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Says,<00:17:10.359><c> for</c><00:17:10.359><c> God</c><00:17:10.680><c> so</c><00:17:11.079><c> loved</c><00:17:11.259><c> the</c><00:17:11.500><c> world</c><00:17:11.740><c> that</c><00:17:11.880><c> he</c><00:17:12.039><c> gave</c><00:17:12.200><c> his</c><00:17:12.380><c> only</c><00:17:12.640><c> begotten</c><00:17:13.079><c> son</c>

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time<00:18:51.019><c> to</c><00:18:51.140><c> be</c><00:18:51.299><c> silent.</c>

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try<00:19:10.799><c> to</c><00:19:10.960><c> come</c><00:19:11.000><c> up</c><00:19:11.059><c> with</c><00:19:11.200><c> a</c><00:19:11.339><c> list</c><00:19:11.519><c> of</c><00:19:11.740><c> the</c><00:19:12.119><c> 20</c><00:19:12.579><c>-ish</c><00:19:13.279><c> or</c><00:19:13.740><c> so</c><00:19:14.019><c> verses</c>

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or<00:19:14.900><c> references,</c><00:19:15.339><c> if</c><00:19:15.619><c> you</c><00:19:15.839><c> will,</c>

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that<00:19:16.660><c> you</c><00:19:16.900><c> would</c><00:19:17.099><c> use</c><00:19:17.319><c> to</c><00:19:17.519><c> try</c><00:19:17.640><c> to</c><00:19:17.880><c> prove</c><00:19:17.980><c> the</c><00:19:18.200><c> Trinity</c><00:19:18.460><c> to</c><00:19:18.740><c> me.</c>

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but<00:19:38.160><c> over</c><00:19:38.440><c> time</c><00:19:38.559><c> I've</c><00:19:38.839><c> seen</c><00:19:38.960><c> a</c><00:19:39.039><c> number</c><00:19:39.259><c> of</c><00:19:39.480><c> actual</c><00:19:39.680><c> people</c><00:19:40.059><c> make</c><00:19:40.339><c> up</c>

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Okay,<00:20:52.240><c> that's</c><00:20:52.460><c> kind</c><00:20:52.700><c> of</c><00:20:52.779><c> nondescript.</c>

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prison<00:23:20.480><c> and</c><00:23:20.859><c> did</c><00:23:21.039><c> things?</c>

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brethren,<00:23:27.819><c> you've</c><00:23:28.140><c> done</c><00:23:28.339><c> it</c><00:23:28.579><c> unto</c><00:23:29.000><c> me.</c>

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And<00:24:11.279><c> Peter</c><00:24:11.519><c> had</c><00:24:11.759><c> said,</c><00:24:11.900><c> no,</c><00:24:12.079><c> this</c><00:24:12.220><c> will</c><00:24:12.400><c> not</c><00:24:12.619><c> happen</c><00:24:12.819><c> to</c><00:24:13.000><c> you.</c>

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Does<00:24:21.519><c> anybody</c><00:24:21.900><c> in</c><00:24:22.079><c> their</c><00:24:22.299><c> right</c><00:24:22.539><c> mind</c><00:24:23.059><c> think</c><00:24:23.500><c> that</c><00:24:23.880><c> Peter</c><00:24:24.180><c> is</c>

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Satan<00:24:24.799><c> incarnate?</c>

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They<00:24:27.799><c> would</c><00:24:27.980><c> say,</c><00:24:28.319><c> well,</c><00:24:28.500><c> no,</c><00:24:28.740><c> he's</c><00:24:29.180><c> doing</c><00:24:29.519><c> the</c><00:24:29.980><c> kinds</c><00:24:30.119><c> of</c><00:24:30.359><c> things</c><00:24:30.579><c> that</c><00:24:30.980><c> Satan</c><00:24:31.240><c> would</c><00:24:31.539><c> do.</c>

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I<00:24:36.579><c> say,</c><00:24:37.240><c> that's</c><00:24:37.420><c> my</c><00:24:37.619><c> argument</c><00:24:38.039><c> about</c><00:24:38.359><c> these</c><00:24:38.619><c> verses</c><00:24:38.960><c> where</c><00:24:39.220><c> Jesus</c><00:24:39.640><c> is</c>

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It's<00:24:50.400><c> biblical</c><00:24:50.799><c> language.</c><00:24:51.240><c> It's</c><00:24:51.619><c> not</c><00:24:51.819><c> a</c><00:24:51.980><c> problem.</c>

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So<00:24:53.660><c> let's</c><00:24:53.900><c> look,</c><00:24:54.099><c> though,</c><00:24:54.480><c> briefly</c><00:24:54.759><c> at</c><00:24:54.920><c> John,</c><00:24:55.200><c> because</c><00:24:55.519><c> so</c><00:24:55.779><c> many</c><00:24:55.920><c> of</c>

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these<00:24:56.220><c> references,</c>

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they<00:24:57.279><c> really</c><00:24:57.700><c> are</c><00:24:57.980><c> from</c><00:24:58.180><c> John,</c><00:24:58.519><c> and</c><00:24:58.859><c> I</c><00:24:58.960><c> think</c><00:24:59.099><c> it's</c><00:24:59.339><c> worthwhile</c><00:24:59.839><c> to</c><00:25:00.460><c> do</c><00:25:00.660><c> this.</c>

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So<00:25:00.960><c> what</c><00:25:01.079><c> we're</c><00:25:01.200><c> going</c><00:25:01.319><c> to</c><00:25:01.420><c> do</c><00:25:01.640><c> is</c><00:25:02.140><c> kind</c><00:25:02.440><c> of</c><00:25:02.579><c> look</c><00:25:02.779><c> a</c><00:25:02.900><c> little</c><00:25:03.180><c> bit</c><00:25:03.519><c> in</c>

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And<00:25:07.759><c> then</c><00:25:07.900><c> I</c><00:25:07.940><c> want</c><00:25:08.079><c> to</c><00:25:08.200><c> focus</c><00:25:08.480><c> on</c><00:25:08.700><c> one</c><00:25:08.900><c> specific</c><00:25:09.279><c> one</c><00:25:09.460><c> before</c><00:25:09.700><c> we</c><00:25:09.900><c> bring</c><00:25:10.039><c> the</c><00:25:10.259><c> exhortation</c><00:25:10.759><c> to</c><00:25:11.019><c> a</c><00:25:11.119><c> close.</c>

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First<00:25:12.220><c> of</c><00:25:12.380><c> all,</c><00:25:12.460><c> I</c><00:25:12.500><c> want</c><00:25:12.640><c> you</c><00:25:12.799><c> to</c><00:25:12.880><c> notice</c><00:25:13.000><c> something</c><00:25:13.259><c> that's</c>

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really<00:25:13.799><c> interesting</c><00:25:14.160><c> about</c><00:25:14.460><c> John's</c><00:25:14.859><c> gospel.</c>

