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for</c><00:25:59.380><c> eternity.</c> 00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:04.740 So,<00:26:01.819><c> let</c><00:26:01.940><c> us</c><00:26:02.160><c> notice</c><00:26:02.559><c> the</c><00:26:02.940><c> wholeness</c><00:26:03.599><c> of</c><00:26:03.779><c> love.</c> 00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:07.400 It<00:26:05.099><c> is</c><00:26:05.339><c> telling</c><00:26:05.579><c> us,</c><00:26:06.019><c> if</c><00:26:06.180><c> we</c><00:26:06.400><c> have</c><00:26:06.460><c> understood</c><00:26:06.819><c> it</c><00:26:07.119><c> rightly,</c> 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:11.859 that<00:26:08.019><c> there</c><00:26:08.259><c> is</c><00:26:08.519><c> no</c><00:26:08.839><c> instrument</c><00:26:09.640><c> of</c><00:26:09.839><c> our</c><00:26:10.119><c> personality</c><00:26:10.839><c> which</c> 00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:13.920 is<00:26:12.779><c> outside</c><00:26:13.259><c> of</c><00:26:13.500><c> it.</c> 00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:18.859 There<00:26:14.319><c> is</c><00:26:14.539><c> no</c><00:26:15.380><c> part</c><00:26:15.900><c> of</c><00:26:16.559><c> our</c><00:26:16.740><c> life</c><00:26:17.000><c> which</c><00:26:17.259><c> is</c><00:26:17.500><c> hardened</c><00:26:17.779><c> against</c><00:26:18.299><c> it.</c> 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:22.339 That<00:26:19.480><c> part</c><00:26:19.779><c> of</c><00:26:19.980><c> the</c><00:26:20.240><c> soul,</c><00:26:20.619><c> or</c><00:26:20.779><c> of</c><00:26:20.940><c> the</c><00:26:21.119><c> mind,</c><00:26:21.619><c> or</c><00:26:21.759><c> of</c><00:26:21.900><c> the</c><00:26:22.079><c> heart,</c> 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:26.559 which<00:26:22.799><c> is</c><00:26:23.259><c> so</c><00:26:23.559><c> hardened,</c><00:26:24.420><c> at</c><00:26:24.599><c> last</c><00:26:24.799><c> will</c><00:26:25.119><c> become</c><00:26:25.420><c> atrophied,</c> 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:29.619 and<00:26:27.059><c> at</c><00:26:27.200><c> last</c><00:26:27.519><c> will</c><00:26:27.720><c> be</c><00:26:27.900><c> in</c><00:26:28.000><c> danger</c><00:26:28.359><c> of</c><00:26:28.619><c> perishing.</c> 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:34.660 So,<00:26:31.900><c> finally,</c><00:26:32.200><c> can</c><00:26:32.380><c> I</c><00:26:32.680><c> urge</c><00:26:32.980><c> upon</c><00:26:33.319><c> you</c><00:26:33.900><c> that,</c> 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:37.279 when<00:26:35.240><c> I</c><00:26:35.440><c> say</c><00:26:35.640><c> finally,</c><00:26:36.299><c> I</c><00:26:36.319><c> don't</c><00:26:36.319><c> think</c><00:26:36.500><c> I</c><00:26:36.740><c> have</c><00:26:36.740><c> finished</c><00:26:37.019><c> yet.</c> 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:39.579 Sorry,<00:26:37.960><c> I</c><00:26:38.099><c> don't</c><00:26:38.160><c> want</c><00:26:38.319><c> to</c><00:26:38.519><c> mislead</c><00:26:38.859><c> you.</c> 00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:41.119 Oh,<00:26:40.019><c> no,</c><00:26:40.599><c> no.</c> 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:44.039 I<00:26:41.819><c> noticed</c><00:26:42.119><c> you</c><00:26:42.279><c> looked</c><00:26:42.480><c> relieved.</c><00:26:43.019><c> I</c><00:26:43.039><c> am</c><00:26:43.140><c> sorry.</c> 00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:50.220 Finally,<00:26:47.579><c> for</c><00:26:47.799><c> this</c><00:26:48.059><c> part</c><00:26:48.319><c> of</c><00:26:48.480><c> the</c><00:26:48.700><c> argument</c><00:26:49.039><c> I</c><00:26:49.279><c> meant,</c> 00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:55.000 can<00:26:50.640><c> I</c><00:26:50.799><c> urge</c><00:26:50.980><c> upon</c><00:26:51.279><c> you</c><00:26:51.819><c> that</c><00:26:52.200><c> the</c><00:26:52.640><c> teaching</c><00:26:52.980><c> about</c><00:26:53.420><c> the</c><00:26:53.680><c> Great</c><00:26:53.960><c> Commandment,</c> 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:58.299 as<00:26:55.400><c> it</c><00:26:55.579><c> is</c><00:26:55.819><c> discovered</c><00:26:56.240><c> in</c><00:26:56.480><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:26:57.059><c> chapter</c><00:26:57.539><c> 6,</c> 00:26:58.299 --> 00:27:02.259 and<00:26:58.640><c> as</c><00:26:58.920><c> we</c><00:26:59.140><c> 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occasionally,</c><00:29:01.420><c> twice,</c> 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:06.140 faltered<00:29:03.039><c> and</c><00:29:04.079><c> turned</c><00:29:04.539><c> to</c><00:29:04.799><c> a</c><00:29:04.980><c> subterfuge</c> 00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:10.119 when<00:29:06.579><c> he</c><00:29:06.819><c> thought</c><00:29:07.140><c> that</c><00:29:07.660><c> he</c><00:29:07.740><c> was</c><00:29:07.980><c> in</c><00:29:08.180><c> danger</c><00:29:08.480><c> for</c><00:29:08.720><c> Sarah's</c><00:29:09.279><c> sake.</c> 00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:15.279 Moses,<00:29:11.380><c> the</c><00:29:11.519><c> meekest</c><00:29:12.140><c> of</c><00:29:12.380><c> men,</c><00:29:13.039><c> once</c><00:29:13.619><c> loses</c><00:29:14.480><c> his</c><00:29:14.900><c> temper.</c> 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:18.980 Elijah,<00:29:16.579><c> the</c><00:29:16.880><c> daring,</c><00:29:18.240><c> fearless</c><00:29:18.319><c> prophet,</c> 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:23.160 once<00:29:19.900><c> bleeds</c><00:29:20.279><c> in</c><00:29:20.539><c> terror</c><00:29:20.680><c> when</c><00:29:20.859><c> he</c><00:29:21.079><c> is</c><00:29:21.140><c> faced</c><00:29:21.400><c> with</c><00:29:21.619><c> a</c><00:29:21.740><c> woman's</c><00:29:22.240><c> wrath.