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see<00:12:58.440><c> that</c><00:12:59.220><c> those</c><00:12:59.500><c> who</c><00:12:59.820><c> would</c><00:13:00.039><c> know</c><00:13:00.220><c> the</c><00:13:00.419><c> scriptures,</c>

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who<00:13:01.980><c> would</c><00:13:02.240><c> think</c><00:13:02.419><c> back</c><00:13:02.700><c> on</c><00:13:02.879><c> the</c><00:13:03.000><c> Old</c><00:13:03.179><c> Testament,</c><00:13:04.139><c> would</c><00:13:04.299><c> begin</c><00:13:04.620><c> to</c>

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gather<00:13:05.240><c> these</c><00:13:05.659><c> bits</c><00:13:05.899><c> of</c><00:13:06.120><c> evidence</c><00:13:06.379><c> together.</c>

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need<00:13:20.700><c> it,</c><00:13:21.440><c> as</c><00:13:21.720><c> we</c><00:13:21.840><c> shall</c><00:13:22.059><c> see.</c>

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scriptures<00:13:34.580><c> to</c><00:13:34.919><c> the</c><00:13:35.100><c> New</c><00:13:35.279><c> Testament.</c><00:13:35.879><c> And</c><00:13:35.960><c> I'm</c><00:13:36.120><c> going</c><00:13:36.200><c> to</c><00:13:36.399><c> just</c><00:13:36.860><c> read</c><00:13:37.100><c> you</c>

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charges<00:13:52.019><c> Israel</c><00:13:52.500><c> with</c><00:13:52.860><c> unfaithfulness,</c><00:13:54.159><c> but</c><00:13:54.240><c> the</c><00:13:54.360><c> sort</c><00:13:54.519><c> of</c>

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unfaithfulness<00:13:55.240><c> which</c><00:13:55.460><c> is</c><00:13:55.860><c> really</c><00:13:56.120><c> like</c>

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prostitution,<00:13:57.720><c> which</c><00:13:57.879><c> leads</c><00:13:58.220><c> to</c><00:13:58.620><c> the</c><00:13:58.980><c> Lord's</c><00:13:59.700><c> divorce</c><00:14:00.019><c> of</c><00:14:00.179><c> Israel.</c><00:14:00.679><c> And</c><00:14:00.820><c> of</c>

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course,<00:14:01.139><c> the</c><00:14:01.279><c> same</c><00:14:01.460><c> with</c><00:14:01.700><c> Judah.</c>

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I'd<00:14:38.600><c> like</c><00:14:38.720><c> us</c><00:14:39.000><c> to</c><00:14:39.200><c> bear</c><00:14:39.360><c> in</c><00:14:39.620><c> mind</c><00:14:39.919><c> for</c><00:14:40.200><c> future</c><00:14:40.519><c> sessions,</c><00:14:41.000><c> because</c><00:14:41.440><c> it</c><00:14:41.759><c> has</c><00:14:42.220><c> a</c>

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briefly<00:15:09.500><c> drop</c><00:15:09.799><c> in</c><00:15:10.139><c> on</c><00:15:10.620><c> Psalm</c><00:15:11.039><c> 1,</c>

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blows<00:15:47.580><c> away.</c><00:15:48.559><c> Therefore,</c><00:15:49.000><c> the</c><00:15:49.120><c> wicked</c><00:15:49.320><c> will</c><00:15:49.559><c> not</c>

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story.<00:15:55.279><c> It's</c><00:15:55.480><c> more</c><00:15:55.960><c> of</c><00:15:56.159><c> a</c><00:15:56.340><c> metaphor,</c><00:15:56.720><c> isn't</c><00:15:56.899><c> it?</c><00:15:57.299><c> And</c><00:15:57.639><c> parables,</c><00:15:58.279><c> although</c><00:15:58.500><c> they</c>

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and<00:16:25.299><c> the</c><00:16:25.440><c> potter's</c><00:16:25.960><c> vessel.</c><00:16:26.960><c> And</c><00:16:27.320><c> in</c><00:16:27.980><c> chapter</c><00:16:28.299><c> 32</c><00:16:28.840><c> of</c><00:16:29.440><c> buying</c>

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course,<00:16:36.580><c> the</c><00:16:36.659><c> whole</c><00:16:36.840><c> book</c><00:16:37.019><c> of</c><00:16:37.259><c> Hosea</c>

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is<00:16:38.879><c> an</c><00:16:39.340><c> acted</c><00:16:39.580><c> parable,</c><00:16:40.080><c> particularly</c><00:16:40.620><c> of</c><00:16:40.940><c> the</c><00:16:41.259><c> husband</c><00:16:41.620><c> wife</c>

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So<00:16:46.659><c> let's</c><00:16:47.120><c> turn</c><00:16:47.399><c> now</c><00:16:47.779><c> to</c><00:16:48.299><c> the</c><00:16:48.500><c> 13th</c><00:16:48.960><c> chapter</c><00:16:49.179><c> of</c><00:16:49.360><c> Matthew</c><00:16:49.799><c> and</c>

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want<00:16:58.240><c> you,</c><00:16:58.860><c> please,</c><00:16:59.320><c> to</c><00:16:59.419><c> imagine,</c>

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to<00:17:01.019><c> really</c><00:17:01.299><c> put</c><00:17:01.539><c> yourselves</c><00:17:02.059><c> into</c><00:17:02.419><c> that</c><00:17:02.700><c> situation.</c><00:17:03.759><c> And</c><00:17:03.960><c> I</c>

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hope<00:17:04.240><c> you're</c><00:17:04.380><c> going</c><00:17:04.480><c> to</c><00:17:04.660><c> see</c><00:17:04.819><c> why.</c><00:17:06.799><c> To</c><00:17:07.279><c> think</c><00:17:07.900><c> of</c><00:17:08.180><c> this</c>

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as<00:17:08.660><c> if</c><00:17:08.859><c> you're</c><00:17:09.079><c> hearing</c><00:17:09.339><c> it</c><00:17:09.539><c> for</c><00:17:09.720><c> the</c><00:17:09.920><c> first</c><00:17:10.220><c> time.</c><00:17:12.119><c> Now,</c><00:17:12.440><c> look</c>

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at<00:17:12.799><c> the</c><00:17:12.960><c> first</c><00:17:13.200><c> verse.</c><00:17:13.819><c> He</c><00:17:13.940><c> goes</c><00:17:14.240><c> out</c><00:17:14.460><c> of</c><00:17:14.579><c> the</c><00:17:14.759><c> house</c>

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and<00:17:15.660><c> he</c><00:17:16.079><c> sits</c><00:17:16.279><c> by</c><00:17:16.559><c> the</c><00:17:16.740><c> lake.</c><00:17:17.400><c> And</c><00:17:17.559><c> there's</c><00:17:17.660><c> such</c><00:17:17.859><c> a</c><00:17:18.039><c> large</c><00:17:18.319><c> crowd</c><00:17:18.759><c> that</c><00:17:19.119><c> he</c>

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gets<00:17:19.500><c> into</c><00:17:19.740><c> the</c><00:17:19.980><c> boat</c><00:17:20.259><c> and</c><00:17:21.140><c> the</c><00:17:21.319><c> people</c>

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stand<00:17:22.319><c> on</c><00:17:22.579><c> the</c><00:17:22.759><c> shore.</c><00:17:23.380><c> So</c><00:17:23.579><c> there</c><00:17:23.700><c> he</c><00:17:23.819><c> is</c><00:17:24.000><c> sitting</c><00:17:24.220><c> in</c><00:17:24.400><c> the</c><00:17:24.539><c> boat</c><00:17:24.819><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:25.799><c> attitude,</c><00:17:26.220><c> as</c><00:17:26.420><c> it</c><00:17:26.539><c> were,</c><00:17:26.640><c> of</c><00:17:26.779><c> the</c><00:17:26.920><c> teacher</c>

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and<00:17:28.000><c> the</c><00:17:28.220><c> people</c><00:17:28.579><c> stand</c><00:17:29.240><c> about</c><00:17:30.059><c> him</c><00:17:30.339><c> waiting</c><00:17:30.720><c> to</c><00:17:31.019><c> hear.</c><00:17:33.299><c> There's</c><00:17:33.900><c> an</c>

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expectant<00:17:34.619><c> hush</c>

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and<00:17:37.019><c> he</c><00:17:37.200><c> begins</c><00:17:37.380><c> to</c><00:17:37.700><c> speak.</c><00:17:38.680><c> Not</c><00:17:39.000><c> one</c><00:17:39.240><c> word</c><00:17:39.460><c> is</c><00:17:39.720><c> lost.</c><00:17:41.420><c> A</c><00:17:41.700><c> farmer</c><00:17:42.180><c> went</c>

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out<00:17:43.079><c> to</c><00:17:43.359><c> sow</c><00:17:43.480><c> his</c><00:17:43.799><c> seed.</c>

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As<00:17:45.059><c> he</c><00:17:45.220><c> was</c><00:17:45.440><c> scattering</c><00:17:45.799><c> the</c><00:17:46.140><c> seed,</c><00:17:46.700><c> some</c><00:17:47.000><c> fell</c><00:17:47.259><c> along</c><00:17:47.480><c> the</c><00:17:47.740><c> path</c><00:17:48.059><c> and</c><00:17:48.480><c> the</c><00:17:48.680><c> birds</c><00:17:48.960><c> came</c><00:17:49.319><c> and</c><00:17:49.500><c> ate</c><00:17:49.680><c> it</c>

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up.<00:17:50.720><c> Some</c>

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fell<00:17:51.319><c> on</c><00:17:51.559><c> rocky</c><00:17:51.839><c> places</c><00:17:52.279><c> where</c><00:17:52.519><c> it</c><00:17:52.660><c> did</c><00:17:52.859><c> not</c><00:17:53.019><c> have</c><00:17:53.180><c> much</c><00:17:53.480><c> soil.</c>

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It<00:17:54.500><c> sprang</c><00:17:54.720><c> up</c><00:17:54.940><c> quickly</c><00:17:55.400><c> because</c><00:17:55.940><c> the</c><00:17:56.220><c> soil</c><00:17:56.380><c> was</c>

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shallow.<00:17:57.400><c> But</c><00:17:57.559><c> when</c><00:17:57.740><c> the</c><00:17:57.940><c> sun</c><00:17:58.099><c> came</c><00:17:58.380><c> up,</c><00:17:58.640><c> the</c><00:17:58.880><c> plants</c><00:17:59.119><c> were</c><00:17:59.480><c> scorched</c><00:18:00.039><c> and</c><00:18:00.339><c> they</c><00:18:00.619><c> withered</c><00:18:00.920><c> because</c><00:18:01.180><c> they</c><00:18:01.400><c> had</c><00:18:01.579><c> no</c>

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root.<00:18:03.039><c> Other</c><00:18:03.319><c> seed</c><00:18:03.700><c> fell</c><00:18:04.019><c> among</c><00:18:04.319><c> thorns</c><00:18:04.720><c> which</c><00:18:05.039><c> grew</c><00:18:05.220><c> up</c><00:18:05.599><c> and</c>

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choked<00:18:06.240><c> the</c><00:18:06.539><c> plants.</c><00:18:07.599><c> Still</c><00:18:07.880><c> other</c><00:18:08.220><c> seed</c><00:18:08.480><c> fell</c><00:18:08.799><c> on</c>

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good<00:18:09.380><c> soil</c><00:18:09.799><c> where</c><00:18:10.240><c> it</c><00:18:10.500><c> produced</c><00:18:10.799><c> a</c><00:18:11.039><c> crop,</c><00:18:11.759><c> a</c><00:18:11.819><c> hundred,</c><00:18:12.700><c> sixty</c>

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or<00:18:13.539><c> thirty</c><00:18:13.839><c> times</c><00:18:14.240><c> what</c><00:18:14.440><c> was</c><00:18:14.740><c> sown.</c><00:18:15.880><c> He</c><00:18:16.339><c> who</c><00:18:16.640><c> has</c>

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That's<00:18:26.019><c> all.</c><00:18:28.799><c> The</c><00:18:29.059><c> explanation</c><00:18:29.539><c> which</c><00:18:29.759><c> we</c><00:18:29.960><c> have</c><00:18:30.140><c> later</c><00:18:30.700><c> comes</c>

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that<00:18:43.819><c> the</c><00:18:44.039><c> Lord,</c><00:18:44.700><c> as</c><00:18:45.019><c> it</c><00:18:45.200><c> were,</c><00:18:45.599><c> leaves</c><00:18:45.720><c> at</c><00:18:45.920><c> that</c><00:18:46.180><c> point.</c><00:18:46.460><c> It</c><00:18:46.539><c> would</c><00:18:46.559><c> be</c><00:18:46.640><c> just</c><00:18:46.819><c> as</c><00:18:47.000><c> if</c><00:18:47.680><c> I</c>

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wasn't<00:18:48.140><c> tethered.</c><00:18:48.900><c> I</c><00:18:49.299><c> had</c>

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stepped<00:18:50.000><c> down</c><00:18:50.339><c> from</c><00:18:50.559><c> the</c><00:18:50.740><c> podium</c><00:18:51.039><c> to</c><00:18:51.559><c> make</c><00:18:51.819><c> a</c><00:18:52.019><c> dramatic</c><00:18:52.339><c> exit.</c>

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And<00:18:54.740><c> you</c><00:18:55.359><c> have,</c><00:18:55.960><c> if</c><00:18:56.140><c> you</c><00:18:56.480><c> were</c><00:18:56.640><c> one</c><00:18:56.839><c> of</c><00:18:56.940><c> those</c>

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listeners,<00:18:58.259><c> a</c><00:18:58.400><c> difficulty,</c><00:18:58.960><c> haven't</c><00:18:59.119><c> you?</c><00:18:59.279><c> A</c><00:18:59.480><c> real</c><00:18:59.660><c> difficulty.</c><00:19:01.400><c> And</c><00:19:01.619><c> I</c><00:19:01.680><c> hope</c><00:19:01.799><c> now</c><00:19:02.000><c> you</c><00:19:02.180><c> see</c><00:19:02.279><c> why</c><00:19:02.519><c> I</c><00:19:02.740><c> wanted</c>

