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to<00:13:33.539><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:34.200><c> and</c><00:13:35.840><c> he</c><00:13:36.080><c> makes</c><00:13:36.480><c> a</c><00:13:36.840><c> reply</c><00:13:37.259><c> in</c><00:13:38.019><c> the</c><00:13:38.159><c> form</c><00:13:38.279><c> of</c>

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a<00:13:38.639><c> statement.</c><00:13:40.539><c> And</c><00:13:40.840><c> that</c><00:13:41.039><c> reply</c><00:13:41.360><c> is</c><00:13:41.620><c> either</c><00:13:42.220><c> just</c><00:13:43.120><c> not</c><00:13:43.480><c> grasped</c><00:13:44.480><c> or</c><00:13:45.179><c> is</c>

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not<00:13:45.740><c> accepted</c><00:13:46.299><c> by</c><00:13:46.840><c> the</c><00:13:47.120><c> person</c><00:13:47.379><c> who</c><00:13:47.620><c> asked</c>

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the<00:13:48.059><c> question.</c><00:13:48.480><c> So</c><00:13:49.279><c> the</c><00:13:50.100><c> question</c><00:13:50.539><c> develops</c><00:13:51.059><c> a</c><00:13:51.240><c> bit</c><00:13:51.399><c> further.</c>

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by<00:13:57.139><c> the</c><00:13:57.379><c> Lord</c><00:13:57.519><c> to</c><00:13:57.860><c> the</c><00:13:58.080><c> question.</c><00:13:59.860><c> There's</c><00:14:00.700><c> a</c><00:14:01.759><c> persistence</c><00:14:02.320><c> in</c>

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misunderstanding<00:14:04.000><c> on</c><00:14:04.340><c> the</c><00:14:04.519><c> part</c><00:14:04.639><c> of</c><00:14:04.820><c> the</c><00:14:04.980><c> questioner.</c>

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And<00:14:06.059><c> then</c><00:14:06.639><c> finally,</c><00:14:08.100><c> the</c><00:14:08.299><c> discourse</c><00:14:08.840><c> which</c><00:14:09.720><c> the</c><00:14:10.519><c> Lord</c><00:14:10.720><c> presents</c><00:14:11.200><c> to</c><00:14:11.460><c> that</c><00:14:11.759><c> person</c><00:14:12.259><c> and</c>

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to<00:14:12.779><c> us,</c>

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and<00:14:14.700><c> the</c><00:14:15.080><c> end</c><00:14:15.360><c> of</c><00:14:15.559><c> which</c><00:14:15.740><c> discourse</c><00:14:16.220><c> is</c><00:14:16.700><c> an</c><00:14:17.019><c> insistence</c><00:14:17.759><c> that</c>

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that<00:14:18.480><c> person</c><00:14:18.940><c> work</c><00:14:19.480><c> it</c><00:14:19.759><c> out</c>

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in<00:14:21.720><c> terms</c><00:14:22.120><c> of</c><00:14:22.620><c> question</c><00:14:22.919><c> and</c><00:14:23.220><c> answer,</c><00:14:23.620><c> in</c><00:14:23.860><c> terms</c><00:14:24.100><c> of</c><00:14:24.279><c> the</c><00:14:24.399><c> Lord's</c><00:14:24.759><c> words.</c><00:14:27.259><c> Now,</c>

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Nicodemus'<00:14:28.360><c> story</c><00:14:28.559><c> is</c><00:14:28.799><c> familiar</c><00:14:29.120><c> to</c><00:14:29.279><c> us.</c><00:14:29.399><c> He's</c><00:14:29.639><c> obviously</c><00:14:29.899><c> a</c>

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very<00:14:30.360><c> important</c><00:14:30.720><c> man.</c><00:14:31.039><c> If</c><00:14:31.159><c> we</c><00:14:31.299><c> look</c>

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at<00:14:31.980><c> the</c><00:14:32.220><c> first</c><00:14:32.539><c> verse</c><00:14:33.019><c> there,</c><00:14:33.500><c> he's</c><00:14:34.159><c> a</c><00:14:34.379><c> ruler</c><00:14:34.600><c> of</c><00:14:34.820><c> the</c><00:14:35.019><c> Jews,</c><00:14:36.240><c> a</c>

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member<00:14:36.440><c> of</c><00:14:36.639><c> that</c><00:14:36.840><c> Jewish</c><00:14:37.419><c> ruling</c><00:14:37.759><c> council.</c>

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He's<00:14:39.179><c> a</c><00:14:39.360><c> Pharisee,</c><00:14:39.940><c> so</c><00:14:40.159><c> he</c><00:14:40.320><c> lives</c><00:14:40.679><c> a</c><00:14:41.240><c> very</c><00:14:41.559><c> strict</c><00:14:41.820><c> life.</c><00:14:43.320><c> And</c>

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he's<00:14:44.059><c> a</c><00:14:44.159><c> man</c><00:14:44.320><c> who's</c><00:14:44.779><c> concerned</c><00:14:45.139><c> with</c><00:14:45.360><c> his</c><00:14:45.659><c> place</c><00:14:45.879><c> in</c>

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society.<00:14:48.639><c> Now,</c><00:14:49.759><c> that</c><00:14:50.159><c> might</c><00:14:50.379><c> be</c><00:14:50.580><c> the</c><00:14:50.740><c> reason</c><00:14:51.000><c> why</c><00:14:51.500><c> he</c><00:14:51.759><c> comes</c>

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at<00:14:53.019><c> night.</c><00:14:53.960><c> Or</c><00:14:54.179><c> it</c><00:14:54.340><c> might</c><00:14:54.539><c> be</c><00:14:55.279><c> that</c><00:14:56.240><c> because</c><00:14:57.000><c> he</c>

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is<00:14:57.379><c> a</c><00:14:57.519><c> ruler</c><00:14:57.679><c> of</c><00:14:57.879><c> the</c><00:14:58.039><c> council,</c><00:14:58.639><c> and</c><00:14:58.919><c> because</c><00:14:59.259><c> he</c><00:14:59.519><c> feels</c><00:14:59.779><c> that</c>

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it<00:15:00.139><c> is</c><00:15:00.279><c> his</c><00:15:00.539><c> duty</c><00:15:00.779><c> to</c><00:15:01.019><c> do</c><00:15:01.159><c> so,</c><00:15:01.580><c> he</c><00:15:01.799><c> comes</c><00:15:02.200><c> to,</c><00:15:04.019><c> as</c><00:15:04.019><c> it</c>

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out,<00:15:04.659><c> to</c><00:15:04.899><c> see</c><00:15:05.220><c> what</c><00:15:05.480><c> he's</c><00:15:05.679><c> up</c><00:15:05.940><c> to,</c><00:15:06.440><c> what</c><00:15:06.620><c> he's</c><00:15:06.899><c> doing.</c><00:15:10.360><c> And</c><00:15:10.840><c> he</c>

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comes<00:15:11.440><c> very</c><00:15:12.659><c> carefully,</c><00:15:13.100><c> you</c><00:15:13.220><c> notice</c><00:15:13.580><c> in</c><00:15:14.320><c> that</c><00:15:14.720><c> second</c>

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verse.<00:15:18.820><c> He</c><00:15:18.879><c> says,</c><00:15:19.120><c> Rabbi,</c><00:15:19.700><c> we</c><00:15:19.820><c> know</c><00:15:20.019><c> you</c><00:15:20.179><c> are</c><00:15:20.379><c> a</c><00:15:20.539><c> teacher</c><00:15:20.759><c> who</c>

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has<00:15:21.179><c> come</c><00:15:21.360><c> from</c><00:15:21.559><c> God,</c><00:15:21.919><c> for</c><00:15:22.080><c> no</c><00:15:22.340><c> one</c><00:15:22.500><c> could</c><00:15:22.740><c> perform</c>

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the<00:15:23.299><c> miraculous</c><00:15:23.740><c> signs</c><00:15:24.139><c> you</c><00:15:24.379><c> are</c><00:15:24.639><c> doing</c><00:15:24.899><c> if</c><00:15:25.539><c> God</c><00:15:25.860><c> were</c><00:15:26.059><c> not</c><00:15:26.279><c> with</c><00:15:26.500><c> him.</c><00:15:27.820><c> In</c>

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reply,<00:15:28.700><c> Jesus</c><00:15:29.120><c> declared,</c>

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and<00:15:32.159><c> there's</c><00:15:32.440><c> our</c><00:15:32.679><c> surprise,</c><00:15:33.360><c> isn't</c><00:15:33.539><c> it?</c><00:15:34.080><c> Because</c><00:15:34.639><c> he</c><00:15:35.480><c> doesn't</c><00:15:35.779><c> even</c>

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get<00:15:36.600><c> to</c><00:15:36.899><c> ask</c><00:15:37.120><c> his</c><00:15:37.419><c> question.</c>

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It's<00:15:40.159><c> seen,</c><00:15:40.960><c> understood,</c><00:15:41.940><c> before</c><00:15:42.379><c> he</c><00:15:42.720><c> even</c><00:15:43.220><c> utters</c><00:15:43.440><c> it</c><00:15:44.200><c> by</c><00:15:44.639><c> Jesus.</c><00:15:46.019><c> And</c><00:15:46.360><c> in</c>

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reply,<00:15:47.720><c> in</c><00:15:47.940><c> verse</c><00:15:48.460><c> three,</c>

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is<00:15:49.899><c> really</c><00:15:50.139><c> not</c><00:15:50.320><c> obvious</c><00:15:50.700><c> to</c><00:15:50.899><c> us</c><00:15:51.019><c> at</c><00:15:51.200><c> this</c><00:15:51.419><c> stage</c><00:15:51.779><c> what</c><00:15:52.220><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:15:52.860><c> replying</c><00:15:53.200><c> to.</c><00:15:53.340><c> And</c><00:15:53.440><c> it</c><00:15:53.620><c> certainly</c>

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catches<00:15:55.559><c> Nicodemus</c><00:15:56.080><c> on</c><00:15:56.679><c> the</c><00:15:56.879><c> wrong</c><00:15:57.139><c> foot.</c><00:15:58.259><c> So</c><00:15:58.399><c> let's</c><00:15:58.600><c> think</c>

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about<00:15:59.059><c> what</c><00:15:59.240><c> the</c><00:15:59.480><c> question</c><00:15:59.799><c> might</c><00:16:00.080><c> have</c><00:16:00.299><c> been</c>

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that<00:16:00.600><c> he</c><00:16:00.720><c> was</c><00:16:00.919><c> going</c><00:16:01.080><c> to</c><00:16:01.259><c> put</c><00:16:01.519><c> to</c><00:16:01.779><c> the</c><00:16:01.940><c> Lord.</c><00:16:02.779><c> Was</c><00:16:02.980><c> it</c><00:16:03.240><c> perhaps,</c>

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are<00:16:05.179><c> you</c><00:16:05.340><c> the</c><00:16:05.559><c> Christ?</c>

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Now,<00:16:09.440><c> this</c><00:16:09.580><c> is</c><00:16:09.759><c> an</c><00:16:09.960><c> honest</c><00:16:10.240><c> man,</c><00:16:10.700><c> Nicodemus.</c><00:16:12.399><c> He</c><00:16:12.659><c> is</c><00:16:13.399><c> the</c><00:16:13.779><c> best</c>

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side<00:16:14.500><c> of</c><00:16:14.679><c> the</c><00:16:14.840><c> Pharisaic</c><00:16:15.340><c> tradition,</c>

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not<00:16:16.559><c> the</c><00:16:17.120><c> corrupt</c><00:16:17.600><c> side,</c><00:16:18.840><c> but</c><00:16:19.059><c> a</c><00:16:19.320><c> man</c><00:16:19.539><c> who</c><00:16:20.059><c> is,</c><00:16:21.139><c> again,</c><00:16:21.820><c> deeply</c>

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seeking.<00:16:23.360><c> And</c><00:16:23.539><c> we're</c><00:16:23.639><c> going</c><00:16:23.740><c> to</c><00:16:23.940><c> follow</c><00:16:24.080><c> that</c>

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up<00:16:24.440><c> as</c><00:16:24.639><c> we</c><00:16:24.759><c> go</c><00:16:24.980><c> along.</c><00:16:27.120><c> But</c><00:16:27.299><c> his</c><00:16:27.500><c> words</c><00:16:27.740><c> are</c><00:16:28.120><c> very</c><00:16:28.580><c> carefully</c>

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chosen,<00:16:29.539><c> you</c><00:16:29.679><c> notice.</c><00:16:30.460><c> For</c><00:16:30.720><c> instance,</c>

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he<00:16:32.720><c> wants</c><00:16:32.940><c> to</c><00:16:33.159><c> cover</c><00:16:33.320><c> both</c><00:16:33.679><c> sides.</c><00:16:34.399><c> He</c><00:16:34.539><c> doesn't</c><00:16:34.740><c> want</c><00:16:34.980><c> to</c><00:16:35.200><c> offend</c><00:16:35.539><c> this</c>

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man,<00:16:36.580><c> but</c><00:16:36.840><c> at</c><00:16:37.000><c> the</c><00:16:37.139><c> same</c><00:16:37.379><c> time,</c>

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he<00:16:37.759><c> doesn't</c><00:16:38.039><c> want</c><00:16:38.399><c> to</c><00:16:39.000><c> give</c><00:16:39.179><c> himself</c><00:16:39.620><c> away</c><00:16:40.120><c> or</c><00:16:40.860><c> suggest</c><00:16:41.379><c> that</c>

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for<00:16:41.820><c> one</c><00:16:42.080><c> minute</c><00:16:42.340><c> he</c><00:16:42.580><c> is</c><00:16:43.200><c> necessarily</c><00:16:44.120><c> accepting</c>

