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independently<00:14:45.000><c> of</c><00:14:45.220><c> God</c><00:14:45.480><c> and</c><00:14:45.740><c> Christ</c><00:14:46.120><c> as</c><00:14:46.740><c> an</c><00:14:47.100><c> intercessor</c><00:14:47.539><c> for</c><00:14:47.840><c> believers.</c>

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Christ.<00:14:54.340><c> So</c><00:14:54.840><c> what</c><00:14:55.480><c> are</c><00:14:55.899><c> the</c><00:14:56.019><c> various</c><00:14:56.360><c> reasons</c><00:14:56.940><c> or</c><00:14:57.240><c> evidence</c>

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verses<00:14:59.720><c> 26</c><00:15:00.200><c> and</c><00:15:00.340><c> 27,</c><00:15:01.139><c> the</c><00:15:01.320><c> view</c><00:15:01.519><c> that</c><00:15:01.700><c> the</c><00:15:01.960><c> Spirit</c><00:15:02.139><c> himself</c><00:15:02.720><c> is</c><00:15:03.299><c> Christ?</c>

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Spirit.<00:15:19.299><c> Still,</c><00:15:20.139><c> the</c><00:15:20.240><c> words</c><00:15:20.559><c> themselves</c><00:15:21.200><c> allow</c><00:15:21.860><c> for</c><00:15:22.360><c> this</c>

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infirmities.<00:15:35.940><c> Notice</c><00:15:36.379><c> the</c><00:15:37.460><c> small</c><00:15:37.860><c> numeral</c><00:15:38.279><c> three</c><00:15:38.620><c> by</c><00:15:38.919><c> weaknesses</c><00:15:39.340><c> there</c>

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that<00:15:43.879><c> appears</c><00:15:44.139><c> in</c><00:15:44.320><c> verse</c><00:15:44.620><c> three.</c>

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We<00:15:45.379><c> turn</c><00:15:45.600><c> back</c><00:15:45.860><c> to</c><00:15:45.980><c> verse</c><00:15:46.159><c> three,</c><00:15:46.879><c> we</c><00:15:46.980><c> read</c><00:15:47.379><c> that</c><00:15:47.799><c> the</c><00:15:48.000><c> Mosaic</c>

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law<00:15:48.659><c> had</c><00:15:48.899><c> no</c><00:15:49.159><c> power</c><00:15:49.519><c> to</c><00:15:49.879><c> do</c><00:15:50.080><c> this,</c><00:15:50.419><c> that</c>

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is<00:15:50.799><c> to</c><00:15:51.019><c> deliver</c><00:15:51.440><c> man</c><00:15:51.840><c> from</c><00:15:52.200><c> the</c><00:15:52.340><c> principle</c><00:15:52.639><c> of</c><00:15:52.840><c> sin</c><00:15:53.000><c> and</c><00:15:53.159><c> death</c>

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because<00:15:54.019><c> it</c><00:15:54.299><c> was</c><00:15:54.700><c> weak</c><00:15:55.259><c> through</c><00:15:55.879><c> the</c>

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flesh.<00:15:56.980><c> And</c><00:15:57.200><c> God</c><00:15:57.419><c> sent</c><00:15:57.620><c> his</c><00:15:57.860><c> son</c><00:15:58.259><c> in</c><00:15:59.279><c> the</c><00:15:59.659><c> flesh</c><00:15:59.840><c> of</c><00:16:00.139><c> sin</c><00:16:00.440><c> to</c><00:16:01.220><c> redeem</c><00:16:01.659><c> man</c><00:16:02.019><c> out</c><00:16:02.259><c> of</c>

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that<00:16:02.580><c> condition.</c>

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scripture<00:16:07.759><c> be</c><00:16:08.100><c> said</c><00:16:08.320><c> to</c><00:16:08.980><c> share</c>

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That<00:16:13.779><c> word</c><00:16:14.120><c> to</c><00:16:14.440><c> share</c><00:16:14.740><c> with</c><00:16:14.980><c> us</c><00:16:15.320><c> is</c><00:16:15.720><c> one</c><00:16:15.980><c> more</c><00:16:16.279><c> of</c><00:16:16.460><c> those</c><00:16:17.120><c> with</c>

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our<00:16:18.019><c> together</c><00:16:18.419><c> words,</c><00:16:18.740><c> and</c><00:16:18.860><c> I</c><00:16:19.100><c> referred</c>

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does<00:16:24.419><c> by</c><00:16:24.679><c> himself,</c><00:16:25.340><c> not</c><00:16:25.600><c> what</c><00:16:25.840><c> we</c><00:16:26.139><c> do</c><00:16:26.320><c> by</c><00:16:26.679><c> ourselves,</c><00:16:27.480><c> but</c><00:16:27.659><c> what</c><00:16:27.919><c> we</c>

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do<00:16:28.620><c> together</c><00:16:29.340><c> with</c><00:16:29.919><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:31.000><c> so</c><00:16:31.139><c> the</c><00:16:31.340><c> word</c><00:16:31.740><c> shares</c><00:16:32.559><c> with</c><00:16:33.000><c> us,</c><00:16:33.980><c> it's</c><00:16:34.580><c> a</c><00:16:34.779><c> long</c><00:16:35.320><c> Greek</c><00:16:36.120><c> word</c><00:16:36.299><c> of</c>

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wouldn't<00:16:37.600><c> even</c><00:16:37.799><c> bother</c><00:16:38.059><c> trying</c><00:16:38.340><c> to</c><00:16:38.600><c> pronounce,</c><00:16:39.200><c> but</c><00:16:39.460><c> it</c><00:16:39.779><c> literally</c><00:16:40.059><c> means</c><00:16:40.419><c> when</c>

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we<00:16:40.799><c> put</c><00:16:40.940><c> all</c><00:16:41.200><c> the</c>

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phrases<00:16:41.679><c> together</c><00:16:42.179><c> to</c><00:16:43.039><c> lay</c><00:16:43.460><c> hold</c><00:16:44.039><c> of</c><00:16:44.799><c> together</c><00:16:45.440><c> with</c><00:16:46.059><c> the</c><00:16:46.320><c> view</c><00:16:46.600><c> of</c>

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helping<00:16:47.360><c> others,</c><00:16:49.120><c> obviously</c>

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very<00:16:49.840><c> true</c><00:16:49.960><c> of</c><00:16:50.139><c> Christ,</c><00:16:51.179><c> but</c><00:16:51.440><c> not</c><00:16:51.940><c> true</c><00:16:52.299><c> of</c><00:16:52.659><c> the</c><00:16:52.899><c> Holy</c><00:16:53.080><c> Spirit</c>

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as<00:16:53.700><c> an</c><00:16:53.899><c> individual</c><00:16:54.360><c> personality.</c>

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We<00:16:56.919><c> compare</c><00:16:57.179><c> a</c><00:16:57.360><c> couple</c><00:16:57.519><c> of</c><00:16:57.799><c> passages</c><00:16:58.120><c> that</c><00:16:58.799><c> bring</c><00:16:58.960><c> us</c><00:16:59.159><c> to</c><00:16:59.299><c> the</c>

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same<00:16:59.639><c> idea,</c><00:17:00.019><c> one</c><00:17:00.240><c> being</c><00:17:00.620><c> Matthew</c><00:17:01.220><c> eight</c>

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verses<00:17:02.179><c> 16</c><00:17:02.580><c> and</c><00:17:02.799><c> 17.</c>

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You'll<00:17:03.440><c> notice</c><00:17:03.639><c> that</c><00:17:04.000><c> in</c><00:17:04.279><c> the</c><00:17:04.480><c> margin</c><00:17:04.700><c> of</c><00:17:04.859><c> your</c><00:17:05.059><c> notes,</c>

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Verse<00:17:11.660><c> 16,</c><00:17:12.299><c> when</c><00:17:21.160><c> the</c><00:17:21.539><c> even</c><00:17:21.720><c> was</c><00:17:22.059><c> come,</c><00:17:22.319><c> they</c><00:17:22.500><c> brought</c><00:17:22.700><c> into</c>

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him<00:17:23.079><c> many</c><00:17:23.359><c> that</c><00:17:23.559><c> were</c><00:17:23.759><c> possessed</c><00:17:24.160><c> with</c><00:17:24.559><c> demons,</c>

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and<00:17:26.339><c> he</c><00:17:26.599><c> cast</c><00:17:26.839><c> out</c><00:17:27.180><c> the</c><00:17:27.539><c> spirits</c><00:17:27.880><c> with</c><00:17:28.180><c> his</c><00:17:28.559><c> word</c><00:17:28.880><c> and</c><00:17:29.519><c> healed</c>

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all<00:17:30.299><c> that</c><00:17:30.500><c> were</c><00:17:30.759><c> sick,</c><00:17:31.559><c> that</c><00:17:31.740><c> it</c><00:17:31.900><c> might</c>

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be<00:17:32.400><c> fulfilled,</c><00:17:32.700><c> which</c><00:17:32.900><c> was</c><00:17:33.119><c> spoken</c><00:17:33.480><c> by</c><00:17:34.059><c> Isaiah,</c><00:17:34.880><c> the</c><00:17:34.880><c> prophet,</c><00:17:35.619><c> this</c><00:17:35.799><c> a</c>

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quotation<00:17:36.319><c> from</c><00:17:36.539><c> Isaiah</c>

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our<00:17:43.400><c> sicknesses.</c>

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This<00:17:44.980><c> expresses</c><00:17:45.500><c> the</c><00:17:46.720><c> humanity,</c><00:17:48.299><c> the</c><00:17:48.579><c> weakness,</c><00:17:49.519><c> the</c><00:17:49.759><c> fellow</c>

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feeling<00:17:50.539><c> that</c><00:17:50.980><c> Jesus</c><00:17:51.400><c> had</c><00:17:51.759><c> with</c><00:17:52.240><c> all</c>

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mankind<00:17:53.160><c> that</c><00:17:54.099><c> uniquely</c><00:17:54.920><c> fitted</c><00:17:55.319><c> him</c><00:17:55.779><c> rather</c><00:17:56.200><c> than</c><00:17:56.359><c> an</c><00:17:56.660><c> angel</c>

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from<00:17:57.119><c> heaven</c><00:17:57.539><c> to</c><00:17:58.579><c> be</c><00:17:59.119><c> the</c><00:17:59.460><c> intercessor,</c>

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the<00:18:01.019><c> sacrifice,</c><00:18:01.720><c> the</c><00:18:02.039><c> representative</c><00:18:02.680><c> and</c><00:18:03.119><c> the</c><00:18:03.339><c> mediator</c><00:18:03.920><c> of</c>

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all<00:18:04.619><c> believers.</c>

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He<00:18:05.740><c> himself</c><00:18:06.380><c> was</c><00:18:07.339><c> afflicted</c><00:18:07.960><c> with</c><00:18:08.180><c> our</c><00:18:08.420><c> infirmities.</c>

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the<00:18:12.339><c> character</c><00:18:12.619><c> of</c><00:18:12.819><c> Jesus</c><00:18:13.119><c> and</c><00:18:13.299><c> the</c><00:18:13.500><c> feelings</c>

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that<00:18:13.940><c> he</c><00:18:14.039><c> must</c><00:18:14.259><c> have</c><00:18:14.460><c> had,</c><00:18:15.059><c> not</c><00:18:15.319><c> that</c><00:18:15.460><c> he</c><00:18:15.599><c> was</c><00:18:15.799><c> a</c><00:18:16.299><c> miracle</c><00:18:16.740><c> worker</c><00:18:17.059><c> going</c><00:18:17.380><c> about</c><00:18:18.180><c> using</c><00:18:18.660><c> a</c><00:18:18.940><c> great</c><00:18:19.160><c> power</c><00:18:19.559><c> to</c>

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show<00:18:19.960><c> that</c><00:18:20.099><c> he</c><00:18:20.240><c> came</c><00:18:20.460><c> from</c><00:18:20.660><c> God,</c><00:18:21.180><c> not</c><00:18:21.420><c> that</c><00:18:21.700><c> alone,</c><00:18:22.000><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:18:22.519><c> sisters,</c><00:18:22.799><c> but</c><00:18:23.019><c> rather</c><00:18:23.339><c> as</c><00:18:24.359><c> he</c><00:18:24.859><c> was</c>

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healing,<00:18:25.940><c> he</c><00:18:26.220><c> felt</c><00:18:26.519><c> strongly</c><00:18:27.079><c> the</c><00:18:27.339><c> weakness</c><00:18:27.660><c> of</c><00:18:27.920><c> others,</c><00:18:28.460><c> the</c>

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sympathy<00:18:29.220><c> that</c><00:18:29.759><c> led</c><00:18:30.000><c> him</c><00:18:30.299><c> and</c><00:18:30.500><c> prepared</c>

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him<00:18:31.160><c> for</c><00:18:31.339><c> the</c><00:18:31.539><c> time</c><00:18:31.880><c> when</c><00:18:32.200><c> he</c><00:18:32.299><c> would</c><00:18:32.460><c> make</c><00:18:32.680><c> the</c><00:18:33.039><c> supreme</c><00:18:33.480><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:34.279><c> on</c><00:18:34.900><c> behalf</c><00:18:35.259><c> of</c>

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his<00:18:35.599><c> fellow</c><00:18:35.859><c> brethren.</c>

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at<00:18:42.200><c> Romans,</c><00:18:42.660><c> chapter</c><00:18:42.880><c> 15</c><00:18:43.799><c> and</c><00:18:44.220><c> verse</c><00:18:44.519><c> one,</c>

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and<00:18:46.359><c> we</c><00:18:46.700><c> see</c><00:18:46.859><c> how</c><00:18:47.359><c> when</c><00:18:47.720><c> Paul</c><00:18:48.059><c> leaves</c><00:18:48.500><c> the</c><00:18:49.299><c> elevated</c><00:18:49.779><c> doctrinal</c><00:18:50.519><c> position</c>

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that<00:18:51.819><c> he</c><00:18:52.059><c> is</c><00:18:52.539><c> elaborating</c>

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he<00:18:55.940><c> doesn't</c><00:18:56.160><c> really</c><00:18:56.440><c> leave</c><00:18:56.680><c> behind</c><00:18:57.079><c> the</c>

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ideas,<00:18:57.740><c> but</c><00:18:57.920><c> he</c><00:18:58.539><c> builds</c><00:18:58.920><c> upon</c><00:18:59.259><c> those</c><00:18:59.599><c> ideas.</c>

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And<00:19:00.519><c> so</c><00:19:00.619><c> we</c><00:19:00.720><c> come</c><00:19:00.880><c> to</c><00:19:01.039><c> Romans</c><00:19:01.279><c> 15</c><00:19:01.940><c> and</c><00:19:02.359><c> verse</c><00:19:02.680><c> one</c><00:19:03.160><c> and</c><00:19:04.000><c> thinking</c><00:19:04.420><c> upon</c><00:19:04.720><c> what</c><00:19:04.880><c> he</c>

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has<00:19:05.200><c> already</c><00:19:05.519><c> said</c>

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in<00:19:05.940><c> Romans</c><00:19:06.180><c> 8</c><00:19:06.519><c> and</c><00:19:06.680><c> verse</c><00:19:06.920><c> 26,</c><00:19:07.519><c> that</c><00:19:07.640><c> the</c><00:19:07.980><c> spirit</c><00:19:08.299><c> bears</c><00:19:09.279><c> our</c>

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weaknesses<00:19:10.180><c> and</c><00:19:10.599><c> shares</c><00:19:10.900><c> them</c><00:19:11.119><c> with</c>

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us<00:19:11.440><c> and</c><00:19:11.579><c> makes</c><00:19:11.819><c> intercession</c><00:19:12.339><c> for</c><00:19:12.640><c> us.</c>

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He<00:19:13.299><c> now</c><00:19:13.559><c> says</c><00:19:13.759><c> in</c><00:19:13.920><c> Romans</c><00:19:14.160><c> 15</c><00:19:14.660><c> and</c><00:19:14.839><c> verse</c><00:19:15.099><c> one,</c><00:19:15.779><c> exhortational</c>

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content<00:19:17.279><c> derived</c><00:19:17.880><c> out</c><00:19:18.180><c> of</c><00:19:18.339><c> this</c>

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Brethren,<00:19:19.799><c> we</c><00:19:20.180><c> then</c><00:19:20.500><c> that</c><00:19:20.700><c> are</c><00:19:21.119><c> strong</c><00:19:21.640><c> ought</c><00:19:22.119><c> to</c><00:19:22.380><c> bear</c><00:19:22.579><c> the</c>

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infirmities<00:19:24.000><c> of</c><00:19:24.339><c> the</c><00:19:24.519><c> weak,</c><00:19:25.039><c> the</c><00:19:25.099><c> very</c>

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same<00:19:25.680><c> word</c><00:19:26.059><c> taken</c><00:19:26.460><c> from</c><00:19:26.660><c> Romans</c><00:19:26.960><c> 8,</c><00:19:27.640><c> and</c><00:19:27.920><c> not</c><00:19:28.279><c> to</c><00:19:28.680><c> please</c><00:19:29.039><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:19:30.740><c> again,</c><00:19:30.980><c> to</c><00:19:31.099><c> make</c><00:19:31.240><c> the</c><00:19:31.480><c> point</c><00:19:31.779><c> doubly</c><00:19:32.359><c> plain,</c><00:19:32.619><c> he</c><00:19:32.779><c> says</c><00:19:32.980><c> in</c>

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verse<00:19:33.380><c> three,</c><00:19:34.059><c> for</c><00:19:34.279><c> even</c><00:19:34.720><c> Christ</c><00:19:35.559><c> pleased</c>

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not<00:19:36.920><c> himself,</c><00:19:38.220><c> even</c><00:19:38.519><c> Christ</c><00:19:39.579><c> bore</c><00:19:40.039><c> with</c><00:19:40.380><c> the</c><00:19:40.759><c> infirmities</c><00:19:41.259><c> of</c>

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his<00:19:41.619><c> brethren,</c><00:19:42.500><c> felt</c><00:19:42.660><c> a</c><00:19:42.940><c> sympathy</c><00:19:43.259><c> for</c><00:19:47.339><c> their</c>

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brethren.<00:19:48.259><c> He</c><00:19:48.420><c> was</c><00:19:48.680><c> able</c><00:19:48.940><c> to</c><00:19:49.140><c> do</c><00:19:49.279><c> the</c><00:19:49.460><c> work</c><00:19:49.680><c> that</c><00:19:49.880><c> God</c><00:19:50.180><c> sent</c><00:19:50.400><c> him</c><00:19:50.640><c> to</c><00:19:50.859><c> do.</c>