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Have<00:25:15.619><c> you</c><00:25:15.720><c> ever</c><00:25:15.940><c> noticed</c><00:25:16.200><c> how</c><00:25:16.380><c> many</c><00:25:16.619><c> times</c><00:25:16.940><c> in</c><00:25:17.140><c> John's</c><00:25:17.660><c> gospel</c>

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he<00:25:18.900><c> records</c><00:25:19.299><c> something</c><00:25:19.680><c> that</c><00:25:19.920><c> Jesus</c><00:25:20.359><c> did</c><00:25:20.619><c> that</c><00:25:20.819><c> the</c><00:25:21.099><c> people</c>

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took<00:25:21.880><c> as</c><00:25:22.480><c> literal</c><00:25:22.920><c> when</c><00:25:23.359><c> Jesus</c><00:25:23.819><c> was</c><00:25:24.099><c> talking</c><00:25:24.539><c> figurative?</c>

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Again,<00:25:25.480><c> I'll</c><00:25:25.640><c> give</c><00:25:25.740><c> you</c><00:25:25.880><c> a</c><00:25:25.900><c> handful</c><00:25:26.180><c> of</c><00:25:26.480><c> examples.</c>

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In<00:25:27.299><c> chapter</c><00:25:27.819><c> 2,</c><00:25:28.460><c> the</c><00:25:28.619><c> first</c><00:25:28.859><c> cleansing</c><00:25:29.160><c> of</c><00:25:29.319><c> the</c><00:25:29.480><c> temple,</c><00:25:30.119><c> by</c>

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what<00:25:30.500><c> authority</c><00:25:30.819><c> are</c><00:25:30.960><c> you</c><00:25:31.119><c> doing</c><00:25:31.400><c> this?</c>

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And<00:25:32.359><c> he</c><00:25:32.519><c> says,</c><00:25:33.240><c> destroy</c><00:25:33.500><c> this</c><00:25:33.799><c> temple,</c><00:25:34.480><c> and</c><00:25:34.579><c> in</c><00:25:34.700><c> three</c><00:25:34.920><c> days</c><00:25:35.119><c> I</c>

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will<00:25:35.380><c> raise</c><00:25:35.599><c> it</c><00:25:35.799><c> up.</c>

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Their<00:25:36.859><c> response</c><00:25:37.420><c> was,</c><00:25:38.039><c> they</c><00:25:38.119><c> took</c><00:25:38.319><c> him</c><00:25:38.559><c> literally.</c>

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What<00:25:39.819><c> are</c><00:25:39.920><c> you</c><00:25:40.059><c> talking</c><00:25:40.279><c> about?</c><00:25:40.619><c> They've</c><00:25:40.940><c> been</c><00:25:40.980><c> building</c><00:25:41.220><c> this</c><00:25:41.420><c> thing</c><00:25:41.519><c> for</c>

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46<00:25:42.200><c> years,</c>

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and<00:25:42.700><c> you're</c><00:25:42.839><c> going</c><00:25:42.940><c> to</c><00:25:42.980><c> do</c><00:25:43.059><c> it</c><00:25:43.160><c> by</c><00:25:43.299><c> yourself</c><00:25:43.680><c> in</c><00:25:43.900><c> three</c><00:25:44.140><c> days?</c>

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It<00:25:45.359><c> expressly</c><00:25:45.799><c> says</c><00:25:45.960><c> in</c><00:25:46.140><c> John</c><00:25:46.400><c> 2,</c><00:25:46.740><c> no,</c><00:25:46.960><c> no,</c><00:25:47.339><c> he</c><00:25:47.539><c> was</c><00:25:47.740><c> talking</c>

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with<00:25:48.160><c> the</c><00:25:48.319><c> temple</c><00:25:48.500><c> of</c><00:25:48.619><c> his</c><00:25:48.859><c> body.</c>

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They<00:25:49.660><c> took</c><00:25:49.839><c> him</c><00:25:50.000><c> as</c><00:25:50.240><c> literal</c><00:25:50.680><c> when</c><00:25:51.319><c> he</c><00:25:51.500><c> was</c><00:25:51.759><c> talking</c><00:25:52.160><c> figurative</c><00:25:53.019><c> in</c><00:25:53.460><c> John</c>

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chapter<00:25:54.119><c> 2.</c>

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Same<00:25:55.259><c> thing</c><00:25:55.480><c> a</c><00:25:55.700><c> couple</c><00:25:55.880><c> of</c><00:25:55.980><c> verses</c><00:25:56.220><c> later</c><00:25:56.500><c> at</c><00:25:56.640><c> the</c><00:25:56.759><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:25:57.099><c> John</c><00:25:57.359><c> chapter</c><00:25:57.660><c> 3.</c>

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Nicodemus<00:25:58.579><c> comes</c><00:25:58.799><c> up</c><00:25:59.019><c> to</c><00:25:59.099><c> him</c><00:25:59.180><c> and</c><00:25:59.240><c> says,</c><00:25:59.599><c> what</c><00:25:59.599><c> must</c><00:25:59.880><c> a</c><00:26:00.000><c> man</c><00:26:00.180><c> do?</c>

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And<00:26:01.180><c> Jesus</c><00:26:01.380><c> says,</c><00:26:01.599><c> he</c><00:26:01.660><c> must</c><00:26:01.839><c> be</c><00:26:02.059><c> born</c><00:26:02.240><c> again.</c>

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And<00:26:03.339><c> Nicodemus</c><00:26:03.880><c> takes</c><00:26:04.099><c> him</c><00:26:04.339><c> literally.</c>

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How<00:26:05.420><c> does</c><00:26:05.559><c> that</c><00:26:05.799><c> work?</c><00:26:05.960><c> You</c><00:26:06.039><c> go</c><00:26:06.220><c> back</c><00:26:06.500><c> into</c><00:26:06.700><c> your</c><00:26:06.880><c> mother's</c><00:26:07.220><c> womb</c><00:26:07.359><c> a</c>

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second<00:26:07.779><c> time?</c>

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No,<00:26:09.079><c> no,</c><00:26:09.339><c> no,</c><00:26:09.460><c> I'm</c><00:26:09.700><c> talking</c><00:26:10.279><c> figuratively.</c>

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The<00:26:12.240><c> same</c><00:26:12.420><c> thing</c><00:26:12.599><c> happens</c><00:26:12.859><c> in</c><00:26:13.079><c> the</c><00:26:13.119><c> next</c><00:26:13.359><c> chapter.</c>

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In<00:26:13.880><c> chapter</c><00:26:14.240><c> 4,</c><00:26:14.500><c> he</c><00:26:14.619><c> goes</c><00:26:14.759><c> up</c><00:26:14.920><c> to</c><00:26:15.059><c> the</c><00:26:15.200><c> Samaritan</c><00:26:15.660><c> woman</c><00:26:15.920><c> at</c><00:26:16.099><c> the</c><00:26:16.259><c> well</c><00:26:16.380><c> there,</c><00:26:16.700><c> Jacob's</c><00:26:17.019><c> well</c><00:26:17.140><c> in</c><00:26:17.359><c> Sychar,</c>

