Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:28.239
Q.<00:00:18.420><c> Good</c><00:00:18.519><c> morning.</c><00:00:23.519><c> In</c><00:00:24.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:00:24.559><c> 42</c><00:00:25.539><c> we</c><00:00:27.120><c> read</c><00:00:27.399><c> the</c><00:00:27.600><c> words</c><00:00:28.000><c> with</c>

00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:29.660
which<00:00:28.379><c> we</c><00:00:28.500><c> are</c><00:00:28.600><c> very</c><00:00:28.879><c> familiar,</c><00:00:29.420><c> Behold</c>

00:00:29.660 --> 00:00:32.539
my<00:00:30.079><c> servant</c><00:00:30.199><c> whom</c><00:00:30.460><c> I</c><00:00:30.679><c> uphold,</c><00:00:31.179><c> my</c><00:00:31.320><c> chosen,</c><00:00:31.739><c> in</c><00:00:31.879><c> whom</c><00:00:32.000><c> my</c><00:00:32.320><c> soul</c>

00:00:32.539 --> 00:00:34.219
delights.<00:00:33.079><c> I</c><00:00:33.200><c> have</c><00:00:33.299><c> put</c><00:00:33.399><c> my</c><00:00:33.719><c> spirit</c><00:00:34.020><c> upon</c>

00:00:34.219 --> 00:00:38.859
him.<00:00:35.159><c> He</c><00:00:35.359><c> will</c><00:00:35.539><c> bring</c><00:00:35.780><c> forth</c><00:00:36.060><c> justice</c><00:00:36.380><c> to</c><00:00:36.619><c> the</c><00:00:36.740><c> nations.</c><00:00:38.679><c> And</c>

00:00:38.859 --> 00:00:40.740
verse<00:00:39.100><c> 7,</c><00:00:39.500><c> talking</c><00:00:39.840><c> about</c><00:00:40.140><c> the</c><00:00:40.359><c> work</c><00:00:40.500><c> that</c><00:00:40.659><c> he</c>

00:00:40.740 --> 00:00:44.420
will<00:00:41.000><c> accomplish,</c><00:00:41.579><c> it</c><00:00:41.700><c> is</c><00:00:41.840><c> to</c><00:00:42.039><c> open</c><00:00:42.259><c> the</c><00:00:42.520><c> eyes</c><00:00:42.799><c> that</c><00:00:43.000><c> are</c><00:00:43.200><c> blind,</c><00:00:44.200><c> to</c>

00:00:44.420 --> 00:00:45.619
bring<00:00:44.560><c> out</c><00:00:44.799><c> the</c><00:00:45.079><c> prisoners</c><00:00:45.340><c> from</c>

00:00:45.619 --> 00:00:51.119
the<00:00:45.799><c> dungeon,</c><00:00:46.619><c> from</c><00:00:46.820><c> the</c><00:00:47.039><c> prison</c><00:00:47.259><c> those</c><00:00:47.520><c> who</c><00:00:47.780><c> sit</c><00:00:47.939><c> in</c><00:00:48.200><c> darkness.</c><00:00:50.560><c> And</c><00:00:51.000><c> we</c>

00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:52.159
will<00:00:51.280><c> remember</c><00:00:51.700><c> that</c><00:00:51.920><c> when</c>

00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:56.280
Jesus<00:00:52.520><c> came</c><00:00:53.119><c> and</c><00:00:53.820><c> began</c><00:00:54.119><c> his</c><00:00:54.460><c> public</c><00:00:54.859><c> ministry</c><00:00:55.380><c> in</c><00:00:55.820><c> Galilee,</c>

00:00:56.380 --> 00:00:58.619
he<00:00:56.479><c> went</c><00:00:56.659><c> into</c><00:00:56.899><c> the</c><00:00:57.100><c> synagogue,</c><00:00:58.240><c> and</c><00:00:58.460><c> Luke</c>

00:00:58.619 --> 00:01:01.880
recalls<00:00:59.079><c> it</c><00:00:59.200><c> in</c><00:00:59.299><c> the</c><00:00:59.399><c> fourth</c><00:00:59.640><c> chapter.</c><00:01:01.000><c> And</c><00:01:01.039><c> having</c><00:01:01.399><c> stood</c><00:01:01.640><c> up</c>

00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:05.120
to<00:01:02.079><c> read,</c><00:01:02.479><c> he</c><00:01:02.539><c> read</c><00:01:02.780><c> from</c><00:01:03.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:01:03.820><c> 61,</c>

00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:09.019
the<00:01:05.879><c> spirit</c><00:01:06.140><c> of</c><00:01:06.299><c> the</c><00:01:06.420><c> Lord</c><00:01:06.579><c> God</c><00:01:06.780><c> is</c><00:01:06.939><c> upon</c><00:01:07.200><c> me.</c><00:01:07.819><c> And</c><00:01:08.140><c> again</c><00:01:08.579><c> the</c>

00:01:09.019 --> 00:01:10.939
reference<00:01:09.319><c> is</c><00:01:09.560><c> to</c><00:01:09.700><c> this</c><00:01:09.900><c> concept</c><00:01:10.379><c> of</c>

00:01:10.939 --> 00:01:22.540
freeing<00:01:11.560><c> people</c><00:01:11.840><c> from</c><00:01:12.180><c> something.</c><00:01:19.900><c> He</c><00:01:20.420><c> hath</c><00:01:20.640><c> sent</c><00:01:20.879><c> me</c><00:01:21.099><c> to</c><00:01:21.260><c> proclaim</c><00:01:21.680><c> release</c><00:01:22.340><c> to</c>

00:01:22.540 --> 00:01:23.400
the<00:01:22.719><c> captives</c><00:01:23.140><c> and</c>

00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:28.459
of<00:01:23.819><c> sight</c><00:01:24.200><c> to</c><00:01:24.420><c> the</c><00:01:24.579><c> blind,</c><00:01:24.939><c> a</c><00:01:24.980><c> set</c><00:01:25.120><c> of</c><00:01:25.319><c> liberty,</c><00:01:25.579><c> those</c><00:01:25.840><c> who</c><00:01:26.079><c> are</c><00:01:26.299><c> oppressed.</c><00:01:28.079><c> And</c><00:01:28.280><c> it</c>

00:01:28.459 --> 00:01:31.060
is<00:01:29.620><c> implicit</c><00:01:30.200><c> in</c><00:01:30.400><c> the</c><00:01:30.739><c> whole</c>

