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things<00:20:05.359><c> of</c><00:20:05.619><c> Christ.</c><00:20:06.980><c> Why</c><00:20:07.460><c> at</c><00:20:07.880><c> his</c><00:20:08.180><c> birth</c>

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was<00:20:11.440><c> there</c><00:20:11.660><c> silence</c><00:20:12.019><c> in</c><00:20:12.259><c> heaven?</c>

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and<00:20:22.579><c> so</c><00:20:22.680><c> the</c><00:20:22.859><c> command</c><00:20:23.500><c> given</c><00:20:24.380><c> in</c><00:20:24.740><c> the</c><00:20:24.900><c> heavenly</c><00:20:25.200><c> places,</c><00:20:26.579><c> the</c>

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shepherds<00:20:27.119><c> were</c><00:20:27.339><c> given</c><00:20:27.579><c> an</c><00:20:27.839><c> insight</c><00:20:28.259><c> into</c><00:20:28.539><c> what</c><00:20:28.799><c> was</c>

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happening<00:20:29.380><c> in</c><00:20:30.019><c> heaven,</c><00:20:30.880><c> when</c><00:20:31.460><c> the</c><00:20:31.940><c> whole</c><00:20:32.319><c> multitude</c><00:20:32.980><c> of</c><00:20:33.420><c> angels</c><00:20:33.859><c> were</c>

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praising<00:20:34.940><c> God</c><00:20:35.599><c> and</c><00:20:35.900><c> expressing</c>

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glory<00:20:37.359><c> to</c><00:20:37.759><c> God</c><00:20:38.039><c> in</c><00:20:38.220><c> the</c><00:20:38.380><c> highest,</c><00:20:39.519><c> and</c><00:20:39.799><c> on</c><00:20:39.980><c> earth</c><00:20:40.480><c> peace</c><00:20:41.619><c> amongst</c><00:20:42.339><c> men</c>

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we<00:21:00.980><c> are</c><00:21:01.539><c> shown</c><00:21:02.019><c> through</c><00:21:03.200><c> the</c><00:21:03.480><c> prophet</c><00:21:03.779><c> Isaiah,</c><00:21:04.839><c> and</c><00:21:04.980><c> of</c><00:21:05.200><c> course</c><00:21:05.400><c> in</c>

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prophecies<00:21:35.339><c> which</c><00:21:35.640><c> Jesus</c><00:21:36.859><c> filled</c><00:21:38.319><c> full</c><00:21:38.920><c> are</c>

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mind<00:22:22.259><c> was</c><00:22:23.900><c> praying</c>

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here<00:22:47.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:48.099><c> says</c><00:22:48.900><c> God</c><00:22:49.579><c> is</c><00:22:49.940><c> decreeing</c>

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my<00:22:52.460><c> chosen.</c><00:22:54.539><c> In</c><00:22:55.059><c> the</c><00:22:55.279><c> baptism</c><00:22:55.759><c> event</c><00:22:56.400><c> the</c><00:22:57.039><c> voice</c><00:22:57.299><c> from</c><00:22:57.539><c> heaven</c>

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says<00:22:58.559><c> this</c><00:22:59.859><c> is</c><00:23:00.180><c> my</c><00:23:00.440><c> son,</c><00:23:01.779><c> see</c><00:23:02.019><c> the</c><00:23:02.299><c> equation?</c>

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I've<00:23:04.640><c> chosen</c><00:23:04.980><c> him,</c><00:23:07.480><c> he's</c><00:23:07.619><c> my</c><00:23:07.900><c> son,</c><00:23:08.680><c> but</c><00:23:10.720><c> look</c><00:23:10.920><c> at</c><00:23:11.119><c> him,</c><00:23:11.660><c> behold</c>

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him,<00:23:13.680><c> he's</c><00:23:15.359><c> a</c><00:23:15.599><c> servant,</c><00:23:17.039><c> he</c><00:23:17.700><c> has</c><00:23:18.160><c> made</c><00:23:18.759><c> this</c>

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deliberate<00:23:20.140><c> decision</c><00:23:21.059><c> to</c><00:23:23.220><c> be</c><00:23:23.440><c> a</c><00:23:23.640><c> servant,</c><00:23:25.660><c> and</c><00:23:26.000><c> therefore</c><00:23:26.400><c> the</c><00:23:26.599><c> response</c><00:23:27.079><c> in</c>

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heaven,<00:23:28.640><c> this</c><00:23:28.880><c> is</c><00:23:29.180><c> my</c><00:23:29.420><c> beloved</c><00:23:29.819><c> son</c>

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whom<00:23:39.700><c> my</c><00:23:40.680><c> soul,</c><00:23:41.819><c> the</c><00:23:42.160><c> soul</c><00:23:42.400><c> of</c><00:23:42.599><c> God,</c>

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oh<00:23:44.339><c> yes,</c><00:23:45.140><c> from</c><00:23:45.460><c> the</c><00:23:45.660><c> very</c><00:23:46.079><c> depths</c><00:23:46.799><c> of</c><00:23:47.259><c> the</c><00:23:47.599><c> divine</c><00:23:48.200><c> being</c><00:23:48.960><c> is</c>

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the<00:23:50.019><c> expression</c><00:23:50.660><c> of</c><00:23:51.180><c> absolute</c><00:23:52.000><c> delight,</c>

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my<00:23:54.940><c> chosen,</c><00:23:56.819><c> in</c><00:23:57.400><c> whom</c><00:23:57.779><c> my</c><00:23:58.440><c> very</c><00:23:58.799><c> being,</c><00:23:59.299><c> my</c><00:23:59.680><c> soul,</c><00:24:00.200><c> my</c><00:24:00.359><c> heart,</c>

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delighteth.<00:24:03.640><c> And</c><00:24:04.559><c> the</c><00:24:04.779><c> response</c><00:24:05.140><c> from</c><00:24:05.420><c> heaven,</c>

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the<00:24:06.680><c> dove</c><00:24:06.980><c> descending</c><00:24:07.799><c> as</c><00:24:10.000><c> the</c><00:24:10.259><c> conformation,</c><00:24:13.519><c> was</c><00:24:14.680><c> Jesus</c><00:24:15.299><c> just</c><00:24:15.880><c> going</c><00:24:16.279><c> through</c><00:24:16.839><c> an</c>

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immersion<00:24:18.279><c> in</c><00:24:18.740><c> water</c>

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just<00:24:19.579><c> to</c><00:24:20.099><c> set</c><00:24:20.380><c> for</c><00:24:20.660><c> us</c><00:24:20.920><c> a</c><00:24:21.180><c> pattern</c><00:24:21.460><c> so</c><00:24:24.339><c> that</c><00:24:24.680><c> we</c><00:24:24.940><c> would</c><00:24:25.119><c> get</c><00:24:25.339><c> the</c>

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message,<00:24:25.980><c> well</c><00:24:26.460><c> yes,</c><00:24:27.059><c> in</c><00:24:27.180><c> order</c><00:24:27.420><c> that</c><00:24:27.599><c> we</c><00:24:27.759><c> may</c><00:24:27.960><c> be</c>

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servants<00:24:28.420><c> we</c><00:24:28.680><c> must</c><00:24:29.019><c> also</c><00:24:29.400><c> be</c><00:24:29.660><c> baptized.</c><00:24:31.279><c> Jesus</c><00:24:31.720><c> wasn't</c><00:24:32.200><c> playing</c><00:24:32.740><c> out</c><00:24:33.059><c> a</c>

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role<00:24:33.579><c> just</c><00:24:33.960><c> as</c><00:24:34.200><c> a</c><00:24:34.420><c> kind</c><00:24:34.640><c> of</c><00:24:34.900><c> visual</c><00:24:35.200><c> aid</c>

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for<00:24:35.559><c> us,</c><00:24:36.480><c> he</c><00:24:36.940><c> was</c><00:24:37.299><c> involved</c><00:24:38.140><c> in</c><00:24:38.519><c> that</c><00:24:38.839><c> precise</c><00:24:39.980><c> act</c><00:24:40.680><c> of</c><00:24:41.420><c> full</c>

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complete<00:24:43.039><c> unreserved</c><00:24:44.119><c> commitment</c><00:24:45.019><c> to</c><00:24:46.519><c> the</c><00:24:46.660><c> ways</c><00:24:46.819><c> of</c>

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God,<00:24:48.059><c> and</c><00:24:48.500><c> he</c><00:24:48.859><c> demonstrated</c><00:24:49.400><c> in</c><00:24:49.660><c> the</c><00:24:49.740><c> most</c><00:24:50.220><c> obvious</c><00:24:50.740><c> way</c><00:24:51.240><c> in</c>

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which<00:24:51.740><c> we</c><00:24:52.200><c> are</c><00:24:52.519><c> asked</c><00:24:52.799><c> to</c><00:24:53.140><c> demonstrate</c><00:24:53.559><c> it</c><00:24:53.779><c> by</c><00:24:54.079><c> that</c>

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humble<00:24:55.759><c> act</c><00:24:56.380><c> of</c><00:24:56.940><c> entering</c><00:24:57.339><c> into</c><00:24:58.079><c> a</c><00:24:58.619><c> death</c><00:24:59.019><c> of</c><00:24:59.460><c> our</c><00:24:59.859><c> whole</c><00:25:00.180><c> being</c><00:25:00.579><c> in</c>

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order<00:25:02.000><c> that</c><00:25:02.180><c> we</c><00:25:02.279><c> may</c><00:25:02.660><c> rise</c><00:25:03.299><c> into</c><00:25:04.019><c> that</c>

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relationship<00:25:04.960><c> with</c><00:25:05.279><c> God</c><00:25:06.019><c> which</c><00:25:06.599><c> is</c><00:25:07.579><c> filled</c><00:25:08.019><c> full</c><00:25:08.880><c> with</c><00:25:11.240><c> all</c>

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that<00:25:11.880><c> the</c><00:25:12.200><c> law</c><00:25:12.519><c> and</c><00:25:12.779><c> the</c><00:25:13.140><c> prophets</c><00:25:13.420><c> and</c><00:25:13.660><c> the</c><00:25:14.000><c> promises</c>

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of<00:25:14.539><c> God</c><00:25:15.099><c> have</c><00:25:15.759><c> said</c><00:25:16.099><c> in</c><00:25:16.720><c> relation</c><00:25:17.519><c> to</c><00:25:18.039><c> those</c><00:25:18.519><c> people</c><00:25:19.319><c> who</c><00:25:20.019><c> make</c>

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that<00:25:20.740><c> dedication</c><00:25:21.299><c> to</c><00:25:21.579><c> be</c><00:25:21.819><c> God's</c><00:25:22.319><c> servants.</c>

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So<00:25:26.279><c> that</c><00:25:26.480><c> if</c><00:25:26.839><c> Jesus</c><00:25:27.220><c> is</c><00:25:27.619><c> our</c><00:25:27.839><c> example,</c><00:25:28.940><c> what</c><00:25:29.200><c> applies</c><00:25:29.640><c> to</c><00:25:29.859><c> him</c>

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applies<00:25:30.440><c> to</c><00:25:30.700><c> us</c><00:25:31.000><c> equally</c>

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with<00:25:36.460><c> that</c><00:25:36.799><c> same</c><00:25:37.220><c> commitment</c><00:25:37.819><c> of</c><00:25:38.680><c> heart.</c>

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But<00:25:42.299><c> I</c><00:25:42.440><c> would</c><00:25:42.579><c> like</c><00:25:42.759><c> to</c><00:25:43.420><c> develop</c><00:25:43.759><c> from</c><00:25:44.079><c> that</c><00:25:44.559><c> the</c><00:25:45.019><c> thoughts</c><00:25:45.440><c> of</c>

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judgment,<00:25:48.680><c> for</c><00:25:48.779><c> they</c><00:25:48.980><c> are</c><00:25:49.119><c> mentioned</c><00:25:49.400><c> here</c><00:25:49.740><c> in</c><00:25:49.900><c> this</c>

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prophecy<00:25:50.619><c> of</c><00:25:51.180><c> Isaiah,</c><00:25:52.400><c> the</c><00:25:52.700><c> servant</c><00:25:52.980><c> passage</c><00:25:53.599><c> in</c><00:25:54.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:54.880><c> 42,</c>

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verse<00:25:58.019><c> 2,</c><00:26:00.819><c> or</c><00:26:00.940><c> perhaps</c><00:26:01.099><c> I</c><00:26:01.240><c> need</c><00:26:01.319><c> to</c><00:26:01.640><c> complete</c><00:26:01.779><c> verse</c><00:26:02.039><c> 1.</c>

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He<00:26:03.940><c> shall</c><00:26:04.220><c> bring</c><00:26:04.660><c> forth</c><00:26:05.680><c> judgment</c><00:26:06.299><c> to</c><00:26:07.880><c> the</c><00:26:08.039><c> Gentiles,</c><00:26:09.660><c> and</c><00:26:09.900><c> here</c><00:26:10.200><c> understandably</c><00:26:11.000><c> we</c><00:26:11.220><c> could</c>

