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wondering<00:11:04.460><c> out</c><00:11:05.159><c> there</c><00:11:05.399><c> in</c><00:11:05.480><c> the</c><00:11:05.600><c> wilderness</c><00:11:05.879><c> who</c><00:11:06.240><c> it</c><00:11:06.539><c> was</c><00:11:07.600><c> that</c>

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was<00:11:08.139><c> going</c><00:11:08.259><c> to</c><00:11:08.360><c> be</c><00:11:08.480><c> revealed</c><00:11:08.740><c> as</c><00:11:08.960><c> the</c><00:11:09.039><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:11:10.220><c> you</c><00:11:10.259><c> can</c><00:11:10.460><c> imagine</c><00:11:10.700><c> him</c><00:11:10.899><c> with</c><00:11:11.059><c> his</c><00:11:11.240><c> disciples</c><00:11:11.720><c> out</c><00:11:12.000><c> there</c>

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in<00:11:12.220><c> the</c><00:11:12.360><c> wilderness</c>

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of<00:11:12.820><c> a</c><00:11:12.980><c> night</c><00:11:13.120><c> with</c><00:11:13.299><c> his</c><00:11:13.460><c> little</c><00:11:13.740><c> fire</c><00:11:14.039><c> going</c><00:11:14.379><c> and</c><00:11:14.600><c> his</c><00:11:15.159><c> locusts</c>

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and<00:11:15.639><c> his</c><00:11:15.919><c> wild</c><00:11:16.120><c> honey,</c>

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clenching<00:11:17.480><c> through</c><00:11:17.879><c> his</c><00:11:18.720><c> dinner</c><00:11:19.120><c> and</c><00:11:20.860><c> discussing</c><00:11:21.539><c> with</c><00:11:22.000><c> the</c><00:11:22.259><c> disciples.</c>

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Do<00:11:23.759><c> you</c><00:11:23.860><c> know</c><00:11:24.019><c> why</c><00:11:24.240><c> I'm</c><00:11:24.460><c> baptizing?</c>

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It's<00:11:26.639><c> not</c><00:11:26.899><c> just</c><00:11:27.879><c> because</c><00:11:29.379><c> people</c><00:11:29.679><c> need</c><00:11:29.879><c> to</c><00:11:30.159><c> change,</c>

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it's<00:11:32.039><c> because</c><00:11:32.659><c> God</c><00:11:32.980><c> has</c><00:11:33.179><c> given</c><00:11:33.320><c> me</c><00:11:33.600><c> a</c><00:11:33.779><c> sign</c><00:11:34.120><c> that</c><00:11:35.340><c> I'm</c><00:11:35.539><c> going</c>

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to<00:11:35.899><c> baptize</c><00:11:37.240><c> one</c><00:11:37.779><c> who</c><00:11:37.980><c> is</c><00:11:38.500><c> the</c><00:11:38.759><c> Messiah.</c>

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Can<00:11:40.720><c> you</c><00:11:40.820><c> imagine</c><00:11:41.080><c> the</c><00:11:41.379><c> excitement</c><00:11:41.799><c> that</c><00:11:42.000><c> would</c><00:11:42.220><c> generate</c>

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amongst<00:11:43.039><c> John's</c><00:11:43.559><c> disciples</c>

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and<00:11:45.480><c> amongst</c><00:11:45.700><c> himself</c><00:11:46.080><c> as</c><00:11:46.299><c> he</c><00:11:46.539><c> thought</c><00:11:46.919><c> that</c><00:11:47.299><c> one</c><00:11:47.620><c> day</c><00:11:48.039><c> was</c><00:11:48.220><c> going</c><00:11:48.379><c> to</c>

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be<00:11:48.580><c> a</c><00:11:48.759><c> special</c><00:11:49.000><c> day?</c>

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The<00:11:50.539><c> Messiah</c><00:11:50.779><c> is</c><00:11:50.919><c> going</c><00:11:51.019><c> to</c><00:11:51.039><c> come</c><00:11:51.299><c> to</c><00:11:51.440><c> him.</c>

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And<00:11:52.480><c> so</c><00:11:52.679><c> Jesus</c><00:11:53.000><c> comes</c><00:11:53.340><c> down</c><00:11:53.620><c> on</c><00:11:53.759><c> that</c><00:11:53.960><c> day.</c>

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And<00:11:55.179><c> when</c><00:11:55.299><c> he</c><00:11:55.379><c> was</c><00:11:55.600><c> confronted</c><00:11:55.980><c> with</c><00:11:56.200><c> Jesus,</c>

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as<00:11:57.860><c> Jesus</c><00:11:58.200><c> steps</c><00:11:58.539><c> out</c><00:11:58.779><c> of</c><00:11:58.840><c> the</c><00:11:59.000><c> crowd</c><00:11:59.139><c> and</c><00:11:59.240><c> comes</c><00:11:59.500><c> into</c><00:11:59.700><c> the</c><00:11:59.899><c> water,</c>

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John<00:12:01.519><c> is</c><00:12:01.860><c> overawed</c><00:12:02.559><c> in</c><00:12:02.779><c> the</c><00:12:02.919><c> presence</c><00:12:03.080><c> of</c><00:12:03.259><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:12:05.440><c> John</c><00:12:05.639><c> says,</c><00:12:06.000><c> no,</c><00:12:06.100><c> no,</c><00:12:06.240><c> no,</c><00:12:06.419><c> I</c><00:12:06.860><c> need</c><00:12:07.100><c> to</c><00:12:07.220><c> be</c><00:12:07.419><c> baptized</c><00:12:07.759><c> by</c>

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you,<00:12:08.860><c> and</c><00:12:09.080><c> you're</c><00:12:09.200><c> coming</c><00:12:09.460><c> to</c><00:12:09.679><c> me?</c>

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Jesus<00:12:11.919><c> answered</c><00:12:12.259><c> and</c><00:12:12.440><c> said,</c><00:12:12.919><c> suffer</c><00:12:13.019><c> it</c><00:12:13.120><c> to</c><00:12:13.259><c> be</c><00:12:13.440><c> so</c><00:12:13.639><c> now</c><00:12:13.899><c> for</c>

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thus<00:12:14.299><c> it</c><00:12:14.519><c> becomes</c><00:12:15.000><c> us</c><00:12:15.460><c> to</c><00:12:15.659><c> fulfill</c><00:12:16.279><c> all</c><00:12:17.080><c> righteousness.</c>

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It's<00:12:17.899><c> a</c><00:12:17.980><c> bit</c><00:12:18.080><c> of</c><00:12:18.240><c> a</c><00:12:18.360><c> mouthful.</c>

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You<00:12:21.620><c> think</c><00:12:21.899><c> about</c><00:12:22.200><c> this,</c><00:12:23.940><c> all</c><00:12:24.220><c> the</c><00:12:24.460><c> shadows</c><00:12:24.860><c> and</c><00:12:25.240><c> types</c><00:12:25.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:25.919><c> law,</c>

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the<00:12:27.080><c> lambs,</c><00:12:27.740><c> the</c><00:12:27.899><c> bullocks,</c><00:12:28.679><c> the</c><00:12:28.899><c> continual</c><00:12:29.220><c> burnt</c><00:12:29.419><c> offerings,</c><00:12:30.279><c> all</c><00:12:30.440><c> the</c><00:12:30.759><c> sacrifices,</c>

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everything<00:12:32.879><c> that</c><00:12:33.159><c> was</c><00:12:33.419><c> contained</c><00:12:33.919><c> in</c><00:12:34.159><c> that</c><00:12:34.600><c> law</c><00:12:35.100><c> had</c><00:12:35.720><c> its</c><00:12:36.159><c> substance</c><00:12:36.600><c> in</c>

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that<00:12:37.120><c> man</c><00:12:37.440><c> that</c><00:12:37.620><c> came</c><00:12:37.820><c> to</c><00:12:37.940><c> John</c><00:12:38.080><c> the</c><00:12:38.240><c> Baptist.</c>

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And<00:12:39.779><c> John</c><00:12:39.940><c> knew</c><00:12:40.139><c> his</c><00:12:40.320><c> scripture.</c>

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No<00:12:41.740><c> wonder</c><00:12:41.899><c> he</c><00:12:42.000><c> was</c><00:12:42.299><c> overawed</c><00:12:42.720><c> because</c><00:12:43.039><c> everything</c><00:12:43.679><c> in</c><00:12:43.879><c> the</c>

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Old<00:12:44.259><c> Testament</c>

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spoke<00:12:45.460><c> of</c><00:12:45.639><c> that</c><00:12:45.940><c> one</c><00:12:46.240><c> man</c><00:12:46.639><c> who</c><00:12:46.940><c> stood</c><00:12:47.200><c> there</c><00:12:47.460><c> in</c><00:12:47.580><c> the</c><00:12:47.720><c> water</c><00:12:47.960><c> in</c>

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front<00:12:48.419><c> of</c><00:12:48.539><c> him.</c>

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And<00:12:50.940><c> John</c><00:12:51.080><c> said,</c><00:12:52.440><c> I</c><00:12:52.519><c> need</c><00:12:52.740><c> to</c><00:12:52.940><c> be</c><00:12:53.080><c> baptized</c><00:12:53.220><c> by</c><00:12:53.580><c> you,</c><00:12:54.460><c> and</c><00:12:54.620><c> you're</c><00:12:54.720><c> coming</c><00:12:54.960><c> to</c><00:12:55.179><c> me?</c>

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You<00:12:57.500><c> know,</c><00:12:57.639><c> sometimes</c><00:12:58.000><c> people</c><00:12:58.259><c> say,</c><00:12:58.539><c> oh,</c><00:12:58.899><c> baptism</c><00:12:59.120><c> isn't</c><00:12:59.759><c> necessary.</c>

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You<00:13:01.100><c> can</c><00:13:01.340><c> take</c><00:13:01.519><c> it</c><00:13:01.659><c> or</c><00:13:01.720><c> leave</c><00:13:01.879><c> it,</c><00:13:02.000><c> as</c><00:13:02.120><c> I</c><00:13:02.240><c> said</c><00:13:02.399><c> yesterday.</c>

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When<00:13:06.159><c> a</c><00:13:06.440><c> sinless</c><00:13:06.740><c> man</c><00:13:07.500><c> comes</c><00:13:08.440><c> to</c><00:13:08.639><c> be</c><00:13:08.879><c> baptized,</c>

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there<00:13:10.879><c> ought</c><00:13:11.139><c> to</c><00:13:11.259><c> be</c><00:13:11.419><c> a</c><00:13:11.559><c> rush</c><00:13:11.779><c> by</c><00:13:12.059><c> everybody</c><00:13:12.440><c> else</c><00:13:12.700><c> to</c><00:13:12.840><c> get</c><00:13:12.960><c> into</c><00:13:13.139><c> the</c>

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water,<00:13:14.600><c> surely.</c>

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If<00:13:16.620><c> Jesus</c><00:13:17.019><c> was</c><00:13:17.340><c> baptized</c><00:13:17.960><c> as</c><00:13:18.899><c> a</c><00:13:19.080><c> sinless</c><00:13:19.360><c> man,</c><00:13:19.919><c> where</c><00:13:20.080><c> does</c>

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that<00:13:20.379><c> leave</c><00:13:20.600><c> everybody</c><00:13:21.000><c> else?</c>

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But<00:13:23.539><c> imagine</c><00:13:24.419><c> if,</c><00:13:25.120><c> for</c><00:13:25.299><c> a</c><00:13:25.379><c> moment,</c><00:13:25.779><c> if</c><00:13:25.940><c> Jesus</c><00:13:26.360><c> had</c><00:13:26.539><c> said,</c><00:13:27.580><c> I'm</c><00:13:28.299><c> sinless.</c>

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I've<00:13:30.440><c> nothing</c><00:13:30.700><c> to</c><00:13:30.860><c> repent</c><00:13:31.159><c> of,</c><00:13:31.500><c> John.</c>

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I'm<00:13:33.460><c> not</c><00:13:33.639><c> going</c><00:13:33.759><c> to</c><00:13:33.840><c> be</c><00:13:34.000><c> baptized.</c>

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How<00:13:37.419><c> different</c><00:13:37.860><c> our</c><00:13:39.460><c> connection</c><00:13:39.940><c> with</c><00:13:40.120><c> him</c><00:13:40.320><c> would</c><00:13:40.539><c> be,</c><00:13:40.759><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:40.860><c> it?</c>

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We'd<00:13:43.019><c> be</c><00:13:43.200><c> coming</c><00:13:43.340><c> to</c><00:13:43.539><c> remember</c><00:13:43.879><c> a</c><00:13:44.039><c> man</c><00:13:44.259><c> here</c><00:13:44.440><c> this</c><00:13:44.720><c> morning</c><00:13:44.980><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:45.279><c> bread</c><00:13:45.419><c> and</c><00:13:45.480><c> the</c><00:13:45.700><c> wine</c><00:13:45.820><c> who</c><00:13:46.399><c> never</c><00:13:46.799><c> did</c><00:13:47.120><c> get</c><00:13:47.460><c> baptized,</c>

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who<00:13:49.620><c> never</c><00:13:49.799><c> went</c><00:13:49.940><c> under</c><00:13:50.120><c> the</c><00:13:50.340><c> water.</c>

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He<00:13:52.340><c> was</c><00:13:52.899><c> so</c><00:13:53.320><c> far</c><00:13:53.519><c> above</c><00:13:53.799><c> us</c><00:13:54.039><c> in</c><00:13:54.179><c> the</c><00:13:54.320><c> years</c><00:13:54.580><c> that</c><00:13:54.759><c> he</c><00:13:54.899><c> felt</c><00:13:55.019><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:13:55.340><c> need</c><00:13:55.580><c> that.</c>

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But<00:13:57.779><c> he</c><00:13:57.840><c> didn't</c><00:13:58.000><c> do</c><00:13:58.179><c> that</c><00:13:58.340><c> at</c><00:13:58.500><c> all.</c>

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It<00:14:00.600><c> was</c><00:14:00.779><c> in</c><00:14:00.940><c> the</c><00:14:01.120><c> plan</c><00:14:01.279><c> and</c><00:14:01.440><c> purpose</c><00:14:01.679><c> of</c><00:14:01.919><c> God</c><00:14:02.080><c> that</c><00:14:02.259><c> the</c><00:14:02.379><c> Lord</c>

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should<00:14:02.740><c> be</c><00:14:02.960><c> our</c><00:14:03.200><c> representative</c><00:14:03.740><c> in</c><00:14:04.179><c> every</c><00:14:04.559><c> way.</c>

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And<00:14:06.740><c> there</c><00:14:06.879><c> is</c><00:14:07.039><c> a</c><00:14:07.240><c> wonderful</c><00:14:08.019><c> link</c><00:14:08.320><c> made</c><00:14:08.720><c> every</c><00:14:09.360><c> time</c><00:14:09.799><c> somebody</c><00:14:10.399><c> is</c><00:14:10.879><c> baptized,</c>

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that<00:14:12.500><c> link</c><00:14:12.779><c> is</c><00:14:13.059><c> made</c><00:14:13.259><c> with</c><00:14:13.500><c> the</c><00:14:13.860><c> Savior</c><00:14:14.299><c> who</c><00:14:14.620><c> went</c><00:14:14.860><c> through</c>

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exactly<00:14:15.659><c> the</c><00:14:15.980><c> same</c><00:14:16.259><c> process.</c>

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And<00:14:18.299><c> it's</c><00:14:18.539><c> joining</c><00:14:18.940><c> people</c><00:14:19.399><c> to</c><00:14:19.600><c> him</c><00:14:19.799><c> for</c><00:14:20.279><c> thousands</c><00:14:20.940><c> of</c><00:14:21.340><c> years.</c>

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He<00:14:23.639><c> was</c><00:14:23.879><c> baptized</c><00:14:24.620><c> in</c><00:14:25.480><c> the</c><00:14:25.639><c> Jordan</c><00:14:25.860><c> River.</c>

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That<00:14:28.200><c> surely</c><00:14:28.720><c> must</c><00:14:29.620><c> have</c><00:14:29.860><c> been</c><00:14:30.000><c> the</c><00:14:30.320><c> highlight</c><00:14:30.820><c> of</c><00:14:32.059><c> John</c><00:14:32.320><c> the</c>

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Baptist's<00:14:33.100><c> life.</c>

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John<00:14:35.399><c> was</c><00:14:35.659><c> given</c><00:14:36.039><c> a</c><00:14:36.720><c> special</c><00:14:37.080><c> sign.</c>

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And<00:14:38.879><c> it</c><00:14:39.019><c> says,</c><00:14:39.460><c> And</c><00:14:39.460><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:39.840><c> when</c><00:14:40.039><c> he</c><00:14:40.139><c> was</c><00:14:40.379><c> baptized,</c><00:14:41.000><c> went</c><00:14:41.080><c> up</c>

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straightway<00:14:42.000><c> out</c><00:14:42.100><c> of</c><00:14:42.179><c> the</c><00:14:42.360><c> water,</c>

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and<00:14:42.899><c> lo,</c><00:14:43.179><c> the</c><00:14:43.299><c> heavens</c><00:14:43.620><c> were</c><00:14:43.919><c> opened,</c><00:14:44.559><c> and</c><00:14:44.720><c> he</c><00:14:44.899><c> saw</c><00:14:45.139><c> the</c><00:14:45.399><c> Spirit</c><00:14:45.820><c> of</c><00:14:46.039><c> God</c><00:14:46.539><c> descending</c><00:14:47.320><c> like</c><00:14:47.779><c> a</c>

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dove<00:14:48.159><c> and</c><00:14:48.480><c> lighting</c><00:14:48.799><c> upon</c><00:14:49.179><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:14:50.360><c> I</c><00:14:50.419><c> believe</c><00:14:50.639><c> only</c><00:14:50.960><c> John</c><00:14:51.179><c> saw</c><00:14:51.440><c> that,</c><00:14:51.659><c> and</c><00:14:51.759><c> the</c><00:14:51.860><c> record</c><00:14:52.059><c> of</c><00:14:52.159><c> John</c><00:14:52.440><c> chapter</c><00:14:52.759><c> 1</c>

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seems<00:14:53.220><c> to</c><00:14:53.440><c> indicate</c><00:14:53.779><c> that.</c>

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God<00:14:55.039><c> said,</c><00:14:55.480><c> You'll</c><00:14:55.679><c> know,</c><00:14:56.799><c> because</c><00:14:57.019><c> I'll</c><00:14:57.240><c> give</c><00:14:57.320><c> you</c><00:14:57.519><c> a</c><00:14:57.659><c> special</c><00:14:57.940><c> sign.</c>

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Do<00:14:59.360><c> you</c><00:14:59.379><c> imagine</c><00:14:59.740><c> John</c><00:15:00.159><c> witnessing</c><00:15:00.679><c> that</c><00:15:01.139><c> occurring?</c>

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As<00:15:02.820><c> the</c><00:15:02.940><c> heavens</c><00:15:03.100><c> opened</c><00:15:03.799><c> and</c><00:15:05.240><c> the</c><00:15:05.639><c> Spirit</c><00:15:06.019><c> descended</c><00:15:06.500><c> like</c><00:15:06.799><c> a</c>

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dove,<00:15:08.279><c> a</c><00:15:08.440><c> clean</c><00:15:08.639><c> animal,</c>

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under<00:15:09.620><c> the</c><00:15:09.840><c> law,</c><00:15:09.980><c> the</c><00:15:10.120><c> bird</c><00:15:10.299><c> that</c><00:15:10.539><c> was</c><00:15:10.539><c> used</c><00:15:10.679><c> in</c><00:15:10.899><c> sacrifice,</c>

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and<00:15:12.960><c> lights</c><00:15:13.120><c> upon</c><00:15:13.460><c> Jesus</c><00:15:13.899><c> in</c><00:15:14.120><c> a</c><00:15:14.299><c> voice</c><00:15:14.539><c> from</c><00:15:14.820><c> heaven</c><00:15:15.019><c> saying,</c>

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This<00:15:15.740><c> is</c><00:15:16.000><c> my</c><00:15:16.179><c> beloved</c><00:15:16.580><c> Son</c><00:15:17.080><c> in</c><00:15:17.639><c> whom</c><00:15:17.919><c> I</c><00:15:18.200><c> am</c><00:15:18.360><c> well</c><00:15:18.620><c> pleased.</c>

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That<00:15:21.220><c> would</c><00:15:21.399><c> have</c><00:15:21.500><c> been</c><00:15:21.600><c> a</c><00:15:21.740><c> day</c><00:15:21.879><c> that</c><00:15:22.100><c> John</c><00:15:22.320><c> would</c><00:15:22.559><c> never</c><00:15:22.799><c> have</c><00:15:23.080><c> forgotten.</c>

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We<00:15:24.700><c> have</c><00:15:24.860><c> days</c><00:15:25.059><c> like</c><00:15:25.299><c> that</c><00:15:25.500><c> sometimes</c><00:15:25.860><c> that</c><00:15:26.279><c> are</c><00:15:26.360><c> etched</c><00:15:26.659><c> into</c>

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our<00:15:27.039><c> memory</c>

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because<00:15:27.679><c> of</c><00:15:27.980><c> such</c><00:15:28.279><c> a</c><00:15:28.480><c> wonderful</c><00:15:28.860><c> experience</c><00:15:29.399><c> that</c><00:15:29.580><c> we've</c>

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gone<00:15:29.899><c> through.</c>

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That<00:15:31.120><c> must</c><00:15:31.360><c> have</c><00:15:31.460><c> been</c><00:15:31.600><c> the</c><00:15:31.740><c> highlight</c><00:15:32.179><c> for</c><00:15:32.500><c> John</c><00:15:32.899><c> in</c><00:15:33.320><c> his</c><00:15:33.559><c> ministry</c>

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as<00:15:35.100><c> all</c><00:15:35.320><c> those</c><00:15:35.580><c> things</c><00:15:36.919><c> became</c><00:15:37.500><c> focused</c><00:15:37.960><c> in</c><00:15:38.139><c> that</c><00:15:38.340><c> one</c><00:15:38.580><c> man.</c>

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The<00:15:39.100><c> law</c><00:15:39.320><c> having</c><00:15:39.639><c> a</c><00:15:39.919><c> shadow</c><00:15:40.320><c> of</c><00:15:40.600><c> things</c><00:15:40.940><c> to</c><00:15:41.720><c> come</c><00:15:42.100><c> could</c><00:15:42.480><c> never,</c>

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with<00:15:44.299><c> those</c><00:15:44.620><c> sacrifices</c><00:15:45.240><c> offered</c><00:15:45.580><c> year</c><00:15:46.159><c> by</c><00:15:46.559><c> year,</c>

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make<00:15:47.799><c> those</c><00:15:48.120><c> who</c><00:15:48.440><c> approach</c><00:15:48.840><c> perfect.</c>

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It<00:15:51.759><c> all</c><00:15:51.960><c> rested</c><00:15:52.360><c> in</c><00:15:53.139><c> that</c><00:15:53.379><c> one</c><00:15:53.559><c> man.</c>

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Back<00:15:55.279><c> in</c><00:15:55.440><c> John</c><00:15:55.659><c> chapter</c><00:15:56.000><c> 1,</c>

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we<00:16:02.679><c> have</c><00:16:03.200><c> the</c><00:16:03.500><c> witness</c><00:16:03.759><c> of</c><00:16:03.940><c> John</c><00:16:04.159><c> the</c><00:16:04.320><c> Baptist,</c>

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and<00:16:07.700><c> it</c><00:16:07.860><c> says</c><00:16:08.039><c> in</c><00:16:08.179><c> verse</c><00:16:08.759><c> 29,</c>

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The<00:16:11.600><c> next</c><00:16:11.899><c> day</c><00:16:12.080><c> John</c><00:16:12.320><c> saw</c><00:16:12.580><c> Jesus</c><00:16:12.940><c> coming</c><00:16:13.200><c> to</c><00:16:13.360><c> him</c><00:16:13.559><c> and</c><00:16:13.700><c> said,</c>

