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They're<00:10:28.460><c> on</c><00:10:28.639><c> the</c><00:10:28.899><c> screen</c><00:10:29.440><c> but</c><00:10:30.340><c> they're</c><00:10:30.539><c> not</c><00:10:30.639><c> in</c><00:10:30.820><c> my</c><00:10:31.120><c> heart</c><00:10:31.500><c> because</c><00:10:31.960><c> I</c>

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And<00:10:54.360><c> I</c><00:10:54.500><c> believe</c><00:10:54.600><c> that</c><00:10:54.799><c> this</c><00:10:54.980><c> was</c><00:10:55.220><c> true</c><00:10:55.580><c> of</c><00:10:56.059><c> the</c><00:10:56.279><c> Lord</c><00:10:56.460><c> Jesus'</c>

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experience,<00:10:57.460><c> that</c><00:10:57.600><c> he</c><00:10:57.840><c> wrote</c><00:10:58.139><c> it</c><00:10:58.440><c> down.</c>

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that<00:11:10.679><c> at</c><00:11:10.980><c> the</c><00:11:11.080><c> age</c><00:11:11.259><c> of</c><00:11:11.480><c> 20</c><00:11:11.740><c> a</c><00:11:11.899><c> man</c><00:11:12.179><c> was</c><00:11:12.980><c> responsible</c><00:11:13.899><c> to</c><00:11:14.139><c> go</c><00:11:14.320><c> to</c><00:11:14.600><c> war.</c>

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He<00:11:15.299><c> was</c><00:11:15.600><c> counted</c><00:11:15.899><c> as</c><00:11:16.120><c> a</c><00:11:16.279><c> man,</c><00:11:16.659><c> in</c><00:11:16.779><c> fact</c><00:11:16.899><c> he</c><00:11:17.000><c> was</c><00:11:17.159><c> only</c><00:11:17.419><c> counted</c>

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ministry,<00:11:24.820><c> he</c><00:11:25.019><c> wrote</c><00:11:25.259><c> out</c><00:11:25.840><c> a</c><00:11:26.080><c> copy</c><00:11:26.440><c> of</c><00:11:26.940><c> the</c><00:11:27.120><c> law.</c>

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That's<00:13:28.220><c> the</c><00:13:28.379><c> place</c><00:13:28.600><c> where</c><00:13:28.820><c> Jesus</c><00:13:29.059><c> should</c><00:13:29.340><c> be,</c><00:13:29.600><c> always</c><00:13:30.019><c> in</c><00:13:30.360><c> the</c><00:13:30.480><c> middle.</c>

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There<00:13:31.200><c> was</c><00:13:31.399><c> the</c><00:13:31.639><c> closed</c><00:13:31.879><c> room</c><00:13:32.100><c> and</c><00:13:32.279><c> after</c><00:13:32.539><c> the</c><00:13:32.759><c> resurrection,</c>

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where<00:13:33.820><c> was</c><00:13:33.980><c> he?</c>

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He<00:13:34.379><c> appeared</c><00:13:34.500><c> in</c><00:13:34.980><c> the</c><00:13:35.220><c> midst,</c><00:13:35.620><c> always</c><00:13:36.120><c> in</c><00:13:36.519><c> the</c><00:13:36.639><c> midst.</c>

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There<00:13:37.019><c> was</c><00:13:37.240><c> a</c><00:13:37.440><c> tree</c><00:13:37.720><c> in</c><00:13:38.559><c> the</c><00:13:38.940><c> midst</c><00:13:39.200><c> of</c><00:13:39.379><c> the</c><00:13:39.539><c> garden.</c>

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And<00:13:39.919><c> here</c><00:13:40.059><c> it</c><00:13:40.159><c> is,</c><00:13:40.379><c> he's</c><00:13:40.659><c> in</c><00:13:40.840><c> the</c><00:13:40.980><c> midst</c><00:13:41.159><c> of</c><00:13:41.340><c> the</c><00:13:41.500><c> doctors.</c>

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And<00:13:42.539><c> he's</c><00:13:42.740><c> hearing</c><00:13:43.039><c> them.</c>

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You<00:13:43.580><c> see</c><00:13:43.700><c> that?</c>

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Notice<00:13:44.139><c> that</c><00:13:44.700><c> he's</c><00:13:45.059><c> hearing,</c><00:13:45.480><c> he's</c><00:13:45.559><c> listening</c><00:13:45.899><c> first.</c>

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And<00:13:47.519><c> you</c><00:13:47.580><c> know</c><00:13:47.659><c> what</c><00:13:47.799><c> the</c><00:13:47.960><c> scripture</c><00:13:48.179><c> says</c><00:13:48.500><c> about</c><00:13:48.960><c> hearing.</c>

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We're<00:13:49.539><c> always</c><00:13:49.700><c> very</c><00:13:50.100><c> good</c><00:13:50.320><c> to</c><00:13:50.639><c> speak</c><00:13:50.919><c> and</c><00:13:51.120><c> to</c><00:13:51.320><c> talk,</c><00:13:52.019><c> but</c><00:13:52.179><c> not</c>

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so<00:13:52.639><c> quick</c><00:13:52.779><c> to</c><00:13:52.980><c> hear.</c>

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So<00:13:53.240><c> he</c><00:13:53.379><c> was</c><00:13:53.919><c> hearing</c><00:13:54.299><c> them.</c>

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And<00:13:54.840><c> he</c><00:13:54.919><c> was</c><00:13:55.399><c> asking</c><00:13:55.840><c> them</c><00:13:56.519><c> questions.</c>

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If<00:13:57.840><c> you</c><00:13:57.879><c> don't</c><00:13:58.039><c> ask,</c><00:13:59.360><c> you</c><00:13:59.500><c> don't</c><00:13:59.700><c> receive.</c>

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Simple.

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If<00:14:02.500><c> you</c><00:14:02.639><c> don't</c><00:14:02.740><c> look,</c><00:14:03.399><c> you</c><00:14:03.480><c> don't</c><00:14:03.679><c> find.</c>

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If<00:14:04.519><c> you</c><00:14:04.679><c> don't</c><00:14:04.820><c> knock,</c><00:14:05.320><c> the</c><00:14:05.440><c> door</c><00:14:05.580><c> never</c><00:14:05.820><c> gets</c><00:14:06.019><c> opened.</c>

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So<00:14:07.059><c> he</c><00:14:07.179><c> was</c><00:14:07.799><c> asking</c><00:14:08.200><c> them</c><00:14:08.480><c> questions.</c>

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And<00:14:09.960><c> verse</c><00:14:10.159><c> 47</c><00:14:10.600><c> says,</c>

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And<00:14:11.139><c> all</c><00:14:11.580><c> that</c><00:14:11.799><c> heard</c><00:14:12.039><c> him</c><00:14:12.379><c> were</c><00:14:12.840><c> astonished</c><00:14:13.860><c> at</c><00:14:14.139><c> his</c><00:14:14.379><c> understanding</c><00:14:15.059><c> and</c><00:14:15.600><c> his</c><00:14:15.799><c> answers.</c>

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Where<00:14:17.840><c> did</c><00:14:17.960><c> he</c><00:14:17.960><c> get</c><00:14:18.100><c> that</c><00:14:18.340><c> from?</c>

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Verse<00:14:21.039><c> 48,</c>

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And<00:14:21.559><c> when</c><00:14:21.720><c> they</c><00:14:21.919><c> saw</c><00:14:22.059><c> him,</c><00:14:22.200><c> they</c><00:14:22.320><c> were</c><00:14:22.519><c> amazed.</c>

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And<00:14:23.100><c> his</c><00:14:23.200><c> mother</c><00:14:23.379><c> said</c><00:14:23.559><c> unto</c><00:14:23.700><c> him,</c>

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Why<00:14:24.860><c> hast</c><00:14:25.120><c> thou</c><00:14:25.259><c> dealt</c><00:14:25.519><c> with</c><00:14:25.740><c> us</c><00:14:26.240><c> like</c><00:14:26.519><c> this?</c>

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Behold,<00:14:27.460><c> thy</c><00:14:27.600><c> father</c><00:14:27.960><c> and</c><00:14:28.059><c> I</c><00:14:28.279><c> have</c><00:14:28.679><c> sought</c><00:14:28.919><c> thee</c><00:14:29.159><c> sorrowing.</c>

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Boy,<00:14:30.279><c> if</c><00:14:30.419><c> ever</c><00:14:30.580><c> there</c><00:14:30.720><c> was</c><00:14:30.899><c> a</c><00:14:31.039><c> word</c><00:14:31.240><c> that</c><00:14:31.399><c> you</c><00:14:31.519><c> could</c><00:14:31.659><c> underline,</c><00:14:32.159><c> it</c><00:14:32.220><c> was</c>

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that<00:14:32.559><c> one.</c>

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Sorrowing.

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Boy,<00:14:34.480><c> were</c><00:14:34.580><c> they</c><00:14:34.820><c> sorrowing.</c>

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And<00:14:36.639><c> he</c><00:14:36.840><c> said</c><00:14:36.980><c> unto</c><00:14:37.200><c> them,</c><00:14:37.500><c> How</c><00:14:37.759><c> is</c><00:14:37.940><c> it</c><00:14:38.039><c> that</c><00:14:38.159><c> ye</c><00:14:38.360><c> sought</c><00:14:38.559><c> me?</c>

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Wist<00:14:40.220><c> ye</c><00:14:40.340><c> not</c><00:14:40.519><c> that</c><00:14:40.620><c> I</c><00:14:40.759><c> should</c><00:14:40.919><c> be</c><00:14:41.100><c> about</c><00:14:41.320><c> my</c><00:14:41.580><c> father's</c><00:14:42.080><c> business?</c>

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Now<00:14:44.879><c> that's</c><00:14:45.120><c> the</c><00:14:45.240><c> last</c><00:14:45.500><c> reference,</c><00:14:46.039><c> the</c><00:14:46.240><c> last</c><00:14:46.639><c> actual</c><00:14:47.059><c> reference</c><00:14:47.460><c> to</c><00:14:47.659><c> Joseph.</c>

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I<00:14:48.159><c> know</c><00:14:48.259><c> there's</c><00:14:48.779><c> another</c><00:14:49.039><c> illusion</c><00:14:49.500><c> later</c><00:14:49.860><c> on</c><00:14:50.080><c> in</c><00:14:50.519><c> Matthew</c>

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13<00:14:51.279><c> and</c><00:14:51.419><c> verse</c><00:14:51.639><c> 55.</c>

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Because<00:14:53.700><c> there</c><00:14:54.000><c> are</c><00:14:54.320><c> the</c><00:14:54.500><c> other</c><00:14:54.700><c> brethren</c><00:14:54.940><c> and</c><00:14:55.179><c> sisters</c><00:14:55.379><c> that</c>

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are<00:14:55.740><c> presented</c><00:14:56.039><c> to</c><00:14:56.279><c> us</c><00:14:56.460><c> there</c><00:14:56.580><c> of</c><00:14:56.700><c> the</c><00:14:56.799><c> Lord</c><00:14:56.940><c> Jesus</c><00:14:57.279><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:14:58.139><c> that's</c><00:14:58.440><c> the</c><00:14:58.639><c> last</c><00:14:59.059><c> direct</c><00:14:59.580><c> reference</c><00:15:00.039><c> of</c><00:15:00.960><c> Joseph.</c>

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A<00:15:03.139><c> righteous</c><00:15:03.500><c> man.</c>

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Now<00:15:07.519><c> there</c><00:15:07.639><c> is</c><00:15:07.919><c> the</c><00:15:08.120><c> slightest</c><00:15:08.419><c> suggestion</c><00:15:08.879><c> here</c><00:15:09.179><c> that</c><00:15:09.440><c> the</c><00:15:09.720><c> Lord</c><00:15:10.000><c> wrote</c><00:15:10.539><c> at</c><00:15:10.740><c> least</c><00:15:11.019><c> a</c>

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part<00:15:11.360><c> of</c><00:15:11.559><c> the</c><00:15:11.659><c> law</c><00:15:11.759><c> before</c><00:15:12.100><c> he</c><00:15:12.259><c> was</c><00:15:12.460><c> 12.</c>

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Else<00:15:15.019><c> why</c><00:15:15.200><c> all</c><00:15:15.360><c> the</c><00:15:15.519><c> questions?</c>

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Where<00:15:15.980><c> would</c><00:15:16.100><c> those</c><00:15:16.360><c> questions</c><00:15:16.860><c> come</c><00:15:17.139><c> from</c><00:15:17.580><c> that</c><00:15:18.200><c> confounded</c>

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out<00:15:22.919><c> a</c><00:15:23.179><c> part</c><00:15:23.740><c> of</c><00:15:24.759><c> the</c><00:15:24.940><c> law?</c>

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And<00:15:26.320><c> those</c><00:15:26.519><c> weren't</c><00:15:26.679><c> ordinary</c><00:15:27.080><c> questions.</c>

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They<00:15:27.539><c> were</c><00:15:27.799><c> intelligent</c><00:15:28.259><c> questions.</c>

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They<00:15:29.080><c> were</c><00:15:29.379><c> confounding</c><00:15:30.179><c> the</c><00:15:30.659><c> doctors</c><00:15:31.139><c> of</c><00:15:31.659><c> the</c><00:15:31.799><c> law.</c>

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Inasmuch<00:15:33.179><c> as</c><00:15:33.379><c> the</c><00:15:33.519><c> scripture</c><00:15:33.759><c> says,</c><00:15:34.440><c> all</c><00:15:34.700><c> that</c><00:15:34.960><c> heard</c><00:15:35.159><c> him</c><00:15:35.440><c> were</c><00:15:35.919><c> astonished</c><00:15:36.700><c> at</c>

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his<00:15:37.200><c> understanding.</c>

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A<00:15:38.299><c> boy</c><00:15:38.559><c> of</c><00:15:38.820><c> 12</c><00:15:39.139><c> years</c><00:15:39.419><c> old.</c>

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In<00:15:41.779><c> regard</c><00:15:42.019><c> to</c><00:15:42.159><c> this,</c><00:15:42.279><c> just</c><00:15:42.440><c> come</c><00:15:42.639><c> across</c><00:15:42.919><c> to</c><00:15:43.139><c> John</c><00:15:43.340><c> chapter</c><00:15:43.700><c> 6.</c>

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John<00:15:45.919><c> chapter</c><00:15:46.179><c> 6</c><00:15:46.519><c> is</c><00:15:46.820><c> about</c><00:15:47.279><c> being</c><00:15:48.120><c> called</c><00:15:48.460><c> of</c><00:15:48.659><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:15:49.159><c> about</c><00:15:49.879><c> hearing</c><00:15:50.460><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:15:51.019><c> about</c><00:15:51.340><c> being</c><00:15:52.080><c> taught</c><00:15:52.279><c> of</c><00:15:52.480><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:53.299><c> there's</c><00:15:53.659><c> a</c><00:15:53.779><c> lovely</c><00:15:54.000><c> little</c><00:15:54.279><c> principle</c><00:15:54.740><c> that's</c><00:15:55.139><c> established</c><00:15:55.500><c> here</c><00:15:55.960><c> for</c><00:15:56.299><c> us.</c>

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And<00:15:58.320><c> if</c><00:15:58.600><c> Jesus</c><00:15:58.860><c> was</c><00:15:59.059><c> made</c><00:15:59.240><c> in</c><00:15:59.379><c> all</c><00:15:59.580><c> points</c><00:15:59.799><c> like</c><00:16:00.100><c> you</c><00:16:00.299><c> and</c><00:16:00.440><c> me,</c>

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brethren<00:16:00.820><c> and</c><00:16:01.059><c> sisters,</c>

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I'm<00:16:01.799><c> sure</c><00:16:01.980><c> that</c><00:16:02.240><c> these</c><00:16:02.519><c> principles</c><00:16:02.980><c> that</c><00:16:03.299><c> we</c><00:16:03.799><c> learn</c><00:16:04.259><c> here</c><00:16:04.899><c> were</c><00:16:05.779><c> applied</c><00:16:06.139><c> to</c>

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him<00:16:06.559><c> as</c><00:16:06.820><c> well</c><00:16:06.960><c> as</c><00:16:07.139><c> us.</c>

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Verse<00:16:08.200><c> 44</c><00:16:08.820><c> of</c><00:16:09.100><c> John</c><00:16:09.340><c> 6.</c>

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No<00:16:10.840><c> man</c><00:16:11.120><c> can</c><00:16:11.379><c> come</c><00:16:11.600><c> unto</c><00:16:11.779><c> me</c><00:16:12.139><c> except</c><00:16:12.519><c> the</c><00:16:12.759><c> Father</c><00:16:13.080><c> which</c><00:16:13.320><c> hath</c>

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sent<00:16:13.899><c> me</c><00:16:14.179><c> draw</c><00:16:14.419><c> him.</c>

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So<00:16:15.799><c> each</c><00:16:16.279><c> one</c><00:16:16.419><c> of</c><00:16:16.519><c> us,</c><00:16:16.720><c> brethren</c><00:16:16.860><c> and</c><00:16:17.080><c> sisters,</c><00:16:17.220><c> has</c><00:16:17.419><c> been</c><00:16:17.720><c> drawn</c><00:16:17.960><c> by</c><00:16:18.279><c> God.</c>

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We<00:16:19.440><c> might</c><00:16:20.000><c> have</c><00:16:20.179><c> a</c><00:16:20.379><c> difficulty</c><00:16:20.679><c> with</c><00:16:20.860><c> the</c><00:16:21.000><c> brother</c><00:16:21.139><c> or</c><00:16:21.299><c> sister</c>

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sitting<00:16:21.740><c> next</c><00:16:22.000><c> to</c><00:16:22.159><c> us.</c>

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So<00:16:22.940><c> I</c><00:16:23.019><c> wonder</c><00:16:23.200><c> why</c><00:16:23.440><c> God</c><00:16:23.659><c> chose</c><00:16:23.940><c> that</c><00:16:24.179><c> particular</c><00:16:24.500><c> person.</c>

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I<00:16:27.860><c> know</c><00:16:28.299><c> why</c><00:16:28.480><c> he</c><00:16:28.559><c> chose</c><00:16:28.840><c> me,</c><00:16:29.059><c> but</c><00:16:29.200><c> I'm</c><00:16:29.320><c> not</c><00:16:29.539><c> so</c><00:16:29.860><c> sure</c><00:16:29.980><c> why</c><00:16:30.200><c> he</c>

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chose<00:16:30.559><c> you.</c>

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But<00:16:34.059><c> the</c><00:16:34.240><c> point</c><00:16:34.379><c> is</c><00:16:34.500><c> that</c><00:16:34.639><c> God</c><00:16:34.779><c> doesn't</c><00:16:35.039><c> make</c><00:16:35.279><c> mistakes.</c>

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God<00:16:37.200><c> chose</c><00:16:37.600><c> you</c><00:16:38.580><c> because</c><00:16:39.200><c> you</c><00:16:39.460><c> responded.</c>

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Except<00:16:41.879><c> the</c><00:16:42.320><c> Father</c><00:16:42.980><c> which</c><00:16:44.240><c> hath</c><00:16:44.419><c> sent</c><00:16:44.539><c> me</c><00:16:44.779><c> draw</c><00:16:45.039><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:46.279><c> I</c><00:16:46.360><c> will</c><00:16:46.539><c> raise</c><00:16:46.679><c> him</c><00:16:46.820><c> up</c><00:16:46.919><c> to</c><00:16:47.019><c> the</c><00:16:47.120><c> last</c><00:16:47.340><c> day.</c>

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And<00:16:47.620><c> here's</c><00:16:48.159><c> the</c><00:16:48.639><c> part</c><00:16:48.840><c> that</c><00:16:49.000><c> is</c><00:16:49.100><c> written,</c><00:16:49.399><c> verse</c><00:16:49.580><c> 45.</c>

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It<00:16:50.480><c> is</c><00:16:50.679><c> written</c><00:16:50.879><c> in</c><00:16:51.059><c> the</c><00:16:51.259><c> prophets</c><00:16:51.480><c> that</c><00:16:51.840><c> they</c><00:16:52.039><c> shall</c><00:16:52.159><c> all</c><00:16:52.440><c> be</c>

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taught<00:16:52.899><c> of</c><00:16:53.080><c> God.</c>

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Every<00:16:54.299><c> man</c><00:16:54.519><c> that</c><00:16:54.759><c> therefore</c><00:16:55.120><c> hath</c><00:16:55.580><c> heard</c><00:16:56.220><c> and</c><00:16:57.200><c> hath</c><00:16:57.519><c> learned</c>

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of<00:16:58.000><c> the</c><00:16:58.139><c> Father</c><00:16:58.399><c> cometh</c><00:16:58.659><c> unto</c><00:16:58.860><c> me.</c>

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So<00:16:59.240><c> there's</c><00:16:59.500><c> the</c><00:16:59.700><c> process,</c><00:17:00.379><c> hearing</c><00:17:00.799><c> the</c><00:17:00.980><c> word</c><00:17:01.080><c> of</c><00:17:01.919><c> God.</c>