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you<00:19:03.160><c> to</c><00:19:03.660><c> enter</c><00:19:03.920><c> so</c><00:19:04.839><c> firmly</c><00:19:05.240><c> into</c><00:19:05.819><c> this</c><00:19:06.200><c> whole</c><00:19:06.740><c> process</c><00:19:07.279><c> of</c><00:19:08.180><c> thinking</c><00:19:08.619><c> as</c>

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my<00:19:10.119><c> two</c><00:19:10.619><c> young</c><00:19:10.980><c> friends</c><00:19:11.539><c> might</c><00:19:12.140><c> have</c>

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thought.<00:19:14.400><c> Well,</c><00:19:15.240><c> let's</c><00:19:15.720><c> begin</c><00:19:16.019><c> to</c><00:19:16.680><c> look</c><00:19:16.920><c> at</c><00:19:17.420><c> that</c><00:19:18.319><c> in</c><00:19:19.500><c> little</c>

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detail.<00:19:20.440><c> And</c><00:19:20.720><c> let's</c><00:19:20.920><c> start</c><00:19:21.200><c> with</c><00:19:21.480><c> some</c><00:19:22.099><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:19:23.339><c> references,</c><00:19:23.980><c> which</c><00:19:24.359><c> again</c><00:19:24.700><c> we</c><00:19:24.880><c> would</c><00:19:25.099><c> hope</c><00:19:25.460><c> that</c>

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the<00:19:25.940><c> devout</c><00:19:26.180><c> would</c><00:19:26.420><c> think</c><00:19:26.660><c> of,</c><00:19:27.259><c> and</c><00:19:27.720><c> turn</c><00:19:28.059><c> to</c><00:19:28.259><c> the</c>

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chapter<00:19:29.359><c> of</c><00:19:29.960><c> the</c><00:19:30.180><c> prophet</c><00:19:30.420><c> Isaiah.</c><00:19:39.259><c> Now</c><00:19:39.380><c> this</c><00:19:39.539><c> is</c><00:19:40.839><c> that</c><00:19:41.319><c> wonderful</c><00:19:41.859><c> invitation</c><00:19:42.700><c> by</c><00:19:44.000><c> the</c><00:19:44.180><c> Lord</c><00:19:44.440><c> to</c><00:19:44.660><c> Israel</c>

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to<00:19:46.140><c> come</c><00:19:46.460><c> to</c><00:19:46.640><c> him,</c><00:19:48.119><c> to</c><00:19:48.220><c> come</c><00:19:48.420><c> to</c><00:19:48.579><c> the</c><00:19:48.740><c> waters,</c><00:19:50.180><c> to</c><00:19:50.279><c> come</c><00:19:50.480><c> to</c><00:19:50.640><c> the</c>

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feast,<00:19:52.740><c> to</c><00:19:52.819><c> give</c><00:19:53.039><c> ear</c><00:19:53.299><c> to</c><00:19:53.480><c> him,</c><00:19:53.880><c> verse</c><00:19:54.119><c> three,</c>

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the<00:19:55.920><c> promise</c><00:19:56.220><c> of</c><00:19:56.420><c> an</c><00:19:56.559><c> everlasting</c><00:19:57.000><c> covenant,</c><00:19:58.619><c> the</c><00:19:58.779><c> reminder</c>

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of<00:19:59.519><c> his</c><00:19:59.940><c> dealings</c><00:20:00.299><c> with</c><00:20:00.539><c> David,</c>

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the<00:20:03.099><c> witness</c><00:20:03.480><c> which</c><00:20:04.200><c> is</c><00:20:04.859><c> promised</c><00:20:05.099><c> to</c><00:20:05.359><c> David,</c><00:20:07.259><c> and</c><00:20:07.380><c> then</c><00:20:08.299><c> in</c>

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verse<00:20:09.700><c> six,</c><00:20:10.619><c> seek</c><00:20:10.680><c> the</c><00:20:10.900><c> Lord</c><00:20:11.140><c> while</c><00:20:11.380><c> he</c><00:20:11.500><c> may</c><00:20:11.700><c> be</c><00:20:11.960><c> found</c>

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we<00:20:18.000><c> consider</c><00:20:18.920><c> God's</c><00:20:20.380><c> purpose</c>

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it<00:20:41.819><c> without</c><00:20:42.180><c> watering</c><00:20:42.579><c> the</c><00:20:42.859><c> earth,</c><00:20:43.119><c> making</c><00:20:43.339><c> it</c><00:20:43.640><c> bud</c>

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in<00:21:50.799><c> that</c><00:21:50.980><c> chapter,</c><00:21:51.259><c> but</c><00:21:51.619><c> I</c><00:21:51.940><c> commend</c><00:21:52.180><c> it</c><00:21:52.400><c> to</c><00:21:52.579><c> you.</c>

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skies<00:22:20.880><c> and</c><00:22:21.079><c> they</c><00:22:21.279><c> will</c><00:22:21.500><c> respond</c><00:22:21.920><c> to</c><00:22:22.180><c> the</c><00:22:22.359><c> earth</c>

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and<00:22:23.099><c> the</c><00:22:23.180><c> earth</c><00:22:23.519><c> will</c><00:22:23.839><c> respond</c><00:22:24.279><c> to</c><00:22:24.500><c> the</c><00:22:24.700><c> grain,</c><00:22:25.500><c> the</c><00:22:25.660><c> new</c><00:22:26.000><c> wine</c>

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and<00:22:26.480><c> the</c><00:22:26.680><c> oil,</c><00:22:27.420><c> they</c><00:22:27.680><c> will</c><00:22:28.099><c> respond</c><00:22:28.740><c> to</c><00:22:29.180><c> Jezreel.</c>

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carry<00:23:13.400><c> on</c><00:23:13.640><c> with</c><00:23:14.319><c> what</c><00:23:14.519><c> our</c><00:23:15.579><c> listeners</c><00:23:16.099><c> might</c><00:23:16.640><c> have</c>

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I<00:23:38.019><c> hear</c><00:23:38.140><c> nothing,</c><00:23:38.539><c> just</c><00:23:38.839><c> a</c><00:23:39.059><c> story.</c>

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Well,<00:23:40.700><c> so</c><00:23:40.920><c> much</c><00:23:41.079><c> for</c><00:23:41.259><c> the</c><00:23:41.440><c> teacher</c><00:23:41.759><c> and</c><00:23:42.240><c> they</c><00:23:42.440><c> would</c><00:23:42.599><c> walk</c><00:23:42.859><c> away</c><00:23:43.420><c> without</c><00:23:44.039><c> thought.</c><00:23:45.460><c> Others</c><00:23:45.779><c> would</c><00:23:46.079><c> be</c>

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and<00:24:37.200><c> it</c><00:24:37.460><c> brings</c><00:24:37.720><c> forth</c><00:24:38.039><c> different</c>

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results<00:24:39.480><c> so</c><00:24:40.519><c> how</c><00:24:40.980><c> would</c><00:24:41.140><c> we</c><00:24:41.299><c> put</c><00:24:41.440><c> it</c><00:24:41.640><c> together</c><00:24:41.839><c> and</c><00:24:42.000><c> we</c><00:24:42.180><c> need</c>

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always<00:24:43.200><c> with</c><00:24:43.680><c> the</c><00:24:43.880><c> parables</c><00:24:44.180><c> of</c><00:24:44.380><c> the</c><00:24:44.519><c> Lord</c><00:24:44.660><c> to</c><00:24:44.819><c> be</c>

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very<00:24:45.279><c> careful</c><00:24:45.779><c> that</c><00:24:46.299><c> we</c><00:24:46.940><c> see</c><00:24:47.480><c> the</c><00:24:48.539><c> central</c><00:24:49.019><c> principle</c><00:24:49.640><c> which</c>

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governs<00:24:50.599><c> the</c><00:24:50.779><c> parable</c><00:24:51.119><c> and</c><00:24:51.599><c> that</c><00:24:51.740><c> we</c><00:24:51.960><c> pay</c><00:24:52.140><c> attention</c>

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to<00:24:53.220><c> the</c><00:24:53.400><c> detail</c><00:24:53.740><c> because</c><00:24:54.200><c> he</c><00:24:54.559><c> is</c><00:24:54.839><c> so</c><00:24:55.079><c> meticulous</c><00:24:55.660><c> in</c><00:24:55.859><c> his</c><00:24:56.039><c> detail.</c><00:24:56.420><c> Every</c><00:24:56.859><c> word</c>

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counts,<00:24:58.140><c> nothing</c><00:24:58.500><c> is</c><00:24:58.960><c> lost</c>

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and<00:25:00.740><c> so</c><00:25:01.299><c> if</c><00:25:02.200><c> we</c><00:25:02.359><c> think</c><00:25:02.500><c> about</c><00:25:02.759><c> these</c><00:25:03.039><c> different</c><00:25:03.339><c> places</c><00:25:03.660><c> where</c>

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the<00:25:04.059><c> seed</c><00:25:04.200><c> falls,</c><00:25:04.859><c> what</c><00:25:05.059><c> is</c><00:25:05.279><c> the</c><00:25:05.480><c> path?</c><00:25:06.319><c> It's</c><00:25:06.900><c> hard</c>

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soil,<00:25:09.140><c> the</c><00:25:09.339><c> seed</c><00:25:09.619><c> has</c><00:25:09.960><c> no</c><00:25:10.200><c> hope</c><00:25:10.460><c> there,</c><00:25:11.980><c> it</c><00:25:12.259><c> cannot</c><00:25:12.980><c> sink</c><00:25:13.700><c> in,</c>

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it<00:25:15.299><c> simply</c><00:25:15.660><c> lies</c><00:25:16.000><c> on</c><00:25:16.259><c> the</c><00:25:16.420><c> surface</c><00:25:16.900><c> and</c><00:25:17.920><c> the</c><00:25:18.259><c> birds</c>

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eat<00:25:19.480><c> it</c><00:25:19.660><c> up</c><00:25:20.460><c> and</c><00:25:20.900><c> so</c><00:25:21.500><c> it</c><00:25:22.519><c> has</c><00:25:22.799><c> no</c><00:25:23.640><c> value</c><00:25:24.140><c> for</c><00:25:25.539><c> that</c><00:25:26.000><c> part</c><00:25:26.480><c> of</c><00:25:26.980><c> the</c>

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soil.<00:25:28.460><c> The</c><00:25:28.680><c> rocky</c><00:25:28.859><c> places,</c>

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well<00:25:30.859><c> it</c><00:25:31.400><c> seems</c><00:25:31.799><c> to</c><00:25:32.039><c> be</c><00:25:32.579><c> in</c><00:25:32.799><c> not</c><00:25:32.980><c> too</c><00:25:33.259><c> bad</c><00:25:33.440><c> a</c><00:25:33.640><c> place</c><00:25:33.819><c> except</c><00:25:34.200><c> that</c><00:25:34.680><c> what</c><00:25:34.819><c> you</c>

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can't<00:25:35.380><c> see</c><00:25:35.799><c> is</c><00:25:36.000><c> that</c><00:25:36.180><c> underneath</c>

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the<00:25:36.660><c> soil</c><00:25:37.039><c> is</c><00:25:37.519><c> a</c><00:25:37.660><c> layer</c><00:25:37.819><c> of</c><00:25:38.000><c> rock</c><00:25:38.279><c> which</c><00:25:38.559><c> is</c><00:25:38.819><c> impervious</c><00:25:39.319><c> to</c>

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roots<00:25:39.799><c> and</c><00:25:39.960><c> doesn't</c><00:25:40.220><c> help.</c>

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Then<00:25:43.420><c> there's</c><00:25:44.140><c> other</c><00:25:44.339><c> ground</c><00:25:44.619><c> which</c><00:25:44.819><c> really</c><00:25:45.039><c> looks</c><00:25:45.279><c> quite</c>

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good<00:25:46.119><c> but</c><00:25:47.619><c> unfortunately</c><00:25:48.380><c> it's</c><00:25:49.019><c> infected,</c>

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it's<00:25:50.279><c> full</c><00:25:50.460><c> of</c><00:25:50.720><c> thorns</c><00:25:51.140><c> and</c><00:25:51.900><c> weeds</c><00:25:52.380><c> and</c><00:25:54.039><c> they</c><00:25:54.940><c> soon</c><00:25:55.859><c> stop</c><00:25:56.380><c> it.</c>

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Then<00:25:57.900><c> there's</c><00:25:58.500><c> the</c><00:25:58.700><c> good</c><00:25:58.880><c> soil</c><00:25:59.240><c> so</c><00:25:59.720><c> basically</c><00:26:00.079><c> we've</c>

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got<00:26:00.420><c> four</c><00:26:00.740><c> kinds</c><00:26:01.140><c> of</c><00:26:01.420><c> soil</c><00:26:01.799><c> that</c><00:26:02.319><c> we're</c><00:26:02.740><c> talking</c><00:26:03.079><c> about</c><00:26:03.420><c> here</c>

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and<00:26:04.259><c> one</c><00:26:04.400><c> notices</c><00:26:04.779><c> with</c><00:26:05.259><c> the</c><00:26:05.460><c> good</c><00:26:05.660><c> soil</c>

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that<00:26:07.140><c> the</c><00:26:07.480><c> point</c><00:26:07.640><c> is</c><00:26:07.839><c> not</c><00:26:08.000><c> the</c><00:26:08.259><c> differentiation</c><00:26:08.839><c> between</c><00:26:09.400><c> the</c>

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30<00:26:09.980><c> and</c><00:26:10.319><c> the</c><00:26:10.500><c> 60</c><00:26:10.900><c> and</c><00:26:11.180><c> the</c><00:26:11.339><c> 100</c><00:26:11.740><c> but</c>

