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Can<00:14:10.379><c> we</c><00:14:10.840><c> lower</c><00:14:11.080><c> the</c><00:14:11.279><c> lights,</c><00:14:11.580><c> please?</c>

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Beloved<00:14:16.559><c> brothers</c><00:14:16.799><c> and</c><00:14:17.019><c> sisters</c><00:14:17.279><c> in</c><00:14:17.460><c> our</c><00:14:17.600><c> Lord</c><00:14:17.740><c> Jesus</c><00:14:18.120><c> Christ,</c>

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it<00:14:18.720><c> really</c><00:14:19.259><c> is</c><00:14:19.480><c> good</c><00:14:19.620><c> to</c><00:14:19.799><c> be</c><00:14:19.960><c> here</c><00:14:20.240><c> with</c><00:14:20.460><c> you</c><00:14:20.639><c> this</c><00:14:20.919><c> morning.</c>

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I<00:14:22.799><c> bring</c><00:14:22.980><c> you</c><00:14:23.120><c> the</c><00:14:23.240><c> greetings</c><00:14:23.480><c> from</c><00:14:23.700><c> the</c><00:14:23.840><c> Norfolk</c><00:14:24.120><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:14:25.779><c> as</c><00:14:26.000><c> always,</c><00:14:26.700><c> we</c><00:14:27.879><c> hope</c><00:14:28.440><c> that</c><00:14:28.799><c> everyone</c><00:14:29.100><c> finds</c><00:14:29.460><c> themselves</c>

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in<00:14:30.200><c> grace</c><00:14:30.480><c> and</c><00:14:30.740><c> peace</c><00:14:31.320><c> in</c><00:14:32.620><c> the</c><00:14:32.820><c> hope</c><00:14:32.960><c> of</c><00:14:33.179><c> our</c><00:14:33.320><c> Lord,</c>

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that<00:14:34.559><c> any</c><00:14:35.100><c> day</c><00:14:35.279><c> now</c><00:14:35.740><c> we</c><00:14:36.120><c> will</c><00:14:36.399><c> see</c><00:14:36.779><c> with</c><00:14:37.059><c> our</c><00:14:37.259><c> own</c><00:14:37.440><c> eyes</c><00:14:37.659><c> is</c><00:14:37.860><c> appearing</c><00:14:38.379><c> the</c>

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establishment<00:14:39.679><c> of</c><00:14:39.879><c> the</c><00:14:40.019><c> Kingdom</c><00:14:40.240><c> on</c><00:14:40.440><c> the</c><00:14:40.600><c> earth</c>

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and<00:14:41.980><c> the</c><00:14:42.139><c> blessing</c><00:14:42.379><c> of</c><00:14:42.600><c> all</c><00:14:42.720><c> the</c><00:14:42.919><c> families</c><00:14:43.179><c> of</c><00:14:43.379><c> the</c><00:14:43.500><c> earth.</c>

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When<00:14:45.600><c> we</c><00:14:45.860><c> think</c><00:14:46.059><c> about</c><00:14:46.700><c> the</c><00:14:47.059><c> families</c><00:14:47.399><c> of</c><00:14:47.580><c> the</c><00:14:47.759><c> earth</c><00:14:47.940><c> and</c><00:14:48.120><c> how</c>

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they<00:14:50.480><c> would</c><00:14:50.639><c> be</c><00:14:50.879><c> blessed</c><00:14:51.740><c> by</c><00:14:55.460><c> the</c><00:14:55.620><c> mercy</c><00:14:55.879><c> of</c><00:14:56.100><c> God,</c>

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those<00:14:59.460><c> of</c><00:14:59.620><c> us</c><00:14:59.779><c> who</c><00:15:00.000><c> know</c><00:15:00.179><c> the</c><00:15:00.360><c> mercy</c><00:15:00.639><c> of</c><00:15:00.940><c> God,</c><00:15:02.399><c> who</c><00:15:02.639><c> because</c><00:15:03.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:05.860><c> inner</c><00:15:06.159><c> conspicuousness</c><00:15:07.759><c> of</c><00:15:08.840><c> our</c><00:15:09.120><c> own</c><00:15:09.779><c> frailty</c>

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are<00:15:11.779><c> so</c><00:15:12.139><c> dependent</c><00:15:12.720><c> upon</c><00:15:13.059><c> the</c><00:15:13.259><c> mercy</c><00:15:13.539><c> of</c><00:15:13.820><c> God,</c>

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we<00:15:18.019><c> can't</c><00:15:18.179><c> help</c><00:15:18.379><c> but</c><00:15:18.580><c> wonder</c><00:15:18.799><c> how</c><00:15:19.559><c> could</c><00:15:19.840><c> we</c><00:15:20.200><c> ever</c><00:15:20.440><c> as</c><00:15:20.919><c> individuals</c><00:15:21.600><c> or</c><00:15:22.139><c> as</c>

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Ecclesias<00:15:23.960><c> fail</c><00:15:24.600><c> in</c><00:15:25.980><c> mercy.</c>

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How<00:15:30.200><c> is</c><00:15:30.519><c> it</c><00:15:30.700><c> that</c><00:15:30.919><c> mercy</c><00:15:31.279><c> could</c><00:15:31.500><c> be</c><00:15:31.700><c> the</c><00:15:31.899><c> thing,</c><00:15:33.320><c> a</c><00:15:33.600><c> cry</c><00:15:33.799><c> for</c><00:15:34.139><c> it</c>

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the<00:15:52.039><c> mercy</c><00:15:52.299><c> of</c><00:15:52.480><c> the</c><00:15:52.620><c> Lord?</c>

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God<00:16:00.379><c> never</c><00:16:00.679><c> fails</c><00:16:01.000><c> in</c><00:16:01.240><c> mercy.</c>

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When<00:16:02.600><c> he</c><00:16:02.940><c> said</c><00:16:03.379><c> to</c><00:16:03.840><c> Israel</c><00:16:04.220><c> that</c><00:16:04.419><c> he</c><00:16:04.600><c> would</c><00:16:05.740><c> betroth</c><00:16:06.159><c> them</c><00:16:06.360><c> to</c>

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him<00:16:06.740><c> in</c><00:16:06.980><c> righteousness</c><00:16:07.519><c> and</c><00:16:07.940><c> in</c><00:16:08.080><c> judgment</c><00:16:08.340><c> and</c><00:16:08.559><c> loving</c><00:16:08.860><c> kindness,</c>

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he<00:16:10.419><c> would</c><00:16:10.700><c> betroth</c><00:16:11.019><c> them</c><00:16:11.340><c> to</c><00:16:11.600><c> him</c><00:16:11.820><c> in</c><00:16:12.059><c> mercy</c><00:16:12.779><c> and</c><00:16:14.200><c> in</c><00:16:14.440><c> faithfulness.</c>

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he<00:16:18.559><c> was</c><00:16:18.759><c> developing</c><00:16:19.220><c> a</c><00:16:19.460><c> complete</c><00:16:19.879><c> picture</c><00:16:20.440><c> of</c><00:16:21.220><c> his</c><00:16:21.419><c> understanding</c><00:16:22.039><c> of</c><00:16:22.460><c> marriage</c><00:16:22.820><c> that</c>

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was<00:16:23.240><c> from</c><00:16:23.460><c> the</c><00:16:23.700><c> beginning</c>

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and<00:16:24.059><c> that</c><00:16:24.299><c> included</c><00:16:24.500><c> everything</c><00:16:24.980><c> that</c><00:16:25.179><c> he</c><00:16:25.419><c> planned</c><00:16:25.580><c> to</c><00:16:25.779><c> do</c>

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themselves<00:16:30.740><c> married,</c>

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with<00:16:32.980><c> his</c><00:16:33.200><c> relationship</c><00:16:33.700><c> with</c><00:16:33.960><c> Zion,</c><00:16:35.419><c> with</c><00:16:35.580><c> the</c><00:16:35.799><c> relationship</c><00:16:36.200><c> between</c><00:16:36.740><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:16:37.039><c> Jesus</c><00:16:37.419><c> Christ</c><00:16:37.860><c> and</c><00:16:38.019><c> his</c><00:16:38.259><c> church,</c>

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and<00:16:39.899><c> the</c><00:16:40.080><c> ultimate</c><00:16:40.360><c> bringing</c><00:16:40.620><c> together</c><00:16:41.259><c> for</c><00:16:41.679><c> the</c><00:16:41.820><c> production</c>

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of<00:16:42.539><c> life,</c><00:16:43.259><c> everlasting</c><00:16:43.360><c> life</c><00:16:43.659><c> in</c><00:16:43.820><c> the</c><00:16:43.960><c> kingdom</c><00:16:44.200><c> of</c><00:16:44.480><c> God,</c>

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would<00:16:49.659><c> cover</c><00:16:49.860><c> the</c><00:16:50.080><c> earth</c><00:16:50.259><c> as</c><00:16:50.460><c> the</c><00:16:50.620><c> waters</c><00:16:50.799><c> cover</c><00:16:51.039><c> the</c><00:16:51.299><c> sea.</c>

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understands<00:16:58.659><c> betrothal</c><00:16:59.220><c> in</c><00:16:59.440><c> mercy</c><00:16:59.840><c> in</c><00:17:00.120><c> the</c><00:17:00.340><c> context</c><00:17:00.759><c> of</c><00:17:00.980><c> our</c><00:17:01.159><c> weakness.</c>

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When<00:17:05.220><c> he</c><00:17:05.420><c> said</c><00:17:05.599><c> he</c><00:17:05.740><c> would</c><00:17:06.039><c> betroth</c><00:17:06.359><c> us</c><00:17:06.660><c> to</c><00:17:06.819><c> him</c><00:17:06.980><c> in</c><00:17:07.220><c> weakness,</c>

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he<00:17:09.819><c> meant</c><00:17:09.980><c> that</c><00:17:10.140><c> he</c><00:17:10.240><c> would</c><00:17:10.460><c> be</c><00:17:10.759><c> compassionate</c><00:17:11.500><c> with</c><00:17:12.839><c> us,</c><00:17:13.980><c> with</c><00:17:14.220><c> you,</c>

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and<00:17:16.640><c> he</c><00:17:16.740><c> would</c><00:17:16.960><c> protect</c><00:17:17.279><c> your</c><00:17:17.599><c> life</c><00:17:18.000><c> as</c><00:17:18.259><c> a</c><00:17:18.440><c> child's</c><00:17:19.039><c> life</c><00:17:19.200><c> is</c>

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protected<00:17:19.880><c> in</c><00:17:20.079><c> the</c><00:17:20.299><c> womb.</c>

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We<00:17:20.740><c> think</c><00:17:21.319><c> of</c><00:17:22.099><c> how</c><00:17:22.299><c> that</c><00:17:22.579><c> is,</c><00:17:22.779><c> how</c><00:17:23.259><c> this</c><00:17:23.579><c> is</c><00:17:23.920><c> actually</c><00:17:24.339><c> the</c><00:17:25.180><c> underlying</c><00:17:25.779><c> idea</c><00:17:26.539><c> behind</c><00:17:27.180><c> the</c>

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concept<00:17:27.940><c> of</c><00:17:28.500><c> mercy.</c>

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How<00:17:30.220><c> is</c><00:17:30.559><c> it</c><00:17:30.799><c> that</c><00:17:31.079><c> a</c><00:17:31.279><c> child's</c><00:17:32.400><c> life</c><00:17:32.619><c> is</c><00:17:32.940><c> protected</c><00:17:33.359><c> in</c><00:17:33.539><c> the</c><00:17:33.720><c> womb?</c>

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How<00:17:34.980><c> do</c><00:17:35.339><c> children</c><00:17:36.440><c> find</c><00:17:38.539><c> themselves</c><00:17:39.579><c> in</c><00:17:41.480><c> the</c><00:17:41.720><c> world</c><00:17:42.079><c> after</c>

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developing<00:17:43.700><c> for</c><00:17:44.000><c> nine</c><00:17:44.380><c> months</c>

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in<00:17:45.119><c> such</c><00:17:45.339><c> a</c><00:17:45.640><c> condition</c><00:17:46.079><c> of</c><00:17:47.299><c> complete</c><00:17:47.859><c> frailty</c><00:17:48.359><c> and</c><00:17:48.720><c> helplessness?</c>

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There<00:17:51.460><c> was</c><00:17:51.660><c> a</c><00:17:51.859><c> period</c><00:17:52.200><c> there</c><00:17:52.619><c> from</c><00:17:52.900><c> our</c><00:17:53.160><c> conception</c><00:17:53.660><c> to</c><00:17:54.019><c> our</c>

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birth<00:17:54.759><c> as</c><00:17:55.460><c> children</c>

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where<00:17:56.779><c> our</c><00:17:57.480><c> lives</c><00:17:57.700><c> were</c><00:17:57.980><c> dependent</c><00:17:58.299><c> entirely</c><00:17:58.859><c> upon</c><00:17:59.180><c> the</c><00:17:59.480><c> nourishment</c><00:17:59.980><c> supplied</c><00:18:00.500><c> from</c>

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our<00:18:00.960><c> mother's</c><00:18:01.380><c> body.</c>

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That's<00:18:04.079><c> the</c><00:18:04.140><c> way</c><00:18:04.299><c> God</c><00:18:04.519><c> understands</c><00:18:05.160><c> our</c><00:18:05.480><c> lives</c><00:18:05.740><c> now,</c><00:18:06.299><c> because</c>

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in<00:18:07.660><c> a</c><00:18:07.839><c> sense</c><00:18:08.319><c> we're</c><00:18:09.220><c> in</c><00:18:09.380><c> a</c><00:18:09.519><c> womb,</c>

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and<00:18:10.819><c> our</c><00:18:10.980><c> birth</c><00:18:11.160><c> is</c><00:18:11.400><c> reserved</c><00:18:11.680><c> for</c><00:18:11.859><c> the</c><00:18:12.039><c> future</c><00:18:12.279><c> in</c><00:18:12.440><c> a</c><00:18:12.559><c> day</c><00:18:12.720><c> when</c><00:18:12.900><c> the</c>

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resurrection<00:18:13.460><c> occurs,</c>

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of<00:18:20.920><c> God</c><00:18:21.400><c> in</c><00:18:21.859><c> the</c><00:18:22.039><c> kingdom.</c>

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It's<00:18:23.460><c> a</c><00:18:23.700><c> protective</c><00:18:24.099><c> mercy.</c>

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Harken<00:18:31.480><c> unto</c><00:18:31.759><c> me,</c><00:18:32.119><c> O</c><00:18:32.180><c> house</c><00:18:32.500><c> of</c><00:18:32.700><c> Jacob,</c><00:18:33.079><c> and</c><00:18:33.319><c> all</c><00:18:33.539><c> the</c><00:18:33.759><c> remnant</c>

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of<00:18:34.240><c> the</c><00:18:34.380><c> house</c><00:18:34.619><c> of</c><00:18:34.819><c> Israel</c>

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which<00:18:35.339><c> are</c><00:18:35.599><c> borne</c><00:18:36.359><c> by</c><00:18:36.720><c> me</c><00:18:37.059><c> from</c><00:18:37.259><c> the</c><00:18:37.460><c> belly,</c>

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which<00:18:39.259><c> are</c><00:18:39.500><c> carried</c><00:18:39.759><c> from</c><00:18:40.019><c> the</c><00:18:40.259><c> womb,</c><00:18:40.680><c> and</c><00:18:40.859><c> even</c><00:18:41.200><c> to</c><00:18:41.380><c> your</c><00:18:41.599><c> old</c>

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age<00:18:42.400><c> I</c><00:18:42.720><c> am</c><00:18:42.920><c> he,</c>

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and<00:18:43.900><c> even</c><00:18:44.099><c> to</c><00:18:44.339><c> whore</c><00:18:44.559><c> hairs</c><00:18:44.880><c> will</c><00:18:45.160><c> I</c><00:18:45.380><c> carry</c><00:18:45.619><c> you.</c>

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I<00:18:46.480><c> have</c><00:18:46.700><c> made</c><00:18:47.079><c> and</c><00:18:47.299><c> I</c><00:18:47.480><c> will</c><00:18:47.660><c> bear,</c><00:18:48.160><c> even</c><00:18:48.259><c> I</c><00:18:48.480><c> will</c><00:18:48.779><c> carry</c><00:18:49.019><c> and</c><00:18:49.200><c> I</c>

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will<00:18:49.480><c> deliver</c><00:18:49.759><c> you.</c>

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Do<00:18:50.440><c> you</c><00:18:50.539><c> notice</c><00:18:50.779><c> something</c><00:18:51.119><c> interesting</c><00:18:51.740><c> about</c><00:18:52.059><c> this</c><00:18:52.339><c> passage?</c>

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It's<00:18:54.539><c> not</c><00:18:54.740><c> just</c><00:18:55.019><c> speaking</c><00:18:55.319><c> about</c><00:18:55.680><c> the</c><00:18:55.859><c> birth</c><00:18:56.079><c> of</c><00:18:56.359><c> babies</c><00:18:56.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:57.619><c> natural</c><00:18:57.859><c> world.</c>

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It<00:18:58.339><c> can't</c><00:18:58.480><c> be.</c><00:18:58.700><c> It</c><00:18:58.759><c> doesn't</c><00:18:59.059><c> make</c><00:18:59.339><c> sense.</c><00:18:59.859><c> It</c><00:19:00.079><c> doesn't</c><00:19:00.380><c> read</c>

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that<00:19:01.000><c> way.</c>

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He<00:19:02.980><c> begins</c><00:19:03.299><c> by</c><00:19:03.619><c> saying,</c><00:19:04.220><c> Harken</c><00:19:04.460><c> unto</c><00:19:04.920><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:19:06.940><c> the</c><00:19:07.099><c> conception</c><00:19:07.680><c> of</c><00:19:07.920><c> a</c><00:19:08.039><c> person</c><00:19:08.539><c> who</c><00:19:09.759><c> will</c><00:19:09.880><c> be</c><00:19:10.019><c> a</c><00:19:10.180><c> son</c>

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of<00:19:10.400><c> God</c><00:19:10.619><c> in</c><00:19:10.779><c> the</c><00:19:10.940><c> kingdom,</c>

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son<00:19:11.579><c> or</c><00:19:11.720><c> a</c><00:19:11.900><c> daughter</c><00:19:12.039><c> of</c><00:19:12.240><c> God</c><00:19:12.460><c> in</c><00:19:12.619><c> the</c><00:19:12.740><c> kingdom,</c>

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people<00:19:15.400><c> who</c><00:19:15.920><c> heard</c><00:19:16.500><c> his</c><00:19:16.819><c> word</c><00:19:17.240><c> and</c><00:19:17.799><c> hearken</c><00:19:18.140><c> to</c><00:19:18.380><c> it.</c>

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Even<00:19:23.319><c> to</c><00:19:23.720><c> the</c><00:19:23.900><c> whore</c><00:19:24.140><c> hairs</c><00:19:24.640><c> will</c><00:19:25.059><c> I</c><00:19:25.279><c> carry</c><00:19:25.519><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:19:25.900><c> not</c><00:19:26.160><c> just</c><00:19:26.680><c> from</c><00:19:27.099><c> the</c><00:19:27.339><c> belly.</c>

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He<00:19:29.220><c> carries</c><00:19:29.619><c> us</c><00:19:30.200><c> in</c><00:19:30.619><c> that</c><00:19:30.900><c> womb</c><00:19:31.140><c> of</c><00:19:31.299><c> his</c><00:19:31.539><c> protection</c><00:19:32.140><c> to</c><00:19:33.180><c> our</c>

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old<00:19:33.579><c> age.</c>

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You<00:19:33.900><c> see,</c><00:19:34.180><c> even</c><00:19:34.440><c> to</c><00:19:34.579><c> your</c><00:19:34.700><c> old</c><00:19:34.920><c> age</c><00:19:35.200><c> I</c><00:19:35.500><c> am</c><00:19:35.519><c> he,</c><00:19:35.700><c> and</c><00:19:35.900><c> to</c><00:19:35.980><c> your</c><00:19:36.140><c> whore</c><00:19:36.319><c> hairs</c><00:19:36.500><c> will</c><00:19:36.900><c> I</c>

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carry<00:19:37.420><c> you</c><00:19:37.839><c> in</c><00:19:38.220><c> the</c><00:19:38.440><c> womb.</c>

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Look<00:19:39.099><c> at</c><00:19:39.240><c> the</c><00:19:39.400><c> language</c><00:19:39.960><c> I</c><00:19:40.960><c> have</c><00:19:41.319><c> made,</c><00:19:44.259><c> conceived.</c>

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I<00:19:44.960><c> will</c><00:19:45.180><c> bear.</c>

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This<00:19:47.000><c> is</c><00:19:47.240><c> the</c><00:19:47.359><c> language</c><00:19:48.220><c> of</c><00:19:50.500><c> bearing</c><00:19:50.720><c> children.</c>

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I<00:19:51.480><c> will</c><00:19:51.680><c> carry</c><00:19:52.099><c> and</c><00:19:53.019><c> I</c><00:19:53.279><c> will</c><00:19:53.519><c> deliver</c><00:19:53.819><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:19:56.240><c> how</c><00:19:56.420><c> God</c><00:19:56.660><c> sees</c><00:19:56.960><c> us,</c><00:19:58.259><c> as</c><00:19:58.500><c> helpless,</c><00:19:59.980><c> as</c><00:20:00.119><c> dependent</c><00:20:00.420><c> upon</c><00:20:00.720><c> him</c>

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If<00:20:03.839><c> you</c><00:20:04.000><c> take</c><00:20:04.200><c> the</c><00:20:04.420><c> words</c><00:20:04.579><c> and</c><00:20:04.819><c> convert</c><00:20:05.140><c> them</c><00:20:05.279><c> in</c><00:20:05.400><c> the</c><00:20:05.519><c> last</c><00:20:05.720><c> part</c><00:20:05.900><c> of</c>

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that<00:20:06.240><c> verse,</c>

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you<00:20:06.799><c> have</c><00:20:07.039><c> this,</c><00:20:07.960><c> convert</c><00:20:08.279><c> them</c><00:20:08.440><c> to</c><00:20:08.559><c> their</c><00:20:08.859><c> original</c><00:20:09.420><c> meaning.</c>

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I<00:20:17.519><c> will</c><00:20:18.059><c> bear</c><00:20:18.599><c> your</c><00:20:18.900><c> burden,</c>

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and<00:20:20.799><c> I</c><00:20:20.940><c> will</c><00:20:21.160><c> release</c><00:20:21.519><c> you</c><00:20:22.059><c> from</c><00:20:22.480><c> the</c><00:20:22.720><c> grave</c><00:20:22.920><c> and</c><00:20:23.180><c> from</c><00:20:23.400><c> mortality.</c>

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In<00:20:25.799><c> its</c><00:20:26.039><c> simplest</c><00:20:26.400><c> sense,</c><00:20:27.240><c> in</c><00:20:27.240><c> the</c><00:20:27.400><c> most</c><00:20:27.660><c> basic</c><00:20:28.099><c> way,</c>

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God<00:20:29.019><c> is</c><00:20:29.299><c> telling</c><00:20:29.480><c> us</c><00:20:29.720><c> that</c><00:20:29.920><c> we</c><00:20:30.200><c> have</c><00:20:30.759><c> his</c><00:20:31.099><c> nourishment,</c><00:20:32.119><c> his</c>

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life<00:20:32.680><c> sustaining</c><00:20:33.220><c> us.</c>

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All<00:20:33.799><c> the</c><00:20:33.960><c> while</c><00:20:34.140><c> we're</c><00:20:34.319><c> developing</c><00:20:34.740><c> in</c><00:20:34.940><c> this</c><00:20:35.779><c> frail</c><00:20:36.299><c> world</c><00:20:36.680><c> of</c><00:20:36.940><c> ours,</c>

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and<00:20:38.160><c> we</c><00:20:38.339><c> have</c><00:20:38.519><c> his</c><00:20:38.720><c> promise</c><00:20:39.119><c> of</c><00:20:39.299><c> being</c><00:20:39.519><c> released.</c>

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When<00:20:40.980><c> we</c><00:20:41.180><c> see</c><00:20:41.279><c> the</c><00:20:41.420><c> word</c><00:20:41.579><c> accept,</c><00:20:42.440><c> that's</c><00:20:42.759><c> what</c><00:20:42.880><c> he</c><00:20:43.059><c> means</c><00:20:43.299><c> by</c><00:20:43.559><c> mercy.</c>

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When<00:20:44.779><c> we</c><00:20:44.960><c> find</c><00:20:45.279><c> favor</c><00:20:45.619><c> with</c><00:20:46.240><c> God,</c><00:20:46.940><c> when</c><00:20:47.059><c> he</c><00:20:47.279><c> pities</c><00:20:47.559><c> us,</c><00:20:48.339><c> he</c>

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understands<00:20:49.119><c> us,</c>

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he<00:20:50.259><c> nourishes</c><00:20:50.640><c> us,</c><00:20:51.000><c> and</c><00:20:51.180><c> he</c><00:20:51.420><c> accepts</c><00:20:51.680><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:20:53.099><c> the</c><00:20:53.240><c> mercy</c><00:20:53.460><c> of</c><00:20:53.640><c> the</c><00:20:53.779><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:20:56.519><c> we</c><00:20:56.720><c> all</c><00:20:57.619><c> rely</c><00:20:58.279><c> so</c><00:20:58.859><c> heavily,</c><00:20:59.759><c> knowing</c><00:20:59.859><c> ourselves</c><00:21:00.660><c> more</c>

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than<00:21:01.220><c> anyone</c><00:21:01.519><c> else</c><00:21:01.839><c> knows</c><00:21:02.119><c> us,</c>

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on<00:21:05.980><c> the</c><00:21:06.160><c> mercy</c><00:21:06.400><c> of</c><00:21:06.579><c> the</c><00:21:06.720><c> Lord.</c>

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It's<00:21:08.900><c> expressed</c><00:21:09.140><c> this</c><00:21:09.400><c> way</c><00:21:09.539><c> in</c><00:21:09.700><c> Psalm</c><00:21:09.880><c> 86,</c>

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ready<00:21:12.980><c> to</c><00:21:13.500><c> forgive</c><00:21:14.000><c> how</c><00:21:14.859><c> readily</c><00:21:15.619><c> we</c><00:21:15.859><c> need</c><00:21:16.059><c> him</c><00:21:16.259><c> to</c><00:21:16.519><c> forgive.</c>

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Plenty<00:21:18.339><c> has</c><00:21:18.480><c> sent</c><00:21:18.579><c> mercy,</c><00:21:19.119><c> and</c><00:21:19.220><c> were</c><00:21:19.319><c> it</c><00:21:19.420><c> not</c><00:21:19.579><c> for</c><00:21:19.740><c> that</c><00:21:19.940><c> mercy,</c>

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we<00:21:20.319><c> would</c><00:21:20.640><c> all</c><00:21:20.940><c> perish</c><00:21:21.259><c> in</c><00:21:21.440><c> our</c><00:21:21.660><c> sins</c><00:21:22.599><c> unto</c><00:21:23.279><c> them</c><00:21:23.559><c> that</c><00:21:23.859><c> call</c>

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upon<00:21:24.420><c> thee.</c>

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we<00:21:29.000><c> call</c><00:21:29.259><c> upon</c><00:21:29.539><c> him</c><00:21:30.099><c> every</c><00:21:30.460><c> time</c><00:21:30.599><c> we</c><00:21:30.779><c> think</c><00:21:30.980><c> upon</c><00:21:31.259><c> his</c><00:21:31.519><c> name,</c>

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we<00:21:31.920><c> call</c><00:21:32.180><c> upon</c><00:21:32.440><c> his</c><00:21:32.720><c> mercy</c><00:21:33.180><c> every</c><00:21:34.259><c> evening</c><00:21:34.740><c> after</c><00:21:35.119><c> we've</c><00:21:35.500><c> spent</c><00:21:35.680><c> a</c><00:21:35.859><c> day</c>

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in<00:21:36.920><c> the</c><00:21:37.180><c> weakness</c><00:21:37.480><c> of</c><00:21:37.680><c> our</c><00:21:37.819><c> nature,</c><00:21:38.900><c> and</c><00:21:39.200><c> every</c><00:21:39.420><c> morning</c><00:21:39.720><c> knowing</c>

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that<00:21:40.160><c> his</c><00:21:40.400><c> mercies</c><00:21:40.720><c> are</c><00:21:40.960><c> new</c><00:21:41.119><c> every</c><00:21:41.579><c> morning.</c>

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He's<00:21:44.759><c> plenteous</c><00:21:45.220><c> in</c><00:21:45.420><c> mercy,</c><00:21:46.279><c> and</c><00:21:46.680><c> he</c><00:21:46.799><c> will</c><00:21:47.059><c> betroth</c><00:21:47.559><c> you</c><00:21:48.019><c> to</c>

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him<00:21:48.680><c> in</c><00:21:49.400><c> mercy.</c>

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And<00:21:51.200><c> we're</c><00:21:51.500><c> dependent</c><00:21:52.000><c> upon</c><00:21:52.440><c> that</c><00:21:52.819><c> mercy,</c><00:21:53.539><c> and</c><00:21:53.779><c> we</c><00:21:53.960><c> could</c><00:21:54.220><c> spend</c><00:21:54.559><c> all</c><00:21:55.059><c> day,</c>

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we<00:21:55.900><c> could</c><00:21:56.119><c> spend</c><00:21:56.359><c> all</c><00:21:56.759><c> six</c><00:21:57.259><c> lectures</c><00:21:57.819><c> thinking</c><00:21:58.519><c> about</c><00:21:58.859><c> the</c><00:21:59.099><c> mercy</c><00:21:59.359><c> of</c><00:21:59.619><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:00.299><c> its</c><00:22:00.539><c> ability</c><00:22:00.900><c> to</c><00:22:01.180><c> forgive</c><00:22:01.420><c> us</c><00:22:01.740><c> regardless</c><00:22:02.220><c> of</c><00:22:02.500><c> our</c><00:22:02.740><c> sins</c>

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when<00:22:03.519><c> we</c><00:22:03.779><c> turn</c><00:22:04.000><c> and</c><00:22:04.319><c> face</c><00:22:04.519><c> him</c><00:22:04.880><c> and</c><00:22:05.279><c> declare</c><00:22:05.640><c> his</c><00:22:06.000><c> righteousness</c>

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in<00:22:07.019><c> our</c><00:22:07.180><c> hearts</c><00:22:07.619><c> and</c><00:22:08.079><c> to</c><00:22:08.279><c> others.</c>

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But<00:22:10.980><c> there's</c><00:22:11.319><c> another</c><00:22:11.559><c> side</c><00:22:12.039><c> to</c><00:22:12.279><c> mercy.</c>

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There's<00:22:13.599><c> a</c><00:22:13.859><c> subtle</c><00:22:14.400><c> hidden</c><00:22:15.079><c> temptation</c><00:22:15.799><c> that</c><00:22:16.119><c> seems,</c>

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that's<00:22:17.319><c> not</c><00:22:17.480><c> in</c><00:22:17.700><c> the</c><00:22:17.940><c> mercy</c><00:22:18.259><c> and</c><00:22:18.380><c> it's</c><00:22:18.559><c> not</c><00:22:18.720><c> in</c><00:22:18.859><c> the</c><00:22:19.160><c> character</c>

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of<00:22:19.640><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:20.000><c> it's</c><00:22:20.200><c> not</c><00:22:20.400><c> in</c><00:22:20.539><c> his</c><00:22:20.799><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:22:22.160><c> there</c><00:22:22.500><c> in</c><00:22:22.720><c> the</c><00:22:22.960><c> human</c><00:22:23.539><c> heart</c><00:22:24.119><c> and</c><00:22:24.420><c> in</c><00:22:24.680><c> the</c><00:22:24.779><c> mind</c><00:22:24.920><c> and</c><00:22:25.059><c> the</c>

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reasoning<00:22:25.740><c> of</c><00:22:26.460><c> people</c>

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when<00:22:27.220><c> they</c><00:22:27.519><c> take</c><00:22:27.779><c> his</c><00:22:28.099><c> mercy</c><00:22:28.539><c> and</c><00:22:28.960><c> they</c><00:22:29.420><c> use</c><00:22:29.640><c> it</c><00:22:30.960><c> for</c><00:22:31.359><c> something</c><00:22:31.720><c> else</c>

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besides<00:22:32.960><c> the</c><00:22:33.559><c> declaration</c><00:22:34.140><c> of</c><00:22:34.339><c> his</c><00:22:34.539><c> righteousness.</c>

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There's<00:22:36.460><c> such</c><00:22:36.740><c> a</c><00:22:37.119><c> subtle</c><00:22:37.559><c> hidden</c><00:22:38.059><c> temptation</c>

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that<00:22:38.880><c> we</c><00:22:39.099><c> almost</c><00:22:39.539><c> never</c><00:22:39.920><c> want</c><00:22:40.140><c> to</c><00:22:40.319><c> talk</c><00:22:40.480><c> about</c><00:22:40.779><c> that</c><00:22:41.279><c> side</c><00:22:41.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:42.440><c> mercy</c><00:22:42.700><c> of</c><00:22:42.880><c> God.</c>

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Psalm<00:22:44.220><c> 103</c><00:22:44.559><c> concludes</c><00:22:45.220><c> with</c><00:22:45.400><c> it,</c>

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To<00:22:45.660><c> such</c><00:22:45.920><c> as</c><00:22:46.180><c> keep</c><00:22:46.380><c> his</c><00:22:46.640><c> covenant,</c>

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to<00:22:48.779><c> those</c><00:22:49.000><c> who</c><00:22:49.279><c> remember</c><00:22:49.619><c> his</c><00:22:49.920><c> commandments</c><00:22:50.480><c> to</c><00:22:50.819><c> do</c><00:22:51.079><c> them.</c>

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The<00:22:51.660><c> thing</c><00:22:51.839><c> that</c><00:22:52.059><c> made</c><00:22:52.259><c> Jesus</c><00:22:52.700><c> different</c><00:22:53.099><c> from</c><00:22:53.380><c> all</c><00:22:53.779><c> the</c><00:22:53.940><c> Jews</c>

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that<00:22:54.359><c> went</c><00:22:54.559><c> before</c><00:22:55.000><c> him</c>

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was<00:22:55.940><c> that</c><00:22:56.180><c> he</c><00:22:56.380><c> came</c><00:22:56.720><c> to</c><00:22:57.000><c> do</c><00:22:57.220><c> the</c><00:22:57.400><c> will</c><00:22:57.500><c> of</c><00:22:57.660><c> the</c><00:22:57.799><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:22:58.400><c> didn't</c><00:22:58.680><c> come</c><00:22:59.180><c> to</c><00:22:59.640><c> put</c><00:22:59.920><c> sacrifices</c><00:23:00.619><c> on</c><00:23:00.859><c> an</c><00:23:01.059><c> altar</c>

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and<00:23:01.779><c> accept</c><00:23:02.079><c> the</c><00:23:02.279><c> mercy</c><00:23:02.519><c> of</c><00:23:02.680><c> the</c><00:23:02.799><c> Lord</c><00:23:02.960><c> without</c><00:23:03.299><c> doing</c><00:23:03.619><c> it.</c>

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He<00:23:04.500><c> didn't</c><00:23:04.740><c> think</c><00:23:05.039><c> that</c><00:23:05.279><c> atonement</c><00:23:05.740><c> from</c><00:23:06.019><c> sin</c><00:23:06.519><c> came</c><00:23:06.980><c> in</c><00:23:07.160><c> the</c>

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absence<00:23:07.680><c> of</c><00:23:07.960><c> obedience.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:09.980><c> was</c><00:23:10.359><c> very</c><00:23:10.960><c> clear</c><00:23:11.339><c> on</c><00:23:11.700><c> that</c><00:23:11.980><c> point</c>

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and<00:23:12.819><c> he</c><00:23:12.960><c> was</c><00:23:13.180><c> obedient</c><00:23:13.700><c> unto</c><00:23:14.140><c> death</c><00:23:14.599><c> saying</c><00:23:15.039><c> all</c><00:23:15.460><c> the</c><00:23:15.619><c> while,</c>

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not<00:23:16.599><c> my</c><00:23:16.960><c> will</c><00:23:17.279><c> but</c><00:23:18.019><c> thine</c><00:23:18.299><c> be</c><00:23:18.519><c> done.</c>

