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complaint<00:10:22.820><c> because</c><00:10:23.159><c> they</c><00:10:23.519><c> have</c><00:10:23.779><c> that</c><00:10:24.179><c> child.</c><00:10:24.659><c> They've</c>

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got<00:10:25.019><c> all</c><00:10:25.299><c> that</c><00:10:25.600><c> travail</c><00:10:25.919><c> in</c><00:10:26.299><c> pain</c><00:10:26.580><c> for</c><00:10:26.940><c> one</c><00:10:27.200><c> reason.</c><00:10:28.419><c> And</c><00:10:28.559><c> though,</c><00:10:28.820><c> as</c>

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Jesus<00:10:29.240><c> said,</c><00:10:29.580><c> it</c><00:10:29.679><c> comes</c><00:10:29.919><c> into</c><00:10:30.100><c> the</c>

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world<00:10:30.320><c> with</c><00:10:30.559><c> great</c><00:10:30.879><c> sorrow,</c><00:10:31.600><c> yet</c><00:10:31.820><c> joy</c><00:10:32.340><c> follows</c><00:10:32.860><c> in</c><00:10:33.059><c> that</c><00:10:33.240><c> a</c><00:10:33.299><c> man</c><00:10:33.500><c> is</c>

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born<00:10:33.899><c> into</c><00:10:34.059><c> the</c><00:10:34.299><c> world.</c><00:10:35.919><c> And</c><00:10:36.299><c> nobody</c><00:10:36.879><c> could</c>

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ever<00:10:37.899><c> doubt</c><00:10:38.279><c> the</c><00:10:38.580><c> motive</c><00:10:38.860><c> of</c><00:10:39.080><c> that</c><00:10:39.299><c> woman</c><00:10:39.799><c> as</c><00:10:40.539><c> she</c><00:10:40.799><c> carries</c>

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that<00:10:41.360><c> child</c><00:10:41.539><c> with</c><00:10:41.759><c> all</c><00:10:41.980><c> her</c><00:10:42.179><c> suffering.</c>

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And<00:10:43.220><c> what's</c><00:10:43.480><c> the</c><00:10:43.639><c> apostle</c><00:10:43.960><c> Paul</c><00:10:44.279><c> doing,</c><00:10:44.700><c> brothers</c><00:10:44.820><c> and</c><00:10:45.080><c> sisters?</c><00:10:45.539><c> He's</c>

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going<00:10:46.139><c> around</c><00:10:46.399><c> the</c><00:10:46.580><c> Roman</c><00:10:46.899><c> world</c>

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as<00:10:47.639><c> it</c><00:10:47.879><c> were,</c><00:10:48.460><c> being</c><00:10:49.080><c> seized</c><00:10:49.940><c> with</c><00:10:50.379><c> the</c><00:10:50.840><c> agonizing</c><00:10:51.679><c> pains</c><00:10:52.059><c> of</c>

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childbirth.<00:10:54.159><c> What</c><00:10:54.559><c> for?</c><00:10:55.379><c> That</c><00:10:55.620><c> he</c><00:10:55.820><c> might</c><00:10:56.019><c> have</c><00:10:56.220><c> a</c>

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child?<00:10:57.720><c> No,</c><00:10:58.259><c> brothers</c><00:10:58.440><c> and</c><00:10:58.519><c> sisters,</c><00:10:59.059><c> this</c><00:10:59.299><c> was</c><00:10:59.500><c> his</c><00:10:59.779><c> motive</c>

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that<00:11:00.940><c> children</c><00:11:02.159><c> might</c><00:11:02.440><c> be</c><00:11:02.779><c> born</c><00:11:03.000><c> to</c><00:11:03.360><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:11:05.299><c> Christ</c><00:11:05.740><c> might</c><00:11:06.019><c> be</c><00:11:06.340><c> formed</c><00:11:06.600><c> in</c><00:11:07.240><c> them.</c><00:11:09.399><c> And</c><00:11:09.600><c> here's</c><00:11:09.879><c> a</c><00:11:09.980><c> man</c>

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agonizing<00:11:11.259><c> that</c><00:11:12.019><c> children</c><00:11:12.460><c> might</c><00:11:12.720><c> be</c><00:11:13.059><c> formed</c><00:11:13.340><c> in</c>

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which<00:11:14.700><c> will</c><00:11:14.919><c> be</c><00:11:15.080><c> the</c><00:11:15.299><c> manifestations</c><00:11:15.860><c> of</c><00:11:16.139><c> Jesus</c><00:11:16.559><c> Christ,</c><00:11:17.100><c> our</c>

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Lord.<00:11:17.620><c> And</c><00:11:17.820><c> you</c><00:11:17.940><c> know</c><00:11:18.080><c> where</c><00:11:18.179><c> he</c><00:11:18.379><c> got</c><00:11:18.500><c> that</c><00:11:18.799><c> from?</c>

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That's<00:11:19.639><c> out</c><00:11:19.759><c> of</c><00:11:19.919><c> Isaiah</c><00:11:20.259><c> 53.</c><00:11:21.600><c> He</c><00:11:21.679><c> shall</c><00:11:22.059><c> see</c><00:11:22.500><c> the</c><00:11:22.779><c> travail</c><00:11:23.100><c> of</c>

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his<00:11:23.600><c> soul</c><00:11:23.759><c> and</c><00:11:23.919><c> be</c><00:11:24.279><c> satisfied.</c><00:11:25.340><c> And</c><00:11:25.620><c> here</c><00:11:25.799><c> is</c><00:11:25.980><c> a</c><00:11:26.120><c> man</c>

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who's<00:11:26.639><c> carrying</c><00:11:26.860><c> that</c><00:11:27.179><c> principle</c><00:11:27.419><c> to</c><00:11:27.639><c> the</c><00:11:27.799><c> Gentile</c><00:11:28.320><c> world.</c>

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undergoing<00:11:32.279><c> the</c><00:11:32.700><c> pains</c><00:11:32.919><c> of</c><00:11:33.299><c> childbirth,</c><00:11:33.919><c> that</c><00:11:34.259><c> Christ</c><00:11:34.580><c> might</c>

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have<00:11:34.980><c> a</c><00:11:35.200><c> family.</c><00:11:35.779><c> What</c><00:11:36.000><c> a</c><00:11:36.159><c> motive</c><00:11:36.360><c> that</c><00:11:36.659><c> is.</c>

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Oh,<00:11:38.899><c> foolish</c><00:11:38.960><c> Galatia.</c><00:11:40.879><c> You</c><00:11:40.940><c> know,</c><00:11:41.299><c> brothers</c><00:11:41.399><c> and</c><00:11:41.700><c> sisters,</c>

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it<00:11:42.679><c> is</c><00:11:43.059><c> particularly</c><00:11:43.779><c> noted</c><00:11:44.500><c> in</c><00:11:45.179><c> the</c>

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scriptures<00:11:45.539><c> of</c><00:11:45.820><c> truth,</c><00:11:46.580><c> pointed</c><00:11:46.799><c> out</c><00:11:47.000><c> to</c><00:11:47.159><c> Timothy,</c><00:11:48.120><c> of</c><00:11:48.299><c> the</c>

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persecutions<00:11:49.200><c> and</c><00:11:49.419><c> afflictions</c><00:11:49.820><c> which</c><00:11:50.039><c> came</c><00:11:50.360><c> unto</c>

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me.<00:11:51.100><c> Where?</c><00:11:51.659><c> At</c><00:11:51.940><c> Lystra,</c><00:11:52.639><c> Iconium</c><00:11:53.200><c> and</c><00:11:53.419><c> Derby,</c><00:11:54.179><c> Galatia.</c><00:11:56.399><c> And</c>

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if<00:11:56.799><c> ever</c><00:11:56.980><c> there</c><00:11:57.100><c> was</c><00:11:57.320><c> a</c><00:11:57.440><c> region</c><00:11:57.659><c> that</c><00:11:57.899><c> saw</c><00:11:58.179><c> those</c>

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agonizing<00:11:59.700><c> pains</c><00:12:00.720><c> of</c><00:12:01.039><c> childbirth,</c><00:12:02.100><c> they</c><00:12:02.480><c> saw</c><00:12:02.779><c> them.</c><00:12:03.899><c> And</c><00:12:04.120><c> they</c><00:12:04.240><c> should</c><00:12:04.559><c> never,</c><00:12:04.960><c> brothers</c><00:12:05.159><c> and</c><00:12:05.399><c> sisters,</c>

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by<00:12:06.100><c> the</c><00:12:06.279><c> experience</c><00:12:06.679><c> that</c><00:12:06.840><c> he</c><00:12:06.940><c> gave</c><00:12:07.200><c> among</c><00:12:07.519><c> them,</c><00:12:07.919><c> ever</c><00:12:08.159><c> question</c><00:12:08.539><c> the</c>

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motive<00:12:08.820><c> of</c><00:12:09.100><c> the</c><00:12:09.139><c> apostle</c><00:12:09.419><c> as</c><00:12:09.799><c> they</c><00:12:09.940><c> were</c>

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doing<00:12:10.320><c> here.</c><00:12:11.440><c> Oh,</c><00:12:12.139><c> foolish</c><00:12:12.200><c> Galatians.</c><00:12:13.080><c> And</c><00:12:13.379><c> foolish</c><00:12:13.659><c> they</c>

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were.<00:12:16.639><c> But</c><00:12:16.740><c> you</c><00:12:16.799><c> know,</c><00:12:17.039><c> brothers</c><00:12:17.159><c> and</c><00:12:17.259><c> sisters,</c>

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there's<00:12:18.220><c> even</c><00:12:18.480><c> a</c><00:12:18.700><c> more</c><00:12:18.960><c> glorious</c><00:12:19.419><c> point</c><00:12:19.720><c> than</c><00:12:20.019><c> that</c><00:12:20.259><c> in</c><00:12:20.480><c> verse</c>

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one.<00:12:21.899><c> Because</c><00:12:22.139><c> he</c><00:12:22.379><c> mentions</c><00:12:22.639><c> the</c><00:12:22.980><c> fact</c>

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that<00:12:24.120><c> Jesus</c><00:12:24.580><c> Christ</c><00:12:24.960><c> had</c><00:12:25.159><c> been</c><00:12:25.580><c> evidently</c><00:12:26.179><c> set</c><00:12:26.419><c> forth,</c><00:12:26.860><c> crucified</c><00:12:27.580><c> among</c>

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them.<00:12:28.659><c> Now</c><00:12:28.820><c> I</c><00:12:28.980><c> invite</c><00:12:29.279><c> your</c><00:12:29.720><c> closest</c>

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attention<00:12:30.500><c> to</c><00:12:30.600><c> this.</c><00:12:31.019><c> Here's</c><00:12:31.200><c> a</c><00:12:31.519><c> classic</c><00:12:32.399><c> illustration</c><00:12:33.240><c> of</c>

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Paul's<00:12:34.159><c> use</c><00:12:34.279><c> of</c><00:12:34.419><c> the</c><00:12:34.600><c> scripture.</c><00:12:35.820><c> Jesus</c><00:12:36.159><c> Christ</c><00:12:36.539><c> was</c>

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evidently<00:12:38.080><c> set</c><00:12:38.480><c> forth.</c><00:12:40.860><c> Now</c><00:12:41.100><c> that</c><00:12:41.340><c> word,</c><00:12:41.879><c> those</c><00:12:42.019><c> three</c><00:12:42.399><c> words</c>

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in<00:12:42.820><c> the</c><00:12:43.019><c> Greek</c><00:12:43.279><c> make</c><00:12:43.960><c> up</c><00:12:44.259><c> an</c><00:12:44.600><c> expression</c><00:12:45.019><c> which</c>

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means<00:12:45.620><c> a</c><00:12:45.960><c> placard,</c><00:12:46.899><c> as</c><00:12:47.100><c> Brother</c><00:12:47.399><c> Carter</c><00:12:47.740><c> in</c><00:12:47.879><c> his</c><00:12:48.059><c> book</c><00:12:48.200><c> on</c>

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Galatians<00:12:49.139><c> uses</c><00:12:49.559><c> that</c><00:12:49.879><c> very</c><00:12:50.179><c> expression.</c><00:12:51.220><c> Jesus</c><00:12:51.720><c> Christ</c>

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placarded<00:12:52.980><c> before</c><00:12:53.460><c> you,</c><00:12:54.000><c> like</c><00:12:54.200><c> that</c><00:12:54.559><c> banner</c><00:12:54.779><c> along</c><00:12:55.059><c> the</c><00:12:55.320><c> wall,</c><00:12:56.899><c> written</c><00:12:57.159><c> in</c>

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big<00:12:57.700><c> letters</c><00:12:57.980><c> that</c><00:12:58.179><c> everyone</c><00:12:58.460><c> can</c><00:12:58.679><c> read</c>

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it.<00:13:00.740><c> And</c><00:13:01.220><c> I</c><00:13:01.379><c> believe</c><00:13:01.679><c> that</c><00:13:01.840><c> the</c><00:13:02.000><c> apostle</c><00:13:02.320><c> Paul</c><00:13:02.620><c> is</c><00:13:02.840><c> getting</c><00:13:03.039><c> that</c><00:13:03.279><c> from</c><00:13:03.500><c> Habakkuk</c><00:13:03.940><c> 2,</c>

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which<00:13:05.440><c> you</c><00:13:05.639><c> know</c>

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what<00:13:06.000><c> it</c><00:13:06.139><c> says</c><00:13:06.320><c> in</c><00:13:06.480><c> Habakkuk</c><00:13:06.899><c> 2</c><00:13:07.100><c> and</c><00:13:07.259><c> verse</c><00:13:07.480><c> 4,</c><00:13:08.139><c> the</c><00:13:08.419><c> just</c><00:13:08.899><c> shall</c><00:13:09.320><c> live</c>

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by<00:13:10.200><c> faith.</c><00:13:12.179><c> Now</c><00:13:12.379><c> what</c><00:13:12.559><c> was</c><00:13:12.779><c> Habakkuk</c><00:13:13.179><c> told</c>

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that<00:13:20.720><c> a</c><00:13:20.879><c> man</c><00:13:21.100><c> running</c><00:13:21.399><c> may</c><00:13:21.659><c> read</c><00:13:21.899><c> it.</c><00:13:24.559><c> And</c><00:13:24.740><c> whilst</c><00:13:24.980><c> that's</c><00:13:25.139><c> been</c><00:13:25.480><c> interpreted</c><00:13:25.820><c> to</c>

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that<00:13:27.960><c> warning</c><00:13:28.200><c> and</c><00:13:28.440><c> run</c><00:13:28.620><c> to</c><00:13:28.840><c> safety,</c><00:13:29.360><c> I</c><00:13:29.480><c> do</c><00:13:29.779><c> not</c><00:13:29.960><c> believe</c><00:13:30.240><c> for</c>

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that,<00:13:36.120><c> because</c><00:13:36.419><c> Paul</c><00:13:36.679><c> tells</c><00:13:36.899><c> us</c><00:13:37.019><c> what</c><00:13:37.159><c> it</c>

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Now,<00:14:05.159><c> says</c><00:14:05.240><c> Paul,</c><00:14:05.759><c> here's</c><00:14:06.000><c> Jesus</c><00:14:06.360><c> Christ</c><00:14:06.720><c> crucified</c><00:14:07.259><c> among</c><00:14:07.580><c> you.</c><00:14:08.059><c> And</c><00:14:08.120><c> he's</c><00:14:08.399><c> written</c><00:14:08.600><c> him</c><00:14:08.779><c> up</c><00:14:08.899><c> like</c><00:14:09.139><c> a</c><00:14:09.360><c> placard,</c>

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brothers<00:14:23.980><c> and</c><00:14:24.200><c> sisters.</c><00:14:26.659><c> What</c><00:14:26.980><c> brother</c><00:14:27.279><c> and</c><00:14:27.559><c> sister,</c><00:14:28.820><c> even</c>

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just<00:14:35.919><c> shall</c><00:14:36.139><c> live</c><00:14:36.379><c> by</c><00:14:36.820><c> faith.</c>

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carry<00:14:41.139><c> us.</c><00:14:41.519><c> And</c><00:14:41.740><c> we</c><00:14:41.879><c> race</c><00:14:42.139><c> past</c><00:14:42.399><c> the</c><00:14:42.679><c> cross</c><00:14:42.799><c> and</c><00:14:42.960><c> we</c>

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look<00:14:43.179><c> around.</c><00:14:44.019><c> What's</c><00:14:44.340><c> the</c><00:14:44.500><c> message?</c><00:14:46.120><c> The</c><00:14:46.320><c> message,</c><00:14:46.779><c> brothers</c><00:14:46.879><c> and</c><00:14:47.139><c> sisters,</c><00:14:47.360><c> that</c><00:14:47.460><c> he's</c><00:14:47.620><c> trying</c><00:14:47.840><c> to</c><00:14:48.000><c> tell</c>

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is<00:15:18.600><c> humanly</c><00:15:19.179><c> impossible</c>

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brothers<00:16:13.059><c> and</c><00:16:13.220><c> sisters,</c><00:16:13.740><c> where</c><00:16:14.279><c> is</c><00:16:14.779><c> the</c><00:16:15.139><c> son</c><00:16:15.320><c> or</c><00:16:15.519><c> daughter</c><00:16:15.919><c> of</c>

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message.<00:16:45.480><c> Placarded</c><00:16:45.940><c> before</c><00:16:46.480><c> your</c><00:16:46.980><c> very</c><00:16:47.340><c> eyes.</c><00:16:48.039><c> That's</c><00:16:48.440><c> what</c>

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got<00:17:10.720><c> them,</c><00:17:11.019><c> brothers</c><00:17:11.099><c> and</c><00:17:11.259><c> sisters,</c><00:17:11.519><c> while</c><00:17:11.720><c> they</c><00:17:11.880><c> were</c><00:17:12.079><c> heathens.</c><00:17:14.019><c> So</c><00:17:14.220><c> if</c>

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there<00:17:14.440><c> were</c><00:17:14.559><c> Jewish</c><00:17:14.839><c> believers</c><00:17:15.180><c> in</c>

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that<00:17:15.539><c> congregation,</c><00:17:16.000><c> which</c><00:17:16.180><c> there</c><00:17:16.440><c> were,</c><00:17:16.839><c> they</c><00:17:17.019><c> didn't</c><00:17:17.200><c> get</c>

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it<00:17:17.440><c> under</c><00:17:17.579><c> the</c><00:17:17.759><c> law.</c><00:17:18.259><c> If</c><00:17:18.420><c> there</c><00:17:18.599><c> were</c><00:17:18.740><c> Gentile</c>

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believers<00:17:19.539><c> there,</c><00:17:19.819><c> they</c><00:17:20.059><c> didn't</c><00:17:20.279><c> get</c><00:17:20.420><c> it</c><00:17:20.519><c> in</c><00:17:20.660><c> the</c><00:17:20.799><c> heathen</c>

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world.<00:17:21.960><c> But</c><00:17:22.160><c> both</c><00:17:22.559><c> Jew</c><00:17:22.640><c> and</c><00:17:22.859><c> Gentile</c><00:17:23.279><c> was</c><00:17:23.460><c> given</c><00:17:23.680><c> the</c>

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gifts<00:17:23.980><c> of</c><00:17:24.160><c> the</c><00:17:24.339><c> Spirit</c><00:17:24.539><c> after</c><00:17:25.039><c> they</c><00:17:25.359><c> believed</c><00:17:25.700><c> Paul's</c><00:17:26.579><c> preaching.</c><00:17:28.099><c> Crazy,</c>

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isn't<00:17:28.720><c> it?</c><00:17:29.059><c> Can't</c><00:17:29.380><c> understand</c><00:17:29.799><c> it.</c>

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is<00:17:33.619><c> true,</c><00:17:35.519><c> he</c><00:17:35.599><c> says,</c><00:17:36.140><c> are</c><00:17:36.339><c> you</c><00:17:36.539><c> justified</c><00:17:36.900><c> by</c><00:17:37.099><c> the</c>

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works<00:17:37.559><c> of</c><00:17:37.740><c> the</c><00:17:37.859><c> law</c><00:17:37.980><c> or</c><00:17:38.200><c> by</c><00:17:38.480><c> the</c><00:17:38.960><c> hearing</c><00:17:39.319><c> of</c><00:17:39.660><c> faith?</c><00:17:40.160><c> You</c><00:17:40.339><c> notice</c><00:17:40.519><c> the</c>

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use<00:17:40.900><c> of</c><00:17:41.079><c> the</c><00:17:41.240><c> terms,</c><00:17:42.140><c> works</c><00:17:42.700><c> of</c><00:17:43.019><c> law,</c>

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hearing<00:17:44.480><c> of</c><00:17:44.799><c> faith?</c><00:17:46.920><c> See,</c><00:17:47.220><c> law</c><00:17:47.339><c> is</c><00:17:47.539><c> a</c><00:17:47.619><c> question</c><00:17:47.859><c> of</c><00:17:48.140><c> doing,</c><00:17:48.480><c> isn't</c><00:17:48.579><c> it,</c><00:17:48.859><c> brothers</c><00:17:48.940><c> and</c><00:17:49.119><c> sisters?</c><00:17:49.700><c> Faith</c><00:17:49.920><c> is</c>

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a<00:17:50.259><c> question</c>

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of<00:17:50.759><c> trusting.</c><00:17:52.640><c> You</c><00:17:52.779><c> know,</c><00:17:52.900><c> the</c><00:17:53.039><c> Jews</c><00:17:53.299><c> came</c><00:17:53.579><c> to</c><00:17:53.759><c> Jesus</c><00:17:53.960><c> on</c><00:17:54.099><c> one</c>

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occasion<00:17:54.599><c> in</c><00:17:54.779><c> the</c><00:17:54.859><c> sixth</c><00:17:55.059><c> chapter</c><00:17:55.299><c> of</c><00:17:55.480><c> John.</c><00:17:55.640><c> They</c><00:17:55.859><c> said,</c>

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what<00:17:57.059><c> must</c><00:17:57.619><c> we</c><00:17:57.960><c> do</c><00:17:58.519><c> to</c><00:17:59.119><c> work</c><00:17:59.619><c> the</c><00:18:00.339><c> works</c><00:18:00.740><c> of</c><00:18:01.059><c> God?</c><00:18:02.619><c> To</c><00:18:02.779><c> which</c><00:18:02.940><c> he</c>

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replied,<00:18:04.140><c> this</c><00:18:04.480><c> is</c><00:18:04.819><c> the</c><00:18:05.059><c> work</c><00:18:05.279><c> of</c><00:18:05.519><c> God</c><00:18:05.660><c> that</c>

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you<00:18:05.980><c> believe</c><00:18:06.819><c> on</c><00:18:07.460><c> him</c><00:18:08.039><c> that</c><00:18:08.359><c> God</c><00:18:08.619><c> sent.</c><00:18:10.700><c> So</c><00:18:11.240><c> working</c><00:18:11.599><c> a</c><00:18:12.000><c> work</c>

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of<00:18:12.400><c> God,</c><00:18:12.819><c> brothers</c><00:18:12.940><c> and</c><00:18:13.200><c> sisters,</c><00:18:13.599><c> is</c><00:18:13.799><c> simply</c>

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accepting<00:18:15.240><c> the</c><00:18:15.700><c> hearing</c><00:18:16.180><c> of</c><00:18:16.920><c> the</c><00:18:17.099><c> message</c><00:18:17.279><c> of</c><00:18:17.440><c> the</c><00:18:17.599><c> Scripture.</c><00:18:19.339><c> So</c><00:18:19.460><c> either</c>

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justified<00:18:20.160><c> by</c><00:18:20.519><c> works</c><00:18:20.839><c> of</c><00:18:21.059><c> law</c>

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or<00:18:21.380><c> by</c><00:18:21.519><c> the</c><00:18:22.180><c> hearing</c><00:18:22.519><c> of</c><00:18:22.880><c> faith.</c><00:18:24.079><c> And</c><00:18:24.319><c> they</c><00:18:24.480><c> knew,</c><00:18:24.680><c> of</c><00:18:24.880><c> course,</c>

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by<00:18:25.279><c> their</c><00:18:25.440><c> own</c><00:18:25.599><c> experience</c><00:18:26.079><c> when</c><00:18:26.440><c> that</c><00:18:26.759><c> happened.</c>

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It<00:18:27.480><c> happened</c><00:18:27.720><c> when</c><00:18:28.039><c> they</c><00:18:28.240><c> listened</c><00:18:28.440><c> to</c><00:18:28.660><c> Paul's</c><00:18:29.079><c> gospel.</c><00:18:29.920><c> Furthermore,</c><00:18:30.400><c> he</c>

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said<00:18:30.980><c> in</c><00:18:31.220><c> verse</c><00:18:31.480><c> three,</c>

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is<00:18:33.160><c> your</c><00:18:33.480><c> folly</c><00:18:34.000><c> so</c><00:18:34.579><c> great</c><00:18:34.980><c> that</c><00:18:35.460><c> you've</c><00:18:35.779><c> begun</c><00:18:36.140><c> in</c><00:18:36.359><c> the</c><00:18:36.599><c> Spirit</c><00:18:37.039><c> and</c>

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now<00:18:38.220><c> you</c><00:18:38.559><c> want</c><00:18:38.700><c> to</c><00:18:38.900><c> take</c><00:18:39.039><c> over</c><00:18:39.240><c> from</c>

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God<00:18:39.660><c> and</c><00:18:39.880><c> complete</c><00:18:40.180><c> that</c><00:18:40.500><c> work?</c><00:18:41.819><c> Is</c><00:18:42.099><c> that</c><00:18:42.299><c> how</c><00:18:42.539><c> big</c><00:18:42.759><c> their</c><00:18:42.960><c> folly</c><00:18:43.200><c> was,</c><00:18:43.640><c> brothers</c><00:18:43.740><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:18:44.460><c> They</c><00:18:44.680><c> all</c><00:18:44.799><c> had</c><00:18:44.920><c> to</c>

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admit<00:18:45.240><c> as</c><00:18:45.440><c> a</c><00:18:45.579><c> point</c><00:18:45.700><c> of</c><00:18:45.900><c> history</c><00:18:46.299><c> that</c><00:18:46.619><c> God</c><00:18:46.839><c> had</c><00:18:47.059><c> worked</c><00:18:47.200><c> in</c><00:18:47.380><c> their</c><00:18:47.579><c> lives.</c><00:18:48.200><c> Why</c><00:18:48.500><c> then,</c><00:18:49.059><c> why</c><00:18:49.579><c> do</c>

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they<00:18:49.859><c> take</c><00:18:50.119><c> over</c>

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from<00:18:50.500><c> God?</c><00:18:52.599><c> You</c><00:18:52.680><c> know,</c><00:18:52.920><c> Paul</c><00:18:53.119><c> wrote</c><00:18:53.339><c> to</c><00:18:53.519><c> the</c><00:18:53.619><c> Philippians</c><00:18:53.980><c> and</c>

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said,<00:18:55.200><c> he</c><00:18:55.200><c> that</c><00:18:55.400><c> hath</c><00:18:55.680><c> begun</c><00:18:56.099><c> a</c><00:18:56.380><c> good</c><00:18:56.559><c> work</c><00:18:56.779><c> in</c><00:18:57.000><c> you</c>

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will<00:18:57.660><c> complete</c><00:18:58.119><c> it</c><00:18:58.240><c> till</c><00:18:58.400><c> the</c><00:18:58.460><c> day</c><00:18:58.640><c> of</c><00:18:58.779><c> Jesus</c><00:18:59.119><c> Christ.</c><00:19:00.299><c> Let</c><00:19:00.480><c> him</c><00:19:00.660><c> go.</c><00:19:01.099><c> Let</c><00:19:01.299><c> God</c><00:19:01.500><c> have</c><00:19:01.640><c> his</c><00:19:01.859><c> way</c><00:19:02.039><c> in</c>

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our<00:19:02.380><c> lives.</c>

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Don't<00:19:03.460><c> impede</c><00:19:03.740><c> his</c><00:19:04.019><c> progress</c><00:19:04.339><c> in</c><00:19:04.539><c> our</c><00:19:04.700><c> life</c><00:19:04.980><c> by</c><00:19:05.259><c> taking</c><00:19:05.539><c> over</c>