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rather<00:26:12.539><c> between</c><00:26:12.880><c> the</c><00:26:13.119><c> good,</c><00:26:13.880><c> the</c><00:26:14.079><c> thorny,</c><00:26:14.920><c> the</c><00:26:15.160><c> shallow</c><00:26:15.500><c> and</c>

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the<00:26:16.799><c> beaten.</c><00:26:18.059><c> That's</c><00:26:18.460><c> where</c><00:26:19.839><c> the</c><00:26:20.140><c> essential</c>

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difference<00:26:21.200><c> lies</c><00:26:21.720><c> so</c><00:26:24.559><c> they'd</c><00:26:25.160><c> start</c><00:26:25.319><c> perhaps</c><00:26:25.640><c> to</c><00:26:25.819><c> think</c><00:26:26.099><c> along</c><00:26:26.460><c> those</c><00:26:26.799><c> lines.</c><00:26:28.359><c> So</c>

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the<00:26:28.619><c> principle</c><00:26:29.000><c> then</c><00:26:29.480><c> depends</c>

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upon<00:26:30.299><c> what</c><00:26:30.880><c> the</c><00:26:31.440><c> soil</c><00:26:31.759><c> does</c><00:26:32.380><c> and</c><00:26:32.960><c> for</c><00:26:33.160><c> the</c><00:26:33.400><c> disciples</c><00:26:33.839><c> we</c><00:26:34.339><c> have</c>

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the<00:26:34.779><c> explanation,</c><00:26:35.519><c> he</c><00:26:35.759><c> is</c><00:26:36.059><c> the</c><00:26:36.240><c> sower</c>

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and<00:26:39.799><c> the</c><00:26:40.359><c> seed</c><00:26:40.660><c> is</c><00:26:41.119><c> the</c><00:26:41.440><c> message</c><00:26:41.700><c> of</c><00:26:41.900><c> the</c><00:26:42.039><c> kingdom</c><00:26:42.500><c> and</c><00:26:44.259><c> in</c><00:26:45.119><c> the</c>

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:47.920
first<00:26:45.460><c> category</c><00:26:45.940><c> the</c><00:26:46.559><c> evil</c><00:26:46.839><c> one</c><00:26:47.079><c> who</c><00:26:47.319><c> comes</c><00:26:47.539><c> and</c>

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snatches<00:26:48.299><c> away</c><00:26:48.539><c> what</c><00:26:48.759><c> was</c><00:26:49.039><c> sown</c><00:26:49.200><c> in</c><00:26:49.359><c> his</c><00:26:49.599><c> heart,</c><00:26:50.599><c> the</c><00:26:50.819><c> evil</c><00:26:51.019><c> one,</c><00:26:51.220><c> well</c><00:26:51.420><c> we</c>

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know<00:26:51.700><c> what</c><00:26:51.880><c> that</c><00:26:52.200><c> is,</c><00:26:52.740><c> it's</c><00:26:53.059><c> ourselves</c>

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our<00:26:54.279><c> very</c><00:26:54.779><c> humanity,</c><00:26:55.819><c> our</c><00:26:56.039><c> fallen</c><00:26:56.359><c> unregenerate</c><00:26:57.259><c> self</c><00:26:57.640><c> which</c>

00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:02.119
refuses<00:26:59.279><c> utterly</c><00:26:59.900><c> to</c><00:27:00.440><c> allow</c><00:27:00.799><c> the</c><00:27:01.079><c> word</c><00:27:01.240><c> of</c><00:27:01.440><c> God</c><00:27:01.680><c> to</c>

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penetrate.<00:27:04.039><c> Then</c><00:27:04.599><c> there</c><00:27:05.099><c> is</c><00:27:05.460><c> the</c><00:27:06.099><c> seed</c><00:27:06.240><c> in</c><00:27:06.519><c> the</c><00:27:06.759><c> rocky</c><00:27:07.019><c> places,</c><00:27:07.819><c> the</c>

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:10.460
man<00:27:08.279><c> who</c><00:27:08.779><c> hears</c><00:27:09.000><c> the</c><00:27:09.259><c> word</c><00:27:09.539><c> and</c><00:27:09.900><c> one</c><00:27:10.059><c> notices</c>

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that<00:27:10.859><c> he</c><00:27:11.039><c> receives</c><00:27:11.380><c> it</c><00:27:11.539><c> with</c><00:27:11.779><c> joy,</c><00:27:13.519><c> it's</c><00:27:13.740><c> not</c><00:27:13.940><c> that</c><00:27:14.119><c> he</c><00:27:14.240><c> doesn't</c><00:27:14.599><c> receive</c><00:27:14.920><c> it</c><00:27:15.500><c> but</c>

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it's<00:27:16.460><c> what</c><00:27:16.740><c> happens</c><00:27:17.220><c> to</c><00:27:17.460><c> the</c>

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:24.500
word.<00:27:18.539><c> The</c><00:27:19.079><c> word</c><00:27:20.319><c> dies</c><00:27:20.960><c> back</c><00:27:21.619><c> because</c><00:27:22.440><c> of</c><00:27:22.619><c> the</c><00:27:22.680><c> very</c><00:27:23.180><c> shallowness</c><00:27:23.900><c> of</c><00:27:24.240><c> that</c>

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:26.819
man<00:27:24.839><c> and</c><00:27:26.099><c> the</c><00:27:26.240><c> Lord</c><00:27:26.400><c> isn't</c>

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talking<00:27:27.160><c> about</c><00:27:27.599><c> shallowness</c><00:27:28.059><c> of</c><00:27:28.339><c> character,</c><00:27:29.019><c> we</c><00:27:29.240><c> tend</c><00:27:29.460><c> to</c><00:27:29.660><c> think</c><00:27:29.819><c> about</c><00:27:30.119><c> people</c><00:27:30.420><c> having</c><00:27:30.700><c> deep</c><00:27:31.140><c> characters</c><00:27:31.599><c> or</c>

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shallow<00:27:32.220><c> characters</c><00:27:32.660><c> or</c><00:27:33.079><c> whatever</c><00:27:33.440><c> in</c><00:27:33.859><c> that</c><00:27:34.099><c> sort</c><00:27:34.259><c> of</c><00:27:34.440><c> line,</c>

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that's<00:27:35.720><c> not</c><00:27:36.039><c> the</c><00:27:36.299><c> point</c><00:27:36.519><c> here,</c><00:27:36.859><c> it</c><00:27:37.140><c> has</c><00:27:37.380><c> to</c><00:27:37.559><c> do</c>

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:44.680
with<00:27:38.440><c> the</c><00:27:39.039><c> faith</c><00:27:39.460><c> which</c><00:27:39.799><c> is</c><00:27:41.039><c> exercised</c><00:27:42.200><c> by</c><00:27:42.839><c> that</c><00:27:43.319><c> person</c><00:27:43.920><c> and</c>

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for<00:27:44.900><c> him</c>

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it<00:27:47.740><c> soon</c><00:27:47.920><c> hits</c><00:27:48.220><c> the</c><00:27:48.460><c> rock</c><00:27:48.740><c> which</c><00:27:49.839><c> will</c><00:27:50.099><c> not</c><00:27:50.619><c> allow</c><00:27:51.019><c> it</c><00:27:51.480><c> to</c><00:27:51.640><c> go</c>

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:54.900
further.<00:27:53.519><c> Then</c><00:27:53.819><c> there's</c><00:27:54.200><c> that</c><00:27:54.480><c> which</c><00:27:54.660><c> falls</c>

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among<00:27:55.240><c> thorns</c><00:27:55.799><c> and</c><00:27:56.420><c> there</c><00:27:56.779><c> we</c><00:27:57.119><c> have</c><00:27:57.920><c> what</c><00:27:58.200><c> is</c><00:27:58.440><c> so</c><00:27:58.720><c> familiar</c><00:27:59.059><c> to</c>

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ourselves,<00:28:01.279><c> the</c><00:28:01.299><c> deceitfulness</c><00:28:01.779><c> of</c><00:28:02.079><c> wealth,</c><00:28:03.339><c> the</c>

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:12.359
good<00:28:09.680><c> soil,</c><00:28:09.680><c> and</c><00:28:09.680><c> then</c><00:28:09.900><c> there's</c><00:28:11.079><c> the</c><00:28:11.119><c> good</c><00:28:11.359><c> soil.</c>

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:21.339
So<00:28:15.839><c> perhaps</c><00:28:16.460><c> what</c><00:28:17.519><c> one</c><00:28:17.940><c> would</c><00:28:18.140><c> begin</c><00:28:18.319><c> to</c><00:28:18.559><c> ask</c><00:28:18.740><c> oneself</c><00:28:19.200><c> as</c><00:28:20.359><c> one's</c><00:28:20.839><c> mind</c><00:28:21.099><c> was</c>

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:23.480
working<00:28:21.740><c> furiously</c><00:28:22.440><c> if</c><00:28:22.660><c> we</c><00:28:22.940><c> want</c><00:28:23.140><c> to</c>

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understand,<00:28:26.039><c> and</c><00:28:26.500><c> that's</c><00:28:26.640><c> what</c><00:28:26.740><c> it</c><00:28:26.880><c> ought</c><00:28:27.000><c> to</c><00:28:27.140><c> be</c><00:28:27.299><c> doing</c><00:28:27.539><c> every</c><00:28:27.880><c> time</c>

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:30.119
we<00:28:28.240><c> meet</c><00:28:28.460><c> with</c><00:28:28.680><c> the</c><00:28:28.819><c> word</c><00:28:28.980><c> of</c><00:28:29.220><c> God,</c>

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:34.740
rather<00:28:30.619><c> than</c><00:28:30.900><c> the</c><00:28:31.140><c> mind</c><00:28:31.400><c> which</c><00:28:32.339><c> so</c><00:28:32.940><c> easily</c><00:28:33.380><c> dismisses</c><00:28:34.019><c> it</c><00:28:34.359><c> and</c>

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:37.039
bounces<00:28:35.140><c> off</c><00:28:35.559><c> as</c><00:28:35.799><c> it</c><00:28:36.019><c> were</c><00:28:36.140><c> the</c><00:28:36.279><c> word</c><00:28:36.500><c> of</c><00:28:36.740><c> God</c>

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:41.599
if<00:28:37.279><c> we</c><00:28:37.460><c> don't</c><00:28:37.720><c> want</c><00:28:37.980><c> to</c><00:28:38.220><c> understand.</c><00:28:40.059><c> We</c><00:28:40.400><c> choose</c><00:28:40.859><c> the</c><00:28:41.220><c> effect</c>

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:47.140
by<00:28:43.420><c> the</c><00:28:44.000><c> way</c><00:28:44.160><c> in</c><00:28:44.299><c> which</c><00:28:44.440><c> we</c><00:28:44.720><c> exercise</c><00:28:45.359><c> the</c><00:28:46.259><c> faith</c>

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which<00:28:48.619><c> we</c><00:28:49.319><c> can</c><00:28:49.559><c> have</c><00:28:49.839><c> from</c><00:28:50.200><c> God</c><00:28:50.440><c> if</c><00:28:50.640><c> we</c><00:28:50.799><c> would</c><00:28:50.980><c> ask</c><00:28:51.240><c> for</c><00:28:51.460><c> it.</c><00:28:52.759><c> Faith</c><00:28:53.220><c> is</c>

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:56.460
that<00:28:54.940><c> gift</c><00:28:55.339><c> which</c><00:28:55.579><c> he</c><00:28:55.740><c> gives</c><00:28:56.000><c> us</c>

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and<00:28:56.759><c> which</c><00:28:56.900><c> we</c><00:28:57.119><c> should</c><00:28:57.259><c> earnestly</c><00:28:57.700><c> seek</c><00:28:58.099><c> to</c><00:28:58.599><c> multiply</c><00:28:59.140><c> in</c><00:28:59.380><c> ourselves.</c>

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:08.640
And<00:29:02.880><c> so</c><00:29:03.339><c> if</c><00:29:04.200><c> we</c><00:29:04.380><c> are</c><00:29:04.500><c> the</c><00:29:04.660><c> good</c><00:29:04.839><c> soil,</c><00:29:06.000><c> the</c><00:29:06.319><c> crop</c><00:29:06.819><c> grows</c><00:29:07.539><c> up.</c>

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:13.339
Now,<00:29:11.420><c> Brother</c><00:29:11.819><c> Roy</c><00:29:11.940><c> looked</c><00:29:12.140><c> at</c><00:29:12.299><c> the</c><00:29:12.480><c> Parable</c><00:29:12.680><c> of</c><00:29:12.839><c> the</c><00:29:13.000><c> Talents</c>

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the<00:29:13.619><c> other</c><00:29:13.799><c> morning</c><00:29:14.160><c> and</c><00:29:14.839><c> I'd</c><00:29:15.220><c> like</c><00:29:15.359><c> just</c><00:29:15.579><c> to</c>

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refer<00:29:16.039><c> across</c><00:29:16.339><c> to</c><00:29:16.559><c> it</c><00:29:16.960><c> in</c><00:29:17.279><c> Matthew</c><00:29:17.619><c> chapter</c><00:29:17.980><c> 25,</c><00:29:18.579><c> so</c><00:29:18.819><c> please</c>

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keep<00:29:19.559><c> the</c><00:29:19.839><c> reference</c><00:29:20.099><c> in</c><00:29:20.400><c> 13</c><00:29:21.019><c> and</c><00:29:22.099><c> let's</c><00:29:22.359><c> look</c><00:29:22.559><c> at</c>

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Matthew<00:29:22.940><c> 25</c><00:29:23.599><c> and</c><00:29:23.799><c> verse</c><00:29:24.039><c> 14.</c>

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:33.880
The<00:29:31.319><c> Parable</c><00:29:31.640><c> of</c><00:29:31.779><c> the</c><00:29:31.920><c> Talents</c><00:29:32.099><c> has</c><00:29:32.339><c> to</c><00:29:32.500><c> do</c><00:29:32.599><c> with</c><00:29:32.759><c> opportunity</c>