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We're<00:19:54.920><c> continuing</c><00:19:55.319><c> then</c><00:19:55.660><c> with</c><00:19:56.079><c> evidence</c><00:19:56.460><c> for</c><00:19:56.779><c> accepting</c><00:19:57.160><c> the</c>

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second<00:19:57.740><c> view.</c>

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We<00:19:59.819><c> notice</c><00:20:00.079><c> in</c><00:20:00.240><c> first</c><00:20:00.440><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:00.720><c> 15</c><00:20:01.099><c> and</c><00:20:01.299><c> 45,</c><00:20:01.859><c> don't</c><00:20:02.059><c> bother</c><00:20:02.359><c> looking</c><00:20:02.599><c> it</c><00:20:02.799><c> up,</c><00:20:02.920><c> but</c><00:20:03.039><c> we</c>

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quoted<00:20:03.440><c> it</c>

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from<00:20:03.819><c> memory</c><00:20:04.220><c> that</c><00:20:04.880><c> Christ</c><00:20:05.500><c> himself</c><00:20:06.019><c> is</c><00:20:06.319><c> called</c><00:20:06.640><c> the</c><00:20:07.259><c> quickening</c><00:20:07.660><c> spirit.</c>

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Brother<00:20:08.819><c> John</c><00:20:09.119><c> Thomas,</c><00:20:09.500><c> in</c><00:20:09.599><c> his</c><00:20:09.759><c> quotation</c><00:20:10.140><c> from</c><00:20:10.420><c> Eureka</c><00:20:10.740><c> that</c><00:20:10.880><c> we</c>

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read,<00:20:11.819><c> says</c><00:20:11.940><c> the</c><00:20:12.160><c> same</c><00:20:12.380><c> thing.</c>

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who<00:20:16.099><c> makes</c><00:20:16.339><c> intercession</c><00:20:16.819><c> for</c><00:20:17.099><c> believers.</c>

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I<00:20:18.000><c> brought</c><00:20:18.180><c> the</c><00:20:18.359><c> hymn</c><00:20:18.539><c> book</c><00:20:18.680><c> up</c><00:20:18.880><c> here</c><00:20:19.119><c> because</c><00:20:19.799><c> I</c><00:20:20.099><c> just</c><00:20:20.339><c> wanted</c>

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didn't<00:20:27.720><c> read</c><00:20:28.220><c> carefully</c><00:20:28.680><c> what</c>

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studies,<00:20:36.759><c> you'll</c>

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notice<00:20:37.240><c> that</c><00:20:37.980><c> Brother</c><00:20:38.299><c> David</c><00:20:38.759><c> Brown</c><00:20:39.039><c> in</c><00:20:39.220><c> hymn</c><00:20:39.400><c> 117,</c><00:20:40.619><c> Brother</c>

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Christadelphian,<00:20:43.220><c> apparently</c><00:20:43.819><c> an</c><00:20:44.579><c> associate</c><00:20:44.980><c> and</c><00:20:45.119><c> a</c><00:20:45.339><c> friend</c>

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of<00:20:46.059><c> Brother</c><00:20:46.319><c> Thomas</c><00:20:46.680><c> and</c><00:20:46.839><c> has</c><00:20:47.000><c> written</c>

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some<00:20:47.339><c> of</c><00:20:47.420><c> the</c><00:20:47.440><c> most</c><00:20:47.819><c> beautiful</c><00:20:48.299><c> hymns</c><00:20:48.880><c> that</c><00:20:49.039><c> we</c><00:20:49.180><c> have</c><00:20:49.299><c> in</c><00:20:49.400><c> our</c>

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hymn<00:20:49.799><c> book,</c><00:20:50.220><c> true</c><00:20:50.660><c> Christadelphian</c><00:20:51.440><c> hymns.</c>

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Brother<00:20:52.700><c> David</c><00:20:53.039><c> Brown</c><00:20:53.319><c> says</c><00:20:53.880><c> in</c><00:20:54.740><c> the</c><00:20:55.019><c> first</c><00:20:55.440><c> stanza</c><00:20:55.900><c> of</c><00:20:56.460><c> the</c><00:20:56.640><c> hymn,</c><00:20:57.400><c> we</c><00:20:57.500><c> come,</c><00:20:57.900><c> O</c>

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God,<00:20:58.380><c> to</c><00:20:58.539><c> bow</c><00:20:58.799><c> before</c>

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thy<00:20:59.599><c> throne,</c><00:21:00.420><c> to</c><00:21:00.640><c> pay</c><00:21:00.940><c> our</c><00:21:01.420><c> solemn</c><00:21:01.819><c> vow</c><00:21:02.160><c> through</c><00:21:02.460><c> thy</c><00:21:02.779><c> dear</c><00:21:03.119><c> son.</c>

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He<00:21:04.220><c> is</c><00:21:04.460><c> our</c><00:21:04.700><c> high</c><00:21:05.019><c> priest</c><00:21:05.420><c> there</c><00:21:05.980><c> in</c><00:21:06.660><c> heaven</c><00:21:07.000><c> to</c><00:21:07.920><c> incense</c>

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faithful<00:21:09.480><c> prayer.</c>

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I<00:21:09.960><c> think</c><00:21:10.160><c> that</c><00:21:10.380><c> must</c><00:21:10.619><c> mean</c><00:21:11.039><c> to</c><00:21:11.559><c> take</c><00:21:11.819><c> our</c><00:21:12.240><c> prayers</c><00:21:12.660><c> and</c><00:21:13.200><c> bring</c>

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them<00:21:13.859><c> as</c><00:21:14.279><c> incense</c><00:21:14.779><c> like</c><00:21:15.359><c> the</c><00:21:15.519><c> high</c><00:21:15.779><c> priest</c>

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would<00:21:16.319><c> have</c><00:21:16.720><c> before</c><00:21:17.180><c> the</c><00:21:17.400><c> throne</c><00:21:17.559><c> of</c><00:21:17.799><c> God</c><00:21:18.099><c> in</c><00:21:18.440><c> the</c><00:21:18.619><c> tabernacle,</c><00:21:19.099><c> in</c><00:21:19.200><c> this</c><00:21:19.380><c> instance,</c><00:21:19.680><c> of</c>

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course,<00:21:20.460><c> in</c>

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heaven.<00:21:21.759><c> And</c><00:21:21.960><c> finally,</c><00:21:22.480><c> he</c><00:21:22.640><c> concludes</c><00:21:22.960><c> the</c><00:21:23.180><c> first</c><00:21:23.400><c> stanza</c>

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here,<00:21:25.500><c> gracious</c><00:21:25.720><c> father,</c><00:21:26.839><c> here,</c><00:21:28.180><c> his</c><00:21:28.460><c> spirit's</c>

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grown.<00:21:29.920><c> And</c><00:21:30.099><c> you</c><00:21:30.259><c> see</c><00:21:30.400><c> there</c><00:21:30.680><c> the</c><00:21:31.059><c> illusion,</c><00:21:31.519><c> the</c><00:21:31.819><c> delicate</c>

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sort<00:21:32.599><c> of</c><00:21:32.859><c> illusion</c><00:21:33.279><c> that</c><00:21:33.700><c> he</c><00:21:33.839><c> is</c><00:21:34.000><c> making</c>

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to<00:21:34.480><c> Romans</c><00:21:34.660><c> 8,</c><00:21:35.000><c> verse</c><00:21:35.240><c> 26,</c><00:21:36.319><c> here,</c><00:21:36.579><c> the</c><00:21:37.180><c> groan,</c><00:21:37.960><c> the</c><00:21:38.400><c> sighing</c>

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of<00:21:39.000><c> the</c><00:21:39.279><c> spirit</c><00:21:39.539><c> of</c><00:21:39.720><c> Christ</c><00:21:40.259><c> before</c><00:21:40.980><c> the</c>

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throne<00:21:41.380><c> of</c><00:21:41.579><c> God,</c><00:21:42.279><c> our</c><00:21:42.539><c> intercessor</c><00:21:43.180><c> in</c><00:21:43.920><c> heaven.</c>

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Again,<00:21:47.000><c> we</c><00:21:47.220><c> mentioned</c><00:21:47.420><c> one</c><00:21:47.619><c> more</c><00:21:47.900><c> time,</c><00:21:48.500><c> as</c><00:21:48.779><c> I</c><00:21:49.099><c> mentioned</c><00:21:49.359><c> very</c><00:21:49.720><c> briefly</c><00:21:50.000><c> at</c>

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you'll<00:21:54.859><c> notice</c><00:21:55.160><c> that</c><00:21:55.559><c> in</c><00:21:55.940><c> each</c><00:21:56.259><c> instance,</c>

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a<00:21:57.059><c> message</c><00:21:57.359><c> comes</c><00:21:57.680><c> to</c><00:21:57.880><c> one</c><00:21:58.000><c> of</c><00:21:58.119><c> the</c><00:21:58.259><c> churches</c><00:21:58.539><c> or</c><00:21:58.740><c> one</c><00:21:58.880><c> of</c><00:21:59.019><c> the</c>

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ecclesias<00:21:59.880><c> from</c><00:22:01.079><c> someone</c><00:22:01.700><c> who</c><00:22:01.920><c> is</c><00:22:02.220><c> clearly</c>

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now<00:22:06.819><c> alive</c><00:22:07.119><c> again.</c>

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hand.<00:22:14.059><c> In</c><00:22:14.259><c> every</c><00:22:14.579><c> instance,</c><00:22:14.980><c> Christ</c><00:22:15.299><c> is</c><00:22:15.559><c> clearly</c><00:22:15.880><c> identified.</c>

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And<00:22:16.859><c> in</c><00:22:17.059><c> every</c><00:22:17.339><c> instance</c><00:22:17.680><c> of</c><00:22:17.839><c> those</c><00:22:18.099><c> seven</c><00:22:18.440><c> messages</c><00:22:18.900><c> to</c><00:22:19.099><c> the</c>

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here,<00:22:22.500><c> therefore,</c><00:22:22.839><c> what</c><00:22:23.140><c> the</c><00:22:23.519><c> Spirit</c><00:22:24.400><c> says</c><00:22:24.960><c> to</c><00:22:25.559><c> the</c><00:22:25.779><c> churches,</c><00:22:26.440><c> Jesus</c>

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himself,<00:22:27.779><c> the</c><00:22:28.119><c> Spirit,</c><00:22:32.299><c> the</c>

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ideas<00:22:33.279><c> coming</c><00:22:33.759><c> together</c><00:22:34.259><c> in</c><00:22:34.579><c> the</c><00:22:34.740><c> person</c><00:22:35.019><c> of</c><00:22:35.180><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:22:37.480><c> see</c><00:22:37.680><c> in</c><00:22:37.819><c> verse</c><00:22:38.099><c> twenty</c><00:22:38.500><c> seven</c><00:22:38.819><c> and</c><00:22:39.380><c> in</c><00:22:39.539><c> verse</c><00:22:39.720><c> thirty</c><00:22:40.059><c> four,</c><00:22:40.319><c> as</c>

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was<00:22:40.700><c> mentioned</c><00:22:40.980><c> in</c><00:22:41.119><c> one</c><00:22:41.259><c> of</c><00:22:41.380><c> the</c>

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quotations,<00:22:42.759><c> that</c><00:22:42.960><c> it</c><00:22:43.339><c> is</c><00:22:43.720><c> Christ</c><00:22:44.180><c> who</c><00:22:44.900><c> intercedes</c><00:22:45.559><c> for</c><00:22:45.880><c> us.</c>

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six,<00:22:49.980><c> we</c><00:22:50.200><c> recognize</c><00:22:50.720><c> that</c><00:22:51.079><c> the</c><00:22:51.299><c> Spirit</c><00:22:51.839><c> must</c>

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mean<00:22:52.500><c> Christ.</c><00:22:53.839><c> We</c><00:22:54.400><c> could</c><00:22:54.579><c> refer</c><00:22:54.920><c> to</c><00:22:55.460><c> a</c><00:22:55.720><c> couple</c><00:22:55.880><c> of</c><00:22:56.119><c> quotations</c>

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twenty<00:22:59.099><c> six,</c><00:23:00.299><c> Hebrews</c><00:23:00.500><c> seven</c><00:23:00.859><c> and</c><00:23:01.059><c> twenty</c><00:23:01.359><c> five,</c><00:23:01.619><c> which</c><00:23:01.799><c> tells</c><00:23:02.019><c> us</c>

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without<00:23:02.440><c> looking</c><00:23:02.720><c> it</c><00:23:02.920><c> up</c><00:23:03.259><c> that</c><00:23:03.900><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:23:04.779><c> is</c><00:23:05.099><c> our</c><00:23:05.400><c> true</c><00:23:05.619><c> high</c><00:23:05.960><c> priest</c><00:23:06.279><c> who</c><00:23:06.579><c> ever</c><00:23:07.359><c> liveth</c><00:23:07.740><c> to</c><00:23:08.119><c> make</c><00:23:08.339><c> intercession</c><00:23:08.920><c> for</c><00:23:09.240><c> us.</c>

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And<00:23:10.160><c> first</c><00:23:10.319><c> Timothy</c><00:23:10.619><c> two</c><00:23:11.279><c> verses</c><00:23:11.619><c> five</c><00:23:11.940><c> and</c><00:23:12.079><c> six,</c><00:23:12.359><c> which</c><00:23:12.599><c> tell</c>

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us<00:23:13.119><c> that</c><00:23:13.359><c> there</c><00:23:13.660><c> is</c><00:23:14.059><c> one</c><00:23:14.519><c> mediator</c><00:23:15.019><c> between</c>

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God<00:23:16.000><c> and</c><00:23:16.680><c> men,</c><00:23:17.519><c> the</c><00:23:17.740><c> man</c><00:23:18.160><c> Christ</c><00:23:18.500><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:19.079><c> no</c><00:23:19.359><c> other</c><00:23:19.640><c> mediator.</c>

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And<00:23:20.380><c> so</c><00:23:20.519><c> we</c><00:23:20.640><c> come</c><00:23:20.779><c> to</c><00:23:20.920><c> this</c><00:23:21.140><c> point</c><00:23:21.299><c> and</c><00:23:21.460><c> we</c><00:23:21.680><c> recognize</c><00:23:22.180><c> if</c><00:23:22.599><c> we</c>

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want<00:23:22.980><c> to</c><00:23:23.240><c> be.</c>

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Pure<00:23:25.119><c> in</c><00:23:25.460><c> our</c><00:23:25.799><c> doctrine</c><00:23:26.200><c> and</c><00:23:26.400><c> our</c><00:23:26.619><c> understanding</c><00:23:27.160><c> of</c><00:23:27.559><c> the</c><00:23:28.779><c> intercessory</c><00:23:29.539><c> work</c><00:23:29.759><c> of</c>

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whether<00:23:37.259><c> it</c><00:23:37.519><c> be</c><00:23:38.039><c> a</c><00:23:38.779><c> personal</c><00:23:39.160><c> Holy</c><00:23:39.519><c> Spirit</c><00:23:40.019><c> or</c><00:23:40.299><c> whether</c><00:23:40.480><c> it</c><00:23:40.619><c> be</c>

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mediatrix<00:23:43.839><c> on</c><00:23:44.200><c> behalf</c><00:23:44.559><c> of</c><00:23:44.859><c> believers,</c><00:23:45.799><c> totally</c><00:23:46.140><c> foolish,</c>

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totally<00:23:47.079><c> unscriptural</c><00:23:47.859><c> ideas.</c>

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And<00:23:48.619><c> we</c><00:23:48.740><c> can</c><00:23:49.000><c> stick</c><00:23:49.220><c> most</c><00:23:49.720><c> firmly</c><00:23:50.160><c> to</c><00:23:50.559><c> the</c><00:23:50.740><c> truth</c><00:23:50.920><c> by</c><00:23:51.140><c> recognizing</c><00:23:51.720><c> that</c><00:23:52.039><c> Christ</c><00:23:52.339><c> is</c>

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to<00:23:53.779><c> here</c><00:23:54.039><c> because</c><00:23:54.400><c> Christ</c><00:23:54.839><c> is</c><00:23:55.140><c> the</c><00:23:55.819><c> only</c><00:23:56.599><c> mediator</c><00:23:57.259><c> of</c><00:23:57.500><c> believers.</c>

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In<00:24:02.279><c> the</c><00:24:02.460><c> last</c><00:24:02.680><c> part</c><00:24:02.839><c> of</c><00:24:02.960><c> verse</c><00:24:03.160><c> twenty</c><00:24:03.500><c> six,</c><00:24:03.779><c> we</c><00:24:03.880><c> read</c><00:24:04.099><c> that</c><00:24:04.279><c> the</c><00:24:04.500><c> spirit</c><00:24:04.940><c> intercedes</c><00:24:05.539><c> for</c><00:24:05.799><c> us</c>

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with<00:24:06.779><c> size</c>

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of<00:24:07.960><c> compassion.</c><00:24:09.279><c> Notice</c><00:24:09.420><c> again,</c><00:24:09.720><c> the</c><00:24:10.000><c> small</c><00:24:10.220><c> numerals</c><00:24:10.599><c> there</c>

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verses<00:24:13.539><c> twenty</c><00:24:14.000><c> two</c><00:24:14.319><c> and</c><00:24:14.619><c> twenty</c><00:24:15.039><c> three,</c><00:24:15.519><c> where</c><00:24:15.700><c> we</c><00:24:15.900><c> have</c><00:24:16.140><c> read</c><00:24:16.440><c> that</c><00:24:16.940><c> the</c>

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together,<00:24:20.279><c> groans</c><00:24:20.640><c> together</c><00:24:21.200><c> as</c><00:24:21.440><c> if</c><00:24:21.599><c> in</c><00:24:21.900><c> childbirth.</c>

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first<00:24:26.099><c> fruits</c><00:24:26.299><c> of</c><00:24:26.460><c> the</c><00:24:26.700><c> spirit</c>

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power<00:24:27.740><c> sigh</c><00:24:28.359><c> inwardly,</c><00:24:29.539><c> groaning</c><00:24:30.019><c> and</c><00:24:30.680><c> longing</c><00:24:31.119><c> for</c><00:24:31.819><c> the</c><00:24:32.119><c> perfect</c><00:24:32.400><c> sonship,</c><00:24:33.039><c> the</c>

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redemption<00:24:33.519><c> of</c>

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our<00:24:33.940><c> bodies.</c><00:24:35.079><c> So</c><00:24:35.299><c> here</c><00:24:35.500><c> is</c><00:24:35.779><c> Christ</c><00:24:36.200><c> sighing</c><00:24:36.940><c> with</c><00:24:37.539><c> believers,</c>

