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prayer<00:13:33.639><c> and</c><00:13:34.179><c> the</c><00:13:34.320><c> place</c><00:13:34.580><c> of</c><00:13:34.879><c> forgiveness.</c><00:13:35.679><c> Oh,</c>

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would<00:13:45.980><c> take</c><00:13:46.320><c> coals</c><00:13:46.820><c> from</c><00:13:47.200><c> the</c><00:13:47.419><c> altar</c><00:13:47.620><c> of</c><00:13:47.799><c> incense</c><00:13:48.139><c> and</c><00:13:48.740><c> go</c><00:13:49.000><c> into</c><00:13:49.259><c> the</c>

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still<00:14:10.840><c> alive</c><00:14:11.259><c> and</c><00:14:11.639><c> hadn't</c><00:14:11.820><c> been</c><00:14:12.120><c> struck</c><00:14:12.340><c> dead,</c>

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were<00:15:44.340><c> righteous</c><00:15:45.000><c> and</c><00:15:46.379><c> despised</c><00:15:47.220><c> others.</c>

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and<00:18:28.130><c> the</c><00:18:28.390><c> spirit</c><00:18:28.569><c> and</c><00:18:28.750><c> the</c><00:18:28.930><c> nature</c><00:18:29.349><c> of</c><00:18:29.890><c> forgiveness.</c><00:18:30.630><c> So</c><00:18:30.809><c> two</c>

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men,<00:18:31.190><c> he</c><00:18:31.390><c> says,</c><00:18:31.630><c> went</c><00:18:31.730><c> up</c><00:18:31.930><c> into</c><00:18:32.069><c> the</c><00:18:32.269><c> temple</c><00:18:32.529><c> to</c><00:18:32.789><c> pray.</c>

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stories<00:18:40.509><c> really,</c><00:18:40.890><c> don't</c><00:18:41.089><c> they?</c><00:18:41.490><c> Whenever</c><00:18:41.769><c> someone</c>

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tells<00:18:42.289><c> a</c><00:18:42.529><c> story,</c><00:18:42.809><c> we</c><00:18:42.910><c> all</c><00:18:43.130><c> lean</c><00:18:43.309><c> in.</c><00:18:43.490><c> Do</c><00:18:43.589><c> you</c><00:18:43.670><c> notice</c><00:18:43.849><c> that?</c><00:18:44.250><c> Even</c><00:18:44.490><c> physically,</c><00:18:44.930><c> you</c><00:18:45.029><c> lean</c><00:18:45.269><c> in.</c><00:18:45.769><c> Let</c><00:18:45.890><c> me</c>

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tell<00:18:46.089><c> you</c><00:18:46.190><c> a</c>

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story.<00:18:47.089><c> There</c><00:18:47.369><c> was,</c><00:18:47.750><c> everyone</c><00:18:47.990><c> leans,</c><00:18:48.309><c> yes.</c><00:18:49.490><c> And</c><00:18:49.789><c> we</c><00:18:49.890><c> do</c><00:18:50.069><c> that</c>

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instinctively.<00:18:51.170><c> We</c><00:18:51.410><c> relate</c><00:18:51.829><c> to</c><00:18:52.170><c> stories.</c><00:18:53.130><c> So</c><00:18:53.250><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:18:53.549><c> says,</c><00:18:53.789><c> he</c><00:18:53.849><c> says,</c><00:18:54.089><c> there</c><00:18:54.089><c> were</c><00:18:54.190><c> two</c><00:18:54.410><c> men,</c><00:18:55.309><c> they</c><00:18:55.490><c> went</c><00:18:55.609><c> up</c>

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into<00:18:55.910><c> the</c><00:18:56.089><c> temple</c><00:18:56.309><c> to</c><00:18:56.569><c> pray,</c><00:18:57.269><c> the</c><00:18:57.490><c> one</c><00:18:57.809><c> a</c><00:18:58.130><c> Pharisee</c><00:18:58.609><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:58.869><c> other</c><00:18:59.009><c> a</c><00:18:59.150><c> publican.</c><00:19:00.009><c> Now</c><00:19:00.250><c> let</c><00:19:00.410><c> me</c><00:19:00.529><c> tell</c><00:19:00.589><c> you</c><00:19:00.630><c> something</c>

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interesting<00:19:01.329><c> about</c><00:19:01.609><c> that</c><00:19:02.069><c> observation</c><00:19:02.650><c> in</c><00:19:02.849><c> the</c><00:19:03.049><c> opening</c>

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passage<00:19:03.809><c> here,</c><00:19:04.069><c> the</c><00:19:04.329><c> opening</c><00:19:04.569><c> phrase.</c><00:19:05.869><c> You</c><00:19:06.049><c> see,</c><00:19:06.190><c> the</c><00:19:06.349><c> fact</c>

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that<00:19:06.690><c> they</c><00:19:06.829><c> were</c><00:19:06.970><c> both</c><00:19:07.170><c> in</c><00:19:07.349><c> the</c><00:19:07.609><c> temple</c><00:19:07.930><c> together</c>

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would<00:19:08.609><c> indicate</c><00:19:09.109><c> to</c><00:19:09.329><c> the</c><00:19:09.529><c> Jewish</c><00:19:09.809><c> people</c><00:19:10.170><c> listening</c><00:19:10.529><c> to</c><00:19:10.789><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:19:11.269><c> that</c><00:19:11.690><c> they</c><00:19:11.829><c> must</c><00:19:12.049><c> be</c><00:19:12.250><c> there</c><00:19:12.349><c> at</c><00:19:12.490><c> a</c><00:19:12.609><c> time</c><00:19:12.769><c> of</c>

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public<00:19:13.230><c> worship.</c><00:19:15.309><c> If</c><00:19:15.430><c> these</c><00:19:15.670><c> two</c><00:19:15.829><c> people,</c><00:19:16.190><c> these</c><00:19:16.430><c> two</c><00:19:16.670><c> men</c><00:19:16.910><c> were</c><00:19:17.089><c> in</c>

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then<00:19:19.230><c> it</c><00:19:19.369><c> is</c><00:19:19.529><c> a</c><00:19:19.630><c> matter,</c><00:19:19.930><c> a</c><00:19:20.109><c> time,</c><00:19:20.630><c> an</c><00:19:20.750><c> opportunity</c><00:19:21.210><c> of</c><00:19:21.410><c> public</c>

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worship.<00:19:22.910><c> But</c><00:19:23.150><c> the</c><00:19:23.390><c> fact</c><00:19:23.569><c> that</c><00:19:23.730><c> they</c><00:19:23.930><c> were</c><00:19:24.170><c> there</c>

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to<00:19:24.849><c> pray</c><00:19:25.670><c> indicates</c><00:19:27.369><c> that</c><00:19:27.750><c> either</c><00:19:28.150><c> it</c><00:19:28.490><c> was</c><00:19:28.809><c> the</c><00:19:29.150><c> time</c><00:19:29.450><c> of</c><00:19:30.029><c> daily</c><00:19:30.509><c> prayer</c><00:19:31.109><c> or</c><00:19:33.289><c> it</c><00:19:33.430><c> was</c><00:19:33.609><c> a</c>

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time<00:19:34.130><c> for</c><00:19:34.529><c> special</c><00:19:34.990><c> prayer.</c>

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We<00:19:36.589><c> don't</c><00:19:37.430><c> know</c><00:19:37.670><c> yet</c><00:19:37.869><c> from</c><00:19:38.049><c> the</c><00:19:38.289><c> parable,</c><00:19:38.670><c> at</c><00:19:38.670><c> least</c><00:19:38.990><c> not</c><00:19:39.769><c> quite</c><00:19:40.170><c> yet,</c>

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but<00:19:42.069><c> it's</c><00:19:42.250><c> either</c><00:19:42.470><c> daily</c><00:19:42.829><c> prayer</c><00:19:43.130><c> or</c><00:19:43.329><c> a</c>

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into<00:19:46.269><c> the</c><00:19:46.569><c> temple.</c><00:19:47.430><c> And</c><00:19:47.990><c> now,</c><00:19:49.029><c> the</c><00:19:49.250><c> fact</c><00:19:49.470><c> that</c>

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these<00:19:50.670><c> two</c><00:19:51.089><c> are</c><00:19:51.490><c> in</c><00:19:51.890><c> the</c><00:19:52.170><c> temple</c><00:19:52.470><c> at</c><00:19:52.829><c> the</c><00:19:53.109><c> same</c><00:19:53.529><c> time,</c><00:19:55.069><c> a</c><00:19:55.329><c> Pharisee</c><00:19:56.529><c> and</c><00:19:56.769><c> a</c>

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publican<00:19:58.190><c> simultaneously</c><00:19:59.529><c> in</c><00:20:00.109><c> the</c>

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temple<00:20:00.490><c> together,</c><00:20:02.230><c> that</c><00:20:02.470><c> must</c><00:20:02.730><c> be</c><00:20:02.970><c> a</c><00:20:03.130><c> very</c><00:20:03.890><c> special</c><00:20:04.410><c> occasion</c>

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indeed<00:20:05.809><c> to</c><00:20:06.150><c> warrant</c><00:20:06.450><c> such</c><00:20:06.890><c> a</c><00:20:07.069><c> meeting.</c>

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immediately<00:20:25.609><c> had</c><00:20:25.809><c> a</c><00:20:25.950><c> mindset,</c><00:20:26.269><c> you</c><00:20:26.490><c> see,</c><00:20:26.670><c> about</c><00:20:26.890><c> both</c><00:20:27.170><c> of</c><00:20:27.349><c> those</c><00:20:27.630><c> characters,</c><00:20:28.710><c> the</c>

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Well,<00:20:31.289><c> here's</c><00:20:31.529><c> a</c><00:20:31.650><c> man</c><00:20:31.750><c> who</c><00:20:31.990><c> belonged</c><00:20:32.210><c> to</c><00:20:33.150><c> an</c><00:20:33.609><c> honorable</c><00:20:34.009><c> and</c>

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admired<00:20:34.750><c> group</c><00:20:35.029><c> of</c><00:20:35.289><c> Israelites</c><00:20:35.769><c> indeed,</c>

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a<00:20:37.190><c> man</c><00:20:37.369><c> who</c><00:20:37.630><c> abided</c><00:20:37.970><c> by</c><00:20:38.210><c> all</c><00:20:38.369><c> that</c><00:20:38.529><c> was</c><00:20:38.730><c> holy</c><00:20:39.009><c> and</c><00:20:39.250><c> just</c><00:20:39.589><c> and</c><00:20:39.970><c> true</c><00:20:40.230><c> and</c><00:20:40.670><c> good.</c><00:20:40.849><c> Oh</c>

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yes,<00:20:41.109><c> they</c><00:20:41.230><c> knew</c><00:20:41.349><c> what</c><00:20:41.490><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:20:42.130><c> were.</c><00:20:43.190><c> And</c><00:20:43.349><c> the</c><00:20:43.509><c> other</c><00:20:43.710><c> republican,</c><00:20:45.450><c> well,</c><00:20:45.970><c> people</c><00:20:46.190><c> were</c>

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pretty<00:20:46.609><c> clear</c><00:20:46.730><c> on</c><00:20:46.890><c> what</c><00:20:47.069><c> a</c><00:20:47.230><c> publican</c><00:20:47.609><c> was</c>

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too.<00:20:48.049><c> A</c><00:20:48.170><c> man</c><00:20:48.309><c> who</c><00:20:48.569><c> belonged</c><00:20:48.750><c> to</c><00:20:48.930><c> the</c><00:20:49.150><c> despised</c><00:20:49.890><c> and</c><00:20:50.369><c> hated</c><00:20:50.670><c> class</c><00:20:51.250><c> who</c>

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consorted<00:20:52.130><c> with</c><00:20:52.450><c> Rome.</c><00:20:53.750><c> A</c><00:20:53.990><c> man</c><00:20:54.170><c> who's</c>

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associated<00:20:54.849><c> with</c><00:20:55.089><c> all</c><00:20:55.250><c> that</c><00:20:55.390><c> is</c><00:20:55.589><c> corrupt</c><00:20:55.930><c> and</c><00:20:56.329><c> despicable</c>

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and<00:20:57.269><c> evil</c><00:20:57.549><c> and</c><00:20:57.829><c> wrong.</c><00:20:58.529><c> Why,</c><00:20:58.869><c> everyone</c><00:20:59.109><c> knew</c><00:20:59.349><c> how</c><00:20:59.549><c> the</c>

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story<00:21:00.069><c> would</c><00:21:00.289><c> end</c><00:21:00.470><c> before</c><00:21:00.750><c> the</c><00:21:00.890><c> Lord</c><00:21:01.009><c> had</c><00:21:01.210><c> even</c><00:21:01.410><c> begun</c><00:21:01.690><c> the</c><00:21:01.950><c> parable.</c><00:21:06.549><c> And</c><00:21:07.109><c> therefore,</c><00:21:08.690><c> as</c>

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the<00:21:09.109><c> Lord</c><00:21:09.230><c> did</c><00:21:09.490><c> begin,</c>

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with<00:21:18.529><c> the</c><00:21:18.769><c> totally</c><00:21:19.089><c> unexpected</c><00:21:19.769><c> outcome</c>

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in<00:21:22.410><c> the</c><00:21:22.630><c> events</c><00:21:22.890><c> that</c><00:21:23.089><c> would</c><00:21:23.230><c> now</c><00:21:23.430><c> unfold.</c><00:21:26.609><c> So</c><00:21:26.769><c> he</c><00:21:26.849><c> says,</c><00:21:27.089><c> verse</c><00:21:27.309><c> 11,</c>

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he<00:21:27.809><c> says,</c>

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the<00:21:29.329><c> Pharisee</c><00:21:29.890><c> stood</c><00:21:30.289><c> and</c><00:21:30.890><c> prayed</c><00:21:31.069><c> thus</c><00:21:31.250><c> with</c><00:21:31.450><c> himself.</c><00:21:32.069><c> It</c>

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was<00:21:32.470><c> the</c><00:21:32.690><c> customary</c><00:21:33.230><c> posture</c><00:21:33.549><c> to</c><00:21:33.910><c> stand,</c>

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so<00:21:34.910><c> that</c><00:21:35.029><c> was</c><00:21:35.269><c> absolutely</c><00:21:35.650><c> appropriate</c><00:21:36.170><c> that</c><00:21:36.349><c> he</c><00:21:36.549><c> adopt</c><00:21:36.829><c> such</c>

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a<00:21:37.329><c> mode.</c><00:21:37.809><c> And</c><00:21:38.029><c> when</c><00:21:38.190><c> it</c><00:21:38.329><c> says</c><00:21:38.390><c> he</c><00:21:38.589><c> prayed</c><00:21:38.829><c> with</c>

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himself,<00:21:39.509><c> it's</c><00:21:39.930><c> not</c><00:21:40.230><c> certain</c><00:21:40.430><c> in</c><00:21:40.630><c> the</c><00:21:40.789><c> Greek</c><00:21:40.910><c> whether</c><00:21:41.109><c> that</c>

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means<00:21:41.710><c> he</c><00:21:42.390><c> stood</c><00:21:42.730><c> with</c><00:21:42.970><c> himself</c><00:21:43.650><c> or</c><00:21:44.450><c> he</c><00:21:44.869><c> prayed</c>

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with<00:21:45.349><c> himself</c><00:21:45.950><c> or</c><00:21:46.950><c> he</c><00:21:47.269><c> stood</c><00:21:47.569><c> and</c><00:21:48.029><c> prayed</c><00:21:48.289><c> with</c><00:21:48.470><c> himself</c><00:21:49.009><c> relating</c><00:21:49.430><c> to</c>

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both<00:21:49.849><c> matters.</c><00:21:51.809><c> But</c><00:21:51.990><c> you</c><00:21:52.150><c> see,</c>

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I<00:21:52.410><c> think</c><00:21:52.630><c> probably</c><00:21:52.829><c> both</c><00:21:53.009><c> are</c><00:21:53.210><c> intended.</c><00:21:55.210><c> Why</c><00:21:55.470><c> did</c><00:21:55.630><c> this</c><00:21:55.849><c> man</c>

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stand<00:21:56.829><c> apart?</c><00:22:00.170><c> Well,</c><00:22:00.329><c> he</c><00:22:00.470><c> stood</c><00:22:00.609><c> apart</c>

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so<00:22:03.849><c> he</c><00:22:03.990><c> could</c><00:22:04.150><c> be</c><00:22:04.470><c> seen.</c><00:22:08.069><c> He</c><00:22:08.269><c> stood</c><00:22:08.450><c> apart</c><00:22:09.130><c> so</c><00:22:10.450><c> he</c><00:22:10.589><c> could</c><00:22:10.789><c> be</c><00:22:11.089><c> heard.</c>

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He<00:22:14.849><c> stood</c><00:22:15.089><c> apart</c><00:22:15.509><c> so</c><00:22:15.690><c> he</c><00:22:15.809><c> could</c><00:22:15.990><c> be</c><00:22:16.269><c> noticed.</c><00:22:19.549><c> And</c><00:22:19.589><c> not</c><00:22:19.750><c> only</c>

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did<00:22:20.029><c> he</c><00:22:20.230><c> stand</c><00:22:20.750><c> with</c><00:22:21.009><c> himself,</c><00:22:21.630><c> but</c><00:22:21.769><c> clearly</c><00:22:22.089><c> he</c><00:22:22.269><c> did</c>

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pray<00:22:22.910><c> with</c><00:22:23.089><c> himself.</c><00:22:23.890><c> And</c><00:22:23.970><c> so</c><00:22:24.150><c> this</c><00:22:24.430><c> is</c><00:22:24.549><c> what</c><00:22:24.670><c> he</c><00:22:24.970><c> said</c><00:22:25.190><c> in</c><00:22:25.490><c> his</c>

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prayer,<00:22:26.190><c> the</c><00:22:26.390><c> memorable</c><00:22:26.809><c> words.</c><00:22:27.490><c> Well,</c><00:22:27.609><c> he</c><00:22:27.789><c> starts,</c>

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well,<00:22:28.829><c> God,</c><00:22:29.190><c> he</c><00:22:29.450><c> says,</c><00:22:29.849><c> that</c><00:22:29.970><c> was</c><00:22:30.130><c> an</c><00:22:30.369><c> excellent</c><00:22:30.670><c> beginning.</c>

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I<00:22:31.809><c> thank</c><00:22:32.150><c> thee,</c><00:22:32.470><c> that</c><00:22:32.650><c> also</c><00:22:33.009><c> was</c><00:22:33.210><c> a</c><00:22:33.289><c> good</c><00:22:33.490><c> beginning,</c>

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a<00:22:34.529><c> prayer</c><00:22:34.730><c> of</c><00:22:35.049><c> thanks.</c><00:22:35.670><c> But</c><00:22:36.190><c> the</c><00:22:36.549><c> moment</c><00:22:36.789><c> the</c><00:22:37.049><c> prayer</c><00:22:37.230><c> starts</c>

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to<00:22:38.049><c> unfold,</c><00:22:38.789><c> we</c><00:22:38.970><c> suddenly</c><00:22:39.269><c> realize</c><00:22:39.849><c> that</c><00:22:40.809><c> this</c>

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man<00:22:41.289><c> isn't</c><00:22:41.609><c> really</c><00:22:42.049><c> praying</c><00:22:42.369><c> to</c><00:22:42.809><c> God</c><00:22:43.349><c> at</c><00:22:43.690><c> all.</c><00:22:44.589><c> He's</c><00:22:45.089><c> praying</c>

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not<00:22:46.210><c> a</c><00:22:46.430><c> prayer</c><00:22:46.549><c> of</c><00:22:46.809><c> thanksgiving</c><00:22:47.349><c> to</c><00:22:47.630><c> God,</c>

