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as</c><00:16:06.620><c> a</c> 00:16:06.940 --> 00:16:08.139 breaker<00:16:07.179><c> of</c><00:16:07.379><c> God's</c><00:16:07.779><c> commandments,</c> 00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:10.259 you<00:16:08.539><c> can</c><00:16:08.700><c> imagine</c><00:16:09.039><c> stopping</c><00:16:09.419><c> in</c><00:16:09.580><c> your</c><00:16:09.779><c> tracks</c><00:16:09.899><c> and</c><00:16:10.059><c> thinking</c> 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:12.320 to<00:16:10.399><c> yourself,</c><00:16:11.740><c> well,</c><00:16:11.860><c> let's</c><00:16:12.100><c> have</c><00:16:12.179><c> a</c><00:16:12.259><c> think</c> 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:16.500 what<00:16:12.460><c> he</c><00:16:12.679><c> did</c><00:16:13.179><c> and</c><00:16:14.580><c> try</c><00:16:14.860><c> and</c><00:16:15.059><c> think</c><00:16:15.200><c> back</c><00:16:15.440><c> over</c><00:16:15.679><c> the</c><00:16:15.879><c> years</c><00:16:16.100><c> that</c><00:16:16.279><c> had</c> 00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:19.860 gone<00:16:17.039><c> 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you</c><00:16:43.320><c> see.</c> 00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:48.960 And<00:16:45.860><c> so</c><00:16:46.019><c> they</c><00:16:46.159><c> took</c><00:16:46.320><c> up</c><00:16:46.519><c> these</c><00:16:46.820><c> stones</c><00:16:47.220><c> to</c><00:16:47.820><c> stone</c><00:16:48.019><c> him.</c><00:16:48.100><c> And</c><00:16:48.279><c> they</c><00:16:48.440><c> said,</c><00:16:48.879><c> we</c> 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:50.299 don't<00:16:49.240><c> stone</c><00:16:49.460><c> you</c><00:16:49.639><c> for</c><00:16:49.799><c> a</c><00:16:49.960><c> good</c><00:16:50.159><c> work.</c> 00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:54.159 They<00:16:50.519><c> had</c><00:16:50.659><c> an</c><00:16:50.879><c> answer.</c><00:16:51.080><c> They</c><00:16:51.200><c> always</c><00:16:51.500><c> had</c><00:16:51.639><c> an</c><00:16:51.820><c> answer</c><00:16:51.940><c> for</c><00:16:52.159><c> everything,</c><00:16:52.480><c> didn't</c><00:16:52.659><c> they?</c><00:16:53.059><c> People</c><00:16:53.320><c> always</c><00:16:53.639><c> got</c><00:16:53.799><c> answers</c> 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:58.440 for<00:16:54.360><c> their</c><00:16:55.779><c> cover</c><00:16:56.100><c> their</c><00:16:56.360><c> black</c><00:16:56.620><c> deeds.</c><00:16:56.940><c> And</c><00:16:57.059><c> they</c><00:16:57.240><c> said,</c><00:16:57.600><c> we're</c><00:16:57.919><c> stoning</c><00:16:58.120><c> you</c> 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:02.580 for<00:16:58.820><c> blasphemy</c><00:17:00.019><c> because</c><00:17:01.299><c> they</c><00:17:01.639><c> said</c> 00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:08.579 in<00:17:03.419><c> verse</c><00:17:03.720><c> 33,</c><00:17:05.539><c> that</c><00:17:05.700><c> you're</c><00:17:05.880><c> only</c><00:17:06.059><c> a</c><00:17:06.299><c> man</c><00:17:06.859><c> and</c><00:17:08.099><c> yet</c><00:17:08.240><c> you</c><00:17:08.440><c> dare</c> 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:10.319 to<00:17:08.779><c> make</c><00:17:08.940><c> yourself</c><00:17:09.259><c> God.</c> 00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:13.799 Now,<00:17:11.599><c> the</c><00:17:11.740><c> Trilitarians,</c><00:17:12.319><c> of</c><00:17:12.500><c> course,</c><00:17:12.819><c> quote</c><00:17:13.079><c> that</c><00:17:13.380><c> to</c><00:17:13.619><c> prove</c> 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:15.539 their<00:17:14.099><c> thesis.</c><00:17:14.519><c> It's</c><00:17:14.720><c> a</c><00:17:14.779><c> lot</c><00:17:14.920><c> of</c><00:17:15.160><c> nonsense,</c> 00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:20.140 really,<00:17:15.859><c> and</c><00:17:15.960><c> we</c><00:17:16.119><c> know</c><00:17:16.299><c> it's</c><00:17:16.619><c> nonsense.</c><00:17:17.599><c> The</c><00:17:17.779><c> Jews</c><00:17:17.980><c> never</c><00:17:18.359><c> would</c><00:17:18.660><c> have</c><00:17:18.960><c> contemplated,</c><00:17:19.460><c> brethren</c><00:17:19.779><c> and</c><00:17:20.039><c> sisters,</c> 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:25.460 that<00:17:20.460><c> anyone</c><00:17:20.759><c> could</c><00:17:21.039><c> actually</c><00:17:21.400><c> be</c><00:17:21.660><c> God.</c><00:17:22.559><c> Not</c><00:17:22.960><c> even</c><00:17:23.420><c> them</c><00:17:23.700><c> would</c><00:17:24.019><c> contemplate</c><00:17:24.519><c> that.</c><00:17:25.339><c> But</c> 00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.480 they<00:17:25.819><c> certainly</c><00:17:26.220><c> saw</c> 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:34.019 this,<00:17:27.660><c> that</c><00:17:27.839><c> for</c><00:17:28.140><c> anyone</c><00:17:28.420><c> to</c><00:17:28.799><c> claim</c><00:17:29.259><c> a</c><00:17:30.000><c> separate</c><00:17:30.339><c> and</c><00:17:30.819><c> personal</c><00:17:31.400><c> relationship</c><00:17:32.200><c> with</c><00:17:32.440><c> God</c><00:17:32.740><c> to</c><00:17:33.019><c> them,</c> 00:17:34.130 --> 00:17:37.799 that<00:17:34.440><c> was</c><00:17:34.839><c> to</c><00:17:35.000><c> make</c><00:17:35.319><c> yourself</c><00:17:36.140><c> equal</c><00:17:36.720><c> with</c><00:17:36.940><c> God.</c><00:17:37.460><c> That</c><00:17:37.619><c> was</c> 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:39.750 how<00:17:38.039><c> the</c><00:17:38.259><c> Jews</c><00:17:38.519><c> saw</c><00:17:38.940><c> it.</c> 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:46.599 Now,<00:17:40.640><c> Jesus</c><00:17:41.039><c> had</c><00:17:41.279><c> a</c><00:17:41.460><c> magnificent</c><00:17:42.099><c> answer</c><00:17:42.519><c> to</c><00:17:42.740><c> that.</c><00:17:44.500><c> I've</c><00:17:44.700><c> always</c><00:17:44.960><c> said</c><00:17:45.200><c> this,</c><00:17:46.299><c> when</c><00:17:46.380><c> we</c> 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.220 teach<00:17:46.799><c> candidates</c> 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:52.940 for<00:17:47.500><c> baptism,</c><00:17:48.640><c> this</c><00:17:48.859><c> is</c><00:17:49.119><c> the</c><00:17:49.460><c> best</c><00:17:49.859><c> exposition</c><00:17:50.660><c> of</c><00:17:51.339><c> God</c><00:17:51.579><c> manifestation</c><00:17:52.319><c> you'll</c><00:17:52.680><c> ever</c> 00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.500 get<00:17:53.119><c> anywhere.</c> 00:17:53.660 --> 00:17:58.299 It's<00:17:54.079><c> so</c><00:17:54.380><c> simple.</c><00:17:56.119><c> And</c><00:17:56.259><c> his</c><00:17:56.460><c> answer</c><00:17:56.900><c> was</c><00:17:57.200><c> from</c><00:17:57.440><c> Psalm</c><00:17:57.700><c> 82,</c><00:17:58.119><c> as</c> 00:17:58.299 --> 00:18:00.980 he<00:17:58.460><c> said</c><00:17:58.740><c> in</c><00:17:59.380><c> verse</c><00:17:59.740><c> 34.</c> 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:05.019 So,<00:18:02.019><c> I'm</c><00:18:02.160><c> blaspheming</c><00:18:02.759><c> because</c><00:18:03.059><c> I</c><00:18:03.299><c> said,</c><00:18:04.119><c> I'm</c><00:18:04.299><c> the</c><00:18:04.420><c> son</c><00:18:04.579><c> of</c><00:18:04.740><c> God,</c><00:18:04.900><c> he</c> 00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.920 said.<00:18:05.920><c> Well,</c> 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:10.579 is<00:18:06.460><c> it</c><00:18:06.640><c> not</c><00:18:06.839><c> written</c><00:18:07.079><c> in</c><00:18:07.579><c> your</c><00:18:07.940><c> law?</c><00:18:08.799><c> Now,</c><00:18:09.119><c> let's</c><00:18:09.480><c> pause</c><00:18:09.779><c> there,</c><00:18:10.160><c> brethren</c><00:18:10.299><c> and</c> 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:13.500 sisters.<00:18:11.980><c> Your</c><00:18:12.539><c> law.</c> 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:16.420 Now,<00:18:14.660><c> that's</c><00:18:14.980><c> interesting</c><00:18:15.359><c> because</c><00:18:15.640><c> he's</c><00:18:15.859><c> going</c><00:18:15.980><c> to</c><00:18:16.140><c> quote</c> 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:21.339 Psalm<00:18:16.779><c> 82</c><00:18:17.539><c> and</c><00:18:18.000><c> verse</c><00:18:18.299><c> 6.</c><00:18:19.819><c> And</c><00:18:20.039><c> we</c><00:18:20.220><c> may</c><00:18:20.500><c> not</c><00:18:20.740><c> always</c> 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:26.619 associate<00:18:22.160><c> the</c><00:18:22.519><c> Psalms</c><00:18:22.880><c> with</c><00:18:23.279><c> law,</c><00:18:24.359><c> but</c><00:18:24.559><c> Jesus</c><00:18:24.920><c> did.</c><00:18:25.960><c> As</c><00:18:26.140><c> 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virtue.</c><00:21:54.680><c> But</c><00:21:54.799><c> He</c><00:21:54.940><c> was</c><00:21:55.099><c> showing</c><00:21:55.339><c> them</c><00:21:55.519><c> what</c><00:21:55.640><c> was</c> 00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.259 possible<00:21:56.559><c> in</c><00:21:56.859><c> their</c><00:21:57.079><c> life,</c> 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:00.180 that<00:21:57.500><c> they</c><00:21:57.700><c> had</c><00:21:57.839><c> been</c><00:21:58.079><c> promised</c><00:21:58.400><c> certain</c><00:21:58.779><c> things.</c><00:21:59.839><c> And</c><00:22:00.039><c> they</c> 00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:02.019 were<00:22:00.420><c> high</c><00:22:00.779><c> things,</c><00:22:01.180><c> brothers</c><00:22:01.259><c> and</c><00:22:01.519><c> sisters.</c> 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:07.779 They<00:22:02.500><c> were</c><00:22:02.700><c> very</c><00:22:03.079><c> high</c><00:22:03.339><c> things.</c><00:22:04.480><c> I</c><00:22:04.480><c> said,</c><00:22:06.619><c> your</c><00:22:06.700><c> gods</c> 00:22:10.799 --> 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God</c><00:22:36.039><c> of.</c><00:22:36.859><c> God</c><00:22:37.079><c> in</c><00:22:37.259><c> the</c><00:22:37.380><c> sense</c><00:22:37.599><c> that</c><00:22:37.920><c> He</c> 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:40.140 was<00:22:38.299><c> there</c><00:22:38.500><c> to</c><00:22:38.660><c> reveal</c><00:22:39.240><c> to</c><00:22:39.440><c> men</c><00:22:39.799><c> the</c> 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:44.200 living<00:22:40.380><c> God.</c><00:22:41.700><c> And</c><00:22:41.839><c> you</c><00:22:41.880><c> know,</c><00:22:42.299><c> when</c><00:22:42.400><c> you</c><00:22:42.500><c> look</c><00:22:42.619><c> about</c><00:22:42.819><c> the</c><00:22:43.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:43.359><c> name,</c><00:22:43.920><c> brothers</c><00:22:44.059><c> and</c> 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.839 sisters,<00:22:45.000><c> when</c><00:22:45.200><c> we</c><00:22:45.559><c> hear</c> 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:49.740 that<00:22:46.259><c> spoken</c><00:22:46.619><c> from</c><00:22:46.799><c> the</c><00:22:47.019><c> platform,</c><00:22:47.460><c> and</c><00:22:47.660><c> it</c><00:22:47.799><c> ought</c><00:22:48.019><c> to</c><00:22:48.220><c> be</c><00:22:48.440><c> heard,</c><00:22:49.579><c> and</c> 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:52.259 I<00:22:49.880><c> repeat</c><00:22:50.220><c> that,</c><00:22:50.579><c> it</c><00:22:50.660><c> ought</c><00:22:50.940><c> to</c><00:22:51.160><c> be</c><00:22:51.380><c> heard,</c> 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:55.079 don't<00:22:52.599><c> get</c><00:22:52.759><c> out</c><00:22:52.880><c> of</c><00:22:52.960><c> the</c><00:22:53.099><c> habit</c><00:22:53.240><c> of</c><00:22:53.420><c> that.</c><00:22:54.019><c> But</c><00:22:54.200><c> when</c><00:22:54.460><c> we</c><00:22:54.900><c> hear</c> 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:59.680 that,<00:22:55.339><c> it's</c><00:22:55.539><c> not</c><00:22:55.839><c> just</c><00:22:56.359><c> a</c><00:22:56.700><c> name</c><00:22:57.160><c> by</c><00:22:58.740><c> which</c><00:22:58.980><c> we</c> 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:05.180 identify<00:23:00.460><c> the</c><00:23:00.900><c> God</c><00:23:01.140><c> we</c><00:23:01.400><c> worship.</c><00:23:02.759><c> It</c><00:23:02.900><c> has</c><00:23:03.160><c> a</c><00:23:03.319><c> tremendous</c><00:23:03.819><c> significance.</c><00:23:05.059><c> Oh,</c> 00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:07.220 yes,<00:23:05.480><c> we</c><00:23:05.599><c> can</c><00:23:05.880><c> quote</c><00:23:06.240><c> the</c><00:23:06.839><c> Hebrew,</c> 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:10.640 ayah,<00:23:07.740><c> asher,</c><00:23:08.059><c> ayah.</c><00:23:08.460><c> We</c><00:23:08.819><c> can</c><00:23:09.059><c> say</c><00:23:09.200><c> it's</c><00:23:09.559><c> futuristic</c><00:23:10.039><c> and</c><00:23:10.380><c> all</c> 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.599 that.<00:23:11.079><c> But,</c><00:23:11.339><c> brothers</c><00:23:11.480><c> and</c><00:23:11.660><c> sisters,</c> 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:17.160 think<00:23:12.900><c> about</c><00:23:13.259><c> it.</c><00:23:13.900><c> Think</c><00:23:14.160><c> about</c><00:23:14.380><c> it</c><00:23:14.519><c> in</c><00:23:14.599><c> its</c><00:23:14.799><c> utmost</c><00:23:15.319><c> simplicity</c><00:23:16.000><c> that</c><00:23:16.559><c> Israel</c><00:23:17.000><c> are</c> 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.980 about<00:23:17.319><c> to</c><00:23:17.539><c> leave</c><00:23:17.680><c> Egypt.</c> 00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:20.319 Now,<00:23:18.160><c> this</c><00:23:18.299><c> is</c><00:23:18.440><c> the</c><00:23:18.599><c> point</c><00:23:18.759><c> the</c><00:23:18.900><c> Lord's</c><00:23:19.140><c> making.</c><00:23:19.680><c> They're</c><00:23:19.940><c> about</c><00:23:20.160><c> to</c> 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:22.099 leave<00:23:20.460><c> Egypt.</c><00:23:20.960><c> Moses</c><00:23:21.400><c> has</c><00:23:21.720><c> got</c><00:23:21.799><c> to</c><00:23:21.900><c> go</c><00:23:21.960><c> back</c> 00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:26.059 and<00:23:22.279><c> tell</c><00:23:22.420><c> them</c><00:23:22.640><c> to</c><00:23:22.960><c> 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name?