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at<00:16:45.419><c> face</c><00:16:45.759><c> value</c><00:16:46.139><c> what</c><00:16:46.539><c> he</c><00:16:46.679><c> has</c><00:16:46.940><c> seen.</c><00:16:47.919><c> So</c><00:16:47.919><c> he</c><00:16:48.340><c> says,</c><00:16:48.879><c> we</c><00:16:48.899><c> know,</c>

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whenever<00:16:51.179><c> we're</c><00:16:51.639><c> a</c><00:16:51.740><c> little</c><00:16:51.960><c> uncertain</c><00:16:52.519><c> of</c>

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ourselves,<00:16:53.080><c> it's</c><00:16:53.360><c> useful</c><00:16:53.659><c> to</c><00:16:53.820><c> put</c><00:16:53.960><c> in</c><00:16:54.100><c> that</c><00:16:54.320><c> we</c><00:16:54.539><c> because</c><00:16:55.200><c> we're</c><00:16:57.120><c> a</c><00:16:57.120><c> bit</c><00:16:57.279><c> further</c><00:16:57.600><c> back,</c><00:16:58.279><c> the</c><00:16:58.500><c> individual.</c><00:16:59.179><c> So</c><00:16:59.480><c> we</c>

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know<00:17:00.179><c> you</c><00:17:00.679><c> are</c><00:17:00.919><c> a</c><00:17:01.139><c> teacher</c><00:17:01.500><c> who</c><00:17:01.940><c> has</c><00:17:02.120><c> come</c><00:17:02.279><c> from</c><00:17:02.519><c> God.</c><00:17:02.740><c> So</c><00:17:02.860><c> he's</c>

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a<00:17:03.240><c> teacher.</c><00:17:04.240><c> And</c><00:17:04.680><c> you</c><00:17:04.799><c> notice</c><00:17:05.039><c> that</c><00:17:05.200><c> he</c><00:17:05.460><c> even</c>

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drops<00:17:06.200><c> in</c><00:17:06.440><c> that</c><00:17:06.640><c> little</c><00:17:06.859><c> word,</c><00:17:07.099><c> rabbi,</c><00:17:08.019><c> just</c><00:17:08.380><c> to</c><00:17:09.000><c> make</c><00:17:09.380><c> sure</c>

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that<00:17:09.859><c> he's</c><00:17:10.319><c> gone</c><00:17:10.559><c> through</c><00:17:10.839><c> all</c><00:17:11.140><c> the</c><00:17:11.579><c> right</c><00:17:11.980><c> forms.</c>

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And<00:17:17.440><c> then</c><00:17:18.160><c> he's</c><00:17:19.259><c> about</c><00:17:19.460><c> to</c><00:17:19.660><c> launch</c><00:17:19.859><c> into</c><00:17:20.079><c> his</c><00:17:20.359><c> question.</c><00:17:21.900><c> But,</c>

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and<00:17:24.019><c> the</c><00:17:24.160><c> Lord</c><00:17:24.319><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:24.660><c> of</c><00:17:24.900><c> course,</c><00:17:25.160><c> goes</c><00:17:25.440><c> straight</c>

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into<00:17:26.160><c> that</c><00:17:26.500><c> gap</c><00:17:26.720><c> as</c><00:17:26.859><c> he</c><00:17:27.079><c> always</c><00:17:27.440><c> does.</c><00:17:29.519><c> And</c><00:17:30.019><c> his</c><00:17:30.559><c> reply</c><00:17:31.039><c> is</c><00:17:31.579><c> really</c><00:17:31.920><c> to</c>

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anticipate<00:17:34.000><c> a</c><00:17:34.279><c> question</c><00:17:34.660><c> and</c><00:17:35.279><c> to</c><00:17:35.539><c> say,</c>

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it's<00:17:36.240><c> not</c><00:17:36.579><c> who</c><00:17:37.839><c> I</c><00:17:38.500><c> am.</c><00:17:39.779><c> The</c><00:17:40.019><c> Lord</c><00:17:40.220><c> is</c><00:17:40.660><c> obviously</c><00:17:41.400><c> the</c><00:17:41.839><c> Messiah,</c>

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as<00:17:42.859><c> just</c><00:17:43.180><c> the</c><00:17:43.400><c> very</c><00:17:43.720><c> introductory</c><00:17:44.279><c> remarks</c>

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which<00:17:45.519><c> Nicodemus</c><00:17:46.079><c> is</c><00:17:46.319><c> beginning</c><00:17:46.579><c> to</c><00:17:46.819><c> put</c><00:17:46.980><c> forward</c><00:17:47.539><c> suggest.</c>

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So<00:17:49.880><c> he</c><00:17:50.460><c> is</c><00:17:50.740><c> what</c><00:17:50.900><c> he</c><00:17:51.119><c> seems</c><00:17:51.400><c> to</c><00:17:51.640><c> be.</c><00:17:52.599><c> Rather,</c>

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it<00:17:53.259><c> is</c><00:17:54.140><c> where</c><00:17:54.859><c> Nicodemus</c><00:17:55.960><c> are</c><00:17:56.720><c> you?</c><00:17:58.960><c> Because</c><00:17:59.559><c> there</c><00:17:59.960><c> might</c><00:18:00.200><c> be</c>

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some<00:18:00.720><c> kind</c><00:18:00.920><c> of</c><00:18:01.240><c> intellectual</c><00:18:01.839><c> playing</c><00:18:02.920><c> around</c><00:18:03.339><c> with</c>

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the<00:18:03.799><c> ideas</c><00:18:04.140><c> that</c><00:18:04.640><c> this</c><00:18:05.099><c> fits</c><00:18:05.299><c> in</c><00:18:05.500><c> and</c><00:18:05.640><c> that</c><00:18:05.880><c> fits</c><00:18:06.079><c> in</c><00:18:06.279><c> or</c><00:18:06.380><c> that</c>

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doesn't.<00:18:07.900><c> But</c><00:18:08.140><c> what</c><00:18:08.599><c> exactly</c><00:18:09.319><c> he's</c><00:18:09.839><c> saying</c><00:18:10.140><c> to</c><00:18:10.359><c> this</c>

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do<00:18:11.500><c> you</c><00:18:11.819><c> understand</c><00:18:12.799><c> of</c><00:18:14.039><c> what</c><00:18:14.220><c> the</c><00:18:14.440><c> Messiah</c><00:18:14.740><c> is?</c><00:18:15.640><c> What</c><00:18:15.920><c> does</c>

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it<00:18:16.339><c> mean</c><00:18:16.759><c> to</c><00:18:17.259><c> recognize</c><00:18:17.920><c> the</c><00:18:18.279><c> Messiah?</c>

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What<00:18:20.039><c> does</c><00:18:20.259><c> it</c><00:18:20.420><c> mean</c><00:18:20.839><c> for</c><00:18:21.420><c> Israel</c><00:18:21.960><c> to</c><00:18:22.440><c> recognize</c><00:18:23.559><c> that</c><00:18:24.700><c> Messiah?</c><00:18:26.660><c> Nicodemus</c><00:18:27.099><c> is</c><00:18:27.339><c> after</c><00:18:27.660><c> all,</c><00:18:28.019><c> as</c>

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a<00:18:28.279><c> member</c><00:18:28.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:28.759><c> ruling</c><00:18:29.019><c> council,</c><00:18:30.819><c> putting</c><00:18:31.019><c> himself</c><00:18:31.500><c> forward</c><00:18:32.059><c> as</c><00:18:33.180><c> a</c><00:18:33.400><c> representative,</c><00:18:34.039><c> isn't</c><00:18:34.279><c> he?</c>

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That<00:18:35.259><c> should</c><00:18:35.440><c> be</c><00:18:35.740><c> his</c>

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duty,<00:18:37.539><c> given</c><00:18:38.019><c> where</c><00:18:38.680><c> he</c><00:18:38.880><c> comes</c><00:18:39.160><c> from.</c><00:18:41.839><c> So</c><00:18:42.160><c> the</c><00:18:42.359><c> Lord</c><00:18:42.559><c> begins</c>

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to<00:18:43.259><c> challenge</c><00:18:43.519><c> him</c><00:18:44.039><c> to</c><00:18:44.900><c> not</c><00:18:45.359><c> look</c><00:18:45.720><c> at</c><00:18:45.940><c> this</c>

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merely<00:18:46.980><c> from</c><00:18:48.279><c> the</c><00:18:48.779><c> barren</c><00:18:49.079><c> knowledge</c><00:18:49.440><c> of</c><00:18:49.640><c> the</c><00:18:49.859><c> scribes</c><00:18:50.220><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:50.559><c> Pharisees</c><00:18:51.079><c> from</c><00:18:51.259><c> which</c><00:18:51.400><c> he</c><00:18:51.559><c> is</c><00:18:51.799><c> coming,</c><00:18:52.319><c> but</c>

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to<00:18:53.740><c> submit</c><00:18:54.000><c> himself</c><00:18:54.559><c> to</c><00:18:56.240><c> the</c><00:18:56.720><c> whole</c><00:18:57.119><c> of</c><00:18:57.660><c> this</c><00:18:58.420><c> experience</c><00:18:59.079><c> of</c>

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this<00:18:59.539><c> man</c><00:18:59.900><c> and</c><00:19:00.279><c> his</c><00:19:00.519><c> words.</c>

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Now,<00:19:03.279><c> let's</c><00:19:03.460><c> look</c><00:19:03.619><c> at</c><00:19:03.740><c> the</c><00:19:03.859><c> reply.</c><00:19:04.460><c> I</c><00:19:04.700><c> tell</c><00:19:04.880><c> you</c><00:19:05.019><c> the</c><00:19:05.240><c> truth,</c>

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says<00:19:06.279><c> Jesus</c><00:19:06.799><c> in</c><00:19:07.220><c> that</c><00:19:07.339><c> emphatic</c><00:19:07.880><c> way.</c>

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I<00:19:10.779><c> tell</c><00:19:11.019><c> you</c><00:19:11.220><c> the</c><00:19:11.420><c> truth</c><00:19:11.640><c> too.</c><00:19:12.839><c> If</c><00:19:12.960><c> you</c><00:19:13.000><c> think</c><00:19:13.140><c> back</c><00:19:13.400><c> to</c><00:19:13.920><c> one</c><00:19:14.119><c> of</c>

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our<00:19:14.400><c> earlier</c><00:19:14.660><c> sessions</c><00:19:15.200><c> on</c><00:19:15.779><c> authority,</c><00:19:17.299><c> unless</c><00:19:17.539><c> a</c><00:19:17.759><c> man</c>

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is<00:19:18.299><c> born</c><00:19:18.579><c> again,</c><00:19:19.480><c> and</c><00:19:19.720><c> the</c><00:19:19.900><c> margin</c><00:19:20.740><c> says</c><00:19:21.319><c> there</c><00:19:22.200><c> are</c><00:19:22.299><c> two</c><00:19:22.440><c> meanings</c><00:19:22.759><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:23.180><c> word,</c><00:19:23.559><c> both</c><00:19:23.880><c> again</c><00:19:24.240><c> and</c><00:19:24.859><c> from</c><00:19:25.220><c> above,</c>

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he<00:19:26.579><c> cannot</c><00:19:27.079><c> see</c><00:19:28.059><c> the</c><00:19:28.440><c> kingdom</c><00:19:28.940><c> of</c><00:19:29.480><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:19:34.380><c> this</c><00:19:34.519><c> is</c><00:19:35.000><c> really</c><00:19:35.759><c> probing</c><00:19:37.500><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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Does<00:19:41.680><c> he</c><00:19:41.839><c> want</c><00:19:42.019><c> to</c><00:19:42.380><c> see</c><00:19:42.660><c> the</c><00:19:42.960><c> kingdom</c><00:19:43.180><c> of</c><00:19:43.440><c> God?</c><00:19:43.720><c> If</c><00:19:43.900><c> he</c><00:19:44.140><c> does,</c>

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then<00:19:45.420><c> he's</c><00:19:46.500><c> got</c><00:19:46.660><c> to</c><00:19:47.380><c> find</c><00:19:47.859><c> himself</c>

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in<00:19:49.500><c> a</c><00:19:49.619><c> different</c><00:19:49.920><c> position.</c><00:19:51.799><c> See,</c><00:19:52.000><c> he's</c><00:19:52.339><c> come,</c><00:19:52.640><c> hasn't</c><00:19:52.900><c> he,</c>

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with<00:19:53.619><c> authority.</c>

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He<00:19:57.240><c> thinks,</c><00:19:58.079><c> Nicodemus</c><00:19:58.599><c> does,</c><00:19:58.920><c> that</c><00:19:59.119><c> he</c><00:19:59.480><c> is</c><00:19:59.799><c> interviewing</c><00:20:00.279><c> the</c><00:20:01.180><c> Lord</c><00:20:01.380><c> Jesus</c><00:20:01.740><c> Christ.</c><00:20:03.160><c> That's</c><00:20:03.640><c> what</c><00:20:03.740><c> he</c>

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thinks<00:20:04.140><c> he's</c>

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doing,<00:20:05.259><c> and</c><00:20:05.559><c> he</c><00:20:05.700><c> thinks</c><00:20:05.839><c> he's</c><00:20:06.000><c> got</c><00:20:06.180><c> all</c><00:20:06.460><c> the</c><00:20:06.640><c> authority</c><00:20:07.019><c> in</c><00:20:07.180><c> the</c><00:20:07.339><c> world</c><00:20:07.480><c> to</c>

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do<00:20:07.839><c> so.</c><00:20:08.519><c> He</c><00:20:08.740><c> has</c><00:20:08.759><c> this</c><00:20:08.980><c> teacher</c><00:20:09.299><c> pitched</c>

