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They<00:11:06.519><c> have</c><00:11:06.740><c> to</c><00:11:06.940><c> be</c><00:11:07.240><c> learned.</c>

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We<00:11:08.539><c> have</c><00:11:08.740><c> to</c><00:11:09.039><c> work</c><00:11:09.299><c> at</c><00:11:09.480><c> them.</c>

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Ye<00:11:11.139><c> must</c><00:11:11.379><c> be</c><00:11:11.740><c> born</c><00:11:12.019><c> again</c><00:11:12.940><c> to</c><00:11:13.779><c> these</c><00:11:14.120><c> things.</c>

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Now<00:11:17.340><c> there</c><00:11:17.460><c> was</c><00:11:17.700><c> a</c><00:11:17.860><c> gentleman</c><00:11:18.559><c> by</c><00:11:20.120><c> the</c><00:11:20.299><c> name</c><00:11:20.539><c> of</c><00:11:20.899><c> William</c><00:11:21.419><c> Paley</c>

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who<00:11:23.179><c> wrote</c><00:11:23.340><c> a</c><00:11:23.519><c> book</c><00:11:23.659><c> which</c><00:11:23.919><c> used</c><00:11:24.139><c> to</c><00:11:24.259><c> be</c><00:11:24.460><c> famous</c><00:11:24.779><c> in</c><00:11:25.059><c> Christadelphian</c><00:11:25.840><c> circles,</c>

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although<00:11:27.840><c> Paley</c><00:11:28.340><c> himself</c><00:11:28.940><c> was</c><00:11:29.360><c> not</c><00:11:29.600><c> a</c><00:11:29.679><c> member</c><00:11:29.879><c> of</c><00:11:30.100><c> our</c><00:11:30.299><c> community.</c>

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And<00:11:33.340><c> it</c><00:11:33.519><c> was</c><00:11:33.840><c> called</c><00:11:34.259><c> Evidences</c><00:11:35.039><c> of</c><00:11:35.500><c> Christianity.</c>

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And<00:11:37.580><c> if</c><00:11:37.659><c> you</c><00:11:37.759><c> ever</c><00:11:37.899><c> get</c><00:11:38.080><c> a</c><00:11:38.200><c> chance</c><00:11:38.440><c> to</c><00:11:38.659><c> pick</c><00:11:38.779><c> up</c><00:11:38.960><c> a</c><00:11:39.220><c> secondhand</c><00:11:39.679><c> copy</c>

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or<00:11:41.720><c> perhaps</c><00:11:42.039><c> a</c><00:11:42.379><c> reprint</c><00:11:42.659><c> from</c><00:11:42.940><c> Baker</c><00:11:43.240><c> Bookhouse</c>

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or<00:11:44.019><c> one</c><00:11:44.279><c> of</c><00:11:44.460><c> those</c><00:11:45.279><c> publishers,</c><00:11:46.620><c> may</c><00:11:46.779><c> I</c><00:11:46.899><c> suggest</c><00:11:47.299><c> that</c><00:11:47.539><c> you</c><00:11:47.700><c> do</c><00:11:47.980><c> so?</c>

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It's<00:11:49.659><c> one</c><00:11:49.840><c> of</c><00:11:49.980><c> the</c><00:11:50.279><c> classic</c><00:11:50.799><c> defences</c><00:11:51.519><c> of</c><00:11:51.820><c> the</c><00:11:52.019><c> Scriptures</c>

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and<00:11:54.179><c> of</c><00:11:54.379><c> the</c><00:11:54.480><c> Christian</c><00:11:54.820><c> position.</c>

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And<00:11:56.399><c> the</c><00:11:56.500><c> full</c><00:11:56.700><c> title</c><00:11:57.059><c> is</c><00:11:57.340><c> A</c><00:11:57.600><c> View</c><00:11:57.980><c> of</c><00:11:58.279><c> the</c><00:11:58.580><c> Evidences</c><00:11:59.019><c> of</c><00:11:59.299><c> Christianity</c>

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by<00:12:01.240><c> William</c><00:12:01.779><c> Paley,</c><00:12:02.759><c> written</c><00:12:02.919><c> way</c><00:12:03.259><c> back</c><00:12:03.580><c> in</c><00:12:03.980><c> 1794.</c>

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So<00:12:05.860><c> it</c><00:12:06.299><c> predated</c><00:12:06.840><c> Elpis</c><00:12:07.279><c> Israel</c><00:12:07.639><c> by</c><00:12:07.960><c> quite</c><00:12:08.220><c> some</c><00:12:08.620><c> time.</c>

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It<00:12:09.360><c> was</c><00:12:09.519><c> written</c><00:12:09.740><c> during</c><00:12:10.100><c> the</c><00:12:10.340><c> era</c><00:12:10.700><c> when</c><00:12:10.980><c> men</c><00:12:11.559><c> really</c>

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respected<00:12:12.899><c> the</c><00:12:13.100><c> word</c><00:12:13.320><c> of</c><00:12:13.480><c> God</c><00:12:13.779><c> and</c><00:12:13.919><c> that</c><00:12:14.179><c> comes</c><00:12:14.519><c> shining</c><00:12:14.940><c> through</c><00:12:15.720><c> his</c><00:12:16.159><c> work.</c>

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And<00:12:18.960><c> one</c><00:12:19.200><c> of</c><00:12:19.399><c> his</c><00:12:19.799><c> evidences</c><00:12:20.379><c> of</c><00:12:20.720><c> Christianity,</c>

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or<00:12:22.379><c> arguments</c><00:12:22.960><c> in</c><00:12:23.279><c> support</c><00:12:23.779><c> of</c><00:12:23.960><c> the</c><00:12:24.080><c> Christian</c><00:12:24.419><c> position,</c>

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is<00:12:26.240><c> that</c><00:12:26.480><c> the</c><00:12:26.740><c> qualities</c><00:12:27.279><c> of</c><00:12:27.759><c> character</c><00:12:28.679><c> inculcated</c><00:12:29.860><c> by</c><00:12:30.279><c> Jesus</c><00:12:30.799><c> are,</c>

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as<00:12:31.519><c> I</c><00:12:31.779><c> said,</c><00:12:32.500><c> so</c><00:12:32.980><c> unnatural.</c>

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That<00:12:35.120><c> is</c><00:12:35.320><c> to</c><00:12:35.559><c> say,</c><00:12:36.139><c> they</c><00:12:36.500><c> couldn't</c><00:12:36.980><c> have</c><00:12:37.419><c> been</c><00:12:37.899><c> the</c><00:12:38.259><c> product</c>

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of<00:12:39.299><c> the</c><00:12:39.539><c> human</c><00:12:39.860><c> mind.</c>

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They'd<00:12:41.960><c> come</c><00:12:42.120><c> from</c><00:12:42.340><c> heaven.</c><00:12:43.279><c> They</c><00:12:43.559><c> belong</c><00:12:43.960><c> to</c><00:12:44.279><c> God.</c>

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They<00:12:45.179><c> are</c><00:12:45.519><c> divine</c><00:12:46.100><c> qualities,</c><00:12:47.200><c> which</c><00:12:47.460><c> Jesus</c><00:12:47.840><c> is</c><00:12:48.139><c> setting</c>

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forth<00:12:48.860><c> here.</c>

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And<00:12:50.860><c> he</c><00:12:50.980><c> then,</c><00:12:51.259><c> in</c><00:12:51.539><c> his</c><00:12:52.080><c> thesis,</c><00:12:52.720><c> proceeds</c><00:12:53.080><c> to</c><00:12:53.700><c> divide</c><00:12:54.120><c> these</c><00:12:54.559><c> qualities,</c>

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or<00:12:56.059><c> virtues</c><00:12:56.679><c> as</c><00:12:56.860><c> he</c><00:12:57.120><c> calls</c><00:12:57.399><c> them,</c><00:12:58.480><c> into</c><00:12:58.740><c> two</c><00:12:59.080><c> classes.</c>

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And<00:13:00.720><c> this</c><00:13:00.860><c> is</c><00:13:01.019><c> an</c><00:13:01.179><c> interesting</c><00:13:01.539><c> matter.</c>

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He<00:13:03.019><c> says</c><00:13:03.220><c> there</c><00:13:03.419><c> are</c><00:13:03.740><c> what</c><00:13:04.179><c> he</c><00:13:04.440><c> would</c><00:13:04.639><c> describe</c><00:13:05.200><c> as</c><00:13:05.659><c> the</c>

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heroic<00:13:06.820><c> virtues.</c>

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And<00:13:08.779><c> there</c><00:13:09.840><c> are,</c><00:13:10.240><c> on</c><00:13:10.440><c> the</c><00:13:10.600><c> other</c><00:13:10.820><c> hand,</c><00:13:11.799><c> the</c><00:13:12.000><c> patient</c><00:13:12.580><c> virtues.</c>

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Heroic<00:13:15.039><c> virtues</c><00:13:15.720><c> and</c><00:13:16.500><c> patient</c><00:13:17.039><c> virtues.</c>

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Now,<00:13:19.720><c> the</c><00:13:19.980><c> heroic</c><00:13:20.299><c> virtues</c><00:13:20.980><c> are</c><00:13:21.220><c> qualities</c><00:13:21.620><c> like</c><00:13:22.059><c> strength,</c><00:13:23.519><c> patriotism,</c>

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selflessness<00:13:25.480><c> in</c><00:13:25.820><c> certain</c><00:13:26.240><c> circumstances,</c><00:13:27.639><c> courage,</c><00:13:28.639><c> these</c>

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sort<00:13:29.100><c> of</c><00:13:29.320><c> things.</c>

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But<00:13:32.100><c> he</c><00:13:32.279><c> says</c><00:13:32.460><c> those</c><00:13:32.799><c> are</c><00:13:33.100><c> natural</c><00:13:33.620><c> qualities</c><00:13:34.220><c> when</c><00:13:34.460><c> you</c><00:13:34.639><c> think</c><00:13:34.860><c> about</c><00:13:35.179><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:13:36.600><c> there</c><00:13:36.940><c> are,</c><00:13:37.480><c> and</c><00:13:37.580><c> there</c><00:13:37.720><c> have</c><00:13:37.899><c> been,</c><00:13:39.279><c> many</c><00:13:39.539><c> great</c><00:13:39.860><c> men</c><00:13:40.019><c> and</c><00:13:40.139><c> women</c><00:13:40.360><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:40.740><c> world</c><00:13:40.940><c> who</c><00:13:41.100><c> have</c><00:13:41.220><c> done</c>

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great<00:13:41.779><c> things.</c><00:13:43.139><c> Things</c><00:13:43.379><c> that</c><00:13:43.639><c> make</c><00:13:43.820><c> us</c><00:13:44.120><c> feel</c><00:13:44.440><c> almost</c><00:13:45.000><c> ashamed</c>

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of<00:13:45.759><c> our</c><00:13:45.980><c> own</c><00:13:46.240><c> puny</c><00:13:46.580><c> efforts</c><00:13:46.779><c> by</c><00:13:47.120><c> comparison.</c>

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For<00:13:49.120><c> example,</c><00:13:49.559><c> some</c><00:13:49.759><c> men</c><00:13:49.919><c> are</c><00:13:50.039><c> more</c><00:13:50.240><c> courageous</c><00:13:50.740><c> than</c><00:13:51.039><c> others.</c>

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They<00:13:52.279><c> do</c><00:13:52.580><c> valiantly.</c><00:13:53.460><c> They</c><00:13:53.700><c> get</c><00:13:53.980><c> statues</c><00:13:54.559><c> erected</c><00:13:55.139><c> to</c><00:13:55.240><c> themselves</c><00:13:55.639><c> in</c><00:13:55.860><c> the</c>

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city<00:13:56.259><c> square.</c>

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But<00:13:58.240><c> they</c><00:13:58.440><c> are,</c><00:13:59.399><c> nevertheless,</c><00:13:59.799><c> only</c><00:14:00.120><c> natural</c><00:14:00.759><c> qualities.</c>

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They're<00:14:02.720><c> not</c><00:14:02.919><c> the</c><00:14:03.179><c> product</c><00:14:03.679><c> of</c><00:14:04.039><c> the</c><00:14:04.240><c> mind</c><00:14:04.440><c> of</c><00:14:04.600><c> the</c><00:14:04.799><c> spirit.</c>

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But<00:14:06.799><c> the</c><00:14:07.080><c> patient</c><00:14:07.580><c> qualities,</c><00:14:08.940><c> William</c><00:14:09.259><c> Paley</c><00:14:09.600><c> says,</c>

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these<00:14:11.139><c> are</c><00:14:11.360><c> the</c><00:14:11.519><c> mark</c><00:14:11.759><c> of</c><00:14:12.059><c> divinity</c><00:14:12.480><c> in</c><00:14:12.700><c> the</c><00:14:12.840><c> Bible</c><00:14:13.279><c> and</c><00:14:14.340><c> the</c>

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Christian<00:14:14.840><c> faith.</c>

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Jesus<00:14:17.240><c> Christ</c><00:14:17.600><c> talks</c><00:14:17.940><c> about</c><00:14:18.580><c> neatness,</c><00:14:20.019><c> purity</c><00:14:20.320><c> of</c><00:14:20.679><c> heart,</c>

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humbleness<00:14:22.500><c> of</c><00:14:22.720><c> mind</c><00:14:23.039><c> and</c><00:14:23.419><c> spirit,</c><00:14:24.840><c> gentleness.</c>

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But<00:14:26.679><c> these</c><00:14:26.919><c> are</c><00:14:27.159><c> not</c><00:14:27.480><c> the</c><00:14:27.720><c> qualities</c><00:14:28.100><c> that</c><00:14:28.360><c> we</c><00:14:28.659><c> naturally</c><00:14:29.139><c> admire,</c><00:14:29.840><c> are</c>

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they,<00:14:30.279><c> brethren</c><00:14:30.480><c> and</c><00:14:30.700><c> sisters?</c>

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Or<00:14:32.700><c> that</c><00:14:32.860><c> we</c><00:14:33.159><c> naturally</c><00:14:33.740><c> think</c><00:14:34.039><c> are</c><00:14:34.220><c> important.</c>

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No,<00:14:36.059><c> it's</c><00:14:36.179><c> the</c><00:14:36.360><c> go</c><00:14:36.659><c>-getters,</c><00:14:37.679><c> the</c><00:14:37.960><c> dynamic</c><00:14:38.519><c> tycoons,</c><00:14:39.919><c> the</c><00:14:40.159><c> international</c><00:14:40.759><c> bankers,</c><00:14:41.679><c> the</c>

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great<00:14:42.159><c> men</c><00:14:42.440><c> who</c>

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do<00:14:42.820><c> great</c><00:14:43.200><c> things.</c><00:14:44.100><c> Those</c><00:14:44.340><c> are</c><00:14:44.539><c> the</c><00:14:44.679><c> people</c><00:14:44.919><c> we</c><00:14:45.320><c> naturally</c><00:14:45.940><c> admire.</c><00:14:47.139><c> Oh</c>

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no,<00:14:47.600><c> says</c><00:14:47.740><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:48.320><c> oh</c><00:14:48.580><c> no.</c>

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If<00:14:50.220><c> that's</c><00:14:50.580><c> your</c><00:14:50.759><c> thinking,</c><00:14:51.080><c> you've</c><00:14:51.320><c> got</c><00:14:51.460><c> it</c><00:14:51.639><c> all</c><00:14:51.899><c> wrong.</c>

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Blessed<00:14:53.960><c> are</c><00:14:54.159><c> the</c><00:14:54.480><c> poor</c><00:14:54.759><c> in</c><00:14:55.179><c> spirit,</c><00:14:56.000><c> for</c><00:14:56.259><c> theirs</c><00:14:56.580><c> is</c><00:14:56.860><c> the</c><00:14:57.000><c> kingdom</c><00:14:57.299><c> of</c><00:14:57.539><c> heaven.</c>

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Of<00:14:59.159><c> course,</c><00:14:59.279><c> he</c><00:14:59.379><c> doesn't</c><00:14:59.679><c> mean</c><00:15:00.039><c> feeble,</c><00:15:00.860><c> spirited</c><00:15:01.120><c> or</c><00:15:01.340><c> pathetic</c><00:15:01.899><c> people.</c><00:15:02.639><c> That's</c>

