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What<00:12:03.879><c> Rabbi</c><00:12:04.480><c> Rashai</c><00:12:05.000><c> said,</c><00:12:06.279><c> and</c><00:12:06.419><c> what</c><00:12:06.600><c> Rabbi</c><00:12:06.919><c> somebody</c><00:12:07.279><c> else,</c>

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when<00:12:08.100><c> he</c><00:12:08.419><c> controverted</c><00:12:09.159><c> Rabbi</c><00:12:09.840><c> Rashai,</c>

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when<00:12:12.600><c> they</c><00:12:12.980><c> engaged</c><00:12:13.340><c> in</c><00:12:13.519><c> their</c><00:12:13.679><c> rabbinical</c><00:12:14.620><c> exchanges</c><00:12:15.120><c> in</c>

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somehow<00:12:20.320><c> sort</c><00:12:20.659><c> of</c><00:12:21.360><c> assumed</c><00:12:21.620><c> greater</c><00:12:21.960><c> importance</c><00:12:22.460><c> than</c><00:12:22.720><c> the</c>

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original<00:12:23.200><c> inspired</c><00:12:23.620><c> words</c><00:12:23.879><c> of</c><00:12:24.100><c> scripture.</c>

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It's<00:12:28.639><c> very</c><00:12:28.879><c> difficult,</c><00:12:29.539><c> really,</c><00:12:30.259><c> on</c><00:12:30.500><c> the</c><00:12:30.700><c> first</c><00:12:30.919><c> move,</c><00:12:31.360><c> to</c><00:12:31.500><c> understand</c><00:12:31.919><c> how</c><00:12:32.200><c> it</c>

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How<00:12:35.159><c> would</c><00:12:35.279><c> it</c><00:12:35.399><c> be</c><00:12:35.559><c> possible</c><00:12:36.019><c> to</c><00:12:36.659><c> match</c><00:12:37.139><c> one's</c><00:12:37.539><c> own</c><00:12:37.779><c> writings</c>

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and<00:12:39.159><c> the</c><00:12:39.279><c> writings</c><00:12:39.580><c> of</c><00:12:39.840><c> one's</c><00:12:40.379><c> immediate</c><00:12:40.759><c> predecessors</c><00:12:41.399><c> uninspired?</c>

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How<00:12:42.879><c> would</c><00:12:43.000><c> it</c><00:12:43.080><c> be</c><00:12:43.279><c> possible</c><00:12:43.720><c> to</c><00:12:44.100><c> even</c><00:12:44.460><c> think</c><00:12:44.740><c> that</c><00:12:44.980><c> these</c><00:12:45.340><c> writings</c><00:12:45.639><c> would</c><00:12:45.919><c> be</c><00:12:46.620><c> comparable</c>

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to<00:12:47.500><c> the</c><00:12:47.779><c> inspired</c><00:12:48.139><c> words</c><00:12:48.480><c> of</c><00:12:48.740><c> God</c><00:12:49.759><c> given</c><00:12:51.100><c> under</c><00:12:51.460><c> the</c><00:12:51.659><c> direction</c><00:12:51.940><c> of</c><00:12:52.159><c> the</c><00:12:52.320><c> Spirit?</c>

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And<00:12:53.779><c> yet,</c><00:12:54.019><c> through</c><00:12:55.820><c> some</c><00:12:56.759><c> reasoning</c><00:12:57.240><c> which</c><00:12:57.440><c> they</c><00:12:57.740><c> had,</c><00:12:58.159><c> that's</c><00:12:58.460><c> the</c>

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way<00:12:58.620><c> it</c><00:12:58.720><c> all</c><00:12:58.879><c> happened.</c>

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And<00:13:00.960><c> the</c><00:13:01.159><c> observance</c><00:13:01.919><c> of</c><00:13:02.460><c> the</c><00:13:02.639><c> scribal</c><00:13:02.960><c> traditions</c><00:13:03.620><c> became</c>

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absolutely<00:13:05.480><c> paramount</c><00:13:06.019><c> in</c><00:13:06.240><c> worship.</c>

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Now<00:13:18.539><c> what</c><00:13:18.679><c> about</c><00:13:18.860><c> the</c><00:13:19.120><c> Pharisees?</c><00:13:21.360><c> Who</c><00:13:21.539><c> were</c><00:13:21.740><c> these?</c><00:13:22.940><c> Who</c><00:13:23.080><c> were</c><00:13:23.240><c> the</c><00:13:23.440><c> Pharisees?</c>

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in<00:13:28.960><c> the</c><00:13:29.080><c> first</c><00:13:29.299><c> half</c><00:13:29.759><c> of</c><00:13:30.440><c> the</c><00:13:30.580><c> second</c><00:13:30.820><c> century</c><00:13:31.299><c> before</c><00:13:31.620><c> Christ,</c>

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in<00:13:33.000><c> the</c><00:13:33.240><c> struggle</c><00:13:33.519><c> against</c><00:13:34.019><c> the</c><00:13:34.419><c> Hellenization</c><00:13:35.200><c> of</c><00:13:36.100><c> the</c>

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The<00:13:39.120><c> Pharisees</c><00:13:39.480><c> came</c><00:13:39.799><c> from</c><00:13:40.120><c> all</c><00:13:41.120><c> strata</c><00:13:42.139><c> of</c><00:13:42.720><c> society.</c>

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They<00:13:45.000><c> were</c><00:13:45.159><c> merchants.</c><00:13:47.320><c> They</c><00:13:47.379><c> were</c><00:13:47.539><c> craftsmen.</c>

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They<00:13:50.840><c> came</c><00:13:51.080><c> from</c><00:13:51.440><c> all</c><00:13:51.860><c> sorts</c><00:13:52.460><c> of</c><00:13:52.639><c> diverse</c><00:13:53.299><c> ways</c><00:13:53.940><c> of</c><00:13:54.179><c> life.</c>

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And,<00:13:57.159><c> we're</c><00:13:57.340><c> told</c><00:13:57.440><c> by</c><00:13:57.659><c> Josephus,</c><00:13:58.279><c> there</c><00:13:58.399><c> were</c><00:13:58.519><c> about</c><00:13:58.779><c> 6</c><00:13:59.039><c>,000</c>

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perhaps<00:14:00.620><c> not</c><00:14:00.820><c> a</c><00:14:00.940><c> large</c><00:14:01.100><c> number</c><00:14:01.399><c> compared</c><00:14:01.720><c> to</c><00:14:01.899><c> what</c><00:14:02.039><c> is</c><00:14:02.480><c> assumed</c><00:14:02.639><c> to</c><00:14:02.840><c> be</c>

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a<00:14:03.440><c> population</c><00:14:03.840><c> of</c><00:14:04.039><c> about</c><00:14:04.220><c> half</c><00:14:04.440><c> a</c><00:14:04.600><c> million</c><00:14:04.799><c> at</c><00:14:05.059><c> that</c><00:14:05.360><c> time,</c>

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about<00:14:06.399><c> 6</c><00:14:06.720><c>,000</c><00:14:07.120><c> Pharisees</c><00:14:08.039><c> at</c><00:14:08.500><c> the</c><00:14:08.620><c> time</c><00:14:08.759><c> of</c><00:14:08.940><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:09.639><c> according</c>

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to<00:14:10.460><c> references</c><00:14:10.820><c> in</c><00:14:11.139><c> Josephus'</c><00:14:11.799><c> writings.</c>

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In<00:14:13.419><c> fact,</c><00:14:13.519><c> Josephus,</c><00:14:14.019><c> as</c><00:14:14.159><c> I'm</c><00:14:14.340><c> sure</c><00:14:14.519><c> you</c><00:14:14.720><c> know,</c><00:14:15.320><c> was</c><00:14:15.440><c> a</c><00:14:15.659><c> strong</c>

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sympathizer<00:14:16.940><c> with</c><00:14:17.720><c> the</c><00:14:18.000><c> Pharisees.</c>

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The<00:14:21.440><c> Pharisees</c><00:14:21.960><c> were</c><00:14:22.539><c> separate.</c><00:14:23.179><c> In</c><00:14:23.299><c> fact,</c><00:14:23.480><c> that's</c><00:14:23.679><c> what</c><00:14:23.840><c> the</c>

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word<00:14:24.259><c> Pharisee</c><00:14:24.700><c> means,</c><00:14:24.980><c> as</c><00:14:25.159><c> you</c><00:14:25.299><c> know.</c>

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And<00:14:26.179><c> that's</c><00:14:26.379><c> why</c><00:14:26.620><c> there's</c><00:14:26.799><c> so</c><00:14:26.960><c> much</c><00:14:27.200><c> play</c><00:14:27.399><c> on</c><00:14:27.580><c> the</c><00:14:27.679><c> word</c><00:14:27.860><c> separation</c><00:14:28.379><c> in</c>

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Paul's<00:14:29.320><c> writings,</c><00:14:29.500><c> I'm</c><00:14:29.659><c> quite</c><00:14:29.980><c> sure.</c>

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Because<00:14:30.899><c> if</c><00:14:31.039><c> you</c><00:14:31.039><c> look</c><00:14:31.179><c> at</c><00:14:31.299><c> the</c><00:14:31.500><c> Greek</c><00:14:31.700><c> of</c><00:14:32.379><c> the</c><00:14:32.379><c> word</c><00:14:32.740><c> separation</c><00:14:34.000><c> in</c><00:14:34.600><c> many</c>

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of<00:14:35.100><c> his</c><00:14:35.179><c> letters,</c>

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like<00:14:35.840><c> the</c><00:14:36.000><c> opening</c><00:14:36.200><c> of</c><00:14:36.419><c> Romans</c><00:14:36.639><c> chapter</c><00:14:36.940><c> 1,</c><00:14:37.679><c> you'll</c><00:14:37.940><c> find</c><00:14:38.019><c> that</c><00:14:38.139><c> he's</c><00:14:38.320><c> playing</c><00:14:38.600><c> on</c>

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the<00:14:39.019><c> idea</c><00:14:39.240><c> of</c><00:14:39.840><c> a</c><00:14:40.019><c> Pharisee.</c>

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Because<00:14:41.779><c> a</c><00:14:41.980><c> Pharisee</c><00:14:42.320><c> was</c><00:14:42.519><c> somebody</c><00:14:42.919><c> who</c><00:14:43.139><c> was</c><00:14:43.360><c> separate,</c><00:14:43.759><c> somebody</c><00:14:44.080><c> who</c>

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was<00:14:44.799><c> kept</c><00:14:44.960><c> apart,</c><00:14:46.179><c> devoted</c><00:14:46.480><c> to</c><00:14:46.720><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:50.440><c> so</c><00:14:50.659><c> the</c><00:14:51.039><c> Pharisees,</c><00:14:51.720><c> in</c><00:14:51.919><c> their</c><00:14:52.100><c> worship,</c><00:14:52.440><c> had</c><00:14:52.600><c> come</c><00:14:52.740><c> to</c>

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this<00:14:53.139><c> particular</c><00:14:53.940><c> formulation.</c>

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That<00:14:56.059><c> if</c><00:14:56.259><c> the</c><00:14:56.480><c> law</c><00:14:56.679><c> is</c><00:14:57.240><c> absolutely</c><00:14:57.740><c> final</c><00:14:58.159><c> and</c><00:14:58.460><c> complete,</c><00:14:59.120><c> and</c>

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unlike<00:14:59.659><c> the</c><00:14:59.919><c> Sadducees,</c>

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they<00:15:00.600><c> accepted</c><00:15:01.080><c> the</c><00:15:01.559><c> whole</c><00:15:01.759><c> of</c><00:15:01.899><c> the</c><00:15:01.960><c> Old</c><00:15:02.120><c> Testament</c><00:15:02.440><c> Scriptures,</c>

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if<00:15:03.740><c> the</c><00:15:03.919><c> law</c><00:15:04.039><c> was</c><00:15:04.320><c> absolutely</c><00:15:04.720><c> final</c><00:15:05.159><c> and</c><00:15:05.659><c> complete,</c><00:15:06.659><c> then</c><00:15:06.820><c> it</c>

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must<00:15:07.179><c> necessarily</c><00:15:07.639><c> follow</c><00:15:08.019><c> by</c><00:15:08.279><c> logic</c>

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that<00:15:09.440><c> anything</c><00:15:09.840><c> necessary</c><00:15:10.360><c> for</c><00:15:11.039><c> the</c><00:15:11.419><c> good</c><00:15:11.639><c> life,</c><00:15:12.080><c> which</c><00:15:12.279><c> is</c>

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not<00:15:12.620><c> explicit,</c><00:15:14.220><c> must</c><00:15:14.580><c> be</c><00:15:15.440><c> implicit.</c>

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Now<00:15:16.240><c> what</c><00:15:16.360><c> does</c><00:15:16.480><c> that</c><00:15:16.700><c> mean?</c>

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They<00:15:19.120><c> are</c><00:15:19.360><c> really</c><00:15:19.820><c> saying,</c><00:15:20.539><c> or</c><00:15:20.620><c> they</c><00:15:20.740><c> are</c><00:15:20.899><c> really</c><00:15:21.200><c> drawing</c>

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the<00:15:21.700><c> practical</c><00:15:22.019><c> conclusion</c>

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that<00:15:23.120><c> every</c><00:15:23.580><c> circumstance</c><00:15:24.279><c> in</c><00:15:24.620><c> life</c><00:15:25.379><c> must</c><00:15:26.299><c> be</c><00:15:27.100><c> covered</c><00:15:27.600><c> by</c>

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the<00:15:28.820><c> divine</c><00:15:29.120><c> law.</c>

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And<00:15:33.279><c> this</c><00:15:34.139><c> is</c><00:15:34.299><c> where</c><00:15:34.460><c> they</c><00:15:34.600><c> had</c><00:15:34.720><c> such</c><00:15:35.059><c> close</c><00:15:35.460><c> links</c><00:15:35.840><c> with</c><00:15:36.240><c> the</c>

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scribes,<00:15:36.799><c> and</c><00:15:36.960><c> in</c><00:15:37.100><c> a</c><00:15:37.200><c> sense</c><00:15:37.419><c> they</c><00:15:37.840><c> overlapped.</c>

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Because<00:15:39.740><c> many</c><00:15:40.460><c> of</c><00:15:40.639><c> the</c><00:15:40.820><c> scribes,</c><00:15:41.120><c> in</c><00:15:41.159><c> fact</c><00:15:41.320><c> the</c><00:15:41.740><c> majority</c><00:15:42.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:42.659><c> scribes,</c><00:15:43.539><c> were</c><00:15:44.120><c> of</c><00:15:44.500><c> the</c><00:15:44.720><c> Pharisees.</c>

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And<00:15:46.620><c> so</c><00:15:46.679><c> they</c><00:15:46.799><c> were</c><00:15:47.000><c> fully</c><00:15:47.240><c> sympathetic</c><00:15:47.860><c> to</c><00:15:48.080><c> this</c><00:15:48.220><c> whole</c><00:15:48.480><c> idea</c>

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And<00:15:53.980><c> so</c><00:15:54.139><c> their</c><00:15:54.360><c> life</c><00:15:54.639><c> work,</c><00:15:54.879><c> as</c><00:15:55.120><c> the</c><00:15:55.299><c> life</c><00:15:55.519><c> work</c><00:15:55.679><c> of</c><00:15:55.879><c> the</c><00:15:56.080><c> scribes,</c>

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law<00:16:00.980><c> an</c><00:16:01.919><c> unending</c><00:16:02.600><c> series</c><00:16:03.000><c> of</c><00:16:03.259><c> rules</c><00:16:03.620><c> and</c><00:16:03.960><c> regulations</c>

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to<00:16:05.600><c> meet</c><00:16:05.840><c> every</c><00:16:06.679><c> possible</c><00:16:07.399><c> individual</c><00:16:08.500><c> circumstance</c><00:16:09.320><c> and</c><00:16:09.659><c> situation</c><00:16:10.240><c> in</c><00:16:10.539><c> life.</c>

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And<00:16:14.899><c> hence,</c><00:16:16.000><c> as</c><00:16:16.139><c> we</c><00:16:16.299><c> read</c><00:16:16.399><c> in</c><00:16:16.620><c> Scripture,</c><00:16:16.960><c> for</c><00:16:17.139><c> example,</c><00:16:17.480><c> the</c>

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seventh<00:16:17.779><c> chapter</c><00:16:18.139><c> of</c><00:16:18.360><c> Mark's</c><00:16:18.720><c> Gospel,</c>

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perhaps<00:16:19.179><c> we</c><00:16:19.360><c> could</c><00:16:19.539><c> turn</c><00:16:19.740><c> to</c><00:16:19.879><c> this</c><00:16:20.019><c> briefly</c><00:16:20.340><c> now,</c><00:16:20.679><c> just</c><00:16:20.840><c> to</c>

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quickly<00:16:21.440><c> catch</c><00:16:21.700><c> this</c><00:16:21.960><c> point,</c>

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verses<00:16:30.940><c> of</c><00:16:31.159><c> Mark</c><00:16:32.039><c> chapter</c><00:16:33.240><c> 7.</c>

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When<00:16:39.419><c> the</c><00:16:39.700><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:40.080><c> gathered</c><00:16:40.360><c> together</c><00:16:40.720><c> to</c><00:16:40.919><c> him</c><00:16:41.200><c> with</c><00:16:41.440><c> some</c>

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of<00:16:41.759><c> the</c><00:16:41.960><c> scribes</c><00:16:42.539><c> who</c><00:16:42.919><c> had</c><00:16:43.000><c> come</c><00:16:43.159><c> from</c><00:16:43.379><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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they<00:16:44.679><c> saw</c><00:16:44.820><c> that</c><00:16:44.960><c> some</c><00:16:45.179><c> of</c><00:16:45.279><c> his</c><00:16:45.460><c> disciples</c><00:16:45.879><c> ate</c><00:16:46.200><c> with</c><00:16:46.419><c> hands</c><00:16:46.720><c> to</c>

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file,<00:16:47.200><c> that</c><00:16:47.419><c> is,</c><00:16:48.039><c> unwashed.</c>

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For<00:16:50.460><c> the</c><00:16:50.720><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:51.100><c> and</c><00:16:51.240><c> all</c><00:16:51.399><c> the</c><00:16:51.580><c> Jews</c><00:16:51.879><c> do</c><00:16:52.379><c> not</c><00:16:52.559><c> eat</c><00:16:52.700><c> unless</c>

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they<00:16:53.200><c> wash</c><00:16:53.379><c> their</c><00:16:53.659><c> hands,</c>

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observing<00:16:55.059><c> the</c><00:16:55.299><c> tradition</c><00:16:55.620><c> of</c><00:16:55.840><c> the</c><00:16:56.000><c> elders.</c>

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And<00:16:57.519><c> when</c><00:16:57.639><c> they</c><00:16:57.860><c> come</c><00:16:58.000><c> from</c><00:16:58.139><c> the</c><00:16:58.379><c> marketplace,</c><00:16:59.120><c> they</c><00:16:59.259><c> do</c><00:16:59.440><c> not</c>

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eat<00:17:00.139><c> unless</c><00:17:00.580><c> they</c><00:17:00.940><c> purify</c><00:17:01.360><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:17:04.539><c> so</c><00:17:04.619><c> there</c><00:17:04.779><c> were</c><00:17:04.880><c> all</c><00:17:05.119><c> these</c><00:17:05.319><c> laws,</c><00:17:05.579><c> brethren</c><00:17:05.819><c> and</c><00:17:05.980><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:17:06.259><c> I</c><00:17:06.299><c> don't</c><00:17:06.480><c> have</c><00:17:06.680><c> to</c><00:17:06.819><c> repeat</c><00:17:07.079><c> what</c><00:17:07.240><c> I'm</c><00:17:07.440><c> sure</c><00:17:07.579><c> you</c><00:17:07.839><c> already</c><00:17:08.200><c> know.</c>

