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And<00:11:41.039><c> that's</c><00:11:41.159><c> why</c><00:11:41.299><c> it's</c><00:11:41.460><c> so</c><00:11:41.740><c> important</c><00:11:42.440><c> to</c><00:11:43.299><c> recognize</c>

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puts<00:11:47.340><c> the</c><00:11:47.620><c> whole</c><00:11:48.100><c> theme</c><00:11:48.620><c> of</c><00:11:48.899><c> redemption,</c>

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I've<00:11:52.139><c> been</c><00:11:52.299><c> asked</c><00:11:52.539><c> to</c><00:11:53.399><c> say</c><00:11:53.559><c> my</c><00:11:53.879><c> passages</c><00:11:54.279><c> loud</c><00:11:54.860><c> and</c><00:11:55.240><c> clear</c>

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so<00:11:55.700><c> that</c><00:11:55.779><c> anybody</c><00:11:56.019><c> who</c><00:11:56.220><c> wants</c><00:11:56.399><c> to</c><00:11:56.620><c> note</c><00:11:56.779><c> them</c><00:11:57.000><c> can</c><00:11:57.200><c> do</c><00:11:57.419><c> so.</c>

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reconciling<00:12:08.200><c> the</c><00:12:08.460><c> world</c><00:12:08.779><c> unto</c><00:12:09.019><c> Himself,</c>

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not<00:12:10.879><c> imputing</c><00:12:11.299><c> their</c><00:12:11.620><c> trespasses</c><00:12:12.100><c> unto</c><00:12:12.379><c> them,</c>

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and<00:12:13.259><c> hath</c><00:12:13.440><c> committed</c><00:12:13.700><c> unto</c><00:12:13.940><c> us</c><00:12:14.259><c> the</c><00:12:14.460><c> apostles</c>

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the<00:12:15.720><c> word</c><00:12:16.000><c> of</c><00:12:16.279><c> reconciliation.</c>

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And<00:12:21.100><c> then</c><00:12:21.340><c> he</c><00:12:21.440><c> goes</c><00:12:21.659><c> on</c><00:12:22.139><c> to</c><00:12:22.559><c> speak</c><00:12:22.840><c> of</c><00:12:23.080><c> the</c><00:12:23.200><c> way</c><00:12:23.519><c> in</c><00:12:24.120><c> which</c>

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descended,<00:12:30.700><c> as</c><00:12:30.840><c> Brother</c><00:12:31.059><c> John</c><00:12:31.399><c> Carter</c><00:12:31.659><c> used</c><00:12:31.980><c> to</c><00:12:32.179><c> say,</c>

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He<00:12:32.519><c> came</c><00:12:32.840><c> down</c><00:12:33.620><c> into</c><00:12:34.100><c> the</c><00:12:34.360><c> evil</c>

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from<00:12:35.820><c> which</c><00:12:36.460><c> He</c><00:12:37.019><c> came</c><00:12:37.240><c> to</c><00:12:37.500><c> save</c><00:12:37.659><c> us.</c>

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For<00:12:39.519><c> He</c><00:12:39.899><c> hath</c><00:12:40.159><c> made</c><00:12:40.700><c> Him</c><00:12:41.120><c> to</c><00:12:41.440><c> be</c><00:12:41.820><c> sin</c><00:12:42.100><c> for</c><00:12:42.399><c> us</c>

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who<00:12:43.539><c> knew</c><00:12:43.820><c> no</c><00:12:44.159><c> sin,</c>

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to<00:12:55.620><c> lift</c><00:12:55.779><c> us</c><00:12:56.120><c> up</c><00:12:56.759><c> to</c><00:12:57.279><c> what</c><00:12:57.539><c> God</c><00:12:58.039><c> is.</c>

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That's<00:13:04.279><c> why</c><00:13:04.340><c> it's</c><00:13:04.559><c> important</c><00:13:05.259><c> to</c><00:13:05.700><c> see</c><00:13:05.960><c> the</c><00:13:06.320><c> heavenly</c><00:13:06.799><c> side.</c>

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than<00:13:25.659><c> any</c><00:13:25.919><c> other</c><00:13:26.100><c> one</c><00:13:26.279><c> subject.</c>

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or<00:13:37.879><c> the</c><00:13:38.139><c> secret</c><00:13:38.440><c> of</c><00:13:38.740><c> godliness.</c>

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God<00:13:45.960><c> manifestation</c><00:13:46.799><c> from.</c>

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justified<00:13:51.279><c> in</c><00:13:51.559><c> the</c><00:13:51.799><c> spirit,</c>

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seen<00:13:53.279><c> of</c><00:13:53.519><c> angels,</c>

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preached<00:13:55.360><c> unto</c><00:13:55.779><c> the</c><00:13:55.960><c> Gentiles,</c>

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which<00:14:02.259><c> say</c><00:14:02.440><c> just</c><00:14:02.700><c> He</c><00:14:03.120><c> was</c><00:14:03.720><c> manifest.</c>

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I<00:14:05.500><c> think</c><00:14:05.600><c> we</c><00:14:05.899><c> usually</c><00:14:06.399><c> tend</c><00:14:06.679><c> to</c><00:14:06.919><c> favour</c>

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But<00:14:09.220><c> if</c><00:14:09.379><c> you</c><00:14:09.600><c> do,</c><00:14:09.919><c> you've</c><00:14:10.100><c> got</c><00:14:10.299><c> the</c><00:14:10.539><c> situation</c>

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that<00:14:11.480><c> God</c><00:14:11.820><c> was</c><00:14:12.179><c> manifest</c><00:14:12.720><c> in</c><00:14:12.919><c> the</c><00:14:13.179><c> flesh,</c>

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God<00:14:14.179><c> was</c><00:14:14.460><c> justified</c><00:14:15.019><c> in</c><00:14:15.240><c> the</c><00:14:15.460><c> spirit,</c>

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God<00:14:16.460><c> was</c><00:14:16.720><c> seen</c><00:14:16.960><c> of</c><00:14:17.179><c> angels,</c>

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God<00:14:18.240><c> was</c><00:14:18.559><c> preached</c><00:14:18.840><c> unto</c><00:14:19.080><c> the</c><00:14:19.299><c> Gentiles,</c>

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God<00:14:20.419><c> was</c><00:14:20.720><c> believed</c><00:14:21.080><c> on</c><00:14:21.379><c> in</c><00:14:21.720><c> the</c><00:14:21.899><c> world,</c>

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and<00:14:22.320><c> God</c><00:14:22.639><c> was</c><00:14:22.940><c> received</c><00:14:23.279><c> up</c><00:14:23.519><c> into</c><00:14:23.720><c> glory.</c>

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Then<00:14:24.720><c> you've</c><00:14:24.860><c> really</c><00:14:25.120><c> got</c><00:14:25.299><c> a</c><00:14:25.480><c> problem,</c><00:14:25.919><c> haven't</c><00:14:26.080><c> you?</c>

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Obviously<00:14:28.179><c> we</c><00:14:28.580><c> have</c><00:14:28.879><c> to</c><00:14:29.240><c> expand</c>

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our<00:14:30.259><c> understanding</c><00:14:31.039><c> of</c><00:14:31.639><c> the</c><00:14:31.820><c> word</c><00:14:32.120><c> God.</c>

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Not<00:14:33.700><c> only</c><00:14:34.299><c> speaking</c><00:14:34.799><c> of</c><00:14:35.100><c> the</c><00:14:35.559><c> eternal,</c>

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usually<00:14:39.559><c> denoted</c><00:14:40.000><c> in</c><00:14:40.200><c> the</c><00:14:40.299><c> Old</c><00:14:40.500><c> Testament</c>

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by<00:14:41.120><c> that</c><00:14:41.379><c> Hebrew</c><00:14:41.799><c> word</c><00:14:42.320><c> Eel,</c>

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but<00:14:44.440><c> we</c><00:14:45.139><c> have</c><00:14:45.320><c> to</c><00:14:45.519><c> recognise</c>

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that<00:14:46.259><c> the</c><00:14:46.340><c> word</c><00:14:46.659><c> translated</c><00:14:47.200><c> God</c><00:14:47.519><c> in</c><00:14:47.720><c> our</c><00:14:47.960><c> Bibles</c>

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takes<00:14:49.279><c> in</c><00:14:49.799><c> all</c><00:14:50.240><c> the</c><00:14:50.480><c> various</c><00:14:50.759><c> manifestations</c><00:14:51.580><c> of</c><00:14:51.899><c> God,</c>

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even<00:14:53.120><c> down</c><00:14:53.639><c> to</c><00:14:54.580><c> Jewish</c><00:14:55.039><c> judges,</c>

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which<00:14:57.279><c> as</c><00:14:57.419><c> we</c><00:14:57.500><c> had</c><00:14:57.700><c> yesterday</c><00:14:58.019><c> morning,</c><00:14:58.659><c> Psalm</c><00:14:58.840><c> 82,</c>

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I<00:14:59.759><c> said</c><00:15:00.039><c> ye</c><00:15:00.340><c> are</c><00:15:00.779><c> gods.</c>

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that<00:15:14.440><c> ordinary</c><00:15:14.919><c> men</c><00:15:15.139><c> and</c><00:15:15.340><c> women</c><00:15:15.539><c> like</c><00:15:15.759><c> you</c><00:15:15.960><c> and</c><00:15:16.179><c> I</c>

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of<00:15:19.019><c> the</c><00:15:19.120><c> very</c><00:15:19.399><c> divine</c><00:15:19.799><c> nature.</c>

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that<00:15:23.419><c> God</c><00:15:24.139><c> involved</c><00:15:25.480><c> Himself</c>

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in<00:15:27.379><c> human</c><00:15:27.759><c> nature,</c>

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in<00:15:29.100><c> the</c><00:15:29.320><c> person</c><00:15:29.559><c> of</c><00:15:29.740><c> His</c><00:15:30.019><c> Son,</c>

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in<00:15:33.600><c> the</c><00:15:33.820><c> divine</c><00:15:34.200><c> nature.</c>

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of<00:15:39.000><c> the</c><00:15:39.200><c> Lord</c><00:15:39.639><c> Jesus</c><00:15:40.240><c> Christ.</c>

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two,<00:15:53.059><c> I</c><00:15:53.159><c> think</c><00:15:53.360><c> of</c><00:15:53.500><c> Him</c><00:15:53.600><c> as</c><00:15:53.820><c> the</c><00:15:54.120><c> sin</c><00:15:54.379><c> bearer,</c>

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and<00:15:56.360><c> three,</c><00:15:57.120><c> I</c><00:15:57.259><c> think</c><00:15:57.460><c> of</c><00:15:57.600><c> Him</c>

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as<00:15:58.059><c> indwelling</c><00:15:58.519><c> of</c><00:15:59.080><c> the</c><00:15:59.200><c> saints.</c>

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And<00:16:01.220><c> I</c><00:16:01.379><c> saw</c><00:16:01.480><c> a</c><00:16:01.639><c> very</c><00:16:01.860><c> beautiful</c><00:16:02.220><c> phrase</c>

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in<00:16:03.340><c> the</c><00:16:03.980><c> writings</c><00:16:04.519><c> of</c><00:16:05.720><c> Bishop</c><00:16:06.259><c> Gore.</c>

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I<00:16:06.980><c> know</c><00:16:07.419><c> some</c><00:16:07.799><c> brethren</c><00:16:08.039><c> don't</c><00:16:08.259><c> like</c><00:16:08.559><c> you</c>

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lead<00:16:14.960><c> you</c><00:16:15.139><c> off</c><00:16:15.360><c> the</c><00:16:15.580><c> line.</c>

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But<00:16:15.960><c> I</c><00:16:16.039><c> think</c><00:16:16.179><c> in</c><00:16:16.340><c> all</c><00:16:16.500><c> honesty,</c>

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And<00:16:21.139><c> he</c><00:16:21.860><c> portrays,</c>

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and<00:16:24.379><c> this</c><00:16:24.500><c> was</c><00:16:24.759><c> strange,</c>

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what<00:16:27.220><c> he</c><00:16:27.320><c> does</c><00:16:27.539><c> believe</c><00:16:27.860><c> quite,</c>

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or<00:16:28.320><c> he's</c><00:16:28.460><c> dead</c><00:16:28.659><c> now,</c>

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how<00:16:40.200><c> the</c><00:16:40.399><c> Athanasian</c><00:16:41.000><c> creed,</c>

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although<00:16:41.539><c> it</c><00:16:41.679><c> was</c><00:16:41.919><c> a</c><00:16:42.059><c> muddle</c>

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and<00:16:42.379><c> he</c><00:16:42.539><c> admitted</c><00:16:42.759><c> it</c><00:16:42.980><c> was,</c>

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yet<00:16:43.519><c> somehow</c><00:16:44.240><c> said</c><00:16:44.620><c> the</c><00:16:44.899><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:16:46.620><c> leaving</c><00:16:46.840><c> that</c><00:16:47.019><c> aside,</c>

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Speaking<00:16:52.200><c> of</c><00:16:52.360><c> the</c><00:16:52.580><c> divine</c><00:16:52.860><c> origin</c><00:16:53.240><c> of</c><00:16:53.440><c> Jesus,</c>

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he<00:16:54.000><c> said</c><00:16:54.100><c> we</c><00:16:54.279><c> have</c><00:16:54.620><c> Christ</c><00:16:55.039><c> in</c><00:16:55.600><c> front</c><00:16:55.820><c> of</c><00:16:56.019><c> us</c>

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we<00:17:01.899><c> have</c><00:17:02.240><c> Christ</c><00:17:02.960><c> for</c><00:17:03.620><c> us.</c>

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we<00:17:08.660><c> have</c><00:17:08.960><c> Christ</c><00:17:09.579><c> in</c><00:17:09.859><c> us.</c>

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So<00:17:11.599><c> it's</c><00:17:11.720><c> Christ</c><00:17:11.980><c> above</c><00:17:12.359><c> us</c>

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dying<00:17:20.920><c> for</c><00:17:21.259><c> our</c><00:17:21.519><c> sins.</c>

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above<00:17:28.420><c> us,</c><00:17:29.140><c> for</c><00:17:29.480><c> us,</c><00:17:30.539><c> in</c><00:17:30.660><c> us.</c>

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I<00:17:31.819><c> think</c><00:17:31.940><c> that's</c><00:17:32.259><c> very</c><00:17:32.579><c> lovely.</c>

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as<00:17:37.539><c> our</c><00:17:38.019><c> example,</c>

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and<00:17:38.859><c> of</c><00:17:38.980><c> course</c><00:17:39.200><c> Peter</c><00:17:39.539><c> said</c><00:17:39.859><c> that,</c>

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leaving<00:17:40.599><c> us</c><00:17:40.960><c> an</c><00:17:41.240><c> example.</c>

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And<00:17:42.740><c> yet</c><00:17:42.839><c> in</c><00:17:43.000><c> a</c><00:17:43.220><c> sense,</c>

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Jesus<00:17:44.180><c> is</c><00:17:44.960><c> more</c><00:17:45.339><c> than</c><00:17:45.500><c> an</c><00:17:45.779><c> example</c>

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because<00:17:47.200><c> we</c><00:17:47.440><c> cannot</c><00:17:47.859><c> attain.</c>

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And<00:17:50.160><c> yet</c><00:17:50.319><c> we've</c><00:17:50.599><c> got</c><00:17:50.720><c> to</c><00:17:51.640><c> let</c><00:17:51.980><c> him</c><00:17:52.299><c> work</c><00:17:52.640><c> in</c><00:17:52.880><c> us</c>

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to<00:17:55.180><c> what</c><00:17:55.339><c> he</c><00:17:55.599><c> was.</c>

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But<00:17:57.180><c> he</c><00:17:57.279><c> is</c><00:17:57.460><c> above</c><00:17:57.700><c> us.</c>

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that<00:18:00.599><c> God</c><00:18:00.779><c> had</c><00:18:01.259><c> in</c><00:18:01.619><c> sending</c><00:18:01.920><c> Jesus</c>

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well<00:18:05.279><c> then</c><00:18:05.359><c> we</c><00:18:05.519><c> really</c><00:18:05.839><c> are</c><00:18:06.059><c> in</c><00:18:06.279><c> trouble</c>

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because<00:18:06.859><c> we'll</c><00:18:07.200><c> never</c><00:18:07.400><c> make</c><00:18:07.720><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:08.359><c> I</c><00:18:08.500><c> think</c><00:18:08.599><c> it's</c><00:18:08.819><c> because</c>

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we<00:18:09.420><c> think</c><00:18:09.640><c> sometimes</c>

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that<00:18:10.240><c> he</c><00:18:10.359><c> was</c><00:18:10.519><c> just</c><00:18:10.759><c> a</c><00:18:10.920><c> good</c><00:18:11.119><c> moral</c><00:18:11.400><c> example</c>

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that<00:18:12.019><c> we've</c><00:18:12.299><c> got</c><00:18:12.420><c> to</c><00:18:12.619><c> copy</c>

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and<00:18:12.960><c> if</c><00:18:13.079><c> we</c><00:18:13.299><c> don't,</c><00:18:13.619><c> woe</c><00:18:13.779><c> betide</c><00:18:14.180><c> us,</c>

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that<00:18:15.819><c> we</c><00:18:15.980><c> sometimes</c><00:18:16.400><c> get</c><00:18:16.599><c> some</c><00:18:16.839><c> of</c><00:18:17.019><c> the</c><00:18:17.220><c> worries</c>

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where<00:18:17.759><c> we</c><00:18:17.960><c> feel</c><00:18:18.160><c> we'll</c><00:18:18.500><c> never</c><00:18:18.680><c> make</c><00:18:19.039><c> it.</c>

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he<00:18:20.559><c> will</c><00:18:20.799><c> remain</c><00:18:21.240><c> above</c><00:18:21.519><c> us,</c>

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but<00:18:21.880><c> he's</c><00:18:22.160><c> lifting</c><00:18:22.359><c> us</c><00:18:22.619><c> up</c>

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well<00:18:59.460><c> John</c><00:18:59.680><c> the</c><00:18:59.839><c> Baptist</c><00:19:00.180><c> says</c>

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was<00:19:14.759><c> it</c><00:19:14.900><c> Peter</c><00:19:15.079><c> and</c><00:19:15.299><c> John?</c>

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Well,<00:19:15.640><c> whichever</c><00:19:15.920><c> two</c><00:19:16.119><c> it</c><00:19:16.339><c> was,</c>

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That's<00:19:38.680><c> how</c><00:19:38.779><c> Dr</c><00:19:38.980><c> Thomas</c><00:19:39.339><c> used</c><00:19:39.519><c> to</c><00:19:39.680><c> put</c><00:19:39.779><c> it</c>

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John<00:20:01.380><c> the</c><00:20:01.579><c> Baptist</c><00:20:01.839><c> said,</c>

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so<00:20:21.440><c> and</c><00:20:21.680><c> so,</c>

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but<00:20:22.440><c> I</c><00:20:22.900><c> say</c><00:20:23.099><c> unto</c><00:20:23.400><c> you,</c>

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and<00:20:37.299><c> somehow</c><00:20:37.539><c> the</c><00:20:37.819><c> authority</c><00:20:38.240><c> came</c><00:20:38.539><c> over.</c>

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you<00:20:41.420><c> start</c><00:20:41.960><c> ticking</c><00:20:42.339><c> them</c><00:20:42.539><c> off</c><00:20:42.660><c> in</c><00:20:42.819><c> your</c><00:20:42.980><c> Bible,</c>

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and<00:20:46.799><c> what</c><00:20:47.299><c> manner</c><00:20:47.640><c> of</c><00:20:48.039><c> man</c><00:20:48.599><c> is</c><00:20:48.940><c> this,</c>

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and<00:20:54.740><c> it</c><00:20:54.819><c> is</c><00:20:55.000><c> this</c><00:20:55.420><c> casualness</c>

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that<00:20:58.940><c> is</c><00:21:00.079><c> simply</c><00:21:00.480><c> staggering.</c>

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He'd<00:21:02.000><c> say,</c>

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in<00:21:02.640><c> that</c><00:21:02.920><c> day</c><00:21:03.240><c> many</c><00:21:03.680><c> will</c><00:21:03.920><c> say</c><00:21:04.099><c> unto</c><00:21:04.359><c> me,</c>

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Lord,<00:21:06.440><c> Lord,</c><00:21:06.839><c> and</c><00:21:07.140><c> I</c><00:21:07.460><c> will</c><00:21:07.700><c> say</c><00:21:07.839><c> unto</c><00:21:08.099><c> them.</c>

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Nobody<00:21:10.319><c> ever</c><00:21:10.640><c> thought,</c>

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well,<00:21:11.400><c> some</c><00:21:11.539><c> people</c><00:21:11.799><c> said</c><00:21:11.980><c> he</c><00:21:12.099><c> has</c><00:21:12.380><c> a</c><00:21:12.579><c> devil,</c>

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but<00:21:13.059><c> the</c><00:21:13.640><c> disciples</c><00:21:14.180><c> never</c><00:21:14.519><c> did.</c>

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His<00:21:26.559><c> message</c><00:21:26.920><c> all</c><00:21:27.240><c> the</c><00:21:27.519><c> time</c><00:21:28.039><c> pointed</c><00:21:28.660><c> to</c><00:21:29.200><c> himself,</c>

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that<00:21:31.099><c> they</c><00:21:31.519><c> were</c><00:21:31.680><c> to</c><00:21:32.039><c> trust</c><00:21:32.359><c> in</c><00:21:32.700><c> him</c>

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as<00:21:33.680><c> their</c><00:21:33.960><c> unfailing</c><00:21:34.700><c> guide,</c>

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as<00:21:36.519><c> their</c><00:21:37.200><c> never</c><00:21:37.680><c> ceasing</c><00:21:38.119><c> resource.</c>

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And<00:21:40.599><c> all</c><00:21:41.319><c> his</c><00:21:41.799><c> words</c><00:21:42.160><c> to</c><00:21:42.339><c> them</c><00:21:42.500><c> were</c><00:21:42.980><c> training</c><00:21:43.380><c> them</c>

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to<00:21:44.220><c> put</c><00:21:44.539><c> their</c><00:21:44.920><c> total</c><00:21:45.339><c> trust</c><00:21:45.700><c> in</c><00:21:45.900><c> him.</c>

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Have<00:21:47.079><c> you</c><00:21:47.220><c> ever</c><00:21:47.460><c> thought,</c>

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I<00:21:49.420><c> know</c><00:21:49.619><c> I</c><00:21:49.779><c> let</c><00:21:49.900><c> myself</c><00:21:50.339><c> go</c><00:21:50.619><c> a</c><00:21:50.720><c> little</c><00:21:50.920><c> bit</c><00:21:51.079><c> last</c><00:21:51.460><c> night</c>

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and<00:21:52.200><c> I</c><00:21:52.700><c> wondered</c><00:21:52.960><c> whether</c><00:21:53.180><c> I</c><00:21:53.339><c> was</c><00:21:53.480><c> quite</c><00:21:53.900><c> right</c><00:21:54.279><c> afterwards</c>

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and<00:21:54.779><c> I</c><00:21:54.880><c> started</c><00:21:55.119><c> talking</c><00:21:55.400><c> about</c><00:21:55.720><c> me.</c>

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Well,<00:21:57.799><c> I</c><00:21:57.940><c> only</c><00:21:58.140><c> did</c><00:21:58.259><c> it</c><00:21:58.440><c> to</c><00:21:58.619><c> kind</c><00:21:58.880><c> of</c><00:21:59.380><c> share</c><00:21:59.759><c> experiences</c>

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with<00:22:00.839><c> one</c><00:22:01.039><c> another,</c>

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but<00:22:01.880><c> if</c><00:22:02.680><c> I'd</c><00:22:02.880><c> done</c><00:22:03.019><c> any</c><00:22:03.279><c> more</c><00:22:03.440><c> of</c><00:22:03.599><c> it,</c>

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you'd<00:22:03.960><c> have</c><00:22:04.099><c> began</c><00:22:04.420><c> to</c><00:22:04.799><c> say</c><00:22:04.920><c> to</c><00:22:05.000><c> yourself,</c>

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I<00:22:05.339><c> wish</c><00:22:05.480><c> he'd</c><00:22:05.819><c> stopped</c><00:22:05.960><c> talking</c><00:22:06.240><c> about</c><00:22:06.500><c> himself.</c>

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Do<00:22:08.180><c> you</c><00:22:08.299><c> realize</c><00:22:08.579><c> that</c><00:22:08.799><c> the</c><00:22:08.920><c> Lord</c><00:22:09.099><c> Jesus</c><00:22:09.519><c> Christ</c>