</c><00:23:53.039><c> What</c><00:23:53.160><c> he</c><00:23:53.299><c> was</c><00:23:53.480><c> saying</c><00:23:53.680><c> is,</c><00:23:54.380><c> look,</c><00:23:54.480><c> they're</c><00:23:54.660><c> not</c> 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.319 going<00:23:54.900><c> to</c><00:23:55.019><c> just</c><00:23:55.200><c> walk</c><00:23:55.440><c> out</c><00:23:55.619><c> of</c><00:23:55.700><c> their</c><00:23:55.940><c> homes.</c> 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:02.599 You've<00:23:57.059><c> got</c><00:23:57.140><c> to</c><00:23:57.279><c> give</c><00:23:57.380><c> me</c><00:23:57.559><c> a</c><00:23:57.720><c> valid</c><00:23:57.940><c> reason</c><00:23:58.359><c> for</c><00:23:58.619><c> that.</c><00:23:59.640><c> And</c><00:23:59.640><c> the</c><00:23:59.779><c> reason?</c><00:24:01.279><c> God</c><00:24:01.380><c> didn't</c><00:24:01.640><c> say,</c><00:24:02.119><c> I'm</c><00:24:02.299><c> going</c><00:24:02.380><c> to</c><00:24:02.519><c> bring</c> 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:05.700 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you</c><00:24:11.279><c> immortal.</c><00:24:12.460><c> All</c><00:24:12.700><c> of</c><00:24:12.880><c> which,</c> 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:15.759 brothers<00:24:13.299><c> and</c><00:24:13.599><c> sisters,</c><00:24:13.859><c> would</c><00:24:14.039><c> have</c><00:24:14.200><c> been</c><00:24:14.420><c> reason</c><00:24:14.740><c> enough.</c> 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:20.720 He<00:24:16.680><c> went</c><00:24:16.839><c> to</c><00:24:17.019><c> the</c><00:24:17.220><c> top</c><00:24:17.859><c> and</c><00:24:19.599><c> he</c><00:24:19.859><c> said,</c> 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:25.880 I'm<00:24:21.819><c> going</c><00:24:21.900><c> to</c><00:24:22.039><c> bring</c><00:24:22.140><c> you</c><00:24:22.319><c> out</c><00:24:22.460><c> of</c><00:24:22.579><c> Egypt</c><00:24:23.000><c> to</c><00:24:24.579><c> make</c><00:24:24.799><c> you</c><00:24:24.940><c> like</c><00:24:25.180><c> me.</c> 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:30.400 Now<00:24:28.259><c> he</c><00:24:28.339><c> couldn't</c><00:24:28.579><c> go</c><00:24:28.799><c> on</c><00:24:28.880><c> any</c><00:24:29.019><c> higher.</c><00:24:29.579><c> That</c><00:24:29.720><c> was</c><00:24:29.960><c> the</c><00:24:30.119><c> best</c> 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:33.319 reason,<00:24:31.380><c> wasn't</c><00:24:31.579><c> it?</c><00:24:32.259><c> It</c><00:24:32.420><c> wasn't</c><00:24:32.500><c> as</c><00:24:32.680><c> if</c><00:24:32.700><c> he</c><00:24:33.059><c> sort</c> 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:35.740 of<00:24:33.460><c> said,</c><00:24:33.940><c> here's</c><00:24:34.140><c> something</c><00:24:34.359><c> I'll</c><00:24:34.619><c> do</c><00:24:34.799><c> for</c><00:24:34.960><c> you,</c><00:24:35.180><c> reserving</c> 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:37.339 perhaps<00:24:36.099><c> later</c><00:24:36.380><c> on</c><00:24:36.519><c> for</c><00:24:36.640><c> something</c><00:24:36.779><c> a</c><00:24:36.920><c> bit</c><00:24:37.079><c> better.</c> 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:40.339 Like<00:24:37.539><c> we</c><00:24:37.740><c> 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to</c><00:24:47.900><c> make</c><00:24:48.099><c> you</c><00:24:48.940><c> like</c><00:24:49.380><c> me.</c><00:24:52.059><c> Now</c><00:24:52.279><c> if</c> 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:54.319 that's<00:24:52.660><c> not</c><00:24:52.880><c> reason</c><00:24:53.180><c> enough</c><00:24:53.519><c> to</c><00:24:53.740><c> pack</c><00:24:53.920><c> up</c><00:24:54.140><c> and</c> 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:56.240 leave<00:24:54.440><c> your</c><00:24:54.660><c> house,</c><00:24:54.920><c> I</c><00:24:55.099><c> don't</c><00:24:55.240><c> know</c><00:24:55.339><c> what</c><00:24:55.579><c> is.</c><00:24:55.900><c> There</c><00:24:56.059><c> could</c> 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:58.299 be<00:24:56.420><c> no</c><00:24:56.660><c> greater</c><00:24:56.900><c> reason</c><00:24:57.220><c> than</c><00:24:57.440><c> that.</c> 00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:02.180 There<00:24:58.880><c> is</c><00:24:59.160><c> no</c><00:24:59.400><c> greater</c><00:24:59.680><c> reason,</c><00:25:00.200><c> brothers</c><00:25:00.279><c> and</c><00:25:00.480><c> sisters,</c><00:25:00.680><c> than</c><00:25:00.900><c> that.</c><00:25:01.440><c> Whatever</c><00:25:01.700><c> else</c><00:25:01.980><c> we</c> 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.960 might<00:25:02.279><c> have</c><00:25:02.539><c> in</c><00:25:02.680><c> store</c> 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:07.019 in<00:25:03.339><c> front</c><00:25:03.460><c> of</c><00:25:03.599><c> us,</c><00:25:04.299><c> at</c><00:25:04.420><c> the</c><00:25:04.559><c> coming</c><00:25:04.700><c> of</c><00:25:04.880><c> the</c><00:25:05.019><c> Lord,</c><00:25:05.680><c> kingship,</c> 00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:09.319 priests<00:25:07.859><c> in</c><00:25:08.180><c> the</c><00:25:08.339><c> kingdom</c><00:25:08.539><c> of</c><00:25:08.779><c> God,</c> 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:13.420 worshippers<00:25:10.460><c> in</c><00:25:10.640><c> the</c><00:25:10.779><c> temple,</c><00:25:11.640><c> preachers</c><00:25:12.039><c> to</c><00:25:12.180><c> the</c><00:25:12.279><c> nations,</c> 00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:16.819 immortal<00:25:13.920><c> life,</c><00:25:15.259><c> eternal</c><00:25:15.740><c> vigor,</c> 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:24.940 whatever<00:25:17.380><c> else</c><00:25:17.839><c> it</c><00:25:18.019><c> is,</c><00:25:19.380><c> to</c><00:25:19.559><c> be</c><00:25:19.720><c> like</c><00:25:20.160><c> God.</c><00:25:22.400><c> Unbelievable,</c><00:25:23.339><c> almost</c><00:25:23.740><c> unbelievable</c><00:25:24.539><c> were</c><00:25:24.799><c> it</c> 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:26.319 not<00:25:25.140><c> the</c><00:25:25.319><c> fact</c><00:25:25.619><c> that</c><00:25:26.180><c> the</c> 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:31.299 Bible<00:25:26.599><c> says</c><00:25:26.859><c> it</c><00:25:26.960><c> will</c><00:25:27.039><c> be</c><00:25:27.279><c> true.</c><00:25:28.480><c> That</c><00:25:28.740><c> is</c><00:25:29.440><c> a</c><00:25:29.640><c> breathless</c><00:25:30.299><c> aspiration</c><00:25:31.079><c> to</c> 00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.359 have,<00:25:31.700><c> brothers</c><00:25:31.720><c> and</c><00:25:31.880><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:35.859 And<00:25:32.900><c> that's</c><00:25:33.160><c> exactly</c><00:25:33.599><c> what</c><00:25:33.839><c> the</c><00:25:34.000><c> Lord</c><00:25:34.220><c> did.</c><00:25:34.819><c> He</c><00:25:34.960><c> didn't</c><00:25:35.420><c> point</c> 00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:37.299 a<00:25:36.059><c> reference</c><00:25:36.299><c> which</c><00:25:36.539><c> condemned</c><00:25:36.900><c> them.</c> 00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:39.299 He<00:25:37.559><c> didn't</c><00:25:37.819><c> point</c><00:25:38.059><c> to</c><00:25:38.240><c> a</c><00:25:38.420><c> reference</c><00:25:38.599><c> which</c><00:25:38.819><c> said</c><00:25:38.940><c> they'd</c><00:25:39.140><c> be</c> 00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:41.420 the<00:25:39.519><c> first</c><00:25:39.799><c> nation,</c><00:25:40.259><c> the</c><00:25:40.480><c> first</c><00:25:40.799><c> dominion,</c> 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:44.539 and<00:25:41.779><c> the</c><00:25:42.000><c> kingdom</c><00:25:42.160><c> would</c><00:25:42.359><c> come</c><00:25:42.539><c> to</c><00:25:42.700><c> the</c><00:25:42.819><c> daughter</c><00:25:43.039><c> of</c><00:25:43.240><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:25:43.799><c> He</c><00:25:43.980><c> said,</c><00:25:44.240><c> I</c> 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:47.119 said,<00:25:45.799><c> you're</c><00:25:46.220><c> God.</c> 00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:52.420 And<00:25:48.660><c> they</c><00:25:48.839><c> should</c><00:25:48.980><c> have</c><00:25:49.259><c> stopped</c><00:25:49.500><c> and</c><00:25:49.740><c> thought,</c><00:25:50.680><c> what</c><00:25:50.759><c> a</c><00:25:51.299><c> lofty</c><00:25:51.799><c> concept</c><00:25:52.140><c> that</c> 00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:56.160 was.<00:25:54.119><c> What</c><00:25:54.359><c> a</c><00:25:54.680><c> lofty</c><00:25:55.180><c> concept.</c> 00:25:56.859 --> 00:26:00.579 And<00:25:57.079><c> people</c><00:25:57.279><c> who</c><00:25:57.640><c> share</c><00:25:57.920><c> lofty</c><00:25:58.640><c> concepts,</c><00:25:59.259><c> brothers</c><00:25:59.380><c> and</c><00:25:59.539><c> sisters,</c> 00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:03.180 didn't<00:26:00.980><c> ought</c><00:26:01.220><c> to</c><00:26:01.380><c> be</c><00:26:01.740><c> elevated</c><00:26:02.140><c> in</c><00:26:02.339><c> their</c><00:26:02.559><c> mind</c><00:26:02.740><c> about</c><00:26:03.019><c> that.</c> 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:05.099 They<00:26:03.319><c> ought</c><00:26:03.460><c> to</c><00:26:03.579><c> be</c><00:26:03.779><c> humbled</c><00:26:04.039><c> by</c><00:26:04.339><c> it.</c> 00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:12.519 That's<00:26:05.559><c> what</c><00:26:05.700><c> he</c><00:26:05.819><c> was</c><00:26:05.960><c> on</c><00:26:06.079><c> about.</c><00:26:08.099><c> I</c><00:26:08.240><c> said,</c><00:26:09.819><c> you're</c><00:26:10.059><c> God.</c><00:26:12.240><c> Now</c> 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:14.940 Psalm<00:26:12.660><c> 82</c><00:26:13.140><c> is</c><00:26:13.359><c> the</c><00:26:13.460><c> one</c><00:26:13.539><c> that</c><00:26:13.680><c> he</c><00:26:13.880><c> quoted,</c><00:26:14.240><c> isn't</c><00:26:14.279><c> it,</c> 00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:21.200 and<00:26:15.940><c> interesting</c><00:26:16.920><c> Psalm</c><00:26:17.279><c> 82,</c><00:26:18.079><c> brothers</c><00:26:18.180><c> and</c><00:26:18.359><c> sisters.</c><00:26:20.799><c> And</c> 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:23.220 you<00:26:21.299><c> can</c><00:26:21.539><c> see</c><00:26:21.700><c> from</c><00:26:21.880><c> this</c><00:26:22.079><c> very</c><00:26:22.420><c> Psalm</c><00:26:22.740><c> that</c><00:26:22.920><c> he's</c> 00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:30.519 quoting<00:26:23.940><c> that</c><00:26:26.200><c> it's</c><00:26:26.460><c> a</c><00:26:26.680><c> Psalm</c><00:26:27.180><c> which</c><00:26:28.380><c> speaks</c><00:26:28.759><c> about</c><00:26:29.180><c> Elohim,</c> 00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:33.880 mighty<00:26:31.019><c> ones,</c><00:26:31.539><c> plural,</c><00:26:32.559><c> being</c><00:26:32.819><c> used</c><00:26:33.240><c> of</c><00:26:33.440><c> those</c> 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:37.980 who<00:26:34.140><c> represent</c><00:26:35.019><c> God.</c><00:26:36.640><c> Why,</c><00:26:36.819><c> the</c><00:26:36.900><c> very</c><00:26:37.200><c> context</c><00:26:37.599><c> would</c><00:26:37.839><c> tell</c> 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:42.019 you<00:26:38.119><c> that.</c><00:26:39.440><c> God</c><00:26:39.859><c> standeth</c><00:26:41.119><c> in</c><00:26:41.279><c> the</c><00:26:41.559><c> congregation</c> 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:48.740 of<00:26:42.200><c> the</c><00:26:42.359><c> mighty.</c><00:26:44.299><c> He</c><00:26:44.579><c> judgeth</c><00:26:45.079><c> among</c><00:26:45.319><c> the</c><00:26:45.559><c> gods.</c><00:26:47.700><c> How</c><00:26:48.019><c> long</c><00:26:48.279><c> would</c><00:26:48.440><c> he</c> 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:51.819 judge<00:26:49.079><c> unjustly</c><00:26:49.940><c> and</c><00:26:50.220><c> accept</c><00:26:50.700><c> the</c><00:26:51.099><c> persons</c><00:26:51.500><c> of</c> 00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:58.140 the<00:26:52.000><c> wicked?</c><00:26:52.619><c> Consider</c><00:26:52.980><c> that.</c><00:26:54.559><c> Defend</c><00:26:55.079><c> the</c><00:26:55.339><c> poor</c><00:26:55.599><c> and</c><00:26:56.000><c> fatherless.</c><00:26:57.319><c> Do</c><00:26:57.500><c> justice</c><00:26:57.960><c> to</c> 00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.339 the<00:26:58.299><c> afflicted</c><00:26:58.680><c> and</c><00:26:58.839><c> needy.</c> 00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:01.960 Deliver<00:26:59.819><c> the</c><00:27:00.059><c> poor</c><00:27:00.299><c> and</c><00:27:00.480><c> needy</c><00:27:00.680><c> and</c><00:27:00.839><c> rid</c><00:27:00.940><c> them</c><00:27:01.079><c> out</c><00:27:01.240><c> of</c><00:27:01.339><c> the</c><00:27:01.619><c> hand</c><00:27:01.799><c> of</c> 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.339 the<00:27:02.079><c> wicked.</c><00:27:02.579><c> See</c><00:27:02.759><c> what</c><00:27:02.880><c> he's</c><00:27:03.079><c> talking</c> 00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:08.119 about?<00:27:03.960><c> He</c><00:27:04.140><c> says</c><00:27:04.279><c> you</c><00:27:04.640><c> are</c><00:27:05.079><c> in</c><00:27:05.220><c> a</c><00:27:05.440><c> situation</c><00:27:05.920><c> of</c><00:27:06.420><c> judging.</c><00:27:07.900><c> For</c> 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:14.279 who?<00:27:09.299><c> Not</c><00:27:09.599><c> for</c><00:27:09.779><c> themselves,</c><00:27:11.299><c> God.</c><00:27:13.579><c> Now</c><00:27:13.819><c> note</c><00:27:13.980><c> the</c> 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:20.579 context.<00:27:17.119><c> God</c><00:27:17.839><c> standeth</c><00:27:18.940><c> among</c><00:27:19.279><c> the</c><00:27:19.579><c> congregation</c><00:27:20.119><c> of</c><00:27:20.440><c> the</c> 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:25.480 Elohim.<00:27:23.460><c> Now</c><00:27:23.740><c> in</c><00:27:24.019><c> John</c><00:27:24.240><c> chapter</c><00:27:24.559><c> 10</c><00:27:24.900><c> 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one</c><00:27:43.079><c> there</c><00:27:44.119><c> standing</c> 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:51.799 among<00:27:45.680><c> the</c><00:27:45.880><c> Elohim.</c><00:27:46.400><c> Who's</c><00:27:46.680><c> he?</c><00:27:48.220><c> He's</c><00:27:48.539><c> the</c><00:27:48.640><c> Lord</c><00:27:48.779><c> Jesus</c><00:27:49.220><c> Christ.