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Behold<00:16:14.600><c> the</c><00:16:14.779><c> Lamb</c><00:16:15.059><c> of</c><00:16:15.259><c> God</c><00:16:15.500><c> which</c><00:16:15.840><c> takes</c><00:16:16.279><c> away</c><00:16:16.820><c> the</c><00:16:17.279><c> sin</c><00:16:17.580><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:18.100><c> world.</c>

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Think<00:16:19.340><c> about</c><00:16:19.500><c> that</c><00:16:19.700><c> statement.</c>

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It<00:16:21.059><c> didn't</c><00:16:21.159><c> matter</c><00:16:21.360><c> who</c><00:16:21.600><c> you</c><00:16:21.860><c> were,</c><00:16:23.399><c> what</c><00:16:23.600><c> nationality,</c>

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what<00:16:26.980><c> class,</c><00:16:27.700><c> what</c><00:16:27.879><c> occupation,</c>

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your<00:16:30.419><c> sin</c><00:16:30.659><c> could</c><00:16:30.879><c> be</c><00:16:31.100><c> taken</c><00:16:31.360><c> away</c><00:16:31.940><c> by</c><00:16:32.580><c> that</c><00:16:32.899><c> man.</c>

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He<00:16:34.120><c> was</c><00:16:34.320><c> the</c><00:16:34.440><c> Lamb</c><00:16:34.600><c> of</c><00:16:34.840><c> God.</c>

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That<00:16:36.559><c> was</c><00:16:36.740><c> a</c><00:16:36.799><c> new</c><00:16:36.960><c> teaching.</c>

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That<00:16:38.600><c> the</c><00:16:38.899><c> world's</c><00:16:39.759><c> sin</c><00:16:40.039><c> could</c><00:16:40.620><c> be</c><00:16:40.860><c> taken</c><00:16:41.059><c> away</c><00:16:41.620><c> by</c><00:16:42.480><c> Jesus</c><00:16:42.879><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:16:44.320><c> only</c><00:16:44.700><c> ones</c><00:16:45.399><c> who</c><00:16:45.980><c> would</c><00:16:46.200><c> be</c><00:16:46.399><c> unaffected</c><00:16:46.860><c> by</c><00:16:47.059><c> that</c>

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were<00:16:48.860><c> those</c><00:16:49.120><c> who</c><00:16:49.320><c> said</c><00:16:49.500><c> we</c><00:16:49.639><c> have</c><00:16:49.879><c> no</c><00:16:50.159><c> sin.</c>

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Sadly,<00:16:53.919><c> pretty</c><00:16:54.179><c> much</c><00:16:54.399><c> like</c><00:16:54.600><c> our</c><00:16:54.840><c> own</c><00:16:55.019><c> society.</c>

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A<00:16:56.879><c> society</c><00:16:57.220><c> in</c><00:16:57.360><c> which</c><00:16:57.500><c> people</c><00:16:57.759><c> think</c><00:16:57.980><c> they</c><00:16:58.220><c> have</c><00:16:58.419><c> no</c><00:16:58.620><c> sin,</c>

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therefore<00:16:59.100><c> they</c><00:16:59.279><c> don't</c><00:16:59.539><c> need</c><00:16:59.799><c> a</c><00:17:00.019><c> sacrifice</c><00:17:00.480><c> or</c><00:17:00.759><c> a</c><00:17:00.919><c> savior.</c>

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It's<00:17:02.759><c> irrelevant</c><00:17:03.159><c> to</c><00:17:03.379><c> them.</c>

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The<00:17:05.420><c> same</c><00:17:05.680><c> as</c><00:17:06.079><c> the</c><00:17:06.319><c> Pharisees</c><00:17:06.799><c> and</c><00:17:07.359><c> Sadducees</c><00:17:07.819><c> in</c><00:17:08.000><c> the</c><00:17:08.160><c> times</c>

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of<00:17:08.480><c> Jesus.</c>

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Now,<00:17:12.960><c> John</c><00:17:13.000><c> was</c><00:17:13.220><c> an</c><00:17:13.440><c> incredibly</c><00:17:13.819><c> humble</c><00:17:14.160><c> man.</c>

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And<00:17:15.880><c> one</c><00:17:15.980><c> of</c><00:17:16.099><c> the</c><00:17:16.099><c> things</c><00:17:16.359><c> that</c><00:17:16.680><c> bears</c><00:17:16.900><c> that</c><00:17:17.180><c> out</c>

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is<00:17:19.160><c> that</c><00:17:19.500><c> he</c><00:17:19.940><c> immediately</c><00:17:20.579><c> tries</c><00:17:20.920><c> to</c><00:17:21.279><c> transfer</c><00:17:21.880><c> his</c><00:17:22.240><c> disciples</c><00:17:22.720><c> to</c><00:17:23.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:17:24.519><c> didn't</c><00:17:24.720><c> try</c><00:17:24.980><c> and</c><00:17:25.099><c> hang</c><00:17:25.259><c> on</c><00:17:25.460><c> to</c><00:17:25.579><c> his</c><00:17:25.720><c> own</c><00:17:26.000><c> disciples.</c>

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In<00:17:27.559><c> verse</c><00:17:27.799><c> 30</c><00:17:28.079><c> it</c><00:17:28.160><c> says,</c>

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This<00:17:28.640><c> is</c><00:17:28.900><c> he</c><00:17:29.180><c> of</c><00:17:29.359><c> whom</c><00:17:29.519><c> I</c><00:17:29.720><c> said</c><00:17:29.880><c> after</c><00:17:30.180><c> me</c><00:17:30.380><c> comes</c><00:17:30.640><c> a</c><00:17:30.799><c> man</c><00:17:31.140><c> who</c><00:17:31.480><c> is</c>

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preferred<00:17:32.200><c> before</c><00:17:32.700><c> me</c><00:17:32.960><c> or</c><00:17:33.119><c> is</c><00:17:33.299><c> above</c><00:17:33.599><c> me.</c>

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And<00:17:34.519><c> I</c><00:17:34.720><c> knew</c><00:17:34.960><c> him</c><00:17:35.220><c> not,</c>

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but<00:17:36.599><c> that</c><00:17:38.259><c> he</c><00:17:39.839><c> should</c><00:17:40.039><c> be</c><00:17:40.279><c> made</c><00:17:40.640><c> manifest</c><00:17:41.019><c> to</c><00:17:41.279><c> Israel,</c>

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therefore<00:17:42.720><c> I</c><00:17:43.079><c> am</c><00:17:43.240><c> come</c><00:17:43.460><c> baptizing</c><00:17:44.079><c> with</c><00:17:44.299><c> water.</c>

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And<00:17:47.460><c> so</c><00:17:47.640><c> John</c><00:17:48.039><c> bears</c><00:17:48.339><c> witness</c><00:17:48.940><c> that</c><00:17:49.960><c> he</c><00:17:50.079><c> was</c><00:17:50.240><c> given</c><00:17:50.420><c> that</c>

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special<00:17:51.000><c> sign.</c>

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And<00:17:53.279><c> he</c><00:17:53.359><c> says</c><00:17:53.579><c> in</c><00:17:53.740><c> verse</c><00:17:53.960><c> 34,</c>

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And<00:17:55.059><c> I</c><00:17:55.099><c> saw</c><00:17:55.460><c> on</c><00:17:55.660><c> their</c><00:17:55.839><c> record</c><00:17:56.200><c> that</c><00:17:56.380><c> this</c><00:17:56.660><c> is</c><00:17:56.880><c> the</c><00:17:56.940><c> Son</c><00:17:57.160><c> of</c><00:17:57.299><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:58.700><c> again</c><00:17:59.019><c> the</c><00:17:59.160><c> next</c><00:17:59.460><c> day</c><00:17:59.619><c> after</c><00:17:59.900><c> John</c><00:18:00.259><c> stood</c><00:18:00.500><c> and</c><00:18:00.680><c> two</c><00:18:00.880><c> of</c>

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his<00:18:01.220><c> disciples,</c>

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and<00:18:02.559><c> looking</c><00:18:02.759><c> upon</c><00:18:03.160><c> Jesus</c><00:18:03.579><c> as</c><00:18:03.819><c> he</c><00:18:04.019><c> walked,</c><00:18:04.299><c> he</c><00:18:04.380><c> said,</c>

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And<00:18:05.099><c> behold</c><00:18:05.220><c> the</c><00:18:05.519><c> Lamb</c><00:18:05.859><c> of</c><00:18:06.119><c> God.</c>

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So<00:18:06.519><c> he's</c><00:18:06.680><c> immediately</c><00:18:07.099><c> trying</c><00:18:07.339><c> to</c><00:18:07.400><c> get</c><00:18:07.500><c> his</c><00:18:07.759><c> disciples</c><00:18:08.119><c> to</c><00:18:08.359><c> go</c>

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to<00:18:08.579><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:18:10.279><c> wasn't</c><00:18:10.559><c> about</c><00:18:10.980><c> dropping</c><00:18:11.240><c> up</c><00:18:11.519><c> his</c><00:18:11.700><c> own</c><00:18:12.019><c> ministry</c><00:18:12.380><c> and</c><00:18:12.559><c> saying,</c>

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Oh<00:18:12.940><c> look,</c><00:18:13.380><c> I'm</c><00:18:13.640><c> worried</c><00:18:13.920><c> now</c><00:18:14.160><c> I'm</c><00:18:14.359><c> going</c><00:18:14.480><c> to</c><00:18:14.559><c> lose</c><00:18:14.759><c> my</c><00:18:15.079><c> best</c><00:18:15.359><c> friends,</c><00:18:15.640><c> my</c><00:18:15.839><c> disciples.</c>

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He<00:18:17.599><c> was</c><00:18:17.880><c> a</c><00:18:17.980><c> true</c><00:18:19.119><c> forerunner</c><00:18:19.720><c> to</c><00:18:19.900><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:18:21.220><c> was</c><00:18:21.700><c> faithful</c><00:18:22.339><c> in</c><00:18:23.220><c> what</c><00:18:23.440><c> he</c><00:18:23.640><c> did.</c>

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And<00:18:25.380><c> the</c><00:18:25.539><c> two</c><00:18:25.779><c> disciples</c><00:18:26.259><c> heard</c><00:18:26.599><c> him</c><00:18:26.920><c> speak</c><00:18:27.220><c> and</c><00:18:27.420><c> they</c><00:18:27.880><c> followed</c><00:18:28.299><c> Jesus.</c>

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That's<00:18:31.480><c> after</c><00:18:31.900><c> all</c><00:18:32.079><c> what</c><00:18:32.279><c> John</c><00:18:32.460><c> was</c><00:18:32.660><c> trying</c><00:18:32.839><c> to</c><00:18:32.920><c> get</c><00:18:33.019><c> people</c>

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to<00:18:33.519><c> do.</c>

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Jesus'<00:18:35.579><c> first</c><00:18:35.799><c> disciples</c><00:18:36.339><c> had</c><00:18:37.440><c> been</c><00:18:37.960><c> disciples</c><00:18:38.519><c> of</c><00:18:38.680><c> John</c><00:18:38.880><c> the</c><00:18:39.019><c> Baptist.</c>

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And<00:18:40.779><c> he</c><00:18:41.059><c> transferred</c><00:18:41.519><c> them</c><00:18:41.759><c> over.</c>

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There<00:18:42.920><c> was</c><00:18:43.140><c> some</c><00:18:43.420><c> difficulty</c><00:18:43.880><c> for</c><00:18:44.079><c> some</c><00:18:44.299><c> of</c><00:18:44.380><c> them</c><00:18:44.640><c> doing</c><00:18:44.980><c> that</c>

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as<00:18:45.380><c> we'll</c><00:18:45.740><c> see.</c>

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They<00:18:46.059><c> wanted</c><00:18:46.259><c> to</c><00:18:46.420><c> hang</c><00:18:46.680><c> on</c><00:18:46.859><c> to</c><00:18:46.980><c> John</c><00:18:47.140><c> and</c><00:18:47.240><c> John</c><00:18:47.440><c> kept</c><00:18:47.640><c> saying,</c>

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Look,<00:18:48.059><c> this</c><00:18:48.319><c> is</c><00:18:48.539><c> the</c><00:18:48.700><c> one</c><00:18:49.240><c> who</c><00:18:49.920><c> you</c><00:18:50.039><c> have</c><00:18:50.220><c> to</c><00:18:50.400><c> follow.</c>

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And<00:18:52.819><c> so</c><00:18:52.980><c> he</c><00:18:53.240><c> introduced</c><00:18:53.700><c> people</c><00:18:54.240><c> to</c><00:18:55.019><c> Jesus.</c>

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You<00:18:55.599><c> know,</c><00:18:55.740><c> we</c><00:18:55.880><c> can</c><00:18:56.059><c> be</c><00:18:56.220><c> a</c><00:18:56.359><c> John</c><00:18:56.500><c> the</c><00:18:56.680><c> Baptist.</c>

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We<00:18:59.099><c> can</c><00:18:59.400><c> introduce</c><00:18:59.839><c> people</c><00:19:00.339><c> to</c><00:19:01.220><c> the</c><00:19:01.400><c> Son</c><00:19:01.660><c> of</c><00:19:01.900><c> God.</c>

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We<00:19:02.480><c> can</c><00:19:02.740><c> say</c><00:19:03.000><c> as</c><00:19:03.240><c> John</c><00:19:03.539><c> did,</c><00:19:05.000><c> there's</c><00:19:05.339><c> the</c><00:19:05.460><c> Lamb</c><00:19:05.579><c> of</c><00:19:05.819><c> God.</c>

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You<00:19:07.200><c> follow</c><00:19:07.519><c> him.</c>

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When<00:19:08.660><c> we</c><00:19:08.839><c> talk</c><00:19:09.000><c> to</c><00:19:09.019><c> people</c><00:19:09.259><c> about</c><00:19:09.420><c> the</c><00:19:09.619><c> Bible,</c><00:19:09.940><c> it's</c><00:19:10.059><c> not</c><00:19:10.299><c> about</c><00:19:10.559><c> us,</c>

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is<00:19:11.019><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:19:12.619><c> not</c><00:19:12.740><c> about</c><00:19:12.880><c> people</c><00:19:13.140><c> following</c><00:19:13.539><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:19:15.000><c> about</c><00:19:15.640><c> us</c><00:19:15.980><c> being</c><00:19:16.279><c> a</c><00:19:16.660><c> conduit</c><00:19:17.319><c> for</c><00:19:17.539><c> people</c><00:19:17.799><c> to</c><00:19:18.079><c> follow</c><00:19:18.359><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:19:20.660><c> in</c><00:19:20.759><c> a</c><00:19:20.859><c> sense,</c><00:19:21.259><c> every</c><00:19:21.380><c> one</c><00:19:21.599><c> of</c><00:19:21.720><c> us</c><00:19:23.059><c> has</c><00:19:23.640><c> a</c><00:19:23.839><c> role</c><00:19:24.059><c> and</c><00:19:24.259><c> a</c><00:19:24.440><c> capacity</c><00:19:24.900><c> to</c><00:19:25.400><c> be</c>

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John<00:19:25.859><c> the</c><00:19:26.019><c> Baptist.</c>

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In<00:19:27.579><c> the</c><00:19:27.740><c> way</c><00:19:28.099><c> we</c><00:19:28.619><c> teach</c><00:19:28.940><c> people.</c>

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In<00:19:30.099><c> the</c><00:19:30.220><c> way</c><00:19:30.380><c> we</c><00:19:30.599><c> lead</c><00:19:30.799><c> by</c><00:19:31.079><c> example,</c><00:19:32.079><c> because</c><00:19:32.279><c> John</c><00:19:32.460><c> was</c><00:19:32.700><c> a</c>

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fabulous<00:19:33.259><c> example.</c>

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In<00:19:35.000><c> the</c><00:19:35.160><c> way</c><00:19:35.299><c> we</c><00:19:35.480><c> live.</c>

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All<00:19:36.400><c> of</c><00:19:36.539><c> us</c><00:19:37.500><c> have</c><00:19:37.839><c> the</c><00:19:37.960><c> opportunity</c><00:19:38.660><c> to</c><00:19:39.000><c> be</c><00:19:39.180><c> John</c><00:19:39.339><c> the</c><00:19:39.539><c> Baptist</c>

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to<00:19:40.799><c> other</c><00:19:41.059><c> people</c>

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and<00:19:41.859><c> introduce</c><00:19:42.539><c> people</c><00:19:43.000><c> to</c><00:19:43.200><c> the</c><00:19:43.319><c> Messiah.</c>

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There<00:19:46.440><c> is</c><00:19:46.619><c> a</c><00:19:46.700><c> lovely</c><00:19:46.960><c> picture</c><00:19:47.380><c> in</c><00:19:48.019><c> John</c><00:19:48.359><c> chapter</c><00:19:48.700><c> 3</c><00:19:49.460><c> of</c><00:19:49.859><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:19:50.759><c> John</c><00:19:51.039><c> working</c><00:19:51.579><c> for</c><00:19:51.960><c> a</c><00:19:52.099><c> brief</c><00:19:52.299><c> time</c><00:19:53.259><c> together.</c>

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Baptizing.

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In<00:19:59.180><c> verse</c><00:19:59.519><c> 22</c><00:19:59.940><c> of</c><00:20:00.099><c> John</c><00:20:00.339><c> chapter</c><00:20:00.619><c> 3</c><00:20:00.839><c> it</c><00:20:00.960><c> says,</c>

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After<00:20:01.460><c> these</c><00:20:01.759><c> things</c><00:20:02.079><c> came</c><00:20:02.420><c> Jesus</c><00:20:02.839><c> and</c><00:20:03.099><c> his</c><00:20:03.319><c> disciples</c><00:20:03.779><c> into</c>

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the<00:20:04.180><c> land</c><00:20:04.480><c> of</c><00:20:04.720><c> Judea,</c>

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and<00:20:05.839><c> there</c><00:20:06.099><c> he</c><00:20:06.319><c> carried</c><00:20:06.559><c> with</c><00:20:06.819><c> them</c><00:20:07.000><c> and</c><00:20:07.259><c> baptized.</c>

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And<00:20:08.819><c> John</c><00:20:09.000><c> also</c><00:20:09.480><c> was</c><00:20:09.839><c> baptizing</c><00:20:10.480><c> in</c><00:20:10.819><c> Enon</c><00:20:11.140><c> near</c><00:20:11.380><c> to</c><00:20:11.640><c> Salem</c><00:20:11.900><c> because</c><00:20:12.220><c> there</c><00:20:12.400><c> was</c>

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much<00:20:12.839><c> water</c><00:20:13.160><c> there.</c>

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And<00:20:13.900><c> they</c><00:20:14.079><c> came</c><00:20:14.579><c> and</c><00:20:15.119><c> they</c><00:20:15.440><c> were</c><00:20:15.720><c> baptized.</c>

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So<00:20:16.859><c> John</c><00:20:17.039><c> was</c><00:20:17.279><c> not</c><00:20:17.460><c> yet</c><00:20:17.740><c> cast</c><00:20:17.960><c> into</c><00:20:18.180><c> prison.</c>

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Then<00:20:19.759><c> there</c><00:20:20.039><c> arose</c><00:20:20.299><c> a</c><00:20:20.519><c> question</c><00:20:20.920><c> between</c><00:20:21.339><c> some</c><00:20:21.599><c> of</c><00:20:21.759><c> John's</c>

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disciples<00:20:22.579><c> and</c><00:20:22.839><c> the</c><00:20:22.980><c> Jews</c><00:20:23.160><c> about</c><00:20:23.519><c> purifying.</c>

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And<00:20:26.339><c> they</c><00:20:26.480><c> came</c><00:20:26.680><c> unto</c><00:20:26.900><c> John</c><00:20:27.539><c> and</c><00:20:28.500><c> said</c><00:20:28.720><c> to</c><00:20:28.799><c> him,</c>

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Rabbi,<00:20:29.460><c> he</c><00:20:29.640><c> that</c><00:20:29.720><c> was</c><00:20:29.980><c> with</c><00:20:30.140><c> you</c><00:20:30.339><c> beyond</c><00:20:30.680><c> Jordan,</c><00:20:31.200><c> to</c><00:20:31.400><c> whom</c>

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you<00:20:31.779><c> bear</c><00:20:31.940><c> witness,</c>

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behold,<00:20:34.240><c> the</c><00:20:34.440><c> same</c><00:20:34.720><c> is</c><00:20:34.980><c> baptizing</c><00:20:35.779><c> and</c><00:20:36.079><c> all</c><00:20:36.319><c> men</c><00:20:36.519><c> come</c><00:20:36.779><c> to</c><00:20:36.940><c> him.</c>

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And<00:20:39.099><c> John</c><00:20:39.339><c> answered</c><00:20:39.660><c> and</c><00:20:39.880><c> said,</c><00:20:40.099><c> A</c><00:20:40.140><c> man</c><00:20:40.420><c> can</c><00:20:40.660><c> receive</c><00:20:41.019><c> nothing</c>

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except<00:20:41.839><c> to</c><00:20:42.000><c> be</c><00:20:42.140><c> given</c><00:20:42.359><c> him</c><00:20:42.599><c> from</c><00:20:42.819><c> heaven.</c>

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You<00:20:43.880><c> yourselves</c><00:20:44.660><c> bear</c><00:20:44.960><c> me</c><00:20:45.140><c> witness</c><00:20:45.500><c> that</c><00:20:45.720><c> I</c><00:20:45.920><c> said,</c><00:20:46.440><c> I</c><00:20:46.440><c> am</c><00:20:46.619><c> not</c>

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the<00:20:47.220><c> Christ,</c>

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but<00:20:49.259><c> that</c><00:20:49.400><c> I</c><00:20:49.519><c> am</c><00:20:49.740><c> sent</c><00:20:49.980><c> before</c><00:20:50.500><c> him.</c>

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He<00:20:52.680><c> that</c><00:20:52.839><c> has</c><00:20:53.140><c> the</c><00:20:53.440><c> bride</c><00:20:53.740><c> is</c><00:20:53.960><c> the</c><00:20:54.240><c> bridegroom,</c><00:20:54.759><c> but</c><00:20:54.839><c> the</c><00:20:55.099><c> friend</c><00:20:55.380><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:55.740><c> bridegroom,</c>

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which<00:20:56.480><c> stands</c><00:20:56.859><c> and</c><00:20:57.099><c> hears</c><00:20:57.380><c> him,</c><00:20:58.240><c> rejoices</c><00:20:58.819><c> greatly</c><00:20:59.339><c> because</c>

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of<00:20:59.819><c> the</c><00:21:00.000><c> bridegroom's</c><00:21:00.519><c> voice.</c>

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This<00:21:01.559><c> my</c><00:21:01.980><c> joy</c><00:21:02.240><c> therefore</c><00:21:02.680><c> is</c><00:21:02.920><c> fulfilled.</c>

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So<00:21:04.480><c> John</c><00:21:04.700><c> says</c><00:21:05.059><c> to</c><00:21:05.240><c> them,</c>

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Look,<00:21:07.019><c> I</c><00:21:07.380><c> am</c><00:21:07.640><c> overwhelmed.</c>

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I<00:21:08.519><c> am</c><00:21:08.900><c> so</c><00:21:09.299><c> happy</c><00:21:09.779><c> to</c><00:21:11.119><c> have</c><00:21:11.359><c> played</c><00:21:11.500><c> the</c><00:21:11.700><c> role</c><00:21:11.920><c> of</c><00:21:12.559><c> the</c><00:21:12.900><c> friend</c>

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of<00:21:13.319><c> the</c><00:21:13.539><c> bridegroom.</c>

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It's<00:21:14.559><c> not</c><00:21:14.799><c> about</c><00:21:15.160><c> me.</c>

