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consequences<00:11:48.179><c> that</c><00:11:48.419><c> he's</c><00:11:48.820><c> suffered</c>

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because<00:11:50.000><c> of</c><00:11:50.220><c> his</c><00:11:50.860><c> forthright</c><00:11:51.580><c> preaching.</c><00:11:53.240><c> But</c><00:11:53.379><c> there's</c><00:11:53.559><c> a</c><00:11:53.740><c> challenge</c><00:11:54.039><c> there</c><00:11:54.299><c> you</c><00:11:54.480><c> see</c><00:11:54.620><c> isn't</c><00:11:54.840><c> there</c><00:11:55.019><c> for</c><00:11:55.139><c> us</c><00:11:55.259><c> as</c>

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individuals?<00:11:57.019><c> Because</c><00:11:57.340><c> people</c><00:11:57.820><c> see</c><00:11:58.179><c> us.</c><00:11:59.360><c> People</c><00:11:59.720><c> look</c><00:11:59.980><c> at</c><00:12:00.220><c> us.</c><00:12:00.480><c> They</c><00:12:00.779><c> assess</c><00:12:01.259><c> us</c>

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Interesting<00:13:46.299><c> this</c><00:13:46.559><c> really</c><00:13:46.759><c> because</c>

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I'd<00:13:52.059><c> just</c><00:13:52.059><c> like</c><00:13:52.120><c> to</c><00:13:52.320><c> turn</c><00:13:52.440><c> to</c><00:13:52.620><c> 1st</c><00:13:52.899><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:53.200><c> chapter</c><00:13:53.620><c> 6</c><00:13:54.019><c> just</c><00:13:54.200><c> to</c>

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unrighteous<00:14:18.149><c> shall</c><00:14:18.490><c> not</c><00:14:18.830><c> inherit</c><00:14:19.289><c> the</c><00:14:19.549><c> kingdom</c><00:14:19.870><c> of</c>

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God.<00:14:21.610><c> Be</c><00:14:21.809><c> not</c><00:14:22.070><c> deceived</c><00:14:22.590><c> neither</c><00:14:23.029><c> fornicators</c><00:14:24.029><c> nor</c><00:14:24.450><c> idolaters</c><00:14:25.110><c> nor</c><00:14:25.429><c> adulterers</c><00:14:26.350><c> nor</c>

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effeminate<00:14:27.509><c> nor</c>

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prophet.<00:18:52.609><c> And</c><00:18:52.650><c> so</c><00:18:52.849><c> his</c><00:18:53.009><c> mission</c><00:18:53.529><c> is</c><00:18:54.690><c> to</c><00:18:54.930><c> be</c><00:18:55.589><c> God's</c><00:18:56.529><c> messenger.</c>

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prophet<00:19:08.809><c> that's</c><00:19:10.089><c> the</c><00:19:10.390><c> important</c><00:19:10.690><c> thing.</c><00:19:11.150><c> This</c><00:19:11.289><c> is</c><00:19:11.450><c> what</c><00:19:11.589><c> the</c>

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appreciate.<00:19:15.269><c> And</c><00:19:15.450><c> so</c><00:19:15.650><c> he</c><00:19:15.869><c> then</c><00:19:16.170><c> says,</c><00:19:16.950><c> this</c><00:19:17.089><c> is</c><00:19:17.210><c> where</c><00:19:17.269><c> we</c><00:19:17.410><c> get</c>

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than<00:19:28.250><c> John</c><00:19:28.569><c> the</c><00:19:28.750><c> Baptist,</c><00:19:30.569><c> but</c><00:19:30.690><c> he</c><00:19:30.910><c> that's</c><00:19:31.190><c> least</c><00:19:31.410><c> in</c><00:19:31.609><c> the</c><00:19:31.750><c> kingdom</c><00:19:31.970><c> of</c>

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God<00:19:32.390><c> is</c><00:19:32.609><c> greater</c><00:19:32.930><c> than</c><00:19:33.150><c> he.</c>

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However<00:19:36.309><c> great</c><00:19:36.789><c> a</c><00:19:36.910><c> man</c><00:19:37.109><c> can</c><00:19:37.509><c> be,</c><00:19:39.269><c> then</c><00:19:39.509><c> to</c><00:19:39.769><c> enter</c><00:19:40.029><c> into</c><00:19:40.230><c> the</c><00:19:40.390><c> kingdom</c><00:19:40.670><c> of</c>

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God<00:19:41.130><c> puts</c><00:19:41.390><c> everyone</c><00:19:41.730><c> else</c>

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in<00:19:42.509><c> the</c><00:19:42.690><c> same</c><00:19:42.910><c> position.</c><00:19:44.250><c> That's</c><00:19:44.529><c> what</c><00:19:44.690><c> we</c><00:19:44.869><c> should</c><00:19:45.009><c> be</c><00:19:45.250><c> seeking.</c><00:19:46.869><c> Seek</c>

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ye<00:19:47.309><c> first</c><00:19:47.650><c> the</c><00:19:47.829><c> kingdom</c><00:19:48.190><c> of</c><00:19:48.390><c> God</c>

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and<00:19:49.650><c> his</c><00:19:50.210><c> righteousness,</c><00:19:51.049><c> the</c><00:19:51.210><c> Lord</c><00:19:51.430><c> says</c><00:19:51.670><c> in</c><00:19:51.809><c> Matthew</c><00:19:52.170><c> chapter</c><00:19:52.470><c> 6.</c>

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So<00:19:56.230><c> John</c><00:19:56.609><c> was</c><00:19:57.049><c> God's</c><00:19:57.910><c> messenger,</c><00:20:00.089><c> as</c><00:20:00.670><c> Malachi</c><00:20:01.210><c> 3</c><00:20:01.549><c> said.</c><00:20:02.309><c> Well,</c>

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if<00:20:03.170><c> we</c><00:20:03.250><c> just</c><00:20:03.349><c> go</c><00:20:03.529><c> back</c><00:20:03.769><c> into</c><00:20:04.029><c> Malachi</c><00:20:04.630><c> once</c><00:20:05.029><c> again,</c>

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but<00:20:05.869><c> to</c><00:20:06.509><c> chapter</c><00:20:06.769><c> 4,</c><00:20:11.190><c> how</c><00:20:11.309><c> would</c><00:20:11.470><c> he</c><00:20:11.670><c> know</c><00:20:11.869><c> what</c><00:20:12.269><c> the</c><00:20:13.529><c> message</c>

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he<00:20:17.650><c> should</c><00:20:17.930><c> be?</c><00:20:20.190><c> Well,</c><00:20:20.410><c> the</c><00:20:20.529><c> prophecy</c><00:20:20.769><c> of</c><00:20:20.990><c> Malachi</c><00:20:21.329><c> helpfully</c>

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moves<00:20:22.650><c> on,</c><00:20:22.990><c> doesn't</c><00:20:23.150><c> it,</c><00:20:23.390><c> and</c><00:20:23.549><c> comes</c><00:20:23.710><c> to</c>

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was<00:20:47.069><c> so</c><00:20:47.450><c> similar</c><00:20:47.750><c> to</c><00:20:47.930><c> the</c><00:20:48.130><c> work</c><00:20:48.329><c> that</c><00:20:48.549><c> Elijah</c><00:20:48.950><c> had</c><00:20:49.190><c> to</c><00:20:49.430><c> carry</c>

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of<00:20:52.809><c> his</c><00:20:52.930><c> day.</c><00:20:55.509><c> And</c><00:20:55.690><c> John</c><00:20:56.250><c> is,</c><00:20:56.910><c> in</c><00:20:57.049><c> fact,</c><00:20:58.009><c> Elijah</c><00:20:58.609><c> in</c><00:20:59.829><c> his</c><00:21:00.549><c> spirit</c><00:21:01.089><c> and</c><00:21:01.869><c> power.</c>

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This<00:21:05.210><c> is,</c><00:21:05.430><c> in</c><00:21:05.450><c> fact,</c><00:21:05.930><c> what</c><00:21:06.849><c> we</c><00:21:07.089><c> read</c><00:21:07.329><c> back</c><00:21:07.630><c> in</c><00:21:07.769><c> Luke</c><00:21:08.009><c> chapter</c>

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1.<00:21:08.910><c> This</c><00:21:09.049><c> is</c><00:21:09.210><c> what</c><00:21:10.369><c> Zacharias</c><00:21:11.089><c> was</c><00:21:11.430><c> told.</c>

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Luke<00:21:15.589><c> 1</c><00:21:15.789><c> and</c><00:21:15.950><c> verse</c><00:21:16.170><c> 16,</c><00:21:16.650><c> when</c><00:21:16.849><c> Gabriel</c><00:21:17.190><c> is</c><00:21:17.470><c> speaking</c><00:21:17.630><c> to</c>

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Zacharias,<00:21:18.569><c> says,</c>

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Lord<00:21:21.390><c> their</c><00:21:21.630><c> God,</c>

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and<00:21:22.650><c> he</c><00:21:22.849><c> shall</c><00:21:23.009><c> go</c><00:21:23.289><c> before</c><00:21:23.730><c> him</c><00:21:24.029><c> in</c><00:21:24.490><c> the</c><00:21:24.849><c> spirit</c><00:21:25.190><c> and</c><00:21:25.650><c> power</c><00:21:26.130><c> of</c><00:21:26.630><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:21:29.089><c> then</c><00:21:29.390><c> quotes</c><00:21:29.769><c> again</c><00:21:30.450><c> from</c><00:21:31.390><c> Malachi</c><00:21:32.170><c> chapter</c><00:21:32.769><c> 4,</c><00:21:33.690><c> to</c><00:21:33.869><c> turn</c>

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and<00:21:36.630><c> so</c><00:21:36.890><c> on.</c><00:21:41.150><c> But</c><00:21:41.470><c> notice</c><00:21:41.789><c> it</c><00:21:41.970><c> was</c><00:21:42.289><c> in</c><00:21:42.650><c> the</c><00:21:43.009><c> spirit</c><00:21:43.349><c> and</c><00:21:44.250><c> power</c>

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of<00:21:45.609><c> Elijah.</c>

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John<00:21:47.690><c> himself</c><00:21:48.250><c> says</c><00:21:48.869><c> that</c><00:21:49.329><c> he</c><00:21:49.509><c> was</c><00:21:49.869><c> not</c><00:21:50.430><c> Elijah.</c><00:21:51.490><c> That's</c><00:21:52.009><c> John</c>

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1<00:21:52.470><c> and</c><00:21:52.650><c> verse</c><00:21:52.910><c> 21.</c><00:21:54.250><c> So</c><00:21:54.430><c> he</c><00:21:54.549><c> is</c><00:21:54.710><c> not</c><00:21:54.890><c> Elijah</c><00:21:55.289><c> himself,</c>

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but<00:21:56.950><c> he</c><00:21:57.190><c> is</c><00:21:57.430><c> Elijah</c><00:21:57.829><c> in</c><00:21:58.049><c> his</c><00:21:58.410><c> spirit</c><00:21:58.789><c> and</c><00:21:59.269><c> in</c><00:21:59.470><c> his</c><00:21:59.869><c> power.</c><00:22:00.930><c> Elijah</c><00:22:01.309><c> forms</c><00:22:01.710><c> the</c>

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model<00:22:02.490><c> for</c><00:22:03.269><c> the</c><00:22:03.529><c> work</c><00:22:03.829><c> that</c><00:22:04.069><c> John</c><00:22:04.230><c> the</c>

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Baptist<00:22:04.769><c> will</c><00:22:05.150><c> do,</c><00:22:05.690><c> John</c><00:22:05.849><c> the</c><00:22:06.069><c> Baptist</c><00:22:06.490><c> undertakes.</c><00:22:09.390><c> And</c><00:22:10.150><c> he</c>

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to<00:22:14.549><c> Zacharias,</c><00:22:15.049><c> his</c><00:22:15.309><c> father,</c><00:22:16.869><c> that</c><00:22:16.950><c> he</c><00:22:17.109><c> was</c><00:22:17.329><c> referred</c><00:22:17.710><c> to</c><00:22:17.829><c> by</c>

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Malachi,<00:22:19.930><c> hence</c><00:22:20.210><c> his</c><00:22:20.509><c> clothing,</c><00:22:22.210><c> hence</c><00:22:22.509><c> his</c><00:22:22.849><c> actions,</c>

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hence<00:22:23.710><c> his</c><00:22:23.910><c> going</c><00:22:24.109><c> into</c><00:22:24.349><c> the</c><00:22:24.549><c> wilderness.</c><00:22:26.009><c> All</c><00:22:26.450><c> that</c><00:22:26.630><c> he</c><00:22:26.809><c> did</c>

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was<00:22:27.410><c> modeled</c><00:22:27.910><c> on</c><00:22:28.589><c> the</c><00:22:28.849><c> information</c><00:22:29.329><c> that</c><00:22:29.630><c> he</c><00:22:29.950><c> read</c>

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the<00:22:33.990><c> forerunner.</c>

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But<00:22:37.369><c> although</c><00:22:37.549><c> he's</c><00:22:37.869><c> Elijah</c><00:22:38.210><c> in</c><00:22:38.490><c> his</c><00:22:39.069><c> spirit</c><00:22:39.509><c> and</c><00:22:39.910><c> his</c><00:22:40.390><c> power,</c>

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there<00:22:42.309><c> are</c><00:22:42.430><c> things</c><00:22:42.930><c> Elijah</c><00:22:43.569><c> did</c>

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that<00:22:44.549><c> John</c><00:22:44.990><c> didn't</c><00:22:45.509><c> do,</c><00:22:47.269><c> and</c><00:22:47.369><c> vice</c><00:22:47.730><c> versa.</c><00:22:48.509><c> There</c><00:22:48.509><c> are</c><00:22:48.609><c> things</c>

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that<00:22:49.450><c> John</c><00:22:49.769><c> did</c><00:22:50.230><c> that</c><00:22:51.029><c> Elijah</c><00:22:51.630><c> didn't</c><00:22:52.170><c> do.</c>

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For<00:22:53.690><c> example,</c><00:22:54.230><c> John</c><00:22:54.569><c> baptized,</c><00:22:55.369><c> as</c><00:22:55.609><c> we</c><00:22:55.750><c> know,</c><00:22:57.049><c> and</c><00:22:57.230><c> Elijah</c>

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didn't.<00:22:59.970><c> Elijah</c><00:23:00.829><c> undertook</c><00:23:01.809><c> miracles,</c>

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and<00:23:05.130><c> John</c><00:23:05.869><c> didn't.</c><00:23:07.450><c> That's</c><00:23:07.910><c> John</c><00:23:08.230><c> 10</c><00:23:08.470><c> and</c><00:23:08.630><c> verse</c><00:23:08.910><c> 41.</c><00:23:09.670><c> John</c><00:23:09.990><c> did</c><00:23:10.349><c> no</c>

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miracle,<00:23:12.029><c> we're</c><00:23:12.289><c> told.</c>

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So<00:23:15.049><c> what</c><00:23:15.390><c> was</c><00:23:15.769><c> it</c><00:23:16.670><c> in</c><00:23:17.170><c> Elijah's</c><00:23:17.910><c> work</c><00:23:18.990><c> that</c><00:23:19.670><c> John</c><00:23:20.369><c> fulfilled?</c>

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Well,<00:23:23.609><c> look</c><00:23:23.789><c> at</c><00:23:23.970><c> Luke</c><00:23:24.369><c> chapter</c><00:23:24.670><c> 1</c><00:23:24.990><c> again</c><00:23:25.470><c> and</c>

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come<00:23:27.529><c> to</c><00:23:27.690><c> Zacharias'</c><00:23:28.569><c> words</c><00:23:28.630><c> right</c><00:23:28.910><c> at</c><00:23:29.089><c> the</c><00:23:29.089><c> end</c><00:23:29.289><c> of</c><00:23:29.410><c> the</c><00:23:29.529><c> chapter.</c>

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Verse<00:23:34.130><c> 76,</c><00:23:36.869><c> this</c><00:23:37.109><c> is</c><00:23:37.250><c> where</c><00:23:37.769><c> Zacharias</c><00:23:38.430><c> starts</c><00:23:38.789><c> to</c><00:23:39.069><c> address</c>

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John.<00:23:39.910><c> He</c><00:23:40.029><c> says,</c>

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And<00:23:41.410><c> thou,</c><00:23:41.910><c> child,</c><00:23:43.849><c> shalt</c><00:23:43.950><c> be</c><00:23:44.210><c> called</c><00:23:44.609><c> the</c><00:23:44.910><c> prophet</c><00:23:45.470><c> of</c><00:23:46.029><c> the</c><00:23:46.250><c> highest.</c>