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from<00:19:06.000><c> God,</c><00:19:06.440><c> brothers</c><00:19:06.539><c> and</c><00:19:06.720><c> sisters.</c>

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That<00:19:08.140><c> was</c><00:19:08.380><c> the</c><00:19:08.519><c> offer</c><00:19:08.619><c> that</c><00:19:08.819><c> God</c><00:19:09.000><c> made</c><00:19:09.299><c> to</c><00:19:09.740><c> Job.</c><00:19:11.200><c> God</c><00:19:11.480><c> made</c><00:19:11.720><c> that</c><00:19:11.880><c> offer</c><00:19:12.059><c> to</c>

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Job.<00:19:12.980><c> Not</c><00:19:13.140><c> that</c><00:19:13.359><c> Job</c><00:19:13.460><c> could</c><00:19:13.640><c> ever</c>

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take<00:19:14.079><c> up</c><00:19:14.220><c> the</c><00:19:14.420><c> offer,</c><00:19:14.779><c> but</c><00:19:14.960><c> God</c><00:19:15.160><c> offered</c><00:19:15.359><c> him</c><00:19:15.519><c> to</c><00:19:15.660><c> sit</c><00:19:15.740><c> on</c><00:19:15.839><c> his</c>

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throne.<00:19:16.579><c> He</c><00:19:16.720><c> said,</c><00:19:16.819><c> you</c><00:19:17.059><c> clothe</c><00:19:17.299><c> yourself</c><00:19:17.680><c> with</c>

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majesty,<00:19:18.559><c> Job.</c><00:19:19.640><c> You</c><00:19:19.980><c> throw</c><00:19:20.259><c> a</c><00:19:20.440><c> garment</c><00:19:20.619><c> around</c><00:19:20.859><c> yourself</c><00:19:21.140><c> like</c><00:19:22.319><c> light</c><00:19:22.759><c> and</c>

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sit<00:19:23.579><c> where</c><00:19:23.759><c> I'm</c><00:19:24.039><c> sitting</c><00:19:24.160><c> and</c><00:19:24.660><c> you</c>

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control<00:19:25.539><c> the</c><00:19:25.740><c> world,</c><00:19:26.160><c> Job,</c><00:19:26.480><c> and</c><00:19:26.740><c> control</c><00:19:27.099><c> the</c><00:19:27.319><c> children</c><00:19:27.500><c> of</c>

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pride.<00:19:28.319><c> And</c><00:19:28.539><c> then</c><00:19:28.660><c> I'll</c><00:19:28.880><c> say,</c><00:19:29.140><c> well,</c><00:19:29.680><c> you're</c><00:19:30.200><c> justified</c>

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in<00:19:30.740><c> your</c><00:19:30.900><c> own</c><00:19:31.099><c> eyes,</c><00:19:31.480><c> but</c><00:19:31.700><c> who</c><00:19:31.880><c> could</c><00:19:32.019><c> do</c><00:19:32.240><c> that?</c><00:19:33.059><c> Who's</c><00:19:33.339><c> going</c>

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to<00:19:33.559><c> take</c><00:19:33.680><c> over</c><00:19:33.880><c> the</c><00:19:34.039><c> work</c><00:19:34.180><c> of</c><00:19:34.420><c> God?</c><00:19:34.619><c> And</c><00:19:34.720><c> when</c><00:19:34.880><c> God</c>

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outlined<00:19:35.519><c> to</c><00:19:35.799><c> Job</c><00:19:35.940><c> the</c><00:19:36.180><c> work</c><00:19:36.380><c> he</c><00:19:36.460><c> was</c><00:19:36.660><c> doing</c><00:19:36.799><c> in</c><00:19:36.980><c> the</c><00:19:37.160><c> earth,</c>

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he<00:19:37.380><c> was</c><00:19:37.660><c> flabbergasted.</c><00:19:38.579><c> He</c><00:19:38.680><c> knew,</c><00:19:39.200><c> brothers</c><00:19:39.279><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:19:39.859><c> that</c><00:19:40.019><c> no</c><00:19:40.240><c> man</c><00:19:40.579><c> could</c><00:19:40.819><c> finish</c><00:19:41.039><c> the</c><00:19:41.259><c> work</c><00:19:41.380><c> that</c><00:19:41.599><c> God</c>

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had<00:19:42.019><c> started.</c><00:19:43.539><c> Why</c><00:19:43.859><c> try?</c><00:19:45.119><c> And</c><00:19:45.400><c> this</c><00:19:45.519><c> is</c><00:19:45.680><c> how</c><00:19:45.880><c> foolish</c>

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the<00:19:46.420><c> Galatians</c><00:19:46.839><c> were.</c><00:19:48.220><c> Furthermore,</c><00:19:48.859><c> in</c><00:19:48.980><c> verse</c><00:19:49.259><c> four,</c><00:19:49.700><c> he</c><00:19:49.859><c> makes</c><00:19:50.299><c> this</c><00:19:50.619><c> point,</c><00:19:51.319><c> and</c><00:19:51.440><c> it's</c><00:19:51.640><c> a</c>

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powerful<00:19:52.220><c> point.</c>

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He<00:19:53.339><c> said,</c><00:19:53.660><c> have</c><00:19:53.839><c> ye</c><00:19:54.200><c> suffered</c><00:19:54.559><c> so</c><00:19:54.880><c> many</c><00:19:55.099><c> things</c><00:19:55.380><c> in</c><00:19:55.660><c> vain,</c><00:19:56.240><c> if</c>

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it<00:19:56.460><c> be</c><00:19:56.579><c> yet</c><00:19:56.779><c> in</c><00:19:57.039><c> vain?</c><00:19:57.359><c> And</c><00:19:57.539><c> when</c><00:19:57.700><c> they</c><00:19:57.920><c> thought</c><00:19:58.119><c> back</c>

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of<00:19:58.519><c> all</c><00:19:58.720><c> the</c><00:19:58.900><c> things</c><00:19:59.019><c> they</c><00:19:59.279><c> put</c><00:19:59.460><c> up</c><00:19:59.920><c> with</c><00:20:00.420><c> in</c><00:20:00.799><c> the</c><00:20:01.000><c> cause</c><00:20:01.160><c> of</c><00:20:01.319><c> the</c><00:20:01.519><c> truth,</c><00:20:01.980><c> and</c><00:20:02.140><c> of</c>

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course,<00:20:02.500><c> in</c><00:20:03.200><c> the</c><00:20:03.319><c> book</c><00:20:03.420><c> of</c><00:20:03.599><c> Acts,</c>

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it<00:20:04.440><c> is</c><00:20:04.640><c> recorded</c><00:20:05.039><c> that</c><00:20:05.220><c> the</c><00:20:05.400><c> brethren</c><00:20:05.700><c> suffered</c><00:20:06.279><c> much.</c><00:20:06.920><c> And</c>

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when<00:20:07.259><c> the</c><00:20:07.440><c> apostle</c><00:20:07.700><c> came</c><00:20:08.019><c> back</c><00:20:08.259><c> in</c><00:20:08.420><c> Acts</c><00:20:08.660><c> 14</c><00:20:08.960><c> and</c><00:20:09.160><c> verse</c>

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22,<00:20:10.200><c> he</c><00:20:10.539><c> preached</c><00:20:10.779><c> them</c><00:20:10.960><c> that</c><00:20:11.119><c> through</c><00:20:11.380><c> much</c><00:20:11.740><c> tribulation</c><00:20:12.440><c> we</c>

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must<00:20:12.920><c> enter</c><00:20:13.039><c> the</c><00:20:13.319><c> kingdom.</c><00:20:14.079><c> Paul</c><00:20:14.220><c> said,</c><00:20:14.380><c> was</c><00:20:14.500><c> that</c>

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not<00:20:14.960><c> worthwhile?</c><00:20:16.059><c> Why</c><00:20:16.380><c> did</c><00:20:16.559><c> you</c><00:20:16.759><c> suffer?</c><00:20:18.299><c> Why</c><00:20:18.559><c> did</c><00:20:18.759><c> you</c><00:20:18.960><c> suffer?</c><00:20:19.460><c> People</c><00:20:19.779><c> don't</c>

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suffer<00:20:20.339><c> willingly,</c>

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brethren<00:20:21.099><c> and</c><00:20:21.339><c> sisters,</c><00:20:21.500><c> for</c><00:20:21.680><c> no</c><00:20:21.940><c> reason.</c><00:20:23.480><c> And</c><00:20:23.759><c> the</c><00:20:23.900><c> reason</c>

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that<00:20:24.380><c> Paul</c><00:20:24.500><c> is</c><00:20:24.680><c> trying</c><00:20:24.839><c> to</c><00:20:24.960><c> bring</c><00:20:25.099><c> home</c><00:20:25.339><c> to</c><00:20:25.440><c> them</c>

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is<00:20:25.660><c> the</c><00:20:25.859><c> fact</c><00:20:25.980><c> that</c><00:20:26.099><c> if</c><00:20:26.240><c> they</c><00:20:26.559><c> suffered</c><00:20:26.740><c> like</c><00:20:27.000><c> that,</c><00:20:27.099><c> there</c><00:20:27.279><c> must</c><00:20:27.579><c> have</c><00:20:27.740><c> been</c><00:20:27.900><c> a</c>

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conviction<00:20:28.500><c> about</c><00:20:28.819><c> that</c><00:20:29.039><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:20:30.900><c> so</c><00:20:31.000><c> the</c><00:20:31.220><c> whole</c><00:20:31.380><c> argument</c><00:20:31.819><c> to</c><00:20:32.000><c> this</c><00:20:32.259><c> point</c><00:20:32.420><c> in</c><00:20:32.619><c> Galatians</c>

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chapter<00:20:33.359><c> three</c><00:20:33.839><c> is</c><00:20:34.180><c> on</c><00:20:34.420><c> the</c><00:20:34.559><c> basis</c><00:20:34.839><c> of</c>

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practical<00:20:35.599><c> experience,</c><00:20:36.619><c> both</c><00:20:36.900><c> in</c><00:20:37.059><c> his</c><00:20:37.220><c> own</c><00:20:37.440><c> life</c><00:20:37.700><c> and</c><00:20:38.099><c> theirs.</c><00:20:39.859><c> And</c>

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yet<00:20:40.099><c> they</c><00:20:40.319><c> couldn't</c><00:20:40.579><c> see</c><00:20:40.859><c> that.</c>

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They<00:20:42.380><c> couldn't</c><00:20:42.680><c> see</c><00:20:42.980><c> that.</c><00:20:44.799><c> And</c><00:20:44.880><c> so</c><00:20:45.059><c> he</c><00:20:45.180><c> moves,</c><00:20:45.660><c> brothers</c><00:20:45.779><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:20:46.339><c> to</c><00:20:46.559><c> another</c><00:20:46.980><c> great</c><00:20:47.500><c> example</c><00:20:47.920><c> of</c><00:20:48.200><c> faith.</c>

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Even,<00:20:49.740><c> he</c><00:20:49.740><c> says</c><00:20:49.859><c> in</c><00:20:50.059><c> verse</c><00:20:50.339><c> five,</c><00:20:50.920><c> as</c><00:20:51.000><c> Abraham</c><00:20:51.440><c> believed</c><00:20:52.380><c> God</c>

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and<00:20:54.599><c> it</c><00:20:54.880><c> was</c><00:20:55.140><c> accounted</c><00:20:55.619><c> unto</c><00:20:56.019><c> him</c><00:20:56.359><c> for</c><00:20:56.759><c> righteousness.</c>

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Abraham<00:20:59.339><c> believed</c><00:21:00.059><c> God</c><00:21:00.579><c> and</c><00:21:01.240><c> it</c><00:21:01.440><c> was</c><00:21:01.859><c> accounted</c><00:21:02.420><c> to</c><00:21:03.819><c> take</c><00:21:04.079><c> an</c>

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inventory,<00:21:05.920><c> to</c><00:21:06.180><c> reckon.</c><00:21:08.000><c> It's</c><00:21:08.480><c> not</c><00:21:08.680><c> said</c><00:21:08.859><c> that</c>

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Abraham<00:21:09.400><c> was</c><00:21:09.720><c> righteous</c><00:21:10.400><c> personally,</c><00:21:12.640><c> individually</c><00:21:13.079><c> in</c><00:21:13.240><c> his</c>

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own<00:21:13.700><c> strength.</c><00:21:14.319><c> He</c><00:21:14.539><c> was</c><00:21:14.839><c> accounted</c><00:21:15.519><c> to</c><00:21:16.000><c> be</c><00:21:16.299><c> righteous.</c>

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Now<00:21:18.980><c> you</c><00:21:19.059><c> might</c><00:21:19.220><c> say,</c><00:21:19.460><c> well,</c><00:21:20.420><c> how</c><00:21:20.559><c> can</c><00:21:20.700><c> we</c><00:21:20.819><c> ever</c><00:21:20.920><c> be</c><00:21:21.240><c> sure</c><00:21:21.599><c> about</c><00:21:22.039><c> what</c>

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sort<00:21:22.480><c> of</c><00:21:22.720><c> righteousness</c><00:21:23.079><c> it</c><00:21:23.299><c> is</c><00:21:23.440><c> in</c><00:21:23.680><c> Abraham's</c>

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life?<00:21:25.039><c> Oh,</c><00:21:25.200><c> we</c><00:21:25.339><c> know</c><00:21:25.440><c> the</c><00:21:25.619><c> apostle</c><00:21:25.900><c> tells</c><00:21:26.220><c> us,</c><00:21:26.920><c> you</c><00:21:27.019><c> see,</c><00:21:27.359><c> brethren</c><00:21:27.420><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:21:28.539><c> it's</c><00:21:28.700><c> like</c><00:21:28.859><c> this.</c><00:21:29.880><c> So</c><00:21:30.019><c> we're</c>

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going<00:21:30.259><c> to</c><00:21:30.400><c> go</c><00:21:30.539><c> back</c><00:21:30.720><c> to</c><00:21:30.900><c> Abraham's</c><00:21:31.400><c> life.</c><00:21:31.599><c> I'm</c><00:21:31.680><c> going</c><00:21:31.759><c> to</c><00:21:31.880><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:21:32.380><c> what</c><00:21:32.539><c> sort</c><00:21:32.779><c> of</c><00:21:33.000><c> righteousness</c><00:21:33.460><c> was</c><00:21:33.799><c> it</c><00:21:33.940><c> that</c>

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Abraham<00:21:34.500><c> had?</c><00:21:36.400><c> Well,</c><00:21:36.519><c> it</c><00:21:36.539><c> won't</c><00:21:36.759><c> take</c><00:21:37.000><c> us</c><00:21:37.119><c> long</c><00:21:37.339><c> to</c><00:21:37.559><c> search</c>

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because<00:21:40.359><c> we'll</c><00:21:40.500><c> just</c><00:21:40.700><c> get</c><00:21:40.819><c> a</c><00:21:41.000><c> concordance.</c><00:21:41.480><c> We'll</c><00:21:41.599><c> look</c><00:21:41.720><c> up</c>

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the<00:21:41.940><c> word</c><00:21:42.160><c> righteous</c><00:21:42.799><c> or</c><00:21:43.519><c> righteousness</c>

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in<00:21:45.519><c> Abraham's</c><00:21:46.000><c> life.</c><00:21:48.059><c> Once.</c><00:21:52.500><c> Once.</c><00:21:53.740><c> Once</c><00:21:54.220><c> in</c><00:21:55.859><c> his</c><00:21:56.079><c> whole</c><00:21:56.319><c> life,</c><00:21:58.140><c> as</c>

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he<00:21:58.319><c> said</c><00:21:58.420><c> to</c><00:21:58.559><c> be</c><00:21:58.720><c> righteous.</c>

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And<00:22:00.619><c> that,</c><00:22:01.000><c> of</c><00:22:01.000><c> course,</c><00:22:01.140><c> is</c><00:22:01.319><c> in</c><00:22:01.480><c> Genesis</c><00:22:01.779><c> 15</c><00:22:02.200><c> and</c><00:22:02.380><c> verse</c><00:22:02.619><c> six.</c>

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And<00:22:04.420><c> it</c><00:22:04.740><c> says</c><00:22:04.940><c> he</c><00:22:05.119><c> believed</c><00:22:05.759><c> in</c><00:22:06.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:06.500><c> and</c><00:22:06.740><c> he</c><00:22:07.079><c> accounted</c><00:22:07.380><c> it</c>

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to<00:22:07.619><c> him</c><00:22:07.819><c> for</c><00:22:08.119><c> righteousness.</c>

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That's<00:22:08.900><c> the</c><00:22:09.000><c> only</c><00:22:09.160><c> place,</c><00:22:09.720><c> brothers</c><00:22:09.720><c> and</c><00:22:09.920><c> sisters,</c><00:22:10.160><c> in</c><00:22:10.380><c> the</c>

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narrative<00:22:10.839><c> of</c><00:22:11.140><c> Abraham's</c><00:22:11.740><c> life</c><00:22:12.240><c> where</c><00:22:12.519><c> that</c><00:22:12.740><c> word</c>

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appears.<00:22:14.720><c> So</c><00:22:14.880><c> we've</c><00:22:15.140><c> narrowed</c><00:22:15.420><c> it</c><00:22:15.559><c> down</c><00:22:15.720><c> to</c><00:22:15.900><c> one</c><00:22:16.980><c> place.</c><00:22:17.920><c> So</c>

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what<00:22:18.299><c> kind</c><00:22:18.519><c> of</c><00:22:18.740><c> righteousness</c><00:22:19.039><c> was</c><00:22:19.420><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:22:20.660><c> very</c><00:22:20.980><c> easy</c><00:22:21.240><c> to</c><00:22:21.519><c> work</c><00:22:21.680><c> it</c><00:22:21.839><c> out</c><00:22:21.920><c> when</c><00:22:22.079><c> you</c><00:22:22.259><c> think</c><00:22:22.539><c> simply</c>

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and<00:22:23.339><c> clearly.</c><00:22:24.640><c> You</c><00:22:24.759><c> see,</c><00:22:25.059><c> brothers</c><00:22:25.220><c> and</c><00:22:25.480><c> sisters,</c><00:22:25.720><c> it's</c>

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like<00:22:26.180><c> this.</c><00:22:28.460><c> It's</c><00:22:28.859><c> not</c><00:22:29.119><c> so</c><00:22:29.380><c> much</c><00:22:29.619><c> important</c><00:22:30.200><c> to</c><00:22:30.420><c> believe</c><00:22:31.059><c> that</c>

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Abraham<00:22:31.900><c> believed.</c>

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What<00:22:34.779><c> is</c><00:22:35.079><c> important</c><00:22:35.819><c> is</c><00:22:37.019><c> to</c><00:22:37.339><c> know</c><00:22:38.099><c> what</c><00:22:38.700><c> it</c><00:22:39.140><c> was</c><00:22:39.539><c> that</c><00:22:39.799><c> he</c><00:22:40.059><c> believed,</c><00:22:41.039><c> because</c><00:22:41.380><c> if</c>

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we<00:22:41.740><c> can</c><00:22:41.900><c> define</c><00:22:42.339><c> what</c><00:22:42.579><c> it</c><00:22:42.779><c> was</c>

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that<00:22:43.180><c> he</c><00:22:43.420><c> believed,</c><00:22:43.980><c> we</c><00:22:44.160><c> can</c><00:22:44.380><c> then</c><00:22:44.599><c> define</c><00:22:45.000><c> what</c><00:22:45.279><c> sort</c><00:22:45.519><c> of</c><00:22:45.740><c> righteousness</c><00:22:46.119><c> that</c><00:22:46.519><c> was.</c><00:22:47.079><c> What</c><00:22:47.339><c> was</c>

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it<00:22:47.680><c> that</c><00:22:47.779><c> he</c>

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believed?<00:22:49.980><c> God</c><00:22:50.240><c> took</c><00:22:50.460><c> him</c><00:22:50.700><c> abroad,</c><00:22:51.299><c> brethren</c><00:22:51.440><c> and</c><00:22:51.599><c> sisters,</c>

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on<00:22:52.099><c> a</c><00:22:52.380><c> starry</c><00:22:52.859><c> night.</c>

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And<00:22:55.180><c> looking</c><00:22:55.400><c> up</c><00:22:55.640><c> into</c><00:22:55.859><c> the</c><00:22:56.559><c> canopy</c><00:22:56.859><c> of</c><00:22:57.099><c> the</c><00:22:57.200><c> heavens,</c><00:22:58.579><c> purple</c>

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there<00:22:59.200><c> and</c><00:22:59.480><c> black,</c><00:23:00.819><c> and</c><00:23:00.920><c> yet</c><00:23:01.259><c> spangled</c><00:23:01.740><c> across</c>

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with<00:23:03.180><c> the</c><00:23:03.519><c> glorious</c><00:23:04.059><c> galaxy</c><00:23:04.640><c> of</c><00:23:04.859><c> the</c><00:23:05.059><c> stars,</c><00:23:05.640><c> twinkling</c><00:23:05.839><c> in</c>

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all<00:23:06.380><c> their</c><00:23:06.640><c> finite</c><00:23:07.200><c> glory</c><00:23:07.880><c> and</c><00:23:08.079><c> beauty.</c>

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And<00:23:09.559><c> he</c><00:23:09.640><c> looks</c><00:23:09.839><c> up</c><00:23:10.119><c> there,</c><00:23:10.440><c> an</c><00:23:10.619><c> aged</c><00:23:10.819><c> man,</c><00:23:12.500><c> and</c><00:23:12.640><c> God</c><00:23:12.980><c> said,</c><00:23:14.019><c> so</c>

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shall<00:23:14.779><c> I</c><00:23:15.099><c> see</c><00:23:15.339><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:23:17.079><c> Paul</c><00:23:17.400><c> tells</c><00:23:17.700><c> us</c><00:23:17.880><c> what</c><00:23:18.019><c> he</c><00:23:18.259><c> thought.</c><00:23:19.299><c> He</c><00:23:19.440><c> looked</c><00:23:19.599><c> at</c><00:23:19.740><c> his</c>

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body<00:23:20.160><c> and</c><00:23:20.299><c> he</c><00:23:20.460><c> thought,</c>

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it's<00:23:22.180><c> dead.</c><00:23:23.440><c> I'm</c><00:23:23.579><c> beyond</c><00:23:24.019><c> producing</c><00:23:24.500><c> children.</c><00:23:25.579><c> It's</c><00:23:25.859><c> impossible.</c><00:23:27.019><c> I</c><00:23:27.819><c> cannot</c><00:23:28.400><c> do</c>

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it.<00:23:29.259><c> It</c><00:23:29.460><c> is</c><00:23:29.819><c> humanly</c>

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impossible.<00:23:31.559><c> Look</c><00:23:31.700><c> to</c><00:23:31.880><c> the</c><00:23:32.019><c> heavens</c><00:23:32.240><c> and</c><00:23:32.559><c> said,</c><00:23:33.400><c> I</c><00:23:33.519><c> believe</c>

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it.<00:23:36.480><c> Righteousness</c><00:23:37.099><c> then,</c><00:23:37.460><c> brethren</c><00:23:37.579><c> and</c><00:23:37.940><c> sisters,</c>

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scripturally<00:23:40.119><c> defined,</c><00:23:41.400><c> is</c><00:23:41.599><c> to</c><00:23:41.960><c> believe</c><00:23:42.400><c> in</c><00:23:42.859><c> the</c><00:23:43.140><c> human</c><00:23:43.799><c> impossibility.</c>

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And<00:23:46.880><c> when</c><00:23:47.160><c> Abraham</c><00:23:47.700><c> evidenced</c><00:23:48.359><c> his</c><00:23:48.619><c> belief</c><00:23:49.019><c> in</c><00:23:49.259><c> something</c><00:23:49.599><c> beyond</c><00:23:50.119><c> his</c><00:23:50.519><c> body,</c><00:23:51.539><c> God</c><00:23:51.819><c> said,</c><00:23:53.180><c> that</c><00:23:53.180><c> is</c><00:23:53.799><c> righteousness.</c>

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Clearly<00:23:57.079><c> identifiable.</c><00:23:59.140><c> Righteousness</c><00:23:59.819><c> is</c><00:24:00.880><c> to</c><00:24:01.200><c> believe</c><00:24:01.480><c> something</c><00:24:02.240><c> beyond</c><00:24:03.099><c> the</c>

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power<00:24:03.819><c> of</c><00:24:04.000><c> our</c><00:24:04.180><c> body</c><00:24:04.359><c> to</c><00:24:04.559><c> perform.</c>

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And<00:24:06.400><c> when</c><00:24:06.500><c> a</c><00:24:06.640><c> man</c><00:24:06.759><c> or</c><00:24:06.940><c> a</c><00:24:07.059><c> woman</c><00:24:07.240><c> puts</c><00:24:07.519><c> their</c><00:24:07.740><c> trust</c><00:24:08.019><c> in</c><00:24:08.259><c> God</c><00:24:08.420><c> to</c>

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that<00:24:08.740><c> extent,</c><00:24:10.259><c> that</c><00:24:10.480><c> and</c><00:24:10.940><c> that</c><00:24:11.279><c> alone,</c><00:24:11.819><c> brethren</c>

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sisters,<00:24:12.900><c> is</c><00:24:13.000><c> righteousness.</c><00:24:13.980><c> And</c><00:24:14.079><c> because</c><00:24:14.420><c> they</c><00:24:14.799><c> cannot</c><00:24:15.200><c> do</c>

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it,<00:24:16.019><c> it's</c><00:24:16.339><c> got</c><00:24:16.519><c> to</c><00:24:16.819><c> be</c><00:24:17.140><c> imputed</c><00:24:17.480><c> to</c><00:24:17.779><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:20.380><c> Paul</c><00:24:20.559><c> just</c><00:24:20.940><c> lifts</c><00:24:21.119><c> that</c><00:24:21.500><c> figure</c><00:24:21.779><c> and</c><00:24:22.940><c> he</c><00:24:23.140><c> takes</c><00:24:23.279><c> it</c><00:24:23.539><c> straight</c><00:24:23.740><c> across</c><00:24:24.140><c> the</c>

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history<00:24:24.980><c> of</c><00:24:25.200><c> the</c><00:24:25.380><c> world.</c>

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And<00:24:25.980><c> he</c><00:24:26.160><c> brings</c><00:24:26.339><c> us</c><00:24:26.519><c> to</c><00:24:26.680><c> the</c><00:24:26.880><c> resurrection</c><00:24:27.240><c> of</c><00:24:27.440><c> the</c><00:24:27.579><c> dead.</c><00:24:27.759><c> And</c>

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he<00:24:28.099><c> says</c><00:24:28.359><c> that</c><00:24:29.059><c> like</c><00:24:29.259><c> as</c><00:24:29.440><c> Christ</c><00:24:29.740><c> was</c><00:24:30.119><c> died</c>

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and<00:24:30.460><c> was</c><00:24:30.740><c> raised</c><00:24:31.019><c> again</c><00:24:31.259><c> from</c><00:24:31.460><c> our</c><00:24:31.680><c> justification,</c><00:24:32.599><c> that's</c>

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the<00:24:33.079><c> same</c><00:24:33.220><c> as</c><00:24:33.460><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:33.819><c> because</c><00:24:34.039><c> when</c><00:24:34.240><c> that</c>

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tomb,<00:24:35.680><c> brethren</c><00:24:35.680><c> and</c><00:24:35.839><c> sisters,</c><00:24:36.099><c> he</c><00:24:36.299><c> was</c><00:24:36.619><c> dead.</c><00:24:38.319><c> He</c><00:24:38.680><c> was</c><00:24:39.980><c> dead.</c>

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It<00:24:41.980><c> was</c><00:24:42.559><c> humanly</c><00:24:43.400><c> impossible</c><00:24:44.279><c> to</c><00:24:44.640><c> bring</c>

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himself<00:24:45.099><c> out</c><00:24:45.299><c> of</c><00:24:45.380><c> that</c><00:24:45.599><c> grave,</c><00:24:46.119><c> but</c><00:24:46.319><c> God</c><00:24:46.640><c> stood</c><00:24:46.900><c> him</c><00:24:47.079><c> up</c><00:24:47.200><c> out</c>