</c> 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:26.059 Peter,<00:29:24.359><c> a</c><00:29:24.440><c> man</c><00:29:24.660><c> of</c><00:29:24.839><c> rock</c><00:29:25.240><c>-like</c><00:29:25.539><c> courage,</c> 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:30.039 is<00:29:26.740><c> vacillating</c><00:29:27.400><c> and</c><00:29:27.720><c> craven</c><00:29:28.099><c> once</c><00:29:28.859><c> when</c><00:29:29.200><c> he</c><00:29:29.380><c> is</c><00:29:29.559><c> faced</c><00:29:29.779><c> with</c> 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.619 the<00:29:30.220><c> challenge</c> 00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:32.119 of<00:29:30.920><c> a</c><00:29:31.019><c> little</c><00:29:31.420><c> servant</c><00:29:31.720><c> girl.</c> 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:36.599 John<00:29:32.920><c> Zebedee,</c><00:29:33.700><c> the</c><00:29:33.900><c> apostle</c><00:29:34.240><c> of</c><00:29:34.539><c> love,</c><00:29:35.119><c> the</c><00:29:35.259><c> blue</c><00:29:35.619><c> seer</c><00:29:35.900><c> of</c><00:29:36.140><c> Galilee,</c> 00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:40.660 is<00:29:37.079><c> calling</c><00:29:37.440><c> down</c><00:29:37.940><c> fire</c><00:29:38.279><c> from</c><00:29:38.579><c> heaven</c><00:29:38.859><c> upon</c><00:29:39.339><c> some</c><00:29:39.660><c> poor</c><00:29:39.859><c> Samaritans</c> 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:45.119 because<00:29:41.299><c> he</c><00:29:42.799><c> thought</c><00:29:43.059><c> they</c><00:29:43.220><c> had</c><00:29:43.500><c> rebuffed</c><00:29:43.839><c> his</c><00:29:44.119><c> master.</c> 00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:49.240 Occasionally,<00:29:47.619><c> men</c><00:29:47.819><c> fail</c><00:29:48.279><c> in</c><00:29:48.480><c> the</c><00:29:48.640><c> very</c><00:29:48.980><c> thing</c> 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:51.559 for<00:29:49.440><c> which</c><00:29:49.619><c> 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well</c><00:30:19.480><c> taught</c><00:30:19.720><c> in</c><00:30:19.920><c> the</c><00:30:20.039><c> word</c> 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.579 of<00:30:20.420><c> God,</c> 00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:24.660 you<00:30:20.759><c> will</c><00:30:21.039><c> know</c><00:30:21.299><c> that</c><00:30:22.059><c> better</c><00:30:22.279><c> translation</c><00:30:22.900><c> is</c><00:30:23.259><c> every</c><00:30:23.779><c> idle</c><00:30:24.220><c> word,</c> 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:27.940 every<00:30:25.380><c> idle</c><00:30:25.920><c> word</c><00:30:26.259><c> that</c><00:30:26.460><c> men</c><00:30:26.720><c> shall</c><00:30:27.000><c> speak.</c> 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:33.799 That<00:30:29.440><c> will</c><00:30:29.900><c> be</c><00:30:30.220><c> the</c><00:30:30.660><c> method</c><00:30:31.380><c> and</c><00:30:32.460><c> the</c><00:30:32.619><c> moment</c><00:30:32.880><c> of</c><00:30:33.119><c> their</c><00:30:33.339><c> judgment,</c> 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:38.500 because<00:30:34.359><c> 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advised,</c><00:30:55.039><c> my</c><00:30:55.380><c> brethren,</c> 00:30:56.299 --> 00:31:01.440 not<00:30:56.640><c> to</c><00:30:56.980><c> form</c><00:30:57.519><c> a</c><00:30:58.000><c> judgment</c><00:30:58.539><c> of</c><00:30:59.299><c> your</c><00:30:59.980><c> speaker</c><00:31:00.599><c> this</c><00:31:01.160><c> week</c> 00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:05.500 by<00:31:02.220><c> the</c><00:31:02.460><c> words</c><00:31:02.819><c> which</c><00:31:03.140><c> he</c><00:31:03.279><c> has</c><00:31:03.619><c> carefully</c><00:31:04.240><c> prepared.</c> 00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:10.140 If<00:31:06.720><c> you</c><00:31:07.099><c> do,</c><00:31:07.539><c> it</c><00:31:07.720><c> will</c><00:31:07.940><c> be</c><00:31:08.099><c> a</c><00:31:08.200><c> very</c><00:31:08.579><c> doubtful</c><00:31:09.099><c> measurement</c> 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:14.059 how<00:31:10.839><c> eloquently</c><00:31:11.900><c> a</c><00:31:12.160><c> man</c><00:31:12.799><c> speaks,</c> 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:18.160 or<00:31:14.599><c> how</c><00:31:15.299><c> enthusiastically</c><00:31:16.460><c> he</c><00:31:16.740><c> may</c><00:31:17.220><c> sing.</c> 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:22.019 That's<00:31:20.519><c> no</c><00:31:20.740><c> real</c><00:31:21.000><c> measurement.</c> 00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:28.759 A<00:31:24.799><c> better</c><00:31:25.119><c> measurement</c><00:31:25.680><c> is</c><00:31:26.380><c> how</c><00:31:26.779><c> often</c><00:31:27.259><c> he</c><00:31:27.559><c> has</c><00:31:27.859><c> to</c><00:31:28.140><c> burn</c><00:31:28.380><c> his</c> 00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.500 secret<00:31:29.299><c> candle</c> 00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.859 on<00:31:30.880><c> both</c><00:31:31.259><c> ends.</c> 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:37.579 Perhaps<00:31:35.460><c> another</c><00:31:35.799><c> measurement</c><00:31:36.299><c> might</c><00:31:36.660><c> be</c><00:31:36.880><c> how</c><00:31:37.140><c> often</c> 00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:40.279 he<00:31:37.819><c> has</c><00:31:38.099><c> 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prove</c><00:33:27.700><c> to</c><00:33:27.880><c> be</c><00:33:28.039><c> a</c><00:33:28.180><c> test</c><00:33:28.400><c> of</c><00:33:28.599><c> our</c><00:33:28.839><c> spirit.</c> 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:32.880 Very<00:33:30.039><c> often,</c><00:33:30.680><c> it</c><00:33:30.700><c> is</c><00:33:30.940><c> along</c><00:33:31.279><c> the</c><00:33:31.500><c> line</c><00:33:31.720><c> of</c><00:33:31.900><c> the</c><00:33:32.220><c> commonplace</c> 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:36.140 that<00:33:33.059><c> we</c><00:33:33.259><c> are</c><00:33:33.940><c> most</c><00:33:34.380><c> surely</c><00:33:34.859><c> revealed.