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You<00:21:16.880><c> can</c><00:21:17.079><c> understand</c><00:21:17.660><c> their</c><00:21:18.180><c> reluctance.</c>

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I<00:21:18.819><c> mean,</c><00:21:20.180><c> John</c><00:21:20.299><c> must</c><00:21:20.640><c> have</c><00:21:20.779><c> been</c><00:21:20.940><c> a</c><00:21:21.839><c> wonderful</c><00:21:22.359><c> person</c><00:21:23.319><c> to</c><00:21:24.720><c> be</c>

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a<00:21:25.059><c> disciple</c><00:21:25.420><c> of.</c>

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John<00:21:27.059><c> taught</c><00:21:27.380><c> his</c><00:21:27.720><c> disciples</c><00:21:28.099><c> how</c><00:21:28.339><c> to</c><00:21:28.559><c> pray.</c>

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And<00:21:29.259><c> we</c><00:21:29.339><c> know</c><00:21:29.539><c> that</c><00:21:29.680><c> because</c><00:21:30.220><c> on</c><00:21:30.519><c> one</c><00:21:30.700><c> occasion</c><00:21:31.079><c> Jesus'</c><00:21:32.119><c> disciples</c><00:21:32.119><c> came</c>

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to<00:21:32.599><c> Jesus</c><00:21:33.000><c> and</c><00:21:33.059><c> said,</c>

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Lord,<00:21:33.980><c> teach</c><00:21:34.200><c> us</c><00:21:34.460><c> how</c><00:21:34.700><c> to</c><00:21:34.859><c> pray</c><00:21:35.099><c> as</c><00:21:35.380><c> John</c><00:21:35.700><c> taught</c><00:21:35.980><c> his</c><00:21:36.319><c> disciples.</c>

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So<00:21:38.259><c> John</c><00:21:38.400><c> was</c><00:21:38.640><c> far</c><00:21:39.039><c> from</c><00:21:39.240><c> a</c><00:21:39.559><c> one</c><00:21:39.880><c> dimensional</c><00:21:40.380><c> character.</c>

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He<00:21:41.400><c> was</c><00:21:41.579><c> no</c><00:21:41.779><c> cardboard</c><00:21:42.259><c> cut</c><00:21:42.599><c> out.</c>

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He<00:21:44.000><c> was</c><00:21:44.259><c> a</c><00:21:44.420><c> real</c><00:21:44.640><c> person.</c>

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And<00:21:46.559><c> those</c><00:21:46.799><c> years</c><00:21:47.240><c> that</c><00:21:47.400><c> he</c><00:21:47.559><c> spent</c><00:21:47.720><c> in</c><00:21:47.859><c> the</c><00:21:48.019><c> wilderness</c><00:21:48.259><c> with</c>

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those<00:21:48.920><c> disciples</c><00:21:49.420><c> had</c><00:21:49.740><c> an</c><00:21:50.039><c> enormous</c><00:21:50.380><c> effect</c><00:21:50.740><c> on</c><00:21:50.960><c> them.</c>

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He<00:21:51.700><c> taught</c><00:21:51.900><c> them</c><00:21:52.059><c> how</c><00:21:52.240><c> to</c><00:21:52.400><c> pray.</c><00:21:52.859><c> He</c><00:21:52.980><c> taught</c><00:21:53.180><c> them</c><00:21:53.339><c> how</c><00:21:53.519><c> to</c><00:21:53.779><c> live.</c>

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He<00:21:55.079><c> understood</c><00:21:55.859><c> the</c><00:21:56.640><c> Old</c><00:21:56.859><c> Testament.</c>

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He<00:21:57.839><c> showed</c><00:21:58.119><c> them,</c><00:21:58.619><c> you</c><00:21:58.900><c> imagine</c><00:21:59.140><c> him</c><00:21:59.339><c> going</c><00:21:59.599><c> through</c><00:21:59.859><c> the</c><00:22:00.079><c> prophecies</c><00:22:01.160><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:01.559><c> Old</c><00:22:01.759><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:22:03.259><c> you</c><00:22:03.500><c> point</c><00:22:03.680><c> out</c><00:22:04.019><c> that</c><00:22:04.200><c> his</c><00:22:04.440><c> ministry</c><00:22:04.779><c> was</c><00:22:05.059><c> there</c><00:22:05.220><c> in</c><00:22:05.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:05.640><c> chapter</c><00:22:05.960><c> 40.</c>

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So<00:22:07.180><c> there</c><00:22:07.519><c> was</c><00:22:07.759><c> a</c><00:22:07.980><c> reluctance</c><00:22:08.420><c> on</c><00:22:08.599><c> their</c><00:22:08.839><c> part</c><00:22:09.059><c> to</c><00:22:09.240><c> leave</c><00:22:09.559><c> John</c>

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the<00:22:10.019><c> Baptist</c><00:22:10.299><c> and</c><00:22:10.539><c> go</c><00:22:10.779><c> with</c><00:22:10.980><c> the</c><00:22:11.160><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:22:12.359><c> he</c><00:22:12.460><c> said,</c><00:22:12.819><c> Look,</c><00:22:12.980><c> I</c><00:22:13.180><c> am</c><00:22:13.319><c> the</c><00:22:13.579><c> friend</c><00:22:13.740><c> of</c><00:22:13.900><c> the</c><00:22:14.119><c> bridegroom.</c>

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He<00:22:15.539><c> must</c><00:22:15.880><c> increase,</c><00:22:17.680><c> but</c><00:22:17.900><c> I</c><00:22:18.140><c> must</c><00:22:18.460><c> decrease.</c>

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That's<00:22:20.759><c> a</c><00:22:20.839><c> wonderful</c><00:22:21.259><c> attitude.</c>

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It's<00:22:23.539><c> the</c><00:22:23.660><c> same</c><00:22:23.900><c> attitude</c><00:22:24.200><c> we</c><00:22:24.420><c> have</c><00:22:24.640><c> to</c><00:22:24.799><c> have.</c>

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Christ<00:22:27.660><c> must</c><00:22:27.940><c> increase</c><00:22:28.420><c> in</c><00:22:28.559><c> my</c><00:22:28.799><c> life</c><00:22:29.140><c> and</c><00:22:29.619><c> I</c><00:22:29.759><c> must</c><00:22:30.000><c> decrease.</c>

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It's<00:22:32.480><c> the</c><00:22:32.559><c> Son</c><00:22:32.779><c> of</c><00:22:32.940><c> God.</c>

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As<00:22:33.599><c> we</c><00:22:33.799><c> develop</c><00:22:34.380><c> in</c><00:22:35.180><c> our</c><00:22:35.559><c> discipleship</c><00:22:36.140><c> and</c><00:22:36.279><c> our</c><00:22:36.579><c> service</c><00:22:36.880><c> to</c><00:22:37.119><c> Christ,</c>

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what<00:22:39.700><c> God</c><00:22:39.980><c> wants</c><00:22:40.279><c> people</c><00:22:40.559><c> to</c><00:22:40.799><c> see</c><00:22:40.940><c> in</c><00:22:41.059><c> us</c><00:22:41.720><c> is</c><00:22:42.599><c> a</c><00:22:42.779><c> reflection</c><00:22:43.099><c> of</c>

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his<00:22:43.519><c> Son.</c>

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And<00:22:45.859><c> after</c><00:22:46.119><c> all,</c><00:22:46.319><c> that's</c><00:22:46.460><c> what</c><00:22:46.579><c> we</c><00:22:46.740><c> hope</c><00:22:46.960><c> he</c><00:22:47.099><c> sees,</c><00:22:48.380><c> that</c><00:22:48.480><c> the</c>

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judgment<00:22:49.000><c> sees.</c>

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We<00:22:50.019><c> hope</c><00:22:50.200><c> that</c><00:22:50.359><c> the</c><00:22:50.460><c> Lord</c><00:22:50.640><c> looks</c><00:22:50.940><c> at</c><00:22:51.119><c> us</c><00:22:51.319><c> and</c><00:22:51.440><c> says,</c>

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I<00:22:52.799><c> can</c><00:22:53.160><c> see</c><00:22:53.339><c> in</c><00:22:53.500><c> you</c><00:22:54.700><c> a</c><00:22:55.140><c> reflection</c><00:22:55.440><c> of</c><00:22:55.619><c> my</c><00:22:55.759><c> own</c><00:22:55.980><c> character,</c>

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having<00:22:57.380><c> been</c><00:22:57.660><c> developed</c><00:22:58.059><c> over</c><00:22:58.359><c> those</c><00:22:58.619><c> years</c><00:22:59.440><c> of</c><00:22:59.740><c> your</c><00:22:59.920><c> discipleship.</c>

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And<00:23:03.720><c> so</c><00:23:04.240><c> John</c><00:23:05.500><c> tries</c><00:23:06.079><c> to</c><00:23:07.119><c> tell</c><00:23:07.519><c> his</c><00:23:07.980><c> disciples</c><00:23:08.579><c> that</c><00:23:08.900><c> his</c><00:23:09.099><c> great</c><00:23:09.359><c> joy</c>

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was<00:23:09.920><c> in</c><00:23:10.859><c> introducing</c><00:23:11.759><c> others</c><00:23:12.819><c> to</c><00:23:13.819><c> the</c><00:23:15.019><c> bridegroom.</c>

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And<00:23:16.579><c> his</c><00:23:16.819><c> role</c><00:23:17.000><c> was</c><00:23:17.200><c> as</c><00:23:17.339><c> the</c><00:23:17.519><c> friend</c><00:23:17.759><c> of</c><00:23:17.960><c> the</c><00:23:18.099><c> bridegroom.</c>

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Now<00:23:22.180><c> the</c><00:23:22.660><c> issue</c><00:23:23.059><c> became</c><00:23:23.880><c> too</c><00:23:25.140><c> big</c><00:23:25.400><c> for</c><00:23:25.619><c> the</c><00:23:25.799><c> religious</c><00:23:26.140><c> leaders</c><00:23:26.440><c> of</c><00:23:26.640><c> the</c><00:23:26.759><c> nation.</c>

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Now<00:23:27.819><c> they</c><00:23:27.900><c> had</c><00:23:28.039><c> not</c><00:23:28.259><c> only</c><00:23:28.460><c> John</c><00:23:28.660><c> the</c><00:23:28.859><c> Baptist,</c>

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but<00:23:29.380><c> of</c><00:23:29.500><c> course</c><00:23:29.740><c> they</c><00:23:29.839><c> had</c><00:23:30.019><c> the</c><00:23:30.859><c> Lord</c><00:23:31.240><c> reveal</c><00:23:31.700><c> that</c><00:23:31.880><c> he</c><00:23:32.039><c> was</c><00:23:32.279><c> beginning</c><00:23:32.519><c> to</c><00:23:32.759><c> baptise</c>

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and<00:23:33.759><c> it</c><00:23:34.039><c> was</c><00:23:34.279><c> getting</c><00:23:34.500><c> out</c><00:23:34.720><c> of</c><00:23:34.859><c> control</c><00:23:35.160><c> as</c><00:23:35.359><c> far</c><00:23:35.500><c> as</c><00:23:35.539><c> they</c><00:23:35.720><c> were</c><00:23:35.859><c> concerned.</c>

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And<00:23:37.420><c> it</c><00:23:37.539><c> appears</c><00:23:38.039><c> as</c><00:23:38.519><c> though</c><00:23:38.779><c> reading</c><00:23:39.079><c> between</c><00:23:39.519><c> the</c><00:23:39.700><c> lines</c><00:23:39.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:40.099><c> records</c>

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that<00:23:40.599><c> they</c><00:23:40.880><c> put</c><00:23:41.339><c> some</c><00:23:41.819><c> heat</c><00:23:42.039><c> on</c><00:23:42.500><c> Herod</c><00:23:43.079><c> to</c><00:23:43.900><c> try</c><00:23:44.099><c> and</c><00:23:44.299><c> curtail</c>

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the<00:23:44.920><c> activities</c><00:23:45.380><c> of</c><00:23:46.460><c> John</c><00:23:46.720><c> the</c><00:23:46.900><c> Baptist.</c>

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It<00:23:48.099><c> doesn't</c><00:23:48.380><c> seem</c><00:23:48.640><c> to</c><00:23:48.759><c> be</c><00:23:48.920><c> only</c><00:23:49.160><c> the</c><00:23:49.339><c> fact</c><00:23:49.519><c> that</c><00:23:49.680><c> John</c><00:23:49.880><c> was</c>

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telling<00:23:50.519><c> Herod</c>

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that<00:23:51.039><c> what</c><00:23:51.480><c> he'd</c><00:23:51.660><c> done</c><00:23:51.859><c> in</c><00:23:52.000><c> taking</c><00:23:52.240><c> another</c><00:23:52.500><c> man's</c><00:23:52.799><c> wife</c><00:23:52.940><c> was</c><00:23:53.160><c> unlawful,</c>

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but<00:23:54.619><c> also</c><00:23:55.019><c> the</c><00:23:55.240><c> fact</c><00:23:55.420><c> that</c><00:23:56.400><c> both</c><00:23:56.799><c> John</c><00:23:57.019><c> and</c><00:23:57.140><c> Jesus</c><00:23:57.480><c> now</c><00:23:57.779><c> in</c>

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their<00:23:58.119><c> ministries</c>

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were<00:23:58.720><c> causing</c><00:23:59.019><c> too</c><00:23:59.259><c> much</c><00:23:59.440><c> of</c><00:23:59.619><c> a</c><00:23:59.700><c> problem</c><00:23:59.960><c> for</c><00:24:00.160><c> the</c><00:24:00.299><c> religious</c><00:24:00.619><c> leaders.</c>

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So<00:24:02.619><c> we</c><00:24:02.759><c> find</c><00:24:02.980><c> that</c><00:24:03.180><c> what</c><00:24:03.339><c> happens</c><00:24:03.819><c> is</c><00:24:04.660><c> that</c><00:24:04.880><c> John</c><00:24:05.319><c> is</c><00:24:05.859><c> arrested</c>

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and<00:24:08.579><c> he</c><00:24:09.099><c> is</c><00:24:09.339><c> cast</c><00:24:09.619><c> into</c><00:24:09.859><c> prison</c><00:24:10.579><c> by</c><00:24:10.900><c> Herod</c><00:24:11.859><c> and</c><00:24:12.759><c> Jesus</c><00:24:13.299><c> then</c><00:24:13.759><c> decides</c><00:24:14.420><c> to</c>

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leave<00:24:15.480><c> the</c><00:24:15.779><c> area.</c>

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And<00:24:18.119><c> take</c><00:24:18.460><c> his</c><00:24:18.839><c> disciples</c><00:24:19.359><c> away</c><00:24:20.160><c> so</c><00:24:21.259><c> that</c><00:24:21.440><c> his</c><00:24:21.680><c> ministry</c><00:24:22.220><c> could</c><00:24:23.960><c> grow</c>

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and<00:24:26.859><c> he</c><00:24:26.980><c> could</c><00:24:27.539><c> shield</c><00:24:27.900><c> his</c><00:24:28.200><c> disciples</c><00:24:28.700><c> from</c><00:24:28.940><c> the</c><00:24:29.079><c> sort</c><00:24:29.240><c> of</c><00:24:29.539><c> persecution</c>

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they<00:24:30.279><c> were</c><00:24:30.420><c> likely</c><00:24:30.619><c> to</c><00:24:30.900><c> receive</c><00:24:31.200><c> down</c><00:24:31.839><c> closer</c><00:24:32.279><c> to</c><00:24:32.559><c> the</c><00:24:32.660><c> area</c>

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of<00:24:33.220><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:24:35.859><c> Jesus</c><00:24:36.339><c> departs</c><00:24:37.240><c> to</c><00:24:37.400><c> the</c><00:24:37.559><c> north,</c><00:24:37.940><c> to</c><00:24:38.099><c> Galilee,</c><00:24:38.440><c> we're</c><00:24:38.660><c> told</c>

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in<00:24:39.980><c> John</c><00:24:40.319><c> chapter</c><00:24:40.640><c> 4,</c>

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and<00:24:42.240><c> John</c><00:24:42.539><c> the</c><00:24:42.680><c> Baptist</c><00:24:42.980><c> is</c><00:24:43.240><c> taken</c><00:24:43.480><c> and</c><00:24:43.680><c> thrown</c><00:24:43.799><c> into</c><00:24:43.960><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:24:46.259><c> he</c><00:24:46.420><c> was</c><00:24:46.680><c> imprisoned</c><00:24:47.220><c> down</c><00:24:47.880><c> by</c><00:24:48.079><c> the</c><00:24:48.200><c> Dead</c><00:24:48.380><c> Sea</c>

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in<00:24:49.720><c> one</c><00:24:50.240><c> of</c><00:24:50.519><c> Herod's</c><00:24:51.200><c> fortresses</c><00:24:51.819><c> known</c><00:24:52.119><c> as</c><00:24:52.279><c> Macharis.</c>

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It<00:24:53.579><c> was</c><00:24:53.759><c> known</c><00:24:54.160><c> as</c><00:24:54.680><c> the</c><00:24:54.880><c> Black</c><00:24:55.460><c> Castle,</c><00:24:57.500><c> obviously</c><00:24:57.859><c> a</c><00:24:58.420><c> foreboding</c><00:24:58.920><c> place.</c>

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Very<00:25:01.720><c> difficult</c><00:25:02.039><c> for</c><00:25:02.259><c> John</c><00:25:02.500><c> the</c><00:25:02.700><c> Baptist</c><00:25:03.019><c> to</c><00:25:03.299><c> be</c><00:25:03.480><c> thrown</c><00:25:03.579><c> into</c><00:25:03.799><c> prison.</c>

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A<00:25:05.859><c> man</c><00:25:06.059><c> who'd</c><00:25:06.319><c> grown</c><00:25:06.539><c> up</c><00:25:06.799><c> all</c><00:25:06.960><c> his</c><00:25:07.079><c> life</c><00:25:07.339><c> in</c><00:25:07.500><c> the</c><00:25:07.619><c> wilderness</c>

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and<00:25:08.440><c> spent</c><00:25:08.660><c> his</c><00:25:08.900><c> days</c><00:25:09.140><c> roving</c><00:25:09.539><c> around</c><00:25:10.740><c> the</c><00:25:11.640><c> wilderness</c><00:25:12.259><c> of</c><00:25:13.000><c> Judea</c>

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would<00:25:14.259><c> have</c><00:25:14.440><c> found</c><00:25:14.559><c> it</c><00:25:15.480><c> incredibly</c><00:25:15.920><c> difficult</c><00:25:16.319><c> to</c><00:25:16.599><c> suddenly</c>

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be<00:25:17.119><c> confined</c><00:25:17.700><c> to</c><00:25:18.400><c> a</c><00:25:18.519><c> prison</c><00:25:18.799><c> cell.</c>

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He<00:25:20.740><c> did</c><00:25:20.940><c> at</c><00:25:21.079><c> least</c><00:25:21.299><c> have</c><00:25:21.559><c> access</c><00:25:21.980><c> to</c><00:25:22.200><c> his</c><00:25:22.480><c> disciples</c><00:25:22.980><c> and</c><00:25:23.180><c> we're</c><00:25:23.400><c> told</c>

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that<00:25:23.819><c> in</c><00:25:23.920><c> Matthew</c><00:25:24.240><c> chapter</c><00:25:24.579><c> 11.</c>

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In<00:25:27.220><c> Matthew</c><00:25:27.619><c> 11,</c><00:25:29.539><c> some</c><00:25:29.799><c> of</c><00:25:29.900><c> those</c><00:25:30.240><c> disciples</c><00:25:30.660><c> are</c><00:25:31.000><c> sent</c><00:25:31.299><c> by</c><00:25:32.460><c> John</c><00:25:33.099><c> to</c>

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talk<00:25:33.940><c> with</c><00:25:34.099><c> Jesus.</c>

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It<00:25:46.960><c> says</c><00:25:47.200><c> in</c><00:25:47.299><c> verse</c><00:25:47.559><c> 2</c><00:25:48.259><c> of</c><00:25:48.460><c> Matthew</c><00:25:48.819><c> 11,</c>

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Now<00:25:49.279><c> when</c><00:25:49.440><c> John</c><00:25:49.660><c> had</c><00:25:49.880><c> heard</c><00:25:50.019><c> in</c><00:25:50.180><c> the</c><00:25:50.339><c> prison</c><00:25:50.500><c> the</c><00:25:50.720><c> works</c><00:25:50.900><c> of</c><00:25:51.059><c> Jesus,</c>

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he<00:25:51.599><c> sent</c><00:25:51.799><c> two</c><00:25:52.039><c> of</c><00:25:52.140><c> his</c><00:25:52.359><c> disciples</c><00:25:52.880><c> and</c><00:25:54.180><c> he</c><00:25:54.359><c> said</c><00:25:54.519><c> unto</c><00:25:54.759><c> him,</c>

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Are<00:25:55.480><c> you</c><00:25:55.740><c> the</c><00:25:55.819><c> one</c><00:25:56.039><c> that</c><00:25:56.160><c> should</c><00:25:56.339><c> come</c><00:25:56.599><c> or</c><00:25:56.720><c> do</c><00:25:56.900><c> we</c><00:25:57.000><c> look</c><00:25:57.240><c> for</c><00:25:57.480><c> another?</c>

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And<00:25:59.680><c> Jesus</c><00:26:00.000><c> answered</c><00:26:00.359><c> and</c><00:26:00.519><c> said</c><00:26:00.720><c> to</c><00:26:00.819><c> them,</c>

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Go<00:26:01.339><c> and</c><00:26:01.539><c> show</c><00:26:01.839><c> John</c><00:26:02.119><c> again</c><00:26:02.440><c> those</c><00:26:02.799><c> things</c><00:26:03.140><c> which</c><00:26:03.460><c> you</c><00:26:04.019><c> hear</c>

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and<00:26:05.160><c> see.</c>

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The<00:26:06.779><c> blind</c><00:26:07.160><c> receive</c><00:26:07.680><c> their</c><00:26:08.059><c> sight,</c><00:26:08.519><c> the</c><00:26:08.779><c> lame</c><00:26:09.039><c> walk,</c><00:26:09.420><c> the</c><00:26:09.640><c> lepers</c><00:26:09.839><c> are</c><00:26:10.119><c> cleansed,</c>

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the<00:26:10.940><c> deaf</c><00:26:11.119><c> hear,</c><00:26:11.799><c> the</c><00:26:12.059><c> dead</c><00:26:12.380><c> are</c><00:26:12.799><c> raised,</c><00:26:14.359><c> and</c><00:26:15.019><c> the</c><00:26:15.279><c> poor</c><00:26:15.579><c> have</c>

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the<00:26:16.180><c> gospel</c><00:26:16.539><c> preached</c><00:26:16.940><c> to</c><00:26:17.119><c> them.</c>

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Think<00:26:19.819><c> about</c><00:26:20.000><c> what</c><00:26:20.140><c> he</c><00:26:20.319><c> says</c><00:26:20.660><c> there.</c>

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All<00:26:24.819><c> of</c><00:26:25.420><c> those</c><00:26:25.720><c> things</c><00:26:26.319><c> are</c><00:26:27.500><c> spoken</c><00:26:27.839><c> of</c><00:26:28.099><c> in</c><00:26:28.259><c> the</c><00:26:28.500><c> prophecies</c>

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of<00:26:29.359><c> Isaiah.</c>

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We're<00:26:30.680><c> not</c><00:26:30.839><c> going</c><00:26:30.980><c> to</c><00:26:31.099><c> go</c><00:26:31.240><c> to</c><00:26:31.279><c> them,</c><00:26:31.519><c> we'll</c><00:26:31.799><c> run</c><00:26:31.960><c> out</c><00:26:32.140><c> of</c><00:26:32.279><c> time,</c>