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Faith<00:17:02.480><c> cometh</c><00:17:02.779><c> by</c><00:17:03.299><c> hearing.</c>

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And<00:17:04.880><c> then</c><00:17:05.160><c> we</c><00:17:05.539><c> learn.</c>

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And<00:17:06.960><c> then</c><00:17:07.259><c> we</c><00:17:07.599><c> come</c><00:17:07.819><c> to</c><00:17:08.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:17:09.839><c> how</c><00:17:10.019><c> are</c><00:17:10.119><c> we</c><00:17:10.240><c> taught</c><00:17:10.359><c> of</c><00:17:10.500><c> God?</c>

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We<00:17:11.000><c> learn</c><00:17:11.200><c> about</c><00:17:11.519><c> hearing</c><00:17:11.799><c> the</c><00:17:11.900><c> word</c><00:17:12.019><c> of</c><00:17:12.200><c> God.</c>

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We<00:17:13.119><c> learn</c><00:17:13.339><c> by</c><00:17:13.680><c> comprehending</c><00:17:14.339><c> the</c><00:17:14.500><c> word</c><00:17:14.619><c> of</c><00:17:14.839><c> God.</c>

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We<00:17:15.740><c> learn</c><00:17:16.000><c> by</c><00:17:16.319><c> applying</c><00:17:16.859><c> the</c><00:17:17.000><c> word</c><00:17:17.160><c> of</c><00:17:17.299><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:17.559><c> of</c><00:17:17.680><c> course,</c><00:17:18.099><c> if</c><00:17:18.240><c> we</c><00:17:18.400><c> don't</c><00:17:18.579><c> apply</c><00:17:18.859><c> it,</c><00:17:19.079><c> it's</c><00:17:19.220><c> not</c><00:17:19.460><c> living.</c>

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And<00:17:19.859><c> if</c><00:17:19.920><c> it's</c><00:17:20.140><c> not</c><00:17:20.299><c> living,</c><00:17:20.559><c> then</c><00:17:20.700><c> it's</c><00:17:20.920><c> dead.</c>

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This<00:17:21.220><c> is</c><00:17:21.420><c> a</c><00:17:21.519><c> living</c><00:17:21.700><c> word.</c>

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It<00:17:23.119><c> needs</c><00:17:23.400><c> to</c><00:17:23.640><c> live</c><00:17:23.740><c> in</c><00:17:23.920><c> our</c><00:17:24.119><c> lives.</c>

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Now<00:17:25.140><c> each</c><00:17:25.420><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:26.420><c> comprises</c><00:17:26.980><c> of</c><00:17:27.240><c> different</c><00:17:27.460><c> components.</c>

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We're<00:17:28.640><c> all</c><00:17:28.819><c> parts</c><00:17:29.019><c> of</c><00:17:29.160><c> the</c><00:17:29.299><c> body</c><00:17:29.500><c> and</c><00:17:29.619><c> we</c><00:17:29.759><c> all</c><00:17:29.920><c> have</c><00:17:30.079><c> different</c><00:17:30.359><c> functions.</c>

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In<00:17:32.759><c> the</c><00:17:32.940><c> first</c><00:17:33.119><c> century</c><00:17:33.380><c> there</c><00:17:33.619><c> were</c><00:17:33.740><c> apostles,</c><00:17:34.279><c> the</c><00:17:34.359><c> prophets,</c><00:17:34.920><c> evangelists,</c><00:17:35.299><c> as</c><00:17:35.319><c> it</c>

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is<00:17:35.640><c> written,</c><00:17:38.019><c> pastors,</c><00:17:38.720><c> teachers.</c>

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And<00:17:41.000><c> one</c><00:17:41.519><c> of</c><00:17:41.619><c> the</c><00:17:41.880><c> greatest</c><00:17:42.319><c> evangelists</c><00:17:43.559><c> at</c><00:17:44.259><c> this</c><00:17:44.460><c> point</c><00:17:44.720><c> in</c>

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time<00:17:45.440><c> was</c><00:17:46.339><c> John</c><00:17:47.000><c> the</c><00:17:47.220><c> Baptist,</c><00:17:48.460><c> my</c><00:17:48.640><c> messenger.</c>

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And<00:17:50.480><c> I'd</c><00:17:50.779><c> like</c><00:17:50.920><c> to</c><00:17:51.460><c> bring</c><00:17:51.660><c> you</c><00:17:51.900><c> to</c><00:17:52.160><c> Mark</c><00:17:52.440><c> chapter</c><00:17:52.759><c> 1</c><00:17:52.960><c> now.</c>

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One<00:17:54.019><c> of</c><00:17:54.640><c> the</c><00:17:54.799><c> greatest</c><00:17:55.240><c> evangelists</c><00:17:56.000><c> and</c><00:17:56.240><c> teachers</c><00:17:56.700><c> of</c><00:17:57.319><c> this</c><00:17:57.599><c> time.</c>

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John<00:17:59.579><c> says</c><00:17:59.859><c> of</c><00:18:00.019><c> him,</c><00:18:00.319><c> he</c><00:18:00.319><c> was</c><00:18:00.519><c> a</c><00:18:00.720><c> man</c><00:18:01.019><c> sent</c><00:18:01.279><c> from</c><00:18:01.519><c> God</c><00:18:01.740><c> as</c><00:18:01.940><c> a</c><00:18:02.059><c> witness,</c><00:18:02.940><c> a</c>

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light<00:18:03.400><c> bearer.</c>

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He<00:18:04.799><c> was</c><00:18:04.980><c> a</c><00:18:05.059><c> man</c><00:18:05.279><c> sent</c><00:18:05.460><c> from</c><00:18:05.680><c> God,</c><00:18:06.119><c> says</c><00:18:06.220><c> John,</c><00:18:07.839><c> whose</c><00:18:08.000><c> name</c><00:18:08.279><c> was</c><00:18:08.579><c> John.</c>

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The<00:18:10.680><c> same</c><00:18:10.900><c> came</c><00:18:11.279><c> for</c><00:18:11.519><c> a</c><00:18:11.640><c> witness,</c><00:18:11.980><c> to</c><00:18:12.119><c> bear</c><00:18:12.299><c> witness</c><00:18:12.660><c> of</c><00:18:12.960><c> the</c>

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light<00:18:13.500><c> that</c><00:18:14.240><c> all</c><00:18:14.519><c> men</c><00:18:14.859><c> through</c><00:18:15.259><c> him</c><00:18:15.619><c> might</c><00:18:15.940><c> believe.</c>

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So<00:18:16.700><c> he</c><00:18:17.180><c> was</c><00:18:17.759><c> a</c><00:18:18.079><c> very,</c><00:18:18.740><c> very</c><00:18:18.740><c> important</c><00:18:19.099><c> man</c><00:18:19.779><c> in</c><00:18:20.119><c> God's</c><00:18:20.579><c> plan</c>

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and<00:18:20.920><c> purpose.</c>

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Mark<00:18:21.559><c> 1</c><00:18:21.940><c> and</c><00:18:22.099><c> at</c><00:18:22.259><c> verse</c><00:18:22.500><c> 1.</c>

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This<00:18:24.660><c> is</c><00:18:24.700><c> what</c><00:18:24.819><c> the</c><00:18:25.000><c> Gospel</c><00:18:25.279><c> of</c><00:18:25.480><c> Mark</c><00:18:25.680><c> has</c><00:18:25.920><c> to</c><00:18:26.059><c> say</c><00:18:26.220><c> about</c><00:18:26.480><c> this.</c>

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The<00:18:28.279><c> beginning</c><00:18:28.539><c> of</c><00:18:28.680><c> the</c><00:18:28.819><c> Gospel</c><00:18:29.119><c> of</c><00:18:29.299><c> Jesus</c><00:18:29.640><c> Christ,</c><00:18:30.160><c> the</c><00:18:30.240><c> Son</c>

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of<00:18:30.579><c> God,</c><00:18:32.160><c> as</c><00:18:32.359><c> it</c><00:18:32.720><c> is</c><00:18:33.019><c> written</c><00:18:33.339><c> in</c><00:18:33.759><c> the</c><00:18:34.000><c> prophets.</c>

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Behold<00:18:35.599><c> I</c><00:18:36.019><c> send</c><00:18:36.359><c> my</c><00:18:37.000><c> angelos,</c><00:18:37.900><c> really</c><00:18:39.240><c> our</c><00:18:39.559><c> guess</c><00:18:39.759><c> is</c><00:18:40.220><c> the</c><00:18:40.880><c> Greek</c><00:18:41.059><c> there,</c><00:18:41.640><c> my</c><00:18:41.859><c> angel.</c>

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Behold<00:18:43.400><c> I</c><00:18:43.680><c> send</c><00:18:43.920><c> my</c><00:18:44.259><c> angel</c><00:18:44.720><c> before</c><00:18:45.099><c> thy</c><00:18:45.319><c> face,</c><00:18:46.099><c> which</c><00:18:46.240><c> shall</c>

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prepare<00:18:46.940><c> thy</c><00:18:47.200><c> way</c><00:18:47.500><c> before</c><00:18:47.880><c> thee,</c><00:18:49.900><c> as</c><00:18:50.240><c> it</c><00:18:50.359><c> is</c><00:18:50.539><c> written.</c>

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So<00:18:51.960><c> the</c><00:18:52.119><c> principle</c><00:18:52.559><c> is</c><00:18:52.740><c> let's</c><00:18:52.960><c> go</c><00:18:53.200><c> back</c><00:18:53.440><c> to</c><00:18:53.619><c> the</c><00:18:53.819><c> source.</c><00:18:54.079><c> Where</c><00:18:54.380><c> does</c>

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that<00:18:54.839><c> come</c><00:18:55.099><c> from?</c>

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Where<00:18:56.940><c> does</c><00:18:57.180><c> that</c><00:18:57.460><c> quotation</c><00:18:57.900><c> come</c><00:18:58.160><c> from?</c><00:18:58.319><c> This</c><00:18:58.460><c> is</c><00:18:58.660><c> for</c><00:18:58.819><c> a</c>

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good<00:18:59.940><c> old</c><00:19:00.940><c> Malachi.</c>

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Can<00:19:02.819><c> you</c><00:19:02.980><c> catch?</c><00:19:04.319><c> Off</c><00:19:04.440><c> you</c><00:19:04.619><c> go.</c><00:19:05.400><c> There</c><00:19:05.480><c> you</c><00:19:05.700><c> go.</c><00:19:06.039><c> Well</c><00:19:06.259><c> done.</c>

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Malachi<00:19:06.960><c> and</c><00:19:07.099><c> it's</c><00:19:07.279><c> chapter</c><00:19:07.500><c> 3.</c>

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So<00:19:08.920><c> we're</c><00:19:09.680><c> doing</c><00:19:09.859><c> well.</c><00:19:11.039><c> Everyone's</c><00:19:11.599><c> looking</c><00:19:11.839><c> bright</c><00:19:12.200><c> and</c>

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that's<00:19:13.200><c> fantastic.</c>

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Malachi<00:19:14.619><c> chapter</c><00:19:15.000><c> 3.</c>

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Alright,<00:19:16.759><c> you</c><00:19:16.779><c> can</c><00:19:17.019><c> keep</c><00:19:17.200><c> your</c><00:19:17.380><c> place</c><00:19:17.539><c> in</c><00:19:17.700><c> Mark</c><00:19:17.799><c> if</c><00:19:17.980><c> you</c><00:19:18.140><c> want</c>

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to,<00:19:18.539><c> but</c><00:19:18.700><c> we'll</c><00:19:18.920><c> just</c><00:19:19.099><c> have</c><00:19:19.259><c> a</c><00:19:19.460><c> quick</c><00:19:19.799><c> refresher</c><00:19:20.319><c> course</c><00:19:20.579><c> in</c>

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Malachi<00:19:21.160><c> chapter</c><00:19:21.559><c> 3.</c>

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To<00:19:22.680><c> try</c><00:19:22.839><c> and</c><00:19:23.000><c> help</c><00:19:23.099><c> us</c><00:19:23.380><c> into</c><00:19:24.160><c> John's</c><00:19:24.980><c> understanding</c><00:19:25.400><c> of</c><00:19:25.640><c> his</c>

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preaching<00:19:26.160><c> and</c><00:19:26.359><c> his</c><00:19:26.559><c> teaching.</c>

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Because<00:19:27.819><c> I'm</c><00:19:28.000><c> sure</c><00:19:28.240><c> that</c><00:19:28.519><c> John</c><00:19:28.720><c> himself</c><00:19:29.359><c> knew</c><00:19:30.000><c> that</c><00:19:30.920><c> this</c><00:19:32.160><c> part</c><00:19:32.720><c> of</c>

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Scripture<00:19:33.240><c> was</c><00:19:33.480><c> talking</c><00:19:33.819><c> about</c><00:19:34.140><c> him.</c>

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Malachi<00:19:35.660><c> chapter</c><00:19:36.000><c> 3</c><00:19:36.480><c> verse</c><00:19:36.819><c> 1.</c><00:19:38.220><c> Behold</c><00:19:38.619><c> I</c><00:19:38.920><c> send</c><00:19:39.319><c> my</c><00:19:39.920><c> messenger,</c><00:19:40.400><c> and</c><00:19:40.539><c> that's</c><00:19:40.779><c> the</c>

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Hebrew<00:19:41.079><c> word</c><00:19:41.240><c> as</c><00:19:41.400><c> you</c><00:19:41.519><c> well</c><00:19:41.740><c> know.</c>

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It's<00:19:42.640><c> the</c><00:19:42.799><c> word</c><00:19:42.940><c> angel,</c><00:19:43.400><c> it's</c><00:19:43.500><c> the</c><00:19:43.599><c> word</c><00:19:43.779><c> malak.</c><00:19:44.740><c> And</c><00:19:44.859><c> of</c><00:19:45.059><c> course</c><00:19:45.400><c> malachi,</c><00:19:46.359><c> malachi</c><00:19:46.940><c> is</c>

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the<00:19:47.400><c> book</c><00:19:47.539><c> on</c><00:19:47.819><c> angels.</c>

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And<00:19:49.819><c> that's</c><00:19:50.359><c> where</c><00:19:50.500><c> we'll</c><00:19:50.720><c> find</c><00:19:50.980><c> it,</c><00:19:51.240><c> in</c><00:19:51.400><c> the</c><00:19:51.480><c> book</c><00:19:51.740><c> of</c><00:19:52.119><c> the</c><00:19:52.400><c> angels,</c><00:19:53.059><c> malachi,</c><00:19:53.759><c> my</c><00:19:53.900><c> angel.</c>

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Behold<00:19:55.079><c> I</c><00:19:55.339><c> send</c><00:19:55.579><c> my</c><00:19:56.059><c> angel,</c><00:19:56.519><c> malachi.</c><00:19:58.480><c> And</c><00:19:58.660><c> he</c><00:19:58.839><c> shall</c><00:19:59.019><c> prepare</c>

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the<00:19:59.799><c> way</c><00:20:00.000><c> before</c><00:20:00.339><c> me.</c>

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So<00:20:00.900><c> the</c><00:20:01.059><c> first</c><00:20:01.400><c> angel</c><00:20:01.680><c> there,</c><00:20:02.480><c> John</c><00:20:02.740><c> understood</c><00:20:03.200><c> that</c><00:20:03.440><c> to</c><00:20:03.640><c> be</c><00:20:03.859><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:20:06.019><c> the</c><00:20:06.279><c> Lord,</c><00:20:07.700><c> John</c><00:20:08.019><c> understood</c><00:20:08.480><c> that</c><00:20:08.799><c> to</c><00:20:08.960><c> be</c><00:20:09.119><c> the</c><00:20:09.259><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:20:09.839><c> Christ.</c>

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Whom<00:20:11.059><c> ye</c><00:20:11.380><c> seek</c><00:20:11.680><c> shall</c><00:20:12.119><c> suddenly</c><00:20:12.680><c> come</c><00:20:12.920><c> into</c><00:20:13.099><c> his</c><00:20:13.299><c> temple.</c>

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Even<00:20:15.339><c> the</c><00:20:15.619><c> messenger,</c><00:20:16.359><c> the</c><00:20:16.559><c> messenger,</c><00:20:17.519><c> hamalak,</c><00:20:18.319><c> the</c><00:20:18.559><c> messenger</c><00:20:19.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:20.259><c> covenant.</c>

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Whom<00:20:22.160><c> I</c><00:20:22.319><c> delight</c><00:20:22.680><c> in.</c><00:20:24.220><c> Behold</c><00:20:24.619><c> he</c><00:20:24.799><c> shall</c><00:20:24.960><c> come,</c><00:20:25.599><c> saith</c><00:20:25.700><c> the</c><00:20:25.900><c> Lord</c><00:20:26.119><c> of</c><00:20:26.319><c> hosts.</c>

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So<00:20:29.519><c> what</c><00:20:29.819><c> was</c><00:20:30.079><c> John's</c><00:20:30.799><c> understanding</c><00:20:31.359><c> of</c><00:20:32.099><c> this</c><00:20:32.400><c> coming?</c>

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Well<00:20:34.140><c> you</c><00:20:34.160><c> can</c><00:20:34.299><c> see</c><00:20:34.420><c> from</c><00:20:34.599><c> the</c><00:20:34.779><c> text</c><00:20:34.900><c> it</c><00:20:35.039><c> was</c><00:20:35.180><c> awesome.</c>

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He<00:20:37.160><c> was</c><00:20:37.420><c> suddenly</c><00:20:37.839><c> to</c><00:20:38.079><c> come</c><00:20:38.200><c> into</c><00:20:38.359><c> his</c><00:20:38.539><c> temple.</c>

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And<00:20:40.680><c> look</c><00:20:40.799><c> at</c><00:20:40.960><c> verse</c><00:20:41.180><c> 2.</c><00:20:43.980><c> Who</c><00:20:44.119><c> shall</c><00:20:44.359><c> abide</c><00:20:44.619><c> the</c><00:20:44.779><c> day</c><00:20:44.900><c> of</c><00:20:45.000><c> his</c><00:20:45.200><c> coming?</c>

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And<00:20:46.859><c> who</c><00:20:47.039><c> shall</c><00:20:47.240><c> stand</c><00:20:47.539><c> when</c><00:20:47.700><c> he</c><00:20:47.940><c> appears?</c><00:20:48.539><c> For</c><00:20:48.640><c> he</c><00:20:48.839><c> shall</c><00:20:48.960><c> be</c>

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like<00:20:49.400><c> a</c><00:20:49.579><c> refiner's</c><00:20:50.119><c> fire,</c><00:20:50.359><c> like</c><00:20:50.599><c> a</c><00:20:50.720><c> full</c><00:20:50.839><c> of</c><00:20:51.099><c> soap.</c>

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Verse<00:20:52.799><c> 3,</c><00:20:53.000><c> he</c><00:20:53.140><c> shall</c><00:20:53.440><c> sit</c><00:20:53.720><c> as</c><00:20:53.980><c> a</c><00:20:54.119><c> refiner</c><00:20:54.380><c> and</c><00:20:54.559><c> a</c><00:20:54.759><c> purifier</c><00:20:55.200><c> of</c><00:20:55.420><c> silver.</c>

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And<00:20:57.180><c> he</c><00:20:57.279><c> shall</c><00:20:57.380><c> purify</c><00:20:57.859><c> the</c><00:20:58.039><c> sons</c><00:20:58.259><c> of</c><00:20:58.500><c> Levi.</c><00:20:59.200><c> Listen</c><00:20:59.359><c> for</c><00:20:59.539><c> the</c>

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echoes<00:20:59.920><c> in</c><00:21:00.160><c> Zechariah</c><00:21:00.519><c> 13,</c><00:21:01.119><c> will</c><00:21:01.119><c> you?</c>

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He<00:21:03.119><c> shall</c><00:21:03.319><c> purge</c><00:21:03.779><c> them</c><00:21:04.339><c> as</c><00:21:04.779><c> gold</c><00:21:05.119><c> and</c><00:21:05.380><c> silver.</c><00:21:05.839><c> And</c><00:21:05.920><c> why?</c>

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That<00:21:07.339><c> they</c><00:21:07.480><c> might</c><00:21:07.740><c> offer</c><00:21:08.039><c> unto</c><00:21:08.319><c> the</c><00:21:08.539><c> Lord</c><00:21:09.099><c> an</c><00:21:09.940><c> offering</c><00:21:10.220><c> of</c><00:21:10.480><c> righteousness.</c>

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At<00:21:14.160><c> this</c><00:21:14.339><c> point</c><00:21:14.539><c> in</c><00:21:14.720><c> their</c><00:21:14.839><c> history</c><00:21:15.160><c> the</c><00:21:15.319><c> nation</c><00:21:15.680><c> had</c><00:21:16.000><c> backslidden.</c>

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The<00:21:18.160><c> priesthood</c><00:21:18.779><c> had</c><00:21:19.079><c> grown</c><00:21:19.420><c> fat</c><00:21:19.859><c> on</c><00:21:20.079><c> the</c><00:21:20.319><c> poverty</c><00:21:20.680><c> of</c><00:21:20.960><c> the</c><00:21:21.119><c> people.</c>