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but<00:22:48.950><c> a</c><00:22:49.289><c> prayer</c><00:22:49.809><c> of</c><00:22:50.509><c> self</c><00:22:51.190><c>-congratulation.</c><00:22:53.849><c> He's</c><00:22:54.809><c> busy</c><00:22:55.470><c> praying</c><00:22:56.470><c> to</c>

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himself<00:22:57.890><c> about</c><00:22:58.950><c> himself.</c>

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No<00:23:02.329><c> wonder</c><00:23:02.509><c> he</c><00:23:02.750><c> stood</c><00:23:02.869><c> afar</c><00:23:03.250><c> off</c><00:23:03.490><c> because</c><00:23:03.710><c> of</c><00:23:03.910><c> all</c><00:23:04.650><c> the</c><00:23:05.029><c> rest.</c>

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And<00:23:07.890><c> so</c><00:23:08.029><c> he</c><00:23:08.210><c> says,</c>

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God,<00:23:10.670><c> I</c><00:23:10.769><c> thank</c><00:23:10.950><c> thee</c><00:23:11.069><c> that</c><00:23:11.190><c> I'm</c><00:23:11.269><c> not</c><00:23:11.509><c> as</c><00:23:11.869><c> the</c><00:23:12.089><c> others,</c><00:23:13.970><c> extortioners,</c><00:23:15.190><c> unjust,</c>

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adulterers.<00:23:18.390><c> It's</c><00:23:18.710><c> a</c><00:23:18.829><c> remarkable</c>

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thing,<00:23:19.750><c> brothers</c><00:23:19.890><c> and</c><00:23:20.069><c> sisters,</c><00:23:20.230><c> but</c><00:23:20.369><c> in</c><00:23:20.529><c> the</c><00:23:20.670><c> gospel</c><00:23:20.990><c> records,</c><00:23:22.549><c> in</c><00:23:22.630><c> Matthew</c><00:23:22.930><c> chapter</c><00:23:23.230><c> 23</c>

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verse<00:23:24.049><c> 25,</c><00:23:24.869><c> the</c><00:23:24.970><c> Lord</c>

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says<00:23:25.670><c> that</c><00:23:25.910><c> the</c><00:23:26.109><c> Pharisees</c><00:23:26.589><c> were</c><00:23:26.849><c> extortioners.</c><00:23:29.289><c> And</c><00:23:29.430><c> in</c><00:23:29.569><c> Luke</c><00:23:29.750><c> 16</c>

00:23:30.230 --> 00:23:32.549
verse<00:23:30.529><c> 8,</c><00:23:31.170><c> the</c><00:23:31.309><c> Lord</c><00:23:31.470><c> says</c><00:23:31.750><c> that</c><00:23:31.970><c> the</c><00:23:32.170><c> Pharisees</c>

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were<00:23:32.869><c> unjust.</c><00:23:34.130><c> And</c><00:23:34.289><c> in</c><00:23:34.430><c> Matthew</c><00:23:34.750><c> chapter</c><00:23:35.069><c> 12</c><00:23:35.410><c> verse</c><00:23:35.730><c> 38,</c><00:23:36.289><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:23:36.609><c> says</c><00:23:36.890><c> the</c><00:23:37.130><c> Pharisees</c><00:23:37.569><c> were</c><00:23:37.829><c> adulterers.</c><00:23:38.410><c> So</c>

00:23:38.569 --> 00:23:41.190
the<00:23:38.890><c> Lord's</c><00:23:39.089><c> estimate</c><00:23:39.349><c> of</c><00:23:40.150><c> the</c><00:23:40.269><c> Pharisees</c><00:23:40.769><c> were</c><00:23:40.950><c> that</c><00:23:41.049><c> they</c>

00:23:41.190 --> 00:23:43.369
were<00:23:41.390><c> all</c><00:23:41.569><c> three</c><00:23:41.769><c> of</c><00:23:41.869><c> these</c><00:23:42.190><c> things,</c><00:23:42.809><c> extortioners</c>

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and<00:23:43.809><c> unjust</c><00:23:44.230><c> and</c><00:23:44.690><c> adulterers.</c><00:23:45.509><c> And</c><00:23:45.630><c> yet</c><00:23:45.730><c> this</c><00:23:45.910><c> man</c><00:23:46.109><c> can't</c><00:23:46.410><c> see</c>

00:23:46.589 --> 00:23:48.269
that<00:23:46.789><c> at</c><00:23:46.950><c> all.</c><00:23:47.210><c> He</c><00:23:47.349><c> doesn't</c><00:23:47.609><c> estimate</c><00:23:48.029><c> that.</c><00:23:48.250><c> He</c>

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says,<00:23:48.609><c> I</c><00:23:48.769><c> thank</c><00:23:49.009><c> God,</c><00:23:49.930><c> I</c><00:23:50.150><c> thank</c><00:23:50.349><c> thee</c><00:23:50.470><c> that</c><00:23:50.609><c> I'm</c><00:23:50.650><c> not</c><00:23:50.950><c> like</c><00:23:51.430><c> others,</c><00:23:52.329><c> all</c>

00:23:52.670 --> 00:23:56.230
these<00:23:53.049><c> other</c><00:23:53.390><c> classes.</c><00:23:54.269><c> Or</c><00:23:54.589><c> even</c><00:23:55.049><c> he</c><00:23:55.390><c> says,</c>

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as<00:23:57.490><c> this</c><00:23:58.009><c> publican,</c><00:23:59.170><c> ah,</c><00:23:59.730><c> so</c><00:24:00.069><c> they</c><00:24:00.569><c> were</c><00:24:01.089><c> in</c><00:24:01.410><c> the</c><00:24:01.609><c> temple</c><00:24:01.910><c> at</c>

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the<00:24:02.390><c> same</c><00:24:02.690><c> time,</c><00:24:03.089><c> weren't</c><00:24:03.210><c> they,</c><00:24:03.549><c> brothers</c><00:24:03.670><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:24:08.930><c> in</c><00:24:08.930><c> the</c><00:24:08.930><c> place,</c><00:24:09.670><c> in</c><00:24:09.970><c> the</c><00:24:10.130><c> temple.</c><00:24:12.450><c> Now</c><00:24:12.670><c> here's</c><00:24:12.869><c> the</c>

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remarkable<00:24:13.390><c> thing,</c><00:24:13.690><c> because</c><00:24:13.890><c> we</c><00:24:14.069><c> will</c><00:24:14.250><c> know</c><00:24:14.410><c> that</c>

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as<00:24:14.750><c> the</c><00:24:14.970><c> story</c><00:24:15.210><c> unfolds,</c><00:24:16.410><c> that</c><00:24:16.529><c> the</c><00:24:16.809><c> publican</c><00:24:17.130><c> is</c><00:24:17.329><c> displaying</c>

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all<00:24:18.069><c> the</c><00:24:18.390><c> signs</c><00:24:18.690><c> of</c><00:24:19.049><c> sorrow</c><00:24:19.410><c> and</c><00:24:19.730><c> contrition,</c>

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and<00:24:20.710><c> yet</c><00:24:20.930><c> even</c><00:24:21.410><c> then</c><00:24:21.730><c> this</c><00:24:22.150><c> Pharisee</c><00:24:22.769><c> despised</c><00:24:23.250><c> him.</c><00:24:27.569><c> You</c><00:24:27.750><c> see,</c><00:24:27.990><c> this</c><00:24:28.289><c> man</c>

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was<00:24:30.950><c> full</c><00:24:31.150><c> of</c><00:24:31.450><c> sin</c>

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and<00:24:34.569><c> didn't</c><00:24:35.130><c> even</c><00:24:36.069><c> understand</c><00:24:37.289><c> that</c><00:24:39.230><c> it</c><00:24:39.450><c> was</c><00:24:39.730><c> so.</c><00:24:42.910><c> No,</c><00:24:43.049><c> no,</c><00:24:43.309><c> he</c>

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says,<00:24:43.650><c> verse</c><00:24:43.910><c> 12,</c><00:24:44.390><c> he</c><00:24:44.430><c> says,</c><00:24:44.630><c> I</c><00:24:44.930><c> fast</c><00:24:45.410><c> twice</c><00:24:46.109><c> in</c><00:24:46.650><c> the</c><00:24:46.809><c> week.</c>

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Do<00:24:51.509><c> you</c><00:24:51.529><c> know</c><00:24:51.650><c> that</c><00:24:51.769><c> in</c><00:24:51.910><c> the</c><00:24:51.990><c> book</c><00:24:52.089><c> of</c><00:24:52.250><c> the</c><00:24:52.369><c> law,</c><00:24:54.230><c> there</c><00:24:54.809><c> was</c>

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only<00:24:55.230><c> one</c><00:24:55.589><c> fast</c>

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that<00:24:57.849><c> the</c><00:24:58.069><c> law</c><00:24:58.230><c> enjoined</c><00:25:00.309><c> upon</c><00:25:00.670><c> the</c><00:25:01.150><c> house</c><00:25:01.349><c> of</c><00:25:01.509><c> Israel.</c><00:25:04.369><c> Only</c>

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one<00:25:04.970><c> fast</c><00:25:05.109><c> the</c><00:25:05.269><c> law</c><00:25:05.430><c> commanded,</c>

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and<00:25:08.650><c> that</c><00:25:08.910><c> fast</c><00:25:09.529><c> related</c><00:25:10.569><c> to</c><00:25:10.789><c> the</c><00:25:10.910><c> Day</c><00:25:11.069><c> of</c><00:25:11.210><c> Atonement.</c><00:25:13.210><c> In</c><00:25:13.430><c> fact,</c><00:25:13.710><c> it's</c><00:25:13.930><c> called</c><00:25:14.190><c> the</c>

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fast<00:25:14.769><c> in</c><00:25:14.970><c> Acts</c><00:25:15.190><c> 27,</c><00:25:15.750><c> verse</c><00:25:16.009><c> 9.</c>

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The<00:25:16.990><c> fast</c><00:25:17.410><c> had</c><00:25:17.869><c> ended,</c><00:25:18.549><c> and</c><00:25:18.730><c> it's</c><00:25:18.910><c> a</c><00:25:19.069><c> reference</c><00:25:19.309><c> to</c><00:25:19.490><c> the</c><00:25:19.630><c> Day</c>

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of<00:25:19.930><c> Atonement,</c><00:25:20.230><c> because</c><00:25:20.390><c> that's</c><00:25:20.569><c> what</c><00:25:20.650><c> they</c><00:25:20.789><c> did</c><00:25:20.910><c> on</c>

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that<00:25:21.150><c> day.</c><00:25:21.309><c> They</c><00:25:21.549><c> fasted.</c><00:25:22.369><c> What</c><00:25:22.569><c> the</c><00:25:22.849><c> Pharisees</c><00:25:23.190><c> did,</c><00:25:23.609><c> you</c>

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see,<00:25:23.809><c> was</c><00:25:23.890><c> they</c><00:25:24.069><c> added</c><00:25:24.250><c> two</c><00:25:24.490><c> other</c><00:25:24.730><c> fasts.</c><00:25:25.309><c> They</c><00:25:25.529><c> added</c><00:25:25.690><c> the</c>

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fast<00:25:26.130><c> on</c><00:25:26.329><c> Monday,</c><00:25:27.049><c> and</c><00:25:27.150><c> they</c><00:25:27.269><c> added</c><00:25:27.369><c> a</c><00:25:27.569><c> fast</c><00:25:27.809><c> on</c><00:25:28.150><c> Thursday.</c><00:25:30.849><c> They</c><00:25:31.009><c> added</c><00:25:31.170><c> a</c>

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fast<00:25:31.549><c> on</c><00:25:31.829><c> Monday</c><00:25:32.190><c> to</c><00:25:32.390><c> commemorate</c><00:25:32.829><c> the</c><00:25:32.950><c> day</c>

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they<00:25:33.269><c> thought</c><00:25:33.509><c> that</c><00:25:33.750><c> Moses</c><00:25:34.009><c> ascended</c><00:25:34.450><c> the</c><00:25:34.670><c> mount,</c><00:25:34.789><c> and</c><00:25:34.930><c> they</c>

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added<00:25:35.230><c> a</c><00:25:35.670><c> fast</c><00:25:35.910><c> on</c><00:25:36.190><c> Thursday</c><00:25:36.670><c> to</c><00:25:36.990><c> commemorate</c><00:25:37.430><c> the</c>

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day<00:25:37.710><c> they</c><00:25:37.890><c> thought</c><00:25:38.069><c> that</c><00:25:38.210><c> he</c><00:25:38.269><c> came</c><00:25:38.490><c> down</c><00:25:38.809><c> from</c><00:25:39.029><c> the</c><00:25:39.450><c> mount.</c><00:25:39.849><c> So</c>

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they<00:25:40.210><c> fast</c><00:25:40.509><c> twice</c><00:25:40.829><c> a</c><00:25:41.049><c> week,</c><00:25:42.509><c> and</c><00:25:42.930><c> of</c><00:25:43.069><c> course,</c><00:25:43.130><c> they</c>

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missed<00:25:43.410><c> the</c><00:25:43.589><c> whole</c><00:25:43.769><c> point</c><00:25:43.970><c> as</c><00:25:44.150><c> to</c><00:25:44.230><c> why</c><00:25:44.369><c> they</c><00:25:44.490><c> were</c><00:25:44.690><c> fasting</c><00:25:44.970><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:45.329><c> first</c><00:25:45.589><c> place.</c><00:25:46.190><c> The</c><00:25:46.369><c> only</c><00:25:46.730><c> fast,</c><00:25:47.049><c> the</c><00:25:47.250><c> one</c><00:25:47.589><c> fast,</c>

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that<00:25:48.089><c> God</c><00:25:48.329><c> didn't</c><00:25:48.670><c> enjoin</c><00:25:48.990><c> upon</c><00:25:49.230><c> them,</c><00:25:49.849><c> was</c><00:25:50.009><c> on</c><00:25:50.190><c> the</c><00:25:50.309><c> Day</c><00:25:50.490><c> of</c>

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Atonement<00:25:50.990><c> to</c><00:25:51.250><c> prepare</c><00:25:51.930><c> themselves</c><00:25:52.789><c> for</c><00:25:53.069><c> the</c><00:25:53.289><c> blessing</c>

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of<00:25:54.170><c> forgiveness</c><00:25:54.690><c> that</c><00:25:55.170><c> would</c><00:25:55.410><c> come</c><00:25:55.890><c> through</c><00:25:56.210><c> the</c><00:25:56.390><c> work</c><00:25:56.529><c> of</c><00:25:56.730><c> their</c><00:25:56.890><c> high</c><00:25:57.170><c> priest</c><00:25:57.430><c> on</c>

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that<00:25:57.869><c> day,</c><00:25:58.230><c> and</c><00:25:58.430><c> they</c><00:25:58.529><c> were</c>

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to<00:25:58.829><c> fast</c><00:25:59.190><c> in</c><00:25:59.730><c> readiness</c><00:26:00.049><c> as</c><00:26:00.430><c> they</c><00:26:00.690><c> considered</c><00:26:00.990><c> their</c><00:26:01.289><c> sinful</c>

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state<00:26:02.009><c> before</c><00:26:02.329><c> God,</c><00:26:02.789><c> but</c><00:26:02.950><c> this</c><00:26:03.190><c> became</c><00:26:03.430><c> a</c><00:26:03.589><c> matter</c>

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of<00:26:04.170><c> self</c><00:26:04.410><c>-congratulation</c><00:26:05.490><c> to</c><00:26:05.930><c> the</c><00:26:06.150><c> Pharisee.</c><00:26:08.369><c> God</c><00:26:08.589><c> only</c><00:26:08.849><c> required</c><00:26:09.150><c> them</c>

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to<00:26:09.509><c> fast</c><00:26:09.670><c> once</c><00:26:10.009><c> a</c><00:26:10.190><c> year.</c><00:26:10.470><c> He</c><00:26:10.670><c> says,</c>

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I<00:26:11.029><c> fast</c><00:26:11.369><c> twice</c><00:26:11.690><c> a</c><00:26:11.890><c> week.</c><00:26:14.349><c> He</c><00:26:14.809><c> had</c><00:26:15.009><c> no</c><00:26:15.490><c> idea,</c><00:26:16.849><c> no</c><00:26:17.269><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:26:19.329><c> what</c><00:26:19.490><c> it</c><00:26:19.769><c> was</c><00:26:20.250><c> that</c><00:26:21.390><c> the</c><00:26:21.589><c> real</c>

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fast<00:26:22.250><c> of</c><00:26:22.390><c> God</c><00:26:22.670><c> was</c><00:26:22.849><c> all</c><00:26:23.109><c> about.</c><00:26:24.750><c> And</c><00:26:24.910><c> not</c><00:26:25.069><c> only</c><00:26:25.250><c> does</c><00:26:25.369><c> he</c><00:26:25.509><c> fast</c>

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twice<00:26:26.089><c> a</c><00:26:26.230><c> week,</c><00:26:26.369><c> verse</c><00:26:26.630><c> 12,</c><00:26:26.890><c> he</c><00:26:26.990><c> says,</c>

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I<00:26:27.970><c> give</c><00:26:28.410><c> tithes</c><00:26:29.049><c> of</c><00:26:29.250><c> all</c><00:26:29.670><c> that</c><00:26:29.809><c> I</c><00:26:29.990><c> possess.</c><00:26:30.329><c> Ah,</c><00:26:30.630><c> but</c><00:26:30.730><c> that</c><00:26:30.950><c> was</c>

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a<00:26:31.289><c> Freudian</c><00:26:31.750><c> slip,</c><00:26:32.250><c> brothers</c><00:26:32.369><c> and</c><00:26:32.549><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:26:32.930><c> that</c><00:26:33.230><c> word,</c><00:26:33.710><c> of</c><00:26:33.849><c> all</c><00:26:34.029><c> that</c><00:26:34.130><c> I</c><00:26:34.309><c> possess,</c><00:26:35.069><c> literally</c><00:26:35.309><c> in</c><00:26:35.430><c> the</c><00:26:35.589><c> Greek</c><00:26:35.730><c> means</c><00:26:35.970><c> of</c><00:26:36.150><c> all</c><00:26:36.309><c> that</c><00:26:36.529><c> I</c><00:26:36.769><c> acquire.</c>

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Not<00:26:38.809><c> just</c><00:26:39.009><c> what</c><00:26:39.150><c> I</c><00:26:39.410><c> have,</c><00:26:39.769><c> but</c><00:26:39.910><c> what</c><00:26:40.049><c> I'm</c><00:26:40.309><c> getting,</c><00:26:40.710><c> what</c><00:26:40.869><c> I</c><00:26:41.329><c> acquire.</c><00:26:42.130><c> I</c>

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give<00:26:42.529><c> tithes</c><00:26:43.009><c> of</c><00:26:43.230><c> all</c><00:26:43.529><c> that</c><00:26:43.789><c> I</c><00:26:44.049><c> acquire.</c>

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Do<00:26:45.269><c> you</c><00:26:45.329><c> know,</c><00:26:45.509><c> brothers</c><00:26:45.670><c> and</c><00:26:45.829><c> sisters,</c><00:26:46.049><c> this</c><00:26:46.309><c> man</c><00:26:46.609><c> was</c><00:26:47.089><c> not</c><00:26:47.450><c> interested</c><00:26:47.950><c> in</c><00:26:48.150><c> the</c><00:26:48.329><c> 10</c><00:26:48.549><c>%</c>

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he<00:26:48.930><c> gave</c><00:26:49.150><c> to</c><00:26:49.410><c> God.</c>

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He's<00:26:51.930><c> much</c><00:26:52.309><c> more</c><00:26:52.710><c> interested</c><00:26:53.049><c> in</c><00:26:53.210><c> the</c><00:26:53.410><c> 90</c><00:26:53.769><c>%</c><00:26:54.130><c> he</c><00:26:54.269><c> keeps</c><00:26:54.509><c> for</c><00:26:54.730><c> himself.</c>