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but<00:26:32.940><c> you</c><00:26:33.240><c> can</c><00:26:33.380><c> go</c><00:26:33.599><c> back</c><00:26:33.980><c> and</c><00:26:34.279><c> you</c><00:26:34.279><c> can</c><00:26:34.579><c> find</c><00:26:34.819><c> them</c><00:26:35.640><c> in</c><00:26:36.000><c> Isaiah</c>

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29,<00:26:38.019><c> in</c><00:26:38.160><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:38.519><c> 35,</c><00:26:41.079><c> in</c><00:26:41.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:41.640><c> 61.</c>

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All<00:26:44.400><c> of</c><00:26:44.559><c> those</c><00:26:44.819><c> things</c><00:26:45.519><c> are</c><00:26:46.599><c> prophecies</c><00:26:47.019><c> of</c><00:26:47.180><c> the</c><00:26:47.380><c> kingdom.</c>

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Then<00:26:50.279><c> what</c><00:26:50.519><c> would</c><00:26:50.759><c> happen</c><00:26:51.059><c> in</c><00:26:51.259><c> the</c><00:26:51.359><c> kingdom</c><00:26:51.559><c> of</c><00:26:51.779><c> God?</c>

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And<00:26:53.799><c> John</c><00:26:53.960><c> the</c><00:26:54.160><c> Baptist,</c><00:26:54.940><c> when</c><00:26:55.079><c> he</c><00:26:55.200><c> first</c><00:26:55.500><c> went</c><00:26:55.680><c> out</c><00:26:55.920><c> he</c><00:26:56.019><c> said,</c>

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Behold,<00:26:58.680><c> the</c><00:26:58.920><c> kingdom</c><00:26:59.279><c> of</c><00:26:59.539><c> God</c><00:26:59.720><c> is</c><00:26:59.980><c> coming.</c>

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Prepare<00:27:02.240><c> to</c><00:27:02.500><c> receive</c><00:27:02.799><c> the</c><00:27:03.019><c> Messiah.</c>

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So<00:27:06.619><c> Jesus</c><00:27:07.180><c> reinforces</c><00:27:08.200><c> that</c><00:27:08.559><c> by</c><00:27:09.240><c> saying</c><00:27:09.880><c> to</c><00:27:10.119><c> John,</c>

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Remember<00:27:11.180><c> what</c><00:27:11.380><c> the</c><00:27:11.559><c> works</c><00:27:11.759><c> of</c><00:27:11.900><c> the</c><00:27:12.039><c> kingdom</c><00:27:12.220><c> were?</c>

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I'm<00:27:14.599><c> the</c><00:27:14.660><c> one</c><00:27:14.839><c> that</c><00:27:15.019><c> should</c><00:27:15.220><c> come</c><00:27:15.400><c> because</c><00:27:15.640><c> I'm</c><00:27:15.880><c> doing</c><00:27:16.200><c> the</c><00:27:16.440><c> works</c><00:27:16.660><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:16.980><c> kingdom</c><00:27:17.279><c> that</c><00:27:17.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:17.880><c> spoke</c><00:27:18.240><c> about.</c>

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But<00:27:21.039><c> he</c><00:27:21.220><c> says,</c><00:27:23.220><c> the</c><00:27:23.240><c> poor</c><00:27:23.720><c> have</c><00:27:24.680><c> the</c><00:27:24.960><c> gospel</c><00:27:26.059><c> preached</c><00:27:26.700><c> to</c><00:27:26.920><c> them.</c>

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Remember<00:27:30.880><c> John</c><00:27:31.099><c> when</c><00:27:31.240><c> you</c><00:27:31.380><c> were</c><00:27:31.480><c> out</c><00:27:31.619><c> in</c><00:27:31.740><c> the</c><00:27:31.839><c> wilderness</c><00:27:32.440><c> and</c>

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you<00:27:33.839><c> were</c><00:27:34.019><c> talking</c><00:27:34.240><c> to</c><00:27:34.380><c> people?</c>

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Remember<00:27:36.759><c> your</c><00:27:37.039><c> prophecy</c><00:27:37.480><c> of</c><00:27:37.720><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:38.119><c> chapter</c><00:27:38.420><c> 40?</c>

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What<00:27:40.460><c> was</c><00:27:40.839><c> it</c><00:27:41.559><c> that</c><00:27:42.220><c> lifted</c><00:27:42.579><c> people</c><00:27:42.960><c> out</c><00:27:43.160><c> of</c><00:27:43.279><c> the</c><00:27:43.420><c> valley?</c>

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It<00:27:45.339><c> was</c><00:27:45.619><c> the</c><00:27:45.759><c> preaching</c><00:27:46.160><c> of</c><00:27:46.680><c> the</c><00:27:46.859><c> gospel</c><00:27:47.319><c> of</c><00:27:47.660><c> the</c><00:27:47.819><c> kingdom</c><00:27:48.220><c> of</c><00:27:48.539><c> God.</c>

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What<00:27:50.680><c> is</c><00:27:50.859><c> it</c><00:27:50.960><c> that</c><00:27:51.039><c> can</c><00:27:51.200><c> lift</c><00:27:51.400><c> people</c><00:27:51.700><c> out</c><00:27:51.880><c> of</c><00:27:51.980><c> a</c><00:27:52.119><c> valley</c><00:27:52.299><c> now?</c>

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So<00:27:54.880><c> we</c><00:27:55.000><c> have</c><00:27:55.220><c> contact</c><00:27:55.640><c> with</c><00:27:55.880><c> our</c><00:27:56.039><c> eldest</c><00:27:56.220><c> daughter</c><00:27:56.440><c> Miriam</c>

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and<00:27:56.940><c> her</c><00:27:57.019><c> husband</c><00:27:57.460><c> Mitchell.</c>

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They're<00:27:58.019><c> in</c><00:27:58.180><c> Africa</c><00:27:58.539><c> at</c><00:27:58.680><c> the</c><00:27:58.839><c> moment</c><00:27:59.000><c> preaching.</c>

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And<00:28:00.839><c> we</c><00:28:00.940><c> talk</c><00:28:01.160><c> to</c><00:28:01.200><c> them</c><00:28:01.299><c> on</c><00:28:01.519><c> Skype</c><00:28:01.799><c> and</c><00:28:01.980><c> I</c><00:28:01.980><c> know</c><00:28:02.180><c> John</c><00:28:02.660><c> Dennis</c>

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is<00:28:03.119><c> here,</c><00:28:03.200><c> he's</c><00:28:03.380><c> been</c><00:28:03.640><c> there.</c>

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We've<00:28:05.579><c> just</c><00:28:05.759><c> been</c><00:28:05.900><c> in</c><00:28:06.079><c> Vanuatu</c><00:28:06.500><c> as</c><00:28:06.660><c> you</c><00:28:06.799><c> know.</c>

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A<00:28:08.420><c> lot</c><00:28:08.599><c> of</c><00:28:08.720><c> these</c><00:28:08.819><c> people</c><00:28:09.079><c> in</c><00:28:09.220><c> these</c><00:28:09.420><c> countries</c><00:28:09.720><c> have</c>

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absolutely<00:28:10.539><c> nothing.</c>

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I<00:28:11.359><c> said</c><00:28:11.519><c> that</c><00:28:11.680><c> last</c><00:28:11.920><c> night</c><00:28:12.099><c> when</c><00:28:12.200><c> I</c><00:28:12.279><c> was</c><00:28:12.380><c> talking</c><00:28:12.559><c> about</c><00:28:12.779><c> the</c>

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brothers<00:28:13.160><c> and</c><00:28:13.380><c> sisters</c><00:28:13.599><c> in</c><00:28:14.140><c> Vanuatu.</c>

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But<00:28:14.740><c> you</c><00:28:14.880><c> know</c><00:28:14.980><c> what</c><00:28:15.059><c> they</c><00:28:15.180><c> do</c><00:28:15.500><c> have?</c>

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They<00:28:17.640><c> have</c><00:28:17.779><c> the</c><00:28:17.940><c> gospel</c><00:28:18.460><c> of</c><00:28:18.900><c> the</c><00:28:19.059><c> kingdom</c><00:28:19.400><c> of</c><00:28:19.660><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:28:22.720><c> what</c><00:28:22.900><c> Jesus</c><00:28:23.220><c> said,</c><00:28:23.480><c> the</c><00:28:23.700><c> poor</c><00:28:23.960><c> have</c><00:28:24.140><c> the</c><00:28:24.359><c> gospel</c><00:28:24.700><c> preached</c><00:28:24.980><c> to</c><00:28:25.099><c> them.</c>

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What<00:28:26.140><c> better</c><00:28:26.619><c> thing</c><00:28:27.240><c> could</c><00:28:28.380><c> you</c><00:28:28.619><c> give</c><00:28:28.779><c> anybody</c><00:28:29.420><c> than</c><00:28:30.819><c> the</c><00:28:31.000><c> gospel</c><00:28:31.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:31.619><c> kingdom</c><00:28:31.839><c> of</c><00:28:32.099><c> God?</c>

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You<00:28:34.000><c> know</c><00:28:34.480><c> Vanuatu</c><00:28:35.079><c> was</c><00:28:35.339><c> said</c><00:28:35.500><c> to</c><00:28:35.599><c> be</c><00:28:35.700><c> the</c><00:28:35.839><c> happiest</c><00:28:36.099><c> country</c>

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in<00:28:36.579><c> the</c><00:28:36.680><c> world.</c>

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They<00:28:37.019><c> did</c><00:28:37.160><c> a</c><00:28:37.279><c> world</c><00:28:37.480><c> happiness</c><00:28:37.900><c> survey</c><00:28:38.259><c> for</c><00:28:38.460><c> what</c><00:28:38.599><c> it's</c><00:28:38.859><c> worth</c>

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and<00:28:39.140><c> they</c><00:28:39.339><c> surveyed</c><00:28:39.700><c> 147</c><00:28:40.579><c> countries.</c>

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And<00:28:41.839><c> they</c><00:28:42.180><c> said</c><00:28:42.440><c> the</c><00:28:42.700><c> happiest</c><00:28:43.099><c> people</c><00:28:44.160><c> live</c><00:28:44.480><c> in</c><00:28:44.640><c> Vanuatu.</c>

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Because<00:28:47.400><c> they</c><00:28:47.619><c> don't</c><00:28:47.920><c> know</c><00:28:48.160><c> for</c><00:28:48.339><c> the</c><00:28:48.480><c> most</c><00:28:48.700><c> part</c><00:28:48.900><c> what</c><00:28:49.079><c> everybody</c><00:28:49.420><c> else</c><00:28:49.779><c> has.</c>

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And<00:28:51.200><c> to</c><00:28:51.299><c> them</c><00:28:51.440><c> it</c><00:28:51.839><c> doesn't</c><00:28:52.359><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:28:54.799><c> the</c><00:28:54.920><c> happiest</c><00:28:55.220><c> people</c><00:28:55.599><c> in</c><00:28:55.759><c> Vanuatu</c><00:28:56.480><c> amongst</c><00:28:56.960><c> those</c><00:28:57.279><c> would</c><00:28:57.480><c> be</c>

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those<00:28:57.920><c> who</c><00:28:58.140><c> have</c><00:28:58.299><c> the</c><00:28:58.480><c> gospel</c><00:28:58.859><c> of</c><00:28:59.059><c> the</c><00:28:59.200><c> kingdom</c><00:28:59.440><c> of</c><00:28:59.720><c> God.</c>

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They<00:29:00.519><c> are</c><00:29:00.799><c> poor</c><00:29:01.119><c> in</c><00:29:01.299><c> this</c><00:29:01.640><c> world,</c><00:29:02.920><c> but</c><00:29:03.019><c> they're</c><00:29:03.160><c> rich</c><00:29:03.359><c> in</c><00:29:03.579><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:29:06.359><c> that's</c><00:29:06.579><c> what</c><00:29:07.400><c> John</c><00:29:07.740><c> the</c><00:29:07.920><c> Baptist</c><00:29:08.380><c> received</c><00:29:09.160><c> from</c><00:29:09.380><c> Jesus</c>

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when<00:29:10.779><c> he</c><00:29:10.900><c> got</c><00:29:11.079><c> that</c><00:29:11.359><c> message</c><00:29:11.680><c> back</c><00:29:12.119><c> from</c><00:29:12.559><c> his</c><00:29:12.839><c> disciples.</c>

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John<00:29:14.160><c> perhaps</c><00:29:14.680><c> had</c><00:29:14.920><c> that</c><00:29:15.299><c> picture</c><00:29:15.500><c> in</c><00:29:15.579><c> his</c><00:29:15.880><c> mind</c><00:29:16.039><c> of</c><00:29:16.279><c> Malachi</c>

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chapter<00:29:17.140><c> 4,</c>

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the<00:29:17.619><c> days</c><00:29:17.980><c> coming</c><00:29:18.259><c> that</c><00:29:18.480><c> shall</c><00:29:18.680><c> burn</c><00:29:19.000><c> as</c><00:29:19.200><c> an</c><00:29:19.380><c> oven.</c>

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And<00:29:20.259><c> Jesus</c><00:29:20.559><c> is</c><00:29:20.799><c> going</c><00:29:20.920><c> to</c><00:29:21.039><c> come</c><00:29:21.299><c> and</c><00:29:21.559><c> get</c><00:29:21.720><c> the</c><00:29:21.940><c> pitchfork</c><00:29:22.420><c> and</c>

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throw<00:29:23.059><c> it</c><00:29:23.240><c> in</c><00:29:23.380><c> and</c><00:29:23.599><c> turn</c><00:29:23.799><c> people</c><00:29:24.180><c> over.</c>

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And<00:29:25.079><c> those</c><00:29:25.339><c> that</c><00:29:25.539><c> are</c><00:29:25.680><c> charred</c><00:29:25.799><c> are</c><00:29:25.960><c> going</c><00:29:26.019><c> to</c><00:29:26.140><c> be</c><00:29:26.359><c> burned</c>

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with<00:29:26.859><c> unquenchable</c><00:29:27.440><c> fire.</c>

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And<00:29:28.400><c> there's</c><00:29:28.599><c> an</c><00:29:28.779><c> image</c><00:29:29.019><c> of</c><00:29:29.180><c> that</c><00:29:29.359><c> in</c><00:29:29.519><c> Malachi</c><00:29:29.819><c> chapter</c><00:29:30.140><c> 4.</c>

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John<00:29:32.059><c> it's</c><00:29:32.319><c> not</c><00:29:32.519><c> yet.</c>

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That<00:29:34.220><c> time</c><00:29:34.380><c> will</c><00:29:34.619><c> come.</c>

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But<00:29:35.420><c> now</c><00:29:35.839><c> is</c><00:29:36.099><c> the</c><00:29:36.319><c> time</c><00:29:36.599><c> for</c><00:29:36.839><c> the</c><00:29:36.980><c> gospel</c><00:29:37.339><c> of</c><00:29:37.539><c> the</c><00:29:37.680><c> kingdom</c><00:29:37.900><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:38.299><c> to</c><00:29:38.579><c> work</c><00:29:38.799><c> in</c><00:29:38.980><c> people's</c><00:29:39.559><c> lives.</c>

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:44.839
And<00:29:41.339><c> the</c><00:29:41.539><c> poor</c><00:29:41.660><c> to</c><00:29:41.920><c> receive</c><00:29:42.140><c> it</c><00:29:42.460><c> and</c><00:29:42.599><c> those</c><00:29:42.960><c> with</c><00:29:43.240><c> disabilities</c><00:29:43.799><c> to</c><00:29:44.220><c> be</c><00:29:44.460><c> healed.</c>

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Because<00:29:45.579><c> that's</c><00:29:45.940><c> the</c><00:29:46.079><c> work</c><00:29:46.259><c> of</c><00:29:46.440><c> the</c><00:29:46.579><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:29:48.640><c> he</c><00:29:48.759><c> said</c><00:29:48.920><c> blessed</c><00:29:49.400><c> is</c><00:29:49.880><c> he</c><00:29:50.180><c> who</c><00:29:50.799><c> is</c><00:29:51.000><c> not</c><00:29:51.160><c> offended</c><00:29:51.480><c> in</c><00:29:51.740><c> me.</c>

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And<00:29:52.960><c> as</c><00:29:53.220><c> the</c><00:29:53.460><c> disciples</c><00:29:53.880><c> left</c><00:29:54.180><c> Jesus</c><00:29:54.599><c> said</c><00:29:54.859><c> to</c><00:29:55.039><c> the</c><00:29:55.180><c> multitudes,</c>

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:58.420
What<00:29:56.200><c> did</c><00:29:56.319><c> you</c><00:29:56.460><c> go</c><00:29:56.579><c> out</c><00:29:56.640><c> in</c><00:29:56.720><c> the</c><00:29:56.859><c> wilderness</c><00:29:57.099><c> to</c><00:29:57.400><c> see?</c>

00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:01.000
A<00:29:59.500><c> reed</c><00:29:59.740><c> shaken</c><00:29:59.940><c> with</c><00:30:00.119><c> the</c><00:30:00.279><c> wind?</c>

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What<00:30:02.839><c> did</c><00:30:02.940><c> you</c><00:30:03.099><c> go</c><00:30:03.259><c> out</c><00:30:03.420><c> to</c><00:30:03.519><c> see?</c><00:30:03.740><c> A</c><00:30:03.839><c> man</c><00:30:04.059><c> clothed</c><00:30:04.420><c> in</c><00:30:04.640><c> soft</c><00:30:05.140><c> raiment?</c>

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Behold,<00:30:07.880><c> they</c><00:30:08.039><c> that</c><00:30:08.180><c> wear</c><00:30:08.380><c> soft</c><00:30:08.700><c> clothing</c><00:30:09.000><c> are</c><00:30:09.200><c> in</c><00:30:09.400><c> king's</c><00:30:09.779><c> houses.</c>

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:12.319
What<00:30:10.299><c> did</c><00:30:10.480><c> you</c><00:30:10.599><c> go</c><00:30:10.740><c> out</c><00:30:10.920><c> to</c><00:30:11.059><c> see?</c><00:30:11.279><c> A</c><00:30:11.339><c> prophet?</c>

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:15.279
I<00:30:13.180><c> say</c><00:30:13.420><c> to</c><00:30:13.539><c> you</c><00:30:13.660><c> more</c><00:30:14.000><c> than</c><00:30:14.160><c> a</c><00:30:14.359><c> prophet,</c>

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This<00:30:16.200><c> is</c><00:30:16.400><c> he</c><00:30:16.599><c> of</c><00:30:16.700><c> whom</c><00:30:16.819><c> it</c><00:30:16.920><c> is</c><00:30:17.059><c> written,</c><00:30:17.460><c> I</c><00:30:17.519><c> send</c><00:30:17.779><c> my</c><00:30:18.099><c> messenger</c>

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before<00:30:18.900><c> your</c><00:30:19.180><c> face,</c><00:30:19.559><c> which</c><00:30:19.740><c> shall</c><00:30:19.920><c> prepare</c><00:30:20.240><c> your</c><00:30:20.460><c> way</c><00:30:20.680><c> before</c><00:30:21.019><c> you.</c>

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Verily<00:30:22.980><c> I</c><00:30:23.279><c> say</c><00:30:23.480><c> to</c><00:30:23.599><c> you</c><00:30:23.819><c> among</c><00:30:24.059><c> them</c><00:30:24.400><c> that</c><00:30:24.519><c> are</c><00:30:24.680><c> born</c><00:30:24.859><c> of</c><00:30:25.039><c> women</c>

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:28.819
that<00:30:25.519><c> has</c><00:30:25.740><c> not</c><00:30:25.980><c> risen</c><00:30:26.200><c> are</c><00:30:26.359><c> greater</c><00:30:26.740><c> than</c><00:30:26.960><c> John</c><00:30:27.480><c> the</c><00:30:27.759><c> Baptist.</c>

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:32.599
Notwithstanding<00:30:30.900><c> he</c><00:30:31.240><c> that</c><00:30:31.400><c> is</c><00:30:31.619><c> leased</c><00:30:31.839><c> in</c><00:30:32.059><c> the</c><00:30:32.160><c> kingdom</c><00:30:32.400><c> of</c>

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:34.279
heaven<00:30:32.759><c> is</c><00:30:33.019><c> greater</c><00:30:33.200><c> than</c><00:30:33.359><c> he.</c>

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:38.039
You<00:30:35.559><c> think</c><00:30:35.700><c> of</c><00:30:35.859><c> the</c><00:30:35.940><c> whole</c><00:30:36.200><c> of</c><00:30:36.519><c> human</c><00:30:36.700><c> history.</c>

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There's<00:30:39.640><c> never</c><00:30:39.900><c> been,</c><00:30:41.319><c> Jesus</c><00:30:41.839><c> said,</c><00:30:42.200><c> with</c><00:30:42.319><c> the</c><00:30:42.539><c> exception</c><00:30:42.779><c> of</c>

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:46.279
course<00:30:43.140><c> of</c><00:30:43.339><c> the</c><00:30:43.420><c> Lord</c><00:30:43.559><c> himself,</c><00:30:44.039><c> a</c><00:30:44.240><c> greater</c><00:30:44.480><c> person</c><00:30:44.839><c> than</c><00:30:44.960><c> John</c><00:30:45.200><c> the</c><00:30:45.400><c> Baptist.</c>

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:49.400
And<00:30:47.220><c> they</c><00:30:47.380><c> didn't</c><00:30:47.720><c> appreciate</c><00:30:48.359><c> that.</c>

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:53.059
Would<00:30:49.980><c> any</c><00:30:50.220><c> one</c><00:30:50.339><c> of</c><00:30:50.559><c> them</c><00:30:51.039><c> have</c><00:30:51.900><c> changed</c><00:30:52.220><c> places</c><00:30:52.619><c> with</c><00:30:52.839><c> John</c>

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.119
the<00:30:53.240><c> Baptist?</c>

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Would<00:30:54.940><c> any</c><00:30:55.220><c> one</c><00:30:55.339><c> of</c><00:30:55.579><c> us</c><00:30:56.299><c> like</c><00:30:57.619><c> to</c><00:30:57.839><c> change</c><00:30:58.039><c> places</c><00:30:58.420><c> with</c><00:30:58.579><c> John</c>

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the<00:30:59.019><c> Baptist?</c>

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And<00:31:00.640><c> live</c><00:31:00.740><c> the</c><00:31:00.960><c> life</c><00:31:01.140><c> he</c><00:31:01.400><c> lived?</c>

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:05.799
And<00:31:03.160><c> accept</c><00:31:03.359><c> the</c><00:31:03.539><c> mission</c><00:31:03.740><c> he</c><00:31:03.960><c> had</c><00:31:04.180><c> of</c><00:31:04.359><c> introducing</c><00:31:04.819><c> Jesus?</c>

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:09.619
There's<00:31:07.059><c> enormous</c><00:31:07.440><c> inconsistencies</c><00:31:08.279><c> in</c><00:31:08.400><c> my</c><00:31:08.680><c> life.</c>

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:12.079
If<00:31:09.880><c> I</c><00:31:09.960><c> could</c><00:31:10.119><c> talk</c><00:31:10.380><c> about</c><00:31:10.660><c> John</c><00:31:10.920><c> the</c><00:31:11.099><c> Baptist</c><00:31:11.339><c> I</c><00:31:11.519><c> wish</c><00:31:11.759><c> I</c><00:31:11.839><c> could</c>

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:14.079
live<00:31:12.259><c> the</c><00:31:12.440><c> life</c><00:31:12.579><c> that</c><00:31:12.779><c> John</c><00:31:12.940><c> the</c><00:31:13.059><c> Baptist</c><00:31:13.339><c> lived.</c>

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I'm<00:31:15.299><c> not</c><00:31:15.559><c> worthy</c><00:31:16.220><c> to</c><00:31:16.980><c> stoop</c><00:31:17.160><c> down</c><00:31:17.460><c> and</c><00:31:17.640><c> undo</c><00:31:17.819><c> the</c><00:31:18.140><c> sandal</c><00:31:18.500><c> on</c>

