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seeking<00:12:03.899><c> to</c><00:12:04.399><c> up</c><00:12:04.820><c>-build</c>

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in<00:12:06.100><c> the</c><00:12:06.299><c> things</c><00:12:06.559><c> that</c><00:12:06.860><c> derive</c><00:12:07.259><c> from</c><00:12:07.539><c> the</c><00:12:07.720><c> word</c><00:12:07.879><c> of</c><00:12:08.159><c> God,</c><00:12:09.120><c> so</c>

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Just<00:12:17.360><c> think</c><00:12:17.539><c> how</c><00:12:17.820><c> fundamental</c><00:12:18.500><c> our</c><00:12:18.899><c> example</c><00:12:19.440><c> is</c><00:12:20.259><c> in</c><00:12:20.679><c> this</c><00:12:21.159><c> regard,</c><00:12:22.039><c> both</c><00:12:22.299><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:22.700><c> home</c><00:12:23.120><c> and</c><00:12:23.460><c> in</c><00:12:23.620><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:12:24.299><c> and</c><00:12:24.600><c> wherever</c><00:12:24.919><c> we</c><00:12:25.179><c> are.</c>

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Because<00:12:26.419><c> children</c><00:12:26.779><c> will</c><00:12:27.120><c> notice,</c><00:12:28.200><c> they</c><00:12:28.559><c> see</c><00:12:29.159><c> and</c><00:12:29.820><c> they</c><00:12:30.179><c> remember</c><00:12:30.440><c> what</c>

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we<00:12:30.899><c> are</c><00:12:31.159><c> like,</c><00:12:32.960><c> perhaps</c><00:12:33.240><c> more</c>

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than<00:12:34.200><c> they</c><00:12:34.460><c> remember</c><00:12:35.220><c> what</c><00:12:35.679><c> we</c><00:12:36.019><c> say.</c>

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So<00:12:37.940><c> the</c><00:12:38.179><c> way</c><00:12:38.539><c> we</c><00:12:38.820><c> allow</c><00:12:39.320><c> that</c><00:12:39.740><c> word</c><00:12:40.019><c> of</c><00:12:40.259><c> God</c><00:12:40.419><c> to</c><00:12:40.679><c> influence</c><00:12:41.259><c> and</c>

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transform<00:12:42.580><c> us,</c><00:12:42.919><c> be</c><00:12:43.159><c> renewed</c><00:12:43.759><c> by</c><00:12:44.139><c> the</c><00:12:45.059><c> transforming</c>

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of<00:12:45.960><c> your</c><00:12:46.179><c> minds,</c><00:12:46.539><c> the</c><00:12:46.659><c> Apostle</c><00:12:47.000><c> Paul</c><00:12:47.200><c> says,</c><00:12:48.259><c> the</c><00:12:48.460><c> more</c><00:12:49.100><c> we</c><00:12:49.440><c> shall</c><00:12:49.700><c> try</c>

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to<00:12:50.340><c> develop</c><00:12:50.620><c> those</c><00:12:51.179><c> characteristics</c>

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and<00:12:52.220><c> attitudes</c><00:12:52.720><c> and</c><00:12:53.019><c> qualities</c><00:12:53.580><c> which</c><00:12:54.320><c> our</c><00:12:54.620><c> children</c><00:12:55.179><c> in</c><00:12:56.100><c> our</c>

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ecclesias,<00:12:57.200><c> in</c><00:12:57.419><c> our</c><00:12:57.639><c> homes,</c><00:12:58.500><c> will</c><00:12:58.639><c> go</c><00:12:58.899><c> up</c>

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to<00:12:59.580><c> emulate.</c>

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And<00:13:01.019><c> so</c><00:13:01.200><c> I</c><00:13:01.440><c> believe</c><00:13:01.899><c> that</c><00:13:02.440><c> the</c><00:13:02.659><c> role</c><00:13:02.960><c> that</c><00:13:03.200><c> Joseph</c><00:13:03.600><c> and</c><00:13:03.840><c> Mary</c>

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played<00:13:04.860><c> in</c><00:13:05.580><c> the</c><00:13:06.299><c> early</c><00:13:06.620><c> development</c><00:13:07.139><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:07.480><c> Lord</c><00:13:07.659><c> Jesus</c><00:13:08.039><c> Christ</c><00:13:08.620><c> was</c><00:13:09.500><c> a</c><00:13:10.139><c> critical</c><00:13:10.500><c> one.</c>

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And<00:13:13.139><c> as</c><00:13:13.299><c> he</c><00:13:13.399><c> grew</c><00:13:13.580><c> up,</c><00:13:13.980><c> the</c><00:13:14.200><c> Lord,</c><00:13:14.419><c> what</c><00:13:14.659><c> was</c><00:13:15.019><c> the</c><00:13:16.039><c> world</c><00:13:16.340><c> outside</c><00:13:17.139><c> the</c>

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home<00:13:18.080><c> like</c><00:13:18.419><c> for</c><00:13:18.679><c> him?</c>

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What<00:13:19.080><c> kind</c><00:13:19.340><c> of</c><00:13:19.679><c> children</c><00:13:20.080><c> did</c><00:13:20.279><c> the</c><00:13:20.519><c> Lord</c><00:13:20.740><c> have</c><00:13:21.080><c> contact</c><00:13:21.639><c> with?</c>

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See,<00:13:23.379><c> we're</c><00:13:23.519><c> talking</c><00:13:23.779><c> about</c><00:13:24.279><c> a</c><00:13:24.559><c> period</c><00:13:24.840><c> of</c><00:13:25.080><c> some</c><00:13:25.379><c> 30</c><00:13:25.759><c> years,</c>

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aren't<00:13:26.539><c> we,</c><00:13:27.120><c> before</c><00:13:27.460><c> the</c><00:13:27.679><c> Lord</c><00:13:27.919><c> commences</c>

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his<00:13:29.179><c> ministry,</c><00:13:30.759><c> a</c><00:13:30.899><c> period</c><00:13:31.320><c> during</c><00:13:32.100><c> which</c><00:13:32.399><c> he</c><00:13:33.120><c> went</c><00:13:33.360><c> through</c>

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many<00:13:34.039><c> experiences.</c>

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Living<00:13:36.899><c> in</c><00:13:37.220><c> Nazareth,</c><00:13:38.360><c> he</c><00:13:38.440><c> was</c><00:13:38.620><c> living</c><00:13:38.820><c> in</c><00:13:39.039><c> a</c><00:13:39.279><c> town</c><00:13:39.519><c> that</c><00:13:39.740><c> was</c>

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viewed<00:13:40.639><c> as</c><00:13:40.940><c> despised,</c><00:13:42.240><c> Nazareth</c><00:13:42.720><c> of</c><00:13:42.919><c> the</c>

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Gentiles,<00:13:44.279><c> very</c><00:13:44.580><c> much</c><00:13:44.960><c> a</c><00:13:45.240><c> place</c><00:13:45.580><c> with</c><00:13:46.139><c> a</c><00:13:46.340><c> mixed</c><00:13:46.659><c> population,</c>

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with<00:13:48.299><c> people</c><00:13:48.559><c> from</c><00:13:49.100><c> various</c><00:13:49.480><c> parts</c><00:13:50.000><c> of</c><00:13:50.139><c> the</c><00:13:50.340><c> world</c>

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living<00:13:51.200><c> together</c><00:13:51.840><c> side</c><00:13:52.220><c> by</c><00:13:52.519><c> side,</c><00:13:53.100><c> what</c><00:13:53.259><c> we</c><00:13:53.419><c> would</c><00:13:53.620><c> call</c><00:13:53.860><c> today</c><00:13:54.379><c> a</c>

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pluralistic<00:13:55.600><c> society.</c>

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He<00:13:57.759><c> was</c><00:13:58.039><c> contemplated</c><00:13:58.799><c> to</c><00:13:58.940><c> be</c><00:13:59.200><c> called</c><00:13:59.539><c> Jesus</c><00:14:00.259><c> of</c><00:14:01.399><c> Nazareth.</c>

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Isaiah<00:14:04.720><c> describes</c><00:14:05.480><c> him</c><00:14:05.820><c> growing</c><00:14:06.120><c> up</c><00:14:06.820><c> as</c><00:14:07.200><c> a</c><00:14:07.480><c> tender</c><00:14:07.799><c> plant</c><00:14:08.519><c> and</c>

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And<00:14:13.340><c> yet</c><00:14:13.460><c> those</c><00:14:13.720><c> very</c><00:14:14.279><c> ordinary</c><00:14:15.340><c> surroundings</c><00:14:16.139><c> of</c><00:14:16.460><c> the</c><00:14:16.600><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:14:17.220><c> Christ,</c><00:14:18.200><c> not</c><00:14:18.399><c> a</c><00:14:19.139><c> special</c><00:14:19.480><c> place,</c>

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not<00:14:20.539><c> a</c><00:14:20.820><c> place</c><00:14:21.200><c> lifted</c><00:14:21.500><c> up</c><00:14:21.860><c> and</c><00:14:22.100><c> exalted</c><00:14:22.539><c> above</c><00:14:22.799><c> other</c><00:14:23.059><c> places,</c>

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not<00:14:23.700><c> a</c><00:14:23.899><c> place</c><00:14:24.120><c> with</c><00:14:24.460><c> unique</c><00:14:24.820><c> and</c><00:14:25.200><c> special</c>

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facilities,<00:14:26.620><c> but</c><00:14:26.720><c> an</c><00:14:26.919><c> ordinary</c><00:14:27.700><c> cosmopolitan</c><00:14:28.980><c> sort</c><00:14:29.379><c> of</c><00:14:29.539><c> a</c><00:14:29.740><c> town,</c><00:14:31.179><c> was</c><00:14:31.340><c> especially</c><00:14:31.899><c> right</c><00:14:32.500><c> as</c>

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part<00:14:33.639><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:34.179><c> preparation</c><00:14:34.840><c> that</c><00:14:35.080><c> the</c><00:14:35.240><c> Lord</c><00:14:35.399><c> was</c><00:14:35.639><c> to</c><00:14:35.940><c> have</c><00:14:36.379><c> in</c><00:14:37.100><c> knowing</c>

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and<00:14:37.860><c> understanding</c><00:14:38.899><c> human</c><00:14:39.539><c> beings</c>

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and<00:14:40.720><c> their</c><00:14:40.980><c> needs.</c>

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We<00:14:42.759><c> have</c><00:14:42.879><c> other</c><00:14:43.559><c> men</c><00:14:43.960><c> who</c><00:14:44.200><c> are</c><00:14:44.399><c> prepared</c><00:14:44.779><c> in</c><00:14:45.120><c> various</c><00:14:45.360><c> ways.</c>

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Think<00:14:45.879><c> of</c><00:14:46.080><c> Moses</c><00:14:46.600><c> brought</c><00:14:47.019><c> up</c><00:14:47.279><c> for</c><00:14:47.580><c> a</c><00:14:47.679><c> while</c><00:14:47.960><c> in</c><00:14:48.179><c> the</c><00:14:48.360><c> court</c><00:14:48.580><c> of</c>

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Pharaoh,<00:14:49.159><c> but</c><00:14:49.440><c> then</c><00:14:49.980><c> taken</c><00:14:50.659><c> by</c><00:14:51.059><c> God</c><00:14:51.580><c> and</c>

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made<00:14:53.480><c> to</c><00:14:53.759><c> live</c><00:14:54.000><c> for</c><00:14:54.240><c> that</c><00:14:54.779><c> long</c><00:14:55.159><c> period</c><00:14:55.500><c> of</c><00:14:55.779><c> time</c><00:14:56.279><c> in</c><00:14:56.700><c> the</c>

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wilderness,<00:14:58.000><c> tending</c><00:14:58.460><c> sheep.</c>

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Think<00:15:00.059><c> about</c><00:15:00.480><c> David,</c><00:15:01.139><c> think</c><00:15:01.320><c> of</c><00:15:01.480><c> Amos,</c><00:15:01.919><c> think</c><00:15:02.120><c> of</c><00:15:02.279><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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think<00:15:03.179><c> of</c><00:15:03.440><c> Saul</c><00:15:03.720><c> who</c><00:15:03.899><c> came</c><00:15:04.100><c> to</c><00:15:04.240><c> be</c><00:15:04.539><c> poor,</c>

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how<00:15:05.860><c> the</c><00:15:06.200><c> circumstances</c><00:15:06.940><c> of</c><00:15:07.139><c> their</c><00:15:07.340><c> upbringing</c><00:15:07.779><c> were</c><00:15:08.179><c> all</c><00:15:08.679><c> used</c><00:15:09.179><c> and</c><00:15:09.580><c> turned</c><00:15:09.899><c> to</c>

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God,<00:15:10.379><c> good</c><00:15:10.559><c> effect</c>

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by<00:15:11.379><c> God</c><00:15:11.799><c> in</c><00:15:12.379><c> his</c><00:15:12.700><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:15:15.019><c> so</c><00:15:15.500><c> the</c><00:15:16.340><c> very</c><00:15:16.600><c> fact</c><00:15:16.899><c> that</c><00:15:17.159><c> Jesus</c><00:15:17.580><c> was,</c><00:15:18.200><c> as</c><00:15:18.379><c> it</c><00:15:18.500><c> were,</c><00:15:18.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:19.179><c> midst</c><00:15:19.639><c> of</c><00:15:20.580><c> normal</c><00:15:21.379><c> human</c><00:15:21.980><c> society</c>

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is<00:15:24.259><c> a</c><00:15:24.340><c> reminder</c><00:15:24.740><c> that</c><00:15:24.980><c> God</c><00:15:25.259><c> has</c><00:15:25.559><c> not</c><00:15:25.879><c> called</c><00:15:26.200><c> us</c><00:15:26.940><c> to</c><00:15:27.639><c> come</c><00:15:28.080><c> out</c>

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of<00:15:28.600><c> the</c><00:15:28.899><c> world</c><00:15:29.360><c> with</c><00:15:29.600><c> its</c><00:15:30.059><c> ordinary</c><00:15:30.600><c> duties,</c>

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but<00:15:33.000><c> to,</c><00:15:33.820><c> in</c><00:15:34.179><c> the</c><00:15:34.460><c> world,</c><00:15:35.779><c> try</c><00:15:36.019><c> to</c><00:15:36.399><c> make</c><00:15:36.779><c> men</c><00:15:37.240><c> around</c><00:15:37.700><c> us</c>

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happier,<00:15:39.460><c> better</c><00:15:39.740><c> people.</c>

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God<00:15:41.919><c> wanted</c><00:15:42.279><c> us</c><00:15:43.100><c> to</c><00:15:43.340><c> be</c><00:15:44.340><c> husbands</c><00:15:44.919><c> and</c><00:15:45.399><c> fathers</c><00:15:45.899><c> and</c><00:15:46.399><c> citizens,</c><00:15:48.220><c> people</c>

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who<00:15:48.919><c> are</c><00:15:49.200><c> not</c><00:15:49.600><c> monks</c><00:15:50.000><c> and</c>

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Eremites,<00:15:51.440><c> but</c><00:15:51.639><c> caught</c><00:15:51.899><c> up</c><00:15:52.519><c> in</c><00:15:52.860><c> the</c><00:15:53.259><c> everyday</c><00:15:54.240><c> arena</c><00:15:55.000><c> of</c><00:15:55.940><c> life.</c>

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And<00:15:58.159><c> so</c><00:15:58.360><c> Nazareth</c><00:15:58.720><c> afforded</c><00:15:59.200><c> a</c><00:15:59.320><c> very</c><00:15:59.659><c> suitable</c><00:16:00.120><c> environment</c>

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those<00:16:15.379><c> days,</c><00:16:16.659><c> though</c><00:16:16.879><c> the</c><00:16:17.120><c> synagogue</c>

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would<00:16:17.779><c> have</c><00:16:18.100><c> formed</c><00:16:18.399><c> an</c><00:16:18.759><c> important</c><00:16:19.220><c> part</c><00:16:19.759><c> in</c><00:16:20.100><c> the</c><00:16:20.340><c> education</c>

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of<00:16:20.980><c> children,</c><00:16:21.960><c> certainly</c><00:16:22.360><c> education</c>