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This<00:26:57.950><c> is</c><00:26:58.170><c> the</c><00:26:58.269><c> sort</c><00:26:58.450><c> of</c><00:26:58.630><c> man,</c><00:26:58.829><c> as</c><00:26:58.990><c> it</c><00:26:59.190><c> says</c><00:26:59.309><c> in</c><00:26:59.490><c> another</c><00:26:59.690><c> place</c>

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in<00:27:00.470><c> the</c><00:27:00.630><c> Gospels,</c><00:27:01.289><c> who</c><00:27:01.369><c> would</c><00:27:01.529><c> give</c><00:27:01.650><c> the</c><00:27:01.930><c> tithe</c>

00:27:02.150 --> 00:27:04.990
of<00:27:02.369><c> mint</c><00:27:02.549><c> and</c><00:27:02.829><c> anise</c><00:27:03.210><c> and</c><00:27:03.470><c> cummin,</c><00:27:03.809><c> who</c><00:27:03.930><c> would</c><00:27:04.069><c> take</c><00:27:04.250><c> the</c><00:27:04.490><c> tiniest</c><00:27:04.789><c> of</c>

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herbs<00:27:05.170><c> and</c><00:27:05.450><c> chop</c><00:27:05.589><c> them</c><00:27:05.750><c> up</c><00:27:05.910><c> into</c><00:27:06.049><c> little</c>

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bits<00:27:06.470><c> so</c><00:27:06.670><c> that</c><00:27:06.910><c> a</c><00:27:07.029><c> tenth</c><00:27:07.230><c> of</c><00:27:07.470><c> that</c><00:27:07.690><c> herb</c><00:27:07.829><c> could</c><00:27:08.009><c> be</c><00:27:08.190><c> given</c><00:27:08.309><c> to</c>

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God,<00:27:09.049><c> so</c><00:27:09.250><c> just</c><00:27:09.529><c> and</c><00:27:09.769><c> righteous</c><00:27:10.170><c> were</c><00:27:10.410><c> they.</c>

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And<00:27:17.529><c> of</c><00:27:17.769><c> course</c><00:27:17.930><c> we</c><00:27:18.130><c> realise</c><00:27:18.930><c> that</c><00:27:20.869><c> it</c><00:27:20.990><c> was</c><00:27:21.230><c> all</c><00:27:22.410><c> a</c><00:27:22.930><c> caricature.</c><00:27:26.269><c> There</c>

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probably<00:27:26.950><c> wasn't</c><00:27:27.609><c> actually</c>

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a<00:27:28.450><c> Pharisee</c><00:27:28.910><c> who</c><00:27:29.089><c> was</c><00:27:29.549><c> quite</c><00:27:29.849><c> as</c><00:27:30.170><c> proud</c><00:27:30.690><c> and</c><00:27:31.930><c> quite</c><00:27:32.150><c> as</c><00:27:32.470><c> arrogant</c><00:27:32.890><c> and</c><00:27:34.849><c> quite</c><00:27:35.029><c> as</c>

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pompous<00:27:35.650><c> as</c><00:27:35.829><c> this</c><00:27:36.089><c> one.</c>

00:27:36.509 --> 00:27:49.069
You<00:27:38.809><c> see,</c><00:27:39.809><c> the</c><00:27:39.970><c> thing</c><00:27:40.130><c> is,</c><00:27:42.970><c> that</c><00:27:43.069><c> in</c><00:27:43.289><c> some</c><00:27:43.569><c> way,</c><00:27:47.250><c> this</c><00:27:47.490><c> man</c><00:27:47.690><c> is</c><00:27:47.869><c> us.</c>

00:27:51.990 --> 00:27:58.430
Because<00:27:52.690><c> we</c><00:27:52.950><c> do</c><00:27:53.549><c> congratulate</c><00:27:54.470><c> ourselves</c><00:27:55.549><c> that</c><00:27:57.930><c> we</c><00:27:58.170><c> haven't</c>

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sinned<00:27:58.730><c> like</c><00:27:59.049><c> others.</c>

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And<00:28:04.109><c> we</c><00:28:04.329><c> do</c><00:28:04.910><c> congratulate</c><00:28:05.650><c> ourselves</c><00:28:06.349><c> on</c><00:28:07.190><c> what</c><00:28:07.369><c> we've</c><00:28:07.609><c> done</c>

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for<00:28:08.250><c> the</c><00:28:08.430><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:28:12.190><c> we</c><00:28:12.369><c> do</c><00:28:12.650><c> congratulate</c><00:28:13.309><c> ourselves</c><00:28:13.970><c> on</c><00:28:14.609><c> the</c><00:28:14.809><c> things</c><00:28:15.069><c> that</c><00:28:15.289><c> we</c><00:28:15.529><c> accomplish.</c><00:28:16.190><c> I</c>

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attend<00:28:16.509><c> three</c><00:28:16.789><c> times</c><00:28:17.089><c> a</c><00:28:17.250><c> week.</c>

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As<00:28:19.630><c> if</c><00:28:19.789><c> attendance</c><00:28:20.150><c> itself</c><00:28:20.529><c> is</c><00:28:20.730><c> a</c><00:28:20.809><c> matter</c><00:28:21.009><c> of</c><00:28:21.210><c> righteousness.</c>

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When<00:28:21.890><c> it's</c><00:28:22.089><c> not,</c>

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it's<00:28:22.490><c> a</c><00:28:22.569><c> means</c><00:28:22.750><c> to</c><00:28:22.930><c> an</c><00:28:23.069><c> end</c><00:28:23.269><c> and</c><00:28:23.410><c> not</c><00:28:23.569><c> an</c><00:28:23.710><c> end</c><00:28:23.849><c> in</c><00:28:24.029><c> itself.</c><00:28:24.690><c> Oh</c>

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yes,<00:28:25.150><c> brothers</c><00:28:25.309><c> and</c><00:28:25.490><c> sisters,</c><00:28:26.069><c> this</c>

00:28:27.210 --> 00:28:33.430
proud<00:28:27.750><c> Pharisee</c><00:28:30.869><c> is</c><00:28:31.049><c> human</c><00:28:31.269><c> nature</c><00:28:31.589><c> in</c><00:28:31.769><c> all</c><00:28:31.930><c> of</c><00:28:32.029><c> us,</c><00:28:32.170><c> is</c><00:28:32.289><c> it</c><00:28:32.450><c> not?</c>

00:28:35.730 --> 00:28:38.349
And<00:28:35.869><c> that's</c><00:28:36.009><c> why</c><00:28:36.170><c> the</c><00:28:36.289><c> Lord's</c><00:28:36.569><c> painting</c><00:28:36.829><c> the</c><00:28:37.049><c> picture</c><00:28:37.309><c> so</c><00:28:37.609><c> vividly</c><00:28:38.029><c> that</c><00:28:38.190><c> we</c>

00:28:38.349 --> 00:28:40.509
might<00:28:38.609><c> see</c><00:28:38.930><c> ourselves</c><00:28:39.390><c> in</c><00:28:39.710><c> him.</c>

00:28:43.589 --> 00:28:52.829
And<00:28:43.690><c> then</c><00:28:43.910><c> verse</c><00:28:44.910><c> 13</c><00:28:46.509><c> says,</c><00:28:47.910><c> and</c><00:28:47.910><c> the</c><00:28:48.130><c> publican</c><00:28:50.549><c> standing</c><00:28:51.470><c> afar</c><00:28:51.950><c> off.</c><00:28:52.670><c> Ah,</c>

00:28:52.910 --> 00:28:55.230
so<00:28:53.269><c> he</c><00:28:53.710><c> stands</c><00:28:54.109><c> afar</c><00:28:54.450><c> off</c><00:28:54.569><c> as</c><00:28:54.809><c> well.</c>

00:28:55.230 --> 00:28:59.150
The<00:28:55.750><c> Pharisee</c><00:28:56.369><c> stood</c><00:28:56.549><c> afar</c><00:28:56.890><c> off,</c><00:28:57.630><c> stood</c><00:28:57.750><c> with</c><00:28:57.930><c> himself,</c><00:28:58.430><c> verse</c><00:28:58.710><c> 11.</c>

00:28:59.549 --> 00:29:02.410
And<00:28:59.849><c> so</c><00:29:00.009><c> also</c><00:29:00.309><c> does</c><00:29:00.450><c> the</c><00:29:00.690><c> publican,</c><00:29:01.029><c> verse</c><00:29:01.250><c> 13.</c><00:29:01.809><c> The</c><00:29:01.990><c> publican</c>

00:29:02.410 --> 00:29:03.890
stood<00:29:02.630><c> afar</c><00:29:03.049><c> off.</c>

00:29:05.710 --> 00:29:08.329
But<00:29:05.869><c> you</c><00:29:06.029><c> see,</c><00:29:06.230><c> the</c><00:29:06.410><c> Pharisee</c><00:29:06.829><c> stands</c><00:29:07.190><c> apart</c><00:29:07.609><c> because</c><00:29:07.950><c> of</c><00:29:08.109><c> his</c>

00:29:08.329 --> 00:29:09.930
self<00:29:08.490><c>-importance.</c>

00:29:11.789 --> 00:29:16.710
The<00:29:12.029><c> publican</c><00:29:12.829><c> stands</c><00:29:13.250><c> apart</c><00:29:13.670><c> because</c><00:29:14.250><c> of</c><00:29:14.589><c> his</c><00:29:15.069><c> self</c><00:29:15.549><c>-abasement.</c>

00:29:19.109 --> 00:29:24.190
He<00:29:19.670><c> is</c><00:29:19.970><c> the</c><00:29:20.170><c> spirit</c><00:29:20.390><c> of</c><00:29:20.549><c> this</c><00:29:20.789><c> one</c><00:29:21.230><c> described</c><00:29:21.809><c> in</c><00:29:22.009><c> verse</c><00:29:22.250><c> 13</c><00:29:22.589><c> that</c><00:29:22.789><c> would</c><00:29:23.089><c> not</c><00:29:23.470><c> lift</c><00:29:23.789><c> up</c>

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so<00:29:24.529><c> much</c><00:29:24.849><c> as</c><00:29:25.349><c> his</c><00:29:25.730><c> eyes</c>

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unto<00:29:26.650><c> heaven.</c><00:29:27.250><c> It's</c><00:29:27.529><c> the</c><00:29:27.730><c> spirit</c><00:29:27.930><c> of</c><00:29:28.170><c> Isaiah,</c><00:29:28.670><c> chapter</c><00:29:29.109><c> 40</c><00:29:29.470><c> in</c>

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verse<00:29:29.910><c> 12,</c><00:29:30.289><c> when</c><00:29:30.430><c> it</c><00:29:30.650><c> says,</c>

00:29:31.349 --> 00:29:34.470
mine<00:29:31.369><c> iniquities</c><00:29:32.109><c> have</c><00:29:32.529><c> taken</c><00:29:32.829><c> hold</c><00:29:33.109><c> upon</c><00:29:33.430><c> me,</c><00:29:34.009><c> so</c><00:29:34.170><c> that</c><00:29:34.269><c> I'm</c>

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not<00:29:34.710><c> able</c><00:29:34.970><c> to</c><00:29:35.170><c> look</c><00:29:35.329><c> up.</c><00:29:35.670><c> It's</c><00:29:35.970><c> that</c>

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consciousness,<00:29:37.190><c> brothers</c><00:29:37.269><c> and</c><00:29:37.509><c> sisters,</c><00:29:37.730><c> of</c><00:29:37.930><c> sin</c><00:29:38.069><c> in</c><00:29:38.269><c> our</c><00:29:38.450><c> lives,</c><00:29:39.029><c> so</c>

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terrible<00:29:39.930><c> that</c><00:29:40.329><c> we</c><00:29:40.609><c> cannot</c><00:29:40.789><c> even</c>

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lift<00:29:41.329><c> our</c><00:29:41.630><c> eyes</c><00:29:42.069><c> to</c><00:29:42.349><c> our</c><00:29:42.549><c> brothers</c><00:29:42.789><c> and</c><00:29:43.109><c> sisters,</c><00:29:43.789><c> let</c><00:29:43.970><c> alone</c>

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to<00:29:44.769><c> God</c><00:29:45.130><c> in</c><00:29:45.630><c> heaven</c><00:29:45.869><c> above.</c><00:29:46.190><c> He</c><00:29:46.190><c> is</c><00:29:46.190><c> the</c>

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spirit.<00:29:47.589><c> It's</c><00:29:48.069><c> that</c><00:29:48.309><c> consciousness</c><00:29:48.849><c> of</c><00:29:49.150><c> sin,</c><00:29:49.349><c> so</c><00:29:49.730><c> real</c><00:29:50.130><c> in</c><00:29:50.390><c> our</c><00:29:50.609><c> lives,</c><00:29:50.950><c> that</c><00:29:51.150><c> we</c>

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have<00:29:51.750><c> fallen</c><00:29:51.990><c> short,</c><00:29:52.390><c> not</c><00:29:52.589><c> others,</c>

00:29:54.609 --> 00:29:58.509
we<00:29:55.089><c> ourselves.</c><00:29:56.450><c> And</c><00:29:56.609><c> what</c><00:29:56.750><c> does</c><00:29:56.930><c> he</c><00:29:56.990><c> do?</c><00:29:57.589><c> The</c><00:29:57.710><c> record</c><00:29:58.029><c> says</c><00:29:58.329><c> in</c>

00:29:58.509 --> 00:30:01.009
verse<00:29:58.750><c> 13,</c><00:29:59.390><c> he</c><00:29:59.609><c> smote</c><00:30:00.049><c> upon</c><00:30:00.269><c> his</c><00:30:00.549><c> breast,</c>

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saying,<00:30:01.910><c> God</c><00:30:02.089><c> be</c><00:30:02.309><c> merciful.</c><00:30:02.950><c> And</c><00:30:03.150><c> the</c><00:30:03.309><c> only</c><00:30:03.450><c> other</c><00:30:03.710><c> place</c><00:30:03.869><c> where</c><00:30:04.049><c> that</c><00:30:04.250><c> expression,</c><00:30:05.049><c> smote</c><00:30:05.369><c> upon</c><00:30:05.569><c> his</c>

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breast,<00:30:06.150><c> is</c><00:30:06.230><c> used</c><00:30:06.509><c> is</c><00:30:06.910><c> in</c><00:30:07.089><c> this</c><00:30:07.349><c> gospel</c><00:30:07.650><c> in</c><00:30:07.789><c> Luke</c><00:30:07.990><c> 23,</c><00:30:08.589><c> verse</c>

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48.<00:30:09.269><c> You</c><00:30:09.369><c> might</c><00:30:09.569><c> remember</c><00:30:09.869><c> when</c><00:30:10.009><c> those</c><00:30:10.529><c> passing</c>

00:30:10.990 --> 00:30:14.930
by<00:30:11.289><c> saw</c><00:30:11.569><c> the</c><00:30:11.890><c> crucified</c><00:30:12.470><c> Christ,</c><00:30:13.170><c> they</c><00:30:13.569><c> smote</c><00:30:13.829><c> upon</c><00:30:14.069><c> their</c><00:30:14.329><c> breasts</c><00:30:14.650><c> in</c>

00:30:14.930 --> 00:30:15.890
return,<00:30:15.329><c> it</c><00:30:15.569><c> says,</c>

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an<00:30:16.269><c> action</c><00:30:16.609><c> denoting</c><00:30:17.130><c> the</c><00:30:17.789><c> extreme</c><00:30:18.250><c> anguish</c><00:30:18.730><c> of</c><00:30:18.910><c> these</c><00:30:19.190><c> people.</c><00:30:19.769><c> And</c>

00:30:19.890 --> 00:30:21.849
this<00:30:20.130><c> publican</c><00:30:20.509><c> was</c><00:30:20.750><c> anguished.</c><00:30:21.309><c> He</c><00:30:21.470><c> was</c>

00:30:21.849 --> 00:30:30.130
anguished<00:30:22.630><c> to</c><00:30:22.869><c> the</c><00:30:23.150><c> point</c><00:30:23.589><c> of</c><00:30:24.150><c> despair</c><00:30:24.869><c> about</c><00:30:25.529><c> his</c><00:30:25.869><c> sin.</c><00:30:29.829><c> And</c>

00:30:30.130 --> 00:30:35.589
so<00:30:30.309><c> this</c><00:30:30.490><c> is</c><00:30:30.589><c> what</c><00:30:30.730><c> he</c><00:30:30.950><c> said</c><00:30:31.089><c> now</c><00:30:31.750><c> in</c><00:30:33.549><c> his</c><00:30:34.289><c> prayer.</c>

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He<00:30:36.650><c> said,</c><00:30:38.250><c> God,</c><00:30:40.690><c> so</c><00:30:40.990><c> he</c><00:30:41.210><c> starts</c><00:30:41.490><c> the</c><00:30:41.750><c> same</c><00:30:41.950><c> way</c><00:30:42.170><c> as</c><00:30:42.329><c> the</c><00:30:42.470><c> Pharisee,</c><00:30:44.269><c> but</c><00:30:44.369><c> immediately</c><00:30:44.849><c> now</c><00:30:45.269><c> the</c><00:30:45.470><c> prayer</c><00:30:45.609><c> will</c><00:30:45.869><c> be</c>

00:30:46.210 --> 00:30:52.210
dramatically<00:30:46.750><c> different.</c><00:30:47.210><c> God</c><00:30:47.670><c> be</c><00:30:48.589><c> merciful</c><00:30:49.250><c> to</c><00:30:49.970><c> me,</c><00:30:51.130><c> a</c><00:30:51.470><c> sinner,</c><00:30:51.849><c> he</c>

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says.<00:30:55.829><c> But</c><00:30:56.509><c> in</c><00:30:56.730><c> the</c><00:30:56.890><c> Greek,</c><00:30:57.509><c> the</c><00:30:57.630><c> definite</c>

00:30:57.890 --> 00:31:05.269
article<00:30:58.509><c> is</c><00:30:59.029><c> there.</c><00:31:02.170><c> So</c><00:31:02.289><c> what</c><00:31:02.349><c> the</c><00:31:02.569><c> publican</c><00:31:02.789><c> really</c><00:31:03.049><c> says</c><00:31:03.390><c> is,</c><00:31:05.049><c> God</c><00:31:05.049><c> be</c>

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merciful<00:31:05.650><c> to</c><00:31:05.950><c> me,</c><00:31:07.269><c> the</c><00:31:07.710><c> sinner.</c>

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And<00:31:09.569><c> he</c><00:31:09.609><c> means</c><00:31:09.849><c> it.</c><00:31:10.930><c> He</c><00:31:11.029><c> saw</c><00:31:11.210><c> himself</c><00:31:11.549><c> as</c><00:31:11.769><c> the</c><00:31:11.950><c> sinner</c><00:31:12.069><c> of</c><00:31:12.269><c> all</c>

00:31:12.569 --> 00:31:14.529
sinners,<00:31:13.049><c> the</c><00:31:13.269><c> chief</c><00:31:13.490><c> of</c><00:31:13.750><c> sinners,</c><00:31:13.990><c> as</c><00:31:14.150><c> the</c><00:31:14.309><c> apostle</c>

00:31:14.529 --> 00:31:17.650
Paul<00:31:14.809><c> himself</c><00:31:15.269><c> once</c><00:31:15.609><c> declared.</c><00:31:16.450><c> You</c><00:31:16.569><c> see,</c><00:31:16.650><c> this</c><00:31:16.769><c> is</c><00:31:16.950><c> the</c><00:31:17.049><c> thing,</c><00:31:17.349><c> brothers</c><00:31:17.509><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:31:18.009><c> he</c><00:31:18.190><c> has</c><00:31:18.390><c> two</c><00:31:18.710><c> totally</c>