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and<00:26:18.579><c> says,</c><00:26:18.740><c> I'm</c><00:26:18.900><c> going</c><00:26:18.980><c> to</c><00:26:19.160><c> bring</c><00:26:19.259><c> up</c><00:26:19.500><c> living</c><00:26:19.680><c> water.</c>

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And<00:26:20.339><c> she</c><00:26:20.519><c> takes</c><00:26:20.720><c> him</c><00:26:20.920><c> literally.</c><00:26:21.200><c> She</c><00:26:21.440><c> says,</c><00:26:21.619><c> how</c><00:26:21.799><c> are</c><00:26:21.980><c> you</c><00:26:22.099><c> going</c><00:26:22.200><c> to</c>

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do<00:26:22.500><c> that?</c>

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The<00:26:23.019><c> well</c><00:26:23.259><c> is</c><00:26:23.440><c> deep,</c><00:26:23.779><c> and</c><00:26:23.779><c> you</c><00:26:23.839><c> don't</c><00:26:23.980><c> have</c><00:26:24.079><c> anything</c><00:26:24.299><c> to</c><00:26:24.480><c> draw</c><00:26:24.680><c> with.</c>

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He<00:26:25.980><c> says,</c><00:26:26.200><c> no,</c><00:26:26.359><c> no,</c><00:26:26.500><c> no,</c><00:26:26.579><c> I'm</c><00:26:26.740><c> talking</c><00:26:27.220><c> figuratively.</c>

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One<00:26:28.880><c> last</c><00:26:29.200><c> one</c><00:26:29.359><c> you'll</c><00:26:29.640><c> recognize</c><00:26:30.099><c> in</c><00:26:30.299><c> John</c><00:26:30.539><c> chapter</c><00:26:30.940><c> 11,</c><00:26:31.839><c> the</c>

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raising<00:26:32.559><c> of</c><00:26:32.900><c> Lazarus</c><00:26:33.460><c> before</c><00:26:33.960><c> he</c><00:26:34.200><c> goes</c><00:26:34.480><c> there.</c>

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At<00:26:36.059><c> one</c><00:26:36.380><c> point,</c><00:26:36.660><c> he</c><00:26:36.880><c> says,</c><00:26:37.619><c> Lazarus</c><00:26:38.220><c> sleeps.</c>

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And<00:26:38.859><c> do</c><00:26:38.980><c> you</c><00:26:38.980><c> remember</c><00:26:39.160><c> the</c><00:26:39.359><c> response</c><00:26:39.680><c> of</c><00:26:39.839><c> the</c><00:26:39.980><c> disciples?</c>

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Oh,<00:26:41.779><c> good,</c><00:26:41.920><c> we</c><00:26:42.079><c> thought</c><00:26:42.259><c> he</c><00:26:42.359><c> was</c><00:26:42.599><c> dead.</c>

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No,<00:26:44.640><c> he</c><00:26:44.799><c> is</c><00:26:45.099><c> dead.</c>

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Over<00:26:46.640><c> and</c><00:26:46.740><c> over</c><00:26:46.900><c> again,</c><00:26:47.039><c> John</c><00:26:47.259><c> records</c><00:26:47.740><c> that</c><00:26:47.940><c> people</c><00:26:48.220><c> took</c><00:26:48.420><c> him</c><00:26:48.700><c> literally</c><00:26:49.240><c> when</c><00:26:49.519><c> he</c>

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was<00:26:49.920><c> talking</c><00:26:50.359><c> figuratively.</c>

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Now,<00:26:51.619><c> that</c><00:26:51.700><c> doesn't</c><00:26:51.920><c> mean</c><00:26:52.140><c> if</c><00:26:52.519><c> we</c><00:26:52.759><c> were</c><00:26:52.940><c> to</c><00:26:53.059><c> go</c><00:26:53.220><c> through</c><00:26:53.400><c> all</c>

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the<00:26:53.740><c> John</c><00:26:54.000><c> references</c><00:26:54.420><c> that</c><00:26:54.660><c> somebody</c><00:26:54.880><c> might</c><00:26:55.099><c> put</c><00:26:55.279><c> on</c><00:26:55.400><c> their</c>

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Trinity<00:26:55.880><c> list</c>

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that<00:26:56.579><c> that</c><00:26:56.799><c> answers</c><00:26:57.079><c> every</c><00:26:57.400><c> one</c><00:26:57.559><c> of</c><00:26:57.700><c> them.</c>

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But<00:26:58.200><c> it</c><00:26:58.380><c> does</c><00:26:58.559><c> put</c><00:26:58.720><c> us</c><00:26:58.880><c> on</c><00:26:59.079><c> guard</c><00:26:59.259><c> to</c><00:26:59.440><c> at</c><00:26:59.539><c> least</c><00:26:59.859><c> entertain</c><00:27:00.299><c> the</c>

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notion<00:27:00.839><c> at</c><00:27:01.160><c> a</c><00:27:01.339><c> minimum.</c>

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And<00:27:02.039><c> I</c><00:27:02.259><c> found</c><00:27:02.420><c> that</c><00:27:02.559><c> when</c><00:27:02.680><c> you</c><00:27:02.859><c> talk</c><00:27:03.019><c> to</c><00:27:03.119><c> people</c><00:27:03.339><c> like</c><00:27:03.619><c> that,</c>

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at<00:27:04.039><c> least</c><00:27:04.279><c> people</c><00:27:04.759><c> do</c><00:27:05.160><c> seem</c><00:27:05.319><c> to</c><00:27:05.480><c> be</c><00:27:05.619><c> more</c><00:27:05.799><c> open</c><00:27:06.000><c> to</c><00:27:06.180><c> kind</c><00:27:06.299><c> of</c>

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thinking<00:27:06.700><c> about</c><00:27:07.079><c> that</c>

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and<00:27:07.859><c> to</c><00:27:08.160><c> recognizing</c><00:27:08.599><c> that</c><00:27:08.819><c> as</c><00:27:08.900><c> we</c><00:27:09.099><c> start</c><00:27:09.259><c> to</c><00:27:09.400><c> go</c><00:27:09.599><c> through</c><00:27:09.900><c> some</c><00:27:10.140><c> of</c>

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these<00:27:10.440><c> individual</c><00:27:10.960><c> ones</c>

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that<00:27:11.940><c> oftentimes</c><00:27:12.440><c> there</c><00:27:12.680><c> is</c><00:27:12.880><c> another</c><00:27:13.059><c> answer.</c>

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For<00:27:14.400><c> the</c><00:27:14.579><c> sake</c><00:27:14.700><c> of</c><00:27:14.900><c> time,</c><00:27:15.160><c> I'm</c><00:27:15.299><c> tempted</c><00:27:15.440><c> to</c><00:27:15.640><c> look</c><00:27:15.759><c> at</c><00:27:15.980><c> ten</c><00:27:16.119><c> of</c><00:27:16.119><c> these.</c>

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We're<00:27:16.420><c> going</c><00:27:16.500><c> to</c><00:27:16.619><c> look</c><00:27:16.740><c> at</c><00:27:16.940><c> one.</c>

