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So<00:13:23.940><c> in</c><00:13:24.259><c> verse</c><00:13:24.500><c> 24,</c><00:13:25.259><c> the</c><00:13:25.379><c> man,</c><00:13:26.259><c> the</c><00:13:26.399><c> one</c><00:13:26.600><c>-talented</c><00:13:26.860><c> man</c>

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uses<00:13:27.559><c> these</c><00:13:28.320><c> idiomatic</c><00:13:29.019><c> phrases</c><00:13:29.600><c> to</c><00:13:30.080><c> describe</c><00:13:30.759><c> the</c><00:13:31.539><c> severity</c>

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of<00:13:33.340><c> what</c><00:13:33.700><c> he</c><00:13:33.940><c> thought</c><00:13:34.139><c> his</c><00:13:34.419><c> master</c><00:13:34.720><c> was</c><00:13:35.019><c> like.</c>

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He<00:13:36.399><c> says,</c><00:13:36.799><c> You</c><00:13:36.799><c> reap</c><00:13:37.240><c> where</c><00:13:37.480><c> you</c><00:13:37.620><c> have</c><00:13:37.799><c> not</c><00:13:38.139><c> sown.</c>

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You<00:13:38.740><c> gather</c><00:13:39.159><c> where</c><00:13:39.679><c> you</c><00:13:39.860><c> have</c><00:13:40.059><c> not</c><00:13:40.399><c> strawed.</c>

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And<00:13:40.940><c> those</c><00:13:41.179><c> are</c><00:13:42.519><c> idiomatic</c><00:13:43.100><c> phrases</c><00:13:43.659><c> used</c><00:13:44.159><c> to</c><00:13:44.620><c> describe</c><00:13:45.019><c> someone</c>

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who<00:13:46.000><c> just</c><00:13:46.460><c> expects</c><00:13:47.120><c> too</c><00:13:47.600><c> much.</c>

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And<00:13:50.120><c> again,</c><00:13:50.279><c> he</c><00:13:50.500><c> saw</c><00:13:50.779><c> his</c><00:13:51.080><c> master</c><00:13:51.399><c> as</c><00:13:51.620><c> this</c><00:13:51.940><c> taskmaster.</c>

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And<00:13:55.139><c> he</c><00:13:55.360><c> saw</c><00:13:55.759><c> his</c><00:13:56.159><c> religion</c><00:13:56.600><c> as</c><00:13:56.820><c> a</c><00:13:57.139><c> burden</c><00:13:57.580><c> weighing</c><00:13:58.080><c> down</c>

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upon<00:13:58.919><c> him.</c>

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He<00:14:02.100><c> just</c><00:14:02.360><c> gave</c><00:14:02.720><c> up.</c>

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And<00:14:06.200><c> that's</c><00:14:06.480><c> the</c><00:14:06.700><c> sadness</c><00:14:07.019><c> of</c><00:14:07.279><c> having</c><00:14:07.480><c> a</c><00:14:07.980><c> false</c><00:14:08.480><c> view</c><00:14:08.720><c> of</c><00:14:09.019><c> God.</c>

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It<00:14:09.299><c> can</c><00:14:09.620><c> cause</c><00:14:09.960><c> us</c><00:14:10.279><c> to</c><00:14:11.879><c> give</c><00:14:12.399><c> up.</c>

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That<00:14:16.919><c> second</c><00:14:17.600><c> idiomatic</c><00:14:18.240><c> phrase</c><00:14:18.580><c> at</c><00:14:18.820><c> the</c><00:14:18.860><c> end</c><00:14:19.080><c> of</c><00:14:19.179><c> verse</c><00:14:19.419><c> 24,</c>

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gathering<00:14:20.639><c> where</c><00:14:20.980><c> thou</c><00:14:21.159><c> hast</c><00:14:21.460><c> not</c><00:14:21.919><c> strawed,</c>

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it<00:14:24.440><c> actually</c><00:14:24.639><c> comes</c><00:14:25.059><c> from</c><00:14:25.580><c> a</c><00:14:25.879><c> little</c><00:14:26.240><c> theme</c>

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that<00:14:26.799><c> runs</c><00:14:27.019><c> through</c><00:14:27.360><c> the</c><00:14:27.519><c> Old</c><00:14:27.779><c> Testament.</c>

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You<00:14:29.980><c> see,</c><00:14:30.340><c> every</c><00:14:30.620><c> time</c><00:14:30.980><c> that</c><00:14:31.279><c> someone</c><00:14:31.559><c> is</c><00:14:31.899><c> gathering</c><00:14:32.620><c> straw</c>

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in<00:14:34.080><c> the</c><00:14:34.259><c> Old</c><00:14:34.460><c> Testament,</c>

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it's<00:14:36.539><c> in</c><00:14:36.659><c> the</c><00:14:36.799><c> context</c><00:14:37.659><c> of</c><00:14:38.840><c> something</c><00:14:39.120><c> that</c><00:14:39.399><c> comes</c><00:14:39.799><c> across</c>

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as<00:14:41.480><c> hard</c><00:14:41.960><c> and</c><00:14:42.919><c> strict</c><00:14:43.419><c> and</c><00:14:44.299><c> severe.</c>

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Three<00:14:46.740><c> times</c><00:14:47.179><c> in</c><00:14:47.360><c> the</c><00:14:47.440><c> Old</c><00:14:47.639><c> Testament,</c>

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we<00:14:48.220><c> find</c><00:14:48.440><c> people</c><00:14:48.840><c> gathering</c><00:14:49.659><c> straw</c><00:14:50.620><c> or</c><00:14:51.279><c> gathering</c><00:14:51.779><c> sticks.</c>

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And<00:14:52.419><c> we</c><00:14:52.519><c> want</c><00:14:52.620><c> to</c><00:14:52.720><c> have</c><00:14:52.860><c> a</c><00:14:52.960><c> look</c><00:14:53.080><c> at</c><00:14:53.200><c> them.</c>

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And<00:14:56.000><c> as</c><00:14:56.139><c> we</c><00:14:56.299><c> look</c><00:14:56.460><c> at</c><00:14:56.580><c> these</c><00:14:56.799><c> passages,</c>

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let's<00:14:57.639><c> just</c><00:14:58.679><c> think</c><00:14:59.120><c> to</c><00:14:59.320><c> ourselves,</c>

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how<00:15:00.100><c> do</c><00:15:00.279><c> we</c><00:15:00.519><c> read</c><00:15:00.860><c> the</c><00:15:01.120><c> Scripture</c><00:15:01.519><c> in</c><00:15:01.980><c> these</c><00:15:02.240><c> passages?</c>

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With<00:15:04.639><c> what</c><00:15:04.980><c> spirit</c><00:15:05.480><c> do</c><00:15:05.639><c> we</c><00:15:05.779><c> read</c><00:15:06.019><c> them?</c>

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With<00:15:07.740><c> what</c><00:15:08.059><c> spirit</c><00:15:08.419><c> do</c><00:15:08.539><c> we</c><00:15:08.740><c> receive</c><00:15:09.320><c> the</c><00:15:09.600><c> Word</c><00:15:09.759><c> of</c><00:15:09.960><c> God?</c>

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Do<00:15:10.840><c> we</c><00:15:11.080><c> read</c><00:15:11.279><c> the</c><00:15:11.500><c> Word</c><00:15:11.659><c> of</c><00:15:11.919><c> God</c><00:15:12.179><c> through</c><00:15:12.440><c> the</c><00:15:12.679><c> lens</c><00:15:13.000><c> of</c><00:15:13.340><c> someone</c>

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who<00:15:14.240><c> perceives</c><00:15:14.860><c> the</c><00:15:15.139><c> God</c><00:15:15.279><c> of</c><00:15:15.500><c> heaven</c><00:15:15.860><c> as</c><00:15:16.360><c> a</c><00:15:16.679><c> strict</c><00:15:16.879><c> taskmaster?</c>

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Or<00:15:19.299><c> do</c><00:15:19.460><c> we</c><00:15:19.620><c> read</c><00:15:19.799><c> the</c><00:15:20.019><c> Word</c><00:15:20.159><c> of</c><00:15:20.399><c> God</c>

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through<00:15:21.940><c> the</c><00:15:22.139><c> lens</c><00:15:22.419><c> of</c><00:15:22.700><c> someone</c><00:15:22.840><c> who</c><00:15:23.220><c> understands</c>

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they<00:15:23.940><c> are</c><00:15:24.179><c> a</c><00:15:24.360><c> son</c><00:15:24.620><c> or</c><00:15:24.940><c> daughter</c><00:15:25.360><c> of</c><00:15:25.659><c> God,</c>

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who<00:15:27.299><c> is</c><00:15:27.500><c> a</c><00:15:27.639><c> loving</c><00:15:27.860><c> father?</c>

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Let's<00:15:29.940><c> look</c><00:15:30.139><c> at</c><00:15:30.259><c> Numbers</c><00:15:30.720><c> 15.</c>

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Because<00:15:34.480><c> you</c><00:15:34.620><c> see,</c><00:15:34.879><c> how</c><00:15:35.139><c> we</c><00:15:35.519><c> read</c><00:15:35.940><c> the</c><00:15:36.179><c> Word</c><00:15:36.340><c> of</c><00:15:36.559><c> God</c>

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affects<00:15:37.820><c> our</c><00:15:38.440><c> thinking.</c>

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If<00:15:41.259><c> we</c><00:15:41.379><c> read</c><00:15:41.600><c> it</c><00:15:41.759><c> like</c><00:15:41.980><c> a</c><00:15:42.320><c> manual,</c>

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like<00:15:45.179><c> a</c><00:15:45.320><c> list</c><00:15:45.519><c> of</c><00:15:45.759><c> rules,</c>

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then<00:15:49.159><c> it's</c><00:15:49.360><c> going</c><00:15:49.480><c> to</c><00:15:49.639><c> produce</c><00:15:49.960><c> in</c><00:15:50.080><c> us</c><00:15:50.299><c> this</c><00:15:50.600><c> law</c><00:15:50.919><c>-based,</c>

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negative,<00:15:52.460><c> constricting,</c><00:15:53.539><c> fearful</c><00:15:54.179><c> religion.</c>

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So<00:15:56.000><c> we</c><00:15:56.120><c> need</c><00:15:56.299><c> to</c><00:15:56.480><c> read</c><00:15:56.740><c> the</c><00:15:56.940><c> Word</c><00:15:57.100><c> of</c><00:15:57.279><c> God</c>

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as<00:16:00.059><c> a</c><00:16:00.320><c> father</c><00:16:00.720><c> instructing</c><00:16:01.480><c> his</c><00:16:01.679><c> child.</c>

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So<00:16:03.179><c> let's</c><00:16:03.340><c> look</c><00:16:03.519><c> at</c><00:16:03.600><c> Numbers</c><00:16:03.899><c> 15.</c>

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How<00:16:07.019><c> do</c><00:16:07.200><c> you</c><00:16:07.340><c> read</c><00:16:07.600><c> this</c><00:16:07.879><c> passage,</c><00:16:08.379><c> brothers</c><00:16:08.519><c> and</c><00:16:08.779><c> sisters?</c>

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Verse<00:16:09.759><c> 32.</c>

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Here<00:16:14.159><c> we</c><00:16:14.399><c> see</c><00:16:14.700><c> the</c><00:16:15.100><c> severity</c><00:16:15.960><c> of</c><00:16:18.179><c> law.</c>

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Verse<00:16:20.379><c> 32</c><00:16:20.919><c> of</c><00:16:21.139><c> Numbers</c><00:16:21.440><c> 15</c><00:16:21.840><c> says,</c>

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And<00:16:22.620><c> while</c><00:16:22.840><c> the</c><00:16:23.019><c> children</c><00:16:23.259><c> of</c><00:16:23.440><c> Israel</c><00:16:23.659><c> were</c><00:16:23.860><c> in</c><00:16:23.980><c> the</c><00:16:24.120><c> wilderness,</c>

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they<00:16:24.679><c> found</c><00:16:24.879><c> a</c><00:16:25.080><c> man</c><00:16:25.259><c> that</c><00:16:25.580><c> gathered</c><00:16:25.960><c> sticks.</c>

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There's<00:16:28.899><c> this</c><00:16:29.080><c> little</c><00:16:29.419><c> phrase</c><00:16:29.820><c> that's</c><00:16:30.240><c> used</c>

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in<00:16:30.759><c> an</c><00:16:31.019><c> idiomatic</c><00:16:31.980><c> way</c><00:16:32.460><c> by</c><00:16:32.779><c> the</c><00:16:32.980><c> one</c><00:16:33.200><c> talent</c><00:16:33.399><c> man.</c>

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So<00:16:34.360><c> a</c><00:16:34.460><c> man</c><00:16:34.600><c> that</c><00:16:34.960><c> gathered</c><00:16:35.159><c> sticks</c><00:16:35.559><c> upon</c><00:16:35.899><c> the</c><00:16:36.159><c> Sabbath</c><00:16:36.399><c> day.</c>

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And<00:16:37.340><c> they</c><00:16:37.480><c> that</c><00:16:37.700><c> found</c><00:16:37.980><c> him</c><00:16:38.279><c> gathering</c><00:16:38.720><c> sticks</c>

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brought<00:16:40.179><c> him</c><00:16:40.419><c> to</c><00:16:40.559><c> Moses</c><00:16:40.919><c> and</c><00:16:41.240><c> Aaron</c>

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and<00:16:41.639><c> unto</c><00:16:41.820><c> all</c><00:16:42.059><c> the</c><00:16:42.240><c> congregation.</c>

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And<00:16:43.059><c> they</c><00:16:43.580><c> put</c><00:16:43.759><c> him</c><00:16:43.960><c> in</c><00:16:44.200><c> ward</c><00:16:44.360><c> because</c><00:16:44.620><c> it</c><00:16:44.779><c> was</c><00:16:44.960><c> not</c><00:16:45.159><c> declared</c>

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what<00:16:45.700><c> should</c><00:16:45.860><c> be</c><00:16:46.019><c> done</c><00:16:46.179><c> to</c><00:16:46.360><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:47.019><c> the</c><00:16:47.139><c> Lord</c><00:16:47.299><c> said</c><00:16:47.500><c> to</c><00:16:47.679><c> Moses,</c>

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This<00:16:48.059><c> man</c><00:16:48.759><c> shall</c><00:16:49.320><c> be</c><00:16:49.700><c> surely</c><00:16:50.159><c> put</c><00:16:50.620><c> to</c><00:16:50.860><c> death.</c>

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All<00:16:52.299><c> the</c><00:16:52.620><c> congregation</c><00:16:53.080><c> shall</c><00:16:53.419><c> stone</c><00:16:53.740><c> him</c><00:16:53.899><c> with</c><00:16:54.080><c> stones</c>

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without<00:16:55.360><c> the</c><00:16:55.639><c> camp.</c>

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When<00:16:59.039><c> you</c><00:16:59.220><c> read</c><00:16:59.379><c> that</c><00:16:59.620><c> you</c><00:16:59.740><c> think,</c>

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well,<00:17:01.779><c> the</c><00:17:02.000><c> law</c><00:17:02.320><c> is</c><00:17:02.600><c> just</c><00:17:02.960><c> too</c><00:17:03.320><c> hard,</c>