00:01:31.060 --> 00:01:38.099
of<00:01:31.340><c> scripture</c><00:01:32.040><c> that</c><00:01:34.420><c> the</c><00:01:34.640><c> human</c><00:01:34.900><c> race</c><00:01:35.299><c> is</c><00:01:35.819><c> in</c><00:01:36.099><c> bondage.</c><00:01:37.439><c> And</c>

00:01:38.099 --> 00:01:40.840
the<00:01:38.319><c> fundamental</c><00:01:38.859><c> work</c><00:01:39.120><c> of</c><00:01:39.439><c> Christ</c><00:01:39.840><c> was</c><00:01:40.200><c> to</c><00:01:40.620><c> free</c>

00:01:40.840 --> 00:01:47.579
men<00:01:41.200><c> from</c><00:01:41.519><c> something.</c><00:01:43.739><c> And</c><00:01:44.079><c> the</c><00:01:44.379><c> first</c><00:01:44.799><c> step</c><00:01:45.579><c> toward</c><00:01:46.280><c> obtaining</c><00:01:47.079><c> freedom</c>

00:01:47.579 --> 00:01:50.359
is<00:01:48.859><c> for</c><00:01:49.120><c> the</c><00:01:49.439><c> individual</c><00:01:49.959><c> to</c>

00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:56.780
appreciate<00:01:51.079><c> the</c><00:01:51.459><c> fact</c><00:01:51.719><c> that</c><00:01:51.939><c> he</c><00:01:52.200><c> as</c><00:01:52.439><c> a</c><00:01:52.560><c> person</c><00:01:53.079><c> is</c><00:01:53.780><c> a</c><00:01:54.000><c> slave</c><00:01:54.299><c> and</c><00:01:56.060><c> can</c><00:01:56.560><c> do</c>

00:01:56.780 --> 00:01:58.659
nothing<00:01:57.099><c> of</c><00:01:57.299><c> himself</c><00:01:57.920><c> to</c><00:01:58.480><c> free</c>

00:01:58.659 --> 00:02:02.359
himself<00:01:59.019><c> from</c><00:01:59.299><c> this</c><00:02:00.340><c> lifelong</c><00:02:00.920><c> bondage.</c><00:02:01.859><c> Of</c><00:02:02.019><c> course</c><00:02:02.140><c> it</c><00:02:02.299><c> is</c>

00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:04.260
the<00:02:02.480><c> same</c><00:02:02.700><c> kind</c><00:02:02.959><c> of</c><00:02:03.099><c> language</c><00:02:03.359><c> that</c><00:02:03.640><c> Paul</c><00:02:03.859><c> uses</c>

00:02:04.260 --> 00:02:08.479
in<00:02:04.540><c> the</c><00:02:04.659><c> Romans</c><00:02:04.980><c> that</c><00:02:05.659><c> we</c><00:02:05.819><c> are</c><00:02:06.060><c> in</c><00:02:06.099><c> bondage</c><00:02:06.459><c> to</c><00:02:06.879><c> sin</c><00:02:07.180><c> and</c><00:02:07.500><c> its</c>

00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:12.800
reward<00:02:09.039><c> death.</c><00:02:11.379><c> So</c><00:02:11.819><c> we</c><00:02:12.099><c> are</c><00:02:12.259><c> going</c><00:02:12.419><c> to</c><00:02:12.599><c> deal</c>

00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:16.159
with<00:02:13.180><c> this</c><00:02:13.360><c> morning</c><00:02:13.639><c> with</c><00:02:14.500><c> the</c><00:02:14.840><c> verse</c><00:02:15.159><c> that</c><00:02:15.620><c> has</c><00:02:15.900><c> aroused</c><00:02:16.120><c> a</c>

00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:19.379
lot<00:02:16.419><c> of</c><00:02:16.639><c> debate</c><00:02:16.840><c> and</c><00:02:17.159><c> controversy</c><00:02:17.759><c> and</c><00:02:18.740><c> has</c><00:02:19.139><c> been</c>

00:02:19.379 --> 00:02:23.439
used<00:02:19.560><c> by</c><00:02:19.900><c> politicians,</c><00:02:21.039><c> you</c><00:02:21.219><c> shall</c><00:02:21.500><c> know</c><00:02:21.780><c> the</c><00:02:22.060><c> truth</c><00:02:22.460><c> and</c><00:02:23.120><c> the</c>

00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:31.500
truth<00:02:24.000><c> shall</c><00:02:24.439><c> make</c><00:02:24.719><c> you</c><00:02:25.139><c> free.</c><00:02:29.520><c> Well</c><00:02:30.080><c> everybody</c>

00:02:31.500 --> 00:02:35.840
wants<00:02:31.840><c> to</c><00:02:31.979><c> be</c><00:02:32.199><c> free.</c><00:02:33.439><c> This</c><00:02:33.800><c> concept</c><00:02:34.280><c> of</c><00:02:34.900><c> freedom</c><00:02:35.360><c> throughout</c>

00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:39.520
the<00:02:36.020><c> history</c><00:02:36.300><c> of</c><00:02:36.479><c> the</c><00:02:36.599><c> world</c><00:02:37.139><c> has</c><00:02:38.819><c> occupied</c>

00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:44.580
all<00:02:40.099><c> human</c><00:02:40.439><c> activities.</c><00:02:41.879><c> Normally</c><00:02:42.340><c> we</c><00:02:42.979><c> associate</c><00:02:43.659><c> freedom</c>

00:02:44.580 --> 00:02:48.919
or<00:02:46.259><c> slavery</c><00:02:46.900><c> with</c><00:02:47.500><c> subjection</c><00:02:48.240><c> to</c><00:02:48.500><c> something</c>

00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:54.620
outside<00:02:49.460><c> of</c><00:02:49.719><c> ourselves.</c><00:02:51.800><c> We</c><00:02:51.879><c> may</c><00:02:52.120><c> be</c><00:02:52.439><c> slaves</c><00:02:52.900><c> to</c><00:02:53.219><c> a</c><00:02:53.479><c> job</c><00:02:54.060><c> where</c>

00:02:54.620 --> 00:02:56.780
we<00:02:54.780><c> are</c><00:02:55.060><c> forced</c><00:02:55.400><c> by</c><00:02:55.740><c> virtue</c><00:02:56.080><c> of</c><00:02:56.419><c> economic</c>

00:02:56.780 --> 00:03:00.460
necessity<00:02:57.419><c> to</c><00:02:57.979><c> do</c><00:02:58.139><c> things</c><00:02:58.460><c> that</c><00:02:58.680><c> normally</c><00:02:59.039><c> we</c><00:02:59.300><c> wouldn't</c><00:02:59.620><c> do,</c>