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and<00:29:40.519><c> the</c><00:29:41.039><c> gift</c><00:29:41.359><c> of</c><00:29:41.539><c> the</c><00:29:41.700><c> talents,</c><00:29:42.900><c> I</c><00:29:43.180><c> suppose</c><00:29:43.400><c> one</c><00:29:43.619><c> could</c><00:29:43.859><c> say,</c>

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might<00:29:45.099><c> be</c><00:29:45.359><c> according</c><00:29:45.700><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:46.720><c> Lord's</c><00:29:47.240><c> judgment</c><00:29:47.559><c> of</c><00:29:48.180><c> that</c><00:29:48.599><c> person's</c><00:29:49.119><c> ability,</c><00:29:51.779><c> so</c><00:29:52.079><c> that</c>

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he<00:29:53.079><c> is</c><00:29:53.640><c> able</c><00:29:53.900><c> to</c><00:29:54.380><c> do</c><00:29:55.140><c> the</c><00:29:55.480><c> utmost</c><00:29:55.920><c> with</c><00:29:56.180><c> what</c><00:29:56.339><c> he</c><00:29:56.539><c> is</c>

00:29:56.700 --> 00:30:08.420
given.<00:29:59.660><c> So</c><00:30:00.059><c> you</c><00:30:00.200><c> have</c><00:30:00.359><c> the</c><00:30:00.640><c> five</c><00:30:01.039><c> who</c><00:30:01.359><c> uses</c><00:30:02.500><c> his</c><00:30:03.559><c> five</c><00:30:04.059><c> and</c><00:30:04.440><c> gains</c><00:30:04.700><c> five</c><00:30:05.079><c> more.</c><00:30:07.579><c> The</c>

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one<00:30:08.619><c> with</c><00:30:08.900><c> two</c><00:30:10.039><c> gains</c><00:30:10.539><c> two</c>

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and<00:30:12.200><c> so</c><00:30:12.599><c> on,</c><00:30:13.900><c> except</c><00:30:14.079><c> for</c><00:30:14.279><c> the</c><00:30:14.400><c> one</c><00:30:15.140><c> who</c><00:30:15.440><c> has</c><00:30:15.700><c> one</c><00:30:16.319><c> and</c><00:30:17.240><c> simply</c>

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buries<00:30:17.900><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:30:20.140><c> it's</c><00:30:20.720><c> a</c><00:30:20.799><c> nice</c><00:30:21.119><c> companion</c><00:30:21.640><c> piece,</c><00:30:21.940><c> isn't</c><00:30:22.160><c> it,</c><00:30:22.640><c> for</c><00:30:22.920><c> the</c><00:30:24.140><c> parable</c><00:30:24.380><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:24.799><c> sower.</c><00:30:26.180><c> For</c><00:30:26.359><c> the</c><00:30:26.619><c> seed</c>

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:32.880
to<00:30:27.480><c> do</c><00:30:27.720><c> anything</c><00:30:28.240><c> it</c><00:30:28.839><c> must</c><00:30:29.240><c> sink</c><00:30:29.599><c> down</c><00:30:30.539><c> into</c><00:30:31.140><c> the</c><00:30:31.380><c> soil.</c><00:30:32.740><c> It</c>

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:35.900
must<00:30:33.140><c> put</c><00:30:33.519><c> its</c><00:30:33.880><c> roots</c><00:30:34.119><c> down</c><00:30:34.519><c> into</c><00:30:34.740><c> that</c><00:30:35.019><c> soil</c>

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:39.839
and<00:30:36.240><c> the</c><00:30:36.359><c> deeper</c><00:30:36.640><c> the</c><00:30:36.960><c> soil</c><00:30:37.279><c> the</c><00:30:37.819><c> further</c><00:30:38.160><c> the</c><00:30:38.359><c> root</c><00:30:38.500><c> goes</c><00:30:38.900><c> down</c><00:30:39.480><c> and</c>

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in<00:30:40.059><c> a</c><00:30:40.180><c> dry</c><00:30:40.359><c> country</c><00:30:40.759><c> like</c><00:30:41.059><c> Palestine</c>

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the<00:30:42.460><c> water</c><00:30:42.779><c> reserves</c><00:30:43.200><c> are</c><00:30:43.440><c> down</c><00:30:43.660><c> there.</c><00:30:44.579><c> The</c><00:30:44.720><c> scorching</c><00:30:45.119><c> sun</c>

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:48.220
dries<00:30:46.039><c> off</c><00:30:46.359><c> the</c><00:30:46.539><c> top</c><00:30:46.740><c> too</c><00:30:47.039><c> easily.</c><00:30:47.799><c> That's</c><00:30:47.980><c> why</c>

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the<00:30:48.440><c> rocky</c><00:30:48.660><c> soil</c><00:30:48.960><c> is</c><00:30:49.160><c> no</c><00:30:49.380><c> good.</c><00:30:52.359><c> Why</c><00:30:52.960><c> each</c><00:30:54.440><c> one</c><00:30:54.660><c> of</c><00:30:54.759><c> us</c><00:30:55.059><c> needs,</c>

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:58.079
as<00:30:55.779><c> it</c><00:30:55.980><c> were,</c><00:30:56.279><c> to</c><00:30:56.380><c> go</c><00:30:56.599><c> in</c><00:30:56.839><c> for</c><00:30:56.940><c> what</c><00:30:57.180><c> farmers</c><00:30:57.559><c> call</c>

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deep<00:30:58.619><c> tilling,</c><00:31:00.579><c> to</c><00:31:00.779><c> keep</c><00:31:01.059><c> digging</c><00:31:01.400><c> down,</c><00:31:02.640><c> to</c><00:31:02.720><c> keep</c><00:31:03.039><c> preparing</c>

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:09.640
for<00:31:04.579><c> that</c><00:31:05.359><c> seed</c><00:31:05.700><c> to</c><00:31:06.240><c> sink</c><00:31:06.460><c> in.</c><00:31:07.839><c> Not</c><00:31:08.519><c> simply</c>

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:15.819
to<00:31:10.460><c> hide,</c><00:31:11.799><c> to</c><00:31:12.000><c> use</c><00:31:12.539><c> the</c><00:31:12.920><c> soil</c><00:31:13.240><c> to</c><00:31:14.079><c> scrape</c><00:31:14.279><c> over</c><00:31:15.000><c> the</c><00:31:15.380><c> thing</c><00:31:15.559><c> so</c>

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:20.339
that<00:31:15.940><c> it's</c><00:31:16.180><c> covered</c><00:31:16.579><c> and</c><00:31:17.880><c> simply</c><00:31:18.400><c> stops</c><00:31:18.859><c> at</c><00:31:19.119><c> that</c><00:31:19.359><c> point.</c>

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Well,<00:31:24.339><c> brothers</c><00:31:24.480><c> and</c><00:31:24.619><c> sisters,</c><00:31:25.039><c> the</c><00:31:25.779><c> challenge</c><00:31:26.259><c> is</c><00:31:26.640><c> there</c><00:31:26.819><c> to</c>

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:29.880
us,<00:31:27.339><c> just</c><00:31:27.599><c> as</c><00:31:27.799><c> it</c><00:31:27.940><c> was</c><00:31:28.559><c> to</c><00:31:29.079><c> those</c><00:31:29.359><c> people</c>

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:38.220
who<00:31:30.660><c> were</c><00:31:30.880><c> faced</c><00:31:31.079><c> with</c><00:31:31.279><c> it</c><00:31:32.119><c> in</c><00:31:33.059><c> that</c><00:31:33.319><c> first</c><00:31:33.559><c> century</c><00:31:33.960><c> occasion.</c><00:31:35.759><c> And</c><00:31:36.140><c> it</c><00:31:36.339><c> speaks</c><00:31:36.539><c> to</c><00:31:36.740><c> us</c><00:31:37.259><c> with</c><00:31:37.980><c> a</c>

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kind<00:31:38.420><c> of</c>

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clarity<00:31:39.160><c> which</c><00:31:40.920><c> the</c><00:31:41.160><c> years</c><00:31:41.380><c> have</c><00:31:41.619><c> not</c><00:31:41.900><c> dimmed</c><00:31:43.339><c> if</c><00:31:43.920><c> we</c><00:31:44.079><c> would</c>

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:46.940
allow<00:31:44.480><c> it</c><00:31:45.119><c> to</c><00:31:45.319><c> sink</c><00:31:45.480><c> into</c><00:31:45.759><c> our</c><00:31:46.019><c> hearts.</c>

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Isn't<00:31:47.700><c> that</c><00:31:48.259><c> essentially</c><00:31:48.980><c> the</c><00:31:49.380><c> kind</c><00:31:49.839><c> of</c><00:31:50.380><c> difference</c><00:31:50.700><c> that</c><00:31:50.900><c> we</c>

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:53.220
are<00:31:51.119><c> looking</c><00:31:51.380><c> at</c><00:31:51.839><c> between</c><00:31:52.259><c> those</c><00:31:52.579><c> Old</c><00:31:52.819><c> Testament</c>

00:31:53.220 --> 00:32:02.559
examples<00:31:53.839><c> and</c><00:31:55.079><c> the</c><00:31:55.420><c> Lord's</c><00:31:55.900><c> parables?</c><00:31:57.680><c> They</c><00:31:58.019><c> are</c><00:31:59.180><c> those</c><00:32:00.259><c> absolute</c><00:32:00.980><c> words</c><00:32:01.420><c> which</c><00:32:02.059><c> are</c>

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:04.880
for<00:32:02.720><c> all</c><00:32:03.019><c> men</c><00:32:03.200><c> of</c><00:32:03.400><c> all</c><00:32:03.640><c> times.</c>

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:11.839
Though<00:32:05.880><c> they</c><00:32:06.039><c> might</c><00:32:06.299><c> have</c><00:32:06.539><c> in</c><00:32:06.740><c> some</c><00:32:06.980><c> cases</c><00:32:07.799><c> a</c><00:32:09.160><c> direct</c><00:32:09.859><c> and</c><00:32:10.359><c> limited</c><00:32:10.640><c> application</c><00:32:11.359><c> on</c>

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.539
one<00:32:12.079><c> level,</c>

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:16.059
as<00:32:13.039><c> we</c><00:32:13.200><c> shall</c><00:32:13.420><c> see</c><00:32:13.619><c> when</c><00:32:13.799><c> we're</c><00:32:13.940><c> looking</c><00:32:14.079><c> at</c><00:32:14.200><c> some</c><00:32:14.400><c> of</c><00:32:14.539><c> the</c><00:32:14.660><c> other</c><00:32:14.839><c> parables</c><00:32:15.319><c> in</c>

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.420
future<00:32:16.319><c> sessions,</c>

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:22.000
at<00:32:18.299><c> the</c><00:32:18.460><c> same</c><00:32:18.720><c> time</c><00:32:19.180><c> they</c><00:32:19.640><c> have</c><00:32:19.839><c> that</c><00:32:20.160><c> range</c><00:32:20.640><c> which</c><00:32:21.279><c> spreads</c>

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.880
throughout<00:32:22.759><c> the</c><00:32:23.019><c> world.</c>

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:30.200
I<00:32:24.920><c> mean</c><00:32:25.359><c> think</c><00:32:25.940><c> of</c><00:32:26.099><c> the</c><00:32:26.279><c> difference</c><00:32:26.599><c> between</c><00:32:27.599><c> ourselves.</c><00:32:29.680><c> Look</c><00:32:29.859><c> where</c><00:32:29.980><c> we</c>

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:32.400
come<00:32:30.400><c> from.</c><00:32:31.119><c> I</c><00:32:31.339><c> come</c><00:32:31.579><c> from</c><00:32:32.059><c> virtually</c>

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:41.039
the<00:32:32.619><c> other</c><00:32:32.859><c> side</c><00:32:33.079><c> of</c><00:32:33.599><c> the</c><00:32:33.740><c> globe</c><00:32:34.099><c> from</c><00:32:34.359><c> you.</c><00:32:35.839><c> And</c><00:32:36.099><c> yet</c><00:32:36.720><c> that</c><00:32:38.079><c> story</c><00:32:38.859><c> means</c><00:32:40.319><c> as</c>

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:43.519
much<00:32:41.400><c> to</c><00:32:41.619><c> me</c><00:32:41.920><c> as</c><00:32:42.119><c> it</c><00:32:42.319><c> can</c><00:32:42.559><c> mean</c><00:32:42.720><c> to</c><00:32:42.980><c> you.</c>

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:46.579
Our<00:32:44.339><c> experiences</c><00:32:44.920><c> are</c><00:32:45.119><c> the</c><00:32:45.299><c> same</c><00:32:45.559><c> even</c><00:32:45.839><c> though</c><00:32:46.019><c> we</c><00:32:46.140><c> might</c><00:32:46.339><c> be</c>

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:51.519
urban<00:32:47.039><c> rather</c><00:32:47.640><c> than</c><00:32:47.900><c> rural.</c><00:32:48.900><c> We</c><00:32:49.579><c> have</c><00:32:50.279><c> an</c><00:32:50.740><c> access</c>

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:57.500
immediately<00:32:52.480><c> to</c><00:32:53.359><c> the</c><00:32:53.539><c> Lord's</c><00:32:54.160><c> meaning,</c><00:32:54.880><c> if</c><00:32:55.440><c> we</c><00:32:55.759><c> want</c><00:32:56.039><c> to.</c><00:32:57.160><c> And</c>

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.920
that's<00:32:57.700><c> the</c><00:32:57.900><c> point.</c>

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Can<00:33:04.680><c> we</c><00:33:04.859><c> just</c><00:33:05.160><c> go</c><00:33:05.380><c> back</c><00:33:05.619><c> to</c><00:33:05.819><c> the</c><00:33:06.019><c> prophet</c><00:33:06.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:06.720><c> for</c><00:33:07.259><c> a</c><00:33:07.539><c> moment</c><00:33:08.140><c> and</c>