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not<00:15:03.100><c> what</c><00:15:03.200><c> he's</c><00:15:03.399><c> talking</c>

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about,<00:15:04.159><c> but</c><00:15:04.440><c> those</c><00:15:04.700><c> who</c><00:15:04.879><c> are</c><00:15:05.019><c> of</c><00:15:05.159><c> a</c><00:15:05.240><c> humble</c><00:15:05.480><c> and</c><00:15:05.759><c> contrite</c><00:15:06.320><c> spirit</c><00:15:06.720><c> before</c><00:15:07.179><c> God.</c><00:15:09.200><c> David's</c><00:15:09.639><c> an</c>

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example<00:15:10.299><c> in</c><00:15:10.620><c> Psalm</c><00:15:10.879><c> 51,</c>

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which<00:15:11.679><c> we'll</c><00:15:11.960><c> not</c><00:15:12.139><c> look</c><00:15:12.360><c> at</c><00:15:12.539><c> this</c><00:15:12.820><c> morning.</c><00:15:14.399><c> But</c><00:15:14.580><c> you'll</c><00:15:14.820><c> remember</c><00:15:14.879><c> how</c>

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he<00:15:15.539><c> pleaded</c><00:15:15.919><c> with</c><00:15:16.200><c> God</c><00:15:16.519><c> to</c><00:15:16.799><c> forgive</c><00:15:17.220><c> him.</c>

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He<00:15:17.960><c> felt</c><00:15:18.240><c> so</c><00:15:18.799><c> abased.</c><00:15:20.879><c> He</c><00:15:21.059><c> hated</c><00:15:21.159><c> and</c><00:15:21.639><c> despised</c><00:15:22.179><c> himself</c><00:15:22.600><c> for</c>

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what<00:15:23.019><c> he</c><00:15:23.220><c> had</c><00:15:23.419><c> done.</c><00:15:25.059><c> He</c><00:15:25.200><c> was</c><00:15:25.480><c> broken</c><00:15:25.899><c>-hearted,</c>

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poor<00:15:27.440><c> in</c><00:15:27.860><c> spirit,</c><00:15:29.120><c> the</c><00:15:29.139><c> very</c><00:15:29.399><c> opposite</c><00:15:29.940><c> of</c><00:15:30.320><c> proud</c><00:15:30.679><c> in</c><00:15:31.059><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:15:32.899><c> Jesus</c><00:15:33.080><c> says</c><00:15:33.279><c> that's</c><00:15:33.679><c> the</c><00:15:33.820><c> man</c><00:15:34.059><c> God's</c>

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looking<00:15:34.740><c> for.</c><00:15:35.679><c> That's</c><00:15:36.000><c> the</c><00:15:36.120><c> man</c><00:15:36.320><c> he</c><00:15:36.460><c> can</c><00:15:36.740><c> work</c><00:15:37.100><c> with,</c><00:15:38.860><c> the</c><00:15:39.019><c> man</c>

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or<00:15:39.500><c> woman</c><00:15:39.799><c> who</c><00:15:39.960><c> is</c><00:15:40.139><c> humble</c><00:15:40.379><c> enough</c><00:15:40.659><c> to</c><00:15:40.899><c> recognize</c>

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their<00:15:41.679><c> deficiencies</c><00:15:42.159><c> and</c><00:15:42.379><c> their</c><00:15:42.600><c> frailties.</c><00:15:45.200><c> Now,</c><00:15:46.019><c> think</c><00:15:46.200><c> about</c><00:15:46.500><c> this,</c><00:15:47.200><c> because</c><00:15:47.500><c> in</c>

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many<00:15:48.159><c> ways</c><00:15:48.519><c> David</c>

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was<00:15:50.220><c> a</c><00:15:50.399><c> great</c><00:15:50.740><c> man</c><00:15:51.059><c> by</c><00:15:51.399><c> worldly</c><00:15:51.799><c> standards,</c><00:15:52.379><c> wasn't</c><00:15:52.700><c> he?</c><00:15:54.200><c> He</c><00:15:54.419><c> was</c><00:15:54.600><c> a</c>

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courageous<00:15:55.299><c> warrior,</c><00:15:55.779><c> he</c><00:15:55.960><c> was</c><00:15:56.159><c> a</c><00:15:56.419><c> popular</c><00:15:56.759><c> king,</c>

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but<00:15:58.200><c> his</c><00:15:58.580><c> greatness</c><00:15:59.000><c> in</c><00:15:59.379><c> God's</c><00:15:59.960><c> sight</c><00:16:00.059><c> did</c><00:16:00.440><c> not</c><00:16:00.779><c> lie</c><00:16:01.200><c> in</c><00:16:01.580><c> those</c><00:16:01.980><c> things.</c>

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It<00:16:04.639><c> lay</c><00:16:04.940><c> in</c><00:16:05.220><c> his</c><00:16:05.519><c> humility.</c><00:16:07.360><c> For</c><00:16:07.539><c> a</c><00:16:07.720><c> broken</c><00:16:08.000><c> and</c><00:16:08.299><c> contrite</c><00:16:08.879><c> heart,</c><00:16:09.240><c> O</c>

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God,<00:16:09.720><c> thou</c><00:16:09.919><c> wilt</c><00:16:10.299><c> not</c><00:16:10.799><c> despise,</c><00:16:11.500><c> he</c><00:16:11.820><c> said.</c>

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Blessed<00:16:14.899><c> are</c><00:16:15.159><c> they</c><00:16:15.419><c> that</c><00:16:15.779><c> mourn,</c><00:16:16.879><c> for</c><00:16:17.019><c> they</c><00:16:17.299><c> shall</c><00:16:17.600><c> be</c><00:16:17.899><c> comforted.</c><00:16:19.820><c> Now,</c>

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there's<00:16:20.159><c> no</c><00:16:20.419><c> special</c><00:16:20.779><c> blessing,</c>

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brethren<00:16:21.480><c> and</c><00:16:21.720><c> sisters,</c><00:16:22.039><c> in</c><00:16:22.200><c> being</c><00:16:22.460><c> bereaved</c><00:16:22.940><c> of</c><00:16:23.080><c> your</c><00:16:23.340><c> loved</c>

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ones,<00:16:24.940><c> weeping</c><00:16:25.240><c> for</c><00:16:25.440><c> their</c><00:16:25.700><c> loss.</c>

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That's<00:16:27.419><c> the</c><00:16:27.659><c> common</c><00:16:27.899><c> heritage</c><00:16:28.299><c> of</c><00:16:28.539><c> all</c><00:16:28.759><c> men</c><00:16:28.919><c> and</c><00:16:29.100><c> women</c><00:16:29.340><c> in</c><00:16:29.820><c> Adam.</c><00:16:31.960><c> It's</c><00:16:32.220><c> not</c><00:16:32.460><c> that</c><00:16:32.820><c> kind</c><00:16:33.080><c> of</c>

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mourning<00:16:33.600><c> that</c><00:16:33.879><c> Jesus</c>

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was<00:16:34.399><c> thinking</c><00:16:34.700><c> about</c><00:16:35.019><c> at</c><00:16:35.320><c> all</c><00:16:35.500><c> when</c><00:16:35.679><c> he</c><00:16:36.519><c> spoke</c><00:16:36.820><c> those</c><00:16:37.240><c> words.</c>

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Jesus<00:16:39.860><c> is</c><00:16:40.120><c> thinking</c><00:16:40.360><c> of</c><00:16:40.700><c> sober</c><00:16:40.980><c> people</c><00:16:41.840><c> who</c>

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mourn<00:16:42.799><c> for</c><00:16:43.000><c> their</c><00:16:43.399><c> sins</c><00:16:43.820><c> and</c><00:16:44.000><c> for</c><00:16:44.200><c> the</c><00:16:44.379><c> sins</c><00:16:44.580><c> of</c><00:16:44.899><c> others.</c><00:16:46.259><c> And</c>

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there's<00:16:46.559><c> so</c><00:16:46.879><c> much</c><00:16:47.100><c> to</c><00:16:47.399><c> mourn</c><00:16:47.720><c> about</c><00:16:47.980><c> in</c><00:16:48.179><c> our</c><00:16:48.460><c> world,</c>

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isn't<00:16:49.039><c> there?</c><00:16:51.000><c> The</c><00:16:51.139><c> fact</c><00:16:51.279><c> that</c><00:16:51.500><c> God's</c><00:16:51.840><c> name</c><00:16:52.120><c> is</c><00:16:52.399><c> despised</c><00:16:53.419><c> is</c>

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something<00:16:54.059><c> to</c><00:16:54.320><c> mourn</c><00:16:54.639><c> about.</c>

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Man's<00:16:57.419><c> cruelty</c><00:16:57.779><c> to</c><00:16:58.039><c> his</c><00:16:58.240><c> fellow</c><00:16:58.519><c> man,</c><00:17:01.139><c> year</c><00:17:01.259><c> in</c><00:17:01.460><c> and</c><00:17:01.659><c> year</c><00:17:01.919><c> out</c>

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in<00:17:02.419><c> different</c><00:17:02.740><c> parts</c><00:17:03.100><c> of</c><00:17:03.299><c> the</c><00:17:03.500><c> world,</c>

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and<00:17:05.099><c> the</c><00:17:05.259><c> vast</c><00:17:05.640><c> oceans</c><00:17:06.000><c> of</c><00:17:06.339><c> suffering</c><00:17:06.700><c> that</c><00:17:07.039><c> result</c><00:17:07.700><c> at</c><00:17:08.640><c> something</c><00:17:09.000><c> to</c><00:17:09.299><c> mourn</c><00:17:09.619><c> about.</c><00:17:11.160><c> My</c>

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own<00:17:12.220><c> sin</c><00:17:12.500><c> is</c><00:17:12.799><c> something</c>

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for<00:17:13.420><c> me</c><00:17:13.700><c> to</c><00:17:13.940><c> mourn</c><00:17:14.240><c> about,</c><00:17:15.319><c> and</c><00:17:15.599><c> you</c><00:17:15.819><c> for</c><00:17:16.039><c> yours.</c><00:17:19.039><c> Christianity</c><00:17:19.619><c> is</c><00:17:20.380><c> a</c><00:17:20.740><c> joyous</c>

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religion,<00:17:22.640><c> but</c><00:17:22.839><c> it's</c>

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not<00:17:23.339><c> a</c><00:17:23.559><c> jolly</c><00:17:23.920><c> religion.</c><00:17:26.240><c> The</c><00:17:26.380><c> knowledge</c><00:17:26.579><c> of</c><00:17:26.839><c> our</c><00:17:27.079><c> release</c><00:17:27.460><c> from</c><00:17:27.680><c> the</c><00:17:27.900><c> bondage</c><00:17:28.240><c> of</c>

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sin<00:17:28.539><c> and</c><00:17:28.799><c> death</c><00:17:28.960><c> is</c>

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for<00:17:29.720><c> deep</c><00:17:30.180><c> gratitude</c><00:17:30.740><c> and</c><00:17:31.079><c> thankfulness,</c><00:17:31.839><c> yes.</c><00:17:34.579><c> But</c><00:17:34.759><c> there's</c>

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an<00:17:35.279><c> unfortunate</c><00:17:35.799><c> tendency</c><00:17:36.319><c> in</c><00:17:36.619><c> some</c><00:17:36.839><c> religious</c>

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circles<00:17:37.700><c> to</c><00:17:37.940><c> make</c><00:17:38.079><c> it</c><00:17:38.339><c> rather</c><00:17:38.660><c> a</c><00:17:39.000><c> jolly</c><00:17:39.339><c> thing.</c><00:17:40.960><c> As</c><00:17:41.059><c> long</c><00:17:41.279><c> as</c>

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you're<00:17:41.599><c> happy</c><00:17:42.000><c> and</c><00:17:42.339><c> clapping</c><00:17:42.660><c> hands</c><00:17:43.119><c> and</c><00:17:43.440><c> waving</c><00:17:43.779><c> arms</c>

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and<00:17:45.859><c> smiling</c><00:17:46.460><c> well,</c><00:17:46.940><c> you're</c><00:17:47.259><c> a</c><00:17:47.420><c> good</c><00:17:47.660><c> chap,</c><00:17:48.900><c> which</c><00:17:49.299><c> means</c><00:17:49.559><c> a</c>

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good<00:17:49.880><c> Christian.</c><00:17:52.500><c> But</c><00:17:52.779><c> Christianity</c><00:17:53.279><c> isn't</c><00:17:53.660><c> jolly.</c>

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In<00:17:55.240><c> fact,</c><00:17:56.859><c> in</c><00:17:56.920><c> many</c><00:17:57.160><c> respects,</c><00:17:57.660><c> it's</c><00:17:57.880><c> rather</c><00:17:58.220><c> sad,</c><00:17:58.779><c> isn't</c><00:17:58.920><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:18:00.519><c> a</c><00:18:00.680><c> realistic</c><00:18:01.200><c> and</c><00:18:01.500><c> a</c><00:18:01.740><c> sober</c><00:18:01.980><c> appraisal</c><00:18:02.519><c> of</c><00:18:02.660><c> the</c>

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true<00:18:03.019><c> state</c><00:18:03.279><c> of</c><00:18:03.539><c> affairs.</c><00:18:05.000><c> It</c><00:18:05.039><c> looks</c><00:18:05.299><c> upon</c><00:18:05.740><c> sin</c><00:18:06.059><c> for</c><00:18:06.240><c> what</c><00:18:06.400><c> it</c>

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really<00:18:06.960><c> is</c><00:18:07.200><c> in</c><00:18:07.359><c> God's</c><00:18:07.920><c> sight.</c><00:18:09.039><c> And</c><00:18:09.200><c> those</c><00:18:09.400><c> who</c><00:18:09.680><c> mourn,</c>

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says<00:18:10.220><c> Jesus,</c><00:18:12.279><c> are</c><00:18:12.480><c> those</c><00:18:12.660><c> who</c><00:18:12.819><c> are</c><00:18:13.000><c> truly</c><00:18:13.200><c> blessed.</c><00:18:15.400><c> Now,</c><00:18:15.579><c> of</c>

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course,<00:18:15.859><c> he</c><00:18:15.940><c> doesn't</c><00:18:16.160><c> mean</c><00:18:16.420><c> leaving</c><00:18:16.660><c> it</c><00:18:16.859><c> at</c><00:18:17.039><c> that.</c>

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As<00:18:18.759><c> we</c><00:18:18.880><c> were</c><00:18:19.019><c> saying</c><00:18:19.220><c> last</c><00:18:19.579><c> night</c><00:18:19.839><c> and</c><00:18:20.140><c> going</c><00:18:20.339><c> about</c><00:18:20.759><c> wringing</c>

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our<00:18:21.460><c> hands,</c>

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feeling<00:18:22.420><c> desperately</c><00:18:22.980><c> wretched</c><00:18:23.319><c> 24</c><00:18:23.819><c> hours</c><00:18:24.140><c> a</c><00:18:24.339><c> day.</c><00:18:25.460><c> But</c><00:18:25.759><c> as</c>

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we<00:18:26.200><c> suggested,</c><00:18:26.880><c> seeing</c><00:18:27.319><c> the</c><00:18:27.759><c> answer</c><00:18:28.180><c> to</c><00:18:28.480><c> our</c><00:18:28.740><c> mourning.</c>

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You'll<00:18:30.960><c> remember</c><00:18:31.160><c> what</c><00:18:31.400><c> Psalm</c><00:18:31.640><c> 30</c><00:18:31.980><c> says.</c><00:18:32.400><c> It</c><00:18:32.599><c> says</c><00:18:32.839><c> that</c><00:18:33.099><c> weeping</c><00:18:33.480><c> may</c>

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endure<00:18:34.140><c> for</c><00:18:34.440><c> a</c><00:18:34.619><c> night,</c>

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but<00:18:35.940><c> joy</c><00:18:36.500><c> cometh</c><00:18:37.039><c> in</c><00:18:37.440><c> the</c><00:18:37.680><c> morning.</c><00:18:40.220><c> So</c><00:18:40.460><c> those</c><00:18:40.720><c> who</c><00:18:40.940><c> are</c><00:18:41.200><c> sad</c>