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There<00:17:09.079><c> was</c><00:17:09.240><c> these</c><00:17:09.740><c> 613</c><00:17:10.759><c> laws</c><00:17:11.140><c> which</c><00:17:11.339><c> they</c><00:17:11.599><c> deduced</c><00:17:11.940><c> from</c><00:17:12.140><c> the</c><00:17:14.240><c> Torah,</c>

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and<00:17:15.259><c> also</c><00:17:15.700><c> a</c><00:17:15.880><c> whole</c><00:17:16.019><c> lot</c><00:17:16.140><c> of</c><00:17:16.279><c> other</c><00:17:16.400><c> laws</c><00:17:16.640><c> which</c><00:17:16.839><c> they</c><00:17:17.440><c> deduced</c>

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from<00:17:18.319><c> rabbinical</c><00:17:18.839><c> writings.</c>

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And<00:17:21.119><c> this</c><00:17:21.359><c> was</c><00:17:21.599><c> the</c><00:17:21.819><c> guide,</c><00:17:22.319><c> this</c><00:17:22.880><c> was</c><00:17:23.420><c> the</c><00:17:23.599><c> guide</c><00:17:23.839><c> for</c><00:17:24.079><c> the</c><00:17:24.259><c> Pharisees</c><00:17:24.920><c> as</c>

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these<00:17:27.920><c> traditions</c><00:17:28.539><c> which</c><00:17:30.019><c> have</c><00:17:30.180><c> been</c><00:17:30.299><c> built</c><00:17:30.500><c> up</c><00:17:30.660><c> over</c><00:17:30.920><c> the</c><00:17:31.099><c> years.</c>

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Now<00:17:35.400><c> there</c><00:17:35.559><c> were</c><00:17:35.640><c> other</c><00:17:36.000><c> characteristics</c><00:17:36.599><c> of</c><00:17:37.000><c> the</c><00:17:37.900><c> Pharisees</c>

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and<00:17:38.500><c> also</c><00:17:39.000><c> of</c><00:17:39.200><c> the</c><00:17:39.319><c> scribes</c>

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which<00:17:39.700><c> sometimes</c><00:17:40.099><c> I</c><00:17:40.299><c> think</c><00:17:40.460><c> are</c><00:17:40.700><c> overlooked,</c><00:17:41.220><c> but</c><00:17:41.339><c> which</c><00:17:41.539><c> seem</c><00:17:41.680><c> to</c>

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me<00:17:41.880><c> to</c><00:17:41.980><c> be</c><00:17:42.200><c> equally</c><00:17:42.420><c> important,</c>

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Because<00:17:47.740><c> the</c><00:17:48.059><c> Pharisees</c><00:17:50.019><c> and</c><00:17:50.440><c> the</c><00:17:50.680><c> scribes</c><00:17:51.900><c> had</c><00:17:52.279><c> come</c><00:17:52.500><c> to</c><00:17:52.680><c> the</c>

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view<00:17:52.960><c> that</c><00:17:53.079><c> there</c><00:17:53.240><c> were</c><00:17:53.539><c> greater</c><00:17:53.859><c> or</c><00:17:54.140><c> lesser</c><00:17:54.440><c> sins.</c>

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That<00:17:57.460><c> they</c><00:17:57.599><c> had,</c><00:17:58.240><c> in</c><00:17:58.339><c> all</c><00:17:58.539><c> their</c><00:17:58.779><c> writings</c><00:17:59.019><c> and</c><00:17:59.240><c> their</c><00:17:59.480><c> considerations,</c>

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they'd<00:18:00.339><c> come</c><00:18:00.460><c> to</c><00:18:00.779><c> the</c><00:18:00.940><c> conclusion</c><00:18:02.400><c> that</c><00:18:03.180><c> there</c><00:18:03.359><c> were</c><00:18:03.519><c> some</c>

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great<00:18:04.019><c> sins,</c><00:18:04.460><c> there</c><00:18:04.619><c> were</c><00:18:04.799><c> some</c><00:18:05.059><c> lesser</c><00:18:05.319><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:18:07.440><c> you</c><00:18:07.539><c> can</c><00:18:07.720><c> read</c><00:18:07.859><c> them,</c><00:18:08.019><c> I</c><00:18:08.079><c> don't</c><00:18:08.259><c> want</c><00:18:08.460><c> to</c><00:18:09.460><c> weary</c><00:18:09.660><c> with</c>

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them<00:18:10.220><c> now,</c>

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but<00:18:10.500><c> there</c><00:18:10.660><c> were</c><00:18:10.799><c> some</c><00:18:11.119><c> sins</c><00:18:11.339><c> which</c><00:18:11.559><c> were</c><00:18:11.920><c> unforgivable,</c><00:18:13.240><c> quite</c><00:18:13.480><c> a</c>

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number<00:18:13.799><c> of</c><00:18:13.980><c> sins</c><00:18:14.079><c> which</c><00:18:14.240><c> were</c><00:18:14.460><c> unforgivable.</c>

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And<00:18:15.680><c> there</c><00:18:16.019><c> was</c><00:18:16.200><c> a</c><00:18:16.279><c> gradation</c><00:18:16.839><c> of</c><00:18:17.119><c> sins</c><00:18:17.519><c> going</c><00:18:18.099><c> from</c><00:18:18.339><c> these</c><00:18:18.599><c> great</c><00:18:18.839><c> sins</c><00:18:19.140><c> right</c><00:18:19.380><c> down</c><00:18:19.599><c> to</c>

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indeed<00:18:21.200><c> minor</c><00:18:21.480><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:18:24.940><c> this</c><00:18:25.259><c> idea,</c><00:18:26.039><c> brethren</c><00:18:26.180><c> and</c><00:18:26.339><c> sisters,</c><00:18:28.079><c> spawned</c><00:18:28.640><c> the</c><00:18:29.400><c> concept</c><00:18:29.920><c> of</c><00:18:30.359><c> merit.</c>

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It<00:18:31.640><c> was</c><00:18:32.559><c> dreadful</c><00:18:33.180><c> if</c><00:18:33.420><c> you</c><00:18:34.960><c> performed</c><00:18:35.599><c> a</c><00:18:37.500><c> great</c><00:18:37.819><c> sin</c><00:18:38.220><c> because</c>

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some<00:18:39.599><c> of</c><00:18:39.680><c> them</c><00:18:39.759><c> were</c><00:18:40.039><c> unforgivable.</c>

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Some<00:18:44.160><c> of</c><00:18:44.240><c> them</c><00:18:44.380><c> were</c><00:18:44.539><c> lesser</c><00:18:44.819><c> sins,</c><00:18:45.759><c> but</c><00:18:46.839><c> somehow</c><00:18:47.180><c> rather</c><00:18:47.440><c> you</c>

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could<00:18:48.200><c> grade</c><00:18:48.640><c> your</c><00:18:49.000><c> sins</c><00:18:49.359><c> by</c><00:18:50.759><c> some</c><00:18:51.119><c> sort</c><00:18:51.400><c> of</c><00:18:51.519><c> a</c><00:18:51.700><c> hierarchy.</c>

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And<00:18:52.920><c> so</c><00:18:53.160><c> there</c><00:18:53.460><c> was</c><00:18:53.859><c> what</c><00:18:54.099><c> they</c><00:18:54.380><c> called</c><00:18:54.559><c> a</c><00:18:54.859><c> merit</c><00:18:55.180><c> by</c><00:18:55.740><c> descent.</c>

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A<00:18:59.220><c> merit,</c><00:18:59.559><c> if</c><00:18:59.700><c> you</c><00:18:59.859><c> like,</c><00:19:00.079><c> by</c><00:19:00.299><c> good</c><00:19:00.539><c> works.</c>

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Now<00:19:05.200><c> there</c><00:19:05.319><c> are</c><00:19:05.420><c> two</c><00:19:05.599><c> consequences</c><00:19:06.160><c> of</c><00:19:06.299><c> this,</c><00:19:06.619><c> brethren</c><00:19:06.700><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:19:06.980><c> if</c><00:19:07.119><c> we</c><00:19:07.240><c> sort</c><00:19:07.380><c> of</c><00:19:07.460><c> think</c><00:19:07.640><c> about</c><00:19:07.880><c> it.</c>

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The<00:19:09.380><c> first</c><00:19:09.579><c> thing</c><00:19:09.779><c> is</c><00:19:10.059><c> that</c><00:19:11.559><c> they</c><00:19:12.180><c> had</c><00:19:12.420><c> got</c><00:19:12.599><c> into</c><00:19:12.839><c> the</c><00:19:13.019><c> situation</c><00:19:13.480><c> where</c>

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they<00:19:13.920><c> were</c><00:19:14.099><c> arguing</c>

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that<00:19:15.619><c> some</c><00:19:16.000><c> sins</c><00:19:16.319><c> are</c><00:19:16.619><c> absolutely</c><00:19:17.039><c> impossible</c><00:19:17.680><c> to</c><00:19:17.980><c> forgive.</c>

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Some<00:19:21.039><c> sins</c><00:19:21.359><c> are</c><00:19:21.579><c> so</c><00:19:21.839><c> great</c><00:19:22.539><c> that</c><00:19:24.579><c> there</c><00:19:25.039><c> is</c><00:19:25.180><c> little</c><00:19:25.359><c> likelihood</c><00:19:25.839><c> that</c><00:19:26.099><c> God</c>

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will<00:19:26.420><c> look</c><00:19:26.720><c> on</c><00:19:26.920><c> you</c><00:19:27.079><c> with</c><00:19:27.339><c> favour.</c>

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That<00:19:31.319><c> was</c><00:19:31.480><c> the</c><00:19:31.640><c> first</c><00:19:31.799><c> point.</c>

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The<00:19:33.099><c> second</c><00:19:33.380><c> point</c><00:19:33.640><c> is</c><00:19:33.940><c> that</c><00:19:34.200><c> somehow</c><00:19:34.559><c> rather</c><00:19:34.980><c> you</c><00:19:35.339><c> could</c><00:19:35.599><c> grade</c><00:19:35.980><c> your</c><00:19:36.380><c> own</c><00:19:36.640><c> merit.</c>

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You<00:19:37.500><c> could</c><00:19:37.740><c> sort</c><00:19:37.880><c> of</c><00:19:38.059><c> sort</c><00:19:38.299><c> out</c><00:19:38.740><c> on</c><00:19:39.319><c> a</c><00:19:39.539><c> particular</c><00:19:39.900><c> law,</c><00:19:40.700><c> let's</c>

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say<00:19:41.099><c> on</c><00:19:41.319><c> the</c><00:19:41.559><c> issue</c><00:19:41.740><c> of</c><00:19:42.460><c> the</c><00:19:42.599><c> keeping</c><00:19:42.779><c> of</c><00:19:43.000><c> the</c><00:19:43.140><c> Sabbath,</c>

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you<00:19:44.940><c> could</c><00:19:45.240><c> sort</c><00:19:45.440><c> out</c><00:19:45.680><c> with</c><00:19:45.880><c> all</c><00:19:46.099><c> these</c><00:19:46.400><c> listings</c><00:19:46.720><c> of</c><00:19:47.019><c> laws</c><00:19:47.279><c> what</c><00:19:48.160><c> proportion</c><00:19:48.720><c> of</c>

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them<00:19:49.079><c> you</c><00:19:49.279><c> had</c><00:19:49.539><c> kept.</c>

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good<00:19:53.839><c> proportion</c><00:19:54.160><c> of</c><00:19:54.299><c> it,</c><00:19:54.420><c> therefore</c><00:19:54.700><c> you</c><00:19:54.900><c> were</c><00:19:55.059><c> quite</c><00:19:55.240><c> good.</c>

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You<00:20:03.759><c> could</c><00:20:04.359><c> compare</c><00:20:05.940><c> your</c><00:20:06.880><c> morality</c><00:20:07.319><c> with</c><00:20:08.160><c> somebody</c><00:20:08.480><c> else's.</c>

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And<00:20:13.740><c> you</c><00:20:13.799><c> could</c><00:20:14.000><c> say,</c><00:20:14.500><c> I</c><00:20:14.500><c> am</c><00:20:14.720><c> a</c><00:20:14.859><c> better</c><00:20:15.000><c> person.</c>

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And<00:20:21.460><c> you</c><00:20:21.559><c> could</c><00:20:21.740><c> top</c><00:20:21.819><c> it</c><00:20:21.980><c> all</c><00:20:22.059><c> up</c><00:20:22.319><c> and</c><00:20:22.460><c> in</c><00:20:22.619><c> the</c><00:20:22.819><c> end,</c><00:20:23.940><c> especially</c><00:20:24.420><c> if</c><00:20:25.900><c> you</c><00:20:26.059><c> had</c><00:20:26.259><c> kept</c><00:20:26.779><c> the</c><00:20:27.319><c> law</c><00:20:27.660><c> as</c>

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closely<00:20:28.859><c> as</c><00:20:28.980><c> you</c><00:20:29.220><c> could,</c>

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you<00:20:29.640><c> could</c><00:20:29.819><c> reach</c><00:20:30.079><c> the</c><00:20:31.420><c> logical</c><00:20:32.140><c> conclusion</c><00:20:32.640><c> that</c><00:20:32.799><c> God</c><00:20:33.019><c> must</c>

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I'm<00:20:35.720><c> good,</c><00:20:35.980><c> I'm</c><00:20:36.220><c> better.</c>

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could<00:20:45.559><c> pray,</c>

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so<00:20:51.319><c> on.</c>

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deal<00:20:59.140><c> with,</c><00:20:59.460><c> brothers</c><00:20:59.579><c> and</c><00:20:59.779><c> sisters.</c>

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A<00:21:01.400><c> form</c><00:21:01.619><c> of</c><00:21:02.119><c> religion,</c><00:21:03.079><c> a</c><00:21:03.279><c> form</c><00:21:03.579><c> of</c><00:21:04.000><c> worship</c><00:21:04.420><c> which</c><00:21:05.019><c> had</c><00:21:05.240><c> gone</c><00:21:05.519><c> wrong.</c>

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A<00:21:10.460><c> form</c><00:21:10.759><c> of</c><00:21:10.920><c> worship</c><00:21:11.240><c> which</c><00:21:11.660><c> somehow</c><00:21:12.240><c> over</c><00:21:12.579><c> the</c><00:21:12.779><c> years</c><00:21:13.059><c> had</c>

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And<00:21:21.799><c> it</c><00:21:21.920><c> developed</c><00:21:22.220><c> these</c><00:21:22.599><c> various</c><00:21:22.940><c> notions</c><00:21:23.319><c> of</c><00:21:23.519><c> which</c><00:21:23.660><c> we've</c><00:21:23.920><c> spoken.</c>

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sins,<00:21:31.160><c> there's</c><00:21:31.319><c> no</c><00:21:31.500><c> hope</c><00:21:31.700><c> for</c><00:21:31.940><c> you,</c><00:21:32.140><c> you're</c><00:21:32.380><c> finished.</c>

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The<00:21:35.619><c> notion</c><00:21:36.079><c> that</c><00:21:36.480><c> somehow</c><00:21:37.000><c> rather</c><00:21:37.460><c> you</c><00:21:38.160><c> could</c><00:21:38.420><c> match</c><00:21:38.980><c> your</c>

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spirituality<00:21:40.579><c> against</c><00:21:41.059><c> somebody</c><00:21:41.440><c> else's.</c>

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me,<00:21:47.039><c> I'm</c><00:21:47.339><c> certain</c><00:21:47.619><c> of</c><00:21:47.779><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:21:48.519><c> no</c><00:21:48.799><c> doubt</c><00:21:49.279><c> that</c><00:21:49.940><c> I</c><00:21:50.099><c> win</c><00:21:50.480><c> God's</c><00:21:51.140><c> favour.</c>

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Brothers<00:22:03.420><c> and</c><00:22:03.680><c> sisters,</c><00:22:04.019><c> Jesus</c><00:22:04.359><c> came</c><00:22:04.859><c> down</c><00:22:05.960><c> heavily</c><00:22:06.759><c> on</c><00:22:08.740><c> all</c><00:22:08.980><c> this.</c>

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There's<00:22:22.039><c> a</c><00:22:22.160><c> beautiful</c><00:22:22.460><c> section</c><00:22:22.839><c> you</c><00:22:22.960><c> might</c><00:22:23.160><c> like</c><00:22:23.380><c> to</c><00:22:23.519><c> read</c><00:22:23.660><c> sometime</c><00:22:24.099><c> in</c>

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there's<00:22:47.420><c> just</c><00:22:47.740><c> a</c><00:22:47.940><c> collision</c><00:22:48.420><c> because</c><00:22:49.980><c> they</c><00:22:50.319><c> thought</c><00:22:50.740><c> differently.</c>

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sisters,<00:23:05.319><c> was</c><00:23:05.519><c> just</c><00:23:06.200><c> quite,</c><00:23:06.940><c> quite</c><00:23:07.460><c> different</c><00:23:08.019><c> to</c><00:23:08.859><c> the</c><00:23:09.099><c> approach</c><00:23:09.319><c> of</c>

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And<00:23:16.460><c> what</c><00:23:16.660><c> I</c><00:23:16.920><c> find</c><00:23:17.500><c> surprising,</c><00:23:18.779><c> and</c><00:23:18.940><c> I</c><00:23:19.079><c> really</c><00:23:19.220><c> do</c><00:23:19.480><c> find</c><00:23:19.640><c> this</c>

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He<00:23:36.539><c> spoke</c><00:23:36.819><c> against</c><00:23:37.099><c> them</c><00:23:37.299><c> all</c><00:23:37.460><c> of</c><00:23:37.680><c> course,</c><00:23:40.200><c> but</c><00:23:40.279><c> it</c><00:23:40.420><c> seems</c><00:23:40.559><c> to</c>

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me<00:23:40.740><c> he</c><00:23:40.880><c> spoke</c><00:23:41.119><c> most</c><00:23:41.500><c> harshly</c><00:23:41.980><c> against</c><00:23:42.339><c> the</c><00:23:42.599><c> Pharisees</c><00:23:44.039><c> and</c>

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of<00:24:04.819><c> us</c><00:24:04.940><c> who</c><00:24:06.220><c> would</c><00:24:06.619><c> consider</c><00:24:06.980><c> ourselves</c>

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especially<00:24:09.720><c> real</c><00:24:09.980><c> red,</c><00:24:11.079><c> I</c><00:24:11.240><c> don't</c><00:24:11.420><c> know,</c><00:24:12.359><c> some</c><00:24:12.619><c> might</c><00:24:12.940><c> feel</c><00:24:13.400><c> that</c><00:24:13.559><c> they</c><00:24:13.700><c> have</c><00:24:13.859><c> some</c><00:24:14.119><c> sense</c><00:24:14.400><c> of</c><00:24:15.480><c> superiority.</c>

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But<00:24:18.059><c> generally</c><00:24:18.460><c> speaking,</c><00:24:19.119><c> I</c><00:24:19.119><c> think</c><00:24:19.299><c> we</c><00:24:20.519><c> would</c><00:24:21.599><c> identify</c><00:24:22.140><c> most</c><00:24:22.980><c> with</c><00:24:23.220><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:24:23.799><c> if</c><00:24:23.960><c> we</c><00:24:24.140><c> walked</c><00:24:24.380><c> into</c><00:24:24.740><c> the</c><00:24:24.940><c> Council,</c><00:24:25.319><c> who</c><00:24:25.500><c> walked</c>

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into<00:24:25.920><c> the</c><00:24:26.079><c> Sanhedrin.</c>

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And<00:24:27.200><c> if</c><00:24:27.319><c> we</c><00:24:28.000><c> wanted</c><00:24:28.200><c> a</c><00:24:28.380><c> group</c><00:24:28.539><c> of</c><00:24:28.799><c> people</c><00:24:29.039><c> who</c><00:24:29.279><c> sat</c><00:24:29.460><c> on</c><00:24:29.640><c> the</c><00:24:29.839><c> Council</c><00:24:30.099><c> to</c>

