><00:19:02.220><c> our</c><00:19:02.440><c> natural</c><00:19:02.720><c> mind</c><00:19:02.960><c> thinks.</c>

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And<00:19:03.480><c> this</c><00:19:03.680><c> parable</c><00:19:03.960><c> is</c><00:19:04.259><c> encouraging</c><00:19:04.700><c> us</c><00:19:04.980><c> to</c><00:19:05.279><c> let</c><00:19:05.579><c> go</c><00:19:06.079><c> of</c><00:19:06.519><c> the</c><00:19:06.700><c> debt.</c>

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Don't<00:19:07.500><c> even</c><00:19:07.880><c> consider</c><00:19:08.380><c> it</c><00:19:08.660><c> a</c><00:19:08.779><c> debt.</c><00:19:09.640><c> Forgive</c><00:19:09.920><c> it.</c>

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So<00:19:12.539><c> to</c><00:19:12.819><c> forgive</c><00:19:13.119><c> means</c><00:19:13.380><c> we</c><00:19:13.539><c> will</c><00:19:13.799><c> not</c><00:19:13.980><c> be</c><00:19:14.220><c> repaid.</c>

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We<00:19:14.839><c> will</c><00:19:15.039><c> not</c><00:19:15.220><c> receive</c><00:19:15.599><c> restitution.</c>

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We<00:19:16.720><c> will</c><00:19:17.000><c> not</c><00:19:17.200><c> be</c><00:19:17.460><c> made</c><00:19:17.859><c> whole</c><00:19:18.339><c> from</c><00:19:18.720><c> whatever</c><00:19:19.339><c> injury</c><00:19:19.980><c> has</c><00:19:20.359><c> occurred.</c>

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Whatever<00:19:22.160><c> injury</c><00:19:22.539><c> we</c><00:19:22.740><c> have</c><00:19:23.000><c> incurred</c><00:19:23.400><c> from</c><00:19:23.680><c> this</c><00:19:23.940><c> sin,</c><00:19:24.400><c> it</c><00:19:24.400><c> is</c>

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not<00:19:24.920><c> going</c><00:19:25.180><c> to</c><00:19:25.380><c> be</c><00:19:25.539><c> made</c><00:19:25.819><c> whole.</c>

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It<00:19:27.420><c> is</c><00:19:27.599><c> not</c><00:19:27.839><c> going</c><00:19:28.119><c> to</c><00:19:28.339><c> be</c><00:19:28.559><c> repaid.</c>

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This<00:19:29.380><c> isn't</c><00:19:29.900><c> our</c><00:19:30.259><c> concern.</c>

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Our<00:19:32.319><c> concern</c><00:19:33.079><c> is</c><00:19:33.440><c> to</c><00:19:33.700><c> help</c><00:19:34.019><c> the</c><00:19:34.420><c> one</c><00:19:34.640><c> who</c><00:19:34.880><c> has</c><00:19:35.160><c> sinned</c><00:19:35.519><c> against</c><00:19:35.859><c> us.</c>

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And<00:19:37.380><c> that</c><00:19:37.500><c> is</c><00:19:37.680><c> why</c><00:19:37.940><c> in</c><00:19:38.099><c> this</c><00:19:38.380><c> parable,</c><00:19:38.819><c> a</c><00:19:39.019><c> primary</c><00:19:39.519><c> issue</c><00:19:40.240><c> is</c><00:19:41.059><c> a</c>

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warning<00:19:41.519><c> to</c><00:19:41.839><c> us</c>

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that<00:19:42.200><c> we</c><00:19:42.480><c> need</c><00:19:42.819><c> to</c><00:19:43.119><c> learn</c><00:19:43.339><c> to</c><00:19:43.640><c> forgive</c><00:19:44.079><c> others.</c>

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And<00:19:44.960><c> there's</c><00:19:45.299><c> strong</c><00:19:45.680><c> language</c><00:19:46.440><c> in</c><00:19:47.079><c> this</c><00:19:47.380><c> parable</c><00:19:48.559><c> about</c>

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this<00:19:49.599><c> wicked</c><00:19:50.339><c> creditor</c>

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who<00:19:52.039><c> was</c><00:19:52.380><c> forgiven</c><00:19:52.720><c> much</c><00:19:53.160><c> and</c><00:19:53.400><c> would</c><00:19:53.619><c> not</c><00:19:53.920><c> forgive</c><00:19:54.240><c> little</c>

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because<00:19:55.359><c> it</c><00:19:55.660><c> shows</c><00:19:56.000><c> how</c><00:19:56.480><c> serious</c><00:19:56.900><c> God</c><00:19:57.339><c> sees</c><00:19:57.779><c> this</c><00:19:58.039><c> situation</c>

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when<00:19:59.759><c> we</c><00:20:00.259><c> are</c><00:20:00.579><c> unwilling</c><00:20:01.039><c> to</c><00:20:01.619><c> forgive</c><00:20:02.200><c> those</c><00:20:03.160><c> who</c><00:20:03.460><c> sin</c><00:20:03.700><c> against</c><00:20:04.160><c> us.</c>

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When<00:20:06.039><c> we</c><00:20:06.359><c> fail</c><00:20:06.559><c> to</c><00:20:06.859><c> forgive</c><00:20:07.140><c> them,</c><00:20:07.640><c> God</c><00:20:07.960><c> likens</c><00:20:08.420><c> it</c><00:20:08.640><c> to</c><00:20:08.900><c> us</c><00:20:09.440><c> seizing</c><00:20:09.779><c> them</c><00:20:10.319><c> by</c>

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the<00:20:11.160><c> throat</c>

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and<00:20:12.180><c> casting</c><00:20:12.799><c> them</c><00:20:13.180><c> into</c><00:20:13.539><c> prison.</c>

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Our<00:20:15.319><c> failure</c><00:20:15.579><c> to</c><00:20:15.880><c> forgive</c><00:20:16.099><c> others</c><00:20:16.440><c> will</c><00:20:16.660><c> produce</c><00:20:17.039><c> the</c><00:20:17.359><c> effect</c>

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of<00:20:18.099><c> having</c><00:20:18.440><c> the</c><00:20:18.900><c> guilt</c><00:20:19.400><c> of</c><00:20:19.960><c> all</c><00:20:20.319><c> our</c><00:20:20.599><c> past</c><00:20:20.839><c> sins</c><00:20:21.480><c> reinstating.</c>

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You<00:20:24.000><c> owe</c><00:20:24.240><c> $10</c><00:20:24.460><c> million</c><00:20:24.880><c> again,</c><00:20:26.980><c> Mr.</c><00:20:27.519><c> Servant,</c><00:20:27.819><c> who</c><00:20:28.039><c> I</c><00:20:28.359><c> forgave,</c>

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who<00:20:29.279><c> turned</c><00:20:29.480><c> around</c><00:20:29.759><c> and</c><00:20:29.900><c> was</c><00:20:30.099><c> not</c><00:20:30.319><c> willing</c><00:20:30.519><c> to</c><00:20:30.779><c> forgive</c><00:20:31.000><c> others.</c>

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God<00:20:33.940><c> is</c><00:20:34.180><c> trying</c><00:20:34.339><c> to</c><00:20:34.559><c> impress</c><00:20:34.819><c> upon</c><00:20:35.180><c> us.</c>

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This<00:20:35.759><c> man</c><00:20:35.940><c> is</c><00:20:36.180><c> called</c><00:20:36.359><c> a</c><00:20:36.720><c> wicked</c><00:20:37.180><c> servant</c><00:20:37.900><c> and</c><00:20:38.839><c> cast</c><00:20:39.160><c> into</c><00:20:39.440><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:20:39.839><c> in</c><00:20:40.259><c> the</c><00:20:40.420><c> language</c><00:20:40.700><c> of</c><00:20:41.019><c> parables,</c><00:20:41.359><c> we</c><00:20:41.460><c> all</c><00:20:41.680><c> know</c><00:20:41.740><c> what</c>

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that<00:20:42.119><c> means.</c>

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To<00:20:43.380><c> be</c><00:20:43.640><c> called</c><00:20:43.799><c> a</c><00:20:44.079><c> wicked</c><00:20:44.420><c> servant</c><00:20:44.819><c> and</c><00:20:45.019><c> to</c><00:20:45.119><c> be</c><00:20:45.359><c> cast</c><00:20:45.619><c> into</c><00:20:45.880><c> prison,</c>

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there<00:20:46.359><c> is</c><00:20:46.619><c> no</c><00:20:46.900><c> hope,</c><00:20:47.960><c> no</c><00:20:48.440><c> hope</c><00:20:48.920><c> of</c><00:20:49.660><c> salvation.</c>

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There<00:20:51.339><c> will</c><00:20:51.539><c> be</c><00:20:51.700><c> no</c><00:20:51.940><c> kingdom</c><00:20:52.380><c> in</c><00:20:52.680><c> the</c><00:20:52.839><c> future</c><00:20:53.319><c> of</c><00:20:53.920><c> he</c><00:20:54.440><c> who</c><00:20:54.859><c> fails</c><00:20:55.299><c> to</c><00:20:55.619><c> forgive</c>

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those<00:20:57.119><c> who</c><00:20:57.339><c> have</c><00:20:57.539><c> sinned</c><00:20:57.960><c> against</c><00:20:58.279><c> him</c><00:20:58.579><c> or</c><00:20:58.859><c> her.</c>

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Because<00:21:00.619><c> of</c><00:21:00.960><c> the</c><00:21:01.119><c> mercy</c><00:21:01.420><c> and</c><00:21:01.619><c> the</c><00:21:01.839><c> grace</c><00:21:02.039><c> that</c><00:21:02.220><c> has</c><00:21:02.380><c> been</c><00:21:02.579><c> shown</c><00:21:02.759><c> to</c><00:21:03.079><c> him</c>

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and<00:21:04.240><c> the</c><00:21:04.500><c> forgiving</c><00:21:04.740><c> of</c><00:21:04.960><c> the</c><00:21:05.160><c> 10</c><00:21:05.339><c>,000</c><00:21:05.759><c> talents,</c>

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and<00:21:06.420><c> he</c><00:21:06.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:21:06.720><c> turn</c><00:21:07.000><c> around</c><00:21:07.259><c> and</c><00:21:07.519><c> forgive,</c>

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the<00:21:09.400><c> pittance</c><00:21:09.920><c> is</c><00:21:10.220><c> how</c><00:21:10.420><c> God</c><00:21:10.680><c> gives</c><00:21:10.920><c> it.</c>

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And,<00:21:11.339><c> brethren</c><00:21:11.440><c> and</c><00:21:11.660><c> sisters,</c><00:21:11.980><c> I'm</c><00:21:12.200><c> not</c><00:21:12.519><c> trying</c><00:21:12.700><c> to</c><00:21:12.940><c> diminish</c>

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the<00:21:14.339><c> great</c><00:21:14.700><c> evil</c><00:21:15.140><c> that</c><00:21:15.380><c> can</c><00:21:15.539><c> be</c><00:21:15.700><c> done</c><00:21:15.859><c> against</c><00:21:16.160><c> us.</c>

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It<00:21:17.640><c> was</c><00:21:17.900><c> not</c><00:21:18.200><c> pittance</c><00:21:18.720><c> that</c><00:21:18.920><c> the</c><00:21:19.140><c> brethren</c><00:21:19.339><c> did</c><00:21:19.579><c> against</c><00:21:19.880><c> Joseph,</c>

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but<00:21:20.519><c> when</c><00:21:20.720><c> you</c><00:21:20.880><c> look</c><00:21:21.059><c> at</c><00:21:21.240><c> the</c><00:21:21.460><c> sins</c><00:21:21.680><c> that</c><00:21:21.839><c> they</c><00:21:22.119><c> committed</c><00:21:22.440><c> against</c><00:21:22.859><c> him</c>

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versus<00:21:23.599><c> the</c><00:21:23.940><c> sins</c><00:21:24.119><c> that</c><00:21:24.299><c> he</c><00:21:24.460><c> committed</c><00:21:24.759><c> against</c><00:21:25.119><c> the</c><00:21:25.339><c> Father,</c>

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the<00:21:27.279><c> parable</c><00:21:27.519><c> is</c><00:21:27.799><c> teaching</c><00:21:28.099><c> Joseph</c><00:21:28.539><c> just</c><00:21:28.799><c> like</c><00:21:29.000><c> it's</c><00:21:29.259><c> teaching</c><00:21:29.480><c> us.</c>

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Keep<00:21:30.460><c> the</c><00:21:30.759><c> right</c><00:21:31.059><c> perspective.</c>

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We<00:21:33.839><c> know</c><00:21:34.240><c> our</c><00:21:34.619><c> sins</c><00:21:34.920><c> are</c><00:21:35.279><c> enormous</c><00:21:35.720><c> against</c><00:21:36.240><c> God.</c>

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We<00:21:36.920><c> know</c><00:21:37.279><c> we</c><00:21:37.519><c> fail</c><00:21:37.720><c> him</c><00:21:38.000><c> constantly.</c>

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We<00:21:40.559><c> don't</c><00:21:40.740><c> like</c><00:21:40.920><c> to</c><00:21:41.099><c> think</c><00:21:41.259><c> about</c><00:21:41.559><c> it.</c>

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We<00:21:41.759><c> don't</c><00:21:41.920><c> like</c><00:21:42.119><c> to</c><00:21:42.299><c> keep</c><00:21:42.539><c> score</c><00:21:42.839><c> of</c><00:21:43.160><c> those</c><00:21:43.460><c> sins.</c>

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But<00:21:45.599><c> God</c><00:21:46.160><c> says,</c><00:21:46.859><c> if</c><00:21:46.940><c> I</c><00:21:47.220><c> were</c><00:21:47.339><c> to</c><00:21:47.559><c> keep</c><00:21:47.759><c> score,</c>

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this<00:21:48.339><c> is</c><00:21:48.599><c> the</c><00:21:48.799><c> value</c><00:21:49.140><c> that</c><00:21:49.319><c> I</c><00:21:49.460><c> would</c><00:21:49.680><c> place</c><00:21:49.859><c> on</c><00:21:50.119><c> them.</c>

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Similar<00:21:54.259><c> to</c><00:21:54.660><c> godly</c><00:21:55.039><c> love</c><00:21:55.299><c> that</c><00:21:55.500><c> we</c><00:21:55.640><c> see</c><00:21:55.759><c> in</c><00:21:55.960><c> 1</c><00:21:56.140><c> Corinthians</c><00:21:56.559><c> 13.</c>

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It<00:21:57.720><c> says</c><00:21:57.859><c> we</c><00:21:57.980><c> can</c><00:21:58.160><c> have</c><00:21:58.339><c> all</c><00:21:58.640><c> faith.</c>

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You<00:21:59.319><c> don't</c><00:21:59.460><c> have</c><00:21:59.619><c> to</c><00:21:59.779><c> turn.</c><00:22:00.000><c> They're</c><00:22:00.099><c> all</c><00:22:00.299><c> understanding.</c>

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We<00:22:02.000><c> can</c><00:22:02.119><c> do</c><00:22:02.279><c> all</c><00:22:02.480><c> sorts</c><00:22:02.680><c> of</c><00:22:02.900><c> work</c><00:22:03.039><c> in</c><00:22:03.180><c> the</c><00:22:03.319><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:22:03.819><c> can</c><00:22:03.960><c> be</c><00:22:04.220><c> involved</c><00:22:04.380><c> in</c><00:22:04.539><c> all</c><00:22:04.680><c> kinds</c><00:22:04.900><c> of</c><00:22:05.140><c> preaching</c><00:22:05.420><c> and</c><00:22:05.680><c> teaching</c>

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and<00:22:06.200><c> maintain</c><00:22:06.619><c> what</c><00:22:07.099><c> appears</c><00:22:07.539><c> to</c><00:22:07.700><c> be</c><00:22:07.819><c> a</c><00:22:07.839><c> very</c><00:22:08.140><c> active</c><00:22:08.400><c> life</c><00:22:08.640><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:08.960><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:22:10.119><c> if</c><00:22:10.240><c> we</c><00:22:10.380><c> do</c><00:22:10.519><c> it</c><00:22:10.680><c> without</c><00:22:10.940><c> love,</c><00:22:11.460><c> Paul</c><00:22:11.660><c> says,</c><00:22:12.000><c> we</c><00:22:12.180><c> are</c><00:22:12.460><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:22:14.000><c> this</c><00:22:14.200><c> parable</c><00:22:14.480><c> is</c><00:22:14.799><c> teaching</c><00:22:15.099><c> us</c><00:22:15.859><c> that</c><00:22:16.960><c> we</c><00:22:17.119><c> can</c><00:22:17.279><c> be</c><00:22:17.619><c> fully</c>

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active<00:22:18.299><c> in</c><00:22:18.460><c> the</c><00:22:18.720><c> truth</c>

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and<00:22:20.680><c> have</c><00:22:20.839><c> a</c><00:22:21.039><c> life</c><00:22:21.200><c> in</c><00:22:21.380><c> which</c><00:22:21.519><c> we</c><00:22:21.779><c> seem</c><00:22:21.960><c> to</c><00:22:22.160><c> be</c><00:22:22.400><c> dedicating</c><00:22:22.779><c> ourselves</c><00:22:23.220><c> to</c><00:22:23.400><c> God.</c>

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But<00:22:24.940><c> if</c><00:22:25.180><c> we</c><00:22:25.359><c> have</c><00:22:25.559><c> not</c><00:22:25.839><c> learned</c><00:22:26.079><c> to</c><00:22:26.380><c> forgive</c><00:22:26.660><c> others,</c>

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we<00:22:28.240><c> will</c><00:22:28.480><c> not</c><00:22:28.660><c> be</c><00:22:28.960><c> forgiven</c><00:22:29.279><c> ourselves.</c>

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So<00:22:31.799><c> the</c><00:22:32.119><c> strong</c><00:22:32.319><c> language</c><00:22:32.740><c> in</c><00:22:32.900><c> this</c><00:22:33.160><c> parable</c><00:22:33.619><c> is</c><00:22:34.119><c> a</c><00:22:34.380><c> stern</c><00:22:34.640><c> warning</c>

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against<00:22:35.900><c> the</c><00:22:36.259><c> idea</c><00:22:36.940><c> of</c><00:22:38.160><c> forgiving</c><00:22:38.440><c> those</c><00:22:38.859><c> who</c><00:22:39.119><c> hurt</c><00:22:39.259><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:22:40.319><c> not</c><00:22:40.440><c> against</c><00:22:40.799><c> the</c><00:22:41.019><c> idea.</c>

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It's<00:22:41.339><c> against</c><00:22:41.640><c> the</c><00:22:41.859><c> nature</c><00:22:42.059><c> that</c><00:22:42.259><c> is</c><00:22:42.420><c> so</c><00:22:42.720><c> bent</c><00:22:43.019><c> against</c><00:22:43.539><c> that</c><00:22:43.880><c> idea.</c>

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If<00:22:45.400><c> you're</c><00:22:45.660><c> anything</c><00:22:45.900><c> like</c><00:22:46.220><c> me,</c><00:22:46.819><c> some</c><00:22:47.019><c> of</c><00:22:47.140><c> the</c><00:22:47.319><c> ideas</c><00:22:47.579><c> that</c><00:22:47.759><c> we</c>

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have<00:22:48.099><c> shared</c><00:22:48.319><c> with</c><00:22:48.619><c> you,</c>

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I<00:22:52.680><c> can't</c><00:22:52.920><c> do</c><00:22:53.119><c> that.</c><00:22:53.339><c> I'm</c><00:22:53.539><c> not</c><00:22:53.759><c> going</c><00:22:53.880><c> to</c><00:22:54.000><c> do</c><00:22:54.140><c> that.</c>

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The<00:22:54.500><c> Bible</c><00:22:54.660><c> doesn't</c><00:22:54.900><c> tell</c><00:22:55.059><c> me</c><00:22:55.259><c> I</c><00:22:55.380><c> have</c><00:22:55.559><c> to</c><00:22:55.680><c> do</c><00:22:55.900><c> that.</c>