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Turn<00:27:17.700><c> with</c><00:27:17.819><c> me</c><00:27:17.920><c> to</c><00:27:18.039><c> John</c><00:27:18.380><c> chapter</c><00:27:18.759><c> 18.</c>

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And<00:27:19.839><c> this</c><00:27:20.019><c> is</c><00:27:20.180><c> when</c><00:27:20.339><c> Jesus</c><00:27:20.779><c> is</c><00:27:21.059><c> arrested</c><00:27:21.339><c> in</c><00:27:21.500><c> the</c><00:27:21.619><c> Garden</c><00:27:21.839><c> of</c><00:27:22.039><c> Gethsemane.</c>

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This<00:27:22.700><c> is</c><00:27:23.019><c> the</c><00:27:23.819><c> John</c><00:27:24.099><c> account.</c>

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So<00:27:25.900><c> it's</c><00:27:26.079><c> in</c><00:27:26.200><c> John</c><00:27:26.440><c> chapter</c><00:27:26.859><c> 18.</c>

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So<00:27:32.980><c> in</c><00:27:33.119><c> John</c><00:27:33.299><c> 18,</c><00:27:33.740><c> it</c><00:27:33.740><c> says,</c><00:27:34.119><c> When</c><00:27:34.119><c> Jesus</c><00:27:34.500><c> had</c><00:27:34.759><c> spoken</c><00:27:35.039><c> these</c><00:27:35.259><c> words,</c>

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he<00:27:35.640><c> went</c><00:27:35.859><c> forth</c><00:27:36.140><c> with</c><00:27:36.359><c> his</c><00:27:36.619><c> disciples</c><00:27:37.000><c> over</c><00:27:37.339><c> the</c><00:27:37.960><c> ravine</c><00:27:38.259><c> or</c>

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the<00:27:38.579><c> brook</c><00:27:38.740><c> of</c><00:27:38.859><c> the</c><00:27:39.000><c> Kidron,</c>

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where<00:27:39.460><c> there</c><00:27:39.599><c> was</c><00:27:39.759><c> a</c><00:27:39.900><c> garden</c><00:27:40.059><c> in</c><00:27:40.220><c> which</c><00:27:40.400><c> he</c><00:27:40.539><c> entered</c><00:27:40.640><c> with</c><00:27:40.839><c> his</c><00:27:41.099><c> disciples.</c>

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Now,<00:27:42.380><c> Judas</c><00:27:42.640><c> also,</c><00:27:43.099><c> who</c><00:27:43.480><c> was</c><00:27:43.680><c> betraying</c><00:27:44.160><c> him,</c><00:27:44.339><c> knew</c><00:27:44.559><c> the</c><00:27:44.819><c> place,</c><00:27:45.059><c> for</c>

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Jesus<00:27:45.579><c> had</c><00:27:45.779><c> often</c><00:27:46.059><c> met</c><00:27:46.339><c> there</c><00:27:46.819><c> with</c><00:27:47.299><c> his</c><00:27:47.559><c> disciples.</c>

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So<00:27:48.099><c> John</c><00:27:48.240><c> doesn't</c><00:27:48.519><c> record</c><00:27:48.779><c> the</c><00:27:49.019><c> specifics</c><00:27:49.400><c> of</c><00:27:49.599><c> the</c><00:27:49.740><c> prayer</c><00:27:49.859><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:50.119><c> Garden</c><00:27:50.299><c> of</c><00:27:50.460><c> Gethsemane,</c>

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but<00:27:53.160><c> it</c><00:27:53.279><c> would</c><00:27:53.460><c> have</c><00:27:53.559><c> been</c><00:27:53.640><c> there</c><00:27:53.880><c> between</c><00:27:54.180><c> verses</c><00:27:54.500><c> one</c><00:27:54.720><c> and</c><00:27:54.859><c> two.</c>

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Verse<00:27:56.559><c> three.</c>

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Judas<00:27:57.559><c> then,</c><00:27:57.880><c> having</c><00:27:58.180><c> received</c><00:27:58.579><c> the</c><00:27:58.759><c> Roman</c><00:27:59.000><c> cohort</c><00:27:59.500><c> and</c><00:27:59.920><c> officers</c><00:28:00.319><c> from</c>

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the<00:28:00.680><c> chief</c><00:28:00.859><c> priests</c><00:28:01.079><c> and</c><00:28:01.220><c> the</c><00:28:01.400><c> Pharisees,</c>

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came<00:28:02.039><c> there</c><00:28:02.200><c> with</c><00:28:02.420><c> lanterns</c><00:28:02.839><c> and</c><00:28:02.940><c> torches</c><00:28:03.279><c> and</c><00:28:03.519><c> weapons.</c>

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Jesus,<00:28:04.900><c> knowing</c><00:28:05.140><c> all</c><00:28:05.319><c> the</c><00:28:05.480><c> things</c><00:28:05.640><c> that</c><00:28:05.799><c> were</c><00:28:05.980><c> coming</c><00:28:06.160><c> upon</c>

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him,<00:28:06.619><c> went</c><00:28:06.779><c> forth</c><00:28:07.039><c> and</c><00:28:07.240><c> said</c><00:28:07.420><c> to</c><00:28:07.500><c> them,</c><00:28:07.759><c> Whom</c><00:28:08.140><c> do</c><00:28:08.339><c> you</c><00:28:08.579><c> seek?</c>

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Well,<00:28:09.380><c> they</c><00:28:09.539><c> answered,</c><00:28:09.900><c> Jesus</c><00:28:10.299><c> the</c><00:28:10.559><c> Nazarene.</c>

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And<00:28:11.480><c> he</c><00:28:11.619><c> said</c><00:28:11.799><c> to</c><00:28:11.960><c> them,</c><00:28:12.619><c> I</c><00:28:13.000><c> am</c><00:28:13.460><c> he.</c>

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And<00:28:14.539><c> Judas</c><00:28:14.740><c> also,</c><00:28:15.079><c> who</c><00:28:15.240><c> was</c><00:28:15.380><c> betraying</c><00:28:15.759><c> him,</c><00:28:15.940><c> was</c><00:28:16.099><c> standing</c>

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with<00:28:16.579><c> them.</c>

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So<00:28:17.119><c> when</c><00:28:17.220><c> he</c><00:28:17.380><c> said</c><00:28:17.579><c> to</c><00:28:17.700><c> them,</c><00:28:18.160><c> I</c><00:28:18.160><c> am</c><00:28:18.380><c> he,</c><00:28:18.640><c> they</c><00:28:18.880><c> drew</c><00:28:19.119><c> back</c><00:28:19.559><c> and</c>

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fell<00:28:20.220><c> to</c><00:28:20.420><c> the</c><00:28:20.579><c> ground.</c>

