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if<00:15:43.960><c> it's</c><00:15:44.179><c> not</c><00:15:44.639><c> manifesting</c><00:15:45.159><c> itself</c><00:15:45.600><c> in</c><00:15:45.860><c> a</c><00:15:45.980><c> way</c><00:15:46.100><c> of</c><00:15:46.340><c> life.</c>

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should<00:15:50.899><c> be</c><00:15:51.320><c> showing</c><00:15:51.700><c> compassion</c>

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and<00:15:53.299><c> judgment</c><00:15:53.860><c> and</c><00:15:54.580><c> mercy</c><00:15:54.940><c> in</c><00:15:55.159><c> our</c><00:15:55.320><c> judgment.</c>

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phrase<00:16:03.000><c> knowledge</c><00:16:03.539><c> of</c><00:16:03.879><c> God</c><00:16:04.159><c> does</c><00:16:04.519><c> mean</c><00:16:04.840><c> in</c><00:16:05.080><c> the</c><00:16:05.299><c> Scriptures</c>

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then<00:16:06.860><c> we</c><00:16:07.059><c> discover,</c><00:16:07.860><c> do</c><00:16:07.860><c> we</c><00:16:08.059><c> not,</c><00:16:08.299><c> in</c><00:16:08.480><c> the</c><00:16:08.759><c> Exodus</c><00:16:09.039><c> experience</c>

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that<00:16:10.899><c> it</c><00:16:11.100><c> is</c><00:16:11.299><c> said</c><00:16:11.440><c> of</c><00:16:11.759><c> God's</c><00:16:12.279><c> response,</c>

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I<00:16:14.320><c> have</c><00:16:15.799><c> surely</c><00:16:16.360><c> seen</c><00:16:17.220><c> the</c><00:16:18.179><c> afflictions</c><00:16:18.679><c> of</c><00:16:18.919><c> my</c><00:16:19.179><c> people</c><00:16:19.519><c> who</c><00:16:19.759><c> are</c><00:16:20.019><c> in</c><00:16:20.240><c> Egypt,</c><00:16:21.299><c> says</c><00:16:21.419><c> God,</c><00:16:22.679><c> Exodus</c><00:16:22.980><c> 3</c>

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verse<00:16:23.500><c> 7,</c>

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for<00:16:25.519><c> I</c><00:16:25.940><c> know</c><00:16:26.720><c> their</c><00:16:27.259><c> sorrows</c><00:16:27.960><c> and</c><00:16:28.340><c> I</c><00:16:28.759><c> am</c><00:16:29.100><c> come</c><00:16:29.519><c> down</c><00:16:29.840><c> to</c><00:16:30.120><c> deliver</c><00:16:30.360><c> them.</c>

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God<00:16:31.259><c> knows,</c><00:16:32.480><c> He</c><00:16:32.700><c> showed</c><00:16:32.860><c> a</c><00:16:33.080><c> sympathy</c><00:16:33.500><c> for</c><00:16:34.139><c> Israel's</c><00:16:35.279><c> problems</c>

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and<00:16:36.320><c> so</c><00:16:36.639><c> came</c><00:16:37.100><c> down</c><00:16:37.580><c> to</c><00:16:37.940><c> enter</c><00:16:38.240><c> into</c><00:16:38.480><c> them.</c>

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So<00:16:39.600><c> knowing</c><00:16:39.919><c> in</c><00:16:40.220><c> that</c><00:16:40.539><c> sense</c><00:16:40.860><c> means</c><00:16:41.379><c> showing</c><00:16:41.940><c> a</c><00:16:42.200><c> sympathy</c><00:16:42.659><c> for</c>

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and<00:16:43.360><c> then</c><00:16:43.700><c> entering</c><00:16:43.899><c> into</c><00:16:45.139><c> the</c><00:16:45.620><c> need.</c>

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And<00:16:46.960><c> then</c><00:16:47.139><c> again</c><00:16:47.480><c> in</c><00:16:47.860><c> Exodus</c><00:16:48.220><c> 23</c><00:16:48.779><c> verse</c><00:16:49.039><c> 9,</c><00:16:49.740><c> God</c><00:16:50.059><c> in</c><00:16:50.299><c> the</c><00:16:50.539><c> commandments</c><00:16:50.980><c> to</c>

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Israel<00:16:51.799><c> said,</c>

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a<00:16:54.220><c> stranger</c><00:16:54.919><c> shall</c><00:16:55.360><c> thou</c><00:16:55.820><c> not</c><00:16:56.200><c> oppress,</c><00:16:57.860><c> for</c><00:16:58.179><c> ye</c><00:16:58.700><c> know</c><00:16:59.379><c> the</c><00:16:59.879><c> heart</c><00:17:00.559><c> of</c>

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a<00:17:01.379><c> stranger,</c>

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seeing<00:17:03.399><c> ye</c><00:17:03.840><c> were</c><00:17:04.140><c> strangers</c><00:17:04.599><c> in</c><00:17:04.799><c> the</c><00:17:04.960><c> land</c><00:17:05.140><c> of</c><00:17:05.319><c> Egypt.</c>

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A<00:17:06.960><c> feeling</c><00:17:07.359><c> for</c><00:17:07.940><c> the</c><00:17:08.319><c> stranger,</c><00:17:08.980><c> you</c><00:17:09.420><c> know</c><00:17:09.960><c> what</c><00:17:10.200><c> it</c><00:17:10.400><c> is</c><00:17:10.619><c> like,</c>

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And<00:17:11.920><c> therefore</c><00:17:12.359><c> knowing</c><00:17:12.839><c> in</c><00:17:13.119><c> that</c><00:17:13.440><c> context</c><00:17:13.940><c> indicates</c><00:17:14.480><c> there</c>

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is<00:17:15.019><c> a</c><00:17:15.619><c> feeling</c><00:17:16.039><c> for</c><00:17:16.539><c> and</c><00:17:16.759><c> an</c><00:17:17.039><c> entering</c><00:17:17.200><c> into</c><00:17:18.119><c> the</c><00:17:18.839><c> needs</c><00:17:19.019><c> of</c><00:17:19.259><c> people.</c>

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Or<00:17:20.680><c> again</c><00:17:20.940><c> in</c><00:17:21.119><c> the</c><00:17:21.339><c> Proverbs,</c><00:17:22.000><c> Proverbs</c><00:17:22.400><c> 12</c><00:17:22.799><c> verse</c><00:17:22.960><c> 6,</c><00:17:23.220><c> we</c>

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have<00:17:23.740><c> that</c><00:17:24.440><c> wonderful</c><00:17:25.220><c> insight.</c>

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A<00:17:27.039><c> righteous</c><00:17:27.480><c> man</c><00:17:28.140><c> regardeth,</c><00:17:30.500><c> knoweth,</c><00:17:32.039><c> has</c><00:17:32.279><c> a</c><00:17:32.819><c> care</c><00:17:33.039><c> for</c><00:17:33.680><c> the</c><00:17:34.259><c> life</c><00:17:34.500><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:34.859><c> beast.</c>

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There<00:17:37.140><c> the</c><00:17:37.400><c> word</c><00:17:37.720><c> regardeth</c><00:17:38.339><c> is</c><00:17:38.619><c> the</c><00:17:38.920><c> same</c><00:17:39.240><c> as</c><00:17:39.960><c> knowing.</c>

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And<00:17:41.500><c> so</c><00:17:41.619><c> what</c><00:17:41.779><c> do</c><00:17:41.960><c> we</c><00:17:42.039><c> discover</c><00:17:42.460><c> as</c><00:17:42.799><c> we</c><00:17:43.140><c> explore</c><00:17:43.779><c> right</c><00:17:44.140><c> through</c><00:17:44.400><c> the</c>

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Old<00:17:44.859><c> Testament?</c>

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What<00:17:45.779><c> does</c><00:17:46.000><c> it</c><00:17:46.299><c> mean</c><00:17:46.539><c> by</c><00:17:47.039><c> knowing?</c><00:17:47.500><c> It</c><00:17:47.579><c> doesn't</c><00:17:47.900><c> just</c><00:17:48.299><c> mean</c>

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knowing<00:17:49.019><c> about.</c>

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It<00:17:51.059><c> means</c><00:17:51.539><c> being</c><00:17:52.380><c> involved</c><00:17:53.140><c> in</c><00:17:53.619><c> all</c><00:17:54.380><c> that</c><00:17:55.039><c> is</c><00:17:55.220><c> of</c><00:17:55.420><c> God.</c>

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A<00:17:56.420><c> regard</c><00:17:56.720><c> for,</c><00:17:57.299><c> a</c><00:17:57.440><c> sympathy</c><00:17:57.880><c> for,</c><00:17:58.460><c> an</c><00:17:58.660><c> attachment</c><00:17:59.279><c> for,</c><00:18:00.000><c> all</c>

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that<00:18:00.559><c> is</c><00:18:00.680><c> of</c><00:18:00.920><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:03.619><c> so</c><00:18:03.880><c> therefore</c><00:18:04.259><c> brothers</c><00:18:04.539><c> and</c><00:18:04.779><c> sisters,</c><00:18:05.079><c> when</c><00:18:05.339><c> we</c><00:18:05.619><c> try</c><00:18:05.819><c> to</c>

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discover<00:18:06.480><c> what</c><00:18:06.799><c> it</c><00:18:07.140><c> was</c><00:18:07.440><c> about</c><00:18:07.819><c> Israel</c><00:18:08.339><c> in</c><00:18:08.579><c> the</c><00:18:08.880><c> time</c><00:18:09.119><c> of</c><00:18:09.400><c> Isaiah,</c>

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we<00:18:14.759><c> learn</c><00:18:14.960><c> from</c><00:18:15.180><c> it?</c>

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We<00:18:17.140><c> can</c><00:18:17.559><c> learn</c><00:18:18.059><c> this</c><00:18:18.819><c> fundamental</c><00:18:19.680><c> issue</c><00:18:20.259><c> that</c><00:18:21.240><c> knowledge</c><00:18:22.059><c> of</c>

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God,<00:18:24.000><c> which</c><00:18:24.240><c> was</c><00:18:24.740><c> their</c><00:18:25.019><c> problem,</c>

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that<00:18:26.700><c> knowledge</c><00:18:27.180><c> of</c><00:18:27.980><c> God</c><00:18:28.420><c> for</c><00:18:28.900><c> us</c><00:18:29.440><c> should</c><00:18:29.779><c> mean</c><00:18:30.559><c> a</c><00:18:31.319><c> sympathy</c>

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and<00:18:32.779><c> attachment</c><00:18:33.519><c> for</c><00:18:34.440><c> all</c><00:18:35.619><c> that</c><00:18:36.660><c> is</c><00:18:36.779><c> of</c><00:18:37.000><c> God.</c>

