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clothe</c><00:11:22.990><c> the</c><00:11:23.210><c> heavens</c><00:11:23.429><c> with</c><00:11:23.750><c> blackness.</c> 00:11:25.149 --> 00:11:27.730 And<00:11:25.649><c> I</c><00:11:25.809><c> make</c><00:11:26.009><c> sackcloth</c><00:11:26.610><c> their</c><00:11:26.870><c> covering.</c> 00:11:28.929 --> 00:11:32.830 So<00:11:29.190><c> there</c><00:11:29.330><c> was</c><00:11:29.669><c> a</c><00:11:30.750><c> remembrance</c><00:11:31.129><c> of</c><00:11:31.370><c> the</c><00:11:31.570><c> things</c><00:11:31.769><c> that</c><00:11:32.169><c> happened</c><00:11:32.350><c> in</c><00:11:32.590><c> Egypt.</c> 00:11:32.990 --> 00:11:37.370 In<00:11:33.090><c> their</c><00:11:33.429><c> original</c><00:11:34.809><c> redemption</c><00:11:35.889><c> from</c><00:11:36.230><c> Egypt.</c> 00:11:38.230 --> 00:11:43.350 Which<00:11:38.830><c> was</c><00:11:39.309><c> enough</c><00:11:39.730><c> to</c><00:11:40.049><c> show</c><00:11:40.470><c> that</c><00:11:41.570><c> God</c><00:11:41.830><c> indeed</c><00:11:42.169><c> did</c><00:11:42.789><c> provide</c> 00:11:43.350 --> 00:11:44.090 for<00:11:43.629><c> them.</c> 00:11:44.409 --> 00:11:46.129 He<00:11:44.590><c> was</c><00:11:44.870><c> not</c><00:11:45.230><c> shortened.</c> 00:11:46.250 --> 00:11:47.490 That<00:11:46.409><c> his</c><00:11:46.649><c> arm</c><00:11:46.830><c> not</c><00:11:47.169><c> shortened.</c> 00:11:47.929 --> 00:11:51.769 That<00:11:48.090><c> he</c><00:11:48.289><c> could</c><00:11:48.570><c> not</c><00:11:48.789><c> in</c><00:11:49.029><c> fact</c><00:11:49.570><c> provide</c><00:11:50.389><c> a</c><00:11:50.789><c> solution.</c> 00:11:53.129 --> 00:11:54.909 Well<00:11:53.250><c> that</c><00:11:53.370><c> was</c><00:11:53.529><c> in</c><00:11:53.710><c> the</c><00:11:53.870><c> past.</c> 00:11:55.669 --> 00:11:58.049 But<00:11:55.870><c> see</c><00:11:56.009><c> in</c><00:11:56.149><c> the</c><00:11:56.389><c> following</c><00:11:56.690><c> words</c><00:11:57.009><c> my</c><00:11:57.250><c> dear</c><00:11:57.409><c> brothers</c><00:11:57.649><c> and</c><00:11:57.889><c> sisters.</c> 00:11:58.509 --> 00:12:03.009 He<00:11:58.769><c> provides</c><00:11:59.149><c> something</c><00:11:59.570><c> that's</c><00:12:01.429><c> greater</c><00:12:01.769><c> than</c><00:12:02.009><c> the</c><00:12:02.230><c> plagues.</c> 00:12:04.830 --> 00:12:08.490 That's<00:12:04.970><c> more</c><00:12:05.250><c> personal</c><00:12:05.789><c> than</c><00:12:06.070><c> the</c><00:12:06.470><c> opening</c><00:12:06.909><c> of</c><00:12:07.149><c> the</c><00:12:07.289><c> Red</c><00:12:07.590><c> Sea.</c> 00:12:09.509 --> 00:12:12.909 That's<00:12:10.070><c> more</c><00:12:10.629><c> absolutely</c><00:12:11.610><c> providing.</c> 00:12:13.549 --> 00:12:16.049 The<00:12:14.149><c> ultimate</c><00:12:14.750><c> solution.</c> 00:12:17.169 --> 00:12:20.909 He<00:12:17.230><c> sends</c><00:12:17.529><c> one</c><00:12:18.230><c> who</c><00:12:18.769><c> is</c><00:12:19.110><c> in</c><00:12:19.110><c> fact</c><00:12:19.710><c> sinless.</c> 00:12:21.889 --> 00:12:24.250 And<00:12:22.029><c> he</c><00:12:22.250><c> can</c><00:12:22.429><c> make</c><00:12:22.649><c> up</c><00:12:22.830><c> the</c><00:12:22.970><c> gap</c><00:12:23.190><c> indeed.</c> 00:12:24.389 --> 00:12:25.649 So<00:12:24.470><c> that's</c><00:12:24.730><c> how</c><00:12:24.970><c> the</c><00:12:25.250><c> sense</c><00:12:25.429><c> goes.</c> 00:12:25.710 --> 00:12:26.950 Very<00:12:25.889><c> beautiful</c><00:12:26.250><c> isn't</c><00:12:26.490><c> it?</c> 00:12:27.370 --> 00:12:33.830 Those<00:12:27.629><c> first</c><00:12:27.889><c> three</c><00:12:29.450><c> verses</c><00:12:29.769><c> are</c><00:12:30.610><c> an</c><00:12:30.950><c> opening</c><00:12:31.250><c> of</c><00:12:32.750><c> the</c><00:12:33.009><c> options</c><00:12:33.610><c> and</c> 00:12:33.830 --> 00:12:35.090 the<00:12:34.009><c> history.</c> 00:12:35.289 --> 00:12:36.990 A<00:12:35.570><c> brief</c><00:12:35.830><c> survey.</c> 00:12:37.509 --> 00:12:39.909 And<00:12:37.610><c> then</c><00:12:37.750><c> he</c><00:12:37.830><c> says</c><00:12:38.429><c> in</c><00:12:38.629><c> verse</c><00:12:38.850><c> four.</c> 00:12:40.809 --> 00:12:44.549 Well<00:12:41.509><c> who</c><00:12:42.210><c> says</c><00:12:42.730><c> in</c><00:12:43.169><c> verse</c><00:12:43.470><c> four?</c> 00:12:45.769 --> 00:12:47.029 Who<00:12:45.970><c> is</c><00:12:46.110><c> speaking?</c> 00:12:48.350 --> 00:12:50.690 There's<00:12:48.529><c> one</c><00:12:48.870><c> speaking</c><00:12:49.250><c> and</c><00:12:49.450><c> he</c><00:12:49.610><c> says.</c> 00:12:51.730 --> 00:12:57.370 The<00:12:51.769><c> Lord</c><00:12:52.129><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:54.029><c> hath</c><00:12:54.850><c> given</c><00:12:55.029><c> me</c><00:12:55.309><c> the</c><00:12:55.549><c> tongue</c><00:12:55.750><c> of</c><00:12:55.950><c> the</c><00:12:56.110><c> learned.</c> 00:12:58.649 --> 00:13:03.210 That<00:12:58.769><c> I</c><00:12:59.049><c> 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pulled</c><00:13:17.490><c> back</c> 00:13:17.769 --> 00:13:19.409 at<00:13:17.929><c> the</c><00:13:18.009><c> Red</c><00:13:18.370><c> Sea.</c> 00:13:20.289 --> 00:13:24.029 Or<00:13:20.409><c> it's</c><00:13:20.529><c> not</c><00:13:20.789><c> by</c><00:13:21.750><c> great</c><00:13:22.450><c> and</c><00:13:22.629><c> mighty</c><00:13:22.889><c> signs</c><00:13:23.509><c> that</c><00:13:23.730><c> were</c><00:13:23.870><c> done</c> 00:13:24.029 --> 00:13:25.129 in<00:13:24.269><c> Egypt.</c> 00:13:25.990 --> 00:13:29.830 In<00:13:26.169><c> the</c><00:13:26.409><c> plagues</c><00:13:26.649><c> that</c><00:13:26.889><c> fell</c><00:13:27.009><c> upon</c><00:13:27.590><c> that</c><00:13:28.289><c> benighted</c><00:13:28.850><c> nation.</c> 00:13:30.470 --> 00:13:33.049 It's<00:13:30.730><c> an</c><00:13:30.909><c> altogether</c><00:13:31.490><c> different</c><00:13:32.169><c> scene.</c> 00:13:35.070 --> 00:13:37.830 Has<00:13:35.610><c> God</c><00:13:35.850><c> 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revelation.</c> 00:14:17.990 --> 00:14:20.970 It<00:14:18.070><c> says</c><00:14:18.330><c> that</c><00:14:18.610><c> the</c><00:14:18.789><c> Lord</c><00:14:19.110><c> God</c><00:14:19.429><c> hath</c><00:14:19.730><c> given</c><00:14:19.970><c> me</c><00:14:20.389><c> the</c><00:14:20.610><c> tongue</c><00:14:20.769><c> of</c> 00:14:20.970 --> 00:14:22.049 the<00:14:21.149><c> learned.</c> 00:14:23.629 --> 00:14:29.269 It's<00:14:23.950><c> this</c><00:14:24.250><c> one</c><00:14:24.429><c> then</c><00:14:24.730><c> that's</c><00:14:25.090><c> the</c><00:14:25.370><c> answer</c><00:14:25.950><c> to</c><00:14:27.070><c> the</c><00:14:28.009><c> estrangement</c><00:14:28.649><c> of</c><00:14:28.870><c> verse</c> 00:14:29.269 --> 00:14:30.929 1<00:14:29.690><c> and</c><00:14:29.870><c> 2.</c> 00:14:31.529 --> 00:14:34.450 He<00:14:31.769><c> hath</c><00:14:32.070><c> given</c><00:14:32.269><c> me</c><00:14:32.529><c> the</c><00:14:32.750><c> tongue</c><00:14:33.110><c> 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sure.</c> 00:20:30.849 --> 00:20:32.750 I<00:20:30.970><c> hope</c><00:20:31.069><c> there's</c><00:20:31.250><c> no</c><00:20:31.410><c> Toms</c><00:20:31.690><c> here.</c> 00:20:34.349 --> 00:20:37.730 But<00:20:34.789><c> he</c><00:20:35.069><c> hasn't</c><00:20:35.609><c> given</c><00:20:35.829><c> his</c><00:20:36.150><c> mind</c><00:20:36.430><c> to</c><00:20:36.549><c> it,</c><00:20:36.650><c> has</c><00:20:36.849><c> he?</c> 00:20:38.369 --> 00:20:41.049 And<00:20:38.549><c> we</c><00:20:38.650><c> can</c><00:20:38.789><c> do</c><00:20:38.910><c> the</c><00:20:39.089><c> same</c><00:20:39.309><c> thing,</c><00:20:39.769><c> pretty</c><00:20:40.109><c> card.</c> 00:20:41.289 --> 00:20:44.109 It's<00:20:41.390><c> not</c><00:20:41.529><c> really</c><00:20:41.650><c> a</c><00:20:41.890><c> pretty</c><00:20:42.250><c> card,</c><00:20:43.329><c> it</c><00:20:43.410><c> might</c><00:20:43.529><c> cost</c><00:20:43.730><c> a</c><00:20:43.829><c> lot</c><00:20:43.910><c> of</c><00:20:44.029><c> money.</c> 00:20:44.410 --> 00:20:46.869 It's<00:20:44.930><c> what</c><00:20:45.190><c> the</c><00:20:45.549><c> words</c><00:20:45.829><c> are</c><00:20:46.109><c> conveying.</c> 00:20:48.529 --> 00:20:51.130 It's<00:20:48.670><c> like</c><00:20:48.789><c> when</c><00:20:49.029><c> somebody</c><00:20:49.490><c> dies</c><00:20:50.029><c> very</c><00:20:50.450><c> close</c><00:20:50.750><c> to</c><00:20:50.910><c> you</c><00:20:51.029><c> and</c> 00:20:51.130 --> 00:20:54.990 you<00:20:51.210><c> get</c><00:20:51.309><c> all</c><00:20:51.490><c> these</c><00:20:51.990><c> very</c><00:20:52.430><c> nice</c><00:20:53.369><c> little</c><00:20:53.869><c> messages</c><00:20:54.309><c> that</c><00:20:54.609><c> come</c><00:20:54.750><c> along.</c> 00:20:55.369 --> 00:20:58.190 And<00:20:55.710><c> some</c><00:20:55.990><c> of</c><00:20:56.089><c> them</c><00:20:56.210><c> just</c><00:20:56.650><c> are</c><00:20:56.970><c> very</c><00:20:57.329><c> special.</c> 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would</c><00:26:19.390><c> the</c><00:26:19.589><c> great</c><00:26:19.789><c> light</c><00:26:20.990><c> shine.</c> 00:26:22.529 --> 00:26:25.589 And<00:26:22.710><c> so</c><00:26:22.890><c> this</c><00:26:23.150><c> passage</c><00:26:23.470><c> when</c><00:26:23.630><c> it's</c><00:26:23.789><c> put</c><00:26:23.990><c> together</c><00:26:24.410><c> with</c><00:26:24.670><c> that</c> 00:26:25.589 --> 00:26:27.269 ninth<00:26:26.089><c> chapter</c><00:26:26.490><c> of</c><00:26:26.789><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:26:27.650 --> 00:26:31.250 was<00:26:27.829><c> saying</c><00:26:28.049><c> that</c><00:26:28.450><c> in</c><00:26:29.390><c> that</c><00:26:29.769><c> area</c><00:26:30.190><c> there</c><00:26:30.329><c> was</c><00:26:30.549><c> going</c><00:26:30.710><c> to</c><00:26:30.849><c> be</c><00:26:31.029><c> a</c> 00:26:31.250 --> 00:26:33.750 home<00:26:31.490><c> where</c><00:26:31.730><c> God</c><00:26:32.089><c> would</c><00:26:32.289><c> in</c><00:26:32.470><c> a</c><00:26:32.829><c> 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Gospel</c><00:27:08.829><c> of</c><00:27:09.049><c> John,</c> 00:27:09.390 --> 00:27:12.609 but<00:27:10.250><c> I'm</c><00:27:10.430><c> sure</c><00:27:10.670><c> we've</c><00:27:10.990><c> taken</c><00:27:11.349><c> too</c><00:27:11.750><c> lightly.</c> 00:27:12.710 --> 00:27:13.930 Let's<00:27:12.809><c> have</c><00:27:12.930><c> a</c><00:27:12.970><c> look</c><00:27:13.069><c> at</c><00:27:13.190><c> some</c><00:27:13.390><c> of</c><00:27:13.509><c> them.</c> 00:27:14.190 --> 00:27:20.890 John<00:27:14.349><c> chapter</c><00:27:14.750><c> 3,</c><00:27:18.069><c> we're</c><00:27:18.250><c> coming</c><00:27:18.529><c> to</c><00:27:18.970><c> John</c><00:27:19.269><c> chapter</c><00:27:19.589><c> 3</c><00:27:20.470><c> later</c> 00:27:20.890 --> 00:27:22.029 on<00:27:21.210><c> today.