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up<00:20:10.059><c> in</c><00:20:10.339><c> the</c><00:20:10.420><c> middle</c><00:20:10.539><c> of</c><00:20:10.720><c> Israel,</c><00:20:11.299><c> what</c><00:20:11.579><c> right</c><00:20:11.839><c> is</c><00:20:11.960><c> he</c><00:20:12.099><c> to</c><00:20:12.259><c> speak</c>

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to<00:20:12.660><c> the</c><00:20:12.819><c> people?</c><00:20:14.940><c> Now</c><00:20:15.420><c> this</c><00:20:15.660><c> is</c><00:20:15.900><c> familiar</c><00:20:16.160><c> to</c><00:20:16.359><c> us,</c>

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if<00:20:17.220><c> we've</c><00:20:17.400><c> been</c><00:20:17.640><c> for</c><00:20:17.819><c> any</c><00:20:18.119><c> interviews.</c><00:20:19.440><c> I'm</c><00:20:19.640><c> sure</c><00:20:20.000><c> most</c><00:20:20.519><c> of</c><00:20:20.660><c> us</c>

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have<00:20:20.960><c> at</c><00:20:21.160><c> one</c><00:20:21.779><c> stage</c><00:20:22.140><c> or</c><00:20:22.339><c> other</c><00:20:22.480><c> of</c><00:20:22.680><c> our</c><00:20:22.819><c> lives,</c>

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including<00:20:24.240><c> obviously</c><00:20:25.339><c> the</c><00:20:25.480><c> most</c><00:20:25.799><c> important</c><00:20:26.240><c> interview</c><00:20:26.680><c> of</c>

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our<00:20:27.079><c> lives</c><00:20:27.519><c> up</c><00:20:28.319><c> to</c><00:20:28.519><c> this</c><00:20:29.259><c> stage.</c><00:20:29.799><c> We've</c><00:20:30.039><c> got</c><00:20:30.180><c> one</c><00:20:30.619><c> even</c>

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much<00:20:31.220><c> more</c><00:20:31.519><c> important</c><00:20:31.839><c> interview</c><00:20:32.160><c> waiting</c><00:20:32.460><c> for</c><00:20:32.700><c> us,</c><00:20:33.980><c> but</c><00:20:34.279><c> that</c><00:20:34.539><c> was</c>

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the<00:20:34.940><c> interview</c><00:20:35.140><c> for</c><00:20:35.380><c> our</c><00:20:35.539><c> baptism.</c>

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Now<00:20:39.099><c> there</c><00:20:39.579><c> we</c><00:20:40.119><c> were</c><00:20:40.440><c> on</c><00:20:40.960><c> grounds</c><00:20:41.279><c> which</c><00:20:41.519><c> we</c><00:20:41.720><c> could</c><00:20:41.920><c> explore</c>

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and<00:20:43.700><c> know</c><00:20:43.940><c> thoroughly</c><00:20:44.480><c> before</c><00:20:45.140><c> we</c><00:20:45.460><c> came.</c>

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But<00:20:46.420><c> if</c><00:20:46.519><c> we</c><00:20:46.660><c> go</c><00:20:46.839><c> out</c><00:20:47.000><c> for</c><00:20:47.099><c> an</c><00:20:47.279><c> interview</c><00:20:47.480><c> in</c><00:20:47.660><c> the</c><00:20:47.839><c> world,</c><00:20:48.559><c> what</c>

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happens<00:20:49.099><c> to</c><00:20:49.339><c> us?</c><00:20:50.460><c> Well,</c><00:20:50.660><c> we</c><00:20:50.880><c> prepare.</c><00:20:51.460><c> It's</c><00:20:51.700><c> a</c><00:20:51.799><c> job</c>

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we<00:20:52.240><c> want.</c><00:20:53.559><c> And</c><00:20:53.720><c> if</c><00:20:53.859><c> we</c><00:20:54.099><c> are</c><00:20:54.519><c> not</c><00:20:54.960><c> very</c><00:20:55.299><c> clever</c><00:20:55.559><c> about</c><00:20:55.880><c> our</c><00:20:56.200><c> preparation,</c><00:20:57.059><c> we'll</c><00:20:57.319><c> try</c>

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to<00:20:57.680><c> anticipate</c><00:20:58.180><c> exactly</c><00:20:58.720><c> the</c>

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sort<00:20:59.059><c> of</c><00:20:59.279><c> questions</c><00:20:59.640><c> and</c><00:20:59.819><c> put</c><00:21:00.019><c> exactly</c><00:21:00.460><c> the</c><00:21:00.700><c> kind</c><00:21:00.880><c> of</c><00:21:01.079><c> answers</c>

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that<00:21:01.539><c> we</c><00:21:01.759><c> should</c><00:21:01.900><c> be</c><00:21:02.480><c> making</c><00:21:02.779><c> to</c><00:21:03.259><c> the</c><00:21:03.400><c> questions</c>

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that<00:21:04.099><c> are</c><00:21:04.259><c> going</c><00:21:04.359><c> to</c><00:21:04.480><c> be</c><00:21:04.660><c> put</c><00:21:04.779><c> to</c><00:21:04.980><c> us.</c><00:21:05.680><c> And</c><00:21:05.859><c> a</c><00:21:05.960><c> good</c><00:21:06.180><c> interviewer</c><00:21:06.880><c> will</c><00:21:07.160><c> throw</c>

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us<00:21:07.740><c> by</c><00:21:08.000><c> simply</c><00:21:08.420><c> asking</c>

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the<00:21:09.799><c> wrong</c><00:21:10.039><c> question.</c><00:21:11.559><c> And</c><00:21:11.900><c> so</c><00:21:12.000><c> the</c><00:21:12.119><c> way</c><00:21:12.240><c> to</c><00:21:12.539><c> prepare</c><00:21:12.880><c> is</c><00:21:13.180><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:13.599><c> in</c><00:21:13.759><c> fact</c><00:21:14.180><c> wholly</c><00:21:14.640><c> ready,</c>

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what<00:21:16.559><c> you</c><00:21:16.799><c> are,</c><00:21:18.200><c> to</c><00:21:18.440><c> answer</c><00:21:18.900><c> for</c><00:21:19.539><c> yourself.</c><00:21:20.799><c> There</c><00:21:21.039><c> are</c><00:21:21.480><c> spiritual</c><00:21:21.920><c> parallels</c><00:21:22.400><c> to</c><00:21:22.680><c> this,</c>

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aren't<00:21:23.880><c> there?</c><00:21:24.039><c> We</c><00:21:24.140><c> are</c><00:21:24.400><c> told</c><00:21:24.640><c> to</c><00:21:24.859><c> be</c><00:21:25.119><c> always</c><00:21:25.500><c> ready</c><00:21:25.799><c> to</c><00:21:25.960><c> give</c>

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an<00:21:26.380><c> answer</c><00:21:26.660><c> for</c><00:21:27.019><c> the</c><00:21:27.180><c> hope</c><00:21:27.319><c> that</c><00:21:27.500><c> is</c><00:21:27.619><c> within</c><00:21:27.819><c> us.</c>

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Always<00:21:30.200><c> ready.</c><00:21:33.079><c> And</c><00:21:33.599><c> of</c><00:21:33.960><c> course,</c><00:21:34.180><c> one</c><00:21:34.359><c> assumes</c><00:21:34.799><c> that</c><00:21:35.059><c> that</c><00:21:35.299><c> hope</c><00:21:35.440><c> is</c>

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in<00:21:35.819><c> us.</c><00:21:36.740><c> If</c><00:21:36.900><c> it's</c><00:21:37.119><c> not,</c><00:21:37.339><c> then</c><00:21:37.500><c> we'd</c><00:21:37.779><c> better</c><00:21:37.859><c> get</c><00:21:38.039><c> it</c>

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up.<00:21:40.740><c> And</c><00:21:41.200><c> so</c><00:21:42.380><c> Nicodemus'</c><00:21:43.839><c> nice</c><00:21:44.180><c> little</c><00:21:44.599><c> framework,</c><00:21:45.160><c> he's</c><00:21:45.400><c> obviously</c><00:21:45.839><c> been</c><00:21:46.440><c> preparing</c><00:21:46.799><c> it,</c>

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gets<00:21:47.839><c> thrown</c><00:21:48.119><c> out</c><00:21:48.359><c> of</c>

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gear.<00:21:50.180><c> And</c><00:21:50.880><c> he's</c><00:21:51.440><c> being</c><00:21:51.720><c> interviewed</c><00:21:52.279><c> by</c><00:21:53.200><c> the</c><00:21:53.359><c> Lord</c><00:21:53.539><c> Jesus</c><00:21:53.940><c> Christ.</c><00:21:56.640><c> And</c><00:21:57.339><c> so</c>

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he<00:21:58.819><c> resorts</c><00:21:59.339><c> to</c><00:21:59.599><c> fencing.</c>

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He<00:22:00.940><c> says,</c><00:22:01.140><c> all</c><00:22:01.240><c> right,</c><00:22:01.440><c> let's</c><00:22:01.839><c> play</c><00:22:02.180><c> with,</c><00:22:02.559><c> let's</c><00:22:02.980><c> examine</c>

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these<00:22:03.720><c> words</c><00:22:04.099><c> which</c><00:22:04.299><c> you</c><00:22:04.500><c> are</c><00:22:04.640><c> putting</c><00:22:04.859><c> forward</c>

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again<00:22:06.259><c> and</c><00:22:07.119><c> from</c><00:22:07.619><c> above.</c><00:22:09.180><c> How</c><00:22:09.480><c> can,</c><00:22:09.819><c> he</c><00:22:10.059><c> says</c><00:22:10.299><c> in</c><00:22:10.519><c> verse</c><00:22:10.740><c> four,</c>

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a<00:22:11.240><c> man</c><00:22:11.420><c> be</c><00:22:11.680><c> born</c><00:22:11.900><c> when</c><00:22:12.099><c> he</c><00:22:12.279><c> is</c><00:22:12.519><c> old?</c>

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Surely<00:22:13.960><c> he</c><00:22:14.420><c> cannot</c><00:22:14.700><c> enter</c><00:22:15.000><c> a</c><00:22:15.299><c> second</c><00:22:15.500><c> time</c><00:22:15.779><c> into</c><00:22:15.940><c> his</c><00:22:16.180><c> mother's</c><00:22:16.559><c> womb</c><00:22:16.700><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:17.119><c> born.</c>

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Now,<00:22:19.319><c> Nicodemus</c><00:22:19.740><c> isn't</c><00:22:20.039><c> stupid.</c><00:22:21.180><c> And</c><00:22:21.319><c> that</c><00:22:21.519><c> question</c><00:22:22.059><c> isn't</c>

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just<00:22:22.700><c> a</c><00:22:22.880><c> face</c><00:22:23.119><c> value</c><00:22:23.380><c> question.</c>

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What<00:22:26.240><c> he's</c><00:22:26.640><c> referring</c><00:22:27.019><c> to</c><00:22:27.339><c> is,</c><00:22:28.940><c> surely</c><00:22:29.640><c> Jews</c><00:22:30.299><c> don't</c><00:22:30.880><c> need</c><00:22:31.240><c> this</c><00:22:31.599><c> kind</c><00:22:31.940><c> of</c>

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rebirth.<00:22:33.079><c> That's</c><00:22:33.660><c> the</c><00:22:33.720><c> sort</c><00:22:33.880><c> of</c>

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need.<00:22:36.019><c> And</c><00:22:36.160><c> so</c><00:22:36.539><c> underlying</c><00:22:37.079><c> this</c><00:22:38.480><c> question</c><00:22:38.839><c> and</c><00:22:39.079><c> answer</c><00:22:39.420><c> is</c><00:22:40.019><c> a</c>

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whole<00:22:40.440><c> unspoken</c><00:22:41.240><c> debate.</c><00:22:42.339><c> And</c><00:22:42.619><c> perhaps</c><00:22:42.839><c> that</c><00:22:43.099><c> was</c>

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also<00:22:43.559><c> one</c><00:22:43.700><c> of</c><00:22:43.799><c> the</c><00:22:43.940><c> questions</c><00:22:44.279><c> which</c><00:22:44.460><c> he</c><00:22:44.599><c> was</c><00:22:44.759><c> going</c><00:22:44.880><c> to</c><00:22:45.059><c> put</c>

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to<00:22:45.380><c> the</c><00:22:45.539><c> Lord.</c><00:22:46.400><c> Why</c><00:22:46.900><c> this</c><00:22:47.460><c> business</c><00:22:48.000><c> of</c><00:22:48.420><c> baptism?</c>

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We<00:22:51.599><c> are</c><00:22:52.039><c> Israel.</c><00:22:53.799><c> Those</c><00:22:54.140><c> from</c><00:22:54.420><c> outside,</c><00:22:55.200><c> they</c><00:22:55.579><c> certainly,</c><00:22:56.660><c> according</c><00:22:56.960><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:57.319><c> rights</c><00:22:57.559><c> which</c>

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are<00:22:58.279><c> established,</c><00:22:58.960><c> need</c><00:22:59.099><c> to</c><00:22:59.380><c> be</c><00:23:00.359><c> subjected</c><00:23:00.819><c> to</c><00:23:01.079><c> this,</c><00:23:01.240><c> but</c><00:23:01.420><c> not</c><00:23:01.599><c> us.</c><00:23:03.819><c> And</c><00:23:03.980><c> he</c>

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gets<00:23:04.200><c> another</c><00:23:04.500><c> answer.</c>

