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Way<00:19:01.410><c> back</c><00:19:01.609><c> in</c><00:19:01.789><c> Genesis</c><00:19:02.089><c> we</c><00:19:02.349><c> know</c><00:19:02.769><c> that</c><00:19:02.990><c> God</c><00:19:03.329><c> spake</c><00:19:04.210><c> and</c><00:19:05.269><c> it</c><00:19:05.430><c> was</c>

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done.<00:19:07.450><c> God</c><00:19:07.750><c> said</c><00:19:08.089><c> let</c><00:19:08.430><c> there</c><00:19:08.630><c> be</c><00:19:08.789><c> light</c><00:19:09.109><c> and</c><00:19:09.250><c> there</c>

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was<00:19:09.650><c> light.</c><00:19:11.130><c> God</c><00:19:11.410><c> said</c><00:19:11.829><c> let</c><00:19:12.089><c> the</c><00:19:12.329><c> earth</c><00:19:12.509><c> bring</c><00:19:12.829><c> forth</c><00:19:13.109><c> and</c><00:19:13.269><c> it</c>

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did.<00:19:14.950><c> In</c><00:19:15.210><c> the</c><00:19:15.430><c> beginning</c><00:19:15.730><c> there</c><00:19:16.130><c> was</c><00:19:16.549><c> a</c><00:19:16.829><c> word.</c>

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spoke,<00:19:39.490><c> other</c><00:19:39.769><c> times</c><00:19:40.069><c> when</c><00:19:40.250><c> the</c><00:19:40.470><c> prophets</c><00:19:40.789><c> spoke</c><00:19:41.509><c> and</c><00:19:42.089><c> when</c>

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they<00:19:42.490><c> wrote</c><00:19:42.750><c> down</c><00:19:43.170><c> the</c><00:19:43.369><c> message.</c>

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word.<00:19:50.170><c> In</c><00:19:50.589><c> the</c><00:19:50.869><c> beginning</c><00:19:51.250><c> was</c><00:19:51.730><c> the</c><00:19:52.089><c> word.</c><00:19:52.569><c> Ignore</c>

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capable<00:20:18.410><c> of</c><00:20:18.769><c> deceit.</c><00:20:20.109><c> The</c><00:20:20.190><c> heart</c><00:20:20.410><c> of</c><00:20:20.650><c> man</c><00:20:20.869><c> is</c>

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are<00:20:25.670><c> also</c><00:20:26.109><c> fallible,</c>

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that<00:21:11.059><c> was</c><00:21:11.279><c> made.</c><00:21:12.660><c> In</c><00:21:12.980><c> him</c><00:21:13.279><c> was</c><00:21:13.640><c> life</c><00:21:14.119><c> and</c><00:21:14.880><c> the</c><00:21:15.099><c> life</c>

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was<00:21:16.099><c> the</c><00:21:16.339><c> light</c><00:21:16.559><c> of</c><00:21:16.859><c> men.</c><00:21:20.339><c> No</c><00:21:20.680><c> doubt</c><00:21:20.940><c> about</c><00:21:21.220><c> the</c><00:21:21.819><c> creator.</c><00:21:23.940><c> We</c>

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haven't<00:21:24.480><c> as</c><00:21:24.599><c> yet</c><00:21:24.859><c> read</c><00:21:25.259><c> about</c><00:21:25.579><c> the</c><00:21:25.740><c> Lord</c><00:21:25.799><c> God.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:26.359><c> Christ</c><00:21:27.019><c> and</c><00:21:28.380><c> yet</c><00:21:28.559><c> we</c><00:21:28.720><c> have</c><00:21:28.920><c> read</c><00:21:29.200><c> about</c><00:21:29.599><c> all</c><00:21:29.940><c> things</c><00:21:30.319><c> being</c><00:21:30.660><c> made</c><00:21:31.019><c> by</c>

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him,<00:21:32.059><c> by</c><00:21:32.359><c> God</c><00:21:32.759><c> who</c><00:21:33.039><c> is</c><00:21:33.519><c> and</c><00:21:33.700><c> was</c><00:21:34.000><c> the</c><00:21:34.259><c> word.</c>

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He<00:21:38.460><c> was</c><00:21:38.640><c> the</c><00:21:38.819><c> life</c><00:21:39.099><c> and</c><00:21:39.299><c> the</c><00:21:39.480><c> light</c><00:21:39.700><c> of</c><00:21:39.940><c> men.</c>

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The<00:21:43.720><c> life</c><00:21:43.880><c> of</c><00:21:44.099><c> course</c><00:21:44.240><c> because</c><00:21:44.599><c> he</c><00:21:44.880><c> created</c><00:21:45.299><c> and</c><00:21:45.579><c> does</c><00:21:45.759><c> sustain</c><00:21:46.140><c> all</c><00:21:46.460><c> things.</c>

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The<00:21:48.980><c> light</c><00:21:49.160><c> because</c><00:21:49.619><c> he</c><00:21:49.920><c> and</c><00:21:50.099><c> he</c><00:21:50.359><c> alone</c><00:21:50.640><c> knows</c><00:21:51.160><c> the</c><00:21:51.759><c> way</c><00:21:52.000><c> that</c>

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we<00:21:52.339><c> ought</c><00:21:52.500><c> to</c><00:21:52.740><c> tread.</c>

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Did<00:22:02.240><c> not</c><00:22:02.519><c> overcome</c><00:22:02.940><c> it</c><00:22:03.559><c> is</c><00:22:03.980><c> one</c><00:22:04.200><c> translation.</c><00:22:05.839><c> So</c><00:22:06.000><c> here</c><00:22:06.220><c> we</c>

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have<00:22:06.599><c> the</c><00:22:06.819><c> situation</c><00:22:07.420><c> where</c><00:22:07.640><c> God</c><00:22:08.059><c> created</c><00:22:08.680><c> the</c><00:22:09.000><c> world,</c>

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put<00:22:10.559><c> man</c><00:22:10.880><c> into</c><00:22:11.220><c> the</c><00:22:11.500><c> world</c><00:22:11.960><c> and</c><00:22:12.700><c> spoke</c><00:22:13.259><c> to</c><00:22:13.619><c> mankind.</c><00:22:15.099><c> His</c><00:22:15.380><c> light</c><00:22:15.799><c> shone</c><00:22:16.200><c> in</c><00:22:16.440><c> the</c><00:22:16.660><c> world,</c><00:22:17.400><c> in</c><00:22:17.779><c> a</c>

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world<00:22:18.400><c> of</c><00:22:18.680><c> darkness.</c>

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And<00:22:20.079><c> that</c><00:22:20.319><c> was</c><00:22:20.539><c> the</c><00:22:20.619><c> situation</c><00:22:21.220><c> right</c><00:22:21.900><c> up</c><00:22:22.079><c> to</c><00:22:22.240><c> the</c><00:22:22.380><c> time</c><00:22:22.640><c> of</c>

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whose<00:22:34.039><c> name</c><00:22:34.460><c> was</c><00:22:34.819><c> John.</c><00:22:35.759><c> The</c><00:22:36.019><c> same</c><00:22:36.339><c> came</c><00:22:36.839><c> to</c><00:22:37.180><c> bear</c><00:22:37.420><c> witness</c><00:22:37.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:38.799><c> light</c><00:22:39.200><c> that</c><00:22:39.700><c> all</c><00:22:40.000><c> men</c><00:22:40.339><c> might</c><00:22:40.720><c> believe.</c>

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Don't<00:22:44.660><c> be</c><00:22:44.859><c> misled</c><00:22:45.200><c> by</c><00:22:45.420><c> the</c><00:22:45.599><c> capital</c><00:22:45.859><c> L</c>

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because<00:22:49.039><c> the</c><00:22:49.339><c> light</c><00:22:49.559><c> here</c><00:22:49.880><c> is</c><00:22:50.220><c> not</c><00:22:50.579><c> the</c><00:22:50.859><c> Lord</c><00:22:51.200><c> Jesus</c><00:22:51.559><c> Christ.</c>

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verse<00:22:58.380><c> 4.</c>

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It<00:23:00.119><c> is</c><00:23:00.339><c> the</c><00:23:00.500><c> light</c><00:23:00.740><c> of</c><00:23:01.039><c> God</c><00:23:01.319><c> which</c><00:23:01.539><c> had</c><00:23:01.740><c> been</c><00:23:02.039><c> shining</c><00:23:02.480><c> in</c><00:23:02.960><c> the</c><00:23:03.240><c> world.</c>

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Dramatically<00:23:06.339><c> that</c><00:23:07.019><c> is</c><00:23:07.279><c> the</c><00:23:07.480><c> only</c><00:23:07.940><c> explanation</c><00:23:08.660><c> and</c><00:23:10.559><c> in</c><00:23:10.819><c> truth</c><00:23:11.319><c> it</c>

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is<00:23:13.019><c> the</c><00:23:13.240><c> exposition.</c>

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John<00:23:16.240><c> came</c><00:23:16.819><c> to</c><00:23:17.319><c> reveal</c><00:23:18.059><c> the</c><00:23:19.359><c> light.</c><00:23:20.599><c> He</c><00:23:21.019><c> himself</c><00:23:21.539><c> was</c><00:23:22.019><c> a</c><00:23:22.420><c> burning</c><00:23:22.759><c> and</c><00:23:23.460><c> a</c>

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shining<00:23:24.319><c> light.</c>

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He<00:23:27.640><c> was</c><00:23:27.839><c> not</c><00:23:27.980><c> the</c><00:23:28.180><c> light</c><00:23:28.299><c> himself.</c><00:23:30.000><c> He</c><00:23:30.220><c> was</c><00:23:30.440><c> sent</c><00:23:30.660><c> to</c><00:23:30.940><c> bear</c><00:23:31.099><c> witness</c><00:23:31.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:31.799><c> light.</c>

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That<00:23:34.480><c> was</c><00:23:34.880><c> the</c><00:23:35.099><c> true</c><00:23:35.339><c> light,</c><00:23:35.619><c> verse</c><00:23:35.880><c> 9,</c><00:23:36.279><c> which</c><00:23:36.640><c> lighted</c><00:23:37.000><c> every</c>

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man<00:23:37.839><c> that</c><00:23:38.380><c> cometh</c><00:23:38.660><c> into</c><00:23:38.980><c> the</c><00:23:39.259><c> world.</c><00:23:40.039><c> God,</c>

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the<00:23:41.619><c> light</c><00:23:41.920><c> of</c><00:23:42.180><c> men,</c><00:23:42.980><c> the</c><00:23:43.099><c> light</c><00:23:43.279><c> and</c><00:23:43.460><c> life</c><00:23:43.680><c> of</c><00:23:43.900><c> men.</c><00:23:45.500><c> He</c><00:23:45.720><c> brings</c><00:23:46.160><c> people</c><00:23:46.599><c> into</c>

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the<00:23:47.140><c> world.</c>

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He<00:23:48.019><c> is</c><00:23:48.279><c> the</c><00:23:48.519><c> creator</c><00:23:48.900><c> and</c><00:23:49.319><c> sustainer.</c><00:23:50.579><c> He</c><00:23:51.000><c> is</c><00:23:51.240><c> the</c><00:23:51.420><c> one</c><00:23:51.619><c> from</c>