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Now,<00:28:21.240><c> I</c><00:28:21.339><c> have</c><00:28:21.680><c> seen</c><00:28:22.039><c> that</c><00:28:22.460><c> verse,</c><00:28:22.799><c> 18</c><00:28:23.319><c> verse</c><00:28:23.700><c> six,</c><00:28:24.420><c> on</c><00:28:24.579><c> a</c><00:28:24.720><c> couple</c><00:28:24.900><c> of</c><00:28:25.039><c> these</c><00:28:25.220><c> lists</c><00:28:25.359><c> that</c><00:28:25.500><c> I've</c><00:28:25.700><c> invited</c><00:28:26.000><c> Trinitarians</c><00:28:26.720><c> to</c>

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bring<00:28:27.400><c> up.</c>

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And<00:28:28.019><c> their</c><00:28:28.240><c> argument</c><00:28:28.619><c> is,</c><00:28:28.859><c> well,</c><00:28:28.980><c> he</c><00:28:29.160><c> used</c><00:28:29.339><c> the</c><00:28:29.579><c> divine</c><00:28:29.859><c> name.</c>

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Remember<00:28:30.359><c> the</c><00:28:30.559><c> burning</c><00:28:30.839><c> bush?</c>

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God<00:28:31.759><c> said,</c><00:28:32.039><c> I</c><00:28:32.200><c> am</c><00:28:32.460><c> that</c><00:28:32.660><c> I</c><00:28:32.880><c> am,</c><00:28:33.319><c> is</c><00:28:33.460><c> how</c><00:28:33.599><c> it</c><00:28:33.680><c> is</c><00:28:33.819><c> in</c><00:28:33.940><c> all</c><00:28:34.059><c> the</c>

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English<00:28:34.359><c> translations.</c>

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So<00:28:35.539><c> here,</c><00:28:35.779><c> when</c><00:28:35.900><c> he</c><00:28:36.099><c> says</c><00:28:36.240><c> in</c><00:28:36.380><c> verse</c><00:28:36.599><c> six,</c><00:28:36.880><c> I</c><00:28:37.119><c> am</c><00:28:37.460><c> he,</c><00:28:38.039><c> that's</c>

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why<00:28:38.539><c> they</c><00:28:38.740><c> drew</c><00:28:38.839><c> back</c><00:28:39.119><c> and</c><00:28:39.319><c> fell</c><00:28:39.519><c> to</c><00:28:39.740><c> the</c><00:28:39.940><c> ground.</c>

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Well,<00:28:40.839><c> first</c><00:28:41.099><c> of</c><00:28:41.299><c> all,</c><00:28:41.740><c> as</c><00:28:41.900><c> part</c><00:28:42.079><c> of</c><00:28:42.240><c> my</c><00:28:42.420><c> response</c><00:28:42.819><c> to</c><00:28:43.000><c> them,</c>

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that's<00:28:44.779><c> the</c><00:28:44.960><c> normal</c><00:28:45.180><c> way</c><00:28:45.380><c> we</c><00:28:45.599><c> would</c><00:28:45.779><c> answer.</c>

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If<00:28:46.619><c> I</c><00:28:46.799><c> had</c><00:28:46.920><c> walked</c><00:28:47.079><c> in</c><00:28:47.279><c> today</c><00:28:47.480><c> and</c><00:28:47.599><c> somebody</c><00:28:47.819><c> said,</c><00:28:48.160><c> are</c><00:28:48.160><c> you</c>

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the<00:28:48.500><c> brother</c><00:28:48.700><c> who's</c><00:28:49.039><c> doing</c><00:28:49.319><c> the</c><00:28:49.579><c> exhortation</c><00:28:50.059><c> this</c><00:28:50.279><c> morning?</c>

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I<00:28:51.099><c> could</c><00:28:51.339><c> have</c><00:28:51.599><c> said,</c><00:28:52.220><c> yes,</c><00:28:52.579><c> I</c><00:28:52.720><c> am</c><00:28:52.839><c> he.</c>

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It's<00:28:53.539><c> a</c><00:28:53.680><c> normal</c><00:28:53.880><c> way</c><00:28:54.119><c> we</c><00:28:54.319><c> might</c><00:28:54.579><c> answer.</c>

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OK,<00:28:55.319><c> I</c><00:28:55.480><c> probably</c><00:28:55.720><c> would</c><00:28:55.859><c> have</c><00:28:55.960><c> said,</c><00:28:56.200><c> yes,</c><00:28:56.519><c> I,</c><00:28:56.519><c> you</c><00:28:56.660><c> know,</c><00:28:57.200><c> or</c>

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something<00:28:57.839><c> different.</c>

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But<00:28:58.539><c> it's</c><00:28:58.960><c> a</c><00:28:59.140><c> perfectly</c><00:28:59.400><c> normal</c><00:28:59.720><c> way</c><00:28:59.900><c> to</c><00:29:00.099><c> answer.</c>

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There's<00:29:00.519><c> lots</c><00:29:00.680><c> of</c><00:29:00.839><c> biblical</c><00:29:01.160><c> examples</c><00:29:01.720><c> of</c><00:29:01.920><c> this.</c>

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Genesis<00:29:02.519><c> 22,</c><00:29:02.980><c> verse</c><00:29:03.279><c> one,</c><00:29:03.819><c> God</c><00:29:04.099><c> called</c><00:29:04.400><c> to</c><00:29:04.700><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:05.140><c> and</c><00:29:05.220><c> Abraham</c><00:29:06.019><c> said,</c><00:29:06.380><c> here</c><00:29:06.579><c> I</c><00:29:06.819><c> am.</c>

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Isaiah<00:29:07.839><c> six,</c><00:29:08.519><c> who</c><00:29:08.839><c> will</c><00:29:09.059><c> I</c><00:29:09.339><c> send?</c>

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And<00:29:09.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:10.220><c> says,</c><00:29:10.819><c> here</c><00:29:11.079><c> I</c><00:29:11.339><c> am.</c>

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If<00:29:11.839><c> you</c><00:29:12.039><c> want</c><00:29:12.259><c> to</c><00:29:12.579><c> do</c><00:29:12.720><c> a</c><00:29:12.880><c> search</c><00:29:13.039><c> in</c><00:29:13.240><c> a</c><00:29:13.440><c> computer</c><00:29:13.680><c> or</c><00:29:13.920><c> a</c><00:29:13.940><c> concordance,</c><00:29:14.359><c> you'll</c>

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find<00:29:14.579><c> a</c><00:29:14.740><c> dozen</c><00:29:14.900><c> or</c><00:29:15.019><c> so</c><00:29:15.299><c> other</c><00:29:15.599><c> references,</c><00:29:15.960><c> many</c><00:29:16.220><c> of</c><00:29:16.339><c> which</c>

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are<00:29:17.000><c> quite</c><00:29:17.240><c> pedestrian.</c>

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Number<00:29:18.599><c> two,</c><00:29:19.299><c> if</c><00:29:19.500><c> this</c><00:29:19.740><c> had</c><00:29:19.900><c> been</c><00:29:20.140><c> a</c><00:29:20.259><c> claim</c><00:29:20.380><c> to</c><00:29:20.599><c> the</c><00:29:20.759><c> divine</c><00:29:21.019><c> name,</c><00:29:21.539><c> then</c><00:29:21.700><c> they</c><00:29:21.920><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:22.259><c> have</c><00:29:22.519><c> needed</c><00:29:22.819><c> false</c><00:29:23.259><c> witnesses</c><00:29:23.960><c> a</c>