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think<00:26:13.279><c> that</c><00:26:13.539><c> it</c><00:26:13.640><c> is</c><00:26:13.859><c> in</c><00:26:13.980><c> the</c><00:26:14.140><c> age</c><00:26:14.339><c> to</c><00:26:14.579><c> come</c><00:26:14.740><c> that</c><00:26:15.380><c> certainly</c><00:26:15.819><c> in</c>

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Armageddon<00:26:16.559><c> there</c><00:26:16.759><c> will</c><00:26:16.940><c> be</c><00:26:17.119><c> the</c><00:26:17.319><c> judgment</c><00:26:17.539><c> on</c><00:26:17.740><c> the</c>

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Gentiles,<00:26:18.359><c> but</c><00:26:18.579><c> is</c><00:26:18.839><c> that</c><00:26:19.539><c> precisely</c><00:26:20.220><c> what</c><00:26:20.539><c> the</c><00:26:20.799><c> context</c><00:26:21.200><c> is</c>

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asking<00:26:21.880><c> us</c><00:26:22.180><c> to</c><00:26:22.519><c> see</c><00:26:22.759><c> in</c><00:26:23.059><c> these</c><00:26:23.259><c> words?</c>

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Oh,<00:26:25.240><c> let</c><00:26:25.279><c> us</c><00:26:25.420><c> read</c><00:26:25.640><c> on.</c><00:26:26.759><c> He</c><00:26:26.900><c> shall</c><00:26:27.200><c> not</c><00:26:27.500><c> cry,</c><00:26:29.640><c> nor</c><00:26:29.779><c> lift</c><00:26:30.000><c> up,</c><00:26:31.740><c> nor</c><00:26:31.880><c> cause</c><00:26:32.299><c> his</c><00:26:32.660><c> voice</c><00:26:33.079><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:33.519><c> heard</c><00:26:33.700><c> in</c><00:26:33.920><c> the</c><00:26:34.220><c> street.</c>

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A<00:26:37.200><c> bruised</c><00:26:37.599><c> reed</c><00:26:39.180><c> shall</c><00:26:39.500><c> he</c><00:26:39.740><c> not</c><00:26:39.960><c> break,</c><00:26:42.119><c> and</c><00:26:42.420><c> the</c><00:26:42.660><c> smoking</c><00:26:43.099><c> flax,</c><00:26:43.619><c> the</c><00:26:43.779><c> smoking</c><00:26:44.180><c> lamp</c><00:26:44.819><c> wick,</c><00:26:46.240><c> shall</c><00:26:46.400><c> he</c>

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not<00:26:46.940><c> quench.</c>

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And<00:26:49.960><c> he</c><00:26:49.960><c> shall</c><00:26:50.339><c> bring</c><00:26:50.920><c> forth</c><00:26:52.500><c> judgment</c><00:26:53.440><c> in</c><00:26:55.880><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:26:59.720><c> the</c><00:26:59.880><c> verse</c><00:27:00.119><c> 4</c><00:27:00.420><c> gives</c><00:27:00.720><c> an</c><00:27:01.140><c> intriguing,</c><00:27:01.720><c> if</c><00:27:01.880><c> we</c><00:27:02.119><c> take</c><00:27:02.519><c> the</c>

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margin<00:27:03.759><c> rendering,</c><00:27:04.799><c> gives</c><00:27:04.980><c> an</c><00:27:05.259><c> intriguing</c><00:27:05.640><c> thought.</c>

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The<00:27:09.859><c> print</c><00:27:10.119><c> is</c><00:27:10.319><c> a</c><00:27:10.380><c> little</c><00:27:10.539><c> bit</c><00:27:10.799><c> small</c><00:27:11.039><c> here,</c><00:27:11.339><c> just</c><00:27:11.539><c> excuse</c><00:27:11.880><c> me.</c>

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He<00:27:15.259><c> shall</c><00:27:15.660><c> not</c><00:27:16.160><c> burn</c><00:27:16.779><c> dimly,</c><00:27:19.240><c> nor</c><00:27:19.839><c> be</c><00:27:20.200><c> bruised</c>

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till,<00:27:26.160><c> until</c><00:27:27.299><c> he</c><00:27:29.500><c> has</c>

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set<00:27:33.259><c> judgment</c><00:27:34.039><c> in</c><00:27:35.140><c> the</c><00:27:35.299><c> earth.</c><00:27:36.359><c> And</c><00:27:36.779><c> I</c><00:27:36.940><c> believe</c><00:27:37.240><c> those</c><00:27:37.539><c> words</c>

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are<00:27:38.279><c> indicating</c><00:27:38.839><c> that</c><00:27:39.319><c> in</c><00:27:39.680><c> the</c><00:27:40.000><c> actual</c><00:27:40.539><c> life</c>

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the<00:27:41.460><c> ministry</c><00:27:42.180><c> of</c><00:27:42.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:27:43.220><c> he</c><00:27:43.519><c> is</c><00:27:43.859><c> setting</c><00:27:44.200><c> forth</c><00:27:44.900><c> judgment</c>

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for<00:27:46.240><c> us</c><00:27:46.420><c> people</c><00:27:46.640><c> to</c><00:27:46.880><c> comprehend</c><00:27:47.259><c> what</c><00:27:47.480><c> judgment</c><00:27:47.799><c> is,</c>

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because<00:27:48.599><c> it's</c><00:27:48.960><c> abundantly</c><00:27:49.480><c> clear</c><00:27:49.700><c> in</c><00:27:49.839><c> the</c><00:27:50.039><c> life</c><00:27:50.180><c> of</c><00:27:50.500><c> Israel</c>

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at<00:27:50.980><c> the</c><00:27:51.119><c> time</c><00:27:51.279><c> that</c><00:27:51.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:51.960><c> was</c><00:27:52.319><c> prophesying</c>

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that<00:27:54.359><c> judgment</c><00:27:54.960><c> was</c><00:27:55.339><c> lacking.</c><00:27:56.480><c> You</c><00:27:56.700><c> remember</c><00:27:57.220><c> at</c><00:27:57.680><c> the</c><00:27:57.980><c> outset</c>

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of<00:27:59.400><c> the</c><00:27:59.660><c> prophecy</c><00:27:59.960><c> of</c><00:28:00.200><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:00.640><c> there</c><00:28:01.019><c> was</c><00:28:01.440><c> the</c>

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Israel,<00:28:03.940><c> learn</c><00:28:04.759><c> to</c><00:28:05.640><c> do</c><00:28:05.920><c> well,</c><00:28:08.740><c> seek</c><00:28:09.200><c> judgment,</c>

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relieve<00:28:13.079><c> the</c><00:28:13.720><c> oppressed,</c><00:28:15.859><c> judge</c><00:28:16.299><c> the</c><00:28:16.799><c> fatherless,</c><00:28:18.339><c> plead</c><00:28:18.660><c> for</c><00:28:19.420><c> the</c><00:28:19.579><c> widows.</c><00:28:20.440><c> And</c><00:28:20.779><c> here</c><00:28:21.119><c> we</c>

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feel<00:28:21.660><c> at</c><00:28:21.839><c> liberty</c><00:28:22.160><c> of</c>

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taking<00:28:22.740><c> the</c><00:28:23.019><c> same</c><00:28:23.319><c> kind</c><00:28:23.619><c> of</c><00:28:23.880><c> message</c><00:28:24.140><c> which</c><00:28:24.339><c> is</c><00:28:24.579><c> expressed</c><00:28:24.920><c> in</c>

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Micah<00:28:25.640><c> and</c><00:28:26.059><c> the</c><00:28:26.220><c> same</c><00:28:26.480><c> kind</c><00:28:26.759><c> of</c><00:28:26.940><c> message</c><00:28:27.160><c> which</c><00:28:27.359><c> is</c>

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all<00:28:31.480><c> together</c><00:28:32.039><c> to</c><00:28:32.700><c> show</c><00:28:33.079><c> that</c><00:28:33.339><c> there</c><00:28:33.579><c> is</c><00:28:33.779><c> one</c><00:28:34.059><c> fundamental</c><00:28:34.660><c> issue</c><00:28:35.119><c> that</c><00:28:35.380><c> we</c>

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need<00:28:36.019><c> to</c><00:28:36.359><c> gain</c><00:28:36.559><c> in</c><00:28:36.859><c> our</c><00:28:37.059><c> lives</c>

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as<00:28:37.859><c> servants</c><00:28:38.240><c> and</c><00:28:38.720><c> that</c><00:28:38.880><c> is</c><00:28:39.039><c> the</c><00:28:39.359><c> true</c><00:28:39.660><c> concept</c><00:28:40.200><c> of</c><00:28:40.440><c> judgment.</c>

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And<00:28:43.200><c> Jesus</c><00:28:43.500><c> is</c><00:28:43.759><c> giving</c><00:28:43.920><c> it</c><00:28:44.240><c> to</c><00:28:44.460><c> us.</c>

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So<00:28:46.339><c> can</c><00:28:46.980><c> we</c><00:28:47.180><c> just</c><00:28:47.519><c> take</c><00:28:47.920><c> this</c><00:28:48.299><c> point</c><00:28:48.579><c> and</c><00:28:49.019><c> use</c><00:28:49.339><c> the</c><00:28:49.839><c> divine</c><00:28:50.359><c> commentary</c><00:28:51.180><c> on</c>

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what<00:28:52.079><c> judgment</c><00:28:52.460><c> is</c>

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and<00:28:54.519><c> learn</c><00:28:54.920><c> what</c><00:28:55.200><c> it</c><00:28:55.440><c> means.</c><00:28:56.799><c> And</c><00:28:57.059><c> there</c><00:28:57.220><c> are</c><00:28:57.380><c> two</c><00:28:57.559><c> places</c><00:28:58.140><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:59.039><c> life</c><00:28:59.200><c> of</c><00:28:59.440><c> Jesus</c><00:28:59.759><c> where</c><00:29:00.079><c> judgment</c>

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is<00:29:02.519><c> brought</c><00:29:02.819><c> forward.</c><00:29:05.079><c> Matthew</c><00:29:05.200><c> chapter</c><00:29:05.539><c> 9</c><00:29:05.940><c> verse</c><00:29:06.240><c> 13.</c>

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Matthew<00:29:11.920><c> chapter</c><00:29:12.200><c> 9.</c>

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The<00:29:16.339><c> incident</c><00:29:16.599><c> is</c><00:29:16.779><c> a</c><00:29:16.880><c> lovely</c><00:29:17.099><c> one.</c><00:29:18.539><c> We</c><00:29:18.720><c> find</c><00:29:18.960><c> Matthew</c><00:29:19.660><c> sitting</c>

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at<00:29:21.079><c> his</c><00:29:21.200><c> usual</c><00:29:21.480><c> place</c><00:29:21.940><c> and</c><00:29:23.099><c> we</c><00:29:23.240><c> suspect</c><00:29:23.519><c> that</c>

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has<00:29:24.220><c> been</c><00:29:24.900><c> hearing</c><00:29:25.720><c> the</c><00:29:26.359><c> words</c><00:29:26.539><c> of</c><00:29:26.740><c> our</c><00:29:26.839><c> Lord</c><00:29:26.940><c> Jesus</c><00:29:27.240><c> Christ</c>

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:34.059
and<00:29:29.259><c> he</c><00:29:29.579><c> sees</c><00:29:30.400><c> our</c><00:29:31.980><c> Lord</c><00:29:32.200><c> coming</c><00:29:32.579><c> to</c><00:29:32.960><c> him.</c>

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:37.680
And<00:29:34.740><c> I</c><00:29:34.880><c> can</c><00:29:35.019><c> imagine</c><00:29:35.559><c> Matthew</c><00:29:36.099><c> beginning</c><00:29:36.420><c> to</c><00:29:36.759><c> squirm</c><00:29:37.079><c> as</c><00:29:37.480><c> he's</c>

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sitting<00:29:37.960><c> there</c><00:29:38.279><c> because</c><00:29:38.599><c> the</c><00:29:38.859><c> eyes</c><00:29:39.140><c> of</c><00:29:39.359><c> our</c><00:29:39.539><c> Lord</c>

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:44.180
Jesus<00:29:40.039><c> Christ</c><00:29:40.500><c> are</c><00:29:40.859><c> beginning</c><00:29:41.079><c> to</c><00:29:41.339><c> look</c><00:29:41.500><c> into</c><00:29:41.839><c> Matthew's</c><00:29:42.480><c> ledger,</c><00:29:43.960><c> his</c>

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.500
account<00:29:44.460><c> book.</c>

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:49.779
And<00:29:47.319><c> Matthew</c><00:29:47.579><c> begins</c><00:29:47.980><c> to</c><00:29:48.400><c> perceive</c><00:29:48.819><c> that</c><00:29:49.059><c> the</c><00:29:49.220><c> eyes</c><00:29:49.440><c> of</c><00:29:49.640><c> our</c>