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what<00:18:43.220><c> the</c><00:18:43.559><c> disease</c><00:18:43.880><c> is</c><00:18:44.259><c> in</c><00:18:44.480><c> our</c><00:18:44.740><c> modern</c><00:18:44.980><c> society,</c>

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it<00:18:50.039><c> is</c><00:18:50.359><c> the</c><00:18:50.599><c> disease</c><00:18:51.079><c> and</c><00:18:51.460><c> sickness</c><00:18:51.859><c> which</c><00:18:52.319><c> says</c><00:18:52.599><c> you</c><00:18:52.880><c> can</c>

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divide<00:18:53.880><c> your</c><00:18:54.259><c> religious</c><00:18:54.839><c> life</c><00:18:55.279><c> from</c><00:18:55.720><c> your</c><00:18:56.140><c> secular</c><00:18:56.559><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:58.500><c> if</c><00:18:58.640><c> we</c><00:18:58.839><c> are</c><00:18:59.119><c> using</c><00:18:59.519><c> that</c><00:18:59.960><c> kind</c><00:19:00.200><c> of</c><00:19:00.440><c> language</c><00:19:00.940><c> in</c><00:19:01.400><c> our</c><00:19:01.660><c> community</c><00:19:02.220><c> that</c>

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we<00:19:02.839><c> are</c><00:19:02.980><c> describing</c><00:19:03.599><c> this</c><00:19:04.440><c> part</c><00:19:04.740><c> of</c><00:19:04.960><c> our</c><00:19:05.140><c> life</c>

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as<00:19:05.880><c> distinctive</c><00:19:06.220><c> from</c><00:19:06.539><c> our</c><00:19:06.819><c> religious</c><00:19:07.220><c> exercises,</c><00:19:08.180><c> then</c><00:19:08.440><c> there</c><00:19:08.640><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:09.000><c> sickness</c><00:19:09.299><c> abroad.</c>

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For<00:19:12.839><c> there</c><00:19:13.079><c> is</c><00:19:13.539><c> one</c><00:19:13.859><c> mind</c><00:19:14.619><c> of</c><00:19:16.200><c> the</c><00:19:16.380><c> servants</c><00:19:16.619><c> of</c><00:19:16.880><c> God</c><00:19:17.319><c> that</c><00:19:18.440><c> there</c><00:19:18.759><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:19.279><c> knowing</c><00:19:19.559><c> of</c><00:19:20.240><c> God</c><00:19:20.519><c> in</c><00:19:20.920><c> every</c><00:19:21.460><c> compartment</c><00:19:22.400><c> of</c><00:19:22.740><c> our</c><00:19:22.980><c> lives.</c>

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We<00:19:25.000><c> take</c><00:19:25.740><c> God</c><00:19:26.420><c> into</c><00:19:27.920><c> our</c><00:19:28.240><c> work.</c><00:19:29.680><c> We</c><00:19:30.019><c> take</c><00:19:30.420><c> God</c><00:19:30.880><c> into</c><00:19:31.240><c> our</c><00:19:31.500><c> recreation.</c><00:19:32.720><c> We</c>

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take<00:19:33.160><c> God</c><00:19:33.539><c> into</c><00:19:33.859><c> our</c><00:19:34.099><c> leisure.</c>

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We<00:19:35.259><c> take</c><00:19:35.700><c> God</c><00:19:36.299><c> into</c><00:19:36.859><c> our</c><00:19:37.099><c> domestic</c><00:19:37.519><c> lives.</c><00:19:38.140><c> We</c><00:19:38.740><c> take</c><00:19:39.200><c> God</c><00:19:39.559><c> everywhere.</c>

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of<00:19:45.480><c> problem</c><00:19:45.839><c> which</c><00:19:46.380><c> Elijah</c><00:19:46.960><c> challenged</c><00:19:47.779><c> Israel</c><00:19:48.380><c> concerning</c>

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He<00:19:52.839><c> wasn't</c><00:19:53.160><c> saying</c><00:19:53.660><c> can't</c><00:19:54.220><c> you</c><00:19:54.359><c> make</c><00:19:54.559><c> up</c><00:19:54.740><c> your</c><00:19:54.980><c> minds</c><00:19:55.240><c> about</c>

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For<00:24:59.119><c> you</c><00:24:59.359><c> recall</c><00:24:59.900><c> that</c><00:25:01.460><c> John</c><00:25:02.220><c> being</c><00:25:04.440><c> placed</c><00:25:05.339><c> in</c><00:25:06.339><c> this</c><00:25:06.539><c> beautiful</c><00:25:06.960><c> vision</c>

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of<00:25:14.859><c> God</c>

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Holy,<00:25:36.759><c> holy,</c><00:25:38.359><c> holy</c><00:25:38.640><c> is</c><00:25:40.059><c> the</c><00:25:40.259><c> Lord</c><00:25:40.480><c> God</c><00:25:40.819><c> the</c><00:25:41.059><c> Almighty</c>

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and<00:25:53.240><c> glory</c><00:25:53.500><c> of</c><00:25:53.759><c> God</c>

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of<00:25:58.359><c> four</c>

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the<00:26:07.480><c> fact</c><00:26:07.839><c> that</c><00:26:08.200><c> the</c><00:26:08.480><c> lamb</c><00:26:08.700><c> is</c><00:26:09.160><c> worthy</c><00:26:09.480><c> to</c><00:26:09.779><c> open</c><00:26:10.000><c> the</c><00:26:10.200><c> book</c>

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praising<00:26:18.559><c> God</c><00:26:19.039><c> and</c><00:26:19.480><c> saying</c>

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worthy<00:26:20.579><c> is</c><00:26:20.839><c> the</c><00:26:21.099><c> lamb</c><00:26:21.299><c> that</c><00:26:21.500><c> hath</c><00:26:21.660><c> been</c><00:26:22.019><c> slain</c><00:26:22.400><c> to</c><00:26:22.599><c> receive</c>

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the<00:26:23.259><c> power</c><00:26:23.700><c> and</c><00:26:24.019><c> riches</c>

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and<00:26:24.559><c> wisdom</c><00:26:24.960><c> and</c><00:26:25.259><c> honor</c><00:26:25.519><c> and</c><00:26:25.819><c> might</c><00:26:26.059><c> and</c><00:26:26.640><c> glory</c><00:26:26.920><c> and</c><00:26:27.160><c> blessing</c>

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and<00:26:28.359><c> then</c><00:26:28.640><c> finding</c><00:26:29.039><c> that</c><00:26:29.279><c> this</c><00:26:29.619><c> beautiful</c><00:26:30.599><c> hymn</c><00:26:30.980><c> of</c><00:26:31.299><c> praise</c>

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reaches<00:26:33.319><c> the</c><00:26:33.640><c> crescendo</c><00:26:34.200><c> when</c><00:26:34.559><c> every</c><00:26:35.079><c> living</c><00:26:35.440><c> creature</c><00:26:36.420><c> praises</c><00:26:38.119><c> God</c>

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unto<00:26:40.460><c> him</c><00:26:40.980><c> that</c><00:26:41.420><c> sitteth</c><00:26:41.640><c> on</c><00:26:41.839><c> the</c><00:26:42.039><c> throne</c>

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and<00:26:43.259><c> unto</c><00:26:43.500><c> the</c><00:26:43.759><c> lamb</c><00:26:44.160><c> be</c><00:26:44.960><c> the</c><00:26:45.160><c> blessing</c><00:26:45.799><c> and</c><00:26:47.119><c> glory</c><00:26:47.519><c> and</c><00:26:48.559><c> power</c>

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and<00:26:49.579><c> might.</c>

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And<00:26:51.880><c> so</c><00:26:52.220><c> there</c><00:26:53.000><c> in</c><00:26:54.240><c> this</c><00:26:54.559><c> book</c><00:26:54.779><c> which</c><00:26:55.099><c> declares</c><00:26:55.619><c> God's</c><00:26:56.339><c> purpose</c>

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it<00:26:57.279><c> is</c><00:26:57.680><c> seen</c><00:26:57.920><c> to</c><00:26:58.180><c> be</c><00:26:58.519><c> fundamental</c><00:26:59.200><c> that</c><00:26:59.539><c> we</c><00:27:00.000><c> carry</c><00:27:00.380><c> with</c><00:27:00.740><c> us</c>

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through<00:27:01.400><c> this</c><00:27:01.740><c> book</c>

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a<00:27:02.539><c> vision</c><00:27:02.799><c> of</c><00:27:03.119><c> the</c><00:27:03.359><c> glory</c><00:27:03.599><c> of</c><00:27:03.839><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:06.779><c> so</c><00:27:06.920><c> let</c><00:27:07.140><c> us</c><00:27:07.559><c> as</c><00:27:08.059><c> we</c><00:27:08.440><c> share</c><00:27:08.660><c> in</c><00:27:08.960><c> fellowship</c><00:27:09.339><c> this</c><00:27:09.720><c> week</c>

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talk<00:27:11.460><c> about</c><00:27:12.180><c> those</c><00:27:12.720><c> aspects</c><00:27:13.339><c> which</c><00:27:13.619><c> can</c><00:27:14.000><c> help</c><00:27:14.319><c> one</c><00:27:14.579><c> another</c>

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to<00:27:15.559><c> have</c><00:27:15.960><c> that</c><00:27:16.339><c> vision</c><00:27:16.680><c> bright</c><00:27:17.160><c> in</c><00:27:17.380><c> our</c><00:27:17.579><c> minds</c>

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:26.380
so<00:27:19.079><c> that</c><00:27:19.299><c> we</c><00:27:19.579><c> walk</c><00:27:20.039><c> this</c><00:27:20.759><c> earth</c><00:27:21.339><c> with</c><00:27:22.980><c> God</c><00:27:23.960><c>-centered</c><00:27:24.980><c> minds.</c>

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Perhaps<00:27:30.759><c> some</c><00:27:31.019><c> of</c><00:27:31.160><c> you</c><00:27:31.220><c> could</c><00:27:31.460><c> help</c><00:27:31.740><c> me</c><00:27:32.940><c> to</c><00:27:33.359><c> discover</c><00:27:33.799><c> what</c>

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people<00:27:34.660><c> mean</c>

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when<00:27:36.759><c> they</c><00:27:37.039><c> say,</c><00:27:37.779><c> Brother</c><00:27:38.559><c> Phil,</c><00:27:38.720><c> you've</c><00:27:39.019><c> got</c><00:27:39.180><c> to</c><00:27:39.279><c> let</c><00:27:39.460><c> your</c>

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hair<00:27:39.920><c> down</c><00:27:40.240><c> sometime.</c>

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You've<00:27:41.279><c> got</c><00:27:41.420><c> to</c><00:27:41.619><c> put</c><00:27:41.819><c> your</c><00:27:42.240><c> feet</c><00:27:42.440><c> up</c><00:27:42.680><c> and</c><00:27:42.960><c> relax.</c>