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talked<00:22:10.140><c> all</c><00:22:10.460><c> the</c><00:22:10.660><c> time</c><00:22:10.839><c> about</c><00:22:11.079><c> himself</c>

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and<00:22:13.200><c> never</c><00:22:13.460><c> sounded</c><00:22:13.839><c> conceited.</c>

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He<00:22:16.380><c> said,</c><00:22:16.700><c> I'm</c><00:22:17.019><c> the</c><00:22:17.180><c> bread</c><00:22:17.259><c> of</c><00:22:17.460><c> life.</c>

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I<00:22:18.079><c> am</c><00:22:18.259><c> the</c><00:22:18.359><c> bread</c><00:22:18.500><c> of</c><00:22:18.759><c> life.</c>

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I<00:22:21.059><c> am</c><00:22:21.380><c> the</c><00:22:21.579><c> truth.</c>

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I<00:22:23.019><c> am</c><00:22:23.299><c> the</c><00:22:23.480><c> resurrection</c><00:22:23.859><c> and</c><00:22:24.019><c> the</c><00:22:24.200><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:25.980><c> yet</c><00:22:26.119><c> nobody</c><00:22:26.359><c> really</c><00:22:26.720><c> felt,</c>

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who'd<00:22:27.359><c> got</c><00:22:27.480><c> any</c><00:22:27.700><c> sympathy</c><00:22:28.019><c> with</c><00:22:28.240><c> him,</c>

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that<00:22:30.220><c> this</c><00:22:30.519><c> was</c><00:22:30.740><c> contradictory</c>

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when<00:22:31.900><c> he</c><00:22:32.279><c> said,</c><00:22:33.099><c> you</c><00:22:33.099><c> be</c><00:22:33.380><c> humble.</c>

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So<00:22:35.559><c> on</c><00:22:35.660><c> the</c><00:22:35.720><c> one</c><00:22:35.880><c> hand</c><00:22:36.019><c> here</c><00:22:36.140><c> was</c><00:22:36.279><c> somebody</c>

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who<00:22:36.779><c> talked</c><00:22:36.940><c> about</c><00:22:37.180><c> himself</c><00:22:37.579><c> all</c><00:22:37.839><c> the</c><00:22:38.019><c> time</c>

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and<00:22:38.799><c> he</c><00:22:38.920><c> said</c><00:22:38.960><c> to</c><00:22:39.119><c> other</c><00:22:39.279><c> people,</c><00:22:39.900><c> you</c><00:22:40.079><c> be</c><00:22:40.299><c> humble.</c>

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And<00:22:41.279><c> it</c><00:22:41.400><c> didn't</c><00:22:41.539><c> sound</c><00:22:41.720><c> a</c><00:22:41.839><c> bit</c><00:22:41.980><c> contradictory.</c>

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There<00:22:43.819><c> was</c><00:22:44.000><c> a</c><00:22:44.140><c> man,</c><00:22:44.440><c> looked</c><00:22:44.539><c> just</c><00:22:44.799><c> like</c><00:22:45.039><c> a</c><00:22:45.220><c> man,</c>

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who<00:22:45.880><c> said,</c><00:22:46.359><c> Abram,</c><00:22:46.799><c> rejoice</c><00:22:47.099><c> to</c><00:22:47.299><c> see</c><00:22:47.500><c> my</c><00:22:47.759><c> day.</c>

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This<00:22:49.299><c> day</c><00:22:49.720><c> is</c><00:22:49.960><c> this</c><00:22:50.200><c> scripture</c><00:22:50.579><c> fulfilled</c><00:22:51.460><c> in</c><00:22:51.700><c> your</c><00:22:51.980><c> ears.</c>

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Come<00:22:53.539><c> unto</c><00:22:53.900><c> me,</c><00:22:55.259><c> all</c><00:22:55.440><c> ye</c><00:22:55.700><c> that</c><00:22:56.000><c> labor</c><00:22:56.420><c> and</c><00:22:56.680><c> are</c><00:22:56.880><c> heavy</c><00:22:57.140><c> laden.</c>

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Again<00:22:58.960><c> and</c><00:22:59.200><c> again,</c><00:22:59.599><c> particularly</c><00:23:00.079><c> in</c><00:23:00.259><c> the</c><00:23:00.380><c> Gospel</c><00:23:00.660><c> of</c><00:23:00.859><c> John,</c>

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you<00:23:01.539><c> have</c><00:23:01.819><c> it</c><00:23:02.140><c> portrayed</c><00:23:02.720><c> that</c><00:23:03.059><c> to</c><00:23:03.339><c> believe</c><00:23:03.900><c> on</c><00:23:04.579><c> him</c>

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was<00:23:05.920><c> man's</c><00:23:06.539><c> main</c><00:23:06.799><c> duty.</c>

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And<00:23:08.200><c> not</c><00:23:08.460><c> to</c><00:23:08.779><c> believe</c><00:23:09.019><c> on</c><00:23:09.299><c> him</c><00:23:09.500><c> was</c><00:23:09.759><c> man's</c><00:23:10.400><c> chief</c><00:23:10.599><c> sin.</c>

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Quiet<00:23:14.039><c> assumption,</c><00:23:14.900><c> just</c><00:23:15.079><c> taking</c><00:23:15.319><c> it</c><00:23:15.519><c> for</c><00:23:15.700><c> granted</c>

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that<00:23:17.160><c> he</c><00:23:17.400><c> was</c><00:23:18.180><c> something</c><00:23:19.240><c> more</c><00:23:19.759><c> than</c><00:23:19.900><c> a</c><00:23:20.059><c> man</c>

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came<00:23:21.200><c> over</c><00:23:21.500><c> all</c><00:23:21.819><c> the</c><00:23:22.000><c> time.</c>

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And<00:23:23.799><c> it</c><00:23:24.140><c> hurts</c><00:23:24.740><c> me</c><00:23:25.200><c> anyway,</c>

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and<00:23:25.819><c> I</c><00:23:25.920><c> don't</c><00:23:25.980><c> say</c><00:23:26.140><c> it</c><00:23:26.319><c> hurts</c><00:23:26.660><c> you,</c>

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when<00:23:27.859><c> you</c><00:23:27.980><c> sometimes</c><00:23:28.440><c> hear,</c><00:23:29.019><c> brethren</c><00:23:29.019><c> and</c><00:23:29.259><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:23:30.160><c> their</c><00:23:30.599><c> eagerness</c><00:23:31.099><c> to</c><00:23:31.460><c> correct</c><00:23:31.779><c> men's</c><00:23:32.539><c> errors,</c>

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swinging<00:23:34.059><c> right</c><00:23:34.339><c> over</c><00:23:34.559><c> the</c><00:23:34.680><c> other</c><00:23:34.900><c> way</c>

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and<00:23:35.460><c> almost</c><00:23:35.960><c> making</c><00:23:36.359><c> Jesus</c><00:23:36.900><c> appear</c><00:23:37.539><c> merely</c><00:23:38.039><c> a</c><00:23:38.319><c> man.</c>

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And<00:23:38.720><c> I</c><00:23:38.859><c> would</c><00:23:39.039><c> recommend</c><00:23:39.519><c> great</c><00:23:40.000><c> care</c>

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when<00:23:41.200><c> sincere</c><00:23:42.220><c> people</c><00:23:44.319><c> who</c><00:23:44.839><c> really</c><00:23:45.599><c> are</c><00:23:46.019><c> seeking</c><00:23:46.259><c> to</c><00:23:46.599><c> serve</c><00:23:46.839><c> Christ,</c>

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although<00:23:48.220><c> they</c><00:23:48.380><c> are</c><00:23:48.599><c> in</c><00:23:48.779><c> error</c><00:23:48.920><c> on</c><00:23:49.160><c> various</c><00:23:49.460><c> things,</c>

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when<00:23:50.119><c> they</c><00:23:50.319><c> come</c><00:23:50.460><c> up</c><00:23:50.660><c> to</c><00:23:50.819><c> you</c><00:23:51.079><c> and</c><00:23:51.319><c> say,</c>

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do<00:23:51.700><c> you</c><00:23:52.019><c> believe</c><00:23:52.279><c> in</c><00:23:52.440><c> the</c><00:23:52.700><c> divinity</c><00:23:53.059><c> of</c><00:23:53.319><c> Jesus?</c>

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Be<00:23:54.720><c> careful</c><00:23:55.079><c> how</c><00:23:55.279><c> you</c><00:23:55.500><c> answer</c><00:23:55.839><c> it.</c>

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Don't<00:23:56.519><c> just</c><00:23:56.759><c> say,</c><00:23:57.460><c> no.</c>

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They<00:23:58.740><c> think</c><00:23:59.000><c> that</c><00:23:59.220><c> you</c><00:23:59.339><c> think</c><00:23:59.519><c> he's</c><00:23:59.740><c> just</c><00:24:00.039><c> a</c><00:24:00.319><c> mere</c><00:24:00.500><c> man,</c>

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and<00:24:00.940><c> I</c><00:24:01.059><c> can</c><00:24:01.299><c> understand</c><00:24:01.700><c> them</c><00:24:01.900><c> being</c><00:24:02.099><c> a</c><00:24:02.220><c> bit</c><00:24:02.359><c> horrified,</c><00:24:02.920><c> can't</c><00:24:03.200><c> you?</c>

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So<00:24:04.019><c> find</c><00:24:04.259><c> some</c><00:24:04.559><c> words,</c><00:24:05.319><c> or</c><00:24:05.380><c> say</c><00:24:05.559><c> yes,</c>

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when<00:24:06.660><c> they</c><00:24:06.839><c> ask</c><00:24:07.000><c> you</c><00:24:07.180><c> to</c><00:24:07.220><c> believe</c><00:24:07.420><c> in</c><00:24:07.579><c> the</c><00:24:07.720><c> divinity</c><00:24:08.019><c> of</c><00:24:08.220><c> Jesus.</c>

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Say<00:24:09.079><c> yes,</c><00:24:09.619><c> but</c><00:24:09.779><c> I'd</c><00:24:10.200><c> like</c><00:24:10.259><c> to</c><00:24:10.420><c> have</c><00:24:10.519><c> a</c><00:24:10.619><c> bit</c><00:24:10.740><c> of</c><00:24:10.980><c> a</c><00:24:11.119><c> chat</c><00:24:11.380><c> sometime</c>

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so<00:24:12.660><c> that</c><00:24:12.839><c> we</c><00:24:12.940><c> can</c><00:24:13.140><c> sort</c><00:24:13.319><c> out</c><00:24:13.539><c> just</c><00:24:13.700><c> what</c><00:24:13.859><c> I</c><00:24:14.160><c> mean</c><00:24:14.519><c> when</c><00:24:14.720><c> I</c><00:24:15.000><c> say</c><00:24:15.140><c> yes.</c>

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But<00:24:16.180><c> don't</c><00:24:16.319><c> say</c><00:24:16.440><c> no,</c>

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otherwise<00:24:18.039><c> you</c><00:24:18.200><c> will</c><00:24:18.420><c> convey</c><00:24:18.940><c> a</c><00:24:19.420><c> very</c><00:24:19.880><c> unchristian</c><00:24:20.660><c> sort</c><00:24:20.920><c> of</c><00:24:21.160><c> approach.</c>

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There<00:24:22.579><c> were</c><00:24:22.740><c> the</c><00:24:23.019><c> direct</c><00:24:23.339><c> claims</c><00:24:23.779><c> of</c><00:24:24.019><c> Jesus,</c>

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Jesus<00:24:25.220><c> who</c><00:24:25.500><c> called</c><00:24:25.619><c> himself</c><00:24:26.220><c> the</c><00:24:26.579><c> Son</c><00:24:26.779><c> of</c><00:24:27.019><c> Man,</c>

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Jesus<00:24:28.079><c> who</c><00:24:28.420><c> said,</c><00:24:29.140><c> my</c><00:24:29.140><c> Father,</c><00:24:30.059><c> my</c><00:24:30.519><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:24:32.059><c> there</c><00:24:32.160><c> were</c><00:24:32.279><c> the</c><00:24:32.579><c> indirect</c><00:24:33.019><c> claims</c>

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where<00:24:34.400><c> he</c><00:24:34.799><c> forgave</c><00:24:35.420><c> sin,</c><00:24:35.960><c> something</c><00:24:36.319><c> that</c><00:24:36.559><c> God</c><00:24:36.759><c> only</c><00:24:37.140><c> could</c><00:24:37.420><c> do,</c>

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where<00:24:38.279><c> he</c><00:24:38.440><c> said,</c><00:24:38.660><c> I</c><00:24:38.920><c> will</c><00:24:39.259><c> bestow</c><00:24:39.640><c> life,</c>

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something<00:24:40.819><c> that</c><00:24:41.059><c> God</c><00:24:41.220><c> only</c><00:24:41.599><c> could</c><00:24:41.859><c> do,</c>

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where<00:24:42.799><c> he</c><00:24:43.059><c> said,</c><00:24:43.220><c> I</c><00:24:43.460><c> will</c><00:24:43.700><c> judge</c><00:24:44.000><c> the</c><00:24:44.279><c> world,</c>

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something<00:24:45.180><c> which</c><00:24:45.500><c> God</c><00:24:45.779><c> only</c><00:24:46.220><c> can</c><00:24:46.480><c> do,</c>

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all<00:24:48.259><c> together</c><00:24:48.740><c> above</c><00:24:49.240><c> us,</c><00:24:50.140><c> above</c><00:24:50.460><c> us,</c>

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and<00:24:52.059><c> yet</c><00:24:52.259><c> for</c><00:24:52.619><c> us</c><00:24:53.000><c> and</c><00:24:53.519><c> finally</c><00:24:54.039><c> in</c><00:24:54.460><c> us.</c>

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Which<00:24:57.099><c> of</c><00:24:57.359><c> you,</c><00:24:57.759><c> John</c><00:24:58.039><c> chapter</c><00:24:58.359><c> 8</c><00:24:58.720><c> verse</c><00:24:59.240><c> 46,</c>

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which<00:25:01.119><c> of</c><00:25:01.539><c> you</c><00:25:02.119><c> convinced</c><00:25:02.819><c> me</c><00:25:03.200><c> of</c><00:25:03.579><c> sin?</c>

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In<00:25:05.240><c> verse</c><00:25:05.420><c> 29,</c><00:25:06.220><c> I</c><00:25:06.759><c> do</c><00:25:07.140><c> always</c><00:25:08.180><c> those</c><00:25:08.700><c> things</c><00:25:09.240><c> which</c><00:25:09.720><c> please</c>

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the<00:25:10.480><c> Father.</c>

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We're<00:25:13.420><c> used</c><00:25:13.579><c> to</c><00:25:13.779><c> those</c><00:25:14.000><c> words.</c>

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You<00:25:15.279><c> just</c><00:25:15.599><c> think,</c><00:25:16.660><c> if</c><00:25:16.880><c> you</c><00:25:17.119><c> could</c><00:25:17.240><c> manage</c><00:25:17.539><c> to</c><00:25:17.759><c> get</c><00:25:17.940><c> through</c><00:25:18.200><c> today,</c>

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even<00:25:19.559><c> in</c><00:25:19.720><c> the</c><00:25:19.819><c> wonderful</c><00:25:20.200><c> fellowship</c><00:25:20.559><c> of</c><00:25:20.819><c> Wilbraham,</c>

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if<00:25:22.160><c> you</c><00:25:22.380><c> could</c><00:25:22.519><c> manage</c><00:25:22.779><c> to</c><00:25:22.980><c> get</c><00:25:23.140><c> through</c><00:25:23.359><c> today</c>

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without<00:25:24.079><c> one</c><00:25:24.880><c> thought</c><00:25:25.259><c> that</c><00:25:25.460><c> was</c><00:25:25.740><c> just</c><00:25:26.039><c> a</c><00:25:26.200><c> little</c><00:25:26.420><c> bit</c><00:25:26.680><c> not</c>

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quite<00:25:27.339><c> right,</c>

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you'd<00:25:29.720><c> think</c><00:25:29.819><c> it</c><00:25:29.940><c> was</c><00:25:30.180><c> a</c><00:25:30.500><c> marvelous</c><00:25:30.940><c> triumph</c>

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of<00:25:31.880><c> Christ</c><00:25:32.240><c> dwelling</c><00:25:32.500><c> in</c><00:25:32.759><c> you,</c><00:25:32.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:33.140><c> you?</c>

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We've<00:25:34.720><c> probably</c><00:25:34.980><c> already</c><00:25:35.599><c> thought</c><00:25:35.940><c> some</c><00:25:36.259><c> little</c><00:25:36.579><c> thought,</c>

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or<00:25:37.480><c> done</c><00:25:37.759><c> some</c><00:25:38.059><c> little</c><00:25:38.339><c> thing</c><00:25:38.519><c> that's</c><00:25:38.740><c> not</c><00:25:39.059><c> quite</c><00:25:39.400><c> up</c><00:25:39.599><c> to</c><00:25:39.819><c> standard.</c>

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Don't<00:25:40.720><c> let</c><00:25:40.839><c> it</c><00:25:41.059><c> oppress</c><00:25:41.339><c> you,</c><00:25:41.799><c> don't</c><00:25:42.039><c> let</c><00:25:42.220><c> it</c><00:25:42.480><c> depress</c><00:25:42.880><c> you.</c>

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This<00:25:43.720><c> is</c><00:25:44.119><c> what</c><00:25:44.279><c> we</c><00:25:44.559><c> are.</c>

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Here<00:25:45.960><c> was</c><00:25:46.220><c> somebody</c><00:25:46.660><c> who,</c><00:25:47.839><c> while</c><00:25:48.099><c> all</c><00:25:48.440><c> other</c><00:25:48.680><c> men</c><00:25:48.960><c> needed</c><00:25:49.559><c> saving,</c>

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he<00:25:50.779><c> himself</c><00:25:51.319><c> was</c><00:25:51.700><c> the</c><00:25:51.960><c> Savior</c><00:25:52.299><c> without</c><00:25:53.119><c> sin.</c>

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Other<00:25:56.240><c> men</c><00:25:56.740><c> were</c><00:25:57.000><c> sheep,</c><00:25:57.400><c> he</c><00:25:57.619><c> was</c><00:25:57.859><c> the</c><00:25:58.079><c> shepherd.</c>

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All<00:26:00.119><c> other</c><00:26:00.359><c> men</c><00:26:00.519><c> were</c><00:26:00.779><c> dead,</c><00:26:01.140><c> he</c><00:26:01.319><c> was</c><00:26:01.539><c> the</c><00:26:01.779><c> life.</c>

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:05.279
Other<00:26:02.559><c> men</c><00:26:02.779><c> were</c><00:26:02.940><c> in</c><00:26:03.180><c> darkness,</c><00:26:03.619><c> he</c><00:26:03.799><c> was</c><00:26:04.019><c> the</c><00:26:04.259><c> light.</c>

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Other<00:26:06.059><c> men</c><00:26:06.279><c> were</c><00:26:06.500><c> hungry,</c><00:26:07.119><c> he</c><00:26:07.420><c> is</c><00:26:07.619><c> the</c><00:26:07.920><c> bread.</c>

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No<00:26:10.079><c> consciousness</c><00:26:10.640><c> of</c><00:26:10.960><c> sin,</c><00:26:11.640><c> yet</c><00:26:11.799><c> such</c><00:26:12.059><c> a</c><00:26:12.259><c> sympathy</c><00:26:12.539><c> with</c><00:26:12.900><c> sinners.</c>

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No<00:26:14.319><c> sense</c><00:26:14.720><c> of</c><00:26:15.059><c> moral</c><00:26:15.420><c> failure</c><00:26:15.819><c> at</c><00:26:16.220><c> all.</c>

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In<00:26:18.880><c> contrast</c><00:26:19.400><c> with</c><00:26:19.619><c> us.</c>

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Oh,<00:26:22.200><c> what</c><00:26:22.400><c> a</c><00:26:22.740><c> great</c><00:26:22.900><c> one</c><00:26:23.160><c> the</c><00:26:23.299><c> Lord</c><00:26:23.500><c> Jesus</c><00:26:23.920><c> was.</c>

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And<00:26:26.680><c> yet,</c><00:26:28.420><c> not</c><00:26:28.599><c> superior,</c><00:26:30.700><c> not</c><00:26:30.839><c> a</c><00:26:31.099><c> crank,</c><00:26:32.500><c> not</c><00:26:32.720><c> eccentric.</c>

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Have<00:26:33.779><c> you</c><00:26:33.799><c> thought</c><00:26:33.960><c> about</c><00:26:34.259><c> that?</c>

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There's<00:26:35.640><c> nothing</c><00:26:35.859><c> odd</c><00:26:36.259><c> about</c><00:26:36.660><c> Jesus.</c>

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:41.579
You<00:26:38.559><c> know,</c><00:26:38.660><c> when</c><00:26:38.880><c> people</c><00:26:40.119><c> try</c><00:26:40.779><c> hard,</c>

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:43.660
and<00:26:41.960><c> that's</c><00:26:42.140><c> a</c><00:26:42.240><c> danger</c><00:26:42.519><c> of</c><00:26:42.700><c> course,</c><00:26:42.859><c> trying</c><00:26:43.160><c> hard,</c>

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try<00:26:44.400><c> hard</c><00:26:44.859><c> to</c><00:26:45.079><c> be</c><00:26:45.279><c> like</c><00:26:45.539><c> him,</c>

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sometimes<00:26:46.119><c> they</c><00:26:46.359><c> somehow</c><00:26:46.599><c> turn</c><00:26:46.819><c> out</c><00:26:47.019><c> as</c><00:26:47.400><c> cranks</c><00:26:47.900><c> and</c><00:26:48.539><c> eccentric.</c>

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No<00:26:51.660><c> self</c><00:26:51.960><c>-importance,</c><00:26:53.460><c> and</c><00:26:53.660><c> yet</c><00:26:53.779><c> his</c><00:26:54.039><c> teaching</c><00:26:54.319><c> was</c><00:26:55.339><c> self</c><00:26:55.680><c>-centered,</c>

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:59.740
but<00:26:56.259><c> the</c><00:26:56.559><c> self</c><00:26:56.819><c> that</c><00:26:57.279><c> he</c><00:26:57.700><c> centered</c><00:26:57.920><c> on</c><00:26:58.279><c> was</c><00:26:58.740><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:00.579><c> yet,</c><00:27:01.099><c> not</c><00:27:01.200><c> up</c><00:27:01.400><c> there</c><00:27:01.559><c> in</c><00:27:01.740><c> the</c><00:27:01.940><c> clouds,</c><00:27:02.819><c> play</c><00:27:02.960><c> with</c><00:27:03.140><c> the</c><00:27:03.339><c> children.</c>

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Knew<00:27:04.059><c> all</c><00:27:04.359><c> about</c><00:27:04.559><c> their</c><00:27:04.839><c> playing</c><00:27:05.099><c> at</c><00:27:05.380><c> weddings</c><00:27:05.660><c> and</c><00:27:05.960><c> funerals,</c>

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the<00:27:07.640><c> friend</c><00:27:07.960><c> of</c><00:27:08.279><c> lepers</c><00:27:08.779><c> and</c><00:27:09.220><c> harlots</c><00:27:09.859><c> and</c><00:27:10.279><c> sinners.</c>

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Is<00:27:13.559><c> it</c><00:27:13.839><c> any</c><00:27:14.180><c> wonder</c><00:27:15.019><c> that</c><00:27:16.319><c> after</c><00:27:16.599><c> he</c><00:27:16.759><c> had</c><00:27:16.960><c> been</c><00:27:17.240><c> raised</c><00:27:17.500><c> from</c>

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the<00:27:17.940><c> dead,</c>

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Thomas<00:27:19.000><c> said,</c><00:27:20.079><c> my</c><00:27:20.359><c> Lord</c><00:27:21.140><c> and</c><00:27:21.859><c> my</c><00:27:22.700><c> God.</c>

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I<00:27:24.940><c> want</c><00:27:25.099><c> us</c><00:27:25.319><c> to</c><00:27:26.240><c> feel,</c><00:27:26.559><c> but</c><00:27:26.700><c> without</c><00:27:27.160><c> feeling</c><00:27:27.500><c> any</c><00:27:28.119><c> necessity</c>

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for<00:27:28.960><c> explanation</c><00:27:29.640><c> that</c><00:27:29.940><c> we</c><00:27:30.200><c> do,</c>