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too<00:17:05.400><c> strict.</c>

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All<00:17:07.259><c> he</c><00:17:07.400><c> was</c><00:17:07.559><c> doing</c><00:17:07.839><c> was</c><00:17:08.079><c> gathering</c><00:17:08.480><c> some</c><00:17:08.900><c> sticks.</c>

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It's<00:17:09.619><c> an</c><00:17:09.839><c> innocuous</c><00:17:10.359><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:17:11.240><c> yet,</c><00:17:13.940><c> the</c><00:17:14.079><c> law</c><00:17:14.480><c> condemned</c><00:17:15.039><c> him</c><00:17:15.539><c> to</c><00:17:15.740><c> death.</c>

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Just<00:17:18.019><c> for</c><00:17:18.319><c> gathering</c><00:17:18.759><c> some</c><00:17:19.700><c> sticks.</c>

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So<00:17:22.119><c> that's</c><00:17:22.519><c> the</c><00:17:22.779><c> hardness</c><00:17:23.359><c> of</c><00:17:24.220><c> law.</c>

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And<00:17:27.180><c> if</c><00:17:27.279><c> we</c><00:17:27.440><c> want</c><00:17:27.559><c> to</c><00:17:27.740><c> have</c><00:17:27.920><c> a</c><00:17:28.259><c> law</c><00:17:28.839><c>-based</c><00:17:29.440><c> religion,</c>

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then<00:17:32.980><c> we</c><00:17:33.619><c> shall</c><00:17:33.759><c> be</c><00:17:33.980><c> judged</c><00:17:34.559><c> by</c><00:17:35.400><c> that</c><00:17:35.700><c> law,</c>

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strictly,<00:17:39.859><c> harshly,</c>

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and<00:17:41.880><c> we</c><00:17:42.019><c> shall</c><00:17:42.200><c> be</c><00:17:42.400><c> condemned.</c>

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But<00:17:45.500><c> Paul</c><00:17:45.819><c> in</c><00:17:46.019><c> Romans</c><00:17:46.319><c> says,</c>

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in<00:17:48.000><c> Christ</c><00:17:48.380><c> Jesus</c><00:17:48.700><c> there</c><00:17:48.920><c> is</c><00:17:49.220><c> no</c><00:17:49.420><c> condemnation.</c>

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We<00:17:50.279><c> are</c><00:17:50.640><c> free</c><00:17:51.279><c> from</c><00:17:52.000><c> law.</c>

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So<00:17:55.279><c> how</c><00:17:55.500><c> do</c><00:17:55.619><c> we</c><00:17:55.779><c> read</c><00:17:55.940><c> the</c><00:17:56.180><c> Scriptures?</c>

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Do<00:17:56.720><c> we</c><00:17:56.960><c> read</c><00:17:57.119><c> it</c><00:17:57.279><c> like</c><00:17:57.579><c> a</c><00:17:59.099><c> legal</c><00:17:59.460><c> manual?</c>

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Or<00:18:01.079><c> do</c><00:18:01.240><c> we</c><00:18:01.339><c> read</c><00:18:01.480><c> it</c><00:18:01.720><c> like</c><00:18:01.980><c> God</c><00:18:02.559><c> instructing</c><00:18:03.579><c> His</c><00:18:03.859><c> children</c>

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and<00:18:04.440><c> giving</c><00:18:04.660><c> us</c><00:18:05.559><c> principles</c><00:18:06.119><c> to</c><00:18:06.420><c> learn</c><00:18:06.640><c> from?</c>

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Let's<00:18:08.720><c> look</c><00:18:08.880><c> at</c><00:18:09.019><c> Exodus</c><00:18:09.500><c> chapter</c><00:18:09.839><c> 5.</c>

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Here<00:18:12.539><c> we</c><00:18:12.720><c> find</c><00:18:12.960><c> the</c><00:18:13.180><c> children</c><00:18:13.480><c> of</c><00:18:13.819><c> Israel</c><00:18:14.740><c> in</c><00:18:17.980><c> Egypt.</c>

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Egypt<00:18:20.779><c> which</c><00:18:21.220><c> was</c><00:18:21.660><c> the</c><00:18:21.940><c> land</c><00:18:22.680><c> of</c><00:18:23.720><c> sin.</c>

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Everything<00:18:25.420><c> surrounding</c><00:18:25.960><c> Egypt</c><00:18:26.440><c> symbolizes</c><00:18:28.140><c> sin</c>

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and<00:18:30.079><c> the</c><00:18:30.299><c> bondage</c><00:18:30.819><c> of</c><00:18:31.099><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:18:35.660><c> how</c><00:18:35.759><c> the</c><00:18:35.900><c> children</c><00:18:36.220><c> of</c><00:18:36.519><c> Israel</c><00:18:36.799><c> were</c>

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surrounded<00:18:40.240><c> by</c><00:18:40.680><c> sin</c><00:18:40.920><c> and</c><00:18:41.180><c> were</c><00:18:41.420><c> taken</c><00:18:41.640><c> out</c><00:18:42.380><c> of</c><00:18:42.859><c> that</c>

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to<00:18:44.660><c> live</c><00:18:45.039><c> a</c><00:18:45.319><c> righteous</c><00:18:45.680><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:48.740><c> so,</c><00:18:49.440><c> in</c><00:18:49.660><c> Exodus</c><00:18:49.920><c> chapter</c><00:18:50.339><c> 5,</c>

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we<00:18:50.960><c> learn</c><00:18:51.220><c> about</c><00:18:51.660><c> the</c><00:18:52.519><c> strictness</c><00:18:53.759><c> of</c><00:18:55.279><c> sin.</c>

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Have<00:18:58.140><c> a</c><00:18:58.160><c> look</c><00:18:58.299><c> at</c><00:18:58.420><c> Exodus</c><00:18:58.779><c> chapter</c><00:18:59.039><c> 5,</c><00:18:59.440><c> verse</c><00:18:59.640><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:19:00.559><c> Pharaoh</c><00:19:00.819><c> commanded</c><00:19:01.180><c> the</c><00:19:01.460><c> same</c><00:19:01.619><c> day</c>

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the<00:19:02.059><c> taskmasters</c><00:19:02.759><c> of</c><00:19:02.960><c> the</c><00:19:03.099><c> people</c><00:19:03.339><c> in</c><00:19:03.500><c> their</c><00:19:03.640><c> office,</c><00:19:04.099><c> saying,</c>

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You<00:19:04.900><c> shall</c><00:19:05.079><c> no</c><00:19:05.400><c> more</c><00:19:05.579><c> give</c><00:19:05.819><c> the</c><00:19:06.059><c> people</c><00:19:06.380><c> straw</c>

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to<00:19:07.000><c> make</c><00:19:07.180><c> brick</c><00:19:07.579><c> as</c><00:19:08.099><c> before</c><00:19:08.519><c> time.</c>

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Let<00:19:08.900><c> them</c><00:19:09.119><c> go</c><00:19:09.400><c> and</c><00:19:09.720><c> gather</c><00:19:10.059><c> straw.</c>

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There<00:19:10.920><c> it</c><00:19:11.079><c> is</c><00:19:11.240><c> again.</c>

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Let<00:19:13.059><c> them</c><00:19:13.240><c> go</c><00:19:13.539><c> and</c><00:19:13.799><c> gather</c><00:19:14.220><c> straw</c><00:19:14.920><c> for</c><00:19:15.559><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:19:17.519><c> the</c><00:19:17.720><c> tail</c><00:19:17.880><c> of</c><00:19:18.079><c> the</c><00:19:18.299><c> bricks</c><00:19:18.480><c> which</c><00:19:18.720><c> they</c><00:19:18.960><c> did</c><00:19:19.099><c> make</c><00:19:19.420><c> here</c>

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to<00:19:19.960><c> fall,</c>

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you<00:19:20.660><c> shall</c><00:19:20.779><c> lay</c><00:19:21.000><c> upon</c><00:19:21.279><c> them.</c>

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You<00:19:21.619><c> shall</c><00:19:21.799><c> not</c><00:19:22.019><c> diminish</c><00:19:22.420><c> all</c><00:19:22.759><c> thereof,</c>

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for<00:19:24.160><c> they</c><00:19:24.380><c> be</c><00:19:24.640><c> idle.</c>

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Therefore<00:19:25.319><c> they</c><00:19:25.660><c> cry,</c><00:19:26.059><c> saying,</c>

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Let<00:19:26.299><c> us</c><00:19:26.460><c> go</c><00:19:26.660><c> and</c><00:19:26.859><c> sacrifice</c><00:19:27.319><c> to</c><00:19:27.559><c> our</c><00:19:27.720><c> God.</c>

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Let<00:19:28.799><c> their</c><00:19:29.240><c> more</c><00:19:29.500><c> work</c><00:19:29.759><c> be</c><00:19:29.960><c> laid</c><00:19:30.140><c> upon</c><00:19:30.440><c> the</c><00:19:30.700><c> men</c>

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that<00:19:31.319><c> they</c><00:19:31.539><c> may</c><00:19:31.759><c> labor</c><00:19:32.180><c> therein,</c>

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and<00:19:33.000><c> let</c><00:19:33.180><c> them</c><00:19:33.440><c> not</c><00:19:33.700><c> regard</c><00:19:34.000><c> vain</c><00:19:34.359><c> words.</c>

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And<00:19:35.299><c> the</c><00:19:35.500><c> taskmasters</c><00:19:36.119><c> of</c><00:19:36.279><c> the</c><00:19:36.420><c> people</c><00:19:36.579><c> went</c><00:19:36.900><c> out</c>

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in<00:19:37.359><c> their</c><00:19:37.599><c> offices,</c>

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and<00:19:38.059><c> they</c><00:19:38.339><c> speak</c><00:19:38.480><c> to</c><00:19:38.640><c> the</c><00:19:38.819><c> people,</c><00:19:39.339><c> saying,</c>

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Thus<00:19:40.059><c> says</c><00:19:40.299><c> Pharaoh,</c>

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I<00:19:41.160><c> will</c><00:19:41.400><c> not</c><00:19:41.619><c> give</c><00:19:41.819><c> you</c><00:19:42.119><c> straw.</c>

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Go,<00:19:43.900><c> you</c><00:19:44.259><c> get</c><00:19:44.539><c> you</c><00:19:44.819><c> straw</c><00:19:45.180><c> where</c><00:19:45.460><c> you</c><00:19:45.640><c> can</c><00:19:45.920><c> find</c><00:19:46.119><c> it,</c>

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yet<00:19:46.799><c> not</c><00:19:47.160><c> aught</c><00:19:47.380><c> of</c><00:19:47.559><c> your</c><00:19:47.819><c> work</c><00:19:48.079><c> shall</c><00:19:48.279><c> be</c><00:19:48.519><c> diminished.</c>

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So<00:19:49.740><c> the</c><00:19:49.920><c> people</c><00:19:50.180><c> were</c><00:19:50.460><c> scattered</c><00:19:50.779><c> abroad</c>

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throughout<00:19:51.420><c> all</c><00:19:51.720><c> the</c><00:19:51.839><c> land</c><00:19:51.980><c> of</c><00:19:52.180><c> Egypt,</c>

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to<00:19:53.160><c> gather</c><00:19:53.740><c> stubble</c><00:19:54.420><c> or</c><00:19:54.720><c> straw.</c>

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And<00:19:58.039><c> we</c><00:19:58.259><c> see</c><00:19:58.460><c> here,</c><00:19:58.900><c> brothers</c><00:19:59.000><c> and</c><00:19:59.240><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:19:59.980><c> hardness</c><00:20:01.319><c> of</c><00:20:02.900><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:20:04.599><c> when</c><00:20:04.700><c> we</c><00:20:04.880><c> read</c><00:20:05.039><c> the</c><00:20:05.279><c> Scriptures,</c><00:20:05.859><c> brothers</c><00:20:05.960><c> and</c><00:20:06.200><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:20:07.839><c> we</c><00:20:07.980><c> read</c><00:20:08.160><c> the</c><00:20:08.440><c> commandments</c><00:20:08.900><c> of</c><00:20:09.180><c> God,</c>

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how<00:20:11.079><c> do</c><00:20:11.200><c> we</c><00:20:11.359><c> receive</c><00:20:12.079><c> this</c><00:20:12.480><c> instruction?</c>

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Do<00:20:14.400><c> we</c><00:20:14.539><c> look</c><00:20:14.740><c> at</c><00:20:14.900><c> the</c><00:20:15.119><c> Scriptures</c>

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and<00:20:17.259><c> the</c><00:20:17.819><c> moral</c><00:20:18.140><c> life</c><00:20:18.619><c> that</c><00:20:18.819><c> God</c><00:20:19.099><c> expects</c><00:20:19.519><c> us</c><00:20:19.779><c> to</c><00:20:20.000><c> lead?</c>

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And<00:20:20.880><c> do</c><00:20:21.000><c> we</c><00:20:21.140><c> just</c><00:20:21.440><c> think</c><00:20:21.599><c> it's</c><00:20:21.839><c> just</c><00:20:22.220><c> too</c><00:20:22.660><c> hard?</c>

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God<00:20:25.359><c> is</c><00:20:25.599><c> like</c><00:20:25.799><c> a</c><00:20:26.099><c> taskmaster</c>

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expecting<00:20:27.339><c> us</c><00:20:28.220><c> to</c><00:20:28.940><c> overcome</c><00:20:29.660><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:20:30.279><c> it's</c><00:20:30.500><c> just</c><00:20:31.180><c> too</c><00:20:31.920><c> difficult.</c>

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And<00:20:33.940><c> maybe</c><00:20:34.079><c> we</c><00:20:34.359><c> feel</c><00:20:34.640><c> like</c><00:20:34.920><c> this</c><00:20:35.200><c> one</c><00:20:35.500><c> talent</c><00:20:35.839><c> man</c>

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and<00:20:36.759><c> just</c><00:20:36.980><c> want</c><00:20:37.119><c> to</c><00:20:37.400><c> bury</c><00:20:37.859><c> our</c><00:20:38.440><c> talent.</c>

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Do<00:20:40.900><c> we</c><00:20:41.119><c> find</c><00:20:41.420><c> overcoming</c><00:20:41.920><c> sin</c><00:20:42.259><c> just</c><00:20:42.640><c> too</c><00:20:42.920><c> difficult?</c>

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Is<00:20:45.480><c> that</c><00:20:45.640><c> how</c><00:20:45.819><c> we</c><00:20:46.039><c> read</c><00:20:46.299><c> the</c><00:20:46.460><c> Word</c><00:20:46.579><c> of</c><00:20:46.799><c> God?</c>

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Well,<00:20:49.500><c> let's</c><00:20:49.680><c> look</c><00:20:49.819><c> at</c><00:20:49.920><c> the</c><00:20:50.059><c> other</c><00:20:50.259><c> example.</c>

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It's<00:20:50.740><c> in</c><00:20:50.839><c> 1</c><00:20:51.319><c> Kings</c><00:20:51.700><c> 17.</c>