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was<00:16:23.379><c> seen</c><00:16:23.539><c> as</c><00:16:23.720><c> very</c><00:16:23.980><c> much</c><00:16:24.240><c> a</c><00:16:24.580><c> family</c><00:16:24.840><c> responsibility.</c>

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And<00:16:26.779><c> of</c><00:16:26.899><c> course</c><00:16:27.019><c> we</c><00:16:27.220><c> reflect</c><00:16:27.620><c> on</c><00:16:27.840><c> our</c><00:16:28.059><c> own</c><00:16:28.460><c> responsibility</c><00:16:29.279><c> and</c><00:16:29.500><c> our</c><00:16:29.700><c> attitude</c><00:16:30.080><c> towards</c><00:16:30.559><c> the</c><00:16:30.860><c> education</c><00:16:31.299><c> of</c>

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our<00:16:31.740><c> children.</c>

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educate<00:16:39.080><c> your</c><00:16:39.340><c> children</c><00:16:39.600><c> at</c><00:16:39.899><c> home,</c><00:16:40.220><c> the</c><00:16:40.399><c> homeschooling</c><00:16:41.179><c> movement</c><00:16:41.419><c> is</c><00:16:41.700><c> certainly</c><00:16:42.019><c> a</c>

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very<00:16:42.740><c> strong</c><00:16:42.879><c> one,</c><00:16:43.080><c> particularly</c>

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over<00:16:44.139><c> here,</c><00:16:45.120><c> whether</c><00:16:45.259><c> they</c><00:16:45.419><c> should</c><00:16:45.600><c> go</c><00:16:45.919><c> to</c><00:16:46.559><c> private</c><00:16:47.019><c> schools,</c>

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whether<00:16:47.600><c> they</c><00:16:47.779><c> should</c><00:16:47.919><c> go</c><00:16:48.200><c> to</c><00:16:48.460><c> the</c><00:16:48.879><c> normal</c>

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state<00:16:49.679><c> public</c><00:16:50.139><c> schools.</c>

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All<00:16:51.620><c> these</c><00:16:51.860><c> are</c><00:16:52.139><c> issues</c><00:16:52.620><c> that</c><00:16:52.820><c> as</c><00:16:53.100><c> parents</c><00:16:53.399><c> we</c><00:16:53.659><c> have</c><00:16:53.899><c> to</c><00:16:54.320><c> face</c>

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and<00:16:55.240><c> think</c><00:16:55.559><c> about</c><00:16:56.000><c> together.</c>

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approach<00:17:03.039><c> those</c><00:17:03.639><c> decisions</c>

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in<00:17:05.039><c> a</c><00:17:05.319><c> God</c><00:17:05.660><c>-fearing</c><00:17:06.039><c> way,</c><00:17:07.500><c> bearing</c><00:17:07.720><c> in</c><00:17:08.000><c> mind</c><00:17:08.259><c> our</c><00:17:08.700><c> situation,</c>

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our<00:17:10.039><c> child,</c><00:17:10.880><c> our</c><00:17:11.180><c> surroundings,</c><00:17:12.140><c> our</c>

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neighbourhood,<00:17:13.140><c> our</c><00:17:13.359><c> schools,</c><00:17:15.039><c> in</c><00:17:15.180><c> order</c><00:17:15.400><c> to</c><00:17:15.599><c> make</c><00:17:15.799><c> a</c><00:17:16.019><c> decision</c><00:17:16.420><c> which</c>

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seems<00:17:17.160><c> to</c><00:17:17.299><c> be</c><00:17:17.480><c> right</c><00:17:17.900><c> in</c><00:17:18.380><c> our</c>

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situation.

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But<00:17:20.680><c> whatever</c><00:17:20.920><c> decision</c><00:17:21.420><c> we</c><00:17:21.779><c> make,</c><00:17:23.099><c> we</c><00:17:23.160><c> have</c><00:17:23.440><c> to</c><00:17:23.940><c> recognise</c>

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children<00:17:28.799><c> from</c><00:17:29.759><c> the</c><00:17:30.359><c> world</c><00:17:30.599><c> around</c><00:17:30.980><c> us.</c>

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In<00:17:32.980><c> some</c><00:17:33.180><c> way</c><00:17:33.359><c> or</c><00:17:33.559><c> other,</c><00:17:34.119><c> they</c><00:17:34.279><c> have</c><00:17:34.559><c> to</c><00:17:34.859><c> learn</c><00:17:35.180><c> to</c><00:17:35.500><c> come</c><00:17:35.700><c> to</c>

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it<00:17:39.680><c> and</c><00:17:40.359><c> to</c><00:17:40.880><c> find</c><00:17:41.140><c> their</c><00:17:41.500><c> place</c><00:17:41.799><c> in</c><00:17:41.980><c> it.</c>

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And<00:17:42.920><c> so</c><00:17:43.000><c> it</c><00:17:43.059><c> must</c><00:17:43.279><c> have</c><00:17:43.420><c> been</c><00:17:43.539><c> for</c><00:17:43.700><c> the</c><00:17:43.799><c> Lord</c><00:17:44.000><c> Jesus</c><00:17:44.440><c> Christ,</c><00:17:45.380><c> it</c><00:17:45.500><c> was</c><00:17:45.619><c> not</c><00:17:45.880><c> shut</c><00:17:46.160><c> away,</c><00:17:46.700><c> I</c>

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believe,<00:17:47.720><c> from</c>

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He<00:17:56.420><c> no</c><00:17:56.619><c> doubt</c><00:17:57.440><c> ran</c><00:17:58.299><c> about</c><00:17:58.740><c> and</c><00:17:59.759><c> explored</c><00:18:00.319><c> the</c><00:18:00.539><c> hills</c><00:18:00.799><c> and</c><00:18:01.119><c> trails</c><00:18:01.440><c> around</c><00:18:01.799><c> Nazareth,</c><00:18:02.900><c> we</c>

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he<00:18:07.839><c> journeyed</c><00:18:08.559><c> in</c><00:18:08.759><c> his</c><00:18:09.240><c> later</c>

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life.

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And<00:18:10.660><c> so</c><00:18:10.859><c> his</c><00:18:11.559><c> physical</c><00:18:12.099><c> development</c><00:18:12.799><c> must</c><00:18:13.480><c> have</c><00:18:13.680><c> taken</c><00:18:13.960><c> place</c>

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in<00:18:14.500><c> a</c><00:18:14.700><c> normal</c><00:18:15.039><c> sort</c><00:18:15.380><c> of</c><00:18:15.519><c> a</c><00:18:15.619><c> way.</c>

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But<00:18:17.380><c> what</c><00:18:17.619><c> the</c><00:18:17.880><c> Scriptures</c><00:18:18.119><c> are</c><00:18:18.460><c> silent</c><00:18:18.839><c> about</c><00:18:19.140><c> and</c><00:18:19.319><c> which</c><00:18:19.440><c> we</c>

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which<00:18:23.299><c> through</c><00:18:23.799><c> the</c><00:18:24.500><c> support</c><00:18:25.140><c> and</c><00:18:25.519><c> help</c><00:18:25.940><c> of</c><00:18:27.039><c> Joseph</c><00:18:27.759><c> and</c><00:18:28.480><c> Mary</c>

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Heavenly<00:18:37.559><c> Father,</c>

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self<00:18:46.920><c>-esteem.</c>

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Now<00:18:49.220><c> by</c><00:18:49.319><c> that</c><00:18:49.440><c> I</c><00:18:49.500><c> don't</c><00:18:49.759><c> mean</c><00:18:50.000><c> to</c><00:18:50.240><c> say</c><00:18:50.480><c> that</c><00:18:50.660><c> the</c><00:18:50.680><c> Lord</c><00:18:50.880><c> Jesus</c>

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but<00:18:56.500><c> children,</c><00:18:57.440><c> young</c><00:18:57.680><c> people</c><00:18:58.339><c> need</c><00:18:59.519><c> self</c><00:19:00.140><c>-esteem</c><00:19:00.720><c> in</c><00:19:01.119><c> order</c>

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to<00:19:01.680><c> cope.</c>

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committed<00:19:09.180><c> to.</c>

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their<00:19:13.440><c> way</c><00:19:13.720><c> forward,</c><00:19:14.240><c> to</c><00:19:14.519><c> discover</c>

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their<00:19:15.240><c> identity,</c><00:19:16.039><c> to</c><00:19:16.259><c> make</c><00:19:16.539><c> decisions</c><00:19:17.019><c> for</c><00:19:17.259><c> themselves,</c><00:19:17.920><c> particularly</c><00:19:18.319><c> as</c>

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they<00:19:18.960><c> hit</c><00:19:19.160><c> the</c><00:19:19.440><c> turbulent</c><00:19:20.180><c> years</c>

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of<00:19:21.180><c> teens</c><00:19:21.500><c> that</c><00:19:21.680><c> we</c><00:19:21.880><c> all</c><00:19:22.339><c> know</c><00:19:23.180><c> so</c><00:19:23.579><c> much</c><00:19:23.819><c> about,</c><00:19:24.559><c> whether</c><00:19:24.819><c> we're</c><00:19:25.119><c> parents</c><00:19:25.480><c> or</c>

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not<00:19:25.940><c> parents.</c>

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the<00:19:33.079><c> ability</c><00:19:33.660><c> to</c><00:19:34.339><c> feel</c><00:19:34.839><c> strong</c>

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about<00:19:36.460><c> the</c><00:19:36.859><c> things</c><00:19:37.200><c> that</c><00:19:37.619><c> we</c><00:19:38.319><c> try</c><00:19:38.619><c> to</c><00:19:39.000><c> impart</c><00:19:39.339><c> to</c><00:19:39.740><c> them.</c>

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they<00:19:46.240><c> don't</c><00:19:46.380><c> always</c><00:19:46.859><c> fit</c><00:19:47.119><c> in</c><00:19:47.319><c> with</c><00:19:47.500><c> our</c><00:19:47.819><c> expectations</c><00:19:48.640><c> and</c><00:19:48.880><c> sometimes</c><00:19:49.500><c> they</c><00:19:50.059><c> seem</c><00:19:50.259><c> to</c>

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you<00:21:30.839><c> young</c><00:21:31.140><c> men</c><00:21:31.539><c> because</c>

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despise<00:22:33.019><c> wisdom</c><00:22:33.400><c> and</c><00:22:33.680><c> instruction.</c>

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It's<00:23:27.180><c> not</c><00:23:27.380><c> a</c><00:23:27.539><c> magic</c><00:23:27.799><c> wand,</c><00:23:28.140><c> and</c><00:23:28.319><c> we</c><00:23:28.400><c> know</c><00:23:28.680><c> how</c><00:23:29.259><c> strong</c><00:23:29.619><c> the</c><00:23:29.859><c> pull</c><00:23:29.940><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:45.859><c> ways.</c>

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whose<00:23:50.519><c> sons</c><00:23:50.799><c> and</c><00:23:51.059><c> daughters</c><00:23:51.640><c> were</c><00:23:52.480><c> led</c>

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astray.

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strong<00:24:03.420><c> by</c><00:24:03.720><c> his</c><00:24:04.019><c> father.</c>

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And<00:24:05.700><c> further</c><00:24:05.900><c> on</c><00:24:06.099><c> in</c><00:24:06.279><c> Proverb,</c><00:24:06.579><c> just</c><00:24:06.859><c> the</c><00:24:08.140><c> fourth</c><00:24:10.400><c> chapter,</c>

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just<00:24:13.380><c> note</c><00:24:15.299><c> here</c><00:24:15.660><c> in</c><00:24:15.839><c> the</c><00:24:16.539><c> fourth</c><00:24:16.900><c> chapter</c>

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the<00:24:18.079><c> way</c><00:24:18.279><c> in</c><00:24:18.440><c> which</c><00:24:18.700><c> the</c><00:24:19.119><c> writer</c><00:24:19.799><c> speaks</c><00:24:20.819><c> about</c><00:24:21.680><c> the</c><00:24:22.180><c> delight</c>

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of<00:24:23.440><c> wisdom,</c><00:24:24.859><c> about</c><00:24:25.059><c> the</c><00:24:25.480><c> honour</c><00:24:25.680><c> that</c><00:24:25.940><c> comes</c>

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from<00:24:26.539><c> wisdom,</c><00:24:27.599><c> about</c><00:24:28.019><c> verse</c><00:24:28.380><c> 9,</c><00:24:28.920><c> the</c><00:24:29.200><c> crown</c><00:24:29.539><c> of</c><00:24:29.960><c> glory</c><00:24:30.299><c> that</c>

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comes<00:24:31.059><c> from</c><00:24:31.400><c> wisdom,</c><00:24:33.019><c> verse</c><00:24:33.740><c> 18,</c><00:24:34.579><c> about</c><00:24:34.819><c> the</c>

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path<00:24:35.400><c> of</c><00:24:35.680><c> the</c><00:24:35.839><c> just</c><00:24:36.119><c> being</c><00:24:36.420><c> like</c><00:24:36.740><c> a</c><00:24:37.099><c> shining</c><00:24:37.400><c> light,</c><00:24:38.480><c> shining</c>

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more<00:24:39.240><c> and</c><00:24:39.420><c> more</c><00:24:39.700><c> unto</c><00:24:39.960><c> the</c><00:24:40.279><c> perfect</c><00:24:40.700><c> day.</c>

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And<00:24:41.980><c> let's</c><00:24:42.220><c> try</c><00:24:42.579><c> to</c><00:24:43.319><c> remember</c><00:24:43.940><c> that</c><00:24:44.519><c> we</c><00:24:44.720><c> have</c><00:24:44.960><c> to</c><00:24:45.279><c> try</c><00:24:45.539><c> and</c><00:24:45.839><c> make</c><00:24:46.119><c> the</c>

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life<00:24:46.660><c> of</c><00:24:46.859><c> the</c><00:24:47.099><c> truth</c><00:24:47.259><c> something</c>

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which<00:24:48.019><c> is</c><00:24:48.599><c> living</c><00:24:49.079><c> and</c><00:24:49.539><c> vital</c><00:24:49.940><c> and</c><00:24:50.240><c> a</c><00:24:50.420><c> delight.</c>

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It<00:24:51.640><c> was</c><00:24:52.039><c> the</c><00:24:52.319><c> Lord's</c><00:24:52.859><c> pleasure,</c><00:24:53.099><c> he</c><00:24:53.420><c> learned</c><00:24:53.799><c> to</c><00:24:54.119><c> delight</c><00:24:54.680><c> to</c>

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do<00:24:55.200><c> his</c><00:24:55.460><c> father's</c><00:24:56.000><c> will.</c>

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the<00:25:03.339><c> will</c><00:25:03.779><c> of</c><00:25:04.319><c> our</c><00:25:04.440><c> Heavenly</c><00:25:04.779><c> Father?</c>

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We<00:25:06.839><c> can</c><00:25:07.039><c> only</c><00:25:07.299><c> begin</c><00:25:07.640><c> to</c><00:25:07.880><c> do</c><00:25:08.019><c> it,</c><00:25:08.220><c> and</c><00:25:08.359><c> we</c><00:25:08.519><c> shan't</c><00:25:08.740><c> always</c><00:25:09.039><c> succeed,</c><00:25:09.539><c> and</c>

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please<00:25:10.039><c> understand</c><00:25:10.720><c> if</c><00:25:10.920><c> you</c>

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my<00:25:14.380><c> children</c><00:25:14.740><c> too.</c>

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But<00:25:16.200><c> I</c><00:25:16.299><c> know</c><00:25:16.420><c> that</c><00:25:16.539><c> we</c><00:25:16.619><c> can</c><00:25:16.819><c> only</c><00:25:17.059><c> begin</c><00:25:17.859><c> to</c><00:25:18.599><c> make</c><00:25:18.759><c> it</c><00:25:19.039><c> work</c><00:25:19.400><c> if</c>

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we<00:25:20.059><c> ourselves</c><00:25:21.039><c> take</c><00:25:21.740><c> a</c><00:25:22.000><c> delight</c><00:25:22.640><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:23.440><c> things</c><00:25:23.700><c> of</c><00:25:23.980><c> God.</c>