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represent<00:24:30.700><c> us,</c><00:24:31.480><c> would</c><00:24:31.559><c> we</c><00:24:31.740><c> choose</c><00:24:32.700><c> the</c><00:24:34.460><c> High</c><00:24:34.720><c> Priest,</c><00:24:35.039><c> the</c><00:24:35.200><c> Chairman?</c>

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Would<00:24:38.019><c> we</c><00:24:38.220><c> choose</c><00:24:38.440><c> the</c><00:24:38.680><c> Sadducees</c><00:24:39.220><c> who</c><00:24:40.180><c> accepted</c><00:24:40.460><c> only</c><00:24:40.700><c> the</c>

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first<00:24:41.000><c> five</c><00:24:41.240><c> books</c><00:24:41.460><c> of</c><00:24:41.599><c> Scripture?</c>

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Who<00:24:43.660><c> did</c><00:24:43.859><c> not</c><00:24:44.039><c> accept</c><00:24:44.380><c> the</c><00:24:45.299><c> angels</c><00:24:45.700><c> or</c><00:24:45.940><c> resurrection?</c><00:24:46.779><c> Would</c>

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we<00:24:47.259><c> ask</c><00:24:47.599><c> them</c><00:24:47.900><c> to</c><00:24:48.140><c> represent</c><00:24:48.400><c> us</c><00:24:49.000><c> on</c><00:24:49.799><c> the</c><00:24:49.980><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:24:50.380><c> Council?</c>

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Or<00:24:51.759><c> would</c><00:24:51.900><c> we</c><00:24:52.079><c> ask</c><00:24:52.299><c> the</c><00:24:52.579><c> Pharisees,</c><00:24:53.700><c> these</c><00:24:54.000><c> ones</c><00:24:54.319><c> who</c><00:24:55.160><c> really</c>

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wanted<00:24:55.799><c> to</c><00:24:56.380><c> do</c><00:24:56.759><c> the</c><00:24:56.880><c> will</c><00:24:56.960><c> of</c><00:24:57.180><c> God?</c>

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And<00:25:00.000><c> were</c><00:25:00.140><c> punctilious,</c><00:25:00.640><c> as</c><00:25:00.799><c> I</c><00:25:00.980><c> say,</c><00:25:01.240><c> in</c><00:25:01.380><c> their</c><00:25:01.579><c> worship</c><00:25:01.900><c> that</c>

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had<00:25:02.259><c> gone</c><00:25:02.480><c> wrong.</c>

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I<00:25:03.920><c> would</c><00:25:04.099><c> have</c><00:25:04.200><c> thought</c><00:25:04.339><c> amongst</c><00:25:04.619><c> all</c><00:25:04.819><c> those</c><00:25:05.039><c> groups</c><00:25:05.319><c> we</c><00:25:05.539><c> can</c>

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sort<00:25:05.940><c> of,</c><00:25:06.440><c> if</c><00:25:06.640><c> we</c><00:25:06.880><c> reflect</c><00:25:07.160><c> upon</c><00:25:07.440><c> that</c><00:25:07.740><c> table,</c><00:25:08.359><c> that</c><00:25:08.460><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:25:08.920><c> table,</c>

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we<00:25:10.019><c> are</c><00:25:10.019><c> more</c><00:25:10.259><c> likely</c><00:25:10.619><c> to</c><00:25:12.259><c> identify</c><00:25:12.819><c> with</c><00:25:13.039><c> the</c><00:25:13.220><c> Pharisees.</c>

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Briefly,<00:25:20.119><c> before</c><00:25:20.339><c> we</c><00:25:20.539><c> turn</c><00:25:20.680><c> to</c><00:25:20.799><c> the</c><00:25:20.980><c> Pharisees,</c><00:25:21.299><c> how</c><00:25:21.599><c> did</c><00:25:21.779><c> Jesus</c><00:25:22.240><c> deal</c><00:25:22.900><c> with</c><00:25:23.940><c> the</c><00:25:24.240><c> priests?</c>

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He<00:25:27.640><c> dealt</c><00:25:27.920><c> with</c><00:25:28.099><c> the</c><00:25:28.299><c> priests</c><00:25:28.519><c> in</c><00:25:28.720><c> the</c><00:25:28.759><c> most</c><00:25:29.039><c> dramatic</c><00:25:29.500><c> form,</c>

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and<00:25:30.599><c> I'm</c><00:25:30.720><c> sure</c><00:25:30.920><c> you</c><00:25:31.200><c> instantly</c><00:25:31.599><c> recall</c><00:25:32.059><c> what</c><00:25:32.240><c> this</c><00:25:32.500><c> dramatic</c>

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form<00:25:33.259><c> was</c><00:25:33.720><c> when</c><00:25:34.559><c> he</c><00:25:34.920><c> showed</c><00:25:35.400><c> the</c><00:25:36.180><c> foolishness</c><00:25:36.779><c> and</c><00:25:37.039><c> the</c><00:25:37.279><c> emptiness</c><00:25:37.640><c> of</c><00:25:38.980><c> the</c><00:25:39.140><c> worship</c><00:25:39.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:39.720><c> priests.</c>

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You<00:25:40.059><c> know</c><00:25:40.180><c> what</c><00:25:40.339><c> that</c><00:25:40.539><c> occasion</c><00:25:40.799><c> was,</c><00:25:42.259><c> that</c><00:25:42.460><c> dramatic</c><00:25:43.779><c> entry</c>

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into<00:25:45.920><c> the</c><00:25:46.140><c> temple</c><00:25:46.500><c> when</c><00:25:46.880><c> he</c><00:25:47.180><c> overthrew</c><00:25:47.579><c> the</c><00:25:48.099><c> seat</c><00:25:48.259><c> of</c><00:25:48.519><c> the</c>

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money<00:25:49.819><c> changers.</c>

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Mark<00:25:51.000><c> chapter</c><00:25:51.400><c> 11,</c><00:25:53.079><c> or</c><00:25:53.259><c> perhaps</c><00:25:53.400><c> we</c><00:25:53.500><c> should</c><00:25:53.660><c> turn</c><00:25:53.880><c> to</c><00:25:54.099><c> Luke</c><00:25:55.019><c> chapter</c><00:25:55.359><c> 19,</c><00:26:02.359><c> verse</c><00:26:02.660><c> 41</c>

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through<00:26:03.460><c> 45.</c>

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He<00:26:04.819><c> dealt</c><00:26:05.019><c> with</c><00:26:05.240><c> the</c><00:26:06.519><c> priests,</c><00:26:08.920><c> those</c><00:26:09.279><c> who</c><00:26:09.579><c> gained</c><00:26:10.019><c> from</c><00:26:10.380><c> religious</c><00:26:10.720><c> life</c>

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in<00:26:13.039><c> a</c><00:26:13.339><c> peremptory</c><00:26:13.759><c> sort</c><00:26:13.960><c> of</c><00:26:14.079><c> a</c><00:26:14.220><c> way,</c><00:26:15.920><c> a</c><00:26:16.039><c> dramatic</c><00:26:16.359><c> way.</c>

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Verse<00:26:18.279><c> 41</c><00:26:18.720><c> of</c><00:26:19.019><c> Luke</c><00:26:19.220><c> chapter</c><00:26:19.519><c> 19.</c>

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And<00:26:22.240><c> when</c><00:26:22.400><c> he</c><00:26:22.599><c> drew</c><00:26:22.720><c> near,</c><00:26:23.599><c> and</c><00:26:23.660><c> saw</c><00:26:23.839><c> the</c><00:26:24.059><c> city</c><00:26:24.220><c> he</c><00:26:24.440><c> wept</c><00:26:24.619><c> over</c>

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it,<00:26:25.339><c> saying,</c>

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Would<00:26:26.180><c> that</c><00:26:26.299><c> even</c><00:26:26.559><c> today</c><00:26:26.980><c> you</c><00:26:27.319><c> knew</c><00:26:27.539><c> the</c><00:26:27.779><c> things</c><00:26:28.019><c> that</c><00:26:28.279><c> make</c>

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for<00:26:28.720><c> peace,</c><00:26:29.220><c> but</c><00:26:29.240><c> now</c><00:26:29.539><c> they</c><00:26:29.759><c> are</c><00:26:29.819><c> hid</c><00:26:29.960><c> from</c><00:26:30.140><c> your</c><00:26:30.420><c> eyes?</c>

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For<00:26:31.880><c> the</c><00:26:32.039><c> day</c><00:26:32.180><c> shall</c><00:26:32.380><c> come</c><00:26:32.619><c> upon</c><00:26:32.920><c> you,</c><00:26:33.980><c> when</c><00:26:34.079><c> your</c><00:26:34.259><c> enemies</c><00:26:34.640><c> shall</c><00:26:36.059><c> cast</c><00:26:36.299><c> up</c>

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a<00:26:36.660><c> bank</c><00:26:36.799><c> about</c><00:26:37.099><c> you</c><00:26:37.299><c> and</c><00:26:37.460><c> surround</c><00:26:37.799><c> you,</c>

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and<00:26:39.119><c> hem</c><00:26:39.220><c> you</c><00:26:39.400><c> in</c><00:26:39.500><c> on</c><00:26:39.740><c> every</c><00:26:40.039><c> side,</c><00:26:40.380><c> and</c><00:26:40.480><c> dash</c><00:26:40.660><c> you</c><00:26:40.819><c> to</c><00:26:40.940><c> the</c><00:26:41.140><c> ground,</c><00:26:41.460><c> you</c>

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and<00:26:41.779><c> your</c><00:26:42.000><c> children</c><00:26:42.299><c> within</c><00:26:42.559><c> you,</c>

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and<00:26:43.339><c> they</c><00:26:43.460><c> will</c><00:26:43.660><c> not</c><00:26:43.799><c> leave</c><00:26:44.019><c> one</c><00:26:44.299><c> stone</c><00:26:44.559><c> upon</c><00:26:44.779><c> another</c><00:26:45.420><c> in</c><00:26:45.759><c> you,</c><00:26:46.359><c> because</c><00:26:46.700><c> you</c>

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do<00:26:47.059><c> not</c><00:26:47.299><c> know</c><00:26:47.559><c> the</c><00:26:47.759><c> time</c><00:26:47.960><c> of</c><00:26:48.380><c> your</c><00:26:48.559><c> visitation.</c>

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And<00:26:49.720><c> here's</c><00:26:49.920><c> a</c><00:26:50.119><c> hint</c><00:26:50.420><c> of</c><00:26:51.119><c> what</c><00:26:51.259><c> he</c><00:26:51.500><c> feels</c><00:26:51.700><c> about</c><00:26:52.180><c> the</c><00:26:52.460><c> temple</c><00:26:52.680><c> worship.</c>

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The<00:26:54.359><c> temple</c><00:26:54.500><c> was</c><00:26:54.700><c> to</c><00:26:54.859><c> be</c><00:26:55.079><c> overthrown.</c>

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And<00:26:57.200><c> then</c><00:26:57.339><c> verse</c><00:26:57.519><c> 45,</c><00:26:59.299><c> he</c><00:26:59.420><c> entered</c><00:26:59.680><c> the</c><00:26:59.859><c> temple.</c>

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He<00:27:02.039><c> began</c><00:27:02.299><c> to</c><00:27:02.579><c> drive</c><00:27:02.740><c> out</c><00:27:03.059><c> those</c><00:27:03.500><c> who</c><00:27:03.880><c> sold,</c><00:27:05.779><c> saying</c><00:27:05.940><c> to</c><00:27:06.079><c> them,</c>

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It<00:27:06.400><c> is</c><00:27:06.579><c> written,</c><00:27:08.079><c> My</c><00:27:08.220><c> house</c><00:27:08.519><c> shall</c><00:27:08.700><c> be</c><00:27:08.880><c> called</c><00:27:09.000><c> a</c><00:27:09.099><c> house</c><00:27:09.299><c> of</c><00:27:09.619><c> prayer,</c><00:27:10.960><c> but</c><00:27:11.079><c> you</c><00:27:11.259><c> have</c><00:27:11.420><c> made</c><00:27:11.660><c> it</c>

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a<00:27:12.619><c> den</c><00:27:12.680><c> of</c><00:27:12.920><c> thieves.</c>

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Jesus<00:27:16.380><c> had</c><00:27:16.720><c> absolutely</c><00:27:17.480><c> nothing</c><00:27:17.900><c> to</c><00:27:18.160><c> do</c><00:27:18.819><c> with</c><00:27:19.160><c> this</c><00:27:19.420><c> concept</c>

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that<00:27:20.259><c> you</c><00:27:20.420><c> can</c><00:27:20.759><c> gain</c><00:27:21.220><c> from</c><00:27:21.980><c> spiritual</c><00:27:22.440><c> worship,</c><00:27:23.319><c> in</c><00:27:23.480><c> the</c><00:27:23.619><c> sense</c><00:27:23.819><c> of</c>

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gaining<00:27:24.279><c> materially.</c>

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Sometimes<00:27:28.380><c> we</c><00:27:28.940><c> conveniently</c><00:27:29.579><c> look</c><00:27:30.039><c> at</c><00:27:30.519><c> evangelists,</c><00:27:31.240><c> modern</c>

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evangelists,<00:27:32.000><c> to</c><00:27:32.180><c> say</c><00:27:32.339><c> a</c><00:27:32.579><c> contemporary</c><00:27:32.920><c> example</c><00:27:33.319><c> of</c><00:27:33.519><c> this.</c>

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Of<00:27:34.519><c> how</c><00:27:34.720><c> people</c><00:27:35.460><c> can</c><00:27:35.900><c> gain</c><00:27:36.440><c> or</c><00:27:37.019><c> try</c><00:27:37.259><c> to</c><00:27:37.500><c> gain</c><00:27:37.839><c> from</c><00:27:38.359><c> the</c><00:27:38.619><c> spiritual</c><00:27:38.880><c> life,</c>

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and<00:27:39.240><c> I'm</c><00:27:39.380><c> sure</c><00:27:39.539><c> there</c><00:27:39.700><c> are</c><00:27:39.900><c> contemporary</c><00:27:40.440><c> examples.</c>

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But<00:27:42.859><c> I</c><00:27:43.019><c> think</c><00:27:43.119><c> we</c><00:27:43.359><c> have</c><00:27:43.599><c> to</c><00:27:44.960><c> just</c><00:27:45.440><c> reflect</c><00:27:45.900><c> on</c><00:27:46.160><c> if</c><00:27:46.299><c> there's</c><00:27:46.539><c> any</c>

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way<00:27:46.859><c> in</c><00:27:46.940><c> which</c><00:27:47.039><c> they</c><00:27:47.200><c> could</c><00:27:47.319><c> possibly</c><00:27:47.740><c> relate</c><00:27:48.039><c> to</c><00:27:48.319><c> ourselves.</c>

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Whether<00:27:49.579><c> we</c><00:27:50.059><c> materially</c><00:27:50.619><c> gain</c><00:27:51.279><c> from</c><00:27:52.960><c> what</c><00:27:53.140><c> is</c><00:27:53.400><c> spiritual,</c><00:27:54.200><c> or</c>

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whether<00:27:54.559><c> we</c><00:27:54.819><c> turn</c><00:27:54.960><c> a</c><00:27:55.180><c> spiritual</c><00:27:55.460><c> gift</c><00:27:55.759><c> which</c><00:27:56.000><c> comes</c><00:27:56.259><c> to</c><00:27:56.480><c> another</c><00:27:56.680><c> for</c><00:27:56.960><c> a</c>

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benefit<00:27:57.299><c> for</c><00:27:57.599><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:27:58.940><c> we</c><00:27:59.059><c> can</c><00:27:59.200><c> do</c><00:27:59.380><c> it</c><00:27:59.819><c> in</c><00:28:00.000><c> different</c><00:28:00.200><c> ways.</c>

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I'm<00:28:01.799><c> sure</c><00:28:01.960><c> we</c><00:28:02.119><c> can</c><00:28:02.220><c> do</c><00:28:02.339><c> it</c><00:28:02.460><c> in</c><00:28:02.619><c> different</c><00:28:02.799><c> ways.</c>

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:12.559
Where<00:28:05.799><c> the</c><00:28:05.920><c> good</c><00:28:06.059><c> offering,</c><00:28:09.299><c> the</c><00:28:09.500><c> sincere</c><00:28:09.920><c> offering</c><00:28:10.599><c> of</c><00:28:12.039><c> a</c><00:28:12.200><c> brother</c><00:28:12.359><c> or</c>

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:18.440
a<00:28:12.740><c> sister,</c><00:28:14.400><c> brought</c><00:28:14.519><c> in</c><00:28:14.779><c> faith</c><00:28:15.099><c> and</c><00:28:15.299><c> obedience,</c><00:28:17.039><c> is</c><00:28:17.099><c> sort</c><00:28:17.339><c> of</c>

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:21.380
ridiculed<00:28:18.880><c> or</c><00:28:19.039><c> cheated</c><00:28:19.480><c> or</c><00:28:20.119><c> not</c><00:28:20.400><c> accepted.</c>

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:26.900
Or<00:28:21.819><c> somehow</c><00:28:22.099><c> we</c><00:28:22.440><c> achieve</c><00:28:22.680><c> some</c><00:28:23.039><c> benefit,</c><00:28:23.539><c> some</c><00:28:23.700><c> gratification</c><00:28:24.440><c> from</c><00:28:25.799><c> criticizing</c><00:28:26.660><c> it</c><00:28:26.859><c> or</c>

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whatever,<00:28:28.240><c> or</c><00:28:28.460><c> abusing</c><00:28:28.740><c> it.</c>

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:44.619
A<00:28:40.559><c> lot</c><00:28:40.660><c> of</c><00:28:40.799><c> practical</c><00:28:41.059><c> examples</c><00:28:42.339><c> of</c><00:28:43.559><c> these</c><00:28:43.799><c> things</c><00:28:43.960><c> this</c><00:28:44.160><c> morning,</c><00:28:44.400><c> Brother</c><00:28:44.480><c> and</c>

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:48.319
Sister,<00:28:44.859><c> because</c><00:28:45.119><c> I</c><00:28:45.319><c> think</c><00:28:45.519><c> the</c><00:28:46.759><c> real</c><00:28:47.339><c> issue</c><00:28:47.759><c> when</c><00:28:47.920><c> it</c><00:28:48.059><c> comes</c>

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:51.599
to<00:28:48.599><c> this</c><00:28:49.039><c> kind</c><00:28:49.400><c> of</c><00:28:50.460><c> discussion</c>

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:55.559
is<00:28:52.480><c> how</c><00:28:52.779><c> we</c><00:28:53.059><c> can</c><00:28:53.339><c> sort</c><00:28:53.440><c> of</c><00:28:53.660><c> see</c><00:28:54.000><c> our</c><00:28:54.319><c> own</c><00:28:54.579><c> fitting</c><00:28:54.799><c> into</c><00:28:55.099><c> this.</c>

00:28:55.559 --> 00:29:01.299
Does<00:28:56.279><c> any</c><00:28:56.519><c> of</c><00:28:56.640><c> this,</c><00:28:56.779><c> in</c><00:28:56.920><c> any</c><00:28:57.200><c> sense,</c><00:28:59.180><c> fit</c><00:28:59.339><c> into</c><00:28:59.660><c> us</c><00:29:00.140><c> personally</c><00:29:00.559><c> or</c><00:29:00.859><c> ecclesially?</c>

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:04.940
And<00:29:01.880><c> we</c><00:29:01.920><c> don't</c><00:29:02.180><c> have</c><00:29:02.559><c> necessarily</c><00:29:03.099><c> to</c><00:29:03.380><c> be</c><00:29:04.359><c> explicit.</c>

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:08.380
Some<00:29:05.420><c> of</c><00:29:05.579><c> the</c><00:29:05.720><c> criticism,</c><00:29:06.099><c> I</c><00:29:06.319><c> think,</c><00:29:06.640><c> or</c><00:29:06.779><c> some</c><00:29:06.940><c> of</c><00:29:07.039><c> the</c><00:29:07.619><c> injunction</c><00:29:08.079><c> comes</c>