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Those<00:22:56.920><c> are</c><00:22:57.099><c> the</c><00:22:57.299><c> thought</c><00:22:57.480><c> processes</c><00:22:58.000><c> I</c><00:22:58.400><c> had,</c><00:22:58.720><c> brothers</c><00:22:58.819><c> and</c><00:22:59.079><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:22:59.519><c> I</c><00:22:59.720><c> went</c><00:22:59.799><c> through</c><00:23:00.019><c> the</c><00:23:00.240><c> study.</c>

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You<00:23:01.519><c> come</c><00:23:01.720><c> across</c><00:23:02.099><c> these</c><00:23:02.420><c> things</c><00:23:02.640><c> and</c><00:23:02.759><c> you</c><00:23:02.980><c> say,</c><00:23:03.480><c> that</c><00:23:03.480><c> can't</c>

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be<00:23:04.000><c> what</c><00:23:04.140><c> it's</c><00:23:04.359><c> teaching.</c>

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I<00:23:06.240><c> don't</c><00:23:06.359><c> want</c><00:23:06.440><c> to</c><00:23:06.500><c> have</c><00:23:06.640><c> to</c><00:23:06.759><c> do</c><00:23:06.980><c> that.</c>

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And<00:23:08.960><c> then</c><00:23:09.079><c> you</c><00:23:09.160><c> look</c><00:23:09.339><c> deeper</c><00:23:09.740><c> and</c><00:23:09.920><c> you</c><00:23:10.059><c> find</c><00:23:10.220><c> out</c><00:23:10.339><c> that's</c><00:23:10.700><c> exactly</c><00:23:11.119><c> what</c>

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we're<00:23:11.460><c> being</c><00:23:11.720><c> asked</c><00:23:12.079><c> to</c><00:23:12.259><c> do.</c>

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So<00:23:12.599><c> don't</c><00:23:12.779><c> be</c><00:23:13.059><c> surprised</c><00:23:13.500><c> this</c><00:23:13.880><c> week</c><00:23:14.140><c> in</c><00:23:14.359><c> talking</c><00:23:14.640><c> about</c><00:23:14.980><c> this</c><00:23:15.279><c> subject,</c>

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if<00:23:16.660><c> there</c><00:23:16.880><c> are</c><00:23:17.079><c> some</c><00:23:17.339><c> aspects</c><00:23:17.819><c> of</c><00:23:18.079><c> it</c><00:23:18.559><c> that</c><00:23:19.099><c> your</c><00:23:19.380><c> mind</c><00:23:19.660><c> does</c>

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not<00:23:20.279><c> want</c><00:23:20.519><c> to</c><00:23:20.759><c> have</c><00:23:20.920><c> to</c><00:23:21.180><c> accept</c><00:23:21.539><c> and</c><00:23:21.720><c> to</c><00:23:21.940><c> embrace.</c>

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Because<00:23:24.299><c> we're</c><00:23:24.559><c> all</c><00:23:24.839><c> reflecting</c><00:23:25.359><c> upon</c><00:23:25.720><c> the</c><00:23:26.079><c> hurt</c><00:23:26.259><c> this</c><00:23:26.619><c> week</c>

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that<00:23:27.000><c> others</c><00:23:27.240><c> have</c><00:23:27.460><c> done</c><00:23:27.619><c> to</c><00:23:27.900><c> us.</c>

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And<00:23:29.400><c> surely</c><00:23:29.799><c> there</c><00:23:29.980><c> must</c><00:23:30.200><c> be</c><00:23:30.460><c> some</c><00:23:30.799><c> kind</c><00:23:31.039><c> of</c><00:23:31.240><c> repayment,</c><00:23:32.019><c> some</c>

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kind<00:23:32.359><c> of</c><00:23:32.539><c> remuneration,</c>

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some<00:23:33.619><c> kind</c><00:23:33.960><c> of</c><00:23:34.460><c> restitution</c><00:23:35.140><c> that</c><00:23:35.339><c> they</c><00:23:35.539><c> should</c><00:23:35.779><c> provide</c><00:23:36.119><c> us</c>

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before<00:23:37.460><c> we</c><00:23:37.759><c> forgive</c><00:23:38.039><c> them.</c>

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And<00:23:40.279><c> this</c><00:23:40.460><c> parable</c><00:23:40.740><c> teaches</c><00:23:41.059><c> us</c><00:23:41.319><c> no,</c><00:23:42.660><c> that's</c><00:23:42.980><c> not</c><00:23:43.200><c> what</c><00:23:43.339><c> God's</c>

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looking<00:23:43.859><c> for.</c>

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The<00:23:48.220><c> parable</c><00:23:48.380><c> also</c><00:23:48.700><c> teaches</c><00:23:49.039><c> us</c><00:23:49.460><c> that</c><00:23:50.079><c> the</c><00:23:50.319><c> extent</c><00:23:50.779><c> to</c><00:23:51.039><c> which</c>

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we<00:23:51.819><c> forgive</c><00:23:52.200><c> others</c>

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is<00:23:53.380><c> the</c><00:23:53.680><c> extent</c><00:23:54.200><c> to</c><00:23:54.440><c> which</c><00:23:54.599><c> God</c><00:23:54.900><c> will</c><00:23:55.180><c> forgive</c><00:23:55.380><c> us.</c>

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So<00:23:56.960><c> His</c><00:23:57.259><c> mercy</c><00:23:57.759><c> is</c><00:23:58.519><c> flexible</c><00:23:59.019><c> enough</c><00:23:59.579><c> to</c><00:23:59.900><c> vary</c><00:24:00.180><c> from</c><00:24:00.500><c> person</c>

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to<00:24:01.240><c> person</c><00:24:01.720><c> to</c><00:24:01.920><c> person.</c>

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Verse<00:24:04.240><c> 35</c><00:24:04.680><c> says,</c>

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So<00:24:05.299><c> likewise</c><00:24:05.799><c> shall</c><00:24:06.059><c> my</c><00:24:06.279><c> Heavenly</c><00:24:06.640><c> Father</c><00:24:06.980><c> do</c><00:24:07.259><c> also</c><00:24:07.700><c> unto</c><00:24:07.980><c> you,</c>

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if<00:24:09.059><c> ye</c><00:24:09.259><c> from</c><00:24:09.400><c> your</c><00:24:09.660><c> hearts</c><00:24:09.960><c> forgive</c><00:24:10.279><c> not</c><00:24:10.559><c> everyone</c><00:24:10.920><c> his</c><00:24:11.220><c> brother</c><00:24:11.440><c> their</c><00:24:11.700><c> trespasses.</c>

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God<00:24:13.259><c> establishes</c><00:24:14.839><c> a</c><00:24:15.299><c> direct</c><00:24:15.720><c> link</c><00:24:16.359><c> between</c><00:24:18.000><c> His</c><00:24:18.480><c> mercy</c><00:24:18.799><c> towards</c><00:24:19.160><c> us</c>

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and<00:24:19.839><c> our</c><00:24:20.140><c> mercy</c><00:24:20.400><c> towards</c><00:24:20.700><c> others.</c>

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And<00:24:23.059><c> He</c><00:24:23.279><c> does</c><00:24:23.559><c> that</c><00:24:23.900><c> to</c><00:24:24.160><c> underscore</c><00:24:24.720><c> for</c><00:24:24.980><c> us</c><00:24:25.259><c> the</c><00:24:25.579><c> importance</c>

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of<00:24:26.339><c> our</c><00:24:26.559><c> being</c><00:24:26.859><c> forgiving.</c>

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If<00:24:29.019><c> we</c><00:24:29.299><c> won't</c><00:24:29.539><c> forgive</c><00:24:29.900><c> others,</c><00:24:30.380><c> He</c><00:24:30.579><c> won't</c><00:24:30.839><c> forgive</c><00:24:31.140><c> us.</c>

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If<00:24:32.460><c> we</c><00:24:32.640><c> are</c><00:24:32.819><c> going</c><00:24:32.960><c> to</c><00:24:33.140><c> hold</c><00:24:33.339><c> others</c><00:24:33.779><c> to</c><00:24:34.019><c> a</c><00:24:34.279><c> level</c><00:24:34.480><c> of</c><00:24:34.859><c> accountability</c>

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that<00:24:36.539><c> requires</c><00:24:37.019><c> them</c><00:24:37.299><c> to</c><00:24:37.579><c> repay</c><00:24:37.859><c> us</c><00:24:38.619><c> or</c><00:24:39.200><c> reimburse</c><00:24:39.660><c> us</c><00:24:40.119><c> or</c><00:24:40.299><c> whatever</c><00:24:40.579><c> it</c><00:24:40.779><c> is,</c>

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then<00:24:41.240><c> God</c><00:24:41.400><c> will</c><00:24:41.599><c> hold</c><00:24:41.779><c> out</c><00:24:42.000><c> that</c><00:24:42.240><c> same</c><00:24:42.440><c> level</c><00:24:42.680><c> of</c><00:24:42.720><c> accountability</c><00:24:43.240><c> to</c><00:24:43.500><c> us.</c>

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Not<00:24:44.839><c> because</c><00:24:45.299><c> He</c><00:24:45.440><c> isn't</c><00:24:45.700><c> merciful,</c><00:24:46.220><c> but</c><00:24:46.440><c> because</c><00:24:46.700><c> He</c><00:24:46.859><c> is</c><00:24:47.019><c> trying</c><00:24:47.319><c> to</c>

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show<00:24:47.759><c> us.</c>

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Don't<00:24:50.099><c> put</c><00:24:50.440><c> a</c><00:24:50.759><c> price</c><00:24:51.039><c> tag</c><00:24:51.359><c> on</c><00:24:51.680><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Don't<00:24:54.039><c> establish</c><00:24:54.759><c> some</c><00:24:55.099><c> type</c><00:24:55.359><c> of</c><00:24:55.759><c> conditions.</c>

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Take<00:24:58.079><c> your</c><00:24:58.480><c> pride</c><00:24:58.799><c> out</c><00:24:59.279><c> of</c><00:24:59.480><c> the</c><00:24:59.680><c> picture.</c>

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Forgive<00:25:02.839><c> if</c><00:25:03.480><c> you</c><00:25:03.680><c> want</c><00:25:03.880><c> to</c><00:25:04.059><c> be</c><00:25:04.279><c> forgiven.</c>

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Second<00:25:06.160><c> Samuel</c><00:25:06.519><c> 22,</c><00:25:07.420><c> verse</c><00:25:07.640><c> 26,</c><00:25:08.900><c> we</c><00:25:09.019><c> don't</c><00:25:09.180><c> have</c><00:25:09.339><c> to</c><00:25:09.539><c> turn</c><00:25:09.680><c> there.</c>

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It<00:25:10.140><c> says</c><00:25:10.299><c> that</c><00:25:10.480><c> with</c><00:25:11.640><c> the</c><00:25:11.880><c> merciful,</c><00:25:13.299><c> thou</c><00:25:13.400><c> wilt</c><00:25:13.700><c> show</c>

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thyself<00:25:14.480><c> merciful.</c>

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And<00:25:15.619><c> with</c><00:25:15.799><c> the</c><00:25:16.019><c> upright</c><00:25:16.279><c> man,</c><00:25:16.640><c> thou</c><00:25:16.759><c> wilt</c><00:25:16.960><c> show</c><00:25:17.220><c> thyself</c><00:25:17.700><c> upright.</c>

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So<00:25:20.460><c> that</c><00:25:20.599><c> if</c><00:25:20.720><c> we</c><00:25:21.000><c> assume</c><00:25:21.400><c> an</c><00:25:21.740><c> exacting</c><00:25:22.279><c> and</c><00:25:22.579><c> unforgiving</c>

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attitude<00:25:23.680><c> towards</c><00:25:24.019><c> others,</c>

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that's<00:25:24.619><c> how</c><00:25:24.859><c> God</c><00:25:25.220><c> will</c><00:25:25.619><c> assume</c><00:25:26.000><c> an</c><00:25:26.400><c> attitude</c><00:25:26.839><c> towards</c><00:25:27.299><c> us.</c>

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He<00:25:28.279><c> is</c><00:25:28.720><c> freely</c><00:25:29.099><c> willing</c><00:25:29.599><c> to</c><00:25:29.960><c> forgive</c><00:25:30.299><c> us</c><00:25:31.240><c> the</c><00:25:31.720><c> enormous</c><00:25:32.400><c> debt</c>

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that<00:25:33.279><c> we</c><00:25:33.519><c> owe</c><00:25:33.700><c> Him.</c>

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But<00:25:35.059><c> He</c><00:25:35.259><c> asks</c><00:25:35.660><c> us</c><00:25:36.059><c> to</c><00:25:36.240><c> be</c><00:25:36.460><c> willing</c><00:25:36.799><c> to</c><00:25:37.119><c> show</c><00:25:37.319><c> the</c><00:25:37.619><c> same</c><00:25:37.880><c> mercy</c>

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to<00:25:38.599><c> others.</c>

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Another<00:25:41.680><c> aspect</c><00:25:42.200><c> we</c><00:25:42.440><c> learn</c><00:25:42.599><c> from</c><00:25:42.859><c> this</c><00:25:43.119><c> is</c><00:25:43.319><c> that</c><00:25:43.519><c> forgiveness</c>

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should<00:25:44.400><c> be</c><00:25:44.759><c> unlimited.</c>

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It's<00:25:48.000><c> the</c><00:25:48.160><c> answer</c><00:25:48.559><c> of</c><00:25:48.960><c> Jesus</c><00:25:49.380><c> to</c><00:25:49.680><c> Peter's</c><00:25:50.279><c> inquiry.</c>

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It's<00:25:51.519><c> the</c><00:25:51.799><c> principle</c><00:25:52.299><c> of</c><00:25:52.539><c> the</c><00:25:52.819><c> 490.</c>

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Seven<00:25:55.380><c> times</c><00:25:55.779><c> Peter,</c><00:25:56.259><c> no,</c><00:25:56.460><c> not</c><00:25:56.700><c> seven,</c><00:25:57.019><c> but</c><00:25:57.200><c> seventy</c><00:25:57.619><c> times</c><00:25:58.440><c> seven.</c>

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And<00:26:00.400><c> don't</c><00:26:00.599><c> start</c><00:26:00.920><c> counting</c><00:26:01.380><c> and</c><00:26:01.779><c> say,</c><00:26:02.099><c> well,</c><00:26:02.160><c> when</c><00:26:02.279><c> I</c><00:26:02.440><c> get</c><00:26:02.579><c> to</c>

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491,<00:26:03.599><c> then</c><00:26:03.720><c> I</c><00:26:03.880><c> can</c><00:26:04.119><c> stop.</c>

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Unlimited<00:26:07.039><c> is</c><00:26:07.380><c> what</c><00:26:07.599><c> Jesus</c><00:26:07.980><c> is</c><00:26:08.259><c> trying</c><00:26:08.440><c> to</c><00:26:08.779><c> show</c><00:26:08.940><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:26:09.900><c> how</c><00:26:10.240><c> forgiving</c><00:26:10.619><c> we</c><00:26:10.880><c> should</c><00:26:11.019><c> be</c><00:26:11.319><c> towards</c><00:26:11.759><c> others</c><00:26:12.359><c> who</c>

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sin<00:26:13.440><c> against</c><00:26:13.920><c> us.</c>

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There<00:26:15.740><c> is</c><00:26:15.960><c> no</c><00:26:16.240><c> limit</c><00:26:16.500><c> to</c><00:26:16.720><c> God's</c><00:26:17.180><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:17.539><c> towards</c><00:26:17.900><c> us.</c>

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.359
Neither<00:26:18.500><c> should</c><00:26:18.819><c> there</c><00:26:19.039><c> be</c><00:26:19.240><c> a</c><00:26:19.380><c> limit</c><00:26:19.559><c> in</c><00:26:19.779><c> our</c><00:26:20.000><c> forgiveness</c>

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toward<00:26:20.700><c> each</c><00:26:21.019><c> other.</c>

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And<00:26:21.460><c> it</c><00:26:21.579><c> needs</c><00:26:21.839><c> to</c><00:26:22.119><c> be</c><00:26:22.319><c> from</c><00:26:22.640><c> the</c><00:26:22.940><c> heart,</c><00:26:24.880><c> which</c><00:26:24.980><c> means</c><00:26:25.980><c> our</c><00:26:26.400><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:26.859><c> of</c>

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one<00:26:27.259><c> another</c>

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must<00:26:28.259><c> be</c><00:26:28.579><c> genuine</c><00:26:29.039><c> and</c><00:26:29.460><c> sincere.</c>

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There's<00:26:30.599><c> an</c><00:26:30.839><c> implied</c><00:26:31.140><c> danger</c><00:26:31.700><c> when</c><00:26:32.059><c> Jesus</c><00:26:32.480><c> packs</c><00:26:32.779><c> that</c><00:26:33.140><c> phrase</c><00:26:33.559><c> from</c>

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the<00:26:34.480><c> heart</c>

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on<00:26:35.019><c> to</c><00:26:35.200><c> the</c><00:26:35.359><c> end</c><00:26:35.519><c> of</c><00:26:35.660><c> verse</c><00:26:35.839><c> 35,</c><00:26:37.339><c> or</c><00:26:37.480><c> 36</c><00:26:37.880><c> as</c><00:26:38.160><c> the</c><00:26:38.220><c> case</c><00:26:38.400><c> may</c><00:26:38.640><c> be.</c>

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And<00:26:39.500><c> the</c><00:26:39.660><c> danger</c><00:26:40.019><c> is</c><00:26:40.339><c> we</c><00:26:40.480><c> can</c><00:26:40.799><c> forgive</c><00:26:41.259><c> in</c><00:26:41.660><c> word</c><00:26:42.019><c> only.</c>

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:47.660
And<00:26:44.319><c> we</c><00:26:44.539><c> don't</c><00:26:44.900><c> forgive</c><00:26:45.619><c> from</c><00:26:46.259><c> the</c><00:26:46.720><c> heart.</c>

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We<00:26:48.579><c> don't</c><00:26:48.859><c> forgive</c><00:26:49.299><c> in</c><00:26:49.680><c> sincerity</c><00:26:50.339><c> and</c><00:26:50.759><c> in</c><00:26:51.019><c> truth.</c>

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What<00:26:51.640><c> that</c><00:26:51.980><c> means</c><00:26:52.200><c> is</c><00:26:52.500><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:52.900><c> has</c><00:26:53.200><c> to</c><00:26:53.380><c> be</c><00:26:53.579><c> complete</c><00:26:54.039><c> and</c><00:26:54.440><c> total.</c>

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And<00:26:55.660><c> it</c><00:26:55.779><c> has</c><00:26:56.079><c> to</c><00:26:56.400><c> parallel</c><00:26:56.859><c> the</c><00:26:57.160><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:57.819><c> that</c><00:26:58.480><c> we</c><00:26:58.680><c> are</c><00:26:58.940><c> looking</c><00:26:59.160><c> for</c><00:26:59.559><c> God</c><00:26:59.960><c> to</c>

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extend<00:27:00.660><c> toward</c><00:27:01.059><c> us.</c>

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And<00:27:02.759><c> we</c><00:27:02.980><c> recall</c><00:27:03.380><c> how</c><00:27:03.619><c> the</c><00:27:03.799><c> scriptures</c><00:27:04.119><c> speak</c><00:27:04.619><c> of</c><00:27:04.819><c> God</c><00:27:05.059><c> taking</c>

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all<00:27:05.880><c> our</c><00:27:06.160><c> sins</c>

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:10.779
and<00:27:06.700><c> casting</c><00:27:07.099><c> them</c><00:27:07.440><c> into</c><00:27:07.779><c> the</c><00:27:08.079><c> sea</c><00:27:08.559><c> as</c><00:27:09.440><c> far</c><00:27:09.700><c> as</c><00:27:09.960><c> east</c><00:27:10.240><c> is</c><00:27:10.539><c> from</c>