</c> 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:37.839 As<00:33:36.559><c> I've</c><00:33:36.900><c> said</c><00:33:37.019><c> already</c><00:33:37.400><c> this</c><00:33:37.680><c> week,</c> 00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:39.779 the<00:33:38.119><c> truth</c><00:33:38.319><c> is</c><00:33:38.559><c> like</c><00:33:38.799><c> a</c><00:33:39.019><c> wine</c><00:33:39.440><c> press</c> 00:33:39.779 --> 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brought</c><00:33:52.059><c> out</c> 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:56.539 by<00:33:52.839><c> our</c><00:33:53.380><c> experience</c><00:33:53.900><c> in</c><00:33:54.380><c> the</c><00:33:54.559><c> Word</c><00:33:54.779><c> of</c><00:33:55.000><c> God</c><00:33:55.200><c> and</c><00:33:55.420><c> in</c><00:33:55.619><c> the</c><00:33:55.859><c> truth.</c> 00:33:56.660 --> 00:34:01.279 The<00:33:57.000><c> spirit</c><00:33:57.259><c> is</c><00:33:57.579><c> revealed</c><00:33:58.160><c> in</c><00:33:58.940><c> adversity</c><00:33:59.660><c> and</c><00:34:00.279><c> in</c><00:34:00.559><c> prosperity,</c> 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:05.660 in<00:34:01.920><c> the</c><00:34:02.140><c> place</c><00:34:02.319><c> of</c><00:34:02.599><c> obscurity</c><00:34:03.440><c> or</c><00:34:04.099><c> in</c><00:34:04.299><c> the</c><00:34:04.500><c> place</c><00:34:04.740><c> of</c><00:34:05.099><c> popularity,</c> 00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:09.659 in<00:34:06.220><c> the</c><00:34:06.460><c> 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can</c><00:34:25.320><c> tell</c><00:34:25.539><c> you</c><00:34:26.820><c> they</c><00:34:27.320><c> are.</c> 00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:33.820 Sometimes<00:34:30.340><c> men</c><00:34:30.699><c> are</c><00:34:31.179><c> greatest</c><00:34:31.920><c> in</c><00:34:32.599><c> the</c><00:34:32.880><c> hour</c><00:34:33.099><c> of</c><00:34:33.380><c> defeat</c> 00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:37.920 if<00:34:34.980><c> they</c><00:34:35.300><c> know</c><00:34:35.619><c> what</c><00:34:35.980><c> spirit</c><00:34:36.340><c> they</c><00:34:36.599><c> are</c><00:34:36.820><c> of.</c> 00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:46.320 I<00:34:41.480><c> want</c><00:34:41.739><c> to</c><00:34:41.860><c> bring</c><00:34:42.059><c> you</c><00:34:43.500><c> to</c><00:34:43.960><c> Matthew</c><00:34:44.360><c> 13</c><00:34:45.159><c> now.</c> 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.539 Pursuing<00:34:51.179><c> the</c><00:34:51.420><c> same</c><00:34:51.599><c> idea,</c> 00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:58.219 the<00:34:53.440><c> 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out</c><00:35:49.179><c> the</c><00:35:49.460><c> tares</c><00:35:50.179><c> will</c><00:35:50.920><c> disturb</c> 00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.219 the<00:35:51.840><c> soil</c> 00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:57.960 and<00:35:53.300><c> the</c><00:35:53.599><c> root</c><00:35:54.199><c> of</c><00:35:55.219><c> the</c><00:35:55.460><c> wheat</c><00:35:55.780><c> will</c><00:35:56.179><c> be</c><00:35:56.539><c> disturbed</c><00:35:56.940><c> as</c><00:35:57.340><c> well.</c> 00:35:57.960 --> 00:36:01.800 And<00:35:58.679><c> so</c><00:35:59.179><c> it</c><00:35:59.380><c> will</c><00:35:59.599><c> be</c><00:35:59.880><c> harmed</c><00:36:00.179><c> and</c><00:36:00.400><c> may</c><00:36:00.579><c> be</c><00:36:00.780><c> lost.</c> 00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:06.099 That<00:36:02.820><c> is</c><00:36:03.519><c> what</c><00:36:03.519><c> is</c><00:36:03.800><c> usually,</c><00:36:04.300><c> I</c><00:36:04.880><c> think,</c> 00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:09.500 given<00:36:07.340><c> as</c><00:36:07.559><c> the</c><00:36:07.800><c> explanation</c><00:36:08.280><c> of</c><00:36:08.519><c> why</c><00:36:08.679><c> he</c><00:36:08.760><c> didn't</c><00:36:09.000><c> want</c><00:36:09.300><c> the</c> 00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.800 tares<00:36:09.780><c> moved.</c> 00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:13.539 Now,<00:36:11.380><c> if</c><00:36:11.699><c> that</c><00:36:11.980><c> is</c><00:36:12.340><c> true,</c> 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:17.800 all<00:36:14.079><c> I</c><00:36:14.260><c> can</c><00:36:14.519><c> say</c><00:36:14.739><c> is</c><00:36:14.900><c> he</c><00:36:15.000><c> was</c><00:36:15.239><c> a</c><00:36:15.360><c> very</c><00:36:15.719><c> bad</c><00:36:16.000><c> farmer</c><00:36:16.440><c> indeed.</c> 00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:21.980 Anybody<00:36:19.619><c> here</c><00:36:19.960><c> who</c><00:36:20.199><c> is</c><00:36:20.199><c> used</c><00:36:20.480><c> to</c><00:36:20.699><c> farming</c><00:36:21.019><c> or</c><00:36:21.320><c> horticulture</c> 00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:23.199 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remove</c><00:36:38.260><c> the</c><00:36:38.579><c> weeds</c><00:36:38.940><c> and</c><00:36:39.099><c> let</c><00:36:39.320><c> the</c><00:36:39.619><c> plant</c><00:36:39.820><c> grow</c><00:36:40.159><c> on</c> 00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:43.800 than<00:36:40.559><c> to</c><00:36:40.780><c> leave</c><00:36:41.119><c> the</c><00:36:41.420><c> weeds</c><00:36:41.800><c> and</c><00:36:42.440><c> let</c><00:36:42.639><c> them</c><00:36:42.920><c> smother</c><00:36:43.260><c> the</c><00:36:43.559><c> plants.</c> 00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:47.239 So<00:36:44.179><c> anybody</c><00:36:44.500><c> who</c><00:36:45.219><c> has</c><00:36:45.559><c> any</c><00:36:45.820><c> knowledge</c><00:36:46.099><c> of</c><00:36:46.360><c> horticulture</c><00:36:47.019><c> will</c> 00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.869 know<00:36:47.559><c> that</c> 00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:50.659 this<00:36:48.539><c> is</c><00:36:48.840><c> a</c><00:36:48.940><c> perfectly</c><00:36:49.579><c> proper</c><00:36:49.960><c> process</c> 00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:55.179 to<00:36:51.059><c> pull</c><00:36:51.460><c> out</c><00:36:52.179><c> the</c><00:36:52.420><c> weeds</c><00:36:52.900><c> from</c><00:36:53.500><c> amongst</c><00:36:53.860><c> the</c><00:36:54.199><c> plants.