</c><00:27:51.039><c> So</c><00:27:51.240><c> the</c><00:27:51.440><c> offer</c><00:27:51.619><c> of</c> 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.980 our<00:27:51.980><c> Lord</c><00:27:52.200><c> was</c><00:27:52.420><c> not</c><00:27:52.640><c> only</c> 00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:58.980 that<00:27:53.160><c> he</c><00:27:53.500><c> called</c><00:27:53.799><c> them</c><00:27:54.019><c> gods,</c><00:27:55.019><c> I</c><00:27:55.400><c> do</c><00:27:55.599><c> as</c><00:27:55.859><c> well,</c><00:27:57.400><c> because</c><00:27:57.640><c> I</c><00:27:58.420><c> and</c> 00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:04.160 my<00:27:59.240><c> father</c><00:27:59.799><c> are</c><00:28:00.720><c> 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to<00:28:15.740><c> death.</c><00:28:17.079><c> You</c><00:28:17.339><c> want</c><00:28:17.480><c> to</c><00:28:17.579><c> get</c><00:28:17.779><c> rid</c><00:28:17.940><c> of</c><00:28:18.099><c> me.</c><00:28:22.440><c> You</c> 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:30.480 are<00:28:23.319><c> gods.</c><00:28:25.779><c> And</c><00:28:25.940><c> God</c><00:28:26.099><c> said</c><00:28:26.319><c> the</c><00:28:26.539><c> same.</c><00:28:27.640><c> But</c><00:28:27.759><c> there</c><00:28:27.859><c> was</c><00:28:28.119><c> an</c><00:28:28.299><c> Elohim</c><00:28:28.779><c> standing</c><00:28:29.579><c> among</c><00:28:30.039><c> them.</c><00:28:30.299><c> Who</c> 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.799 was<00:28:30.740><c> that?</c> 00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:34.259 There<00:28:32.420><c> was</c><00:28:32.640><c> none</c><00:28:32.799><c> other</c><00:28:32.960><c> but</c><00:28:33.099><c> the</c><00:28:33.140><c> Lord</c><00:28:33.359><c> Jesus</c><00:28:33.799><c> Christ.</c><00:28:34.160><c> And</c> 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as</c><00:29:03.680><c> he</c> 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:06.740 stood<00:29:04.299><c> in</c><00:29:04.519><c> the</c><00:29:04.700><c> congregation</c><00:29:05.220><c> of</c><00:29:05.440><c> the</c><00:29:05.599><c> Elohim?</c> 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:14.859 Of<00:29:07.680><c> course</c><00:29:07.859><c> it</c><00:29:08.059><c> was.</c><00:29:08.880><c> They</c><00:29:09.099><c> are</c><00:29:09.200><c> his</c><00:29:09.359><c> very</c><00:29:09.599><c> teachings.</c><00:29:12.359><c> And</c><00:29:12.480><c> the</c><00:29:12.660><c> same</c><00:29:12.859><c> one</c><00:29:13.099><c> who</c><00:29:13.180><c> was</c><00:29:13.420><c> calling</c><00:29:13.640><c> upon</c><00:29:13.960><c> them</c><00:29:14.160><c> to</c> 00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:20.839 represent<00:29:15.940><c> God</c><00:29:16.259><c> properly</c><00:29:17.220><c> said</c><00:29:18.460><c> in</c><00:29:18.619><c> verse</c><00:29:18.880><c> 6,</c><00:29:19.839><c> you're</c><00:29:20.059><c> gods.</c> 00:29:22.880 --> 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Well,</c><00:29:38.720><c> of</c><00:29:38.859><c> course,</c><00:29:39.339><c> we</c><00:29:39.500><c> know</c><00:29:39.859><c> the</c> 00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.700 references<00:29:40.619><c> don't</c><00:29:40.940><c> we,</c><00:29:41.180><c> brothers</c><00:29:41.299><c> and</c><00:29:41.539><c> sisters.</c> 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:44.740 We've<00:29:42.319><c> got</c><00:29:42.480><c> no</c><00:29:42.680><c> need</c><00:29:42.839><c> to</c><00:29:43.019><c> look</c><00:29:43.160><c> them</c><00:29:43.319><c> up.</c><00:29:43.720><c> You</c><00:29:43.759><c> go</c><00:29:43.900><c> back</c><00:29:44.039><c> to</c><00:29:44.299><c> Exodus</c><00:29:44.559><c> and</c> 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.940 you<00:29:44.900><c> all</c><00:29:45.079><c> know</c><00:29:45.259><c> this</c><00:29:45.480><c> from</c><00:29:45.619><c> when</c><00:29:45.740><c> you</c> 00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:48.220 learnt<00:29:46.119><c> the</c><00:29:46.400><c> principles</c><00:29:46.799><c> 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like.</c><00:29:58.960><c> And</c><00:29:59.119><c> what</c><00:29:59.220><c> do</c><00:29:59.299><c> we</c><00:29:59.460><c> find?</c><00:30:00.220><c> It's</c><00:30:00.420><c> in</c> 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:02.500 the<00:30:00.619><c> book</c><00:30:00.740><c> of</c><00:30:00.960><c> Exodus,</c><00:30:01.380><c> isn't</c><00:30:01.440><c> it?</c><00:30:01.680><c> Exodus</c><00:30:02.019><c> 21,</c> 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:06.680 Exodus<00:30:02.859><c> 22,</c><00:30:04.519><c> where</c><00:30:04.740><c> the</c><00:30:04.859><c> word</c><00:30:05.279><c> judges</c><00:30:05.720><c> in</c><00:30:05.920><c> the</c><00:30:06.180><c> margin,</c><00:30:06.680><c> it</c> 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:11.900 says<00:30:07.519><c> Elohim,</c><00:30:08.359><c> gods.</c><00:30:10.420><c> You've</c><00:30:10.859><c> got</c><00:30:10.960><c> Exodus</c><00:30:11.319><c> 22,</c> 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:16.000 verse<00:30:12.220><c> 28,</c><00:30:12.700><c> Thou</c><00:30:12.859><c> 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the</c><00:30:26.059><c> ruler</c><00:30:26.279><c> of</c><00:30:26.400><c> the</c><00:30:26.559><c> people.</c><00:30:28.319><c> They're</c><00:30:28.519><c> the</c> 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:32.079 Elohim<00:30:29.559><c> because</c><00:30:30.319><c> they</c><00:30:30.640><c> represent</c><00:30:31.359><c> God.</c><00:30:31.779><c> That's</c> 00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:36.039 exalted<00:30:32.700><c> status</c><00:30:33.140><c> that</c><00:30:33.319><c> they</c><00:30:33.519><c> have.</c><00:30:35.039><c> And</c><00:30:35.140><c> you</c><00:30:35.220><c> find</c><00:30:35.460><c> in</c><00:30:35.599><c> the</c><00:30:35.640><c> book</c><00:30:35.839><c> of</c> 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.099 Chronicles,<00:30:36.500><c> brothers</c><00:30:36.640><c> and</c><00:30:36.859><c> sisters,</c> 00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:39.799 where<00:30:37.619><c> Hezekiah</c><00:30:38.240><c> appealed</c><00:30:38.759><c> to</c><00:30:38.980><c> the</c><00:30:39.099><c> Levites</c><00:30:39.359><c> and</c><00:30:39.480><c> he</c><00:30:39.640><c> says,</c> 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:43.799 you're<00:30:40.220><c> not</c><00:30:40.420><c> judging</c><00:30:40.799><c> for</c><00:30:41.519><c> man,</c><00:30:42.099><c> you</c><00:30:42.319><c> judge</c><00:30:42.579><c> for</c><00:30:42.900><c> God.</c> 00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:49.460 They<00:30:45.000><c> represented</c><00:30:45.480><c> God</c><00:30:46.000><c> in</c><00:30:46.460><c> all</c><00:30:46.680><c> that</c><00:30:46.900><c> judgment.</c><00:30:49.180><c> And</c><00:30:49.299><c> the</c> 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:51.619 term<00:30:49.640><c> Elohim,</c><00:30:50.200><c> brothers</c><00:30:50.400><c> and</c><00:30:50.640><c> sisters,</c> 00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:55.700 was<00:30:52.839><c> peculiarly</c><00:30:53.339><c> applicable</c><00:30:53.660><c> to</c><00:30:53.880><c> the</c><00:30:53.980><c> Lord</c><00:30:54.160><c> Jesus</c><00:30:54.599><c> Christ.</c> 00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:59.349 God<00:30:57.859><c> said</c><00:30:58.059><c> unto</c><00:30:58.299><c> my</c><00:30:58.599><c> God,</c> 00:31:01.190 --> 00:31:04.890 Psalm<00:31:01.650><c> 45,</c><00:31:02.150><c> not</c><00:31:02.329><c> exactly</c><00:31:02.750><c> those</c><00:31:03.029><c> words,</c><00:31:03.450><c> but</c><00:31:03.549><c> Psalm</c><00:31:03.829><c> 45.</c><00:31:04.569><c> Let's</c><00:31:04.789><c> have</c> 00:31:04.890 --> 00:31:06.349 a<00:31:04.950><c> look</c><00:31:04.990><c> at</c><00:31:05.049><c> what</c><00:31:05.170><c> it</c><00:31:05.329><c> says</c><00:31:05.529><c> there</c><00:31:05.849><c> about</c> 00:31:06.349 --> 00:31:09.369 the<00:31:06.609><c> Lord</c><00:31:06.809><c> Jesus</c><00:31:07.269><c> Christ.</c><00:31:08.130><c> This</c><00:31:08.289><c> is</c><00:31:08.589><c> quoted</c><00:31:08.750><c> in</c><00:31:08.910><c> the</c><00:31:09.009><c> book</c><00:31:09.150><c> of</c> 00:31:09.369 --> 00:31:15.809 Hebrews.<00:31:12.490><c> Verse</c><00:31:12.829><c> 5,</c><00:31:14.549><c> Thine</c><00:31:14.849><c> arrows</c><00:31:15.109><c> are</c><00:31:15.450><c> sharp</c><00:31:15.650><c> in</c> 00:31:15.809 --> 00:31:20.849 the<00:31:15.950><c> heart</c><00:31:16.069><c> of</c><00:31:16.210><c> the</c><00:31:16.329><c> king's</c><00:31:16.650><c> enemies,</c><00:31:17.049><c> whereby</c><00:31:17.190><c> the</c><00:31:17.509><c> people</c><00:31:17.789><c> shall</c><00:31:18.009><c> fall</c><00:31:18.349><c> under</c><00:31:18.589><c> thee.</c><00:31:19.150><c> Thy</c><00:31:19.529><c> throne,</c><00:31:20.269><c> O</c><00:31:20.450><c> Elohim,</c> 00:31:20.930 --> 00:31:23.549 is<00:31:21.029><c> for</c><00:31:21.269><c> ever</c><00:31:21.509><c> and</c><00:31:21.630><c> ever.</c><00:31:22.069><c> The</c><00:31:22.329><c> scepter</c><00:31:22.569><c> of</c><00:31:22.710><c> thy</c><00:31:22.910><c> kingdom</c><00:31:23.170><c> is</c><00:31:23.329><c> a</c> 00:31:23.549 --> 00:31:25.609 right<00:31:23.789><c> scepter.</c><00:31:24.470><c> Thou</c><00:31:24.630><c> lovest</c><00:31:25.029><c> righteousness</c> 00:31:25.609 --> 00:31:28.690 and<00:31:25.829><c> hatest</c><00:31:26.250><c> wickedness.</c><00:31:27.029><c> Therefore,</c><00:31:27.710><c> God,</c><00:31:27.970><c> thy</c><00:31:28.210><c> God,</c><00:31:28.569><c> hath</c> 00:31:28.690 --> 00:31:29.490 anointed<00:31:29.009><c> thee</c><00:31:29.170><c> with</c><00:31:29.349><c> the</c> 00:31:29.490 --> 00:31:33.150 earl<00:31:29.690><c> of</c><00:31:29.890><c> gladness</c><00:31:30.230><c> above</c><00:31:30.509><c> thy</c><00:31:30.829><c> fellows.</c><00:31:31.390><c> And</c><00:31:31.650><c> Paul</c><00:31:31.789><c> quotes</c><00:31:32.089><c> that</c><00:31:32.329><c> in</c><00:31:32.410><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:32.730><c> 1</c> 00:31:33.150 --> 00:31:34.109 and<00:31:33.430><c> applies</c><00:31:33.769><c> it</c><00:31:33.890><c> to</c><00:31:34.009><c> the</c> 00:31:34.109 --> 00:31:37.890 Lord<00:31:34.289><c> Jesus</c><00:31:34.769><c> Christ.</c><00:31:35.309><c> Thy</c><00:31:35.789><c> throne,</c><00:31:36.329><c> O</c><00:31:36.750><c> God,</c><00:31:37.289><c> that's</c><00:31:37.609><c> the</c><00:31:37.750><c> Lord</c> 00:31:37.890 --> 00:31:41.529 Jesus<00:31:38.349><c> Christ.</c><00:31:40.230><c> Because,</c><00:31:40.809><c> brothers</c><00:31:40.829><c> and</c><00:31:41.130><c> sisters,</c> 00:31:41.910 --> 00:31:46.890 He<00:31:42.130><c> was,</c><00:31:42.390><c> of</c><00:31:42.509><c> course,</c><00:31:43.109><c> peculiarly,</c><00:31:45.250><c> individually</c><00:31:45.630><c> and</c><00:31:46.029><c> singularly,</c><00:31:46.589><c> the</c> 00:31:46.890 --> 00:31:47.990 greatest<00:31:47.289><c> manifestation,</c> 00:31:47.990 --> 00:31:54.789 the<00:31:48.690><c> manifestation,</c><00:31:49.509><c> not</c><00:31:49.730><c> just</c><00:31:50.049><c> the</c><00:31:50.250><c> greatest,</c><00:31:50.789><c> the</c><00:31:50.950><c> absolute</c><00:31:51.769><c> manifestation</c><00:31:52.650><c> of</c><00:31:53.369><c> His</c><00:31:53.670><c> Father.</c> 00:31:55.309 --> 00:32:03.210 Now<00:31:55.470><c> He</c><00:31:55.569><c> said,</c><00:31:56.609><c> I've</c><00:31:57.210><c> said</c><00:31:57.789><c> that</c><00:31:59.970><c> that</c><00:32:00.470><c> is</c><00:32:00.869><c> a</c><00:32:01.069><c> status</c><00:32:01.650><c> for</c><00:32:02.789><c> which</c><00:32:02.930><c> you</c> 00:32:03.210 --> 00:32:04.970 share<00:32:03.410><c> in</c><00:32:03.650><c> measure</c><00:32:03.789><c> with</c><00:32:04.069><c> Me.</c> 00:32:06.049 --> 00:32:08.410 Now<00:32:06.369><c> fancy</c><00:32:06.609><c> telling</c><00:32:06.890><c> your</c><00:32:07.109><c> enemies</c><00:32:07.309><c> that.</c> 00:32:10.349 --> 00:32:11.930 It<00:32:10.450><c> would</c><00:32:10.529><c> be</c><00:32:10.589><c> the</c><00:32:10.710><c> last</c><00:32:10.849><c> thing</c><00:32:10.990><c> in</c><00:32:11.130><c> the</c><00:32:11.230><c> world,</c><00:32:11.589><c> brothers</c><00:32:11.690><c> and</c> 00:32:11.930 --> 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00:32:30.650 Israel,<00:32:29.529><c> they</c><00:32:29.809><c> were</c><00:32:30.190><c> in</c><00:32:30.450><c> that</c> 00:32:30.650 --> 00:32:34.130 situation.<00:32:32.369><c> There</c><00:32:32.529><c> wasn't</c><00:32:32.809><c> a</c><00:32:33.049><c> nation</c><00:32:33.170><c> on</c><00:32:33.410><c> the</c><00:32:33.529><c> earth</c><00:32:33.710><c> that</c><00:32:33.910><c> was</c><00:32:34.029><c> in</c> 00:32:34.130 --> 00:32:35.809 that<00:32:34.309><c> situation.</c><00:32:34.910><c> They</c><00:32:35.170><c> alone</c><00:32:35.569><c> could</c> 00:32:35.809 --> 00:32:39.609 enact<00:32:36.029><c> that</c><00:32:36.390><c> part,</c><00:32:38.109><c> but</c><00:32:38.349><c> they</c><00:32:38.470><c> had</c><00:32:38.809><c> disgraced</c><00:32:39.109><c> it.</c><00:32:39.269><c> But</c><00:32:39.450><c> the</c> 00:32:39.609 --> 00:32:41.730 Bible<00:32:39.869><c> said</c><00:32:40.349><c> that</c><00:32:40.849><c> that's</c><00:32:40.970><c> what</c><00:32:41.130><c> they</c><00:32:41.309><c> were.</c><00:32:41.529><c> He</c><00:32:41.609><c> said,</c> 00:32:41.730 --> 00:32:44.490 accuse<00:32:42.109><c> me</c><00:32:42.349><c> of</c><00:32:42.490><c> blasphemy.</c><00:32:42.789><c> What</c><00:32:42.930><c> about</c><00:32:43.109><c> you?</c><00:32:43.970><c> Look</c><00:32:44.150><c> at</c><00:32:44.309><c> the</c> 00:32:44.490 --> 00:32:46.950 situation<00:32:44.910><c> you're</c><00:32:45.230><c> in.</c><00:32:45.809><c> And</c><00:32:46.029><c> I'm</c><00:32:46.410><c> saying</c><00:32:46.589><c> that</c><00:32:46.789><c> to</c> 00:32:46.950 --> 00:32:51.589 you.<00:32:48.250><c> And</c><00:32:48.509><c> He</c><00:32:48.690><c> said</c><00:32:48.869><c> it</c><00:32:49.049><c> also.</c><00:32:50.490><c> Wonderful</c><00:32:50.910><c> things,</c><00:32:51.490><c> brothers</c> 00:32:51.589 --> 00:32:54.390 and<00:32:51.829><c> sisters.</c><00:32:52.809><c> Now</c><00:32:53.089><c> what</c><00:32:53.349><c> was</c><00:32:53.549><c> His</c><00:32:53.809><c> definition,</c> 00:32:54.450 --> 00:32:58.829 therefore,<00:32:55.250><c> of</c><00:32:55.430><c> anyone</c><00:32:55.849><c> to</c><00:32:56.329><c> be</c><00:32:56.529><c> Elohim?</c><00:32:57.990><c> Chapter</c><00:32:58.289><c> 10</c><00:32:58.509><c> again</c> 00:32:58.829 --> 00:33:00.549 in<00:32:58.990><c> verse</c><00:32:59.210><c> 35.