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the<00:25:37.420><c> things</c><00:25:37.599><c> of</c><00:25:37.779><c> the</c><00:25:38.000><c> truth,</c><00:25:38.920><c> rather</c>

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than<00:25:39.720><c> groan</c><00:25:39.880><c> about</c><00:25:40.220><c> them</c><00:25:40.480><c> and</c><00:25:40.619><c> moan</c><00:25:40.980><c> about</c><00:25:41.319><c> them</c><00:25:41.539><c> and</c><00:25:41.799><c> criticise</c><00:25:42.839><c> and</c><00:25:43.220><c> find</c><00:25:43.519><c> fault,</c><00:25:44.099><c> which</c><00:25:44.279><c> we</c><00:25:44.460><c> can</c>

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so<00:25:44.859><c> readily</c><00:25:45.259><c> do</c><00:25:45.880><c> and</c><00:25:46.299><c> develop</c><00:25:46.579><c> that</c><00:25:46.900><c> kind</c><00:25:47.099><c> of</c><00:25:47.359><c> judgmental</c><00:25:48.200><c> attitude</c><00:25:48.599><c> to</c><00:25:48.859><c> others.</c>

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The<00:25:50.039><c> more</c><00:25:50.180><c> we</c><00:25:50.279><c> can</c><00:25:50.500><c> avoid</c><00:25:50.799><c> all</c><00:25:51.079><c> that</c><00:25:51.279><c> in</c><00:25:51.440><c> front</c><00:25:51.640><c> of</c><00:25:51.819><c> our</c><00:25:52.039><c> children</c><00:25:52.619><c> and</c><00:25:53.259><c> try</c><00:25:53.480><c> to</c>

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encourage<00:25:54.279><c> them</c><00:25:54.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:55.359><c> pleasures</c><00:25:55.700><c> and</c><00:25:55.960><c> the</c><00:25:56.160><c> delight</c><00:25:56.519><c> and</c><00:25:56.700><c> the</c><00:25:57.039><c> joy</c><00:25:57.299><c> of</c><00:25:57.619><c> fellowship</c><00:25:58.119><c> and</c><00:25:58.680><c> the</c>

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wonder<00:25:59.099><c> of</c><00:25:59.299><c> the</c><00:25:59.519><c> truth</c>

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that<00:26:04.200><c> delight</c><00:26:04.900><c> in</c><00:26:05.460><c> living</c><00:26:05.660><c> out</c><00:26:06.039><c> the</c>

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things<00:26:06.480><c> of</c><00:26:06.700><c> God,</c><00:26:07.599><c> which</c><00:26:07.859><c> captured</c><00:26:08.440><c> the</c><00:26:08.980><c> heart</c><00:26:09.200><c> and</c><00:26:09.460><c> mind</c><00:26:10.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:10.500><c> Lord</c><00:26:10.720><c> Jesus</c><00:26:11.119><c> Christ.</c>

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in<00:26:16.819><c> spirit,</c><00:26:17.960><c> filled</c><00:26:18.279><c> with</c><00:26:18.519><c> wisdom,</c><00:26:19.980><c> and</c>

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A<00:26:24.000><c> lovely</c><00:26:24.319><c> phrase</c><00:26:24.640><c> that</c><00:26:24.859><c> is,</c><00:26:25.200><c> isn't</c><00:26:25.200><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:26:25.980><c> like</c><00:26:26.579><c> that</c><00:26:26.960><c> airs</c><00:26:27.420><c> together</c><00:26:27.680><c> of</c><00:26:27.880><c> the</c><00:26:28.099><c> grace</c><00:26:28.299><c> of</c><00:26:28.539><c> life.</c>

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The<00:26:29.099><c> grace</c><00:26:29.680><c> of</c><00:26:30.019><c> God,</c><00:26:30.380><c> Luke</c><00:26:30.559><c> chapter</c><00:26:30.799><c> 2</c><00:26:31.039><c> verse</c><00:26:31.299><c> 40,</c><00:26:32.099><c> was</c><00:26:32.500><c> upon</c><00:26:32.940><c> him.</c>

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We<00:26:34.160><c> think</c><00:26:34.480><c> of</c><00:26:35.000><c> grace</c><00:26:35.599><c> as</c><00:26:36.180><c> to</c><00:26:36.319><c> do</c><00:26:36.519><c> with</c><00:26:37.519><c> the</c><00:26:37.839><c> goodwill,</c><00:26:38.539><c> the</c><00:26:38.799><c> loving</c><00:26:39.039><c> kindness,</c><00:26:39.839><c> the</c>

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favour<00:26:40.700><c> of</c><00:26:41.559><c> God,</c><00:26:43.059><c> filling</c>

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which<00:26:47.480><c> James</c><00:26:48.059><c> describes,</c><00:26:48.819><c> James,</c>

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qualities<00:26:55.859><c> which</c><00:26:57.240><c> had</c>

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come<00:26:59.299><c> to</c><00:26:59.700><c> characterise</c><00:27:00.980><c> his</c><00:27:01.480><c> brother,</c><00:27:02.299><c> who</c><00:27:02.480><c> talks</c><00:27:02.839><c> about</c><00:27:03.500><c> that</c><00:27:04.220><c> wisdom</c><00:27:04.680><c> from</c><00:27:05.000><c> above</c><00:27:05.359><c> which</c><00:27:05.599><c> is</c><00:27:05.839><c> pure,</c>

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peaceable,<00:27:07.799><c> gentle,</c><00:27:08.640><c> easy</c><00:27:09.000><c> to</c><00:27:09.220><c> be</c><00:27:09.400><c> entreated,</c><00:27:10.319><c> full</c><00:27:10.559><c> of</c><00:27:10.819><c> mercy</c><00:27:11.380><c> and</c>

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good<00:27:12.480><c> fruits.</c>

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That's<00:27:13.859><c> the</c><00:27:14.079><c> kind</c><00:27:14.420><c> of</c><00:27:14.660><c> quality</c><00:27:15.140><c> that</c><00:27:15.599><c> must</c><00:27:15.900><c> have</c><00:27:16.160><c> developed</c>

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in<00:27:17.200><c> the</c><00:27:17.339><c> Lord</c><00:27:17.559><c> Jesus</c><00:27:17.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:24.859
Now<00:27:21.119><c> in</c><00:27:21.500><c> Luke</c><00:27:21.660><c> chapter</c><00:27:21.920><c> 2</c><00:27:22.079><c> verse</c><00:27:22.339><c> 41,</c><00:27:23.799><c> we</c><00:27:24.099><c> have</c><00:27:24.299><c> the</c><00:27:24.519><c> account</c>

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of<00:27:25.240><c> the</c><00:27:25.519><c> Lord</c><00:27:25.720><c> Jesus</c><00:27:26.200><c> Christ's</c><00:27:26.859><c> first</c>

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visit<00:27:27.900><c> to</c><00:27:28.339><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Just<00:27:30.759><c> to</c><00:27:31.400><c> remind</c><00:27:31.720><c> ourselves</c><00:27:32.380><c> of</c><00:27:33.400><c> the</c><00:27:33.619><c> kind</c><00:27:33.819><c> of</c><00:27:34.039><c> distances</c><00:27:34.500><c> that</c><00:27:34.700><c> we're</c><00:27:34.940><c> talking</c><00:27:35.259><c> about,</c><00:27:37.140><c> then</c><00:27:37.140><c> the</c><00:27:37.500><c> journey</c>

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:43.079
from<00:27:38.960><c> up</c><00:27:39.339><c> in</c><00:27:40.440><c> Nazareth,</c><00:27:40.880><c> up</c><00:27:41.099><c> here,</c><00:27:41.980><c> down</c><00:27:42.220><c> to</c><00:27:42.460><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:42.819><c> was</c><00:27:43.000><c> a</c>

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journey<00:27:43.339><c> of</c><00:27:43.579><c> some</c><00:27:44.079><c> 80</c><00:27:44.539><c> miles.</c>

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So<00:27:46.460><c> it</c><00:27:46.480><c> was</c><00:27:46.619><c> a</c><00:27:46.759><c> fair</c><00:27:46.940><c> old</c><00:27:47.119><c> journey</c><00:27:47.400><c> to</c><00:27:47.660><c> go,</c><00:27:48.259><c> and</c><00:27:48.500><c> he</c><00:27:48.599><c> was</c><00:27:48.759><c> age</c><00:27:49.039><c> 12</c>

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:52.180
at<00:27:49.559><c> the</c><00:27:49.740><c> time</c><00:27:50.220><c> when</c><00:27:50.500><c> he</c><00:27:51.220><c> went</c><00:27:51.680><c> with</c><00:27:51.900><c> his</c>

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parents<00:27:52.640><c> up</c><00:27:53.339><c> to</c><00:27:53.660><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Just<00:27:55.980><c> imagine</c><00:27:56.519><c> the</c><00:27:56.759><c> feelings</c><00:27:57.099><c> of</c><00:27:57.279><c> Jesus.</c>

00:27:57.559 --> 00:28:00.220
We<00:27:57.720><c> don't</c><00:27:58.019><c> know</c><00:27:58.240><c> that</c><00:27:58.400><c> he'd</c><00:27:58.400><c> ever</c><00:27:58.579><c> been</c><00:27:58.740><c> to</c><00:27:58.980><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:59.480><c> apart</c>

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:02.079
from<00:28:00.380><c> as</c><00:28:00.519><c> a</c><00:28:00.759><c> tiny</c><00:28:00.980><c> infant,</c><00:28:01.420><c> he</c><00:28:01.539><c> might</c><00:28:01.839><c> have</c>

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:05.799
been<00:28:02.279><c> on</c><00:28:02.460><c> other</c><00:28:02.700><c> occasions,</c><00:28:03.359><c> but</c><00:28:03.619><c> certainly</c><00:28:04.220><c> on</c><00:28:05.319><c> his</c><00:28:05.539><c> journey</c>

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:08.759
up<00:28:06.140><c> to</c><00:28:06.380><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:07.119><c> at</c><00:28:08.160><c> the</c><00:28:08.299><c> age</c><00:28:08.500><c> of</c>

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:11.900
12<00:28:09.180><c> with</c><00:28:09.420><c> his</c><00:28:09.859><c> knowledge</c><00:28:10.180><c> and</c><00:28:10.480><c> understanding</c><00:28:11.079><c> of</c><00:28:11.319><c> God's</c><00:28:11.740><c> Word</c>

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:14.500
and<00:28:12.059><c> God's</c><00:28:12.539><c> purpose,</c><00:28:13.640><c> what</c><00:28:14.079><c> a</c><00:28:14.359><c> kind</c>

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:18.039
of<00:28:14.839><c> fantastic</c><00:28:15.940><c> amount</c><00:28:16.440><c> of</c><00:28:16.839><c> thinking</c><00:28:17.140><c> must</c><00:28:17.380><c> have</c><00:28:17.519><c> been</c><00:28:17.740><c> racing</c>

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:21.460
through<00:28:18.319><c> his</c><00:28:18.619><c> mind,</c><00:28:19.859><c> as</c><00:28:20.539><c> in</c><00:28:20.980><c> the</c><00:28:21.160><c> company</c>

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of<00:28:21.660><c> his</c><00:28:21.720><c> parents</c><00:28:22.339><c> and</c><00:28:22.559><c> the</c><00:28:22.740><c> others</c><00:28:22.940><c> who</c><00:28:23.079><c> were</c><00:28:23.259><c> journeying</c>

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with<00:28:23.900><c> them.</c>

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They<00:28:24.460><c> went</c><00:28:24.720><c> up</c><00:28:25.200><c> and</c><00:28:25.420><c> up</c><00:28:25.680><c> and</c><00:28:25.880><c> up</c><00:28:26.099><c> to</c><00:28:26.259><c> the</c><00:28:26.480><c> city</c><00:28:26.839><c> that</c><00:28:27.240><c> was</c><00:28:27.420><c> so</c><00:28:27.900><c> charged</c><00:28:28.380><c> with</c><00:28:29.220><c> history</c><00:28:29.819><c> and</c><00:28:30.099><c> so</c><00:28:30.420><c> central</c>

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to<00:28:31.000><c> his</c><00:28:31.180><c> own</c><00:28:31.440><c> destiny.</c>

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What<00:28:32.960><c> did</c><00:28:33.099><c> he</c><00:28:33.259><c> make</c><00:28:33.420><c> of</c><00:28:33.539><c> the</c><00:28:33.819><c> Passover</c><00:28:34.259><c> rituals</c><00:28:35.000><c> with</c><00:28:35.579><c> all</c><00:28:35.779><c> that</c><00:28:35.859><c> they</c><00:28:36.160><c> spoke</c><00:28:36.519><c> of</c>

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which<00:28:37.259><c> related</c><00:28:37.799><c> to</c><00:28:37.980><c> his</c>

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:41.240
own<00:28:38.420><c> life</c><00:28:38.759><c> and</c><00:28:39.099><c> death</c><00:28:39.319><c> and</c><00:28:39.619><c> redemptive</c><00:28:40.200><c> purpose?</c>

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What<00:28:41.740><c> did</c><00:28:41.880><c> he</c><00:28:42.119><c> speak</c><00:28:42.339><c> about</c><00:28:42.960><c> when</c><00:28:43.779><c> he</c><00:28:44.059><c> listened</c><00:28:44.319><c> to</c><00:28:44.539><c> and</c><00:28:44.819><c> questioned</c><00:28:45.220><c> the</c>

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doctors<00:28:45.839><c> of</c><00:28:46.059><c> the</c><00:28:46.240><c> law?</c>

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Possibly<00:28:47.799><c> there</c><00:28:47.859><c> were</c><00:28:48.019><c> people</c><00:28:48.240><c> like</c><00:28:48.559><c> Gamaliel</c><00:28:49.059><c> there,</c><00:28:49.519><c> possibly</c><00:28:49.779><c> Joseph</c><00:28:50.220><c> of</c>

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Arimathea,<00:28:51.180><c> Nicodemus</c><00:28:52.059><c> amongst</c>

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them.