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I<00:23:06.839><c> tell</c><00:23:07.039><c> you</c><00:23:07.240><c> the</c><00:23:07.460><c> truth,</c><00:23:07.799><c> unless</c><00:23:08.079><c> a</c><00:23:08.279><c> man</c><00:23:08.420><c> is</c><00:23:08.619><c> born</c><00:23:08.779><c> of</c><00:23:08.920><c> water</c>

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and<00:23:09.380><c> the</c><00:23:09.579><c> spirit,</c><00:23:09.859><c> he</c><00:23:10.000><c> cannot</c><00:23:10.279><c> enter</c><00:23:10.839><c> the</c><00:23:11.180><c> kingdom</c>

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of<00:23:11.640><c> God.</c><00:23:12.720><c> Flesh</c><00:23:12.920><c> gives</c><00:23:13.200><c> birth</c><00:23:13.480><c> to</c><00:23:13.700><c> flesh,</c><00:23:14.059><c> but</c><00:23:14.240><c> spirit</c><00:23:14.539><c> gives</c>

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birth<00:23:15.079><c> to</c><00:23:15.339><c> spirit.</c><00:23:16.079><c> You</c><00:23:16.200><c> should</c><00:23:16.380><c> not</c><00:23:16.559><c> be</c><00:23:16.779><c> surprised</c>

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at<00:23:17.380><c> my</c><00:23:17.579><c> saying,</c><00:23:18.400><c> you</c><00:23:18.680><c> must</c><00:23:18.900><c> be</c><00:23:19.119><c> born</c><00:23:19.259><c> again.</c><00:23:20.519><c> And</c><00:23:20.779><c> perhaps</c><00:23:21.019><c> I</c>

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ought<00:23:21.339><c> to</c><00:23:21.480><c> put</c><00:23:21.640><c> the</c><00:23:21.980><c> emphasis</c><00:23:22.220><c> slightly</c><00:23:22.579><c> differently</c>

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there.<00:23:23.319><c> You</c><00:23:23.759><c> should</c><00:23:24.019><c> not</c><00:23:24.240><c> be</c><00:23:24.500><c> surprised.</c><00:23:25.640><c> He</c><00:23:25.880><c> says</c><00:23:26.099><c> to</c><00:23:26.319><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:23:28.839><c> the</c><00:23:28.980><c> wind</c><00:23:29.380><c> blows</c><00:23:29.700><c> wherever</c><00:23:30.119><c> it</c><00:23:30.420><c> pleases.</c>

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You<00:23:31.160><c> hear</c><00:23:31.400><c> it</c><00:23:31.660><c> sound,</c><00:23:32.279><c> but</c><00:23:32.420><c> you</c><00:23:32.519><c> cannot</c><00:23:32.779><c> tell</c><00:23:33.000><c> where</c><00:23:33.160><c> it</c><00:23:33.319><c> comes</c>

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from<00:23:34.079><c> or</c><00:23:34.339><c> where</c><00:23:34.519><c> it</c><00:23:34.680><c> is</c><00:23:34.900><c> going.</c><00:23:36.240><c> So</c><00:23:36.460><c> it</c><00:23:36.599><c> is</c><00:23:36.859><c> with</c>

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everyone<00:23:37.500><c> born</c><00:23:38.119><c> of</c><00:23:38.299><c> the</c><00:23:38.500><c> spirit.</c><00:23:41.140><c> And</c><00:23:41.539><c> the</c><00:23:43.680><c> requirements</c><00:23:44.460><c> are</c>

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suggested<00:23:46.539><c> there,</c><00:23:46.839><c> aren't</c><00:23:47.019><c> they?</c><00:23:50.099><c> To</c><00:23:50.400><c> enter,</c>

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you<00:23:51.319><c> need</c><00:23:51.640><c> to</c><00:23:51.839><c> be</c><00:23:52.019><c> a</c><00:23:52.240><c> new</c><00:23:52.420><c> man,</c><00:23:52.779><c> not</c><00:23:53.019><c> the</c><00:23:53.240><c> old.</c><00:23:55.140><c> You</c><00:23:55.380><c> are</c><00:23:55.759><c> entering</c><00:23:55.940><c> into</c><00:23:56.539><c> a</c>

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new<00:23:57.140><c> covenant,</c><00:23:57.700><c> not</c><00:23:57.839><c> the</c><00:23:58.059><c> old.</c>

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You<00:23:59.440><c> are</c><00:23:59.680><c> entering</c><00:23:59.880><c> into</c><00:24:00.180><c> a</c><00:24:00.380><c> new</c><00:24:00.559><c> life.</c><00:24:01.940><c> You</c><00:24:02.119><c> must</c><00:24:02.339><c> leave</c><00:24:02.539><c> the</c>

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death<00:24:02.960><c> of</c><00:24:03.160><c> the</c><00:24:03.359><c> old.</c><00:24:04.500><c> You</c><00:24:04.559><c> are</c><00:24:04.819><c> entering</c><00:24:05.099><c> into</c><00:24:05.960><c> a</c>

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relationship<00:24:07.079><c> which</c><00:24:07.640><c> is</c><00:24:07.779><c> of</c><00:24:07.920><c> the</c><00:24:08.160><c> spirit,</c><00:24:08.420><c> not</c><00:24:08.539><c> of</c><00:24:08.700><c> the</c><00:24:08.900><c> flesh.</c><00:24:11.019><c> And</c><00:24:11.339><c> he</c><00:24:11.940><c> also</c><00:24:12.460><c> takes</c><00:24:12.839><c> a</c><00:24:13.039><c> word,</c>

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which<00:24:15.740><c> means</c><00:24:16.140><c> both</c><00:24:16.480><c> wind</c><00:24:16.779><c> and</c><00:24:17.039><c> breath,</c><00:24:18.319><c> and</c><00:24:18.720><c> uses</c><00:24:19.220><c> it</c><00:24:19.500><c> to</c><00:24:19.759><c> suggest</c><00:24:20.400><c> this</c>

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need<00:24:21.599><c> for</c><00:24:22.460><c> new</c><00:24:22.740><c> birth.</c>

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Now<00:24:26.160><c> that</c><00:24:26.480><c> is</c><00:24:26.619><c> difficult</c><00:24:27.099><c> for</c><00:24:27.299><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:24:28.240><c> because</c><00:24:28.319><c> what</c><00:24:28.680><c> in</c>

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fact<00:24:29.079><c> the</c><00:24:29.240><c> Lord</c><00:24:29.420><c> Jesus</c><00:24:29.759><c> is</c><00:24:30.000><c> saying</c><00:24:30.220><c> to</c><00:24:30.519><c> him,</c>

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a<00:24:31.859><c> Pharisee,</c><00:24:33.559><c> and</c><00:24:33.759><c> don't</c><00:24:33.920><c> forget</c><00:24:34.460><c> the</c><00:24:35.119><c> idea</c><00:24:35.400><c> of</c><00:24:35.579><c> the</c><00:24:35.759><c> Pharisees,</c><00:24:36.539><c> was</c><00:24:36.700><c> that</c>

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they<00:24:37.000><c> should</c><00:24:37.240><c> withdraw,</c>

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they<00:24:38.039><c> should</c><00:24:38.279><c> come</c><00:24:38.539><c> out,</c><00:24:38.819><c> they</c><00:24:38.880><c> should</c><00:24:39.180><c> separate</c><00:24:39.640><c> themselves</c>

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from<00:24:40.319><c> a</c><00:24:40.559><c> corrupt</c><00:24:40.779><c> nation</c><00:24:41.099><c> and</c><00:24:41.279><c> actually</c>

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work.<00:24:44.059><c> He</c><00:24:44.279><c> says</c><00:24:44.519><c> to</c><00:24:44.640><c> him,</c><00:24:45.559><c> come</c><00:24:45.880><c> out.</c><00:24:47.920><c> You</c><00:24:48.220><c> think</c><00:24:48.460><c> you</c><00:24:48.640><c> have</c>

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come<00:24:48.900><c> out,</c><00:24:49.559><c> come</c><00:24:49.779><c> out</c><00:24:50.079><c> truly.</c>

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And<00:24:54.180><c> he</c><00:24:54.539><c> is</c><00:24:54.900><c> setting</c><00:24:55.240><c> in,</c><00:24:55.700><c> in</c><00:24:55.900><c> fact,</c><00:24:56.279><c> a</c><00:24:56.480><c> fundamentally</c><00:24:57.000><c> different</c><00:24:57.480><c> way</c><00:24:58.000><c> for</c><00:24:59.059><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:25:00.519><c> a</c>

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different<00:25:00.819><c> way</c><00:25:01.059><c> of</c>

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looking<00:25:01.400><c> at</c><00:25:01.640><c> the</c><00:25:01.779><c> Messiah</c><00:25:02.140><c> from</c><00:25:03.279><c> what</c><00:25:04.440><c> was</c><00:25:04.819><c> lying</c><00:25:04.980><c> behind</c><00:25:05.500><c> that</c><00:25:05.839><c> implied</c><00:25:06.240><c> question.</c><00:25:07.980><c> No</c>

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doubt,<00:25:09.440><c> if</c><00:25:09.819><c> you</c><00:25:10.140><c> are</c><00:25:10.299><c> the</c>

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Messiah,<00:25:11.259><c> will</c><00:25:11.599><c> you</c><00:25:11.940><c> at</c><00:25:12.160><c> this</c><00:25:12.480><c> time</c><00:25:13.079><c> restore?</c><00:25:14.700><c> If</c><00:25:15.140><c> you</c><00:25:15.519><c> are.</c>

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That<00:25:16.279><c> is</c><00:25:16.380><c> what</c><00:25:16.539><c> lies</c><00:25:16.839><c> behind</c><00:25:17.200><c> it,</c><00:25:17.359><c> and</c><00:25:17.519><c> that</c><00:25:17.619><c> is</c><00:25:17.619><c> what</c>

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the<00:25:18.940><c> Lord</c><00:25:18.940><c> homes</c><00:25:19.319><c> in</c><00:25:19.640><c> on,</c><00:25:20.460><c> that</c><00:25:20.619><c> if,</c><00:25:21.059><c> that</c><00:25:21.400><c> doubt,</c><00:25:22.720><c> that</c><00:25:23.019><c> refusal</c><00:25:23.599><c> to</c><00:25:24.660><c> move</c><00:25:25.819><c> firmly</c><00:25:27.400><c> where</c><00:25:28.519><c> he</c>

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knows<00:25:29.859><c> in</c><00:25:30.160><c> his</c><00:25:30.500><c> heart</c>

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from<00:25:31.180><c> his</c><00:25:31.519><c> knowledge</c><00:25:31.779><c> of</c><00:25:31.960><c> the</c><00:25:32.140><c> scriptures</c><00:25:32.460><c> and</c><00:25:32.660><c> from</c><00:25:32.880><c> the</c><00:25:33.140><c> evidence</c><00:25:33.400><c> that</c><00:25:33.599><c> he</c>

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has<00:25:33.960><c> seen</c><00:25:34.319><c> where</c><00:25:34.940><c> he</c><00:25:35.140><c> ought</c><00:25:35.299><c> to</c><00:25:35.559><c> be.</c>

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He<00:25:38.380><c> has</c><00:25:38.640><c> to</c><00:25:38.900><c> be</c><00:25:39.579><c> reborn</c><00:25:40.039><c> to</c><00:25:41.960><c> understand</c><00:25:42.480><c> this</c><00:25:43.000><c> is</c><00:25:43.279><c> what</c><00:25:43.440><c> the</c><00:25:43.619><c> Lord</c><00:25:43.759><c> is</c>

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saying<00:25:44.180><c> to</c><00:25:44.400><c> him.</c>

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And<00:25:46.240><c> that's</c><00:25:46.480><c> why</c><00:25:46.740><c> he</c><00:25:47.619><c> says,</c><00:25:48.279><c> you</c><00:25:48.579><c> are</c><00:25:48.960><c> Israel's</c><00:25:49.599><c> teacher</c><00:25:49.940><c> and</c>

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you<00:25:50.420><c> do</c><00:25:50.559><c> not</c><00:25:50.759><c> understand</c><00:25:51.200><c> these</c><00:25:51.559><c> things.</c>

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Now,<00:25:54.640><c> let's</c><00:25:55.240><c> pick</c><00:25:55.480><c> up</c><00:25:55.720><c> perhaps</c><00:25:56.059><c> the</c><00:25:56.299><c> two</c><00:25:56.500><c> references</c><00:25:56.940><c> which</c>

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ought<00:25:57.519><c> to</c><00:25:57.700><c> have</c><00:25:57.900><c> been,</c><00:25:58.839><c> well,</c><00:25:58.960><c> just</c><00:25:59.259><c> two</c><00:25:59.519><c> of</c><00:25:59.740><c> many,</c>

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which<00:26:00.960><c> ought</c><00:26:01.240><c> to</c><00:26:01.420><c> have</c><00:26:01.539><c> been</c><00:26:01.720><c> in</c><00:26:02.319><c> the</c><00:26:02.539><c> man's</c><00:26:03.279><c> mind.</c><00:26:03.859><c> And</c><00:26:04.460><c> let's</c>

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turn<00:26:05.119><c> to</c><00:26:05.420><c> the</c><00:26:05.940><c> 18th</c><00:26:06.559><c> chapter</c><00:26:06.880><c> of</c><00:26:07.039><c> the</c><00:26:07.240><c> prophet</c><00:26:07.440><c> Ezekiel</c>

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for<00:26:12.160><c> one.</c><00:26:16.920><c> Verse</c><00:26:17.119><c> 31</c><00:26:17.660><c> of</c><00:26:17.859><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:18.619><c> chapter</c><00:26:19.059><c> 18.</c>