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and<00:27:31.559><c> come</c><00:27:31.720><c> to</c><00:27:31.900><c> the</c><00:27:32.039><c> feet</c><00:27:32.140><c> of</c><00:27:32.319><c> Jesus</c><00:27:32.759><c> and</c><00:27:33.099><c> say,</c>

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as<00:27:34.400><c> we</c><00:27:34.619><c> sing</c><00:27:34.759><c> some</c><00:27:34.980><c> of</c><00:27:35.119><c> these</c><00:27:35.319><c> hymns,</c>

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my<00:27:36.859><c> Lord</c><00:27:37.940><c> and</c><00:27:39.099><c> my</c><00:27:40.059><c> God,</c>

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:44.359
and<00:27:40.619><c> we</c><00:27:40.740><c> know</c><00:27:40.940><c> just</c><00:27:41.180><c> what</c><00:27:41.319><c> we</c><00:27:41.539><c> mean</c><00:27:41.700><c> without</c><00:27:42.059><c> explaining</c><00:27:42.660><c> it.</c>

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Jesus<00:27:44.779><c> was</c><00:27:45.279><c> and</c><00:27:45.599><c> is</c><00:27:46.519><c> divine.</c>

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He<00:27:48.980><c> was</c><00:27:49.299><c> also</c><00:27:49.700><c> human.</c>

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.740
I<00:27:51.140><c> was</c><00:27:51.279><c> going</c><00:27:51.359><c> to</c><00:27:51.440><c> say</c><00:27:51.559><c> was</c><00:27:51.859><c> and</c><00:27:52.119><c> is</c><00:27:52.400><c> human,</c>

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:55.099
and<00:27:52.880><c> if</c><00:27:53.019><c> I</c><00:27:53.220><c> said</c><00:27:53.319><c> that,</c><00:27:53.680><c> I</c><00:27:53.680><c> would</c><00:27:53.920><c> mean</c><00:27:54.059><c> that</c><00:27:54.220><c> he</c><00:27:54.299><c> took</c><00:27:54.559><c> back</c><00:27:54.900><c> to</c>

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heaven<00:27:55.380><c> with</c><00:27:55.619><c> him.</c>

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And<00:27:56.960><c> you</c><00:27:57.019><c> know</c><00:27:57.119><c> how</c><00:27:57.299><c> I</c><00:27:57.480><c> use</c><00:27:57.619><c> the</c><00:27:57.759><c> word</c><00:27:57.960><c> back</c><00:27:58.680><c> in</c><00:27:59.000><c> inverted,</c><00:27:59.339><c> in</c><00:27:59.680><c> quotes,</c>

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.960
I<00:28:00.319><c> mustn't</c><00:28:00.539><c> say</c><00:28:00.700><c> inverted</c><00:28:01.099><c> commas</c><00:28:01.359><c> in</c><00:28:01.559><c> the</c><00:28:01.740><c> States,</c>

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.619
we<00:28:02.099><c> have</c><00:28:02.240><c> to</c><00:28:02.339><c> say</c><00:28:02.480><c> quotes,</c><00:28:02.940><c> don't</c><00:28:03.099><c> we?</c>

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:07.039
That<00:28:04.420><c> he</c><00:28:04.599><c> took</c><00:28:04.859><c> back,</c><00:28:05.819><c> inverted</c><00:28:06.220><c> commas,</c><00:28:06.779><c> quotes,</c>

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:11.859
to<00:28:07.579><c> heaven</c><00:28:08.000><c> with</c><00:28:08.380><c> him</c><00:28:08.660><c> the</c><00:28:09.359><c> experience</c><00:28:10.039><c> of</c><00:28:10.299><c> having</c><00:28:10.500><c> been</c><00:28:10.839><c> human.</c>

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:14.420
That's<00:28:12.160><c> why</c><00:28:12.400><c> he,</c><00:28:13.500><c> as</c><00:28:13.660><c> we</c><00:28:13.740><c> shall</c><00:28:13.900><c> see</c><00:28:14.039><c> tomorrow,</c>

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:17.880
is<00:28:14.640><c> able</c><00:28:14.819><c> to</c><00:28:15.000><c> be</c><00:28:15.240><c> touched</c><00:28:15.539><c> with</c><00:28:15.740><c> the</c><00:28:15.940><c> feeling</c><00:28:16.119><c> of</c><00:28:16.359><c> our</c><00:28:16.579><c> infirmities.</c>

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:21.180
But<00:28:18.059><c> he</c><00:28:18.259><c> was</c><00:28:18.660><c> and</c><00:28:18.900><c> is</c><00:28:19.279><c> rightly</c><00:28:19.759><c> called</c><00:28:20.220><c> God.</c>

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:24.279
You<00:28:21.779><c> know</c><00:28:21.880><c> those</c><00:28:22.119><c> passages</c><00:28:22.500><c> such</c><00:28:22.859><c> as</c><00:28:22.980><c> when</c><00:28:23.480><c> Paul</c><00:28:23.819><c> is</c><00:28:24.079><c> writing</c>

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to<00:28:24.480><c> the</c><00:28:24.599><c> Hebrews,</c>

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he<00:28:25.680><c> quotes</c><00:28:26.019><c> from</c><00:28:26.359><c> Psalm</c><00:28:26.559><c> 45</c><00:28:27.460><c> in</c><00:28:28.039><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:28.420><c> chapter</c><00:28:28.859><c> 1,</c>

00:28:30.529 --> 00:28:33.380
God<00:28:30.839><c> who</c><00:28:31.059><c> at</c><00:28:31.299><c> sundry</c><00:28:31.640><c> times</c><00:28:32.160><c> and</c><00:28:32.380><c> in</c><00:28:32.599><c> divers</c><00:28:32.859><c> manners</c>

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spoke<00:28:34.160><c> in</c><00:28:34.440><c> time</c><00:28:34.660><c> past</c><00:28:35.000><c> to</c><00:28:35.200><c> the</c><00:28:35.380><c> fathers</c><00:28:35.660><c> by</c><00:28:35.920><c> the</c><00:28:36.160><c> prophets,</c>

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hath<00:28:37.119><c> in</c><00:28:37.319><c> these</c><00:28:37.559><c> last</c><00:28:37.880><c> days</c><00:28:38.200><c> spoken</c><00:28:38.720><c> to</c><00:28:38.960><c> us</c><00:28:39.240><c> by</c><00:28:39.660><c> his</c><00:28:40.579><c> Son.</c>

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Goes<00:28:42.220><c> on</c><00:28:42.400><c> to</c><00:28:42.880><c> speak</c><00:28:43.160><c> of</c><00:28:43.279><c> how</c><00:28:43.559><c> the</c><00:28:43.900><c> Son</c><00:28:44.180><c> was</c><00:28:44.400><c> the</c><00:28:44.700><c> brightness</c><00:28:45.000><c> of</c>

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his<00:28:45.420><c> glory,</c>

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the<00:28:46.640><c> express</c><00:28:46.940><c> image</c><00:28:47.240><c> of</c><00:28:47.420><c> his</c><00:28:47.819><c> person.</c>

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Goes<00:28:49.339><c> on</c><00:28:49.599><c> to</c><00:28:50.119><c> speak</c><00:28:50.519><c> then</c><00:28:51.000><c> unto</c><00:28:51.500><c> which</c><00:28:51.900><c> of</c><00:28:52.099><c> the</c><00:28:52.480><c> angels</c><00:28:53.059><c> said</c><00:28:53.500><c> he,</c>

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eventually<00:28:55.380><c> in</c><00:28:55.619><c> verse</c><00:28:55.839><c> 8,</c>

00:28:56.299 --> 00:29:02.259
but<00:28:56.839><c> unto</c><00:28:57.220><c> the</c><00:28:57.619><c> Son</c><00:28:57.900><c> he</c><00:28:58.319><c> saith,</c><00:28:58.759><c> thy</c><00:28:59.299><c> throne,</c><00:29:00.619><c> O</c><00:29:00.980><c> God.</c>

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:06.519
Then<00:29:03.920><c> of</c><00:29:04.039><c> course</c><00:29:04.180><c> if</c><00:29:04.299><c> you</c><00:29:04.380><c> go</c><00:29:04.519><c> back</c><00:29:04.759><c> to</c><00:29:05.000><c> Psalm</c><00:29:05.160><c> 45,</c>

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:13.299
you'll<00:29:06.960><c> find</c><00:29:07.240><c> that</c><00:29:08.259><c> God</c><00:29:08.880><c> in</c><00:29:09.279><c> Psalm</c><00:29:09.539><c> 45</c><00:29:10.220><c> and</c><00:29:10.440><c> also</c><00:29:10.900><c> God</c><00:29:11.359><c> in</c><00:29:11.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:12.000><c> 64,</c>

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:18.119
because<00:29:13.720><c> he</c><00:29:13.839><c> goes</c><00:29:14.019><c> on,</c><00:29:15.400><c> therefore</c><00:29:15.660><c> God,</c><00:29:16.380><c> even</c><00:29:16.900><c> thy</c><00:29:17.380><c> God,</c>

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:22.920
hath<00:29:18.720><c> anointed</c><00:29:19.059><c> thee</c><00:29:19.500><c> with</c><00:29:20.200><c> the</c><00:29:20.559><c> oil</c><00:29:20.900><c> of</c><00:29:21.460><c> gladness</c><00:29:21.980><c> above</c><00:29:22.279><c> thy</c><00:29:22.599><c> fellows.</c>

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:26.799
So<00:29:23.119><c> there</c><00:29:23.339><c> in</c><00:29:23.539><c> verse</c><00:29:23.700><c> 9</c><00:29:23.960><c> is</c><00:29:24.160><c> a</c><00:29:24.339><c> God</c><00:29:24.799><c> who</c><00:29:25.160><c> has</c><00:29:25.440><c> got</c><00:29:25.660><c> a</c><00:29:25.859><c> God.</c>

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:30.420
So<00:29:27.400><c> Jesus</c><00:29:27.799><c> is</c><00:29:28.140><c> a</c><00:29:28.380><c> God</c><00:29:28.779><c> who</c><00:29:29.140><c> has</c><00:29:29.400><c> a</c><00:29:29.599><c> God.</c>

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:34.900
So<00:29:30.640><c> there</c><00:29:30.819><c> is</c><00:29:31.279><c> unity</c><00:29:31.819><c> and</c><00:29:32.200><c> yet</c><00:29:32.299><c> in</c><00:29:32.500><c> one</c><00:29:32.720><c> sense</c><00:29:32.920><c> there</c><00:29:33.140><c> is</c><00:29:33.680><c> separateness.</c>

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:37.319
Isn't<00:29:35.359><c> too</c><00:29:35.559><c> deep</c><00:29:35.740><c> for</c><00:29:35.940><c> us</c><00:29:36.079><c> is</c><00:29:36.200><c> it?</c>

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:40.380
God,<00:29:38.619><c> it</c><00:29:38.859><c> says</c><00:29:39.259><c> that</c><00:29:39.500><c> Jesus</c><00:29:39.859><c> is</c><00:29:40.119><c> God.</c>

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:43.579
I've<00:29:41.099><c> been</c><00:29:41.299><c> asked</c><00:29:41.619><c> by</c><00:29:42.259><c> orthodox</c><00:29:42.680><c> friends,</c>

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:45.259
do<00:29:43.759><c> you</c><00:29:44.000><c> believe</c><00:29:44.259><c> that</c><00:29:44.460><c> Jesus</c><00:29:44.720><c> is</c><00:29:45.019><c> God?</c>

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:48.460
I<00:29:45.440><c> say,</c><00:29:45.720><c> well</c><00:29:46.119><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:46.480><c> 1</c><00:29:46.759><c> tells</c><00:29:46.980><c> us</c><00:29:47.160><c> he</c><00:29:47.380><c> was.</c>

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:51.740
Also<00:29:49.380><c> John</c><00:29:49.759><c> tells</c><00:29:50.099><c> us</c><00:29:51.079><c> that</c><00:29:51.380><c> he</c><00:29:51.440><c> says,</c>

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.859
my<00:29:51.980><c> father</c><00:29:52.519><c> is</c><00:29:53.079><c> greater</c><00:29:53.339><c> than</c><00:29:53.539><c> I.</c>

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:56.559
Great<00:29:54.500><c> is</c><00:29:54.819><c> the</c><00:29:54.980><c> mystery</c><00:29:55.359><c> of</c><00:29:55.720><c> godliness.</c>

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:58.640
And<00:29:56.960><c> I</c><00:29:57.160><c> sometimes</c><00:29:57.420><c> get</c><00:29:57.579><c> into</c><00:29:57.779><c> a</c><00:29:57.839><c> little</c><00:29:58.039><c> bit</c><00:29:58.200><c> of</c><00:29:58.359><c> difficulty</c>

00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:01.640
because<00:29:58.880><c> I'm</c><00:29:59.400><c> so</c><00:29:59.759><c> thrilled</c><00:30:00.119><c> with</c><00:30:00.299><c> just</c><00:30:00.500><c> what</c><00:30:01.079><c> it</c><00:30:01.299><c> actually</c>

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says<00:30:01.900><c> about</c><00:30:02.220><c> Jesus</c>

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:05.700
that<00:30:03.400><c> I</c><00:30:03.559><c> don't</c><00:30:03.779><c> do</c><00:30:04.000><c> enough</c><00:30:04.319><c> explaining.</c>

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:09.039
This<00:30:06.500><c> is</c><00:30:06.839><c> so</c><00:30:07.180><c> much</c><00:30:07.420><c> open</c><00:30:07.900><c> to</c><00:30:08.099><c> misunderstanding,</c>

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:10.700
but<00:30:09.240><c> I</c><00:30:09.359><c> think</c><00:30:09.500><c> we're</c><00:30:09.700><c> all</c><00:30:09.920><c> agreed,</c><00:30:10.299><c> aren't</c><00:30:10.500><c> we,</c>

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:13.400
that<00:30:10.900><c> in</c><00:30:11.099><c> Jesus</c><00:30:11.460><c> we</c><00:30:11.700><c> have</c><00:30:12.160><c> no</c><00:30:12.660><c> mere</c><00:30:12.980><c> man.</c>

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:16.900
You<00:30:13.900><c> look</c><00:30:14.180><c> at</c><00:30:14.400><c> Luke</c><00:30:14.759><c> chapter</c><00:30:15.279><c> 1.</c>

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:19.900
You<00:30:17.200><c> look</c><00:30:17.460><c> at</c><00:30:17.599><c> Luke</c><00:30:17.900><c> chapter</c><00:30:18.299><c> 1.</c>

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.779
And<00:30:20.180><c> verse</c><00:30:20.359><c> 68,</c>

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when<00:30:22.440><c> the</c><00:30:22.599><c> old</c><00:30:22.859><c> man</c><00:30:23.200><c> Zechariah</c><00:30:24.079><c> holds</c><00:30:25.339><c> the</c><00:30:25.640><c> baby</c><00:30:25.980><c> Jesus</c><00:30:26.460><c> in</c>

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his<00:30:26.960><c> arms.</c>

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Oh<00:30:28.500><c> no,</c><00:30:28.759><c> that's</c><00:30:29.200><c> a</c><00:30:29.380><c> bit</c><00:30:29.519><c> later.</c>

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:32.019
I've<00:30:30.099><c> got</c><00:30:30.180><c> the</c><00:30:30.339><c> wrong</c><00:30:31.000><c> one</c><00:30:31.220><c> there.</c>

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Yes,<00:30:32.539><c> Zechariah</c><00:30:32.980><c> did</c><00:30:33.160><c> hold</c><00:30:33.440><c> the</c><00:30:33.660><c> baby</c><00:30:33.880><c> Jesus</c><00:30:34.400><c> in</c><00:30:34.819><c> his</c><00:30:35.119><c> arms</c>

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:38.480
and<00:30:35.940><c> he</c><00:30:36.099><c> knew</c><00:30:36.279><c> that</c><00:30:36.480><c> he</c><00:30:36.579><c> held</c><00:30:36.859><c> the</c><00:30:37.240><c> Lord's</c><00:30:38.220><c> Christ</c>

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:42.900
and<00:30:38.640><c> he</c><00:30:38.779><c> said,</c><00:30:39.220><c> mine</c><00:30:39.279><c> eyes</c><00:30:39.819><c> have</c><00:30:40.119><c> seen</c><00:30:40.839><c> thy</c><00:30:41.920><c> salvation.</c>

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:45.900
That's<00:30:43.480><c> in</c><00:30:43.640><c> Luke</c><00:30:43.799><c> 2,</c><00:30:44.680><c> thy</c><00:30:45.119><c> salvation.</c>

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But<00:30:46.400><c> the</c><00:30:46.480><c> one</c><00:30:46.539><c> I</c><00:30:46.740><c> wanted</c><00:30:46.880><c> was</c><00:30:47.119><c> Luke</c><00:30:47.299><c> 1.</c>

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:51.259
The<00:30:48.099><c> other</c><00:30:48.319><c> Zechariah,</c><00:30:49.759><c> Simeon</c><00:30:50.059><c> was</c><00:30:50.259><c> the</c><00:30:50.380><c> one</c><00:30:50.480><c> I</c><00:30:50.759><c> was</c><00:30:51.059><c> talking</c>

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.920
of<00:30:51.480><c> there.</c>

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:55.140
Now<00:30:52.519><c> Zechariah,</c><00:30:53.440><c> the</c><00:30:53.579><c> father</c><00:30:53.779><c> of</c><00:30:53.940><c> John</c><00:30:54.079><c> the</c><00:30:54.240><c> Baptist,</c>

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:58.859
when<00:30:55.420><c> he</c><00:30:55.599><c> held</c><00:30:55.680><c> his</c><00:30:55.900><c> own</c><00:30:56.099><c> baby</c><00:30:56.359><c> in</c><00:30:56.539><c> his</c><00:30:56.779><c> arms,</c><00:30:57.420><c> John</c><00:30:57.700><c> the</c><00:30:57.880><c> Baptist,</c>

00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:01.539
he<00:30:59.140><c> started</c><00:30:59.339><c> off</c><00:30:59.660><c> in</c><00:31:00.119><c> verse</c><00:31:00.299><c> 68.</c>

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:06.819
And<00:31:02.160><c> this</c><00:31:02.299><c> is</c><00:31:02.880><c> one</c><00:31:04.880><c> of</c><00:31:05.099><c> the,</c><00:31:06.019><c> some</c><00:31:06.160><c> of</c><00:31:06.299><c> the</c><00:31:06.480><c> churches,</c>

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:10.400
the<00:31:07.059><c> Orthodox</c><00:31:07.319><c> churches</c><00:31:07.740><c> use</c><00:31:08.019><c> this</c><00:31:08.339><c> as</c><00:31:08.599><c> one</c><00:31:08.720><c> of</c><00:31:08.839><c> their</c><00:31:08.980><c> regular</c><00:31:09.720><c> pieces</c>

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:12.599
that<00:31:10.619><c> they</c><00:31:11.359><c> recite.</c>

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.599
Don't<00:31:14.279><c> they</c><00:31:14.420><c> call</c><00:31:14.539><c> it</c><00:31:14.680><c> the</c><00:31:14.859><c> Benedictae?</c>

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:17.720
I'm<00:31:15.900><c> not</c><00:31:16.039><c> very</c><00:31:16.259><c> well</c><00:31:16.380><c> up</c><00:31:16.500><c> on</c><00:31:16.599><c> all</c><00:31:16.819><c> that.</c>

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:22.180
Blessed<00:31:19.220><c> be</c><00:31:19.720><c> the</c><00:31:20.119><c> Lord</c><00:31:20.500><c> God</c><00:31:20.759><c> of</c><00:31:21.019><c> Israel,</c>

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:28.059
for<00:31:22.579><c> he</c><00:31:23.240><c> hath</c><00:31:23.960><c> visited</c><00:31:24.660><c> and</c><00:31:25.660><c> redeemed</c><00:31:26.759><c> his</c><00:31:27.599><c> people.</c>

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.420
Visited.

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:34.099
When<00:31:30.099><c> Jesus</c><00:31:30.460><c> was</c><00:31:30.700><c> among</c><00:31:30.980><c> men</c><00:31:31.240><c> there</c><00:31:31.460><c> was</c><00:31:31.779><c> God</c><00:31:32.279><c> on</c><00:31:32.799><c> a</c><00:31:32.960><c> visit</c><00:31:33.220><c> to</c><00:31:33.519><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:39.779
God<00:31:35.019><c> on</c><00:31:35.519><c> a</c><00:31:35.579><c> visit</c><00:31:36.099><c> to</c><00:31:36.900><c> mankind</c><00:31:37.599><c> in</c><00:31:37.839><c> the</c><00:31:38.059><c> person</c><00:31:38.339><c> of</c><00:31:38.519><c> his</c><00:31:38.779><c> son.</c>

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:42.500
Now<00:31:40.539><c> I</c><00:31:40.720><c> suppose</c><00:31:40.980><c> we</c><00:31:41.180><c> have</c><00:31:41.380><c> something</c><00:31:41.740><c> in</c><00:31:41.920><c> the</c><00:31:42.119><c> direction</c>

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:46.460
of<00:31:42.740><c> a</c><00:31:42.759><c> bit</c><00:31:42.920><c> of</c><00:31:43.400><c> explanation</c><00:31:43.940><c> of</c><00:31:44.180><c> this</c><00:31:44.779><c> great</c><00:31:45.259><c> and</c><00:31:45.599><c> marvelous</c><00:31:45.980><c> thing</c>

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:49.640
in<00:31:46.960><c> Luke</c><00:31:47.259><c> chapter</c><00:31:47.700><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:31:50.259><c> please,</c><00:31:51.460><c> don't</c><00:31:51.640><c> anybody</c><00:31:52.059><c> say,</c><00:31:52.480><c> well</c><00:31:52.480><c> this</c><00:31:52.619><c> isn't</c><00:31:52.880><c> quite</c><00:31:53.240><c> fair</c>

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:56.579
because<00:31:53.900><c> it</c><00:31:54.059><c> gives</c><00:31:54.279><c> Jesus</c><00:31:54.720><c> an</c><00:31:54.940><c> unfair</c><00:31:55.319><c> advantage</c><00:31:55.980><c> over</c><00:31:56.299><c> us.</c>

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:59.619
If<00:31:57.079><c> he</c><00:31:57.259><c> was</c><00:31:58.160><c> guard</c><00:31:58.579><c> walking</c><00:31:58.859><c> among</c><00:31:59.259><c> men,</c>

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.599
then<00:31:59.839><c> of</c><00:32:00.019><c> course</c><00:32:00.480><c> he</c><00:32:00.819><c> couldn't</c><00:32:01.259><c> sin.</c>

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:04.539
Don't<00:32:02.039><c> forget</c><00:32:02.380><c> that</c><00:32:02.559><c> he</c><00:32:02.740><c> was</c><00:32:03.160><c> in</c><00:32:03.839><c> the</c><00:32:04.220><c> flesh.</c>

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.680
That's<00:32:04.900><c> the</c><00:32:05.039><c> other</c><00:32:05.279><c> side.</c>

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:08.480
And<00:32:06.359><c> therefore</c><00:32:06.519><c> he</c><00:32:06.640><c> was</c><00:32:06.920><c> tempted</c><00:32:07.240><c> in</c><00:32:07.480><c> all</c><00:32:07.720><c> points</c><00:32:08.000><c> like</c><00:32:08.299><c> us</c>

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:10.400
and<00:32:08.480><c> he</c><00:32:08.579><c> had</c><00:32:08.779><c> greater</c><00:32:09.200><c> problems</c><00:32:09.740><c> than</c><00:32:09.900><c> we</c><00:32:10.200><c> have.</c>

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:12.960
He<00:32:10.660><c> had</c><00:32:10.880><c> more</c><00:32:11.160><c> to</c><00:32:11.319><c> fight</c><00:32:11.559><c> than</c><00:32:11.779><c> we</c><00:32:12.119><c> have.</c>

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.960
But<00:32:14.180><c> it</c><00:32:14.539><c> isn't</c><00:32:14.759><c> a</c><00:32:14.880><c> matter</c><00:32:15.019><c> of</c><00:32:15.160><c> being</c><00:32:15.460><c> fair.</c>

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:18.480
Jesus<00:32:16.859><c> was</c><00:32:17.500><c> God's</c><00:32:18.319><c> arm.</c>

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:22.920
God<00:32:18.980><c> saw</c><00:32:19.460><c> there</c><00:32:19.819><c> was</c><00:32:20.119><c> no</c><00:32:20.940><c> arm,</c><00:32:21.460><c> no</c><00:32:21.779><c> man.</c>