</c> 00:27:32.509 --> 00:27:34.529 What<00:27:32.589><c> does</c><00:27:32.789><c> verse</c><00:27:33.029><c> 32</c><00:27:33.549><c> mean?</c> 00:27:40.549 --> 00:27:46.849 What<00:27:41.130><c> 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the</c><00:28:18.930><c> same</c><00:28:19.130><c> chapter.</c> 00:28:21.190 --> 00:28:25.670 For<00:28:21.190><c> he</c><00:28:21.589><c> whom</c><00:28:21.849><c> God</c><00:28:22.210><c> hath</c><00:28:22.630><c> sent</c><00:28:23.730><c> speaketh</c><00:28:24.609><c> the</c><00:28:24.849><c> words</c><00:28:25.190><c> of</c><00:28:25.390><c> God,</c> 00:28:26.109 --> 00:28:30.869 for<00:28:26.490><c> God</c><00:28:27.109><c> giveth</c><00:28:27.430><c> not</c><00:28:27.730><c> the</c><00:28:28.109><c> Spirit</c><00:28:28.390><c> by</c><00:28:28.829><c> measure</c><00:28:29.349><c> unto</c><00:28:29.910><c> him.</c> 00:28:31.269 --> 00:28:33.789 Isn't<00:28:31.569><c> that</c><00:28:32.289><c> a</c><00:28:32.670><c> direct</c><00:28:33.089><c> relationship?</c> 00:28:33.789 --> 00:28:37.589 The<00:28:34.369><c> Father</c><00:28:34.789><c> loveth</c><00:28:35.250><c> the</c><00:28:35.470><c> Son</c><00:28:35.710><c> and</c><00:28:35.910><c> hath</c><00:28:36.250><c> given</c><00:28:36.710><c> all</c><00:28:37.170><c> things</c> 00:28:37.589 --> 00:28:39.609 into<00:28:37.809><c> his</c><00:28:38.069><c> hand.</c> 00:28:39.789 --> 00:28:43.789 The<00:28:40.009><c> Father</c><00:28:40.490><c> loveth</c><00:28:41.009><c> the</c><00:28:41.250><c> Son</c><00:28:41.890><c> and</c><00:28:42.230><c> hath</c><00:28:42.490><c> given.</c> 00:28:44.730 --> 00:28:48.329 He<00:28:44.890><c> whom</c><00:28:45.089><c> God</c><00:28:45.369><c> hath</c><00:28:45.569><c> sent</c><00:28:45.950><c> speaketh</c><00:28:46.369><c> the</c><00:28:46.609><c> words</c><00:28:46.950><c> of</c><00:28:47.170><c> God.</c> 00:28:50.250 --> 00:28:52.230 Powerful<00:28:50.829><c> thought</c><00:28:51.029><c> isn't</c><00:28:51.250><c> it?</c> 00:28:52.750 --> 00:28:55.490 That's<00:28:53.150><c> a</c><00:28:53.210><c> very</c><00:28:53.670><c> direct</c><00:28:54.150><c> education.</c> 00:28:56.289 --> 00:28:59.490 It's<00:28:56.549><c> God</c><00:28:56.789><c> 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and</c><00:29:18.690><c> said</c><00:29:18.829><c> unto</c><00:29:18.990><c> them,</c><00:29:19.210><c> Verily,</c><00:29:19.569><c> verily,</c><00:29:20.029><c> I</c><00:29:20.170><c> say</c> 00:29:20.230 --> 00:29:20.589 unto<00:29:20.369><c> you,</c> 00:29:20.690 --> 00:29:24.349 The<00:29:20.869><c> Son</c><00:29:21.170><c> could</c><00:29:21.369><c> do</c><00:29:21.549><c> nothing</c><00:29:21.890><c> of</c><00:29:22.089><c> himself</c><00:29:22.529><c> but</c><00:29:22.970><c> what</c><00:29:23.269><c> he</c><00:29:23.910><c> seeth</c> 00:29:24.349 --> 00:29:26.150 the<00:29:24.690><c> Father</c><00:29:25.009><c> do.</c> 00:29:26.789 --> 00:29:30.230 For<00:29:27.529><c> what</c><00:29:27.849><c> things</c><00:29:28.230><c> soever</c><00:29:28.670><c> he</c><00:29:29.190><c> doeth,</c><00:29:29.470><c> that</c><00:29:29.630><c> is</c><00:29:29.789><c> the</c><00:29:29.930><c> Father</c> 00:29:30.230 --> 00:29:33.299 doeth,<00:29:30.809><c> these</c><00:29:31.150><c> 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of</c><00:33:32.799><c> the</c><00:33:33.019><c> father.</c> 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:36.569 Into<00:33:34.980><c> verse</c><00:33:35.720><c> 28.</c> 00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:44.319 I<00:33:38.180><c> do</c><00:33:38.420><c> nothing</c><00:33:38.819><c> of</c><00:33:39.119><c> myself,</c><00:33:41.200><c> but</c><00:33:41.339><c> as</c><00:33:41.599><c> my</c><00:33:41.980><c> father</c><00:33:42.440><c> hath</c><00:33:43.720><c> taught</c> 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:48.319 me,<00:33:46.279><c> I</c><00:33:46.640><c> speak</c><00:33:46.900><c> these</c><00:33:47.240><c> things.</c> 00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:51.039 Now<00:33:49.220><c> I'm</c><00:33:49.339><c> sure</c><00:33:49.539><c> you'll</c><00:33:49.740><c> put</c><00:33:49.880><c> by</c><00:33:50.059><c> that,</c><00:33:50.480><c> won't</c><00:33:50.480><c> you?</c> 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:55.000 Isaiah<00:33:51.779><c> 50</c><00:33:52.240><c> and</c><00:33:52.400><c> verse</c><00:33:52.640><c> 4</c><00:33:53.000><c> because</c><00:33:53.359><c> that's</c><00:33:54.019><c> exactly</c><00:33:54.720><c> where</c><00:33:54.940><c> it</c> 00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:56.380 comes<00:33:55.279><c> from.</c> 00:33:56.759 --> 00:34:04.000 The<00:33:57.240><c> Old</c><00:33:57.579><c> Testament</c><00:33:58.000><c> authority</c><00:33:58.500><c> for</c><00:33:58.740><c> that,</c><00:33:59.680><c> if</c><00:33:59.839><c> it</c><00:34:00.000><c> needed</c><00:34:00.200><c> one,</c><00:34:02.420><c> was</c><00:34:02.559><c> exactly</c><00:34:03.160><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:03.579><c> 50</c> 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.380 and<00:34:04.160><c> verse</c><00:34:04.380><c> 4.</c> 00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:09.300 But<00:34:06.279><c> as</c><00:34:06.599><c> my</c><00:34:06.960><c> father</c><00:34:07.319><c> hath</c><00:34:07.579><c> taught</c><00:34:07.900><c> me,</c><00:34:08.300><c> I</c><00:34:08.300><c> speak</c><00:34:08.559><c> these</c><00:34:08.860><c> things.</c> 00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:12.420 For<00:34:09.760><c> the</c><00:34:09.900><c> young</c><00:34:10.039><c> men</c><00:34:10.280><c> present,</c><00:34:10.559><c> I</c><00:34:10.639><c> just</c><00:34:10.840><c> suggest,</c><00:34:11.300><c> and</c><00:34:11.420><c> young</c><00:34:11.659><c> girls,</c> 00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:15.800 I<00:34:13.239><c> suggest</c><00:34:13.480><c> you</c><00:34:13.719><c> always</c><00:34:14.079><c> underline</c><00:34:14.539><c> those</c><00:34:14.900><c> passages</c><00:34:15.260><c> in</c><00:34:15.619><c> red</c> 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:17.340 because<00:34:16.079><c> they're</c><00:34:16.340><c> actually</c><00:34:16.619><c> quotations.</c> 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:19.519 You<00:34:17.619><c> can</c><00:34:17.840><c> hear</c><00:34:18.019><c> the</c><00:34:18.139><c> little</c><00:34:18.360><c> verbal</c><00:34:18.659><c> echo.</c> 00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:22.119 Jesus<00:34:20.079><c> never</c><00:34:20.300><c> gives</c><00:34:20.519><c> long</c><00:34:21.239><c> quotes</c><00:34:21.559><c> from</c><00:34:21.739><c> the</c><00:34:21.840><c> Old</c><00:34:22.000><c> Testament</c> 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.300 because<00:34:22.380><c> he's</c><00:34:22.900><c> not</c><00:34:23.119><c> reliant</c><00:34:23.579><c> upon</c><00:34:23.780><c> the</c><00:34:23.960><c> Old</c><00:34:24.179><c> Testament.</c> 00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:27.519 That's<00:34:24.440><c> the</c><00:34:24.599><c> reason.</c><00:34:25.340><c> He's</c><00:34:25.619><c> above</c><00:34:26.239><c> the</c><00:34:26.539><c> prophets.</c> 00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:31.699 But<00:34:27.920><c> he</c><00:34:28.239><c> so</c><00:34:28.500><c> often</c><00:34:28.780><c> just</c><00:34:29.940><c> paraphrases</c><00:34:30.659><c> them.</c> 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:34.480 And<00:34:32.079><c> it's</c><00:34:32.199><c> lovely</c><00:34:32.420><c> to</c><00:34:32.699><c> pick</c><00:34:32.840><c> up</c><00:34:32.980><c> where</c><00:34:33.179><c> the</c><00:34:33.500><c> echo</c><00:34:33.699><c> is</c><00:34:33.880><c> coming</c><00:34:34.139><c> from.</c> 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:37.760 So<00:34:34.980><c> if</c><00:34:35.079><c> you</c><00:34:35.159><c> just</c><00:34:35.420><c> underline</c><00:34:35.739><c> that</c><00:34:35.940><c> in</c><00:34:36.119><c> red</c><00:34:36.280><c> there,</c><00:34:37.440><c> and</c><00:34:37.559><c> back</c> 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:41.239 there<00:34:37.900><c> in</c><00:34:38.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:38.320><c> 50,</c><00:34:39.280><c> verse</c><00:34:39.579><c> 4</c><00:34:40.280><c> underline</c><00:34:40.780><c> it</c><00:34:40.960><c> there.</c> 00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:44.880 Give<00:34:41.719><c> me</c><00:34:41.920><c> the</c><00:34:42.179><c> tongue</c><00:34:42.360><c> of</c><00:34:42.579><c> the</c><00:34:42.739><c> learned,</c><00:34:43.739><c> that's</c><00:34:44.099><c> here.</c> 00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:47.199 Then<00:34:45.519><c> it</c><00:34:45.619><c> just</c><00:34:45.900><c> shows</c><00:34:46.039><c> you</c><00:34:46.199><c> where</c><00:34:46.340><c> that</c><00:34:46.619><c> passage</c><00:34:46.840><c> comes</c><00:34:47.119><c> from.</c> 00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:48.940 And<00:34:47.400><c> you'll</c><00:34:47.679><c> never</c><00:34:47.900><c> forget</c><00:34:48.219><c> that</c><00:34:48.420><c> every</c><00:34:48.579><c> time</c><00:34:48.679><c> you're</c><00:34:48.900><c> doing</c> 00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:51.139 the<00:34:49.199><c> readings,</c><00:34:50.079><c> later</c><00:34:50.179><c> on</c><00:34:50.320><c> with</c><00:34:50.400><c> your</c><00:34:50.619><c> parents,</c> 00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:55.519 and<00:34:51.559><c> it's</c><00:34:52.719><c> making</c><00:34:53.119><c> readings</c><00:34:54.599><c> interesting</c><00:34:55.079><c> for</c><00:34:55.280><c> your</c><00:34:55.400><c> children.</c> 00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:57.699 So<00:34:55.679><c> you</c><00:34:55.760><c> know</c><00:34:55.900><c> where</c><00:34:56.019><c> this</c><00:34:56.219><c> comes</c><00:34:56.519><c> from</c><00:34:56.860><c> because</c><00:34:57.380><c> you've</c><00:34:57.619><c> got</c> 00:34:57.699 --> 00:35:00.079 the<00:34:57.920><c> red</c><00:34:58.079><c> ink</c><00:34:58.280><c> there</c><00:34:58.480><c> that</c><00:34:59.119><c> directs</c><00:34:59.559><c> you</c><00:34:59.699><c> back</c> 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.659 through<00:35:00.619><c> your</c><00:35:00.840><c> margin</c><00:35:01.179><c> to</c><00:35:01.699><c> the</c><00:35:01.940><c> earlier</c><00:35:02.239><c> passage.</c> 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:05.619 Or<00:35:03.059><c> if</c><00:35:03.219><c> you</c><00:35:03.340><c> might</c><00:35:03.500><c> be</c><00:35:03.639><c> in</c><00:35:03.719><c> the</c><00:35:03.800><c> Old</c><00:35:04.000><c> Testament,</c><00:35:04.199><c> back</c><00:35:04.579><c> to</c><00:35:05.559><c> the</c> 00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:07.480 New<00:35:05.900><c> Testament</c><00:35:06.440><c> to</c><00:35:06.900><c> make</c><00:35:07.179><c> the</c><00:35:07.380><c> point.