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whom<00:23:52.339><c> our</c><00:23:52.799><c> salvation</c><00:23:53.359><c> flows.</c>

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And<00:23:56.440><c> so</c><00:23:56.599><c> we</c><00:23:56.740><c> have</c><00:23:56.859><c> no</c><00:23:57.079><c> problem</c><00:23:57.400><c> with</c><00:23:57.559><c> verse</c><00:23:57.779><c> 10.</c><00:23:59.200><c> He</c><00:23:59.400><c> was</c><00:23:59.640><c> in</c><00:23:59.839><c> the</c><00:24:00.059><c> world</c><00:24:00.380><c> and</c><00:24:00.599><c> the</c><00:24:00.859><c> world</c><00:24:01.099><c> was</c><00:24:01.319><c> made</c><00:24:01.579><c> by</c><00:24:01.900><c> him</c>

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and<00:24:04.259><c> the</c><00:24:04.519><c> world</c><00:24:04.819><c> knew</c><00:24:05.019><c> him</c><00:24:05.299><c> not.</c><00:24:07.619><c> Sad</c><00:24:07.859><c> situation</c><00:24:08.579><c> right</c><00:24:09.000><c> up</c><00:24:09.180><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:09.480><c> days</c><00:24:09.740><c> of</c><00:24:10.000><c> John</c><00:24:10.200><c> the</c><00:24:10.359><c> Baptist.</c>

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He<00:24:12.779><c> came</c><00:24:13.279><c> unto</c><00:24:13.539><c> his</c><00:24:13.839><c> own</c><00:24:14.019><c> but</c><00:24:14.220><c> his</c><00:24:14.440><c> own</c><00:24:14.619><c> received</c><00:24:15.000><c> him</c><00:24:15.259><c> not.</c><00:24:16.799><c> The</c><00:24:17.160><c> sad</c><00:24:17.539><c> story</c><00:24:17.980><c> of</c>

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God<00:24:18.519><c> visiting</c><00:24:19.160><c> the</c><00:24:19.420><c> children</c><00:24:19.640><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:24:20.380><c> but</c><00:24:21.519><c> they</c><00:24:21.740><c> did</c><00:24:22.000><c> not</c><00:24:22.339><c> receive</c><00:24:22.640><c> him.</c><00:24:24.500><c> As</c><00:24:24.779><c> many</c><00:24:25.039><c> as</c><00:24:25.279><c> did,</c>

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however,<00:24:25.900><c> verse</c><00:24:26.099><c> 10,</c><00:24:27.119><c> he</c><00:24:27.299><c> gave</c><00:24:27.539><c> them</c><00:24:27.819><c> power,</c>

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the<00:24:28.579><c> right</c><00:24:28.900><c> or</c><00:24:29.160><c> the</c><00:24:29.480><c> authority,</c><00:24:30.460><c> that's</c><00:24:30.680><c> what</c><00:24:30.779><c> the</c><00:24:30.960><c> word</c><00:24:31.079><c> really</c><00:24:31.339><c> means,</c><00:24:32.220><c> to</c>

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become<00:24:32.819><c> sons</c><00:24:33.339><c> of</c><00:24:33.779><c> God,</c>

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even<00:24:35.279><c> them</c><00:24:35.519><c> that</c><00:24:35.839><c> believe</c><00:24:36.119><c> on</c><00:24:36.380><c> his</c><00:24:36.640><c> name,</c><00:24:36.960><c> God</c><00:24:37.319><c> and</c><00:24:37.599><c> his</c><00:24:37.839><c> name.</c>

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And<00:24:42.619><c> we</c><00:24:42.859><c> haven't</c><00:24:43.099><c> as</c><00:24:43.200><c> yet</c><00:24:43.359><c> come</c><00:24:43.640><c> to</c><00:24:43.799><c> the</c><00:24:43.940><c> Lord</c><00:24:44.079><c> Jesus</c><00:24:44.480><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:24:46.940><c> have</c><00:24:47.279><c> John</c><00:24:47.779><c> laying</c><00:24:48.599><c> the</c><00:24:48.880><c> foundation</c><00:24:49.420><c> which</c>

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we<00:24:49.779><c> have</c><00:24:50.019><c> seen</c><00:24:50.539><c> laid</c><00:24:51.000><c> so</c><00:24:51.480><c> clearly</c><00:24:51.779><c> already</c><00:24:52.319><c> in</c><00:24:52.599><c> this</c><00:24:52.819><c> subject</c>

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of<00:24:53.380><c> God</c><00:24:53.720><c> manifestation,</c>

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that<00:24:56.640><c> essentially</c><00:24:57.220><c> God</c><00:24:57.700><c> comes</c><00:24:58.220><c> first.</c><00:25:00.240><c> God</c><00:25:00.579><c> is</c><00:25:00.819><c> the</c><00:25:01.019><c> basis</c><00:25:01.299><c> of</c>

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all<00:25:01.819><c> things.</c><00:25:03.259><c> He</c><00:25:03.599><c> is</c><00:25:04.039><c> our</c><00:25:04.339><c> Saviour.</c><00:25:05.519><c> He</c><00:25:05.859><c> is</c><00:25:06.299><c> our</c>

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shepherd.<00:25:07.740><c> He</c><00:25:08.000><c> is</c><00:25:08.359><c> our</c><00:25:08.680><c> Redeemer.</c><00:25:10.720><c> His</c><00:25:11.019><c> is</c><00:25:11.319><c> the</c><00:25:11.500><c> Word.</c><00:25:13.819><c> It</c><00:25:14.099><c> isn't</c><00:25:14.259><c> until</c><00:25:14.480><c> we</c>

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come<00:25:14.859><c> into</c><00:25:15.019><c> verse</c><00:25:15.240><c> 14</c><00:25:16.059><c> that</c><00:25:16.799><c> each</c>

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of<00:25:17.180><c> those</c><00:25:17.460><c> titles</c><00:25:18.079><c> is</c><00:25:18.980><c> then</c><00:25:19.740><c> conferred</c><00:25:21.339><c> upon</c><00:25:21.619><c> his</c><00:25:21.900><c> son.</c><00:25:24.819><c> The</c>

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Word<00:25:26.380><c> was</c><00:25:27.380><c> made</c><00:25:28.079><c> flesh.</c>

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A<00:25:31.839><c> body</c><00:25:32.400><c> hast</c><00:25:32.960><c> thou</c><00:25:34.640><c> prepared.</c>

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All<00:25:40.519><c> that</c><00:25:40.700><c> had</c><00:25:40.880><c> been</c><00:25:41.240><c> known</c><00:25:41.480><c> of</c><00:25:41.680><c> God</c><00:25:42.079><c> in</c><00:25:42.539><c> days</c><00:25:42.779><c> gone</c><00:25:43.079><c> by</c><00:25:43.539><c> through</c><00:25:43.859><c> a</c><00:25:44.299><c> spoken</c><00:25:44.680><c> word</c>

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and<00:25:46.279><c> later</c><00:25:46.599><c> a</c><00:25:46.880><c> written</c><00:25:47.059><c> word</c>

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was<00:25:49.039><c> now</c><00:25:49.240><c> to</c><00:25:49.400><c> be</c><00:25:49.700><c> revealed</c><00:25:50.059><c> in</c><00:25:50.480><c> a</c><00:25:50.799><c> person,</c><00:25:52.400><c> in</c><00:25:52.559><c> the</c><00:25:52.740><c> Lord</c><00:25:52.960><c> Jesus</c><00:25:53.339><c> Christ.</c>

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A<00:25:56.140><c> man</c><00:25:56.339><c> was</c><00:25:56.539><c> to</c><00:25:56.640><c> be</c><00:25:56.839><c> born,</c><00:25:57.680><c> and</c><00:25:59.380><c> in</c><00:25:59.619><c> him</c><00:25:59.799><c> would</c><00:26:00.079><c> all</c><00:26:00.480><c> fullness</c>

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dwell.<00:26:02.420><c> In</c><00:26:03.019><c> him</c><00:26:03.259><c> would</c><00:26:03.420><c> be</c><00:26:03.619><c> the</c><00:26:03.859><c> fullness</c>

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of<00:26:04.420><c> the</c><00:26:04.599><c> Godhead,</c><00:26:05.140><c> bodily.</c><00:26:06.819><c> He</c><00:26:07.180><c> would</c><00:26:07.460><c> live</c><00:26:07.759><c> and</c><00:26:08.140><c> behave</c><00:26:08.539><c> as</c>

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God<00:26:09.420><c> would</c><00:26:09.720><c> have</c><00:26:10.019><c> lived</c><00:26:10.220><c> and</c><00:26:10.640><c> behaved</c>

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had<00:26:11.460><c> he</c><00:26:11.740><c> been</c><00:26:11.960><c> here</c><00:26:12.339><c> amongst</c><00:26:12.640><c> mankind.</c><00:26:14.640><c> He</c><00:26:15.240><c> was</c><00:26:15.380><c> to</c><00:26:15.559><c> be</c><00:26:15.720><c> a</c><00:26:16.059><c> perfect</c><00:26:16.559><c> revelation</c><00:26:17.359><c> of</c>

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what<00:26:18.500><c> the</c><00:26:18.799><c> invisible</c><00:26:19.400><c> God</c><00:26:19.819><c> is</c>

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the<00:26:20.980><c> image</c><00:26:21.480><c> of</c><00:26:21.839><c> the</c><00:26:22.039><c> invisible</c><00:26:22.599><c> God.</c><00:26:24.519><c> Separate</c><00:26:24.960><c> and</c><00:26:25.220><c> distinct,</c><00:26:26.599><c> a</c><00:26:26.740><c> man</c><00:26:26.980><c> of</c>

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our<00:26:27.319><c> nature</c><00:26:27.740><c> tempted</c><00:26:28.180><c> and</c><00:26:28.559><c> tried</c>

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in<00:26:29.299><c> all</c><00:26:29.599><c> points</c><00:26:29.779><c> like</c><00:26:29.980><c> as</c><00:26:30.180><c> we</c><00:26:30.359><c> are,</c><00:26:31.099><c> but</c><00:26:31.319><c> one</c><00:26:31.640><c> whose</c><00:26:32.039><c> will</c><00:26:32.339><c> will</c>

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be<00:26:32.839><c> subject</c><00:26:33.279><c> unto</c><00:26:33.660><c> God's</c>

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and<00:26:35.099><c> therefore</c><00:26:35.440><c> whose</c><00:26:35.700><c> way</c><00:26:35.839><c> of</c><00:26:36.059><c> life</c><00:26:36.200><c> will</c><00:26:36.380><c> be</c><00:26:36.519><c> God's</c><00:26:36.880><c> way</c><00:26:36.980><c> of</c>

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life.<00:26:38.079><c> The</c><00:26:38.380><c> Word</c><00:26:39.099><c> would</c><00:26:39.640><c> be</c><00:26:39.900><c> made</c><00:26:40.180><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:26:42.240><c> dwell</c><00:26:42.640><c> amongst</c><00:26:43.079><c> us.</c><00:26:44.660><c> Notice</c><00:26:45.000><c> now</c><00:26:45.259><c> what</c><00:26:45.440><c> James</c><00:26:45.680><c> says,</c><00:26:46.220><c> and</c>