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the<00:31:18.880><c> shoes</c><00:31:19.119><c> of</c><00:31:19.279><c> John</c><00:31:19.539><c> the</c><00:31:19.720><c> Baptist.</c>

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Let<00:31:21.279><c> alone</c><00:31:21.660><c> Jesus.</c>

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:26.420
That<00:31:24.319><c> means</c><00:31:24.599><c> that</c><00:31:24.759><c> Jesus</c><00:31:25.019><c> is</c><00:31:25.339><c> there.</c>

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:29.680
John<00:31:27.119><c> said</c><00:31:27.380><c> he's</c><00:31:27.680><c> not</c><00:31:27.920><c> worthy</c><00:31:28.099><c> to</c><00:31:28.279><c> undo</c><00:31:28.519><c> Jesus'</c><00:31:29.279><c> sandal</c><00:31:29.380><c> so</c><00:31:29.519><c> he</c>

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puts<00:31:29.900><c> himself</c><00:31:30.339><c> down</c><00:31:30.740><c> there.</c>

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:35.019
And<00:31:33.240><c> all</c><00:31:33.380><c> of</c><00:31:33.500><c> us</c><00:31:33.660><c> are</c><00:31:33.819><c> down</c><00:31:33.980><c> here.</c>

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:40.059
But<00:31:35.859><c> by</c><00:31:36.119><c> the</c><00:31:36.259><c> grace</c><00:31:36.559><c> of</c><00:31:36.799><c> God</c><00:31:37.220><c> we've</c><00:31:37.700><c> been</c><00:31:38.000><c> elevated</c><00:31:38.619><c> through</c>

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:42.279
receiving<00:31:40.420><c> the</c><00:31:40.640><c> good</c><00:31:40.819><c> news</c><00:31:41.000><c> of</c><00:31:41.140><c> the</c><00:31:41.259><c> gospel.</c>

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It's<00:31:43.339><c> your</c><00:31:43.420><c> position</c><00:31:43.940><c> that</c><00:31:44.099><c> we</c><00:31:44.259><c> can</c><00:31:44.559><c> sit</c><00:31:45.140><c> in</c><00:31:46.180><c> the</c><00:31:46.299><c> heavenlies</c>

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:49.880
with<00:31:47.579><c> Christ</c><00:31:47.980><c> and</c><00:31:48.119><c> the</c><00:31:48.259><c> life</c><00:31:48.420><c> of</c><00:31:48.539><c> John</c><00:31:48.740><c> the</c><00:31:48.839><c> Baptist.</c>

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:51.299
Through<00:31:49.920><c> the</c><00:31:50.119><c> grace</c><00:31:50.279><c> of</c><00:31:50.480><c> God.</c>

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:56.079
So<00:31:52.359><c> they</c><00:31:52.539><c> were</c><00:31:52.920><c> having</c><00:31:53.220><c> a</c><00:31:53.359><c> bit</c><00:31:53.579><c> of</c><00:31:53.759><c> slur</c><00:31:54.019><c> about</c><00:31:54.900><c> John.</c>

00:31:57.299 --> 00:32:01.019
Do<00:31:57.420><c> you</c><00:31:57.460><c> know,</c><00:31:57.640><c> as</c><00:31:57.740><c> great</c><00:31:58.000><c> as</c><00:31:58.140><c> John</c><00:31:58.400><c> was,</c><00:32:00.299><c> he</c><00:32:00.460><c> didn't</c><00:32:00.640><c> have</c><00:32:00.799><c> all</c>

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the<00:32:01.259><c> answers.</c>

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And<00:32:02.680><c> that's</c><00:32:02.779><c> a</c><00:32:02.880><c> great</c><00:32:03.019><c> consolation</c><00:32:03.599><c> to</c><00:32:03.819><c> me.</c>

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:07.059
Because<00:32:05.539><c> there</c><00:32:05.700><c> are</c><00:32:05.819><c> times</c><00:32:05.980><c> in</c><00:32:06.119><c> our</c><00:32:06.279><c> life</c><00:32:06.440><c> when</c><00:32:06.619><c> we</c><00:32:06.720><c> think</c><00:32:06.920><c> we</c>

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:08.859
should<00:32:07.240><c> have</c><00:32:07.420><c> all</c><00:32:07.680><c> the</c><00:32:07.900><c> answers.</c>

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.720
And<00:32:09.339><c> we</c><00:32:09.500><c> simply</c><00:32:09.779><c> don't.</c>

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:14.740
We<00:32:11.720><c> understand</c><00:32:12.119><c> the</c><00:32:12.539><c> overview</c><00:32:12.960><c> of</c><00:32:13.140><c> the</c><00:32:13.259><c> gospel</c><00:32:13.619><c> of</c><00:32:13.819><c> the</c><00:32:13.980><c> kingdom.</c>

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.339
We<00:32:15.259><c> understand</c><00:32:15.759><c> what's</c><00:32:16.019><c> going</c><00:32:16.099><c> to</c><00:32:16.220><c> happen.</c>

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:18.019
But<00:32:16.480><c> we</c><00:32:16.579><c> don't</c><00:32:16.759><c> have</c><00:32:16.880><c> all</c><00:32:17.059><c> the</c><00:32:17.220><c> answers.</c>

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:20.019
We<00:32:19.019><c> don't</c><00:32:19.160><c> know</c><00:32:19.259><c> all</c><00:32:19.460><c> the</c><00:32:19.680><c> details.</c>

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:22.019
And<00:32:20.240><c> there</c><00:32:20.339><c> are</c><00:32:20.500><c> times</c><00:32:20.640><c> in</c><00:32:20.799><c> our</c><00:32:20.960><c> life</c><00:32:21.160><c> when</c><00:32:21.359><c> things</c><00:32:21.619><c> happen</c><00:32:21.819><c> and</c><00:32:21.960><c> we</c>

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:23.740
go,<00:32:22.359><c> how</c><00:32:22.420><c> could</c><00:32:22.559><c> that</c><00:32:22.740><c> have</c><00:32:22.960><c> happened?</c>

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:25.140
Why<00:32:24.000><c> did</c><00:32:24.119><c> that</c><00:32:24.299><c> happen?</c>

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:27.039
I<00:32:25.519><c> don't</c><00:32:25.680><c> understand</c><00:32:26.140><c> that.</c>

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.839
When<00:32:27.779><c> you're</c><00:32:28.019><c> like</c><00:32:28.160><c> that,</c><00:32:28.400><c> remember,</c><00:32:30.079><c> John</c><00:32:30.200><c> the</c><00:32:30.359><c> Baptist</c><00:32:30.619><c> had</c>

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:32.400
questions<00:32:31.259><c> too.</c>

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:35.960
As<00:32:33.079><c> great</c><00:32:33.299><c> as</c><00:32:33.460><c> he</c><00:32:33.660><c> was,</c><00:32:34.559><c> he</c><00:32:34.759><c> had</c><00:32:34.940><c> questions.</c>

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:40.039
So<00:32:36.480><c> we</c><00:32:36.619><c> can</c><00:32:37.019><c> take</c><00:32:37.240><c> a</c><00:32:37.519><c> consolation</c><00:32:38.319><c> in</c><00:32:38.660><c> that.</c>

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:43.559
That<00:32:40.720><c> John</c><00:32:41.059><c> received</c><00:32:42.039><c> an</c><00:32:42.559><c> answer</c><00:32:42.779><c> to</c><00:32:42.980><c> his</c><00:32:43.220><c> question.</c>

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:47.000
And<00:32:43.799><c> sometimes</c><00:32:44.240><c> down</c><00:32:44.559><c> the</c><00:32:44.779><c> track</c><00:32:44.900><c> we</c><00:32:45.140><c> receive</c><00:32:45.440><c> answers</c><00:32:45.759><c> too.</c>

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:52.339
Now<00:32:47.400><c> Mark</c><00:32:47.599><c> chapter</c><00:32:47.880><c> 6,</c><00:32:48.599><c> and</c><00:32:48.819><c> we're</c><00:32:48.980><c> going</c><00:32:48.980><c> to</c><00:32:49.039><c> have</c><00:32:49.119><c> to</c><00:32:49.200><c> be</c><00:32:49.359><c> pretty</c><00:32:49.660><c> quick</c><00:32:49.799><c> getting</c><00:32:49.960><c> through</c><00:32:50.180><c> Mark</c><00:32:50.420><c> chapter</c><00:32:50.660><c> 6,</c>

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:56.960
gives<00:32:53.039><c> us</c><00:32:53.259><c> the</c><00:32:53.460><c> details</c><00:32:53.859><c> of</c><00:32:54.960><c> what</c><00:32:56.059><c> happened</c><00:32:56.380><c> after</c><00:32:56.619><c> he</c><00:32:56.759><c> was</c>

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.920
thrown<00:32:57.079><c> into</c><00:32:57.339><c> prison.</c>

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:05.559
Herod<00:33:02.259><c> becomes</c><00:33:02.700><c> scared</c><00:33:03.880><c> out</c><00:33:04.099><c> of</c><00:33:04.240><c> his</c><00:33:04.380><c> wits</c><00:33:04.619><c> because</c><00:33:04.920><c> he</c><00:33:05.039><c> thinks</c><00:33:05.279><c> John</c>

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:08.180
the<00:33:05.759><c> Baptist</c><00:33:06.059><c> has</c><00:33:06.299><c> come</c><00:33:06.519><c> back</c><00:33:06.799><c> from</c><00:33:07.000><c> the</c><00:33:07.200><c> dead.</c>

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:11.140
Where<00:33:08.680><c> did</c><00:33:08.960><c> Herod</c><00:33:09.259><c> hear</c><00:33:09.559><c> about</c><00:33:10.140><c> resurrection</c><00:33:10.799><c> from?</c>

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:13.339
He<00:33:11.299><c> heard</c><00:33:11.519><c> it</c><00:33:11.680><c> from</c><00:33:11.799><c> John</c><00:33:12.099><c> the</c><00:33:12.299><c> Baptist.</c>

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:19.359
John<00:33:17.359><c> continually</c><00:33:17.799><c> preached</c><00:33:18.200><c> to</c><00:33:18.519><c> Herod.</c>

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:22.680
So<00:33:19.720><c> imagine</c><00:33:20.019><c> Herod</c><00:33:20.359><c> there,</c><00:33:20.680><c> he</c><00:33:20.740><c> had</c><00:33:20.740><c> John</c><00:33:20.960><c> the</c><00:33:21.160><c> Baptist</c><00:33:21.380><c> in</c><00:33:21.640><c> prison.</c>

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:24.599
Do<00:33:23.200><c> you</c><00:33:23.220><c> know,</c><00:33:23.359><c> in</c><00:33:23.519><c> a</c><00:33:23.640><c> sense,</c><00:33:23.920><c> that's</c><00:33:24.099><c> the</c><00:33:24.200><c> worst</c><00:33:24.380><c> thing</c><00:33:24.539><c> he</c>

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:26.039
could<00:33:24.779><c> have</c><00:33:24.859><c> done</c><00:33:25.039><c> with</c><00:33:25.220><c> John?</c>

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:28.740
It<00:33:26.660><c> would</c><00:33:26.819><c> have</c><00:33:26.859><c> been</c><00:33:26.980><c> much</c><00:33:27.180><c> better</c><00:33:27.460><c> off</c><00:33:27.720><c> leaving</c><00:33:27.980><c> John</c><00:33:28.220><c> away</c>

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:30.880
from<00:33:28.960><c> himself,</c><00:33:29.460><c> but</c><00:33:29.660><c> he</c><00:33:29.799><c> didn't.</c>

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:35.700
He<00:33:31.220><c> locked</c><00:33:31.440><c> him</c><00:33:31.619><c> up,</c><00:33:32.380><c> which</c><00:33:32.660><c> meant</c><00:33:33.279><c> he</c><00:33:33.980><c> was</c><00:33:34.259><c> right</c><00:33:34.619><c> there.</c>

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:39.119
So<00:33:36.539><c> every</c><00:33:36.900><c> day</c><00:33:37.420><c> he</c><00:33:37.700><c> gets</c><00:33:38.000><c> John</c><00:33:38.240><c> out</c><00:33:38.440><c> of</c><00:33:38.579><c> prison,</c><00:33:38.880><c> perhaps</c><00:33:39.059><c> it</c>

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.940
might<00:33:39.339><c> have</c><00:33:39.460><c> been</c><00:33:39.579><c> every</c><00:33:39.799><c> day,</c>

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:42.519
I<00:33:40.079><c> don't</c><00:33:40.259><c> know,</c><00:33:40.519><c> it</c><00:33:40.559><c> might</c><00:33:40.779><c> have</c><00:33:40.900><c> been</c><00:33:41.000><c> once</c><00:33:41.220><c> a</c><00:33:41.359><c> week,</c><00:33:41.660><c> but</c><00:33:41.740><c> whenever</c><00:33:42.180><c> it</c>

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:46.339
was,<00:33:43.859><c> it</c><00:33:43.980><c> was</c><00:33:44.640><c> a</c><00:33:45.160><c> conscience.</c>

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:52.099
And<00:33:48.759><c> he</c><00:33:48.839><c> used</c><00:33:49.099><c> to</c><00:33:49.220><c> get</c><00:33:49.400><c> John</c><00:33:49.619><c> out</c><00:33:49.819><c> of</c><00:33:49.940><c> prison,</c><00:33:50.599><c> and</c><00:33:50.839><c> it</c><00:33:51.079><c> says</c><00:33:51.519><c> he</c>

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:54.039
did<00:33:52.539><c> many</c><00:33:53.119><c> things.</c>

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:58.099
It<00:33:54.599><c> says</c><00:33:54.900><c> in</c><00:33:55.059><c> verse</c><00:33:55.299><c> 20,</c><00:33:56.039><c> and</c><00:33:56.319><c> he</c><00:33:56.480><c> heard</c><00:33:56.759><c> him</c><00:33:57.140><c> gladly.</c>

00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:00.299
But<00:33:58.140><c> you</c><00:33:58.299><c> imagine</c><00:33:58.859><c> Herod</c><00:33:59.140><c> sitting</c><00:33:59.420><c> up</c><00:33:59.660><c> there</c><00:33:59.799><c> in</c><00:33:59.880><c> the</c><00:34:00.039><c> palace</c>

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:03.460
and<00:34:00.519><c> John</c><00:34:00.720><c> the</c><00:34:00.859><c> Baptist</c><00:34:01.099><c> is</c><00:34:01.339><c> in</c><00:34:01.519><c> front</c><00:34:01.619><c> of</c><00:34:01.700><c> him</c><00:34:01.859><c> in</c><00:34:02.019><c> his</c><00:34:02.240><c> camel's</c><00:34:02.720><c> hair,</c>

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:05.420
and<00:34:03.680><c> he's</c><00:34:04.019><c> telling</c><00:34:04.140><c> him</c><00:34:04.440><c> things.</c>

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:08.300
And<00:34:05.759><c> he</c><00:34:05.920><c> taught</c><00:34:06.079><c> him</c><00:34:06.299><c> about</c><00:34:06.519><c> the</c><00:34:06.680><c> gospel</c><00:34:07.019><c> of</c><00:34:07.200><c> the</c><00:34:07.339><c> kingdom,</c><00:34:08.159><c> he</c>

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:10.099
taught<00:34:08.440><c> him</c><00:34:08.619><c> about</c><00:34:08.860><c> the</c><00:34:09.079><c> resurrection,</c>

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:13.400
and<00:34:11.480><c> he</c><00:34:11.579><c> said,</c><00:34:11.760><c> John,</c><00:34:12.119><c> you've</c><00:34:12.260><c> got</c><00:34:12.360><c> to</c><00:34:12.559><c> change</c><00:34:12.840><c> your</c><00:34:13.139><c> life.</c>

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:15.360
Oh,<00:34:13.739><c> sorry,</c><00:34:14.000><c> Herod,</c><00:34:14.340><c> you've</c><00:34:14.519><c> got</c><00:34:14.619><c> to</c><00:34:14.820><c> change</c><00:34:15.039><c> your</c><00:34:15.260><c> life.</c>

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:17.559
And<00:34:15.559><c> Herod</c><00:34:15.719><c> listened</c><00:34:16.000><c> to</c><00:34:16.159><c> him,</c><00:34:16.400><c> he</c><00:34:16.739><c> gladly</c><00:34:17.000><c> did</c><00:34:17.260><c> some</c><00:34:17.420><c> of</c><00:34:17.539><c> the</c>

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.840
things,<00:34:17.880><c> and</c><00:34:17.940><c> he</c><00:34:18.099><c> used</c><00:34:18.219><c> to</c><00:34:18.360><c> say</c><00:34:18.460><c> to</c><00:34:18.619><c> John,</c>

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:23.539
I'll<00:34:19.440><c> do</c><00:34:19.619><c> that,</c><00:34:20.199><c> John,</c><00:34:20.880><c> that</c><00:34:21.039><c> there</c><00:34:21.179><c> was</c><00:34:21.380><c> one</c><00:34:21.699><c> thing</c><00:34:21.880><c> he</c><00:34:22.079><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:22.480><c> do,</c>

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:27.019
he<00:34:24.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:24.380><c> get</c><00:34:24.639><c> rid</c><00:34:24.980><c> of</c><00:34:25.280><c> Herodias.</c>

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:32.639
John<00:34:28.139><c> was</c><00:34:28.599><c> not</c><00:34:28.860><c> afraid</c><00:34:29.639><c> to</c><00:34:31.260><c> talk</c><00:34:31.539><c> to</c><00:34:31.880><c> Herod.</c>

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:37.019
He<00:34:33.719><c> feared</c><00:34:34.000><c> no</c><00:34:34.340><c> man,</c><00:34:35.380><c> let</c><00:34:35.539><c> alone</c><00:34:35.820><c> Herod,</c><00:34:36.099><c> that's</c><00:34:36.380><c> a</c><00:34:36.519><c> great</c><00:34:36.679><c> lesson.</c>

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:41.380
We've<00:34:37.679><c> got</c><00:34:37.820><c> the</c><00:34:37.940><c> gospel</c><00:34:38.260><c> of</c><00:34:38.440><c> the</c><00:34:38.559><c> kingdom</c><00:34:38.780><c> of</c><00:34:39.000><c> God,</c><00:34:39.420><c> step</c><00:34:39.599><c> forward</c><00:34:40.219><c> with</c>

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.599
the<00:34:41.539><c> gospel,</c>

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:49.579
because<00:34:44.079><c> all</c><00:34:44.440><c> flesh</c><00:34:44.639><c> is</c><00:34:44.860><c> grass,</c><00:34:47.179><c> as</c><00:34:47.440><c> John</c><00:34:48.079><c> well</c><00:34:48.659><c> knew.</c>

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:56.420
It<00:34:49.880><c> doesn't</c><00:34:50.099><c> matter</c><00:34:50.400><c> in</c><00:34:50.519><c> this</c><00:34:50.719><c> world</c><00:34:50.840><c> what</c><00:34:51.280><c> veneer</c><00:34:51.639><c> people</c><00:34:51.920><c> place</c><00:34:52.219><c> around</c><00:34:52.559><c> them,</c><00:34:53.320><c> eventually</c><00:34:53.780><c> all</c><00:34:54.699><c> flesh</c><00:34:55.059><c> is</c><00:34:55.380><c> grass.</c>

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:58.659
That's<00:34:57.119><c> the</c><00:34:57.260><c> power</c><00:34:57.420><c> of</c><00:34:57.579><c> that</c><00:34:57.760><c> message.</c>

00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:02.460
I<00:34:59.400><c> once</c><00:34:59.619><c> had</c><00:34:59.760><c> a</c><00:34:59.900><c> lady</c><00:35:00.019><c> who</c><00:35:00.219><c> told</c><00:35:00.340><c> me</c><00:35:00.460><c> she</c><00:35:00.559><c> didn't</c><00:35:00.780><c> talk</c><00:35:01.059><c> to</c><00:35:01.300><c> tradesmen.</c>

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:05.079
She<00:35:03.380><c> said,</c><00:35:03.679><c> I</c><00:35:04.039><c> don't</c><00:35:04.280><c> talk</c><00:35:04.579><c> to</c><00:35:04.760><c> tradesmen.</c>

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:08.260
I<00:35:05.159><c> said,</c><00:35:05.360><c> oh,</c><00:35:05.500><c> that's</c><00:35:05.760><c> most</c><00:35:06.000><c> unfortunate,</c><00:35:07.599><c> because</c><00:35:07.840><c> I've</c><00:35:08.199><c> got</c>

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:10.659
to<00:35:08.360><c> come</c><00:35:09.059><c> over</c><00:35:09.440><c> to</c><00:35:09.500><c> your</c><00:35:09.599><c> house</c><00:35:09.780><c> to</c><00:35:09.940><c> do</c><00:35:10.019><c> some</c><00:35:10.239><c> work.</c>

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:13.659
And<00:35:11.480><c> she</c><00:35:11.659><c> said,</c><00:35:11.860><c> well,</c><00:35:11.980><c> I'd</c><00:35:12.059><c> better</c><00:35:12.239><c> put</c><00:35:12.440><c> you</c><00:35:12.559><c> on</c><00:35:12.659><c> to</c><00:35:12.800><c> the</c><00:35:12.980><c> maid,</c><00:35:13.179><c> she'll</c><00:35:13.400><c> talk</c>

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.940
with<00:35:13.860><c> you.</c>

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:17.960
So<00:35:16.179><c> I</c><00:35:16.480><c> spoke</c><00:35:16.739><c> with</c><00:35:16.900><c> the</c><00:35:17.139><c> maid.</c>

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:22.099
When<00:35:18.559><c> I</c><00:35:18.639><c> got</c><00:35:18.820><c> to</c><00:35:18.940><c> her</c><00:35:19.280><c> great</c><00:35:19.539><c> big</c><00:35:19.860><c> fabulous</c><00:35:20.199><c> house,</c><00:35:21.519><c> which</c><00:35:21.519><c> obviously</c><00:35:21.940><c> had</c>

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:23.619
a<00:35:22.179><c> lot</c><00:35:22.300><c> of</c><00:35:22.460><c> money,</c><00:35:22.679><c> she</c><00:35:22.800><c> wasn't</c><00:35:23.039><c> there,</c><00:35:23.480><c> fortunately,</c>

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:27.139
she<00:35:23.820><c> was</c><00:35:24.079><c> overseas,</c><00:35:24.539><c> so</c><00:35:24.820><c> she</c><00:35:25.420><c> didn't</c><00:35:25.639><c> have</c><00:35:25.920><c> to</c><00:35:26.079><c> suffer</c><00:35:26.260><c> the</c><00:35:26.519><c> indignity</c><00:35:26.980><c> of</c>

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:29.800
not<00:35:27.300><c> only</c><00:35:27.519><c> talking</c><00:35:27.760><c> to</c><00:35:27.840><c> you,</c><00:35:27.960><c> but</c><00:35:28.159><c> actually</c><00:35:28.480><c> seeing</c><00:35:28.780><c> me.</c>

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:35.400
But<00:35:31.380><c> I</c><00:35:31.619><c> smiled</c><00:35:31.880><c> rightly</c><00:35:32.159><c> to</c><00:35:32.420><c> myself,</c><00:35:34.340><c> because</c><00:35:34.900><c> I</c><00:35:35.079><c> was</c><00:35:35.219><c> there</c>

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:36.780
to<00:35:35.559><c> fix</c><00:35:35.719><c> her</c><00:35:35.980><c> toilet.</c>

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:42.059
She's<00:35:38.099><c> got</c><00:35:38.219><c> exactly</c><00:35:38.659><c> the</c><00:35:38.920><c> same</c><00:35:40.480><c> needs</c><00:35:40.880><c> as</c><00:35:41.159><c> me.</c>