</c> 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:11.480 It<00:35:07.739><c> makes</c><00:35:07.820><c> the</c><00:35:08.860><c> readings</c><00:35:09.219><c> just</c><00:35:10.019><c> so</c><00:35:10.300><c> much</c><00:35:10.519><c> more</c><00:35:10.860><c> interesting</c> 00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:13.059 as<00:35:12.280><c> the</c><00:35:12.460><c> New</c><00:35:12.659><c> Testament</c> 00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:18.380 gives<00:35:14.079><c> you</c><00:35:14.400><c> an</c><00:35:14.699><c> inspired</c><00:35:15.380><c> commentary</c><00:35:16.079><c> upon</c><00:35:17.079><c> the</c><00:35:17.679><c> Old</c><00:35:17.900><c> Testament.</c> 00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:25.960 In<00:35:19.139><c> John</c><00:35:19.420><c> chapter</c><00:35:19.739><c> 12,</c><00:35:20.800><c> we</c><00:35:20.840><c> have</c><00:35:21.059><c> our</c><00:35:21.159><c> last</c><00:35:21.519><c> one.</c> 00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:34.780 This<00:35:32.219><c> is</c><00:35:32.440><c> really</c><00:35:32.699><c> quite</c><00:35:32.900><c> a</c><00:35:33.039><c> few</c><00:35:33.219><c> words</c><00:35:33.599><c> here.</c> 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:39.639 Verse<00:35:35.119><c> 46,</c><00:35:35.840><c> I've</c><00:35:36.019><c> come</c><00:35:36.199><c> a</c><00:35:36.380><c> light</c><00:35:36.559><c> into</c><00:35:36.820><c> the</c><00:35:37.079><c> world</c><00:35:37.400><c> that</c><00:35:37.699><c> whosoever</c><00:35:38.300><c> believeth</c><00:35:38.639><c> in</c><00:35:38.880><c> me</c> 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:42.099 should<00:35:40.179><c> not</c><00:35:40.460><c> abide</c><00:35:40.780><c> in</c><00:35:41.059><c> darkness.</c> 00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:44.320 Do<00:35:42.679><c> you</c><00:35:42.699><c> know</c><00:35:42.780><c> where</c><00:35:42.900><c> that</c><00:35:43.079><c> comes</c><00:35:43.360><c> from?</c> 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.840 Have<00:35:45.260><c> you</c><00:35:45.380><c> read</c><00:35:45.500><c> that</c><00:35:45.760><c> today?</c> 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:51.280 That's<00:35:48.400><c> straight</c><00:35:48.519><c> out</c><00:35:48.980><c> of</c><00:35:49.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:49.420><c> 50,</c><00:35:49.860><c> isn't</c><00:35:50.119><c> it?</c> 00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:54.619 If<00:35:51.539><c> you</c><00:35:51.699><c> come</c><00:35:51.900><c> across,</c><00:35:53.219><c> if</c><00:35:53.400><c> your</c><00:35:53.539><c> hand</c><00:35:53.699><c> perhaps</c><00:35:54.000><c> is</c><00:35:54.260><c> still</c><00:35:54.400><c> in</c> 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.360 Isaiah<00:35:54.880><c> 50,</c> 00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:59.460 you'll<00:35:56.039><c> see</c><00:35:56.159><c> in</c><00:35:56.900><c> the</c><00:35:57.480><c> closing</c><00:35:57.900><c> verse</c><00:35:58.380><c> that</c><00:35:58.639><c> it</c><00:35:58.900><c> speaks</c><00:35:59.099><c> about</c> 00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.760 a<00:35:59.800><c> light</c> 00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:05.639 that<00:36:01.699><c> God</c><00:36:01.900><c> has</c><00:36:02.199><c> provided</c><00:36:02.659><c> in</c><00:36:02.940><c> the</c><00:36:03.059><c> midst</c><00:36:03.260><c> of</c><00:36:03.559><c> darkness,</c><00:36:04.019><c> of</c><00:36:04.119><c> people</c><00:36:04.320><c> walking</c><00:36:04.719><c> in</c><00:36:05.039><c> darkness.</c> 00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:09.639 Here<00:36:06.280><c> it</c><00:36:06.460><c> is.</c><00:36:07.500><c> It's</c><00:36:07.739><c> straight</c><00:36:07.900><c> out</c><00:36:08.119><c> of</c><00:36:08.260><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:08.500><c> 50.</c> 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:13.219 I've<00:36:10.780><c> come</c><00:36:10.960><c> a</c><00:36:11.099><c> light</c><00:36:11.260><c> into</c><00:36:11.460><c> the</c><00:36:11.659><c> world</c><00:36:11.800><c> that</c><00:36:12.000><c> whosoever</c><00:36:12.619><c> believeth</c><00:36:12.940><c> in</c><00:36:13.059><c> me</c> 00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:15.079 should<00:36:13.440><c> not</c><00:36:13.699><c> abide</c><00:36:14.000><c> in</c><00:36:14.320><c> darkness.</c> 00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:21.900 Why<00:36:16.199><c> not?</c><00:36:17.559><c> And</c><00:36:17.559><c> if</c><00:36:17.699><c> any</c><00:36:17.960><c> man</c><00:36:18.199><c> hear</c><00:36:18.519><c> my</c><00:36:18.940><c> words</c><00:36:19.800><c> and</c><00:36:20.599><c> believe</c><00:36:21.000><c> not,</c><00:36:21.659><c> I</c> 00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.659 judge<00:36:22.159><c> him</c><00:36:22.400><c> not.</c> 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:25.780 For<00:36:22.840><c> I</c><00:36:23.199><c> am</c><00:36:23.320><c> came</c><00:36:23.519><c> not</c><00:36:23.760><c> to</c><00:36:23.960><c> judge</c><00:36:24.199><c> the</c><00:36:24.440><c> world,</c><00:36:24.559><c> but</c><00:36:24.719><c> to</c><00:36:25.019><c> save</c><00:36:25.260><c> the</c><00:36:25.500><c> world.</c> 00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:29.400 He<00:36:26.400><c> that</c><00:36:26.659><c> rejecteth</c><00:36:27.440><c> me</c><00:36:27.679><c> and</c><00:36:28.059><c> receiveth</c><00:36:28.440><c> not</c><00:36:28.679><c> my</c><00:36:28.940><c> words</c><00:36:29.159><c> hath</c> 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:31.119 one<00:36:29.699><c> that</c><00:36:30.039><c> judgeth</c><00:36:30.300><c> him.</c> 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:33.880 The<00:36:31.440><c> word</c><00:36:31.659><c> that</c><00:36:31.840><c> I</c><00:36:31.980><c> have</c><00:36:32.179><c> spoken,</c><00:36:32.940><c> the</c><00:36:33.099><c> same</c><00:36:33.260><c> shall</c><00:36:33.480><c> judge</c><00:36:33.739><c> him</c> 00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:35.400 in<00:36:34.059><c> the</c><00:36:34.199><c> last</c><00:36:34.579><c> day.</c> 00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:40.300 Why?<00:36:36.800><c> For</c><00:36:36.920><c> I</c><00:36:37.159><c> have</c><00:36:37.400><c> not</c><00:36:37.800><c> spoken</c><00:36:38.199><c> of</c><00:36:38.480><c> myself,</c><00:36:39.380><c> but</c><00:36:39.579><c> the</c><00:36:39.940><c> Father</c> 00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.400 which<00:36:40.659><c> sent</c><00:36:41.119><c> me,</c> 00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:45.000 and<00:36:41.500><c> he</c><00:36:41.500><c> gave</c><00:36:41.880><c> me</c><00:36:42.480><c> a</c><00:36:42.900><c> commandment</c><00:36:43.460><c> what</c><00:36:43.719><c> I</c><00:36:43.920><c> should</c><00:36:44.119><c> say</c><00:36:44.460><c> and</c><00:36:44.699><c> what</c><00:36:44.860><c> I</c> 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:46.159 should<00:36:45.239><c> speak.</c> 00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:49.900 And<00:36:46.579><c> I</c><00:36:46.699><c> know</c><00:36:47.059><c> that</c><00:36:47.260><c> his</c><00:36:47.539><c> commandment</c><00:36:48.239><c> is</c><00:36:48.500><c> life</c><00:36:48.719><c> everlasting,</c> 00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:52.179 whatsoever<00:36:50.420><c> I</c><00:36:50.880><c> speak</c><00:36:51.119><c> therefore,</c> 00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:56.940 even<00:36:52.440><c> as</c><00:36:52.639><c> the</c><00:36:52.960><c> Father</c><00:36:53.300><c> said</c><00:36:53.980><c> unto</c><00:36:54.659><c> me,</c><00:36:55.780><c> so</c><00:36:56.099><c> I</c><00:36:56.699><c> speak.</c> 00:36:57.139 --> 00:37:01.139 Isn't<00:36:57.400><c> that</c><00:36:57.579><c> amazing?</c><00:36:59.059><c> All</c><00:36:59.300><c> that</c><00:36:59.519><c> series</c><00:36:59.860><c> of</c><00:37:00.159><c> passages</c><00:37:00.480><c> in</c><00:37:00.719><c> John,</c><00:37:01.000><c> we</c> 00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:03.280 read<00:37:01.340><c> them</c><00:37:01.820><c> twice</c><00:37:02.039><c> a</c><00:37:02.280><c> year,</c> 00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:06.159 and<00:37:03.920><c> don't</c><00:37:04.099><c> you</c><00:37:04.260><c> think</c><00:37:04.440><c> that's</c><00:37:04.739><c> really</c><00:37:05.139><c> saying</c><00:37:05.420><c> that</c><00:37:05.639><c> in</c><00:37:05.860><c> some</c> 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:08.900 way<00:37:06.559><c> not</c><00:37:06.980><c> quite</c><00:37:07.719><c> sketched?</c> 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:15.480 God,<00:37:10.599><c> his</c><00:37:10.780><c> Father,</c><00:37:11.420><c> actually</c><00:37:11.739><c> spoke</c><00:37:12.400><c> 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responsibility</c><00:40:49.679><c> in</c><00:40:49.960><c> education</c><00:40:50.719><c> of</c><00:40:51.460><c> children.</c> 00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:57.420 And<00:40:53.039><c> it's</c><00:40:53.360><c> no</c><00:40:53.739><c> less</c><00:40:54.059><c> today,</c><00:40:55.260><c> never</c><00:40:55.579><c> mind</c><00:40:56.119><c> what</c><00:40:56.699><c> the</c><00:40:57.219><c> world</c> 00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:58.539 outside<00:40:57.980><c> might</c><00:40:58.260><c> say.</c> 00:40:58.980 --> 00:41:03.219 We<00:40:58.980><c> have</c><00:40:59.179><c> that</c><00:40:59.440><c> responsibility</c><00:41:00.539><c> to</c><00:41:01.380><c> ensure</c><00:41:01.860><c> that</c><00:41:02.179><c> in</c><00:41:02.380><c> our</c><00:41:02.860><c> house,</c> 00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:06.900 the<00:41:03.480><c> policy</c><00:41:03.980><c> of</c><00:41:04.239><c> the</c><00:41:04.380><c> Word</c><00:41:04.579><c> of</c><00:41:04.699><c> God</c><00:41:05.019><c> is</c><00:41:05.639><c> 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00:42:31.739 But<00:42:28.579><c> in</c><00:42:28.760><c> that</c><00:42:29.019><c> home,</c><00:42:29.300><c> there</c><00:42:29.539><c> was</c><00:42:29.800><c> a</c><00:42:30.139><c> clear</c><00:42:30.340><c> example</c><00:42:30.840><c> from</c><00:42:31.179><c> a</c> 00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:33.320 wonderful<00:42:32.260><c> father</c> 00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:37.179 who<00:42:34.099><c> was</c><00:42:34.280><c> teaching</c><00:42:34.780><c> his</c><00:42:35.320><c> children,</c><00:42:35.659><c> without</c><00:42:36.000><c> question,</c><00:42:37.039><c> the</c> 00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:40.400 things<00:42:37.699><c> that</c><00:42:38.179><c> were</c><00:42:38.420><c> critical</c><00:42:38.780><c> to</c><00:42:38.960><c> his</c><00:42:39.300><c> understanding.