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They<00:21:23.299><c> were</c><00:21:23.500><c> like</c><00:21:23.680><c> sheep</c><00:21:23.920><c> without</c><00:21:24.220><c> a</c><00:21:24.440><c> shepherd.</c>

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A<00:21:26.200><c> reformation</c><00:21:26.759><c> of</c><00:21:26.940><c> the</c><00:21:27.019><c> nation</c><00:21:27.319><c> of</c><00:21:27.440><c> Israel</c><00:21:27.819><c> was</c><00:21:28.099><c> needed</c><00:21:28.440><c> more</c>

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now<00:21:29.119><c> than</c><00:21:29.319><c> ever</c><00:21:29.700><c> before.</c>

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And<00:21:30.960><c> this</c><00:21:31.200><c> was</c><00:21:31.460><c> John's</c><00:21:32.000><c> message.</c>

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Let's<00:21:34.079><c> come</c><00:21:34.279><c> back</c><00:21:34.440><c> to</c><00:21:34.599><c> Mark</c><00:21:34.819><c> 1</c><00:21:35.000><c> now.</c>

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This<00:21:36.819><c> was</c><00:21:37.079><c> the</c><00:21:37.299><c> Jesus</c><00:21:37.660><c> that</c><00:21:38.200><c> the</c><00:21:38.519><c> nation</c><00:21:38.880><c> needed.</c>

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This<00:21:40.259><c> was</c><00:21:40.599><c> the</c><00:21:40.819><c> Jesus</c><00:21:41.119><c> that</c><00:21:41.779><c> John</c><00:21:42.099><c> preached.</c>

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This<00:21:43.440><c> was</c><00:21:43.859><c> the</c><00:21:44.519><c> mighty</c><00:21:45.019><c> Jesus</c><00:21:45.619><c> that</c><00:21:46.000><c> would</c><00:21:46.359><c> purify</c><00:21:46.819><c> the</c><00:21:47.059><c> sons</c>

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of<00:21:47.500><c> Levi</c><00:21:47.700><c> because</c><00:21:48.059><c> the</c><00:21:48.380><c> priesthood</c><00:21:48.660><c> was</c><00:21:48.980><c> corrupt</c><00:21:49.299><c> through</c>

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and<00:21:49.940><c> through.</c>

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Mark<00:21:52.599><c> 1</c><00:21:52.799><c> verse</c><00:21:53.160><c> 3.</c>

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The<00:21:54.660><c> voice</c><00:21:54.920><c> of</c><00:21:55.119><c> one</c><00:21:55.400><c> crying</c><00:21:55.700><c> in</c><00:21:55.839><c> the</c><00:21:55.960><c> wilderness.</c><00:21:56.359><c> He</c><00:21:56.359><c> had</c><00:21:56.460><c> come</c><00:21:56.759><c> from</c><00:21:57.039><c> the</c><00:21:57.240><c> wilderness.</c>

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Prepare<00:21:58.279><c> ye</c><00:21:58.500><c> the</c><00:21:58.579><c> way</c><00:21:58.779><c> of</c><00:21:59.200><c> the</c><00:21:59.420><c> Lord</c><00:21:59.660><c> and</c><00:21:59.859><c> make</c><00:22:00.039><c> his</c><00:22:00.319><c> path</c><00:22:00.680><c> straight.</c>

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Remember<00:22:01.539><c> our</c><00:22:02.880><c> study</c><00:22:03.180><c> in</c><00:22:03.559><c> Ezekiel?</c><00:22:03.960><c> We</c><00:22:04.079><c> didn't</c><00:22:04.220><c> do</c><00:22:04.359><c> that.</c><00:22:04.579><c> Here</c><00:22:04.660><c> we</c>

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did<00:22:04.900><c> it</c><00:22:05.019><c> back</c><00:22:05.579><c> in</c><00:22:05.960><c> Sarasota.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:22:08.359><c> about</c><00:22:08.559><c> the</c><00:22:08.819><c> cherubim.</c>

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The<00:22:10.160><c> wheels</c><00:22:10.460><c> within</c><00:22:10.700><c> wheels.</c><00:22:11.079><c> To</c><00:22:11.200><c> make</c><00:22:11.359><c> them</c><00:22:11.500><c> go</c><00:22:11.819><c> straight.</c>

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Make<00:22:12.420><c> sure</c><00:22:12.680><c> that</c><00:22:12.880><c> the</c><00:22:13.019><c> path</c><00:22:13.200><c> is</c><00:22:13.559><c> straight.</c>

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There<00:22:14.440><c> it</c><00:22:14.579><c> is.</c><00:22:14.980><c> Make</c><00:22:15.160><c> his</c><00:22:15.420><c> path</c><00:22:15.720><c> straight.</c>

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John<00:22:17.220><c> did</c><00:22:17.460><c> baptize</c><00:22:17.940><c> in</c><00:22:18.119><c> the</c><00:22:18.259><c> wilderness</c><00:22:18.680><c> and</c><00:22:19.319><c> preached</c><00:22:19.619><c> the</c>

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baptism<00:22:20.259><c> of</c><00:22:20.519><c> repentance</c><00:22:20.980><c> for</c><00:22:21.220><c> the</c><00:22:21.319><c> remission</c><00:22:22.000><c> of</c><00:22:22.559><c> sins.</c>

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It<00:22:23.660><c> was</c><00:22:23.819><c> Jesus</c><00:22:24.160><c> who</c><00:22:24.319><c> was</c><00:22:24.440><c> to</c><00:22:24.579><c> preach</c><00:22:24.759><c> the</c><00:22:24.940><c> gospel.</c><00:22:25.579><c> Mind</c><00:22:25.740><c> you.</c>

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John<00:22:26.799><c> preached</c><00:22:27.500><c> repentance</c><00:22:28.420><c> for</c><00:22:28.700><c> the</c><00:22:28.839><c> remission</c><00:22:29.160><c> of</c><00:22:29.460><c> sins.</c>

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Jesus<00:22:30.779><c> in</c><00:22:31.160><c> Luke</c><00:22:31.619><c> 4,</c><00:22:32.240><c> he</c><00:22:32.619><c> preached</c><00:22:32.960><c> the</c><00:22:33.400><c> gospel.</c>

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So<00:22:34.240><c> notice</c><00:22:34.599><c> the</c><00:22:34.839><c> different</c><00:22:35.279><c> emphasis</c><00:22:35.680><c> on</c><00:22:35.900><c> the</c><00:22:36.079><c> preaching.</c>

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Verse<00:22:37.000><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:22:38.279><c> they</c><00:22:38.420><c> went</c><00:22:38.640><c> out</c><00:22:38.819><c> unto</c><00:22:38.940><c> him</c><00:22:39.119><c> all</c><00:22:39.539><c> the</c><00:22:39.619><c> land</c><00:22:39.859><c> of</c><00:22:40.079><c> Judea,</c><00:22:40.920><c> and</c>

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they<00:22:41.140><c> of</c><00:22:41.220><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:22:41.940><c> and</c><00:22:42.059><c> they</c><00:22:42.200><c> all</c><00:22:42.359><c> baptized</c><00:22:42.839><c> him</c><00:22:43.039><c> in</c><00:22:43.180><c> the</c>

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river<00:22:43.440><c> Jordan,</c><00:22:43.799><c> confessing</c><00:22:44.319><c> their</c><00:22:44.519><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:22:45.799><c> John</c><00:22:45.960><c> was</c><00:22:46.299><c> clothed</c><00:22:46.720><c> with</c><00:22:46.940><c> camels</c><00:22:47.220><c> there</c><00:22:47.400><c> and</c><00:22:47.519><c> a</c><00:22:47.640><c> girdle</c>

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of<00:22:48.380><c> skin</c><00:22:48.700><c> about</c><00:22:48.920><c> his</c><00:22:49.200><c> loins.</c>

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Had<00:22:50.440><c> a</c><00:22:50.680><c> strange,</c><00:22:51.039><c> strange</c><00:22:51.339><c> diet.</c><00:22:51.839><c> Perhaps</c><00:22:52.140><c> stranger</c><00:22:52.420><c> than</c><00:22:52.500><c> we</c>

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have<00:22:52.859><c> here.</c>

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Imagine<00:22:54.039><c> having</c><00:22:54.319><c> that</c><00:22:54.559><c> to</c><00:22:54.759><c> eat.</c><00:22:56.240><c> Locusts</c><00:22:56.700><c> and</c><00:22:56.920><c> wild</c><00:22:57.180><c> honey.</c>

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In<00:22:58.859><c> the</c><00:22:58.960><c> wilderness.</c><00:22:59.299><c> Not</c><00:22:59.460><c> in</c><00:22:59.640><c> a</c><00:22:59.740><c> comfortable</c><00:23:00.079><c> bed.</c>

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Huh?

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I<00:23:05.099><c> said</c><00:23:05.299><c> something</c><00:23:05.519><c> about</c><00:23:05.759><c> the</c><00:23:06.000><c> spaghetti,</c><00:23:06.400><c> but</c><00:23:06.640><c> I</c><00:23:06.859><c> can't</c><00:23:07.079><c> give</c><00:23:07.200><c> you</c>

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a<00:23:07.400><c> naughty</c><00:23:07.519><c> badge</c><00:23:07.720><c> for</c><00:23:07.940><c> that.</c>

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Verse<00:23:10.980><c> 7.</c><00:23:11.380><c> And</c><00:23:11.380><c> he</c><00:23:11.539><c> preached</c><00:23:11.819><c> saying,</c><00:23:12.299><c> there</c><00:23:12.299><c> cometh</c><00:23:12.559><c> one</c><00:23:13.039><c> mightier</c><00:23:13.579><c> than</c><00:23:13.779><c> I</c>

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after<00:23:14.319><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:23:14.920><c> you</c><00:23:14.960><c> must</c><00:23:15.119><c> remember</c><00:23:15.339><c> John</c><00:23:15.640><c> the</c><00:23:15.799><c> Baptist</c><00:23:16.119><c> was</c><00:23:16.420><c> no</c><00:23:17.319><c> mean</c><00:23:18.539><c> fella.</c>

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He<00:23:19.480><c> was</c><00:23:19.920><c> a</c><00:23:20.240><c> powerful</c><00:23:20.799><c> man.</c>

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There<00:23:22.240><c> comes</c><00:23:22.619><c> one</c><00:23:22.960><c> after</c><00:23:23.240><c> me</c><00:23:23.660><c> mightier</c><00:23:24.180><c> than</c><00:23:24.359><c> I.</c>

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So<00:23:24.480><c> the</c><00:23:25.099><c> nation</c><00:23:25.440><c> of</c><00:23:25.619><c> Israel</c><00:23:25.859><c> said,</c><00:23:26.319><c> if</c><00:23:26.319><c> this</c><00:23:26.539><c> is</c><00:23:26.720><c> the</c><00:23:26.839><c> curtain</c>

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raiser,<00:23:27.380><c> can</c><00:23:27.500><c> you</c><00:23:27.680><c> imagine</c><00:23:27.960><c> what</c><00:23:28.819><c> the</c><00:23:30.180><c> main</c><00:23:30.480><c> prophet</c><00:23:30.799><c> is</c><00:23:30.980><c> going</c><00:23:31.099><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:31.359><c> like?</c>

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There<00:23:32.019><c> comes</c><00:23:32.339><c> one</c><00:23:32.579><c> after</c><00:23:32.859><c> me</c><00:23:33.240><c> mightier</c><00:23:33.720><c> than</c><00:23:33.980><c> I.</c>

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The<00:23:34.660><c> latchet</c><00:23:34.960><c> of</c><00:23:35.099><c> whose</c><00:23:35.299><c> shoe</c><00:23:35.519><c> I'm</c><00:23:35.720><c> not</c><00:23:35.920><c> worthy</c><00:23:36.079><c> to</c><00:23:36.279><c> stoop</c><00:23:36.420><c> down</c><00:23:36.640><c> and</c><00:23:36.819><c> unloosen.</c>

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I'm<00:23:37.279><c> hoping</c><00:23:37.500><c> that</c><00:23:37.700><c> Brother</c><00:23:37.920><c> Dev</c><00:23:38.099><c> is</c><00:23:38.519><c> going</c><00:23:38.700><c> to</c><00:23:38.799><c> deal</c><00:23:38.900><c> with</c><00:23:39.079><c> that</c><00:23:39.240><c> in</c>

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Ruth<00:23:39.519><c> chapter</c><00:23:39.839><c> 4.</c>

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Are<00:23:40.220><c> you</c><00:23:40.319><c> going</c><00:23:40.400><c> to</c><00:23:40.500><c> get</c><00:23:40.619><c> to</c><00:23:40.819><c> that</c><00:23:40.980><c> in</c><00:23:40.980><c> Ruth</c><00:23:41.099><c> chapter</c><00:23:41.339><c> 4?</c>

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The<00:23:41.980><c> latchet</c><00:23:42.339><c> of</c><00:23:42.460><c> whose</c><00:23:42.700><c> shoe</c><00:23:42.880><c> I'm</c><00:23:43.039><c> not</c><00:23:43.220><c> worthy</c><00:23:43.920><c> to</c><00:23:44.119><c> stoop</c><00:23:44.359><c> down?</c>

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No,<00:23:45.859><c> well</c><00:23:45.980><c> I'm</c><00:23:46.039><c> not</c><00:23:46.160><c> going</c><00:23:46.279><c> to</c><00:23:46.279><c> talk</c><00:23:46.440><c> about</c><00:23:46.579><c> it</c><00:23:46.680><c> now.</c>

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I'll<00:23:47.500><c> run</c><00:23:47.640><c> out</c><00:23:47.819><c> of</c><00:23:48.019><c> time.</c>

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But<00:23:49.380><c> it</c><00:23:49.380><c> has</c><00:23:49.599><c> to</c><00:23:49.720><c> do</c><00:23:49.819><c> with</c><00:23:49.960><c> redemption,</c><00:23:50.420><c> and</c><00:23:50.500><c> you</c><00:23:50.579><c> know</c><00:23:50.720><c> that</c>

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it<00:23:50.920><c> goes</c><00:23:51.099><c> back</c><00:23:51.339><c> to</c><00:23:51.500><c> the</c><00:23:51.619><c> law.</c>

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The<00:23:52.819><c> loosing</c><00:23:53.099><c> of</c><00:23:53.339><c> the</c><00:23:53.559><c> shoe,</c><00:23:54.180><c> the</c><00:23:54.319><c> redemption.</c>

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And<00:23:55.680><c> we're</c><00:23:56.079><c> not</c><00:23:56.220><c> going</c><00:23:56.339><c> to</c><00:23:56.380><c> talk</c><00:23:56.579><c> about</c><00:23:56.779><c> that</c><00:23:57.000><c> now.</c>

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I<00:23:57.740><c> indeed</c><00:23:58.039><c> have</c><00:23:58.279><c> baptized</c><00:23:58.700><c> you</c><00:23:58.859><c> with</c><00:23:59.000><c> water,</c><00:23:59.319><c> but</c><00:23:59.400><c> he</c><00:23:59.599><c> shall</c>

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baptize<00:24:00.200><c> you</c><00:24:00.319><c> with</c><00:24:00.460><c> the</c><00:24:00.599><c> Holy</c><00:24:00.839><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:24:02.119><c> Luke</c><00:24:02.559><c> adds,</c><00:24:03.259><c> end</c><00:24:03.400><c> with</c><00:24:03.680><c> fire,</c><00:24:05.000><c> as</c><00:24:05.200><c> it</c><00:24:05.339><c> is</c><00:24:05.480><c> written</c><00:24:05.839><c> here.</c>

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His<00:24:08.299><c> fan</c><00:24:08.640><c> is</c><00:24:08.799><c> in</c><00:24:08.920><c> his</c><00:24:09.099><c> hand,</c><00:24:09.359><c> and</c><00:24:09.460><c> he</c><00:24:09.539><c> will</c><00:24:09.839><c> thoroughly</c><00:24:10.180><c> purge</c>

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his<00:24:11.019><c> flaw.</c>

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And<00:24:12.619><c> gather</c><00:24:12.799><c> his</c><00:24:13.059><c> wheat</c><00:24:13.180><c> into</c><00:24:13.400><c> his</c><00:24:13.640><c> garner,</c><00:24:13.859><c> and</c><00:24:13.940><c> he</c><00:24:14.039><c> will</c><00:24:14.319><c> burn</c><00:24:14.559><c> up</c>

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the<00:24:15.000><c> chaff</c><00:24:15.160><c> with</c><00:24:15.460><c> unquenchable</c><00:24:16.180><c> fire.</c>

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This<00:24:17.460><c> is</c><00:24:18.220><c> the</c><00:24:18.380><c> Jesus</c><00:24:18.720><c> that</c><00:24:18.940><c> John</c><00:24:19.119><c> was</c><00:24:19.359><c> preaching.</c>

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And<00:24:20.380><c> it</c><00:24:20.500><c> came</c><00:24:20.640><c> straight</c><00:24:20.900><c> out</c><00:24:21.000><c> of</c><00:24:21.160><c> Malachi.</c>

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The<00:24:23.519><c> prophet</c><00:24:23.740><c> of</c><00:24:23.980><c> fire.</c>

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He<00:24:26.640><c> had</c><00:24:27.119><c> introduced</c><00:24:27.720><c> Jesus</c><00:24:28.099><c> as</c><00:24:28.279><c> the</c><00:24:28.420><c> Lamb</c><00:24:28.599><c> of</c><00:24:28.759><c> God</c><00:24:28.920><c> that</c><00:24:29.180><c> taketh</c><00:24:29.359><c> away</c>

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the<00:24:29.720><c> sin</c><00:24:29.859><c> of</c><00:24:30.000><c> the</c><00:24:30.180><c> world.</c>

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But<00:24:32.480><c> now</c><00:24:32.779><c> he</c><00:24:32.980><c> was</c><00:24:33.259><c> preaching</c><00:24:33.660><c> Jesus</c><00:24:34.160><c> as</c><00:24:34.559><c> the</c><00:24:34.859><c> lion</c><00:24:35.079><c> of</c><00:24:35.259><c> the</c><00:24:35.440><c> tribe</c><00:24:35.660><c> of</c><00:24:35.940><c> Judah.</c>

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The<00:24:38.299><c> conquering</c><00:24:38.759><c> lion.</c>

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He<00:24:41.200><c> will</c><00:24:41.420><c> burn</c><00:24:41.640><c> up</c><00:24:41.819><c> the</c><00:24:42.099><c> chaff</c><00:24:42.279><c> with</c><00:24:42.519><c> unquenchable</c><00:24:43.240><c> fire.</c>

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Come<00:24:47.059><c> to</c><00:24:47.240><c> a</c><00:24:47.319><c> very</c><00:24:47.619><c> sad</c><00:24:47.819><c> part</c><00:24:48.079><c> of</c><00:24:48.259><c> scripture</c><00:24:48.460><c> now,</c><00:24:48.700><c> if</c><00:24:48.779><c> you</c><00:24:48.940><c> will,</c><00:24:49.220><c> and</c>

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it's<00:24:49.480><c> Matthew</c><00:24:49.799><c> 11.</c>

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Days<00:24:52.740><c> have</c><00:24:53.059><c> passed.</c>

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The<00:24:54.900><c> preaching</c><00:24:55.160><c> of</c><00:24:55.400><c> John</c><00:24:55.759><c> had</c><00:24:56.460><c> now</c><00:24:56.640><c> been</c><00:24:56.900><c> silenced.</c>

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John<00:24:58.839><c> was</c><00:24:59.119><c> languishing</c><00:24:59.599><c> in</c><00:24:59.859><c> prison.</c>

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Because<00:25:02.579><c> Herod</c><00:25:02.799><c> the</c><00:25:02.980><c> Tetrarch,</c><00:25:04.079><c> being</c><00:25:04.339><c> reproved</c><00:25:04.779><c> of</c><00:25:04.880><c> him</c><00:25:05.140><c> by,</c>

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for<00:25:06.039><c> Herodias,</c><00:25:07.799><c> his</c><00:25:08.019><c> brother</c><00:25:08.240><c> Philip's</c><00:25:08.599><c> wife.</c>

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And<00:25:09.339><c> for</c><00:25:09.519><c> all</c><00:25:09.720><c> the</c><00:25:09.900><c> evils</c><00:25:10.180><c> which</c><00:25:10.380><c> he</c><00:25:10.480><c> had</c><00:25:10.720><c> done.</c>

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Added<00:25:12.900><c> yet</c><00:25:13.160><c> this</c><00:25:13.440><c> above</c><00:25:13.759><c> all.</c>

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That<00:25:14.680><c> he</c><00:25:14.940><c> shut</c><00:25:15.160><c> up</c><00:25:15.519><c> John</c><00:25:15.720><c> in</c><00:25:16.019><c> prison.</c>

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Okay,<00:25:18.640><c> so.</c>

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John<00:25:19.839><c> was</c><00:25:20.019><c> a</c><00:25:20.160><c> powerful</c><00:25:20.480><c> man.</c>