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To<00:26:24.799><c> the</c><00:26:24.940><c> house</c><00:26:25.079><c> of</c><00:26:25.339><c> Israel,</c><00:26:26.400><c> each</c><00:26:26.839><c> one</c><00:26:27.099><c> according</c><00:26:27.460><c> to</c><00:26:27.619><c> his</c><00:26:27.880><c> ways</c><00:26:28.220><c> declares</c><00:26:28.619><c> the</c>

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sovereign<00:26:29.200><c> Lord,</c>

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repent,<00:26:32.660><c> turn</c><00:26:32.839><c> away</c><00:26:33.279><c> from</c><00:26:33.480><c> all</c><00:26:33.700><c> your</c><00:26:33.900><c> offenses,</c><00:26:35.180><c> then</c><00:26:35.440><c> sin</c><00:26:35.640><c> will</c><00:26:35.880><c> not</c><00:26:36.039><c> be</c>

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your<00:26:36.420><c> downfall,</c>

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rid<00:26:37.640><c> yourselves</c><00:26:38.240><c> of</c><00:26:38.460><c> all</c><00:26:38.680><c> the</c><00:26:38.859><c> offenses</c><00:26:39.140><c> you</c><00:26:39.400><c> have</c><00:26:39.599><c> committed</c>

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and<00:26:40.519><c> get</c><00:26:40.720><c> a</c><00:26:40.920><c> new</c><00:26:41.099><c> heart</c><00:26:41.519><c> and</c><00:26:42.000><c> a</c><00:26:42.180><c> new</c><00:26:42.359><c> spirit.</c>

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Why<00:26:43.619><c> will</c><00:26:43.799><c> you</c><00:26:44.019><c> die,</c><00:26:44.220><c> O</c><00:26:44.440><c> house</c><00:26:44.619><c> of</c><00:26:44.819><c> Israel?</c><00:26:46.000><c> For</c><00:26:46.119><c> I</c><00:26:46.339><c> take</c><00:26:46.500><c> no</c><00:26:46.799><c> pleasure</c><00:26:47.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:47.380><c> death</c><00:26:47.500><c> of</c><00:26:47.740><c> anyone,</c>

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declares<00:26:49.180><c> the</c><00:26:49.500><c> sovereign</c><00:26:49.799><c> Lord.</c><00:26:51.400><c> Repent</c><00:26:51.920><c> and</c><00:26:52.559><c> live.</c><00:26:53.960><c> The</c><00:26:54.259><c> teacher</c><00:26:54.480><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:26:55.200><c> ought</c><00:26:55.460><c> to</c><00:26:55.599><c> have</c><00:26:55.759><c> known</c><00:26:56.039><c> that</c>

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it<00:26:57.039><c> would</c><00:26:57.240><c> be</c><00:26:57.519><c> required</c><00:26:58.039><c> of</c><00:26:58.259><c> Israel</c><00:26:58.660><c> to</c><00:26:59.079><c> repent.</c><00:27:01.240><c> He</c><00:27:01.380><c> thought</c>

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he'd<00:27:02.279><c> done</c><00:27:02.519><c> that.</c><00:27:04.720><c> Or</c><00:27:04.799><c> chapter</c><00:27:05.079><c> 31</c><00:27:05.579><c> in</c><00:27:05.819><c> verse</c><00:27:06.059><c> 26</c>

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where<00:27:09.259><c> the</c><00:27:09.740><c> Lord</c><00:27:09.980><c> says</c><00:27:10.359><c> that</c><00:27:10.779><c> if</c><00:27:10.900><c> they</c><00:27:11.160><c> will</c><00:27:11.599><c> cleanse</c><00:27:11.920><c> themselves</c><00:27:12.480><c> and</c>

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their<00:27:12.940><c> land</c><00:27:13.180><c> from</c><00:27:13.359><c> their</c><00:27:14.319><c> idols,</c>

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he<00:27:14.819><c> will</c><00:27:15.039><c> sprinkle</c><00:27:15.420><c> them</c><00:27:15.640><c> and</c><00:27:16.559><c> clean</c><00:27:16.759><c> water</c><00:27:17.099><c> on</c><00:27:17.319><c> them</c><00:27:17.480><c> and</c><00:27:17.640><c> you</c>

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will<00:27:18.039><c> be</c><00:27:18.319><c> clean.</c><00:27:19.140><c> I</c><00:27:19.180><c> will</c><00:27:19.380><c> give</c><00:27:19.500><c> you,</c><00:27:19.700><c> he</c><00:27:19.900><c> says</c><00:27:20.059><c> in</c>

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verse<00:27:20.440><c> 26,</c><00:27:20.960><c> a</c><00:27:21.160><c> new</c><00:27:21.440><c> heart</c><00:27:21.720><c> and</c><00:27:21.880><c> put</c><00:27:22.039><c> a</c><00:27:22.200><c> new</c><00:27:22.359><c> spirit</c><00:27:22.640><c> in</c><00:27:22.859><c> you.</c><00:27:23.099><c> I</c>

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will<00:27:23.559><c> remove</c><00:27:23.900><c> from</c><00:27:24.140><c> you</c><00:27:24.559><c> your</c><00:27:24.819><c> heart</c><00:27:25.000><c> of</c><00:27:25.339><c> stone</c>

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and<00:27:26.039><c> give</c><00:27:26.220><c> you</c><00:27:26.400><c> a</c><00:27:26.539><c> heart</c><00:27:26.660><c> of</c><00:27:26.980><c> flesh.</c><00:27:27.859><c> I</c><00:27:28.019><c> will</c><00:27:28.160><c> put</c><00:27:28.279><c> my</c><00:27:28.660><c> spirit</c>

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in<00:27:29.039><c> you</c><00:27:29.160><c> and</c><00:27:29.339><c> move</c><00:27:29.599><c> you</c><00:27:29.759><c> to</c><00:27:30.039><c> follow</c><00:27:30.220><c> my</c><00:27:30.519><c> decrees</c>

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and<00:27:31.500><c> to</c><00:27:31.640><c> be</c><00:27:31.839><c> careful</c><00:27:32.099><c> to</c><00:27:32.319><c> keep</c><00:27:32.500><c> my</c><00:27:32.819><c> laws.</c><00:27:35.920><c> Those</c><00:27:36.339><c> are</c><00:27:36.559><c> the</c><00:27:36.700><c> sorts</c><00:27:36.920><c> of</c>

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things<00:27:37.400><c> which</c><00:27:37.660><c> Nicodemus</c>

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ought<00:27:39.079><c> to</c><00:27:39.200><c> have</c><00:27:39.339><c> been</c><00:27:40.000><c> referring</c><00:27:40.420><c> himself</c><00:27:40.839><c> back</c><00:27:41.220><c> to.</c>

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So<00:27:45.319><c> the</c><00:27:45.519><c> teacher</c><00:27:45.779><c> of</c><00:27:46.000><c> Israel</c><00:27:46.339><c> has</c><00:27:46.660><c> to</c><00:27:47.299><c> choose</c><00:27:47.660><c> a</c><00:27:47.839><c> more</c><00:27:48.039><c> difficult</c><00:27:48.480><c> way,</c><00:27:50.039><c> not</c><00:27:50.559><c> direct</c><00:27:51.000><c> or</c><00:27:51.299><c> easy,</c>

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not<00:27:53.279><c> one</c><00:27:53.460><c> which</c><00:27:53.619><c> he</c><00:27:53.779><c> could</c><00:27:53.920><c> refer</c><00:27:54.259><c> straight</c><00:27:54.599><c> to</c><00:27:54.799><c> his</c><00:27:54.940><c> own</c><00:27:55.099><c> tradition,</c><00:27:56.160><c> but</c>

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one<00:27:57.220><c> which</c><00:27:57.420><c> he</c><00:27:57.579><c> had</c><00:27:57.680><c> to</c><00:27:57.859><c> come</c><00:27:58.079><c> to</c>

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with<00:27:58.740><c> this</c><00:27:59.019><c> new</c><00:27:59.240><c> light.</c><00:28:00.359><c> And</c><00:28:00.920><c> we're</c><00:28:01.259><c> going</c><00:28:01.299><c> to</c><00:28:01.660><c> explore</c><00:28:01.940><c> how,</c>

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in<00:28:02.779><c> a</c><00:28:02.900><c> way,</c><00:28:03.140><c> this</c><00:28:04.079><c> is</c><00:28:04.740><c> somewhat</c><00:28:05.019><c> like</c><00:28:05.359><c> the</c><00:28:05.619><c> parable</c>

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method<00:28:06.380><c> we've</c><00:28:07.119><c> been</c><00:28:07.279><c> looking</c><00:28:07.500><c> at.</c><00:28:09.079><c> Well,</c><00:28:09.920><c> we</c><00:28:10.299><c> should</c><00:28:10.480><c> really</c>

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take<00:28:11.019><c> to</c><00:28:11.180><c> the</c><00:28:11.279><c> end</c><00:28:11.400><c> of</c><00:28:11.559><c> that</c><00:28:11.799><c> section,</c><00:28:12.420><c> which</c>

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speaks<00:28:13.079><c> of</c><00:28:14.039><c> light</c><00:28:14.359><c> and</c><00:28:14.640><c> darkness,</c><00:28:15.819><c> of</c><00:28:15.920><c> love</c><00:28:16.039><c> and</c><00:28:16.299><c> sacrifice,</c>

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of<00:28:17.920><c> the</c><00:28:18.599><c> Messiah</c><00:28:18.940><c> who</c><00:28:19.119><c> is</c><00:28:19.380><c> the</c><00:28:19.539><c> Lamb</c><00:28:19.700><c> of</c><00:28:19.920><c> God,</c>

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the<00:28:20.299><c> Lamb</c><00:28:20.519><c> of</c><00:28:20.680><c> sacrifice.</c><00:28:23.480><c> And</c><00:28:24.039><c> it's</c><00:28:26.559><c> significant,</c><00:28:27.180><c> isn't</c><00:28:27.420><c> it?</c><00:28:27.559><c> As</c>

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one<00:28:27.859><c> looks</c><00:28:28.140><c> at</c><00:28:28.400><c> that</c><00:28:28.680><c> section,</c>

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ending<00:28:29.339><c> in</c><00:28:29.559><c> verse</c><00:28:29.779><c> 21,</c><00:28:31.019><c> that</c><00:28:31.160><c> we've</c><00:28:31.480><c> begun</c><00:28:31.740><c> in</c><00:28:32.019><c> the</c><00:28:32.180><c> night</c><00:28:33.299><c> with</c><00:28:33.660><c> Nicodemus</c><00:28:34.180><c> coming</c><00:28:34.480><c> in</c><00:28:34.779><c> darkness</c>

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and<00:28:36.660><c> in</c><00:28:36.839><c> uncertainty</c><00:28:37.440><c> to</c><00:28:37.880><c> question</c><00:28:38.279><c> the</c><00:28:38.539><c> Lord,</c><00:28:39.420><c> and</c><00:28:39.619><c> we</c><00:28:39.819><c> end</c>

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in<00:28:41.519><c> the</c><00:28:41.779><c> light.</c><00:28:42.380><c> But</c><00:28:42.460><c> whoever</c><00:28:42.799><c> lives</c><00:28:43.140><c> in</c><00:28:43.319><c> it</c><00:28:43.460><c> by</c><00:28:43.700><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:28:45.720><c> it</c><00:28:46.859><c> is</c><00:28:47.299><c> said</c><00:28:47.720><c> here,</c><00:28:48.099><c> comes</c><00:28:48.519><c> into</c><00:28:49.099><c> the</c><00:28:49.299><c> light</c><00:28:49.759><c> so</c><00:28:50.420><c> that</c>

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it<00:28:50.740><c> may</c><00:28:50.940><c> be</c><00:28:51.160><c> seen</c><00:28:51.380><c> plainly</c><00:28:52.420><c> that</c><00:28:52.700><c> what</c><00:28:52.880><c> he</c><00:28:53.099><c> has</c><00:28:53.339><c> done</c>

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has<00:28:54.460><c> been</c><00:28:54.720><c> done</c><00:28:55.180><c> through</c><00:28:56.019><c> God.</c><00:28:59.559><c> Well,</c><00:28:59.779><c> Nicodemus</c><00:29:00.119><c> goes</c><00:29:00.420><c> away,</c>

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deeply<00:29:02.079><c> shocked</c><00:29:02.460><c> too.</c>

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No<00:29:06.440><c> instant</c><00:29:06.799><c> conversion</c><00:29:07.279><c> here,</c><00:29:09.160><c> deeply</c><00:29:09.480><c> troubled,</c><00:29:10.500><c> but</c><00:29:11.220><c> a</c>

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man<00:29:11.779><c> who</c><00:29:12.000><c> ultimately</c><00:29:12.599><c> finds</c><00:29:13.059><c> commitment,</c>

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and<00:29:13.960><c> there</c><00:29:14.119><c> are</c><00:29:14.319><c> two</c><00:29:14.859><c> verses</c><00:29:15.180><c> which</c><00:29:15.539><c> I'd</c><00:29:15.859><c> like</c><00:29:15.980><c> to</c><00:29:16.180><c> just</c><00:29:16.400><c> commend</c><00:29:16.720><c> to</c>

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your<00:29:17.599><c> looking</c><00:29:18.779><c> at,</c><00:29:19.140><c> which</c><00:29:19.380><c> suggest</c><00:29:19.859><c> that,</c>

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one<00:29:20.460><c> in</c><00:29:20.680><c> chapter</c><00:29:20.980><c> seven</c><00:29:21.299><c> and</c><00:29:21.500><c> verse</c><00:29:21.740><c> 50,</c><00:29:22.460><c> where</c><00:29:22.720><c> he</c><00:29:22.960><c> is</c><00:29:23.619><c> the</c>