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that<00:33:09.099><c> 55th</c><00:33:09.680><c> chapter?</c>

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See<00:33:18.180><c> the</c><00:33:18.480><c> point</c><00:33:18.880><c> is</c><00:33:19.440><c> really</c><00:33:19.619><c> in</c><00:33:19.900><c> that</c><00:33:20.059><c> 11th</c><00:33:20.599><c> verse.</c>

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:28.319
And<00:33:23.619><c> it's</c><00:33:23.700><c> something</c><00:33:23.880><c> we</c><00:33:24.019><c> have</c><00:33:24.200><c> to</c><00:33:24.400><c> consider</c><00:33:24.619><c> very</c><00:33:24.980><c> carefully.</c><00:33:26.339><c> Is</c><00:33:26.680><c> the</c><00:33:26.900><c> word</c><00:33:27.059><c> of</c><00:33:27.299><c> God,</c>

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:33.559
as<00:33:29.579><c> far</c><00:33:29.799><c> as</c><00:33:29.960><c> we</c><00:33:30.119><c> are</c><00:33:30.359><c> concerned,</c><00:33:32.019><c> going</c><00:33:32.259><c> not</c><00:33:32.819><c> to</c><00:33:33.160><c> accomplish</c>

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:37.599
anything?<00:33:35.039><c> Because</c><00:33:35.500><c> the</c><00:33:35.619><c> word</c><00:33:35.779><c> of</c><00:33:35.940><c> God</c><00:33:36.299><c> will</c><00:33:36.700><c> accomplish</c>

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:45.039
what<00:33:39.759><c> he</c><00:33:40.119><c> intends</c><00:33:40.559><c> without</c><00:33:40.920><c> doubt.</c><00:33:42.519><c> But</c><00:33:43.319><c> it</c><00:33:43.460><c> might</c><00:33:43.700><c> just</c><00:33:44.039><c> be</c>

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:48.259
that<00:33:45.480><c> the</c><00:33:45.680><c> offer</c><00:33:46.039><c> for</c><00:33:46.460><c> us</c><00:33:46.759><c> to</c><00:33:46.859><c> be</c><00:33:47.079><c> part</c><00:33:47.460><c> of</c>

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:54.000
that<00:33:48.559><c> accomplishing</c><00:33:49.119><c> purpose</c><00:33:49.700><c> is</c><00:33:50.460><c> missed.</c><00:33:52.640><c> And</c><00:33:53.200><c> it</c><00:33:53.279><c> will</c><00:33:53.539><c> be</c>

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:58.299
nobody's<00:33:54.539><c> fault</c><00:33:55.359><c> than</c><00:33:55.839><c> our</c><00:33:56.059><c> own</c><00:33:56.539><c> if</c><00:33:56.980><c> that</c><00:33:57.180><c> is</c><00:33:57.380><c> the</c><00:33:57.500><c> case.</c>

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:04.799
God's<00:34:00.319><c> purposes</c><00:34:00.740><c> are</c><00:34:01.460><c> immutable.</c><00:34:03.299><c> They</c><00:34:03.480><c> are</c><00:34:03.779><c> inevitable.</c>

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:08.500
His<00:34:05.440><c> word</c><00:34:05.960><c> always</c><00:34:06.859><c> accomplishes.</c>

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:12.300
Our<00:34:08.900><c> difficulty</c><00:34:09.480><c> is</c><00:34:09.940><c> to</c><00:34:10.159><c> place</c><00:34:10.320><c> ourselves,</c><00:34:11.460><c> as</c><00:34:11.659><c> it</c><00:34:11.820><c> were,</c><00:34:12.119><c> in</c>

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:15.400
readiness<00:34:12.699><c> because</c><00:34:13.340><c> that</c><00:34:13.780><c> is</c><00:34:13.920><c> what</c><00:34:14.099><c> we</c><00:34:14.420><c> seek</c><00:34:14.639><c> to</c><00:34:14.880><c> be</c>

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:18.659
as<00:34:15.659><c> servants</c><00:34:16.000><c> of</c><00:34:16.179><c> the</c><00:34:16.300><c> Lord.</c><00:34:16.480><c> We</c><00:34:16.659><c> seek</c><00:34:16.940><c> to</c><00:34:17.099><c> be</c><00:34:17.280><c> there</c><00:34:17.619><c> in</c><00:34:18.019><c> readiness</c><00:34:18.380><c> for</c>

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:22.199
service.<00:34:20.400><c> And</c><00:34:21.059><c> the</c><00:34:21.280><c> onus</c><00:34:21.780><c> falls</c>

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:28.699
upon<00:34:22.440><c> us</c><00:34:23.199><c> every</c><00:34:23.659><c> day</c><00:34:23.840><c> of</c><00:34:24.019><c> our</c><00:34:24.199><c> lives.</c><00:34:27.320><c> Now</c><00:34:27.699><c> the</c><00:34:27.760><c> whole</c><00:34:28.300><c> parable</c>

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:31.340
method<00:34:29.139><c> is</c><00:34:29.940><c> what</c><00:34:30.099><c> we're</c><00:34:30.280><c> looking</c><00:34:30.519><c> at</c><00:34:30.780><c> today.</c>

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:34.980
Supposing<00:34:32.199><c> I</c><00:34:32.460><c> were</c><00:34:32.619><c> to</c><00:34:32.760><c> give</c><00:34:32.920><c> you</c><00:34:33.260><c> a</c><00:34:33.699><c> medical</c><00:34:34.019><c> description</c><00:34:34.619><c> of</c>

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:38.820
a<00:34:35.159><c> drug</c><00:34:35.360><c> addict.</c><00:34:36.320><c> I</c><00:34:36.659><c> could</c><00:34:36.820><c> go</c><00:34:37.019><c> into</c><00:34:37.260><c> all</c><00:34:37.579><c> kinds</c><00:34:38.000><c> of</c>

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:47.139
details<00:34:40.400><c> of</c><00:34:41.039><c> the</c><00:34:41.440><c> effect</c><00:34:41.659><c> of</c><00:34:42.039><c> the</c><00:34:42.300><c> drugs</c><00:34:42.579><c> upon</c><00:34:43.539><c> the</c><00:34:46.019><c> nervous</c><00:34:46.440><c> system.</c><00:34:46.960><c> I</c>

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.920
could<00:34:47.420><c> tell</c><00:34:47.679><c> you</c><00:34:48.119><c> if</c><00:34:48.340><c> I</c><00:34:48.480><c> knew</c><00:34:48.639><c> such</c>

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:51.880
things,<00:34:49.139><c> which</c><00:34:49.260><c> I</c><00:34:49.480><c> obviously</c><00:34:49.760><c> don't,</c><00:34:51.019><c> as</c><00:34:51.260><c> anybody</c><00:34:51.559><c> who</c><00:34:51.760><c> has</c>

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:54.260
any<00:34:52.079><c> medical</c><00:34:52.440><c> knowledge</c><00:34:52.780><c> will</c><00:34:53.199><c> soon</c><00:34:53.539><c> find</c><00:34:53.900><c> out,</c>

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:58.900
if<00:34:54.880><c> I</c><00:34:55.099><c> told</c><00:34:55.340><c> you</c><00:34:55.539><c> about</c><00:34:55.820><c> the</c><00:34:56.079><c> effect</c><00:34:56.400><c> that</c><00:34:56.679><c> it</c><00:34:56.840><c> has</c><00:34:57.079><c> upon</c><00:34:57.380><c> various</c><00:34:57.940><c> enzymes</c><00:34:58.519><c> and</c>

00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:00.280
how<00:34:59.159><c> these</c><00:34:59.500><c> work,</c>

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:03.519
I<00:35:00.659><c> could</c><00:35:00.820><c> go</c><00:35:00.980><c> into</c><00:35:01.139><c> all</c><00:35:01.360><c> kinds</c><00:35:01.539><c> of</c><00:35:01.739><c> technical</c><00:35:02.719><c> definitions</c><00:35:03.260><c> of</c>

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:06.900
how<00:35:04.159><c> cases</c><00:35:04.599><c> as</c><00:35:05.179><c> the</c><00:35:05.360><c> medical</c><00:35:05.800><c> profession</c><00:35:06.239><c> present</c>

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:11.159
themselves<00:35:07.500><c> or</c><00:35:07.659><c> whatever.</c><00:35:09.280><c> You</c><00:35:09.539><c> would</c><00:35:09.920><c> perhaps</c><00:35:10.280><c> be,</c><00:35:10.780><c> for</c><00:35:11.000><c> a</c>

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:19.300
moment,<00:35:11.960><c> slightly</c><00:35:12.159><c> impressed.</c><00:35:13.599><c> But</c><00:35:13.820><c> you'd</c><00:35:14.019><c> be</c>

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:25.239
But<00:35:20.099><c> if</c><00:35:20.260><c> I</c><00:35:20.400><c> were</c><00:35:20.559><c> to</c><00:35:20.719><c> describe</c><00:35:21.159><c> to</c><00:35:21.380><c> you</c><00:35:21.880><c> what</c><00:35:22.179><c> happens</c><00:35:22.679><c> when</c><00:35:23.280><c> some</c><00:35:23.800><c> young</c><00:35:24.059><c> person,</c><00:35:24.900><c> full</c><00:35:25.019><c> of</c>

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:26.480
vitality<00:35:25.820><c> in</c><00:35:26.019><c> life,</c>

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:32.420
full<00:35:26.980><c> of</c><00:35:27.300><c> promise,</c><00:35:29.340><c> made</c><00:35:29.659><c> by</c><00:35:30.000><c> God</c><00:35:30.239><c> for</c><00:35:30.420><c> his</c><00:35:30.659><c> service,</c><00:35:32.119><c> becomes</c>

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:35.159
enslaved<00:35:33.179><c> to</c><00:35:33.440><c> this</c><00:35:33.699><c> thing,</c><00:35:34.460><c> about</c><00:35:34.780><c> the</c>

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:37.659
debilitation,<00:35:35.800><c> if</c><00:35:35.940><c> I</c><00:35:36.059><c> were</c><00:35:36.179><c> to</c><00:35:36.340><c> show</c><00:35:36.460><c> you</c><00:35:36.639><c> pictures</c><00:35:37.099><c> of</c><00:35:37.480><c> what</c>

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:40.559
he<00:35:37.840><c> was</c><00:35:38.059><c> like,</c><00:35:38.860><c> what</c><00:35:39.000><c> he</c><00:35:39.219><c> became</c><00:35:39.619><c> of</c><00:35:39.980><c> the</c><00:35:40.199><c> gradual</c>

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:44.480
degeneration<00:35:41.380><c> down</c><00:35:41.920><c> to</c><00:35:42.320><c> an</c><00:35:42.579><c> emaciated</c><00:35:43.320><c> and</c><00:35:43.719><c> hopeless</c><00:35:44.079><c> figure</c>

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:48.780
in<00:35:45.079><c> the</c><00:35:45.260><c> gutter,</c><00:35:46.119><c> lost,</c><00:35:46.840><c> stealing,</c><00:35:48.219><c> that</c><00:35:48.579><c> would</c>

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:56.699
make<00:35:48.880><c> the</c><00:35:49.039><c> point,</c><00:35:49.360><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:49.440><c> it?</c><00:35:51.000><c> And</c><00:35:51.179><c> in</c><00:35:51.340><c> a</c><00:35:51.440><c> sense,</c><00:35:52.179><c> it's</c><00:35:52.639><c> that</c><00:35:53.019><c> narrative</c><00:35:54.039><c> element</c><00:35:54.619><c> which</c><00:35:55.059><c> involves</c><00:35:55.619><c> us.</c>

00:35:57.300 --> 00:36:01.280
We<00:35:57.480><c> can't</c><00:35:57.780><c> help</c><00:35:58.099><c> liking</c><00:35:58.519><c> stories.</c><00:36:00.079><c> We</c><00:36:00.300><c> respond</c><00:36:00.719><c> to</c><00:36:00.940><c> stories</c>

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:04.659
much<00:36:01.559><c> more</c><00:36:01.780><c> easily</c><00:36:02.119><c> than</c><00:36:02.280><c> we</c><00:36:02.519><c> do</c><00:36:02.960><c> to</c><00:36:03.880><c> the</c>

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:07.920
what<00:36:05.440><c> you</c><00:36:05.579><c> might</c><00:36:05.699><c> call</c><00:36:05.920><c> dialectic</c><00:36:06.659><c> method</c><00:36:06.920><c> or</c><00:36:07.139><c> to</c><00:36:07.500><c> some</c><00:36:07.699><c> kind</c>

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.960
of<00:36:08.099><c> lecture.</c>

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:14.960
And<00:36:11.119><c> so</c><00:36:11.420><c> when</c><00:36:12.000><c> the</c><00:36:12.199><c> Lord</c><00:36:12.360><c> Jesus</c><00:36:12.719><c> Christ</c><00:36:13.079><c> tells</c><00:36:13.519><c> these</c><00:36:13.800><c> stories,</c><00:36:14.460><c> he</c><00:36:14.619><c> is</c>

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.579
using<00:36:15.260><c> them</c><00:36:15.460><c> to</c><00:36:15.719><c> teach.</c><00:36:15.960><c> He</c><00:36:16.139><c> is</c><00:36:16.400><c> not</c>

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:20.780
using<00:36:16.860><c> them</c><00:36:17.059><c> to</c><00:36:17.300><c> obscure.</c><00:36:18.360><c> And</c><00:36:19.000><c> a</c><00:36:19.099><c> man</c><00:36:19.219><c> called</c><00:36:19.480><c> Trench,</c><00:36:20.079><c> who</c><00:36:20.119><c> wrote</c><00:36:20.460><c> a</c>

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:22.840
great<00:36:20.960><c> volume</c><00:36:21.280><c> on</c><00:36:21.500><c> the</c><00:36:21.719><c> parables</c><00:36:22.019><c> and</c><00:36:22.500><c> often</c>