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For<00:23:49.089><c> thou</c><00:23:49.289><c> shalt</c><00:23:49.470><c> go</c><00:23:49.769><c> before</c><00:23:50.089><c> the</c><00:23:50.269><c> face</c><00:23:50.529><c> of</c><00:23:50.670><c> the</c><00:23:50.789><c> Lord</c><00:23:51.089><c> to</c><00:23:51.549><c> prepare</c><00:23:52.049><c> his</c><00:23:52.430><c> ways</c>

00:23:54.089 --> 00:23:57.210
to<00:23:54.410><c> give</c><00:23:54.710><c> knowledge</c><00:23:55.069><c> of</c><00:23:55.289><c> salvation</c><00:23:55.829><c> unto</c><00:23:56.069><c> his</c><00:23:56.390><c> people</c><00:23:56.750><c> by</c><00:23:57.049><c> the</c>

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remission<00:23:57.549><c> of</c><00:23:57.769><c> their</c><00:23:58.049><c> sins.</c>

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So<00:24:00.430><c> he's</c><00:24:00.549><c> going</c><00:24:00.670><c> to</c><00:24:00.849><c> be</c><00:24:01.210><c> a</c><00:24:01.630><c> prophet</c><00:24:01.990><c> of</c><00:24:02.849><c> the</c><00:24:03.109><c> highest</c><00:24:03.690><c> to</c><00:24:04.609><c> go</c><00:24:04.789><c> before</c><00:24:05.109><c> the</c><00:24:05.390><c> face</c><00:24:05.609><c> of</c>

00:24:05.789 --> 00:24:08.589
the<00:24:05.950><c> Lord</c><00:24:06.390><c> to</c><00:24:06.990><c> prepare</c><00:24:07.450><c> his</c><00:24:07.829><c> ways.</c>

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Well,<00:24:10.930><c> interestingly,</c><00:24:11.670><c> Elijah</c><00:24:11.670><c> made</c><00:24:12.190><c> preparation,</c><00:24:12.849><c> didn't</c>

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he?<00:24:14.529><c> And</c><00:24:15.230><c> Elisha</c><00:24:16.430><c> came</c><00:24:17.130><c> along</c><00:24:17.750><c> shortly</c><00:24:18.509><c> afterwards.</c>

00:24:20.349 --> 00:24:23.289
John<00:24:20.609><c> went</c><00:24:20.869><c> before</c><00:24:21.269><c> the</c><00:24:21.430><c> face</c><00:24:21.670><c> of</c><00:24:21.829><c> the</c><00:24:21.970><c> Lord</c><00:24:22.309><c> to</c><00:24:22.630><c> prepare</c><00:24:23.049><c> the</c>

00:24:23.289 --> 00:24:26.789
way<00:24:23.890><c> for</c><00:24:24.869><c> the</c><00:24:25.049><c> Lord</c><00:24:25.269><c> Jesus</c><00:24:25.670><c> Christ.</c>

00:24:26.970 --> 00:24:31.069
So<00:24:27.269><c> that's</c><00:24:27.750><c> the</c><00:24:27.970><c> work</c><00:24:28.630><c> where</c><00:24:29.390><c> John</c><00:24:29.670><c> the</c><00:24:29.809><c> Baptist</c><00:24:30.369><c> patterns</c>

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himself<00:24:32.089><c> upon</c><00:24:32.829><c> Elijah.</c>

00:24:33.890 --> 00:24:42.059
He<00:24:35.809><c> was,</c><00:24:36.309><c> in</c><00:24:36.609><c> fact,</c><00:24:37.769><c> a</c><00:24:38.049><c> prophet,</c><00:24:39.369><c> and</c><00:24:39.549><c> no</c><00:24:39.869><c> more</c><00:24:40.309><c> than</c><00:24:40.789><c> a</c><00:24:41.069><c> prophet.</c>

00:24:43.269 --> 00:24:52.049
Still<00:24:44.009><c> in</c><00:24:44.509><c> Luke</c><00:24:44.769><c> chapter</c><00:24:45.150><c> 1,</c><00:24:45.970><c> look</c><00:24:46.130><c> at</c><00:24:46.250><c> verse</c><00:24:47.410><c> 32.</c><00:24:51.569><c> Here's</c><00:24:51.869><c> the</c>

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difference<00:24:52.410><c> between</c><00:24:52.849><c> John</c><00:24:53.470><c> and</c><00:24:54.730><c> Jesus.</c>

00:24:58.049 --> 00:25:04.069
Jesus<00:24:58.769><c> shall</c><00:24:59.269><c> be</c><00:24:59.509><c> great</c><00:25:00.089><c> and</c><00:25:00.809><c> shall</c><00:25:01.069><c> be</c><00:25:01.349><c> called</c><00:25:02.109><c> the</c><00:25:02.890><c> son</c><00:25:03.650><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:04.269><c> highest.</c>

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You<00:25:05.630><c> see,</c><00:25:05.990><c> if</c><00:25:05.990><c> you</c><00:25:06.109><c> just</c><00:25:06.329><c> compare</c><00:25:06.670><c> that</c><00:25:07.650><c> with</c><00:25:07.970><c> verse</c><00:25:08.250><c> 76,</c><00:25:09.670><c> thou,</c><00:25:09.789><c> child,</c><00:25:10.210><c> shalt</c><00:25:10.369><c> be</c>

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called<00:25:11.309><c> the</c><00:25:11.950><c> prophet</c>

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of<00:25:13.349><c> the</c><00:25:13.609><c> highest.</c><00:25:15.130><c> You</c><00:25:15.289><c> can</c><00:25:15.490><c> see</c><00:25:15.589><c> the</c><00:25:15.789><c> connection,</c><00:25:16.250><c> can't</c><00:25:16.470><c> you?</c><00:25:17.289><c> John</c><00:25:17.490><c> is</c>

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a<00:25:17.789><c> prophet,</c><00:25:19.089><c> Jesus</c><00:25:19.470><c> is</c><00:25:19.750><c> the</c><00:25:19.970><c> son.</c>

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As<00:25:21.490><c> John</c><00:25:21.750><c> himself</c><00:25:22.269><c> said</c><00:25:22.849><c> when</c><00:25:23.549><c> people</c><00:25:24.029><c> came</c><00:25:24.470><c> to</c><00:25:24.690><c> him,</c><00:25:25.289><c> that</c><00:25:25.390><c> there</c><00:25:25.529><c> was</c><00:25:25.710><c> one</c><00:25:25.970><c> coming</c><00:25:26.230><c> after</c><00:25:26.670><c> him</c><00:25:26.890><c> who</c><00:25:27.049><c> will</c><00:25:27.309><c> be</c>

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greater<00:25:28.250><c> than</c><00:25:28.829><c> he.</c><00:25:30.170><c> And</c><00:25:30.309><c> it's</c><00:25:30.529><c> this</c><00:25:30.950><c> superiority,</c><00:25:31.730><c> it's</c><00:25:31.829><c> the</c>

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difference<00:25:32.210><c> between</c><00:25:32.410><c> a</c><00:25:32.710><c> prophet</c><00:25:33.029><c> and</c><00:25:33.529><c> the</c><00:25:33.869><c> son.</c>

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It's<00:25:35.130><c> a</c><00:25:35.289><c> difference</c><00:25:35.450><c> between</c><00:25:35.950><c> the</c><00:25:36.309><c> servant</c><00:25:36.750><c> and</c><00:25:37.410><c> a</c><00:25:37.750><c> son.</c><00:25:39.170><c> And</c>

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John<00:25:39.890><c> is</c><00:25:40.289><c> the</c><00:25:40.549><c> servant,</c><00:25:41.049><c> John</c><00:25:41.309><c> is</c><00:25:41.549><c> the</c><00:25:41.730><c> prophet,</c>

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Jesus<00:25:43.309><c> is</c><00:25:44.369><c> the</c><00:25:44.690><c> son.</c><00:25:46.190><c> But</c><00:25:46.509><c> his</c><00:25:46.809><c> work</c><00:25:47.289><c> nonetheless</c><00:25:48.029><c> was</c><00:25:49.029><c> to</c><00:25:49.529><c> call</c><00:25:50.150><c> sons.</c><00:25:52.910><c> So</c>

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if<00:25:53.230><c> you</c><00:25:53.289><c> come</c><00:25:53.549><c> forward</c><00:25:54.049><c> in</c><00:25:54.269><c> Luke</c><00:25:54.630><c> to</c>

00:25:54.829 --> 00:26:15.710
chapter<00:25:55.089><c> 6.</c><00:26:11.430><c> Here</c><00:26:11.690><c> is</c><00:26:12.490><c> Jesus</c><00:26:13.109><c> speaking</c><00:26:13.910><c> at</c><00:26:14.130><c> this</c><00:26:14.390><c> time,</c><00:26:15.470><c> as</c>

00:26:15.710 --> 00:26:18.130
John<00:26:16.049><c> himself</c><00:26:16.509><c> would</c><00:26:16.710><c> have</c><00:26:16.809><c> done</c><00:26:16.950><c> earlier.</c>

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And<00:26:18.470><c> Jesus</c><00:26:18.710><c> is</c><00:26:18.990><c> saying,</c><00:26:19.329><c> Luke</c><00:26:19.569><c> 6</c><00:26:19.849><c> verse</c><00:26:20.069><c> 35,</c><00:26:20.650><c> love</c><00:26:20.930><c> your</c><00:26:21.210><c> enemies,</c><00:26:21.789><c> do</c>

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good<00:26:22.170><c> and</c><00:26:22.410><c> lend,</c>

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hoping<00:26:22.990><c> for</c><00:26:23.609><c> nothing</c><00:26:23.829><c> again,</c><00:26:24.930><c> and</c><00:26:25.230><c> your</c><00:26:25.410><c> reward</c><00:26:25.829><c> shall</c><00:26:26.029><c> be</c><00:26:26.230><c> great,</c><00:26:26.589><c> and</c><00:26:26.650><c> ye</c>

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shall<00:26:27.049><c> be</c><00:26:27.849><c> children</c><00:26:28.809><c> of</c><00:26:29.630><c> the</c><00:26:29.869><c> highest.</c>

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So<00:26:32.170><c> John</c><00:26:32.390><c> tried</c><00:26:32.690><c> to</c><00:26:32.990><c> prepare</c><00:26:33.269><c> people</c><00:26:33.750><c> who</c><00:26:33.950><c> would</c><00:26:34.130><c> come</c><00:26:34.349><c> to</c><00:26:34.549><c> the</c>

00:26:34.670 --> 00:26:37.329
Lord<00:26:34.849><c> Jesus</c><00:26:35.289><c> Christ,</c><00:26:36.150><c> he</c><00:26:36.309><c> was</c><00:26:36.509><c> the</c><00:26:36.670><c> prophet</c><00:26:36.970><c> of</c><00:26:37.150><c> the</c>

00:26:37.329 --> 00:26:41.410
highest,<00:26:38.490><c> he</c><00:26:38.609><c> would</c><00:26:38.829><c> introduce</c><00:26:39.269><c> them</c><00:26:39.509><c> to</c><00:26:39.849><c> the</c><00:26:40.490><c> son</c><00:26:40.990><c> of</c><00:26:41.230><c> the</c>

00:26:41.410 --> 00:26:46.349
highest,<00:26:43.089><c> whose</c><00:26:43.470><c> teaching</c><00:26:44.210><c> would</c><00:26:44.609><c> make</c><00:26:44.930><c> them</c><00:26:45.690><c> children</c>

00:26:46.349 --> 00:26:53.410
of<00:26:46.750><c> the</c><00:26:46.849><c> highest.</c><00:26:47.990><c> You</c><00:26:47.990><c> see</c><00:26:48.390><c> the</c><00:26:48.509><c> process</c><00:26:49.490><c> that</c><00:26:50.809><c> God</c><00:26:51.250><c> is</c><00:26:51.730><c> following</c><00:26:52.029><c> through</c><00:26:52.769><c> and</c>

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it<00:26:53.690><c> starts</c><00:26:54.049><c> with</c><00:26:54.309><c> his</c><00:26:54.549><c> prophet,</c>

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John<00:26:55.569><c> the</c><00:26:55.730><c> Baptist.</c><00:26:59.309><c> And</c><00:26:59.349><c> to</c><00:26:59.490><c> be</c><00:26:59.730><c> called</c><00:27:00.089><c> children</c><00:27:00.650><c> of</c><00:27:01.130><c> the</c><00:27:01.410><c> highest</c><00:27:02.250><c> is</c>

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remarkable,<00:27:04.230><c> isn't</c><00:27:04.230><c> it?</c>

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And<00:27:05.910><c> we</c><00:27:06.069><c> acknowledge</c><00:27:06.630><c> that</c><00:27:06.829><c> that's</c><00:27:07.529><c> what</c><00:27:07.869><c> the</c><00:27:08.190><c> calling</c><00:27:08.450><c> of</c><00:27:08.670><c> the</c><00:27:08.809><c> gospel</c><00:27:09.190><c> is,</c><00:27:10.569><c> to</c>

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become<00:27:11.269><c> children</c><00:27:11.950><c> of</c><00:27:12.190><c> the</c>

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highest.<00:27:13.950><c> It</c><00:27:14.069><c> associates</c><00:27:14.569><c> ourselves</c><00:27:15.089><c> immediately</c><00:27:15.690><c> with</c><00:27:16.349><c> the</c>

00:27:16.490 --> 00:27:21.109
Lord<00:27:16.690><c> Jesus</c><00:27:17.109><c> Christ,</c><00:27:17.730><c> who</c><00:27:17.730><c> is</c><00:27:18.289><c> the</c><00:27:18.490><c> son</c><00:27:19.329><c> of</c><00:27:19.750><c> the</c><00:27:19.950><c> highest.</c>

00:27:26.369 --> 00:27:28.779
Come<00:27:26.910><c> back</c><00:27:27.150><c> to</c><00:27:27.230><c> Luke</c><00:27:27.470><c> chapter</c><00:27:27.869><c> 1,</c>

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and<00:27:30.970><c> the</c><00:27:31.089><c> little</c><00:27:31.289><c> quotation</c><00:27:31.789><c> that's</c><00:27:32.009><c> made</c><00:27:32.309><c> there</c><00:27:32.730><c> in</c><00:27:33.029><c> verse</c><00:27:33.329><c> 17</c>

00:27:36.410 --> 00:27:46.009
by<00:27:37.130><c> Gabriel</c><00:27:37.769><c> when</c><00:27:38.869><c> he's</c><00:27:40.230><c> addressing</c><00:27:40.710><c> Zacharias,</c><00:27:43.210><c> talking</c><00:27:43.630><c> about</c><00:27:44.029><c> John's</c><00:27:44.529><c> work</c><00:27:44.849><c> going</c><00:27:45.210><c> before</c><00:27:45.670><c> him</c><00:27:45.849><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:46.329><c> spirit</c>

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4.<00:27:59.210><c> Well,</c><00:28:00.029><c> if</c><00:28:00.190><c> you'd</c><00:28:00.470><c> just</c><00:28:00.490><c> like</c><00:28:00.589><c> to</c><00:28:01.029><c> compare</c>

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that<00:28:01.730><c> verse</c><00:28:02.250><c> 17</c><00:28:03.450><c> of</c><00:28:03.650><c> Luke</c><00:28:03.849><c> chapter</c><00:28:04.289><c> 1</c><00:28:04.990><c> with</c><00:28:05.450><c> Malachi</c><00:28:05.930><c> chapter</c>

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then<00:28:20.130><c> Gabriel's</c><00:28:21.269><c> words</c><00:28:21.849><c> slightly</c><00:28:22.609><c> alter</c><00:28:23.410><c> the</c><00:28:24.269><c> words</c><00:28:24.490><c> as</c><00:28:24.690><c> we</c>

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See,<00:28:28.410><c> Malachi</c><00:28:28.730><c> 4</c><00:28:29.009><c> and</c><00:28:29.130><c> verse</c><00:28:29.390><c> 5</c><00:28:29.730><c> reads,</c><00:28:30.069><c> Behold,</c><00:28:30.349><c> I</c><00:28:30.470><c> will</c><00:28:30.690><c> send</c>

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you<00:28:31.150><c> Elijah</c><00:28:31.490><c> the</c><00:28:31.710><c> prophet</c>

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shall<00:28:37.450><c> turn</c><00:28:37.990><c> the</c><00:28:38.289><c> hearts</c><00:28:38.569><c> of</c><00:28:38.750><c> the</c>

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fathers<00:28:39.549><c> to</c><00:28:40.430><c> the</c><00:28:40.630><c> children.</c><00:28:41.809><c> Well,</c><00:28:42.029><c> that's</c><00:28:42.150><c> what</c><00:28:42.289><c> we've</c><00:28:42.529><c> got</c>