</c> 00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:44.780 He<00:42:40.880><c> wakened</c><00:42:41.239><c> mine</c><00:42:41.519><c> ear</c><00:42:41.840><c> to</c><00:42:42.159><c> hear</c><00:42:42.760><c> as</c><00:42:43.599><c> the</c><00:42:43.880><c> learned.</c> 00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:50.039 You<00:42:46.039><c> know,</c><00:42:46.179><c> it's</c><00:42:46.760><c> a</c><00:42:46.940><c> marvellous</c><00:42:47.340><c> thing</c><00:42:47.500><c> in</c><00:42:47.719><c> this</c><00:42:48.159><c> same</c><00:42:48.599><c> book</c><00:42:49.099><c> that</c><00:42:49.619><c> there's</c><00:42:49.880><c> a</c> 00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:51.260 passage<00:42:50.300><c> about</c><00:42:50.599><c> the</c><00:42:50.900><c> learned.</c> 00:42:51.260 --> 00:43:02.219 In<00:42:51.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:52.159><c> chapter</c><00:42:52.619><c> 29,</c><00:42:55.260><c> about</c><00:42:55.460><c> the</c><00:42:55.760><c> learned</c><00:42:55.940><c> and</c><00:42:56.179><c> the</c><00:42:56.480><c> unlearned.</c> 00:43:02.340 --> 00:43:04.940 It's<00:43:02.420><c> back</c><00:43:02.619><c> in</c><00:43:02.800><c> the</c><00:43:02.920><c> 29th</c><00:43:03.539><c> chapter</c><00:43:03.860><c> and</c><00:43:04.039><c> it</c><00:43:04.219><c> says,</c> 00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:10.420 The<00:43:07.380><c> vision</c><00:43:07.639><c> of</c><00:43:07.840><c> all</c><00:43:07.980><c> has</c><00:43:08.199><c> become</c><00:43:08.519><c> unto</c><00:43:08.719><c> you,</c><00:43:08.920><c> verse</c><00:43:09.139><c> 11,</c><00:43:09.539><c> as</c><00:43:09.659><c> the</c><00:43:09.860><c> words</c><00:43:10.079><c> of</c><00:43:10.239><c> a</c> 00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:12.000 book<00:43:10.559><c> that</c><00:43:10.780><c> is</c><00:43:11.099><c> sealed,</c> 00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:17.519 which<00:43:12.599><c> men</c><00:43:12.820><c> deliver</c><00:43:13.219><c> to</c><00:43:13.400><c> one</c><00:43:13.599><c> that</c><00:43:13.780><c> is</c><00:43:14.059><c> learned,</c><00:43:14.360><c> saying,</c><00:43:15.519><c> Read</c><00:43:15.840><c> this,</c><00:43:17.239><c> I</c> 00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.039 pray<00:43:17.780><c> then.</c> 00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:20.639 And<00:43:18.039><c> he</c><00:43:18.239><c> saith,</c><00:43:18.679><c> I</c><00:43:18.960><c> cannot,</c><00:43:19.400><c> for</c><00:43:19.519><c> it</c><00:43:19.639><c> is</c><00:43:19.920><c> sealed.</c> 00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:25.820 The<00:43:23.599><c> book</c><00:43:23.780><c> is</c><00:43:23.980><c> delivered</c><00:43:24.320><c> unto</c><00:43:24.619><c> him</c><00:43:24.880><c> that</c><00:43:25.019><c> is</c><00:43:25.320><c> not</c><00:43:25.619><c> learned.</c> 00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:31.039 And<00:43:25.940><c> that's</c><00:43:26.239><c> our</c><00:43:26.460><c> word</c><00:43:27.179><c> that</c><00:43:27.840><c> we've</c><00:43:28.099><c> got</c><00:43:28.340><c> in</c><00:43:28.739><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:29.079><c> 50,</c><00:43:30.880><c> the</c> 00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:32.039 tongue<00:43:31.239><c> of</c><00:43:31.440><c> the</c><00:43:31.619><c> learned.</c> 00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:34.219 The<00:43:32.420><c> book</c><00:43:32.599><c> is</c><00:43:32.800><c> delivered</c><00:43:33.039><c> to</c><00:43:33.199><c> him</c><00:43:33.320><c> that</c><00:43:33.500><c> is</c><00:43:33.719><c> not</c><00:43:34.000><c> learned.</c> 00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:36.559 Of<00:43:34.440><c> course,</c><00:43:35.059><c> the</c><00:43:35.219><c> reaction's</c><00:43:35.699><c> obvious.</c> 00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:39.800 Read<00:43:37.059><c> this,</c><00:43:37.320><c> I</c><00:43:37.519><c> say</c><00:43:37.719><c> thee,</c><00:43:37.840><c> and</c><00:43:38.000><c> he</c><00:43:38.179><c> saith,</c><00:43:38.440><c> I</c><00:43:38.619><c> am</c><00:43:38.659><c> not</c><00:43:38.900><c> learned.</c> 00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:44.920 So<00:43:41.699><c> the</c><00:43:41.900><c> learned</c><00:43:42.179><c> couldn't</c><00:43:42.559><c> do</c><00:43:42.760><c> it</c><00:43:42.920><c> because</c><00:43:43.539><c> they</c><00:43:44.679><c> said</c><00:43:44.800><c> the</c> 00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:46.179 book's<00:43:45.340><c> sealed.</c> 00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:49.360 They<00:43:47.239><c> failed</c><00:43:47.619><c> their</c><00:43:47.900><c> responsibility</c><00:43:48.400><c> and</c><00:43:48.599><c> the</c><00:43:48.739><c> unlearned</c><00:43:49.059><c> said,</c> 00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:52.380 Well,<00:43:49.940><c> don't</c><00:43:50.199><c> ask</c><00:43:50.440><c> me</c><00:43:50.659><c> because</c><00:43:50.880><c> I'm</c><00:43:51.139><c> not</c><00:43:51.320><c> learned.</c> 00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:56.679 And<00:43:53.139><c> so</c><00:43:53.320><c> the</c><00:43:53.940><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:43:54.739><c> Israel</c><00:43:55.139><c> was</c><00:43:55.420><c> without</c><00:43:55.920><c> answer</c><00:43:56.340><c> in</c> 00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:58.119 critical<00:43:57.019><c> matters.</c> 00:43:59.739 --> 00:44:02.019 You<00:43:59.780><c> know,</c><00:44:00.000><c> in</c><00:44:00.000><c> a</c><00:44:00.099><c> very</c><00:44:00.340><c> real</c><00:44:00.420><c> way,</c><00:44:00.739><c> I</c><00:44:00.900><c> believe</c><00:44:01.079><c> that</c><00:44:01.280><c> our</c><00:44:01.460><c> brotherhood's</c><00:44:01.840><c> gone</c> 00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:05.239 through<00:44:02.579><c> some</c><00:44:02.940><c> sections</c><00:44:03.300><c> of</c><00:44:03.559><c> time</c><00:44:03.739><c> like</c><00:44:04.099><c> that.</c> 00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:07.960 There<00:44:05.880><c> was</c><00:44:06.000><c> hardly</c><00:44:06.179><c> anything</c><00:44:06.519><c> said</c><00:44:06.760><c> about</c><00:44:07.000><c> the</c><00:44:07.139><c> book</c><00:44:07.239><c> of</c><00:44:07.420><c> Revelation</c><00:44:07.840><c> and</c> 00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:09.820 the<00:44:07.960><c> book</c><00:44:08.099><c> of</c><00:44:08.300><c> Daniel</c><00:44:08.460><c> for</c><00:44:08.679><c> years.</c> 00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:14.119 In<00:44:10.559><c> the</c><00:44:10.659><c> principal</c><00:44:10.960><c> areas</c><00:44:11.460><c> of</c><00:44:12.780><c> responsibility.</c> 00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:19.900 Why?<00:44:15.300><c> Because</c><00:44:15.699><c> I</c><00:44:16.920><c> don't</c><00:44:17.099><c> like</c><00:44:17.340><c> history.</c><00:44:18.280><c> I</c><00:44:18.320><c> don't</c><00:44:18.440><c> know</c><00:44:18.619><c> about</c><00:44:18.900><c> this.</c> 00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:21.800 I'm<00:44:20.340><c> not</c><00:44:20.480><c> sure</c><00:44:20.599><c> what</c><00:44:20.719><c> that</c><00:44:20.880><c> means.</c><00:44:21.260><c> I</c><00:44:21.360><c> haven't</c><00:44:21.440><c> really</c><00:44:21.659><c> given</c> 00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:22.719 it<00:44:21.940><c> any</c><00:44:22.199><c> time.</c> 00:44:22.980 --> 00:44:26.320 And<00:44:23.019><c> so</c><00:44:23.219><c> it</c><00:44:23.280><c> just</c><00:44:23.539><c> dissipates.</c><00:44:23.800><c> That</c><00:44:24.039><c> can</c><00:44:24.219><c> happen</c><00:44:24.579><c> in</c><00:44:24.800><c> our</c><00:44:25.000><c> meeting,</c><00:44:25.500><c> can't</c><00:44:25.559><c> it?</c> 00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:29.400 If<00:44:27.619><c> we're</c><00:44:27.739><c> not</c><00:44:27.920><c> prepared</c><00:44:28.159><c> to</c><00:44:28.280><c> get</c><00:44:28.500><c> down</c><00:44:28.699><c> with</c><00:44:28.880><c> what</c><00:44:29.059><c> Isaiah</c> 00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:32.719 means<00:44:29.739><c> and</c><00:44:29.940><c> what</c><00:44:30.480><c> the</c><00:44:30.719><c> Gospels</c><00:44:31.099><c> mean</c><00:44:31.380><c> and</c><00:44:31.519><c> Paul's</c><00:44:32.039><c> writings</c><00:44:32.300><c> mean,</c> 00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:35.139 and<00:44:33.400><c> the</c><00:44:33.920><c> apocalypse</c><00:44:34.400><c> means,</c> 00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:39.719 then<00:44:36.679><c> there</c><00:44:36.719><c> comes</c><00:44:37.000><c> whole</c><00:44:37.400><c> sections</c><00:44:38.079><c> of</c><00:44:38.420><c> the</c><00:44:39.059><c> inspired</c><00:44:39.500><c> word</c> 00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:42.639 of<00:44:39.860><c> God</c><00:44:40.079><c> that</c><00:44:40.320><c> just</c><00:44:40.659><c> drop</c><00:44:40.820><c> off</c><00:44:41.579><c> the</c><00:44:41.699><c> shelf.</c> 00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:45.320 Because<00:44:43.360><c> nobody's</c><00:44:43.840><c> able</c><00:44:44.019><c> to</c><00:44:44.260><c> answer</c><00:44:44.380><c> and</c><00:44:44.519><c> say,</c><00:44:44.960><c> Yes,</c><00:44:45.199><c> young</c> 00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:47.039 man,<00:44:45.480><c> this</c><00:44:45.679><c> is</c><00:44:45.780><c> what</c><00:44:45.860><c> it</c><00:44:46.039><c> means.</c> 00:44:48.260 --> 00:44:51.039 When<00:44:48.440><c> the</c><00:44:48.579><c> young</c><00:44:48.719><c> man</c><00:44:48.860><c> goes</c><00:44:49.099><c> and</c><00:44:49.340><c> finds</c><00:44:49.579><c> the</c><00:44:49.739><c> answers,</c><00:44:50.539><c> that's</c> 00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:53.119 absorbingly<00:44:51.659><c> interesting.</c><00:44:52.139><c> Wonderful.</c> 00:44:53.260 --> 00:44:55.360 He's<00:44:53.460><c> inspired</c><00:44:53.880><c> by</c><00:44:54.179><c> that.</c> 00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:57.880 Ecclesia<00:44:56.159><c> therefore</c><00:44:56.539><c> grows</c><00:44:56.960><c> with</c><00:44:57.260><c> enthusiasm.</c> 00:44:58.260 --> 00:45:00.719 Children<00:44:58.500><c> get</c><00:44:58.659><c> the</c><00:44:58.880><c> answers</c><00:44:59.139><c> when</c><00:44:59.300><c> they're</c><00:44:59.500><c> doing</c><00:44:59.599><c> the</c><00:44:59.840><c> readings.</c> 00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:04.599 Read<00:45:01.400><c> over</c><00:45:01.679><c> Revelation</c><00:45:02.159><c> 9</c><00:45:02.500><c> all</c><00:45:02.719><c> about</c><00:45:02.860><c> those</c><00:45:03.119><c> horses</c><00:45:03.360><c> twice</c><00:45:04.340><c> a</c> 00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:07.139 year<00:45:04.760><c> and</c><00:45:05.039><c> still</c><00:45:05.420><c> know</c><00:45:05.619><c> nothing</c><00:45:05.820><c> about</c><00:45:06.159><c> them.