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:28.240
Isaiah<00:32:23.539><c> 59,</c><00:32:24.640><c> therefore</c><00:32:24.900><c> his</c><00:32:25.519><c> arm</c><00:32:26.099><c> brought</c><00:32:26.619><c> salvation.</c>

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.140
There<00:32:28.660><c> it</c><00:32:28.839><c> is.</c>

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.880
It's<00:32:29.420><c> all</c><00:32:29.680><c> of</c><00:32:30.039><c> God,</c><00:32:30.440><c> this</c><00:32:30.619><c> work.</c>

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:33.740
So<00:32:31.380><c> it</c><00:32:31.440><c> isn't</c><00:32:31.619><c> a</c><00:32:31.779><c> matter</c><00:32:32.019><c> of</c><00:32:32.140><c> saying,</c><00:32:32.339><c> well</c><00:32:32.500><c> Jesus</c><00:32:32.799><c> had</c><00:32:33.079><c> a</c><00:32:33.480><c> chance</c>

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.700
that<00:32:33.940><c> we</c><00:32:34.220><c> didn't</c><00:32:34.539><c> have.</c>

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:37.019
He<00:32:34.819><c> had</c><00:32:35.079><c> problems</c><00:32:35.640><c> that</c><00:32:35.859><c> we</c><00:32:36.059><c> didn't</c><00:32:36.319><c> have</c><00:32:36.519><c> as</c><00:32:36.799><c> well.</c>

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:40.019
But<00:32:37.500><c> God</c><00:32:37.700><c> didn't</c><00:32:38.000><c> give</c><00:32:38.160><c> him</c><00:32:38.359><c> to</c><00:32:38.559><c> us</c><00:32:38.859><c> to</c><00:32:39.140><c> just</c><00:32:39.460><c> do</c><00:32:39.680><c> the</c><00:32:39.859><c> things</c>

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:43.279
that<00:32:40.200><c> we</c><00:32:40.440><c> can</c><00:32:40.680><c> do,</c><00:32:41.400><c> but</c><00:32:41.500><c> to</c><00:32:41.680><c> do</c><00:32:41.799><c> something</c><00:32:42.099><c> that</c><00:32:42.279><c> we</c><00:32:42.559><c> can't</c><00:32:43.140><c> do.</c>

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.599
And<00:32:43.440><c> that's</c><00:32:43.619><c> why</c><00:32:43.779><c> he</c><00:32:43.880><c> had</c><00:32:44.039><c> no</c><00:32:44.319><c> human</c><00:32:44.640><c> father.</c>

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:49.700
We<00:32:46.000><c> read</c><00:32:46.319><c> in</c><00:32:46.480><c> Luke</c><00:32:46.720><c> chapter</c><00:32:47.180><c> 1,</c><00:32:48.220><c> verse</c><00:32:48.420><c> 31.</c>

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:53.880
Thou<00:32:50.420><c> shalt</c><00:32:50.880><c> conceive</c><00:32:51.720><c> in</c><00:32:51.960><c> thy</c><00:32:52.220><c> womb</c><00:32:52.539><c> and</c><00:32:52.779><c> bring</c><00:32:53.079><c> forth</c><00:32:53.359><c> a</c><00:32:53.640><c> son.</c>

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.200
Luke<00:32:54.200><c> 1</c><00:32:54.460><c>.31.</c>

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:57.259
And<00:32:55.500><c> thou</c><00:32:55.640><c> shalt</c><00:32:55.819><c> call</c><00:32:56.079><c> his</c><00:32:56.240><c> name</c><00:32:56.480><c> Jesus.</c>

00:32:57.579 --> 00:33:00.380
Jehovah,<00:32:58.119><c> which</c><00:32:58.299><c> of</c><00:32:58.480><c> course</c><00:32:58.660><c> is</c><00:32:59.640><c> bad</c><00:32:59.960><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:02.140
Yahweh,<00:33:01.259><c> we</c><00:33:01.259><c> know.</c>

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.880
Yahweh<00:33:03.140><c> the</c><00:33:03.400><c> Savior.</c>

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:07.200
The<00:33:04.819><c> he</c><00:33:05.099><c> who</c><00:33:05.420><c> shall</c><00:33:05.680><c> be</c><00:33:05.960><c> the</c><00:33:06.220><c> Savior.</c>

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:10.660
Probably<00:33:08.859><c> the</c><00:33:09.059><c> word</c><00:33:09.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:09.839><c> doesn't</c><00:33:10.140><c> only</c><00:33:10.420><c> mean</c>

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:12.660
the<00:33:10.859><c> he</c><00:33:11.059><c> who</c><00:33:11.279><c> shall</c><00:33:11.500><c> be,</c><00:33:11.880><c> but</c><00:33:11.940><c> really</c><00:33:12.259><c> means</c>

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:15.319
the<00:33:13.180><c> he</c><00:33:13.400><c> who</c><00:33:13.640><c> was</c><00:33:13.839><c> and</c><00:33:14.059><c> is</c><00:33:14.220><c> and</c><00:33:14.599><c> will</c><00:33:14.940><c> be.</c>

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:18.039
There's<00:33:15.759><c> past,</c><00:33:16.119><c> present</c><00:33:16.359><c> and</c><00:33:16.539><c> future</c><00:33:16.859><c> in</c><00:33:17.019><c> that</c><00:33:17.500><c> great</c><00:33:17.779><c> name</c>

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.579
of<00:33:18.279><c> God.</c>

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:20.400
So<00:33:19.099><c> that</c><00:33:19.180><c> when</c><00:33:19.259><c> you</c><00:33:19.359><c> come</c><00:33:19.500><c> to</c><00:33:19.599><c> the</c><00:33:19.660><c> book</c><00:33:19.839><c> of</c><00:33:20.039><c> Revelation</c>

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.779
you<00:33:20.619><c> have</c><00:33:20.920><c> who</c><00:33:21.299><c> is</c><00:33:21.619><c> and</c><00:33:21.779><c> who</c><00:33:21.980><c> was</c><00:33:22.160><c> and</c><00:33:22.279><c> is</c><00:33:22.539><c> coming.</c>

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:25.259
Past,<00:33:23.380><c> present</c><00:33:23.559><c> and</c><00:33:23.799><c> future</c><00:33:24.019><c> all</c><00:33:24.380><c> wrapped</c><00:33:24.619><c> up</c><00:33:24.819><c> in</c><00:33:24.960><c> the</c><00:33:25.099><c> Lord</c>

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.299
Jesus<00:33:25.700><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:28.619
Yahweh<00:33:27.140><c> the</c><00:33:27.440><c> Savior.</c>

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:31.980
The<00:33:29.579><c> who</c><00:33:29.799><c> is</c><00:33:30.180><c> and</c><00:33:30.339><c> who</c><00:33:30.539><c> was</c><00:33:30.759><c> and</c><00:33:30.940><c> is</c><00:33:31.180><c> coming.</c>

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:34.480
So<00:33:33.099><c> there</c><00:33:33.660><c> was</c><00:33:34.220><c> Mary.</c>

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:36.500
Now<00:33:34.680><c> those</c><00:33:34.880><c> of</c><00:33:35.039><c> you</c><00:33:35.180><c> who</c><00:33:35.400><c> are</c><00:33:35.579><c> mothers,</c>

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:39.519
just<00:33:37.359><c> think</c><00:33:37.740><c> how</c><00:33:37.960><c> she</c><00:33:38.119><c> must</c><00:33:38.359><c> have</c><00:33:38.579><c> felt</c>

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:43.440
with<00:33:40.799><c> this</c><00:33:41.240><c> strange</c><00:33:42.019><c> salutation.</c>

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:48.480
You<00:33:44.000><c> are</c><00:33:44.319><c> going</c><00:33:44.460><c> to</c><00:33:44.700><c> be</c><00:33:44.819><c> the</c><00:33:45.079><c> mother</c><00:33:45.720><c> of</c><00:33:46.180><c> the</c><00:33:46.519><c> one</c><00:33:47.119><c> promised.</c>

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.859
What<00:33:49.160><c> a</c><00:33:49.599><c> thrill.</c>

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:52.640
How<00:33:50.539><c> her</c><00:33:50.819><c> heart</c><00:33:51.079><c> must</c><00:33:51.319><c> have</c><00:33:51.599><c> leapt.</c>

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:55.500
If<00:33:53.019><c> the</c><00:33:53.319><c> babe</c><00:33:53.559><c> in</c><00:33:53.740><c> the</c><00:33:53.900><c> womb</c><00:33:54.059><c> of</c><00:33:54.299><c> Elizabeth</c><00:33:54.759><c> leapt,</c>

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:58.640
how<00:33:56.019><c> must</c><00:33:56.339><c> Mary's</c><00:33:56.940><c> heart</c><00:33:57.180><c> have</c><00:33:57.500><c> leapt?</c>

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:03.299
He<00:33:59.599><c> shall</c><00:33:59.759><c> be</c><00:34:00.180><c> great</c><00:34:00.480><c> and</c><00:34:00.660><c> shall</c><00:34:00.799><c> be</c><00:34:01.039><c> called</c><00:34:01.220><c> the</c><00:34:01.480><c> son</c><00:34:01.779><c> of</c><00:34:01.960><c> the</c><00:34:02.180><c> highest.</c>

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:05.579
The<00:34:03.599><c> Lord</c><00:34:03.880><c> God</c><00:34:04.119><c> shall</c><00:34:04.259><c> give</c><00:34:04.420><c> unto</c><00:34:04.640><c> him</c><00:34:04.819><c> the</c><00:34:05.079><c> throne</c><00:34:05.240><c> of</c><00:34:05.420><c> his</c>

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.940
father<00:34:05.839><c> David.</c>

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:09.500
He<00:34:07.440><c> shall</c><00:34:07.640><c> reign</c><00:34:07.880><c> over</c><00:34:08.119><c> the</c><00:34:08.260><c> house</c><00:34:08.500><c> of</c><00:34:08.760><c> Jacob</c><00:34:09.019><c> forever</c>

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:11.400
and<00:34:09.699><c> of</c><00:34:09.800><c> his</c><00:34:10.079><c> kingdom</c><00:34:10.360><c> there</c><00:34:10.579><c> shall</c><00:34:10.679><c> be</c><00:34:10.880><c> no</c><00:34:11.079><c> end.</c>

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:17.039
You<00:34:12.019><c> Mary</c><00:34:12.380><c> are</c><00:34:12.619><c> going</c><00:34:12.900><c> to</c><00:34:13.719><c> bear</c><00:34:13.980><c> in</c><00:34:14.219><c> the</c><00:34:14.460><c> normal</c><00:34:14.800><c> process</c><00:34:15.219><c> of</c><00:34:15.659><c> childbirth</c>

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:19.139
that<00:34:18.159><c> one.</c>

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:22.219
Then<00:34:20.780><c> said</c><00:34:21.000><c> Mary</c><00:34:21.440><c> unto</c><00:34:21.679><c> the</c><00:34:21.920><c> angel,</c>

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:26.219
how<00:34:22.559><c> shall</c><00:34:22.880><c> this</c><00:34:23.179><c> be</c><00:34:23.539><c> seeing</c><00:34:23.800><c> I</c><00:34:24.079><c> know</c><00:34:24.260><c> not</c><00:34:24.460><c> a</c><00:34:24.639><c> man,</c><00:34:24.860><c> I'm</c><00:34:25.039><c> not</c><00:34:25.280><c> married?</c>

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:30.199
The<00:34:27.699><c> angel</c><00:34:28.119><c> answered</c><00:34:28.679><c> and</c><00:34:28.860><c> said</c><00:34:29.019><c> unto</c><00:34:29.239><c> her,</c>

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:32.699
the<00:34:30.500><c> Holy</c><00:34:30.900><c> Spirit</c><00:34:31.539><c> shall</c><00:34:31.739><c> come</c><00:34:31.960><c> upon</c><00:34:32.320><c> thee.</c>

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:35.500
And<00:34:33.059><c> then</c><00:34:33.260><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:33.519><c> parallelism</c><00:34:34.340><c> saying</c><00:34:34.639><c> the</c><00:34:34.840><c> same</c><00:34:35.079><c> thing</c><00:34:35.280><c> a</c>

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.659
different<00:34:35.699><c> way.</c>

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:40.460
The<00:34:36.960><c> power</c><00:34:37.380><c> of</c><00:34:37.619><c> the</c><00:34:37.800><c> highest</c><00:34:38.199><c> shall</c><00:34:38.559><c> overshadow</c><00:34:39.340><c> thee.</c>

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:44.119
Therefore<00:34:41.539><c> also</c><00:34:42.039><c> that</c><00:34:42.280><c> holy</c><00:34:42.559><c> thing</c><00:34:42.840><c> which</c><00:34:43.039><c> shall</c><00:34:43.219><c> be</c><00:34:43.460><c> born</c><00:34:43.639><c> of</c><00:34:43.880><c> thee</c>

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:46.599
shall<00:34:44.519><c> be</c><00:34:44.840><c> called</c><00:34:45.059><c> the</c><00:34:45.340><c> son</c><00:34:45.500><c> of</c><00:34:45.719><c> God.</c>

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:49.880
And<00:34:47.199><c> I</c><00:34:47.480><c> think</c><00:34:47.719><c> we</c><00:34:48.059><c> have</c><00:34:48.260><c> a</c><00:34:48.639><c> glimmering</c><00:34:49.179><c> of</c><00:34:49.340><c> the</c><00:34:49.599><c> explanation</c>

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:52.360
but<00:34:50.619><c> it's</c><00:34:50.940><c> only</c><00:34:51.280><c> a</c><00:34:51.519><c> glimmering</c><00:34:52.019><c> there.</c>

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:57.619
In<00:34:53.460><c> ordinary</c><00:34:54.079><c> human</c><00:34:54.679><c> birth</c><00:34:54.980><c> there</c><00:34:55.300><c> is</c><00:34:55.659><c> substance</c><00:34:56.360><c> from</c><00:34:56.679><c> the</c><00:34:56.960><c> father</c>

00:34:57.619 --> 00:35:03.980
goes<00:34:58.400><c> forth</c><00:34:59.159><c> to</c><00:34:59.840><c> cause</c><00:35:00.119><c> the</c><00:35:01.119><c> germination</c><00:35:01.920><c> process</c><00:35:02.480><c> to</c><00:35:02.780><c> commence.</c>

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:07.980
The<00:35:04.280><c> child</c><00:35:04.780><c> that</c><00:35:04.940><c> is</c><00:35:05.179><c> conceived</c><00:35:05.860><c> begins</c><00:35:06.699><c> to</c><00:35:07.099><c> grow.</c>

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:12.769
Then<00:35:08.320><c> all</c><00:35:08.639><c> holiness</c><00:35:09.019><c> and</c><00:35:09.320><c> purity</c><00:35:09.579><c> of</c><00:35:09.940><c> thought</c><00:35:10.360><c> power</c><00:35:11.500><c> from</c><00:35:12.320><c> God</c>

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:18.539
went<00:35:13.820><c> forth</c><00:35:14.239><c> and</c><00:35:15.320><c> operated</c><00:35:15.860><c> upon</c><00:35:16.340><c> the</c><00:35:17.539><c> substance</c><00:35:17.960><c> of</c><00:35:18.260><c> Mary</c>

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:20.179
to<00:35:18.820><c> begin</c><00:35:19.119><c> a</c><00:35:19.440><c> new</c><00:35:19.599><c> life.</c>

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:25.000
A<00:35:21.059><c> new</c><00:35:21.300><c> life</c><00:35:21.599><c> that</c><00:35:21.800><c> was</c><00:35:22.579><c> directly</c><00:35:23.460><c> connected</c><00:35:24.139><c> with</c><00:35:24.519><c> the</c><00:35:24.739><c> God</c>

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:27.579
who<00:35:25.260><c> sent</c><00:35:25.559><c> forth</c><00:35:26.000><c> that</c><00:35:26.400><c> power.</c>

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:32.619
So<00:35:27.920><c> that</c><00:35:28.039><c> God</c><00:35:28.300><c> really</c><00:35:28.940><c> did</c><00:35:29.320><c> extend</c><00:35:30.059><c> himself</c><00:35:30.920><c> in</c><00:35:32.179><c> producing</c>

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.260
this<00:35:32.940><c> son</c>

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:36.739
but<00:35:33.760><c> he</c><00:35:34.159><c> extended</c><00:35:34.380><c> himself</c><00:35:34.860><c> more</c><00:35:35.119><c> than</c><00:35:35.260><c> we</c><00:35:35.519><c> human</c><00:35:35.880><c> fathers</c><00:35:36.280><c> do.</c>

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:38.559
Why<00:35:37.320><c> we</c><00:35:37.539><c> can't</c><00:35:37.820><c> even</c><00:35:38.159><c> say,</c>

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:42.079
well<00:35:38.980><c> we've</c><00:35:39.239><c> got</c><00:35:39.460><c> two</c><00:35:39.760><c> boys,</c><00:35:40.380><c> let's</c><00:35:40.760><c> have</c><00:35:40.940><c> a</c><00:35:41.199><c> girl</c><00:35:41.519><c> this</c><00:35:41.840><c> time.</c>

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:43.360
We<00:35:42.340><c> can't</c><00:35:42.679><c> say</c><00:35:42.920><c> that.</c>

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:47.019
In<00:35:44.019><c> Japan</c><00:35:44.440><c> they're</c><00:35:44.639><c> trying</c><00:35:44.840><c> to</c><00:35:45.280><c> experiment</c><00:35:45.659><c> to</c><00:35:45.900><c> see</c><00:35:45.960><c> if</c><00:35:46.039><c> they</c><00:35:46.300><c> can't</c>

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:51.500
control<00:35:47.460><c> the</c><00:35:47.760><c> sex</c><00:35:48.099><c> of</c><00:35:48.380><c> the</c><00:35:48.940><c> child</c><00:35:49.340><c> that</c><00:35:49.539><c> you</c><00:35:49.780><c> have.</c>

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:53.000
How<00:35:51.800><c> about</c><00:35:51.960><c> if</c><00:35:52.119><c> we</c><00:35:52.280><c> could</c><00:35:52.519><c> say,</c>

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:56.960
now<00:35:53.360><c> we'll</c><00:35:53.679><c> have</c><00:35:53.860><c> another</c><00:35:54.219><c> child,</c><00:35:55.739><c> little</c><00:35:56.019><c> John</c><00:35:56.300><c> is</c><00:35:56.500><c> old</c><00:35:56.739><c> enough,</c>

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.820
now<00:35:57.179><c> we'll</c><00:35:57.460><c> have</c><00:35:57.579><c> another</c><00:35:57.940><c> child,</c>

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:01.800
we'll<00:35:59.219><c> have</c><00:35:59.440><c> all</c><00:35:59.860><c> your</c><00:36:00.159><c> good</c><00:36:00.460><c> qualities</c><00:36:00.800><c> dear</c>

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:03.780
and<00:36:02.159><c> we'll</c><00:36:02.400><c> have</c><00:36:02.500><c> all</c><00:36:02.820><c> my</c><00:36:03.119><c> good</c><00:36:03.360><c> qualities</c>

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:05.780
and<00:36:03.980><c> none</c><00:36:04.139><c> of</c><00:36:04.280><c> our</c><00:36:04.440><c> bad</c><00:36:04.639><c> ones.</c>

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:08.699
And<00:36:06.380><c> we'll</c><00:36:06.639><c> wipe</c><00:36:06.820><c> out</c><00:36:07.039><c> all</c><00:36:07.300><c> grandfathers</c><00:36:07.920><c> bad</c><00:36:08.239><c> qualities</c>

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:11.940
and<00:36:09.300><c> grandmothers</c><00:36:09.840><c> bad</c><00:36:10.179><c> qualities</c><00:36:10.619><c> and</c><00:36:11.440><c> you</c><00:36:11.780><c> know,</c>

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:14.219
we<00:36:12.159><c> just</c><00:36:12.400><c> can't</c><00:36:12.579><c> do</c><00:36:12.780><c> it</c><00:36:12.960><c> can</c><00:36:13.159><c> we?</c>

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:18.699
But<00:36:15.539><c> in</c><00:36:15.760><c> all</c><00:36:16.019><c> reverence</c><00:36:16.460><c> when</c><00:36:16.760><c> God</c><00:36:17.059><c> himself</c><00:36:17.739><c> is</c><00:36:17.980><c> the</c><00:36:18.260><c> father</c>

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:24.579
he<00:36:19.340><c> can</c><00:36:19.659><c> ensure</c><00:36:20.360><c> that</c><00:36:20.840><c> right</c><00:36:21.360><c> balance</c><00:36:22.300><c> of</c><00:36:23.280><c> qualities,</c>

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:28.780
potential<00:36:25.559><c> in</c><00:36:26.159><c> the</c><00:36:26.500><c> child</c><00:36:27.039><c> that</c><00:36:27.880><c> will</c><00:36:28.139><c> respond</c>

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:32.340
so<00:36:28.980><c> that</c><00:36:29.119><c> it's</c><00:36:29.619><c> no</c><00:36:30.039><c> marvel</c><00:36:30.599><c> that</c><00:36:30.800><c> at</c><00:36:30.960><c> the</c><00:36:31.059><c> age</c><00:36:31.300><c> of</c><00:36:31.599><c> 12</c><00:36:32.000><c> he</c><00:36:32.139><c> was</c>

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:33.059
able<00:36:32.539><c> to</c><00:36:32.780><c> say,</c>

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:37.159
didn't<00:36:33.639><c> you</c><00:36:33.860><c> know</c><00:36:34.079><c> I</c><00:36:34.219><c> must</c><00:36:34.480><c> be</c><00:36:34.719><c> about</c><00:36:35.039><c> my</c><00:36:35.380><c> father's</c><00:36:36.019><c> business?</c>

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:41.820
I<00:36:39.699><c> think</c><00:36:39.860><c> you</c><00:36:40.119><c> begin</c><00:36:40.400><c> to</c><00:36:40.599><c> just</c><00:36:40.760><c> get</c><00:36:40.920><c> a</c><00:36:41.199><c> glimmering</c>

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:45.119
but<00:36:42.099><c> it's</c><00:36:42.380><c> only</c><00:36:42.739><c> a</c><00:36:43.000><c> glimmering</c><00:36:43.360><c> because</c><00:36:43.860><c> you</c><00:36:44.119><c> see,</c>

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:47.900
human<00:36:45.639><c> children</c><00:36:46.000><c> have</c><00:36:46.260><c> a</c><00:36:46.420><c> kind</c><00:36:46.619><c> of</c><00:36:46.860><c> sympathy</c><00:36:47.219><c> with</c><00:36:47.480><c> father</c>

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:51.800
if<00:36:48.239><c> they</c><00:36:48.380><c> get</c><00:36:48.559><c> on</c><00:36:48.760><c> well</c><00:36:48.940><c> together,</c><00:36:49.320><c> a</c><00:36:49.500><c> sort</c><00:36:49.659><c> of</c><00:36:49.880><c> feeling</c><00:36:50.280><c> for</c><00:36:50.539><c> father,</c>

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:54.539
but<00:36:52.019><c> that's</c><00:36:52.219><c> only</c><00:36:52.519><c> a</c><00:36:52.960><c> dim</c><00:36:53.239><c> reflection</c><00:36:53.800><c> of</c><00:36:54.019><c> the</c><00:36:54.239><c> feeling</c>

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:56.440
that<00:36:54.780><c> Jesus</c><00:36:55.159><c> had</c><00:36:55.420><c> for</c><00:36:55.679><c> his</c><00:36:55.920><c> father.</c>

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.679
Fancy<00:36:57.039><c> at</c><00:36:57.219><c> the</c><00:36:57.300><c> age</c><00:36:57.500><c> of</c><00:36:57.699><c> 12</c><00:36:58.219><c> saying,</c>

00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:02.679
wish<00:36:58.980><c> she</c><00:36:59.199><c> not</c><00:36:59.320><c> that</c><00:36:59.460><c> I</c><00:36:59.659><c> must</c><00:36:59.800><c> be</c><00:36:59.980><c> about</c><00:37:00.219><c> my</c><00:37:00.639><c> father's</c><00:37:01.480><c> business.</c>

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:05.559
Yet<00:37:03.739><c> he</c><00:37:03.880><c> was</c><00:37:04.099><c> a</c><00:37:04.340><c> child</c><00:37:04.619><c> and</c><00:37:04.840><c> he</c><00:37:05.099><c> grew,</c>