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in<00:28:42.849><c> Luke</c><00:28:43.150><c> 1,</c><00:28:43.549><c> 17.</c><00:28:45.210><c> He</c><00:28:45.369><c> shall</c><00:28:45.490><c> go</c><00:28:45.730><c> before</c><00:28:45.990><c> him</c><00:28:46.089><c> in</c><00:28:46.210><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:28:46.569><c> and</c><00:28:46.750><c> power</c><00:28:46.869><c> of</c><00:28:47.069><c> Elijah</c><00:28:47.450><c> to</c><00:28:48.109><c> turn</c><00:28:48.470><c> the</c><00:28:48.769><c> hearts</c><00:28:49.049><c> of</c><00:28:49.250><c> the</c>

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fathers<00:28:50.009><c> to</c><00:28:50.769><c> the</c><00:28:51.089><c> children.</c><00:28:53.589><c> But</c><00:28:53.910><c> then</c><00:28:54.470><c> verse</c><00:28:54.750><c> 17</c><00:28:55.329><c> in</c>

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say,<00:29:06.470><c> and</c><00:29:06.750><c> the</c><00:29:06.970><c> heart</c><00:29:07.190><c> of</c><00:29:07.410><c> the</c><00:29:07.589><c> children</c><00:29:08.109><c> to</c><00:29:08.730><c> their</c><00:29:09.069><c> fathers.</c>

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So<00:29:12.150><c> we've</c><00:29:12.609><c> actually</c><00:29:12.930><c> got</c><00:29:13.329><c> here</c><00:29:13.609><c> now</c><00:29:13.829><c> a</c><00:29:13.930><c> little</c>

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translation<00:29:15.029><c> of</c><00:29:16.170><c> that</c><00:29:16.509><c> part</c><00:29:16.849><c> in</c><00:29:17.349><c> Malachi</c><00:29:17.910><c> 4,</c><00:29:18.529><c> that</c><00:29:18.829><c> second</c><00:29:19.230><c> part.</c><00:29:19.529><c> We</c>

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now<00:29:19.869><c> know</c><00:29:20.009><c> who</c><00:29:20.230><c> the</c><00:29:20.529><c> children</c><00:29:20.910><c> are,</c>

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and<00:29:22.250><c> we</c><00:29:22.390><c> now</c><00:29:22.750><c> know</c><00:29:22.950><c> who</c><00:29:23.210><c> the</c><00:29:23.569><c> fathers</c><00:29:24.029><c> are.</c><00:29:25.569><c> The</c><00:29:25.869><c> children</c><00:29:26.509><c> are</c>

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disobedient,<00:29:29.069><c> so</c><00:29:29.269><c> Luke</c><00:29:29.490><c> 1,</c><00:29:29.829><c> 17</c><00:29:30.410><c> says,</c>

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wisdom<00:29:40.930><c> of</c><00:29:41.450><c> the</c><00:29:41.690><c> just</c><00:29:42.289><c> fathers</c>

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is<00:29:44.089><c> really</c><00:29:44.369><c> what</c><00:29:44.630><c> Gabriel</c><00:29:45.009><c> is</c><00:29:45.369><c> saying.</c><00:29:47.190><c> So</c><00:29:47.950><c> who</c><00:29:48.869><c> are</c><00:29:48.990><c> the</c>

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disobedient<00:29:49.789><c> children?</c>

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Well,<00:29:51.710><c> this</c><00:29:51.769><c> takes</c><00:29:52.029><c> us</c><00:29:52.190><c> right</c><00:29:52.430><c> back</c><00:29:52.630><c> to</c><00:29:52.710><c> where</c><00:29:52.829><c> we</c><00:29:53.049><c> started</c><00:29:53.390><c> on</c>

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Monday<00:29:54.049><c> evening.</c><00:29:54.410><c> This</c><00:29:54.589><c> is</c><00:29:55.109><c> Israel.</c><00:29:55.730><c> This</c><00:29:55.809><c> is</c>

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unfaithful<00:29:56.789><c> Israel.</c><00:29:58.029><c> They</c><00:29:58.190><c> are</c><00:29:58.470><c> disobedient</c><00:29:59.230><c> children.</c><00:30:01.069><c> And</c>

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to<00:30:01.930><c> what</c><00:30:02.130><c> are</c><00:30:02.369><c> they</c><00:30:02.750><c> disobedient?</c><00:30:04.250><c> Well,</c><00:30:04.529><c> they're</c>

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certainly<00:30:04.970><c> disobedient</c><00:30:05.910><c> to</c><00:30:06.549><c> the</c><00:30:06.769><c> patriarchs,</c><00:30:08.630><c> to</c><00:30:08.849><c> those</c><00:30:09.329><c> fathers,</c><00:30:10.009><c> aren't</c><00:30:10.230><c> they?</c><00:30:10.650><c> They</c><00:30:11.130><c> claimed</c><00:30:11.529><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:12.509><c> children</c>

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what<00:30:18.650><c> John</c><00:30:18.910><c> the</c><00:30:19.049><c> Baptist</c><00:30:19.509><c> says</c><00:30:20.009><c> to</c><00:30:20.289><c> them</c>

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when<00:30:21.569><c> they</c><00:30:21.869><c> come.</c><00:30:23.029><c> You</c><00:30:23.390><c> think</c><00:30:24.029><c> that</c><00:30:24.589><c> you</c><00:30:24.829><c> claim</c><00:30:25.009><c> to</c><00:30:25.210><c> have</c><00:30:25.450><c> Abraham</c><00:30:26.049><c> to</c>

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your<00:30:26.750><c> father?</c><00:30:27.670><c> God</c><00:30:27.910><c> is</c><00:30:28.170><c> able</c><00:30:28.329><c> of</c><00:30:28.549><c> these</c><00:30:28.910><c> stones</c>

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to<00:30:30.089><c> raise</c><00:30:30.369><c> up</c><00:30:30.970><c> children</c><00:30:31.710><c> unto</c><00:30:32.170><c> Abraham.</c><00:30:36.049><c> And</c><00:30:36.049><c> so</c><00:30:36.630><c> Gabriel</c><00:30:36.950><c> here</c><00:30:37.309><c> is</c>

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giving<00:30:37.930><c> really</c><00:30:38.450><c> very</c><00:30:38.869><c> important</c><00:30:39.289><c> information</c>

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to<00:30:40.470><c> John.</c><00:30:40.990><c> He</c><00:30:41.190><c> is</c><00:30:41.509><c> to</c><00:30:41.769><c> recognize</c><00:30:42.509><c> that</c><00:30:43.109><c> the</c><00:30:43.289><c> people</c><00:30:43.589><c> amongst</c>

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whom<00:30:44.470><c> he</c><00:30:44.670><c> is</c><00:30:44.890><c> going</c><00:30:45.069><c> to</c><00:30:45.390><c> live,</c>

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children<00:30:50.170><c> who</c><00:30:51.069><c> have</c><00:30:51.349><c> forgotten</c><00:30:51.769><c> the</c>

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promises<00:30:52.589><c> that</c><00:30:52.809><c> have</c><00:30:52.950><c> been</c><00:30:53.130><c> made</c><00:30:53.349><c> to</c><00:30:53.650><c> Abraham,</c><00:30:55.029><c> that</c><00:30:55.250><c> through</c>

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Abraham's<00:30:56.349><c> seed</c><00:30:56.609><c> all</c><00:30:57.410><c> nations</c><00:30:57.869><c> of</c><00:30:58.109><c> the</c><00:30:58.309><c> earth</c>

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would<00:30:58.789><c> be</c><00:30:59.069><c> blessed.</c><00:31:02.109><c> And</c><00:31:02.410><c> that's</c><00:31:02.769><c> picked</c><00:31:02.910><c> up</c><00:31:03.130><c> again</c><00:31:03.490><c> if</c><00:31:03.690><c> you</c>

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come<00:31:04.289><c> again</c><00:31:04.769><c> into</c><00:31:05.150><c> the</c><00:31:05.349><c> Gospel</c><00:31:05.650><c> of</c><00:31:05.890><c> Luke</c><00:31:06.430><c> and</c><00:31:06.849><c> chapter</c><00:31:07.190><c> 7.</c>

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In<00:31:19.250><c> that</c><00:31:19.490><c> passage</c><00:31:19.869><c> that</c><00:31:20.049><c> we</c><00:31:20.150><c> were</c><00:31:20.289><c> looking</c><00:31:20.509><c> at</c><00:31:20.750><c> before</c><00:31:21.269><c> where</c>

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Jesus<00:31:22.250><c> was</c><00:31:22.509><c> asking</c><00:31:22.970><c> the</c><00:31:23.269><c> people,</c>

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what<00:31:24.009><c> went</c><00:31:24.289><c> ye</c><00:31:24.490><c> out</c><00:31:24.710><c> into</c><00:31:24.930><c> the</c><00:31:25.150><c> wilderness</c><00:31:25.609><c> for</c><00:31:26.029><c> to</c><00:31:26.430><c> see?</c><00:31:28.910><c> And</c>

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as<00:31:29.190><c> if</c><00:31:29.329><c> this</c><00:31:29.609><c> quotation</c><00:31:30.269><c> from</c><00:31:30.589><c> Malachi</c><00:31:31.130><c> that</c><00:31:31.250><c> we've</c>

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already<00:31:31.809><c> noted</c><00:31:32.210><c> in</c><00:31:32.430><c> verse</c><00:31:32.670><c> 27,</c><00:31:33.309><c> behold</c><00:31:33.569><c> I</c><00:31:33.829><c> send</c><00:31:34.009><c> my</c><00:31:34.269><c> messenger</c>

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before<00:31:34.990><c> thy</c><00:31:35.210><c> face</c><00:31:35.569><c> which</c><00:31:35.789><c> shall</c><00:31:35.990><c> prepare</c>

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thy<00:31:36.630><c> way</c><00:31:37.009><c> before</c><00:31:37.509><c> thee,</c><00:31:38.970><c> is</c><00:31:39.150><c> being</c><00:31:39.769><c> carried</c><00:31:40.069><c> on</c><00:31:40.470><c> now</c><00:31:41.190><c> and</c><00:31:41.829><c> answered</c><00:31:42.289><c> by</c>

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the<00:31:42.930><c> Lord</c><00:31:43.289><c> Jesus</c><00:31:43.730><c> himself.</c><00:31:45.650><c> Verse</c><00:31:45.930><c> 29,</c>

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all<00:31:46.849><c> the</c><00:31:47.069><c> people</c><00:31:47.609><c> that</c><00:31:48.069><c> heard</c><00:31:48.250><c> him</c><00:31:48.630><c> and</c><00:31:48.869><c> the</c><00:31:49.130><c> publicans</c><00:31:49.670><c> justified</c><00:31:50.309><c> God</c>

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being<00:31:51.549><c> baptized</c><00:31:52.390><c> with</c><00:31:52.769><c> the</c><00:31:52.970><c> baptism</c><00:31:53.390><c> of</c>

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John.<00:31:54.730><c> But</c><00:31:55.029><c> the</c><00:31:55.349><c> Pharisees</c><00:31:56.109><c> and</c><00:31:56.410><c> lawyers</c><00:31:56.829><c> rejected</c><00:31:57.569><c> the</c><00:31:57.890><c> counsel</c><00:31:58.289><c> of</c>

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God<00:31:58.890><c> against</c><00:31:59.430><c> themselves</c><00:32:00.410><c> being</c><00:32:01.809><c> not</c>

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baptized<00:32:03.170><c> of</c><00:32:03.529><c> him.</c><00:32:04.789><c> So</c><00:32:04.970><c> what</c><00:32:05.190><c> was</c><00:32:06.190><c> the</c><00:32:06.509><c> counsel</c><00:32:07.130><c> of</c><00:32:07.509><c> God</c><00:32:08.130><c> that</c>

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was<00:32:08.970><c> against</c><00:32:09.470><c> them?</c><00:32:11.069><c> Other</c><00:32:11.410><c> than</c><00:32:11.630><c> that</c><00:32:11.809><c> word</c><00:32:12.089><c> of</c>

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Gabriel's,<00:32:15.049><c> that</c><00:32:15.210><c> John</c><00:32:15.430><c> had</c><00:32:15.730><c> come</c><00:32:16.049><c> to</c><00:32:16.329><c> turn</c><00:32:16.789><c> the</c><00:32:17.150><c> disobedient</c>

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children<00:32:18.529><c> to</c><00:32:19.569><c> the</c><00:32:19.750><c> wisdom</c><00:32:20.289><c> of</c><00:32:21.190><c> the</c><00:32:21.369><c> just</c>

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fathers,<00:32:23.250><c> the</c><00:32:23.450><c> patriarchs,</c><00:32:24.490><c> and</c><00:32:24.670><c> the</c><00:32:24.849><c> Pharisees</c><00:32:25.309><c> would</c><00:32:25.509><c> not</c>

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accept<00:32:26.190><c> it.</c><00:32:27.190><c> And</c><00:32:27.390><c> so</c><00:32:27.490><c> the</c><00:32:27.630><c> Lord</c><00:32:27.849><c> said,</c><00:32:28.349><c> verse</c><00:32:28.549><c> 31,</c>

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whereunto<00:32:30.450><c> then</c><00:32:30.769><c> shall</c><00:32:30.950><c> I</c><00:32:31.190><c> liken</c><00:32:31.470><c> the</c><00:32:31.630><c> men</c><00:32:31.769><c> of</c><00:32:31.930><c> this</c><00:32:32.150><c> generation,</c><00:32:32.829><c> and</c><00:32:32.890><c> to</c>

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what<00:32:33.150><c> are</c><00:32:33.289><c> they</c><00:32:33.509><c> like?</c>

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They're<00:32:35.130><c> like</c><00:32:35.390><c> children</c><00:32:35.930><c> sitting</c><00:32:36.269><c> in</c><00:32:36.490><c> the</c><00:32:36.670><c> marketplace</c><00:32:37.369><c> and</c>

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calling<00:32:38.410><c> one</c><00:32:38.670><c> to</c><00:32:38.849><c> another</c><00:32:39.089><c> and</c><00:32:39.309><c> saying,</c><00:32:39.569><c> we</c><00:32:39.650><c> have</c>

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piped<00:32:40.250><c> you</c><00:32:40.450><c> and</c><00:32:40.589><c> you</c><00:32:40.769><c> have</c><00:32:40.849><c> not</c><00:32:41.109><c> danced,</c><00:32:41.690><c> mourned</c><00:32:41.970><c> you</c><00:32:42.150><c> and</c>

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you<00:32:42.470><c> have</c><00:32:42.589><c> not</c><00:32:42.849><c> wept.</c><00:32:43.730><c> John</c><00:32:43.950><c> the</c><00:32:44.109><c> Baptist</c><00:32:44.490><c> came,</c>

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neither<00:32:45.109><c> eating</c><00:32:45.490><c> bread</c><00:32:45.829><c> nor</c><00:32:46.089><c> drinking</c><00:32:46.509><c> wine,</c><00:32:46.930><c> and</c><00:32:47.069><c> you</c><00:32:47.089><c> say</c><00:32:47.190><c> he</c><00:32:47.269><c> has</c><00:32:47.490><c> a</c>

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devil.<00:32:48.890><c> The</c><00:32:49.069><c> son</c><00:32:49.250><c> of</c><00:32:49.490><c> man</c><00:32:49.650><c> has</c><00:32:49.869><c> come,</c>

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eating<00:32:50.549><c> and</c><00:32:50.809><c> drinking,</c><00:32:51.190><c> and</c><00:32:51.269><c> you</c><00:32:51.430><c> say,</c><00:32:51.670><c> behold</c><00:32:51.890><c> a</c><00:32:52.029><c> gluttonous</c>

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man<00:32:52.690><c> and</c><00:32:52.829><c> a</c><00:32:53.009><c> wine</c><00:32:53.250><c>-bibber,</c><00:32:54.069><c> a</c><00:32:54.210><c> friend</c><00:32:54.349><c> of</c><00:32:54.690><c> publicans</c><00:32:55.210><c> and</c>

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sinners.<00:32:59.390><c> And</c><00:32:59.650><c> just</c><00:32:59.869><c> look</c><00:33:00.049><c> back</c><00:33:00.269><c> again</c><00:33:00.509><c> at</c><00:33:00.670><c> verse</c><00:33:00.910><c> 24.</c><00:33:02.529><c> What</c><00:33:02.710><c> went</c><00:33:02.950><c> she</c><00:33:03.130><c> out</c><00:33:03.349><c> for</c><00:33:03.470><c> to</c><00:33:03.710><c> see,</c><00:33:03.970><c> a</c>

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reed<00:33:04.609><c> shaken</c><00:33:05.170><c> with</c>

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the<00:33:05.690><c> wind?</c><00:33:06.710><c> Who</c><00:33:07.009><c> was</c><00:33:07.369><c> the</c><00:33:07.630><c> reed?</c><00:33:08.869><c> Well,</c><00:33:09.069><c> it</c><00:33:09.109><c> wasn't</c><00:33:09.369><c> John</c><00:33:09.609><c> the</c>