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:11.279
to<00:29:08.579><c> us</c><00:29:09.279><c> implicitly</c><00:29:09.900><c> in</c><00:29:10.039><c> the</c><00:29:10.180><c> words</c><00:29:10.440><c> which</c><00:29:10.720><c> are</c><00:29:10.859><c> written</c><00:29:11.019><c> here</c>

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.500
in<00:29:11.460><c> scripture.</c>

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:19.359
So<00:29:14.680><c> against</c><00:29:15.059><c> the</c><00:29:16.440><c> priests,</c><00:29:17.460><c> it</c><00:29:17.539><c> was</c><00:29:18.099><c> fairly</c><00:29:18.380><c> clear.</c>

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:24.819
A<00:29:19.599><c> public</c><00:29:19.980><c> denunciation</c><00:29:20.660><c> of</c><00:29:20.859><c> their</c><00:29:21.079><c> perfidy,</c><00:29:22.579><c> of</c><00:29:22.859><c> their</c><00:29:23.160><c> hypocrisy,</c><00:29:24.779><c> and</c>

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:31.819
their<00:29:25.559><c> abuse</c><00:29:26.259><c> of</c><00:29:27.700><c> what</c><00:29:27.900><c> was</c><00:29:28.099><c> being</c><00:29:28.619><c> sacrificed,</c><00:29:30.180><c> and</c><00:29:30.400><c> the</c><00:29:30.619><c> emptiness</c><00:29:31.039><c> of</c>

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:33.160
their<00:29:31.960><c> temple</c><00:29:32.240><c> worship.</c>

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All<00:29:34.079><c> those</c><00:29:34.359><c> points,</c><00:29:34.680><c> really,</c><00:29:34.960><c> when</c><00:29:35.079><c> you</c><00:29:35.200><c> come</c><00:29:35.359><c> to</c><00:29:35.539><c> reflect</c><00:29:35.799><c> on</c>

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:39.960
them,<00:29:36.880><c> have</c><00:29:37.039><c> a</c><00:29:37.140><c> lot</c><00:29:37.299><c> of</c><00:29:37.519><c> exhortation</c><00:29:38.440><c> in</c><00:29:38.599><c> it</c><00:29:38.779><c> for</c><00:29:38.920><c> ourselves.</c>

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:44.960
A<00:29:40.819><c> form</c><00:29:41.059><c> of</c><00:29:41.259><c> worship,</c><00:29:42.299><c> but</c><00:29:42.619><c> denying</c><00:29:43.079><c> the</c><00:29:43.579><c> power</c><00:29:43.859><c> thereof.</c>

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:54.000
The<00:29:48.940><c> Sadducees,</c><00:29:49.400><c> of</c><00:29:49.480><c> course,</c><00:29:52.200><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:53.119><c> as</c><00:29:53.380><c> far</c><00:29:53.460><c> as</c><00:29:53.579><c> I</c><00:29:53.660><c> can</c><00:29:53.859><c> see,</c>

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:57.140
tended<00:29:54.299><c> to</c><00:29:54.539><c> deal</c><00:29:54.799><c> with</c><00:29:55.099><c> the</c><00:29:55.339><c> Sadducees</c><00:29:55.740><c> more</c><00:29:56.099><c> on</c><00:29:56.619><c> sort</c><00:29:56.859><c> of</c>

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:59.779
intellectual<00:29:57.500><c> grounds,</c><00:29:58.480><c> more</c><00:29:58.759><c> arguing</c><00:29:59.099><c> their</c><00:29:59.319><c> positions.</c>

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:04.119
For<00:30:00.079><c> example,</c><00:30:00.299><c> as</c><00:30:00.460><c> we</c><00:30:00.579><c> read</c><00:30:00.740><c> in</c><00:30:01.160><c> the</c><00:30:01.319><c> 22nd</c><00:30:02.319><c> chapter</c><00:30:02.640><c> of</c><00:30:02.779><c> Matthew,</c><00:30:04.000><c> where</c>

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:07.160
he<00:30:04.480><c> exposed</c><00:30:04.839><c> their</c><00:30:05.180><c> really</c><00:30:05.380><c> misunderstanding</c><00:30:06.039><c> of</c><00:30:06.240><c> scripture.</c>

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:13.140
Where<00:30:09.119><c> these</c><00:30:09.380><c> absurd</c><00:30:09.700><c> questions</c><00:30:10.160><c> which</c><00:30:10.400><c> they</c><00:30:10.619><c> brought</c><00:30:10.779><c> to</c><00:30:11.000><c> him</c><00:30:11.460><c> should</c><00:30:12.240><c> have</c><00:30:12.400><c> been</c><00:30:12.559><c> understood</c><00:30:12.940><c> if</c>

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:16.319
they<00:30:13.619><c> claimed</c><00:30:13.819><c> to</c><00:30:14.000><c> be</c><00:30:14.259><c> exponents</c><00:30:14.740><c> of</c><00:30:15.000><c> the</c><00:30:15.480><c> Torah.</c>

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:19.579
You<00:30:16.900><c> remember</c><00:30:17.079><c> when</c><00:30:17.180><c> they</c><00:30:17.440><c> came</c><00:30:17.680><c> to</c><00:30:17.880><c> Jesus</c><00:30:18.220><c> with</c><00:30:18.440><c> this</c><00:30:19.039><c> absurd</c>

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:23.539
example<00:30:20.299><c> of</c><00:30:21.339><c> the</c><00:30:21.500><c> woman</c><00:30:21.680><c> who'd</c><00:30:21.960><c> married</c><00:30:22.140><c> seven</c><00:30:22.460><c> times.</c>

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:26.000
He<00:30:23.880><c> sort</c><00:30:24.000><c> of</c><00:30:24.160><c> refuted</c><00:30:24.380><c> this</c><00:30:24.700><c> from</c><00:30:24.980><c> scripture.</c>

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.640
And<00:30:26.519><c> so</c><00:30:26.599><c> to</c><00:30:26.759><c> the</c><00:30:26.920><c> Sadducees,</c><00:30:27.299><c> it</c><00:30:27.420><c> seems</c><00:30:27.619><c> to</c><00:30:27.799><c> me,</c><00:30:27.920><c> he</c><00:30:28.039><c> was</c><00:30:28.240><c> saying,</c><00:30:28.619><c> well,</c>

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:33.000
your<00:30:28.880><c> knowledge</c><00:30:29.240><c> of</c><00:30:29.480><c> scripture,</c><00:30:30.619><c> your</c><00:30:31.759><c> knowledge</c><00:30:32.180><c> of</c><00:30:32.359><c> scripture</c><00:30:32.619><c> is</c><00:30:32.799><c> not</c>

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:35.559
really<00:30:33.180><c> so</c><00:30:33.440><c> great</c><00:30:33.599><c> as</c><00:30:33.859><c> what</c><00:30:34.039><c> it</c><00:30:34.420><c> purports</c><00:30:34.720><c> to</c><00:30:34.960><c> be.</c>

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:40.819
In<00:30:35.980><c> a</c><00:30:36.220><c> sense,</c><00:30:36.460><c> you've</c><00:30:36.799><c> lost</c><00:30:36.960><c> the</c><00:30:37.240><c> spirit</c><00:30:37.819><c> of</c><00:30:39.099><c> the</c><00:30:40.039><c> law</c><00:30:40.420><c> which</c>

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:42.059
you<00:30:41.039><c> espouse.</c>

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What<00:30:45.660><c> about</c><00:30:45.940><c> then</c><00:30:46.220><c> the</c><00:30:46.859><c> Pharisees,</c><00:30:47.700><c> the</c><00:30:47.799><c> ones</c><00:30:48.140><c> with</c><00:30:48.420><c> whom,</c><00:30:48.579><c> as</c>

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:52.480
I<00:30:48.859><c> say,</c><00:30:49.000><c> we</c><00:30:49.140><c> could</c><00:30:49.420><c> perhaps</c><00:30:49.660><c> more</c><00:30:49.900><c> closely</c><00:30:50.619><c> identify?</c>

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:58.220
I've<00:30:55.660><c> listed</c><00:30:55.839><c> three,</c><00:30:56.220><c> I</c><00:30:56.299><c> think,</c><00:30:56.519><c> critical</c><00:30:56.980><c> things</c><00:30:57.339><c> which</c><00:30:57.599><c> Jesus</c><00:30:58.000><c> had</c>

00:30:58.220 --> 00:31:00.299
to<00:30:58.519><c> say</c><00:30:58.900><c> to</c><00:30:59.299><c> the</c><00:30:59.519><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:09.980
He<00:31:02.619><c> said</c><00:31:03.259><c> there</c><00:31:03.440><c> is</c><00:31:03.759><c> no</c><00:31:04.019><c> such</c><00:31:04.299><c> thing</c><00:31:06.200><c> as</c><00:31:06.940><c> a</c><00:31:07.220><c> great</c><00:31:07.500><c> or</c><00:31:08.539><c> a</c><00:31:08.720><c> lesser</c><00:31:08.859><c> sin.</c>

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:13.779
In<00:31:10.420><c> fact,</c><00:31:10.559><c> he</c><00:31:10.680><c> even</c><00:31:11.000><c> says</c><00:31:11.660><c> in</c><00:31:11.980><c> Matthew</c><00:31:12.240><c> chapter</c><00:31:12.539><c> 5</c><00:31:12.819><c> verse</c><00:31:13.039><c> 28</c>

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:17.640
that<00:31:14.220><c> even</c><00:31:14.480><c> to</c><00:31:14.779><c> covet</c><00:31:15.059><c> is</c><00:31:16.740><c> sin.</c>

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:21.559
Even<00:31:19.119><c> covetous</c><00:31:19.660><c> behaviour</c><00:31:20.160><c> is</c><00:31:20.500><c> sin.</c>

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:29.240
And<00:31:23.119><c> so</c><00:31:23.299><c> this</c><00:31:23.480><c> whole</c><00:31:23.740><c> business</c><00:31:24.140><c> of</c><00:31:24.359><c> trying</c><00:31:24.579><c> to</c><00:31:24.980><c> grade</c><00:31:25.660><c> sins</c><00:31:26.400><c> is</c>

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extremely<00:31:29.960><c> dangerous.</c>

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:38.400
Because<00:31:32.880><c> we're</c><00:31:33.259><c> all</c><00:31:34.339><c> bereft</c><00:31:35.000><c> of</c><00:31:35.200><c> righteousness,</c><00:31:37.119><c> just</c><00:31:37.420><c> bereft</c><00:31:37.859><c> of</c><00:31:38.059><c> righteousness.</c>

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:40.720
This<00:31:38.680><c> was</c><00:31:38.920><c> the</c><00:31:39.140><c> teaching</c><00:31:39.400><c> of</c><00:31:39.559><c> the</c><00:31:39.640><c> Lord</c><00:31:39.779><c> Jesus.</c>

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:43.839
We<00:31:41.599><c> have</c><00:31:41.839><c> nothing</c><00:31:42.140><c> to</c><00:31:42.480><c> commend</c><00:31:42.740><c> ourselves.</c>

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:47.099
And<00:31:44.619><c> if</c><00:31:44.799><c> you</c><00:31:45.019><c> think,</c><00:31:45.519><c> Jesus</c><00:31:45.859><c> is</c><00:31:46.059><c> saying</c><00:31:46.259><c> here,</c><00:31:46.480><c> if</c><00:31:46.619><c> you</c><00:31:46.819><c> really</c>

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:52.839
think<00:31:47.920><c> that</c><00:31:48.940><c> that</c><00:31:49.460><c> person</c><00:31:50.019><c> is</c><00:31:51.019><c> more</c><00:31:51.240><c> of</c><00:31:51.420><c> a</c><00:31:51.519><c> sinner</c><00:31:51.660><c> than</c><00:31:51.920><c> you,</c>

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:57.660
just<00:31:53.980><c> remember,</c><00:31:54.619><c> he</c><00:31:55.180><c> says,</c><00:31:55.519><c> and</c><00:31:55.619><c> this</c><00:31:55.859><c> is</c><00:31:56.160><c> a</c><00:31:56.380><c> very,</c><00:31:56.539><c> very</c><00:31:56.819><c> telling</c><00:31:57.119><c> comment</c><00:31:57.440><c> he</c>

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:59.059
makes<00:31:57.900><c> in</c><00:31:58.380><c> the</c><00:31:58.539><c> Sermon</c><00:31:58.700><c> on</c><00:31:58.859><c> the</c><00:31:58.960><c> Mount,</c>

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:03.799
just<00:31:59.359><c> remember</c><00:31:59.980><c> that</c><00:32:00.519><c> even</c><00:32:00.779><c> a</c><00:32:01.079><c> covetous</c><00:32:01.579><c> thought</c><00:32:01.980><c> is</c><00:32:02.980><c> sin.</c>

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:12.319
So<00:32:05.640><c> just</c><00:32:06.039><c> be</c><00:32:06.420><c> careful</c><00:32:06.960><c> before</c><00:32:08.079><c> you</c><00:32:08.319><c> start</c><00:32:08.539><c> talking</c><00:32:08.839><c> about</c><00:32:10.039><c> great</c><00:32:10.500><c> sins,</c><00:32:11.279><c> lesser</c><00:32:11.420><c> sins,</c><00:32:12.259><c> and</c>

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:15.019
most<00:32:12.599><c> of</c><00:32:12.759><c> all</c><00:32:12.980><c> unforgivable</c><00:32:13.779><c> sins.</c>

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:21.819
The<00:32:16.319><c> Son</c><00:32:16.519><c> of</c><00:32:16.700><c> Man</c><00:32:16.900><c> has</c><00:32:17.480><c> power</c><00:32:17.839><c> to</c><00:32:18.119><c> forgive</c><00:32:18.319><c> all</c><00:32:18.680><c> sins</c><00:32:19.339><c> if</c><00:32:21.220><c> somebody</c><00:32:21.579><c> will</c>

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.740
come<00:32:21.960><c> with</c><00:32:22.160><c> a</c><00:32:22.299><c> repentant</c><00:32:22.759><c> spirit.</c>

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:29.700
And<00:32:26.920><c> so</c><00:32:27.140><c> the</c><00:32:27.640><c> first</c><00:32:27.940><c> of</c><00:32:28.079><c> our</c><00:32:28.220><c> three</c><00:32:28.460><c> points</c><00:32:28.880><c> in</c><00:32:29.240><c> terms</c><00:32:29.440><c> of</c><00:32:29.599><c> how</c>

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:32.240
Jesus<00:32:29.980><c> responded</c><00:32:30.460><c> to</c><00:32:30.660><c> this</c><00:32:30.880><c> problem</c><00:32:31.240><c> with</c><00:32:31.440><c> the</c><00:32:31.619><c> Pharisees</c>

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:37.079
is<00:32:32.660><c> that</c><00:32:32.799><c> he</c><00:32:33.000><c> said,</c><00:32:33.779><c> look,</c><00:32:34.940><c> don't</c><00:32:35.539><c> you</c><00:32:35.839><c> start</c><00:32:36.099><c> getting</c><00:32:36.440><c> ideas</c>

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:40.019
of<00:32:37.859><c> spiritual</c><00:32:38.660><c> self</c><00:32:39.099><c>-worth.</c>

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:44.460
Just<00:32:42.099><c> you</c><00:32:42.460><c> recognise</c><00:32:42.819><c> everybody,</c><00:32:43.539><c> as</c><00:32:43.579><c> we</c><00:32:43.740><c> all</c><00:32:43.900><c> recognise</c><00:32:44.299><c> in</c>

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:46.059
this<00:32:44.660><c> room,</c><00:32:45.019><c> brethren</c><00:32:45.140><c> and</c><00:32:45.319><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:49.500
that<00:32:46.480><c> we're</c><00:32:46.740><c> just</c><00:32:46.980><c> bereft</c><00:32:47.380><c> of</c><00:32:47.599><c> righteousness</c><00:32:47.920><c> in</c><00:32:48.200><c> a</c><00:32:48.339><c> certain</c><00:32:48.519><c> sense.</c>

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:51.839
There's<00:32:49.940><c> none</c><00:32:50.160><c> good,</c><00:32:50.640><c> no</c><00:32:50.740><c> not</c><00:32:50.980><c> one.</c>

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:55.319
The<00:32:52.599><c> righteousness</c><00:32:52.940><c> that</c><00:32:53.200><c> we</c><00:32:53.460><c> have</c><00:32:53.779><c> is</c><00:32:54.440><c> through</c><00:32:54.700><c> the</c><00:32:54.880><c> grace</c>

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:58.599
that<00:32:55.819><c> comes</c><00:32:56.039><c> to</c><00:32:56.240><c> us</c><00:32:56.380><c> in</c><00:32:56.480><c> the</c><00:32:56.519><c> name</c><00:32:56.680><c> of</c><00:32:56.880><c> the</c><00:32:56.940><c> Lord</c><00:32:57.059><c> Jesus</c><00:32:57.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:09.960
That,<00:33:01.779><c> I</c><00:33:01.799><c> think,</c><00:33:02.279><c> is</c><00:33:02.400><c> an</c><00:33:02.619><c> important</c><00:33:02.900><c> lesson</c><00:33:03.319><c> to</c><00:33:03.680><c> remember,</c><00:33:05.319><c> especially</c><00:33:05.880><c> when,</c><00:33:06.920><c> like</c><00:33:07.099><c> all</c><00:33:07.359><c> human</c><00:33:07.619><c> beings,</c><00:33:08.000><c> we're</c><00:33:08.140><c> prone</c><00:33:08.420><c> to</c><00:33:08.700><c> comparisons.</c>

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:16.440
It's<00:33:12.400><c> just</c><00:33:12.680><c> within</c><00:33:13.059><c> the</c><00:33:14.200><c> human</c><00:33:14.380><c> spirit,</c><00:33:14.740><c> I</c><00:33:14.839><c> think,</c><00:33:15.000><c> to</c><00:33:15.160><c> be</c><00:33:15.319><c> competitive.</c>

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:22.519
Even<00:33:17.140><c> in</c><00:33:17.400><c> spiritual</c><00:33:17.680><c> things</c><00:33:18.000><c> there's</c><00:33:18.240><c> a</c><00:33:18.400><c> proneness</c><00:33:18.759><c> to</c><00:33:20.079><c> competition</c><00:33:20.740><c> and</c>

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:26.480
to<00:33:22.740><c> sort</c><00:33:22.880><c> of</c><00:33:23.119><c> see</c><00:33:25.099><c> somebody</c><00:33:25.640><c> better</c><00:33:25.940><c> than</c><00:33:26.220><c> another.</c>

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:29.839
Another<00:33:26.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:27.359><c> is</c><00:33:27.799><c> better</c><00:33:28.079><c> than</c><00:33:28.259><c> another,</c><00:33:28.700><c> or</c><00:33:28.859><c> whatever.</c>

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:35.940
This<00:33:32.960><c> is</c><00:33:33.759><c> a</c><00:33:33.900><c> folly</c><00:33:34.140><c> of</c><00:33:34.339><c> thought,</c><00:33:34.700><c> is</c><00:33:34.779><c> the</c><00:33:34.880><c> way</c><00:33:35.380><c> the</c><00:33:35.460><c> Lord</c><00:33:35.599><c> Jesus</c>

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:37.859
Christ<00:33:36.240><c> is</c><00:33:36.880><c> speaking,</c>

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:45.240
because<00:33:38.660><c> even</c><00:33:39.579><c> before</c><00:33:40.579><c> the</c><00:33:41.039><c> sin</c><00:33:41.200><c> is</c><00:33:42.380><c> actually</c><00:33:42.380><c> sort</c><00:33:42.640><c> of</c><00:33:43.140><c> undertaken</c><00:33:43.660><c> or</c><00:33:44.339><c> exposed,</c>

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:50.240
the<00:33:46.039><c> very</c><00:33:46.279><c> fact</c><00:33:46.559><c> that</c><00:33:46.759><c> it</c><00:33:46.940><c> is</c><00:33:47.359><c> contemplated</c><00:33:48.180><c> in</c><00:33:48.619><c> the</c><00:33:48.799><c> mind,</c>