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of<00:24:47.380><c> that</c><00:24:47.539><c> grave.</c><00:24:49.660><c> And</c><00:24:49.900><c> when</c><00:24:50.079><c> we,</c><00:24:51.339><c> as</c><00:24:51.559><c> believers,</c>

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believe<00:24:52.359><c> in</c><00:24:52.559><c> the</c><00:24:52.819><c> resurrection</c><00:24:53.259><c> of</c><00:24:53.559><c> Christ,</c><00:24:54.819><c> we</c><00:24:55.140><c> believe</c><00:24:55.579><c> in</c>

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a<00:24:56.000><c> human</c><00:24:56.279><c> impossibility</c><00:24:57.140><c> and</c><00:24:57.579><c> God</c><00:24:57.880><c> says,</c>

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that<00:24:58.740><c> is</c><00:24:59.019><c> righteousness.</c><00:25:02.059><c> And</c><00:25:02.200><c> because</c><00:25:02.519><c> we</c><00:25:02.720><c> believe</c><00:25:03.039><c> it,</c><00:25:04.519><c> it's</c><00:25:04.660><c> our</c><00:25:04.859><c> righteousness.</c>

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Because<00:25:07.259><c> it's</c><00:25:07.559><c> imputed</c><00:25:07.819><c> to</c><00:25:08.000><c> us</c><00:25:08.160><c> because</c><00:25:08.460><c> we</c><00:25:08.660><c> believe</c><00:25:09.000><c> it.</c><00:25:09.900><c> That's</c><00:25:10.160><c> what</c><00:25:10.279><c> he's</c><00:25:10.460><c> talking</c><00:25:10.720><c> about</c><00:25:11.099><c> when</c><00:25:11.359><c> he</c>

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talks<00:25:11.759><c> about</c>

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Abraham<00:25:13.160><c> being</c><00:25:14.099><c> justified</c><00:25:14.700><c> by</c><00:25:15.099><c> faith</c><00:25:15.539><c> because</c><00:25:16.140><c> he</c><00:25:16.299><c> was</c><00:25:16.519><c> accounted</c><00:25:17.119><c> righteous.</c><00:25:19.200><c> Now</c>

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he<00:25:19.440><c> makes</c><00:25:19.700><c> another</c><00:25:20.000><c> point,</c>

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brethren<00:25:20.559><c> and</c><00:25:20.779><c> sisters,</c><00:25:20.920><c> which</c><00:25:21.039><c> they</c><00:25:21.359><c> ought</c><00:25:21.619><c> to</c><00:25:21.940><c> know.</c><00:25:23.740><c> Verse</c>

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seven,<00:25:24.759><c> know</c><00:25:25.220><c> ye</c><00:25:25.559><c> therefore.</c><00:25:26.299><c> And</c><00:25:26.519><c> you</c><00:25:26.619><c> know,</c>

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when<00:25:26.859><c> he</c><00:25:27.000><c> uses</c><00:25:27.299><c> that</c><00:25:27.579><c> expression</c><00:25:28.019><c> know</c><00:25:28.599><c> ye</c><00:25:28.799><c> therefore,</c><00:25:30.420><c> it's</c>

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a<00:25:30.680><c> very</c><00:25:30.880><c> powerful</c><00:25:31.259><c> expression.</c><00:25:32.480><c> The</c><00:25:32.720><c> verb</c><00:25:33.039><c> is</c>

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imperative.<00:25:34.000><c> It's</c><00:25:34.000><c> saying</c><00:25:34.259><c> you</c><00:25:34.819><c> should</c><00:25:35.299><c> know.</c><00:25:36.339><c> Know</c><00:25:36.500><c> what?</c>

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Know<00:25:37.400><c> this.</c><00:25:39.799><c> That</c><00:25:40.220><c> they</c><00:25:40.819><c> which</c><00:25:41.019><c> are</c><00:25:41.299><c> of</c><00:25:41.539><c> faith,</c>

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the<00:25:42.299><c> same</c><00:25:42.500><c> are</c><00:25:42.700><c> the</c><00:25:42.799><c> children</c><00:25:42.960><c> of</c><00:25:43.200><c> Abraham.</c><00:25:43.960><c> And</c><00:25:44.140><c> he</c><00:25:44.319><c> points</c>

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out,<00:25:44.900><c> brethren</c><00:25:45.019><c> and</c><00:25:45.279><c> sisters,</c><00:25:45.920><c> that</c><00:25:45.920><c> they</c><00:25:46.400><c> which</c>

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are<00:25:46.980><c> out</c><00:25:47.220><c> of</c><00:25:47.559><c> faith,</c><00:25:48.140><c> they</c><00:25:48.420><c> are</c><00:25:48.640><c> the</c><00:25:48.920><c> sons</c><00:25:49.140><c> of</c><00:25:49.420><c> Abraham.</c><00:25:49.839><c> They</c>

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should<00:25:50.539><c> know</c><00:25:50.940><c> that.</c><00:25:51.319><c> Why</c><00:25:51.599><c> should</c><00:25:51.799><c> they</c><00:25:52.039><c> know</c><00:25:52.220><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:25:54.299><c> think</c><00:25:54.500><c> back</c><00:25:54.700><c> on</c><00:25:54.920><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:55.420><c> life.</c><00:25:56.259><c> Was</c><00:25:56.319><c> it</c><00:25:56.500><c> practical,</c>

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was<00:25:57.259><c> it</c><00:25:57.799><c> capable</c><00:25:58.119><c> of</c><00:25:58.319><c> a</c><00:25:58.500><c> practical</c>

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demonstration?<00:26:00.700><c> What</c><00:26:01.180><c> child</c><00:26:01.619><c> of</c><00:26:01.920><c> Abraham</c><00:26:02.539><c> came</c><00:26:03.420><c> out</c><00:26:03.759><c> of</c><00:26:04.119><c> faith?</c><00:26:06.140><c> The</c>

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word<00:26:06.599><c> ek</c><00:26:06.819><c> is</c><00:26:07.039><c> there,</c><00:26:07.539><c> out</c><00:26:08.000><c> of</c><00:26:08.740><c> faith.</c><00:26:09.579><c> Well,</c>

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I'll<00:26:09.920><c> tell</c><00:26:09.980><c> you</c><00:26:10.059><c> who</c><00:26:10.220><c> didn't,</c><00:26:10.740><c> Ishmael.</c><00:26:13.859><c> He</c><00:26:14.180><c> was</c><00:26:14.400><c> the</c><00:26:14.660><c> product</c>

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of<00:26:16.099><c> a</c><00:26:16.460><c> scheme</c><00:26:16.940><c> between</c><00:26:18.759><c> Sarah</c><00:26:19.799><c> and</c><00:26:20.119><c> Abraham.</c>

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He<00:26:20.920><c> wasn't</c><00:26:21.380><c> out</c><00:26:21.660><c> of</c><00:26:21.880><c> faith.</c><00:26:23.779><c> But</c><00:26:23.819><c> there</c><00:26:24.019><c> was</c><00:26:24.220><c> a</c><00:26:24.400><c> boy,</c><00:26:24.759><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:26:25.099><c> sisters,</c><00:26:25.400><c> born.</c><00:26:26.319><c> But</c><00:26:26.460><c> when</c><00:26:26.579><c> it</c><00:26:26.640><c> was</c>

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announced<00:26:27.079><c> he</c><00:26:27.180><c> was</c><00:26:27.359><c> to</c><00:26:27.460><c> be</c><00:26:27.640><c> born,</c><00:26:27.940><c> a</c><00:26:28.039><c> woman,</c><00:26:28.279><c> because</c><00:26:28.640><c> she</c><00:26:28.900><c> thought</c><00:26:29.019><c> it</c>

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was<00:26:29.460><c> absolutely</c><00:26:29.900><c> impossible,</c><00:26:31.079><c> laughed</c><00:26:31.279><c> at</c>

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it.<00:26:34.420><c> And</c><00:26:34.980><c> when</c><00:26:35.140><c> that</c><00:26:35.380><c> boy</c><00:26:35.539><c> came</c><00:26:35.920><c> into</c><00:26:36.079><c> the</c><00:26:36.299><c> world,</c><00:26:37.400><c> he</c><00:26:37.660><c> was</c><00:26:37.960><c> in</c>

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every<00:26:38.859><c> sense</c><00:26:39.460><c> of</c><00:26:39.900><c> the</c><00:26:40.180><c> word</c><00:26:40.539><c> out</c><00:26:41.180><c> of</c><00:26:42.099><c> faith.</c>

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You<00:26:43.579><c> ought</c><00:26:43.740><c> to</c><00:26:43.839><c> know</c><00:26:44.019><c> that.</c><00:26:46.339><c> And</c><00:26:46.900><c> because</c><00:26:47.400><c> God</c><00:26:47.740><c> said</c><00:26:48.039><c> that</c><00:26:48.220><c> in</c>

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Isaac<00:26:48.759><c> shall</c><00:26:49.039><c> thy</c><00:26:49.220><c> children</c><00:26:49.660><c> be</c><00:26:50.039><c> called</c>

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in<00:26:51.319><c> Isaac</c><00:26:51.700><c> shall</c><00:26:51.900><c> the</c><00:26:52.119><c> genealogy</c><00:26:52.559><c> be</c><00:26:52.880><c> counted.</c><00:26:53.660><c> In</c><00:26:53.720><c> Isaac</c><00:26:54.119><c> shall</c><00:26:54.299><c> the</c>

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family<00:26:54.740><c> be</c><00:26:55.079><c> extended.</c><00:26:55.940><c> You</c><00:26:56.160><c> ought</c><00:26:56.539><c> to</c><00:26:56.980><c> know</c>

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the<00:26:58.859><c> child</c><00:26:59.160><c> that</c><00:26:59.400><c> Abraham</c><00:26:59.799><c> had</c><00:27:00.119><c> that</c><00:27:00.279><c> the</c><00:27:00.480><c> only</c><00:27:00.680><c> one</c><00:27:00.839><c> that</c><00:27:00.980><c> was</c>

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born<00:27:01.380><c> out</c><00:27:01.880><c> of</c><00:27:02.200><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:27:04.500><c> consequently,</c><00:27:05.079><c> brethren</c><00:27:05.200><c> and</c><00:27:05.440><c> sisters,</c><00:27:05.660><c> as</c><00:27:05.759><c> he</c><00:27:05.880><c> goes</c><00:27:06.000><c> on</c>

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to<00:27:06.279><c> make</c><00:27:06.440><c> the</c><00:27:06.640><c> point,</c><00:27:07.859><c> only</c><00:27:08.140><c> those</c><00:27:08.500><c> who</c><00:27:09.119><c> are,</c>

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of<00:27:09.740><c> course,</c><00:27:10.359><c> of</c><00:27:10.559><c> faith</c><00:27:10.859><c> can</c><00:27:11.140><c> be</c><00:27:11.380><c> known</c><00:27:11.799><c> as</c><00:27:12.299><c> the</c><00:27:12.579><c> children</c><00:27:13.019><c> of</c>

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Abraham.<00:27:14.359><c> Know</c><00:27:14.500><c> that</c><00:27:14.599><c> about</c><00:27:14.900><c> that,</c><00:27:15.259><c> he</c><00:27:15.400><c> says.</c>

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You<00:27:16.200><c> ought</c><00:27:16.400><c> to</c><00:27:16.700><c> know</c><00:27:16.900><c> that.</c><00:27:19.160><c> Now</c><00:27:19.220><c> then,</c><00:27:19.900><c> if</c><00:27:20.319><c> true</c><00:27:20.640><c> children</c><00:27:21.220><c> are</c><00:27:21.680><c> born</c><00:27:22.119><c> out</c><00:27:22.640><c> of</c><00:27:23.019><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:27:26.000><c> if</c><00:27:26.160><c> they're</c><00:27:26.339><c> born</c><00:27:26.579><c> on</c><00:27:26.819><c> the</c><00:27:27.019><c> basis</c><00:27:27.460><c> of</c><00:27:27.819><c> that</c><00:27:28.019><c> which</c><00:27:28.259><c> is</c>

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impossible<00:27:29.420><c> with</c><00:27:29.900><c> flesh,</c>

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then<00:27:32.519><c> they've</c><00:27:32.900><c> got</c><00:27:33.039><c> to</c><00:27:33.220><c> be</c><00:27:33.420><c> born,</c><00:27:33.779><c> brethren</c><00:27:33.880><c> and</c><00:27:34.180><c> sisters,</c><00:27:34.680><c> according</c><00:27:35.079><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:35.700><c> Spirit</c><00:27:35.900><c> of</c><00:27:36.079><c> God.</c>

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In<00:27:38.759><c> the</c><00:27:38.839><c> case</c><00:27:39.039><c> of</c><00:27:39.279><c> Isaac,</c><00:27:39.519><c> operating</c><00:27:39.900><c> upon</c><00:27:40.259><c> two</c><00:27:40.480><c> old</c><00:27:40.759><c> people,</c>

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both<00:27:42.960><c> of</c><00:27:43.220><c> whom,</c><00:27:43.420><c> of</c><00:27:43.619><c> course,</c><00:27:43.799><c> it</c><00:27:43.960><c> was</c><00:27:44.099><c> beyond</c>

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power<00:27:44.740><c> to</c><00:27:44.920><c> produce</c><00:27:45.180><c> children.</c><00:27:45.900><c> In</c><00:27:46.460><c> our</c><00:27:46.759><c> case,</c><00:27:47.660><c> the</c><00:27:47.779><c> power</c><00:27:48.059><c> of</c>

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his<00:27:48.420><c> word</c><00:27:48.660><c> operating</c><00:27:49.099><c> upon</c><00:27:49.759><c> our</c><00:27:50.240><c> morality,</c>

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our<00:27:50.960><c> intellect,</c><00:27:51.380><c> our</c><00:27:51.519><c> emotions,</c><00:27:52.099><c> producing</c><00:27:52.839><c> children</c><00:27:53.339><c> in</c><00:27:53.539><c> the</c><00:27:53.740><c> likeness</c><00:27:54.880><c> of</c>

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:58.339
his<00:27:55.480><c> son.</c><00:27:56.400><c> But</c><00:27:56.460><c> whatever</c><00:27:57.819><c> operation</c>

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is<00:27:58.660><c> necessary,</c><00:27:59.799><c> the</c><00:27:59.960><c> children</c><00:28:00.180><c> are</c><00:28:00.380><c> the</c><00:28:00.559><c> product</c><00:28:00.839><c> of</c><00:28:01.099><c> the</c><00:28:01.460><c> Spirit,</c><00:28:01.839><c> brethren</c><00:28:02.019><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:28:02.700><c> And</c><00:28:02.859><c> if</c><00:28:02.980><c> they're</c><00:28:03.180><c> the</c>

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product<00:28:03.519><c> of</c><00:28:03.680><c> the</c><00:28:03.940><c> Spirit,</c><00:28:04.559><c> where</c><00:28:05.099><c> are</c><00:28:05.579><c> national</c><00:28:06.039><c> distinctions?</c><00:28:07.579><c> Because</c><00:28:08.039><c> God</c>

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has<00:28:09.059><c> no</c><00:28:09.519><c> nationality.</c>

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And<00:28:12.259><c> that's</c><00:28:12.460><c> what</c><00:28:12.700><c> Paul</c><00:28:12.960><c> is</c><00:28:13.180><c> trying</c><00:28:13.420><c> to</c><00:28:13.640><c> tell</c><00:28:13.799><c> them.</c><00:28:14.940><c> And</c><00:28:15.000><c> because</c><00:28:15.619><c> he</c>

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wanted<00:28:16.119><c> to</c><00:28:16.339><c> tell</c><00:28:16.480><c> them</c><00:28:16.559><c> that,</c><00:28:16.740><c> he</c><00:28:16.740><c> says,</c>

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and<00:28:17.460><c> the</c><00:28:17.660><c> Scripture,</c><00:28:18.759><c> knowing</c><00:28:19.180><c> that</c><00:28:19.519><c> God</c><00:28:19.759><c> would</c><00:28:20.039><c> do</c><00:28:20.359><c> that,</c>

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foreseeing<00:28:21.519><c> that,</c><00:28:22.559><c> said,</c>

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in<00:28:23.440><c> Abraham</c><00:28:24.160><c> shall</c><00:28:24.759><c> all</c><00:28:26.339><c> families</c><00:28:27.180><c> of</c><00:28:27.640><c> the</c><00:28:27.819><c> earth</c><00:28:28.019><c> be</c><00:28:28.319><c> blessed.</c>

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:34.359
So<00:28:31.579><c> you</c><00:28:31.660><c> see</c><00:28:31.740><c> the</c><00:28:31.920><c> point</c><00:28:32.019><c> that</c><00:28:32.140><c> he's</c><00:28:32.279><c> making.</c><00:28:33.319><c> Isaac</c><00:28:33.700><c> was</c><00:28:34.039><c> out</c>

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of<00:28:34.660><c> faith.</c><00:28:35.799><c> Therefore,</c><00:28:37.140><c> though</c><00:28:37.380><c> the</c><00:28:37.579><c> literal</c><00:28:37.839><c> son</c>

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:41.859
of<00:28:38.380><c> Abraham</c><00:28:38.579><c> and</c><00:28:38.900><c> Sarah,</c><00:28:39.799><c> yet</c><00:28:39.980><c> really,</c><00:28:40.500><c> in</c><00:28:40.660><c> a</c><00:28:40.819><c> spiritual</c><00:28:41.180><c> sense,</c><00:28:41.640><c> born</c>

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of<00:28:42.119><c> God.</c><00:28:43.880><c> Only</c><00:28:44.240><c> those</c><00:28:44.519><c> are</c><00:28:44.700><c> the</c><00:28:44.900><c> children</c>

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of<00:28:45.359><c> Abraham</c><00:28:45.759><c> who</c><00:28:46.099><c> are</c><00:28:46.400><c> so</c><00:28:46.700><c> born.</c><00:28:48.380><c> God</c><00:28:48.680><c> knows</c><00:28:49.019><c> no</c><00:28:49.279><c> nationality.</c>

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That's<00:28:50.279><c> what</c><00:28:50.400><c> he</c><00:28:50.599><c> said</c><00:28:50.700><c> to</c><00:28:50.920><c> Abraham,</c>

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all<00:28:53.119><c> families</c><00:28:53.680><c> of</c><00:28:54.140><c> the</c><00:28:54.299><c> earth</c><00:28:54.579><c> would</c><00:28:54.859><c> be</c><00:28:55.099><c> blessed.</c><00:28:57.140><c> It's</c><00:28:57.700><c> as</c>

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simple<00:28:58.140><c> as</c><00:28:58.440><c> that.</c><00:29:00.140><c> And</c><00:29:00.420><c> it's</c><00:29:00.619><c> an</c><00:29:00.779><c> anomaly,</c>

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:03.619
brethren<00:29:01.400><c> and</c><00:29:01.680><c> sisters,</c><00:29:01.880><c> that</c><00:29:02.140><c> Jews</c><00:29:02.480><c> trace</c><00:29:02.900><c> their</c><00:29:03.160><c> genealogy</c>

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:06.400
back<00:29:03.839><c> to</c><00:29:04.099><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:05.079><c> whose</c><00:29:05.220><c> very</c><00:29:05.559><c> name</c><00:29:05.819><c> means</c>

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:12.380
that<00:29:07.180><c> he</c><00:29:07.299><c> was</c><00:29:07.500><c> the</c><00:29:07.740><c> father</c><00:29:08.220><c> of</c><00:29:08.720><c> many</c><00:29:09.039><c> nations.</c><00:29:10.920><c> It's</c><00:29:11.519><c> unbelievable,</c><00:29:12.160><c> isn't</c>

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:14.180
it?<00:29:13.420><c> That</c><00:29:13.559><c> having</c><00:29:13.839><c> traced</c>

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:18.180
their<00:29:14.460><c> genealogy</c><00:29:14.839><c> back</c><00:29:15.119><c> to</c><00:29:15.359><c> prove</c><00:29:15.660><c> that</c><00:29:15.839><c> they</c><00:29:16.059><c> were</c><00:29:16.339><c> the</c><00:29:16.980><c> elite</c><00:29:17.359><c> nation</c><00:29:17.859><c> upon</c>

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the<00:29:18.380><c> earth,</c><00:29:18.859><c> the</c><00:29:19.000><c> only</c><00:29:19.480><c> nationality</c>

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that<00:29:20.299><c> God</c><00:29:20.660><c> recognized,</c><00:29:21.900><c> and</c><00:29:22.039><c> they</c><00:29:22.259><c> traced</c><00:29:22.460><c> it</c><00:29:22.599><c> back</c><00:29:22.720><c> to</c><00:29:22.839><c> a</c><00:29:22.960><c> man</c>

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:26.700
whose<00:29:23.319><c> name</c><00:29:23.619><c> means</c><00:29:24.660><c> father</c><00:29:25.319><c> of</c><00:29:25.759><c> many</c><00:29:26.140><c> nations.</c>

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That's<00:29:27.220><c> how</c><00:29:27.500><c> blind</c><00:29:27.920><c> Judaism</c><00:29:28.279><c> is.</c><00:29:29.839><c> That's</c><00:29:30.160><c> how</c><00:29:30.319><c> absolutely</c><00:29:30.839><c> blind</c><00:29:31.579><c> Judaism</c><00:29:32.039><c> is.</c><00:29:32.460><c> It</c>

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couldn't<00:29:32.920><c> see</c><00:29:33.140><c> that.</c>

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But<00:29:34.960><c> the</c><00:29:35.220><c> God</c><00:29:35.400><c> saw</c><00:29:35.640><c> it</c><00:29:35.960><c> and</c><00:29:36.259><c> foresaw</c><00:29:36.700><c> it</c><00:29:36.900><c> in</c><00:29:37.000><c> making</c><00:29:37.240><c> application</c><00:29:37.859><c> for</c><00:29:38.099><c> it</c><00:29:38.460><c> in</c>

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.539
the<00:29:38.799><c> 12th</c><00:29:39.140><c> chapter</c><00:29:39.319><c> of</c>

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Genesis.<00:29:40.259><c> In</c><00:29:40.440><c> thee</c><00:29:40.660><c> shall</c><00:29:41.000><c> all</c><00:29:41.640><c> families</c><00:29:42.039><c> of</c><00:29:42.240><c> the</c><00:29:42.380><c> earth</c><00:29:42.640><c> be</c>

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blessed.<00:29:44.200><c> You</c><00:29:44.339><c> know,</c><00:29:44.880><c> in</c><00:29:45.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:45.400><c> 51,</c>

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brethren<00:29:46.359><c> and</c><00:29:46.539><c> sisters,</c><00:29:46.799><c> that</c><00:29:46.980><c> is</c><00:29:47.240><c> summarized</c><00:29:47.759><c> for</c><00:29:48.000><c> us.</c>

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You<00:30:06.960><c> know,</c><00:30:07.799><c> in</c><00:30:07.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:07.920><c> 51,</c><00:30:10.680><c> in</c><00:30:10.700><c> verse</c><00:30:11.000><c> 1,</c>

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:33.660
So<00:30:26.259><c> if</c><00:30:26.859><c> anybody</c><00:30:27.079><c> wants</c><00:30:27.339><c> to</c><00:30:27.900><c> follow</c><00:30:28.259><c> after</c><00:30:28.720><c> righteousness,</c><00:30:29.539><c> look</c><00:30:29.640><c> under</c><00:30:29.920><c> Abraham.</c><00:30:30.460><c> He's</c><00:30:30.519><c> only</c><00:30:30.640><c> got</c><00:30:30.779><c> one</c><00:30:31.019><c> place</c><00:30:31.279><c> to</c>

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in<00:30:34.119><c> a</c><00:30:34.400><c> belief</c><00:30:34.559><c> in</c><00:30:34.740><c> the</c><00:30:34.980><c> human</c><00:30:35.200><c> impossibility.</c><00:30:36.700><c> Now,</c><00:30:36.839><c> what</c><00:30:36.980><c> happens</c><00:30:37.200><c> to</c>

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people<00:30:37.599><c> who</c><00:30:37.799><c> believe</c><00:30:38.059><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:30:39.380><c> in</c><00:30:39.539><c> verse</c><00:30:39.759><c> 2,</c><00:30:40.099><c> we</c><00:30:40.180><c> read</c><00:30:40.259><c> it</c><00:30:40.460><c> again.</c>

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:59.619
So<00:30:56.980><c> they</c><00:30:57.420><c> which</c><00:30:57.660><c> be</c><00:30:57.859><c> of</c><00:30:58.099><c> faith</c><00:30:58.319><c> are</c><00:30:58.660><c> blessed</c><00:30:58.960><c> with</c><00:30:59.220><c> faithful</c>

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:01.299
Abraham,<00:31:00.339><c> says</c><00:31:00.460><c> Paul</c><00:31:00.720><c> in</c><00:31:00.839><c> Galatians.</c>

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I<00:31:01.880><c> called</c><00:31:02.019><c> him</c><00:31:02.220><c> as</c><00:31:02.500><c> one,</c><00:31:04.039><c> blessed</c><00:31:04.279><c> him,</c><00:31:05.480><c> increased</c><00:31:06.079><c> him.</c><00:31:07.720><c> That's</c><00:31:08.279><c> a</c><00:31:08.400><c> summary</c><00:31:08.599><c> of</c>

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.480
all<00:31:09.000><c> Paul's</c><00:31:09.339><c> teaching</c>

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:14.160
in<00:31:09.720><c> Galatians</c><00:31:10.119><c> 3.</c><00:31:12.359><c> God</c><00:31:12.579><c> called</c><00:31:12.940><c> him</c><00:31:13.140><c> as</c><00:31:13.380><c> one.</c><00:31:13.720><c> He</c><00:31:13.960><c> preached</c>

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before<00:31:14.519><c> the</c><00:31:14.759><c> gospel</c><00:31:15.099><c> unto</c><00:31:15.359><c> Abraham.</c>

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There's<00:31:16.920><c> only</c><00:31:17.240><c> one</c><00:31:17.619><c> kind</c><00:31:17.940><c> of</c><00:31:18.220><c> seed.</c><00:31:19.940><c> And</c><00:31:20.079><c> when</c><00:31:20.259><c> Abraham</c><00:31:20.619><c> believed</c><00:31:21.079><c> God,</c>

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:23.380
he<00:31:21.700><c> blessed</c><00:31:21.940><c> him.</c><00:31:22.480><c> And</c><00:31:22.700><c> all</c><00:31:22.900><c> those</c><00:31:23.079><c> who</c>

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:27.759
share<00:31:23.599><c> that</c><00:31:24.980><c> faith</c><00:31:25.420><c> and</c><00:31:25.839><c> that</c><00:31:26.099><c> blessing</c><00:31:26.440><c> are</c><00:31:26.980><c> increased</c><00:31:27.480><c> in</c>

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:29.700
Abraham.<00:31:28.059><c> You're</c><00:31:28.359><c> all</c><00:31:28.599><c> the</c><00:31:28.779><c> children</c><00:31:28.980><c> of</c><00:31:29.099><c> God</c><00:31:29.359><c> by</c>

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:33.680
you're<00:31:30.519><c> all</c><00:31:30.720><c> Abraham's</c><00:31:31.500><c> seed.</c><00:31:32.180><c> Called</c><00:31:32.400><c> him</c><00:31:32.539><c> as</c><00:31:32.740><c> one,</c><00:31:33.420><c> blessed</c>

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:37.079
him,<00:31:34.339><c> increased</c><00:31:34.619><c> him.</c><00:31:35.960><c> That's</c><00:31:36.359><c> the</c><00:31:36.599><c> characteristic</c>

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:40.500
of<00:31:37.339><c> Abraham's</c><00:31:37.900><c> faith.</c><00:31:38.680><c> So</c><00:31:38.920><c> the</c><00:31:39.079><c> children</c><00:31:39.500><c> spring</c><00:31:39.920><c> forth</c><00:31:40.259><c> as</c>

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:42.599
many<00:31:40.700><c> as</c><00:31:40.859><c> the</c><00:31:41.160><c> stars</c><00:31:41.539><c> of</c><00:31:41.700><c> the</c><00:31:41.819><c> heavenly</c><00:31:42.119><c> multitude,</c>