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over<00:18:41.700><c> the</c><00:18:41.960><c> right</c><00:18:42.259><c> things,</c>

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those<00:18:43.779><c> whose</c><00:18:43.980><c> hearts</c><00:18:44.259><c> are</c><00:18:44.579><c> quiet</c><00:18:44.779><c> and</c><00:18:45.119><c> sober</c><00:18:45.339><c> before</c><00:18:45.799><c> God,</c>

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understanding<00:18:47.720><c> their</c><00:18:48.000><c> own</c><00:18:48.319><c> frailty</c><00:18:48.779><c> and</c><00:18:48.960><c> their</c><00:18:49.119><c> own</c>

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weakness<00:18:49.859><c> and</c><00:18:50.559><c> sinfulness,</c><00:18:52.019><c> and</c><00:18:52.119><c> the</c><00:18:52.259><c> grace</c><00:18:52.519><c> and</c><00:18:52.720><c> mercy</c><00:18:53.019><c> of</c>

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God<00:18:53.460><c> in</c><00:18:53.720><c> Jesus</c><00:18:54.079><c> Christ,</c><00:18:55.519><c> will</c><00:18:55.740><c> be</c><00:18:56.000><c> made</c><00:18:56.319><c> happy</c><00:18:56.759><c> in</c><00:18:57.160><c> the</c>

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morning<00:18:57.759><c> when</c><00:18:58.339><c> the</c><00:18:58.500><c> new</c><00:18:58.740><c> dispensation</c><00:18:59.519><c> dawns.</c><00:19:01.980><c> This</c><00:19:02.259><c> is</c><00:19:02.559><c> the</c>

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blessing<00:19:03.339><c> our</c><00:19:03.799><c> Lord</c><00:19:04.079><c> attaches</c><00:19:04.740><c> to</c><00:19:05.480><c> that</c><00:19:05.759><c> assessment</c>

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of<00:19:06.640><c> things.</c><00:19:09.839><c> Blessed</c><00:19:10.160><c> are</c><00:19:10.380><c> the</c><00:19:10.559><c> meek,</c><00:19:10.880><c> he</c><00:19:11.000><c> says</c><00:19:11.299><c> next,</c><00:19:12.019><c> for</c>

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they<00:19:12.519><c> shall</c><00:19:12.700><c> inherit</c><00:19:13.140><c> the</c><00:19:13.420><c> earth.</c>

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Now,<00:19:15.960><c> Jesus</c><00:19:16.039><c> was</c><00:19:16.319><c> meek,</c><00:19:16.579><c> wasn't</c><00:19:16.880><c> he?</c><00:19:18.519><c> He</c><00:19:18.720><c> certainly</c><00:19:18.920><c> wasn't</c><00:19:19.279><c> a</c>

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weak<00:19:19.680><c> individual.</c>

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Moses<00:19:22.160><c> was</c><00:19:22.500><c> meek.</c><00:19:23.420><c> One</c><00:19:23.519><c> of</c><00:19:23.640><c> the</c><00:19:23.759><c> meekest</c><00:19:24.119><c> men</c><00:19:24.299><c> upon</c><00:19:24.599><c> the</c><00:19:24.740><c> face</c>

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of<00:19:25.160><c> the</c><00:19:25.240><c> earth,</c><00:19:25.599><c> says</c><00:19:25.640><c> the</c><00:19:25.799><c> book</c><00:19:25.960><c> of</c><00:19:26.160><c> Numbers.</c>

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But<00:19:27.619><c> what</c><00:19:27.960><c> a</c><00:19:28.220><c> mighty</c><00:19:28.599><c> man</c><00:19:29.000><c> he</c><00:19:29.359><c> was.</c><00:19:31.700><c> So</c><00:19:31.940><c> Moses</c><00:19:32.279><c> wasn't</c><00:19:32.640><c> a</c><00:19:32.839><c> weak</c>

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And<00:19:35.680><c> meekness</c><00:19:36.059><c> isn't</c><00:19:36.359><c> easy</c><00:19:36.759><c> to</c><00:19:37.019><c> define,</c><00:19:37.539><c> is</c><00:19:37.680><c> it?</c><00:19:38.819><c> It</c><00:19:39.079><c> involves</c>

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a<00:19:39.940><c> bending</c><00:19:40.240><c> of</c><00:19:40.519><c> one's</c><00:19:41.059><c> will</c><00:19:41.319><c> to</c><00:19:41.519><c> the</c><00:19:41.599><c> will</c><00:19:41.759><c> of</c>

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God<00:19:42.359><c> in</c><00:19:42.460><c> order</c><00:19:42.779><c> to</c><00:19:43.099><c> accommodate</c><00:19:43.640><c> what</c><00:19:44.119><c> he</c><00:19:44.400><c> requires</c><00:19:44.980><c> of</c><00:19:45.160><c> us.</c>

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But<00:19:46.839><c> there's</c><00:19:47.099><c> more</c><00:19:47.359><c> to</c><00:19:47.500><c> it</c><00:19:47.640><c> than</c><00:19:47.859><c> that.</c>

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And<00:19:49.599><c> it's</c><00:19:49.740><c> been</c><00:19:50.000><c> suggested,</c><00:19:50.519><c> and</c><00:19:50.680><c> I</c><00:19:50.799><c> think</c><00:19:50.920><c> this</c><00:19:51.140><c> is</c><00:19:51.299><c> a</c><00:19:51.299><c> useful</c>

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suggestion,<00:19:53.000><c> that</c><00:19:53.140><c> we</c><00:19:53.299><c> should</c><00:19:53.559><c> think</c><00:19:53.900><c> of</c><00:19:54.200><c> meekness</c>

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as<00:19:54.980><c> being</c><00:19:55.759><c> non</c><00:19:56.519><c>-competitive.</c><00:19:59.779><c> Now</c><00:20:00.079><c> we</c><00:20:00.220><c> live</c><00:20:00.380><c> in</c><00:20:00.519><c> a</c><00:20:00.759><c> competitive</c><00:20:01.200><c> world,</c><00:20:01.859><c> brethren</c><00:20:02.019><c> and</c><00:20:02.279><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:20:04.019><c> if</c><00:20:04.140><c> we're</c><00:20:04.380><c> honest,</c><00:20:04.680><c> we</c><00:20:04.799><c> shall</c><00:20:04.960><c> have</c><00:20:05.160><c> to</c><00:20:05.299><c> admit</c><00:20:05.539><c> that</c><00:20:05.720><c> we</c>

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are<00:20:06.140><c> all</c><00:20:06.420><c> competing</c>

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all<00:20:07.940><c> the</c><00:20:08.180><c> time</c><00:20:08.440><c> if</c><00:20:08.579><c> we're</c><00:20:08.779><c> not</c><00:20:08.980><c> extremely</c><00:20:09.440><c> careful.</c><00:20:11.420><c> We're</c><00:20:11.640><c> trying</c><00:20:11.759><c> to</c>

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be<00:20:12.039><c> well</c><00:20:12.359><c> thought</c><00:20:12.660><c> of,</c><00:20:13.859><c> trying</c><00:20:14.059><c> to</c>

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make<00:20:14.400><c> a</c><00:20:14.599><c> name</c><00:20:14.819><c> for</c><00:20:15.140><c> ourselves,</c><00:20:16.220><c> trying</c><00:20:16.380><c> to</c><00:20:16.539><c> get</c><00:20:16.759><c> somewhere</c><00:20:17.180><c> in</c>

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life,<00:20:17.660><c> trying</c><00:20:17.960><c> to</c><00:20:18.140><c> be</c><00:20:18.460><c> recognised.</c>

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But<00:20:20.940><c> Jesus</c><00:20:21.240><c> says</c><00:20:21.400><c> it</c><00:20:21.519><c> isn't</c><00:20:21.880><c> meant</c><00:20:22.200><c> to</c><00:20:22.460><c> be</c><00:20:22.599><c> like</c><00:20:23.000><c> that.</c><00:20:24.759><c> You're</c>

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not<00:20:25.180><c> in</c><00:20:25.380><c> the</c><00:20:25.579><c> promotion</c><00:20:26.180><c> race.</c><00:20:27.339><c> You're</c><00:20:27.559><c> not</c><00:20:27.759><c> here</c>

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to<00:20:28.279><c> glorify</c><00:20:29.000><c> yourself.</c><00:20:30.559><c> You're</c><00:20:30.779><c> not</c><00:20:30.960><c> here</c><00:20:31.099><c> to</c><00:20:31.339><c> promote</c><00:20:31.539><c> your</c>

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own<00:20:32.000><c> image</c><00:20:32.240><c> because</c><00:20:32.460><c> you</c><00:20:32.660><c> haven't</c><00:20:32.819><c> got</c><00:20:33.079><c> an</c><00:20:33.299><c> image</c>

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worth<00:20:33.799><c> promoting,</c><00:20:36.039><c> save</c><00:20:36.259><c> the</c><00:20:36.700><c> stamp</c><00:20:36.960><c> and</c><00:20:37.259><c> the</c><00:20:37.640><c> imprint</c><00:20:38.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:38.539><c> living</c><00:20:39.160><c> God.</c>

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Blessed<00:20:44.279><c> are</c><00:20:44.519><c> the</c><00:20:44.700><c> meek,</c><00:20:46.079><c> those</c><00:20:46.319><c> who</c><00:20:46.519><c> want</c><00:20:46.779><c> God</c><00:20:47.160><c> to</c><00:20:47.440><c> have</c><00:20:47.619><c> all</c>

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the<00:20:48.160><c> glory,</c>

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those<00:20:50.599><c> who</c><00:20:50.779><c> are</c><00:20:50.920><c> prepared</c><00:20:51.200><c> to</c><00:20:51.380><c> go</c><00:20:51.539><c> where</c><00:20:51.779><c> God</c><00:20:52.079><c> wants</c><00:20:52.400><c> them</c><00:20:52.599><c> to</c>

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go<00:20:53.220><c> and</c><00:20:53.799><c> do</c><00:20:53.980><c> what</c><00:20:54.180><c> he</c><00:20:54.420><c> wants</c><00:20:54.740><c> them</c><00:20:55.019><c> to</c><00:20:55.220><c> do</c><00:20:55.480><c> without</c>

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getting<00:20:56.180><c> anything</c><00:20:56.460><c> out</c><00:20:56.720><c> of</c><00:20:56.779><c> it</c><00:20:56.920><c> for</c><00:20:57.059><c> themselves.</c><00:20:59.019><c> They're</c><00:20:59.200><c> not</c><00:20:59.420><c> in</c>

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competition<00:21:00.220><c> with</c><00:21:00.460><c> other</c><00:21:00.700><c> people,</c><00:21:01.119><c> you</c><00:21:01.339><c> see.</c>

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They're<00:21:02.700><c> just</c><00:21:03.019><c> trying</c><00:21:03.319><c> to</c><00:21:03.680><c> please</c><00:21:03.960><c> their</c><00:21:04.339><c> God</c><00:21:04.779><c> to</c><00:21:05.140><c> the</c><00:21:05.279><c> best</c>

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of<00:21:05.819><c> their</c><00:21:06.059><c> ability.</c>

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Come<00:21:09.579><c> unto</c><00:21:09.940><c> me,</c><00:21:10.400><c> all</c><00:21:10.619><c> ye</c><00:21:10.759><c> that</c><00:21:10.980><c> labour</c><00:21:11.400><c> and</c><00:21:11.680><c> are</c><00:21:11.839><c> heavy</c><00:21:12.099><c> laden,</c>

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and<00:21:12.819><c> I</c><00:21:12.980><c> will</c><00:21:13.220><c> give</c><00:21:13.440><c> you</c><00:21:13.640><c> rest.</c>

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Take<00:21:15.579><c> my</c><00:21:15.920><c> yoke</c><00:21:16.200><c> upon</c><00:21:16.539><c> you</c><00:21:16.819><c> and</c><00:21:17.140><c> learn</c><00:21:17.420><c> of</c><00:21:17.700><c> me,</c><00:21:19.279><c> for</c><00:21:19.400><c> I</c><00:21:19.680><c> am</c><00:21:19.900><c> meek</c>

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and<00:21:20.460><c> lowly</c><00:21:20.819><c> of</c><00:21:21.079><c> heart,</c><00:21:21.400><c> and</c><00:21:21.599><c> ye</c><00:21:21.799><c> shall</c><00:21:21.980><c> find</c><00:21:22.420><c> rest</c>

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for<00:21:23.900><c> your</c><00:21:24.279><c> souls.</c><00:21:26.359><c> You</c><00:21:26.519><c> know,</c><00:21:26.839><c> brethren</c><00:21:27.059><c> and</c><00:21:27.279><c> sisters,</c><00:21:27.619><c> I'm</c>

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convinced,<00:21:29.460><c> absolutely</c><00:21:29.900><c> convinced</c><00:21:30.380><c> that</c><00:21:30.519><c> this</c>

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is<00:21:31.200><c> something</c><00:21:31.200><c> we</c><00:21:31.559><c> all</c><00:21:32.119><c> desperately</c><00:21:32.779><c> want,</c><00:21:33.319><c> whether</c><00:21:33.460><c> we</c><00:21:33.660><c> know</c>

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it<00:21:33.940><c> or</c><00:21:34.099><c> not,</c><00:21:34.740><c> and</c><00:21:34.799><c> that</c><00:21:34.940><c> is</c><00:21:35.119><c> rest</c><00:21:35.539><c> for</c><00:21:35.980><c> our</c><00:21:36.460><c> souls,</c>

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to<00:21:37.599><c> be</c><00:21:37.740><c> at</c><00:21:38.000><c> peace</c><00:21:38.180><c> with</c><00:21:38.400><c> God,</c><00:21:39.140><c> to</c><00:21:39.220><c> be</c><00:21:39.400><c> at</c><00:21:39.640><c> peace</c><00:21:39.819><c> with</c><00:21:40.099><c> our</c><00:21:40.319><c> neighbour</c><00:21:40.720><c> and</c>

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to<00:21:41.339><c> be</c><00:21:41.500><c> at</c><00:21:41.759><c> peace</c><00:21:41.980><c> with</c><00:21:42.279><c> ourselves,</c>

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knowing<00:21:43.480><c> that</c><00:21:43.740><c> our</c><00:21:44.019><c> lives</c><00:21:44.539><c> are</c><00:21:45.480><c> right</c><00:21:46.200><c> before</c><00:21:46.960><c> him.</c><00:21:48.180><c> Well,</c>

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you<00:21:48.599><c> can</c><00:21:48.819><c> have</c><00:21:49.019><c> it,</c><00:21:49.339><c> says</c><00:21:49.440><c> Jesus,</c>

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but<00:21:51.099><c> you</c><00:21:51.299><c> can</c><00:21:51.640><c> only</c><00:21:52.099><c> have</c><00:21:52.420><c> it</c><00:21:52.839><c> my</c><00:21:53.319><c> way.</c><00:21:55.339><c> Come</c><00:21:55.559><c> unto</c><00:21:55.819><c> me,</c><00:21:56.259><c> all</c><00:21:56.440><c> ye</c>

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who<00:21:56.720><c> are</c><00:21:57.079><c> competitive,</c><00:21:57.980><c> all</c><00:21:58.180><c> ye</c><00:21:58.359><c> who</c><00:21:58.640><c> labour</c>

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and<00:21:59.140><c> are</c><00:21:59.279><c> heavy</c><00:21:59.539><c> laden,</c><00:22:00.019><c> and</c><00:22:00.200><c> I</c><00:22:00.359><c> will</c><00:22:00.599><c> give</c><00:22:00.759><c> you</c><00:22:00.960><c> rest.</c><00:22:02.880><c> Learn</c>

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of<00:22:03.319><c> me,</c><00:22:03.740><c> for</c><00:22:03.900><c> I</c><00:22:04.180><c> am</c><00:22:04.400><c> meek</c><00:22:04.700><c> and</c><00:22:04.940><c> lowly</c><00:22:05.259><c> of</c><00:22:05.519><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:22:06.220><c> you</c><00:22:06.400><c> will</c><00:22:06.799><c> find</c><00:22:07.099><c> it,</c><00:22:07.519><c> you</c><00:22:07.660><c> will</c><00:22:07.960><c> find</c><00:22:08.200><c> this</c><00:22:08.660><c> elusive</c><00:22:09.200><c> thing</c><00:22:09.819><c> that</c>