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Here<00:21:05.880><c> we</c><00:21:06.079><c> come</c><00:21:06.240><c> to</c><00:21:06.480><c> the</c><00:21:06.619><c> days</c><00:21:06.799><c> of</c><00:21:07.119><c> Elijah</c>

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during<00:21:11.200><c> that</c><00:21:11.559><c> three</c><00:21:11.759><c> and</c><00:21:11.960><c> a</c><00:21:11.980><c> half</c><00:21:12.259><c> year</c><00:21:12.559><c> famine.</c>

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He<00:21:14.940><c> comes</c><00:21:15.180><c> to</c><00:21:15.420><c> the</c><00:21:15.440><c> city</c><00:21:15.740><c> of</c><00:21:15.980><c> Zarephath,</c>

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and<00:21:17.240><c> he</c><00:21:17.339><c> meets</c><00:21:17.539><c> a</c><00:21:17.799><c> widow.</c>

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Of<00:21:20.200><c> course,</c><00:21:20.599><c> they</c><00:21:20.619><c> had</c><00:21:20.839><c> no</c><00:21:21.220><c> social</c><00:21:21.720><c> security</c><00:21:22.380><c> in</c><00:21:22.579><c> those</c><00:21:22.819><c> days.</c>

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This<00:21:24.480><c> widow</c><00:21:24.700><c> would</c><00:21:24.900><c> have</c><00:21:25.039><c> been</c><00:21:25.180><c> at</c><00:21:25.299><c> the</c><00:21:25.539><c> mercy</c><00:21:25.940><c> of</c><00:21:26.200><c> others.</c>

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It<00:21:27.920><c> was</c><00:21:28.160><c> hard</c><00:21:28.380><c> enough</c><00:21:28.559><c> being</c><00:21:28.940><c> a</c><00:21:29.140><c> widow,</c>

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let<00:21:31.480><c> alone</c><00:21:31.720><c> in</c><00:21:31.900><c> the</c><00:21:32.000><c> middle</c><00:21:32.140><c> of</c><00:21:32.339><c> a</c><00:21:32.539><c> famine.</c>

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It's<00:21:34.960><c> an</c><00:21:35.240><c> absolutely</c><00:21:35.740><c> desperate</c><00:21:36.619><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:21:38.359><c> so</c><00:21:38.460><c> we</c><00:21:38.599><c> come</c><00:21:38.759><c> here</c><00:21:39.019><c> to</c><00:21:39.200><c> 1</c><00:21:39.420><c> Kings</c><00:21:39.759><c> 17,</c>

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and<00:21:44.480><c> verse</c><00:21:44.819><c> 8,</c>

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The<00:21:45.140><c> word</c><00:21:45.359><c> of</c><00:21:45.500><c> the</c><00:21:45.599><c> Lord</c><00:21:45.799><c> came</c><00:21:46.039><c> to</c><00:21:46.240><c> Elijah,</c><00:21:46.839><c> saying,</c>

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Arise,<00:21:47.359><c> get</c><00:21:47.579><c> thee</c><00:21:47.740><c> to</c><00:21:47.940><c> Zarephath,</c>

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which<00:21:48.579><c> belongs</c><00:21:48.960><c> to</c><00:21:49.240><c> Zidon,</c><00:21:49.660><c> and</c><00:21:49.819><c> dwell</c><00:21:49.960><c> there.</c>

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Behold,<00:21:51.019><c> I</c><00:21:51.140><c> have</c><00:21:51.240><c> commanded</c><00:21:51.500><c> a</c><00:21:51.740><c> widow</c><00:21:51.920><c> woman</c><00:21:52.140><c> there</c>

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to<00:21:52.579><c> sustain</c><00:21:53.019><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:21:53.720><c> he</c><00:21:53.900><c> arose</c><00:21:54.160><c> and</c><00:21:54.259><c> went</c><00:21:54.500><c> to</c><00:21:54.619><c> Zarephath,</c>

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and<00:21:55.660><c> when</c><00:21:55.819><c> he</c><00:21:55.960><c> came</c><00:21:56.140><c> to</c><00:21:56.299><c> the</c><00:21:56.420><c> gate</c><00:21:56.599><c> of</c><00:21:56.740><c> the</c><00:21:56.880><c> city,</c>

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behold,<00:21:57.579><c> the</c><00:21:57.779><c> widow</c><00:21:58.099><c> woman</c><00:21:58.359><c> was</c><00:21:58.599><c> there,</c>

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gathering<00:22:01.140><c> sticks.</c>

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And<00:22:03.660><c> he</c><00:22:03.759><c> called</c><00:22:03.940><c> to</c><00:22:04.039><c> her</c><00:22:04.180><c> and</c><00:22:04.240><c> said,</c>

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Fetch<00:22:04.759><c> me,</c><00:22:05.000><c> I</c><00:22:05.099><c> pray,</c><00:22:05.319><c> the</c><00:22:05.400><c> little</c><00:22:05.619><c> water</c><00:22:05.980><c> in</c><00:22:06.119><c> a</c><00:22:06.259><c> vessel</c>

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that<00:22:07.420><c> I</c><00:22:07.619><c> may</c><00:22:07.779><c> drink.</c>

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And<00:22:09.279><c> as</c><00:22:09.440><c> she</c><00:22:09.559><c> was</c><00:22:09.759><c> going</c><00:22:10.000><c> to</c><00:22:10.259><c> fetch</c><00:22:10.420><c> it,</c>

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he<00:22:10.720><c> called</c><00:22:11.000><c> to</c><00:22:11.059><c> her</c><00:22:11.299><c> and</c><00:22:11.440><c> said,</c>

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Bring<00:22:11.940><c> me,</c><00:22:12.160><c> I</c><00:22:12.319><c> pray,</c><00:22:12.519><c> the</c><00:22:12.660><c> morsel</c><00:22:13.079><c> of</c><00:22:13.259><c> bread</c><00:22:13.420><c> in</c><00:22:13.619><c> thine</c><00:22:13.720><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:22:14.599><c> she</c><00:22:14.779><c> said,</c>

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As<00:22:15.180><c> the</c><00:22:15.359><c> Lord</c><00:22:15.640><c> thy</c><00:22:15.819><c> God</c><00:22:16.099><c> lives,</c>

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I<00:22:17.140><c> have</c><00:22:17.299><c> not</c><00:22:17.460><c> a</c><00:22:17.680><c> cake,</c>

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but<00:22:18.140><c> a</c><00:22:18.299><c> handful</c><00:22:18.579><c> of</c><00:22:18.819><c> meal</c><00:22:18.960><c> in</c><00:22:19.160><c> a</c><00:22:19.299><c> barrel,</c>

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and<00:22:20.180><c> a</c><00:22:20.240><c> little</c><00:22:20.400><c> oil</c><00:22:20.720><c> in</c><00:22:20.960><c> a</c><00:22:21.119><c> cruise.</c>

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And<00:22:21.519><c> behold,</c><00:22:22.839><c> I</c><00:22:22.940><c> am</c><00:22:23.059><c> gathering</c><00:22:23.480><c> two</c><00:22:23.960><c> sticks,</c>

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that<00:22:25.539><c> I</c><00:22:25.660><c> may</c><00:22:25.779><c> go</c><00:22:26.039><c> in</c><00:22:26.700><c> and</c><00:22:27.200><c> dress</c><00:22:27.480><c> it</c><00:22:27.640><c> for</c><00:22:27.839><c> me</c><00:22:28.619><c> and</c><00:22:28.960><c> my</c><00:22:29.240><c> son,</c>

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that<00:22:30.720><c> we</c><00:22:30.859><c> may</c><00:22:31.039><c> eat</c><00:22:31.299><c> it</c><00:22:32.480><c> and</c><00:22:33.119><c> die.</c>

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What<00:22:36.380><c> a</c><00:22:36.440><c> prophetic</c><00:22:36.859><c> situation.</c>

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A<00:22:39.980><c> desperate</c><00:22:40.440><c> situation.</c>

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Emphasizing<00:22:43.900><c> for</c><00:22:44.299><c> us</c><00:22:44.640><c> the</c><00:22:45.480><c> mortality</c>

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and<00:22:47.579><c> that</c><00:22:48.059><c> weight</c><00:22:48.380><c> of</c><00:22:48.859><c> death</c>

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that<00:22:49.759><c> we</c><00:22:50.200><c> feel</c><00:22:50.539><c> more</c><00:22:50.960><c> and</c><00:22:51.180><c> more,</c>

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the<00:22:51.519><c> older</c><00:22:51.759><c> we</c><00:22:52.099><c> get,</c>

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is<00:22:55.140><c> the</c><00:22:55.380><c> weight</c><00:22:55.559><c> of</c><00:22:55.759><c> the</c><00:22:56.079><c> flesh</c>

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:59.900
just<00:22:56.799><c> weighs</c><00:22:57.160><c> us</c><00:22:57.559><c> down</c><00:22:57.900><c> more</c><00:22:58.460><c> and</c><00:22:58.920><c> more.</c>

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And<00:23:00.240><c> here</c><00:23:00.359><c> this</c><00:23:00.660><c> woman</c><00:23:01.059><c> feels</c><00:23:01.839><c> her</c><00:23:02.480><c> mortality.</c>

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:06.140
And<00:23:04.099><c> gathering</c><00:23:04.440><c> a</c><00:23:04.740><c> few</c><00:23:04.960><c> sticks,</c>

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I<00:23:06.339><c> make</c><00:23:06.700><c> the</c><00:23:07.180><c> last</c><00:23:07.640><c> meal</c><00:23:07.940><c> for</c><00:23:08.299><c> me</c><00:23:08.519><c> and</c><00:23:08.640><c> my</c><00:23:08.880><c> son,</c>

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:11.160
and<00:23:09.440><c> then</c><00:23:09.640><c> we're</c><00:23:09.859><c> going</c><00:23:09.980><c> to</c><00:23:10.160><c> die.</c>

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No<00:23:12.079><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:23:15.299><c> is</c><00:23:15.440><c> that</c><00:23:15.660><c> how</c><00:23:16.019><c> we</c><00:23:16.420><c> think</c><00:23:16.619><c> of</c><00:23:16.839><c> our</c><00:23:17.019><c> mortality,</c>

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brothers<00:23:17.779><c> and</c><00:23:18.000><c> sisters?</c>

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Does<00:23:20.700><c> it</c><00:23:20.859><c> make</c><00:23:21.039><c> us</c><00:23:21.339><c> desperate?</c>

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:26.460
And<00:23:24.440><c> as</c><00:23:24.539><c> we</c><00:23:24.740><c> try</c><00:23:24.920><c> to</c><00:23:25.279><c> toil</c><00:23:25.579><c> through</c><00:23:26.019><c> life,</c>

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:30.339
we<00:23:27.319><c> feel</c><00:23:27.740><c> the</c><00:23:28.059><c> weight</c><00:23:28.420><c> of</c><00:23:28.980><c> our</c><00:23:29.140><c> mortality</c>

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:34.579
dragging<00:23:32.099><c> us</c><00:23:32.420><c> down</c><00:23:32.779><c> to</c><00:23:32.960><c> the</c><00:23:33.160><c> earth</c><00:23:33.420><c> continually.</c>

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:38.779
Do<00:23:36.799><c> we</c><00:23:37.039><c> feel</c><00:23:37.259><c> like</c><00:23:37.579><c> giving</c><00:23:37.799><c> up,</c>

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like<00:23:39.339><c> this</c><00:23:39.579><c> widow,</c>

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:43.700
before<00:23:41.400><c> Elijah</c><00:23:41.779><c> came</c><00:23:42.059><c> into</c><00:23:42.339><c> a</c><00:23:42.559><c> life?</c>

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So<00:23:45.380><c> we</c><00:23:46.000><c> think</c><00:23:46.200><c> of</c><00:23:46.420><c> the</c><00:23:46.640><c> hardness</c><00:23:47.180><c> of</c><00:23:47.740><c> law,</c>

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:51.640
the<00:23:49.779><c> hardness</c><00:23:50.339><c> of</c><00:23:50.759><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:23:52.160><c> the</c><00:23:52.299><c> hardness</c><00:23:52.680><c> of</c><00:23:53.000><c> death.</c>

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It's<00:23:55.339><c> just</c><00:23:55.680><c> all</c><00:23:56.259><c> too</c><00:23:56.759><c> difficult.</c>

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God<00:23:58.619><c> expects</c><00:23:59.240><c> too</c><00:23:59.680><c> much</c><00:23:59.880><c> of</c><00:24:00.099><c> me,</c>

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and<00:24:01.640><c> I</c><00:24:01.799><c> feel</c><00:24:02.000><c> like</c><00:24:02.240><c> giving</c><00:24:02.500><c> up.</c>

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If<00:24:05.599><c> we</c><00:24:05.740><c> have</c><00:24:05.940><c> a</c><00:24:06.160><c> law</c><00:24:06.579><c>-based</c><00:24:07.119><c> religion</c>

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where<00:24:08.559><c> it's</c><00:24:08.880><c> negative</c>

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and<00:24:10.000><c> it's</c><00:24:10.299><c> just</c><00:24:10.599><c> about</c><00:24:10.839><c> avoiding</c><00:24:11.519><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:24:13.259><c> it's</c><00:24:13.440><c> going</c><00:24:13.539><c> to</c><00:24:13.740><c> produce</c><00:24:14.140><c> this</c>

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religion<00:24:15.299><c> of</c><00:24:15.680><c> fear</c><00:24:16.059><c> and</c><00:24:16.619><c> bondage,</c>

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where<00:24:17.900><c> we</c><00:24:18.019><c> don't</c><00:24:18.240><c> actually</c><00:24:18.640><c> do</c><00:24:19.400><c> anything,</c>

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we<00:24:20.019><c> become</c><00:24:20.440><c> like</c><00:24:20.680><c> that</c><00:24:20.960><c> one</c><00:24:21.279><c> talent</c><00:24:21.579><c> man,</c>

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and<00:24:22.500><c> we</c><00:24:22.720><c> start</c><00:24:22.980><c> to</c><00:24:23.359><c> treat</c><00:24:23.720><c> others</c>

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according<00:24:25.700><c> to</c><00:24:25.900><c> how</c><00:24:26.160><c> we</c><00:24:26.480><c> think</c><00:24:26.759><c> God</c><00:24:27.559><c> treats</c><00:24:28.019><c> us</c>

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as<00:24:29.960><c> a</c><00:24:30.180><c> taskmaster,</c>

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laying<00:24:32.019><c> burdens</c><00:24:32.700><c> upon</c><00:24:33.079><c> others.</c>

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And<00:24:34.619><c> of</c><00:24:34.700><c> course</c><00:24:34.799><c> we</c><00:24:34.960><c> think</c><00:24:35.140><c> of</c><00:24:35.339><c> the</c>

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pharisaical<00:24:36.220><c> spirit</c><00:24:36.819><c> that</c><00:24:37.480><c> Jesus</c>

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encountered<00:24:38.720><c> in</c><00:24:38.980><c> the</c><00:24:39.059><c> New</c><00:24:39.220><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:24:40.619><c> one</c><00:24:40.720><c> of</c><00:24:40.880><c> the</c><00:24:41.160><c> classic</c><00:24:41.700><c> examples</c>