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couple<00:29:26.319><c> of</c><00:29:26.599><c> hours</c><00:29:26.799><c> later.</c>

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If<00:29:28.019><c> he</c><00:29:28.180><c> had</c><00:29:28.359><c> committed</c><00:29:28.579><c> blasphemy</c><00:29:29.359><c> by</c><00:29:29.700><c> using</c><00:29:29.940><c> the</c><00:29:30.160><c> divine</c><00:29:30.420><c> name,</c><00:29:30.880><c> they</c><00:29:31.079><c> would</c><00:29:31.299><c> have</c><00:29:31.400><c> had</c>

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him<00:29:31.619><c> dead</c><00:29:31.839><c> to</c><00:29:32.119><c> rights.</c>

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That<00:29:32.539><c> has</c><00:29:32.799><c> nothing</c><00:29:33.099><c> to</c><00:29:33.380><c> do</c><00:29:33.480><c> with</c><00:29:33.700><c> it</c><00:29:34.299><c> and</c><00:29:34.440><c> so</c><00:29:34.740><c> on.</c>

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One<00:29:36.400><c> last</c><00:29:36.680><c> thing</c><00:29:36.859><c> I</c><00:29:36.920><c> want</c><00:29:37.059><c> to</c><00:29:37.160><c> leave</c><00:29:37.279><c> you</c><00:29:37.460><c> with</c><00:29:37.599><c> and</c><00:29:37.740><c> a</c><00:29:37.960><c> practical</c><00:29:38.240><c> example</c>

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based<00:29:39.440><c> on</c><00:29:39.700><c> this.</c>

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Very<00:29:40.759><c> often,</c><00:29:41.519><c> when</c><00:29:41.680><c> the</c><00:29:41.779><c> Lord</c><00:29:41.920><c> Jesus</c><00:29:42.240><c> Christ</c><00:29:42.500><c> answered,</c><00:29:42.700><c> he</c>

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wasn't<00:29:43.079><c> simply</c><00:29:43.500><c> answering.</c>

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He<00:29:43.960><c> was</c><00:29:44.160><c> taking</c><00:29:44.420><c> it</c><00:29:44.599><c> to</c><00:29:44.720><c> the</c><00:29:44.880><c> next</c><00:29:45.119><c> level,</c><00:29:45.440><c> kind</c><00:29:45.579><c> of</c><00:29:45.599><c> like</c><00:29:45.759><c> with</c>

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the<00:29:46.180><c> taxes</c><00:29:46.519><c> and</c><00:29:46.799><c> render</c><00:29:47.000><c> to</c><00:29:47.220><c> God</c><00:29:47.380><c> the</c><00:29:47.599><c> things</c><00:29:47.779><c> that</c><00:29:47.940><c> are</c><00:29:48.119><c> God's.</c>

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It<00:29:49.779><c> so</c><00:29:49.960><c> happens</c><00:29:50.279><c> as</c><00:29:50.460><c> we</c><00:29:50.660><c> kind</c><00:29:50.799><c> of</c><00:29:50.980><c> close</c><00:29:51.140><c> out</c><00:29:51.400><c> this</c><00:29:51.640><c> consideration</c><00:29:52.240><c> of</c><00:29:52.660><c> John</c><00:29:52.880><c> 18.</c>

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There's<00:29:54.519><c> another</c><00:29:54.779><c> example</c><00:29:55.240><c> of</c><00:29:55.359><c> this</c><00:29:55.660><c> I</c><00:29:55.839><c> am</c><00:29:55.980><c> he</c><00:29:56.200><c> that</c><00:29:56.380><c> I</c><00:29:56.519><c> think</c>

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is<00:29:56.839><c> useful.</c>

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It's<00:29:57.339><c> in</c><00:29:57.460><c> chapter</c><00:29:57.819><c> nine.</c>

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So<00:29:59.640><c> turn</c><00:29:59.799><c> to</c><00:30:00.180><c> John</c><00:30:00.480><c> chapter</c><00:30:00.839><c> nine.</c>

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And<00:30:01.900><c> I</c><00:30:02.000><c> could</c><00:30:02.240><c> not</c><00:30:02.500><c> help</c><00:30:02.720><c> but</c><00:30:02.900><c> notice</c><00:30:03.079><c> this.</c>

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I<00:30:03.460><c> try</c><00:30:03.640><c> not</c><00:30:03.839><c> to</c><00:30:03.980><c> notice</c><00:30:04.160><c> things</c><00:30:04.339><c> like</c><00:30:04.579><c> this.</c>

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But<00:30:05.059><c> if</c><00:30:05.200><c> we're</c><00:30:05.319><c> going</c><00:30:05.480><c> from</c><00:30:05.680><c> chapter</c><00:30:06.019><c> 18</c><00:30:06.599><c> to</c><00:30:07.599><c> chapter</c><00:30:08.059><c> nine,</c>

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what<00:30:10.420><c> verse</c><00:30:10.640><c> in</c><00:30:10.759><c> chapter</c><00:30:11.039><c> nine</c><00:30:11.220><c> do</c><00:30:11.339><c> you</c><00:30:11.339><c> think</c><00:30:11.440><c> we're</c><00:30:11.539><c> going</c>

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a<00:30:48.880><c> kind</c><00:30:49.140><c> of</c><00:30:49.220><c> common</c><00:30:49.480><c> answer</c><00:30:49.819><c> at</c><00:30:50.079><c> times.</c>

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There's<00:30:55.500><c> other</c><00:30:55.700><c> examples</c><00:30:56.140><c> of</c><00:30:56.319><c> it.</c>

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First<00:31:13.079><c> Samuel</c><00:31:13.400><c> chapter</c><00:31:13.839><c> three.</c>

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Visions<00:31:23.059><c> were</c><00:31:23.440><c> infrequent.</c>

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And<00:31:36.400><c> Samuel</c><00:31:36.559><c> was</c><00:31:36.759><c> lying</c><00:31:36.940><c> down</c><00:31:37.119><c> the</c><00:31:37.259><c> temple</c><00:31:37.500><c> of</c><00:31:37.660><c> the</c><00:31:37.759><c> Lord</c><00:31:37.920><c> where</c><00:31:38.099><c> the</c>

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And<00:31:41.460><c> Samuel's</c><00:31:41.859><c> response</c><00:31:42.180><c> at</c><00:31:42.359><c> the</c><00:31:42.380><c> end</c><00:31:42.500><c> of</c><00:31:42.579><c> verse</c><00:31:42.740><c> four</c><00:31:42.980><c> was,</c><00:31:44.319><c> here</c><00:31:44.619><c> I</c><00:31:44.839><c> am.</c>