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He<00:23:19.099><c> came</c><00:23:19.500><c> to</c><00:23:19.819><c> do</c><00:23:19.960><c> the</c><00:23:20.119><c> will</c><00:23:20.259><c> of</c><00:23:20.440><c> the</c><00:23:20.599><c> Father</c>

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and<00:23:21.380><c> so</c><00:23:21.619><c> he</c><00:23:21.799><c> became</c><00:23:22.059><c> the</c><00:23:22.519><c> greatest</c><00:23:22.799><c> representation</c><00:23:23.539><c> of</c><00:23:23.779><c> God's</c>

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mercy<00:23:24.400><c> in</c><00:23:24.559><c> the</c><00:23:24.759><c> world</c>

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bringing<00:23:26.440><c> the</c><00:23:26.720><c> hope</c><00:23:26.839><c> of</c><00:23:27.099><c> salvation</c><00:23:27.599><c> to</c><00:23:27.859><c> the</c><00:23:27.940><c> whole</c><00:23:28.240><c> world,</c>

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sprinkling<00:23:29.220><c> his</c><00:23:29.500><c> blood</c><00:23:29.680><c> as</c><00:23:29.759><c> it</c><00:23:30.000><c> were</c><00:23:30.519><c> upon</c><00:23:30.920><c> the</c><00:23:31.180><c> whole</c><00:23:31.480><c> world</c>

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for<00:23:32.819><c> any</c><00:23:33.019><c> that</c><00:23:33.140><c> would</c><00:23:33.359><c> respond</c><00:23:33.759><c> to</c><00:23:33.880><c> him</c><00:23:34.299><c> in</c><00:23:34.759><c> faith.</c>

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That<00:23:36.599><c> hidden</c><00:23:36.900><c> temptation</c><00:23:37.660><c> is</c><00:23:38.779><c> so</c><00:23:39.259><c> subtle</c>

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we<00:23:40.039><c> almost</c><00:23:40.539><c> don't</c><00:23:40.799><c> want</c><00:23:40.960><c> to</c><00:23:41.059><c> think</c><00:23:41.240><c> about</c><00:23:41.500><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:23:42.460><c> so</c><00:23:42.819><c> difficult</c><00:23:43.559><c> to</c><00:23:44.140><c> think</c><00:23:44.359><c> of</c><00:23:44.579><c> mercy</c><00:23:44.940><c> in</c><00:23:45.200><c> the</c><00:23:45.400><c> context</c><00:23:45.819><c> of</c><00:23:46.059><c> obedience.</c>

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But<00:23:48.279><c> God</c><00:23:48.579><c> never</c><00:23:49.180><c> compromises</c><00:23:49.940><c> his</c><00:23:50.259><c> righteousness</c><00:23:50.720><c> for</c><00:23:51.059><c> the</c>

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sake<00:23:51.400><c> of</c><00:23:51.740><c> mercy.</c>

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So,<00:23:54.119><c> neither</c><00:23:54.319><c> should</c><00:23:54.579><c> we.</c>

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He<00:23:56.440><c> never</c><00:23:56.759><c> makes</c><00:23:57.019><c> an</c><00:23:57.259><c> allowance</c><00:23:57.619><c> for</c><00:23:57.920><c> mercy</c>

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or<00:23:59.519><c> does</c><00:24:00.500><c> he</c><00:24:00.680><c> ever</c><00:24:01.000><c> allow</c><00:24:01.259><c> mercy</c><00:24:01.640><c> to</c><00:24:02.000><c> accommodate</c><00:24:02.539><c> sin?</c>

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That's<00:24:05.319><c> why</c><00:24:05.880><c> Christians</c><00:24:06.539><c> who</c><00:24:07.460><c> don't</c><00:24:07.640><c> know</c><00:24:07.779><c> the</c><00:24:07.980><c> truth</c>

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jump<00:24:08.519><c> up</c><00:24:08.740><c> and</c><00:24:08.920><c> down</c><00:24:09.059><c> on</c><00:24:09.200><c> the</c><00:24:09.420><c> stage</c>

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at<00:24:10.339><c> the</c><00:24:10.559><c> idea</c><00:24:10.920><c> that</c><00:24:11.099><c> God</c><00:24:11.339><c> came</c><00:24:11.660><c> and</c><00:24:11.940><c> died</c><00:24:12.740><c> instead</c><00:24:13.299><c> of</c><00:24:13.519><c> them</c>

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because<00:24:14.279><c> they</c><00:24:14.640><c> believe</c><00:24:14.859><c> that</c><00:24:15.039><c> now</c><00:24:15.240><c> that</c><00:24:15.380><c> he's</c><00:24:15.559><c> done</c><00:24:15.819><c> that</c>

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that<00:24:16.859><c> their</c><00:24:17.140><c> lives</c><00:24:17.440><c> are</c><00:24:17.720><c> covered</c><00:24:17.920><c> and</c><00:24:18.059><c> there's</c><00:24:18.359><c> nothing</c><00:24:18.680><c> that</c>

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can<00:24:19.779><c> change</c><00:24:20.900><c> their</c><00:24:21.259><c> salvation.</c>

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They're<00:24:22.640><c> saved</c><00:24:23.279><c> by</c><00:24:24.359><c> the</c><00:24:24.539><c> mercy</c><00:24:24.759><c> of</c><00:24:24.980><c> God</c>

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and<00:24:25.319><c> so</c><00:24:25.480><c> they're</c><00:24:25.700><c> so</c><00:24:26.140><c> thrilled</c><00:24:26.359><c> and</c><00:24:26.700><c> excited</c>

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because<00:24:27.740><c> now</c><00:24:28.359><c> they</c><00:24:28.960><c> have</c><00:24:29.200><c> their</c><00:24:29.480><c> salvation</c><00:24:29.920><c> assured.</c>

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That<00:24:31.420><c> subtle</c><00:24:31.759><c> misunderstanding</c><00:24:32.660><c> is</c><00:24:33.019><c> an</c><00:24:33.220><c> accommodation</c><00:24:33.880><c> for</c><00:24:35.019><c> falsehood</c>

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and<00:24:35.680><c> it's</c><00:24:35.880><c> an</c><00:24:36.059><c> accommodation</c><00:24:36.579><c> for</c><00:24:36.940><c> sin</c>

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and<00:24:37.480><c> we</c><00:24:37.680><c> don't</c><00:24:37.839><c> want</c><00:24:37.940><c> to</c><00:24:38.019><c> have</c><00:24:38.180><c> any</c><00:24:38.519><c> part</c><00:24:38.759><c> of</c><00:24:38.880><c> that</c><00:24:39.259><c> subtle</c><00:24:39.599><c> deception</c>

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in<00:24:40.700><c> our</c><00:24:40.900><c> hearts</c><00:24:41.140><c> and</c><00:24:41.400><c> minds</c><00:24:41.759><c> when</c><00:24:42.460><c> we</c><00:24:42.700><c> think</c><00:24:42.839><c> about</c><00:24:43.079><c> the</c><00:24:43.240><c> mercy</c>

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of<00:24:43.660><c> the</c><00:24:43.819><c> Lord</c>

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because<00:24:44.680><c> it</c><00:24:44.859><c> will</c><00:24:45.079><c> lead</c><00:24:45.180><c> us</c><00:24:45.519><c> astray</c>

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and<00:24:46.339><c> it</c><00:24:46.519><c> could</c><00:24:46.640><c> take</c><00:24:46.920><c> us</c><00:24:47.220><c> away</c><00:24:47.420><c> from</c><00:24:47.619><c> the</c><00:24:47.720><c> very</c><00:24:47.960><c> salvation</c>

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and<00:24:48.980><c> the</c><00:24:49.220><c> mercy</c><00:24:49.680><c> in</c><00:24:50.259><c> which</c><00:24:50.480><c> we</c><00:24:50.779><c> hope</c><00:24:51.279><c> with</c><00:24:51.819><c> such</c><00:24:52.059><c> fervor.</c>

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Look<00:24:53.720><c> at</c><00:24:53.839><c> these</c><00:24:54.039><c> examples.</c>

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We<00:24:54.579><c> don't</c><00:24:54.759><c> have</c><00:24:54.960><c> time</c><00:24:55.160><c> to</c><00:24:56.200><c> go</c><00:24:56.440><c> into</c><00:24:56.559><c> them</c><00:24:56.720><c> in</c><00:24:56.880><c> depth</c>

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although<00:24:57.299><c> I</c><00:24:57.400><c> would</c><00:24:57.680><c> love</c><00:24:57.880><c> to</c><00:24:58.059><c> look</c><00:24:58.180><c> at</c><00:24:58.319><c> the</c><00:24:58.519><c> stories</c><00:24:58.759><c> and</c><00:24:58.920><c> read</c>

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them<00:24:59.259><c> with</c><00:24:59.400><c> you.</c>

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But<00:24:59.720><c> look</c><00:24:59.920><c> at</c><00:25:00.059><c> the</c><00:25:00.299><c> examples.</c>

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Esau<00:25:02.160><c> begged</c><00:25:02.740><c> for</c><00:25:03.039><c> mercy</c><00:25:03.319><c> from</c><00:25:03.539><c> his</c><00:25:03.740><c> father</c>

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when<00:25:04.140><c> he</c><00:25:04.380><c> realized</c><00:25:04.740><c> that</c><00:25:05.059><c> the</c><00:25:05.200><c> blessing</c><00:25:05.519><c> went</c><00:25:05.740><c> the</c><00:25:05.960><c> wrong</c><00:25:06.220><c> way.</c>

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He<00:25:07.200><c> still</c><00:25:07.400><c> felt</c><00:25:07.599><c> like</c><00:25:07.799><c> he</c><00:25:07.920><c> was</c><00:25:08.099><c> entitled</c><00:25:08.460><c> to</c><00:25:08.619><c> the</c><00:25:08.779><c> birthright.</c>

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He<00:25:09.220><c> goes</c><00:25:09.440><c> to</c><00:25:09.599><c> his</c><00:25:09.720><c> father</c><00:25:09.940><c> and</c><00:25:10.079><c> he</c><00:25:10.200><c> says,</c>

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bless<00:25:10.779><c> me,</c><00:25:11.460><c> even</c><00:25:11.759><c> me,</c><00:25:12.059><c> Father.</c>

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He<00:25:13.000><c> was</c><00:25:13.220><c> thinking</c><00:25:13.480><c> about</c><00:25:13.759><c> his</c><00:25:14.059><c> natural</c><00:25:14.420><c> life</c>

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and<00:25:14.859><c> how</c><00:25:15.019><c> the</c><00:25:15.240><c> blessings</c><00:25:15.500><c> of</c><00:25:15.700><c> God,</c><00:25:15.900><c> the</c><00:25:16.079><c> mercy</c><00:25:16.319><c> of</c><00:25:16.460><c> God</c>

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would<00:25:16.859><c> supply</c><00:25:17.279><c> him</c><00:25:17.480><c> with</c><00:25:17.799><c> things</c><00:25:18.079><c> now.</c>

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He<00:25:19.359><c> had</c><00:25:19.680><c> no</c><00:25:20.019><c> thoughts</c><00:25:20.259><c> for</c><00:25:20.460><c> the</c><00:25:20.619><c> future</c>

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but<00:25:21.259><c> he</c><00:25:21.500><c> found</c><00:25:21.740><c> no</c><00:25:22.099><c> place</c><00:25:22.319><c> of</c><00:25:22.539><c> repentance.</c>

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:25.460
There<00:25:23.319><c> was</c><00:25:23.559><c> no</c><00:25:23.799><c> way</c><00:25:24.160><c> in</c><00:25:24.740><c> his</c><00:25:25.079><c> mind</c>

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that<00:25:25.960><c> he</c><00:25:26.140><c> could</c><00:25:26.380><c> arrange</c><00:25:26.940><c> for</c><00:25:27.579><c> his</c><00:25:27.859><c> life</c><00:25:28.099><c> to</c><00:25:28.460><c> change</c>

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in<00:25:29.519><c> the</c><00:25:29.859><c> observance</c><00:25:30.240><c> of</c><00:25:30.420><c> the</c><00:25:30.640><c> commandments</c><00:25:31.039><c> of</c><00:25:31.299><c> God</c>

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and<00:25:32.920><c> be</c><00:25:33.160><c> obedient.</c>

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He<00:25:34.740><c> begged</c><00:25:35.019><c> for</c><00:25:35.279><c> mercy</c><00:25:35.660><c> with</c><00:25:36.059><c> loud</c><00:25:36.380><c> crying</c><00:25:36.839><c> and</c><00:25:37.119><c> tears</c>

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but<00:25:37.819><c> he</c><00:25:37.960><c> could</c><00:25:38.160><c> find</c><00:25:38.420><c> no</c><00:25:38.680><c> place</c><00:25:38.900><c> of</c><00:25:39.140><c> repentance.</c>

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Or<00:25:40.759><c> Achan.</c>

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So,<00:25:41.339><c> you</c><00:25:41.339><c> know,</c><00:25:41.700><c> Esau</c><00:25:42.000><c> misunderstood</c><00:25:42.799><c> something</c><00:25:43.240><c> about</c><00:25:43.599><c> mercy.</c>

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Achan<00:25:45.079><c> used</c><00:25:45.440><c> mercy</c><00:25:45.779><c> to</c><00:25:46.000><c> hide</c><00:25:46.220><c> the</c><00:25:46.500><c> effects</c><00:25:46.740><c> of</c><00:25:47.039><c> sin.</c>

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:50.319
There<00:25:47.539><c> was</c><00:25:47.759><c> that,</c><00:25:48.359><c> it</c><00:25:48.619><c> was</c><00:25:48.740><c> just</c><00:25:49.019><c> a</c><00:25:49.279><c> garment</c>

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and<00:25:50.839><c> buried</c><00:25:51.119><c> in</c><00:25:51.339><c> the</c><00:25:51.480><c> hole</c><00:25:51.680><c> under</c><00:25:51.940><c> the</c><00:25:52.140><c> rug</c><00:25:52.319><c> in</c><00:25:52.500><c> his</c><00:25:52.759><c> tent.</c>

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:56.720
I<00:25:53.839><c> mean,</c><00:25:54.039><c> what</c><00:25:54.220><c> would</c><00:25:54.500><c> be</c><00:25:54.799><c> the</c><00:25:55.539><c> real</c><00:25:56.119><c> problem</c>

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with<00:25:57.259><c> just</c><00:25:57.599><c> a</c><00:25:57.779><c> nice</c><00:25:58.079><c>-looking</c><00:25:58.420><c> garment?</c>

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He<00:25:58.940><c> may</c><00:25:59.140><c> have</c><00:25:59.299><c> had</c><00:25:59.420><c> an</c><00:25:59.619><c> artistic</c><00:26:00.000><c> eye,</c>

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a<00:26:01.059><c> love</c><00:26:01.240><c> of</c><00:26:01.400><c> the</c><00:26:01.619><c> color</c><00:26:01.819><c> and</c><00:26:01.960><c> the</c><00:26:02.259><c> design</c>

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:05.559
that<00:26:03.480><c> was</c><00:26:03.720><c> embroidered</c><00:26:04.279><c> in</c><00:26:04.460><c> that</c><00:26:04.680><c> garment.</c>

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He<00:26:07.259><c> used</c><00:26:07.500><c> the</c><00:26:07.680><c> mercy</c><00:26:07.900><c> of</c><00:26:08.099><c> God</c><00:26:08.380><c> to</c><00:26:08.759><c> hide</c><00:26:09.000><c> the</c><00:26:09.299><c> effects</c><00:26:09.539><c> of</c><00:26:09.880><c> sin.</c>

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:12.859
There's<00:26:10.799><c> no</c><00:26:11.059><c> place</c><00:26:11.359><c> for</c><00:26:11.599><c> hidden</c><00:26:11.940><c> sin.</c>

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A<00:26:13.420><c> little</c><00:26:13.619><c> place</c><00:26:13.940><c> back</c><00:26:14.259><c> in</c><00:26:14.440><c> your</c><00:26:14.720><c> tent,</c><00:26:15.539><c> in</c><00:26:15.720><c> your</c><00:26:15.960><c> home,</c>

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.900
a<00:26:16.359><c> little</c><00:26:16.579><c> hole</c><00:26:16.799><c> you</c><00:26:17.039><c> dug</c><00:26:17.220><c> under</c><00:26:17.440><c> your</c><00:26:17.700><c> rug</c>

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where<00:26:18.140><c> you</c><00:26:18.960><c> slipped</c><00:26:19.259><c> something</c><00:26:19.720><c> that</c><00:26:19.920><c> God</c><00:26:20.279><c> said</c><00:26:20.619><c> is</c><00:26:21.240><c> detestable</c><00:26:22.000><c> to</c><00:26:22.160><c> him.</c>

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There<00:26:23.279><c> can</c><00:26:23.539><c> be</c><00:26:23.740><c> no</c><00:26:24.000><c> place</c><00:26:24.279><c> for</c><00:26:24.599><c> that</c><00:26:24.980><c> in</c><00:26:25.680><c> the</c><00:26:25.880><c> mercy</c><00:26:26.140><c> of</c><00:26:26.400><c> God</c>

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because<00:26:26.940><c> that's</c><00:26:27.240><c> not</c><00:26:27.539><c> doing</c><00:26:27.779><c> his</c><00:26:28.140><c> will.</c>

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That's<00:26:29.380><c> presumption</c><00:26:29.819><c> against</c><00:26:30.160><c> his</c><00:26:30.440><c> mercy.</c>

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David's<00:26:32.500><c> sin</c><00:26:32.619><c> wasn't</c><00:26:33.039><c> that</c><00:26:33.279><c> he</c><00:26:33.500><c> committed</c><00:26:33.880><c> adultery,</c>

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:36.519
although<00:26:34.759><c> that</c><00:26:35.160><c> certainly</c><00:26:35.500><c> was</c><00:26:35.880><c> what</c><00:26:36.039><c> he</c><00:26:36.259><c> did,</c>

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or<00:26:36.859><c> that</c><00:26:37.019><c> he</c><00:26:37.259><c> murdered</c><00:26:37.559><c> a</c><00:26:37.779><c> man,</c><00:26:38.039><c> one</c><00:26:38.240><c> of</c><00:26:38.339><c> his</c><00:26:38.619><c> best</c><00:26:38.980><c> men,</c>

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his<00:26:39.940><c> friend</c><00:26:40.259><c> who</c><00:26:40.480><c> ate</c><00:26:40.660><c> at</c><00:26:40.779><c> his</c><00:26:41.019><c> table.</c>

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:48.039
He's<00:26:44.680><c> unimaginable,</c><00:26:45.400><c> horrible</c><00:26:45.980><c> deeds</c><00:26:46.380><c> that</c><00:26:46.559><c> were</c><00:26:46.720><c> done</c><00:26:46.920><c> by</c><00:26:47.180><c> David.</c>

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:50.299
When<00:26:48.420><c> Nathan</c><00:26:48.740><c> came</c><00:26:49.059><c> to</c><00:26:49.140><c> him</c><00:26:49.240><c> to</c><00:26:49.460><c> tell</c><00:26:49.599><c> him</c><00:26:49.680><c> what</c><00:26:49.819><c> the</c><00:26:50.019><c> problem</c>

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.920
was<00:26:50.500><c> with</c><00:26:50.740><c> God,</c>

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you<00:26:51.099><c> remember</c><00:26:51.339><c> what</c><00:26:51.480><c> he</c><00:26:51.700><c> said?</c>

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:55.119
He<00:26:53.480><c> said,</c><00:26:53.700><c> you</c><00:26:53.720><c> didn't</c><00:26:53.920><c> have</c><00:26:54.180><c> mercy</c><00:26:54.539><c> on</c><00:26:54.759><c> that</c><00:26:54.960><c> man.</c>

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.839
You<00:26:55.240><c> took</c><00:26:55.420><c> his</c><00:26:55.640><c> little</c><00:26:55.900><c> euland.</c>

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:59.339
It<00:26:57.299><c> belonged</c><00:26:57.579><c> to</c><00:26:57.599><c> him.</c><00:26:57.799><c> You</c><00:26:57.980><c> have</c><00:26:58.200><c> eulands</c><00:26:58.660><c> of</c><00:26:58.859><c> your</c><00:26:59.099><c> own.</c>

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:01.940
God<00:26:59.839><c> gave</c><00:27:00.059><c> you</c><00:27:00.279><c> all</c><00:27:00.500><c> that</c><00:27:00.619><c> you</c><00:27:00.859><c> needed</c><00:27:01.059><c> and</c><00:27:01.259><c> then</c><00:27:01.579><c> some.</c>

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:04.019
And<00:27:02.500><c> you</c><00:27:02.579><c> went</c><00:27:02.779><c> and</c><00:27:02.859><c> took</c><00:27:03.079><c> this.</c><00:27:03.240><c> You</c><00:27:03.339><c> had</c><00:27:03.500><c> to</c><00:27:03.579><c> go</c><00:27:03.700><c> and</c><00:27:03.880><c> take</c>

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.180
this<00:27:04.339><c> man's.</c>

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:07.079
David<00:27:05.599><c> had</c><00:27:05.759><c> a</c><00:27:06.059><c> failure</c><00:27:06.339><c> in</c><00:27:06.619><c> mercy,</c>

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.759
and<00:27:07.519><c> he</c><00:27:07.619><c> was</c><00:27:07.900><c> still</c><00:27:08.240><c> held</c><00:27:08.539><c> accountable,</c>

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:13.839
so<00:27:09.339><c> accountability</c><00:27:10.019><c> isn't</c><00:27:10.319><c> removed</c><00:27:11.079><c> because</c><00:27:11.960><c> mercy</c><00:27:12.640><c> covers</c>

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our<00:27:14.140><c> sins.</c>

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We<00:27:16.259><c> should</c><00:27:16.420><c> never</c><00:27:16.640><c> think</c><00:27:16.900><c> that</c><00:27:17.059><c> it</c><00:27:17.140><c> is.</c>

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:21.259
The<00:27:19.019><c> priests</c><00:27:19.160><c> of</c><00:27:19.319><c> Israel</c><00:27:19.720><c> presumed</c><00:27:20.319><c> upon</c><00:27:20.539><c> the</c><00:27:20.720><c> mercy</c><00:27:20.920><c> of</c><00:27:21.079><c> God</c>

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:24.839
thinking<00:27:21.660><c> that</c><00:27:21.859><c> if</c><00:27:21.940><c> they</c><00:27:22.220><c> threw</c><00:27:22.539><c> sick,</c><00:27:23.559><c> blind,</c><00:27:24.140><c> lame</c><00:27:24.440><c> animals</c>

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on<00:27:25.059><c> the</c><00:27:25.319><c> altar</c>

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:32.160
and<00:27:26.220><c> God</c><00:27:26.460><c> would</c><00:27:26.799><c> consume</c><00:27:27.380><c> that</c><00:27:29.000><c> refuse</c><00:27:29.539><c> flesh</c><00:27:30.000><c> that</c><00:27:30.240><c> they</c><00:27:30.480><c> offered</c><00:27:30.720><c> him</c>

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:35.259
when<00:27:33.039><c> they</c><00:27:33.319><c> remembered</c><00:27:33.680><c> his</c><00:27:34.119><c> mercy,</c>

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:38.079
they<00:27:36.440><c> thought</c><00:27:36.660><c> that</c><00:27:36.880><c> would</c><00:27:37.039><c> be</c><00:27:37.279><c> enough.</c>

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.720
But<00:27:38.779><c> it</c><00:27:38.839><c> was</c><00:27:39.180><c> formalism.</c>

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:42.920
In<00:27:40.400><c> the</c><00:27:40.619><c> same</c><00:27:40.859><c> way</c><00:27:41.140><c> that</c><00:27:41.299><c> God</c><00:27:41.519><c> wasn't</c><00:27:41.819><c> interested</c><00:27:42.259><c> in</c><00:27:42.440><c> the</c><00:27:42.559><c> blood</c><00:27:42.680><c> of</c>

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bulls<00:27:43.220><c> and</c><00:27:43.359><c> goats,</c>

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:50.079
how<00:27:44.039><c> could</c><00:27:44.240><c> any</c><00:27:44.400><c> of</c><00:27:44.500><c> us</c><00:27:44.660><c> think</c><00:27:44.900><c> that</c><00:27:45.019><c> he's</c><00:27:45.279><c> interested</c><00:27:45.680><c> in</c><00:27:46.900><c> bread</c><00:27:48.559><c> and</c><00:27:48.819><c> wine?</c>

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:57.140
Manechevitz<00:27:52.619><c> and</c><00:27:53.160><c> matzo</c><00:27:53.559><c> crackers</c><00:27:54.140><c> covering</c><00:27:56.079><c> sin?</c>

00:27:58.019 --> 00:28:00.660
Is<00:27:58.279><c> that</c><00:27:58.440><c> what</c><00:27:58.599><c> God</c><00:27:58.839><c> looks</c><00:27:59.119><c> for</c><00:27:59.319><c> in</c><00:27:59.500><c> our</c><00:27:59.680><c> hearts?</c>

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:04.200
Sitting<00:28:01.220><c> there</c><00:28:01.500><c> on</c><00:28:01.759><c> Sunday</c><00:28:02.000><c> thinking</c><00:28:02.400><c> that</c><00:28:02.720><c> does</c><00:28:03.000><c> the</c><00:28:03.279><c> trick.</c>

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That's<00:28:05.380><c> formalism.</c>

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What<00:28:06.480><c> God</c><00:28:06.759><c> wants</c><00:28:07.039><c> is</c><00:28:07.200><c> something</c><00:28:07.660><c> that</c><00:28:08.160><c> happens</c><00:28:08.519><c> within</c><00:28:08.839><c> our</c><00:28:09.259><c> reasoning.</c>

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:14.259
He's<00:28:10.259><c> writing</c><00:28:10.460><c> his</c><00:28:10.779><c> law</c><00:28:11.160><c> not</c><00:28:11.559><c> on</c><00:28:11.720><c> the</c><00:28:11.900><c> table,</c><00:28:12.500><c> not</c><00:28:12.700><c> in</c><00:28:12.880><c> a</c><00:28:13.059><c> glass,</c><00:28:13.500><c> not</c><00:28:13.680><c> on</c><00:28:13.900><c> a</c><00:28:14.039><c> plate.</c>

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It's<00:28:14.799><c> in</c><00:28:15.039><c> our</c><00:28:15.240><c> hearts</c><00:28:15.539><c> and</c><00:28:15.779><c> minds</c><00:28:16.299><c> where</c><00:28:16.759><c> we</c><00:28:17.079><c> reason,</c><00:28:17.460><c> where</c>

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:19.140
we<00:28:17.960><c> think</c><00:28:18.160><c> upon</c><00:28:18.400><c> his</c><00:28:18.740><c> name,</c>

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where<00:28:19.900><c> in</c><00:28:20.099><c> our</c><00:28:20.319><c> minds</c><00:28:20.559><c> we</c><00:28:20.839><c> accept</c><00:28:21.259><c> the</c><00:28:21.460><c> idea</c><00:28:21.779><c> that</c><00:28:21.920><c> we</c><00:28:22.079><c> will</c><00:28:22.220><c> be</c>

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doing<00:28:22.579><c> his</c><00:28:22.900><c> will,</c><00:28:23.099><c> O</c><00:28:23.319><c> Lord,</c>

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:26.700
like<00:28:24.519><c> the</c><00:28:24.640><c> Lord</c><00:28:24.759><c> Jesus</c><00:28:25.079><c> Christ,</c><00:28:25.640><c> not</c><00:28:25.859><c> letting</c><00:28:26.059><c> him</c><00:28:26.259><c> die</c><00:28:26.480><c> alone</c>

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on<00:28:26.839><c> the</c><00:28:27.000><c> cross,</c>

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:29.640
but<00:28:27.640><c> being</c><00:28:27.880><c> willing</c><00:28:28.119><c> to</c><00:28:28.339><c> participate</c><00:28:28.839><c> with</c><00:28:29.099><c> him</c><00:28:29.259><c> in</c><00:28:29.380><c> a</c><00:28:29.480><c> death</c>

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.299
like<00:28:29.920><c> his</c>

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:32.579
so<00:28:30.700><c> we</c><00:28:30.839><c> can</c><00:28:31.000><c> live</c><00:28:31.180><c> with</c><00:28:31.359><c> him</c><00:28:31.559><c> in</c><00:28:31.680><c> a</c><00:28:31.799><c> life</c><00:28:31.980><c> like</c><00:28:32.259><c> his.</c>

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:35.619
There<00:28:33.319><c> was</c><00:28:33.480><c> the</c><00:28:33.619><c> woman</c><00:28:33.779><c> who</c><00:28:33.920><c> was</c><00:28:34.140><c> caught</c><00:28:34.259><c> in</c><00:28:34.480><c> adultery</c><00:28:34.799><c> and</c><00:28:34.980><c> brought</c><00:28:35.099><c> to</c><00:28:35.279><c> Jesus,</c>

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:37.180
and<00:28:35.819><c> he</c><00:28:35.819><c> writes</c><00:28:36.079><c> in</c><00:28:36.299><c> the</c><00:28:36.400><c> same</c><00:28:36.500><c> and</c><00:28:36.619><c> knows</c><00:28:36.759><c> what</c><00:28:36.900><c> he</c><00:28:37.059><c> wrote.</c>

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Maybe<00:28:37.440><c> it</c><00:28:37.559><c> was</c><00:28:38.420><c> their</c><00:28:38.759><c> sin.</c>

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:42.019
So<00:28:39.299><c> they</c><00:28:39.420><c> couldn't</c><00:28:40.119><c> back</c><00:28:40.799><c> away</c><00:28:41.259><c> from</c><00:28:41.500><c> acknowledgement</c>

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:44.539
that<00:28:42.279><c> they</c><00:28:42.619><c> too</c><00:28:42.779><c> were</c><00:28:42.940><c> guilty</c><00:28:43.200><c> of</c><00:28:43.380><c> the</c><00:28:43.539><c> same</c><00:28:43.720><c> thing</c><00:28:43.980><c> they</c><00:28:44.319><c> were</c>

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:46.420
trying<00:28:44.799><c> to</c><00:28:45.039><c> condemn</c><00:28:45.299><c> her</c><00:28:45.579><c> for.</c>

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:48.440
He<00:28:47.259><c> didn't</c><00:28:47.480><c> remove</c><00:28:47.859><c> her</c><00:28:48.119><c> judgment.</c>

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:51.579
He<00:28:48.920><c> didn't</c><00:28:49.220><c> say,</c><00:28:50.119><c> well,</c><00:28:50.299><c> if</c><00:28:50.480><c> she's</c><00:28:50.660><c> done</c><00:28:50.799><c> all</c><00:28:51.000><c> these</c><00:28:51.279><c> things,</c>

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.519
then<00:28:51.859><c> it</c><00:28:52.079><c> doesn't</c><00:28:52.539><c> matter.</c>

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:57.559
He<00:28:54.259><c> looked</c><00:28:54.480><c> at</c><00:28:54.619><c> her</c><00:28:54.839><c> and</c><00:28:55.000><c> he</c><00:28:55.180><c> said,</c><00:28:55.539><c> go</c><00:28:55.680><c> and</c><00:28:56.059><c> sin</c><00:28:56.220><c> no</c><00:28:56.559><c> more.</c>

00:28:57.599 --> 00:29:00.000
Instead<00:28:57.880><c> of</c><00:28:58.160><c> condemning</c><00:28:58.500><c> her</c><00:28:58.720><c> on</c><00:28:59.019><c> the</c><00:28:59.279><c> spot</c><00:28:59.480><c> the</c><00:28:59.640><c> way</c><00:28:59.779><c> the</c><00:28:59.920><c> Law</c>

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.599
of<00:29:00.160><c> Moses</c><00:29:00.420><c> did,</c>

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:03.619
it<00:29:00.759><c> took</c><00:29:01.019><c> sin</c><00:29:01.200><c> and</c><00:29:01.359><c> it</c><00:29:01.500><c> said</c><00:29:01.660><c> sin</c><00:29:01.940><c> is</c><00:29:02.220><c> wrong,</c><00:29:02.720><c> it's</c><00:29:03.099><c> condemned.</c>

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:08.079
Those<00:29:04.319><c> people</c><00:29:04.700><c> who</c><00:29:05.279><c> live</c><00:29:05.740><c> according</c><00:29:06.200><c> to</c><00:29:06.480><c> the</c><00:29:06.740><c> flesh</c><00:29:07.000><c> would</c><00:29:07.480><c> die</c><00:29:07.759><c> on</c>

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.180
the<00:29:08.279><c> spot.</c>

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:11.920
But<00:29:09.359><c> when</c><00:29:09.519><c> the</c><00:29:09.599><c> Lord</c><00:29:09.740><c> Jesus</c><00:29:10.079><c> Christ</c><00:29:10.380><c> came,</c><00:29:10.759><c> he</c><00:29:10.779><c> died</c><00:29:11.039><c> once</c><00:29:11.400><c> for</c><00:29:11.680><c> all,</c>

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:15.440
and<00:29:12.160><c> for</c><00:29:12.380><c> 2</c><00:29:12.759><c>,000</c><00:29:13.119><c> years</c><00:29:13.599><c> he's</c><00:29:14.019><c> held</c><00:29:14.200><c> that</c><00:29:14.460><c> judgment</c><00:29:14.759><c> in</c><00:29:14.980><c> abeyance</c>

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:17.400
so<00:29:15.660><c> that</c><00:29:15.900><c> you</c><00:29:16.079><c> and</c><00:29:16.299><c> I,</c><00:29:16.759><c> every</c><00:29:16.819><c> day</c><00:29:16.960><c> of</c><00:29:17.140><c> our</c><00:29:17.279><c> lives,</c>

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:19.460
remembering<00:29:17.980><c> that</c><00:29:18.160><c> his</c><00:29:18.339><c> mercy</c><00:29:18.559><c> is</c><00:29:18.759><c> new</c><00:29:18.839><c> every</c><00:29:19.099><c> morning,</c>

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:24.200
can<00:29:20.000><c> dedicate</c><00:29:20.400><c> ourselves</c><00:29:21.299><c> anew</c><00:29:21.839><c> every</c><00:29:22.380><c> day</c><00:29:22.680><c> to</c><00:29:22.960><c> walking</c><00:29:23.319><c> in</c>

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.960
newness<00:29:24.500><c> of</c><00:29:24.740><c> life,</c>

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:29.039
in<00:29:25.319><c> obedience,</c><00:29:27.039><c> in</c><00:29:27.240><c> alignment</c><00:29:27.559><c> with</c><00:29:27.819><c> the</c><00:29:28.039><c> commandments</c><00:29:28.359><c> of</c><00:29:28.640><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:33.400
In<00:29:29.720><c> other</c><00:29:29.920><c> words,</c><00:29:30.460><c> mercy</c><00:29:30.640><c> was</c><00:29:31.460><c> given</c><00:29:31.980><c> so</c><00:29:32.960><c> that</c><00:29:33.059><c> there</c><00:29:33.200><c> would</c>

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.940
be<00:29:33.539><c> time</c><00:29:33.759><c> to</c><00:29:33.960><c> repent.</c>

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:37.660
The<00:29:35.680><c> men</c><00:29:35.859><c> of</c><00:29:35.940><c> Israel</c><00:29:36.240><c> got</c><00:29:36.500><c> divorces.</c>

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:41.559
They<00:29:37.920><c> figured</c><00:29:38.039><c> out</c><00:29:38.200><c> all</c><00:29:38.339><c> kinds</c><00:29:38.660><c> of</c><00:29:38.859><c> ways</c><00:29:39.279><c> to</c><00:29:39.920><c> expand</c><00:29:40.940><c> Moses'</c>

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.880
Bill<00:29:41.960><c> of</c><00:29:42.160><c> Divorcement</c>

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:46.059
into<00:29:43.539><c> a</c><00:29:43.859><c> means</c><00:29:44.119><c> by</c><00:29:44.440><c> which,</c><00:29:44.859><c> in</c><00:29:44.940><c> the</c><00:29:45.140><c> hardness</c><00:29:45.339><c> of</c><00:29:45.619><c> their</c><00:29:45.819><c> heart,</c>

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:47.940
they<00:29:46.220><c> could</c><00:29:46.400><c> put</c><00:29:46.619><c> away</c><00:29:46.799><c> their</c><00:29:47.039><c> wives.</c>

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:52.119
It<00:29:48.160><c> was</c><00:29:48.400><c> the</c><00:29:48.599><c> same</c><00:29:48.920><c> thing,</c><00:29:50.180><c> a</c><00:29:50.400><c> failing</c><00:29:50.619><c> in</c><00:29:50.900><c> mercy.</c>