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Matthew<00:25:23.200><c> 11</c><00:25:23.539><c> and</c><00:25:24.140><c> verse</c><00:25:24.420><c> 1.</c>

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It<00:25:24.900><c> came</c><00:25:25.059><c> to</c><00:25:25.279><c> pass</c><00:25:25.440><c> when</c><00:25:25.640><c> Jesus</c><00:25:25.920><c> had</c><00:25:26.099><c> made</c><00:25:26.160><c> an</c><00:25:26.319><c> end</c><00:25:26.480><c> of</c><00:25:26.680><c> commanding</c><00:25:27.059><c> his</c>

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twelve<00:25:27.400><c> disciples.</c>

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That<00:25:28.859><c> he</c><00:25:29.619><c> departed</c><00:25:30.000><c> thence</c><00:25:30.480><c> to</c><00:25:30.640><c> teach</c><00:25:30.940><c> and</c><00:25:31.180><c> to</c><00:25:31.400><c> preach</c><00:25:31.619><c> in</c>

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their<00:25:31.940><c> cities.</c>

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Verse<00:25:34.539><c> 2.</c>

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Now<00:25:35.940><c> when</c><00:25:36.160><c> John</c><00:25:36.460><c> had</c><00:25:36.759><c> heard.</c>

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In<00:25:38.259><c> the</c><00:25:38.579><c> prison,</c><00:25:39.240><c> the</c><00:25:39.380><c> works</c><00:25:39.559><c> of</c><00:25:39.799><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:25:41.000><c> sent</c><00:25:41.160><c> two</c><00:25:41.400><c> disciples.</c>

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And<00:25:44.160><c> verse</c><00:25:44.339><c> 3</c><00:25:44.539><c> says</c><00:25:44.880><c> that.</c>

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They<00:25:46.279><c> came</c><00:25:46.519><c> to</c><00:25:46.680><c> Jesus</c><00:25:46.980><c> and</c><00:25:47.119><c> they</c><00:25:47.339><c> said</c><00:25:47.440><c> unto</c><00:25:47.640><c> him.</c>

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Art<00:25:48.940><c> thou</c><00:25:49.119><c> he</c><00:25:49.339><c> who</c><00:25:49.460><c> should</c><00:25:49.700><c> come</c><00:25:50.039><c> or</c><00:25:50.299><c> do</c><00:25:50.500><c> we</c><00:25:50.640><c> look</c><00:25:50.799><c> for</c><00:25:51.079><c> another?</c>

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Now<00:25:54.039><c> it's</c><00:25:54.140><c> often</c><00:25:54.319><c> been</c><00:25:54.539><c> suggested</c><00:25:55.000><c> that</c><00:25:55.359><c> in</c><00:25:55.539><c> fact</c><00:25:55.700><c> John</c><00:25:55.940><c> the</c>

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Baptist<00:25:56.460><c> was</c><00:25:56.740><c> in</c><00:25:56.880><c> no</c><00:25:57.059><c> doubt</c><00:25:57.279><c> whatsoever.</c>

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As<00:25:58.299><c> to</c><00:25:58.420><c> who</c><00:25:58.619><c> Jesus</c><00:25:58.960><c> was</c><00:25:59.279><c> and</c><00:25:59.500><c> that</c><00:25:59.779><c> in</c><00:26:00.140><c> fact.</c>

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He<00:26:00.819><c> was</c><00:26:01.099><c> decreasing</c><00:26:01.720><c> while</c><00:26:02.119><c> the</c><00:26:02.339><c> master</c><00:26:02.559><c> was</c><00:26:02.819><c> increasing.</c>

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And<00:26:03.480><c> that</c><00:26:03.539><c> he</c><00:26:03.640><c> had</c><00:26:03.839><c> to</c><00:26:04.039><c> care</c><00:26:04.259><c> for</c><00:26:04.420><c> his</c><00:26:04.640><c> disciples.</c>

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So<00:26:05.599><c> he</c><00:26:05.779><c> wanted</c><00:26:06.059><c> to</c><00:26:06.319><c> send</c><00:26:06.440><c> the</c><00:26:06.680><c> disciples</c><00:26:07.079><c> to</c><00:26:07.359><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:26:07.940><c> that</c><00:26:08.099><c> they</c><00:26:08.200><c> might</c><00:26:08.440><c> see</c><00:26:08.680><c> for</c><00:26:08.859><c> himself.</c>

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The<00:26:09.880><c> wonderful</c><00:26:10.359><c> works</c><00:26:10.779><c> that</c><00:26:11.720><c> Jesus</c><00:26:12.119><c> was</c><00:26:12.359><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:26:13.319><c> so</c><00:26:13.420><c> that</c><00:26:13.579><c> ultimately</c><00:26:13.920><c> those</c><00:26:14.279><c> disciples</c><00:26:14.880><c> that</c><00:26:15.460><c> had</c><00:26:15.700><c> belonged</c><00:26:15.980><c> to</c><00:26:16.200><c> John.</c>

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Would<00:26:17.119><c> ultimately</c><00:26:17.619><c> come</c><00:26:17.880><c> across</c><00:26:18.200><c> and</c><00:26:18.420><c> become</c><00:26:18.759><c> disciples</c><00:26:19.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:19.640><c> Lord</c><00:26:19.819><c> Jesus</c><00:26:20.160><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:26:21.720><c> by</c><00:26:21.900><c> sending</c><00:26:22.079><c> these</c><00:26:22.339><c> two</c><00:26:22.519><c> disciples</c><00:26:22.900><c> he</c><00:26:23.079><c> was</c><00:26:23.279><c> in</c><00:26:23.460><c> fact.</c>

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Ensuring<00:26:24.559><c> that</c><00:26:25.000><c> they</c><00:26:25.259><c> were</c><00:26:25.599><c> fully</c><00:26:25.940><c> convinced.</c>

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That<00:26:27.599><c> Jesus</c><00:26:28.099><c> was</c><00:26:28.680><c> the</c><00:26:28.980><c> promised</c><00:26:29.259><c> Messiah.</c>

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He<00:26:30.980><c> was</c><00:26:31.220><c> decreasing</c><00:26:31.799><c> while</c><00:26:32.660><c> Jesus</c><00:26:33.099><c> was</c><00:26:33.420><c> increasing.</c>

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And<00:26:34.019><c> I</c><00:26:34.180><c> guess.</c>

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I<00:26:34.819><c> guess</c><00:26:35.019><c> there's</c><00:26:35.240><c> a</c><00:26:35.319><c> lot</c><00:26:35.460><c> of</c><00:26:35.660><c> merit</c><00:26:35.779><c> in</c><00:26:35.980><c> that</c><00:26:36.119><c> argument.</c>

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And<00:26:37.299><c> I</c><00:26:37.640><c> think</c><00:26:37.880><c> that</c><00:26:38.480><c> that's</c><00:26:39.619><c> true.</c>

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And<00:26:46.900><c> sisters</c><00:26:47.319><c> with</c><00:26:47.680><c> our</c><00:26:48.220><c> understanding</c><00:26:48.799><c> of</c><00:26:49.079><c> Malachi.</c>

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And<00:26:50.640><c> the</c><00:26:50.900><c> preaching</c><00:26:51.279><c> in</c><00:26:52.500><c> Mark</c><00:26:53.019><c> 1.</c>

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That<00:26:54.940><c> although</c><00:26:55.259><c> I</c><00:26:55.559><c> don't</c><00:26:55.880><c> believe</c><00:26:56.180><c> that</c><00:26:56.440><c> John's</c><00:26:57.000><c> faith</c><00:26:57.279><c> was</c><00:26:57.740><c> wavering.</c>

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He<00:26:59.019><c> was</c><00:26:59.420><c> still</c><00:26:59.619><c> confused.</c>

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:04.059
He<00:27:01.839><c> was</c><00:27:02.240><c> perplexed</c><00:27:02.920><c> about</c><00:27:03.140><c> the</c><00:27:03.319><c> situation.</c>

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:07.000
He<00:27:04.680><c> was</c><00:27:05.039><c> in</c><00:27:06.259><c> prison.</c>

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:10.480
And<00:27:07.740><c> he</c><00:27:07.920><c> had</c><00:27:08.180><c> proclaimed</c><00:27:08.799><c> Jesus</c><00:27:09.500><c> as</c><00:27:09.759><c> the</c><00:27:09.900><c> Lamb</c><00:27:10.059><c> of</c><00:27:10.279><c> God.</c>

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:12.839
That<00:27:10.660><c> takes</c><00:27:10.960><c> away</c><00:27:11.180><c> the</c><00:27:11.319><c> sins</c><00:27:11.519><c> of</c><00:27:11.700><c> the</c><00:27:11.839><c> people.</c>

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:14.400
But<00:27:13.019><c> he</c><00:27:13.140><c> had</c><00:27:13.259><c> also</c><00:27:13.579><c> proclaimed.</c>

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:17.319
The<00:27:14.839><c> coming</c><00:27:15.140><c> of</c><00:27:15.500><c> Messiah</c><00:27:15.880><c> to</c><00:27:16.220><c> judge</c><00:27:16.599><c> the</c><00:27:16.839><c> nation.</c>

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:20.460
From<00:27:17.920><c> Malachi</c><00:27:18.460><c> and</c><00:27:18.920><c> correctly</c><00:27:19.339><c> so.</c>

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:23.079
Whose<00:27:21.380><c> fan</c><00:27:21.640><c> is</c><00:27:21.799><c> in</c><00:27:21.920><c> his</c><00:27:22.119><c> hand.</c>

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:25.960
And<00:27:24.000><c> he</c><00:27:24.119><c> was</c><00:27:24.299><c> going</c><00:27:24.519><c> to</c><00:27:24.779><c> purge</c><00:27:25.220><c> his</c><00:27:25.720><c> flaw.</c>

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:28.259
He<00:27:26.400><c> was</c><00:27:26.579><c> going</c><00:27:26.740><c> to</c><00:27:26.940><c> gather</c><00:27:27.140><c> in</c><00:27:27.940><c> the</c><00:27:28.119><c> wheat.</c>

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:30.880
He<00:27:28.380><c> was</c><00:27:28.539><c> going</c><00:27:28.720><c> to</c><00:27:28.900><c> gather</c><00:27:29.079><c> in</c><00:27:29.880><c> that</c><00:27:30.099><c> which</c><00:27:30.240><c> was</c><00:27:30.480><c> important.</c>

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:32.920
And<00:27:31.019><c> he</c><00:27:31.059><c> was</c><00:27:31.220><c> going</c><00:27:31.319><c> to</c><00:27:31.440><c> take</c><00:27:31.579><c> the</c><00:27:31.859><c> chaff</c><00:27:32.059><c> and</c><00:27:32.259><c> burn</c><00:27:32.500><c> it</c><00:27:32.680><c> with</c>

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unquenchable<00:27:33.519><c> fire.</c>

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So<00:27:34.680><c> initially</c><00:27:35.279><c> we</c><00:27:35.519><c> see</c><00:27:35.720><c> that.</c>

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:39.319
There<00:27:37.000><c> was</c><00:27:37.240><c> in</c><00:27:37.420><c> fact</c><00:27:37.539><c> a</c><00:27:37.799><c> partial</c><00:27:38.180><c> fulfillment</c><00:27:38.579><c> of</c><00:27:38.779><c> those</c><00:27:38.960><c> words.</c>

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:41.940
When<00:27:39.940><c> Jesus</c><00:27:40.319><c> suddenly</c><00:27:40.859><c> entered</c><00:27:41.160><c> into</c><00:27:41.420><c> the</c><00:27:41.599><c> temple.</c>

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:44.579
The<00:27:42.700><c> cleansing</c><00:27:43.039><c> of</c><00:27:43.259><c> the</c><00:27:43.440><c> temple</c><00:27:43.700><c> in</c><00:27:43.859><c> the</c><00:27:44.019><c> first</c><00:27:44.220><c> Passover.</c>

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:47.039
And<00:27:44.779><c> we're</c><00:27:44.960><c> going</c><00:27:44.960><c> to</c><00:27:45.079><c> talk</c><00:27:45.240><c> about</c><00:27:45.440><c> that</c><00:27:45.660><c> later</c><00:27:45.880><c> on</c><00:27:46.039><c> this</c><00:27:46.240><c> week.</c>

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:51.460
And<00:27:48.759><c> John</c><00:27:48.960><c> would</c><00:27:49.160><c> have</c><00:27:49.819><c> stood</c><00:27:50.119><c> back</c><00:27:50.460><c> in</c><00:27:50.700><c> awe</c><00:27:50.900><c> and</c><00:27:51.099><c> amazement</c>

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.420
as<00:27:51.640><c> Jesus</c><00:27:51.960><c> did</c><00:27:52.220><c> that.</c>

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:54.299
He<00:27:52.880><c> suddenly</c><00:27:53.259><c> came</c><00:27:53.519><c> into</c><00:27:53.720><c> his</c><00:27:53.920><c> temple.</c>

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:58.700
And<00:27:55.460><c> those</c><00:27:55.759><c> were</c><00:27:56.019><c> words</c><00:27:56.279><c> that</c><00:27:56.500><c> had</c><00:27:56.700><c> been</c><00:27:57.039><c> penned</c><00:27:57.259><c> by</c><00:27:57.500><c> Malachi.</c>

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:04.619
So<00:27:59.700><c> initially</c><00:28:00.000><c> there</c><00:28:00.180><c> was</c><00:28:00.460><c> this</c><00:28:01.099><c> incredible</c><00:28:02.420><c> thrust</c><00:28:03.140><c> of</c><00:28:03.720><c> preaching.</c>

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:08.960
And<00:28:05.559><c> Jesus</c><00:28:05.940><c> came</c><00:28:06.240><c> into</c><00:28:07.380><c> the</c><00:28:07.599><c> temple</c><00:28:07.839><c> suddenly.</c>

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:14.119
But<00:28:11.079><c> since</c><00:28:11.400><c> then</c><00:28:11.599><c> there</c><00:28:11.740><c> was</c><00:28:12.180><c> just</c><00:28:13.119><c> preaching.</c>

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:17.539
About<00:28:15.140><c> the</c><00:28:15.299><c> Kingdom</c><00:28:15.519><c> of</c><00:28:15.680><c> God</c><00:28:15.920><c> and</c><00:28:16.119><c> the</c><00:28:16.240><c> promises</c><00:28:16.480><c> to</c><00:28:16.720><c> Abraham.</c>

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:19.160
And<00:28:18.200><c> preaching.</c>

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:21.180
And<00:28:19.880><c> more</c><00:28:20.200><c> preaching.</c>

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:27.039
And<00:28:22.700><c> the</c><00:28:23.299><c> way</c><00:28:23.539><c> that</c><00:28:23.799><c> Jesus</c><00:28:24.079><c> had</c><00:28:24.799><c> originally</c><00:28:25.279><c> come</c><00:28:25.680><c> into</c><00:28:25.859><c> the</c><00:28:26.059><c> temple.</c>

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:29.180
In<00:28:27.579><c> that</c><00:28:27.960><c> mighty</c><00:28:28.259><c> and</c><00:28:28.579><c> forceful</c><00:28:28.940><c> way.</c>

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:31.400
And<00:28:29.559><c> overturned</c><00:28:30.000><c> the</c><00:28:30.140><c> money</c><00:28:30.339><c> changes.</c>

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:34.039
To<00:28:32.059><c> purge</c><00:28:32.460><c> the</c><00:28:32.700><c> sons</c><00:28:32.960><c> of</c><00:28:33.220><c> Levi.</c>

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:37.619
For<00:28:34.759><c> their</c><00:28:35.059><c> wickedness</c><00:28:35.579><c> and</c><00:28:35.799><c> for</c><00:28:35.880><c> their</c><00:28:36.180><c> covetousness.</c>

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:42.000
That<00:28:40.319><c> had</c><00:28:40.500><c> all</c><00:28:40.900><c> lost</c><00:28:41.319><c> ground</c><00:28:41.720><c> now.</c>

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:44.279
Things<00:28:42.380><c> seemed</c><00:28:42.660><c> to</c><00:28:42.880><c> have</c><00:28:43.400><c> faded.</c>

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:47.880
And<00:28:45.119><c> Jesus</c><00:28:45.500><c> was</c><00:28:45.900><c> just</c><00:28:46.460><c> walking</c><00:28:46.700><c> around</c><00:28:47.079><c> preaching</c><00:28:47.440><c> and</c><00:28:47.640><c> preaching.</c>

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:51.519
Indispersed<00:28:48.740><c> with</c><00:28:49.160><c> the</c><00:28:49.500><c> odd</c><00:28:49.720><c> miraculous</c><00:28:50.380><c> miracle.</c>

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:55.279
But<00:28:51.940><c> for</c><00:28:52.160><c> the</c><00:28:52.299><c> most</c><00:28:52.519><c> part</c><00:28:52.799><c> was</c><00:28:53.099><c> preaching</c><00:28:53.579><c> and</c><00:28:54.039><c> teaching.</c>

00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:00.920
Now<00:28:57.599><c> Jesus</c><00:28:58.039><c> was</c><00:28:58.599><c> on</c><00:28:59.119><c> the</c><00:28:59.400><c> wave</c><00:28:59.740><c> of</c><00:29:00.279><c> popularity.</c>

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:03.440
You<00:29:01.099><c> must</c><00:29:01.299><c> understand</c><00:29:01.700><c> when</c><00:29:01.920><c> John</c><00:29:02.079><c> was</c><00:29:02.339><c> in</c><00:29:02.559><c> prison.</c>

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:07.859
And<00:29:04.259><c> many</c><00:29:04.460><c> of</c><00:29:04.700><c> John's</c><00:29:05.079><c> prophetic</c><00:29:05.359><c> expectations</c><00:29:06.579><c> now</c><00:29:07.180><c> were</c><00:29:07.660><c> in</c>

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:09.339
fact<00:29:08.000><c> not</c><00:29:08.259><c> coming</c><00:29:08.519><c> to</c><00:29:08.779><c> pass</c><00:29:08.940><c> at</c><00:29:09.140><c> all.</c>

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:12.220
What<00:29:09.819><c> he</c><00:29:10.240><c> thought,</c><00:29:10.480><c> what</c><00:29:10.660><c> he</c><00:29:10.900><c> perceived.</c>

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:14.259
Was<00:29:12.700><c> in</c><00:29:12.920><c> fact</c><00:29:13.079><c> not</c><00:29:13.359><c> happening.</c>

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:16.099
As<00:29:14.559><c> he</c><00:29:15.240><c> understood</c><00:29:15.759><c> it.</c>

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:18.099
So<00:29:16.500><c> John</c><00:29:16.740><c> was</c><00:29:17.140><c> perplexed</c><00:29:17.740><c> I</c><00:29:17.900><c> believe.</c>

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:20.599
But<00:29:18.299><c> I</c><00:29:18.460><c> don't</c><00:29:18.680><c> believe</c><00:29:18.940><c> he</c><00:29:19.119><c> ever</c><00:29:19.440><c> doubted.</c>

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.759
So<00:29:21.259><c> Matthew</c><00:29:21.599><c> 11</c><00:29:21.900><c> and</c><00:29:22.079><c> verse</c><00:29:22.400><c> 4.</c>

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.180
Jesus<00:29:23.079><c> answered</c><00:29:23.420><c> and</c><00:29:23.519><c> said</c><00:29:23.680><c> unto</c><00:29:23.920><c> them.</c>

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:26.339
That's<00:29:24.480><c> the</c><00:29:24.559><c> two</c><00:29:24.720><c> disciples</c><00:29:25.160><c> of</c><00:29:25.359><c> John.</c>

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:30.960
Go<00:29:27.539><c> and</c><00:29:27.819><c> show</c><00:29:28.039><c> John</c><00:29:28.299><c> again</c><00:29:28.660><c> those</c><00:29:28.960><c> things</c><00:29:29.220><c> which</c><00:29:29.460><c> you</c><00:29:29.680><c> do</c><00:29:30.180><c> here</c>

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.420
and<00:29:32.079><c> see.</c>

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Notice<00:29:32.980><c> the</c><00:29:33.400><c> order</c><00:29:33.640><c> again.</c>

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:37.380
The<00:29:35.779><c> blind</c><00:29:36.240><c> receive</c><00:29:36.700><c> their</c><00:29:37.000><c> sight.</c>

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.700
The<00:29:38.059><c> lame</c><00:29:38.339><c> walk.</c>

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.299
The<00:29:39.259><c> lepers</c><00:29:39.539><c> are</c><00:29:39.859><c> cleansed.</c>

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.220
The<00:29:40.680><c> deaf</c><00:29:40.960><c> hear.</c>

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:43.000
The<00:29:41.900><c> dead</c><00:29:42.019><c> are</c><00:29:42.240><c> raised</c><00:29:42.480><c> up</c><00:29:42.720><c> again.</c>

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:45.859
And<00:29:43.980><c> the</c><00:29:44.180><c> poor</c><00:29:44.480><c> have</c><00:29:44.799><c> the</c><00:29:44.980><c> gospel</c><00:29:45.420><c> preached.</c>