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There's<00:28:54.319><c> a</c><00:28:54.440><c> lovely</c><00:28:54.680><c> verse</c><00:28:54.960><c> in</c><00:28:55.140><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:55.539><c> 11</c><00:28:56.220><c> I'd</c><00:28:56.740><c> just</c><00:28:56.740><c> like</c><00:28:56.980><c> to</c>

00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:02.220
direct<00:28:57.579><c> you</c><00:28:57.859><c> to</c><00:28:58.740><c> which</c><00:29:01.480><c> speaks</c><00:29:01.779><c> about</c>

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:07.079
the<00:29:02.839><c> rod</c><00:29:03.059><c> that</c><00:29:03.299><c> came</c><00:29:03.480><c> out</c><00:29:03.680><c> of</c><00:29:03.819><c> the</c><00:29:03.920><c> stem</c><00:29:04.119><c> of</c><00:29:04.420><c> Jesse</c><00:29:05.119><c> upon</c><00:29:06.819><c> whom</c>

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:08.599
the<00:29:07.279><c> Spirit</c><00:29:07.539><c> of</c><00:29:07.680><c> the</c><00:29:07.740><c> Lord</c><00:29:07.920><c> rested,</c><00:29:08.480><c> the</c>

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:11.720
Spirit<00:29:08.819><c> of</c><00:29:09.019><c> wisdom</c><00:29:09.319><c> and</c><00:29:09.579><c> understanding,</c><00:29:10.440><c> of</c><00:29:10.579><c> counsel</c><00:29:10.960><c> and</c><00:29:11.200><c> might,</c><00:29:11.619><c> of</c>

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.819
knowledge<00:29:12.019><c> and</c><00:29:12.160><c> of</c><00:29:12.259><c> the</c><00:29:12.440><c> fear</c><00:29:12.559><c> of</c>

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:15.599
those<00:29:13.160><c> things</c><00:29:13.519><c> that</c><00:29:13.880><c> Proverbs</c><00:29:14.259><c> seeks</c><00:29:14.619><c> about,</c><00:29:15.039><c> those</c><00:29:15.359><c> things</c>

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:17.240
which<00:29:15.880><c> derive</c><00:29:16.440><c> from</c><00:29:16.700><c> the</c><00:29:16.880><c> knowledge</c><00:29:17.079><c> of</c>

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God's<00:29:17.619><c> law.</c>

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And<00:29:18.980><c> it</c><00:29:19.039><c> says</c><00:29:19.200><c> that</c><00:29:19.420><c> this</c><00:29:19.619><c> would</c><00:29:19.880><c> make</c><00:29:20.180><c> him,</c><00:29:20.359><c> verse</c><00:29:20.640><c> three,</c><00:29:21.460><c> of</c>

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quick<00:29:22.559><c> understanding</c><00:29:23.880><c> in</c><00:29:24.819><c> the</c><00:29:25.200><c> fear</c>

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of<00:29:25.960><c> the</c><00:29:26.160><c> Lord.</c>

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The<00:29:26.660><c> revised</c><00:29:26.920><c> version</c><00:29:27.220><c> there</c><00:29:27.500><c> says,</c><00:29:28.279><c> his</c><00:29:28.279><c> delight</c><00:29:29.259><c> shall</c><00:29:29.900><c> be</c>

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.359
in<00:29:30.559><c> the</c><00:29:30.779><c> fear</c><00:29:30.940><c> of</c><00:29:31.079><c> the</c><00:29:31.200><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:29:31.700><c> if</c><00:29:31.859><c> you've</c><00:29:31.980><c> got</c><00:29:32.099><c> a</c><00:29:32.279><c> revised</c><00:29:32.759><c> version</c><00:29:33.480><c> margin,</c><00:29:34.599><c> then</c><00:29:34.740><c> it</c><00:29:34.980><c> says</c><00:29:35.259><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:36.079><c> sent,</c><00:29:37.720><c> his</c><00:29:38.200><c> sent,</c><00:29:39.160><c> S</c>

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-C<00:29:40.319><c>-E</c><00:29:40.660><c>-N</c><00:29:40.920><c>-T</c>

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shall<00:29:41.779><c> be</c><00:29:42.099><c> in</c><00:29:42.319><c> the</c><00:29:42.559><c> fear</c><00:29:42.720><c> of</c><00:29:42.940><c> the</c><00:29:43.099><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:49.119
What<00:29:44.740><c> is</c><00:29:45.400><c> the</c><00:29:46.359><c> notion</c><00:29:46.900><c> that's</c><00:29:47.200><c> behind</c><00:29:47.539><c> that</c><00:29:47.859><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:48.160><c> word?</c>

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:53.900
Well,<00:29:51.099><c> there's</c><00:29:51.500><c> a</c><00:29:51.700><c> French</c><00:29:51.960><c> word,</c><00:29:53.039><c> so</c><00:29:53.220><c> perhaps</c><00:29:53.440><c> some</c><00:29:53.660><c> of</c><00:29:53.740><c> our</c>

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Canadian<00:29:54.259><c> brethren</c><00:29:54.519><c> will</c><00:29:54.720><c> be</c><00:29:54.880><c> aware</c><00:29:55.019><c> of</c>

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:59.359
this,<00:29:55.779><c> French</c><00:29:56.059><c> word</c><00:29:56.539><c> flairé,</c><00:29:57.640><c> which</c><00:29:57.779><c> I</c><00:29:57.980><c> pronounce</c><00:29:58.299><c> with</c><00:29:58.480><c> a</c><00:29:58.640><c> European,</c><00:29:59.059><c> not</c><00:29:59.240><c> a</c>

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Canadian<00:29:59.680><c> accent,</c><00:30:00.059><c> you'll</c>

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notice.

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And<00:30:01.319><c> the</c><00:30:01.420><c> French</c><00:30:01.700><c> word</c><00:30:02.019><c> flairé</c><00:30:02.980><c> gives</c><00:30:03.240><c> us</c><00:30:03.519><c> our</c><00:30:03.740><c> English</c><00:30:04.140><c> word</c><00:30:04.579><c> flair.</c>

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:11.839
The<00:30:06.339><c> French</c><00:30:06.640><c> word</c><00:30:06.900><c> flairé</c><00:30:08.140><c> means</c><00:30:08.700><c> to</c><00:30:09.319><c> scent,</c><00:30:09.960><c> to</c><00:30:10.240><c> be</c><00:30:10.440><c> able</c><00:30:10.579><c> to</c><00:30:10.940><c> smell.</c>

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:17.160
And<00:30:12.859><c> so</c><00:30:13.019><c> our</c><00:30:13.740><c> English</c><00:30:14.039><c> word</c><00:30:14.500><c> flairé</c><00:30:15.420><c> has</c><00:30:15.680><c> behind</c><00:30:16.039><c> it</c><00:30:16.200><c> that</c><00:30:16.500><c> notion</c><00:30:16.920><c> of</c>

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having<00:30:17.400><c> a</c><00:30:17.660><c> nose</c><00:30:17.940><c> for</c><00:30:18.160><c> things.</c>

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:22.200
You<00:30:18.480><c> know</c><00:30:18.640><c> how</c><00:30:19.220><c> wine</c><00:30:19.660><c> tasters</c><00:30:20.220><c> can</c><00:30:20.519><c> wonderfully</c><00:30:21.319><c> pick</c><00:30:21.900><c> up</c><00:30:22.099><c> a</c>

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glass<00:30:22.440><c> of</c><00:30:22.599><c> wine</c><00:30:22.839><c> and</c><00:30:23.140><c> sniff</c><00:30:23.339><c> it</c><00:30:23.619><c> and</c><00:30:24.000><c> know</c>

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:27.640
that<00:30:24.500><c> it's</c><00:30:25.119><c> a</c><00:30:25.259><c> Beaujolais</c><00:30:25.940><c> from</c><00:30:26.200><c> a</c><00:30:26.359><c> particular</c><00:30:26.740><c> year,</c><00:30:27.180><c> even</c><00:30:27.440><c> from</c><00:30:27.640><c> a</c>

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particular<00:30:28.039><c> vineyard,</c><00:30:29.299><c> whereas</c><00:30:29.559><c> you</c>

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know,<00:30:30.019><c> I</c><00:30:30.059><c> probably</c><00:30:30.380><c> can't</c><00:30:30.799><c> tell</c><00:30:30.980><c> the</c><00:30:31.039><c> difference</c><00:30:31.279><c> between</c><00:30:31.519><c> a</c>

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bottle<00:30:31.880><c> of</c><00:30:32.099><c> Plonk</c><00:30:32.319><c> and</c><00:30:32.440><c> a</c><00:30:32.559><c> 50</c><00:30:32.839><c> pound</c><00:30:34.160><c> bottle</c>

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of<00:30:36.700><c> something</c><00:30:36.920><c> which</c><00:30:37.119><c> is</c><00:30:37.319><c> supposed</c><00:30:37.420><c> to</c><00:30:37.539><c> be</c><00:30:37.640><c> very</c><00:30:37.940><c> special</c><00:30:38.279><c> indeed.</c>

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Well,<00:30:40.019><c> it's</c><00:30:40.180><c> that</c><00:30:40.500><c> kind</c><00:30:40.700><c> of</c><00:30:41.019><c> idea</c><00:30:41.259><c> that's</c><00:30:41.619><c> here,</c><00:30:42.220><c> the</c><00:30:42.400><c> idea</c><00:30:42.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:43.539><c> Lord</c><00:30:43.779><c> having</c><00:30:44.119><c> a</c><00:30:44.799><c> flair</c><00:30:45.700><c> for</c><00:30:46.180><c> the</c>

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things<00:30:46.579><c> of</c><00:30:46.779><c> God.</c>

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I<00:30:47.019><c> think</c><00:30:47.079><c> it's</c><00:30:47.220><c> a</c><00:30:47.299><c> wonderful</c><00:30:47.660><c> idea,</c><00:30:48.299><c> that.</c>

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:51.140
It<00:30:48.819><c> suggests,</c><00:30:49.099><c> doesn't</c><00:30:49.299><c> it,</c><00:30:49.460><c> that</c><00:30:49.839><c> the</c><00:30:50.019><c> very</c><00:30:50.440><c> things</c><00:30:50.779><c> of</c><00:30:51.000><c> God</c>

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were<00:30:51.500><c> so</c><00:30:52.359><c> part</c><00:30:52.880><c> of</c><00:30:53.119><c> his</c><00:30:53.539><c> thinking,</c><00:30:55.259><c> so</c><00:30:55.720><c> readily</c>

00:30:56.200 --> 00:31:00.319
came<00:30:56.579><c> to</c><00:30:56.900><c> mind</c><00:30:57.380><c> because</c><00:30:58.079><c> of</c><00:30:58.319><c> the</c><00:30:58.700><c> influences</c><00:30:59.279><c> that</c><00:30:59.799><c> he</c><00:30:59.980><c> had</c>

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:02.359
had<00:31:00.519><c> upon</c><00:31:00.779><c> his</c><00:31:01.160><c> mind</c><00:31:01.400><c> and</c><00:31:01.599><c> his</c><00:31:01.819><c> life</c><00:31:02.059><c> during</c>

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:06.299
those<00:31:02.619><c> early</c><00:31:02.940><c> years,</c><00:31:03.819><c> that</c><00:31:03.920><c> he</c><00:31:04.019><c> was</c><00:31:04.220><c> able</c><00:31:04.500><c> to</c><00:31:04.880><c> speak</c><00:31:05.319><c> to</c><00:31:05.640><c> people</c><00:31:05.960><c> and</c>

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immediately<00:31:06.859><c> find</c><00:31:07.380><c> the</c><00:31:07.640><c> passage</c>

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and<00:31:08.140><c> the</c><00:31:08.400><c> reference,</c><00:31:09.079><c> immediately</c><00:31:09.559><c> speak</c><00:31:10.000><c> out,</c><00:31:10.900><c> capturing</c>

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:14.940
the<00:31:12.460><c> flavour,</c><00:31:13.279><c> the</c><00:31:13.579><c> scent</c><00:31:13.940><c> of</c><00:31:14.480><c> the</c><00:31:14.700><c> things</c>

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of<00:31:15.240><c> God.</c>

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:22.440
And<00:31:16.759><c> from</c><00:31:16.900><c> an</c><00:31:17.059><c> early</c><00:31:17.400><c> age,</c><00:31:18.140><c> as</c><00:31:18.279><c> he</c><00:31:18.500><c> says,</c><00:31:19.059><c> I</c><00:31:19.059><c> must</c><00:31:19.539><c> be</c><00:31:20.039><c> in</c><00:31:20.259><c> my</c><00:31:20.579><c> father's</c><00:31:21.059><c> house,</c><00:31:21.980><c> Luke</c><00:31:22.160><c> 2</c>

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.920
verse<00:31:22.700><c> 49,</c>

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:27.819
he<00:31:24.119><c> knew</c><00:31:24.500><c> what</c><00:31:24.720><c> the</c><00:31:25.099><c> demand</c><00:31:25.519><c> of</c><00:31:25.720><c> his</c><00:31:25.960><c> situation</c><00:31:26.680><c> was.</c>

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:33.859
We<00:31:28.900><c> have</c><00:31:29.059><c> to</c><00:31:29.160><c> ask</c><00:31:29.420><c> ourselves,</c><00:31:30.019><c> brethren</c><00:31:30.200><c> and</c><00:31:30.420><c> sisters,</c><00:31:31.819><c> how</c><00:31:32.279><c> well</c><00:31:32.799><c> we</c><00:31:33.200><c> have</c><00:31:33.420><c> a</c>

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:36.819
flair<00:31:34.579><c> for</c><00:31:35.259><c> the</c><00:31:35.420><c> word</c><00:31:35.640><c> of</c><00:31:35.839><c> God,</c>

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:41.680
how<00:31:37.640><c> quick</c><00:31:37.980><c> our</c><00:31:38.319><c> understanding</c><00:31:39.000><c> is</c><00:31:39.880><c> in</c><00:31:40.480><c> the</c><00:31:40.700><c> things</c><00:31:40.980><c> that</c><00:31:41.220><c> God</c>

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.700
wants<00:31:42.140><c> us</c><00:31:42.319><c> to</c><00:31:42.500><c> know.</c>

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It's<00:31:42.980><c> not</c><00:31:43.119><c> just</c><00:31:43.380><c> about</c><00:31:43.799><c> academic</c><00:31:44.500><c> knowledge,</c><00:31:45.039><c> it's</c><00:31:45.140><c> not</c><00:31:45.259><c> just</c>

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:49.579
about<00:31:46.099><c> being</c><00:31:46.359><c> able</c><00:31:46.799><c> to</c><00:31:47.680><c> know</c><00:31:48.380><c> all</c><00:31:49.200><c> about</c>

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.700
the<00:31:49.759><c> Bible.</c>

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It's<00:31:51.119><c> making</c><00:31:51.619><c> the</c><00:31:51.920><c> word</c><00:31:52.220><c> of</c><00:31:52.400><c> God</c><00:31:52.700><c> something</c><00:31:53.140><c> which</c><00:31:53.420><c> is</c><00:31:53.799><c> a</c><00:31:54.140><c> living</c><00:31:54.420><c> part</c>

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:58.279
of<00:31:55.200><c> our</c><00:31:55.420><c> very</c><00:31:55.819><c> being,</c><00:31:57.799><c> so</c><00:31:57.940><c> that</c>

00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:02.940
the<00:31:58.539><c> way</c><00:31:58.799><c> in</c><00:31:58.900><c> which</c><00:31:59.119><c> we</c><00:31:59.819><c> speak</c><00:32:00.200><c> and</c><00:32:00.579><c> act,</c><00:32:02.019><c> the</c><00:32:02.200><c> decisions</c><00:32:02.740><c> that</c>

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:06.539
we<00:32:03.140><c> make</c><00:32:03.400><c> and</c><00:32:03.559><c> the</c><00:32:03.779><c> things</c><00:32:04.000><c> that</c><00:32:04.220><c> we</c><00:32:04.460><c> do,</c><00:32:06.079><c> reflect</c>

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:14.099
that<00:32:07.400><c> sense</c><00:32:07.960><c> of</c><00:32:08.180><c> what</c><00:32:08.859><c> God</c><00:32:09.319><c> would</c><00:32:09.660><c> want</c><00:32:09.859><c> us</c><00:32:10.099><c> to</c><00:32:10.319><c> do,</c><00:32:11.720><c> reflect</c><00:32:12.200><c> what</c><00:32:13.059><c> was</c><00:32:13.259><c> for</c><00:32:13.460><c> the</c><00:32:13.640><c> Lord</c><00:32:13.900><c> a</c>

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:15.599
delight<00:32:14.740><c> to</c>

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do<00:32:15.859><c> his</c><00:32:16.119><c> father's</c><00:32:17.359><c> will.</c>

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:24.039
And<00:32:19.519><c> however</c><00:32:19.759><c> difficult</c><00:32:20.019><c> it</c><00:32:20.200><c> was</c><00:32:20.460><c> for</c><00:32:20.960><c> Joseph</c><00:32:21.339><c> and</c><00:32:21.579><c> Mary</c><00:32:21.799><c> to</c><00:32:22.119><c> understand</c><00:32:22.619><c> all</c><00:32:22.940><c> this,</c><00:32:23.880><c> I</c>

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.839
think<00:32:24.240><c> it</c><00:32:24.539><c> speaks</c>

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:31.299
again<00:32:25.599><c> of</c><00:32:26.480><c> the</c><00:32:27.420><c> depth</c><00:32:27.779><c> of</c><00:32:28.220><c> character</c><00:32:28.519><c> of</c><00:32:28.740><c> the</c><00:32:28.900><c> Lord,</c><00:32:29.859><c> when</c><00:32:30.039><c> Luke</c><00:32:30.480><c> tells</c><00:32:31.059><c> us</c>

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.980
in<00:32:31.680><c> verse</c><00:32:31.960><c> 51</c><00:32:32.339><c> of</c><00:32:32.519><c> Luke</c><00:32:32.680><c> chapter</c>

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:37.059
2,<00:32:33.799><c> that</c><00:32:33.920><c> he</c><00:32:34.059><c> went</c><00:32:34.400><c> down</c><00:32:34.859><c> with</c><00:32:35.180><c> them</c><00:32:35.400><c> and</c><00:32:35.660><c> came</c><00:32:36.019><c> to</c><00:32:36.359><c> Nazareth</c>