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:57.900
Paul,<00:29:56.359><c> even</c><00:29:56.660><c> Paul</c><00:29:57.039><c> said,</c>

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Can<00:29:58.119><c> you</c><00:29:58.319><c> please</c><00:29:58.660><c> deliver</c><00:29:58.960><c> me</c><00:29:59.200><c> from</c><00:29:59.359><c> this</c><00:29:59.619><c> infirmity?</c>

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:02.940
And<00:30:00.279><c> Jesus</c><00:30:00.519><c> said,</c><00:30:00.779><c> My</c><00:30:00.960><c> mercy</c><00:30:01.400><c> is</c><00:30:02.140><c> sufficient</c><00:30:02.519><c> for</c><00:30:02.779><c> you.</c>

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:04.920
He<00:30:03.240><c> was</c><00:30:03.519><c> still</c><00:30:03.799><c> made</c><00:30:04.140><c> to</c><00:30:04.299><c> be</c><00:30:04.559><c> accountable.</c>

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:07.980
Even<00:30:05.420><c> the</c><00:30:05.660><c> Apostle</c><00:30:06.039><c> Paul,</c><00:30:06.380><c> with</c><00:30:06.500><c> all</c><00:30:06.680><c> of</c><00:30:06.779><c> his</c><00:30:06.900><c> humility,</c><00:30:07.759><c> all</c>

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of<00:30:08.099><c> his</c><00:30:08.299><c> turning,</c>

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he<00:30:09.220><c> set</c><00:30:09.500><c> his</c><00:30:09.819><c> face</c><00:30:09.980><c> like</c><00:30:10.240><c> a</c><00:30:10.519><c> flint</c><00:30:10.720><c> toward</c><00:30:11.019><c> God</c><00:30:11.259><c> and</c><00:30:11.480><c> never</c><00:30:11.799><c> turned</c><00:30:12.059><c> away</c><00:30:12.319><c> from</c><00:30:12.519><c> it.</c>

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He<00:30:13.480><c> said,</c><00:30:13.519><c> I</c><00:30:13.799><c> know</c><00:30:14.039><c> of</c><00:30:14.240><c> nothing</c><00:30:14.519><c> against</c><00:30:14.859><c> myself</c><00:30:15.259><c> he</c><00:30:15.359><c> was</c><00:30:15.559><c> so</c><00:30:15.779><c> committed</c>

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to<00:30:17.019><c> doing</c><00:30:17.400><c> the</c><00:30:17.559><c> will</c><00:30:17.660><c> of</c><00:30:17.799><c> the</c><00:30:17.920><c> Lord,</c><00:30:18.099><c> and</c><00:30:18.279><c> indeed</c><00:30:18.619><c> he</c><00:30:18.859><c> did</c><00:30:19.079><c> it.</c>

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:23.420
He<00:30:20.259><c> spoke</c><00:30:20.599><c> it</c><00:30:20.759><c> and</c><00:30:20.779><c> he</c><00:30:21.039><c> did</c><00:30:21.279><c> it</c><00:30:21.500><c> all</c><00:30:21.720><c> the</c><00:30:21.839><c> days</c><00:30:22.000><c> of</c><00:30:22.119><c> his</c><00:30:22.319><c> life</c><00:30:22.559><c> following,</c>

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:26.359
but<00:30:23.759><c> the</c><00:30:23.920><c> mercy</c><00:30:24.119><c> of</c><00:30:24.299><c> the</c><00:30:24.400><c> Lord</c><00:30:24.500><c> was</c><00:30:24.779><c> still</c><00:30:25.099><c> sufficient</c><00:30:25.500><c> for</c><00:30:25.700><c> him,</c>

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:29.119
and<00:30:27.019><c> there</c><00:30:27.200><c> was</c><00:30:27.339><c> an</c><00:30:27.539><c> accountability</c><00:30:28.059><c> that</c><00:30:28.339><c> he</c><00:30:28.539><c> bore</c><00:30:28.680><c> all</c><00:30:29.000><c> the</c>

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days<00:30:29.299><c> of</c><00:30:29.440><c> his</c><00:30:29.660><c> mortal</c><00:30:29.839><c> life.</c>

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:35.660
So<00:30:31.480><c> none</c><00:30:31.599><c> of</c><00:30:31.640><c> us</c><00:30:31.819><c> should</c><00:30:32.059><c> expect</c><00:30:32.599><c> to</c><00:30:32.819><c> be</c><00:30:33.000><c> any</c><00:30:33.259><c> different</c><00:30:34.000><c> from</c><00:30:34.579><c> these,</c>

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:38.019
either<00:30:36.019><c> in</c><00:30:36.200><c> our</c><00:30:36.400><c> understanding</c><00:30:36.900><c> of</c><00:30:37.140><c> mercy</c><00:30:37.380><c> or</c><00:30:37.500><c> in</c><00:30:37.619><c> the</c><00:30:37.700><c> way</c><00:30:37.839><c> we</c>

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.779
respond<00:30:38.400><c> to</c><00:30:38.599><c> it</c>

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:42.480
when<00:30:38.980><c> we</c><00:30:40.000><c> understand</c><00:30:40.640><c> that</c><00:30:40.759><c> it</c><00:30:41.000><c> belongs</c><00:30:41.259><c> to</c><00:30:41.519><c> us.</c>

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:45.039
How<00:30:43.400><c> does</c><00:30:43.519><c> that</c><00:30:43.680><c> relate</c><00:30:43.960><c> to</c><00:30:44.119><c> marriage?</c>

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:47.380
It's<00:30:46.140><c> very</c><00:30:46.380><c> simple.</c>

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Marriage<00:30:48.279><c> fails</c><00:30:48.660><c> only</c><00:30:49.140><c> in</c><00:30:49.380><c> the</c><00:30:49.599><c> absence</c><00:30:49.940><c> of</c><00:30:50.220><c> mercy.</c>

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:54.299
Brothers<00:30:51.539><c> and</c><00:30:51.759><c> sisters,</c><00:30:53.140><c> those</c><00:30:53.339><c> of</c><00:30:53.480><c> you</c><00:30:53.619><c> who</c><00:30:53.700><c> are</c><00:30:53.900><c> married,</c>

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.539
young<00:30:54.839><c> people,</c>

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:58.420
those<00:30:56.200><c> of</c><00:30:56.359><c> you</c><00:30:56.519><c> who</c><00:30:56.759><c> expect</c><00:30:56.980><c> to</c><00:30:57.140><c> be</c><00:30:57.339><c> married,</c>

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:04.259
be<00:31:02.420><c> merciful</c><00:31:02.940><c> with</c><00:31:03.200><c> one</c><00:31:03.400><c> another.</c>

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:08.880
No,<00:31:06.440><c> it's</c><00:31:06.440><c> not</c><00:31:06.640><c> looking</c><00:31:06.900><c> for</c><00:31:07.140><c> bread</c><00:31:07.339><c> and</c><00:31:07.539><c> wine</c><00:31:07.700><c> on</c><00:31:08.039><c> Sunday.</c>

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:11.099
It<00:31:09.359><c> isn't</c><00:31:09.720><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:14.559
It<00:31:11.680><c> isn't</c><00:31:12.059><c> let</c><00:31:12.339><c> Jesus</c><00:31:12.779><c> die</c><00:31:13.160><c> so</c><00:31:13.380><c> we</c><00:31:13.539><c> don't</c><00:31:13.759><c> have</c><00:31:14.059><c> to,</c>

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:17.539
so<00:31:14.680><c> we</c><00:31:14.799><c> don't</c><00:31:14.940><c> have</c><00:31:15.119><c> to</c><00:31:15.279><c> behave,</c><00:31:16.099><c> obey</c><00:31:16.299><c> the</c><00:31:16.559><c> commandments</c><00:31:16.920><c> of</c><00:31:17.140><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:19.539
Be<00:31:18.339><c> merciful</c><00:31:18.839><c> with</c><00:31:19.079><c> one</c><00:31:19.279><c> another.</c>

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:21.339
In<00:31:19.960><c> Israel</c><00:31:20.220><c> they</c><00:31:20.359><c> had</c><00:31:20.619><c> lost</c><00:31:20.980><c> mercy.</c>

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:23.200
They<00:31:21.500><c> were</c><00:31:21.680><c> hitting</c><00:31:21.900><c> with</c><00:31:22.480><c> wicked</c><00:31:22.759><c> fists.</c>

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.640
They<00:31:23.359><c> were</c><00:31:23.579><c> debating</c><00:31:24.000><c> with</c><00:31:24.259><c> one</c><00:31:24.400><c> another.</c>

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:27.640
They<00:31:25.000><c> had</c><00:31:25.200><c> the</c><00:31:25.480><c> pointed</c><00:31:25.720><c> finger</c><00:31:26.180><c> going</c><00:31:26.380><c> out</c><00:31:26.579><c> in</c><00:31:26.819><c> every</c><00:31:27.119><c> direction.</c>

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:31.200
They<00:31:28.200><c> were</c><00:31:28.460><c> marrying</c><00:31:28.859><c> and</c><00:31:29.400><c> remarrying</c><00:31:29.920><c> and</c><00:31:30.099><c> marrying</c><00:31:30.440><c> strange</c><00:31:30.980><c> women,</c>

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:34.460
and<00:31:31.319><c> they</c><00:31:31.519><c> lost</c><00:31:31.759><c> all</c><00:31:32.279><c> concepts</c><00:31:32.759><c> of</c><00:31:32.900><c> what</c><00:31:33.039><c> it</c><00:31:33.240><c> meant</c><00:31:33.480><c> to</c><00:31:33.980><c> try</c><00:31:34.319><c> to</c>

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.960
be<00:31:34.680><c> holy</c>

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:38.019
and<00:31:35.200><c> separate</c><00:31:35.619><c> that</c><00:31:35.940><c> holy</c><00:31:36.119><c> from</c><00:31:36.319><c> that</c><00:31:36.599><c> profane</c><00:31:37.240><c> and</c><00:31:37.660><c> do</c><00:31:37.859><c> the</c>

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.619
will<00:31:38.119><c> of</c><00:31:38.359><c> God,</c>

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:41.339
and<00:31:38.920><c> they</c><00:31:39.200><c> completely</c><00:31:39.940><c> lost</c><00:31:40.359><c> mercy.</c>

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.920
Marriage<00:31:42.339><c> fails.</c>

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:48.400
Marriage,<00:31:43.680><c> the</c><00:31:43.839><c> essence,</c><00:31:44.940><c> the</c><00:31:45.119><c> whole</c><00:31:45.579><c> expression</c><00:31:46.220><c> of</c><00:31:46.680><c> faithfulness</c><00:31:47.880><c> in</c>

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.559
mortal<00:31:48.700><c> life,</c>

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:52.519
fails<00:31:50.180><c> in</c><00:31:50.640><c> the</c><00:31:50.920><c> absence</c><00:31:51.240><c> of</c><00:31:51.559><c> mercy.</c>

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:55.619
Be<00:31:54.220><c> merciful</c><00:31:54.740><c> with</c><00:31:55.039><c> one</c><00:31:55.279><c> another.</c>

00:31:55.980 --> 00:32:00.259
In<00:31:56.180><c> the</c><00:31:56.500><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:31:58.740><c> brethren</c><00:31:58.940><c> and</c><00:31:59.259><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:03.119
be<00:32:01.200><c> merciful</c><00:32:01.700><c> with</c><00:32:01.920><c> one</c><00:32:02.180><c> another.</c>

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:06.740
Mercy<00:32:04.559><c> is</c><00:32:04.779><c> meant</c><00:32:04.920><c> to</c><00:32:05.200><c> foster</c><00:32:05.559><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:14.160
The<00:32:09.200><c> subject</c><00:32:09.640><c> is</c><00:32:09.859><c> kind</c><00:32:10.059><c> of</c><00:32:10.319><c> first</c><00:32:11.859><c> described</c><00:32:12.779><c> in</c><00:32:13.180><c> detail</c><00:32:13.720><c> in</c>

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.000
Exodus<00:32:14.440><c> 34,</c>

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:16.220
a<00:32:15.079><c> very</c><00:32:15.359><c> familiar</c><00:32:15.759><c> passage.</c>

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:19.880
How<00:32:16.660><c> many</c><00:32:16.920><c> times</c><00:32:17.339><c> have</c><00:32:17.559><c> we</c><00:32:17.700><c> read</c><00:32:18.059><c> how</c><00:32:18.519><c> God</c><00:32:18.839><c> understands</c><00:32:19.400><c> His</c><00:32:19.640><c> mercy?</c>

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:22.759
The<00:32:20.019><c> Lord,</c><00:32:20.299><c> the</c><00:32:20.440><c> Lord,</c><00:32:20.779><c> God,</c><00:32:21.180><c> merciful</c><00:32:21.559><c> and</c><00:32:21.900><c> gracious,</c>

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:25.380
long<00:32:23.200><c>-suffering</c><00:32:23.660><c> and</c><00:32:23.920><c> abundant</c><00:32:24.240><c> in</c><00:32:24.460><c> goodness</c><00:32:24.700><c> and</c><00:32:25.079><c> truth,</c>

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:28.319
keeping<00:32:26.059><c> mercy</c><00:32:26.440><c> for</c><00:32:26.720><c> thousands,</c><00:32:27.279><c> forgiving</c><00:32:27.579><c> in</c><00:32:27.799><c> iniquity,</c>

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:32.680
transgression<00:32:29.200><c> and</c><00:32:29.619><c> sin,</c><00:32:29.839><c> and</c><00:32:30.059><c> we</c><00:32:30.220><c> just</c><00:32:31.059><c> hang</c><00:32:31.420><c> on</c><00:32:31.700><c> that</c><00:32:32.140><c> desperately</c>

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:35.660
because<00:32:33.259><c> all</c><00:32:33.799><c> that</c><00:32:34.099><c> is</c><00:32:34.279><c> in</c><00:32:34.480><c> our</c><00:32:34.640><c> hearts,</c><00:32:34.920><c> and</c><00:32:35.140><c> we</c><00:32:35.319><c> know</c><00:32:35.500><c> it.</c>

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.599
We<00:32:35.980><c> live</c><00:32:35.980><c> with</c><00:32:36.160><c> it</c><00:32:36.259><c> daily.</c>

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.559
We<00:32:36.819><c> understand</c><00:32:37.299><c> it.</c>

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.539
We<00:32:37.839><c> see</c><00:32:38.059><c> it</c><00:32:38.220><c> in</c><00:32:38.339><c> others.</c>

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:41.039
We<00:32:39.259><c> see</c><00:32:39.519><c> it</c><00:32:39.700><c> in</c><00:32:39.819><c> our</c><00:32:40.119><c> spouses.</c>

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:44.680
We<00:32:42.079><c> try</c><00:32:42.359><c> to</c><00:32:42.779><c> train</c><00:32:42.920><c> it</c><00:32:43.160><c> out</c><00:32:43.279><c> of</c><00:32:43.420><c> our</c><00:32:43.640><c> children,</c>

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:47.940
that<00:32:45.480><c> iniquity</c><00:32:45.940><c> and</c><00:32:46.220><c> transgression</c><00:32:46.799><c> and</c><00:32:47.180><c> sin.</c>

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:51.299
But<00:32:49.440><c> there's</c><00:32:49.740><c> that</c><00:32:50.119><c> second</c><00:32:50.380><c> part,</c>

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:58.240
that<00:32:52.819><c> part</c><00:32:53.440><c> that</c><00:32:54.940><c> kind</c><00:32:56.000><c> of</c><00:32:56.220><c> almost</c><00:32:56.559><c> confuses</c><00:32:57.240><c> us</c><00:32:57.619><c> sometimes.</c>

00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:01.680
He<00:32:58.960><c> will</c><00:32:59.079><c> by</c><00:32:59.319><c> no</c><00:32:59.619><c> means</c><00:33:00.559><c> clear</c><00:33:01.140><c> the</c><00:33:01.359><c> guilty.</c>

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:07.559
So,<00:33:04.259><c> mercy</c><00:33:04.480><c> is</c><00:33:04.700><c> made</c><00:33:04.940><c> for</c><00:33:05.180><c> righteousness,</c><00:33:06.720><c> not</c><00:33:06.960><c> for</c><00:33:07.299><c> sin.</c>

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:11.099
It's<00:33:08.180><c> made</c><00:33:08.440><c> to</c><00:33:08.660><c> produce</c><00:33:08.940><c> obedience,</c><00:33:09.900><c> not</c><00:33:10.099><c> guilt.</c>

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:17.559
So<00:33:14.039><c> then,</c><00:33:16.099><c> what</c><00:33:16.319><c> about</c><00:33:16.579><c> the</c><00:33:16.759><c> guilty?</c>

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:20.500
We<00:33:19.460><c> think</c><00:33:19.680><c> about</c><00:33:19.980><c> that.</c>

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:22.859
Well,<00:33:21.140><c> my</c><00:33:21.359><c> wife</c><00:33:21.640><c> was</c><00:33:21.920><c> guilty.</c>

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:25.640
They<00:33:23.759><c> were</c><00:33:23.960><c> guilty</c><00:33:24.339><c> in</c><00:33:24.539><c> the</c><00:33:24.700><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:30.180
That<00:33:27.200><c> person</c><00:33:27.500><c> who</c><00:33:27.640><c> isn't</c><00:33:27.759><c> in</c><00:33:27.940><c> my</c><00:33:28.140><c> family,</c><00:33:28.460><c> that</c><00:33:28.720><c> person</c><00:33:29.059><c> is</c><00:33:29.279><c> guilty.</c>

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:34.440
What<00:33:33.200><c> about</c><00:33:33.440><c> the</c><00:33:33.599><c> guilty?</c>

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:37.680
What<00:33:36.059><c> does</c><00:33:36.279><c> God</c><00:33:36.500><c> say</c><00:33:36.720><c> of</c><00:33:36.900><c> them?</c>

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:40.220
This<00:33:38.299><c> is</c><00:33:38.440><c> what</c><00:33:38.599><c> Islip</c><00:33:38.960><c> Collier</c><00:33:39.259><c> said</c><00:33:39.480><c> about</c><00:33:39.740><c> the</c><00:33:39.940><c> guilty</c>

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.619
in<00:33:40.500><c> Conviction</c><00:33:40.859><c> and</c><00:33:41.119><c> Conduct.</c>

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:43.920
I'm<00:33:42.160><c> going</c><00:33:42.200><c> to</c><00:33:42.299><c> take</c><00:33:42.460><c> a</c><00:33:42.559><c> few</c><00:33:42.700><c> minutes</c><00:33:42.980><c> to</c><00:33:43.180><c> read</c><00:33:43.380><c> this.</c>

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:47.380
It's<00:33:44.640><c> four</c><00:33:44.799><c> slides,</c><00:33:45.519><c> but</c><00:33:45.880><c> I</c><00:33:45.960><c> think</c><00:33:46.140><c> it's</c><00:33:46.319><c> worth</c><00:33:46.599><c> it.</c>

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:51.640
Even<00:33:48.880><c> if</c><00:33:49.079><c> those</c><00:33:49.299><c> who</c><00:33:49.500><c> have</c><00:33:49.839><c> grasped</c><00:33:50.339><c> the</c><00:33:50.500><c> principle</c><00:33:51.019><c> that</c><00:33:51.380><c> sin</c>

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:55.000
is<00:33:52.279><c> the</c><00:33:52.740><c> transgression</c><00:33:53.299><c> of</c><00:33:53.559><c> God's</c><00:33:53.980><c> law,</c>

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:58.759
almost<00:33:55.279><c> always</c><00:33:55.779><c> fall</c><00:33:56.140><c> into</c><00:33:56.420><c> the</c><00:33:56.759><c> error</c><00:33:57.160><c> of</c><00:33:58.059><c> supposing</c><00:33:58.500><c> that</c>

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:02.279
the<00:33:59.259><c> worst</c><00:33:59.259><c> sin</c><00:33:59.559><c> must</c><00:33:59.799><c> be</c><00:33:59.980><c> the</c><00:34:00.119><c> one</c><00:34:00.259><c> which</c><00:34:00.539><c> most</c><00:34:00.859><c> harms</c><00:34:01.079><c> our</c><00:34:01.299><c> neighbors.</c>

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:05.299
And<00:34:02.740><c> from</c><00:34:02.920><c> this</c><00:34:03.180><c> assumption,</c><00:34:03.779><c> it</c><00:34:03.900><c> is</c><00:34:04.140><c> not</c><00:34:04.319><c> a</c><00:34:04.319><c> very</c><00:34:04.700><c> long</c><00:34:04.960><c> step</c>

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:09.260
to<00:34:05.980><c> an</c><00:34:06.160><c> attitude</c><00:34:06.500><c> of</c><00:34:06.859><c> toleration</c><00:34:07.960><c> or</c><00:34:08.380><c> indifference</c>

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:13.139
toward<00:34:09.940><c> all</c><00:34:10.280><c> sins</c><00:34:10.559><c> which</c><00:34:10.860><c> do</c><00:34:11.099><c> not</c><00:34:11.300><c> appear</c><00:34:11.599><c> harmful</c><00:34:12.039><c> to</c><00:34:12.260><c> anyone.</c>

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:16.280
Brothers<00:34:13.940><c> and</c><00:34:14.179><c> sisters,</c><00:34:14.539><c> we</c><00:34:14.760><c> live</c><00:34:14.980><c> in</c><00:34:15.099><c> a</c><00:34:15.300><c> time</c><00:34:15.539><c> and</c><00:34:15.699><c> a</c><00:34:15.880><c> culture</c>

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:21.000
where<00:34:17.039><c> the</c><00:34:17.539><c> non</c><00:34:17.920><c>-harmful</c><00:34:18.519><c> sin</c><00:34:18.920><c> has</c><00:34:20.219><c> been</c><00:34:20.539><c> removed</c>

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:23.980
in<00:34:21.699><c> our</c><00:34:22.059><c> concept</c><00:34:22.519><c> of,</c><00:34:22.699><c> not</c><00:34:22.880><c> in</c><00:34:23.099><c> ours</c><00:34:23.300><c> as</c><00:34:23.579><c> believers,</c>

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:26.000
but<00:34:24.280><c> in</c><00:34:24.599><c> ours</c><00:34:24.840><c> in</c><00:34:25.079><c> the</c><00:34:25.280><c> American</c><00:34:25.579><c> culture</c>

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:27.519
and<00:34:26.199><c> in</c><00:34:26.320><c> the</c><00:34:26.480><c> world</c><00:34:26.679><c> culture</c><00:34:26.960><c> these</c><00:34:27.239><c> days.</c>

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:30.059
It's<00:34:27.920><c> been</c><00:34:28.119><c> removed</c><00:34:28.360><c> as</c><00:34:28.619><c> if</c><00:34:28.820><c> there's</c><00:34:29.139><c> no</c><00:34:29.320><c> such</c><00:34:29.519><c> thing</c><00:34:29.760><c> as</c><00:34:29.940><c> sin</c>

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:31.760
if<00:34:30.179><c> it</c><00:34:30.380><c> doesn't</c><00:34:30.559><c> harm</c><00:34:30.880><c> someone.</c>

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:34.179
Why<00:34:33.039><c> are</c><00:34:33.519><c> you</c><00:34:33.639><c> so</c><00:34:33.880><c> upset?</c>

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:36.260
That's<00:34:34.659><c> not</c><00:34:34.920><c> harming</c><00:34:35.280><c> anybody.</c>

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:38.559
Why<00:34:37.019><c> call</c><00:34:37.360><c> that</c><00:34:37.639><c> sin?</c>

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:41.639
There's<00:34:39.719><c> a</c><00:34:39.840><c> very</c><00:34:40.300><c> subtle</c><00:34:40.539><c> deception</c><00:34:41.019><c> going</c><00:34:41.300><c> on</c><00:34:41.519><c> there.</c>

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:45.000
When<00:34:41.780><c> people</c><00:34:42.099><c> claim</c><00:34:42.400><c> to</c><00:34:42.559><c> be</c><00:34:42.699><c> servants</c><00:34:43.139><c> of</c><00:34:43.420><c> God,</c><00:34:43.679><c> he</c><00:34:43.800><c> continues,</c>

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:47.719
however,<00:34:45.739><c> they</c><00:34:45.940><c> must</c><00:34:46.320><c> employ</c><00:34:46.739><c> a</c><00:34:46.960><c> higher</c><00:34:47.219><c> standard.</c>

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.980
The<00:34:48.320><c> depth</c><00:34:48.599><c> of</c><00:34:48.780><c> a</c><00:34:48.840><c> man's</c><00:34:49.199><c> guilt</c><00:34:49.360><c> is</c><00:34:49.619><c> determined</c>

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:52.659
not<00:34:50.300><c> by</c><00:34:50.599><c> reference</c><00:34:50.940><c> to</c><00:34:51.139><c> the</c><00:34:51.320><c> degree</c><00:34:51.500><c> of</c><00:34:51.780><c> harm</c><00:34:51.960><c> he</c><00:34:52.119><c> does</c><00:34:52.420><c> to</c>

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.300
other<00:34:52.860><c> men,</c>

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:55.800
but<00:34:53.679><c> by</c><00:34:53.940><c> the</c><00:34:54.099><c> degree</c><00:34:54.280><c> of</c><00:34:54.639><c> deliberateness</c>

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:57.659
with<00:34:56.239><c> which</c><00:34:56.519><c> the</c><00:34:56.699><c> law</c><00:34:56.900><c> is</c><00:34:57.239><c> violated.</c>

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:59.530
In<00:34:57.820><c> other</c><00:34:58.059><c> words,</c><00:34:58.699><c> sins</c><00:34:58.960><c> of</c><00:34:59.219><c> presumption</c>

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:02.840
are<00:35:00.199><c> always</c><00:35:00.679><c> worse</c><00:35:01.199><c> than</c><00:35:01.820><c> sins</c><00:35:02.119><c> of</c><00:35:02.380><c> weakness,</c>

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:07.320
and<00:35:03.059><c> that's</c><00:35:03.739><c> what</c><00:35:04.780><c> explains</c><00:35:05.460><c> why</c><00:35:05.760><c> a</c><00:35:05.900><c> man</c><00:35:06.079><c> picking</c><00:35:06.380><c> up</c><00:35:06.820><c> sticks</c>

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:09.960
on<00:35:08.159><c> the</c><00:35:08.380><c> Sabbath</c><00:35:08.619><c> is</c><00:35:08.880><c> used</c><00:35:09.219><c> as</c><00:35:09.380><c> the</c><00:35:09.639><c> example</c>

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:12.119
to<00:35:10.199><c> show</c><00:35:10.340><c> how</c><00:35:10.679><c> serious</c><00:35:11.199><c> presumption</c><00:35:11.840><c> is,</c>

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:14.679
and<00:35:12.280><c> he</c><00:35:12.380><c> was</c><00:35:12.719><c> stoned,</c><00:35:13.519><c> and</c><00:35:13.679><c> David,</c>

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:19.679
with<00:35:15.019><c> all</c><00:35:15.460><c> of</c><00:35:15.559><c> the</c><00:35:16.420><c> blackness</c><00:35:17.079><c> of</c><00:35:17.239><c> his</c><00:35:17.460><c> sin,</c><00:35:18.360><c> was</c><00:35:18.679><c> forgiven.</c>

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:23.940
Sin<00:35:20.860><c> is</c><00:35:21.179><c> transgression</c><00:35:21.760><c> of</c><00:35:21.940><c> God's</c><00:35:22.340><c> law,</c><00:35:22.579><c> he</c><00:35:22.739><c> continues,</c>

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.340
and<00:35:24.099><c> the</c><00:35:24.179><c> more</c><00:35:24.440><c> deliberate</c><00:35:24.820><c> the</c><00:35:25.079><c> disobedient,</c>

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:27.579
the<00:35:25.880><c> more</c><00:35:26.179><c> serious</c><00:35:26.599><c> the</c><00:35:26.860><c> sin.</c>

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:29.800
The<00:35:28.099><c> full</c><00:35:28.300><c> apprehension</c><00:35:28.739><c> of</c><00:35:28.920><c> this</c><00:35:29.139><c> fact</c><00:35:29.300><c> will</c><00:35:29.539><c> explain</c>

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:32.500
much<00:35:30.000><c> in</c><00:35:30.159><c> the</c><00:35:30.280><c> Bible</c><00:35:30.480><c> that</c><00:35:30.619><c> has</c><00:35:30.800><c> been</c><00:35:30.960><c> a</c><00:35:31.159><c> cause</c><00:35:31.360><c> of</c><00:35:31.619><c> stumbling.</c>

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:35.619
The<00:35:32.900><c> Israelites</c><00:35:33.320><c> complain</c><00:35:33.980><c> that</c><00:35:34.280><c> the</c><00:35:34.460><c> way</c><00:35:35.019><c> of</c><00:35:35.280><c> the</c><00:35:35.380><c> Lord</c>

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.659
wasn't<00:35:36.179><c> equal,</c>

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:39.639
and<00:35:37.340><c> many</c><00:35:37.679><c> modern</c><00:35:38.019><c> critics</c><00:35:38.340><c> have</c><00:35:38.619><c> re</c><00:35:38.780><c>-echoed</c><00:35:39.059><c> the</c><00:35:39.239><c> charge.</c>

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:41.500
Thus,<00:35:40.179><c> they've</c><00:35:40.420><c> pointed</c><00:35:40.639><c> out</c><00:35:40.920><c> that</c><00:35:41.159><c> David,</c>

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:43.639
who<00:35:41.739><c> committed</c><00:35:42.019><c> a</c><00:35:42.280><c> sin</c><00:35:42.400><c> of</c><00:35:42.599><c> the</c><00:35:42.780><c> blackest</c><00:35:43.260><c> character,</c>

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:46.679
was<00:35:43.880><c> not</c><00:35:44.059><c> only</c><00:35:44.340><c> forgiven,</c><00:35:45.199><c> but</c><00:35:45.420><c> was</c><00:35:45.679><c> permitted</c><00:35:46.079><c> to</c><00:35:46.340><c> retain</c>

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.219
the<00:35:46.900><c> kingdom.</c>

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:50.639
Achan<00:35:47.940><c> was</c><00:35:48.239><c> stoned</c><00:35:48.480><c> for</c><00:35:48.599><c> an</c><00:35:48.820><c> offense</c><00:35:49.059><c> which</c><00:35:49.619><c> harmed</c><00:35:49.960><c> no</c><00:35:50.280><c> one.</c>

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.719
Earlier,<00:35:51.440><c> a</c><00:35:51.559><c> man</c><00:35:51.679><c> was</c><00:35:51.960><c> stoned</c><00:35:52.179><c> simply</c><00:35:52.460><c> because</c>

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:54.980
he<00:35:52.860><c> picked</c><00:35:53.099><c> up</c><00:35:53.440><c> sticks</c><00:35:53.960><c> on</c><00:35:54.199><c> the</c><00:35:54.380><c> Sabbath</c><00:35:54.659><c> day.</c>

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:58.000
A<00:35:55.619><c> man</c><00:35:55.800><c> will</c><00:35:56.099><c> sometimes</c><00:35:56.739><c> say</c><00:35:56.980><c> to</c><00:35:57.099><c> himself,</c>

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:59.420
this<00:35:58.340><c> is</c><00:35:58.500><c> where</c><00:35:58.639><c> the</c><00:35:58.840><c> subtlety</c><00:35:59.199><c> is,</c>

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:01.440
this<00:35:59.659><c> is</c><00:35:59.860><c> the</c><00:35:59.980><c> hidden</c><00:36:00.219><c> temptation</c><00:36:00.880><c> in</c><00:36:01.199><c> mercy.</c>

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:03.719
Indeed,<00:36:02.199><c> we've</c><00:36:02.440><c> heard</c><00:36:02.559><c> it</c><00:36:02.780><c> openly</c><00:36:03.119><c> suggested,</c>

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:08.199
said<00:36:04.280><c> Islip</c><00:36:04.659><c> Collier,</c><00:36:05.239><c> that</c><00:36:05.340><c> as</c><00:36:05.579><c> David</c><00:36:05.860><c> was</c><00:36:06.199><c> forgiven</c><00:36:06.639><c> his</c><00:36:07.300><c> sin,</c>

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:10.619
and<00:36:08.539><c> it</c><00:36:08.679><c> is</c><00:36:08.880><c> evident</c><00:36:09.119><c> that</c><00:36:09.320><c> God</c><00:36:09.519><c> makes</c><00:36:09.820><c> much</c><00:36:10.099><c> allowance</c>

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:13.360
for<00:36:10.980><c> human</c><00:36:11.239><c> weakness,</c><00:36:12.219><c> surely</c><00:36:12.519><c> we</c><00:36:12.800><c> in</c><00:36:12.940><c> these</c><00:36:13.179><c> days</c>

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:15.400
shall<00:36:13.519><c> be</c><00:36:13.820><c> excused</c><00:36:14.159><c> for</c><00:36:14.360><c> doing</c><00:36:14.619><c> such</c><00:36:14.900><c> things.</c>

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.820
These<00:36:16.599><c> fleshly</c><00:36:17.059><c> reasoners,</c><00:36:17.500><c> he</c><00:36:17.659><c> says,</c>

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:21.320
fail<00:36:18.239><c> to</c><00:36:18.460><c> perceive</c><00:36:19.000><c> that</c><00:36:20.380><c> by</c><00:36:20.619><c> the</c><00:36:20.739><c> very</c><00:36:21.059><c> fact</c>

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:23.239
of<00:36:21.480><c> their</c><00:36:21.760><c> indulging</c><00:36:22.300><c> such</c><00:36:22.619><c> reflections,</c>

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:25.960
they<00:36:23.719><c> move</c><00:36:24.119><c> the</c><00:36:24.420><c> transgression</c><00:36:24.940><c> of</c><00:36:25.199><c> fleshly</c><00:36:25.619><c> weakness</c>

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:29.280
into<00:36:26.340><c> the</c><00:36:26.599><c> category</c><00:36:27.000><c> of</c><00:36:27.260><c> deliberate</c><00:36:27.579><c> despising</c><00:36:28.199><c> of</c><00:36:28.380><c> God's</c><00:36:29.019><c> law,</c>

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:32.340
and<00:36:29.880><c> surely</c><00:36:30.320><c> many</c><00:36:30.960><c> marriages</c><00:36:31.380><c> have</c><00:36:31.639><c> been</c><00:36:31.900><c> broken</c>

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:36.360
through<00:36:32.800><c> this</c><00:36:33.780><c> very</c><00:36:34.679><c> deception,</c><00:36:35.239><c> this</c><00:36:35.460><c> specific</c><00:36:35.980><c> one.</c>

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:38.980
If<00:36:36.900><c> David,</c><00:36:37.800><c> previous</c><00:36:38.000><c> to</c><00:36:38.159><c> his</c><00:36:38.500><c> transgression,</c>

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:41.079
had<00:36:39.300><c> deliberately</c><00:36:39.960><c> reasoned</c><00:36:40.420><c> the</c><00:36:40.519><c> matter</c><00:36:40.719><c> out</c>

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:44.159
and<00:36:41.480><c> concluded</c><00:36:41.940><c> that</c><00:36:42.159><c> since</c><00:36:42.460><c> God</c><00:36:42.659><c> had</c><00:36:42.940><c> shown</c><00:36:43.099><c> mercy</c><00:36:43.420><c> in</c><00:36:43.579><c> other</c><00:36:43.760><c> cases,</c>

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:48.019
it<00:36:44.539><c> might</c><00:36:44.760><c> be</c><00:36:44.980><c> worthwhile</c><00:36:45.539><c> to</c><00:36:46.059><c> undertake</c><00:36:46.599><c> the</c><00:36:46.960><c> risk</c><00:36:47.340><c> of</c><00:36:47.619><c> sinning,</c>

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:51.380
we<00:36:48.239><c> should</c><00:36:48.440><c> never</c><00:36:48.639><c> have</c><00:36:48.800><c> heard</c><00:36:48.940><c> of</c><00:36:49.039><c> him</c><00:36:49.199><c> as</c><00:36:49.500><c> an</c><00:36:49.719><c> example</c><00:36:50.079><c> of</c><00:36:50.300><c> rectitude.</c>

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:53.420
When<00:36:51.679><c> a</c><00:36:51.940><c> sin</c><00:36:52.039><c> has</c><00:36:52.179><c> been</c><00:36:52.460><c> committed</c><00:36:52.760><c> and</c><00:36:52.920><c> the</c><00:36:53.139><c> transgressor</c>