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Baptist,<00:33:11.990><c> but</c><00:33:12.150><c> it</c><00:33:12.289><c> was</c><00:33:12.509><c> those</c><00:33:12.750><c> that</c><00:33:12.970><c> the</c><00:33:13.069><c> Lord</c><00:33:13.329><c> is</c>

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speaking<00:33:13.890><c> about</c><00:33:14.269><c> here.</c><00:33:15.009><c> John</c><00:33:15.190><c> the</c><00:33:15.369><c> Baptist</c><00:33:15.609><c> came,</c><00:33:15.990><c> neither</c><00:33:16.089><c> eating</c><00:33:16.369><c> bread</c><00:33:16.549><c> and</c><00:33:16.630><c> drinking</c><00:33:16.950><c> wine,</c><00:33:17.210><c> he</c><00:33:17.329><c> has</c><00:33:17.509><c> a</c><00:33:17.650><c> devil.</c>

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Son<00:33:18.809><c> of</c><00:33:18.970><c> man</c><00:33:19.170><c> comes,</c><00:33:19.589><c> eating</c><00:33:19.670><c> and</c><00:33:19.869><c> drinking,</c><00:33:20.130><c> and</c><00:33:20.349><c> you</c><00:33:20.369><c> say</c><00:33:20.490><c> a</c>

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gluttonous<00:33:21.029><c> man</c><00:33:21.230><c> and</c><00:33:21.369><c> a</c><00:33:21.569><c> wine</c><00:33:21.750><c>-bibber,</c>

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you<00:33:22.009><c> just</c><00:33:22.150><c> can't</c><00:33:22.349><c> get</c><00:33:22.529><c> it</c><00:33:22.750><c> right.</c><00:33:24.109><c> You're</c><00:33:24.369><c> just</c><00:33:24.650><c> blown</c><00:33:24.970><c> around</c>

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from<00:33:25.789><c> one</c><00:33:26.170><c> side</c><00:33:26.470><c> to</c><00:33:26.750><c> another.</c>

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Wisdom<00:33:29.190><c> is</c><00:33:29.490><c> justified</c><00:33:30.269><c> of</c><00:33:31.029><c> all</c><00:33:31.490><c> her</c><00:33:32.130><c> children.</c><00:33:34.009><c> Remember,</c><00:33:34.750><c> disobedient</c><00:33:35.349><c> children</c><00:33:35.849><c> to</c>

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the<00:33:36.710><c> wisdom</c><00:33:37.190><c> of</c><00:33:37.670><c> the</c><00:33:37.890><c> just.</c>

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So<00:33:39.289><c> what</c><00:33:39.569><c> sort</c><00:33:39.769><c> of</c><00:33:40.009><c> children</c><00:33:40.309><c> are</c><00:33:40.650><c> you?</c><00:33:40.769><c> This</c><00:33:40.930><c> is</c><00:33:41.089><c> the</c><00:33:41.309><c> challenge</c><00:33:42.049><c> that</c><00:33:42.569><c> the</c><00:33:42.710><c> Lord</c><00:33:42.890><c> Jesus</c><00:33:43.269><c> Christ</c><00:33:43.589><c> is</c><00:33:43.849><c> making,</c>

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it's<00:33:44.470><c> based,</c><00:33:44.910><c> you</c><00:33:45.250><c> see,</c><00:33:46.329><c> on</c><00:33:46.490><c> the</c><00:33:46.710><c> preaching</c><00:33:47.210><c> of</c><00:33:47.769><c> John</c><00:33:48.029><c> the</c><00:33:48.230><c> Baptist,</c><00:33:48.890><c> the</c>

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one<00:33:49.309><c> who</c><00:33:49.869><c> set</c><00:33:50.190><c> forward</c>

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God's<00:33:52.250><c> message</c><00:33:52.730><c> before</c><00:33:53.369><c> the</c><00:33:53.609><c> people.</c><00:33:55.170><c> And</c><00:33:55.589><c> I</c><00:33:55.730><c> don't</c><00:33:55.890><c> think</c><00:33:55.990><c> there</c><00:33:56.089><c> can</c><00:33:56.250><c> be</c>

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any<00:33:56.650><c> doubt</c><00:33:57.210><c> when</c><00:33:57.869><c> you</c><00:33:58.130><c> see</c><00:33:58.329><c> the</c>

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context<00:33:59.430><c> of</c><00:33:59.630><c> what's</c><00:33:59.930><c> written</c><00:34:00.089><c> here,</c><00:34:00.450><c> what</c><00:34:00.650><c> it</c><00:34:00.890><c> was</c><00:34:01.130><c> that</c><00:34:01.329><c> John</c>

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was<00:34:01.829><c> preaching.</c><00:34:03.390><c> He</c><00:34:03.690><c> was</c><00:34:03.970><c> preaching</c><00:34:04.210><c> the</c><00:34:04.450><c> things</c>

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which<00:34:05.190><c> Abraham</c><00:34:05.589><c> had</c><00:34:05.789><c> been</c><00:34:06.109><c> taught.</c><00:34:07.069><c> He</c><00:34:07.230><c> was</c><00:34:07.470><c> telling</c><00:34:07.690><c> them</c><00:34:07.869><c> about</c><00:34:08.269><c> the</c><00:34:08.530><c> patriarchs</c><00:34:09.250><c> and</c><00:34:09.389><c> about</c><00:34:09.610><c> the</c><00:34:09.929><c> promises</c><00:34:10.230><c> to</c><00:34:10.489><c> the</c>

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patriarchs<00:34:12.250><c> and</c><00:34:12.449><c> about</c><00:34:12.650><c> their</c><00:34:12.949><c> relationship</c><00:34:13.769><c> to</c><00:34:14.170><c> God</c><00:34:14.449><c> himself.</c><00:34:18.250><c> But</c><00:34:18.389><c> if</c>

00:34:18.590 --> 00:34:20.230
in<00:34:18.750><c> fact</c><00:34:18.909><c> that</c><00:34:19.130><c> was</c><00:34:19.489><c> his</c><00:34:19.769><c> preaching,</c>

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it<00:34:20.469><c> raises</c><00:34:20.769><c> a</c><00:34:20.849><c> very</c><00:34:21.269><c> interesting</c><00:34:21.710><c> question.</c><00:34:24.630><c> Certainly</c><00:34:25.030><c> there</c><00:34:25.190><c> were</c>

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those<00:34:25.630><c> who</c><00:34:25.849><c> rejected</c><00:34:26.469><c> him,</c><00:34:26.889><c> as</c><00:34:26.889><c> we</c><00:34:27.130><c> see</c><00:34:27.349><c> here,</c>

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the<00:34:27.989><c> Pharisees</c><00:34:28.489><c> and</c><00:34:28.690><c> lawyers</c><00:34:28.949><c> rejected</c><00:34:29.650><c> the</c><00:34:29.889><c> counsel</c><00:34:30.289><c> of</c><00:34:30.429><c> God</c>

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against<00:34:31.530><c> themselves</c><00:34:32.090><c> being</c><00:34:32.469><c> not</c><00:34:32.849><c> baptized</c><00:34:33.530><c> of</c><00:34:33.869><c> him.</c>

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But<00:34:37.170><c> there</c><00:34:37.329><c> must</c><00:34:37.489><c> have</c><00:34:37.630><c> been</c><00:34:37.809><c> some</c><00:34:38.090><c> who</c><00:34:38.349><c> were.</c><00:34:40.150><c> What</c><00:34:40.530><c> about</c><00:34:40.750><c> those</c><00:34:41.110><c> who</c><00:34:41.369><c> were</c><00:34:41.710><c> baptized</c><00:34:42.650><c> of</c>

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John?<00:34:44.630><c> Did</c><00:34:44.849><c> in</c><00:34:45.110><c> fact</c><00:34:45.329><c> his</c>

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work<00:34:46.409><c> result</c><00:34:47.090><c> in</c><00:34:47.730><c> the</c><00:34:48.050><c> salvation</c><00:34:48.849><c> of</c><00:34:49.909><c> a</c><00:34:50.190><c> group</c><00:34:50.449><c> of</c><00:34:50.789><c> people?</c><00:34:52.869><c> Well,</c><00:34:53.570><c> there's</c><00:34:53.670><c> just</c><00:34:53.889><c> a</c>

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hint<00:34:54.690><c> perhaps</c><00:34:55.250><c> that</c><00:34:55.469><c> it</c><00:34:55.750><c> did.</c><00:34:56.610><c> If</c>

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you<00:34:56.889><c> come</c><00:34:57.010><c> with</c><00:34:57.210><c> me</c><00:34:57.309><c> to</c><00:34:57.449><c> the</c><00:34:57.570><c> letter</c><00:34:57.730><c> to</c><00:34:57.909><c> the</c><00:34:58.050><c> Romans</c><00:34:58.429><c> in</c><00:34:58.690><c> chapter</c><00:34:58.989><c> 9,</c>

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you<00:35:06.769><c> may</c><00:35:06.969><c> apply</c><00:35:07.269><c> this</c><00:35:07.550><c> work</c><00:35:07.869><c> to</c><00:35:08.130><c> the</c><00:35:08.269><c> Lord</c><00:35:08.469><c> Jesus</c><00:35:08.869><c> Christ</c><00:35:09.250><c> and</c>

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you<00:35:09.489><c> may</c><00:35:09.710><c> well</c><00:35:09.909><c> be</c><00:35:10.150><c> right.</c><00:35:12.070><c> But</c><00:35:12.210><c> I</c><00:35:12.869><c> just</c>

00:35:13.110 --> 00:35:17.329
ask<00:35:13.289><c> you</c><00:35:13.510><c> just</c><00:35:13.710><c> to</c><00:35:14.829><c> consider</c><00:35:15.329><c> whether</c><00:35:15.550><c> it</c><00:35:15.670><c> might</c><00:35:15.909><c> go</c><00:35:16.170><c> back</c><00:35:16.449><c> indeed</c><00:35:16.869><c> to</c>

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the<00:35:17.489><c> time</c><00:35:17.650><c> of</c><00:35:17.809><c> John</c><00:35:17.949><c> the</c><00:35:18.130><c> Baptist</c><00:35:18.469><c> as</c><00:35:18.829><c> well.</c>

00:35:21.130 --> 00:35:30.010
Romans<00:35:21.769><c> 9</c><00:35:22.409><c> verse</c><00:35:22.989><c> 27.</c><00:35:26.170><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:26.610><c> also</c><00:35:27.269><c> cryeth</c><00:35:28.010><c> concerning</c><00:35:28.630><c> Israel,</c>

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though<00:35:30.469><c> the</c><00:35:30.610><c> number</c><00:35:30.809><c> of</c><00:35:30.929><c> the</c><00:35:31.070><c> children</c><00:35:31.269><c> of</c><00:35:31.369><c> Israel</c><00:35:31.690><c> be</c><00:35:31.849><c> as</c><00:35:32.010><c> the</c>

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sand<00:35:32.449><c> of</c><00:35:32.650><c> the</c><00:35:32.949><c> sea,</c><00:35:34.210><c> a</c><00:35:34.429><c> remnant</c><00:35:34.969><c> shall</c><00:35:35.329><c> be</c><00:35:35.670><c> saved,</c>

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for<00:35:37.150><c> he</c><00:35:37.369><c> will</c><00:35:37.690><c> finish</c><00:35:38.090><c> the</c><00:35:38.389><c> work</c><00:35:38.849><c> and</c><00:35:39.489><c> cut</c><00:35:39.750><c> it</c><00:35:40.070><c> short</c><00:35:40.329><c> in</c><00:35:40.610><c> righteousness,</c><00:35:42.170><c> because</c><00:35:42.409><c> a</c><00:35:42.730><c> short</c><00:35:43.010><c> work</c><00:35:43.369><c> will</c><00:35:43.590><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:35:46.110><c> And</c><00:35:46.389><c> as</c><00:35:46.650><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:47.050><c> said</c><00:35:47.289><c> before,</c><00:35:48.550><c> except</c><00:35:48.789><c> the</c><00:35:48.949><c> Lord</c><00:35:49.190><c> of</c>

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Sabaoth<00:35:49.730><c> had</c><00:35:49.909><c> left</c><00:35:50.090><c> us</c><00:35:50.349><c> a</c><00:35:50.530><c> seed,</c><00:35:50.929><c> we</c><00:35:51.090><c> have</c><00:35:51.110><c> been</c><00:35:51.369><c> as</c>

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sodden<00:35:52.190><c> and</c><00:35:52.690><c> be</c><00:35:52.909><c> made</c><00:35:53.170><c> like</c><00:35:53.630><c> unto</c><00:35:54.250><c> Gomorrah.</c><00:35:56.070><c> A</c><00:35:56.309><c> remnant</c><00:35:56.989><c> shall</c><00:35:57.929><c> be</c>

00:35:58.329 --> 00:36:04.070
saved,<00:36:00.449><c> and</c><00:36:00.710><c> the</c><00:36:00.909><c> Lord,</c><00:36:01.230><c> notice,</c><00:36:02.309><c> will</c><00:36:03.230><c> finish</c>

00:36:04.070 --> 00:36:10.690
the<00:36:04.550><c> work</c><00:36:05.030><c> and</c><00:36:06.289><c> cut</c><00:36:06.530><c> it</c><00:36:06.829><c> short</c><00:36:07.070><c> in</c><00:36:07.329><c> righteousness.</c><00:36:07.809><c> So</c><00:36:07.949><c> the</c><00:36:08.150><c> work</c><00:36:08.369><c> has</c><00:36:08.650><c> started.</c><00:36:10.329><c> If</c>

00:36:10.690 --> 00:36:11.650
the<00:36:10.909><c> work</c><00:36:11.070><c> is</c><00:36:11.230><c> going</c><00:36:11.309><c> to</c><00:36:11.409><c> be</c>

00:36:11.650 --> 00:36:14.530
finished<00:36:12.010><c> by</c><00:36:12.269><c> the</c><00:36:12.389><c> Lord,</c><00:36:12.849><c> it's</c><00:36:13.250><c> started.</c><00:36:14.050><c> And</c><00:36:14.050><c> it's</c><00:36:14.329><c> the</c><00:36:14.429><c> one</c>

00:36:14.530 --> 00:36:17.469
who<00:36:14.829><c> started</c><00:36:15.110><c> it,</c><00:36:15.909><c> John</c><00:36:16.170><c> the</c><00:36:16.309><c> Baptist.</c>

00:36:18.769 --> 00:36:22.110
Or<00:36:19.030><c> come</c><00:36:19.230><c> on</c><00:36:19.369><c> a</c><00:36:19.449><c> couple</c><00:36:19.590><c> of</c><00:36:19.809><c> chapters</c><00:36:20.110><c> to</c><00:36:20.469><c> Romans</c><00:36:20.829><c> chapter</c><00:36:21.210><c> 11</c>

00:36:22.110 --> 00:36:27.750
where<00:36:26.170><c> the</c><00:36:26.570><c> apostle</c><00:36:26.829><c> asks</c><00:36:27.170><c> the</c><00:36:27.349><c> question,</c>

00:36:27.849 --> 00:36:31.090
has<00:36:28.050><c> God</c><00:36:28.349><c> cast</c><00:36:28.710><c> away</c><00:36:28.929><c> his</c><00:36:29.210><c> people?</c><00:36:29.510><c> God</c><00:36:29.769><c> forbid.</c><00:36:30.409><c> I</c><00:36:30.429><c> also</c><00:36:30.829><c> am</c>

00:36:31.090 --> 00:36:33.110
an<00:36:31.230><c> Israelite</c><00:36:31.630><c> of</c><00:36:31.789><c> the</c><00:36:31.929><c> seed</c><00:36:32.050><c> of</c><00:36:32.250><c> Abraham,</c>

00:36:33.170 --> 00:36:35.469
of<00:36:33.349><c> the</c><00:36:33.530><c> tribe</c><00:36:33.710><c> of</c><00:36:33.889><c> Benjamin.</c><00:36:34.250><c> God</c><00:36:34.389><c> has</c><00:36:34.590><c> not</c><00:36:34.789><c> cast</c><00:36:35.030><c> away</c><00:36:35.230><c> his</c>

00:36:35.469 --> 00:36:37.429
people<00:36:35.690><c> which</c><00:36:35.909><c> he</c><00:36:36.150><c> foreknew.</c>

00:36:38.969 --> 00:36:42.869
And<00:36:39.449><c> don't</c><00:36:39.929><c> you</c><00:36:40.010><c> know</c><00:36:40.090><c> what</c><00:36:40.230><c> the</c><00:36:40.449><c> scripture</c><00:36:40.710><c> said</c><00:36:40.989><c> of</c><00:36:41.449><c> Elijah?</c>