00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:02.939
to<00:03:00.780><c> run</c><00:03:00.960><c> machines</c><00:03:01.439><c> or</c><00:03:01.680><c> work</c><00:03:01.939><c> under</c><00:03:02.379><c> depressing</c>

00:03:02.939 --> 00:03:07.580
circumstances,<00:03:04.099><c> anything</c><00:03:04.419><c> of</c><00:03:04.659><c> this</c><00:03:04.840><c> nature.</c><00:03:06.879><c> In</c><00:03:07.080><c> the</c><00:03:07.219><c> age</c><00:03:07.439><c> in</c>

00:03:07.580 --> 00:03:10.919
which<00:03:07.740><c> Jesus</c><00:03:08.159><c> spoke,</c><00:03:09.180><c> slavery</c><00:03:09.460><c> was</c><00:03:09.840><c> common.</c>

00:03:11.740 --> 00:03:14.659
And<00:03:11.919><c> there</c><00:03:12.080><c> were</c><00:03:12.439><c> literally</c><00:03:13.000><c> hundreds</c><00:03:13.479><c> of</c><00:03:13.759><c> thousands</c><00:03:14.159><c> of</c><00:03:14.479><c> men</c>

00:03:14.659 --> 00:03:18.900
and<00:03:14.879><c> women</c><00:03:15.139><c> who</c><00:03:15.360><c> were</c><00:03:15.780><c> owned</c><00:03:16.759><c> bodily</c><00:03:17.340><c> by</c><00:03:18.219><c> other</c><00:03:18.580><c> men</c>

00:03:18.900 --> 00:03:23.879
who<00:03:19.319><c> were</c><00:03:19.560><c> their</c><00:03:19.800><c> masters.</c><00:03:21.460><c> And</c><00:03:21.680><c> so</c><00:03:22.139><c> completely</c><00:03:23.020><c> abject</c><00:03:23.620><c> was</c>

00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.259
the<00:03:24.139><c> relationship</c><00:03:24.719><c> that</c><00:03:25.120><c> the</c><00:03:25.419><c> Romans</c><00:03:25.879><c> never</c><00:03:26.819><c> referred</c>

00:03:27.259 --> 00:03:31.680
to<00:03:27.500><c> a</c><00:03:27.699><c> slave</c><00:03:27.900><c> as</c><00:03:28.139><c> a</c><00:03:28.280><c> human</c><00:03:28.560><c> being.</c><00:03:29.639><c> They</c><00:03:29.879><c> called</c><00:03:30.199><c> them</c><00:03:30.500><c> bodies.</c>

00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:34.780
They<00:03:32.879><c> weren't</c><00:03:33.000><c> even</c><00:03:33.419><c> the</c><00:03:33.719><c> status</c><00:03:33.939><c> of</c><00:03:34.240><c> animals</c>

00:03:34.780 --> 00:03:42.719
to<00:03:35.159><c> do</c><00:03:35.400><c> with</c><00:03:35.599><c> as</c><00:03:35.919><c> they</c><00:03:36.259><c> pleased.</c><00:03:38.860><c> So</c><00:03:39.539><c> they</c><00:03:39.879><c> were</c><00:03:40.099><c> very</c><00:03:40.439><c> much</c><00:03:40.639><c> aware</c><00:03:41.240><c> of</c>

00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:47.419
the<00:03:43.340><c> problem</c><00:03:43.680><c> of</c><00:03:43.960><c> slavery.</c><00:03:46.680><c> We</c><00:03:47.159><c> know</c>

00:03:47.419 --> 00:03:50.180
also<00:03:47.759><c> of</c><00:03:47.979><c> course</c><00:03:48.199><c> that</c><00:03:48.439><c> in</c><00:03:48.620><c> our</c><00:03:48.840><c> modern</c><00:03:49.080><c> age</c><00:03:49.460><c> there's</c><00:03:49.819><c> great</c>

00:03:50.180 --> 00:03:53.020
emphasis<00:03:50.759><c> on</c><00:03:51.199><c> freedom.</c><00:03:51.960><c> And</c><00:03:52.099><c> in</c><00:03:52.240><c> this</c><00:03:52.479><c> case</c><00:03:52.740><c> the</c>

00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:57.360
emphasis<00:03:53.360><c> is</c><00:03:53.900><c> on</c><00:03:54.139><c> political</c><00:03:54.680><c> freedom.</c><00:03:56.379><c> The</c><00:03:56.580><c> desire</c><00:03:57.039><c> of</c><00:03:57.219><c> men</c>

00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.580
and<00:03:57.520><c> women</c><00:03:57.719><c> to</c><00:03:58.000><c> have</c><00:03:58.319><c> something</c><00:03:58.659><c> to</c><00:03:59.039><c> say</c><00:03:59.379><c> about</c><00:04:00.240><c> the</c>

00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:03.219
government<00:04:00.960><c> they</c><00:04:01.199><c> are</c><00:04:01.379><c> under.</c><00:04:01.860><c> And</c><00:04:02.060><c> our</c><00:04:02.259><c> democratic</c><00:04:02.819><c> system</c>

00:04:03.219 --> 00:04:05.479
is<00:04:03.500><c> supposed</c><00:04:03.699><c> to</c><00:04:03.860><c> be</c><00:04:03.979><c> the</c><00:04:04.159><c> best</c><00:04:04.699><c> form</c><00:04:05.099><c> that</c><00:04:05.340><c> man</c>

00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:08.699
has<00:04:05.780><c> devised,</c><00:04:06.240><c> though</c><00:04:06.360><c> it</c><00:04:06.539><c> has</c><00:04:06.680><c> many</c><00:04:06.960><c> weaknesses</c><00:04:07.400><c> of</c><00:04:07.740><c> course.</c>

00:04:09.219 --> 00:04:12.620
Men<00:04:09.520><c> seek</c><00:04:09.860><c> freedom.</c><00:04:10.699><c> In</c><00:04:11.180><c> this</c><00:04:11.479><c> country</c><00:04:11.979><c> you</c>

00:04:12.620 --> 00:04:19.519
hear<00:04:13.259><c> the</c><00:04:13.560><c> song</c><00:04:13.840><c> occasionally</c><00:04:14.520><c> of</c><00:04:14.759><c> the</c><00:04:14.919><c> Negro</c><00:04:15.280><c> who</c><00:04:15.560><c> was</c><00:04:15.819><c> trying</c><00:04:16.160><c> to</c><00:04:17.240><c> break</c><00:04:17.519><c> away</c><00:04:17.899><c> from</c><00:04:18.139><c> the</c><00:04:18.420><c> prejudice</c><00:04:18.899><c> of</c><00:04:19.279><c> the</c>