</c> 00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:11.179 When<00:45:08.039><c> the</c><00:45:08.239><c> child's</c><00:45:08.599><c> told</c><00:45:08.780><c> the</c><00:45:09.000><c> story,</c><00:45:09.460><c> they</c><00:45:09.579><c> think,</c><00:45:09.579><c> Oh,</c><00:45:09.860><c> that's</c><00:45:10.199><c> absolutely</c><00:45:10.480><c> marvelous.</c><00:45:11.059><c> Look</c> 00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:12.019 at<00:45:11.280><c> all</c><00:45:11.420><c> these</c><00:45:11.559><c> little</c><00:45:11.719><c> details.</c> 00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:14.599 Tick,<00:45:12.420><c> tick,</c><00:45:12.559><c> tick,</c><00:45:12.820><c> tick.</c><00:45:13.440><c> It</c><00:45:13.599><c> happened</c><00:45:13.739><c> in</c><00:45:13.940><c> history</c><00:45:14.179><c> just</c> 00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:16.760 like<00:45:14.860><c> it's</c><00:45:15.000><c> in</c><00:45:15.139><c> the</c><00:45:15.300><c> record.</c><00:45:16.260><c> See?</c> 00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:19.920 That's<00:45:18.480><c> our</c><00:45:18.739><c> responsibility.</c> 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:23.139 And<00:45:20.400><c> just</c><00:45:20.599><c> as</c><00:45:20.739><c> Israel</c><00:45:21.000><c> got</c><00:45:21.199><c> that</c><00:45:21.460><c> way,</c><00:45:22.219><c> they</c><00:45:22.440><c> couldn't</c><00:45:22.840><c> open</c> 00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:25.199 the<00:45:23.400><c> book</c><00:45:23.519><c> and</c><00:45:23.800><c> make</c><00:45:23.940><c> it</c><00:45:24.219><c> live.</c> 00:45:26.539 --> 00:45:28.400 So<00:45:26.739><c> we</c><00:45:26.920><c> can</c><00:45:27.079><c> be</c><00:45:27.239><c> the</c><00:45:27.480><c> same.</c> 00:45:28.679 --> 00:45:31.159 But<00:45:28.860><c> God</c><00:45:29.039><c> was</c><00:45:29.239><c> making</c><00:45:29.519><c> sure</c><00:45:29.900><c> that</c><00:45:30.119><c> there'd</c><00:45:30.239><c> be</c><00:45:30.380><c> one</c><00:45:30.619><c> who</c><00:45:30.860><c> would</c> 00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:34.059 understand<00:45:31.800><c> and</c><00:45:32.000><c> would</c><00:45:32.179><c> be</c><00:45:32.480><c> able</c><00:45:32.679><c> to</c><00:45:32.960><c> respond.</c> 00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:37.340 And<00:45:34.699><c> we</c><00:45:34.900><c> could</c><00:45:35.139><c> see</c><00:45:35.280><c> him</c><00:45:35.460><c> there</c><00:45:35.659><c> in</c><00:45:35.800><c> the</c><00:45:35.980><c> temple,</c><00:45:36.320><c> couldn't</c><00:45:36.619><c> we?</c> 00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:43.880 They<00:45:39.440><c> wag</c><00:45:39.880><c> their</c><00:45:40.079><c> heads</c><00:45:40.579><c> in</c><00:45:41.239><c> sheer</c><00:45:41.699><c> wonder.</c><00:45:43.059><c> Where</c><00:45:43.500><c> did</c><00:45:43.659><c> this</c> 00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:45.099 come<00:45:44.119><c> from?</c> 00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:47.320 And<00:45:45.500><c> the</c><00:45:45.579><c> answer,</c><00:45:45.980><c> it</c><00:45:45.980><c> didn't</c><00:45:46.159><c> come</c><00:45:46.420><c> from</c><00:45:46.639><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:45:47.139><c> It</c> 00:45:47.320 --> 00:45:48.199 didn't<00:45:47.460><c> come</c><00:45:47.679><c> from</c><00:45:47.840><c> their</c><00:45:48.000><c> schools.</c> 00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:53.480 It<00:45:48.340><c> came</c><00:45:48.559><c> from</c><00:45:48.780><c> right</c><00:45:48.940><c> up</c><00:45:49.039><c> in</c><00:45:49.179><c> the</c><00:45:49.380><c> countryside,</c><00:45:51.199><c> a</c><00:45:51.280><c> little</c><00:45:51.619><c> back</c><00:45:51.900><c>-end</c><00:45:52.179><c> city</c><00:45:52.500><c> called</c><00:45:52.840><c> Nazareth</c><00:45:53.280><c> in</c> 00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:56.739 a<00:45:53.659><c> humble</c><00:45:53.980><c> home</c><00:45:54.659><c> for</c><00:45:55.500><c> God</c><00:45:55.760><c> Almighty.</c> 00:45:57.199 --> 00:46:00.239 He<00:45:57.260><c> came</c><00:45:57.380><c> and</c><00:45:57.539><c> spoke</c><00:45:57.780><c> to</c><00:45:57.960><c> his</c><00:45:58.159><c> child.</c><00:45:58.739><c> Wonderful</c><00:45:59.179><c> story.</c> 00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:04.960 It<00:46:02.059><c> was</c><00:46:02.239><c> not</c><00:46:02.320><c> going</c><00:46:02.460><c> to</c><00:46:02.519><c> be</c><00:46:02.780><c> trampled</c><00:46:03.539><c> by</c><00:46:04.099><c> the</c><00:46:04.300><c> mixed</c><00:46:04.659><c> message</c> 00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:06.239 of<00:46:05.219><c> men.</c> 00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:10.820 It<00:46:06.519><c> was</c><00:46:06.780><c> going</c><00:46:06.880><c> to</c><00:46:07.039><c> come</c><00:46:07.440><c> pure</c><00:46:07.940><c> and</c><00:46:08.219><c> simple</c><00:46:08.480><c> from</c><00:46:09.440><c> the</c><00:46:09.699><c> Lord</c><00:46:09.920><c> God.</c> 00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:15.980 So<00:46:11.079><c> verse</c><00:46:11.280><c> 5</c><00:46:12.340><c> goes</c><00:46:13.179><c> on</c><00:46:13.440><c> to</c><00:46:13.739><c> say,</c><00:46:14.239><c> and</c><00:46:14.360><c> you</c><00:46:14.579><c> wonder</c><00:46:14.840><c> why.</c> 00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:18.460 Why<00:46:16.699><c> does</c><00:46:16.880><c> it</c><00:46:17.039><c> go</c><00:46:17.179><c> like</c><00:46:17.460><c> this?</c> 00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:21.500 Well,<00:46:19.059><c> firstly,</c><00:46:19.360><c> it</c><00:46:19.500><c> speaks</c><00:46:19.739><c> about</c><00:46:20.000><c> his</c><00:46:20.320><c> response.</c> 00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:29.480 The<00:46:22.440><c> Lord</c><00:46:22.760><c> God</c><00:46:23.139><c> hath</c><00:46:23.380><c> opened</c><00:46:23.800><c> mine</c><00:46:24.039><c> ear,</c><00:46:24.400><c> and</c><00:46:24.400><c> I</c><00:46:24.579><c> was</c><00:46:24.820><c> not</c><00:46:25.059><c> rebellious,</c><00:46:26.280><c> neither</c><00:46:26.599><c> turned</c><00:46:27.320><c> away</c><00:46:28.179><c> back.</c> 00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:33.199 Young<00:46:30.900><c> men,</c><00:46:31.260><c> young</c><00:46:31.420><c> daughters,</c><00:46:31.860><c> that's</c><00:46:32.239><c> our</c><00:46:32.440><c> response</c><00:46:33.000><c> to</c> 00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:34.840 faithful<00:46:33.579><c> parents.</c> 00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:38.320 Not<00:46:35.659><c> putting</c><00:46:35.860><c> up</c><00:46:36.099><c> some</c><00:46:36.340><c> sort</c><00:46:37.039><c> of</c><00:46:37.179><c> heathen</c><00:46:37.519><c> philosophies</c><00:46:38.139><c> or</c> 00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:40.380 the<00:46:38.480><c> philosophies</c><00:46:39.000><c> of</c><00:46:39.199><c> university.</c> 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:44.059 Or<00:46:41.159><c> the</c><00:46:41.440><c> atheistic</c><00:46:42.019><c> thoughts</c><00:46:42.420><c> that</c><00:46:42.659><c> can</c><00:46:42.860><c> go</c><00:46:43.139><c> nowhere.</c> 00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:47.739 But<00:46:45.579><c> to</c><00:46:45.860><c> respond.</c><00:46:46.599><c> That's</c><00:46:46.840><c> what</c><00:46:47.000><c> Jesus</c><00:46:47.360><c> did.</c> 00:46:47.739 --> 00:46:53.940 He<00:46:48.579><c> responded</c><00:46:49.219><c> and</c><00:46:49.420><c> could</c><00:46:49.639><c> see</c><00:46:49.860><c> the</c><00:46:50.599><c> relative</c><00:46:51.239><c> importance</c><00:46:52.199><c> of</c><00:46:52.860><c> things.</c> 00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:56.340 Atheism<00:46:54.940><c> goes</c><00:46:55.260><c> nowhere.</c> 00:46:56.739 --> 00:46:59.300 Philosophies<00:46:57.239><c> of</c><00:46:57.440><c> university</c><00:46:57.880><c> go</c><00:46:58.159><c> nowhere.</c> 00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:02.940 They<00:46:59.500><c> brought</c><00:46:59.719><c> the</c><00:47:00.139><c> world</c><00:47:00.460><c> to</c><00:47:00.699><c> ruin</c><00:47:00.900><c> and</c><00:47:01.179><c> society</c><00:47:01.659><c> to</c><00:47:01.960><c> dissolution.</c> 00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:07.460 But<00:47:03.980><c> the</c><00:47:04.159><c> Lord</c><00:47:04.400><c> God</c><00:47:04.659><c> hath</c><00:47:04.860><c> opened</c><00:47:05.280><c> mine</c><00:47:05.539><c> ear,</c><00:47:05.980><c> and</c><00:47:06.139><c> I</c><00:47:06.320><c> was</c><00:47:06.519><c> not</c><00:47:06.860><c> rebellious.</c> 00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:11.519 That<00:47:07.739><c> was</c><00:47:07.960><c> the</c><00:47:08.179><c> opinion.</c><00:47:09.039><c> That</c><00:47:09.179><c> was</c><00:47:09.400><c> the</c><00:47:09.659><c> attitude</c><00:47:10.059><c> of</c><00:47:10.320><c> the</c><00:47:10.500><c> master.</c> 00:47:11.699 --> 00:47:13.780 Neither<00:47:12.000><c> turned</c><00:47:12.519><c> away</c><00:47:12.860><c> back.</c> 00:47:14.500 --> 00:47:19.639 So<00:47:15.199><c> we</c><00:47:15.679><c> need</c><00:47:16.679><c> to</c><00:47:16.820><c> be</c><00:47:17.019><c> obedient</c><00:47:17.699><c> and</c><00:47:18.420><c> responsive</c><00:47:19.179><c> to</c><00:47:19.460><c> our</c> 00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:21.219 parents'<00:47:20.719><c> education.</c> 00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:24.400 It's<00:47:21.280><c> a</c><00:47:21.559><c> foolish</c><00:47:21.900><c> child</c><00:47:22.519><c> that</c><00:47:23.059><c> walks</c><00:47:23.420><c> the</c><00:47:23.679><c> other</c><00:47:23.880><c> way</c><00:47:24.199><c> from</c> 00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:26.039 faithful<00:47:24.800><c> parents.</c> 00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:30.920 A<00:47:27.139><c> foolish</c><00:47:27.360><c> child,</c><00:47:28.579><c> an</c><00:47:28.719><c> ignorant</c><00:47:29.159><c> child</c><00:47:29.940><c> that</c><00:47:30.420><c> does</c><00:47:30.659><c> that,</c> 00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:32.519 despite<00:47:31.300><c> our</c><00:47:31.619><c> world.