00:36:42.929 --> 00:36:44.829
And<00:36:43.230><c> remember,</c><00:36:43.809><c> John</c><00:36:44.090><c> was</c>

00:36:45.610 --> 00:36:49.110
the<00:36:46.010><c> prophet</c><00:36:46.449><c> in</c><00:36:47.469><c> the</c><00:36:47.670><c> pattern</c><00:36:47.909><c> of</c><00:36:48.150><c> Elijah,</c><00:36:48.489><c> in</c><00:36:48.590><c> the</c><00:36:48.889><c> spirit</c>

00:36:49.110 --> 00:36:50.730
and<00:36:49.449><c> power</c><00:36:49.610><c> of</c><00:36:49.889><c> Elijah.</c>

00:36:51.909 --> 00:36:54.670
What<00:36:52.150><c> did</c><00:36:52.289><c> the</c><00:36:52.469><c> scripture</c><00:36:52.670><c> say</c><00:36:52.869><c> of</c><00:36:53.030><c> Elijah?</c><00:36:53.469><c> How</c><00:36:53.590><c> he</c><00:36:53.730><c> makes</c><00:36:54.030><c> intercession</c><00:36:54.510><c> to</c>

00:36:54.670 --> 00:36:55.829
God<00:36:54.869><c> against</c><00:36:55.170><c> Israel,</c><00:36:55.650><c> saying,</c>

00:36:55.889 --> 00:36:59.690
Lord,<00:36:56.090><c> they</c><00:36:56.250><c> have</c><00:36:56.409><c> killed</c><00:36:56.630><c> thy</c><00:36:56.909><c> prophets.</c><00:36:58.329><c> Dig</c><00:36:58.449><c> down</c><00:36:58.769><c> thine</c><00:36:58.989><c> altars.</c><00:36:59.429><c> I</c>

00:36:59.690 --> 00:37:01.750
am<00:36:59.809><c> left</c><00:37:00.090><c> alone.</c><00:37:00.449><c> They</c><00:37:00.750><c> seek</c><00:37:00.969><c> my</c><00:37:01.309><c> life.</c>

00:37:01.750 --> 00:37:06.289
But<00:37:02.230><c> what</c><00:37:02.489><c> set</c><00:37:02.630><c> the</c><00:37:02.809><c> answer</c><00:37:03.110><c> of</c><00:37:03.230><c> God</c><00:37:03.469><c> to</c><00:37:03.630><c> him?</c><00:37:04.070><c> I</c><00:37:04.070><c> have</c><00:37:04.309><c> reserved</c><00:37:04.590><c> to</c><00:37:04.809><c> myself</c><00:37:05.730><c> 7</c>

00:37:06.289 --> 00:37:08.130
,000<00:37:06.769><c> men</c><00:37:07.130><c> who</c><00:37:07.329><c> have</c><00:37:07.510><c> not</c><00:37:07.829><c> bowed</c>

00:37:08.130 --> 00:37:13.570
the<00:37:08.269><c> knee</c><00:37:08.469><c> to</c><00:37:08.690><c> the</c><00:37:08.929><c> image</c><00:37:09.170><c> of</c><00:37:09.530><c> Baal.</c><00:37:10.849><c> Even</c><00:37:11.250><c> so</c><00:37:11.670><c> then,</c><00:37:12.369><c> at</c><00:37:12.889><c> this</c>

00:37:13.570 --> 00:37:17.690
present<00:37:14.050><c> time</c><00:37:14.630><c> also,</c><00:37:16.130><c> there</c><00:37:16.369><c> is</c><00:37:16.730><c> a</c><00:37:16.889><c> remnant</c>

00:37:17.769 --> 00:37:22.929
according<00:37:18.329><c> to</c><00:37:18.610><c> the</c><00:37:18.789><c> election</c><00:37:19.090><c> of</c><00:37:19.369><c> grace.</c><00:37:21.090><c> So</c><00:37:21.489><c> if</c><00:37:21.949><c> there</c><00:37:22.210><c> was</c><00:37:22.570><c> a</c>

00:37:22.929 --> 00:37:25.989
body<00:37:23.210><c> of</c><00:37:23.530><c> people</c><00:37:23.869><c> who</c><00:37:24.170><c> had</c><00:37:24.369><c> Elijah</c><00:37:24.909><c> been</c><00:37:25.190><c> there,</c>

00:37:26.289 --> 00:37:30.670
had<00:37:26.809><c> been</c><00:37:27.110><c> kept</c><00:37:27.449><c> by</c><00:37:27.710><c> God</c><00:37:28.110><c> to</c><00:37:28.309><c> hear</c><00:37:28.530><c> his</c><00:37:28.829><c> preaching,</c><00:37:30.429><c> couldn't</c>

00:37:30.670 --> 00:37:32.889
it<00:37:30.849><c> also</c><00:37:31.070><c> be</c><00:37:31.309><c> the</c><00:37:31.449><c> case</c><00:37:31.989><c> that</c><00:37:32.250><c> when</c><00:37:32.550><c> one</c>

00:37:32.889 --> 00:37:36.230
in<00:37:33.210><c> the</c><00:37:33.449><c> spirit</c><00:37:33.650><c> and</c><00:37:33.929><c> power</c><00:37:34.090><c> of</c><00:37:34.289><c> Elijah</c><00:37:34.590><c> was</c><00:37:34.829><c> there,</c><00:37:35.789><c> there</c><00:37:35.929><c> was</c><00:37:36.110><c> a</c>

00:37:36.230 --> 00:37:37.809
group<00:37:36.369><c> of</c><00:37:36.630><c> people</c><00:37:36.889><c> who</c><00:37:37.050><c> were</c><00:37:37.329><c> kept</c>

00:37:37.809 --> 00:37:41.789
by<00:37:38.710><c> God</c><00:37:39.090><c> and</c><00:37:39.349><c> who</c><00:37:39.550><c> would</c><00:37:39.809><c> respond</c><00:37:40.170><c> to</c><00:37:40.369><c> his</c><00:37:40.610><c> teaching</c><00:37:40.909><c> even</c><00:37:41.230><c> though</c><00:37:41.530><c> so</c>

00:37:41.789 --> 00:37:43.250
many<00:37:41.989><c> rejected</c><00:37:42.489><c> it?</c>

00:37:45.130 --> 00:37:47.789
Well,<00:37:45.369><c> we</c><00:37:45.489><c> do</c><00:37:45.690><c> know</c><00:37:45.809><c> that</c><00:37:46.010><c> many</c><00:37:46.210><c> were</c><00:37:46.449><c> baptized</c><00:37:46.929><c> by</c><00:37:47.250><c> John</c><00:37:47.469><c> and</c>

00:37:47.789 --> 00:37:51.750
perhaps<00:37:48.150><c> some</c><00:37:48.409><c> of</c><00:37:48.570><c> those</c><00:37:49.349><c> formed</c><00:37:50.110><c> that</c><00:37:50.909><c> remnant</c>

00:37:52.090 --> 00:37:56.230
that<00:37:52.429><c> was</c><00:37:52.630><c> going</c><00:37:52.829><c> to</c><00:37:53.010><c> be</c><00:37:53.230><c> saved,</c><00:37:54.369><c> whose</c><00:37:55.190><c> work</c><00:37:55.750><c> was</c><00:37:56.010><c> going</c><00:37:56.130><c> to</c>

00:37:56.230 --> 00:37:59.130
be<00:37:56.489><c> finished</c><00:37:56.949><c> by</c><00:37:57.690><c> the</c><00:37:57.889><c> Lord</c><00:37:58.070><c> Jesus</c><00:37:58.389><c> himself</c><00:37:58.929><c> when</c>

00:37:59.130 --> 00:38:05.090
he<00:37:59.409><c> came.</c><00:38:01.070><c> But</c><00:38:01.409><c> clearly,</c><00:38:02.829><c> John's</c><00:38:03.369><c> role</c><00:38:03.670><c> model</c><00:38:04.090><c> as</c><00:38:04.449><c> a</c><00:38:04.710><c> prophet</c>

00:38:05.090 --> 00:38:08.170
has<00:38:05.849><c> to</c><00:38:06.070><c> be</c><00:38:06.309><c> Elijah,</c><00:38:06.849><c> doesn't</c><00:38:07.130><c> he?</c><00:38:07.989><c> It's</c>

00:38:08.170 --> 00:38:15.150
got<00:38:08.289><c> to</c><00:38:08.449><c> be</c><00:38:08.630><c> he.</c><00:38:10.849><c> He</c><00:38:11.530><c> was</c><00:38:11.730><c> in</c><00:38:11.869><c> the</c><00:38:12.050><c> wilderness,</c><00:38:13.349><c> John</c><00:38:13.690><c> was,</c><00:38:14.090><c> because</c><00:38:14.789><c> the</c>

00:38:15.150 --> 00:38:18.010
same<00:38:15.469><c> sort</c><00:38:15.929><c> of</c><00:38:16.590><c> ungodly</c><00:38:17.269><c> leadership</c>

00:38:18.010 --> 00:38:22.170
was<00:38:18.789><c> in</c><00:38:19.070><c> Israel</c><00:38:19.730><c> in</c><00:38:19.929><c> the</c><00:38:20.070><c> days</c><00:38:20.250><c> of</c><00:38:20.530><c> Elijah</c><00:38:20.949><c> as</c><00:38:21.690><c> there</c><00:38:21.949><c> was</c><00:38:22.090><c> in</c>

00:38:22.170 --> 00:38:26.409
his<00:38:22.409><c> own</c><00:38:22.789><c> days.</c><00:38:24.610><c> Remember</c><00:38:24.929><c> how</c><00:38:25.210><c> Elijah</c><00:38:25.630><c> relied</c><00:38:26.050><c> upon</c>

00:38:26.409 --> 00:38:31.570
God<00:38:26.710><c> for</c><00:38:26.989><c> food</c><00:38:27.329><c> and</c><00:38:27.489><c> it</c><00:38:27.590><c> was</c><00:38:28.369><c> brought</c><00:38:28.610><c> to</c><00:38:28.730><c> him</c><00:38:29.010><c> by</c><00:38:30.130><c> by</c><00:38:30.349><c> ravens.</c>

00:38:32.250 --> 00:38:35.030
There<00:38:32.469><c> was</c><00:38:32.650><c> that</c><00:38:32.889><c> unclean</c><00:38:33.610><c> association,</c>

00:38:35.170 --> 00:38:40.389
ravens,<00:38:35.630><c> an</c><00:38:35.750><c> unclean</c><00:38:36.269><c> animal</c><00:38:36.650><c> that</c><00:38:36.969><c> brought</c><00:38:37.150><c> the</c><00:38:37.429><c> food</c><00:38:37.989><c> to</c><00:38:38.650><c> John.</c><00:38:40.210><c> We</c>

00:38:40.389 --> 00:38:47.449
find<00:38:40.809><c> John,</c><00:38:41.550><c> to</c><00:38:42.010><c> Elijah</c><00:38:42.469><c> rather,</c><00:38:42.989><c> we</c><00:38:47.210><c> find</c>

00:38:47.449 --> 00:38:51.750
an<00:38:47.650><c> unclean</c><00:38:48.429><c> animal.</c><00:38:49.349><c> The</c><00:38:49.610><c> camel</c><00:38:49.869><c> was</c><00:38:50.110><c> unclean,</c><00:38:51.289><c> same</c><00:38:51.489><c> sort</c>

00:38:51.750 --> 00:38:57.730
of<00:38:51.949><c> connection</c><00:38:52.409><c> and</c><00:38:54.590><c> he</c><00:38:54.750><c> ate</c><00:38:54.989><c> locusts</c><00:38:55.889><c> and</c><00:38:56.269><c> wild</c><00:38:56.650><c> honey.</c>

00:38:59.530 --> 00:39:03.170
And<00:39:00.170><c> he</c><00:39:00.809><c> would</c><00:39:01.150><c> know</c><00:39:01.469><c> because</c><00:39:01.829><c> of</c><00:39:02.030><c> what</c><00:39:02.269><c> happened</c><00:39:02.489><c> to</c><00:39:02.809><c> Elijah</c>

00:39:03.170 --> 00:39:05.510
that<00:39:03.349><c> the</c><00:39:03.570><c> gospel</c><00:39:03.849><c> could</c><00:39:04.170><c> not</c><00:39:04.389><c> be</c><00:39:04.789><c> restricted</c>

00:39:05.510 --> 00:39:15.489
to<00:39:06.150><c> Jews.</c><00:39:09.550><c> And</c><00:39:10.230><c> for</c><00:39:10.590><c> that</c><00:39:10.909><c> reason,</c><00:39:11.789><c> he</c><00:39:13.150><c> used</c><00:39:13.690><c> baptism</c><00:39:14.530><c> as</c><00:39:15.250><c> the</c>

00:39:15.489 --> 00:39:17.429
means<00:39:15.789><c> of</c><00:39:16.190><c> preparing</c><00:39:16.690><c> the</c><00:39:16.969><c> way</c><00:39:17.210><c> for</c><00:39:17.429><c> the</c>

00:39:17.429 --> 00:39:20.909
people.<00:39:18.670><c> As</c><00:39:18.829><c> we</c><00:39:19.010><c> thought</c><00:39:19.210><c> last</c><00:39:19.570><c> night,</c><00:39:20.090><c> up</c><00:39:20.130><c> till</c><00:39:20.309><c> that</c><00:39:20.610><c> time,</c>

00:39:21.130 --> 00:39:24.969
baptism<00:39:21.389><c> had</c><00:39:21.570><c> only</c><00:39:21.809><c> been</c><00:39:22.090><c> used</c><00:39:22.670><c> by</c><00:39:23.329><c> Jews</c><00:39:24.010><c> to</c>

00:39:24.969 --> 00:39:30.190
initiate<00:39:25.510><c> Gentiles</c><00:39:26.469><c> into</c><00:39:26.789><c> Judaism.</c><00:39:28.670><c> Now</c><00:39:28.949><c> to</c><00:39:29.170><c> use</c><00:39:29.409><c> that</c><00:39:29.710><c> very</c>

00:39:30.190 --> 00:39:34.110
right<00:39:30.590><c> and</c><00:39:30.929><c> say</c><00:39:31.190><c> to</c><00:39:31.409><c> the</c><00:39:31.670><c> Jew,</c><00:39:33.010><c> now</c><00:39:33.230><c> submit</c><00:39:33.769><c> to</c>

00:39:34.110 --> 00:39:37.829
baptism,<00:39:36.010><c> would</c><00:39:36.070><c> be</c><00:39:36.309><c> teaching</c><00:39:36.670><c> them</c><00:39:36.949><c> that</c><00:39:37.130><c> the</c><00:39:37.309><c> gospel</c><00:39:37.610><c> had</c>

00:39:37.829 --> 00:39:41.010
got<00:39:37.989><c> to</c><00:39:38.150><c> be</c><00:39:38.329><c> opened</c><00:39:38.550><c> up</c><00:39:38.829><c> to</c><00:39:39.050><c> all</c><00:39:39.309><c> nations.</c><00:39:40.789><c> That,</c>

00:39:41.050 --> 00:39:43.969
in<00:39:41.190><c> fact,</c><00:39:41.409><c> was</c><00:39:41.670><c> the</c><00:39:42.190><c> the</c><00:39:42.489><c> teaching</c><00:39:42.650><c> that</c><00:39:42.829><c> had</c><00:39:42.949><c> been</c><00:39:43.210><c> made,</c><00:39:43.469><c> wasn't</c><00:39:43.710><c> it,</c>

00:39:44.030 --> 00:39:47.030
to<00:39:45.050><c> Abraham</c><00:39:45.510><c> right</c><00:39:45.829><c> at</c><00:39:45.989><c> the</c><00:39:46.110><c> beginning.</c>

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:53.309
Of<00:39:47.750><c> all</c><00:39:48.030><c> nations,</c><00:39:49.750><c> men</c><00:39:50.130><c> and</c><00:39:50.409><c> women</c><00:39:50.670><c> would</c><00:39:50.969><c> come</c><00:39:51.469><c> and</c><00:39:52.010><c> be</c><00:39:52.269><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:39:55.489><c> just</c><00:39:55.710><c> like</c><00:39:55.989><c> Elijah,</c><00:39:57.909><c> John</c><00:39:58.369><c> had</c><00:39:59.050><c> disciples.</c><00:40:00.789><c> They'd</c><00:40:00.849><c> come</c>

00:40:01.050 --> 00:40:04.010
back,<00:40:01.150><c> if</c><00:40:01.309><c> you</c><00:40:01.429><c> will,</c><00:40:01.670><c> to</c><00:40:01.909><c> 2</c><00:40:02.150><c> Kings</c><00:40:02.449><c> chapter</c><00:40:02.909><c> 2.</c>