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:51.900
Lord<00:29:49.940><c> Jesus</c><00:29:50.259><c> are</c><00:29:50.599><c> also</c><00:29:50.980><c> looking</c><00:29:51.259><c> into</c><00:29:51.500><c> Matthew's</c>

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:57.420
pockets<00:29:52.819><c> and</c><00:29:54.740><c> they're</c><00:29:55.519><c> exposing</c><00:29:55.839><c> the</c><00:29:56.059><c> ill</c><00:29:56.200><c>-gotten</c><00:29:56.500><c> gains.</c>

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:08.440
And<00:30:00.380><c> so</c><00:30:00.460><c> when</c><00:30:00.660><c> Jesus</c><00:30:00.940><c> said</c><00:30:01.380><c> follow</c><00:30:02.559><c> me,</c><00:30:05.079><c> Matthew</c><00:30:05.160><c> did</c><00:30:05.400><c> just</c><00:30:05.720><c> that.</c><00:30:07.759><c> But</c><00:30:08.000><c> look</c><00:30:08.220><c> at</c>

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Matthew's<00:30:09.039><c> response.</c>

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As<00:30:12.599><c> Jews</c><00:30:13.160><c> perhaps</c><00:30:14.299><c> know</c><00:30:15.019><c> only</c><00:30:15.299><c> too</c><00:30:15.619><c> well</c><00:30:16.079><c> that</c><00:30:16.640><c> when</c><00:30:16.819><c> they</c><00:30:17.019><c> have</c><00:30:17.160><c> a</c>

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.680
cause<00:30:17.519><c> for</c><00:30:17.819><c> rejoicing</c><00:30:18.200><c> they</c><00:30:18.400><c> certainly</c>

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:22.480
know<00:30:18.859><c> how</c><00:30:19.039><c> to</c><00:30:19.200><c> rejoice.</c><00:30:20.880><c> I</c><00:30:20.920><c> remember</c><00:30:21.220><c> trying</c><00:30:21.519><c> to</c><00:30:21.660><c> give</c><00:30:21.779><c> a</c><00:30:21.920><c> lecture</c><00:30:22.160><c> once</c>

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:24.180
in<00:30:22.680><c> a</c><00:30:22.779><c> Christadelphian</c><00:30:23.460><c> hall</c><00:30:23.839><c> that</c><00:30:24.000><c> was</c>

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:26.660
being<00:30:24.460><c> rented</c><00:30:24.740><c> and</c><00:30:25.099><c> it</c><00:30:25.180><c> was</c><00:30:25.319><c> alongside</c><00:30:25.720><c> a</c><00:30:25.880><c> Jewish</c><00:30:26.140><c> synagogue</c>

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:29.039
and<00:30:27.500><c> the</c><00:30:27.680><c> time</c><00:30:27.819><c> of</c><00:30:28.000><c> the</c><00:30:28.220><c> evening</c><00:30:28.500><c> service</c>

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:31.640
was<00:30:29.559><c> at</c><00:30:29.720><c> the</c><00:30:29.839><c> same</c><00:30:30.039><c> time</c><00:30:30.259><c> that</c><00:30:30.440><c> the</c><00:30:30.579><c> Jews</c><00:30:30.740><c> were</c><00:30:30.960><c> holding</c><00:30:31.160><c> a</c><00:30:31.359><c> feast.</c><00:30:31.619><c> I</c>

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:33.119
think<00:30:31.799><c> it</c><00:30:31.920><c> was</c><00:30:32.059><c> the</c><00:30:32.160><c> feast</c><00:30:32.339><c> of</c><00:30:32.579><c> tabernacles.</c>

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:35.940
I've<00:30:33.819><c> never</c><00:30:34.000><c> had</c><00:30:34.180><c> such</c><00:30:34.380><c> a</c><00:30:34.539><c> difficult</c><00:30:34.839><c> task</c><00:30:35.119><c> in</c><00:30:35.299><c> all</c><00:30:35.440><c> my</c><00:30:35.640><c> life</c>

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competing<00:30:36.539><c> with</c><00:30:36.819><c> that</c><00:30:37.019><c> backing.</c>

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:41.779
The<00:30:39.279><c> rejoicing</c><00:30:39.779><c> which</c><00:30:40.000><c> was</c><00:30:40.240><c> going</c><00:30:40.480><c> on</c><00:30:40.619><c> was</c><00:30:40.799><c> marvelous.</c>

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:49.619
Matthew<00:30:44.640><c> rejoiced.</c><00:30:45.940><c> He</c><00:30:46.019><c> opened</c><00:30:46.539><c> his</c><00:30:46.880><c> house</c><00:30:47.319><c> wide</c><00:30:47.839><c> and</c><00:30:48.339><c> invited</c><00:30:48.740><c> publicans</c><00:30:49.420><c> and</c>

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.759
sinners<00:30:49.819><c> and</c><00:30:50.019><c> they</c><00:30:50.200><c> came</c><00:30:50.400><c> and</c><00:30:50.559><c> sat</c>

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:56.299
down<00:30:51.039><c> with</c><00:30:51.259><c> Jesus</c><00:30:51.660><c> and</c><00:30:52.019><c> his</c><00:30:52.279><c> disciples.</c><00:30:55.420><c> But</c><00:30:55.579><c> the</c><00:30:55.779><c> killjoys</c>

00:30:56.299 --> 00:31:00.619
were<00:30:56.519><c> there,</c><00:30:59.519><c> the</c><00:30:59.740><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:09.420
these<00:31:03.220><c> comfortless</c><00:31:04.059><c> people.</c><00:31:05.960><c> Why</c><00:31:06.799><c> eat?</c><00:31:08.119><c> Eat</c><00:31:08.500><c> as</c><00:31:08.700><c> your</c><00:31:08.900><c> master</c>

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:12.339
with<00:31:10.319><c> the</c><00:31:10.700><c> publicans</c><00:31:11.160><c> and</c><00:31:11.339><c> sinners.</c>

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:21.279
And<00:31:14.579><c> Jesus</c><00:31:14.839><c> heard</c><00:31:15.059><c> it</c><00:31:16.059><c> and</c><00:31:17.359><c> then</c><00:31:17.640><c> declares</c><00:31:18.460><c> from</c><00:31:19.160><c> the</c><00:31:19.380><c> prophet,</c><00:31:20.460><c> not</c><00:31:20.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:20.960><c> in</c>

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.119
this<00:31:21.519><c> case,</c><00:31:22.359><c> but</c><00:31:22.440><c> he</c><00:31:22.640><c> says,</c>

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:30.339
verse<00:31:23.700><c> 13,</c><00:31:24.640><c> but</c><00:31:25.119><c> go</c><00:31:25.980><c> ye</c><00:31:26.279><c> and</c><00:31:26.960><c> learn</c><00:31:27.599><c> what</c><00:31:28.799><c> this</c><00:31:29.140><c> meaneth.</c><00:31:30.259><c> I</c>

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:34.059
desire<00:31:30.900><c> mercy</c><00:31:31.759><c> and</c><00:31:32.359><c> not</c><00:31:32.660><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:38.779
for<00:31:34.460><c> I</c><00:31:34.700><c> am</c><00:31:34.940><c> come</c><00:31:35.180><c> not</c><00:31:35.900><c> to</c><00:31:36.299><c> call</c><00:31:36.500><c> the</c><00:31:36.779><c> righteous</c><00:31:37.279><c> but</c><00:31:37.900><c> sinners.</c>

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:41.400
And<00:31:39.339><c> so</c><00:31:39.480><c> in</c><00:31:39.720><c> one</c><00:31:39.980><c> grand</c><00:31:40.319><c> sweep</c><00:31:40.759><c> our</c><00:31:41.180><c> Lord</c>

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:45.660
takes<00:31:41.779><c> hold</c><00:31:42.039><c> of</c><00:31:42.200><c> a</c><00:31:42.420><c> situation</c><00:31:43.039><c> where</c><00:31:43.880><c> he</c><00:31:44.319><c> demonstrates</c><00:31:45.039><c> that</c>

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:48.140
the<00:31:46.059><c> Pharisees</c><00:31:46.559><c> had</c><00:31:46.859><c> made</c><00:31:47.220><c> their</c><00:31:47.579><c> religion</c>

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:52.519
of<00:31:48.759><c> such</c><00:31:49.079><c> a</c><00:31:49.539><c> kind</c><00:31:50.019><c> that</c><00:31:50.599><c> they</c><00:31:50.779><c> had</c><00:31:50.960><c> lost</c><00:31:51.099><c> the</c><00:31:51.259><c> ability</c><00:31:51.559><c> to</c><00:31:51.799><c> communicate</c><00:31:52.279><c> with</c>

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:54.099
the<00:31:52.680><c> needs</c><00:31:52.859><c> of</c><00:31:53.119><c> people.</c>

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:56.980
It<00:31:54.380><c> was</c><00:31:54.680><c> a</c><00:31:54.980><c> comfortless</c><00:31:55.779><c> religion.</c>

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:03.960
And<00:32:00.339><c> so</c><00:32:00.519><c> therefore</c><00:32:00.900><c> what</c><00:32:01.220><c> they</c><00:32:01.500><c> had</c><00:32:01.900><c> got</c><00:32:02.119><c> themselves</c><00:32:02.539><c> into</c><00:32:02.880><c> was</c><00:32:03.099><c> some</c><00:32:03.440><c> kind</c><00:32:03.680><c> of</c>

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.900
holy<00:32:04.220><c> huddle</c>

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and<00:32:05.700><c> built</c><00:32:05.900><c> up</c><00:32:06.079><c> their</c><00:32:06.259><c> own</c><00:32:06.559><c> kind</c><00:32:06.859><c> of</c><00:32:07.160><c> holy</c><00:32:07.339><c> language</c><00:32:07.940><c> where</c>

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:12.940
the<00:32:09.599><c> need,</c><00:32:11.480><c> publicans</c><00:32:11.900><c> and</c><00:32:12.099><c> sinners,</c>

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:20.400
was<00:32:13.400><c> not</c><00:32:13.640><c> being</c><00:32:13.859><c> met.</c><00:32:16.759><c> In</c><00:32:16.799><c> order</c><00:32:17.039><c> that</c><00:32:17.279><c> I</c><00:32:17.500><c> may</c><00:32:17.700><c> make</c><00:32:18.059><c> this</c><00:32:18.420><c> point</c><00:32:18.680><c> I</c><00:32:18.880><c> will</c><00:32:19.180><c> use</c><00:32:20.000><c> a</c>

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:22.000
challenging<00:32:20.819><c> example.</c>

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:28.339
I<00:32:23.059><c> just</c><00:32:23.480><c> wonder</c><00:32:24.099><c> whether</c><00:32:24.619><c> we</c><00:32:25.160><c> as</c><00:32:25.740><c> servants</c><00:32:26.380><c> have</c><00:32:27.359><c> lost</c><00:32:27.700><c> our</c><00:32:27.980><c> way</c><00:32:28.140><c> to</c>

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:30.119
the<00:32:28.519><c> extent</c><00:32:28.920><c> that</c><00:32:29.140><c> we</c><00:32:29.299><c> have</c><00:32:29.420><c> lost</c><00:32:29.640><c> the</c><00:32:29.880><c> kind</c>

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:33.200
of<00:32:30.420><c> communication</c><00:32:30.920><c> that</c><00:32:31.119><c> is</c><00:32:31.319><c> needed</c><00:32:31.619><c> to</c><00:32:32.240><c> comfort</c><00:32:32.640><c> those</c><00:32:32.940><c> that</c>

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:36.180
are<00:32:33.400><c> needing</c><00:32:33.660><c> comfort.</c><00:32:35.039><c> I'm</c><00:32:35.339><c> just</c><00:32:35.619><c> wondering</c>

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:40.720
what<00:32:36.799><c> somebody</c><00:32:37.319><c> who</c><00:32:37.640><c> was</c><00:32:37.859><c> in</c><00:32:37.940><c> a</c><00:32:38.140><c> desperate</c><00:32:38.519><c> plight</c><00:32:38.940><c> economically,</c><00:32:40.400><c> perhaps</c>

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.980
their<00:32:40.960><c> marriage</c><00:32:41.359><c> is</c><00:32:41.720><c> breaking</c>

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:46.000
up<00:32:42.119><c> around</c><00:32:42.380><c> their</c><00:32:42.680><c> ears,</c><00:32:43.140><c> there</c><00:32:43.319><c> are</c><00:32:43.500><c> a</c><00:32:43.539><c> whole</c><00:32:43.839><c> number</c><00:32:44.279><c> of</c><00:32:44.500><c> domestic</c><00:32:45.019><c> problems</c><00:32:45.579><c> and</c>