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bringing<00:24:39.799><c> to</c><00:24:40.059><c> bear</c><00:24:40.240><c> his</c>

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compassion<00:24:41.180><c> before</c><00:24:42.000><c> the</c><00:24:42.240><c> throne</c><00:24:42.380><c> of</c><00:24:42.619><c> God</c><00:24:42.839><c> on</c><00:24:43.079><c> behalf</c><00:24:43.460><c> of</c><00:24:43.660><c> us.</c>

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We<00:24:46.799><c> have</c><00:24:46.980><c> a</c><00:24:47.079><c> couple</c><00:24:47.259><c> of</c><00:24:47.539><c> references</c><00:24:47.779><c> that</c><00:24:48.099><c> deal</c><00:24:48.240><c> with</c><00:24:48.480><c> this</c><00:24:48.619><c> and</c><00:24:48.700><c> they're</c><00:24:48.880><c> close</c><00:24:49.119><c> together,</c><00:24:49.440><c> so</c><00:24:49.619><c> let's</c>

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look<00:24:50.000><c> them</c><00:24:50.160><c> up.</c><00:24:50.759><c> Mark,</c><00:24:50.940><c> chapter</c><00:24:51.319><c> seven,</c><00:24:52.319><c> verse</c><00:24:52.500><c> thirty</c><00:24:52.960><c> four.</c>

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Begin<00:25:08.180><c> with</c><00:25:08.700><c> verse</c><00:25:08.940><c> thirty</c><00:25:09.339><c> two,</c><00:25:10.759><c> and</c><00:25:10.759><c> they</c><00:25:11.019><c> bring</c><00:25:11.319><c> unto</c><00:25:11.740><c> him</c>

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one<00:25:12.220><c> that</c><00:25:12.359><c> was</c><00:25:12.579><c> deaf</c><00:25:12.799><c> and</c><00:25:13.079><c> had</c><00:25:13.220><c> an</c><00:25:13.559><c> impediment</c>

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in<00:25:14.099><c> his</c><00:25:14.380><c> speech,</c><00:25:15.000><c> and</c><00:25:15.119><c> they</c><00:25:15.380><c> beseech</c><00:25:15.839><c> him</c><00:25:16.099><c> to</c><00:25:16.240><c> put</c><00:25:16.359><c> his</c><00:25:16.559><c> hand</c>

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upon<00:25:17.019><c> him.</c>

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fingers<00:25:20.720><c> into</c><00:25:20.940><c> his</c><00:25:21.180><c> ears</c><00:25:21.519><c> and</c><00:25:21.859><c> he</c><00:25:22.200><c> spit</c>

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and<00:25:22.759><c> touched</c><00:25:23.140><c> his</c><00:25:23.440><c> tongue.</c><00:25:24.000><c> And</c><00:25:24.200><c> looking</c><00:25:24.359><c> up</c><00:25:24.599><c> to</c><00:25:24.740><c> heaven,</c><00:25:25.480><c> he</c>

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sighed<00:25:27.059><c> the</c><00:25:27.400><c> groan</c><00:25:27.960><c> of</c><00:25:28.240><c> compassion,</c>

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of<00:25:29.539><c> recognition</c><00:25:30.059><c> of</c><00:25:30.279><c> the</c><00:25:30.500><c> weakness</c><00:25:30.779><c> of</c><00:25:31.059><c> mankind</c><00:25:31.579><c> that</c><00:25:32.180><c> touched</c><00:25:32.519><c> Christ</c>

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deeply<00:25:33.579><c> and</c><00:25:34.220><c> fitted</c><00:25:34.440><c> him</c>

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in<00:25:35.440><c> a</c><00:25:35.720><c> moral</c><00:25:36.559><c> understanding</c><00:25:37.400><c> to</c><00:25:37.960><c> be</c><00:25:38.619><c> our</c><00:25:39.059><c> redeemer</c><00:25:39.859><c> and</c><00:25:40.240><c> our</c><00:25:40.480><c> mediator.</c>

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Also<00:25:43.740><c> into</c><00:25:44.500><c> Mark,</c><00:25:45.140><c> chapter</c><00:25:45.519><c> eight</c><00:25:46.259><c> and</c><00:25:46.660><c> verse</c><00:25:46.900><c> twelve,</c><00:25:47.900><c> verses</c><00:25:48.119><c> eleven</c><00:25:48.500><c> and</c>

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twelve,<00:25:49.500><c> the</c><00:25:49.839><c> Pharisees</c>

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came<00:25:50.839><c> forth</c><00:25:51.119><c> and</c><00:25:51.279><c> began</c><00:25:51.559><c> to</c><00:25:51.839><c> question</c><00:25:52.099><c> with</c><00:25:52.359><c> him,</c><00:25:52.960><c> seeking</c><00:25:53.200><c> of</c>

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him<00:25:53.559><c> a</c><00:25:53.799><c> sign</c><00:25:54.019><c> from</c><00:25:54.240><c> heaven,</c><00:25:55.039><c> tempting</c>

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him.<00:25:55.920><c> And</c><00:25:56.240><c> he</c><00:25:56.619><c> sighed</c><00:25:57.400><c> deeply</c><00:25:57.839><c> in</c><00:25:58.099><c> his</c><00:25:58.400><c> spirit,</c><00:25:59.579><c> again</c><00:25:59.960><c> groaning</c><00:26:00.799><c> at</c><00:26:01.200><c> the</c>

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frailties,<00:26:02.519><c> the</c><00:26:02.779><c> lack</c><00:26:03.019><c> of</c>

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understanding<00:26:03.980><c> of</c><00:26:05.460><c> humanity.</c>

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And<00:26:06.559><c> Jesus</c><00:26:06.880><c> felt</c><00:26:07.140><c> himself</c><00:26:07.640><c> at</c><00:26:07.980><c> one</c><00:26:08.140><c> with</c><00:26:08.380><c> those,</c><00:26:09.000><c> even</c><00:26:09.200><c> those</c>

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who<00:26:09.619><c> in</c><00:26:09.680><c> their</c><00:26:09.940><c> weakness</c><00:26:10.279><c> and</c><00:26:10.460><c> in</c><00:26:10.599><c> their</c>

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ignorance<00:26:11.240><c> did</c><00:26:11.859><c> not</c><00:26:12.160><c> care</c><00:26:12.400><c> to</c><00:26:12.680><c> turn</c><00:26:12.859><c> to</c><00:26:13.039><c> God.</c>

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Still,<00:26:14.000><c> Jesus</c><00:26:14.579><c> was</c><00:26:15.299><c> reaching</c><00:26:15.619><c> out</c><00:26:15.859><c> in</c><00:26:16.000><c> his</c><00:26:16.240><c> love</c><00:26:16.440><c> to</c><00:26:16.640><c> embrace</c>

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them,<00:26:17.539><c> to</c><00:26:17.660><c> be</c><00:26:17.880><c> a</c><00:26:18.079><c> part</c><00:26:18.220><c> with</c><00:26:18.480><c> them,</c><00:26:18.940><c> to</c>

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understand<00:26:19.700><c> their</c><00:26:19.940><c> feelings</c><00:26:20.400><c> and</c><00:26:20.859><c> thereby</c><00:26:21.160><c> to</c><00:26:21.500><c> help</c><00:26:21.660><c> them.</c>

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He<00:26:22.619><c> groaned</c><00:26:23.240><c> within</c><00:26:23.440><c> himself.</c>

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Now,<00:26:27.500><c> having</c><00:26:27.599><c> progressed</c><00:26:27.960><c> this</c><00:26:28.299><c> far</c><00:26:28.559><c> in</c><00:26:28.839><c> looking</c><00:26:29.059><c> at</c><00:26:29.220><c> verse</c>

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twenty<00:26:29.740><c> six,</c><00:26:29.900><c> we</c><00:26:30.059><c> come</c><00:26:30.240><c> to</c><00:26:30.380><c> that</c><00:26:30.539><c> last</c>

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phrase.<00:26:31.680><c> You'll</c><00:26:31.920><c> notice</c><00:26:32.079><c> in</c><00:26:32.220><c> the</c><00:26:32.359><c> King</c><00:26:32.579><c> James</c><00:26:32.839><c> version,</c><00:26:33.740><c> it</c>

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is<00:26:34.980><c> with</c><00:26:35.680><c> groanings,</c><00:26:36.480><c> leave</c><00:26:36.880><c> that</c><00:26:37.099><c> word</c>

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aside,<00:26:37.640><c> but</c><00:26:37.779><c> the</c><00:26:37.980><c> last</c><00:26:38.220><c> phrase,</c><00:26:38.940><c> which</c><00:26:39.319><c> cannot</c><00:26:39.859><c> be</c><00:26:40.380><c> uttered.</c>

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And<00:26:41.319><c> here</c><00:26:41.480><c> is</c><00:26:41.980><c> one</c><00:26:42.160><c> of</c><00:26:42.259><c> those</c><00:26:42.559><c> phrases</c><00:26:42.960><c> from</c><00:26:43.160><c> which</c><00:26:43.359><c> brethren</c>

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:45.420
have<00:26:43.839><c> derived</c><00:26:44.160><c> the</c><00:26:44.460><c> idea</c><00:26:44.799><c> that</c><00:26:45.059><c> this</c><00:26:45.259><c> is</c>

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some<00:26:45.680><c> kind</c><00:26:45.819><c> of</c><00:26:46.000><c> a</c><00:26:46.220><c> mystical</c><00:26:46.819><c> communication</c><00:26:47.880><c> without</c><00:26:48.339><c> words.</c>

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I<00:26:50.059><c> have</c><00:26:50.259><c> translated</c><00:26:50.619><c> this</c><00:26:50.880><c> in</c><00:26:50.980><c> the</c><00:26:51.059><c> new</c><00:26:51.240><c> translation</c><00:26:51.819><c> in</c><00:26:52.400><c> words</c><00:26:52.839><c> we</c>

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cannot<00:26:53.799><c> hear.</c>

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Turn<00:26:55.039><c> with</c><00:26:55.220><c> me</c><00:26:55.400><c> over</c><00:26:55.779><c> to</c><00:26:56.319><c> the</c><00:26:56.539><c> glossary,</c><00:26:57.359><c> the</c><00:26:57.539><c> pink</c><00:26:57.779><c> pages.</c>

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About<00:27:00.859><c> midway</c><00:27:01.240><c> down</c><00:27:01.559><c> on</c><00:27:01.740><c> the</c><00:27:01.859><c> third</c><00:27:02.140><c> page,</c><00:27:02.859><c> in</c><00:27:03.039><c> words</c><00:27:03.380><c> we</c><00:27:03.619><c> cannot</c><00:27:03.940><c> hear</c>

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from<00:27:04.819><c> the</c><00:27:05.019><c> authorized</c><00:27:05.339><c> version,</c>

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which<00:27:05.920><c> cannot</c><00:27:06.299><c> be</c><00:27:06.599><c> uttered.</c>

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This<00:27:07.619><c> is</c><00:27:07.940><c> the</c><00:27:08.099><c> Greek</c><00:27:08.339><c> word,</c><00:27:10.119><c> allolitos,</c><00:27:12.400><c> or</c><00:27:12.519><c> something</c><00:27:12.759><c> similar</c><00:27:13.119><c> to</c><00:27:13.319><c> that.</c>

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It<00:27:14.160><c> means</c><00:27:15.380><c> literally</c><00:27:16.099><c> that</c><00:27:16.579><c> which</c><00:27:16.859><c> is</c><00:27:17.279><c> not</c><00:27:17.559><c> spoken</c><00:27:18.079><c> or</c><00:27:18.559><c> not</c>

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said,<00:27:20.339><c> not</c><00:27:20.579><c> necessarily</c><00:27:21.359><c> inarticulate</c>

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words<00:27:22.759><c> or</c><00:27:23.259><c> sounds</c><00:27:23.680><c> like</c><00:27:24.480><c> the</c><00:27:24.779><c> garble</c><00:27:25.140><c> speaking</c><00:27:25.519><c> in</c><00:27:25.799><c> tongues,</c>

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not<00:27:26.599><c> that</c><00:27:26.799><c> at</c><00:27:26.980><c> all,</c><00:27:27.380><c> but</c><00:27:27.619><c> rather</c><00:27:28.200><c> speech</c>

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that<00:27:29.079><c> cannot</c><00:27:29.380><c> be</c><00:27:29.759><c> uttered</c><00:27:30.299><c> to</c><00:27:30.880><c> us</c><00:27:31.400><c> since</c><00:27:32.180><c> it</c><00:27:32.539><c> passes</c><00:27:32.920><c> only</c><00:27:33.380><c> between</c><00:27:33.799><c> Christ</c><00:27:34.259><c> and</c><00:27:34.500><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:27:35.500><c> in</c><00:27:35.740><c> heaven,</c><00:27:36.480><c> removed</c><00:27:36.740><c> from</c><00:27:36.940><c> us,</c><00:27:37.180><c> and</c><00:27:37.319><c> we</c><00:27:37.559><c> cannot</c><00:27:37.839><c> hear</c>

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the<00:27:38.859><c> conversations</c><00:27:39.339><c> that</c><00:27:39.519><c> are</c><00:27:39.680><c> going</c>

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on.<00:27:40.299><c> Yet</c><00:27:40.740><c> we</c><00:27:41.000><c> recognize</c><00:27:41.700><c> that</c><00:27:41.900><c> Jesus</c><00:27:42.279><c> is</c><00:27:42.519><c> our</c><00:27:42.700><c> mediator</c><00:27:43.359><c> speaking</c><00:27:43.940><c> continually</c><00:27:44.720><c> on</c>

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our<00:27:45.440><c> behalf</c><00:27:45.819><c> with</c><00:27:46.019><c> God</c>

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in<00:27:46.819><c> words</c><00:27:47.180><c> that</c><00:27:47.380><c> we</c><00:27:47.599><c> cannot</c><00:27:47.940><c> hear.</c>

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This,<00:27:49.480><c> I</c><00:27:49.480><c> think,</c><00:27:49.880><c> is</c><00:27:49.960><c> the</c><00:27:50.619><c> perfectly</c><00:27:50.940><c> reasonable</c><00:27:51.619><c> significance</c><00:27:52.220><c> of</c><00:27:52.740><c> this</c><00:27:52.980><c> phrase</c><00:27:53.259><c> and</c><00:27:53.420><c> brings</c><00:27:53.640><c> it</c>

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into<00:27:54.140><c> line</c><00:27:54.400><c> with</c><00:27:54.539><c> what</c><00:27:54.660><c> we've</c><00:27:54.880><c> already</c><00:27:55.160><c> suggested</c><00:27:55.700><c> about</c><00:27:56.279><c> verse</c><00:27:56.559><c> 26.</c>

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The<00:27:59.079><c> glossary</c><00:27:59.859><c> comment</c><00:28:00.240><c> says</c><00:28:00.460><c> also</c><00:28:01.059><c> compare</c><00:28:01.619><c> the</c><00:28:01.920><c> thoughts</c>

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or<00:28:02.279><c> the</c><00:28:02.500><c> ideas</c><00:28:02.920><c> in</c><00:28:03.480><c> Second</c><00:28:03.720><c> Corinthians</c>

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12<00:28:04.579><c> and</c><00:28:04.819><c> four.</c>

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That's<00:28:05.720><c> where</c><00:28:05.900><c> Paul</c><00:28:06.240><c> said</c><00:28:06.640><c> he</c><00:28:06.960><c> was</c><00:28:07.180><c> caught</c><00:28:07.359><c> up</c><00:28:07.519><c> to</c><00:28:07.660><c> the</c><00:28:07.819><c> third</c><00:28:08.019><c> heaven.</c>

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Don't<00:28:08.960><c> mind</c><00:28:09.180><c> about</c><00:28:09.359><c> what</c><00:28:09.480><c> that</c><00:28:09.680><c> might</c><00:28:09.859><c> be,</c><00:28:10.099><c> but</c><00:28:10.240><c> he</c><00:28:10.440><c> said</c><00:28:10.920><c> he</c>

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received<00:28:13.079><c> unspeakable</c><00:28:14.220><c> words,</c><00:28:14.880><c> which</c>

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it<00:28:15.140><c> was</c><00:28:15.279><c> not</c><00:28:15.480><c> lawful</c><00:28:15.839><c> for</c><00:28:16.019><c> a</c><00:28:16.119><c> man</c><00:28:16.319><c> to</c><00:28:16.579><c> utter,</c><00:28:17.380><c> not</c><00:28:17.500><c> that</c><00:28:17.640><c> he</c><00:28:17.839><c> couldn't</c><00:28:18.119><c> say</c>

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what<00:28:18.480><c> they</c><00:28:18.720><c> were,</c><00:28:18.900><c> but</c><00:28:19.039><c> he</c>

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felt<00:28:19.440><c> that</c><00:28:19.680><c> he</c><00:28:20.000><c> should</c><00:28:20.259><c> not</c><00:28:20.859><c> say</c><00:28:21.099><c> what</c><00:28:21.279><c> they</c><00:28:21.559><c> were.</c>

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And<00:28:24.019><c> John</c><00:28:24.259><c> 12,</c><00:28:24.799><c> verses</c><00:28:24.940><c> 28</c><00:28:25.279><c> and</c><00:28:25.480><c> 29,</c><00:28:26.420><c> this</c><00:28:27.539><c> is</c><00:28:27.759><c> where</c><00:28:27.960><c> God</c><00:28:28.380><c> speaks</c><00:28:28.900><c> to</c>

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his<00:28:29.500><c> son,</c><00:28:30.299><c> God</c><00:28:30.619><c> speaking</c><00:28:30.980><c> from</c><00:28:31.259><c> heaven</c>

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to<00:28:31.720><c> his</c><00:28:31.960><c> son</c><00:28:32.099><c> upon</c><00:28:32.319><c> the</c><00:28:32.539><c> earth,</c><00:28:32.880><c> and</c><00:28:33.220><c> it</c><00:28:33.440><c> says,</c><00:28:34.000><c> Some</c><00:28:34.200><c> said</c><00:28:34.559><c> it</c>

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thundered,<00:28:36.019><c> but</c><00:28:36.339><c> others</c><00:28:36.700><c> said</c><00:28:37.200><c> an</c><00:28:37.519><c> angel</c>

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spoke.<00:28:38.559><c> Words</c><00:28:38.900><c> were</c><00:28:39.099><c> being</c><00:28:39.359><c> spoken</c><00:28:39.740><c> that</c><00:28:39.880><c> they</c><00:28:40.099><c> could</c><00:28:40.299><c> not</c>