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So<00:31:47.299><c> then</c><00:31:47.400><c> he</c><00:31:47.460><c> goes</c><00:31:47.680><c> into</c><00:31:48.059><c> Eli,</c><00:31:48.480><c> verse</c><00:31:48.740><c> five</c><00:31:49.059><c> and</c><00:31:49.160><c> says,</c><00:31:49.339><c> here</c><00:31:49.539><c> I</c>

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No,<00:31:51.319><c> no,</c><00:31:51.480><c> go</c><00:31:51.619><c> back.</c>

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And<00:31:53.119><c> you</c><00:31:53.299><c> all</c><00:31:53.420><c> know</c><00:31:53.519><c> the</c><00:31:53.700><c> story,</c><00:31:53.960><c> right?</c>

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This<00:31:54.299><c> happens</c><00:31:54.640><c> three</c><00:31:55.079><c> times,</c><00:31:56.099><c> just</c><00:31:56.319><c> like</c><00:31:56.480><c> the</c><00:31:56.680><c> Garden</c><00:31:56.880><c> of</c><00:31:57.079><c> Gethsemane.</c>

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Here<00:32:04.259><c> it</c><00:32:04.400><c> is,</c><00:32:04.640><c> the</c><00:32:04.779><c> middle</c><00:32:04.960><c> of</c><00:32:05.140><c> the</c><00:32:05.279><c> night,</c><00:32:05.759><c> three</c><00:32:06.059><c> separate</c>

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times,<00:32:07.039><c> the</c><00:32:07.079><c> call</c><00:32:07.359><c> for</c><00:32:07.559><c> the</c><00:32:07.680><c> boy</c><00:32:07.859><c> Samuel.</c>

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And<00:32:08.920><c> each</c><00:32:09.140><c> time</c><00:32:09.380><c> he</c><00:32:09.559><c> says,</c><00:32:09.940><c> here</c><00:32:10.099><c> I</c><00:32:10.339><c> am,</c><00:32:10.480><c> here</c><00:32:10.660><c> I</c><00:32:10.859><c> am.</c>

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And<00:32:11.539><c> finally,</c><00:32:12.240><c> Eli</c><00:32:12.660><c> says</c><00:32:13.180><c> in</c><00:32:13.339><c> verse</c><00:32:13.579><c> nine,</c><00:32:14.559><c> Eli</c><00:32:14.779><c> said</c><00:32:15.119><c> to</c><00:32:15.400><c> Samuel,</c><00:32:15.839><c> go</c>

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lie<00:32:16.119><c> down</c><00:32:16.420><c> and</c><00:32:16.519><c> it</c><00:32:16.720><c> shall</c><00:32:16.819><c> be</c><00:32:16.940><c> if</c><00:32:17.039><c> he</c><00:32:17.240><c> calls</c><00:32:17.460><c> you</c><00:32:17.680><c> that</c><00:32:17.779><c> you</c><00:32:18.019><c> shall</c><00:32:18.160><c> say,</c><00:32:18.599><c> speak,</c><00:32:18.839><c> Lord,</c><00:32:19.920><c> for</c>

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your<00:32:20.420><c> servant</c><00:32:20.680><c> is</c><00:32:20.940><c> listening.</c>

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So<00:32:22.079><c> he</c><00:32:22.240><c> went</c><00:32:22.420><c> and</c><00:32:22.559><c> lay</c><00:32:22.640><c> down</c><00:32:22.819><c> in</c><00:32:22.960><c> his</c><00:32:23.140><c> place.</c>

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Verse<00:32:24.099><c> 10,</c><00:32:24.299><c> then</c><00:32:24.420><c> the</c><00:32:24.559><c> Lord</c><00:32:24.680><c> came</c><00:32:24.940><c> and</c><00:32:25.119><c> stood</c><00:32:25.220><c> and</c><00:32:25.400><c> called</c><00:32:25.539><c> out,</c><00:32:25.779><c> as</c>

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for<00:32:28.700><c> your</c><00:32:28.980><c> servant</c><00:32:29.359><c> is</c><00:32:30.119><c> listening.</c>

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Here<00:32:31.859><c> I</c><00:32:32.059><c> am</c><00:32:32.200><c> as</c><00:32:32.400><c> equivalent</c><00:32:32.859><c> to</c><00:32:33.200><c> saying,</c><00:32:33.839><c> speak,</c><00:32:34.079><c> Lord,</c><00:32:34.259><c> for</c>

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your<00:32:34.720><c> servant</c><00:32:34.960><c> is</c><00:32:35.240><c> listening.</c>

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Is<00:32:36.759><c> that</c><00:32:36.960><c> the</c><00:32:37.180><c> answer</c><00:32:37.440><c> in</c><00:32:37.599><c> the</c><00:32:37.720><c> biblical</c><00:32:38.000><c> reference</c><00:32:38.420><c> that</c><00:32:38.660><c> Jesus</c><00:32:39.019><c> had</c>

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on<00:32:39.440><c> his</c><00:32:39.660><c> mind</c><00:32:40.039><c> when</c><00:32:40.500><c> that</c><00:32:40.940><c> group</c><00:32:41.259><c> came</c><00:32:41.720><c> in</c><00:32:41.900><c> John</c><00:32:42.140><c> 18</c><00:32:42.440><c> to</c><00:32:42.660><c> arrest</c><00:32:42.920><c> him?</c>

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And<00:32:43.200><c> they</c><00:32:43.339><c> asked</c><00:32:43.440><c> a</c><00:32:43.660><c> question,</c><00:32:44.279><c> are</c><00:32:44.480><c> you</c><00:32:44.700><c> Jesus</c><00:32:45.059><c> of</c><00:32:45.279><c> Nazareth?</c>

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Are<00:32:46.319><c> you</c><00:32:46.559><c> going</c><00:32:46.720><c> to</c><00:32:47.059><c> identify</c><00:32:47.720><c> as</c><00:32:48.000><c> this</c><00:32:48.240><c> person?</c>

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I<00:32:49.640><c> think</c><00:32:49.720><c> he</c><00:32:49.880><c> was</c><00:32:50.079><c> answering</c><00:32:50.400><c> on</c><00:32:50.579><c> two</c><00:32:50.799><c> levels.</c>

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One<00:32:51.619><c> was</c><00:32:51.880><c> a</c><00:32:52.000><c> rather</c><00:32:52.259><c> pedestrian.</c>

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Yes,<00:32:53.380><c> I</c><00:32:53.660><c> am.</c>

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Which<00:32:54.339><c> means</c><00:32:54.559><c> that</c><00:32:54.740><c> he</c><00:32:54.920><c> stood</c><00:32:55.099><c> up</c><00:32:55.500><c> with</c><00:32:55.839><c> faithful</c><00:32:56.180><c> courage</c><00:32:56.559><c> to</c>

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answer<00:32:57.059><c> the</c><00:32:57.259><c> question</c><00:32:57.519><c> when</c><00:32:57.660><c> he</c><00:32:57.839><c> knew</c><00:32:57.960><c> what</c><00:32:58.160><c> was</c><00:32:58.359><c> coming</c><00:32:58.539><c> and</c>