</c> 00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:58.860 And<00:36:56.059><c> if</c><00:36:57.039><c> this</c><00:36:57.340><c> man</c><00:36:57.599><c> meant</c><00:36:57.820><c> you</c><00:36:58.000><c> mustn't</c><00:36:58.380><c> do</c><00:36:58.639><c> that</c> 00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:01.360 because<00:36:59.139><c> you'll</c><00:36:59.500><c> disturb</c><00:36:59.920><c> the</c><00:37:00.139><c> root</c><00:37:00.300><c> of</c><00:37:00.539><c> the</c><00:37:00.659><c> wheat,</c> 00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:03.519 then<00:37:01.500><c> he</c><00:37:01.579><c> was</c><00:37:01.800><c> a</c><00:37:01.900><c> very</c><00:37:02.239><c> bad</c><00:37:02.500><c> farmer.</c> 00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:08.500 But<00:37:06.099><c> I</c><00:37:06.300><c> don't</c><00:37:06.559><c> think</c><00:37:06.699><c> he</c><00:37:06.900><c> did</c><00:37:07.119><c> mean</c><00:37:07.360><c> that.</c> 00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:13.480 Let's<00:37:10.599><c> have</c><00:37:10.780><c> another</c><00:37:11.039><c> look</c><00:37:11.840><c> at</c><00:37:12.219><c> the</c><00:37:12.440><c> parable.</c> 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.699 Notice<00:37:14.480><c> verse</c><00:37:15.039><c> 26.</c> 00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:23.500 But<00:37:18.780><c> when</c><00:37:19.260><c> the</c><00:37:19.579><c> blades</c><00:37:20.079><c> sprung</c><00:37:20.579><c> up</c><00:37:21.019><c> and</c><00:37:21.300><c> brought</c><00:37:21.840><c> forth</c><00:37:22.519><c> fruit,</c> 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:26.880 then,<00:37:24.800><c> every</c><00:37:25.300><c> word</c><00:37:25.519><c> in</c><00:37:25.719><c> the</c><00:37:25.860><c> Bible</c><00:37:26.079><c> is</c><00:37:26.320><c> important,</c> 00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:31.139 then<00:37:27.960><c> appeared</c><00:37:28.460><c> the</c><00:37:28.800><c> tares</c><00:37:29.900><c> also.</c> 00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:34.980 It<00:37:31.639><c> was</c><00:37:31.880><c> not</c><00:37:32.079><c> until</c><00:37:32.360><c> the</c><00:37:32.699><c> plants</c><00:37:33.019><c> were</c><00:37:33.400><c> well</c><00:37:33.880><c> grown</c><00:37:34.199><c> on</c> 00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:38.480 and<00:37:35.920><c> had</c><00:37:36.139><c> reached</c><00:37:36.440><c> a</c><00:37:36.679><c> stage</c><00:37:36.920><c> when</c><00:37:37.219><c> the</c><00:37:37.360><c> ears</c><00:37:37.679><c> of</c><00:37:37.980><c> corn</c><00:37:38.179><c> were</c> 00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.300 well<00:37:38.739><c> developed,</c> 00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:42.639 as<00:37:39.860><c> the</c><00:37:39.980><c> word</c><00:37:40.260><c> putsit</c><00:37:40.980><c> had</c><00:37:41.440><c> brought</c><00:37:41.860><c> forth</c><00:37:42.320><c> fruit,</c> 00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:46.539 it<00:37:43.059><c> was</c><00:37:43.300><c> not</c><00:37:43.599><c> until</c><00:37:43.900><c> then</c><00:37:44.679><c> that</c><00:37:45.219><c> the</c><00:37:45.480><c> presence</c><00:37:45.800><c> of</c><00:37:46.079><c> the</c><00:37:46.320><c> tares</c> 00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:48.059 was<00:37:46.840><c> discovered.</c> 00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:50.559 And<00:37:48.400><c> the</c><00:37:48.519><c> reason</c><00:37:48.960><c> is</c><00:37:49.460><c> this.</c> 00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:58.059 The<00:37:52.860><c> plant</c><00:37:53.559><c> which</c><00:37:54.460><c> is</c><00:37:54.880><c> here</c><00:37:55.480><c> called</c><00:37:56.360><c> tares,</c> 00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:02.920 and<00:37:58.980><c> which</c><00:37:59.420><c> when</c><00:37:59.599><c> I</c><00:37:59.860><c> was</c><00:38:00.159><c> a</c><00:38:00.380><c> boy</c><00:38:00.639><c> in</c><00:38:01.039><c> North</c><00:38:01.380><c> Oxfordshire,</c> 00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:06.119 where<00:38:03.639><c> I</c><00:38:04.059><c> live</c><00:38:04.440><c> and</c><00:38:04.860><c> where</c><00:38:05.099><c> I</c><00:38:05.320><c> was</c><00:38:05.619><c> born,</c> 00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:09.519 and<00:38:06.719><c> where</c><00:38:07.019><c> perchance</c><00:38:07.739><c> I</c><00:38:08.059><c> may</c><00:38:08.380><c> die,</c> 00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:15.219 that<00:38:11.659><c> plant</c><00:38:12.360><c> is</c><00:38:12.920><c> called</c><00:38:13.440><c> cockle,</c> 00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:19.840 and<00:38:15.840><c> its</c><00:38:16.079><c> botanical</c><00:38:16.679><c> name</c><00:38:17.099><c> is</c><00:38:17.460><c> Loleum</c><00:38:18.179><c> timulentum.</c> 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:26.320 Now,<00:38:22.860><c> the</c><00:38:22.960><c> thing</c><00:38:23.239><c> about</c><00:38:23.539><c> Loleum</c><00:38:24.219><c> timulentum</c><00:38:25.059><c> is</c><00:38:25.320><c> this,</c> 00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:31.320 that<00:38:27.119><c> it's</c><00:38:28.000><c> almost</c><00:38:28.639><c> identical</c><00:38:29.599><c> with</c><00:38:30.340><c> wheat.</c> 00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:36.159 In<00:38:32.559><c> fact,</c><00:38:32.960><c> it</c><00:38:33.059><c> takes</c><00:38:33.440><c> an</c><00:38:33.760><c> expert</c><00:38:34.260><c> to</c><00:38:34.519><c> know</c><00:38:34.719><c> the</c><00:38:34.940><c> difference,</c> 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:44.039 and<00:38:38.199><c> you</c><00:38:38.380><c> can't</c><00:38:38.980><c> tell</c><00:38:39.320><c> the</c><00:38:39.579><c> difference</c><00:38:39.920><c> till</c><00:38:40.500><c> the</c><00:38:41.420><c> corn</c><00:38:41.820><c> begins</c><00:38:42.500><c> to</c><00:38:42.900><c> appear,</c> 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:48.800 until<00:38:45.340><c> the</c><00:38:45.940><c> corn</c><00:38:46.239><c> in</c><00:38:46.539><c> the</c><00:38:46.739><c> ear</c><00:38:46.960><c> begins</c><00:38:47.420><c> to</c><00:38:47.840><c> form,</c> 00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:53.139 and<00:38:49.579><c> then</c><00:38:50.400><c> the</c><00:38:51.179><c> wheat</c><00:38:51.539><c> is</c><00:38:52.019><c> fruitful,</c> 00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:57.679 and<00:38:53.960><c> Loleum</c><00:38:54.719><c> timulentum</c><00:38:55.699><c> is</c><00:38:56.119><c> barren.