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hear,<00:28:41.079><c> could</c><00:28:41.319><c> not</c><00:28:41.640><c> understand,</c><00:28:42.519><c> and</c>

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yet<00:28:42.799><c> there</c><00:28:43.059><c> was</c><00:28:43.880><c> understandable,</c><00:28:45.599><c> intelligible</c><00:28:46.240><c> communication</c><00:28:47.000><c> passing</c><00:28:47.420><c> from</c><00:28:47.660><c> one</c><00:28:47.880><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:48.220><c> other.</c>

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And<00:28:48.819><c> I</c><00:28:48.920><c> think</c><00:28:49.059><c> this</c><00:28:49.279><c> is</c><00:28:49.500><c> clearly</c><00:28:49.720><c> the</c><00:28:49.980><c> idea</c><00:28:50.339><c> that</c><00:28:50.660><c> we</c><00:28:50.859><c> have</c><00:28:50.960><c> at</c>

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the<00:28:51.240><c> end</c><00:28:51.400><c> of</c><00:28:51.519><c> verse</c><00:28:51.700><c> 26.</c>

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So<00:28:55.420><c> we</c><00:28:55.640><c> see</c><00:28:55.779><c> from</c><00:28:56.000><c> this,</c><00:28:56.200><c> brothers</c><00:28:56.500><c> and</c><00:28:56.740><c> sisters,</c><00:28:57.720><c> we</c><00:28:57.980><c> know</c><00:28:58.359><c> that</c><00:28:59.099><c> Christ</c><00:28:59.619><c> speaks</c><00:29:00.079><c> to</c>

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God<00:29:00.559><c> for</c><00:29:00.799><c> us,</c>

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although<00:29:01.319><c> we</c><00:29:01.579><c> cannot</c><00:29:01.859><c> hear</c><00:29:02.119><c> him.</c>

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We<00:29:03.480><c> think</c><00:29:03.740><c> of</c><00:29:03.940><c> so</c><00:29:04.160><c> many</c><00:29:04.420><c> passages.</c>

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Peter<00:29:05.859><c> says</c><00:29:06.160><c> in</c><00:29:06.259><c> his</c><00:29:06.500><c> first</c><00:29:06.759><c> letter,</c><00:29:07.819><c> Cast</c><00:29:07.819><c> all</c><00:29:08.339><c> your</c><00:29:08.819><c> care</c><00:29:09.119><c> upon</c><00:29:09.500><c> him,</c><00:29:10.619><c> for</c><00:29:10.700><c> he</c>

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careth<00:29:11.279><c> for</c><00:29:11.539><c> you.</c>

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Isaiah<00:29:13.200><c> says</c><00:29:13.480><c> in</c><00:29:13.660><c> a</c><00:29:13.859><c> beautiful</c><00:29:14.299><c> prophecy</c><00:29:14.700><c> in</c><00:29:14.859><c> the</c><00:29:15.019><c> 63rd</c><00:29:15.539><c> chapter,</c><00:29:16.440><c> speaking</c><00:29:16.680><c> of</c>

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God,<00:29:17.640><c> who</c><00:29:17.819><c> brought</c>

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his<00:29:18.380><c> children</c><00:29:18.700><c> out</c><00:29:18.920><c> of</c><00:29:19.079><c> Egypt</c><00:29:19.400><c> in</c><00:29:19.920><c> all</c><00:29:20.400><c> their</c><00:29:20.660><c> affliction,</c><00:29:21.980><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:22.640><c> afflicted.</c>

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It's<00:29:24.539><c> a</c><00:29:24.640><c> wonderful</c><00:29:24.940><c> thought,</c><00:29:25.240><c> isn't</c><00:29:25.420><c> it,</c><00:29:25.519><c> that</c><00:29:25.720><c> even</c><00:29:26.079><c> God</c><00:29:26.440><c> could</c><00:29:26.759><c> feel</c><00:29:27.480><c> the</c>

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affliction,<00:29:29.339><c> the</c><00:29:29.660><c> suffering</c>

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and<00:29:30.640><c> could</c><00:29:30.940><c> feel</c><00:29:31.880><c> a</c><00:29:32.420><c> fatherly</c><00:29:33.279><c> expression</c><00:29:33.880><c> of</c><00:29:34.119><c> love</c><00:29:34.420><c> for</c><00:29:34.660><c> us</c>

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who<00:29:35.259><c> are</c><00:29:35.539><c> so</c><00:29:35.920><c> far</c><00:29:36.220><c> beneath</c><00:29:36.640><c> him,</c><00:29:37.599><c> who</c><00:29:37.700><c> are</c>

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:41.299
but<00:29:38.059><c> dust</c><00:29:38.319><c> and</c><00:29:38.559><c> ashes</c><00:29:38.799><c> in</c><00:29:39.000><c> his</c><00:29:39.259><c> sight,</c><00:29:39.900><c> he</c><00:29:40.160><c> who</c><00:29:40.380><c> has</c><00:29:40.880><c> created</c>

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all<00:29:41.680><c> things,</c><00:29:42.380><c> who</c><00:29:42.519><c> inhabits</c><00:29:43.019><c> eternity.</c>

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:48.119
And<00:29:44.420><c> yet</c><00:29:44.599><c> in</c><00:29:45.079><c> our</c><00:29:45.420><c> afflictions,</c><00:29:46.579><c> our</c><00:29:46.799><c> father</c><00:29:47.160><c> is</c><00:29:47.500><c> afflicted</c>

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and<00:29:48.400><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:48.920><c> because</c><00:29:49.240><c> of</c><00:29:49.380><c> the</c><00:29:49.539><c> nature</c>

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:52.539
that<00:29:49.920><c> he</c><00:29:50.099><c> possessed</c><00:29:50.460><c> in</c><00:29:50.640><c> his</c><00:29:50.980><c> experiences,</c><00:29:51.799><c> is</c><00:29:52.039><c> there</c><00:29:52.279><c> with</c>

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:55.279
God<00:29:52.839><c> to</c><00:29:53.059><c> communicate</c><00:29:53.740><c> on</c><00:29:54.180><c> our</c><00:29:54.440><c> behalf</c><00:29:54.880><c> and</c>

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:59.019
to<00:29:55.539><c> bring</c><00:29:56.000><c> us</c><00:29:56.519><c> closer</c><00:29:56.839><c> to</c><00:29:57.079><c> God</c><00:29:57.420><c> and</c><00:29:57.720><c> in</c><00:29:57.940><c> a</c><00:29:58.079><c> sense</c><00:29:58.259><c> to</c><00:29:58.500><c> bring</c><00:29:58.640><c> God</c>

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closer<00:29:59.400><c> to</c><00:29:59.680><c> us.</c>

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And<00:30:00.480><c> in</c><00:30:00.599><c> our</c><00:30:00.839><c> understanding,</c><00:30:01.680><c> we</c><00:30:01.920><c> can</c><00:30:02.339><c> scarcely</c><00:30:02.700><c> conceive</c><00:30:03.220><c> of</c>

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:05.859
the<00:30:03.680><c> immensity</c><00:30:04.059><c> of</c><00:30:04.279><c> this</c><00:30:04.460><c> idea</c><00:30:04.980><c> that</c>

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:10.940
the<00:30:06.099><c> God</c><00:30:06.279><c> of</c><00:30:06.440><c> all</c><00:30:06.680><c> creation</c><00:30:07.220><c> can</c><00:30:08.380><c> feel</c><00:30:09.039><c> along</c><00:30:09.539><c> with</c><00:30:09.859><c> us</c><00:30:10.380><c> our</c>

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:12.779
sufferings<00:30:11.339><c> and</c><00:30:11.599><c> our</c><00:30:11.799><c> inadequacies</c><00:30:12.440><c> and</c>

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:16.259
can<00:30:13.019><c> reach</c><00:30:13.259><c> out</c><00:30:13.559><c> to</c><00:30:13.700><c> us</c><00:30:13.859><c> in</c><00:30:14.099><c> love</c><00:30:14.640><c> through</c><00:30:15.119><c> his</c><00:30:15.440><c> son.</c>

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:23.500
Such<00:30:19.440><c> comfort,</c><00:30:21.420><c> such</c><00:30:21.660><c> hope</c><00:30:22.000><c> in</c><00:30:22.220><c> these</c><00:30:22.400><c> ideas.</c>

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:37.000
We're<00:30:28.059><c> told</c><00:30:28.460><c> in</c><00:30:29.039><c> the</c><00:30:29.259><c> last</c><00:30:29.660><c> part</c><00:30:30.000><c> of</c><00:30:30.200><c> verse</c><00:30:30.440><c> 27</c><00:30:31.880><c> that</c><00:30:33.880><c> he,</c><00:30:35.759><c> Christ,</c><00:30:36.279><c> intercedes</c><00:30:36.740><c> for</c>

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the<00:30:37.240><c> saints</c>

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according<00:30:38.279><c> to</c><00:30:38.660><c> God's</c><00:30:39.319><c> will.</c>

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.779
What<00:30:40.579><c> does</c><00:30:40.740><c> this</c><00:30:40.980><c> mean?</c>

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I<00:30:42.559><c> think</c><00:30:42.759><c> it</c><00:30:42.960><c> means</c><00:30:43.400><c> that</c><00:30:44.259><c> it</c><00:30:44.619><c> is</c><00:30:44.960><c> not</c><00:30:45.279><c> God's</c><00:30:45.700><c> will</c><00:30:45.839><c> that</c><00:30:45.980><c> we</c>

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:48.339
escape<00:30:46.859><c> all</c><00:30:47.740><c> sufferings.</c>

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:52.640
And<00:30:48.799><c> so</c><00:30:49.000><c> like</c><00:30:49.259><c> Paul</c><00:30:49.720><c> in</c><00:30:50.200><c> 2</c><00:30:50.400><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:50.819><c> 12,</c><00:30:51.519><c> when</c><00:30:51.660><c> he</c><00:30:51.779><c> was</c><00:30:52.059><c> beset</c><00:30:52.420><c> by</c>

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:54.160
a<00:30:52.920><c> thorn</c><00:30:53.099><c> in</c><00:30:53.259><c> the</c><00:30:53.440><c> flesh,</c><00:30:53.680><c> he</c><00:30:53.880><c> says</c>

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:57.380
he<00:30:54.920><c> besought</c><00:30:55.420><c> the</c><00:30:55.619><c> Lord</c><00:30:55.839><c> three</c><00:30:56.220><c> times</c><00:30:56.619><c> that</c><00:30:56.759><c> it</c><00:30:56.839><c> be</c><00:30:57.019><c> removed</c>

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.920
from<00:30:57.599><c> him,</c><00:30:57.779><c> whatever</c><00:30:58.059><c> that</c><00:30:58.400><c> weakness</c><00:30:58.700><c> or</c>

00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:00.079
that<00:30:59.240><c> infirmity</c><00:30:59.720><c> was.</c>

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:03.339
And<00:31:00.640><c> finally,</c><00:31:00.940><c> the</c><00:31:01.039><c> Lord</c><00:31:01.240><c> said,</c><00:31:02.000><c> this</c><00:31:02.079><c> is</c><00:31:02.380><c> sufficient</c><00:31:02.779><c> for</c><00:31:03.140><c> you.</c>

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:05.759
My<00:31:03.920><c> strength</c><00:31:04.259><c> is</c><00:31:04.480><c> made</c><00:31:04.700><c> perfect</c><00:31:05.000><c> in</c><00:31:05.200><c> your</c><00:31:05.400><c> weakness.</c>

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:11.839
And<00:31:06.279><c> so</c><00:31:06.720><c> if</c><00:31:07.079><c> we</c><00:31:07.359><c> pray</c><00:31:07.579><c> to</c><00:31:07.799><c> God</c><00:31:08.119><c> and</c><00:31:08.519><c> we</c><00:31:08.740><c> find</c><00:31:08.920><c> ourselves</c><00:31:09.359><c> in</c><00:31:09.559><c> some</c><00:31:09.720><c> difficulty,</c><00:31:10.819><c> God,</c><00:31:11.299><c> deliver</c><00:31:11.579><c> us</c>

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.279
from<00:31:12.000><c> this</c>

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:14.119
problem,<00:31:12.839><c> deliver</c><00:31:13.039><c> us</c><00:31:13.200><c> from</c><00:31:13.359><c> this</c><00:31:13.559><c> difficulty.</c>

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:17.559
It<00:31:14.700><c> may</c><00:31:14.940><c> be</c><00:31:15.140><c> God's</c><00:31:15.599><c> will</c><00:31:15.779><c> that</c><00:31:15.960><c> we</c><00:31:16.160><c> be</c><00:31:16.400><c> delivered</c><00:31:16.759><c> through</c><00:31:17.000><c> our</c><00:31:17.279><c> faith.</c>

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:21.839
It<00:31:18.200><c> may</c><00:31:18.480><c> also</c><00:31:18.920><c> be</c><00:31:19.160><c> God's</c><00:31:19.619><c> will</c><00:31:19.980><c> that</c><00:31:20.539><c> whatever</c><00:31:20.920><c> that</c><00:31:21.380><c> trial</c><00:31:21.640><c> or</c>

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.359
that<00:31:22.119><c> difficulty</c><00:31:22.519><c> or</c><00:31:22.720><c> that</c><00:31:22.960><c> illness</c><00:31:23.220><c> that</c>

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:26.640
we<00:31:23.660><c> find</c><00:31:23.779><c> ourselves</c><00:31:24.240><c> in,</c><00:31:25.019><c> we</c><00:31:25.339><c> will</c><00:31:25.599><c> be</c><00:31:25.880><c> left</c><00:31:26.180><c> there.</c>

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:29.799
Not<00:31:26.980><c> because</c><00:31:27.319><c> God</c><00:31:27.559><c> doesn't</c><00:31:27.839><c> care</c><00:31:28.119><c> for</c><00:31:28.279><c> us,</c><00:31:28.440><c> but</c><00:31:28.579><c> because</c><00:31:29.319><c> God</c>

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:32.380
has<00:31:30.140><c> a</c><00:31:30.460><c> will</c><00:31:30.660><c> and</c><00:31:30.819><c> a</c><00:31:31.019><c> purpose</c><00:31:31.220><c> to</c><00:31:31.440><c> fulfill</c><00:31:31.900><c> with</c>

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.579
each<00:31:32.640><c> of</c><00:31:32.740><c> us</c><00:31:32.900><c> as</c><00:31:33.099><c> individuals.</c>

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:39.339
And<00:31:34.079><c> it</c><00:31:34.220><c> may</c><00:31:34.460><c> be</c><00:31:34.680><c> his</c><00:31:34.940><c> will</c><00:31:35.319><c> in</c><00:31:35.759><c> that</c><00:31:35.980><c> particular</c><00:31:36.420><c> time,</c><00:31:36.880><c> in</c><00:31:37.019><c> that</c><00:31:37.200><c> particular</c><00:31:37.660><c> place</c><00:31:38.059><c> that</c><00:31:38.539><c> we</c><00:31:38.920><c> suffer,</c>

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:44.720
that<00:31:39.740><c> we</c><00:31:40.000><c> endure</c><00:31:40.619><c> for</c><00:31:41.339><c> his</c><00:31:41.700><c> namesake,</c><00:31:42.599><c> that</c><00:31:42.980><c> this</c><00:31:43.440><c> is</c><00:31:43.759><c> precisely</c><00:31:44.279><c> what</c><00:31:44.519><c> we</c>

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:46.539
might<00:31:44.960><c> need</c><00:31:45.480><c> at</c><00:31:45.960><c> that</c><00:31:46.200><c> time</c>

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:48.960
and<00:31:46.799><c> that</c><00:31:47.079><c> place</c><00:31:47.440><c> to</c><00:31:47.960><c> prepare</c><00:31:48.279><c> our</c><00:31:48.619><c> characters.</c>

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:52.700
And<00:31:49.140><c> so</c><00:31:49.420><c> God,</c><00:31:50.079><c> in</c><00:31:50.440><c> love,</c><00:31:51.180><c> according</c><00:31:51.460><c> to</c><00:31:51.700><c> his</c><00:31:51.980><c> understanding</c>

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:55.519
of<00:31:53.099><c> the</c><00:31:53.319><c> ultimate</c><00:31:53.779><c> benefit</c><00:31:54.299><c> of</c><00:31:54.799><c> each</c><00:31:55.079><c> believer,</c>

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:59.160
can<00:31:56.039><c> either</c><00:31:56.400><c> remove</c><00:31:56.740><c> us</c><00:31:56.960><c> from</c><00:31:57.180><c> difficulties</c><00:31:57.839><c> or</c><00:31:58.299><c> can</c><00:31:58.819><c> leave</c>

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:01.940
us<00:31:59.900><c> remaining</c><00:32:00.400><c> in</c><00:32:01.319><c> difficulties.</c>

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:06.440
In<00:32:02.539><c> each</c><00:32:02.900><c> case,</c><00:32:03.279><c> Paul</c><00:32:03.559><c> says,</c><00:32:04.259><c> in</c><00:32:04.380><c> so</c><00:32:04.599><c> many</c><00:32:04.819><c> beautiful</c><00:32:05.240><c> passages,</c><00:32:06.140><c> whether</c>

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:09.319
we<00:32:07.559><c> abound</c><00:32:08.299><c> or</c><00:32:08.700><c> whether</c><00:32:08.940><c> we</c>

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:13.779
are<00:32:09.579><c> abased,</c><00:32:10.599><c> we</c><00:32:10.720><c> give</c><00:32:10.940><c> glory</c><00:32:11.240><c> to</c><00:32:11.480><c> God</c><00:32:11.940><c> and</c><00:32:12.240><c> we</c><00:32:12.519><c> recognize</c><00:32:13.019><c> that</c><00:32:13.220><c> this</c><00:32:13.440><c> has</c>

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.720
come<00:32:14.079><c> from</c><00:32:14.680><c> God.</c>

00:32:15.950 --> 00:32:19.140
And<00:32:16.240><c> Job</c><00:32:16.400><c> himself,</c><00:32:16.960><c> in</c><00:32:17.119><c> the</c><00:32:17.220><c> midst</c><00:32:17.400><c> of</c><00:32:17.539><c> his</c><00:32:17.799><c> sufferings,</c><00:32:18.619><c> asked</c><00:32:18.900><c> the</c>

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.900
question,<00:32:19.839><c> should</c><00:32:19.960><c> I</c><00:32:20.180><c> receive</c><00:32:20.579><c> good</c>

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:23.200
from<00:32:21.099><c> the</c><00:32:21.279><c> hand</c><00:32:21.440><c> of</c><00:32:21.559><c> the</c><00:32:21.680><c> Lord</c><00:32:21.859><c> and</c><00:32:22.019><c> not</c><00:32:22.299><c> receive</c><00:32:22.759><c> evil?</c>