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:55.679
with<00:36:53.840><c> a</c><00:36:53.940><c> repentant</c><00:36:54.320><c> humility</c><00:36:54.699><c> pleads</c><00:36:55.139><c> for</c><00:36:55.420><c> pardon,</c>

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:58.559
it<00:36:56.059><c> is</c><00:36:56.280><c> doubtless</c><00:36:56.699><c> comforting</c><00:36:57.059><c> to</c><00:36:57.320><c> know</c><00:36:57.440><c> that</c><00:36:57.619><c> other</c><00:36:57.840><c> servants</c><00:36:58.119><c> of</c><00:36:58.320><c> God</c>

00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:00.760
have<00:36:59.179><c> sinned</c><00:36:59.980><c> and</c><00:37:00.139><c> been</c><00:37:00.400><c> forgiven,</c>

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:04.300
but<00:37:01.340><c> all</c><00:37:01.940><c> our</c><00:37:02.320><c> efforts</c><00:37:02.760><c> must</c><00:37:03.079><c> be</c><00:37:03.280><c> to</c><00:37:03.579><c> shape</c><00:37:03.800><c> our</c><00:37:04.099><c> lives</c>

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:06.780
in<00:37:04.599><c> accordance</c><00:37:04.960><c> with</c><00:37:05.599><c> the</c><00:37:05.840><c> commands</c><00:37:06.099><c> and</c><00:37:06.360><c> examples</c>

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:10.039
held<00:37:07.099><c> up</c><00:37:07.300><c> for</c><00:37:07.519><c> our</c><00:37:07.699><c> guidance</c><00:37:08.119><c> and</c><00:37:08.539><c> to</c><00:37:08.800><c> avoid</c><00:37:08.980><c> the</c><00:37:09.300><c> stumbling</c><00:37:09.679><c> stones</c>

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.780
over<00:37:10.260><c> which</c><00:37:10.460><c> others</c><00:37:10.659><c> have</c><00:37:10.960><c> fallen.</c>

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:13.659
If<00:37:12.039><c> a</c><00:37:12.179><c> man</c><00:37:12.340><c> reverses</c><00:37:12.920><c> this</c><00:37:13.139><c> process</c>

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:16.300
and<00:37:14.019><c> is</c><00:37:14.199><c> encouraged</c><00:37:14.679><c> to</c><00:37:14.860><c> do</c><00:37:15.019><c> evil</c><00:37:15.260><c> by</c><00:37:15.460><c> the</c><00:37:15.739><c> contemplation</c>

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:19.219
of<00:37:16.500><c> great</c><00:37:16.699><c> offenses</c><00:37:17.179><c> which</c><00:37:17.679><c> have</c><00:37:17.880><c> been</c><00:37:18.179><c> forgiven,</c>

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:23.519
he<00:37:20.639><c> becomes</c><00:37:21.039><c> a</c><00:37:21.300><c> perverse</c><00:37:21.719><c> despiser</c><00:37:22.380><c> of</c><00:37:22.519><c> that</c><00:37:22.780><c> which</c><00:37:22.940><c> is</c><00:37:23.239><c> good</c>

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:26.800
and<00:37:23.719><c> can</c><00:37:24.000><c> no</c><00:37:24.179><c> longer</c><00:37:24.500><c> plead</c><00:37:24.880><c> the</c><00:37:25.139><c> weakness</c><00:37:25.440><c> of</c><00:37:25.659><c> the</c><00:37:25.860><c> flesh.</c>

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:30.840
Let<00:37:27.059><c> him</c><00:37:27.340><c> set</c><00:37:27.559><c> his</c><00:37:28.000><c> face</c><00:37:28.440><c> like</c><00:37:28.699><c> a</c><00:37:28.940><c> flint</c><00:37:29.260><c> to</c><00:37:29.739><c> do</c><00:37:30.059><c> the</c><00:37:30.219><c> will</c><00:37:30.320><c> of</c><00:37:30.599><c> God,</c>

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:32.519
to<00:37:31.239><c> do</c><00:37:31.599><c> the</c><00:37:31.760><c> will</c><00:37:31.940><c> of</c><00:37:32.159><c> God.</c>

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:35.440
Let<00:37:32.840><c> him</c><00:37:33.099><c> strive</c><00:37:33.420><c> to</c><00:37:33.619><c> keep</c><00:37:33.760><c> his</c><00:37:34.019><c> body</c><00:37:34.239><c> under</c><00:37:34.559><c> subjection,</c>

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:37.820
and<00:37:35.780><c> after</c><00:37:36.139><c> all</c><00:37:36.539><c> his</c><00:37:36.800><c> effort,</c>

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:41.719
he<00:37:38.039><c> will</c><00:37:38.340><c> stand</c><00:37:38.559><c> in</c><00:37:38.860><c> very</c><00:37:39.280><c> much</c><00:37:39.559><c> need</c><00:37:40.039><c> of</c><00:37:41.179><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:45.679
You<00:37:42.760><c> see</c><00:37:43.019><c> the</c><00:37:43.320><c> clarity</c><00:37:43.940><c> of</c><00:37:44.480><c> the</c><00:37:44.539><c> way</c><00:37:44.719><c> mercy</c><00:37:45.039><c> is</c><00:37:45.219><c> supposed</c>

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:48.519
to<00:37:46.360><c> produce</c><00:37:46.920><c> righteousness,</c><00:37:47.980><c> not</c><00:37:48.159><c> sin.</c>

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:52.800
In<00:37:49.119><c> other</c><00:37:49.460><c> words,</c><00:37:50.219><c> what</c><00:37:50.280><c> Brother</c><00:37:50.920><c> Collier</c><00:37:51.340><c> is</c><00:37:51.500><c> saying,</c>

00:37:55.800 --> 00:38:00.699
the<00:37:55.880><c> lesson</c><00:37:56.199><c> of</c><00:37:56.380><c> David</c><00:37:56.840><c> is</c><00:37:57.260><c> not</c><00:37:58.019><c> mercy</c><00:37:58.659><c> covers</c><00:37:59.039><c> us</c><00:37:59.739><c> when</c><00:38:00.079><c> we</c><00:38:00.380><c> fall.</c>

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:03.699
That<00:38:01.059><c> is</c><00:38:01.420><c> not</c><00:38:01.699><c> the</c><00:38:01.880><c> lesson</c><00:38:02.280><c> of</c><00:38:02.679><c> the</c><00:38:02.900><c> story</c><00:38:03.159><c> of</c><00:38:03.420><c> David.</c>

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:06.119
Mercy<00:38:04.480><c> will</c><00:38:04.739><c> cover</c><00:38:05.099><c> all</c><00:38:05.679><c> that.</c>

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:08.260
Look<00:38:06.820><c> at</c><00:38:06.960><c> how</c><00:38:07.179><c> great</c><00:38:07.320><c> the</c><00:38:07.500><c> mercy</c><00:38:07.760><c> of</c><00:38:07.940><c> God</c><00:38:08.099><c> is.</c>

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:10.000
That<00:38:08.400><c> is</c><00:38:08.780><c> not</c><00:38:09.039><c> the</c><00:38:09.219><c> lesson</c><00:38:09.440><c> of</c><00:38:09.599><c> David.</c>

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:12.440
The<00:38:10.679><c> lesson</c><00:38:10.940><c> of</c><00:38:11.199><c> David</c><00:38:11.440><c> is,</c>

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:14.500
so<00:38:12.860><c> that</c><00:38:13.000><c> we</c><00:38:13.099><c> would</c><00:38:13.300><c> learn</c><00:38:13.480><c> never</c><00:38:13.940><c> to</c><00:38:14.239><c> fall</c>

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:17.039
to<00:38:14.699><c> the</c><00:38:14.940><c> same</c><00:38:15.199><c> loss</c><00:38:15.460><c> of</c><00:38:15.699><c> mercy</c><00:38:15.940><c> that</c><00:38:16.139><c> David</c><00:38:16.440><c> fell</c><00:38:16.760><c> to.</c>

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:20.500
If<00:38:17.800><c> the</c><00:38:18.079><c> record</c><00:38:18.400><c> of</c><00:38:18.559><c> his</c><00:38:18.820><c> life</c><00:38:19.239><c> is</c><00:38:19.639><c> there</c><00:38:19.860><c> for</c><00:38:20.099><c> anything,</c>

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:24.059
it<00:38:20.719><c> is</c><00:38:20.780><c> so</c><00:38:21.539><c> that</c><00:38:21.699><c> we</c><00:38:21.760><c> can</c><00:38:22.000><c> understand</c><00:38:22.539><c> that</c><00:38:22.920><c> if</c><00:38:23.079><c> we</c><00:38:23.340><c> lose</c><00:38:23.619><c> mercy,</c>

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:27.480
all<00:38:24.800><c> kinds</c><00:38:25.139><c> of</c><00:38:25.420><c> evil</c><00:38:25.679><c> can</c><00:38:26.400><c> flow</c><00:38:26.659><c> from</c><00:38:26.900><c> it.</c>

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:30.960
And<00:38:28.139><c> we</c><00:38:28.239><c> should</c><00:38:28.539><c> never,</c><00:38:29.119><c> ever</c><00:38:29.780><c> provide</c><00:38:30.239><c> an</c><00:38:30.400><c> opportunity</c>

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:33.860
in<00:38:31.219><c> our</c><00:38:31.400><c> lives</c><00:38:31.599><c> in</c><00:38:31.880><c> any</c><00:38:32.199><c> way</c><00:38:32.539><c> for</c><00:38:32.900><c> the</c><00:38:33.059><c> loss</c><00:38:33.219><c> of</c><00:38:33.480><c> mercy,</c>

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:36.300
seeing<00:38:34.519><c> what</c><00:38:34.840><c> happened</c><00:38:35.119><c> to</c><00:38:35.400><c> David.</c>

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:40.280
That<00:38:38.480><c> is</c><00:38:38.699><c> the</c><00:38:38.760><c> Spirit</c><00:38:39.039><c> of</c><00:38:39.199><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:43.039
There<00:38:41.360><c> is</c><00:38:41.360><c> another</c><00:38:41.599><c> interesting</c><00:38:42.039><c> writer</c><00:38:42.300><c> by</c><00:38:42.500><c> the</c><00:38:42.500><c> name</c><00:38:42.699><c> of</c><00:38:42.880><c> R</c>

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.440
.C.<00:38:43.280><c> Sproul,</c>

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:46.179
not<00:38:43.679><c> even</c><00:38:43.880><c> a</c><00:38:44.000><c> Christadelphian,</c><00:38:44.679><c> but</c><00:38:44.760><c> has</c><00:38:44.980><c> much</c><00:38:45.219><c> good</c><00:38:45.440><c> to</c><00:38:45.719><c> say,</c>

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.920
reasoning<00:38:46.659><c> from</c><00:38:46.980><c> Scripture.</c>

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:49.739
He<00:38:48.079><c> had</c><00:38:48.300><c> this</c><00:38:48.539><c> to</c><00:38:48.699><c> say</c><00:38:48.880><c> about</c><00:38:49.179><c> grace.</c>

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:51.440
We<00:38:50.179><c> have</c><00:38:50.340><c> heard</c><00:38:50.519><c> that</c><00:38:50.679><c> God</c><00:38:50.880><c> is</c><00:38:51.139><c> gracious,</c>

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:53.280
and<00:38:51.659><c> thus</c><00:38:51.840><c> there</c><00:38:52.039><c> is</c><00:38:52.179><c> nothing</c><00:38:52.480><c> to</c><00:38:52.679><c> worry</c><00:38:52.920><c> about.</c>

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:56.559
He<00:38:53.800><c> must</c><00:38:54.079><c> give</c><00:38:54.300><c> grace</c><00:38:54.579><c> to</c><00:38:54.800><c> everyone</c><00:38:55.199><c> because</c><00:38:55.480><c> He</c><00:38:55.599><c> is</c><00:38:55.739><c> a</c><00:38:55.900><c> loving</c><00:38:56.119><c> God.</c>

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:59.639
Loving<00:38:57.280><c> Gods</c><00:38:57.559><c> don't</c><00:38:57.800><c> allow</c><00:38:58.179><c> anyone</c><00:38:58.500><c> to</c><00:38:58.780><c> perish.</c>

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:02.239
Loving<00:39:00.360><c> God</c><00:39:00.619><c> certainly</c><00:39:01.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:01.239><c> allow</c><00:39:01.559><c> a</c><00:39:01.760><c> believer</c><00:39:01.920><c> in</c><00:39:02.059><c> the</c>

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:03.139
truth<00:39:02.500><c> to</c><00:39:02.739><c> perish.</c>

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:06.440
Does<00:39:04.079><c> not</c><00:39:04.320><c> love</c><00:39:04.519><c> require</c><00:39:04.920><c> that</c><00:39:05.119><c> God</c><00:39:05.320><c> give</c><00:39:05.519><c> grace</c><00:39:05.840><c> to</c><00:39:06.159><c> everyone</c>

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:08.440
equally<00:39:07.039><c> in</c><00:39:07.320><c> the</c><00:39:07.539><c> end?</c>

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:11.159
This<00:39:08.800><c> assumption,</c><00:39:09.239><c> he</c><00:39:09.440><c> says,</c><00:39:09.679><c> is</c><00:39:09.820><c> the</c><00:39:09.880><c> most</c><00:39:10.199><c> perilous</c><00:39:10.659><c> assumption</c>

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:13.119
anyone<00:39:11.719><c> could</c><00:39:11.940><c> ever</c><00:39:12.199><c> make</c><00:39:12.420><c> about</c><00:39:12.699><c> grace.</c>

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:15.960
Though<00:39:13.679><c> God's</c><00:39:13.980><c> grace</c><00:39:14.199><c> is</c><00:39:14.500><c> plenteous</c><00:39:14.900><c> and</c><00:39:15.079><c> truly</c><00:39:15.360><c> amazing,</c>

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:18.760
freely<00:39:16.480><c> given</c><00:39:16.739><c> and</c><00:39:17.000><c> majestic</c><00:39:17.460><c> in</c><00:39:17.880><c> scope,</c>

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:21.559
it<00:39:19.239><c> must</c><00:39:19.500><c> never</c><00:39:19.780><c> be</c><00:39:20.059><c> taken</c><00:39:20.400><c> for</c><00:39:20.699><c> granted.</c>

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:25.739
Nothing<00:39:22.400><c> requires</c><00:39:23.039><c> that</c><00:39:23.300><c> God</c><00:39:23.500><c> is</c><00:39:23.719><c> gracious,</c><00:39:24.199><c> not</c><00:39:24.380><c> even</c><00:39:24.559><c> His</c><00:39:24.780><c> love.</c>

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:29.900
If<00:39:26.480><c> grace</c><00:39:26.920><c> is</c><00:39:27.260><c> ever</c><00:39:27.460><c> required,</c><00:39:28.420><c> just</c><00:39:29.000><c> note</c><00:39:29.460><c> this,</c>

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:33.960
if<00:39:30.480><c> grace</c><00:39:30.719><c> is</c><00:39:30.880><c> ever</c><00:39:31.159><c> required,</c><00:39:32.280><c> it's</c><00:39:32.360><c> no</c><00:39:32.539><c> longer</c><00:39:32.800><c> grace.</c>

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:36.619
Grace<00:39:34.960><c> can't</c><00:39:35.300><c> be</c><00:39:35.539><c> required.</c>

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:40.119
It's<00:39:37.219><c> a</c><00:39:37.340><c> free</c><00:39:37.559><c> gift</c><00:39:37.800><c> of</c><00:39:38.000><c> God,</c><00:39:38.559><c> but</c><00:39:38.659><c> it</c><00:39:39.000><c> cannot</c><00:39:39.239><c> be</c><00:39:39.559><c> required.</c>

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:42.420
We<00:39:40.599><c> don't</c><00:39:40.760><c> look</c><00:39:40.980><c> at</c><00:39:41.099><c> God</c><00:39:41.320><c> and</c><00:39:41.599><c> say,</c>

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:45.840
you<00:39:42.760><c> owe</c><00:39:43.039><c> me</c><00:39:43.679><c> grace</c><00:39:44.239><c> now</c><00:39:44.539><c> that</c><00:39:44.739><c> I've</c><00:39:45.059><c> sinned.</c>

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:48.579
If<00:39:46.179><c> we</c><00:39:46.559><c> merit</c><00:39:46.780><c> it,</c><00:39:47.239><c> then</c><00:39:47.380><c> it</c><00:39:47.500><c> is</c><00:39:47.719><c> no</c><00:39:47.920><c> longer</c><00:39:48.199><c> grace.</c>

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:52.519
If<00:39:49.059><c> God</c><00:39:49.260><c> is</c><00:39:49.440><c> obliged</c><00:39:49.739><c> to</c><00:39:49.980><c> give</c><00:39:50.099><c> it,</c><00:39:50.639><c> then</c><00:39:50.800><c> it</c><00:39:50.960><c> is</c><00:39:51.119><c> no</c><00:39:51.320><c> longer</c><00:39:51.579><c> grace.</c>

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:56.179
He<00:39:52.940><c> concludes</c><00:39:53.219><c> by</c><00:39:53.460><c> saying,</c><00:39:53.619><c> I</c><00:39:53.699><c> can</c><00:39:53.980><c> never</c><00:39:54.219><c> demand</c><00:39:55.179><c> that</c><00:39:55.719><c> He</c><00:39:55.860><c> give</c><00:39:56.019><c> it</c>

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:57.079
to<00:39:56.320><c> me.</c>

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:59.659
Where<00:39:58.300><c> would</c><00:39:58.519><c> be</c><00:39:58.679><c> the</c><00:39:58.840><c> humility</c><00:39:59.179><c> in</c><00:39:59.460><c> that?</c>

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:02.519
In<00:39:59.960><c> other</c><00:40:00.139><c> words,</c><00:40:00.300><c> he's</c><00:40:00.460><c> saying,</c><00:40:01.099><c> we</c><00:40:01.119><c> can</c><00:40:01.360><c> either</c><00:40:01.820><c> use</c><00:40:02.139><c> mercy</c>

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:03.320
to<00:40:02.820><c> obey</c>

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:06.440
or<00:40:04.159><c> we</c><00:40:04.300><c> can</c><00:40:04.519><c> use</c><00:40:04.760><c> it</c><00:40:05.219><c> to</c><00:40:05.500><c> sin.</c>

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:09.159
But<00:40:07.239><c> if</c><00:40:07.400><c> we</c><00:40:07.579><c> use</c><00:40:07.780><c> it</c><00:40:08.019><c> to</c><00:40:08.280><c> sin,</c><00:40:08.619><c> Paul</c><00:40:08.860><c> says,</c>

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:13.460
we<00:40:09.539><c> recrucify</c><00:40:10.380><c> the</c><00:40:10.579><c> Lord</c><00:40:10.699><c> and</c><00:40:10.900><c> outrage</c><00:40:11.460><c> the</c><00:40:11.719><c> Spirit</c><00:40:12.019><c> of</c><00:40:12.219><c> grace.</c>

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:23.300
We<00:40:21.099><c> remember</c><00:40:21.480><c> the</c><00:40:21.659><c> body</c><00:40:21.900><c> and</c><00:40:22.079><c> blood</c><00:40:22.219><c> of</c><00:40:22.400><c> the</c><00:40:22.519><c> Lord.</c>

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:26.400
How<00:40:24.679><c> do</c><00:40:24.800><c> you</c><00:40:25.019><c> use</c><00:40:25.400><c> mercy?</c>

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:33.119
How<00:40:29.280><c> is</c><00:40:29.480><c> it</c><00:40:30.440><c> that</c><00:40:30.840><c> what</c><00:40:31.019><c> was</c><00:40:31.320><c> intended</c><00:40:31.619><c> as</c><00:40:31.920><c> a</c><00:40:32.079><c> provision</c><00:40:32.440><c> for</c><00:40:32.719><c> weakness</c>

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:36.460
to<00:40:33.440><c> nourish</c><00:40:33.860><c> and</c><00:40:34.059><c> protect</c><00:40:34.460><c> our</c><00:40:34.760><c> lives</c><00:40:35.099><c> all</c><00:40:35.599><c> the</c><00:40:35.760><c> days</c><00:40:35.920><c> of</c><00:40:36.119><c> our</c><00:40:36.280><c> lives</c>

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:38.699
so<00:40:36.699><c> that</c><00:40:36.820><c> we</c><00:40:36.920><c> could</c><00:40:37.079><c> be</c><00:40:37.360><c> found</c><00:40:37.579><c> worthy</c><00:40:37.980><c> and</c><00:40:38.340><c> acceptable</c>

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:42.079
at<00:40:38.880><c> the</c><00:40:39.079><c> judgment</c><00:40:39.360><c> seat</c><00:40:39.820><c> in</c><00:40:41.260><c> the</c><00:40:41.420><c> kingdom</c><00:40:41.639><c> of</c><00:40:41.860><c> God,</c>

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:47.519
how<00:40:42.480><c> could</c><00:40:42.679><c> such</c><00:40:42.900><c> a</c><00:40:43.079><c> thing</c><00:40:43.239><c> become</c><00:40:43.739><c> a</c><00:40:44.059><c> provision</c><00:40:44.519><c> for</c><00:40:46.179><c> the</c><00:40:46.380><c> flesh?</c>

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:51.000
It's<00:40:49.500><c> because</c><00:40:49.719><c> the</c><00:40:49.920><c> heart</c><00:40:50.099><c> of</c><00:40:50.320><c> man</c><00:40:50.460><c> is</c><00:40:50.760><c> evil</c>

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:53.300
and<00:40:51.300><c> desperately</c><00:40:52.099><c> wicked</c><00:40:52.420><c> above</c><00:40:52.679><c> all</c><00:40:52.980><c> things.</c>

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:56.780
The<00:40:53.940><c> humanist</c><00:40:54.480><c> position</c><00:40:54.840><c> on</c><00:40:55.079><c> mercy</c><00:40:55.460><c> explains</c><00:40:56.179><c> a</c><00:40:56.400><c> lot</c><00:40:56.539><c> about</c>

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:58.300
how<00:40:56.940><c> that</c><00:40:57.139><c> could</c><00:40:57.360><c> happen.</c>

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.619
In<00:40:59.039><c> the</c><00:40:59.219><c> world</c><00:40:59.460><c> of</c><00:40:59.739><c> humanism,</c>

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:04.840
toleration<00:41:02.559><c> is</c><00:41:03.079><c> embodied</c><00:41:03.440><c> in</c><00:41:03.639><c> different</c><00:41:03.920><c> kinds</c><00:41:04.260><c> of</c><00:41:04.480><c> terms.</c>

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:08.659
One<00:41:05.300><c> of</c><00:41:05.420><c> the</c><00:41:05.559><c> most</c><00:41:05.920><c> prevalent</c><00:41:06.400><c> is</c><00:41:06.980><c> unconditional</c><00:41:07.920><c> acceptance</c>

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.480
of<00:41:08.840><c> other</c><00:41:09.079><c> people.</c>

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:13.800
So<00:41:09.960><c> you</c><00:41:10.019><c> have</c><00:41:10.199><c> all</c><00:41:10.719><c> manner</c><00:41:11.019><c> of</c><00:41:11.219><c> immorality</c><00:41:11.840><c> and</c><00:41:12.179><c> godlessness,</c><00:41:13.199><c> acceptable.</c>

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:17.659
Other<00:41:14.440><c> cultures,</c><00:41:15.159><c> other</c><00:41:15.340><c> religions,</c><00:41:16.300><c> immorality,</c><00:41:16.800><c> all</c><00:41:16.920><c> kinds</c><00:41:17.239><c> of</c><00:41:17.400><c> things.</c>

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:21.219
Acceptable<00:41:18.500><c> because</c><00:41:18.900><c> we</c><00:41:19.460><c> should</c><00:41:19.659><c> be</c><00:41:19.840><c> able</c><00:41:20.079><c> to</c><00:41:20.599><c> live</c><00:41:20.739><c> in</c><00:41:21.000><c> peace</c>

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:21.900
with<00:41:21.440><c> one</c><00:41:21.619><c> another</c>

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:25.159
and<00:41:22.440><c> offer</c><00:41:22.800><c> one</c><00:41:23.019><c> another</c><00:41:23.380><c> unconditional</c><00:41:24.300><c> acceptance.</c>

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:29.260
And<00:41:25.440><c> that</c><00:41:25.659><c> will</c><00:41:25.980><c> cure</c><00:41:26.340><c> all</c><00:41:26.699><c> the</c><00:41:27.219><c> world's</c><00:41:27.820><c> ills,</c><00:41:28.039><c> they</c><00:41:28.400><c> think.</c>

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:33.500
And<00:41:31.579><c> then</c><00:41:31.719><c> in</c><00:41:31.840><c> the</c><00:41:31.980><c> Christian</c><00:41:32.320><c> world,</c><00:41:32.780><c> we</c><00:41:32.800><c> have</c><00:41:33.000><c> this</c><00:41:33.239><c> term</c>

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:35.000
unmerited<00:41:34.079><c> favor.</c>

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:39.980
The<00:41:36.179><c> humanist</c><00:41:36.980><c> calls</c><00:41:37.559><c> it</c><00:41:37.860><c> unconditional</c><00:41:38.519><c> acceptance.</c>

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:44.900
Christianity<00:41:43.380><c> calls</c><00:41:43.780><c> it</c><00:41:44.039><c> unmerited</c><00:41:44.539><c> favor.</c>

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:46.940
You<00:41:45.099><c> know,</c><00:41:45.179><c> that's</c><00:41:45.440><c> not</c><00:41:45.719><c> our</c><00:41:46.000><c> term.</c>

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:50.719
I<00:41:47.440><c> tried</c><00:41:47.639><c> to</c><00:41:47.880><c> find</c><00:41:48.280><c> one</c><00:41:48.619><c> time</c><00:41:49.000><c> the</c><00:41:49.800><c> origin</c><00:41:50.159><c> of</c><00:41:50.340><c> the</c><00:41:50.460><c> term</c>

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.579
unmerited<00:41:51.239><c> favor,</c>

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:52.900
which<00:41:51.860><c> is</c><00:41:52.280><c> true</c><00:41:52.539><c> in</c><00:41:52.699><c> a</c><00:41:52.800><c> sense.</c>

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:55.260
I<00:41:53.000><c> mean,</c><00:41:53.360><c> all</c><00:41:53.559><c> of</c><00:41:53.659><c> us</c><00:41:53.780><c> know</c><00:41:53.960><c> the</c><00:41:54.159><c> truth</c><00:41:54.300><c> of</c><00:41:54.500><c> that.</c>

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:57.119
The<00:41:55.599><c> gift</c><00:41:55.820><c> of</c><00:41:55.960><c> God</c><00:41:56.159><c> is</c><00:41:56.340><c> everlasting</c><00:41:56.760><c> life.</c>

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:58.260
The<00:41:57.320><c> wages</c><00:41:57.460><c> of</c><00:41:57.719><c> sin</c><00:41:57.880><c> is</c><00:41:58.119><c> death.</c>

00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:00.099
We<00:41:58.480><c> can't</c><00:41:58.820><c> earn</c><00:41:58.960><c> it.</c><00:41:59.320><c> We</c><00:41:59.500><c> know</c><00:41:59.719><c> that.</c>

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:02.000
So<00:42:00.619><c> it's</c><00:42:00.880><c> unmerited</c><00:42:01.260><c> in</c><00:42:01.440><c> that</c><00:42:01.659><c> sense.</c>

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:03.820
There<00:42:02.559><c> is</c><00:42:02.739><c> no</c><00:42:02.900><c> earning</c><00:42:03.119><c> of</c><00:42:03.380><c> salvation.</c>

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:05.559
It's<00:42:04.260><c> God's</c><00:42:04.619><c> gift.</c>

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:12.519
But<00:42:07.360><c> the</c><00:42:07.619><c> idea</c><00:42:08.099><c> of</c><00:42:08.340><c> it</c><00:42:08.519><c> being</c><00:42:08.780><c> unmerited</c><00:42:09.360><c> favor</c><00:42:09.800><c> as</c><00:42:10.420><c> a</c><00:42:10.699><c> doctrine</c><00:42:11.179><c> of</c><00:42:11.639><c> truth</c><00:42:12.039><c> that</c>

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.420
is<00:42:12.780><c> scriptural,</c>

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:16.719
we<00:42:14.380><c> know</c><00:42:14.579><c> the</c><00:42:14.780><c> scriptures</c><00:42:15.179><c> by</c><00:42:15.619><c> which</c><00:42:15.780><c> we</c><00:42:16.079><c> understand</c><00:42:16.500><c> the</c>

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:18.079
concept<00:42:17.099><c> rightly.</c>

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:19.880
You<00:42:18.400><c> and</c><00:42:18.559><c> I</c><00:42:18.699><c> both</c><00:42:18.920><c> do.</c>

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:22.599
But<00:42:20.820><c> is</c><00:42:21.119><c> that</c><00:42:21.300><c> the</c><00:42:21.599><c> origin</c><00:42:21.880><c> of</c><00:42:22.099><c> the</c><00:42:22.360><c> idea?</c>

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:26.260
Is<00:42:23.119><c> that</c><00:42:23.400><c> idea</c><00:42:23.920><c> actually</c><00:42:24.400><c> found</c><00:42:24.820><c> in</c><00:42:25.099><c> the</c><00:42:25.300><c> Word,</c><00:42:25.840><c> in</c><00:42:26.000><c> the</c>

00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:26.960
original<00:42:26.579><c> words,</c>

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:29.980
in<00:42:27.460><c> the</c><00:42:27.639><c> lines</c><00:42:27.860><c> of</c><00:42:28.139><c> scriptures</c><00:42:28.380><c> they</c><00:42:28.719><c> describe</c><00:42:29.059><c> to</c><00:42:29.239><c> us</c><00:42:29.639><c> the</c>

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:31.119
difference<00:42:30.440><c> between</c>

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:34.699
how<00:42:31.519><c> we</c><00:42:31.679><c> would</c><00:42:31.920><c> subtly</c><00:42:32.300><c> change</c><00:42:32.739><c> God's</c><00:42:33.920><c> Word</c><00:42:34.039><c> around</c><00:42:34.340><c> in</c><00:42:34.539><c> our</c>

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.280
own<00:42:34.880><c> interest</c>

00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:40.159
and<00:42:35.639><c> what</c><00:42:35.840><c> God</c><00:42:36.059><c> really</c><00:42:36.400><c> means</c><00:42:36.679><c> when</c><00:42:36.840><c> He</c><00:42:37.059><c> teaches</c><00:42:37.300><c> us</c><00:42:37.599><c> about</c><00:42:37.800><c> the</c><00:42:38.000><c> holiness</c><00:42:38.539><c> of</c><00:42:39.099><c> obedience.</c>

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:45.039
These<00:42:41.719><c> two</c><00:42:42.000><c> terms</c><00:42:42.239><c> have</c><00:42:42.460><c> gotten</c><00:42:42.800><c> cross</c><00:42:43.179><c>-linked</c><00:42:43.460><c> in</c><00:42:43.639><c> our</c><00:42:43.920><c> time.</c>

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:48.539
They<00:42:45.619><c> kind</c><00:42:45.840><c> of</c><00:42:45.980><c> mean</c><00:42:46.159><c> the</c><00:42:46.420><c> same</c><00:42:46.699><c> thing,</c><00:42:47.639><c> the</c><00:42:47.820><c> idea</c><00:42:48.019><c> of</c><00:42:48.179><c> grace</c>

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:50.659
and<00:42:48.820><c> the</c><00:42:48.980><c> ideas</c><00:42:49.239><c> of</c><00:42:49.559><c> humanism.</c>

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:55.019
In<00:42:53.940><c> the</c><00:42:54.159><c> Manifesto</c><00:42:54.699><c> it</c><00:42:54.840><c> says,</c>

00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:58.159
reason<00:42:55.360><c> and</c><00:42:55.579><c> intelligence</c><00:42:56.000><c> are</c><00:42:56.159><c> the</c><00:42:56.199><c> most</c><00:42:56.440><c> effective</c><00:42:56.860><c> instruments</c><00:42:57.539><c> that</c>

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:59.400
mankind<00:42:58.599><c> possesses.</c>

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:02.280
Reason<00:43:00.059><c> should</c><00:43:00.260><c> be</c><00:43:00.519><c> balanced</c><00:43:00.820><c> with</c><00:43:01.079><c> compassion</c><00:43:01.719><c> and</c><00:43:01.920><c> empathy.</c>

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:08.320
Notice<00:43:02.840><c> how</c><00:43:03.039><c> they</c><00:43:03.360><c> borrow</c><00:43:03.719><c> God's</c><00:43:04.219><c> words</c><00:43:04.800><c> to</c><00:43:05.199><c> justify</c><00:43:05.860><c> the</c><00:43:06.300><c> godlessness</c><00:43:06.920><c> of</c><00:43:07.519><c> atheism.</c>

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:10.860
So<00:43:09.199><c> that</c><00:43:09.400><c> the</c><00:43:09.519><c> whole</c><00:43:09.739><c> person</c><00:43:10.079><c> is</c><00:43:10.340><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:13.059
and<00:43:11.079><c> that's</c><00:43:11.239><c> the</c><00:43:11.380><c> ultimate</c><00:43:11.760><c> goal,</c><00:43:12.239><c> fulfillment</c><00:43:12.420><c> of</c><00:43:12.599><c> the</c><00:43:12.739><c> individual,</c>

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:15.400
we<00:43:13.519><c> believe</c><00:43:13.719><c> in</c><00:43:13.860><c> the</c><00:43:14.039><c> cultivation</c><00:43:14.500><c> of</c><00:43:14.840><c> feeling</c><00:43:15.059><c> and</c><00:43:15.300><c> love.</c>

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:19.039
And<00:43:15.639><c> so</c><00:43:15.820><c> now,</c><00:43:16.639><c> using</c><00:43:16.960><c> these</c><00:43:17.300><c> terms</c><00:43:17.659><c> very</c><00:43:18.219><c> subtly,</c><00:43:18.599><c> like</c><00:43:18.800><c> the</c>

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:20.280
serpent<00:43:19.360><c> will,</c>

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:22.719
feeling<00:43:21.440><c> and</c><00:43:21.699><c> love</c><00:43:21.860><c> get</c><00:43:22.139><c> cross</c><00:43:22.519><c>-linked.</c>

00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:25.519
So<00:43:22.940><c> that</c><00:43:23.440><c> we</c><00:43:23.679><c> live</c><00:43:23.800><c> in</c><00:43:23.900><c> a</c><00:43:24.059><c> culture</c><00:43:24.320><c> where</c><00:43:24.500><c> it's</c><00:43:24.559><c> so</c><00:43:24.900><c> easy</c><00:43:25.199><c> to</c>

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:26.380
believe<00:43:25.900><c> that</c>

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:30.960
how<00:43:26.639><c> would</c><00:43:26.800><c> I</c><00:43:27.099><c> feel</c><00:43:27.280><c> in</c><00:43:27.519><c> my</c><00:43:27.780><c> heart</c><00:43:28.219><c> is</c><00:43:29.179><c> what</c><00:43:29.380><c> love</c><00:43:29.599><c> is.</c>

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:36.079
Feelings,<00:43:32.440><c> emotions,</c><00:43:34.639><c> have</c><00:43:34.679><c> been</c><00:43:34.880><c> cross</c><00:43:35.239><c>-linked.</c>

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:38.940
And<00:43:36.519><c> you</c><00:43:36.639><c> might</c><00:43:36.860><c> have</c><00:43:37.039><c> been</c><00:43:37.260><c> deceived,</c><00:43:37.940><c> especially</c><00:43:38.219><c> young</c><00:43:38.460><c> people.</c>

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:43.019
What<00:43:39.500><c> you</c><00:43:39.719><c> hear</c><00:43:39.860><c> in</c><00:43:40.039><c> high</c><00:43:40.260><c> school</c><00:43:40.599><c> and</c><00:43:40.780><c> college</c><00:43:41.199><c> about</c><00:43:42.079><c> feeling</c><00:43:42.699><c> and</c>

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:44.119
love<00:43:43.380><c> and</c><00:43:43.659><c> compassion</c>

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:46.019
is<00:43:44.380><c> not</c><00:43:44.659><c> godly</c><00:43:45.619><c> wisdom.</c>

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:48.000
It's<00:43:46.360><c> the</c><00:43:46.480><c> wisdom</c><00:43:46.699><c> of</c><00:43:46.880><c> this</c><00:43:47.099><c> world.</c>