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.099
through<00:32:46.299><c> the</c><00:32:46.559><c> door</c><00:32:46.779><c> comes</c>

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:51.960
a<00:32:47.359><c> leaflet</c><00:32:47.720><c> which</c><00:32:48.019><c> says,</c><00:32:48.819><c> God</c><00:32:48.880><c> will</c><00:32:49.200><c> bury</c><00:32:49.460><c> Russia</c><00:32:49.839><c> in</c><00:32:50.940><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:58.460
Or<00:32:56.380><c> Afghanistan,</c><00:32:57.220><c> what</c><00:32:57.319><c> next?</c>

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:08.420
I<00:33:02.339><c> have</c><00:33:02.420><c> no</c><00:33:02.559><c> sense</c><00:33:02.799><c> at</c><00:33:03.119><c> all</c><00:33:03.960><c> knocking</c><00:33:04.819><c> that</c><00:33:07.440><c> it</c><00:33:07.599><c> is</c><00:33:07.819><c> right</c><00:33:08.059><c> and</c>

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:10.160
proper<00:33:08.619><c> that</c><00:33:08.839><c> we</c><00:33:09.019><c> should</c><00:33:09.200><c> talk</c><00:33:09.480><c> about</c><00:33:09.819><c> prophecy</c>

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:13.380
and<00:33:10.420><c> we</c><00:33:10.539><c> should</c><00:33:10.940><c> seek</c><00:33:11.579><c> ways</c><00:33:11.940><c> in</c><00:33:12.160><c> which</c><00:33:12.339><c> we</c><00:33:12.579><c> can</c><00:33:12.779><c> communicate</c>

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:15.019
to<00:33:14.079><c> the</c><00:33:14.259><c> world</c><00:33:14.400><c> in</c><00:33:14.539><c> which</c><00:33:14.660><c> we</c><00:33:14.880><c> live,</c>

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:17.700
the<00:33:15.220><c> fact</c><00:33:15.420><c> that</c><00:33:15.619><c> we</c><00:33:15.799><c> believe</c><00:33:16.119><c> that</c><00:33:16.279><c> there</c><00:33:16.480><c> are</c><00:33:16.680><c> signs</c><00:33:16.980><c> happening</c><00:33:17.299><c> in</c><00:33:17.500><c> this</c>

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:20.539
world.<00:33:18.640><c> But</c><00:33:19.000><c> let</c><00:33:19.319><c> us</c><00:33:19.559><c> be</c><00:33:20.019><c> sensitive</c>

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:24.400
to<00:33:20.759><c> the</c><00:33:20.980><c> kind</c><00:33:21.160><c> of</c><00:33:21.359><c> language</c><00:33:21.640><c> we</c><00:33:21.920><c> present.</c><00:33:23.640><c> And</c><00:33:23.839><c> God</c><00:33:24.039><c> burying</c>

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:29.099
Russia<00:33:24.759><c> in</c><00:33:25.000><c> Israel</c><00:33:25.500><c> may</c><00:33:26.160><c> be</c><00:33:27.539><c> of</c><00:33:27.759><c> no</c><00:33:28.039><c> relevance</c>

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:33.000
to<00:33:30.440><c> somebody</c><00:33:30.799><c> who</c><00:33:31.299><c> needs</c><00:33:31.680><c> the</c><00:33:32.000><c> gospel.</c>

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:41.640
He<00:33:36.000><c> came</c><00:33:36.460><c> to</c><00:33:36.859><c> preach</c><00:33:37.380><c> good</c><00:33:37.900><c> news</c><00:33:38.380><c> to</c><00:33:38.640><c> the</c><00:33:38.900><c> poor,</c><00:33:40.319><c> to</c><00:33:40.579><c> heal</c><00:33:41.099><c> the</c>

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broken<00:33:42.079><c> hearted.</c>

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And<00:33:46.500><c> so</c><00:33:46.700><c> maybe</c><00:33:47.039><c> we</c><00:33:47.599><c> need</c><00:33:47.880><c> to</c><00:33:48.279><c> learn</c><00:33:48.779><c> judgment</c><00:33:49.640><c> in</c><00:33:52.019><c> the</c><00:33:52.279><c> sense</c>

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:54.920
that<00:33:52.900><c> judgment</c><00:33:53.240><c> is</c><00:33:53.480><c> coupled</c><00:33:53.720><c> with</c><00:33:53.980><c> mercy.</c>

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:59.279
It's<00:33:55.660><c> coupled</c><00:33:55.819><c> with</c><00:33:56.000><c> a</c><00:33:56.180><c> sensitive</c><00:33:56.500><c> mind.</c><00:33:58.220><c> It's</c><00:33:58.700><c> a</c><00:33:58.880><c> mind</c><00:33:59.059><c> which</c>

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:02.779
is<00:33:59.539><c> not</c><00:33:59.799><c> showing</c><00:34:00.099><c> a</c><00:34:00.519><c> slavish</c><00:34:01.180><c> adherence</c>

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:09.219
to<00:34:03.759><c> doctrinal</c><00:34:04.579><c> issues</c><00:34:05.460><c> to</c><00:34:06.240><c> such</c><00:34:06.480><c> an</c><00:34:06.700><c> extent</c><00:34:07.059><c> that</c><00:34:07.299><c> the</c><00:34:07.480><c> language</c><00:34:07.880><c> we</c><00:34:08.280><c> present</c>

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:15.920
provides<00:34:10.480><c> no</c><00:34:10.719><c> comfort,</c><00:34:11.880><c> no</c><00:34:12.019><c> mercy,</c><00:34:13.699><c> no</c><00:34:13.920><c> awareness.</c><00:34:14.940><c> As</c><00:34:15.539><c> the</c>

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:18.079
suffering<00:34:16.559><c> servant</c><00:34:17.139><c> showed</c>

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:23.719
when<00:34:18.539><c> a</c><00:34:18.780><c> bruised</c><00:34:19.059><c> reed,</c><00:34:20.139><c> he</c><00:34:20.440><c> did</c><00:34:20.579><c> not</c><00:34:20.800><c> break.</c><00:34:22.280><c> And</c><00:34:22.599><c> the</c><00:34:22.800><c> smoking</c><00:34:23.139><c> flax,</c>

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:26.119
he<00:34:24.380><c> did</c><00:34:24.599><c> not</c><00:34:25.039><c> quench.</c>

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:33.159
One<00:34:29.440><c> is</c><00:34:29.619><c> tempted</c><00:34:30.000><c> and</c><00:34:30.559><c> I'll</c><00:34:30.980><c> follow</c><00:34:31.159><c> the</c><00:34:31.360><c> temptation</c><00:34:31.780><c> of</c><00:34:31.960><c> using</c><00:34:32.179><c> another</c><00:34:32.500><c> example</c><00:34:32.940><c> of</c>

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:35.079
our<00:34:33.320><c> Lord,</c><00:34:33.980><c> Matthew</c><00:34:34.260><c> 12.</c>

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:42.679
And<00:34:40.599><c> here</c><00:34:40.699><c> we</c><00:34:40.820><c> have</c><00:34:40.940><c> a</c><00:34:41.059><c> delightful</c><00:34:41.460><c> scene</c><00:34:41.780><c> in</c><00:34:41.980><c> the</c><00:34:42.260><c> first</c><00:34:42.500><c> few</c>

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:44.059
verses<00:34:43.000><c> of</c><00:34:43.199><c> this</c><00:34:43.420><c> chapter</c><00:34:43.699><c> 12,</c>

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:47.960
where<00:34:44.320><c> Jesus</c><00:34:44.579><c> is</c><00:34:44.760><c> with</c><00:34:44.880><c> his</c><00:34:45.099><c> disciples</c><00:34:45.500><c> on</c><00:34:45.760><c> a</c><00:34:45.880><c> Sabbath</c><00:34:46.059><c> day</c><00:34:46.380><c> and</c><00:34:46.539><c> they're</c><00:34:46.679><c> going</c><00:34:46.900><c> through</c><00:34:47.079><c> the</c><00:34:47.280><c> fields</c><00:34:47.559><c> of</c><00:34:47.820><c> corn</c>

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:50.179
and<00:34:48.320><c> the</c><00:34:48.480><c> disciples</c><00:34:48.780><c> are</c><00:34:48.980><c> hungry</c><00:34:49.280><c> and</c><00:34:49.400><c> they</c><00:34:49.599><c> take</c><00:34:49.800><c> the</c><00:34:50.019><c> ears</c>

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:52.559
of<00:34:50.400><c> corn</c><00:34:50.519><c> and</c><00:34:50.940><c> rub</c><00:34:51.059><c> them</c><00:34:51.219><c> in</c><00:34:51.380><c> their</c><00:34:51.539><c> hands</c>

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:54.559
and<00:34:53.460><c> start</c><00:34:53.800><c> eating.</c>

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.199
And<00:34:59.519><c> the</c><00:34:59.679><c> watchdogs</c><00:35:00.059><c> are</c><00:35:00.300><c> there</c><00:35:00.460><c> again.</c>

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:06.440
You're<00:35:04.900><c> breaking</c><00:35:05.199><c> the</c><00:35:05.440><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:10.960
Behold,<00:35:08.920><c> thy</c><00:35:09.039><c> disciples</c><00:35:09.500><c> do</c><00:35:09.739><c> that</c><00:35:09.940><c> which</c><00:35:10.079><c> is</c><00:35:10.260><c> not</c><00:35:10.460><c> lawful</c><00:35:10.780><c> to</c>

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:12.199
do<00:35:11.119><c> upon</c><00:35:11.320><c> the</c><00:35:11.500><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:19.800
And<00:35:14.940><c> then</c><00:35:15.260><c> Jesus</c><00:35:15.699><c> in</c><00:35:16.000><c> his</c><00:35:16.519><c> filling</c><00:35:16.880><c> full</c><00:35:17.420><c> of</c><00:35:17.840><c> the</c><00:35:18.119><c> spirit</c><00:35:18.860><c> of</c>

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:22.219
God's<00:35:20.219><c> teaching</c><00:35:20.900><c> shows</c><00:35:21.719><c> that,</c>

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:24.380
and<00:35:22.500><c> it's</c><00:35:22.679><c> not</c><00:35:22.840><c> mentioned</c><00:35:23.139><c> but</c><00:35:23.280><c> it</c><00:35:23.440><c> was</c><00:35:23.559><c> on</c><00:35:23.719><c> the</c><00:35:23.880><c> Sabbath</c><00:35:24.059><c> day</c>

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:26.239
when<00:35:24.659><c> David</c><00:35:24.980><c> went</c><00:35:25.300><c> and</c><00:35:25.480><c> he</c><00:35:25.639><c> did</c><00:35:25.780><c> something</c><00:35:26.079><c> which</c>

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:30.860
was<00:35:26.460><c> unlawful,</c><00:35:27.159><c> he</c><00:35:27.320><c> was</c><00:35:27.659><c> hungry</c><00:35:28.239><c> and</c><00:35:29.659><c> he</c><00:35:29.800><c> was</c><00:35:30.000><c> fed.</c><00:35:30.500><c> Look</c><00:35:30.659><c> what</c>

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:34.340
he<00:35:31.119><c> was</c><00:35:31.320><c> fed</c><00:35:31.480><c> with.</c><00:35:33.119><c> Those</c><00:35:33.420><c> things</c><00:35:33.699><c> that</c><00:35:33.880><c> he</c><00:35:34.059><c> was</c>

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:40.639
not<00:35:35.340><c> lawful</c><00:35:35.920><c> to</c><00:35:36.300><c> receive.</c><00:35:38.239><c> And</c><00:35:38.340><c> then</c><00:35:38.739><c> Jesus</c><00:35:39.579><c> finishes</c><00:35:40.280><c> this</c>

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:43.159
discourse<00:35:41.039><c> with</c><00:35:41.460><c> the</c><00:35:41.880><c> Pharisees</c><00:35:42.320><c> by</c><00:35:42.619><c> saying</c><00:35:42.860><c> verse</c>

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:51.239
seven,<00:35:44.260><c> but</c><00:35:44.480><c> if</c><00:35:45.260><c> ye</c><00:35:45.659><c> had</c><00:35:46.239><c> known</c><00:35:46.760><c> what</c><00:35:48.460><c> this</c><00:35:48.780><c> meanest,</c><00:35:49.860><c> I</c><00:35:50.179><c> desire</c><00:35:50.659><c> mercy</c>

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:53.579
and<00:35:51.559><c> not</c><00:35:51.780><c> sacrifice.</c><00:35:52.480><c> Ye</c><00:35:52.840><c> would</c><00:35:53.199><c> not</c>

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:57.440
have<00:35:53.860><c> condemned</c><00:35:54.360><c> the</c><00:35:54.699><c> guiltless</c><00:35:55.360><c> for</c><00:35:55.719><c> the</c><00:35:55.940><c> son</c><00:35:56.059><c> of</c><00:35:56.320><c> man</c><00:35:56.500><c> is</c><00:35:56.880><c> Lord</c><00:35:57.239><c> of</c>