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.420
the<00:27:10.980><c> west,</c>

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as<00:27:11.759><c> high</c><00:27:11.960><c> as</c><00:27:12.180><c> heaven</c><00:27:12.400><c> is</c><00:27:12.799><c> from</c><00:27:13.039><c> the</c><00:27:13.220><c> earth.</c>

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:16.240
That's<00:27:14.720><c> what</c><00:27:14.880><c> God</c><00:27:15.140><c> does</c><00:27:15.380><c> with</c><00:27:15.619><c> our</c><00:27:15.920><c> sins.</c>

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:19.059
And<00:27:16.440><c> that's</c><00:27:16.619><c> what</c><00:27:16.759><c> we</c><00:27:17.019><c> need</c><00:27:17.180><c> to</c><00:27:17.440><c> do</c><00:27:17.579><c> with</c><00:27:17.779><c> the</c><00:27:18.059><c> sins</c><00:27:18.380><c> of</c><00:27:18.799><c> others</c>

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who<00:27:19.319><c> sin</c><00:27:19.440><c> against</c><00:27:19.779><c> us.</c>

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Not<00:27:21.140><c> that</c><00:27:21.400><c> we</c><00:27:21.599><c> can</c><00:27:21.819><c> remove</c><00:27:22.220><c> those</c><00:27:22.539><c> sins.</c>

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:25.460
Only<00:27:23.480><c> God</c><00:27:23.779><c> can</c><00:27:24.000><c> remove</c><00:27:24.299><c> those</c><00:27:24.579><c> sins.</c>

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:28.940
But<00:27:26.220><c> in</c><00:27:26.380><c> our</c><00:27:26.619><c> heart</c><00:27:26.859><c> and</c><00:27:27.059><c> in</c><00:27:27.259><c> our</c><00:27:27.440><c> mind,</c><00:27:27.980><c> we</c><00:27:28.059><c> should</c><00:27:28.259><c> be</c><00:27:28.539><c> done</c>

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with<00:27:29.279><c> the</c><00:27:29.440><c> matter.</c>

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There's<00:27:30.859><c> no</c><00:27:31.140><c> payment</c><00:27:31.440><c> to</c><00:27:31.680><c> be</c><00:27:31.839><c> made</c><00:27:32.019><c> here</c><00:27:32.420><c> on</c><00:27:32.619><c> this</c><00:27:32.900><c> debt,</c><00:27:33.200><c> on</c>

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:34.480
this<00:27:33.599><c> bill.</c>

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That<00:27:34.740><c> bill</c><00:27:34.920><c> has</c><00:27:35.140><c> been</c><00:27:35.420><c> forgiven</c><00:27:35.940><c> never</c><00:27:36.559><c> to</c><00:27:36.799><c> be</c><00:27:36.960><c> raised</c><00:27:37.220><c> again.</c>

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We're<00:27:38.759><c> done</c><00:27:38.960><c> with</c><00:27:39.220><c> the</c><00:27:39.359><c> matter.</c>

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Isn't<00:27:40.059><c> that</c><00:27:40.259><c> how</c><00:27:40.400><c> we</c><00:27:40.599><c> want</c><00:27:40.799><c> God</c><00:27:41.180><c> to</c><00:27:41.420><c> treat</c><00:27:41.619><c> our</c><00:27:41.980><c> sins?</c>

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So<00:27:43.519><c> that</c><00:27:43.619><c> when</c><00:27:43.759><c> we</c><00:27:44.019><c> pray</c><00:27:44.220><c> for</c><00:27:44.440><c> him</c><00:27:44.640><c> to</c><00:27:44.900><c> forgive</c><00:27:45.200><c> us,</c>

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we're<00:27:47.140><c> not</c><00:27:47.380><c> looking</c><00:27:47.700><c> for</c><00:27:47.940><c> him</c><00:27:48.140><c> to</c><00:27:48.420><c> half</c><00:27:48.640><c>-heartedly</c><00:27:49.140><c> forgive</c><00:27:49.500><c> us</c>

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or<00:27:49.920><c> only</c><00:27:50.160><c> forgive</c><00:27:50.380><c> us</c><00:27:50.559><c> for</c><00:27:50.819><c> a</c><00:27:51.000><c> while</c><00:27:51.259><c> and</c><00:27:51.440><c> then</c><00:27:51.660><c> bring</c><00:27:51.839><c> the</c><00:27:52.059><c> situation</c><00:27:52.640><c> back</c><00:27:52.960><c> up</c>

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to<00:27:53.359><c> us.</c>

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Total<00:27:55.140><c> and</c><00:27:55.599><c> complete</c><00:27:56.180><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:56.980><c> is</c><00:27:58.059><c> what</c><00:27:58.240><c> we</c><00:27:58.539><c> expect</c><00:27:58.920><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:59.299><c> Father</c>

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in<00:27:59.859><c> grace</c><00:28:00.220><c> and</c><00:28:00.420><c> mercy,</c><00:28:00.740><c> what</c><00:28:00.920><c> we</c><00:28:01.099><c> look</c><00:28:01.299><c> for,</c><00:28:02.059><c> what</c><00:28:02.220><c> we</c><00:28:02.480><c> benefit</c><00:28:02.799><c> from.</c>

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.460
So<00:28:04.720><c> he</c><00:28:04.819><c> says</c><00:28:04.960><c> when</c><00:28:05.079><c> we</c><00:28:05.279><c> turn</c><00:28:05.440><c> around</c><00:28:05.619><c> and</c><00:28:05.839><c> forgive</c><00:28:06.019><c> one</c><00:28:06.220><c> another,</c>

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:09.960
we<00:28:06.740><c> need</c><00:28:06.960><c> to</c><00:28:07.259><c> forgive</c><00:28:07.480><c> each</c><00:28:07.799><c> other</c><00:28:08.039><c> totally</c><00:28:08.480><c> and</c><00:28:09.019><c> completely.</c>

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:13.380
So<00:28:10.660><c> that</c><00:28:10.759><c> if</c><00:28:10.940><c> I</c><00:28:11.119><c> wish</c><00:28:11.259><c> for</c><00:28:11.519><c> God</c><00:28:11.680><c> to</c><00:28:11.920><c> blot</c><00:28:12.079><c> out</c><00:28:12.259><c> my</c><00:28:12.619><c> sins,</c><00:28:13.059><c> to</c>

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.299
remove<00:28:13.640><c> them,</c>

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:16.640
as<00:28:15.079><c> far</c><00:28:15.240><c> as</c><00:28:15.400><c> the</c><00:28:15.559><c> east</c><00:28:15.720><c> is</c><00:28:15.940><c> from</c><00:28:16.099><c> the</c><00:28:16.319><c> west,</c>

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:19.500
that's<00:28:16.900><c> how</c><00:28:17.140><c> I</c><00:28:17.279><c> should</c><00:28:17.420><c> be</c><00:28:17.599><c> willing</c><00:28:17.779><c> to</c><00:28:18.059><c> forgive</c><00:28:18.339><c> my</c><00:28:18.619><c> brother.</c>

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:23.720
The<00:28:20.099><c> king</c><00:28:20.339><c> in</c><00:28:20.500><c> the</c><00:28:20.720><c> parable</c><00:28:20.980><c> doesn't</c><00:28:21.359><c> extend</c><00:28:21.980><c> the</c><00:28:22.299><c> time</c><00:28:22.519><c> for</c><00:28:22.799><c> repayment.</c>

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:26.960
He<00:28:24.579><c> wipes</c><00:28:25.039><c> out</c><00:28:25.740><c> the</c><00:28:26.019><c> debt.</c>

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:31.140
The<00:28:29.200><c> matter</c><00:28:29.440><c> was</c><00:28:29.819><c> closed.</c>

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:37.039
So<00:28:31.960><c> that</c><00:28:32.099><c> if</c><00:28:32.359><c> we</c><00:28:32.640><c> continue</c><00:28:33.200><c> to</c><00:28:33.599><c> recall</c><00:28:33.839><c> the</c><00:28:34.160><c> offense</c><00:28:34.960><c> and</c><00:28:36.299><c> harbor</c><00:28:36.700><c> the</c>

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.359
ill<00:28:37.299><c> will,</c>

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:42.380
after<00:28:39.700><c> we've</c><00:28:40.140><c> said</c><00:28:40.240><c> we've</c><00:28:40.660><c> forgiven</c><00:28:40.920><c> the</c><00:28:41.180><c> person</c>

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:45.480
and<00:28:44.079><c> reflect</c><00:28:44.599><c> upon</c><00:28:44.980><c> the</c><00:28:45.200><c> pain,</c>

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:49.180
we<00:28:45.700><c> haven't</c><00:28:46.019><c> really</c><00:28:46.420><c> forgiven</c><00:28:46.720><c> them</c><00:28:47.160><c> from</c><00:28:47.420><c> the</c><00:28:47.619><c> heart.</c>

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:58.279
Some<00:28:54.099><c> of</c><00:28:54.279><c> the</c><00:28:54.460><c> lessons</c><00:28:54.980><c> that</c><00:28:57.180><c> emerge...</c>

00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:01.240
Sorry,<00:28:59.440><c> I'm</c><00:28:59.660><c> one</c><00:28:59.940><c> slide</c><00:29:00.220><c> behind.</c>

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:08.740
Some<00:29:03.660><c> of</c><00:29:03.799><c> the</c><00:29:03.980><c> lessons</c><00:29:04.220><c> that</c><00:29:04.519><c> emerge</c><00:29:04.839><c> in</c><00:29:05.119><c> terms</c><00:29:05.559><c> of</c><00:29:06.400><c> the</c><00:29:06.640><c> importance</c><00:29:07.339><c> of</c><00:29:08.039><c> clarifying</c>

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:13.339
what<00:29:09.000><c> is</c><00:29:09.500><c> being</c><00:29:09.779><c> taught</c><00:29:10.039><c> by</c><00:29:10.339><c> forgiveness</c><00:29:10.799><c> and</c><00:29:11.160><c> what</c><00:29:11.420><c> isn't</c><00:29:11.680><c> being</c><00:29:11.960><c> taught</c><00:29:12.160><c> by</c><00:29:12.460><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:19.039
Notice<00:29:13.839><c> this</c><00:29:14.200><c> parable</c><00:29:14.839><c> is</c><00:29:15.700><c> inserted</c><00:29:16.160><c> by</c><00:29:16.519><c> Matthew</c><00:29:17.259><c> in</c><00:29:17.900><c> chapter</c><00:29:18.319><c> 18</c>

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:22.940
in<00:29:19.380><c> the</c><00:29:19.640><c> very</c><00:29:19.960><c> same</c><00:29:20.220><c> place,</c><00:29:20.720><c> in</c><00:29:20.980><c> fact</c><00:29:21.180><c> right</c><00:29:21.619><c> next</c><00:29:22.000><c> door,</c>

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:26.140
to<00:29:23.380><c> the</c><00:29:23.599><c> issue</c><00:29:24.019><c> of</c><00:29:24.319><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:25.000><c> discipline.</c>

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:30.680
That's<00:29:29.039><c> not</c><00:29:29.279><c> coincidental,</c><00:29:29.900><c> I</c><00:29:30.140><c> don't</c><00:29:30.400><c> think,</c>

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:38.140
because<00:29:31.099><c> he</c><00:29:31.240><c> wants</c><00:29:31.720><c> us</c><00:29:32.160><c> to</c><00:29:32.420><c> see</c><00:29:33.420><c> both</c><00:29:33.980><c> issues</c><00:29:34.779><c> side</c><00:29:35.299><c> by</c><00:29:35.559><c> side.</c>

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:47.140
Forgiveness<00:29:41.099><c> does</c><00:29:41.700><c> not</c><00:29:41.920><c> mean</c><00:29:42.259><c> we</c><00:29:42.599><c> turn</c><00:29:42.980><c> a</c><00:29:43.380><c> blind</c><00:29:43.740><c> eye</c><00:29:44.480><c> to</c><00:29:45.420><c> error</c><00:29:45.680><c> or</c><00:29:46.079><c> sin.</c>

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:51.559
Forgiveness<00:29:48.160><c> does</c><00:29:48.559><c> not</c><00:29:48.859><c> mean</c><00:29:49.079><c> we</c><00:29:49.440><c> condone</c><00:29:50.359><c> sin.</c>

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:55.980
That<00:29:52.200><c> is</c><00:29:52.619><c> not</c><00:29:53.039><c> God's</c><00:29:54.019><c> definition</c><00:29:54.599><c> of</c><00:29:55.000><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:59.619
Jesus'<00:29:57.240><c> forgiveness</c><00:29:57.880><c> of</c><00:29:58.160><c> those</c><00:29:58.500><c> who</c><00:29:58.720><c> put</c><00:29:58.859><c> him</c><00:29:59.079><c> to</c><00:29:59.359><c> death</c>

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:02.859
did<00:29:59.940><c> not</c><00:30:00.259><c> mean</c><00:30:00.579><c> he</c><00:30:00.779><c> was</c><00:30:01.059><c> ignoring</c><00:30:01.599><c> their</c><00:30:02.019><c> sin.</c>

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:06.920
It<00:30:03.319><c> doesn't</c><00:30:03.519><c> mean</c><00:30:03.720><c> he</c><00:30:03.900><c> was</c><00:30:04.220><c> condoning</c><00:30:04.859><c> their</c><00:30:05.279><c> sinful</c><00:30:05.759><c> behavior.</c>

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:09.259
They<00:30:07.299><c> still</c><00:30:07.599><c> needed</c><00:30:07.819><c> to</c><00:30:08.160><c> repent.</c>

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:11.779
They<00:30:09.660><c> still</c><00:30:09.880><c> needed</c><00:30:10.039><c> to</c><00:30:10.180><c> go</c><00:30:10.319><c> through</c><00:30:10.480><c> the</c><00:30:10.640><c> process</c><00:30:11.059><c> of</c><00:30:11.319><c> Acts</c><00:30:11.519><c> 3</c>

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.799
and<00:30:11.940><c> be</c><00:30:12.180><c> converted</c>

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:17.519
and<00:30:13.400><c> to</c><00:30:13.640><c> confess</c><00:30:14.000><c> their</c><00:30:14.319><c> sin</c><00:30:14.880><c> in</c><00:30:15.819><c> order</c><00:30:16.019><c> to</c><00:30:16.200><c> be</c><00:30:16.420><c> saved.</c>

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:22.759
But<00:30:17.960><c> had</c><00:30:18.500><c> Jesus</c><00:30:19.259><c> failed</c><00:30:20.160><c> or</c><00:30:20.660><c> refused</c><00:30:21.259><c> to</c><00:30:21.599><c> forgive</c><00:30:21.900><c> them</c>

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:26.099
on<00:30:23.559><c> the</c><00:30:23.819><c> grounds</c><00:30:24.180><c> of</c><00:30:24.420><c> what</c><00:30:24.619><c> they</c><00:30:24.799><c> had</c><00:30:25.059><c> done,</c>

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:28.319
and<00:30:26.859><c> had</c><00:30:27.059><c> he</c><00:30:27.259><c> in</c><00:30:27.299><c> his</c><00:30:27.599><c> mind</c><00:30:27.839><c> concluded,</c>

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:30.880
well<00:30:28.519><c> they</c><00:30:28.619><c> need</c><00:30:28.880><c> to</c><00:30:29.160><c> apologize</c><00:30:29.759><c> to</c><00:30:30.079><c> me,</c>

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:33.819
they<00:30:31.380><c> need</c><00:30:31.619><c> to</c><00:30:31.839><c> confess</c><00:30:32.140><c> their</c><00:30:32.460><c> sin</c><00:30:32.619><c> to</c><00:30:32.859><c> me</c><00:30:33.039><c> before</c><00:30:33.380><c> I</c><00:30:33.559><c> will</c>

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forgive<00:30:34.079><c> them,</c>

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:39.480
this<00:30:36.599><c> would</c><00:30:36.940><c> not</c><00:30:37.200><c> have</c><00:30:37.420><c> produced</c><00:30:38.039><c> the</c><00:30:38.500><c> repentance</c><00:30:38.960><c> of</c><00:30:39.279><c> the</c>

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.380
people<00:30:39.900><c> that</c><00:30:40.200><c> day.</c>

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:45.200
But<00:30:42.460><c> it</c><00:30:42.680><c> may</c><00:30:42.859><c> have</c><00:30:43.119><c> cost</c><00:30:43.319><c> the</c><00:30:43.559><c> Lord</c><00:30:43.720><c> his</c><00:30:43.980><c> life.</c>

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:52.539
If<00:30:47.200><c> he</c><00:30:47.380><c> went</c><00:30:47.619><c> to</c><00:30:47.799><c> his</c><00:30:48.019><c> death</c><00:30:48.880><c> holding</c><00:30:49.500><c> on</c><00:30:50.039><c> to</c><00:30:50.380><c> any</c><00:30:50.900><c> seeds</c><00:30:51.440><c> of</c><00:30:51.779><c> hatred</c>

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:56.740
or<00:30:53.279><c> ill</c><00:30:53.599><c> will</c><00:30:53.880><c> towards</c><00:30:54.200><c> those</c><00:30:54.559><c> who</c><00:30:54.720><c> had</c><00:30:54.900><c> done</c><00:30:55.079><c> this</c><00:30:55.339><c> great</c><00:30:55.640><c> evil</c><00:30:55.880><c> to</c><00:30:56.160><c> him,</c>

00:30:57.220 --> 00:31:01.299
he<00:30:57.819><c> could</c><00:30:58.019><c> have</c><00:30:58.299><c> jeopardized</c><00:30:59.359><c> God's</c><00:30:59.859><c> entire</c><00:31:00.140><c> plan.</c>

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:06.960
And<00:31:02.680><c> it</c><00:31:02.920><c> shows</c><00:31:03.220><c> how</c><00:31:03.579><c> important</c><00:31:04.240><c> it</c><00:31:04.579><c> is</c><00:31:04.940><c> that</c><00:31:05.119><c> we</c><00:31:05.339><c> be</c><00:31:05.700><c> rid</c><00:31:06.039><c> of</c>

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:09.019
the<00:31:07.359><c> evil</c><00:31:07.700><c> spirit,</c>

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:15.440
even<00:31:10.859><c> if</c><00:31:11.140><c> we</c><00:31:11.420><c> can</c><00:31:11.799><c> while</c><00:31:12.400><c> it</c><00:31:12.579><c> is</c><00:31:12.859><c> being</c><00:31:13.420><c> shown</c><00:31:13.759><c> towards</c><00:31:14.220><c> us.</c>

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:19.599
You<00:31:16.160><c> can't</c><00:31:16.519><c> be</c><00:31:16.779><c> helpful</c><00:31:17.099><c> to</c><00:31:17.319><c> a</c><00:31:17.480><c> person</c><00:31:17.880><c> who</c><00:31:18.140><c> has</c><00:31:18.400><c> sinned</c><00:31:18.619><c> against</c><00:31:18.960><c> you</c>

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:23.440
to<00:31:20.059><c> genuinely</c><00:31:20.700><c> seek</c><00:31:21.200><c> their</c><00:31:21.500><c> spiritual</c><00:31:22.019><c> well</c><00:31:22.319><c>-being,</c>

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:29.279
to<00:31:24.339><c> help</c><00:31:24.559><c> them</c><00:31:24.880><c> recover</c><00:31:25.440><c> until</c><00:31:26.440><c> you</c><00:31:26.839><c> have</c><00:31:27.140><c> forgiven</c><00:31:27.519><c> them</c><00:31:28.000><c> from</c><00:31:28.339><c> the</c><00:31:28.559><c> heart.</c>

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.599
It's<00:31:30.759><c> extremely</c><00:31:31.299><c> important</c><00:31:31.779><c> that</c><00:31:31.960><c> we</c><00:31:32.119><c> not</c><00:31:32.579><c> confuse</c>