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:07.980
grew<00:37:06.119><c> in</c><00:37:06.440><c> favor</c><00:37:06.719><c> with</c><00:37:07.079><c> God</c><00:37:07.340><c> and</c><00:37:07.559><c> man.</c>

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:09.639
There<00:37:08.199><c> were</c><00:37:08.300><c> times</c><00:37:08.699><c> when</c><00:37:08.880><c> he</c><00:37:09.159><c> played</c>

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:13.619
and<00:37:10.079><c> there</c><00:37:10.239><c> were</c><00:37:10.440><c> times</c><00:37:10.940><c> when</c><00:37:11.219><c> he</c><00:37:11.659><c> went</c><00:37:11.940><c> that</c><00:37:12.699><c> little</c><00:37:13.039><c> bit</c><00:37:13.280><c> further</c>

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:15.059
and<00:37:13.820><c> became</c><00:37:14.059><c> a</c><00:37:14.179><c> little</c><00:37:14.300><c> more</c><00:37:14.539><c> mature,</c>

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:18.059
always<00:37:15.840><c> perfect</c><00:37:16.440><c> at</c><00:37:16.619><c> the</c><00:37:16.800><c> stage</c><00:37:17.079><c> of</c><00:37:17.239><c> his</c><00:37:17.480><c> development.</c>

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:21.719
The<00:37:18.760><c> explanation,</c><00:37:20.039><c> well</c><00:37:20.139><c> the</c><00:37:20.420><c> explanation,</c>

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:25.500
we've<00:37:22.119><c> seen</c><00:37:22.199><c> it</c><00:37:22.420><c> in</c><00:37:22.519><c> Luke</c><00:37:22.800><c> 1,</c><00:37:23.260><c> we</c><00:37:23.340><c> see</c><00:37:23.559><c> it</c><00:37:23.739><c> in</c><00:37:23.880><c> Micah</c><00:37:24.119><c> chapter</c><00:37:24.559><c> 5</c>

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:29.519
as<00:37:26.079><c> translated</c><00:37:26.639><c> in</c><00:37:26.920><c> the</c><00:37:27.119><c> revised</c><00:37:27.719><c> standard</c><00:37:28.280><c> version.</c>

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:34.900
Micah<00:37:30.840><c> chapter</c><00:37:31.239><c> 5,</c><00:37:32.679><c> where</c><00:37:32.920><c> we</c><00:37:33.199><c> have</c><00:37:33.800><c> about</c><00:37:34.519><c> that</c><00:37:34.760><c> one</c>

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:37.139
that<00:37:35.019><c> was</c><00:37:35.179><c> going</c><00:37:35.300><c> to</c><00:37:35.400><c> be</c><00:37:35.579><c> born</c><00:37:35.739><c> in</c><00:37:36.000><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:39.739
thou,<00:37:38.159><c> Micah</c><00:37:38.699><c> 5</c><00:37:39.019><c> verse</c><00:37:39.300><c> 2,</c>

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:41.840
jot<00:37:39.980><c> it</c><00:37:40.179><c> down</c><00:37:40.420><c> if</c><00:37:40.519><c> you</c><00:37:40.679><c> can't</c><00:37:41.000><c> find</c><00:37:41.159><c> it</c><00:37:41.360><c> quickly,</c>

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:43.820
those<00:37:42.340><c> minor</c><00:37:42.639><c> prophets</c><00:37:42.960><c> are</c><00:37:43.199><c> always</c><00:37:43.380><c> a</c><00:37:43.599><c> problem</c>

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:45.159
just<00:37:44.079><c> to</c><00:37:44.239><c> drop</c><00:37:44.420><c> on,</c><00:37:44.780><c> aren't</c><00:37:44.780><c> they?</c>

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:47.139
Micah<00:37:45.840><c> 5</c><00:37:46.219><c> verse</c><00:37:46.440><c> 2,</c>

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:49.179
thou<00:37:47.719><c> Bethlehem</c><00:37:48.400><c> Ephrata,</c>

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:52.320
though<00:37:49.800><c> thou</c><00:37:50.019><c> be</c><00:37:50.219><c> little</c><00:37:50.619><c> among</c><00:37:51.099><c> the</c><00:37:51.340><c> thousands</c><00:37:51.719><c> of</c><00:37:52.039><c> Judah,</c>

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:56.260
yet<00:37:52.960><c> out</c><00:37:53.300><c> of</c><00:37:53.539><c> thee</c><00:37:53.960><c> shall</c><00:37:54.539><c> he</c><00:37:54.900><c> come</c><00:37:55.219><c> forth</c><00:37:55.480><c> to</c><00:37:55.780><c> me,</c>

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:58.639
that<00:37:56.500><c> is</c><00:37:56.659><c> to</c><00:37:56.780><c> be</c><00:37:56.960><c> ruler</c><00:37:57.300><c> in</c><00:37:57.539><c> Israel,</c>

00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:02.199
whose<00:37:59.360><c> goings</c><00:37:59.920><c> forth,</c><00:38:00.179><c> it</c><00:38:00.400><c> says</c><00:38:00.519><c> in</c><00:38:00.699><c> the</c><00:38:00.900><c> King</c><00:38:01.219><c> James</c><00:38:01.639><c> version,</c>

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:08.880
whose<00:38:03.219><c> origin</c><00:38:04.519><c> has</c><00:38:06.219><c> been</c><00:38:06.659><c> from</c><00:38:06.900><c> of</c><00:38:07.079><c> old,</c><00:38:07.619><c> from</c><00:38:07.840><c> everlasting.</c>

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:14.320
So<00:38:09.539><c> Jesus</c><00:38:10.039><c> originated</c><00:38:11.300><c> in</c><00:38:12.000><c> God</c><00:38:12.340><c> from</c><00:38:12.780><c> of</c><00:38:12.980><c> old,</c><00:38:13.639><c> from</c><00:38:13.800><c> everlasting.</c>

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.320
Can<00:38:14.639><c> we</c><00:38:14.760><c> get</c><00:38:14.960><c> that?</c>

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:18.380
His<00:38:16.019><c> origin</c><00:38:16.739><c> was</c><00:38:17.119><c> there</c><00:38:17.340><c> in</c><00:38:17.559><c> God.</c>

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:21.780
I'm<00:38:18.699><c> not</c><00:38:18.820><c> saying</c><00:38:19.059><c> anything</c><00:38:19.320><c> about</c><00:38:19.539><c> him</c><00:38:19.699><c> having</c><00:38:19.940><c> an</c><00:38:20.199><c> eternal</c><00:38:20.579><c> consciousness,</c>

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:26.699
but<00:38:21.920><c> once</c><00:38:22.159><c> he</c><00:38:22.400><c> came,</c><00:38:23.719><c> then</c><00:38:23.940><c> somehow</c><00:38:24.480><c> there</c><00:38:24.760><c> was</c><00:38:25.059><c> in</c><00:38:25.219><c> him</c><00:38:25.539><c> a,</c>

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:28.860
have<00:38:27.000><c> you</c><00:38:27.119><c> ever</c><00:38:27.119><c> had</c><00:38:27.119><c> that</c><00:38:27.380><c> feeling</c><00:38:27.599><c> I've</c><00:38:27.860><c> been</c><00:38:28.079><c> here</c><00:38:28.360><c> before?</c>

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:32.099
You<00:38:29.500><c> know,</c><00:38:29.960><c> that</c><00:38:30.119><c> feeling</c><00:38:30.380><c> I've</c><00:38:30.639><c> been</c><00:38:30.880><c> here</c><00:38:31.119><c> before.</c>

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:34.900
Well,<00:38:33.559><c> there</c><00:38:33.699><c> was</c><00:38:33.880><c> something</c><00:38:34.139><c> about</c><00:38:34.480><c> Jesus</c>

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:36.360
that<00:38:35.079><c> when</c><00:38:35.239><c> he</c><00:38:35.400><c> thought</c><00:38:35.599><c> of</c><00:38:35.780><c> God</c><00:38:35.940><c> in</c><00:38:36.159><c> heaven,</c>

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:38.739
he<00:38:36.519><c> got</c><00:38:36.760><c> that</c><00:38:37.000><c> feeling</c><00:38:37.300><c> I've</c><00:38:37.619><c> been</c><00:38:37.800><c> there.</c>

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:41.480
He<00:38:39.400><c> can't</c><00:38:39.579><c> understand</c><00:38:39.960><c> it,</c><00:38:40.179><c> can't</c><00:38:40.539><c> explain</c><00:38:40.860><c> it,</c>

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:44.280
but<00:38:41.960><c> I</c><00:38:42.159><c> think</c><00:38:42.380><c> that</c><00:38:42.760><c> just</c><00:38:43.079><c> gets</c><00:38:43.280><c> a</c><00:38:43.500><c> little</c><00:38:43.719><c> bit</c><00:38:43.960><c> near</c>

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:48.360
to<00:38:44.719><c> what</c><00:38:44.960><c> Jesus</c><00:38:45.400><c> meant</c><00:38:45.679><c> when</c><00:38:45.880><c> he</c><00:38:46.099><c> said</c><00:38:46.260><c> in</c><00:38:46.460><c> John</c><00:38:46.780><c> chapter</c><00:38:47.239><c> 3,</c>

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:53.599
in<00:38:48.800><c> John</c><00:38:49.139><c> chapter</c><00:38:49.599><c> 3,</c><00:38:51.039><c> was</c><00:38:51.260><c> it</c><00:38:51.420><c> Jesus</c><00:38:51.800><c> that</c><00:38:52.079><c> said</c><00:38:52.239><c> it?</c>

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:56.699
And<00:38:55.039><c> verse</c><00:38:55.420><c> 31,</c>

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:59.699
well,<00:38:57.820><c> it</c><00:38:57.900><c> wasn't</c><00:38:58.179><c> actually</c><00:38:58.579><c> Jesus</c><00:38:58.940><c> who</c><00:38:59.179><c> said</c><00:38:59.300><c> it.</c>

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:01.820
It<00:38:59.980><c> was</c><00:39:00.179><c> either</c><00:39:00.480><c> John</c><00:39:00.679><c> the</c><00:39:00.860><c> Baptist</c><00:39:01.219><c> saying</c><00:39:01.559><c> it</c>

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:04.059
or<00:39:01.960><c> it</c><00:39:02.059><c> was</c><00:39:02.280><c> John</c><00:39:02.539><c> the</c><00:39:02.719><c> Gospel</c><00:39:03.079><c> writer</c><00:39:03.440><c> saying</c><00:39:03.780><c> it.</c>

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:05.840
It<00:39:04.199><c> doesn't</c><00:39:04.340><c> matter</c><00:39:04.619><c> anyway</c><00:39:04.920><c> for</c><00:39:05.099><c> our</c><00:39:05.300><c> present</c><00:39:05.480><c> purposes.</c>

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:07.980
John<00:39:06.219><c> chapter</c><00:39:06.539><c> 3,</c><00:39:07.239><c> verse</c><00:39:07.440><c> 31.</c>

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.840
Using<00:39:08.599><c> that,</c><00:39:08.860><c> this</c><00:39:09.039><c> little</c><00:39:09.280><c> example</c>

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:11.579
of<00:39:10.019><c> where</c><00:39:10.139><c> you</c><00:39:10.360><c> feel</c><00:39:10.519><c> you've</c><00:39:10.659><c> been</c><00:39:10.900><c> somewhere</c><00:39:11.199><c> before</c>

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:13.599
and<00:39:11.699><c> yet</c><00:39:11.800><c> you</c><00:39:11.900><c> know</c><00:39:12.019><c> you've</c><00:39:12.159><c> never</c><00:39:12.360><c> been</c><00:39:12.559><c> there</c><00:39:12.800><c> before,</c>

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:15.599
do<00:39:14.079><c> they</c><00:39:14.159><c> call</c><00:39:14.260><c> it</c><00:39:14.460><c> a</c><00:39:14.559><c> perception</c><00:39:15.019><c> or</c><00:39:15.260><c> something?</c>

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:18.639
Well,<00:39:16.159><c> Jesus</c><00:39:16.559><c> had</c><00:39:16.800><c> a</c><00:39:16.980><c> divine,</c><00:39:17.400><c> not</c><00:39:17.579><c> only</c><00:39:17.780><c> a</c><00:39:18.019><c> perception,</c><00:39:18.480><c> but</c>

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.780
a<00:39:18.840><c> perception.</c>

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:22.719
That<00:39:20.039><c> is,</c><00:39:20.480><c> a</c><00:39:20.639><c> perception</c><00:39:21.039><c> of</c><00:39:21.199><c> what</c><00:39:21.400><c> goes</c><00:39:21.639><c> before.</c>

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:29.559
He<00:39:23.760><c> who</c><00:39:24.219><c> comes</c><00:39:24.860><c> from</c><00:39:25.219><c> above</c><00:39:25.900><c> is</c><00:39:26.920><c> above</c><00:39:27.559><c> all</c><00:39:28.260><c> others.</c>

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:33.360
He<00:39:31.099><c> who</c><00:39:31.340><c> is</c><00:39:31.500><c> from</c><00:39:31.780><c> the</c><00:39:32.019><c> earth,</c><00:39:32.360><c> like</c><00:39:32.579><c> John</c><00:39:32.780><c> the</c><00:39:32.940><c> Baptist,</c>

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:36.619
belongs<00:39:33.880><c> to</c><00:39:34.159><c> the</c><00:39:34.340><c> earth</c><00:39:34.519><c> and</c><00:39:34.719><c> uses</c><00:39:35.019><c> earthly</c><00:39:35.519><c> speech.</c>

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:40.619
He<00:39:37.440><c> who</c><00:39:37.760><c> comes</c><00:39:38.239><c> from</c><00:39:38.699><c> heaven</c><00:39:39.280><c> bears</c><00:39:40.000><c> witness</c>

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:44.199
to<00:39:40.820><c> what</c><00:39:41.099><c> he</c><00:39:41.440><c> has</c><00:39:41.820><c> seen</c><00:39:42.260><c> and</c><00:39:42.980><c> heard,</c>

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:47.159
yet<00:39:44.840><c> no</c><00:39:45.119><c> one</c><00:39:45.360><c> accepts</c><00:39:45.840><c> his</c><00:39:46.139><c> witness.</c>

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:50.019
Now,<00:39:47.820><c> it</c><00:39:47.940><c> is</c><00:39:48.079><c> true</c><00:39:48.380><c> that</c><00:39:48.599><c> Jesus</c><00:39:49.000><c> right</c><00:39:49.260><c> through</c><00:39:49.460><c> his</c><00:39:49.719><c> ministry</c>

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:52.880
was<00:39:50.280><c> in</c><00:39:50.840><c> daily</c><00:39:51.179><c> contact</c><00:39:51.760><c> with</c><00:39:52.000><c> God.</c>

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:54.219
He<00:39:52.980><c> used</c><00:39:53.139><c> to</c><00:39:53.199><c> go</c><00:39:53.360><c> up</c><00:39:53.539><c> into</c><00:39:53.739><c> the</c><00:39:53.920><c> mount</c>

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:56.599
and<00:39:54.780><c> learn</c><00:39:55.079><c> new</c><00:39:55.400><c> things</c><00:39:55.860><c> from</c><00:39:56.139><c> God.</c>

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:59.239
Each<00:39:57.360><c> time</c><00:39:57.780><c> he</c><00:39:57.900><c> had</c><00:39:58.099><c> that</c><00:39:58.360><c> wonderful</c><00:39:58.739><c> communion</c>

00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:01.599
and<00:39:59.659><c> when</c><00:39:59.820><c> he'd</c><00:40:00.139><c> learn</c><00:40:00.340><c> some</c><00:40:00.619><c> new</c><00:40:00.880><c> things</c><00:40:01.159><c> from</c><00:40:01.360><c> God,</c>

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:04.019
he'd<00:40:02.079><c> teach</c><00:40:02.300><c> his</c><00:40:02.539><c> disciples</c><00:40:03.079><c> new</c><00:40:03.460><c> things</c>

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:06.719
as<00:40:04.400><c> he</c><00:40:04.659><c> drew</c><00:40:04.860><c> upon</c><00:40:05.199><c> his</c><00:40:05.539><c> father's</c><00:40:06.219><c> reservoir</c>

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:08.800
of<00:40:07.119><c> strength</c><00:40:07.500><c> and</c><00:40:07.760><c> power.</c>

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:11.219
But<00:40:09.340><c> somehow</c><00:40:09.539><c> in</c><00:40:09.800><c> addition</c><00:40:10.119><c> to</c><00:40:10.360><c> that</c><00:40:10.500><c> and</c><00:40:10.739><c> beyond</c><00:40:11.019><c> it,</c>

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:13.219
we've<00:40:11.860><c> got</c><00:40:11.960><c> to</c><00:40:12.119><c> face</c><00:40:12.260><c> up</c><00:40:12.460><c> to</c><00:40:12.639><c> these</c><00:40:12.840><c> words</c>

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:17.980
that<00:40:14.219><c> he</c><00:40:15.940><c> who</c><00:40:16.440><c> has</c><00:40:16.900><c> come</c><00:40:17.179><c> from</c><00:40:17.500><c> heaven</c>

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:21.480
bears<00:40:18.659><c> witness</c><00:40:19.159><c> to</c><00:40:19.360><c> what</c><00:40:19.539><c> he</c><00:40:19.699><c> has</c><00:40:19.960><c> seen</c><00:40:20.280><c> and</c><00:40:20.619><c> heard.</c>

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:24.599
So<00:40:21.860><c> there</c><00:40:22.119><c> was</c><00:40:22.420><c> in</c><00:40:22.619><c> the</c><00:40:23.019><c> consciousness</c><00:40:23.639><c> of</c><00:40:23.960><c> Jesus</c>

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:28.219
a<00:40:25.239><c> sense</c><00:40:25.800><c> of</c><00:40:26.579><c> things</c><00:40:27.119><c> that</c><00:40:27.460><c> went</c><00:40:27.639><c> before</c>

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:32.219
that<00:40:28.559><c> almost</c><00:40:28.940><c> as</c><00:40:29.480><c> it</c><00:40:29.820><c> were</c><00:40:30.019><c> seemed</c><00:40:30.280><c> to</c><00:40:30.539><c> have</c><00:40:31.199><c> been</c><00:40:31.579><c> implanted</c>

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.820
in<00:40:32.440><c> him</c>

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:35.880
by<00:40:33.099><c> the</c><00:40:33.360><c> fact</c><00:40:33.599><c> that</c><00:40:33.860><c> his</c><00:40:34.239><c> origin</c><00:40:34.940><c> was</c><00:40:35.440><c> of</c><00:40:35.619><c> old.</c>

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:40.260
So<00:40:36.099><c> that</c><00:40:36.280><c> when</c><00:40:37.059><c> he</c><00:40:37.280><c> said</c><00:40:37.440><c> before</c><00:40:37.880><c> Abram</c><00:40:38.320><c> was,</c><00:40:39.099><c> I</c><00:40:39.099><c> am,</c>

00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:44.880
he<00:40:41.019><c> had</c><00:40:41.260><c> a</c><00:40:41.519><c> sense</c><00:40:41.840><c> and</c><00:40:42.039><c> a</c><00:40:42.179><c> feeling</c><00:40:43.360><c> for</c><00:40:43.739><c> the</c><00:40:44.000><c> eternal</c><00:40:44.400><c> past.</c>

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:46.480
I'm<00:40:45.239><c> struggling</c><00:40:45.619><c> for</c><00:40:45.920><c> words</c>

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:48.659
because<00:40:47.099><c> I</c><00:40:47.300><c> know</c><00:40:47.539><c> not</c><00:40:47.739><c> how</c><00:40:47.900><c> to</c><00:40:48.079><c> say</c><00:40:48.239><c> this</c>

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:50.099
without<00:40:49.179><c> being</c><00:40:49.480><c> misunderstood,</c>

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:52.739
but<00:40:50.280><c> I</c><00:40:50.500><c> don't</c><00:40:50.699><c> think</c><00:40:50.820><c> anybody</c><00:40:51.219><c> is</c><00:40:51.539><c> misunderstanding</c><00:40:52.239><c> me.</c>

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:59.440
We're<00:40:53.400><c> trying</c><00:40:53.800><c> to</c><00:40:54.420><c> get</c><00:40:54.679><c> that</c><00:40:55.280><c> feeling</c><00:40:55.639><c> of</c><00:40:55.900><c> this</c><00:40:56.519><c> divine</c><00:40:57.800><c> eternity</c>

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:04.320
that<00:40:59.760><c> was</c><00:41:00.480><c> somehow</c><00:41:01.579><c> built</c><00:41:02.360><c> into</c><00:41:02.860><c> the</c><00:41:03.199><c> person</c><00:41:03.480><c> of</c><00:41:03.659><c> Jesus</c>

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:07.900
so<00:41:05.159><c> that</c><00:41:05.320><c> he</c><00:41:05.480><c> had</c><00:41:05.659><c> a</c><00:41:05.940><c> sense</c><00:41:06.280><c> of</c><00:41:06.519><c> having</c><00:41:06.719><c> been</c><00:41:07.099><c> involved</c>

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:09.679
in<00:41:08.079><c> the</c><00:41:08.300><c> creation</c><00:41:08.639><c> of</c><00:41:08.860><c> all</c><00:41:09.099><c> things</c>

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:11.960
because<00:41:10.579><c> God</c><00:41:11.000><c> was</c><00:41:11.199><c> his</c><00:41:11.420><c> father,</c>

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:15.039
was<00:41:12.619><c> the</c><00:41:12.960><c> eternal</c><00:41:13.579><c> pre</c><00:41:14.099><c>-existing</c><00:41:14.559><c> deity.</c>

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:17.719
His<00:41:15.300><c> father</c><00:41:15.659><c> was</c><00:41:16.119><c> and</c><00:41:16.920><c> that</c><00:41:17.260><c> God,</c>

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:21.039
as<00:41:18.039><c> Brother</c><00:41:18.280><c> Thomas</c><00:41:18.599><c> puts</c><00:41:18.880><c> it,</c><00:41:19.619><c> tabernacled</c><00:41:20.280><c> in</c><00:41:20.559><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:23.219
Don't<00:41:21.699><c> you</c><00:41:21.920><c> see</c><00:41:22.079><c> the</c><00:41:22.360><c> greatness</c><00:41:22.639><c> of</c><00:41:22.940><c> Jesus?</c>

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:26.440
Don't<00:41:23.679><c> you</c><00:41:23.900><c> see</c><00:41:24.059><c> the</c><00:41:24.480><c> explanation</c><00:41:24.920><c> of</c><00:41:25.119><c> his</c><00:41:25.480><c> uniqueness?</c>

00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:29.980
Let's<00:41:27.440><c> just</c><00:41:27.619><c> look</c><00:41:27.760><c> at</c><00:41:27.840><c> one</c><00:41:27.960><c> or</c><00:41:28.079><c> two</c><00:41:28.280><c> more</c><00:41:28.559><c> passages</c><00:41:28.960><c> in</c><00:41:29.400><c> John</c>

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:32.900
just<00:41:30.519><c> to</c><00:41:30.739><c> get</c><00:41:30.940><c> this</c><00:41:31.760><c> idea.</c>

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:36.980
And<00:41:35.699><c> I</c><00:41:35.840><c> know</c><00:41:35.940><c> not</c><00:41:36.099><c> how</c><00:41:36.260><c> to</c><00:41:36.519><c> explain</c><00:41:36.840><c> them</c>

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:40.519
and<00:41:37.079><c> when</c><00:41:37.239><c> I</c><00:41:37.480><c> read</c><00:41:37.619><c> them</c><00:41:37.880><c> privately</c><00:41:38.300><c> as</c><00:41:38.619><c> part</c><00:41:38.780><c> of</c><00:41:38.960><c> my</c><00:41:39.659><c> personal</c><00:41:40.079><c> devotion</c>

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:42.340
I<00:41:40.699><c> don't</c><00:41:40.940><c> try</c><00:41:41.199><c> and</c><00:41:41.599><c> explain</c><00:41:41.800><c> them.</c>

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:46.440
I'm<00:41:43.400><c> just</c><00:41:43.400><c> thrilled</c><00:41:44.039><c> to</c><00:41:44.219><c> them</c><00:41:44.360><c> as</c><00:41:44.519><c> I'm</c><00:41:44.719><c> sure</c><00:41:44.920><c> you</c><00:41:45.199><c> do.</c>