</c> 00:33:02.490 --> 00:33:04.490 And<00:33:02.650><c> this</c><00:33:02.789><c> is</c><00:33:02.930><c> the</c><00:33:03.069><c> definition</c><00:33:03.430><c> we</c><00:33:03.609><c> ought</c><00:33:03.769><c> to</c><00:33:03.890><c> teach</c><00:33:04.029><c> every</c><00:33:04.289><c> one</c><00:33:04.390><c> of</c> 00:33:04.490 --> 00:33:05.990 the<00:33:04.670><c> candidates</c><00:33:04.990><c> for</c><00:33:05.269><c> baptism.</c><00:33:05.670><c> How</c><00:33:05.869><c> do</c> 00:33:05.990 --> 00:33:08.490 we<00:33:06.170><c> understand</c><00:33:06.569><c> God's</c><00:33:06.869><c> manifestation</c><00:33:07.509><c> and</c><00:33:07.710><c> what</c><00:33:07.970><c> qualifies</c> 00:33:08.490 --> 00:33:11.009 a<00:33:08.730><c> person</c><00:33:09.049><c> to</c><00:33:09.549><c> be</c><00:33:09.970><c> a</c><00:33:10.190><c> manifestation</c><00:33:10.789><c> of</c> 00:33:11.009 --> 00:33:17.670 His<00:33:11.470><c> Creator?</c><00:33:12.569><c> If</c><00:33:12.809><c> He</c><00:33:13.589><c> called</c><00:33:14.049><c> them</c><00:33:14.650><c> gods</c><00:33:15.329><c> unto</c><00:33:16.190><c> whom</c><00:33:16.630><c> the</c><00:33:16.930><c> word</c><00:33:17.329><c> of</c> 00:33:17.670 --> 00:33:21.380 God<00:33:18.029><c> came</c><00:33:18.630><c> is</c><00:33:19.950><c> the</c><00:33:20.430><c> clearest,</c> 00:33:21.829 --> 00:33:28.269 the<00:33:22.029><c> most</c><00:33:22.289><c> explicit</c><00:33:23.170><c> definition</c><00:33:23.930><c> of</c><00:33:24.630><c> that</c><00:33:24.930><c> term.</c><00:33:26.490><c> If</c><00:33:26.750><c> He</c><00:33:27.269><c> called</c><00:33:27.690><c> them</c> 00:33:28.269 --> 00:33:33.789 gods<00:33:28.970><c> unto</c><00:33:30.450><c> whom</c><00:33:30.930><c> the</c><00:33:31.410><c> word</c><00:33:31.769><c> of</c><00:33:32.130><c> God</c><00:33:32.529><c> came,</c> 00:33:34.109 --> 00:33:38.150 people<00:33:34.450><c> who</c><00:33:34.750><c> are</c><00:33:34.890><c> in</c><00:33:35.049><c> a</c><00:33:35.250><c> situation</c><00:33:36.089><c> whereby</c><00:33:37.529><c> they</c><00:33:37.769><c> are</c><00:33:37.950><c> given</c> 00:33:38.150 --> 00:33:39.829 the<00:33:38.630><c> understanding</c><00:33:39.150><c> of</c><00:33:39.329><c> the</c><00:33:39.509><c> Scriptures,</c> 00:33:39.829 --> 00:33:45.150 brothers<00:33:40.089><c> and</c><00:33:40.250><c> sisters,</c><00:33:41.970><c> qualify</c><00:33:42.390><c> for</c><00:33:42.890><c> Elohim.</c><00:33:44.809><c> What</c><00:33:44.950><c> did</c> 00:33:45.150 --> 00:33:46.990 Paul<00:33:45.349><c> say</c><00:33:45.609><c> concerning</c><00:33:46.029><c> Israel?</c> 00:33:47.349 --> 00:33:52.009 What<00:33:47.650><c> profit</c><00:33:48.009><c> then</c><00:33:48.809><c> hath</c><00:33:49.109><c> the</c><00:33:49.390><c> Jew?</c><00:33:50.150><c> What</c><00:33:50.470><c> advantage</c><00:33:50.930><c> is</c><00:33:51.130><c> there</c><00:33:51.250><c> to</c><00:33:51.410><c> circumcision?</c> 00:33:52.289 --> 00:33:55.950 Much<00:33:52.569><c> every</c><00:33:53.089><c> way.</c><00:33:53.450><c> What</c><00:33:53.690><c> was</c><00:33:53.970><c> it?</c><00:33:54.450><c> Where</c><00:33:54.630><c> was</c><00:33:54.869><c> the</c><00:33:55.029><c> advantage?</c> 00:33:56.289 --> 00:33:58.809 Chiefly,<00:33:57.309><c> because</c><00:33:57.650><c> unto</c><00:33:58.109><c> them</c><00:33:58.490><c> were</c> 00:33:58.809 --> 00:34:02.690 committed<00:33:59.549><c> the</c><00:34:00.210><c> oracles</c><00:34:00.589><c> of</c><00:34:00.910><c> God.</c><00:34:01.349><c> That</c><00:34:01.569><c> whole</c><00:34:01.930><c> nation</c><00:34:02.390><c> was</c> 00:34:02.690 --> 00:34:05.170 Elohim.<00:34:03.670><c> It</c><00:34:03.789><c> wasn't</c><00:34:03.869><c> only</c><00:34:04.029><c> the</c><00:34:04.329><c> priests,</c> 00:34:05.410 --> 00:34:09.309 it<00:34:05.849><c> wasn't</c><00:34:05.950><c> only</c><00:34:06.089><c> the</c><00:34:06.309><c> judges.</c><00:34:07.509><c> Oh</c><00:34:07.650><c> yes,</c><00:34:08.409><c> the</c><00:34:08.530><c> judges</c><00:34:08.869><c> and</c><00:34:09.070><c> the</c> 00:34:09.309 --> 00:34:11.570 priests<00:34:09.650><c> were</c><00:34:09.949><c> Elohim</c><00:34:10.469><c> in</c><00:34:10.670><c> a</c><00:34:10.909><c> special</c><00:34:11.230><c> sense,</c> 00:34:11.750 --> 00:34:15.090 inasmuch<00:34:11.969><c> as</c><00:34:12.110><c> they</c><00:34:12.250><c> judged</c><00:34:12.389><c> the</c><00:34:12.670><c> people.</c><00:34:14.309><c> But</c><00:34:14.449><c> the</c><00:34:14.610><c> word</c><00:34:14.909><c> of</c> 00:34:15.090 --> 00:34:17.690 God<00:34:15.309><c> had</c><00:34:15.590><c> come</c><00:34:15.750><c> to</c><00:34:15.889><c> the</c><00:34:16.190><c> whole</c><00:34:16.590><c> nation,</c> 00:34:18.190 --> 00:34:21.769 what<00:34:18.329><c> Paul</c><00:34:18.570><c> says.</c><00:34:19.989><c> And</c><00:34:20.170><c> therefore,</c><00:34:20.510><c> what</c><00:34:20.670><c> did</c><00:34:20.809><c> God</c><00:34:20.989><c> tell</c><00:34:21.269><c> them?</c><00:34:21.630><c> The</c> 00:34:21.769 --> 00:34:23.489 destiny<00:34:22.210><c> of</c><00:34:22.369><c> that</c><00:34:22.550><c> nation</c><00:34:22.849><c> was</c> 00:34:23.489 --> 00:34:25.929 that<00:34:24.110><c> when</c><00:34:24.250><c> people</c><00:34:24.550><c> gathered</c><00:34:24.829><c> around</c><00:34:25.130><c> them,</c><00:34:25.389><c> if</c><00:34:25.610><c> they</c><00:34:25.769><c> would</c> 00:34:25.929 --> 00:34:27.409 obey<00:34:26.130><c> God's</c><00:34:26.489><c> law,</c><00:34:26.929><c> this</c><00:34:26.929><c> is,</c><00:34:27.269><c> this</c><00:34:27.269><c> is</c> 00:34:27.409 --> 00:34:30.309 in<00:34:27.550><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:27.730><c> chapter</c><00:34:28.050><c> 7</c><00:34:28.349><c> I'm</c><00:34:28.550><c> quoting</c><00:34:28.789><c> now,</c><00:34:29.289><c> and</c><00:34:29.489><c> this</c><00:34:29.610><c> was</c><00:34:29.789><c> the</c><00:34:29.949><c> purpose</c><00:34:30.130><c> of</c> 00:34:30.309 --> 00:34:33.949 it,<00:34:31.030><c> that</c><00:34:31.170><c> if</c><00:34:31.250><c> they</c><00:34:31.429><c> would</c> 00:34:33.949 --> 00:34:38.289 say,<00:34:35.449><c> my</c><00:34:35.449><c> word,</c><00:34:35.929><c> they</c><00:34:35.989><c> are</c><00:34:36.090><c> wonderful</c><00:34:36.610><c> laws,</c><00:34:37.570><c> you</c><00:34:37.809><c> must</c><00:34:38.090><c> have</c> 00:34:38.289 --> 00:34:41.650 a<00:34:38.510><c> wonderful</c><00:34:38.889><c> God.</c><00:34:40.630><c> And</c><00:34:40.929><c> then</c><00:34:41.050><c> they</c><00:34:41.170><c> were</c><00:34:41.269><c> to</c><00:34:41.449><c> tell</c> 00:34:41.650 --> 00:34:44.530 the<00:34:41.849><c> people</c><00:34:42.030><c> about</c><00:34:42.269><c> their</c><00:34:42.469><c> God,</c><00:34:43.510><c> because</c><00:34:43.710><c> they</c><00:34:43.909><c> had</c><00:34:44.050><c> first</c><00:34:44.329><c> of</c> 00:34:44.530 --> 00:34:47.309 all<00:34:45.090><c> shown</c><00:34:45.510><c> the</c><00:34:45.789><c> people</c><00:34:45.989><c> about</c><00:34:46.250><c> their</c><00:34:46.510><c> God.</c> 00:34:47.989 --> 00:34:52.409 They<00:34:48.190><c> were</c><00:34:48.489><c> Elohim.</c><00:34:49.989><c> And</c><00:34:50.130><c> God</c><00:34:50.269><c> had</c><00:34:50.530><c> chosen</c><00:34:50.769><c> the</c><00:34:50.989><c> nation</c><00:34:51.250><c> of</c><00:34:51.409><c> Israel</c><00:34:51.849><c> to</c> 00:34:52.409 --> 00:34:53.789 be<00:34:52.550><c> the</c><00:34:52.809><c> channel</c><00:34:53.030><c> of</c><00:34:53.190><c> his</c><00:34:53.389><c> word,</c> 00:34:54.170 --> 00:34:59.550 if<00:34:54.269><c> he</c><00:34:54.530><c> called</c><00:34:54.690><c> them</c><00:34:55.010><c> gods,</c><00:34:56.550><c> unto</c><00:34:56.730><c> whom</c><00:34:56.969><c> the</c><00:34:57.170><c> word</c><00:34:57.309><c> of</c><00:34:57.489><c> God</c><00:34:57.670><c> came.</c><00:34:59.309><c> So</c> 00:34:59.550 --> 00:35:01.630 the<00:34:59.650><c> next</c><00:34:59.909><c> time</c><00:35:00.150><c> we're</c><00:35:00.429><c> out</c><00:35:01.289><c> preaching</c> 00:35:01.630 --> 00:35:04.869 the<00:35:01.909><c> truth,</c><00:35:02.369><c> or</c><00:35:02.530><c> here</c><00:35:02.949><c> in</c><00:35:03.570><c> the</c><00:35:03.710><c> lecture,</c><00:35:04.250><c> whether</c><00:35:04.409><c> we're</c><00:35:04.750><c> the</c> 00:35:04.869 --> 00:35:07.030 lecturer,<00:35:05.369><c> or</c><00:35:05.469><c> whether</c><00:35:05.590><c> we're</c><00:35:05.730><c> in</c><00:35:05.889><c> the</c><00:35:06.050><c> audience,</c> 00:35:07.150 --> 00:35:10.829 or<00:35:07.269><c> whether</c><00:35:07.369><c> we're</c><00:35:07.530><c> doing</c><00:35:07.630><c> a</c><00:35:07.889><c> special</c><00:35:08.150><c> lecture,</c><00:35:08.570><c> brothers</c><00:35:08.710><c> and</c><00:35:08.909><c> sisters,</c><00:35:09.590><c> we're</c><00:35:10.090><c> not</c><00:35:10.210><c> here</c><00:35:10.429><c> just</c><00:35:10.670><c> to</c> 00:35:10.829 --> 00:35:11.190 teach<00:35:10.969><c> the</c> 00:35:11.190 --> 00:35:15.590 people<00:35:11.329><c> about</c><00:35:11.570><c> the</c><00:35:11.829><c> truth.</c><00:35:13.869><c> The</c><00:35:14.070><c> ultimate</c><00:35:14.429><c> purpose</c><00:35:14.869><c> in</c><00:35:15.090><c> that</c> 00:35:15.590 --> 00:35:19.710 is<00:35:16.329><c> to</c><00:35:16.530><c> reveal</c><00:35:17.110><c> the</c><00:35:17.389><c> Father</c><00:35:17.650><c> to</c><00:35:17.829><c> them.</c><00:35:18.530><c> Why?</c><00:35:19.369><c> Because</c> 00:35:19.710 --> 00:35:23.610 if<00:35:20.150><c> he</c><00:35:20.449><c> called</c><00:35:20.690><c> them</c><00:35:21.050><c> gods,</c><00:35:21.590><c> unto</c><00:35:21.750><c> whom</c><00:35:22.070><c> the</c><00:35:22.269><c> word</c><00:35:22.449><c> of</c><00:35:22.670><c> God</c><00:35:22.829><c> came,</c><00:35:23.289><c> and</c> 00:35:23.610 --> 00:35:25.630 if<00:35:23.730><c> any</c><00:35:23.929><c> brother</c><00:35:24.150><c> and</c><00:35:24.349><c> sister</c><00:35:24.590><c> here</c><00:35:24.989><c> denies</c> 00:35:26.130 --> 00:35:28.550 Elohim,<00:35:26.530><c> they're</c><00:35:26.809><c> admitting</c><00:35:27.190><c> they</c><00:35:27.590><c> know</c><00:35:27.769><c> nothing</c><00:35:28.050><c> about</c><00:35:28.329><c> the</c> 00:35:28.550 --> 00:35:33.809 Bible.<00:35:30.210><c> But</c><00:35:30.389><c> you</c><00:35:30.570><c> do.</c><00:35:32.530><c> You</c><00:35:32.730><c> are</c><00:35:33.090><c> able</c><00:35:33.469><c> to</c> 00:35:33.809 --> 00:35:38.010 put<00:35:34.090><c> God's</c><00:35:34.570><c> point</c><00:35:34.710><c> of</c><00:35:34.869><c> view.</c><00:35:36.030><c> You</c><00:35:36.170><c> can</c><00:35:36.389><c> say</c><00:35:36.530><c> to</c><00:35:36.670><c> a</c><00:35:36.789><c> person,</c><00:35:37.849><c> look</c><00:35:37.909><c> at</c> 00:35:38.010 --> 00:35:40.090 it<00:35:38.110><c> from</c><00:35:38.329><c> God's</c><00:35:38.849><c> point</c><00:35:39.050><c> of</c><00:35:39.190><c> view,</c><00:35:39.349><c> and</c><00:35:39.570><c> you</c><00:35:39.849><c> know</c> 00:35:40.090 --> 00:35:43.710 what<00:35:40.269><c> that</c><00:35:40.550><c> is.</c><00:35:41.050><c> They</c><00:35:41.289><c> don't.</c><00:35:42.110><c> They</c><00:35:42.389><c> can</c><00:35:42.489><c> only</c><00:35:42.630><c> put</c><00:35:42.789><c> the</c><00:35:43.030><c> humanistic</c><00:35:43.469><c> point</c> 00:35:43.710 --> 00:35:44.530 of<00:35:43.849><c> view,</c><00:35:44.010><c> because</c><00:35:44.090><c> they</c><00:35:44.250><c> don't</c> 00:35:44.530 --> 00:35:46.829 understand<00:35:44.929><c> anything</c><00:35:45.170><c> else.</c><00:35:45.550><c> But</c><00:35:45.710><c> you've</c><00:35:45.929><c> got</c><00:35:46.050><c> a</c><00:35:46.170><c> better</c><00:35:46.329><c> view.</c><00:35:46.710><c> You</c> 00:35:46.829 --> 00:35:48.329 can<00:35:46.989><c> say,</c><00:35:47.269><c> yes,</c><00:35:47.730><c> that's</c><00:35:47.909><c> looking</c><00:35:48.010><c> at</c><00:35:48.150><c> it</c><00:35:48.269><c> from</c> 00:35:48.329 --> 00:35:51.829 your<00:35:48.630><c> point</c><00:35:48.869><c> of</c><00:35:49.010><c> view,</c><00:35:49.269><c> but</c><00:35:49.469><c> put</c><00:35:49.750><c> yourself</c><00:35:50.130><c> in</c><00:35:50.510><c> God's</c><00:35:51.030><c> position.</c><00:35:51.429><c> You</c><00:35:51.650><c> can</c> 00:35:51.829 --> 00:35:53.349 do<00:35:52.030><c> that,</c><00:35:52.530><c> and</c><00:35:52.690><c> I</c><00:35:52.869><c> can</c><00:35:52.989><c> do</c><00:35:53.170><c> that,</c> 00:35:53.349 --> 00:35:56.369 because<00:35:53.590><c> we</c><00:35:53.889><c> know</c><00:35:54.150><c> it</c><00:35:54.429><c> here.</c><00:35:55.090><c> Oh,</c><00:35:55.369><c> we</c><00:35:55.510><c> don't</c><00:35:55.670><c> know</c><00:35:55.789><c> all</c><00:35:55.989><c> of</c><00:35:56.070><c> it</c> 00:35:56.369 --> 00:35:58.610 in<00:35:56.670><c> detail,</c><00:35:56.989><c> but</c><00:35:57.090><c> we</c><00:35:57.230><c> know</c><00:35:57.429><c> the</c><00:35:57.650><c> fundamentals,</c> 00:35:59.489 --> 00:36:03.250 and<00:35:59.730><c> the</c><00:35:59.909><c> word</c><00:36:00.050><c> of</c><00:36:00.250><c> God</c><00:36:00.329><c> has</c><00:36:00.530><c> come</c><00:36:00.710><c> to</c><00:36:00.829><c> us,</c><00:36:01.150><c> brothers</c><00:36:01.170><c> and</c><00:36:01.329><c> sisters.</c><00:36:03.130><c> It</c> 00:36:03.250 --> 00:36:06.230 is<00:36:03.510><c> therefore</c><00:36:04.150><c> not</c><00:36:04.929><c> blasphemy</c> 00:36:06.730 --> 00:36:12.449 at<00:36:07.250><c> all</c><00:36:07.630><c> to</c><00:36:07.949><c> say</c><00:36:08.489><c> we're</c><00:36:09.690><c> all</c><00:36:09.849><c> Elohim.</c><00:36:11.329><c> That's</c><00:36:11.829><c> our</c><00:36:11.909><c> purpose</c><00:36:12.210><c> in</c> 00:36:12.449 --> 00:36:18.250 life,<00:36:14.170><c> to</c><00:36:14.550><c> teach</c><00:36:15.030><c> and</c><00:36:15.690><c> reflect</c><00:36:16.449><c> the</c><00:36:16.929><c> God</c><00:36:17.070><c> we</c><00:36:17.309><c> know.</c> 00:36:18.650 --> 00:36:23.309 If<00:36:19.010><c> he</c><00:36:19.309><c> called</c><00:36:19.469><c> them</c><00:36:19.750><c> gods</c><00:36:20.329><c> under</c><00:36:21.449><c> whom</c><00:36:21.610><c> the</c><00:36:21.829><c> word</c><00:36:21.989><c> of</c><00:36:22.250><c> God</c><00:36:22.449><c> came,</c> 00:36:24.269 --> 00:36:28.449 and<00:36:24.809><c> Jesus</c><00:36:25.110><c> adds</c><00:36:25.389><c> this</c><00:36:25.690><c> little</c><00:36:25.909><c> rider,</c><00:36:27.489><c> and</c><00:36:27.829><c> the</c><00:36:28.070><c> scripture</c> 00:36:28.449 --> 00:36:30.289 can't<00:36:28.909><c> be</c><00:36:29.170><c> broken.