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of<00:24:42.680><c> a</c><00:24:42.920><c> taskmaster,</c>

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of<00:24:45.099><c> someone</c><00:24:45.259><c> who</c><00:24:45.460><c> had</c><00:24:45.559><c> this</c><00:24:45.880><c> law</c><00:24:46.440><c>-based</c><00:24:47.019><c> religion</c>

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that<00:24:48.519><c> had</c><00:24:48.660><c> the</c><00:24:48.920><c> opposite</c><00:24:49.339><c> effect,</c>

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that<00:24:50.099><c> produced</c><00:24:50.980><c> sin</c><00:24:51.539><c> and</c><00:24:52.099><c> produced</c><00:24:52.700><c> death,</c>

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was<00:24:54.779><c> the</c><00:24:55.099><c> Pharisees,</c>

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and<00:24:55.960><c> one</c><00:24:56.259><c> Pharisee</c><00:24:56.720><c> in</c><00:24:56.920><c> particular,</c>

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Saul<00:24:58.240><c> of</c><00:24:58.839><c> Tarsus.</c>

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Let's<00:25:01.420><c> go</c><00:25:01.579><c> into</c><00:25:01.740><c> Acts</c><00:25:02.039><c> chapter</c><00:25:02.359><c> 26.</c>

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Before<00:25:04.920><c> his</c><00:25:05.279><c> conversion,</c>

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Saul<00:25:07.900><c> of</c><00:25:08.059><c> Tarsus,</c><00:25:09.019><c> despite</c><00:25:09.500><c> being</c>

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someone<00:25:13.700><c> who</c><00:25:14.660><c> read</c><00:25:15.160><c> his</c><00:25:15.519><c> Bible</c>

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every<00:25:16.559><c> single</c><00:25:17.019><c> day,</c>

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was<00:25:19.359><c> a</c><00:25:19.539><c> man</c><00:25:19.779><c> who</c><00:25:20.980><c> murdered</c>

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brothers<00:25:22.079><c> and</c><00:25:22.299><c> sisters</c><00:25:22.559><c> in</c><00:25:22.740><c> Christ,</c>

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because<00:25:24.960><c> he</c><00:25:25.339><c> received</c><00:25:25.859><c> those</c><00:25:26.299><c> words</c>

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in<00:25:26.880><c> the</c><00:25:27.180><c> wrong</c><00:25:27.900><c> spirit.</c>

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He<00:25:30.799><c> saw</c><00:25:31.380><c> his</c><00:25:31.799><c> religion</c><00:25:32.900><c> as</c><00:25:34.019><c> a</c><00:25:34.460><c> labor,</c>

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as<00:25:35.319><c> a</c><00:25:35.599><c> task,</c><00:25:37.059><c> as</c><00:25:37.359><c> keeping</c><00:25:37.680><c> rules,</c>

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as<00:25:40.059><c> avoiding</c><00:25:40.519><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:25:42.240><c> it</c><00:25:42.339><c> produced</c><00:25:42.740><c> in</c><00:25:42.940><c> him</c>

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this<00:25:43.420><c> religion</c><00:25:43.740><c> of</c><00:25:44.059><c> fear</c><00:25:44.500><c> and</c><00:25:45.140><c> bondage.</c>

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And<00:25:48.200><c> it</c><00:25:48.359><c> produced</c><00:25:48.700><c> the</c><00:25:49.140><c> carnal</c><00:25:49.599><c> mind</c><00:25:50.259><c> in</c><00:25:50.799><c> Saul.</c>

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As<00:25:51.500><c> we</c><00:25:51.700><c> saw</c><00:25:51.920><c> yesterday,</c>

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the<00:25:52.839><c> subtlety</c><00:25:53.420><c> of</c><00:25:53.599><c> the</c><00:25:53.819><c> carnal</c><00:25:54.099><c> mind</c>

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is<00:25:54.579><c> something</c><00:25:55.019><c> which</c><00:25:55.460><c> is</c><00:25:55.680><c> hard</c><00:25:56.059><c> for</c><00:25:56.220><c> us</c>

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to<00:25:56.440><c> identify.</c>

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And<00:26:00.019><c> so,</c><00:26:00.480><c> we</c><00:26:00.619><c> need</c><00:26:00.900><c> to</c><00:26:01.240><c> understand</c>

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the<00:26:02.079><c> character</c><00:26:02.460><c> of</c><00:26:02.759><c> God</c>

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and<00:26:03.740><c> the</c><00:26:03.960><c> importance</c><00:26:04.160><c> of</c><00:26:04.380><c> the</c><00:26:04.579><c> doctrine</c>

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of<00:26:05.180><c> the</c><00:26:05.299><c> God</c><00:26:05.480><c> who</c><00:26:05.640><c> we</c><00:26:05.960><c> serve.</c>

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So<00:26:07.660><c> in</c><00:26:07.819><c> Acts</c><00:26:07.980><c> chapter</c><00:26:08.299><c> 26,</c>

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here<00:26:09.279><c> the</c><00:26:09.420><c> Apostle</c><00:26:09.880><c> Paul</c>

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:14.420
is<00:26:12.880><c> recounting</c><00:26:13.380><c> his</c><00:26:13.819><c> experience</c>

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:17.200
on<00:26:14.680><c> the</c><00:26:14.759><c> roads</c><00:26:14.839><c> of</c><00:26:15.059><c> Damascus</c>

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:20.359
and<00:26:18.700><c> reminding</c><00:26:19.039><c> us</c><00:26:19.339><c> of</c><00:26:19.519><c> what</c><00:26:19.759><c> sort</c><00:26:20.000><c> of</c><00:26:20.160><c> man</c>

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.380
he<00:26:20.519><c> was</c><00:26:20.759><c> like.</c>

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Verse<00:26:22.180><c> 5</c><00:26:22.660><c> of</c><00:26:22.900><c> Acts</c><00:26:23.140><c> chapter</c><00:26:23.440><c> 26</c><00:26:24.660><c> says</c>

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:28.759
that<00:26:26.880><c> the</c><00:26:26.940><c> Jews</c><00:26:27.319><c> knew</c><00:26:27.619><c> me</c><00:26:27.940><c> from</c><00:26:28.259><c> the</c><00:26:28.519><c> beginning</c>

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.900
if<00:26:29.039><c> they</c><00:26:29.220><c> would</c><00:26:29.440><c> testify</c>

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that<00:26:30.140><c> after</c><00:26:30.400><c> the</c><00:26:30.660><c> most</c><00:26:31.640><c> straightest</c>

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or<00:26:33.160><c> strictest</c><00:26:34.000><c> sect</c><00:26:34.200><c> of</c><00:26:34.400><c> our</c><00:26:34.599><c> religion</c>

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:36.880
I<00:26:35.079><c> lived</c><00:26:35.380><c> a</c><00:26:35.660><c> Pharisee.</c>

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:41.319
He<00:26:37.460><c> was,</c><00:26:40.059><c> what</c><00:26:40.339><c> the</c><00:26:40.500><c> New</c><00:26:40.660><c> Testament</c><00:26:41.000><c> terms,</c>

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.039
as<00:26:41.759><c> a</c><00:26:42.200><c> lawyer.</c>

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:45.880
The<00:26:44.220><c> strictest</c><00:26:44.819><c> sect</c><00:26:45.059><c> of</c><00:26:45.259><c> the</c><00:26:45.480><c> Pharisees</c>

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:47.960
were<00:26:46.380><c> the</c><00:26:46.720><c> lawyers,</c>

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:53.960
who<00:26:49.079><c> knew</c><00:26:49.359><c> the</c><00:26:49.680><c> law</c><00:26:50.000><c> inside</c><00:26:50.900><c> out.</c>

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:56.839
Yet<00:26:54.599><c> despite</c><00:26:55.140><c> the</c><00:26:55.359><c> fact</c><00:26:55.539><c> he</c><00:26:55.779><c> knew</c><00:26:56.180><c> that</c><00:26:56.519><c> law,</c>

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:59.319
he<00:26:57.259><c> completely</c><00:26:57.660><c> missed</c><00:26:58.059><c> the</c><00:26:58.359><c> point</c><00:26:58.579><c> of</c><00:26:58.799><c> that</c><00:26:59.039><c> law.</c>

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:02.079
He<00:26:59.779><c> just</c><00:27:00.039><c> saw</c><00:27:00.200><c> the</c><00:27:00.480><c> letter</c><00:27:00.799><c> of</c><00:27:01.019><c> the</c><00:27:01.200><c> law.</c>

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:05.019
He<00:27:02.559><c> just</c><00:27:02.839><c> saw</c><00:27:03.039><c> it</c><00:27:03.220><c> as</c><00:27:03.319><c> a</c><00:27:03.440><c> list</c><00:27:03.579><c> of</c><00:27:03.880><c> rules.</c>

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:07.099
And<00:27:06.079><c> he</c><00:27:06.220><c> missed</c><00:27:06.400><c> the</c><00:27:06.799><c> spirit.</c>

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.319
He<00:27:07.319><c> missed</c><00:27:07.539><c> the</c><00:27:07.859><c> principle.</c>

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.039
He<00:27:08.859><c> missed</c><00:27:09.119><c> the</c><00:27:09.339><c> fact</c><00:27:09.480><c> that</c><00:27:09.660><c> this</c><00:27:09.799><c> was</c>

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:13.640
a<00:27:10.180><c> loving</c><00:27:10.460><c> father</c><00:27:11.200><c> instructing</c><00:27:12.180><c> his</c><00:27:12.440><c> children.</c>

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:17.539
Because<00:27:15.960><c> he</c><00:27:16.099><c> had</c><00:27:16.240><c> this</c><00:27:16.519><c> law</c><00:27:16.920><c>-based</c>

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:19.279
strict<00:27:17.960><c> religion,</c>

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:22.700
it<00:27:20.500><c> caused</c><00:27:20.799><c> him</c><00:27:21.019><c> to</c><00:27:21.119><c> be</c><00:27:21.519><c> strict</c><00:27:21.859><c> with</c><00:27:22.160><c> others</c>

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:26.920
and<00:27:23.819><c> it</c><00:27:24.039><c> caused</c><00:27:24.359><c> him</c><00:27:24.759><c> to</c><00:27:25.819><c> murder.</c>

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.140
Verse<00:27:27.940><c> 9.</c>

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:31.000
I<00:27:29.359><c> verily</c><00:27:29.720><c> thought</c><00:27:30.000><c> in</c><00:27:30.579><c> myself</c>

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.759
that<00:27:31.160><c> I</c><00:27:31.240><c> ought</c><00:27:31.380><c> to</c><00:27:31.539><c> do</c><00:27:31.640><c> many</c><00:27:31.960><c> things</c><00:27:32.319><c> concrete</c>

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:34.880
to<00:27:32.960><c> the</c><00:27:33.059><c> name</c><00:27:33.559><c> of</c><00:27:33.880><c> Jesus</c><00:27:34.240><c> of</c><00:27:34.500><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.779
which<00:27:35.160><c> thing</c><00:27:35.339><c> I</c><00:27:35.539><c> also</c><00:27:35.819><c> did</c><00:27:36.000><c> in</c><00:27:36.200><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:39.779
and<00:27:37.380><c> many</c><00:27:37.619><c> of</c><00:27:37.759><c> the</c><00:27:37.940><c> saints</c><00:27:38.140><c> did</c><00:27:38.359><c> I</c><00:27:38.640><c> shut</c><00:27:38.799><c> up</c><00:27:38.960><c> in</c><00:27:39.220><c> prison,</c>

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:42.519
having<00:27:40.380><c> received</c><00:27:40.859><c> authority</c><00:27:41.420><c> from</c><00:27:41.680><c> the</c><00:27:41.859><c> chief</c><00:27:42.119><c> priests,</c>

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.900
and<00:27:42.640><c> when</c><00:27:42.779><c> they</c><00:27:42.940><c> were</c><00:27:43.099><c> put</c><00:27:43.299><c> to</c><00:27:43.480><c> death,</c>

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.920
I<00:27:44.380><c> gave</c><00:27:44.619><c> my</c><00:27:44.900><c> voice</c><00:27:45.160><c> against</c><00:27:45.559><c> them,</c>

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:48.400
and<00:27:46.220><c> I</c><00:27:46.480><c> punished</c><00:27:46.799><c> them</c><00:27:47.119><c> oft</c><00:27:47.339><c> in</c><00:27:47.579><c> every</c><00:27:47.839><c> synagogue,</c>

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:50.700
and<00:27:49.000><c> compelled</c><00:27:49.460><c> them</c><00:27:49.680><c> to</c><00:27:49.900><c> blaspheme,</c>

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.299
and<00:27:51.079><c> being</c><00:27:51.500><c> exceedingly</c><00:27:52.160><c> mad</c><00:27:52.480><c> against</c><00:27:52.960><c> them,</c>

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:56.539
I<00:27:53.779><c> persecuted</c><00:27:54.400><c> them</c><00:27:54.839><c> even</c><00:27:55.319><c> unto</c><00:27:55.599><c> strange</c><00:27:56.039><c> cities.</c>

00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:00.500
We<00:27:57.319><c> recognize</c><00:27:58.359><c> the</c><00:27:58.900><c> extreme</c><00:27:59.279><c> zeal</c>

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:02.259
of<00:28:01.339><c> Saul</c><00:28:01.539><c> of</c><00:28:01.799><c> Tarsus,</c>

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:05.279
who<00:28:02.759><c> thought</c><00:28:03.059><c> he</c><00:28:03.180><c> was</c><00:28:03.400><c> doing</c><00:28:03.619><c> the</c><00:28:03.880><c> right</c><00:28:04.180><c> thing.</c>

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:08.920
Saul<00:28:07.160><c> of</c><00:28:07.279><c> Tarsus</c><00:28:07.700><c> didn't</c><00:28:07.920><c> go</c><00:28:08.220><c> around</c><00:28:08.599><c> saying,</c>

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:10.660
well,<00:28:09.220><c> I</c><00:28:09.359><c> have</c><00:28:09.599><c> a</c><00:28:09.799><c> carnal</c><00:28:10.079><c> mind,</c>

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:14.440
and<00:28:11.079><c> I'm</c><00:28:11.380><c> going</c><00:28:11.599><c> to</c><00:28:12.799><c> murder</c><00:28:13.259><c> people</c><00:28:13.619><c> in</c><00:28:13.900><c> cold</c><00:28:14.160><c> blood</c>

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:17.299
because<00:28:15.000><c> I'm</c><00:28:15.640><c> a</c><00:28:15.839><c> horrible</c><00:28:16.099><c> person.</c>

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:20.920
Saul<00:28:18.400><c> thought</c><00:28:18.779><c> he</c><00:28:18.920><c> was</c><00:28:19.099><c> doing</c><00:28:19.279><c> the</c><00:28:19.460><c> right</c><00:28:19.700><c> thing.</c>

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.420
In<00:28:22.220><c> fact,</c><00:28:22.700><c> there</c><00:28:22.819><c> is</c><00:28:23.039><c> evidence</c>

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:26.240
that<00:28:23.680><c> Saul</c><00:28:24.000><c> pictured</c><00:28:24.500><c> himself</c>