00:31:19.170 --> 00:31:27.130
different<00:31:19.589><c> minds</c><00:31:20.210><c> concerning</c><00:31:20.990><c> the</c><00:31:21.390><c> realization</c><00:31:22.069><c> of</c><00:31:22.650><c> sin.</c><00:31:24.630><c> You</c><00:31:24.849><c> see,</c><00:31:25.049><c> the</c><00:31:25.269><c> Pharisee</c><00:31:25.769><c> saw</c><00:31:26.009><c> himself</c><00:31:26.490><c> as</c><00:31:26.809><c> different</c>

00:31:27.130 --> 00:31:35.230
from<00:31:27.410><c> all</c><00:31:28.089><c> others</c><00:31:28.710><c> because</c><00:31:29.710><c> of</c><00:31:30.089><c> his</c><00:31:30.410><c> righteousness.</c><00:31:34.609><c> But</c><00:31:34.910><c> the</c>

00:31:35.230 --> 00:31:37.750
publican<00:31:36.009><c> saw</c><00:31:36.289><c> himself</c><00:31:36.849><c> as</c><00:31:37.170><c> different</c><00:31:37.410><c> from</c>

00:31:37.750 --> 00:31:45.410
all<00:31:38.250><c> others</c><00:31:38.829><c> because</c><00:31:39.690><c> of</c><00:31:40.369><c> his</c><00:31:40.890><c> sinfulness.</c><00:31:44.170><c> It's</c><00:31:44.529><c> about</c><00:31:44.769><c> a</c><00:31:44.990><c> state</c><00:31:45.130><c> of</c>

00:31:45.410 --> 00:31:49.549
mind.<00:31:48.549><c> And</c><00:31:48.690><c> the</c><00:31:48.910><c> publican</c><00:31:49.250><c> considered</c>

00:31:49.549 --> 00:31:52.829
himself<00:31:49.970><c> to</c><00:31:50.150><c> be</c><00:31:50.329><c> a</c><00:31:50.509><c> sinner</c><00:31:50.769><c> who</c><00:31:51.230><c> stood</c><00:31:51.509><c> in</c><00:31:52.029><c> desperate</c><00:31:52.390><c> need</c><00:31:52.609><c> of</c>

00:31:52.829 --> 00:31:55.750
God's<00:31:53.309><c> mercy.</c><00:31:53.710><c> God</c><00:31:54.069><c> be</c><00:31:54.549><c> merciful</c><00:31:55.109><c> to</c><00:31:55.549><c> me,</c>

00:31:55.750 --> 00:32:00.569
but<00:31:56.529><c> the</c><00:31:57.269><c> Lord</c><00:31:57.630><c> in</c><00:31:57.930><c> his</c><00:31:58.349><c> parable</c><00:31:59.109><c> and</c><00:31:59.630><c> in</c><00:31:59.829><c> the</c><00:31:59.970><c> words</c><00:32:00.170><c> he</c><00:32:00.329><c> puts</c>

00:32:00.569 --> 00:32:02.490
into<00:32:00.829><c> the</c><00:32:00.950><c> mouth</c><00:32:01.150><c> of</c><00:32:01.450><c> the</c><00:32:01.630><c> publican</c>

00:32:04.630 --> 00:32:08.569
doesn't<00:32:05.190><c> use</c><00:32:05.470><c> the</c><00:32:05.650><c> normal</c><00:32:05.910><c> word</c><00:32:06.190><c> for</c><00:32:06.589><c> mercy</c><00:32:06.990><c> or</c><00:32:07.329><c> merciful</c><00:32:07.769><c> here.</c>

00:32:11.349 --> 00:32:16.589
Lord<00:32:11.910><c> uses</c><00:32:12.190><c> quite</c><00:32:12.450><c> a</c><00:32:12.650><c> different</c><00:32:12.829><c> word.</c><00:32:15.369><c> Normal</c><00:32:15.650><c> word</c><00:32:15.829><c> for</c><00:32:16.109><c> mercy</c><00:32:16.430><c> in</c>

00:32:16.589 --> 00:32:18.430
the<00:32:16.690><c> New</c><00:32:16.849><c> Testament</c><00:32:17.210><c> is</c><00:32:17.450><c> alios.</c>

00:32:18.609 --> 00:32:23.809
Jesus<00:32:19.250><c> doesn't</c><00:32:19.650><c> use</c><00:32:20.009><c> that</c><00:32:20.569><c> term.</c><00:32:22.269><c> He</c><00:32:22.490><c> uses</c><00:32:22.789><c> a</c><00:32:23.029><c> word</c><00:32:23.210><c> that</c><00:32:23.390><c> is</c>

00:32:23.809 --> 00:32:29.829
so<00:32:24.930><c> rare</c><00:32:25.670><c> that</c><00:32:27.410><c> it's</c><00:32:27.710><c> found</c><00:32:27.890><c> in</c><00:32:28.049><c> only</c><00:32:28.369><c> one</c><00:32:28.730><c> other</c><00:32:29.009><c> place</c>

00:32:31.690 --> 00:32:38.549
in<00:32:32.329><c> a</c><00:32:32.589><c> passage</c><00:32:32.869><c> that</c><00:32:33.289><c> says</c><00:32:33.990><c> that</c><00:32:35.589><c> he</c><00:32:35.829><c> might</c><00:32:36.069><c> be</c><00:32:36.269><c> a</c><00:32:36.470><c> merciful</c><00:32:36.750><c> and</c><00:32:37.029><c> faithful</c><00:32:37.369><c> high</c><00:32:37.710><c> priest</c><00:32:38.009><c> in</c><00:32:38.210><c> things</c>

00:32:38.549 --> 00:32:45.109
pertaining<00:32:38.930><c> to</c><00:32:39.190><c> God</c><00:32:39.549><c> to</c><00:32:39.829><c> make</c><00:32:41.690><c> propitiation</c><00:32:42.950><c> for</c><00:32:44.230><c> the</c><00:32:44.509><c> sins</c>

00:32:45.109 --> 00:32:49.190
of<00:32:45.769><c> the</c><00:32:45.950><c> people.</c><00:32:46.450><c> Now</c><00:32:46.849><c> when</c><00:32:47.309><c> did</c><00:32:48.130><c> the</c><00:32:48.410><c> high</c><00:32:48.769><c> priest</c>

00:32:49.190 --> 00:32:54.269
make<00:32:49.990><c> propitiation</c><00:32:51.150><c> for</c><00:32:51.490><c> the</c><00:32:51.789><c> sins</c><00:32:52.230><c> of</c><00:32:52.569><c> the</c><00:32:52.730><c> people?</c><00:32:53.029><c> When</c><00:32:53.230><c> did</c><00:32:53.430><c> the</c><00:32:53.589><c> high</c><00:32:53.809><c> priest</c><00:32:54.069><c> do</c>

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that?<00:32:54.690><c> Especially,</c>

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and<00:32:55.490><c> of</c><00:32:55.609><c> course</c><00:32:55.690><c> we</c><00:32:55.829><c> know</c><00:32:56.009><c> what</c><00:32:56.150><c> the</c><00:32:56.349><c> answer</c><00:32:56.589><c> is,</c><00:32:56.910><c> on</c><00:32:57.089><c> the</c><00:32:57.210><c> day</c>

00:32:57.329 --> 00:33:00.309
of<00:32:57.509><c> atonement.</c><00:32:58.930><c> On</c><00:32:59.049><c> that</c><00:32:59.210><c> very</c><00:32:59.450><c> day</c><00:32:59.630><c> when</c><00:32:59.730><c> he</c><00:32:59.950><c> sprinkled</c>

00:33:00.309 --> 00:33:02.630
the<00:33:00.509><c> blood</c><00:33:00.630><c> of</c><00:33:00.829><c> the</c><00:33:01.009><c> sin</c><00:33:01.150><c> offering</c><00:33:01.390><c> on</c><00:33:01.609><c> the</c><00:33:01.829><c> mercy</c><00:33:02.130><c> seat,</c><00:33:02.390><c> on</c>

00:33:02.630 --> 00:33:05.230
that<00:33:02.890><c> day</c><00:33:03.230><c> he</c><00:33:03.509><c> made</c><00:33:03.769><c> propitiation</c><00:33:04.569><c> for</c><00:33:04.730><c> the</c><00:33:04.930><c> sins</c><00:33:05.069><c> of</c>

00:33:05.230 --> 00:33:08.930
people.<00:33:05.809><c> Now</c><00:33:06.150><c> that's</c><00:33:06.630><c> the</c><00:33:06.890><c> word</c><00:33:07.349><c> that</c><00:33:07.670><c> the</c><00:33:07.890><c> publican</c><00:33:08.309><c> uses</c><00:33:08.589><c> in</c>

00:33:08.930 --> 00:33:11.109
his<00:33:09.230><c> prayer.</c><00:33:09.950><c> So</c><00:33:10.109><c> this</c><00:33:10.289><c> is</c><00:33:10.450><c> how</c><00:33:10.609><c> erodehems</c>

00:33:11.109 --> 00:33:19.369
translates<00:33:11.690><c> that</c><00:33:12.029><c> phrase.</c><00:33:13.009><c> Oh</c><00:33:13.089><c> God,</c><00:33:14.750><c> be</c><00:33:15.009><c> propitiated</c><00:33:16.009><c> unto</c><00:33:16.450><c> me</c><00:33:17.230><c> the</c><00:33:17.609><c> sinner.</c><00:33:19.029><c> And</c><00:33:19.250><c> I</c>

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think<00:33:19.490><c> that</c><00:33:19.630><c> the</c><00:33:19.730><c> Lord</c>

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chose<00:33:20.269><c> that</c><00:33:20.589><c> word</c><00:33:20.769><c> with</c><00:33:21.009><c> deliberate</c><00:33:21.390><c> intention</c><00:33:21.950><c> and</c><00:33:22.549><c> deliberate</c><00:33:23.170><c> care.</c>

00:33:24.150 --> 00:33:26.069
And<00:33:24.309><c> that</c><00:33:24.549><c> word,</c><00:33:25.170><c> halaskemai,</c>

00:33:26.210 --> 00:33:31.170
used<00:33:26.529><c> only</c><00:33:27.109><c> in</c><00:33:27.450><c> this</c><00:33:27.710><c> place</c><00:33:28.009><c> in</c><00:33:28.569><c> Luke</c><00:33:28.809><c> 18</c><00:33:29.210><c> verse</c><00:33:29.529><c> 13</c><00:33:30.170><c> and</c><00:33:30.609><c> in</c><00:33:30.789><c> the</c><00:33:30.869><c> book</c><00:33:30.990><c> of</c>

00:33:31.170 --> 00:33:33.470
Hebrews<00:33:31.430><c> chapter</c><00:33:31.789><c> 2</c><00:33:32.089><c> verse</c><00:33:32.329><c> 17</c><00:33:32.869><c> concerning</c>

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making<00:33:34.170><c> propitiation.</c><00:33:35.769><c> That</c><00:33:36.109><c> word</c><00:33:36.490><c> is</c><00:33:36.710><c> the</c><00:33:36.890><c> very</c><00:33:37.190><c> foundation</c>

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for<00:33:38.369><c> the</c><00:33:38.529><c> New</c><00:33:38.769><c> Testament</c><00:33:39.250><c> word</c>

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helisterion,<00:33:41.450><c> which</c><00:33:41.549><c> is</c><00:33:41.809><c> the</c><00:33:41.990><c> word</c><00:33:42.170><c> for</c><00:33:42.369><c> the</c><00:33:42.650><c> mercy</c><00:33:42.950><c> seat</c><00:33:43.190><c> itself.</c><00:33:44.750><c> Found</c><00:33:44.990><c> in</c>

00:33:45.289 --> 00:33:47.670
Hebrews<00:33:45.589><c> chapter</c><00:33:45.950><c> 9</c><00:33:46.309><c> verse</c><00:33:46.609><c> 5</c>

00:33:47.950 --> 00:33:52.569
where<00:33:48.309><c> we</c><00:33:48.569><c> begin</c><00:33:49.210><c> our</c><00:33:49.710><c> earlier</c><00:33:49.970><c> consideration</c><00:33:50.750><c> tonight.</c><00:33:52.490><c> So</c>

00:33:52.569 --> 00:33:55.009
Brother<00:33:52.849><c> John</c><00:33:53.289><c> Carter</c><00:33:53.650><c> in</c><00:33:53.910><c> his</c><00:33:54.130><c> book</c><00:33:54.230><c> on</c><00:33:54.450><c> the</c><00:33:54.690><c> parables</c>

00:33:55.009 --> 00:33:58.430
of<00:33:55.230><c> the</c><00:33:55.369><c> Messiah</c><00:33:55.690><c> makes</c><00:33:56.069><c> comment</c><00:33:56.470><c> on</c><00:33:56.670><c> that</c><00:33:57.130><c> little</c><00:33:57.349><c> but</c><00:33:57.890><c> very</c>

00:33:58.430 --> 00:34:02.230
significant<00:33:59.170><c> detail</c><00:33:59.849><c> in</c><00:34:00.589><c> the</c><00:34:01.089><c> record</c><00:34:01.470><c> of</c><00:34:01.670><c> this</c>

00:34:02.230 --> 00:34:05.269
parable<00:34:02.650><c> of</c><00:34:02.769><c> the</c><00:34:03.029><c> penitent</c><00:34:03.509><c> publican.</c><00:34:04.410><c> In</c><00:34:04.690><c> parables</c><00:34:04.990><c> of</c><00:34:05.150><c> the</c>

00:34:05.269 --> 00:34:08.170
Messiah,<00:34:05.789><c> page</c><00:34:05.950><c> 256,</c><00:34:07.049><c> Brother</c><00:34:07.230><c> John</c><00:34:07.569><c> Carter</c><00:34:07.849><c> says</c>

00:34:08.170 --> 00:34:13.250
this,<00:34:08.909><c> commenting</c><00:34:09.210><c> on</c><00:34:09.489><c> that</c><00:34:09.730><c> word</c><00:34:10.130><c> merciful.</c><00:34:11.530><c> He</c><00:34:11.570><c> says,</c><00:34:12.909><c> God</c>

00:34:13.250 --> 00:34:19.070
be<00:34:13.730><c> propitiated</c><00:34:14.650><c> to</c><00:34:15.010><c> me</c><00:34:15.510><c> a</c><00:34:15.949><c> sinner.</c><00:34:17.329><c> A</c><00:34:17.630><c> hint</c><00:34:18.030><c> that</c><00:34:18.750><c> the</c>

00:34:19.070 --> 00:34:24.130
publican<00:34:19.449><c> had</c><00:34:19.650><c> in</c><00:34:19.989><c> mind</c><00:34:20.690><c> the</c><00:34:21.389><c> propitiatory,</c><00:34:22.909><c> the</c><00:34:23.289><c> mercy</c><00:34:23.849><c> seat</c>

00:34:24.130 --> 00:34:28.369
of<00:34:24.449><c> God</c><00:34:24.909><c> in</c><00:34:25.389><c> the</c><00:34:25.630><c> holiest.</c><00:34:27.349><c> The</c><00:34:27.510><c> man</c><00:34:27.690><c> must</c><00:34:27.969><c> have</c><00:34:28.110><c> had</c>

00:34:28.369 --> 00:34:33.769
some<00:34:28.929><c> discernment</c><00:34:30.110><c> of</c><00:34:30.429><c> the</c><00:34:30.829><c> significance</c><00:34:31.690><c> of</c><00:34:32.309><c> the</c><00:34:32.670><c> type</c><00:34:33.030><c> of</c>

00:34:33.769 --> 00:34:36.769
the<00:34:33.949><c> day</c><00:34:34.130><c> of</c><00:34:34.369><c> atonement</c><00:34:35.530><c> when</c><00:34:36.010><c> the</c><00:34:36.190><c> high</c><00:34:36.449><c> priest</c>

00:34:36.769 --> 00:34:40.369
sprinkled<00:34:37.369><c> the</c><00:34:37.550><c> blood</c><00:34:37.670><c> of</c><00:34:37.849><c> the</c><00:34:38.030><c> sin</c><00:34:38.190><c> offering</c><00:34:38.550><c> on</c><00:34:38.789><c> the</c><00:34:39.030><c> coverlid</c><00:34:39.650><c> of</c><00:34:40.130><c> the</c>

00:34:40.369 --> 00:34:42.849
ark<00:34:40.690><c> of</c><00:34:40.969><c> the</c><00:34:41.190><c> covenant.</c><00:34:42.170><c> He</c><00:34:42.309><c> felt</c><00:34:42.570><c> the</c>

00:34:42.849 --> 00:34:46.710
need<00:34:43.070><c> of</c><00:34:43.369><c> mercy,</c><00:34:44.630><c> but</c><00:34:44.889><c> believed</c><00:34:45.110><c> also</c><00:34:45.550><c> that</c><00:34:45.789><c> the</c><00:34:45.989><c> throne</c><00:34:46.289><c> of</c>

00:34:46.710 --> 00:34:50.789
God<00:34:46.989><c> was</c><00:34:47.510><c> one</c><00:34:47.750><c> of</c><00:34:48.010><c> mercy</c><00:34:48.530><c> when</c><00:34:49.110><c> the</c><00:34:49.469><c> sovereign</c><00:34:50.150><c> rights</c>

00:34:50.789 --> 00:34:54.989
of<00:34:51.190><c> the</c><00:34:51.369><c> great</c><00:34:51.670><c> king</c><00:34:52.210><c> were</c><00:34:52.829><c> acknowledged</c><00:34:53.489><c> in</c><00:34:54.010><c> the</c><00:34:54.210><c> way</c><00:34:54.670><c> which</c>

00:34:54.989 --> 00:34:56.869
he<00:34:55.190><c> had</c><00:34:55.409><c> appointed.</c><00:34:55.949><c> And</c><00:34:56.030><c> so</c><00:34:56.170><c> Brother</c><00:34:56.590><c> Carter</c>

00:34:56.869 --> 00:35:00.250
likewise<00:34:57.469><c> draws</c><00:34:57.750><c> attention</c><00:34:58.570><c> to</c><00:34:59.010><c> the</c><00:34:59.309><c> significance</c><00:34:59.789><c> of</c><00:35:00.050><c> the</c>

00:35:00.250 --> 00:35:03.429
word<00:35:00.570><c> that</c><00:35:01.349><c> the</c><00:35:01.530><c> Lord</c><00:35:01.710><c> with</c><00:35:02.030><c> care</c><00:35:02.389><c> places</c><00:35:02.750><c> in</c><00:35:03.289><c> the</c>

00:35:03.429 --> 00:35:06.010
mouth<00:35:03.590><c> of</c><00:35:03.809><c> the</c><00:35:03.969><c> publican</c><00:35:04.389><c> when</c><00:35:04.489><c> he</c><00:35:04.650><c> utters</c><00:35:04.849><c> his</c><00:35:05.150><c> prayer,</c><00:35:05.710><c> God</c>

00:35:06.010 --> 00:35:10.530
be<00:35:06.630><c> merciful,</c><00:35:07.289><c> God</c><00:35:07.570><c> be</c><00:35:07.909><c> propitiated</c><00:35:08.750><c> unto</c><00:35:09.210><c> me</c><00:35:09.829><c> a</c><00:35:10.289><c> sinner.</c>

00:35:10.969 --> 00:35:16.690
And<00:35:11.349><c> now</c><00:35:11.849><c> brothers</c><00:35:12.190><c> and</c><00:35:12.449><c> sisters,</c><00:35:13.409><c> suddenly</c><00:35:14.150><c> the</c><00:35:15.929><c> complete</c>