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we<00:26:46.559><c> behold</c><00:26:47.000><c> his</c><00:26:47.859><c> glory,</c>

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the<00:26:49.259><c> glory</c><00:26:49.720><c> as</c><00:26:50.119><c> of</c><00:26:50.279><c> the</c><00:26:50.500><c> only</c><00:26:50.779><c> begotten</c><00:26:51.299><c> of</c><00:26:51.519><c> the</c><00:26:51.740><c> Father,</c><00:26:53.400><c> full</c>

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of<00:26:54.460><c> grace</c><00:26:55.140><c> and</c><00:26:56.880><c> truth.</c>

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John<00:27:03.160><c> here</c><00:27:03.779><c> is</c><00:27:06.380><c> talking</c><00:27:07.140><c> of</c><00:27:07.579><c> God's</c><00:27:08.299><c> revelation</c><00:27:09.039><c> of</c><00:27:09.759><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:27:13.900><c> isn't</c><00:27:14.059><c> it</c><00:27:14.220><c> remarkable</c><00:27:14.619><c> that</c><00:27:14.880><c> when</c><00:27:15.099><c> he</c><00:27:15.319><c> does</c><00:27:15.539><c> so,</c><00:27:16.180><c> he</c><00:27:17.079><c> does</c>

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not<00:27:17.480><c> speak</c><00:27:17.819><c> of</c><00:27:18.339><c> majesty,</c>

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of<00:27:21.680><c> might,</c><00:27:23.519><c> of</c><00:27:23.700><c> power,</c><00:27:26.480><c> of</c><00:27:26.599><c> the</c><00:27:26.859><c> miraculous.</c><00:27:29.299><c> He</c><00:27:29.779><c> sees</c><00:27:30.079><c> the</c><00:27:30.299><c> revelation</c><00:27:30.740><c> of</c>

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God<00:27:31.299><c> as</c><00:27:32.000><c> glory,</c>

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but<00:27:34.859><c> he</c><00:27:35.119><c> also</c><00:27:35.619><c> sees</c><00:27:35.920><c> the</c><00:27:36.339><c> analysis</c><00:27:36.940><c> of</c><00:27:37.480><c> glory</c><00:27:38.000><c> as</c><00:27:38.420><c> being</c><00:27:39.420><c> grace</c>

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and<00:27:41.420><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:27:45.500><c> whole</c><00:27:45.839><c> purpose</c><00:27:46.440><c> of</c><00:27:46.900><c> the</c><00:27:47.339><c> revelation</c><00:27:47.960><c> of</c><00:27:48.220><c> God</c><00:27:48.740><c> is</c><00:27:49.839><c> to</c><00:27:50.099><c> show</c>

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that<00:27:50.519><c> his</c><00:27:51.039><c> character,</c>

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so<00:27:52.660><c> far</c><00:27:52.779><c> as</c><00:27:53.000><c> we</c><00:27:53.259><c> are</c><00:27:53.539><c> concerned,</c><00:27:55.019><c> consists</c><00:27:55.380><c> of</c><00:27:55.900><c> grace</c><00:27:56.339><c> and</c><00:27:57.160><c> truth.</c><00:27:58.519><c> His</c>

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glory<00:27:59.599><c> is</c><00:28:00.420><c> a</c><00:28:00.539><c> marrying</c><00:28:00.859><c> together</c>

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of<00:28:01.980><c> grace</c><00:28:02.240><c> and</c><00:28:02.619><c> truth.</c><00:28:06.079><c> In</c><00:28:06.640><c> our</c><00:28:06.839><c> human</c><00:28:07.039><c> life</c><00:28:07.319><c> these</c><00:28:07.519><c> are</c><00:28:07.799><c> opposites,</c>

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.940
never<00:28:11.240><c> seen</c><00:28:11.480><c> more</c><00:28:11.819><c> clearly</c><00:28:12.059><c> than</c><00:28:12.240><c> when</c><00:28:12.359><c> we</c><00:28:12.539><c> have</c><00:28:12.680><c> some</c>

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ecclesial<00:28:13.400><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:28:18.400><c> when</c><00:28:18.779><c> two</c><00:28:19.079><c> camps</c><00:28:19.539><c> tend</c><00:28:19.859><c> to</c><00:28:20.259><c> develop</c><00:28:20.599><c> within</c><00:28:20.880><c> the</c><00:28:21.140><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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one<00:28:24.599><c> camp</c><00:28:24.839><c> will</c><00:28:25.000><c> say</c><00:28:25.200><c> we</c><00:28:25.460><c> are</c><00:28:25.759><c> for</c><00:28:26.039><c> truth,</c><00:28:28.240><c> there</c><00:28:28.440><c> must</c><00:28:28.680><c> be</c><00:28:28.920><c> no</c>

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compromising<00:28:29.900><c> of</c><00:28:30.180><c> truth.</c>

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This<00:28:31.920><c> is</c><00:28:32.140><c> what</c><00:28:32.319><c> the</c><00:28:32.519><c> Bible</c><00:28:32.779><c> says,</c><00:28:33.440><c> and</c><00:28:33.619><c> this</c><00:28:33.900><c> is</c><00:28:34.059><c> what</c><00:28:34.180><c> we</c><00:28:34.359><c> must</c>

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do.<00:28:35.819><c> And</c><00:28:36.039><c> it</c><00:28:36.140><c> sounds</c><00:28:36.319><c> very</c><00:28:36.559><c> good.</c>

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The<00:28:39.140><c> other</c><00:28:39.380><c> camp</c><00:28:39.579><c> will</c><00:28:39.819><c> say</c><00:28:40.059><c> we</c><00:28:40.359><c> are</c><00:28:40.640><c> for</c><00:28:40.859><c> grace.</c><00:28:42.880><c> God</c><00:28:43.200><c> is</c><00:28:43.460><c> a</c><00:28:43.579><c> God</c><00:28:43.779><c> of</c>

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mercy<00:28:44.380><c> and</c><00:28:44.599><c> a</c><00:28:44.680><c> God</c><00:28:44.920><c> of</c><00:28:45.200><c> grace,</c>

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and<00:28:46.720><c> that</c><00:28:47.039><c> too</c><00:28:47.279><c> sounds</c><00:28:47.559><c> very</c><00:28:47.900><c> good.</c><00:28:50.299><c> What</c><00:28:50.460><c> is</c><00:28:50.720><c> bad</c><00:28:50.940><c> about</c><00:28:51.240><c> that</c>

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.720
is<00:28:51.740><c> that</c><00:28:51.859><c> the</c><00:28:51.980><c> two</c><00:28:52.140><c> camps</c><00:28:52.400><c> then</c><00:28:52.700><c> fight</c><00:28:52.940><c> each</c><00:28:53.200><c> other,</c>

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:57.680
and<00:28:54.440><c> if</c><00:28:54.539><c> we're</c><00:28:54.740><c> not</c><00:28:54.859><c> careful</c><00:28:55.099><c> there</c><00:28:55.220><c> can</c><00:28:55.339><c> be</c><00:28:55.480><c> a</c><00:28:55.579><c> division,</c><00:28:56.960><c> because</c><00:28:57.279><c> there</c><00:28:57.480><c> is</c>

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this<00:28:57.940><c> call</c><00:28:58.119><c> for</c><00:28:58.420><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:28:59.220><c> there</c><00:28:59.380><c> is</c><00:28:59.559><c> this</c><00:28:59.779><c> call</c><00:29:00.000><c> for</c><00:29:00.259><c> grace.</c><00:29:02.059><c> But</c><00:29:02.220><c> here</c><00:29:02.480><c> in</c><00:29:02.660><c> the</c><00:29:02.819><c> Lord</c><00:29:03.019><c> Jesus</c><00:29:03.400><c> Christ</c><00:29:03.680><c> there</c><00:29:03.880><c> is</c>

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a<00:29:04.299><c> marriage</c>

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of<00:29:05.420><c> grace</c><00:29:05.759><c> and</c><00:29:06.220><c> truth.</c><00:29:07.380><c> Two</c><00:29:07.619><c> opposites</c><00:29:08.160><c> are</c><00:29:08.380><c> brought</c><00:29:08.660><c> together,</c><00:29:09.779><c> and</c><00:29:10.039><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:10.539><c> person</c><00:29:10.779><c> of</c><00:29:10.960><c> the</c><00:29:11.079><c> Lord</c><00:29:11.259><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:29:11.960><c> we</c><00:29:12.240><c> see</c><00:29:12.680><c> how</c><00:29:13.220><c> God</c><00:29:13.539><c> can</c><00:29:13.960><c> show</c><00:29:14.220><c> forth</c><00:29:14.579><c> truth,</c><00:29:15.640><c> be</c><00:29:15.880><c> uncompromising</c><00:29:16.740><c> in</c><00:29:17.140><c> truth,</c><00:29:17.740><c> and</c>

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at<00:29:18.099><c> the</c><00:29:18.359><c> same</c><00:29:18.619><c> time</c>

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show<00:29:19.279><c> boundless</c><00:29:20.119><c> mercy</c><00:29:20.819><c> and</c><00:29:21.420><c> grace.</c><00:29:22.539><c> And</c><00:29:23.039><c> that</c><00:29:23.200><c> is</c><00:29:23.420><c> the</c><00:29:23.619><c> wonder</c><00:29:24.000><c> of</c><00:29:24.440><c> the</c><00:29:24.619><c> revelation</c><00:29:25.220><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:26.579><c> in</c><00:29:27.279><c> the</c><00:29:27.579><c> person</c>

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of<00:29:28.259><c> the</c><00:29:28.440><c> Lord</c><00:29:28.720><c> Jesus</c><00:29:29.160><c> Christ.</c><00:29:30.859><c> And</c><00:29:31.119><c> that</c><00:29:31.380><c> is</c><00:29:31.680><c> where</c><00:29:31.920><c> we</c><00:29:32.180><c> have</c>

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to<00:29:32.579><c> grow</c><00:29:32.799><c> up</c><00:29:33.240><c> to.</c>

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To<00:29:35.940><c> be</c><00:29:36.059><c> the</c><00:29:36.299><c> whole</c><00:29:36.559><c> man</c><00:29:36.839><c> we</c><00:29:37.000><c> must</c><00:29:37.240><c> have</c><00:29:37.619><c> grace</c><00:29:37.980><c> and</c><00:29:38.460><c> truth.</c><00:29:40.200><c> To</c>

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be<00:29:40.460><c> the</c><00:29:40.660><c> whole</c><00:29:40.880><c> man</c><00:29:41.160><c> in</c><00:29:41.460><c> Christ</c><00:29:41.700><c> in</c><00:29:41.920><c> his</c><00:29:42.119><c> statue</c><00:29:42.380><c> we</c>

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must<00:29:42.779><c> stand</c><00:29:43.059><c> up</c><00:29:43.559><c> for</c><00:29:43.920><c> truth</c><00:29:44.200><c> uncompromisingly,</c><00:29:47.240><c> but</c><00:29:47.339><c> we</c><00:29:47.480><c> must</c>