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:26.599
has<00:36:23.219><c> some</c><00:36:23.420><c> very</c><00:36:23.760><c> useful</c><00:36:24.079><c> comments</c><00:36:24.480><c> to</c><00:36:24.699><c> make</c><00:36:24.840><c> on</c><00:36:25.019><c> it,</c><00:36:26.239><c> says</c><00:36:26.380><c> of</c>

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:28.639
them<00:36:26.739><c> that</c><00:36:26.920><c> they</c><00:36:27.079><c> are</c><00:36:27.280><c> not</c><00:36:27.480><c> there</c><00:36:28.039><c> merely</c><00:36:28.340><c> to</c>

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:33.900
illustrate,<00:36:29.900><c> but</c><00:36:30.239><c> also</c><00:36:30.860><c> in</c><00:36:31.340><c> some</c><00:36:31.619><c> sense</c><00:36:31.920><c> to</c><00:36:32.159><c> be</c><00:36:32.760><c> a</c><00:36:33.139><c> proof,</c><00:36:33.559><c> he</c>

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:38.280
says,<00:36:34.579><c> of</c><00:36:35.380><c> the</c><00:36:35.679><c> truth.</c><00:36:36.659><c> They're</c><00:36:36.920><c> not</c><00:36:37.139><c> arbitrary.</c>

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:41.760
They're<00:36:38.780><c> not</c><00:36:38.980><c> mere</c><00:36:39.219><c> illustration,</c><00:36:40.400><c> but</c><00:36:40.760><c> they</c><00:36:40.960><c> are</c><00:36:41.340><c> arguments</c>

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:45.099
for<00:36:42.059><c> truth.</c><00:36:43.519><c> Stories</c><00:36:43.880><c> can</c><00:36:44.280><c> be</c><00:36:44.519><c> arguments</c>

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:51.059
for<00:36:45.579><c> truth.</c><00:36:47.099><c> And</c><00:36:47.260><c> the</c><00:36:47.380><c> world</c><00:36:47.639><c> from</c><00:36:47.820><c> which</c><00:36:48.119><c> they</c><00:36:48.280><c> are</c><00:36:48.579><c> drawn</c><00:36:48.880><c> is</c>

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.860
not<00:36:51.340><c> merely</c><00:36:51.679><c> a</c><00:36:51.880><c> reflection</c><00:36:52.239><c> of</c><00:36:52.460><c> the</c><00:36:52.639><c> truth,</c>

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:56.920
but<00:36:53.239><c> it's</c><00:36:53.440><c> a</c><00:36:53.579><c> kind</c><00:36:53.760><c> of</c><00:36:53.940><c> living</c><00:36:54.159><c> type.</c><00:36:55.920><c> We'll</c><00:36:56.099><c> be</c><00:36:56.219><c> looking,</c><00:36:56.599><c> for</c>

00:36:56.920 --> 00:37:00.320
instance,<00:36:57.380><c> at</c><00:36:57.519><c> a</c><00:36:57.579><c> later</c><00:36:57.820><c> stage</c><00:36:58.179><c> at</c><00:36:59.519><c> that</c><00:36:59.960><c> story</c><00:37:00.159><c> of</c>

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:04.380
Nicodemus<00:37:00.840><c> and</c><00:37:00.980><c> the</c><00:37:01.099><c> whole</c><00:37:01.280><c> question</c><00:37:01.619><c> of</c><00:37:01.840><c> new</c><00:37:02.059><c> birth,</c><00:37:03.239><c> the</c><00:37:03.360><c> way,</c><00:37:04.099><c> in</c>

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:06.360
fact,<00:37:04.659><c> physical</c><00:37:05.119><c> birth</c><00:37:05.440><c> almost</c><00:37:05.980><c> seems</c>

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:09.980
to<00:37:06.639><c> be</c><00:37:06.760><c> ordained</c><00:37:07.360><c> to</c><00:37:07.639><c> teach</c><00:37:07.800><c> us</c><00:37:08.039><c> by</c><00:37:08.420><c> analogy</c><00:37:08.980><c> something</c><00:37:09.579><c> about</c>

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:13.659
spiritual<00:37:10.519><c> truth.</c><00:37:12.579><c> The</c><00:37:12.880><c> example,</c><00:37:13.219><c> for</c><00:37:13.420><c> instance,</c>

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:17.619
the<00:37:13.900><c> seed</c><00:37:14.280><c> that</c><00:37:14.599><c> decays</c><00:37:15.000><c> to</c><00:37:15.179><c> bring</c><00:37:15.380><c> forth</c><00:37:15.619><c> a</c><00:37:15.760><c> new</c><00:37:15.960><c> plant.</c><00:37:17.300><c> And</c>

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:19.820
let<00:37:18.019><c> me</c><00:37:18.179><c> quote</c><00:37:18.400><c> him.</c><00:37:18.940><c> He</c><00:37:18.940><c> says,</c><00:37:19.219><c> of</c><00:37:19.219><c> all</c><00:37:19.480><c> such</c>

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:22.940
correspondences<00:37:20.679><c> drawn</c><00:37:21.000><c> out</c><00:37:21.260><c> in</c><00:37:21.480><c> scripture,</c><00:37:22.400><c> you</c><00:37:22.500><c> ought</c><00:37:22.719><c> not</c>

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:25.860
to<00:37:23.219><c> say</c><00:37:23.440><c> they</c><00:37:23.800><c> are</c><00:37:24.119><c> finally</c><00:37:24.440><c> chosen</c><00:37:25.019><c> similitudes,</c>

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:31.840
but<00:37:26.760><c> they</c><00:37:27.380><c> are</c><00:37:27.679><c> rightly</c><00:37:28.239><c> appropriated</c><00:37:29.440><c> types.</c><00:37:30.820><c> And</c><00:37:31.039><c> that's,</c>

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:33.079
I<00:37:31.940><c> think,</c><00:37:32.179><c> a</c><00:37:32.300><c> profound</c><00:37:32.739><c> thought,</c>

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:37.420
brothers<00:37:33.360><c> and</c><00:37:33.500><c> sisters,</c><00:37:34.260><c> about</c><00:37:34.679><c> how</c><00:37:35.199><c> we</c><00:37:35.500><c> see</c><00:37:35.739><c> the</c><00:37:35.980><c> world.</c><00:37:37.280><c> Do</c>

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:40.099
we<00:37:37.539><c> see</c><00:37:37.639><c> it</c><00:37:37.800><c> as</c><00:37:37.920><c> an</c><00:37:38.079><c> end</c><00:37:38.219><c> in</c><00:37:38.420><c> itself</c><00:37:38.820><c> or</c><00:37:39.400><c> as</c><00:37:39.719><c> visible</c>

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:43.639
evidence<00:37:40.539><c> of</c><00:37:40.940><c> God's</c><00:37:41.380><c> purpose?</c><00:37:42.519><c> If</c><00:37:42.760><c> we</c><00:37:42.920><c> see</c><00:37:43.039><c> it</c><00:37:43.179><c> in</c><00:37:43.320><c> the</c><00:37:43.400><c> latter</c>

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:47.260
sense,<00:37:44.840><c> then</c><00:37:45.420><c> truth</c><00:37:45.739><c> is</c><00:37:46.039><c> shown</c><00:37:46.320><c> by</c><00:37:46.659><c> the</c><00:37:46.920><c> type</c><00:37:47.079><c> of</c>

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:51.579
the<00:37:47.440><c> world.</c><00:37:47.679><c> Reality</c><00:37:48.260><c> lies</c><00:37:48.960><c> behind.</c><00:37:50.500><c> Let's</c><00:37:50.739><c> look,</c><00:37:50.960><c> for</c><00:37:51.099><c> instance,</c><00:37:51.460><c> at</c>

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:54.199
John's<00:37:52.000><c> gospel</c><00:37:52.500><c> and</c><00:37:52.880><c> chapter</c><00:37:53.179><c> 16.</c>

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:03.619
And<00:37:59.760><c> verse</c><00:37:59.940><c> 25</c><00:38:00.760><c> of</c><00:38:01.300><c> chapter</c><00:38:01.559><c> 16</c><00:38:02.019><c> of</c><00:38:02.179><c> John's</c><00:38:02.559><c> gospel.</c>

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:13.699
Though<00:38:09.559><c> I</c><00:38:09.699><c> have</c><00:38:09.860><c> been</c><00:38:10.099><c> speaking</c><00:38:10.420><c> figuratively,</c><00:38:11.900><c> the</c><00:38:12.019><c> Lord</c><00:38:12.179><c> Jesus</c><00:38:12.739><c> is</c>

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:16.199
praying,<00:38:14.400><c> a</c><00:38:14.639><c> time</c><00:38:14.800><c> is</c><00:38:15.059><c> coming</c><00:38:15.340><c> when</c><00:38:15.699><c> I</c><00:38:15.840><c> will</c><00:38:16.000><c> no</c>

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:18.599
longer<00:38:16.380><c> use</c><00:38:16.699><c> this</c><00:38:17.019><c> kind</c><00:38:17.260><c> of</c><00:38:17.460><c> language,</c><00:38:17.840><c> but</c><00:38:18.019><c> will</c><00:38:18.219><c> tell</c><00:38:18.400><c> you</c>

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:22.519
plainly<00:38:19.059><c> about</c><00:38:19.300><c> my</c><00:38:19.619><c> Father.</c><00:38:21.199><c> In</c><00:38:21.559><c> that</c><00:38:21.840><c> day</c><00:38:22.119><c> you</c><00:38:22.320><c> will</c>

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:25.760
ask<00:38:22.800><c> in</c><00:38:22.940><c> my</c><00:38:23.260><c> name.</c><00:38:23.800><c> I'm</c><00:38:24.099><c> not</c><00:38:24.300><c> saying</c><00:38:24.480><c> that</c><00:38:24.679><c> I</c><00:38:24.760><c> will</c><00:38:24.920><c> ask</c><00:38:25.179><c> the</c><00:38:25.420><c> Father</c><00:38:25.599><c> on</c>

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:28.440
your<00:38:26.000><c> behalf.</c><00:38:26.820><c> No,</c><00:38:27.619><c> the</c><00:38:27.639><c> Father</c><00:38:27.980><c> himself</c>

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:31.440
loves<00:38:28.739><c> you</c><00:38:29.139><c> because</c><00:38:29.639><c> you</c><00:38:29.820><c> have</c><00:38:30.059><c> loved</c><00:38:30.260><c> me</c><00:38:30.780><c> and</c><00:38:30.920><c> have</c><00:38:31.239><c> believed</c>

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:34.119
that<00:38:31.639><c> I</c><00:38:31.840><c> came</c><00:38:32.059><c> from</c><00:38:32.300><c> God.</c><00:38:33.300><c> I</c><00:38:33.460><c> came</c><00:38:33.719><c> from</c><00:38:33.920><c> the</c>

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:37.880
Father<00:38:34.340><c> and</c><00:38:34.579><c> entered</c><00:38:34.780><c> the</c><00:38:35.039><c> world.</c><00:38:35.639><c> Now</c><00:38:35.900><c> I</c><00:38:36.059><c> am</c><00:38:36.239><c> leaving</c><00:38:36.559><c> the</c><00:38:36.820><c> world</c><00:38:37.019><c> and</c><00:38:37.179><c> going</c><00:38:37.420><c> back</c><00:38:37.699><c> to</c>

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.860
the<00:38:38.039><c> Father.</c>

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:43.059
The<00:38:39.360><c> disciples</c><00:38:39.820><c> said,</c><00:38:40.400><c> now</c><00:38:40.659><c> you</c><00:38:40.840><c> are</c><00:38:41.059><c> speaking</c><00:38:41.340><c> clearly</c><00:38:41.880><c> without</c><00:38:42.440><c> figures</c><00:38:42.780><c> of</c>

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:45.199
speech.<00:38:43.900><c> Now</c><00:38:44.099><c> we</c><00:38:44.219><c> can</c><00:38:44.480><c> see</c><00:38:44.679><c> that</c><00:38:45.059><c> you</c>

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:48.260
know<00:38:45.440><c> all</c><00:38:45.739><c> things</c><00:38:46.119><c> and</c><00:38:46.460><c> you</c><00:38:46.639><c> do</c><00:38:46.780><c> not</c><00:38:46.880><c> even</c><00:38:47.159><c> need</c><00:38:47.400><c> to</c><00:38:47.579><c> have</c><00:38:47.719><c> anyone</c><00:38:47.980><c> to</c>

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:50.860
ask<00:38:48.420><c> you</c><00:38:48.639><c> questions.</c><00:38:49.719><c> This</c><00:38:49.980><c> makes</c><00:38:50.199><c> us</c><00:38:50.500><c> believe</c>

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:55.659
that<00:38:51.159><c> you</c><00:38:51.380><c> came</c><00:38:51.619><c> from</c><00:38:51.840><c> God.</c><00:38:53.179><c> Terribly</c><00:38:53.559><c> ironic</c><00:38:53.980><c> because</c><00:38:54.659><c> in</c><00:38:55.420><c> a</c>

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:58.719
few<00:38:56.300><c> hours</c><00:38:56.820><c> time</c><00:38:57.159><c> virtually</c><00:38:57.699><c> they're</c><00:38:58.239><c> going</c><00:38:58.380><c> to</c><00:38:58.559><c> be</c>

00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:02.159
lost,<00:38:59.380><c> desperate</c><00:38:59.880><c> and</c><00:39:00.380><c> quite</c><00:39:00.679><c> unable</c><00:39:00.980><c> to</c><00:39:01.260><c> understand</c><00:39:01.800><c> what</c>

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:07.079
they<00:39:02.480><c> thought</c><00:39:02.679><c> they</c><00:39:02.980><c> knew.</c><00:39:05.360><c> But</c><00:39:05.780><c> it</c><00:39:06.360><c> teaches</c><00:39:06.619><c> us</c>