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:49.739
John<00:41:47.119><c> chapter,</c><00:41:47.780><c> I've</c><00:41:47.940><c> got</c><00:41:48.039><c> little</c><00:41:48.559><c> marginal</c><00:41:49.300><c> notes,</c>

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:54.300
G,<00:41:50.539><c> M,</c><00:41:51.039><c> God</c><00:41:51.519><c> manifest</c><00:41:52.340><c> by</c><00:41:52.880><c> the</c><00:41:53.099><c> side</c><00:41:53.300><c> of</c><00:41:53.460><c> them.</c>

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:57.179
Look<00:41:54.679><c> at</c><00:41:54.880><c> John</c><00:41:55.179><c> 3</c><00:41:55.619><c> verse</c><00:41:55.920><c> 13</c>

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:59.179
which<00:41:57.559><c> may</c><00:41:57.780><c> be</c><00:41:57.980><c> a</c><00:41:58.199><c> comment</c><00:41:58.440><c> of</c><00:41:58.699><c> John's</c>

00:41:59.179 --> 00:42:01.719
or<00:41:59.320><c> may</c><00:41:59.559><c> be</c><00:41:59.739><c> actually</c><00:42:00.059><c> what</c><00:42:00.280><c> Jesus</c><00:42:00.679><c> said.</c>

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:05.880
Bishop<00:42:02.099><c> Temple</c><00:42:02.519><c> in</c><00:42:02.739><c> his</c><00:42:03.039><c> readings</c><00:42:03.659><c> from</c><00:42:04.659><c> John's</c><00:42:05.400><c> Gospel</c>

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:08.539
which<00:42:06.880><c> is</c><00:42:07.039><c> one</c><00:42:07.199><c> of</c><00:42:07.340><c> those</c><00:42:08.139><c> writings</c>

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:10.719
which<00:42:08.800><c> I</c><00:42:08.940><c> think</c><00:42:09.119><c> one</c><00:42:09.320><c> could</c><00:42:09.579><c> safely</c><00:42:09.940><c> recommend.</c>

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:13.199
There<00:42:11.219><c> are</c><00:42:11.380><c> a</c><00:42:11.539><c> few</c><00:42:11.539><c> things</c><00:42:11.900><c> that</c><00:42:12.079><c> are</c><00:42:12.219><c> not</c><00:42:12.340><c> quite</c><00:42:12.639><c> right</c><00:42:12.860><c> in</c><00:42:13.000><c> it</c>

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:16.800
but<00:42:13.860><c> rather</c><00:42:14.340><c> fewer</c><00:42:14.559><c> than</c><00:42:14.760><c> most</c><00:42:15.159><c> orthodox</c><00:42:15.739><c> books.</c>

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:19.360
He<00:42:17.239><c> comments</c><00:42:17.659><c> on</c><00:42:17.960><c> this,</c>

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:21.300
if<00:42:20.079><c> you</c><00:42:20.079><c> remember</c><00:42:20.239><c> what</c><00:42:20.400><c> the</c><00:42:20.559><c> verse</c><00:42:20.760><c> is,</c>

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:23.579
no<00:42:21.739><c> man</c><00:42:22.119><c> hath</c><00:42:22.360><c> ascended</c><00:42:22.659><c> up</c><00:42:22.980><c> to</c><00:42:23.159><c> heaven</c>

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:26.300
but<00:42:24.019><c> he</c><00:42:24.320><c> that</c><00:42:24.519><c> came</c><00:42:24.900><c> down</c><00:42:25.460><c> from</c><00:42:25.739><c> heaven,</c>

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:29.300
even<00:42:26.960><c> the</c><00:42:27.139><c> son</c><00:42:27.320><c> of</c><00:42:27.480><c> man</c><00:42:27.780><c> which</c><00:42:28.000><c> is</c><00:42:28.260><c> in</c><00:42:28.480><c> heaven.</c>

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:31.780
Bishop<00:42:30.019><c> Temple</c><00:42:30.559><c> or</c><00:42:31.039><c> Archbishop</c><00:42:31.519><c> Temple,</c>

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:33.880
I<00:42:31.880><c> think</c><00:42:32.019><c> he</c><00:42:32.179><c> was</c><00:42:32.340><c> anyway,</c><00:42:32.599><c> doesn't</c><00:42:32.639><c> matter</c><00:42:32.780><c> what</c><00:42:32.920><c> he</c><00:42:33.139><c> was,</c>

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:37.000
he<00:42:34.820><c> said</c><00:42:35.059><c> that</c><00:42:35.659><c> Jesus</c><00:42:36.019><c> said</c><00:42:36.239><c> those</c><00:42:36.519><c> words.</c>

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:39.980
And<00:42:37.500><c> although</c><00:42:37.699><c> Jesus</c><00:42:38.119><c> was</c><00:42:38.320><c> on</c><00:42:38.579><c> earth,</c>

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:43.159
yet<00:42:40.659><c> while</c><00:42:41.019><c> on</c><00:42:41.260><c> earth</c><00:42:41.659><c> he</c><00:42:41.940><c> was</c><00:42:42.119><c> able</c><00:42:42.340><c> to</c><00:42:42.659><c> speak</c>

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:45.159
that<00:42:43.760><c> he</c><00:42:43.860><c> was</c><00:42:44.059><c> in</c><00:42:44.239><c> heaven</c>

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:48.519
because<00:42:46.000><c> heaven</c><00:42:46.239><c> was</c><00:42:46.480><c> his</c><00:42:46.659><c> home,</c><00:42:47.219><c> the</c><00:42:47.320><c> source</c><00:42:47.559><c> of</c><00:42:47.739><c> his</c><00:42:47.960><c> life.</c>

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:51.500
Mind<00:42:49.059><c> you</c><00:42:49.159><c> that</c><00:42:49.400><c> carries</c><00:42:49.739><c> on</c><00:42:50.079><c> when</c><00:42:50.300><c> Christ</c><00:42:50.639><c> is</c><00:42:50.840><c> in</c><00:42:50.940><c> the</c><00:42:51.179><c> believer</c>

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:53.599
that<00:42:52.000><c> according</c><00:42:52.320><c> to</c><00:42:52.619><c> Paul</c><00:42:52.820><c> in</c><00:42:53.059><c> Ephesians</c>

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:55.460
we<00:42:53.940><c> too</c><00:42:54.179><c> are</c><00:42:54.340><c> in</c><00:42:54.480><c> heaven,</c>

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:58.099
we're<00:42:56.019><c> here</c><00:42:56.480><c> on</c><00:42:56.900><c> the</c><00:42:57.099><c> earth.</c>

00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:00.900
And<00:42:58.900><c> yet</c><00:42:59.000><c> this</c><00:42:59.260><c> week</c><00:42:59.420><c> as</c><00:42:59.579><c> we</c><00:42:59.800><c> talk</c><00:42:59.940><c> about</c><00:43:00.179><c> the</c><00:43:00.360><c> things</c><00:43:00.519><c> of</c><00:43:00.760><c> God</c>

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:03.679
we<00:43:01.059><c> have</c><00:43:01.199><c> a</c><00:43:01.340><c> sense</c><00:43:01.480><c> of</c><00:43:01.739><c> being</c><00:43:02.000><c> with</c><00:43:02.659><c> God,</c>

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:04.860
at<00:43:04.019><c> home</c><00:43:04.239><c> in</c><00:43:04.500><c> God,</c>

00:43:05.300 --> 00:43:07.739
sitting<00:43:05.400><c> in</c><00:43:05.739><c> heavenly</c><00:43:06.119><c> places</c><00:43:06.679><c> in</c><00:43:06.980><c> Christ</c><00:43:07.260><c> Jesus.</c>

00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:10.179
As<00:43:08.239><c> Brother</c><00:43:08.519><c> John</c><00:43:08.760><c> Thomas</c><00:43:08.980><c> put</c><00:43:09.179><c> it</c><00:43:09.360><c> in</c><00:43:09.500><c> Eureka,</c>

00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:14.239
on<00:43:10.460><c> earth</c><00:43:11.179><c> bodily</c><00:43:11.719><c> his</c><00:43:12.739><c> thinking</c><00:43:13.300><c> concentrates</c>

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:16.619
beyond<00:43:14.699><c> the</c><00:43:14.960><c> veil</c><00:43:15.280><c> where</c><00:43:15.659><c> Christ</c><00:43:16.039><c> is.</c>

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.980
It's<00:43:16.980><c> a</c><00:43:16.980><c> lovely</c><00:43:17.199><c> phrase</c><00:43:17.500><c> isn't</c><00:43:17.699><c> it?</c>

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:18.940
Speaking<00:43:18.360><c> of</c><00:43:18.539><c> the</c><00:43:18.719><c> saints,</c>

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:23.239
on<00:43:19.260><c> earth</c><00:43:19.840><c> bodily</c><00:43:20.400><c> his</c><00:43:21.119><c> thinking</c><00:43:21.659><c> concentrates</c>

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.679
within<00:43:24.059><c> the</c><00:43:24.280><c> veil,</c>

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:27.380
beyond<00:43:25.440><c> the</c><00:43:25.699><c> veil</c><00:43:26.099><c> where</c><00:43:26.619><c> Christ</c><00:43:27.000><c> is.</c>

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:29.360
We<00:43:27.920><c> get</c><00:43:28.019><c> little</c><00:43:28.340><c> glimmerings</c><00:43:28.760><c> of</c><00:43:28.860><c> this</c><00:43:29.039><c> don't</c><00:43:29.260><c> we</c>

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:31.639
as<00:43:29.460><c> we</c><00:43:29.639><c> talk</c><00:43:29.820><c> about</c><00:43:30.059><c> these</c><00:43:30.639><c> joyous</c><00:43:31.139><c> things.</c>

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:33.139
So<00:43:32.239><c> there</c><00:43:32.420><c> it</c><00:43:32.619><c> was,</c>

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:35.900
Jesus<00:43:33.900><c> was</c><00:43:34.119><c> on</c><00:43:34.280><c> the</c><00:43:34.400><c> earth</c><00:43:34.539><c> and</c><00:43:34.699><c> in</c><00:43:34.800><c> heaven</c><00:43:35.000><c> at</c><00:43:35.199><c> the</c><00:43:35.320><c> same</c><00:43:35.599><c> time.</c>

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:38.179
You<00:43:36.239><c> see</c><00:43:36.519><c> when</c><00:43:36.780><c> we</c><00:43:36.960><c> talked</c><00:43:37.139><c> about</c><00:43:37.400><c> this</c><00:43:37.599><c> at</c><00:43:37.780><c> Oxford,</c>

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:41.659
one<00:43:38.760><c> sister</c><00:43:39.699><c> brought</c><00:43:40.219><c> up</c><00:43:40.440><c> in</c><00:43:40.659><c> discussion</c><00:43:41.139><c> that</c>

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:43.679
sometimes<00:43:42.099><c> we're</c><00:43:42.420><c> too</c><00:43:42.639><c> space</c><00:43:43.199><c> conscious</c>

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:45.659
and<00:43:43.880><c> we're</c><00:43:44.079><c> too</c><00:43:44.500><c> time</c><00:43:44.980><c> conscious.</c>

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:47.659
And<00:43:45.960><c> I</c><00:43:46.099><c> think</c><00:43:46.300><c> several</c><00:43:46.599><c> of</c><00:43:46.739><c> you</c><00:43:46.840><c> have</c><00:43:46.960><c> said</c><00:43:47.119><c> this</c><00:43:47.340><c> to</c><00:43:47.539><c> me</c>

00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:49.480
in<00:43:47.880><c> conversation</c><00:43:48.639><c> during</c><00:43:49.059><c> this</c><00:43:49.320><c> week</c>

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.239
when<00:43:49.619><c> we've</c><00:43:49.920><c> talked</c><00:43:50.059><c> about,</c>

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.840
we're<00:43:50.880><c> too</c><00:43:51.019><c> bothered</c><00:43:51.320><c> to</c><00:43:51.599><c> get,</c>

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:55.579
now<00:43:52.420><c> did</c><00:43:52.719><c> Jesus</c><00:43:53.099><c> pre</c><00:43:53.380><c>-exist</c><00:43:53.719><c> before</c><00:43:54.159><c> he</c><00:43:54.300><c> was</c><00:43:54.579><c> born?</c>

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:57.860
And<00:43:55.920><c> obviously</c><00:43:56.199><c> in</c><00:43:56.380><c> one</c><00:43:56.579><c> sense</c><00:43:56.800><c> no.</c>

00:43:58.099 --> 00:44:01.280
We're<00:43:58.300><c> so</c><00:43:58.719><c> concerned</c><00:43:59.420><c> with</c><00:43:59.639><c> getting</c><00:43:59.800><c> the</c><00:44:00.139><c> time</c><00:44:00.480><c> factor</c><00:44:00.900><c> right.</c>

00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:02.260
And<00:44:01.780><c> then</c><00:44:01.880><c> we</c><00:44:02.019><c> were</c><00:44:02.039><c> saying,</c>

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:05.539
was<00:44:02.639><c> he</c><00:44:02.900><c> in</c><00:44:03.099><c> heaven</c><00:44:03.579><c> before</c><00:44:04.400><c> he</c><00:44:04.559><c> was</c><00:44:04.820><c> born</c><00:44:05.019><c> on</c><00:44:05.320><c> earth?</c>

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:08.519
And<00:44:05.679><c> there</c><00:44:05.820><c> we're</c><00:44:06.159><c> concentrating</c><00:44:06.539><c> on</c><00:44:06.760><c> the</c><00:44:07.019><c> space</c><00:44:07.420><c> factor.</c>

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:10.800
Well<00:44:09.179><c> once</c><00:44:09.280><c> you</c><00:44:09.460><c> wash</c><00:44:09.659><c> time</c><00:44:10.039><c> and</c><00:44:10.239><c> space</c><00:44:10.539><c> out</c>

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:12.739
and<00:44:10.920><c> get</c><00:44:11.119><c> into</c><00:44:11.260><c> the</c><00:44:11.440><c> heavenly</c><00:44:11.760><c> things,</c>

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:14.719
once<00:44:13.159><c> you've</c><00:44:13.440><c> done</c><00:44:13.599><c> that</c><00:44:13.719><c> then</c><00:44:13.840><c> you</c><00:44:14.000><c> can</c><00:44:14.219><c> say</c><00:44:14.420><c> yes</c>

00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:16.599
to<00:44:14.880><c> both</c><00:44:15.099><c> those</c><00:44:15.400><c> questions.</c>

00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:19.000
Because<00:44:17.579><c> to</c><00:44:17.920><c> God,</c>

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:22.119
time<00:44:19.380><c> is</c><00:44:19.519><c> just</c><00:44:19.739><c> nothing</c><00:44:20.019><c> and</c><00:44:20.559><c> space</c><00:44:21.059><c> is</c><00:44:21.340><c> just</c><00:44:21.559><c> nothing.</c>

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:25.699
And<00:44:22.619><c> to</c><00:44:22.760><c> him,</c><00:44:23.619><c> ignoring</c><00:44:24.059><c> time</c><00:44:24.420><c> and</c><00:44:24.699><c> space,</c>

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:28.199
Jesus<00:44:26.460><c> is</c><00:44:26.719><c> an</c><00:44:26.940><c> eternal</c><00:44:27.460><c> presence.</c>

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:30.320
Well<00:44:28.800><c> I</c><00:44:28.800><c> don't</c><00:44:28.980><c> understand</c><00:44:29.320><c> what</c><00:44:29.460><c> I</c><00:44:29.659><c> mean</c><00:44:29.840><c> really</c>

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:31.760
when<00:44:30.480><c> I</c><00:44:30.699><c> say</c><00:44:30.820><c> that,</c><00:44:31.139><c> neither</c><00:44:31.320><c> do</c><00:44:31.500><c> you.</c>

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.940
Because<00:44:32.119><c> we're</c><00:44:32.300><c> out</c><00:44:32.440><c> of</c><00:44:32.559><c> our</c><00:44:32.739><c> depth</c>

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:36.840
and<00:44:33.099><c> we</c><00:44:33.380><c> try</c><00:44:33.619><c> to</c><00:44:33.860><c> do</c><00:44:34.239><c> without</c><00:44:34.639><c> time</c><00:44:35.019><c> and</c><00:44:35.460><c> space.</c>

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:38.800
We<00:44:37.219><c> don't</c><00:44:37.539><c> really</c><00:44:37.840><c> know</c><00:44:38.000><c> what</c><00:44:38.199><c> we</c><00:44:38.440><c> mean.</c>

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:41.159
But<00:44:39.340><c> Jesus</c><00:44:39.679><c> obviously</c><00:44:40.320><c> as</c><00:44:40.559><c> he</c><00:44:40.880><c> talked</c>

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:44.059
was<00:44:41.699><c> oblivious</c><00:44:42.360><c> to</c><00:44:42.639><c> time</c><00:44:43.059><c> and</c><00:44:43.519><c> space</c>

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:47.679
and<00:44:44.780><c> before</c><00:44:45.360><c> Abram</c><00:44:45.880><c> was,</c><00:44:46.840><c> I</c><00:44:47.219><c> am.</c>

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:50.539
And<00:44:48.320><c> that</c><00:44:48.420><c> is</c><00:44:48.619><c> the</c><00:44:48.800><c> memorial</c><00:44:49.119><c> name</c><00:44:49.480><c> being</c><00:44:49.800><c> worked</c><00:44:50.119><c> in</c><00:44:50.340><c> there,</c>

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.900
translated<00:44:50.980><c> I</c><00:44:51.380><c> am</c><00:44:51.639><c> there,</c>

00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:56.039
but<00:44:52.099><c> perhaps</c><00:44:52.340><c> it</c><00:44:52.519><c> ought</c><00:44:52.599><c> to</c><00:44:52.820><c> be</c><00:44:53.159><c> I</c><00:44:53.500><c> was</c><00:44:53.860><c> am</c><00:44:54.320><c> and</c><00:44:54.860><c> will</c><00:44:55.139><c> be.</c>

00:44:56.960 --> 00:45:00.619
Oh<00:44:57.380><c> yes,</c><00:44:57.800><c> John</c><00:44:58.179><c> 3,</c><00:44:58.559><c> we've</c><00:44:58.860><c> had</c><00:44:58.980><c> John</c><00:44:59.320><c> 3.</c>

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:04.840
John<00:45:02.599><c> 5</c><00:45:03.320><c>.23,</c>

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:07.719
all<00:45:05.719><c> men</c><00:45:06.179><c> should</c><00:45:06.500><c> honour</c><00:45:06.760><c> the</c><00:45:07.059><c> Son</c>

00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:10.579
even<00:45:08.599><c> as</c><00:45:08.920><c> they</c><00:45:09.260><c> honour</c><00:45:09.519><c> the</c><00:45:10.039><c> Father.</c>

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:12.920
That's<00:45:11.460><c> John</c><00:45:11.719><c> 5</c><00:45:12.159><c>.23.</c>

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:14.960
John<00:45:13.679><c> 5</c><00:45:14.360><c>.26,</c>

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:18.320
as<00:45:15.619><c> the</c><00:45:15.880><c> Father</c><00:45:16.260><c> hath</c><00:45:16.559><c> life</c><00:45:17.059><c> in</c><00:45:17.519><c> himself,</c>

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:22.000
so<00:45:18.920><c> hath</c><00:45:19.039><c> he</c><00:45:19.420><c> given</c><00:45:19.679><c> to</c><00:45:19.920><c> the</c><00:45:20.159><c> Son</c><00:45:20.420><c> to</c><00:45:20.639><c> have</c><00:45:20.980><c> life</c><00:45:21.400><c> in</c><00:45:21.579><c> himself.</c>

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:24.760
That<00:45:22.340><c> eternal</c><00:45:22.760><c> life</c><00:45:23.179><c> which</c><00:45:23.400><c> was</c><00:45:23.639><c> always</c><00:45:23.980><c> with</c><00:45:24.199><c> the</c><00:45:24.420><c> Father,</c>

00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:27.360
which<00:45:25.360><c> became</c><00:45:26.019><c> visible.</c>

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:30.079
Moving<00:45:28.500><c> on,</c><00:45:29.039><c> John</c><00:45:29.480><c> 6,</c>

00:45:30.139 --> 00:45:33.420
just<00:45:30.380><c> to</c><00:45:30.519><c> give</c><00:45:30.639><c> you</c><00:45:30.800><c> the</c><00:45:31.719><c> flavour</c><00:45:32.119><c> of</c><00:45:32.420><c> it.</c>

00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:36.300
I<00:45:33.519><c> sometimes</c><00:45:33.659><c> get</c><00:45:33.920><c> criticised</c><00:45:34.340><c> for</c><00:45:34.480><c> using</c><00:45:34.719><c> that</c><00:45:34.940><c> word</c><00:45:35.199><c> flavour,</c>

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:38.760
but<00:45:36.719><c> don't</c><00:45:37.019><c> I,</c><00:45:37.380><c> Edward,</c><00:45:37.480><c> yes.</c>

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:41.519
But<00:45:39.760><c> it's</c><00:45:39.900><c> the</c><00:45:39.980><c> only</c><00:45:40.159><c> word</c><00:45:40.340><c> I</c><00:45:40.619><c> know.</c>

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:43.539
If<00:45:41.820><c> you</c><00:45:41.960><c> just</c><00:45:42.179><c> sit</c><00:45:42.340><c> down</c><00:45:42.619><c> and</c><00:45:42.820><c> try</c><00:45:42.980><c> and</c><00:45:43.179><c> draw</c><00:45:43.340><c> up</c>

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:46.059
a<00:45:43.719><c> few</c><00:45:43.940><c> cold</c><00:45:44.519><c> propositions</c><00:45:45.219><c> on</c><00:45:45.440><c> this</c><00:45:45.639><c> subject,</c>

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:47.800
you're<00:45:46.340><c> soon</c><00:45:46.519><c> in</c><00:45:46.820><c> chaos.</c>

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:49.699
You<00:45:48.039><c> get</c><00:45:48.159><c> the</c><00:45:48.420><c> feel</c><00:45:48.619><c> of</c><00:45:48.860><c> it.</c>

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:52.119
Verse<00:45:50.320><c> 38,</c><00:45:51.179><c> John</c><00:45:51.500><c> 6,</c>

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:56.340
I<00:45:53.139><c> came</c><00:45:53.940><c> down</c><00:45:54.579><c> from</c><00:45:55.059><c> heaven.</c>

00:45:56.920 --> 00:45:58.800
Forget<00:45:57.219><c> space,</c><00:45:57.840><c> you</c><00:45:57.980><c> see.</c>

00:45:59.380 --> 00:46:00.739
Just<00:45:59.539><c> think</c><00:45:59.679><c> of</c><00:45:59.800><c> His</c><00:45:59.980><c> divine</c><00:46:00.360><c> origin</c>

00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:03.519
and<00:46:01.139><c> what</c><00:46:01.320><c> it</c><00:46:01.659><c> felt</c><00:46:01.880><c> like</c><00:46:02.199><c> to</c><00:46:02.360><c> be</c><00:46:02.539><c> Jesus.</c>

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:05.739
I<00:46:03.900><c> came</c><00:46:04.340><c> down</c><00:46:04.780><c> from</c><00:46:05.139><c> heaven,</c>

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:07.659
not<00:46:06.320><c> to</c><00:46:06.559><c> do</c><00:46:06.739><c> mine</c><00:46:06.980><c> own</c><00:46:07.300><c> will,</c>

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:11.159
but<00:46:08.179><c> the</c><00:46:08.420><c> will</c><00:46:08.579><c> of</c><00:46:08.840><c> Him</c><00:46:09.239><c> that</c><00:46:09.719><c> sent</c><00:46:10.079><c> me.</c>

00:46:13.239 --> 00:46:15.219
You're<00:46:13.519><c> in</c><00:46:13.579><c> no</c><00:46:13.800><c> problem,</c><00:46:14.300><c> are</c><00:46:14.420><c> you?</c>

00:46:15.380 --> 00:46:16.099
None<00:46:15.559><c> of</c><00:46:15.699><c> us</c><00:46:15.900><c> are.</c>

00:46:16.219 --> 00:46:17.599
We're<00:46:16.360><c> all</c><00:46:16.519><c> together</c><00:46:16.820><c> on</c><00:46:17.000><c> it.</c>

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:21.099
In<00:46:18.179><c> this</c><00:46:18.460><c> context</c><00:46:19.260><c> of</c><00:46:19.900><c> sitting</c><00:46:20.159><c> at</c><00:46:20.340><c> the</c><00:46:20.440><c> feet</c><00:46:20.599><c> of</c><00:46:20.760><c> Jesus,</c>