00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:22.420
past<00:04:19.920><c> and</c><00:04:20.319><c> achieve</c><00:04:20.620><c> a</c><00:04:20.920><c> status</c><00:04:21.180><c> equal</c><00:04:21.500><c> to</c><00:04:21.620><c> the</c><00:04:21.779><c> white</c><00:04:22.000><c> man.</c><00:04:22.300><c> And</c>

00:04:22.420 --> 00:04:26.920
that<00:04:22.600><c> song</c><00:04:22.879><c> is,</c><00:04:23.699><c> we</c><00:04:23.720><c> shall</c><00:04:24.079><c> overcome,</c><00:04:24.879><c> we</c><00:04:25.180><c> shall</c><00:04:25.459><c> be</c><00:04:26.120><c> free.</c>

00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:37.300
But<00:04:31.720><c> this</c><00:04:32.019><c> is</c><00:04:32.420><c> a</c><00:04:32.620><c> complete</c><00:04:33.819><c> misrepresentation</c><00:04:36.220><c> of</c><00:04:36.800><c> the</c><00:04:37.079><c> kind</c>

00:04:37.300 --> 00:04:39.680
of<00:04:37.579><c> freedom</c><00:04:37.839><c> Jesus</c><00:04:38.220><c> was</c><00:04:38.459><c> talking</c><00:04:38.759><c> about.</c>

00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:48.220
His<00:04:42.199><c> was,</c><00:04:43.740><c> he</c><00:04:44.060><c> dealt</c><00:04:44.319><c> with</c><00:04:44.759><c> a</c><00:04:45.160><c> bondage</c><00:04:45.600><c> that</c><00:04:45.839><c> was</c><00:04:46.620><c> inward,</c><00:04:47.980><c> to</c>

00:04:48.220 --> 00:04:51.379
which<00:04:48.459><c> each</c><00:04:48.860><c> individual</c><00:04:49.480><c> was</c><00:04:50.220><c> subject.</c>

00:04:53.939 --> 00:05:00.959
Those<00:04:54.240><c> to</c><00:04:54.420><c> whom</c><00:04:54.560><c> he</c><00:04:54.800><c> talked,</c><00:04:56.500><c> because</c><00:04:56.860><c> they</c><00:04:57.100><c> didn't</c><00:04:57.399><c> appreciate</c><00:04:57.959><c> this</c><00:04:58.319><c> fact,</c><00:04:59.180><c> misunderstood</c><00:04:59.879><c> him</c><00:05:00.339><c> and</c>

00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:07.519
resented<00:05:01.459><c> what</c><00:05:01.699><c> he</c><00:05:02.000><c> said.</c><00:05:04.180><c> They</c><00:05:04.399><c> went</c><00:05:04.579><c> on</c><00:05:04.740><c> to</c><00:05:04.920><c> say,</c><00:05:05.259><c> we</c><00:05:05.259><c> are</c><00:05:05.660><c> Abraham's</c><00:05:06.379><c> children</c><00:05:06.639><c> and</c><00:05:06.839><c> we're</c><00:05:07.000><c> never</c><00:05:07.300><c> in</c>

00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:08.040
bondage<00:05:07.800><c> to</c>

00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:12.959
any<00:05:08.220><c> man.</c><00:05:09.660><c> A</c><00:05:09.860><c> comment</c><00:05:09.939><c> was</c><00:05:10.139><c> made</c><00:05:10.379><c> this</c><00:05:10.660><c> week</c><00:05:10.860><c> that</c><00:05:11.220><c> this</c><00:05:11.579><c> really</c><00:05:11.939><c> wasn't</c><00:05:12.360><c> true.</c>

00:05:13.300 --> 00:05:15.160
Well,<00:05:13.899><c> but</c><00:05:14.060><c> to</c><00:05:14.199><c> the</c><00:05:14.379><c> Jew</c><00:05:14.540><c> it</c><00:05:14.699><c> was</c>

00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:23.639
true.<00:05:16.019><c> He</c><00:05:16.199><c> had</c><00:05:16.540><c> quite</c><00:05:17.600><c> almost</c><00:05:19.120><c> a</c><00:05:19.399><c> naive</c><00:05:19.939><c> attitude</c><00:05:20.579><c> towards</c><00:05:21.180><c> the</c><00:05:22.899><c> existence</c><00:05:23.399><c> of</c>

00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:25.540
the<00:05:23.819><c> Romans</c><00:05:24.120><c> in</c><00:05:24.339><c> his</c><00:05:24.540><c> country.</c>

00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:31.019
They<00:05:26.959><c> were</c><00:05:27.399><c> God's</c><00:05:27.879><c> chosen</c><00:05:28.180><c> people.</c><00:05:29.620><c> If</c><00:05:29.939><c> for</c><00:05:30.180><c> the</c><00:05:30.399><c> time</c><00:05:30.660><c> being</c>

00:05:31.019 --> 00:05:33.040
they<00:05:31.220><c> were</c><00:05:31.459><c> subject</c><00:05:31.800><c> to</c><00:05:32.040><c> another</c><00:05:32.300><c> people</c><00:05:32.639><c> it</c><00:05:32.800><c> was</c>

00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:39.920
simply<00:05:33.420><c> of</c><00:05:33.759><c> God.</c><00:05:34.040><c> They</c><00:05:34.220><c> were</c><00:05:34.560><c> still</c><00:05:35.000><c> free.</c><00:05:36.600><c> They</c><00:05:36.759><c> were</c><00:05:36.980><c> Abraham's</c><00:05:37.540><c> children.</c><00:05:39.259><c> And</c><00:05:39.560><c> this</c><00:05:39.720><c> is</c>

00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:40.420
why,<00:05:40.079><c> of</c><00:05:40.300><c> course,</c>

00:05:40.459 --> 00:05:44.000
they<00:05:41.459><c> bitterly</c><00:05:41.980><c> resented</c><00:05:42.300><c> the</c><00:05:42.620><c> suggestion</c><00:05:43.100><c> of</c><00:05:43.300><c> Jesus</c><00:05:43.639><c> that</c>

00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:48.680
they<00:05:44.480><c> were</c><00:05:44.980><c> slaves.</c><00:05:47.240><c> And</c><00:05:47.420><c> unless</c><00:05:47.600><c> they</c><00:05:47.819><c> did</c><00:05:48.120><c> something</c>

00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:54.220
that<00:05:49.420><c> they</c><00:05:49.699><c> would</c><00:05:50.040><c> find</c><00:05:50.319><c> themselves</c><00:05:51.079><c> still</c><00:05:52.160><c> in</c><00:05:52.399><c> bondage</c><00:05:53.379><c> and</c>