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:26.299
And<00:32:23.940><c> he</c><00:32:24.119><c> accepted</c><00:32:24.579><c> both,</c><00:32:25.359><c> and</c><00:32:25.500><c> so</c><00:32:25.759><c> should</c><00:32:26.000><c> we.</c>

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:29.680
And<00:32:26.660><c> we</c><00:32:26.880><c> sing</c><00:32:27.000><c> that</c><00:32:27.220><c> hymn,</c><00:32:28.000><c> don't</c><00:32:28.279><c> we,</c><00:32:28.440><c> that</c><00:32:28.720><c> says,</c><00:32:29.400><c> should</c>

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:32.940
thy<00:32:29.980><c> wisdom,</c><00:32:30.420><c> Lord,</c><00:32:31.200><c> decree</c><00:32:31.680><c> trials</c><00:32:32.339><c> long</c>

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:41.920
and<00:32:33.299><c> sharp</c><00:32:33.539><c> for</c><00:32:33.759><c> me,</c><00:32:34.579><c> pain</c><00:32:34.900><c> or</c><00:32:35.140><c> sorrow,</c><00:32:36.099><c> care</c><00:32:36.440><c> or</c><00:32:36.759><c> shame,</c><00:32:38.740><c> Father,</c><00:32:39.859><c> glorify</c><00:32:40.559><c> thy</c><00:32:40.940><c> name.</c>

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:46.039
And<00:32:42.099><c> we</c><00:32:42.339><c> accept</c><00:32:42.799><c> it,</c><00:32:43.279><c> or</c><00:32:43.500><c> we</c><00:32:43.819><c> should</c><00:32:44.119><c> accept</c><00:32:44.660><c> it,</c><00:32:45.160><c> in</c><00:32:45.359><c> the</c><00:32:45.599><c> spirit</c><00:32:45.839><c> for</c>

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:47.539
which<00:32:46.180><c> it</c><00:32:46.240><c> was</c><00:32:46.500><c> intended.</c>

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How<00:32:49.559><c> many</c><00:32:49.799><c> times</c><00:32:50.160><c> have</c><00:32:50.339><c> we</c><00:32:50.519><c> prayed</c><00:32:50.680><c> a</c><00:32:50.920><c> prayer</c><00:32:51.119><c> that</c><00:32:51.339><c> sounded</c>

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:54.599
something<00:32:51.940><c> like</c><00:32:52.240><c> this,</c><00:32:53.059><c> Father,</c><00:32:54.299><c> let</c><00:32:54.460><c> me</c>

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be<00:32:54.779><c> an</c><00:32:55.119><c> instrument</c><00:32:55.400><c> of</c><00:32:55.599><c> thy</c><00:32:55.799><c> will,</c><00:32:56.400><c> let</c><00:32:56.559><c> me</c><00:32:56.859><c> do</c><00:32:57.140><c> thy</c><00:32:57.440><c> will</c><00:32:57.740><c> in</c>

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whatever<00:32:58.240><c> way</c><00:32:58.460><c> comes</c><00:32:58.759><c> to</c><00:32:59.000><c> hand,</c><00:32:59.839><c> and</c><00:33:00.099><c> then</c>

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:03.000
almost<00:33:00.480><c> as</c><00:33:00.640><c> an</c><00:33:00.940><c> afterthought,</c><00:33:01.380><c> as</c><00:33:01.460><c> we're</c><00:33:01.619><c> turning</c><00:33:01.900><c> away.</c>

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But<00:33:04.619><c> please,</c><00:33:05.700><c> don't</c><00:33:05.960><c> let</c><00:33:06.119><c> it</c><00:33:06.359><c> hurt</c><00:33:06.500><c> too</c><00:33:06.839><c> much.</c>

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So<00:33:09.640><c> often</c><00:33:10.019><c> we</c><00:33:10.220><c> think</c><00:33:10.440><c> this</c><00:33:10.720><c> way,</c><00:33:10.980><c> and</c><00:33:11.059><c> yet</c><00:33:11.460><c> we</c><00:33:11.960><c> must</c><00:33:12.240><c> recognize</c>

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:16.819
that<00:33:13.119><c> it</c><00:33:13.180><c> is</c><00:33:13.519><c> through</c><00:33:14.380><c> pain,</c><00:33:15.759><c> it</c><00:33:15.759><c> is</c><00:33:16.059><c> through</c>

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:20.420
sorrow<00:33:17.220><c> and</c><00:33:17.480><c> difficulty</c><00:33:17.960><c> that</c><00:33:18.200><c> God's</c><00:33:18.619><c> will</c><00:33:18.779><c> is</c><00:33:18.980><c> so</c><00:33:19.220><c> often</c><00:33:19.519><c> done.</c>

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:23.140
And<00:33:21.019><c> perhaps</c><00:33:21.259><c> we</c><00:33:21.420><c> will</c><00:33:21.619><c> all</c><00:33:21.799><c> come</c><00:33:21.980><c> to</c><00:33:22.140><c> the</c><00:33:22.319><c> judgment</c><00:33:22.660><c> seat</c><00:33:22.940><c> and</c>

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:25.099
we<00:33:23.240><c> will</c><00:33:23.460><c> look</c><00:33:23.740><c> back</c><00:33:24.140><c> upon</c><00:33:24.400><c> our</c><00:33:24.680><c> lives</c>

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:29.660
and<00:33:25.740><c> recognize</c><00:33:26.400><c> that</c><00:33:26.920><c> what</c><00:33:27.319><c> seemed</c><00:33:27.660><c> at</c><00:33:27.839><c> the</c><00:33:28.039><c> time</c><00:33:28.279><c> the</c><00:33:28.539><c> darkest</c><00:33:28.960><c> of</c><00:33:29.240><c> days</c><00:33:29.500><c> and</c>

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the<00:33:29.779><c> most</c><00:33:29.980><c> difficult</c>

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:34.119
were<00:33:31.259><c> those</c><00:33:31.700><c> days</c><00:33:32.019><c> that</c><00:33:32.200><c> were</c><00:33:32.500><c> designed,</c><00:33:33.039><c> particularly</c><00:33:33.779><c> by</c>

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God,<00:33:34.779><c> to</c><00:33:35.039><c> help</c><00:33:35.259><c> us,</c><00:33:35.900><c> to</c><00:33:36.160><c> bring</c><00:33:36.319><c> us</c><00:33:36.579><c> closer</c><00:33:36.880><c> to</c>

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Him,<00:33:37.380><c> and</c><00:33:37.380><c> we</c><00:33:37.480><c> didn't</c><00:33:37.720><c> recognize</c><00:33:38.299><c> it</c><00:33:38.880><c> until</c><00:33:39.140><c> we</c><00:33:39.420><c> saw</c><00:33:39.920><c> the</c><00:33:40.359><c> end</c>

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:42.480
result<00:33:41.140><c> of</c><00:33:41.240><c> His</c><00:33:41.519><c> work.</c>

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:48.380
And<00:33:43.720><c> so</c><00:33:44.059><c> Paul</c><00:33:44.319><c> says,</c><00:33:45.700><c> Christ</c><00:33:45.700><c> intercedes</c><00:33:46.420><c> for</c><00:33:46.660><c> the</c><00:33:46.880><c> Saints</c><00:33:47.240><c> according</c><00:33:48.119><c> to</c>

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:50.440
God's<00:33:48.880><c> will,</c><00:33:49.480><c> not</c><00:33:49.720><c> always</c>

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:55.700
answering<00:33:50.799><c> our</c><00:33:51.140><c> prayers</c><00:33:51.460><c> with</c><00:33:51.700><c> a</c><00:33:51.920><c> yes,</c><00:33:52.779><c> but</c><00:33:52.940><c> sometimes</c><00:33:53.519><c> answering</c><00:33:54.200><c> our</c><00:33:54.900><c> requests</c><00:33:55.299><c> with</c><00:33:55.539><c> a</c>

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:57.140
no,<00:33:56.779><c> because</c>

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:59.140
He<00:33:57.319><c> knows</c><00:33:57.720><c> what</c><00:33:57.940><c> is</c><00:33:58.140><c> best.</c>

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In<00:34:01.740><c> verse</c><00:34:02.059><c> 28,</c><00:34:02.859><c> Paul</c><00:34:02.960><c> says,</c><00:34:03.859><c> in</c><00:34:03.880><c> all</c><00:34:04.480><c> things</c><00:34:04.880><c> God</c><00:34:05.480><c> works</c><00:34:05.960><c> for</c>

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.980
the<00:34:06.480><c> good</c><00:34:06.640><c> of</c><00:34:06.779><c> those</c><00:34:07.160><c> who</c><00:34:07.380><c> love</c><00:34:07.579><c> Him,</c>

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:10.380
those<00:34:08.559><c> who</c><00:34:08.719><c> are</c><00:34:08.960><c> called</c><00:34:09.179><c> according</c><00:34:09.579><c> to</c><00:34:09.719><c> His</c><00:34:09.880><c> purpose.</c>

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:14.119
Notice<00:34:11.159><c> the</c><00:34:11.320><c> King</c><00:34:11.579><c> James</c><00:34:11.860><c> Version</c><00:34:12.260><c> says,</c><00:34:13.039><c> we</c><00:34:13.099><c> know</c><00:34:13.440><c> that</c><00:34:13.780><c> all</c>

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:16.599
things<00:34:14.400><c> work</c><00:34:14.659><c> together</c><00:34:15.079><c> for</c><00:34:15.460><c> good,</c><00:34:16.380><c> but</c>

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:19.539
several<00:34:16.900><c> of</c><00:34:17.019><c> the</c><00:34:17.119><c> more</c><00:34:17.280><c> modern</c><00:34:17.599><c> versions</c><00:34:18.099><c> turn</c><00:34:18.619><c> it</c><00:34:18.840><c> around</c><00:34:19.059><c> from</c><00:34:19.260><c> a</c>

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:21.440
passive<00:34:19.860><c> statement</c><00:34:20.320><c> to</c><00:34:20.760><c> an</c><00:34:21.119><c> active</c>

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.960
statement.

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:25.940
The<00:34:22.480><c> passive</c><00:34:22.840><c> statement</c><00:34:23.199><c> is</c><00:34:23.639><c> good</c><00:34:23.920><c> and</c><00:34:24.340><c> comforting</c><00:34:24.619><c> if</c><00:34:25.500><c> we</c>

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:28.760
passively,<00:34:27.260><c> neutrally</c><00:34:27.599><c> recognize</c><00:34:28.360><c> that</c>

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:31.860
all<00:34:29.039><c> things</c><00:34:29.300><c> might</c><00:34:29.579><c> work</c><00:34:29.900><c> together</c><00:34:30.380><c> for</c><00:34:30.639><c> our</c><00:34:30.960><c> good,</c><00:34:31.659><c> and</c><00:34:31.760><c> yet</c>

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:33.179
when<00:34:32.000><c> we</c><00:34:32.179><c> turn</c><00:34:32.340><c> it</c><00:34:32.539><c> around</c><00:34:32.699><c> and</c><00:34:32.860><c> make</c><00:34:32.960><c> it</c>

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:35.739
a<00:34:33.300><c> positive</c><00:34:33.659><c> statement</c><00:34:33.980><c> as</c><00:34:34.159><c> we</c><00:34:34.380><c> should,</c><00:34:34.920><c> then</c><00:34:35.019><c> it's</c><00:34:35.219><c> so</c><00:34:35.480><c> much</c>

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.980
more<00:34:36.159><c> comforting,</c><00:34:36.639><c> isn't</c><00:34:36.739><c> it?</c>

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:40.480
We<00:34:37.300><c> don't</c><00:34:37.519><c> have</c><00:34:37.820><c> to</c><00:34:38.380><c> passively</c><00:34:38.860><c> shake</c><00:34:39.119><c> our</c><00:34:39.340><c> head</c><00:34:39.480><c> and</c><00:34:39.719><c> say,</c><00:34:40.320><c> oh</c>

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.300
well,<00:34:41.000><c> it'll</c><00:34:41.280><c> work</c><00:34:41.539><c> out,</c><00:34:41.820><c> but</c><00:34:42.039><c> rather</c>

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:45.960
we<00:34:42.500><c> can</c><00:34:42.760><c> say</c><00:34:43.119><c> God</c><00:34:43.780><c> is</c><00:34:44.099><c> working</c><00:34:44.440><c> for</c><00:34:44.920><c> the</c><00:34:45.139><c> good</c><00:34:45.300><c> of</c><00:34:45.460><c> those</c><00:34:45.739><c> who</c>

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:47.840
love<00:34:46.179><c> Him,</c><00:34:46.659><c> and</c><00:34:46.860><c> everything</c><00:34:47.239><c> that</c><00:34:47.559><c> happens</c>

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:52.719
is<00:34:48.159><c> not</c><00:34:48.400><c> just</c><00:34:49.019><c> allowed</c><00:34:49.639><c> by</c><00:34:49.940><c> God,</c><00:34:51.400><c> we</c><00:34:51.500><c> could</c><00:34:51.739><c> say</c><00:34:51.980><c> even</c><00:34:52.280><c> it</c><00:34:52.440><c> was</c>

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:54.480
caused<00:34:53.119><c> by</c><00:34:53.380><c> God,</c><00:34:53.679><c> it</c><00:34:53.780><c> has</c><00:34:54.019><c> been</c><00:34:54.219><c> brought</c>

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:58.800
by<00:34:54.739><c> Him,</c><00:34:55.340><c> it</c><00:34:55.460><c> is</c><00:34:55.679><c> being</c><00:34:56.039><c> supervised</c><00:34:56.679><c> by</c><00:34:56.960><c> Him</c><00:34:57.380><c> for</c><00:34:57.739><c> our</c><00:34:58.079><c> ultimate</c><00:34:58.440><c> benefit</c>

00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:00.199
because<00:34:59.320><c> we</c><00:34:59.639><c> love</c><00:34:59.860><c> Him.</c>

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.460
God<00:35:00.900><c> is</c><00:35:01.159><c> working.</c>

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:05.699
God<00:35:02.139><c> never</c><00:35:02.699><c> abdicates</c><00:35:03.539><c> His</c><00:35:03.780><c> responsibility</c><00:35:04.480><c> and</c><00:35:04.739><c> allows</c><00:35:05.019><c> things</c><00:35:05.380><c> to</c>

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:07.320
drift<00:35:06.059><c> one</c><00:35:06.559><c> way</c><00:35:06.760><c> or</c><00:35:06.840><c> the</c><00:35:07.039><c> other.</c>

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:09.340
God<00:35:08.219><c> is</c><00:35:08.480><c> working</c><00:35:08.780><c> with</c><00:35:09.019><c> us.</c>

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:14.460
The<00:35:09.820><c> same</c><00:35:10.179><c> God</c><00:35:10.679><c> who</c><00:35:11.019><c> is</c><00:35:11.400><c> controlling</c><00:35:11.739><c> the</c><00:35:12.079><c> destiny</c><00:35:12.440><c> of</c><00:35:12.679><c> nations,</c><00:35:13.320><c> the</c><00:35:13.519><c> same</c><00:35:13.800><c> God</c><00:35:14.099><c> that</c><00:35:14.239><c> we</c>

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.059
talk<00:35:14.659><c> about</c>

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when<00:35:15.260><c> we</c><00:35:15.440><c> give</c><00:35:15.559><c> a</c><00:35:15.760><c> public</c><00:35:16.059><c> lecture</c><00:35:16.559><c> about</c><00:35:17.059><c> the</c><00:35:17.300><c> truth</c><00:35:17.480><c> and</c><00:35:17.619><c> we</c>

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:20.559
say<00:35:18.099><c> God</c><00:35:18.579><c> is</c><00:35:18.840><c> preparing</c><00:35:19.199><c> Russia,</c><00:35:19.980><c> God</c><00:35:20.260><c> is</c>

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:23.260
preparing<00:35:20.840><c> Israel,</c><00:35:21.519><c> God</c><00:35:21.880><c> is</c><00:35:22.159><c> preparing</c><00:35:22.480><c> for</c><00:35:22.699><c> the</c><00:35:22.820><c> return</c><00:35:23.059><c> of</c>

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:25.880
Christ,<00:35:23.780><c> the</c><00:35:24.000><c> same</c><00:35:24.260><c> God</c><00:35:24.559><c> who</c><00:35:24.719><c> is</c><00:35:24.880><c> working</c>

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:30.619
in<00:35:26.920><c> a</c><00:35:27.199><c> magnificent</c><00:35:28.000><c> way</c><00:35:28.340><c> among</c><00:35:28.559><c> the</c><00:35:28.760><c> nations,</c><00:35:29.940><c> is</c><00:35:30.099><c> working</c><00:35:30.380><c> in</c>

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:32.920
a<00:35:30.760><c> quiet,</c><00:35:31.239><c> silent</c><00:35:31.760><c> way</c><00:35:32.199><c> in</c><00:35:32.539><c> each</c><00:35:32.780><c> of</c>

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:37.619
our<00:35:33.099><c> lives,</c><00:35:33.880><c> God</c><00:35:34.280><c> is</c><00:35:34.559><c> working</c><00:35:34.840><c> for</c><00:35:35.119><c> good,</c><00:35:35.699><c> that</c><00:35:35.980><c> same</c><00:35:36.260><c> God</c><00:35:36.719><c> working</c><00:35:37.420><c> in</c>

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:39.480
the<00:35:37.840><c> same</c><00:35:38.099><c> way</c><00:35:38.639><c> with</c><00:35:38.960><c> the</c><00:35:39.219><c> same</c>

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:42.199
purpose<00:35:39.940><c> to</c><00:35:40.380><c> bring</c><00:35:40.639><c> about</c><00:35:40.920><c> His</c><00:35:41.179><c> glory.</c>

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:53.320
Look<00:35:48.719><c> at</c><00:35:48.880><c> the</c><00:35:48.980><c> words</c><00:35:49.239><c> of</c><00:35:49.500><c> Paul,</c><00:35:50.340><c> 2</c><00:35:50.480><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:51.019><c> chapter</c><00:35:51.619><c> 4.</c>

00:35:55.079 --> 00:36:05.880
Consider<00:35:55.579><c> the</c><00:35:56.900><c> exhortations</c><00:35:57.780><c> in</c><00:35:58.539><c> these</c><00:35:58.800><c> words,</c><00:36:04.420><c> 2</c><00:36:04.659><c> Corinthians</c><00:36:05.139><c> 4</c><00:36:05.539><c> verse</c>