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only<00:29:24.380><c> one</c><00:29:24.960><c> when</c><00:29:25.880><c> the</c><00:29:27.680><c> Pharisees</c><00:29:28.319><c> and</c><00:29:28.460><c> the</c><00:29:28.680><c> Council</c><00:29:29.039><c> are</c>

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:36.180
debating<00:29:30.819><c> the</c><00:29:31.079><c> matter,</c><00:29:31.700><c> who</c><00:29:32.099><c> asks</c><00:29:33.000><c> mildly</c><00:29:34.059><c> at</c><00:29:34.200><c> that</c><00:29:34.519><c> stage,</c><00:29:34.920><c> does</c><00:29:35.079><c> our</c><00:29:35.400><c> law</c><00:29:35.599><c> condemn</c><00:29:35.980><c> a</c>

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man<00:29:36.319><c> without</c><00:29:36.700><c> first</c>

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caring<00:29:37.339><c> him</c><00:29:37.619><c> to</c><00:29:37.819><c> find</c><00:29:37.980><c> out</c><00:29:38.160><c> what</c><00:29:38.319><c> he</c><00:29:38.519><c> is</c><00:29:38.680><c> doing?</c><00:29:40.480><c> And</c><00:29:40.700><c> their</c><00:29:40.839><c> reply,</c><00:29:41.539><c> locked</c><00:29:41.799><c> as</c>

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they<00:29:42.279><c> are,</c><00:29:42.980><c> in</c><00:29:43.140><c> their</c><00:29:43.740><c> security</c>

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:53.420
of<00:29:45.740><c> knowing</c><00:29:46.240><c> what</c><00:29:47.480><c> they</c><00:29:48.480><c> think</c><00:29:48.900><c> the</c><00:29:49.099><c> Messiah</c><00:29:49.460><c> ought</c><00:29:49.819><c> to</c><00:29:50.099><c> do,</c><00:29:50.940><c> say,</c><00:29:51.420><c> look,</c><00:29:51.900><c> you</c><00:29:52.079><c> will</c><00:29:52.319><c> find</c><00:29:52.700><c> that</c><00:29:53.039><c> a</c><00:29:53.220><c> prophet</c>

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:56.000
does<00:29:53.779><c> not</c><00:29:53.960><c> come</c><00:29:54.180><c> out</c><00:29:54.400><c> of</c><00:29:54.579><c> Galilee.</c>

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:09.799
This<00:30:05.420><c> kind</c><00:30:05.880><c> of</c><00:30:06.200><c> disciplining</c><00:30:06.920><c> to</c><00:30:07.980><c> push</c><00:30:08.160><c> us</c><00:30:08.400><c> into</c><00:30:08.619><c> the</c><00:30:08.839><c> light.</c>

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:14.940
Let's<00:30:12.339><c> look</c><00:30:12.539><c> briefly</c><00:30:12.880><c> at</c><00:30:13.160><c> the</c><00:30:13.400><c> Samaritan</c><00:30:13.779><c> woman</c><00:30:14.259><c> and</c><00:30:14.720><c> the</c>

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.099
discussion<00:30:15.299><c> with</c><00:30:15.539><c> her,</c>

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:19.400
which<00:30:16.640><c> occurs</c><00:30:16.940><c> in</c><00:30:17.140><c> the</c><00:30:17.299><c> fourth</c><00:30:17.500><c> chapter</c><00:30:17.880><c> of</c><00:30:18.079><c> John's</c><00:30:18.420><c> Gospel.</c>

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:25.200
And<00:30:21.180><c> in</c><00:30:22.960><c> the</c><00:30:23.180><c> interests</c><00:30:23.460><c> of</c><00:30:23.940><c> time,</c><00:30:24.660><c> let's</c><00:30:24.880><c> be</c>

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:31.819
fairly<00:30:25.440><c> brisk.</c><00:30:28.119><c> The</c><00:30:28.460><c> story</c><00:30:28.619><c> is</c><00:30:28.799><c> familiar</c><00:30:29.079><c> to</c><00:30:29.279><c> you.</c><00:30:31.319><c> We</c><00:30:31.619><c> read</c>

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:35.839
in<00:30:32.299><c> the</c><00:30:33.039><c> fifth</c><00:30:33.539><c> verse</c><00:30:33.980><c> that</c><00:30:34.339><c> he</c><00:30:34.559><c> came</c><00:30:34.880><c> to</c><00:30:35.480><c> the</c><00:30:35.680><c> town</c>

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:42.680
of<00:30:36.119><c> Samaria.</c><00:30:37.680><c> Fourth</c><00:30:37.960><c> verse,</c><00:30:38.380><c> he</c><00:30:38.759><c> had</c><00:30:39.140><c> to</c><00:30:39.579><c> go</c><00:30:39.880><c> through</c><00:30:40.140><c> Samaria.</c><00:30:42.200><c> He</c><00:30:42.420><c> was</c>

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:44.200
constrained<00:30:43.180><c> to</c><00:30:43.460><c> go</c><00:30:43.720><c> through.</c>

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:48.599
There<00:30:44.819><c> was</c><00:30:45.000><c> no</c><00:30:45.619><c> option,</c><00:30:46.119><c> as</c><00:30:46.359><c> it</c><00:30:46.539><c> were,</c><00:30:46.740><c> but</c><00:30:46.940><c> he</c><00:30:47.099><c> had</c><00:30:47.299><c> to</c><00:30:47.460><c> go</c><00:30:47.720><c> through.</c><00:30:48.440><c> And</c>

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:50.799
he<00:30:48.740><c> comes</c><00:30:49.059><c> there</c><00:30:49.559><c> to</c><00:30:49.940><c> a</c><00:30:50.180><c> town</c><00:30:50.380><c> called</c>

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:54.299
Near<00:30:51.519><c> the</c><00:30:51.779><c> plot</c><00:30:51.980><c> of</c><00:30:52.279><c> ground,</c><00:30:52.859><c> Jacob</c><00:30:53.259><c> had</c><00:30:53.480><c> given</c><00:30:53.660><c> to</c><00:30:53.900><c> his</c><00:30:54.039><c> son,</c>

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:57.539
Joseph.<00:30:55.640><c> Jacob's</c><00:30:56.140><c> well</c><00:30:56.259><c> was</c><00:30:56.539><c> there.</c>

00:30:57.740 --> 00:31:04.059
I<00:30:58.019><c> notice</c><00:30:58.480><c> how</c><00:30:59.339><c> carefully</c><00:30:59.700><c> that</c><00:31:00.160><c> association</c><00:31:00.779><c> is</c><00:31:01.039><c> made.</c><00:31:02.980><c> We've</c><00:31:03.180><c> already</c><00:31:03.480><c> met</c>

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:06.799
Jacob<00:31:05.140><c> earlier</c>

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:14.940
in<00:31:09.960><c> this</c><00:31:10.759><c> examination</c><00:31:12.099><c> of</c><00:31:12.299><c> John's</c><00:31:12.700><c> Gospel.</c><00:31:14.220><c> So</c><00:31:14.380><c> Jacob's</c><00:31:14.839><c> well</c>

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:17.019
and<00:31:15.140><c> Jacob's</c><00:31:15.599><c> plot</c><00:31:15.740><c> were</c><00:31:15.940><c> there.</c>

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:22.140
And<00:31:18.460><c> while</c><00:31:18.799><c> he</c><00:31:18.980><c> is</c><00:31:19.160><c> resting</c><00:31:19.460><c> there,</c><00:31:20.200><c> the</c><00:31:20.460><c> Samaritan</c><00:31:20.880><c> woman</c><00:31:21.200><c> comes</c><00:31:21.519><c> out</c><00:31:21.900><c> to</c>

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:24.240
draw<00:31:22.339><c> water</c><00:31:22.819><c> and</c><00:31:23.440><c> he</c><00:31:23.700><c> asks</c><00:31:23.940><c> her</c>

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:30.259
for<00:31:24.640><c> water,</c><00:31:25.839><c> his</c><00:31:26.019><c> disciples</c><00:31:26.539><c> being</c><00:31:27.140><c> absent.</c><00:31:28.380><c> And</c><00:31:29.140><c> we</c><00:31:29.279><c> have</c><00:31:29.359><c> the</c><00:31:29.579><c> same</c><00:31:29.819><c> form</c><00:31:30.000><c> of</c>

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:32.059
discussion<00:31:30.740><c> with</c><00:31:31.420><c> the</c><00:31:31.640><c> questions</c>

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:39.740
and<00:31:32.240><c> the</c><00:31:32.380><c> answers.</c><00:31:32.980><c> And</c><00:31:33.740><c> finally,</c><00:31:34.640><c> the</c><00:31:34.819><c> discourse,</c><00:31:35.220><c> which</c><00:31:36.140><c> leaves</c><00:31:36.519><c> the</c><00:31:36.759><c> woman</c><00:31:37.079><c> in</c>

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:41.519
a<00:31:40.420><c> position</c><00:31:40.839><c> where</c><00:31:41.319><c> she</c>

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:47.880
forced<00:31:41.980><c> to</c><00:31:42.200><c> make</c><00:31:42.380><c> some</c><00:31:42.720><c> kind</c><00:31:43.059><c> of</c><00:31:43.539><c> choice.</c><00:31:46.900><c> Now,</c><00:31:47.359><c> the</c><00:31:47.480><c> woman's</c>

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:49.900
expectations<00:31:48.500><c> given</c><00:31:48.859><c> this</c><00:31:49.180><c> situation</c><00:31:49.680><c> are</c>

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:53.740
quite<00:31:50.200><c> clear.</c><00:31:50.839><c> He</c><00:31:50.960><c> has</c><00:31:51.140><c> a</c><00:31:51.319><c> Jew</c><00:31:51.619><c> and</c><00:31:52.059><c> what's</c><00:31:52.420><c> more,</c><00:31:52.779><c> someone</c><00:31:52.980><c> who</c><00:31:53.259><c> seems</c><00:31:53.480><c> to</c>

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:55.680
be<00:31:54.279><c> a</c><00:31:54.539><c> teacher</c>

00:31:57.380 --> 00:32:01.819
talking<00:31:57.960><c> to</c><00:31:58.539><c> a</c><00:31:58.740><c> Samaritan</c><00:31:59.420><c> and</c><00:32:00.779><c> not</c><00:32:00.940><c> only</c><00:32:01.140><c> a</c><00:32:01.279><c> Samaritan,</c><00:32:01.660><c> but</c>

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:03.779
a<00:32:01.960><c> woman</c><00:32:02.200><c> on</c><00:32:02.420><c> top</c><00:32:02.539><c> of</c><00:32:02.759><c> that,</c>

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:09.700
almost<00:32:04.460><c> unthinkable</c><00:32:05.859><c> given</c><00:32:06.519><c> the</c><00:32:06.960><c> usual</c><00:32:07.200><c> circumstances.</c><00:32:09.299><c> So</c>

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.440
she<00:32:09.839><c> says</c><00:32:10.079><c> to</c><00:32:10.240><c> him,</c>

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:15.119
you<00:32:10.859><c> are</c><00:32:11.200><c> a</c><00:32:11.380><c> Jew</c><00:32:11.599><c> and</c><00:32:12.119><c> I</c><00:32:12.460><c> am</c><00:32:12.640><c> a</c><00:32:12.799><c> Samaritan</c><00:32:13.200><c> woman.</c><00:32:13.960><c> How</c><00:32:14.339><c> can</c><00:32:14.839><c> you</c>

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.680
ask<00:32:15.420><c> me</c><00:32:15.660><c> for</c><00:32:15.859><c> a</c><00:32:16.019><c> drink?</c><00:32:16.660><c> And</c><00:32:17.059><c> we</c><00:32:17.279><c> have</c><00:32:17.380><c> the</c>

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:23.559
explanation<00:32:18.200><c> for</c><00:32:18.579><c> the</c><00:32:18.779><c> Jews</c><00:32:19.079><c> do</c><00:32:19.539><c> not</c><00:32:19.779><c> associate</c><00:32:20.339><c> with</c><00:32:20.599><c> Samaritans.</c><00:32:21.720><c> There's</c><00:32:22.000><c> that</c><00:32:22.539><c> fastidiousness</c>

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:28.039
of<00:32:23.940><c> the</c><00:32:24.140><c> Jews</c><00:32:24.480><c> for</c><00:32:24.940><c> the</c><00:32:25.140><c> Samaritans,</c><00:32:25.759><c> keeping</c><00:32:25.980><c> them</c><00:32:26.460><c> at</c><00:32:26.720><c> arm's</c><00:32:27.059><c> length.</c>

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:36.000
Now<00:32:31.019><c> there's</c><00:32:31.680><c> something</c><00:32:32.660><c> slightly</c><00:32:34.000><c> cheeky,</c><00:32:34.539><c> you</c><00:32:34.640><c> might</c><00:32:34.900><c> say,</c>

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:40.380
about<00:32:36.779><c> the</c><00:32:37.000><c> woman's</c><00:32:38.200><c> answers</c><00:32:38.519><c> to</c><00:32:38.819><c> him.</c>

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:46.000
Parallel<00:32:40.920><c> really</c><00:32:41.160><c> with</c><00:32:41.400><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:32:42.420><c> only</c><00:32:42.759><c> his</c><00:32:42.940><c> is</c><00:32:43.180><c> a</c><00:32:43.299><c> more</c><00:32:43.519><c> polite</c><00:32:43.839><c> form</c><00:32:44.160><c> of</c><00:32:44.480><c> disbelief.</c>