</c> 00:36:31.789 --> 00:36:36.070 That's<00:36:32.150><c> interesting,</c><00:36:33.429><c> because</c><00:36:33.789><c> this</c><00:36:34.150><c> time</c><00:36:34.510><c> you've</c><00:36:35.750><c> got</c><00:36:35.889><c> the</c> 00:36:36.070 --> 00:36:38.989 word<00:36:36.250><c> scripture</c><00:36:36.730><c> here</c><00:36:37.250><c> is</c><00:36:37.610><c> in</c><00:36:37.949><c> the</c><00:36:38.050><c> singular,</c> 00:36:40.829 --> 00:36:44.369 and<00:36:41.170><c> the</c><00:36:41.329><c> word</c><00:36:41.550><c> broken</c><00:36:41.989><c> means</c><00:36:42.489><c> to</c><00:36:43.210><c> let</c><00:36:43.449><c> go.</c> 00:36:45.389 --> 00:36:48.789 Now,<00:36:45.869><c> you</c><00:36:46.329><c> see</c><00:36:46.469><c> what</c><00:36:46.550><c> he's</c><00:36:46.670><c> saying</c><00:36:46.929><c> to</c><00:36:47.150><c> them?</c><00:36:48.150><c> Let's</c><00:36:48.349><c> just</c><00:36:48.550><c> go</c> 00:36:48.789 --> 00:36:51.289 over<00:36:48.989><c> it</c><00:36:49.130><c> and</c><00:36:49.710><c> see</c><00:36:49.909><c> the</c><00:36:50.210><c> impact</c><00:36:50.829><c> of</c><00:36:51.070><c> this.</c> 00:36:51.489 --> 00:36:54.449 He's<00:36:51.650><c> saying,</c><00:36:52.250><c> look,</c><00:36:52.590><c> you</c><00:36:52.710><c> hate</c><00:36:52.969><c> me.</c><00:36:53.469><c> You</c><00:36:53.710><c> hate</c><00:36:53.949><c> the</c><00:36:54.190><c> sight</c><00:36:54.329><c> of</c> 00:36:54.449 --> 00:36:57.610 me.<00:36:55.949><c> You</c><00:36:56.329><c> want</c><00:36:56.489><c> to</c><00:36:56.650><c> kill</c><00:36:56.789><c> me.</c><00:36:57.369><c> What</c><00:36:57.550><c> does</c> 00:36:57.610 --> 00:37:01.269 that<00:36:57.769><c> do</c><00:36:57.909><c> for</c><00:36:58.110><c> me?</c><00:36:58.929><c> What</c><00:36:59.409><c> is</c><00:36:59.590><c> my</c><00:36:59.789><c> attitude</c><00:37:00.110><c> towards</c><00:37:00.449><c> you?</c><00:37:00.750><c> Well,</c><00:37:00.889><c> I've</c> 00:37:01.269 --> 00:37:05.670 said,<00:37:02.650><c> your</c><00:37:02.869><c> God</c><00:37:03.269><c> went</c><00:37:04.289><c> to</c><00:37:04.429><c> the</c><00:37:04.690><c> top.</c> 00:37:06.170 --> 00:37:09.789 That's<00:37:06.469><c> written</c><00:37:06.710><c> in</c><00:37:06.889><c> the</c><00:37:07.090><c> psalms,</c><00:37:08.409><c> a</c><00:37:08.710><c> psalm</c><00:37:08.949><c> concerning</c><00:37:09.349><c> me.</c> 00:37:10.170 --> 00:37:11.389 All<00:37:10.329><c> my</c><00:37:10.710><c> teachings</c><00:37:11.070><c> are</c><00:37:11.250><c> in</c><00:37:11.309><c> there,</c> 00:37:11.389 --> 00:37:15.469 taught<00:37:12.010><c> you</c><00:37:12.389><c> are</c><00:37:12.530><c> in</c><00:37:12.610><c> that</c><00:37:12.929><c> psalm,</c><00:37:13.869><c> and</c><00:37:13.989><c> I've</c><00:37:14.429><c> said</c><00:37:14.530><c> it.</c><00:37:14.889><c> You're</c><00:37:15.230><c> God.</c> 00:37:15.670 --> 00:37:17.590 That's<00:37:15.929><c> my</c><00:37:16.110><c> attitude.</c><00:37:16.590><c> I</c><00:37:16.710><c> want</c><00:37:16.989><c> you</c><00:37:17.210><c> people</c> 00:37:17.590 --> 00:37:22.409 to<00:37:17.889><c> join</c><00:37:18.110><c> with</c><00:37:18.429><c> me</c><00:37:18.829><c> as</c><00:37:19.250><c> a</c><00:37:19.409><c> nation,</c><00:37:20.590><c> to</c><00:37:20.750><c> spread</c><00:37:20.969><c> abroad</c><00:37:21.309><c> the</c><00:37:21.510><c> good</c><00:37:21.710><c> news</c><00:37:21.929><c> about</c><00:37:22.170><c> our</c> 00:37:22.409 --> 00:37:24.150 father.<00:37:23.269><c> That's</c><00:37:23.449><c> what</c><00:37:23.570><c> I</c><00:37:23.730><c> want.</c> 00:37:24.409 --> 00:37:27.170 That's<00:37:24.630><c> what</c><00:37:24.730><c> I</c><00:37:24.889><c> want</c><00:37:25.070><c> to</c><00:37:25.190><c> see</c><00:37:25.349><c> you</c><00:37:25.670><c> do.</c><00:37:26.309><c> And</c><00:37:26.489><c> he</c><00:37:26.510><c> says,</c><00:37:26.969><c> you've</c> 00:37:27.170 --> 00:37:28.929 got<00:37:27.309><c> the</c><00:37:27.429><c> word</c><00:37:27.570><c> of</c><00:37:27.750><c> God.</c><00:37:28.110><c> The</c><00:37:28.289><c> Romans</c><00:37:28.670><c> haven't</c> 00:37:28.929 --> 00:37:32.429 got<00:37:29.170><c> it.</c><00:37:29.449><c> The</c><00:37:29.670><c> Greeks</c><00:37:29.889><c> haven't</c><00:37:30.170><c> got</c><00:37:30.349><c> it.</c><00:37:30.489><c> You've</c><00:37:30.829><c> got</c><00:37:30.969><c> it.</c><00:37:31.829><c> It's</c><00:37:32.110><c> come</c><00:37:32.230><c> to</c> 00:37:32.429 --> 00:37:34.690 you,<00:37:33.869><c> and</c><00:37:34.070><c> therefore</c><00:37:34.369><c> you're</c><00:37:34.630><c> in</c> 00:37:34.690 --> 00:37:38.369 this<00:37:34.949><c> exalted</c><00:37:35.230><c> situation.</c><00:37:36.230><c> Look</c><00:37:36.389><c> what</c><00:37:36.550><c> we</c><00:37:36.710><c> could</c><00:37:36.889><c> do</c><00:37:37.610><c> if</c><00:37:38.170><c> you</c> 00:37:38.369 --> 00:37:41.230 only<00:37:38.550><c> knew</c><00:37:38.750><c> your</c><00:37:38.909><c> destiny.</c><00:37:40.389><c> And</c><00:37:40.650><c> if</c><00:37:40.730><c> this</c><00:37:40.849><c> is</c><00:37:40.989><c> an</c> 00:37:41.230 --> 00:37:44.849 embarrassment<00:37:41.650><c> to</c><00:37:41.869><c> you,</c><00:37:43.530><c> if</c><00:37:43.730><c> I</c><00:37:43.909><c> am</c><00:37:44.030><c> talking</c><00:37:44.309><c> about</c><00:37:44.550><c> something</c> 00:37:44.849 --> 00:37:46.170 that's<00:37:45.130><c> embarrassing</c><00:37:45.530><c> because</c><00:37:45.690><c> it's</c><00:37:45.929><c> your</c> 00:37:46.170 --> 00:37:49.969 law,<00:37:46.769><c> it's</c><00:37:47.110><c> not</c><00:37:47.190><c> just</c><00:37:47.690><c> any</c><00:37:47.949><c> law,</c><00:37:48.210><c> it's</c><00:37:48.289><c> yours.</c><00:37:49.570><c> Let</c><00:37:49.750><c> me</c><00:37:49.849><c> tell</c> 00:37:49.969 --> 00:37:52.909 you<00:37:50.050><c> this,</c><00:37:50.210><c> he</c><00:37:50.369><c> said,</c><00:37:51.190><c> you</c><00:37:51.389><c> can't</c><00:37:52.150><c> let</c><00:37:52.489><c> go</c> 00:37:52.909 --> 00:37:56.550 that<00:37:53.409><c> scripture</c><00:37:53.769><c> there,</c><00:37:54.750><c> one</c><00:37:55.030><c> scripture.</c><00:37:55.630><c> You</c><00:37:55.869><c> like</c><00:37:56.050><c> to</c><00:37:56.230><c> forget</c><00:37:56.389><c> it?</c> 00:37:56.570 --> 00:37:59.630 You<00:37:56.730><c> can't.</c><00:37:57.869><c> You</c><00:37:58.090><c> can't</c><00:37:58.989><c> loose</c><00:37:59.269><c> that</c> 00:37:59.630 --> 00:38:04.289 scripture,<00:38:00.489><c> that</c><00:38:00.789><c> one</c><00:38:00.969><c> there.</c><00:38:01.349><c> It</c><00:38:01.710><c> sticks.</c><00:38:03.929><c> You</c><00:38:04.050><c> wouldn't</c> 00:38:04.289 --> 00:38:05.750 think<00:38:04.469><c> that</c><00:38:04.650><c> one</c><00:38:04.809><c> will</c><00:38:04.989><c> loosen.</c> 00:38:07.949 --> 00:38:11.570 Perhaps<00:38:08.429><c> brothers</c><00:38:08.829><c> and</c><00:38:09.050><c> sisters,</c><00:38:10.530><c> home</c><00:38:10.769><c> in</c><00:38:10.929><c> the</c><00:38:11.130><c> privacy</c><00:38:11.409><c> of</c> 00:38:11.570 --> 00:38:13.849 their<00:38:11.750><c> own</c><00:38:11.929><c> homes,</c><00:38:12.909><c> they</c><00:38:13.110><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:13.369><c> want</c><00:38:13.590><c> to</c><00:38:13.710><c> loose</c> 00:38:13.849 --> 00:38:16.889 that.<00:38:13.969><c> They'd</c><00:38:14.210><c> want</c><00:38:14.289><c> to,</c><00:38:14.849><c> probably</c><00:38:15.090><c> in</c><00:38:15.510><c> a</c><00:38:15.670><c> proud</c><00:38:16.030><c> and</c><00:38:16.269><c> arrogant</c><00:38:16.550><c> sense,</c> 00:38:17.130 --> 00:38:19.090 glory<00:38:17.349><c> about</c><00:38:17.630><c> it.</c><00:38:18.030><c> But</c><00:38:18.150><c> it's</c><00:38:18.429><c> embarrassing</c> 00:38:19.090 --> 00:38:23.510 being<00:38:19.409><c> told</c><00:38:19.710><c> by</c><00:38:20.050><c> him,</c><00:38:20.409><c> isn't</c><00:38:20.590><c> it?</c><00:38:22.670><c> Because</c><00:38:22.969><c> that's</c><00:38:23.230><c> the</c><00:38:23.289><c> last</c> 00:38:23.510 --> 00:38:24.869 thing<00:38:23.630><c> in</c><00:38:23.769><c> the</c><00:38:23.929><c> world</c><00:38:24.130><c> you'd</c><00:38:24.369><c> want</c><00:38:24.449><c> your</c><00:38:24.630><c> worst</c> 00:38:24.869 --> 00:38:28.949 enemy<00:38:25.150><c> to</c><00:38:25.309><c> do,</c><00:38:25.449><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:25.610><c> it?</c><00:38:26.769><c> Because</c><00:38:26.929><c> that</c><00:38:27.130><c> makes</c><00:38:27.309><c> it</c><00:38:27.510><c> awkward</c><00:38:27.750><c> then.</c> 00:38:29.670 --> 00:38:31.710 Because<00:38:29.969><c> he's</c><00:38:30.289><c> put</c><00:38:30.469><c> it</c><00:38:30.630><c> to</c><00:38:30.750><c> you.</c> 00:38:32.429 --> 00:38:38.849 Now<00:38:32.989><c> he</c><00:38:33.110><c> said,</c><00:38:33.309><c> that's</c><00:38:33.409><c> your</c><00:38:33.590><c> position.</c><00:38:34.849><c> I</c><00:38:35.130><c> acknowledge</c><00:38:35.449><c> that.</c><00:38:37.309><c> I</c><00:38:37.510><c> don't</c><00:38:37.710><c> loose</c><00:38:37.929><c> that</c><00:38:38.170><c> scripture.</c><00:38:38.630><c> I</c> 00:38:38.849 --> 00:38:40.130 face<00:38:39.130><c> it.</c> 00:38:40.449 --> 00:38:43.989 I<00:38:40.630><c> understand</c><00:38:41.230><c> my</c><00:38:41.710><c> father</c><00:38:42.010><c> has</c><00:38:42.309><c> called</c><00:38:42.489><c> all</c><00:38:42.710><c> of</c><00:38:42.869><c> you.</c><00:38:43.769><c> Israel</c> 00:38:43.989 --> 00:38:46.690 is<00:38:44.190><c> his</c><00:38:44.429><c> nation.</c><00:38:44.789><c> You've</c><00:38:45.070><c> got</c><00:38:45.190><c> the</c><00:38:45.349><c> word</c><00:38:45.449><c> of</c><00:38:45.670><c> God.</c> 00:38:46.710 --> 00:38:50.130 It's<00:38:46.869><c> your</c><00:38:47.090><c> duty</c><00:38:47.349><c> to</c><00:38:48.170><c> extend</c><00:38:48.590><c> that</c><00:38:48.809><c> to</c><00:38:48.969><c> others</c><00:38:49.210><c> and</c><00:38:49.690><c> show</c><00:38:49.969><c> them</c> 00:38:50.130 --> 00:38:52.289 the<00:38:50.409><c> father</c><00:38:50.750><c> from</c><00:38:51.070><c> whence</c><00:38:51.289><c> it</c><00:38:51.429><c> came.</c> 00:38:54.110 --> 00:38:55.869 Why<00:38:54.489><c> do</c><00:38:54.630><c> you</c><00:38:54.769><c> say</c><00:38:55.090><c> then</c> 00:38:57.150 --> 00:38:59.150 that<00:38:57.710><c> I</c><00:38:57.969><c> blessed</c><00:38:58.289><c> them?</c> 00:39:01.469 --> 00:39:05.449 Say<00:39:01.989><c> of</c><00:39:02.230><c> him</c><00:39:02.989><c> of</c><00:39:03.349><c> whom</c><00:39:03.610><c> the</c><00:39:03.869><c> father</c><00:39:04.090><c> has</c><00:39:04.389><c> sanctified</c><00:39:04.889><c> and</c><00:39:05.289><c> sent</c> 00:39:05.449 --> 00:39:06.570 into<00:39:05.590><c> the</c><00:39:05.809><c> world,</c> 00:39:06.949 --> 00:39:15.250 thou<00:39:07.110><c> blasphemest,</c><00:39:07.889><c> because</c><00:39:08.050><c> I</c><00:39:08.309><c> said,</c><00:39:09.949><c> I</c><00:39:09.949><c> am</c><00:39:10.690><c> Son</c><00:39:10.969><c> of</c><00:39:11.110><c> God.</c><00:39:13.489><c> And</c><00:39:13.789><c> the</c><00:39:13.989><c> definite</c><00:39:14.170><c> article</c><00:39:14.710><c> is</c> 00:39:15.250 --> 00:39:18.750 not<00:39:16.110><c> there</c><00:39:17.349><c> this</c><00:39:17.929><c> time.</c> 00:39:18.769 --> 00:39:24.250 Because<00:39:18.989><c> he's</c><00:39:19.190><c> not</c><00:39:19.449><c> talking</c><00:39:19.710><c> about</c><00:39:19.949><c> himself</c><00:39:20.530><c> only</c><00:39:21.110><c> as</c><00:39:21.750><c> that</c><00:39:22.130><c> Son</c><00:39:22.389><c> of</c><00:39:22.610><c> God.</c><00:39:23.769><c> But</c><00:39:23.949><c> I</c> 00:39:24.250 --> 00:39:25.409 am<00:39:24.429><c> the</c><00:39:24.590><c> Son</c><00:39:24.710><c> of</c><00:39:24.889><c> God.</c> 00:39:25.630 --> 00:39:29.130 That's<00:39:25.789><c> what</c><00:39:25.869><c> you</c><00:39:26.030><c> could</c><00:39:26.190><c> be.</c><00:39:27.489><c> Why</c><00:39:27.869><c> do</c><00:39:28.010><c> you</c><00:39:28.070><c> have</c><00:39:28.170><c> to</c><00:39:28.349><c> say</c><00:39:28.769><c> I'm</c> 00:39:29.130 --> 00:39:31.190 blaspheming<00:39:29.610><c> him?</c><00:39:29.909><c> The</c><00:39:30.110><c> word</c><00:39:30.329><c> of</c><00:39:30.389><c> God</c><00:39:30.570><c> offers</c><00:39:30.829><c> you</c><00:39:31.070><c> the</c> 00:39:31.190 --> 00:39:34.590 same<00:39:31.409><c> destiny.</c><00:39:32.869><c> But</c><00:39:32.969><c> did</c><00:39:33.090><c> you</c><00:39:33.250><c> notice</c><00:39:33.510><c> the</c><00:39:33.730><c> difference,</c><00:39:34.170><c> brethren</c><00:39:34.329><c> and</c> 00:39:34.590 --> 00:39:38.429 sisters?<00:39:35.989><c> Oh,</c><00:39:37.110><c> he's</c><00:39:37.429><c> inviting</c><00:39:37.769><c> them</c><00:39:38.070><c> into</c> 00:39:38.429 --> 00:39:41.809 a<00:39:38.630><c> oneness</c><00:39:39.110><c> of</c><00:39:39.789><c> God</c><00:39:40.070><c> manifestation</c><00:39:40.789><c> that</c><00:39:40.949><c> they</c><00:39:41.130><c> may</c><00:39:41.369><c> be</c><00:39:41.590><c> one</c> 00:39:41.809 --> 00:39:45.050 as<00:39:42.090><c> we</c><00:39:42.329><c> are</c><00:39:42.530><c> one.</c><00:39:43.650><c> That's</c><00:39:43.829><c> what</c><00:39:43.949><c> he</c><00:39:44.070><c> wants.</c> 00:39:45.409 --> 00:39:49.710 But<00:39:45.550><c> there</c><00:39:45.710><c> is</c><00:39:45.909><c> a</c><00:39:46.070><c> difference</c><00:39:46.369><c> and</c><00:39:46.610><c> the</c><00:39:46.829><c> difference</c><00:39:47.110><c> is</c><00:39:47.510><c> monumental.</c><00:39:49.570><c> And</c> 00:39:49.710 --> 00:39:50.449 here's<00:39:49.949><c> the</c><00:39:50.170><c> difference,</c> 00:39:50.449 --> 00:39:55.349 brethren<00:39:50.769><c> and</c><00:39:52.289><c> sisters.</c><00:39:53.449><c> Say</c><00:39:53.489><c> ye</c><00:39:53.789><c> to</c><00:39:54.010><c> him</c><00:39:54.570><c> whom</c><00:39:54.849><c> the</c><00:39:55.070><c> father</c> 00:39:55.349 --> 00:39:59.489 has<00:39:55.690><c> sanctified</c><00:39:56.269><c> and</c><00:39:57.349><c> sent</c><00:39:57.809><c> into</c><00:39:58.349><c> the</c><00:39:58.610><c> world.</c> 00:40:01.289 --> 00:40:08.389 Now<00:40:01.530><c> he</c><00:40:01.750><c> came</c><00:40:02.349><c> into</c><00:40:02.849><c> the</c><00:40:03.030><c> Jewish</c><00:40:03.309><c> world,</c><00:40:05.289><c> sent,</c><00:40:07.969><c> but</c><00:40:08.050><c> the</c><00:40:08.230><c> word</c> 00:40:08.389 --> 00:40:14.050 of<00:40:08.530><c> God</c><00:40:09.650><c> came</c><00:40:11.130><c> to</c><00:40:11.449><c> them.</c><00:40:11.989><c> Look</c><00:40:12.329><c> at</c><00:40:12.610><c> that</c><00:40:12.909><c> difference.</c> 00:40:17.570 --> 00:40:23.730 The<00:40:18.289><c> word</c><00:40:18.610><c> of</c><00:40:18.769><c> God</c><00:40:18.989><c> didn't</c><00:40:19.269><c> come</c><00:40:19.809><c> to</c><00:40:19.969><c> Jesus.