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:29.680
as<00:28:27.359><c> fulfilling</c><00:28:27.779><c> Genesis</c><00:28:28.259><c> 3,</c><00:28:28.960><c> verse</c><00:28:29.200><c> 15,</c>

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.579
as<00:28:29.880><c> the</c><00:28:30.099><c> seed</c><00:28:30.319><c> of</c><00:28:30.500><c> the</c><00:28:30.619><c> woman</c>

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:34.480
stamping<00:28:31.880><c> out</c><00:28:32.339><c> this</c><00:28:32.920><c> new</c><00:28:33.339><c> movement.</c>

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:39.279
He<00:28:36.380><c> missed</c><00:28:36.740><c> the</c><00:28:36.980><c> whole</c><00:28:37.359><c> point</c><00:28:37.720><c> of</c><00:28:37.920><c> the</c><00:28:38.079><c> law.</c>

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:44.359
He<00:28:41.579><c> believed</c><00:28:41.920><c> in</c><00:28:42.299><c> false</c><00:28:43.099><c> doctrine,</c>

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:47.480
even<00:28:45.160><c> in</c><00:28:45.480><c> the</c><00:28:45.519><c> midst</c><00:28:45.839><c> of</c><00:28:46.500><c> thinking,</c>

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:49.619
he<00:28:48.259><c> knew</c><00:28:48.380><c> the</c><00:28:48.640><c> truth.</c>

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:54.160
So<00:28:52.680><c> we</c><00:28:52.779><c> come</c><00:28:52.880><c> to</c><00:28:53.000><c> verse</c><00:28:53.339><c> 12,</c><00:28:53.880><c> which</c><00:28:53.940><c> says,</c>

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.980
Whereupon,<00:28:54.779><c> as</c><00:28:54.940><c> I</c><00:28:55.099><c> went</c><00:28:55.279><c> to</c><00:28:55.440><c> Damascus</c>

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.920
with<00:28:56.240><c> authority</c><00:28:56.759><c> and</c><00:28:56.980><c> commission</c>

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.819
from<00:28:58.039><c> the</c><00:28:58.220><c> chief</c><00:28:58.519><c> priests</c><00:28:58.900><c> at</c><00:28:59.119><c> midday,</c><00:28:59.579><c> O</c><00:28:59.700><c> King,</c>

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:01.819
I<00:29:00.079><c> saw</c><00:29:00.279><c> in</c><00:29:00.440><c> the</c><00:29:00.539><c> way</c><00:29:00.660><c> a</c><00:29:00.880><c> light</c><00:29:01.079><c> from</c><00:29:01.279><c> heaven</c>

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:03.680
above<00:29:02.519><c> the</c><00:29:02.819><c> brightness</c><00:29:03.140><c> of</c><00:29:03.359><c> the</c><00:29:03.519><c> sun</c>

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.440
shining<00:29:04.140><c> round</c><00:29:04.519><c> about</c><00:29:04.779><c> me</c><00:29:04.960><c> of</c><00:29:05.119><c> them</c>

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.200
and<00:29:05.940><c> them</c><00:29:06.079><c> which</c><00:29:06.299><c> journeyed</c><00:29:06.599><c> with</c><00:29:06.819><c> me.</c>

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:10.279
And<00:29:07.640><c> when</c><00:29:08.099><c> we</c><00:29:08.619><c> were</c><00:29:08.839><c> all</c><00:29:09.140><c> fallen</c><00:29:09.640><c> to</c><00:29:09.859><c> the</c><00:29:10.099><c> earth,</c>

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:12.099
I<00:29:10.460><c> heard</c><00:29:10.740><c> a</c><00:29:10.960><c> voice</c><00:29:11.240><c> speaking</c><00:29:11.680><c> unto</c><00:29:11.920><c> me</c>

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:13.819
and<00:29:12.339><c> saying</c><00:29:12.559><c> in</c><00:29:12.740><c> the</c><00:29:12.900><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:13.180><c> tongue,</c>

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:16.460
Saul,<00:29:15.140><c> Saul.</c>

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:21.339
By<00:29:17.180><c> the</c><00:29:17.299><c> way,</c><00:29:17.480><c> Saul</c><00:29:18.240><c> is</c><00:29:18.859><c> exactly</c><00:29:19.400><c> the</c><00:29:19.680><c> same</c><00:29:20.079><c> word</c><00:29:20.559><c> in</c><00:29:20.839><c> Hebrew</c>

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:26.240
as<00:29:22.019><c> the</c><00:29:22.140><c> word</c><00:29:22.859><c> sheol,</c><00:29:24.839><c> the</c><00:29:25.079><c> grave.</c>

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:30.460
Saul<00:29:27.619><c> of</c><00:29:27.960><c> Tarsus,</c><00:29:28.539><c> before</c><00:29:28.920><c> his</c><00:29:29.240><c> conversion,</c>

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:35.319
represents<00:29:31.640><c> that</c><00:29:32.359><c> which</c><00:29:32.599><c> has</c><00:29:32.900><c> the</c><00:29:33.240><c> power</c><00:29:33.779><c> of</c><00:29:34.259><c> death.</c>

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:37.660
That<00:29:36.200><c> is</c><00:29:36.420><c> the</c><00:29:36.599><c> devil.</c>

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:42.420
And<00:29:39.359><c> so</c><00:29:39.640><c> Saul</c><00:29:40.079><c> or</c><00:29:40.640><c> sheol,</c>

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:45.279
Jesus<00:29:43.200><c> says</c><00:29:43.500><c> on</c><00:29:43.700><c> the</c><00:29:43.779><c> road</c><00:29:43.920><c> to</c><00:29:44.099><c> Damascus,</c>

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:47.839
why<00:29:45.779><c> are</c><00:29:46.000><c> you</c><00:29:46.259><c> persecuting</c><00:29:46.940><c> me?</c>

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:52.559
And<00:29:49.059><c> then</c><00:29:49.279><c> we</c><00:29:49.440><c> have</c><00:29:49.579><c> this</c><00:29:49.839><c> little</c><00:29:50.400><c> enigmatic</c><00:29:51.319><c> phrase</c>

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.980
in<00:29:53.220><c> which</c><00:29:53.640><c> Jesus</c><00:29:54.059><c> says</c><00:29:54.359><c> to</c><00:29:54.640><c> Saul,</c>

00:29:54.980 --> 00:30:02.000
Saul,<00:29:55.140><c> it</c><00:29:55.500><c> is</c><00:29:55.940><c> hard</c><00:29:56.619><c> for</c><00:29:57.240><c> you</c><00:29:58.259><c> to</c><00:29:58.700><c> kick</c><00:29:59.119><c> against</c><00:30:00.319><c> the</c><00:30:00.819><c> pricks.</c>

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:04.900
And<00:30:02.660><c> that</c><00:30:02.779><c> word</c><00:30:02.960><c> hard</c><00:30:03.380><c> is</c><00:30:03.660><c> exactly</c><00:30:04.019><c> the</c><00:30:04.240><c> same</c><00:30:04.460><c> word</c>

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:08.980
as<00:30:05.380><c> we</c><00:30:05.559><c> had</c><00:30:05.839><c> in</c><00:30:06.000><c> Matthew</c><00:30:06.339><c> chapter</c><00:30:06.680><c> 25,</c>

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:12.640
pointing<00:30:10.799><c> us</c><00:30:11.480><c> to</c><00:30:11.759><c> the</c><00:30:11.920><c> fact</c><00:30:12.119><c> that</c>

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:15.700
Saul<00:30:12.900><c> was</c><00:30:13.099><c> very</c><00:30:13.420><c> much</c><00:30:13.660><c> like</c><00:30:13.859><c> that</c><00:30:14.099><c> one</c><00:30:14.380><c> talent</c><00:30:14.619><c> man.</c>

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:18.180
It<00:30:16.359><c> was</c><00:30:16.579><c> manifested</c><00:30:17.099><c> in</c><00:30:17.359><c> a</c><00:30:17.420><c> different</c><00:30:17.759><c> way.</c>

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.779
He<00:30:18.440><c> didn't</c><00:30:18.700><c> bury</c><00:30:19.019><c> his</c><00:30:19.420><c> talent.</c>

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:24.339
He<00:30:20.180><c> just</c><00:30:20.440><c> used</c><00:30:20.920><c> his</c><00:30:21.299><c> talent</c><00:30:21.700><c> in</c><00:30:22.119><c> completely</c><00:30:22.660><c> the</c><00:30:22.940><c> wrong</c><00:30:23.140><c> way</c>

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:27.240
because<00:30:25.119><c> he</c><00:30:25.279><c> had</c><00:30:25.400><c> a</c><00:30:25.700><c> hard</c><00:30:26.059><c> religion,</c>

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.940
a<00:30:28.299><c> severe</c><00:30:28.740><c> religion,</c>

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:33.500
that<00:30:31.660><c> totally</c><00:30:32.279><c> missed</c><00:30:32.920><c> the</c><00:30:33.180><c> point</c>

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:37.160
that<00:30:33.759><c> God</c><00:30:34.279><c> is</c><00:30:35.339><c> a</c><00:30:35.680><c> loving</c><00:30:35.920><c> Father.</c>

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:40.660
But<00:30:38.400><c> of</c><00:30:38.519><c> course</c><00:30:38.640><c> Saul</c><00:30:38.940><c> of</c><00:30:39.160><c> Tarsus</c><00:30:39.640><c> learned</c><00:30:40.059><c> the</c><00:30:40.259><c> lesson.</c>

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:43.400
And<00:30:41.099><c> that's</c><00:30:41.400><c> why</c><00:30:41.759><c> he</c><00:30:42.440><c> is</c><00:30:42.839><c> qualified</c>

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:45.339
to<00:30:43.680><c> write</c><00:30:43.900><c> what</c><00:30:44.079><c> he</c><00:30:44.279><c> does</c><00:30:44.579><c> in</c><00:30:44.880><c> Romans.</c>

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:47.119
This<00:30:46.039><c> is</c><00:30:46.140><c> one</c><00:30:46.220><c> of</c><00:30:46.339><c> the</c><00:30:46.480><c> wonderful</c><00:30:46.799><c> things</c>

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:48.900
about<00:30:47.519><c> the</c><00:30:48.000><c> book</c><00:30:48.220><c> of</c><00:30:48.460><c> Romans.</c>

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:51.599
This<00:30:49.140><c> is</c><00:30:49.619><c> not</c><00:30:49.859><c> written</c><00:30:50.160><c> by</c><00:30:50.440><c> someone</c>

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.960
who<00:30:52.299><c> had</c><00:30:52.500><c> no</c><00:30:52.839><c> knowledge</c><00:30:53.180><c> of</c><00:30:53.380><c> these</c><00:30:53.619><c> things.</c>

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:58.140
The<00:30:54.619><c> Apostle</c><00:30:55.180><c> Paul</c><00:30:55.900><c> lived</c><00:30:56.819><c> Romans.</c>

00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:01.079
He<00:30:58.619><c> saw</c><00:30:58.940><c> both</c><00:30:59.339><c> sides</c><00:30:59.799><c> of</c><00:31:00.000><c> the</c><00:31:00.200><c> coin.</c>

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:04.460
He<00:31:01.619><c> saw</c><00:31:02.099><c> a</c><00:31:02.420><c> religion</c><00:31:02.779><c> of</c><00:31:03.160><c> law</c>

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:08.099
and<00:31:05.359><c> of</c><00:31:06.039><c> self</c><00:31:06.400><c>-righteousness,</c>

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:11.599
of<00:31:09.000><c> establishing</c><00:31:09.720><c> one's</c><00:31:10.539><c> own</c><00:31:10.900><c> righteousness</c>

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:14.079
instead<00:31:12.420><c> of</c><00:31:12.559><c> submitting</c><00:31:12.920><c> to</c><00:31:13.140><c> the</c><00:31:13.299><c> righteousness</c><00:31:13.680><c> of</c><00:31:13.940><c> God.</c>

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:17.900
He<00:31:14.519><c> saw</c><00:31:14.859><c> it.</c><00:31:15.180><c> He</c><00:31:15.440><c> understood</c><00:31:15.900><c> it.</c><00:31:16.220><c> He</c><00:31:16.420><c> lived</c><00:31:16.759><c> it.</c>

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:22.039
But<00:31:18.519><c> of</c><00:31:18.740><c> course</c><00:31:18.920><c> he</c><00:31:19.059><c> also</c><00:31:19.500><c> lived</c><00:31:19.859><c> the</c><00:31:20.339><c> other</c><00:31:20.599><c> side</c><00:31:20.799><c> of</c><00:31:20.980><c> the</c><00:31:21.140><c> coin.</c>

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:25.319
And<00:31:22.279><c> he</c><00:31:22.400><c> became</c><00:31:22.720><c> the</c><00:31:22.960><c> beloved</c><00:31:23.559><c> Apostle</c><00:31:24.279><c> Paul</c>

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:29.059
who<00:31:25.900><c> embraced</c><00:31:27.259><c> the</c><00:31:28.440><c> righteousness</c>

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:34.099
that<00:31:29.880><c> comes</c><00:31:30.680><c> from</c><00:31:31.240><c> faith</c><00:31:31.839><c> in</c><00:31:32.619><c> the</c><00:31:32.759><c> Son</c><00:31:32.900><c> of</c><00:31:33.140><c> God.</c>

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:38.099
So<00:31:34.839><c> just</c><00:31:35.039><c> turn</c><00:31:35.220><c> over</c><00:31:35.460><c> to</c><00:31:35.779><c> chapter</c><00:31:36.119><c> 27.</c>

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:43.079
Consider<00:31:41.619><c> towards</c><00:31:42.339><c> the</c><00:31:42.619><c> end</c><00:31:42.839><c> here</c>

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:46.059
of<00:31:43.220><c> the</c><00:31:43.380><c> life</c><00:31:43.880><c> of</c><00:31:45.539><c> this</c><00:31:45.819><c> man</c>

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:49.700
who<00:31:46.279><c> has</c><00:31:46.380><c> been</c><00:31:46.720><c> converted</c><00:31:47.480><c> from</c><00:31:48.480><c> law</c>

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:54.660
to<00:31:51.839><c> grace</c><00:31:52.400><c> working</c><00:31:53.000><c> through</c><00:31:53.279><c> faith.</c>

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:59.839
In<00:31:56.940><c> this</c><00:31:57.220><c> chapter</c><00:31:57.539><c> in</c><00:31:57.720><c> which</c><00:31:57.920><c> Paul</c><00:31:58.220><c> is</c><00:31:58.519><c> shipwrecked,</c>

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:03.000
notice<00:32:00.299><c> what</c><00:32:00.440><c> it</c><00:32:00.640><c> says</c><00:32:00.740><c> at</c><00:32:01.859><c> the</c><00:32:02.039><c> beginning</c><00:32:02.259><c> of</c><00:32:02.519><c> Acts</c><00:32:02.720><c> chapter</c>

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:04.680
27<00:32:03.599><c> here.</c>

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.759
It<00:32:04.940><c> says</c><00:32:05.119><c> in</c><00:32:05.240><c> verse</c><00:32:05.519><c> 1,</c>