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:53.519
She's<00:32:47.539><c> almost</c><00:32:47.980><c> as</c><00:32:48.339><c> it</c><00:32:48.500><c> were,</c><00:32:48.859><c> humoring</c><00:32:49.160><c> him</c><00:32:49.740><c> in</c><00:32:50.960><c> her</c><00:32:51.400><c> questions</c><00:32:51.859><c> and</c><00:32:52.140><c> replies.</c><00:32:52.980><c> At</c>

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.539
the<00:32:53.700><c> same</c><00:32:54.000><c> time,</c>

00:32:54.539 --> 00:33:02.960
she's<00:32:55.480><c> asserting</c><00:32:56.759><c> her</c><00:32:57.839><c> Samaritan</c><00:32:58.519><c>-ness,</c><00:33:00.279><c> asserting</c><00:33:01.019><c> her</c><00:33:01.859><c> rights.</c>

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:12.420
Very<00:33:05.299><c> easy,</c><00:33:06.119><c> rights</c><00:33:06.559><c> we</c><00:33:06.900><c> like</c><00:33:07.099><c> to</c><00:33:07.319><c> have.</c><00:33:08.700><c> We</c><00:33:08.900><c> don't</c><00:33:09.119><c> like</c><00:33:09.359><c> anybody</c><00:33:09.980><c> touching</c><00:33:10.640><c> those</c><00:33:11.180><c> rights</c><00:33:11.500><c> which</c><00:33:11.720><c> we</c><00:33:12.019><c> feel</c>

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:21.799
are<00:33:12.960><c> ours.</c><00:33:16.099><c> And</c><00:33:16.420><c> obviously</c><00:33:16.980><c> she</c><00:33:17.339><c> doesn't</c><00:33:17.819><c> understand</c><00:33:18.720><c> the</c><00:33:20.000><c> spiritual</c><00:33:20.460><c> implications</c><00:33:21.220><c> of</c>

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.319
this<00:33:22.019><c> whole</c>

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:26.720
conversation<00:33:22.900><c> to</c><00:33:23.099><c> start</c><00:33:23.380><c> off</c><00:33:23.579><c> with.</c><00:33:24.900><c> And</c><00:33:25.039><c> there</c><00:33:25.240><c> are</c><00:33:25.259><c> two</c><00:33:25.500><c> levels</c><00:33:25.980><c> to</c>

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:28.460
the<00:33:27.000><c> conversation</c><00:33:27.480><c> throughout.</c>

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:35.400
She<00:33:29.519><c> talking</c><00:33:30.039><c> in</c><00:33:31.519><c> this</c><00:33:32.559><c> humoring</c><00:33:33.019><c> kind</c><00:33:33.400><c> of</c><00:33:33.579><c> way</c><00:33:33.859><c> of</c><00:33:34.420><c> the</c><00:33:34.799><c> water.</c><00:33:35.220><c> She</c>

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.839
says,<00:33:35.640><c> give</c><00:33:35.740><c> me</c><00:33:36.299><c> this</c><00:33:36.640><c> water,</c>

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:39.240
this<00:33:37.140><c> living</c><00:33:37.400><c> water</c><00:33:37.779><c> which</c><00:33:38.000><c> you're</c><00:33:38.220><c> offering,</c><00:33:38.819><c> then</c><00:33:38.980><c> I</c><00:33:39.119><c> won't</c>

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:41.579
have<00:33:39.460><c> to</c><00:33:39.599><c> come</c><00:33:39.759><c> to</c><00:33:39.940><c> the</c><00:33:40.099><c> well</c><00:33:40.339><c> to</c><00:33:40.839><c> draw.</c>

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:51.500
Well,<00:33:46.299><c> she's</c><00:33:46.619><c> in</c><00:33:46.740><c> for</c><00:33:46.880><c> a</c><00:33:47.019><c> terrible</c><00:33:47.319><c> shock,</c><00:33:48.779><c> because</c><00:33:50.279><c> suddenly</c>

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:55.599
Jesus<00:33:53.779><c> says</c><00:33:54.079><c> to</c><00:33:54.240><c> her,</c>

00:33:55.720 --> 00:34:04.220
go<00:33:55.960><c> call</c><00:33:56.420><c> your</c><00:33:56.599><c> husband</c><00:33:57.140><c> and</c><00:33:58.359><c> come</c><00:33:58.599><c> back.</c><00:34:00.319><c> And</c><00:34:00.619><c> he's</c><00:34:00.839><c> gone</c><00:34:01.680><c> unerringly,</c><00:34:03.359><c> right</c><00:34:03.900><c> to</c>

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:05.240
the<00:34:04.400><c> point.</c>

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:08.820
And<00:34:05.900><c> all</c><00:34:06.079><c> she</c><00:34:06.240><c> can</c><00:34:06.400><c> say</c><00:34:06.660><c> is,</c><00:34:07.180><c> I</c><00:34:07.279><c> have</c><00:34:07.480><c> no</c><00:34:07.640><c> husband.</c>

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:13.719
Because<00:34:10.619><c> she's</c><00:34:11.099><c> obviously</c><00:34:11.460><c> been</c><00:34:11.699><c> caught</c><00:34:11.960><c> out,</c><00:34:12.280><c> hasn't</c><00:34:12.500><c> she?</c>

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:17.940
Jesus<00:34:15.739><c> says</c><00:34:15.980><c> to</c><00:34:16.099><c> her,</c><00:34:16.360><c> you</c><00:34:16.440><c> are</c><00:34:16.719><c> right</c><00:34:16.920><c> when</c><00:34:17.119><c> you</c><00:34:17.340><c> say</c><00:34:17.420><c> you</c><00:34:17.599><c> have</c><00:34:17.760><c> no</c>

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:20.280
husband.<00:34:18.500><c> The</c><00:34:18.659><c> fact</c><00:34:18.920><c> is</c><00:34:19.159><c> you</c><00:34:19.360><c> have</c><00:34:19.619><c> had</c><00:34:19.880><c> five</c>

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:25.900
husbands<00:34:20.739><c> and</c><00:34:21.280><c> the</c><00:34:21.480><c> man</c><00:34:21.619><c> you</c><00:34:21.820><c> now</c><00:34:22.059><c> have</c><00:34:22.380><c> is</c><00:34:22.739><c> not</c><00:34:22.980><c> your</c><00:34:23.139><c> husband.</c><00:34:23.920><c> What</c><00:34:24.159><c> you</c><00:34:24.340><c> have</c><00:34:24.559><c> said</c><00:34:24.900><c> is</c>

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:27.000
just<00:34:26.159><c> said</c><00:34:26.340><c> is</c><00:34:26.679><c> quite</c>

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:32.480
true.<00:34:30.099><c> Sir,</c><00:34:30.420><c> the</c><00:34:30.559><c> woman</c><00:34:30.820><c> says</c><00:34:31.099><c> in</c><00:34:31.300><c> verse</c><00:34:31.500><c> 19,</c><00:34:32.019><c> and</c><00:34:32.139><c> you</c><00:34:32.260><c> notice</c>

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:35.039
the<00:34:32.760><c> change</c><00:34:33.039><c> in</c><00:34:33.320><c> tone,</c><00:34:34.039><c> the</c><00:34:34.199><c> change</c><00:34:34.420><c> in</c><00:34:34.659><c> demeanor</c>

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:44.519
altogether<00:34:35.639><c> of</c><00:34:36.519><c> this</c><00:34:36.760><c> woman.</c><00:34:38.400><c> I</c><00:34:39.000><c> can</c><00:34:39.280><c> see</c><00:34:39.579><c> you</c><00:34:39.760><c> are</c><00:34:40.000><c> a</c><00:34:40.199><c> prophet,</c><00:34:42.260><c> but</c><00:34:43.039><c> she's</c><00:34:44.000><c> quite</c><00:34:44.219><c> a</c>

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.539
tough<00:34:44.699><c> nut</c><00:34:45.000><c> to</c><00:34:45.320><c> crack</c>

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:51.599
this<00:34:45.840><c> woman.</c><00:34:47.059><c> She</c><00:34:47.440><c> will</c><00:34:48.079><c> at</c><00:34:48.300><c> least</c><00:34:49.260><c> give</c><00:34:49.719><c> him</c><00:34:50.179><c> that</c><00:34:50.440><c> much</c><00:34:50.760><c> credit,</c><00:34:51.059><c> but</c>

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:53.699
she<00:34:52.139><c> wants</c><00:34:52.360><c> to</c><00:34:52.559><c> know</c><00:34:52.699><c> something.</c>

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:59.420
And<00:34:54.639><c> you</c><00:34:55.380><c> can</c><00:34:55.619><c> see</c><00:34:55.780><c> that</c><00:34:56.280><c> the</c><00:34:57.079><c> conversation</c><00:34:57.659><c> has</c><00:34:58.099><c> deepened</c>

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:02.019
immeasurably<00:35:00.460><c> from</c><00:35:01.320><c> the</c><00:35:01.699><c> beginning,</c>

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:05.280
because<00:35:02.800><c> she</c><00:35:03.280><c> wants</c><00:35:03.539><c> to</c><00:35:03.739><c> know</c><00:35:03.860><c> now</c><00:35:04.059><c> about</c><00:35:04.340><c> worship.</c><00:35:04.860><c> She</c><00:35:04.880><c> says,</c><00:35:05.280><c> our</c>

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:07.519
fathers<00:35:05.699><c> worshiped</c><00:35:06.659><c> on</c><00:35:06.820><c> this</c><00:35:07.099><c> mountain,</c>

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:11.719
but<00:35:08.199><c> you</c><00:35:08.519><c> Jews</c><00:35:08.880><c> claim</c><00:35:09.360><c> that</c><00:35:09.780><c> the</c><00:35:09.940><c> place</c><00:35:10.159><c> where</c><00:35:10.320><c> we</c><00:35:10.480><c> must</c><00:35:10.699><c> worship</c><00:35:11.119><c> is</c><00:35:11.500><c> in</c>

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:15.000
Jerusalem.<00:35:14.260><c> Jesus's</c><00:35:14.739><c> answer,</c>

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:19.179
believe<00:35:15.360><c> me</c><00:35:15.599><c> woman,</c><00:35:15.880><c> the</c><00:35:16.059><c> time</c><00:35:16.320><c> is</c><00:35:16.619><c> coming</c><00:35:16.900><c> when</c><00:35:17.380><c> you</c><00:35:17.599><c> will</c><00:35:17.780><c> worship</c><00:35:18.059><c> the</c><00:35:18.300><c> father</c><00:35:18.559><c> neither</c><00:35:18.880><c> on</c>

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.820
this<00:35:19.440><c> mountain</c>

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:23.960
nor<00:35:20.320><c> in</c><00:35:20.599><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:35:21.860><c> You</c><00:35:22.039><c> Samaritans</c><00:35:22.719><c> worship</c><00:35:23.219><c> what</c><00:35:23.659><c> you</c><00:35:23.800><c> do</c>

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:26.659
not<00:35:24.179><c> know.</c><00:35:24.440><c> We</c><00:35:24.719><c> worship</c><00:35:25.260><c> what</c><00:35:25.719><c> we</c><00:35:25.980><c> do</c><00:35:26.239><c> know,</c>

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:30.539
for<00:35:27.079><c> salvation</c><00:35:27.619><c> is</c><00:35:27.840><c> from</c><00:35:28.000><c> the</c><00:35:28.239><c> Jews.</c><00:35:29.260><c> Yet</c><00:35:29.480><c> a</c><00:35:29.800><c> time</c><00:35:29.960><c> is</c><00:35:30.260><c> coming</c>

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:33.219
and<00:35:31.139><c> has</c><00:35:31.420><c> now</c><00:35:31.780><c> come</c><00:35:32.019><c> when</c><00:35:32.199><c> the</c><00:35:32.440><c> true</c><00:35:32.599><c> worshipers</c>

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:37.500
will<00:35:33.539><c> worship</c><00:35:33.880><c> the</c><00:35:34.159><c> father</c><00:35:34.460><c> in</c><00:35:35.079><c> spirit</c><00:35:35.480><c> and</c><00:35:36.059><c> in</c><00:35:36.340><c> truth,</c><00:35:37.179><c> for</c>

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:39.539
they<00:35:37.800><c> are</c><00:35:38.019><c> the</c><00:35:38.199><c> kind</c><00:35:38.480><c> of</c><00:35:38.739><c> worshipers</c><00:35:39.099><c> the</c><00:35:39.280><c> father</c>

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:43.840
seeks.<00:35:40.900><c> God</c><00:35:41.139><c> is</c><00:35:41.400><c> spirit</c><00:35:41.739><c> and</c><00:35:42.099><c> his</c><00:35:42.360><c> worshipers</c><00:35:43.139><c> must</c><00:35:43.420><c> worship</c>

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:47.820
him<00:35:44.380><c> in</c><00:35:44.960><c> spirit</c><00:35:45.400><c> and</c><00:35:45.699><c> in</c><00:35:45.940><c> truth.</c><00:35:47.260><c> She</c><00:35:47.460><c> says,</c>

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:51.440
I<00:35:48.400><c> know</c><00:35:48.679><c> that</c><00:35:48.960><c> Messiah</c><00:35:49.400><c> called</c><00:35:49.739><c> Christ</c><00:35:50.139><c> is</c><00:35:50.420><c> coming.</c><00:35:50.900><c> When</c><00:35:51.159><c> he</c>

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:54.440
comes,<00:35:51.900><c> he</c><00:35:52.139><c> will</c><00:35:52.380><c> explain</c><00:35:52.760><c> everything</c><00:35:53.179><c> to</c><00:35:53.440><c> us.</c>

00:35:54.579 --> 00:36:00.920
Then<00:35:55.039><c> Jesus</c><00:35:55.619><c> declared,</c><00:35:57.119><c> I</c><00:35:57.579><c> who</c><00:35:58.079><c> speak</c><00:35:58.320><c> to</c><00:35:58.599><c> you</c><00:35:59.280><c> am</c><00:35:59.860><c> he.</c>