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know<00:29:47.940><c> how</c><00:29:48.160><c> to</c><00:29:48.380><c> show</c><00:29:48.559><c> grace</c><00:29:48.920><c> and</c><00:29:49.220><c> mercy</c><00:29:49.619><c> without</c>

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compromising.<00:29:55.400><c> Now</c><00:29:55.440><c> John</c><00:29:55.779><c> shows</c><00:29:56.200><c> us</c><00:29:56.339><c> how</c><00:29:56.539><c> to</c><00:29:56.680><c> do</c><00:29:56.819><c> this</c><00:29:57.079><c> I</c><00:29:57.279><c> think</c><00:29:57.559><c> by</c>

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writing<00:29:59.700><c> to</c><00:29:59.859><c> us</c><00:29:59.960><c> again</c><00:30:00.279><c> in</c><00:30:00.480><c> his</c><00:30:00.640><c> epistle.</c>

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We<00:30:02.559><c> turn</c><00:30:02.759><c> over</c><00:30:03.099><c> just</c><00:30:03.559><c> a</c><00:30:03.819><c> few</c><00:30:03.960><c> pages</c><00:30:04.299><c> now</c><00:30:04.559><c> to</c><00:30:04.720><c> his</c><00:30:04.839><c> first</c><00:30:05.079><c> epistle.</c>

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You<00:30:09.259><c> will</c><00:30:09.380><c> notice</c><00:30:09.559><c> first</c><00:30:09.799><c> of</c><00:30:10.000><c> all</c>

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that<00:30:13.299><c> John</c><00:30:13.819><c> sees</c><00:30:14.480><c> this</c><00:30:15.099><c> gospel</c><00:30:15.680><c> of</c><00:30:16.240><c> God</c><00:30:16.740><c> revealed</c><00:30:17.519><c> in</c><00:30:18.140><c> Jesus</c><00:30:18.619><c> Christ</c>

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as<00:30:21.299><c> being</c><00:30:21.579><c> the</c><00:30:21.779><c> very</c><00:30:22.079><c> touchstone,</c><00:30:22.779><c> the</c><00:30:22.900><c> very</c><00:30:23.119><c> essence,</c><00:30:23.619><c> in</c>

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fact<00:30:23.900><c> everything</c>

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about<00:30:26.420><c> the</c><00:30:26.579><c> Christian</c><00:30:26.940><c> gospel.</c><00:30:28.539><c> Verse</c><00:30:29.579><c> seven</c>

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We<00:30:32.380><c> are</c><00:30:33.480><c> cleansed</c><00:30:35.220><c> by</c><00:30:35.839><c> the</c><00:30:36.019><c> blood</c><00:30:36.599><c> of</c><00:30:37.339><c> the</c><00:30:37.460><c> Lord</c><00:30:37.680><c> Jesus</c><00:30:38.019><c> Christ.</c>

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Verse<00:30:41.319><c> one</c><00:30:41.680><c> of</c><00:30:41.859><c> chapter</c><00:30:42.160><c> two,</c><00:30:44.220><c> we</c><00:30:44.299><c> have</c><00:30:44.680><c> an</c><00:30:45.079><c> advocate</c><00:30:45.819><c> with</c>

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the<00:30:48.039><c> Father,</c><00:30:49.519><c> the</c><00:30:49.700><c> Lord</c><00:30:50.079><c> Jesus</c><00:30:50.480><c> Christ.</c>

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Verse<00:30:53.740><c> 22,</c><00:30:54.500><c> who</c><00:30:55.900><c> is</c><00:30:56.519><c> a</c><00:30:56.920><c> liar</c><00:30:57.299><c> but</c><00:30:57.640><c> he</c><00:30:57.920><c> that</c><00:30:58.220><c> denieth</c><00:30:58.759><c> that</c><00:30:59.039><c> Jesus</c><00:30:59.400><c> is</c>

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the<00:30:59.980><c> Christ?</c>

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He<00:31:02.200><c> is</c><00:31:02.660><c> Antichrist</c><00:31:03.380><c> that</c><00:31:03.759><c> denieth</c><00:31:04.039><c> the</c><00:31:04.299><c> Father</c><00:31:04.700><c> and</c><00:31:05.079><c> the</c><00:31:05.319><c> Son.</c>

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That<00:31:08.079><c> is</c><00:31:08.359><c> a</c><00:31:08.500><c> very</c><00:31:08.839><c> far</c><00:31:09.200><c>-reaching</c><00:31:09.640><c> truth,</c><00:31:10.299><c> brethren</c><00:31:10.380><c> and</c><00:31:10.619><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:31:14.279><c> world</c><00:31:14.519><c> is</c><00:31:14.799><c> talking</c><00:31:15.059><c> about</c><00:31:15.440><c> church</c><00:31:15.740><c> unity.</c>

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And<00:31:19.039><c> there</c><00:31:19.220><c> is</c><00:31:19.500><c> a</c><00:31:19.680><c> tendency</c><00:31:20.180><c> sometimes</c><00:31:20.920><c> within</c><00:31:21.299><c> our</c><00:31:21.640><c> midst</c><00:31:22.000><c> to</c>

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slip<00:31:23.220><c> nearer</c><00:31:23.940><c> unto</c><00:31:24.099><c> the</c><00:31:24.359><c> churches</c>

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:30.839
to<00:31:26.099><c> talk</c><00:31:26.380><c> about</c><00:31:26.680><c> the</c><00:31:26.880><c> things</c><00:31:27.140><c> we</c><00:31:27.319><c> have</c><00:31:27.480><c> in</c><00:31:27.740><c> common</c><00:31:28.160><c> rather</c><00:31:28.740><c> than</c><00:31:29.019><c> about</c><00:31:29.319><c> our</c><00:31:29.720><c> differences.</c>

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:39.319
Here<00:31:32.099><c> John</c><00:31:32.460><c> makes</c><00:31:32.759><c> the</c><00:31:33.059><c> issue</c><00:31:33.460><c> clear.</c><00:31:35.839><c> Those</c><00:31:36.299><c> who</c><00:31:36.640><c> do</c><00:31:36.980><c> not</c><00:31:37.299><c> believe</c><00:31:38.000><c> and</c><00:31:38.640><c> understand</c>

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that<00:31:40.200><c> the</c><00:31:40.339><c> Lord</c><00:31:40.640><c> Jesus</c><00:31:41.119><c> Christ</c><00:31:41.460><c> is</c><00:31:41.720><c> the</c><00:31:41.920><c> Son</c><00:31:42.059><c> of</c><00:31:42.299><c> God</c><00:31:42.859><c> and</c><00:31:43.460><c> has</c>

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come<00:31:43.960><c> in</c><00:31:44.200><c> the</c><00:31:44.400><c> flesh</c><00:31:44.740><c> are</c><00:31:45.480><c> Antichrist.</c>

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They<00:31:48.799><c> may</c><00:31:49.000><c> put</c><00:31:49.119><c> us</c><00:31:49.339><c> to</c><00:31:49.480><c> shame</c><00:31:49.680><c> by</c><00:31:49.880><c> their</c><00:31:50.099><c> behaviour.</c>

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They<00:31:53.880><c> may</c><00:31:54.099><c> show</c><00:31:54.559><c> kindness</c><00:31:55.099><c> and</c><00:31:55.380><c> generosity</c><00:31:55.859><c> to</c><00:31:56.059><c> their</c><00:31:56.220><c> fellow</c><00:31:56.440><c> men.</c>

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They<00:31:59.660><c> may</c><00:31:59.880><c> organise</c><00:32:00.380><c> groups</c><00:32:00.799><c> for</c><00:32:01.039><c> good</c><00:32:01.259><c> works.</c>

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:07.339
They<00:32:04.619><c> may</c><00:32:04.799><c> put</c><00:32:04.980><c> us</c><00:32:05.140><c> to</c><00:32:05.299><c> shame</c><00:32:05.519><c> in</c><00:32:05.759><c> so</c><00:32:06.000><c> many</c><00:32:06.200><c> ways.</c>

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But<00:32:08.819><c> John</c><00:32:08.980><c> is</c><00:32:09.180><c> very</c><00:32:09.500><c> clear</c><00:32:09.720><c> here</c><00:32:10.099><c> unless</c><00:32:10.680><c> they</c><00:32:12.400><c> confess</c><00:32:13.119><c> that</c>

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.680
the<00:32:14.380><c> Lord</c><00:32:14.660><c> Jesus</c><00:32:15.079><c> Christ</c>

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has<00:32:16.099><c> come</c><00:32:16.339><c> in</c><00:32:16.480><c> the</c><00:32:16.660><c> flesh.</c><00:32:18.019><c> They</c><00:32:18.019><c> are</c><00:32:18.339><c> Antichrist.</c><00:32:20.460><c> Chapter</c>

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three<00:32:22.079><c> and</c><00:32:23.400><c> verse</c><00:32:23.839><c> 23.</c>

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This<00:32:28.279><c> is</c><00:32:28.779><c> the</c><00:32:29.039><c> commandment</c><00:32:29.619><c> that</c><00:32:29.880><c> we</c><00:32:30.119><c> should</c><00:32:30.319><c> believe</c><00:32:30.880><c> on</c><00:32:31.160><c> the</c>

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:34.279
name<00:32:31.660><c> of</c><00:32:32.000><c> his</c><00:32:32.279><c> Son</c><00:32:32.819><c> Jesus</c><00:32:33.599><c> Christ</c>

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:40.140
and<00:32:35.099><c> love</c><00:32:35.339><c> one</c><00:32:35.579><c> another</c><00:32:36.000><c> as</c><00:32:37.400><c> he</c><00:32:37.640><c> gave</c><00:32:37.859><c> us</c><00:32:38.000><c> commandment,</c><00:32:39.299><c> belief</c><00:32:39.839><c> on</c>

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:42.480
the<00:32:40.279><c> Lord</c><00:32:40.500><c> Jesus</c><00:32:40.940><c> Christ</c><00:32:41.380><c> and</c><00:32:42.000><c> therefore</c>

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:46.759
issuing<00:32:42.920><c> forth</c><00:32:43.359><c> into</c><00:32:43.720><c> love</c><00:32:44.140><c> is</c><00:32:44.880><c> an</c><00:32:45.119><c> essential</c><00:32:45.619><c> of</c><00:32:46.140><c> our</c><00:32:46.480><c> faith.</c>

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:50.000
It<00:32:47.259><c> is</c><00:32:47.660><c> a</c><00:32:48.059><c> commandment.</c><00:32:49.359><c> Chapter</c><00:32:49.640><c> four,</c>

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:55.460
verse<00:32:50.240><c> 15.</c><00:32:52.140><c> Whosoever</c><00:32:52.779><c> shall</c><00:32:53.180><c> confess</c><00:32:54.000><c> that</c><00:32:54.460><c> Jesus</c><00:32:54.920><c> is</c><00:32:55.299><c> the</c>

00:32:55.460 --> 00:33:00.220
Son<00:32:55.579><c> of</c><00:32:55.799><c> God,</c><00:32:56.599><c> God</c><00:32:57.140><c> dwelleth</c><00:32:57.579><c> in</c><00:32:57.740><c> him</c><00:32:58.160><c> and</c><00:32:58.700><c> he</c><00:32:59.079><c> in</c><00:32:59.339><c> God.</c>