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:53.000
like<00:33:50.480><c> covetousness,</c><00:33:51.200><c> means</c><00:33:51.519><c> that</c><00:33:51.799><c> we've</c><00:33:52.099><c> sinned.</c>

00:33:54.339 --> 00:34:02.660
So<00:33:54.859><c> the</c><00:33:55.000><c> concept</c><00:33:55.559><c> of</c><00:33:56.099><c> comparisons</c><00:33:56.880><c> was</c><00:33:59.559><c> the</c><00:33:59.819><c> first</c><00:34:00.119><c> of</c><00:34:00.400><c> his</c><00:34:00.660><c> responses</c><00:34:01.339><c> when</c><00:34:02.519><c> he</c>

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:04.039
came<00:34:02.900><c> to</c><00:34:03.079><c> the</c><00:34:03.279><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:10.880
The<00:34:07.079><c> second</c><00:34:07.299><c> point</c><00:34:07.579><c> to</c><00:34:07.819><c> which</c><00:34:07.960><c> I've</c><00:34:08.280><c> already</c><00:34:08.739><c> alluded,</c><00:34:09.639><c> brethren</c><00:34:09.760><c> and</c><00:34:10.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:13.860
and<00:34:11.539><c> this</c><00:34:11.719><c> is</c><00:34:11.960><c> the</c><00:34:12.199><c> remarkable</c><00:34:12.659><c> thing,</c><00:34:12.960><c> I</c><00:34:13.079><c> think,</c><00:34:13.280><c> about</c><00:34:13.599><c> how</c>

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:16.000
Jesus<00:34:14.199><c> speaks</c><00:34:14.619><c> to</c><00:34:14.820><c> the</c><00:34:15.039><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:21.159
is<00:34:17.900><c> that</c><00:34:18.420><c> sins,</c><00:34:19.079><c> all</c><00:34:19.380><c> sins,</c><00:34:19.820><c> can</c><00:34:20.059><c> be</c><00:34:20.260><c> forgiven.</c>

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:29.480
This,<00:34:24.000><c> I</c><00:34:24.000><c> think,</c><00:34:24.199><c> was</c><00:34:24.320><c> particularly</c><00:34:25.579><c> potent</c><00:34:26.760><c> to</c><00:34:27.119><c> people</c><00:34:27.880><c> who</c>

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:33.019
had<00:34:29.860><c> an</c><00:34:30.599><c> acute</c><00:34:30.960><c> sense</c><00:34:31.480><c> of</c><00:34:31.739><c> unworthiness.</c>

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:38.059
And<00:34:35.579><c> we</c><00:34:35.659><c> know</c><00:34:35.800><c> that</c><00:34:35.960><c> some</c><00:34:36.119><c> of</c><00:34:36.239><c> the</c><00:34:36.380><c> most</c><00:34:36.619><c> memorable</c><00:34:37.440><c> dialogues</c>

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:40.079
which<00:34:38.380><c> the</c><00:34:38.519><c> Lord</c><00:34:38.659><c> Jesus</c><00:34:39.000><c> had</c>

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:43.960
were<00:34:40.659><c> with</c><00:34:40.860><c> people</c><00:34:41.480><c> who</c><00:34:42.199><c> thought</c><00:34:42.440><c> that</c><00:34:42.679><c> they</c><00:34:42.739><c> had</c><00:34:43.039><c> nothing,</c>

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:47.260
absolutely<00:34:44.880><c> nothing,</c><00:34:45.320><c> to</c><00:34:45.460><c> commend</c><00:34:45.619><c> themselves</c><00:34:46.079><c> to</c><00:34:46.300><c> God.</c>

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:52.079
The<00:34:48.400><c> most</c><00:34:48.639><c> striking,</c><00:34:49.139><c> and</c><00:34:49.360><c> I</c><00:34:49.579><c> know</c><00:34:49.820><c> you're</c><00:34:50.559><c> familiar</c><00:34:50.860><c> with</c><00:34:51.059><c> this</c><00:34:51.300><c> text,</c><00:34:51.699><c> the</c><00:34:51.780><c> whole</c><00:34:51.900><c> of</c>

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:55.559
John<00:34:52.300><c> chapter</c><00:34:52.619><c> 4,</c><00:34:53.920><c> the</c><00:34:54.079><c> woman</c><00:34:54.340><c> at</c><00:34:54.519><c> the</c><00:34:54.719><c> well.</c>

00:34:58.099 --> 00:35:01.500
And<00:34:58.420><c> so</c><00:34:58.519><c> when</c><00:34:58.900><c> Jesus</c><00:34:59.199><c> comes</c><00:34:59.559><c> to</c><00:34:59.860><c> speak</c><00:35:00.059><c> to</c><00:35:00.239><c> the</c><00:35:00.340><c> woman</c><00:35:00.480><c> at</c><00:35:00.659><c> the</c><00:35:00.800><c> well,</c>

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:06.420
the<00:35:01.780><c> remarkable</c><00:35:02.219><c> thing</c><00:35:02.480><c> about</c><00:35:02.760><c> this</c><00:35:03.920><c> occasion</c><00:35:04.619><c> is</c><00:35:06.119><c> that</c><00:35:06.280><c> she</c>

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.400
was<00:35:06.579><c> speaking</c><00:35:06.820><c> to</c><00:35:07.039><c> somebody</c>

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:10.980
who<00:35:07.699><c> was</c><00:35:07.900><c> in</c><00:35:08.019><c> the</c><00:35:08.239><c> brink</c><00:35:08.460><c> of</c><00:35:08.699><c> being</c><00:35:09.019><c> totally</c><00:35:09.480><c> unforgivable</c><00:35:10.199><c> in</c>

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:14.619
terms<00:35:11.320><c> of</c><00:35:11.639><c> the</c><00:35:12.619><c> teachings</c><00:35:12.920><c> of</c><00:35:13.159><c> the</c><00:35:13.300><c> Pharisees</c><00:35:13.739><c> and</c><00:35:13.840><c> the</c><00:35:14.059><c> scribes,</c>

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:19.460
quite<00:35:15.039><c> beyond</c><00:35:15.599><c> the</c><00:35:15.880><c> boundaries,</c><00:35:17.260><c> beyond</c><00:35:17.380><c> the</c><00:35:18.239><c> perimeter</c><00:35:18.699><c> of</c>

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:22.940
what<00:35:19.760><c> could</c><00:35:20.199><c> conceivably</c><00:35:20.940><c> be</c><00:35:21.980><c> saved.</c>

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:31.559
And<00:35:24.320><c> so</c><00:35:24.440><c> for</c><00:35:24.619><c> that</c><00:35:24.780><c> woman,</c><00:35:26.639><c> like</c><00:35:26.780><c> for</c><00:35:26.980><c> us</c><00:35:27.139><c> ourselves,</c><00:35:28.880><c> brethren</c><00:35:29.039><c> and</c><00:35:29.260><c> sisters,</c><00:35:30.199><c> isn't</c><00:35:30.420><c> it</c><00:35:30.699><c> refreshing,</c>

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:34.639
isn't<00:35:32.679><c> it</c><00:35:32.900><c> profoundly</c><00:35:33.199><c> refreshing</c><00:35:33.739><c> to</c><00:35:33.980><c> hear</c><00:35:34.179><c> from</c><00:35:34.360><c> the</c><00:35:34.500><c> Lord</c>

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:38.619
Jesus<00:35:35.219><c> that</c><00:35:36.400><c> all</c><00:35:37.000><c> sins</c><00:35:37.280><c> can</c><00:35:37.519><c> be</c><00:35:37.739><c> forgiven.</c>

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:43.659
There's<00:35:40.260><c> not</c><00:35:40.500><c> a</c><00:35:40.659><c> sort</c><00:35:40.739><c> of</c><00:35:40.920><c> a</c><00:35:41.099><c> hopelessness</c><00:35:41.800><c> in</c><00:35:42.119><c> the</c><00:35:42.300><c> human</c><00:35:42.500><c> condition.</c>

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:50.199
All<00:35:44.760><c> sins</c><00:35:45.260><c> can</c><00:35:46.059><c> be</c><00:35:46.320><c> forgiven</c><00:35:46.760><c> if</c><00:35:47.619><c> they</c><00:35:47.880><c> are</c><00:35:48.179><c> preceded</c><00:35:48.500><c> by</c><00:35:49.159><c> repentance.</c>

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.860
So<00:35:50.599><c> just</c><00:35:50.800><c> look</c><00:35:51.079><c> back</c><00:35:51.579><c> briefly,</c><00:35:52.039><c> if</c><00:35:52.179><c> you</c><00:35:52.280><c> would,</c><00:35:52.380><c> to</c><00:35:52.539><c> the</c><00:35:52.639><c> third</c>

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:57.039
chapter<00:35:53.219><c> of</c><00:35:54.760><c> Mark's</c><00:35:55.179><c> Gospel,</c>

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:10.619
verse<00:36:05.019><c> 28,</c><00:36:05.820><c> a</c><00:36:06.059><c> particularly</c><00:36:06.400><c> important</c><00:36:07.579><c> quotation,</c><00:36:08.139><c> I</c><00:36:08.280><c> think,</c><00:36:10.460><c> on</c>

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:12.000
this<00:36:10.840><c> point.</c>

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:21.860
Verily<00:36:18.280><c> I</c><00:36:18.579><c> say</c><00:36:18.780><c> unto</c><00:36:18.980><c> you,</c><00:36:20.099><c> all</c><00:36:20.460><c> sins</c><00:36:20.880><c> will</c><00:36:21.179><c> be</c><00:36:21.360><c> forgiven,</c><00:36:21.760><c> the</c>

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:23.320
sons<00:36:22.059><c> of</c><00:36:22.300><c> man,</c>

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:30.639
and<00:36:24.320><c> whatever</c><00:36:24.920><c> blasphemies</c><00:36:26.079><c> they</c><00:36:26.360><c> utter,</c><00:36:28.760><c> but</c><00:36:28.860><c> whoever</c><00:36:29.300><c> blasphemes</c><00:36:30.099><c> against</c><00:36:30.420><c> the</c>

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.239
Holy<00:36:30.880><c> Spirit</c>

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:35.300
never<00:36:31.599><c> has</c><00:36:31.920><c> forgiveness,</c><00:36:33.019><c> but</c><00:36:33.179><c> is</c><00:36:33.440><c> guilty</c><00:36:33.719><c> of</c><00:36:33.920><c> an</c><00:36:34.079><c> eternal</c><00:36:34.380><c> sin.</c>

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:40.920
Now<00:36:38.980><c> the</c><00:36:39.179><c> two</c><00:36:39.500><c> sides</c><00:36:39.800><c> of</c><00:36:40.000><c> that</c><00:36:40.179><c> text,</c><00:36:40.500><c> brethren</c><00:36:40.719><c> and</c><00:36:40.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:42.719
I<00:36:41.139><c> think</c><00:36:41.280><c> are</c><00:36:41.380><c> important.</c>

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:46.960
The<00:36:44.159><c> first</c><00:36:44.360><c> part</c><00:36:44.559><c> he's</c><00:36:44.800><c> saying</c><00:36:44.940><c> that</c><00:36:45.139><c> all</c><00:36:45.400><c> sins</c><00:36:45.679><c> really</c><00:36:46.260><c> are</c>

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:49.500
subject<00:36:47.300><c> to</c><00:36:47.599><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:48.039><c> or</c><00:36:48.579><c> open</c><00:36:48.860><c> to</c><00:36:49.099><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:53.940
The<00:36:50.619><c> second</c><00:36:50.940><c> part</c><00:36:51.199><c> of</c><00:36:51.340><c> the</c><00:36:51.480><c> text</c><00:36:51.639><c> I</c><00:36:51.800><c> take</c><00:36:52.019><c> it</c><00:36:52.139><c> to</c><00:36:52.360><c> read</c><00:36:52.739><c> that,</c>

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:55.900
to<00:36:54.179><c> think</c><00:36:54.420><c> that</c><00:36:54.599><c> it's</c><00:36:54.860><c> otherwise,</c>

00:36:56.139 --> 00:37:00.199
the<00:36:56.340><c> claim</c><00:36:56.579><c> that</c><00:36:56.840><c> God's</c><00:36:57.940><c> Spirit</c><00:36:58.159><c> and</c><00:36:58.320><c> God's</c><00:36:58.760><c> power</c><00:36:59.420><c> precludes</c>

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:01.420
the<00:37:00.360><c> prospect</c><00:37:00.760><c> of</c><00:37:01.039><c> forgiveness</c>

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:05.039
is<00:37:02.019><c> in</c><00:37:02.139><c> a</c><00:37:02.300><c> certain</c><00:37:02.480><c> sense</c><00:37:02.820><c> a</c><00:37:03.039><c> blasphemy</c><00:37:03.480><c> against</c><00:37:03.760><c> the</c><00:37:03.920><c> Holy</c><00:37:04.099><c> Spirit.</c>

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:10.219
You're<00:37:05.519><c> really</c><00:37:06.260><c> constraining</c><00:37:07.440><c> the</c><00:37:07.840><c> work</c><00:37:08.139><c> of</c><00:37:08.460><c> the</c><00:37:08.619><c> Holy</c><00:37:08.880><c> Spirit,</c><00:37:09.719><c> God's</c>

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.269
forgiving<00:37:10.480><c> Spirit,</c>

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:15.159
if<00:37:11.760><c> one</c><00:37:11.940><c> would</c><00:37:12.099><c> ever</c><00:37:12.400><c> claim</c><00:37:13.300><c> that</c><00:37:13.920><c> sins,</c><00:37:14.380><c> even</c><00:37:14.579><c> the</c><00:37:14.760><c> grossest</c>

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:17.239
of<00:37:15.380><c> sins,</c><00:37:15.780><c> cannot</c><00:37:16.039><c> be</c><00:37:16.380><c> forgiven.</c>

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:22.260
And<00:37:19.360><c> in</c><00:37:19.559><c> a</c><00:37:19.820><c> sense,</c><00:37:20.260><c> in</c><00:37:20.420><c> a</c><00:37:20.559><c> sort</c><00:37:20.639><c> of</c><00:37:20.820><c> a</c><00:37:21.019><c> paradox,</c><00:37:21.980><c> and</c><00:37:22.079><c> the</c><00:37:22.159><c> Lord</c>

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:24.340
often<00:37:22.539><c> makes</c><00:37:22.840><c> these</c><00:37:23.159><c> points</c><00:37:23.440><c> in</c><00:37:23.760><c> paradoxes,</c>

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:28.559
he's<00:37:24.519><c> saying</c><00:37:25.000><c> that</c><00:37:26.480><c> a</c><00:37:26.679><c> worse</c><00:37:26.920><c> sin,</c><00:37:27.400><c> in</c><00:37:27.659><c> a</c><00:37:27.800><c> sense,</c><00:37:28.199><c> is</c><00:37:28.320><c> the</c><00:37:28.460><c> sin</c>

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:30.019
of<00:37:28.719><c> the</c><00:37:28.900><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:36.059
to<00:37:30.360><c> claim</c><00:37:30.719><c> and</c><00:37:31.280><c> to</c><00:37:31.519><c> teach</c><00:37:31.900><c> that</c><00:37:32.800><c> sins</c><00:37:33.099><c> cannot</c><00:37:33.619><c> be</c><00:37:34.940><c> forgiven.</c>

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:40.760
Brethren<00:37:38.679><c> and</c><00:37:38.880><c> sisters,</c><00:37:39.079><c> we</c><00:37:39.320><c> are</c><00:37:39.599><c> the</c><00:37:40.000><c> beneficiaries</c><00:37:40.460><c> of</c>

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:42.199
that<00:37:40.920><c> great</c><00:37:41.219><c> teaching,</c>

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:47.219
that<00:37:44.079><c> wonderful</c><00:37:44.559><c> teaching</c><00:37:44.940><c> which</c><00:37:45.179><c> comes</c><00:37:45.380><c> from</c><00:37:45.579><c> Jesus,</c><00:37:47.059><c> that</c>

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:49.340
there<00:37:47.420><c> is</c><00:37:47.599><c> always</c><00:37:48.079><c> hope,</c>

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:58.320
that<00:37:51.239><c> his</c><00:37:51.480><c> teachings</c><00:37:52.480><c> invoke</c><00:37:53.940><c> hope,</c><00:37:56.480><c> that</c><00:37:56.559><c> we're</c><00:37:56.760><c> never</c><00:37:57.059><c> left,</c><00:37:58.099><c> as</c>

00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:00.199
we<00:37:58.440><c> would</c><00:37:58.599><c> have</c><00:37:58.800><c> been</c><00:37:59.179><c> with</c><00:37:59.500><c> the</c><00:37:59.699><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:03.780
in<00:38:00.400><c> a</c><00:38:00.500><c> sort</c><00:38:00.599><c> of</c><00:38:00.739><c> a</c><00:38:00.920><c> hopeless</c><00:38:01.159><c> condition</c><00:38:01.920><c> if</c><00:38:03.239><c> our</c><00:38:03.380><c> sins</c><00:38:03.559><c> have</c>

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:05.019
been<00:38:03.940><c> sufficiently</c><00:38:04.360><c> great,</c>

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:09.900
but<00:38:06.199><c> there</c><00:38:06.840><c> is</c><00:38:07.059><c> no</c><00:38:07.380><c> constraint</c><00:38:07.820><c> or</c><00:38:08.059><c> there's</c><00:38:09.099><c> no</c><00:38:09.199><c> way</c><00:38:09.519><c> in</c><00:38:09.659><c> which</c>

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:11.619
God's<00:38:10.340><c> redeeming</c><00:38:10.679><c> grace</c>

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:17.920
cannot<00:38:11.960><c> come</c><00:38:13.480><c> to</c><00:38:13.760><c> a</c><00:38:15.019><c> forgiving</c><00:38:15.400><c> Spirit</c><00:38:15.920><c> and</c><00:38:16.239><c> a</c><00:38:16.420><c> repentant</c><00:38:16.880><c> Spirit.</c>

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:25.260
The<00:38:20.880><c> third</c><00:38:21.099><c> point,</c><00:38:22.800><c> which</c><00:38:23.039><c> the</c><00:38:23.239><c> Lord</c><00:38:23.380><c> Jesus</c><00:38:24.400><c> dealt</c><00:38:24.760><c> with</c><00:38:24.900><c> so</c>

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:27.760
clearly<00:38:25.559><c> when</c><00:38:25.780><c> he</c><00:38:26.039><c> responded</c><00:38:26.380><c> to</c><00:38:26.619><c> these</c><00:38:26.840><c> basic</c><00:38:27.260><c> problems</c>

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:34.199
of<00:38:28.780><c> the</c><00:38:29.019><c> Pharisees,</c><00:38:30.199><c> is</c><00:38:30.380><c> that</c><00:38:30.559><c> there</c><00:38:30.739><c> was</c><00:38:31.019><c> no</c><00:38:32.000><c> idea</c><00:38:32.760><c> of</c><00:38:33.900><c> merit</c>

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:37.000
in<00:38:35.559><c> his</c><00:38:35.840><c> teachings.</c>

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:43.179
Luke<00:38:39.019><c> 17,</c><00:38:40.900><c> verse</c><00:38:41.099><c> 10.</c>

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:48.179
Luke<00:38:45.780><c> 17,</c><00:38:46.519><c> verse</c><00:38:46.719><c> 10.</c>

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:57.219
Does<00:38:53.760><c> he</c><00:38:54.360><c> thank</c><00:38:54.659><c> the</c><00:38:54.940><c> servant</c><00:38:55.139><c> because</c><00:38:55.539><c> he</c><00:38:55.699><c> did</c><00:38:55.900><c> what</c><00:38:56.079><c> was</c><00:38:56.340><c> commanded?</c>

00:38:58.300 --> 00:39:00.619
So<00:38:58.460><c> you</c><00:38:58.619><c> also,</c><00:38:59.079><c> when</c><00:38:59.219><c> you</c><00:38:59.340><c> have</c><00:38:59.500><c> done</c><00:38:59.639><c> all</c><00:38:59.940><c> that</c><00:39:00.079><c> is</c><00:39:00.260><c> commanded</c>