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:44.059
You<00:35:42.420><c> see,</c><00:35:42.559><c> we're</c><00:35:42.639><c> all</c><00:35:42.820><c> the</c><00:35:42.980><c> same.</c>

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:47.780
People<00:35:45.219><c> elevate</c><00:35:45.639><c> themselves,</c><00:35:46.179><c> and</c><00:35:46.239><c> they</c><00:35:46.340><c> put</c><00:35:46.440><c> themselves</c><00:35:46.980><c> in</c>

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.519
big<00:35:48.079><c> castles,</c>

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:51.840
and<00:35:48.679><c> they</c><00:35:48.860><c> think</c><00:35:49.000><c> they're</c><00:35:49.219><c> somehow</c><00:35:49.880><c> better</c><00:35:50.139><c> than</c><00:35:50.300><c> everybody</c><00:35:50.780><c> else.</c>

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:55.380
But<00:35:52.559><c> the</c><00:35:52.719><c> reality</c><00:35:53.079><c> is</c><00:35:53.400><c> all</c><00:35:53.679><c> flesh</c><00:35:53.940><c> is</c><00:35:54.280><c> grass.</c>

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:58.940
That's<00:35:56.639><c> what</c><00:35:56.780><c> John's</c><00:35:57.099><c> message</c><00:35:57.320><c> was.</c><00:35:57.420><c> He</c><00:35:57.579><c> understood</c><00:35:58.059><c> that.</c>

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:03.599
In<00:35:59.980><c> today's</c><00:36:00.480><c> world,</c><00:36:00.619><c> people</c><00:36:00.900><c> like</c><00:36:01.179><c> to</c><00:36:01.460><c> think</c><00:36:02.059><c> that</c><00:36:02.440><c> flesh</c><00:36:02.579><c> isn't</c><00:36:02.820><c> grass,</c><00:36:03.239><c> it</c><00:36:03.239><c> is.</c>

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.719
Nothing<00:36:04.099><c> has</c><00:36:04.340><c> changed.</c>

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:09.260
This<00:36:05.699><c> message</c><00:36:06.000><c> is</c><00:36:06.199><c> still</c><00:36:06.679><c> the</c><00:36:06.920><c> only</c><00:36:07.360><c> power</c><00:36:07.739><c> of</c><00:36:08.000><c> God,</c><00:36:08.239><c> the</c><00:36:08.300><c> salvation.</c>

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:14.239
So<00:36:10.440><c> John</c><00:36:10.679><c> knew</c><00:36:10.960><c> that,</c><00:36:11.380><c> and</c><00:36:11.519><c> he</c><00:36:12.400><c> told</c><00:36:12.800><c> Herod</c><00:36:13.099><c> that.</c>

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:17.920
Herod<00:36:15.380><c> was</c><00:36:15.579><c> really</c><00:36:15.900><c> in</c><00:36:16.119><c> a</c><00:36:16.199><c> prison</c><00:36:16.400><c> of</c><00:36:16.599><c> his</c><00:36:16.900><c> own</c><00:36:17.280><c> making,</c><00:36:17.739><c> and</c>

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.219
he<00:36:17.980><c> never</c><00:36:18.300><c> had</c><00:36:18.519><c> the</c><00:36:18.760><c> courage</c><00:36:19.119><c> to</c><00:36:19.340><c> get</c><00:36:19.500><c> out</c><00:36:19.719><c> of</c><00:36:19.800><c> it.</c>

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:23.940
He<00:36:20.940><c> never</c><00:36:21.099><c> had</c><00:36:21.260><c> the</c><00:36:21.440><c> courage</c><00:36:21.719><c> to</c><00:36:21.960><c> make</c><00:36:22.139><c> the</c><00:36:22.380><c> decisions</c><00:36:22.739><c> that</c><00:36:23.079><c> mattered.</c>

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:28.840
So<00:36:24.679><c> eventually</c><00:36:25.079><c> a</c><00:36:25.340><c> convenient</c><00:36:25.820><c> day</c><00:36:26.139><c> came,</c><00:36:27.980><c> and</c><00:36:28.360><c> Herod</c><00:36:28.659><c> had</c>

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.460
his<00:36:29.079><c> birthday.</c>

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:31.659
There's<00:36:29.699><c> only</c><00:36:29.920><c> two</c><00:36:30.280><c> birthdays</c><00:36:30.500><c> in</c><00:36:30.739><c> the</c><00:36:30.840><c> Bible,</c><00:36:31.139><c> and</c><00:36:31.300><c> on</c><00:36:31.420><c> both</c>

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:33.900
occasions<00:36:32.199><c> somebody</c><00:36:32.699><c> died.</c>

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:37.559
The<00:36:35.260><c> other</c><00:36:35.559><c> birthday</c><00:36:35.980><c> mentioned</c><00:36:36.440><c> is</c><00:36:36.760><c> whose?</c>

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:40.719
Pharaoh's.

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:46.400
On<00:36:41.079><c> both</c><00:36:41.460><c> occasions</c><00:36:42.159><c> somebody</c><00:36:43.420><c> suffered</c><00:36:44.420><c> on</c><00:36:45.340><c> the</c><00:36:45.519><c> birthday.</c>

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.739
Maybe<00:36:47.380><c> that's</c><00:36:47.579><c> something</c><00:36:47.760><c> to</c><00:36:47.900><c> think</c><00:36:48.119><c> about</c><00:36:48.320><c> when</c><00:36:48.440><c> you're</c>

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:50.500
celebrating<00:36:49.079><c> your</c><00:36:49.260><c> next</c><00:36:49.519><c> birthday.</c>

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:56.400
Herodias<00:36:52.800><c> had</c><00:36:53.139><c> nursed</c><00:36:53.599><c> a</c><00:36:53.820><c> grudge</c><00:36:54.340><c> against</c><00:36:54.940><c> John</c><00:36:55.400><c> for</c><00:36:55.699><c> a</c><00:36:55.780><c> long</c><00:36:56.119><c> time,</c>

00:36:56.400 --> 00:37:00.960
and<00:36:56.480><c> she</c><00:36:56.639><c> saw</c><00:36:56.840><c> an</c><00:36:57.000><c> opportunity</c><00:36:57.739><c> to</c><00:36:58.719><c> get</c><00:36:58.900><c> her</c><00:36:59.179><c> away</c><00:36:59.460><c> because</c><00:36:59.820><c> she</c><00:37:00.019><c> was</c><00:37:00.360><c> worried</c><00:37:00.599><c> that</c><00:37:00.780><c> at</c>

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.010
any<00:37:01.260><c> stage</c>

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:06.500
Herod<00:37:04.119><c> might</c><00:37:04.420><c> just</c><00:37:04.780><c> listen</c><00:37:04.960><c> a</c><00:37:05.059><c> little</c><00:37:05.340><c> bit</c><00:37:05.579><c> too</c><00:37:05.840><c> closely</c><00:37:06.199><c> and</c>

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:09.360
change<00:37:06.760><c> his</c><00:37:07.059><c> mind</c><00:37:07.239><c> and</c><00:37:07.320><c> get</c><00:37:07.519><c> rid</c><00:37:07.679><c> of</c><00:37:07.900><c> her.</c>

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:15.440
And<00:37:10.480><c> so</c><00:37:11.219><c> it</c><00:37:11.900><c> says</c><00:37:12.559><c> that</c><00:37:13.280><c> on</c><00:37:13.440><c> his</c><00:37:13.679><c> birthday</c><00:37:14.199><c> Herod</c><00:37:14.639><c> made</c><00:37:14.840><c> a</c><00:37:15.059><c> supper</c><00:37:15.219><c> to</c>

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:15.900
his<00:37:15.659><c> lords,</c>

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:19.500
his<00:37:16.199><c> high</c><00:37:16.500><c> captains,</c><00:37:17.059><c> and</c><00:37:17.199><c> his</c><00:37:17.519><c> chief</c><00:37:17.760><c> estates</c><00:37:18.159><c> of</c><00:37:18.420><c> Galilee.</c>

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:22.300
And<00:37:20.380><c> when</c><00:37:20.579><c> the</c><00:37:20.760><c> daughter</c><00:37:20.960><c> of</c><00:37:21.139><c> the</c><00:37:21.260><c> said</c><00:37:21.380><c> Herodias</c><00:37:21.860><c> came</c><00:37:22.079><c> in</c>

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:23.699
and<00:37:22.480><c> danced</c><00:37:22.739><c> and</c><00:37:23.039><c> pleased</c><00:37:23.320><c> Herod</c>

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:26.760
and<00:37:23.860><c> them</c><00:37:24.059><c> that</c><00:37:24.340><c> sat</c><00:37:24.460><c> with</c><00:37:24.699><c> him,</c><00:37:24.920><c> the</c><00:37:25.000><c> king</c><00:37:25.300><c> said</c><00:37:25.539><c> to</c><00:37:25.699><c> the</c><00:37:25.840><c> damsel,</c><00:37:26.539><c> ask</c>

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:29.000
of<00:37:26.940><c> me</c><00:37:27.059><c> what</c><00:37:27.300><c> you</c><00:37:27.579><c> will</c><00:37:27.760><c> and</c><00:37:27.900><c> I'll</c><00:37:28.119><c> give</c><00:37:28.320><c> it</c><00:37:28.539><c> to</c><00:37:28.659><c> you.</c>

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:32.460
Now<00:37:29.480><c> you</c><00:37:29.480><c> can</c><00:37:29.639><c> imagine</c><00:37:29.980><c> the</c><00:37:30.239><c> scene.</c><00:37:30.840><c> They're</c><00:37:31.099><c> all</c><00:37:31.280><c> been</c><00:37:31.500><c> drinking.</c>

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:36.599
The<00:37:33.539><c> big</c><00:37:33.900><c> birthday.</c><00:37:34.440><c> Herod's</c><00:37:34.699><c> got</c><00:37:34.780><c> to</c><00:37:34.960><c> play</c><00:37:35.059><c> the</c><00:37:35.239><c> big</c><00:37:35.500><c> man.</c>

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:42.239
Downstairs<00:37:38.639><c> in</c><00:37:38.980><c> a</c><00:37:39.159><c> dungeon</c><00:37:39.659><c> is</c><00:37:40.039><c> a</c><00:37:40.239><c> man</c><00:37:40.500><c> that's</c><00:37:40.880><c> a</c><00:37:41.019><c> Nazarite</c>

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:48.619
with<00:37:43.599><c> his</c><00:37:43.900><c> long</c><00:37:44.199><c> hair</c><00:37:44.559><c> and</c><00:37:44.739><c> his</c><00:37:45.059><c> beard</c><00:37:45.260><c> and</c><00:37:45.460><c> his</c><00:37:45.780><c> mind</c><00:37:46.619><c> centered</c><00:37:47.159><c> on</c><00:37:47.699><c> God.</c>

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:53.619
Upstairs<00:37:50.019><c> in</c><00:37:50.199><c> the</c><00:37:50.360><c> palace</c><00:37:50.960><c> is</c><00:37:52.179><c> debauchery.</c>

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:57.139
Herod's<00:37:54.539><c> had</c><00:37:54.639><c> too</c><00:37:54.900><c> much</c><00:37:55.139><c> to</c><00:37:55.420><c> drink,</c><00:37:56.079><c> shows</c><00:37:56.340><c> everybody</c><00:37:56.900><c> else.</c>

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:59.559
There's<00:37:57.500><c> all</c><00:37:57.679><c> the</c><00:37:57.880><c> chief</c><00:37:58.099><c> captains</c><00:37:58.519><c> and</c><00:37:58.780><c> nobles.</c><00:37:59.099><c> Herod</c><00:37:59.300><c> gets</c>

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:01.079
up<00:37:59.840><c> from</c><00:38:00.000><c> the</c><00:38:00.199><c> table.</c>

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:08.239
After<00:38:03.460><c> this</c><00:38:03.960><c> dance,</c><00:38:05.420><c> probably</c><00:38:05.719><c> the</c><00:38:05.920><c> seven</c><00:38:06.239><c> vials</c><00:38:06.579><c> or</c><00:38:06.719><c> whatever</c><00:38:06.960><c> it</c><00:38:07.039><c> is,</c>

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:12.019
he<00:38:09.179><c> stands</c><00:38:09.420><c> up</c><00:38:09.739><c> and</c><00:38:09.880><c> he's</c><00:38:10.440><c> swaying</c><00:38:10.880><c> around</c><00:38:11.199><c> and</c><00:38:11.360><c> he</c><00:38:11.579><c> holds</c><00:38:11.739><c> up</c>

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:13.300
his<00:38:12.300><c> cup</c><00:38:12.460><c> and</c><00:38:12.659><c> he</c><00:38:12.800><c> says,</c>

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Oh,<00:38:13.980><c> that</c><00:38:14.179><c> was</c><00:38:14.480><c> fantastic.</c><00:38:17.400><c> Ask</c><00:38:17.760><c> of</c><00:38:17.900><c> me</c><00:38:18.059><c> what</c><00:38:18.219><c> you</c><00:38:18.519><c> will</c><00:38:18.699><c> and</c>

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:20.760
I'll<00:38:18.900><c> give</c><00:38:19.139><c> it</c><00:38:19.380><c> to</c><00:38:19.519><c> you.</c>

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:23.519
I'll<00:38:21.219><c> never</c><00:38:21.420><c> give</c><00:38:21.579><c> you</c><00:38:21.820><c> a</c><00:38:22.019><c> half</c><00:38:22.219><c> of</c><00:38:22.400><c> the</c><00:38:22.619><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:29.500
Now<00:38:24.920><c> that</c><00:38:24.980><c> was</c><00:38:25.260><c> a</c><00:38:25.420><c> joke</c><00:38:25.980><c> because</c><00:38:26.780><c> he'd</c><00:38:27.019><c> already</c><00:38:27.360><c> lost</c><00:38:27.719><c> half</c><00:38:28.079><c> his</c><00:38:28.360><c> kingdom</c><00:38:28.900><c> when</c><00:38:29.420><c> he</c>

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divorced<00:38:29.880><c> his</c><00:38:30.139><c> first</c><00:38:30.500><c> wife.</c>

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:35.500
His<00:38:31.920><c> father</c><00:38:32.219><c>-in</c><00:38:32.480><c>-law,</c><00:38:33.019><c> Aritas,</c><00:38:33.380><c> had</c><00:38:33.420><c> come</c><00:38:33.679><c> up</c><00:38:33.860><c> from</c><00:38:34.059><c> down</c><00:38:34.340><c> south</c><00:38:34.760><c> and</c>

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:37.039
defeated<00:38:36.000><c> Herod's</c><00:38:36.659><c> army</c>

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:39.300
and<00:38:37.480><c> Herod</c><00:38:37.699><c> had</c><00:38:37.840><c> lost</c><00:38:38.019><c> half</c><00:38:38.260><c> his</c><00:38:38.519><c> land.</c>

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:42.639
So<00:38:39.960><c> he</c><00:38:40.199><c> only</c><00:38:40.280><c> had</c><00:38:40.519><c> half</c><00:38:41.019><c> left</c><00:38:41.519><c> and</c><00:38:41.699><c> if</c><00:38:41.880><c> he</c><00:38:41.880><c> gave</c><00:38:42.119><c> that</c><00:38:42.360><c> away</c><00:38:42.599><c> he</c>

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.760
had<00:38:42.800><c> nothing.</c>

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:48.820
So<00:38:44.760><c> he's</c><00:38:45.019><c> playing</c><00:38:45.199><c> the</c><00:38:45.400><c> big</c><00:38:45.719><c> man</c><00:38:46.019><c> in</c><00:38:46.239><c> front</c><00:38:46.420><c> of</c><00:38:46.659><c> all</c><00:38:46.920><c> the</c><00:38:47.119><c> dignitaries.</c>

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:52.260
And<00:38:49.440><c> she</c><00:38:49.579><c> went</c><00:38:49.739><c> out</c><00:38:50.000><c> and</c><00:38:50.079><c> said</c><00:38:50.219><c> to</c><00:38:50.380><c> her</c><00:38:50.460><c> mother,</c><00:38:50.719><c> What</c><00:38:50.880><c> shall</c><00:38:51.039><c> I</c><00:38:51.320><c> ask?</c>

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:55.420
And<00:38:53.420><c> she</c><00:38:53.619><c> said,</c><00:38:53.860><c> The</c><00:38:53.900><c> head</c><00:38:54.000><c> of</c><00:38:54.179><c> John</c><00:38:54.360><c> the</c><00:38:54.539><c> Baptist.</c>

00:38:56.719 --> 00:39:00.340
And<00:38:57.199><c> she</c><00:38:57.380><c> came</c><00:38:57.639><c> in</c><00:38:57.960><c> straightway</c><00:38:58.579><c> with</c><00:38:58.860><c> haste</c><00:38:59.320><c> under</c><00:38:59.500><c> the</c><00:38:59.739><c> king</c><00:38:59.960><c> saying,</c>

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:03.920
I<00:39:00.719><c> will</c><00:39:00.960><c> that</c><00:39:01.039><c> you</c><00:39:01.280><c> give</c><00:39:01.460><c> me</c><00:39:01.780><c> by</c><00:39:02.059><c> and</c><00:39:02.260><c> by</c><00:39:02.420><c> a</c><00:39:02.559><c> charge</c><00:39:03.000><c> of</c><00:39:03.179><c> the</c><00:39:03.300><c> head</c><00:39:03.599><c> of</c>

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:05.539
John<00:39:04.260><c> the</c><00:39:04.519><c> Baptist.</c>

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:08.699
Why<00:39:07.019><c> did</c><00:39:07.179><c> she</c><00:39:07.320><c> make</c><00:39:07.539><c> that</c><00:39:07.760><c> request?</c>

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:18.940
One,<00:39:11.360><c> she</c><00:39:11.619><c> wanted</c><00:39:11.840><c> to</c><00:39:12.219><c> gloat</c><00:39:13.280><c> over</c><00:39:14.639><c> the</c><00:39:14.840><c> death</c><00:39:15.000><c> of</c><00:39:15.280><c> John</c><00:39:15.519><c> and</c><00:39:16.019><c> be</c><00:39:16.119><c> able</c><00:39:16.300><c> to</c><00:39:16.380><c> look</c><00:39:16.639><c> at</c><00:39:16.780><c> John's</c><00:39:17.139><c> head</c><00:39:17.260><c> and</c><00:39:17.480><c> say,</c><00:39:17.900><c> I</c><00:39:17.900><c> won.</c>

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:25.000
And<00:39:20.559><c> secondly,</c><00:39:21.159><c> she</c><00:39:21.380><c> wanted</c><00:39:21.579><c> to</c><00:39:21.780><c> be</c><00:39:22.059><c> absolutely</c><00:39:22.860><c> certain</c><00:39:23.460><c> that</c><00:39:23.679><c> John</c><00:39:23.880><c> was</c><00:39:24.219><c> dead.</c>

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.840
She<00:39:25.780><c> knew</c><00:39:25.980><c> Herod.</c>

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:30.260
And<00:39:28.079><c> she</c><00:39:28.219><c> knew</c><00:39:28.440><c> that</c><00:39:28.639><c> if</c><00:39:28.760><c> she</c><00:39:28.940><c> gave</c><00:39:29.139><c> Herod</c><00:39:29.400><c> the</c><00:39:29.579><c> opportunity,</c>

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:35.559
Herod<00:39:30.980><c> might</c><00:39:31.079><c> have</c><00:39:31.199><c> said</c><00:39:31.380><c> to</c><00:39:31.539><c> the</c><00:39:31.679><c> henchman,</c><00:39:32.760><c> Quick,</c><00:39:33.099><c> race</c><00:39:33.280><c> downstairs,</c><00:39:35.119><c> open</c><00:39:35.340><c> up</c>

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:37.400
the<00:39:35.699><c> prison</c><00:39:36.000><c> and</c><00:39:36.460><c> tell</c><00:39:36.639><c> John</c><00:39:36.860><c> to</c><00:39:37.099><c> go.</c>

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:40.280
Get<00:39:37.980><c> out</c><00:39:38.159><c> in</c><00:39:38.360><c> the</c><00:39:38.380><c> wilderness</c><00:39:39.119><c> and</c><00:39:39.400><c> shut</c><00:39:39.659><c> up.</c>

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:42.039
Don't<00:39:40.880><c> say</c><00:39:41.079><c> a</c><00:39:41.380><c> word.</c>

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:43.619
Of<00:39:42.219><c> course,</c><00:39:42.380><c> John</c><00:39:42.559><c> would</c><00:39:42.699><c> never</c><00:39:42.920><c> have</c><00:39:43.019><c> done</c><00:39:43.139><c> that.</c>

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:45.139
He<00:39:43.980><c> was</c><00:39:44.219><c> divorced.</c>

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:50.980
So<00:39:46.920><c> she</c><00:39:47.159><c> wanted</c><00:39:47.420><c> to</c><00:39:47.780><c> see</c><00:39:48.039><c> the</c><00:39:48.340><c> evidence</c><00:39:48.739><c> of</c><00:39:49.260><c> the</c><00:39:49.340><c> death</c><00:39:49.559><c> of</c><00:39:49.679><c> John</c><00:39:49.900><c> the</c><00:39:50.079><c> Baptist.</c>

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:57.380
So<00:39:51.880><c> the</c><00:39:51.980><c> girl</c><00:39:52.159><c> goes</c><00:39:52.460><c> back</c><00:39:52.780><c> in</c><00:39:53.260><c> and</c><00:39:54.880><c> the</c><00:39:55.599><c> king</c><00:39:55.820><c> is</c><00:39:56.239><c> exceeding</c><00:39:56.960><c> sorry.</c>

00:39:57.380 --> 00:40:00.579
Yet<00:39:58.179><c> for</c><00:39:58.500><c> his</c><00:39:58.739><c> oath</c><00:39:58.940><c> sake</c><00:39:59.300><c> and</c><00:39:59.480><c> for</c><00:39:59.599><c> their</c><00:39:59.900><c> sakes</c><00:40:00.119><c> which</c><00:40:00.420><c> sat</c>

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:03.179
with<00:40:00.820><c> him,</c><00:40:00.940><c> he</c><00:40:01.039><c> would</c><00:40:01.280><c> not</c><00:40:01.440><c> reject</c><00:40:01.860><c> her.</c>

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:06.119
He<00:40:04.460><c> didn't</c><00:40:04.679><c> have</c><00:40:04.820><c> the</c><00:40:05.039><c> character.</c>

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:10.900
When<00:40:08.320><c> real</c><00:40:08.659><c> substance</c><00:40:09.199><c> was</c><00:40:09.500><c> called</c><00:40:09.840><c> for.</c>

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:14.940
When<00:40:12.219><c> you</c><00:40:12.360><c> took</c><00:40:12.599><c> away</c><00:40:12.940><c> the</c><00:40:13.400><c> externals</c><00:40:13.860><c> around</c><00:40:14.280><c> Herod,</c><00:40:14.780><c> just</c>

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:16.539
like<00:40:15.119><c> you</c><00:40:15.239><c> did</c><00:40:15.380><c> in</c><00:40:15.539><c> the</c><00:40:15.639><c> wilderness.</c>

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:18.880
And<00:40:17.159><c> you</c><00:40:17.280><c> took</c><00:40:17.420><c> away</c><00:40:17.659><c> the</c><00:40:17.880><c> palace.</c>

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:23.719
And<00:40:19.739><c> you</c><00:40:19.900><c> took</c><00:40:20.059><c> away</c><00:40:20.320><c> the</c><00:40:20.739><c> fine</c><00:40:21.219><c> robes</c><00:40:21.739><c> that</c><00:40:21.920><c> Jesus</c><00:40:22.380><c> spoke</c><00:40:22.739><c> about</c><00:40:23.039><c> that</c><00:40:23.199><c> they</c><00:40:23.440><c> wore</c><00:40:23.519><c> in</c>

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:25.079
king's<00:40:24.199><c> houses.</c>

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:29.300
And<00:40:26.780><c> there</c><00:40:27.019><c> was</c><00:40:27.199><c> a</c><00:40:27.300><c> man</c><00:40:27.440><c> with</c><00:40:27.659><c> a</c><00:40:27.800><c> camel</c><00:40:28.000><c> skin</c><00:40:28.300><c> down</c><00:40:28.679><c> in</c><00:40:28.860><c> the</c><00:40:28.980><c> dungeon.</c>

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:34.880
When<00:40:29.920><c> you</c><00:40:30.079><c> took</c><00:40:30.260><c> all</c><00:40:30.599><c> that</c><00:40:30.739><c> away</c><00:40:31.000><c> and</c><00:40:31.159><c> you</c><00:40:31.280><c> put</c><00:40:31.480><c> Herod</c><00:40:31.800><c> on</c><00:40:32.159><c> trial</c><00:40:32.860><c> with</c>

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:38.760
the<00:40:35.159><c> penetrating</c><00:40:35.699><c> words</c><00:40:36.000><c> of</c><00:40:36.239><c> John</c><00:40:36.440><c> the</c><00:40:36.619><c> Baptist,</c><00:40:37.320><c> what</c><00:40:37.539><c> was</c><00:40:37.820><c> left?</c>

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:41.260
Nothing.