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:59.760
the<00:35:57.679><c> Sabbath.</c><00:35:58.260><c> The</c><00:35:58.460><c> Lord</c><00:35:58.679><c> Jesus</c><00:35:59.019><c> never</c><00:35:59.460><c> broke</c>

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:09.300
the<00:36:00.079><c> Sabbath.</c><00:36:00.400><c> He</c><00:36:00.559><c> filled</c><00:36:00.760><c> it</c><00:36:01.039><c> full.</c><00:36:03.119><c> He</c><00:36:03.380><c> fulfilled</c><00:36:03.719><c> it.</c><00:36:09.119><c> And</c>

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:13.139
so<00:36:09.559><c> therefore,</c><00:36:11.619><c> when</c><00:36:11.760><c> we</c><00:36:12.059><c> come</c><00:36:12.300><c> to</c><00:36:12.539><c> this</c><00:36:12.800><c> whole</c>

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:17.260
question<00:36:13.579><c> of</c><00:36:13.840><c> judgment,</c><00:36:14.400><c> we</c><00:36:14.639><c> sit</c><00:36:14.840><c> at</c><00:36:15.000><c> the</c><00:36:15.139><c> feet</c><00:36:15.260><c> of</c><00:36:15.500><c> Jesus</c><00:36:15.940><c> and</c>

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:20.500
we<00:36:17.500><c> find</c><00:36:17.760><c> ourselves</c><00:36:18.360><c> hearing</c><00:36:18.920><c> these</c><00:36:19.239><c> words.</c>

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:28.840
Ye<00:36:23.099><c> have</c><00:36:23.320><c> heard</c><00:36:23.940><c> that</c><00:36:25.159><c> it</c><00:36:25.320><c> was</c><00:36:25.579><c> said</c><00:36:26.119><c> of</c><00:36:27.400><c> all</c><00:36:27.699><c> time.</c>

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:37.860
Thou<00:36:30.940><c> shalt</c><00:36:31.260><c> not</c><00:36:31.539><c> commit</c><00:36:31.840><c> adultery.</c><00:36:35.440><c> But</c><00:36:35.559><c> I</c><00:36:35.860><c> say</c><00:36:36.019><c> unto</c><00:36:36.280><c> you</c>

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:40.699
that<00:36:39.260><c> every</c><00:36:39.840><c> one</c>

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:48.280
that<00:36:44.000><c> looketh</c><00:36:44.719><c> on</c><00:36:45.380><c> a</c><00:36:45.519><c> woman</c><00:36:45.719><c> to</c><00:36:45.960><c> lust</c><00:36:46.260><c> after</c><00:36:46.619><c> her</c><00:36:46.860><c> hath</c><00:36:47.059><c> committed</c><00:36:47.460><c> adultery</c><00:36:48.000><c> with</c>

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:50.940
her<00:36:48.619><c> already</c><00:36:49.159><c> in</c><00:36:49.659><c> his</c><00:36:49.960><c> heart.</c>

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:59.219
Here<00:36:52.599><c> Jesus</c><00:36:53.340><c> is</c><00:36:53.880><c> filling</c><00:36:54.239><c> full</c><00:36:54.619><c> that</c><00:36:55.000><c> law</c><00:36:55.500><c> of</c><00:36:56.039><c> God</c><00:36:56.619><c> from</c><00:36:58.360><c> the</c>

00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:00.719
prophet<00:36:59.579><c> Moses.</c>

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:09.860
And<00:37:03.579><c> so</c><00:37:03.940><c> it</c><00:37:04.440><c> places</c><00:37:04.800><c> upon</c><00:37:05.360><c> us</c><00:37:06.400><c> therefore</c><00:37:07.179><c> in</c><00:37:07.679><c> this</c><00:37:08.019><c> age</c><00:37:08.400><c> in</c><00:37:08.619><c> which</c><00:37:08.760><c> we</c><00:37:08.980><c> live</c>

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:14.699
that<00:37:11.019><c> realization</c><00:37:11.739><c> that</c><00:37:11.960><c> if</c><00:37:12.139><c> we</c><00:37:12.360><c> are</c><00:37:12.519><c> to</c><00:37:12.900><c> pass</c><00:37:13.420><c> judgment</c><00:37:14.159><c> then</c>

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:18.360
it<00:37:15.079><c> is</c><00:37:15.460><c> to</c><00:37:15.739><c> be</c><00:37:15.960><c> in</c><00:37:16.159><c> the</c><00:37:16.480><c> context</c><00:37:17.059><c> of</c><00:37:17.400><c> a</c>

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:25.019
that<00:37:19.099><c> is</c><00:37:19.340><c> filled</c><00:37:19.679><c> full.</c><00:37:21.659><c> And</c><00:37:21.940><c> I'm</c><00:37:22.219><c> often</c><00:37:22.500><c> tempted</c><00:37:22.980><c> whenever</c><00:37:23.460><c> one</c><00:37:23.760><c> is</c><00:37:24.059><c> drawn</c><00:37:24.219><c> into</c><00:37:24.659><c> a</c>

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.539
discussion<00:37:25.320><c> at</c>

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:29.539
the<00:37:25.739><c> arranging</c><00:37:26.079><c> meeting</c><00:37:26.440><c> or</c><00:37:26.760><c> at</c><00:37:26.920><c> the</c><00:37:27.039><c> business</c><00:37:27.360><c> meeting</c><00:37:27.619><c> of</c><00:37:27.800><c> the</c><00:37:27.980><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:28.320><c> and</c><00:37:28.920><c> there</c><00:37:29.099><c> is</c><00:37:29.280><c> a</c>

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:31.039
moral<00:37:29.940><c> issue.</c>

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:36.039
And<00:37:33.079><c> in</c><00:37:33.260><c> our</c><00:37:33.440><c> anxiety</c><00:37:34.019><c> to</c><00:37:34.440><c> preserve</c><00:37:34.940><c> the</c><00:37:35.320><c> truth</c><00:37:35.619><c> and</c><00:37:35.840><c> to</c>

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:37.659
uphold<00:37:36.519><c> standards,</c>

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:40.639
we<00:37:38.039><c> rightly</c><00:37:38.519><c> look</c><00:37:38.900><c> to</c><00:37:39.159><c> scriptures</c><00:37:39.500><c> and</c><00:37:39.719><c> we</c><00:37:39.960><c> see</c><00:37:40.079><c> what</c><00:37:40.300><c> are</c><00:37:40.460><c> the</c>

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:43.610
laws<00:37:41.019><c> and</c><00:37:41.440><c> we</c><00:37:41.780><c> say</c><00:37:42.019><c> that's</c><00:37:42.800><c> it.</c>

00:37:46.130 --> 00:37:50.630
And<00:37:46.789><c> in</c><00:37:46.829><c> no</c><00:37:47.150><c> sense</c><00:37:47.710><c> can</c><00:37:48.329><c> we</c><00:37:48.670><c> therefore</c><00:37:49.230><c> tolerate</c><00:37:49.869><c> this</c><00:37:50.349><c> kind</c>

00:37:50.630 --> 00:37:51.829
of<00:37:50.809><c> weakness.</c>

00:37:53.150 --> 00:37:56.690
That<00:37:53.289><c> whenever</c><00:37:53.730><c> there</c><00:37:54.190><c> is</c><00:37:54.449><c> that</c><00:37:54.789><c> kind</c><00:37:55.110><c> of</c><00:37:55.389><c> pronouncement,</c><00:37:56.469><c> I</c>

00:37:56.690 --> 00:37:59.110
am<00:37:56.809><c> very</c><00:37:57.170><c> tempted</c><00:37:57.429><c> to</c><00:37:57.789><c> stand</c><00:37:58.110><c> up</c><00:37:58.369><c> and</c><00:37:58.550><c> say,</c><00:37:59.030><c> well,</c>

00:37:59.269 --> 00:38:03.090
brothers<00:37:59.369><c> and</c><00:37:59.690><c> sisters,</c><00:38:00.369><c> had</c><00:38:00.510><c> we</c><00:38:00.789><c> not</c><00:38:01.250><c> better</c><00:38:02.030><c> legislate</c><00:38:02.750><c> for</c>

00:38:03.090 --> 00:38:04.909
our<00:38:03.469><c> thought</c><00:38:03.730><c> life.</c>

00:38:06.909 --> 00:38:10.429
But<00:38:07.469><c> because</c><00:38:07.949><c> if</c><00:38:08.309><c> we</c><00:38:08.530><c> are</c><00:38:08.750><c> concerned</c><00:38:09.230><c> and</c><00:38:09.510><c> rightly</c><00:38:09.849><c> concerned</c>

00:38:10.429 --> 00:38:12.110
about<00:38:11.010><c> the</c><00:38:11.349><c> externals,</c>

00:38:12.250 --> 00:38:15.289
has<00:38:12.510><c> he</c><00:38:12.710><c> or</c><00:38:12.909><c> has</c><00:38:13.130><c> he</c><00:38:13.329><c> not</c><00:38:13.510><c> committed</c><00:38:13.889><c> adultery?</c>

00:38:16.969 --> 00:38:21.409
Then<00:38:17.510><c> let</c><00:38:17.730><c> us</c><00:38:18.190><c> bring</c><00:38:18.570><c> us</c><00:38:19.050><c> all</c><00:38:19.389><c> into</c><00:38:19.750><c> it</c><00:38:20.210><c> and</c><00:38:20.630><c> say,</c><00:38:21.050><c> well,</c><00:38:21.190><c> put</c>

00:38:21.409 --> 00:38:25.909
up<00:38:21.570><c> your</c><00:38:21.809><c> hand</c><00:38:21.969><c> if</c><00:38:22.130><c> you</c><00:38:22.429><c> haven't.</c>

00:38:30.489 --> 00:38:32.429
And<00:38:30.670><c> I'd</c><00:38:30.929><c> like</c><00:38:31.030><c> to</c><00:38:31.250><c> meet</c><00:38:31.369><c> the</c><00:38:31.610><c> brother.</c>

00:38:34.650 --> 00:38:40.570
But<00:38:35.369><c> be</c><00:38:35.530><c> able</c><00:38:35.690><c> to</c><00:38:35.889><c> say,</c><00:38:36.670><c> yes,</c><00:38:37.789><c> without</c><00:38:38.170><c> question,</c><00:38:40.030><c> I've</c><00:38:40.289><c> never</c>

00:38:40.570 --> 00:38:43.050
had<00:38:40.769><c> a</c><00:38:40.989><c> thought</c><00:38:41.190><c> of</c><00:38:41.449><c> lust</c><00:38:41.610><c> in</c><00:38:41.849><c> my</c><00:38:41.989><c> mind.</c>

00:38:47.610 --> 00:38:52.530
You<00:38:48.329><c> see,</c><00:38:48.550><c> Jesus</c><00:38:49.050><c> is</c><00:38:50.269><c> not</c><00:38:50.469><c> asking</c><00:38:50.750><c> us</c><00:38:50.949><c> to</c><00:38:51.170><c> compromise</c><00:38:51.550><c> anything.</c>

00:38:53.929 --> 00:38:59.969
He's<00:38:54.590><c> reminded</c><00:38:54.989><c> us</c><00:38:55.849><c> that</c><00:38:56.230><c> not</c><00:38:56.710><c> one</c><00:38:57.769><c> little</c><00:38:58.369><c> letter,</c><00:38:59.469><c> not</c><00:38:59.610><c> one</c>

00:38:59.969 --> 00:39:02.730
jot<00:39:00.130><c> or</c><00:39:00.469><c> tittle</c><00:39:00.710><c> of</c><00:39:01.050><c> the</c><00:39:01.329><c> law</c><00:39:01.690><c> or</c><00:39:02.050><c> the</c><00:39:02.309><c> prophets</c>

00:39:02.730 --> 00:39:06.610
shall<00:39:03.570><c> be</c><00:39:03.949><c> diminished</c><00:39:04.369><c> in</c><00:39:04.590><c> any</c><00:39:04.829><c> sense</c><00:39:05.030><c> by</c><00:39:05.230><c> what</c><00:39:05.389><c> he</c><00:39:05.550><c> is</c><00:39:05.690><c> teaching.</c>

00:39:06.889 --> 00:39:10.650
But<00:39:07.070><c> what</c><00:39:07.269><c> he</c><00:39:07.530><c> is</c><00:39:07.809><c> saying</c><00:39:08.150><c> is</c><00:39:08.690><c> there</c><00:39:09.070><c> are</c><00:39:09.449><c> principles</c><00:39:10.030><c> of</c><00:39:10.389><c> God</c>

00:39:10.650 --> 00:39:13.849
which<00:39:11.010><c> must</c><00:39:11.389><c> be</c><00:39:11.769><c> colored</c><00:39:11.989><c> by</c><00:39:12.409><c> and</c><00:39:12.909><c> influenced</c><00:39:13.409><c> by</c>