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.440
you<00:39:01.039><c> say,</c>

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:05.860
we<00:39:01.960><c> are</c><00:39:02.260><c> unworthy</c><00:39:02.659><c> servants,</c><00:39:03.980><c> we</c><00:39:04.119><c> have</c><00:39:04.260><c> only</c><00:39:04.559><c> done</c><00:39:04.940><c> what</c><00:39:05.500><c> was</c>

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:07.420
our<00:39:06.079><c> duty</c><00:39:06.320><c> to</c><00:39:06.619><c> do.</c>

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:13.000
So<00:39:09.360><c> Jesus</c><00:39:09.920><c> is</c><00:39:10.300><c> telling</c><00:39:10.519><c> the</c><00:39:10.739><c> Pharisees,</c><00:39:11.159><c> as</c><00:39:11.199><c> he</c><00:39:11.360><c> tells</c><00:39:11.619><c> us,</c><00:39:12.579><c> that</c><00:39:12.760><c> no</c>

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:16.539
matter<00:39:13.239><c> how</c><00:39:14.139><c> intensive</c><00:39:14.840><c> our</c><00:39:15.360><c> activities</c><00:39:15.719><c> may</c><00:39:16.099><c> be,</c>

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:22.820
no<00:39:17.119><c> matter</c><00:39:17.380><c> how</c><00:39:18.139><c> many</c><00:39:18.920><c> classes,</c><00:39:19.699><c> no</c><00:39:19.860><c> matter</c><00:39:20.119><c> how</c><00:39:20.559><c> much</c><00:39:21.300><c> intensity</c><00:39:21.920><c> of</c><00:39:22.280><c> activity</c><00:39:22.579><c> we</c>

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:25.800
can<00:39:22.980><c> be</c><00:39:23.559><c> involved</c><00:39:24.000><c> in,</c>

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:32.219
if<00:39:27.239><c> we</c><00:39:27.400><c> could</c><00:39:27.559><c> spend</c><00:39:27.780><c> 24,</c><00:39:28.440><c> 25</c><00:39:28.900><c> hours</c><00:39:29.260><c> of</c><00:39:29.440><c> a</c><00:39:29.539><c> day</c><00:39:29.639><c> if</c><00:39:29.719><c> they</c><00:39:29.980><c> existed,</c><00:39:31.940><c> we're</c>

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:34.099
still<00:39:32.559><c> unworthy</c><00:39:33.099><c> servants.</c>

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:41.619
We<00:39:35.579><c> still</c><00:39:36.099><c> need</c><00:39:36.380><c> to</c><00:39:36.599><c> fall</c><00:39:36.820><c> back</c><00:39:37.119><c> on</c><00:39:37.579><c> grace</c><00:39:38.099><c> and</c><00:39:39.079><c> on</c><00:39:39.360><c> forgiveness</c><00:39:39.800><c> and</c><00:39:40.400><c> on</c><00:39:40.639><c> mercy.</c>

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:49.099
I<00:39:45.780><c> think,</c><00:39:46.099><c> brothers</c><00:39:46.260><c> and</c><00:39:46.420><c> sisters,</c><00:39:47.019><c> the</c><00:39:47.199><c> latter</c><00:39:47.400><c> is</c><00:39:47.599><c> a</c><00:39:47.800><c> particularly</c><00:39:48.239><c> important</c><00:39:48.760><c> lesson</c>

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:50.360
for<00:39:49.219><c> us</c><00:39:49.360><c> to</c><00:39:49.579><c> learn.</c>

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:54.360
Because<00:39:51.639><c> it's</c><00:39:52.360><c> developed</c><00:39:52.760><c> so</c><00:39:53.219><c> cogently,</c><00:39:53.719><c> it</c><00:39:53.840><c> seems</c><00:39:54.079><c> to</c><00:39:54.219><c> me,</c>

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:55.460
by<00:39:54.579><c> the</c><00:39:54.780><c> Apostle</c><00:39:55.179><c> Paul</c>

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:58.880
in<00:39:55.840><c> his</c><00:39:56.119><c> writings</c><00:39:56.360><c> for</c><00:39:56.539><c> the</c><00:39:56.699><c> Romans</c><00:39:56.960><c> and</c><00:39:57.139><c> other</c><00:39:57.320><c> places,</c><00:39:58.380><c> because</c><00:39:58.599><c> it</c>

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.940
leads,<00:39:59.280><c> obviously,</c>

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:03.500
into<00:40:00.219><c> the</c><00:40:00.360><c> whole</c><00:40:00.539><c> issue</c><00:40:00.920><c> of</c><00:40:01.179><c> faith</c><00:40:01.840><c> versus</c><00:40:02.420><c> works.</c>

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:10.500
That<00:40:05.199><c> somehow,</c><00:40:06.980><c> by</c><00:40:07.420><c> ultra</c><00:40:07.860><c>-diligence,</c><00:40:09.360><c> by</c><00:40:09.599><c> notching</c><00:40:09.960><c> up</c><00:40:10.199><c> all</c>

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:13.139
sorts<00:40:10.820><c> of</c><00:40:11.079><c> spectacular</c><00:40:11.639><c> acts</c><00:40:11.960><c> maybe,</c>

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:18.900
somehow<00:40:14.239><c> or</c><00:40:14.420><c> other,</c><00:40:15.480><c> we</c><00:40:15.619><c> can</c><00:40:15.880><c> work</c><00:40:16.199><c> our</c><00:40:16.420><c> way</c><00:40:16.880><c> into</c><00:40:17.639><c> God's</c><00:40:18.079><c> favour</c>

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:22.400
and<00:40:19.900><c> we</c><00:40:20.079><c> can</c><00:40:20.239><c> be</c><00:40:20.500><c> accepted</c><00:40:20.780><c> by</c><00:40:21.039><c> him</c><00:40:21.199><c> at</c><00:40:21.340><c> the</c><00:40:21.500><c> last</c><00:40:21.780><c> day</c><00:40:21.940><c> by</c><00:40:22.179><c> our</c>

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:23.460
own<00:40:22.599><c> merits.</c>

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:28.360
Now<00:40:24.079><c> we</c><00:40:24.119><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:24.340><c> be</c><00:40:24.619><c> so</c><00:40:24.900><c> crude</c><00:40:25.159><c> as</c><00:40:25.420><c> to</c><00:40:25.579><c> put</c><00:40:25.800><c> that</c><00:40:26.639><c> sort</c><00:40:26.800><c> of</c><00:40:27.300><c> explicitly</c><00:40:27.860><c> in</c>

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:29.500
that<00:40:28.599><c> form,</c>

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:33.679
but<00:40:30.239><c> one</c><00:40:30.500><c> detects</c><00:40:31.059><c> from</c><00:40:31.219><c> one's</c><00:40:31.719><c> own</c><00:40:31.940><c> thoughts</c><00:40:32.500><c> and</c><00:40:33.280><c> sometimes</c>

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:35.840
from<00:40:34.019><c> comments</c><00:40:34.420><c> or</c><00:40:34.840><c> things</c><00:40:35.059><c> that</c><00:40:35.320><c> are</c><00:40:35.340><c> said</c><00:40:35.480><c> or</c><00:40:35.699><c> done,</c>

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:40.139
sometimes<00:40:36.280><c> you</c><00:40:36.460><c> just</c><00:40:36.880><c> get</c><00:40:37.159><c> the</c><00:40:37.460><c> feeling</c><00:40:37.880><c> that</c><00:40:38.780><c> that's</c><00:40:39.179><c> a</c><00:40:39.260><c> mentality</c><00:40:39.760><c> that</c>

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:42.239
still<00:40:40.559><c> thrives,</c><00:40:41.019><c> still</c><00:40:41.340><c> lives,</c>

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:47.139
that<00:40:42.800><c> we're</c><00:40:43.039><c> going</c><00:40:43.139><c> to</c><00:40:43.280><c> get</c><00:40:43.460><c> there</c><00:40:43.719><c> somehow</c><00:40:44.579><c> by</c><00:40:45.519><c> what</c><00:40:45.699><c> we've</c><00:40:46.019><c> done.</c>

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:54.300
It<00:40:50.659><c> seems</c><00:40:50.840><c> to</c><00:40:50.980><c> me</c><00:40:51.099><c> at</c><00:40:52.099><c> the</c><00:40:52.219><c> Judgment</c><00:40:52.559><c> Seat,</c><00:40:52.960><c> brothers</c><00:40:53.039><c> and</c><00:40:53.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:58.219
we're<00:40:55.719><c> not</c><00:40:55.960><c> going</c><00:40:56.119><c> to</c><00:40:56.300><c> be</c><00:40:56.579><c> opening</c><00:40:56.880><c> a</c><00:40:56.980><c> book</c><00:40:57.280><c> which</c><00:40:57.760><c> records</c>

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:59.679
all<00:40:58.440><c> our</c><00:40:58.559><c> great</c><00:40:58.800><c> acts.</c>

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:05.159
We're<00:41:00.900><c> going</c><00:41:00.960><c> to</c><00:41:01.159><c> fall</c><00:41:01.360><c> back</c><00:41:01.619><c> on</c><00:41:01.880><c> the</c><00:41:02.159><c> mercy</c><00:41:02.639><c> of</c><00:41:03.679><c> the</c><00:41:03.820><c> Lord</c><00:41:04.019><c> God</c>

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:08.099
and<00:41:06.000><c> remember</c><00:41:06.340><c> the</c><00:41:06.579><c> words</c><00:41:06.820><c> of</c><00:41:07.079><c> David</c><00:41:07.260><c> that</c><00:41:07.400><c> it</c><00:41:07.519><c> is</c><00:41:07.599><c> better</c><00:41:07.800><c> to</c>

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:10.579
fall<00:41:08.760><c> into</c><00:41:09.340><c> the</c><00:41:09.639><c> hands</c><00:41:10.019><c> of</c><00:41:10.320><c> the</c><00:41:10.440><c> Lord</c>

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:14.679
than<00:41:10.719><c> it</c><00:41:10.880><c> is</c><00:41:11.039><c> into</c><00:41:11.260><c> the</c><00:41:11.420><c> hands</c><00:41:11.579><c> of</c><00:41:11.860><c> man,</c><00:41:13.199><c> because</c><00:41:13.300><c> that</c><00:41:14.320><c> is</c><00:41:14.579><c> the</c>

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:16.500
way<00:41:14.940><c> men</c><00:41:15.380><c> would</c><00:41:15.739><c> think.</c>

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:21.719
Now<00:41:19.460><c> where</c><00:41:19.619><c> does</c><00:41:19.739><c> all</c><00:41:19.920><c> this</c><00:41:20.099><c> lead</c><00:41:20.320><c> then,</c><00:41:20.579><c> brothers</c><00:41:20.679><c> and</c><00:41:20.860><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:27.440
If<00:41:22.699><c> this</c><00:41:22.960><c> really</c><00:41:23.360><c> is</c><00:41:23.659><c> the</c><00:41:24.280><c> issue</c><00:41:24.780><c> which</c><00:41:25.139><c> he</c><00:41:25.380><c> addressed</c><00:41:25.659><c> against</c><00:41:26.019><c> the</c><00:41:26.260><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:34.360
that<00:41:28.920><c> there</c><00:41:29.059><c> was</c><00:41:29.900><c> a</c><00:41:30.119><c> sin</c><00:41:31.300><c> encompassing</c><00:41:32.320><c> all</c><00:41:32.519><c> men,</c><00:41:33.960><c> that</c><00:41:34.119><c> sins</c>

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:35.599
could<00:41:34.639><c> indeed</c><00:41:34.920><c> be</c><00:41:35.199><c> forgiven</c>

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:40.860
and<00:41:36.699><c> that</c><00:41:36.940><c> the</c><00:41:37.199><c> idea</c><00:41:37.539><c> of</c><00:41:37.880><c> merit</c><00:41:38.400><c> should</c><00:41:38.980><c> be</c><00:41:39.260><c> disposed</c><00:41:39.639><c> of.</c>

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:44.659
What<00:41:42.079><c> does</c><00:41:42.219><c> it</c><00:41:42.340><c> mean</c><00:41:42.440><c> for</c><00:41:42.639><c> us</c><00:41:42.840><c> now</c><00:41:43.159><c> in</c><00:41:43.340><c> our</c><00:41:43.539><c> closing</c><00:41:43.840><c> thoughts?</c>

00:41:48.179 --> 00:41:51.699
How<00:41:48.820><c> are</c><00:41:49.099><c> we</c><00:41:49.239><c> to</c><00:41:49.420><c> interpret</c><00:41:49.880><c> these</c><00:41:50.659><c> sayings</c><00:41:51.239><c> of</c><00:41:51.480><c> the</c><00:41:51.579><c> Lord</c>

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:53.320
Jesus<00:41:52.019><c> Christ?</c>

00:41:58.380 --> 00:42:02.059
And<00:41:58.940><c> again,</c><00:41:59.239><c> as</c><00:41:59.420><c> I</c><00:41:59.619><c> say,</c><00:41:59.760><c> it</c><00:41:59.820><c> comes</c><00:42:00.079><c> back</c><00:42:00.380><c> to</c><00:42:00.639><c> the</c><00:42:00.780><c> question</c><00:42:01.219><c> of</c>

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:05.559
faith<00:42:02.860><c> against</c><00:42:04.639><c> works.</c>

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:07.900
This<00:42:06.199><c> is</c><00:42:06.440><c> the</c><00:42:06.599><c> issue.</c>

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:16.519
Take<00:42:12.980><c> the</c><00:42:13.260><c> side</c><00:42:13.440><c> of</c><00:42:13.659><c> Christ,</c><00:42:14.179><c> take</c><00:42:14.559><c> the</c><00:42:14.920><c> side</c><00:42:15.199><c> of</c><00:42:15.539><c> faith.</c>

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:23.920
We're<00:42:21.400><c> told,</c><00:42:21.639><c> as</c><00:42:21.760><c> we</c><00:42:21.880><c> read</c><00:42:21.980><c> last</c><00:42:22.260><c> night</c><00:42:22.440><c> actually</c><00:42:22.739><c> in</c><00:42:22.860><c> the</c><00:42:22.980><c> first</c><00:42:23.159><c> chapter</c><00:42:23.460><c> of</c><00:42:23.639><c> Romans,</c>

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:31.239
that<00:42:24.719><c> the</c><00:42:24.940><c> Gospel</c><00:42:25.340><c> is</c><00:42:25.699><c> the</c><00:42:25.880><c> power</c><00:42:26.239><c> of</c><00:42:26.500><c> God</c><00:42:26.699><c> to</c><00:42:26.860><c> salvation,</c><00:42:28.940><c> faith</c><00:42:29.239><c> to</c><00:42:29.980><c> faith.</c>

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:36.679
And<00:42:33.300><c> so</c><00:42:33.460><c> faith,</c><00:42:33.880><c> brothers</c><00:42:33.980><c> and</c><00:42:34.260><c> sisters,</c><00:42:34.539><c> is</c><00:42:34.800><c> the</c><00:42:35.039><c> driving</c><00:42:35.320><c> force.</c>

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:39.760
It's<00:42:37.320><c> not</c><00:42:37.480><c> works,</c><00:42:38.400><c> it's</c><00:42:38.739><c> faith.</c>

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:48.639
It's<00:42:41.860><c> faith</c><00:42:42.219><c> that</c><00:42:43.360><c> Christ</c><00:42:43.940><c> can</c><00:42:44.159><c> do</c><00:42:44.440><c> all</c><00:42:44.820><c> things</c><00:42:45.059><c> in</c><00:42:45.280><c> us</c><00:42:46.420><c> if</c><00:42:48.420><c> we</c>

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:49.679
open<00:42:48.820><c> ourselves</c><00:42:49.199><c> to</c><00:42:49.380><c> him</c>

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:54.860
and<00:42:49.920><c> if</c><00:42:50.059><c> we</c><00:42:51.579><c> just</c><00:42:52.440><c> suppress</c><00:42:53.059><c> the</c><00:42:53.320><c> notion</c><00:42:53.800><c> that</c><00:42:54.380><c> there's</c><00:42:54.619><c> any</c>

00:42:54.860 --> 00:42:56.599
idea<00:42:55.199><c> of</c><00:42:55.460><c> self</c><00:42:55.739><c>-worth.</c>

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:06.139
That's<00:43:00.099><c> the</c><00:43:00.199><c> one</c><00:43:00.400><c> side</c><00:43:00.539><c> of</c><00:43:00.739><c> the</c><00:43:00.860><c> coin,</c><00:43:01.739><c> to</c><00:43:01.940><c> realize</c><00:43:02.260><c> the</c><00:43:02.539><c> limitless</c><00:43:03.559><c> opportunities</c><00:43:04.440><c> of</c><00:43:05.059><c> faith.</c>

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:08.980
And<00:43:07.019><c> brothers</c><00:43:07.179><c> and</c><00:43:07.340><c> sisters,</c><00:43:07.500><c> I</c><00:43:07.760><c> always</c><00:43:08.000><c> find</c><00:43:08.179><c> that</c><00:43:08.300><c> this</c><00:43:08.500><c> puts</c><00:43:08.820><c> you</c>

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:10.380
on<00:43:09.139><c> the</c><00:43:09.380><c> defensive.</c>

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:15.639
It's<00:43:11.920><c> easier</c><00:43:12.440><c> to</c><00:43:12.800><c> sort</c><00:43:12.920><c> of</c><00:43:13.099><c> be</c><00:43:13.219><c> on</c><00:43:13.380><c> the</c><00:43:13.500><c> other</c><00:43:13.739><c> side,</c><00:43:15.300><c> on</c><00:43:15.480><c> the</c>

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:16.860
side<00:43:15.780><c> of</c><00:43:16.019><c> works.</c>

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:22.239
It's<00:43:18.519><c> easier</c><00:43:18.780><c> to</c><00:43:19.159><c> state</c><00:43:19.539><c> a</c><00:43:19.960><c> whole</c><00:43:20.320><c> list</c><00:43:20.639><c> of</c><00:43:20.900><c> things</c><00:43:21.219><c> that</c><00:43:21.880><c> have</c>

00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:23.519
to<00:43:22.400><c> be</c><00:43:22.559><c> done,</c>

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:28.099
things<00:43:24.500><c> that</c><00:43:24.699><c> have</c><00:43:24.860><c> to</c><00:43:25.019><c> be</c><00:43:25.159><c> read,</c><00:43:26.320><c> works</c><00:43:26.599><c> that</c><00:43:26.800><c> have</c><00:43:26.920><c> to</c><00:43:27.079><c> be</c><00:43:27.159><c> done,</c><00:43:27.440><c> things</c><00:43:27.679><c> that</c><00:43:27.840><c> have</c><00:43:28.000><c> to</c>

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:29.619
be<00:43:28.260><c> attended</c><00:43:28.539><c> to.</c>

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:32.500
We're<00:43:31.039><c> more</c><00:43:31.320><c> comfortable</c><00:43:31.719><c> with</c><00:43:31.980><c> that.</c>

00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:36.320
The<00:43:33.000><c> very</c><00:43:33.239><c> concept</c><00:43:33.739><c> of</c><00:43:33.980><c> works</c><00:43:34.280><c> is</c><00:43:34.820><c> a</c><00:43:35.079><c> convenience</c><00:43:35.380><c> for</c><00:43:35.599><c> us,</c><00:43:35.739><c> it's</c><00:43:35.860><c> easy</c><00:43:36.119><c> to</c>

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.900
talk<00:43:36.500><c> about.</c>

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:40.800
And<00:43:37.539><c> anybody</c><00:43:37.820><c> who</c><00:43:38.139><c> talks</c><00:43:38.380><c> about</c><00:43:38.739><c> faith</c><00:43:39.239><c> or</c><00:43:39.800><c> belief</c><00:43:40.119><c> or</c><00:43:40.460><c> spirit</c>