</c> 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:03.219 I<00:39:01.480><c> can</c><00:39:01.699><c> imagine</c><00:39:02.119><c> what</c><00:39:02.380><c> really</c><00:39:02.780><c> happened.</c> 00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:07.760 One<00:39:04.079><c> day,</c><00:39:04.440><c> one</c><00:39:04.619><c> of</c><00:39:04.780><c> the</c><00:39:04.960><c> workers</c><00:39:05.519><c> came</c><00:39:06.420><c> to</c><00:39:06.699><c> the</c><00:39:07.159><c> foreman</c><00:39:07.519><c> of</c> 00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.840 the<00:39:08.619><c> farm,</c> 00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:10.980 and<00:39:09.019><c> he</c><00:39:09.159><c> said</c><00:39:09.380><c> to</c><00:39:09.539><c> him,</c> 00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:15.719 have<00:39:14.219><c> a</c><00:39:14.320><c> look</c><00:39:14.480><c> at</c><00:39:14.699><c> this.</c> 00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:19.519 And<00:39:17.780><c> the</c><00:39:18.320><c> foreman</c><00:39:18.619><c> looked</c><00:39:18.900><c> at</c><00:39:19.039><c> it</c><00:39:19.199><c> and</c><00:39:19.300><c> said,</c> 00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:21.719 it's<00:39:19.800><c> not</c><00:39:20.000><c> wheat,</c><00:39:20.380><c> it's</c><00:39:20.559><c> cockle.</c> 00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:25.059 How<00:39:23.019><c> it</c><00:39:23.139><c> came</c><00:39:23.480><c> there,</c><00:39:23.639><c> I</c><00:39:23.840><c> know</c><00:39:24.059><c> not.</c> 00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:31.420 And<00:39:28.699><c> he</c><00:39:28.900><c> said,</c><00:39:29.119><c> don't</c><00:39:30.179><c> try</c><00:39:30.519><c> to</c><00:39:30.699><c> pull</c><00:39:30.780><c> it</c><00:39:31.019><c> out</c><00:39:31.159><c> now,</c> 00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:33.360 unless<00:39:31.699><c> happily</c><00:39:32.039><c> when</c><00:39:32.280><c> you</c><00:39:32.460><c> gather</c><00:39:32.699><c> up</c><00:39:32.960><c> the</c><00:39:33.119><c> tares,</c> 00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:35.420 you<00:39:33.619><c> root</c><00:39:33.820><c> up</c><00:39:34.500><c> the</c><00:39:34.719><c> wheat</c><00:39:34.880><c> with</c><00:39:35.159><c> them.</c> 00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:37.880 What<00:39:35.960><c> he</c><00:39:36.059><c> meant</c><00:39:36.239><c> was,</c><00:39:36.599><c> you</c><00:39:36.820><c> won't</c><00:39:37.039><c> know</c><00:39:37.300><c> the</c><00:39:37.500><c> difference.</c> 00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:40.440 You<00:39:38.380><c> won't</c><00:39:38.579><c> be</c><00:39:38.780><c> able</c><00:39:38.960><c> to</c><00:39:39.159><c> tell</c><00:39:39.340><c> the</c><00:39:39.539><c> difference.</c> 00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:43.460 You<00:39:40.739><c> can't</c><00:39:41.019><c> tell</c><00:39:41.300><c> one</c><00:39:41.539><c> from</c><00:39:41.719><c> the</c><00:39:41.920><c> other</c><00:39:42.099><c> at</c><00:39:42.320><c> this</c><00:39:42.559><c> stage.</c> 00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:46.599 Working<00:39:43.960><c> at</c><00:39:44.380><c> ground</c><00:39:44.739><c> level,</c><00:39:45.179><c> working</c><00:39:45.619><c> at</c><00:39:46.000><c> ground</c><00:39:46.320><c> level,</c> 00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:48.500 you<00:39:46.800><c> can't</c><00:39:47.059><c> tell</c><00:39:47.280><c> one</c><00:39:47.480><c> from</c><00:39:47.699><c> another.</c> 00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:51.559 We<00:39:48.920><c> shall</c><00:39:49.099><c> have</c><00:39:49.300><c> to</c><00:39:49.539><c> wait</c><00:39:49.920><c> till</c><00:39:50.320><c> the</c><00:39:50.519><c> harvest,</c> 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:54.800 till<00:39:51.940><c> the</c><00:39:52.099><c> time</c><00:39:52.320><c> when</c><00:39:52.659><c> the</c><00:39:53.500><c> ears</c><00:39:53.840><c> begin</c><00:39:54.199><c> to</c><00:39:54.519><c> appear.</c> 00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:58.880 Let<00:39:55.599><c> them</c><00:39:55.980><c> both</c><00:39:56.300><c> grow</c><00:39:56.739><c> until</c><00:39:57.179><c> the</c><00:39:57.440><c> time</c><00:39:57.719><c> of</c><00:39:58.000><c> harvest,</c><00:39:58.619><c> he</c><00:39:58.639><c> said,</c> 00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:02.159 and<00:39:59.780><c> then</c><00:40:00.079><c> the</c><00:40:00.360><c> difference</c><00:40:00.659><c> will</c><00:40:00.920><c> be</c><00:40:01.119><c> evident.</c> 00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:06.059 And<00:40:02.659><c> then</c><00:40:02.820><c> the</c><00:40:03.019><c> reapers</c><00:40:03.219><c> will</c><00:40:03.519><c> gather</c><00:40:03.739><c> up</c><00:40:04.139><c> first</c><00:40:04.659><c> the</c><00:40:04.940><c> cockle,</c> 00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:08.500 and<00:40:06.380><c> afterward</c><00:40:07.119><c> the</c><00:40:07.699><c> wheat.</c> 00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:12.599 Oh,<00:40:10.739><c> it's</c><00:40:10.940><c> a</c><00:40:11.119><c> solemn</c><00:40:11.320><c> thing,</c><00:40:11.679><c> isn't</c><00:40:11.840><c> it?</c> 00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:14.659 It's<00:40:12.980><c> telling</c><00:40:13.079><c> us</c><00:40:13.340><c> something</c><00:40:13.679><c> solemn.