00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:22.739
we<00:46:21.539><c> know</c><00:46:21.760><c> just</c><00:46:21.960><c> what</c><00:46:22.099><c> it</c><00:46:22.260><c> means,</c>

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:24.780
even<00:46:23.179><c> if</c><00:46:23.239><c> we</c><00:46:23.340><c> couldn't</c><00:46:23.619><c> explain</c><00:46:24.099><c> it.</c>

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:28.599
And<00:46:25.239><c> when</c><00:46:25.360><c> we</c><00:46:25.579><c> come</c><00:46:25.780><c> to</c><00:46:27.000><c> chapter</c><00:46:27.360><c> 6,</c><00:46:27.800><c> verse</c><00:46:27.960><c> 51,</c>

00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:33.639
I<00:46:29.260><c> am</c><00:46:29.460><c> the</c><00:46:29.699><c> living</c><00:46:29.920><c> bread</c><00:46:30.260><c> which</c><00:46:30.639><c> came</c><00:46:31.199><c> down</c><00:46:32.000><c> from</c><00:46:32.739><c> heaven.</c>

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:35.980
We<00:46:34.780><c> don't</c><00:46:34.940><c> need</c><00:46:35.059><c> to</c><00:46:35.460><c> explain</c><00:46:35.679><c> it.</c>

00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:37.219
We<00:46:36.380><c> can</c><00:46:36.719><c> sense</c><00:46:37.019><c> it.</c>

00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:39.860
We<00:46:37.320><c> can</c><00:46:37.900><c> feel</c><00:46:38.420><c> with</c><00:46:38.800><c> Jesus.</c>

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:43.719
And<00:46:40.659><c> what</c><00:46:40.880><c> about</c><00:46:41.019><c> verse</c><00:46:41.260><c> 62</c><00:46:41.940><c> of</c><00:46:42.360><c> chapter</c><00:46:42.659><c> 6?</c>

00:46:43.860 --> 00:46:46.139
What<00:46:43.900><c> and</c><00:46:44.119><c> if</c><00:46:44.280><c> ye</c><00:46:44.519><c> see</c><00:46:44.659><c> the</c><00:46:44.800><c> Son</c><00:46:45.059><c> of</c><00:46:45.239><c> Man</c><00:46:45.519><c> ascend</c><00:46:45.880><c> up</c>

00:46:46.139 --> 00:46:47.500
where<00:46:46.400><c> He</c><00:46:46.579><c> was</c><00:46:46.880><c> before?</c>

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:52.019
In<00:46:48.380><c> God,</c><00:46:49.099><c> His</c><00:46:49.380><c> Father,</c><00:46:50.579><c> there</c><00:46:50.820><c> He</c><00:46:51.059><c> dwelt,</c><00:46:51.360><c> as</c><00:46:51.539><c> it</c><00:46:51.760><c> were,</c>

00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:54.880
from<00:46:52.340><c> all</c><00:46:52.679><c> eternity,</c><00:46:53.579><c> whose</c><00:46:53.739><c> origin</c><00:46:54.119><c> was</c><00:46:54.400><c> of</c><00:46:54.579><c> old.</c>

00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:57.559
And<00:46:55.099><c> yet,</c><00:46:55.199><c> of</c><00:46:55.400><c> course,</c><00:46:56.260><c> as</c><00:46:56.440><c> I</c><00:46:56.659><c> completely</c><00:46:57.239><c> knew,</c>

00:46:57.559 --> 00:47:00.840
being<00:46:58.320><c> dwelt</c><00:46:59.360><c> among</c><00:46:59.679><c> men.</c>

00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:04.760
There<00:47:02.800><c> is</c><00:47:02.920><c> the</c><00:47:03.079><c> complexity</c><00:47:04.219><c> of</c><00:47:04.539><c> it.</c>

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:06.519
There<00:47:05.260><c> He</c><00:47:05.420><c> was,</c><00:47:05.639><c> the</c><00:47:05.780><c> Lord</c><00:47:05.980><c> Jesus</c><00:47:06.280><c> Christ,</c>

00:47:06.619 --> 00:47:08.300
born<00:47:06.880><c> like</c><00:47:07.139><c> a</c><00:47:07.320><c> baby.</c>

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:10.280
And<00:47:08.800><c> yet,</c><00:47:09.260><c> as</c><00:47:09.400><c> He</c><00:47:09.539><c> walked</c><00:47:09.719><c> among</c><00:47:10.059><c> men,</c>

00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:13.980
He<00:47:10.679><c> had</c><00:47:10.900><c> a</c><00:47:11.179><c> sense</c><00:47:11.420><c> of</c><00:47:11.599><c> His</c><00:47:11.880><c> eternal</c><00:47:12.719><c> antecedents.</c>

00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:16.000
You<00:47:14.280><c> know</c><00:47:14.380><c> that</c><00:47:14.559><c> word,</c><00:47:14.880><c> antecedents?</c>

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:19.699
His<00:47:16.840><c> beforecomings,</c><00:47:18.179><c> that's</c><00:47:18.380><c> what</c><00:47:18.539><c> antecedents</c><00:47:19.420><c> meant.</c>

00:47:19.800 --> 00:47:23.440
And<00:47:19.900><c> He</c><00:47:19.940><c> had</c><00:47:20.079><c> that</c><00:47:20.599><c> sense</c><00:47:20.960><c> of</c><00:47:21.159><c> it</c><00:47:21.440><c> in</c><00:47:21.699><c> His</c><00:47:21.920><c> very</c><00:47:22.199><c> own</c><00:47:22.539><c> being.</c>

00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:25.840
Oh,<00:47:24.099><c> well,</c><00:47:24.239><c> you</c><00:47:24.400><c> know</c><00:47:24.579><c> all</c><00:47:24.800><c> the</c><00:47:24.880><c> rest</c><00:47:25.079><c> of</c><00:47:25.239><c> these</c><00:47:25.500><c> passages,</c>

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.500
don't<00:47:26.199><c> you?</c>

00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:29.519
John,<00:47:27.119><c> chapter</c><00:47:27.500><c> 8,</c><00:47:28.019><c> verse</c><00:47:28.159><c> 23.</c>

00:47:29.760 --> 00:47:32.320
Ye<00:47:30.059><c> are</c><00:47:30.480><c> from</c><00:47:30.980><c> beneath.</c>

00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:36.000
I<00:47:33.239><c> am</c><00:47:33.699><c> from</c><00:47:34.639><c> above.</c>

00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:38.980
And<00:47:36.500><c> all</c><00:47:36.639><c> those</c><00:47:36.900><c> phrases</c><00:47:37.440><c> where</c><00:47:37.980><c> He</c><00:47:38.179><c> keeps</c><00:47:38.420><c> on</c><00:47:38.800><c> saying,</c>

00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:41.199
the<00:47:39.360><c> Father</c><00:47:39.800><c> sent</c><00:47:40.260><c> me.</c>

00:47:41.380 --> 00:47:44.000
He<00:47:41.539><c> got</c><00:47:41.699><c> the</c><00:47:41.960><c> feeling</c><00:47:42.239><c> almost</c><00:47:42.639><c> as</c><00:47:42.800><c> if</c><00:47:43.000><c> God</c><00:47:43.360><c> had</c><00:47:43.659><c> said</c><00:47:43.820><c> to</c><00:47:43.920><c> Him,</c>

00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:46.400
and<00:47:44.239><c> that</c><00:47:44.239><c> feeling,</c><00:47:44.539><c> I</c><00:47:44.699><c> have</c><00:47:44.900><c> been</c><00:47:45.099><c> there</c><00:47:45.360><c> before.</c>

00:47:46.539 --> 00:47:48.800
He<00:47:46.639><c> got</c><00:47:46.780><c> that</c><00:47:47.039><c> feeling</c><00:47:47.300><c> in</c><00:47:47.559><c> such</c><00:47:48.000><c> heightened</c><00:47:48.460><c> form</c>

00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:50.900
that<00:47:48.960><c> it</c><00:47:49.039><c> was</c><00:47:49.199><c> almost</c><00:47:49.500><c> as</c><00:47:49.719><c> if</c><00:47:49.820><c> God</c><00:47:50.039><c> had</c><00:47:50.280><c> said</c><00:47:50.420><c> to</c><00:47:50.619><c> Him,</c>

00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:54.219
My<00:47:51.659><c> son,</c><00:47:52.000><c> I</c><00:47:52.139><c> want</c><00:47:52.380><c> you</c><00:47:52.539><c> to</c><00:47:52.679><c> go</c><00:47:52.940><c> forth</c><00:47:53.280><c> and</c><00:47:53.500><c> become</c><00:47:53.780><c> a</c><00:47:54.019><c> man.</c>

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:57.079
Now,<00:47:54.539><c> we</c><00:47:54.619><c> know</c><00:47:54.780><c> that's</c><00:47:55.000><c> how</c><00:47:55.199><c> the</c><00:47:55.400><c> orthodox</c><00:47:55.900><c> people</c><00:47:56.460><c> put</c><00:47:56.800><c> it,</c>

00:47:57.280 --> 00:48:01.820
and<00:47:57.559><c> we</c><00:47:57.760><c> feel</c><00:47:57.980><c> they've</c><00:47:58.280><c> got</c><00:47:58.440><c> it</c><00:47:59.360><c> crude</c><00:48:00.059><c> and</c><00:48:00.900><c> badly</c><00:48:01.300><c> put.</c>

00:48:02.139 --> 00:48:03.980
We<00:48:02.440><c> don't</c><00:48:02.679><c> accept</c><00:48:03.159><c> that.</c>

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:05.659
But<00:48:04.260><c> Jesus</c><00:48:04.679><c> felt</c><00:48:05.000><c> like</c><00:48:05.320><c> that.</c>

00:48:05.659 --> 00:48:07.380
He<00:48:06.000><c> felt</c><00:48:06.300><c> as</c><00:48:06.599><c> if</c><00:48:06.699><c> God</c><00:48:06.940><c> had</c><00:48:07.239><c> said,</c>

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:09.760
I<00:48:07.579><c> want</c><00:48:07.800><c> you</c><00:48:07.980><c> to</c><00:48:08.099><c> go</c><00:48:08.239><c> on</c><00:48:08.420><c> a</c><00:48:08.500><c> mission</c><00:48:08.739><c> to</c><00:48:09.059><c> man.</c>

00:48:09.820 --> 00:48:12.079
And<00:48:10.099><c> God</c><00:48:10.380><c> in</c><00:48:10.599><c> heaven,</c><00:48:10.940><c> the</c><00:48:11.079><c> Eternal</c><00:48:11.460><c> Father,</c>

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:14.900
was<00:48:12.820><c> so</c><00:48:13.139><c> with</c><00:48:13.460><c> Jesus,</c>

00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:18.719
like<00:48:15.559><c> Abram,</c><00:48:16.239><c> you</c><00:48:16.239><c> know,</c><00:48:17.079><c> he</c><00:48:17.280><c> spared</c><00:48:17.599><c> not</c><00:48:17.900><c> his</c><00:48:18.079><c> own</c><00:48:18.400><c> son,</c>

00:48:19.139 --> 00:48:21.400
that<00:48:19.260><c> when</c><00:48:19.500><c> Jesus</c><00:48:19.880><c> hung</c><00:48:20.079><c> upon</c><00:48:20.380><c> the</c><00:48:20.659><c> cross,</c>

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:23.679
God<00:48:21.940><c> felt</c><00:48:22.239><c> as</c><00:48:22.440><c> if</c><00:48:22.500><c> He</c><00:48:22.579><c> was</c><00:48:22.780><c> there</c><00:48:23.079><c> with</c><00:48:23.300><c> him.</c>

00:48:24.019 --> 00:48:26.219
That's<00:48:24.300><c> the</c><00:48:24.500><c> unity</c><00:48:24.840><c> of</c><00:48:25.039><c> the</c><00:48:25.260><c> Father</c><00:48:25.519><c> and</c><00:48:25.679><c> the</c><00:48:25.860><c> Son.</c>

00:48:26.519 --> 00:48:27.960
We<00:48:26.639><c> can</c><00:48:26.800><c> only</c><00:48:26.960><c> just</c><00:48:27.320><c> touch</c><00:48:27.539><c> on</c><00:48:27.780><c> it.</c>

00:48:28.099 --> 00:48:30.739
We<00:48:28.500><c> can't</c><00:48:28.980><c> grasp</c><00:48:29.360><c> it</c><00:48:29.579><c> all</c><00:48:29.880><c> fully.</c>

00:48:31.260 --> 00:48:34.820
You<00:48:31.420><c> know</c><00:48:31.639><c> all</c><00:48:31.840><c> those</c><00:48:32.079><c> passages</c><00:48:32.440><c> then</c><00:48:33.199><c> in</c><00:48:33.940><c> John</c><00:48:34.199><c> 8</c>

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:40.920
where<00:48:35.380><c> he</c><00:48:36.000><c> says,</c><00:48:36.599><c> verse</c><00:48:39.260><c> 42,</c>

00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:42.280
the<00:48:41.159><c> middle</c><00:48:41.420><c> of</c><00:48:41.579><c> verse</c><00:48:41.780><c> 42,</c>

00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:43.579
But<00:48:42.480><c> Jesus</c><00:48:42.880><c> said</c><00:48:43.159><c> unto</c><00:48:43.400><c> them,</c>

00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:45.119
If<00:48:43.800><c> God</c><00:48:44.119><c> were</c><00:48:44.380><c> your</c><00:48:44.699><c> Father,</c>

00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:46.440
ye<00:48:45.639><c> would</c><00:48:45.800><c> love</c><00:48:46.059><c> me,</c>

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:49.820
for<00:48:46.619><c> I</c><00:48:46.900><c> proceeded</c><00:48:47.480><c> forth</c><00:48:48.000><c> and</c><00:48:48.199><c> came</c><00:48:48.739><c> from</c><00:48:49.340><c> God.</c>

00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:51.619
I<00:48:50.440><c> proceeded</c><00:48:51.000><c> forth.</c>

00:48:51.980 --> 00:48:52.739
I<00:48:52.000><c> went</c><00:48:52.159><c> on</c><00:48:52.400><c> a</c><00:48:52.500><c> journey.</c>

00:48:52.860 --> 00:48:53.539
I<00:48:52.900><c> left</c><00:48:53.179><c> heaven.</c>

00:48:53.780 --> 00:48:55.440
I<00:48:53.940><c> came</c><00:48:54.219><c> from</c><00:48:54.420><c> God</c><00:48:54.659><c> and</c><00:48:54.800><c> I</c><00:48:54.940><c> came</c><00:48:55.139><c> to</c><00:48:55.280><c> you.</c>

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:57.139
That's<00:48:55.739><c> the</c><00:48:55.920><c> words.</c>

00:48:57.380 --> 00:49:00.159
Now,<00:48:57.500><c> we</c><00:48:57.639><c> know</c><00:48:57.860><c> that</c><00:48:58.539><c> we</c><00:48:58.739><c> mustn't</c><00:48:58.940><c> understand</c><00:48:59.380><c> them</c><00:48:59.659><c> crudely.</c>

00:49:00.400 --> 00:49:02.599
We've<00:49:00.619><c> got</c><00:49:00.699><c> to</c><00:49:00.900><c> understand</c><00:49:01.280><c> them</c><00:49:01.460><c> in</c><00:49:01.619><c> terms</c><00:49:02.039><c> of</c>

00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:05.159
this<00:49:03.039><c> feeling</c><00:49:03.400><c> for</c><00:49:03.619><c> the</c><00:49:03.840><c> Father</c><00:49:04.099><c> that</c><00:49:04.300><c> the</c><00:49:04.500><c> Son</c><00:49:04.699><c> had,</c>

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:08.539
and<00:49:05.619><c> this</c><00:49:06.340><c> feeling</c><00:49:06.780><c> for</c><00:49:07.000><c> the</c><00:49:07.179><c> Son</c><00:49:07.400><c> that</c><00:49:07.559><c> the</c><00:49:07.820><c> Father</c><00:49:08.099><c> had,</c>

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:10.940
a<00:49:09.239><c> unity</c><00:49:09.639><c> that</c><00:49:09.900><c> we</c><00:49:10.079><c> are</c><00:49:10.239><c> being</c><00:49:10.579><c> taught</c>

00:49:10.940 --> 00:49:13.840
little<00:49:11.360><c> by</c><00:49:11.639><c> little</c><00:49:11.980><c> to</c><00:49:12.500><c> share</c><00:49:12.800><c> in.</c>

00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:16.760
Now,<00:49:14.360><c> I'm</c><00:49:14.480><c> going</c><00:49:14.639><c> to</c><00:49:14.800><c> really</c><00:49:15.099><c> do</c><00:49:15.320><c> this</c><00:49:15.539><c> last</c><00:49:15.840><c> minute</c><00:49:16.099><c> or</c><00:49:16.300><c> two</c>

00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:21.139
that<00:49:17.880><c> puts</c><00:49:18.179><c> you</c><00:49:18.440><c> into</c><00:49:19.579><c> problems</c>

00:49:22.019 --> 00:49:24.800
of<00:49:22.619><c> understanding</c><00:49:23.219><c> what</c><00:49:23.619><c> our</c><00:49:23.960><c> pioneers</c><00:49:24.460><c> said.</c>

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:26.480
Can<00:49:25.079><c> you</c><00:49:25.280><c> understand</c><00:49:25.699><c> this</c><00:49:26.079><c> now</c>

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:29.320
in<00:49:26.900><c> the</c><00:49:27.099><c> light</c><00:49:27.280><c> of</c><00:49:27.440><c> what</c><00:49:27.619><c> I've</c><00:49:27.840><c> just</c><00:49:28.099><c> been</c><00:49:28.440><c> saying?</c>

00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:30.840
This<00:49:29.519><c> is</c><00:49:29.699><c> Nazareth</c><00:49:30.059><c> Revisited.</c>

00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:32.460
If<00:49:31.699><c> you</c><00:49:31.880><c> haven't</c><00:49:32.099><c> got</c><00:49:32.340><c> it,</c>

00:49:32.599 --> 00:49:34.320
there'll<00:49:32.739><c> probably</c><00:49:33.019><c> be</c><00:49:33.219><c> some</c><00:49:33.599><c> brisk</c><00:49:33.900><c> business</c>

00:49:34.320 --> 00:49:36.019
in<00:49:34.619><c> the</c><00:49:34.760><c> book</c><00:49:35.019><c> room.</c>

00:49:36.360 --> 00:49:38.719
Now,<00:49:36.500><c> he's</c><00:49:36.679><c> been</c><00:49:36.920><c> speaking</c><00:49:37.340><c> of</c><00:49:37.739><c> the</c><00:49:38.079><c> glory</c>

00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:42.139
that<00:49:38.980><c> I</c><00:49:39.219><c> had</c><00:49:39.519><c> with</c><00:49:39.880><c> thee</c><00:49:40.360><c> before</c><00:49:41.239><c> the</c><00:49:41.480><c> world</c><00:49:41.679><c> was.</c>

00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:44.360
He's<00:49:42.460><c> been</c><00:49:42.719><c> trying</c><00:49:42.960><c> our</c><00:49:43.219><c> usual</c><00:49:43.619><c> explanation</c>

00:49:44.539 --> 00:49:46.260
of<00:49:45.019><c> in</c><00:49:45.239><c> the</c><00:49:45.420><c> mind</c><00:49:45.599><c> of</c><00:49:45.739><c> the</c><00:49:45.920><c> Father,</c>

00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:47.820
and<00:49:46.719><c> that's</c><00:49:47.119><c> partly</c><00:49:47.300><c> right.</c>

00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:49.860
In<00:49:48.119><c> a</c><00:49:48.280><c> sense,</c><00:49:48.440><c> that's</c><00:49:48.500><c> what</c><00:49:48.619><c> I've</c><00:49:48.920><c> been</c><00:49:48.960><c> saying,</c><00:49:49.320><c> isn't</c><00:49:49.460><c> it?</c>

00:49:50.059 --> 00:49:51.980
I've<00:49:50.320><c> been</c><00:49:50.460><c> trying</c><00:49:50.659><c> to</c><00:49:51.340><c> fill</c><00:49:51.519><c> out,</c>

00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:54.119
not<00:49:52.420><c> just</c><00:49:52.699><c> that</c><00:49:52.920><c> God</c><00:49:53.059><c> had</c><00:49:53.260><c> a</c><00:49:53.460><c> purpose,</c>

00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:56.739
but<00:49:54.539><c> that</c><00:49:54.539><c> there</c><00:49:54.719><c> was</c><00:49:55.500><c> a</c><00:49:55.800><c> feeling</c><00:49:56.079><c> for</c><00:49:56.320><c> each</c><00:49:56.559><c> other</c>

00:49:56.739 --> 00:49:59.840
that<00:49:56.960><c> seemed</c><00:49:57.119><c> to</c><00:49:57.500><c> leap</c><00:49:57.719><c> over</c><00:49:58.079><c> time</c><00:49:58.420><c> and</c><00:49:58.800><c> space.</c>

00:50:00.039 --> 00:50:02.420
Having<00:50:00.599><c> explained</c><00:50:01.159><c> it</c><00:50:01.360><c> as</c><00:50:01.460><c> in</c><00:50:01.579><c> the</c><00:50:01.739><c> mind</c><00:50:01.900><c> of</c><00:50:02.019><c> the</c><00:50:02.179><c> Father,</c>

00:50:02.500 --> 00:50:04.820
then<00:50:02.900><c> Brother</c><00:50:03.159><c> Roberts</c><00:50:03.460><c> goes</c><00:50:03.760><c> on,</c>

00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:07.159
but<00:50:04.920><c> this</c><00:50:05.159><c> is</c><00:50:05.360><c> not</c><00:50:05.679><c> necessarily</c><00:50:06.440><c> inconsistent</c>

00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:09.699
with<00:50:07.460><c> the</c><00:50:07.760><c> other</c><00:50:07.960><c> view</c><00:50:08.300><c> to</c><00:50:08.820><c> which</c><00:50:09.039><c> Dr.</c><00:50:09.519><c> Thomas</c>

00:50:09.699 --> 00:50:12.920
was<00:50:09.960><c> always</c><00:50:10.420><c> inclined</c><00:50:10.860><c> to</c><00:50:11.139><c> accord</c><00:50:11.460><c> weight</c><00:50:11.800><c> and</c><00:50:12.119><c> prominence,</c>

00:50:13.320 --> 00:50:15.300
and<00:50:13.440><c> which</c><00:50:13.539><c> it</c><00:50:13.719><c> is</c><00:50:13.960><c> impossible</c><00:50:14.460><c> to</c><00:50:14.900><c> dismiss</c>

00:50:15.300 --> 00:50:19.519
with<00:50:15.960><c> a</c><00:50:16.179><c> full</c><00:50:16.360><c> regard</c><00:50:16.840><c> to</c><00:50:17.039><c> the</c><00:50:17.300><c> grounds</c><00:50:17.699><c> on</c><00:50:18.000><c> which</c><00:50:18.139><c> it</c><00:50:18.400><c> rests.</c>

00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:21.860
It<00:50:20.139><c> is</c><00:50:20.360><c> not</c><00:50:20.559><c> an</c><00:50:20.820><c> alternative</c><00:50:21.400><c> view,</c>

00:50:22.099 --> 00:50:24.739
but<00:50:22.320><c> one</c><00:50:22.579><c> that</c><00:50:22.739><c> may</c><00:50:22.940><c> rest</c><00:50:23.360><c> co</c><00:50:23.699><c>-ordinately</c><00:50:24.239><c> with</c><00:50:24.519><c> it,</c>

00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:27.559
namely<00:50:25.119><c> that</c><00:50:25.760><c> Jesus</c><00:50:26.340><c> being</c><00:50:26.679><c> what</c><00:50:26.960><c> He</c><00:50:27.219><c> was,</c>

00:50:27.559 --> 00:50:30.539
the<00:50:27.860><c> Word</c><00:50:28.599><c> made</c><00:50:29.280><c> flesh,</c>

00:50:30.760 --> 00:50:33.199
the<00:50:31.079><c> manifestation</c><00:50:31.780><c> of</c><00:50:32.039><c> the</c><00:50:32.280><c> God</c><00:50:32.460><c> of</c><00:50:32.780><c> David</c>