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you've<00:22:11.059><c> been</c><00:22:11.279><c> seeking</c><00:22:11.559><c> all</c><00:22:11.799><c> your</c><00:22:12.039><c> life.</c>

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Peace<00:22:14.799><c> I</c><00:22:15.240><c> give</c><00:22:15.460><c> unto</c><00:22:15.799><c> you,</c><00:22:16.839><c> my</c><00:22:17.259><c> peace,</c><00:22:17.940><c> which</c><00:22:18.099><c> is</c><00:22:18.359><c> rest</c><00:22:18.619><c> for</c>

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your<00:22:19.220><c> souls.</c>

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Blessed<00:22:23.259><c> are</c><00:22:23.539><c> they</c><00:22:23.799><c> that</c><00:22:24.079><c> hunger</c><00:22:24.500><c> and</c><00:22:24.980><c> thirst</c><00:22:25.339><c> after</c><00:22:25.859><c> righteousness,</c><00:22:27.359><c> for</c><00:22:27.519><c> they</c><00:22:27.960><c> shall</c><00:22:28.420><c> be</c><00:22:28.839><c> filled.</c>

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Ah,<00:22:31.859><c> that's</c><00:22:32.420><c> the</c><00:22:32.740><c> crunch,</c><00:22:33.220><c> isn't</c><00:22:33.420><c> it?</c><00:22:34.859><c> Hungering</c><00:22:35.460><c> and</c><00:22:36.019><c> thirsting</c><00:22:36.680><c> after</c>

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righteousness.<00:22:39.079><c> It</c><00:22:39.400><c> really</c><00:22:39.880><c> means,</c>

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what<00:22:40.940><c> do</c><00:22:41.279><c> you</c><00:22:41.740><c> want</c><00:22:42.180><c> out</c><00:22:42.619><c> of</c><00:22:42.859><c> this</c><00:22:43.200><c> life?</c><00:22:45.019><c> What</c><00:22:45.380><c> are</c><00:22:45.559><c> you</c><00:22:45.759><c> trying</c><00:22:46.000><c> to</c>

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achieve<00:22:46.700><c> and</c><00:22:47.000><c> where</c><00:22:47.359><c> are</c><00:22:47.579><c> you</c><00:22:47.839><c> going?</c>

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What's<00:22:49.759><c> life</c><00:22:50.059><c> all</c><00:22:50.380><c> about</c><00:22:50.680><c> as</c><00:22:50.920><c> far</c><00:22:51.140><c> as</c><00:22:51.259><c> you</c><00:22:51.420><c> are</c><00:22:51.559><c> concerned?</c><00:22:53.799><c> You</c><00:22:53.920><c> see,</c><00:22:54.119><c> it's</c><00:22:54.200><c> one</c><00:22:54.440><c> thing</c><00:22:54.579><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:54.920><c> a</c><00:22:55.039><c> Christadelphian.</c>

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It's<00:22:57.000><c> one</c><00:22:57.220><c> thing</c><00:22:57.359><c> to</c><00:22:57.539><c> understand</c><00:22:58.000><c> the</c><00:22:58.279><c> truth</c><00:22:58.440><c> and</c><00:22:58.619><c> to</c><00:22:58.759><c> be</c><00:22:58.980><c> baptised</c><00:22:59.740><c> and</c>

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to<00:23:00.039><c> go</c><00:23:00.180><c> to</c><00:23:00.359><c> all</c><00:23:00.519><c> the</c><00:23:00.720><c> meetings.</c>

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It<00:23:02.440><c> is</c><00:23:02.880><c> a</c><00:23:03.140><c> very</c><00:23:03.740><c> different</c><00:23:04.220><c> thing</c><00:23:04.779><c> to</c><00:23:05.299><c> hunger</c><00:23:05.740><c> and</c><00:23:06.579><c> thirst</c>

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after<00:23:07.799><c> righteousness.</c>

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The<00:23:10.839><c> two</c><00:23:11.039><c> things</c><00:23:11.299><c> do</c><00:23:11.640><c> not</c><00:23:11.920><c> automatically</c><00:23:12.779><c> coincide.</c><00:23:15.599><c> I</c><00:23:15.859><c> think</c>

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we<00:23:16.359><c> know,</c><00:23:16.660><c> if</c><00:23:16.819><c> we're</c><00:23:17.039><c> honest</c><00:23:17.339><c> with</c><00:23:17.640><c> ourselves,</c>

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our<00:23:18.660><c> hungering</c><00:23:19.039><c> and</c><00:23:19.339><c> thirsting</c><00:23:19.819><c> half</c><00:23:20.140><c> the</c><00:23:20.400><c> time,</c><00:23:21.680><c> three</c><00:23:21.859><c> quarters</c><00:23:22.140><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:22.559><c> time</c><00:23:23.240><c> isn't</c><00:23:23.839><c> really</c><00:23:24.180><c> after</c>

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righteousness<00:23:25.119><c> at</c><00:23:25.619><c> all.</c><00:23:27.700><c> There</c><00:23:27.819><c> are</c><00:23:28.059><c> so</c><00:23:28.319><c> many</c><00:23:28.599><c> things,</c><00:23:29.059><c> so</c><00:23:29.359><c> many</c><00:23:29.759><c> other</c><00:23:30.099><c> things</c><00:23:30.720><c> that</c><00:23:30.980><c> we</c>

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want,<00:23:32.559><c> that</c><00:23:32.720><c> we</c><00:23:32.880><c> look</c>

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forward<00:23:33.720><c> to,</c><00:23:34.180><c> that</c><00:23:34.339><c> we</c><00:23:34.640><c> enjoy</c><00:23:35.299><c> doing.</c><00:23:37.500><c> Jesus</c><00:23:37.819><c> says</c><00:23:38.059><c> no,</c><00:23:40.220><c> the</c>

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blessing<00:23:40.799><c> is</c><00:23:41.220><c> reserved</c><00:23:41.740><c> for</c><00:23:42.000><c> those</c><00:23:42.440><c> who</c><00:23:42.759><c> hunger</c><00:23:43.119><c> and</c>

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thirst<00:23:44.049><c> after</c><00:23:44.750><c> righteousness.</c><00:23:46.789><c> Now,</c><00:23:47.410><c> do</c><00:23:47.589><c> you,</c><00:23:47.869><c> brethren</c><00:23:48.130><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:23:48.829><c> do</c><00:23:49.190><c> you</c><00:23:49.589><c> really</c><00:23:50.170><c> love</c><00:23:50.509><c> it</c><00:23:50.890><c> so</c><00:23:51.349><c> much?</c>

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Long<00:23:53.589><c> for</c><00:23:53.849><c> it</c><00:23:54.029><c> so</c><00:23:54.329><c> much</c><00:23:54.890><c> that</c><00:23:55.710><c> you</c><00:23:55.789><c> can</c><00:23:56.009><c> honestly</c><00:23:56.289><c> describe</c><00:23:56.829><c> it</c>

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as<00:23:57.309><c> hungering</c><00:23:57.829><c> and</c><00:23:58.309><c> thirsting</c><00:23:58.849><c> for</c><00:23:59.130><c> it?</c>

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Jesus<00:24:01.269><c> did.</c><00:24:03.170><c> Thou</c><00:24:03.509><c> hast</c><00:24:03.849><c> loved</c><00:24:04.430><c> righteousness</c><00:24:05.150><c> and</c><00:24:05.690><c> hated</c>

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iniquity,<00:24:07.089><c> therefore</c><00:24:07.630><c> God,</c><00:24:08.210><c> even</c><00:24:08.569><c> thy</c><00:24:08.950><c> God,</c>

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anointed<00:24:09.849><c> thee</c><00:24:10.029><c> with</c><00:24:10.190><c> the</c><00:24:10.369><c> oil</c><00:24:10.509><c> of</c><00:24:10.829><c> gladness</c><00:24:11.289><c> above</c><00:24:11.690><c> thy</c><00:24:12.089><c> fellows.</c><00:24:13.990><c> That's</c><00:24:14.549><c> why</c>

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he's<00:24:14.970><c> going</c><00:24:15.069><c> to</c><00:24:15.250><c> be</c><00:24:15.390><c> king</c>

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of<00:24:15.769><c> the</c><00:24:16.029><c> eternal</c><00:24:16.450><c> kingdom.</c><00:24:17.769><c> That's</c><00:24:18.089><c> why</c><00:24:18.309><c> he's</c><00:24:18.549><c> been</c><00:24:18.849><c> highly</c><00:24:19.210><c> exalted</c><00:24:19.670><c> and</c><00:24:19.890><c> given</c><00:24:20.029><c> a</c>

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name<00:24:20.390><c> which</c><00:24:20.549><c> is</c><00:24:20.769><c> above</c><00:24:20.950><c> every</c><00:24:21.470><c> name</c>

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because<00:24:23.809><c> he</c><00:24:24.210><c> first</c><00:24:24.710><c> received</c><00:24:25.289><c> God's</c><00:24:25.910><c> will</c><00:24:26.049><c> into</c><00:24:26.349><c> his</c><00:24:26.690><c> own</c><00:24:26.990><c> life</c><00:24:27.529><c> and</c>

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let<00:24:28.289><c> God</c><00:24:28.630><c> be</c><00:24:28.890><c> king</c><00:24:29.109><c> over</c><00:24:29.450><c> all</c><00:24:29.670><c> his</c><00:24:29.950><c> desires.</c>

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Therefore,<00:24:32.230><c> he</c><00:24:32.390><c> is</c><00:24:32.730><c> fit</c><00:24:32.930><c> to</c><00:24:33.289><c> judge</c><00:24:33.730><c> the</c><00:24:34.390><c> world</c><00:24:34.710><c> in</c><00:24:35.069><c> righteousness</c><00:24:35.589><c> and</c><00:24:36.269><c> establish</c><00:24:36.829><c> God's</c>

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will<00:24:37.430><c> upon</c>

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the<00:24:38.029><c> earth.</c><00:24:39.390><c> He</c><00:24:39.750><c> has</c><00:24:40.109><c> a</c><00:24:40.529><c> proven</c><00:24:41.049><c> track</c><00:24:41.450><c> record,</c><00:24:41.930><c> we</c><00:24:42.109><c> would</c><00:24:42.349><c> say</c>

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today.<00:24:43.890><c> He</c><00:24:44.329><c> loved</c><00:24:44.569><c> righteousness</c><00:24:45.170><c> and</c><00:24:45.529><c> hated</c>

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iniquity.<00:24:47.410><c> That</c><00:24:47.710><c> qualifies</c><00:24:48.250><c> him</c><00:24:48.430><c> to</c><00:24:48.549><c> be</c><00:24:48.670><c> head</c><00:24:48.809><c> of</c><00:24:48.930><c> the</c><00:24:49.069><c> kingdom</c><00:24:49.309><c> of</c><00:24:49.509><c> God.</c><00:24:50.849><c> And</c>

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if<00:24:51.329><c> you</c><00:24:51.569><c> want</c><00:24:51.789><c> to</c><00:24:52.130><c> be</c><00:24:52.289><c> there,</c>

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Jesus<00:24:53.069><c> is</c><00:24:53.329><c> saying,</c><00:24:53.869><c> then</c><00:24:54.029><c> you've</c><00:24:54.250><c> got</c><00:24:54.390><c> to</c><00:24:54.609><c> learn</c><00:24:54.789><c> this</c><00:24:55.089><c> fundamental</c><00:24:55.789><c> lesson.</c><00:24:56.450><c> You've</c>

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got<00:24:57.009><c> to</c><00:24:57.269><c> learn</c><00:24:57.529><c> to</c><00:24:57.829><c> love</c>

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the<00:24:58.670><c> things</c><00:24:58.730><c> the</c><00:24:59.369><c> kingdom</c><00:25:00.109><c> stands</c><00:25:00.769><c> for</c><00:25:01.650><c> now.</c><00:25:02.769><c> Not</c><00:25:02.950><c> then,</c><00:25:03.809><c> it'll</c><00:25:04.009><c> be</c>

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too<00:25:04.390><c> late</c><00:25:04.549><c> then,</c><00:25:05.230><c> now.</c>

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Blessed<00:25:10.049><c> are</c><00:25:10.450><c> the</c><00:25:10.690><c> merciful,</c><00:25:11.930><c> for</c><00:25:12.029><c> they</c><00:25:12.349><c> shall</c><00:25:12.549><c> obtain</c><00:25:13.109><c> mercy.</c><00:25:15.130><c> But</c>

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how<00:25:15.690><c> shall</c><00:25:15.890><c> we</c><00:25:16.150><c> hope</c><00:25:16.410><c> for</c><00:25:16.750><c> mercy</c><00:25:17.269><c> giving</c>

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none?<00:25:19.970><c> Portia</c><00:25:20.450><c> said</c><00:25:20.769><c> to</c><00:25:21.230><c> Shylock</c><00:25:21.710><c> the</c><00:25:22.609><c> Jew</c><00:25:22.869><c> and</c><00:25:24.130><c> Shakespeare's</c><00:25:24.809><c> merchant</c><00:25:25.130><c> of</c>

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Venice,<00:25:25.730><c> and</c><00:25:25.869><c> do</c><00:25:25.990><c> any</c>

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know<00:25:26.450><c> how</c><00:25:26.650><c> that</c><00:25:26.910><c> continues?</c><00:25:28.690><c> Well,</c><00:25:29.049><c> if</c><00:25:29.170><c> you're</c><00:25:29.390><c> like</c><00:25:29.509><c> me,</c>

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you've<00:25:29.910><c> probably</c><00:25:30.190><c> long</c><00:25:30.509><c> since</c><00:25:30.789><c> forgotten.</c>

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Though<00:25:33.549><c> justice</c><00:25:34.289><c> be</c><00:25:34.730><c> thy</c><00:25:35.109><c> plea,</c><00:25:35.430><c> consider</c><00:25:36.069><c> this,</c><00:25:38.130><c> that</c><00:25:38.210><c> in</c><00:25:38.390><c> the</c><00:25:38.630><c> course</c><00:25:38.829><c> of</c>

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justice,<00:25:39.809><c> none</c><00:25:40.049><c> of</c><00:25:40.250><c> us</c><00:25:40.450><c> should</c><00:25:40.769><c> see</c>

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salvation.<00:25:42.750><c> We</c><00:25:43.049><c> do</c><00:25:43.430><c> pray</c><00:25:43.750><c> for</c><00:25:44.049><c> mercy</c><00:25:44.589><c> and</c><00:25:45.549><c> that</c><00:25:45.970><c> same</c><00:25:46.410><c> prayer</c>

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doth<00:25:47.150><c> teach</c><00:25:47.470><c> us</c><00:25:47.869><c> all</c><00:25:48.329><c> to</c><00:25:48.970><c> render</c><00:25:49.430><c> the</c><00:25:49.869><c> deeds</c><00:25:50.250><c> of</c><00:25:50.630><c> mercy.</c>

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Point<00:26:12.470><c> is</c><00:26:12.910><c> well</c><00:26:13.150><c> made,</c><00:26:13.509><c> isn't</c><00:26:13.609><c> it,</c><00:26:13.849><c> brethren</c><00:26:14.089><c> and</c><00:26:14.369><c> sisters?</c>

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And<00:26:14.930><c> as</c><00:26:15.029><c> far</c><00:26:15.210><c> as</c><00:26:15.329><c> we</c><00:26:15.450><c> know,</c>

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Shakespeare<00:26:16.170><c> didn't</c><00:26:16.450><c> believe</c><00:26:16.750><c> as</c><00:26:16.910><c> we</c><00:26:17.150><c> believe,</c><00:26:18.470><c> but</c><00:26:18.670><c> he</c><00:26:18.869><c> could</c><00:26:19.089><c> see</c>

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the<00:26:19.490><c> point</c><00:26:19.690><c> at</c><00:26:19.930><c> issue.</c>