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:12.619
something<00:39:07.539><c> important</c><00:39:08.639><c> there.</c><00:39:10.480><c> If</c><00:39:10.699><c> we</c><00:39:10.860><c> were</c><00:39:11.000><c> to</c><00:39:11.199><c> think</c><00:39:11.440><c> of</c><00:39:12.199><c> some</c><00:39:12.480><c> of</c>

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:14.940
the<00:39:12.760><c> things</c><00:39:12.960><c> in</c><00:39:13.139><c> John's</c><00:39:13.539><c> gospel,</c><00:39:14.340><c> for</c><00:39:14.559><c> instance,</c>

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:20.239
of<00:39:15.360><c> the</c><00:39:15.599><c> opening,</c><00:39:16.599><c> the</c><00:39:16.719><c> word</c><00:39:16.980><c> made</c><00:39:17.280><c> flesh,</c><00:39:18.300><c> tabernacling</c><00:39:18.920><c> among</c><00:39:19.179><c> us,</c>

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:22.239
the<00:39:20.619><c> Lord</c><00:39:20.780><c> Jesus</c><00:39:21.079><c> is</c><00:39:21.239><c> the</c><00:39:21.400><c> manifestation</c><00:39:22.000><c> of</c>

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:27.300
the<00:39:22.400><c> Father's</c><00:39:22.780><c> purpose,</c><00:39:23.920><c> through</c><00:39:24.099><c> him</c><00:39:24.360><c> that</c><00:39:24.559><c> we</c><00:39:24.960><c> see</c><00:39:25.340><c> the</c><00:39:25.579><c> Father,</c><00:39:26.860><c> all</c>

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:29.519
are<00:39:27.719><c> a</c><00:39:27.920><c> similar</c><00:39:28.139><c> way</c><00:39:28.400><c> of</c><00:39:28.659><c> speaking.</c>

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:35.119
And<00:39:31.380><c> I</c><00:39:31.980><c> could,</c><00:39:32.320><c> if</c><00:39:32.539><c> we</c><00:39:32.699><c> had</c><00:39:32.900><c> time,</c><00:39:33.780><c> take</c><00:39:33.900><c> you</c><00:39:34.119><c> back,</c><00:39:34.480><c> but</c><00:39:34.539><c> perhaps</c><00:39:34.840><c> you'd</c>

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:36.280
like<00:39:35.239><c> to</c><00:39:35.360><c> look</c><00:39:35.460><c> at</c><00:39:35.579><c> it</c><00:39:35.760><c> yourselves,</c>

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:41.639
to<00:39:36.699><c> the</c><00:39:36.880><c> 29th</c><00:39:37.500><c> chapter</c><00:39:38.079><c> of</c><00:39:38.420><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:39:39.039><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:39.599><c> 29</c><00:39:40.400><c> and</c><00:39:40.780><c> verses</c><00:39:41.280><c> 2</c>

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.860
and<00:39:41.840><c> 4.</c>

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:50.059
In<00:39:45.340><c> other</c><00:39:45.519><c> words,</c><00:39:45.820><c> the</c><00:39:45.900><c> Lord</c><00:39:46.059><c> is</c><00:39:46.280><c> not</c><00:39:46.480><c> dealing</c><00:39:46.699><c> in</c><00:39:47.000><c> abstractions,</c><00:39:48.119><c> but</c><00:39:48.980><c> in</c>

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:52.639
dynamic<00:39:50.619><c> living</c><00:39:51.019><c> situations.</c>

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:57.239
Nowhere<00:39:53.880><c> in</c><00:39:54.059><c> the</c><00:39:54.239><c> scriptures</c><00:39:54.559><c> do</c><00:39:54.760><c> we</c><00:39:54.920><c> find</c><00:39:55.139><c> the</c><00:39:55.320><c> Lord</c><00:39:55.480><c> Jesus</c><00:39:55.900><c> Christ</c><00:39:56.280><c> giving</c><00:39:56.840><c> a</c>

00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:58.340
lecture,<00:39:57.639><c> for</c><00:39:57.920><c> instance,</c>

00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:04.619
on<00:39:59.179><c> the</c><00:39:59.500><c> nature</c><00:39:59.820><c> of</c><00:40:00.179><c> truth.</c><00:40:01.739><c> And</c><00:40:01.880><c> if</c><00:40:01.980><c> you</c><00:40:02.159><c> read</c><00:40:02.960><c> pagan</c><00:40:03.480><c> philosophers,</c>

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:12.260
and<00:40:06.639><c> that</c><00:40:07.119><c> means</c><00:40:07.460><c> anything</c><00:40:07.840><c> from</c><00:40:08.619><c> 600</c><00:40:09.099><c> BC</c><00:40:09.739><c> to</c><00:40:10.380><c> 1989,</c><00:40:11.760><c> they</c><00:40:11.940><c> all</c>

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:14.780
fall<00:40:12.500><c> into</c><00:40:12.699><c> that</c><00:40:12.960><c> category</c><00:40:13.340><c> of</c><00:40:13.679><c> paganism.</c>

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:17.340
You<00:40:15.159><c> will</c><00:40:15.420><c> find</c><00:40:15.619><c> that</c><00:40:15.840><c> that's</c><00:40:16.099><c> exactly</c><00:40:16.400><c> what</c><00:40:16.579><c> they're</c><00:40:17.340><c> doing.</c>

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:20.619
They're<00:40:18.059><c> playing</c><00:40:18.300><c> around</c><00:40:18.820><c> with</c><00:40:19.059><c> abstractions.</c>

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:25.179
The<00:40:22.599><c> nearest,</c><00:40:22.900><c> perhaps</c><00:40:23.260><c> you</c><00:40:23.340><c> might</c><00:40:23.559><c> even</c><00:40:23.880><c> come</c><00:40:24.159><c> to</c><00:40:24.480><c> some</c><00:40:24.900><c> kind</c>

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:26.659
of<00:40:25.400><c> lecture</c><00:40:25.699><c> which</c><00:40:25.960><c> the</c><00:40:26.099><c> Lord</c><00:40:26.260><c> Jesus</c>

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:31.360
gives,<00:40:27.940><c> is</c><00:40:28.159><c> one</c><00:40:28.420><c> of</c><00:40:28.559><c> the</c><00:40:28.800><c> discourses</c><00:40:29.380><c> in</c><00:40:29.679><c> John's</c><00:40:30.099><c> gospel,</c><00:40:30.440><c> which</c><00:40:31.099><c> God</c>

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:33.199
willing<00:40:31.539><c> we'll</c><00:40:31.780><c> be</c><00:40:31.920><c> looking</c><00:40:32.079><c> at</c><00:40:32.539><c> later</c><00:40:32.880><c> this</c>

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:36.780
week.<00:40:34.860><c> And</c><00:40:35.079><c> even</c><00:40:35.260><c> those</c><00:40:35.460><c> are</c><00:40:35.619><c> not,</c><00:40:35.800><c> because</c><00:40:36.079><c> he</c><00:40:36.239><c> is</c><00:40:36.380><c> working</c>

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:39.900
with<00:40:37.360><c> the</c><00:40:37.840><c> whole</c><00:40:38.099><c> counsel</c><00:40:38.460><c> of</c><00:40:38.679><c> God,</c><00:40:39.599><c> resting</c>

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:46.579
it<00:40:40.280><c> upon</c><00:40:40.619><c> that.</c><00:40:42.539><c> So</c><00:40:42.800><c> the</c><00:40:42.980><c> appeal</c><00:40:43.239><c> here</c><00:40:43.519><c> is</c><00:40:43.639><c> not</c><00:40:44.219><c> just</c><00:40:44.719><c> to</c><00:40:45.039><c> understanding,</c><00:40:46.179><c> but</c>

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:49.139
to<00:40:47.340><c> feelings</c><00:40:47.679><c> and</c><00:40:48.059><c> imagination.</c>

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:55.000
And<00:40:50.780><c> emotionalism</c><00:40:51.380><c> is</c><00:40:51.619><c> a</c><00:40:51.739><c> bad</c><00:40:52.000><c> thing,</c><00:40:53.039><c> but</c><00:40:53.380><c> we</c><00:40:53.860><c> also</c><00:40:54.179><c> need,</c><00:40:54.840><c> if</c>

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:57.780
we<00:40:55.159><c> are</c><00:40:55.320><c> to</c><00:40:55.579><c> use</c><00:40:55.840><c> our</c><00:40:56.139><c> minds</c><00:40:56.460><c> to</c><00:40:56.659><c> the</c><00:40:56.900><c> full,</c>

00:40:58.239 --> 00:41:04.039
to<00:40:58.400><c> use</c><00:40:58.860><c> the</c><00:40:59.199><c> whole</c><00:41:00.119><c> man</c><00:41:00.960><c> or</c><00:41:01.500><c> woman.</c><00:41:02.340><c> And</c><00:41:02.579><c> that's</c><00:41:02.860><c> what</c><00:41:03.079><c> is</c><00:41:03.400><c> implied,</c><00:41:03.960><c> it</c>

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.760
seems<00:41:04.280><c> to</c><00:41:04.480><c> me,</c>

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:08.860
in<00:41:05.079><c> that</c><00:41:05.380><c> 16th</c><00:41:06.059><c> chapter</c><00:41:06.360><c> of</c><00:41:07.079><c> John's</c><00:41:07.519><c> gospel,</c><00:41:08.420><c> if</c><00:41:08.519><c> one</c><00:41:08.659><c> looks</c>

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:10.920
at<00:41:09.059><c> verse</c><00:41:09.280><c> 26</c><00:41:09.840><c> again.</c>

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:30.400
Now,<00:41:16.119><c> the</c><00:41:17.280><c> importance</c><00:41:19.119><c> of</c><00:41:21.599><c> the</c><00:41:22.019><c> parables</c><00:41:22.460><c> is</c><00:41:24.599><c> that</c><00:41:25.179><c> we</c><00:41:26.699><c> are</c><00:41:27.099><c> forced</c><00:41:27.800><c> to</c><00:41:29.320><c> think.</c>

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:38.159
And<00:41:32.239><c> someone</c><00:41:32.500><c> has</c><00:41:32.780><c> compared</c><00:41:33.159><c> the</c><00:41:33.460><c> parables</c><00:41:33.900><c> to</c><00:41:34.940><c> the</c><00:41:35.440><c> cloud</c><00:41:35.820><c> of</c><00:41:36.400><c> fire,</c>

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:43.400
the<00:41:38.639><c> cloud</c><00:41:38.800><c> and</c><00:41:38.940><c> the</c><00:41:39.139><c> fire,</c><00:41:39.519><c> which</c><00:41:39.739><c> separated</c><00:41:40.739><c> Israel</c><00:41:41.840><c> and</c><00:41:42.300><c> Egypt</c><00:41:42.820><c> as</c>

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:46.239
they<00:41:43.719><c> came</c><00:41:43.940><c> out</c><00:41:44.639><c> of</c><00:41:45.079><c> the</c><00:41:45.300><c> land.</c>

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:51.880
To<00:41:47.840><c> the</c><00:41:48.059><c> Egyptians,</c><00:41:49.159><c> all</c><00:41:49.400><c> was</c><00:41:49.639><c> dark,</c><00:41:50.079><c> they</c><00:41:50.340><c> could</c><00:41:50.579><c> not</c><00:41:50.860><c> see.</c>

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:55.719
To<00:41:52.239><c> the</c><00:41:52.559><c> Israelites,</c><00:41:54.179><c> it</c><00:41:54.460><c> was</c><00:41:54.679><c> light.</c>

00:41:57.599 --> 00:42:01.719
And<00:41:58.199><c> that's</c><00:41:58.519><c> why</c><00:41:58.820><c> the</c><00:41:59.019><c> Lord</c><00:41:59.159><c> teaches</c><00:41:59.579><c> in</c><00:41:59.900><c> parables,</c><00:42:01.440><c> because</c>

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:04.539
it<00:42:01.960><c> forces</c><00:42:02.340><c> men</c><00:42:02.679><c> to</c><00:42:02.940><c> make</c><00:42:03.139><c> a</c><00:42:03.420><c> choice.</c>

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:09.400
If<00:42:05.699><c> you</c><00:42:05.960><c> choose</c><00:42:06.239><c> to</c><00:42:06.500><c> remain</c><00:42:06.760><c> in</c><00:42:07.059><c> darkness,</c><00:42:08.539><c> the</c><00:42:08.800><c> parable</c><00:42:09.099><c> is</c>

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:11.139
opaque<00:42:09.760><c> to</c><00:42:10.000><c> you.</c>

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:15.559
If<00:42:11.960><c> you</c><00:42:12.280><c> desire</c><00:42:12.800><c> to</c><00:42:13.099><c> live</c><00:42:13.219><c> in</c><00:42:13.420><c> the</c><00:42:13.559><c> light</c><00:42:13.960><c> with</c><00:42:14.480><c> all</c><00:42:14.699><c> your</c><00:42:15.000><c> heart</c><00:42:15.239><c> and</c>

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:18.860
mind,<00:42:16.900><c> the</c><00:42:17.099><c> light</c><00:42:17.260><c> will</c><00:42:17.500><c> come</c><00:42:17.699><c> to</c><00:42:17.900><c> you.</c>

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:26.340
I'd<00:42:21.940><c> like</c><00:42:21.960><c> to</c><00:42:22.159><c> end</c><00:42:22.280><c> with</c><00:42:22.860><c> a</c><00:42:23.099><c> few</c><00:42:24.619><c> sayings,</c><00:42:25.199><c> which</c><00:42:25.559><c> I</c><00:42:25.900><c> think</c><00:42:26.119><c> are</c>

00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:27.559
quite<00:42:26.559><c> useful.</c>