</c><00:40:21.949><c> He</c><00:40:22.289><c> was</c><00:40:23.170><c> the</c><00:40:23.449><c> word</c> 00:40:23.730 --> 00:40:29.590 of<00:40:23.949><c> God.</c><00:40:24.570><c> He</c><00:40:24.570><c> was</c><00:40:25.210><c> sent,</c><00:40:27.110><c> but</c><00:40:27.309><c> it</c><00:40:27.869><c> came</c><00:40:28.329><c> to</c><00:40:28.610><c> them.</c> 00:40:30.110 --> 00:40:35.429 Now<00:40:30.269><c> look</c><00:40:30.570><c> at</c><00:40:30.809><c> that</c><00:40:31.010><c> difference.</c><00:40:33.590><c> Isn't</c><00:40:33.769><c> that</c><00:40:34.190><c> tremendous?</c> 00:40:37.329 --> 00:40:40.849 The<00:40:37.610><c> word</c><00:40:38.110><c> was</c><00:40:38.409><c> made</c><00:40:38.809><c> flesh</c><00:40:39.269><c> and</c><00:40:39.750><c> dwelt</c><00:40:40.090><c> among</c><00:40:40.449><c> us.</c> 00:40:40.849 --> 00:40:47.929 It<00:40:41.090><c> was</c><00:40:41.570><c> sent,</c><00:40:43.090><c> but</c><00:40:43.190><c> it</c><00:40:43.389><c> came</c><00:40:43.730><c> to</c><00:40:43.869><c> us.</c><00:40:45.969><c> Now</c><00:40:46.190><c> if</c><00:40:46.889><c> the</c><00:40:47.349><c> reception</c> 00:40:47.929 --> 00:40:52.309 of<00:40:48.289><c> God's</c><00:40:48.730><c> word</c><00:40:49.369><c> makes</c><00:40:50.650><c> us</c><00:40:51.130><c> Elohim,</c> 00:40:52.730 --> 00:40:57.630 what<00:40:52.889><c> does</c><00:40:53.150><c> it</c><00:40:53.309><c> make</c><00:40:53.630><c> the</c><00:40:53.869><c> word</c><00:40:54.489><c> personify?</c><00:40:55.929><c> If</c><00:40:56.210><c> you</c><00:40:56.210><c> ask</c><00:40:56.530><c> yourself</c><00:40:56.829><c> that</c><00:40:57.030><c> question,</c> 00:40:58.090 --> 00:41:00.949 if<00:40:58.309><c> the</c><00:40:58.489><c> revelation</c><00:40:58.989><c> of</c><00:40:59.170><c> God's</c><00:40:59.590><c> word</c><00:40:59.809><c> gave</c><00:41:00.030><c> us</c><00:41:00.289><c> that</c><00:41:00.590><c> noble</c> 00:41:00.949 --> 00:41:03.429 destiny,<00:41:02.070><c> what</c><00:41:02.230><c> about</c><00:41:02.510><c> the</c><00:41:02.670><c> one</c><00:41:02.849><c> who</c><00:41:02.909><c> was</c><00:41:03.230><c> the</c> 00:41:03.429 --> 00:41:08.090 absolute<00:41:03.869><c> embodiment</c><00:41:04.610><c> of</c><00:41:04.829><c> it?</c><00:41:05.650><c> The</c><00:41:06.269><c> word</c><00:41:06.469><c> didn't</c><00:41:06.690><c> come</c><00:41:06.949><c> to</c><00:41:07.150><c> him.</c><00:41:07.829><c> He</c> 00:41:08.090 --> 00:41:10.130 was<00:41:08.510><c> the</c><00:41:08.710><c> word</c><00:41:08.889><c> and</c><00:41:08.969><c> was</c><00:41:09.309><c> sent</c><00:41:09.690><c> to</c><00:41:09.969><c> them.</c> 00:41:10.130 --> 00:41:14.190 Now<00:41:10.650><c> that</c><00:41:10.869><c> is</c><00:41:11.150><c> a</c><00:41:11.550><c> monumental</c><00:41:12.289><c> difference</c><00:41:12.750><c> in</c><00:41:12.889><c> this</c><00:41:13.150><c> chapter.</c> 00:41:15.110 --> 00:41:16.989 And<00:41:15.210><c> it's</c><00:41:15.449><c> interesting,</c><00:41:16.010><c> brethren</c><00:41:16.150><c> and</c><00:41:16.369><c> sisters,</c><00:41:16.650><c> how</c><00:41:16.849><c> would</c> 00:41:16.989 --> 00:41:19.349 the<00:41:17.150><c> Trinitarian</c><00:41:17.750><c> cope</c><00:41:18.090><c> with</c><00:41:18.389><c> this?</c> 00:41:19.630 --> 00:41:24.269 How<00:41:19.989><c> on</c><00:41:20.610><c> earth</c><00:41:20.909><c> would</c><00:41:21.050><c> he</c><00:41:21.250><c> understand</c><00:41:21.690><c> this?</c><00:41:22.250><c> Read</c><00:41:22.409><c> again</c><00:41:22.710><c> verse</c><00:41:22.969><c> 36.</c> 00:41:24.710 --> 00:41:26.150 Just<00:41:24.969><c> think</c><00:41:25.190><c> of</c><00:41:25.349><c> this.</c> 00:41:26.809 --> 00:41:34.070 Say<00:41:27.070><c> ye</c><00:41:27.389><c> of</c><00:41:27.550><c> him</c><00:41:28.670><c> whom</c><00:41:29.269><c> the</c><00:41:29.550><c> father</c><00:41:29.989><c> hath</c><00:41:30.769><c> sanctified</c><00:41:31.650><c> and</c><00:41:32.570><c> sent</c><00:41:32.769><c> into</c><00:41:32.949><c> the</c><00:41:33.230><c> world.</c> 00:41:34.650 --> 00:41:38.829 Now<00:41:35.150><c> take</c><00:41:35.650><c> a</c><00:41:36.449><c> Trinitarian</c><00:41:37.010><c> concept</c><00:41:37.550><c> of</c><00:41:37.750><c> these</c><00:41:37.949><c> verses.</c><00:41:38.530><c> I</c><00:41:38.650><c> am</c> 00:41:38.829 --> 00:41:41.590 the<00:41:39.030><c> father</c><00:41:39.269><c> of</c><00:41:39.570><c> one</c><00:41:39.909><c> as</c><00:41:40.329><c> Jesus</c><00:41:40.809><c> being</c><00:41:41.150><c> God,</c> 00:41:41.809 --> 00:41:49.829 very<00:41:42.070><c> God.</c><00:41:43.170><c> How</c><00:41:43.570><c> on</c><00:41:43.949><c> earth</c><00:41:44.530><c> does</c><00:41:45.130><c> God</c><00:41:45.409><c> in</c><00:41:45.690><c> heaven</c><00:41:46.329><c> have</c><00:41:47.230><c> to</c><00:41:47.809><c> sanctify</c><00:41:48.590><c> him</c> 00:41:49.829 --> 00:41:52.849 before<00:41:51.650><c> he</c><00:41:51.969><c> sent</c><00:41:52.110><c> him</c><00:41:52.230><c> into</c><00:41:52.409><c> the</c><00:41:52.610><c> world?</c> 00:41:53.210 --> 00:41:56.449 He<00:41:53.389><c> didn't</c><00:41:53.630><c> do</c><00:41:53.809><c> it</c><00:41:54.010><c> afterwards.</c><00:41:54.469><c> He</c><00:41:54.630><c> said</c><00:41:54.809><c> it</c><00:41:55.070><c> before</c><00:41:55.929><c> he</c><00:41:56.250><c> sent</c> 00:41:56.449 --> 00:41:58.230 him<00:41:56.590><c> into</c><00:41:56.750><c> the</c><00:41:56.949><c> world.</c><00:41:57.210><c> If</c><00:41:57.329><c> we</c><00:41:57.510><c> take</c><00:41:57.710><c> the</c><00:41:57.949><c> world</c> 00:41:58.230 --> 00:42:01.710 to<00:41:58.489><c> mean</c><00:41:58.650><c> there,</c><00:41:59.210><c> the</c><00:41:59.349><c> literal</c><00:41:59.730><c> world.</c><00:42:01.030><c> Think</c><00:42:01.289><c> what</c><00:42:01.429><c> it's</c><00:42:01.630><c> got</c> 00:42:01.710 --> 00:42:03.550 to<00:42:01.849><c> mean.</c><00:42:02.309><c> It's</c><00:42:02.530><c> got</c><00:42:02.610><c> to</c><00:42:02.710><c> mean</c><00:42:02.829><c> that</c><00:42:03.170><c> there</c><00:42:03.429><c> was</c> 00:42:03.550 --> 00:42:07.869 a<00:42:03.710><c> son</c><00:42:03.909><c> in</c><00:42:04.090><c> heaven</c><00:42:04.429><c> at</c><00:42:04.710><c> some</c><00:42:04.989><c> stage</c><00:42:05.329><c> or</c><00:42:05.469><c> other,</c><00:42:05.610><c> who</c><00:42:05.730><c> knows,</c><00:42:06.210><c> well</c><00:42:06.349><c> they</c><00:42:06.449><c> say</c><00:42:06.590><c> he's</c><00:42:06.849><c> eternal.</c><00:42:07.570><c> So</c><00:42:07.710><c> there's</c> 00:42:07.869 --> 00:42:10.809 an<00:42:08.090><c> eternal</c><00:42:08.449><c> son</c><00:42:08.670><c> in</c><00:42:08.889><c> heaven</c><00:42:09.130><c> that's</c><00:42:09.630><c> got</c><00:42:09.769><c> to</c><00:42:10.030><c> be</c><00:42:10.269><c> sanctified.</c> 00:42:10.949 --> 00:42:13.150 What<00:42:11.190><c> was</c><00:42:11.429><c> wrong</c><00:42:11.630><c> with</c><00:42:11.809><c> him</c><00:42:11.989><c> before?</c> 00:42:15.110 --> 00:42:20.269 And<00:42:15.309><c> all</c><00:42:15.469><c> of</c><00:42:15.570><c> this</c><00:42:15.690><c> was</c><00:42:15.969><c> done</c><00:42:16.349><c> before</c><00:42:16.730><c> he</c><00:42:16.889><c> came</c><00:42:17.170><c> to</c><00:42:17.309><c> this</c><00:42:17.550><c> world.</c><00:42:20.090><c> Now</c> 00:42:20.269 --> 00:42:22.170 that's,<00:42:20.929><c> you</c><00:42:21.210><c> can't,</c><00:42:21.730><c> it's</c><00:42:21.849><c> just</c> 00:42:22.170 --> 00:42:25.869 incongruous.<00:42:22.769><c> You</c><00:42:22.869><c> can</c><00:42:23.110><c> never</c><00:42:23.309><c> work</c><00:42:23.469><c> that</c><00:42:23.750><c> out.</c><00:42:25.050><c> But</c><00:42:25.170><c> see</c><00:42:25.309><c> Jesus</c><00:42:25.650><c> is</c> 00:42:25.869 --> 00:42:27.489 not<00:42:26.090><c> talking</c><00:42:26.369><c> about</c><00:42:26.670><c> this</c><00:42:26.989><c> literal</c><00:42:27.289><c> world,</c> 00:42:27.550 --> 00:42:31.829 he's<00:42:27.789><c> talking</c><00:42:27.909><c> about</c><00:42:28.610><c> the</c><00:42:28.989><c> Jewish</c><00:42:29.250><c> world</c><00:42:29.530><c> and</c><00:42:29.769><c> all</c><00:42:30.010><c> over</c><00:42:30.269><c> John's</c><00:42:30.750><c> Gospel</c><00:42:31.090><c> that</c> 00:42:31.829 --> 00:42:33.530 is<00:42:32.010><c> used,</c><00:42:32.230><c> the</c><00:42:32.489><c> cosmos.</c> 00:42:33.550 --> 00:42:37.369 Not<00:42:33.989><c> peculiarly</c><00:42:34.829><c> used</c><00:42:34.969><c> to</c><00:42:35.150><c> the</c><00:42:35.289><c> Jews,</c><00:42:35.809><c> but</c><00:42:35.969><c> it's</c><00:42:36.210><c> used</c><00:42:36.730><c> of</c><00:42:37.190><c> the</c> 00:42:37.369 --> 00:42:40.130 Jewish<00:42:37.570><c> people,</c><00:42:38.190><c> the</c><00:42:38.349><c> Jewish</c><00:42:38.630><c> order</c><00:42:39.030><c> of</c><00:42:39.269><c> things.</c> 00:42:40.349 --> 00:42:44.489 Jesus<00:42:40.690><c> and</c><00:42:40.869><c> John</c><00:42:41.289><c> talk</c><00:42:41.750><c> about</c><00:42:42.190><c> the</c><00:42:42.650><c> prince</c><00:42:43.010><c> of</c><00:42:43.250><c> this</c><00:42:43.550><c> world.</c> 00:42:45.849 --> 00:42:49.030 And<00:42:45.869><c> you</c><00:42:46.030><c> see</c><00:42:46.190><c> Jesus</c><00:42:46.710><c> was</c><00:42:47.389><c> sanctified</c> 00:42:49.090 --> 00:42:51.610 before<00:42:49.570><c> 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right</c><00:48:49.530><c> throughout</c><00:48:49.750><c> the</c> 00:48:49.949 --> 00:48:50.869 temple,<00:48:50.130><c> every</c><00:48:50.429><c> house,</c> 00:48:50.869 --> 00:48:54.769 and<00:48:51.090><c> again</c><00:48:51.530><c> lights</c><00:48:51.929><c> were</c><00:48:52.170><c> shining.</c><00:48:53.130><c> Psalm</c><00:48:53.329><c> 82</c><00:48:53.710><c> said,</c><00:48:54.489><c> you'll</c> 00:48:54.769 --> 00:48:58.010 die<00:48:54.989><c> like</c><00:48:55.230><c> men,</c><00:48:56.769><c> and</c><00:48:56.889><c> they'd</c><00:48:57.170><c> die,</c><00:48:57.590><c> brothers</c><00:48:57.730><c> and</c> 00:48:58.010 --> 00:49:01.030 sisters,<00:48:59.269><c> in</c><00:48:59.369><c> the</c><00:48:59.570><c> radiant</c><00:48:59.869><c> light</c><00:49:00.130><c> of</c><00:49:00.269><c> the</c><00:49:00.489><c> truth,</c><00:49:00.769><c> yet</c><00:49:00.869><c> they</c> 00:49:01.030 --> 00:49:03.230 would<00:49:01.230><c> die.</c><00:49:01.789><c> 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00:49:13.289 --> 00:49:16.230 the<00:49:13.449><c> princes,</c><00:49:14.269><c> even</c><00:49:14.530><c> though</c><00:49:14.750><c> they</c><00:49:14.949><c> themselves</c><00:49:15.429><c> were</c> 00:49:16.949 --> 00:49:20.829 sons<00:49:17.369><c> of</c><00:49:17.670><c> the</c><00:49:17.769><c> Most</c><00:49:18.110><c> High.</c><00:49:18.289><c> Isn't</c><00:49:18.449><c> that</c><00:49:18.690><c> incredible?</c><00:49:20.590><c> So</c><00:49:20.690><c> when</c> 00:49:20.829 --> 00:49:22.710 we<00:49:20.909><c> come</c><00:49:21.070><c> back</c><00:49:21.269><c> to</c><00:49:21.369><c> John</c><00:49:21.630><c> chapter</c><00:49:21.969><c> 10,</c> 00:49:25.449 --> 00:49:30.869 we<00:49:25.590><c> move</c><00:49:25.730><c> on,</c><00:49:26.070><c> brothers</c><00:49:26.269><c> and</c><00:49:26.489><c> sisters,</c><00:49:27.550><c> and</c><00:49:28.989><c> he</c><00:49:29.090><c> said</c><00:49:29.210><c> in</c><00:49:29.389><c> verse</c><00:49:29.630><c> 37,</c> 00:49:33.829 --> 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he's</c> 00:49:48.530 --> 00:49:50.610 saying<00:49:48.610><c> to</c><00:49:48.750><c> the</c><00:49:48.809><c> people,</c><00:49:48.909><c> he</c><00:49:48.909><c> said,</c><00:49:49.530><c> look,</c><00:49:49.929><c> I'm</c><00:49:50.150><c> not</c><00:49:50.369><c> asking</c> 00:49:50.610 --> 00:49:56.590 you<00:49:51.269><c> to</c><00:49:52.070><c> accept</c><00:49:52.789><c> my</c><00:49:53.690><c> words</c><00:49:54.449><c> as</c><00:49:55.230><c> coming</c><00:49:55.429><c> from</c><00:49:55.670><c> me.</c> 00:49:56.710 --> 00:50:01.289 I'm<00:49:57.050><c> not</c><00:49:57.210><c> even</c><00:49:57.489><c> asking</c><00:49:57.789><c> you</c><00:49:58.090><c> to</c><00:49:58.329><c> accept</c><00:49:58.630><c> my</c><00:49:59.050><c> person</c><00:49:59.389><c> as</c><00:49:59.929><c> a</c><00:50:00.150><c> personality.</c><00:50:01.170><c> I'm</c> 00:50:01.289 --> 00:50:02.989 not<00:50:01.429><c> making</c><00:50:01.650><c> any</c><00:50:01.989><c> appeal</c><00:50:02.409><c> 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he's</c><00:50:55.889><c> not</c><00:50:56.110><c> asking</c><00:50:56.369><c> us</c> 00:50:56.590 --> 00:50:58.010 to<00:50:56.809><c> accept</c><00:50:56.989><c> him</c><00:50:57.230><c> as</c><00:50:57.389><c> an</c><00:50:57.590><c> individual.</c> 00:50:58.369 --> 00:51:02.809 This<00:50:58.550><c> is</c><00:50:58.730><c> not</c><00:50:58.909><c> something</c><00:50:59.170><c> personal.</c><00:51:01.429><c> What</c><00:51:01.670><c> does</c><00:51:01.849><c> he</c><00:51:02.010><c> want?</c><00:51:02.670><c> He</c> 00:51:02.809 --> 00:51:11.670 just<00:51:03.070><c> wants</c><00:51:03.269><c> us</c><00:51:03.469><c> to</c><00:51:03.650><c> see</c><00:51:04.170><c> past</c><00:51:05.030><c> the</c><00:51:05.269><c> veneer</c><00:51:11.670><c> on</c><00:51:11.670><c> the</c> 00:51:11.670 --> 00:51:14.170 side.<00:51:11.889><c> Don't</c><00:51:12.369><c> think,</c><00:51:12.590><c> well,</c><00:51:12.750><c> I</c><00:51:12.889><c> would</c><00:51:13.090><c> like</c><00:51:13.210><c> to</c><00:51:13.329><c> be</c><00:51:13.409><c> in</c><00:51:13.449><c> his</c><00:51:13.650><c> position,</c><00:51:13.969><c> a</c> 00:51:14.170 --> 00:51:15.510 great<00:51:14.409><c> teacher,</c><00:51:14.829><c> a</c><00:51:14.969><c> great</c><00:51:15.150><c> miracle</c> 00:51:15.510 --> 00:51:18.030 worker.<00:51:15.969><c> Don't</c><00:51:16.210><c> think</c><00:51:16.389><c> about</c><00:51:16.769><c> personal</c><00:51:17.349><c> greatness.</c><00:51:17.809><c> Think</c> 00:51:18.030 --> 00:51:20.210 about<00:51:18.349><c> what</c><00:51:18.570><c> he's</c><00:51:18.809><c> doing,</c><00:51:19.409><c> what</c><00:51:19.650><c> he's</c><00:51:19.929><c> saying.</c> 00:51:20.510 --> 00:51:26.250 Look<00:51:20.869><c> past</c><00:51:21.329><c> that,</c><00:51:22.690><c> and</c><00:51:22.929><c> if</c><00:51:23.010><c> they</c><00:51:23.190><c> did</c><00:51:23.389><c> that,</c><00:51:25.070><c> he</c><00:51:25.210><c> says,</c><00:51:25.969><c> you'll</c> 00:51:26.250 --> 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conviction</c><00:51:38.570><c> that</c><00:51:40.230><c> you</c> 00:51:40.389 --> 00:51:43.550 may<00:51:40.590><c> know</c><00:51:40.849><c> and</c><00:51:40.969><c> believe</c><00:51:41.349><c> that</c><00:51:41.550><c> the</c><00:51:41.849><c> Father</c><00:51:42.309><c> is</c><00:51:42.630><c> in</c><00:51:42.849><c> me.