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8,<00:36:06.820><c> we</c><00:36:07.000><c> are</c><00:36:14.039><c> troubled</c><00:36:14.699><c> on</c>

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:19.280
We<00:36:15.679><c> are</c><00:36:15.880><c> persecuted,</c><00:36:17.500><c> but</c><00:36:17.559><c> we</c><00:36:17.719><c> know</c><00:36:17.980><c> we</c><00:36:18.199><c> are</c><00:36:18.219><c> not</c><00:36:18.360><c> forsaken.</c>

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:22.659
We<00:36:19.679><c> are</c><00:36:19.940><c> cast</c><00:36:20.260><c> down,</c><00:36:20.639><c> but</c><00:36:20.760><c> we</c><00:36:20.960><c> are</c><00:36:21.079><c> not</c><00:36:21.340><c> destroyed.</c>

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:27.880
Always<00:36:23.780><c> bearing</c><00:36:24.179><c> about</c><00:36:24.519><c> in</c><00:36:24.719><c> the</c><00:36:24.900><c> body</c><00:36:25.320><c> the</c><00:36:26.099><c> dying</c><00:36:26.440><c> of</c><00:36:26.639><c> the</c><00:36:26.780><c> Lord</c><00:36:27.000><c> Jesus</c><00:36:27.400><c> that</c><00:36:27.559><c> the</c>

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:29.099
life<00:36:28.239><c> also</c><00:36:28.619><c> of</c><00:36:28.760><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:31.500
might<00:36:29.300><c> be</c><00:36:29.519><c> made</c><00:36:29.800><c> manifest</c><00:36:30.199><c> in</c><00:36:30.380><c> our</c><00:36:30.559><c> body.</c>

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:34.380
For<00:36:31.880><c> we</c><00:36:32.139><c> which</c><00:36:32.420><c> live</c><00:36:32.659><c> are</c><00:36:32.960><c> always</c><00:36:33.320><c> delivered</c><00:36:33.679><c> unto</c><00:36:33.900><c> death</c><00:36:34.199><c> for</c>

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:36.719
Jesus'<00:36:35.119><c> sake</c><00:36:35.139><c> that</c><00:36:35.460><c> the</c><00:36:35.699><c> life</c><00:36:36.059><c> also</c><00:36:36.500><c> of</c>

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:39.940
Jesus<00:36:37.179><c> might</c><00:36:37.519><c> be</c><00:36:37.739><c> made</c><00:36:38.059><c> manifest</c><00:36:38.599><c> in</c><00:36:38.960><c> our</c><00:36:39.179><c> mortal</c><00:36:39.460><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:44.440
And<00:36:40.860><c> so</c><00:36:41.099><c> he</c><00:36:41.179><c> says</c><00:36:41.440><c> in</c><00:36:41.539><c> verse</c><00:36:41.780><c> 15,</c><00:36:43.000><c> for</c><00:36:43.039><c> all</c><00:36:43.500><c> things</c><00:36:43.900><c> are</c><00:36:44.219><c> for</c>

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:46.960
your<00:36:44.800><c> sakes</c><00:36:45.239><c> that</c><00:36:45.579><c> the</c><00:36:45.960><c> abundant</c><00:36:46.559><c> grace</c>

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:49.860
might<00:36:47.239><c> through</c><00:36:47.460><c> the</c><00:36:47.699><c> thanksgiving</c><00:36:48.199><c> of</c><00:36:48.480><c> many</c><00:36:48.820><c> redound</c><00:36:49.539><c> to</c><00:36:49.719><c> the</c>

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:51.639
glory<00:36:50.099><c> of</c><00:36:50.260><c> God.</c>

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:55.860
Verse<00:36:51.780><c> 17,</c><00:36:52.960><c> for</c><00:36:52.960><c> our</c><00:36:53.500><c> light</c><00:36:53.940><c> affliction,</c><00:36:55.000><c> which</c><00:36:55.119><c> is</c><00:36:55.420><c> but</c><00:36:55.579><c> for</c>

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:58.199
a<00:36:56.019><c> moment,</c><00:36:56.980><c> worketh</c><00:36:57.219><c> for</c><00:36:57.400><c> us</c><00:36:57.639><c> a</c><00:36:57.900><c> far</c>

00:36:58.199 --> 00:37:01.940
more<00:36:58.539><c> exceeding</c><00:36:59.219><c> and</c><00:36:59.440><c> eternal</c><00:37:00.019><c> weight</c><00:37:00.400><c> of</c><00:37:01.039><c> glory.</c>

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:05.340
For<00:37:02.519><c> the</c><00:37:02.760><c> things</c><00:37:02.980><c> which</c><00:37:03.199><c> are</c><00:37:03.440><c> seen</c><00:37:03.739><c> are</c><00:37:04.119><c> temporal,</c><00:37:04.940><c> but</c><00:37:05.099><c> the</c>

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:08.360
things<00:37:05.599><c> which</c><00:37:05.840><c> are</c><00:37:06.079><c> not</c><00:37:06.420><c> seen</c><00:37:06.800><c> are</c><00:37:07.400><c> eternal.</c>

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:11.099
Beautifully<00:37:09.059><c> again</c><00:37:09.420><c> expressing</c><00:37:09.980><c> the</c><00:37:10.400><c> language</c><00:37:10.739><c> that</c><00:37:10.880><c> we've</c>

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:13.579
already<00:37:11.460><c> seen</c><00:37:11.840><c> in</c><00:37:12.219><c> Romans</c><00:37:12.519><c> chapter</c><00:37:13.039><c> 8.</c>

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:17.960
What<00:37:14.019><c> a</c><00:37:14.300><c> privilege</c><00:37:14.599><c> it</c><00:37:14.780><c> is</c><00:37:15.039><c> then</c><00:37:15.440><c> to</c><00:37:15.900><c> suffer</c><00:37:16.360><c> and</c><00:37:16.840><c> endure</c><00:37:17.300><c> for</c>

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:20.079
Christ's<00:37:18.619><c> sake.</c>

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:29.159
Verses<00:37:24.320><c> 29</c><00:37:24.920><c> and</c><00:37:25.260><c> 30,</c><00:37:26.519><c> the</c><00:37:26.739><c> outline</c><00:37:27.320><c> of</c><00:37:27.699><c> God's</c><00:37:28.219><c> purpose</c><00:37:28.619><c> as</c><00:37:29.000><c> we</c>

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:30.320
saw<00:37:29.340><c> in</c><00:37:29.539><c> verse</c><00:37:29.760><c> 28.</c>

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:35.320
God<00:37:30.860><c> is</c><00:37:31.159><c> working</c><00:37:31.519><c> in</c><00:37:31.980><c> all</c><00:37:32.400><c> things</c><00:37:32.780><c> to</c><00:37:33.260><c> bring</c><00:37:33.579><c> about</c><00:37:34.179><c> his</c><00:37:34.579><c> purpose</c><00:37:35.019><c> for</c>

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.960
individuals<00:37:35.920><c> and</c><00:37:36.300><c> now</c><00:37:36.579><c> in</c><00:37:36.760><c> these</c>

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:39.980
verses,<00:37:37.659><c> Paul</c><00:37:38.039><c> defines</c><00:37:38.699><c> that</c><00:37:39.000><c> purpose.</c>

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:46.639
For<00:37:40.119><c> those</c><00:37:40.559><c> whom</c><00:37:40.920><c> God</c><00:37:41.659><c> knew</c><00:37:42.179><c> beforehand,</c><00:37:43.500><c> he</c><00:37:43.760><c> determined</c><00:37:44.500><c> beforehand,</c><00:37:45.760><c> that's</c><00:37:46.199><c> the</c>

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:48.739
idea<00:37:47.139><c> of</c><00:37:47.780><c> predestinate,</c>

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:53.099
that<00:37:49.380><c> they</c><00:37:49.579><c> would</c><00:37:49.760><c> be</c><00:37:50.019><c> copies</c><00:37:50.519><c> of</c><00:37:51.119><c> the</c><00:37:51.380><c> likeness</c><00:37:52.159><c> of</c><00:37:52.400><c> his</c><00:37:52.679><c> son</c>

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:55.760
so<00:37:53.719><c> that</c><00:37:54.000><c> he,</c><00:37:54.440><c> his</c><00:37:54.699><c> son,</c><00:37:55.199><c> would</c><00:37:55.360><c> be</c><00:37:55.559><c> the</c>

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:59.659
firstborn<00:37:56.340><c> of</c><00:37:56.719><c> many</c><00:37:57.039><c> brethren</c><00:37:57.500><c> or</c><00:37:58.199><c> the</c><00:37:58.460><c> beginning</c><00:37:58.880><c> of</c><00:37:59.079><c> God's</c>

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:01.079
new<00:37:59.940><c> creation.</c>

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:04.920
Furthermore,<00:38:02.139><c> those</c><00:38:02.179><c> whom</c><00:38:02.480><c> God</c><00:38:02.880><c> determined</c><00:38:03.599><c> beforehand,</c>

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:07.019
those<00:38:05.199><c> whom</c><00:38:05.420><c> God</c><00:38:06.059><c> predestinated,</c>

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:09.840
is<00:38:07.679><c> the</c><00:38:07.940><c> word</c><00:38:08.139><c> as</c><00:38:08.320><c> it's</c><00:38:08.519><c> used</c><00:38:08.679><c> in</c><00:38:08.820><c> the</c><00:38:09.059><c> authorized</c><00:38:09.420><c> version,</c>

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:13.260
he<00:38:10.340><c> also</c><00:38:10.880><c> called</c><00:38:11.480><c> and</c><00:38:12.139><c> declared</c><00:38:12.619><c> righteous</c>

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:16.139
and<00:38:14.420><c> brought</c><00:38:15.039><c> to</c><00:38:15.739><c> glory.</c>

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:20.880
Notice<00:38:16.960><c> that</c><00:38:17.320><c> even</c><00:38:18.000><c> the</c><00:38:18.840><c> last</c><00:38:19.139><c> of</c><00:38:19.320><c> these</c><00:38:19.559><c> phrases</c><00:38:19.980><c> is</c><00:38:20.460><c> in</c><00:38:20.639><c> the</c>

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.639
past<00:38:21.139><c> tense</c><00:38:21.480><c> and</c><00:38:21.840><c> why</c><00:38:22.119><c> is</c><00:38:22.360><c> that?</c>

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:25.619
I<00:38:23.199><c> think</c><00:38:23.340><c> it's</c><00:38:23.460><c> in</c><00:38:23.619><c> the</c><00:38:23.800><c> sense</c><00:38:24.039><c> of</c><00:38:24.480><c> what</c><00:38:24.679><c> Paul</c><00:38:24.960><c> says</c><00:38:25.219><c> in</c><00:38:25.400><c> Romans</c>

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:29.099
4<00:38:25.960><c> and</c><00:38:26.139><c> 17</c><00:38:26.760><c> where</c><00:38:27.460><c> God</c><00:38:28.139><c> calleth</c><00:38:28.719><c> those</c>

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:32.159
things<00:38:29.420><c> that</c><00:38:29.599><c> be</c><00:38:29.920><c> not</c><00:38:30.260><c> yet</c><00:38:30.619><c> as</c><00:38:31.300><c> though</c><00:38:31.559><c> they</c><00:38:31.780><c> were.</c>

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:37.019
So<00:38:32.860><c> sure</c><00:38:33.199><c> is</c><00:38:33.619><c> Paul</c><00:38:33.920><c> trying</c><00:38:34.380><c> to</c><00:38:34.940><c> express</c><00:38:35.440><c> our</c><00:38:35.780><c> salvation,</c><00:38:36.739><c> not</c>

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.639
sure<00:38:37.219><c> in</c><00:38:37.380><c> the</c><00:38:37.519><c> sense</c><00:38:37.699><c> that</c><00:38:37.840><c> it</c><00:38:37.960><c> is</c><00:38:38.119><c> impossible</c>

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:43.139
for<00:38:38.820><c> us</c><00:38:39.000><c> to</c><00:38:39.239><c> fail,</c><00:38:39.820><c> but</c><00:38:40.079><c> sure</c><00:38:40.320><c> in</c><00:38:40.500><c> the</c><00:38:40.699><c> sense</c><00:38:40.900><c> that</c><00:38:41.079><c> it</c><00:38:41.280><c> has</c><00:38:41.539><c> been</c><00:38:42.179><c> made</c><00:38:42.579><c> sure</c><00:38:42.840><c> by</c>

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:44.739
God<00:38:43.539><c> and</c><00:38:43.880><c> if</c><00:38:44.059><c> we</c><00:38:44.340><c> remain</c>

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:50.519
in<00:38:45.039><c> that</c><00:38:45.360><c> faith</c><00:38:45.659><c> working</c><00:38:46.260><c> with</c><00:38:46.559><c> God</c><00:38:46.880><c> and</c><00:38:47.059><c> allowing</c><00:38:47.360><c> God</c><00:38:47.719><c> to</c><00:38:47.940><c> work</c><00:38:48.099><c> with</c><00:38:48.300><c> us,</c><00:38:48.840><c> then</c><00:38:49.019><c> our</c><00:38:49.320><c> salvation</c><00:38:49.880><c> is</c>

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:53.079
assured<00:38:50.980><c> because</c><00:38:51.639><c> nothing</c><00:38:51.980><c> will</c><00:38:52.239><c> stand</c><00:38:52.480><c> in</c><00:38:52.599><c> our</c><00:38:52.840><c> way.</c>

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:56.880
Nothing<00:38:53.840><c> can</c><00:38:54.280><c> stand</c><00:38:54.619><c> in</c><00:38:54.739><c> our</c><00:38:54.940><c> way</c><00:38:55.320><c> because</c><00:38:55.780><c> God</c><00:38:56.119><c> has</c><00:38:56.360><c> put</c><00:38:56.440><c> us</c><00:38:56.639><c> in</c><00:38:56.739><c> a</c>

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:58.940
position<00:38:57.260><c> that</c><00:38:57.960><c> we</c><00:38:58.199><c> are</c><00:38:58.420><c> declared</c>

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:02.960
righteous<00:38:59.679><c> and</c><00:39:00.559><c> so</c><00:39:00.760><c> we</c><00:39:00.980><c> move</c><00:39:01.179><c> down</c><00:39:01.460><c> the</c><00:39:01.619><c> list</c><00:39:01.820><c> of</c><00:39:02.000><c> these</c><00:39:02.260><c> things</c><00:39:02.579><c> that</c>

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:04.119
speak<00:39:03.179><c> of</c><00:39:03.340><c> God's</c><00:39:03.719><c> purpose.</c>

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:11.780
There<00:39:04.619><c> are</c><00:39:04.860><c> five</c><00:39:05.199><c> of</c><00:39:05.380><c> them,</c><00:39:06.619><c> God</c><00:39:07.059><c> knew</c><00:39:07.460><c> beforehand,</c><00:39:09.820><c> God</c><00:39:10.519><c> marked</c><00:39:11.099><c> out</c>

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:13.380
beforehand,<00:39:12.980><c> and</c><00:39:13.019><c> these</c><00:39:13.219><c> should</c>

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:15.460
relate<00:39:13.659><c> to</c><00:39:13.980><c> individuals,</c><00:39:14.599><c> shouldn't</c><00:39:14.840><c> they?</c>

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:19.860
God<00:39:16.079><c> called</c><00:39:16.579><c> us</c><00:39:17.179><c> when</c><00:39:17.699><c> we</c><00:39:17.980><c> came</c><00:39:18.199><c> to</c><00:39:18.380><c> a</c><00:39:18.519><c> knowledge</c><00:39:18.780><c> of</c><00:39:18.940><c> the</c><00:39:19.159><c> truth,</c><00:39:19.639><c> we</c>

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.800
didn't<00:39:20.059><c> do</c><00:39:20.219><c> it</c><00:39:20.320><c> of</c><00:39:20.420><c> our</c><00:39:20.599><c> own</c>

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:23.599
initiative<00:39:21.199><c> altogether,</c><00:39:22.019><c> the</c><00:39:22.360><c> providence</c><00:39:22.739><c> of</c><00:39:22.960><c> God</c><00:39:23.199><c> was</c><00:39:23.420><c> no</c>

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.800
doubt<00:39:23.820><c> working.</c>

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:29.699
God<00:39:25.400><c> declared</c><00:39:26.280><c> us</c><00:39:26.800><c> righteous,</c><00:39:27.920><c> Paul</c><00:39:28.199><c> again</c><00:39:28.679><c> harking</c><00:39:29.239><c> back</c><00:39:29.519><c> to</c>

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:32.079
the<00:39:29.820><c> first</c><00:39:30.019><c> part</c><00:39:30.199><c> of</c><00:39:30.340><c> Romans</c><00:39:30.619><c> 8,</c><00:39:31.579><c> condemning</c>

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:35.639
sin<00:39:32.320><c> in</c><00:39:32.519><c> the</c><00:39:32.699><c> flesh,</c><00:39:33.539><c> that</c><00:39:33.840><c> the</c><00:39:34.340><c> righteousness</c><00:39:34.739><c> of</c><00:39:35.079><c> God</c><00:39:35.380><c> might</c>

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:38.039
be<00:39:35.980><c> revealed</c><00:39:36.400><c> in</c><00:39:37.039><c> us</c><00:39:37.340><c> as</c><00:39:37.500><c> we</c><00:39:37.719><c> partake</c>

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:41.260
of<00:39:38.159><c> the</c><00:39:38.380><c> character</c><00:39:38.659><c> of</c><00:39:38.900><c> Christ</c><00:39:39.320><c> through</c><00:39:39.780><c> baptism,</c><00:39:40.880><c> belief,</c>

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.840
and<00:39:41.840><c> obedience.</c>

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:47.880
And<00:39:43.519><c> finally,</c><00:39:44.400><c> God</c><00:39:44.840><c> hath</c><00:39:45.480><c> glorified,</c><00:39:46.699><c> and</c><00:39:46.920><c> I</c><00:39:47.039><c> think</c><00:39:47.239><c> Paul</c><00:39:47.539><c> is</c>

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:50.860
expressing<00:39:48.179><c> it</c><00:39:48.380><c> in</c><00:39:48.500><c> this</c><00:39:48.739><c> way</c><00:39:49.260><c> to</c><00:39:49.719><c> show</c><00:39:50.039><c> us</c>

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:55.579
how<00:39:51.260><c> much</c><00:39:51.599><c> God</c><00:39:51.900><c> has</c><00:39:52.099><c> done</c><00:39:52.260><c> for</c><00:39:52.440><c> us</c><00:39:52.940><c> and</c><00:39:53.139><c> how</c><00:39:53.679><c> sure</c><00:39:54.019><c> our</c><00:39:54.400><c> salvation</c><00:39:54.960><c> should</c>