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being<00:26:22.369><c> merciful,</c><00:26:23.710><c> being</c><00:26:24.029><c> kind</c><00:26:24.650><c> to</c><00:26:24.829><c> one</c><00:26:25.089><c> another,</c><00:26:26.670><c> being</c><00:26:26.930><c> kind</c>

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about<00:26:28.069><c> one</c><00:26:28.470><c> another,</c><00:26:30.349><c> kind</c><00:26:30.650><c> in</c><00:26:30.910><c> your</c>

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judgments<00:26:31.710><c> of</c><00:26:31.990><c> other</c><00:26:32.230><c> people.</c><00:26:33.930><c> If</c><00:26:34.049><c> you</c><00:26:34.210><c> hope</c><00:26:34.470><c> to</c><00:26:34.750><c> receive</c><00:26:35.089><c> mercy</c><00:26:35.490><c> from</c><00:26:35.789><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:26:36.509><c> then</c><00:26:36.730><c> show</c><00:26:37.049><c> it</c>

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to<00:26:38.950><c> your</c><00:26:39.210><c> contemporaries.</c><00:26:41.569><c> Given</c><00:26:41.809><c> it</c><00:26:41.990><c> shall</c><00:26:42.109><c> be</c><00:26:42.329><c> given</c><00:26:42.549><c> you.</c>

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Good<00:26:44.410><c> measure,</c><00:26:44.970><c> pressed</c><00:26:45.230><c> down,</c><00:26:45.869><c> shaken</c><00:26:45.990><c> together</c>

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and<00:26:46.730><c> running</c><00:26:46.990><c> over</c><00:26:47.309><c> shall</c><00:26:47.470><c> men</c><00:26:47.690><c> give</c><00:26:47.849><c> into</c><00:26:48.049><c> your</c><00:26:48.289><c> bosom,</c><00:26:48.549><c> Jesus</c><00:26:48.930><c> said.</c><00:26:50.269><c> That's</c><00:26:50.609><c> just</c>

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another<00:26:51.089><c> way</c><00:26:51.329><c> of</c><00:26:51.509><c> saying</c>

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that<00:26:52.049><c> the</c><00:26:52.289><c> merciful</c><00:26:52.750><c> shall</c><00:26:53.309><c> receive</c><00:26:53.769><c> mercy.</c><00:26:55.150><c> And</c><00:26:55.309><c> even</c><00:26:55.470><c> in</c>

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this<00:26:55.829><c> life</c><00:26:56.029><c> it's</c><00:26:56.250><c> true,</c><00:26:56.549><c> isn't</c><00:26:56.690><c> it?</c><00:26:58.250><c> The</c><00:26:58.609><c> carping,</c>

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critical<00:26:59.910><c> spirit</c><00:27:00.430><c> that's</c><00:27:00.869><c> always</c><00:27:01.569><c> finding</c><00:27:02.210><c> fault</c><00:27:02.589><c> with</c><00:27:02.890><c> everything</c><00:27:03.309><c> is</c>

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usually<00:27:04.690><c> unhappy.</c><00:27:05.990><c> Those</c><00:27:06.250><c> are</c><00:27:06.490><c> not</c><00:27:06.890><c> the</c>

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people<00:27:07.809><c> in</c><00:27:07.990><c> our</c><00:27:08.289><c> community.</c><00:27:18.269><c> Whereas</c><00:27:18.769><c> the</c><00:27:19.029><c> generous</c><00:27:19.529><c> man</c><00:27:20.750><c> receives</c><00:27:21.990><c> generously</c><00:27:22.650><c> from</c><00:27:22.990><c> others.</c><00:27:24.809><c> And</c>

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so<00:27:25.250><c> notice</c>

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this<00:27:25.849><c> aspect</c><00:27:26.230><c> in</c><00:27:26.490><c> passing</c><00:27:26.869><c> please.</c><00:27:28.670><c> There</c><00:27:28.910><c> is</c><00:27:29.109><c> a</c><00:27:29.369><c> present</c><00:27:29.650><c> blessing</c><00:27:30.269><c> attached</c><00:27:30.869><c> to</c>

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all<00:27:31.490><c> these</c><00:27:31.829><c> things</c><00:27:32.130><c> we're</c>

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about.<00:27:33.970><c> The</c><00:27:34.349><c> present</c><00:27:34.630><c> tense</c><00:27:34.950><c> is</c><00:27:35.230><c> used.</c><00:27:36.730><c> It's</c><00:27:36.829><c> not</c><00:27:37.109><c> just</c><00:27:37.430><c> something</c><00:27:37.869><c> reserved</c><00:27:38.349><c> for</c>

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the<00:27:38.769><c> future.</c><00:27:39.589><c> One</c><00:27:39.890><c> day</c><00:27:40.269><c> if</c><00:27:40.490><c> you</c>

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grit<00:27:41.029><c> your</c><00:27:41.349><c> teeth</c><00:27:41.670><c> and</c><00:27:42.210><c> hang</c><00:27:42.470><c> on,</c><00:27:43.930><c> you'll</c><00:27:44.130><c> eventually</c><00:27:44.430><c> get</c><00:27:44.710><c> these</c><00:27:44.970><c> blessings.</c><00:27:45.490><c> That's</c><00:27:45.710><c> not</c><00:27:45.890><c> what</c><00:27:46.049><c> Jesus</c><00:27:46.349><c> is</c><00:27:46.589><c> saying.</c>

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Jesus<00:27:48.710><c> says</c><00:27:48.930><c> there</c><00:27:49.130><c> are</c><00:27:49.329><c> tremendous</c><00:27:49.930><c> blessings</c><00:27:50.430><c> associated</c>

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with<00:27:51.450><c> these</c><00:27:51.829><c> qualities</c><00:27:52.410><c> now.</c><00:27:54.710><c> For</c><00:27:54.950><c> example,</c>

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the<00:27:55.730><c> merciful</c><00:27:56.049><c> obtain</c><00:27:56.650><c> mercy</c><00:27:57.289><c> now.</c><00:27:58.170><c> Blessed</c><00:27:58.630><c> are</c><00:27:59.329><c> the</c><00:27:59.589><c> merciful.</c><00:28:01.029><c> And</c><00:28:01.369><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:01.829><c> age</c><00:28:02.049><c> to</c><00:28:02.269><c> come</c><00:28:02.430><c> by</c><00:28:02.690><c> the</c><00:28:02.849><c> grace</c><00:28:03.069><c> of</c>

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God,<00:28:03.789><c> eternal</c><00:28:04.230><c> mercy</c><00:28:04.750><c> in</c><00:28:05.150><c> his</c><00:28:05.410><c> everlasting</c><00:28:06.029><c> kingdom.</c><00:28:07.650><c> And</c><00:28:07.930><c> so</c>

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with<00:28:08.269><c> all</c><00:28:08.490><c> the</c><00:28:08.670><c> other</c><00:28:08.910><c> attributes,</c><00:28:10.210><c> there</c><00:28:10.369><c> is</c>

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a<00:28:10.849><c> present</c><00:28:11.569><c> possession</c><00:28:12.569><c> of</c><00:28:13.390><c> these</c><00:28:13.630><c> blessings.</c><00:28:16.009><c> Blessed</c><00:28:16.309><c> are</c>

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the<00:28:16.809><c> pure</c><00:28:17.069><c> in</c><00:28:17.329><c> heart.</c><00:28:19.049><c> Those</c><00:28:19.390><c> who</c><00:28:19.589><c> are</c><00:28:19.730><c> clean</c><00:28:19.970><c> inside.</c>

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And<00:28:22.730><c> interestingly,</c><00:28:23.609><c> Jesus</c><00:28:23.730><c> always</c><00:28:24.230><c> insisted</c><00:28:24.869><c> on</c><00:28:25.950><c> inner</c><00:28:26.369><c> cleanliness</c><00:28:27.089><c> and</c>

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not<00:28:27.809><c> external</c><00:28:28.410><c> appearances.</c>

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Not<00:28:30.809><c> the</c><00:28:31.089><c> scrubbing</c><00:28:31.369><c> of</c><00:28:31.529><c> the</c><00:28:31.730><c> outward</c><00:28:32.029><c> man</c><00:28:32.349><c> and</c><00:28:32.549><c> the</c><00:28:32.650><c> putting</c>

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on<00:28:32.950><c> of</c><00:28:33.049><c> a</c><00:28:33.150><c> good</c><00:28:33.329><c> face</c><00:28:33.630><c> to</c><00:28:33.890><c> others.</c><00:28:35.589><c> It's</c><00:28:35.789><c> what</c>

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we<00:28:36.329><c> are</c><00:28:36.509><c> like</c><00:28:36.869><c> inside</c><00:28:37.609><c> that</c><00:28:38.069><c> really</c><00:28:38.450><c> counts,</c><00:28:38.890><c> Jesus</c><00:28:39.369><c> says.</c><00:28:40.369><c> According</c><00:28:40.650><c> as</c>

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a<00:28:41.130><c> man</c><00:28:41.470><c> thinketh</c><00:28:41.990><c> in</c><00:28:42.289><c> his</c><00:28:42.690><c> heart,</c>

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so<00:28:43.490><c> is</c><00:28:43.910><c> he.</c><00:28:47.029><c> The</c><00:28:47.210><c> motivation</c><00:28:47.910><c> of</c><00:28:48.109><c> a</c><00:28:48.250><c> man</c><00:28:48.410><c> is</c><00:28:48.589><c> what</c><00:28:48.750><c> matters</c><00:28:49.210><c> and</c>

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Jesus<00:28:50.049><c> emphasises</c><00:28:50.849><c> that</c><00:28:51.170><c> for</c><00:28:51.430><c> us.</c><00:28:52.930><c> Blessed</c><00:28:53.170><c> are</c><00:28:53.390><c> the</c>

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pure<00:28:53.910><c> in</c><00:28:54.150><c> heart,</c><00:28:54.630><c> for</c><00:28:54.809><c> they</c><00:28:55.230><c> shall</c><00:28:55.569><c> see</c><00:28:56.029><c> God.</c><00:28:57.930><c> Now</c><00:28:58.210><c> I</c><00:28:58.250><c> don't</c><00:28:58.470><c> think</c><00:28:58.589><c> we</c>

00:28:58.730 --> 00:29:00.609
can<00:28:58.910><c> be</c><00:28:59.150><c> absolutely</c><00:28:59.730><c> sure</c><00:29:00.130><c> what</c><00:29:00.309><c> that</c>

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expression<00:29:00.970><c> means,</c><00:29:01.890><c> this</c><00:29:01.890><c> side</c><00:29:02.069><c> of</c><00:29:02.230><c> the</c><00:29:02.390><c> kingdom.</c><00:29:04.390><c> Personally,</c><00:29:04.970><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:29:05.329><c> sisters,</c><00:29:05.569><c> I</c><00:29:05.710><c> think</c><00:29:05.890><c> it</c>

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is<00:29:06.569><c> a</c><00:29:06.569><c> progressive</c><00:29:07.210><c> revelation.</c><00:29:09.230><c> Just</c><00:29:09.549><c> as</c><00:29:10.329><c> Israel</c><00:29:10.950><c> saw</c><00:29:11.269><c> the</c>

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angel<00:29:11.789><c> of</c><00:29:11.910><c> God's</c><00:29:12.410><c> presence</c><00:29:12.690><c> in</c><00:29:12.890><c> the</c><00:29:13.069><c> wilderness</c><00:29:13.529><c> and</c>

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Moses<00:29:14.369><c> was</c><00:29:14.750><c> privileged</c><00:29:15.230><c> to</c><00:29:15.730><c> talk</c><00:29:15.930><c> with</c><00:29:16.089><c> him</c><00:29:16.289><c> face</c><00:29:16.589><c> to</c><00:29:16.809><c> face,</c>

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so<00:29:19.029><c> we</c><00:29:19.509><c> in</c><00:29:19.750><c> our</c><00:29:20.029><c> turn</c><00:29:20.250><c> shall</c><00:29:20.470><c> see</c><00:29:20.670><c> the</c><00:29:20.849><c> King</c><00:29:21.069><c> in</c><00:29:21.230><c> all</c><00:29:21.430><c> his</c>

00:29:21.710 --> 00:29:25.789
beauty<00:29:22.109><c> and</c><00:29:22.410><c> sit</c><00:29:22.589><c> at</c><00:29:22.710><c> his</c><00:29:22.950><c> table</c><00:29:23.329><c> in</c><00:29:23.569><c> his</c><00:29:23.829><c> kingdom</c><00:29:24.250><c> and</c><00:29:25.390><c> enjoy</c>

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sweet<00:29:26.130><c> fellowship.</c><00:29:27.990><c> And</c><00:29:28.150><c> at</c><00:29:28.349><c> the</c><00:29:28.450><c> end</c><00:29:28.609><c> of</c><00:29:28.809><c> the</c>

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when<00:29:29.589><c> God</c><00:29:30.069><c> is</c><00:29:30.430><c> all</c><00:29:30.890><c> and</c><00:29:31.230><c> in</c><00:29:31.609><c> all,</c><00:29:32.470><c> then</c><00:29:32.730><c> I</c><00:29:32.930><c> think</c><00:29:33.130><c> we</c><00:29:33.369><c> shall</c><00:29:33.670><c> see</c>

00:29:34.269 --> 00:29:39.089
God<00:29:34.690><c> in</c><00:29:34.950><c> the</c><00:29:35.250><c> fullest</c><00:29:35.569><c> sense</c><00:29:36.329><c> and</c><00:29:37.309><c> know</c><00:29:37.849><c> even</c><00:29:38.630><c> as</c><00:29:38.869><c> we</c>

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are<00:29:39.430><c> known.</c><00:29:40.789><c> So</c><00:29:41.069><c> I</c><00:29:41.230><c> think</c><00:29:41.410><c> it's</c><00:29:41.730><c> a</c><00:29:41.930><c> process</c><00:29:42.569><c> and</c><00:29:42.849><c> not</c><00:29:43.029><c> an</c><00:29:43.329><c> event.</c><00:29:45.210><c> And</c><00:29:45.410><c> it's</c><00:29:45.609><c> a</c>

00:29:45.750 --> 00:29:49.130
process<00:29:46.109><c> which</c><00:29:46.430><c> starts</c><00:29:46.930><c> now.</c><00:29:48.950><c> Now</c>

00:29:49.130 --> 00:29:53.069
you<00:29:49.230><c> may</c><00:29:49.430><c> not</c><00:29:49.630><c> agree,</c><00:29:49.970><c> you</c><00:29:50.130><c> may</c><00:29:50.269><c> have</c><00:29:50.430><c> other</c><00:29:50.690><c> ideas</c><00:29:51.009><c> on</c><00:29:51.250><c> the</c><00:29:51.430><c> subject,</c><00:29:52.349><c> but</c><00:29:52.730><c> if</c>

00:29:53.069 --> 00:29:55.390
you<00:29:53.410><c> hope</c><00:29:53.730><c> to</c><00:29:54.109><c> realise</c><00:29:54.589><c> the</c><00:29:54.970><c> fullness</c>

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of<00:29:55.809><c> what</c><00:29:56.109><c> that</c><00:29:56.549><c> expression</c><00:29:57.190><c> means,</c><00:29:59.029><c> you</c><00:29:59.130><c> have</c><00:29:59.349><c> to</c><00:29:59.509><c> be</c><00:29:59.690><c> pure</c><00:29:59.910><c> inside.</c><00:30:02.130><c> Jesus</c><00:30:02.369><c> says</c><00:30:02.589><c> it's</c><00:30:02.769><c> one</c><00:30:02.910><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:03.150><c> conditions</c>

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of<00:30:04.630><c> his</c><00:30:04.849><c> kingdom.</c><00:30:06.609><c> That</c><00:30:06.650><c> we</c><00:30:06.829><c> first</c><00:30:07.130><c> cleanse</c><00:30:07.490><c> that</c><00:30:07.769><c> which</c><00:30:07.970><c> is</c>

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within,<00:30:08.930><c> that</c><00:30:08.990><c> the</c><00:30:09.170><c> whole</c><00:30:09.390><c> man</c><00:30:09.650><c> may</c><00:30:09.930><c> be</c><00:30:10.150><c> clean.</c><00:30:12.269><c> You'll</c>