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:46.500
not<00:31:43.279><c> one</c><00:31:43.500><c> of</c><00:31:43.579><c> them,</c><00:31:43.819><c> brethren</c><00:31:43.920><c> and</c><00:31:44.200><c> sisters,</c><00:31:44.859><c> noted</c><00:31:45.140><c> according</c><00:31:45.619><c> to</c><00:31:46.279><c> their</c>

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:48.079
nationality,<00:31:47.359><c> but</c><00:31:47.500><c> according</c>

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:52.799
to<00:31:48.460><c> their</c><00:31:48.900><c> characteristic</c><00:31:50.000><c> identification</c><00:31:51.700><c> with</c><00:31:52.319><c> Abraham</c>

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:54.759
and<00:31:52.920><c> his</c><00:31:53.140><c> faith</c><00:31:53.400><c> in</c><00:31:53.700><c> all</c><00:31:54.079><c> of</c><00:31:54.200><c> them</c><00:31:54.420><c> believing</c>

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:59.519
in<00:31:55.000><c> the</c><00:31:55.279><c> human</c><00:31:55.740><c> impossibility.</c><00:31:58.420><c> And</c><00:31:58.519><c> that</c><00:31:58.740><c> constitutes</c><00:31:59.319><c> as</c>

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:01.980
the<00:31:59.740><c> apostle</c><00:32:00.579><c> righteousness.</c>

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:07.420
Now,<00:32:03.759><c> coming</c><00:32:03.960><c> back</c><00:32:04.220><c> to</c><00:32:04.339><c> Galatians</c><00:32:04.819><c> 3</c><00:32:05.140><c> with</c><00:32:05.319><c> us</c><00:32:05.519><c> again,</c><00:32:07.240><c> you</c>

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:09.339
see<00:32:07.559><c> how</c><00:32:07.700><c> this</c><00:32:07.920><c> argument</c><00:32:08.279><c> flows</c><00:32:08.619><c> on.</c>

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:15.920
He<00:32:11.980><c> comes</c><00:32:12.259><c> now</c><00:32:12.460><c> to</c><00:32:12.599><c> a</c><00:32:12.779><c> question</c><00:32:13.259><c> of</c><00:32:14.380><c> the</c><00:32:14.599><c> works</c><00:32:14.799><c> of</c><00:32:14.980><c> the</c><00:32:15.119><c> law.</c>

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:21.200
For<00:32:18.480><c> as</c><00:32:18.720><c> many</c><00:32:19.240><c> as</c><00:32:19.480><c> are</c><00:32:19.599><c> under</c><00:32:19.680><c> the</c><00:32:19.880><c> works</c><00:32:20.140><c> of</c><00:32:20.279><c> the</c><00:32:20.359><c> law</c><00:32:20.539><c> are</c><00:32:20.700><c> under</c><00:32:20.920><c> the</c>

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:22.660
curse,<00:32:21.779><c> for</c><00:32:21.920><c> it</c><00:32:22.059><c> is</c><00:32:22.160><c> written,</c>

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:25.839
cursed<00:32:23.599><c> is</c><00:32:23.799><c> everyone</c><00:32:24.180><c> that</c><00:32:24.539><c> continueth</c><00:32:24.880><c> not</c><00:32:25.119><c> in</c><00:32:25.299><c> all</c><00:32:25.559><c> things</c>

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:27.440
which<00:32:26.019><c> are</c><00:32:26.220><c> written</c><00:32:26.420><c> in</c><00:32:26.619><c> the</c><00:32:26.759><c> book</c><00:32:26.900><c> of</c><00:32:27.019><c> the</c><00:32:27.180><c> law</c>

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:32.660
to<00:32:28.099><c> do</c><00:32:28.339><c> them.</c><00:32:29.960><c> See,</c><00:32:30.299><c> brethren</c><00:32:30.500><c> and</c><00:32:30.740><c> sisters,</c><00:32:31.680><c> works</c><00:32:32.000><c> of</c><00:32:32.259><c> law</c>

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:35.319
and<00:32:33.599><c> the</c><00:32:33.799><c> righteousness</c><00:32:34.119><c> of</c><00:32:34.460><c> faith</c>

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:40.200
are<00:32:35.920><c> mutually</c><00:32:36.279><c> exclusive.</c><00:32:38.680><c> If</c><00:32:38.900><c> a</c><00:32:39.000><c> man</c><00:32:39.160><c> believes</c><00:32:39.539><c> in</c><00:32:39.720><c> the</c><00:32:39.859><c> works</c><00:32:40.039><c> of</c>

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.279
the<00:32:40.299><c> law,</c><00:32:40.480><c> if</c><00:32:40.619><c> he</c><00:32:40.839><c> practices</c><00:32:41.099><c> the</c>

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:45.859
words<00:32:41.480><c> of</c><00:32:41.640><c> the</c><00:32:41.740><c> law,</c><00:32:41.839><c> what</c><00:32:42.000><c> it</c><00:32:42.259><c> produces</c><00:32:42.819><c> is</c><00:32:43.559><c> pride.</c><00:32:45.640><c> And</c>

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:49.000
pride<00:32:46.099><c> itself</c><00:32:46.619><c> produces</c><00:32:47.599><c> independence.</c>

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:53.240
The<00:32:50.720><c> righteousness</c><00:32:51.200><c> of</c><00:32:51.500><c> faith,</c><00:32:51.740><c> brethren</c><00:32:52.079><c> and</c><00:32:52.359><c> sisters,</c><00:32:52.839><c> does</c><00:32:53.019><c> not</c>

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:55.779
produce<00:32:53.619><c> pride,</c><00:32:54.200><c> but</c><00:32:54.299><c> thankfulness.</c>

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:58.380
And<00:32:56.339><c> the</c><00:32:56.539><c> thankfulness</c><00:32:56.960><c> that</c><00:32:57.119><c> the</c><00:32:57.279><c> person</c><00:32:57.519><c> has</c><00:32:57.779><c> towards</c><00:32:58.119><c> God</c>

00:32:58.380 --> 00:33:02.400
who<00:32:58.640><c> saved</c><00:32:58.900><c> him</c><00:32:59.059><c> from</c><00:32:59.240><c> himself</c><00:32:59.900><c> produces</c><00:33:01.079><c> a</c><00:33:01.380><c> oneness.</c>

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:06.319
They're<00:33:03.700><c> so</c><00:33:03.980><c> different.</c><00:33:05.259><c> And</c><00:33:05.359><c> so</c><00:33:05.460><c> the</c><00:33:05.640><c> apostle's</c><00:33:05.980><c> going</c><00:33:06.160><c> to</c>

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:08.900
contrast<00:33:06.779><c> works</c><00:33:07.160><c> of</c><00:33:07.420><c> law</c><00:33:07.700><c> and</c><00:33:08.259><c> the</c><00:33:08.500><c> righteousness</c>

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:12.859
of<00:33:09.339><c> faith.</c><00:33:10.599><c> And</c><00:33:10.759><c> he</c><00:33:10.880><c> makes</c><00:33:11.059><c> the</c><00:33:11.299><c> point,</c><00:33:11.519><c> first</c><00:33:11.759><c> of</c><00:33:11.960><c> all,</c><00:33:12.660><c> that</c>

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:14.880
man<00:33:13.200><c> can't</c><00:33:13.579><c> be</c><00:33:13.779><c> saved</c><00:33:13.960><c> by</c><00:33:14.259><c> law</c><00:33:14.500><c> because</c>

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:18.400
the<00:33:15.099><c> law</c><00:33:15.220><c> was</c><00:33:15.500><c> comprehensive.</c><00:33:16.640><c> That</c><00:33:16.880><c> is,</c><00:33:17.420><c> if</c><00:33:17.579><c> you</c><00:33:17.779><c> broke</c><00:33:18.000><c> one</c>

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:20.339
part<00:33:18.680><c> of</c><00:33:18.859><c> the</c><00:33:19.000><c> law,</c><00:33:19.359><c> you</c><00:33:19.480><c> were</c><00:33:19.680><c> guilty</c><00:33:19.859><c> of</c><00:33:20.039><c> the</c><00:33:20.160><c> lot.</c>

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:22.880
You've<00:33:20.920><c> got</c><00:33:20.960><c> to</c><00:33:21.079><c> do</c><00:33:21.220><c> all</c><00:33:21.460><c> that</c><00:33:21.579><c> the</c><00:33:21.720><c> law</c><00:33:21.880><c> said</c><00:33:22.059><c> and</c><00:33:22.240><c> nobody</c><00:33:22.500><c> could</c><00:33:22.759><c> do</c>

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:24.940
it.<00:33:23.160><c> Let's</c><00:33:23.240><c> face</c><00:33:23.400><c> it,</c><00:33:23.500><c> it</c><00:33:23.579><c> was</c><00:33:23.759><c> just</c><00:33:23.960><c> impossible.</c>

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:28.779
Nobody<00:33:25.960><c> could</c><00:33:26.180><c> do</c><00:33:26.400><c> that.</c><00:33:27.460><c> And</c><00:33:27.599><c> so</c><00:33:27.720><c> anybody</c><00:33:28.059><c> who</c><00:33:28.319><c> says,</c><00:33:28.559><c> I'm</c><00:33:28.619><c> going</c><00:33:28.700><c> to</c>

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:30.059
be<00:33:28.960><c> justified</c><00:33:29.339><c> by</c><00:33:29.539><c> the</c><00:33:29.720><c> law,</c>

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:34.279
had<00:33:30.460><c> said</c><00:33:30.680><c> before</c><00:33:31.059><c> them,</c><00:33:31.299><c> brethren</c><00:33:31.440><c> and</c><00:33:31.720><c> sisters,</c><00:33:32.279><c> they</c><00:33:32.480><c> had</c><00:33:32.700><c> to</c><00:33:32.880><c> be</c><00:33:33.099><c> 100</c><00:33:33.700><c>%</c>

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:36.019
perfect.<00:33:34.720><c> They</c><00:33:34.900><c> couldn't</c><00:33:35.099><c> do</c><00:33:35.339><c> it.</c>

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:39.420
And<00:33:37.480><c> when</c><00:33:37.559><c> they</c><00:33:37.759><c> broke</c><00:33:37.940><c> one</c><00:33:38.259><c> part</c><00:33:38.400><c> of</c><00:33:38.539><c> the</c><00:33:38.660><c> law,</c><00:33:39.039><c> the</c><00:33:39.140><c> apostle</c>

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:41.039
Paul<00:33:39.720><c> said</c><00:33:39.980><c> they</c><00:33:40.200><c> were</c><00:33:40.380><c> guilty</c><00:33:40.599><c> of</c><00:33:40.779><c> all</c><00:33:40.900><c> of</c><00:33:40.980><c> it.</c>

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:44.940
In<00:33:41.640><c> that</c><00:33:41.940><c> sense,</c><00:33:42.299><c> the</c><00:33:42.400><c> law</c><00:33:42.519><c> couldn't</c><00:33:42.799><c> justify</c><00:33:43.299><c> them.</c><00:33:43.619><c> That's</c><00:33:44.000><c> negative.</c>

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:51.799
But,<00:33:47.079><c> in</c><00:33:47.200><c> verse</c><00:33:47.460><c> 11,</c><00:33:49.099><c> the</c><00:33:49.180><c> word</c><00:33:49.460><c> but,</c><00:33:50.799><c> the</c><00:33:51.059><c> diaglock</c><00:33:51.420><c> says</c>

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:55.759
besides.<00:33:53.519><c> Rotherham</c><00:33:53.920><c> says</c><00:33:54.440><c> moreover.</c>

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:59.740
The<00:33:56.180><c> Revised</c><00:33:56.519><c> Standard</c><00:33:56.779><c> Version</c><00:33:57.099><c> says</c><00:33:57.440><c> now.</c><00:33:58.460><c> In</c><00:33:58.599><c> other</c><00:33:58.779><c> words,</c><00:33:59.619><c> the</c>

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:02.380
law<00:33:59.940><c> couldn't</c><00:34:00.220><c> justify</c><00:34:00.799><c> you</c><00:34:01.380><c> negatively.</c>

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:08.599
It<00:34:03.019><c> couldn't</c><00:34:03.380><c> even</c><00:34:03.720><c> justify</c><00:34:04.240><c> you</c><00:34:04.779><c> positively.</c><00:34:06.240><c> Why?</c><00:34:07.359><c> The</c><00:34:07.559><c> simple</c><00:34:07.779><c> answer,</c><00:34:08.239><c> brethren</c><00:34:08.380><c> and</c>

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.099
sisters,<00:34:08.800><c> is</c>

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:15.000
it<00:34:09.380><c> was</c><00:34:09.639><c> never</c><00:34:09.960><c> designed</c><00:34:10.400><c> to</c><00:34:10.639><c> do</c><00:34:10.820><c> that.</c><00:34:13.019><c> Law</c><00:34:13.260><c> was</c><00:34:13.699><c> never</c><00:34:14.059><c> designed</c><00:34:14.579><c> to</c><00:34:14.820><c> do</c>

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:17.719
that.<00:34:16.400><c> So</c><00:34:16.539><c> whether</c><00:34:16.760><c> I</c><00:34:16.980><c> could</c><00:34:17.199><c> keep</c><00:34:17.360><c> it</c><00:34:17.559><c> or</c>

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:22.539
not,<00:34:18.599><c> it</c><00:34:18.719><c> can't</c><00:34:19.119><c> give</c><00:34:19.280><c> me</c><00:34:19.539><c> eternal</c><00:34:19.800><c> life.</c><00:34:20.380><c> I</c><00:34:20.420><c> can't</c><00:34:20.739><c> be</c><00:34:20.980><c> justified</c><00:34:21.519><c> to</c><00:34:21.739><c> eternal</c><00:34:22.079><c> life</c><00:34:22.340><c> by</c>

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.239
works<00:34:22.800><c> of</c><00:34:23.000><c> law,</c>

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:27.139
even<00:34:23.800><c> if</c><00:34:24.000><c> I</c><00:34:24.179><c> could</c><00:34:24.400><c> keep</c><00:34:24.659><c> it,</c><00:34:24.980><c> because</c><00:34:25.460><c> the</c><00:34:25.840><c> rewards</c><00:34:26.280><c> of</c><00:34:26.500><c> keeping</c><00:34:26.800><c> law</c>

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.579
were<00:34:27.380><c> never</c><00:34:27.639><c> that.</c>

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:32.420
But<00:34:29.920><c> that</c><00:34:30.260><c> no</c><00:34:30.559><c> man</c><00:34:30.820><c> is</c><00:34:31.039><c> justified</c><00:34:31.539><c> at</c><00:34:31.699><c> the</c><00:34:31.860><c> sight</c><00:34:31.960><c> of</c><00:34:32.119><c> God,</c><00:34:32.340><c> it</c>

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:34.820
is<00:34:32.659><c> evident.</c><00:34:33.320><c> For</c><00:34:33.420><c> the</c><00:34:33.659><c> just</c><00:34:33.860><c> shall</c><00:34:34.059><c> live</c><00:34:34.260><c> by</c><00:34:34.619><c> faith.</c>

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:39.800
Now<00:34:35.320><c> immediately</c><00:34:35.860><c> a</c><00:34:36.139><c> problem</c><00:34:36.380><c> arises,</c><00:34:37.000><c> and</c><00:34:37.000><c> every</c><00:34:37.159><c> time</c><00:34:37.360><c> I</c><00:34:38.480><c> quote</c><00:34:38.940><c> this</c><00:34:39.199><c> verse,</c><00:34:39.739><c> I</c>

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.920
get<00:34:39.980><c> the</c><00:34:40.159><c> same</c><00:34:40.380><c> question</c><00:34:40.719><c> from</c>

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:46.179
the<00:34:41.079><c> audience</c><00:34:41.440><c> later</c><00:34:41.880><c> on.</c><00:34:42.460><c> But</c><00:34:42.619><c> John,</c><00:34:43.920><c> if</c><00:34:44.239><c> a</c><00:34:44.500><c> Jew</c><00:34:45.139><c> understood</c>

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:49.139
the<00:34:47.119><c> law</c><00:34:47.320><c> pointed</c><00:34:47.639><c> forward</c><00:34:47.960><c> to</c><00:34:48.199><c> Christ,</c>

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:52.320
if<00:34:49.739><c> he</c><00:34:49.900><c> saw</c><00:34:50.099><c> the</c><00:34:50.280><c> principles</c><00:34:50.639><c> involved</c><00:34:51.099><c> in</c><00:34:51.219><c> the</c><00:34:51.360><c> law,</c><00:34:52.099><c> would</c>

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:55.320
that<00:34:52.599><c> not</c><00:34:52.860><c> justify</c><00:34:53.260><c> him?</c><00:34:53.619><c> Of</c><00:34:53.940><c> course</c><00:34:54.219><c> it</c><00:34:54.460><c> would.</c>

00:34:56.719 --> 00:35:01.059
Well<00:34:56.960><c> where's</c><00:34:57.179><c> the</c><00:34:57.440><c> point?</c><00:34:58.159><c> The</c><00:34:58.340><c> point</c><00:34:58.539><c> is</c><00:34:58.800><c> this.</c><00:34:59.760><c> The</c><00:35:00.000><c> law</c><00:35:00.539><c> is</c>

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:04.119
not<00:35:01.360><c> of</c><00:35:01.739><c> faith.</c><00:35:03.179><c> In</c><00:35:03.460><c> other</c><00:35:03.719><c> words,</c>

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:08.639
here's<00:35:04.800><c> the</c><00:35:04.940><c> law</c><00:35:05.119><c> of</c><00:35:05.300><c> God.</c><00:35:07.159><c> If</c><00:35:07.340><c> I</c><00:35:07.559><c> read</c><00:35:07.719><c> that</c><00:35:07.920><c> as</c><00:35:08.159><c> law,</c><00:35:08.539><c> that's</c>

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:10.639
not<00:35:08.820><c> going</c><00:35:08.960><c> to</c><00:35:09.139><c> justify</c><00:35:09.480><c> me.</c>

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:15.420
But<00:35:11.699><c> immediately</c><00:35:12.219><c> I</c><00:35:12.719><c> interpret</c><00:35:13.119><c> it</c><00:35:13.280><c> in</c><00:35:13.480><c> the</c><00:35:13.719><c> terms</c><00:35:14.119><c> of</c><00:35:14.539><c> the</c><00:35:14.719><c> sacrifice</c><00:35:15.179><c> of</c>

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:17.000
Christ,<00:35:16.219><c> brothers</c><00:35:16.400><c> and</c><00:35:16.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:26.219
it<00:35:17.480><c> is</c><00:35:17.860><c> no</c><00:35:18.139><c> longer</c><00:35:18.519><c> law.</c><00:35:20.820><c> It's</c><00:35:21.300><c> faith.</c><00:35:23.019><c> And</c><00:35:23.199><c> they're</c><00:35:23.360><c> different.</c><00:35:25.260><c> They</c><00:35:25.539><c> are</c>

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:28.739
different.<00:35:27.679><c> The</c><00:35:27.920><c> law</c><00:35:28.219><c> is</c><00:35:28.539><c> not</c>

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:33.960
faith,<00:35:29.440><c> and</c><00:35:29.559><c> faith</c><00:35:29.820><c> is</c><00:35:30.059><c> not</c><00:35:30.300><c> of</c><00:35:30.480><c> law.</c><00:35:32.239><c> Law</c><00:35:32.599><c> in</c><00:35:32.880><c> the</c><00:35:33.099><c> interpretation</c><00:35:33.579><c> the</c><00:35:33.800><c> Jews</c>

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.079
put<00:35:34.159><c> upon</c><00:35:34.599><c> it</c><00:35:34.780><c> is,</c>

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:40.159
I<00:35:35.519><c> do,</c><00:35:36.000><c> I</c><00:35:36.000><c> get.</c><00:35:37.860><c> Faith</c><00:35:38.159><c> says</c><00:35:38.420><c> I</c><00:35:38.579><c> can</c><00:35:38.760><c> do</c><00:35:39.000><c> nothing,</c><00:35:39.360><c> but</c><00:35:39.480><c> I</c><00:35:39.679><c> depend</c><00:35:39.860><c> upon</c>

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:42.840
God.<00:35:40.820><c> They</c><00:35:40.920><c> are</c><00:35:41.219><c> poles</c><00:35:41.599><c> apart.</c><00:35:42.360><c> The</c><00:35:42.619><c> law</c>

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:46.500
is<00:35:43.099><c> not</c><00:35:43.280><c> of</c><00:35:43.539><c> faith.</c><00:35:44.079><c> And</c><00:35:44.260><c> immediately</c><00:35:45.019><c> I</c><00:35:45.400><c> interpret</c><00:35:45.920><c> that</c><00:35:46.260><c> law</c>

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:49.840
in<00:35:46.760><c> terms</c><00:35:47.079><c> of</c><00:35:47.420><c> faith,</c><00:35:47.659><c> it</c><00:35:47.840><c> is</c><00:35:48.179><c> no</c><00:35:48.480><c> longer</c><00:35:48.860><c> law.</c>

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:54.039
And<00:35:51.219><c> people</c><00:35:51.460><c> who</c><00:35:51.639><c> are</c><00:35:51.800><c> justified</c><00:35:52.300><c> under</c><00:35:52.559><c> the</c><00:35:52.780><c> terms,</c><00:35:53.880><c> under</c>

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:55.360
the<00:35:54.099><c> under</c><00:35:54.099><c> the</c><00:35:54.320><c> dispensation</c><00:35:54.880><c> of</c><00:35:55.159><c> law,</c>

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:59.500
like<00:35:55.719><c> David</c><00:35:56.260><c> and</c><00:35:56.519><c> the</c><00:35:57.219><c> others</c><00:35:57.579><c> and</c><00:35:58.179><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:35:58.820><c> Isaiah,</c><00:35:59.360><c> and</c>

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:01.800
all<00:35:59.719><c> the</c><00:36:00.000><c> prophets,</c><00:36:00.440><c> they</c><00:36:00.619><c> weren't</c><00:36:00.880><c> justified</c><00:36:01.380><c> by</c>

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:04.320
law,<00:36:02.260><c> brothers</c><00:36:02.400><c> and</c><00:36:02.619><c> sisters.</c><00:36:03.119><c> They</c><00:36:03.260><c> were</c><00:36:03.480><c> justified</c><00:36:03.940><c> by</c>

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:07.000
faith<00:36:04.599><c> because</c><00:36:04.920><c> they</c><00:36:05.420><c> interpreted</c><00:36:05.860><c> that</c><00:36:06.199><c> law.</c>

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:11.239
When<00:36:08.380><c> they</c><00:36:08.699><c> interpreted</c><00:36:08.980><c> that</c><00:36:09.260><c> law,</c><00:36:09.980><c> it</c><00:36:10.119><c> was</c><00:36:10.420><c> no</c><00:36:10.679><c> longer</c><00:36:10.980><c> law</c>

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.400
to<00:36:11.500><c> them.</c>

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:16.179
Now<00:36:13.619><c> the</c><00:36:13.820><c> just</c><00:36:14.039><c> shall</c><00:36:14.199><c> live</c><00:36:14.380><c> by</c><00:36:14.760><c> faith.</c><00:36:15.239><c> And</c><00:36:15.400><c> because</c><00:36:15.619><c> he</c><00:36:15.739><c> wants</c><00:36:15.960><c> to</c>

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:18.559
point<00:36:16.400><c> out</c><00:36:16.639><c> that</c><00:36:17.199><c> you</c><00:36:17.619><c> can't</c><00:36:17.920><c> be</c><00:36:18.139><c> justified</c>

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:21.239
by<00:36:18.900><c> works</c><00:36:19.099><c> and</c><00:36:19.320><c> by</c><00:36:19.519><c> law,</c><00:36:19.800><c> you</c><00:36:19.880><c> can't</c><00:36:20.159><c> be</c><00:36:20.340><c> justified</c><00:36:20.659><c> by</c><00:36:20.960><c> both,</c>

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:25.059
he<00:36:22.099><c> quotes</c><00:36:22.380><c> Leviticus.</c><00:36:24.400><c> First</c><00:36:24.760><c> of</c><00:36:24.920><c> all,</c>

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:29.139
Habakkuk<00:36:25.539><c> says</c><00:36:25.960><c> the</c><00:36:26.400><c> just</c><00:36:26.639><c> shall</c><00:36:26.860><c> live</c><00:36:27.079><c> by</c><00:36:27.460><c> faith,</c><00:36:28.900><c> but</c><00:36:28.980><c> then</c>

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:33.579
Leviticus<00:36:29.519><c> says</c><00:36:30.079><c> the</c><00:36:30.699><c> man</c><00:36:31.679><c> that</c><00:36:32.820><c> doeth</c><00:36:33.159><c> them</c>

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:39.219
shall<00:36:34.539><c> live</c><00:36:35.000><c> in</c><00:36:35.440><c> them.</c><00:36:37.380><c> Now</c><00:36:37.579><c> if</c><00:36:37.679><c> I'd</c><00:36:37.900><c> have</c><00:36:37.960><c> brought</c><00:36:38.059><c> my</c><00:36:38.380><c> transparencies</c><00:36:39.000><c> along,</c>

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.179
I'd<00:36:39.440><c> have</c><00:36:39.579><c> showed</c><00:36:39.760><c> you</c>

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:46.019
the<00:36:41.179><c> balanced</c><00:36:41.599><c> statement</c><00:36:42.019><c> there</c><00:36:42.460><c> and</c><00:36:43.119><c> the</c><00:36:44.159><c> point</c><00:36:44.420><c> that's</c><00:36:44.719><c> missing.</c><00:36:45.820><c> You</c>

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:47.940
see,<00:36:46.860><c> the</c><00:36:47.019><c> just</c>

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:55.760
shall<00:36:48.579><c> live</c><00:36:49.199><c> by</c><00:36:50.119><c> faith.</c><00:36:51.860><c> Three</c><00:36:52.159><c> things.</c><00:36:53.239><c> Just</c><00:36:53.739><c> shall</c><00:36:54.500><c> live</c><00:36:55.239><c> by</c>

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.940
faith.<00:36:56.840><c> But</c><00:36:56.960><c> the</c><00:36:57.039><c> other</c><00:36:57.239><c> statement's</c><00:36:57.519><c> got</c><00:36:57.659><c> four</c>

00:36:57.940 --> 00:37:03.820
things.<00:36:59.360><c> The</c><00:36:59.519><c> man</c><00:36:59.940><c> that</c><00:37:00.360><c> doeth</c><00:37:00.699><c> them</c><00:37:01.440><c> shall</c><00:37:01.960><c> live</c><00:37:02.599><c> in</c><00:37:03.059><c> them.</c>

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:07.139
So<00:37:05.320><c> there</c><00:37:05.500><c> is</c><00:37:05.739><c> no</c><00:37:05.960><c> equivalent</c><00:37:06.380><c> in</c><00:37:06.579><c> the</c><00:37:06.820><c> statement</c>

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:12.500
for<00:37:07.559><c> doeth</c><00:37:08.039><c> them.</c><00:37:09.840><c> So</c><00:37:10.139><c> here</c><00:37:10.300><c> we</c><00:37:10.480><c> find,</c><00:37:10.860><c> brethren</c><00:37:10.960><c> and</c><00:37:11.219><c> sisters,</c><00:37:12.159><c> people</c>

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:15.800
being<00:37:13.000><c> justified</c><00:37:13.619><c> by</c><00:37:14.019><c> faith.</c><00:37:14.940><c> The</c>

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:22.019
shall<00:37:16.119><c> live</c><00:37:16.380><c> by</c><00:37:16.760><c> faith</c><00:37:17.179><c> against</c><00:37:18.000><c> the</c><00:37:18.659><c> man</c><00:37:20.380><c> that</c><00:37:21.019><c> doeth</c><00:37:21.659><c> them</c>

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:24.420
shall<00:37:22.360><c> live</c><00:37:22.800><c> in</c><00:37:23.380><c> them.</c>

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:29.139
And<00:37:25.219><c> whereas</c><00:37:25.460><c> the</c><00:37:25.719><c> just</c><00:37:25.980><c> live</c><00:37:26.579><c> by</c><00:37:27.059><c> faith</c><00:37:27.500><c> to</c><00:37:27.739><c> eternal</c><00:37:28.079><c> life,</c>