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I<00:27:46.519><c> can't</c><00:27:47.079><c> comprehend</c><00:27:47.759><c> what</c><00:27:48.119><c> these</c><00:27:48.400><c> people</c><00:27:48.640><c> are</c><00:27:48.900><c> trying</c><00:27:49.099><c> to</c>

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tell<00:27:49.680><c> me.</c>

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Perhaps<00:27:50.259><c> you</c><00:27:50.519><c> might</c><00:27:50.799><c> enlighten</c><00:27:51.299><c> me.</c>

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But<00:27:52.940><c> I</c><00:27:53.059><c> cannot</c><00:27:53.279><c> think</c><00:27:53.500><c> of</c><00:27:53.680><c> anything</c><00:27:54.059><c> better</c><00:27:54.579><c> than</c><00:27:54.839><c> to</c><00:27:55.160><c> relax</c>

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if<00:27:56.839><c> that</c><00:27:57.099><c> is</c><00:27:57.420><c> the</c><00:27:57.660><c> right</c><00:27:57.940><c> term</c><00:27:58.220><c> to</c><00:27:58.480><c> apply</c><00:27:59.019><c> in</c><00:27:59.900><c> the</c><00:28:00.240><c> company</c><00:28:00.660><c> of</c>

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our<00:28:01.160><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:28:03.680><c> cannot</c><00:28:03.960><c> think</c><00:28:04.140><c> of</c><00:28:04.240><c> anything</c><00:28:04.539><c> better</c><00:28:05.200><c> than</c><00:28:05.619><c> if</c><00:28:05.700><c> I</c><00:28:05.960><c> desire</c><00:28:06.460><c> to</c>

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unload<00:28:07.759><c> my</c><00:28:08.180><c> mind</c>

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with<00:28:08.680><c> perhaps</c><00:28:08.920><c> the</c><00:28:09.180><c> challenges</c><00:28:09.539><c> and</c><00:28:09.880><c> tensions</c><00:28:10.200><c> which</c><00:28:10.440><c> are</c>

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arising<00:28:10.960><c> during</c><00:28:11.319><c> the</c><00:28:11.500><c> day.</c>

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I<00:28:11.740><c> cannot</c><00:28:11.839><c> think</c><00:28:12.099><c> of</c><00:28:12.380><c> anything</c><00:28:12.720><c> better</c><00:28:13.480><c> than</c><00:28:14.079><c> to</c><00:28:14.480><c> bask</c><00:28:14.880><c> in</c><00:28:15.180><c> a</c>

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vision<00:28:15.640><c> of</c><00:28:15.880><c> the</c><00:28:16.240><c> glory</c><00:28:16.559><c> of</c><00:28:16.839><c> God</c>

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and<00:28:18.220><c> finding</c><00:28:18.539><c> that</c><00:28:18.940><c> peace</c><00:28:19.200><c> which</c><00:28:19.519><c> passes</c><00:28:19.819><c> all</c><00:28:20.140><c> understanding.</c>

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So<00:28:22.859><c> why</c><00:28:23.339><c> is</c><00:28:23.640><c> it</c><00:28:24.240><c> that</c><00:28:25.119><c> we</c><00:28:25.400><c> are</c><00:28:25.500><c> capturing</c><00:28:25.940><c> the</c><00:28:26.259><c> language</c><00:28:26.619><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:27.000><c> world</c>

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and<00:28:27.440><c> bringing</c><00:28:27.680><c> it</c><00:28:27.900><c> into</c><00:28:28.160><c> our</c><00:28:28.339><c> midst?</c>

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A<00:28:31.220><c> vision</c><00:28:31.420><c> of</c><00:28:31.619><c> the</c><00:28:31.920><c> glory</c><00:28:32.400><c> of</c><00:28:32.880><c> God</c><00:28:33.339><c> is</c><00:28:35.160><c> something</c><00:28:35.559><c> that</c><00:28:35.759><c> should</c><00:28:36.000><c> cause</c>

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the<00:28:37.259><c> whole</c><00:28:37.519><c> of</c><00:28:37.779><c> our</c><00:28:38.000><c> lives</c><00:28:38.400><c> to</c><00:28:38.859><c> have</c><00:28:39.079><c> that</c><00:28:39.339><c> God</c><00:28:39.579><c> perspective.</c>

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And<00:28:42.160><c> if</c><00:28:42.299><c> that</c><00:28:42.480><c> is</c><00:28:42.680><c> the</c><00:28:42.839><c> case,</c><00:28:43.440><c> we</c><00:28:46.799><c> will</c><00:28:47.200><c> not</c><00:28:47.579><c> allow</c><00:28:48.200><c> this</c><00:28:48.819><c> God</c><00:28:49.440><c> framework</c>

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to<00:28:50.900><c> be</c><00:28:51.259><c> polluted</c><00:28:51.940><c> by</c><00:28:52.279><c> the</c><00:28:52.640><c> rubbish</c><00:28:53.200><c> that</c><00:28:55.019><c> we</c><00:28:55.319><c> allow</c><00:28:55.680><c> ourselves</c>

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when<00:28:56.539><c> we</c><00:28:56.920><c> switch</c><00:28:57.380><c> on</c><00:28:57.900><c> the</c><00:28:58.180><c> box,</c><00:28:59.059><c> the</c><00:28:59.299><c> TV,</c><00:29:00.859><c> and</c><00:29:01.059><c> say</c><00:29:01.299><c> an</c><00:29:01.900><c> excuse</c>

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what<00:29:02.859><c> we</c><00:29:03.200><c> are</c><00:29:03.200><c> doing</c>

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by<00:29:04.279><c> declaring</c><00:29:04.839><c> that</c><00:29:05.400><c> we</c><00:29:05.980><c> are</c><00:29:07.000><c> relaxing,</c><00:29:09.839><c> letting</c><00:29:10.119><c> our</c><00:29:10.420><c> hair</c>

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down,<00:29:12.519><c> or</c><00:29:12.640><c> whatever.</c>

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And<00:29:17.339><c> how</c><00:29:17.599><c> can</c><00:29:17.920><c> we,</c><00:29:18.140><c> if</c><00:29:18.299><c> we've</c><00:29:18.500><c> got</c><00:29:18.660><c> a</c><00:29:18.759><c> vision</c><00:29:18.920><c> of</c><00:29:19.079><c> the</c><00:29:19.220><c> glory</c><00:29:19.460><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:19.740><c> in</c><00:29:19.920><c> our</c><00:29:20.119><c> minds,</c>

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go<00:29:20.839><c> to</c><00:29:21.019><c> the</c><00:29:21.160><c> local</c><00:29:21.680><c> library</c><00:29:22.200><c> and</c><00:29:22.900><c> choose</c><00:29:23.440><c> those</c><00:29:24.500><c> secular</c><00:29:25.059><c> books</c>

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in<00:29:26.380><c> order</c><00:29:26.660><c> that</c><00:29:26.859><c> we</c><00:29:27.000><c> may</c><00:29:27.259><c> spend</c><00:29:27.579><c> some</c><00:29:28.000><c> time</c><00:29:28.339><c> just</c><00:29:29.420><c> relaxing?</c>

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Because<00:29:35.619><c> if</c><00:29:35.900><c> we</c><00:29:36.140><c> have</c><00:29:36.339><c> captured</c><00:29:36.640><c> the</c><00:29:37.059><c> vision</c><00:29:37.339><c> of</c><00:29:37.799><c> the</c><00:29:38.059><c> glory</c>

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of<00:29:38.619><c> God</c>

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and<00:29:39.240><c> captured</c><00:29:39.700><c> what</c><00:29:40.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:40.559><c> 6</c><00:29:40.940><c> is</c><00:29:41.440><c> saying</c><00:29:41.799><c> to</c><00:29:42.059><c> us,</c>

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then<00:29:43.140><c> we</c><00:29:43.359><c> will</c><00:29:43.619><c> have</c><00:29:43.859><c> that</c><00:29:44.259><c> mind</c><00:29:44.920><c> which</c><00:29:45.779><c> having</c><00:29:46.259><c> seen</c><00:29:46.799><c> the</c><00:29:47.119><c> glory</c><00:29:47.460><c> of</c><00:29:47.799><c> God</c>

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produces<00:29:48.720><c> at</c><00:29:49.140><c> one</c><00:29:49.339><c> and</c><00:29:49.480><c> the</c><00:29:49.680><c> same</c><00:29:50.019><c> time</c><00:29:50.400><c> not</c><00:29:51.019><c> only</c><00:29:51.220><c> the</c><00:29:51.539><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:29:52.039><c> exultation,</c>

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but<00:29:53.559><c> it</c><00:29:53.960><c> produces</c><00:29:54.440><c> that</c><00:29:54.940><c> spirit</c><00:29:55.279><c> of</c><00:29:55.700><c> absolute</c><00:29:56.220><c> humility</c><00:29:56.940><c> in</c>

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response<00:29:58.619><c> to</c><00:30:00.380><c> this</c><00:30:00.619><c> vision.</c>

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For<00:30:02.880><c> we</c><00:30:03.299><c> will,</c><00:30:04.500><c> when</c><00:30:04.740><c> we</c><00:30:05.019><c> see</c><00:30:05.180><c> and</c><00:30:05.500><c> behold</c><00:30:05.920><c> this</c><00:30:06.299><c> glory,</c><00:30:07.519><c> declare</c><00:30:08.220><c> with</c><00:30:09.460><c> Isaiah</c>

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verse<00:30:12.160><c> 5</c><00:30:12.500><c> of</c><00:30:12.640><c> chapter</c><00:30:12.900><c> 6,</c>

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Woe<00:30:16.200><c> is</c><00:30:16.460><c> me,</c><00:30:17.579><c> for</c><00:30:18.519><c> I</c><00:30:18.859><c> am</c><00:30:19.079><c> undone,</c>

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because<00:30:21.759><c> I</c><00:30:21.980><c> am</c><00:30:22.119><c> a</c><00:30:22.299><c> man</c><00:30:22.839><c> of</c><00:30:23.359><c> unclean</c><00:30:23.880><c> lips,</c>

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and<00:30:26.000><c> I</c><00:30:26.200><c> dwell</c><00:30:26.299><c> in</c><00:30:26.519><c> the</c><00:30:26.599><c> midst</c><00:30:26.799><c> of</c><00:30:26.980><c> a</c><00:30:27.140><c> people</c><00:30:27.339><c> of</c><00:30:27.559><c> unclean</c><00:30:27.960><c> lips,</c>

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for<00:30:30.220><c> mine</c><00:30:30.599><c> eyes</c><00:30:31.140><c> have</c><00:30:31.579><c> seen</c><00:30:32.619><c> the</c><00:30:33.539><c> King,</c><00:30:35.619><c> the</c><00:30:35.720><c> Lord</c><00:30:35.900><c> of</c><00:30:36.059><c> hosts.</c>