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:37.319
forgiving<00:31:34.200><c> others</c><00:31:34.680><c> with</c><00:31:34.980><c> condoning</c><00:31:35.559><c> wrong</c><00:31:36.079><c> behavior.</c>

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:42.160
Forgiveness<00:31:38.619><c> is</c><00:31:39.180><c> not</c><00:31:39.500><c> intended</c><00:31:40.059><c> to</c><00:31:40.440><c> provide</c><00:31:40.799><c> a</c><00:31:41.259><c> cover</c><00:31:41.480><c> or</c><00:31:41.900><c> an</c>

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:44.039
excuse<00:31:42.799><c> for</c><00:31:43.200><c> sin.</c>

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:46.240
Because<00:31:44.740><c> if</c><00:31:44.920><c> it's</c><00:31:45.119><c> used</c><00:31:45.420><c> in</c><00:31:45.680><c> that</c><00:31:45.940><c> vein,</c>

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:49.839
all<00:31:46.619><c> it</c><00:31:46.799><c> will</c><00:31:47.000><c> do</c><00:31:47.259><c> is</c><00:31:47.599><c> perpetuate</c><00:31:48.539><c> wrong</c><00:31:49.160><c> behavior,</c>

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:52.740
which<00:31:50.539><c> will</c><00:31:50.799><c> not</c><00:31:50.980><c> be</c><00:31:51.180><c> helpful</c><00:31:51.440><c> to</c><00:31:51.660><c> the</c><00:31:51.819><c> individual.</c>

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:55.980
So<00:31:53.599><c> that</c><00:31:53.740><c> if</c><00:31:53.880><c> you</c><00:31:54.039><c> have</c><00:31:54.180><c> a</c><00:31:54.500><c> family</c><00:31:54.740><c> member</c><00:31:55.099><c> in</c><00:31:55.380><c> the</c><00:31:55.599><c> ecclesia</c>

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:58.839
who<00:31:56.240><c> has</c><00:31:56.579><c> traveled</c><00:31:57.000><c> the</c><00:31:57.279><c> path</c><00:31:57.519><c> of</c><00:31:57.900><c> sin,</c>

00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:02.200
and<00:31:59.480><c> you</c><00:32:00.000><c> elect</c><00:32:00.480><c> to</c><00:32:00.900><c> ignore</c><00:32:01.259><c> it,</c>

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:05.819
that<00:32:03.500><c> is</c><00:32:03.880><c> not</c><00:32:04.519><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:09.660
Not<00:32:08.039><c> by</c><00:32:08.279><c> God's</c><00:32:08.700><c> definition.</c>

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:13.579
This<00:32:11.180><c> is</c><00:32:11.440><c> not</c><00:32:11.660><c> compassion.</c><00:32:12.400><c> This</c><00:32:12.559><c> is</c><00:32:12.880><c> not</c><00:32:13.140><c> mercy.</c>

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:17.460
This<00:32:13.980><c> is</c><00:32:14.440><c> condoning</c><00:32:15.460><c> wrong</c><00:32:16.240><c> behavior.</c>

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:23.859
When<00:32:21.079><c> God</c><00:32:21.319><c> forgives</c><00:32:21.759><c> us,</c><00:32:22.019><c> he</c><00:32:22.160><c> is</c><00:32:22.460><c> not</c><00:32:22.740><c> condoning</c><00:32:23.339><c> the</c><00:32:23.619><c> wrong</c>

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:25.640
behavior<00:32:24.279><c> we</c><00:32:24.480><c> have</c><00:32:24.700><c> done.</c>

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:28.259
He<00:32:26.339><c> is</c><00:32:26.740><c> forgiving</c><00:32:27.059><c> it.</c>

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:30.759
It's<00:32:28.960><c> very</c><00:32:29.200><c> important</c><00:32:29.759><c> we</c><00:32:29.980><c> have</c><00:32:30.160><c> this</c><00:32:30.519><c> clear,</c>

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.539
especially<00:32:31.319><c> in</c><00:32:31.519><c> these</c><00:32:31.700><c> last</c><00:32:32.019><c> days,</c>

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:34.599
in<00:32:32.940><c> the</c><00:32:33.079><c> dark</c><00:32:33.400><c> age</c><00:32:33.799><c> that</c><00:32:34.039><c> we</c><00:32:34.200><c> live</c><00:32:34.380><c> in,</c>

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:38.140
these<00:32:34.960><c> very</c><00:32:35.519><c> last</c><00:32:35.880><c> days</c><00:32:36.240><c> until</c><00:32:36.519><c> the</c><00:32:36.740><c> Lord</c><00:32:36.900><c> returns.</c>

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:40.559
And<00:32:38.579><c> as</c><00:32:38.700><c> we</c><00:32:38.839><c> know</c><00:32:39.000><c> from</c><00:32:39.220><c> Scripture</c><00:32:39.599><c> that</c><00:32:39.819><c> the</c><00:32:40.039><c> violence</c><00:32:40.380><c> and</c>

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.759
the<00:32:40.680><c> immorality</c><00:32:41.200><c> will</c><00:32:41.420><c> be</c><00:32:41.680><c> rampant,</c>

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:45.279
widely<00:32:43.299><c> accepted,</c><00:32:43.900><c> even</c><00:32:44.160><c> promoted.</c>

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:49.519
It's<00:32:45.940><c> critical</c><00:32:46.380><c> that</c><00:32:46.579><c> we</c><00:32:46.859><c> keep</c><00:32:47.079><c> a</c><00:32:47.579><c> standard</c><00:32:48.000><c> of</c><00:32:48.480><c> holiness</c>

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:52.839
present<00:32:50.559><c> in</c><00:32:51.119><c> our</c><00:32:51.359><c> lives</c><00:32:51.640><c> personally,</c>

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:56.359
in<00:32:53.279><c> our</c><00:32:53.579><c> families,</c><00:32:54.599><c> in</c><00:32:54.779><c> our</c><00:32:55.079><c> ecclesias,</c>

00:32:56.619 --> 00:33:00.180
regardless<00:32:57.180><c> of</c><00:32:57.519><c> what</c><00:32:57.799><c> others</c><00:32:58.059><c> may</c><00:32:58.319><c> be</c><00:32:58.480><c> doing</c><00:32:58.640><c> around</c><00:32:58.960><c> us.</c>

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:04.779
The<00:33:01.140><c> faithful</c><00:33:01.519><c> in</c><00:33:01.799><c> the</c><00:33:01.980><c> last</c><00:33:02.259><c> days</c><00:33:02.640><c> will</c><00:33:03.059><c> retain</c><00:33:03.779><c> a</c><00:33:04.339><c> standard</c>

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:06.079
of<00:33:05.220><c> holiness.</c>

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:08.619
It<00:33:06.779><c> doesn't</c><00:33:07.019><c> mean</c><00:33:07.240><c> we</c><00:33:07.400><c> will</c><00:33:07.660><c> always</c><00:33:07.920><c> live</c><00:33:08.099><c> up</c><00:33:08.339><c> to</c><00:33:08.480><c> it.</c>

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:10.140
It<00:33:08.839><c> doesn't</c><00:33:08.980><c> mean</c><00:33:09.200><c> we</c><00:33:09.339><c> will</c><00:33:09.539><c> be</c><00:33:09.799><c> sinless,</c>

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:13.599
but<00:33:10.339><c> that</c><00:33:10.619><c> will</c><00:33:10.960><c> continue</c><00:33:11.460><c> to</c><00:33:11.740><c> be</c><00:33:12.279><c> the</c><00:33:12.619><c> benchmark</c><00:33:13.099><c> by</c><00:33:13.420><c> which</c>

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.759
we<00:33:13.940><c> gauge</c><00:33:14.279><c> our</c><00:33:14.660><c> conduct</c>

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:19.400
in<00:33:16.319><c> all</c><00:33:16.579><c> that</c><00:33:16.759><c> we</c><00:33:16.960><c> do</c><00:33:17.259><c> until</c><00:33:17.579><c> the</c><00:33:17.779><c> day</c><00:33:17.940><c> the</c><00:33:18.099><c> Lord</c><00:33:18.279><c> returns.</c>

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:24.380
We<00:33:20.920><c> will</c><00:33:21.180><c> do</c><00:33:21.359><c> our</c><00:33:21.640><c> young</c><00:33:21.900><c> people</c><00:33:22.279><c> and</c><00:33:22.500><c> our</c><00:33:22.759><c> children</c><00:33:23.119><c> no</c><00:33:23.619><c> favors</c>

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:30.960
by<00:33:25.460><c> confusing</c><00:33:26.099><c> forgiveness</c><00:33:27.099><c> with</c><00:33:28.220><c> turning</c><00:33:28.559><c> a</c><00:33:28.940><c> blind</c><00:33:29.259><c> eye</c><00:33:29.720><c> to</c><00:33:29.960><c> sin.</c>

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:35.960
Sin<00:33:31.380><c> must</c><00:33:31.680><c> be</c><00:33:32.079><c> recognized</c><00:33:32.660><c> and</c><00:33:32.980><c> acknowledged</c><00:33:33.519><c> for</c><00:33:33.920><c> what</c><00:33:34.119><c> it</c><00:33:34.259><c> is.</c>

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:39.059
And<00:33:36.319><c> forgiveness</c><00:33:36.779><c> does</c><00:33:37.140><c> not</c><00:33:37.440><c> abdicate</c><00:33:38.039><c> the</c><00:33:38.319><c> responsibility</c>

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:40.000
of<00:33:39.380><c> the</c><00:33:39.559><c> ecclesia</c>

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:43.279
to<00:33:40.299><c> uphold</c><00:33:40.779><c> right</c><00:33:41.279><c> doctrine</c><00:33:41.880><c> and</c><00:33:42.240><c> conduct.</c>

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:46.700
So<00:33:45.000><c> that</c><00:33:45.160><c> we</c><00:33:45.279><c> have</c><00:33:45.440><c> on</c><00:33:45.619><c> the</c><00:33:45.819><c> screen,</c><00:33:46.240><c> I</c><00:33:46.279><c> believe,</c>

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:50.339
that<00:33:47.079><c> forgiveness</c><00:33:47.819><c> cannot</c><00:33:48.660><c> be</c><00:33:49.160><c> set</c><00:33:49.380><c> at</c><00:33:49.819><c> odds.</c>

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:52.140
That<00:33:50.779><c> principle</c><00:33:51.299><c> of</c><00:33:51.599><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:55.420
that<00:33:52.900><c> divine</c><00:33:53.500><c> principle</c><00:33:54.000><c> of</c><00:33:54.279><c> forgiveness</c><00:33:54.579><c> that</c><00:33:54.779><c> we're</c><00:33:54.960><c> speaking</c><00:33:55.259><c> of</c>

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.559
this<00:33:55.660><c> week,</c>

00:33:56.680 --> 00:34:02.740
cannot<00:33:56.940><c> be</c><00:33:57.420><c> set</c><00:33:57.680><c> at</c><00:33:58.079><c> odds</c><00:33:58.599><c> with</c><00:33:59.579><c> the</c><00:33:59.839><c> ecclesia's</c><00:34:00.500><c> responsibility</c><00:34:01.119><c> to</c><00:34:01.440><c> uphold</c><00:34:01.680><c> truth.</c>

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:06.779
But<00:34:03.799><c> neither</c><00:34:04.160><c> will</c><00:34:04.420><c> we</c><00:34:04.619><c> ever</c><00:34:04.900><c> be</c><00:34:05.119><c> helpful</c><00:34:05.480><c> to</c><00:34:05.740><c> a</c><00:34:05.900><c> person</c><00:34:06.380><c> who</c>

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:09.039
has<00:34:06.980><c> been</c><00:34:07.259><c> overcome</c><00:34:07.660><c> by</c><00:34:08.099><c> sin</c>

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:12.300
if<00:34:09.880><c> we</c><00:34:10.239><c> refuse</c><00:34:10.599><c> to</c><00:34:10.860><c> forgive</c><00:34:11.079><c> them.</c>

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:17.599
There's<00:34:16.000><c> another</c><00:34:16.219><c> danger</c><00:34:16.659><c> we</c><00:34:16.980><c> face,</c>

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:22.440
and<00:34:18.079><c> that</c><00:34:18.219><c> is</c><00:34:18.539><c> the</c><00:34:19.159><c> danger</c><00:34:19.679><c> of</c><00:34:20.099><c> equating</c><00:34:21.260><c> forgiveness</c><00:34:22.000><c> with</c>

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.179
ecclesial<00:34:23.119><c> discipline.</c>

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.800
And<00:34:25.780><c> if</c><00:34:25.900><c> we're</c><00:34:26.039><c> not</c><00:34:26.280><c> careful,</c>

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:29.760
and<00:34:27.440><c> you</c><00:34:27.519><c> hear</c><00:34:27.739><c> brethren</c><00:34:28.079><c> and</c><00:34:28.320><c> sisters</c><00:34:28.599><c> speak</c><00:34:29.059><c> in</c><00:34:29.239><c> these</c><00:34:29.480><c> terms,</c>

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:32.960
if<00:34:29.940><c> we're</c><00:34:30.139><c> not</c><00:34:30.400><c> careful</c><00:34:30.739><c> and</c><00:34:30.920><c> we</c><00:34:31.039><c> end</c><00:34:31.239><c> up</c><00:34:31.460><c> equating</c><00:34:31.920><c> forgiveness</c><00:34:32.639><c> with</c>

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.559
ecclesial<00:34:33.440><c> discipline,</c>

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:39.739
we<00:34:35.320><c> end</c><00:34:35.639><c> up</c><00:34:36.000><c> withholding</c><00:34:36.860><c> forgiveness</c><00:34:37.659><c> in</c><00:34:39.039><c> the</c><00:34:39.219><c> name</c><00:34:39.519><c> of</c>

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:41.300
upholding<00:34:40.260><c> truth.</c>

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:45.480
This<00:34:42.639><c> is</c><00:34:42.820><c> what</c><00:34:43.039><c> the</c><00:34:43.239><c> Roman</c><00:34:43.579><c> Catholic</c><00:34:43.960><c> Church</c><00:34:44.420><c> does.</c>

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:52.300
It<00:34:46.639><c> equates</c><00:34:47.159><c> forgiveness</c><00:34:47.880><c> with</c><00:34:49.300><c> membership</c><00:34:50.300><c> in</c><00:34:51.260><c> the</c><00:34:51.500><c> church.</c>

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:57.920
And<00:34:53.719><c> it</c><00:34:53.860><c> won't</c><00:34:54.199><c> forgive</c><00:34:54.639><c> you</c><00:34:55.699><c> until</c><00:34:56.960><c> you</c><00:34:57.119><c> have</c><00:34:57.360><c> done</c><00:34:57.519><c> what</c><00:34:57.719><c> the</c>

00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:00.260
church<00:34:58.099><c> says</c><00:34:58.380><c> you</c><00:34:58.579><c> need</c><00:34:58.820><c> to</c><00:34:58.980><c> do.</c>

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:04.059
And<00:35:00.880><c> it</c><00:35:00.960><c> will</c><00:35:01.239><c> dangle</c><00:35:01.980><c> your</c><00:35:02.599><c> membership</c><00:35:03.059><c> in</c><00:35:03.320><c> the</c><00:35:03.539><c> church</c>

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:07.500
and<00:35:04.519><c> forgiveness</c><00:35:04.960><c> of</c><00:35:05.199><c> your</c><00:35:05.440><c> sins</c><00:35:05.739><c> in</c><00:35:05.980><c> front</c><00:35:06.139><c> of</c><00:35:06.340><c> you</c>

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:10.960
until<00:35:08.519><c> you</c><00:35:08.760><c> comply</c><00:35:09.139><c> with</c><00:35:09.340><c> what</c><00:35:09.539><c> the</c><00:35:09.699><c> church</c><00:35:09.880><c> teaches.</c>

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:16.559
Why<00:35:13.559><c> does</c><00:35:13.860><c> Jesus</c><00:35:14.179><c> talk</c><00:35:14.519><c> about</c><00:35:14.840><c> the</c><00:35:15.059><c> need</c><00:35:15.260><c> for</c><00:35:15.500><c> ecclesial</c><00:35:15.960><c> discipline</c><00:35:16.420><c> in</c>

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.960
Matthew<00:35:16.920><c> 18</c>

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:21.199
and<00:35:19.340><c> then</c><00:35:19.579><c> turn</c><00:35:19.760><c> around</c><00:35:19.980><c> and</c><00:35:20.179><c> warn</c><00:35:20.320><c> us</c><00:35:20.500><c> that</c><00:35:20.659><c> we</c><00:35:20.760><c> had</c><00:35:20.960><c> better</c>

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:22.739
forgive<00:35:21.659><c> our</c><00:35:21.940><c> brothers</c><00:35:22.199><c> and</c><00:35:22.420><c> sisters</c>

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.860
when<00:35:22.900><c> they</c><00:35:23.119><c> sinned</c><00:35:23.239><c> against</c><00:35:23.579><c> us?</c>

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:28.840
Unless<00:35:24.320><c> he</c><00:35:24.539><c> is</c><00:35:24.760><c> telling</c><00:35:25.019><c> us</c><00:35:26.039><c> that</c><00:35:27.159><c> we</c><00:35:27.380><c> ought</c><00:35:27.599><c> to</c><00:35:27.860><c> forgive</c><00:35:28.400><c> the</c>

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.840
brother<00:35:29.079><c> who</c><00:35:29.440><c> sins,</c>

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:33.719
but<00:35:30.320><c> then</c><00:35:30.679><c> hold</c><00:35:31.019><c> him</c><00:35:31.360><c> accountable</c><00:35:32.000><c> for</c><00:35:32.320><c> his</c><00:35:32.559><c> actions.</c>

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:37.260
Those<00:35:34.679><c> two</c><00:35:34.960><c> issues</c><00:35:35.340><c> are</c><00:35:35.679><c> not</c><00:35:35.940><c> the</c><00:35:36.159><c> same.</c>

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:41.980
If<00:35:38.559><c> we</c><00:35:38.800><c> get</c><00:35:39.019><c> them</c><00:35:39.300><c> confused</c><00:35:39.880><c> and</c><00:35:40.079><c> we</c><00:35:40.320><c> put</c><00:35:40.480><c> them</c><00:35:40.719><c> together,</c>

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:46.119
we<00:35:43.400><c> end</c><00:35:43.599><c> up</c><00:35:43.739><c> putting</c><00:35:43.940><c> ourselves</c><00:35:44.460><c> in</c><00:35:44.599><c> the</c><00:35:44.679><c> position</c><00:35:45.039><c> of</c><00:35:45.300><c> God.</c>

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:49.340
And<00:35:47.539><c> the</c><00:35:47.739><c> sinner</c><00:35:47.920><c> remains</c><00:35:48.380><c> unforgiven</c>

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:53.639
until<00:35:50.420><c> the</c><00:35:50.659><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:51.019><c> decides</c><00:35:51.440><c> to</c><00:35:51.659><c> accept</c><00:35:51.960><c> them.</c>

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:58.440
Forgiveness<00:35:56.219><c> is</c><00:35:56.820><c> not</c><00:35:57.260><c> a</c><00:35:57.539><c> sin</c>

00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:03.139
to<00:35:59.719><c> be</c><00:36:00.079><c> extended</c><00:36:00.440><c> to</c><00:36:00.719><c> someone</c><00:36:01.019><c> who</c><00:36:01.239><c> is</c><00:36:01.440><c> not</c><00:36:01.619><c> repentant.</c>

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:08.619
It<00:36:03.900><c> is</c><00:36:04.300><c> not</c><00:36:04.519><c> a</c><00:36:04.880><c> sin</c><00:36:05.159><c> to</c><00:36:05.460><c> forgive</c><00:36:05.800><c> someone</c><00:36:06.280><c> who</c><00:36:06.539><c> has</c><00:36:06.780><c> not</c><00:36:06.960><c> repented.</c>