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:03.839
Notice<00:33:01.039><c> again</c><00:33:01.400><c> how</c><00:33:01.660><c> important</c><00:33:02.299><c> this</c><00:33:02.759><c> understanding</c><00:33:03.359><c> of</c><00:33:03.660><c> the</c>

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:07.319
relationship<00:33:04.359><c> of</c><00:33:05.220><c> God</c><00:33:05.539><c> and</c><00:33:05.819><c> his</c><00:33:06.119><c> Son</c><00:33:06.420><c> is.</c>

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:12.599
Chapter<00:33:08.000><c> five,</c><00:33:08.680><c> verse</c><00:33:08.740><c> one.</c><00:33:10.240><c> Whosoever</c><00:33:10.960><c> believeth</c><00:33:11.480><c> that</c><00:33:11.759><c> Jesus</c><00:33:12.200><c> is</c>

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:15.299
the<00:33:12.779><c> Christ</c><00:33:13.160><c> is</c><00:33:13.819><c> born</c><00:33:14.140><c> of</c><00:33:14.380><c> God.</c>

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:21.859
That<00:33:17.640><c> is</c><00:33:17.819><c> how</c><00:33:18.039><c> essential</c><00:33:18.519><c> this</c><00:33:19.259><c> understanding</c><00:33:20.079><c> of</c><00:33:20.319><c> God</c><00:33:20.599><c> manifestation</c><00:33:21.339><c> is.</c>

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:27.539
We<00:33:22.740><c> cannot</c><00:33:23.160><c> be</c><00:33:23.500><c> born</c><00:33:23.680><c> again</c><00:33:24.200><c> unless</c><00:33:24.819><c> we</c><00:33:25.099><c> understand</c><00:33:25.700><c> this</c><00:33:26.500><c> subject</c>

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:32.180
and<00:33:29.480><c> how</c><00:33:29.779><c> those</c><00:33:30.039><c> groups</c><00:33:30.339><c> have</c><00:33:30.599><c> taken</c><00:33:30.960><c> this</c><00:33:31.240><c> expression</c><00:33:31.740><c> born</c>

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:35.599
again<00:33:32.599><c> and</c><00:33:33.119><c> talk</c><00:33:33.420><c> about</c><00:33:33.740><c> born</c><00:33:34.119><c> again</c><00:33:34.480><c> Christians</c>

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:39.500
without<00:33:36.240><c> understanding</c><00:33:36.880><c> the</c><00:33:37.200><c> fundamentals</c><00:33:37.880><c> of</c><00:33:38.400><c> salvation.</c>

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:45.599
This<00:33:40.180><c> is</c><00:33:40.660><c> human</c><00:33:41.000><c> wisdom.</c><00:33:42.160><c> This</c><00:33:42.440><c> is</c><00:33:42.839><c> human</c><00:33:43.160><c> folly</c><00:33:43.640><c> and</c><00:33:44.160><c> I</c><00:33:44.359><c> believe</c><00:33:44.599><c> in</c><00:33:44.779><c> this</c><00:33:44.940><c> country</c><00:33:45.259><c> is</c>

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:47.339
commercialism<00:33:46.160><c> as</c><00:33:46.400><c> well.</c>

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:52.880
Let<00:33:48.799><c> there</c><00:33:48.920><c> be</c><00:33:49.079><c> no</c><00:33:49.279><c> mistake</c><00:33:49.640><c> about</c><00:33:49.940><c> it.</c><00:33:50.980><c> Unless</c><00:33:51.240><c> we</c><00:33:51.539><c> understand</c><00:33:52.039><c> and</c><00:33:52.319><c> follow</c>

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:58.059
the<00:33:53.480><c> first</c><00:33:53.740><c> principles</c><00:33:54.220><c> of</c><00:33:54.440><c> the</c><00:33:54.640><c> truth,</c><00:33:55.519><c> there</c><00:33:55.720><c> is</c><00:33:56.140><c> no</c><00:33:56.400><c> salvation</c><00:33:57.039><c> and</c><00:33:57.720><c> we</c>

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.779
are<00:33:58.380><c> Antichrist.</c>

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Verse<00:34:01.859><c> five</c><00:34:02.259><c> of</c><00:34:02.400><c> chapter</c><00:34:02.640><c> five.</c>

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:09.079
Whatsoever<00:34:05.839><c> is</c><00:34:06.140><c> born</c><00:34:06.359><c> of</c><00:34:06.519><c> God,</c><00:34:07.019><c> overcometh</c><00:34:07.539><c> the</c><00:34:07.740><c> world</c><00:34:08.179><c> and</c>

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:12.280
this<00:34:09.500><c> is</c><00:34:09.940><c> the</c><00:34:10.179><c> victory</c><00:34:10.659><c> that</c><00:34:11.179><c> overcometh</c><00:34:11.679><c> the</c><00:34:11.860><c> world,</c>

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:18.340
even<00:34:12.840><c> our</c><00:34:13.179><c> faith.</c><00:34:15.519><c> So</c><00:34:15.780><c> belief</c><00:34:16.119><c> in</c><00:34:16.360><c> this</c><00:34:16.579><c> basic</c><00:34:16.980><c> doctrine</c><00:34:17.519><c> means</c><00:34:18.159><c> that</c>

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.739
we<00:34:18.440><c> are</c><00:34:18.579><c> born</c><00:34:18.800><c> again</c>

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:23.920
and<00:34:20.900><c> because</c><00:34:21.300><c> we</c><00:34:21.500><c> are</c><00:34:21.619><c> born</c><00:34:21.840><c> again</c><00:34:22.260><c> by</c><00:34:22.539><c> this</c><00:34:22.920><c> basic</c><00:34:23.480><c> doctrine</c>

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.599
and<00:34:24.480><c> all</c><00:34:24.900><c> that</c><00:34:25.099><c> surrounds</c><00:34:25.460><c> it.</c><00:34:26.380><c> You</c><00:34:26.460><c> shall</c>

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:30.519
see<00:34:26.719><c> a</c><00:34:26.719><c> little</c><00:34:26.900><c> more</c><00:34:27.119><c> of</c><00:34:27.199><c> that</c><00:34:27.380><c> in</c><00:34:27.480><c> a</c><00:34:27.639><c> moment.</c><00:34:29.800><c> Then</c><00:34:29.980><c> we</c><00:34:30.280><c> have</c>

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:32.360
victory<00:34:30.920><c> over</c><00:34:31.219><c> this</c><00:34:31.500><c> world.</c>

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:36.699
Now<00:34:34.199><c> come</c><00:34:34.400><c> back</c><00:34:34.539><c> to</c><00:34:34.619><c> chapter</c><00:34:34.860><c> one</c><00:34:35.119><c> of</c><00:34:35.280><c> John's</c><00:34:35.820><c> epistles.</c>

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:49.139
Notice<00:34:44.340><c> to</c><00:34:44.519><c> start</c><00:34:44.739><c> with</c><00:34:44.980><c> there</c><00:34:45.099><c> is</c><00:34:45.300><c> this</c><00:34:45.800><c> we,</c><00:34:46.440><c> you,</c><00:34:47.340><c> they</c><00:34:47.800><c> relationship.</c>

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:57.699
We,<00:34:51.760><c> the</c><00:34:52.119><c> witnesses.</c><00:34:54.340><c> We</c><00:34:54.539><c> who</c><00:34:54.800><c> have</c><00:34:55.159><c> seen</c><00:34:55.539><c> and</c><00:34:56.079><c> heard</c><00:34:56.440><c> and</c><00:34:56.800><c> looked</c><00:34:57.099><c> upon</c><00:34:57.400><c> and</c>

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:59.360
our<00:34:57.760><c> hands</c><00:34:58.119><c> have</c><00:34:58.380><c> handled.</c>

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:09.440
Notice<00:34:59.860><c> how</c><00:35:00.199><c> concrete</c><00:35:00.739><c> this</c><00:35:01.019><c> is.</c><00:35:03.139><c> Seen,</c><00:35:03.739><c> heard,</c><00:35:04.480><c> handled.</c><00:35:06.380><c> Nothing</c><00:35:06.739><c> mystical</c><00:35:07.320><c> about</c><00:35:07.699><c> this.</c><00:35:08.719><c> This</c><00:35:09.019><c> is</c>

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.860
factual<00:35:10.000><c> and</c>

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so<00:35:11.059><c> the</c><00:35:11.260><c> we</c><00:35:11.500><c> here</c><00:35:11.900><c> are</c><00:35:12.340><c> the</c><00:35:12.480><c> witnesses,</c><00:35:13.000><c> the</c><00:35:13.179><c> apostles</c><00:35:13.619><c> first</c>

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:18.619
and<00:35:14.320><c> foremost,</c><00:35:15.739><c> who</c><00:35:16.059><c> had</c><00:35:16.480><c> seen</c><00:35:16.960><c> and</c><00:35:17.639><c> heard</c><00:35:18.159><c> and</c>

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:22.599
handled<00:35:19.280><c> the</c><00:35:19.599><c> word</c><00:35:19.840><c> of</c><00:35:20.039><c> God</c><00:35:20.480><c> and</c><00:35:21.179><c> it</c><00:35:21.340><c> is</c><00:35:21.559><c> described</c><00:35:22.039><c> in</c><00:35:22.340><c> verse</c>

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:26.059
two<00:35:23.099><c> that</c><00:35:23.639><c> that</c><00:35:24.099><c> word</c><00:35:24.340><c> was</c><00:35:24.739><c> manifest.</c>

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:33.099
All<00:35:27.840><c> that</c><00:35:28.000><c> had</c><00:35:28.139><c> been</c><00:35:28.400><c> known</c><00:35:28.579><c> of</c><00:35:28.739><c> God</c><00:35:29.619><c> by</c><00:35:30.619><c> a</c><00:35:31.019><c> word</c><00:35:31.320><c> in</c><00:35:31.639><c> Old</c><00:35:32.019><c> Testament</c><00:35:32.440><c> times</c>

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:35.480
was<00:35:33.880><c> revealed</c><00:35:34.440><c> in</c><00:35:34.679><c> the</c><00:35:34.920><c> person</c><00:35:35.239><c> of</c>

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:40.380
the<00:35:35.599><c> Lord</c><00:35:35.820><c> Jesus</c><00:35:36.179><c> Christ</c><00:35:36.800><c> and</c><00:35:37.579><c> they,</c><00:35:38.320><c> the</c><00:35:38.480><c> witnesses,</c><00:35:40.059><c> had</c>

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:44.619
seen<00:35:40.780><c> and</c><00:35:41.260><c> heard</c><00:35:41.719><c> and</c><00:35:42.539><c> touched</c><00:35:43.000><c> the</c><00:35:43.760><c> Lord</c><00:35:44.119><c> Jesus</c>

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:47.179
Christ.<00:35:44.860><c> There</c><00:35:45.019><c> was</c><00:35:45.219><c> no</c><00:35:45.500><c> doubt</c><00:35:45.880><c> about</c><00:35:46.400><c> the</c><00:35:46.559><c> things</c><00:35:46.800><c> of</c><00:35:47.019><c> which</c>