00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:37.420
in<00:50:33.940><c> the</c><00:50:34.280><c> seed</c><00:50:34.480><c> of</c><00:50:34.820><c> David,</c><00:50:35.219><c> and</c><00:50:35.360><c> therefore</c><00:50:35.780><c> David's</c><00:50:36.519><c> Lord,</c>

00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:41.579
it<00:50:37.820><c> is</c><00:50:38.400><c> impossible,</c><00:50:40.219><c> this</c><00:50:40.340><c> is</c><00:50:40.500><c> page</c><00:50:40.739><c> 481</c>

00:50:41.579 --> 00:50:43.360
for<00:50:41.699><c> those</c><00:50:41.900><c> who</c><00:50:42.000><c> want</c><00:50:42.079><c> to</c><00:50:42.179><c> go</c><00:50:42.280><c> and</c><00:50:42.440><c> read</c><00:50:42.559><c> it</c><00:50:42.719><c> for</c><00:50:42.820><c> themselves,</c>

00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:44.519
NASA<00:50:43.940><c> 3</c><00:50:44.119><c> visited,</c>

00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:49.159
it<00:50:45.179><c> is</c><00:50:45.440><c> impossible</c><00:50:46.360><c> to</c><00:50:47.099><c> disconnect</c><00:50:47.860><c> His</c><00:50:48.280><c> mentality</c>

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:54.219
from<00:50:49.880><c> the</c><00:50:50.440><c> eternal</c><00:50:51.019><c> power</c><00:50:51.659><c> in</c><00:50:52.119><c> which</c><00:50:52.440><c> He</c><00:50:52.760><c> was</c><00:50:53.199><c> rooted.</c>

00:50:54.780 --> 00:50:56.000
Got<00:50:54.980><c> that?</c>

00:50:56.639 --> 00:50:59.659
Impossible<00:50:57.599><c> to</c><00:50:58.019><c> disconnect</c><00:50:58.599><c> His</c><00:50:58.960><c> mentality</c>

00:50:59.659 --> 00:51:04.059
from<00:51:00.360><c> the</c><00:51:00.820><c> eternal</c><00:51:01.239><c> power</c><00:51:01.800><c> in</c><00:51:02.139><c> which</c><00:51:02.380><c> He</c><00:51:02.639><c> was</c><00:51:02.980><c> rooted.</c>

00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:07.320
And<00:51:04.519><c> that</c><00:51:04.760><c> although</c><00:51:05.179><c> as</c><00:51:05.900><c> son</c><00:51:06.380><c> of</c><00:51:06.840><c> David</c>

00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:10.039
and<00:51:07.760><c> the</c><00:51:08.000><c> man</c><00:51:08.380><c> Christ</c><00:51:08.860><c> Jesus,</c>

00:51:10.099 --> 00:51:12.900
His<00:51:10.420><c> existence</c><00:51:11.019><c> dates</c><00:51:11.500><c> from</c><00:51:11.860><c> His</c><00:51:12.260><c> conception</c>

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:14.719
of<00:51:13.179><c> the</c><00:51:13.400><c> Holy</c><00:51:13.639><c> Spirit,</c>

00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:18.280
the<00:51:15.900><c> consciousness</c><00:51:16.800><c> within</c><00:51:17.360><c> Him</c>

00:51:18.280 --> 00:51:23.559
whose<00:51:19.159><c> foundation</c><00:51:20.099><c> was</c><00:51:20.639><c> laid</c><00:51:21.079><c> by</c><00:51:21.440><c> the</c><00:51:21.739><c> Holy</c><00:51:22.059><c> Spirit</c>

00:51:23.559 --> 00:51:28.059
may<00:51:24.260><c> have</c><00:51:24.980><c> reflected</c><00:51:25.960><c> previous</c><00:51:27.039><c> relations</c>

00:51:28.059 --> 00:51:34.139
in<00:51:29.539><c> a</c><00:51:29.820><c> way</c><00:51:30.480><c> of</c><00:51:31.840><c> which</c><00:51:32.260><c> pure</c><00:51:33.119><c> earth</c><00:51:33.719><c>-borns</c>

00:51:34.139 --> 00:51:37.960
like<00:51:34.480><c> ourselves</c><00:51:35.300><c> have</c><00:51:35.739><c> no</c><00:51:36.179><c> experience.</c>

00:51:38.440 --> 00:51:40.380
His<00:51:38.639><c> consciousness</c><00:51:39.179><c> may</c><00:51:39.420><c> have</c><00:51:39.699><c> reflected</c>

00:51:40.380 --> 00:51:44.280
previous<00:51:41.460><c> relationships</c><00:51:42.739><c> in</c><00:51:43.440><c> a</c><00:51:43.599><c> way</c><00:51:43.800><c> of</c><00:51:44.000><c> which</c>

00:51:44.280 --> 00:51:48.719
pure<00:51:44.679><c> earth</c><00:51:45.500><c>-borns</c><00:51:45.840><c> like</c><00:51:46.139><c> ourselves</c><00:51:46.679><c> have</c><00:51:47.000><c> no</c><00:51:47.320><c> experience.</c>

00:51:49.159 --> 00:51:51.159
The<00:51:49.380><c> facts</c><00:51:49.960><c> stated</c><00:51:50.460><c> in</c><00:51:50.659><c> the</c><00:51:50.820><c> words,</c>

00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:53.260
I<00:51:51.719><c> and</c><00:51:51.880><c> my</c><00:51:52.159><c> Father</c><00:51:52.519><c> are</c><00:51:52.880><c> one,</c>

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:56.880
and<00:51:54.400><c> the</c><00:51:54.699><c> words</c><00:51:55.059><c> that</c><00:51:55.300><c> I</c><00:51:55.679><c> speak</c><00:51:55.920><c> are</c><00:51:56.179><c> not</c><00:51:56.500><c> mine,</c>

00:51:56.940 --> 00:51:59.159
but<00:51:57.179><c> the</c><00:51:57.480><c> Fathers</c><00:51:57.840><c> who</c><00:51:58.159><c> dwelleth</c><00:51:58.480><c> in</c><00:51:58.639><c> me</c>

00:51:59.159 --> 00:52:02.460
would<00:51:59.659><c> necessarily</c><00:52:00.599><c> carry</c><00:52:01.280><c> such</c><00:52:01.599><c> an</c><00:52:02.019><c> idea</c>

00:52:02.460 --> 00:52:06.559
and<00:52:03.400><c> involve</c><00:52:04.159><c> a</c><00:52:04.719><c> state</c><00:52:05.000><c> of</c><00:52:05.400><c> mind</c>

00:52:07.639 --> 00:52:09.840
requiring<00:52:08.280><c> expressions</c><00:52:08.920><c> like</c><00:52:09.320><c> that</c>

00:52:09.840 --> 00:52:13.199
to<00:52:10.400><c> describe</c><00:52:10.940><c> it</c><00:52:11.199><c> that</c><00:52:11.380><c> could</c><00:52:11.659><c> not</c><00:52:11.900><c> be</c><00:52:12.179><c> applicable</c><00:52:12.559><c> to</c><00:52:12.840><c> us.</c>

00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:15.340
There<00:52:13.719><c> was</c><00:52:13.940><c> just</c><00:52:14.179><c> no</c><00:52:14.360><c> other</c><00:52:14.599><c> way</c><00:52:14.820><c> for</c><00:52:15.059><c> Jesus</c>

00:52:15.340 --> 00:52:17.260
to<00:52:15.639><c> say</c><00:52:15.780><c> how</c><00:52:15.940><c> He</c><00:52:16.179><c> felt</c><00:52:16.420><c> to</c><00:52:16.659><c> the</c><00:52:16.840><c> Father,</c>

00:52:17.260 --> 00:52:21.460
but<00:52:17.900><c> these</c><00:52:18.199><c> expressions,</c><00:52:18.800><c> you</c><00:52:19.059><c> see,</c><00:52:19.579><c> of</c><00:52:19.800><c> pre</c><00:52:20.099><c>-existence.</c>

00:52:21.679 --> 00:52:25.039
Then<00:52:21.820><c> He</c><00:52:21.880><c> goes</c><00:52:22.159><c> on,</c><00:52:23.599><c> page</c><00:52:23.820><c> 482,</c>

00:52:25.480 --> 00:52:28.599
only<00:52:25.960><c> on</c><00:52:26.360><c> such</c><00:52:26.539><c> a</c><00:52:26.820><c> principle</c><00:52:27.239><c> does</c><00:52:27.480><c> it</c><00:52:27.739><c> seem</c><00:52:28.000><c> possible</c>

00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:30.780
to<00:52:29.119><c> attach</c><00:52:29.460><c> a</c><00:52:29.760><c> natural</c><00:52:30.380><c> meaning,</c>

00:52:30.820 --> 00:52:34.900
and<00:52:31.000><c> we</c><00:52:31.340><c> do</c><00:52:31.519><c> a</c><00:52:31.619><c> lot</c><00:52:31.900><c> of</c><00:52:32.340><c> wriggling</c><00:52:32.659><c> on</c><00:52:32.940><c> this</c><00:52:33.179><c> subject,</c><00:52:33.780><c> don't</c><00:52:34.039><c> we?</c>

00:52:35.159 --> 00:52:37.780
A<00:52:35.639><c> natural</c><00:52:36.260><c> meaning</c><00:52:36.760><c> to</c><00:52:37.179><c> the</c><00:52:37.440><c> statement</c>

00:52:37.780 --> 00:52:39.920
He<00:52:38.000><c> makes</c><00:52:38.360><c> in</c><00:52:38.579><c> His</c><00:52:38.840><c> prayer,</c>

00:52:40.300 --> 00:52:43.639
they,<00:52:40.659><c> the</c><00:52:40.840><c> disciples,</c><00:52:41.440><c> have</c><00:52:41.599><c> known</c><00:52:42.099><c> surely,</c>

00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:45.219
surely<00:52:44.079><c> after</c><00:52:44.500><c> our</c><00:52:44.760><c> chat</c><00:52:44.960><c> today,</c>

00:52:45.219 --> 00:52:47.239
and<00:52:45.519><c> we</c><00:52:45.519><c> know</c><00:52:46.019><c> surely,</c>

00:52:47.840 --> 00:52:50.980
that<00:52:47.920><c> of</c><00:52:48.079><c> Jesus</c><00:52:48.440><c> I</c><00:52:49.079><c> came</c><00:52:49.619><c> out</c><00:52:50.179><c> from</c><00:52:50.460><c> Thee,</c>

00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:54.679
and<00:52:51.099><c> they</c><00:52:51.440><c> have</c><00:52:51.719><c> believed</c><00:52:52.659><c> that</c><00:52:53.019><c> Thou</c><00:52:53.280><c> didst</c><00:52:53.940><c> send</c><00:52:54.260><c> me.</c>

00:52:54.739 --> 00:52:58.219
And<00:52:54.960><c> again,</c><00:52:55.860><c> I</c><00:52:56.199><c> came</c><00:52:56.840><c> forth</c><00:52:57.260><c> from</c><00:52:57.519><c> the</c><00:52:57.780><c> Father,</c>

00:52:58.559 --> 00:53:00.920
and<00:52:58.820><c> am</c><00:52:59.139><c> come</c><00:52:59.440><c> into</c><00:52:59.579><c> the</c><00:52:59.880><c> world.</c>

00:53:01.099 --> 00:53:04.360
Again<00:53:01.639><c> I</c><00:53:01.980><c> leave</c><00:53:02.420><c> the</c><00:53:02.719><c> world</c><00:53:03.039><c> and</c><00:53:03.280><c> go</c><00:53:03.480><c> unto</c><00:53:03.679><c> the</c><00:53:03.920><c> Father.</c>

00:53:04.840 --> 00:53:08.519
And<00:53:05.139><c> again,</c><00:53:06.079><c> Jesus</c><00:53:06.579><c> knew</c><00:53:07.079><c> that</c><00:53:07.300><c> His</c><00:53:07.519><c> hour</c><00:53:07.719><c> was</c><00:53:08.099><c> come,</c>

00:53:08.739 --> 00:53:11.900
that<00:53:08.900><c> He</c><00:53:09.079><c> should</c><00:53:09.260><c> depart</c><00:53:09.780><c> out</c><00:53:10.039><c> of</c><00:53:10.159><c> this</c><00:53:10.460><c> world</c><00:53:10.820><c> unto</c><00:53:11.199><c> the</c><00:53:11.480><c> Father.</c>

00:53:11.900 --> 00:53:15.760
Jesus,<00:53:12.719><c> knowing</c><00:53:13.139><c> that</c><00:53:13.380><c> He</c><00:53:13.579><c> was</c><00:53:14.039><c> come</c><00:53:14.760><c> from</c><00:53:15.320><c> God</c>

00:53:15.760 --> 00:53:18.219
and<00:53:16.460><c> went</c><00:53:16.840><c> to</c><00:53:17.260><c> God.</c>

00:53:18.260 --> 00:53:19.519
Also<00:53:18.579><c> the</c><00:53:18.880><c> expressions,</c>

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I<00:53:20.199><c> came</c><00:53:20.539><c> down</c><00:53:20.920><c> from</c><00:53:21.179><c> heaven,</c>

00:53:22.139 --> 00:53:23.840
before<00:53:22.380><c> Abram</c><00:53:22.880><c> was</c><00:53:23.199><c> I</c><00:53:23.519><c> am,</c>

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and<00:53:24.039><c> his</c><00:53:24.280><c> question,</c>

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what<00:53:25.280><c> and</c><00:53:25.420><c> if</c><00:53:25.579><c> ye</c><00:53:25.719><c> shall</c><00:53:25.880><c> see</c><00:53:26.119><c> the</c><00:53:26.280><c> Son</c><00:53:26.519><c> of</c><00:53:26.739><c> Man</c>

00:53:27.099 --> 00:53:29.320
ascend<00:53:27.559><c> up</c><00:53:27.900><c> where</c><00:53:28.219><c> He</c><00:53:28.480><c> was</c><00:53:28.800><c> before.</c>

00:53:29.739 --> 00:53:31.679
Now<00:53:30.000><c> you</c><00:53:30.119><c> listen</c><00:53:30.300><c> to</c><00:53:30.480><c> this</c><00:53:30.639><c> sentence.</c>

00:53:32.219 --> 00:53:34.440
I<00:53:32.639><c> think</c><00:53:32.920><c> we</c><00:53:33.139><c> can</c><00:53:33.360><c> just</c><00:53:33.579><c> get</c><00:53:33.800><c> a</c><00:53:34.119><c> glimmer</c>

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at<00:53:34.679><c> what</c><00:53:34.920><c> Brother</c><00:53:35.159><c> Roberts</c><00:53:35.519><c> meant.</c>

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All<00:53:37.559><c> these</c><00:53:38.199><c> expressions</c><00:53:39.360><c> imply</c>

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reminiscence<00:53:44.119><c> of</c><00:53:44.840><c> the</c><00:53:45.199><c> pre</c><00:53:45.480><c>-existing</c>

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relation<00:53:47.139><c> of</c><00:53:47.500><c> things.</c>

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Reminiscence<00:53:51.219><c> of</c><00:53:51.420><c> the</c><00:53:51.719><c> pre</c><00:53:52.019><c>-existing</c>

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relation<00:53:53.440><c> of</c><00:53:53.739><c> things.</c>

00:53:54.480 --> 00:53:56.179
That<00:53:54.699><c> idea</c><00:53:54.980><c> I've</c><00:53:55.239><c> tried</c><00:53:55.480><c> to</c><00:53:55.739><c> express,</c>

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I<00:53:56.380><c> have</c><00:53:56.599><c> been</c><00:53:56.860><c> here</c><00:53:57.219><c> before,</c>

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I<00:53:58.300><c> have</c><00:53:58.500><c> been</c><00:53:58.900><c> there</c><00:53:59.420><c> before,</c>

00:54:00.039 --> 00:54:02.460
that<00:54:00.239><c> was</c><00:54:00.460><c> the</c><00:54:00.840><c> feeling</c><00:54:01.219><c> built</c><00:54:01.639><c> into</c><00:54:01.920><c> Jesus</c>

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as<00:54:03.039><c> a</c><00:54:03.119><c> result</c><00:54:03.579><c> of</c><00:54:03.840><c> God</c><00:54:04.219><c> dwelling</c><00:54:04.699><c> in</c><00:54:04.940><c> Him.</c>

00:54:06.280 --> 00:54:08.400
All<00:54:06.760><c> these</c><00:54:07.139><c> expressions</c><00:54:07.760><c> imply</c>

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reminiscence<00:54:09.239><c> of</c><00:54:09.460><c> the</c><00:54:10.099><c> pre</c><00:54:10.400><c>-existing</c>

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relation<00:54:11.460><c> of</c><00:54:11.679><c> things,</c>

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which<00:54:12.300><c> cannot</c><00:54:12.739><c> be</c><00:54:13.139><c> surprising</c>

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if<00:54:14.659><c> we</c><00:54:14.960><c> realize</c><00:54:15.460><c> that</c><00:54:15.800><c> all</c><00:54:16.300><c> wisdom</c>

00:54:17.019 --> 00:54:21.519
and<00:54:17.920><c> knowledge</c><00:54:18.619><c> and</c><00:54:19.639><c> memory</c><00:54:20.239><c> are</c><00:54:20.860><c> stored</c>

00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:25.420
in<00:54:22.139><c> the</c><00:54:22.699><c> eternal</c><00:54:23.420><c> Father</c><00:54:24.320><c> Spirit</c>

00:54:25.420 --> 00:54:30.260
of<00:54:26.340><c> whom</c><00:54:26.940><c> Jesus</c><00:54:28.000><c> was</c><00:54:29.239><c> the</c><00:54:29.639><c> expression.</c>

00:54:30.260 --> 00:54:33.900
It<00:54:31.400><c> may</c><00:54:31.840><c> be</c><00:54:32.079><c> there</c><00:54:32.260><c> is</c><00:54:32.519><c> an</c><00:54:32.840><c> ingredient</c><00:54:33.320><c> of</c><00:54:33.599><c> it</c>

00:54:33.900 --> 00:54:36.360
in<00:54:34.179><c> the</c><00:54:34.500><c> allusion</c><00:54:34.960><c> to</c><00:54:35.219><c> the</c><00:54:35.559><c> glory</c>

00:54:36.360 --> 00:54:38.880
God<00:54:37.179><c> had</c><00:54:37.739><c> with</c><00:54:38.179><c> the</c><00:54:38.380><c> Father</c>

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before<00:54:40.019><c> the</c><00:54:40.340><c> world</c><00:54:40.679><c> began.</c>

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The<00:54:42.639><c> Father</c><00:54:43.340><c> element</c><00:54:43.840><c> in</c><00:54:44.159><c> Jesus</c>

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must<00:54:45.460><c> always</c><00:54:46.239><c> be</c><00:54:46.559><c> kept</c><00:54:46.800><c> in</c><00:54:47.239><c> view</c>

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in<00:54:48.260><c> judging</c><00:54:48.579><c> the</c><00:54:49.079><c> expressions</c>

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that<00:54:51.099><c> came</c><00:54:51.639><c> from</c><00:54:52.239><c> His</c><00:54:52.980><c> lips.</c>

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Now<00:54:55.280><c> brothers</c><00:54:55.500><c> and</c><00:54:55.679><c> sisters,</c>

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I<00:54:56.260><c> don't</c><00:54:56.820><c> think</c><00:54:57.059><c> we've</c><00:54:57.500><c> misunderstood</c>

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any<00:54:58.420><c> of</c><00:54:58.599><c> that,</c><00:54:59.059><c> have</c><00:54:59.059><c> we?</c>

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We've<00:55:00.079><c> been</c><00:55:00.400><c> really</c><00:55:01.239><c> in</c><00:55:01.519><c> the</c><00:55:01.920><c> deepest</c><00:55:02.360><c> waters</c>

00:55:02.860 --> 00:55:04.840
that<00:55:03.119><c> it's</c><00:55:03.420><c> possible</c><00:55:03.780><c> to</c><00:55:04.099><c> swim</c><00:55:04.340><c> in,</c>

00:55:05.159 --> 00:55:07.460
in<00:55:05.340><c> the</c><00:55:05.539><c> divine</c><00:55:05.940><c> waters</c><00:55:06.300><c> of</c><00:55:06.559><c> life.</c>

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We've<00:55:08.360><c> been</c><00:55:08.599><c> lifted</c><00:55:08.900><c> by</c><00:55:09.199><c> these</c><00:55:09.480><c> scriptures</c>

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so<00:55:11.280><c> that</c><00:55:11.440><c> we</c><00:55:11.599><c> have</c><00:55:11.800><c> indeed</c><00:55:12.300><c> sat</c>

00:55:12.639 --> 00:55:15.079
in<00:55:12.860><c> heavenly</c><00:55:13.239><c> places</c><00:55:13.800><c> in</c><00:55:14.099><c> Christ</c><00:55:14.420><c> Jesus.</c>

00:55:15.320 --> 00:55:16.840
We<00:55:15.579><c> have</c><00:55:15.960><c> seen</c><00:55:16.199><c> our</c><00:55:16.519><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:55:17.079><c> all</c><00:55:17.440><c> His</c><00:55:17.739><c> loftiness.</c>

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We've<00:55:20.139><c> seen</c><00:55:20.699><c> that</c><00:55:20.940><c> He</c><00:55:21.239><c> came</c><00:55:21.800><c> from</c><00:55:22.139><c> God.</c>

00:55:24.460 --> 00:55:26.280
We<00:55:24.719><c> want</c><00:55:24.920><c> to</c><00:55:25.079><c> go</c><00:55:25.320><c> on</c><00:55:25.699><c> to</c><00:55:25.980><c> see</c>

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that<00:55:26.500><c> although</c><00:55:26.760><c> He</c><00:55:27.239><c> was</c><00:55:27.920><c> rich,</c>

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heir<00:55:29.900><c> of</c><00:55:30.119><c> all</c><00:55:30.460><c> things,</c>

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came<00:55:34.039><c> from</c><00:55:34.639><c> God,</c>

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whose<00:55:35.300><c> origin</c><00:55:35.860><c> was</c><00:55:36.239><c> of</c><00:55:36.420><c> old,</c>

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yet<00:55:38.659><c> for</c><00:55:39.239><c> our</c><00:55:39.960><c> sakes</c><00:55:40.500><c> He</c><00:55:40.840><c> became</c><00:55:41.820><c> poor</c>

00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:46.239
that<00:55:44.179><c> we</c><00:55:44.760><c> through</c><00:55:45.179><c> His</c><00:55:45.719><c> poverty</c>

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might<00:55:46.800><c> become</c><00:55:47.940><c> rich.</c>

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And<00:55:50.019><c> that's</c><00:55:50.159><c> what</c><00:55:50.300><c> we're</c><00:55:50.500><c> going</c><00:55:50.599><c> to</c><00:55:50.820><c> talk</c><00:55:50.980><c> about</c>

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for<00:55:52.019><c> the</c><00:55:52.199><c> rest</c><00:55:52.460><c> of</c><00:55:52.780><c> this</c><00:55:53.119><c> week.</c>

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And<00:55:53.880><c> may</c><00:55:54.219><c> our</c><00:55:54.559><c> consideration</c><00:55:55.539><c> of</c><00:55:56.260><c> our</c><00:55:56.500><c> Lord</c>

00:55:56.940 --> 00:56:00.340
fill<00:55:57.539><c> us</c><00:55:57.780><c> with</c><00:55:58.000><c> love</c><00:55:58.219><c> and</c><00:55:58.539><c> reverence</c><00:55:59.059><c> for</c><00:55:59.360><c> Him</c>

00:56:00.139 --> 00:56:02.280
so<00:56:00.460><c> that</c><00:56:00.639><c> a</c><00:56:00.920><c> little</c><00:56:01.159><c> of</c><00:56:01.360><c> His</c><00:56:01.739><c> greatness,</c>

00:56:02.360 --> 00:56:05.019
just<00:56:02.679><c> a</c><00:56:02.920><c> little,</c><00:56:03.119><c> may</c><00:56:03.300><c> rub</c><00:56:03.500><c> on</c><00:56:04.139><c> us</c>

00:56:05.019 --> 00:56:08.079
and<00:56:05.800><c> that</c><00:56:06.019><c> we</c><00:56:06.219><c> may</c><00:56:06.519><c> dwell</c><00:56:06.840><c> in</c><00:56:07.420><c> Him</c>

00:56:08.079 --> 00:56:11.380
as<00:56:08.659><c> He</c><00:56:09.059><c> dwells</c><00:56:10.099><c> in</c><00:56:10.300><c> the</c><00:56:10.539><c> Father.</c>