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:40.619
and<00:32:37.680><c> was</c><00:32:38.059><c> subject</c><00:32:38.779><c> to</c><00:32:39.740><c> them.</c>

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:43.779
You<00:32:41.240><c> see,</c><00:32:41.299><c> he</c><00:32:41.539><c> knew</c><00:32:42.099><c> what</c><00:32:42.579><c> his</c><00:32:42.920><c> future</c><00:32:43.160><c> was</c><00:32:43.380><c> to</c><00:32:43.579><c> be.</c>

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:49.579
He<00:32:44.339><c> knew</c><00:32:44.779><c> his</c><00:32:45.220><c> unique</c><00:32:45.700><c> and</c><00:32:46.140><c> special</c><00:32:46.640><c> situation,</c><00:32:47.920><c> and</c><00:32:48.599><c> yet</c><00:32:49.019><c> he</c>

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:52.799
was<00:32:49.819><c> content</c><00:32:50.440><c> to</c><00:32:50.940><c> be</c><00:32:51.200><c> subject</c><00:32:51.779><c> to</c><00:32:52.299><c> Joseph</c>

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:54.160
and<00:32:53.220><c> Mary.</c>

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:59.720
So<00:32:55.079><c> Luke</c><00:32:55.359><c> records</c><00:32:56.059><c> that</c><00:32:56.359><c> Jesus</c><00:32:56.980><c> increased</c><00:32:58.119><c> in</c><00:32:58.619><c> wisdom</c><00:32:58.960><c> and</c><00:32:59.279><c> stature.</c>

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:03.599
That<00:33:00.140><c> word</c><00:33:00.400><c> increased</c><00:33:01.000><c> is</c><00:33:01.660><c> the</c><00:33:01.819><c> idea</c><00:33:02.119><c> of</c><00:33:02.559><c> gradually</c><00:33:03.019><c> advance,</c>

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:05.240
so<00:33:03.900><c> his</c><00:33:04.380><c> knowledge</c><00:33:04.759><c> developed.</c>

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The<00:33:05.440><c> Lord</c><00:33:05.559><c> wasn't</c><00:33:05.859><c> just</c><00:33:06.279><c> born,</c><00:33:06.859><c> as</c><00:33:07.059><c> it</c><00:33:07.220><c> were,</c><00:33:07.640><c> with</c><00:33:08.079><c> a</c><00:33:08.460><c> kind</c><00:33:08.599><c> of</c>

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:11.500
special<00:33:09.660><c> brain</c><00:33:10.099><c> implant,</c><00:33:11.059><c> where</c><00:33:11.279><c> all</c>

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:13.740
these<00:33:11.680><c> things</c><00:33:11.960><c> just</c><00:33:12.380><c> automatically</c><00:33:13.140><c> happened.</c>

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:17.940
They<00:33:14.220><c> were</c><00:33:14.519><c> developed</c><00:33:15.140><c> in</c><00:33:15.460><c> the</c><00:33:15.660><c> Lord,</c><00:33:16.220><c> just</c><00:33:16.500><c> as</c><00:33:16.680><c> we</c><00:33:17.039><c> too</c><00:33:17.539><c> have</c>

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:21.019
to<00:33:18.279><c> develop</c><00:33:18.960><c> our</c><00:33:19.440><c> knowledge</c><00:33:19.779><c> and</c><00:33:20.319><c> understanding</c>

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:24.579
and<00:33:21.700><c> our</c><00:33:22.200><c> flair</c><00:33:22.660><c> for</c><00:33:23.019><c> the</c><00:33:23.180><c> things</c><00:33:23.400><c> of</c><00:33:23.680><c> God.</c>

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:33.960
And<00:33:25.660><c> so</c><00:33:25.759><c> he</c><00:33:25.980><c> spent</c><00:33:26.720><c> the</c><00:33:28.799><c> rest</c><00:33:29.079><c> of</c><00:33:29.299><c> his</c><00:33:30.279><c> 30</c><00:33:30.980><c> years</c><00:33:31.319><c> of</c><00:33:31.619><c> preparation</c><00:33:32.279><c> in</c><00:33:32.900><c> Nazareth.</c>

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:38.420
And<00:33:34.559><c> we'll</c><00:33:34.920><c> come</c><00:33:35.119><c> back</c><00:33:35.359><c> to</c><00:33:35.519><c> this</c><00:33:36.380><c> slide</c><00:33:36.640><c> again,</c><00:33:37.220><c> and</c><00:33:37.319><c> this</c><00:33:37.559><c> will</c><00:33:38.180><c> be</c>

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.539
handed<00:33:38.619><c> out</c><00:33:38.920><c> to</c><00:33:39.019><c> you</c><00:33:39.099><c> at</c><00:33:39.200><c> the</c><00:33:39.279><c> end</c>

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of<00:33:39.839><c> this</c><00:33:40.039><c> morning.</c>

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:44.160
Just<00:33:40.559><c> a</c><00:33:41.079><c> brief</c><00:33:41.400><c> outline</c><00:33:41.859><c> of</c><00:33:42.160><c> the</c><00:33:42.380><c> life</c><00:33:42.599><c> of</c><00:33:42.799><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:43.740><c> which</c><00:33:43.839><c> just</c>

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:46.400
simply<00:33:44.440><c> reminds</c><00:33:45.019><c> us</c><00:33:45.420><c> of</c><00:33:45.579><c> what</c><00:33:45.839><c> a</c><00:33:46.039><c> large</c>

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:49.099
chunk<00:33:46.720><c> of</c><00:33:46.900><c> his</c><00:33:47.079><c> life</c><00:33:47.279><c> we're</c><00:33:47.500><c> talking</c><00:33:47.819><c> about</c><00:33:48.140><c> with</c><00:33:48.400><c> so</c><00:33:48.680><c> little</c>

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:51.319
information<00:33:49.740><c> in</c><00:33:50.079><c> Scripture,</c><00:33:50.880><c> but</c><00:33:51.019><c> how</c>

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:57.160
critical<00:33:51.700><c> it</c><00:33:51.880><c> must</c><00:33:52.160><c> have</c><00:33:52.460><c> been</c><00:33:53.140><c> for</c><00:33:54.660><c> the</c><00:33:56.400><c> work</c><00:33:56.619><c> that</c><00:33:56.819><c> the</c><00:33:56.980><c> Lord</c>

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:59.880
was<00:33:57.339><c> to</c><00:33:57.619><c> do</c><00:33:58.099><c> when</c><00:33:58.400><c> he</c><00:33:58.680><c> commenced</c><00:33:59.000><c> his</c><00:33:59.359><c> ministry</c>

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:02.240
at<00:34:00.420><c> the</c><00:34:00.720><c> age</c><00:34:01.000><c> of</c><00:34:01.299><c> 30.</c>

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.720
And<00:34:02.640><c> so</c><00:34:02.700><c> what</c><00:34:02.819><c> was</c><00:34:02.920><c> he</c><00:34:03.099><c> doing</c><00:34:03.259><c> in</c><00:34:03.480><c> Nazareth?</c>

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:07.640
Well,<00:34:04.400><c> he</c><00:34:04.559><c> was</c><00:34:04.779><c> working</c><00:34:05.200><c> in</c><00:34:05.640><c> the</c><00:34:06.160><c> carpenter's</c><00:34:06.859><c> shop.</c>

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:12.099
Is<00:34:08.860><c> not</c><00:34:09.239><c> this</c><00:34:09.480><c> the</c><00:34:09.860><c> carpenter,</c><00:34:10.800><c> they</c><00:34:11.199><c> said.</c>

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:17.199
So<00:34:12.440><c> he</c><00:34:12.619><c> chose</c><00:34:13.019><c> to</c><00:34:13.219><c> be</c><00:34:13.440><c> amongst</c><00:34:14.079><c> the</c><00:34:15.260><c> working</c><00:34:15.780><c> people</c><00:34:16.500><c> of</c><00:34:16.920><c> his</c>

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:19.920
town<00:34:17.519><c> and</c><00:34:17.719><c> to</c><00:34:17.900><c> uphold</c><00:34:18.300><c> the</c><00:34:18.539><c> dignity</c><00:34:18.860><c> of</c><00:34:19.099><c> labour.</c>

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:23.599
That<00:34:21.480><c> carpenter's</c><00:34:22.179><c> shop</c><00:34:22.300><c> involved</c><00:34:22.760><c> a</c><00:34:22.980><c> business,</c><00:34:23.400><c> didn't</c><00:34:23.519><c> it?</c>

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It<00:34:23.679><c> was</c><00:34:23.820><c> his</c><00:34:24.119><c> father's</c><00:34:24.559><c> business.</c>

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:31.099
And<00:34:25.840><c> so</c><00:34:26.340><c> he</c><00:34:26.760><c> must</c><00:34:27.039><c> have</c><00:34:27.239><c> understood</c><00:34:27.659><c> something</c><00:34:28.059><c> about</c><00:34:28.539><c> commercial</c><00:34:29.239><c> transactions</c><00:34:30.199><c> and</c>

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about<00:34:31.800><c> managing</c>

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money<00:34:32.960><c> and</c><00:34:33.219><c> those</c><00:34:33.480><c> sorts</c><00:34:33.800><c> of</c><00:34:33.940><c> things.</c>

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:36.559
And<00:34:34.360><c> some</c><00:34:34.500><c> of</c><00:34:34.619><c> that</c><00:34:34.760><c> is</c><00:34:34.960><c> reflected</c><00:34:35.300><c> in</c><00:34:35.500><c> his</c><00:34:35.760><c> teaching</c><00:34:36.119><c> and</c><00:34:36.480><c> in</c>

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:38.300
his<00:34:36.900><c> parables,</c><00:34:37.460><c> isn't</c><00:34:37.699><c> it?</c>

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:41.719
He<00:34:38.860><c> might</c><00:34:39.139><c> have</c><00:34:39.340><c> received</c><00:34:39.719><c> instruction</c><00:34:40.360><c> from</c><00:34:40.719><c> the</c><00:34:41.219><c> rabbi</c><00:34:41.619><c> in</c>

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.719
the<00:34:41.860><c> local</c><00:34:42.179><c> synagogue.</c>

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:45.440
He<00:34:43.179><c> would</c><00:34:43.260><c> have</c><00:34:43.420><c> gone</c><00:34:43.719><c> to</c><00:34:43.940><c> services,</c><00:34:44.460><c> presumably,</c><00:34:44.940><c> and</c><00:34:45.239><c> heard</c>

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.760
the<00:34:45.679><c> law</c><00:34:45.900><c> read.</c>

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:50.159
There's<00:34:47.199><c> no</c><00:34:47.380><c> evidence</c><00:34:47.840><c> that</c><00:34:48.039><c> he</c><00:34:48.159><c> went</c><00:34:48.360><c> to</c><00:34:48.579><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:49.119><c> to</c><00:34:49.440><c> learn</c><00:34:49.739><c> from</c>

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.099
the<00:34:50.400><c> rabbis</c><00:34:50.780><c> there.</c>

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:56.000
On<00:34:51.460><c> the</c><00:34:51.719><c> contrary,</c><00:34:52.400><c> they</c><00:34:52.860><c> sneered</c><00:34:53.480><c> at</c><00:34:53.739><c> his</c><00:34:54.019><c> lack</c><00:34:54.260><c> of</c><00:34:54.719><c> what</c><00:34:54.940><c> they</c><00:34:55.179><c> would</c><00:34:55.420><c> consider</c><00:34:55.780><c> to</c>

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:57.420
be<00:34:56.320><c> formal</c><00:34:56.679><c> education.</c>

00:34:57.420 --> 00:35:00.960
Whence<00:34:58.400><c> hath</c><00:34:58.579><c> this</c><00:34:58.920><c> man</c><00:34:59.159><c> these</c><00:34:59.579><c> things,</c><00:35:00.300><c> they</c><00:35:00.619><c> said.</c>

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:04.619
How<00:35:01.639><c> knoweth</c><00:35:02.019><c> this</c><00:35:02.239><c> man</c><00:35:02.559><c> letters,</c><00:35:03.500><c> having</c><00:35:03.659><c> never</c><00:35:04.099><c> learned.</c>

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:06.920
We<00:35:05.159><c> read</c><00:35:05.340><c> in</c><00:35:05.500><c> John's</c><00:35:05.960><c> Gospel.</c>

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:12.920
But<00:35:07.840><c> you</c><00:35:07.960><c> see,</c><00:35:08.519><c> that</c><00:35:08.619><c> very</c><00:35:09.280><c> formal</c><00:35:10.079><c> education</c><00:35:11.019><c> of</c><00:35:11.840><c> the</c><00:35:12.400><c> rabbis</c>

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:15.079
in<00:35:13.139><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:13.719><c> would</c><00:35:14.380><c> have</c><00:35:14.519><c> been</c><00:35:14.659><c> a</c>

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:17.460
straitjacket<00:35:16.000><c> on</c><00:35:16.340><c> the</c><00:35:16.559><c> mind</c><00:35:16.800><c> of</c><00:35:17.019><c> Jesus.</c>

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:20.659
It<00:35:17.900><c> was</c><00:35:18.119><c> a</c><00:35:18.340><c> system</c><00:35:18.739><c> which</c><00:35:19.019><c> would</c><00:35:19.199><c> have</c><00:35:19.639><c> prevented</c><00:35:20.139><c> him</c><00:35:20.400><c> from</c>

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:23.360
developing<00:35:21.179><c> that</c><00:35:21.500><c> very</c><00:35:22.059><c> flair,</c><00:35:23.219><c> which</c>

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:28.780
was<00:35:23.500><c> the</c><00:35:23.699><c> essence</c><00:35:24.380><c> of</c><00:35:24.920><c> his</c><00:35:25.760><c> revelation</c><00:35:26.420><c> of</c><00:35:27.579><c> God's</c><00:35:28.119><c> nature</c><00:35:28.500><c> and</c>

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:30.300
his<00:35:29.039><c> purpose.</c>

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:34.340
Jesus<00:35:32.420><c> spoke</c><00:35:33.000><c> Aramaic.</c>

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:39.360
He<00:35:34.500><c> presumably</c><00:35:35.099><c> and</c><00:35:36.139><c> certainly,</c><00:35:36.400><c> I</c><00:35:36.559><c> think,</c><00:35:36.860><c> knew</c><00:35:37.119><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:37.639><c> and</c><00:35:38.420><c> Greek.</c>

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:46.199
And<00:35:39.840><c> so</c><00:35:40.280><c> in</c><00:35:40.840><c> the</c><00:35:41.039><c> course</c><00:35:41.239><c> of</c><00:35:41.500><c> his</c><00:35:42.099><c> upbringing,</c><00:35:43.239><c> he</c><00:35:43.380><c> came</c><00:35:43.780><c> to</c><00:35:44.320><c> know</c><00:35:45.179><c> the</c><00:35:45.699><c> word</c><00:35:45.940><c> of</c>

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:48.739
God,<00:35:47.079><c> to</c><00:35:47.619><c> know</c><00:35:47.900><c> and</c>

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:54.139
situations,<00:35:50.820><c> to</c><00:35:50.940><c> have</c><00:35:51.079><c> an</c><00:35:51.619><c> insight</c><00:35:52.099><c> into</c><00:35:52.420><c> the</c><00:35:52.659><c> working</c><00:35:53.039><c> world.</c>

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.219
He<00:35:54.539><c> had</c><00:35:54.719><c> a</c><00:35:54.920><c> family.</c>

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:59.500
He<00:35:55.320><c> had</c><00:35:55.539><c> brothers</c><00:35:55.860><c> and</c><00:35:56.159><c> sisters</c><00:35:56.780><c> who</c><00:35:57.360><c> were</c><00:35:57.639><c> born</c><00:35:58.039><c> after</c><00:35:58.579><c> him.</c>

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:02.280
And<00:35:59.780><c> so</c><00:35:59.920><c> in</c><00:36:00.059><c> his</c><00:36:00.280><c> relationship</c><00:36:00.860><c> with</c><00:36:01.059><c> his</c><00:36:01.280><c> brothers</c><00:36:01.539><c> and</c><00:36:01.780><c> sisters,</c><00:36:02.139><c> he</c>