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:48.000
And<00:29:46.099><c> there</c><00:29:46.259><c> was</c><00:29:46.440><c> the</c><00:29:46.640><c> emphasis</c><00:29:47.019><c> of</c><00:29:47.539><c> the</c><00:29:47.700><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:50.839
He<00:29:48.480><c> was</c><00:29:48.799><c> preaching</c><00:29:49.220><c> the</c><00:29:49.480><c> gospel.</c>

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:56.180
And<00:29:51.259><c> blessed</c><00:29:51.619><c> is</c><00:29:51.880><c> he</c><00:29:52.720><c> whosoever</c><00:29:53.400><c> shall</c><00:29:53.599><c> not</c><00:29:53.819><c> be</c><00:29:54.019><c> offended</c><00:29:54.519><c> in</c><00:29:55.200><c> me.</c>

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:59.099
Imagine<00:29:56.759><c> what</c><00:29:57.000><c> a</c><00:29:57.119><c> day</c><00:29:57.240><c> it</c><00:29:57.359><c> was</c><00:29:57.460><c> for</c><00:29:57.660><c> those</c><00:29:57.880><c> two</c><00:29:58.059><c> disciples.</c>

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:03.680
Imagine<00:30:01.099><c> seeing</c><00:30:01.539><c> people</c><00:30:01.980><c> that</c><00:30:02.279><c> were</c><00:30:02.599><c> blind.</c>

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:07.440
People<00:30:04.980><c> that</c><00:30:05.220><c> had</c><00:30:05.400><c> been</c><00:30:05.799><c> born</c><00:30:06.259><c> blind.</c>

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:10.240
Walking<00:30:08.259><c> around</c><00:30:08.660><c> with</c><00:30:08.859><c> their</c><00:30:08.980><c> eyes</c><00:30:09.200><c> open.</c>

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:13.440
Can<00:30:10.960><c> you</c><00:30:11.180><c> imagine</c><00:30:11.400><c> what</c><00:30:11.579><c> it</c><00:30:11.700><c> was</c><00:30:11.940><c> like</c><00:30:12.279><c> to</c><00:30:12.579><c> have</c><00:30:12.779><c> seen</c><00:30:13.000><c> people</c>

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:16.259
that<00:30:13.579><c> had</c><00:30:13.759><c> been</c><00:30:14.000><c> lame</c><00:30:14.339><c> for</c><00:30:14.680><c> years</c><00:30:15.119><c> and</c><00:30:15.359><c> years</c><00:30:15.720><c> and</c><00:30:15.880><c> years.</c>

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:18.200
Now<00:30:16.660><c> walking</c><00:30:17.019><c> around.</c>

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:21.900
Can<00:30:19.160><c> you</c><00:30:19.319><c> imagine</c><00:30:19.500><c> what</c><00:30:19.660><c> it</c><00:30:19.799><c> was</c><00:30:19.960><c> like</c><00:30:20.119><c> for</c><00:30:20.339><c> those</c><00:30:20.599><c> two</c><00:30:20.799><c> disciples.</c>

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:26.539
To<00:30:22.740><c> have</c><00:30:22.980><c> watched</c><00:30:23.200><c> somebody</c><00:30:23.660><c> whose</c><00:30:24.079><c> flesh</c><00:30:24.440><c> was</c><00:30:24.880><c> rotting</c><00:30:25.220><c> off</c><00:30:25.480><c> them.</c>

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:29.539
Because<00:30:27.420><c> that</c><00:30:27.640><c> was</c><00:30:27.900><c> what</c><00:30:28.079><c> leprosy</c><00:30:28.559><c> did.</c>

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:32.640
Pieces<00:30:30.099><c> of</c><00:30:30.279><c> your</c><00:30:30.500><c> body</c><00:30:30.859><c> fell</c><00:30:31.200><c> off.</c>

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:35.140
Walking<00:30:33.519><c> around,</c><00:30:34.400><c> whole.</c>

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:39.160
Can<00:30:36.240><c> you</c><00:30:36.720><c> imagine</c><00:30:36.920><c> what</c><00:30:37.119><c> it</c><00:30:37.220><c> would</c><00:30:37.380><c> have</c><00:30:37.539><c> been</c><00:30:37.680><c> like</c><00:30:37.940><c> for</c><00:30:38.180><c> somebody</c><00:30:38.660><c> that</c>

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:42.539
you<00:30:39.420><c> knew</c><00:30:39.660><c> had</c><00:30:39.880><c> been</c><00:30:40.200><c> buried</c><00:30:40.619><c> a</c><00:30:41.039><c> month</c><00:30:41.339><c> or</c><00:30:41.579><c> two</c><00:30:41.819><c> months</c><00:30:42.160><c> or</c><00:30:42.420><c> a</c>

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year<00:30:42.720><c> ago.</c>

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Raised<00:30:45.460><c> from</c><00:30:45.660><c> the</c><00:30:45.779><c> dead.</c>

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Walking<00:30:46.420><c> around.</c>

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What<00:30:47.799><c> a</c><00:30:47.960><c> day</c><00:30:48.079><c> it</c><00:30:48.259><c> was</c><00:30:48.359><c> for</c><00:30:48.539><c> those</c><00:30:48.819><c> two</c><00:30:48.980><c> disciples,</c><00:30:49.579><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:30:49.900><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:53.099
That<00:30:51.359><c> was</c><00:30:51.539><c> a</c><00:30:51.680><c> day</c><00:30:51.779><c> they</c><00:30:51.920><c> didn't</c><00:30:52.140><c> forget.</c>

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:57.119
Now<00:30:53.940><c> it's</c><00:30:54.099><c> often</c><00:30:54.380><c> also</c><00:30:54.779><c> been</c><00:30:55.019><c> suggested</c><00:30:55.480><c> that</c><00:30:56.119><c> the</c><00:30:56.359><c> Lord</c><00:30:56.539><c> Jesus</c><00:30:56.880><c> here</c>

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was<00:30:57.359><c> quoting</c><00:30:57.599><c> from</c><00:30:58.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:58.819><c> 61.</c>

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:02.519
Perhaps<00:31:00.279><c> you'd</c><00:31:00.980><c> like</c><00:31:01.140><c> to</c><00:31:01.299><c> just</c><00:31:01.500><c> turn</c><00:31:01.640><c> there</c><00:31:01.819><c> quickly</c><00:31:02.119><c> and</c><00:31:02.220><c> we're</c><00:31:02.339><c> going</c><00:31:02.420><c> to</c>

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:04.019
come<00:31:02.680><c> back</c><00:31:03.160><c> to</c><00:31:03.400><c> Matthew</c><00:31:03.759><c> 11.</c>

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.940
So<00:31:04.220><c> if</c><00:31:04.279><c> you'd</c><00:31:04.460><c> like</c><00:31:04.519><c> to</c><00:31:04.680><c> just</c><00:31:04.819><c> keep</c><00:31:04.940><c> your</c><00:31:05.180><c> place</c><00:31:05.420><c> there.</c>

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:10.220
Because<00:31:06.799><c> when</c><00:31:07.380><c> the</c><00:31:07.539><c> Lord</c><00:31:07.720><c> Jesus</c><00:31:08.700><c> quotes</c><00:31:09.779><c> here.</c>

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:13.859
He's<00:31:10.859><c> actually</c><00:31:11.119><c> making</c><00:31:11.420><c> a</c><00:31:11.660><c> quotation</c><00:31:12.160><c> from</c><00:31:12.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:13.319><c> 61.</c>

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:18.059
And<00:31:14.339><c> it's</c><00:31:14.819><c> often</c><00:31:15.059><c> been</c><00:31:15.299><c> suggested</c><00:31:15.660><c> that</c><00:31:15.880><c> because</c><00:31:16.180><c> he</c><00:31:16.380><c> was</c><00:31:16.599><c> quoting</c><00:31:16.880><c> from</c><00:31:17.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:17.539><c> 61.</c>

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:22.160
And<00:31:18.420><c> because</c><00:31:18.799><c> the</c><00:31:19.059><c> prophet</c><00:31:19.240><c> John</c><00:31:19.740><c> knew</c><00:31:20.380><c> the</c><00:31:21.160><c> prophecy</c><00:31:21.500><c> so</c><00:31:21.839><c> well.</c>

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:26.079
That<00:31:22.880><c> he</c><00:31:23.059><c> knew</c><00:31:23.200><c> in</c><00:31:23.420><c> fact</c><00:31:23.579><c> that</c><00:31:24.019><c> he</c><00:31:24.140><c> was</c><00:31:24.299><c> never</c><00:31:24.519><c> going</c><00:31:24.700><c> to</c><00:31:25.259><c> leave</c><00:31:25.700><c> prison.</c>

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:29.220
Because<00:31:26.980><c> Jesus</c><00:31:27.480><c> was</c><00:31:27.740><c> in</c><00:31:27.880><c> fact</c><00:31:28.000><c> preparing</c><00:31:28.500><c> him</c><00:31:28.720><c> for</c><00:31:28.859><c> his</c><00:31:29.019><c> death.</c>

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:31.680
Because<00:31:29.640><c> of</c><00:31:29.819><c> what</c><00:31:29.980><c> he</c><00:31:30.380><c> omits.</c>

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:34.759
Isaiah<00:31:32.500><c> 61</c><00:31:33.200><c> verse</c><00:31:33.559><c> 1.</c>

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:36.579
The<00:31:34.960><c> spirit</c><00:31:35.160><c> of</c><00:31:35.299><c> the</c><00:31:35.420><c> Lord</c><00:31:35.559><c> God</c><00:31:35.759><c> is</c><00:31:35.940><c> upon</c><00:31:36.180><c> me.</c>

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:40.380
Because<00:31:36.980><c> the</c><00:31:37.200><c> Lord</c><00:31:37.420><c> has</c><00:31:37.740><c> anointed</c><00:31:38.119><c> me</c><00:31:38.480><c> to</c><00:31:38.759><c> preach</c><00:31:39.160><c> good</c><00:31:39.779><c> tidings</c><00:31:40.180><c> to</c>

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.500
the<00:31:40.519><c> meek.</c>

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:43.720
So<00:31:41.819><c> the</c><00:31:42.359><c> parallel</c><00:31:42.700><c> back</c><00:31:42.980><c> in</c><00:31:43.140><c> Matthew</c><00:31:43.319><c> would</c><00:31:43.519><c> be.</c>

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.740
The<00:31:43.940><c> poor</c><00:31:44.220><c> have</c><00:31:44.440><c> the</c><00:31:44.619><c> gospel</c><00:31:44.980><c> preached</c><00:31:45.319><c> to</c><00:31:45.519><c> them.</c>

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:48.799
He<00:31:46.299><c> hath</c><00:31:46.500><c> sent</c><00:31:46.759><c> me</c><00:31:47.039><c> to</c><00:31:47.380><c> bind</c><00:31:47.720><c> the</c><00:31:47.980><c> broken</c><00:31:48.319><c> hearted.</c>

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:51.099
And<00:31:49.599><c> the</c><00:31:49.819><c> parallel</c><00:31:50.000><c> in</c><00:31:50.140><c> Matthew</c><00:31:50.400><c> would</c><00:31:50.599><c> have</c><00:31:50.799><c> been.</c>

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:56.140
The<00:31:51.519><c> blind</c><00:31:51.740><c> receive</c><00:31:52.039><c> their</c><00:31:52.299><c> sight,</c><00:31:52.559><c> the</c><00:31:52.680><c> lame</c><00:31:52.940><c> walk,</c><00:31:53.940><c> the</c><00:31:54.259><c> lepers</c><00:31:54.519><c> are</c><00:31:54.779><c> cleansed.</c>

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:59.099
But<00:31:56.680><c> by</c><00:31:56.960><c> omitting</c><00:31:57.279><c> the</c><00:31:57.559><c> lost</c><00:31:57.819><c> words</c><00:31:58.180><c> there</c><00:31:58.420><c> in</c><00:31:58.579><c> verse</c><00:31:58.880><c> 2.</c>

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:01.220
To<00:31:59.279><c> proclaim</c><00:31:59.759><c> liberty</c><00:32:00.259><c> to</c><00:32:00.500><c> the</c><00:32:00.700><c> captives.</c>

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:03.720
And<00:32:01.579><c> the</c><00:32:01.859><c> opening</c><00:32:02.160><c> of</c><00:32:02.420><c> the</c><00:32:02.599><c> prison</c><00:32:02.859><c> to</c><00:32:03.059><c> them</c><00:32:03.240><c> that</c><00:32:03.420><c> are</c><00:32:03.599><c> bound.</c>

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By<00:32:03.960><c> omitting</c><00:32:04.420><c> those</c><00:32:04.779><c> words.</c>

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:10.240
John<00:32:06.480><c> knew</c><00:32:06.759><c> that</c><00:32:06.940><c> he</c><00:32:07.079><c> was</c><00:32:07.339><c> to</c><00:32:07.539><c> remain</c><00:32:07.900><c> in</c><00:32:08.200><c> prison</c><00:32:08.440><c> unto</c><00:32:08.779><c> his</c><00:32:09.039><c> death.</c>

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:14.099
Perhaps<00:32:12.779><c> that's</c><00:32:13.099><c> true.</c>

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:18.940
For<00:32:16.160><c> him</c><00:32:16.319><c> that</c><00:32:16.500><c> was</c><00:32:16.759><c> bound</c><00:32:17.000><c> the</c><00:32:17.240><c> prison</c><00:32:17.539><c> doors</c><00:32:17.880><c> were</c><00:32:18.099><c> to</c><00:32:18.279><c> remain</c><00:32:18.599><c> shut.</c>

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It's<00:32:19.680><c> a</c><00:32:19.799><c> possibility.</c>

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:25.519
But<00:32:22.700><c> whatever</c><00:32:23.240><c> our</c><00:32:23.579><c> understanding</c><00:32:24.119><c> here</c><00:32:24.400><c> brothers</c><00:32:24.599><c> and</c><00:32:24.779><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:28.079
John's<00:32:26.220><c> apparent</c><00:32:26.779><c> failure.</c>

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:31.019
Was<00:32:28.539><c> now</c><00:32:28.880><c> to</c><00:32:29.059><c> be</c><00:32:29.339><c> turned</c><00:32:29.559><c> into</c><00:32:29.779><c> the</c><00:32:29.940><c> most</c><00:32:30.079><c> incredible</c><00:32:30.660><c> success.</c>

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:33.640
Just<00:32:31.240><c> look</c><00:32:31.619><c> back</c><00:32:32.140><c> at</c><00:32:32.700><c> Matthew</c><00:32:33.059><c> 11.</c>

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:37.779
And<00:32:34.299><c> see</c><00:32:34.460><c> what</c><00:32:34.599><c> the</c><00:32:34.779><c> Master</c><00:32:35.000><c> has</c><00:32:35.220><c> to</c><00:32:35.420><c> say</c><00:32:35.640><c> now</c><00:32:35.980><c> about</c><00:32:36.319><c> John</c><00:32:36.660><c> the</c><00:32:36.839><c> Baptist.</c>

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.980
Verse<00:32:40.460><c> 7.</c>

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:43.440
And<00:32:41.359><c> they,</c><00:32:41.660><c> that's</c><00:32:41.980><c> the</c><00:32:42.059><c> two</c><00:32:42.359><c> disciples.</c>

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:48.059
They<00:32:44.380><c> departed,</c><00:32:44.819><c> as</c><00:32:44.960><c> they</c><00:32:45.160><c> departed</c><00:32:45.539><c> Jesus</c><00:32:46.019><c> went</c><00:32:46.339><c> about</c><00:32:46.680><c> the</c><00:32:46.880><c> multitudes.</c>

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:50.640
And<00:32:48.579><c> he</c><00:32:48.799><c> spoke</c><00:32:49.019><c> to</c><00:32:49.140><c> them</c><00:32:49.299><c> concerning</c><00:32:49.740><c> John.</c>

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:53.799
What<00:32:51.720><c> did</c><00:32:51.839><c> you</c><00:32:52.000><c> go</c><00:32:52.140><c> out</c><00:32:52.240><c> into</c><00:32:52.400><c> the</c><00:32:52.539><c> wilderness</c><00:32:52.839><c> to</c><00:32:53.140><c> see?</c>

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:57.920
What<00:32:54.960><c> did</c><00:32:55.059><c> you</c><00:32:55.180><c> come</c><00:32:55.339><c> to</c><00:32:55.500><c> the</c><00:32:55.700><c> Florida</c><00:32:55.859><c> Bible</c><00:32:56.279><c> School</c><00:32:56.579><c> to</c><00:32:56.819><c> see?</c>

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:01.819
A<00:32:59.980><c> reed</c><00:33:00.279><c> shaken</c><00:33:00.539><c> in</c><00:33:00.740><c> the</c><00:33:00.880><c> wind?</c>

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.740
What<00:33:02.940><c> did</c><00:33:03.099><c> you</c><00:33:03.220><c> go</c><00:33:03.359><c> out</c><00:33:03.480><c> to</c><00:33:03.619><c> see?</c>

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:07.259
A<00:33:03.940><c> man</c><00:33:04.420><c> clothed</c><00:33:05.079><c> in</c><00:33:05.299><c> soft</c><00:33:05.660><c> raiment</c><00:33:06.059><c> that</c><00:33:06.299><c> could</c><00:33:06.579><c> stand</c><00:33:06.900><c> before</c>

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:09.680
you<00:33:07.460><c> and</c><00:33:07.619><c> make</c><00:33:07.819><c> wonderful</c><00:33:08.400><c> noises?</c>

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:15.059
Behold,<00:33:12.220><c> eh,</c><00:33:12.440><c> that</c><00:33:12.599><c> we're</c><00:33:12.819><c> soft</c><00:33:13.160><c> clothing</c><00:33:13.460><c> or</c><00:33:13.660><c> in</c><00:33:13.880><c> king's</c><00:33:14.240><c> houses.</c>

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:17.960
What<00:33:16.240><c> did</c><00:33:16.460><c> you</c><00:33:16.599><c> go</c><00:33:16.740><c> out</c><00:33:16.940><c> to</c><00:33:17.160><c> see?</c>

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.880
A<00:33:18.940><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.700
Yea,<00:33:20.880><c> I</c><00:33:21.079><c> say</c><00:33:21.220><c> unto</c><00:33:21.400><c> you.</c>

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.480
And<00:33:22.000><c> more</c><00:33:22.339><c> than</c><00:33:22.500><c> a</c><00:33:22.740><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.759
Why?