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:45.260
He<00:40:43.380><c> didn't</c><00:40:43.619><c> have</c><00:40:43.900><c> the</c><00:40:44.139><c> substance.</c>

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:50.139
All<00:40:46.780><c> that</c><00:40:46.880><c> was</c><00:40:47.019><c> left</c><00:40:47.219><c> in</c><00:40:47.380><c> him</c><00:40:47.619><c> was</c><00:40:47.780><c> his</c><00:40:48.019><c> own</c><00:40:48.360><c> self</c><00:40:48.619><c>-importance.</c>

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:53.679
He<00:40:51.000><c> couldn't</c><00:40:51.300><c> let</c><00:40:51.559><c> the</c><00:40:51.739><c> word</c><00:40:51.920><c> of</c><00:40:52.119><c> God</c><00:40:52.360><c> change</c><00:40:52.900><c> really</c><00:40:53.260><c> the</c><00:40:53.460><c> way</c>

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.780
he<00:40:53.820><c> thought.</c>

00:40:55.820 --> 00:41:00.199
And<00:40:55.980><c> so</c><00:40:56.079><c> he</c><00:40:56.199><c> was</c><00:40:56.519><c> exposed</c><00:40:57.159><c> by</c><00:40:59.000><c> this</c><00:40:59.199><c> request.</c>

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:03.960
He<00:41:01.460><c> would</c><00:41:01.739><c> not</c><00:41:02.420><c> reject</c><00:41:03.019><c> her.</c>

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:07.800
And<00:41:05.179><c> so</c><00:41:05.400><c> immediately</c><00:41:05.900><c> the</c><00:41:06.199><c> king</c><00:41:06.480><c> sent</c><00:41:06.739><c> an</c><00:41:06.940><c> executioner</c><00:41:07.639><c> and</c>

00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:10.099
commanded<00:41:08.000><c> his</c><00:41:08.280><c> head</c><00:41:08.380><c> to</c><00:41:08.539><c> be</c><00:41:08.739><c> brought</c><00:41:08.860><c> and</c><00:41:09.019><c> he</c><00:41:09.159><c> went</c><00:41:09.360><c> and</c><00:41:09.539><c> beheaded</c><00:41:09.860><c> him</c>

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:11.480
in<00:41:10.239><c> the</c><00:41:10.420><c> prison.</c>

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:16.820
And<00:41:13.079><c> brought</c><00:41:13.320><c> his</c><00:41:13.559><c> head</c><00:41:13.659><c> in</c><00:41:13.820><c> the</c><00:41:14.019><c> charger</c><00:41:14.300><c> and</c><00:41:14.539><c> gave</c><00:41:14.780><c> it</c><00:41:14.960><c> to</c><00:41:15.079><c> the</c><00:41:15.280><c> damsel</c><00:41:15.699><c> and</c><00:41:15.860><c> the</c><00:41:15.980><c> damsel</c><00:41:16.300><c> gave</c><00:41:16.599><c> it</c>

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to<00:41:17.019><c> her</c><00:41:17.239><c> mother.</c>

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:23.679
So<00:41:20.099><c> she</c><00:41:20.320><c> brings</c><00:41:20.639><c> it</c><00:41:20.820><c> in</c><00:41:20.940><c> at</c><00:41:21.079><c> the</c><00:41:21.219><c> end</c><00:41:21.380><c> of</c><00:41:21.599><c> the</c><00:41:21.699><c> feast,</c><00:41:22.440><c> the</c>

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:25.539
final<00:41:24.260><c> presentation.</c>

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:28.440
They<00:41:26.219><c> lift</c><00:41:26.400><c> up</c><00:41:27.159><c> the</c><00:41:27.400><c> thing</c><00:41:27.480><c> and</c><00:41:27.619><c> there's</c><00:41:27.860><c> the</c><00:41:27.960><c> head</c><00:41:28.099><c> of</c><00:41:28.239><c> John</c>

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.519
the<00:41:28.579><c> Baptist.</c>

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:32.179
She<00:41:30.659><c> thought</c><00:41:30.900><c> she'd</c><00:41:31.260><c> won.</c>

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:35.119
She<00:41:33.460><c> knows</c><00:41:33.579><c> she</c><00:41:33.739><c> didn't.</c>

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:38.880
Subsequent<00:41:36.059><c> to</c><00:41:36.219><c> this,</c><00:41:36.699><c> the</c><00:41:36.800><c> people</c><00:41:37.059><c> revolted</c><00:41:37.679><c> against</c><00:41:38.059><c> Herod.</c>

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:47.039
He<00:41:39.840><c> was</c><00:41:40.139><c> overthrown</c><00:41:41.139><c> and</c><00:41:41.480><c> him</c><00:41:41.599><c> and</c><00:41:41.679><c> his</c><00:41:41.840><c> wife</c><00:41:41.980><c> had</c><00:41:42.179><c> to</c><00:41:42.480><c> flee</c><00:41:42.880><c> and</c><00:41:44.000><c> spent</c><00:41:44.280><c> the</c><00:41:44.460><c> remaining</c><00:41:45.019><c> days</c><00:41:45.599><c> in</c><00:41:46.059><c> poverty.</c>

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:49.360
He<00:41:48.179><c> lost.</c>

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And<00:41:50.079><c> so</c><00:41:50.219><c> did</c><00:41:50.420><c> she.</c>

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:54.960
You<00:41:53.280><c> know</c><00:41:53.420><c> you're</c><00:41:53.659><c> outraged</c><00:41:53.940><c> when</c><00:41:54.099><c> you</c><00:41:54.260><c> read</c><00:41:54.380><c> that</c><00:41:54.539><c> because</c>

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:58.900
this<00:41:55.300><c> is</c><00:41:55.480><c> the</c><00:41:55.659><c> second</c><00:41:56.059><c> greatest</c><00:41:56.480><c> person</c><00:41:57.300><c> who</c><00:41:58.480><c> walked</c><00:41:58.659><c> the</c>

00:41:58.900 --> 00:42:00.340
planet,<00:41:59.099><c> Jesus</c><00:41:59.400><c> said.</c>

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:06.599
And<00:42:01.340><c> he</c><00:42:01.500><c> lost</c><00:42:01.739><c> his</c><00:42:02.039><c> life</c><00:42:02.300><c> because</c><00:42:02.699><c> of</c><00:42:03.079><c> the</c><00:42:03.179><c> fickle</c><00:42:03.840><c> whim</c><00:42:04.280><c> of</c><00:42:06.380><c> a</c>

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:10.199
desperate<00:42:07.159><c> and</c><00:42:07.940><c> cowardly</c><00:42:09.199><c> couple.</c>

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.500
Particularly<00:42:11.960><c> Herodias.</c>

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:15.840
Herod<00:42:12.880><c> would</c><00:42:13.039><c> never</c><00:42:13.320><c> beheaded</c><00:42:13.619><c> him</c><00:42:13.780><c> if</c><00:42:13.940><c> it</c><00:42:14.000><c> was</c><00:42:14.420><c> his</c><00:42:14.760><c> own</c><00:42:15.420><c> will.</c>

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:18.280
But<00:42:16.480><c> at</c><00:42:16.599><c> the</c><00:42:16.760><c> request</c><00:42:17.019><c> of</c><00:42:17.219><c> a</c><00:42:17.300><c> woman</c><00:42:17.480><c> that</c><00:42:17.639><c> he</c><00:42:17.679><c> couldn't</c><00:42:17.960><c> deal</c>

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:20.679
with<00:42:18.500><c> like</c><00:42:18.860><c> Ahab</c><00:42:19.179><c> and</c><00:42:19.300><c> Jezebel,</c>

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:22.860
he<00:42:21.079><c> acceded</c><00:42:21.380><c> to</c><00:42:21.519><c> that</c><00:42:21.719><c> request</c><00:42:22.000><c> because</c><00:42:22.219><c> he</c><00:42:22.320><c> didn't</c><00:42:22.519><c> have</c><00:42:22.679><c> the</c>

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:24.980
strength<00:42:23.139><c> of</c><00:42:23.400><c> character</c><00:42:23.639><c> to</c><00:42:23.820><c> do</c><00:42:23.980><c> otherwise.</c>

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:30.639
You<00:42:26.980><c> know,</c><00:42:28.000><c> in</c><00:42:28.139><c> every</c><00:42:28.440><c> way</c><00:42:28.659><c> John</c><00:42:28.880><c> was</c><00:42:29.360><c> a</c><00:42:29.639><c> forerunner</c><00:42:29.980><c> of</c><00:42:30.139><c> Jesus.</c>

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:33.460
Jesus<00:42:31.420><c> says</c><00:42:31.679><c> that.</c><00:42:31.880><c> He</c><00:42:31.880><c> says,</c><00:42:32.199><c> Likewise</c><00:42:32.559><c> shall</c><00:42:32.900><c> the</c><00:42:33.039><c> Son</c><00:42:33.280><c> of</c>

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:35.639
Man<00:42:33.739><c> suffer</c><00:42:34.159><c> at</c><00:42:34.340><c> their</c><00:42:34.599><c> hands.</c>

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:37.800
Think<00:42:36.500><c> about</c><00:42:36.780><c> this.</c>

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:43.860
Jesus<00:42:39.380><c> could</c><00:42:39.639><c> have</c><00:42:39.760><c> come</c><00:42:40.019><c> down</c><00:42:40.300><c> from</c><00:42:40.559><c> Galilee</c><00:42:41.260><c> and</c><00:42:43.619><c> He</c><00:42:43.699><c> could</c>

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:45.440
have<00:42:44.019><c> raised</c><00:42:44.239><c> John</c><00:42:44.440><c> the</c><00:42:44.579><c> Baptist.</c>

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:47.820
He<00:42:46.039><c> had</c><00:42:46.139><c> the</c><00:42:46.300><c> power</c><00:42:46.440><c> to</c><00:42:46.619><c> do</c><00:42:46.719><c> it.</c>

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:51.519
The<00:42:48.079><c> prophecies</c><00:42:48.460><c> in</c><00:42:48.679><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:49.420><c> talked</c><00:42:50.639><c> about</c><00:42:50.960><c> that.</c>

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:54.000
They<00:42:51.960><c> talked</c><00:42:52.199><c> about</c><00:42:52.380><c> the</c><00:42:52.619><c> opening</c><00:42:52.940><c> in</c><00:42:53.159><c> the</c><00:42:53.340><c> prison</c><00:42:53.619><c> to</c><00:42:53.820><c> them</c>

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.559
that<00:42:54.219><c> are</c><00:42:54.320><c> bound</c><00:42:54.500><c> in</c><00:42:54.699><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:54.940><c> 61.</c>

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:59.199
He<00:42:55.940><c> could</c><00:42:56.119><c> have</c><00:42:56.179><c> come</c><00:42:56.420><c> down</c><00:42:56.619><c> from</c><00:42:56.840><c> Galilee</c><00:42:57.219><c> before</c><00:42:57.960><c> it</c><00:42:58.179><c> happened.</c>

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:01.280
And<00:42:59.559><c> he</c><00:42:59.579><c> could</c><00:42:59.760><c> have</c><00:42:59.920><c> released</c><00:43:00.260><c> John</c><00:43:00.519><c> from</c><00:43:00.739><c> his</c><00:43:00.980><c> prison.</c>

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:03.679
And<00:43:01.679><c> he</c><00:43:01.800><c> chose</c><00:43:02.099><c> not</c><00:43:02.500><c> to.</c>

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:06.820
And<00:43:05.019><c> after</c><00:43:05.300><c> that</c><00:43:05.480><c> he</c><00:43:05.559><c> could</c><00:43:05.739><c> have</c><00:43:05.860><c> come</c><00:43:06.139><c> down</c><00:43:06.460><c> and</c><00:43:06.619><c> he</c><00:43:06.639><c> could</c>

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:10.460
have<00:43:07.119><c> resurrected</c><00:43:07.539><c> John</c><00:43:08.019><c> from</c><00:43:08.340><c> the</c><00:43:08.559><c> dead</c><00:43:08.880><c> and</c><00:43:10.239><c> brought</c><00:43:10.340><c> him</c>

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.940
back<00:43:10.639><c> to</c><00:43:10.800><c> life.</c>

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:13.340
And<00:43:11.119><c> he</c><00:43:11.239><c> chose</c><00:43:11.559><c> not</c><00:43:11.900><c> to.</c>

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:14.659
Why?

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:18.719
Because<00:43:16.960><c> John's</c><00:43:17.340><c> work</c><00:43:17.460><c> was</c><00:43:17.679><c> finished.</c>

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:26.260
And<00:43:21.159><c> there</c><00:43:21.320><c> will</c><00:43:21.380><c> come</c><00:43:21.599><c> a</c><00:43:21.639><c> time</c><00:43:21.820><c> in</c><00:43:22.000><c> our</c><00:43:22.219><c> life,</c><00:43:24.659><c> regardless</c><00:43:24.980><c> of</c>

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:31.340
what<00:43:27.260><c> we've</c><00:43:27.539><c> done,</c><00:43:29.079><c> eventually</c><00:43:29.579><c> our</c><00:43:29.880><c> life</c><00:43:30.019><c> will</c><00:43:30.219><c> be</c><00:43:30.400><c> finished.</c>

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:33.800
Whatever<00:43:31.840><c> our</c><00:43:32.219><c> service</c><00:43:32.500><c> might</c><00:43:32.760><c> have</c><00:43:32.940><c> been,</c><00:43:33.320><c> it</c><00:43:33.440><c> will</c><00:43:33.579><c> have</c>

00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:35.260
been<00:43:34.280><c> done.</c>

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:39.599
And<00:43:36.260><c> the</c><00:43:36.400><c> time</c><00:43:36.539><c> for</c><00:43:36.739><c> us</c><00:43:36.900><c> to</c><00:43:37.079><c> go</c><00:43:37.679><c> will</c><00:43:38.380><c> be</c><00:43:38.579><c> here.</c>

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:42.019
Wherever<00:43:40.079><c> that</c><00:43:40.300><c> is,</c><00:43:40.500><c> we</c><00:43:40.659><c> don't</c><00:43:40.960><c> know.</c>

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:46.480
And<00:43:42.940><c> in</c><00:43:43.139><c> the</c><00:43:43.239><c> hand</c><00:43:43.360><c> of</c><00:43:43.559><c> God,</c><00:43:43.860><c> He</c><00:43:43.860><c> can</c><00:43:44.840><c> let</c><00:43:45.300><c> our</c><00:43:45.760><c> days</c><00:43:45.960><c> be</c><00:43:46.260><c> longer</c>

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:50.239
or<00:43:46.719><c> He</c><00:43:46.860><c> can</c><00:43:47.840><c> stop</c><00:43:48.159><c> them</c><00:43:48.380><c> as</c><00:43:48.800><c> in</c><00:43:49.059><c> the</c><00:43:49.139><c> case</c><00:43:49.380><c> of</c><00:43:49.539><c> John</c><00:43:49.739><c> the</c><00:43:49.880><c> Baptist.</c>

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:52.960
But<00:43:50.800><c> He</c><00:43:50.920><c> did</c><00:43:51.380><c> His</c><00:43:51.880><c> work.</c>

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:58.380
There<00:43:54.179><c> are</c><00:43:54.380><c> sometimes</c><00:43:54.739><c> events</c><00:43:55.099><c> that</c><00:43:55.380><c> occur</c><00:43:55.579><c> in</c><00:43:55.739><c> our</c><00:43:55.960><c> life</c><00:43:56.480><c> and</c>

00:43:58.380 --> 00:44:02.440
we<00:43:58.960><c> think</c><00:43:59.199><c> about</c><00:43:59.460><c> them</c><00:44:00.000><c> and</c><00:44:00.940><c> we</c><00:44:01.059><c> think</c><00:44:01.219><c> about</c><00:44:01.480><c> why.</c>

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:06.619
Why<00:44:04.139><c> was</c><00:44:04.400><c> it</c><00:44:04.519><c> that</c><00:44:04.619><c> God</c><00:44:04.760><c> allowed</c><00:44:05.059><c> John</c><00:44:05.320><c> the</c><00:44:05.500><c> Baptist</c><00:44:05.780><c> to</c><00:44:05.980><c> be</c><00:44:06.139><c> beheaded</c><00:44:06.380><c> at</c>

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:08.280
about<00:44:06.840><c> the</c><00:44:06.960><c> age</c><00:44:07.159><c> of</c><00:44:07.380><c> 33?</c>

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:13.039
Because<00:44:10.079><c> he</c><00:44:10.420><c> had</c><00:44:10.719><c> done</c><00:44:11.159><c> his</c><00:44:11.920><c> ministry.</c>

00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:17.420
His<00:44:14.380><c> days</c><00:44:14.960><c> were</c><00:44:16.500><c> over.</c>

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:20.730
His<00:44:18.300><c> mission</c><00:44:18.880><c> had</c><00:44:19.519><c> been</c><00:44:19.760><c> accomplished.</c>

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:23.860
His<00:44:21.719><c> death</c><00:44:22.179><c> was</c><00:44:22.820><c> quick.</c>

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:26.460
And<00:44:24.619><c> that</c><00:44:24.780><c> in</c><00:44:24.940><c> a</c><00:44:25.079><c> sense</c><00:44:25.239><c> was</c><00:44:25.480><c> merciful.</c>

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:32.179
John<00:44:30.639><c> did</c><00:44:30.860><c> no</c><00:44:31.059><c> miracles.</c>

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:36.599
But<00:44:32.780><c> he</c><00:44:32.840><c> was</c><00:44:33.039><c> an</c><00:44:33.280><c> absolutely</c><00:44:34.380><c> faithful</c><00:44:35.440><c> witness.</c>

00:44:37.780 --> 00:44:42.440
Right<00:44:38.219><c> up</c><00:44:38.420><c> until</c><00:44:38.639><c> the</c><00:44:38.820><c> end,</c><00:44:39.960><c> he</c><00:44:40.000><c> was</c><00:44:40.219><c> still</c><00:44:40.460><c> talking</c><00:44:40.780><c> to</c><00:44:40.960><c> people</c><00:44:41.860><c> about</c>

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:44.059
preparing<00:44:42.880><c> the</c><00:44:43.119><c> way.</c>

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:46.639
That's<00:44:45.019><c> what</c><00:44:45.179><c> his</c><00:44:45.380><c> role</c><00:44:45.519><c> was.</c>

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:52.460
On<00:44:48.719><c> one</c><00:44:48.960><c> occasion,</c><00:44:50.880><c> the</c><00:44:50.960><c> mother</c><00:44:51.179><c> of</c><00:44:51.400><c> James</c><00:44:51.639><c> and</c><00:44:51.800><c> John</c><00:44:52.039><c> came</c><00:44:52.300><c> to</c>

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:53.900
Jesus<00:44:52.860><c> and</c><00:44:53.400><c> she</c><00:44:53.679><c> said,</c>

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:57.059
Grant,<00:44:54.440><c> that</c><00:44:54.559><c> my</c><00:44:54.840><c> two</c><00:44:55.039><c> sons</c><00:44:55.280><c> will</c><00:44:55.500><c> sit</c><00:44:55.579><c> on</c><00:44:55.760><c> your</c><00:44:55.940><c> right</c><00:44:56.159><c> and</c><00:44:56.320><c> your</c><00:44:56.460><c> left</c><00:44:56.739><c> hand</c><00:44:56.900><c> in</c>

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:58.940
the<00:44:57.179><c> Kingdom</c><00:44:57.320><c> of</c><00:44:57.539><c> God.</c>

00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:01.500
And<00:45:00.260><c> He</c><00:45:00.280><c> said,</c><00:45:00.519><c> you</c><00:45:00.539><c> don't</c><00:45:00.739><c> know</c><00:45:00.900><c> what</c><00:45:01.059><c> you're</c><00:45:01.239><c> asking.</c>

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:06.360
Can<00:45:02.280><c> they</c><00:45:03.340><c> be</c><00:45:03.659><c> baptized</c><00:45:04.119><c> with</c><00:45:04.400><c> the</c><00:45:04.559><c> baptism</c><00:45:05.039><c> I</c><00:45:05.340><c> am</c><00:45:05.539><c> baptized</c><00:45:05.940><c> with?</c>

00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:11.480
Are<00:45:07.039><c> they</c><00:45:07.239><c> able</c><00:45:07.719><c> to</c><00:45:09.119><c> drink</c><00:45:09.340><c> the</c><00:45:09.559><c> cup</c><00:45:09.840><c> that</c><00:45:10.059><c> I</c><00:45:10.139><c> have</c><00:45:10.340><c> to</c><00:45:10.500><c> drink?</c>

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:14.420
And<00:45:12.679><c> they</c><00:45:12.880><c> said,</c><00:45:13.219><c> we</c><00:45:13.260><c> are</c><00:45:13.539><c> able.</c>

00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:16.860
When<00:45:15.159><c> the</c><00:45:15.360><c> time</c><00:45:15.519><c> came,</c><00:45:16.000><c> they</c><00:45:16.099><c> were.</c>

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:19.840
It<00:45:17.900><c> wasn't</c><00:45:18.219><c> them</c><00:45:18.519><c> that</c><00:45:18.639><c> were</c><00:45:18.860><c> crucified</c><00:45:19.300><c> on</c><00:45:19.519><c> the</c><00:45:19.639><c> right</c><00:45:19.760><c> and</c>

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:21.340
left<00:45:20.039><c> hand</c><00:45:20.199><c> of</c><00:45:20.320><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:24.920
I<00:45:22.699><c> want</c><00:45:22.860><c> you</c><00:45:23.000><c> to</c><00:45:23.099><c> think</c><00:45:23.260><c> about</c><00:45:23.500><c> this.</c>

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:28.480
John<00:45:26.320><c> the</c><00:45:26.500><c> Baptist</c><00:45:27.179><c> did.</c>

00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:32.619
He<00:45:29.900><c> was</c><00:45:30.179><c> able</c><00:45:30.400><c> to</c><00:45:30.659><c> be</c><00:45:30.820><c> baptized</c><00:45:31.260><c> with</c><00:45:31.519><c> the</c><00:45:31.639><c> baptism.</c>

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:35.719
And<00:45:33.820><c> he</c><00:45:33.940><c> drank</c><00:45:34.159><c> the</c><00:45:34.400><c> cup</c><00:45:34.679><c> of</c><00:45:34.840><c> suffering.</c>

00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:39.679
And<00:45:37.440><c> he</c><00:45:37.559><c> was</c><00:45:37.880><c> the</c><00:45:38.139><c> friend</c><00:45:38.300><c> of</c><00:45:38.460><c> the</c><00:45:38.619><c> bridegroom.</c>