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:05.079
had<00:36:02.579><c> to</c><00:36:03.400><c> learn</c><00:36:03.760><c> to</c><00:36:04.460><c> work</c><00:36:04.719><c> things</c>

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:08.380
out<00:36:05.380><c> in</c><00:36:05.539><c> the</c><00:36:05.659><c> way</c><00:36:05.840><c> that</c><00:36:06.139><c> only</c><00:36:06.380><c> brothers</c><00:36:06.679><c> and</c><00:36:07.000><c> sisters</c><00:36:07.199><c> can</c><00:36:07.500><c> do.</c>

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:14.940
And<00:36:08.719><c> we</c><00:36:08.800><c> can</c><00:36:09.000><c> well</c><00:36:09.159><c> imagine</c><00:36:09.980><c> the</c><00:36:10.699><c> kind</c><00:36:10.980><c> of</c><00:36:11.320><c> feeling</c><00:36:11.699><c> that,</c><00:36:11.920><c> say,</c><00:36:12.679><c> Joseph's</c><00:36:13.340><c> brethren</c><00:36:13.599><c> had</c><00:36:13.940><c> towards</c>

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:19.500
young<00:36:15.699><c> Joseph</c><00:36:16.159><c> with</c><00:36:16.440><c> his</c><00:36:17.039><c> precocious</c><00:36:17.739><c> spirituality,</c><00:36:19.460><c> would</c>

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:22.780
have<00:36:19.639><c> been</c><00:36:19.940><c> feeling</c><00:36:20.280><c> shared</c><00:36:20.940><c> by</c><00:36:21.619><c> his</c><00:36:21.900><c> brethren.</c>

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:26.500
And<00:36:23.119><c> do</c><00:36:23.219><c> you</c><00:36:23.219><c> remember</c><00:36:23.820><c> how</c><00:36:24.280><c> it's</c><00:36:24.539><c> the</c><00:36:24.760><c> psalmist</c><00:36:25.280><c> who</c><00:36:26.039><c> talks</c>

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:29.719
about<00:36:27.059><c> those</c><00:36:27.539><c> kinds</c><00:36:28.139><c> of</c><00:36:28.699><c> tensions?</c>

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:34.420
Psalm<00:36:30.420><c> 69</c><00:36:31.340><c> is</c><00:36:31.659><c> one</c><00:36:31.840><c> of</c><00:36:32.019><c> the</c><00:36:32.219><c> psalms</c><00:36:32.539><c> where</c><00:36:32.760><c> he</c><00:36:32.780><c> talks</c><00:36:33.019><c> about</c><00:36:33.480><c> becoming</c><00:36:33.940><c> a</c>

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.860
stranger<00:36:34.820><c> unto</c><00:36:35.119><c> my</c><00:36:35.480><c> brethren,</c>

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:39.500
an<00:36:36.539><c> alien</c><00:36:36.880><c> unto</c><00:36:37.199><c> my</c><00:36:37.579><c> mother's</c><00:36:38.559><c> children.</c>

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:45.260
So<00:36:40.139><c> life</c><00:36:40.599><c> was</c><00:36:40.860><c> not</c><00:36:41.079><c> always</c><00:36:41.420><c> easy</c><00:36:41.820><c> for</c><00:36:42.059><c> the</c><00:36:42.219><c> Lord</c><00:36:42.659><c> to</c><00:36:44.039><c> maintain,</c>

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:48.139
Psalm<00:36:46.340><c> 69,</c><00:36:47.039><c> verse</c><00:36:47.219><c> 8,</c><00:36:47.500><c> if</c><00:36:47.599><c> you're</c><00:36:47.900><c> wanting</c>

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:52.840
the<00:36:48.400><c> reference,</c><00:36:49.699><c> to</c><00:36:49.900><c> maintain</c><00:36:50.739><c> that</c><00:36:51.380><c> devotion</c><00:36:51.960><c> to</c><00:36:52.179><c> the</c><00:36:52.360><c> things</c><00:36:52.579><c> of</c>

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:54.840
God<00:36:53.320><c> under</c><00:36:54.059><c> the</c><00:36:54.340><c> pressures</c><00:36:54.659><c> that</c>

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:58.000
would<00:36:55.000><c> have</c><00:36:55.239><c> come</c><00:36:55.599><c> from</c><00:36:55.940><c> his</c><00:36:56.559><c> brothers</c><00:36:56.920><c> and</c><00:36:57.199><c> sisters</c><00:36:57.539><c> and</c><00:36:57.739><c> no</c>

00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:00.380
doubt<00:36:58.340><c> from</c><00:36:58.880><c> their</c><00:36:59.199><c> friends.</c>

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:05.480
And<00:37:00.559><c> so</c><00:37:00.739><c> that</c><00:37:01.420><c> warfare</c><00:37:02.099><c> against</c><00:37:02.719><c> sin,</c><00:37:04.119><c> which</c><00:37:04.519><c> the</c><00:37:04.920><c> Lord</c><00:37:05.199><c> had</c>

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:09.000
to<00:37:05.820><c> wage,</c><00:37:06.900><c> had</c><00:37:07.079><c> to</c><00:37:07.300><c> be</c><00:37:07.559><c> waged</c><00:37:08.260><c> from</c><00:37:08.659><c> the</c>

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:13.519
earliest<00:37:09.460><c> of</c><00:37:09.880><c> ages</c><00:37:10.380><c> in</c><00:37:11.079><c> the</c><00:37:11.280><c> face</c><00:37:11.539><c> of</c><00:37:11.920><c> pressures</c><00:37:12.400><c> both</c><00:37:13.179><c> within</c>

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:16.440
his<00:37:13.800><c> family</c><00:37:14.340><c> and</c><00:37:15.280><c> without.</c>

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:20.099
At<00:37:17.679><c> some</c><00:37:17.960><c> point,</c><00:37:18.260><c> it</c><00:37:18.280><c> seems</c><00:37:18.559><c> that</c><00:37:18.780><c> Joseph</c><00:37:19.280><c> died.</c>

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:23.260
We<00:37:20.619><c> don't</c><00:37:20.820><c> have</c><00:37:20.980><c> any</c><00:37:21.460><c> reference</c><00:37:21.739><c> to</c><00:37:21.900><c> him</c><00:37:22.000><c> of</c><00:37:22.079><c> any</c><00:37:22.239><c> significance,</c><00:37:22.780><c> do</c><00:37:22.860><c> we,</c><00:37:22.960><c> once</c>

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:24.619
the<00:37:23.519><c> ministry</c><00:37:23.900><c> begins?</c>

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:28.719
And<00:37:25.199><c> if</c><00:37:25.340><c> that</c><00:37:25.539><c> was</c><00:37:25.760><c> the</c><00:37:25.920><c> case,</c><00:37:26.659><c> then</c><00:37:26.719><c> Jesus,</c><00:37:27.719><c> as</c><00:37:27.940><c> the</c><00:37:28.320><c> eldest</c>

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:30.300
one<00:37:28.980><c> in</c><00:37:29.159><c> the</c><00:37:29.380><c> family's</c><00:37:29.800><c> situation,</c>

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:34.840
might<00:37:30.619><c> well</c><00:37:30.880><c> have</c><00:37:31.179><c> had</c><00:37:31.280><c> a</c><00:37:31.519><c> key</c><00:37:31.780><c> part</c><00:37:32.159><c> to</c><00:37:32.519><c> play</c><00:37:32.920><c> in</c><00:37:33.840><c> helping</c><00:37:34.360><c> the</c>

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.840
family<00:37:35.360><c> affairs.</c>

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:39.340
He<00:37:36.039><c> might</c><00:37:36.300><c> have</c><00:37:36.679><c> indeed</c><00:37:36.960><c> been</c><00:37:37.199><c> the</c><00:37:37.500><c> breadwinner</c><00:37:38.340><c> for</c><00:37:38.920><c> part</c><00:37:39.159><c> of</c>

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:40.400
the<00:37:39.539><c> time.</c>

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:45.340
Perhaps<00:37:41.500><c> the</c><00:37:41.780><c> very</c><00:37:42.099><c> removal</c><00:37:42.559><c> of</c><00:37:42.800><c> Joseph</c><00:37:43.159><c> in</c><00:37:43.480><c> God's</c><00:37:44.039><c> purpose</c><00:37:44.639><c> was</c><00:37:45.139><c> a</c>

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:47.500
way<00:37:45.719><c> in</c><00:37:46.039><c> which</c><00:37:46.260><c> Jesus</c><00:37:46.639><c> could</c><00:37:46.980><c> focus</c>

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:50.880
more<00:37:48.059><c> on</c><00:37:48.539><c> his</c><00:37:48.780><c> relationship</c><00:37:49.420><c> with</c><00:37:49.659><c> his</c><00:37:49.900><c> heavenly</c><00:37:50.300><c> father,</c>

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:53.619
breaking<00:37:51.980><c> all</c><00:37:52.579><c> earthly</c><00:37:53.039><c> ties.</c>

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:57.840
Remember<00:37:54.440><c> how</c><00:37:54.699><c> later</c><00:37:54.980><c> he</c><00:37:55.099><c> was</c><00:37:55.300><c> to</c><00:37:55.519><c> say,</c><00:37:56.179><c> who</c><00:37:56.300><c> is</c><00:37:56.659><c> my</c><00:37:56.920><c> mother</c><00:37:57.360><c> or</c>

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:59.019
my<00:37:58.159><c> brethren?</c>

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:03.539
He<00:37:59.340><c> knew</c><00:37:59.719><c> that</c><00:38:00.079><c> his</c><00:38:00.360><c> family</c><00:38:00.940><c> was</c><00:38:01.820><c> a</c><00:38:02.039><c> family</c><00:38:02.380><c> which</c><00:38:02.780><c> gave</c><00:38:03.000><c> him</c><00:38:03.219><c> a</c>

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:06.840
start,<00:38:04.400><c> but</c><00:38:04.519><c> beyond</c><00:38:04.900><c> that</c><00:38:05.480><c> was</c><00:38:05.800><c> to</c><00:38:05.940><c> be</c><00:38:06.059><c> a</c><00:38:06.320><c> family</c>

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:12.460
which<00:38:07.260><c> was</c><00:38:07.420><c> of</c><00:38:07.519><c> a</c><00:38:07.699><c> different</c><00:38:08.239><c> type</c><00:38:08.539><c> altogether,</c><00:38:09.840><c> transcending</c><00:38:10.400><c> all</c><00:38:10.699><c> natural</c><00:38:11.159><c> relationships.</c>

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:16.320
He<00:38:13.519><c> might</c><00:38:13.699><c> well</c><00:38:13.840><c> have</c><00:38:14.039><c> enjoyed</c><00:38:14.400><c> solitude</c><00:38:15.039><c> and</c><00:38:15.199><c> the</c><00:38:15.340><c> opportunity</c><00:38:15.860><c> to</c><00:38:16.099><c> walk</c>

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:17.659
in<00:38:16.519><c> the</c><00:38:16.699><c> surrounding</c><00:38:17.059><c> country</c>

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:20.559
and<00:38:17.900><c> to</c><00:38:18.199><c> reflect</c><00:38:18.480><c> and</c><00:38:18.780><c> meditate</c><00:38:19.219><c> upon</c><00:38:19.480><c> his</c><00:38:19.760><c> father's</c><00:38:20.260><c> will.</c>

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:30.420
And<00:38:22.239><c> by</c><00:38:23.139><c> whatever</c><00:38:23.559><c> means,</c><00:38:24.940><c> he</c><00:38:25.079><c> developed</c><00:38:25.519><c> that</c><00:38:26.079><c> spiritual</c><00:38:26.739><c> strength</c><00:38:27.460><c> and</c><00:38:27.880><c> commitment</c><00:38:28.380><c> and</c><00:38:28.800><c> sense</c><00:38:29.219><c> of</c><00:38:29.739><c> personal</c>

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:37.960
destiny,<00:38:32.760><c> which</c><00:38:32.900><c> meant</c><00:38:33.179><c> that</c><00:38:33.400><c> at</c><00:38:33.619><c> the</c><00:38:33.800><c> age</c><00:38:34.079><c> of</c><00:38:34.920><c> 30,</c><00:38:36.619><c> he</c><00:38:36.820><c> decided</c><00:38:37.480><c> that</c>

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:41.519
the<00:38:38.239><c> time</c><00:38:38.460><c> was</c><00:38:38.980><c> right</c><00:38:39.639><c> for</c><00:38:40.219><c> him</c><00:38:40.500><c> to</c><00:38:40.980><c> commence</c>

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:46.739
his<00:38:42.019><c> ministry,</c><00:38:43.440><c> and</c><00:38:43.860><c> leaving</c><00:38:44.199><c> home,</c><00:38:45.340><c> he</c><00:38:45.460><c> went</c><00:38:45.699><c> on</c><00:38:45.920><c> that</c><00:38:46.219><c> long</c>

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:49.599
journey<00:38:47.360><c> from</c><00:38:48.000><c> Galilee</c><00:38:48.679><c> to</c><00:38:49.059><c> the</c><00:38:49.239><c> Jordan,</c>

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:52.519
where<00:38:49.880><c> John</c><00:38:50.199><c> the</c><00:38:50.400><c> Baptist</c><00:38:50.780><c> was</c><00:38:51.139><c> crying</c><00:38:51.559><c> in</c><00:38:51.739><c> the</c><00:38:51.920><c> wilderness</c>

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:57.079
to<00:38:53.480><c> seek</c><00:38:54.239><c> baptism</c><00:38:54.960><c> at</c><00:38:55.739><c> his</c><00:38:56.039><c> hands.</c>

00:38:58.480 --> 00:39:03.159
I<00:38:58.559><c> like</c><00:38:58.800><c> to</c><00:38:59.300><c> just</c><00:38:59.539><c> think</c><00:38:59.699><c> to</c><00:38:59.860><c> myself,</c><00:39:00.619><c> as</c><00:39:00.800><c> I</c><00:39:00.980><c> think</c><00:39:01.139><c> of</c><00:39:01.300><c> that</c><00:39:01.519><c> moment,</c><00:39:02.719><c> how</c><00:39:02.900><c> it</c>

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:04.659
felt<00:39:03.440><c> for</c><00:39:03.679><c> Mary.</c>

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:11.559
This<00:39:07.400><c> special</c><00:39:08.000><c> son,</c><00:39:10.039><c> with</c><00:39:10.219><c> all</c><00:39:10.420><c> that</c><00:39:10.579><c> he</c><00:39:10.659><c> had</c><00:39:10.880><c> brought</c><00:39:11.260><c> to</c>

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:13.039
their<00:39:11.880><c> household,</c>

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:17.719
with<00:39:14.400><c> the</c><00:39:14.579><c> quality</c><00:39:15.059><c> of</c><00:39:15.239><c> his</c><00:39:15.460><c> life,</c><00:39:16.039><c> that</c><00:39:16.260><c> however</c><00:39:16.739><c> wonderful</c>

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:21.619
Mary<00:39:18.099><c> was,</c><00:39:19.420><c> she</c><00:39:19.559><c> would</c><00:39:19.840><c> recognise</c><00:39:20.460><c> as</c>

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:28.199
outstripping<00:39:22.360><c> any</c><00:39:22.880><c> virtue</c><00:39:23.320><c> that</c><00:39:23.539><c> she</c><00:39:23.719><c> possessed.</c><00:39:25.780><c> His</c><00:39:26.119><c> delight</c><00:39:26.800><c> to</c><00:39:28.019><c> be</c>

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:29.840
of<00:39:28.420><c> assistance</c><00:39:28.960><c> and</c><00:39:29.199><c> to</c><00:39:29.480><c> serve,</c>

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:33.860
the<00:39:30.079><c> one</c><00:39:30.239><c> who</c><00:39:30.480><c> made</c><00:39:30.760><c> himself</c><00:39:31.260><c> of</c><00:39:31.519><c> no</c><00:39:31.880><c> reputation</c><00:39:32.800><c> and</c><00:39:33.500><c> took</c><00:39:33.699><c> on</c>