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:08.519
When<00:32:05.900><c> it</c><00:32:06.039><c> was</c><00:32:06.200><c> determined</c><00:32:06.680><c> that</c><00:32:06.819><c> we</c><00:32:06.940><c> should</c><00:32:07.200><c> sail</c><00:32:07.680><c> into</c><00:32:08.200><c> Italy,</c>

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:11.359
they<00:32:08.740><c> delivered</c><00:32:09.140><c> Paul</c><00:32:09.720><c> and</c><00:32:10.200><c> certain</c><00:32:10.500><c> other</c><00:32:10.740><c> prisoners</c>

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:15.160
unto<00:32:11.900><c> one</c><00:32:12.180><c> named</c><00:32:12.480><c> Julius</c><00:32:12.960><c> the</c><00:32:13.299><c> centurion</c><00:32:13.720><c> of</c><00:32:13.960><c> Augustus'</c><00:32:14.700><c> band.</c>

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:17.940
And<00:32:15.900><c> entering</c><00:32:16.059><c> into</c><00:32:16.420><c> a</c><00:32:16.619><c> ship</c><00:32:16.799><c> of</c><00:32:17.140><c> Adramitrium,</c>

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:20.980
we<00:32:18.480><c> launched</c><00:32:18.920><c> meaning</c><00:32:19.220><c> to</c><00:32:19.480><c> sail</c><00:32:19.640><c> by</c><00:32:19.859><c> the</c><00:32:20.059><c> coast</c><00:32:20.279><c> of</c><00:32:20.500><c> Asia,</c>

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:24.099
one<00:32:21.480><c> Aristarchus</c><00:32:22.259><c> the</c><00:32:22.420><c> Macedonian</c><00:32:22.980><c> of</c><00:32:23.220><c> Thessalonica</c><00:32:23.819><c> being</c>

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.839
with<00:32:24.339><c> us.</c>

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:28.619
And<00:32:25.299><c> the</c><00:32:25.420><c> next</c><00:32:25.720><c> day</c><00:32:25.960><c> we</c><00:32:26.200><c> touched</c><00:32:26.559><c> at</c><00:32:26.839><c> Sidon,</c>

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:34.140
and<00:32:29.180><c> Julius</c><00:32:30.299><c> courteously</c><00:32:31.759><c> entreated</c><00:32:32.859><c> Paul</c>

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:37.420
and<00:32:35.140><c> gave</c><00:32:35.480><c> him</c><00:32:36.759><c> liberty</c>

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:42.619
to<00:32:38.599><c> go</c><00:32:38.839><c> to</c><00:32:39.019><c> his</c><00:32:39.319><c> friends</c><00:32:39.900><c> to</c><00:32:41.019><c> refresh</c><00:32:41.359><c> himself.</c>

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:46.400
There's<00:32:43.579><c> a</c><00:32:43.680><c> lovely</c><00:32:43.920><c> little</c><00:32:44.180><c> parable</c><00:32:44.700><c> there,</c><00:32:45.099><c> brothers</c><00:32:45.180><c> and</c><00:32:45.420><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:50.960
Here<00:32:47.000><c> is</c><00:32:47.319><c> Julius</c><00:32:47.819><c> the</c><00:32:48.160><c> centurion</c><00:32:48.720><c> of</c><00:32:49.000><c> Augustus'</c><00:32:49.740><c> band,</c>

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:54.700
and<00:32:52.299><c> yet</c><00:32:52.480><c> he</c><00:32:52.900><c> courteously</c><00:32:53.619><c> entreats</c><00:32:54.440><c> Paul</c>

00:32:54.700 --> 00:33:00.259
and<00:32:55.299><c> gives</c><00:32:55.660><c> him</c><00:32:56.660><c> liberty,</c><00:32:59.140><c> freedom.</c>

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:08.380
The<00:33:03.599><c> Apostle</c><00:33:04.079><c> Paul</c><00:33:04.799><c> in</c><00:33:05.380><c> writing</c><00:33:05.740><c> to</c><00:33:06.000><c> the</c><00:33:06.180><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:06.660><c> of</c><00:33:07.039><c> Rome,</c>

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:11.279
the<00:33:08.799><c> center</c><00:33:09.140><c> of</c><00:33:09.339><c> the</c><00:33:09.559><c> legal</c><00:33:09.940><c> world,</c>

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:15.259
says<00:33:12.619><c> that</c><00:33:12.839><c> you</c><00:33:12.940><c> have</c><00:33:13.200><c> no</c><00:33:13.579><c> condemnation</c><00:33:14.440><c> in</c><00:33:14.680><c> Christ</c><00:33:14.960><c> Jesus,</c>

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:20.440
but<00:33:15.460><c> you</c><00:33:15.599><c> are</c><00:33:16.000><c> free</c><00:33:16.599><c> from</c><00:33:17.200><c> law</c><00:33:17.759><c> and</c><00:33:18.359><c> sin</c><00:33:18.740><c> and</c><00:33:19.339><c> death.</c>

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:23.720
And<00:33:21.539><c> that</c><00:33:21.839><c> phrase</c><00:33:22.319><c> in</c><00:33:22.759><c> verse</c><00:33:23.039><c> 3</c><00:33:23.319><c> there,</c>

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:28.279
courteously<00:33:24.420><c> entreated</c><00:33:24.859><c> is</c><00:33:25.099><c> the</c><00:33:25.240><c> Greek</c><00:33:25.519><c> word</c><00:33:26.779><c> philanthropia.</c>

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:33.119
And<00:33:28.779><c> it's</c><00:33:29.900><c> an</c><00:33:30.019><c> extremely</c><00:33:31.039><c> strong</c><00:33:32.140><c> word</c><00:33:32.640><c> indeed.</c>

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:36.619
It's<00:33:33.720><c> an</c><00:33:33.920><c> extreme</c><00:33:34.759><c> kind</c><00:33:35.240><c> of</c><00:33:35.559><c> kindness.</c>

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:42.740
It's<00:33:36.940><c> maybe</c><00:33:37.240><c> the</c><00:33:37.660><c> opposite</c><00:33:38.200><c> of</c><00:33:39.220><c> that</c><00:33:39.420><c> word</c><00:33:39.720><c> hard,</c><00:33:40.900><c> strict,</c><00:33:41.819><c> severe.</c>

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:47.640
Here<00:33:45.140><c> is</c><00:33:45.339><c> an</c><00:33:45.799><c> extreme</c><00:33:46.859><c> kindness</c>

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:50.519
that<00:33:48.299><c> Paul</c><00:33:48.700><c> becomes</c><00:33:49.420><c> a</c><00:33:49.900><c> recipient</c><00:33:50.319><c> of.</c>

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.599
And<00:33:50.680><c> of</c><00:33:50.839><c> course,</c><00:33:51.319><c> it</c><00:33:51.440><c> was</c><00:33:51.619><c> not</c><00:33:51.799><c> just</c><00:33:52.079><c> Julius</c>

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:54.140
who<00:33:53.140><c> showed</c><00:33:53.319><c> him</c><00:33:53.500><c> that</c><00:33:53.759><c> kindness.</c>

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:57.779
It<00:33:54.740><c> was</c><00:33:55.279><c> the</c><00:33:55.539><c> Lord</c><00:33:55.839><c> Jesus</c><00:33:56.259><c> Christ</c><00:33:56.619><c> on</c><00:33:56.819><c> the</c><00:33:56.940><c> road</c><00:33:57.079><c> to</c><00:33:57.259><c> Damascus</c>

00:33:57.779 --> 00:34:00.359
that<00:33:58.119><c> despite</c><00:33:58.119><c> the</c><00:33:58.339><c> fact</c><00:33:58.640><c> he</c><00:33:58.940><c> was</c><00:33:59.299><c> persecuting</c><00:34:00.000><c> him,</c>

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:03.019
he<00:34:00.900><c> showed</c><00:34:01.240><c> him</c><00:34:01.460><c> that</c><00:34:01.859><c> kindness.</c>

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:06.839
And<00:34:03.740><c> that</c><00:34:04.099><c> kindness</c><00:34:04.660><c> then</c><00:34:05.019><c> became</c><00:34:05.380><c> a</c><00:34:05.759><c> driving</c><00:34:06.160><c> force</c>

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:10.460
as<00:34:07.299><c> now</c><00:34:07.500><c> he</c><00:34:07.980><c> understands</c><00:34:08.699><c> the</c><00:34:09.119><c> spirit</c><00:34:09.539><c> of</c><00:34:09.739><c> the</c><00:34:09.940><c> law</c>

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:12.940
and<00:34:11.019><c> the</c><00:34:11.400><c> spirit</c><00:34:11.639><c> of</c><00:34:11.940><c> God,</c>

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:18.260
his<00:34:13.659><c> character</c><00:34:14.139><c> of</c><00:34:14.460><c> kindness,</c><00:34:15.960><c> of</c><00:34:16.159><c> philanthropia.</c>

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:21.360
So<00:34:19.039><c> Paul</c><00:34:19.460><c> experienced</c><00:34:20.179><c> the</c><00:34:20.679><c> antithesis</c>

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:24.960
of<00:34:21.699><c> that</c><00:34:22.039><c> hard,</c><00:34:23.159><c> strict</c><00:34:23.719><c> religion.</c>

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:30.199
This<00:34:26.719><c> goes</c><00:34:27.000><c> to</c><00:34:27.639><c> the</c><00:34:27.780><c> end</c><00:34:27.960><c> of</c><00:34:28.179><c> the</c><00:34:28.340><c> chapter,</c><00:34:28.679><c> to</c><00:34:28.880><c> verse</c><00:34:29.119><c> 40.</c>

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:33.059
We<00:34:30.480><c> know</c><00:34:30.579><c> what</c><00:34:30.820><c> happens</c><00:34:31.099><c> in</c><00:34:31.400><c> Acts</c><00:34:31.679><c> 27.</c>

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:36.119
The<00:34:33.460><c> ship</c><00:34:33.719><c> is</c><00:34:33.960><c> run</c><00:34:34.199><c> aground,</c><00:34:34.960><c> starts</c><00:34:35.239><c> to</c><00:34:35.539><c> break</c><00:34:35.719><c> apart.</c>

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:38.599
They've<00:34:36.420><c> been</c><00:34:36.659><c> shipwrecked.</c>

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:41.400
And<00:34:39.159><c> in</c><00:34:39.619><c> verse</c><00:34:39.960><c> 40,</c><00:34:40.940><c> it</c><00:34:41.019><c> says</c><00:34:41.219><c> that,</c>

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.840
when<00:34:41.519><c> they</c><00:34:41.699><c> had</c><00:34:41.920><c> taken</c><00:34:42.099><c> up</c><00:34:42.300><c> the</c><00:34:42.500><c> anchors,</c>

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:44.699
they<00:34:43.019><c> committed</c><00:34:43.380><c> themselves</c><00:34:43.940><c> unto</c><00:34:44.159><c> the</c><00:34:44.440><c> sea</c>

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:46.360
and<00:34:45.320><c> loosed</c><00:34:45.599><c> the</c><00:34:45.840><c> rudder</c><00:34:46.139><c> bands</c>

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:48.159
and<00:34:46.599><c> hoisted</c><00:34:46.900><c> at</c><00:34:47.119><c> the</c><00:34:47.280><c> mainsail</c><00:34:47.699><c> to</c><00:34:47.860><c> the</c><00:34:48.000><c> wind</c>

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.340
and<00:34:48.360><c> made</c><00:34:48.519><c> towards</c><00:34:48.940><c> shore.</c>

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:52.199
And<00:34:50.019><c> falling</c><00:34:50.260><c> into</c><00:34:50.539><c> a</c><00:34:50.780><c> place</c><00:34:50.940><c> where</c><00:34:51.239><c> two</c><00:34:51.579><c> seas</c><00:34:51.800><c> met,</c>

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:54.059
they<00:34:52.739><c> ran</c><00:34:53.019><c> the</c><00:34:53.280><c> ship</c><00:34:53.440><c> aground,</c>

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:57.179
and<00:34:54.460><c> the</c><00:34:54.699><c> four</c><00:34:54.920><c> parts</c><00:34:55.179><c> stuck</c><00:34:55.599><c> fast</c><00:34:55.940><c> and</c><00:34:56.179><c> remained</c><00:34:56.519><c> unmovable,</c>

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:59.079
but<00:34:57.659><c> the</c><00:34:57.900><c> hind</c><00:34:58.099><c> part</c><00:34:58.420><c> was</c><00:34:58.719><c> broken</c>

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:01.079
with<00:34:59.280><c> the</c><00:34:59.500><c> violence</c><00:34:59.800><c> of</c><00:34:59.980><c> the</c><00:35:00.159><c> waves,</c>

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:05.400
and<00:35:01.440><c> the</c><00:35:01.760><c> soldier's</c><00:35:02.360><c> counsel</c><00:35:02.880><c> was</c><00:35:03.340><c> to</c><00:35:03.599><c> kill</c><00:35:03.920><c> the</c><00:35:04.199><c> prisoners,</c>

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:09.780
lest<00:35:05.980><c> any</c><00:35:06.320><c> of</c><00:35:06.420><c> them</c><00:35:06.559><c> should</c><00:35:06.920><c> swim</c><00:35:07.139><c> out</c><00:35:08.300><c> and</c><00:35:08.780><c> escape.</c>

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:14.320
That<00:35:10.619><c> was</c><00:35:10.960><c> the</c><00:35:11.280><c> law</c><00:35:11.699><c> of</c><00:35:12.559><c> the</c><00:35:12.820><c> Roman</c><00:35:13.260><c> soldier.</c>

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:16.559
Kill<00:35:15.380><c> the</c><00:35:15.659><c> prisoner.</c>

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:21.519
But<00:35:19.260><c> in</c><00:35:19.519><c> Christ</c><00:35:19.800><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:20.199><c> there</c><00:35:20.340><c> is</c><00:35:20.559><c> no</c><00:35:20.860><c> condemnation.</c>

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:25.960
We<00:35:21.619><c> are</c><00:35:21.940><c> free</c><00:35:22.380><c> from</c><00:35:22.780><c> law,</c><00:35:23.639><c> from</c><00:35:23.920><c> sin,</c><00:35:24.480><c> and</c><00:35:24.619><c> from</c><00:35:24.800><c> death.</c>

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:30.659
And<00:35:26.400><c> so</c><00:35:26.539><c> in</c><00:35:26.699><c> verse</c><00:35:26.980><c> 43,</c><00:35:27.860><c> the</c><00:35:28.059><c> centurion</c><00:35:28.659><c> again,</c>

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:34.280
willing<00:35:31.980><c> to</c><00:35:32.360><c> save</c><00:35:32.739><c> Paul,</c>

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:40.760
wanting<00:35:36.860><c> to</c><00:35:37.500><c> save</c><00:35:37.880><c> this</c><00:35:38.280><c> man</c><00:35:38.500><c> out</c><00:35:38.820><c> of</c><00:35:38.980><c> his</c><00:35:39.300><c> condemnation,</c>