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:50.679
The<00:43:48.219><c> wisdom</c><00:43:48.460><c> of</c><00:43:48.699><c> God</c><00:43:48.900><c> says</c><00:43:49.219><c> that</c><00:43:49.460><c> mercy</c><00:43:49.780><c> is</c><00:43:50.199><c> selective.</c>

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:53.940
I<00:43:51.300><c> will</c><00:43:51.539><c> show</c><00:43:51.739><c> mercy</c><00:43:52.059><c> on</c><00:43:52.239><c> whom</c><00:43:52.420><c> I</c><00:43:52.519><c> will</c><00:43:52.719><c> show</c><00:43:52.860><c> mercy</c><00:43:53.179><c> and</c><00:43:53.400><c> cultivate.</c>

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:57.139
And<00:43:54.519><c> therefore,</c><00:43:55.059><c> our</c><00:43:55.199><c> responsibility</c><00:43:55.840><c> is</c><00:43:56.079><c> to</c><00:43:56.320><c> cultivate</c>

00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:59.039
acceptability<00:43:58.179><c> before</c><00:43:58.739><c> God,</c>

00:43:59.179 --> 00:44:02.440
not<00:43:59.840><c> unmerited</c><00:44:01.579><c> acceptability.</c>

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:05.940
If<00:44:02.699><c> we</c><00:44:02.900><c> try</c><00:44:03.099><c> to</c><00:44:03.320><c> cultivate</c><00:44:03.940><c> unmerited</c><00:44:05.179><c> acceptability,</c>

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:09.239
we<00:44:06.159><c> might</c><00:44:06.460><c> catch</c><00:44:06.719><c> ourselves</c><00:44:07.199><c> doing</c><00:44:07.480><c> all</c><00:44:07.760><c> kinds</c><00:44:08.059><c> of</c><00:44:08.280><c> things</c>

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:13.400
that<00:44:11.039><c> violate</c><00:44:11.519><c> the</c><00:44:12.059><c> obedience</c><00:44:12.400><c> of</c><00:44:12.559><c> God.</c>

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:15.679
There's<00:44:14.019><c> a</c><00:44:14.119><c> little</c><00:44:14.300><c> problem</c><00:44:14.760><c> with</c><00:44:15.059><c> unmerited</c><00:44:15.480><c> favor.</c>

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:17.300
I'm<00:44:15.820><c> not</c><00:44:15.980><c> going</c><00:44:16.280><c> to</c><00:44:16.599><c> overwork</c><00:44:16.920><c> this</c><00:44:17.199><c> point,</c>

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:19.719
but<00:44:17.400><c> I</c><00:44:17.519><c> do</c><00:44:17.639><c> want</c><00:44:17.760><c> to</c><00:44:17.860><c> show</c><00:44:17.980><c> you</c><00:44:18.079><c> some</c><00:44:18.239><c> interesting</c><00:44:19.320><c> things</c>

00:44:19.719 --> 00:44:20.179
that<00:44:19.980><c> occur.</c>

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:22.920
If<00:44:20.320><c> you</c><00:44:20.480><c> try</c><00:44:20.639><c> to</c><00:44:20.860><c> read</c><00:44:20.940><c> this</c><00:44:21.159><c> in</c><00:44:21.219><c> a</c><00:44:21.400><c> scriptural</c><00:44:21.780><c> context,</c>

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:25.239
in<00:44:23.599><c> Matthew</c><00:44:23.900><c> 5</c><00:44:24.320><c>-7,</c><00:44:24.699><c> Jesus</c><00:44:25.000><c> says,</c>

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:27.880
Blessed<00:44:25.579><c> are</c><00:44:25.760><c> the</c><00:44:25.860><c> merciful,</c><00:44:26.320><c> for</c><00:44:26.460><c> they</c><00:44:26.699><c> shall</c><00:44:26.840><c> obtain</c>

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:29.800
unmerited<00:44:28.980><c> favor.</c>

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:33.280
Does<00:44:30.460><c> that</c><00:44:30.639><c> have</c><00:44:30.800><c> the</c><00:44:30.940><c> ring</c><00:44:31.119><c> of</c><00:44:31.380><c> truth</c><00:44:31.579><c> to</c><00:44:31.760><c> you?</c>

00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:36.260
And<00:44:34.920><c> the</c><00:44:35.079><c> child</c><00:44:35.360><c> grew,</c><00:44:35.539><c> speaking</c><00:44:35.800><c> of</c><00:44:35.940><c> Jesus,</c>

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:39.400
and<00:44:36.519><c> waxed</c><00:44:36.880><c> strong</c><00:44:37.039><c> in</c><00:44:37.199><c> the</c><00:44:37.420><c> Spirit</c><00:44:37.980><c> and</c><00:44:38.840><c> wisdom</c>

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:42.219
and<00:44:39.780><c> the</c><00:44:40.019><c> unmerited</c><00:44:40.460><c> favor</c><00:44:40.780><c> of</c><00:44:41.139><c> God.</c>

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:50.780
And<00:44:47.840><c> the</c><00:44:48.000><c> Word</c><00:44:48.199><c> was</c><00:44:48.440><c> made</c><00:44:48.719><c> flesh</c><00:44:49.159><c> and</c><00:44:50.019><c> dwelt</c><00:44:50.219><c> among</c><00:44:50.480><c> us,</c>

00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:52.880
and<00:44:50.960><c> we</c><00:44:51.559><c> beheld</c><00:44:51.940><c> His</c><00:44:52.219><c> glory,</c>

00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:56.199
the<00:44:53.360><c> glory</c><00:44:53.579><c> as</c><00:44:53.780><c> of</c><00:44:53.960><c> the</c><00:44:54.159><c> only</c><00:44:54.380><c> begotten</c><00:44:54.900><c> of</c><00:44:55.079><c> the</c><00:44:55.260><c> Father.</c>

00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:58.559
Full<00:44:57.019><c> of</c><00:44:57.199><c> unmerited</c><00:44:57.639><c> favor.</c>

00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:02.380
You<00:44:59.980><c> see</c><00:45:00.340><c> what</c><00:45:00.480><c> happens</c><00:45:00.880><c> when</c><00:45:01.019><c> you</c><00:45:01.199><c> take</c><00:45:01.699><c> an</c><00:45:02.019><c> idea</c>

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:06.139
that's<00:45:02.659><c> been</c><00:45:02.980><c> kind</c><00:45:03.199><c> of</c><00:45:04.099><c> converted</c><00:45:04.599><c> by</c><00:45:05.420><c> human</c><00:45:05.719><c> reasoning</c>

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:09.659
and<00:45:06.940><c> superimpose</c><00:45:07.639><c> it</c><00:45:08.119><c> in</c><00:45:08.539><c> God's</c><00:45:08.860><c> wisdom?</c>

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:11.159
It<00:45:10.139><c> doesn't</c><00:45:10.360><c> always</c><00:45:10.659><c> work</c><00:45:10.960><c> out.</c>

00:45:11.500 --> 00:45:14.360
You<00:45:11.659><c> can</c><00:45:11.980><c> tell</c><00:45:12.599><c> on</c><00:45:13.639><c> the</c><00:45:13.900><c> sight</c><00:45:14.059><c> of</c><00:45:14.199><c> it</c>

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:16.900
that<00:45:14.579><c> there's</c><00:45:14.820><c> something</c><00:45:15.079><c> not</c><00:45:15.400><c> right</c><00:45:15.559><c> about</c><00:45:15.840><c> that.</c>

00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:19.719
So<00:45:17.320><c> here's</c><00:45:17.480><c> some</c><00:45:17.760><c> points</c><00:45:18.059><c> that</c><00:45:18.239><c> I'd</c><00:45:18.440><c> like</c><00:45:18.519><c> to</c><00:45:18.699><c> go</c><00:45:18.860><c> through</c><00:45:19.079><c> fast</c>

00:45:19.719 --> 00:45:21.380
about<00:45:20.420><c> mercy.</c>

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:25.539
Mercy<00:45:21.900><c> that</c><00:45:22.159><c> accommodates</c><00:45:22.739><c> the</c><00:45:23.019><c> flesh</c><00:45:23.440><c> is</c><00:45:24.059><c> humanistic.</c>

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:27.659
Divine<00:45:26.300><c> mercy</c><00:45:26.659><c> crucifies</c><00:45:27.280><c> the</c><00:45:27.500><c> flesh.</c>

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:29.119
You<00:45:27.900><c> see</c><00:45:28.019><c> the</c><00:45:28.099><c> difference?</c>

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:32.880
Acceptance.

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:36.300
When<00:45:33.099><c> mercy</c><00:45:33.340><c> is</c><00:45:33.500><c> used</c><00:45:33.699><c> to</c><00:45:33.980><c> accept</c><00:45:34.239><c> the</c><00:45:34.460><c> dissolution</c><00:45:34.940><c> of</c><00:45:35.119><c> a</c><00:45:35.300><c> marriage,</c>

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:37.980
that's<00:45:36.639><c> presumption.</c>

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:42.500
There's<00:45:38.880><c> no</c><00:45:39.199><c> acceptance</c><00:45:39.780><c> of</c><00:45:40.139><c> the</c><00:45:41.699><c> tearing</c><00:45:42.079><c> apart</c>

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:44.440
of<00:45:42.639><c> what</c><00:45:42.840><c> God</c><00:45:43.059><c> has</c><00:45:43.280><c> put</c><00:45:43.480><c> together.</c>

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:46.639
There<00:45:45.300><c> can</c><00:45:45.519><c> be</c><00:45:45.679><c> no</c><00:45:45.980><c> acceptance</c><00:45:46.360><c> of</c><00:45:46.579><c> that.</c>

00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:49.280
That<00:45:47.000><c> isn't</c><00:45:47.239><c> a</c><00:45:47.460><c> way</c><00:45:47.679><c> out</c><00:45:48.000><c> from</c><00:45:48.179><c> the</c><00:45:48.480><c> flesh.</c>

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:51.480
The<00:45:49.639><c> way</c><00:45:49.780><c> out</c><00:45:49.920><c> from</c><00:45:50.079><c> the</c><00:45:50.320><c> flesh</c><00:45:50.539><c> is</c><00:45:50.739><c> through</c><00:45:50.940><c> godly</c><00:45:51.280><c> means,</c>

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:54.539
through<00:45:51.800><c> patience</c><00:45:52.199><c> and</c><00:45:52.460><c> forgiveness</c><00:45:52.940><c> and</c><00:45:53.940><c> diligence</c>

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:59.000
and<00:45:54.840><c> work</c><00:45:55.000><c> to</c><00:45:55.179><c> do</c><00:45:55.340><c> his</c><00:45:55.699><c> will</c><00:45:56.019><c> in</c><00:45:56.500><c> the</c><00:45:56.639><c> hardest</c><00:45:57.000><c> of</c><00:45:57.320><c> times.</c>

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:04.679
Mercy<00:46:00.119><c> sustains</c><00:46:01.699><c> a</c><00:46:03.059><c> difficult</c><00:46:03.480><c> marriage.</c>

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:10.320
Mercy<00:46:06.900><c> that</c><00:46:07.119><c> makes</c><00:46:07.440><c> provision</c><00:46:08.019><c> for</c><00:46:08.300><c> the</c><00:46:08.500><c> flesh</c><00:46:08.699><c> in</c><00:46:09.019><c> ecclesias</c>

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:12.380
is<00:46:10.940><c> humanistic.</c>

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:15.699
Ecclesias<00:46:14.239><c> that</c><00:46:14.400><c> are</c><00:46:14.539><c> led</c><00:46:14.679><c> by</c><00:46:14.900><c> the</c><00:46:15.159><c> Spirit</c>

00:46:15.699 --> 00:46:23.619
mortify<00:46:16.679><c> the</c><00:46:17.000><c> flesh</c><00:46:17.699><c> by</c><00:46:18.800><c> seeking</c><00:46:19.840><c> a</c><00:46:20.579><c> provision</c><00:46:21.320><c> for</c><00:46:22.480><c> restoration.</c>

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:27.260
All<00:46:25.000><c> their</c><00:46:25.219><c> thoughts</c><00:46:25.480><c> are</c><00:46:25.679><c> to</c><00:46:25.780><c> bring</c><00:46:26.079><c> back</c><00:46:26.400><c> that</c><00:46:26.639><c> which</c><00:46:26.980><c> was</c>

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:27.780
driven<00:46:27.440><c> away,</c>

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:31.179
to<00:46:28.380><c> seek</c><00:46:28.880><c> that</c><00:46:29.679><c> which</c><00:46:29.920><c> was</c><00:46:30.179><c> lost,</c>

00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:34.260
to<00:46:31.360><c> restore,</c><00:46:32.619><c> to</c><00:46:32.940><c> reconcile.</c>

00:46:37.820 --> 00:46:41.760
They<00:46:38.340><c> constantly</c><00:46:38.860><c> seek</c><00:46:39.420><c> a</c><00:46:39.639><c> provision</c><00:46:39.980><c> for</c><00:46:40.260><c> repentance.</c>

00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:44.219
Accountability.

00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:46.320
Mercy<00:46:45.059><c> doesn't</c><00:46:45.400><c> obviate</c><00:46:45.780><c> accountability.</c>

00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:48.340
If<00:46:46.519><c> it</c><00:46:46.619><c> didn't</c><00:46:46.820><c> with</c><00:46:47.059><c> David</c><00:46:47.280><c> and</c><00:46:47.460><c> it</c><00:46:47.579><c> didn't</c><00:46:47.800><c> with</c><00:46:48.019><c> Paul</c>

00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:49.599
and<00:46:48.519><c> both</c><00:46:48.739><c> will</c><00:46:48.920><c> be</c><00:46:49.059><c> in</c><00:46:49.159><c> the</c><00:46:49.340><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:46:49.940 --> 00:46:51.519
how<00:46:50.159><c> could</c><00:46:50.340><c> we</c><00:46:50.480><c> think</c><00:46:50.659><c> that</c><00:46:50.780><c> it</c><00:46:50.920><c> will</c><00:46:51.039><c> for</c><00:46:51.219><c> us?</c>

00:46:51.519 --> 00:46:54.420
That<00:46:51.840><c> there</c><00:46:52.000><c> won't</c><00:46:52.159><c> be</c><00:46:52.380><c> any</c><00:46:52.739><c> consequences</c><00:46:53.239><c> of</c><00:46:53.539><c> sin,</c>

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:57.039
either<00:46:54.739><c> now</c><00:46:55.159><c> or</c><00:46:55.519><c> at</c><00:46:55.739><c> the</c><00:46:55.880><c> judgment</c><00:46:56.159><c> seat.</c>

00:46:57.699 --> 00:47:01.219
The<00:46:57.900><c> only</c><00:46:58.219><c> thing</c><00:46:58.440><c> that</c><00:46:58.639><c> happens</c><00:46:58.980><c> with</c><00:47:00.239><c> accountability</c><00:47:00.980><c> is</c>

00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:03.139
it's<00:47:01.500><c> deferred.</c>

00:47:03.500 --> 00:47:06.440
It<00:47:03.699><c> gives</c><00:47:03.920><c> time</c><00:47:04.199><c> to</c><00:47:04.420><c> repent,</c><00:47:05.519><c> facing</c><00:47:05.840><c> accountability.</c>

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:09.000
All<00:47:06.820><c> of</c><00:47:06.920><c> us</c><00:47:07.079><c> face</c><00:47:07.340><c> accountability</c><00:47:07.920><c> knowing</c><00:47:08.280><c> that</c><00:47:08.500><c> for</c><00:47:08.699><c> all</c>

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:10.119
these<00:47:09.280><c> things,</c><00:47:09.780><c> brothers,</c>

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:12.519
do<00:47:10.719><c> what</c><00:47:10.900><c> you</c><00:47:11.139><c> will</c><00:47:11.260><c> in</c><00:47:11.440><c> your</c><00:47:11.619><c> youth,</c>

00:47:12.639 --> 00:47:15.719
but<00:47:12.880><c> for</c><00:47:13.059><c> all</c><00:47:13.260><c> these</c><00:47:13.500><c> things</c><00:47:13.739><c> God</c><00:47:13.940><c> will</c><00:47:14.139><c> bring</c><00:47:14.280><c> you</c><00:47:14.460><c> into</c><00:47:14.639><c> judgment.</c>

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:19.579
Ecclesias.

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:24.400
Ecclesias<00:47:22.199><c> that</c><00:47:22.480><c> don't</c><00:47:22.820><c> allow</c><00:47:23.400><c> time</c><00:47:23.719><c> to</c><00:47:23.960><c> repent</c>

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:27.920
have<00:47:24.960><c> a</c><00:47:25.219><c> subtle</c><00:47:25.519><c> departure</c><00:47:26.199><c> from</c><00:47:26.699><c> the</c><00:47:26.940><c> Spirit</c><00:47:27.159><c> of</c><00:47:27.320><c> Christ,</c>

00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:32.679
and<00:47:28.340><c> they</c><00:47:28.519><c> can</c><00:47:28.900><c> fail</c><00:47:29.260><c> in</c><00:47:29.699><c> their</c><00:47:29.980><c> sincerity,</c><00:47:31.420><c> in</c><00:47:31.659><c> mercy,</c>

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:36.340
as<00:47:33.019><c> much</c><00:47:33.199><c> as</c><00:47:33.420><c> the</c><00:47:33.559><c> offenders</c><00:47:34.079><c> that</c><00:47:34.440><c> they</c><00:47:34.699><c> intend</c><00:47:34.920><c> to</c><00:47:35.179><c> reprove.</c>

00:47:38.260 --> 00:47:42.059
Speaking<00:47:38.599><c> of</c><00:47:38.840><c> Jezebel</c><00:47:39.500><c> and</c><00:47:39.860><c> all</c><00:47:40.179><c> of</c><00:47:40.300><c> her</c><00:47:40.500><c> wickedness</c><00:47:41.179><c> in</c><00:47:41.559><c> Revelation,</c>

00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:44.340
Jesus<00:47:42.480><c> said</c><00:47:42.739><c> that</c><00:47:42.940><c> he</c><00:47:43.059><c> gave</c><00:47:43.260><c> her</c><00:47:43.519><c> time</c><00:47:43.679><c> to</c><00:47:43.920><c> repent,</c>

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:47.460
followed<00:47:45.219><c> by,</c><00:47:45.519><c> and</c><00:47:45.659><c> she</c><00:47:45.920><c> repented</c><00:47:46.420><c> not.</c>

00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:52.659
She<00:47:47.980><c> corrupted</c><00:47:48.300><c> the</c><00:47:48.559><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:47:48.920><c> but</c><00:47:49.079><c> he</c><00:47:49.440><c> still</c><00:47:50.000><c> gave</c><00:47:50.460><c> her</c><00:47:50.760><c> time</c><00:47:51.019><c> to</c><00:47:51.280><c> repent.</c>

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:59.380
So<00:47:57.880><c> the</c><00:47:58.079><c> Pharisees</c><00:47:58.460><c> come</c><00:47:58.679><c> to</c><00:47:58.860><c> Jesus</c>

00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:02.739
and<00:48:00.179><c> try</c><00:48:00.380><c> to</c><00:48:00.679><c> find</c><00:48:01.000><c> evil</c><00:48:01.460><c> in</c><00:48:01.880><c> something</c><00:48:02.199><c> that</c><00:48:02.380><c> he's</c><00:48:02.599><c> doing.</c>

00:48:02.800 --> 00:48:04.400
It<00:48:02.980><c> seemed</c><00:48:03.139><c> to</c><00:48:03.300><c> be</c><00:48:03.440><c> a</c><00:48:03.539><c> departure</c><00:48:03.920><c> from</c><00:48:04.179><c> the</c><00:48:04.260><c> law.</c>

00:48:04.619 --> 00:48:06.880
Look<00:48:04.739><c> to</c><00:48:04.860><c> them</c><00:48:05.039><c> like</c><00:48:05.260><c> it</c><00:48:05.360><c> was</c><00:48:05.579><c> disobedience.</c>

00:48:07.260 --> 00:48:09.739
He<00:48:07.659><c> says</c><00:48:07.940><c> to</c><00:48:07.980><c> them,</c><00:48:08.179><c> if</c><00:48:08.260><c> you</c><00:48:08.440><c> had</c><00:48:08.619><c> known</c><00:48:08.780><c> what</c><00:48:08.940><c> this</c><00:48:09.239><c> means,</c>

00:48:09.900 --> 00:48:12.000
I<00:48:10.159><c> desire</c><00:48:10.500><c> mercy</c><00:48:10.920><c> and</c><00:48:11.139><c> not</c><00:48:11.320><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:15.000
you<00:48:12.719><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:13.000><c> have</c><00:48:13.260><c> condemned</c><00:48:13.639><c> the</c><00:48:13.940><c> guiltless.</c>

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:17.059
They<00:48:15.340><c> hadn't</c><00:48:15.480><c> done</c><00:48:15.679><c> anything</c><00:48:16.059><c> wrong.</c>

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:19.159
He<00:48:17.559><c> was</c><00:48:17.860><c> the</c><00:48:18.079><c> Lord</c><00:48:18.300><c> of</c><00:48:18.480><c> the</c><00:48:18.780><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:22.000
He<00:48:19.880><c> rules</c><00:48:20.360><c> over</c><00:48:20.800><c> the</c><00:48:21.079><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:25.079
His<00:48:22.300><c> whole</c><00:48:22.619><c> life</c><00:48:22.880><c> was</c><00:48:23.079><c> an</c><00:48:23.239><c> expression</c><00:48:23.659><c> of</c><00:48:23.840><c> the</c><00:48:24.119><c> meaning</c><00:48:24.460><c> of</c>

00:48:25.079 --> 00:48:25.659
the<00:48:25.320><c> Sabbath,</c>

00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:29.820
of<00:48:25.860><c> the</c><00:48:26.019><c> atoning</c><00:48:26.380><c> mercy</c><00:48:26.840><c> of</c><00:48:27.059><c> God</c><00:48:27.539><c> through</c><00:48:28.099><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:36.639
But<00:48:34.800><c> they</c><00:48:34.980><c> were</c><00:48:35.099><c> the</c><00:48:35.239><c> guiltless.</c>

00:48:37.380 --> 00:48:39.159
What<00:48:37.980><c> about</c><00:48:38.219><c> the</c><00:48:38.420><c> guilty?</c>

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:41.000
We're<00:48:39.480><c> still</c><00:48:39.619><c> wondering</c><00:48:39.980><c> about</c><00:48:40.360><c> that</c>

00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:43.320
because<00:48:41.559><c> we</c><00:48:41.739><c> have</c><00:48:41.980><c> to</c><00:48:42.119><c> work</c><00:48:42.340><c> with</c><00:48:42.619><c> that</c><00:48:42.719><c> in</c><00:48:42.900><c> our</c><00:48:43.119><c> lives.</c>

00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:45.980
Our<00:48:43.500><c> husband</c><00:48:43.940><c> may</c><00:48:44.199><c> be</c><00:48:44.440><c> guilty</c><00:48:44.599><c> or</c><00:48:44.800><c> our</c><00:48:45.000><c> wife</c><00:48:45.280><c> or</c><00:48:45.480><c> our</c><00:48:45.679><c> children</c>

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:47.619
or<00:48:46.380><c> that</c><00:48:46.679><c> person</c><00:48:47.079><c> in</c><00:48:47.280><c> the</c><00:48:47.420><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:48.840
What<00:48:48.019><c> about</c><00:48:48.320><c> the</c><00:48:48.539><c> guilty?</c>

00:48:49.239 --> 00:48:52.440
How<00:48:49.380><c> does</c><00:48:49.579><c> that</c><00:48:49.880><c> fit</c><00:48:50.179><c> with</c><00:48:50.480><c> the</c><00:48:50.639><c> idea</c><00:48:50.920><c> of</c><00:48:51.179><c> mercy</c><00:48:51.539><c> and</c><00:48:52.079><c> unity</c>

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:54.659
as<00:48:52.619><c> it</c><00:48:52.820><c> may</c><00:48:52.940><c> be</c><00:48:53.199><c> expressed</c><00:48:53.500><c> in</c><00:48:53.699><c> marriage?</c>

00:48:55.659 --> 00:48:57.280
I'll<00:48:55.780><c> tell</c><00:48:55.840><c> you</c><00:48:55.920><c> what</c><00:48:56.019><c> it</c><00:48:56.280><c> doesn't</c><00:48:56.559><c> mean.</c>

00:48:57.320 --> 00:49:00.059
Jesus<00:48:57.760><c> was</c><00:48:58.039><c> quoting</c><00:48:58.360><c> Hosea</c><00:48:59.579><c> who</c><00:48:59.920><c> said,</c>

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:01.760
I<00:49:00.139><c> desire</c><00:49:00.500><c> mercy</c><00:49:00.820><c> and</c><00:49:01.000><c> not</c><00:49:01.179><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:49:01.820 --> 00:49:03.440
the<00:49:02.000><c> knowledge</c><00:49:02.199><c> of</c><00:49:02.340><c> God</c><00:49:02.579><c> more</c><00:49:02.800><c> than</c><00:49:02.960><c> burnt</c><00:49:03.139><c> offerings.</c>

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:06.280
You<00:49:03.619><c> see</c><00:49:03.760><c> all</c><00:49:03.980><c> the</c><00:49:04.260><c> evil</c><00:49:04.619><c> things</c><00:49:05.079><c> that</c><00:49:05.559><c> they</c><00:49:05.699><c> did</c><00:49:05.820><c> in</c><00:49:05.940><c> Israel</c>

00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:08.079
where<00:49:06.400><c> they</c><00:49:06.519><c> had</c><00:49:06.699><c> lost</c><00:49:06.900><c> their</c><00:49:07.099><c> mercy.</c>

00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:12.760
Does<00:49:09.039><c> it</c><00:49:09.219><c> mean</c><00:49:09.980><c> God</c><00:49:10.380><c> desires</c><00:49:10.780><c> mercy</c><00:49:11.300><c> and</c><00:49:11.599><c> not</c><00:49:11.739><c> obedience?</c>

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:13.860
Wrong.

00:49:14.900 --> 00:49:16.519
That<00:49:15.019><c> he</c><00:49:15.139><c> desires</c><00:49:15.480><c> the</c><00:49:15.840><c> spirit</c><00:49:16.139><c> of</c><00:49:16.280><c> the</c><00:49:16.380><c> law</c>

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:20.000
because<00:49:16.820><c> the</c><00:49:17.079><c> letter</c><00:49:17.260><c> of</c><00:49:17.440><c> the</c><00:49:17.500><c> law</c><00:49:17.679><c> kills</c><00:49:18.239><c> instead</c><00:49:18.880><c> of</c><00:49:19.079><c> righteousness?</c>

00:49:20.059 --> 00:49:21.099
Wrong.

00:49:21.739 --> 00:49:24.320
That<00:49:21.920><c> there</c><00:49:22.119><c> can</c><00:49:22.320><c> be</c><00:49:22.460><c> an</c><00:49:22.619><c> allowance</c><00:49:22.880><c> of</c><00:49:23.219><c> sin</c><00:49:23.559><c> under</c><00:49:23.920><c> mercy,</c>

00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:25.960
depending<00:49:25.099><c> on</c><00:49:25.360><c> the</c><00:49:25.519><c> kind</c><00:49:25.679><c> of</c><00:49:25.840><c> sin,</c>

00:49:26.099 --> 00:49:28.420
that<00:49:26.099><c> it</c><00:49:26.199><c> doesn't</c><00:49:26.320><c> hurt</c><00:49:26.559><c> anybody</c><00:49:26.980><c> instead</c><00:49:27.300><c> of</c><00:49:27.519><c> standards?</c>

00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:29.559
Wrong.

00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:32.679
That<00:49:30.760><c> grace</c><00:49:31.340><c> will</c><00:49:31.659><c> be</c><00:49:31.880><c> there</c><00:49:32.099><c> to</c><00:49:32.300><c> cover</c><00:49:32.440><c> us</c>

00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:34.559
so<00:49:32.900><c> Jesus</c><00:49:33.219><c> can</c><00:49:33.480><c> die</c><00:49:33.679><c> instead</c><00:49:34.000><c> of,</c>

00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:37.420
Jesus<00:49:34.860><c> died</c><00:49:35.159><c> so</c><00:49:35.400><c> that</c><00:49:35.519><c> I</c><00:49:35.679><c> can</c><00:49:35.880><c> sin,</c><00:49:37.420><c> basically.</c>

00:49:37.739 --> 00:49:38.500
Wrong.

00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:41.059
These<00:49:39.460><c> all</c><00:49:39.619><c> elevate</c><00:49:39.940><c> human</c><00:49:40.280><c> will.</c>

00:49:41.239 --> 00:49:42.940
They<00:49:41.360><c> don't</c><00:49:41.420><c> have</c><00:49:41.579><c> anything</c><00:49:41.880><c> to</c><00:49:42.099><c> do</c><00:49:42.199><c> with</c><00:49:42.340><c> coming</c><00:49:42.599><c> to</c><00:49:42.780><c> do</c>

00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:44.280
God's<00:49:43.420><c> will.</c>

00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:47.679
God<00:49:45.340><c> desires</c><00:49:45.800><c> obedience,</c><00:49:46.599><c> not</c><00:49:46.800><c> ritual.</c>

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:49.659
I've<00:49:48.099><c> come</c><00:49:48.199><c> to</c><00:49:48.380><c> call</c><00:49:48.579><c> the</c><00:49:48.780><c> righteous,</c>

00:49:50.579 --> 00:49:52.000
I'm<00:49:50.860><c> not</c><00:49:51.059><c> come</c><00:49:51.239><c> to</c><00:49:51.360><c> call</c><00:49:51.539><c> the</c><00:49:51.739><c> righteous,</c>

00:49:52.159 --> 00:49:55.440
but<00:49:52.320><c> sinners,</c><00:49:53.760><c> so</c><00:49:54.019><c> easy</c><00:49:54.260><c> to</c><00:49:54.500><c> stop</c><00:49:54.679><c> right</c><00:49:54.920><c> there,</c><00:49:55.260><c> isn't</c><00:49:55.280><c> it,</c>

00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:56.539
and<00:49:55.519><c> say,</c><00:49:55.739><c> well,</c><00:49:55.780><c> Jesus</c><00:49:56.059><c> didn't</c><00:49:56.380><c> come,</c>

00:49:56.559 --> 00:49:57.920
there<00:49:56.780><c> aren't</c><00:49:56.940><c> any</c><00:49:57.199><c> of</c><00:49:57.300><c> us</c><00:49:57.440><c> who</c><00:49:57.539><c> are</c><00:49:57.699><c> righteous,</c>

00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:58.739
we're<00:49:58.179><c> all</c><00:49:58.420><c> unworthy.</c>

00:49:58.760 --> 00:49:59.880
I<00:49:58.820><c> heard</c><00:49:58.920><c> a</c><00:49:59.079><c> brother</c><00:49:59.239><c> say</c><00:49:59.440><c> one</c><00:49:59.659><c> time,</c>

00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:02.260
well,<00:50:00.239><c> we're</c><00:50:00.539><c> all</c><00:50:00.860><c> unworthy</c><00:50:01.239><c> at</c><00:50:01.420><c> the</c><00:50:01.559><c> table</c><00:50:01.739><c> of</c><00:50:01.900><c> the</c><00:50:02.059><c> Lord,</c>

00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:02.639
you<00:50:02.420><c> know.</c>

00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:04.619
Well,<00:50:02.960><c> if</c><00:50:03.019><c> that</c><00:50:03.260><c> is</c><00:50:03.860><c> really</c><00:50:04.239><c> true,</c>

00:50:04.699 --> 00:50:07.420
then<00:50:05.079><c> all</c><00:50:05.400><c> of</c><00:50:05.539><c> us</c><00:50:05.699><c> are</c><00:50:05.840><c> eating</c><00:50:06.099><c> and</c><00:50:06.280><c> drinking</c><00:50:06.659><c> condemnation</c>

00:50:07.420 --> 00:50:08.139
to<00:50:07.639><c> ourselves,</c>

00:50:08.239 --> 00:50:10.320
not<00:50:08.480><c> discerning</c><00:50:08.820><c> the</c><00:50:09.579><c> body</c><00:50:09.840><c> of</c><00:50:10.000><c> the</c><00:50:10.139><c> Lord.</c>

00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:13.320
So<00:50:10.699><c> that</c><00:50:11.059><c> doesn't</c><00:50:11.340><c> make</c><00:50:11.579><c> any</c><00:50:11.760><c> sense</c><00:50:12.019><c> to</c><00:50:12.239><c> say</c><00:50:12.380><c> we're</c><00:50:12.619><c> all</c><00:50:12.960><c> unworthy.</c>

00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:17.039
We're<00:50:13.639><c> all</c><00:50:13.920><c> unrighteous,</c><00:50:15.239><c> but</c><00:50:15.380><c> we</c><00:50:15.599><c> all</c><00:50:15.860><c> aren't</c><00:50:16.239><c> unfaithful.</c>

00:50:17.199 --> 00:50:18.519
There's<00:50:17.460><c> a</c><00:50:17.619><c> difference.</c>

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:21.460
And<00:50:20.119><c> he</c><00:50:20.199><c> didn't</c><00:50:20.360><c> come</c><00:50:20.619><c> to</c><00:50:20.800><c> call</c><00:50:20.940><c> the</c><00:50:21.159><c> righteous,</c>

00:50:21.559 --> 00:50:24.519
but<00:50:21.780><c> sinners</c><00:50:22.340><c> to</c><00:50:23.440><c> repentance.</c>

00:50:25.800 --> 00:50:28.519
That's<00:50:26.119><c> the</c><00:50:26.239><c> key,</c><00:50:27.039><c> to</c><00:50:27.460><c> repentance.</c>

00:50:28.619 --> 00:50:31.860
Behold,<00:50:29.019><c> to</c><00:50:29.300><c> obey</c><00:50:29.840><c> is</c><00:50:30.639><c> better</c><00:50:30.860><c> than</c><00:50:31.059><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:50:31.860 --> 00:50:34.860
and<00:50:32.500><c> to</c><00:50:32.760><c> hearken</c><00:50:33.099><c> than</c><00:50:33.340><c> the</c><00:50:33.519><c> fat</c><00:50:33.599><c> of</c><00:50:33.860><c> rams.</c>

00:50:34.960 --> 00:50:35.539
Remember<00:50:35.199><c> this?</c>

00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:37.719
Hearken<00:50:35.900><c> unto</c><00:50:36.119><c> me,</c><00:50:36.380><c> O</c><00:50:36.440><c> house</c><00:50:36.659><c> of</c><00:50:36.840><c> Jacob,</c>

00:50:37.780 --> 00:50:41.000
and<00:50:37.980><c> I</c><00:50:38.199><c> will</c><00:50:38.420><c> bear</c><00:50:38.659><c> you</c><00:50:39.480><c> in</c><00:50:40.539><c> the</c><00:50:40.780><c> womb</c>

00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:44.239
until<00:50:41.280><c> you're</c><00:50:41.539><c> born</c><00:50:41.840><c> as</c><00:50:42.320><c> everlasting</c><00:50:42.820><c> sons</c><00:50:43.179><c> of</c><00:50:43.400><c> God</c><00:50:43.599><c> in</c><00:50:43.760><c> the</c><00:50:43.920><c> kingdom.</c>

00:50:44.679 --> 00:50:45.820
Hearken<00:50:45.000><c> unto</c><00:50:45.280><c> me.</c>

00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:48.880
Take<00:50:46.260><c> that</c><00:50:46.519><c> out,</c><00:50:46.739><c> and</c><00:50:46.880><c> mercy</c><00:50:47.099><c> doesn't</c><00:50:47.360><c> mean</c><00:50:47.619><c> anything</c><00:50:47.940><c> anymore.</c>

00:50:50.940 --> 00:50:53.360
Just<00:50:51.420><c> going</c><00:50:51.619><c> to</c><00:50:52.199><c> skate</c><00:50:52.460><c> past</c><00:50:52.760><c> this</c><00:50:53.099><c> point,</c>

00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:55.159
but<00:50:53.639><c> it's</c><00:50:53.840><c> still</c><00:50:54.000><c> worth</c><00:50:54.219><c> making.</c>

00:50:55.179 --> 00:50:57.940
The<00:50:55.300><c> only</c><00:50:55.440><c> two</c><00:50:55.639><c> places</c><00:50:56.179><c> where</c><00:50:57.199><c> mercy</c><00:50:57.519><c> and</c><00:50:57.719><c> marriage</c>