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remember<00:30:12.890><c> the</c><00:30:13.049><c> words</c><00:30:13.269><c> of</c><00:30:13.490><c> him</c><00:30:13.650><c> 141.</c><00:30:16.109><c> Blessed</c><00:30:16.109><c> are</c><00:30:16.329><c> the</c><00:30:16.609><c> pure</c>

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in<00:30:17.170><c> heart,</c><00:30:17.690><c> for</c><00:30:17.809><c> they</c><00:30:18.289><c> shall</c><00:30:18.609><c> see</c><00:30:19.009><c> God.</c><00:30:20.450><c> The</c><00:30:20.769><c> secret</c>

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of<00:30:21.430><c> the</c><00:30:21.589><c> Lord</c><00:30:21.990><c> is</c><00:30:22.450><c> theirs.</c><00:30:23.250><c> It's</c><00:30:23.549><c> a</c><00:30:23.670><c> lovely</c><00:30:23.910><c> expression,</c><00:30:24.710><c> isn't</c><00:30:24.750><c> it?</c>

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The<00:30:25.630><c> secret</c><00:30:26.029><c> of</c><00:30:26.230><c> the</c><00:30:26.430><c> Lord</c><00:30:26.650><c> is</c><00:30:27.009><c> theirs.</c><00:30:28.410><c> Their</c>

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heart<00:30:29.430><c> is</c><00:30:30.089><c> Christ's</c><00:30:30.750><c> abode.</c><00:30:32.670><c> And</c><00:30:32.930><c> blessed</c><00:30:33.289><c> are</c><00:30:33.730><c> the</c><00:30:34.049><c> peacemakers,</c><00:30:34.990><c> verse</c><00:30:35.329><c> 9.</c>

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Not<00:30:37.210><c> the</c><00:30:37.509><c> pacemakers,</c>

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you<00:30:38.529><c> notice.</c><00:30:40.490><c> Now</c><00:30:40.849><c> we</c><00:30:41.109><c> usually</c><00:30:41.670><c> tend,</c><00:30:42.069><c> if</c><00:30:42.250><c> we</c><00:30:42.410><c> are</c><00:30:42.569><c> honest,</c><00:30:42.970><c> to</c>

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give<00:30:43.269><c> credit</c><00:30:43.769><c> to</c><00:30:44.690><c> people</c><00:30:44.950><c> who</c><00:30:45.329><c> blaze</c><00:30:45.769><c> trails,</c><00:30:46.910><c> lead</c>

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expeditions,<00:30:48.569><c> do</c><00:30:48.829><c> exploits,</c><00:30:49.809><c> achieve</c><00:30:50.109><c> historic</c><00:30:50.789><c> firsts,</c>

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fire<00:30:52.190><c> the</c><00:30:52.369><c> guns.</c><00:30:54.150><c> Not</c><00:30:54.549><c> so.</c><00:30:56.430><c> The</c><00:30:56.670><c> peacemakers,</c>

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Jesus<00:30:57.730><c> said,</c><00:30:58.130><c> it's</c><00:30:58.470><c> one</c><00:30:58.670><c> of</c><00:30:58.789><c> those</c><00:30:59.069><c> qualities</c><00:30:59.509><c> which</c><00:30:59.829><c> William</c>

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Paley<00:31:00.470><c> talks</c><00:31:00.849><c> about,</c><00:31:01.849><c> those</c><00:31:01.890><c> unnatural</c><00:31:02.789><c> qualities.</c>

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Not<00:31:04.890><c> the</c><00:31:05.250><c> arrogant,</c><00:31:05.990><c> not</c><00:31:06.170><c> the</c><00:31:06.390><c> vengeful,</c><00:31:06.910><c> not</c><00:31:07.150><c> the</c><00:31:07.450><c> fighters,</c>

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but<00:31:09.829><c> peacemakers.</c><00:31:13.549><c> The</c><00:31:14.089><c> fruit</c><00:31:14.569><c> of</c><00:31:15.210><c> righteousness</c>

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is<00:31:16.410><c> sown</c><00:31:17.109><c> in</c><00:31:17.670><c> peace</c><00:31:18.410><c> of</c><00:31:19.009><c> them</c><00:31:19.869><c> that</c><00:31:20.690><c> make</c><00:31:20.950><c> peace.</c><00:31:22.930><c> James</c><00:31:23.250><c> chapter</c><00:31:23.569><c> 3,</c><00:31:23.950><c> do</c>

00:31:24.190 --> 00:31:26.549
you<00:31:24.190><c> remember?</c><00:31:25.730><c> And</c><00:31:25.890><c> as</c><00:31:25.990><c> an</c><00:31:26.109><c> old</c><00:31:26.349><c> brother</c>

00:31:26.549 --> 00:31:32.690
once<00:31:26.869><c> said</c><00:31:27.089><c> to</c><00:31:27.390><c> me,</c><00:31:28.950><c> you</c><00:31:29.049><c> don't</c><00:31:29.930><c> sow</c><00:31:30.549><c> seed</c><00:31:30.990><c> on</c><00:31:31.349><c> a</c><00:31:31.690><c> battlefield.</c>

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There's<00:31:33.950><c> a</c><00:31:34.109><c> thought</c><00:31:34.269><c> for</c><00:31:34.509><c> today.</c><00:31:36.150><c> You</c><00:31:36.529><c> don't</c><00:31:36.910><c> sow</c><00:31:37.289><c> seed</c><00:31:37.529><c> on</c><00:31:37.769><c> a</c>

00:31:45.869 --> 00:31:51.549
battlefield.<00:31:47.369><c> The</c><00:31:48.009><c> fruit</c><00:31:48.210><c> of</c><00:31:48.470><c> righteousness</c><00:31:49.009><c> is</c><00:31:49.430><c> sown</c><00:31:49.690><c> in</c><00:31:49.990><c> peace</c><00:31:50.809><c> of</c>

00:31:51.549 --> 00:31:55.890
them<00:31:51.829><c> that</c><00:31:52.170><c> make</c><00:31:52.430><c> peace.</c><00:31:54.289><c> Are</c><00:31:54.569><c> our</c><00:31:54.890><c> ecclesias</c>

00:31:57.150 --> 00:32:01.990
battlefields<00:31:57.789><c> or</c><00:31:58.170><c> green</c><00:31:58.549><c> pastures?</c><00:32:00.809><c> And</c><00:32:01.109><c> the</c><00:32:01.390><c> persecuted</c>

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and<00:32:02.730><c> the</c><00:32:02.950><c> reviled,</c><00:32:04.269><c> those</c><00:32:04.609><c> who</c><00:32:04.829><c> are</c><00:32:04.910><c> heaped</c><00:32:05.130><c> with</c><00:32:05.390><c> shame</c>

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and<00:32:05.970><c> reproach</c><00:32:06.450><c> for</c><00:32:06.609><c> the</c><00:32:06.750><c> name</c><00:32:06.910><c> of</c><00:32:07.130><c> Christ,</c><00:32:07.549><c> they're</c><00:32:07.710><c> also</c><00:32:08.089><c> among</c><00:32:08.390><c> the</c>

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blessed,<00:32:09.650><c> the</c><00:32:09.869><c> truly</c><00:32:10.109><c> happy,</c><00:32:10.490><c> Jesus</c><00:32:10.930><c> says.</c>

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This<00:32:13.309><c> is</c><00:32:13.569><c> an</c><00:32:13.789><c> apparent</c><00:32:14.230><c> contradiction,</c><00:32:15.309><c> isn't</c><00:32:15.410><c> it,</c><00:32:15.809><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:32:16.190><c> sisters?</c><00:32:16.529><c> A</c><00:32:16.750><c> paradox.</c><00:32:18.650><c> Nothing</c><00:32:18.950><c> at</c><00:32:19.130><c> all</c>

00:32:19.349 --> 00:32:22.009
like<00:32:19.630><c> you</c><00:32:19.750><c> would</c><00:32:20.049><c> imagine</c><00:32:20.349><c> as</c><00:32:20.569><c> the</c><00:32:20.730><c> basis</c><00:32:21.029><c> for</c><00:32:21.309><c> blessing</c><00:32:21.690><c> and</c>

00:32:22.009 --> 00:32:24.410
happiness.<00:32:22.890><c> But</c><00:32:23.109><c> of</c><00:32:23.269><c> course</c><00:32:23.430><c> you</c><00:32:23.589><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:23.950><c> imagine</c>

00:32:24.410 --> 00:32:29.609
it.<00:32:26.170><c> Because</c><00:32:26.509><c> these</c><00:32:26.789><c> are</c><00:32:27.009><c> not</c><00:32:27.250><c> natural</c><00:32:27.750><c> thoughts.</c><00:32:29.269><c> So</c><00:32:29.450><c> they</c>

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won't<00:32:29.930><c> spring</c><00:32:30.230><c> naturally</c><00:32:30.710><c> to</c><00:32:30.950><c> your</c><00:32:31.289><c> mind.</c><00:32:33.789><c> These</c>

00:32:34.130 --> 00:32:38.569
are<00:32:34.490><c> divine</c><00:32:34.990><c> thoughts.</c><00:32:36.910><c> This</c><00:32:37.089><c> is</c><00:32:37.349><c> God's</c><00:32:37.930><c> estimate</c><00:32:38.210><c> of</c><00:32:38.369><c> what</c>

00:32:38.569 --> 00:32:42.769
makes<00:32:38.869><c> up</c><00:32:39.109><c> the</c><00:32:39.269><c> complete</c><00:32:39.690><c> man.</c><00:32:42.089><c> And</c><00:32:42.190><c> those</c><00:32:42.430><c> who</c><00:32:42.589><c> are</c>

00:32:42.769 --> 00:32:49.289
accounted<00:32:43.009><c> worthy</c><00:32:43.470><c> to</c><00:32:43.710><c> suffer</c><00:32:43.950><c> shame</c><00:32:44.529><c> for</c><00:32:44.670><c> his</c><00:32:44.970><c> name,</c><00:32:45.490><c> rejoice</c><00:32:45.890><c> and</c><00:32:46.130><c> praise</c><00:32:46.569><c> God.</c><00:32:48.029><c> Like</c><00:32:48.250><c> Paul</c><00:32:48.490><c> and</c><00:32:48.769><c> Silas</c><00:32:49.089><c> in</c>

00:32:49.289 --> 00:32:54.789
that<00:32:49.450><c> Philippian</c><00:32:49.930><c> jail.</c><00:32:51.470><c> They</c><00:32:51.710><c> rejoiced</c><00:32:52.150><c> that</c><00:32:52.269><c> they</c><00:32:52.490><c> were</c><00:32:52.690><c> accounted</c><00:32:53.009><c> amongst</c><00:32:53.849><c> the</c><00:32:54.230><c> servants</c><00:32:54.549><c> of</c>

00:32:54.789 --> 00:32:55.470
the<00:32:54.890><c> living</c><00:32:55.130><c> God</c>

00:32:55.470 --> 00:32:59.809
and<00:32:55.650><c> the</c><00:32:55.750><c> Lord</c><00:32:55.950><c> Jesus</c><00:32:56.390><c> Christ.</c><00:32:58.369><c> Now</c><00:32:58.589><c> I've</c><00:32:58.710><c> only</c><00:32:58.869><c> very</c><00:32:59.130><c> briefly,</c><00:32:59.569><c> as</c><00:32:59.690><c> you</c>

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will<00:33:00.009><c> appreciate,</c><00:33:00.569><c> run</c><00:33:00.670><c> through</c><00:33:00.910><c> these</c>

00:33:01.190 --> 00:33:07.490
qualities<00:33:01.609><c> that</c><00:33:01.809><c> Jesus</c><00:33:02.150><c> sets</c><00:33:02.470><c> forth</c><00:33:02.769><c> as</c><00:33:03.009><c> fundamental</c><00:33:03.650><c> for</c><00:33:04.109><c> Christian</c><00:33:04.569><c> discipleship.</c><00:33:06.869><c> This</c><00:33:07.210><c> is</c>

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what<00:33:07.670><c> he's</c>

00:33:07.930 --> 00:33:11.390
looking<00:33:08.230><c> for</c><00:33:08.509><c> in</c><00:33:08.690><c> the</c><00:33:08.869><c> citizens</c><00:33:09.190><c> of</c><00:33:09.390><c> his</c><00:33:09.609><c> kingdom.</c><00:33:11.049><c> Then</c><00:33:11.250><c> he</c>

00:33:11.390 --> 00:33:15.329
goes<00:33:11.650><c> on</c><00:33:12.069><c> to</c><00:33:12.670><c> discuss</c><00:33:13.029><c> their</c><00:33:13.309><c> function,</c><00:33:14.069><c> verses</c><00:33:14.269><c> 13</c><00:33:14.950><c> to</c>

00:33:15.329 --> 00:33:20.390
16.<00:33:17.809><c> And</c><00:33:18.029><c> I'd</c><00:33:18.170><c> just</c><00:33:18.369><c> like</c><00:33:18.630><c> to</c><00:33:18.910><c> complete</c><00:33:19.250><c> our</c><00:33:19.630><c> consideration</c>

00:33:20.390 --> 00:33:22.789
of<00:33:20.670><c> this</c><00:33:20.890><c> theme</c><00:33:21.089><c> this</c><00:33:21.369><c> morning</c><00:33:21.609><c> by</c><00:33:21.849><c> looking</c><00:33:22.109><c> very</c><00:33:22.430><c> briefly</c>

00:33:22.789 --> 00:33:30.130
at<00:33:23.369><c> that</c><00:33:23.769><c> section.</c><00:33:26.210><c> Our</c><00:33:26.309><c> Lord</c><00:33:26.470><c> uses</c><00:33:26.829><c> two</c><00:33:27.130><c> figures</c><00:33:27.690><c> to</c><00:33:28.710><c> highlight</c><00:33:29.029><c> the</c><00:33:29.269><c> function</c><00:33:29.710><c> of</c>

00:33:30.130 --> 00:33:31.289
those<00:33:30.549><c> who</c><00:33:30.829><c> belong</c><00:33:31.109><c> to</c>

00:33:31.289 --> 00:33:35.029
the<00:33:31.450><c> kingdom</c><00:33:31.730><c> of</c><00:33:31.990><c> God.</c><00:33:33.450><c> First</c><00:33:33.670><c> of</c><00:33:33.849><c> all,</c><00:33:34.049><c> he</c><00:33:34.069><c> says,</c><00:33:34.589><c> ye</c><00:33:34.589><c> are</c><00:33:34.809><c> the</c>

00:33:35.029 --> 00:33:38.750
salt<00:33:35.210><c> of</c><00:33:35.430><c> the</c><00:33:35.609><c> earth.</c><00:33:36.849><c> And</c><00:33:37.130><c> secondly,</c><00:33:38.309><c> ye</c><00:33:38.470><c> are</c><00:33:38.609><c> the</c>

00:33:38.750 --> 00:33:44.470
light<00:33:38.930><c> of</c><00:33:39.150><c> the</c><00:33:39.369><c> world.</c><00:33:41.250><c> And</c><00:33:41.490><c> we'll</c><00:33:41.690><c> perhaps</c><00:33:41.910><c> just</c><00:33:43.269><c> reflect</c><00:33:43.809><c> upon</c><00:33:44.130><c> them</c><00:33:44.289><c> in</c>

00:33:44.470 --> 00:33:48.509
that<00:33:44.710><c> order.</c><00:33:47.410><c> There</c><00:33:47.609><c> are</c><00:33:47.769><c> two</c><00:33:47.990><c> functions</c>

00:33:48.509 --> 00:33:52.410
of<00:33:48.829><c> salt,</c><00:33:49.289><c> aren't</c><00:33:49.430><c> there</c><00:33:49.630><c> brethren</c><00:33:49.930><c> and</c><00:33:50.210><c> sisters?</c><00:33:51.990><c> And</c><00:33:52.289><c> you</c>

00:33:52.410 --> 00:33:57.289
will<00:33:52.609><c> know</c><00:33:52.789><c> them.</c><00:33:54.190><c> The</c><00:33:54.349><c> one</c><00:33:54.450><c> is</c><00:33:54.750><c> to</c><00:33:55.009><c> preserve,</c><00:33:56.769><c> as</c><00:33:56.869><c> in</c>