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:45.659
again,<00:35:41.900><c> this</c><00:35:42.119><c> parable</c><00:35:42.599><c> of</c><00:35:42.840><c> how</c><00:35:43.159><c> Paul</c><00:35:43.519><c> has</c><00:35:43.739><c> been</c><00:35:44.019><c> treated,</c>

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:50.199
kept<00:35:49.219><c> them</c><00:35:49.420><c> from</c><00:35:49.579><c> their</c><00:35:49.800><c> purpose</c>

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.179
and<00:35:50.360><c> commanded</c><00:35:50.800><c> that</c><00:35:51.019><c> they</c><00:35:51.139><c> should</c><00:35:51.840><c> swim</c>

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:54.320
and<00:35:52.380><c> cast</c><00:35:52.639><c> themselves</c><00:35:53.039><c> first</c><00:35:53.380><c> into</c><00:35:53.619><c> the</c><00:35:53.860><c> sea</c>

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:56.099
and<00:35:54.940><c> get</c><00:35:55.159><c> to</c><00:35:55.400><c> land.</c>

00:35:56.159 --> 00:36:00.760
So<00:35:56.820><c> Paul</c><00:35:57.800><c> escapes</c><00:35:58.679><c> death.</c>

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:03.679
He<00:36:01.440><c> is</c><00:36:01.659><c> free</c><00:36:01.980><c> from</c><00:36:02.360><c> condemnation.</c>

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:09.579
Let's<00:36:04.880><c> carry</c><00:36:05.099><c> on</c><00:36:05.260><c> reading</c><00:36:05.420><c> in</c><00:36:05.659><c> chapter</c><00:36:05.880><c> 28,</c><00:36:08.119><c> verse</c><00:36:08.380><c> 1.</c>

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:12.179
When<00:36:10.679><c> they</c><00:36:10.840><c> were</c><00:36:11.059><c> escaped,</c>

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:17.880
then<00:36:12.420><c> they</c><00:36:12.760><c> knew</c><00:36:13.199><c> that</c><00:36:15.119><c> the</c><00:36:15.260><c> island</c><00:36:15.519><c> was</c><00:36:15.739><c> called</c><00:36:16.639><c> Melitta.</c>

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:24.900
And<00:36:18.900><c> the</c><00:36:19.079><c> barbarous</c><00:36:19.800><c> people</c><00:36:20.760><c> showed</c><00:36:21.340><c> us</c><00:36:22.219><c> no</c><00:36:22.639><c> little</c><00:36:23.579><c> kindness.</c>

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:29.440
And<00:36:26.679><c> again,</c><00:36:26.820><c> we</c><00:36:26.980><c> get</c><00:36:27.139><c> this</c><00:36:27.380><c> word</c><00:36:27.639><c> philanthropia.</c>

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:33.539
Here<00:36:30.880><c> again,</c><00:36:31.219><c> the</c><00:36:31.400><c> Apostle</c><00:36:31.840><c> Paul</c><00:36:32.320><c> is</c><00:36:32.719><c> the</c><00:36:32.980><c> recipient</c>

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:39.019
of<00:36:34.099><c> an</c><00:36:34.719><c> extreme</c><00:36:35.900><c> form</c><00:36:36.920><c> of</c><00:36:38.019><c> kindness.</c>

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.800
But<00:36:41.360><c> let's</c><00:36:41.519><c> carry</c><00:36:41.739><c> on</c><00:36:41.900><c> reading</c><00:36:42.119><c> in</c><00:36:42.340><c> verse</c><00:36:42.559><c> 2.</c>

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:44.960
They<00:36:42.960><c> kindled</c><00:36:43.320><c> a</c><00:36:43.539><c> fire</c><00:36:43.719><c> and</c><00:36:44.000><c> received</c><00:36:44.340><c> us</c><00:36:44.619><c> everyone</c>

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:46.199
because<00:36:45.260><c> of</c><00:36:45.440><c> the</c><00:36:45.619><c> present</c><00:36:45.820><c> rain</c>

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.739
and<00:36:46.599><c> because</c><00:36:46.880><c> of</c><00:36:47.059><c> the</c><00:36:47.300><c> cold.</c>

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:50.280
And<00:36:48.199><c> in</c><00:36:48.360><c> verse</c><00:36:48.639><c> 3,</c>

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:55.519
and<00:36:50.760><c> when</c><00:36:51.019><c> Paul</c><00:36:51.760><c> had</c><00:36:52.179><c> gathered</c><00:36:52.659><c> a</c><00:36:53.260><c> bundle</c><00:36:53.699><c> of</c><00:36:54.659><c> sticks.</c>

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:58.920
Now<00:36:57.039><c> we've</c><00:36:57.199><c> seen</c><00:36:57.420><c> the</c><00:36:57.619><c> principle</c><00:36:58.000><c> from</c><00:36:58.239><c> the</c><00:36:58.360><c> Old</c><00:36:58.539><c> Testament,</c>

00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:00.159
haven't<00:36:59.199><c> we,</c><00:36:59.460><c> brothers</c><00:36:59.599><c> and</c><00:36:59.820><c> sisters?</c>

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:03.079
Every<00:37:00.820><c> time</c><00:37:01.000><c> that</c><00:37:01.159><c> they</c><00:37:01.420><c> gather</c><00:37:01.679><c> sticks</c><00:37:02.179><c> in</c><00:37:02.340><c> the</c><00:37:02.500><c> Old</c><00:37:02.679><c> Testament,</c>

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:06.840
the<00:37:03.420><c> context</c><00:37:04.019><c> is</c><00:37:04.559><c> of</c><00:37:04.679><c> something</c><00:37:04.880><c> that's</c><00:37:05.380><c> hard</c><00:37:05.860><c> and</c><00:37:06.300><c> severe</c>

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:10.159
of<00:37:07.400><c> law</c><00:37:07.820><c> and</c><00:37:08.300><c> sin</c><00:37:08.639><c> and</c><00:37:09.079><c> death.</c>

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:14.420
Here<00:37:12.199><c> is</c><00:37:12.380><c> the</c><00:37:12.559><c> Apostle</c><00:37:12.960><c> Paul</c>

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:16.980
gathering<00:37:14.960><c> a</c><00:37:15.199><c> bundle</c><00:37:15.500><c> of</c><00:37:15.880><c> sticks.</c>

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:20.340
And<00:37:18.139><c> he</c><00:37:18.280><c> lays</c><00:37:18.559><c> them</c><00:37:18.739><c> on</c><00:37:18.900><c> the</c><00:37:19.159><c> fire</c><00:37:19.440><c> in</c><00:37:19.619><c> verse</c><00:37:19.860><c> 3,</c>

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:22.599
and<00:37:20.659><c> there</c><00:37:20.820><c> came</c><00:37:21.139><c> a</c><00:37:21.519><c> viper</c><00:37:21.860><c> out</c><00:37:22.079><c> of</c><00:37:22.199><c> the</c><00:37:22.360><c> heat</c>

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:25.139
and<00:37:23.380><c> fastened</c><00:37:23.780><c> on</c><00:37:23.920><c> his</c><00:37:24.179><c> hand.</c>

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:29.440
And<00:37:26.980><c> notice</c><00:37:27.159><c> the</c><00:37:27.320><c> reaction</c><00:37:27.780><c> of</c><00:37:27.980><c> the</c><00:37:28.139><c> people</c><00:37:28.380><c> in</c><00:37:28.559><c> verse</c><00:37:28.920><c> 4.</c>

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:32.079
And<00:37:29.800><c> when</c><00:37:29.940><c> the</c><00:37:30.199><c> barbarians</c><00:37:30.760><c> saw</c><00:37:31.099><c> the</c><00:37:31.340><c> venomous</c><00:37:31.760><c> beast</c>

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.079
hang<00:37:32.280><c> on</c><00:37:32.400><c> his</c><00:37:32.679><c> hand,</c>

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:34.420
they<00:37:33.460><c> said</c><00:37:33.679><c> among</c><00:37:33.900><c> themselves,</c>

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:36.380
no<00:37:34.760><c> doubt</c><00:37:35.019><c> this</c><00:37:35.260><c> man</c><00:37:35.480><c> is</c><00:37:35.699><c> a</c><00:37:35.860><c> murderer,</c>

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:38.420
whom<00:37:36.920><c> though</c><00:37:37.340><c> he</c><00:37:37.539><c> has</c><00:37:37.639><c> escaped</c><00:37:38.019><c> the</c><00:37:38.300><c> sea,</c>

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:40.380
yet<00:37:38.739><c> vengeance</c><00:37:39.219><c> suffers</c><00:37:39.619><c> not</c><00:37:39.900><c> to</c><00:37:40.139><c> live.</c>

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:41.380
And<00:37:40.639><c> they</c><00:37:40.780><c> were</c><00:37:41.059><c> right.</c>

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:43.559
He<00:37:41.760><c> had</c><00:37:42.099><c> been</c><00:37:42.400><c> a</c><00:37:42.559><c> murderer.</c>

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:47.000
He<00:37:45.119><c> had</c><00:37:45.460><c> persecuted</c><00:37:46.079><c> and</c><00:37:46.420><c> murdered</c>

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:48.780
brothers<00:37:47.619><c> and</c><00:37:47.920><c> sisters</c><00:37:48.199><c> in</c><00:37:48.460><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:51.659
sons<00:37:49.179><c> and</c><00:37:49.400><c> daughters</c><00:37:49.860><c> of</c><00:37:50.420><c> God.</c>

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.380
And<00:37:52.559><c> by</c><00:37:52.760><c> all</c><00:37:52.980><c> accounts,</c>

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:56.559
according<00:37:53.960><c> to</c><00:37:54.179><c> the</c><00:37:54.380><c> letter</c><00:37:54.639><c> of</c><00:37:54.840><c> the</c><00:37:55.039><c> law,</c>

00:37:57.119 --> 00:38:00.019
Saul<00:37:57.320><c> of</c><00:37:57.539><c> Tarsus</c><00:37:57.940><c> should</c><00:37:58.139><c> have</c><00:37:58.239><c> been</c><00:37:58.360><c> a</c><00:37:58.659><c> dead</c><00:37:58.880><c> man.</c>

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:03.460
And<00:38:01.380><c> when</c><00:38:01.460><c> his</c><00:38:01.760><c> viper</c><00:38:02.179><c> fastened</c><00:38:02.659><c> on</c><00:38:02.820><c> his</c><00:38:03.099><c> hand,</c>

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:05.719
he<00:38:03.719><c> should</c><00:38:03.920><c> have</c><00:38:04.039><c> been</c><00:38:04.159><c> a</c><00:38:04.340><c> dead</c><00:38:04.579><c> man.</c>

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.900
And<00:38:05.940><c> when</c><00:38:06.039><c> he</c><00:38:06.159><c> was</c><00:38:06.440><c> shipwrecked,</c>

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:09.219
he<00:38:07.079><c> should</c><00:38:07.280><c> have</c><00:38:07.460><c> been</c><00:38:07.579><c> a</c><00:38:07.760><c> dead</c><00:38:07.980><c> man.</c>

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:12.800
But<00:38:10.019><c> in</c><00:38:10.400><c> Christ</c><00:38:10.699><c> Jesus,</c><00:38:11.119><c> there</c><00:38:11.300><c> is</c><00:38:11.619><c> no</c><00:38:11.920><c> condemnation.</c>

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:17.019
We<00:38:13.099><c> are</c><00:38:13.440><c> free</c><00:38:13.860><c> from</c><00:38:14.139><c> law,</c><00:38:14.980><c> sin,</c><00:38:15.739><c> and</c><00:38:15.940><c> death.</c>

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:19.840
And<00:38:17.760><c> that</c><00:38:18.159><c> serpent</c><00:38:18.639><c> power</c><00:38:19.179><c> of</c><00:38:19.500><c> sin</c>

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:22.519
is<00:38:20.400><c> vanquished</c><00:38:21.019><c> in</c><00:38:21.280><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:27.900
He<00:38:24.840><c> has</c><00:38:25.320><c> destroyed</c><00:38:26.059><c> him</c><00:38:26.360><c> that</c><00:38:26.559><c> has</c><00:38:26.760><c> the</c><00:38:26.920><c> power</c><00:38:27.239><c> of</c><00:38:27.460><c> death.</c>

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.800
That<00:38:28.239><c> is</c><00:38:28.440><c> the</c><00:38:28.599><c> devil.</c>

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:32.840
He<00:38:29.199><c> has</c><00:38:29.599><c> condemned</c><00:38:30.320><c> sin</c><00:38:30.960><c> in</c><00:38:31.579><c> the</c><00:38:31.840><c> flesh.</c>

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:37.059
And<00:38:33.139><c> so</c><00:38:33.300><c> that</c><00:38:33.699><c> serpent</c><00:38:34.119><c> had</c><00:38:34.440><c> no</c><00:38:34.820><c> power</c><00:38:35.500><c> over</c><00:38:36.059><c> Paul.</c>

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:39.639
And<00:38:37.920><c> Paul</c><00:38:38.179><c> lives</c><00:38:38.659><c> out</c><00:38:38.940><c> this</c><00:38:39.219><c> parable</c>

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:44.239
of<00:38:39.820><c> being</c><00:38:40.139><c> free</c><00:38:40.739><c> from</c><00:38:41.280><c> law,</c><00:38:42.199><c> sin,</c><00:38:43.059><c> and</c><00:38:43.239><c> death.</c>

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:46.780
And<00:38:45.139><c> if</c><00:38:45.239><c> we</c><00:38:45.400><c> can</c><00:38:45.519><c> get</c><00:38:45.800><c> that,</c><00:38:46.400><c> brothers</c><00:38:46.400><c> and</c><00:38:46.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:48.679
into<00:38:47.159><c> our</c><00:38:47.500><c> hearts</c><00:38:47.820><c> and</c><00:38:48.119><c> minds,</c>

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:51.739
if<00:38:49.219><c> we</c><00:38:49.300><c> can</c><00:38:49.420><c> get</c><00:38:49.539><c> that</c><00:38:49.860><c> information</c><00:38:50.659><c> into</c><00:38:51.139><c> us</c>

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:53.840
that<00:38:52.019><c> God</c><00:38:52.320><c> is</c><00:38:52.579><c> not</c><00:38:52.760><c> a</c><00:38:53.000><c> hard</c><00:38:53.280><c> man,</c>

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:58.320
but<00:38:54.380><c> he</c><00:38:54.519><c> has</c><00:38:54.820><c> shown</c><00:38:55.039><c> to</c><00:38:55.280><c> us</c><00:38:55.420><c> an</c><00:38:55.699><c> extreme</c><00:38:56.559><c> form</c><00:38:56.920><c> of</c><00:38:57.300><c> kindness,</c>

00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:00.440
then<00:38:58.639><c> that's</c><00:38:58.880><c> going</c><00:38:59.059><c> to</c><00:38:59.280><c> affect</c><00:38:59.539><c> our</c><00:38:59.940><c> mindset.</c>

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:02.920
It's<00:39:00.760><c> going</c><00:39:00.900><c> to</c><00:39:01.099><c> affect</c><00:39:01.440><c> how</c><00:39:02.219><c> we</c><00:39:02.539><c> think,</c>