00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:56.939
not<00:05:54.779><c> experience</c><00:05:55.360><c> all</c><00:05:55.639><c> that</c><00:05:55.759><c> was</c><00:05:55.980><c> related</c><00:05:56.300><c> to</c><00:05:56.600><c> the</c>

00:05:56.939 --> 00:06:02.959
beauty<00:05:57.259><c> of</c><00:05:58.160><c> truth</c><00:05:58.540><c> that</c><00:05:59.360><c> Jesus</c><00:05:59.639><c> was</c><00:05:59.879><c> talking</c><00:06:00.160><c> about.</c><00:06:02.399><c> I</c><00:06:02.620><c> note</c>

00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.040
a<00:06:03.459><c> little</c><00:06:03.639><c> comment.</c><00:06:04.259><c> I</c><00:06:04.459><c> have</c><00:06:04.779><c> a</c><00:06:05.019><c> quote</c><00:06:05.220><c> here</c><00:06:05.519><c> from</c><00:06:05.819><c> a</c>

00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:11.040
rabbi<00:06:06.439><c> who</c><00:06:06.680><c> lived</c><00:06:06.920><c> in</c><00:06:07.160><c> those</c><00:06:07.480><c> days,</c><00:06:08.759><c> who</c><00:06:09.060><c> wrote</c><00:06:09.360><c> as</c><00:06:09.620><c> if</c><00:06:09.759><c> he</c><00:06:09.980><c> were</c><00:06:10.279><c> speaking</c><00:06:10.660><c> to</c>

00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.660
God,<00:06:11.800><c> God</c><00:06:12.060><c> speaking,</c><00:06:12.740><c> since</c><00:06:12.939><c> you</c><00:06:13.199><c> have</c>

00:06:13.660 --> 00:06:16.860
recognized<00:06:14.259><c> me</c><00:06:14.639><c> as</c><00:06:14.860><c> the</c><00:06:15.139><c> sole</c><00:06:15.459><c> God,</c><00:06:15.680><c> I</c><00:06:15.899><c> have</c><00:06:16.120><c> recognized</c><00:06:16.579><c> you</c>

00:06:16.860 --> 00:06:20.680
as<00:06:17.060><c> the</c><00:06:17.540><c> only</c><00:06:17.939><c> people.</c><00:06:19.560><c> This</c><00:06:19.639><c> was</c><00:06:19.819><c> the</c><00:06:19.879><c> Jew's</c><00:06:20.180><c> attitude</c>

00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:23.339
towards<00:06:21.360><c> other</c><00:06:21.660><c> people</c><00:06:21.959><c> as</c><00:06:22.160><c> far</c><00:06:22.319><c> as</c><00:06:22.360><c> he</c><00:06:22.540><c> was</c><00:06:22.740><c> concerned.</c><00:06:23.180><c> He</c>

00:06:23.339 --> 00:06:26.839
was<00:06:23.579><c> the</c><00:06:23.800><c> only</c><00:06:24.139><c> free</c><00:06:24.459><c> race,</c><00:06:24.860><c> he</c><00:06:24.959><c> felt,</c><00:06:25.620><c> because</c><00:06:25.839><c> he</c><00:06:26.120><c> was</c>

00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:34.399
God's<00:06:27.600><c> chosen</c><00:06:28.019><c> people.</c><00:06:32.079><c> Well,</c><00:06:32.279><c> it</c><00:06:32.399><c> is</c><00:06:32.600><c> in</c><00:06:32.839><c> the</c><00:06:33.000><c> context</c><00:06:33.399><c> of</c><00:06:33.620><c> this</c><00:06:33.899><c> kind</c><00:06:34.199><c> of</c>

00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:35.839
thing,<00:06:34.720><c> in</c><00:06:34.759><c> attitudes</c><00:06:35.240><c> of</c><00:06:35.620><c> mind,</c>

00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:39.160
that<00:06:36.079><c> Jesus</c><00:06:36.480><c> expressed</c><00:06:37.120><c> the</c><00:06:37.439><c> words</c><00:06:37.600><c> that</c><00:06:37.800><c> we</c><00:06:38.019><c> find</c><00:06:38.240><c> in</c><00:06:38.779><c> John</c>

00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:42.360
8,<00:06:39.860><c> you</c><00:06:40.019><c> shall</c><00:06:40.259><c> know</c><00:06:40.500><c> the</c><00:06:40.759><c> truth</c><00:06:41.199><c> and</c><00:06:41.680><c> the</c><00:06:41.939><c> truth</c>

00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:48.579
shall<00:06:42.639><c> make</c><00:06:42.879><c> you</c><00:06:43.120><c> free.</c><00:06:45.199><c> And</c><00:06:45.540><c> in</c><00:06:46.779><c> discussing</c><00:06:47.360><c> one</c><00:06:47.779><c> or</c><00:06:47.899><c> two</c><00:06:48.139><c> points</c><00:06:48.319><c> in</c>

00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:49.910
connection<00:06:48.860><c> with</c><00:06:49.139><c> this,</c>

00:06:50.250 --> 00:06:58.069
what<00:06:51.009><c> is</c><00:06:51.649><c> particularly</c><00:06:52.470><c> striking</c><00:06:53.350><c> is</c><00:06:55.790><c> that</c><00:06:56.230><c> Jesus</c><00:06:56.769><c> said</c><00:06:57.230><c> this</c>

00:06:58.069 --> 00:07:01.970
to<00:06:58.629><c> the</c><00:06:58.850><c> spiritual</c><00:06:59.329><c> leaders.</c><00:07:00.389><c> As</c><00:07:00.589><c> a</c><00:07:00.689><c> matter</c><00:07:00.889><c> of</c><00:07:01.110><c> fact,</c>

00:07:02.069 --> 00:07:08.310
one<00:07:02.250><c> of</c><00:07:02.569><c> the</c><00:07:02.889><c> major</c><00:07:03.170><c> causes</c><00:07:03.949><c> of</c><00:07:06.509><c> hostility</c><00:07:07.170><c> towards</c><00:07:07.709><c> John</c><00:07:08.110><c> the</c>

00:07:08.310 --> 00:07:10.310
Baptist,<00:07:08.790><c> you've</c><00:07:09.089><c> already</c><00:07:09.430><c> been</c><00:07:09.649><c> told</c><00:07:09.810><c> about</c><00:07:10.069><c> this,</c>