00:39:13.849 --> 00:39:18.130
mercy<00:39:14.590><c> so</c><00:39:15.289><c> that</c><00:39:15.510><c> a</c><00:39:15.750><c> bruised</c><00:39:16.110><c> read</c><00:39:16.349><c> is</c><00:39:16.610><c> not</c><00:39:16.829><c> broken</c><00:39:17.150><c> and</c><00:39:17.349><c> a</c><00:39:17.530><c> smoking</c><00:39:17.829><c> flax</c>

00:39:18.130 --> 00:39:19.469
is<00:39:18.349><c> not</c><00:39:18.630><c> quenched.</c>

00:39:20.090 --> 00:39:24.110
Oh,<00:39:20.429><c> brothers</c><00:39:20.530><c> and</c><00:39:20.789><c> sisters,</c><00:39:21.110><c> let</c><00:39:21.289><c> us</c><00:39:21.630><c> fill</c><00:39:22.130><c> full</c><00:39:22.530><c> our</c><00:39:23.210><c> spiritual</c><00:39:23.710><c> lives</c>

00:39:24.110 --> 00:39:25.909
in<00:39:24.449><c> order</c><00:39:24.710><c> that</c><00:39:24.949><c> judgment</c><00:39:25.309><c> may</c><00:39:25.610><c> be</c>

00:39:25.909 --> 00:39:32.710
coupled<00:39:26.349><c> with</c><00:39:26.650><c> mercy.</c><00:39:28.969><c> For</c><00:39:29.110><c> with</c><00:39:29.510><c> what</c><00:39:30.050><c> judgment</c><00:39:30.849><c> ye</c><00:39:31.570><c> judge,</c>

00:39:33.510 --> 00:39:35.389
ye<00:39:33.690><c> shall</c><00:39:33.949><c> be</c><00:39:34.309><c> judged.</c>

00:39:36.650 --> 00:39:40.530
And<00:39:36.949><c> with</c><00:39:37.150><c> what</c><00:39:37.489><c> measure</c><00:39:37.869><c> ye</c><00:39:38.230><c> meet,</c><00:39:39.610><c> it</c><00:39:39.829><c> shall</c><00:39:40.010><c> be</c><00:39:40.329><c> measured</c>

00:39:40.530 --> 00:39:42.610
unto<00:39:40.849><c> you.</c><00:39:41.250><c> Carries</c><00:39:41.730><c> with</c><00:39:41.989><c> it</c><00:39:42.150><c> that</c>

00:39:42.610 --> 00:39:47.230
personal<00:39:43.329><c> realization</c><00:39:44.110><c> that</c><00:39:44.389><c> the</c><00:39:44.610><c> judgment</c><00:39:44.869><c> I</c><00:39:45.309><c> exercised</c><00:39:46.170><c> will</c><00:39:46.750><c> be</c>

00:39:47.230 --> 00:39:49.230
precisely<00:39:48.210><c> that</c><00:39:48.809><c> judgment</c>

00:39:49.230 --> 00:39:54.570
which<00:39:49.489><c> I</c><00:39:49.769><c> shall</c><00:39:49.989><c> receive</c><00:39:50.409><c> at</c><00:39:50.590><c> the</c><00:39:50.750><c> judgment</c><00:39:51.050><c> seat.</c><00:39:54.190><c> And</c><00:39:54.389><c> that</c>

00:39:54.570 --> 00:39:57.389
doesn't<00:39:54.889><c> cause</c><00:39:55.269><c> me</c><00:39:55.489><c> to</c><00:39:55.610><c> be</c><00:39:55.989><c> sloppy</c><00:39:56.210><c> in</c><00:39:56.429><c> my</c><00:39:56.610><c> thinking.</c>

00:39:59.309 --> 00:40:05.929
It<00:39:59.610><c> causes</c><00:39:59.889><c> me</c><00:40:00.110><c> to</c><00:40:00.230><c> be</c><00:40:00.429><c> guarded</c><00:40:00.949><c> and</c><00:40:03.190><c> absolutely</c><00:40:03.789><c> sure</c><00:40:04.429><c> that</c><00:40:05.269><c> there's</c><00:40:05.510><c> not</c><00:40:05.710><c> a</c>

00:40:05.929 --> 00:40:06.630
great<00:40:06.230><c> log</c>

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in<00:40:07.150><c> my</c><00:40:07.550><c> own</c><00:40:07.869><c> eye</c><00:40:08.710><c> coloring</c><00:40:09.409><c> my</c><00:40:09.869><c> judgment</c><00:40:10.309><c> when</c><00:40:10.650><c> I'm</c><00:40:10.949><c> trying</c><00:40:11.170><c> to</c>

00:40:11.329 --> 00:40:14.929
get<00:40:11.530><c> a</c><00:40:11.769><c> speck</c><00:40:11.969><c> of</c><00:40:12.190><c> dust</c><00:40:12.869><c> out</c><00:40:13.250><c> of</c><00:40:13.449><c> somebody</c><00:40:13.730><c> else's</c><00:40:14.130><c> life.</c>

00:40:18.530 --> 00:40:23.449
And<00:40:19.289><c> so,</c><00:40:20.170><c> beginning</c><00:40:20.650><c> at</c><00:40:20.909><c> this</c><00:40:21.250><c> beautiful</c><00:40:21.730><c> expression</c><00:40:22.309><c> of</c><00:40:23.250><c> the</c>

00:40:23.449 --> 00:40:27.989
mind<00:40:23.690><c> of</c><00:40:23.869><c> Jesus</c><00:40:24.309><c> in</c><00:40:25.130><c> that</c><00:40:25.650><c> 42nd</c><00:40:26.409><c> chapter</c><00:40:26.809><c> of</c><00:40:27.050><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:40:28.110 --> 00:40:35.429
our<00:40:28.329><c> minds</c><00:40:28.530><c> are</c><00:40:28.829><c> now</c><00:40:29.170><c> attuned</c><00:40:30.190><c> to</c><00:40:30.789><c> recognize</c><00:40:31.429><c> the</c><00:40:31.750><c> way</c><00:40:32.050><c> in</c><00:40:32.389><c> which</c><00:40:32.690><c> these</c><00:40:33.090><c> servant</c><00:40:33.449><c> passages</c><00:40:34.110><c> give</c><00:40:34.750><c> us</c>

00:40:35.429 --> 00:40:40.150
that<00:40:35.730><c> appreciation</c><00:40:36.489><c> of</c><00:40:37.309><c> the</c><00:40:37.550><c> mind</c><00:40:37.829><c> of</c><00:40:37.989><c> Jesus</c><00:40:38.550><c> and</c><00:40:39.750><c> the</c><00:40:39.969><c> mind</c>

00:40:40.150 --> 00:40:43.730
of<00:40:40.389><c> God</c><00:40:40.650><c> that</c><00:40:40.829><c> was</c><00:40:41.030><c> being</c><00:40:41.329><c> manifested</c><00:40:41.969><c> in</c><00:40:42.710><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:44.610 --> 00:40:52.369
And<00:40:45.289><c> so</c><00:40:45.510><c> we</c><00:40:45.710><c> come</c><00:40:46.710><c> to</c><00:40:50.909><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:51.489><c> 50.</c>

00:40:58.070 --> 00:41:00.369
There<00:40:58.190><c> are</c><00:40:58.289><c> many</c><00:40:58.550><c> passages</c><00:40:58.929><c> passages</c><00:40:59.630><c> where</c><00:40:59.869><c> we</c><00:41:00.070><c> would</c><00:41:00.210><c> love</c>

00:41:00.369 --> 00:41:01.510
to<00:41:00.650><c> pause</c>

00:41:01.710 --> 00:41:04.829
because<00:41:02.190><c> through</c><00:41:02.550><c> and</c><00:41:02.909><c> through</c><00:41:03.230><c> the</c><00:41:03.690><c> remainder</c><00:41:04.110><c> of</c><00:41:04.409><c> Isaiah</c>

00:41:04.829 --> 00:41:07.389
we<00:41:05.170><c> find</c><00:41:05.489><c> that</c><00:41:05.769><c> the</c><00:41:06.170><c> the</c><00:41:06.389><c> servant</c><00:41:06.570><c> is</c><00:41:06.909><c> mentioned.</c>

00:41:07.389 --> 00:41:14.889
Interestingly,<00:41:10.329><c> in</c><00:41:10.389><c> the</c><00:41:10.610><c> singular</c><00:41:11.289><c> first,</c><00:41:13.750><c> but</c><00:41:13.849><c> later</c><00:41:14.130><c> developing</c><00:41:14.570><c> into</c>

00:41:14.889 --> 00:41:16.250
the<00:41:15.130><c> plural,</c>

00:41:16.889 --> 00:41:21.889
servant<00:41:17.090><c> in</c><00:41:18.489><c> the</c><00:41:18.710><c> comprehensive</c><00:41:19.190><c> sense,</c><00:41:21.230><c> indicating</c><00:41:21.610><c> that</c>

00:41:21.889 --> 00:41:24.449
what<00:41:22.070><c> is</c><00:41:22.389><c> applicable</c><00:41:22.769><c> to</c><00:41:23.269><c> the</c><00:41:23.550><c> servant</c>

00:41:25.090 --> 00:41:29.949
is<00:41:25.849><c> applicable</c><00:41:26.309><c> to</c><00:41:26.909><c> us</c><00:41:27.250><c> also.</c><00:41:28.929><c> That</c><00:41:29.190><c> would</c><00:41:29.349><c> be</c><00:41:29.530><c> the</c><00:41:29.750><c> servants</c>

00:41:29.949 --> 00:41:31.510
of<00:41:30.110><c> the</c><00:41:30.250><c> Most</c><00:41:30.429><c> High</c><00:41:30.630><c> God.</c>

00:41:34.050 --> 00:41:38.269
But<00:41:34.690><c> in</c><00:41:34.909><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:35.190><c> 50,</c><00:41:36.269><c> one</c><00:41:36.409><c> senses</c><00:41:36.849><c> that</c><00:41:37.190><c> if</c><00:41:37.389><c> we</c><00:41:37.550><c> are</c><00:41:37.710><c> asking</c><00:41:38.030><c> in</c>

00:41:38.269 --> 00:41:39.409
our<00:41:38.449><c> minds,</c>

00:41:39.989 --> 00:41:45.010
whence<00:41:40.510><c> did</c><00:41:40.730><c> our</c><00:41:40.969><c> Lord</c><00:41:41.170><c> gain</c><00:41:41.489><c> this</c><00:41:41.789><c> mind?</c><00:41:43.309><c> This</c><00:41:43.570><c> appreciation,</c><00:41:44.510><c> this</c><00:41:44.670><c> ability</c>

00:41:45.010 --> 00:41:45.949
to<00:41:45.309><c> fill</c><00:41:45.570><c> full</c>

00:41:45.949 --> 00:41:53.130
the<00:41:46.489><c> laws</c><00:41:46.769><c> and</c><00:41:47.070><c> the</c><00:41:47.369><c> ways</c><00:41:47.610><c> of</c><00:41:47.849><c> God,</c><00:41:48.869><c> to</c><00:41:49.510><c> expand</c><00:41:50.369><c> them</c><00:41:50.869><c> into</c><00:41:51.510><c> their</c><00:41:51.909><c> richness</c><00:41:52.489><c> and</c>

00:41:53.130 --> 00:41:54.230
full<00:41:53.329><c> meaning.</c>

00:41:54.289 --> 00:41:58.489
Then<00:41:54.510><c> we</c><00:41:54.769><c> turn</c><00:41:54.969><c> to</c><00:41:55.210><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:55.550><c> 50,</c><00:41:56.050><c> verse</c><00:41:57.010><c> 4.</c>

00:42:00.829 --> 00:42:11.570
The<00:42:02.070><c> Lord</c><00:42:02.469><c> God</c><00:42:03.429><c> has</c><00:42:05.130><c> given</c><00:42:05.429><c> me</c><00:42:07.010><c> the</c><00:42:08.130><c> tongue</c><00:42:08.510><c> of</c><00:42:08.949><c> them</c><00:42:09.730><c> that</c><00:42:10.269><c> are</c><00:42:10.550><c> taught,</c>

00:42:12.929 --> 00:42:20.130
that<00:42:13.329><c> I</c><00:42:13.650><c> should</c><00:42:13.969><c> know</c><00:42:14.889><c> how</c><00:42:15.949><c> to</c><00:42:16.510><c> sustain</c><00:42:17.190><c> with</c><00:42:17.630><c> words</c><00:42:18.530><c> Him</c><00:42:19.889><c> that</c>