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.759
Verse<00:33:26.200><c> 10.</c>

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:30.140
For<00:33:27.180><c> this</c><00:33:27.720><c> is</c><00:33:27.980><c> he</c><00:33:28.359><c> of</c><00:33:28.660><c> whom</c><00:33:28.859><c> it</c><00:33:29.039><c> is</c><00:33:29.259><c> written.</c>

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:32.339
The<00:33:30.759><c> same</c><00:33:31.079><c> quotation.</c>

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.799
Malachi<00:33:32.839><c> 3</c><00:33:33.140><c> and</c><00:33:33.220><c> verse</c><00:33:33.480><c> 1.</c>

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:37.000
Behold<00:33:34.240><c> I</c><00:33:34.500><c> send</c><00:33:34.700><c> my</c><00:33:35.000><c> messenger</c><00:33:35.339><c> before</c><00:33:35.700><c> thy</c><00:33:35.980><c> face.</c>

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:39.799
Which<00:33:37.579><c> shall</c><00:33:37.799><c> prepare</c><00:33:38.160><c> the</c><00:33:38.319><c> way</c><00:33:38.519><c> before</c><00:33:38.920><c> thee.</c>

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:42.920
Yes<00:33:41.279><c> John,</c><00:33:41.539><c> you</c><00:33:41.680><c> were</c><00:33:41.940><c> a</c><00:33:42.180><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.180
You<00:33:43.500><c> are</c><00:33:43.779><c> a</c><00:33:43.960><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.579
You<00:33:44.420><c> are</c><00:33:44.779><c> the</c><00:33:45.079><c> prophet.</c>

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:52.380
Yes<00:33:47.140><c> John,</c><00:33:47.559><c> you</c><00:33:47.619><c> quoted</c><00:33:48.000><c> rightly</c><00:33:48.480><c> from</c><00:33:48.980><c> Malachi</c><00:33:49.440><c> chapter</c><00:33:50.319><c> 3.</c>

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:59.140
But<00:33:53.480><c> John,</c><00:33:53.740><c> your</c><00:33:53.880><c> understanding</c><00:33:54.359><c> of</c><00:33:54.539><c> Malachi</c><00:33:54.940><c> 3</c><00:33:56.240><c> was</c><00:33:57.700><c> primarily</c><00:33:58.339><c> for</c><00:33:58.859><c> a</c>

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:01.359
great<00:33:59.420><c> while</c><00:33:59.680><c> to</c><00:33:59.960><c> come.</c>

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:08.000
And<00:34:02.720><c> like</c><00:34:02.940><c> your</c><00:34:03.299><c> forefather</c><00:34:03.900><c> Daniel,</c><00:34:05.619><c> John,</c><00:34:07.279><c> you</c><00:34:07.519><c> have</c><00:34:07.680><c> not</c>

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:13.239
understood<00:34:08.760><c> fully</c><00:34:09.599><c> the</c><00:34:10.559><c> import</c><00:34:11.119><c> of</c><00:34:11.880><c> what</c><00:34:12.079><c> was</c><00:34:12.320><c> written.</c>

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:20.079
And<00:34:15.159><c> so</c><00:34:15.380><c> John</c><00:34:15.760><c> and</c><00:34:16.980><c> Daniel,</c><00:34:17.460><c> go</c><00:34:17.579><c> your</c><00:34:17.880><c> way</c><00:34:18.119><c> until</c><00:34:18.519><c> the</c><00:34:18.760><c> end</c><00:34:19.000><c> be.</c>

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:22.300
For<00:34:20.719><c> thou</c><00:34:20.920><c> shalt</c><00:34:21.179><c> rest.</c>

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:27.699
And<00:34:23.320><c> stand</c><00:34:23.719><c> in</c><00:34:24.099><c> thy</c><00:34:24.280><c> lot</c><00:34:24.860><c> at</c><00:34:26.119><c> the</c><00:34:26.280><c> end</c><00:34:26.500><c> of</c><00:34:26.719><c> days.</c>

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:31.340
So<00:34:29.380><c> brethren</c><00:34:29.639><c> and</c><00:34:29.900><c> sisters,</c><00:34:30.099><c> the</c><00:34:30.219><c> things</c><00:34:30.420><c> that</c><00:34:30.619><c> we</c><00:34:30.860><c> pray</c><00:34:31.059><c> for</c>

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:37.139
in<00:34:31.579><c> our</c><00:34:31.920><c> understanding</c><00:34:32.460><c> might</c><00:34:32.820><c> not</c><00:34:33.139><c> be</c><00:34:33.420><c> absolutely</c><00:34:34.920><c> fulfilled</c><00:34:35.679><c> and</c><00:34:36.280><c> full.</c>

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:39.940
But<00:34:38.539><c> that</c><00:34:38.780><c> mustn't</c><00:34:39.019><c> change</c><00:34:39.360><c> our</c><00:34:39.659><c> faith.</c>

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:43.360
Certainly<00:34:41.059><c> didn't</c><00:34:41.320><c> change</c><00:34:41.639><c> the</c><00:34:41.820><c> faith</c><00:34:42.019><c> of</c><00:34:42.239><c> John.</c>

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:47.659
And<00:34:44.719><c> so</c><00:34:44.820><c> the</c><00:34:44.980><c> Master</c><00:34:45.199><c> goes</c><00:34:45.440><c> on</c><00:34:45.679><c> to</c><00:34:45.880><c> say</c><00:34:46.019><c> here</c><00:34:46.260><c> in</c><00:34:46.400><c> verse</c><00:34:46.619><c> 11.</c>

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:52.760
Among<00:34:48.139><c> them</c><00:34:48.420><c> that</c><00:34:48.579><c> are</c><00:34:48.719><c> born</c><00:34:48.920><c> of</c><00:34:49.159><c> woman,</c><00:34:50.860><c> there</c><00:34:50.940><c> hath</c><00:34:51.159><c> not</c><00:34:51.920><c> risen</c><00:34:52.280><c> a</c>

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:55.800
greater<00:34:53.219><c> than</c><00:34:54.519><c> John</c><00:34:54.719><c> the</c><00:34:54.900><c> Baptist.</c>

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:59.699
From<00:34:56.480><c> Abel</c><00:34:56.960><c> until</c><00:34:57.340><c> now,</c><00:34:57.699><c> the</c><00:34:57.900><c> Master</c><00:34:58.159><c> says,</c><00:34:58.559><c> John</c><00:34:58.900><c> the</c><00:34:59.159><c> Baptist</c><00:34:59.460><c> was</c>

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:03.019
the<00:35:00.039><c> greatest</c><00:35:00.500><c> prophet</c><00:35:00.960><c> that</c><00:35:01.539><c> ever</c><00:35:01.900><c> lived.</c>

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:10.340
But<00:35:04.880><c> behold</c><00:35:05.300><c> a</c><00:35:05.559><c> greater</c><00:35:06.079><c> than</c><00:35:07.159><c> John</c><00:35:07.579><c> is</c><00:35:08.079><c> here</c><00:35:08.699><c> now.</c>

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:14.059
And<00:35:11.300><c> the</c><00:35:11.400><c> verse</c><00:35:11.519><c> goes</c><00:35:11.760><c> on</c><00:35:12.000><c> to</c><00:35:12.199><c> say,</c><00:35:12.519><c> notwithstanding</c><00:35:13.460><c> he</c><00:35:13.840><c> that</c>

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:17.380
is<00:35:14.340><c> least</c><00:35:14.599><c> in</c><00:35:14.780><c> the</c><00:35:14.920><c> kingdom</c><00:35:15.139><c> of</c><00:35:15.360><c> heaven</c><00:35:15.719><c> is</c><00:35:16.719><c> greater</c><00:35:17.019><c> than</c><00:35:17.239><c> he.</c>

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:21.719
And<00:35:17.559><c> this</c><00:35:18.119><c> verse</c><00:35:18.420><c> has</c><00:35:18.699><c> caused</c><00:35:18.940><c> a</c><00:35:19.019><c> lot</c><00:35:19.199><c> of</c><00:35:19.539><c> consternation</c><00:35:20.139><c> amongst</c><00:35:20.400><c> us</c><00:35:20.599><c> from</c><00:35:20.900><c> time</c><00:35:21.079><c> to</c><00:35:21.260><c> time</c><00:35:21.440><c> I</c><00:35:21.559><c> guess.</c>

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:23.539
It's<00:35:22.260><c> quite</c><00:35:22.500><c> a</c><00:35:22.739><c> knotty</c><00:35:23.000><c> little</c><00:35:23.239><c> verse.</c>

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:26.199
And<00:35:23.920><c> I'm</c><00:35:24.099><c> going</c><00:35:24.179><c> to</c><00:35:24.380><c> give</c><00:35:24.480><c> you</c><00:35:24.900><c> one</c><00:35:25.079><c> or</c><00:35:25.219><c> two</c><00:35:25.440><c> ways</c><00:35:25.760><c> of</c><00:35:25.960><c> looking</c>

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.480
at<00:35:26.300><c> it.</c>

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:30.400
And<00:35:27.280><c> I</c><00:35:28.320><c> don't</c><00:35:28.699><c> believe</c><00:35:28.960><c> that</c><00:35:29.320><c> perhaps</c><00:35:29.539><c> one</c><00:35:29.780><c> is</c><00:35:29.920><c> more</c><00:35:30.199><c> correct</c>

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.880
than<00:35:30.579><c> the</c><00:35:30.719><c> other.</c>

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:33.019
But<00:35:31.119><c> there</c><00:35:31.219><c> are</c><00:35:31.360><c> different</c><00:35:31.559><c> ways</c><00:35:31.840><c> that</c><00:35:32.000><c> we</c><00:35:32.059><c> can</c><00:35:32.179><c> look</c><00:35:32.360><c> at</c><00:35:32.500><c> this</c><00:35:32.719><c> verse.</c>

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:37.139
Perhaps<00:35:33.760><c> what</c><00:35:34.000><c> Jesus</c><00:35:34.260><c> was</c><00:35:34.480><c> saying</c><00:35:34.780><c> that</c><00:35:35.219><c> the</c><00:35:35.500><c> least</c><00:35:36.500><c> immortal</c>

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:41.460
in<00:35:38.079><c> the</c><00:35:38.260><c> kingdom</c><00:35:38.519><c> of</c><00:35:38.780><c> God</c><00:35:39.460><c> was</c><00:35:40.239><c> the</c><00:35:40.559><c> greater,</c>

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:44.239
or<00:35:41.840><c> rather</c><00:35:42.159><c> was</c><00:35:42.559><c> still</c><00:35:42.760><c> greater</c><00:35:43.039><c> than</c><00:35:43.219><c> the</c><00:35:43.420><c> greatest</c><00:35:43.760><c> mortal</c>

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:45.159
that<00:35:44.699><c> was</c><00:35:44.900><c> living.</c>

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:47.780
Perhaps<00:35:45.840><c> that</c><00:35:46.079><c> was</c><00:35:46.340><c> the</c><00:35:46.519><c> kind</c><00:35:46.659><c> of</c><00:35:46.860><c> angle.</c>

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:52.320
Brother<00:35:49.079><c> Harry</c><00:35:49.360><c> Whittaker</c><00:35:49.659><c> suggests,</c><00:35:50.219><c> he</c><00:35:50.480><c> says</c><00:35:50.679><c> that</c><00:35:51.039><c> the</c><00:35:51.360><c> least</c><00:35:51.780><c> mortal</c><00:35:52.079><c> in</c>

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:54.920
the<00:35:52.619><c> crowds</c><00:35:52.980><c> that</c><00:35:53.400><c> thronged</c><00:35:53.860><c> around</c><00:35:54.159><c> the</c><00:35:54.420><c> Master</c>

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:58.719
had<00:35:55.639><c> had</c><00:35:55.820><c> more</c><00:35:56.099><c> opportunity</c><00:35:56.760><c> to</c><00:35:57.059><c> hear,</c><00:35:57.679><c> to</c><00:35:57.800><c> see,</c><00:35:58.380><c> to</c><00:35:58.460><c> touch</c>

00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:01.840
the<00:35:58.880><c> Lord</c><00:35:59.099><c> Jesus</c><00:35:59.519><c> than</c><00:36:00.059><c> John</c><00:36:00.340><c> had</c><00:36:00.659><c> had.</c>

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:04.800
That's<00:36:03.500><c> another</c><00:36:03.679><c> possibility.</c>

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:12.619
But<00:36:06.780><c> in</c><00:36:06.980><c> the</c><00:36:07.219><c> Greek</c><00:36:07.400><c> here,</c><00:36:08.119><c> he</c><00:36:08.219><c> that</c><00:36:08.440><c> is</c><00:36:08.760><c> least,</c><00:36:10.119><c> the</c><00:36:10.360><c> Greek</c><00:36:10.539><c> actually</c><00:36:10.960><c> suggests</c><00:36:11.360><c> there</c><00:36:11.639><c> that</c><00:36:11.980><c> he</c>

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:15.119
that<00:36:12.840><c> is</c><00:36:13.139><c> less</c><00:36:13.639><c> in</c><00:36:14.119><c> age.</c>

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:17.000
And<00:36:15.300><c> if</c><00:36:15.340><c> you'd</c><00:36:15.539><c> like</c><00:36:15.619><c> to</c><00:36:15.780><c> make</c><00:36:15.920><c> a</c><00:36:16.079><c> marginal</c><00:36:16.440><c> reference</c><00:36:16.800><c> where</c>

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:21.219
the<00:36:17.199><c> same</c><00:36:17.380><c> word</c><00:36:17.840><c> occurs</c><00:36:18.539><c> or</c><00:36:19.000><c> the</c><00:36:19.159><c> same</c><00:36:19.739><c> construction</c><00:36:20.860><c> occurs,</c>

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:23.860
it's<00:36:21.440><c> Luke</c><00:36:21.639><c> 22</c><00:36:22.079><c> and</c><00:36:22.179><c> verse</c><00:36:22.440><c> 26.</c>

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:26.119
And<00:36:23.980><c> if</c><00:36:24.260><c> you'd</c><00:36:24.480><c> just</c><00:36:24.519><c> like</c><00:36:24.619><c> to</c><00:36:24.800><c> make</c><00:36:24.940><c> a</c><00:36:25.079><c> note</c><00:36:25.159><c> of</c><00:36:25.340><c> that.</c>

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:30.260
So<00:36:27.440><c> if</c><00:36:27.820><c> we</c><00:36:28.239><c> look</c><00:36:28.420><c> at</c><00:36:28.519><c> it</c><00:36:28.679><c> in</c><00:36:28.820><c> that</c><00:36:29.039><c> context,</c><00:36:29.539><c> what</c><00:36:29.739><c> Jesus</c><00:36:30.039><c> was</c>

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.780
saying<00:36:30.460><c> here,</c>

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:34.559
John<00:36:31.260><c> is</c><00:36:31.500><c> great.</c><00:36:32.099><c> He</c><00:36:32.239><c> is</c><00:36:32.400><c> the</c><00:36:32.599><c> greatest</c><00:36:32.900><c> prophet</c><00:36:33.260><c> that</c><00:36:33.500><c> ever</c><00:36:33.699><c> lived.</c>

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:38.639
But<00:36:36.360><c> I</c><00:36:36.619><c> am</c><00:36:36.820><c> less</c><00:36:37.260><c> in</c><00:36:37.599><c> age.</c>

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:43.039
But<00:36:40.280><c> I</c><00:36:40.920><c> am</c><00:36:41.460><c> greater</c><00:36:41.760><c> than</c><00:36:41.960><c> he.</c>

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:46.619
Verse<00:36:45.599><c> 12.</c>

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:51.420
And<00:36:48.079><c> from</c><00:36:48.420><c> the</c><00:36:48.579><c> days</c><00:36:48.880><c> of</c><00:36:49.039><c> John</c><00:36:49.239><c> the</c><00:36:49.420><c> Baptist</c><00:36:49.780><c> until</c><00:36:50.199><c> now,</c><00:36:51.400><c> the</c>

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:54.300
kingdom<00:36:51.800><c> of</c><00:36:52.000><c> heaven</c><00:36:52.500><c> suffereth</c><00:36:53.219><c> violence,</c>

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:57.940
and<00:36:54.860><c> the</c><00:36:55.059><c> violent</c><00:36:55.539><c> take</c><00:36:56.179><c> it</c><00:36:56.519><c> by</c><00:36:56.820><c> force.</c>

00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:01.079
The<00:36:58.860><c> NIV</c><00:36:59.219><c> here</c><00:36:59.599><c> is</c><00:36:59.860><c> quite</c><00:37:00.099><c> helpful.</c>

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:04.679
From<00:37:01.440><c> the</c><00:37:01.619><c> days</c><00:37:01.900><c> of</c><00:37:02.059><c> John</c><00:37:02.300><c> the</c><00:37:02.480><c> Baptist</c><00:37:02.800><c> until</c><00:37:03.199><c> now,</c><00:37:04.000><c> the</c><00:37:04.099><c> kingdom</c><00:37:04.440><c> of</c>

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:07.699
heaven<00:37:05.019><c> has</c><00:37:05.500><c> been</c><00:37:05.880><c> forcibly</c><00:37:06.619><c> advancing,</c>

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:11.320
and<00:37:08.639><c> forceful</c><00:37:09.059><c> men</c><00:37:09.239><c> are</c><00:37:09.579><c> laying</c><00:37:09.840><c> hold</c><00:37:10.199><c> of</c><00:37:10.380><c> it.</c>

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:15.800
The<00:37:12.500><c> suggestion</c><00:37:12.860><c> here</c><00:37:13.119><c> is</c><00:37:13.219><c> that</c><00:37:14.340><c> the</c><00:37:14.659><c> preaching</c><00:37:14.920><c> of</c><00:37:15.119><c> John</c><00:37:15.320><c> was</c>

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:18.539
so<00:37:16.559><c> forceful,</c><00:37:17.039><c> so</c><00:37:17.360><c> powerful,</c><00:37:17.780><c> so</c><00:37:18.039><c> successful</c>

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:21.960
that<00:37:19.219><c> the</c><00:37:19.599><c> crowds</c><00:37:19.880><c> were</c><00:37:20.500><c> demonstrating</c><00:37:21.079><c> their</c><00:37:21.420><c> eagerness</c><00:37:21.679><c> to</c>

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:24.039
enter<00:37:22.219><c> into</c><00:37:22.440><c> the</c><00:37:22.579><c> kingdom</c><00:37:22.820><c> of</c><00:37:23.039><c> God,</c>

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:27.760
to<00:37:24.559><c> receive</c><00:37:24.960><c> the</c><00:37:25.159><c> Lord's</c><00:37:25.500><c> teaching</c><00:37:25.679><c> by</c><00:37:26.219><c> advancing</c><00:37:26.820><c> so</c><00:37:27.320><c> powerfully.</c>

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:30.340
Me<00:37:28.159><c> first,</c><00:37:29.079><c> me</c><00:37:29.320><c> first.</c>

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:34.679
And<00:37:31.300><c> you</c><00:37:31.480><c> remember</c><00:37:31.739><c> that</c><00:37:32.000><c> it</c><00:37:32.179><c> was</c><00:37:32.380><c> like</c><00:37:32.659><c> that</c><00:37:33.159><c> on</c><00:37:33.559><c> Mount</c><00:37:33.940><c> Sinai.</c>

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:38.739
Away,<00:37:36.000><c> get</c><00:37:36.119><c> thee</c><00:37:36.300><c> down,</c><00:37:37.159><c> and</c><00:37:37.239><c> thou</c><00:37:37.360><c> shall</c><00:37:37.539><c> come</c><00:37:37.760><c> up,</c><00:37:37.960><c> thou</c><00:37:38.239><c> and</c><00:37:38.519><c> Aaron.</c>

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:42.320
But<00:37:39.179><c> don't</c><00:37:39.400><c> let</c><00:37:39.539><c> the</c><00:37:39.860><c> priests</c><00:37:40.260><c> break</c><00:37:40.780><c> through</c><00:37:41.320><c> and</c><00:37:41.920><c> come</c><00:37:42.099><c> upon</c>

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:46.079
the<00:37:42.539><c> Lord,</c><00:37:42.900><c> lest</c><00:37:43.840><c> he</c><00:37:44.099><c> break</c><00:37:44.880><c> forth</c><00:37:45.340><c> upon</c><00:37:45.739><c> them.</c>

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:50.139
They<00:37:46.460><c> were</c><00:37:46.900><c> again</c><00:37:47.300><c> trying</c><00:37:47.559><c> to</c><00:37:47.880><c> enter</c><00:37:48.119><c> in</c><00:37:48.300><c> there</c><00:37:48.500><c> at</c><00:37:48.659><c> Mount</c><00:37:48.860><c> Sinai,</c><00:37:49.159><c> you</c><00:37:49.380><c> see.</c>

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:53.400
And<00:37:51.019><c> God</c><00:37:51.360><c> said</c><00:37:51.539><c> to</c><00:37:51.699><c> Moses,</c><00:37:51.900><c> just</c><00:37:52.099><c> make</c><00:37:52.300><c> sure</c><00:37:52.519><c> that</c><00:37:52.719><c> they</c><00:37:53.159><c> keep</c>

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.980
their<00:37:53.659><c> bounds.</c>

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.559
They<00:37:54.460><c> must</c><00:37:54.639><c> know</c><00:37:54.800><c> where</c><00:37:54.940><c> they</c><00:37:55.199><c> are.</c>

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:58.739
Don't<00:37:56.079><c> let</c><00:37:56.239><c> them</c><00:37:56.500><c> force</c><00:37:56.780><c> themselves</c><00:37:57.260><c> in.</c>

00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:01.519
Besides<00:37:59.480><c> which,</c><00:37:59.780><c> at</c><00:37:59.820><c> this</c><00:38:00.039><c> point,</c><00:38:00.260><c> the</c><00:38:00.440><c> Pharisees</c><00:38:00.820><c> were</c><00:38:01.019><c> now</c>

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:04.139
openly<00:38:01.960><c> hostile</c><00:38:02.460><c> to</c><00:38:02.679><c> the</c><00:38:02.820><c> Lord</c><00:38:02.960><c> and</c><00:38:03.119><c> His</c><00:38:03.280><c> teaching.</c>

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:08.440
Here,<00:38:05.000><c> everything</c><00:38:05.340><c> pointed</c><00:38:05.639><c> to</c><00:38:05.860><c> the</c><00:38:06.000><c> fact</c><00:38:06.179><c> that</c><00:38:07.300><c> John's</c><00:38:07.840><c> ministry</c><00:38:08.119><c> was</c>

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.019
in<00:38:08.559><c> fact</c><00:38:08.719><c> a</c><00:38:08.920><c> failure.</c>

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:13.260
Just<00:38:09.260><c> come</c><00:38:09.440><c> across</c><00:38:09.760><c> to</c><00:38:10.460><c> Luke</c><00:38:10.699><c> 16</c><00:38:11.480><c> and</c><00:38:11.659><c> verse</c><00:38:11.940><c> 14.</c>

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:17.260
We<00:38:14.079><c> find</c><00:38:14.300><c> these</c><00:38:14.559><c> same</c><00:38:14.800><c> words</c><00:38:15.119><c> occurring,</c><00:38:16.519><c> exactly</c><00:38:16.820><c> the</c><00:38:17.039><c> same</c>

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:19.679
words<00:38:17.460><c> that</c><00:38:17.619><c> we</c><00:38:17.739><c> found</c><00:38:17.960><c> here</c><00:38:18.179><c> in</c><00:38:18.280><c> Matthew</c><00:38:18.599><c> 11.</c>