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:36.280
him<00:39:34.079><c> the</c><00:39:34.320><c> form</c><00:39:34.500><c> of</c><00:39:34.760><c> a</c><00:39:34.920><c> servant,</c>

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:38.900
and<00:39:36.440><c> with</c><00:39:36.500><c> being</c><00:39:36.780><c> found</c><00:39:37.099><c> in</c><00:39:37.440><c> fashion</c><00:39:37.659><c> as</c><00:39:37.860><c> a</c><00:39:38.000><c> man,</c><00:39:38.360><c> he</c><00:39:38.559><c> humbled</c>

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:41.960
himself.<00:39:40.199><c> So</c><00:39:40.460><c> as</c><00:39:40.639><c> any</c><00:39:40.860><c> mother</c><00:39:41.139><c> with</c><00:39:41.400><c> a</c><00:39:41.559><c> son,</c>

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:45.000
there<00:39:42.320><c> would</c><00:39:42.500><c> have</c><00:39:42.579><c> been</c><00:39:42.719><c> a</c><00:39:42.820><c> delightful</c><00:39:43.420><c> relationship</c><00:39:44.179><c> there.</c>

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:51.920
And<00:39:46.719><c> as</c><00:39:46.860><c> he</c><00:39:47.719><c> left</c><00:39:48.039><c> home</c><00:39:48.619><c> and</c><00:39:49.820><c> walked</c><00:39:50.099><c> away</c><00:39:50.539><c> from</c><00:39:50.760><c> that</c><00:39:51.500><c> home</c>

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:54.739
and<00:39:52.099><c> that</c><00:39:52.400><c> house</c><00:39:53.059><c> and</c><00:39:53.639><c> that</c><00:39:53.940><c> family</c><00:39:54.340><c> and</c><00:39:54.460><c> that</c>

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:58.880
situation,<00:39:56.179><c> in</c><00:39:56.340><c> order</c><00:39:56.599><c> to</c><00:39:56.820><c> go</c><00:39:57.039><c> to</c><00:39:57.260><c> John</c><00:39:57.559><c> to</c><00:39:57.880><c> commence</c><00:39:58.260><c> the</c><00:39:58.559><c> work</c><00:39:58.739><c> he</c>

00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:01.940
was<00:39:59.099><c> to</c><00:39:59.300><c> do,</c><00:40:00.380><c> how</c><00:40:00.719><c> she</c><00:40:00.900><c> must</c><00:40:01.179><c> have</c><00:40:01.380><c> felt</c>

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:06.179
that<00:40:02.619><c> sword</c><00:40:03.239><c> piercing</c><00:40:04.039><c> through</c><00:40:04.739><c> her</c><00:40:05.000><c> own</c><00:40:05.360><c> soul.</c>

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:11.119
Well,<00:40:07.659><c> Roses,</c><00:40:08.079><c> we</c><00:40:08.320><c> have</c><00:40:08.579><c> to</c><00:40:09.719><c> allow</c><00:40:10.199><c> our</c><00:40:10.519><c> children</c><00:40:10.719><c> to</c><00:40:10.940><c> leave</c>

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:12.860
home<00:40:11.440><c> too,</c><00:40:11.780><c> don't</c><00:40:12.019><c> we?</c>

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:16.239
And<00:40:13.559><c> sometimes</c><00:40:13.900><c> the</c><00:40:14.239><c> circumstances</c><00:40:14.760><c> are</c><00:40:15.059><c> good</c><00:40:15.280><c> and</c><00:40:15.400><c> sometimes</c><00:40:15.980><c> they're</c>

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:18.019
not<00:40:16.639><c> so</c><00:40:16.980><c> good.</c>

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:22.179
But<00:40:18.920><c> we're</c><00:40:19.099><c> reminded</c><00:40:19.599><c> that</c><00:40:19.820><c> it</c><00:40:19.960><c> is</c><00:40:20.400><c> only</c><00:40:20.940><c> while</c><00:40:21.420><c> our</c><00:40:21.800><c> children</c>

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:26.199
are<00:40:22.599><c> little,</c><00:40:24.380><c> that</c><00:40:24.519><c> as</c><00:40:24.699><c> they</c><00:40:24.840><c> are</c><00:40:25.079><c> growing</c><00:40:25.360><c> up,</c>

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:32.780
that<00:40:26.820><c> we</c><00:40:26.940><c> have</c><00:40:27.139><c> those</c><00:40:27.579><c> precious</c><00:40:28.119><c> opportunities</c><00:40:29.119><c> to</c><00:40:30.059><c> build</c><00:40:30.440><c> the</c><00:40:30.800><c> relationships</c><00:40:31.500><c> that</c><00:40:32.460><c> we</c>

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:34.139
hope<00:40:33.039><c> will</c><00:40:33.420><c> sustain</c><00:40:33.880><c> them</c>

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:37.880
and<00:40:34.699><c> strengthen</c><00:40:34.880><c> them</c><00:40:35.139><c> and</c><00:40:35.320><c> help</c><00:40:35.539><c> them</c><00:40:35.880><c> forward</c><00:40:36.440><c> as</c><00:40:37.059><c> they</c><00:40:37.340><c> come</c><00:40:37.579><c> to</c>

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:40.559
leave<00:40:38.159><c> the</c><00:40:38.340><c> nest</c><00:40:38.800><c> and</c><00:40:39.480><c> to</c><00:40:39.780><c> step</c><00:40:39.960><c> out</c>

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:45.480
into<00:40:41.360><c> the</c><00:40:42.019><c> life</c><00:40:42.659><c> that</c><00:40:43.059><c> lies</c><00:40:43.340><c> beyond</c><00:40:44.039><c> the</c><00:40:44.539><c> home.</c>

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:54.480
So<00:40:47.780><c> Jesus</c><00:40:48.460><c> came</c><00:40:49.059><c> to</c><00:40:49.300><c> John,</c><00:40:51.380><c> leaving</c><00:40:51.639><c> his</c><00:40:51.900><c> home</c><00:40:52.059><c> and</c><00:40:52.219><c> his</c><00:40:52.420><c> mother,</c><00:40:54.159><c> and</c>

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:57.199
asked<00:40:54.679><c> to</c><00:40:55.079><c> identify</c><00:40:55.840><c> himself</c><00:40:56.519><c> with</c>

00:40:57.199 --> 00:41:00.480
the<00:40:57.639><c> humanity</c><00:40:58.000><c> that</c><00:40:58.179><c> had</c><00:40:58.280><c> come</c><00:40:58.639><c> to</c><00:40:59.000><c> save.</c><00:40:59.539><c> Suffer</c><00:40:59.960><c> it</c><00:41:00.079><c> to</c><00:41:00.239><c> be</c>

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:02.760
so<00:41:00.739><c> now,</c><00:41:01.059><c> he</c><00:41:01.320><c> said.</c><00:41:01.579><c> And</c><00:41:01.760><c> as</c><00:41:01.940><c> John</c>

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:06.519
was<00:41:03.679><c> concerned</c><00:41:04.199><c> that</c><00:41:04.760><c> he</c><00:41:05.059><c> should,</c><00:41:05.679><c> whether</c><00:41:05.840><c> he</c><00:41:05.940><c> was</c><00:41:06.199><c> worthy</c>

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:09.119
to<00:41:06.800><c> baptize</c><00:41:07.480><c> one</c><00:41:07.940><c> such</c><00:41:08.340><c> as</c><00:41:08.480><c> the</c><00:41:08.599><c> Lord</c><00:41:08.760><c> Jesus</c>

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:12.000
Christ,<00:41:09.639><c> interesting</c><00:41:09.960><c> because</c><00:41:10.840><c> John</c><00:41:11.139><c> in</c><00:41:11.280><c> his</c><00:41:11.480><c> gospel</c><00:41:11.699><c> tells</c>

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:14.260
us<00:41:12.159><c> that</c><00:41:12.300><c> he</c><00:41:12.400><c> didn't</c><00:41:12.679><c> know</c><00:41:13.039><c> the</c><00:41:13.260><c> Lord,</c><00:41:13.880><c> so</c><00:41:14.059><c> their</c>

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:18.019
lives<00:41:14.519><c> have</c><00:41:14.679><c> been</c><00:41:14.800><c> so</c><00:41:15.179><c> far</c><00:41:15.400><c> apart</c><00:41:16.059><c> that</c><00:41:16.360><c> he</c><00:41:16.500><c> hadn't</c><00:41:16.719><c> had</c><00:41:17.039><c> contact.</c><00:41:17.760><c> So</c><00:41:17.780><c> I</c>

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.739
can<00:41:18.139><c> only</c><00:41:18.360><c> think</c><00:41:18.579><c> that</c><00:41:18.960><c> in</c><00:41:19.179><c> some</c><00:41:19.420><c> way,</c>

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:23.019
John<00:41:20.059><c> must</c><00:41:20.360><c> have</c><00:41:20.599><c> talked</c><00:41:20.980><c> to</c><00:41:21.179><c> the</c><00:41:21.320><c> Lord</c><00:41:21.500><c> Jesus</c><00:41:21.940><c> Christ</c><00:41:22.380><c> and</c><00:41:22.639><c> as</c>

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:26.260
Jesus<00:41:23.420><c> spoke</c><00:41:23.880><c> to</c><00:41:24.119><c> him,</c><00:41:24.860><c> then</c><00:41:24.920><c> what</c><00:41:25.199><c> John</c><00:41:25.559><c> knew</c>

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:31.079
from<00:41:27.860><c> his</c><00:41:28.639><c> understanding</c><00:41:29.260><c> of</c><00:41:29.539><c> the</c><00:41:29.679><c> circumstance</c><00:41:30.260><c> of</c><00:41:30.480><c> the</c><00:41:30.599><c> birth</c><00:41:30.840><c> of</c>

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:32.619
Jesus<00:41:31.360><c> and</c><00:41:31.559><c> his</c><00:41:31.800><c> acknowledgement</c><00:41:32.340><c> that</c>

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:37.079
here<00:41:32.880><c> was</c><00:41:33.480><c> one</c><00:41:34.119><c> would</c><00:41:34.679><c> have</c><00:41:34.880><c> made</c><00:41:35.119><c> him</c><00:41:35.800><c> quite</c><00:41:36.199><c> confident</c><00:41:36.760><c> that</c>

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:40.960
here<00:41:37.440><c> was</c><00:41:38.039><c> somebody</c><00:41:38.619><c> unique</c><00:41:39.340><c> and</c><00:41:39.900><c> special.</c>

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:47.599
So<00:41:42.340><c> Luke</c><00:41:42.880><c> adds</c><00:41:43.340><c> in</c><00:41:43.820><c> his</c><00:41:44.179><c> account</c><00:41:44.539><c> of</c><00:41:44.840><c> the</c><00:41:44.980><c> baptism</c><00:41:45.300><c> of</c><00:41:45.460><c> the</c><00:41:45.480><c> Lord</c><00:41:45.679><c> Jesus</c><00:41:46.079><c> Christ</c><00:41:46.599><c> that</c><00:41:47.159><c> as</c>

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:49.239
Jesus<00:41:48.039><c> was</c><00:41:48.400><c> baptized,</c>

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:56.320
he<00:41:49.840><c> was</c><00:41:50.239><c> praying,</c><00:41:51.639><c> and</c><00:41:51.760><c> God</c><00:41:52.360><c> heard</c><00:41:52.760><c> his</c><00:41:53.079><c> prayer,</c><00:41:54.019><c> and</c><00:41:54.400><c> the</c><00:41:54.980><c> Spirit</c><00:41:55.360><c> descended</c><00:41:55.860><c> upon</c><00:41:56.179><c> him</c>

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:57.000
like<00:41:56.599><c> a</c><00:41:56.860><c> dove,</c>

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:59.880
and<00:41:57.159><c> the</c><00:41:57.320><c> voice</c><00:41:57.539><c> from</c><00:41:57.760><c> heaven</c><00:41:58.019><c> gave</c><00:41:58.380><c> the</c><00:41:58.679><c> divine</c><00:41:59.039><c> approval</c><00:41:59.679><c> to</c>

00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:01.440
the<00:42:00.079><c> Son</c><00:42:00.320><c> of</c><00:42:00.559><c> Man,</c>

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:05.940
now<00:42:02.019><c> come</c><00:42:02.260><c> to</c><00:42:02.480><c> maturity</c><00:42:03.099><c> and</c><00:42:03.900><c> ready</c><00:42:04.159><c> to</c><00:42:04.699><c> commence</c><00:42:05.079><c> the</c><00:42:05.420><c> work</c>

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:08.440
for<00:42:06.280><c> which</c><00:42:06.480><c> the</c><00:42:06.760><c> previous</c><00:42:07.280><c> 30</c><00:42:07.920><c> years</c>

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:17.679
had<00:42:08.980><c> prepared</c><00:42:09.480><c> him.</c><00:42:10.199><c> Thou</c><00:42:10.960><c> art</c><00:42:11.480><c> my</c><00:42:11.860><c> beloved</c><00:42:12.519><c> Son</c><00:42:13.139><c> in</c><00:42:14.019><c> whom</c><00:42:14.380><c> I</c><00:42:15.079><c> am</c><00:42:15.480><c> well</c><00:42:15.960><c> pleased.</c><00:42:16.519><c> What</c><00:42:16.880><c> a</c><00:42:17.219><c> wonderful</c>

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moment<00:42:18.119><c> that</c><00:42:18.340><c> must</c><00:42:18.639><c> have</c><00:42:18.900><c> been</c><00:42:19.280><c> for</c><00:42:19.840><c> the</c><00:42:20.019><c> Lord,</c><00:42:20.380><c> brethren</c><00:42:20.559><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:42:21.340><c> to</c><00:42:22.239><c> realize</c><00:42:22.960><c> that</c><00:42:23.199><c> his</c><00:42:23.539><c> father</c><00:42:24.039><c> was</c><00:42:24.619><c> in</c><00:42:25.079><c> that</c>

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public<00:42:26.619><c> and</c><00:42:27.260><c> very</c><00:42:27.860><c> special</c><00:42:28.360><c> way</c><00:42:29.199><c> recognizing</c><00:42:30.260><c> his</c><00:42:30.780><c> son.</c><00:42:31.900><c> You</c>

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know,<00:42:32.159><c> children</c><00:42:32.440><c> like</c><00:42:32.860><c> to</c><00:42:33.159><c> please,</c><00:42:33.460><c> don't</c><00:42:33.719><c> they?</c>

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They<00:42:35.780><c> don't</c><00:42:36.079><c> really</c><00:42:36.579><c> want</c><00:42:36.880><c> to</c><00:42:37.119><c> offend</c><00:42:37.340><c> us</c><00:42:37.559><c> and</c><00:42:37.699><c> be</c><00:42:37.880><c> difficult</c>

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and<00:42:38.420><c> even</c><00:42:38.840><c> when</c><00:42:39.239><c> they</c><00:42:39.719><c> do</c><00:42:39.980><c> get</c><00:42:40.159><c> into</c><00:42:40.380><c> those</c>

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difficult<00:42:41.159><c> years,</c><00:42:42.059><c> when</c><00:42:42.300><c> we</c><00:42:42.500><c> have</c><00:42:42.639><c> those</c><00:42:43.699><c> ghastly</c><00:42:44.179><c> arguments</c>

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with<00:42:44.880><c> them</c><00:42:45.019><c> and</c><00:42:45.059><c> we</c><00:42:45.239><c> can't</c><00:42:45.519><c> get</c><00:42:45.699><c> them</c><00:42:45.840><c> to</c><00:42:45.980><c> do</c>

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had,<00:42:55.679><c> you</c><00:42:55.780><c> know</c><00:42:56.000><c> how</c><00:42:56.340><c> disappointed</c><00:42:56.920><c> you</c>

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were<00:42:57.380><c> in</c><00:42:57.619><c> yourself</c><00:42:58.239><c> when</c><00:42:58.739><c> you</c><00:42:58.920><c> were</c><00:42:59.139><c> not</c><00:42:59.519><c> pleasing</c><00:42:59.880><c> your</c><00:43:00.260><c> parents</c><00:43:00.880><c> and</c>