00:33:57.289 --> 00:34:02.569
salt<00:33:57.609><c> beef</c><00:33:57.950><c> or</c><00:33:58.230><c> salt</c><00:33:58.670><c> fish.</c><00:33:59.910><c> And</c><00:34:00.170><c> the</c><00:34:00.470><c> other</c><00:34:00.789><c> is</c><00:34:01.150><c> to</c><00:34:01.529><c> flavor.</c>

00:34:04.470 --> 00:34:08.210
And<00:34:04.750><c> there</c><00:34:04.990><c> is</c><00:34:05.250><c> an</c><00:34:05.569><c> implied</c><00:34:06.049><c> criticism</c><00:34:06.829><c> of</c><00:34:07.210><c> our</c><00:34:07.569><c> world</c><00:34:08.050><c> in</c>

00:34:08.210 --> 00:34:12.650
the<00:34:08.329><c> very</c><00:34:08.550><c> fact</c><00:34:08.730><c> that</c><00:34:08.909><c> Jesus</c><00:34:09.210><c> says</c><00:34:09.510><c> it</c><00:34:09.889><c> needs</c><00:34:10.309><c> salt.</c><00:34:11.989><c> And</c><00:34:12.269><c> you're</c><00:34:12.469><c> to</c>

00:34:12.650 --> 00:34:16.170
provide<00:34:12.969><c> it.</c><00:34:14.869><c> Because</c><00:34:15.090><c> you</c><00:34:15.309><c> see</c><00:34:15.510><c> the</c><00:34:15.650><c> world</c><00:34:15.909><c> is</c>

00:34:16.170 --> 00:34:21.110
always<00:34:16.590><c> tending</c><00:34:17.050><c> towards</c><00:34:17.530><c> putrefaction.</c><00:34:19.909><c> Left</c><00:34:20.150><c> to</c><00:34:20.389><c> itself,</c>

00:34:21.469 --> 00:34:25.730
society<00:34:22.030><c> corrupts,</c><00:34:22.929><c> doesn't</c><00:34:23.070><c> it?</c><00:34:24.909><c> Get</c><00:34:25.130><c> a</c><00:34:25.309><c> gaggle</c><00:34:25.610><c> of</c>

00:34:25.730 --> 00:34:29.469
people<00:34:26.010><c> together</c><00:34:26.469><c> and</c><00:34:26.650><c> they</c><00:34:26.869><c> nearly</c><00:34:27.130><c> always</c><00:34:27.750><c> descend</c><00:34:28.269><c> in</c><00:34:28.730><c> their</c><00:34:28.889><c> manner</c><00:34:29.050><c> of</c>

00:34:29.469 --> 00:34:30.989
conversation<00:34:30.050><c> to</c><00:34:30.369><c> crudity</c><00:34:30.789><c> and</c>

00:34:30.989 --> 00:34:35.190
obscenity<00:34:31.469><c> within</c><00:34:31.690><c> a</c><00:34:31.829><c> very</c><00:34:32.130><c> short</c><00:34:32.369><c> space.</c><00:34:34.389><c> Human</c><00:34:34.610><c> nature</c><00:34:34.929><c> is</c>

00:34:35.190 --> 00:34:38.469
evil<00:34:35.429><c> and</c><00:34:35.670><c> not</c><00:34:35.929><c> good,</c><00:34:36.150><c> and</c><00:34:36.269><c> we</c><00:34:36.449><c> well</c><00:34:36.690><c> know</c><00:34:36.889><c> that.</c><00:34:38.210><c> The</c>

00:34:38.469 --> 00:34:42.510
constitution<00:34:39.150><c> of</c><00:34:39.389><c> mankind</c><00:34:39.829><c> is</c><00:34:40.210><c> one</c><00:34:40.449><c> that</c><00:34:40.670><c> is</c><00:34:40.969><c> going</c><00:34:41.369><c> rotten.</c>

00:34:42.630 --> 00:34:44.570
And<00:34:42.829><c> if</c><00:34:42.889><c> it</c><00:34:43.070><c> hasn't</c><00:34:43.250><c> already</c><00:34:43.550><c> done</c><00:34:43.849><c> so,</c><00:34:44.250><c> it's</c>

00:34:44.570 --> 00:34:48.769
flavorless<00:34:45.010><c> and</c><00:34:45.269><c> insipid</c><00:34:45.590><c> from</c><00:34:45.809><c> God's</c><00:34:46.250><c> point</c><00:34:46.469><c> of</c><00:34:46.690><c> view.</c><00:34:48.630><c> Now</c>

00:34:48.769 --> 00:34:52.130
you<00:34:48.869><c> will</c><00:34:49.150><c> also</c><00:34:49.489><c> know</c><00:34:49.789><c> that</c><00:34:50.130><c> salt</c><00:34:50.369><c> is</c><00:34:50.769><c> an</c><00:34:51.170><c> additive.</c>

00:34:52.550 --> 00:34:54.789
It's<00:34:52.750><c> quite</c><00:34:53.030><c> different</c><00:34:53.449><c> from</c><00:34:53.650><c> the</c><00:34:53.869><c> material</c><00:34:54.250><c> into</c><00:34:54.510><c> which</c><00:34:54.650><c> it</c>

00:34:54.789 --> 00:34:57.090
is<00:34:55.090><c> placed.</c><00:34:56.070><c> Just</c><00:34:56.250><c> to</c><00:34:56.349><c> give</c><00:34:56.429><c> a</c><00:34:56.570><c> very</c><00:34:56.849><c> simple</c>

00:34:57.090 --> 00:34:59.710
illustration,<00:34:57.909><c> you've</c><00:34:58.050><c> got</c><00:34:58.269><c> potatoes</c><00:34:58.730><c> bubbling</c><00:34:59.090><c> away</c><00:34:59.409><c> in</c><00:34:59.530><c> a</c>

00:34:59.710 --> 00:35:02.050
pot.<00:35:00.130><c> You</c><00:35:00.309><c> forgot</c><00:35:00.630><c> to</c><00:35:00.889><c> add</c><00:35:01.030><c> any</c><00:35:01.289><c> salt.</c><00:35:01.789><c> You</c><00:35:01.909><c> know</c>

00:35:02.050 --> 00:35:04.670
exactly<00:35:02.469><c> what</c><00:35:02.690><c> they'll</c><00:35:02.969><c> taste</c><00:35:03.210><c> like</c><00:35:03.449><c> when</c><00:35:03.630><c> they're</c><00:35:03.949><c> cooked.</c>

00:35:04.829 --> 00:35:07.610
So<00:35:04.989><c> you</c><00:35:05.190><c> quickly</c><00:35:05.909><c> take</c><00:35:06.449><c> the</c><00:35:06.610><c> pot</c><00:35:06.690><c> off</c><00:35:06.829><c> the</c><00:35:07.070><c> stove,</c><00:35:07.449><c> add</c><00:35:07.469><c> a</c>

00:35:07.610 --> 00:35:09.929
teaspoonful<00:35:08.070><c> of</c><00:35:08.269><c> salt,</c><00:35:08.610><c> stir</c><00:35:08.690><c> it</c><00:35:08.929><c> around</c><00:35:09.130><c> and</c><00:35:09.250><c> give</c><00:35:09.389><c> it</c><00:35:09.570><c> another</c><00:35:09.730><c> few</c>

00:35:09.929 --> 00:35:11.650
minutes<00:35:10.210><c> on</c><00:35:10.449><c> the</c><00:35:10.690><c> stove.</c><00:35:11.269><c> Otherwise,</c>

00:35:11.650 --> 00:35:16.250
your<00:35:11.889><c> guests</c><00:35:12.170><c> will</c><00:35:12.469><c> not</c><00:35:12.710><c> enjoy</c><00:35:13.070><c> the</c><00:35:13.349><c> meal.</c><00:35:14.730><c> You</c><00:35:14.969><c> give</c><00:35:15.309><c> time</c><00:35:15.929><c> to</c>

00:35:16.250 --> 00:35:19.289
allow<00:35:16.469><c> the</c><00:35:16.750><c> salt</c><00:35:16.929><c> to</c><00:35:17.250><c> permeate</c><00:35:17.809><c> and</c><00:35:17.989><c> give</c><00:35:18.250><c> flavor.</c>

00:35:19.929 --> 00:35:24.369
And<00:35:20.110><c> that,</c><00:35:20.449><c> says</c><00:35:20.510><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:21.389><c> is</c><00:35:21.570><c> the</c><00:35:21.670><c> function</c><00:35:21.949><c> of</c><00:35:22.130><c> my</c><00:35:22.369><c> disciples.</c><00:35:23.969><c> To</c><00:35:24.210><c> give</c>

00:35:24.369 --> 00:35:26.210
some<00:35:24.769><c> kind</c><00:35:25.050><c> of</c><00:35:25.349><c> flavor</c><00:35:25.650><c> to</c><00:35:25.849><c> their</c>

00:35:26.210 --> 00:35:32.829
society.<00:35:28.030><c> As</c><00:35:28.489><c> thou</c><00:35:28.909><c> hast</c><00:35:29.309><c> sent</c><00:35:29.730><c> me</c><00:35:30.110><c> into</c><00:35:30.409><c> the</c><00:35:30.750><c> world,</c><00:35:31.289><c> he</c><00:35:31.570><c> said,</c><00:35:32.369><c> even</c>

00:35:32.829 --> 00:35:36.010
so<00:35:33.269><c> have</c><00:35:33.550><c> I</c><00:35:33.969><c> sent</c><00:35:34.329><c> them</c><00:35:34.789><c> into</c><00:35:35.190><c> the</c><00:35:35.469><c> world.</c>

00:35:36.010 --> 00:35:40.010
To<00:35:37.130><c> preserve</c><00:35:37.489><c> men</c><00:35:37.690><c> and</c><00:35:37.869><c> women</c><00:35:38.050><c> from</c><00:35:38.329><c> corruption.</c><00:35:39.670><c> To</c><00:35:39.730><c> bring</c>

00:35:40.010 --> 00:35:43.530
the<00:35:40.469><c> savor</c><00:35:40.869><c> of</c><00:35:41.130><c> Christ</c><00:35:41.590><c> to</c><00:35:41.829><c> their</c><00:35:42.210><c> environment.</c>

00:35:45.489 --> 00:35:48.150
So<00:35:45.590><c> as</c><00:35:45.750><c> you</c><00:35:45.889><c> go</c><00:35:46.050><c> about</c><00:35:46.329><c> your</c><00:35:46.570><c> daily</c><00:35:46.909><c> lives</c><00:35:47.389><c> and</c><00:35:47.570><c> your</c><00:35:47.730><c> everyday</c>

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tasks,<00:35:48.929><c> brethren</c><00:35:49.010><c> and</c><00:35:49.289><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:49.730 --> 00:35:53.670
think<00:35:50.050><c> of</c><00:35:50.269><c> yourselves</c><00:35:50.969><c> as</c><00:35:51.429><c> being</c><00:35:51.829><c> sent</c><00:35:52.250><c> into</c><00:35:52.630><c> the</c><00:35:52.929><c> world</c><00:35:53.269><c> by</c>

00:35:53.670 --> 00:35:57.210
Jesus<00:35:54.250><c> as</c><00:35:55.170><c> spiritual</c><00:35:55.989><c> salt.</c>

00:35:57.989 --> 00:36:06.070
To<00:35:58.510><c> preserve</c><00:35:59.030><c> and</c><00:36:00.050><c> to</c><00:36:00.210><c> add</c><00:36:00.469><c> flavor.</c><00:36:02.449><c> Now</c><00:36:02.710><c> historically,</c><00:36:04.369><c> we've</c><00:36:04.489><c> tended</c><00:36:04.670><c> to</c><00:36:04.889><c> do</c><00:36:04.969><c> the</c><00:36:05.210><c> opposite.</c><00:36:06.070><c> A</c>

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bit<00:36:06.230><c> like</c><00:36:06.530><c> Jonah</c>

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going<00:36:07.090><c> in</c><00:36:07.269><c> the</c><00:36:07.409><c> opposite</c><00:36:07.670><c> direction,</c><00:36:08.150><c> as</c><00:36:08.309><c> I</c><00:36:08.469><c> was</c><00:36:08.610><c> saying</c><00:36:08.730><c> to</c>

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the<00:36:08.989><c> young</c><00:36:09.170><c> people</c><00:36:09.409><c> earlier</c><00:36:09.750><c> today.</c><00:36:11.769><c> We've</c><00:36:12.230><c> tended</c>

00:36:12.389 --> 00:36:14.730
to<00:36:12.630><c> withdraw</c><00:36:13.050><c> from</c><00:36:13.269><c> the</c><00:36:13.530><c> world</c><00:36:13.730><c> because</c><00:36:13.989><c> we've</c><00:36:14.230><c> been</c><00:36:14.369><c> afraid</c>

00:36:14.730 --> 00:36:18.550
of<00:36:14.889><c> it.</c><00:36:16.210><c> Rightly</c><00:36:16.730><c> so,</c><00:36:17.510><c> in</c><00:36:17.769><c> measure</c><00:36:18.050><c> because</c><00:36:18.349><c> it's</c>

00:36:18.550 --> 00:36:22.929
a<00:36:18.710><c> dangerous</c><00:36:19.010><c> place.</c><00:36:20.550><c> But</c><00:36:20.730><c> as</c><00:36:20.969><c> a</c><00:36:21.110><c> community,</c><00:36:21.449><c> we've</c><00:36:21.690><c> had</c><00:36:21.789><c> a</c><00:36:22.010><c> policy</c><00:36:22.269><c> almost</c><00:36:22.690><c> of</c>

00:36:22.929 --> 00:36:24.949
withdrawal.<00:36:24.090><c> Come</c><00:36:24.369><c> inside,</c>

00:36:24.949 --> 00:36:28.909
shut<00:36:25.349><c> the</c><00:36:25.590><c> door,</c><00:36:25.949><c> draw</c><00:36:26.230><c> the</c><00:36:26.489><c> curtains</c><00:36:26.829><c> and</c><00:36:27.510><c> leave</c><00:36:27.789><c> those</c><00:36:28.110><c> outside</c><00:36:28.610><c> to</c>

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stew<00:36:29.030><c> in</c><00:36:29.150><c> their</c><00:36:29.369><c> own</c><00:36:29.570><c> juice.</c>

00:36:29.909 --> 00:36:31.449
Because<00:36:29.929><c> it's</c><00:36:30.110><c> their</c><00:36:30.250><c> own</c><00:36:30.429><c> silly</c><00:36:30.690><c> fault</c><00:36:30.849><c> they're</c><00:36:31.090><c> out</c><00:36:31.250><c> there</c>

00:36:31.449 --> 00:36:37.869
anyway.<00:36:34.570><c> Jesus</c><00:36:34.730><c> said,</c><00:36:36.190><c> I</c><00:36:36.230><c> have</c><00:36:36.909><c> sent</c><00:36:37.329><c> you</c>

00:36:37.869 --> 00:36:42.809
into<00:36:38.170><c> the</c><00:36:38.449><c> world.</c><00:36:39.269><c> Notice</c><00:36:39.550><c> he</c><00:36:39.630><c> didn't</c><00:36:39.909><c> say,</c><00:36:42.190><c> I've</c><00:36:42.469><c> asked</c><00:36:42.650><c> you</c>

00:36:42.809 --> 00:36:47.849
whether<00:36:42.929><c> you'd</c><00:36:43.170><c> like</c><00:36:43.369><c> to</c><00:36:43.630><c> go.</c><00:36:44.969><c> No.</c><00:36:45.849><c> I</c><00:36:46.369><c> have</c><00:36:46.949><c> sent</c><00:36:47.449><c> you</c>

00:36:47.849 --> 00:36:52.530
into<00:36:48.110><c> the</c><00:36:48.389><c> world.</c><00:36:49.690><c> Not</c><00:36:49.909><c> to</c><00:36:50.130><c> become</c><00:36:50.329><c> like</c><00:36:50.630><c> the</c><00:36:50.849><c> world.</c><00:36:52.130><c> To</c><00:36:52.329><c> try</c>