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And<00:30:38.339><c> having</c><00:30:38.680><c> declared</c><00:30:39.200><c> our</c><00:30:39.579><c> poverty</c><00:30:39.920><c> of</c><00:30:40.240><c> spirit,</c><00:30:41.900><c> our</c><00:30:42.200><c> poorness,</c>

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our<00:30:43.720><c> absolute</c><00:30:44.119><c> devastation</c><00:30:45.480><c> in</c><00:30:46.799><c> the</c><00:30:47.240><c> context</c><00:30:47.680><c> of</c><00:30:47.880><c> the</c><00:30:48.119><c> glory</c>

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of<00:30:48.619><c> God,</c>

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then<00:30:50.220><c> we</c><00:30:50.700><c> with</c><00:30:51.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:51.740><c> will</c><00:30:52.220><c> be</c><00:30:52.640><c> involved</c><00:30:53.279><c> in</c><00:30:53.519><c> what</c><00:30:53.740><c> we</c><00:30:54.000><c> could</c>

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describe<00:30:54.680><c> as</c><00:30:55.099><c> a</c><00:30:55.480><c> salvation</c><00:30:56.200><c> experience,</c>

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because<00:30:57.720><c> there</c><00:30:58.220><c> is</c><00:30:58.460><c> the</c><00:30:58.819><c> taking</c><00:30:59.059><c> of</c><00:30:59.319><c> the</c><00:30:59.579><c> curls</c><00:30:59.839><c> from</c><00:31:00.059><c> the</c><00:31:00.359><c> altar</c>

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and<00:31:01.059><c> the</c><00:31:01.380><c> cleansing</c><00:31:01.700><c> of</c><00:31:01.940><c> the</c><00:31:02.079><c> lips</c><00:31:02.299><c> of</c><00:31:02.519><c> this</c><00:31:02.740><c> man.</c>

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And<00:31:05.200><c> when</c><00:31:05.380><c> the</c><00:31:05.619><c> response</c><00:31:05.940><c> from</c><00:31:06.180><c> the</c><00:31:06.359><c> Lord</c><00:31:06.500><c> comes,</c><00:31:07.220><c> whom</c><00:31:07.460><c> shall</c>

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I<00:31:07.940><c> send?</c>

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There<00:31:08.799><c> is</c><00:31:09.099><c> the</c><00:31:09.579><c> immediate</c><00:31:11.140><c> unselfconscious</c><00:31:14.859><c> response,</c>

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send<00:31:17.900><c> me.</c>

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The<00:31:20.279><c> interplay</c><00:31:20.799><c> of</c><00:31:21.180><c> ideas</c><00:31:21.720><c> here</c><00:31:22.200><c> is</c><00:31:22.579><c> captured,</c><00:31:23.000><c> I</c><00:31:23.279><c> believe,</c>

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when<00:31:24.420><c> our</c><00:31:24.700><c> Lord</c><00:31:24.900><c> declared,</c>

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Oh,<00:31:26.859><c> the</c><00:31:27.000><c> blessed</c><00:31:27.539><c> are</c><00:31:28.940><c> those</c><00:31:29.420><c> that</c><00:31:29.880><c> mourn,</c><00:31:31.000><c> for</c><00:31:31.240><c> they</c><00:31:31.680><c> shall</c>

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be<00:31:32.240><c> comforted.</c>

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Indeed,<00:31:34.019><c> we</c><00:31:34.180><c> do</c><00:31:34.519><c> carry</c><00:31:34.799><c> around</c><00:31:35.059><c> in</c><00:31:35.240><c> our</c><00:31:35.480><c> minds</c><00:31:35.700><c> that</c><00:31:36.200><c> thought</c>

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:41.599
that<00:31:37.099><c> the</c><00:31:37.380><c> holiness</c><00:31:37.839><c> of</c><00:31:38.240><c> God</c><00:31:38.519><c> is</c><00:31:38.779><c> so</c><00:31:39.220><c> much</c><00:31:39.539><c> above</c><00:31:40.059><c> and</c><00:31:41.160><c> extends</c>

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beyond<00:31:42.279><c> all</c><00:31:43.059><c> of</c><00:31:43.339><c> our</c><00:31:43.579><c> lives,</c>

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because<00:31:44.380><c> we</c><00:31:44.599><c> are</c><00:31:44.779><c> sinners.</c>

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But<00:31:46.839><c> as</c><00:31:47.039><c> soon</c><00:31:47.180><c> as</c><00:31:47.339><c> we</c><00:31:47.680><c> confess</c><00:31:48.299><c> our</c><00:31:48.680><c> poverty,</c><00:31:49.619><c> then</c><00:31:49.839><c> entering</c>

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immediately<00:31:51.299><c> into</c><00:31:51.660><c> our</c><00:31:51.880><c> lives</c>

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with<00:31:52.660><c> that</c><00:31:52.880><c> true</c><00:31:53.119><c> confession</c><00:31:53.640><c> is</c><00:31:54.579><c> the</c><00:31:54.819><c> response</c><00:31:55.359><c> of</c><00:31:55.740><c> salvation</c><00:31:56.359><c> from</c><00:31:56.960><c> God.</c>

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:05.579
And<00:32:00.559><c> that</c><00:32:00.900><c> causes</c><00:32:01.240><c> us</c><00:32:01.599><c> to</c><00:32:01.980><c> step</c><00:32:02.359><c> into</c><00:32:02.980><c> a</c><00:32:03.480><c> sanctified</c><00:32:04.440><c> life.</c>

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:13.000
Because<00:32:08.859><c> what</c><00:32:09.619><c> I</c><00:32:09.799><c> want</c><00:32:09.940><c> to</c><00:32:10.220><c> lay</c><00:32:10.400><c> as</c><00:32:10.640><c> a</c><00:32:10.779><c> foundation</c><00:32:11.380><c> in</c><00:32:12.759><c> this</c>

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introductory<00:32:13.519><c> talk</c>

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is<00:32:14.440><c> a</c><00:32:15.000><c> feeling</c><00:32:15.420><c> for</c><00:32:15.880><c> the</c><00:32:16.099><c> things</c><00:32:16.279><c> of</c><00:32:16.579><c> God</c>

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:20.319
and<00:32:17.579><c> an</c><00:32:17.799><c> awareness</c><00:32:18.160><c> of</c><00:32:18.339><c> what</c><00:32:18.559><c> was</c><00:32:18.759><c> going</c><00:32:19.000><c> on</c><00:32:19.180><c> in</c><00:32:19.319><c> the</c><00:32:19.519><c> mind</c><00:32:19.720><c> of</c><00:32:19.960><c> Isaiah</c>

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:23.819
as<00:32:20.640><c> he</c><00:32:21.180><c> surveyed</c><00:32:22.480><c> the</c><00:32:22.859><c> scene</c><00:32:23.019><c> of</c><00:32:23.220><c> Israel,</c>

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as<00:32:24.319><c> he</c><00:32:24.519><c> perceived</c><00:32:25.000><c> what</c><00:32:25.180><c> was</c><00:32:25.400><c> going</c><00:32:25.640><c> on</c><00:32:25.759><c> in</c><00:32:25.920><c> the</c><00:32:26.099><c> life</c><00:32:26.279><c> of</c><00:32:26.579><c> Ahaz.</c>

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And<00:32:29.940><c> he</c><00:32:30.200><c> then,</c><00:32:30.640><c> in</c><00:32:31.920><c> the</c><00:32:32.279><c> true</c><00:32:32.619><c> prophetic</c><00:32:33.359><c> sense,</c>

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:40.279
had<00:32:35.059><c> a</c><00:32:35.579><c> fellowship</c><00:32:36.180><c> with</c><00:32:37.140><c> the</c><00:32:37.619><c> feelings</c><00:32:38.259><c> of</c><00:32:39.359><c> God.</c>

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:46.299
And<00:32:42.880><c> I</c><00:32:43.019><c> want</c><00:32:43.180><c> to</c><00:32:43.559><c> just</c><00:32:44.140><c> focus</c><00:32:44.720><c> on</c><00:32:45.079><c> that</c><00:32:45.440><c> thought</c><00:32:45.640><c> for</c><00:32:45.900><c> a</c><00:32:46.059><c> moment,</c>

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the<00:32:47.680><c> feelings</c><00:32:48.299><c> of</c><00:32:48.819><c> God.</c>

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We're<00:32:51.200><c> left</c><00:32:51.319><c> in</c><00:32:51.539><c> no</c><00:32:51.759><c> doubt</c><00:32:52.299><c> when</c><00:32:53.240><c> we</c><00:32:53.559><c> look</c><00:32:53.779><c> through</c><00:32:54.059><c> the</c>

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prophet<00:32:54.660><c> Isaiah</c>

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:58.559
that<00:32:56.299><c> the</c><00:32:56.680><c> feelings</c><00:32:57.019><c> of</c><00:32:57.359><c> God</c><00:32:57.640><c> are</c><00:32:57.980><c> so</c><00:32:58.380><c> clear.</c>

00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:04.480
Look<00:32:58.819><c> at</c><00:32:59.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:59.539><c> 5</c><00:33:00.619><c> for</c><00:33:01.400><c> an</c><00:33:01.680><c> expression</c><00:33:02.420><c> of</c><00:33:03.700><c> the</c><00:33:04.039><c> divine</c>

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emotion<00:33:05.400><c> concerning</c><00:33:06.160><c> Israel.</c>

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Isaiah<00:33:12.400><c> with</c><00:33:12.759><c> a</c><00:33:13.079><c> mind</c><00:33:13.480><c> attuned</c><00:33:14.720><c> to</c><00:33:16.480><c> fellowship</c><00:33:17.019><c> the</c><00:33:17.339><c> feelings</c>

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of<00:33:17.920><c> God</c><00:33:18.460><c> says,</c>

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Let<00:33:21.460><c> me</c><00:33:22.160><c> sing</c><00:33:22.900><c> for</c><00:33:24.500><c> my</c><00:33:24.960><c> well</c><00:33:25.319><c>-beloved</c><00:33:26.599><c> a</c><00:33:28.039><c> song</c><00:33:28.680><c> of</c><00:33:30.319><c> my</c><00:33:30.599><c> beloved</c>

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touching<00:33:32.799><c> his</c><00:33:33.160><c> vineyard.</c>

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My<00:33:36.539><c> well</c><00:33:37.119><c>-beloved</c><00:33:38.539><c> had</c><00:33:39.220><c> a</c><00:33:39.400><c> vineyard</c><00:33:40.099><c> in</c><00:33:41.599><c> a</c><00:33:41.799><c> very</c><00:33:42.059><c> fruitful</c><00:33:42.440><c> hill</c>

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:46.019
and<00:33:43.200><c> he</c><00:33:43.559><c> made</c><00:33:43.859><c> a</c><00:33:44.200><c> trench</c><00:33:44.420><c> about</c><00:33:44.759><c> it</c><00:33:44.940><c> and</c><00:33:45.240><c> gathered</c><00:33:45.460><c> out</c><00:33:45.740><c> the</c>