</c> 00:47:32.960 --> 00:47:36.280 The<00:47:33.159><c> world</c><00:47:33.460><c> foolishly,</c><00:47:34.340><c> in</c><00:47:34.639><c> the</c><00:47:34.780><c> ultimate</c><00:47:35.119><c> sense</c><00:47:35.480><c> of</c><00:47:36.019><c> folly,</c> 00:47:36.699 --> 00:47:40.780 has<00:47:36.800><c> actually</c><00:47:37.099><c> encouraged</c><00:47:37.719><c> the</c><00:47:38.000><c> child</c><00:47:38.199><c> to</c><00:47:38.420><c> go</c><00:47:39.099><c> in</c><00:47:39.559><c> another</c><00:47:39.800><c> way.</c> 00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:44.579 It's<00:47:41.400><c> the</c><00:47:41.460><c> 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4,</c><00:48:19.099><c> because</c><00:48:19.480><c> of</c><00:48:19.659><c> the</c><00:48:19.840><c> willingness,</c><00:48:20.719><c> verse</c><00:48:21.119><c> 5,</c> 00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:25.880 that<00:48:22.940><c> he</c><00:48:23.059><c> was</c><00:48:23.300><c> able</c><00:48:23.519><c> to</c><00:48:23.719><c> give</c><00:48:23.820><c> the</c><00:48:24.280><c> obedience</c><00:48:24.860><c> of</c><00:48:25.119><c> verse</c><00:48:25.420><c> 6</c> 00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:28.239 even<00:48:26.619><c> unto</c><00:48:27.119><c> death.</c> 00:48:28.380 --> 00:48:32.880 Though<00:48:28.619><c> this</c><00:48:28.880><c> passage</c><00:48:29.579><c> doesn't</c><00:48:30.559><c> quite</c><00:48:30.980><c> spell</c><00:48:31.300><c> out</c><00:48:31.699><c> death,</c><00:48:32.019><c> that</c><00:48:32.219><c> will</c><00:48:32.420><c> come</c><00:48:32.619><c> in</c> 00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:35.199 53,<00:48:33.920><c> won't</c><00:48:34.179><c> it?</c> 00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:40.039 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only</c><00:49:15.780><c> a</c><00:49:15.960><c> page</c><00:49:16.280><c> to</c><00:49:16.519><c> come.</c> 00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:21.099 The<00:49:17.940><c> 53rd</c><00:49:18.280><c> is</c><00:49:18.460><c> a</c><00:49:18.699><c> great</c><00:49:19.139><c> crescendo</c><00:49:19.940><c> in</c><00:49:20.179><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:23.960 When<00:49:21.920><c> you</c><00:49:21.920><c> read</c><00:49:22.119><c> Isaiah,</c><00:49:22.519><c> it's</c><00:49:22.820><c> just</c><00:49:23.119><c> mounting</c><00:49:23.420><c> and</c><00:49:23.639><c> mounting</c> 00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:30.380 until<00:49:24.539><c> eventually</c><00:49:25.440><c> it's</c><00:49:25.900><c> there,</c><00:49:26.420><c> in</c><00:49:26.599><c> all</c><00:49:26.900><c> of</c><00:49:27.039><c> its</c><00:49:27.420><c> stark</c><00:49:27.880><c> horror</c><00:49:29.199><c> and</c><00:49:29.460><c> wonder.</c> 00:49:31.820 --> 00:49:36.619 The<00:49:32.340><c> 53rd</c><00:49:32.579><c> 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that</c><00:50:01.139><c> he</c><00:50:01.239><c> asked</c><00:50:01.639><c> for</c><00:50:01.900><c> some</c><00:50:02.320><c> deferment?</c> 00:50:03.460 --> 00:50:04.179 Do<00:50:03.519><c> you</c><00:50:03.539><c> remember</c><00:50:03.659><c> all</c><00:50:03.820><c> those</c><00:50:03.980><c> passages?</c> 00:50:04.460 --> 00:50:06.239 They<00:50:04.679><c> don't</c><00:50:04.840><c> exist,</c><00:50:05.320><c> do</c><00:50:05.340><c> they?</c> 00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:11.059 There's<00:50:07.880><c> not</c><00:50:08.039><c> a</c><00:50:08.639><c> slightest</c><00:50:09.000><c> indication</c><00:50:09.699><c> of</c><00:50:10.019><c> resistance.</c> 00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:14.659 In<00:50:12.239><c> fact,</c><00:50:12.880><c> in</c><00:50:12.980><c> none</c><00:50:13.139><c> of</c><00:50:13.260><c> the</c><00:50:13.400><c> Gospels</c><00:50:13.780><c> does</c><00:50:14.019><c> it</c><00:50:14.179><c> say</c><00:50:14.280><c> anything</c> 00:50:14.659 --> 00:50:17.780 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--> 00:50:41.519 He<00:50:39.280><c> was</c><00:50:39.539><c> a</c><00:50:39.699><c> voluntary</c><00:50:40.119><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:50:42.099 --> 00:50:44.320 That<00:50:42.199><c> was</c><00:50:42.440><c> part</c><00:50:42.679><c> of</c><00:50:42.860><c> his</c><00:50:43.079><c> obedience.</c> 00:50:44.920 --> 00:50:47.739 His<00:50:45.199><c> obedience</c><00:50:46.039><c> was</c><00:50:46.900><c> voluntary.</c> 00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:52.800 He<00:50:48.599><c> wanted</c><00:50:48.940><c> to,</c><00:50:50.079><c> for</c><00:50:50.219><c> the</c><00:50:50.440><c> honour</c><00:50:50.780><c> and</c><00:50:51.099><c> righteousness</c><00:50:51.559><c> of</c><00:50:51.940><c> God.</c> 00:50:53.460 --> 00:50:56.280 And<00:50:53.739><c> that's</c><00:50:54.039><c> because</c><00:50:54.639><c> of</c><00:50:55.139><c> the</c><00:50:55.380><c> tuition.</c> 00:50:56.920 --> 00:50:59.519 Do<00:50:57.019><c> you</c><00:50:57.019><c> want</c><00:50:57.219><c> children</c><00:50:57.599><c> to</c><00:50:57.860><c> serve</c><00:50:58.019><c> in</c><00:50:58.159><c> the</c><00:50:58.380><c> truth?</c> 00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:01.239 Teach<00:51:00.179><c> them.</c> 00:51:01.699 --> 00:51:06.000 Teach<00:51:01.900><c> them</c><00:51:02.119><c> God's</c><00:51:02.619><c> ways</c><00:51:02.920><c> and</c><00:51:03.900><c> all</c><00:51:04.179><c> of</c><00:51:04.360><c> the</c><00:51:04.500><c> things</c><00:51:04.699><c> that</c><00:51:04.900><c> he</c><00:51:05.039><c> loves.</c> 00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:08.179 Teach<00:51:06.440><c> them</c><00:51:06.619><c> the</c><00:51:06.940><c> love</c><00:51:07.079><c> of</c><00:51:07.360><c> God.</c> 00:51:08.460 --> 00:51:12.059 The<00:51:08.699><c> love</c><00:51:08.980><c> of</c><00:51:09.239><c> obedience,</c><00:51:09.960><c> therefore,</c><00:51:10.139><c> to</c><00:51:10.280><c> a</c><00:51:10.440><c> great</c><00:51:10.599><c> and</c><00:51:10.880><c> wonderful</c><00:51:11.159><c> God.</c> 00:51:12.300 --> 00:51:18.480 So<00:51:12.440><c> that</c><00:51:12.719><c> their</c><00:51:13.719><c> contribution</c><00:51:14.619><c> will</c><00:51:14.880><c> be</c><00:51:15.079><c> done</c><00:51:15.380><c> with</c><00:51:16.619><c> unstinting</c><00:51:17.380><c> desire.</c> 00:51:19.940 --> 00:51:24.000 Not<00:51:20.139><c> because</c><00:51:20.360><c> they</c><00:51:20.639><c> have</c><00:51:20.960><c> to,</c><00:51:22.099><c> but</c><00:51:22.300><c> because</c><00:51:22.500><c> they</c><00:51:22.780><c> want</c><00:51:23.019><c> to.</c> 00:51:24.400 --> 00:51:27.320 There's<00:51:24.599><c> altogether</c><00:51:25.139><c> a</c><00:51:25.739><c> great</c><00:51:25.920><c> difference</c><00:51:26.320><c> in</c><00:51:26.599><c> that.</c> 00:51:27.500 --> 00:51:36.539 So<00:51:28.019><c> it</c><00:51:28.119><c> goes</c><00:51:28.380><c> on</c><00:51:28.659><c> in</c><00:51:28.840><c> verse</c><00:51:29.079><c> 7</c><00:51:31.260><c> to</c><00:51:33.179><c> show</c><00:51:33.599><c> where</c><00:51:34.199><c> his</c><00:51:34.900><c> confidence</c><00:51:35.460><c> lay.</c> 00:51:38.639 --> 00:51:41.059 Why<00:51:38.780><c> would</c><00:51:39.019><c> he</c><00:51:39.159><c> be</c><00:51:39.360><c> able</c><00:51:39.639><c> to</c><00:51:39.860><c> do</c><00:51:39.960><c> that</c><00:51:40.219><c> in</c><00:51:40.340><c> verse</c><00:51:40.519><c> 6?</c> 00:51:41.260 --> 00:51:42.900 For<00:51:41.260><c> the</c><00:51:41.579><c> Lord</c><00:51:41.900><c> God</c><00:51:42.159><c> will</c><00:51:42.440><c> help</c><00:51:42.699><c> me.</c> 00:51:42.900 --> 00:51:44.139 How<00:51:43.099><c> did</c><00:51:43.320><c> he</c><00:51:43.480><c> know</c><00:51:43.739><c> that?</c> 00:51:44.260 --> 00:51:47.099 Because<00:51:44.679><c> of</c><00:51:44.940><c> the</c><00:51:45.159><c> tuition</c><00:51:45.519><c> in</c><00:51:45.739><c> verse</c><00:51:46.039><c> 4.</c> 00:51:47.840 --> 00:51:49.340 God<00:51:48.039><c> was</c><00:51:48.400><c> close</c><00:51:48.639><c> to</c><00:51:48.860><c> him.</c> 00:51:49.739 --> 00:51:51.119 He<00:51:49.840><c> knew</c><00:51:49.980><c> God</c><00:51:50.199><c> would</c><00:51:50.380><c> not</c><00:51:50.480><c> let</c><00:51:50.619><c> him</c><00:51:50.820><c> down.</c> 00:51:51.300 --> 00:51:53.159 He<00:51:51.420><c> had</c><00:51:51.619><c> to</c><00:51:51.719><c> let</c><00:51:51.800><c> him</c><00:51:52.000><c> down</c><00:51:52.239><c> one</c><00:51:52.639><c> day.</c> 00:51:53.619 --> 00:51:55.219 Every<00:51:53.960><c> morning</c><00:51:54.280><c> God</c><00:51:54.519><c> was</c><00:51:54.820><c> there.</c> 00:51:55.219 --> 00:51:58.599 Every<00:51:56.059><c> time</c><00:51:56.320><c> he</c><00:51:56.460><c> prayed</c><00:51:56.800><c> God</c><00:51:57.079><c> was</c><00:51:57.400><c> there.</c> 00:51:58.739 --> 00:52:00.760 Was<00:51:58.880><c> he</c><00:51:59.039><c> therefore</c><00:51:59.280><c> going</c><00:51:59.480><c> to</c><00:51:59.619><c> forsake</c><00:51:59.960><c> him</c><00:52:00.079><c> in</c><00:52:00.239><c> the</c><00:52:00.400><c> hour</c><00:52:00.619><c> of</c> 00:52:00.760 --> 00:52:01.940 greatest<00:52:01.039><c> need?</c> 00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:06.159 When<00:52:01.960><c> these</c><00:52:02.820><c> enemies</c><00:52:03.219><c> about,</c><00:52:03.739><c> these</c><00:52:04.019><c> smiters</c><00:52:04.420><c> and</c><00:52:04.539><c> those</c><00:52:04.940><c> that</c><00:52:05.340><c> plucked</c><00:52:05.920><c> off</c> 00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:08.480 the<00:52:06.699><c> hair</c><00:52:07.019><c> from</c><00:52:07.239><c> his</c><00:52:07.539><c> cheeks.</c> 00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:10.619 The<00:52:08.980><c> Lord</c><00:52:09.280><c> God</c><00:52:09.539><c> will</c><00:52:09.760><c> help</c><00:52:09.960><c> me.</c> 00:52:10.860 --> 00:52:11.840 He<00:52:10.860><c> knew</c><00:52:11.059><c> that.</c> 00:52:13.159 --> 00:52:16.539 Therefore,<00:52:13.699><c> therefore</c><00:52:14.119><c> shall</c><00:52:14.320><c> I</c><00:52:14.480><c> be</c><00:52:14.880><c> not</c><00:52:15.480><c> confounded.</c> 00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:19.599 Therefore<00:52:17.320><c> have</c><00:52:17.539><c> I</c><00:52:17.719><c> set</c><00:52:17.840><c> my</c><00:52:18.119><c> face</c><00:52:18.300><c> like</c><00:52:18.519><c> a</c><00:52:18.780><c> flint.</c> 00:52:19.619 --> 00:52:21.539 And<00:52:19.800><c> I</c><00:52:20.000><c> know</c><00:52:20.280><c> that</c><00:52:20.500><c> I</c><00:52:20.659><c> shall</c><00:52:20.800><c> not</c><00:52:21.000><c> be</c><00:52:21.179><c> ashamed.</c> 00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:24.179 Isn't<00:52:22.139><c> a</c><00:52:22.440><c> grand</c><00:52:22.679><c> resolution</c><00:52:23.219><c> in</c><00:52:23.460><c> that?</c> 00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:27.079 It's<00:52:24.980><c> a</c><00:52:25.119><c> boy</c><00:52:25.239><c> that's</c><00:52:25.659><c> grown</c><00:52:25.840><c> to</c><00:52:26.119><c> years.