00:35:16.690 --> 00:35:20.170
inappropriateness<00:35:18.170><c> of</c><00:35:18.449><c> the</c><00:35:18.710><c> one</c><00:35:19.150><c> prayer</c>

00:35:20.230 --> 00:35:25.030
and<00:35:20.530><c> the</c><00:35:20.829><c> utter</c><00:35:21.389><c> focus</c><00:35:22.030><c> of</c><00:35:22.309><c> the</c><00:35:22.670><c> other</c><00:35:22.989><c> prayer</c><00:35:23.449><c> in</c><00:35:23.829><c> this</c><00:35:24.349><c> story</c>

00:35:25.030 --> 00:35:27.869
makes<00:35:26.110><c> sense.</c>

00:35:29.630 --> 00:35:32.710
So<00:35:29.750><c> we</c><00:35:29.889><c> know</c><00:35:30.090><c> there</c><00:35:30.190><c> are</c><00:35:30.389><c> prayers</c><00:35:30.530><c> of</c><00:35:30.809><c> thanksgiving,</c><00:35:32.630><c> and</c><00:35:32.630><c> we</c>

00:35:32.710 --> 00:35:34.730
know<00:35:32.949><c> there</c><00:35:33.090><c> are</c><00:35:33.289><c> prayers</c><00:35:33.449><c> of</c><00:35:33.650><c> adoration,</c>

00:35:35.150 --> 00:35:38.630
and<00:35:35.289><c> we</c><00:35:35.409><c> know</c><00:35:35.630><c> there</c><00:35:35.750><c> are</c><00:35:35.969><c> prayers</c><00:35:36.130><c> of</c><00:35:36.349><c> petition,</c><00:35:37.590><c> and</c><00:35:37.969><c> we</c><00:35:38.110><c> know</c><00:35:38.289><c> there</c><00:35:38.409><c> are</c>

00:35:38.630 --> 00:35:40.289
prayers<00:35:38.809><c> of</c><00:35:39.050><c> intercession,</c>

00:35:40.809 --> 00:35:43.449
and<00:35:41.289><c> we</c><00:35:41.409><c> know</c><00:35:41.570><c> there's</c><00:35:41.789><c> prayers</c><00:35:42.090><c> of</c><00:35:42.369><c> confession.</c><00:35:43.050><c> But</c><00:35:43.210><c> the</c>

00:35:43.449 --> 00:35:46.030
only<00:35:43.650><c> thing</c><00:35:43.869><c> that</c><00:35:44.750><c> this</c><00:35:45.550><c> publican</c>

00:35:46.030 --> 00:35:48.449
prays<00:35:46.210><c> for</c><00:35:46.489><c> is</c><00:35:46.809><c> the</c><00:35:46.949><c> confession</c><00:35:47.289><c> of</c><00:35:47.530><c> sin.</c><00:35:47.909><c> He</c><00:35:47.929><c> doesn't</c><00:35:48.190><c> offer</c>

00:35:48.449 --> 00:35:50.090
thanks,<00:35:49.050><c> he</c><00:35:49.130><c> doesn't</c><00:35:49.469><c> intercede,</c>

00:35:50.329 --> 00:35:53.670
he<00:35:50.389><c> doesn't</c><00:35:50.710><c> petition,</c><00:35:51.449><c> he</c><00:35:51.949><c> only</c><00:35:52.210><c> confesses.</c><00:35:53.070><c> And</c><00:35:53.210><c> at</c><00:35:53.389><c> first</c>

00:35:53.670 --> 00:35:54.869
sight<00:35:53.829><c> you</c><00:35:53.949><c> might</c><00:35:54.230><c> think</c><00:35:54.429><c> that</c><00:35:54.590><c> that's</c><00:35:54.809><c> a</c>

00:35:54.869 --> 00:35:57.989
self<00:35:55.210><c>-centered</c><00:35:55.469><c> prayer</c><00:35:55.869><c> until</c><00:35:56.309><c> we</c><00:35:56.550><c> realize</c><00:35:56.929><c> that</c><00:35:57.170><c> the</c><00:35:57.369><c> publican</c><00:35:57.730><c> was</c>

00:35:57.989 --> 00:36:00.849
praying<00:35:58.269><c> the</c><00:35:58.969><c> very</c><00:35:59.670><c> prayer</c><00:36:00.210><c> that</c><00:36:00.590><c> the</c>

00:36:00.849 --> 00:36:04.090
scriptures<00:36:01.309><c> demanded</c><00:36:02.289><c> on</c><00:36:02.889><c> the</c><00:36:02.989><c> day</c><00:36:03.150><c> of</c><00:36:03.349><c> atonement.</c><00:36:03.610><c> The</c><00:36:03.809><c> only</c>

00:36:04.090 --> 00:36:06.489
prayer<00:36:04.309><c> God</c><00:36:04.530><c> wanted,</c><00:36:05.530><c> not</c><00:36:05.809><c> thanksgiving,</c>

00:36:06.829 --> 00:36:11.010
not<00:36:07.070><c> adoration,</c><00:36:07.670><c> not</c><00:36:07.869><c> petition,</c><00:36:08.289><c> not</c><00:36:08.550><c> intercession,</c><00:36:09.309><c> the</c><00:36:09.449><c> only</c><00:36:09.730><c> prayer</c><00:36:09.929><c> God</c><00:36:10.230><c> sought</c><00:36:10.570><c> was</c><00:36:10.889><c> a</c>

00:36:11.010 --> 00:36:11.349
prayer<00:36:11.130><c> of</c>

00:36:11.349 --> 00:36:13.530
confession<00:36:11.670><c> on</c><00:36:11.889><c> that</c><00:36:12.050><c> day.</c><00:36:12.429><c> Now</c><00:36:12.670><c> let's</c><00:36:12.849><c> have</c><00:36:13.010><c> a</c><00:36:13.030><c> look</c><00:36:13.170><c> at</c><00:36:13.289><c> that.</c><00:36:13.389><c> If</c>

00:36:13.530 --> 00:36:15.369
you<00:36:13.550><c> come</c><00:36:13.710><c> back</c><00:36:13.949><c> to</c><00:36:14.110><c> Leviticus</c><00:36:14.489><c> chapter</c><00:36:14.829><c> 16,</c>

00:36:15.369 --> 00:36:18.269
let's<00:36:15.949><c> see</c><00:36:16.170><c> what</c><00:36:16.329><c> the</c><00:36:16.550><c> Lord</c><00:36:16.710><c> did</c><00:36:17.110><c> say</c><00:36:17.369><c> about</c><00:36:17.630><c> the</c><00:36:17.889><c> requirement</c>

00:36:18.269 --> 00:36:20.130
now,<00:36:18.929><c> not</c><00:36:19.150><c> so</c><00:36:19.329><c> much</c><00:36:19.530><c> upon</c><00:36:19.750><c> the</c><00:36:19.949><c> high</c>

00:36:20.130 --> 00:36:22.969
priest<00:36:20.409><c> and</c><00:36:20.530><c> what</c><00:36:20.690><c> he</c><00:36:20.909><c> must</c><00:36:21.210><c> do,</c><00:36:21.849><c> but</c><00:36:22.010><c> what</c><00:36:22.190><c> the</c><00:36:22.449><c> people</c><00:36:22.670><c> must</c>

00:36:22.969 --> 00:36:25.250
do<00:36:23.150><c> in</c><00:36:23.250><c> order</c><00:36:23.429><c> to</c><00:36:23.710><c> prepare</c><00:36:23.929><c> themselves</c><00:36:24.510><c> for</c><00:36:25.010><c> that</c>

00:36:25.250 --> 00:36:30.170
moment,<00:36:25.550><c> that</c><00:36:25.849><c> blessed</c><00:36:26.130><c> and</c><00:36:26.550><c> wondrous</c><00:36:26.929><c> moment</c><00:36:27.250><c> when</c><00:36:27.429><c> the</c><00:36:27.650><c> high</c><00:36:27.789><c> priest</c><00:36:28.090><c> would</c><00:36:28.329><c> emerge</c><00:36:28.929><c> safely</c><00:36:29.610><c> from</c><00:36:30.010><c> the</c>

00:36:30.170 --> 00:36:30.809
most<00:36:30.489><c> holy</c>

00:36:30.809 --> 00:36:34.670
with<00:36:31.389><c> the</c><00:36:31.630><c> answer</c><00:36:31.929><c> that</c><00:36:32.409><c> their</c><00:36:32.769><c> pleas</c><00:36:33.150><c> for</c><00:36:33.530><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:34.010><c> had</c>

00:36:34.670 --> 00:36:37.210
graciously<00:36:35.210><c> been</c><00:36:35.550><c> granted</c><00:36:35.829><c> by</c><00:36:36.190><c> God</c><00:36:36.469><c> on</c><00:36:36.710><c> the</c><00:36:36.889><c> basis</c>

00:36:37.210 --> 00:36:40.469
of<00:36:37.469><c> atoning</c><00:36:38.010><c> blood.</c><00:36:39.150><c> Here</c><00:36:39.329><c> it</c><00:36:39.570><c> is,</c><00:36:39.809><c> the</c><00:36:39.889><c> book</c><00:36:40.030><c> of</c><00:36:40.170><c> the</c><00:36:40.269><c> law,</c>

00:36:40.590 --> 00:36:43.469
Leviticus<00:36:40.989><c> 16,</c><00:36:42.090><c> verse</c><00:36:42.329><c> 29.</c>

00:36:57.510 --> 00:37:00.969
And<00:36:58.090><c> that</c><00:36:58.670><c> word</c><00:36:58.929><c> incidentally</c><00:36:59.429><c> is</c><00:36:59.650><c> associated</c><00:37:00.090><c> with</c><00:37:00.469><c> fasting</c>

00:37:00.969 --> 00:37:03.650
in<00:37:01.150><c> Ezra</c><00:37:01.449><c> chapter</c><00:37:01.730><c> 8</c><00:37:02.010><c> verse</c><00:37:02.269><c> 21</c><00:37:02.809><c> and</c><00:37:03.250><c> Daniel</c>

00:37:03.650 --> 00:37:06.150
chapter<00:37:03.949><c> 10</c><00:37:04.550><c> verse</c><00:37:05.030><c> 12.</c>

00:37:34.309 --> 00:37:41.829
And<00:37:34.909><c> what</c><00:37:34.909><c> we're</c><00:37:35.670><c> told</c><00:37:35.949><c> in</c><00:37:36.110><c> the</c><00:37:36.190><c> book</c><00:37:36.329><c> of</c><00:37:36.469><c> the</c><00:37:36.590><c> law</c><00:37:36.789><c> here</c><00:37:37.309><c> is</c><00:37:38.710><c> that</c><00:37:39.010><c> every</c><00:37:39.289><c> man</c><00:37:39.650><c> and</c><00:37:40.090><c> every</c><00:37:40.489><c> woman</c><00:37:41.050><c> in</c>

00:37:41.829 --> 00:37:42.949
Israel<00:37:42.429><c> were</c><00:37:42.730><c> to</c>

00:37:42.949 --> 00:37:47.210
afflict<00:37:43.389><c> their</c><00:37:43.929><c> soul</c><00:37:44.289><c> on</c><00:37:44.809><c> that</c><00:37:45.230><c> day</c><00:37:45.670><c> with</c><00:37:46.130><c> the</c><00:37:46.590><c> recognition</c>

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of<00:37:47.670><c> their</c><00:37:47.969><c> sinful</c><00:37:48.469><c> state</c><00:37:48.849><c> before</c><00:37:49.269><c> God</c><00:37:49.750><c> in</c><00:37:51.110><c> readiness</c><00:37:51.530><c> for</c>

00:37:51.969 --> 00:37:54.769
the<00:37:52.250><c> moment</c><00:37:52.590><c> of</c><00:37:53.010><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:53.389><c> that</c><00:37:53.670><c> would</c><00:37:53.889><c> be</c><00:37:54.130><c> granted.</c><00:37:54.670><c> And</c>

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there's<00:37:54.909><c> a</c><00:37:55.070><c> lesson</c><00:37:55.230><c> here,</c><00:37:55.550><c> brothers</c><00:37:55.690><c> and</c><00:37:55.849><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:56.230 --> 00:38:00.449
it's<00:37:56.510><c> a</c><00:37:56.630><c> lesson</c><00:37:56.829><c> that</c><00:37:57.070><c> we</c><00:37:57.210><c> know</c><00:37:57.409><c> but</c><00:37:57.590><c> sometimes</c><00:37:58.090><c> we</c><00:37:58.429><c> forget</c><00:37:58.690><c> and</c><00:37:58.849><c> that</c><00:37:59.070><c> lesson</c><00:37:59.329><c> is</c><00:37:59.590><c> this.</c>

00:38:01.110 --> 00:38:06.369
God<00:38:01.829><c> has</c><00:38:02.110><c> a</c><00:38:02.250><c> way,</c><00:38:02.449><c> God</c><00:38:02.670><c> has</c><00:38:02.969><c> a</c><00:38:03.150><c> rule,</c><00:38:03.889><c> God</c><00:38:04.150><c> has</c><00:38:04.570><c> a</c><00:38:04.849><c> law</c><00:38:05.230><c> for</c><00:38:05.750><c> dealing</c><00:38:06.010><c> with</c>

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sin,<00:38:08.170><c> and</c><00:38:08.329><c> the</c><00:38:08.469><c> rule</c><00:38:08.670><c> of</c><00:38:08.889><c> God</c><00:38:09.150><c> is</c>

00:38:09.909 --> 00:38:20.429
that<00:38:10.989><c> he</c><00:38:11.349><c> demands</c><00:38:12.550><c> confession</c><00:38:14.210><c> before</c><00:38:16.210><c> he</c><00:38:16.389><c> will</c><00:38:16.650><c> provide</c><00:38:16.989><c> forgiveness.</c><00:38:19.909><c> It's</c><00:38:20.210><c> an</c>

00:38:20.429 --> 00:38:22.210
unbreakable<00:38:21.130><c> rule.</c>

00:38:24.050 --> 00:38:29.789
Confession<00:38:24.550><c> is</c><00:38:25.170><c> the</c><00:38:25.510><c> first</c><00:38:25.989><c> and</c><00:38:26.610><c> most</c><00:38:27.050><c> important</c><00:38:27.670><c> step</c><00:38:28.010><c> in</c><00:38:28.230><c> confronting</c><00:38:28.769><c> sin</c><00:38:29.510><c> in</c>

00:38:29.789 --> 00:38:29.929
our<00:38:29.929><c> lives.</c>

00:38:29.949 --> 00:38:36.489
And<00:38:30.750><c> it's</c><00:38:32.010><c> a</c><00:38:32.190><c> step</c><00:38:32.329><c> that</c><00:38:32.449><c> has</c><00:38:32.670><c> to</c><00:38:32.889><c> be</c><00:38:33.869><c> added</c><00:38:34.190><c> to</c><00:38:34.670><c> this</c><00:38:34.949><c> knowledge</c><00:38:35.269><c> that</c><00:38:35.610><c> only</c><00:38:36.090><c> God</c>

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has<00:38:36.889><c> the</c><00:38:37.170><c> right</c><00:38:37.449><c> or</c><00:38:37.829><c> the</c>

00:38:38.130 --> 00:38:42.989
power<00:38:38.550><c> or</c><00:38:38.909><c> the</c><00:38:39.150><c> prerogative</c><00:38:39.570><c> to</c><00:38:39.750><c> give</c><00:38:39.909><c> answer.</c><00:38:42.289><c> Our</c><00:38:42.530><c> part</c><00:38:42.730><c> to</c>

00:38:42.989 --> 00:38:47.469
confess,<00:38:44.510><c> his</c><00:38:44.969><c> part</c><00:38:45.230><c> to</c><00:38:45.449><c> set</c><00:38:45.610><c> the</c><00:38:45.869><c> terms</c><00:38:46.250><c> of</c><00:38:46.769><c> reconciliation</c>

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and<00:38:47.989><c> the</c><00:38:48.130><c> basis</c><00:38:48.389><c> of</c><00:38:48.650><c> forgiveness.</c><00:38:49.230><c> Now</c><00:38:49.389><c> let</c><00:38:49.489><c> me</c><00:38:49.570><c> tell</c><00:38:49.690><c> you</c><00:38:49.769><c> why</c>

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that's<00:38:50.250><c> important,</c><00:38:50.750><c> brothers</c><00:38:50.869><c> and</c><00:38:51.030><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:51.130 --> 00:38:55.070
that<00:38:51.369><c> rule,</c><00:38:51.610><c> that</c><00:38:51.869><c> golden</c><00:38:52.210><c> rule</c><00:38:52.409><c> of</c><00:38:52.690><c> confession</c><00:38:53.070><c> that</c><00:38:53.250><c> the</c><00:38:53.429><c> Father</c><00:38:53.610><c> requires.</c><00:38:54.949><c> Do</c>

00:38:55.070 --> 00:38:56.650
you<00:38:55.110><c> remember</c><00:38:55.269><c> Proverbs</c><00:38:55.670><c> 28</c><00:38:56.110><c> verse</c><00:38:56.369><c> 18?</c>

00:38:56.650 --> 00:38:58.909
We<00:38:56.829><c> shan't</c><00:38:57.110><c> turn</c><00:38:57.349><c> it</c><00:38:57.469><c> up</c><00:38:57.590><c> but</c><00:38:57.710><c> it</c><00:38:57.929><c> says</c><00:38:58.130><c> this,</c>

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Whoso<00:39:00.909><c> covereth</c><00:39:01.469><c> his</c><00:39:01.730><c> sins</c><00:39:02.449><c> shall</c><00:39:03.630><c> not</c><00:39:03.909><c> prosper,</c>

00:39:08.030 --> 00:39:15.909
but<00:39:08.150><c> whoso</c><00:39:08.409><c> confesseth</c><00:39:08.889><c> and</c><00:39:08.989><c> forsaketh</c><00:39:09.510><c> them</c><00:39:10.389><c> shall</c><00:39:11.150><c> have</c><00:39:13.070><c> mercy.</c><00:39:15.429><c> Now</c><00:39:15.630><c> why</c><00:39:15.769><c> do</c>

00:39:15.909 --> 00:39:17.090
you<00:39:15.909><c> think</c><00:39:16.030><c> the</c><00:39:16.269><c> Proverbs</c><00:39:16.610><c> says</c>

00:39:17.090 --> 00:39:19.710
that,<00:39:17.429><c> brothers</c><00:39:17.590><c> and</c><00:39:17.789><c> sisters?</c><00:39:18.170><c> Whoso</c><00:39:18.710><c> covereth</c><00:39:19.309><c> his</c><00:39:19.510><c> sins</c>

00:39:19.710 --> 00:39:21.550
shall<00:39:19.949><c> not</c><00:39:20.190><c> prosper.</c><00:39:20.809><c> And</c><00:39:21.130><c> where</c><00:39:21.289><c> do</c><00:39:21.409><c> you</c><00:39:21.449><c> think</c>

00:39:21.550 --> 00:39:24.489
that<00:39:21.750><c> idea</c><00:39:22.050><c> comes</c><00:39:22.369><c> from?</c><00:39:22.710><c> What</c><00:39:22.909><c> is</c><00:39:23.090><c> the</c><00:39:23.329><c> allusion</c><00:39:23.710><c> to</c><00:39:24.030><c> whoso</c>

00:39:24.489 --> 00:39:26.389
covers<00:39:24.809><c> his</c><00:39:25.090><c> sins</c><00:39:25.510><c> shall</c><00:39:25.829><c> not</c><00:39:26.090><c> prosper?</c>