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:11.380
Jesus<00:36:09.000><c> did</c><00:36:09.219><c> it,</c><00:36:09.519><c> Stephen</c><00:36:09.820><c> did</c><00:36:10.039><c> it,</c><00:36:10.239><c> Paul</c><00:36:10.500><c> did</c><00:36:10.659><c> it,</c><00:36:10.920><c> David</c><00:36:11.219><c> did</c>

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:13.639
it,<00:36:11.539><c> Joseph</c><00:36:11.860><c> did</c><00:36:12.039><c> it,</c><00:36:12.300><c> and</c><00:36:12.380><c> many,</c><00:36:12.760><c> many</c><00:36:12.760><c> others.</c>

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:19.159
It<00:36:14.820><c> is</c><00:36:15.199><c> not</c><00:36:15.420><c> a</c><00:36:15.820><c> sin</c><00:36:16.119><c> to</c><00:36:16.440><c> forgive</c><00:36:16.780><c> someone</c><00:36:17.219><c> who</c><00:36:17.420><c> has</c><00:36:17.619><c> not</c><00:36:17.780><c> repented.</c>

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:25.300
It<00:36:20.019><c> is</c><00:36:20.360><c> a</c><00:36:20.539><c> sin</c><00:36:21.039><c> to</c><00:36:22.380><c> fail</c><00:36:22.739><c> to</c><00:36:23.059><c> hold</c><00:36:23.280><c> a</c><00:36:23.599><c> person</c><00:36:23.940><c> accountable</c>

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:28.579
for<00:36:27.179><c> their</c><00:36:27.400><c> wrongdoing.</c>

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:34.619
But<00:36:31.840><c> you</c><00:36:32.019><c> can</c><00:36:32.280><c> hold</c><00:36:32.559><c> a</c><00:36:32.800><c> person</c><00:36:33.119><c> accountable,</c><00:36:33.860><c> Matthew</c><00:36:34.019><c> 18</c><00:36:34.380><c> is</c>

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.219
teaching<00:36:34.860><c> us,</c>

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:37.519
and<00:36:35.500><c> already</c><00:36:35.940><c> have</c><00:36:36.199><c> forgiven</c><00:36:36.480><c> them.</c>

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:41.219
We<00:36:38.300><c> don't</c><00:36:38.539><c> help</c><00:36:38.820><c> the</c><00:36:39.019><c> situation</c><00:36:39.599><c> by</c><00:36:39.880><c> withholding</c><00:36:40.460><c> our</c><00:36:40.739><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:45.239
If<00:36:41.599><c> anything,</c><00:36:42.239><c> we</c><00:36:42.320><c> introduce</c><00:36:42.880><c> a</c><00:36:43.340><c> new</c><00:36:43.619><c> and</c><00:36:44.000><c> unhelpful</c><00:36:44.860><c> element</c>

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:46.900
to<00:36:45.579><c> the</c><00:36:45.820><c> situation,</c>

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:50.860
because<00:36:47.800><c> the</c><00:36:48.019><c> airing</c><00:36:48.320><c> brother</c><00:36:48.519><c> now</c><00:36:48.840><c> needs</c><00:36:49.099><c> to</c><00:36:49.360><c> obtain</c><00:36:49.659><c> my</c><00:36:50.059><c> forgiveness</c>

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:54.599
before<00:36:51.659><c> his</c><00:36:51.960><c> standing</c><00:36:52.320><c> with</c><00:36:52.599><c> the</c><00:36:52.780><c> ecclesiast</c><00:36:53.579><c> can</c><00:36:53.800><c> be</c><00:36:54.179><c> resolved.</c>

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:59.579
And<00:36:55.320><c> I</c><00:36:55.579><c> end</c><00:36:55.860><c> up</c><00:36:56.179><c> placing</c><00:36:56.480><c> myself</c><00:36:57.059><c> in</c><00:36:57.260><c> a</c><00:36:57.280><c> very</c><00:36:57.780><c> inappropriate</c><00:36:58.400><c> position</c>

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:02.840
if<00:37:00.400><c> I</c><00:37:00.679><c> convey</c><00:37:00.980><c> to</c><00:37:01.179><c> the</c><00:37:01.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:01.760><c> that</c><00:37:01.920><c> the</c><00:37:02.119><c> matter</c><00:37:02.300><c> has</c><00:37:02.559><c> to</c><00:37:02.699><c> be</c>

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.539
right<00:37:02.960><c> with</c><00:37:03.179><c> me</c>

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:05.760
and<00:37:03.659><c> I</c><00:37:03.840><c> have</c><00:37:04.039><c> to</c><00:37:04.199><c> forgive</c><00:37:04.420><c> the</c><00:37:04.679><c> person</c>

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:09.440
before<00:37:07.000><c> they</c><00:37:07.219><c> should</c><00:37:07.400><c> be</c><00:37:07.739><c> acceptable</c><00:37:08.099><c> to</c><00:37:08.320><c> the</c><00:37:08.480><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:12.840
That<00:37:10.539><c> is</c><00:37:10.800><c> not</c><00:37:11.000><c> what</c><00:37:11.159><c> Matthew</c><00:37:11.500><c> 18</c><00:37:11.820><c> is</c><00:37:12.079><c> teaching.</c>

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:18.119
If<00:37:13.880><c> we</c><00:37:14.219><c> equate</c><00:37:15.199><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:16.139><c> discipline</c><00:37:16.679><c> with</c><00:37:16.980><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:23.480
we<00:37:18.820><c> may</c><00:37:19.219><c> end</c><00:37:19.559><c> up</c><00:37:19.900><c> never</c><00:37:20.300><c> forgiving</c><00:37:20.760><c> the</c><00:37:21.000><c> person</c><00:37:21.579><c> when</c><00:37:22.440><c> we</c><00:37:22.699><c> should.</c>

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:28.340
And<00:37:24.940><c> as</c><00:37:25.199><c> we</c><00:37:25.380><c> are</c><00:37:25.639><c> warned</c><00:37:25.900><c> in</c><00:37:26.159><c> the</c><00:37:26.380><c> parable</c><00:37:26.659><c> of</c><00:37:26.920><c> the</c><00:37:27.139><c> unforgiving</c><00:37:27.559><c> creditor,</c>

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:32.519
as<00:37:29.260><c> a</c><00:37:29.460><c> result,</c><00:37:29.960><c> we</c><00:37:30.039><c> may</c><00:37:30.260><c> never</c><00:37:30.519><c> be</c><00:37:30.900><c> forgiven</c><00:37:31.179><c> ourselves.</c>

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:38.079
So<00:37:34.320><c> we</c><00:37:34.460><c> have</c><00:37:34.639><c> to</c><00:37:34.940><c> separate</c><00:37:35.400><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:36.019><c> from</c><00:37:36.480><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:36.920><c> discipline.</c>

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:42.179
Matthew<00:37:39.900><c> 18</c><00:37:40.260><c> shows</c><00:37:40.619><c> us</c><00:37:40.860><c> that</c><00:37:41.000><c> you</c><00:37:41.119><c> can</c><00:37:41.380><c> forgive</c><00:37:41.579><c> a</c><00:37:41.800><c> person</c>

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.579
and<00:37:42.559><c> still</c><00:37:42.820><c> hold</c><00:37:43.019><c> him</c><00:37:43.300><c> accountable.</c>

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:48.659
Forgiving<00:37:47.420><c> the</c><00:37:47.719><c> airing</c><00:37:48.179><c> brother</c>

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:53.320
and<00:37:49.300><c> letting</c><00:37:49.559><c> the</c><00:37:49.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:50.360><c> determine</c><00:37:51.099><c> the</c><00:37:51.420><c> appropriate</c><00:37:52.280><c> discipline</c><00:37:53.000><c> to</c>

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.860
be<00:37:53.559><c> taken.</c>

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:57.019
And<00:37:54.179><c> in</c><00:37:54.360><c> the</c><00:37:54.519><c> end,</c><00:37:54.800><c> brethren</c><00:37:54.900><c> and</c><00:37:55.119><c> sisters,</c><00:37:55.519><c> it's</c><00:37:55.780><c> their</c><00:37:56.000><c> decision,</c><00:37:56.639><c> not</c><00:37:56.719><c> yours.</c>

00:37:57.079 --> 00:38:00.440
Because<00:37:57.440><c> when</c><00:37:58.019><c> you</c><00:37:58.500><c> go</c><00:37:58.840><c> and</c><00:37:59.099><c> get</c><00:37:59.320><c> another</c><00:37:59.679><c> brother</c><00:37:59.980><c> or</c><00:38:00.300><c> two</c>

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:02.719
to<00:38:00.619><c> have</c><00:38:00.760><c> a</c><00:38:01.059><c> conversation</c><00:38:01.559><c> with</c><00:38:01.780><c> the</c><00:38:02.000><c> brother</c><00:38:02.159><c> who</c><00:38:02.320><c> has</c><00:38:02.500><c> aired,</c>

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:05.179
which<00:38:03.380><c> you</c><00:38:03.719><c> need</c><00:38:03.900><c> to</c><00:38:04.099><c> do,</c>

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:09.099
then<00:38:06.079><c> the</c><00:38:06.400><c> responsibility</c><00:38:07.059><c> for</c><00:38:07.320><c> that</c><00:38:07.539><c> situation</c><00:38:08.039><c> passes</c><00:38:08.500><c> from</c><00:38:08.860><c> you</c>

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:10.300
to<00:38:09.300><c> them.</c>

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:13.400
And<00:38:11.480><c> when</c><00:38:11.659><c> they</c><00:38:11.860><c> determine</c><00:38:12.280><c> that</c><00:38:12.500><c> the</c><00:38:12.679><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:12.960><c> now</c><00:38:13.179><c> needs</c>

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.980
to<00:38:13.579><c> get</c><00:38:13.719><c> involved</c>

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:16.019
because<00:38:14.300><c> the</c><00:38:14.480><c> brother</c><00:38:14.599><c> has</c><00:38:14.840><c> not</c><00:38:15.059><c> yet</c><00:38:15.300><c> changed</c><00:38:15.519><c> his</c><00:38:15.800><c> ways,</c>

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:18.679
the<00:38:16.300><c> responsibility</c><00:38:16.880><c> passes</c><00:38:17.300><c> from</c><00:38:17.480><c> the</c><00:38:17.659><c> two</c><00:38:17.780><c> or</c><00:38:17.960><c> three</c><00:38:18.360><c> to</c>

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.900
the<00:38:18.900><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:22.119
You<00:38:20.519><c> are</c><00:38:20.739><c> now</c><00:38:20.980><c> done</c><00:38:21.119><c> with</c><00:38:21.300><c> the</c><00:38:21.539><c> responsibility.</c>

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:24.119
It<00:38:22.340><c> is</c><00:38:22.599><c> passed</c><00:38:22.780><c> to</c><00:38:22.940><c> the</c><00:38:23.059><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.840
If<00:38:26.440><c> we</c><00:38:26.780><c> fail</c><00:38:26.960><c> to</c><00:38:27.219><c> see</c><00:38:27.400><c> that</c>

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:30.940
and<00:38:28.179><c> we</c><00:38:28.500><c> somehow</c><00:38:28.960><c> think</c><00:38:29.300><c> that</c><00:38:29.460><c> we</c><00:38:29.619><c> are</c><00:38:29.860><c> still</c><00:38:30.179><c> accountable</c>

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:34.000
and<00:38:31.579><c> still</c><00:38:31.840><c> responsible</c><00:38:32.500><c> for</c><00:38:32.699><c> this</c><00:38:32.960><c> brother's</c><00:38:33.440><c> situation</c>

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:36.760
and<00:38:34.739><c> we</c><00:38:34.880><c> get</c><00:38:35.000><c> our</c><00:38:35.239><c> forgiveness</c><00:38:35.639><c> with</c><00:38:35.820><c> him</c><00:38:35.980><c> mixed</c><00:38:36.280><c> up</c><00:38:36.440><c> with</c><00:38:36.579><c> the</c>

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:37.480
ecclesial<00:38:37.099><c> discipline,</c>

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:39.900
then<00:38:37.659><c> we</c><00:38:37.679><c> end</c><00:38:37.900><c> up</c><00:38:38.059><c> in</c><00:38:38.179><c> a</c><00:38:38.320><c> terrible</c><00:38:38.699><c> position.</c>

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:43.039
And<00:38:42.360><c> then</c><00:38:42.539><c> Jesus</c><00:38:42.780><c> says,</c>

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:46.519
let<00:38:43.199><c> me</c><00:38:43.340><c> tell</c><00:38:43.579><c> you</c><00:38:43.820><c> about</c><00:38:44.019><c> the</c><00:38:44.300><c> parable</c><00:38:44.559><c> of</c><00:38:44.800><c> the</c><00:38:45.019><c> unforgiving</c><00:38:45.480><c> predator.</c>

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:52.519
So<00:38:50.219><c> when</c><00:38:50.320><c> you</c><00:38:50.440><c> put</c><00:38:50.599><c> the</c><00:38:50.739><c> two</c><00:38:50.880><c> principles</c><00:38:51.280><c> together,</c>

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:56.239
Jesus<00:38:53.579><c> is</c><00:38:53.840><c> teaching</c><00:38:54.039><c> us</c><00:38:54.280><c> to</c><00:38:54.519><c> forgive</c><00:38:54.760><c> our</c><00:38:55.000><c> airing</c><00:38:55.320><c> brother,</c>

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:59.099
but<00:38:56.579><c> if</c><00:38:56.860><c> his</c><00:38:57.139><c> sin</c><00:38:57.300><c> is</c><00:38:57.639><c> serious</c><00:38:58.159><c> enough</c>

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:02.619
to<00:38:59.840><c> where</c><00:39:00.079><c> corrective</c><00:39:00.679><c> action</c><00:39:01.039><c> is</c><00:39:01.360><c> necessary,</c>

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:05.579
including<00:39:03.300><c> action</c><00:39:03.780><c> that</c><00:39:03.980><c> would</c><00:39:04.179><c> involve</c><00:39:04.599><c> other</c><00:39:05.019><c> brethren</c><00:39:05.320><c> or</c>

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.440
even<00:39:05.900><c> the</c><00:39:06.099><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:08.820
then<00:39:06.639><c> take</c><00:39:06.980><c> that</c><00:39:07.280><c> step</c><00:39:07.519><c> as</c><00:39:07.780><c> well.</c>

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.380
But<00:39:09.360><c> I</c><00:39:09.500><c> guarantee</c><00:39:10.019><c> you,</c>

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:14.380
you<00:39:10.500><c> will</c><00:39:10.679><c> be</c><00:39:10.900><c> in</c><00:39:11.119><c> a</c><00:39:11.340><c> much,</c><00:39:11.840><c> much,</c><00:39:12.619><c> much</c><00:39:13.260><c> better</c><00:39:13.739><c> position</c>

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:17.539
to<00:39:15.340><c> help</c><00:39:15.579><c> your</c><00:39:15.900><c> brother</c><00:39:16.159><c> who</c><00:39:16.420><c> has</c><00:39:16.699><c> sinned</c><00:39:16.960><c> against</c><00:39:17.300><c> you</c>

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:20.039
if<00:39:17.719><c> you</c><00:39:17.940><c> have</c><00:39:18.179><c> already</c><00:39:18.619><c> forgiven</c><00:39:18.980><c> him</c>

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:22.880
than<00:39:21.079><c> if</c><00:39:21.280><c> you</c><00:39:21.460><c> have</c><00:39:21.739><c> not</c><00:39:21.980><c> forgiven</c><00:39:22.320><c> him.</c>

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:28.579
And<00:39:23.599><c> that</c><00:39:23.840><c> remains</c><00:39:24.300><c> an</c><00:39:24.719><c> issue</c><00:39:25.199><c> to</c><00:39:25.599><c> be</c><00:39:25.820><c> resolved</c><00:39:26.280><c> in</c><00:39:26.920><c> these</c><00:39:27.159><c> discussions.</c>

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:36.539
The<00:39:33.179><c> determining</c><00:39:33.659><c> factor</c><00:39:34.260><c> is</c><00:39:34.900><c> not</c><00:39:35.239><c> your</c><00:39:35.599><c> suffering.</c>

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:39.320
It's<00:39:37.440><c> the</c><00:39:37.699><c> brother's</c><00:39:38.320><c> salvation.</c>

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:42.400
It's<00:39:39.619><c> the</c><00:39:39.820><c> spiritual</c><00:39:40.400><c> well</c><00:39:40.719><c>-being</c><00:39:40.980><c> of</c><00:39:41.199><c> the</c><00:39:41.380><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:45.880
There's<00:39:44.519><c> a</c><00:39:44.679><c> warning</c><00:39:44.900><c> in</c><00:39:45.119><c> James</c><00:39:45.380><c> 3.</c>

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:48.880
We<00:39:46.099><c> won't</c><00:39:46.360><c> turn</c><00:39:46.659><c> there,</c><00:39:46.940><c> but</c><00:39:47.079><c> I</c><00:39:47.239><c> just</c><00:39:47.559><c> offer</c><00:39:47.860><c> that.</c>

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:51.099
It's<00:39:49.719><c> what</c><00:39:49.900><c> an</c><00:39:50.079><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:50.380><c> looks</c><00:39:50.639><c> like</c>

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:53.460
when<00:39:51.380><c> its</c><00:39:51.619><c> members</c><00:39:51.940><c> have</c><00:39:52.260><c> lost</c><00:39:52.679><c> the</c><00:39:53.000><c> ability</c>

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:56.079
to<00:39:54.380><c> forbear</c><00:39:54.860><c> and</c><00:39:55.179><c> forgive.</c>

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:58.059
We're<00:39:57.219><c> going</c><00:39:57.320><c> to</c><00:39:57.440><c> move</c><00:39:57.599><c> on</c><00:39:57.780><c> now</c><00:39:58.000><c> to</c>

00:39:58.059 --> 00:40:02.760
Psalm<00:39:58.780><c> 51,</c><00:39:59.400><c> but</c><00:39:59.539><c> just</c><00:39:59.739><c> a</c><00:39:59.820><c> couple</c><00:40:00.019><c> of</c><00:40:00.260><c> comments</c><00:40:00.519><c> about</c><00:40:00.840><c> James</c><00:40:01.099><c> 3.</c>

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:04.039
You<00:40:03.139><c> can</c><00:40:03.340><c> turn</c><00:40:03.480><c> there</c><00:40:03.599><c> if</c><00:40:03.739><c> you</c><00:40:03.900><c> like.</c>

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:06.679
I<00:40:04.280><c> probably</c><00:40:04.480><c> shouldn't</c><00:40:04.679><c> have</c><00:40:04.860><c> told</c><00:40:04.940><c> you</c><00:40:05.079><c> not</c><00:40:05.239><c> to</c><00:40:05.400><c> turn</c><00:40:05.579><c> there.</c>

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:10.000
Because<00:40:07.780><c> the</c><00:40:08.019><c> phrase</c><00:40:08.199><c> is</c><00:40:08.460><c> used</c><00:40:09.019><c> by</c><00:40:09.360><c> James</c>

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:12.860
in<00:40:10.599><c> this</c><00:40:10.920><c> description</c><00:40:11.420><c> of</c><00:40:11.699><c> an</c><00:40:11.860><c> ecclesia</c>

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:16.780
that<00:40:13.500><c> has</c><00:40:13.940><c> lost</c><00:40:14.500><c> its</c><00:40:14.900><c> ability</c><00:40:15.380><c> to</c><00:40:15.739><c> forgive.</c>

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:22.800
The<00:40:19.000><c> phrase</c><00:40:19.239><c> is</c><00:40:19.480><c> used,</c><00:40:19.739><c> the</c><00:40:19.880><c> terms</c><00:40:20.099><c> used,</c><00:40:20.539><c> bitter</c><00:40:20.780><c> envying.</c>

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:24.179
The<00:40:23.179><c> area</c><00:40:23.360><c> we're</c><00:40:23.559><c> looking</c><00:40:23.760><c> at</c><00:40:24.000><c> is</c>