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And<00:40:07.269><c> whereas</c><00:40:07.369><c> it's</c><00:40:07.570><c> possible</c><00:40:08.070><c> for</c><00:40:08.389><c> us</c><00:40:08.530><c> to</c><00:40:08.809><c> identify</c><00:40:09.610><c> this</c><00:40:10.610><c> phenomenon,</c><00:40:11.190><c> first</c><00:40:11.550><c> of</c>

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all,<00:40:12.070><c> probably</c><00:40:12.409><c> with</c><00:40:12.710><c> Samuel,</c>

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and<00:40:14.949><c> it's</c><00:40:15.409><c> probably</c><00:40:15.809><c> with</c><00:40:16.670><c> Elijah</c><00:40:17.150><c> more</c><00:40:17.429><c> than</c><00:40:17.630><c> anyone</c><00:40:17.869><c> else</c>

00:40:18.510 --> 00:40:25.090
that<00:40:18.849><c> it's</c><00:40:20.010><c> that</c><00:40:20.150><c> the</c><00:40:20.289><c> idea</c><00:40:20.670><c> begins</c><00:40:21.030><c> to</c><00:40:24.590><c> flower.</c>

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Second<00:40:27.550><c> Kings</c><00:40:28.010><c> 2</c><00:40:29.449><c> and</c><00:40:30.730><c> verse</c><00:40:30.989><c> 4,</c><00:40:31.550><c> Elijah</c><00:40:31.650><c> said</c><00:40:31.909><c> to</c><00:40:32.090><c> Elijah,</c><00:40:32.489><c> to</c>

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tarry<00:40:32.869><c> here</c><00:40:33.070><c> I</c><00:40:33.349><c> pray</c><00:40:33.550><c> thee</c><00:40:33.670><c> for</c><00:40:33.809><c> the</c><00:40:33.969><c> Lord</c><00:40:34.130><c> has</c><00:40:34.369><c> sent</c>

00:40:34.469 --> 00:40:36.550
me<00:40:34.670><c> to</c><00:40:34.869><c> Jericho.</c><00:40:35.190><c> And</c><00:40:35.349><c> he</c><00:40:35.369><c> said,</c><00:40:35.630><c> as</c><00:40:35.630><c> the</c><00:40:35.829><c> Lord</c><00:40:35.989><c> lives</c><00:40:36.230><c> and</c><00:40:36.409><c> as</c>

00:40:36.550 --> 00:40:39.389
thy<00:40:36.710><c> soul</c><00:40:36.969><c> lives,</c><00:40:37.750><c> I</c><00:40:37.889><c> will</c><00:40:38.130><c> not</c><00:40:38.329><c> leave</c><00:40:38.630><c> thee.</c><00:40:38.969><c> So</c><00:40:39.110><c> they</c>

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came<00:40:39.590><c> to</c><00:40:39.750><c> Jericho</c><00:40:40.469><c> and</c><00:40:41.090><c> the</c><00:40:41.269><c> sons</c><00:40:41.590><c> of</c><00:40:41.789><c> the</c><00:40:42.050><c> prophets</c><00:40:42.630><c> that</c><00:40:43.269><c> were</c><00:40:43.489><c> at</c>

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Jericho<00:40:44.469><c> came</c><00:40:45.090><c> to</c><00:40:45.349><c> Elisha</c><00:40:45.789><c> and</c><00:40:45.949><c> said</c><00:40:46.130><c> to</c><00:40:46.170><c> him,</c>

00:40:46.469 --> 00:40:49.010
knowest<00:40:46.829><c> thou</c><00:40:46.969><c> that</c><00:40:47.130><c> the</c><00:40:47.289><c> Lord</c><00:40:47.489><c> will</c><00:40:47.710><c> take</c><00:40:47.969><c> away</c><00:40:48.150><c> thy</c><00:40:48.389><c> master</c>

00:40:49.010 --> 00:40:52.949
from<00:40:49.710><c> thy</c><00:40:50.030><c> head</c><00:40:50.429><c> today.</c><00:40:51.889><c> And</c><00:40:52.389><c> it's</c><00:40:52.590><c> clear</c><00:40:52.769><c> that</c>

00:40:52.949 --> 00:40:58.789
what<00:40:53.150><c> Elijah</c><00:40:53.489><c> has</c><00:40:53.829><c> done</c><00:40:54.389><c> during</c><00:40:55.389><c> the</c><00:40:55.789><c> ministry</c><00:40:56.170><c> of</c><00:40:56.449><c> his</c><00:40:57.530><c> prophetic</c><00:40:58.030><c> work</c>

00:40:58.789 --> 00:41:02.610
was<00:40:59.329><c> to</c><00:40:59.590><c> establish</c><00:41:00.789><c> little</c><00:41:01.429><c> groups</c><00:41:02.070><c> of</c>

00:41:02.610 --> 00:41:10.510
who<00:41:03.030><c> will</c><00:41:03.369><c> continue</c><00:41:04.010><c> the</c><00:41:04.309><c> message.</c><00:41:06.250><c> Remember</c><00:41:06.929><c> that</c><00:41:08.690><c> Elijah</c><00:41:09.849><c> as</c><00:41:10.190><c> a</c>

00:41:10.510 --> 00:41:14.710
prophet<00:41:10.929><c> and</c><00:41:11.829><c> John</c><00:41:12.030><c> the</c><00:41:12.269><c> Baptist</c><00:41:12.809><c> as</c><00:41:13.170><c> a</c><00:41:13.489><c> prophet</c>

00:41:15.349 --> 00:41:19.949
restricted<00:41:16.030><c> their</c><00:41:16.469><c> prophecy</c><00:41:17.050><c> to</c><00:41:18.210><c> speaking</c><00:41:18.670><c> forth</c><00:41:19.409><c> the</c><00:41:19.690><c> word</c>

00:41:19.949 --> 00:41:22.550
of<00:41:20.250><c> God.</c><00:41:20.949><c> Remember</c><00:41:21.190><c> there</c><00:41:21.289><c> are</c><00:41:21.570><c> really</c><00:41:21.889><c> two</c><00:41:22.090><c> aspects</c>

00:41:22.550 --> 00:41:27.190
to<00:41:22.849><c> prophecy.</c><00:41:23.909><c> One</c><00:41:24.090><c> is</c><00:41:24.250><c> what</c><00:41:24.349><c> we</c><00:41:24.610><c> call</c><00:41:24.849><c> forth</c><00:41:25.550><c> telling,</c><00:41:26.730><c> speaking</c><00:41:26.949><c> the</c>

00:41:27.190 --> 00:41:28.510
word<00:41:27.369><c> of</c><00:41:27.590><c> God,</c><00:41:27.730><c> and</c><00:41:27.929><c> the</c><00:41:27.989><c> other</c><00:41:28.150><c> is</c>

00:41:28.510 --> 00:41:33.409
foretelling,<00:41:29.289><c> saying</c><00:41:29.550><c> what</c><00:41:29.789><c> will</c><00:41:30.170><c> happen</c><00:41:30.489><c> in</c><00:41:30.949><c> years</c><00:41:31.210><c> to</c><00:41:31.449><c> come.</c><00:41:33.409><c> And</c>

00:41:33.409 --> 00:41:38.010
we<00:41:34.369><c> don't</c><00:41:34.710><c> get</c><00:41:36.250><c> prophecy</c><00:41:36.650><c> of</c><00:41:36.949><c> the</c><00:41:37.210><c> future</c>

00:41:38.010 --> 00:41:43.090
from<00:41:38.949><c> Elijah's</c><00:41:39.789><c> lips.</c><00:41:40.570><c> We</c><00:41:40.710><c> don't</c><00:41:40.969><c> get</c><00:41:41.190><c> prophecy</c><00:41:41.590><c> of</c><00:41:41.889><c> the</c><00:41:42.210><c> future</c><00:41:42.710><c> from</c>

00:41:43.090 --> 00:41:45.670
John<00:41:43.369><c> the</c><00:41:43.489><c> Baptist.</c><00:41:44.750><c> Both</c><00:41:45.110><c> of</c><00:41:45.309><c> them</c><00:41:45.389><c> were</c>

00:41:45.670 --> 00:41:48.250
speaking<00:41:46.030><c> forth</c><00:41:46.409><c> the</c><00:41:46.610><c> word</c><00:41:46.789><c> of</c><00:41:46.969><c> God</c><00:41:47.090><c> to</c><00:41:47.269><c> the</c><00:41:47.449><c> people</c><00:41:47.730><c> of</c><00:41:47.929><c> their</c>

00:41:48.250 --> 00:41:51.530
day<00:41:48.809><c> to</c><00:41:49.630><c> cause</c><00:41:50.030><c> them</c><00:41:50.250><c> to</c><00:41:50.469><c> alter</c><00:41:50.710><c> their</c><00:41:51.090><c> lives,</c>

00:41:51.690 --> 00:41:55.769
to<00:41:51.889><c> amend</c><00:41:52.150><c> their</c><00:41:52.510><c> lives,</c><00:41:52.929><c> to</c><00:41:53.090><c> turn</c><00:41:53.369><c> them</c><00:41:53.690><c> round,</c><00:41:54.550><c> to</c><00:41:54.670><c> no</c><00:41:54.909><c> longer</c><00:41:55.110><c> be</c><00:41:55.349><c> part</c><00:41:55.610><c> of</c>

00:41:55.769 --> 00:41:57.269
the<00:41:55.969><c> unfaithful</c><00:41:56.710><c> life,</c>

00:41:57.269 --> 00:42:01.929
but<00:41:58.050><c> instead</c><00:41:58.550><c> to</c><00:41:58.650><c> be</c><00:41:58.909><c> faithful</c><00:41:59.449><c> children,</c><00:42:00.769><c> to</c><00:42:00.989><c> turn</c><00:42:01.250><c> the</c><00:42:01.489><c> hearts</c><00:42:01.730><c> of</c>

00:42:01.929 --> 00:42:04.329
the<00:42:02.150><c> disobedient</c><00:42:02.849><c> children</c><00:42:03.469><c> to</c><00:42:04.130><c> the</c>

00:42:04.329 --> 00:42:08.130
wisdom<00:42:04.690><c> of</c><00:42:04.929><c> the</c><00:42:05.110><c> just</c><00:42:05.469><c> fathers.</c><00:42:06.130><c> That</c><00:42:06.289><c> was</c><00:42:06.550><c> the</c><00:42:06.650><c> purpose.</c><00:42:07.670><c> That</c><00:42:07.849><c> was</c>

00:42:08.130 --> 00:42:13.050
the<00:42:08.570><c> prophesying</c><00:42:10.690><c> that</c><00:42:11.230><c> Elijah</c><00:42:12.150><c> and</c><00:42:12.670><c> John</c><00:42:12.869><c> the</c>

00:42:13.050 --> 00:42:19.289
Baptist<00:42:13.710><c> undertook.</c><00:42:15.570><c> And</c><00:42:15.789><c> just</c><00:42:15.969><c> as</c><00:42:16.170><c> it</c><00:42:16.269><c> seems</c><00:42:16.670><c> Elijah</c><00:42:17.429><c> established</c><00:42:18.449><c> groups</c>

00:42:19.289 --> 00:42:21.630
who<00:42:19.590><c> will</c><00:42:19.809><c> continue</c><00:42:20.389><c> that</c><00:42:20.750><c> work,</c>

00:42:22.010 --> 00:42:24.869
who<00:42:22.210><c> almost</c><00:42:22.389><c> like</c><00:42:22.730><c> relay</c><00:42:23.130><c> runners</c><00:42:23.449><c> picked</c><00:42:23.789><c> up</c><00:42:24.030><c> the</c><00:42:24.250><c> baton</c><00:42:24.610><c> in</c>

00:42:24.869 --> 00:42:27.110
the<00:42:25.030><c> race</c><00:42:25.570><c> because</c><00:42:26.110><c> they</c><00:42:26.289><c> wanted</c><00:42:26.550><c> to</c><00:42:26.889><c> carry</c>

00:42:27.110 --> 00:42:32.610
that<00:42:27.690><c> message</c><00:42:27.730><c> on,</c><00:42:29.110><c> so</c><00:42:29.349><c> we</c><00:42:29.590><c> learn</c><00:42:29.789><c> that</c><00:42:29.989><c> there</c><00:42:30.130><c> were</c><00:42:30.429><c> disciples</c><00:42:31.469><c> of</c><00:42:32.329><c> John</c>

00:42:32.610 --> 00:42:36.010
the<00:42:32.769><c> Baptist.</c><00:42:35.010><c> We</c><00:42:35.269><c> met</c><00:42:35.670><c> those,</c>

00:42:36.010 --> 00:42:41.369
didn't<00:42:36.210><c> we,</c><00:42:36.429><c> who</c><00:42:36.909><c> came</c><00:42:37.269><c> to</c><00:42:37.610><c> Jesus</c><00:42:38.070><c> to</c><00:42:38.650><c> ask</c><00:42:39.070><c> him</c><00:42:39.309><c> various</c><00:42:39.670><c> questions.</c><00:42:41.150><c> Here</c>

00:42:41.369 --> 00:42:43.789
were<00:42:41.510><c> ones</c><00:42:41.829><c> who</c><00:42:41.969><c> were</c><00:42:42.269><c> ready</c><00:42:42.650><c> and</c><00:42:43.590><c> they</c>

00:42:43.789 --> 00:42:47.269
were<00:42:44.030><c> prepared</c><00:42:44.469><c> and</c><00:42:44.650><c> John</c><00:42:45.150><c> carefully</c><00:42:45.949><c> passes</c><00:42:46.449><c> them</c><00:42:46.710><c> over</c><00:42:47.070><c> to</c>

00:42:47.269 --> 00:42:50.170
the<00:42:47.389><c> Lord</c><00:42:47.610><c> Jesus</c><00:42:48.070><c> Christ,</c><00:42:48.449><c> doesn't</c><00:42:48.750><c> he?</c><00:42:49.750><c> And</c><00:42:50.010><c> the</c>

00:42:50.170 --> 00:42:52.909
reason<00:42:50.510><c> for</c><00:42:50.710><c> his</c><00:42:50.969><c> sending</c><00:42:51.210><c> them</c><00:42:51.449><c> to</c><00:42:51.630><c> the</c><00:42:51.789><c> Lord</c><00:42:52.050><c> wasn't</c><00:42:52.269><c> because</c><00:42:52.590><c> John</c>

00:42:52.909 --> 00:42:55.869
needed<00:42:53.250><c> to</c><00:42:53.550><c> know</c><00:42:54.690><c> whether</c><00:42:55.090><c> Jesus</c><00:42:55.590><c> was</c>

00:42:55.869 --> 00:42:58.710
indeed<00:42:56.230><c> the</c><00:42:56.449><c> Christ</c><00:42:56.949><c> or</c><00:42:57.170><c> not.</c><00:42:57.590><c> We've</c><00:42:57.650><c> only</c><00:42:57.889><c> got</c><00:42:58.070><c> to</c><00:42:58.269><c> stand</c><00:42:58.530><c> on</c>

00:42:58.710 --> 00:43:01.670
the<00:42:58.849><c> banks</c><00:42:59.090><c> of</c><00:42:59.369><c> Jordan</c><00:42:59.789><c> when</c><00:43:00.730><c> the</c><00:43:00.909><c> Lord</c><00:43:01.070><c> Jesus</c><00:43:01.429><c> Christ</c>

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comes<00:43:01.909><c> to</c><00:43:02.110><c> be</c><00:43:02.289><c> baptized</c><00:43:02.769><c> to</c><00:43:03.010><c> realize</c><00:43:03.309><c> that</c><00:43:03.530><c> John</c><00:43:03.730><c> knew</c><00:43:03.989><c> exactly</c><00:43:04.510><c> who</c>

00:43:04.710 --> 00:43:07.030
the<00:43:04.909><c> Lord</c><00:43:05.090><c> Jesus</c><00:43:05.570><c> Christ</c><00:43:05.909><c> was</c><00:43:06.329><c> and</c><00:43:06.829><c> bore</c>

00:43:07.030 --> 00:43:11.289
witness<00:43:07.789><c> that</c><00:43:09.210><c> the</c><00:43:09.530><c> Spirit</c><00:43:09.750><c> came</c><00:43:10.050><c> upon</c><00:43:10.309><c> him</c><00:43:10.530><c> and</c><00:43:10.730><c> rested</c><00:43:10.989><c> upon</c>

00:43:11.289 --> 00:43:15.369
him<00:43:11.469><c> as</c><00:43:11.630><c> it</c><00:43:11.829><c> were</c><00:43:12.010><c> a</c><00:43:12.309><c> dove.</c><00:43:14.130><c> No,</c><00:43:14.309><c> he's</c><00:43:14.690><c> passing</c><00:43:15.110><c> the</c>