00:07:10.389 --> 00:07:15.649
was<00:07:10.550><c> that</c><00:07:11.050><c> his</c><00:07:11.430><c> baptism</c><00:07:11.850><c> was</c><00:07:12.209><c> for</c><00:07:12.629><c> all</c><00:07:13.029><c> men.</c><00:07:14.589><c> He</c><00:07:14.910><c> called</c><00:07:15.089><c> upon</c>

00:07:15.649 --> 00:07:19.250
Pharisees,<00:07:16.610><c> scribe,</c><00:07:17.310><c> Levite,</c><00:07:17.850><c> priest,</c><00:07:18.569><c> and</c><00:07:18.769><c> the</c><00:07:18.970><c> poor.</c>

00:07:19.410 --> 00:07:25.009
To<00:07:19.990><c> repent.</c><00:07:22.529><c> Equally</c><00:07:22.730><c> true</c><00:07:22.930><c> of</c><00:07:23.149><c> Jesus,</c><00:07:23.709><c> his</c><00:07:23.970><c> message</c><00:07:24.269><c> was</c><00:07:24.569><c> to</c>

00:07:25.009 --> 00:07:28.509
every<00:07:25.449><c> man.</c><00:07:27.209><c> There</c><00:07:27.370><c> wasn't</c><00:07:27.629><c> a</c><00:07:27.870><c> single</c><00:07:28.110><c> person</c>

00:07:28.509 --> 00:07:32.750
in<00:07:28.670><c> the</c><00:07:28.750><c> land</c><00:07:28.970><c> of</c><00:07:29.209><c> Palestine,</c><00:07:30.129><c> it</c><00:07:30.290><c> is</c><00:07:30.550><c> implicit</c><00:07:31.009><c> in</c><00:07:31.209><c> the</c><00:07:31.350><c> Lord's</c><00:07:31.709><c> words,</c><00:07:31.910><c> who</c><00:07:32.089><c> was</c><00:07:32.350><c> not</c><00:07:32.550><c> a</c>

00:07:32.750 --> 00:07:34.009
slave<00:07:33.089><c> and</c><00:07:33.689><c> needed</c>

00:07:34.009 --> 00:07:39.129
freedom.<00:07:35.649><c> And</c><00:07:35.949><c> it</c><00:07:36.089><c> was</c><00:07:36.230><c> equally</c><00:07:36.629><c> true</c><00:07:37.050><c> of</c><00:07:37.389><c> Paul</c><00:07:37.589><c> when</c><00:07:37.829><c> he</c><00:07:38.089><c> preached.</c><00:07:38.910><c> And</c>

00:07:39.129 --> 00:07:41.089
one<00:07:39.250><c> of</c><00:07:39.410><c> the</c><00:07:39.490><c> reasons</c><00:07:40.029><c> for</c><00:07:40.290><c> the</c><00:07:40.509><c> hostility</c>

00:07:41.089 --> 00:07:44.449
of<00:07:41.269><c> the</c><00:07:41.470><c> Jews</c><00:07:41.670><c> wherever</c><00:07:42.230><c> he</c><00:07:42.550><c> went</c><00:07:42.769><c> to</c><00:07:43.009><c> him</c><00:07:43.410><c> and</c><00:07:43.889><c> his</c><00:07:44.129><c> message</c>

00:07:44.449 --> 00:07:47.550
was<00:07:44.769><c> that</c><00:07:45.290><c> he</c><00:07:45.930><c> put</c><00:07:46.149><c> them</c><00:07:46.430><c> on</c><00:07:46.709><c> the</c><00:07:47.009><c> same</c><00:07:47.269><c> level</c>

00:07:47.550 --> 00:07:53.610
as<00:07:47.689><c> the</c><00:07:47.870><c> Gentile,</c><00:07:50.230><c> in</c><00:07:50.410><c> bondage,</c><00:07:51.649><c> in</c><00:07:51.889><c> need</c><00:07:52.029><c> of</c><00:07:52.230><c> repentance,</c><00:07:53.430><c> in</c>

00:07:53.610 --> 00:07:55.490
need<00:07:53.850><c> of</c><00:07:54.089><c> change</c><00:07:54.370><c> of</c><00:07:54.589><c> life,</c>

00:07:55.610 --> 00:08:06.970
to<00:07:55.810><c> share</c><00:07:56.170><c> in</c><00:07:56.509><c> the</c><00:07:56.649><c> Gospel</c><00:07:57.069><c> of</c><00:07:57.290><c> the</c><00:07:57.350><c> Son</c><00:07:57.550><c> of</c><00:07:57.750><c> God.</c><00:08:02.750><c> Now,</c><00:08:03.629><c> to</c><00:08:03.930><c> fully</c><00:08:04.250><c> appreciate</c><00:08:04.990><c> the</c>

00:08:06.970 --> 00:08:08.370
phrase<00:08:07.430><c> Jesus</c><00:08:07.829><c> used,</c>

00:08:08.850 --> 00:08:13.629
I<00:08:08.970><c> think</c><00:08:09.170><c> we</c><00:08:09.350><c> ought</c><00:08:09.589><c> to</c><00:08:10.250><c> sketch</c><00:08:10.550><c> in</c><00:08:10.730><c> the</c><00:08:10.949><c> background.</c><00:08:13.089><c> In</c><00:08:13.410><c> some</c>

00:08:13.629 --> 00:08:15.550
ways<00:08:13.829><c> it</c><00:08:13.930><c> is</c><00:08:14.170><c> too</c><00:08:14.389><c> bad</c><00:08:14.569><c> that</c><00:08:14.769><c> I'm</c><00:08:15.250><c> treading</c>

00:08:15.550 --> 00:08:20.189
on<00:08:15.810><c> brother</c><00:08:16.370><c> Roger's</c><00:08:16.949><c> ground,</c><00:08:17.329><c> but</c><00:08:17.370><c> I</c><00:08:17.470><c> think</c><00:08:17.790><c> what</c><00:08:18.009><c> we</c><00:08:18.290><c> say</c><00:08:18.490><c> this</c><00:08:18.769><c> morning</c><00:08:19.029><c> will</c><00:08:19.629><c> add</c><00:08:20.069><c> to</c>

00:08:20.189 --> 00:08:20.870
what<00:08:20.370><c> he</c><00:08:20.589><c> has</c><00:08:20.730><c> said</c>

00:08:20.870 --> 00:08:26.910
with<00:08:21.069><c> a</c><00:08:21.189><c> no</c><00:08:21.389><c>-way</c><00:08:21.550><c> clash.</c><00:08:23.949><c> This</c><00:08:24.230><c> statement</c><00:08:24.709><c> is</c><00:08:24.970><c> at</c><00:08:25.250><c> the</c><00:08:25.550><c> end</c><00:08:25.850><c> of</c>