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:05.340
what<00:43:02.000><c> a</c><00:43:02.659><c> sense</c><00:43:02.940><c> of</c><00:43:03.239><c> relief</c><00:43:03.699><c> and</c><00:43:04.719><c> delight</c><00:43:05.099><c> it</c>

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:10.519
is<00:43:05.719><c> to</c><00:43:06.019><c> know</c><00:43:06.539><c> that</c><00:43:07.079><c> the</c><00:43:07.320><c> things</c><00:43:07.559><c> that</c><00:43:07.780><c> you're</c><00:43:07.960><c> doing</c><00:43:08.500><c> your</c><00:43:09.480><c> parents</c><00:43:10.079><c> do</c>

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approve<00:43:10.920><c> of</c><00:43:11.320><c> and</c><00:43:12.360><c> so</c><00:43:12.500><c> we're</c><00:43:12.679><c> reminded</c><00:43:13.239><c> that</c>

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we<00:43:14.139><c> need</c><00:43:14.719><c> to</c><00:43:15.039><c> express</c><00:43:15.619><c> our</c><00:43:16.159><c> approval</c><00:43:16.619><c> more</c><00:43:16.980><c> often</c><00:43:17.460><c> of</c><00:43:18.059><c> the</c><00:43:18.300><c> things</c><00:43:18.579><c> that</c><00:43:18.760><c> are</c>

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done<00:43:19.179><c> well.</c><00:43:20.059><c> We</c><00:43:20.300><c> need</c><00:43:20.519><c> to</c><00:43:20.739><c> encourage,</c>

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we<00:43:22.019><c> need</c><00:43:22.300><c> to</c><00:43:22.900><c> build</c><00:43:23.219><c> up,</c><00:43:23.820><c> we</c><00:43:23.880><c> need</c><00:43:24.179><c> to</c><00:43:24.559><c> strengthen</c><00:43:25.000><c> and</c><00:43:25.239><c> to</c><00:43:25.679><c> praise.</c><00:43:26.599><c> How</c>

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often<00:43:27.039><c> do</c><00:43:27.219><c> we</c><00:43:27.820><c> praise</c><00:43:28.340><c> one</c><00:43:28.559><c> another,</c>

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brethren<00:43:29.179><c> and</c><00:43:29.360><c> sisters?</c><00:43:29.519><c> How</c><00:43:29.659><c> often</c><00:43:29.820><c> in</c><00:43:30.000><c> our</c><00:43:30.179><c> ecclesial</c><00:43:30.659><c> life</c>

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do<00:43:31.579><c> we</c><00:43:31.699><c> take</c><00:43:31.920><c> the</c><00:43:32.079><c> opportunity</c><00:43:32.539><c> to</c><00:43:32.800><c> encourage</c>

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those<00:43:34.400><c> who</c><00:43:34.800><c> are</c><00:43:35.739><c> serving</c><00:43:36.059><c> us</c><00:43:36.260><c> in</c><00:43:36.400><c> the</c><00:43:36.599><c> ecclesia,</c><00:43:37.820><c> those</c><00:43:38.179><c> who</c>

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:41.380
are<00:43:39.019><c> themselves</c><00:43:39.699><c> perhaps</c><00:43:40.119><c> struggling</c><00:43:40.699><c> to</c><00:43:41.099><c> cope</c>

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with<00:43:41.519><c> their</c><00:43:41.780><c> situations.</c><00:43:43.760><c> They</c><00:43:44.219><c> need</c><00:43:44.599><c> a</c><00:43:44.960><c> word</c><00:43:45.179><c> of</c><00:43:45.539><c> encouragement,</c><00:43:46.239><c> a</c><00:43:46.380><c> sense</c><00:43:46.699><c> of</c>

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approval,<00:43:48.039><c> a</c><00:43:48.219><c> sense</c><00:43:48.480><c> that</c>

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somebody<00:43:49.320><c> knows</c><00:43:49.760><c> and</c><00:43:50.099><c> understands</c><00:43:50.780><c> and</c><00:43:51.119><c> loves</c><00:43:51.880><c> and</c><00:43:53.940><c> how</c><00:43:54.260><c> greatly</c><00:43:54.920><c> each</c>

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one<00:43:55.679><c> of</c><00:43:55.760><c> us</c><00:43:55.900><c> is</c><00:43:56.199><c> helped</c><00:43:56.579><c> when</c><00:43:57.159><c> that</c>

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lovely<00:43:58.900><c> sense</c><00:43:59.460><c> of</c><00:43:59.820><c> encouragement</c><00:44:00.280><c> comes</c><00:44:00.699><c> our</c><00:44:01.059><c> way</c><00:44:01.480><c> and</c><00:44:02.420><c> so</c><00:44:02.599><c> for</c><00:44:02.780><c> the</c><00:44:02.940><c> Lord</c><00:44:03.139><c> it</c>

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must<00:44:03.559><c> have</c><00:44:03.699><c> been</c><00:44:03.820><c> a</c><00:44:03.960><c> moment</c><00:44:04.179><c> of</c>

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intense<00:44:05.039><c> and</c><00:44:05.420><c> deep</c><00:44:06.219><c> satisfaction</c><00:44:07.199><c> to</c><00:44:08.159><c> hear</c><00:44:08.380><c> that</c><00:44:08.780><c> voice</c><00:44:09.179><c> from</c><00:44:09.380><c> heaven,</c>

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thou<00:44:10.639><c> art</c><00:44:11.260><c> my</c><00:44:11.860><c> beloved</c><00:44:12.360><c> son</c><00:44:13.059><c> in</c><00:44:13.760><c> whom</c><00:44:14.199><c> I</c><00:44:15.000><c> am</c><00:44:15.179><c> well</c><00:44:15.500><c> pleased.</c>

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We're<00:44:18.519><c> all</c><00:44:18.739><c> children,</c><00:44:19.480><c> brethren</c><00:44:19.579><c> and</c><00:44:19.860><c> sisters,</c><00:44:21.320><c> growing</c><00:44:21.400><c> up</c>

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under<00:44:22.400><c> the</c><00:44:22.659><c> care</c><00:44:22.800><c> of</c><00:44:23.019><c> our</c><00:44:23.139><c> heavenly</c><00:44:23.500><c> father</c>

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and<00:44:25.360><c> if</c><00:44:25.480><c> we</c><00:44:25.679><c> can</c><00:44:25.940><c> learn</c><00:44:26.219><c> to</c><00:44:26.460><c> grow</c><00:44:26.679><c> up</c><00:44:26.960><c> into</c><00:44:28.199><c> him</c><00:44:28.659><c> in</c><00:44:29.000><c> all</c><00:44:29.400><c> things</c>

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who<00:44:29.980><c> is</c><00:44:30.219><c> the</c><00:44:30.460><c> head</c>

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then<00:44:32.559><c> we</c><00:44:32.920><c> too</c><00:44:33.800><c> may</c><00:44:34.239><c> gain</c><00:44:34.619><c> the</c><00:44:34.900><c> loving</c><00:44:35.139><c> approval</c><00:44:35.780><c> of</c><00:44:36.579><c> our</c>

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heavenly<00:44:37.079><c> father.</c>

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Some<00:44:44.719><c> very</c><00:44:45.300><c> practical</c><00:44:45.880><c> words</c><00:44:46.960><c> for</c><00:44:47.159><c> us</c><00:44:47.360><c> there</c><00:44:47.579><c> in</c><00:44:48.440><c> brother</c><00:44:48.659><c> Michael's</c><00:44:49.260><c> talk</c><00:44:49.420><c> this</c><00:44:49.659><c> morning</c><00:44:50.019><c> and</c>

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we<00:44:51.039><c> thank</c><00:44:51.199><c> him</c><00:44:51.480><c> for</c>

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those<00:44:52.840><c> words</c><00:44:53.179><c> as</c><00:44:53.500><c> we</c><00:44:53.659><c> thank</c><00:44:53.800><c> all</c><00:44:54.079><c> our</c><00:44:54.659><c> speakers</c><00:44:54.940><c> this</c><00:44:55.199><c> morning</c>

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for<00:44:56.199><c> the</c><00:44:56.360><c> administrations</c><00:44:56.940><c> toward</c><00:44:57.239><c> us.</c>

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Brother<00:45:00.239><c> Michael's</c><00:45:00.760><c> handout</c><00:45:01.139><c> is</c><00:45:01.579><c> at</c><00:45:01.719><c> the</c><00:45:01.840><c> back</c><00:45:02.019><c> door,</c><00:45:02.400><c> please</c>

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make<00:45:02.920><c> sure</c><00:45:03.079><c> you</c><00:45:03.280><c> pick</c><00:45:03.400><c> one</c><00:45:03.559><c> up</c><00:45:03.719><c> on</c><00:45:03.940><c> your</c><00:45:04.059><c> way</c><00:45:04.260><c> out.</c>

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We<00:45:06.500><c> will</c><00:45:06.719><c> close</c><00:45:07.019><c> this</c><00:45:07.380><c> morning's</c><00:45:07.940><c> session</c><00:45:08.199><c> with</c><00:45:08.559><c> prayer</c>

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through<00:45:10.179><c> our</c><00:45:10.500><c> brother</c><00:45:10.619><c> Bill</c><00:45:10.920><c> Falkitz</c><00:45:11.400><c> from</c><00:45:11.780><c> the</c><00:45:12.039><c> Troy</c><00:45:12.260><c> Illinois</c><00:45:12.920><c> Ecclesia</c><00:45:13.519><c> if</c><00:45:14.340><c> you</c>

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please<00:45:14.719><c> stand.</c><00:45:15.239><c> Thank</c><00:45:15.480><c> you.</c>

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Our<00:45:34.139><c> father</c><00:45:34.659><c> which</c><00:45:35.059><c> art</c><00:45:35.239><c> in</c><00:45:35.440><c> heaven,</c><00:45:37.340><c> hallowed</c><00:45:37.539><c> be</c><00:45:37.739><c> thy</c><00:45:37.980><c> name,</c>

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thy<00:45:40.519><c> kingdom</c><00:45:40.900><c> come,</c><00:45:42.639><c> thy</c><00:45:42.760><c> will</c><00:45:42.960><c> be</c><00:45:43.199><c> done</c><00:45:43.679><c> on</c><00:45:44.059><c> earth</c>

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as<00:45:45.360><c> it</c><00:45:45.460><c> is</c><00:45:45.639><c> in</c><00:45:45.780><c> heaven.</c><00:45:48.239><c> We</c><00:45:48.500><c> approach</c><00:45:48.679><c> thy</c><00:45:48.880><c> throne</c><00:45:49.059><c> of</c><00:45:49.320><c> grace,</c>

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the<00:45:49.619><c> only</c><00:45:49.780><c> father,</c><00:45:51.019><c> thanking</c><00:45:51.239><c> thee</c><00:45:52.219><c> for</c><00:45:52.440><c> this</c>

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morning's<00:45:53.920><c> classes</c><00:45:54.539><c> and</c><00:45:56.880><c> for</c><00:45:57.039><c> what</c><00:45:57.119><c> we</c><00:45:57.300><c> have</c><00:45:57.480><c> learned.</c><00:45:59.460><c> We</c><00:45:59.559><c> thank</c><00:45:59.699><c> thee</c><00:45:59.860><c> for</c><00:46:00.019><c> the</c><00:46:00.199><c> fellowship</c><00:46:00.480><c> that</c><00:46:00.699><c> we</c><00:46:00.900><c> share</c>

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around<00:46:02.300><c> thy</c><00:46:02.519><c> word.</c><00:46:04.780><c> We</c><00:46:04.940><c> acknowledge</c><00:46:05.300><c> thee</c><00:46:06.639><c> as</c><00:46:07.179><c> the</c><00:46:07.380><c> god</c><00:46:07.559><c> of</c><00:46:08.860><c> Elijah</c><00:46:09.360><c> and</c><00:46:09.800><c> Elisha,</c><00:46:11.920><c> as</c>

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the<00:46:12.199><c> god</c><00:46:12.360><c> of</c><00:46:12.599><c> grace</c><00:46:13.199><c> and</c><00:46:13.679><c> mercy.</c>

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We<00:46:16.239><c> acknowledge</c><00:46:16.599><c> thee</c><00:46:16.840><c> as</c><00:46:17.000><c> the</c><00:46:17.119><c> god</c><00:46:17.239><c> of</c><00:46:17.480><c> Stephen,</c><00:46:19.320><c> as</c><00:46:19.480><c> the</c><00:46:19.599><c> god</c>

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of<00:46:19.960><c> glory.</c>

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help<00:46:28.679><c> us</c><00:46:28.900><c> to</c><00:46:29.079><c> learn</c><00:46:29.739><c> most</c><00:46:30.340><c> from</c><00:46:30.579><c> our</c><00:46:30.719><c> lord</c><00:46:30.900><c> and</c><00:46:31.019><c> master</c>

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Jesus<00:46:31.559><c> Christ</c><00:46:32.440><c> and</c><00:46:33.099><c> his</c><00:46:33.360><c> walk</c><00:46:33.579><c> in</c><00:46:33.719><c> the</c><00:46:33.900><c> truth.</c><00:46:36.760><c> Help</c><00:46:36.920><c> us</c><00:46:37.159><c> to</c>

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strengthen<00:46:37.820><c> and</c><00:46:38.019><c> encourage</c><00:46:38.320><c> one</c><00:46:38.500><c> another</c>

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as<00:46:40.699><c> we</c><00:46:40.960><c> prepare</c><00:46:41.219><c> ourselves</c><00:46:41.840><c> for</c><00:46:42.719><c> his</c><00:46:42.900><c> return</c><00:46:43.559><c> and</c><00:46:44.719><c> for</c><00:46:44.920><c> a</c><00:46:45.000><c> place</c><00:46:45.119><c> in</c>

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that<00:46:45.400><c> kingdom</c><00:46:46.099><c> if</c><00:46:46.420><c> it</c><00:46:46.500><c> be</c><00:46:46.639><c> thy</c><00:46:46.860><c> will.</c>

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We<00:46:52.420><c> hope</c><00:46:52.940><c> that</c><00:46:54.199><c> when</c><00:46:54.340><c> he</c><00:46:54.460><c> does</c><00:46:54.739><c> call</c><00:46:54.960><c> us</c><00:46:55.699><c> that</c><00:46:56.840><c> he</c><00:46:56.980><c> will</c><00:46:57.219><c> see</c><00:46:57.760><c> a</c>

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reflection<00:46:58.880><c> of</c><00:46:59.480><c> himself</c><00:47:00.400><c> in</c><00:47:01.260><c> each</c><00:47:01.480><c> and</c><00:47:01.619><c> every</c><00:47:01.820><c> one</c>

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so<00:47:03.500><c> that</c><00:47:03.639><c> we</c><00:47:03.840><c> can</c><00:47:04.079><c> indeed</c><00:47:05.079><c> be</c><00:47:06.219><c> called</c><00:47:06.480><c> truly</c><00:47:07.119><c> sons</c><00:47:07.460><c> and</c><00:47:07.719><c> daughters</c><00:47:07.980><c> of</c><00:47:08.239><c> thine</c><00:47:09.340><c> and</c>

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pray<00:47:11.159><c> that</c><00:47:11.280><c> that</c><00:47:11.420><c> will</c><00:47:11.559><c> be</c><00:47:11.639><c> with</c>

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us<00:47:12.659><c> until</c><00:47:12.940><c> that</c><00:47:13.219><c> time</c><00:47:13.860><c> and</c><00:47:14.659><c> pray</c><00:47:14.840><c> for</c><00:47:15.019><c> his</c><00:47:15.199><c> return</c><00:47:15.460><c> to</c><00:47:15.599><c> be</c><00:47:15.800><c> soon.</c>

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As<00:47:18.139><c> we</c><00:47:18.380><c> approach</c><00:47:18.579><c> thee</c><00:47:18.780><c> now</c><00:47:18.920><c> in</c><00:47:19.079><c> his</c><00:47:20.500><c> saving</c><00:47:20.820><c> name,</c><00:47:22.260><c> our</c><00:47:22.360><c> lord</c>

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Jesus<00:47:22.840><c> Christ.</c>

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Amen.