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:22.239
In<00:38:19.980><c> fact,</c><00:38:20.119><c> you'll</c><00:38:20.320><c> find</c><00:38:20.440><c> it</c><00:38:20.539><c> in</c><00:38:20.619><c> your</c><00:38:20.800><c> marginal</c><00:38:21.159><c> reference.</c>

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:26.000
But<00:38:23.739><c> for</c><00:38:23.980><c> context,</c><00:38:24.440><c> verse</c><00:38:24.659><c> 14.</c>

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:29.960
And<00:38:27.239><c> the</c><00:38:27.380><c> Pharisees</c><00:38:27.699><c> also</c><00:38:27.980><c> who</c><00:38:28.159><c> were</c><00:38:28.480><c> covetous,</c>

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:31.639
Mark<00:38:30.619><c> those</c><00:38:30.860><c> words</c><00:38:31.079><c> carefully.</c>

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.579
One<00:38:32.159><c> of</c><00:38:32.280><c> the</c><00:38:32.519><c> characteristics.</c>

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:36.380
They<00:38:34.420><c> were</c><00:38:34.780><c> covetous,</c><00:38:35.260><c> they</c><00:38:35.420><c> heard</c><00:38:35.579><c> all</c><00:38:35.780><c> these</c><00:38:35.980><c> things,</c><00:38:36.239><c> they</c>

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:38.780
derided<00:38:36.719><c> Him,</c><00:38:37.039><c> and</c><00:38:37.139><c> Jesus</c><00:38:37.360><c> said</c><00:38:37.519><c> unto</c><00:38:37.719><c> them,</c>

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:41.139
Ye<00:38:39.000><c> are</c><00:38:39.139><c> they</c><00:38:39.280><c> which</c><00:38:39.480><c> justify</c><00:38:39.940><c> yourselves</c><00:38:40.420><c> before</c><00:38:40.780><c> men,</c><00:38:41.059><c> but</c>

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:43.119
God<00:38:41.440><c> knows</c><00:38:41.760><c> your</c><00:38:42.039><c> hearts.</c>

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:47.559
For<00:38:44.079><c> that</c><00:38:44.420><c> which</c><00:38:44.659><c> is</c><00:38:44.860><c> highly</c><00:38:45.099><c> esteemed</c><00:38:45.420><c> men</c><00:38:45.739><c> is</c><00:38:46.000><c> an</c><00:38:46.139><c> abomination</c><00:38:46.619><c> in</c><00:38:46.840><c> the</c><00:38:47.000><c> sight</c><00:38:47.099><c> of</c><00:38:47.260><c> God.</c>

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:50.260
And<00:38:48.139><c> here's</c><00:38:48.280><c> our</c><00:38:48.440><c> little</c><00:38:48.659><c> verse</c><00:38:48.860><c> in</c><00:38:48.960><c> verse</c><00:38:49.139><c> 16.</c>

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:53.500
The<00:38:51.159><c> law</c><00:38:51.340><c> and</c><00:38:51.500><c> the</c><00:38:51.719><c> prophets</c><00:38:51.920><c> were</c><00:38:52.119><c> until</c><00:38:52.400><c> John.</c>

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:56.659
Since<00:38:54.179><c> that</c><00:38:54.659><c> time</c><00:38:54.900><c> the</c><00:38:55.099><c> kingdom</c><00:38:55.460><c> of</c><00:38:55.659><c> God</c><00:38:55.840><c> is</c><00:38:56.139><c> preached</c><00:38:56.360><c> and</c>

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:59.940
every<00:38:56.980><c> man</c><00:38:57.420><c> presseth</c><00:38:58.099><c> into</c><00:38:58.519><c> it.</c>

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:03.360
Here's<00:39:00.260><c> the</c><00:39:00.500><c> same</c><00:39:01.079><c> language</c><00:39:01.679><c> that</c><00:39:01.880><c> we</c><00:39:02.099><c> have</c><00:39:02.280><c> there.</c>

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:07.719
It<00:39:04.059><c> is</c><00:39:04.280><c> easier</c><00:39:04.519><c> for</c><00:39:04.739><c> heaven</c><00:39:04.900><c> and</c><00:39:05.099><c> earth</c><00:39:05.219><c> to</c><00:39:05.500><c> pass</c><00:39:06.059><c> than</c><00:39:06.780><c> to</c><00:39:07.059><c> one</c>

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:10.079
tittle<00:39:08.099><c> of</c><00:39:08.539><c> the</c><00:39:08.739><c> law</c><00:39:09.000><c> to</c><00:39:09.340><c> fail.</c>

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:14.340
We<00:39:11.159><c> need</c><00:39:11.300><c> to</c><00:39:11.440><c> come</c><00:39:11.619><c> back</c><00:39:11.780><c> now</c><00:39:12.059><c> to</c><00:39:12.639><c> Matthew</c><00:39:13.119><c> 11.</c>

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:18.019
We<00:39:15.860><c> see</c><00:39:16.099><c> here</c><00:39:16.239><c> the</c><00:39:16.519><c> negativeness</c><00:39:16.860><c> of</c><00:39:17.079><c> these</c><00:39:17.280><c> words,</c><00:39:17.739><c> which</c>

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.519
would<00:39:18.239><c> suggest</c><00:39:18.519><c> that</c><00:39:19.519><c> perhaps</c>

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:24.780
that<00:39:20.500><c> last</c><00:39:20.960><c> interpretation</c><00:39:21.800><c> is</c><00:39:22.500><c> perhaps</c><00:39:22.880><c> stronger</c><00:39:23.360><c> than</c><00:39:23.539><c> the</c><00:39:23.800><c> former.</c>

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:28.260
Coming<00:39:25.179><c> back</c><00:39:25.440><c> to</c><00:39:25.579><c> Matthew</c><00:39:25.880><c> 11,</c><00:39:26.280><c> it</c><00:39:26.280><c> seems</c><00:39:26.539><c> that</c><00:39:27.039><c> what</c><00:39:27.480><c> the</c><00:39:27.599><c> Lord</c><00:39:27.780><c> Jesus</c><00:39:28.059><c> was</c>

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.199
doing<00:39:28.480><c> was</c><00:39:28.760><c> in</c><00:39:28.800><c> fact</c>

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:32.519
reminding<00:39:29.800><c> His</c><00:39:30.179><c> hearers</c><00:39:30.460><c> that</c><00:39:30.940><c> after</c><00:39:31.300><c> the</c><00:39:31.539><c> days</c><00:39:31.800><c> of</c><00:39:32.300><c> the</c>

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.340
early<00:39:32.820><c> successes,</c>

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:37.440
the<00:39:33.940><c> initial</c><00:39:34.320><c> impact</c><00:39:34.960><c> of</c><00:39:35.239><c> John's</c><00:39:36.099><c> preaching</c><00:39:36.440><c> was</c><00:39:37.059><c> now</c><00:39:37.280><c> in</c>

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:39.059
fact<00:39:37.639><c> losing</c><00:39:38.019><c> ground.</c>

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:43.119
Enthusiasm<00:39:39.860><c> for</c><00:39:40.099><c> that</c><00:39:40.360><c> initial</c><00:39:41.219><c> preaching</c><00:39:41.719><c> campaign</c><00:39:42.380><c> was</c><00:39:42.940><c> in</c>

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:44.920
fact<00:39:43.340><c> now</c><00:39:43.699><c> becoming</c><00:39:44.079><c> superficial.</c>

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:49.139
And<00:39:45.739><c> that</c><00:39:46.019><c> first</c><00:39:46.400><c> flush</c><00:39:46.719><c> of</c><00:39:47.059><c> enthusiasm,</c><00:39:48.119><c> that</c><00:39:48.320><c> first</c><00:39:48.719><c> love</c>

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:51.179
that<00:39:49.539><c> John</c><00:39:49.800><c> brings</c><00:39:50.099><c> out</c><00:39:50.300><c> in</c><00:39:50.440><c> the</c><00:39:50.500><c> book</c><00:39:50.659><c> of</c><00:39:50.860><c> Revelation,</c>

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:55.539
that<00:39:51.780><c> first</c><00:39:52.179><c> love</c><00:39:52.800><c> needed</c><00:39:53.179><c> to</c><00:39:53.460><c> be</c><00:39:53.739><c> rekindled.</c>

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:58.340
And<00:39:56.860><c> so</c><00:39:56.980><c> that</c><00:39:57.139><c> was</c><00:39:57.320><c> what</c><00:39:57.539><c> the</c><00:39:57.719><c> Lord</c><00:39:57.880><c> was</c><00:39:58.119><c> doing.</c>

00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:04.099
He<00:39:58.559><c> was</c><00:39:59.099><c> trying</c><00:39:59.440><c> to</c><00:40:00.239><c> rekindle</c><00:40:00.980><c> the</c><00:40:01.239><c> first</c><00:40:01.500><c> love</c><00:40:01.900><c> of</c><00:40:02.679><c> the</c><00:40:02.840><c> nation</c><00:40:03.360><c> for</c>

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:05.260
the<00:40:04.340><c> gospel.</c>

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But<00:40:05.579><c> of</c><00:40:05.780><c> course</c><00:40:05.900><c> the</c><00:40:06.099><c> religious</c><00:40:06.480><c> leaders,</c><00:40:07.340><c> those</c><00:40:07.500><c> Pharisees</c>

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.719
and<00:40:08.159><c> the</c><00:40:08.280><c> Sadducees</c>

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:11.900
and<00:40:08.880><c> those</c><00:40:09.139><c> people</c><00:40:09.440><c> that</c><00:40:09.719><c> met</c><00:40:09.820><c> at</c><00:40:10.079><c> night,</c><00:40:11.099><c> the</c><00:40:11.280><c> Sanhedrin,</c>

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:14.800
they<00:40:12.440><c> were</c><00:40:12.699><c> always</c><00:40:13.559><c> breaking</c><00:40:14.440><c> down.</c>

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:18.420
And<00:40:14.940><c> they</c><00:40:14.940><c> were</c><00:40:15.199><c> always</c><00:40:16.059><c> breaking</c><00:40:16.500><c> down</c><00:40:16.860><c> what</c><00:40:17.280><c> the</c><00:40:17.519><c> Lord</c><00:40:17.860><c> had</c>

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:20.780
been<00:40:18.659><c> trying</c><00:40:18.940><c> to</c><00:40:19.199><c> build</c><00:40:19.380><c> up.</c>

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:25.699
And<00:40:21.360><c> so</c><00:40:21.579><c> Matthew</c><00:40:22.099><c> 11</c><00:40:23.460><c> and</c><00:40:23.619><c> verse</c><00:40:23.860><c> 13,</c><00:40:24.380><c> for</c><00:40:24.639><c> all</c><00:40:25.059><c> the</c><00:40:25.300><c> prophets</c>

00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:29.980
and<00:40:26.300><c> the</c><00:40:26.519><c> law</c><00:40:27.420><c> prophesied</c><00:40:28.559><c> until</c><00:40:28.900><c> John.</c>

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:35.059
And<00:40:31.320><c> mark</c><00:40:31.539><c> these</c><00:40:31.880><c> words</c><00:40:32.199><c> carefully</c><00:40:32.639><c> now,</c><00:40:32.920><c> verse</c><00:40:33.320><c> 14,</c><00:40:34.300><c> and</c><00:40:34.599><c> if</c>

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:37.300
he<00:40:35.219><c> will</c><00:40:35.460><c> receive</c><00:40:35.840><c> it,</c>

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:42.440
this<00:40:37.900><c> is</c><00:40:38.500><c> Elijah,</c><00:40:40.039><c> which</c><00:40:40.239><c> was</c><00:40:40.460><c> thought</c><00:40:40.579><c> to</c><00:40:40.739><c> come,</c><00:40:41.340><c> the</c><00:40:41.519><c> greatest</c><00:40:41.840><c> prophet</c><00:40:42.119><c> in</c><00:40:42.320><c> the</c>

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:43.099
Old<00:40:42.619><c> Testament,</c>

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:45.679
the<00:40:43.860><c> prophet</c><00:40:44.239><c> of</c><00:40:44.519><c> fire.</c>

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:49.579
This<00:40:46.619><c> is</c><00:40:47.320><c> Elijah,</c><00:40:47.920><c> which</c><00:40:48.039><c> was</c><00:40:48.320><c> thought</c><00:40:48.420><c> to</c><00:40:48.639><c> come.</c>

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:52.139
Not<00:40:50.400><c> everyone</c><00:40:50.820><c> can</c><00:40:51.059><c> understand</c><00:40:51.420><c> this</c><00:40:51.599><c> and</c><00:40:51.719><c> not</c><00:40:51.820><c> everyone</c>

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:53.099
will<00:40:52.360><c> receive</c><00:40:52.619><c> this.</c>

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:56.000
So<00:40:53.559><c> that</c><00:40:53.739><c> he</c><00:40:53.920><c> that</c><00:40:54.119><c> hath</c><00:40:54.260><c> ears</c><00:40:54.559><c> to</c><00:40:54.719><c> hear,</c><00:40:54.920><c> let</c><00:40:54.920><c> him</c><00:40:55.119><c> hear.</c>

00:40:56.719 --> 00:41:00.000
Had<00:40:56.880><c> not</c><00:40:57.119><c> the</c><00:40:57.280><c> same</c><00:40:57.559><c> prophet</c><00:40:57.880><c> Malachi,</c><00:40:58.460><c> the</c><00:40:58.579><c> book</c><00:40:58.800><c> on</c><00:40:59.039><c> angels,</c>

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:05.260
ended<00:41:01.380><c> his</c><00:41:01.739><c> prophecy</c><00:41:02.079><c> with</c><00:41:02.599><c> the</c><00:41:02.880><c> law</c><00:41:03.019><c> and</c><00:41:03.239><c> the</c><00:41:03.460><c> prophets,</c><00:41:03.820><c> Moses</c><00:41:04.179><c> and</c><00:41:04.400><c> Elijah,</c>

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:08.699
remember<00:41:05.820><c> the</c><00:41:06.099><c> closing</c><00:41:06.420><c> words,</c><00:41:07.159><c> remember</c><00:41:07.420><c> ye</c><00:41:07.599><c> the</c><00:41:07.820><c> words</c><00:41:08.139><c> of</c>

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:10.760
or<00:41:08.820><c> the</c><00:41:09.000><c> law</c><00:41:09.099><c> of</c><00:41:09.539><c> Moses</c><00:41:10.000><c> my</c><00:41:10.340><c> servant,</c>

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:13.699
which<00:41:11.539><c> I</c><00:41:11.780><c> commanded</c><00:41:12.099><c> him</c><00:41:12.320><c> in</c><00:41:12.519><c> Horeb</c><00:41:12.840><c> for</c><00:41:13.019><c> all</c><00:41:13.179><c> Israel</c><00:41:13.500><c> with</c>

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.699
the<00:41:13.900><c> statutes</c><00:41:14.199><c> and</c><00:41:14.400><c> judgments.</c>

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:19.440
Behold<00:41:15.500><c> I</c><00:41:15.659><c> will</c><00:41:15.920><c> send</c><00:41:16.179><c> you</c><00:41:16.840><c> Elijah</c><00:41:17.539><c> the</c><00:41:17.840><c> prophet</c><00:41:18.380><c> before</c><00:41:19.199><c> the</c>

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.880
great<00:41:19.639><c> and</c><00:41:19.860><c> terrible</c><00:41:20.079><c> day</c><00:41:20.300><c> of</c><00:41:20.440><c> the</c><00:41:20.539><c> Lord</c><00:41:20.699><c> come</c>

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:23.820
and<00:41:20.960><c> he</c><00:41:21.079><c> will</c><00:41:21.260><c> turn</c><00:41:21.460><c> the</c><00:41:21.639><c> hearts</c><00:41:21.840><c> of</c><00:41:22.019><c> the</c><00:41:22.179><c> fathers</c><00:41:22.500><c> to</c><00:41:22.820><c> the</c><00:41:23.099><c> children</c><00:41:23.500><c> and</c>

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:25.199
the<00:41:24.000><c> children</c><00:41:24.219><c> to</c><00:41:24.420><c> the</c><00:41:24.599><c> fathers,</c>

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:28.940
lest<00:41:25.619><c> I</c><00:41:25.820><c> come</c><00:41:26.039><c> and</c><00:41:26.360><c> smite</c><00:41:26.599><c> the</c><00:41:26.780><c> earth</c><00:41:27.219><c> with</c><00:41:27.739><c> a</c><00:41:27.920><c> curse.</c>

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:34.960
Come<00:41:31.239><c> finally</c><00:41:31.559><c> then,</c><00:41:31.940><c> brothers</c><00:41:32.059><c> and</c><00:41:32.260><c> sisters,</c><00:41:32.980><c> to</c><00:41:33.179><c> Matthew</c><00:41:33.519><c> 17.</c>

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:40.840
Although<00:41:36.380><c> John</c><00:41:36.699><c> was</c><00:41:36.980><c> perplexed,</c><00:41:38.760><c> although</c><00:41:39.039><c> a</c><00:41:39.239><c> little</c><00:41:39.460><c> downcast,</c>

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:44.840
at<00:41:41.219><c> his</c><00:41:41.480><c> apparent</c><00:41:41.880><c> failure</c><00:41:42.320><c> to</c><00:41:42.599><c> portray</c><00:41:42.940><c> the</c><00:41:43.260><c> Messiah</c><00:41:43.739><c> as</c><00:41:44.619><c> he</c>

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then<00:41:45.099><c> was,</c>

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:49.739
the<00:41:46.840><c> Lord</c><00:41:46.980><c> brings</c><00:41:47.300><c> it</c><00:41:47.519><c> all</c><00:41:47.719><c> together</c><00:41:48.059><c> for</c><00:41:48.300><c> us</c><00:41:49.099><c> on</c><00:41:49.400><c> the</c><00:41:49.559><c> Mount</c>

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:52.260
of<00:41:50.119><c> Transfiguration</c><00:41:50.980><c> when</c>

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:58.440
to<00:41:52.980><c> that</c><00:41:53.400><c> inner</c><00:41:53.760><c> circle</c><00:41:54.219><c> of</c><00:41:54.639><c> disciples</c><00:41:55.260><c> he</c><00:41:56.460><c> appears</c><00:41:56.820><c> with</c><00:41:57.139><c> Moses</c><00:41:57.639><c> and</c><00:41:57.900><c> Elijah.</c>

00:41:58.440 --> 00:42:04.559
And<00:42:00.039><c> it</c><00:42:00.159><c> is</c><00:42:00.380><c> only</c><00:42:00.639><c> here</c><00:42:01.380><c> when</c><00:42:02.739><c> the</c><00:42:02.940><c> Lord</c><00:42:03.260><c> shows</c><00:42:03.679><c> them</c><00:42:04.079><c> plainly</c>

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.920
that<00:42:04.780><c> John</c><00:42:05.239><c> fulfilled</c>

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:13.519
to<00:42:06.679><c> the</c><00:42:06.880><c> letter</c><00:42:07.739><c> what</c><00:42:08.619><c> God</c><00:42:09.179><c> had</c><00:42:10.059><c> decreed</c><00:42:10.599><c> of</c><00:42:10.760><c> him</c><00:42:11.260><c> and</c><00:42:11.940><c> required</c><00:42:12.380><c> of</c><00:42:12.539><c> him.</c>

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For<00:42:13.800><c> it</c><00:42:13.900><c> is</c><00:42:14.039><c> only</c><00:42:14.320><c> here</c><00:42:14.699><c> in</c><00:42:14.860><c> Matthew</c><00:42:15.340><c> 17</c><00:42:15.980><c> and</c><00:42:16.159><c> at</c><00:42:16.340><c> verse</c><00:42:16.579><c> 10</c><00:42:17.159><c> that</c><00:42:18.199><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:42:19.059><c> ask</c><00:42:19.599><c> him.</c>

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Here's<00:42:21.820><c> the</c><00:42:21.980><c> question</c><00:42:22.340><c> you</c><00:42:22.559><c> see,</c><00:42:23.619><c> no</c><00:42:23.860><c> questions,</c><00:42:25.300><c> no</c><00:42:25.500><c> answers.</c>

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:30.500
So<00:42:27.139><c> they</c><00:42:27.320><c> ask</c><00:42:27.599><c> the</c><00:42:27.800><c> question</c><00:42:28.139><c> in</c><00:42:28.340><c> verse</c><00:42:28.619><c> 10,</c><00:42:29.480><c> why</c><00:42:29.900><c> then</c><00:42:30.239><c> say</c>

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:33.460
the<00:42:30.860><c> scribes</c><00:42:31.300><c> that</c><00:42:31.579><c> Elijah</c><00:42:31.900><c> must</c><00:42:32.159><c> first</c><00:42:32.460><c> come?</c>

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:39.139
And<00:42:34.639><c> here</c><00:42:34.719><c> comes</c><00:42:34.900><c> the</c><00:42:35.099><c> answer,</c><00:42:36.880><c> Elijah</c><00:42:37.320><c> truly</c><00:42:38.099><c> shall</c><00:42:38.739><c> come</c>

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:42.059
first<00:42:39.500><c> and</c><00:42:40.000><c> restore</c><00:42:40.599><c> all</c><00:42:41.079><c> things.</c>