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.739
the<00:37:29.780><c> man</c><00:37:30.679><c> who's</c><00:37:31.239><c> doing</c><00:37:31.679><c> what</c><00:37:31.920><c> he</c><00:37:32.380><c> thinks</c><00:37:32.559><c> is</c>

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:35.420
going<00:37:32.840><c> to</c><00:37:32.940><c> get</c><00:37:33.039><c> him</c><00:37:33.139><c> into</c><00:37:33.260><c> the</c><00:37:33.480><c> kingdom</c><00:37:34.039><c> shall</c><00:37:34.539><c> only</c><00:37:34.980><c> reap</c><00:37:35.119><c> the</c>

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:38.239
rewards<00:37:35.900><c> in</c><00:37:36.480><c> them</c><00:37:36.659><c> that</c><00:37:36.860><c> is</c><00:37:37.039><c> in</c><00:37:37.179><c> the</c><00:37:37.480><c> limited</c><00:37:37.860><c> scope</c>

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:42.340
of<00:37:38.420><c> what</c><00:37:38.559><c> the</c><00:37:38.840><c> law</c><00:37:39.099><c> promised</c><00:37:39.500><c> him.</c><00:37:41.400><c> So</c><00:37:41.559><c> when</c><00:37:41.739><c> you</c><00:37:41.960><c> see</c><00:37:42.059><c> those</c>

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:44.079
two<00:37:42.619><c> statements</c><00:37:42.960><c> parallel</c><00:37:43.460><c> with</c><00:37:43.659><c> one</c><00:37:43.780><c> another,</c>

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:48.039
you<00:37:44.480><c> see</c><00:37:44.679><c> the</c><00:37:44.860><c> deficiency</c><00:37:45.400><c> in</c><00:37:45.920><c> the</c><00:37:46.139><c> one</c><00:37:46.400><c> of</c><00:37:46.699><c> the</c><00:37:46.880><c> law,</c><00:37:47.300><c> brethren</c><00:37:47.440><c> and</c><00:37:47.679><c> sisters.</c><00:37:47.880><c> It</c>

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:49.000
doesn't<00:37:48.340><c> depend</c><00:37:48.619><c> upon</c>

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:53.460
being<00:37:49.400><c> justified.</c><00:37:49.980><c> It</c><00:37:50.159><c> depends</c><00:37:50.340><c> upon</c><00:37:50.659><c> the</c><00:37:50.920><c> man.</c><00:37:53.019><c> It</c><00:37:53.179><c> doesn't</c>

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:54.980
depend<00:37:53.760><c> upon</c><00:37:54.019><c> God.</c><00:37:54.380><c> It</c><00:37:54.500><c> depends</c><00:37:54.679><c> upon</c>

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:59.199
doing<00:37:55.500><c> something</c><00:37:55.880><c> yourself.</c><00:37:57.800><c> It</c><00:37:58.139><c> doesn't</c><00:37:58.420><c> give</c><00:37:58.599><c> you</c><00:37:58.860><c> eternal</c>

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.320
benefits,<00:37:59.599><c> but</c><00:37:59.800><c> it's</c>

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:03.179
limited<00:38:00.579><c> in</c><00:38:00.699><c> what</c><00:38:00.840><c> it</c><00:38:00.980><c> can</c><00:38:01.159><c> do</c><00:38:01.400><c> for</c><00:38:01.679><c> you</c><00:38:02.000><c> within</c><00:38:02.460><c> the</c><00:38:02.840><c> scope</c><00:38:03.019><c> of</c>

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:04.639
what<00:38:03.280><c> the</c><00:38:03.480><c> law</c><00:38:03.619><c> promised.</c>

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:09.159
And<00:38:05.920><c> so</c><00:38:06.039><c> whichever</c><00:38:06.300><c> way</c><00:38:06.480><c> you</c><00:38:06.579><c> look</c><00:38:06.739><c> at</c><00:38:06.880><c> it,</c><00:38:07.000><c> says</c><00:38:07.039><c> the</c><00:38:07.260><c> apostle,</c><00:38:08.019><c> negatively</c><00:38:08.400><c> or</c><00:38:08.760><c> positively,</c>

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:16.039
you<00:38:09.559><c> can't</c><00:38:10.099><c> be</c><00:38:10.360><c> saved</c><00:38:10.539><c> by</c><00:38:10.840><c> the</c><00:38:11.000><c> law.</c><00:38:12.139><c> The</c><00:38:12.219><c> law</c><00:38:12.699><c> is</c><00:38:13.059><c> not</c><00:38:13.380><c> of</c><00:38:13.780><c> faith.</c><00:38:15.980><c> But</c>

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:17.280
then<00:38:16.239><c> he</c><00:38:16.280><c> says,</c>

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:20.340
if<00:38:17.860><c> this</c><00:38:18.099><c> is</c><00:38:18.340><c> so,</c><00:38:18.679><c> what</c><00:38:18.760><c> are</c><00:38:18.800><c> you</c><00:38:18.900><c> going</c><00:38:18.940><c> to</c><00:38:19.019><c> do</c><00:38:19.179><c> with</c><00:38:19.360><c> the</c><00:38:19.539><c> law?</c>

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.699
Well,<00:38:21.659><c> verse</c><00:38:21.860><c> 13,</c>

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:29.800
Christ<00:38:25.239><c> hath</c><00:38:25.800><c> redeemed</c><00:38:26.519><c> us</c><00:38:26.840><c> from</c><00:38:27.179><c> the</c><00:38:27.460><c> curse</c><00:38:27.699><c> of</c><00:38:27.900><c> the</c><00:38:28.000><c> law,</c><00:38:28.860><c> being</c><00:38:29.139><c> made</c><00:38:29.500><c> a</c>

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:31.960
curse<00:38:30.139><c> for</c><00:38:30.500><c> us.</c><00:38:31.179><c> Now</c><00:38:31.340><c> you</c><00:38:31.500><c> imagine,</c>

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:34.699
brethren<00:38:32.400><c> and</c><00:38:32.639><c> sisters,</c><00:38:33.000><c> you</c><00:38:33.139><c> imagine,</c><00:38:33.760><c> put</c><00:38:34.159><c> that</c><00:38:34.340><c> in</c><00:38:34.480><c> other</c>

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:37.719
words.<00:38:35.500><c> You</c><00:38:35.599><c> notice</c><00:38:36.079><c> Paul</c><00:38:36.579><c> skillfully,</c><00:38:37.500><c> look,</c>

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:41.420
doesn't<00:38:38.219><c> say</c><00:38:38.519><c> Jesus</c><00:38:38.940><c> Christ.</c><00:38:39.400><c> He</c><00:38:39.639><c> doesn't</c><00:38:39.960><c> say</c><00:38:40.239><c> Christ</c><00:38:40.599><c> Jesus.</c><00:38:41.280><c> You</c>

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:43.760
know,<00:38:42.079><c> in</c><00:38:42.219><c> many</c><00:38:42.460><c> places</c><00:38:42.820><c> in</c><00:38:43.099><c> Paul's</c><00:38:43.539><c> writings,</c>

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:48.480
he<00:38:44.440><c> deliberately</c><00:38:45.380><c> uses</c><00:38:46.000><c> the</c><00:38:46.400><c> title</c><00:38:46.699><c> without</c><00:38:47.059><c> the</c><00:38:47.360><c> name.</c><00:38:48.280><c> Now</c>

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:50.599
I<00:38:48.519><c> could</c><00:38:48.739><c> show</c><00:38:48.980><c> you</c><00:38:49.260><c> a</c><00:38:49.440><c> half</c><00:38:49.599><c> a</c><00:38:49.699><c> dozen</c><00:38:49.900><c> examples</c><00:38:50.400><c> of</c>

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:55.539
this<00:38:51.079><c> deliberately</c><00:38:51.900><c> done,</c><00:38:53.119><c> because</c><00:38:53.619><c> when</c><00:38:53.820><c> he</c><00:38:54.059><c> said</c><00:38:54.239><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:58.280
all<00:38:56.239><c> right,</c><00:38:56.420><c> we</c><00:38:56.699><c> relate</c><00:38:56.960><c> that</c><00:38:57.199><c> to</c><00:38:57.440><c> Jesus</c><00:38:57.780><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:02.460
But<00:38:58.719><c> you</c><00:38:58.920><c> see,</c><00:38:59.039><c> to</c><00:38:59.239><c> them,</c><00:38:59.420><c> he's</c><00:38:59.619><c> talking</c><00:38:59.860><c> about</c><00:39:00.300><c> Messiah.</c><00:39:02.219><c> Now</c>

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:05.099
try<00:39:02.739><c> and</c><00:39:03.300><c> sort</c><00:39:03.480><c> of</c><00:39:03.760><c> orientate</c><00:39:04.239><c> your</c><00:39:04.460><c> minds</c><00:39:04.739><c> to</c><00:39:04.940><c> how</c>

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:09.199
they<00:39:05.460><c> thought</c><00:39:05.619><c> about</c><00:39:05.900><c> Messiah.</c><00:39:08.119><c> And</c><00:39:08.280><c> he's</c><00:39:08.440><c> telling</c><00:39:08.699><c> them</c><00:39:08.920><c> in</c>

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:13.099
plain<00:39:09.440><c> language</c><00:39:10.159><c> that</c><00:39:11.619><c> the</c><00:39:11.840><c> Messiah,</c>

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:23.739
by<00:39:15.559><c> virtue</c><00:39:15.960><c> of</c><00:39:16.159><c> the</c><00:39:16.360><c> law,</c><00:39:18.920><c> was</c><00:39:19.099><c> made</c><00:39:19.420><c> a</c><00:39:19.619><c> curse.</c><00:39:22.340><c> Messiah</c><00:39:22.840><c> was.</c>

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:26.639
Now<00:39:24.900><c> to</c><00:39:25.099><c> say</c><00:39:25.219><c> that</c><00:39:25.440><c> Messiah</c><00:39:25.760><c> was</c><00:39:25.960><c> made</c><00:39:26.179><c> a</c><00:39:26.440><c> curse</c>

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:31.199
is<00:39:26.920><c> bad</c><00:39:27.099><c> enough.</c><00:39:29.039><c> But</c><00:39:29.320><c> to</c><00:39:29.539><c> say</c><00:39:29.679><c> that</c><00:39:29.880><c> that</c><00:39:30.119><c> curse</c><00:39:30.320><c> was</c><00:39:30.559><c> a</c><00:39:30.739><c> result</c><00:39:30.960><c> of</c>

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:34.039
the<00:39:31.519><c> law,</c><00:39:33.139><c> brethren</c><00:39:33.300><c> and</c><00:39:33.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:36.760
without<00:39:34.480><c> explanation,</c><00:39:35.239><c> that</c><00:39:35.400><c> would</c><00:39:35.579><c> have</c><00:39:35.780><c> been</c><00:39:36.079><c> absolutely</c>

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:39.079
horrendous<00:39:37.659><c> to</c><00:39:37.860><c> the</c><00:39:38.039><c> Judeoan.</c>

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:44.099
But<00:39:39.940><c> they</c><00:39:40.099><c> are</c><00:39:40.280><c> the</c><00:39:40.460><c> facts</c><00:39:40.639><c> of</c><00:39:40.860><c> the</c><00:39:41.019><c> curse.</c><00:39:43.139><c> And</c><00:39:43.260><c> how</c><00:39:43.480><c> has</c><00:39:43.619><c> he</c><00:39:43.679><c> made</c><00:39:43.920><c> a</c>

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:46.780
curse?<00:39:44.500><c> Well,</c><00:39:45.019><c> the</c><00:39:45.159><c> law</c><00:39:45.320><c> said,</c><00:39:45.659><c> did</c><00:39:45.739><c> it</c><00:39:45.940><c> not?</c>

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:54.800
Cursed<00:39:47.559><c> is</c><00:39:48.139><c> everyone</c><00:39:49.280><c> that</c><00:39:51.440><c> hangs</c><00:39:51.659><c> upon</c><00:39:51.960><c> a</c><00:39:52.239><c> tree.</c><00:39:53.960><c> And</c><00:39:54.159><c> the</c><00:39:54.360><c> statement</c><00:39:54.599><c> in</c>

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.980
Deuteronomy,<00:39:55.420><c> brethren</c><00:39:55.559><c> and</c><00:39:55.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:56.059 --> 00:40:02.340
is<00:39:56.340><c> parenthetical.</c><00:39:57.500><c> It</c><00:39:57.719><c> doesn't</c><00:39:58.119><c> say,</c><00:39:59.119><c> cursed</c><00:39:59.480><c> be</c><00:39:59.739><c> the</c><00:39:59.940><c> guilty</c><00:40:00.260><c> one</c><00:40:00.659><c> that</c><00:40:00.920><c> hangs</c><00:40:01.059><c> upon</c><00:40:01.320><c> a</c><00:40:01.559><c> tree.</c>

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:09.000
It<00:40:03.880><c> says,</c><00:40:04.679><c> cursed</c><00:40:04.679><c> is</c><00:40:05.199><c> everyone.</c><00:40:07.880><c> And</c><00:40:07.980><c> it</c><00:40:08.079><c> doesn't</c><00:40:08.380><c> qualify</c>

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:10.699
whether<00:40:09.260><c> he's</c><00:40:09.559><c> guilty</c><00:40:09.760><c> or</c><00:40:09.960><c> innocent.</c>

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:16.800
It<00:40:12.059><c> simply</c><00:40:12.519><c> says</c><00:40:13.360><c> that</c><00:40:14.119><c> anyone</c><00:40:14.400><c> hanging</c><00:40:14.760><c> on</c><00:40:14.960><c> a</c><00:40:15.159><c> tree</c><00:40:15.619><c> is</c><00:40:16.099><c> accursed</c><00:40:16.539><c> by</c>

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:20.300
the<00:40:17.000><c> law.</c><00:40:19.139><c> And</c><00:40:19.340><c> those</c><00:40:19.659><c> who</c><00:40:19.820><c> had</c><00:40:20.079><c> believed</c>

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:23.440
in<00:40:20.539><c> Jesus</c><00:40:20.940><c> Christ</c><00:40:21.400><c> and</c><00:40:21.579><c> are</c><00:40:21.699><c> now</c><00:40:21.920><c> being</c><00:40:22.260><c> duped</c><00:40:22.559><c> into</c><00:40:22.719><c> going</c><00:40:22.920><c> back</c><00:40:23.219><c> to</c>

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:25.280
Judaism,<00:40:24.280><c> still</c><00:40:24.539><c> trying</c><00:40:24.940><c> somehow</c>

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:28.119
to<00:40:25.599><c> accommodate</c><00:40:26.039><c> that</c><00:40:26.340><c> with</c><00:40:26.519><c> their</c><00:40:26.719><c> belief</c><00:40:26.920><c> in</c><00:40:27.159><c> Christ,</c><00:40:27.920><c> had</c>

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:30.039
to<00:40:28.440><c> face</c><00:40:28.699><c> the</c><00:40:28.940><c> reality</c><00:40:29.239><c> of</c><00:40:29.420><c> the</c><00:40:29.599><c> fact,</c><00:40:30.019><c> brethren</c>

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:33.719
sisters,<00:40:31.019><c> that</c><00:40:31.179><c> they,</c><00:40:31.420><c> who</c><00:40:31.539><c> they</c><00:40:31.980><c> believed</c><00:40:32.159><c> to</c><00:40:32.340><c> be</c><00:40:32.440><c> the</c><00:40:32.619><c> Messiah,</c><00:40:33.519><c> hung</c>

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:35.099
upon<00:40:34.039><c> a</c><00:40:34.320><c> tree.</c>

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:42.039
That's<00:40:38.360><c> a</c><00:40:38.539><c> fact</c><00:40:38.739><c> of</c><00:40:39.079><c> life.</c><00:40:40.380><c> It</c><00:40:40.559><c> can't</c><00:40:40.840><c> be</c><00:40:41.079><c> gainsaid.</c><00:40:41.579><c> It</c><00:40:41.719><c> can't</c>

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:43.719
be<00:40:42.280><c> forgotten.</c><00:40:42.679><c> It</c><00:40:42.820><c> can't</c><00:40:43.099><c> be</c><00:40:43.340><c> scrubbed</c><00:40:43.619><c> out.</c>

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:47.380
It's<00:40:44.119><c> a</c><00:40:44.199><c> historical</c><00:40:44.820><c> fact</c><00:40:45.199><c> that</c><00:40:45.440><c> Messiah</c><00:40:45.820><c> hung</c><00:40:46.139><c> on</c><00:40:46.380><c> a</c><00:40:46.619><c> tree.</c>

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:51.599
They<00:40:49.260><c> had</c><00:40:49.400><c> to</c><00:40:49.579><c> accept</c><00:40:49.800><c> that.</c><00:40:50.059><c> There's</c><00:40:50.179><c> no</c><00:40:50.380><c> way</c><00:40:50.559><c> around</c><00:40:50.860><c> it.</c>

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:56.960
And<00:40:52.780><c> the</c><00:40:52.920><c> law</c><00:40:53.099><c> simply</c><00:40:53.539><c> said,</c><00:40:53.780><c> everyone.</c><00:40:56.000><c> And</c><00:40:56.139><c> so</c><00:40:56.300><c> Messiah</c><00:40:56.719><c> was</c>

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:58.960
made<00:40:57.179><c> a</c><00:40:57.440><c> curse</c><00:40:57.699><c> for</c><00:40:57.980><c> us.</c><00:40:58.460><c> Why</c><00:40:58.840><c> would</c>

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.579
he<00:40:59.179><c> have</c><00:40:59.179><c> to</c><00:40:59.340><c> be</c><00:40:59.480><c> made</c><00:40:59.659><c> a</c><00:40:59.820><c> curse</c><00:41:00.000><c> for</c><00:41:00.260><c> us?</c><00:41:00.500><c> Why</c><00:41:00.780><c> did</c><00:41:01.139><c> he</c><00:41:01.280><c> have</c><00:41:01.460><c> to</c>

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.980
be<00:41:01.699><c> made</c><00:41:01.860><c> a</c><00:41:02.019><c> curse?</c><00:41:02.559><c> Well,</c><00:41:02.719><c> you</c><00:41:02.760><c> see,</c>

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:06.139
brethren<00:41:03.239><c> and</c><00:41:03.420><c> sisters,</c><00:41:03.980><c> this</c><00:41:04.179><c> is</c><00:41:04.400><c> a</c><00:41:04.539><c> difficult</c><00:41:04.780><c> thing.</c><00:41:05.559><c> People</c><00:41:05.820><c> find</c>

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.900
difficulty<00:41:06.519><c> with</c><00:41:06.739><c> this,</c>

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:11.780
but<00:41:07.019><c> it</c><00:41:07.219><c> really</c><00:41:07.519><c> shouldn't</c><00:41:07.719><c> be</c><00:41:08.079><c> if</c><00:41:08.380><c> we</c><00:41:08.599><c> take</c><00:41:08.820><c> Paul's</c><00:41:09.320><c> equation.</c><00:41:11.079><c> He</c><00:41:11.300><c> points</c><00:41:11.500><c> out</c>

00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:12.739
that<00:41:11.920><c> Jesus</c><00:41:12.300><c> Christ</c>

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:15.280
was<00:41:13.300><c> made</c><00:41:13.559><c> a</c><00:41:13.780><c> curse</c><00:41:13.940><c> under</c><00:41:14.139><c> the</c><00:41:14.320><c> law,</c><00:41:14.460><c> that</c><00:41:14.559><c> he</c><00:41:14.639><c> might</c><00:41:14.880><c> remove</c>

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:18.300
the<00:41:15.519><c> law.</c><00:41:16.739><c> We</c><00:41:16.960><c> may</c><00:41:17.179><c> not</c><00:41:17.300><c> at</c><00:41:17.400><c> this</c><00:41:17.579><c> stage</c><00:41:17.760><c> understand</c>

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:22.460
that<00:41:18.980><c> or</c><00:41:19.340><c> how</c><00:41:19.539><c> it</c><00:41:19.679><c> happened,</c><00:41:20.559><c> but</c><00:41:20.800><c> this</c><00:41:20.960><c> we</c><00:41:21.099><c> do</c><00:41:21.360><c> understand.</c>

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:26.500
That<00:41:22.940><c> he</c><00:41:23.099><c> also</c><00:41:23.699><c> partook</c><00:41:24.139><c> of</c><00:41:24.340><c> our</c><00:41:24.639><c> nature,</c><00:41:25.699><c> cursed</c><00:41:26.099><c> with</c>

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:32.940
mortality,<00:41:28.059><c> that</c><00:41:28.380><c> he</c><00:41:28.519><c> might</c><00:41:28.780><c> remove</c><00:41:29.199><c> the</c><00:41:29.420><c> mortality.</c><00:41:30.039><c> We</c><00:41:30.179><c> understand</c><00:41:30.619><c> that</c><00:41:31.260><c> because</c><00:41:32.519><c> we're</c><00:41:32.739><c> so</c>

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.400
much<00:41:33.099><c> related</c>

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:35.719
to<00:41:33.619><c> that,</c><00:41:34.000><c> whereas</c><00:41:34.179><c> we're</c><00:41:34.380><c> not</c><00:41:34.539><c> related</c><00:41:34.800><c> to</c><00:41:34.960><c> the</c><00:41:35.099><c> law.</c><00:41:35.480><c> But</c><00:41:35.579><c> if</c>

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:37.559
we<00:41:35.840><c> can</c><00:41:36.059><c> see</c><00:41:36.159><c> them</c><00:41:36.300><c> as</c><00:41:36.619><c> parallel,</c>

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:40.619
that<00:41:37.960><c> there</c><00:41:38.139><c> are</c><00:41:38.300><c> a</c><00:41:38.420><c> double</c><00:41:38.699><c> curse</c><00:41:39.019><c> upon</c><00:41:39.260><c> the</c><00:41:39.519><c> Jew</c><00:41:39.760><c> and</c><00:41:40.280><c> one</c>

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:42.699
curse<00:41:40.860><c> upon</c><00:41:41.059><c> the</c><00:41:41.280><c> Gentile.</c><00:41:41.880><c> The</c><00:41:42.099><c> curse</c><00:41:42.320><c> upon</c><00:41:42.500><c> the</c>

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:45.480
Gentile<00:41:43.000><c> was</c><00:41:43.179><c> the</c><00:41:43.380><c> curse</c><00:41:43.539><c> of</c><00:41:43.800><c> mortality,</c><00:41:44.599><c> but</c><00:41:44.840><c> the</c><00:41:45.099><c> Jew</c><00:41:45.239><c> had</c>

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:47.760
the<00:41:45.739><c> double</c><00:41:46.000><c> curse.</c><00:41:46.500><c> He</c><00:41:46.659><c> had</c><00:41:46.860><c> the</c><00:41:47.059><c> curse</c><00:41:47.260><c> of</c><00:41:47.500><c> mortality</c>

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:50.739
like<00:41:48.039><c> the</c><00:41:48.260><c> Gentile,</c><00:41:48.860><c> but</c><00:41:49.039><c> he</c><00:41:49.159><c> had</c><00:41:49.320><c> hanging</c><00:41:49.579><c> over</c><00:41:49.860><c> his</c><00:41:50.039><c> head</c><00:41:50.139><c> the</c><00:41:50.320><c> curse</c><00:41:50.579><c> of</c>

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:52.420
the<00:41:50.880><c> law</c><00:41:51.119><c> because</c><00:41:51.500><c> the</c><00:41:51.699><c> law</c><00:41:51.840><c> kept</c><00:41:52.139><c> condemning</c>

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:56.460
him<00:41:52.619><c> as</c><00:41:52.860><c> a</c><00:41:53.000><c> sinner.</c><00:41:54.840><c> So</c><00:41:54.880><c> that</c><00:41:55.079><c> Jesus</c><00:41:55.460><c> Christ</c><00:41:55.780><c> had</c><00:41:55.980><c> to</c><00:41:56.099><c> be</c><00:41:56.300><c> made</c>

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:58.340
of<00:41:56.599><c> a</c><00:41:56.760><c> woman,</c><00:41:57.599><c> made</c><00:41:57.760><c> under</c><00:41:57.940><c> the</c><00:41:58.119><c> law,</c>

00:41:58.420 --> 00:42:01.880
to<00:41:58.539><c> remove</c><00:41:58.820><c> a</c><00:41:59.059><c> double</c><00:41:59.320><c> curse.</c><00:42:00.599><c> Two</c><00:42:00.880><c> curses</c><00:42:01.239><c> for</c><00:42:01.440><c> the</c><00:42:01.619><c> Jew</c><00:42:01.739><c> and</c>

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:05.820
one<00:42:02.099><c> for</c><00:42:02.260><c> us.</c><00:42:04.280><c> And</c><00:42:04.400><c> so</c><00:42:04.539><c> the</c><00:42:04.679><c> apostle</c><00:42:05.000><c> says</c><00:42:05.320><c> that,</c>

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:07.800
right,<00:42:06.139><c> this</c><00:42:06.300><c> is</c><00:42:06.440><c> how</c><00:42:06.559><c> it</c><00:42:06.559><c> had</c><00:42:06.639><c> to</c><00:42:06.760><c> be</c><00:42:06.900><c> done.</c><00:42:07.239><c> Now</c><00:42:07.420><c> it</c><00:42:07.599><c> still</c>

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:09.619
begs<00:42:08.099><c> the</c><00:42:08.300><c> question,</c><00:42:08.659><c> however,</c>

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:15.039
why<00:42:10.360><c> did</c><00:42:10.519><c> he</c><00:42:10.679><c> have</c><00:42:10.900><c> to</c><00:42:11.059><c> be</c><00:42:11.219><c> a</c><00:42:11.420><c> curse</c><00:42:11.579><c> under</c><00:42:11.880><c> a</c><00:42:12.039><c> divine</c><00:42:12.579><c> law?</c><00:42:14.739><c> Well,</c><00:42:14.960><c> you</c>

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.860
see,<00:42:15.340><c> brethren</c><00:42:15.480><c> and</c><00:42:15.679><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:20.659
again<00:42:16.360><c> it'll</c><00:42:16.679><c> help</c><00:42:16.900><c> our</c><00:42:17.199><c> understanding</c><00:42:17.659><c> if</c><00:42:17.860><c> we</c><00:42:18.280><c> take</c><00:42:18.500><c> the</c><00:42:18.760><c> equation.</c><00:42:19.960><c> Let's</c><00:42:20.239><c> take</c><00:42:20.480><c> the</c>

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:21.440
second<00:42:20.840><c> one</c><00:42:21.079><c> first.</c>

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:26.199
Why<00:42:22.199><c> did</c><00:42:22.440><c> he</c><00:42:22.559><c> have</c><00:42:22.880><c> to</c><00:42:23.199><c> suffer</c><00:42:23.460><c> crucifixion</c><00:42:24.219><c> as</c><00:42:24.460><c> a</c><00:42:24.599><c> son</c><00:42:24.699><c> of</c><00:42:24.880><c> Mary?</c><00:42:25.719><c> Well,</c><00:42:26.000><c> we</c>

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:28.880
know<00:42:26.480><c> why,</c><00:42:27.119><c> to</c><00:42:27.380><c> abolish</c><00:42:27.820><c> mortality.</c>

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:31.940
But<00:42:29.360><c> why</c><00:42:29.639><c> did</c><00:42:29.739><c> he</c><00:42:29.860><c> have</c><00:42:30.000><c> to</c><00:42:30.119><c> suffer</c><00:42:30.340><c> that</c><00:42:30.519><c> way</c><00:42:30.679><c> to</c><00:42:30.840><c> do</c><00:42:30.940><c> it?</c><00:42:31.139><c> Because</c><00:42:31.619><c> the</c>

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:33.780
law<00:42:32.239><c> of</c><00:42:32.519><c> mortality,</c><00:42:33.139><c> brethren</c><00:42:33.260><c> and</c><00:42:33.500><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:45.539
is<00:42:34.539><c> God's</c><00:42:35.360><c> law.</c><00:42:38.159><c> It</c><00:42:38.719><c> isn't</c><00:42:38.940><c> just</c><00:42:39.219><c> a</c><00:42:39.460><c> human</c><00:42:39.780><c> law,</c><00:42:40.960><c> it's</c><00:42:41.480><c> God's</c><00:42:42.039><c> law.</c><00:42:43.860><c> And</c><00:42:44.139><c> when</c><00:42:44.380><c> God</c><00:42:44.699><c> issues</c><00:42:45.159><c> a</c>