00:08:26.910 --> 00:08:29.350
the<00:08:27.269><c> week</c><00:08:27.410><c> of</c><00:08:27.610><c> the</c><00:08:27.730><c> Feast</c><00:08:27.970><c> of</c><00:08:28.170><c> Tabernacles.</c>

00:08:30.850 --> 00:08:36.769
And<00:08:31.129><c> all</c><00:08:31.629><c> that</c><00:08:31.790><c> Jesus</c><00:08:32.070><c> is</c><00:08:32.409><c> saying</c><00:08:32.669><c> has</c><00:08:33.289><c> a</c><00:08:34.210><c> direct</c><00:08:34.610><c> relationship</c><00:08:35.370><c> to</c><00:08:35.889><c> the</c><00:08:36.129><c> ceremonies</c><00:08:36.490><c> that</c>

00:08:36.769 --> 00:08:37.129
he<00:08:36.970><c> had</c>

00:08:37.129 --> 00:08:42.210
been<00:08:37.429><c> observing</c><00:08:38.029><c> and</c><00:08:39.389><c> taking</c><00:08:39.889><c> part</c><00:08:40.190><c> in</c><00:08:40.409><c> in</c><00:08:40.629><c> part,</c><00:08:41.129><c> I</c><00:08:41.129><c> suspect.</c>

00:08:43.190 --> 00:08:45.389
Now,<00:08:43.450><c> the</c><00:08:43.529><c> Feast</c><00:08:43.769><c> of</c><00:08:43.990><c> Tabernacles</c><00:08:44.610><c> was,</c>

00:08:45.389 --> 00:08:49.309
in<00:08:45.830><c> Christ's</c><00:08:46.309><c> day,</c><00:08:46.870><c> regarded</c><00:08:46.950><c> as</c><00:08:47.250><c> even</c><00:08:47.669><c> of</c><00:08:48.149><c> greater</c><00:08:48.389><c> importance</c><00:08:48.929><c> than</c><00:08:49.149><c> the</c>

00:08:49.309 --> 00:08:51.990
Feast<00:08:49.529><c> of</c><00:08:49.730><c> Passover</c><00:08:50.149><c> for</c><00:08:51.570><c> several</c>

00:08:51.990 --> 00:08:56.850
reasons.<00:08:53.090><c> Two</c><00:08:53.330><c> in</c><00:08:53.590><c> particular,</c><00:08:55.389><c> it</c><00:08:55.629><c> was</c><00:08:55.929><c> during</c><00:08:56.409><c> the</c><00:08:56.629><c> Feast</c>

00:08:56.850 --> 00:08:59.350
of<00:08:57.049><c> Tabernacles</c><00:08:57.529><c> that</c><00:08:58.250><c> Solomon's</c><00:08:58.830><c> temple</c><00:08:59.070><c> was</c>

00:08:59.350 --> 00:09:03.990
dedicated.<00:09:00.429><c> It</c><00:09:00.710><c> therefore</c><00:09:00.970><c> had</c><00:09:01.230><c> great</c><00:09:01.549><c> historic</c><00:09:02.009><c> significance</c><00:09:02.629><c> to</c><00:09:02.950><c> them.</c>

00:09:04.669 --> 00:09:06.330
But<00:09:05.090><c> the</c><00:09:05.230><c> Feast</c><00:09:05.509><c> of</c><00:09:05.710><c> Tabernacles</c>

00:09:06.330 --> 00:09:11.169
plays<00:09:06.769><c> a</c><00:09:07.129><c> very</c><00:09:07.629><c> large</c><00:09:07.950><c> part</c><00:09:08.350><c> in</c><00:09:08.570><c> Zechariah's</c><00:09:09.269><c> prophecy.</c><00:09:11.049><c> And</c>

00:09:11.169 --> 00:09:13.730
we're<00:09:11.429><c> all</c><00:09:11.590><c> familiar</c><00:09:11.990><c> with</c><00:09:12.190><c> this,</c><00:09:12.490><c> with</c><00:09:12.750><c> the</c>

00:09:13.730 --> 00:09:20.429
forecast<00:09:14.190><c> that</c><00:09:14.429><c> the</c><00:09:14.649><c> world</c><00:09:14.909><c> will</c><00:09:15.269><c> share</c><00:09:15.509><c> in</c><00:09:15.730><c> the</c><00:09:15.870><c> Feast</c><00:09:16.070><c> of</c><00:09:16.250><c> Tabernacles.</c><00:09:17.450><c> And</c><00:09:17.649><c> there</c><00:09:17.929><c> are</c><00:09:19.269><c> some</c><00:09:19.769><c> statements</c><00:09:20.190><c> in</c>

00:09:20.429 --> 00:09:24.090
Zechariah<00:09:21.070><c> that</c><00:09:21.289><c> may</c><00:09:21.470><c> be</c><00:09:21.870><c> interpreted</c><00:09:22.350><c> in</c><00:09:22.690><c> a</c><00:09:23.009><c> spiritual</c><00:09:23.450><c> sense</c><00:09:23.809><c> as</c>

00:09:24.090 --> 00:09:26.490
far<00:09:24.230><c> as</c><00:09:24.409><c> Jesus</c><00:09:24.690><c> himself</c><00:09:25.129><c> was</c><00:09:25.409><c> concerned.</c>

00:09:26.570 --> 00:09:30.929
We<00:09:26.750><c> know</c><00:09:26.970><c> how</c><00:09:27.210><c> that</c><00:09:27.809><c> he</c><00:09:28.009><c> rode</c><00:09:28.190><c> into</c><00:09:28.409><c> the</c><00:09:28.629><c> city</c><00:09:28.850><c> on</c><00:09:29.110><c> an</c><00:09:29.350><c> ass</c><00:09:30.009><c> in</c>

00:09:30.929 --> 00:09:33.149
fulfillment<00:09:31.330><c> of</c><00:09:31.549><c> the</c><00:09:31.730><c> prophecy</c><00:09:32.009><c> of</c><00:09:32.210><c> Zechariah.</c>

00:09:33.149 --> 00:09:38.309
But<00:09:33.750><c> in</c><00:09:34.090><c> the</c><00:09:34.269><c> 14th</c><00:09:34.750><c> chapter</c><00:09:35.029><c> it</c><00:09:35.169><c> speaks</c><00:09:35.509><c> of</c><00:09:35.870><c> living</c><00:09:36.169><c> waters</c><00:09:36.590><c> going</c><00:09:36.889><c> out</c><00:09:37.149><c> of</c><00:09:37.350><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:09:38.970 --> 00:09:42.009
And<00:09:39.090><c> it</c><00:09:39.250><c> may</c><00:09:39.389><c> be</c><00:09:39.610><c> said</c><00:09:39.830><c> that</c><00:09:40.529><c> living</c><00:09:40.850><c> waters</c><00:09:41.269><c> went</c><00:09:41.470><c> out</c><00:09:41.690><c> of</c><00:09:41.850><c> the</c>