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:42.599
or<00:43:41.079><c> principle</c><00:43:41.519><c> or</c><00:43:41.780><c> something</c><00:43:42.039><c> more</c><00:43:42.320><c> abstract</c>

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:47.219
is<00:43:43.579><c> implicitly</c><00:43:45.219><c> exposed</c><00:43:45.760><c> to</c><00:43:45.920><c> more</c><00:43:46.059><c> criticism.</c>

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:51.739
Because<00:43:49.260><c> works</c><00:43:49.480><c> are</c><00:43:49.619><c> something</c><00:43:49.960><c> that</c><00:43:50.139><c> you</c><00:43:50.239><c> can</c><00:43:50.480><c> judge</c><00:43:50.840><c> things</c><00:43:51.239><c> about,</c>

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:55.119
whether<00:43:52.219><c> something</c><00:43:52.519><c> is</c><00:43:52.639><c> being</c><00:43:53.039><c> done</c><00:43:53.380><c> properly,</c><00:43:54.280><c> whether</c><00:43:54.420><c> right</c><00:43:54.679><c> books</c><00:43:54.960><c> are</c>

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:56.219
being<00:43:55.300><c> read,</c>

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:59.619
whether<00:43:56.739><c> right</c><00:43:57.019><c> behavior</c><00:43:57.500><c> is</c><00:43:57.679><c> being</c><00:43:57.980><c> performed,</c><00:43:59.480><c> whether</c>

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:01.360
younger<00:43:59.900><c> people</c><00:44:00.219><c> are</c><00:44:00.420><c> doing</c><00:44:00.559><c> the</c><00:44:00.760><c> right</c><00:44:00.940><c> things.</c>

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:07.219
Works,<00:44:02.659><c> norms,</c><00:44:04.480><c> sort</c><00:44:04.500><c> of</c><00:44:04.920><c> rules</c><00:44:05.300><c> and</c><00:44:05.579><c> regulations</c><00:44:06.119><c> are</c><00:44:06.880><c> easy</c>

00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:08.539
to<00:44:07.579><c> talk</c><00:44:07.920><c> about,</c>

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:12.219
easier<00:44:09.260><c> on</c><00:44:09.480><c> which</c><00:44:09.760><c> standards</c><00:44:10.260><c> can</c><00:44:11.039><c> be</c><00:44:11.260><c> judged.</c>

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:16.840
And<00:44:12.900><c> so</c><00:44:13.000><c> the</c><00:44:13.099><c> person</c><00:44:13.400><c> who</c><00:44:13.559><c> talks</c><00:44:13.800><c> about</c><00:44:14.099><c> faith</c><00:44:14.780><c> and</c><00:44:15.420><c> about</c><00:44:15.659><c> belief,</c>

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:24.159
about<00:44:17.719><c> the</c><00:44:18.480><c> internal</c><00:44:19.139><c> spirit</c><00:44:19.920><c> being</c><00:44:21.059><c> the</c><00:44:21.320><c> critical</c><00:44:21.659><c> issue,</c><00:44:23.400><c> in</c><00:44:23.960><c> a</c>

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:25.980
sense<00:44:24.320><c> is</c><00:44:24.480><c> on</c><00:44:24.639><c> the</c><00:44:24.860><c> defensive.</c>

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:30.719
Because<00:44:28.519><c> it</c><00:44:28.719><c> seems</c><00:44:28.860><c> the</c><00:44:29.039><c> person</c><00:44:29.320><c> who</c><00:44:29.820><c> has</c><00:44:30.119><c> all</c><00:44:30.360><c> these</c><00:44:30.559><c> sort</c><00:44:30.679><c> of</c>

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.480
lists<00:44:31.019><c> of</c><00:44:31.219><c> things</c>

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:34.400
against<00:44:32.260><c> what</c><00:44:32.480><c> can</c><00:44:32.659><c> be</c><00:44:32.880><c> matched</c><00:44:33.199><c> as</c><00:44:33.579><c> righteousness</c><00:44:33.900><c> or</c><00:44:34.219><c> not</c>

00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:36.260
or<00:44:34.760><c> acceptable</c><00:44:35.099><c> behavior</c><00:44:35.639><c> or</c><00:44:36.059><c> not,</c>

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:41.079
ecclesial<00:44:36.840><c> or</c><00:44:36.980><c> whatever,</c><00:44:38.500><c> you</c><00:44:39.019><c> can</c><00:44:39.219><c> sort</c><00:44:39.380><c> of</c><00:44:39.500><c> make</c><00:44:39.659><c> judgments,</c><00:44:40.860><c> you</c><00:44:40.940><c> can</c>

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:42.420
make<00:44:41.219><c> decisions.</c>

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:48.380
And<00:44:44.239><c> there's</c><00:44:44.539><c> a</c><00:44:44.739><c> degree</c><00:44:45.019><c> of</c><00:44:45.239><c> the</c><00:44:45.460><c> nebulous</c><00:44:46.380><c> about</c><00:44:47.639><c> the</c><00:44:48.260><c> sort</c>

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:53.219
of<00:44:48.579><c> recourse</c><00:44:49.320><c> to</c><00:44:50.340><c> issues</c><00:44:50.900><c> of</c><00:44:51.199><c> faith</c><00:44:51.639><c> and</c><00:44:51.980><c> of</c><00:44:52.260><c> belief.</c>

00:44:55.179 --> 00:45:02.260
And<00:44:55.539><c> I</c><00:44:55.780><c> always</c><00:44:56.139><c> feel,</c><00:44:56.719><c> brothers</c><00:44:56.900><c> and</c><00:44:57.139><c> sisters,</c><00:44:58.159><c> that</c><00:44:58.920><c> the</c><00:44:59.820><c> Lord</c><00:45:00.599><c> put</c>

00:45:02.260 --> 00:45:03.199
it<00:45:02.400><c> this</c><00:45:02.639><c> way</c>

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:05.840
to<00:45:03.900><c> make</c><00:45:04.039><c> us</c><00:45:04.280><c> think</c><00:45:04.460><c> constantly</c><00:45:04.940><c> about</c><00:45:05.300><c> our</c><00:45:05.500><c> motives.</c>

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:08.760
Because<00:45:06.340><c> I've</c><00:45:06.659><c> come</c><00:45:06.800><c> to</c><00:45:06.920><c> the</c><00:45:07.039><c> conclusion</c><00:45:07.619><c> that</c><00:45:08.099><c> we</c><00:45:08.300><c> find</c><00:45:08.500><c> it</c>

00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:12.579
extremely<00:45:09.280><c> difficult</c><00:45:09.780><c> to</c><00:45:10.059><c> cope</c><00:45:10.699><c> with</c><00:45:11.559><c> freedom</c>

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:14.840
in<00:45:13.280><c> Christ</c><00:45:13.679><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:20.880
Somehow<00:45:16.139><c> we</c><00:45:16.840><c> don't</c><00:45:17.079><c> like</c><00:45:17.300><c> it.</c><00:45:18.559><c> We're</c><00:45:18.840><c> told</c><00:45:18.960><c> we're</c><00:45:19.199><c> free</c><00:45:19.380><c> in</c><00:45:19.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:26.340
A<00:45:23.900><c> hundred</c><00:45:24.179><c> times</c><00:45:24.820><c> we're</c><00:45:25.079><c> told</c><00:45:25.280><c> we're</c><00:45:25.519><c> free.</c>

00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:30.519
And<00:45:27.559><c> yet</c><00:45:27.760><c> we're</c><00:45:28.059><c> always,</c><00:45:29.119><c> in</c><00:45:29.219><c> personal</c><00:45:29.599><c> behavior</c><00:45:30.059><c> and</c><00:45:30.300><c> other</c>

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:31.460
than<00:45:30.739><c> personal</c><00:45:31.019><c> behavior,</c>

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:33.980
we're<00:45:31.940><c> putting</c><00:45:32.199><c> hedges</c><00:45:32.960><c> around.</c>

00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:38.159
We're<00:45:35.360><c> wanting</c><00:45:35.880><c> somebody</c><00:45:36.539><c> to</c><00:45:36.659><c> do</c><00:45:36.760><c> it</c><00:45:36.860><c> this</c><00:45:37.079><c> way.</c>

00:45:38.659 --> 00:45:41.059
And<00:45:38.900><c> we're</c><00:45:39.420><c> quenching</c><00:45:39.739><c> the</c><00:45:40.000><c> spirit.</c>

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:45.719
When<00:45:42.480><c> there</c><00:45:42.760><c> is</c><00:45:42.900><c> a</c><00:45:43.059><c> flexibility,</c><00:45:44.780><c> I</c><00:45:44.780><c> think,</c><00:45:45.260><c> which</c><00:45:45.280><c> the</c><00:45:45.440><c> Lord,</c>

00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:48.679
of<00:45:46.400><c> course</c><00:45:46.619><c> within</c><00:45:46.980><c> the</c><00:45:47.179><c> constraints</c><00:45:47.579><c> of</c><00:45:47.920><c> doctrine</c><00:45:48.260><c> and</c><00:45:48.500><c> our</c>

00:45:48.679 --> 00:45:50.900
perception<00:45:49.199><c> of</c><00:45:49.519><c> the</c><00:45:50.179><c> principal</c><00:45:50.519><c> purpose</c>

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:55.260
and<00:45:51.159><c> the</c><00:45:52.420><c> teachings</c><00:45:52.739><c> of</c><00:45:53.019><c> God,</c><00:45:53.619><c> there</c><00:45:53.780><c> is</c><00:45:53.900><c> a</c><00:45:54.059><c> flexibility.</c>

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:58.400
There's<00:45:57.219><c> a</c><00:45:57.400><c> freedom</c><00:45:57.619><c> we</c><00:45:57.900><c> have.</c>

00:45:58.679 --> 00:46:00.639
Brothers<00:45:58.820><c> and</c><00:45:59.079><c> sisters,</c><00:45:59.380><c> I</c><00:45:59.539><c> think,</c><00:45:59.820><c> should</c><00:45:59.920><c> be</c><00:46:00.079><c> permitted</c><00:46:00.360><c> to</c>

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:04.059
do<00:46:01.780><c> what</c><00:46:03.599><c> they</c><00:46:03.820><c> do,</c>

00:46:04.099 --> 00:46:08.260
if<00:46:04.239><c> they</c><00:46:04.400><c> do</c><00:46:04.500><c> it</c><00:46:04.619><c> in</c><00:46:04.820><c> faith</c><00:46:05.139><c> and</c><00:46:05.480><c> in</c><00:46:05.559><c> belief</c><00:46:06.119><c> and</c><00:46:06.599><c> in</c><00:46:06.760><c> a</c><00:46:06.860><c> conscious</c><00:46:07.139><c> spirit,</c>

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:12.039
the<00:46:09.039><c> spirit</c><00:46:09.320><c> of</c><00:46:09.900><c> living</c><00:46:10.280><c> in</c><00:46:11.139><c> the</c><00:46:11.320><c> precepts</c><00:46:11.780><c> of</c><00:46:11.840><c> the</c><00:46:11.880><c> Lord</c>

00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:13.559
Jesus<00:46:12.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:18.039
And<00:46:14.800><c> in</c><00:46:15.460><c> the</c><00:46:15.599><c> end,</c><00:46:15.980><c> brothers</c><00:46:16.099><c> and</c><00:46:16.280><c> sisters,</c><00:46:16.460><c> as</c><00:46:16.599><c> I've</c><00:46:16.780><c> so</c><00:46:16.980><c> keenly</c><00:46:17.420><c> discovered</c><00:46:17.719><c> over</c>

00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:19.099
recent<00:46:18.320><c> years</c><00:46:18.519><c> particularly,</c>

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:26.119
it's<00:46:19.840><c> futile</c><00:46:21.519><c> to</c><00:46:21.960><c> take</c><00:46:22.159><c> recourse</c><00:46:23.480><c> to</c><00:46:24.239><c> norms</c><00:46:24.619><c> and</c><00:46:24.840><c> to</c><00:46:25.059><c> regulations.</c>

00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:30.199
Because<00:46:27.320><c> you</c><00:46:27.440><c> can</c><00:46:27.719><c> set</c><00:46:27.920><c> them</c><00:46:28.119><c> here</c><00:46:28.480><c> in</c><00:46:29.539><c> the</c><00:46:29.659><c> United</c><00:46:29.860><c> States,</c>

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:33.719
we<00:46:30.320><c> can</c><00:46:30.519><c> set</c><00:46:30.739><c> them</c><00:46:31.000><c> in</c><00:46:31.139><c> Australia</c><00:46:31.639><c> for</c><00:46:31.940><c> a</c><00:46:32.019><c> casual</c><00:46:32.239><c> life</c><00:46:32.639><c> and</c>

00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:34.860
for<00:46:33.920><c> personal</c><00:46:34.260><c> behavior,</c>

00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:39.440
but<00:46:35.360><c> they</c><00:46:35.559><c> will</c><00:46:35.699><c> never</c><00:46:35.980><c> apply</c><00:46:36.800><c> in</c><00:46:37.679><c> another</c><00:46:38.119><c> location.</c>

00:46:40.019 --> 00:46:42.920
We<00:46:40.260><c> can</c><00:46:40.440><c> be</c><00:46:40.820><c> assiduous</c><00:46:41.300><c> in</c><00:46:41.519><c> the</c><00:46:41.679><c> lists</c><00:46:41.900><c> of</c><00:46:42.139><c> things</c><00:46:42.300><c> which</c><00:46:42.480><c> are</c><00:46:42.719><c> proper,</c>

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:45.440
how<00:46:43.119><c> people</c><00:46:43.440><c> should</c><00:46:43.699><c> dress</c><00:46:44.059><c> and</c><00:46:44.420><c> do</c><00:46:44.679><c> all</c><00:46:44.860><c> these</c><00:46:45.079><c> things.</c>

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:51.219
We<00:46:46.360><c> can</c><00:46:46.500><c> be</c><00:46:46.699><c> assiduous</c><00:46:47.099><c> in</c><00:46:47.260><c> how</c><00:46:47.440><c> all</c><00:46:47.679><c> these</c><00:46:47.880><c> norms</c><00:46:48.179><c> and</c><00:46:48.460><c> regulations</c><00:46:48.980><c> are</c><00:46:50.139><c> set</c><00:46:50.400><c> out</c><00:46:50.719><c> in</c>

00:46:51.219 --> 00:46:52.039
one<00:46:51.500><c> environment,</c>

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:55.960
but<00:46:52.719><c> when</c><00:46:52.880><c> we</c><00:46:53.039><c> go</c><00:46:53.219><c> to</c><00:46:53.420><c> another</c><00:46:53.840><c> environment,</c><00:46:54.500><c> it's</c><00:46:54.860><c> totally</c><00:46:55.340><c> irrelevant.</c>

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:59.260
It<00:46:56.440><c> has</c><00:46:56.659><c> nothing</c><00:46:56.860><c> to</c><00:46:57.119><c> do</c><00:46:57.420><c> with</c><00:46:57.719><c> an</c><00:46:57.920><c> ecclesia,</c><00:46:58.460><c> say,</c><00:46:58.699><c> in</c><00:46:58.840><c> Malawi</c>

00:46:59.260 --> 00:47:00.219
or<00:46:59.559><c> Southern</c><00:46:59.780><c> Africa.</c>

00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:04.340
It's<00:47:00.900><c> a</c><00:47:01.039><c> futile</c><00:47:01.400><c> quest</c><00:47:01.940><c> to</c><00:47:02.920><c> live</c><00:47:03.139><c> by</c><00:47:03.380><c> norms.</c>

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.619
To<00:47:05.480><c> live</c><00:47:05.619><c> by</c><00:47:06.400><c> regulations.</c>

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:12.420
What<00:47:10.960><c> does</c><00:47:11.079><c> that</c><00:47:11.320><c> mean</c><00:47:11.440><c> then,</c><00:47:11.679><c> brothers</c><00:47:11.840><c> and</c><00:47:12.019><c> sisters?</c><00:47:12.219><c> Does</c>

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:14.539
it<00:47:12.539><c> mean</c><00:47:12.679><c> that</c><00:47:12.800><c> we're</c><00:47:13.000><c> just</c><00:47:13.159><c> lawless?</c>

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:18.460
It<00:47:16.480><c> means,</c><00:47:16.980><c> it</c><00:47:17.159><c> seems</c><00:47:17.320><c> to</c><00:47:17.480><c> me,</c><00:47:17.719><c> brothers</c><00:47:17.820><c> and</c><00:47:18.039><c> sisters,</c><00:47:18.260><c> that</c>

00:47:18.460 --> 00:47:19.480
the<00:47:18.719><c> true</c><00:47:18.880><c> constraint,</c>

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:26.559
the<00:47:20.260><c> constraint</c><00:47:20.519><c> is</c><00:47:20.760><c> not</c><00:47:21.059><c> by</c><00:47:21.500><c> regulation,</c><00:47:22.900><c> but</c><00:47:23.059><c> the</c><00:47:23.260><c> constraint</c><00:47:23.780><c> is</c><00:47:25.099><c> by</c><00:47:25.539><c> our</c><00:47:25.900><c> consideration</c><00:47:26.360><c> of</c>

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:28.360
our<00:47:26.699><c> brothers</c><00:47:26.900><c> and</c><00:47:27.159><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:29.380 --> 00:47:34.699
our<00:47:29.860><c> concern</c><00:47:30.340><c> about</c><00:47:31.099><c> their</c><00:47:31.519><c> well</c><00:47:31.760><c>-being,</c><00:47:32.860><c> about</c><00:47:33.199><c> helping</c><00:47:33.579><c> them,</c>

00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:37.400
this<00:47:35.840><c> is</c><00:47:36.199><c> the</c><00:47:36.380><c> constraint.</c>

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:41.860
This<00:47:38.280><c> is</c><00:47:38.579><c> where</c><00:47:38.840><c> it</c><00:47:39.340><c> all</c><00:47:39.500><c> becomes</c><00:47:39.920><c> manageable,</c><00:47:40.500><c> in</c><00:47:40.699><c> a</c><00:47:40.820><c> sense.</c>

00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:49.320
And<00:47:45.800><c> what</c><00:47:46.320><c> we</c><00:47:46.559><c> do</c><00:47:47.079><c> is</c><00:47:47.420><c> not</c><00:47:47.659><c> just</c><00:47:48.099><c> what</c><00:47:48.300><c> we</c><00:47:48.440><c> do</c><00:47:48.559><c> for</c><00:47:48.760><c> ourselves,</c>

00:47:49.699 --> 00:47:52.239
but<00:47:49.780><c> we</c><00:47:49.900><c> are</c><00:47:50.119><c> thinking,</c><00:47:50.460><c> as</c><00:47:50.579><c> we're</c><00:47:50.800><c> taught</c><00:47:50.900><c> to</c><00:47:51.159><c> think,</c><00:47:52.059><c> that</c>

00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:54.420
our<00:47:52.440><c> behavior</c><00:47:52.840><c> affects</c><00:47:53.320><c> others.</c>

00:47:55.659 --> 00:47:59.219
And<00:47:56.039><c> therefore,</c><00:47:56.519><c> when</c><00:47:56.679><c> we</c><00:47:56.900><c> speak</c><00:47:57.039><c> about</c><00:47:57.300><c> faith,</c><00:47:57.900><c> belief</c><00:47:58.500><c> and</c>

00:47:59.219 --> 00:47:59.880
so<00:47:59.460><c> on,</c>

00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:03.679
we're<00:48:00.320><c> not</c><00:48:00.519><c> forgetting</c><00:48:01.159><c> about</c><00:48:02.059><c> how</c><00:48:02.199><c> others</c><00:48:02.440><c> feel,</c><00:48:03.000><c> we're</c><00:48:03.239><c> taking</c><00:48:03.460><c> all</c>

00:48:03.679 --> 00:48:04.719
that<00:48:03.780><c> into</c><00:48:03.960><c> account</c>