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:46.400
law,<00:42:45.940><c> brethren</c><00:42:46.079><c> and</c>

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:50.440
sisters,<00:42:47.059><c> there</c><00:42:47.300><c> is</c><00:42:47.599><c> no</c><00:42:47.820><c> repealing</c><00:42:48.420><c> of</c><00:42:48.639><c> that</c><00:42:48.820><c> law.</c><00:42:50.159><c> There's</c>

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:52.000
no<00:42:50.760><c> stage</c><00:42:51.059><c> in</c><00:42:51.179><c> which</c><00:42:51.300><c> God</c><00:42:51.539><c> would</c><00:42:51.780><c> say,</c>

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:54.739
well,<00:42:52.579><c> we</c><00:42:52.760><c> will</c><00:42:52.940><c> now</c><00:42:53.079><c> at</c><00:42:53.199><c> this</c><00:42:53.400><c> stage</c><00:42:53.599><c> of</c><00:42:53.860><c> history</c><00:42:54.039><c> call</c><00:42:54.440><c> that</c>

00:42:54.739 --> 00:43:02.079
off.<00:42:56.639><c> It</c><00:42:57.159><c> stands</c><00:42:58.000><c> until</c><00:43:00.239><c> it's</c><00:43:00.579><c> fully</c><00:43:00.840><c> discharged.</c>

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:07.000
And<00:43:03.400><c> so</c><00:43:03.500><c> because</c><00:43:03.760><c> the</c><00:43:04.000><c> law</c><00:43:04.139><c> of</c><00:43:04.460><c> mortality</c><00:43:04.739><c> was</c><00:43:05.019><c> a</c><00:43:05.219><c> divine</c><00:43:05.880><c> law,</c>

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:09.159
Christ<00:43:07.679><c> had</c><00:43:07.900><c> to</c><00:43:08.139><c> give</c><00:43:08.300><c> that</c><00:43:08.679><c> law</c>

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:15.380
all<00:43:09.920><c> that</c><00:43:10.039><c> it</c><00:43:10.219><c> could</c><00:43:10.360><c> ask</c><00:43:10.679><c> for.</c><00:43:11.920><c> He</c><00:43:12.079><c> had</c><00:43:12.239><c> to</c><00:43:12.480><c> die.</c><00:43:14.420><c> In</c><00:43:14.599><c> Adam,</c>

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:18.300
all<00:43:15.780><c> died.</c><00:43:17.340><c> That,</c><00:43:17.760><c> brethren</c><00:43:17.860><c> and</c><00:43:18.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:21.900
was<00:43:18.559><c> the</c><00:43:18.739><c> divine</c><00:43:19.059><c> law.</c><00:43:19.579><c> When</c><00:43:19.760><c> he</c><00:43:19.920><c> had</c><00:43:20.119><c> given</c><00:43:20.260><c> that</c><00:43:20.559><c> law</c><00:43:20.940><c> all</c><00:43:21.639><c> that</c><00:43:21.780><c> it</c>

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:24.900
could<00:43:22.059><c> ask</c><00:43:22.340><c> of</c><00:43:22.559><c> him,</c><00:43:23.400><c> being</c><00:43:23.639><c> a</c><00:43:23.940><c> perfect</c><00:43:24.300><c> man,</c>

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:28.800
God<00:43:25.639><c> could</c><00:43:25.940><c> redeem</c><00:43:26.380><c> him</c><00:43:26.599><c> from</c><00:43:26.800><c> the</c><00:43:27.000><c> curse</c><00:43:27.179><c> of</c><00:43:27.380><c> that</c><00:43:27.539><c> mortality,</c><00:43:28.539><c> bring</c><00:43:28.559><c> him</c>

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.519
forth<00:43:28.980><c> from</c><00:43:29.139><c> the</c><00:43:29.340><c> ground,</c>

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:31.739
brethren<00:43:29.780><c> and</c><00:43:30.000><c> sisters,</c><00:43:30.000><c> from</c><00:43:30.179><c> that</c><00:43:30.460><c> tomb,</c><00:43:31.079><c> stand</c><00:43:31.260><c> him</c><00:43:31.360><c> up</c><00:43:31.500><c> in</c>

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:33.679
life,<00:43:31.960><c> and</c><00:43:32.099><c> God</c><00:43:32.300><c> could</c><00:43:32.559><c> truly</c><00:43:32.860><c> say</c><00:43:33.059><c> to</c><00:43:33.199><c> the</c><00:43:33.360><c> world,</c>

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:38.960
in<00:43:34.059><c> death</c><00:43:34.400><c> I</c><00:43:34.559><c> was</c><00:43:34.800><c> right</c><00:43:35.039><c> and</c><00:43:35.239><c> in</c><00:43:35.460><c> life</c><00:43:35.960><c> I</c><00:43:36.199><c> was</c><00:43:36.420><c> right.</c><00:43:37.699><c> And</c><00:43:37.820><c> though</c><00:43:38.039><c> death</c><00:43:38.320><c> and</c>

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:40.460
life<00:43:39.420><c> are</c><00:43:39.760><c> antitheses</c><00:43:40.219><c> one</c>

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:44.699
to<00:43:40.599><c> the</c><00:43:40.719><c> other,</c><00:43:41.239><c> yet</c><00:43:41.380><c> in</c><00:43:41.659><c> death</c><00:43:41.940><c> and</c><00:43:42.260><c> in</c><00:43:42.500><c> life</c><00:43:42.760><c> God</c><00:43:43.159><c> is</c><00:43:43.659><c> right.</c>

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:48.139
Same<00:43:45.760><c> with</c><00:43:45.920><c> the</c><00:43:46.039><c> law</c><00:43:46.139><c> of</c><00:43:46.360><c> Moses.</c><00:43:47.380><c> The</c><00:43:47.599><c> law</c><00:43:47.900><c> of</c>

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:53.619
Moses<00:43:48.559><c> was</c><00:43:48.900><c> a</c><00:43:49.219><c> divine</c><00:43:50.159><c> institution.</c><00:43:52.900><c> Therefore</c><00:43:53.260><c> the</c><00:43:53.420><c> Lord</c>

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:55.400
Jesus<00:43:54.059><c> Christ</c><00:43:54.320><c> could</c><00:43:54.539><c> not</c><00:43:54.679><c> come</c><00:43:54.900><c> along</c><00:43:55.119><c> and</c><00:43:55.280><c> say,</c>

00:43:55.619 --> 00:44:00.539
well,<00:43:55.619><c> we'll</c><00:43:55.820><c> forget</c><00:43:56.099><c> the</c><00:43:56.340><c> law.</c><00:43:57.840><c> He</c><00:43:58.119><c> had</c><00:43:58.300><c> to</c><00:43:58.539><c> give</c><00:43:58.679><c> the</c><00:43:58.940><c> law</c><00:43:59.400><c> all</c><00:44:00.159><c> that</c><00:44:00.539><c> it</c>

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:02.019
asked<00:44:00.820><c> of</c><00:44:01.059><c> him.</c>

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:07.039
And<00:44:02.920><c> having</c><00:44:03.179><c> obeyed</c><00:44:03.719><c> the</c><00:44:03.840><c> law</c><00:44:03.980><c> of</c><00:44:04.099><c> his</c><00:44:04.260><c> heavenly</c><00:44:04.639><c> father</c><00:44:05.320><c> perfectly,</c><00:44:06.360><c> brethren</c><00:44:06.519><c> and</c><00:44:06.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:10.579
he<00:44:07.579><c> gave</c><00:44:07.880><c> the</c><00:44:08.179><c> last</c><00:44:08.460><c> thing</c><00:44:08.579><c> he</c><00:44:08.699><c> could</c><00:44:08.820><c> give</c><00:44:08.940><c> to</c><00:44:09.119><c> it.</c><00:44:09.340><c> He</c><00:44:09.579><c> made</c><00:44:09.800><c> himself</c><00:44:10.199><c> a</c>

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:11.719
curse<00:44:10.739><c> for</c><00:44:10.940><c> the</c><00:44:11.059><c> sake</c><00:44:11.219><c> of</c><00:44:11.360><c> that</c><00:44:11.539><c> law.</c>

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:14.440
The<00:44:12.219><c> law</c><00:44:12.420><c> had</c><00:44:12.780><c> discharged</c><00:44:13.179><c> itself</c><00:44:13.519><c> upon</c><00:44:13.739><c> an</c><00:44:13.900><c> innocent</c><00:44:14.179><c> man.</c>

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:16.780
It<00:44:14.559><c> could</c><00:44:14.800><c> do</c><00:44:15.059><c> no</c><00:44:15.380><c> more</c><00:44:15.559><c> with</c><00:44:15.780><c> him.</c>

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:21.159
And<00:44:18.340><c> when</c><00:44:18.480><c> the</c><00:44:18.679><c> law</c><00:44:18.840><c> had</c><00:44:19.239><c> discharged</c><00:44:19.659><c> itself</c><00:44:20.039><c> upon</c><00:44:20.219><c> an</c><00:44:20.420><c> innocent</c><00:44:20.679><c> man,</c>

00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:23.800
it<00:44:21.900><c> ran</c><00:44:22.099><c> its</c><00:44:22.380><c> course</c><00:44:22.559><c> in</c><00:44:22.739><c> him.</c>

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:26.760
And<00:44:24.880><c> God</c><00:44:25.079><c> brought</c><00:44:25.320><c> him</c><00:44:25.480><c> from</c><00:44:25.619><c> the</c><00:44:25.760><c> ground</c><00:44:25.880><c> and</c><00:44:26.059><c> said,</c><00:44:26.400><c> my</c><00:44:26.539><c> law</c>

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.719
was<00:44:27.000><c> honoured.</c>

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:33.320
As<00:44:28.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:28.940><c> 42</c><00:44:29.460><c> said,</c><00:44:29.900><c> he</c><00:44:29.900><c> made</c><00:44:30.159><c> the</c><00:44:30.320><c> law</c><00:44:30.460><c> honourable,</c><00:44:32.199><c> and</c><00:44:32.239><c> yet</c><00:44:32.380><c> God</c><00:44:32.599><c> was</c><00:44:32.840><c> still</c><00:44:33.000><c> able</c><00:44:33.159><c> to</c>

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:34.239
stand<00:44:33.500><c> him</c><00:44:33.619><c> up</c><00:44:33.719><c> in</c><00:44:33.960><c> life</c>

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:37.920
and<00:44:34.659><c> say,</c><00:44:34.840><c> I'm</c><00:44:34.880><c> not</c><00:44:35.139><c> justified</c><00:44:35.539><c> by</c><00:44:35.800><c> that</c><00:44:36.039><c> law.</c><00:44:36.519><c> He</c><00:44:36.639><c> made</c><00:44:36.860><c> it</c><00:44:37.099><c> honourable.</c><00:44:37.780><c> He</c>

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:39.059
demonstrated<00:44:38.440><c> to</c><00:44:38.719><c> all</c>

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:42.019
for<00:44:39.380><c> what</c><00:44:39.619><c> purpose</c><00:44:39.940><c> the</c><00:44:40.099><c> law</c><00:44:40.239><c> was</c><00:44:40.480><c> given.</c><00:44:41.179><c> He</c><00:44:41.300><c> gave</c><00:44:41.500><c> it</c><00:44:41.760><c> fully</c>

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:43.679
what<00:44:42.260><c> it</c><00:44:42.840><c> intended</c><00:44:43.000><c> in</c><00:44:43.219><c> the</c><00:44:43.400><c> beginning.</c>

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:46.639
There's<00:44:44.199><c> no</c><00:44:44.400><c> more</c><00:44:44.500><c> the</c><00:44:44.599><c> law</c><00:44:44.760><c> can</c><00:44:44.940><c> do</c><00:44:45.039><c> with</c><00:44:45.260><c> him.</c><00:44:45.820><c> God</c><00:44:46.059><c> then</c><00:44:46.239><c> gave</c><00:44:46.400><c> him</c>

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:48.780
life.<00:44:47.940><c> And</c><00:44:48.079><c> you</c><00:44:48.199><c> see,</c><00:44:48.320><c> that's</c><00:44:48.480><c> why,</c>

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:50.780
brethren<00:44:49.079><c> and</c><00:44:49.280><c> sisters,</c><00:44:49.460><c> he</c><00:44:49.619><c> had</c><00:44:49.760><c> to</c><00:44:49.920><c> be</c><00:44:50.039><c> made</c><00:44:50.219><c> that</c><00:44:50.480><c> double</c>

00:44:50.780 --> 00:44:54.480
curse<00:44:51.239><c> to</c><00:44:51.719><c> remove</c><00:44:52.239><c> divine</c><00:44:53.420><c> ordinances.</c>

00:44:54.480 --> 00:45:00.059
They<00:44:54.480><c> are</c><00:44:56.199><c> not</c><00:44:56.340><c> easily</c><00:44:56.719><c> removed.</c><00:44:57.800><c> They've</c><00:44:57.920><c> got</c><00:44:57.980><c> to</c><00:44:58.139><c> be</c><00:44:58.559><c> fully</c><00:44:58.820><c> discharged.</c>

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:04.619
As<00:45:01.460><c> any</c><00:45:01.699><c> law</c><00:45:01.860><c> of</c><00:45:02.000><c> the</c><00:45:02.179><c> creator</c><00:45:02.420><c> has</c><00:45:02.639><c> to</c><00:45:02.800><c> be</c><00:45:03.119><c> fully</c><00:45:03.400><c> discharged.</c>

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:07.820
And<00:45:05.079><c> in</c><00:45:05.260><c> our</c><00:45:05.440><c> baptism,</c><00:45:06.239><c> what</c><00:45:06.400><c> do</c><00:45:06.480><c> we</c><00:45:06.599><c> say</c><00:45:06.739><c> to</c><00:45:06.920><c> God?</c>

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:10.059
But<00:45:08.099><c> because</c><00:45:08.320><c> of</c><00:45:08.480><c> our</c><00:45:08.579><c> belief</c><00:45:08.840><c> in</c><00:45:09.099><c> Christ,</c><00:45:09.360><c> we</c><00:45:09.500><c> shall</c><00:45:09.659><c> escape</c>

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:11.619
death.<00:45:10.460><c> No</c><00:45:10.739><c> way</c><00:45:10.920><c> do</c><00:45:11.059><c> we</c><00:45:11.199><c> say</c><00:45:11.400><c> that.</c>

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:15.699
We<00:45:11.980><c> go</c><00:45:12.179><c> down</c><00:45:12.420><c> in</c><00:45:12.559><c> that</c><00:45:12.739><c> water</c><00:45:12.860><c> and</c><00:45:13.019><c> we</c><00:45:13.139><c> say</c><00:45:13.280><c> to</c><00:45:13.380><c> God,</c><00:45:14.480><c> even...</c>

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:18.920
Somebody<00:45:16.260><c> messed</c><00:45:16.599><c> up</c><00:45:16.940><c> flipping</c><00:45:17.159><c> the</c><00:45:17.460><c> tapes,</c><00:45:17.940><c> so</c><00:45:18.480><c> we</c><00:45:18.679><c> miss</c><00:45:18.840><c> a</c>

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:20.380
little<00:45:19.159><c> bit</c><00:45:19.320><c> here.</c>

00:45:23.179 --> 00:45:27.039
And<00:45:23.619><c> when</c><00:45:24.059><c> they</c><00:45:24.280><c> are</c><00:45:24.500><c> discharged</c><00:45:24.860><c> and</c><00:45:25.159><c> acknowledged,</c><00:45:26.760><c> then</c>

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:29.840
God<00:45:27.300><c> will</c><00:45:27.679><c> operate</c><00:45:28.059><c> on</c><00:45:28.239><c> that</c><00:45:28.380><c> basis</c><00:45:28.760><c> to</c><00:45:29.039><c> forgive</c><00:45:29.280><c> us.</c>

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:31.699
Then,<00:45:30.440><c> brethren</c><00:45:30.539><c> and</c><00:45:30.739><c> sisters,</c><00:45:31.039><c> we're</c><00:45:31.199><c> on</c><00:45:31.320><c> our</c><00:45:31.380><c> way</c><00:45:31.440><c> to</c><00:45:31.579><c> the</c>

00:45:31.699 --> 00:45:33.739
kingdom<00:45:31.940><c> of</c><00:45:32.179><c> God.</c><00:45:32.539><c> And</c><00:45:32.760><c> that's</c><00:45:33.079><c> what</c><00:45:33.199><c> he</c><00:45:33.360><c> did</c><00:45:33.519><c> for</c>

00:45:33.739 --> 00:45:38.059
Jew<00:45:33.840><c> and</c><00:45:34.059><c> Gentile.</c><00:45:35.440><c> Now</c><00:45:35.599><c> you'll</c><00:45:35.739><c> notice</c><00:45:35.960><c> this,</c><00:45:37.780><c> that</c><00:45:37.860><c> at</c><00:45:38.000><c> the</c>

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:40.679
end<00:45:38.239><c> of</c><00:45:38.380><c> verse</c><00:45:38.579><c> 13,</c><00:45:39.420><c> we</c><00:45:39.519><c> should</c><00:45:39.760><c> read</c><00:45:40.039><c> straight</c><00:45:40.500><c> into</c>

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:44.559
verse<00:45:40.940><c> 14,</c><00:45:41.440><c> you</c><00:45:41.519><c> see.</c><00:45:42.880><c> Cursed</c><00:45:43.179><c> is</c><00:45:43.400><c> everyone</c><00:45:43.739><c> that</c><00:45:43.960><c> hangeth</c><00:45:44.159><c> upon</c><00:45:44.320><c> a</c>

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:47.179
tree<00:45:44.739><c> that</c><00:45:45.360><c> the</c><00:45:45.940><c> blessing</c><00:45:46.280><c> of</c><00:45:46.539><c> Abraham</c><00:45:46.900><c> might</c>

00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:50.239
come<00:45:47.340><c> on</c><00:45:47.480><c> the</c><00:45:47.639><c> Gentiles.</c><00:45:48.500><c> Now</c><00:45:48.679><c> why</c><00:45:48.880><c> is</c><00:45:49.000><c> that</c><00:45:49.199><c> connected?</c><00:45:49.980><c> Well,</c><00:45:50.119><c> you</c>

00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:52.219
see,<00:45:50.760><c> immediately</c><00:45:51.219><c> he</c><00:45:51.440><c> died</c><00:45:51.639><c> upon</c><00:45:51.920><c> that</c>

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:55.760
cross<00:45:52.500><c> as</c><00:45:52.739><c> a</c><00:45:52.940><c> curse</c><00:45:53.179><c> under</c><00:45:53.420><c> the</c><00:45:53.559><c> law</c><00:45:53.679><c> of</c><00:45:53.880><c> Moses.</c><00:45:54.400><c> He</c><00:45:54.639><c> discharged</c><00:45:55.260><c> that</c><00:45:55.539><c> law.</c>

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:57.380
The<00:45:56.179><c> law</c><00:45:56.400><c> no</c><00:45:56.599><c> longer</c><00:45:56.860><c> operates.</c>

00:45:57.719 --> 00:46:00.760
There's<00:45:57.900><c> no</c><00:45:58.099><c> longer</c><00:45:58.260><c> distinction</c><00:45:58.639><c> in</c><00:45:58.940><c> humanity.</c><00:46:00.599><c> You</c><00:46:00.639><c> know</c>

00:46:00.760 --> 00:46:04.079
what<00:46:00.960><c> Psalm</c><00:46:01.119><c> 147</c><00:46:02.159><c> said,</c><00:46:02.679><c> don't</c><00:46:02.679><c> you?</c><00:46:03.519><c> It</c><00:46:03.739><c> said</c><00:46:03.860><c> he</c>

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:07.400
showed<00:46:04.420><c> his</c><00:46:04.699><c> law</c><00:46:04.940><c> unto</c><00:46:05.219><c> Israel</c><00:46:05.679><c> and</c><00:46:05.860><c> his</c><00:46:06.039><c> statutes</c><00:46:06.320><c> unto</c><00:46:06.539><c> Jacob.</c><00:46:07.239><c> He</c>

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:10.340
hath<00:46:07.719><c> not</c><00:46:08.039><c> dealt</c><00:46:08.320><c> so</c><00:46:08.659><c> with</c><00:46:09.039><c> any</c><00:46:09.340><c> nation.</c>

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:15.519
So<00:46:11.880><c> in</c><00:46:12.099><c> Psalm</c><00:46:12.400><c> 147,</c><00:46:13.440><c> it</c><00:46:13.599><c> tells</c><00:46:13.880><c> us</c><00:46:14.300><c> that</c><00:46:14.599><c> God</c><00:46:14.840><c> showed</c><00:46:15.099><c> his</c><00:46:15.340><c> law</c>

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:17.159
to<00:46:15.679><c> Jacob</c><00:46:15.960><c> and</c><00:46:16.099><c> his</c><00:46:16.320><c> statutes</c><00:46:16.639><c> to</c><00:46:16.780><c> Israel,</c>

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:19.960
and<00:46:17.500><c> he</c><00:46:17.659><c> hasn't</c><00:46:18.019><c> dealt</c><00:46:18.300><c> with</c><00:46:18.539><c> any</c><00:46:18.800><c> other</c><00:46:19.000><c> nation</c><00:46:19.300><c> like</c><00:46:19.619><c> that.</c>

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:22.380
So<00:46:20.340><c> God's</c><00:46:20.739><c> law</c><00:46:20.940><c> made</c><00:46:21.239><c> a</c><00:46:21.480><c> distinction.</c>

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:28.280
And<00:46:24.320><c> the</c><00:46:24.539><c> distinction</c><00:46:24.820><c> was</c><00:46:25.079><c> made</c><00:46:25.300><c> for</c><00:46:25.539><c> a</c><00:46:25.699><c> good</c><00:46:25.860><c> purpose.</c><00:46:28.159><c> When</c>

00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:30.019
that<00:46:28.500><c> law</c><00:46:28.679><c> was</c><00:46:28.960><c> removed</c><00:46:29.519><c> properly,</c>

00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:33.000
brethren<00:46:30.360><c> and</c><00:46:30.619><c> sisters,</c><00:46:30.860><c> and</c><00:46:31.039><c> righteously</c><00:46:31.519><c> discharged,</c><00:46:32.920><c> it</c>

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.980
had<00:46:33.099><c> no</c><00:46:33.260><c> longer</c><00:46:33.539><c> operated,</c>

00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:37.559
then<00:46:34.500><c> no</c><00:46:34.800><c> longer</c><00:46:34.980><c> does</c><00:46:35.179><c> God</c><00:46:35.440><c> merely</c><00:46:35.780><c> show</c><00:46:36.019><c> his</c><00:46:36.239><c> law</c><00:46:36.480><c> unto</c><00:46:36.760><c> Israel.</c><00:46:37.300><c> He</c>

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:39.280
shows<00:46:37.780><c> unto</c><00:46:37.960><c> all</c><00:46:38.179><c> the</c><00:46:38.360><c> world</c><00:46:38.619><c> that</c><00:46:38.920><c> the</c>

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:43.260
blessing<00:46:39.599><c> of</c><00:46:39.900><c> Abraham</c><00:46:40.179><c> might</c><00:46:40.420><c> come</c><00:46:40.619><c> on</c><00:46:40.760><c> the</c><00:46:40.920><c> Gentiles,</c><00:46:41.739><c> because</c><00:46:43.019><c> the</c>

00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:44.780
law<00:46:43.440><c> now</c><00:46:43.699><c> is</c><00:46:43.920><c> no</c><00:46:44.119><c> longer</c><00:46:44.360><c> operative.</c>

00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:48.239
That<00:46:45.280><c> distinction</c><00:46:45.780><c> no</c><00:46:46.039><c> longer</c><00:46:46.360><c> exists,</c><00:46:47.500><c> and</c><00:46:47.559><c> God</c><00:46:47.800><c> has</c><00:46:48.019><c> now</c>

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:49.119
sent<00:46:48.420><c> his</c><00:46:48.599><c> message</c>

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:53.400
into<00:46:49.679><c> all</c><00:46:50.159><c> the</c><00:46:50.380><c> world,</c><00:46:51.219><c> that</c><00:46:51.340><c> all</c><00:46:51.559><c> who</c><00:46:51.719><c> would</c><00:46:51.900><c> come</c><00:46:52.019><c> to</c><00:46:52.179><c> him</c><00:46:52.579><c> can</c><00:46:53.079><c> be</c>

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:55.699
saved.<00:46:54.639><c> That</c><00:46:54.739><c> we</c><00:46:54.880><c> might</c><00:46:55.139><c> receive,</c>

00:46:55.739 --> 00:46:58.639
says<00:46:55.880><c> the</c><00:46:56.119><c> apostle,</c><00:46:56.980><c> the</c><00:46:57.159><c> promise</c><00:46:57.500><c> of</c><00:46:57.699><c> the</c><00:46:57.980><c> Spirit</c><00:46:58.280><c> through</c>

00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:01.780
faith.<00:47:00.019><c> You</c><00:47:00.179><c> know,</c><00:47:00.280><c> I've</c><00:47:00.519><c> had</c><00:47:00.599><c> that</c><00:47:00.980><c> quoted</c><00:47:01.239><c> to</c><00:47:01.500><c> me</c>

00:47:01.780 --> 00:47:07.340
to<00:47:02.099><c> prove</c><00:47:02.420><c> that</c><00:47:03.639><c> Christadelphians</c><00:47:04.199><c> today</c><00:47:04.539><c> ought</c><00:47:04.679><c> to</c><00:47:04.780><c> have</c><00:47:04.900><c> the</c><00:47:05.139><c> Spirit</c><00:47:05.380><c> gifts,</c><00:47:06.539><c> the</c><00:47:06.820><c> promise</c><00:47:07.139><c> of</c>

00:47:07.340 --> 00:47:07.840
the<00:47:07.599><c> Spirit</c>

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:10.940
through<00:47:08.159><c> faith.</c><00:47:08.780><c> He's</c><00:47:09.039><c> not</c><00:47:09.280><c> talking</c><00:47:09.519><c> about</c><00:47:09.699><c> the</c><00:47:09.940><c> Spirit</c><00:47:10.119><c> gifts,</c><00:47:10.539><c> brethren</c><00:47:10.719><c> and</c>

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:12.760
sisters.<00:47:11.400><c> He's</c><00:47:11.840><c> talking</c><00:47:12.079><c> about</c>

00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:18.420
the<00:47:13.260><c> Spirit's</c><00:47:13.960><c> promise.</c><00:47:16.119><c> And</c><00:47:16.300><c> when</c><00:47:16.400><c> you</c><00:47:16.500><c> look</c><00:47:16.599><c> at</c><00:47:16.760><c> the</c><00:47:16.880><c> context</c><00:47:17.219><c> of</c><00:47:17.460><c> Galatians</c><00:47:17.840><c> chapter</c><00:47:18.139><c> 3,</c>

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:20.420
he's<00:47:18.599><c> not</c><00:47:18.820><c> talking</c><00:47:18.960><c> about</c><00:47:19.119><c> the</c><00:47:19.360><c> promise</c><00:47:19.539><c> of</c><00:47:19.739><c> the</c><00:47:20.019><c> Spirit</c><00:47:20.239><c> in</c>

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:24.840
that<00:47:20.679><c> sense,</c><00:47:22.099><c> but</c><00:47:22.300><c> the</c><00:47:22.820><c> Spirit's</c><00:47:23.739><c> promise.</c><00:47:24.480><c> In</c><00:47:24.659><c> other</c>

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:29.639
words,<00:47:25.440><c> those</c><00:47:25.739><c> promises</c><00:47:26.139><c> of</c><00:47:26.340><c> God</c><00:47:26.559><c> which</c><00:47:26.760><c> could</c><00:47:26.920><c> only</c><00:47:27.219><c> be</c><00:47:27.500><c> fulfilled</c><00:47:27.960><c> spiritually,</c><00:47:29.400><c> like</c>

00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:30.719
Isaac<00:47:30.059><c> was</c><00:47:30.340><c> born</c>