00:36:52.530 --> 00:36:54.469
to<00:36:52.710><c> bring</c><00:36:52.829><c> something</c><00:36:53.170><c> of</c><00:36:53.349><c> the</c><00:36:53.550><c> savor</c><00:36:53.769><c> of</c><00:36:53.929><c> Christ</c><00:36:54.250><c> into</c>

00:36:54.469 --> 00:36:58.769
the<00:36:55.150><c> environment</c><00:36:55.150><c> in</c><00:36:55.369><c> which</c><00:36:55.550><c> you</c><00:36:55.789><c> live.</c><00:36:57.190><c> If</c><00:36:57.590><c> per</c><00:36:58.050><c> chance</c><00:36:58.510><c> you</c>

00:36:58.769 --> 00:37:01.929
may<00:36:59.090><c> be</c><00:36:59.329><c> able</c><00:36:59.650><c> to</c><00:37:00.010><c> save</c><00:37:00.289><c> some</c><00:37:00.630><c> of</c><00:37:00.829><c> them</c><00:37:01.070><c> which</c><00:37:01.489><c> believe</c>

00:37:01.929 --> 00:37:06.030
on<00:37:02.289><c> me</c><00:37:02.530><c> through</c><00:37:02.789><c> your</c><00:37:03.210><c> word.</c><00:37:04.530><c> So</c><00:37:04.670><c> let</c><00:37:04.809><c> your</c><00:37:05.130><c> speech</c><00:37:05.309><c> be</c><00:37:05.550><c> always</c>

00:37:06.030 --> 00:37:09.409
seasoned<00:37:06.309><c> with</c><00:37:06.650><c> salt</c><00:37:06.969><c> and</c><00:37:07.570><c> with</c><00:37:07.829><c> grace.</c><00:37:09.070><c> For</c><00:37:09.190><c> ye</c>

00:37:09.409 --> 00:37:14.730
are<00:37:09.550><c> the</c><00:37:09.750><c> salt</c><00:37:09.929><c> of</c><00:37:10.130><c> the</c><00:37:10.329><c> earth.</c><00:37:12.289><c> We</c><00:37:12.550><c> sometimes</c><00:37:13.010><c> say</c><00:37:13.269><c> of</c><00:37:13.510><c> certain</c><00:37:13.730><c> brethren</c><00:37:14.030><c> and</c><00:37:14.269><c> sisters</c><00:37:14.530><c> of</c>

00:37:14.730 --> 00:37:15.309
the<00:37:14.889><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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they're<00:37:15.809><c> the</c><00:37:15.929><c> very</c><00:37:16.369><c> salt</c><00:37:16.630><c> of</c><00:37:16.889><c> the</c><00:37:17.110><c> earth.</c><00:37:19.309><c> Perhaps</c><00:37:19.590><c> you</c><00:37:19.849><c> know</c>

00:37:20.030 --> 00:37:23.230
that<00:37:20.250><c> expression.</c><00:37:21.050><c> By</c><00:37:21.150><c> that</c><00:37:21.369><c> we</c><00:37:21.650><c> mean</c><00:37:22.269><c> that</c><00:37:22.949><c> they're</c>

00:37:23.230 --> 00:37:28.570
examples<00:37:24.150><c> of</c><00:37:24.949><c> godliness</c><00:37:25.449><c> and</c><00:37:25.809><c> faithfulness.</c><00:37:26.510><c> They're</c><00:37:26.909><c> reliable.</c><00:37:27.510><c> They're</c><00:37:27.769><c> always</c><00:37:28.190><c> there.</c><00:37:28.429><c> We</c>

00:37:28.570 --> 00:37:29.090
can<00:37:28.809><c> depend</c>

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upon<00:37:29.409><c> them.</c><00:37:30.750><c> But</c><00:37:30.969><c> here</c><00:37:31.210><c> Jesus</c><00:37:31.530><c> is</c><00:37:31.849><c> applying</c><00:37:32.070><c> the</c><00:37:32.349><c> term</c><00:37:32.530><c> to</c><00:37:32.849><c> every</c><00:37:33.309><c> single</c><00:37:33.730><c> one</c>

00:37:33.929 --> 00:37:36.309
of<00:37:34.110><c> us</c><00:37:34.550><c> and</c><00:37:35.590><c> saying</c><00:37:35.789><c> in</c><00:37:36.030><c> effect,</c>

00:37:36.369 --> 00:37:39.710
you<00:37:36.510><c> have</c><00:37:36.710><c> a</c><00:37:37.070><c> special</c><00:37:37.409><c> mission</c><00:37:37.730><c> to</c><00:37:38.010><c> fulfill.</c><00:37:39.050><c> I</c><00:37:39.130><c> want</c><00:37:39.329><c> you</c><00:37:39.489><c> to</c>

00:37:39.710 --> 00:37:43.250
take<00:37:39.889><c> me</c><00:37:40.429><c> with</c><00:37:40.710><c> you</c><00:37:41.130><c> into</c><00:37:41.369><c> the</c><00:37:41.650><c> world</c><00:37:42.190><c> and</c><00:37:42.809><c> bring</c><00:37:42.989><c> the</c>

00:37:43.250 --> 00:37:45.710
savor<00:37:43.449><c> of</c><00:37:43.610><c> Christ</c><00:37:43.929><c> into</c><00:37:44.150><c> the</c><00:37:44.389><c> circle</c><00:37:44.650><c> in</c><00:37:44.829><c> which</c><00:37:44.969><c> you</c><00:37:45.230><c> operate</c>

00:37:45.710 --> 00:37:48.110
and<00:37:46.170><c> the</c><00:37:46.349><c> people</c><00:37:47.070><c> with</c><00:37:47.369><c> whom</c><00:37:47.469><c> you</c><00:37:47.650><c> come</c><00:37:47.809><c> in</c>

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contact.<00:37:50.090><c> And</c><00:37:50.289><c> then</c><00:37:50.570><c> secondly</c><00:37:50.829><c> he</c><00:37:51.030><c> says,</c><00:37:52.389><c> ye</c><00:37:52.409><c> are</c><00:37:52.949><c> the</c><00:37:53.289><c> light</c>

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of<00:37:54.630><c> the</c><00:37:54.849><c> world.</c><00:37:56.510><c> It</c><00:37:56.730><c> seems</c><00:37:56.909><c> to</c><00:37:57.050><c> me,</c><00:37:57.309><c> brethren</c><00:37:57.429><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:37:57.949><c> that</c><00:37:58.130><c> there's</c><00:37:58.510><c> a</c><00:37:58.650><c> designed</c><00:37:59.050><c> contrast</c><00:37:59.849><c> here.</c><00:38:01.750><c> Just</c>

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thinking<00:38:02.130><c> about</c><00:38:02.409><c> our</c><00:38:02.650><c> first</c><00:38:02.889><c> figure</c><00:38:03.150><c> again</c><00:38:03.469><c> for</c><00:38:03.650><c> a</c>

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moment.<00:38:04.409><c> Salt</c><00:38:04.829><c> mixes</c><00:38:06.269><c> with</c><00:38:08.030><c> and</c><00:38:08.909><c> influences</c><00:38:09.730><c> the</c><00:38:10.510><c> environment</c><00:38:11.369><c> unobtrusively</c><00:38:12.969><c> as</c><00:38:13.190><c> it</c><00:38:13.409><c> were.</c><00:38:13.610><c> You</c><00:38:13.730><c> can't</c>

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see<00:38:14.590><c> salt</c><00:38:14.909><c> at</c><00:38:15.210><c> work.</c><00:38:18.409><c> Taking</c><00:38:18.849><c> Christ</c><00:38:19.369><c> with</c><00:38:19.610><c> us</c><00:38:19.809><c> and</c><00:38:20.030><c> showing</c>

00:38:20.349 --> 00:38:22.989
him<00:38:21.030><c> to</c><00:38:21.449><c> men</c><00:38:21.650><c> and</c><00:38:21.769><c> women</c><00:38:22.010><c> in</c><00:38:22.170><c> our</c><00:38:22.409><c> daily</c><00:38:22.670><c> lives</c>

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because<00:38:23.309><c> of</c><00:38:23.429><c> what</c><00:38:23.650><c> we</c><00:38:24.010><c> are</c><00:38:24.610><c> and</c><00:38:25.289><c> the</c><00:38:25.510><c> standards</c><00:38:25.789><c> we</c><00:38:26.230><c> set</c><00:38:26.650><c> and</c>

00:38:27.570 --> 00:38:31.869
our<00:38:27.769><c> manner</c><00:38:27.949><c> of</c><00:38:28.329><c> speech.</c><00:38:30.130><c> But</c><00:38:30.449><c> light,</c><00:38:31.289><c> well</c><00:38:31.510><c> light</c>

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stands<00:38:32.369><c> up</c><00:38:32.690><c> doesn't</c><00:38:32.949><c> it?</c><00:38:33.889><c> Shines</c><00:38:34.230><c> forth</c><00:38:34.510><c> clearly</c><00:38:34.829><c> in</c><00:38:35.010><c> the</c><00:38:35.210><c> darkness</c><00:38:35.610><c> and</c>

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here<00:38:36.050><c> I</c><00:38:36.170><c> think</c><00:38:36.329><c> the</c><00:38:36.610><c> positive</c><00:38:36.969><c> witness</c><00:38:37.329><c> of</c>

00:38:37.570 --> 00:38:41.369
the<00:38:37.769><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:38.190><c> is</c><00:38:38.590><c> being</c><00:38:38.909><c> proclaimed.</c><00:38:40.309><c> Shine</c><00:38:40.690><c> ye</c><00:38:40.889><c> as</c><00:38:41.070><c> lights</c>

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in<00:38:41.590><c> the</c><00:38:41.829><c> world</c><00:38:42.090><c> holding</c><00:38:42.550><c> forth</c><00:38:42.929><c> the</c><00:38:43.130><c> word</c><00:38:43.289><c> of</c><00:38:43.570><c> life.</c>

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The<00:38:44.789><c> world</c><00:38:45.010><c> is</c><00:38:45.269><c> dark,</c><00:38:46.150><c> ye</c><00:38:46.230><c> are</c><00:38:46.429><c> its</c><00:38:46.750><c> light.</c><00:38:47.869><c> The</c><00:38:47.969><c> world</c><00:38:48.190><c> is</c><00:38:48.469><c> infected,</c><00:38:49.530><c> ye</c>

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are<00:38:49.809><c> its</c><00:38:50.090><c> health.</c><00:38:51.449><c> The</c><00:38:51.570><c> world</c><00:38:51.789><c> is</c><00:38:52.070><c> insipid,</c>

00:38:53.469 --> 00:38:58.829
you<00:38:53.670><c> are</c><00:38:53.949><c> its</c><00:38:54.309><c> flavor.</c><00:38:56.429><c> The</c><00:38:56.510><c> salt</c><00:38:56.789><c> of</c><00:38:56.969><c> the</c><00:38:57.150><c> earth</c><00:38:57.550><c> and</c><00:38:58.230><c> the</c><00:38:58.449><c> light</c><00:38:58.610><c> of</c>

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the<00:38:59.050><c> world,</c><00:39:00.610><c> both</c><00:39:00.949><c> activities</c><00:39:01.530><c> make</c><00:39:01.829><c> the</c>

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disciple<00:39:02.429><c> complete,</c><00:39:03.789><c> preaching</c><00:39:04.030><c> by</c><00:39:04.429><c> word</c><00:39:04.989><c> and</c><00:39:05.769><c> by</c><00:39:06.110><c> example.</c>

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And<00:39:08.210><c> please</c><00:39:08.429><c> note</c><00:39:08.789><c> that</c><00:39:09.869><c> Jesus</c><00:39:10.230><c> makes</c><00:39:10.610><c> this</c>

00:39:10.909 --> 00:39:14.030
personal<00:39:11.469><c> responsibility.</c><00:39:12.989><c> He's</c><00:39:13.050><c> not</c><00:39:13.250><c> just</c><00:39:13.429><c> talking</c><00:39:13.670><c> about</c>

00:39:14.030 --> 00:39:19.170
you<00:39:14.710><c> collectively</c><00:39:15.429><c> but</c><00:39:16.449><c> you</c><00:39:16.869><c> and</c><00:39:17.210><c> me</c><00:39:17.789><c> individually.</c>

00:39:20.030 --> 00:39:23.210
Let<00:39:20.150><c> your</c><00:39:20.570><c> light</c><00:39:20.909><c> so</c><00:39:21.250><c> shine</c><00:39:21.510><c> before</c><00:39:21.889><c> men</c><00:39:22.170><c> that</c><00:39:22.349><c> they</c><00:39:22.550><c> may</c><00:39:22.809><c> see</c>

00:39:23.210 --> 00:39:26.969
your<00:39:23.570><c> good</c><00:39:23.909><c> works</c><00:39:24.530><c> and</c><00:39:25.349><c> glorify</c><00:39:26.050><c> your</c><00:39:26.369><c> Father</c><00:39:26.730><c> which</c>

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is<00:39:27.190><c> in</c><00:39:27.409><c> heaven.</c><00:39:29.090><c> This</c><00:39:29.409><c> is</c><00:39:29.710><c> true</c><00:39:29.949><c> discipleship</c><00:39:30.730><c> brethren</c><00:39:31.030><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:39:31.969><c> These</c><00:39:32.329><c> are</c><00:39:32.530><c> the</c><00:39:32.670><c> citizens</c><00:39:33.070><c> of</c><00:39:33.269><c> the</c><00:39:33.449><c> kingdom,</c>

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men<00:39:34.090><c> and</c><00:39:34.309><c> women</c><00:39:34.590><c> who</c><00:39:34.869><c> have</c><00:39:35.130><c> these</c><00:39:35.510><c> various</c><00:39:36.309><c> qualities</c><00:39:36.789><c> of</c><00:39:37.070><c> life</c><00:39:37.309><c> within</c><00:39:37.590><c> themselves</c><00:39:38.550><c> and</c>

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who<00:39:39.510><c> through</c><00:39:39.670><c> their</c>

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daily<00:39:40.289><c> ministrations</c><00:39:41.190><c> reveal</c><00:39:41.849><c> Christ</c><00:39:42.329><c> and</c><00:39:42.550><c> all</c><00:39:42.849><c> that</c><00:39:42.969><c> he</c><00:39:43.289><c> stands</c><00:39:43.710><c> for</c>

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and<00:39:47.730><c> women</c><00:39:47.969><c> who</c><00:39:48.170><c> will</c><00:39:48.369><c> be</c><00:39:48.630><c> there</c><00:39:48.889><c> in</c><00:39:49.150><c> the</c><00:39:49.349><c> great</c><00:39:49.610><c> day</c><00:39:50.449><c> when</c><00:39:51.570><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:39:51.929><c> is</c><00:39:52.250><c> established</c><00:39:52.690><c> worldwide</c><00:39:53.309><c> and</c><00:39:53.630><c> the</c><00:39:53.769><c> name</c>

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of<00:39:54.130><c> God</c><00:39:54.329><c> is</c><00:39:54.630><c> glorified</c><00:39:55.190><c> in</c><00:39:55.429><c> the</c><00:39:55.650><c> earth.</c><00:39:56.809><c> They</c><00:39:57.070><c> are</c><00:39:57.409><c> living</c><00:39:57.750><c> the</c>

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life<00:39:58.469><c> of</c><00:39:58.730><c> the</c><00:39:58.969><c> kingdom</c><00:39:59.550><c> now</c><00:40:00.409><c> and</c><00:40:01.449><c> in</c><00:40:01.789><c> a</c><00:40:01.889><c> sense</c><00:40:02.190><c> they</c>

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have<00:40:02.929><c> already</c><00:40:03.530><c> begun</c><00:40:04.110><c> to</c><00:40:04.570><c> sing</c><00:40:05.070><c> the</c><00:40:05.670><c> song</c><00:40:06.250><c> which</c><00:40:06.710><c> is</c><00:40:07.090><c> forever</c>

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new.<00:40:11.130><c> Pray</c><00:40:11.449><c> God</c><00:40:11.869><c> brethren</c><00:40:12.269><c> and</c><00:40:12.570><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:40:13.650><c> we</c><00:40:13.869><c> are</c><00:40:14.510><c> amongst</c><00:40:15.010><c> them.</c>