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:57.880
be<00:39:56.119><c> and</c><00:39:56.559><c> how</c><00:39:57.320><c> little</c><00:39:57.659><c> we</c>

00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:01.179
should<00:39:58.059><c> allow</c><00:39:58.340><c> ourselves</c><00:39:58.840><c> to</c><00:39:59.199><c> fear</c><00:39:59.559><c> and</c><00:40:00.159><c> doubt</c><00:40:00.460><c> and</c><00:40:00.880><c> fall</c>

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:02.860
away<00:40:01.480><c> thinking</c><00:40:01.800><c> that</c><00:40:02.039><c> we're</c><00:40:02.320><c> inadequate,</c>

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that<00:40:03.239><c> we're</c><00:40:03.400><c> just</c><00:40:03.639><c> not</c><00:40:03.880><c> good</c><00:40:04.119><c> enough</c><00:40:04.340><c> to</c><00:40:04.539><c> serve</c><00:40:04.780><c> God,</c><00:40:05.340><c> that</c><00:40:05.460><c> we're</c><00:40:05.619><c> going</c><00:40:05.719><c> to</c>

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come<00:40:05.980><c> to</c><00:40:06.119><c> the</c><00:40:06.300><c> judgment</c><00:40:06.559><c> and</c>

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:10.760
God<00:40:06.940><c> is</c><00:40:07.099><c> going</c><00:40:07.179><c> to</c><00:40:07.340><c> say,</c><00:40:07.800><c> right,</c><00:40:08.320><c> this</c><00:40:08.500><c> one,</c><00:40:09.500><c> not</c><00:40:09.820><c> good</c><00:40:10.019><c> enough,</c><00:40:10.559><c> away.</c>

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:13.599
That<00:40:11.659><c> isn't</c><00:40:12.019><c> what</c><00:40:12.280><c> God</c><00:40:12.639><c> intends</c><00:40:13.019><c> for</c><00:40:13.239><c> us.</c>

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:17.820
God<00:40:14.139><c> doesn't</c><00:40:14.539><c> intend</c><00:40:15.099><c> that</c><00:40:15.840><c> we</c><00:40:16.139><c> achieve</c><00:40:16.599><c> a</c><00:40:16.820><c> certain</c><00:40:17.079><c> level</c><00:40:17.539><c> of</c>

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:19.960
works<00:40:18.059><c> by</c><00:40:18.380><c> which</c><00:40:18.539><c> we</c><00:40:18.699><c> have</c><00:40:18.880><c> earned</c><00:40:19.219><c> salvation.</c>

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:23.440
But<00:40:20.639><c> God</c><00:40:20.940><c> intends</c><00:40:21.340><c> that</c><00:40:21.519><c> we</c><00:40:21.719><c> come</c><00:40:21.940><c> to</c><00:40:22.079><c> Him</c><00:40:22.280><c> in</c><00:40:22.579><c> faith,</c><00:40:23.079><c> that</c><00:40:23.219><c> we</c>

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:25.280
continue<00:40:23.900><c> even</c><00:40:24.219><c> despite</c><00:40:24.599><c> our</c><00:40:24.900><c> failures,</c>

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even<00:40:25.840><c> despite</c><00:40:26.280><c> our</c><00:40:26.579><c> doubts,</c><00:40:27.360><c> trembling</c><00:40:27.800><c> in</c><00:40:28.320><c> our</c><00:40:28.619><c> weakness</c><00:40:28.960><c> that</c><00:40:29.139><c> we</c>

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continue<00:40:30.000><c> to</c><00:40:31.000><c> follow</c><00:40:31.239><c> the</c><00:40:31.480><c> example</c>

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of<00:40:32.099><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:40:32.539><c> if</c><00:40:32.780><c> we</c><00:40:32.960><c> do,</c><00:40:33.780><c> if</c><00:40:34.059><c> we</c><00:40:34.280><c> are</c><00:40:34.500><c> continuing</c><00:40:34.900><c> in</c><00:40:35.119><c> that</c><00:40:35.300><c> way,</c><00:40:35.800><c> then</c>

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:38.019
whatever<00:40:36.340><c> we</c><00:40:36.739><c> lack</c><00:40:37.000><c> to</c><00:40:37.400><c> bring</c><00:40:37.599><c> us</c><00:40:37.860><c> up</c>

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:42.360
to<00:40:38.179><c> the</c><00:40:38.380><c> measure</c><00:40:38.639><c> of</c><00:40:38.960><c> Christ</c><00:40:39.400><c> will</c><00:40:39.800><c> be</c><00:40:40.119><c> covered,</c><00:40:41.079><c> will</c><00:40:41.179><c> be</c><00:40:41.440><c> removed</c><00:40:41.960><c> from</c><00:40:42.199><c> us</c>

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as<00:40:42.579><c> far</c><00:40:42.800><c> as</c><00:40:42.920><c> the</c><00:40:43.139><c> East</c>

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:47.539
is<00:40:43.599><c> from</c><00:40:43.820><c> the</c><00:40:44.000><c> West</c><00:40:44.559><c> through</c><00:40:45.800><c> the</c><00:40:46.079><c> redeeming,</c><00:40:46.920><c> the</c><00:40:47.199><c> atoning</c>

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:49.440
work<00:40:47.900><c> of</c><00:40:48.099><c> Jesus</c><00:40:48.460><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:40:51.400><c> first</c><00:40:51.820><c> four</c><00:40:52.179><c> of</c><00:40:52.400><c> these</c><00:40:52.659><c> are</c><00:40:53.159><c> absolute</c><00:40:53.880><c> realities.</c>

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God<00:40:55.639><c> knew</c><00:40:55.980><c> us.</c>

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:59.800
God<00:40:56.940><c> marked</c><00:40:57.360><c> us</c><00:40:57.599><c> out</c><00:40:57.880><c> and</c><00:40:58.119><c> predestinated</c><00:40:59.019><c> us.</c>

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:03.019
I<00:41:00.059><c> think</c><00:41:00.260><c> it</c><00:41:00.400><c> means</c><00:41:00.639><c> to</c><00:41:00.900><c> come</c><00:41:01.139><c> into</c><00:41:01.559><c> the</c><00:41:01.840><c> truth</c><00:41:02.119><c> and</c><00:41:02.480><c> be</c><00:41:02.719><c> a</c><00:41:02.880><c> part</c>

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:04.300
of<00:41:03.119><c> His</c><00:41:03.320><c> purpose.</c>

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:06.059
God<00:41:04.980><c> called</c><00:41:05.519><c> us.</c>

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:09.340
God<00:41:06.920><c> declared</c><00:41:07.559><c> us</c><00:41:07.860><c> or</c><00:41:08.119><c> pronounced</c><00:41:08.599><c> us</c><00:41:08.940><c> righteous.</c>

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.860
All<00:41:09.920><c> of</c><00:41:10.059><c> these</c><00:41:10.179><c> things</c><00:41:10.340><c> have</c><00:41:10.579><c> happened.</c>

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:12.579
All<00:41:11.420><c> of</c><00:41:11.519><c> these</c><00:41:11.739><c> things</c><00:41:11.880><c> are</c><00:41:12.159><c> realities.</c>

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:17.400
And<00:41:13.019><c> the</c><00:41:13.199><c> reality</c><00:41:13.579><c> of</c><00:41:13.739><c> the</c><00:41:13.920><c> first</c><00:41:14.159><c> four</c><00:41:14.480><c> points</c><00:41:14.840><c> means</c><00:41:15.360><c> that</c><00:41:15.559><c> the</c><00:41:15.820><c> fifth</c><00:41:16.039><c> one</c><00:41:16.619><c> should</c><00:41:16.940><c> be</c><00:41:17.219><c> a</c>

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:18.239
reality<00:41:17.780><c> too</c>

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:22.139
and<00:41:18.679><c> can</c><00:41:18.940><c> be</c><00:41:19.179><c> a</c><00:41:19.300><c> reality</c><00:41:19.800><c> if</c><00:41:20.360><c> we</c><00:41:20.579><c> continue</c><00:41:21.199><c> in</c><00:41:21.320><c> what</c><00:41:21.500><c> we</c><00:41:21.599><c> have</c><00:41:21.800><c> learned.</c>

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:26.039
There<00:41:22.619><c> is</c><00:41:22.900><c> then</c><00:41:23.179><c> nothing</c><00:41:23.579><c> holding</c><00:41:24.179><c> us</c><00:41:24.420><c> back</c><00:41:24.659><c> from</c><00:41:24.880><c> salvation.</c>

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:29.619
The<00:41:27.960><c> key</c><00:41:28.360><c> idea</c><00:41:28.880><c> is</c><00:41:29.159><c> this.</c>

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:32.639
God<00:41:30.320><c> has</c><00:41:31.159><c> marked</c><00:41:31.500><c> us</c><00:41:31.760><c> out</c><00:41:32.039><c> for</c><00:41:32.239><c> glory.</c>

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:37.739
He<00:41:33.119><c> has</c><00:41:33.340><c> taken</c><00:41:33.820><c> all</c><00:41:34.480><c> the</c><00:41:34.679><c> steps</c><00:41:34.980><c> necessary</c><00:41:35.659><c> to</c><00:41:36.079><c> bring</c><00:41:36.360><c> us</c><00:41:36.639><c> to</c><00:41:36.739><c> Him.</c>

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:42.139
And<00:41:37.980><c> all</c><00:41:38.159><c> we</c><00:41:38.280><c> have</c><00:41:38.500><c> to</c><00:41:38.679><c> do</c><00:41:38.840><c> is</c><00:41:39.079><c> continue</c><00:41:39.579><c> in</c><00:41:39.739><c> that</c><00:41:39.980><c> way,</c><00:41:40.679><c> not</c><00:41:41.019><c> fretting</c><00:41:41.480><c> about</c><00:41:41.760><c> whether</c><00:41:42.039><c> or</c>

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:45.780
not<00:41:42.320><c> we</c>

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:49.900
cannot,<00:41:47.079><c> but</c><00:41:47.559><c> following</c><00:41:48.059><c> faithfully</c><00:41:48.800><c> the</c><00:41:49.219><c> example</c><00:41:49.619><c> that</c><00:41:49.739><c> has</c>

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:52.059
been<00:41:50.079><c> set</c><00:41:50.280><c> for</c><00:41:50.519><c> us,</c><00:41:51.159><c> never</c><00:41:51.460><c> doubting</c><00:41:51.820><c> but</c>

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:55.739
always<00:41:52.519><c> in</c><00:41:52.820><c> faith</c><00:41:53.219><c> that</c><00:41:53.739><c> our</c><00:41:53.980><c> Father</c><00:41:54.400><c> and</c><00:41:55.000><c> our</c><00:41:55.340><c> brother,</c><00:41:55.659><c> the</c>

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:59.239
Lord<00:41:55.980><c> Jesus</c><00:41:56.380><c> Christ,</c><00:41:57.119><c> will</c><00:41:57.340><c> be</c><00:41:57.480><c> with</c><00:41:57.679><c> us</c><00:41:57.880><c> at</c><00:41:58.000><c> that</c><00:41:58.219><c> day.</c>

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:07.059
We've<00:42:02.719><c> rather</c><00:42:03.079><c> briefly</c><00:42:03.559><c> passed</c><00:42:04.000><c> over</c><00:42:04.599><c> the</c><00:42:04.760><c> idea</c><00:42:05.239><c> of</c><00:42:05.699><c> predestination.</c>

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:10.059
It<00:42:08.239><c> can</c><00:42:08.500><c> be</c><00:42:08.619><c> a</c><00:42:08.639><c> very</c><00:42:09.000><c> complex</c><00:42:09.539><c> idea.</c>

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:13.960
It<00:42:10.420><c> can</c><00:42:10.539><c> be</c><00:42:10.719><c> rather</c><00:42:10.960><c> dull,</c><00:42:11.300><c> it</c><00:42:11.500><c> seems</c><00:42:11.760><c> to</c><00:42:11.880><c> me,</c><00:42:12.079><c> because</c><00:42:12.420><c> once</c><00:42:12.659><c> we</c><00:42:12.800><c> get</c><00:42:12.960><c> into</c><00:42:13.260><c> a</c><00:42:13.579><c> discussion</c>

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:17.860
of<00:42:14.400><c> predestination,</c><00:42:15.239><c> we</c><00:42:15.480><c> have</c><00:42:15.659><c> to</c><00:42:15.800><c> talk</c><00:42:16.000><c> a</c><00:42:16.059><c> little</c><00:42:16.260><c> bit</c><00:42:16.360><c> on</c><00:42:16.539><c> one</c><00:42:16.760><c> side</c><00:42:17.119><c> and</c><00:42:17.420><c> then</c><00:42:17.599><c> talk</c><00:42:17.820><c> a</c>

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.179
little<00:42:18.079><c> bit</c>

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:21.159
on<00:42:18.320><c> the</c><00:42:18.460><c> other</c><00:42:18.599><c> and</c><00:42:18.760><c> somehow</c><00:42:19.139><c> bring</c><00:42:19.840><c> what</c><00:42:20.380><c> appear</c><00:42:20.760><c> to</c><00:42:20.940><c> be</c>

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:22.619
conflicting<00:42:21.619><c> ideas</c><00:42:22.139><c> together.</c>

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:24.280
So<00:42:23.199><c> let</c><00:42:23.360><c> me</c><00:42:23.480><c> say</c><00:42:23.659><c> this.</c>

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:29.780
One,<00:42:25.519><c> that</c><00:42:26.179><c> whatever</c><00:42:26.719><c> predestination</c><00:42:27.719><c> means,</c><00:42:28.420><c> we</c><00:42:28.519><c> cannot</c><00:42:29.000><c> use</c><00:42:29.360><c> it</c>

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:31.159
to<00:42:30.099><c> neutralize</c>

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:35.820
the<00:42:31.500><c> idea</c><00:42:31.860><c> of</c><00:42:32.139><c> our</c><00:42:32.579><c> free</c><00:42:32.940><c> will</c><00:42:33.280><c> acting</c><00:42:33.739><c> independently</c><00:42:34.440><c> to</c><00:42:34.760><c> accept</c><00:42:35.320><c> or</c>

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:37.940
reject<00:42:36.239><c> what</c><00:42:36.460><c> God</c><00:42:36.760><c> has</c><00:42:37.000><c> offered.</c>

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:47.679
I<00:42:40.320><c> should</c><00:42:40.500><c> say</c><00:42:40.760><c> also</c><00:42:41.460><c> that</c><00:42:43.559><c> predestination</c><00:42:44.480><c> has</c><00:42:44.980><c> been</c><00:42:45.519><c> described</c><00:42:45.980><c> in</c><00:42:46.119><c> some</c><00:42:46.340><c> detail,</c><00:42:47.400><c> the</c>

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:49.179
pros<00:42:47.960><c> and</c><00:42:48.099><c> the</c><00:42:48.300><c> cons,</c>

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.880
the<00:42:49.699><c> pluses</c><00:42:50.039><c> and</c><00:42:50.139><c> the</c><00:42:50.340><c> minuses.</c>

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:54.500
In<00:42:51.099><c> some</c><00:42:51.280><c> of</c><00:42:51.400><c> the</c><00:42:51.599><c> quotations</c><00:42:52.079><c> that</c><00:42:52.239><c> I</c><00:42:52.440><c> have</c><00:42:52.539><c> reproduced,</c><00:42:53.699><c> read</c><00:42:53.920><c> those</c><00:42:54.320><c> at</c>

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.670
your<00:42:54.820><c> leisure,</c>

00:42:56.800 --> 00:43:03.619
verses<00:42:56.820><c> 15,</c><00:42:57.840><c> 16,</c><00:42:58.619><c> I'm</c><00:42:58.960><c> sorry,</c><00:42:59.559><c> pages</c><00:42:59.739><c> 15,</c><00:43:00.559><c> 16</c><00:43:01.380><c> through</c><00:43:02.380><c> 18,</c>

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:06.340
several<00:43:04.320><c> rather</c><00:43:04.980><c> lengthy</c><00:43:05.460><c> statements</c><00:43:05.980><c> there</c>

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:07.480
about<00:43:06.719><c> predestination.</c>

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:10.420
If<00:43:07.860><c> you're</c><00:43:08.559><c> not</c><00:43:08.900><c> satisfied</c><00:43:09.400><c> and</c><00:43:09.559><c> if</c><00:43:09.679><c> you</c><00:43:09.760><c> came</c><00:43:09.900><c> to</c><00:43:10.039><c> the</c><00:43:10.199><c> class</c>

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:12.079
expecting<00:43:10.840><c> I</c><00:43:11.000><c> was</c><00:43:11.119><c> going</c><00:43:11.239><c> to</c><00:43:11.320><c> spend</c><00:43:11.460><c> a</c><00:43:11.559><c> lot</c><00:43:11.739><c> of</c><00:43:11.880><c> time</c>

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:15.219
on<00:43:12.239><c> that,</c><00:43:13.179><c> I'm</c><00:43:13.539><c> sorry</c><00:43:13.699><c> to</c><00:43:13.920><c> disappoint</c><00:43:14.280><c> you,</c><00:43:14.480><c> but</c><00:43:14.559><c> I</c><00:43:14.659><c> would</c><00:43:14.860><c> say</c>

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:16.320
read<00:43:15.579><c> those</c><00:43:15.880><c> passages.</c>

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:21.980
You're<00:43:16.820><c> going</c><00:43:16.940><c> to</c><00:43:17.059><c> get</c><00:43:17.460><c> a</c><00:43:18.000><c> solid</c><00:43:18.500><c> grounding</c><00:43:19.099><c> in</c><00:43:19.300><c> what</c><00:43:19.579><c> predestination</c><00:43:20.340><c> does</c><00:43:20.760><c> mean</c><00:43:21.159><c> and</c><00:43:21.519><c> what</c><00:43:21.699><c> it</c>

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:23.099
doesn't<00:43:22.199><c> mean.</c>

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:28.280
I<00:43:25.699><c> should</c><00:43:25.940><c> also</c><00:43:26.239><c> make</c><00:43:26.420><c> the</c><00:43:26.619><c> point,</c><00:43:26.920><c> which</c><00:43:27.320><c> I</c><00:43:27.679><c> believe</c><00:43:27.980><c> should</c>

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:30.139
be<00:43:28.559><c> obvious,</c><00:43:28.900><c> but</c><00:43:29.059><c> just</c><00:43:29.280><c> to</c><00:43:29.400><c> forestall</c><00:43:29.820><c> any</c>