00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:35.519
spiritually,<00:47:31.519><c> the</c><00:47:31.800><c> child</c><00:47:32.219><c> of</c><00:47:32.579><c> promise,</c><00:47:32.860><c> could</c><00:47:32.980><c> only</c><00:47:33.099><c> be</c><00:47:33.460><c> fulfilled</c><00:47:33.760><c> spiritually,</c><00:47:35.219><c> like</c>

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:36.599
Isaac<00:47:35.960><c> was</c><00:47:36.239><c> born</c>

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:41.179
spiritually,<00:47:37.480><c> the</c><00:47:37.679><c> child</c><00:47:38.079><c> of</c><00:47:38.420><c> promise.</c><00:47:39.840><c> He</c><00:47:40.039><c> was</c><00:47:40.500><c> the</c><00:47:40.820><c> promise</c>

00:47:41.179 --> 00:47:42.559
of<00:47:41.400><c> the</c><00:47:41.659><c> Spirit.</c>

00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:46.619
The<00:47:43.900><c> Spirit</c><00:47:44.119><c> said</c><00:47:44.320><c> he</c><00:47:44.400><c> would</c><00:47:44.579><c> be</c><00:47:44.840><c> born,</c><00:47:45.679><c> and</c><00:47:45.780><c> he</c><00:47:45.900><c> was</c><00:47:46.139><c> born</c><00:47:46.420><c> of</c>

00:47:46.619 --> 00:47:50.159
the<00:47:46.940><c> Spirit.</c><00:47:48.199><c> There</c><00:47:48.420><c> was</c><00:47:48.619><c> the</c><00:47:48.840><c> promise</c><00:47:49.300><c> of</c><00:47:49.659><c> the</c><00:47:49.940><c> Spirit,</c>

00:47:50.260 --> 00:47:52.860
or<00:47:50.400><c> the</c><00:47:50.780><c> Spirit's</c><00:47:51.280><c> promise.</c><00:47:51.900><c> And</c><00:47:52.039><c> those</c><00:47:52.239><c> of</c><00:47:52.320><c> us</c><00:47:52.460><c> who</c><00:47:52.659><c> believe</c>

00:47:52.860 --> 00:47:54.300
those<00:47:53.199><c> promises,</c><00:47:53.659><c> brethren</c><00:47:53.840><c> and</c><00:47:54.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:54.579 --> 00:47:59.440
in<00:47:54.780><c> their</c><00:47:55.099><c> spiritual</c><00:47:55.659><c> sense,</c><00:47:56.480><c> we've</c><00:47:56.739><c> got</c><00:47:56.920><c> those</c><00:47:57.239><c> promises</c><00:47:57.559><c> today.</c><00:47:58.420><c> That's</c><00:47:58.840><c> the</c><00:47:59.019><c> promise</c><00:47:59.260><c> of</c>

00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:00.179
the<00:47:59.619><c> Spirit</c><00:47:59.760><c> that</c><00:47:59.960><c> Paul</c>

00:48:00.179 --> 00:48:05.699
is<00:48:00.320><c> talking</c><00:48:00.559><c> about.</c><00:48:02.539><c> And</c><00:48:02.599><c> then</c><00:48:02.739><c> he</c><00:48:02.780><c> says,</c><00:48:03.219><c> look,</c><00:48:04.960><c> I'll</c><00:48:05.119><c> illustrate</c><00:48:05.460><c> it</c><00:48:05.639><c> in</c>

00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:08.159
verse<00:48:05.920><c> 15</c><00:48:06.360><c> after</c><00:48:06.679><c> a</c><00:48:06.860><c> manner</c><00:48:06.960><c> of</c><00:48:07.219><c> men.</c>

00:48:08.800 --> 00:48:11.500
He<00:48:08.860><c> said,</c><00:48:09.019><c> if</c><00:48:09.099><c> men</c><00:48:09.300><c> make</c><00:48:09.559><c> an</c><00:48:09.780><c> agreement</c><00:48:10.239><c> and</c><00:48:10.599><c> it's</c><00:48:10.940><c> confirmed,</c>

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:15.039
no<00:48:12.239><c> one</c><00:48:12.460><c> can</c><00:48:12.780><c> disannul</c><00:48:13.320><c> or</c><00:48:13.639><c> add</c><00:48:13.960><c> thereto.</c>

00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:18.639
And<00:48:15.440><c> he</c><00:48:15.500><c> says,</c><00:48:15.659><c> that's</c><00:48:15.760><c> just</c><00:48:16.019><c> a</c><00:48:16.219><c> human</c><00:48:16.380><c> illustration.</c><00:48:17.679><c> Two</c><00:48:17.860><c> men</c><00:48:18.039><c> make</c><00:48:18.280><c> a</c>

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:22.019
contract.<00:48:19.579><c> It's</c><00:48:20.059><c> confirmed</c><00:48:21.000><c> by</c><00:48:21.739><c> both</c>

00:48:22.019 --> 00:48:27.079
parties.<00:48:23.119><c> Once</c><00:48:23.400><c> it's</c><00:48:23.780><c> confirmed,</c><00:48:24.139><c> he</c><00:48:24.360><c> says,</c><00:48:25.019><c> no</c><00:48:25.260><c> man</c><00:48:25.500><c> can</c><00:48:25.800><c> disannul</c><00:48:26.219><c> it.</c>

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:29.440
No<00:48:27.539><c> man</c><00:48:27.800><c> can</c><00:48:27.980><c> add</c><00:48:28.179><c> to</c><00:48:28.340><c> it.</c>

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:32.599
The<00:48:30.079><c> point</c><00:48:30.320><c> he's</c><00:48:30.460><c> making</c><00:48:30.780><c> is</c><00:48:30.980><c> this,</c><00:48:31.400><c> brethren</c><00:48:31.480><c> and</c><00:48:31.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:34.440
as<00:48:32.800><c> he</c><00:48:32.880><c> goes</c><00:48:33.079><c> on</c><00:48:33.239><c> to</c><00:48:33.539><c> explain,</c>

00:48:35.119 --> 00:48:37.420
the<00:48:35.300><c> covenant</c><00:48:35.559><c> which</c><00:48:35.780><c> God</c><00:48:36.000><c> made</c><00:48:36.260><c> to</c><00:48:36.480><c> Abraham</c><00:48:36.760><c> was</c><00:48:37.039><c> confirmed</c>

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:42.110
in<00:48:37.639><c> Christ.</c><00:48:40.199><c> The</c><00:48:40.360><c> Jew</c><00:48:40.519><c> can't</c><00:48:40.960><c> disannul</c><00:48:41.380><c> that,</c>

00:48:44.860 --> 00:48:48.760
nor<00:48:45.039><c> can</c><00:48:45.239><c> the</c><00:48:45.400><c> Gentile</c><00:48:45.880><c> add</c><00:48:46.219><c> to</c><00:48:46.400><c> it</c><00:48:46.639><c> until</c><00:48:47.960><c> that</c><00:48:48.260><c> covenant</c><00:48:48.480><c> is</c>

00:48:48.760 --> 00:48:51.139
confirmed.<00:48:49.119><c> In</c><00:48:49.260><c> other</c><00:48:49.440><c> words,</c><00:48:50.300><c> the</c><00:48:50.519><c> Jew</c><00:48:50.719><c> can't</c>

00:48:51.139 --> 00:48:53.940
annul<00:48:51.440><c> it</c><00:48:51.559><c> and</c><00:48:51.659><c> go</c><00:48:51.880><c> back</c><00:48:52.099><c> to</c><00:48:52.239><c> the</c><00:48:52.420><c> law,</c><00:48:52.900><c> nor</c><00:48:53.139><c> can</c><00:48:53.340><c> the</c><00:48:53.539><c> Gentile</c>

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:56.480
come<00:48:54.159><c> into</c><00:48:54.300><c> the</c><00:48:54.539><c> truth</c><00:48:54.679><c> until</c><00:48:55.739><c> that</c><00:48:56.159><c> covenant</c>

00:48:56.480 --> 00:49:01.139
is<00:48:56.719><c> confirmed.</c><00:48:58.480><c> But</c><00:48:58.579><c> both</c><00:48:58.900><c> of</c><00:48:59.019><c> them</c><00:48:59.119><c> meet</c><00:48:59.380><c> in</c><00:48:59.519><c> Jesus</c><00:48:59.920><c> Christ.</c>

00:49:01.980 --> 00:49:02.980
And<00:49:02.059><c> that's</c><00:49:02.239><c> the</c><00:49:02.320><c> point</c><00:49:02.440><c> he's</c><00:49:02.579><c> making.</c>

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Both<00:49:03.820><c> of</c><00:49:04.099><c> them</c><00:49:04.099><c> meet</c><00:49:04.280><c> there.</c><00:49:05.739><c> And</c><00:49:05.820><c> he</c><00:49:05.920><c> goes</c><00:49:06.099><c> on</c><00:49:06.260><c> to</c><00:49:06.360><c> illustrate</c>

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that.<00:49:07.980><c> Now</c><00:49:08.000><c> to</c><00:49:08.199><c> Abraham</c><00:49:08.639><c> and</c><00:49:08.780><c> his</c><00:49:09.039><c> seed</c>

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were<00:49:09.460><c> the</c><00:49:09.840><c> promises</c><00:49:10.199><c> made.</c><00:49:12.559><c> He</c><00:49:12.780><c> saith</c><00:49:13.039><c> not,</c><00:49:13.440><c> and</c><00:49:13.619><c> to</c><00:49:13.800><c> seeds</c><00:49:14.039><c> is</c>

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of<00:49:14.400><c> many,</c><00:49:14.820><c> but</c><00:49:14.900><c> as</c><00:49:15.079><c> of</c><00:49:15.320><c> one,</c><00:49:16.059><c> and</c><00:49:16.239><c> to</c><00:49:16.460><c> thy</c><00:49:16.820><c> seed,</c>

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which<00:49:17.780><c> is</c><00:49:18.239><c> Christ.</c><00:49:19.760><c> Now</c><00:49:20.139><c> there's</c><00:49:20.320><c> a</c><00:49:20.519><c> difficulty</c><00:49:20.780><c> there,</c><00:49:21.159><c> brethren</c><00:49:21.280><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:49:21.719><c> and</c><00:49:22.199><c> people</c><00:49:22.480><c> get</c><00:49:22.699><c> around</c><00:49:22.960><c> that</c>

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difficulty.<00:49:23.380><c> And</c><00:49:23.420><c> they</c><00:49:23.559><c> say,</c><00:49:24.239><c> well,</c><00:49:24.579><c> you</c><00:49:24.699><c> know,</c><00:49:24.900><c> they</c><00:49:25.059><c> go</c><00:49:25.219><c> to</c>

00:49:25.380 --> 00:49:27.340
Genesis<00:49:25.679><c> 22</c><00:49:26.179><c> and</c><00:49:26.320><c> they</c><00:49:26.480><c> say,</c><00:49:26.679><c> now</c><00:49:26.800><c> look,</c><00:49:27.159><c> of</c><00:49:27.159><c> all,</c>

00:49:27.340 --> 00:49:30.659
when<00:49:27.500><c> you</c><00:49:27.639><c> get</c><00:49:27.699><c> all</c><00:49:27.900><c> the</c><00:49:28.099><c> promises,</c><00:49:28.460><c> there's</c><00:49:28.599><c> one</c><00:49:28.800><c> of</c><00:49:28.880><c> them</c><00:49:28.960><c> which</c><00:49:29.219><c> says,</c><00:49:30.559><c> he</c>

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shall<00:49:30.920><c> possess</c><00:49:31.239><c> the</c><00:49:31.500><c> gate</c><00:49:31.599><c> of</c><00:49:31.820><c> his</c>

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enemies.<00:49:32.340><c> And</c><00:49:32.500><c> that's</c><00:49:32.760><c> the</c><00:49:32.940><c> singular.</c><00:49:33.539><c> And</c><00:49:33.659><c> that's</c><00:49:33.940><c> the</c><00:49:34.139><c> promise</c><00:49:34.340><c> to</c>

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which<00:49:34.679><c> Paul's</c><00:49:35.079><c> referring</c><00:49:35.360><c> to.</c><00:49:36.059><c> But</c><00:49:36.179><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:49:36.719><c> sisters,</c><00:49:38.860><c> verse</c><00:49:39.079><c> 16</c><00:49:39.800><c> reads,</c><00:49:42.059><c> now</c><00:49:42.079><c> to</c><00:49:42.360><c> Abraham</c><00:49:42.880><c> and</c><00:49:43.039><c> his</c>

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seed<00:49:43.639><c> were</c><00:49:43.980><c> the</c><00:49:44.440><c> promises</c><00:49:45.179><c> plural,</c><00:49:47.000><c> plural</c><00:49:47.780><c> made.</c>

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And<00:49:49.659><c> it</c><00:49:49.820><c> is</c><00:49:50.099><c> plural.</c><00:49:51.840><c> He's</c><00:49:52.099><c> not</c><00:49:52.400><c> talking</c><00:49:52.780><c> about</c><00:49:53.139><c> the</c><00:49:53.420><c> one</c><00:49:53.659><c> promise.</c><00:49:54.420><c> He's</c>

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talking<00:49:54.940><c> about</c><00:49:55.420><c> the</c><00:49:55.940><c> promises,</c>

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all<00:49:56.860><c> of</c><00:49:56.960><c> them.</c><00:49:58.920><c> Nor</c><00:49:59.260><c> is</c><00:49:59.440><c> he</c><00:49:59.679><c> talking</c><00:50:00.139><c> literally</c><00:50:00.800><c> of</c><00:50:01.320><c> one</c><00:50:01.960><c> single</c><00:50:02.420><c> seed</c>

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in<00:50:04.039><c> that</c><00:50:04.460><c> sense.</c>

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What<00:50:07.579><c> he's</c><00:50:07.980><c> saying,</c><00:50:08.300><c> brethren</c><00:50:08.440><c> and</c><00:50:08.719><c> sisters,</c><00:50:08.940><c> and</c><00:50:09.139><c> I</c><00:50:09.340><c> believe</c>

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this<00:50:09.780><c> is</c><00:50:10.059><c> supported</c><00:50:10.260><c> by</c><00:50:10.519><c> the</c><00:50:10.619><c> rest</c><00:50:10.800><c> of</c><00:50:11.000><c> the</c>

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His<00:50:19.000><c> seed</c><00:50:19.300><c> were</c><00:50:19.900><c> the</c><00:50:20.260><c> promises</c><00:50:20.619><c> made.</c><00:50:22.360><c> He</c><00:50:22.539><c> is</c><00:50:22.780><c> not</c><00:50:23.099><c> talking</c><00:50:23.440><c> about</c><00:50:23.880><c> many</c><00:50:24.320><c> kinds</c><00:50:24.780><c> of</c><00:50:25.139><c> seeds,</c>

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but<00:50:27.639><c> one</c><00:50:28.099><c> kind</c><00:50:28.619><c> of</c><00:50:28.980><c> seed</c><00:50:29.420><c> which</c><00:50:30.760><c> characteristically</c><00:50:31.679><c> is</c><00:50:32.019><c> Christ.</c><00:50:33.960><c> That's</c><00:50:34.219><c> what</c>

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he's<00:50:34.539><c> saying,</c><00:50:34.960><c> brethren</c><00:50:35.079><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:50:36.380><c> And</c><00:50:36.559><c> you</c><00:50:36.659><c> look</c><00:50:36.780><c> at</c><00:50:36.880><c> the</c><00:50:37.059><c> sweep</c><00:50:37.179><c> of</c><00:50:37.340><c> his</c><00:50:37.500><c> argument.</c>

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So<00:50:39.059><c> when</c><00:50:39.280><c> God</c><00:50:39.480><c> was</c><00:50:39.679><c> speaking</c><00:50:39.900><c> to</c><00:50:40.159><c> Abraham,</c>

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he<00:50:41.019><c> says,</c><00:50:41.360><c> I</c><00:50:41.500><c> will</c><00:50:41.739><c> raise</c><00:50:42.019><c> up</c><00:50:42.380><c> your</c><00:50:42.820><c> seed,</c><00:50:43.380><c> his</c><00:50:43.699><c> seed,</c><00:50:44.260><c> Abraham's</c><00:50:44.820><c> seed,</c>

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not<00:50:45.199><c> anybody</c><00:50:45.619><c> else's.</c><00:50:46.719><c> It</c><00:50:46.940><c> wasn't</c>

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Pharaoh's<00:50:48.119><c> seed.</c><00:50:48.719><c> It</c><00:50:48.739><c> wasn't</c><00:50:49.039><c> Abimelech's</c><00:50:49.820><c> seed.</c><00:50:51.119><c> It</c><00:50:51.179><c> wasn't</c>

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Tira's<00:50:51.980><c> seed.</c><00:50:52.539><c> It</c><00:50:52.579><c> wasn't</c><00:50:52.960><c> anyone</c><00:50:53.440><c> else's</c><00:50:53.820><c> seed.</c>

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He's<00:50:54.780><c> talking</c><00:50:55.019><c> about</c><00:50:55.420><c> that</c><00:50:55.860><c> man's</c><00:50:56.599><c> seed,</c><00:50:57.460><c> one</c><00:50:58.139><c> kind</c><00:50:58.880><c> of</c><00:50:59.199><c> seed.</c>

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That's<00:51:01.079><c> what</c><00:51:01.300><c> Paul</c><00:51:01.539><c> is</c><00:51:01.780><c> saying.</c><00:51:03.159><c> And</c><00:51:03.280><c> if</c><00:51:03.400><c> we</c><00:51:03.539><c> want</c>

00:51:03.679 --> 00:51:07.739
to<00:51:03.800><c> know</c><00:51:03.900><c> what</c><00:51:04.119><c> that</c><00:51:04.340><c> one</c><00:51:04.679><c> kind</c><00:51:05.019><c> of</c><00:51:05.260><c> seed</c><00:51:05.420><c> is,</c><00:51:07.039><c> then</c><00:51:07.239><c> it's</c><00:51:07.500><c> seen</c>

00:51:07.739 --> 00:51:14.119
in<00:51:08.039><c> the</c><00:51:08.360><c> character</c><00:51:08.739><c> of</c><00:51:09.059><c> Jesus</c><00:51:09.440><c> Christ.</c><00:51:13.199><c> That's</c><00:51:13.840><c> the</c>

00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:18.239
seed<00:51:14.480><c> of</c><00:51:14.659><c> Abraham.</c><00:51:16.300><c> But</c><00:51:16.400><c> you</c><00:51:16.539><c> see,</c><00:51:16.920><c> brothers</c><00:51:17.000><c> and</c><00:51:17.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:20.500
you<00:51:18.559><c> cannot</c><00:51:19.139><c> separate</c><00:51:19.820><c> the</c><00:51:20.039><c> promises</c><00:51:20.300><c> of</c>

00:51:20.500 --> 00:51:24.460
Abraham<00:51:20.860><c> into</c><00:51:21.179><c> singular</c><00:51:21.519><c> and</c><00:51:21.860><c> plural.</c><00:51:23.559><c> And</c><00:51:23.659><c> so</c><00:51:23.880><c> Paul</c><00:51:24.119><c> argues</c>

00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:26.260
throughout<00:51:24.679><c> this</c><00:51:24.920><c> chapter.</c><00:51:25.780><c> Look</c><00:51:25.860><c> at</c><00:51:25.980><c> the</c><00:51:26.079><c> word</c>

00:51:26.260 --> 00:51:32.239
one.<00:51:28.159><c> He</c><00:51:28.340><c> says</c><00:51:28.579><c> one</c><00:51:29.019><c> kind</c><00:51:29.360><c> of</c><00:51:29.599><c> seed.</c><00:51:30.699><c> There's</c><00:51:30.880><c> one</c><00:51:31.199><c> God.</c><00:51:31.960><c> We're</c>

00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:35.019
all<00:51:32.619><c> one</c><00:51:32.880><c> in</c><00:51:33.159><c> Christ</c><00:51:33.440><c> Jesus.</c><00:51:34.059><c> We're</c><00:51:34.300><c> Abraham's</c><00:51:34.860><c> seed.</c>

00:51:35.300 --> 00:51:40.179
See<00:51:35.420><c> the</c><00:51:35.599><c> argument?</c><00:51:36.639><c> One</c><00:51:37.000><c> kind</c><00:51:37.300><c> of</c><00:51:37.539><c> seed.</c><00:51:38.980><c> One</c><00:51:39.300><c> Christ</c><00:51:39.760><c> who's</c>

00:51:40.179 --> 00:51:42.699
characteristically<00:51:40.719><c> that</c><00:51:41.019><c> seed.</c><00:51:41.820><c> One</c><00:51:42.199><c> God.</c>

00:51:42.699 --> 00:51:46.679
We're<00:51:43.320><c> all</c><00:51:43.699><c> one</c><00:51:43.940><c> in</c><00:51:44.199><c> Christ</c><00:51:44.480><c> Jesus.</c><00:51:45.260><c> We're</c><00:51:45.460><c> Abraham's</c><00:51:45.960><c> seed.</c>

00:51:48.599 --> 00:51:50.320
You<00:51:48.699><c> see</c><00:51:48.800><c> the</c><00:51:48.960><c> argument</c><00:51:49.179><c> that</c><00:51:49.300><c> he's</c><00:51:49.480><c> making.</c>

00:51:50.460 --> 00:51:53.880
So<00:51:50.619><c> it's</c><00:51:50.840><c> a</c><00:51:50.940><c> question,</c><00:51:51.360><c> brothers</c><00:51:51.480><c> and</c><00:51:51.659><c> sisters,</c><00:51:52.519><c> of</c><00:51:52.639><c> an</c><00:51:52.900><c> identification</c><00:51:53.559><c> with</c>

00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:55.400
he<00:51:54.300><c> who</c><00:51:54.679><c> preemptively</c><00:51:55.159><c> is</c>

00:51:55.400 --> 00:51:59.340
Abraham's<00:51:56.039><c> seed.</c><00:51:56.360><c> And</c><00:51:56.599><c> that's</c><00:51:56.860><c> the</c><00:51:57.079><c> one</c><00:51:57.559><c> kind</c><00:51:58.280><c> of</c><00:51:58.559><c> seed</c><00:51:58.780><c> that</c>

00:51:59.340 --> 00:52:01.059
God<00:51:59.579><c> said</c><00:51:59.780><c> he</c><00:51:59.860><c> would</c><00:52:00.039><c> produce</c><00:52:00.380><c> for</c><00:52:00.679><c> Abraham.</c>

00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:08.039
What<00:52:01.699><c> did</c><00:52:01.820><c> the</c><00:52:01.940><c> Lord</c><00:52:02.139><c> say</c><00:52:02.360><c> in</c><00:52:02.639><c> John</c><00:52:02.960><c> chapter</c><00:52:03.260><c> 8</c><00:52:03.579><c> to</c><00:52:03.840><c> his</c><00:52:04.039><c> detractors?</c><00:52:06.440><c> He</c><00:52:06.820><c> said,</c><00:52:07.739><c> if</c>

00:52:08.039 --> 00:52:10.300
ye<00:52:08.500><c> were</c><00:52:08.980><c> Abraham's</c><00:52:10.019><c> sons,</c>

00:52:10.300 --> 00:52:13.500
ye<00:52:10.820><c> would</c><00:52:11.159><c> do</c><00:52:11.500><c> the</c><00:52:11.699><c> works</c><00:52:12.019><c> of</c><00:52:12.340><c> Abraham.</c><00:52:12.880><c> What's</c><00:52:13.159><c> he</c><00:52:13.340><c> telling</c>

00:52:13.500 --> 00:52:16.280
them?<00:52:13.880><c> That</c><00:52:14.119><c> Abraham's</c><00:52:14.780><c> sons</c><00:52:14.860><c> are</c><00:52:15.420><c> characterized</c><00:52:15.960><c> by</c>

00:52:16.280 --> 00:52:19.900
Abraham's<00:52:17.000><c> character.</c><00:52:18.780><c> That's</c><00:52:19.039><c> what</c><00:52:19.179><c> he's</c><00:52:19.360><c> telling</c><00:52:19.579><c> them.</c>

00:52:20.239 --> 00:52:22.719
If<00:52:20.480><c> ye</c><00:52:20.800><c> were</c><00:52:21.059><c> the</c><00:52:21.300><c> sons</c><00:52:21.519><c> of</c><00:52:21.760><c> Abraham,</c><00:52:22.400><c> you</c><00:52:22.519><c> would</c>

00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:26.340
be<00:52:22.880><c> able</c><00:52:23.059><c> to</c><00:52:23.340><c> demonstrate</c><00:52:23.719><c> it</c><00:52:23.860><c> by</c><00:52:24.059><c> doing</c><00:52:24.320><c> what</c><00:52:24.619><c> Abraham</c><00:52:25.179><c> did.</c>

00:52:27.320 --> 00:52:30.119
And<00:52:27.559><c> that's</c><00:52:27.940><c> the</c><00:52:28.139><c> one</c><00:52:28.539><c> kind</c><00:52:28.980><c> of</c><00:52:29.340><c> seed</c><00:52:29.440><c> which</c><00:52:29.920><c> the</c>

00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:33.400
apostle<00:52:30.440><c> is</c><00:52:30.619><c> referring</c><00:52:31.039><c> to</c><00:52:31.300><c> here,</c><00:52:31.780><c> which</c><00:52:32.139><c> preeminently</c><00:52:33.039><c> is</c>

00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:36.280
seen<00:52:33.639><c> manifest</c><00:52:34.139><c> in</c><00:52:34.400><c> Jesus</c><00:52:34.840><c> Christ</c><00:52:35.280><c> our</c><00:52:35.539><c> Lord.</c><00:52:36.119><c> When</c>

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we<00:52:36.599><c> become</c><00:52:36.760><c> identified</c><00:52:37.360><c> with</c><00:52:37.559><c> him</c><00:52:37.739><c> in</c><00:52:37.860><c> baptism,</c><00:52:38.400><c> brothers</c><00:52:38.500><c> and</c><00:52:38.739><c> sisters,</c><00:52:39.239><c> we</c>

00:52:39.380 --> 00:52:41.199
are<00:52:39.619><c> of</c><00:52:39.760><c> the</c><00:52:39.960><c> one</c><00:52:40.320><c> seed</c><00:52:40.579><c> of</c><00:52:40.820><c> Abraham.</c>

00:52:41.440 --> 00:52:45.820
That's<00:52:41.820><c> the</c><00:52:42.019><c> point</c><00:52:42.179><c> that</c><00:52:42.360><c> he</c><00:52:42.400><c> is</c><00:52:42.639><c> making.</c><00:52:43.199><c> We</c><00:52:43.320><c> must</c><00:52:43.599><c> never</c><00:52:43.940><c> forget</c><00:52:44.300><c> that</c><00:52:44.559><c> because</c><00:52:45.019><c> he's</c><00:52:45.280><c> trying</c><00:52:45.579><c> to</c>

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tell<00:52:45.900><c> us</c><00:52:46.119><c> that</c>

00:52:46.239 --> 00:52:49.880
as<00:52:46.320><c> he</c><00:52:46.619><c> moves</c><00:52:46.900><c> down</c><00:52:47.179><c> through</c><00:52:47.400><c> this</c><00:52:47.559><c> chapter.</c><00:52:48.420><c> Jew</c><00:52:48.519><c> and</c><00:52:48.760><c> Gentile,</c><00:52:49.500><c> you've</c>

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got<00:52:49.940><c> a</c><00:52:50.139><c> double</c><00:52:50.460><c> curse.</c><00:52:50.840><c> You</c><00:52:51.179><c> have</c><00:52:51.400><c> a</c>

00:52:51.619 --> 00:52:55.300
curse<00:52:51.760><c> which</c><00:52:51.980><c> you</c><00:52:52.280><c> share</c><00:52:52.460><c> with</c><00:52:52.719><c> them.</c><00:52:53.320><c> A</c><00:52:53.539><c> man</c><00:52:53.739><c> is</c><00:52:54.099><c> crucified</c><00:52:54.639><c> as</c><00:52:55.039><c> a</c>