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:46.699
But<00:42:42.980><c> I</c><00:42:43.239><c> say</c><00:42:43.340><c> unto</c><00:42:43.519><c> you</c><00:42:43.659><c> that</c><00:42:43.860><c> Elijah</c><00:42:44.239><c> has</c><00:42:44.460><c> come</c><00:42:44.619><c> already</c><00:42:45.119><c> and</c>

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:48.199
they<00:42:46.940><c> knew</c><00:42:47.019><c> him</c><00:42:47.280><c> not,</c>

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:51.119
but<00:42:49.039><c> have</c><00:42:49.199><c> done</c><00:42:49.400><c> unto</c><00:42:49.639><c> him</c><00:42:49.860><c> whatsoever</c><00:42:50.320><c> they</c><00:42:50.619><c> listed.</c><00:42:50.880><c> And</c>

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:51.920
what<00:42:51.280><c> did</c><00:42:51.400><c> they</c><00:42:51.639><c> list?</c>

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:56.900
They<00:42:52.559><c> killed</c><00:42:52.920><c> him.</c><00:42:53.900><c> Likewise</c><00:42:54.519><c> shall</c><00:42:55.840><c> the</c><00:42:56.019><c> Son</c><00:42:56.159><c> of</c><00:42:56.360><c> Man</c><00:42:56.519><c> also</c>

00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:58.440
suffer<00:42:57.139><c> of</c><00:42:57.340><c> them.</c>

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It<00:42:59.860><c> was</c><00:43:00.239><c> only</c><00:43:00.880><c> then</c><00:43:01.260><c> that</c><00:43:01.460><c> they</c><00:43:01.760><c> understood</c><00:43:02.659><c> fully</c><00:43:03.239><c> what</c><00:43:03.980><c> the</c>

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:05.579
Lord<00:43:04.340><c> Jesus</c><00:43:04.719><c> Christ</c><00:43:05.059><c> had</c><00:43:05.239><c> been</c>

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:08.619
trying<00:43:05.900><c> to</c><00:43:06.239><c> teach</c><00:43:06.440><c> them</c><00:43:06.679><c> about</c><00:43:06.980><c> John</c><00:43:07.280><c> the</c><00:43:07.460><c> Baptist</c><00:43:07.820><c> back</c><00:43:08.420><c> in</c>

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:09.460
chapter<00:43:08.920><c> 11.</c>

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:14.539
Notice<00:43:10.000><c> how</c><00:43:10.219><c> the</c><00:43:10.400><c> verse</c><00:43:10.599><c> concludes,</c><00:43:11.699><c> then</c><00:43:12.079><c> the</c><00:43:12.500><c> disciples</c><00:43:13.059><c> understood</c>

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:17.920
that<00:43:15.400><c> he</c><00:43:15.599><c> spoke</c><00:43:15.840><c> to</c><00:43:16.000><c> them</c><00:43:16.300><c> of</c><00:43:16.539><c> John</c><00:43:16.780><c> the</c><00:43:16.960><c> Baptist.</c>

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:20.820
So<00:43:18.639><c> we</c><00:43:18.840><c> see,</c><00:43:19.159><c> brothers</c><00:43:19.260><c> and</c><00:43:19.420><c> sisters,</c><00:43:19.619><c> that</c><00:43:19.840><c> the</c><00:43:20.119><c> spirit</c><00:43:20.500><c> of</c>

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:22.980
Elijah<00:43:21.219><c> was</c><00:43:22.219><c> there</c>

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:26.340
in<00:43:23.739><c> the</c><00:43:23.920><c> days</c><00:43:24.199><c> of</c><00:43:24.500><c> Ahab</c><00:43:24.900><c> and</c><00:43:25.139><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:31.739
The<00:43:27.599><c> spirit</c><00:43:27.840><c> of</c><00:43:28.019><c> Elijah</c><00:43:28.519><c> was</c><00:43:28.860><c> there</c><00:43:29.840><c> in</c><00:43:31.039><c> the</c><00:43:31.199><c> time</c><00:43:31.460><c> of</c><00:43:31.639><c> the</c>

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:33.460
Lord<00:43:31.940><c> Jesus</c><00:43:32.360><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:38.820
The<00:43:34.619><c> spirit</c><00:43:34.940><c> of</c><00:43:35.440><c> Elijah</c><00:43:35.960><c> and</c><00:43:36.380><c> of</c><00:43:36.639><c> Moses</c><00:43:37.179><c> will</c><00:43:38.099><c> be</c><00:43:38.360><c> there</c><00:43:38.539><c> at</c>

00:43:38.820 --> 00:43:40.539
the<00:43:39.000><c> end</c>

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:46.500
when<00:43:41.800><c> just</c><00:43:42.260><c> prior</c><00:43:42.800><c> to</c><00:43:43.099><c> the</c><00:43:43.260><c> return</c><00:43:43.519><c> of</c><00:43:43.699><c> our</c><00:43:43.860><c> Master</c><00:43:44.380><c> to</c><00:43:45.199><c> establish</c><00:43:45.559><c> his</c><00:43:45.800><c> kingdom,</c>

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:54.199
when<00:43:47.500><c> Elijah</c><00:43:47.900><c> shall</c><00:43:48.239><c> come</c><00:43:49.019><c> and</c><00:43:50.280><c> indeed</c><00:43:51.360><c> restore</c><00:43:52.519><c> all</c><00:43:53.039><c> things.</c>

00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:11.920
Well<00:44:09.480><c> now</c><00:44:09.679><c> I</c><00:44:09.840><c> have</c><00:44:09.940><c> a</c><00:44:10.480><c> closing</c><00:44:10.780><c> prayer</c><00:44:11.119><c> if</c><00:44:11.300><c> there</c><00:44:11.519><c> isn't</c><00:44:11.659><c> any</c>

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:12.800
more<00:44:12.300><c> announcements.</c>

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:15.719
Brother<00:44:13.199><c> Arnold,</c><00:44:14.539><c> any</c><00:44:14.679><c> more</c><00:44:14.840><c> announcements?</c>

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Yeah,<00:44:19.440><c> the</c><00:44:19.559><c> ones</c><00:44:19.679><c> going</c><00:44:19.980><c> to</c><00:44:20.159><c> the</c><00:44:20.300><c> beach,</c><00:44:20.579><c> be</c><00:44:20.719><c> sure</c><00:44:20.820><c> you</c><00:44:20.960><c> go</c><00:44:21.139><c> to</c>

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the<00:44:21.400><c> line</c><00:44:21.579><c> first</c>

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:24.320
and<00:44:22.079><c> meet</c><00:44:22.219><c> in</c><00:44:22.400><c> front</c><00:44:22.579><c> of</c><00:44:22.699><c> the</c><00:44:22.860><c> manor</c><00:44:23.119><c> after</c><00:44:23.380><c> you</c><00:44:23.519><c> eat</c><00:44:23.679><c> to</c><00:44:24.000><c> get</c>

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:25.699
your<00:44:24.539><c> ride</c><00:44:24.659><c> to</c><00:44:24.820><c> the</c><00:44:24.940><c> beach.</c>

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:29.659
We'll<00:44:26.699><c> have</c><00:44:26.860><c> a</c><00:44:27.239><c> closing</c><00:44:27.480><c> prayer</c><00:44:27.739><c> by</c><00:44:27.960><c> Brother</c><00:44:28.340><c> Gary</c><00:44:28.960><c> Sons</c><00:44:29.360><c> from</c>

00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:30.780
Hamilton,<00:44:30.380><c> Ontario.</c>

00:44:30.780 --> 00:44:33.739
Please,<00:44:31.159><c> and</c><00:44:31.280><c> he</c><00:44:31.400><c> will</c><00:44:31.639><c> give</c><00:44:31.940><c> thanks</c><00:44:32.219><c> for</c><00:44:32.400><c> the</c><00:44:32.559><c> food,</c><00:44:32.800><c> Brother</c><00:44:32.940><c> Gary.</c>

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:52.219
Our<00:44:48.599><c> great</c><00:44:49.019><c> and</c><00:44:49.500><c> heavenly</c><00:44:49.780><c> Father,</c><00:44:50.860><c> thou</c><00:44:51.139><c> that</c><00:44:51.639><c> wellest</c><00:44:52.019><c> in</c>

00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:53.300
light<00:44:52.400><c> unapproachable,</c>

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:57.579
that<00:44:54.239><c> art</c><00:44:54.400><c> from</c><00:44:54.679><c> everlasting</c><00:44:55.219><c> to</c><00:44:55.559><c> everlasting,</c><00:44:57.079><c> hallowed</c><00:44:57.360><c> be</c>

00:44:57.579 --> 00:45:00.019
thee<00:44:57.780><c> in</c><00:44:57.840><c> thy</c><00:44:58.019><c> great</c><00:44:58.280><c> and</c><00:44:58.440><c> holy</c><00:44:58.579><c> name</c><00:44:58.880><c> continually.</c>

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:04.320
When<00:45:01.260><c> we</c><00:45:01.500><c> consider</c><00:45:01.900><c> thy</c><00:45:02.119><c> handiwork,</c><00:45:03.280><c> the</c><00:45:03.519><c> sun,</c><00:45:03.960><c> the</c><00:45:04.099><c> moon,</c>

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and<00:45:04.500><c> the</c><00:45:04.679><c> stars,</c>

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and<00:45:05.980><c> the</c><00:45:06.219><c> creation</c><00:45:06.539><c> around</c><00:45:06.840><c> us,</c><00:45:08.119><c> what</c><00:45:08.300><c> is</c><00:45:08.539><c> man</c><00:45:08.760><c> that</c><00:45:08.920><c> thou</c><00:45:09.119><c> art</c>

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:10.800
mindful<00:45:09.760><c> of</c><00:45:09.940><c> him,</c>

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:13.460
son<00:45:11.340><c> of</c><00:45:11.500><c> man</c><00:45:11.679><c> that</c><00:45:11.860><c> thou</c><00:45:12.059><c> visitest</c><00:45:12.579><c> him.</c>

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:17.699
We<00:45:14.420><c> thank</c><00:45:14.659><c> thee</c><00:45:14.880><c> for</c><00:45:15.059><c> this</c><00:45:16.199><c> great</c><00:45:16.719><c> blessing</c><00:45:17.119><c> that</c><00:45:17.360><c> thou</c><00:45:17.519><c> hast</c>

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:18.219
given<00:45:17.860><c> us</c>

00:45:18.219 --> 00:45:21.579
in<00:45:18.380><c> being</c><00:45:18.659><c> able</c><00:45:18.940><c> to</c><00:45:19.119><c> call</c><00:45:19.280><c> thee</c><00:45:19.460><c> our</c><00:45:19.539><c> heavenly</c><00:45:19.860><c> Father</c><00:45:20.340><c> through</c><00:45:21.360><c> our</c>

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:23.500
Lord's<00:45:21.960><c> ever</c><00:45:22.139><c>-blessed</c><00:45:22.539><c> name.</c>

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:27.619
To<00:45:24.260><c> thank</c><00:45:24.519><c> thee</c><00:45:24.760><c> for</c><00:45:24.920><c> this</c><00:45:25.519><c> word</c><00:45:25.960><c> that</c><00:45:26.079><c> thou</c><00:45:26.340><c> hast</c><00:45:26.519><c> given</c><00:45:26.679><c> us,</c>

00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:31.159
this<00:45:28.019><c> word</c><00:45:28.260><c> that</c><00:45:28.420><c> is</c><00:45:28.639><c> able</c><00:45:28.860><c> to</c><00:45:29.079><c> make</c><00:45:29.199><c> us</c><00:45:29.539><c> wise</c><00:45:29.800><c> unto</c><00:45:30.019><c> salvation,</c>

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help<00:45:32.179><c> us</c><00:45:32.380><c> to</c><00:45:32.599><c> learn</c><00:45:32.800><c> therefrom</c><00:45:33.260><c> and</c><00:45:33.900><c> to</c><00:45:34.239><c> use</c><00:45:34.380><c> it</c><00:45:34.579><c> to</c><00:45:34.739><c> cleanse</c>

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:36.099
our<00:45:35.199><c> ways.</c>

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We<00:45:36.719><c> thank</c><00:45:37.059><c> thee</c><00:45:37.260><c> this</c><00:45:37.500><c> day</c><00:45:37.699><c> for</c><00:45:38.000><c> the</c><00:45:38.539><c> brethren</c><00:45:38.800><c> that</c><00:45:39.059><c> thou</c><00:45:39.219><c> hast</c><00:45:39.360><c> given</c><00:45:39.579><c> us</c>

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:45.400
who<00:45:41.059><c> have</c><00:45:42.139><c> striven</c><00:45:42.579><c> with</c><00:45:42.980><c> great</c><00:45:43.280><c> love</c><00:45:43.559><c> and</c><00:45:44.199><c> eagerness</c><00:45:44.619><c> and</c><00:45:44.920><c> diligence</c>

00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:50.340
to<00:45:46.460><c> glean</c><00:45:46.800><c> therefrom</c><00:45:47.300><c> the</c><00:45:47.480><c> many</c><00:45:47.699><c> lessons</c><00:45:48.079><c> that</c><00:45:48.340><c> are</c><00:45:48.599><c> contained</c><00:45:49.039><c> therein</c>

00:45:50.340 --> 00:45:55.219
and<00:45:50.739><c> are</c><00:45:50.940><c> able</c><00:45:51.239><c> in</c><00:45:51.480><c> their</c><00:45:52.699><c> labour</c><00:45:53.019><c> of</c><00:45:53.260><c> love</c><00:45:53.480><c> to</c><00:45:54.539><c> show</c><00:45:54.880><c> it</c><00:45:55.019><c> unto</c>

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us,<00:45:55.940><c> to</c><00:45:56.000><c> enlighten</c><00:45:56.420><c> us,</c>

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help<00:45:57.760><c> us</c><00:45:58.000><c> to</c><00:45:58.159><c> have</c><00:45:58.320><c> open</c><00:45:58.599><c> ears,</c><00:45:59.000><c> hearts,</c><00:45:59.400><c> and</c><00:45:59.599><c> minds,</c><00:46:00.619><c> and</c><00:46:00.920><c> to</c>

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receive<00:46:01.360><c> these</c><00:46:01.679><c> lessons</c>

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and<00:46:02.400><c> to</c><00:46:02.539><c> meditate</c><00:46:02.980><c> upon</c><00:46:03.380><c> them,</c><00:46:04.599><c> and</c><00:46:04.780><c> more</c><00:46:05.019><c> importantly,</c><00:46:05.739><c> to</c>

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apply<00:46:06.219><c> them</c><00:46:06.440><c> into</c><00:46:06.719><c> our</c><00:46:06.920><c> daily</c><00:46:07.119><c> life</c>

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so<00:46:08.679><c> that</c><00:46:08.900><c> we</c><00:46:09.039><c> may</c><00:46:09.320><c> be</c><00:46:09.519><c> able</c><00:46:09.739><c> to</c><00:46:10.019><c> overcome</c><00:46:10.400><c> self</c><00:46:10.980><c> and</c><00:46:12.000><c> to</c><00:46:12.219><c> take</c>

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on<00:46:12.639><c> thy</c><00:46:12.800><c> wellness.</c>

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Christ<00:46:14.119><c> was</c><00:46:14.380><c> our</c><00:46:14.579><c> example.</c>

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And<00:46:16.900><c> help</c><00:46:17.019><c> us</c><00:46:17.300><c> to</c><00:46:17.500><c> have</c><00:46:17.699><c> the</c><00:46:17.920><c> fervent</c><00:46:18.260><c> love</c><00:46:18.920><c> with</c><00:46:19.219><c> one</c><00:46:19.400><c> another,</c>

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enjoying<00:46:20.880><c> the</c><00:46:21.320><c> sweetness</c><00:46:21.719><c> of</c><00:46:22.780><c> fellowship</c><00:46:23.239><c> with</c><00:46:23.519><c> one</c><00:46:23.719><c> another,</c>

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encouraging<00:46:25.579><c> each</c><00:46:26.099><c> other</c><00:46:26.559><c> on</c><00:46:26.760><c> that</c><00:46:27.079><c> straight</c><00:46:27.320><c> narrow</c><00:46:27.639><c> path</c>

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which<00:46:29.199><c> will</c><00:46:29.480><c> lead</c><00:46:29.659><c> us</c><00:46:30.219><c> closer</c><00:46:30.619><c> to</c><00:46:30.840><c> thee</c><00:46:31.000><c> in</c><00:46:31.099><c> thy</c><00:46:31.260><c> kingdom.</c>

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We<00:46:33.139><c> thank</c><00:46:33.320><c> thee</c><00:46:33.539><c> then</c><00:46:33.699><c> of</c><00:46:33.840><c> the</c><00:46:34.059><c> blessed</c><00:46:34.400><c> hope</c><00:46:34.659><c> that</c><00:46:34.860><c> thou</c><00:46:34.980><c> hast</c>

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given<00:46:35.400><c> us,</c>

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thy<00:46:37.079><c> coming</c><00:46:37.340><c> kingdom,</c><00:46:38.320><c> when</c><00:46:38.440><c> there</c><00:46:38.559><c> will</c><00:46:38.760><c> be</c><00:46:38.960><c> peace</c><00:46:39.659><c> and</c><00:46:40.079><c> good</c>

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will<00:46:40.500><c> among</c><00:46:40.760><c> men.</c>

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We<00:46:42.260><c> thank</c><00:46:42.460><c> thee</c><00:46:42.699><c> for</c><00:46:42.900><c> this,</c><00:46:44.019><c> knowing</c><00:46:44.019><c> that</c><00:46:44.260><c> all</c><00:46:44.480><c> things</c><00:46:44.960><c> come</c>

00:46:45.579 --> 00:46:47.659
from<00:46:45.800><c> thee</c><00:46:46.019><c> in</c><00:46:46.079><c> thy</c><00:46:46.260><c> gracious</c><00:46:46.559><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:46:48.500><c> as</c><00:46:48.719><c> we</c><00:46:48.920><c> have</c><00:46:49.139><c> received</c><00:46:49.480><c> this</c><00:46:49.679><c> spiritual</c><00:46:50.099><c> food,</c><00:46:50.820><c> we</c><00:46:51.340><c> also</c>

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:53.320
thank<00:46:52.139><c> thee</c><00:46:52.340><c> for</c><00:46:52.480><c> the</c><00:46:52.719><c> natural</c><00:46:53.019><c> food</c>

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which<00:46:53.480><c> we</c><00:46:53.699><c> are</c><00:46:53.719><c> about</c><00:46:53.900><c> to</c><00:46:54.059><c> eat</c><00:46:54.219><c> this</c><00:46:54.460><c> day.</c>

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Help<00:46:55.780><c> us</c><00:46:55.980><c> to</c><00:46:56.159><c> realize</c><00:46:56.460><c> that</c><00:46:56.679><c> it</c><00:46:56.940><c> too</c><00:46:57.059><c> has</c><00:46:57.239><c> come</c><00:46:57.440><c> from</c><00:46:57.699><c> thee.</c>

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We<00:46:58.940><c> ask</c><00:46:59.199><c> that</c><00:46:59.340><c> it</c><00:46:59.500><c> may</c><00:46:59.699><c> strengthen</c><00:46:59.960><c> our</c><00:47:00.239><c> weak</c><00:47:00.420><c> and</c><00:47:00.579><c> mortal</c><00:47:00.780><c> bodies,</c>

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to<00:47:02.199><c> keep</c><00:47:02.340><c> them</c><00:47:02.519><c> in</c><00:47:02.639><c> good</c><00:47:02.860><c> health,</c><00:47:04.019><c> and</c><00:47:04.179><c> to</c><00:47:04.360><c> use</c><00:47:04.559><c> the</c><00:47:04.820><c> strength</c>

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that<00:47:05.239><c> we</c><00:47:05.480><c> derive</c><00:47:05.699><c> therefrom</c><00:47:06.159><c> in</c><00:47:06.360><c> some</c><00:47:06.539><c> manner</c>

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to<00:47:07.519><c> bring</c><00:47:07.760><c> the</c><00:47:08.039><c> honour,</c><00:47:08.519><c> praise,</c><00:47:08.900><c> and</c><00:47:09.059><c> glory.</c>

00:47:10.480 --> 00:47:13.719
We<00:47:10.739><c> thank</c><00:47:10.980><c> thee</c><00:47:11.179><c> then,</c><00:47:12.360><c> in</c><00:47:12.500><c> our</c><00:47:12.719><c> Lord</c><00:47:12.960><c> and</c><00:47:13.079><c> Master's</c><00:47:13.539><c> ever</c>

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-blessed<00:47:14.159><c> name,</c>

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the<00:47:15.619><c> author</c><00:47:15.940><c> and</c><00:47:16.119><c> perfecter</c><00:47:16.559><c> of</c><00:47:16.659><c> our</c><00:47:16.880><c> faith,</c><00:47:18.000><c> Jesus</c><00:47:18.300><c> Christ</c>

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our<00:47:18.880><c> Lord.</c><00:47:19.739><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.