00:42:20.130 --> 00:42:21.630
is<00:42:20.349><c> weary.</c>

00:42:22.949 --> 00:42:30.210
He<00:42:23.989><c> wakeneth</c><00:42:24.909><c> morning</c><00:42:25.590><c> by</c><00:42:25.969><c> morning.</c><00:42:27.789><c> He</c><00:42:28.110><c> wakeneth</c><00:42:28.809><c> my</c><00:42:29.269><c> ear</c><00:42:29.710><c> to</c>

00:42:30.210 --> 00:42:34.389
hear<00:42:30.869><c> as</c><00:42:32.469><c> they</c><00:42:32.969><c> that</c><00:42:33.230><c> are</c><00:42:33.530><c> taught.</c>

00:42:36.010 --> 00:42:46.289
The<00:42:36.329><c> Lord</c><00:42:36.730><c> God</c><00:42:37.849><c> hath</c><00:42:38.510><c> opened</c><00:42:39.170><c> mine</c><00:42:39.550><c> ear,</c><00:42:41.230><c> and</c><00:42:41.429><c> I</c><00:42:41.650><c> was</c><00:42:41.809><c> not</c><00:42:42.090><c> rebellious,</c><00:42:43.849><c> neither</c><00:42:44.210><c> turned</c><00:42:44.789><c> away</c><00:42:45.309><c> backward.</c>

00:42:46.730 --> 00:42:51.469
I<00:42:47.570><c> gave</c><00:42:48.010><c> my</c><00:42:48.449><c> back</c><00:42:48.750><c> to</c><00:42:49.070><c> the</c><00:42:49.269><c> smiters</c><00:42:49.750><c> and</c><00:42:49.989><c> my</c><00:42:50.269><c> cheeks</c><00:42:50.710><c> to</c><00:42:51.030><c> them</c>

00:42:51.469 --> 00:42:53.650
that<00:42:51.889><c> plucked</c><00:42:52.150><c> off</c><00:42:52.429><c> the</c><00:42:52.650><c> hair.</c>

00:42:54.130 --> 00:42:59.329
I<00:42:54.170><c> hid</c><00:42:54.369><c> not</c><00:42:54.710><c> my</c><00:42:55.010><c> face</c><00:42:55.429><c> from</c><00:42:55.849><c> shame</c><00:42:56.250><c> and</c><00:42:56.550><c> spitting,</c><00:42:58.809><c> for</c><00:42:58.969><c> the</c>

00:42:59.329 --> 00:43:03.789
Lord<00:42:59.829><c> God</c><00:43:00.530><c> will</c><00:43:01.250><c> help</c><00:43:01.510><c> me.</c><00:43:02.929><c> Therefore</c><00:43:03.429><c> have</c>

00:43:03.789 --> 00:43:09.449
I<00:43:04.230><c> not</c><00:43:04.489><c> been</c><00:43:05.050><c> confounded.</c><00:43:06.489><c> Therefore</c><00:43:06.989><c> have</c><00:43:07.449><c> I</c><00:43:07.949><c> set</c><00:43:08.190><c> my</c><00:43:08.630><c> face</c><00:43:08.889><c> like</c><00:43:09.210><c> a</c>

00:43:09.449 --> 00:43:15.769
flint,<00:43:10.150><c> and</c><00:43:10.409><c> I</c><00:43:10.809><c> know</c><00:43:11.349><c> that</c><00:43:11.769><c> I</c><00:43:12.050><c> shall</c><00:43:12.289><c> not</c><00:43:12.730><c> be</c>

00:43:15.769 --> 00:43:22.289
near<00:43:16.349><c> that</c><00:43:17.010><c> justifies</c><00:43:17.710><c> me.</c><00:43:18.869><c> Who</c><00:43:19.210><c> will</c><00:43:19.630><c> contend</c><00:43:20.250><c> with</c><00:43:20.449><c> me?</c><00:43:22.030><c> Let</c>

00:43:22.289 --> 00:43:26.789
us<00:43:22.690><c> stand</c><00:43:23.090><c> up</c><00:43:23.429><c> together.</c><00:43:24.849><c> Who</c><00:43:25.050><c> is</c><00:43:25.429><c> mine</c><00:43:25.650><c> adversary?</c>

00:43:26.829 --> 00:43:32.969
Let<00:43:26.989><c> him</c><00:43:27.230><c> come</c><00:43:27.489><c> near</c><00:43:27.730><c> to</c><00:43:27.969><c> me.</c><00:43:29.309><c> Behold,</c><00:43:29.949><c> the</c><00:43:30.170><c> Lord</c><00:43:30.489><c> God</c><00:43:31.010><c> will</c><00:43:31.309><c> help</c><00:43:31.550><c> me.</c><00:43:32.329><c> Who</c><00:43:32.570><c> is</c>

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he<00:43:33.369><c> that</c><00:43:33.630><c> shall</c><00:43:34.090><c> condemn</c><00:43:34.670><c> me?</c>

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Behold,<00:43:37.650><c> they</c><00:43:37.989><c> all</c><00:43:38.329><c> shall</c><00:43:38.610><c> wax</c><00:43:38.909><c> old</c><00:43:39.230><c> as</c><00:43:39.449><c> a</c><00:43:39.610><c> garment.</c><00:43:40.730><c> The</c><00:43:41.010><c> moth</c>

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shall<00:43:41.610><c> eat</c><00:43:41.829><c> them</c><00:43:42.070><c> up.</c><00:43:42.429><c> And</c><00:43:42.590><c> as</c><00:43:42.769><c> we</c><00:43:42.989><c> read</c><00:43:43.150><c> those</c><00:43:43.409><c> words,</c>

00:43:43.610 --> 00:43:48.010
can<00:43:44.030><c> we</c><00:43:44.329><c> not</c><00:43:44.769><c> capture</c><00:43:45.449><c> the</c><00:43:45.949><c> background</c><00:43:46.530><c> that</c><00:43:46.809><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:47.170><c> is</c><00:43:47.550><c> giving</c><00:43:47.750><c> to</c>

00:43:48.010 --> 00:43:49.949
the<00:43:48.230><c> mind</c><00:43:48.530><c> of</c><00:43:48.789><c> Jesus?</c><00:43:49.369><c> Where</c><00:43:49.550><c> did</c><00:43:49.690><c> he</c><00:43:49.769><c> get</c>

00:43:49.949 --> 00:43:57.750
this<00:43:50.230><c> mind?</c><00:43:51.150><c> New</c><00:43:51.269><c> every</c><00:43:51.750><c> morning.</c><00:43:53.449><c> Oh,</c><00:43:53.510><c> what</c><00:43:53.650><c> a</c><00:43:53.750><c> lovely</c><00:43:54.070><c> concept</c><00:43:54.690><c> to</c><00:43:55.449><c> see</c><00:43:56.409><c> our</c><00:43:56.909><c> lives</c><00:43:57.250><c> as</c>

00:43:57.750 --> 00:43:59.769
being<00:43:58.369><c> awakened</c><00:43:59.150><c> every</c>

00:43:59.769 --> 00:44:04.289
morning<00:44:00.250><c> and</c><00:44:00.690><c> our</c><00:44:00.929><c> ears</c><00:44:01.269><c> opened</c><00:44:01.690><c> every</c><00:44:02.010><c> morning</c><00:44:02.230><c> by</c><00:44:02.429><c> whom?</c><00:44:04.070><c> By</c>

00:44:04.289 --> 00:44:08.530
God.<00:44:06.130><c> And</c><00:44:06.489><c> what</c><00:44:06.789><c> ears</c><00:44:07.170><c> they</c><00:44:07.550><c> are.</c>

00:44:09.750 --> 00:44:14.750
He<00:44:10.369><c> wakeneth</c><00:44:10.829><c> my</c><00:44:11.130><c> ear</c><00:44:11.349><c> to</c><00:44:11.650><c> hear</c><00:44:12.250><c> as</c><00:44:13.130><c> they</c><00:44:13.389><c> that</c><00:44:13.530><c> are</c><00:44:13.769><c> taught.</c>

00:44:16.849 --> 00:44:21.389
If<00:44:17.030><c> ever</c><00:44:17.230><c> there</c><00:44:17.429><c> is</c><00:44:17.610><c> a</c><00:44:17.789><c> need,</c><00:44:19.730><c> I</c><00:44:19.989><c> sense</c><00:44:20.250><c> it</c><00:44:20.469><c> now,</c><00:44:20.949><c> brothers</c><00:44:21.110><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:44:23.170><c> that</c><00:44:23.269><c> the</c><00:44:23.510><c> message</c><00:44:23.829><c> of</c><00:44:24.050><c> the</c><00:44:24.369><c> prophet</c><00:44:24.710><c> Isaiah</c>

00:44:26.269 --> 00:44:30.829
in<00:44:26.630><c> these</c><00:44:26.909><c> servant</c><00:44:27.210><c> passages</c><00:44:27.690><c> is</c><00:44:28.349><c> crying</c><00:44:28.750><c> out</c><00:44:29.070><c> to</c><00:44:29.269><c> us</c><00:44:29.730><c> today.</c>

00:44:31.789 --> 00:44:36.809
Are<00:44:32.250><c> we</c><00:44:32.570><c> listening</c><00:44:33.150><c> to</c><00:44:34.849><c> what</c><00:44:35.250><c> God</c><00:44:35.510><c> is</c><00:44:35.789><c> saying?</c>

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Or<00:44:39.170><c> are</c><00:44:39.510><c> we</c><00:44:39.690><c> like</c><00:44:39.969><c> the</c><00:44:40.309><c> Pharisees</c><00:44:41.329><c> concerned</c><00:44:42.550><c> to</c><00:44:43.090><c> hold</c><00:44:43.730><c> a</c><00:44:44.309><c> package</c><00:44:44.710><c> which</c><00:44:45.230><c> we</c>

00:44:45.590 --> 00:44:47.690
call<00:44:45.869><c> the</c><00:44:46.269><c> truth?</c><00:44:47.070><c> And</c><00:44:47.329><c> in</c><00:44:47.489><c> our</c>

00:44:47.690 --> 00:44:49.869
struggle<00:44:47.989><c> and</c><00:44:48.289><c> stumbling</c><00:44:48.590><c> to</c><00:44:48.809><c> the</c><00:44:48.949><c> kingdom,</c><00:44:49.349><c> we're</c><00:44:49.570><c> making</c>

00:44:49.869 --> 00:44:54.150
sure<00:44:50.150><c> that</c><00:44:50.349><c> this</c><00:44:50.849><c> package</c><00:44:51.269><c> is</c><00:44:51.630><c> preserved,</c><00:44:52.630><c> untouched.</c>

00:44:58.170 --> 00:45:05.369
Or<00:44:58.610><c> have</c><00:44:58.869><c> we</c><00:44:59.110><c> the</c><00:44:59.510><c> mind</c><00:44:59.949><c> where</c><00:45:00.289><c> we,</c><00:45:00.750><c> like</c><00:45:01.050><c> our</c><00:45:01.369><c> Lord,</c><00:45:02.750><c> fearlessly</c><00:45:03.550><c> follows</c>

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what<00:45:05.949><c> God</c><00:45:06.269><c> is</c><00:45:06.590><c> saying?</c>

00:45:10.590 --> 00:45:17.489
And<00:45:11.210><c> if</c><00:45:11.469><c> Israel,</c><00:45:12.190><c> when</c><00:45:12.769><c> they</c><00:45:13.429><c> turn</c><00:45:13.989><c> to</c><00:45:14.309><c> the</c><00:45:14.510><c> Lord,</c><00:45:15.309><c> and</c><00:45:15.510><c> the</c><00:45:15.710><c> law</c><00:45:15.949><c> and</c><00:45:16.170><c> the</c><00:45:16.409><c> prophets</c><00:45:16.690><c> put</c><00:45:17.309><c> a</c>

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veil<00:45:17.650><c> over</c><00:45:17.949><c> their</c><00:45:18.250><c> face</c>

00:45:20.010 --> 00:45:24.400
so<00:45:20.630><c> that</c><00:45:20.750><c> when</c><00:45:20.909><c> they</c><00:45:21.170><c> read,</c><00:45:22.550><c> they</c><00:45:22.829><c> were</c><00:45:22.949><c> not</c><00:45:23.090><c> reading</c><00:45:23.329><c> at</c><00:45:23.590><c> all,</c>

00:45:26.369 --> 00:45:32.940
we<00:45:26.570><c> with</c><00:45:26.869><c> unveiled</c><00:45:27.289><c> face,</c><00:45:28.969><c> read</c><00:45:29.409><c> and</c><00:45:30.550><c> hear</c><00:45:31.230><c> and</c><00:45:32.130><c> follow</c>

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fearlessly.