</c> 00:51:45.909 --> 00:51:49.650 And<00:51:46.050><c> you</c><00:51:46.190><c> see</c><00:51:46.309><c> the</c><00:51:46.550><c> point?</c><00:51:47.849><c> If</c><00:51:48.010><c> the</c><00:51:48.289><c> Father's</c><00:51:48.590><c> in</c><00:51:48.730><c> me,</c><00:51:49.170><c> I've</c><00:51:49.469><c> got</c><00:51:49.510><c> to</c> 00:51:49.650 --> 00:51:51.670 be<00:51:49.750><c> in</c><00:51:49.909><c> him.</c><00:51:50.150><c> Now,</c><00:51:50.329><c> you</c><00:51:50.469><c> work</c><00:51:50.590><c> that</c><00:51:50.849><c> out.</c> 00:51:51.730 --> 00:51:54.969 You<00:51:51.909><c> look</c><00:51:52.050><c> at</c><00:51:52.190><c> the</c><00:51:52.349><c> devastating</c><00:51:52.849><c> logic</c><00:51:53.230><c> of</c><00:51:53.449><c> that.</c><00:51:54.610><c> Now,</c><00:51:54.809><c> I'll</c> 00:51:54.969 --> 00:51:56.650 try<00:51:55.090><c> to</c><00:51:55.230><c> put</c><00:51:55.329><c> it</c><00:51:55.570><c> simply</c><00:51:55.789><c> to</c><00:51:56.010><c> you.</c><00:51:56.130><c> You</c><00:51:56.269><c> just</c><00:51:56.489><c> think</c> 00:51:56.650 --> 00:52:00.610 about<00:51:56.889><c> this.</c><00:51:57.750><c> You</c><00:51:57.889><c> think</c><00:51:58.010><c> of</c><00:51:58.110><c> the</c><00:51:58.269><c> devastating</c><00:51:58.730><c> logic</c><00:51:59.070><c> of</c><00:51:59.269><c> this.</c><00:52:00.489><c> He</c> 00:52:00.610 --> 00:52:02.429 said,<00:52:00.750><c> now</c><00:52:00.889><c> listen,</c><00:52:01.670><c> I'm</c><00:52:01.909><c> not</c><00:52:02.030><c> presenting</c> 00:52:02.429 --> 00:52:06.309 myself,<00:52:03.250><c> understand?</c><00:52:04.610><c> Jesus</c><00:52:05.030><c> of</c><00:52:05.309><c> Nazareth</c><00:52:05.690><c> doesn't</c><00:52:05.949><c> want</c><00:52:06.110><c> a</c> 00:52:06.309 --> 00:52:07.530 monument<00:52:06.590><c> built</c><00:52:06.869><c> to</c><00:52:06.969><c> him.</c><00:52:07.030><c> I</c><00:52:07.090><c> don't</c><00:52:07.150><c> want</c><00:52:07.250><c> a</c> 00:52:07.530 --> 00:52:11.590 statue<00:52:07.849><c> built</c><00:52:08.130><c> to</c><00:52:08.309><c> me.</c><00:52:10.030><c> I'm</c><00:52:10.309><c> trying</c><00:52:10.510><c> to</c><00:52:10.670><c> show</c><00:52:10.969><c> you</c><00:52:11.210><c> somebody</c> 00:52:11.590 --> 00:52:15.269 behind<00:52:12.070><c> me.</c><00:52:12.449><c> Can't</c><00:52:12.670><c> you</c><00:52:12.849><c> see?</c><00:52:14.190><c> Look</c><00:52:14.389><c> at</c><00:52:14.489><c> him.</c> 00:52:15.750 --> 00:52:19.289 Look<00:52:16.010><c> hard.</c><00:52:16.989><c> Listen</c><00:52:17.170><c> to</c><00:52:17.190><c> what</c><00:52:17.329><c> I'm</c><00:52:17.449><c> saying.</c><00:52:18.750><c> Watch</c><00:52:18.909><c> what</c><00:52:19.090><c> I</c> 00:52:19.289 --> 00:52:23.969 do.<00:52:19.769><c> Can't</c><00:52:20.070><c> you</c><00:52:20.289><c> see</c><00:52:20.949><c> somebody</c><00:52:21.329><c> different?</c><00:52:22.730><c> Oh,</c><00:52:23.030><c> yes.</c> 00:52:24.710 --> 00:52:29.889 Yes,<00:52:25.190><c> that's</c><00:52:25.409><c> right.</c><00:52:26.690><c> So,</c><00:52:26.989><c> the</c><00:52:27.010><c> conviction</c><00:52:27.309><c> is</c><00:52:28.050><c> the</c><00:52:29.429><c> Father's</c> 00:52:29.889 --> 00:52:31.289 got<00:52:29.989><c> to</c><00:52:30.110><c> be</c><00:52:30.190><c> in</c><00:52:30.349><c> there.</c> 00:52:32.889 --> 00:52:35.369 Now,<00:52:33.250><c> brothers</c><00:52:33.329><c> and</c><00:52:33.590><c> sisters,</c><00:52:34.130><c> the</c><00:52:34.210><c> most</c><00:52:34.530><c> logical</c><00:52:34.989><c> thing</c><00:52:35.210><c> in</c> 00:52:35.369 --> 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wouldn't</c><00:52:53.329><c> be</c><00:52:53.570><c> a</c> 00:52:53.690 --> 00:52:54.849 Jew<00:52:53.829><c> alive</c><00:52:54.190><c> who</c><00:52:54.349><c> came</c><00:52:54.530><c> to</c><00:52:54.670><c> that</c> 00:52:54.849 --> 00:52:58.670 conviction<00:52:55.369><c> that</c><00:52:56.789><c> if</c><00:52:56.949><c> God</c><00:52:57.090><c> had</c><00:52:57.250><c> gone,</c><00:52:57.329><c> you</c><00:52:57.449><c> know</c><00:52:57.590><c> a</c><00:52:57.750><c> person,</c> 00:52:59.090 --> 00:53:00.730 that<00:52:59.269><c> person</c><00:52:59.730><c> would</c><00:52:59.949><c> have</c><00:53:00.110><c> to</c><00:53:00.250><c> be</c><00:53:00.369><c> in</c><00:53:00.550><c> God.</c> 00:53:00.949 --> 00:53:03.469 There's<00:53:01.130><c> no</c><00:53:01.429><c> way</c><00:53:01.710><c> they</c><00:53:01.849><c> could</c><00:53:02.010><c> escape</c><00:53:02.309><c> that</c><00:53:02.550><c> logic,</c><00:53:03.170><c> because</c> 00:53:03.469 --> 00:53:05.210 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00:53:22.389 The<00:53:18.730><c> Father</c><00:53:19.070><c> doesn't</c><00:53:19.469><c> do</c><00:53:19.829><c> that.</c><00:53:20.889><c> He</c><00:53:21.010><c> only</c><00:53:21.289><c> works</c><00:53:21.570><c> through</c><00:53:21.849><c> people</c><00:53:22.230><c> who</c> 00:53:22.389 --> 00:53:23.969 are<00:53:22.630><c> absorbed</c><00:53:22.969><c> in</c><00:53:23.130><c> him</c><00:53:23.349><c> and</c><00:53:23.489><c> him</c><00:53:23.630><c> and</c><00:53:23.789><c> them.</c> 00:53:24.130 --> 00:53:26.630 That's<00:53:24.429><c> the</c><00:53:24.510><c> only</c><00:53:24.650><c> way</c><00:53:24.769><c> he</c><00:53:24.889><c> can</c><00:53:25.289><c> work.</c><00:53:25.630><c> Oh,</c><00:53:25.809><c> he</c><00:53:25.869><c> can</c><00:53:26.070><c> use</c><00:53:26.389><c> men.</c> 00:53:26.829 --> 00:53:29.550 He<00:53:26.989><c> could</c><00:53:27.429><c> use</c><00:53:27.710><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c><00:53:28.750><c> He</c><00:53:28.969><c> could</c><00:53:29.230><c> use</c> 00:53:29.550 --> 00:53:32.550 Darius<00:53:30.010><c> the</c><00:53:30.309><c> Mede.</c><00:53:30.809><c> He</c><00:53:31.070><c> could</c><00:53:31.449><c> use</c><00:53:31.730><c> a</c><00:53:31.849><c> whole</c><00:53:32.010><c> lot</c><00:53:32.130><c> of</c><00:53:32.250><c> men</c><00:53:32.369><c> for</c> 00:53:32.550 --> 00:53:35.050 his<00:53:32.769><c> purpose</c><00:53:33.289><c> by</c><00:53:33.710><c> manipulating</c><00:53:34.190><c> them</c><00:53:34.489><c> by</c><00:53:34.730><c> his</c> 00:53:35.050 --> 00:53:36.769 providence.<00:53:35.190><c> It's</c><00:53:35.409><c> a</c><00:53:35.510><c> different</c><00:53:35.710><c> thing.</c><00:53:36.210><c> But</c><00:53:36.309><c> when</c><00:53:36.489><c> it</c><00:53:36.550><c> comes</c> 00:53:36.769 --> 00:53:38.530 to<00:53:36.969><c> these</c><00:53:37.250><c> moral</c><00:53:37.610><c> teachings</c><00:53:37.989><c> and</c><00:53:38.150><c> the</c><00:53:38.329><c> teachings</c> 00:53:38.530 --> 00:53:40.849 of<00:53:38.670><c> the</c><00:53:38.809><c> truth,</c><00:53:39.130><c> brothers</c><00:53:39.289><c> and</c><00:53:39.489><c> sisters,</c><00:53:39.849><c> if</c><00:53:40.110><c> God</c><00:53:40.329><c> is</c><00:53:40.570><c> in</c><00:53:40.630><c> him,</c> 00:53:40.969 --> 00:53:44.530 the<00:53:41.090><c> devastating</c><00:53:41.789><c> logic</c><00:53:42.389><c> is</c><00:53:42.750><c> he's</c><00:53:43.130><c> got</c><00:53:43.250><c> to</c><00:53:43.369><c> be</c><00:53:43.489><c> in</c><00:53:43.710><c> God.</c> 00:53:44.610 --> 00:53:49.610 They<00:53:44.829><c> can't</c><00:53:45.349><c> escape</c><00:53:45.690><c> that,</c><00:53:46.829><c> but</c><00:53:47.610><c> they</c><00:53:47.750><c> wanted</c><00:53:47.929><c> to</c><00:53:48.150><c> escape</c><00:53:48.449><c> it.</c> 00:53:50.469 --> 00:53:53.489 They<00:53:50.730><c> didn't</c><00:53:50.969><c> see</c><00:53:51.230><c> it.</c><00:53:52.789><c> They</c><00:53:53.050><c> missed</c><00:53:53.230><c> the</c><00:53:53.349><c> point</c> 00:53:53.489 --> 00:53:58.389 entirely.<00:53:55.050><c> They</c><00:53:55.349><c> sought</c><00:53:55.510><c> to</c><00:53:55.730><c> take</c><00:53:55.909><c> him</c><00:53:56.090><c> again,</c><00:53:56.889><c> but</c><00:53:57.530><c> he</c><00:53:57.809><c> escaped</c><00:53:58.170><c> out</c> 00:53:58.389 --> 00:54:02.590 of<00:53:58.510><c> their</c><00:53:58.969><c> hand.</c><00:54:01.369><c> That's</c><00:54:01.650><c> easy.</c> 00:54:02.610 --> 00:54:07.489 To<00:54:03.050><c> get</c><00:54:03.230><c> out</c><00:54:03.409><c> of</c><00:54:03.449><c> their</c><00:54:03.710><c> hand</c><00:54:04.030><c> was</c><00:54:04.269><c> easy,</c><00:54:06.670><c> but</c><00:54:06.829><c> the</c><00:54:07.030><c> disciples</c> 00:54:07.489 --> 00:54:09.349 could<00:54:07.809><c> not</c><00:54:08.010><c> be</c><00:54:08.150><c> got</c><00:54:08.250><c> out</c><00:54:08.449><c> of</c><00:54:08.570><c> his.</c> 00:54:09.369 --> 00:54:12.309 That's<00:54:09.670><c> the</c><00:54:09.789><c> difference,</c><00:54:10.170><c> isn't</c><00:54:10.289><c> it?</c><00:54:11.429><c> But</c><00:54:11.610><c> he</c><00:54:11.769><c> escaped</c><00:54:12.090><c> out</c> 00:54:12.309 --> 00:54:13.750 of<00:54:12.389><c> their</c><00:54:12.690><c> hand</c> 00:54:14.429 --> 00:54:16.750 because<00:54:14.869><c> they</c><00:54:15.090><c> didn't</c><00:54:15.309><c> have</c><00:54:15.530><c> the</c><00:54:15.710><c> ability.</c><00:54:16.329><c> Now,</c><00:54:16.670><c> brothers</c> 00:54:16.750 --> 00:54:18.269 and<00:54:16.969><c> sisters,</c><00:54:17.429><c> this</c><00:54:17.489><c> story</c> 00:54:20.809 --> 00:54:23.469 climaxes<00:54:21.250><c> absolutely</c><00:54:21.690><c> magnificently.</c><00:54:22.230><c> This</c><00:54:22.429><c> is</c><00:54:22.610><c> why</c><00:54:22.849><c> I</c><00:54:22.989><c> wanted</c><00:54:23.110><c> this</c> 00:54:23.469 --> 00:54:25.530 class.<00:54:24.409><c> I</c><00:54:24.489><c> didn't</c><00:54:24.730><c> want</c><00:54:25.010><c> to</c><00:54:25.170><c> go</c><00:54:25.329><c> away</c> 00:54:25.530 --> 00:54:30.050 this<00:54:25.829><c> disjointed.</c><00:54:28.050><c> Look,</c><00:54:28.469><c> you</c><00:54:28.630><c> think</c><00:54:28.789><c> about</c><00:54:28.969><c> it.</c><00:54:29.670><c> We've</c><00:54:29.909><c> got</c> 00:54:30.050 --> 00:54:32.829 now<00:54:30.269><c> four</c><00:54:30.489><c> months</c><00:54:30.849><c> left</c><00:54:31.170><c> before</c><00:54:31.510><c> crucifixion,</c> 00:54:33.650 --> 00:54:39.130 so<00:54:33.889><c> what</c><00:54:34.050><c> did</c><00:54:34.190><c> he</c><00:54:34.329><c> do?</c><00:54:35.489><c> Now,</c><00:54:35.789><c> here's</c><00:54:36.190><c> a</c><00:54:36.389><c> climatic</c><00:54:36.829><c> point.</c><00:54:38.610><c> There's</c><00:54:38.869><c> the</c> 00:54:39.130 --> 00:54:40.269 offer.<00:54:39.329><c> He</c><00:54:39.510><c> couldn't</c><00:54:39.750><c> do</c><00:54:40.010><c> better.</c> 00:54:40.510 --> 00:54:43.210 He<00:54:40.650><c> hadn't</c><00:54:40.869><c> come</c><00:54:41.110><c> now</c><00:54:41.409><c> to</c><00:54:41.829><c> the</c><00:54:41.909><c> point</c><00:54:42.150><c> of</c><00:54:42.409><c> accusation.</c><00:54:42.949><c> Later</c> 00:54:43.210 --> 00:54:44.650 on,<00:54:43.369><c> that</c><00:54:43.489><c> would</c><00:54:43.690><c> come.</c> 00:54:44.730 --> 00:54:48.030 He<00:54:44.909><c> would</c><00:54:45.110><c> accuse</c><00:54:45.389><c> them</c><00:54:45.550><c> later</c><00:54:45.809><c> on,</c><00:54:46.130><c> but</c><00:54:46.389><c> now</c><00:54:46.989><c> it's</c><00:54:47.710><c> offering</c> 00:54:48.030 --> 00:54:55.510 them<00:54:48.550><c> the</c><00:54:49.309><c> most</c><00:54:49.590><c> wonderful</c><00:54:49.969><c> thing</c><00:54:50.170><c> in</c><00:54:53.590><c> the</c> 00:54:55.510 --> 00:54:58.429 world,<00:54:56.010><c> sons,</c><00:54:56.389><c> to</c><00:54:56.389><c> show</c><00:54:56.590><c> what</c><00:54:56.769><c> their</c><00:54:57.030><c> father</c><00:54:57.349><c> was</c><00:54:57.610><c> like.</c><00:54:57.969><c> That's</c><00:54:58.309><c> the</c> 00:54:58.429 --> 00:55:00.010 destiny<00:54:58.789><c> if</c><00:54:58.969><c> they'd</c><00:54:59.230><c> have</c><00:54:59.309><c> it.</c><00:54:59.690><c> Now,</c> 00:55:00.070 --> 00:55:03.489 he<00:55:00.250><c> would</c><00:55:00.369><c> have</c><00:55:00.590><c> thought,</c><00:55:01.349><c> perhaps,</c><00:55:02.210><c> as</c><00:55:02.369><c> we</c><00:55:02.469><c> would</c><00:55:02.590><c> all</c><00:55:02.829><c> think,</c><00:55:03.369><c> that</c> 00:55:03.489 --> 00:55:06.690 would<00:55:03.730><c> at</c><00:55:03.949><c> least</c><00:55:05.449><c> arouse</c><00:55:05.849><c> a</c><00:55:06.210><c> spark</c><00:55:06.409><c> of</c> 00:55:06.690 --> 00:55:10.130 interest<00:55:06.929><c> and</c><00:55:08.030><c> a</c><00:55:08.349><c> spark</c><00:55:08.710><c> of</c><00:55:09.130><c> vitality</c><00:55:09.710><c> in</c><00:55:09.809><c> them</c><00:55:09.869><c> that</c><00:55:09.949><c> they</c> 00:55:10.130 --> 00:55:14.989 might<00:55:10.329><c> stop</c><00:55:10.730><c> and</c><00:55:11.050><c> think.</c><00:55:12.909><c> No,</c><00:55:13.949><c> hatred</c><00:55:14.230><c> was</c><00:55:14.469><c> greater</c><00:55:14.789><c> than</c> 00:55:14.989 --> 00:55:18.349 that<00:55:15.150><c> even,</c><00:55:15.510><c> brothers</c><00:55:15.590><c> and</c><00:55:15.690><c> sisters,</c><00:55:17.730><c> and</c><00:55:17.869><c> so</c><00:55:17.969><c> they</c><00:55:18.150><c> sought</c> 00:55:18.349 --> 00:55:22.530 to<00:55:18.610><c> take</c><00:55:18.789><c> him.</c><00:55:18.889><c> So</c><00:55:19.010><c> what</c><00:55:19.110><c> did</c><00:55:19.289><c> he</c><00:55:19.309><c> do?</c><00:55:21.969><c> He</c><00:55:22.289><c> turned</c> 00:55:22.530 --> 00:55:29.710 back,<00:55:22.929><c> verse</c><00:55:23.230><c> 40,</c><00:55:25.889><c> and</c><00:55:26.050><c> he</c><00:55:26.170><c> went</c><00:55:26.369><c> away</c><00:55:26.809><c> again.</c><00:55:28.949><c> So</c><00:55:29.289><c> he's</c><00:55:29.469><c> been</c> 00:55:29.710 --> 00:55:34.789 here<00:55:29.929><c> before.</c><00:55:31.869><c> Where?</c><00:55:33.750><c> Beyond</c><00:55:34.070><c> Jordan,</c> 00:55:35.170 --> 00:55:39.690 into<00:55:35.210><c> the</c><00:55:35.489><c> place</c><00:55:35.869><c> where</c><00:55:36.190><c> John</c><00:55:36.590><c> at</c><00:55:36.989><c> first</c><00:55:37.369><c> baptised.</c><00:55:39.389><c> Do</c><00:55:39.530><c> you</c> 00:55:39.690 --> 00:55:42.250 see<00:55:39.889><c> what</c><00:55:40.150><c> the</c><00:55:40.269><c> Lord</c><00:55:40.389><c> was</c><00:55:40.630><c> doing?