00:43:15.369 --> 00:43:17.909
disciples<00:43:15.849><c> over</c><00:43:16.170><c> to</c><00:43:16.369><c> the</c><00:43:16.489><c> Lord</c><00:43:16.670><c> Jesus</c><00:43:17.110><c> Christ</c><00:43:17.389><c> so</c><00:43:17.550><c> that</c><00:43:17.730><c> now</c>

00:43:17.909 --> 00:43:20.389
they'll<00:43:18.150><c> be</c><00:43:18.369><c> with</c><00:43:18.610><c> him</c><00:43:18.869><c> and</c><00:43:19.130><c> realize</c><00:43:19.610><c> that</c><00:43:20.210><c> the</c>

00:43:20.389 --> 00:43:23.329
message<00:43:20.650><c> that</c><00:43:20.969><c> John</c><00:43:21.309><c> had</c><00:43:21.630><c> taught</c><00:43:21.869><c> them</c><00:43:22.309><c> was</c><00:43:22.650><c> a</c><00:43:22.869><c> message</c><00:43:23.130><c> which</c>

00:43:23.329 --> 00:43:25.170
is<00:43:23.530><c> now</c><00:43:23.670><c> going</c><00:43:23.809><c> to</c><00:43:23.949><c> be</c><00:43:24.150><c> taken</c><00:43:24.389><c> by</c><00:43:24.650><c> the</c><00:43:24.849><c> Lord</c>

00:43:25.170 --> 00:43:30.929
and<00:43:25.690><c> expanded</c><00:43:26.269><c> into</c><00:43:26.650><c> all</c><00:43:26.909><c> nations.</c><00:43:29.929><c> But</c><00:43:30.250><c> here</c><00:43:30.449><c> are</c><00:43:30.550><c> some</c><00:43:30.769><c> of</c>

00:43:30.929 --> 00:43:32.409
the<00:43:31.010><c> things</c><00:43:31.170><c> that</c><00:43:31.449><c> happened.</c><00:43:31.929><c> Come</c><00:43:32.050><c> with</c><00:43:32.210><c> me</c><00:43:32.309><c> to</c>

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Matthew<00:43:32.750><c> chapter</c><00:43:33.110><c> 9</c><00:43:33.530><c> with</c><00:43:33.730><c> you.</c><00:43:50.469><c> Just</c><00:43:51.030><c> one</c><00:43:51.469><c> or</c><00:43:51.710><c> two</c><00:43:51.889><c> little</c>

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hints<00:43:52.570><c> and</c><00:43:52.809><c> that's</c><00:43:53.090><c> all</c><00:43:53.309><c> they</c><00:43:53.590><c> are,</c>

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but<00:43:54.050><c> they</c><00:43:54.210><c> just</c><00:43:54.469><c> open</c><00:43:54.650><c> up</c><00:43:54.989><c> a</c><00:43:55.170><c> window</c><00:43:55.929><c> onto</c><00:43:56.469><c> the</c><00:43:56.650><c> life</c><00:43:56.949><c> of</c><00:43:57.090><c> John</c>

00:43:57.349 --> 00:43:59.969
the<00:43:57.510><c> Baptist</c><00:43:57.869><c> and</c><00:43:58.250><c> his</c><00:43:58.550><c> disciples.</c>

00:44:01.190 --> 00:44:06.050
Matthew<00:44:01.449><c> chapter</c><00:44:01.789><c> 9</c><00:44:02.210><c> and</c><00:44:02.510><c> verse</c><00:44:02.969><c> 14,</c><00:44:03.710><c> then</c><00:44:03.949><c> came</c><00:44:04.329><c> to</c><00:44:04.530><c> Jesus</c><00:44:04.929><c> the</c><00:44:05.269><c> disciples</c><00:44:05.789><c> of</c>

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John<00:44:06.570><c> saying,</c>

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why<00:44:08.570><c> do</c><00:44:08.849><c> we</c><00:44:09.230><c> and</c><00:44:09.590><c> the</c><00:44:09.889><c> Pharisees</c><00:44:10.849><c> fast</c><00:44:11.489><c> oft,</c><00:44:13.070><c> but</c><00:44:13.230><c> thy</c><00:44:13.570><c> disciples</c><00:44:14.590><c> fast</c><00:44:15.570><c> not?</c><00:44:17.730><c> So</c>

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clearly<00:44:18.949><c> John</c><00:44:19.530><c> is</c><00:44:19.849><c> practicing</c>

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with<00:44:20.789><c> his</c><00:44:21.070><c> disciples</c><00:44:21.909><c> the</c><00:44:23.429><c> Jewish</c><00:44:23.949><c> custom</c><00:44:24.469><c> of</c><00:44:24.949><c> fasting</c><00:44:25.590><c> as</c><00:44:27.670><c> part</c><00:44:28.130><c> of</c>

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showing<00:44:28.789><c> their</c><00:44:29.269><c> recognition</c><00:44:29.969><c> that</c><00:44:30.389><c> the</c>

00:44:31.150 --> 00:44:34.590
things<00:44:31.550><c> of</c><00:44:31.789><c> this</c><00:44:32.110><c> life</c><00:44:32.449><c> ultimately</c><00:44:33.070><c> are</c><00:44:33.389><c> unimportant</c><00:44:34.030><c> because</c><00:44:34.329><c> it's</c>

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the<00:44:34.690><c> things</c><00:44:34.929><c> of</c><00:44:35.090><c> the</c><00:44:35.250><c> life</c><00:44:35.449><c> to</c><00:44:35.769><c> come</c>

00:44:36.570 --> 00:44:41.949
that<00:44:36.869><c> are</c><00:44:37.010><c> the</c><00:44:37.050><c> most</c><00:44:37.449><c> important</c><00:44:37.929><c> thing.</c><00:44:39.630><c> And</c><00:44:39.710><c> by</c><00:44:40.929><c> sacrificing</c>

00:44:41.949 --> 00:44:44.809
the<00:44:43.090><c> things</c><00:44:43.389><c> which</c><00:44:43.989><c> a</c><00:44:44.210><c> man</c><00:44:44.369><c> or</c><00:44:44.530><c> woman</c>

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might<00:44:45.230><c> desire</c><00:44:45.829><c> for</c><00:44:46.150><c> a</c><00:44:46.230><c> brief</c><00:44:46.630><c> period</c><00:44:47.050><c> of</c><00:44:47.269><c> time</c><00:44:48.070><c> shows</c><00:44:48.429><c> that</c>

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what<00:44:48.769><c> they</c><00:44:49.010><c> really</c><00:44:49.590><c> want</c><00:44:49.889><c> are</c><00:44:50.090><c> the</c><00:44:50.170><c> things</c><00:44:50.449><c> that</c>

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God<00:44:50.849><c> will</c><00:44:51.070><c> give</c><00:44:51.250><c> to</c><00:44:51.550><c> them.</c><00:44:54.010><c> And</c><00:44:54.050><c> so</c><00:44:54.530><c> Jesus</c><00:44:54.889><c> answers</c><00:44:55.909><c> and</c><00:44:56.389><c> says</c>

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in<00:44:56.849><c> verse</c><00:44:57.150><c> 15,</c><00:44:57.610><c> can</c><00:44:57.809><c> the</c><00:44:58.050><c> children</c><00:44:58.250><c> of</c><00:44:58.409><c> the</c><00:44:58.610><c> bride</c>

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chamber<00:44:59.250><c> mourn</c><00:45:00.389><c> as</c><00:45:00.670><c> long</c><00:45:00.849><c> as</c><00:45:00.969><c> the</c><00:45:01.210><c> bridegroom</c><00:45:01.650><c> is</c><00:45:01.849><c> with</c><00:45:02.030><c> them,</c>

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but<00:45:02.289><c> the</c><00:45:02.469><c> days</c><00:45:02.650><c> will</c><00:45:02.909><c> come</c><00:45:03.090><c> when</c><00:45:03.230><c> the</c><00:45:03.489><c> bridegroom</c>

00:45:03.809 --> 00:45:08.969
shall<00:45:03.989><c> be</c><00:45:04.190><c> taken</c><00:45:04.409><c> away</c><00:45:04.730><c> from</c><00:45:04.929><c> them</c><00:45:05.510><c> and</c><00:45:05.929><c> shall</c><00:45:06.289><c> lay</c><00:45:06.670><c> fast.</c><00:45:08.690><c> And</c>

00:45:08.969 --> 00:45:10.969
it's<00:45:09.090><c> not</c><00:45:09.250><c> the</c><00:45:09.389><c> only</c><00:45:09.710><c> time</c><00:45:10.090><c> that</c><00:45:10.309><c> the</c><00:45:10.429><c> Lord</c><00:45:10.590><c> Jesus</c>

00:45:10.969 --> 00:45:14.150
Christ<00:45:11.309><c> in</c><00:45:11.630><c> relation</c><00:45:12.050><c> to</c><00:45:12.190><c> John</c><00:45:12.389><c> the</c><00:45:12.570><c> Baptist</c><00:45:12.969><c> uses</c><00:45:13.409><c> this</c><00:45:13.710><c> idea</c>

00:45:14.150 --> 00:45:17.510
of<00:45:15.050><c> the</c><00:45:15.369><c> bridegroom</c><00:45:15.949><c> and</c><00:45:16.190><c> the</c><00:45:16.449><c> bride.</c>

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And<00:45:19.590><c> John</c><00:45:19.929><c> the</c><00:45:20.130><c> Baptist</c><00:45:20.710><c> in</c><00:45:21.170><c> another</c><00:45:21.489><c> passage</c><00:45:21.889><c> becomes</c><00:45:22.489><c> the</c>

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friend<00:45:23.869><c> of</c><00:45:24.170><c> the</c><00:45:24.409><c> bridegroom</c><00:45:25.130><c> who</c><00:45:25.349><c> is</c><00:45:25.590><c> going</c><00:45:25.789><c> to</c>

00:45:26.050 --> 00:45:30.050
rejoice.<00:45:27.789><c> And</c><00:45:28.170><c> I'm</c><00:45:28.349><c> sure</c><00:45:28.590><c> that's</c><00:45:28.989><c> a</c><00:45:29.090><c> figure</c><00:45:29.230><c> that</c><00:45:29.429><c> he</c><00:45:29.590><c> himself</c>

00:45:30.050 --> 00:45:32.150
used<00:45:30.510><c> when</c><00:45:30.690><c> he</c><00:45:30.949><c> spoke</c><00:45:31.110><c> to</c><00:45:31.309><c> his</c><00:45:31.550><c> disciples.</c>

00:45:32.150 --> 00:45:40.570
Come,<00:45:32.489><c> and</c><00:45:36.070><c> Jesus</c><00:45:36.429><c> is</c><00:45:36.789><c> saying,</c><00:45:38.110><c> and</c><00:45:38.309><c> I</c><00:45:38.869><c> am</c><00:45:39.150><c> that</c><00:45:39.530><c> bridegroom.</c>

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There<00:45:42.409><c> cometh</c><00:45:42.610><c> one</c><00:45:42.849><c> after</c><00:45:43.190><c> me,</c><00:45:43.469><c> John</c><00:45:43.690><c> said</c><00:45:43.969><c> by</c><00:45:44.309><c> the</c><00:45:44.449><c> banks</c><00:45:44.650><c> of</c>

00:45:44.809 --> 00:45:48.230
the<00:45:44.989><c> Jordan,</c><00:45:45.469><c> the</c><00:45:45.610><c> latcheth</c><00:45:45.949><c> whose</c><00:45:46.610><c> shoes</c><00:45:47.110><c> I</c><00:45:47.829><c> am</c><00:45:47.989><c> not</c>

00:45:48.230 --> 00:45:54.329
worthy<00:45:48.530><c> to</c><00:45:48.809><c> unloose.</c><00:45:50.809><c> And</c><00:45:51.210><c> now</c><00:45:51.530><c> the</c><00:45:51.809><c> disciples</c><00:45:52.349><c> are</c><00:45:53.010><c> being</c><00:45:53.429><c> introduced</c><00:45:53.989><c> to</c>

00:45:54.329 --> 00:45:59.230
him.<00:45:56.530><c> Or</c><00:45:56.869><c> come</c><00:45:57.070><c> to</c><00:45:57.230><c> Luke</c><00:45:57.510><c> chapter</c><00:45:57.949><c> 11.</c>

00:46:00.769 --> 00:46:04.090
And<00:46:01.269><c> here</c><00:46:01.269><c> is</c><00:46:01.389><c> something</c><00:46:01.650><c> else</c><00:46:01.909><c> that</c><00:46:02.130><c> John</c><00:46:02.309><c> did</c><00:46:02.530><c> with</c><00:46:02.730><c> his</c><00:46:03.010><c> disciples.</c>

00:46:08.750 --> 00:46:12.789
And<00:46:08.969><c> notice</c><00:46:09.309><c> how</c><00:46:09.530><c> this</c><00:46:09.929><c> is</c><00:46:10.730><c> his</c><00:46:11.269><c> speaking</c><00:46:11.650><c> forth</c><00:46:12.090><c> the</c><00:46:12.309><c> word</c><00:46:12.530><c> of</c>

00:46:12.789 --> 00:46:17.389
God.<00:46:14.849><c> He</c><00:46:15.349><c> was</c><00:46:15.989><c> telling</c><00:46:16.289><c> them</c><00:46:16.489><c> the</c><00:46:16.710><c> things</c><00:46:16.949><c> that</c><00:46:17.150><c> God</c>

00:46:17.389 --> 00:46:21.710
required.<00:46:18.010><c> And</c><00:46:18.170><c> it's</c><00:46:18.449><c> necessary</c><00:46:18.869><c> for</c><00:46:19.110><c> us,</c><00:46:19.329><c> although</c><00:46:19.510><c> it's</c><00:46:20.769><c> not</c><00:46:20.869><c> required</c><00:46:21.530><c> of</c>

00:46:21.710 --> 00:46:23.130
us<00:46:21.909><c> that</c><00:46:22.090><c> we</c><00:46:22.250><c> should</c><00:46:22.530><c> undertake</c>

00:46:23.130 --> 00:46:29.630
regular<00:46:23.829><c> fasting,</c><00:46:25.590><c> nonetheless</c><00:46:25.909><c> the</c><00:46:26.230><c> principle</c><00:46:26.849><c> that</c><00:46:27.190><c> underlies</c><00:46:27.730><c> it</c><00:46:28.309><c> that</c><00:46:29.389><c> we</c>

00:46:29.630 --> 00:46:32.949
should<00:46:30.349><c> deny</c><00:46:31.150><c> ourselves</c>

00:46:33.349 --> 00:46:36.329
shows<00:46:34.150><c> that</c><00:46:34.389><c> we</c><00:46:34.630><c> follow</c><00:46:34.829><c> in</c><00:46:35.010><c> the</c><00:46:35.170><c> steps</c><00:46:35.409><c> of</c><00:46:35.630><c> the</c><00:46:35.730><c> Lord</c><00:46:35.929><c> Jesus</c>

00:46:36.329 --> 00:46:37.929
Christ<00:46:36.909><c> who</c><00:46:37.309><c> denied</c>

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himself<00:46:38.909><c> in</c><00:46:40.190><c> order</c><00:46:40.409><c> that</c><00:46:40.590><c> he</c><00:46:40.670><c> might</c><00:46:41.010><c> become</c><00:46:41.690><c> the</c><00:46:42.210><c> sacrifice</c>

00:46:42.969 --> 00:46:46.369
for<00:46:43.590><c> our</c><00:46:43.869><c> sins</c><00:46:44.269><c> that</c><00:46:44.530><c> God</c><00:46:44.750><c> wished</c><00:46:45.010><c> him</c><00:46:45.250><c> to</c><00:46:45.469><c> be.</c>

00:46:49.429 --> 00:46:54.630
And<00:46:49.989><c> Luke</c><00:46:50.550><c> 11</c><00:46:51.070><c> verse</c><00:46:51.510><c> 1.</c><00:46:51.989><c> It</c><00:46:51.989><c> came</c><00:46:52.110><c> to</c><00:46:52.349><c> pass</c><00:46:52.690><c> as</c><00:46:53.570><c> he</c><00:46:53.710><c> was</c><00:46:54.010><c> praying</c><00:46:54.230><c> in</c><00:46:54.510><c> a</c>

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certain<00:46:54.809><c> place.</c><00:46:55.449><c> When</c><00:46:55.449><c> he</c><00:46:55.789><c> ceased,</c>

00:46:56.170 --> 00:47:00.070
one<00:46:56.349><c> of</c><00:46:56.469><c> his</c><00:46:56.670><c> disciples</c><00:46:57.090><c> said</c><00:46:57.329><c> unto</c><00:46:57.510><c> him,</c><00:46:57.929><c> Lord,</c><00:46:58.829><c> teach</c><00:46:59.250><c> us</c><00:46:59.730><c> to</c>