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:33.920
difficulty<00:43:30.599><c> of</c><00:43:30.880><c> understanding,</c><00:43:31.679><c> and</c><00:43:31.940><c> that</c><00:43:32.119><c> is</c><00:43:32.420><c> we</c><00:43:32.780><c> must</c><00:43:33.119><c> recognize</c><00:43:33.739><c> at</c>

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.800
the<00:43:34.079><c> same</c><00:43:34.300><c> time</c><00:43:34.480><c> that</c><00:43:34.619><c> we're</c>

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:37.400
discussing<00:43:35.179><c> about</c><00:43:35.460><c> the</c><00:43:35.679><c> assurance</c><00:43:36.059><c> of</c><00:43:36.260><c> our</c><00:43:36.480><c> salvation</c><00:43:37.079><c> that</c>

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:39.460
has<00:43:37.519><c> been</c><00:43:37.739><c> provided</c><00:43:38.139><c> by</c><00:43:38.440><c> God</c><00:43:38.760><c> through</c><00:43:39.019><c> Christ,</c>

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:42.619
we<00:43:39.880><c> must</c><00:43:40.179><c> recognize</c><00:43:40.840><c> the</c><00:43:41.019><c> possibility</c><00:43:41.639><c> of</c><00:43:42.099><c> our</c><00:43:42.360><c> failure.</c>

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:45.400
We<00:43:42.960><c> can</c><00:43:43.199><c> never</c><00:43:43.380><c> leave</c><00:43:43.599><c> that</c><00:43:43.860><c> behind,</c><00:43:44.579><c> but</c><00:43:44.659><c> our</c><00:43:44.920><c> failure</c><00:43:45.159><c> does</c>

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:48.190
not<00:43:45.639><c> come,</c><00:43:46.079><c> it</c><00:43:46.380><c> seems</c><00:43:46.639><c> to</c><00:43:46.780><c> me,</c><00:43:47.260><c> through</c><00:43:47.420><c> our</c>

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:52.000
falling<00:43:49.059><c> short</c><00:43:49.719><c> in</c><00:43:50.119><c> an</c><00:43:50.280><c> earnest</c><00:43:50.539><c> desire</c><00:43:51.019><c> to</c><00:43:51.239><c> serve</c><00:43:51.480><c> God,</c><00:43:51.880><c> but</c>

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:54.480
rather<00:43:52.219><c> our</c><00:43:52.539><c> failure</c><00:43:52.840><c> comes</c><00:43:53.219><c> by</c><00:43:53.699><c> turning</c><00:43:54.019><c> away,</c>

00:43:54.760 --> 00:44:00.340
by<00:43:55.079><c> leaving</c><00:43:55.420><c> the</c><00:43:55.699><c> truth,</c><00:43:56.119><c> by</c><00:43:56.480><c> forgetting</c><00:43:56.960><c> and</c><00:43:57.420><c> giving</c><00:43:57.739><c> up</c><00:43:58.420><c> in</c>

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:03.139
a<00:44:00.780><c> pessimistic</c><00:44:01.519><c> attitude</c><00:44:02.000><c> that</c><00:44:02.199><c> God</c><00:44:02.519><c> will</c><00:44:02.739><c> not</c><00:44:02.920><c> save</c>

00:44:03.139 --> 00:44:06.820
us.<00:44:03.719><c> So</c><00:44:04.300><c> Paul</c><00:44:04.659><c> says</c><00:44:04.880><c> very</c><00:44:05.179><c> clearly</c><00:44:05.440><c> in</c><00:44:05.599><c> other</c><00:44:05.820><c> places,</c><00:44:06.820><c> those</c>

00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:09.260
who<00:44:07.059><c> by</c><00:44:07.400><c> patient</c><00:44:07.780><c> continuance</c><00:44:08.420><c> and</c><00:44:08.639><c> well</c><00:44:08.900><c>-doing</c>

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:14.039
seek<00:44:10.059><c> for</c><00:44:10.380><c> glory,</c><00:44:10.760><c> honor,</c><00:44:11.119><c> and</c><00:44:11.219><c> immortality,</c><00:44:12.119><c> Romans</c><00:44:12.440><c> 2</c><00:44:12.760><c> verses</c><00:44:13.059><c> 6</c><00:44:13.360><c> and</c><00:44:13.500><c> 7.</c>

00:44:14.199 --> 00:44:17.239
Paul<00:44:14.519><c> says</c><00:44:14.840><c> that</c><00:44:15.019><c> he</c><00:44:15.159><c> always</c><00:44:15.900><c> fought</c><00:44:16.260><c> against</c><00:44:16.579><c> himself</c><00:44:17.000><c> and</c>

00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:19.820
kept<00:44:17.519><c> under</c><00:44:17.980><c> the</c><00:44:18.519><c> mind</c><00:44:18.840><c> and</c><00:44:19.019><c> the</c><00:44:19.199><c> principles</c><00:44:19.460><c> of</c><00:44:19.639><c> the</c>

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:23.219
flesh<00:44:20.079><c> so</c><00:44:20.539><c> that</c><00:44:20.739><c> even</c><00:44:21.280><c> he</c><00:44:21.619><c> himself,</c><00:44:22.199><c> after</c><00:44:22.519><c> he</c><00:44:22.679><c> had</c><00:44:22.900><c> preached,</c>

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:26.639
would<00:44:23.619><c> not</c><00:44:23.920><c> become</c><00:44:24.420><c> a</c><00:44:25.000><c> castaway</c><00:44:25.960><c> rejected</c>

00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:31.579
by<00:44:26.920><c> God</c><00:44:27.280><c> because</c><00:44:27.619><c> of</c><00:44:27.760><c> his</c><00:44:28.000><c> failure</c><00:44:28.420><c> to</c><00:44:28.920><c> hold</c><00:44:29.139><c> to</c><00:44:29.280><c> the</c><00:44:29.480><c> principles</c><00:44:29.780><c> of</c><00:44:30.059><c> truth,</c><00:44:30.599><c> 1</c><00:44:30.840><c> Corinthians</c><00:44:31.219><c> 9</c>

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.300
and<00:44:31.760><c> 27.</c>

00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:35.199
We<00:44:32.599><c> could</c><00:44:32.820><c> multiply</c><00:44:33.360><c> these</c><00:44:33.699><c> passages</c><00:44:34.039><c> that</c><00:44:34.340><c> clearly</c><00:44:34.639><c> teach,</c>

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:36.679
and<00:44:35.420><c> we</c><00:44:35.599><c> do</c><00:44:35.800><c> intend</c><00:44:36.179><c> to</c><00:44:36.380><c> teach,</c>

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:39.619
to<00:44:37.099><c> those</c><00:44:37.500><c> who</c><00:44:38.039><c> are</c><00:44:38.320><c> trying</c><00:44:38.519><c> to</c><00:44:38.719><c> learn</c><00:44:38.860><c> the</c><00:44:39.099><c> truth</c><00:44:39.300><c> that</c><00:44:39.400><c> there</c>

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:43.760
is<00:44:40.619><c> a</c><00:44:40.880><c> distinct</c><00:44:41.460><c> possibility</c><00:44:42.280><c> of</c><00:44:42.800><c> failure.</c>

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:45.980
But<00:44:44.320><c> I</c><00:44:44.440><c> think</c><00:44:44.619><c> we</c><00:44:44.719><c> need</c><00:44:44.880><c> to</c><00:44:44.980><c> look</c><00:44:45.079><c> at</c><00:44:45.219><c> the</c><00:44:45.340><c> other</c><00:44:45.559><c> side</c><00:44:45.719><c> of</c><00:44:45.860><c> the</c>

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:47.559
coin.<00:44:46.460><c> We</c><00:44:46.579><c> need</c><00:44:46.820><c> to</c><00:44:47.099><c> encourage,</c>

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:50.880
we<00:44:47.960><c> need</c><00:44:48.199><c> to</c><00:44:48.519><c> strengthen,</c><00:44:49.199><c> we</c><00:44:49.320><c> need</c><00:44:49.559><c> to</c><00:44:49.780><c> repeat</c><00:44:50.139><c> time</c><00:44:50.519><c> after</c>

00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:53.380
time<00:44:51.239><c> that</c><00:44:51.579><c> God</c><00:44:51.940><c> has</c><00:44:52.239><c> done</c><00:44:52.480><c> for</c><00:44:52.659><c> us</c><00:44:52.880><c> what</c><00:44:53.000><c> we</c><00:44:53.219><c> need</c>

00:44:53.380 --> 00:44:56.960
for<00:44:53.579><c> our</c><00:44:53.800><c> salvation,</c><00:44:54.480><c> and</c><00:44:54.820><c> we</c><00:44:55.000><c> need</c><00:44:55.239><c> not</c><00:44:55.579><c> fear</c><00:44:55.980><c> that</c><00:44:56.599><c> we</c><00:44:56.739><c> will</c>

00:44:56.960 --> 00:45:02.219
come<00:44:57.159><c> to</c><00:44:57.340><c> that</c><00:44:57.559><c> time</c><00:44:57.840><c> and</c><00:44:58.039><c> find</c><00:44:58.380><c> that</c><00:44:58.840><c> we</c><00:45:01.940><c> have</c>

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:04.840
with<00:45:02.519><c> the</c><00:45:02.699><c> best</c><00:45:02.960><c> of</c><00:45:03.119><c> our</c><00:45:03.320><c> abilities.</c><00:45:04.000><c> That</c><00:45:04.219><c> isn't</c><00:45:04.559><c> the</c><00:45:04.639><c> way</c>

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:07.739
God<00:45:05.099><c> works.</c><00:45:05.780><c> God</c><00:45:06.079><c> has</c><00:45:06.400><c> provided</c><00:45:07.119><c> forgiveness</c>

00:45:07.739 --> 00:45:11.280
for<00:45:08.199><c> our</c><00:45:08.460><c> sins.</c><00:45:09.380><c> And</c><00:45:09.460><c> so</c><00:45:09.739><c> Paul</c><00:45:10.059><c> throughout</c><00:45:10.460><c> Romans</c><00:45:10.860><c> 8,</c><00:45:11.179><c> when</c>

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:13.400
he's<00:45:11.559><c> describing</c><00:45:12.039><c> the</c><00:45:12.599><c> blessed</c><00:45:12.920><c> condition</c>

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:17.699
of<00:45:13.539><c> those</c><00:45:13.780><c> in</c><00:45:14.039><c> Christ,</c><00:45:15.980><c> emphasizes</c><00:45:15.980><c> that</c><00:45:16.219><c> we</c><00:45:16.400><c> have</c><00:45:16.599><c> become</c><00:45:16.920><c> sons,</c><00:45:17.380><c> that</c><00:45:17.539><c> we</c>

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:18.840
have<00:45:17.840><c> an</c><00:45:18.039><c> intimate</c><00:45:18.360><c> family</c>

00:45:18.840 --> 00:45:23.659
relationship<00:45:19.460><c> with</c><00:45:19.659><c> God,</c><00:45:20.380><c> that</c><00:45:20.519><c> we</c><00:45:20.699><c> are</c><00:45:20.880><c> not</c><00:45:21.519><c> slaves</c><00:45:22.019><c> who</c><00:45:22.260><c> need</c><00:45:22.500><c> fear.</c><00:45:23.360><c> And</c>

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:25.119
so<00:45:23.840><c> there</c><00:45:23.960><c> is</c><00:45:24.239><c> in</c><00:45:24.380><c> Romans</c><00:45:24.719><c> 8</c>

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:28.780
a<00:45:25.579><c> purposeful</c><00:45:26.500><c> disregard</c><00:45:27.119><c> of</c><00:45:27.420><c> the</c><00:45:27.599><c> possibility</c><00:45:28.059><c> of</c><00:45:28.360><c> failure</c>

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:31.599
brought<00:45:29.380><c> to</c><00:45:29.599><c> a</c><00:45:29.820><c> climax</c><00:45:30.260><c> in</c><00:45:30.679><c> the</c><00:45:30.900><c> final</c><00:45:31.199><c> section</c>

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:39.300
verses<00:45:31.920><c> 31</c><00:45:32.400><c> to</c><00:45:32.599><c> 39,</c><00:45:33.539><c> which</c><00:45:33.719><c> we</c><00:45:33.880><c> will</c><00:45:34.079><c> consider</c><00:45:34.460><c> tomorrow.</c><00:45:37.139><c> Nothing</c><00:45:37.519><c> stands</c><00:45:38.079><c> between</c><00:45:38.659><c> us</c>

00:45:39.300 --> 00:45:41.380
and<00:45:39.760><c> eternal</c><00:45:40.219><c> glory,</c>

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:46.440
except<00:45:42.460><c> our</c><00:45:42.860><c> own</c><00:45:43.219><c> loss</c><00:45:43.480><c> of</c><00:45:43.780><c> faith,</c><00:45:44.500><c> our</c><00:45:44.760><c> own</c><00:45:45.159><c> failure</c><00:45:45.619><c> to</c><00:45:46.119><c> live</c>

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:48.780
up<00:45:46.760><c> to</c><00:45:46.920><c> what</c><00:45:47.139><c> God</c><00:45:47.420><c> has</c><00:45:47.699><c> said.</c><00:45:47.860><c> And</c><00:45:48.059><c> we</c><00:45:48.260><c> can</c><00:45:48.559><c> live</c>

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:52.500
up<00:45:49.000><c> to</c><00:45:49.139><c> that</c><00:45:49.340><c> standard</c><00:45:49.780><c> by</c><00:45:50.360><c> holding</c><00:45:50.760><c> fast</c><00:45:51.119><c> to</c><00:45:51.260><c> what</c><00:45:51.380><c> he</c><00:45:51.559><c> has</c><00:45:52.019><c> given</c><00:45:52.219><c> to</c>

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:54.860
us.<00:45:53.219><c> Nothing</c><00:45:53.579><c> stands</c><00:45:54.000><c> between</c><00:45:54.420><c> us</c>

00:45:54.860 --> 00:46:00.300
and<00:45:55.380><c> eternal</c><00:45:55.500><c> life.</c><00:45:56.239><c> Not</c><00:45:56.500><c> our</c><00:45:56.860><c> sins,</c><00:45:57.920><c> they</c><00:45:58.099><c> have</c><00:45:58.300><c> been</c><00:45:58.519><c> forgiven.</c><00:46:00.059><c> Not</c>

00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:02.519
our<00:46:00.619><c> nature,</c><00:46:01.539><c> because</c><00:46:01.940><c> shared</c><00:46:02.300><c> with</c>

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:07.860
Christ,<00:46:03.280><c> that</c><00:46:03.619><c> nature</c><00:46:03.980><c> can</c><00:46:04.519><c> and</c><00:46:04.820><c> will</c><00:46:05.119><c> be</c><00:46:05.440><c> changed.</c><00:46:07.179><c> Not</c><00:46:07.559><c> the</c>

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:10.559
law,<00:46:08.480><c> because</c><00:46:08.900><c> the</c><00:46:09.079><c> law,</c><00:46:09.340><c> as</c><00:46:09.480><c> we</c><00:46:09.659><c> see</c><00:46:09.860><c> in</c><00:46:09.980><c> verses</c><00:46:10.239><c> 3</c>

00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:14.539
and<00:46:10.639><c> 4</c><00:46:10.880><c> of</c><00:46:11.019><c> Romans</c><00:46:11.320><c> 8,</c><00:46:11.880><c> the</c><00:46:12.119><c> principles</c><00:46:12.579><c> of</c><00:46:12.760><c> the</c><00:46:12.860><c> law</c><00:46:13.059><c> were</c><00:46:13.340><c> satisfied</c><00:46:14.099><c> in</c>

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:16.239
the<00:46:14.659><c> death</c><00:46:14.840><c> of</c><00:46:14.980><c> Christ.</c><00:46:15.699><c> And</c><00:46:16.000><c> finally,</c>

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:19.340
in<00:46:16.360><c> this</c><00:46:16.599><c> section,</c><00:46:16.960><c> Paul</c><00:46:17.219><c> is</c><00:46:17.460><c> telling</c><00:46:17.639><c> us</c><00:46:18.039><c> that</c><00:46:18.320><c> not</c><00:46:18.559><c> even</c><00:46:18.920><c> our</c>

00:46:19.340 --> 00:46:21.800
trials<00:46:19.659><c> and</c><00:46:19.860><c> our</c><00:46:20.159><c> difficulties</c><00:46:20.639><c> that</c><00:46:21.159><c> seem</c><00:46:21.300><c> to</c><00:46:21.599><c> stand</c>

00:46:21.800 --> 00:46:26.880
as<00:46:22.119><c> roadblocks</c><00:46:22.780><c> between</c><00:46:23.139><c> us</c><00:46:23.440><c> and</c><00:46:23.559><c> the</c><00:46:23.699><c> kingdom,</c><00:46:24.380><c> not</c><00:46:24.599><c> even</c><00:46:25.000><c> those</c><00:46:25.460><c> can</c><00:46:25.940><c> stand</c><00:46:26.179><c> between</c><00:46:26.599><c> us</c>

00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:27.699
and<00:46:27.059><c> eternal</c><00:46:27.320><c> life,</c>

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:34.340
because<00:46:28.360><c> those</c><00:46:28.780><c> trials</c><00:46:29.239><c> were</c><00:46:30.480><c> individually</c><00:46:31.199><c> designed</c><00:46:31.820><c> by</c><00:46:32.139><c> God</c><00:46:32.460><c> for</c><00:46:32.699><c> our</c><00:46:32.960><c> benefit,</c><00:46:33.360><c> for</c><00:46:33.579><c> the</c><00:46:33.820><c> development</c><00:46:34.139><c> of</c>

00:46:34.340 --> 00:46:40.119
our<00:46:34.579><c> character</c><00:46:34.980><c> to</c><00:46:35.400><c> bring</c><00:46:35.559><c> us</c><00:46:35.960><c> into</c><00:46:36.280><c> conformity</c><00:46:36.860><c> with</c><00:46:37.019><c> his</c><00:46:37.199><c> purpose.</c><00:46:39.679><c> And</c><00:46:39.960><c> so</c>

00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:41.360
we<00:46:40.340><c> conclude,</c>

00:46:41.860 --> 00:46:45.719
furthermore,<00:46:42.559><c> those</c><00:46:42.940><c> whom</c><00:46:43.179><c> God</c><00:46:43.579><c> determined</c><00:46:44.199><c> beforehand,</c><00:46:45.460><c> he</c>

00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:49.480
also<00:46:46.219><c> called</c><00:46:46.760><c> and</c><00:46:47.699><c> declared</c><00:46:48.119><c> righteous</c>

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:51.960
and<00:46:50.599><c> brought</c><00:46:50.820><c> to</c><00:46:51.079><c> glory.</c>