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:32.699
Some<00:42:29.099><c> of</c><00:42:29.239><c> you</c><00:42:29.340><c> will</c><00:42:29.480><c> be</c><00:42:29.579><c> able</c><00:42:29.760><c> to</c><00:42:29.940><c> see</c><00:42:30.059><c> this,</c><00:42:30.360><c> most</c><00:42:30.599><c> of</c><00:42:30.760><c> you</c><00:42:30.840><c> won't,</c><00:42:32.440><c> so</c>

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:34.420
I'm<00:42:32.840><c> going</c><00:42:32.900><c> to</c><00:42:33.059><c> read</c><00:42:33.159><c> it</c><00:42:33.380><c> out.</c>

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:39.440
But<00:42:35.780><c> for</c><00:42:35.940><c> those</c><00:42:36.099><c> of</c><00:42:36.219><c> you</c><00:42:36.320><c> who</c><00:42:36.480><c> are</c><00:42:36.699><c> in</c><00:42:36.880><c> front,</c><00:42:38.980><c> there</c><00:42:39.179><c> I</c><00:42:39.280><c> hope</c>

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:41.360
it<00:42:39.659><c> is.</c>

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:49.840
Defining<00:42:45.980><c> an</c><00:42:46.179><c> aphorism,</c><00:42:46.679><c> a</c><00:42:46.880><c> statement</c><00:42:47.239><c> of</c><00:42:47.679><c> principle</c><00:42:48.019><c> in</c><00:42:48.340><c> science,</c><00:42:48.699><c> which</c><00:42:48.900><c> means</c><00:42:49.179><c> knowledge</c><00:42:49.559><c> in</c>

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:50.500
the<00:42:50.039><c> 16th</c>

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:53.780
century<00:42:50.699><c> when</c><00:42:50.880><c> that</c><00:42:51.079><c> was</c><00:42:51.280><c> written.</c><00:42:52.599><c> But</c><00:42:52.760><c> the</c><00:42:52.980><c> important</c><00:42:53.260><c> is,</c>

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:56.940
please<00:42:54.179><c> listen</c><00:42:54.639><c> carefully</c><00:42:55.300><c> to</c><00:42:55.840><c> what</c><00:42:56.199><c> he</c><00:42:56.380><c> has</c><00:42:56.599><c> to</c><00:42:56.800><c> say</c>

00:42:56.940 --> 00:43:01.579
about<00:42:57.539><c> these</c><00:42:58.099><c> things.</c><00:42:58.860><c> He</c><00:42:59.079><c> says,</c><00:42:59.300><c> they</c><00:42:59.780><c> represent</c><00:43:00.360><c> a</c><00:43:00.679><c> knowledge</c><00:43:00.960><c> broken,</c>

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:04.840
and<00:43:03.039><c> so</c><00:43:03.300><c> they</c><00:43:03.619><c> do</c><00:43:03.940><c> invite</c><00:43:04.460><c> men</c>

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:09.599
to<00:43:05.300><c> inquire</c><00:43:05.900><c> further.</c><00:43:07.159><c> Whereas</c><00:43:07.340><c> methods,</c><00:43:08.739><c> and</c><00:43:08.900><c> that's</c><00:43:09.280><c> that</c>

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:12.920
kind<00:43:09.800><c> of</c><00:43:10.000><c> systematic</c><00:43:10.940><c> lecturing</c><00:43:11.780><c> teaching,</c>

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:17.840
whereas<00:43:13.300><c> methods</c><00:43:14.159><c> carrying</c><00:43:15.019><c> a</c><00:43:15.400><c> show</c><00:43:15.559><c> of</c><00:43:15.760><c> a</c><00:43:15.920><c> total</c><00:43:16.320><c> do</c><00:43:17.320><c> secure</c>

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:20.639
men<00:43:18.199><c> as</c><00:43:18.659><c> if</c><00:43:18.800><c> they</c><00:43:19.159><c> were</c><00:43:19.400><c> at</c><00:43:19.719><c> furthest.</c>

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:25.739
See,<00:43:21.599><c> our</c><00:43:21.780><c> minds</c><00:43:21.960><c> can</c><00:43:22.199><c> so</c><00:43:22.420><c> easily</c><00:43:22.699><c> say,</c><00:43:23.260><c> oh</c><00:43:23.480><c> yes,</c><00:43:24.039><c> I</c><00:43:24.360><c> understand</c><00:43:24.840><c> that,</c><00:43:25.559><c> and</c>

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:27.139
stop<00:43:25.860><c> at</c><00:43:26.039><c> that</c><00:43:26.320><c> point.</c>

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:33.760
The<00:43:28.139><c> parable</c><00:43:28.360><c> doesn't</c><00:43:28.639><c> let</c><00:43:28.860><c> you</c><00:43:29.039><c> do</c><00:43:29.300><c> that.</c><00:43:30.980><c> It</c><00:43:31.320><c> pushes</c><00:43:31.579><c> you</c><00:43:31.820><c> further.</c><00:43:33.579><c> It</c>

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:35.260
pushes<00:43:33.960><c> the</c><00:43:34.199><c> mind</c><00:43:34.400><c> on.</c>

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:44.019
It<00:43:36.920><c> leads</c><00:43:36.920><c> towards</c><00:43:37.880><c> truth.</c><00:43:39.659><c> Another</c><00:43:39.900><c> saying,</c><00:43:40.360><c> truth,</c><00:43:41.019><c> a</c><00:43:41.139><c> broken</c><00:43:41.400><c> body,</c><00:43:42.719><c> fragments</c><00:43:43.179><c> or</c>

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:46.539
aphorisms,<00:43:45.280><c> as</c><00:43:45.380><c> opposed</c>

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:52.260
to<00:43:46.920><c> systematic</c><00:43:47.420><c> form</c><00:43:47.820><c> or</c><00:43:48.039><c> methods.</c><00:43:50.320><c> And</c><00:43:50.619><c> meaning</c><00:43:50.960><c> is</c><00:43:51.780><c> not</c><00:43:51.960><c> in</c>

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:55.960
things,<00:43:53.239><c> but</c><00:43:53.400><c> in</c><00:43:53.679><c> between.</c><00:43:54.960><c> In</c><00:43:55.179><c> the</c><00:43:55.340><c> iridescence,</c>

00:43:56.079 --> 00:44:01.219
the<00:43:56.360><c> interplay,</c><00:43:56.900><c> in</c><00:43:56.940><c> the</c><00:43:57.179><c> interconnections,</c><00:43:58.260><c> in</c><00:43:58.360><c> the</c><00:43:58.619><c> intersections,</c><00:43:59.639><c> at</c><00:43:59.820><c> the</c><00:44:00.079><c> crossroads.</c>

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:07.440
In<00:44:03.139><c> other</c><00:44:03.360><c> words,</c><00:44:03.659><c> in</c><00:44:03.820><c> the</c><00:44:04.000><c> gaps.</c><00:44:05.719><c> And</c><00:44:05.920><c> in</c><00:44:06.099><c> a</c><00:44:06.199><c> sense,</c><00:44:07.000><c> we</c><00:44:07.139><c> are</c>

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:11.559
those<00:44:07.739><c> gaps</c><00:44:08.340><c> in</c><00:44:09.079><c> between,</c><00:44:09.940><c> which</c><00:44:10.099><c> we</c><00:44:10.260><c> have</c><00:44:10.460><c> to</c><00:44:10.739><c> fill.</c>

00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:17.400
We<00:44:12.980><c> have</c><00:44:13.239><c> to</c><00:44:13.980><c> bring</c><00:44:14.460><c> ourselves</c><00:44:15.159><c> to</c><00:44:15.559><c> bear</c><00:44:15.980><c> upon</c><00:44:16.639><c> the</c><00:44:17.000><c> word</c><00:44:17.159><c> of</c>

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:22.719
God,<00:44:18.000><c> to</c><00:44:18.199><c> allow</c><00:44:18.480><c> it</c><00:44:19.340><c> to</c><00:44:19.780><c> move</c><00:44:20.019><c> us</c><00:44:20.780><c> and</c><00:44:21.219><c> to</c><00:44:21.500><c> teach</c><00:44:21.659><c> us.</c>

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:25.380
And<00:44:23.320><c> finally,</c><00:44:23.559><c> instead</c><00:44:23.960><c> of</c><00:44:24.119><c> the</c><00:44:24.320><c> dead</c><00:44:24.519><c> wood</c><00:44:24.679><c> of</c><00:44:24.880><c> system,</c><00:44:25.280><c> the</c>

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:27.280
tree<00:44:25.559><c> of</c><00:44:25.780><c> life,</c><00:44:26.500><c> ramifications,</c>

00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:33.400
branched<00:44:28.400><c> thoughts,</c><00:44:29.039><c> new</c><00:44:29.300><c> grown</c><00:44:29.739><c> with</c><00:44:31.000><c> pleasant</c><00:44:31.360><c> pain.</c><00:44:32.820><c> Curious</c><00:44:33.199><c> word</c>

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:38.519
pain,<00:44:35.039><c> but</c><00:44:36.480><c> although</c><00:44:37.400><c> we</c><00:44:37.639><c> have</c><00:44:37.880><c> joy</c><00:44:38.260><c> in</c>

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:42.219
our<00:44:38.699><c> reading</c><00:44:38.940><c> of</c><00:44:39.139><c> the</c><00:44:39.300><c> scriptures,</c><00:44:40.619><c> it</c><00:44:40.880><c> also</c><00:44:41.300><c> ought</c><00:44:41.539><c> to</c><00:44:41.900><c> cost</c>

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:45.559
us<00:44:42.519><c> something.</c><00:44:43.420><c> And</c><00:44:43.599><c> if</c><00:44:43.760><c> our</c><00:44:44.119><c> study</c><00:44:44.440><c> does</c><00:44:45.000><c> not</c><00:44:45.280><c> cost</c>

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:48.940
us<00:44:45.820><c> something,</c><00:44:46.400><c> brethren</c><00:44:46.619><c> and</c><00:44:46.880><c> sisters,</c><00:44:47.480><c> we</c><00:44:47.639><c> haven't</c><00:44:47.940><c> begun.</c>

00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:54.000
But<00:44:50.639><c> it's</c><00:44:50.980><c> a</c><00:44:51.139><c> pleasant</c><00:44:51.440><c> pain.</c><00:44:52.980><c> It's</c><00:44:53.260><c> the</c><00:44:53.460><c> joy</c>

00:44:54.000 --> 00:45:01.380
of<00:44:54.800><c> the</c><00:44:55.320><c> kingdom</c><00:44:55.840><c> that</c><00:44:56.559><c> we</c><00:44:56.699><c> are</c><00:44:56.860><c> to</c><00:44:57.059><c> find.</c><00:44:59.800><c> And</c><00:44:59.980><c> so</c><00:45:00.579><c> we</c><00:45:01.199><c> could</c>

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:04.679
ask<00:45:01.679><c> ourselves,</c><00:45:02.820><c> what</c><00:45:03.039><c> do</c><00:45:03.460><c> these</c><00:45:03.820><c> parables</c><00:45:04.260><c> do?</c>

00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:12.400
They<00:45:05.719><c> challenge</c><00:45:06.300><c> us.</c><00:45:06.639><c> They</c><00:45:06.960><c> disturb</c><00:45:07.599><c> our</c><00:45:08.619><c> conventional</c><00:45:10.139><c> approach.</c><00:45:12.059><c> They</c>

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:14.099
work<00:45:12.619><c> on</c><00:45:12.840><c> our</c><00:45:13.079><c> heart.</c>

00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:25.000
Study<00:45:17.260><c> must</c><00:45:17.820><c> lead</c><00:45:18.940><c> to</c><00:45:19.199><c> action.</c><00:45:21.500><c> It's</c><00:45:22.059><c> what</c><00:45:22.239><c> we</c><00:45:22.480><c> do</c><00:45:22.699><c> with</c><00:45:22.940><c> knowledge.</c><00:45:24.440><c> We</c><00:45:24.579><c> can't</c><00:45:24.820><c> do</c>

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.940
without<00:45:25.280><c> it,</c>

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:30.119
but<00:45:26.280><c> we</c><00:45:26.440><c> must</c><00:45:26.699><c> do</c><00:45:26.980><c> with</c><00:45:27.179><c> it.</c><00:45:28.199><c> And</c><00:45:28.460><c> that</c><00:45:28.840><c> is</c><00:45:29.179><c> what</c><00:45:29.599><c> the</c><00:45:29.860><c> parable</c>

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:32.980
requires<00:45:30.639><c> us</c><00:45:30.920><c> to</c><00:45:31.099><c> do,</c><00:45:31.440><c> because</c><00:45:31.900><c> it</c><00:45:32.360><c> leads</c><00:45:32.679><c> us</c>

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:37.579
to<00:45:33.139><c> the</c><00:45:33.420><c> recognition</c><00:45:33.840><c> of</c><00:45:34.099><c> ourself</c><00:45:34.699><c> in</c><00:45:35.039><c> the</c><00:45:35.280><c> parable</c><00:45:35.599><c> narrative,</c><00:45:37.300><c> which</c><00:45:37.420><c> is</c>

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:40.900
why<00:45:37.780><c> that</c><00:45:38.119><c> story</c><00:45:38.619><c> is</c><00:45:39.420><c> so</c><00:45:39.679><c> important.</c>

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:47.659
And<00:45:42.039><c> so</c><00:45:42.179><c> perhaps</c><00:45:42.460><c> by</c><00:45:42.719><c> the</c><00:45:42.840><c> end</c><00:45:42.960><c> of</c><00:45:43.079><c> it,</c><00:45:43.739><c> our</c><00:45:43.900><c> two</c><00:45:44.059><c> young</c><00:45:44.280><c> friends</c><00:45:44.800><c> are</c><00:45:46.000><c> beginning</c><00:45:46.519><c> to</c>

00:45:47.659 --> 00:45:48.710
work<00:45:47.940><c> through</c>

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:52.599
what<00:45:50.619><c> has</c><00:45:50.880><c> happened</c><00:45:51.059><c> to</c><00:45:51.300><c> them.</c>