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:26.760
verse<00:40:24.340><c> 14</c><00:40:24.780><c> of</c><00:40:24.980><c> chapter</c><00:40:25.239><c> 3</c><00:40:25.519><c> to</c><00:40:25.639><c> verse</c><00:40:25.820><c> 1</c><00:40:26.039><c> of</c><00:40:26.219><c> chapter</c><00:40:26.440><c> 4.</c>

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:30.920
Strife,<00:40:27.440><c> confusion,</c><00:40:28.320><c> evil</c><00:40:28.500><c> work,</c><00:40:29.420><c> wars,</c><00:40:30.199><c> fighting,</c>

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:34.559
all<00:40:32.340><c> terms</c><00:40:32.659><c> that</c><00:40:32.900><c> James</c><00:40:33.099><c> uses</c><00:40:33.500><c> to</c><00:40:33.739><c> describe</c><00:40:34.079><c> the</c><00:40:34.300><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:36.940
They<00:40:34.699><c> had</c><00:40:34.960><c> not</c><00:40:35.199><c> learned</c><00:40:35.539><c> how</c><00:40:35.739><c> to</c><00:40:35.940><c> forgive</c><00:40:36.199><c> one</c><00:40:36.420><c> another</c><00:40:36.679><c> from</c>

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:38.039
the<00:40:37.099><c> heart.</c>

00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:41.400
They<00:40:39.019><c> had</c><00:40:39.260><c> chosen</c><00:40:39.559><c> a</c><00:40:39.920><c> different</c><00:40:40.159><c> path.</c>

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:45.599
And<00:40:42.320><c> there</c><00:40:42.500><c> is</c><00:40:42.679><c> a</c><00:40:42.820><c> picture</c><00:40:43.179><c> of</c><00:40:43.460><c> what</c><00:40:43.719><c> happens</c><00:40:44.119><c> in</c><00:40:44.420><c> an</c><00:40:44.599><c> ecclesia</c>

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:48.679
that<00:40:46.400><c> chooses</c><00:40:46.920><c> not</c><00:40:47.460><c> to</c><00:40:47.739><c> forgive.</c>

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:52.179
The<00:40:49.739><c> solution</c><00:40:50.260><c> is</c><00:40:50.559><c> found</c><00:40:50.780><c> in</c><00:40:50.960><c> verses</c><00:40:51.199><c> 7</c><00:40:51.599><c> to</c><00:40:51.780><c> 11.</c>

00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:53.760
Again,<00:40:52.559><c> we're</c><00:40:52.719><c> not</c><00:40:52.940><c> going</c><00:40:53.099><c> to</c><00:40:53.199><c> go</c><00:40:53.360><c> through</c><00:40:53.559><c> them,</c>

00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:57.679
but<00:40:53.900><c> not</c><00:40:54.260><c> surprisingly,</c><00:40:55.480><c> what</c><00:40:55.659><c> James</c><00:40:56.000><c> identifies</c><00:40:56.659><c> in</c><00:40:56.960><c> those</c><00:40:57.199><c> verses</c>

00:40:57.679 --> 00:41:01.840
are<00:40:58.400><c> the</c><00:40:58.599><c> steps</c><00:40:58.920><c> of</c><00:40:59.300><c> repentance</c><00:40:59.960><c> leading</c><00:41:00.480><c> to</c><00:41:00.780><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:04.619
As<00:41:02.300><c> sinners,</c><00:41:02.880><c> they</c><00:41:02.880><c> needed</c><00:41:03.119><c> to</c><00:41:03.440><c> cleanse</c><00:41:03.739><c> their</c><00:41:04.119><c> hands,</c>

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:07.179
to<00:41:05.039><c> cease</c><00:41:05.280><c> from</c><00:41:05.559><c> their</c><00:41:05.780><c> wicked</c><00:41:06.099><c> works.</c>

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:10.360
Purify<00:41:08.179><c> your</c><00:41:08.440><c> hearts,</c><00:41:08.739><c> he</c><00:41:08.960><c> tells</c><00:41:09.199><c> them,</c>

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:13.119
determining<00:41:10.840><c> your</c><00:41:11.179><c> heart</c><00:41:11.340><c> to</c><00:41:11.579><c> walk</c><00:41:11.860><c> in</c><00:41:12.079><c> a</c><00:41:12.280><c> new</c><00:41:12.460><c> direction.</c>

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:17.179
Be<00:41:13.619><c> afflicted,</c><00:41:14.679><c> mourn</c><00:41:15.039><c> and</c><00:41:15.300><c> weep.</c>

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:19.380
Let<00:41:17.460><c> a</c><00:41:17.780><c> contrite</c><00:41:18.179><c> heart</c><00:41:18.440><c> and</c><00:41:18.619><c> a</c><00:41:18.780><c> broken</c><00:41:19.039><c> heart</c>

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:22.019
and<00:41:19.539><c> a</c><00:41:19.699><c> broken</c><00:41:19.960><c> spirit</c><00:41:20.599><c> become</c><00:41:21.079><c> your</c><00:41:21.480><c> demeanor.</c>

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:25.039
Not<00:41:22.920><c> the</c><00:41:23.119><c> demeanor</c><00:41:23.480><c> that</c><00:41:23.639><c> you</c><00:41:23.820><c> are</c><00:41:24.039><c> presently</c><00:41:24.559><c> reflecting.</c>

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:27.260
Humble<00:41:25.659><c> yourselves.</c>

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:30.199
Speak<00:41:27.760><c> not</c><00:41:28.179><c> evil</c><00:41:28.579><c> one</c><00:41:29.079><c> of</c><00:41:29.340><c> another.</c>

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:36.260
The<00:41:31.079><c> discussions</c><00:41:31.679><c> unleashed</c><00:41:33.139><c> when</c><00:41:34.239><c> sin</c><00:41:34.579><c> occurs</c>

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:39.500
are<00:41:37.320><c> not</c><00:41:37.559><c> helpful</c><00:41:37.900><c> to</c><00:41:38.099><c> the</c><00:41:38.320><c> situation.</c>

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:42.460
And<00:41:40.679><c> he</c><00:41:40.900><c> says,</c><00:41:41.179><c> discontinue</c><00:41:42.079><c> those.</c>

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:47.019
Only<00:41:43.159><c> speak</c><00:41:43.719><c> of</c><00:41:44.099><c> good</c><00:41:44.320><c> things</c><00:41:45.139><c> to</c><00:41:45.739><c> each</c><00:41:45.980><c> other.</c>

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:49.480
Put<00:41:47.920><c> the</c><00:41:48.219><c> sins</c><00:41:48.500><c> behind</c><00:41:49.219><c> you.</c>

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:52.420
Learn<00:41:49.780><c> to</c><00:41:50.019><c> adopt</c><00:41:50.739><c> a</c><00:41:51.659><c> new</c><00:41:51.940><c> walk,</c>

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:55.719
a<00:41:52.900><c> new</c><00:41:53.179><c> approach</c><00:41:53.639><c> to</c><00:41:53.880><c> resolving</c><00:41:54.280><c> your</c><00:41:54.559><c> problems.</c>

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:58.659
Because<00:41:56.320><c> those</c><00:41:56.679><c> brethren</c><00:41:56.920><c> and</c><00:41:57.199><c> sisters</c><00:41:57.539><c> were</c><00:41:57.840><c> not</c><00:41:58.159><c> forgiving</c>

00:41:58.659 --> 00:41:59.840
one<00:41:58.980><c> another.</c>

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:03.219
But<00:42:00.780><c> we</c><00:42:00.900><c> want</c><00:42:01.019><c> to</c><00:42:01.139><c> turn</c><00:42:01.320><c> now</c><00:42:01.519><c> to</c><00:42:01.719><c> Psalm</c><00:42:01.920><c> 51.</c>

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:06.699
It's<00:42:04.219><c> fundamental</c><00:42:04.840><c> to</c><00:42:05.159><c> our</c><00:42:05.360><c> understanding</c><00:42:05.900><c> of</c><00:42:06.280><c> forgiveness</c>

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:08.579
as<00:42:07.039><c> revealed</c><00:42:07.320><c> in</c><00:42:07.559><c> scripture.</c>

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:14.460
As<00:42:10.380><c> we</c><00:42:10.559><c> know,</c><00:42:10.679><c> it's</c><00:42:11.139><c> a</c><00:42:11.400><c> model</c><00:42:11.659><c> of</c><00:42:12.000><c> true</c><00:42:12.239><c> repentance</c><00:42:12.820><c> and</c><00:42:13.179><c> restoration.</c>

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:20.840
And<00:42:17.019><c> it's</c><00:42:17.400><c> specifically</c><00:42:17.800><c> written</c><00:42:18.239><c> not</c><00:42:18.679><c> for</c><00:42:18.880><c> the</c><00:42:19.059><c> unbeliever,</c>

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:25.360
but<00:42:21.780><c> for</c><00:42:22.079><c> a</c><00:42:22.420><c> believer</c><00:42:22.739><c> who</c><00:42:23.019><c> has</c><00:42:23.260><c> been</c><00:42:23.519><c> overcome</c><00:42:24.079><c> by</c><00:42:24.519><c> sin.</c>

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:27.460
It<00:42:25.599><c> reveals</c><00:42:25.940><c> the</c><00:42:26.199><c> mind</c><00:42:26.440><c> of</c><00:42:26.599><c> a</c><00:42:26.739><c> righteous</c><00:42:27.059><c> man</c>

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:29.900
now<00:42:27.800><c> pouring</c><00:42:28.059><c> out</c><00:42:28.340><c> his</c><00:42:28.539><c> heart</c><00:42:28.780><c> to</c><00:42:28.980><c> God.</c>

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:34.320
Though<00:42:31.219><c> forgiven,</c><00:42:31.920><c> back</c><00:42:32.179><c> in</c><00:42:32.400><c> 2</c><00:42:32.619><c> Samuel</c><00:42:33.000><c> 12</c><00:42:33.420><c> verse</c><00:42:33.699><c> 13</c>

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:36.599
when<00:42:34.579><c> David</c><00:42:34.860><c> had</c><00:42:35.079><c> his</c><00:42:35.400><c> conversation</c><00:42:35.980><c> with</c><00:42:36.199><c> Nathan</c>

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:38.739
and<00:42:36.860><c> Nathan</c><00:42:37.320><c> exposed</c><00:42:37.960><c> his</c><00:42:38.300><c> sin</c>

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:41.699
and<00:42:39.460><c> said</c><00:42:39.639><c> that</c><00:42:39.860><c> God</c><00:42:40.119><c> had</c><00:42:40.420><c> forgiven</c><00:42:40.760><c> David</c><00:42:41.119><c> in</c><00:42:41.360><c> the</c><00:42:41.519><c> matter,</c>

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:45.980
he<00:42:41.880><c> is</c><00:42:42.079><c> still</c><00:42:42.619><c> seeking</c><00:42:43.099><c> to</c><00:42:43.340><c> be</c><00:42:43.619><c> renewed</c><00:42:44.059><c> and</c><00:42:44.659><c> cleansed</c>

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:49.699
due<00:42:46.260><c> to</c><00:42:46.460><c> the</c><00:42:46.619><c> enormous</c><00:42:47.099><c> guilt</c><00:42:47.639><c> associated</c><00:42:48.280><c> with</c><00:42:48.559><c> his</c><00:42:48.800><c> sin.</c>

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:53.619
Recall<00:42:51.239><c> how</c><00:42:51.440><c> we</c><00:42:51.619><c> said</c><00:42:51.780><c> God</c><00:42:52.099><c> forgives</c><00:42:52.599><c> us</c><00:42:52.860><c> with</c><00:42:53.019><c> a</c><00:42:53.239><c> purpose.</c>

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:57.099
He's<00:42:53.900><c> not</c><00:42:54.139><c> just</c><00:42:54.380><c> looking</c><00:42:54.659><c> to</c><00:42:55.000><c> wipe</c><00:42:55.280><c> our</c><00:42:55.739><c> slate</c><00:42:55.980><c> clean.</c>

00:42:57.440 --> 00:43:00.719
Sometimes<00:42:57.860><c> if</c><00:42:58.079><c> we're</c><00:42:58.380><c> not</c><00:42:58.840><c> careful,</c><00:42:59.219><c> that's</c><00:42:59.480><c> what</c><00:42:59.619><c> we're</c><00:42:59.840><c> thinking.</c>

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:03.019
I've<00:43:01.039><c> got</c><00:43:01.159><c> this</c><00:43:01.320><c> whole</c><00:43:01.619><c> pile</c><00:43:01.840><c> of</c><00:43:02.119><c> sins</c><00:43:02.280><c> that</c><00:43:02.460><c> I</c><00:43:02.599><c> need</c><00:43:02.719><c> to</c><00:43:02.920><c> bring</c>

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:04.000
before<00:43:03.360><c> you</c><00:43:03.579><c> today,</c><00:43:03.800><c> God,</c>

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:06.000
because<00:43:04.159><c> I</c><00:43:04.340><c> haven't</c><00:43:04.500><c> asked</c><00:43:04.780><c> for</c><00:43:05.000><c> forgiveness</c><00:43:05.320><c> for</c><00:43:05.599><c> a</c><00:43:05.719><c> while.</c>

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:09.440
So<00:43:06.639><c> I'm</c><00:43:06.800><c> hoping</c><00:43:06.980><c> to</c><00:43:07.139><c> have</c><00:43:07.219><c> this</c><00:43:07.500><c> whole</c><00:43:07.820><c> slate</c><00:43:08.159><c> cleansed.</c>

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:11.579
And<00:43:09.679><c> I</c><00:43:09.780><c> know</c><00:43:09.960><c> I</c><00:43:10.059><c> can</c><00:43:10.199><c> have</c><00:43:10.320><c> it</c><00:43:10.559><c> cleansed</c><00:43:10.920><c> in</c><00:43:11.039><c> the</c><00:43:11.139><c> blood</c><00:43:11.300><c> of</c><00:43:11.480><c> the</c>

00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:13.300
Lord<00:43:11.739><c> Jesus</c><00:43:12.099><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:17.059
That<00:43:14.440><c> is</c><00:43:14.699><c> not</c><00:43:14.940><c> why</c><00:43:15.139><c> God</c><00:43:15.440><c> forgives</c><00:43:15.860><c> us,</c><00:43:16.039><c> just</c><00:43:16.260><c> to</c><00:43:16.559><c> wipe</c><00:43:16.719><c> our</c>

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:18.239
slate<00:43:17.260><c> clean.</c>

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:20.659
He<00:43:18.619><c> forgives</c><00:43:19.000><c> us</c><00:43:19.260><c> with</c><00:43:19.440><c> a</c><00:43:19.599><c> purpose.</c>

00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:24.000
And<00:43:20.900><c> that</c><00:43:21.119><c> purpose</c><00:43:21.440><c> is</c><00:43:21.679><c> to</c><00:43:21.920><c> lead</c><00:43:22.039><c> us</c><00:43:22.340><c> away</c><00:43:22.719><c> from</c><00:43:23.099><c> sin</c><00:43:23.400><c> and</c><00:43:23.739><c> back</c>

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:25.219
to<00:43:24.219><c> righteousness.</c>

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:29.119
And<00:43:25.619><c> Psalm</c><00:43:25.820><c> 51</c><00:43:26.280><c> shows</c><00:43:26.739><c> how</c><00:43:27.019><c> that</c><00:43:27.360><c> purpose</c><00:43:27.659><c> was</c><00:43:27.960><c> achieved</c>

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:31.619
and<00:43:29.699><c> the</c><00:43:29.860><c> forgiveness</c><00:43:30.539><c> of</c><00:43:30.880><c> David.</c>

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:34.699
We<00:43:33.139><c> don't</c><00:43:33.300><c> have</c><00:43:33.480><c> time</c><00:43:33.719><c> to</c><00:43:33.840><c> go</c><00:43:34.000><c> through</c><00:43:34.099><c> it</c><00:43:34.260><c> in</c><00:43:34.400><c> detail,</c>

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:39.500
but<00:43:34.900><c> want</c><00:43:35.119><c> to</c><00:43:35.360><c> use</c><00:43:35.539><c> the</c><00:43:35.800><c> Psalm</c><00:43:35.960><c> this</c><00:43:36.260><c> morning</c><00:43:36.780><c> to</c><00:43:37.599><c> reflect</c><00:43:38.119><c> upon</c><00:43:38.579><c> the</c><00:43:38.880><c> principles</c>

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:43.800
and<00:43:39.780><c> the</c><00:43:40.059><c> lessons</c><00:43:40.539><c> that</c><00:43:40.940><c> we</c><00:43:41.039><c> have</c><00:43:41.199><c> been</c><00:43:41.360><c> learning</c><00:43:41.639><c> about</c><00:43:42.079><c> forgiveness</c><00:43:42.659><c> this</c><00:43:43.539><c> week</c>

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:47.739
and<00:43:43.960><c> what</c><00:43:44.199><c> they</c><00:43:44.460><c> look</c><00:43:44.699><c> like</c><00:43:45.320><c> when</c><00:43:45.820><c> they</c><00:43:46.000><c> are</c><00:43:46.139><c> put</c><00:43:46.280><c> into</c><00:43:46.500><c> practice.</c>

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:51.559
Notice<00:43:48.139><c> in</c><00:43:48.440><c> verse</c><00:43:48.800><c> 1</c><00:43:49.199><c> where</c><00:43:49.500><c> David</c><00:43:49.900><c> starts</c><00:43:50.280><c> out.</c>

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:55.659
Not<00:43:52.679><c> surprisingly,</c><00:43:53.380><c> he</c><00:43:53.699><c> starts</c><00:43:53.960><c> out</c><00:43:54.340><c> with</c><00:43:54.599><c> the</c><00:43:54.960><c> character</c><00:43:55.300><c> of</c>

00:43:55.659 --> 00:43:57.280
God<00:43:55.840><c> himself.</c>

00:43:58.300 --> 00:44:00.960
See,<00:43:59.039><c> David</c><00:43:59.099><c> is</c><00:43:59.320><c> familiar</c><00:43:59.739><c> with</c><00:43:59.940><c> what</c><00:44:00.219><c> happened</c><00:44:00.460><c> in</c><00:44:00.699><c> Exodus</c>

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:03.780
32,<00:44:01.780><c> 33,</c><00:44:02.539><c> and</c><00:44:02.659><c> 34.</c>

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:07.719
And<00:44:04.780><c> he</c><00:44:04.880><c> will</c><00:44:05.179><c> appeal</c><00:44:05.500><c> to</c><00:44:05.739><c> God</c><00:44:06.019><c> on</c><00:44:06.280><c> the</c><00:44:06.420><c> basis</c><00:44:06.760><c> of</c><00:44:07.059><c> his</c><00:44:07.260><c> grace</c>

00:44:07.719 --> 00:44:11.559
and<00:44:07.940><c> his</c><00:44:08.239><c> mercy</c><00:44:08.920><c> and</c><00:44:10.119><c> his</c><00:44:10.320><c> compassion.</c>

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:16.039
You<00:44:12.940><c> see,</c><00:44:13.039><c> David</c><00:44:13.460><c> realized</c><00:44:14.380><c> where</c><00:44:14.800><c> he</c><00:44:15.059><c> was.</c>

00:44:17.780 --> 00:44:21.360
He<00:44:18.019><c> was</c><00:44:18.260><c> back</c><00:44:18.500><c> in</c><00:44:18.780><c> Exodus</c><00:44:19.139><c> 32</c><00:44:19.760><c> and</c><00:44:19.960><c> the</c><00:44:20.159><c> sins</c><00:44:20.280><c> he</c><00:44:20.500><c> committed.</c>

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:27.360
He<00:44:24.679><c> was</c><00:44:24.900><c> there</c><00:44:25.139><c> with</c><00:44:25.340><c> Israel</c><00:44:25.719><c> with</c><00:44:25.900><c> the</c><00:44:26.039><c> golden</c><00:44:26.320><c> calf.</c>