00:39:26.389 --> 00:39:30.929
Well<00:39:26.750><c> of</c><00:39:26.769><c> course</c><00:39:26.909><c> that</c><00:39:27.050><c> goes</c><00:39:27.289><c> all</c><00:39:27.610><c> the</c><00:39:27.710><c> way</c><00:39:27.849><c> back</c><00:39:28.070><c> to</c><00:39:28.230><c> the</c><00:39:28.369><c> Garden</c><00:39:28.670><c> of</c><00:39:28.869><c> Eden</c><00:39:29.130><c> doesn't</c><00:39:29.550><c> it</c><00:39:29.710><c> in</c><00:39:29.849><c> Genesis</c><00:39:30.210><c> chapter</c><00:39:30.570><c> 3</c>

00:39:30.929 --> 00:39:35.429
and<00:39:31.230><c> the</c><00:39:31.469><c> story</c><00:39:31.750><c> of</c><00:39:31.989><c> fig</c><00:39:32.230><c> leaves</c><00:39:32.710><c> and</c><00:39:33.929><c> the</c><00:39:34.070><c> lesson</c><00:39:34.369><c> we</c><00:39:34.650><c> learn</c><00:39:34.909><c> I</c>

00:39:35.429 --> 00:39:37.250
suggest<00:39:35.869><c> from</c><00:39:36.210><c> Genesis</c><00:39:36.630><c> chapter</c><00:39:36.949><c> 3,</c>

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brothers<00:39:37.489><c> and</c><00:39:37.690><c> sisters,</c><00:39:37.949><c> is</c><00:39:38.309><c> this</c><00:39:38.730><c> and</c><00:39:39.230><c> it's</c><00:39:39.449><c> a</c><00:39:39.570><c> lesson</c><00:39:39.809><c> that</c>

00:39:40.030 --> 00:39:41.789
we<00:39:40.170><c> must</c><00:39:40.449><c> all</c><00:39:40.769><c> learn.</c>

00:39:42.309 --> 00:39:44.809
You<00:39:42.409><c> know</c><00:39:42.510><c> we</c><00:39:42.690><c> believe</c><00:39:43.030><c> that</c><00:39:43.349><c> doctrinally</c><00:39:43.829><c> and</c><00:39:43.989><c> we</c><00:39:44.190><c> teach</c><00:39:44.449><c> this</c><00:39:44.650><c> and</c>

00:39:44.809 --> 00:39:46.909
we<00:39:45.030><c> understand</c><00:39:45.510><c> this</c><00:39:45.750><c> and</c><00:39:45.969><c> rightly</c><00:39:46.289><c> so</c><00:39:46.610><c> that</c>

00:39:46.909 --> 00:39:56.030
in<00:39:47.269><c> the</c><00:39:47.550><c> garden</c><00:39:48.170><c> man</c><00:39:48.869><c> received</c><00:39:49.590><c> a</c><00:39:50.130><c> bias</c><00:39:50.610><c> towards</c><00:39:51.150><c> sin.</c><00:39:53.869><c> We</c><00:39:54.429><c> agree</c><00:39:54.590><c> with</c><00:39:54.809><c> that</c><00:39:54.929><c> don't</c><00:39:55.150><c> we?</c>

00:39:57.309 --> 00:40:03.889
But<00:39:57.949><c> let</c><00:39:58.110><c> me</c><00:39:58.190><c> tell</c><00:39:58.329><c> you</c><00:39:58.429><c> something</c><00:39:58.650><c> else.</c><00:40:01.190><c> Genesis</c><00:40:01.349><c> 3</c><00:40:01.750><c> tells</c><00:40:02.130><c> us</c><00:40:02.449><c> that</c><00:40:02.650><c> man</c><00:40:02.909><c> doesn't</c><00:40:03.230><c> just</c><00:40:03.510><c> have</c><00:40:03.710><c> a</c>

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bias<00:40:04.130><c> towards</c><00:40:04.550><c> sin.</c>

00:40:08.510 --> 00:40:15.489
Genesis<00:40:08.849><c> 3</c><00:40:09.190><c> tells</c><00:40:09.489><c> us</c><00:40:09.969><c> that</c><00:40:10.230><c> man</c><00:40:10.630><c> has</c><00:40:11.030><c> a</c><00:40:11.269><c> bias</c><00:40:11.769><c> towards</c><00:40:12.750><c> the</c><00:40:13.369><c> concealment</c><00:40:14.230><c> of</c><00:40:14.510><c> sin.</c>

00:40:19.170 --> 00:40:21.449
That's<00:40:19.530><c> our</c><00:40:19.690><c> problem,</c><00:40:20.130><c> brothers</c><00:40:20.250><c> and</c><00:40:20.449><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:24.070 --> 00:40:29.510
It's<00:40:24.469><c> not</c><00:40:24.469><c> just</c><00:40:24.630><c> that</c><00:40:24.809><c> we</c><00:40:24.929><c> sin</c><00:40:25.409><c> but</c><00:40:27.869><c> that</c><00:40:28.050><c> we</c><00:40:28.190><c> seek</c><00:40:28.329><c> to</c><00:40:28.610><c> conceal</c><00:40:28.809><c> it.</c>

00:40:31.409 --> 00:40:34.130
And<00:40:31.510><c> that's</c><00:40:31.630><c> what</c><00:40:31.829><c> Proverbs</c><00:40:32.190><c> is</c><00:40:32.369><c> alluding</c><00:40:32.630><c> to.</c><00:40:32.929><c> Whoso</c><00:40:33.190><c> covereth</c><00:40:33.849><c> his</c>

00:40:34.130 --> 00:40:36.329
sin<00:40:34.489><c> shall</c><00:40:34.889><c> not</c><00:40:35.170><c> prosper</c><00:40:35.590><c> but</c><00:40:35.989><c> whoso</c>

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confesseth<00:40:37.010><c> and</c><00:40:37.269><c> forsaketh</c><00:40:37.889><c> it</c><00:40:38.170><c> shall</c><00:40:38.309><c> have</c><00:40:38.489><c> mercy.</c><00:40:38.949><c> And</c><00:40:39.130><c> in</c>

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order<00:40:39.349><c> to</c><00:40:39.610><c> confess</c><00:40:39.829><c> it</c><00:40:40.050><c> and</c><00:40:40.090><c> forsake</c><00:40:40.530><c> it,</c>

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brothers<00:40:40.769><c> and</c><00:40:40.929><c> sisters,</c><00:40:41.050><c> it's</c><00:40:41.250><c> got</c><00:40:41.329><c> to</c><00:40:41.449><c> be</c><00:40:41.550><c> brought</c><00:40:41.690><c> to</c><00:40:41.929><c> light.</c><00:40:43.889><c> It's</c>

00:40:44.050 --> 00:40:46.449
got<00:40:44.150><c> to</c><00:40:44.269><c> be</c><00:40:44.369><c> made</c><00:40:44.630><c> known</c><00:40:45.010><c> before</c><00:40:45.329><c> God.</c>

00:40:47.269 --> 00:40:50.750
And<00:40:47.789><c> only</c><00:40:48.190><c> when</c><00:40:48.349><c> that</c><00:40:48.550><c> happens</c><00:40:49.030><c> is</c><00:40:49.809><c> God</c><00:40:49.989><c> prepared</c><00:40:50.269><c> to</c><00:40:50.489><c> extend</c>

00:40:50.750 --> 00:40:52.750
the<00:40:50.929><c> blessing</c><00:40:51.289><c> of</c><00:40:51.630><c> forgiveness</c><00:40:51.969><c> because</c><00:40:52.429><c> even</c>

00:40:52.750 --> 00:40:55.289
that<00:40:53.010><c> confession</c><00:40:53.449><c> and</c><00:40:53.710><c> even</c><00:40:53.849><c> that</c><00:40:54.150><c> forgiveness</c><00:40:54.530><c> is</c><00:40:54.929><c> only</c><00:40:55.130><c> but</c>

00:40:55.289 --> 00:40:57.690
a<00:40:55.409><c> means</c><00:40:55.630><c> to</c><00:40:55.889><c> a</c><00:40:56.070><c> higher</c><00:40:56.289><c> end</c><00:40:56.570><c> beyond</c><00:40:56.929><c> all</c><00:40:57.190><c> of</c><00:40:57.409><c> that</c>

00:40:57.690 --> 00:41:00.190
and<00:40:58.030><c> that</c><00:40:58.130><c> is</c><00:40:58.269><c> that</c><00:40:58.409><c> we</c><00:40:58.530><c> might</c><00:40:58.809><c> manifest</c><00:40:59.269><c> the</c><00:40:59.550><c> Father</c><00:40:59.789><c> in</c><00:40:59.949><c> our</c>

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lives<00:41:00.570><c> and</c><00:41:00.989><c> even</c><00:41:01.190><c> the</c><00:41:01.409><c> great</c><00:41:01.670><c> doctrine</c><00:41:01.929><c> of</c>

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the<00:41:02.289><c> atonement</c><00:41:02.710><c> is</c><00:41:03.070><c> subordinate</c><00:41:03.570><c> to</c><00:41:03.750><c> the</c><00:41:03.889><c> doctrine</c><00:41:04.130><c> of</c><00:41:04.369><c> God</c>

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manifestation<00:41:05.449><c> which</c><00:41:05.909><c> is</c><00:41:06.090><c> the</c><00:41:06.269><c> Father</c><00:41:06.570><c> redeems</c>

00:41:07.369 --> 00:41:10.429
sinful<00:41:07.889><c> men</c><00:41:08.289><c> and</c><00:41:08.550><c> women</c><00:41:08.869><c> not</c><00:41:09.230><c> that</c><00:41:09.369><c> they</c><00:41:09.570><c> might</c><00:41:09.789><c> simply</c><00:41:10.210><c> feel</c>

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the<00:41:10.650><c> blessing</c><00:41:10.909><c> of</c><00:41:11.110><c> being</c><00:41:11.369><c> saved</c><00:41:11.909><c> but</c><00:41:12.230><c> that</c><00:41:12.349><c> they</c>

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become<00:41:12.849><c> instruments</c><00:41:13.710><c> in</c><00:41:14.090><c> which</c><00:41:14.309><c> his</c><00:41:14.570><c> name</c><00:41:14.929><c> and</c><00:41:15.369><c> purpose</c><00:41:15.630><c> shall</c><00:41:15.889><c> be</c>

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magnified.<00:41:17.530><c> And</c><00:41:17.670><c> you</c><00:41:17.789><c> see</c><00:41:17.889><c> now</c><00:41:18.489><c> we</c><00:41:18.909><c> see</c><00:41:19.630><c> the</c>

00:41:20.590 --> 00:41:25.449
point<00:41:21.030><c> of</c><00:41:21.269><c> these</c><00:41:21.550><c> two</c><00:41:21.829><c> men</c><00:41:22.030><c> in</c><00:41:22.230><c> this</c><00:41:22.550><c> parable</c><00:41:23.309><c> in</c><00:41:23.969><c> back</c><00:41:24.130><c> in</c><00:41:24.369><c> Luke</c><00:41:24.670><c> chapter</c><00:41:25.030><c> 18.</c>

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Let's<00:41:25.710><c> just</c><00:41:25.849><c> come</c><00:41:26.010><c> back</c><00:41:26.150><c> to</c><00:41:26.309><c> the</c>

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record<00:41:26.690><c> and</c><00:41:27.230><c> see</c><00:41:27.489><c> how</c><00:41:27.690><c> the</c><00:41:27.929><c> story</c><00:41:28.210><c> finishes.</c><00:41:29.210><c> So</c><00:41:29.389><c> do</c><00:41:29.530><c> you</c><00:41:29.570><c> see</c>

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what<00:41:29.789><c> it</c><00:41:30.050><c> says</c><00:41:30.289><c> back</c><00:41:30.550><c> in</c><00:41:30.730><c> Luke</c><00:41:30.969><c> 18?</c><00:41:33.030><c> It</c><00:41:33.210><c> says</c><00:41:33.650><c> this,</c>

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that<00:41:37.969><c> when</c><00:41:38.170><c> he</c><00:41:38.409><c> says</c><00:41:38.690><c> verse</c><00:41:39.050><c> 13,</c><00:41:39.510><c> God</c><00:41:39.769><c> be</c><00:41:40.050><c> merciful</c><00:41:40.469><c> to</c><00:41:40.730><c> me</c><00:41:40.929><c> a</c>

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sinner,<00:41:42.230><c> that</c><00:41:42.449><c> when</c><00:41:42.670><c> we</c><00:41:42.969><c> compare</c><00:41:43.630><c> that</c><00:41:44.230><c> little</c><00:41:44.789><c> simple</c>

00:41:46.269 --> 00:41:51.869
prayer<00:41:46.889><c> of</c><00:41:47.230><c> the</c><00:41:47.469><c> publican</c><00:41:47.869><c> in</c><00:41:48.050><c> verse</c><00:41:48.289><c> 13</c><00:41:48.969><c> with</c><00:41:50.489><c> the</c><00:41:50.889><c> longer</c><00:41:51.329><c> prayer</c><00:41:51.630><c> of</c>

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the<00:41:52.090><c> Pharisee</c><00:41:52.530><c> in</c><00:41:52.710><c> verses</c><00:41:53.030><c> 11</c><00:41:53.389><c> and</c><00:41:53.630><c> 12,</c>

00:41:53.940 --> 00:42:06.500
we<00:41:55.800><c> realize</c><00:41:56.460><c> that</c><00:41:56.659><c> in</c><00:41:56.960><c> reality</c><00:41:57.679><c> the</c><00:41:59.500><c> Pharisee</c><00:42:00.360><c> confesses</c><00:42:01.420><c> nothing,</c><00:42:03.260><c> requests</c><00:42:03.860><c> nothing,</c><00:42:06.300><c> and</c>

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receives<00:42:07.320><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:42:13.300><c> the</c><00:42:13.480><c> publican</c><00:42:16.119><c> confesses</c><00:42:16.820><c> everything,</c><00:42:19.360><c> desires</c><00:42:20.199><c> forgiveness</c>

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:30.199
and<00:42:23.739><c> receives</c><00:42:24.179><c> atonement.</c><00:42:28.699><c> You</c><00:42:28.760><c> see</c><00:42:28.840><c> they</c><00:42:28.960><c> really</c><00:42:29.360><c> stand</c><00:42:29.780><c> far</c>

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:32.000
apart<00:42:30.559><c> from</c><00:42:30.739><c> each</c><00:42:30.900><c> other</c><00:42:31.039><c> don't</c><00:42:31.239><c> they?</c>

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These<00:42:33.260><c> two</c><00:42:33.500><c> men</c><00:42:33.760><c> who</c><00:42:33.940><c> went</c><00:42:34.079><c> up</c><00:42:34.719><c> into</c><00:42:35.000><c> the</c><00:42:35.199><c> temple</c><00:42:35.460><c> to</c><00:42:35.760><c> pray</c><00:42:35.940><c> and</c>

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:37.800
we<00:42:36.239><c> suddenly</c><00:42:36.440><c> realize</c><00:42:36.920><c> the</c><00:42:37.159><c> day</c><00:42:37.420><c> they</c><00:42:37.579><c> were</c>

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and<00:42:38.079><c> the</c><00:42:38.239><c> reason</c><00:42:38.500><c> why</c><00:42:38.679><c> they</c><00:42:38.880><c> bumped</c><00:42:39.079><c> into</c><00:42:39.340><c> each</c><00:42:39.599><c> other</c><00:42:39.880><c> and</c>

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:41.860
the<00:42:40.380><c> reason</c><00:42:40.539><c> the</c><00:42:40.679><c> Lord</c><00:42:40.820><c> had</c><00:42:40.980><c> all</c><00:42:41.219><c> along</c><00:42:41.400><c> right</c><00:42:41.659><c> from</c>

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:43.920
the<00:42:42.039><c> start</c><00:42:42.239><c> by</c><00:42:42.420><c> the</c><00:42:42.519><c> sisters</c><00:42:42.900><c> is</c><00:42:43.099><c> that</c><00:42:43.239><c> these</c><00:42:43.380><c> two</c><00:42:43.539><c> men</c><00:42:43.679><c> were</c>

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:46.139
in<00:42:44.179><c> the</c><00:42:44.320><c> temple</c><00:42:44.500><c> together</c><00:42:44.800><c> on</c><00:42:44.960><c> the</c><00:42:45.079><c> day</c><00:42:45.199><c> of</c><00:42:45.380><c> atonement.</c>

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So<00:42:51.380><c> he</c><00:42:51.500><c> says</c><00:42:51.699><c> verse</c><00:42:51.920><c> 14,</c><00:42:52.440><c> I</c><00:42:52.440><c> tell</c><00:42:52.699><c> you</c><00:42:52.880><c> this</c><00:42:53.159><c> man,</c><00:42:53.679><c> this</c><00:42:53.900><c> man,</c>

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the<00:42:56.079><c> one</c><00:42:56.179><c> you</c><00:42:56.300><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:56.559><c> expect,</c><00:42:56.980><c> the</c><00:42:57.019><c> one</c><00:42:57.139><c> you</c>

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wouldn't<00:42:57.579><c> think,</c><00:42:57.780><c> this</c><00:42:58.059><c> man</c><00:42:58.280><c> went</c><00:42:58.500><c> down</c><00:42:58.820><c> to</c><00:42:59.019><c> his</c><00:42:59.260><c> house</c><00:42:59.760><c> justified</c><00:43:00.579><c> rather</c><00:43:01.000><c> than</c>

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the<00:43:01.780><c> other.</c><00:43:02.719><c> And</c><00:43:02.920><c> of</c><00:43:03.000><c> course</c>

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word<00:43:03.360><c> justified</c><00:43:04.079><c> means</c><00:43:04.500><c> as</c><00:43:04.719><c> we</c><00:43:04.860><c> know</c><00:43:05.019><c> to</c><00:43:05.199><c> declare</c><00:43:05.500><c> righteous</c>

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or<00:43:06.159><c> to</c><00:43:06.340><c> reckon</c><00:43:06.460><c> as</c><00:43:06.760><c> righteous</c><00:43:07.119><c> by</c><00:43:07.500><c> God.</c>

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And<00:43:08.440><c> Romans</c><00:43:08.699><c> 4</c><00:43:09.000><c> tells</c><00:43:09.340><c> us</c><00:43:09.539><c> that</c><00:43:09.719><c> we're</c><00:43:10.039><c> counted</c><00:43:10.199><c> as</c><00:43:10.480><c> righteous</c>

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when<00:43:11.440><c> God</c><00:43:11.760><c> does</c><00:43:12.059><c> not</c><00:43:12.320><c> impute</c><00:43:12.659><c> our</c><00:43:13.000><c> sins</c>

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against<00:43:14.159><c> us.</c><00:43:15.059><c> But</c><00:43:15.260><c> the</c><00:43:15.619><c> prerequisite</c><00:43:16.440><c> for</c><00:43:16.659><c> that</c><00:43:16.940><c> action</c><00:43:17.320><c> of</c>

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:22.059
God<00:43:17.960><c> is</c><00:43:18.420><c> that</c><00:43:18.619><c> we</c><00:43:18.880><c> must</c><00:43:19.340><c> first</c><00:43:20.300><c> have</c><00:43:20.840><c> confessed</c><00:43:21.460><c> those</c>

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:25.880
sins<00:43:22.559><c> utterly</c><00:43:23.159><c> before</c><00:43:23.619><c> him.</c><00:43:24.239><c> And</c><00:43:24.500><c> so</c><00:43:24.760><c> the</c><00:43:24.940><c> Lord</c><00:43:25.139><c> says</c><00:43:25.500><c> in</c><00:43:25.679><c> the</c>

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:29.840
parable,<00:43:26.539><c> I</c><00:43:26.579><c> tell</c><00:43:26.820><c> you</c><00:43:27.000><c> this</c><00:43:27.340><c> man,</c><00:43:28.780><c> the</c><00:43:28.960><c> penitent</c>