00:50:57.940 --> 00:50:59.480
are<00:50:58.179><c> found</c><00:50:58.300><c> in</c><00:50:58.440><c> the</c><00:50:58.599><c> same</c><00:50:58.800><c> context</c>

00:50:59.480 --> 00:51:01.960
are<00:51:00.340><c> in</c><00:51:00.420><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:51:00.780><c> 7</c><00:51:01.039><c> and</c><00:51:01.199><c> EMI</c><00:51:01.519><c> 13,</c>

00:51:01.980 --> 00:51:04.039
both<00:51:02.219><c> in</c><00:51:02.440><c> the</c><00:51:02.599><c> context</c><00:51:02.880><c> of</c><00:51:03.059><c> marriage</c><00:51:03.320><c> out</c><00:51:03.480><c> of</c><00:51:03.579><c> the</c><00:51:03.780><c> truth,</c>

00:51:04.300 --> 00:51:07.400
where<00:51:04.380><c> the</c><00:51:04.579><c> point</c><00:51:04.800><c> is,</c><00:51:05.619><c> don't</c><00:51:05.780><c> have</c><00:51:06.119><c> mercy</c><00:51:06.500><c> on</c><00:51:06.780><c> people</c><00:51:07.199><c> who</c>

00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:08.679
are<00:51:07.880><c> ungodly,</c>

00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:11.199
whose<00:51:09.059><c> thoughts</c><00:51:09.360><c> are</c><00:51:09.579><c> not,</c><00:51:10.000><c> don't</c><00:51:10.400><c> think</c><00:51:10.659><c> in</c><00:51:10.820><c> your</c><00:51:11.079><c> heart,</c>

00:51:11.219 --> 00:51:14.400
don't<00:51:11.420><c> be</c><00:51:11.679><c> deceived</c><00:51:12.300><c> by</c><00:51:12.820><c> the</c><00:51:13.059><c> subtlety</c><00:51:13.400><c> of</c><00:51:13.559><c> a</c><00:51:13.820><c> feeling</c><00:51:14.079><c> in</c><00:51:14.260><c> you</c>

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:20.880
that<00:51:14.579><c> may</c><00:51:15.000><c> feel,</c><00:51:16.179><c> have</c><00:51:16.360><c> all</c><00:51:16.980><c> the</c><00:51:18.559><c> sensations</c><00:51:19.340><c> of</c><00:51:19.699><c> love,</c>

00:51:22.239 --> 00:51:24.960
that<00:51:22.599><c> may</c><00:51:23.019><c> feel</c><00:51:23.300><c> like</c><00:51:23.559><c> a</c><00:51:23.800><c> merciful</c><00:51:24.179><c> heart,</c>

00:51:25.440 --> 00:51:28.380
but<00:51:25.679><c> that</c><00:51:25.960><c> puts</c><00:51:26.119><c> you</c><00:51:26.340><c> in</c><00:51:26.460><c> a</c><00:51:26.679><c> relationship</c><00:51:27.340><c> with</c><00:51:28.159><c> them</c>

00:51:28.380 --> 00:51:31.719
that<00:51:28.559><c> would</c><00:51:28.880><c> corrupt</c><00:51:29.500><c> your</c><00:51:30.179><c> faith</c><00:51:30.639><c> in</c><00:51:31.260><c> God.</c>

00:51:32.179 --> 00:51:34.739
Don't<00:51:32.619><c> have</c><00:51:32.860><c> any</c><00:51:33.099><c> mercy</c><00:51:33.400><c> on</c><00:51:33.699><c> those</c><00:51:33.940><c> kind</c><00:51:34.139><c> of</c><00:51:34.360><c> people,</c>

00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:38.239
because<00:51:35.300><c> they</c><00:51:36.019><c> will</c><00:51:36.380><c> rob</c><00:51:36.659><c> you</c><00:51:37.000><c> of</c><00:51:37.400><c> your</c><00:51:37.639><c> salvation,</c>

00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:40.940
they<00:51:38.619><c> will</c><00:51:38.840><c> turn</c><00:51:39.119><c> your</c><00:51:39.380><c> hearts</c><00:51:39.659><c> away</c><00:51:40.039><c> from</c><00:51:40.360><c> serving</c><00:51:40.599><c> God.</c>

00:51:41.280 --> 00:51:45.719
Young<00:51:41.539><c> people,</c><00:51:42.860><c> don't</c><00:51:42.980><c> confuse</c><00:51:43.639><c> the</c><00:51:44.440><c> feelings</c><00:51:44.860><c> of</c><00:51:45.079><c> love</c><00:51:45.219><c> and</c><00:51:45.420><c> mercy</c>

00:51:45.719 --> 00:51:47.980
with<00:51:46.159><c> divine</c><00:51:46.639><c> love</c><00:51:46.880><c> and</c><00:51:47.099><c> mercy,</c>

00:51:48.360 --> 00:51:51.400
because<00:51:48.639><c> it</c><00:51:48.820><c> can</c><00:51:49.239><c> steal</c><00:51:49.539><c> you</c><00:51:49.860><c> away</c><00:51:50.039><c> from</c><00:51:50.260><c> God.</c>

00:51:52.059 --> 00:51:55.000
And<00:51:52.340><c> when</c><00:51:52.440><c> they</c><00:51:52.780><c> spared</c><00:51:52.980><c> with</c><00:51:53.280><c> mercy,</c><00:51:53.780><c> the</c><00:51:53.900><c> nations</c><00:51:54.260><c> around</c><00:51:54.659><c> them,</c>

00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:58.139
they<00:51:55.360><c> married</c><00:51:55.699><c> out</c><00:51:55.940><c> and</c><00:51:56.039><c> it</c><00:51:56.219><c> brought</c><00:51:56.360><c> all</c><00:51:56.599><c> of</c><00:51:56.719><c> Israel</c><00:51:57.000><c> down.</c>

00:52:00.420 --> 00:52:01.500
So<00:52:00.719><c> what</c><00:52:00.860><c> about</c><00:52:01.059><c> the</c><00:52:01.219><c> guilty?</c>

00:52:01.820 --> 00:52:04.619
The<00:52:02.019><c> question</c><00:52:02.320><c> keeps</c><00:52:02.639><c> coming</c><00:52:02.900><c> up,</c><00:52:03.199><c> you</c><00:52:03.239><c> know,</c><00:52:03.539><c> so</c><00:52:03.739><c> what</c><00:52:04.000><c> about</c><00:52:04.360><c> them?</c>

00:52:04.900 --> 00:52:08.900
What<00:52:05.179><c> do</c><00:52:05.420><c> we</c><00:52:05.559><c> do</c><00:52:05.900><c> or</c><00:52:06.079><c> what</c><00:52:06.300><c> do</c><00:52:06.480><c> we</c><00:52:06.699><c> say</c><00:52:07.219><c> about</c><00:52:07.800><c> the</c><00:52:08.019><c> guilty?</c>

00:52:10.780 --> 00:52:13.260
The<00:52:11.199><c> term</c><00:52:11.480><c> comes</c><00:52:11.780><c> up</c><00:52:12.000><c> in</c><00:52:12.099><c> a</c><00:52:12.179><c> really</c><00:52:12.500><c> interesting</c><00:52:12.920><c> place,</c>

00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:16.860
which<00:52:13.460><c> I</c><00:52:13.619><c> think</c><00:52:14.059><c> causes</c><00:52:14.559><c> a</c><00:52:14.679><c> lot</c><00:52:14.880><c> of</c><00:52:15.059><c> the</c><00:52:15.760><c> tension</c>

00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:18.860
that<00:52:17.280><c> can</c><00:52:17.760><c> develop</c><00:52:18.139><c> in</c><00:52:18.280><c> an</c><00:52:18.480><c> ecclesia</c>

00:52:18.860 --> 00:52:21.579
around<00:52:19.179><c> the</c><00:52:19.440><c> subject</c><00:52:19.760><c> of</c><00:52:20.019><c> mercy</c><00:52:20.320><c> and</c><00:52:20.519><c> obedience.</c>

00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:24.260
We<00:52:22.380><c> want</c><00:52:22.719><c> mercy</c><00:52:23.079><c> and</c><00:52:23.280><c> truth</c><00:52:23.460><c> to</c><00:52:23.659><c> work</c><00:52:23.820><c> together,</c>

00:52:24.260 --> 00:52:27.559
but<00:52:24.599><c> somehow</c><00:52:25.099><c> or</c><00:52:25.300><c> another</c><00:52:25.480><c> people</c><00:52:25.780><c> take</c><00:52:26.079><c> a</c><00:52:26.219><c> position</c><00:52:26.539><c> of</c><00:52:26.760><c> truth</c><00:52:27.019><c> and</c><00:52:27.219><c> mercy</c>

00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:28.739
on<00:52:27.800><c> one</c><00:52:28.039><c> hand</c><00:52:28.239><c> and</c><00:52:28.380><c> the</c><00:52:28.460><c> other,</c>

00:52:28.860 --> 00:52:31.559
and<00:52:28.920><c> then</c><00:52:29.280><c> they</c><00:52:30.380><c> seem</c><00:52:30.599><c> to</c><00:52:30.800><c> oppose</c><00:52:31.079><c> one</c><00:52:31.280><c> another,</c>

00:52:31.780 --> 00:52:35.119
and<00:52:31.940><c> then</c><00:52:32.139><c> mercy</c><00:52:32.480><c> and</c><00:52:32.780><c> truth</c><00:52:32.980><c> become</c><00:52:33.340><c> a</c><00:52:33.519><c> basis</c><00:52:33.920><c> for</c><00:52:34.639><c> discord</c>

00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:35.579
and<00:52:35.320><c> division.</c>

00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:37.300
It<00:52:35.679><c> doesn't</c><00:52:35.960><c> make</c><00:52:36.320><c> any</c><00:52:36.739><c> sense</c><00:52:37.039><c> at</c><00:52:37.219><c> all.</c>

00:52:37.619 --> 00:52:39.360
There's<00:52:37.920><c> no</c><00:52:38.219><c> righteousness</c><00:52:38.699><c> in</c><00:52:39.099><c> it.</c>

00:52:39.500 --> 00:52:43.260
There's<00:52:39.719><c> no</c><00:52:39.960><c> doing</c><00:52:40.239><c> of</c><00:52:40.420><c> the</c><00:52:40.559><c> Lord's</c><00:52:41.119><c> will</c><00:52:41.420><c> in</c><00:52:41.739><c> that</c><00:52:41.900><c> at</c><00:52:42.119><c> all.</c>

00:52:44.619 --> 00:52:46.739
Paul<00:52:44.880><c> says,</c><00:52:45.380><c> whoever</c><00:52:45.380><c> eats</c><00:52:45.679><c> and</c><00:52:45.800><c> drinks</c><00:52:46.119><c> unworthily</c>

00:52:46.739 --> 00:52:49.599
shall<00:52:46.900><c> be</c><00:52:47.099><c> guilty</c><00:52:47.420><c> of</c><00:52:47.559><c> the</c><00:52:47.760><c> body</c><00:52:47.940><c> and</c><00:52:48.079><c> blood</c><00:52:48.280><c> of</c><00:52:48.440><c> the</c><00:52:48.599><c> Lord,</c>

00:52:51.539 --> 00:52:53.400
not<00:52:51.880><c> discerning</c><00:52:52.420><c> the</c><00:52:52.619><c> Lord's</c><00:52:53.019><c> body.</c>

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:57.679
So<00:52:54.179><c> how</c><00:52:54.420><c> do</c><00:52:54.699><c> we</c><00:52:55.199><c> discern</c><00:52:55.659><c> the</c><00:52:56.360><c> Lord's</c><00:52:56.699><c> body?</c>

00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:00.260
What<00:52:58.880><c> would</c><00:52:59.119><c> be</c><00:52:59.340><c> guilt?</c>

00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:02.699
Presumptuous<00:53:01.539><c> reasoning</c><00:53:02.019><c> in</c><00:53:02.239><c> our</c><00:53:02.420><c> minds</c>

00:53:02.699 --> 00:53:04.920
when<00:53:03.039><c> we</c><00:53:03.219><c> come</c><00:53:03.380><c> to</c><00:53:03.539><c> break</c><00:53:03.679><c> bread</c><00:53:03.860><c> on</c><00:53:04.139><c> Sunday.</c>

00:53:05.159 --> 00:53:08.039
We<00:53:05.280><c> live</c><00:53:05.380><c> in</c><00:53:05.480><c> a</c><00:53:05.679><c> culture</c><00:53:05.940><c> that</c><00:53:06.519><c> is</c><00:53:07.079><c> ready</c><00:53:07.340><c> to</c><00:53:07.579><c> make</c><00:53:07.760><c> us</c><00:53:07.980><c> sin,</c>

00:53:08.059 --> 00:53:10.179
like<00:53:08.300><c> a</c><00:53:08.559><c> lion</c><00:53:08.739><c> at</c><00:53:08.920><c> the</c><00:53:09.280><c> door.</c>

00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:12.539
Just<00:53:10.659><c> open</c><00:53:11.079><c> it</c><00:53:11.480><c> and</c><00:53:11.679><c> you're</c><00:53:11.960><c> in</c><00:53:12.099><c> a</c><00:53:12.320><c> sin.</c>

00:53:12.940 --> 00:53:15.980
Just<00:53:13.239><c> step</c><00:53:13.519><c> outside</c><00:53:14.199><c> in</c><00:53:14.820><c> this</c><00:53:14.980><c> culture.</c>

00:53:17.260 --> 00:53:21.619
How<00:53:17.820><c> could</c><00:53:18.119><c> we</c><00:53:18.420><c> identify</c><00:53:18.920><c> what</c><00:53:19.380><c> constitutes</c><00:53:20.079><c> presumption</c><00:53:21.239><c> in</c>

00:53:21.619 --> 00:53:22.739
our<00:53:21.860><c> hearts?</c>

00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:24.440
This<00:53:23.440><c> is</c><00:53:23.639><c> the</c><00:53:23.719><c> last</c><00:53:23.980><c> slide,</c>

00:53:24.619 --> 00:53:27.320
but<00:53:24.739><c> we're</c><00:53:24.860><c> going</c><00:53:24.980><c> to</c><00:53:25.059><c> go</c><00:53:25.219><c> over</c><00:53:25.380><c> the</c><00:53:25.539><c> points</c><00:53:25.760><c> in</c><00:53:25.920><c> it.</c>

00:53:29.260 --> 00:53:31.000
Those<00:53:29.539><c> who</c><00:53:29.739><c> prove</c><00:53:29.960><c> God.</c>

00:53:31.699 --> 00:53:34.500
The<00:53:32.179><c> reason</c><00:53:32.519><c> this</c><00:53:32.960><c> list</c><00:53:33.139><c> exists</c><00:53:33.820><c> is</c><00:53:34.119><c> because</c>

00:53:34.500 --> 00:53:37.440
if<00:53:34.739><c> you</c><00:53:34.960><c> think</c><00:53:35.139><c> of</c><00:53:35.599><c> what</c><00:53:36.380><c> God</c><00:53:36.699><c> said</c><00:53:36.920><c> to</c><00:53:37.119><c> Moses</c>

00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:41.039
that<00:53:37.639><c> he</c><00:53:37.760><c> would</c><00:53:37.940><c> by</c><00:53:38.260><c> no</c><00:53:38.519><c> means</c><00:53:39.280><c> clear</c><00:53:39.880><c> the</c><00:53:40.079><c> guilty,</c>

00:53:41.159 --> 00:53:44.280
and<00:53:41.320><c> you</c><00:53:41.480><c> find</c><00:53:41.739><c> that</c><00:53:42.159><c> those</c><00:53:42.360><c> people</c><00:53:42.699><c> who</c><00:53:43.139><c> eat</c><00:53:43.340><c> and</c><00:53:43.420><c> drink</c><00:53:43.659><c> unworthily,</c>

00:53:44.280 --> 00:53:45.460
not<00:53:44.519><c> discerning</c><00:53:44.780><c> the</c><00:53:44.940><c> Lord's</c><00:53:45.179><c> body,</c>

00:53:45.739 --> 00:53:48.800
are<00:53:45.940><c> guilty</c><00:53:46.659><c> of</c><00:53:47.559><c> the</c><00:53:47.760><c> body</c><00:53:47.920><c> and</c><00:53:48.019><c> blood</c><00:53:48.139><c> of</c><00:53:48.280><c> the</c><00:53:48.420><c> Lord,</c>

00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:50.599
and<00:53:49.440><c> then</c><00:53:49.579><c> you</c><00:53:49.719><c> read</c><00:53:50.019><c> Romans,</c>

00:53:50.599 --> 00:53:52.699
which<00:53:50.860><c> is</c><00:53:51.019><c> all</c><00:53:51.239><c> about</c><00:53:51.420><c> the</c><00:53:51.599><c> righteousness</c><00:53:51.940><c> of</c><00:53:52.260><c> God</c>

00:53:52.699 --> 00:53:55.420
in<00:53:53.599><c> contrast</c><00:53:54.099><c> to</c><00:53:54.280><c> the</c><00:53:54.440><c> sinfulness</c><00:53:54.820><c> of</c><00:53:55.119><c> man,</c>

00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:58.460
and<00:53:55.820><c> you</c><00:53:56.019><c> see</c><00:53:56.199><c> that</c><00:53:56.360><c> he</c><00:53:56.579><c> repeatedly</c><00:53:57.039><c> in</c><00:53:57.239><c> the</c><00:53:57.360><c> Revised</c><00:53:57.619><c> Standard</c><00:53:57.940><c> Version</c><00:53:58.199><c> says</c>

00:53:58.460 --> 00:54:01.360
by<00:53:58.860><c> no</c><00:53:59.139><c> means</c><00:53:59.440><c> about</c><00:53:59.960><c> certain</c><00:54:00.340><c> things,</c>

00:54:01.539 --> 00:54:05.000
then<00:54:01.780><c> it's</c><00:54:02.400><c> in</c><00:54:02.780><c> the</c><00:54:03.139><c> identification</c><00:54:03.820><c> of</c><00:54:04.079><c> those</c><00:54:04.400><c> little</c><00:54:04.679><c> points</c>

00:54:05.000 --> 00:54:07.639
that<00:54:05.179><c> he's</c><00:54:05.360><c> making</c><00:54:05.679><c> about</c><00:54:05.960><c> things</c><00:54:06.280><c> that</c><00:54:06.460><c> by</c><00:54:06.860><c> no</c><00:54:07.199><c> means</c>

00:54:07.639 --> 00:54:10.179
do<00:54:08.099><c> we</c><00:54:08.219><c> understand</c><00:54:08.579><c> this</c><00:54:08.880><c> comes</c><00:54:09.139><c> from</c><00:54:09.320><c> the</c><00:54:09.519><c> sacrifice</c><00:54:09.840><c> of</c><00:54:10.000><c> Christ.</c>

00:54:10.360 --> 00:54:13.179
By<00:54:10.679><c> no</c><00:54:11.099><c> means</c><00:54:11.400><c> does</c><00:54:11.539><c> this</c><00:54:11.780><c> declare</c><00:54:12.079><c> the</c><00:54:12.280><c> righteousness</c><00:54:12.599><c> of</c><00:54:12.840><c> God.</c>

00:54:13.440 --> 00:54:16.079
If<00:54:13.800><c> we</c><00:54:14.099><c> fall</c><00:54:14.360><c> to</c><00:54:14.519><c> the</c><00:54:14.679><c> deception</c><00:54:15.000><c> of</c><00:54:15.159><c> the</c><00:54:15.340><c> points</c><00:54:15.519><c> he</c><00:54:15.719><c> makes</c>

00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:18.280
about<00:54:16.480><c> those</c><00:54:16.860><c> things</c><00:54:17.039><c> that</c><00:54:17.159><c> are</c><00:54:17.380><c> by</c><00:54:17.619><c> no</c><00:54:17.880><c> means,</c>

00:54:18.280 --> 00:54:22.320
we<00:54:18.840><c> fall</c><00:54:19.320><c> in</c><00:54:19.659><c> the</c><00:54:19.900><c> category</c><00:54:20.420><c> of</c><00:54:21.139><c> those</c><00:54:21.400><c> people</c><00:54:21.699><c> who</c><00:54:21.820><c> are</c><00:54:22.039><c> guilty</c>

00:54:22.320 --> 00:54:23.840
not<00:54:22.659><c> discerning</c><00:54:23.119><c> the</c><00:54:23.280><c> body</c><00:54:23.500><c> and</c><00:54:23.699><c> blood.</c>

00:54:23.980 --> 00:54:26.059
Look<00:54:24.380><c> at</c><00:54:24.579><c> the</c><00:54:24.679><c> way</c><00:54:24.860><c> this</c><00:54:25.179><c> list</c><00:54:25.380><c> works</c><00:54:25.719><c> out.</c>

00:54:26.280 --> 00:54:29.559
Again,<00:54:26.699><c> it's</c><00:54:26.840><c> another</c><00:54:27.019><c> one</c><00:54:27.179><c> of</c><00:54:27.300><c> those</c><00:54:27.599><c> astonishing</c><00:54:28.380><c> things.</c>

00:54:29.840 --> 00:54:33.760
Those<00:54:30.159><c> who</c><00:54:30.820><c> mean</c><00:54:31.099><c> to</c><00:54:31.400><c> prove</c><00:54:31.599><c> God</c><00:54:31.940><c> like</c><00:54:32.159><c> they</c><00:54:32.360><c> did</c><00:54:32.460><c> in</c><00:54:32.619><c> Israel,</c>

00:54:34.400 --> 00:54:37.519
holding<00:54:34.699><c> God</c><00:54:35.000><c> responsible</c><00:54:35.679><c> for</c><00:54:35.880><c> their</c><00:54:36.119><c> own</c><00:54:36.400><c> faithlessness.</c>

00:54:37.539 --> 00:54:39.800
Well,<00:54:37.840><c> something</c><00:54:38.119><c> happened,</c><00:54:38.579><c> my</c><00:54:38.840><c> life</c><00:54:39.059><c> didn't</c><00:54:39.280><c> go</c><00:54:39.559><c> right,</c>

00:54:40.139 --> 00:54:41.260
God<00:54:40.400><c> must</c><00:54:40.619><c> be</c><00:54:40.840><c> responsible.</c>

00:54:41.340 --> 00:54:44.099
In<00:54:41.519><c> their</c><00:54:41.760><c> hearts</c><00:54:42.000><c> they</c><00:54:42.340><c> prove</c><00:54:42.579><c> him</c><00:54:42.860><c> by</c><00:54:43.360><c> no</c><00:54:43.679><c> means.</c>

00:54:44.420 --> 00:54:46.019
At<00:54:44.639><c> the</c><00:54:44.760><c> table</c><00:54:44.920><c> of</c><00:54:45.099><c> the</c><00:54:45.239><c> Lord,</c>

00:54:46.179 --> 00:54:48.280
that's<00:54:46.659><c> guilt,</c><00:54:46.900><c> not</c><00:54:47.139><c> discerning</c><00:54:47.500><c> the</c><00:54:47.659><c> body</c><00:54:47.880><c> and</c><00:54:47.980><c> blood</c><00:54:48.139><c> of</c>

00:54:48.280 --> 00:54:49.199
the<00:54:48.380><c> Lord,</c>

00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:51.139
because<00:54:49.780><c> God</c><00:54:50.139><c> proves</c><00:54:50.539><c> us,</c>

00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:54.739
even<00:54:51.800><c> proving</c><00:54:52.159><c> his</c><00:54:52.599><c> own</c><00:54:52.980><c> Son</c><00:54:53.360><c> in</c><00:54:53.780><c> obedience</c><00:54:54.219><c> to</c><00:54:54.440><c> the</c><00:54:54.579><c> death</c>

00:54:54.739 --> 00:54:56.599
by<00:54:54.980><c> nailing</c><00:54:55.300><c> him</c><00:54:55.480><c> to</c><00:54:55.619><c> the</c><00:54:55.780><c> tree.</c>

00:54:57.440 --> 00:55:00.940
Second<00:54:57.760><c> one,</c><00:54:57.920><c> those</c><00:54:58.179><c> who</c><00:54:58.420><c> think</c><00:54:58.679><c> that</c><00:54:59.619><c> wrath</c><00:55:00.000><c> is</c><00:55:00.400><c> unjust,</c>

00:55:01.199 --> 00:55:02.460
the<00:55:01.260><c> ways</c><00:55:01.440><c> of</c><00:55:01.619><c> the</c><00:55:01.739><c> Lord</c><00:55:01.860><c> are</c><00:55:02.039><c> not</c><00:55:02.179><c> equal,</c>

00:55:02.539 --> 00:55:06.280
why<00:55:02.780><c> should</c><00:55:03.280><c> those</c><00:55:03.679><c> who</c><00:55:03.960><c> say,</c><00:55:04.579><c> where</c><00:55:04.619><c> is</c><00:55:04.860><c> the</c><00:55:05.019><c> God</c><00:55:05.159><c> of</c><00:55:05.380><c> judgment?</c>

00:55:06.380 --> 00:55:09.019
And<00:55:06.480><c> in</c><00:55:06.559><c> their</c><00:55:06.760><c> mind,</c><00:55:07.340><c> in</c><00:55:07.460><c> their</c><00:55:07.639><c> hearts,</c><00:55:08.019><c> eliminating</c><00:55:08.519><c> the</c><00:55:08.820><c> judgment,</c>

00:55:09.099 --> 00:55:10.380
if<00:55:09.300><c> not</c><00:55:09.500><c> the</c><00:55:09.719><c> judgment</c><00:55:09.900><c> itself,</c>

00:55:10.739 --> 00:55:12.820
the<00:55:10.960><c> accountability</c><00:55:11.519><c> that</c><00:55:11.760><c> they</c><00:55:11.960><c> may</c><00:55:12.159><c> have</c><00:55:12.280><c> of</c><00:55:12.420><c> the</c><00:55:12.579><c> judgment</c>

00:55:12.820 --> 00:55:16.019
for<00:55:13.019><c> the</c><00:55:13.219><c> manner</c><00:55:13.539><c> of</c><00:55:13.820><c> life</c><00:55:14.059><c> that</c><00:55:14.219><c> they</c><00:55:14.500><c> seem</c><00:55:14.760><c> to</c><00:55:15.539><c> be</c><00:55:15.679><c> living.</c>

00:55:16.219 --> 00:55:19.239
When<00:55:16.460><c> those</c><00:55:16.760><c> people</c><00:55:17.139><c> sit</c><00:55:17.599><c> at</c><00:55:17.840><c> the</c><00:55:17.960><c> table</c><00:55:18.179><c> of</c><00:55:18.340><c> the</c><00:55:18.460><c> Lord,</c>

00:55:19.320 --> 00:55:21.820
they've<00:55:19.599><c> misunderstood</c><00:55:20.260><c> something</c><00:55:20.699><c> about</c><00:55:20.980><c> the</c><00:55:21.199><c> body</c><00:55:21.400><c> and</c><00:55:21.519><c> blood</c><00:55:21.659><c> of</c>

00:55:21.820 --> 00:55:22.079
the<00:55:21.920><c> Lord.</c>

00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:27.539
They<00:55:22.559><c> haven't</c><00:55:23.380><c> decided</c><00:55:24.079><c> to</c><00:55:24.940><c> join</c><00:55:25.300><c> him</c><00:55:25.960><c> on</c><00:55:26.280><c> the</c><00:55:26.500><c> cross,</c>

00:55:27.599 --> 00:55:29.639
to<00:55:27.780><c> participate</c><00:55:28.340><c> with</c><00:55:28.579><c> him</c><00:55:28.739><c> in</c><00:55:28.860><c> a</c><00:55:28.960><c> death</c><00:55:29.119><c> like</c><00:55:29.380><c> his.</c>

00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:31.460
Those<00:55:30.119><c> who</c><00:55:30.380><c> minimize</c><00:55:30.780><c> obedience,</c>

00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:35.559
who<00:55:31.940><c> say,</c><00:55:32.260><c> well,</c><00:55:32.579><c> grace</c><00:55:32.880><c> is</c><00:55:33.159><c> there,</c><00:55:34.480><c> all</c><00:55:34.880><c> of</c><00:55:35.000><c> us</c><00:55:35.139><c> are</c><00:55:35.320><c> weak,</c>

00:55:35.679 --> 00:55:36.940
I'm<00:55:35.980><c> weak.</c>

00:55:37.440 --> 00:55:40.980
Minimizing<00:55:37.960><c> obedience</c><00:55:38.440><c> can</c><00:55:38.659><c> be</c><00:55:38.880><c> the</c><00:55:39.099><c> subtlest</c><00:55:39.500><c> of</c><00:55:39.920><c> deceptions.</c>

00:55:41.139 --> 00:55:44.679
Paul<00:55:41.659><c> said,</c><00:55:41.900><c> by</c><00:55:42.179><c> no</c><00:55:42.519><c> means</c><00:55:42.760><c> should</c><00:55:42.960><c> we</c><00:55:43.199><c> minimize</c><00:55:43.579><c> obedience.</c>

00:55:45.480 --> 00:55:47.440
Using<00:55:45.880><c> faith</c><00:55:46.260><c> to</c><00:55:46.579><c> overthrow</c><00:55:46.980><c> law,</c>

00:55:47.739 --> 00:55:49.760
the<00:55:47.880><c> law</c><00:55:48.019><c> of</c><00:55:48.199><c> Christ</c><00:55:48.519><c> is</c><00:55:48.780><c> a</c><00:55:48.940><c> royal</c><00:55:49.260><c> law.</c>

00:55:50.059 --> 00:55:51.219
It's<00:55:50.320><c> a</c><00:55:50.500><c> law</c><00:55:50.659><c> of</c><00:55:50.920><c> love,</c>

00:55:51.480 --> 00:55:54.900
and<00:55:51.539><c> it's</c><00:55:51.739><c> a</c><00:55:51.820><c> law</c><00:55:52.000><c> which</c><00:55:52.199><c> is</c><00:55:52.340><c> being</c><00:55:52.559><c> written</c><00:55:52.820><c> upon</c><00:55:53.619><c> our</c><00:55:54.480><c> hearts,</c>

00:55:55.019 --> 00:55:57.840
in<00:55:55.199><c> our</c><00:55:55.460><c> reasoning,</c><00:55:56.139><c> where</c><00:55:56.300><c> God</c><00:55:56.519><c> wants</c><00:55:56.800><c> the</c><00:55:57.079><c> real</c><00:55:57.340><c> work</c><00:55:57.619><c> to</c>

00:55:57.840 --> 00:55:58.300
take<00:55:58.039><c> place.</c>

00:55:58.380 --> 00:56:00.440
And<00:55:58.500><c> in</c><00:55:58.579><c> that</c><00:55:58.860><c> reasoning,</c><00:55:59.679><c> if</c><00:55:59.900><c> we</c><00:56:00.179><c> say,</c>

00:56:00.659 --> 00:56:03.559
well,<00:56:01.059><c> faith</c><00:56:01.400><c> makes</c><00:56:01.840><c> law</c><00:56:02.179><c> unnecessary,</c>

00:56:03.639 --> 00:56:07.000
by<00:56:04.039><c> no</c><00:56:04.360><c> means</c><00:56:04.679><c> have</c><00:56:04.860><c> we</c><00:56:05.039><c> understood</c><00:56:05.460><c> the</c><00:56:05.619><c> body</c><00:56:05.900><c> of</c><00:56:06.079><c> the</c><00:56:06.179><c> Lord.</c>

00:56:11.519 --> 00:56:15.260
Like<00:56:11.920><c> R</c><00:56:12.280><c>.C.</c><00:56:12.500><c> Sproul</c><00:56:12.639><c> was</c><00:56:12.840><c> saying,</c><00:56:13.079><c> those</c><00:56:13.320><c> who</c><00:56:13.539><c> require</c><00:56:14.159><c> grace.</c>

00:56:15.460 --> 00:56:17.199
Paul<00:56:15.579><c> says,</c><00:56:16.059><c> by</c><00:56:16.059><c> no</c><00:56:16.360><c> means</c><00:56:16.559><c> should</c><00:56:16.739><c> we</c><00:56:16.840><c> do</c><00:56:17.019><c> that,</c>

00:56:17.340 --> 00:56:20.300
extending<00:56:17.679><c> grace</c><00:56:18.579><c> to</c><00:56:18.880><c> accommodate</c><00:56:19.480><c> more</c><00:56:20.099><c> sin,</c>

00:56:20.440 --> 00:56:23.980
because<00:56:20.659><c> I'm</c><00:56:21.019><c> weak,</c><00:56:21.820><c> and</c><00:56:21.940><c> well,</c><00:56:22.320><c> my</c><00:56:22.820><c> son</c><00:56:23.059><c> or</c><00:56:23.159><c> my</c><00:56:23.400><c> daughter</c><00:56:23.579><c> is</c><00:56:23.780><c> weak,</c>

00:56:24.099 --> 00:56:26.539
and<00:56:24.219><c> grace</c><00:56:24.519><c> is</c><00:56:25.039><c> just</c><00:56:25.239><c> going</c><00:56:25.420><c> to</c><00:56:25.579><c> take</c><00:56:25.760><c> care</c><00:56:25.980><c> of</c><00:56:26.099><c> it</c><00:56:26.280><c> all.</c>

00:56:26.719 --> 00:56:28.460
In<00:56:26.940><c> the</c><00:56:27.079><c> end,</c><00:56:27.239><c> we'll</c><00:56:27.360><c> be</c><00:56:27.579><c> forgiven.</c>

00:56:28.820 --> 00:56:30.920
We<00:56:28.980><c> should</c><00:56:29.219><c> never</c><00:56:29.420><c> in</c><00:56:29.579><c> our</c><00:56:29.780><c> hearts</c><00:56:30.000><c> make</c><00:56:30.239><c> an</c><00:56:30.480><c> accommodation</c>

00:56:30.920 --> 00:56:31.539
for<00:56:31.280><c> sin,</c>

00:56:31.860 --> 00:56:33.639
because<00:56:32.179><c> of</c><00:56:32.400><c> grace,</c><00:56:32.719><c> because</c><00:56:32.920><c> as</c><00:56:33.119><c> soon</c><00:56:33.239><c> as</c><00:56:33.400><c> we</c><00:56:33.519><c> do,</c>

00:56:33.699 --> 00:56:36.780
we're<00:56:33.860><c> requiring</c><00:56:34.239><c> it</c><00:56:34.400><c> of</c><00:56:34.460><c> God,</c><00:56:35.219><c> and</c><00:56:35.380><c> God's</c><00:56:36.159><c> grace</c><00:56:36.400><c> will</c><00:56:36.599><c> not</c>

00:56:36.780 --> 00:56:37.420
be<00:56:37.019><c> required.</c>

00:56:37.719 --> 00:56:40.059
By<00:56:38.000><c> no</c><00:56:38.280><c> means,</c><00:56:38.539><c> Paul</c><00:56:38.820><c> said,</c><00:56:39.300><c> that</c><00:56:39.480><c> we</c><00:56:39.599><c> should</c><00:56:39.719><c> do</c><00:56:39.940><c> that.</c>

00:56:40.059 --> 00:56:42.500
You<00:56:40.480><c> can</c><00:56:40.679><c> write</c><00:56:40.840><c> these</c><00:56:41.059><c> references</c><00:56:41.400><c> down</c><00:56:41.719><c> and</c><00:56:41.820><c> check</c><00:56:42.039><c> it</c><00:56:42.199><c> out.</c>

00:56:42.559 --> 00:56:45.739
This<00:56:42.719><c> is</c><00:56:42.920><c> how</c><00:56:43.699><c> I</c><00:56:44.320><c> distilled</c><00:56:44.659><c> them</c><00:56:44.820><c> when</c><00:56:44.980><c> I</c><00:56:45.139><c> went</c><00:56:45.239><c> through</c><00:56:45.440><c> them.</c>

00:56:46.099 --> 00:56:47.360
Those<00:56:46.280><c> who</c><00:56:46.480><c> yield</c><00:56:46.739><c> to</c><00:56:46.980><c> wickedness.</c>

00:56:47.400 --> 00:56:50.039
Those<00:56:47.559><c> who</c><00:56:47.780><c> say,</c><00:56:48.159><c> well,</c><00:56:48.239><c> you</c><00:56:48.380><c> know,</c><00:56:48.900><c> I'm</c><00:56:49.179><c> weak.</c>