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:33.340
An<00:44:29.260><c> enormous</c><00:44:29.719><c> sin,</c><00:44:31.260><c> unconfessed,</c><00:44:32.280><c> denied.</c>

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:37.880
And<00:44:35.000><c> what</c><00:44:35.159><c> he</c><00:44:35.340><c> needed,</c><00:44:36.000><c> being</c><00:44:36.260><c> in</c><00:44:36.480><c> Exodus</c><00:44:36.639><c> 32,</c>

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:41.639
was<00:44:39.159><c> the</c><00:44:39.380><c> loving</c><00:44:39.639><c> and</c><00:44:40.059><c> forgiving</c><00:44:40.380><c> and</c><00:44:40.679><c> merciful</c><00:44:41.119><c> principle</c>

00:44:41.639 --> 00:44:44.579
of<00:44:41.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:44:42.320><c> found</c><00:44:42.679><c> in</c><00:44:42.880><c> Exodus</c><00:44:43.159><c> 34.</c>

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:49.059
And<00:44:45.340><c> it</c><00:44:45.480><c> is</c><00:44:45.719><c> not</c><00:44:45.940><c> coincidental.</c><00:44:46.980><c> That</c><00:44:47.199><c> is</c><00:44:47.340><c> where</c><00:44:47.519><c> he</c><00:44:47.820><c> starts</c><00:44:48.139><c> out.</c>

00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:52.800
He<00:44:50.400><c> understood</c><00:44:50.880><c> the</c><00:44:51.139><c> connection</c><00:44:51.579><c> between</c><00:44:51.980><c> God's</c><00:44:52.460><c> character</c>

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:54.159
and<00:44:53.119><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:57.300
He<00:44:54.699><c> had</c><00:44:54.980><c> learned</c><00:44:55.280><c> what</c><00:44:55.659><c> Moses</c><00:44:56.139><c> learned.</c>

00:44:59.579 --> 00:45:02.340
So<00:44:59.840><c> the</c><00:45:00.079><c> encouragement</c><00:45:00.420><c> to</c><00:45:00.659><c> us,</c><00:45:01.000><c> brethren</c><00:45:01.099><c> and</c><00:45:01.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:07.219
is<00:45:02.719><c> from</c><00:45:03.000><c> time</c><00:45:03.320><c> to</c><00:45:03.559><c> time,</c><00:45:04.340><c> God's</c><00:45:05.059><c> sons</c><00:45:05.360><c> and</c><00:45:05.699><c> daughters</c><00:45:06.219><c> will</c>

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:12.300
find<00:45:07.579><c> themselves</c><00:45:08.260><c> in</c><00:45:08.800><c> Exodus</c><00:45:09.340><c> 32</c><00:45:10.380><c> in</c><00:45:11.199><c> their</c><00:45:11.440><c> life.</c>

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:16.960
It<00:45:13.119><c> may</c><00:45:13.400><c> not</c><00:45:13.619><c> be</c><00:45:13.820><c> the</c><00:45:13.980><c> same</c><00:45:14.260><c> type</c><00:45:14.539><c> of</c><00:45:14.699><c> immoral</c><00:45:15.900><c> sin</c><00:45:16.139><c> that</c><00:45:16.380><c> Israel</c><00:45:16.699><c> was</c>

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:18.820
involved<00:45:17.320><c> in.</c>

00:45:19.179 --> 00:45:23.900
Sin<00:45:19.239><c> is</c><00:45:19.519><c> so</c><00:45:19.780><c> wide</c><00:45:20.059><c> and</c><00:45:20.320><c> deep</c><00:45:20.619><c> and</c><00:45:20.920><c> broad.</c><00:45:21.559><c> It</c><00:45:21.559><c> could</c><00:45:21.739><c> be</c><00:45:22.000><c> any</c><00:45:22.179><c> number</c><00:45:22.460><c> of</c><00:45:22.699><c> sins.</c>

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:27.960
But<00:45:24.800><c> we</c><00:45:24.940><c> could</c><00:45:25.239><c> find</c><00:45:25.440><c> ourselves</c><00:45:26.000><c> in</c><00:45:26.159><c> a</c><00:45:26.320><c> situation</c><00:45:26.840><c> in</c><00:45:27.079><c> our</c><00:45:27.320><c> life</c><00:45:27.599><c> where</c><00:45:27.820><c> we</c>

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:29.440
are<00:45:28.139><c> rising</c><00:45:28.480><c> up</c><00:45:28.820><c> and</c><00:45:29.179><c> playing</c>

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:33.360
in<00:45:29.719><c> ways</c><00:45:29.940><c> that</c><00:45:30.139><c> we</c><00:45:30.280><c> shouldn't</c><00:45:30.500><c> be</c><00:45:30.780><c> rising</c><00:45:31.059><c> up</c><00:45:31.300><c> and</c><00:45:31.539><c> playing</c><00:45:31.800><c> and</c><00:45:32.559><c> certainly</c><00:45:32.940><c> not</c><00:45:33.179><c> to</c>

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.739
worship<00:45:33.579><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:41.039
And<00:45:37.280><c> if</c><00:45:37.440><c> we</c><00:45:37.679><c> find</c><00:45:37.900><c> ourselves</c><00:45:38.420><c> in</c><00:45:38.679><c> those</c><00:45:38.980><c> situations,</c><00:45:40.039><c> the</c><00:45:40.159><c> solution</c><00:45:40.679><c> is</c>

00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:42.739
not<00:45:41.260><c> to</c><00:45:41.519><c> deny</c><00:45:41.820><c> it.</c>

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:45.139
Not<00:45:43.360><c> to</c><00:45:43.639><c> pretend</c><00:45:44.000><c> we</c><00:45:44.239><c> aren't</c><00:45:44.519><c> there.</c>

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:48.659
Not<00:45:45.599><c> to</c><00:45:45.840><c> keep</c><00:45:46.000><c> going</c><00:45:46.280><c> until</c><00:45:46.619><c> somebody</c><00:45:47.079><c> else</c><00:45:47.340><c> finds</c><00:45:47.579><c> out</c><00:45:47.860><c> about</c><00:45:48.079><c> it.</c>

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:53.679
Not<00:45:49.219><c> to</c><00:45:49.420><c> think</c><00:45:49.519><c> that</c><00:45:49.800><c> somehow</c><00:45:50.079><c> we</c><00:45:50.280><c> can</c><00:45:50.519><c> live</c><00:45:50.739><c> in</c><00:45:50.960><c> Exodus</c><00:45:51.219><c> 32</c><00:45:51.760><c> and</c><00:45:51.920><c> God</c><00:45:52.119><c> will</c><00:45:52.360><c> somehow</c><00:45:52.599><c> just</c><00:45:53.099><c> come</c><00:45:53.440><c> to</c>

00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:55.500
accept<00:45:53.980><c> us</c><00:45:54.199><c> in</c><00:45:54.360><c> that</c><00:45:54.519><c> condition.</c>

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:59.519
That's<00:45:56.860><c> where</c><00:45:57.000><c> David</c><00:45:57.280><c> was.</c><00:45:58.460><c> And</c><00:45:58.739><c> that's</c><00:45:58.940><c> where</c><00:45:59.079><c> David</c><00:45:59.340><c> knew</c>

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:01.219
he<00:45:59.719><c> needed</c><00:45:59.940><c> to</c><00:46:00.199><c> leave.</c>

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:06.659
And<00:46:02.880><c> he</c><00:46:03.019><c> leaves</c><00:46:03.260><c> that</c><00:46:03.579><c> situation</c><00:46:04.179><c> on</c><00:46:04.480><c> the</c><00:46:04.659><c> basis</c><00:46:05.039><c> of</c><00:46:05.320><c> God's</c><00:46:05.739><c> character.</c>

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:09.340
And<00:46:07.159><c> that's</c><00:46:07.380><c> what</c><00:46:07.519><c> we</c><00:46:07.699><c> can</c><00:46:07.880><c> do,</c><00:46:08.239><c> brethren</c><00:46:08.400><c> and</c><00:46:08.639><c> sisters.</c><00:46:09.079><c> Our</c>

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:11.559
God<00:46:09.619><c> is</c><00:46:09.880><c> a</c><00:46:10.179><c> forgiving</c><00:46:10.480><c> God.</c>

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:17.940
We<00:46:12.619><c> have</c><00:46:12.960><c> to</c><00:46:13.219><c> make</c><00:46:13.400><c> a</c><00:46:13.659><c> change.</c><00:46:14.179><c> But</c><00:46:14.360><c> there</c><00:46:14.619><c> is</c><00:46:14.960><c> no</c><00:46:15.380><c> sin.</c><00:46:16.420><c> No</c><00:46:16.800><c> sin.</c>

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:22.280
That<00:46:19.579><c> God</c><00:46:19.719><c> is</c><00:46:19.960><c> not</c><00:46:20.179><c> willing</c><00:46:20.440><c> to</c><00:46:20.760><c> forgive</c><00:46:21.199><c> if</c><00:46:21.559><c> we</c><00:46:21.780><c> go</c><00:46:22.039><c> through</c>

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:25.179
the<00:46:22.659><c> steps</c><00:46:23.000><c> of</c><00:46:23.420><c> Psalm</c><00:46:23.619><c> 51.</c>

00:46:27.539 --> 00:46:33.300
And<00:46:28.059><c> it</c><00:46:28.199><c> becomes</c><00:46:28.539><c> very</c><00:46:29.099><c> helpful</c><00:46:29.460><c> in</c><00:46:29.800><c> helping</c><00:46:30.139><c> others</c><00:46:30.739><c> who</c><00:46:31.019><c> have</c><00:46:31.219><c> been</c><00:46:31.500><c> overcome</c><00:46:31.920><c> by</c><00:46:32.300><c> sin.</c>

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:37.139
And<00:46:33.739><c> from</c><00:46:33.940><c> time</c><00:46:34.179><c> to</c><00:46:34.300><c> time</c><00:46:34.539><c> we</c><00:46:34.679><c> come</c><00:46:34.880><c> across</c><00:46:35.219><c> those</c><00:46:35.559><c> who</c><00:46:35.739><c> themselves</c><00:46:36.320><c> are</c><00:46:36.760><c> in</c>

00:46:37.139 --> 00:46:38.820
Exodus<00:46:37.539><c> 32.</c>

00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:46.019
And<00:46:39.159><c> they</c><00:46:39.340><c> won't</c><00:46:39.559><c> admit</c><00:46:39.860><c> it.</c><00:46:42.260><c> It's</c><00:46:42.559><c> not</c><00:46:42.739><c> that</c><00:46:43.059><c> bad.</c><00:46:44.280><c> It's</c><00:46:44.519><c> only</c><00:46:44.780><c> infrequent.</c>

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:48.579
Others<00:46:46.739><c> are</c><00:46:46.940><c> doing</c><00:46:47.139><c> far</c><00:46:47.519><c> worse.</c>

00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:51.000
You<00:46:49.320><c> want</c><00:46:49.460><c> me</c><00:46:49.579><c> to</c><00:46:49.739><c> tell</c><00:46:49.800><c> you</c><00:46:49.900><c> what</c><00:46:50.000><c> this</c><00:46:50.219><c> brother</c><00:46:50.440><c> did</c><00:46:50.659><c> when</c><00:46:50.800><c> he</c>

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:53.619
was<00:46:51.159><c> younger.</c><00:46:51.460><c> What</c><00:46:51.639><c> this</c><00:46:51.860><c> sister</c><00:46:52.159><c> is</c><00:46:52.300><c> doing</c><00:46:52.420><c> right</c><00:46:52.699><c> now.</c>

00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:57.199
But<00:46:54.380><c> when</c><00:46:54.760><c> we</c><00:46:55.119><c> are</c><00:46:55.320><c> dealing</c><00:46:55.559><c> with</c><00:46:55.760><c> an</c><00:46:55.960><c> individual</c><00:46:56.539><c> that</c><00:46:56.820><c> is</c><00:46:56.980><c> in</c>

00:46:57.199 --> 00:47:01.599
Exodus<00:46:57.480><c> 32,</c><00:46:58.139><c> they</c><00:46:58.420><c> have</c><00:46:58.800><c> got</c><00:46:59.139><c> to</c><00:46:59.420><c> pass</c><00:46:59.980><c> through</c><00:47:00.840><c> the</c><00:47:01.039><c> door</c><00:47:01.300><c> of</c>

00:47:01.599 --> 00:47:02.900
Psalm<00:47:01.780><c> 51.</c>

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:07.280
If<00:47:04.159><c> they're</c><00:47:04.559><c> unwilling</c><00:47:05.000><c> to</c><00:47:05.380><c> be</c><00:47:05.639><c> receptive</c><00:47:06.000><c> to</c><00:47:06.219><c> these</c><00:47:06.400><c> principles,</c><00:47:06.960><c> there's</c>

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:08.820
little<00:47:07.559><c> we</c><00:47:07.800><c> can</c><00:47:08.000><c> do</c><00:47:08.099><c> to</c><00:47:08.320><c> help</c><00:47:08.480><c> them.</c>

00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:12.059
There's<00:47:09.519><c> little</c><00:47:09.739><c> God</c><00:47:10.019><c> can</c><00:47:10.300><c> do</c><00:47:10.440><c> to</c><00:47:10.659><c> help</c><00:47:10.840><c> them.</c>

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:17.400
But<00:47:14.139><c> pass</c><00:47:14.360><c> through</c><00:47:14.659><c> the</c><00:47:14.860><c> door</c><00:47:15.019><c> of</c><00:47:15.300><c> Psalm</c><00:47:15.460><c> 51,</c><00:47:16.039><c> they</c><00:47:16.159><c> must.</c><00:47:16.699><c> Pass</c><00:47:17.019><c> through</c><00:47:17.260><c> the</c>

00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:20.079
door<00:47:17.579><c> of</c><00:47:17.800><c> Psalm</c><00:47:17.960><c> 51,</c><00:47:18.679><c> we</c><00:47:18.920><c> must.</c>

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:22.900
If<00:47:20.619><c> we</c><00:47:20.840><c> are</c><00:47:21.019><c> to</c><00:47:21.199><c> return</c><00:47:21.519><c> to</c><00:47:21.780><c> righteousness.</c>

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:27.079
But<00:47:23.599><c> the</c><00:47:23.940><c> encouragement</c><00:47:24.420><c> is</c><00:47:24.840><c> there</c><00:47:25.079><c> because</c><00:47:25.400><c> in</c><00:47:25.599><c> verse</c><00:47:25.800><c> 1,</c><00:47:26.139><c> David</c><00:47:26.320><c> speaks</c><00:47:26.739><c> of</c>

00:47:27.079 --> 00:47:32.000
the<00:47:27.380><c> multitude</c><00:47:28.179><c> of</c><00:47:28.719><c> tender</c><00:47:29.079><c> mercies</c><00:47:30.039><c> that</c><00:47:30.860><c> God</c><00:47:31.179><c> is</c><00:47:31.539><c> prepared</c>

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:34.119
to<00:47:32.280><c> extend</c><00:47:32.619><c> to</c><00:47:32.940><c> us.</c>

00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:37.099
Not<00:47:34.739><c> because</c><00:47:35.139><c> some</c><00:47:35.460><c> days</c><00:47:35.619><c> he's</c><00:47:35.860><c> an</c><00:47:36.039><c> angry</c><00:47:36.280><c> God</c><00:47:36.500><c> and</c><00:47:36.679><c> some</c><00:47:36.920><c> days</c>

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he's<00:47:37.340><c> a</c><00:47:37.420><c> loving</c><00:47:37.659><c> God.</c>

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:40.320
Some<00:47:38.239><c> days</c><00:47:38.440><c> he's</c><00:47:38.659><c> a</c><00:47:38.800><c> merciful</c><00:47:39.119><c> God</c><00:47:39.400><c> and</c><00:47:39.579><c> some</c><00:47:39.780><c> days</c><00:47:39.940><c> he's</c><00:47:40.199><c> a</c>

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:40.699
just<00:47:40.480><c> God.</c>

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:42.980
He<00:47:40.860><c> is</c><00:47:41.079><c> a</c><00:47:41.260><c> God</c><00:47:41.420><c> who</c><00:47:41.619><c> loves.</c>

00:47:43.380 --> 00:47:45.260
And<00:47:43.599><c> he</c><00:47:43.699><c> is</c><00:47:43.860><c> a</c><00:47:44.039><c> God</c><00:47:44.239><c> who</c><00:47:44.579><c> forgives.</c>

00:47:45.260 --> 00:47:48.099
And<00:47:45.519><c> he</c><00:47:45.659><c> is</c><00:47:45.900><c> prepared</c><00:47:46.420><c> to</c><00:47:46.719><c> forgive.</c>

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:52.000
Provided<00:47:49.239><c> we</c><00:47:49.900><c> follow</c><00:47:50.219><c> the</c><00:47:50.500><c> pattern</c><00:47:50.820><c> that</c><00:47:51.159><c> David</c><00:47:51.280><c> has</c><00:47:51.559><c> left</c><00:47:51.719><c> on</c>

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:53.480
record<00:47:52.219><c> for</c><00:47:52.500><c> us.</c>

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So<00:47:53.780><c> that</c><00:47:53.900><c> it's</c><00:47:54.039><c> worth</c><00:47:54.260><c> noting</c><00:47:54.639><c> in</c><00:47:54.840><c> verses</c><00:47:55.199><c> 1</c><00:47:55.800><c> to</c><00:47:55.960><c> 3,</c><00:47:56.400><c> the</c><00:47:56.579><c> three</c>

00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:59.340
steps<00:47:57.519><c> that</c><00:47:58.260><c> David</c><00:47:58.579><c> identifies.</c>

00:47:59.539 --> 00:48:02.300
In<00:47:59.579><c> verse</c><00:47:59.840><c> 1,</c><00:48:00.099><c> he</c><00:48:00.199><c> makes</c><00:48:00.440><c> an</c><00:48:00.719><c> appeal</c><00:48:00.960><c> to</c><00:48:01.139><c> God</c><00:48:01.380><c> on</c><00:48:01.559><c> the</c><00:48:01.760><c> basis</c><00:48:02.039><c> of</c>

00:48:02.300 --> 00:48:03.639
God's<00:48:02.780><c> character.</c>

00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:07.039
In<00:48:04.079><c> verse</c><00:48:04.300><c> 2,</c><00:48:04.519><c> he</c><00:48:04.699><c> then</c><00:48:05.019><c> declares</c><00:48:05.619><c> his</c><00:48:05.920><c> desire</c><00:48:06.280><c> to</c><00:48:06.500><c> be</c><00:48:06.760><c> washed</c>

00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:11.639
and<00:48:07.460><c> cleansed</c><00:48:07.820><c> from</c><00:48:08.000><c> the</c><00:48:08.300><c> horror</c><00:48:08.619><c> of</c><00:48:08.840><c> the</c><00:48:09.059><c> sins</c><00:48:09.659><c> that</c><00:48:10.360><c> he</c><00:48:10.519><c> has</c><00:48:10.699><c> committed.</c>

00:48:11.820 --> 00:48:14.960
And<00:48:12.480><c> in</c><00:48:12.659><c> verse</c><00:48:12.840><c> 3,</c><00:48:13.219><c> he</c><00:48:13.260><c> confesses</c><00:48:13.960><c> his</c><00:48:14.219><c> sins.</c>

00:48:15.239 --> 00:48:18.760
For<00:48:15.239><c> I</c><00:48:15.400><c> acknowledge</c><00:48:15.940><c> my</c><00:48:16.440><c> transgressions.</c><00:48:17.420><c> My</c><00:48:17.679><c> sin</c><00:48:17.940><c> is</c><00:48:18.340><c> ever</c>

00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:19.679
before<00:48:19.179><c> me.</c>

00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:24.679
He<00:48:20.420><c> accepted</c><00:48:20.840><c> full</c><00:48:21.480><c> responsibility</c><00:48:22.500><c> for</c><00:48:23.239><c> his</c><00:48:23.519><c> sins.</c>