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.700
stones<00:33:46.299><c> thereof</c>

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:50.579
and<00:33:46.980><c> planted</c><00:33:47.279><c> it</c><00:33:47.519><c> with</c><00:33:47.759><c> the</c><00:33:48.160><c> choicest</c><00:33:48.759><c> vine</c><00:33:49.160><c> and</c><00:33:49.779><c> built</c><00:33:50.019><c> a</c><00:33:50.380><c> tar</c>

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.599
in<00:33:50.819><c> the</c><00:33:50.960><c> midst</c><00:33:51.140><c> of</c><00:33:51.319><c> it</c>

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:54.160
and<00:33:52.039><c> also</c><00:33:52.539><c> hewed</c><00:33:52.740><c> out</c><00:33:52.960><c> a</c><00:33:53.200><c> wine</c><00:33:53.460><c> press</c><00:33:53.680><c> therein.</c>

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:58.079
And<00:33:54.519><c> he</c><00:33:54.759><c> looked</c><00:33:55.079><c> that</c><00:33:55.619><c> it</c><00:33:55.839><c> should</c><00:33:56.000><c> bring</c><00:33:56.420><c> forth</c><00:33:56.900><c> grapes</c>

00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:01.740
and<00:33:59.440><c> it</c><00:33:59.720><c> brought</c><00:33:59.900><c> forth</c><00:34:00.299><c> wild</c><00:34:00.680><c> grapes.</c>

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:07.500
And<00:34:04.099><c> now,</c><00:34:04.579><c> O</c><00:34:04.799><c> inhabitants</c><00:34:05.319><c> of</c><00:34:05.599><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:06.099><c> and</c><00:34:06.319><c> men</c><00:34:06.519><c> of</c><00:34:06.759><c> Judah,</c>

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:12.440
judge,<00:34:07.839><c> I</c><00:34:08.360><c> pray</c><00:34:08.579><c> you,</c><00:34:09.579><c> betwixt</c><00:34:09.880><c> me</c><00:34:10.420><c> and</c><00:34:11.039><c> my</c><00:34:11.360><c> vineyard.</c>

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:16.000
And<00:34:12.940><c> as</c><00:34:13.099><c> we</c><00:34:13.280><c> look</c><00:34:13.460><c> through</c><00:34:13.739><c> that</c><00:34:13.960><c> we</c><00:34:14.159><c> discover</c><00:34:14.719><c> the</c><00:34:15.239><c> way</c><00:34:15.619><c> in</c>

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.920
which<00:34:16.300><c> the</c><00:34:16.780><c> mind,</c>

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:23.159
the<00:34:18.960><c> feelings</c><00:34:19.440><c> of</c><00:34:20.099><c> God</c><00:34:20.579><c> are</c><00:34:21.300><c> declared</c><00:34:21.659><c> for</c><00:34:21.940><c> us.</c>

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:30.780
And<00:34:24.920><c> so</c><00:34:25.380><c> what</c><00:34:26.960><c> did</c><00:34:28.280><c> God</c><00:34:28.780><c> feel?</c>

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:39.420
Not<00:34:32.139><c> think,</c><00:34:33.719><c> what</c><00:34:33.920><c> did</c><00:34:34.159><c> God</c><00:34:34.460><c> feel</c><00:34:35.260><c> as</c><00:34:36.420><c> he</c><00:34:36.679><c> saw</c><00:34:37.079><c> Ahaz</c><00:34:38.440><c> placing</c>

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:42.940
the<00:34:40.280><c> bodies</c><00:34:40.800><c> of</c><00:34:41.460><c> his</c><00:34:41.719><c> own</c><00:34:42.400><c> sons</c>

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:46.599
in<00:34:43.519><c> the</c><00:34:44.000><c> fire</c><00:34:44.500><c> to</c><00:34:44.900><c> a</c><00:34:45.139><c> pagan</c><00:34:45.519><c> God?</c>

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:51.480
The<00:34:47.880><c> God</c><00:34:48.139><c> who</c><00:34:48.360><c> had</c><00:34:48.679><c> said</c><00:34:49.179><c> and</c><00:34:49.840><c> indicated</c><00:34:50.219><c> through</c><00:34:50.539><c> the</c><00:34:50.679><c> Holy</c><00:34:50.860><c> Spirit,</c>

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:57.800
through<00:34:51.880><c> David</c><00:34:52.440><c> in</c><00:34:52.860><c> Psalm</c><00:34:53.079><c> 139</c><00:34:54.840><c> concerning</c><00:34:55.539><c> the</c><00:34:56.280><c> life</c><00:34:56.880><c> of</c><00:34:57.619><c> us</c>

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.539
human<00:34:58.059><c> beings.</c>

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:03.380
I<00:34:59.019><c> knew</c><00:34:59.380><c> you</c><00:34:59.900><c> when</c><00:35:00.219><c> you</c><00:35:00.440><c> were</c><00:35:00.619><c> being</c><00:35:01.000><c> formed</c><00:35:01.340><c> in</c><00:35:01.579><c> your</c><00:35:01.800><c> mother's</c><00:35:03.380><c> womb.</c>

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:06.320
Here<00:35:04.000><c> God</c><00:35:04.300><c> desiring</c><00:35:04.800><c> to</c><00:35:05.059><c> form</c><00:35:05.219><c> a</c><00:35:05.480><c> relationship</c><00:35:05.920><c> with</c><00:35:06.159><c> us</c>

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.860
human<00:35:06.579><c> beings.</c>

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:13.300
What<00:35:07.260><c> did</c><00:35:07.460><c> God</c><00:35:07.780><c> feel</c><00:35:08.519><c> when</c><00:35:10.860><c> he</c><00:35:11.119><c> saw</c><00:35:11.400><c> Ahaz</c><00:35:12.000><c> offering</c><00:35:12.699><c> those</c>

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.739
tender<00:35:13.880><c> little</c><00:35:14.360><c> bodies,</c>

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:17.840
those<00:35:15.219><c> lovely</c><00:35:15.699><c> minds</c><00:35:16.179><c> that</c><00:35:16.500><c> could</c><00:35:16.820><c> have</c><00:35:17.320><c> served</c><00:35:17.599><c> him?</c>

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:22.099
What<00:35:18.199><c> did</c><00:35:18.380><c> he</c><00:35:18.599><c> feel</c><00:35:19.239><c> when</c><00:35:20.719><c> those</c><00:35:21.000><c> bodies</c><00:35:21.300><c> were</c><00:35:21.519><c> being</c><00:35:21.739><c> put</c><00:35:21.920><c> in</c>

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:23.179
the<00:35:22.300><c> fire?</c>

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:27.380
Or<00:35:25.159><c> if</c><00:35:25.320><c> I</c><00:35:25.480><c> may</c><00:35:25.639><c> be</c><00:35:26.000><c> brutally</c><00:35:26.300><c> frank,</c>

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:35.760
what<00:35:29.219><c> does</c><00:35:29.599><c> God</c><00:35:30.239><c> feel</c><00:35:31.300><c> when</c><00:35:33.239><c> he</c><00:35:33.440><c> looks</c><00:35:33.699><c> in</c><00:35:33.980><c> the</c><00:35:34.239><c> dustbin</c>

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:40.579
at<00:35:37.340><c> the</c><00:35:37.500><c> end</c><00:35:37.619><c> of</c><00:35:37.840><c> a</c><00:35:37.920><c> day's</c><00:35:38.280><c> work</c><00:35:38.519><c> in</c><00:35:38.719><c> an</c><00:35:38.940><c> abortion</c><00:35:39.280><c> clinic?</c>

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:51.380
And<00:35:44.519><c> he</c><00:35:44.780><c> sees</c><00:35:45.320><c> the</c><00:35:46.480><c> still</c><00:35:47.380><c> wriggling</c><00:35:48.219><c> bodies</c><00:35:48.800><c> of</c><00:35:50.860><c> babies</c><00:35:51.139><c> that</c>

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:53.519
were<00:35:51.619><c> wrenched</c><00:35:52.119><c> from</c><00:35:52.239><c> the</c><00:35:52.480><c> womb.</c>

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:59.260
But<00:35:54.960><c> what</c><00:35:55.079><c> does</c><00:35:55.199><c> God</c><00:35:55.400><c> think?</c><00:35:57.539><c> What</c><00:35:57.699><c> does</c><00:35:57.920><c> God</c><00:35:58.219><c> feel?</c>

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:05.960
And<00:36:01.079><c> if</c><00:36:01.199><c> we</c><00:36:01.380><c> begin</c><00:36:01.539><c> to</c><00:36:01.880><c> look</c><00:36:02.039><c> at</c><00:36:02.260><c> our</c><00:36:02.519><c> modern</c><00:36:02.739><c> society</c><00:36:03.320><c> in</c><00:36:03.559><c> that</c><00:36:04.860><c> sense,</c>

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:10.179
we'll<00:36:06.820><c> be</c><00:36:07.280><c> capturing</c><00:36:07.860><c> what</c><00:36:08.159><c> I</c><00:36:08.480><c> believe</c><00:36:08.940><c> to</c><00:36:09.239><c> be</c><00:36:09.420><c> the</c><00:36:09.699><c> prophetic</c>

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:12.659
awareness<00:36:10.920><c> of</c><00:36:11.679><c> the</c><00:36:11.900><c> mind</c><00:36:12.099><c> of</c><00:36:12.340><c> God.</c>

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:15.840
And<00:36:13.099><c> we'll</c><00:36:13.300><c> begin</c><00:36:13.519><c> to</c><00:36:13.860><c> know</c><00:36:14.099><c> God</c><00:36:14.400><c> because</c><00:36:14.739><c> we'll</c><00:36:15.039><c> begin</c><00:36:15.239><c> to</c><00:36:15.460><c> have</c><00:36:15.559><c> an</c>

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:18.059
attachment<00:36:16.320><c> for</c><00:36:16.860><c> all</c><00:36:17.280><c> that</c><00:36:17.480><c> is</c><00:36:17.719><c> God.</c>

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:22.219
And<00:36:18.619><c> we'll</c><00:36:18.840><c> begin</c><00:36:19.059><c> to</c><00:36:19.300><c> ask</c><00:36:19.579><c> ourselves,</c><00:36:20.340><c> and</c><00:36:20.539><c> what</c><00:36:20.780><c> does</c><00:36:21.119><c> God</c><00:36:21.539><c> feel</c>

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:25.880
when<00:36:23.000><c> in</c><00:36:23.159><c> the</c><00:36:23.420><c> education</c><00:36:24.039><c> system</c><00:36:24.420><c> of</c><00:36:24.599><c> your</c><00:36:24.860><c> country</c><00:36:25.260><c> and</c><00:36:25.559><c> mine,</c>