00:56:50.079 --> 00:56:53.079
I<00:56:50.519><c> was</c><00:56:50.800><c> tempted.</c><00:56:51.199><c> I</c><00:56:51.320><c> made</c><00:56:51.559><c> a</c><00:56:51.780><c> mistake.</c><00:56:52.139><c> I</c><00:56:52.280><c> can't</c><00:56:52.539><c> help</c><00:56:52.780><c> it.</c>

00:56:53.500 --> 00:56:54.940
I'm<00:56:53.840><c> going</c><00:56:53.940><c> to</c><00:56:54.059><c> have</c><00:56:54.239><c> to</c><00:56:54.360><c> live</c><00:56:54.519><c> this</c><00:56:54.820><c> way.</c>

00:56:55.019 --> 00:56:57.440
I'm<00:56:55.099><c> going</c><00:56:55.199><c> to</c><00:56:55.300><c> have</c><00:56:55.480><c> to</c><00:56:55.599><c> let</c><00:56:55.679><c> it</c><00:56:55.900><c> all</c><00:56:56.079><c> fall</c><00:56:56.380><c> down.</c>

00:56:57.699 --> 00:57:02.059
Here<00:56:57.920><c> I</c><00:56:58.219><c> am.</c><00:56:58.519><c> I</c><00:56:58.659><c> don't</c><00:56:58.860><c> feel</c><00:56:59.119><c> right.</c><00:56:59.480><c> You</c><00:56:59.739><c> know,</c><00:56:59.739><c> you</c><00:56:59.920><c> got</c><00:57:00.119><c> me.</c>

00:57:03.159 --> 00:57:05.780
Claiming<00:57:03.599><c> that</c><00:57:03.800><c> grace</c><00:57:04.159><c> obviates</c><00:57:04.820><c> law.</c>

00:57:06.380 --> 00:57:09.000
By<00:57:06.699><c> no</c><00:57:06.900><c> means</c><00:57:07.119><c> should</c><00:57:07.300><c> we</c><00:57:08.199><c> reason</c><00:57:08.480><c> that</c><00:57:08.780><c> way.</c>

00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:11.099
Those<00:57:09.440><c> who</c><00:57:09.659><c> remove</c><00:57:10.019><c> law.</c>

00:57:11.360 --> 00:57:14.440
Saying<00:57:11.519><c> that</c><00:57:11.900><c> law</c><00:57:12.179><c> is</c><00:57:12.480><c> sin,</c><00:57:13.119><c> because</c><00:57:13.460><c> the</c><00:57:13.639><c> new</c><00:57:13.760><c> life</c><00:57:14.000><c> is</c><00:57:14.280><c> spirit.</c>

00:57:14.519 --> 00:57:15.400
He<00:57:14.519><c> actually</c><00:57:14.880><c> said</c><00:57:15.099><c> that.</c>

00:57:15.699 --> 00:57:18.559
And<00:57:15.840><c> how</c><00:57:16.019><c> many</c><00:57:16.239><c> times</c><00:57:16.579><c> have</c><00:57:16.760><c> you</c><00:57:16.900><c> heard</c><00:57:17.199><c> in</c><00:57:17.480><c> the</c><00:57:17.679><c> context</c><00:57:18.079><c> of</c><00:57:18.300><c> weakness,</c>

00:57:18.760 --> 00:57:22.079
someone<00:57:18.960><c> say,</c><00:57:19.480><c> well,</c><00:57:19.940><c> you're</c><00:57:20.079><c> being</c><00:57:20.400><c> too</c><00:57:21.119><c> hard</c><00:57:21.380><c> on</c><00:57:21.599><c> this.</c>

00:57:22.420 --> 00:57:26.300
Just<00:57:22.599><c> simply,</c><00:57:23.260><c> there</c><00:57:23.840><c> are</c><00:57:24.079><c> people</c><00:57:24.420><c> who</c><00:57:24.659><c> get</c><00:57:24.840><c> hard,</c><00:57:25.179><c> like</c><00:57:25.400><c> the</c><00:57:25.599><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:57:26.340 --> 00:57:29.099
and<00:57:26.539><c> who</c><00:57:26.880><c> get</c><00:57:27.219><c> legalistic</c><00:57:27.820><c> in</c><00:57:28.000><c> the</c><00:57:28.179><c> context</c><00:57:28.559><c> of</c><00:57:28.800><c> mercy.</c>

00:57:29.280 --> 00:57:30.519
And<00:57:29.460><c> there's</c><00:57:29.599><c> no</c><00:57:29.820><c> place</c><00:57:30.000><c> for</c><00:57:30.219><c> that</c><00:57:30.360><c> either.</c>

00:57:30.559 --> 00:57:32.659
That's<00:57:30.840><c> an</c><00:57:31.059><c> extreme</c><00:57:31.260><c> on</c><00:57:31.420><c> the</c><00:57:31.539><c> other</c><00:57:31.760><c> side.</c>

00:57:32.739 --> 00:57:34.739
But<00:57:33.059><c> if</c><00:57:33.320><c> you</c><00:57:33.519><c> say,</c><00:57:33.820><c> this</c><00:57:33.960><c> is</c><00:57:34.099><c> what</c><00:57:34.280><c> God</c><00:57:34.519><c> said,</c>

00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:36.920
and<00:57:34.900><c> people</c><00:57:35.019><c> look</c><00:57:35.219><c> at</c><00:57:35.320><c> you</c><00:57:35.500><c> and</c><00:57:35.619><c> say,</c><00:57:35.800><c> well,</c><00:57:35.940><c> who</c><00:57:36.079><c> do</c><00:57:36.199><c> you</c><00:57:36.320><c> think</c><00:57:36.440><c> you</c><00:57:36.739><c> are?</c>

00:57:36.920 --> 00:57:39.559
Who<00:57:37.300><c> gave</c><00:57:37.519><c> you</c><00:57:37.800><c> the</c><00:57:37.960><c> authority</c><00:57:38.219><c> to</c><00:57:38.380><c> tell</c><00:57:38.559><c> us</c><00:57:38.760><c> what</c><00:57:38.960><c> God</c><00:57:39.239><c> said?</c>

00:57:39.900 --> 00:57:41.460
You're<00:57:40.159><c> unrighteous,</c><00:57:40.579><c> just</c><00:57:40.780><c> like</c><00:57:41.039><c> I</c><00:57:41.300><c> am.</c>

00:57:41.760 --> 00:57:44.340
There's<00:57:42.039><c> none</c><00:57:42.159><c> that</c><00:57:42.360><c> are</c><00:57:43.219><c> innocent.</c><00:57:43.619><c> All</c><00:57:43.800><c> are</c><00:57:44.019><c> guilty.</c>

00:57:44.519 --> 00:57:45.860
Guilty<00:57:44.820><c> of</c><00:57:44.980><c> one,</c><00:57:45.260><c> guilty</c><00:57:45.519><c> of</c><00:57:45.739><c> all.</c>

00:57:45.960 --> 00:57:47.340
And<00:57:46.019><c> you</c><00:57:46.039><c> know,</c><00:57:46.219><c> on</c><00:57:46.360><c> and</c><00:57:46.460><c> on</c><00:57:46.619><c> and</c><00:57:46.619><c> on,</c><00:57:46.860><c> the</c><00:57:46.960><c> reasoning</c><00:57:47.119><c> goes,</c>

00:57:47.460 --> 00:57:49.260
the<00:57:47.599><c> spirit</c><00:57:47.880><c> makes</c><00:57:48.139><c> alive</c><00:57:48.519><c> and</c><00:57:48.639><c> the</c><00:57:48.780><c> letter</c><00:57:48.920><c> kills.</c>

00:57:49.719 --> 00:57:50.659
So<00:57:49.860><c> grace,</c><00:57:50.079><c> grace,</c><00:57:50.360><c> grace.</c>

00:57:50.699 --> 00:57:52.920
And<00:57:50.940><c> never</c><00:57:51.179><c> mind</c><00:57:51.380><c> this</c><00:57:51.599><c> thing</c><00:57:51.780><c> you</c><00:57:51.900><c> keep</c><00:57:52.119><c> talking</c><00:57:52.380><c> about</c>

00:57:52.920 --> 00:57:54.920
in<00:57:53.260><c> doing</c><00:57:53.460><c> the</c><00:57:53.659><c> will</c><00:57:53.739><c> of</c><00:57:53.920><c> the</c><00:57:54.079><c> Lord.</c>

00:57:55.559 --> 00:57:57.320
By<00:57:55.860><c> no</c><00:57:56.079><c> means</c><00:57:56.280><c> should</c><00:57:56.440><c> we</c><00:57:56.599><c> reason</c><00:57:56.820><c> that</c><00:57:57.079><c> way.</c>

00:57:57.679 --> 00:57:59.139
Those<00:57:57.940><c> that</c><00:57:58.179><c> hold</c><00:57:58.300><c> that</c><00:57:58.500><c> lawfulness</c><00:57:58.880><c> kills.</c>

00:57:59.159 --> 00:58:01.179
This<00:57:59.320><c> is</c><00:57:59.500><c> all</c><00:57:59.659><c> pretty</c><00:57:59.880><c> much</c><00:58:00.079><c> around</c><00:58:00.300><c> the</c><00:58:00.500><c> same</c><00:58:00.760><c> idea,</c>

00:58:01.199 --> 00:58:03.679
but<00:58:01.480><c> he</c><00:58:01.840><c> repeats</c><00:58:02.239><c> this</c><00:58:02.579><c> over</c><00:58:02.900><c> and</c><00:58:03.019><c> over</c><00:58:03.199><c> and</c><00:58:03.280><c> over</c><00:58:03.480><c> again</c>

00:58:03.679 --> 00:58:05.780
in<00:58:03.800><c> the</c><00:58:04.000><c> context</c><00:58:04.340><c> of</c><00:58:04.480><c> his</c><00:58:04.699><c> exhortations</c><00:58:05.199><c> in</c><00:58:05.460><c> Romans.</c>

00:58:05.780 --> 00:58:09.219
Holding<00:58:06.559><c> that</c><00:58:06.800><c> the</c><00:58:07.039><c> commandments</c><00:58:07.460><c> are</c><00:58:07.940><c> responsible</c><00:58:08.659><c> for</c>

00:58:09.219 --> 00:58:09.860
personal<00:58:09.599><c> sins.</c>

00:58:09.880 --> 00:58:12.440
In<00:58:09.980><c> other</c><00:58:10.159><c> words,</c><00:58:10.840><c> if</c><00:58:11.219><c> God</c><00:58:11.500><c> hadn't</c><00:58:11.820><c> said</c><00:58:12.079><c> that,</c>

00:58:12.539 --> 00:58:14.179
well,<00:58:12.679><c> then</c><00:58:12.980><c> I</c><00:58:13.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:58:13.340><c> have</c><00:58:13.519><c> done</c><00:58:13.719><c> that.</c>

00:58:14.420 --> 00:58:16.280
I<00:58:14.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:58:14.719><c> have</c><00:58:14.900><c> been</c><00:58:15.059><c> guilty</c><00:58:15.360><c> of</c><00:58:15.519><c> it</c><00:58:15.639><c> when</c><00:58:15.820><c> I</c><00:58:16.059><c> did.</c>

00:58:16.380 --> 00:58:18.539
So<00:58:16.679><c> there's</c><00:58:17.099><c> a</c><00:58:17.219><c> problem</c><00:58:17.460><c> with</c><00:58:17.639><c> that</c><00:58:17.880><c> commandment.</c>

00:58:18.960 --> 00:58:20.760
I<00:58:19.059><c> mean,</c><00:58:19.260><c> we</c><00:58:19.480><c> don't</c><00:58:19.719><c> say</c><00:58:19.880><c> it</c><00:58:20.000><c> that</c><00:58:20.219><c> overtly,</c>

00:58:20.820 --> 00:58:23.559
but<00:58:20.940><c> you</c><00:58:21.139><c> hear</c><00:58:21.420><c> it</c><00:58:21.599><c> in</c><00:58:21.739><c> all</c><00:58:22.119><c> kinds</c><00:58:22.480><c> of</c><00:58:22.860><c> subtle</c><00:58:23.079><c> ways</c>

00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:26.880
that<00:58:23.960><c> tend</c><00:58:24.219><c> to</c><00:58:24.599><c> change</c><00:58:25.300><c> the</c><00:58:25.960><c> intent</c><00:58:26.360><c> of</c><00:58:26.579><c> Scripture,</c>

00:58:26.940 --> 00:58:30.320
which<00:58:27.099><c> is</c><00:58:27.380><c> to</c><00:58:27.940><c> drive</c><00:58:28.420><c> us</c><00:58:28.780><c> into</c><00:58:29.019><c> participation</c>

00:58:30.940 --> 00:58:33.860
with<00:58:31.440><c> Christ's</c><00:58:31.880><c> death</c><00:58:32.320><c> and</c><00:58:32.760><c> with</c><00:58:32.860><c> His</c><00:58:33.019><c> obedient</c><00:58:33.320><c> life.</c>

00:58:33.860 --> 00:58:36.579
Those<00:58:34.500><c> who</c><00:58:34.760><c> equate</c><00:58:35.039><c> the</c><00:58:35.300><c> ungodly</c><00:58:35.699><c> and</c><00:58:35.840><c> the</c><00:58:36.039><c> unfaithful.</c>

00:58:36.760 --> 00:58:38.320
This<00:58:37.079><c> is</c><00:58:37.360><c> another</c><00:58:37.579><c> form</c><00:58:37.840><c> of</c><00:58:38.079><c> reasoning.</c>

00:58:38.380 --> 00:58:41.980
Well,<00:58:38.519><c> we're</c><00:58:38.760><c> all</c><00:58:40.539><c> ungodly.</c>

00:58:42.119 --> 00:58:43.380
No,<00:58:42.260><c> we're</c><00:58:42.440><c> not.</c>

00:58:43.920 --> 00:58:45.679
We're<00:58:44.139><c> all</c><00:58:44.320><c> unrighteous.</c>

00:58:45.880 --> 00:58:47.000
We're<00:58:46.039><c> all</c><00:58:46.239><c> mortal.</c>

00:58:47.579 --> 00:58:49.760
Can<00:58:47.800><c> mortal</c><00:58:48.019><c> flesh</c><00:58:48.239><c> be</c><00:58:48.440><c> righteous</c><00:58:48.699><c> if</c><00:58:48.860><c> we're</c><00:58:49.099><c> all</c><00:58:49.280><c> unrighteous?</c>

00:58:49.920 --> 00:58:51.260
None<00:58:50.219><c> are</c><00:58:50.820><c> righteous.</c>

00:58:51.440 --> 00:58:52.840
No,<00:58:51.739><c> not</c><00:58:52.059><c> one.</c>

00:58:53.440 --> 00:58:59.320
But<00:58:53.719><c> that</c><00:58:53.900><c> doesn't</c><00:58:54.139><c> mean</c><00:58:54.300><c> we're</c><00:58:54.500><c> all</c><00:58:54.739><c> ungodly</c><00:58:55.860><c> or</c><00:58:57.199><c> unfaithful.</c>

00:58:59.760 --> 00:59:01.480
Faithful<00:59:00.119><c> people</c><00:59:00.400><c> are</c><00:59:00.639><c> not</c><00:59:00.880><c> ungodly.</c>

00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:04.260
They're<00:59:01.900><c> godly</c><00:59:02.420><c> because</c><00:59:02.900><c> of</c><00:59:03.059><c> their</c><00:59:03.280><c> faith.</c>

00:59:04.300 --> 00:59:07.099
So<00:59:04.480><c> by</c><00:59:04.719><c> no</c><00:59:05.000><c> means</c><00:59:05.239><c> should</c><00:59:05.380><c> we</c><00:59:05.539><c> fall</c><00:59:05.739><c> into</c><00:59:05.920><c> that</c><00:59:06.159><c> deception.</c>

00:59:07.480 --> 00:59:10.880
Those<00:59:07.699><c> who</c><00:59:07.920><c> reject</c><00:59:08.260><c> Israel,</c><00:59:09.940><c> saying,</c>

00:59:12.099 --> 00:59:14.360
Israel<00:59:12.659><c> came</c><00:59:13.000><c> and</c><00:59:13.099><c> they</c><00:59:13.320><c> killed</c><00:59:13.480><c> the</c><00:59:13.659><c> Son</c><00:59:13.800><c> of</c><00:59:14.019><c> God.</c>

00:59:14.679 --> 00:59:16.239
Well,<00:59:14.820><c> that</c><00:59:14.940><c> would</c><00:59:15.139><c> nullify</c><00:59:15.559><c> God's</c><00:59:16.000><c> promises.</c>

00:59:16.360 --> 00:59:19.420
And<00:59:16.480><c> so</c><00:59:16.559><c> you</c><00:59:16.679><c> take</c><00:59:17.059><c> all</c><00:59:17.440><c> of</c><00:59:17.699><c> Christianity</c><00:59:18.219><c> astray</c>

00:59:19.420 --> 00:59:22.480
that<00:59:20.059><c> has</c><00:59:20.460><c> fallen</c><00:59:20.840><c> apart</c><00:59:21.199><c> on</c><00:59:21.500><c> that</c><00:59:21.780><c> particular</c><00:59:22.199><c> point.</c>

00:59:22.659 --> 00:59:25.139
By<00:59:22.940><c> no</c><00:59:23.300><c> means</c><00:59:23.500><c> should</c><00:59:23.619><c> they</c><00:59:23.840><c> ever</c><00:59:24.119><c> have</c><00:59:24.300><c> rejected</c><00:59:24.659><c> Israel.</c>

00:59:25.539 --> 00:59:28.340
They<00:59:25.699><c> were</c><00:59:26.000><c> starting</c><00:59:26.239><c> to</c><00:59:26.539><c> then</c><00:59:27.500><c> in</c><00:59:27.920><c> Rome,</c>

00:59:28.340 --> 00:59:32.280
and<00:59:29.260><c> they've</c><00:59:29.579><c> continued</c><00:59:29.920><c> to</c><00:59:30.239><c> this</c><00:59:30.579><c> day</c><00:59:30.800><c> to</c><00:59:31.019><c> reject</c><00:59:31.260><c> Israel.</c>

00:59:33.219 --> 00:59:36.000
And<00:59:33.300><c> then</c><00:59:33.539><c> finally,</c><00:59:33.840><c> those</c><00:59:34.000><c> who</c><00:59:34.219><c> make</c><00:59:34.420><c> the</c><00:59:34.619><c> Gentiles</c><00:59:35.119><c> an</c><00:59:35.500><c> exclusive,</c>

00:59:36.059 --> 00:59:37.599
thinking<00:59:36.360><c> of</c><00:59:36.579><c> Jews</c><00:59:36.800><c> as</c><00:59:37.019><c> Christ</c><00:59:37.360><c> killers,</c>

00:59:37.679 --> 00:59:39.880
thinking<00:59:37.920><c> of</c><00:59:38.099><c> Israel</c><00:59:38.400><c> as</c><00:59:38.699><c> Arab</c><00:59:38.880><c> haters,</c>

00:59:40.380 --> 00:59:43.380
and<00:59:40.539><c> elevating</c><00:59:40.880><c> the</c><00:59:41.059><c> Gentiles</c><00:59:41.780><c> and</c><00:59:42.239><c> the</c><00:59:42.440><c> Church</c><00:59:42.679><c> especially</c>

00:59:43.380 --> 00:59:44.800
over<00:59:44.460><c> Israel.</c>

00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:49.300
By<00:59:45.199><c> no</c><00:59:45.559><c> means</c><00:59:46.019><c> should</c><00:59:46.559><c> any</c><00:59:46.880><c> of</c><00:59:47.000><c> these</c><00:59:47.159><c> ideas</c><00:59:47.719><c> ever</c><00:59:48.179><c> find</c><00:59:48.539><c> a</c><00:59:48.860><c> place</c><00:59:49.079><c> in</c>

00:59:49.300 --> 00:59:49.880
our<00:59:49.539><c> hearts,</c>

00:59:50.039 --> 00:59:53.119
because<00:59:50.360><c> if</c><00:59:50.539><c> they</c><00:59:50.880><c> do,</c><00:59:51.460><c> we</c><00:59:51.619><c> have</c><00:59:51.880><c> deceived</c><00:59:52.420><c> ourselves.</c>

00:59:53.179 --> 00:59:57.019
We<00:59:53.599><c> have</c><00:59:53.860><c> removed</c><00:59:54.300><c> obedience</c><00:59:54.780><c> and</c><00:59:55.039><c> replaced</c><00:59:55.420><c> it</c><00:59:55.599><c> with</c><00:59:55.780><c> the</c><00:59:56.000><c> sacrifice</c><00:59:56.480><c> of</c><00:59:56.719><c> Christ.</c>

00:59:57.019 --> 00:59:59.780
And<00:59:57.380><c> when</c><00:59:57.539><c> we</c><00:59:57.760><c> do</c><00:59:57.960><c> that,</c><00:59:58.440><c> we</c><00:59:58.480><c> make</c><00:59:58.659><c> her</c><00:59:58.820><c> a</c><00:59:59.019><c> bull</c><00:59:59.139><c> or</c><00:59:59.340><c> a</c><00:59:59.500><c> goat</c>

00:59:59.780 --> 01:00:01.579
out<01:00:00.099><c> of</c><01:00:00.219><c> the</c><01:00:00.320><c> Lord</c><01:00:00.500><c> Jesus</c><01:00:00.880><c> Christ</c><01:00:01.159><c> Himself.</c>

01:00:01.679 --> 01:00:04.960
And<01:00:01.760><c> it</c><01:00:01.840><c> was</c><01:00:02.099><c> never</c><01:00:02.420><c> intended</c><01:00:02.880><c> that</c><01:00:03.320><c> the</c><01:00:03.599><c> sacrifice</c><01:00:04.199><c> of</c><01:00:04.519><c> Christ</c>

01:00:04.960 --> 01:00:06.559
should<01:00:05.400><c> do</c><01:00:05.659><c> that</c><01:00:05.960><c> with</c><01:00:06.239><c> sin,</c>

01:00:07.000 --> 01:00:09.699
that<01:00:07.179><c> He</c><01:00:07.400><c> should</c><01:00:07.599><c> die</c><01:00:08.039><c> so</c><01:00:08.380><c> I</c><01:00:08.639><c> can</c><01:00:08.860><c> sin.</c>

01:00:10.039 --> 01:00:12.539
Instead,<01:00:10.480><c> we</c><01:00:10.719><c> never</c><01:00:11.019><c> let</c><01:00:11.179><c> Him</c><01:00:11.360><c> die</c><01:00:11.619><c> alone.</c>

01:00:12.980 --> 01:00:15.780
We<01:00:13.099><c> put</c><01:00:13.380><c> sin</c><01:00:13.639><c> to</c><01:00:13.840><c> death</c><01:00:14.019><c> in</c><01:00:14.179><c> ourselves,</c><01:00:14.659><c> cutting</c><01:00:14.920><c> off</c><01:00:15.199><c> the</c><01:00:15.460><c> flesh.</c>

01:00:16.059 --> 01:00:17.980
With<01:00:16.260><c> all</c><01:00:16.519><c> our</c><01:00:16.719><c> heart,</c><01:00:17.039><c> soul,</c><01:00:17.340><c> strength</c><01:00:17.659><c> and</c><01:00:17.820><c> mind.</c>

01:00:17.980 --> 01:00:20.280
And<01:00:18.099><c> if</c><01:00:18.199><c> we</c><01:00:18.480><c> fail</c><01:00:18.679><c> today,</c><01:00:19.000><c> we</c><01:00:19.420><c> try</c><01:00:19.679><c> again</c><01:00:19.980><c> tomorrow,</c>

01:00:20.300 --> 01:00:22.420
because<01:00:20.539><c> His</c><01:00:20.800><c> mercies</c><01:00:21.139><c> are</c><01:00:21.320><c> new</c><01:00:21.500><c> every</c><01:00:22.000><c> morning.</c>

01:00:22.599 --> 01:00:26.159
And<01:00:23.000><c> all</c><01:00:23.239><c> our</c><01:00:23.460><c> heart,</c><01:00:23.699><c> with</c><01:00:23.940><c> all</c><01:00:24.139><c> its</c><01:00:24.400><c> force,</c><01:00:24.920><c> with</c><01:00:25.079><c> increasing</c><01:00:25.699><c> might,</c>

01:00:26.159 --> 01:00:29.820
loves<01:00:26.780><c> the</c><01:00:26.980><c> Lord</c><01:00:27.139><c> our</c><01:00:27.360><c> God</c><01:00:27.519><c> with</c><01:00:27.820><c> all</c><01:00:28.199><c> our</c><01:00:28.679><c> heart,</c><01:00:28.980><c> soul,</c><01:00:29.280><c> strength</c><01:00:29.519><c> and</c><01:00:29.699><c> mind</c>

01:00:29.820 --> 01:00:33.340
in<01:00:30.079><c> such</c><01:00:30.280><c> a</c><01:00:30.440><c> way</c><01:00:30.519><c> that</c><01:00:30.679><c> we</c><01:00:30.820><c> will</c><01:00:31.099><c> never,</c><01:00:31.900><c> ever</c><01:00:32.239><c> let</c><01:00:32.440><c> the</c><01:00:32.659><c> Lord</c><01:00:32.860><c> die</c>

01:00:33.340 --> 01:00:36.719
and<01:00:33.739><c> cut</c><01:00:33.980><c> off</c><01:00:34.440><c> the</c><01:00:34.639><c> flesh</c><01:00:34.980><c> by</c><01:00:35.519><c> Himself.</c>

01:00:36.780 --> 01:00:40.199
But<01:00:36.980><c> we</c><01:00:37.300><c> join</c><01:00:37.559><c> with</c><01:00:37.800><c> Him,</c><01:00:38.280><c> and</c><01:00:38.500><c> so</c><01:00:38.780><c> we</c><01:00:38.960><c> find</c><01:00:39.260><c> ourselves</c><01:00:39.780><c> in</c>

01:00:40.199 --> 01:00:41.659
God's<01:00:40.719><c> favor.</c>

01:00:42.440 --> 01:00:44.340
That's<01:00:42.840><c> why</c><01:00:43.300><c> He</c><01:00:44.159><c> said,</c>

01:00:44.360 --> 01:00:46.960
Wherefore,<01:00:44.800><c> my</c><01:00:45.000><c> brethren,</c><01:00:45.380><c> ye</c><01:00:45.559><c> also</c><01:00:45.920><c> are</c><01:00:46.260><c> become</c><01:00:46.480><c> dead</c><01:00:46.739><c> to</c>

01:00:46.960 --> 01:00:48.260
the<01:00:47.119><c> law,</c>

01:00:48.760 --> 01:00:52.480
by<01:00:48.980><c> the</c><01:00:49.179><c> body,</c><01:00:49.400><c> by</c><01:00:49.619><c> the</c><01:00:49.920><c> mercy</c><01:00:50.280><c> of</c><01:00:50.500><c> God,</c><01:00:51.480><c> through</c><01:00:51.659><c> the</c><01:00:51.840><c> body</c><01:00:52.019><c> of</c><01:00:52.179><c> Christ,</c>

01:00:52.500 --> 01:00:54.659
that<01:00:52.639><c> you</c><01:00:52.800><c> should</c><01:00:52.940><c> be</c><01:00:53.260><c> married</c><01:00:53.780><c> to</c><01:00:54.280><c> another,</c>

01:00:54.659 --> 01:00:58.079
one<01:00:55.260><c> with</c><01:00:55.579><c> Him,</c><01:00:56.219><c> belonging</c><01:00:56.619><c> to</c><01:00:56.980><c> Him,</c>

01:00:58.719 --> 01:01:01.860
and<01:00:58.880><c> producing</c><01:00:59.199><c> your</c><01:00:59.539><c> new</c><01:00:59.679><c> life</c><01:01:00.460><c> from</c><01:01:01.119><c> that</c><01:01:01.340><c> marriage,</c>

01:01:02.159 --> 01:01:05.079
and<01:01:02.380><c> your</c><01:01:02.579><c> ultimate</c><01:01:03.199><c> new</c><01:01:03.619><c> birth</c><01:01:03.920><c> in</c><01:01:04.119><c> the</c><01:01:04.260><c> Kingdom</c><01:01:04.500><c> of</c><01:01:04.719><c> God</c>

01:01:05.079 --> 01:01:07.179
from<01:01:05.880><c> that</c><01:01:06.119><c> marriage.</c>

01:01:09.420 --> 01:01:16.219
I<01:01:10.119><c> will</c><01:01:10.400><c> betroth</c><01:01:10.699><c> you</c><01:01:10.900><c> to</c><01:01:11.159><c> Me,</c><01:01:13.099><c> God</c><01:01:13.579><c> said,</c><01:01:14.579><c> in</c><01:01:14.840><c> mercy.</c>

01:01:52.539 --> 01:01:54.639
Thank<01:01:53.940><c> you.</c>

01:01:54.659 --> 01:01:59.619
Thank<01:01:54.659><c> you</c><01:01:58.039><c> for</c><01:01:58.179><c> His</c><01:01:58.440><c> words</c><01:01:58.860><c> to</c><01:01:59.000><c> us</c><01:01:59.159><c> this</c><01:01:59.400><c> morning,</c>

01:01:59.820 --> 01:02:02.820
and<01:01:59.820><c> we</c><01:01:59.920><c> will</c><01:02:01.179><c> continue</c><01:02:01.699><c> our</c><01:02:02.059><c> memorial</c><01:02:02.440><c> service</c>

01:02:02.820 --> 01:02:06.579
with<01:02:03.099><c> the</c><01:02:03.300><c> singing</c><01:02:03.519><c> of</c><01:02:03.780><c> hymn</c><01:02:03.980><c> number</c><01:02:04.420><c> 178.</c>

01:02:15.579 --> 01:02:18.579
Lord<01:02:16.239><c> Jesus</c><01:02:16.619><c> Christ,</c><01:02:17.099><c> our</c><01:02:17.219><c> living</c><01:02:17.539><c> Head,</c>

01:02:19.139 --> 01:02:21.039
our<01:02:19.400><c> Savior</c><01:02:19.760><c> risen</c><01:02:20.099><c> from</c><01:02:20.400><c> the</c><01:02:20.619><c> dead,</c>

01:02:21.039 --> 01:02:24.139
we<01:02:21.900><c> show</c><01:02:22.099><c> Thy</c><01:02:22.340><c> death</c><01:02:22.599><c> in</c><01:02:22.880><c> breaking</c><01:02:23.139><c> bread,</c>

01:02:24.639 --> 01:02:28.619
and<01:02:24.639><c> seek</c><01:02:24.920><c> for</c><01:02:25.199><c> fellowship</c><01:02:25.699><c> with</c><01:02:26.280><c> Thee,</c><01:02:26.440><c> hymn</c><01:02:26.679><c> 178.</c>

01:02:41.219 --> 01:02:49.440
Lord<01:02:42.219><c> Jesus</c><01:02:43.219><c> Christ,</c><01:02:45.300><c> our</c><01:02:45.679><c> living</c><01:02:47.820><c> Head,</c>

01:02:49.440 --> 01:02:59.059
our<01:02:50.820><c> Savior</c><01:02:52.179><c> risen</c><01:02:54.239><c> from</c><01:02:55.880><c> the</c><01:02:57.119><c> dead,</c>

01:02:59.420 --> 01:03:07.980
we<01:02:59.719><c> show</c><01:03:00.320><c> Thy</c><01:03:01.440><c> death</c><01:03:02.539><c> in</c><01:03:03.659><c> breaking</c><01:03:05.780><c> bread,</c>

01:03:08.579 --> 01:03:18.300
and<01:03:09.099><c> seek</c><01:03:09.699><c> for</c><01:03:10.719><c> fellowship</c><01:03:13.159><c> with</c><01:03:16.000><c> Thee,</c>

01:03:18.800 --> 01:03:27.920
Thou<01:03:19.920><c> Father's</c><01:03:22.019><c> will,</c><01:03:23.139><c> Thou</c><01:03:23.699><c> made</c><01:03:25.420><c> us</c><01:03:26.260><c> one,</c>

01:03:28.199 --> 01:03:36.980
to<01:03:29.139><c> hear</c><01:03:29.619><c> we</c><01:03:30.579><c> too</c><01:03:31.840><c> our</c><01:03:32.860><c> hearts</c><01:03:34.440><c> take</c><01:03:35.400><c> on,</c>

01:03:37.840 --> 01:03:46.179
and<01:03:38.380><c> as</c><01:03:39.059><c> we</c><01:03:39.880><c> share</c><01:03:41.159><c> this</c><01:03:42.320><c> cup</c><01:03:43.960><c> of</c><01:03:44.940><c> wine,</c>

01:03:46.179 --> 01:03:56.679
we<01:03:47.659><c> may</c><01:03:48.800><c> have</c><01:03:49.579><c> fellowship</c><01:03:52.400><c> with</c><01:03:54.920><c> Thee,</c>

01:03:58.099 --> 01:04:06.480
Thou<01:03:58.900><c> ready</c><01:03:59.820><c> bread</c><01:04:01.400><c> with</c><01:04:02.659><c> thankfulness,</c>

01:04:06.480 --> 01:04:16.179
the<01:04:07.880><c> cup</c><01:04:08.900><c> of</c><01:04:09.760><c> blessing</c><01:04:11.280><c> which</c><01:04:13.219><c> we</c><01:04:14.440><c> bless,</c>

01:04:17.000 --> 01:04:25.760
the<01:04:17.480><c> life</c><01:04:18.079><c> we</c><01:04:19.539><c> live</c><01:04:20.599><c> in</c><01:04:21.619><c> faithfulness,</c>

01:04:25.760 --> 01:04:35.760
might<01:04:27.280><c> us</c><01:04:28.280><c> in</c><01:04:29.000><c> fellowship</c><01:04:31.380><c> with</c><01:04:34.260><c> Thee.</c>

01:04:35.760 --> 01:04:36.539
Amen.