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:34.800
publican<00:43:30.760><c> went</c><00:43:31.159><c> down</c><00:43:31.639><c> to</c><00:43:32.079><c> his</c><00:43:32.699><c> house</c><00:43:33.280><c> justified.</c><00:43:34.340><c> And</c><00:43:34.519><c> in</c><00:43:34.639><c> the</c>

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:36.139
Greek<00:43:34.900><c> it's</c><00:43:35.079><c> in</c><00:43:35.280><c> the</c><00:43:35.420><c> perfect</c><00:43:35.719><c> tense,</c>

00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:39.960
which<00:43:36.539><c> means</c><00:43:36.760><c> that</c><00:43:36.920><c> he</c><00:43:37.019><c> was</c><00:43:37.300><c> completely</c><00:43:38.039><c> pardoned,</c><00:43:39.119><c> which</c><00:43:39.380><c> means</c><00:43:39.639><c> that</c><00:43:39.840><c> he</c>

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:42.639
was<00:43:40.360><c> utterly</c><00:43:41.039><c> forgiven</c><00:43:41.739><c> by</c><00:43:42.159><c> his</c><00:43:42.400><c> God.</c>

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:45.400
And<00:43:43.039><c> so</c><00:43:43.119><c> what</c><00:43:43.320><c> a</c><00:43:43.500><c> wonderful,</c><00:43:44.159><c> what</c><00:43:44.260><c> an</c><00:43:44.579><c> astonishing</c><00:43:45.059><c> result</c>

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:47.440
between<00:43:45.940><c> these</c><00:43:46.460><c> two</c><00:43:46.679><c> men</c><00:43:46.840><c> who</c><00:43:46.980><c> went</c><00:43:47.119><c> up</c><00:43:47.300><c> into</c>

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:50.780
the<00:43:47.679><c> temple</c><00:43:47.900><c> to</c><00:43:48.139><c> pray.</c><00:43:48.380><c> It</c><00:43:48.380><c> was</c><00:43:48.539><c> an</c><00:43:48.699><c> outcome</c><00:43:49.059><c> that</c><00:43:50.260><c> those</c><00:43:50.579><c> who</c>

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began<00:43:51.019><c> to</c><00:43:51.239><c> hear</c><00:43:51.340><c> the</c><00:43:51.679><c> story</c><00:43:51.960><c> from</c><00:43:52.179><c> the</c><00:43:52.320><c> Lord</c><00:43:52.420><c> would</c>

00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:55.519
never<00:43:52.900><c> have</c><00:43:53.139><c> expected</c><00:43:53.539><c> how</c><00:43:53.960><c> the</c><00:43:54.340><c> story</c><00:43:54.539><c> would</c><00:43:54.800><c> turn</c><00:43:55.099><c> out</c><00:43:55.280><c> you</c>

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:58.500
see.<00:43:55.659><c> And</c><00:43:55.800><c> now</c><00:43:55.960><c> the</c><00:43:56.099><c> Lord</c><00:43:56.260><c> says,</c><00:43:57.179><c> verse</c><00:43:57.420><c> 14,</c>

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for<00:44:00.840><c> everyone</c><00:44:01.559><c> that</c><00:44:03.099><c> exalteth</c><00:44:03.659><c> himself</c><00:44:04.699><c> shall</c><00:44:05.800><c> be</c><00:44:06.059><c> abased</c><00:44:06.840><c> and</c><00:44:08.119><c> he</c>

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that<00:44:08.460><c> humbleth</c><00:44:08.880><c> himself</c><00:44:10.039><c> shall</c><00:44:11.280><c> be</c><00:44:11.599><c> exalted.</c>

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:19.219
And<00:44:15.079><c> I</c><00:44:15.340><c> suggest</c><00:44:15.699><c> that</c><00:44:15.840><c> in</c><00:44:16.019><c> the</c><00:44:16.239><c> context</c><00:44:16.760><c> of</c><00:44:16.980><c> the</c><00:44:17.199><c> parable,</c><00:44:19.099><c> the</c>

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:21.469
ones<00:44:19.400><c> that</c><00:44:19.579><c> the</c><00:44:19.699><c> Lord</c><00:44:19.860><c> has</c><00:44:20.099><c> in</c><00:44:20.340><c> mind</c><00:44:20.599><c> to</c><00:44:21.079><c> exalt</c>

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themselves<00:44:22.469><c> are</c><00:44:23.349><c> those</c><00:44:24.090><c> who</c><00:44:24.610><c> fail</c><00:44:25.130><c> to</c><00:44:25.670><c> confess</c><00:44:26.190><c> sin.</c>

00:44:29.150 --> 00:44:32.969
And<00:44:29.449><c> the</c><00:44:29.590><c> ones</c><00:44:29.929><c> who</c><00:44:30.449><c> humble</c><00:44:30.829><c> themselves</c><00:44:31.510><c> are</c><00:44:32.130><c> those</c><00:44:32.409><c> who</c><00:44:32.630><c> have</c>

00:44:32.969 --> 00:44:35.909
learned<00:44:33.570><c> to</c><00:44:34.090><c> confess</c><00:44:34.829><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:44:37.710><c> the</c><00:44:37.809><c> one</c><00:44:37.889><c> who's</c><00:44:38.190><c> learned</c><00:44:38.389><c> to</c><00:44:38.630><c> confess</c><00:44:38.929><c> sin,</c><00:44:39.190><c> the</c><00:44:39.289><c> one</c><00:44:39.429><c> who</c>

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humbles<00:44:39.889><c> himself</c><00:44:40.369><c> says</c><00:44:40.789><c> the</c><00:44:40.969><c> record</c><00:44:41.230><c> shall</c>

00:44:41.690 --> 00:44:44.730
be<00:44:42.010><c> exalted.</c><00:44:42.369><c> And</c><00:44:42.530><c> the</c><00:44:42.849><c> exalted,</c><00:44:43.530><c> the</c><00:44:43.829><c> exaltation</c><00:44:44.429><c> that</c><00:44:44.590><c> the</c>

00:44:44.730 --> 00:44:46.469
Lord<00:44:44.869><c> refers</c><00:44:45.250><c> to</c><00:44:45.429><c> at</c><00:44:45.610><c> the</c><00:44:45.730><c> end</c><00:44:45.929><c> of</c><00:44:46.130><c> the</c><00:44:46.250><c> verse</c>

00:44:46.469 --> 00:44:49.969
refers<00:44:47.090><c> to</c><00:44:47.389><c> the</c><00:44:47.590><c> status</c><00:44:47.869><c> of</c><00:44:48.230><c> standing</c><00:44:48.510><c> before</c><00:44:49.010><c> God</c><00:44:49.369><c> as</c><00:44:49.650><c> being</c>

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forgiven.<00:44:50.949><c> Could</c><00:44:50.989><c> there</c><00:44:51.269><c> be,</c><00:44:51.710><c> brothers</c><00:44:51.750><c> and</c>

00:44:51.989 --> 00:44:56.710
sisters,<00:44:53.070><c> any</c><00:44:53.070><c> more</c><00:44:54.010><c> exalted</c><00:44:54.929><c> status</c><00:44:55.449><c> for</c><00:44:55.809><c> any</c><00:44:56.130><c> of</c><00:44:56.289><c> us</c><00:44:56.510><c> than</c>

00:44:56.710 --> 00:45:01.030
to<00:44:57.110><c> stand</c><00:44:57.690><c> counted</c><00:44:58.349><c> as</c><00:44:59.010><c> righteous</c><00:44:59.630><c> before</c><00:45:00.269><c> our</c><00:45:00.670><c> God?</c>

00:45:01.289 --> 00:45:03.530
And<00:45:01.429><c> so</c><00:45:01.530><c> what</c><00:45:01.889><c> the</c><00:45:02.070><c> Lord</c><00:45:02.250><c> says</c><00:45:02.510><c> is</c><00:45:02.690><c> this.</c><00:45:03.010><c> Remember</c><00:45:03.130><c> how</c><00:45:03.250><c> this</c>

00:45:03.530 --> 00:45:05.210
parable<00:45:03.690><c> began?</c><00:45:04.349><c> He</c><00:45:04.469><c> spake</c><00:45:04.710><c> this</c><00:45:04.949><c> parable,</c>

00:45:05.269 --> 00:45:07.650
verse<00:45:05.469><c> nine,</c><00:45:05.809><c> unto</c><00:45:05.969><c> certain</c><00:45:06.369><c> which</c><00:45:06.650><c> trusted</c><00:45:07.010><c> in</c><00:45:07.230><c> themselves</c>

00:45:07.650 --> 00:45:09.889
that<00:45:07.929><c> they</c><00:45:08.269><c> were</c><00:45:08.570><c> righteous</c>

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and<00:45:10.309><c> despised</c><00:45:10.849><c> others.</c><00:45:11.489><c> And</c><00:45:11.690><c> by</c><00:45:11.889><c> the</c><00:45:12.050><c> time</c><00:45:12.150><c> this</c><00:45:12.409><c> parable</c><00:45:12.710><c> will</c><00:45:12.949><c> come</c><00:45:13.110><c> to</c>

00:45:13.230 --> 00:45:14.769
an<00:45:13.349><c> end,</c><00:45:13.530><c> what</c><00:45:13.710><c> the</c><00:45:13.849><c> Lord</c><00:45:13.969><c> is</c><00:45:14.210><c> saying</c><00:45:14.429><c> is</c>

00:45:14.769 --> 00:45:21.769
do<00:45:15.510><c> not</c><00:45:15.969><c> think</c><00:45:16.190><c> of</c><00:45:16.409><c> the</c><00:45:16.670><c> righteousness</c><00:45:17.170><c> of</c><00:45:17.929><c> personal</c><00:45:18.570><c> comparison</c><00:45:19.630><c> in</c>

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private<00:45:22.269><c> pride.</c>

00:45:25.210 --> 00:45:28.989
Learn<00:45:25.550><c> instead</c><00:45:26.190><c> the</c><00:45:26.510><c> righteousness</c><00:45:27.070><c> of</c><00:45:27.650><c> divine</c><00:45:28.250><c> forgiveness</c>

00:45:28.989 --> 00:45:34.090
after<00:45:31.449><c> humble</c><00:45:32.690><c> confession.</c>

00:45:36.730 --> 00:45:39.570
And<00:45:37.090><c> in</c><00:45:37.269><c> learning</c><00:45:37.489><c> that,</c><00:45:38.130><c> brothers</c><00:45:38.250><c> and</c><00:45:38.489><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:41.010 --> 00:45:43.550
we<00:45:41.510><c> shall</c><00:45:41.730><c> have</c><00:45:41.929><c> learned</c><00:45:42.090><c> the</c><00:45:42.309><c> right</c><00:45:42.550><c> spirit</c><00:45:42.909><c> with</c><00:45:43.130><c> which</c><00:45:43.309><c> to</c>

00:45:43.550 --> 00:45:51.329
come<00:45:44.769><c> before</c><00:45:46.170><c> our</c><00:45:46.449><c> God</c><00:45:46.869><c> in</c><00:45:48.670><c> prayer</c><00:45:49.309><c> in</c><00:45:51.170><c> the</c>

00:45:51.329 --> 00:45:56.349
matter<00:45:51.510><c> of</c><00:45:51.789><c> sin</c><00:45:51.929><c> that</c><00:45:52.150><c> is</c><00:45:52.349><c> so</c><00:45:53.809><c> strong</c><00:45:54.369><c> in</c><00:45:54.630><c> all</c><00:45:54.869><c> of</c><00:45:54.989><c> our</c><00:45:55.190><c> lives.</c>

00:45:58.269 --> 00:45:59.789
As<00:45:58.369><c> Brother</c><00:45:58.590><c> Dennis</c><00:45:58.889><c> Gillott</c><00:45:59.130><c> once</c><00:45:59.449><c> said,</c>

00:45:59.789 --> 00:46:08.030
to<00:46:00.550><c> slightly</c><00:46:00.889><c> amend</c><00:46:01.190><c> his</c><00:46:01.469><c> phrase,</c><00:46:03.670><c> sin</c><00:46:03.750><c> comes</c><00:46:04.929><c> when</c><00:46:07.329><c> weakness</c>

00:46:08.030 --> 00:46:10.809
meets<00:46:09.250><c> opportunity.</c>

00:46:14.829 --> 00:46:17.170
And<00:46:15.090><c> sometimes</c><00:46:15.429><c> people</c><00:46:15.690><c> don't</c><00:46:15.989><c> sin</c><00:46:16.369><c> because</c><00:46:16.630><c> they</c><00:46:16.829><c> never</c><00:46:17.030><c> had</c>

00:46:17.170 --> 00:46:18.449
that<00:46:17.429><c> weakness.</c>

00:46:20.590 --> 00:46:22.710
And<00:46:20.829><c> sometimes</c><00:46:21.150><c> people</c><00:46:21.429><c> don't</c><00:46:21.710><c> sin</c><00:46:21.929><c> because</c><00:46:22.170><c> they</c><00:46:22.389><c> had</c><00:46:22.510><c> the</c>

00:46:22.710 --> 00:46:25.130
weakness<00:46:23.010><c> but</c><00:46:23.269><c> they</c><00:46:23.489><c> never</c><00:46:23.690><c> had</c><00:46:23.849><c> the</c><00:46:23.989><c> opportunity.</c>

00:46:26.809 --> 00:46:29.449
But<00:46:27.289><c> when</c><00:46:27.510><c> someone</c><00:46:27.750><c> else</c><00:46:27.989><c> does</c><00:46:28.329><c> sin</c><00:46:28.550><c> because</c><00:46:28.849><c> weakness</c><00:46:29.230><c> has</c>

00:46:29.449 --> 00:46:31.530
met<00:46:29.550><c> opportunity,</c><00:46:30.170><c> there's</c><00:46:30.349><c> no</c><00:46:30.630><c> cause,</c>

00:46:31.610 --> 00:46:34.349
no<00:46:31.750><c> basis</c><00:46:32.030><c> for</c><00:46:32.289><c> pride</c><00:46:32.510><c> or</c><00:46:32.789><c> self</c><00:46:33.030><c>-congratulation</c><00:46:33.730><c> in</c><00:46:33.889><c> our</c><00:46:34.110><c> own</c>

00:46:34.349 --> 00:46:36.449
lives<00:46:34.650><c> because,</c>

00:46:36.530 --> 00:46:39.429
one,<00:46:36.849><c> though,</c><00:46:36.989><c> those</c><00:46:37.230><c> two</c><00:46:37.429><c> things</c><00:46:37.650><c> might</c><00:46:37.889><c> meet</c><00:46:38.050><c> in</c><00:46:38.230><c> our</c><00:46:38.369><c> life.</c>

00:46:40.710 --> 00:46:42.949
And<00:46:41.190><c> when</c><00:46:41.309><c> they</c><00:46:41.550><c> do,</c>

00:46:44.309 --> 00:46:48.809
we<00:46:44.570><c> will</c><00:46:44.750><c> need</c><00:46:44.849><c> to</c><00:46:45.030><c> learn</c><00:46:45.150><c> the</c><00:46:45.329><c> lesson</c><00:46:45.570><c> of</c><00:46:45.769><c> this</c><00:46:46.010><c> parable</c><00:46:47.070><c> and</c>

00:46:48.809 --> 00:46:51.369
the<00:46:49.030><c> spirit</c><00:46:49.170><c> of</c><00:46:49.329><c> the</c><00:46:49.469><c> publican.</c>

00:46:51.829 --> 00:46:54.510
And<00:46:52.349><c> to</c><00:46:52.510><c> be</c><00:46:52.710><c> thankful</c><00:46:53.070><c> that</c><00:46:53.250><c> in</c><00:46:53.369><c> the</c><00:46:53.489><c> work</c><00:46:53.610><c> of</c><00:46:53.829><c> our</c><00:46:53.969><c> Lord</c><00:46:54.130><c> Jesus</c>

00:46:54.510 --> 00:46:56.889
Christ<00:46:54.889><c> that</c><00:46:55.050><c> we</c><00:46:55.289><c> have</c><00:46:55.550><c> a</c><00:46:55.949><c> place</c><00:46:56.269><c> of</c><00:46:56.530><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:46:57.230 --> 00:47:02.570
a<00:46:57.449><c> place</c><00:46:57.769><c> of</c><00:46:58.230><c> incense</c><00:46:58.590><c> in</c><00:46:58.849><c> prayer,</c><00:46:59.429><c> a</c><00:46:59.650><c> place</c><00:47:00.090><c> of</c><00:47:00.409><c> atoning</c><00:47:00.730><c> blood,</c><00:47:01.590><c> a</c><00:47:01.789><c> place</c><00:47:02.170><c> of</c>

00:47:02.570 --> 00:47:03.250
the<00:47:02.730><c> mercy</c><00:47:02.989><c> seat,</c>

00:47:03.289 --> 00:47:06.150
and<00:47:03.389><c> that</c><00:47:03.590><c> even</c><00:47:03.869><c> now</c><00:47:04.289><c> our</c><00:47:04.650><c> Lord</c><00:47:04.889><c> is</c><00:47:05.090><c> in</c><00:47:05.230><c> heaven</c><00:47:05.369><c> above</c><00:47:05.690><c> in</c><00:47:05.969><c> the</c>

00:47:06.150 --> 00:47:08.389
most<00:47:06.449><c> holy</c><00:47:06.769><c> accomplishing</c><00:47:07.530><c> the</c><00:47:07.730><c> work</c><00:47:07.849><c> of</c><00:47:08.210><c> a</c>

00:47:08.389 --> 00:47:11.210
great<00:47:08.610><c> high</c><00:47:08.829><c> priest</c><00:47:09.070><c> to</c><00:47:09.269><c> make</c><00:47:09.469><c> intercession</c><00:47:09.949><c> for</c><00:47:10.250><c> us</c><00:47:10.610><c> and</c><00:47:11.010><c> to</c>

00:47:11.210 --> 00:47:14.730
seek<00:47:11.429><c> for</c><00:47:11.750><c> sin</c><00:47:11.909><c> on</c><00:47:12.110><c> the</c><00:47:12.250><c> basis</c><00:47:12.510><c> of</c><00:47:12.969><c> his</c><00:47:13.250><c> own</c><00:47:13.849><c> atoning</c>

00:47:14.750 --> 00:47:20.329
blood.<00:47:17.010><c> How</c><00:47:17.389><c> marvelous,</c><00:47:17.969><c> brothers</c><00:47:18.050><c> and</c><00:47:18.250><c> sisters,</c><00:47:18.489><c> the</c><00:47:18.710><c> parables</c><00:47:19.010><c> of</c><00:47:19.210><c> Christ,</c>

00:47:23.030 --> 00:47:27.489
that<00:47:23.130><c> with</c><00:47:23.269><c> a</c><00:47:23.389><c> few</c><00:47:23.570><c> simple</c><00:47:23.889><c> verses</c><00:47:24.570><c> he</c><00:47:26.610><c> can</c><00:47:26.809><c> take</c><00:47:26.989><c> us</c><00:47:27.190><c> to</c><00:47:27.289><c> the</c>

00:47:27.489 --> 00:47:29.449
quick<00:47:27.690><c> of</c><00:47:28.030><c> what</c><00:47:28.190><c> the</c><00:47:28.349><c> truth's</c><00:47:28.550><c> all</c><00:47:28.750><c> about</c>

00:47:30.670 --> 00:47:35.309
and<00:47:31.070><c> lay</c><00:47:31.389><c> bare</c><00:47:31.670><c> our</c><00:47:31.989><c> hearts</c><00:47:32.550><c> that</c><00:47:34.170><c> we</c><00:47:34.329><c> might</c><00:47:34.530><c> bow</c><00:47:34.710><c> before</c><00:47:35.070><c> our</c>