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:28.400
One<00:48:25.639><c> of</c><00:48:25.800><c> the</c><00:48:26.000><c> righteous</c><00:48:26.400><c> requirements</c><00:48:27.159><c> that</c><00:48:27.619><c> God</c><00:48:27.840><c> looks</c><00:48:28.159><c> to</c>

00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:29.820
for<00:48:28.719><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:35.920
In<00:48:32.579><c> verse</c><00:48:32.780><c> 16</c><00:48:33.219><c> and</c><00:48:33.420><c> 17,</c><00:48:34.039><c> skipping</c><00:48:34.280><c> down</c><00:48:34.559><c> to</c><00:48:34.719><c> the</c><00:48:34.920><c> end,</c><00:48:35.420><c> just</c><00:48:35.639><c> to</c>

00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:37.639
connect<00:48:36.440><c> David's</c><00:48:37.119><c> mind.</c>

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For<00:48:38.579><c> thou</c><00:48:38.820><c> desirest</c><00:48:39.659><c> not</c><00:48:40.000><c> sacrifice,</c><00:48:40.739><c> else</c><00:48:40.940><c> I</c><00:48:41.079><c> would</c><00:48:41.300><c> give</c><00:48:41.460><c> it.</c>

00:48:41.699 --> 00:48:44.820
Thou<00:48:41.920><c> desirest</c><00:48:42.440><c> not</c><00:48:42.780><c> in</c><00:48:42.980><c> burnt</c><00:48:43.199><c> offering,</c><00:48:43.780><c> the</c><00:48:43.940><c> lightest,</c><00:48:44.239><c> sorry,</c><00:48:44.440><c> not</c><00:48:44.699><c> in</c>

00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:45.880
burnt<00:48:44.980><c> offering.</c>

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The<00:48:46.300><c> sacrifices</c><00:48:46.760><c> of</c><00:48:47.000><c> God</c><00:48:47.159><c> are</c><00:48:47.420><c> a</c><00:48:47.559><c> broken</c><00:48:47.840><c> spirit.</c>

00:48:49.199 --> 00:48:53.380
A<00:48:49.380><c> broken</c><00:48:49.719><c> and</c><00:48:50.000><c> a</c><00:48:50.199><c> contrite</c><00:48:50.539><c> heart,</c><00:48:50.880><c> O</c><00:48:51.039><c> God,</c><00:48:51.239><c> thou</c><00:48:51.380><c> wilt</c><00:48:51.619><c> not</c><00:48:51.980><c> despise.</c>

00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:56.599
David<00:48:53.820><c> realized</c><00:48:54.380><c> the</c><00:48:54.679><c> sin</c><00:48:54.820><c> he</c><00:48:55.059><c> had</c><00:48:55.280><c> committed</c><00:48:55.719><c> was</c><00:48:56.059><c> such</c><00:48:56.320><c> that</c>

00:48:56.599 --> 00:49:00.219
participating<00:48:57.340><c> in</c><00:48:57.599><c> a</c><00:48:57.840><c> ritual</c><00:48:58.159><c> was</c><00:48:58.420><c> not</c><00:48:58.599><c> what</c><00:48:58.739><c> God</c><00:48:58.940><c> was</c><00:48:59.119><c> looking</c><00:48:59.380><c> for.</c>

00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:02.920
It<00:49:00.539><c> was</c><00:49:00.800><c> a</c><00:49:01.159><c> broken</c><00:49:01.599><c> spirit.</c>

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A<00:49:03.400><c> broken</c><00:49:03.719><c> and</c><00:49:04.119><c> contrite</c><00:49:04.619><c> heart.</c>

00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:07.119
And<00:49:04.980><c> the</c><00:49:05.079><c> word</c><00:49:05.260><c> for</c><00:49:05.539><c> broken</c><00:49:05.840><c> means</c><00:49:06.119><c> to</c><00:49:06.500><c> shatter.</c>

00:49:07.619 --> 00:49:11.500
The<00:49:07.800><c> word</c><00:49:07.960><c> for</c><00:49:08.239><c> contrite</c><00:49:08.699><c> means</c><00:49:09.980><c> to</c><00:49:10.239><c> be</c><00:49:10.440><c> crushed.</c>

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Not<00:49:13.000><c> crushed</c><00:49:13.360><c> in</c><00:49:13.599><c> the</c><00:49:13.739><c> sense</c><00:49:14.000><c> of</c><00:49:14.679><c> despair,</c><00:49:15.659><c> but</c><00:49:15.880><c> crushed</c><00:49:16.119><c> in</c>

00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:20.699
the<00:49:16.579><c> sense</c><00:49:16.820><c> of</c><00:49:17.019><c> the</c><00:49:17.300><c> spirit</c><00:49:17.579><c> of</c><00:49:17.860><c> rebellion</c><00:49:18.460><c> that</c><00:49:20.099><c> the</c><00:49:20.340><c> natural</c>

00:49:20.699 --> 00:49:21.760
heart<00:49:21.000><c> produces.</c>

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Crushed<00:49:22.400><c> with</c><00:49:22.619><c> respect</c><00:49:23.079><c> to</c><00:49:23.280><c> the</c><00:49:23.599><c> sorrow</c><00:49:24.000><c> associated</c><00:49:24.860><c> with</c>

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genuine<00:49:26.219><c> repentance.</c>

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So<00:49:28.840><c> that</c><00:49:28.980><c> was</c><00:49:29.199><c> the</c><00:49:29.500><c> spirit</c><00:49:29.760><c> that</c><00:49:30.039><c> David</c><00:49:30.239><c> brought</c><00:49:30.840><c> in</c><00:49:31.179><c> this</c><00:49:31.440><c> song.</c>

00:49:31.820 --> 00:49:35.340
In<00:49:32.519><c> verse</c><00:49:32.760><c> 4,</c><00:49:33.159><c> he</c><00:49:33.159><c> declares</c><00:49:33.760><c> both</c><00:49:34.000><c> the</c><00:49:34.300><c> evil</c><00:49:34.420><c> of</c><00:49:34.579><c> his</c><00:49:34.840><c> sins</c><00:49:35.119><c> and</c>

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the<00:49:35.579><c> righteousness</c><00:49:36.019><c> of</c><00:49:36.320><c> God.</c>

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Against<00:49:36.900><c> thee,</c><00:49:37.280><c> the</c><00:49:37.500><c> only</c><00:49:37.659><c> have</c><00:49:37.860><c> I</c><00:49:38.159><c> sinned</c><00:49:38.360><c> and</c><00:49:38.519><c> done</c><00:49:38.719><c> this</c><00:49:39.019><c> evil</c><00:49:39.219><c> in</c>

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thy<00:49:39.659><c> sight,</c><00:49:40.940><c> that</c><00:49:41.119><c> thou</c><00:49:41.480><c> mightest</c><00:49:41.980><c> be</c><00:49:42.179><c> justified</c><00:49:42.760><c> when</c><00:49:42.960><c> thou</c>

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speakest<00:49:43.780><c> and</c><00:49:44.300><c> be</c><00:49:44.619><c> clear</c><00:49:44.800><c> when</c><00:49:45.039><c> thou</c><00:49:45.260><c> judgest.</c>

00:49:47.559 --> 00:49:51.860
David's<00:49:48.079><c> sin,</c><00:49:48.159><c> like</c><00:49:48.519><c> all</c><00:49:48.940><c> sin,</c><00:49:49.199><c> was</c><00:49:49.400><c> a</c><00:49:49.619><c> challenge</c><00:49:50.039><c> to</c><00:49:50.239><c> God's</c><00:49:50.840><c> righteousness.</c>

00:49:52.980 --> 00:49:55.639
It<00:49:53.219><c> was</c><00:49:53.480><c> challenging</c><00:49:53.940><c> what</c><00:49:54.139><c> God</c><00:49:54.460><c> declared</c><00:49:54.800><c> to</c><00:49:54.980><c> be</c><00:49:55.199><c> righteous</c>

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and<00:49:56.119><c> unrighteous.</c>

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It's<00:49:56.960><c> like</c><00:49:57.059><c> a</c><00:49:57.260><c> child</c><00:49:57.500><c> who</c><00:49:57.820><c> disobeys</c><00:49:58.199><c> their</c><00:49:58.440><c> parents.</c>

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Not<00:50:00.079><c> only</c><00:50:00.340><c> has</c><00:50:00.539><c> the</c><00:50:00.780><c> child</c><00:50:01.139><c> sinned,</c><00:50:01.559><c> but</c><00:50:01.739><c> the</c><00:50:01.880><c> child</c><00:50:02.219><c> is</c><00:50:02.579><c> challenging</c><00:50:03.179><c> whether</c><00:50:03.639><c> mom</c>

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and<00:50:04.119><c> dad</c><00:50:04.539><c> and</c><00:50:05.219><c> what</c><00:50:05.440><c> they</c><00:50:05.619><c> have</c><00:50:05.860><c> said</c><00:50:05.980><c> is</c><00:50:06.179><c> right</c><00:50:06.400><c> and</c><00:50:06.679><c> wrong</c><00:50:06.940><c> is</c>

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actually<00:50:07.699><c> right</c><00:50:08.059><c> and</c><00:50:08.320><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:50:09.760><c> it's</c><00:50:09.940><c> important</c><00:50:10.280><c> for</c><00:50:10.480><c> the</c><00:50:10.699><c> child</c><00:50:10.880><c> to</c><00:50:11.159><c> realize</c><00:50:11.539><c> that</c><00:50:11.800><c> not</c>

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only<00:50:12.159><c> did</c><00:50:12.340><c> they</c><00:50:12.659><c> err,</c><00:50:14.159><c> but</c><00:50:14.260><c> what</c><00:50:14.480><c> mom</c><00:50:14.639><c> and</c><00:50:14.800><c> dad</c><00:50:14.920><c> have</c><00:50:15.179><c> said</c><00:50:15.420><c> is</c><00:50:15.760><c> right.</c>

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That<00:50:16.280><c> is</c><00:50:16.579><c> the</c><00:50:16.760><c> path</c><00:50:16.980><c> we</c><00:50:17.159><c> need</c><00:50:17.340><c> to</c><00:50:17.539><c> follow</c><00:50:17.800><c> so</c><00:50:18.000><c> that</c><00:50:18.119><c> when</c><00:50:18.239><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:50:18.760><c> on</c><00:50:18.940><c> the</c><00:50:19.139><c> cross,</c><00:50:20.360><c> he</c><00:50:20.619><c> is</c><00:50:20.860><c> declaring</c><00:50:21.239><c> the</c><00:50:21.559><c> righteousness</c><00:50:21.980><c> of</c><00:50:22.280><c> God.</c>

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Sin<00:50:23.000><c> needs</c><00:50:23.420><c> to</c><00:50:23.639><c> be</c><00:50:23.840><c> crucified</c><00:50:24.400><c> before</c><00:50:24.760><c> we</c><00:50:24.920><c> can</c><00:50:25.079><c> live</c><00:50:25.239><c> under</c><00:50:25.460><c> righteousness.</c>

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That<00:50:27.159><c> is</c><00:50:27.739><c> the</c><00:50:27.900><c> way</c><00:50:28.239><c> to</c><00:50:28.579><c> overcome</c><00:50:28.960><c> sin.</c>

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David,<00:50:32.039><c> in</c><00:50:32.300><c> Psalm</c><00:50:32.500><c> 51,</c><00:50:33.300><c> is</c><00:50:33.480><c> declaring</c><00:50:33.880><c> the</c><00:50:34.159><c> righteousness</c><00:50:34.559><c> of</c>

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God,<00:50:35.320><c> certainly</c><00:50:35.579><c> not</c><00:50:35.840><c> from</c><00:50:36.000><c> the</c><00:50:36.219><c> cross</c><00:50:36.400><c> as</c><00:50:36.599><c> a</c><00:50:36.739><c> sinless</c><00:50:37.000><c> man.</c>

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But<00:50:39.179><c> from</c><00:50:39.440><c> the</c><00:50:39.659><c> depths</c><00:50:39.920><c> of</c><00:50:40.219><c> despair</c><00:50:40.639><c> to</c><00:50:40.900><c> which</c><00:50:41.079><c> he</c><00:50:41.219><c> had</c><00:50:41.500><c> been</c>

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and<00:50:42.119><c> now</c><00:50:42.420><c> having</c><00:50:42.659><c> been</c><00:50:43.019><c> forgiven,</c><00:50:43.480><c> he</c><00:50:43.619><c> was</c><00:50:43.900><c> there</c><00:50:44.079><c> to</c><00:50:44.400><c> declare</c>

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the<00:50:44.960><c> righteousness</c><00:50:45.400><c> of</c><00:50:45.739><c> God.</c>

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This<00:50:46.980><c> is</c><00:50:47.300><c> the</c><00:50:47.559><c> right</c><00:50:48.059><c> path</c><00:50:48.500><c> to</c><00:50:48.860><c> take,</c><00:50:50.079><c> ye</c><00:50:50.219><c> sinners.</c>

00:50:51.719 --> 00:50:55.599
What<00:50:52.480><c> God</c><00:50:52.719><c> has</c><00:50:52.940><c> brought</c><00:50:53.139><c> into</c><00:50:53.400><c> my</c><00:50:53.679><c> life</c><00:50:54.119><c> is</c><00:50:54.480><c> the</c><00:50:54.800><c> right</c><00:50:55.099><c> course</c>

00:50:55.599 --> 00:51:01.039
to<00:50:55.880><c> keep</c><00:50:56.139><c> us</c><00:50:56.380><c> from</c><00:50:56.679><c> sin</c><00:50:57.059><c> so</c><00:50:57.739><c> that</c><00:50:58.039><c> both</c><00:50:58.360><c> men,</c><00:50:59.920><c> one</c><00:51:00.099><c> sinless</c><00:51:00.719><c> and</c>

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one<00:51:01.440><c> egregious</c><00:51:01.860><c> sinner,</c><00:51:02.800><c> recognize</c><00:51:03.659><c> the</c><00:51:03.940><c> importance</c><00:51:04.739><c> of</c>

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declaring<00:51:06.119><c> God's</c><00:51:07.340><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:51:09.159><c> it's</c><00:51:09.320><c> not</c><00:51:09.579><c> because</c><00:51:09.980><c> God</c><00:51:10.360><c> is</c><00:51:10.860><c> egotistical.</c>

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You've<00:51:13.440><c> got</c><00:51:13.539><c> to</c><00:51:13.739><c> say,</c><00:51:14.099><c> my</c><00:51:14.199><c> way</c><00:51:14.440><c> is</c><00:51:14.699><c> right.</c>

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That<00:51:16.480><c> is</c><00:51:16.780><c> not</c><00:51:17.199><c> why</c><00:51:17.460><c> we</c><00:51:17.659><c> need</c><00:51:18.000><c> to</c><00:51:18.219><c> declare</c><00:51:18.440><c> God</c><00:51:18.760><c> righteous</c><00:51:19.239><c> in</c>

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how<00:51:19.739><c> we</c><00:51:19.900><c> live.</c>

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As<00:51:21.860><c> we</c><00:51:22.099><c> know,</c><00:51:22.659><c> we</c><00:51:22.900><c> are</c><00:51:23.219><c> commanded</c><00:51:23.820><c> to</c><00:51:24.039><c> declare</c><00:51:24.340><c> God</c><00:51:24.639><c> righteous,</c><00:51:25.159><c> even</c><00:51:25.519><c> in</c>

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our<00:51:26.059><c> sin,</c><00:51:27.400><c> and</c><00:51:27.579><c> to</c><00:51:27.860><c> uphold</c><00:51:28.219><c> his</c><00:51:28.519><c> righteous</c><00:51:28.920><c> principles</c><00:51:29.440><c> because</c><00:51:29.840><c> God</c><00:51:30.179><c> knows.</c>

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As<00:51:32.099><c> soon</c><00:51:32.360><c> as</c><00:51:32.599><c> we</c><00:51:32.840><c> abandon</c><00:51:33.599><c> his</c><00:51:34.059><c> righteousness,</c><00:51:34.699><c> he</c><00:51:34.880><c> can't</c><00:51:35.280><c> save</c><00:51:35.500><c> us.</c>

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As<00:51:36.579><c> soon</c><00:51:36.820><c> as</c><00:51:36.960><c> a</c><00:51:37.079><c> person</c><00:51:37.400><c> loses</c><00:51:37.900><c> focus</c><00:51:38.800><c> on</c><00:51:39.599><c> the</c><00:51:39.780><c> declared</c><00:51:40.280><c> righteousness</c><00:51:40.840><c> of</c><00:51:41.219><c> God</c><00:51:41.619><c> and</c><00:51:41.980><c> that</c><00:51:42.280><c> being</c><00:51:42.500><c> their</c><00:51:42.719><c> way</c><00:51:42.940><c> of</c>

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life,<00:51:43.599><c> there</c><00:51:43.760><c> is</c><00:51:44.019><c> no</c><00:51:44.159><c> way</c><00:51:44.300><c> to</c><00:51:44.500><c> save</c><00:51:44.719><c> that</c><00:51:44.960><c> person.</c>

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So<00:51:46.699><c> there</c><00:51:46.860><c> is</c><00:51:47.079><c> David</c><00:51:47.280><c> in</c><00:51:47.480><c> the</c><00:51:47.599><c> midst</c><00:51:47.780><c> of</c><00:51:47.980><c> his</c><00:51:48.260><c> sin,</c><00:51:48.880><c> having</c><00:51:49.159><c> been</c><00:51:49.480><c> forgiven,</c><00:51:50.039><c> telling</c><00:51:50.320><c> us</c>

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that<00:51:51.639><c> the</c><00:51:51.920><c> righteousness</c><00:51:52.440><c> of</c><00:51:52.820><c> God</c><00:51:53.139><c> is</c><00:51:53.699><c> the</c><00:51:54.019><c> proper</c><00:51:54.420><c> way</c><00:51:54.760><c> to</c><00:51:55.039><c> go.</c>

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Against<00:51:57.119><c> thee,</c><00:51:57.500><c> the</c><00:51:57.760><c> only</c><00:51:58.059><c> have</c><00:51:58.260><c> I</c><00:51:58.559><c> sinned</c><00:51:58.840><c> and</c><00:51:59.059><c> done</c><00:51:59.199><c> this</c><00:51:59.500><c> evil,</c><00:51:59.719><c> he</c>

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says<00:52:00.179><c> in</c><00:52:00.340><c> verse</c><00:52:00.579><c> four,</c><00:52:00.920><c> in</c><00:52:01.139><c> thy</c><00:52:01.440><c> sight,</c><00:52:02.539><c> that</c><00:52:02.800><c> thou</c><00:52:03.159><c> mightest</c>

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be<00:52:03.900><c> justified</c><00:52:04.579><c> when</c><00:52:04.840><c> thou</c><00:52:05.119><c> speakest</c><00:52:05.900><c> and</c><00:52:06.519><c> be</c><00:52:06.840><c> clear</c><00:52:07.059><c> when</c>

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thou<00:52:07.619><c> judgest.</c>

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He<00:52:08.480><c> wanted</c><00:52:08.719><c> all</c><00:52:09.179><c> to</c><00:52:09.420><c> know</c><00:52:09.579><c> that</c><00:52:09.780><c> God</c><00:52:10.039><c> was</c><00:52:10.360><c> right</c><00:52:10.619><c> in</c><00:52:10.860><c> this</c><00:52:11.119><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:52:14.440><c> we'll</c><00:52:14.619><c> leave</c><00:52:14.619><c> it</c><00:52:14.800><c> there</c><00:52:14.940><c> for</c><00:52:15.199><c> today</c><00:52:15.440><c> and</c><00:52:15.679><c> pick</c><00:52:15.900><c> up</c><00:52:16.179><c> with</c>

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the<00:52:17.079><c> remainder</c><00:52:17.559><c> of</c><00:52:17.920><c> the</c><00:52:18.079><c> song</c><00:52:18.280><c> tomorrow.</c>

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Lord<00:52:19.579><c> willing.</c>