00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:57.059
curse<00:52:55.460><c> under</c><00:52:55.639><c> the</c><00:52:55.780><c> Lord</c><00:52:55.880><c> to</c><00:52:56.059><c> take</c><00:52:56.199><c> away</c><00:52:56.380><c> that</c><00:52:56.679><c> curse.</c>

00:52:57.420 --> 00:52:59.960
He<00:52:57.659><c> demonstrates</c><00:52:58.280><c> the</c><00:52:58.579><c> curse</c><00:52:58.820><c> of</c><00:52:59.000><c> mortality.</c><00:52:59.380><c> He</c><00:52:59.460><c> takes</c><00:52:59.679><c> away</c>

00:52:59.960 --> 00:53:02.119
both<00:53:00.420><c> those</c><00:53:00.760><c> curses.</c><00:53:01.159><c> But</c><00:53:01.239><c> Jew</c><00:53:01.400><c> and</c><00:53:01.619><c> Gentile,</c>

00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:05.840
you<00:53:02.360><c> come</c><00:53:02.699><c> together</c><00:53:03.079><c> in</c><00:53:03.480><c> oneness.</c><00:53:04.139><c> Now</c><00:53:04.519><c> the</c><00:53:04.760><c> promises</c><00:53:05.039><c> to</c><00:53:05.280><c> Abraham</c><00:53:05.559><c> can</c>

00:53:05.840 --> 00:53:07.420
really<00:53:06.199><c> have</c><00:53:06.420><c> effect</c><00:53:06.659><c> because</c><00:53:06.960><c> God</c><00:53:07.179><c> is</c>

00:53:07.420 --> 00:53:12.119
talking<00:53:07.579><c> about</c><00:53:07.860><c> one</c><00:53:08.159><c> kind</c><00:53:08.539><c> of</c><00:53:08.860><c> seed.</c><00:53:11.460><c> And</c><00:53:11.579><c> when</c><00:53:11.679><c> that</c><00:53:11.840><c> comes</c>

00:53:12.119 --> 00:53:14.639
together<00:53:12.460><c> like</c><00:53:12.780><c> that,</c><00:53:13.699><c> we're</c><00:53:13.940><c> all</c><00:53:14.260><c> the</c><00:53:14.440><c> children</c>

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:18.599
of<00:53:14.780><c> God</c><00:53:15.000><c> by</c><00:53:15.300><c> faith.</c><00:53:15.840><c> And</c><00:53:15.960><c> if</c><00:53:16.219><c> such,</c><00:53:16.800><c> we</c><00:53:16.820><c> are</c><00:53:17.079><c> the</c><00:53:17.260><c> seed</c><00:53:17.380><c> of</c><00:53:17.619><c> Abraham.</c><00:53:18.340><c> It's</c>

00:53:18.599 --> 00:53:19.800
a<00:53:18.659><c> question</c><00:53:18.920><c> of</c><00:53:19.099><c> the</c><00:53:19.300><c> unity</c><00:53:19.500><c> of</c><00:53:19.659><c> the</c>

00:53:19.800 --> 00:53:24.079
Gospel,<00:53:20.340><c> brothers</c><00:53:20.340><c> and</c><00:53:20.519><c> sisters,</c><00:53:21.119><c> of</c><00:53:21.320><c> bringing</c><00:53:21.519><c> those</c><00:53:21.840><c> factors</c><00:53:22.159><c> together.</c><00:53:23.860><c> Now</c>

00:53:24.079 --> 00:53:25.360
Paul<00:53:24.219><c> makes</c><00:53:24.500><c> this</c><00:53:24.820><c> point,</c>

00:53:25.360 --> 00:53:29.460
talking<00:53:26.179><c> about</c><00:53:26.440><c> the</c><00:53:26.599><c> unity</c><00:53:26.800><c> of</c><00:53:26.960><c> the</c><00:53:27.059><c> Gospel,</c><00:53:27.900><c> verses</c><00:53:28.139><c> 17</c><00:53:28.519><c> to</c><00:53:28.679><c> 18.</c>

00:53:31.019 --> 00:53:33.199
Now<00:53:31.199><c> he</c><00:53:31.360><c> says,</c><00:53:31.380><c> you're</c><00:53:31.519><c> talking</c><00:53:31.739><c> about</c><00:53:32.019><c> law</c><00:53:32.300><c> and</c><00:53:32.539><c> faith.</c><00:53:32.980><c> Well,</c><00:53:33.119><c> he</c>

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says,<00:53:33.900><c> the</c><00:53:33.980><c> covenant</c><00:53:34.300><c> which</c><00:53:34.500><c> was</c><00:53:34.820><c> confirmed</c>

00:53:35.300 --> 00:53:38.599
before<00:53:35.820><c> of</c><00:53:36.079><c> God,</c><00:53:36.659><c> and</c><00:53:36.780><c> by</c><00:53:37.000><c> the</c><00:53:37.119><c> way,</c><00:53:37.400><c> the</c><00:53:37.500><c> words</c><00:53:37.800><c> in</c><00:53:38.199><c> Christ,</c>

00:53:38.760 --> 00:53:42.760
brothers<00:53:38.840><c> and</c><00:53:39.079><c> sisters,</c><00:53:41.059><c> the</c><00:53:41.199><c> students</c><00:53:41.519><c> of</c>

00:53:42.880 --> 00:53:45.159
the<00:53:43.260><c> original</c><00:53:43.559><c> text</c><00:53:43.840><c> tell</c><00:53:44.039><c> us</c><00:53:44.239><c> that</c><00:53:44.360><c> it's</c><00:53:44.659><c> doubtful</c><00:53:45.019><c> whether</c>

00:53:45.159 --> 00:53:48.179
those<00:53:45.400><c> words</c><00:53:45.659><c> are</c><00:53:45.900><c> there.</c><00:53:46.659><c> So</c><00:53:46.840><c> the</c><00:53:47.739><c> covenant</c>

00:53:48.179 --> 00:53:54.519
was<00:53:48.559><c> confirmed</c><00:53:49.099><c> before</c><00:53:49.519><c> of</c><00:53:49.760><c> God,</c><00:53:50.219><c> the</c><00:53:50.380><c> law</c><00:53:50.659><c> which</c><00:53:50.860><c> was</c><00:53:51.300><c> 430</c><00:53:52.059><c> years</c><00:53:52.420><c> after,</c><00:53:53.400><c> cannot</c><00:53:53.679><c> disannul</c><00:53:54.239><c> that</c><00:53:54.380><c> it</c>

00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:54.940
should<00:53:54.639><c> make</c>

00:53:54.940 --> 00:53:59.480
promise<00:53:55.400><c> of</c><00:53:55.619><c> no</c><00:53:55.900><c> effect.</c><00:53:57.320><c> For</c><00:53:57.659><c> if</c><00:53:57.960><c> the</c><00:53:58.219><c> inheritance</c><00:53:58.539><c> be</c><00:53:58.739><c> of</c><00:53:58.880><c> the</c><00:53:59.059><c> law,</c><00:53:59.420><c> it</c>

00:53:59.480 --> 00:54:02.000
is<00:53:59.739><c> no</c><00:53:59.960><c> more</c><00:54:00.119><c> of</c><00:54:00.400><c> promise.</c><00:54:01.219><c> But</c><00:54:01.420><c> God</c><00:54:01.699><c> gave</c>

00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:04.619
it<00:54:02.179><c> to</c><00:54:02.320><c> Abraham</c><00:54:02.659><c> by</c><00:54:03.019><c> promise.</c><00:54:03.840><c> Now</c><00:54:03.960><c> what</c><00:54:04.079><c> he's</c><00:54:04.360><c> saying,</c><00:54:04.420><c> but</c>

00:54:04.619 --> 00:54:07.599
he<00:54:04.900><c> acts</c><00:54:05.280><c> in</c><00:54:05.599><c> the</c><00:54:05.820><c> sense</c><00:54:06.139><c> that</c><00:54:06.340><c> he</c><00:54:06.539><c> is</c><00:54:06.760><c> one.</c>

00:54:09.179 --> 00:54:11.980
Now<00:54:09.380><c> try</c><00:54:09.559><c> and</c><00:54:09.780><c> understand</c><00:54:10.119><c> that.</c><00:54:10.739><c> He's</c><00:54:11.000><c> not</c><00:54:11.179><c> merely</c><00:54:11.699><c> saying</c>

00:54:11.980 --> 00:54:14.219
that<00:54:12.199><c> God</c><00:54:12.360><c> is</c><00:54:12.599><c> just</c><00:54:12.840><c> simply</c><00:54:13.059><c> that</c><00:54:13.239><c> there's</c><00:54:13.340><c> only</c><00:54:13.579><c> one</c><00:54:13.900><c> God.</c>

00:54:14.639 --> 00:54:17.679
What<00:54:14.820><c> he's</c><00:54:15.079><c> saying</c><00:54:15.159><c> that</c><00:54:15.340><c> that</c><00:54:15.659><c> one</c><00:54:15.900><c> God</c><00:54:16.239><c> acts</c><00:54:16.699><c> in</c><00:54:16.880><c> a</c><00:54:17.280><c> singular</c>

00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:21.760
fashion.<00:54:20.000><c> He</c><00:54:20.239><c> can't</c><00:54:20.440><c> do</c><00:54:20.539><c> anything</c><00:54:20.739><c> else.</c>

00:54:21.900 --> 00:54:26.119
He<00:54:22.460><c> cannot</c><00:54:22.719><c> accuse</c><00:54:23.119><c> God</c><00:54:23.360><c> of</c><00:54:23.539><c> duplicity.</c><00:54:25.340><c> And</c><00:54:25.460><c> so</c><00:54:25.639><c> because</c><00:54:25.960><c> he</c>

00:54:26.119 --> 00:54:27.980
acts<00:54:26.300><c> in</c><00:54:26.460><c> a</c><00:54:26.619><c> singular</c><00:54:26.900><c> fashion,</c><00:54:27.400><c> this</c><00:54:27.559><c> is</c><00:54:27.679><c> what</c><00:54:27.820><c> the</c>

00:54:27.980 --> 00:54:33.199
apostle<00:54:28.239><c> is</c><00:54:28.500><c> saying.</c><00:54:29.380><c> Assuming</c><00:54:29.739><c> that</c><00:54:29.960><c> that</c><00:54:30.260><c> desk</c><00:54:30.440><c> is</c><00:54:30.719><c> 430</c><00:54:31.440><c> years</c><00:54:31.780><c> long,</c><00:54:32.800><c> which</c><00:54:33.019><c> it</c>

00:54:33.199 --> 00:54:36.340
isn't,<00:54:34.619><c> but</c><00:54:34.800><c> it's</c><00:54:35.119><c> 430</c><00:54:35.980><c> years</c>

00:54:36.340 --> 00:54:40.179
long.<00:54:36.539><c> That's</c><00:54:36.820><c> the</c><00:54:36.960><c> distance</c><00:54:37.340><c> between</c><00:54:37.659><c> the</c><00:54:37.920><c> law</c><00:54:38.199><c> and</c><00:54:38.639><c> the</c><00:54:38.900><c> promise.</c><00:54:39.880><c> So</c>

00:54:40.179 --> 00:54:42.639
here<00:54:40.500><c> on</c><00:54:40.760><c> this</c><00:54:41.019><c> side</c><00:54:41.139><c> of</c><00:54:41.260><c> the</c><00:54:41.460><c> 430</c><00:54:42.159><c> years,</c>

00:54:42.980 --> 00:54:47.619
God<00:54:43.119><c> says,</c><00:54:43.500><c> the</c><00:54:43.699><c> one</c><00:54:44.019><c> God</c><00:54:44.400><c> says,</c><00:54:45.039><c> I</c><00:54:45.179><c> act</c><00:54:45.460><c> singularly.</c><00:54:46.880><c> This</c><00:54:47.260><c> is</c>

00:54:47.619 --> 00:54:51.219
my<00:54:47.880><c> method</c><00:54:48.219><c> of</c><00:54:48.420><c> eternal</c><00:54:48.820><c> life,</c><00:54:49.780><c> faith</c><00:54:49.960><c> in</c><00:54:50.139><c> the</c><00:54:50.340><c> promise.</c>

00:54:51.599 --> 00:54:56.559
430<00:54:52.039><c> years</c><00:54:52.300><c> go</c><00:54:52.559><c> along</c><00:54:52.780><c> and</c><00:54:52.900><c> he</c><00:54:52.980><c> gives</c><00:54:53.219><c> a</c><00:54:53.579><c> law.</c><00:54:55.940><c> Now</c><00:54:56.139><c> Paul</c><00:54:56.320><c> has</c>

00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:59.219
already<00:54:56.920><c> told</c><00:54:57.179><c> us</c><00:54:57.659><c> that</c><00:54:58.059><c> the</c><00:54:58.239><c> law</c><00:54:58.440><c> is</c><00:54:58.599><c> not</c><00:54:58.800><c> of</c><00:54:59.039><c> faith</c>

00:54:59.219 --> 00:55:02.019
and<00:54:59.420><c> the</c><00:54:59.599><c> faith</c><00:54:59.760><c> is</c><00:54:59.960><c> not</c><00:55:00.119><c> of</c><00:55:00.280><c> law.</c><00:55:00.539><c> They're</c><00:55:00.539><c> different.</c><00:55:01.820><c> Now</c>

00:55:02.019 --> 00:55:05.179
have<00:55:02.139><c> we</c><00:55:02.280><c> got</c><00:55:02.500><c> one</c><00:55:02.780><c> God</c><00:55:03.360><c> telling</c><00:55:04.139><c> us</c><00:55:04.320><c> there's</c><00:55:04.519><c> two</c><00:55:04.820><c> ways</c>

00:55:05.179 --> 00:55:10.679
to<00:55:05.420><c> eternal</c><00:55:05.719><c> life?</c><00:55:08.860><c> Is</c><00:55:08.880><c> that</c><00:55:08.940><c> what</c><00:55:09.000><c> he's</c><00:55:09.199><c> doing?</c><00:55:10.280><c> He's</c><00:55:10.519><c> saying</c>

00:55:10.679 --> 00:55:13.219
that<00:55:11.059><c> 430</c><00:55:11.719><c> years</c><00:55:12.079><c> before</c><00:55:12.380><c> the</c><00:55:12.539><c> law</c><00:55:12.659><c> to</c><00:55:12.800><c> Abraham,</c>

00:55:13.539 --> 00:55:16.980
you<00:55:13.639><c> go</c><00:55:13.820><c> to</c><00:55:13.960><c> the</c><00:55:14.079><c> eternal</c><00:55:14.380><c> life</c><00:55:14.619><c> by</c><00:55:14.900><c> faith.</c><00:55:16.039><c> 430</c><00:55:16.480><c> years</c><00:55:16.699><c> later,</c>

00:55:16.980 --> 00:55:18.760
he<00:55:17.099><c> says</c><00:55:17.300><c> to</c><00:55:17.500><c> the</c><00:55:17.659><c> Jews,</c><00:55:18.039><c> here's</c><00:55:18.280><c> the</c><00:55:18.400><c> law</c><00:55:18.539><c> of</c>

00:55:18.760 --> 00:55:21.079
Moses,<00:55:19.019><c> you</c><00:55:19.260><c> obey</c><00:55:19.619><c> that</c><00:55:19.920><c> and</c><00:55:20.079><c> you'll</c><00:55:20.280><c> get</c><00:55:20.420><c> the</c><00:55:20.500><c> eternal</c><00:55:20.760><c> life.</c>

00:55:21.380 --> 00:55:23.019
Have<00:55:21.519><c> we</c><00:55:21.659><c> got</c><00:55:21.820><c> one</c><00:55:22.039><c> God</c><00:55:22.239><c> telling</c><00:55:22.519><c> us</c><00:55:22.719><c> that</c><00:55:22.840><c> there's</c>

00:55:23.019 --> 00:55:30.280
two<00:55:23.260><c> ways</c><00:55:23.579><c> to</c><00:55:23.780><c> eternal</c><00:55:24.119><c> life</c><00:55:24.320><c> and</c><00:55:24.460><c> they</c><00:55:24.639><c> are</c><00:55:24.860><c> different?</c><00:55:27.780><c> That's</c><00:55:28.099><c> Paul's</c><00:55:28.480><c> point.</c><00:55:30.219><c> For</c>

00:55:30.280 --> 00:55:31.500
if<00:55:30.480><c> the</c><00:55:30.760><c> inheritance</c><00:55:31.179><c> be</c>

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of<00:55:31.739><c> law,</c><00:55:32.019><c> it</c><00:55:32.099><c> is</c><00:55:32.360><c> not</c><00:55:32.539><c> of</c><00:55:32.699><c> promise.</c><00:55:33.300><c> Why?</c><00:55:33.900><c> Law</c><00:55:34.159><c> says</c><00:55:34.559><c> you</c><00:55:35.139><c> do</c>

00:55:35.500 --> 00:55:38.500
this<00:55:35.800><c> and</c><00:55:36.000><c> I'll</c><00:55:36.159><c> give</c><00:55:36.320><c> you</c><00:55:36.440><c> that</c><00:55:36.619><c> land.</c><00:55:37.900><c> Promise</c><00:55:38.179><c> says</c>

00:55:38.500 --> 00:55:44.659
I'll<00:55:38.900><c> give</c><00:55:39.039><c> you</c><00:55:39.119><c> that</c><00:55:39.320><c> land.</c><00:55:42.739><c> Two</c><00:55:42.960><c> different</c><00:55:43.219><c> things</c><00:55:43.440><c> entirely,</c><00:55:44.360><c> brothers</c><00:55:44.500><c> and</c>

00:55:44.659 --> 00:55:46.780
sisters.<00:55:46.119><c> This</c><00:55:46.400><c> statement</c>

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here<00:55:47.000><c> would</c><00:55:47.239><c> induce</c><00:55:48.000><c> human</c><00:55:48.619><c> endeavour</c><00:55:49.940><c> and</c><00:55:50.420><c> would</c><00:55:50.840><c> be</c><00:55:51.400><c> calculated</c><00:55:51.940><c> to</c>

00:55:52.480 --> 00:55:55.159
produce<00:55:52.800><c> human</c><00:55:53.179><c> pride.</c><00:55:54.639><c> This</c><00:55:54.820><c> statement</c>

00:55:55.159 --> 00:55:57.840
of<00:55:55.340><c> the</c><00:55:55.539><c> promise</c><00:55:55.760><c> of</c><00:55:55.960><c> God</c><00:55:56.199><c> would</c><00:55:56.440><c> produce,</c><00:55:57.000><c> brothers</c><00:55:57.159><c> and</c><00:55:57.340><c> sisters,</c><00:55:57.719><c> a</c>

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tremendous<00:55:58.280><c> gratitude</c><00:55:59.059><c> because</c><00:56:00.199><c> God</c><00:56:00.440><c> is</c>

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going<00:56:00.719><c> to</c><00:56:00.880><c> do</c><00:56:01.039><c> something</c><00:56:01.380><c> that</c><00:56:01.559><c> doesn't</c><00:56:01.860><c> depend</c><00:56:02.139><c> upon</c><00:56:02.380><c> us</c><00:56:03.000><c> and</c>

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because<00:56:03.739><c> we</c><00:56:03.960><c> have</c><00:56:04.239><c> promised</c><00:56:04.519><c> that,</c><00:56:04.980><c> we</c><00:56:05.159><c> act</c><00:56:05.400><c> in</c><00:56:05.579><c> a</c>

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manner<00:56:05.739><c> towards</c><00:56:06.099><c> God</c><00:56:06.440><c> to</c><00:56:06.780><c> demonstrate</c><00:56:07.320><c> our</c><00:56:07.579><c> gratitude.</c><00:56:08.340><c> There</c><00:56:08.360><c> are</c>

00:56:08.599 --> 00:56:10.980
two<00:56:09.219><c> different</c><00:56:09.780><c> ways</c><00:56:10.179><c> to</c><00:56:10.400><c> that</c><00:56:10.579><c> kingdom.</c>

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God<00:56:11.639><c> is</c><00:56:11.960><c> one.</c><00:56:13.579><c> That's</c><00:56:14.199><c> Paul's</c><00:56:14.599><c> point.</c><00:56:15.800><c> So</c><00:56:15.900><c> if</c><00:56:16.199><c> before</c><00:56:16.539><c> the</c><00:56:16.679><c> law</c>

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of<00:56:16.980><c> Moses,</c><00:56:17.559><c> the</c><00:56:17.659><c> singular</c><00:56:18.079><c> God</c><00:56:18.539><c> had</c><00:56:19.000><c> made</c><00:56:19.239><c> a</c><00:56:19.460><c> singular</c>

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promise<00:56:20.260><c> and</c><00:56:20.579><c> that</c><00:56:20.699><c> this</c><00:56:20.880><c> is</c><00:56:21.079><c> the</c><00:56:21.199><c> way</c><00:56:21.300><c> to</c><00:56:21.460><c> the</c><00:56:21.619><c> kingdom,</c><00:56:22.519><c> Paul's</c><00:56:23.039><c> point</c><00:56:23.199><c> is</c>

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this,<00:56:23.960><c> that</c><00:56:24.079><c> when</c><00:56:24.280><c> law</c><00:56:24.480><c> came</c><00:56:24.800><c> along,</c>

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it<00:56:25.380><c> can't</c><00:56:26.159><c> alter</c><00:56:26.579><c> that</c><00:56:27.039><c> promise</c><00:56:27.380><c> one</c><00:56:27.860><c> way</c><00:56:28.159><c> or</c><00:56:28.440><c> the</c><00:56:28.719><c> other.</c><00:56:29.900><c> It</c>

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stands.<00:56:32.860><c> Now</c><00:56:33.139><c> he</c><00:56:33.420><c> tries</c><00:56:33.820><c> to</c>

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illustrate<00:56:35.969><c> that</c><00:56:36.190><c> another</c><00:56:36.409><c> way.</c><00:56:38.349><c> He</c><00:56:38.369><c> says</c><00:56:38.550><c> now</c><00:56:39.429><c> in</c><00:56:39.889><c> verse</c><00:56:40.789><c> 19,</c>

00:56:42.570 --> 00:56:44.110
the<00:56:42.650><c> question</c><00:56:42.949><c> would</c><00:56:43.130><c> come</c><00:56:43.349><c> up,</c><00:56:43.570><c> well</c><00:56:43.630><c> look,</c><00:56:43.949><c> Paul,</c>

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if<00:56:44.409><c> God</c><00:56:44.630><c> made</c><00:56:44.869><c> a</c><00:56:45.070><c> promise</c><00:56:45.190><c> to</c><00:56:45.409><c> Abraham</c><00:56:45.789><c> here</c><00:56:45.989><c> and</c><00:56:46.090><c> he</c><00:56:46.190><c> said</c><00:56:46.269><c> that's</c><00:56:46.570><c> the</c>

00:56:46.650 --> 00:56:48.449
way<00:56:46.730><c> to</c><00:56:46.849><c> the</c><00:56:47.010><c> kingdom</c><00:56:47.309><c> and</c><00:56:47.789><c> he</c><00:56:47.949><c> gave</c><00:56:48.050><c> the</c><00:56:48.269><c> law</c>

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there<00:56:48.869><c> and</c><00:56:49.110><c> said</c><00:56:49.349><c> and</c><00:56:49.570><c> that</c><00:56:49.750><c> can't</c><00:56:50.050><c> be</c><00:56:50.170><c> the</c><00:56:50.269><c> way</c><00:56:50.329><c> to</c><00:56:50.469><c> the</c><00:56:50.630><c> kingdom,</c><00:56:52.530><c> well</c>

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why<00:56:52.849><c> did</c><00:56:52.929><c> he</c><00:56:53.030><c> give</c><00:56:53.170><c> the</c><00:56:53.349><c> law?</c><00:56:54.429><c> That's</c><00:56:54.869><c> a</c>

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sensible<00:56:55.449><c> question.</c><00:56:56.550><c> Why</c><00:56:56.889><c> give</c><00:56:57.130><c> it</c><00:56:57.309><c> at</c><00:56:57.489><c> all?</c><00:56:58.849><c> Well</c><00:56:59.110><c> he</c><00:56:59.289><c> points</c>

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out<00:56:59.750><c> in</c><00:56:59.869><c> verse</c><00:57:00.110><c> 19,</c><00:57:01.989><c> wherefore</c><00:57:02.329><c> then</c><00:57:02.590><c> serveth</c>

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the<00:57:03.030><c> law?</c><00:57:03.210><c> What's</c><00:57:03.550><c> the</c><00:57:03.590><c> point</c><00:57:03.809><c> of</c><00:57:03.949><c> it?</c><00:57:04.389><c> Well</c><00:57:04.530><c> he</c><00:57:04.610><c> said</c><00:57:04.750><c> it</c><00:57:04.829><c> was</c>

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added.<00:57:06.989><c> It</c><00:57:07.070><c> was</c><00:57:07.289><c> added</c><00:57:07.530><c> because</c><00:57:08.050><c> of</c><00:57:08.510><c> the</c><00:57:08.929><c> transgressions</c>

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till<00:57:11.269><c> the</c><00:57:11.550><c> seed</c><00:57:11.730><c> should</c><00:57:11.969><c> come</c><00:57:12.230><c> to</c><00:57:12.409><c> whom</c><00:57:12.570><c> the</c><00:57:12.829><c> promise</c><00:57:13.030><c> was</c><00:57:13.329><c> made.</c><00:57:13.969><c> Now</c>

00:57:14.230 --> 00:57:15.949
why<00:57:14.530><c> do</c><00:57:14.630><c> we</c><00:57:14.769><c> say</c><00:57:14.989><c> the</c><00:57:15.289><c> transgressions?</c>

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Because<00:57:16.409><c> you</c><00:57:16.630><c> see,</c><00:57:16.889><c> when</c><00:57:17.030><c> the</c><00:57:17.230><c> law</c><00:57:17.329><c> was</c><00:57:17.530><c> given,</c><00:57:17.929><c> brethren</c><00:57:18.090><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:57:18.590><c> it</c><00:57:18.869><c> highlighted</c><00:57:19.389><c> its</c><00:57:19.710><c> own</c><00:57:19.989><c> weaknesses,</c>

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inasmuch<00:57:21.289><c> it</c><00:57:21.429><c> had</c><00:57:21.670><c> highlighted</c><00:57:22.130><c> their</c><00:57:22.590><c> weaknesses.</c><00:57:23.570><c> When</c>

00:57:23.789 --> 00:57:26.829
the<00:57:23.989><c> law</c><00:57:24.130><c> said</c><00:57:24.329><c> thou</c><00:57:24.530><c> shalt</c><00:57:24.789><c> not</c><00:57:25.070><c> covet,</c><00:57:25.550><c> Paul</c><00:57:25.570><c> said</c><00:57:25.789><c> oh,</c>

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he's<00:57:28.170><c> aware</c><00:57:28.570><c> that</c><00:57:28.730><c> he's</c><00:57:28.929><c> got</c><00:57:29.030><c> the</c><00:57:29.170><c> weakness</c><00:57:29.489><c> of</c><00:57:29.829><c> covetousness.</c><00:57:30.909><c> I</c><00:57:31.190><c> wouldn't</c>

00:57:31.429 --> 00:57:32.170
have<00:57:31.690><c> known</c><00:57:31.969><c> that,</c>

00:57:32.170 --> 00:57:37.809
he<00:57:32.349><c> said,</c><00:57:32.530><c> if</c><00:57:32.550><c> the</c><00:57:32.710><c> law</c><00:57:32.829><c> hadn't</c><00:57:33.190><c> said</c><00:57:33.369><c> it.</c><00:57:35.809><c> But</c><00:57:35.969><c> the</c><00:57:36.150><c> law</c><00:57:36.369><c> highlighted</c><00:57:36.869><c> that.</c>

00:57:38.449 --> 00:57:39.210
Now<00:57:38.570><c> here's</c><00:57:38.849><c> the</c><00:57:39.030><c> point,</c>

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now<00:57:39.369><c> you</c><00:57:39.489><c> listen</c><00:57:39.670><c> to</c><00:57:39.769><c> this</c><00:57:39.869><c> carefully</c><00:57:40.210><c> because</c><00:57:40.550><c> this</c><00:57:40.769><c> is</c><00:57:40.849><c> what</c>

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the<00:57:41.150><c> apostles</c><00:57:41.409><c> saying.</c>