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there<00:32:58.759><c> was</c><00:32:58.920><c> a</c><00:32:59.059><c> temptation</c><00:32:59.539><c> to</c><00:33:00.079><c> do</c><00:33:00.299><c> otherwise.</c>

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But<00:33:01.599><c> it</c><00:33:01.680><c> was</c><00:33:01.859><c> also</c><00:33:02.140><c> the</c><00:33:02.319><c> voice</c><00:33:02.559><c> of</c><00:33:02.779><c> a</c><00:33:02.960><c> servant</c><00:33:03.319><c> who</c><00:33:04.259><c> says,</c><00:33:04.680><c> here</c>

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I<00:33:04.960><c> am,</c><00:33:05.259><c> Lord,</c><00:33:06.140><c> I</c><00:33:06.440><c> will</c><00:33:06.599><c> do</c><00:33:06.779><c> what</c><00:33:06.940><c> you</c><00:33:07.200><c> command,</c><00:33:07.640><c> even</c><00:33:07.900><c> if</c><00:33:08.039><c> it's</c><00:33:08.279><c> unpleasant.</c>

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Turns<00:33:09.420><c> out</c><00:33:09.599><c> in</c><00:33:09.940><c> Samuel's</c><00:33:10.400><c> case,</c><00:33:10.759><c> what</c><00:33:10.920><c> he</c><00:33:11.160><c> heard</c><00:33:11.299><c> was</c><00:33:11.500><c> rather</c><00:33:11.799><c> unpleasant.</c>

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And<00:33:12.859><c> so</c><00:33:13.039><c> by</c><00:33:13.339><c> morning,</c><00:33:14.240><c> when</c><00:33:14.440><c> Eli</c><00:33:14.819><c> calls</c><00:33:15.319><c> to</c><00:33:15.539><c> him,</c><00:33:15.720><c> verse</c><00:33:15.940><c> 16,</c>

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he<00:33:17.079><c> calls</c><00:33:17.339><c> him</c><00:33:17.539><c> in</c><00:33:17.640><c> the</c><00:33:17.799><c> morning</c><00:33:17.980><c> and</c><00:33:18.140><c> says,</c><00:33:18.400><c> Samuel,</c><00:33:18.619><c> my</c><00:33:18.940><c> son.</c>

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In<00:33:19.539><c> Samuel's</c><00:33:19.960><c> response,</c><00:33:20.400><c> no</c><00:33:20.460><c> surprise</c><00:33:20.880><c> to</c><00:33:21.000><c> us,</c><00:33:21.180><c> he</c><00:33:21.220><c> says,</c><00:33:21.460><c> here</c><00:33:21.619><c> I</c><00:33:21.839><c> am.</c>

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He<00:33:22.940><c> then</c><00:33:23.200><c> says,</c><00:33:23.599><c> what</c><00:33:23.799><c> happened</c><00:33:24.279><c> last</c><00:33:24.700><c> night?</c>

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And<00:33:25.220><c> Samuel</c><00:33:25.539><c> tells</c><00:33:26.039><c> Eli</c><00:33:26.440><c> about</c><00:33:27.079><c> what</c><00:33:27.259><c> had</c><00:33:27.440><c> happened.</c>

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When<00:33:28.900><c> Jesus</c><00:33:29.319><c> answered,</c><00:33:29.799><c> here</c><00:33:29.980><c> I</c><00:33:30.220><c> am</c><00:33:30.400><c> to</c><00:33:30.559><c> that</c><00:33:30.819><c> group,</c><00:33:31.140><c> there</c>

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was<00:33:31.400><c> no</c><00:33:31.720><c> claim</c><00:33:31.960><c> to</c><00:33:32.319><c> deity.</c>

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It<00:33:33.440><c> was</c><00:33:33.720><c> the</c><00:33:34.019><c> responsive</c><00:33:34.779><c> and</c><00:33:35.160><c> obedient,</c><00:33:35.859><c> simple</c><00:33:36.480><c> response</c><00:33:37.000><c> of</c><00:33:37.240><c> a</c>

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servant<00:33:37.660><c> saying,</c><00:33:38.039><c> here,</c><00:33:38.359><c> Lord,</c><00:33:38.839><c> I</c><00:33:39.200><c> am.</c>

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Speak,<00:33:40.319><c> Lord,</c><00:33:40.579><c> your</c><00:33:40.799><c> servant</c><00:33:41.140><c> is</c><00:33:41.440><c> listening.</c>

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Because<00:33:42.380><c> if</c><00:33:42.559><c> you</c><00:33:42.700><c> think</c><00:33:42.839><c> about</c><00:33:43.039><c> it,</c><00:33:43.119><c> that's</c><00:33:43.359><c> what</c><00:33:43.480><c> the</c><00:33:43.680><c> prayer</c>

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at<00:33:43.980><c> the</c><00:33:44.119><c> Garden</c><00:33:44.259><c> of</c><00:33:44.480><c> Gethsemane</c><00:33:44.940><c> was</c><00:33:45.160><c> all</c><00:33:45.420><c> about.</c>

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I<00:33:46.119><c> do</c><00:33:46.299><c> have</c><00:33:46.500><c> my</c><00:33:46.740><c> own</c><00:33:46.900><c> will.</c>

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I'm<00:33:47.119><c> paraphrasing,</c><00:33:47.619><c> obviously,</c><00:33:47.940><c> the</c><00:33:48.000><c> prayer</c><00:33:48.099><c> at</c><00:33:48.200><c> the</c><00:33:48.299><c> Garden</c>

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of<00:33:48.519><c> Gethsemane.</c>

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I<00:33:49.119><c> do</c><00:33:49.279><c> have</c><00:33:49.420><c> my</c><00:33:49.579><c> own</c><00:33:49.779><c> will,</c><00:33:50.640><c> and</c><00:33:50.859><c> I</c><00:33:50.960><c> would</c><00:33:51.099><c> like</c><00:33:51.220><c> to</c><00:33:51.400><c> be</c><00:33:51.559><c> spared</c>

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from<00:33:51.960><c> this.</c>

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But<00:33:52.940><c> nevertheless,</c><00:33:54.380><c> your</c><00:33:54.599><c> will</c><00:33:55.119><c> be</c><00:33:55.960><c> done.</c>

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Speak,<00:33:57.839><c> Lord,</c><00:33:58.380><c> for</c><00:33:58.619><c> your</c><00:33:58.900><c> servant</c><00:33:59.240><c> is</c><00:33:59.579><c> listening.</c>

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So<00:34:00.579><c> we</c><00:34:00.720><c> call</c><00:34:00.799><c> that</c><00:34:01.000><c> to</c><00:34:01.200><c> mind</c><00:34:01.299><c> as</c><00:34:01.460><c> we</c><00:34:01.599><c> come</c><00:34:01.720><c> to</c><00:34:01.900><c> the</c><00:34:02.099><c> emblems</c>

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this<00:34:02.599><c> morning.</c>