</c><00:55:41.789><c> He</c><00:55:42.010><c> turned</c> 00:55:42.250 --> 00:55:48.090 his<00:55:42.469><c> back</c><00:55:42.690><c> and</c><00:55:42.849><c> he</c><00:55:42.989><c> thought,</c><00:55:43.530><c> and</c><00:55:43.789><c> he</c><00:55:43.969><c> walked</c><00:55:44.110><c> right</c><00:55:44.530><c> back,</c><00:55:45.250><c> not</c><00:55:45.429><c> very</c><00:55:45.769><c> far,</c><00:55:46.230><c> down</c><00:55:46.610><c> the</c><00:55:47.110><c> steep</c><00:55:47.349><c> slopes</c><00:55:47.789><c> of</c> 00:55:48.090 --> 00:55:54.030 buildings<00:55:48.389><c> of</c><00:55:48.610><c> Judea,</c><00:55:50.590><c> down</c><00:55:50.789><c> past</c><00:55:51.110><c> Jericho</c><00:55:51.530><c> to</c><00:55:51.690><c> his</c><00:55:51.849><c> left,</c><00:55:53.809><c> eight</c><00:55:53.969><c> or</c> 00:55:54.030 --> 00:55:55.510 nine<00:55:54.269><c> miles</c><00:55:54.570><c> further</c><00:55:54.929><c> across</c><00:55:55.230><c> the</c> 00:55:55.510 --> 00:55:59.309 plain,<00:55:55.969><c> there</c><00:55:56.110><c> it</c><00:55:56.289><c> was</c><00:55:56.329><c> the</c><00:55:56.510><c> Jordan,</c><00:55:57.349><c> Bethabara.</c><00:55:58.929><c> Here's</c><00:55:59.090><c> where</c><00:55:59.250><c> he</c> 00:55:59.309 --> 00:56:01.769 was<00:55:59.570><c> at</c><00:55:59.829><c> the</c><00:55:59.909><c> first.</c><00:56:00.730><c> He</c><00:56:00.869><c> was</c><00:56:01.030><c> there</c><00:56:01.289><c> at</c><00:56:01.449><c> the</c> 00:56:01.769 --> 00:56:08.489 first.<00:56:03.809><c> Where</c><00:56:03.989><c> it</c><00:56:04.150><c> had</c><00:56:04.230><c> been</c><00:56:04.409><c> said,</c><00:56:05.210><c> this</c><00:56:05.650><c> is</c><00:56:06.030><c> my</c><00:56:06.250><c> beloved</c><00:56:06.590><c> son,</c><00:56:08.170><c> here</c><00:56:08.269><c> ye</c> 00:56:08.489 --> 00:56:11.710 him.<00:56:10.070><c> This</c><00:56:10.309><c> is</c><00:56:10.510><c> him.</c><00:56:10.929><c> This</c><00:56:11.070><c> is</c><00:56:11.289><c> the</c><00:56:11.409><c> one</c> 00:56:11.710 --> 00:56:16.949 in<00:56:11.929><c> whom</c><00:56:12.170><c> I'm</c><00:56:12.469><c> well</c><00:56:12.869><c> pleased.</c><00:56:13.690><c> So</c><00:56:13.829><c> he</c><00:56:13.889><c> went</c><00:56:14.030><c> back</c><00:56:14.349><c> there</c><00:56:14.789><c> to</c><00:56:14.949><c> the</c><00:56:15.190><c> origins</c><00:56:15.610><c> and</c><00:56:16.610><c> he</c> 00:56:16.949 --> 00:56:18.730 stayed<00:56:17.150><c> there.</c><00:56:17.750><c> He</c><00:56:17.949><c> abode.</c><00:56:18.570><c> Now</c> 00:56:18.730 --> 00:56:22.489 note<00:56:18.869><c> that.</c><00:56:19.670><c> He</c><00:56:19.829><c> stopped</c><00:56:20.210><c> there.</c><00:56:21.210><c> He</c><00:56:21.309><c> made</c><00:56:21.510><c> his</c><00:56:21.750><c> home</c><00:56:21.929><c> there</c><00:56:22.170><c> for</c><00:56:22.329><c> a</c> 00:56:22.489 --> 00:56:23.570 while.<00:56:22.750><c> How</c><00:56:22.909><c> long?</c><00:56:23.150><c> We</c><00:56:23.150><c> don't</c><00:56:23.389><c> know,</c> 00:56:23.570 --> 00:56:26.269 but<00:56:23.889><c> at</c><00:56:24.030><c> least</c><00:56:24.329><c> John's</c><00:56:24.769><c> telling</c><00:56:24.869><c> us</c><00:56:25.369><c> that</c><00:56:25.630><c> he</c><00:56:25.829><c> deliberately</c> 00:56:26.269 --> 00:56:27.989 stopped<00:56:26.670><c> there.</c><00:56:26.849><c> And</c><00:56:26.949><c> what</c><00:56:27.070><c> happened?</c> 00:56:28.989 --> 00:56:33.750 Many<00:56:29.269><c> resorted</c><00:56:29.869><c> unto</c><00:56:30.150><c> him,</c><00:56:31.630><c> verse</c><00:56:31.969><c> 41,</c><00:56:32.449><c> and</c><00:56:32.730><c> many</c><00:56:33.110><c> resorted</c> 00:56:33.750 --> 00:56:36.590 unto<00:56:34.030><c> him.</c><00:56:34.349><c> That's</c><00:56:34.829><c> exactly</c><00:56:35.550><c> what</c><00:56:35.809><c> they</c><00:56:36.030><c> did</c><00:56:36.210><c> with</c><00:56:36.369><c> John</c> 00:56:36.590 --> 00:56:41.510 the<00:56:36.889><c> Baptist.</c><00:56:38.349><c> And</c><00:56:38.550><c> there</c><00:56:38.710><c> was</c><00:56:38.889><c> Jesus,</c><00:56:39.309><c> brethren</c><00:56:39.570><c> and</c><00:56:39.829><c> sisters,</c><00:56:41.349><c> with</c> 00:56:41.510 --> 00:56:43.329 all<00:56:41.849><c> this</c><00:56:42.070><c> behind</c><00:56:42.429><c> him</c><00:56:42.610><c> now,</c> 00:56:43.690 --> 00:56:46.650 walking<00:56:43.949><c> away</c><00:56:44.409><c> and</c><00:56:44.809><c> knowing</c><00:56:45.090><c> what</c><00:56:45.269><c> was</c><00:56:45.449><c> going</c><00:56:45.590><c> to</c><00:56:45.789><c> happen,</c><00:56:46.590><c> he</c> 00:56:46.650 --> 00:56:48.670 went<00:56:46.829><c> down</c><00:56:47.090><c> to</c><00:56:47.230><c> this</c><00:56:47.349><c> place</c><00:56:47.730><c> where</c><00:56:47.929><c> John</c><00:56:48.210><c> was,</c> 00:56:48.869 --> 00:56:50.989 where<00:56:49.030><c> John</c><00:56:49.230><c> had</c><00:56:49.409><c> been</c><00:56:49.530><c> in</c><00:56:49.670><c> the</c><00:56:49.829><c> first,</c><00:56:50.230><c> where</c><00:56:50.429><c> he</c><00:56:50.610><c> had</c><00:56:50.789><c> been</c> 00:56:50.989 --> 00:56:53.849 manifested<00:56:51.489><c> as</c><00:56:51.789><c> this</c><00:56:52.230><c> son</c><00:56:52.469><c> of</c><00:56:52.610><c> the</c><00:56:52.750><c> Father,</c> 00:56:54.050 --> 00:56:56.269 and<00:56:54.170><c> he</c><00:56:54.349><c> stopped</c><00:56:54.510><c> there</c><00:56:54.750><c> and</c><00:56:54.969><c> waited.</c><00:56:55.769><c> He</c><00:56:55.869><c> knew</c><00:56:55.909><c> what</c><00:56:56.070><c> would</c> 00:56:56.269 --> 00:57:00.289 happen.<00:56:57.489><c> And</c><00:56:57.750><c> he</c><00:56:57.849><c> watched</c><00:56:58.070><c> them</c><00:56:58.329><c> come.</c><00:56:59.849><c> Many</c> 00:57:00.289 --> 00:57:04.789 resorted<00:57:00.869><c> unto</c><00:57:01.050><c> him.</c><00:57:01.170><c> Not</c><00:57:01.309><c> everybody.</c><00:57:03.510><c> And</c><00:57:03.610><c> they</c><00:57:03.769><c> came</c><00:57:04.050><c> down</c> 00:57:04.789 --> 00:57:07.949 and<00:57:05.630><c> look</c><00:57:05.750><c> what</c><00:57:05.989><c> happened.</c><00:57:07.309><c> Now</c><00:57:07.469><c> look</c><00:57:07.650><c> what</c> 00:57:07.949 --> 00:57:12.150 happened.<00:57:09.090><c> So</c><00:57:09.210><c> you</c><00:57:09.329><c> see</c><00:57:09.409><c> when</c><00:57:09.650><c> John</c><00:57:09.869><c> was</c><00:57:10.070><c> there,</c><00:57:10.469><c> brethren</c><00:57:10.570><c> and</c><00:57:10.829><c> sisters,</c><00:57:11.489><c> many</c><00:57:11.730><c> came</c><00:57:12.030><c> to</c> 00:57:12.150 --> 00:57:13.170 him.<00:57:12.389><c> Now</c><00:57:12.570><c> you</c><00:57:12.710><c> watch</c><00:57:12.989><c> this.</c> 00:57:13.190 --> 00:57:17.530 This<00:57:13.349><c> is</c><00:57:13.630><c> marvelous.</c><00:57:14.489><c> Many</c><00:57:14.750><c> came</c><00:57:15.050><c> to</c><00:57:15.190><c> John</c><00:57:15.630><c> and</c><00:57:16.469><c> they</c><00:57:16.670><c> all</c><00:57:16.929><c> stood</c><00:57:17.130><c> on</c> 00:57:17.530 --> 00:57:19.030 the<00:57:17.690><c> amphitheatre</c><00:57:18.230><c> of</c><00:57:18.369><c> the</c><00:57:18.489><c> Wilderness</c><00:57:18.789><c> of</c> 00:57:19.030 --> 00:57:22.530 Judea<00:57:19.329><c> where</c><00:57:19.889><c> the</c><00:57:20.289><c> mountains</c><00:57:20.570><c> of</c><00:57:20.789><c> Judea</c><00:57:21.150><c> finish</c><00:57:21.510><c> on</c><00:57:21.710><c> the</c><00:57:21.929><c> plain</c><00:57:22.110><c> there</c><00:57:22.289><c> by</c> 00:57:22.530 --> 00:57:24.829 Jericho<00:57:23.030><c> and</c><00:57:23.449><c> the</c><00:57:23.590><c> cliffs</c><00:57:24.070><c> are</c><00:57:24.690><c> sheer</c> 00:57:24.829 --> 00:57:27.269 up<00:57:25.090><c> there.</c><00:57:25.550><c> The</c><00:57:25.630><c> people</c><00:57:25.829><c> could</c><00:57:26.150><c> stand</c><00:57:26.429><c> along</c><00:57:26.730><c> there,</c><00:57:27.050><c> along</c> 00:57:27.269 --> 00:57:29.530 the<00:57:27.510><c> crevices</c><00:57:27.889><c> and</c><00:57:28.289><c> John</c><00:57:28.590><c> the</c><00:57:28.750><c> Baptist</c><00:57:28.989><c> down</c><00:57:29.289><c> there</c> 00:57:29.530 --> 00:57:32.329 with<00:57:29.650><c> his</c><00:57:29.869><c> golden</c><00:57:30.289><c> voice</c><00:57:30.670><c> echoing</c><00:57:31.070><c> up,</c><00:57:31.670><c> and</c><00:57:31.750><c> they</c><00:57:31.909><c> all</c><00:57:32.110><c> came</c> 00:57:32.329 --> 00:57:35.090 from<00:57:32.610><c> all</c><00:57:32.829><c> over</c><00:57:33.150><c> the</c><00:57:33.409><c> place</c><00:57:33.610><c> and</c><00:57:33.809><c> resorted</c><00:57:34.130><c> to</c><00:57:34.389><c> John</c> 00:57:35.150 --> 00:57:40.969 there.<00:57:36.909><c> And</c><00:57:37.090><c> they</c><00:57:37.269><c> believed</c><00:57:37.710><c> John.</c><00:57:38.789><c> And</c><00:57:39.050><c> here</c><00:57:39.170><c> they</c><00:57:39.309><c> come</c><00:57:39.489><c> again.</c><00:57:40.809><c> And</c> 00:57:40.969 --> 00:57:42.389 as<00:57:41.110><c> they</c><00:57:41.349><c> gathered</c><00:57:41.570><c> around</c><00:57:41.909><c> the</c><00:57:42.070><c> Lord,</c> 00:57:42.590 --> 00:57:46.010 in<00:57:42.809><c> that</c><00:57:43.010><c> very</c><00:57:43.309><c> place</c><00:57:43.610><c> where</c><00:57:43.769><c> at</c><00:57:43.909><c> the</c><00:57:44.070><c> first</c><00:57:44.389><c> he</c><00:57:44.650><c> started,</c><00:57:45.570><c> what</c><00:57:45.829><c> did</c> 00:57:46.010 --> 00:57:49.150 they<00:57:46.250><c> say?</c><00:57:48.349><c> They</c><00:57:48.610><c> said,</c><00:57:48.730><c> you</c><00:57:48.889><c> know,</c> 00:57:49.650 --> 00:57:54.610 we've<00:57:49.929><c> come</c><00:57:50.090><c> to</c><00:57:50.269><c> hear</c><00:57:50.409><c> this</c><00:57:50.730><c> man</c><00:57:51.150><c> where</c><00:57:51.969><c> John</c><00:57:52.289><c> was.</c><00:57:53.809><c> But</c><00:57:54.110><c> John</c> 00:57:54.610 --> 00:57:57.630 didn't<00:57:55.150><c> do</c><00:57:55.409><c> any</c><00:57:55.610><c> miracle</c><00:57:56.170><c> at</c><00:57:56.670><c> all.</c> 00:57:59.829 --> 00:58:07.469 See<00:58:00.389><c> the</c><00:58:00.670><c> point?</c><00:58:02.869><c> And</c><00:58:02.989><c> so</c><00:58:03.170><c> the</c><00:58:03.530><c> sheep</c><00:58:03.989><c> came</c><00:58:05.110><c> winding</c><00:58:05.710><c> their</c><00:58:05.949><c> way</c><00:58:06.150><c> down</c><00:58:06.409><c> the</c><00:58:06.690><c> sheep</c><00:58:06.989><c> tracks</c><00:58:07.289><c> of</c> 00:58:07.469 --> 00:58:08.590 the<00:58:07.650><c> mountain.</c> 00:58:09.849 --> 00:58:13.949 Not<00:58:10.090><c> because</c><00:58:10.489><c> he</c><00:58:10.630><c> was</c><00:58:10.769><c> going</c><00:58:10.909><c> to</c><00:58:11.030><c> do</c><00:58:11.130><c> any</c><00:58:11.349><c> miracle,</c><00:58:13.289><c> but</c><00:58:13.449><c> because</c><00:58:13.769><c> they</c> 00:58:13.949 --> 00:58:16.530 came<00:58:14.269><c> to</c><00:58:14.550><c> hear</c><00:58:14.769><c> his</c><00:58:15.269><c> voice.</c> 00:58:17.429 --> 00:58:20.150 The<00:58:17.710><c> miracles</c><00:58:18.070><c> were</c><00:58:18.269><c> done</c><00:58:18.449><c> back</c><00:58:18.750><c> there</c><00:58:19.190><c> and</c><00:58:19.610><c> they</c><00:58:19.869><c> didn't</c> 00:58:20.150 --> 00:58:21.329 believe<00:58:20.550><c> them.</c> 00:58:22.769 --> 00:58:25.550 And<00:58:23.050><c> John</c><00:58:23.150><c> hadn't</c><00:58:23.349><c> done</c><00:58:23.550><c> any</c><00:58:23.750><c> miracle.</c><00:58:24.849><c> The</c><00:58:24.989><c> people</c><00:58:25.269><c> stood</c> 00:58:25.550 --> 00:58:26.389 there<00:58:25.690><c> and</c><00:58:25.829><c> they</c><00:58:25.969><c> said,</c> 00:58:26.389 --> 00:58:29.510 you<00:58:26.789><c> know,</c><00:58:26.989><c> we</c><00:58:27.210><c> believe</c><00:58:27.570><c> John</c><00:58:27.869><c> because</c><00:58:28.710><c> everything</c><00:58:29.190><c> he</c><00:58:29.369><c> said</c> 00:58:29.510 --> 00:58:31.369 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behold,</c><00:58:58.769><c> the</c><00:58:58.809><c> Lamb</c><00:58:59.010><c> of</c><00:58:59.230><c> God,</c><00:58:59.710><c> which</c><00:58:59.710><c> takes</c><00:59:00.030><c> away</c><00:59:00.409><c> the</c><00:59:00.710><c> sin</c><00:59:00.889><c> of</c> 00:59:01.110 --> 00:59:02.269 the<00:59:01.250><c> world.</c> 00:59:03.769 --> 00:59:06.289 He<00:59:03.989><c> said,</c><00:59:04.409><c> he</c><00:59:04.590><c> was</c><00:59:04.849><c> before</c><00:59:05.130><c> me</c><00:59:05.369><c> because</c><00:59:05.590><c> he</c><00:59:05.710><c> was</c><00:59:05.949><c> preferred</c> 00:59:06.289 --> 00:59:07.969 before<00:59:06.710><c> me.</c> 00:59:08.309 --> 00:59:12.750 He<00:59:08.469><c> said,</c><00:59:09.150><c> I'm</c><00:59:09.349><c> not</c><00:59:09.510><c> worthy</c><00:59:09.769><c> to</c><00:59:10.030><c> unloose</c><00:59:10.369><c> his</c><00:59:10.670><c> shoes.</c><00:59:12.389><c> He</c><00:59:12.489><c> said,</c><00:59:12.590><c> I</c> 00:59:12.750 --> 00:59:14.590 only<00:59:12.989><c> baptize</c><00:59:13.369><c> you</c><00:59:13.469><c> with</c><00:59:13.750><c> fire.</c><00:59:14.030><c> This</c><00:59:14.289><c> man</c> 00:59:14.590 --> 00:59:18.429 will<00:59:14.809><c> be</c><00:59:14.909><c> full</c><00:59:15.090><c> of</c><00:59:15.250><c> the</c><00:59:15.489><c> spirit,</c><00:59:16.010><c> will</c><00:59:16.110><c> set</c><00:59:16.230><c> your</c><00:59:16.489><c> light</c><00:59:16.909><c> with</c> 00:59:18.429 --> 00:59:26.369 the<00:59:18.690><c> fire</c><00:59:18.929><c> of</c><00:59:19.170><c> the</c><00:59:19.309><c> spirit.</c><00:59:25.889><c> He</c><00:59:26.369><c> only</c> 00:59:26.369 --> 00:59:30.989 because<00:59:26.769><c> of</c><00:59:27.030><c> miracles,</c><00:59:28.230><c> what</c><00:59:28.349><c> he</c><00:59:28.570><c> said</c><00:59:28.769><c> about</c><00:59:28.989><c> him.</c><00:59:30.670><c> And</c><00:59:30.789><c> there</c><00:59:30.849><c> would</c><00:59:30.909><c> have</c> 00:59:30.989 --> 00:59:32.489 been<00:59:31.090><c> a</c><00:59:31.369><c> wonderful</c><00:59:31.849><c> encouragement</c> 00:59:32.489 --> 00:59:37.250 to<00:59:32.710><c> our</c><00:59:32.889><c> Lord.</c><00:59:34.110><c> And</c><00:59:34.289><c> look</c><00:59:34.590><c> how</c><00:59:34.869><c> this</c><00:59:35.150><c> chapter</c><00:59:35.449><c> finishes.</c><00:59:37.150><c> And</c> 00:59:37.250 --> 00:59:38.889 you<00:59:37.349><c> know,</c><00:59:37.510><c> there's</c><00:59:37.650><c> a</c><00:59:37.809><c> word</c><00:59:38.110><c> in</c><00:59:38.289><c> this</c><00:59:38.570><c> verse,</c> 00:59:38.989 --> 00:59:42.789 brothers<00:59:39.190><c> and</c><00:59:39.429><c> sisters,</c><00:59:39.710><c> that</c><00:59:39.869><c> if</c><00:59:40.030><c> you</c><00:59:40.210><c> look</c><00:59:40.429><c> at</c><00:59:40.610><c> a</c><00:59:40.730><c> good</c><00:59:40.909><c> translation,</c><00:59:42.550><c> you</c> 00:59:42.789 --> 00:59:44.530 will<00:59:43.070><c> find</c><00:59:43.210><c> 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