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:52.659
they<00:35:47.460><c> spoke.</c><00:35:49.659><c> You,</c><00:35:50.800><c> speaking</c><00:35:51.079><c> unto</c><00:35:51.380><c> you,</c><00:35:52.260><c> those</c>

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:57.260
who<00:35:53.079><c> would</c><00:35:53.320><c> be</c><00:35:53.579><c> saved</c><00:35:53.840><c> ourselves</c><00:35:54.440><c> and</c><00:35:54.960><c> those</c><00:35:55.280><c> who</c><00:35:55.460><c> would</c><00:35:55.619><c> listen</c><00:35:56.019><c> and</c>

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:59.579
the<00:35:57.400><c> they</c><00:35:58.159><c> spoken</c><00:35:58.659><c> of</c><00:35:58.900><c> here</c><00:35:59.119><c> are</c><00:35:59.320><c> the</c>

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:03.960
antichrists,<00:36:01.280><c> those</c><00:36:01.519><c> who</c><00:36:01.679><c> do</c><00:36:01.900><c> not</c><00:36:02.139><c> believe</c><00:36:02.579><c> that</c><00:36:02.820><c> God</c><00:36:03.500><c> sent</c>

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:06.320
his<00:36:04.159><c> son</c><00:36:04.599><c> in</c><00:36:05.079><c> the</c><00:36:05.260><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:14.239
Notice<00:36:08.960><c> to</c><00:36:09.400><c> what</c><00:36:09.760><c> the</c><00:36:10.039><c> revelation</c><00:36:10.480><c> is</c><00:36:11.300><c> and</c><00:36:13.300><c> the</c><00:36:13.519><c> synonyms</c><00:36:13.840><c> which</c><00:36:14.059><c> I</c>

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:17.920
use<00:36:14.380><c> to</c><00:36:14.599><c> describe</c><00:36:14.920><c> it.</c>

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:23.440
Verse<00:36:18.260><c> one,</c><00:36:19.039><c> the</c><00:36:19.199><c> revelation</c><00:36:19.739><c> is</c><00:36:20.760><c> the</c><00:36:21.940><c> word</c><00:36:22.139><c> of</c><00:36:22.380><c> life.</c>

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:31.079
It<00:36:27.099><c> is</c><00:36:27.380><c> also</c><00:36:27.699><c> spoken</c><00:36:28.079><c> of</c><00:36:28.420><c> as</c><00:36:28.840><c> eternal</c><00:36:29.440><c> life.</c><00:36:30.340><c> In</c><00:36:30.539><c> verse</c><00:36:30.780><c> two,</c>

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:35.099
we<00:36:31.780><c> show</c><00:36:32.119><c> unto</c><00:36:32.460><c> you</c><00:36:32.860><c> that</c><00:36:33.380><c> eternal</c><00:36:34.079><c> life.</c>

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:44.699
The<00:36:40.360><c> revelation,</c><00:36:41.219><c> therefore,</c><00:36:41.679><c> is</c><00:36:41.840><c> a</c><00:36:42.079><c> revelation</c><00:36:42.860><c> of</c><00:36:43.860><c> God's</c>

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:46.659
way<00:36:45.059><c> of</c><00:36:45.519><c> life.</c>

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:53.079
God<00:36:48.860><c> who</c><00:36:49.039><c> had</c><00:36:49.219><c> been</c><00:36:49.619><c> speaking</c><00:36:49.960><c> by</c><00:36:50.400><c> word</c><00:36:50.920><c> unto</c><00:36:51.460><c> people,</c><00:36:52.199><c> telling</c><00:36:52.519><c> people</c>

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:55.639
how<00:36:53.480><c> to</c><00:36:53.739><c> live,</c><00:36:54.559><c> appealing</c><00:36:54.900><c> with</c><00:36:55.239><c> people</c>

00:36:55.639 --> 00:37:00.860
to<00:36:55.980><c> turn</c><00:36:56.280><c> away</c><00:36:56.559><c> from</c><00:36:56.780><c> their</c><00:36:56.960><c> sins,</c><00:36:59.519><c> now</c><00:36:59.820><c> is</c><00:37:00.119><c> seen</c><00:37:00.280><c> in</c><00:37:00.539><c> action</c>

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:03.340
in<00:37:01.039><c> the</c><00:37:01.199><c> person</c><00:37:01.380><c> of</c><00:37:01.579><c> the</c><00:37:01.659><c> Lord</c><00:37:01.840><c> Jesus</c><00:37:02.219><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:07.639
The<00:37:04.119><c> word</c><00:37:04.440><c> of</c><00:37:04.679><c> life,</c><00:37:05.500><c> a</c><00:37:05.760><c> way</c><00:37:06.000><c> of</c><00:37:06.320><c> life,</c><00:37:06.539><c> a</c><00:37:06.719><c> pattern</c><00:37:07.059><c> of</c><00:37:07.340><c> life,</c>

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:09.900
no<00:37:08.099><c> point</c><00:37:08.380><c> in</c><00:37:08.719><c> an</c><00:37:08.980><c> intellectual</c><00:37:09.440><c> study</c>

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:15.480
if<00:37:10.679><c> that</c><00:37:10.960><c> study</c><00:37:11.179><c> does</c><00:37:11.420><c> not</c><00:37:11.599><c> result</c><00:37:12.019><c> in</c><00:37:12.380><c> a</c><00:37:12.659><c> changed</c><00:37:13.239><c> way</c><00:37:13.659><c> of</c><00:37:13.960><c> life.</c><00:37:15.400><c> And</c>

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:17.860
it<00:37:15.659><c> is</c><00:37:15.840><c> that</c><00:37:16.159><c> changed</c><00:37:16.739><c> way</c><00:37:17.139><c> of</c><00:37:17.480><c> life</c>

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:23.519
which<00:37:18.380><c> John</c><00:37:18.780><c> here</c><00:37:19.079><c> calls</c><00:37:19.619><c> eternal</c><00:37:20.219><c> life.</c><00:37:22.159><c> Now</c><00:37:22.300><c> we</c><00:37:22.360><c> are</c><00:37:22.599><c> accustomed</c><00:37:22.920><c> to</c><00:37:23.119><c> thinking</c><00:37:23.320><c> of</c>

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:25.199
eternal<00:37:23.820><c> life</c><00:37:24.079><c> in</c><00:37:24.300><c> terms</c><00:37:24.579><c> of</c>

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:30.420
the<00:37:25.380><c> kingdom</c><00:37:25.599><c> of</c><00:37:25.840><c> God</c><00:37:26.039><c> and</c><00:37:26.280><c> immortality.</c><00:37:28.619><c> John</c><00:37:28.920><c> here</c><00:37:29.179><c> uses</c><00:37:29.480><c> the</c><00:37:29.739><c> expression</c><00:37:30.099><c> to</c>

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.800
describe<00:37:30.760><c> the</c><00:37:31.320><c> quality</c>

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:37.860
and<00:37:32.280><c> type</c><00:37:32.780><c> of</c><00:37:33.079><c> life</c><00:37:33.360><c> which</c><00:37:33.619><c> is</c><00:37:33.860><c> God's,</c><00:37:35.960><c> which</c><00:37:36.039><c> we</c><00:37:36.280><c> must</c><00:37:36.480><c> now</c><00:37:37.019><c> use</c><00:37:37.460><c> as</c>

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:39.059
our<00:37:38.159><c> pattern.</c>

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:45.619
We<00:37:40.440><c> must</c><00:37:40.679><c> now</c><00:37:40.960><c> begin</c><00:37:41.260><c> to</c><00:37:41.599><c> think</c><00:37:41.960><c> on</c><00:37:42.320><c> a</c><00:37:42.460><c> heavenly</c><00:37:42.780><c> plane.</c><00:37:44.639><c> We</c><00:37:44.739><c> must</c><00:37:45.059><c> cease</c><00:37:45.300><c> to</c>

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:47.480
grovel<00:37:46.079><c> as</c><00:37:46.440><c> men</c><00:37:46.699><c> and</c><00:37:46.840><c> women</c><00:37:47.079><c> of</c><00:37:47.260><c> the</c>

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:52.980
world.<00:37:48.619><c> And</c><00:37:49.260><c> if</c><00:37:49.519><c> this</c><00:37:49.840><c> is</c><00:37:50.119><c> to</c><00:37:50.340><c> be</c><00:37:50.579><c> our</c><00:37:50.820><c> ambition,</c><00:37:51.900><c> then</c><00:37:52.059><c> ultimately</c><00:37:52.679><c> we</c>

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:56.559
shall<00:37:53.340><c> issue</c><00:37:53.739><c> forth</c><00:37:54.340><c> into</c><00:37:54.980><c> eternal</c><00:37:56.119><c> life</c>

00:37:56.559 --> 00:38:00.800
in<00:37:56.780><c> the</c><00:37:56.920><c> sense</c><00:37:57.079><c> of</c><00:37:57.420><c> eternity</c><00:37:57.960><c> and</c><00:37:58.579><c> immortality.</c><00:38:00.400><c> But</c><00:38:00.599><c> first</c>

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:03.360
and<00:38:00.980><c> foremost,</c><00:38:01.860><c> the</c><00:38:01.980><c> words</c><00:38:02.300><c> eternal</c><00:38:02.960><c> life</c>

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:09.019
mean<00:38:03.840><c> the</c><00:38:04.320><c> quality</c><00:38:04.760><c> of</c><00:38:05.099><c> life</c><00:38:05.559><c> to</c><00:38:05.900><c> which</c><00:38:06.059><c> we</c><00:38:06.340><c> are</c><00:38:06.679><c> called.</c><00:38:08.739><c> Not</c>

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:13.000
just<00:38:09.619><c> a</c><00:38:10.760><c> higher</c><00:38:11.159><c> way</c><00:38:11.519><c> of</c><00:38:11.860><c> human</c><00:38:12.079><c> living,</c>

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:18.039
but<00:38:14.039><c> an</c><00:38:14.340><c> entirely</c><00:38:14.739><c> different</c><00:38:15.340><c> way</c><00:38:15.579><c> of</c><00:38:15.840><c> life,</c><00:38:17.500><c> the</c><00:38:17.639><c> way</c><00:38:17.820><c> which</c>

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:21.199
belongs<00:38:18.420><c> to</c><00:38:18.739><c> God</c><00:38:19.159><c> and</c><00:38:19.719><c> not</c><00:38:20.079><c> to</c><00:38:20.320><c> man.</c>

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:31.340
And<00:38:24.480><c> now</c><00:38:24.699><c> John</c><00:38:24.860><c> explains</c><00:38:25.280><c> this</c><00:38:25.460><c> to</c><00:38:25.519><c> us.</c><00:38:28.260><c> And</c><00:38:28.300><c> he</c><00:38:28.420><c> does</c><00:38:28.559><c> so</c><00:38:28.780><c> interestingly</c><00:38:29.159><c> enough</c><00:38:29.860><c> by</c>

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:33.420
using<00:38:31.679><c> the</c><00:38:31.880><c> word</c><00:38:32.179><c> manifested.</c>