01:04:53.480 --> 01:04:57.239
We<01:04:54.280><c> have</c><01:04:54.480><c> been</c><01:04:54.719><c> reminded</c><01:04:55.099><c> of</c><01:04:55.300><c> much</c><01:04:55.460><c> this</c><01:04:55.719><c> morning,</c>

01:04:57.920 --> 01:05:03.360
and<01:04:58.719><c> in</c><01:04:58.920><c> particular</c><01:04:59.420><c> that</c><01:05:01.380><c> Jesus</c><01:05:02.460><c> came</c><01:05:02.880><c> indeed</c>

01:05:03.360 --> 01:05:05.539
to<01:05:03.699><c> do</c><01:05:03.840><c> the</c><01:05:04.019><c> will</c><01:05:04.139><c> of</c><01:05:04.320><c> His</c><01:05:04.480><c> Father,</c>

01:05:06.059 --> 01:05:09.239
and<01:05:06.780><c> was</c><01:05:07.440><c> obedient</c><01:05:07.800><c> unto</c><01:05:08.099><c> death,</c>

01:05:10.250 --> 01:05:12.659
and<01:05:10.679><c> as</c><01:05:11.159><c> Brother</c><01:05:11.400><c> Mark</c><01:05:11.579><c> mentioned,</c>

01:05:14.099 --> 01:05:17.900
He<01:05:14.960><c> was</c><01:05:15.519><c> and</c><01:05:15.820><c> is</c><01:05:16.139><c> the</c><01:05:16.480><c> greatest</c><01:05:16.980><c> representation</c>

01:05:17.900 --> 01:05:20.539
of<01:05:19.179><c> God's</c><01:05:19.599><c> mercy.</c>

01:05:22.340 --> 01:05:27.480
As<01:05:23.199><c> we</c><01:05:24.059><c> contemplate</c><01:05:24.739><c> His</c><01:05:25.960><c> life</c><01:05:26.980><c> and</c><01:05:27.199><c> death</c>

01:05:27.480 --> 01:05:28.820
and<01:05:27.719><c> resurrection,</c>

01:05:29.500 --> 01:05:31.199
and<01:05:29.639><c> what</c><01:05:29.780><c> the</c><01:05:29.960><c> future</c><01:05:30.199><c> holds</c><01:05:30.519><c> for</c><01:05:30.820><c> us</c>

01:05:31.199 --> 01:05:32.659
as<01:05:31.440><c> a</c><01:05:31.619><c> group,</c>

01:05:34.500 --> 01:05:36.719
we<01:05:34.760><c> return</c><01:05:35.360><c> to</c><01:05:35.780><c> the</c><01:05:36.320><c> Scriptures</c>

01:05:36.719 --> 01:05:39.840
and<01:05:37.079><c> the</c><01:05:37.380><c> establishment</c><01:05:37.760><c> of</c><01:05:38.000><c> this</c><01:05:38.179><c> memorial</c><01:05:38.619><c> service</c>

01:05:41.079 --> 01:05:42.880
in<01:05:41.679><c> an</c><01:05:41.920><c> attempt</c><01:05:42.079><c> to</c><01:05:42.340><c> remember</c><01:05:42.599><c> Him</c>

01:05:42.880 --> 01:05:44.719
acceptably<01:05:43.380><c> this</c><01:05:43.639><c> morning.</c>

01:05:46.119 --> 01:05:49.239
We<01:05:46.420><c> appeal</c><01:05:46.760><c> to</c><01:05:47.619><c> the</c><01:05:47.960><c> record</c><01:05:48.159><c> in</c><01:05:48.480><c> 1</c><01:05:48.639><c> Corinthians</c>

01:05:49.239 --> 01:05:52.340
beginning<01:05:49.679><c> at</c><01:05:49.900><c> the</c><01:05:50.119><c> 23rd</c><01:05:50.639><c> verse</c><01:05:50.920><c> which</c><01:05:51.159><c> reads,</c>

01:05:53.420 --> 01:05:54.880
For<01:05:53.559><c> I</c><01:05:53.780><c> have</c><01:05:53.960><c> received</c><01:05:54.320><c> of</c><01:05:54.480><c> the</c><01:05:54.619><c> Lord</c>

01:05:54.880 --> 01:05:58.760
that<01:05:55.119><c> which</c><01:05:55.380><c> also</c><01:05:56.099><c> I</c><01:05:56.619><c> delivered</c><01:05:56.840><c> unto</c><01:05:57.119><c> you,</c>

01:05:59.519 --> 01:06:01.420
that<01:06:00.000><c> the</c><01:06:00.139><c> Lord</c><01:06:00.400><c> Jesus</c><01:06:00.780><c> the</c><01:06:01.000><c> same</c><01:06:01.219><c> night</c>

01:06:01.420 --> 01:06:03.679
in<01:06:01.579><c> which</c><01:06:01.719><c> He</c><01:06:01.840><c> was</c><01:06:02.079><c> betrayed</c><01:06:02.480><c> took</c><01:06:02.739><c> bread,</c>

01:06:04.159 --> 01:06:06.159
and<01:06:04.340><c> when</c><01:06:04.460><c> He</c><01:06:04.579><c> had</c><01:06:04.760><c> given</c><01:06:04.980><c> thanks</c><01:06:05.360><c> He</c><01:06:05.579><c> break</c><01:06:05.860><c> it</c>

01:06:06.159 --> 01:06:09.960
and<01:06:06.360><c> said,</c><01:06:07.579><c> Take,</c><01:06:08.639><c> eat,</c><01:06:09.019><c> this</c><01:06:09.199><c> is</c><01:06:09.460><c> My</c><01:06:09.679><c> body</c>

01:06:09.960 --> 01:06:11.920
which<01:06:10.159><c> is</c><01:06:10.420><c> broken</c><01:06:10.679><c> for</c><01:06:10.920><c> you,</c>

01:06:12.380 --> 01:06:14.980
this<01:06:12.719><c> do</c><01:06:12.960><c> in</c><01:06:13.300><c> remembrance</c><01:06:13.760><c> of</c><01:06:14.059><c> Me.</c>

01:06:17.059 --> 01:06:19.440
After<01:06:17.539><c> the</c><01:06:17.800><c> same</c><01:06:18.039><c> manner</c><01:06:18.260><c> also</c><01:06:18.679><c> He</c><01:06:18.860><c> took</c><01:06:19.079><c> the</c><01:06:19.300><c> cup</c>

01:06:19.440 --> 01:06:21.139
when<01:06:19.639><c> He</c><01:06:19.780><c> had</c><01:06:20.000><c> supped,</c><01:06:20.460><c> saying,</c>

01:06:21.920 --> 01:06:24.940
This<01:06:22.219><c> cup</c><01:06:22.460><c> is</c><01:06:22.679><c> the</c><01:06:22.800><c> New</c><01:06:22.980><c> Testament</c><01:06:23.400><c> in</c><01:06:23.619><c> My</c><01:06:23.860><c> blood,</c>

01:06:25.500 --> 01:06:28.719
this<01:06:26.019><c> do</c><01:06:26.360><c> ye</c><01:06:26.599><c> as</c><01:06:26.840><c> often</c><01:06:27.119><c> as</c><01:06:27.320><c> ye</c><01:06:27.480><c> drink</c><01:06:27.679><c> it</c>

01:06:28.719 --> 01:06:31.300
in<01:06:29.179><c> remembrance</c><01:06:29.719><c> of</c><01:06:30.179><c> Me.</c>

01:06:32.679 --> 01:06:34.380
For<01:06:32.840><c> as</c><01:06:33.059><c> often</c><01:06:33.239><c> as</c><01:06:33.420><c> ye</c><01:06:33.559><c> eat</c><01:06:33.739><c> this</c><01:06:34.000><c> bread</c>

01:06:34.380 --> 01:06:36.719
and<01:06:35.179><c> drink</c><01:06:35.460><c> this</c><01:06:35.780><c> cup,</c>

01:06:36.960 --> 01:06:40.739
ye<01:06:37.139><c> do</c><01:06:37.280><c> show</c><01:06:37.519><c> the</c><01:06:37.699><c> Lord's</c><01:06:38.159><c> death</c><01:06:39.000><c> till</c><01:06:39.360><c> He</c><01:06:39.619><c> come.</c>

01:06:42.579 --> 01:06:44.440
Wherefore<01:06:43.039><c> whosoever</c><01:06:43.599><c> shall</c><01:06:43.780><c> eat</c><01:06:43.980><c> this</c><01:06:44.139><c> bread</c>

01:06:44.440 --> 01:06:47.320
and<01:06:44.619><c> drink</c><01:06:44.860><c> this</c><01:06:45.139><c> cup</c><01:06:45.320><c> of</c><01:06:46.280><c> the</c><01:06:46.440><c> Lord</c><01:06:46.619><c> unworthily</c>

01:06:47.320 --> 01:06:50.320
shall<01:06:47.519><c> be</c><01:06:47.719><c> guilty</c><01:06:48.019><c> of</c><01:06:48.179><c> the</c><01:06:48.400><c> body</c><01:06:48.619><c> and</c><01:06:48.880><c> blood</c><01:06:49.059><c> of</c><01:06:49.219><c> the</c><01:06:49.360><c> Lord.</c>

01:06:50.920 --> 01:06:52.820
But<01:06:51.260><c> let</c><01:06:51.440><c> a</c><01:06:51.579><c> man</c><01:06:51.719><c> examine</c><01:06:52.159><c> himself</c>

01:06:52.820 --> 01:06:55.079
and<01:06:53.760><c> so</c><01:06:54.000><c> let</c><01:06:54.179><c> him</c><01:06:54.320><c> eat</c><01:06:54.440><c> of</c><01:06:54.500><c> that</c><01:06:54.780><c> bread</c>

01:06:55.079 --> 01:06:57.059
and<01:06:55.400><c> drink</c><01:06:55.599><c> of</c><01:06:55.739><c> that</c><01:06:56.000><c> cup.</c>

01:06:58.099 --> 01:07:00.380
For<01:06:58.260><c> he</c><01:06:58.460><c> that</c><01:06:58.659><c> eateth</c><01:06:58.960><c> and</c><01:06:59.219><c> drinketh</c><01:06:59.599><c> unworthily</c>

01:07:00.619 --> 01:07:03.099
eateth<01:07:01.159><c> and</c><01:07:01.380><c> drinketh</c><01:07:01.699><c> damnation</c><01:07:02.300><c> to</c><01:07:02.519><c> himself</c>

01:07:03.099 --> 01:07:07.360
not<01:07:04.039><c> discerning</c><01:07:04.840><c> the</c><01:07:05.900><c> Lord's</c><01:07:06.320><c> body.</c>

01:07:11.199 --> 01:07:13.940
At<01:07:11.760><c> this</c><01:07:11.980><c> time</c><01:07:12.139><c> we'll</c><01:07:12.400><c> ask</c><01:07:12.659><c> our</c><01:07:12.940><c> brother</c><01:07:13.320><c> Tom</c><01:07:13.739><c> Brittle</c>

01:07:13.940 --> 01:07:15.739
of<01:07:14.139><c> the</c><01:07:14.420><c> Washington</c><01:07:14.880><c> D</c><01:07:15.219><c>.C.</c><01:07:15.380><c> Ecclesia</c>

01:07:15.739 --> 01:07:19.219
to<01:07:16.039><c> express</c><01:07:16.340><c> our</c><01:07:16.699><c> thanks</c><01:07:17.460><c> for</c><01:07:17.980><c> the</c><01:07:18.179><c> bread.</c>

01:07:27.820 --> 01:07:31.440
Our<01:07:28.079><c> loving</c><01:07:28.380><c> and</c><01:07:28.840><c> merciful</c><01:07:29.320><c> heavenly</c><01:07:30.079><c> Father,</c>

01:07:31.820 --> 01:07:33.780
hallowed<01:07:32.199><c> be</c><01:07:32.400><c> Thy</c><01:07:32.599><c> name.</c>

01:07:34.539 --> 01:07:39.380
Father,<01:07:34.880><c> we</c><01:07:35.699><c> come</c><01:07:36.119><c> before</c><01:07:36.440><c> Thee</c><01:07:36.599><c> now</c><01:07:37.019><c> to</c><01:07:38.599><c> thank</c><01:07:39.179><c> Thee</c>

01:07:39.380 --> 01:07:41.539
for<01:07:39.539><c> this</c><01:07:39.760><c> time</c><01:07:40.019><c> which</c><01:07:40.519><c> Thou</c><01:07:40.800><c> hast</c><01:07:40.980><c> given</c><01:07:41.179><c> us</c>

01:07:41.539 --> 01:07:44.420
to<01:07:42.500><c> remember</c><01:07:42.960><c> the</c><01:07:43.159><c> death</c><01:07:43.380><c> of</c><01:07:43.579><c> Thy</c><01:07:43.780><c> Son</c>

01:07:44.420 --> 01:07:48.760
through<01:07:44.900><c> these</c><01:07:45.239><c> emblems</c><01:07:46.300><c> which</c><01:07:46.460><c> are</c><01:07:46.599><c> before</c><01:07:47.019><c> us.</c>

01:07:49.380 --> 01:07:52.000
As<01:07:49.599><c> we</c><01:07:50.440><c> pass</c><01:07:50.880><c> this</c><01:07:51.199><c> bread,</c>

01:07:52.340 --> 01:07:54.539
this<01:07:52.659><c> bread</c><01:07:52.900><c> which</c><01:07:53.800><c> represents</c>

01:07:54.539 --> 01:07:58.519
Thy<01:07:55.360><c> Son's</c><01:07:55.719><c> broken</c><01:07:55.980><c> body</c><01:07:56.460><c> from</c><01:07:56.940><c> hand</c><01:07:57.199><c> to</c><01:07:57.380><c> hand,</c>

01:07:58.739 --> 01:08:03.340
we<01:07:59.239><c> recognize,</c><01:08:00.219><c> Father,</c><01:08:00.619><c> that</c><01:08:01.639><c> we</c><01:08:02.000><c> are</c><01:08:02.219><c> weak</c>

01:08:03.420 --> 01:08:08.159
and<01:08:04.159><c> that</c><01:08:04.340><c> we</c><01:08:04.619><c> stumble</c><01:08:05.079><c> in</c><01:08:05.719><c> our</c><01:08:05.980><c> service</c><01:08:06.239><c> to</c><01:08:06.519><c> Thee.</c>

01:08:08.300 --> 01:08:11.739
Father,<01:08:08.880><c> we</c><01:08:09.699><c> ask</c><01:08:10.119><c> for</c><01:08:10.300><c> Thy</c><01:08:10.460><c> forgiveness.</c>

01:08:12.199 --> 01:08:15.739
We<01:08:12.800><c> ask</c><01:08:13.199><c> that</c><01:08:13.840><c> Thou</c><01:08:14.119><c> would</c><01:08:14.239><c> help</c><01:08:14.460><c> us</c><01:08:14.800><c> to</c>

01:08:15.840 --> 01:08:18.439
look<01:08:16.199><c> to</c><01:08:16.380><c> the</c><01:08:16.539><c> example</c><01:08:16.920><c> of</c><01:08:17.159><c> Thy</c><01:08:17.300><c> Son,</c>

01:08:19.260 --> 01:08:21.560
look<01:08:19.420><c> to</c><01:08:19.539><c> His</c><01:08:19.760><c> example</c><01:08:20.260><c> that</c><01:08:20.420><c> we</c><01:08:20.619><c> might</c><01:08:20.859><c> be</c>

01:08:21.560 --> 01:08:23.739
better<01:08:21.920><c> servants</c><01:08:22.319><c> unto</c><01:08:22.539><c> Thee.</c>

01:08:23.960 --> 01:08:27.300
Father,<01:08:25.300><c> help</c><01:08:25.539><c> us</c><01:08:25.819><c> to</c><01:08:26.399><c> forgive</c><01:08:26.699><c> each</c><01:08:27.000><c> other</c>

01:08:27.760 --> 01:08:30.220
even<01:08:28.140><c> as</c><01:08:28.340><c> Thou</c><01:08:28.460><c> hast</c><01:08:28.720><c> forgiven</c><01:08:29.020><c> us.</c>

01:08:30.500 --> 01:08:33.119
And<01:08:30.800><c> we</c><01:08:31.020><c> pray</c><01:08:31.260><c> for</c><01:08:31.560><c> that</c><01:08:31.880><c> day</c><01:08:32.340><c> when</c>

01:08:33.119 --> 01:08:35.180
Thy<01:08:33.699><c> Son</c><01:08:33.939><c> will</c><01:08:34.159><c> return</c><01:08:34.439><c> to</c><01:08:34.619><c> this</c><01:08:34.859><c> earth</c>

01:08:35.180 --> 01:08:37.199
to<01:08:35.520><c> establish</c><01:08:35.920><c> Thy</c><01:08:36.199><c> kingdom.</c>

01:08:37.340 --> 01:08:41.000
We<01:08:37.819><c> ask</c><01:08:38.020><c> this</c><01:08:38.199><c> prayer</c><01:08:38.380><c> now</c><01:08:38.600><c> in</c><01:08:38.699><c> Jesus'</c><01:08:39.359><c> name,</c><01:08:39.800><c> Amen.</c>

01:08:58.840 --> 01:09:00.739
At<01:08:59.319><c> this</c><01:08:59.800><c> time</c><01:08:59.939><c> we'll</c><01:09:00.180><c> ask</c><01:09:00.300><c> our</c><01:09:00.500><c> brother</c>

01:09:00.739 --> 01:09:03.039
David<01:09:01.060><c> Jorgensen</c><01:09:01.560><c> of</c><01:09:01.760><c> the</c><01:09:01.939><c> Union</c><01:09:02.119><c> New</c><01:09:02.319><c> Jersey</c><01:09:02.659><c> Ecclesia</c>

01:09:03.039 --> 01:09:05.779
to<01:09:03.300><c> express</c><01:09:03.560><c> our</c><01:09:03.899><c> thanks</c><01:09:04.460><c> for</c><01:09:04.819><c> the</c><01:09:05.000><c> wine.</c>

01:09:09.539 --> 01:09:11.140
Our<01:09:09.720><c> dear</c><01:09:10.020><c> Heavenly</c><01:09:10.460><c> Father,</c>

01:09:11.359 --> 01:09:15.119
we<01:09:11.800><c> humbly</c><01:09:12.399><c> approach</c><01:09:13.140><c> before</c><01:09:13.779><c> Thy</c><01:09:14.039><c> throne</c><01:09:14.319><c> of</c><01:09:14.600><c> grace</c>

01:09:15.119 --> 01:09:17.119
this<01:09:15.720><c> first</c><01:09:16.039><c> day</c><01:09:16.239><c> of</c><01:09:16.399><c> the</c><01:09:16.539><c> week,</c>

01:09:17.619 --> 01:09:19.439
thankful<01:09:18.060><c> for</c><01:09:18.579><c> the</c><01:09:18.779><c> great</c><01:09:19.000><c> mercy</c>

01:09:19.439 --> 01:09:20.859
that<01:09:19.680><c> You</c><01:09:19.819><c> have</c><01:09:19.979><c> given</c><01:09:20.159><c> to</c><01:09:20.500><c> us</c>

01:09:20.859 --> 01:09:22.619
and<01:09:21.000><c> that</c><01:09:21.060><c> You</c><01:09:21.220><c> have</c><01:09:21.399><c> shown</c><01:09:21.640><c> to</c><01:09:21.880><c> us</c>

01:09:22.619 --> 01:09:25.260
through<01:09:22.880><c> the</c><01:09:23.079><c> sacrifice</c><01:09:23.720><c> of</c><01:09:23.939><c> Thy</c><01:09:24.119><c> Son.</c>

01:09:25.479 --> 01:09:28.239
As<01:09:25.859><c> we</c><01:09:26.479><c> see</c><01:09:26.699><c> this</c><01:09:27.060><c> cup</c><01:09:27.260><c> before</c><01:09:27.739><c> us,</c>

01:09:28.359 --> 01:09:30.119
we<01:09:28.619><c> recognize</c><01:09:29.159><c> the</c><01:09:29.380><c> great</c><01:09:29.600><c> blessing</c>

01:09:30.119 --> 01:09:32.500
that<01:09:30.760><c> You</c><01:09:30.960><c> have</c><01:09:31.199><c> placed</c><01:09:31.520><c> upon</c><01:09:31.859><c> those</c>

01:09:32.500 --> 01:09:35.899
that<01:09:32.899><c> love</c><01:09:33.060><c> Thy</c><01:09:33.300><c> word</c><01:09:33.939><c> and</c><01:09:34.340><c> that</c><01:09:34.520><c> love</c><01:09:34.699><c> Thy</c><01:09:35.039><c> Son.</c>

01:09:37.199 --> 01:09:39.020
We<01:09:37.539><c> pray</c><01:09:37.859><c> for</c><01:09:38.159><c> our</c><01:09:38.399><c> forgiveness,</c>

01:09:39.380 --> 01:09:41.039
for<01:09:39.659><c> forgiveness</c><01:09:39.979><c> of</c><01:09:40.220><c> our</c><01:09:40.460><c> sinfulness</c>

01:09:41.039 --> 01:09:43.560
and<01:09:41.520><c> our</c><01:09:41.800><c> shortcomings</c><01:09:42.340><c> as</c><01:09:42.640><c> we</c><01:09:43.060><c> each</c><01:09:43.359><c> one</c>

01:09:43.560 --> 01:09:45.920
examine<01:09:43.979><c> ourselves</c><01:09:44.479><c> this</c><01:09:44.840><c> morning.</c>

01:09:46.180 --> 01:09:48.619
Praying<01:09:46.539><c> that</c><01:09:47.000><c> those</c><01:09:47.359><c> things</c><01:09:47.720><c> might</c><01:09:47.960><c> be</c><01:09:48.279><c> overlooked,</c>

01:09:48.640 --> 01:09:51.640
which<01:09:49.100><c> you</c><01:09:49.500><c> might</c><01:09:49.739><c> find</c><01:09:50.039><c> amiss</c><01:09:50.359><c> in</c><01:09:50.579><c> us.</c>

01:09:51.739 --> 01:09:53.220
Praying<01:09:52.000><c> that</c><01:09:52.199><c> we</c><01:09:52.380><c> might</c><01:09:52.579><c> do</c><01:09:52.819><c> better</c>

01:09:53.220 --> 01:09:55.140
as<01:09:53.600><c> each</c><01:09:53.840><c> day</c><01:09:54.000><c> passes.</c>

01:09:55.239 --> 01:09:57.479
We<01:09:55.619><c> thank</c><01:09:55.880><c> Thee</c><01:09:56.159><c> for</c><01:09:56.340><c> this</c><01:09:56.640><c> cup</c>

01:09:57.300 --> 01:09:59.619
and<01:09:57.600><c> we</c><01:09:57.840><c> pray</c><01:09:57.960><c> for</c><01:09:58.159><c> Thy</c><01:09:58.279><c> blessing</c><01:09:58.739><c> upon</c><01:09:59.119><c> it</c>

01:09:59.619 --> 01:10:01.659
as<01:09:59.939><c> we</c><01:10:00.180><c> ask</c><01:10:00.439><c> it</c><01:10:00.619><c> in</c><01:10:00.760><c> the</c><01:10:00.840><c> name</c><01:10:00.979><c> of</c><01:10:01.180><c> Thy</c><01:10:01.359><c> Son,</c>

01:10:01.659 --> 01:10:05.399
our<01:10:01.819><c> Lord</c><01:10:02.079><c> and</c><01:10:02.300><c> Savior,</c><01:10:02.840><c> Jesus</c><01:10:03.159><c> Christ.</c><01:10:04.899><c> Amen.</c>

01:10:13.260 --> 01:10:13.960
Brothers<01:10:13.460><c> and</c><01:10:13.720><c> sisters,</c>

01:10:13.960 --> 01:10:15.899
we'll<01:10:14.199><c> bring</c><01:10:14.359><c> our</c><01:10:15.199><c> memorial</c><01:10:15.500><c> service</c>

01:10:15.899 --> 01:10:17.960
to<01:10:16.100><c> a</c><01:10:16.260><c> close</c><01:10:16.439><c> this</c><01:10:16.739><c> morning</c><01:10:17.020><c> with</c><01:10:17.359><c> prayer</c>

01:10:17.960 --> 01:10:19.880
through<01:10:18.779><c> our</c><01:10:18.979><c> brother</c><01:10:19.199><c> Bob</c><01:10:19.520><c> Schneider</c>

01:10:19.880 --> 01:10:22.399
of<01:10:20.159><c> the</c><01:10:20.340><c> Baltimore,</c><01:10:20.760><c> Maryland</c><01:10:21.239><c> Ecclesia.</c>

01:10:22.600 --> 01:10:24.500
After<01:10:22.859><c> we</c><01:10:23.060><c> have</c><01:10:23.260><c> sung</c><01:10:23.460><c> together,</c>

01:10:27.939 --> 01:10:29.199
hymn<01:10:28.619><c> 85.</c>

01:10:31.619 --> 01:10:32.579
Hymn<01:10:31.800><c> number</c><01:10:32.039><c> 85,</c>

01:10:32.699 --> 01:10:35.079
When<01:10:32.840><c> all</c><01:10:33.100><c> Thy</c><01:10:33.279><c> mercies,</c><01:10:33.880><c> O</c><01:10:33.960><c> my</c><01:10:34.180><c> God,</c>

01:10:35.579 --> 01:10:37.819
My<01:10:35.880><c> rising</c><01:10:36.260><c> soul</c><01:10:36.680><c> surveys,</c>

01:10:38.520 --> 01:10:40.300
Transport<01:10:38.899><c> it</c><01:10:39.039><c> with</c><01:10:39.239><c> the</c><01:10:39.420><c> view</c><01:10:39.579><c> I'm</c><01:10:39.840><c> lost</c>

01:10:40.300 --> 01:10:42.619
In<01:10:40.720><c> wonder,</c><01:10:41.359><c> love</c><01:10:41.779><c> and</c><01:10:42.220><c> praise.</c>

01:10:42.640 --> 01:10:44.140
Hymn<01:10:42.840><c> 85.</c>

01:11:00.659 --> 01:11:02.060
Hymn<01:11:02.060><c> number</c><01:11:02.060><c> 85,</c>

01:11:02.060 --> 01:11:08.939
When<01:11:02.060><c> all</c><01:11:02.060><c> Thy</c><01:11:02.979><c> mercies,</c><01:11:06.239><c> O</c><01:11:06.460><c> my</c><01:11:07.600><c> God,</c>

01:11:09.359 --> 01:11:14.859
My<01:11:09.800><c> rising</c><01:11:10.920><c> soul</c><01:11:12.420><c> surveys,</c>

01:11:15.640 --> 01:11:22.699
Transport<01:11:16.520><c> it</c><01:11:17.180><c> with</c><01:11:18.460><c> the</c><01:11:19.560><c> view</c><01:11:20.859><c> I'm</c><01:11:22.020><c> lost</c>

01:11:22.699 --> 01:11:23.979
In<01:11:23.979><c> wonder,</c><01:11:23.979><c> love</c><01:11:23.979><c> and</c><01:11:23.979><c> praise.</c>

01:11:23.979 --> 01:11:30.319
In<01:11:24.340><c> wonder,</c><01:11:26.420><c> love</c><01:11:27.119><c> and</c><01:11:27.960><c> praise.</c>

01:11:31.260 --> 01:11:34.699
On<01:11:31.640><c> your</c><01:11:32.220><c> word,</c><01:11:33.420><c> God,</c>

01:11:34.720 --> 01:11:38.840
Put<01:11:34.920><c> to</c><01:11:36.079><c> my</c><01:11:37.119><c> soul</c>

01:11:38.840 --> 01:11:44.699
Thy<01:11:39.539><c> tender</c><01:11:40.840><c> care</c><01:11:42.359><c> bestowed</c>

01:11:44.699 --> 01:11:51.159
Before<01:11:46.460><c> my</c><01:11:47.500><c> infant</c><01:11:49.119><c> heart</c>

01:11:52.079 --> 01:12:00.840
Concealed<01:11:53.479><c> from</c><01:11:54.439><c> who</c><01:11:55.359><c> knows</c><01:11:56.079><c> of</c><01:11:57.359><c> Christ's</c><01:11:59.100><c> hope.</c>

01:12:01.760 --> 01:12:09.119
When<01:12:01.779><c> he</c><01:12:02.399><c> lost</c><01:12:02.979><c> every</c><01:12:04.960><c> glass</c><01:12:06.479><c> of</c><01:12:07.460><c> youth,</c>

01:12:09.699 --> 01:12:14.939
With<01:12:10.039><c> he</c><01:12:10.640><c> less</c><01:12:11.340><c> dressed</c><01:12:12.420><c> by</c><01:12:13.479><c> red,</c>

01:12:14.939 --> 01:12:23.880
By<01:12:16.220><c> our</c><01:12:17.100><c> love</c><01:12:17.760><c> seek</c><01:12:19.100><c> the</c><01:12:19.920><c> baby's</c><01:12:22.359><c> pain</c>

01:12:23.939 --> 01:12:30.779
And<01:12:25.039><c> lend</c><01:12:25.699><c> me</c><01:12:26.600><c> love</c><01:12:27.560><c> to</c><01:12:28.699><c> mend</c>

01:12:30.939 --> 01:12:38.779
Through<01:12:32.140><c> every</c><01:12:33.300><c> period</c><01:12:34.880><c> of</c><01:12:36.500><c> my</c><01:12:37.600><c> life</c>

01:12:38.779 --> 01:12:44.979
My<01:12:39.880><c> praise</c><01:12:40.680><c> to</c><01:12:41.539><c> Thee</c><01:12:42.619><c> shall</c><01:12:43.460><c> grow</c>

01:12:44.979 --> 01:12:53.680
Till<01:12:46.420><c> in</c><01:12:47.300><c> the</c><01:12:47.880><c> kingdom</c><01:12:49.600><c> of</c><01:12:51.239><c> Thy</c><01:12:52.039><c> Son</c>

01:12:53.680 --> 01:13:01.239
All<01:12:54.880><c> praise</c><01:12:55.579><c> to</c><01:12:56.479><c> Thee</c><01:12:57.800><c> shall</c><01:12:58.859><c> flow.</c>

01:13:05.359 --> 01:13:08.600
Almighty<01:13:05.880><c> and</c><01:13:06.399><c> Merciful</c><01:13:06.760><c> Heavenly</c><01:13:07.159><c> Father,</c>

01:13:08.880 --> 01:13:11.039
Thou<01:13:09.039><c> who</c><01:13:09.180><c> art</c><01:13:09.380><c> from</c><01:13:09.640><c> everlasting</c><01:13:10.159><c> to</c><01:13:10.520><c> everlasting,</c>

01:13:11.220 --> 01:13:13.479
We<01:13:11.359><c> bless</c><01:13:11.579><c> Thy</c><01:13:11.859><c> glorious</c><01:13:12.340><c> name.</c>

01:13:14.800 --> 01:13:17.020
With<01:13:15.020><c> a</c><01:13:15.180><c> grateful,</c><01:13:16.359><c> thankful</c><01:13:16.659><c> heart,</c>

01:13:17.100 --> 01:13:18.859
Heavenly<01:13:17.319><c> Father,</c><01:13:17.720><c> we</c><01:13:18.020><c> seek</c><01:13:18.239><c> now</c><01:13:18.500><c> to</c><01:13:18.699><c> draw</c>

01:13:18.859 --> 01:13:21.060
Before<01:13:19.199><c> Thy</c><01:13:19.420><c> throne</c><01:13:19.680><c> of</c><01:13:19.899><c> grace.</c>

01:13:22.020 --> 01:13:23.399
To<01:13:22.399><c> thank</c><01:13:22.619><c> Thee</c><01:13:22.760><c> for</c><01:13:22.939><c> this</c><01:13:23.180><c> morning,</c>

01:13:23.600 --> 01:13:25.239
Our<01:13:23.779><c> Heavenly</c><01:13:24.180><c> Father,</c>

01:13:25.300 --> 01:13:26.800
Which<01:13:25.439><c> we</c><01:13:25.600><c> have</c><01:13:25.800><c> been</c><01:13:26.020><c> privileged</c><01:13:26.279><c> to</c><01:13:26.539><c> share</c>

01:13:26.800 --> 01:13:29.180
Together<01:13:27.239><c> round</c><01:13:27.439><c> Thy</c><01:13:27.739><c> word</c><01:13:27.939><c> of</c><01:13:28.180><c> truth.</c>

01:13:31.619 --> 01:13:33.600
To<01:13:31.699><c> spend</c><01:13:31.960><c> this</c><01:13:32.260><c> time</c><01:13:32.460><c> together,</c><01:13:33.020><c> Heavenly</c><01:13:33.260><c> Father,</c>

01:13:33.600 --> 01:13:35.939
To<01:13:33.800><c> share</c><01:13:34.000><c> those</c><01:13:34.300><c> good</c><01:13:34.619><c> things.</c>

01:13:38.039 --> 01:13:42.220
To<01:13:38.560><c> sing</c><01:13:39.079><c> hymns</c><01:13:39.579><c> of</c><01:13:39.840><c> praise</c><01:13:40.239><c> to</c><01:13:40.680><c> Thine</c><01:13:40.800><c> honor</c><01:13:41.100><c> and</c><01:13:41.359><c> glory.</c>

01:13:42.880 --> 01:13:44.239
To<01:13:43.020><c> read</c><01:13:43.260><c> from</c><01:13:43.460><c> Thy</c><01:13:43.619><c> written</c><01:13:43.880><c> word,</c>

01:13:44.279 --> 01:13:46.199
And<01:13:44.380><c> to</c><01:13:44.520><c> hear</c><01:13:44.739><c> exhortation</c><01:13:45.359><c> taken</c><01:13:45.699><c> therefrom,</c>

01:13:46.260 --> 01:13:49.300
To<01:13:46.420><c> build</c><01:13:46.619><c> us</c><01:13:46.819><c> up</c><01:13:47.000><c> and</c><01:13:47.140><c> to</c><01:13:47.420><c> strengthen</c><01:13:47.699><c> us</c>

01:13:49.899 --> 01:13:51.619
For<01:13:50.420><c> the</c><01:13:50.659><c> sharing</c><01:13:50.880><c> of</c><01:13:51.060><c> the</c><01:13:51.260><c> emblems</c>

01:13:51.619 --> 01:13:53.720
Which<01:13:51.739><c> we</c><01:13:51.880><c> have</c><01:13:52.060><c> been</c><01:13:52.279><c> privileged</c><01:13:52.579><c> to</c><01:13:52.859><c> do.</c>

01:13:55.779 --> 01:13:57.979
And<01:13:56.340><c> we</c><01:13:56.579><c> pray,</c><01:13:56.920><c> Heavenly</c><01:13:57.140><c> Father,</c>

01:13:58.100 --> 01:14:00.560
That<01:13:58.659><c> Thou</c><01:13:59.199><c> wilt</c><01:13:59.340><c> be</c><01:13:59.500><c> with</c><01:13:59.720><c> those</c>

01:14:00.560 --> 01:14:02.840
Who<01:14:01.380><c> are</c><01:14:01.560><c> unable</c><01:14:01.779><c> to</c><01:14:02.079><c> share</c><01:14:02.260><c> this</c><01:14:02.520><c> privilege</c>

01:14:02.840 --> 01:14:04.500
As<01:14:03.060><c> we</c><01:14:03.260><c> have</c><01:14:03.460><c> done.</c>

01:14:04.659 --> 01:14:06.300
And<01:14:04.699><c> Thou</c><01:14:04.800><c> wilt</c><01:14:05.000><c> grant</c><01:14:05.180><c> unto</c><01:14:05.380><c> them,</c><01:14:05.640><c> Heavenly</c><01:14:06.000><c> Father,</c>

01:14:06.319 --> 01:14:07.739
Those<01:14:06.600><c> things</c><01:14:06.920><c> which</c><01:14:07.039><c> they</c><01:14:07.340><c> require</c>

01:14:07.739 --> 01:14:09.500
According<01:14:08.119><c> to</c><01:14:08.399><c> Thy</c><01:14:08.600><c> will.</c>

01:14:11.600 --> 01:14:12.720
And<01:14:11.800><c> now,</c><01:14:12.060><c> Heavenly</c><01:14:12.399><c> Father,</c>

01:14:12.720 --> 01:14:16.479
As<01:14:12.939><c> we</c><01:14:13.220><c> prepare</c><01:14:13.520><c> to</c><01:14:15.039><c> bring</c><01:14:15.380><c> this</c><01:14:15.680><c> memorial</c><01:14:16.119><c> service</c>

01:14:16.479 --> 01:14:19.800
To<01:14:16.760><c> a</c><01:14:16.899><c> close,</c><01:14:17.979><c> we</c><01:14:18.319><c> ask</c><01:14:18.619><c> that</c><01:14:19.060><c> those</c><01:14:19.539><c> things</c>

01:14:19.800 --> 01:14:22.260
That<01:14:19.920><c> have</c><01:14:20.180><c> transpired</c><01:14:20.880><c> in</c><01:14:21.079><c> this</c><01:14:21.300><c> hour</c>

01:14:23.779 --> 01:14:29.260
Have<01:14:24.340><c> risen</c><01:14:24.619><c> unto</c><01:14:24.920><c> Thee</c><01:14:25.199><c> as</c><01:14:25.460><c> a</c><01:14:26.880><c> sweet</c><01:14:27.180><c>-smelling</c><01:14:27.600><c> savor.</c>

01:14:32.859 --> 01:14:34.500
And<01:14:32.859><c> we</c><01:14:33.039><c> give</c><01:14:33.180><c> Thee</c><01:14:33.380><c> thanks</c><01:14:33.619><c> now,</c><01:14:33.960><c> Heavenly</c><01:14:34.220><c> Father,</c>

01:14:34.520 --> 01:14:36.899
For<01:14:34.680><c> all</c><01:14:34.939><c> Thy</c><01:14:35.100><c> continued</c><01:14:35.579><c> blessings.</c>

01:14:37.220 --> 01:14:39.779
And<01:14:37.300><c> we</c><01:14:37.460><c> approach</c><01:14:37.760><c> Thee</c><01:14:37.960><c> now</c><01:14:38.500><c> in</c><01:14:38.800><c> that</c><01:14:39.000><c> great</c><01:14:39.279><c> hope</c>

01:14:39.779 --> 01:14:42.960
That<01:14:40.779><c> we</c><01:14:41.000><c> share</c><01:14:41.220><c> together</c><01:14:41.600><c> in</c><01:14:41.840><c> Jesus.</c>

01:14:43.420 --> 01:14:45.619
And<01:14:43.539><c> ask</c><01:14:43.840><c> these</c><01:14:44.039><c> things</c><01:14:44.359><c> in</c><01:14:44.500><c> His</c><01:14:44.779><c> name.</c>

01:14:46.079 --> 01:14:46.979
Amen.

01:15:10.199 --> 01:15:21.960
In<01:15:11.600><c> the</c><01:15:13.000><c> name</c><01:15:13.000><c> of</c><01:15:21.319><c> Jesus.</c>

01:15:49.760 --> 01:15:51.659
Amen.

01:16:03.800 --> 01:16:05.699
Amen.