</c> 00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:16.239 It's<00:40:14.960><c> telling</c><00:40:15.139><c> us</c><00:40:15.480><c> that,</c> 00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.719 well,<00:40:16.840><c> it's</c><00:40:17.079><c> telling</c><00:40:17.199><c> us</c><00:40:17.440><c> something</c> 00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:19.960 which<00:40:17.960><c> is</c><00:40:18.179><c> written</c><00:40:18.380><c> all</c><00:40:18.719><c> through</c><00:40:18.920><c> the</c><00:40:19.119><c> Bible,</c> 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.780 and<00:40:20.900><c> it's</c><00:40:21.119><c> telling</c><00:40:21.280><c> us</c><00:40:21.519><c> something</c> 00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:24.539 which<00:40:22.039><c> in</c><00:40:22.199><c> our</c><00:40:22.480><c> deepest</c><00:40:22.860><c> heart</c><00:40:23.280><c> we</c><00:40:23.500><c> know</c><00:40:23.679><c> to</c><00:40:23.880><c> be</c><00:40:24.119><c> true.</c> 00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:27.480 It<00:40:25.440><c> is</c><00:40:25.719><c> not</c><00:40:25.960><c> in</c><00:40:26.099><c> the</c><00:40:26.420><c> external</c><00:40:27.039><c> things</c> 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:29.719 that<00:40:27.699><c> we</c><00:40:27.860><c> are</c><00:40:28.219><c> truly</c><00:40:28.599><c> revealed.</c> 00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:32.739 It<00:40:29.980><c> is</c><00:40:30.239><c> in</c><00:40:30.420><c> the</c><00:40:30.820><c> internal</c><00:40:31.239><c> and</c><00:40:31.559><c> the</c><00:40:31.800><c> invisible</c><00:40:32.260><c> things</c> 00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:35.420 where<00:40:32.980><c> we</c><00:40:33.179><c> are</c><00:40:33.820><c> really</c><00:40:34.420><c> discovered.</c> 00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:38.780 The<00:40:36.159><c> true</c><00:40:36.360><c> reality</c><00:40:36.820><c> of</c><00:40:37.039><c> any</c><00:40:37.239><c> man</c><00:40:37.400><c> is</c><00:40:37.599><c> found</c><00:40:37.920><c> in</c><00:40:38.099><c> his</c><00:40:38.320><c> spirit,</c> 00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:42.119 in<00:40:39.300><c> his</c><00:40:39.579><c> motives,</c><00:40:40.900><c> in</c><00:40:41.039><c> his</c><00:40:41.320><c> will.</c> 00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:45.340 This<00:40:42.940><c> is</c><00:40:43.099><c> where</c><00:40:43.300><c> the</c><00:40:43.599><c> fruit</c><00:40:43.739><c> is</c><00:40:44.039><c> really</c><00:40:44.380><c> grown,</c> 00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:48.880 and<00:40:46.039><c> this</c><00:40:46.239><c> is</c><00:40:46.480><c> where</c><00:40:46.659><c> men</c><00:40:46.960><c> are</c><00:40:47.300><c> really</c><00:40:47.599><c> barren.</c> 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:55.280 Can<00:40:51.280><c> I</c><00:40:51.920><c> ask</c><00:40:52.380><c> you</c><00:40:52.619><c> at</c><00:40:52.760><c> last</c><00:40:53.059><c> to</c><00:40:53.260><c> come</c><00:40:53.519><c> back</c><00:40:53.780><c> to</c><00:40:54.039><c> Deuteronomy</c> 00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:57.860 and<00:40:55.920><c> look</c><00:40:56.219><c> at</c><00:40:56.480><c> one</c><00:40:56.900><c> thing?</c> 00:40:58.679 --> 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look</c><00:41:15.800><c> at</c><00:41:16.099><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:41:17.420><c> chapter</c><00:41:18.659><c> 10.</c> 00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:29.380 Deuteronomy<00:41:26.239><c> chapter</c><00:41:26.559><c> 10,</c><00:41:27.320><c> verse</c><00:41:27.340><c> 17.</c> 00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:35.659 Deuteronomy<00:41:34.639><c> 10,</c><00:41:35.039><c> 17.</c> 00:41:35.780 --> 00:41:37.639 For<00:41:35.800><c> the</c><00:41:36.019><c> Lord</c><00:41:36.380><c> your</c><00:41:36.699><c> God,</c> 00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:40.679 He<00:41:37.739><c> is</c><00:41:37.980><c> God</c><00:41:38.260><c> of</c><00:41:38.440><c> gods</c><00:41:38.820><c> and</c><00:41:39.039><c> Lord</c><00:41:39.380><c> of</c><00:41:39.659><c> lords,</c> 00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:43.000 the<00:41:40.980><c> great</c><00:41:41.360><c> God,</c><00:41:41.820><c> the</c><00:41:42.000><c> mighty</c><00:41:42.360><c> and</c><00:41:42.699><c> terrible,</c> 00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:46.719 which<00:41:43.280><c> regarded</c><00:41:43.860><c> not</c><00:41:44.260><c> persons,</c><00:41:45.000><c> nor</c><00:41:45.199><c> taketh</c><00:41:45.579><c> reward.</c> 00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:50.159 He<00:41:47.059><c> doth</c><00:41:47.260><c> execute</c><00:41:47.920><c> the</c><00:41:48.340><c> judgment</c><00:41:48.880><c> of</c><00:41:49.300><c> the</c><00:41:49.579><c> fatherless</c> 00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:53.239 and<00:41:50.420><c> the</c><00:41:50.639><c> widow,</c><00:41:51.840><c> and</c><00:41:51.980><c> loveth</c><00:41:52.260><c> the</c><00:41:52.619><c> stranger</c> 00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:56.099 in<00:41:53.920><c> giving</c><00:41:54.119><c> him</c><00:41:54.480><c> food</c><00:41:54.800><c> and</c><00:41:55.079><c> raiment.</c> 00:41:56.500 --> 00:42:00.599 Love<00:41:56.980><c> ye</c><00:41:57.820><c> therefore</c><00:41:58.880><c> the</c><00:41:59.420><c> stranger,</c> 00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:07.340 for<00:42:01.519><c> ye</c><00:42:01.940><c> were</c><00:42:02.460><c> strangers</c><00:42:03.380><c> in</c><00:42:04.599><c> the</c><00:42:04.840><c> land</c><00:42:05.320><c> of</c><00:42:05.760><c> Egypt.</c> 00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:11.579 Compassion<00:42:09.800><c> for</c><00:42:10.280><c> the</c><00:42:10.559><c> fatherless</c> 00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:15.079 and<00:42:12.400><c> the</c><00:42:12.639><c> widow</c><00:42:13.199><c> and</c><00:42:14.059><c> the</c><00:42:14.400><c> stranger</c> 00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:17.820 was<00:42:15.960><c> a</c><00:42:16.440><c> practical</c><00:42:17.099><c> method</c> 00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:21.139 of<00:42:18.380><c> manifesting</c><00:42:19.179><c> their</c><00:42:19.579><c> love</c><00:42:19.880><c> for</c><00:42:20.159><c> God.