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:37.820
This<00:38:34.760><c> I</c><00:38:34.960><c> suppose</c><00:38:35.260><c> is</c><00:38:35.460><c> where</c><00:38:36.139><c> our</c><00:38:36.480><c> forebears</c><00:38:36.800><c> took</c><00:38:37.139><c> the</c><00:38:37.519><c> title</c>

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:39.940
God<00:38:38.199><c>-manifestation</c><00:38:39.019><c> from.</c>

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:46.380
First<00:38:43.260><c> of</c><00:38:43.420><c> all</c><00:38:43.519><c> in</c><00:38:43.679><c> verse</c><00:38:43.860><c> 2</c><00:38:44.219><c> of</c><00:38:44.420><c> chapter</c><00:38:44.699><c> 1</c><00:38:45.079><c> we</c><00:38:45.400><c> have</c><00:38:45.719><c> the</c><00:38:45.960><c> life</c>

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:50.420
was<00:38:46.840><c> manifested</c><00:38:47.699><c> and</c><00:38:49.019><c> that</c><00:38:49.199><c> has</c><00:38:49.500><c> in</c><00:38:49.679><c> fact</c><00:38:49.880><c> taken</c><00:38:50.239><c> us</c>

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:56.059
into<00:38:50.920><c> the</c><00:38:51.539><c> first</c><00:38:51.920><c> chapter</c><00:38:52.239><c> of</c><00:38:52.380><c> the</c><00:38:52.480><c> gospel</c><00:38:52.719><c> hasn't</c><00:38:53.059><c> it?</c><00:38:53.219><c> We</c><00:38:53.559><c> have</c><00:38:53.800><c> been</c><00:38:54.000><c> through</c><00:38:54.260><c> that.</c><00:38:55.760><c> Now</c><00:38:55.860><c> we</c>

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:57.500
look<00:38:56.260><c> at</c><00:38:56.500><c> chapter</c><00:38:56.739><c> 3</c>

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:01.199
where<00:38:59.840><c> the</c><00:38:59.960><c> word</c><00:39:00.119><c> occurs</c><00:39:00.440><c> again</c>

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:07.340
in<00:39:06.400><c> verse</c><00:39:06.579><c> 5.</c>

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:13.960
And<00:39:10.099><c> ye</c><00:39:10.559><c> know</c><00:39:10.960><c> that</c><00:39:11.219><c> he</c><00:39:11.519><c> was</c><00:39:12.440><c> manifested</c>

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:18.630
to<00:39:15.739><c> take</c><00:39:16.000><c> away</c><00:39:16.239><c> our</c><00:39:16.579><c> sins</c><00:39:16.800><c> and</c><00:39:16.940><c> in</c><00:39:17.139><c> him</c><00:39:17.340><c> is</c><00:39:17.619><c> no</c><00:39:17.840><c> sin.</c>

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:26.019
The<00:39:21.940><c> manifestation</c><00:39:22.559><c> therefore</c><00:39:23.019><c> is</c><00:39:23.340><c> a</c><00:39:23.599><c> manifestation</c><00:39:24.440><c> of</c><00:39:24.860><c> God.</c>

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:32.119
God<00:39:28.460><c> who</c><00:39:28.659><c> does</c><00:39:28.940><c> not</c><00:39:29.260><c> desire</c><00:39:29.920><c> the</c><00:39:30.159><c> death</c><00:39:30.400><c> of</c><00:39:30.659><c> a</c><00:39:30.880><c> sinner</c><00:39:31.159><c> but</c><00:39:31.679><c> that</c><00:39:31.860><c> all</c>

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:34.039
should<00:39:32.300><c> come</c><00:39:32.579><c> unto</c><00:39:32.840><c> repentance.</c>

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:39.960
He<00:39:34.780><c> has</c><00:39:35.260><c> revealed</c><00:39:35.880><c> himself</c><00:39:36.559><c> in</c><00:39:37.219><c> the</c><00:39:37.500><c> person</c><00:39:37.920><c> of</c><00:39:38.380><c> his</c><00:39:38.639><c> only</c><00:39:38.980><c> begotten</c><00:39:39.500><c> son</c>

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:43.059
and<00:39:40.619><c> that</c><00:39:41.079><c> manifestation</c><00:39:41.920><c> was</c><00:39:42.320><c> basically</c>

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:49.079
to<00:39:43.739><c> take</c><00:39:44.119><c> away</c><00:39:44.820><c> sins.</c><00:39:47.739><c> I</c><00:39:47.820><c> want</c><00:39:47.900><c> you</c><00:39:48.000><c> to</c><00:39:48.159><c> notice</c><00:39:48.420><c> in</c><00:39:48.599><c> the</c><00:39:48.760><c> use</c><00:39:48.900><c> of</c>

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:50.960
this<00:39:49.260><c> word</c><00:39:49.460><c> manifest</c><00:39:50.000><c> how</c>

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:57.639
John<00:39:52.059><c> shows</c><00:39:52.559><c> how</c><00:39:52.840><c> the</c><00:39:53.079><c> words</c><00:39:53.320><c> grace</c><00:39:53.940><c> and</c><00:39:55.480><c> truth</c><00:39:56.079><c> are</c><00:39:57.340><c> married</c>

00:39:57.639 --> 00:40:03.980
together<00:39:58.320><c> in</c><00:39:58.800><c> this</c><00:39:59.260><c> manifestation.</c><00:40:03.239><c> The</c>

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:07.699
lovely<00:40:04.820><c> expression</c><00:40:05.320><c> in</c><00:40:05.519><c> the</c><00:40:05.679><c> Psalms</c><00:40:05.940><c> where</c><00:40:06.139><c> these</c><00:40:06.380><c> two</c><00:40:06.960><c> opposites</c><00:40:07.500><c> in</c>

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:10.300
human<00:40:08.000><c> life</c><00:40:08.360><c> are</c><00:40:08.860><c> met</c><00:40:09.139><c> together</c><00:40:09.619><c> and</c><00:40:10.059><c> have</c>

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:16.340
kissed<00:40:10.579><c> each</c><00:40:10.940><c> other</c><00:40:11.239><c> in</c><00:40:11.519><c> the</c><00:40:11.719><c> person</c><00:40:11.960><c> of</c><00:40:12.179><c> the</c><00:40:12.280><c> Lord</c><00:40:12.460><c> Jesus</c><00:40:12.860><c> Christ.</c><00:40:15.079><c> Manifested</c><00:40:15.619><c> then</c><00:40:15.960><c> to</c>

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:18.480
take<00:40:16.659><c> away</c><00:40:17.019><c> our</c><00:40:17.340><c> sins</c>

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:25.159
in<00:40:21.579><c> him</c><00:40:22.159><c> is</c><00:40:23.679><c> no</c><00:40:24.099><c> sin.</c>

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:31.500
And<00:40:27.860><c> so</c><00:40:28.000><c> we</c><00:40:28.199><c> have</c><00:40:28.360><c> the</c><00:40:28.559><c> Lord</c><00:40:28.719><c> Jesus</c><00:40:29.119><c> Christ</c><00:40:29.420><c> who</c><00:40:29.679><c> was</c><00:40:29.940><c> the</c><00:40:30.280><c> sin</c><00:40:30.639><c> bearer</c>

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:37.579
the<00:40:33.579><c> one</c><00:40:33.880><c> who</c><00:40:34.139><c> was</c><00:40:34.519><c> absolutely</c><00:40:35.739><c> sinless</c>

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:43.360
taking<00:40:40.400><c> upon</c><00:40:40.699><c> himself</c><00:40:41.219><c> the</c><00:40:41.519><c> sins</c><00:40:41.860><c> of</c><00:40:42.059><c> the</c><00:40:42.239><c> world.</c>

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:48.320
The<00:40:44.659><c> only</c><00:40:44.900><c> way</c><00:40:45.179><c> that</c><00:40:45.460><c> sin</c><00:40:45.679><c> could</c><00:40:45.880><c> be</c><00:40:46.119><c> removed</c><00:40:46.840><c> and</c><00:40:48.019><c> this</c><00:40:48.139><c> was</c>

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done<00:40:48.480><c> in</c><00:40:48.699><c> him.</c>

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If<00:40:50.440><c> you</c><00:40:50.440><c> look</c><00:40:50.579><c> at</c><00:40:50.679><c> that</c><00:40:50.860><c> in</c><00:40:50.960><c> more</c><00:40:51.099><c> detail</c><00:40:51.579><c> in</c><00:40:52.219><c> a</c><00:40:52.320><c> later</c><00:40:52.500><c> study</c><00:40:53.039><c> he</c><00:40:54.880><c> was</c><00:40:55.079><c> also</c><00:40:55.400><c> manifested</c><00:40:55.900><c> we</c><00:40:56.099><c> are</c><00:40:56.260><c> told</c><00:40:56.400><c> in</c><00:40:56.539><c> verse</c><00:40:56.780><c> 8</c>

00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:04.159
the<00:40:59.579><c> end</c><00:40:59.639><c> of</c><00:40:59.880><c> the</c><00:40:59.960><c> verse</c><00:41:00.139><c> to</c><00:41:00.340><c> destroy</c><00:41:00.980><c> the</c><00:41:01.539><c> devil</c><00:41:01.900><c> the</c><00:41:03.900><c> works</c>

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of<00:41:04.360><c> the</c><00:41:04.500><c> devil</c>

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:09.769
and<00:41:06.500><c> that</c><00:41:06.599><c> is</c><00:41:06.719><c> not</c><00:41:06.920><c> the</c><00:41:07.099><c> same</c><00:41:07.320><c> as</c><00:41:07.519><c> saying</c><00:41:07.980><c> take</c><00:41:08.639><c> away</c><00:41:08.940><c> sin.</c>

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:14.090
Sins<00:41:12.280><c> are</c><00:41:12.679><c> what</c><00:41:12.920><c> we</c><00:41:13.260><c> commit.</c>

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:22.760
Devils<00:41:17.380><c> are</c><00:41:18.039><c> what</c><00:41:18.199><c> we</c><00:41:18.500><c> are.</c><00:41:20.960><c> Devilishness</c><00:41:21.579><c> is</c><00:41:21.880><c> human</c><00:41:22.179><c> nature</c>

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:25.909
and<00:41:24.079><c> because</c><00:41:24.400><c> we</c><00:41:24.679><c> have</c><00:41:24.920><c> human</c><00:41:25.239><c> nature</c><00:41:25.579><c> we</c>

00:41:25.909 --> 00:41:30.650
commit<00:41:26.150><c> sin.</c><00:41:28.090><c> And</c><00:41:28.250><c> so</c><00:41:28.369><c> we</c><00:41:28.510><c> have</c><00:41:28.730><c> God</c><00:41:29.150><c> manifesting</c><00:41:30.050><c> himself</c><00:41:30.429><c> in</c>

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Jesus<00:41:31.130><c> firstly</c><00:41:31.989><c> to</c><00:41:32.269><c> take</c><00:41:32.570><c> away</c><00:41:32.750><c> the</c>

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consequences<00:41:33.849><c> of</c><00:41:34.210><c> our</c><00:41:34.469><c> nature</c><00:41:34.949><c> the</c><00:41:35.610><c> consequences</c><00:41:36.369><c> of</c><00:41:36.989><c> human</c>