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:46.079
So<00:45:41.260><c> when</c><00:45:41.420><c> the</c><00:45:41.539><c> question</c><00:45:41.820><c> arises</c><00:45:42.440><c> is</c><00:45:43.639><c> to</c><00:45:43.719><c> who</c><00:45:43.880><c> sits</c><00:45:44.099><c> on</c><00:45:44.300><c> the</c><00:45:44.420><c> left</c><00:45:44.820><c> and</c>

00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:48.099
the<00:45:46.260><c> right</c><00:45:46.480><c> hand</c><00:45:46.619><c> of</c><00:45:46.739><c> Jesus</c><00:45:47.019><c> in</c><00:45:47.199><c> the</c><00:45:47.320><c> Kingdom?</c>

00:45:48.900 --> 00:45:50.440
I<00:45:49.119><c> don't</c><00:45:49.300><c> know.</c>

00:45:51.239 --> 00:45:54.440
But<00:45:51.400><c> I</c><00:45:51.519><c> suggest</c><00:45:52.000><c> John</c><00:45:52.320><c> the</c><00:45:52.460><c> Baptist</c><00:45:52.780><c> will</c><00:45:52.980><c> be</c><00:45:53.159><c> one</c><00:45:53.300><c> of</c><00:45:53.400><c> them.</c>

00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:56.820
And<00:45:55.360><c> that's</c><00:45:55.539><c> a</c><00:45:55.659><c> lovely</c><00:45:55.880><c> picture.</c>

00:45:57.860 --> 00:46:02.179
Because<00:45:58.199><c> the</c><00:45:58.699><c> real</c><00:45:59.079><c> wedding</c><00:45:59.519><c> feast</c><00:46:00.000><c> is</c><00:46:01.619><c> in</c><00:46:01.780><c> the</c><00:46:01.860><c> Kingdom</c><00:46:02.000><c> of</c>

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:03.920
God,<00:46:02.420><c> isn't</c><00:46:02.500><c> it?</c>

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:06.239
When<00:46:04.239><c> all</c><00:46:04.440><c> of</c><00:46:04.559><c> those</c><00:46:04.679><c> things</c><00:46:04.920><c> come</c><00:46:05.199><c> together.</c>

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:10.960
And<00:46:07.460><c> I</c><00:46:07.579><c> like</c><00:46:07.739><c> to</c><00:46:07.960><c> think</c><00:46:08.079><c> of</c><00:46:08.300><c> seeing</c><00:46:08.460><c> John</c><00:46:08.719><c> the</c><00:46:08.880><c> Baptist</c><00:46:09.360><c> next</c>

00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:12.800
to<00:46:11.139><c> the</c><00:46:11.280><c> lullet</c>

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:16.659
as<00:46:13.099><c> the</c><00:46:13.320><c> friend</c><00:46:13.440><c> of</c><00:46:13.599><c> the</c><00:46:13.739><c> bridegroom</c><00:46:14.820><c> at</c><00:46:15.300><c> the</c><00:46:15.420><c> wedding</c><00:46:15.639><c> feast.</c>

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:21.219
Probably<00:46:17.119><c> with</c><00:46:17.280><c> his</c><00:46:17.460><c> long</c><00:46:17.639><c> hair</c><00:46:18.300><c> and</c><00:46:19.519><c> his</c><00:46:19.719><c> camel</c><00:46:19.980><c> skin</c><00:46:20.199><c> garment.</c>

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:25.440
And<00:46:22.400><c> if</c><00:46:22.500><c> that</c><00:46:22.719><c> happens,</c><00:46:23.619><c> we'll</c><00:46:23.760><c> know</c><00:46:23.960><c> it's</c><00:46:24.219><c> John</c><00:46:24.340><c> the</c><00:46:24.500><c> Baptist.</c>

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:29.280
He<00:46:26.460><c> could</c><00:46:26.639><c> be</c><00:46:26.820><c> no</c><00:46:27.019><c> other,</c><00:46:27.480><c> except</c><00:46:27.820><c> perhaps</c><00:46:28.179><c> for</c><00:46:28.480><c> Elijah.</c>

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:33.960
When<00:46:30.500><c> he</c><00:46:30.659><c> opens</c><00:46:30.820><c> his</c><00:46:31.059><c> mouth</c><00:46:31.860><c> and</c><00:46:32.300><c> he</c><00:46:32.519><c> talks,</c><00:46:33.559><c> it'll</c><00:46:33.719><c> be</c><00:46:33.840><c> the</c>

00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:35.079
same<00:46:34.199><c> voice.</c>

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:38.260
It'll<00:46:36.260><c> be</c><00:46:36.440><c> the</c><00:46:36.579><c> same</c><00:46:37.280><c> character.</c>

00:46:40.300 --> 00:46:42.800
When<00:46:40.519><c> the</c><00:46:40.820><c> test</c><00:46:40.980><c> was</c><00:46:41.239><c> applied</c><00:46:41.519><c> to</c><00:46:41.619><c> John</c><00:46:41.880><c> the</c><00:46:42.079><c> Baptist,</c><00:46:42.460><c> was</c><00:46:42.619><c> he</c>

00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:44.579
a<00:46:42.920><c> man</c><00:46:43.119><c> of</c><00:46:43.480><c> substance?</c>

00:46:45.699 --> 00:46:46.679
Absolutely.

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:49.219
He's<00:46:47.719><c> a</c><00:46:47.840><c> man</c><00:46:48.000><c> of</c><00:46:48.300><c> character?</c>

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:52.380
Absolutely.<00:46:50.559><c> He</c><00:46:50.659><c> was</c><00:46:50.900><c> no</c><00:46:51.119><c> false</c><00:46:51.460><c> prophet.</c>

00:46:53.179 --> 00:46:55.500
He<00:46:53.239><c> was</c><00:46:53.460><c> the</c><00:46:53.679><c> greatest</c><00:46:54.139><c> of</c><00:46:54.420><c> the</c><00:46:54.659><c> prophets.</c>

00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:58.780
We<00:46:56.880><c> come</c><00:46:57.059><c> this</c><00:46:57.340><c> morning,</c><00:46:57.619><c> and</c><00:46:57.760><c> I'm</c><00:46:57.980><c> sorry</c><00:46:58.179><c> I've</c><00:46:58.360><c> gone</c><00:46:58.519><c> a</c><00:46:58.539><c> bit</c>

00:46:58.780 --> 00:47:00.739
long,<00:46:59.079><c> but</c><00:46:59.159><c> we</c><00:46:59.280><c> come</c><00:46:59.480><c> this</c><00:46:59.760><c> morning</c>

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:04.380
to<00:47:02.239><c> break</c><00:47:02.539><c> bread</c><00:47:02.760><c> and</c><00:47:02.940><c> to</c><00:47:03.119><c> drink</c><00:47:03.280><c> wine.</c>

00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:07.960
And<00:47:05.559><c> in</c><00:47:05.760><c> a</c><00:47:05.880><c> sense</c><00:47:06.079><c> the</c><00:47:06.320><c> winnowing</c><00:47:06.820><c> fog</c><00:47:06.960><c> is</c><00:47:07.159><c> applied</c><00:47:07.440><c> to</c><00:47:07.659><c> us</c><00:47:07.820><c> and</c>

00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:09.500
our<00:47:08.179><c> lives</c><00:47:08.420><c> and</c><00:47:08.599><c> the</c><00:47:08.739><c> decisions</c><00:47:09.019><c> we</c><00:47:09.280><c> make</c>

00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:12.659
and<00:47:09.619><c> the</c><00:47:09.719><c> way</c><00:47:09.900><c> we</c><00:47:10.119><c> live</c><00:47:10.300><c> and</c><00:47:10.500><c> the</c><00:47:10.699><c> realities</c><00:47:11.079><c> we</c><00:47:11.340><c> have</c><00:47:11.559><c> to</c><00:47:11.739><c> deal</c><00:47:11.880><c> with.</c>

00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:16.440
And<00:47:13.440><c> we're</c><00:47:13.579><c> turned</c><00:47:13.860><c> over</c><00:47:14.239><c> by</c><00:47:14.500><c> the</c><00:47:14.659><c> Word</c><00:47:14.820><c> of</c><00:47:15.019><c> God.</c>

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:19.280
And<00:47:17.619><c> we're</c><00:47:17.940><c> made</c><00:47:17.980><c> to</c><00:47:18.179><c> examine</c><00:47:18.559><c> ourselves.</c>

00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:21.119
And<00:47:19.500><c> that's</c><00:47:19.579><c> what</c><00:47:19.780><c> John</c><00:47:20.000><c> was</c><00:47:20.179><c> getting</c><00:47:20.400><c> people</c><00:47:20.719><c> to</c><00:47:20.920><c> do.</c>

00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:22.800
Examine<00:47:21.699><c> themselves.</c>

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:25.079
Look<00:47:23.539><c> at</c><00:47:23.659><c> the</c><00:47:23.860><c> life</c><00:47:24.000><c> they</c><00:47:24.280><c> lived.</c>

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:30.420
Let<00:47:27.599><c> a</c><00:47:27.739><c> man</c><00:47:27.920><c> examine</c><00:47:28.360><c> himself</c><00:47:28.840><c> as</c><00:47:29.059><c> our</c><00:47:29.280><c> preparation.</c>

00:47:31.579 --> 00:47:33.599
We<00:47:31.800><c> come</c><00:47:32.000><c> to</c><00:47:32.219><c> remember</c><00:47:32.519><c> a</c><00:47:32.780><c> man.</c>

00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:36.239
You<00:47:34.719><c> remember</c><00:47:34.860><c> what</c><00:47:35.079><c> John</c><00:47:35.340><c> told</c><00:47:35.619><c> people</c><00:47:35.940><c> to</c><00:47:36.139><c> do?</c>

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:38.000
He<00:47:36.340><c> said,</c><00:47:37.500><c> share.</c>

00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:40.840
Did<00:47:39.619><c> Jesus</c><00:47:39.940><c> share?</c>

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:45.099
This<00:47:42.059><c> is</c><00:47:42.320><c> my</c><00:47:42.500><c> body,</c><00:47:43.619><c> given</c><00:47:43.900><c> for</c><00:47:44.179><c> you.</c>

00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:48.440
That's<00:47:46.239><c> sharing</c><00:47:46.380><c> like</c><00:47:46.599><c> nobody</c><00:47:46.940><c> else</c><00:47:47.159><c> has</c><00:47:47.340><c> ever</c><00:47:47.579><c> shared.</c>

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:51.300
He<00:47:48.699><c> laid</c><00:47:48.800><c> down</c><00:47:48.980><c> his</c><00:47:49.199><c> life</c><00:47:49.800><c> for</c><00:47:50.079><c> us.</c>

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:54.260
Was<00:47:53.079><c> he</c><00:47:53.300><c> merciful?</c>

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:58.840
Absolutely.<00:47:57.079><c> Father</c><00:47:57.420><c> forgive</c><00:47:57.860><c> them,</c><00:47:58.139><c> for</c><00:47:58.260><c> they</c><00:47:58.460><c> know</c><00:47:58.619><c> not</c>

00:47:58.840 --> 00:47:59.239
what<00:47:58.980><c> they</c><00:47:59.159><c> do.</c>

00:47:59.239 --> 00:48:02.679
He<00:47:59.500><c> said</c><00:47:59.679><c> that</c><00:47:59.920><c> about</c><00:48:00.179><c> the</c><00:48:00.239><c> men</c><00:48:00.380><c> that</c><00:48:00.579><c> crucified</c><00:48:01.159><c> him.</c>

00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:06.239
That's<00:48:03.760><c> mercy.</c><00:48:04.019><c> That's</c><00:48:04.239><c> what</c><00:48:04.400><c> John</c><00:48:04.639><c> asked</c><00:48:04.980><c> for</c><00:48:05.159><c> out</c><00:48:05.300><c> of</c><00:48:05.460><c> people.</c>

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:07.159
Be<00:48:06.739><c> merciful.</c>

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:09.579
Was<00:48:07.960><c> he</c><00:48:08.320><c> honest?</c>

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:13.780
No<00:48:11.840><c> man</c><00:48:12.079><c> ever</c><00:48:12.420><c> spoke</c><00:48:12.760><c> like</c><00:48:13.039><c> this</c><00:48:13.340><c> man.</c>

00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:16.079
Said<00:48:14.360><c> the</c><00:48:14.579><c> soldiers</c><00:48:14.880><c> when</c><00:48:15.019><c> they</c><00:48:15.159><c> came</c><00:48:15.380><c> to</c><00:48:15.519><c> take</c><00:48:15.679><c> Jesus.</c>

00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:17.659
They<00:48:16.380><c> came</c><00:48:16.559><c> back</c><00:48:16.739><c> and</c><00:48:16.860><c> they</c><00:48:16.940><c> said</c><00:48:17.019><c> we</c><00:48:17.099><c> couldn't</c><00:48:17.340><c> take</c><00:48:17.579><c> him.</c>

00:48:17.699 --> 00:48:19.059
No<00:48:17.840><c> one's</c><00:48:18.019><c> ever</c><00:48:18.199><c> spoken</c><00:48:18.480><c> like</c><00:48:18.719><c> this</c><00:48:18.940><c> man.</c>

00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:22.539
There<00:48:19.440><c> was</c><00:48:19.639><c> a</c><00:48:19.820><c> piercing</c><00:48:20.139><c> honesty</c><00:48:20.599><c> about</c><00:48:20.880><c> the</c><00:48:21.000><c> way</c><00:48:21.139><c> the</c><00:48:21.300><c> Lord</c><00:48:21.460><c> spoke.</c>

00:48:23.480 --> 00:48:25.079
That<00:48:23.579><c> they</c><00:48:23.739><c> couldn't</c><00:48:24.000><c> deal</c><00:48:24.179><c> with.</c>

00:48:26.199 --> 00:48:27.820
Was<00:48:26.440><c> he</c><00:48:26.659><c> content?</c>

00:48:28.679 --> 00:48:30.059
Isaiah<00:48:29.119><c> 53.</c>

00:48:30.280 --> 00:48:35.579
He<00:48:30.639><c> shall</c><00:48:31.000><c> see</c><00:48:31.659><c> of</c><00:48:32.059><c> the</c><00:48:32.380><c> travail</c><00:48:32.840><c> of</c><00:48:33.079><c> his</c><00:48:33.460><c> soul</c><00:48:33.679><c> and</c><00:48:33.840><c> shall</c><00:48:34.059><c> be</c><00:48:34.340><c> satisfied.</c>

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:43.239
That<00:48:38.760><c> work</c><00:48:39.639><c> began</c><00:48:40.460><c> with</c><00:48:41.139><c> the</c><00:48:41.300><c> ministry</c><00:48:41.599><c> of</c><00:48:41.800><c> John</c><00:48:42.039><c> the</c><00:48:42.199><c> Baptist.</c>

00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:47.599
Preparing<00:48:44.019><c> people</c><00:48:44.699><c> to</c><00:48:45.440><c> receive</c><00:48:46.239><c> the</c><00:48:46.739><c> Messiah.</c>

00:48:49.340 --> 00:48:52.820
We<00:48:49.599><c> live</c><00:48:49.760><c> in</c><00:48:49.880><c> a</c><00:48:50.039><c> world</c><00:48:50.780><c> whose</c><00:48:51.559><c> message</c><00:48:51.900><c> is</c><00:48:52.099><c> eat,</c><00:48:52.280><c> drink</c><00:48:52.480><c> and</c><00:48:52.619><c> be</c>

00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:54.800
merry<00:48:53.019><c> for</c><00:48:53.199><c> tomorrow</c><00:48:53.579><c> we</c><00:48:53.840><c> die.</c>

00:48:55.039 --> 00:49:04.420
There<00:48:55.639><c> is</c><00:48:55.940><c> in</c><00:48:56.019><c> that</c><00:48:56.260><c> message</c><00:48:56.860><c> no</c><00:48:57.420><c> preparation,</c><00:48:59.340><c> no</c><00:48:59.480><c> repentance,</c><00:49:00.860><c> no</c><00:49:01.059><c> change,</c><00:49:02.980><c> no</c><00:49:03.159><c> hope.</c>

00:49:05.619 --> 00:49:09.619
John<00:49:05.900><c> came</c><00:49:06.199><c> to</c><00:49:07.559><c> people</c><00:49:07.840><c> to</c><00:49:08.039><c> confront</c><00:49:08.440><c> that</c><00:49:08.679><c> reality</c><00:49:09.059><c> and</c><00:49:09.320><c> lift</c>

00:49:09.619 --> 00:49:10.900
them<00:49:09.820><c> out</c><00:49:10.000><c> of</c><00:49:10.139><c> that.</c>

00:49:11.699 --> 00:49:15.480
Now<00:49:12.000><c> is</c><00:49:12.179><c> our</c><00:49:12.320><c> opportunity</c><00:49:13.019><c> to</c><00:49:14.360><c> face</c><00:49:14.539><c> up</c><00:49:14.780><c> to</c><00:49:14.900><c> that.</c>

00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:19.599
Wherever<00:49:16.260><c> we</c><00:49:16.539><c> are</c><00:49:17.179><c> on</c><00:49:17.599><c> the</c><00:49:17.739><c> journey</c><00:49:17.940><c> to</c><00:49:18.119><c> the</c><00:49:18.219><c> Kingdom</c><00:49:18.420><c> of</c><00:49:18.619><c> God,</c>

00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:23.719
we<00:49:20.199><c> have</c><00:49:20.400><c> this</c><00:49:20.559><c> opportunity</c><00:49:21.059><c> to</c><00:49:21.360><c> stop</c><00:49:21.579><c> and</c><00:49:21.780><c> to</c><00:49:22.039><c> reflect</c><00:49:22.480><c> the</c>

00:49:23.719 --> 00:49:27.980
work<00:49:23.940><c> of</c><00:49:24.139><c> John</c><00:49:24.519><c> and</c><00:49:25.880><c> the</c><00:49:26.099><c> continuing</c><00:49:26.460><c> work</c><00:49:26.760><c> of</c><00:49:26.940><c> the</c><00:49:27.039><c> Messiah.</c>

00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:31.659
Jesus<00:49:29.000><c> said</c><00:49:29.219><c> of</c><00:49:29.380><c> John</c><00:49:29.559><c> the</c><00:49:29.719><c> Baptist</c><00:49:30.019><c> he</c><00:49:30.159><c> was</c><00:49:30.300><c> a</c><00:49:30.659><c> burning</c><00:49:31.019><c> and</c><00:49:31.500><c> a</c>

00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:32.420
shining<00:49:31.980><c> light.</c>

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:34.699
And<00:49:32.659><c> he</c><00:49:32.699><c> said</c><00:49:32.820><c> you</c><00:49:32.960><c> are</c><00:49:33.159><c> willing</c><00:49:33.440><c> to</c><00:49:33.719><c> rejoice</c><00:49:34.039><c> for</c><00:49:34.360><c> a</c><00:49:34.480><c> season</c>

00:49:34.699 --> 00:49:35.340
in<00:49:34.880><c> his</c><00:49:35.079><c> light.</c>

00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:37.579
He<00:49:35.519><c> was</c><00:49:35.639><c> like</c><00:49:35.760><c> one</c><00:49:35.900><c> of</c><00:49:36.000><c> those</c><00:49:36.159><c> lights</c><00:49:36.460><c> that</c><00:49:36.659><c> you</c><00:49:36.719><c> have</c><00:49:36.840><c> when</c><00:49:37.000><c> you</c><00:49:37.139><c> go</c><00:49:37.340><c> camping.</c>

00:49:37.780 --> 00:49:40.139
You<00:49:37.780><c> turn</c><00:49:38.019><c> the</c><00:49:38.219><c> gas</c><00:49:38.360><c> on</c><00:49:38.579><c> and</c><00:49:38.699><c> you</c><00:49:38.840><c> light</c><00:49:38.980><c> it</c><00:49:39.139><c> and</c><00:49:39.340><c> it</c><00:49:39.539><c> flares</c><00:49:39.719><c> up.</c>

00:49:40.320 --> 00:49:43.360
And<00:49:40.420><c> you</c><00:49:40.539><c> see</c><00:49:40.760><c> everything</c><00:49:41.360><c> as</c><00:49:42.320><c> it</c><00:49:42.519><c> is.</c>

00:49:43.880 --> 00:49:45.940
You've<00:49:44.079><c> been</c><00:49:44.260><c> stumbling</c><00:49:44.559><c> around</c><00:49:44.860><c> in</c><00:49:45.019><c> the</c><00:49:45.219><c> dark</c><00:49:45.460><c> in</c><00:49:45.679><c> your</c><00:49:45.820><c> tent.</c>

00:49:45.940 --> 00:49:49.039
And<00:49:46.119><c> suddenly</c><00:49:46.400><c> it's</c><00:49:46.619><c> all</c><00:49:46.820><c> illuminated</c><00:49:47.239><c> by</c><00:49:47.460><c> the</c><00:49:47.619><c> port</c><00:49:47.780><c> of</c><00:49:47.840><c> gas</c><00:49:48.059><c> light.</c>

00:49:49.719 --> 00:49:52.880
That's<00:49:49.820><c> what</c><00:49:49.960><c> John</c><00:49:50.139><c> was</c><00:49:50.340><c> like</c><00:49:50.699><c> when</c><00:49:51.420><c> he</c><00:49:51.539><c> came</c><00:49:51.739><c> into</c><00:49:51.940><c> Israel.</c>

00:49:53.539 --> 00:49:56.699
And<00:49:53.659><c> now</c><00:49:53.840><c> we</c><00:49:54.039><c> live</c><00:49:54.179><c> in</c><00:49:54.340><c> the</c><00:49:54.519><c> light</c><00:49:55.000><c> of</c><00:49:55.599><c> the</c><00:49:55.760><c> world</c><00:49:55.980><c> Jesus</c><00:49:56.400><c> is.</c>

00:49:57.159 --> 00:49:58.760
He's<00:49:57.440><c> the</c><00:49:57.559><c> light</c><00:49:57.739><c> of</c><00:49:57.860><c> the</c><00:49:58.000><c> world.</c>

00:49:59.260 --> 00:50:01.260
John<00:49:59.500><c> showed</c><00:49:59.820><c> us</c><00:50:00.099><c> the</c><00:50:00.239><c> way.</c>

00:50:01.340 --> 00:50:02.519
Jesus<00:50:01.659><c> is</c><00:50:01.920><c> the</c><00:50:02.079><c> way.</c>

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:06.139
He's<00:50:03.179><c> the</c><00:50:03.320><c> light</c><00:50:03.699><c> which</c><00:50:04.079><c> leads</c><00:50:04.280><c> us</c><00:50:04.539><c> to</c><00:50:04.679><c> the</c><00:50:04.800><c> Kingdom</c><00:50:05.000><c> of</c><00:50:05.199><c> God.</c>

00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:13.019
Now<00:50:07.420><c> more</c><00:50:07.579><c> than</c><00:50:07.760><c> ever</c><00:50:08.460><c> we</c><00:50:09.619><c> need</c><00:50:09.780><c> the</c><00:50:09.980><c> message</c><00:50:10.619><c> of</c><00:50:11.239><c> John</c><00:50:11.460><c> the</c><00:50:11.619><c> Baptist</c><00:50:12.079><c> and</c><00:50:12.860><c> to</c>

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listen<00:50:13.139><c> to</c><00:50:13.300><c> his</c><00:50:13.460><c> voice.</c>

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Repent<00:50:15.280><c> ye</c><00:50:15.579><c> for</c><00:50:16.519><c> the</c><00:50:16.659><c> Kingdom</c><00:50:17.239><c> of</c><00:50:17.599><c> Heaven</c><00:50:18.360><c> is</c><00:50:18.719><c> at</c><00:50:18.920><c> hand.</c>