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:07.079
how<00:39:03.659><c> we</c><00:39:03.880><c> treat</c><00:39:04.119><c> one</c><00:39:04.420><c> another,</c><00:39:05.059><c> and</c><00:39:05.219><c> how</c><00:39:05.420><c> we</c><00:39:05.659><c> act.</c>

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:11.800
Healthy<00:39:08.119><c> doctrine</c><00:39:08.840><c> equals</c><00:39:09.760><c> healthy</c><00:39:10.739><c> mind.</c>

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:15.260
The<00:39:14.039><c> only</c><00:39:14.159><c> other</c><00:39:14.480><c> time</c><00:39:14.659><c> that</c><00:39:14.840><c> that</c><00:39:15.039><c> word</c>

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:18.380
Philanthropia<00:39:16.159><c> is</c><00:39:16.360><c> used</c><00:39:16.519><c> is</c><00:39:17.059><c> in</c><00:39:17.219><c> the</c><00:39:17.320><c> book</c><00:39:17.440><c> of</c><00:39:17.719><c> Titus.</c>

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:20.199
Let's<00:39:18.800><c> just</c><00:39:19.039><c> turn</c><00:39:19.219><c> to</c><00:39:19.380><c> this.</c>

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:23.420
Titus<00:39:20.780><c> and</c><00:39:21.739><c> chapter</c><00:39:22.119><c> 3.</c>

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:40.800
In<00:39:36.739><c> Titus</c><00:39:37.820><c> chapter</c><00:39:38.179><c> 3</c><00:39:38.559><c> and</c><00:39:38.800><c> verse</c><00:39:39.099><c> 3</c><00:39:39.340><c> it</c><00:39:39.519><c> says,</c>

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:47.519
For<00:39:41.679><c> we</c><00:39:42.119><c> ourselves</c><00:39:43.260><c> were</c><00:39:45.199><c> sometimes</c><00:39:46.039><c> foolish,</c>

00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:51.639
disobedient,<00:39:50.559><c> deceived,</c>

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:55.159
serving<00:39:52.760><c> diverse</c><00:39:53.300><c> lusts</c><00:39:53.940><c> and</c><00:39:54.079><c> pleasures,</c>

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:58.480
living<00:39:56.219><c> in</c><00:39:56.480><c> malice</c><00:39:57.019><c> and</c><00:39:57.400><c> envy,</c>

00:39:58.579 --> 00:40:01.480
hateful<00:39:59.460><c> and</c><00:40:00.019><c> hating</c><00:40:00.340><c> one</c><00:40:00.599><c> another.</c>

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:07.679
But<00:40:02.920><c> after</c><00:40:03.400><c> that,</c><00:40:06.420><c> the</c><00:40:06.780><c> extreme</c><00:40:07.199><c> kindness,</c>

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:10.400
the<00:40:08.099><c> Philanthropia</c><00:40:09.079><c> and</c><00:40:09.519><c> love</c><00:40:09.780><c> of</c><00:40:10.099><c> God,</c>

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:14.340
our<00:40:10.880><c> Savior,</c><00:40:12.159><c> toward</c><00:40:12.440><c> man</c><00:40:13.219><c> appeared.</c>

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:17.760
Not<00:40:16.199><c> by</c><00:40:16.539><c> works</c><00:40:16.980><c> of</c><00:40:17.320><c> righteousness</c>

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:22.960
which<00:40:18.119><c> we</c><00:40:18.480><c> have</c><00:40:18.739><c> done</c><00:40:19.360><c> from</c><00:40:20.800><c> a</c><00:40:21.019><c> law</c><00:40:21.440><c>-based</c><00:40:21.860><c> religion,</c>

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:28.940
but<00:40:24.119><c> according</c><00:40:24.599><c> to</c><00:40:24.920><c> His</c><00:40:25.159><c> mercy</c><00:40:25.820><c> He</c><00:40:27.139><c> saved</c><00:40:27.420><c> us.</c>

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:32.360
That's<00:40:30.039><c> the</c><00:40:30.179><c> God</c><00:40:30.760><c> whom</c><00:40:31.059><c> we</c><00:40:31.340><c> serve.</c>

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:34.480
Not<00:40:32.980><c> a</c><00:40:33.239><c> taskmaster,</c>

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:36.780
not<00:40:34.920><c> someone</c><00:40:35.139><c> who</c><00:40:35.519><c> expects</c><00:40:35.960><c> too</c><00:40:36.280><c> much</c><00:40:36.480><c> of</c><00:40:36.639><c> us</c>

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:38.920
and<00:40:36.920><c> is</c><00:40:37.059><c> ready</c><00:40:37.340><c> to</c><00:40:38.139><c> strike</c><00:40:38.380><c> us</c><00:40:38.659><c> down</c>

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:41.079
the<00:40:39.099><c> moment</c><00:40:39.380><c> we</c><00:40:39.579><c> put</c><00:40:39.739><c> a</c><00:40:39.900><c> foot</c><00:40:40.079><c> wrong.</c>

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:45.300
God<00:40:42.820><c> is</c><00:40:43.000><c> a</c><00:40:43.219><c> Father</c><00:40:43.519><c> who</c><00:40:43.719><c> loves</c><00:40:44.039><c> us,</c>

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:48.579
who<00:40:46.360><c> has</c><00:40:46.460><c> shown</c><00:40:46.599><c> kindness</c><00:40:47.139><c> to</c><00:40:47.400><c> us,</c>

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:51.460
who<00:40:49.340><c> has</c><00:40:49.380><c> been</c><00:40:49.639><c> merciful</c><00:40:50.119><c> to</c><00:40:50.340><c> us,</c>

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:56.320
and<00:40:52.440><c> has</c><00:40:52.760><c> rescued</c><00:40:53.199><c> us</c><00:40:53.880><c> from</c><00:40:54.119><c> the</c><00:40:54.380><c> pit</c><00:40:54.760><c> of</c><00:40:55.219><c> death.</c>

00:40:57.260 --> 00:41:00.199
And<00:40:57.820><c> so</c><00:40:58.099><c> Paul</c><00:40:58.679><c> expounds</c><00:40:59.360><c> on</c><00:40:59.539><c> this</c><00:40:59.699><c> in</c><00:40:59.940><c> Romans.</c>

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:04.099
Let's<00:41:00.460><c> look</c><00:41:00.679><c> at</c><00:41:00.820><c> Romans</c><00:41:01.320><c> chapter</c><00:41:02.199><c> 2.</c>

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:15.440
What<00:41:12.920><c> is</c><00:41:13.119><c> our</c><00:41:13.360><c> motivation,</c><00:41:14.000><c> brothers</c><00:41:14.280><c> and</c><00:41:14.519><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:19.260
What<00:41:16.519><c> is</c><00:41:16.800><c> it</c><00:41:16.980><c> that</c><00:41:17.260><c> causes</c><00:41:17.579><c> us</c><00:41:17.860><c> to</c><00:41:18.079><c> take</c><00:41:18.420><c> those</c><00:41:18.840><c> talents</c>

00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:20.699
that<00:41:19.500><c> God</c><00:41:19.679><c> has</c><00:41:19.920><c> given</c><00:41:20.079><c> to</c><00:41:20.360><c> us</c>

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:24.139
and<00:41:21.059><c> to</c><00:41:21.320><c> use</c><00:41:21.579><c> them</c><00:41:21.800><c> in</c><00:41:22.260><c> positive</c><00:41:22.780><c> effect</c>

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:31.059
in<00:41:25.139><c> a</c><00:41:25.340><c> religion</c><00:41:25.679><c> based</c><00:41:26.199><c> on</c><00:41:27.380><c> good,</c><00:41:28.099><c> holy,</c><00:41:29.320><c> right</c><00:41:29.559><c> things?</c>

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.820
Well,<00:41:31.579><c> Romans</c><00:41:31.880><c> chapter</c><00:41:32.280><c> 2,</c>

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:35.179
the<00:41:33.119><c> Apostle</c><00:41:33.559><c> Paul</c><00:41:33.840><c> says</c><00:41:34.119><c> in</c><00:41:34.340><c> verse</c><00:41:34.639><c> 4,</c>

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:38.980
Do<00:41:35.559><c> you</c><00:41:35.659><c> despise</c><00:41:36.679><c> the</c><00:41:37.000><c> riches</c><00:41:37.559><c> of</c><00:41:38.179><c> His</c><00:41:38.539><c> goodness</c>

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:43.000
and<00:41:40.000><c> forbearance</c><00:41:41.500><c> and</c><00:41:41.980><c> long</c><00:41:42.199><c>-suffering,</c>

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:45.860
not<00:41:43.460><c> knowing</c><00:41:43.820><c> that</c><00:41:44.079><c> the</c><00:41:44.360><c> goodness</c><00:41:44.820><c> of</c><00:41:45.179><c> God</c>

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:48.420
leads<00:41:46.480><c> you</c><00:41:47.039><c> to</c><00:41:47.280><c> repentance?</c>

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:52.079
That's<00:41:49.619><c> how</c><00:41:49.820><c> God</c><00:41:50.139><c> treats</c><00:41:50.599><c> us.</c>

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:56.920
Not<00:41:53.260><c> with</c><00:41:53.460><c> a</c><00:41:53.960><c> stick</c><00:41:54.639><c> smiting</c><00:41:56.440><c> us</c>

00:41:57.260 --> 00:42:02.380
and<00:41:57.780><c> causing</c><00:41:58.059><c> us</c><00:41:58.460><c> to</c><00:41:59.239><c> obey</c><00:41:59.539><c> Him</c><00:42:00.139><c> lest</c><00:42:00.539><c> we</c><00:42:00.920><c> die.</c>

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:07.500
It's<00:42:04.199><c> the</c><00:42:04.400><c> goodness,</c><00:42:04.940><c> it's</c><00:42:05.079><c> the</c><00:42:05.360><c> kindness</c><00:42:05.820><c> of</c><00:42:06.260><c> God</c>

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:09.760
which<00:42:08.519><c> motivates</c><00:42:09.079><c> us,</c>

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:11.119
which<00:42:10.260><c> drives</c><00:42:10.639><c> us,</c>

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:15.460
which<00:42:11.840><c> energizes</c><00:42:12.559><c> us</c><00:42:12.960><c> to</c><00:42:13.179><c> do</c><00:42:13.460><c> those</c><00:42:14.139><c> positive</c><00:42:14.800><c> things</c>

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:17.579
in<00:42:16.139><c> His</c><00:42:16.420><c> service.</c>

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:22.360
And<00:42:19.880><c> then,</c><00:42:20.460><c> contrary</c><00:42:20.860><c> to</c><00:42:21.260><c> that</c><00:42:21.460><c> in</c><00:42:21.619><c> verse</c><00:42:21.900><c> 5,</c>

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:25.059
but<00:42:22.539><c> after</c><00:42:23.000><c> thy</c><00:42:23.699><c> hardness,</c>

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:29.400
an<00:42:26.619><c> impenetrable</c><00:42:27.139><c> heart,</c><00:42:27.539><c> he</c><00:42:27.800><c> says</c><00:42:28.019><c> to</c><00:42:28.239><c> the</c><00:42:28.420><c> Jews,</c>

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:32.320
if<00:42:30.860><c> that's</c><00:42:31.079><c> the</c><00:42:31.179><c> sort</c><00:42:31.320><c> of</c><00:42:31.519><c> religion</c><00:42:31.800><c> you</c><00:42:32.119><c> have,</c>

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:34.219
if<00:42:32.539><c> you're</c><00:42:33.239><c> hard,</c>

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:38.940
if<00:42:35.440><c> your</c><00:42:35.639><c> heart</c><00:42:35.880><c> is</c><00:42:36.300><c> impenetrable</c><00:42:37.340><c> to</c><00:42:37.659><c> the</c><00:42:37.940><c> Spirit</c><00:42:38.199><c> of</c><00:42:38.440><c> God,</c>

00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:41.900
if<00:42:39.360><c> you</c><00:42:39.539><c> read</c><00:42:39.840><c> the</c><00:42:40.000><c> Word</c><00:42:40.179><c> of</c><00:42:40.340><c> God</c><00:42:40.559><c> in</c><00:42:40.679><c> the</c><00:42:41.019><c> wrong</c><00:42:41.280><c> way</c>

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:43.980
and<00:42:42.659><c> miss</c><00:42:42.900><c> the</c><00:42:43.059><c> point</c><00:42:43.280><c> of</c><00:42:43.460><c> it,</c>

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:46.320
then<00:42:45.000><c> you</c><00:42:45.260><c> treasure</c><00:42:45.519><c> up</c><00:42:45.739><c> unto</c><00:42:45.900><c> yourself</c>

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:47.980
wrath<00:42:46.800><c> against</c><00:42:47.159><c> the</c><00:42:47.340><c> day</c><00:42:47.539><c> of</c><00:42:47.780><c> wrath</c>

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:50.260
and<00:42:48.159><c> revelation</c><00:42:48.699><c> of</c><00:42:48.880><c> the</c><00:42:49.039><c> righteous</c><00:42:49.360><c> judgment</c><00:42:49.699><c> of</c><00:42:49.900><c> God.</c>

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:52.280
Yes,<00:42:50.820><c> God</c><00:42:51.199><c> can</c><00:42:51.579><c> be</c><00:42:51.920><c> hard.</c>

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:54.420
He<00:42:52.719><c> can</c><00:42:53.059><c> be</c><00:42:53.420><c> strict.</c>

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:56.739
And<00:42:55.340><c> He</c><00:42:55.440><c> will</c><00:42:55.760><c> be</c><00:42:56.119><c> strict</c><00:42:56.260><c> with</c><00:42:56.440><c> us</c>

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:59.780
if<00:42:56.920><c> we</c><00:42:57.559><c> are</c><00:42:58.039><c> strict</c><00:42:58.400><c> with</c><00:42:58.860><c> others.</c>

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:03.239
So,<00:43:02.699><c> brothers</c><00:43:02.739><c> and</c><00:43:02.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:07.739
let<00:43:03.519><c> us</c><00:43:03.880><c> cling</c><00:43:04.179><c> then</c><00:43:04.599><c> onto</c><00:43:05.159><c> the</c><00:43:06.280><c> true</c><00:43:06.519><c> doctrine</c>

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:10.219
of<00:43:08.760><c> who</c><00:43:08.980><c> God</c><00:43:09.179><c> is.</c>

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:14.219
That<00:43:10.860><c> He</c><00:43:11.019><c> is</c><00:43:11.199><c> a</c><00:43:11.380><c> Father</c><00:43:11.940><c> who</c><00:43:12.679><c> loves</c><00:43:12.980><c> us,</c>

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:16.619
who<00:43:14.780><c> wants</c><00:43:15.099><c> us</c><00:43:15.340><c> in</c><00:43:15.480><c> His</c><00:43:15.699><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:22.760
and<00:43:17.719><c> who</c><00:43:17.920><c> sent</c><00:43:18.119><c> His</c><00:43:18.480><c> Son</c><00:43:19.239><c> to</c><00:43:20.460><c> die</c><00:43:21.039><c> for</c><00:43:21.579><c> us</c>

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:24.659
so<00:43:23.280><c> that</c><00:43:23.380><c> we</c><00:43:23.519><c> might</c><00:43:23.760><c> live.</c>