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:09.090
Now<00:36:04.800><c> that</c><00:36:05.699><c> exposure</c><00:36:06.420><c> of</c><00:36:06.780><c> the</c><00:36:07.099><c> corrupt</c><00:36:07.420><c> personal</c><00:36:08.000><c> life</c><00:36:08.280><c> of</c><00:36:08.460><c> the</c><00:36:08.639><c> woman</c>

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:14.079
leads<00:36:10.059><c> her</c><00:36:10.860><c> not</c><00:36:11.340><c> just</c><00:36:11.639><c> to</c><00:36:12.019><c> consider</c><00:36:12.320><c> it</c><00:36:12.659><c> on</c><00:36:12.880><c> that</c><00:36:13.179><c> level,</c><00:36:13.820><c> but</c>

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.960
her<00:36:14.440><c> corrupt</c><00:36:14.940><c> religious</c><00:36:15.500><c> life,</c>

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:20.460
the<00:36:16.460><c> moral</c><00:36:16.780><c> life</c><00:36:17.159><c> reflecting</c><00:36:17.719><c> that</c><00:36:18.619><c> corrupt</c><00:36:18.940><c> religious</c><00:36:19.380><c> life</c>

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:31.840
and<00:36:22.320><c> her</c><00:36:23.059><c> evasions</c><00:36:23.940><c> are</c><00:36:24.340><c> now</c><00:36:24.659><c> at</c><00:36:24.900><c> an</c><00:36:25.059><c> end.</c><00:36:27.820><c> Now</c><00:36:28.460><c> I'm</c><00:36:30.599><c> sure</c><00:36:30.760><c> you're</c><00:36:31.000><c> familiar</c><00:36:31.460><c> with</c>

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.880
the<00:36:32.139><c> reference</c><00:36:32.340><c> to</c><00:36:32.559><c> the</c><00:36:32.679><c> second</c>

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:38.480
book<00:36:33.059><c> of</c><00:36:33.320><c> Kings</c><00:36:33.579><c> in</c><00:36:33.820><c> chapter</c><00:36:34.059><c> 17</c><00:36:35.039><c> and</c><00:36:35.440><c> verses</c><00:36:35.800><c> 24</c><00:36:37.059><c> to</c><00:36:37.320><c> 29,</c><00:36:37.880><c> which</c><00:36:38.099><c> deal</c>

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:41.380
with<00:36:39.360><c> the</c><00:36:39.800><c> settlement</c><00:36:40.199><c> of</c><00:36:40.500><c> Samaria</c>

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:45.980
under<00:36:42.019><c> the</c><00:36:42.219><c> Assyrian</c><00:36:42.639><c> rule</c><00:36:43.139><c> by</c><00:36:43.920><c> five</c><00:36:44.360><c> different</c><00:36:44.639><c> nations</c><00:36:45.280><c> in</c>

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:49.019
place<00:36:46.199><c> of</c><00:36:47.000><c> the</c><00:36:47.300><c> Israelites</c><00:36:47.699><c> who</c><00:36:47.920><c> had</c><00:36:48.079><c> been</c><00:36:48.460><c> taken</c><00:36:48.760><c> into</c>

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:55.079
captivity<00:36:49.659><c> after</c><00:36:50.780><c> the</c><00:36:51.519><c> defeat</c><00:36:51.800><c> of</c><00:36:52.039><c> Samaria</c><00:36:52.619><c> and</c><00:36:53.880><c> then</c><00:36:54.519><c> of</c><00:36:54.760><c> the</c>

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:59.099
one<00:36:55.340><c> priest</c><00:36:55.960><c> of</c><00:36:57.519><c> the</c><00:36:57.699><c> Lord</c><00:36:57.900><c> who</c><00:36:58.059><c> was</c><00:36:58.300><c> sent</c><00:36:58.519><c> back</c>

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:02.500
because<00:36:59.800><c> they</c><00:37:00.239><c> said</c><00:37:00.400><c> they</c><00:37:00.579><c> did</c><00:37:00.840><c> not</c><00:37:01.019><c> know</c><00:37:01.239><c> the</c><00:37:01.480><c> gods</c><00:37:01.820><c> of</c><00:37:02.199><c> this</c>

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:05.099
place<00:37:02.820><c> and</c><00:37:03.119><c> they</c><00:37:03.360><c> needed</c><00:37:03.599><c> someone</c><00:37:04.019><c> to</c><00:37:04.699><c> intervene</c>

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:11.019
for<00:37:05.480><c> them.</c><00:37:07.639><c> Now</c><00:37:08.139><c> we</c><00:37:08.539><c> made</c><00:37:08.840><c> the</c><00:37:09.139><c> point</c><00:37:09.300><c> earlier</c><00:37:09.800><c> that</c><00:37:10.199><c> just</c><00:37:10.639><c> as</c>

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:14.269
the<00:37:11.300><c> natural</c><00:37:11.699><c> world</c><00:37:12.340><c> seems</c><00:37:12.840><c> to</c><00:37:13.199><c> be</c><00:37:13.400><c> made</c>

00:37:14.869 --> 00:37:21.210
rarely<00:37:15.710><c> to</c><00:37:16.010><c> declare</c><00:37:16.309><c> to</c><00:37:16.510><c> us</c><00:37:17.070><c> spiritual</c><00:37:17.690><c> relationships</c><00:37:18.530><c> and</c>

00:37:21.210 --> 00:37:25.090
so<00:37:21.489><c> that</c><00:37:21.690><c> the</c><00:37:21.889><c> real</c><00:37:22.190><c> is</c><00:37:22.730><c> not</c><00:37:23.369><c> that</c><00:37:23.869><c> but</c><00:37:24.250><c> the</c><00:37:24.710><c> spiritual</c>

00:37:25.090 --> 00:37:32.889
which<00:37:25.349><c> lies</c><00:37:25.610><c> behind</c><00:37:26.110><c> it.</c><00:37:27.429><c> So</c><00:37:28.269><c> it</c><00:37:30.090><c> would</c><00:37:30.889><c> seem</c><00:37:31.429><c> that</c><00:37:31.909><c> this</c><00:37:32.170><c> woman's</c><00:37:32.670><c> life</c>

00:37:32.889 --> 00:37:35.889
with<00:37:33.090><c> her</c><00:37:33.429><c> five</c><00:37:33.690><c> husbands</c><00:37:34.269><c> has</c><00:37:35.250><c> as</c><00:37:35.530><c> it</c><00:37:35.730><c> were</c>

00:37:35.889 --> 00:37:43.210
been<00:37:36.190><c> waiting</c><00:37:36.829><c> in</c><00:37:39.050><c> history</c><00:37:39.670><c> to</c><00:37:40.849><c> teach</c><00:37:41.230><c> about</c><00:37:41.630><c> Israel,</c><00:37:42.869><c> about</c>

00:37:43.210 --> 00:37:45.530
Samaria,<00:37:44.349><c> about</c><00:37:44.650><c> the</c><00:37:44.849><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:37:45.849 --> 00:37:49.530
about<00:37:46.090><c> the</c><00:37:46.329><c> individual,</c><00:37:47.210><c> about</c><00:37:47.489><c> that</c><00:37:47.769><c> individual's</c><00:37:48.469><c> relationship</c><00:37:48.969><c> to</c><00:37:49.190><c> God</c>

00:37:49.530 --> 00:37:52.409
and<00:37:51.110><c> this</c><00:37:51.349><c> whole</c><00:37:51.730><c> important</c>

00:37:52.409 --> 00:37:56.230
discourse<00:37:53.110><c> then</c><00:37:53.769><c> is</c><00:37:54.590><c> reminiscent</c><00:37:55.070><c> just</c><00:37:55.469><c> as</c><00:37:55.650><c> the</c><00:37:55.789><c> woman</c><00:37:55.989><c> has</c>

00:37:56.230 --> 00:37:58.750
had<00:37:56.409><c> five</c><00:37:56.750><c> husbands</c><00:37:57.150><c> so</c><00:37:57.489><c> the</c><00:37:57.710><c> Samaritans</c><00:37:58.250><c> have</c><00:37:58.449><c> had</c>

00:37:58.750 --> 00:38:02.769
five<00:37:59.570><c> false</c><00:37:59.949><c> husbands,</c><00:38:00.429><c> the</c><00:38:00.670><c> false</c><00:38:00.929><c> gods</c><00:38:01.469><c> of</c><00:38:02.210><c> Abath</c><00:38:02.449><c> and</c><00:38:02.590><c> all</c>

00:38:02.769 --> 00:38:04.789
the<00:38:02.929><c> others</c><00:38:03.210><c> that</c><00:38:03.570><c> they</c><00:38:03.750><c> had</c><00:38:03.949><c> brought</c><00:38:04.110><c> with</c><00:38:04.369><c> them</c>

00:38:04.789 --> 00:38:10.210
and<00:38:05.469><c> the</c><00:38:05.909><c> one</c><00:38:06.070><c> which</c><00:38:06.309><c> they</c><00:38:06.610><c> now</c><00:38:06.949><c> as</c><00:38:07.289><c> it</c><00:38:07.530><c> were</c><00:38:07.789><c> serve</c><00:38:08.309><c> in</c><00:38:08.929><c> half</c><00:38:09.210><c> worship</c>

00:38:11.190 --> 00:38:16.309
they<00:38:11.949><c> do</c><00:38:12.230><c> not</c><00:38:12.489><c> know,</c><00:38:12.730><c> they</c><00:38:12.969><c> have</c><00:38:13.250><c> not</c><00:38:13.429><c> been</c><00:38:13.789><c> joined</c><00:38:14.110><c> to</c><00:38:14.409><c> him</c><00:38:14.889><c> in</c>

00:38:16.309 --> 00:38:20.409
the<00:38:16.789><c> true</c><00:38:17.030><c> marriage</c><00:38:17.510><c> of</c><00:38:18.409><c> worship</c><00:38:18.849><c> and</c><00:38:19.449><c> belief.</c>

00:38:21.170 --> 00:38:26.510
What<00:38:21.650><c> the</c><00:38:21.989><c> Lord</c><00:38:22.150><c> Jesus</c><00:38:22.530><c> opens</c><00:38:22.969><c> out</c><00:38:23.349><c> is</c><00:38:23.650><c> the</c><00:38:23.929><c> prospect</c><00:38:24.510><c> for</c>

00:38:26.510 --> 00:38:28.730
that<00:38:27.250><c> reconciliation,</c>

00:38:28.789 --> 00:38:36.489
that<00:38:30.349><c> bringing</c><00:38:30.769><c> to</c><00:38:31.170><c> true</c><00:38:31.369><c> worship</c><00:38:31.889><c> and</c><00:38:32.610><c> service</c><00:38:33.110><c> of</c><00:38:33.849><c> these</c><00:38:34.090><c> people</c><00:38:34.769><c> but</c><00:38:36.329><c> it</c>

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superstition<00:40:14.210><c> from</c><00:40:14.610><c> alienation</c><00:40:15.349><c> from</c><00:40:15.610><c> God</c><00:40:15.929><c> from</c><00:40:16.489><c> the</c><00:40:16.769><c> half</c>

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worship<00:40:17.590><c> the</c><00:40:18.630><c> false</c><00:40:18.909><c> worship</c><00:40:19.369><c> which</c><00:40:20.050><c> was</c><00:40:20.690><c> hers</c>

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Jews<00:40:27.090><c> after</c><00:40:27.429><c> the</c><00:40:27.670><c> Sabbath</c><00:40:27.889><c> healing</c>

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from<00:40:28.429><c> the</c><00:40:28.670><c> bondage</c><00:40:29.070><c> to</c><00:40:29.289><c> sin</c><00:40:29.449><c> and</c><00:40:29.750><c> death</c><00:40:30.230><c> to</c><00:40:32.010><c> the</c><00:40:32.210><c> Jews</c><00:40:32.369><c> at</c><00:40:32.590><c> Capernaum</c><00:40:33.570><c> when</c>

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life<00:40:53.989><c> is</c><00:40:54.289><c> abundant</c><00:40:54.710><c> and</c><00:40:55.289><c> available</c><00:40:55.789><c> to</c><00:40:56.110><c> them</c><00:40:56.429><c> in</c><00:40:56.909><c> the</c><00:40:57.130><c> discourse</c><00:40:57.389><c> on</c><00:40:57.570><c> the</c>

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sheepfold<00:40:58.230><c> and</c><00:40:58.409><c> the</c><00:40:58.590><c> shepherd</c>

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isolation<00:41:19.670><c> pride</c><00:41:20.650><c> false</c><00:41:21.489><c> reliance</c><00:41:22.030><c> on</c><00:41:22.289><c> self</c><00:41:23.110><c> the</c><00:41:24.289><c> discourse</c>

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from<00:41:26.510><c> doubt</c><00:41:26.909><c> from</c><00:41:27.210><c> uncertainty</c><00:41:27.869><c> the</c><00:41:29.329><c> true</c><00:41:29.590><c> vine</c><00:41:29.849><c> from</c><00:41:30.150><c> rootlessness</c>

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ecclesia<00:42:12.099><c> and</c><00:42:13.719><c> individually</c>

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now<00:42:17.059><c> that</c><00:42:17.760><c> parable</c><00:42:18.360><c> method</c>

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reality<00:42:36.260><c> behind</c><00:42:36.780><c> the</c><00:42:37.019><c> questions</c><00:42:37.440><c> they</c><00:42:37.840><c> think</c><00:42:38.000><c> they</c><00:42:38.260><c> are</c><00:42:38.440><c> asking</c><00:42:38.920><c> and</c>

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