</c> 00:52:27.500 --> 00:52:30.440 And<00:52:27.599><c> the</c><00:52:27.820><c> conviction</c><00:52:28.239><c> of</c><00:52:28.440><c> his</c><00:52:28.719><c> tuition,</c><00:52:29.280><c> his</c><00:52:29.539><c> education</c><00:52:30.219><c> in</c> 00:52:30.440 --> 00:52:34.260 the<00:52:30.579><c> things</c><00:52:30.719><c> of</c><00:52:30.940><c> God</c><00:52:31.139><c> is</c><00:52:31.519><c> now</c><00:52:31.960><c> coming</c><00:52:32.300><c> to</c><00:52:32.539><c> its</c><00:52:33.000><c> glorious</c><00:52:33.500><c> fulfilment.</c> 00:52:34.820 --> 00:52:36.940 And<00:52:34.920><c> he</c><00:52:35.039><c> has</c><00:52:35.300><c> powerful</c><00:52:35.920><c> acquaintance</c><00:52:36.460><c> of</c><00:52:36.659><c> God.</c> 00:52:37.179 --> 00:52:39.519 And<00:52:37.380><c> that</c><00:52:37.599><c> God</c><00:52:37.719><c> is</c><00:52:38.000><c> just</c><00:52:38.360><c> there</c><00:52:38.860><c> with</c><00:52:39.159><c> him.</c> 00:52:39.800 --> 00:52:42.599 I'm<00:52:40.099><c> not</c><00:52:40.380><c> alone,</c><00:52:40.679><c> he</c><00:52:40.860><c> said</c><00:52:41.000><c> in</c><00:52:41.179><c> John</c><00:52:41.380><c> chapter</c><00:52:41.739><c> 8.</c> 00:52:42.679 --> 00:52:44.139 But<00:52:42.840><c> the</c><00:52:43.139><c> Father</c><00:52:43.380><c> is</c><00:52:43.639><c> with</c><00:52:43.820><c> me.</c> 00:52:44.199 --> 00:52:46.480 And<00:52:44.320><c> he's</c><00:52:44.559><c> standing</c><00:52:44.920><c> in</c><00:52:45.139><c> Jerusalem</c><00:52:45.380><c> and</c><00:52:45.760><c> the</c><00:52:46.039><c> smiters</c><00:52:46.320><c> are</c> 00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:47.539 all<00:52:46.659><c> around.</c> 00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:51.019 Now<00:52:49.260><c> question</c><00:52:49.579><c> whether</c><00:52:49.780><c> he</c><00:52:49.860><c> had</c><00:52:50.039><c> a</c><00:52:50.219><c> relationship</c><00:52:50.639><c> with</c><00:52:50.800><c> God.</c> 00:52:51.019 --> 00:52:54.239 He<00:52:51.260><c> said,</c><00:52:51.579><c> I</c><00:52:51.579><c> proceeded</c><00:52:52.139><c> forth</c><00:52:52.460><c> and</c><00:52:52.599><c> came</c><00:52:52.940><c> from</c><00:52:53.179><c> God.</c> 00:52:55.320 --> 00:52:57.619 And<00:52:55.500><c> you</c><00:52:55.599><c> treat</c><00:52:55.800><c> me</c><00:52:55.960><c> as</c><00:52:56.079><c> though</c><00:52:56.199><c> I'm</c><00:52:56.320><c> alone,</c><00:52:56.860><c> I'm</c><00:52:57.019><c> not</c><00:52:57.260><c> alone.</c> 00:52:57.800 --> 00:52:59.059 The<00:52:58.059><c> Father</c><00:52:58.380><c> is</c><00:52:58.579><c> with</c><00:52:58.800><c> me.</c> 00:52:59.280 --> 00:53:01.260 The<00:52:59.480><c> words</c><00:52:59.679><c> that</c><00:52:59.900><c> I</c><00:53:00.039><c> speak,</c><00:53:00.199><c> they</c><00:53:00.400><c> come</c><00:53:00.639><c> from</c><00:53:00.820><c> God.</c> 00:53:01.719 --> 00:53:06.400 That's<00:53:02.019><c> all</c><00:53:02.300><c> the</c><00:53:02.500><c> confidence</c><00:53:03.280><c> of</c><00:53:04.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:53:04.500><c> chapter</c><00:53:05.199><c> 15.</c> 00:53:07.280 --> 00:53:11.659 It<00:53:07.420><c> was</c><00:53:07.739><c> a</c><00:53:08.599><c> realistic</c><00:53:09.239><c> relationship</c><00:53:10.099><c> that</c><00:53:10.300><c> he</c><00:53:10.400><c> had</c><00:53:10.559><c> with</c><00:53:10.780><c> God.</c> 00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:13.400 And<00:53:12.179><c> he</c><00:53:12.219><c> could</c><00:53:12.500><c> never</c><00:53:12.739><c> forget</c><00:53:13.119><c> that.</c> 00:53:13.699 --> 00:53:14.579 Knew<00:53:13.880><c> it</c><00:53:14.079><c> was</c><00:53:14.280><c> there.</c> 00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:17.960 I<00:53:15.159><c> know</c><00:53:15.400><c> that</c><00:53:15.559><c> thou</c><00:53:15.699><c> hearest</c><00:53:16.059><c> to</c><00:53:16.219><c> me</c><00:53:16.380><c> always,</c><00:53:16.960><c> he</c><00:53:17.199><c> said.</c> 00:53:18.219 --> 00:53:20.099 Wonderful<00:53:18.679><c> thing,</c><00:53:19.199><c> isn't</c><00:53:19.199><c> it?</c> 00:53:20.139 --> 00:53:23.860 That<00:53:20.619><c> came</c><00:53:20.860><c> from</c><00:53:21.119><c> this,</c><00:53:21.800><c> that</c><00:53:22.000><c> began</c><00:53:22.300><c> in</c><00:53:22.480><c> early</c><00:53:22.719><c> youth.</c> 00:53:24.039 --> 00:53:28.400 Inspirational<00:53:24.519><c> to</c><00:53:24.840><c> our</c><00:53:25.920><c> parenthood,</c><00:53:26.519><c> or</c><00:53:26.719><c> our</c><00:53:27.119><c> grandparenthood</c><00:53:27.760><c> too.</c> 00:53:28.900 --> 00:53:29.880 Grandparents. 00:53:30.619 --> 00:53:32.500 Don't<00:53:30.800><c> sit</c><00:53:30.980><c> in</c><00:53:31.099><c> the</c><00:53:31.280><c> back</c><00:53:31.460><c> block</c><00:53:31.639><c> as</c><00:53:31.840><c> though</c><00:53:31.980><c> you</c><00:53:32.139><c> haven't</c><00:53:32.300><c> got</c> 00:53:32.500 --> 00:53:33.980 a<00:53:32.659><c> role</c><00:53:32.840><c> to</c><00:53:33.079><c> play.</c> 00:53:35.219 --> 00:53:36.840 Your<00:53:35.420><c> grandchildren</c><00:53:35.820><c> want</c><00:53:36.460><c> you.</c> 00:53:37.119 --> 00:53:38.440 They<00:53:37.360><c> need</c><00:53:37.579><c> you.</c> 00:53:38.739 --> 00:53:40.039 Your<00:53:38.980><c> children</c><00:53:39.280><c> need</c><00:53:39.599><c> you.</c> 00:53:40.260 --> 00:53:42.079 As<00:53:40.380><c> they're</c><00:53:40.519><c> bringing</c><00:53:40.699><c> up</c><00:53:41.000><c> children.</c> 00:53:42.659 --> 00:53:45.039 To<00:53:42.760><c> be</c><00:53:43.000><c> encouraged</c><00:53:43.440><c> in</c><00:53:43.639><c> the</c><00:53:43.739><c> right</c><00:53:44.019><c> way.</c> 00:53:45.519 --> 00:53:46.480 To<00:53:45.719><c> not</c><00:53:45.960><c> forsake.</c> 00:53:46.500 --> 00:53:47.860 To<00:53:46.739><c> keep</c><00:53:46.920><c> the</c><00:53:47.159><c> way.</c> 00:53:50.500 --> 00:53:52.039 Be<00:53:51.019><c> involved.</c> 00:53:52.340 --> 00:53:52.960 Love<00:53:52.460><c> your</c><00:53:52.719><c> children.</c> 00:53:53.039 --> 00:53:53.980 Love<00:53:53.260><c> your</c><00:53:53.480><c> grandchildren.</c> 00:53:54.119 --> 00:53:54.900 Don't<00:53:54.400><c> spoil</c><00:53:54.739><c> them.</c> 00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:56.780 Don't<00:53:55.119><c> worship</c><00:53:55.519><c> them.</c> 00:54:00.039 --> 00:54:02.360 So<00:54:00.280><c> verse</c><00:54:00.519><c> 8,</c><00:54:00.860><c> that</c><00:54:01.000><c> confidence</c><00:54:01.420><c> goes</c><00:54:01.739><c> on.</c> 00:54:02.739 --> 00:54:06.059 He<00:54:02.840><c> that</c><00:54:03.159><c> is</c><00:54:03.639><c> near,</c><00:54:04.019><c> he</c><00:54:04.280><c> is</c><00:54:04.519><c> near</c><00:54:04.699><c> that</c><00:54:05.079><c> justifieth</c><00:54:05.739><c> me.</c> 00:54:06.260 --> 00:54:07.679 Who<00:54:06.519><c> will</c><00:54:06.840><c> contend</c><00:54:07.280><c> with</c><00:54:07.519><c> me?</c> 00:54:07.739 --> 00:54:11.739 If<00:54:07.840><c> God's</c><00:54:08.119><c> on</c><00:54:08.260><c> your</c><00:54:08.480><c> side,</c><00:54:09.280><c> what</c><00:54:10.280><c> does</c><00:54:10.500><c> an</c><00:54:10.679><c> enemy</c><00:54:10.880><c> matter?</c> 00:54:12.360 --> 00:54:14.739 Let<00:54:12.639><c> us</c><00:54:13.139><c> stand</c><00:54:13.619><c> together.</c> 00:54:15.980 --> 00:54:17.539 Who<00:54:16.159><c> is</c><00:54:16.400><c> my</c><00:54:16.519><c> adversary?</c> 00:54:17.579 --> 00:54:19.599 Let<00:54:17.780><c> him</c><00:54:18.000><c> come</c><00:54:18.300><c> near</c><00:54:18.539><c> to</c><00:54:18.800><c> me.</c> 00:54:19.699 --> 00:54:22.099 You<00:54:20.219><c> know</c><00:54:20.440><c> that</c><00:54:21.039><c> passage</c><00:54:21.400><c> in</c><00:54:21.599><c> verse</c><00:54:21.840><c> 8.</c> 00:54:22.380 --> 00:54:23.940 He<00:54:22.380><c> is</c><00:54:22.619><c> near</c><00:54:22.840><c> that</c><00:54:23.139><c> justifieth</c><00:54:23.780><c> me.</c> 00:54:24.440 --> 00:54:25.860 Can<00:54:24.699><c> you</c><00:54:24.840><c> hear</c><00:54:25.000><c> the</c><00:54:25.159><c> echo</c><00:54:25.440><c> of</c><00:54:25.639><c> that?</c> 00:54:26.039 --> 00:54:27.599 That's<00:54:26.360><c> Romans</c><00:54:26.679><c> 8,</c><00:54:27.000><c> isn't</c><00:54:27.139><c> it?</c> 00:54:27.860 --> 00:54:29.380 It's<00:54:28.039><c> Romans</c><00:54:28.300><c> 8</c><00:54:28.480><c> and</c><00:54:28.599><c> verse</c><00:54:28.860><c> 34.</c> 00:54:29.739 --> 00:54:32.940 That<00:54:30.000><c> beautiful</c><00:54:30.500><c> crescendo</c><00:54:31.159><c> chapter</c><00:54:31.519><c> which</c><00:54:31.840><c> speaks</c><00:54:32.199><c> of</c><00:54:32.679><c> the</c> 00:54:32.940 --> 00:54:33.940 relationship<00:54:33.480><c> with</c><00:54:33.719><c> God.</c> 00:54:34.119 --> 00:54:37.119 And<00:54:34.119><c> therefore</c><00:54:34.380><c> there's</c><00:54:34.900><c> no</c><00:54:35.199><c> one,</c><00:54:35.880><c> no</c><00:54:36.119><c> thing.</c> 00:54:38.019 --> 00:54:40.699 That<00:54:38.139><c> can</c><00:54:38.360><c> come</c><00:54:38.619><c> 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ready</c><00:55:39.039><c> to</c><00:55:39.300><c> go.</c> 00:55:39.780 --> 00:55:41.900 The<00:55:40.079><c> moth</c><00:55:40.340><c> shall</c><00:55:40.579><c> eat</c><00:55:40.719><c> them</c><00:55:40.960><c> up.</c> 00:55:42.199 --> 00:55:45.300 And<00:55:42.340><c> so</c><00:55:42.460><c> the</c><00:55:42.760><c> advocates</c><00:55:43.199><c> of</c><00:55:43.460><c> that</c><00:55:44.079><c> legalistic</c><00:55:44.820><c> system.</c> 00:55:45.300 --> 00:55:49.019 We're<00:55:45.980><c> going</c><00:55:46.079><c> to</c><00:55:46.219><c> be</c><00:55:46.380><c> consumed</c><00:55:47.019><c> like</c><00:55:47.219><c> the</c><00:55:47.460><c> moth</c><00:55:47.739><c> consumes</c><00:55:48.460><c> an</c> 00:55:49.019 --> 00:55:50.090 old<00:55:49.280><c> garment.</c> 00:55:51.320 --> 00:55:56.099 And<00:55:51.639><c> the</c><00:55:51.880><c> son</c><00:55:52.079><c> would</c><00:55:52.320><c> be</c><00:55:52.539><c> victorious</c><00:55:53.280><c> and</c><00:55:54.380><c> 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walketh</c><00:56:35.820><c> in</c><00:56:36.059><c> darkness</c><00:56:36.480><c> and</c><00:56:36.739><c> hath</c><00:56:36.920><c> no</c><00:56:37.179><c> light?</c> 00:56:38.219 --> 00:56:40.460 Is<00:56:38.380><c> looking</c><00:56:38.639><c> for</c><00:56:38.840><c> the</c><00:56:39.019><c> answer</c><00:56:39.300><c> of</c><00:56:39.559><c> life?</c> 00:56:41.219 --> 00:56:42.199 Here's<00:56:41.559><c> your</c><00:56:41.780><c> answer.</c> 00:56:42.199 --> 00:56:45.320 Let<00:56:42.980><c> him</c><00:56:43.559><c> do</c><00:56:44.099><c> the</c><00:56:44.440><c> same</c><00:56:44.619><c> as</c><00:56:44.840><c> my</c><00:56:45.059><c> servant.</c> 00:56:45.400 --> 00:56:50.940 Let<00:56:45.559><c> him</c><00:56:45.880><c> trust</c><00:56:46.639><c> in</c><00:56:48.059><c> the</c><00:56:48.320><c> name</c><00:56:48.679><c> of</c><00:56:48.