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:31.300
the<00:36:26.579><c> young</c><00:36:26.880><c> minds</c><00:36:27.239><c> are</c><00:36:27.619><c> being</c><00:36:28.019><c> fed</c><00:36:28.579><c> with</c><00:36:29.039><c> the</c><00:36:29.440><c> lie</c><00:36:29.960><c> that</c><00:36:31.019><c> we</c>

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:32.840
are<00:36:31.440><c> all</c><00:36:31.820><c> made</c><00:36:32.139><c> over</c><00:36:32.480><c> apes</c>

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:35.760
and<00:36:32.960><c> that</c><00:36:33.059><c> we</c><00:36:33.320><c> are</c><00:36:33.559><c> the</c><00:36:33.800><c> result</c><00:36:34.199><c> of</c><00:36:34.440><c> an</c><00:36:34.719><c> evolutionary</c><00:36:35.159><c> process?</c>

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.760
What<00:36:36.139><c> does</c><00:36:36.320><c> God</c><00:36:36.559><c> feel?</c>

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:43.440
And<00:36:40.800><c> perhaps</c><00:36:41.019><c> what</c><00:36:41.199><c> does</c><00:36:41.380><c> God</c><00:36:41.599><c> feel</c><00:36:42.139><c> if</c><00:36:42.519><c> we</c><00:36:42.719><c> as</c><00:36:42.900><c> a</c><00:36:43.139><c> community</c>

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:45.380
can't<00:36:43.800><c> even</c><00:36:44.099><c> make</c><00:36:44.340><c> up</c><00:36:44.559><c> our</c><00:36:44.860><c> minds</c>

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:48.539
as<00:36:45.860><c> to</c><00:36:46.039><c> whether</c><00:36:46.239><c> or</c><00:36:46.420><c> not</c><00:36:46.579><c> it</c><00:36:46.699><c> was</c><00:36:46.860><c> six</c><00:36:47.099><c> days</c><00:36:47.599><c> literal</c><00:36:48.019><c> creation</c>

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:51.440
or<00:36:49.039><c> whether</c><00:36:49.260><c> it</c><00:36:49.360><c> was</c><00:36:49.579><c> vast</c><00:36:49.860><c> periods</c><00:36:50.199><c> of</c><00:36:50.519><c> time,</c>

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:53.820
or<00:36:51.719><c> whether</c><00:36:51.920><c> it</c><00:36:52.099><c> was</c><00:36:52.199><c> God</c><00:36:52.400><c>-guided</c><00:36:52.739><c> evolution?</c>

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:58.880
But<00:36:55.659><c> what</c><00:36:55.820><c> does</c><00:36:55.980><c> God</c><00:36:56.260><c> think?</c><00:36:57.039><c> What</c><00:36:57.199><c> does</c><00:36:57.420><c> God</c><00:36:57.699><c> feel</c>

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:02.800
when<00:37:00.159><c> that</c><00:37:00.599><c> is</c><00:37:00.920><c> the</c><00:37:01.239><c> environment</c><00:37:01.820><c> in</c><00:37:02.099><c> which</c><00:37:02.280><c> our</c><00:37:02.539><c> children</c>

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.659
are<00:37:02.960><c> being</c><00:37:03.199><c> brought</c><00:37:03.460><c> up?</c>

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:08.420
And<00:37:06.159><c> what</c><00:37:06.300><c> does</c><00:37:06.639><c> God</c><00:37:07.059><c> feel</c>

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:15.139
when<00:37:10.699><c> perhaps</c><00:37:11.139><c> we</c><00:37:11.840><c> parents</c><00:37:12.400><c> are</c><00:37:13.119><c> allowing</c><00:37:13.599><c> our</c><00:37:14.219><c> children</c><00:37:14.619><c> to</c>

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:16.599
feed<00:37:15.440><c> on</c><00:37:16.119><c> TV</c>

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:24.079
to<00:37:16.920><c> the</c><00:37:17.179><c> extent</c><00:37:17.780><c> that</c><00:37:18.699><c> something</c><00:37:19.039><c> like</c><00:37:19.420><c> 65</c><00:37:20.179><c>%</c><00:37:20.719><c> of</c><00:37:20.900><c> what</c><00:37:21.139><c> they</c><00:37:21.400><c> are</c><00:37:21.559><c> watching</c><00:37:22.179><c> is</c><00:37:22.780><c> fantasy?</c>

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:27.719
And<00:37:25.760><c> we</c><00:37:26.000><c> call</c><00:37:26.139><c> it</c><00:37:26.340><c> entertainment.</c>

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:34.940
What<00:37:31.500><c> kind</c><00:37:31.940><c> of</c><00:37:32.320><c> preparation</c><00:37:32.860><c> for</c><00:37:33.239><c> life</c><00:37:33.539><c> is</c><00:37:33.840><c> it</c><00:37:34.260><c> when</c><00:37:34.559><c> we</c><00:37:34.920><c> are</c>

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:37.179
producing<00:37:35.519><c> TV</c><00:37:36.139><c> zombies</c>

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:45.019
who<00:37:39.639><c> are</c><00:37:39.880><c> not</c><00:37:40.139><c> being</c><00:37:40.539><c> educated</c><00:37:41.000><c> to</c><00:37:41.380><c> think</c><00:37:42.300><c> through</c><00:37:44.420><c> their</c><00:37:44.679><c> life</c>

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:47.860
and<00:37:45.539><c> to</c><00:37:45.820><c> communicate</c><00:37:46.280><c> through</c><00:37:46.539><c> their</c><00:37:46.760><c> life?</c>

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:52.059
Because<00:37:49.719><c> whatever</c><00:37:50.019><c> we</c><00:37:50.280><c> may</c><00:37:50.460><c> or</c><00:37:50.679><c> may</c><00:37:50.900><c> not</c><00:37:51.099><c> think</c><00:37:51.280><c> about</c><00:37:51.599><c> television,</c>

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:54.239
there<00:37:52.260><c> is</c><00:37:52.539><c> one</c><00:37:52.739><c> thing</c><00:37:53.039><c> certain</c><00:37:53.559><c> about</c><00:37:53.900><c> it.</c>

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:56.940
It<00:37:54.800><c> breaks</c><00:37:55.219><c> through</c><00:37:55.599><c> communication</c>

00:37:57.360 --> 00:38:00.860
so<00:37:58.119><c> that</c><00:37:58.360><c> we</c><00:37:58.679><c> in</c><00:37:58.840><c> education</c><00:37:59.440><c> lament</c><00:38:00.099><c> the</c><00:38:00.519><c> fact</c>

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:05.039
that<00:38:01.719><c> we</c><00:38:01.980><c> are</c><00:38:02.019><c> having</c><00:38:02.320><c> children</c><00:38:02.920><c> to</c><00:38:03.500><c> educate</c><00:38:03.840><c> in</c><00:38:04.039><c> our</c><00:38:04.300><c> schools</c>

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:07.719
who<00:38:05.920><c> have</c><00:38:06.280><c> no</c><00:38:06.619><c> imagination</c>

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:12.179
because<00:38:09.019><c> their</c><00:38:09.400><c> minds</c><00:38:09.860><c> are</c><00:38:10.119><c> not</c><00:38:10.300><c> being</c><00:38:10.760><c> stimulated</c>

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:14.480
through<00:38:12.760><c> healthy</c><00:38:13.280><c> and</c><00:38:13.579><c> wholesome</c><00:38:13.960><c> reading.</c>

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:18.360
All<00:38:15.659><c> they</c><00:38:15.940><c> are</c><00:38:16.139><c> looking</c><00:38:16.460><c> at</c><00:38:16.699><c> is</c><00:38:16.880><c> that</c><00:38:17.280><c> box</c><00:38:17.599><c> and</c><00:38:17.780><c> there</c><00:38:17.960><c> is</c><00:38:17.960><c> no</c>

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:20.699
interaction<00:38:18.980><c> at</c><00:38:19.380><c> all.</c>

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:27.019
And<00:38:23.639><c> so</c><00:38:23.739><c> when</c><00:38:23.920><c> we</c><00:38:24.179><c> begin</c><00:38:24.480><c> to</c><00:38:24.960><c> see</c><00:38:25.260><c> and</c><00:38:25.679><c> feel</c><00:38:26.079><c> and</c><00:38:26.420><c> appreciate</c>

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:28.559
the<00:38:27.380><c> prophetic</c><00:38:27.880><c> insight</c>

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:31.260
which<00:38:29.000><c> is</c><00:38:29.199><c> given</c><00:38:29.420><c> us</c><00:38:29.900><c> through</c><00:38:30.219><c> the</c><00:38:30.460><c> prophet</c><00:38:30.739><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:34.300
we<00:38:31.980><c> recognize</c><00:38:32.579><c> and</c><00:38:32.800><c> ask</c><00:38:33.239><c> ourselves,</c>

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:38.780
have<00:38:34.420><c> we</c><00:38:34.880><c> also,</c><00:38:35.639><c> like</c><00:38:36.059><c> Israel,</c><00:38:36.980><c> lost</c><00:38:37.360><c> that</c><00:38:37.880><c> God</c><00:38:38.199><c> framework</c>

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:42.900
which<00:38:39.420><c> involves</c><00:38:40.099><c> in</c><00:38:40.460><c> the</c><00:38:40.639><c> first</c><00:38:40.940><c> hand</c><00:38:41.280><c> a</c><00:38:41.679><c> vision</c><00:38:41.880><c> of</c><00:38:42.059><c> the</c><00:38:42.239><c> glory</c><00:38:42.500><c> of</c><00:38:42.699><c> God</c>

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:45.780
which<00:38:43.079><c> we</c><00:38:43.420><c> carry</c><00:38:43.639><c> with</c><00:38:43.920><c> us</c><00:38:44.219><c> so</c><00:38:44.539><c> that</c><00:38:44.719><c> we</c><00:38:44.940><c> say</c><00:38:45.099><c> of</c><00:38:45.300><c> our</c><00:38:45.500><c> lives</c>

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:51.139
the<00:38:46.320><c> earth</c><00:38:46.780><c> is</c><00:38:47.960><c> full</c><00:38:49.000><c> of</c><00:38:49.219><c> the</c><00:38:49.420><c> glory</c><00:38:49.659><c> of</c><00:38:49.860><c> God?</c>

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:58.659
And<00:38:54.760><c> with</c><00:38:55.000><c> that</c><00:38:55.260><c> we</c><00:38:55.619><c> also</c><00:38:56.280><c> analyze</c><00:38:56.800><c> the</c><00:38:57.039><c> way</c><00:38:57.260><c> in</c><00:38:57.400><c> which</c><00:38:57.519><c> we</c><00:38:57.679><c> are</c><00:38:57.820><c> living</c>

00:38:58.820 --> 00:39:04.139
and<00:38:59.119><c> ask</c><00:38:59.519><c> ourselves,</c><00:39:00.579><c> are</c><00:39:00.579><c> we</c><00:39:01.719><c> living</c><00:39:02.400><c> sanctified</c><00:39:03.539><c> lives</c>