00:47:35.309 --> 00:47:37.309
God<00:47:35.550><c> and</c><00:47:35.789><c> realize</c><00:47:36.269><c> that</c><00:47:36.489><c> none</c><00:47:36.650><c> of</c><00:47:36.789><c> us</c><00:47:36.909><c> are</c><00:47:37.130><c> worthy,</c>

00:47:37.309 --> 00:47:41.170
not<00:47:37.530><c> a</c><00:47:37.750><c> single</c><00:47:38.010><c> one</c><00:47:38.210><c> of</c><00:47:38.269><c> us</c><00:47:38.429><c> are</c><00:47:38.610><c> worthy</c><00:47:38.809><c> of</c><00:47:38.949><c> God's</c><00:47:39.349><c> mercies,</c>

00:47:41.349 --> 00:47:43.090
but<00:47:41.909><c> that</c><00:47:42.030><c> he</c><00:47:42.170><c> has</c><00:47:42.349><c> graciously</c><00:47:42.789><c> offered</c>

00:47:43.090 --> 00:47:48.389
to<00:47:43.309><c> provide</c><00:47:43.730><c> such</c><00:47:44.070><c> forgiveness,</c><00:47:46.269><c> provided</c><00:47:46.849><c> we</c><00:47:47.789><c> bow</c><00:47:47.989><c> before</c>

00:47:48.389 --> 00:47:51.949
the<00:47:48.730><c> principles</c><00:47:49.309><c> on</c><00:47:50.289><c> which</c><00:47:50.610><c> that</c><00:47:50.889><c> forgiveness</c>

00:47:52.050 --> 00:47:57.929
is<00:47:52.469><c> made</c><00:47:52.809><c> possible.</c><00:47:56.010><c> In</c><00:47:56.769><c> the</c><00:47:56.929><c> words</c><00:47:57.050><c> of</c><00:47:57.210><c> a</c><00:47:57.329><c> hymn</c><00:47:57.469><c> that</c><00:47:57.730><c> put</c><00:47:57.809><c> it</c>

00:47:57.929 --> 00:47:59.170
this<00:47:58.190><c> way,</c>

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Oh,<00:48:00.190><c> how</c><00:48:00.429><c> I</c><00:48:00.789><c> fear</c><00:48:01.070><c> thee,</c><00:48:01.730><c> living</c><00:48:01.949><c> God,</c><00:48:03.389><c> with</c><00:48:03.610><c> deepest,</c><00:48:05.269><c> tenderest</c><00:48:05.650><c> fears,</c>

00:48:06.989 --> 00:48:10.489
and<00:48:07.489><c> worship</c><00:48:07.829><c> thee</c><00:48:08.030><c> with</c><00:48:08.309><c> trembling</c><00:48:08.710><c> hope</c><00:48:09.090><c> and</c><00:48:09.510><c> penitential</c>

00:48:10.489 --> 00:48:14.429
tears.<00:48:12.590><c> Yet</c><00:48:12.769><c> I</c><00:48:13.070><c> may</c><00:48:13.329><c> love</c><00:48:13.750><c> thee</c><00:48:14.090><c> too,</c>

00:48:14.550 --> 00:48:19.130
O<00:48:14.789><c> Lord,</c><00:48:15.210><c> almighty</c><00:48:15.550><c> as</c><00:48:15.829><c> thou</c><00:48:16.010><c> art,</c><00:48:17.429><c> for</c><00:48:17.590><c> thou</c><00:48:18.150><c> hast</c><00:48:18.750><c> stooped</c>

00:48:19.130 --> 00:48:25.210
to<00:48:19.429><c> ask</c><00:48:19.869><c> of</c><00:48:20.369><c> me</c><00:48:21.349><c> the</c><00:48:22.489><c> love</c><00:48:22.969><c> of</c><00:48:23.489><c> my</c><00:48:23.809><c> poor</c><00:48:24.150><c> heart.</c>

00:48:26.389 --> 00:48:32.530
My<00:48:26.809><c> God,</c><00:48:28.389><c> how</c><00:48:28.829><c> wonderful</c><00:48:29.409><c> thou</c><00:48:29.750><c> art,</c><00:48:30.610><c> thy</c><00:48:30.909><c> majesty</c><00:48:31.550><c> how</c><00:48:31.929><c> bright,</c>

00:48:32.530 --> 00:48:43.269
how<00:48:34.070><c> beautiful</c><00:48:35.230><c> thy</c><00:48:36.610><c> mercy</c><00:48:37.090><c> seat</c><00:48:37.630><c> that</c><00:48:39.469><c> shines</c><00:48:40.050><c> with</c><00:48:41.969><c> healing</c><00:48:42.289><c> light.</c>

00:49:53.889 --> 00:49:58.050
I'd<00:49:54.409><c> like</c><00:49:54.449><c> to</c><00:49:54.730><c> thank</c><00:49:54.989><c> our</c><00:49:55.230><c> brother</c><00:49:55.409><c> Roger</c><00:49:56.070><c> on</c><00:49:57.389><c> your</c><00:49:57.590><c> behalf</c>

00:49:58.050 --> 00:50:00.130
for<00:49:58.409><c> his</c><00:49:58.610><c> efforts</c><00:49:58.849><c> this</c><00:49:59.090><c> evening</c>

00:50:00.590 --> 00:50:04.730
and<00:50:00.989><c> the</c><00:50:01.449><c> wonderful</c><00:50:02.010><c> words</c><00:50:02.309><c> of</c><00:50:02.610><c> exhortation</c><00:50:03.090><c> that</c><00:50:03.230><c> we</c><00:50:03.469><c> received</c><00:50:03.949><c> that</c>

00:50:04.730 --> 00:50:07.150
helps<00:50:04.949><c> each</c><00:50:05.230><c> of</c><00:50:05.369><c> us</c><00:50:05.489><c> to</c><00:50:05.769><c> examine</c><00:50:06.010><c> ourselves</c>

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as<00:50:07.869><c> we</c><00:50:08.070><c> await</c><00:50:08.230><c> our</c><00:50:08.489><c> Lord's</c><00:50:08.849><c> return.</c><00:50:11.030><c> We</c><00:50:11.369><c> will</c><00:50:11.590><c> have</c><00:50:11.750><c> an</c><00:50:11.889><c> opportunity</c><00:50:12.449><c> to</c>

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fellowship<00:50:13.429><c> together</c>

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after<00:50:14.469><c> the</c><00:50:14.809><c> conclusion</c><00:50:15.090><c> of</c><00:50:15.309><c> this</c><00:50:15.489><c> service</c><00:50:16.070><c> and</c><00:50:17.550><c> there'll</c><00:50:18.010><c> be</c>

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refreshments<00:50:18.690><c> down</c><00:50:18.909><c> in</c><00:50:19.030><c> the</c><00:50:19.170><c> basement.</c><00:50:19.650><c> We</c><00:50:19.929><c> invite</c>

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everybody<00:50:20.789><c> to</c><00:50:21.150><c> stay</c><00:50:21.269><c> with</c><00:50:21.489><c> us</c><00:50:21.750><c> and</c><00:50:23.329><c> hopefully</c><00:50:23.789><c> have</c><00:50:24.269><c> maybe</c><00:50:24.550><c> some</c><00:50:24.789><c> questions</c><00:50:25.349><c> and</c><00:50:26.369><c> intermix</c><00:50:26.809><c> in</c>

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some<00:50:27.849><c> spiritual</c>

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discussions.<00:50:30.809><c> We'd</c><00:50:31.389><c> like</c><00:50:31.409><c> to</c><00:50:31.710><c> conclude</c><00:50:31.949><c> with</c><00:50:32.170><c> the</c><00:50:32.329><c> use</c><00:50:32.530><c> of</c>

00:50:32.710 --> 00:50:36.170
hymn<00:50:32.869><c> 102</c><00:50:33.349><c> after</c><00:50:34.230><c> which</c><00:50:34.429><c> we'll</c><00:50:34.690><c> ask</c><00:50:34.789><c> our</c><00:50:35.010><c> brother</c><00:50:35.210><c> Mark</c>

00:50:36.190 --> 00:50:41.769
to<00:50:36.730><c> give</c><00:50:37.210><c> the</c><00:50:37.570><c> closing</c><00:50:37.869><c> prayer</c><00:50:38.210><c> and</c><00:50:38.429><c> pray</c><00:50:38.630><c> for</c><00:50:38.809><c> the</c><00:50:39.070><c> refreshments.</c><00:50:40.150><c> Hymn</c><00:50:40.550><c> 102,</c>

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My<00:50:42.389><c> God,</c><00:50:42.750><c> how</c><00:50:43.030><c> wonderful</c>

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thou<00:50:43.889><c> art,</c><00:50:44.809><c> thy</c><00:50:44.949><c> majesty</c><00:50:45.650><c> how</c><00:50:46.050><c> bright,</c><00:50:46.909><c> how</c><00:50:47.210><c> beautiful</c><00:50:47.710><c> thy</c>

00:50:48.010 --> 00:50:51.530
mercy<00:50:48.489><c> seat</c><00:50:49.030><c> that</c><00:50:49.590><c> shines</c><00:50:49.949><c> with</c><00:50:50.210><c> healing</c><00:50:50.510><c> light.</c>

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Hymn<00:51:13.550><c> 102,</c><00:51:13.550><c> My</c><00:51:13.550><c> God,</c><00:51:13.550><c> how</c><00:51:13.550><c> wonderful</c><00:51:13.550><c> thou</c><00:51:13.550><c> art,</c><00:51:13.550><c> thy</c><00:51:13.550><c> majesty</c>

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how<00:51:13.730><c> bright,</c><00:51:15.630><c> how</c><00:51:16.289><c> beautiful</c><00:51:17.929><c> thy</c><00:51:18.969><c> mercy</c><00:51:20.110><c> seat</c><00:51:20.929><c> that</c><00:51:21.769><c> shines</c>

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with<00:51:23.329><c> healing</c><00:51:24.449><c> light.</c>

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How<00:51:27.110><c> wonderful,</c><00:51:29.929><c> how</c><00:51:29.929><c> beautiful,</c><00:51:32.210><c> the</c><00:51:32.789><c> sight</c><00:51:33.489><c> that</c><00:51:34.130><c> we</c><00:51:34.670><c> must</c>

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be,<00:51:37.769><c> thy</c><00:51:37.989><c> endless</c><00:51:39.110><c> wisdom,</c><00:51:41.110><c> boundless</c><00:51:42.070><c> power,</c>

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and<00:51:43.510><c> awful</c><00:51:44.750><c> guarantee.</c>

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Oh,<00:51:49.369><c> how</c><00:51:49.889><c> I</c><00:51:50.590><c> hear</c><00:51:50.949><c> thee,</c><00:51:51.849><c> living</c><00:51:53.030><c> God,</c><00:51:54.389><c> with</c><00:51:54.849><c> deepest,</c><00:51:56.349><c> tenderest</c><00:51:57.769><c> fears</c>

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and<00:52:00.070><c> worship</c><00:52:01.190><c> thee,</c>

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trembling<00:52:03.730><c> hope</c><00:52:04.730><c> and</c><00:52:05.929><c> penitential</c><00:52:08.269><c> tears.</c>

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Yet<00:52:11.050><c> I</c><00:52:12.070><c> may</c><00:52:12.769><c> love</c><00:52:13.309><c> thee</c><00:52:14.030><c> too,</c><00:52:15.030><c> O</c><00:52:15.530><c> Lord,</c><00:52:16.730><c> of</c><00:52:17.150><c> all</c><00:52:17.610><c> things</c><00:52:18.389><c> as</c><00:52:19.110><c> thou</c><00:52:20.070><c> art,</c><00:52:21.829><c> for</c>

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thou<00:52:23.010><c> hast</c><00:52:23.710><c> proved</c><00:52:24.349><c> the</c><00:52:24.929><c> last</c><00:52:25.630><c> of</c><00:52:26.469><c> me</c><00:52:27.010><c> the</c><00:52:27.889><c> love</c><00:52:28.590><c> of</c><00:52:29.369><c> thy</c><00:52:29.889><c> foresight.</c>

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My<00:52:33.489><c> God,</c><00:52:34.969><c> how</c><00:52:34.969><c> wonderful</c><00:52:36.570><c> thou</c><00:52:37.809><c> art,</c><00:52:38.809><c> thy</c><00:52:39.190><c> majesty</c><00:52:40.909><c> how</c><00:52:42.230><c> bright,</c><00:52:43.789><c> how</c>

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beautiful<00:52:46.130><c> thy</c><00:52:47.190><c> mercy</c><00:52:48.489><c> seat</c><00:52:49.309><c> that</c><00:52:50.190><c> shines</c><00:52:50.929><c> with</c><00:52:51.969><c> healing</c><00:52:53.110><c> light.</c>

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Our<00:53:11.030><c> Heavenly</c><00:53:11.530><c> Father,</c><00:53:12.530><c> we</c><00:53:12.670><c> thank</c><00:53:12.869><c> you</c><00:53:13.070><c> that</c><00:53:13.250><c> once</c><00:53:13.489><c> again</c><00:53:13.809><c> you've</c><00:53:14.130><c> allowed</c><00:53:14.349><c> us</c>

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to<00:53:15.789><c> step</c><00:53:16.030><c> away</c><00:53:16.429><c> from</c><00:53:16.610><c> the</c><00:53:16.869><c> confusion</c><00:53:17.329><c> of</c><00:53:17.550><c> the</c><00:53:17.730><c> world</c><00:53:17.929><c> around</c><00:53:18.250><c> us</c>

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and<00:53:19.949><c> to</c><00:53:20.230><c> be</c><00:53:21.050><c> instructed</c><00:53:21.750><c> in</c><00:53:22.510><c> the</c><00:53:22.670><c> things</c><00:53:23.349><c> that</c><00:53:23.949><c> are</c><00:53:24.150><c> eternal,</c>

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for<00:53:26.110><c> in</c><00:53:26.329><c> your</c><00:53:26.570><c> word</c><00:53:26.909><c> is</c><00:53:27.329><c> our</c><00:53:27.809><c> only</c><00:53:28.130><c> hope.</c>

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We<00:53:30.690><c> thank</c><00:53:31.030><c> you</c><00:53:31.250><c> for</c><00:53:31.449><c> your</c><00:53:31.650><c> purpose</c><00:53:32.670><c> that</c><00:53:33.170><c> you</c><00:53:33.369><c> set</c><00:53:33.489><c> before</c><00:53:33.849><c> us</c>

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each<00:53:34.349><c> day.</c><00:53:36.010><c> Help</c><00:53:36.090><c> us</c><00:53:36.429><c> then</c><00:53:36.710><c> to,</c><00:53:37.230><c> as</c><00:53:37.429><c> we</c><00:53:37.630><c> make</c><00:53:37.809><c> choices,</c><00:53:38.750><c> to</c><00:53:39.869><c> walk</c><00:53:40.170><c> by</c>

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faith<00:53:40.869><c> and</c><00:53:41.090><c> to</c><00:53:41.309><c> live</c><00:53:41.929><c> in</c><00:53:43.250><c> a</c><00:53:43.389><c> way</c><00:53:43.510><c> that</c><00:53:43.630><c> would</c><00:53:43.909><c> please</c><00:53:44.110><c> you.</c>

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When<00:53:45.809><c> we</c><00:53:46.030><c> turn</c><00:53:46.190><c> against</c><00:53:46.530><c> you</c><00:53:46.789><c> through</c><00:53:47.010><c> our</c><00:53:47.230><c> weakness</c><00:53:47.570><c> to</c><00:53:48.210><c> appeal</c><00:53:48.590><c> to</c>

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you<00:53:48.949><c> and</c><00:53:49.090><c> realize</c><00:53:49.550><c> that</c><00:53:49.730><c> you</c><00:53:49.869><c> can</c><00:53:50.909><c> bring</c><00:53:51.309><c> us</c><00:53:51.590><c> back.</c>

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Humble<00:53:54.349><c> us</c><00:53:54.889><c> to</c><00:53:55.530><c> see</c><00:53:56.050><c> what</c><00:53:56.750><c> we</c><00:53:56.929><c> are</c><00:53:57.090><c> made</c><00:53:57.309><c> of,</c><00:53:58.769><c> that</c><00:53:58.829><c> it</c><00:53:59.030><c> is</c><00:53:59.590><c> only</c>

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your<00:54:00.250><c> word</c><00:54:00.530><c> that</c><00:54:00.769><c> gives</c><00:54:00.949><c> us</c><00:54:02.329><c> any</c><00:54:03.010><c> wonderful</c><00:54:03.469><c> thoughts.</c>

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It's<00:54:05.750><c> all</c><00:54:05.929><c> come</c><00:54:06.110><c> from</c><00:54:06.289><c> you,</c><00:54:07.170><c> so</c><00:54:07.329><c> we</c><00:54:07.550><c> thank</c><00:54:07.690><c> you</c><00:54:07.969><c> for</c><00:54:08.110><c> it</c><00:54:08.289><c> and</c><00:54:08.349><c> pray</c><00:54:08.610><c> that</c><00:54:08.750><c> you</c><00:54:08.849><c> would</c><00:54:09.030><c> continue</c><00:54:09.329><c> to</c>

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bless<00:54:09.710><c> us</c><00:54:10.289><c> this</c><00:54:10.570><c> evening.</c>

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That<00:54:12.309><c> we</c><00:54:12.389><c> might</c><00:54:12.590><c> see</c><00:54:12.829><c> these</c><00:54:13.070><c> things</c><00:54:13.309><c> more</c><00:54:13.630><c> clearly,</c><00:54:15.570><c> that</c><00:54:15.769><c> life</c><00:54:16.050><c> is</c>

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short,<00:54:18.030><c> that</c><00:54:18.170><c> your</c><00:54:18.389><c> son</c><00:54:18.570><c> will</c><00:54:18.869><c> return</c><00:54:19.190><c> soon,</c>

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and<00:54:21.329><c> that</c><00:54:21.429><c> you</c><00:54:21.630><c> can</c><00:54:21.909><c> save</c><00:54:22.170><c> us</c><00:54:22.409><c> despite</c><00:54:22.929><c> seeing</c><00:54:23.650><c> us</c><00:54:23.949><c> for</c><00:54:24.130><c> who</c><00:54:24.250><c> we</c>

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are<00:54:25.809><c> as</c><00:54:26.309><c> we</c><00:54:26.510><c> appeal</c><00:54:26.750><c> to</c><00:54:26.949><c> you</c><00:54:27.070><c> through</c><00:54:27.230><c> your</c><00:54:27.510><c> son.</c>

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We<00:54:29.789><c> do</c><00:54:29.969><c> thank</c><00:54:30.150><c> you</c><00:54:30.329><c> for</c><00:54:30.489><c> the</c><00:54:30.630><c> way</c><00:54:30.769><c> you</c><00:54:30.929><c> care</c><00:54:31.070><c> for</c><00:54:31.230><c> us</c><00:54:31.469><c> each</c><00:54:31.730><c> day.</c>

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Help<00:54:33.210><c> us</c><00:54:33.449><c> to</c><00:54:33.750><c> continue</c><00:54:33.989><c> to</c><00:54:34.230><c> walk</c><00:54:34.389><c> by</c><00:54:34.730><c> faith</c><00:54:35.150><c> and</c><00:54:35.769><c> please</c><00:54:36.110><c> accept</c><00:54:36.409><c> of</c><00:54:36.550><c> our</c><00:54:36.789><c> thanks</c><00:54:37.130><c> for</c><00:54:37.369><c> this</c><00:54:37.610><c> food</c><00:54:37.829><c> that</c><00:54:37.989><c> we're</c><00:54:38.210><c> about</c><00:54:38.389><c> to</c>

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enjoy<00:54:39.369><c> through</c><00:54:40.889><c> Jesus</c><00:54:41.349><c> Christ.</c><00:54:42.309><c> Amen.</c>