00:48:04.860 --> 00:48:08.219
but<00:48:05.119><c> nonetheless</c><00:48:05.519><c> we're</c><00:48:05.880><c> accepting</c><00:48:06.219><c> the</c><00:48:06.440><c> basic</c><00:48:06.739><c> notion</c><00:48:07.440><c> that</c>

00:48:08.219 --> 00:48:10.659
Christ<00:48:08.559><c> has</c><00:48:08.760><c> made</c><00:48:08.920><c> us</c><00:48:09.099><c> so</c><00:48:09.239><c> very</c><00:48:09.599><c> differently.</c>

00:48:11.219 --> 00:48:13.199
So<00:48:11.480><c> very,</c><00:48:11.940><c> very</c><00:48:12.260><c> differently.</c>

00:48:13.300 --> 00:48:18.460
And<00:48:13.480><c> I</c><00:48:13.659><c> suspect</c><00:48:14.199><c> that</c><00:48:15.199><c> the</c><00:48:15.360><c> Lord</c><00:48:15.820><c> loves</c><00:48:16.800><c> the</c><00:48:17.739><c> diversity</c><00:48:18.199><c> of</c>

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:19.860
His<00:48:18.639><c> children.</c>

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:25.280
Perhaps<00:48:21.300><c> loves</c><00:48:21.579><c> it</c><00:48:21.739><c> more</c><00:48:22.179><c> than</c><00:48:22.539><c> when</c><00:48:22.659><c> it's</c><00:48:23.000><c> coerced</c><00:48:23.760><c> into</c><00:48:24.719><c> sort</c><00:48:25.059><c> of</c>

00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:26.300
a<00:48:25.380><c> straitjacket,</c>

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:32.380
which<00:48:26.699><c> can</c><00:48:27.400><c> quench</c><00:48:27.659><c> the</c><00:48:27.980><c> spirit</c><00:48:28.519><c> and</c><00:48:30.059><c> which</c><00:48:30.320><c> can</c><00:48:30.940><c> ruin</c><00:48:31.199><c> the</c><00:48:31.480><c> faith.</c>

00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:39.000
These<00:48:37.079><c> are</c><00:48:37.280><c> the</c><00:48:37.440><c> things,</c><00:48:37.840><c> brothers</c><00:48:37.960><c> and</c><00:48:38.159><c> sisters,</c><00:48:38.420><c> these</c><00:48:38.760><c> are</c>

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:40.599
the<00:48:39.079><c> fundamental</c><00:48:39.599><c> teachings,</c><00:48:40.139><c> I</c><00:48:40.360><c> believe,</c>

00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:46.800
about<00:48:40.920><c> justice</c><00:48:41.579><c> and</c><00:48:42.519><c> mercy</c><00:48:43.039><c> and</c><00:48:44.239><c> faith</c><00:48:44.900><c> and</c><00:48:46.059><c> indeed</c><00:48:46.360><c> freedom</c>

00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:48.679
in<00:48:47.539><c> Christ</c><00:48:47.840><c> Jesus.</c>

00:48:49.860 --> 00:48:55.340
The<00:48:50.019><c> concepts</c><00:48:50.719><c> with</c><00:48:52.760><c> which</c><00:48:53.000><c> oftentimes</c><00:48:53.500><c> we're</c><00:48:53.960><c> uncomfortable,</c>

00:48:56.300 --> 00:49:00.800
the<00:48:56.440><c> concepts</c><00:48:56.900><c> which</c><00:48:57.539><c> are</c><00:48:58.019><c> not</c><00:48:58.420><c> perhaps</c><00:48:58.739><c> as</c><00:49:00.039><c> precise</c><00:49:00.440><c> as</c><00:49:00.639><c> we</c>

00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:01.920
would<00:49:00.900><c> have</c><00:49:01.079><c> wished,</c>

00:49:02.300 --> 00:49:05.460
and<00:49:02.860><c> yet</c><00:49:03.000><c> they</c><00:49:03.300><c> are</c><00:49:03.500><c> the</c><00:49:03.719><c> principles,</c><00:49:04.139><c> I</c><00:49:04.659><c> think,</c><00:49:04.940><c> by</c><00:49:05.079><c> which</c><00:49:05.280><c> we</c>

00:49:05.460 --> 00:49:06.519
should<00:49:05.679><c> live.</c>

00:49:06.760 --> 00:49:09.079
And<00:49:07.039><c> this</c><00:49:07.199><c> is</c><00:49:07.380><c> the</c><00:49:07.500><c> reason</c><00:49:07.800><c> for</c><00:49:08.019><c> the</c><00:49:08.179><c> collision.</c>

00:49:09.719 --> 00:49:13.420
This<00:49:09.980><c> is</c><00:49:10.219><c> the</c><00:49:10.380><c> reason</c><00:49:10.659><c> for</c><00:49:10.860><c> this</c><00:49:11.019><c> dramatic</c><00:49:11.480><c> collision</c><00:49:11.980><c> which</c>

00:49:13.420 --> 00:49:16.840
Jesus<00:49:13.800><c> had</c><00:49:14.079><c> against</c><00:49:14.440><c> His</c><00:49:14.840><c> religious</c><00:49:15.360><c> adversaries.</c>

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:22.519
They<00:49:18.159><c> just</c><00:49:18.780><c> thought</c><00:49:19.400><c> differently</c><00:49:20.000><c> to</c><00:49:21.659><c> Him.</c>

00:49:25.019 --> 00:49:29.119
And<00:49:25.139><c> we,</c><00:49:25.400><c> brothers</c><00:49:25.559><c> and</c><00:49:25.800><c> sisters,</c><00:49:27.360><c> we</c><00:49:27.599><c> must,</c><00:49:28.519><c> of</c><00:49:28.820><c> course,</c><00:49:29.019><c> be</c>

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:29.579
like<00:49:29.320><c> Him.</c>

00:49:29.579 --> 00:49:32.079
This<00:49:29.880><c> is</c><00:49:30.119><c> the</c><00:49:30.320><c> injunction.</c>

00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:36.739
So<00:49:34.480><c> my</c><00:49:34.679><c> closing</c><00:49:34.900><c> thought,</c><00:49:35.340><c> brothers</c><00:49:35.460><c> and</c><00:49:35.699><c> sisters,</c><00:49:36.079><c> is</c><00:49:36.440><c> the</c>

00:49:36.739 --> 00:49:41.719
well<00:49:36.980><c>-known</c><00:49:38.760><c> reference</c><00:49:39.420><c> from</c><00:49:40.260><c> the</c><00:49:40.420><c> Lord's</c><00:49:40.679><c> own</c><00:49:40.800><c> lips</c>

00:49:42.139 --> 00:49:44.820
that<00:49:42.699><c> the</c><00:49:42.900><c> truth</c><00:49:43.179><c> will</c><00:49:43.440><c> make</c><00:49:43.519><c> us</c><00:49:43.760><c> free.</c>

00:49:45.460 --> 00:49:47.800
And<00:49:45.679><c> this,</c><00:49:45.940><c> I</c><00:49:45.940><c> think,</c><00:49:46.099><c> is</c><00:49:46.320><c> an</c><00:49:46.460><c> abiding</c><00:49:46.820><c> truth.</c>

00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:50.599
It<00:49:48.639><c> just</c><00:49:49.280><c> makes</c><00:49:49.940><c> us</c><00:49:50.199><c> free.</c>

00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:56.159
It's<00:49:51.320><c> free</c><00:49:51.599><c> to</c><00:49:51.940><c> expand</c><00:49:52.440><c> our</c><00:49:52.820><c> faith,</c><00:49:54.440><c> our</c><00:49:54.719><c> confidence</c><00:49:55.219><c> that</c><00:49:55.719><c> God</c><00:49:55.940><c> is</c>

00:49:56.159 --> 00:49:57.480
working<00:49:56.440><c> in</c><00:49:56.599><c> our</c><00:49:56.780><c> circumstance</c>

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and<00:49:58.400><c> the</c><00:49:58.619><c> freedom</c><00:49:58.880><c> to</c><00:49:59.519><c> do</c><00:49:59.980><c> what</c><00:50:00.159><c> is</c><00:50:00.380><c> right</c><00:50:00.579><c> before</c><00:50:00.880><c> Him.</c>

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And<00:50:03.139><c> to</c><00:50:03.300><c> make</c><00:50:03.480><c> sure</c><00:50:04.019><c> that</c><00:50:04.440><c> this</c><00:50:04.739><c> freedom,</c><00:50:05.820><c> and</c><00:50:05.960><c> this,</c><00:50:06.320><c> of</c><00:50:06.380><c> course,</c><00:50:06.519><c> is</c>

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the<00:50:06.820><c> other</c><00:50:07.059><c> side</c><00:50:07.219><c> of</c><00:50:07.400><c> the</c><00:50:07.500><c> coin,</c>

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to<00:50:07.760><c> make</c><00:50:08.019><c> sure</c><00:50:08.239><c> that</c><00:50:08.460><c> our</c><00:50:08.719><c> freedom</c><00:50:08.960><c> is</c><00:50:09.239><c> not</c><00:50:09.500><c> a</c><00:50:09.739><c> stumbling</c><00:50:10.099><c> to</c>

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our<00:50:10.760><c> brother</c><00:50:10.960><c> or</c><00:50:11.179><c> to</c><00:50:11.380><c> our</c><00:50:11.559><c> sister,</c>

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to<00:50:13.239><c> make</c><00:50:13.659><c> absolutely</c><00:50:14.400><c> sure</c><00:50:15.179><c> that</c><00:50:16.440><c> we</c><00:50:16.860><c> are</c><00:50:17.219><c> equally</c><00:50:17.639><c> or</c><00:50:17.840><c> more</c>

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concerned<00:50:18.699><c> about</c><00:50:20.059><c> our</c><00:50:20.320><c> brother's</c><00:50:20.699><c> welfare</c><00:50:21.099><c> than</c><00:50:21.579><c> our</c><00:50:21.860><c> own.</c>

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If<00:50:24.480><c> we</c><00:50:24.739><c> sort</c><00:50:24.900><c> of</c><00:50:25.039><c> can</c><00:50:25.239><c> see</c><00:50:25.500><c> all</c><00:50:25.920><c> that</c><00:50:26.440><c> in</c><00:50:27.260><c> the</c><00:50:27.420><c> whole</c><00:50:27.599><c> issue</c><00:50:27.860><c> of</c><00:50:28.119><c> freedom,</c>

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then<00:50:29.780><c> I</c><00:50:29.900><c> think</c><00:50:30.039><c> we've</c><00:50:30.320><c> understood</c><00:50:30.800><c> the</c><00:50:31.300><c> significance</c><00:50:31.820><c> of</c><00:50:32.039><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:50:32.460><c> teaching.</c>

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And<00:50:34.159><c> perhaps</c><00:50:34.380><c> remember</c><00:50:35.179><c> that</c><00:50:35.940><c> the</c><00:50:36.860><c> discussion</c><00:50:37.320><c> Jesus</c><00:50:37.880><c> had</c><00:50:38.539><c> with</c><00:50:38.820><c> the</c><00:50:39.000><c> Pharisees</c><00:50:39.619><c> and</c><00:50:39.840><c> others</c><00:50:40.019><c> was</c><00:50:40.539><c> not</c><00:50:40.760><c> just</c><00:50:41.139><c> an</c>

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arcane<00:50:42.760><c> debate.</c>

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It's<00:50:44.519><c> really</c><00:50:44.739><c> an</c><00:50:44.980><c> issue</c><00:50:45.500><c> which</c><00:50:46.380><c> impinges</c><00:50:47.099><c> upon</c><00:50:47.360><c> us</c><00:50:47.659><c> in</c><00:50:47.860><c> these</c>

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last<00:50:48.360><c> days.</c>

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We're<00:50:51.159><c> going</c><00:50:51.199><c> to</c><00:50:51.400><c> sing</c><00:50:51.579><c> now,</c><00:50:51.940><c> hymn</c><00:50:52.039><c> number</c><00:50:52.340><c> 157,</c><00:50:54.800><c> after</c><00:50:55.099><c> which</c>

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there'll<00:50:55.500><c> be</c><00:50:55.599><c> a</c><00:50:55.760><c> closing</c><00:50:56.079><c> prayer.</c>

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157,<00:51:05.019><c> O</c><00:51:05.119><c> son</c><00:51:05.340><c> of</c><00:51:05.559><c> man</c><00:51:05.760><c> who</c><00:51:06.019><c> walked</c><00:51:06.280><c> each</c><00:51:06.679><c> day,</c><00:51:08.039><c> the</c><00:51:08.219><c> humble</c><00:51:08.539><c> road</c><00:51:08.840><c> is</c>

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serene<00:51:09.420><c> and</c><00:51:09.800><c> strong.</c>

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Go<00:51:11.980><c> with</c><00:51:12.199><c> me</c><00:51:12.360><c> now</c><00:51:12.639><c> upon</c><00:51:12.900><c> life's</c><00:51:13.400><c> way,</c><00:51:14.059><c> my</c><00:51:14.340><c> comrade,</c><00:51:14.920><c> all</c><00:51:15.019><c> the</c>

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journey<00:51:15.400><c> long.</c>

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Hymn<00:51:15.940><c> number</c><00:51:16.699><c> 157.</c>

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O<00:51:34.500><c> son</c><00:51:35.599><c> of</c><00:51:36.000><c> man</c><00:51:37.039><c> who</c><00:51:37.800><c> walked</c><00:51:39.000><c> each</c><00:51:39.780><c> day,</c><00:51:41.840><c> the</c><00:51:42.480><c> humble</c><00:51:43.059><c> road</c><00:51:44.239><c> is</c>

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serene<00:51:45.940><c> and</c><00:51:46.860><c> strong.</c>

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Go<00:51:49.699><c> with</c><00:51:50.360><c> me</c><00:51:51.420><c> now</c><00:51:52.179><c> upon</c><00:51:53.739><c> life's</c><00:51:55.199><c> way,</c><00:51:56.320><c> my</c><00:51:56.880><c> comrade,</c><00:51:59.480><c> all</c><00:51:59.880><c> the</c>

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journey<00:52:02.320><c> long.</c>

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If<00:52:05.820><c> I</c><00:52:06.719><c> can</c><00:52:07.440><c> fly,</c><00:52:08.619><c> it</c><00:52:08.739><c> shall</c><00:52:09.260><c> be</c><00:52:10.199><c> my</c><00:52:11.320><c> arm,</c><00:52:12.880><c> and</c><00:52:13.500><c> share</c><00:52:14.219><c> with</c><00:52:15.099><c> thee</c>

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my<00:52:16.800><c> shining</c><00:52:18.519><c> arm.</c>

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If<00:52:21.159><c> thou</c><00:52:21.940><c> shouldst</c><00:52:23.659><c> give</c><00:52:24.679><c> her</c><00:52:25.719><c> thy</c><00:52:26.780><c> arm,</c><00:52:28.079><c> thy</c><00:52:28.719><c> word</c><00:52:30.119><c> of</c><00:52:30.980><c> love,</c>

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my<00:52:32.420><c> trust</c><00:52:33.739><c> and</c><00:52:34.739><c> power.</c>

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Thou<00:52:38.099><c> shalt</c><00:52:39.000><c> own</c><00:52:40.219><c> in</c><00:52:41.239><c> happiness,</c><00:52:44.880><c> Thou</c><00:52:45.460><c> shalt</c><00:52:46.239><c> my</c><00:52:47.099><c> help</c><00:52:47.820><c> with</c>

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love<00:52:50.280><c> we</c><00:52:51.300><c> throw.</c>

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If<00:52:53.400><c> thou</c><00:52:54.280><c> art</c><00:52:55.000><c> given</c><00:52:56.300><c> love</c><00:52:57.940><c> and</c><00:52:58.760><c> flesh,</c><00:53:00.800><c> the</c><00:53:01.199><c> day</c><00:53:02.219><c> would</c><00:53:02.940><c> come,</c>

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the<00:53:05.000><c> day</c><00:53:05.719><c> would</c><00:53:06.420><c> be</c><00:53:07.199><c> gone.</c>

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Thou<00:53:10.159><c> shalt</c><00:53:10.780><c> my</c><00:53:11.679><c> love</c><00:53:12.699><c> in</c><00:53:13.079><c> today's</c><00:53:14.820><c> friendship,</c><00:53:17.400><c> our</c><00:53:17.960><c> life</c>

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for<00:53:19.460><c> all</c><00:53:20.239><c> the</c><00:53:21.380><c> ages</c><00:53:23.059><c> long.</c>

00:53:23.760 --> 00:53:35.980
Thy<00:53:25.500><c> love</c><00:53:26.519><c> our</c><00:53:27.340><c> years,</c><00:53:28.599><c> our</c><00:53:29.079><c> every</c><00:53:30.559><c> breath,</c><00:53:32.920><c> my</c><00:53:33.320><c> fellowship,</c>

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shall<00:53:37.440><c> we</c><00:53:38.400><c> hear</c><00:53:39.000><c> thee</c><00:53:39.880><c> song.</c>

00:53:45.900 --> 00:53:51.000
Our<00:53:46.500><c> Father</c><00:53:46.800><c> which</c><00:53:47.079><c> art</c><00:53:47.199><c> in</c><00:53:47.380><c> heaven,</c><00:53:48.599><c> we</c><00:53:48.860><c> come</c><00:53:49.099><c> before</c><00:53:49.400><c> thee</c>

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at<00:53:51.679><c> the</c><00:53:51.860><c> conclusion</c><00:53:52.199><c> of</c><00:53:52.360><c> these</c><00:53:52.579><c> classes</c><00:53:53.039><c> today,</c>

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thankful<00:53:56.440><c> again</c><00:53:56.780><c> unto</c><00:53:57.000><c> thee</c><00:53:57.260><c> for</c><00:53:57.519><c> thy</c><00:53:57.760><c> word</c><00:53:58.380><c> and</c><00:54:00.119><c> for</c><00:54:00.340><c> thy</c><00:54:00.579><c> Son,</c><00:54:02.239><c> our</c>

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Savior,<00:54:03.000><c> Jesus</c><00:54:03.340><c> the</c><00:54:03.559><c> Christ.</c>

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For<00:54:06.099><c> we</c><00:54:06.239><c> know</c><00:54:06.480><c> that</c><00:54:06.639><c> he</c><00:54:06.800><c> is</c><00:54:07.800><c> the</c><00:54:08.179><c> essence</c><00:54:08.500><c> of</c><00:54:08.760><c> our</c><00:54:08.960><c> religion,</c>

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and<00:54:11.460><c> he</c><00:54:11.599><c> is</c><00:54:11.800><c> our</c><00:54:12.019><c> hope</c><00:54:12.699><c> for</c><00:54:13.619><c> life</c><00:54:13.860><c> eternal.</c>

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Father,<00:54:16.820><c> we</c><00:54:17.019><c> thank</c><00:54:17.219><c> you</c><00:54:17.559><c> for</c><00:54:18.179><c> providing</c><00:54:18.539><c> him,</c><00:54:19.900><c> for</c><00:54:20.079><c> showing</c>

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that<00:54:20.639><c> love</c><00:54:20.960><c> which</c><00:54:21.260><c> is</c><00:54:22.320><c> beyond</c><00:54:22.780><c> our</c><00:54:23.079><c> understanding,</c>

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and<00:54:26.139><c> we</c><00:54:26.300><c> ask</c><00:54:26.460><c> that</c><00:54:26.519><c> that</c><00:54:26.659><c> would</c><00:54:26.800><c> go</c><00:54:26.980><c> with</c><00:54:27.139><c> us</c><00:54:27.260><c> in</c><00:54:27.400><c> our</c><00:54:27.579><c> lives,</c>

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that<00:54:29.179><c> we</c><00:54:29.360><c> might</c><00:54:29.519><c> be</c><00:54:29.659><c> more</c><00:54:29.840><c> like</c><00:54:30.139><c> him.</c>

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We<00:54:32.139><c> ask</c><00:54:32.400><c> it</c><00:54:32.539><c> through</c><00:54:32.739><c> Jesus'</c><00:54:33.340><c> name,</c><00:54:33.679><c> Amen.</c>