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:09.480
which<00:39:05.059><c> declare</c><00:39:06.079><c> that</c><00:39:06.599><c> that</c><00:39:06.940><c> vision</c><00:39:07.340><c> is</c><00:39:08.719><c> lived</c><00:39:08.920><c> out</c>

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:13.380
in<00:39:10.699><c> the</c><00:39:10.920><c> lives</c><00:39:11.360><c> that</c><00:39:12.119><c> we</c><00:39:12.360><c> lead?</c>

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:18.079
And<00:39:14.800><c> here,</c><00:39:15.460><c> in</c><00:39:15.579><c> order</c><00:39:15.840><c> to</c><00:39:16.280><c> emphasize</c><00:39:16.920><c> this</c><00:39:17.280><c> point,</c>

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:20.519
we<00:39:18.420><c> just</c><00:39:18.679><c> need</c><00:39:18.860><c> to</c><00:39:19.079><c> take</c><00:39:19.280><c> the</c><00:39:19.480><c> history</c><00:39:19.820><c> of</c><00:39:20.000><c> Israel</c>

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:23.500
and<00:39:20.980><c> the</c><00:39:21.139><c> apostle</c><00:39:21.579><c> Paul,</c><00:39:22.400><c> I</c><00:39:22.980><c> believe,</c>

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:27.179
presents<00:39:24.139><c> us</c><00:39:24.400><c> with</c><00:39:25.280><c> not</c><00:39:25.599><c> exactly</c><00:39:26.079><c> a</c><00:39:26.519><c> caricature</c>

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:31.099
but<00:39:28.579><c> a</c><00:39:28.800><c> challenge</c><00:39:29.039><c> concerning</c><00:39:29.519><c> Israel's</c><00:39:30.179><c> response.</c>

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:36.460
You<00:39:32.139><c> remember</c><00:39:32.659><c> when</c><00:39:32.940><c> Moses</c><00:39:33.340><c> went</c><00:39:33.760><c> to</c><00:39:34.199><c> behold</c><00:39:34.699><c> the</c><00:39:35.039><c> glory</c><00:39:35.380><c> of</c><00:39:35.619><c> God?</c>

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:40.940
He<00:39:37.500><c> not</c><00:39:37.659><c> only</c><00:39:38.179><c> visually</c><00:39:38.960><c> saw</c><00:39:39.699><c> the</c><00:39:40.159><c> manifestation</c>

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:45.719
of<00:39:41.340><c> the</c><00:39:41.699><c> afterglow</c><00:39:42.880><c> of</c><00:39:43.219><c> God</c><00:39:43.559><c> as</c><00:39:43.940><c> God</c><00:39:44.199><c> passed</c><00:39:44.619><c> by,</c>

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:50.619
but<00:39:46.920><c> he</c><00:39:47.219><c> heard</c><00:39:47.480><c> the</c><00:39:47.960><c> moral</c><00:39:48.380><c> qualities</c><00:39:48.920><c> of</c><00:39:49.280><c> God</c><00:39:49.480><c> declared,</c>

00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:55.300
mercy<00:39:51.179><c> and</c><00:39:51.980><c> compassion,</c><00:39:53.340><c> the</c><00:39:53.559><c> two</c><00:39:53.800><c> go</c><00:39:54.099><c> together.</c>

00:39:56.780 --> 00:40:00.059
And<00:39:57.400><c> Moses,</c><00:39:57.780><c> when</c><00:39:57.980><c> he</c><00:39:58.199><c> came</c><00:39:58.519><c> down</c><00:39:58.960><c> from</c><00:39:59.199><c> that</c><00:39:59.460><c> experience</c>

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:04.480
of<00:40:00.659><c> seeing</c><00:40:00.960><c> the</c><00:40:01.139><c> glory</c><00:40:01.460><c> of</c><00:40:01.699><c> God,</c><00:40:02.239><c> his</c><00:40:02.599><c> face</c><00:40:03.019><c> was</c><00:40:03.300><c> aglow</c>

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:09.820
so<00:40:05.679><c> that</c><00:40:05.900><c> Israel</c><00:40:06.460><c> could</c><00:40:06.800><c> not</c><00:40:07.059><c> look</c><00:40:07.460><c> steadfastly</c><00:40:08.099><c> on</c><00:40:08.260><c> his</c><00:40:08.500><c> face</c>

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:14.760
and<00:40:10.639><c> so</c><00:40:11.179><c> Moses</c><00:40:11.980><c> put</c><00:40:12.219><c> a</c><00:40:12.519><c> veil</c><00:40:12.719><c> over</c><00:40:13.460><c> his</c><00:40:13.760><c> face</c>

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:17.139
when<00:40:15.480><c> he</c><00:40:15.679><c> spoke</c><00:40:15.820><c> to</c><00:40:16.019><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:20.280
But<00:40:18.360><c> whenever</c><00:40:18.699><c> Moses</c><00:40:19.079><c> turned</c><00:40:19.559><c> to</c><00:40:19.780><c> God,</c>

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:22.940
he<00:40:20.679><c> took</c><00:40:20.920><c> the</c><00:40:21.179><c> veil</c><00:40:21.360><c> off</c><00:40:21.539><c> his</c><00:40:21.800><c> face.</c>

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:27.619
And<00:40:24.800><c> the</c><00:40:24.960><c> apostle</c><00:40:25.280><c> Paul</c><00:40:25.699><c> in</c><00:40:26.019><c> 2</c><00:40:26.300><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:26.800><c> chapter</c><00:40:27.159><c> 3</c>

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:31.139
then<00:40:28.019><c> takes</c><00:40:28.300><c> that</c><00:40:28.679><c> episode</c><00:40:29.280><c> and</c><00:40:30.000><c> says,</c>

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:34.480
and<00:40:31.400><c> he</c><00:40:31.619><c> puts</c><00:40:31.780><c> it</c><00:40:32.000><c> round</c><00:40:32.159><c> in</c><00:40:32.320><c> this</c><00:40:32.539><c> interesting</c><00:40:32.940><c> and</c><00:40:33.159><c> challenging</c><00:40:33.500><c> way,</c>

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:39.519
that<00:40:34.980><c> whenever</c><00:40:35.380><c> Israel</c><00:40:36.400><c> turned</c><00:40:37.380><c> to</c><00:40:37.719><c> God</c><00:40:38.159><c> to</c><00:40:38.679><c> read</c><00:40:38.860><c> his</c><00:40:39.159><c> word,</c>

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:42.599
they<00:40:40.199><c> put</c><00:40:40.460><c> a</c><00:40:40.739><c> veil</c><00:40:40.820><c> over</c><00:40:41.119><c> their</c><00:40:41.360><c> face.</c>

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:45.820
They<00:40:43.320><c> did</c><00:40:43.539><c> the</c><00:40:43.619><c> reverse</c><00:40:43.980><c> to</c><00:40:44.380><c> what</c><00:40:44.519><c> Moses</c><00:40:44.800><c> did.</c>

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:50.360
And<00:40:46.980><c> he</c><00:40:47.099><c> says</c><00:40:47.260><c> that</c><00:40:47.519><c> veil</c><00:40:47.880><c> is</c><00:40:48.179><c> over</c><00:40:48.380><c> their</c><00:40:48.599><c> face</c><00:40:48.800><c> to</c><00:40:49.019><c> this</c><00:40:49.239><c> day.</c>

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:53.800
But<00:40:51.699><c> when</c><00:40:51.980><c> it,</c><00:40:52.320><c> the</c><00:40:52.599><c> mind,</c><00:40:52.980><c> turns</c><00:40:53.280><c> to</c><00:40:53.500><c> God,</c>

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:57.360
that<00:40:54.280><c> veil</c><00:40:54.599><c> is</c><00:40:54.940><c> taken</c><00:40:55.239><c> away</c><00:40:55.579><c> and</c><00:40:55.739><c> we</c><00:40:56.000><c> with</c><00:40:56.420><c> unveiled</c><00:40:56.820><c> face</c>

00:40:57.360 --> 00:41:03.119
behold<00:40:58.079><c> the</c><00:40:58.340><c> glory</c><00:40:58.619><c> of</c><00:40:58.820><c> God</c><00:40:59.380><c> in</c><00:41:01.340><c> the</c><00:41:01.519><c> face</c><00:41:01.659><c> of</c><00:41:01.800><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:08.320
And<00:41:05.239><c> so</c><00:41:05.400><c> therefore</c><00:41:05.820><c> we</c><00:41:06.300><c> need</c><00:41:06.500><c> to</c><00:41:07.039><c> examine</c><00:41:07.440><c> our</c><00:41:07.940><c> lives</c>

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:12.460
in<00:41:09.019><c> the</c><00:41:09.579><c> context</c><00:41:10.119><c> of</c><00:41:10.320><c> the</c><00:41:10.619><c> challenge</c><00:41:11.079><c> of</c><00:41:11.380><c> Isaiah</c>

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:18.900
in<00:41:13.559><c> order</c><00:41:13.920><c> that</c><00:41:14.239><c> we</c><00:41:15.599><c> may</c><00:41:16.320><c> with</c><00:41:17.039><c> unveiled</c><00:41:18.119><c> face</c>

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:23.219
be<00:41:20.420><c> transformed</c><00:41:21.360><c> in</c><00:41:22.500><c> this</c><00:41:22.760><c> life</c>

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:26.099
from<00:41:23.699><c> one</c><00:41:24.139><c> stage</c><00:41:24.500><c> of</c><00:41:24.920><c> glory</c><00:41:25.320><c> to</c><00:41:25.659><c> another</c>

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:29.059
so<00:41:27.039><c> that</c><00:41:27.320><c> in</c><00:41:27.659><c> that</c><00:41:28.059><c> great</c><00:41:28.500><c> day</c>

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:33.280
we<00:41:30.059><c> may</c><00:41:30.360><c> be</c><00:41:30.860><c> drawn</c><00:41:31.219><c> into</c><00:41:31.900><c> that</c><00:41:32.340><c> greater</c><00:41:32.719><c> glory</c>

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:36.659
and<00:41:34.059><c> be</c><00:41:34.340><c> involved</c><00:41:34.920><c> in</c><00:41:35.239><c> that</c><00:41:35.599><c> wonderful</c><00:41:36.059><c> vision</c>

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:40.079
of<00:41:38.079><c> the</c><00:41:38.300><c> manifestation</c><00:41:38.940><c> of</c><00:41:39.179><c> the</c><00:41:39.360><c> glory</c><00:41:39.579><c> of</c><00:41:39.820><c> God</c>

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:41.460
covering<00:41:40.539><c> the</c><00:41:40.860><c> whole</c><00:41:41.059><c> earth</c>

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:44.559
as<00:41:42.719><c> the</c><00:41:42.940><c> waters</c><00:41:43.159><c> cover</c><00:41:43.380><c> the</c><00:41:43.599><c> sea.</c>