</c> 00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:24.619 This<00:42:22.460><c> was</c><00:42:23.139><c> an</c><00:42:23.599><c> approximation</c> 00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:29.019 to<00:42:25.400><c> the</c><00:42:25.719><c> character</c><00:42:26.320><c> of</c><00:42:27.000><c> the</c><00:42:27.179><c> one</c><00:42:27.679><c> they</c><00:42:28.179><c> worshipped,</c> 00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:32.079 and<00:42:29.619><c> so</c><00:42:29.960><c> it</c><00:42:30.260><c> is</c><00:42:30.699><c> in</c><00:42:31.059><c> the</c><00:42:31.280><c> realization</c> 00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:34.440 of<00:42:32.739><c> our</c><00:42:33.000><c> own</c><00:42:33.460><c> discipleship.</c> 00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.920 This<00:42:34.840><c> is</c><00:42:35.059><c> what</c><00:42:35.300><c> I</c><00:42:35.539><c> mean.</c> 00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:39.050 The<00:42:36.559><c> truth</c><00:42:37.099><c> of</c><00:42:37.480><c> the</c><00:42:37.760><c> first</c><00:42:38.219><c> great</c><00:42:38.699><c> commandment</c> 00:42:39.539 --> 00:42:42.300 is<00:42:40.059><c> conditioned</c><00:42:40.900><c> and</c><00:42:41.619><c> realized</c> 00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:45.219 by<00:42:42.840><c> the</c><00:42:43.159><c> second</c><00:42:43.659><c> great</c><00:42:44.119><c> commandment.</c> 00:42:45.420 --> 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brother,</c> 00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:41.960 for<00:43:40.960><c> his</c><00:43:41.280><c> well</c><00:43:41.579><c>-being,</c> 00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:43.719 on<00:43:42.380><c> every</c><00:43:42.699><c> level</c><00:43:43.000><c> of</c><00:43:43.219><c> his</c><00:43:43.440><c> life.</c> 00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:46.360 I<00:43:44.380><c> must</c><00:43:44.679><c> work</c><00:43:45.019><c> to</c><00:43:45.219><c> heal</c><00:43:45.559><c> his</c><00:43:45.940><c> wounds,</c> 00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:48.059 to<00:43:46.940><c> rest</c><00:43:47.179><c> his</c><00:43:47.559><c> weariness.</c> 00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:50.139 I<00:43:48.460><c> must</c><00:43:48.760><c> with</c><00:43:48.920><c> him</c><00:43:49.260><c> strive</c><00:43:49.679><c> together</c> 00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:52.239 to<00:43:50.360><c> attain</c><00:43:50.699><c> unto</c><00:43:51.500><c> that</c><00:43:51.719><c> condition</c> 00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:53.880 where<00:43:52.800><c> God</c><00:43:53.079><c> is</c><00:43:53.340><c> worshiped</c> 00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:55.360 and<00:43:53.980><c> his</c><00:43:54.219><c> name</c><00:43:54.420><c> is</c><00:43:54.760><c> glorified.</c> 00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:58.659 And<00:43:55.860><c> just</c><00:43:56.099><c> as</c><00:43:56.280><c> I</c><00:43:56.420><c> would</c><00:43:56.659><c> never</c><00:43:56.960><c> willingly</c><00:43:57.420><c> harm</c><00:43:57.860><c> myself,</c> 00:43:58.659 --> 00:44:02.300 so<00:43:59.219><c> I</c><00:43:59.420><c> must</c><00:43:59.659><c> never</c><00:43:59.980><c> willingly</c><00:44:00.539><c> harm</c><00:44:01.119><c> my</c><00:44:01.440><c> brother.</c> 00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:04.079 And<00:44:02.579><c> the</c><00:44:02.739><c> motive?</c><00:44:03.500><c> Why</c><00:44:03.679><c> not?</c> 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:08.559 Because<00:44:05.079><c> my</c><00:44:05.460><c> brother</c><00:44:05.760><c> is</c><00:44:06.059><c> one</c><00:44:06.300><c> of</c><00:44:06.500><c> God's</c><00:44:07.179><c> other</c><00:44:07.420><c> children.</c> 00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:10.679 You<00:44:09.239><c> see,</c><00:44:09.480><c> we</c><00:44:09.559><c> may</c><00:44:09.840><c> love</c><00:44:10.139><c> our</c><00:44:10.340><c> brethren</c> 00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:12.059 for<00:44:10.940><c> many</c><00:44:11.280><c> reasons,</c> 00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:15.900 but<00:44:12.679><c> fundamentally</c><00:44:13.360><c> it</c><00:44:13.699><c> is</c><00:44:14.019><c> for</c><00:44:14.380><c> God's</c><00:44:15.099><c> sake.</c> 00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:18.699 You<00:44:17.280><c> know</c><00:44:17.519><c> David,</c> 00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:21.800 when<00:44:20.340><c> he</c><00:44:20.519><c> once</c><00:44:20.800><c> came</c><00:44:21.059><c> into</c><00:44:21.260><c> his</c><00:44:21.519><c> kingdom,</c> 00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.780 he<00:44:21.980><c> said,</c> 00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:26.699 Is<00:44:23.000><c> there</c><00:44:24.760><c> any</c><00:44:25.000><c> left</c><00:44:25.400><c> of</c><00:44:25.579><c> the</c><00:44:25.760><c> house</c><00:44:26.039><c> of</c><00:44:26.360><c> Saul</c> 00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:29.199 that<00:44:27.199><c> I</c><00:44:27.360><c> may</c><00:44:27.539><c> show</c><00:44:27.860><c> kindness</c><00:44:28.340><c> to</c><00:44:28.659><c> him</c> 00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:31.960 for<00:44:29.760><c> Jonathan's</c><00:44:30.780><c> sake?</c> 00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:38.519 Is<00:44:33.579><c> there</c><00:44:33.840><c> any</c><00:44:36.159><c> whom</c><00:44:36.760><c> Jonathan</c><00:44:37.940><c> loved</c> 00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:41.960 so<00:44:39.440><c> that</c><00:44:39.639><c> I</c><00:44:39.840><c> may</c><00:44:40.019><c> love</c><00:44:40.280><c> him?</c> 00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:49.500 And<00:44:42.619><c> they</c><00:44:42.980><c> found</c><00:44:43.280><c> him</c><00:44:45.519><c> poor</c><00:44:46.619><c> Mephibosheth.