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pray,<00:47:01.429><c> even</c><00:47:01.750><c> as</c><00:47:01.989><c> John</c><00:47:02.269><c> also</c><00:47:02.769><c> taught</c><00:47:03.250><c> his</c><00:47:04.110><c> disciples.</c>

00:47:06.150 --> 00:47:09.670
So<00:47:06.429><c> there's</c><00:47:06.750><c> something</c><00:47:06.969><c> else</c><00:47:07.710><c> that</c><00:47:08.269><c> John</c><00:47:08.469><c> did</c><00:47:08.650><c> with</c><00:47:08.889><c> his</c><00:47:09.110><c> disciples.</c><00:47:09.550><c> He</c>

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didn't<00:47:09.750><c> only</c><00:47:10.010><c> teach</c><00:47:10.230><c> them</c><00:47:10.389><c> to</c><00:47:10.690><c> fast,</c>

00:47:10.969 --> 00:47:15.989
he<00:47:11.190><c> also</c><00:47:11.550><c> taught</c><00:47:11.730><c> them</c><00:47:11.929><c> to</c><00:47:12.250><c> pray.</c><00:47:14.489><c> So</c><00:47:14.690><c> all</c><00:47:15.070><c> these</c><00:47:15.309><c> aspects</c><00:47:15.829><c> of</c>

00:47:15.989 --> 00:47:19.449
a<00:47:16.250><c> spiritual</c><00:47:16.849><c> life,</c><00:47:17.329><c> of</c><00:47:17.530><c> a</c><00:47:17.750><c> disciple's</c><00:47:18.610><c> life,</c>

00:47:19.750 --> 00:47:25.829
John<00:47:19.969><c> gave</c><00:47:20.289><c> instruction</c><00:47:21.050><c> about.</c><00:47:21.829><c> This</c><00:47:22.030><c> was</c><00:47:22.610><c> part</c><00:47:22.989><c> of</c><00:47:23.210><c> his</c><00:47:23.949><c> prophesying,</c><00:47:24.750><c> wasn't</c><00:47:24.989><c> it?</c>

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And<00:47:28.510><c> back</c><00:47:28.730><c> into</c><00:47:28.949><c> Matthew,</c><00:47:29.710><c> Matthew</c><00:47:30.090><c> chapter</c><00:47:30.530><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:47:39.809><c> here</c><00:47:39.989><c> is</c><00:47:40.110><c> the</c><00:47:40.329><c> occasion</c><00:47:41.329><c> recorded</c><00:47:43.289><c> for</c><00:47:43.530><c> us</c><00:47:43.650><c> now</c><00:47:43.869><c> in</c><00:47:44.010><c> Matthew</c><00:47:44.489><c> that</c>

00:47:44.690 --> 00:47:46.190
we<00:47:44.889><c> looked</c><00:47:45.110><c> at</c><00:47:45.510><c> in</c><00:47:46.030><c> earlier</c>

00:47:46.190 --> 00:47:50.670
this<00:47:46.829><c> evening</c><00:47:47.070><c> in</c><00:47:47.230><c> Luke</c><00:47:47.489><c> chapter</c><00:47:47.929><c> 7</c><00:47:48.309><c> when</c><00:47:49.210><c> verse</c><00:47:49.750><c> 2</c><00:47:50.110><c> John</c><00:47:50.409><c> had</c>

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heard<00:47:50.889><c> in</c><00:47:51.050><c> the</c><00:47:51.250><c> prison</c><00:47:51.449><c> the</c><00:47:51.690><c> works</c><00:47:51.969><c> of</c><00:47:52.230><c> Christ</c>

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sent<00:47:53.750><c> to</c><00:47:54.130><c> his</c><00:47:54.349><c> disciples</c><00:47:54.929><c> and</c><00:47:55.130><c> said</c><00:47:55.289><c> unto</c><00:47:55.389><c> him,</c><00:47:56.150><c> Art</c><00:47:56.309><c> thou</c><00:47:56.530><c> he</c>

00:47:56.769 --> 00:48:00.070
that<00:47:56.929><c> should</c><00:47:57.130><c> come,</c><00:47:57.530><c> or</c><00:47:57.650><c> do</c><00:47:57.869><c> we</c><00:47:58.010><c> look</c><00:47:58.349><c> for</c><00:47:59.130><c> another?</c>

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Are<00:48:01.010><c> you</c><00:48:01.389><c> he</c><00:48:01.769><c> who</c><00:48:02.010><c> should</c><00:48:02.349><c> come,</c><00:48:03.530><c> or</c><00:48:03.630><c> do</c><00:48:03.789><c> we</c><00:48:03.929><c> look</c><00:48:04.269><c> for</c><00:48:04.809><c> another?</c><00:48:05.230><c> And</c><00:48:05.429><c> Jesus</c><00:48:05.690><c> answered</c><00:48:05.989><c> and</c><00:48:06.210><c> said,</c>

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Go<00:48:07.210><c> and</c><00:48:07.469><c> show</c><00:48:07.670><c> John</c><00:48:07.849><c> again</c><00:48:08.230><c> those</c><00:48:08.550><c> things</c><00:48:08.929><c> which</c><00:48:09.230><c> ye</c><00:48:09.429><c> do</c><00:48:09.670><c> hear</c>

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and<00:48:10.610><c> see.</c><00:48:12.269><c> The</c><00:48:12.590><c> blind</c><00:48:12.769><c> receive</c><00:48:13.190><c> their</c><00:48:13.570><c> sight,</c>

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the<00:48:14.530><c> lame</c><00:48:14.829><c> walk,</c><00:48:16.090><c> the</c><00:48:16.250><c> lepers</c><00:48:16.530><c> are</c><00:48:16.769><c> cleansed,</c><00:48:17.269><c> the</c><00:48:17.449><c> deaf</c><00:48:17.670><c> hear,</c><00:48:18.050><c> the</c>

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dead<00:48:18.389><c> are</c><00:48:18.570><c> raised</c><00:48:18.809><c> up,</c>

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the<00:48:19.929><c> poor</c><00:48:20.190><c> have</c><00:48:20.409><c> the</c><00:48:20.590><c> gospel</c><00:48:20.989><c> preached</c><00:48:21.369><c> to</c><00:48:21.670><c> them,</c><00:48:22.469><c> and</c><00:48:23.210><c> blessed</c><00:48:23.710><c> is</c><00:48:24.090><c> he</c>

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whosoever<00:48:25.610><c> shall</c><00:48:25.829><c> not</c><00:48:26.190><c> be</c><00:48:26.530><c> offended</c><00:48:27.110><c> in</c>

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thee.<00:48:29.030><c> And</c><00:48:29.309><c> what</c><00:48:29.469><c> Jesus</c><00:48:29.710><c> is</c><00:48:30.030><c> doing</c><00:48:30.230><c> here</c><00:48:30.889><c> in</c><00:48:31.869><c> returning</c><00:48:32.389><c> this</c>

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answer<00:48:33.070><c> to</c><00:48:33.269><c> John</c><00:48:33.469><c> the</c><00:48:33.610><c> Baptist</c><00:48:34.010><c> by</c><00:48:34.349><c> John's</c><00:48:34.869><c> disciples</c>

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was<00:48:38.150><c> referring</c><00:48:38.909><c> them</c><00:48:39.530><c> and</c><00:48:39.989><c> him</c><00:48:40.389><c> to</c><00:48:41.210><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:42.190><c> chapter</c><00:48:42.829><c> 61.</c><00:48:44.269><c> You</c>

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might<00:48:44.590><c> just</c><00:48:44.789><c> like</c><00:48:44.869><c> to</c><00:48:45.130><c> turn</c><00:48:45.329><c> there</c><00:48:46.010><c> and</c><00:48:46.969><c> notice</c><00:48:47.150><c> what</c>

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Isaiah<00:48:47.730><c> 61</c><00:48:48.369><c> says</c><00:48:49.389><c> because</c><00:48:50.489><c> now</c><00:48:50.789><c> imagine</c><00:48:51.329><c> the</c><00:48:51.590><c> disciples</c><00:48:51.989><c> of</c>

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John<00:48:53.590><c> returning</c><00:48:54.750><c> with</c><00:48:55.090><c> this</c><00:48:55.369><c> message.</c>

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Remember<00:49:00.469><c> how</c><00:49:00.789><c> Jesus</c><00:49:01.150><c> had</c><00:49:01.369><c> been</c><00:49:01.570><c> approached</c><00:49:02.349><c> by</c><00:49:03.369><c> John's</c><00:49:03.829><c> disciples</c><00:49:04.329><c> when</c>

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John<00:49:05.269><c> had</c><00:49:05.590><c> heard</c><00:49:05.969><c> in</c><00:49:06.349><c> the</c><00:49:06.590><c> prison</c>

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the<00:49:08.170><c> works</c><00:49:08.650><c> of</c><00:49:08.929><c> Christ.</c><00:49:10.449><c> He</c><00:49:10.690><c> sent</c><00:49:11.050><c> two</c><00:49:11.369><c> of</c><00:49:11.510><c> his</c><00:49:11.710><c> disciples</c><00:49:12.250><c> to</c>

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ask<00:49:12.829><c> him</c><00:49:13.010><c> the</c><00:49:13.190><c> question,</c><00:49:13.530><c> Are</c><00:49:13.750><c> you</c><00:49:13.909><c> the</c><00:49:14.130><c> Christ?</c>

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Go<00:49:15.670><c> back,</c><00:49:16.010><c> he</c><00:49:16.110><c> said.</c><00:49:17.110><c> Go</c><00:49:17.329><c> back</c><00:49:17.630><c> and</c><00:49:17.869><c> tell</c><00:49:18.050><c> John</c><00:49:18.369><c> the</c><00:49:18.530><c> things</c>

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you<00:49:19.210><c> see</c><00:49:19.429><c> and</c><00:49:19.750><c> hear.</c><00:49:20.730><c> Blind</c><00:49:21.289><c> can</c><00:49:22.170><c> see,</c><00:49:22.989><c> lame</c><00:49:23.210><c> can</c><00:49:23.530><c> walk,</c>

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lepers<00:49:24.730><c> are</c><00:49:24.969><c> cleansed,</c><00:49:25.469><c> deaf</c><00:49:25.670><c> hear,</c><00:49:26.130><c> dead</c><00:49:26.289><c> are</c><00:49:26.489><c> raised</c><00:49:26.730><c> up,</c>

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poor<00:49:27.849><c> have</c><00:49:28.050><c> the</c><00:49:28.210><c> gospel</c><00:49:28.650><c> preached</c><00:49:29.050><c> to</c><00:49:29.309><c> them.</c>

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And<00:49:32.670><c> now</c><00:49:32.849><c> read</c><00:49:33.030><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:33.369><c> 61.</c><00:49:34.869><c> The</c><00:49:34.969><c> Spirit</c><00:49:35.269><c> of</c><00:49:35.449><c> the</c><00:49:35.550><c> Lord</c><00:49:35.730><c> God</c><00:49:35.949><c> is</c>

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upon<00:49:36.349><c> me</c><00:49:36.530><c> because</c><00:49:36.730><c> the</c><00:49:36.949><c> Lord</c><00:49:37.130><c> has</c><00:49:37.389><c> anointed</c><00:49:37.730><c> me</c>

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preach<00:49:38.429><c> good</c><00:49:38.869><c> tidings</c><00:49:39.250><c> to</c><00:49:39.469><c> the</c><00:49:39.630><c> meek.</c><00:49:41.090><c> He</c><00:49:41.309><c> sent</c><00:49:41.510><c> me</c><00:49:41.690><c> to</c><00:49:41.869><c> bind</c>

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up<00:49:42.309><c> the</c><00:49:42.489><c> brokenhearted,</c><00:49:44.250><c> to</c><00:49:44.449><c> proclaim</c><00:49:44.889><c> liberty</c>

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to<00:49:45.710><c> the</c><00:49:45.929><c> captives,</c><00:49:47.429><c> and</c><00:49:48.230><c> the</c><00:49:48.670><c> opening</c><00:49:49.210><c> of</c><00:49:49.469><c> the</c><00:49:49.750><c> prison</c><00:49:50.150><c> to</c><00:49:50.349><c> them</c><00:49:50.690><c> that</c><00:49:50.969><c> are</c>

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bound.<00:49:53.309><c> And</c><00:49:53.590><c> John</c><00:49:53.710><c> was</c><00:49:53.949><c> in</c><00:49:54.190><c> prison.</c>

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It<00:49:55.969><c> was</c><00:49:56.409><c> from</c><00:49:56.809><c> prison</c><00:49:57.309><c> that</c><00:49:57.710><c> he</c><00:49:57.909><c> sent</c><00:49:58.070><c> his</c><00:49:58.329><c> disciples</c><00:49:58.809><c> to</c><00:49:59.090><c> ask</c>

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that<00:49:59.570><c> question.</c>

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And<00:50:02.670><c> of</c><00:50:03.110><c> course</c><00:50:03.329><c> all</c><00:50:03.610><c> of</c><00:50:03.769><c> these</c><00:50:04.010><c> things</c><00:50:04.449><c> have</c><00:50:04.670><c> been</c><00:50:05.170><c> turned</c><00:50:05.630><c> into</c><00:50:06.429><c> acts</c><00:50:06.889><c> of</c>

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healing<00:50:07.769><c> in</c><00:50:08.409><c> the</c><00:50:08.570><c> words</c><00:50:08.750><c> of</c><00:50:08.929><c> the</c><00:50:09.010><c> Lord</c><00:50:09.210><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:50:10.389><c> in</c><00:50:11.230><c> Matthew</c><00:50:11.690><c> chapter</c><00:50:12.090><c> 11.</c><00:50:12.849><c> But</c><00:50:12.949><c> when</c><00:50:13.210><c> John</c><00:50:13.449><c> would</c><00:50:13.730><c> read</c><00:50:13.929><c> it,</c>

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I<00:50:16.110><c> wonder</c><00:50:16.210><c> what</c><00:50:16.369><c> he</c><00:50:16.530><c> would</c><00:50:16.769><c> think.</c>

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John<00:50:19.090><c> the</c><00:50:19.309><c> prophet</c><00:50:19.869><c> who</c><00:50:21.070><c> had</c><00:50:21.289><c> learned</c><00:50:21.510><c> that</c><00:50:21.730><c> he</c><00:50:21.869><c> was</c><00:50:22.829><c> not</c><00:50:23.489><c> the</c>

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Christ,<00:50:25.289><c> not</c><00:50:25.789><c> that</c><00:50:26.510><c> prophet.</c>

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But<00:50:28.929><c> in</c><00:50:29.210><c> fact</c><00:50:29.530><c> as</c><00:50:30.050><c> the</c><00:50:30.269><c> messengers</c><00:50:30.590><c> came</c><00:50:30.909><c> back,</c><00:50:31.309><c> Jesus</c><00:50:31.789><c> confirmed</c><00:50:32.409><c> to</c><00:50:32.650><c> them</c><00:50:32.989><c> and</c>

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reassured<00:50:35.050><c> John</c><00:50:35.469><c> that</c><00:50:35.769><c> he</c><00:50:35.909><c> was</c>

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indeed<00:50:36.530><c> the</c><00:50:36.750><c> Christ,</c><00:50:37.889><c> the</c><00:50:38.190><c> saviour</c><00:50:38.489><c> of</c><00:50:38.670><c> the</c><00:50:38.869><c> world,</c><00:50:39.989><c> the</c><00:50:40.110><c> one</c>

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who<00:50:40.449><c> is</c><00:50:40.690><c> able</c><00:50:40.889><c> to</c><00:50:41.130><c> open</c><00:50:41.429><c> the</c><00:50:41.769><c> prison</c><00:50:42.010><c> gate</c>

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and<00:50:43.269><c> let</c><00:50:43.489><c> the</c><00:50:43.889><c> prisoners</c><00:50:44.289><c> go</c><00:50:44.829><c> free.</c><00:50:46.929><c> So</c><00:50:47.110><c> it's</c><00:50:47.210><c> very</c><00:50:47.389><c> appropriate</c><00:50:47.829><c> isn't</c><00:50:48.070><c> it</c>

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that<00:50:49.050><c> tomorrow</c><00:50:49.550><c> we</c><00:50:50.130><c> must</c><00:50:50.389><c> think</c>

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of<00:50:51.429><c> John</c><00:50:52.050><c> the</c><00:50:52.849><c> prisoner</c><00:50:53.230><c> and</c><00:50:54.650><c> see</c><00:50:54.829><c> what</c><00:50:54.989><c> happens</c><00:50:55.349><c> to</c><00:50:55.630><c> him.</c>