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:41.659
For<00:45:38.559><c> here</c><00:45:38.840><c> indeed</c><00:45:39.280><c> is</c><00:45:39.579><c> a</c><00:45:39.780><c> man</c><00:45:39.960><c> with</c><00:45:40.179><c> a</c><00:45:40.400><c> God</c><00:45:40.599><c> framework.</c>

00:45:43.780 --> 00:45:47.000
Here<00:45:44.079><c> indeed</c><00:45:44.480><c> is</c><00:45:44.699><c> the</c><00:45:44.860><c> one</c><00:45:45.000><c> that</c><00:45:45.139><c> was</c><00:45:45.360><c> able</c><00:45:45.639><c> to</c><00:45:45.920><c> say,</c><00:45:46.340><c> come</c><00:45:46.380><c> unto</c><00:45:46.659><c> me,</c>

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all<00:45:47.280><c> ye</c><00:45:47.400><c> that</c><00:45:47.639><c> labor</c><00:45:47.940><c> on</c><00:45:48.119><c> a</c><00:45:48.300><c> heavy</c><00:45:48.539><c> laden,</c>

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:52.500
and<00:45:49.079><c> I</c><00:45:49.360><c> will</c><00:45:49.659><c> give</c><00:45:49.900><c> you</c><00:45:50.219><c> rest.</c><00:45:50.880><c> And</c><00:45:51.119><c> then</c><00:45:51.320><c> went</c><00:45:51.559><c> on</c><00:45:51.679><c> to</c><00:45:51.900><c> explain</c>

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:54.739
why<00:45:52.860><c> he</c><00:45:53.159><c> was</c><00:45:53.320><c> in</c><00:45:53.760><c> that</c><00:45:54.139><c> position</c><00:45:54.559><c> to</c>

00:45:54.739 --> 00:46:01.300
rest<00:45:55.199><c> and</c><00:45:55.480><c> comfort.</c><00:45:55.900><c> For</c><00:45:56.179><c> he</c><00:45:56.380><c> said,</c><00:45:56.639><c> I</c><00:45:57.019><c> am</c><00:45:57.539><c> meek</c><00:45:59.059><c> and</c><00:45:59.539><c> lowly.</c>

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:03.880
And<00:46:02.019><c> the</c><00:46:02.199><c> quality</c><00:46:02.519><c> of</c><00:46:02.800><c> meekness</c><00:46:03.380><c> here</c>

00:46:03.880 --> 00:46:08.719
is<00:46:04.460><c> of</c><00:46:04.619><c> a</c><00:46:04.880><c> God</c><00:46:05.159><c> controlled</c><00:46:05.699><c> mind.</c><00:46:06.219><c> That</c><00:46:06.460><c> is</c><00:46:06.719><c> the</c><00:46:06.860><c> quality</c><00:46:07.159><c> of</c><00:46:07.360><c> meekness,</c><00:46:08.480><c> a</c>

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God<00:46:09.039><c> controlled</c><00:46:09.659><c> life.</c>

00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:15.480
And<00:46:11.579><c> so</c><00:46:11.679><c> the</c><00:46:11.980><c> call</c><00:46:12.360><c> of</c><00:46:12.739><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:13.300><c> continues</c><00:46:14.260><c> through</c><00:46:14.699><c> and</c><00:46:15.000><c> through</c><00:46:15.199><c> this</c>

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book,<00:46:16.320><c> through</c><00:46:16.579><c> his</c><00:46:16.880><c> servant</c><00:46:17.199><c> now.</c>

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:24.380
Brothers<00:46:19.219><c> and</c><00:46:20.000><c> sisters,</c><00:46:20.719><c> let</c><00:46:21.019><c> us</c><00:46:21.280><c> get</c><00:46:21.780><c> God</c><00:46:22.380><c> controlled</c><00:46:23.219><c> lives.</c>

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:32.519
For<00:46:26.739><c> there</c><00:46:27.139><c> are</c><00:46:27.559><c> too</c><00:46:27.980><c> many</c><00:46:28.360><c> people</c><00:46:29.260><c> with</c><00:46:30.239><c> just</c><00:46:30.820><c> enough</c><00:46:31.340><c> religion</c><00:46:32.000><c> to</c>

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make<00:46:32.739><c> themselves</c><00:46:33.199><c> miserable.</c>

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:40.840
And<00:46:37.199><c> by</c><00:46:37.460><c> implication,</c><00:46:38.300><c> the</c><00:46:38.420><c> lives</c><00:46:38.639><c> of</c><00:46:38.820><c> other</c><00:46:39.000><c> people</c><00:46:39.239><c> miserable</c><00:46:39.679><c> too.</c>

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:46.659
For<00:46:43.440><c> just</c><00:46:43.739><c> as</c><00:46:43.940><c> Israel</c><00:46:44.440><c> left</c><00:46:44.840><c> Egypt</c><00:46:45.300><c> and</c><00:46:45.539><c> they</c><00:46:45.780><c> knew</c><00:46:45.960><c> that</c><00:46:46.179><c> something</c><00:46:46.380><c> had</c>

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:48.260
taken<00:46:46.840><c> place</c><00:46:47.099><c> in</c><00:46:47.280><c> their</c><00:46:47.440><c> lives,</c>

00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:53.579
so<00:46:50.920><c> they</c><00:46:51.519><c> hadn't</c><00:46:51.760><c> got</c><00:46:51.940><c> the</c><00:46:52.099><c> courage</c><00:46:52.460><c> to</c><00:46:52.860><c> then</c><00:46:53.079><c> step</c><00:46:53.260><c> into</c><00:46:53.480><c> the</c>

00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:54.840
land<00:46:53.719><c> of</c><00:46:53.960><c> promise.</c>

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:59.000
And<00:46:55.900><c> so</c><00:46:56.019><c> where</c><00:46:56.219><c> did</c><00:46:56.300><c> they</c><00:46:56.460><c> find</c><00:46:56.739><c> themselves?</c><00:46:57.360><c> Wandering</c><00:46:57.880><c> around</c><00:46:58.179><c> in</c><00:46:58.840><c> a</c>

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dreary<00:46:59.340><c> wilderness,</c>

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in<00:47:00.019><c> ever</c><00:47:00.159><c> decreasing</c><00:47:00.619><c> circles</c><00:47:01.059><c> until</c><00:47:01.300><c> they</c><00:47:01.559><c> dropped</c><00:47:01.760><c> dead.</c>

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:08.619
That's<00:47:05.579><c> where</c><00:47:05.840><c> a</c><00:47:06.159><c> faithless</c><00:47:06.679><c> religion</c><00:47:07.300><c> leads</c><00:47:07.659><c> one.</c>

00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:13.420
And<00:47:10.139><c> so</c><00:47:10.760><c> let</c><00:47:11.099><c> us</c><00:47:11.320><c> not</c><00:47:11.480><c> be</c><00:47:11.699><c> in</c><00:47:11.820><c> that</c><00:47:12.119><c> category</c><00:47:12.500><c> where</c><00:47:12.920><c> we've</c><00:47:13.239><c> got</c>

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:15.360
just<00:47:13.739><c> enough</c><00:47:14.079><c> religion</c><00:47:14.539><c> to</c><00:47:14.800><c> make</c><00:47:14.960><c> ourselves</c>

00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:19.699
miserable<00:47:15.880><c> and</c><00:47:17.159><c> lay</c><00:47:17.380><c> upon</c><00:47:17.659><c> people</c><00:47:18.179><c> burdens</c><00:47:18.659><c> that</c><00:47:18.900><c> are</c><00:47:19.059><c> too</c><00:47:19.239><c> grievous</c><00:47:19.539><c> to</c>

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be<00:47:19.900><c> borne.</c>

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But<00:47:21.860><c> let</c><00:47:22.019><c> us</c><00:47:22.219><c> capture</c><00:47:22.599><c> the</c><00:47:22.920><c> spirit</c><00:47:23.440><c> of</c><00:47:24.760><c> all</c><00:47:25.019><c> these</c><00:47:25.239><c> prophecies</c>

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and<00:47:27.239><c> let</c><00:47:27.400><c> us</c><00:47:27.579><c> capture</c><00:47:27.840><c> the</c><00:47:28.099><c> mind</c><00:47:28.300><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:47:28.860><c> as</c><00:47:29.059><c> I</c><00:47:29.380><c> believe</c><00:47:29.619><c> the</c><00:47:29.860><c> apostle</c><00:47:30.260><c> Paul</c><00:47:30.659><c> captures</c><00:47:31.199><c> the</c><00:47:31.679><c> mind</c><00:47:31.900><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:47:32.380><c> by</c><00:47:32.639><c> bringing</c><00:47:33.019><c> together</c>

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all<00:47:34.679><c> these</c><00:47:35.139><c> messages</c><00:47:35.579><c> of</c><00:47:35.900><c> comfort</c><00:47:36.360><c> when</c><00:47:37.300><c> Paul</c><00:47:37.619><c> wrote</c><00:47:38.039><c> his</c><00:47:38.440><c> second</c><00:47:38.739><c> letter</c><00:47:39.199><c> to</c>

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the<00:47:40.079><c> church</c><00:47:40.280><c> at</c><00:47:40.519><c> Corinth.</c>

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The<00:47:41.199><c> Second</c><00:47:42.820><c> Corinthians,</c><00:47:45.179><c> chapter</c><00:47:45.579><c> one.</c>

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Verse<00:48:03.219><c> three.</c>

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Blessed<00:48:07.880><c> be</c><00:48:08.800><c> the</c><00:48:09.539><c> God</c><00:48:10.360><c> and</c><00:48:11.619><c> father</c><00:48:12.039><c> of</c><00:48:12.320><c> our</c><00:48:12.480><c> Lord</c><00:48:12.719><c> Jesus</c><00:48:13.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:26.400
The<00:48:16.420><c> father</c><00:48:16.900><c> of</c><00:48:17.219><c> mercies</c><00:48:18.539><c> and</c><00:48:19.920><c> God</c><00:48:20.559><c> of</c><00:48:21.500><c> all</c><00:48:21.780><c> comfort</c><00:48:22.519><c> who</c><00:48:24.739><c> comforters</c><00:48:25.500><c> us</c>

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in<00:48:28.199><c> all</c><00:48:28.619><c> our</c><00:48:28.900><c> affliction.</c>

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Why?

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That<00:48:34.920><c> we</c><00:48:36.079><c> may</c><00:48:36.639><c> be</c><00:48:36.880><c> able</c><00:48:37.079><c> to</c><00:48:37.500><c> comfort</c><00:48:37.920><c> them</c><00:48:38.559><c> that</c><00:48:39.059><c> are</c><00:48:39.340><c> in</c><00:48:39.880><c> any</c><00:48:40.320><c> affliction</c>

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through<00:48:42.739><c> the</c><00:48:43.119><c> comfort</c><00:48:44.460><c> wherewith</c><00:48:45.619><c> we</c><00:48:47.760><c> ourselves</c><00:48:48.940><c> are</c><00:48:51.639><c> comforted</c><00:48:53.099><c> of</c><00:48:53.679><c> God.</c>

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Behold<00:48:59.679><c> my</c><00:49:01.079><c> servant,</c><00:49:03.920><c> my</c><00:49:04.280><c> chosen</c><00:49:04.840><c> in</c><00:49:07.179><c> whom</c><00:49:07.619><c> my</c><00:49:08.659><c> soul</c><00:49:10.059><c> delighteth.</c>

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I<00:49:13.800><c> will</c><00:49:14.019><c> put</c><00:49:14.280><c> my</c><00:49:14.679><c> spirit</c><00:49:15.559><c> upon</c><00:49:16.280><c> him.</c>

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He<00:49:19.980><c> shall</c><00:49:20.179><c> bring</c><00:49:20.480><c> forth</c><00:49:21.719><c> judgment</c><00:49:22.400><c> to</c><00:49:23.900><c> the</c><00:49:24.059><c> Gentiles.</c>

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He<00:49:26.599><c> shall</c><00:49:26.840><c> not</c><00:49:27.119><c> cry</c><00:49:27.880><c> nor</c><00:49:29.119><c> lift</c><00:49:29.360><c> up</c><00:49:29.780><c> nor</c><00:49:30.260><c> cause</c><00:49:30.679><c> his</c><00:49:31.159><c> voice</c><00:49:31.519><c> to</c>

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be<00:49:31.940><c> heard</c><00:49:32.079><c> in</c><00:49:32.300><c> the</c><00:49:32.500><c> street.</c>

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A<00:49:34.760><c> bruised</c><00:49:35.119><c> reed</c><00:49:36.000><c> shall</c><00:49:36.360><c> he</c><00:49:36.599><c> not</c><00:49:36.840><c> break</c><00:49:37.360><c> and</c><00:49:38.800><c> the</c><00:49:39.059><c> smoking</c><00:49:39.440><c> flax</c><00:49:40.739><c> shall</c><00:49:41.360><c> he</c>

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not<00:49:41.820><c> quench.</c>

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He<00:49:44.300><c> shall</c><00:49:44.960><c> bring</c><00:49:45.980><c> forth</c><00:49:47.039><c> judgment</c><00:49:47.760><c> in</c><00:49:49.579><c> truth.</c>