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:48.440
And<00:41:45.739><c> so</c><00:41:45.900><c> how</c><00:41:46.239><c> could</c><00:41:46.619><c> one</c><00:41:47.059><c> break</c><00:41:47.579><c> through</c>

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:53.179
this<00:41:49.360><c> kind</c><00:41:49.860><c> of</c><00:41:50.360><c> spiritual</c><00:41:50.840><c> poverty</c><00:41:51.420><c> which</c><00:41:51.719><c> was</c><00:41:51.940><c> in</c><00:41:52.079><c> Israel</c>

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:56.460
by<00:41:54.619><c> the</c><00:41:54.980><c> fundamental</c><00:41:55.619><c> challenge</c>

00:41:56.460 --> 00:42:00.159
which<00:41:57.239><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:57.760><c> issued</c><00:41:58.420><c> from</c><00:41:59.000><c> God?</c>

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:03.480
Come<00:42:01.840><c> now</c>

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:06.940
and<00:42:04.579><c> let</c><00:42:04.739><c> us</c><00:42:04.980><c> reason</c><00:42:05.400><c> together</c>

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:09.320
saith<00:42:07.820><c> the</c><00:42:08.019><c> Lord.</c>

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:14.960
Though<00:42:10.900><c> your</c><00:42:12.019><c> sins</c><00:42:12.679><c> be</c><00:42:13.300><c> as</c><00:42:14.039><c> scarlet</c>

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:19.480
they<00:42:16.340><c> shall</c><00:42:16.619><c> be</c><00:42:16.960><c> as</c><00:42:17.340><c> white</c><00:42:17.840><c> as</c><00:42:18.860><c> snow</c>

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:23.619
though<00:42:21.019><c> they</c><00:42:21.400><c> be</c><00:42:21.739><c> red</c><00:42:22.099><c> like</c><00:42:22.639><c> crimson</c>

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:28.360
they<00:42:25.320><c> shall</c><00:42:26.039><c> be</c><00:42:26.619><c> as</c><00:42:27.420><c> wool.</c>

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:34.159
And<00:42:29.219><c> here</c><00:42:29.840><c> we</c><00:42:30.780><c> must</c><00:42:31.139><c> not</c><00:42:31.679><c> enter</c><00:42:32.300><c> into</c><00:42:32.780><c> the</c><00:42:33.059><c> mistake</c><00:42:33.579><c> of</c><00:42:33.880><c> thinking</c>

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:38.119
that<00:42:34.539><c> God</c><00:42:34.840><c> is</c><00:42:35.239><c> inviting</c><00:42:35.739><c> us</c><00:42:36.199><c> to</c><00:42:36.440><c> some</c><00:42:36.820><c> kind</c><00:42:37.139><c> of</c><00:42:37.579><c> conversation</c>

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:40.139
where<00:42:38.380><c> we</c><00:42:38.539><c> can</c><00:42:38.699><c> put</c><00:42:38.900><c> our</c><00:42:39.139><c> feet</c><00:42:39.280><c> under</c><00:42:39.480><c> the</c><00:42:39.760><c> table</c>

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:43.239
and<00:42:41.079><c> argue</c><00:42:41.599><c> it</c><00:42:42.159><c> out.</c>

00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:45.920
God<00:42:44.519><c> is</c><00:42:44.920><c> saying,</c>

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:49.739
you<00:42:47.059><c> the</c><00:42:47.340><c> sinner,</c><00:42:48.760><c> come.</c>

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And<00:42:51.539><c> you</c><00:42:51.679><c> will</c><00:42:51.900><c> recognize</c>

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if<00:42:53.440><c> you</c><00:42:54.159><c> develop</c><00:42:54.679><c> this</c><00:42:55.219><c> vision</c><00:42:55.500><c> of</c><00:42:55.679><c> the</c><00:42:55.900><c> glory</c><00:42:56.420><c> of</c><00:42:57.059><c> God</c>

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that<00:42:58.760><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:59.219><c> saw</c>

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that<00:43:00.739><c> if</c><00:43:00.920><c> you</c><00:43:01.199><c> develop</c><00:43:01.539><c> this</c><00:43:01.920><c> God</c><00:43:02.179><c> framework</c>

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then<00:43:03.699><c> as</c><00:43:04.079><c> an</c><00:43:04.400><c> integral</c><00:43:04.760><c> part</c><00:43:05.179><c> of</c><00:43:05.440><c> it</c>

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you<00:43:06.340><c> will</c><00:43:06.639><c> experience</c><00:43:07.320><c> the</c><00:43:07.780><c> gospel</c><00:43:08.159><c> of</c><00:43:08.440><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:43:10.920><c> so</c><00:43:11.039><c> it's</c><00:43:11.460><c> no</c><00:43:11.659><c> wonder</c><00:43:11.920><c> therefore</c>

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that<00:43:12.599><c> when</c><00:43:12.760><c> we</c><00:43:13.039><c> look</c><00:43:13.219><c> at</c><00:43:13.440><c> this</c><00:43:13.699><c> prophecy</c><00:43:14.059><c> of</c><00:43:14.340><c> Isaiah</c>

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that<00:43:16.239><c> we</c><00:43:16.460><c> are</c><00:43:16.760><c> moved</c><00:43:17.059><c> to</c><00:43:17.420><c> call</c><00:43:18.039><c> Isaiah</c>

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the<00:43:20.239><c> evangelist</c><00:43:22.179><c> of</c><00:43:23.079><c> the</c><00:43:23.239><c> Old</c><00:43:23.400><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:43:27.300><c> so</c><00:43:27.679><c> let</c><00:43:27.940><c> us</c><00:43:28.159><c> learn</c><00:43:28.599><c> from</c><00:43:28.900><c> him</c>

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the<00:43:30.679><c> ways</c><00:43:30.900><c> of</c><00:43:31.159><c> God</c>

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and<00:43:32.820><c> discover</c><00:43:33.360><c> what</c><00:43:33.920><c> the</c><00:43:34.280><c> beauty</c><00:43:34.619><c> of</c><00:43:35.000><c> that</c><00:43:35.300><c> life</c>

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can<00:43:36.760><c> be</c><00:43:37.519><c> and</c><00:43:38.400><c> will</c><00:43:38.619><c> be</c>

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when<00:43:40.739><c> we</c><00:43:41.940><c> have</c><00:43:42.599><c> developed</c><00:43:43.079><c> that</c><00:43:43.519><c> prophetic</c><00:43:44.039><c> sense</c>

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of<00:43:46.059><c> the</c><00:43:46.300><c> feelings</c><00:43:46.579><c> of</c><00:43:46.840><c> God</c>

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and<00:43:48.400><c> an</c><00:43:48.659><c> awareness</c><00:43:49.039><c> of</c><00:43:49.559><c> his</c><00:43:49.800><c> glory.</c>

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Let<00:43:54.260><c> us</c><00:43:54.440><c> bow</c><00:43:54.619><c> our</c><00:43:54.800><c> heads</c><00:43:54.960><c> in</c><00:43:55.239><c> prayer.</c>

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Our<00:44:03.059><c> Father,</c>

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we<00:44:05.659><c> thank</c><00:44:05.880><c> you</c><00:44:06.059><c> for</c><00:44:06.420><c> the</c><00:44:06.900><c> written</c><00:44:07.139><c> message</c><00:44:07.619><c> which</c><00:44:07.840><c> we</c><00:44:08.119><c> have</c>

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from<00:44:09.079><c> your</c><00:44:09.340><c> prophets</c><00:44:09.719><c> of</c><00:44:09.940><c> old.</c>

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Help<00:44:12.079><c> us</c><00:44:12.360><c> to</c><00:44:12.579><c> listen</c><00:44:13.000><c> to</c><00:44:13.239><c> what</c><00:44:13.679><c> they</c><00:44:14.119><c> declared</c><00:44:14.519><c> of</c><00:44:14.960><c> your</c><00:44:15.280><c> mind</c>

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and<00:44:17.480><c> of</c><00:44:17.619><c> your</c><00:44:17.820><c> feelings</c>

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so<00:44:20.079><c> that</c><00:44:20.280><c> we</c><00:44:20.619><c> in</c><00:44:20.820><c> this</c><00:44:21.179><c> world</c><00:44:21.519><c> in</c><00:44:21.760><c> which</c><00:44:22.039><c> you</c><00:44:22.340><c> have</c><00:44:22.599><c> placed</c><00:44:22.880><c> us</c>

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may<00:44:24.780><c> behold</c><00:44:25.119><c> your</c><00:44:25.420><c> glory,</c>

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may<00:44:27.840><c> respond</c><00:44:28.699><c> to</c><00:44:29.599><c> your</c><00:44:29.860><c> holiness</c>

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by<00:44:32.139><c> the</c><00:44:32.440><c> declaration</c><00:44:32.920><c> of</c><00:44:33.219><c> our</c><00:44:33.400><c> own</c><00:44:33.679><c> poverty</c><00:44:34.039><c> of</c><00:44:34.340><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:44:36.940><c> may</c><00:44:37.119><c> we</c><00:44:37.500><c> in</c><00:44:38.039><c> that</c><00:44:38.539><c> response</c><00:44:39.280><c> of</c><00:44:39.679><c> humility</c>

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know<00:44:42.559><c> of</c><00:44:43.000><c> your</c><00:44:43.239><c> grace</c><00:44:44.039><c> and</c><00:44:44.960><c> salvation</c>

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and<00:44:47.559><c> in</c><00:44:47.900><c> knowing</c><00:44:48.239><c> that</c>

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may<00:44:50.480><c> step</c><00:44:51.000><c> into</c><00:44:52.039><c> that</c><00:44:52.519><c> kind</c><00:44:53.099><c> of</c><00:44:53.360><c> life</c>

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which<00:44:54.699><c> will</c><00:44:54.940><c> give</c><00:44:55.119><c> you</c><00:44:55.440><c> joy</c>

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because<00:44:57.960><c> we</c><00:44:58.219><c> are</c><00:44:58.340><c> being</c><00:44:58.760><c> sanctified</c>

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by<00:45:01.280><c> your</c><00:45:01.579><c> word</c>

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and<00:45:03.380><c> led</c><00:45:03.500><c> into</c><00:45:03.820><c> a</c><00:45:04.039><c> fuller</c><00:45:04.440><c> appreciation</c>

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of<00:45:06.179><c> what</c><00:45:06.480><c> your</c><00:45:06.719><c> purpose</c><00:45:07.099><c> is</c><00:45:07.619><c> for</c><00:45:08.059><c> us</c><00:45:08.780><c> on</c><00:45:09.960><c> this</c><00:45:10.139><c> earth.</c>

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Hear<00:45:12.480><c> us</c><00:45:13.079><c> in</c><00:45:13.440><c> our</c><00:45:13.719><c> Saviour's</c><00:45:14.159><c> name,</c><00:45:14.820><c> we</c><00:45:14.900><c> pray.</c>

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Amen.