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:49.360><c> and</c><00:56:49.880><c> stay</c><00:56:50.440><c> upon</c><00:56:50.679><c> his</c> 00:56:50.940 --> 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that's</c><00:57:31.480><c> on,</c><00:57:31.719><c> it's</c><00:57:31.900><c> off,</c><00:57:32.119><c> it's</c><00:57:32.199><c> on,</c><00:57:32.440><c> it's</c><00:57:32.579><c> off,</c><00:57:32.699><c> it's</c><00:57:32.840><c> on,</c> 00:57:33.000 --> 00:57:34.420 it's<00:57:33.179><c> off.</c> 00:57:34.500 --> 00:57:36.420 In<00:57:34.739><c> the</c><00:57:34.900><c> end</c><00:57:34.980><c> there's</c><00:57:35.219><c> nothing</c><00:57:35.420><c> there.</c> 00:57:37.099 --> 00:57:38.960 And<00:57:37.239><c> people</c><00:57:37.420><c> were</c><00:57:37.599><c> trying</c><00:57:37.719><c> to</c><00:57:38.400><c> walk</c><00:57:38.579><c> by</c><00:57:38.860><c> that.</c> 00:57:38.960 --> 00:57:41.699 And<00:57:38.960><c> there's</c><00:57:39.119><c> a</c><00:57:39.320><c> dark</c><00:57:39.559><c> path</c><00:57:39.900><c> and</c><00:57:40.039><c> you</c><00:57:40.119><c> can't</c><00:57:40.420><c> walk</c><00:57:40.599><c> by</c><00:57:40.940><c> a</c><00:57:41.079><c> sparkler</c><00:57:41.420><c> can</c><00:57:41.599><c> you?</c> 00:57:41.920 --> 00:57:43.599 Because<00:57:42.119><c> now</c><00:57:42.340><c> you</c><00:57:42.480><c> see</c><00:57:42.579><c> it,</c><00:57:42.699><c> now</c><00:57:42.780><c> you</c><00:57:42.880><c> don't.</c> 00:57:43.820 --> 00:57:45.619 There's<00:57:44.000><c> nothing</c><00:57:44.239><c> certain</c><00:57:44.579><c> about</c><00:57:44.900><c> it.</c> 00:57:46.119 --> 00:57:48.139 Now<00:57:46.219><c> Jews</c><00:57:46.360><c> have</c><00:57:46.579><c> developed</c><00:57:46.860><c> a</c><00:57:47.079><c> system</c><00:57:47.300><c> just</c><00:57:47.679><c> like</c><00:57:47.920><c> that.</c> 00:57:48.380 --> 00:57:49.960 Like<00:57:48.559><c> in</c><00:57:48.719><c> their</c><00:57:48.880><c> ritual.</c> 00:57:51.280 --> 00:57:54.380 On<00:57:51.380><c> the</c><00:57:51.519><c> last</c><00:57:51.860><c> day</c><00:57:52.139><c> of</c><00:57:52.420><c> the</c><00:57:52.980><c> Feast</c><00:57:53.239><c> of</c><00:57:53.440><c> Tabernacles</c><00:57:53.940><c> they</c><00:57:54.179><c> used</c> 00:57:54.380 --> 00:57:56.360 to<00:57:54.559><c> bring</c><00:57:54.679><c> these</c><00:57:55.059><c> four</c><00:57:55.360><c> great</c><00:57:55.659><c> candelabra</c> 00:57:56.360 --> 00:58:00.239 and<00:57:56.500><c> put</c><00:57:56.659><c> them</c><00:57:56.820><c> in</c><00:57:57.400><c> the</c><00:57:57.679><c> court</c><00:57:57.800><c> of</c><00:57:58.019><c> the</c><00:57:58.139><c> Gentiles</c><00:57:58.619><c> and</c><00:57:58.820><c> say,</c><00:57:59.099><c> you</c><00:57:59.179><c> know,</c><00:57:59.320><c> here's</c><00:57:59.539><c> the</c><00:57:59.820><c> light</c><00:58:00.019><c> to</c> 00:58:00.239 --> 00:58:01.900 the<00:58:00.400><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:58:02.360 --> 00:58:05.679 And<00:58:02.800><c> Jesus</c><00:58:03.239><c> wiped</c><00:58:03.800><c> it</c><00:58:03.980><c> off</c><00:58:04.139><c> and</c><00:58:04.380><c> said,</c><00:58:04.860><c> and</c><00:58:04.960><c> he</c><00:58:05.039><c> was</c><00:58:05.380><c> standing</c> 00:58:05.679 --> 00:58:06.400 in<00:58:05.880><c> the</c><00:58:06.159><c> street,</c> 00:58:06.400 --> 00:58:10.340 John<00:58:06.780><c> chapter</c><00:58:07.119><c> 8</c><00:58:07.380><c> and</c><00:58:07.539><c> John</c><00:58:07.719><c> chapter</c><00:58:08.000><c> 9,</c><00:58:08.639><c> standing</c><00:58:09.019><c> in</c><00:58:09.260><c> the</c><00:58:09.400><c> street</c><00:58:09.539><c> and</c><00:58:09.699><c> saying,</c><00:58:10.159><c> I</c> 00:58:10.340 --> 00:58:11.300 am<00:58:10.599><c> the</c><00:58:10.780><c> light</c><00:58:10.920><c> of</c><00:58:11.099><c> the</c><00:58:11.199><c> world.</c> 00:58:11.440 --> 00:58:13.400 And<00:58:11.440><c> he's</c><00:58:11.579><c> quoting</c><00:58:11.820><c> Isaiah</c><00:58:12.179><c> 50.</c> 00:58:13.780 --> 00:58:16.519 And<00:58:13.900><c> everybody's</c><00:58:14.340><c> going</c><00:58:14.500><c> past</c><00:58:14.860><c> him,</c><00:58:15.300><c> all</c><00:58:15.460><c> carried</c><00:58:15.719><c> away</c><00:58:16.000><c> with</c> 00:58:16.519 --> 00:58:17.519 these<00:58:16.820><c> great</c><00:58:17.280><c> candelabra</c> 00:58:17.980 --> 00:58:20.460 that<00:58:18.119><c> were</c><00:58:18.360><c> in</c><00:58:19.039><c> the</c><00:58:19.219><c> court</c><00:58:19.360><c> of</c><00:58:19.559><c> the</c><00:58:19.679><c> Gentiles,</c><00:58:19.940><c> as</c><00:58:20.079><c> if</c><00:58:20.239><c> that</c> 00:58:20.460 --> 00:58:22.079 could<00:58:20.719><c> provide</c><00:58:21.079><c> light.</c> 00:58:24.239 --> 00:58:27.039 And<00:58:24.420><c> the</c><00:58:24.639><c> light</c><00:58:24.780><c> of</c><00:58:24.980><c> the</c><00:58:25.079><c> world</c><00:58:25.239><c> was</c><00:58:25.599><c> standing</c><00:58:25.980><c> with</c><00:58:26.280><c> the</c><00:58:26.519><c> message</c><00:58:26.860><c> of</c> 00:58:27.039 --> 00:58:30.260 God<00:58:27.260><c> and</c><00:58:27.519><c> they</c><00:58:27.699><c> went</c><00:58:27.940><c> straight</c><00:58:28.579><c> past</c><00:58:28.980><c> him.</c> 00:58:31.619 --> 00:58:33.340 A<00:58:31.880><c> blind</c><00:58:32.099><c> man</c><00:58:32.340><c> could</c><00:58:32.559><c> see</c><00:58:32.699><c> when</c><00:58:32.840><c> they</c><00:58:33.079><c> couldn't.</c> 00:58:33.460 --> 00:58:35.159 That's<00:58:33.760><c> chapter</c><00:58:34.019><c> 9.</c> 00:58:35.300 --> 00:58:39.219 And<00:58:35.860><c> Jesus</c><00:58:36.119><c> was</c><00:58:36.380><c> saying,</c><00:58:36.659><c> I</c><00:58:36.659><c> am</c><00:58:36.780><c> the</c><00:58:37.079><c> light</c><00:58:37.300><c> of</c><00:58:37.500><c> the</c><00:58:37.679><c> world,</c><00:58:38.599><c> straight</c><00:58:38.900><c> out</c><00:58:39.099><c> of</c> 00:58:39.219 --> 00:58:40.579 this<00:58:39.420><c> chapter.</c> 00:58:41.840 --> 00:58:44.519 Who<00:58:42.199><c> is</c><00:58:42.500><c> among</c><00:58:42.719><c> you</c><00:58:42.900><c> that</c><00:58:43.119><c> feareth</c><00:58:43.539><c> Yahweh,</c><00:58:43.920><c> that</c><00:58:44.079><c> abatheth</c> 00:58:44.519 --> 00:58:45.500 the<00:58:44.599><c> voice</c><00:58:44.800><c> of</c><00:58:44.960><c> his</c><00:58:45.159><c> servant,</c> 00:58:45.800 --> 00:58:48.840 that<00:58:46.019><c> walketh</c><00:58:46.340><c> in</c><00:58:46.480><c> darkness</c><00:58:46.840><c> and</c><00:58:47.079><c> hath</c><00:58:47.260><c> no</c><00:58:47.539><c> light,</c><00:58:48.219><c> but</c><00:58:48.460><c> knows</c> 00:58:48.840 --> 00:58:50.039 their<00:58:49.119><c> need?</c> 00:58:50.480 --> 00:58:53.519 Then<00:58:50.679><c> get</c><00:58:50.940><c> behind</c><00:58:51.360><c> him,</c><00:58:52.380><c> says</c><00:58:52.500><c> the</c><00:58:52.780><c> prophet</c><00:58:53.000><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:58:53.780 --> 00:58:54.739 What<00:58:54.000><c> a</c><00:58:54.239><c> wonderful</c><00:58:54.539><c> thing.</c> 00:58:54.820 --> 00:58:59.099 The<00:58:54.920><c> one</c><00:58:55.019><c> that</c><00:58:55.159><c> God</c><00:58:55.940><c> tutored</c><00:58:56.440><c> from</c><00:58:56.699><c> youth,</c><00:58:57.539><c> from</c><00:58:57.860><c> babyhood,</c> 00:58:59.360 --> 00:59:01.199 and<00:58:59.619><c> developed</c><00:59:00.019><c> grand</c><00:59:00.679><c> things.</c> 00:59:01.199 --> 00:59:04.659 Let<00:59:02.179><c> him</c><00:59:02.440><c> trust</c><00:59:02.860><c> in</c><00:59:03.099><c> the</c><00:59:03.179><c> name</c><00:59:03.440><c> of</c><00:59:03.619><c> the</c><00:59:03.739><c> Lord</c><00:59:03.940><c> and</c><00:59:04.199><c> stay</c><00:59:04.440><c> upon</c> 00:59:04.659 --> 00:59:05.199 his<00:59:04.900><c> God.</c> 00:59:05.599 --> 00:59:12.139 Behold<00:59:05.920><c> the</c><00:59:06.219><c> alternatives</c><00:59:06.980><c> that</c><00:59:08.400><c> kindle</c><00:59:08.840><c> a</c><00:59:09.019><c> fire,</c><00:59:09.519><c> that</c><00:59:09.599><c> compass</c><00:59:09.840><c> yourselves</c><00:59:10.300><c> with</c><00:59:10.760><c> sparks.</c> 00:59:12.900 --> 00:59:16.400 Well,<00:59:13.099><c> walk</c><00:59:13.400><c> in</c><00:59:13.559><c> the</c><00:59:13.719><c> light</c><00:59:13.880><c> of</c><00:59:14.059><c> your</c><00:59:14.219><c> fire</c><00:59:14.840><c> and</c><00:59:15.500><c> in</c><00:59:15.639><c> the</c><00:59:15.920><c> sparks</c><00:59:16.199><c> that</c> 00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:17.099 ye<00:59:16.559><c> have</c><00:59:16.780><c> kindled.</c> 00:59:17.199 --> 00:59:18.800 And<00:59:17.300><c> what</c><00:59:17.440><c> result</c><00:59:17.719><c> will</c><00:59:17.880><c> there</c><00:59:18.039><c> be?</c> 00:59:19.360 --> 00:59:21.059 This<00:59:19.500><c> shall</c><00:59:19.739><c> ye</c><00:59:19.920><c> have</c><00:59:20.079><c> of</c><00:59:20.340><c> mine</c><00:59:20.539><c> hand.</c> 00:59:21.400 --> 00:59:23.780 Ye<00:59:21.679><c> shall</c><00:59:21.880><c> lie</c><00:59:22.179><c> down</c><00:59:22.519><c> in</c><00:59:22.840><c> sorrow.</c> 00:59:23.940 --> 00:59:26.019 You<00:59:24.159><c> know,</c><00:59:24.260><c> that's</c><00:59:24.440><c> what</c><00:59:24.599><c> our</c><00:59:24.840><c> world</c><00:59:25.000><c> is</c><00:59:25.219><c> doing.</c> 00:59:26.440 --> 00:59:30.039 Any<00:59:26.760><c> other</c><00:59:27.079><c> sparks</c><00:59:27.980><c> than</c><00:59:29.179><c> the</c><00:59:29.380><c> word</c><00:59:29.500><c> of</c><00:59:29.760><c> God.</c> 00:59:30.039 --> 00:59:34.139 Any<00:59:31.199><c> other</c><00:59:31.460><c> supposed</c><00:59:32.000><c> enlightenment</c><00:59:32.619><c> and</c><00:59:32.860><c> philosophy</c><00:59:33.440><c> than</c> 00:59:34.139 --> 00:59:34.679 the<00:59:34.300><c> Bible.</c> 00:59:34.920 --> 00:59:37.380 It's<00:59:35.000><c> in</c><00:59:35.139><c> our</c><00:59:35.280><c> radios,</c><00:59:35.860><c> it's</c><00:59:35.940><c> in</c><00:59:36.099><c> our</c><00:59:36.139><c> television,</c><00:59:36.840><c> it's</c><00:59:37.039><c> everywhere.</c> 00:59:37.440 --> 00:59:39.539 In<00:59:37.539><c> our</c><00:59:37.679><c> papers,</c><00:59:38.239><c> everywhere,</c><00:59:38.719><c> isn't</c><00:59:38.840><c> it?</c> 00:59:39.679 --> 00:59:41.940 Anything<00:59:40.219><c> other</c><00:59:40.579><c> than</c><00:59:40.760><c> the</c><00:59:40.960><c> Bible.</c> 00:59:43.159 --> 00:59:47.139 Who's<00:59:43.500><c> prepared</c><00:59:43.820><c> to</c><00:59:44.139><c> stand</c><00:59:44.539><c> by</c><00:59:45.920><c> that</c><00:59:46.139><c> with</c><00:59:46.360><c> which</c><00:59:46.760><c> the</c><00:59:46.960><c> Lord</c> 00:59:47.139 --> 00:59:49.820 Jesus<00:59:47.539><c> Christ</c><00:59:48.019><c> himself</c><00:59:48.539><c> was</c><00:59:48.820><c> tutored?</c> 00:59:50.820 --> 00:59:56.539 Let<00:59:50.940><c> us</c><00:59:51.159><c> therefore</c><00:59:51.500><c> stand</c><00:59:51.800><c> behind</c><00:59:52.280><c> that</c><00:59:52.539><c> Messiah</c><00:59:52.980><c> and</c><00:59:53.780><c> support</c><00:59:54.679><c> 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