</c> 00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:53.280 He<00:44:51.519><c> was</c><00:44:51.760><c> not</c><00:44:51.960><c> a</c><00:44:52.139><c> perfect</c><00:44:52.480><c> man,</c> 00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:56.119 and<00:44:54.139><c> he</c><00:44:54.179><c> was</c><00:44:54.400><c> a</c><00:44:54.539><c> man</c><00:44:54.699><c> with</c><00:44:55.079><c> faults,</c> 00:44:56.719 --> 00:44:59.719 but<00:44:57.039><c> he</c><00:44:57.119><c> was</c><00:44:57.460><c> lame</c><00:44:57.820><c> in</c><00:44:58.039><c> both</c><00:44:58.400><c> feet.</c> 00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:02.760 And<00:45:00.900><c> David</c><00:45:01.179><c> loved</c><00:45:01.539><c> him,</c> 00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:04.940 and<00:45:03.280><c> he</c><00:45:03.559><c> cared</c><00:45:03.860><c> for</c><00:45:04.199><c> him,</c> 00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:07.099 and<00:45:05.599><c> nurtured</c><00:45:06.059><c> him,</c> 00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:10.340 although<00:45:07.739><c> in</c><00:45:07.980><c> some</c><00:45:08.260><c> sense</c><00:45:08.539><c> he</c><00:45:08.699><c> was</c><00:45:08.980><c> undeserving.</c> 00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:15.099 And<00:45:10.659><c> he</c><00:45:10.739><c> did</c><00:45:10.980><c> it</c><00:45:11.760><c> for</c><00:45:12.280><c> Jonathan's</c><00:45:13.320><c> sake,</c><00:45:13.699><c> his</c><00:45:14.119><c> friend.</c> 00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:18.440 It<00:45:16.280><c> may</c><00:45:16.559><c> be</c><00:45:16.739><c> an</c><00:45:16.880><c> illustration</c><00:45:17.480><c> on</c><00:45:17.760><c> a</c><00:45:17.880><c> low</c><00:45:18.099><c> level,</c> 00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:20.059 but<00:45:18.679><c> it's</c><00:45:19.199><c> a</c><00:45:19.360><c> true</c><00:45:19.539><c> one.</c> 00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:23.239 When<00:45:20.900><c> a</c><00:45:21.159><c> man</c><00:45:21.300><c> has</c><00:45:21.559><c> learned</c><00:45:21.880><c> about</c><00:45:22.340><c> God,</c> 00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:25.480 and<00:45:23.699><c> when</c><00:45:23.840><c> a</c><00:45:24.000><c> man</c><00:45:24.159><c> has</c><00:45:24.360><c> come</c><00:45:24.559><c> to</c><00:45:24.760><c> know</c><00:45:24.980><c> Him,</c> 00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:28.320 and<00:45:26.139><c> when</c><00:45:26.320><c> that</c><00:45:26.619><c> man's</c><00:45:27.139><c> heart</c><00:45:27.460><c> has</c><00:45:27.679><c> been</c><00:45:27.960><c> touched</c> 00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:30.179 by<00:45:28.619><c> the</c><00:45:28.820><c> Divine</c><00:45:29.219><c> Love,</c> 00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:31.639 what<00:45:30.760><c> will</c><00:45:30.960><c> he</c><00:45:31.139><c> do?</c> 00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:34.139 Well,<00:45:32.400><c> he</c><00:45:32.500><c> will</c><00:45:32.739><c> begin</c><00:45:33.039><c> to</c><00:45:33.380><c> say,</c> 00:45:34.179 --> 00:45:37.179 Are<00:45:34.320><c> there</c><00:45:34.699><c> any</c><00:45:35.159><c> here</c><00:45:35.500><c> of</c><00:45:35.699><c> the</c><00:45:35.960><c> children</c><00:45:36.320><c> of</c><00:45:36.579><c> God</c> 00:45:37.179 --> 00:45:40.599 whom<00:45:37.780><c> I</c><00:45:38.199><c> may</c><00:45:38.500><c> love</c><00:45:38.840><c> for</c><00:45:39.119><c> God's</c><00:45:39.840><c> sake?</c> 00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:42.360 And<00:45:40.980><c> he</c><00:45:41.099><c> will</c><00:45:41.340><c> find</c><00:45:41.840><c> them,</c> 00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:44.300 and<00:45:42.739><c> he</c><00:45:42.820><c> will</c><00:45:43.139><c> company</c><00:45:43.579><c> with</c><00:45:43.960><c> them,</c> 00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:45.980 and<00:45:44.619><c> he</c><00:45:44.679><c> will</c><00:45:45.019><c> care</c><00:45:45.420><c> for</c><00:45:45.599><c> them,</c> 00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:53.219 and<00:45:46.219><c> if</c><00:45:46.480><c> they</c><00:45:46.639><c> be</c><00:45:46.940><c> lame,</c><00:45:47.300><c> he</c><00:45:47.300><c> will</c><00:45:50.679><c> hold</c><00:45:52.920><c> them,</c> 00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:55.000 and<00:45:53.480><c> help</c><00:45:53.679><c> them,</c><00:45:53.960><c> and</c><00:45:54.099><c> together</c><00:45:54.460><c> with</c><00:45:54.699><c> them,</c> 00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:56.659 in<00:45:55.559><c> spite</c><00:45:55.760><c> of</c><00:45:55.980><c> their</c><00:45:56.199><c> weakness,</c> 00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:58.679 and<00:45:57.219><c> in</c><00:45:57.460><c> spite</c><00:45:57.699><c> of</c><00:45:57.900><c> their</c><00:45:58.219><c> failings,</c> 00:45:58.860 --> 00:46:00.900 he<00:45:59.019><c> will</c><00:45:59.280><c> seek</c><00:45:59.599><c> with</c><00:45:59.840><c> them</c><00:46:00.159><c> the</c><00:46:00.420><c> vision,</c> 00:46:01.300 --> 00:46:03.800 and<00:46:01.440><c> the</c><00:46:01.619><c> virtue,</c><00:46:02.539><c> and</c><00:46:02.679><c> the</c><00:46:02.820><c> victory</c><00:46:03.219><c> of</c><00:46:03.480><c> love.</c> 00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:06.579 Now,<00:46:04.559><c> if</c><00:46:04.760><c> you</c><00:46:04.920><c> can</c><00:46:05.199><c> feel</c><00:46:05.440><c> this</c><00:46:05.760><c> to</c><00:46:05.920><c> be</c><00:46:06.179><c> true</c> 00:46:06.579 --> 00:46:08.960 in<00:46:07.519><c> your</c><00:46:07.760><c> deepest</c><00:46:08.199><c> heart,</c> 00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:14.320 I<00:46:09.880><c> hope</c><00:46:10.139><c> we</c><00:46:10.400><c> shall</c><00:46:10.599><c> not</c><00:46:10.880><c> have</c><00:46:11.159><c> spoken</c><00:46:11.519><c> this</c><00:46:12.059><c> day</c><00:46:12.880><c> in</c><00:46:13.539><c> vain.</c>