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nature<00:41:37.789><c> sin</c><00:41:38.349><c> and</c><00:41:40.349><c> secondly</c><00:41:40.710><c> to</c><00:41:40.949><c> take</c><00:41:41.210><c> away</c>

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human<00:41:42.250><c> nature</c><00:41:42.570><c> itself</c><00:41:43.230><c> the</c><00:41:43.989><c> devilishness</c><00:41:45.130><c> of</c><00:41:45.969><c> which</c><00:41:46.070><c> we</c><00:41:46.230><c> are</c>

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made.<00:41:48.869><c> And</c><00:41:49.170><c> thirdly</c><00:41:51.050><c> chapter</c><00:41:51.489><c> 4</c><00:41:52.630><c> and</c><00:41:53.769><c> verse</c><00:41:54.070><c> 9</c>

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in<00:42:03.050><c> this</c><00:42:03.469><c> was</c><00:42:03.789><c> manifested</c><00:42:04.389><c> the</c><00:42:04.630><c> love</c><00:42:04.769><c> of</c><00:42:04.989><c> God</c><00:42:05.570><c> towards</c><00:42:06.989><c> us</c>

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because<00:42:10.269><c> that</c><00:42:10.530><c> God</c><00:42:10.809><c> sent</c><00:42:11.070><c> his</c><00:42:11.289><c> son</c><00:42:11.489><c> into</c><00:42:11.730><c> the</c><00:42:11.969><c> world</c><00:42:12.789><c> that</c><00:42:14.769><c> we</c>

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might<00:42:15.170><c> live</c><00:42:15.510><c> through</c><00:42:15.869><c> him.</c>

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Salvation<00:42:21.059><c> is</c><00:42:21.360><c> not</c><00:42:21.639><c> just</c><00:42:22.019><c> a</c><00:42:22.239><c> matter</c><00:42:22.679><c> of</c><00:42:23.719><c> taking</c><00:42:24.019><c> away</c><00:42:24.400><c> our</c><00:42:24.619><c> sins</c><00:42:25.119><c> it</c>

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isn't<00:42:27.739><c> just</c><00:42:28.000><c> a</c><00:42:28.179><c> matter</c><00:42:28.460><c> of</c><00:42:28.760><c> destroying</c><00:42:29.199><c> the</c>

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devilishness<00:42:30.119><c> of</c><00:42:30.320><c> human</c><00:42:30.559><c> nature.</c><00:42:33.380><c> It</c><00:42:33.980><c> is</c><00:42:34.159><c> that</c><00:42:34.320><c> we</c><00:42:34.519><c> might</c><00:42:34.760><c> live</c><00:42:35.780><c> in</c>

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:44.340
him<00:42:37.900><c> beginning</c><00:42:39.579><c> now</c><00:42:40.519><c> that</c><00:42:43.480><c> we</c><00:42:43.639><c> might</c><00:42:43.860><c> know</c><00:42:44.079><c> the</c>

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:48.860
quality<00:42:44.780><c> of</c><00:42:44.940><c> God's</c><00:42:45.340><c> life</c><00:42:45.519><c> his</c><00:42:45.840><c> eternal</c><00:42:46.340><c> life</c><00:42:46.940><c> that</c><00:42:48.559><c> we</c><00:42:48.699><c> might</c>

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:51.119
know<00:42:49.059><c> the</c><00:42:49.360><c> vanity</c><00:42:49.719><c> and</c><00:42:50.059><c> worthlessness</c><00:42:50.559><c> of</c><00:42:50.880><c> human</c>

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life<00:42:52.000><c> and</c><00:42:53.400><c> forsake</c><00:42:53.780><c> that</c><00:42:54.179><c> for</c><00:42:54.500><c> God.</c><00:42:56.280><c> That</c><00:42:56.340><c> we</c><00:42:56.519><c> might</c><00:42:56.719><c> live</c><00:42:57.039><c> and</c>

00:42:57.260 --> 00:43:00.119
know<00:42:57.360><c> the</c><00:42:57.539><c> blessings</c><00:42:57.920><c> of</c><00:42:58.400><c> his</c><00:42:58.719><c> way</c><00:42:58.920><c> of</c><00:42:59.139><c> life</c><00:42:59.300><c> even</c><00:42:59.699><c> now</c>

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:06.139
in<00:43:00.679><c> this</c><00:43:01.260><c> mortality</c><00:43:01.760><c> which</c><00:43:02.019><c> we</c><00:43:02.260><c> live</c><00:43:02.920><c> but</c><00:43:05.360><c> ultimately</c><00:43:05.820><c> might</c>

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:08.780
know<00:43:06.300><c> it</c><00:43:06.460><c> in</c><00:43:06.519><c> its</c><00:43:06.760><c> fullest</c><00:43:06.940><c> sense</c><00:43:07.579><c> in</c><00:43:08.420><c> the</c><00:43:08.579><c> kingdom</c>

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:16.679
of<00:43:08.880><c> God.</c><00:43:10.739><c> In</c><00:43:11.019><c> this</c><00:43:11.559><c> was</c><00:43:12.019><c> manifested</c><00:43:12.719><c> the</c><00:43:12.940><c> love</c><00:43:13.059><c> of</c><00:43:13.239><c> God</c><00:43:13.500><c> towards</c><00:43:13.900><c> us</c><00:43:14.840><c> because</c><00:43:16.119><c> that</c><00:43:16.400><c> God</c>

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sent<00:43:16.940><c> his</c><00:43:17.260><c> son</c>

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:22.360
his<00:43:18.099><c> only</c><00:43:18.460><c> begotten</c><00:43:19.059><c> son</c><00:43:19.360><c> into</c><00:43:19.880><c> the</c><00:43:20.139><c> world</c><00:43:20.760><c> that</c><00:43:21.420><c> we</c><00:43:21.920><c> might</c>

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.380
live<00:43:23.599><c> through</c><00:43:24.300><c> him.</c>

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:33.119
And<00:43:27.119><c> the</c><00:43:27.239><c> verse</c><00:43:27.440><c> we</c><00:43:27.639><c> shall</c><00:43:27.820><c> never</c><00:43:28.179><c> really</c><00:43:28.579><c> understand.</c><00:43:31.400><c> Herein</c><00:43:31.940><c> is</c><00:43:32.219><c> love</c>

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:42.099
not<00:43:35.159><c> that</c><00:43:35.460><c> we</c><00:43:35.760><c> loved</c><00:43:36.000><c> God</c><00:43:36.800><c> but</c><00:43:39.000><c> that</c><00:43:39.179><c> he</c><00:43:39.400><c> loved</c><00:43:39.619><c> us</c><00:43:40.440><c> and</c><00:43:41.880><c> sent</c>

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:47.159
his<00:43:42.480><c> son</c><00:43:43.139><c> to</c><00:43:44.360><c> be</c><00:43:44.579><c> the</c><00:43:44.800><c> propitiation</c><00:43:45.480><c> of</c><00:43:45.780><c> our</c><00:43:45.980><c> sins.</c>

00:43:47.719 --> 00:43:54.059
I<00:43:48.320><c> think</c><00:43:48.539><c> Hosea</c><00:43:49.000><c> did</c><00:43:49.260><c> hope</c><00:43:49.519><c> to</c><00:43:49.780><c> show</c><00:43:49.960><c> a</c><00:43:50.199><c> little</c><00:43:51.119><c> of</c><00:43:53.099><c> God's</c><00:43:53.539><c> approach</c><00:43:53.780><c> unto</c>

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:56.739
us<00:43:54.579><c> in</c><00:43:54.800><c> this</c><00:43:55.019><c> way</c><00:43:55.320><c> and</c><00:43:56.019><c> of</c><00:43:56.119><c> our</c><00:43:56.440><c> being</c>

00:43:56.739 --> 00:44:03.260
undeserving<00:43:57.739><c> of</c><00:43:58.039><c> the</c><00:43:58.159><c> love</c><00:43:58.280><c> of</c><00:43:58.500><c> God</c><00:43:59.059><c> but</c><00:44:01.440><c> we</c><00:44:01.599><c> shall</c><00:44:01.719><c> never</c><00:44:01.940><c> really</c><00:44:02.360><c> understand</c><00:44:02.980><c> how</c>

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that<00:44:03.480><c> mankind</c><00:44:03.860><c> who</c><00:44:04.239><c> is</c><00:44:04.559><c> so</c>

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unlovely<00:44:06.400><c> so</c><00:44:06.860><c> unlovable</c><00:44:07.820><c> should</c><00:44:08.739><c> call</c><00:44:09.079><c> forth</c><00:44:09.420><c> the</c><00:44:09.579><c> love</c><00:44:09.739><c> of</c>

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:11.719
God<00:44:10.179><c> in</c><00:44:10.360><c> this</c><00:44:10.579><c> way</c><00:44:10.780><c> that</c><00:44:10.900><c> he</c><00:44:11.079><c> should</c><00:44:11.239><c> give</c>

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:16.679
his<00:44:12.219><c> only</c><00:44:12.539><c> begotten</c><00:44:13.019><c> son</c><00:44:13.360><c> to</c><00:44:13.719><c> die</c><00:44:13.960><c> for</c><00:44:14.239><c> us.</c><00:44:15.559><c> And</c><00:44:16.199><c> yet</c><00:44:16.260><c> that</c><00:44:16.440><c> is</c>

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the<00:44:16.820><c> essence</c><00:44:17.239><c> of</c><00:44:18.079><c> God</c><00:44:18.519><c> manifestation</c>

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:27.480
that<00:44:21.320><c> to</c><00:44:21.679><c> reveal</c><00:44:22.280><c> himself</c><00:44:22.880><c> and</c><00:44:23.159><c> his</c><00:44:23.360><c> own</c><00:44:23.679><c> character</c><00:44:24.559><c> necessitated</c><00:44:26.000><c> a</c><00:44:26.519><c> man</c>

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as<00:44:29.679><c> Gomer</c><00:44:29.960><c> needed</c><00:44:30.400><c> a</c><00:44:30.699><c> wife</c><00:44:31.380><c> to</c><00:44:32.780><c> express</c><00:44:33.440><c> his</c><00:44:34.000><c> self</c><00:44:34.300><c> his</c><00:44:34.619><c> person</c>

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:38.599
to<00:44:36.420><c> express</c><00:44:36.679><c> the</c><00:44:36.960><c> suffering</c><00:44:37.300><c> of</c><00:44:37.559><c> mankind</c>

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:42.579
and<00:44:39.539><c> to</c><00:44:39.800><c> express</c><00:44:40.019><c> the</c><00:44:40.300><c> ultimate</c><00:44:40.880><c> unity</c><00:44:41.340><c> which</c><00:44:41.539><c> there</c><00:44:41.739><c> can</c><00:44:41.980><c> be</c>

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:46.519
between<00:44:43.079><c> God</c><00:44:43.559><c> and</c><00:44:44.300><c> those</c><00:44:44.619><c> who</c><00:44:44.940><c> accept</c><00:44:45.320><c> his</c><00:44:45.559><c> salvation.</c>