00:09:42.009 --> 00:09:44.230
true<00:09:42.169><c> sanctuary</c><00:09:42.750><c> in</c><00:09:42.990><c> the</c><00:09:43.149><c> word</c><00:09:43.429><c> of</c><00:09:43.649><c> truth</c><00:09:43.830><c> that</c><00:09:44.049><c> came</c>

00:09:44.230 --> 00:09:47.730
from<00:09:44.450><c> Jesus.</c><00:09:45.389><c> There</c><00:09:45.570><c> is</c><00:09:45.809><c> this</c><00:09:46.090><c> spiritual</c><00:09:46.590><c> parallel</c><00:09:47.090><c> between</c>

00:09:47.730 --> 00:09:50.950
Zechariah<00:09:48.309><c> 14</c><00:09:48.909><c> and</c><00:09:49.330><c> the</c><00:09:49.490><c> teaching</c><00:09:49.730><c> of</c><00:09:49.950><c> Jesus.</c>

00:09:52.110 --> 00:09:56.990
So<00:09:52.669><c> the</c><00:09:53.230><c> Feast</c><00:09:53.509><c> of</c><00:09:53.730><c> Tabernacles</c><00:09:54.529><c> became</c><00:09:55.309><c> of</c><00:09:55.769><c> great</c><00:09:55.970><c> significance</c><00:09:56.549><c> to</c><00:09:56.809><c> the</c>

00:09:56.990 --> 00:09:58.409
Jew<00:09:57.149><c> and</c><00:09:57.370><c> over</c><00:09:57.690><c> the</c><00:09:57.909><c> centuries</c>

00:09:58.409 --> 00:10:03.509
had<00:09:58.870><c> achieved</c><00:09:59.490><c> a</c><00:10:00.210><c> very</c><00:10:00.669><c> complex</c><00:10:01.250><c> form.</c><00:10:02.289><c> Quite</c><00:10:02.350><c> a</c><00:10:02.529><c> number</c><00:10:02.870><c> of</c>

00:10:03.509 --> 00:10:05.409
ceremonies<00:10:03.909><c> were</c><00:10:04.230><c> observed.</c>

00:10:06.250 --> 00:10:11.289
One<00:10:06.490><c> in</c><00:10:06.690><c> particular</c><00:10:07.110><c> that</c><00:10:07.330><c> took</c><00:10:07.470><c> place</c><00:10:07.809><c> every</c><00:10:08.250><c> day,</c><00:10:10.870><c> a</c><00:10:10.990><c> group</c>

00:10:11.289 --> 00:10:15.289
of<00:10:11.929><c> the</c><00:10:12.809><c> leaders</c><00:10:13.070><c> in</c><00:10:13.309><c> the</c><00:10:13.549><c> temple,</c><00:10:14.389><c> scribes,</c>

00:10:15.529 --> 00:10:20.129
Levites<00:10:15.970><c> and</c><00:10:16.149><c> so</c><00:10:16.389><c> forth,</c><00:10:16.789><c> followed</c><00:10:17.049><c> by</c><00:10:17.289><c> the</c><00:10:17.509><c> crowd,</c><00:10:18.389><c> went</c><00:10:18.529><c> down</c><00:10:18.929><c> every</c><00:10:19.409><c> morning</c><00:10:19.809><c> to</c>

00:10:20.129 --> 00:10:21.750
the<00:10:20.289><c> brook</c><00:10:20.850><c> Gaihan,</c>

00:10:21.990 --> 00:10:29.009
the<00:10:22.629><c> waters</c><00:10:22.970><c> that</c><00:10:23.350><c> had</c><00:10:23.669><c> been</c><00:10:23.950><c> diverted</c><00:10:24.429><c> by</c><00:10:24.750><c> Hezekiah</c><00:10:25.350><c> years</c><00:10:25.649><c> ago</c><00:10:26.389><c> into</c><00:10:26.850><c> the</c><00:10:27.169><c> king's</c><00:10:27.570><c> garden,</c><00:10:28.110><c> and</c><00:10:28.389><c> there</c><00:10:28.710><c> a</c>

00:10:29.009 --> 00:10:35.970
golden<00:10:29.370><c> pitcher</c><00:10:29.909><c> was</c><00:10:31.190><c> filled</c><00:10:31.690><c> with</c><00:10:32.210><c> water.</c><00:10:34.289><c> And</c><00:10:34.529><c> the</c><00:10:34.850><c> high</c><00:10:35.070><c> priest</c><00:10:35.330><c> carried</c><00:10:35.710><c> it</c>

00:10:35.970 --> 00:10:37.929
back<00:10:36.149><c> with</c><00:10:36.389><c> him</c><00:10:36.769><c> up</c><00:10:37.129><c> the</c><00:10:37.450><c> slope</c><00:10:37.669><c> that</c>

00:10:37.929 --> 00:10:41.230
led<00:10:38.049><c> to</c><00:10:38.250><c> the</c><00:10:38.450><c> water</c><00:10:38.730><c> gate</c><00:10:38.950><c> with</c><00:10:39.250><c> the</c><00:10:39.409><c> crowd</c><00:10:39.649><c> following,</c><00:10:40.929><c> waving</c><00:10:40.990><c> what</c>

00:10:41.230 --> 00:10:44.669
they<00:10:41.529><c> call</c><00:10:41.750><c> their</c><00:10:42.509><c> lulabs.</c><00:10:43.950><c> Now</c><00:10:44.169><c> these</c><00:10:44.350><c> were</c>

00:10:44.669 --> 00:10:48.830
myrtle<00:10:45.129><c> and</c><00:10:45.450><c> willow</c><00:10:45.950><c> boughs</c><00:10:46.450><c> tied</c><00:10:46.870><c> together</c><00:10:47.289><c> with</c><00:10:47.590><c> palm</c><00:10:47.870><c> trees,</c><00:10:48.529><c> with</c>

00:10:48.830 --> 00:10:51.029
palm<00:10:49.090><c> leaves.</c><00:10:49.929><c> Each</c><00:10:50.230><c> person</c><00:10:50.570><c> had</c><00:10:50.750><c> one</c><00:10:50.950><c> of</c>

00:10:51.029 --> 00:10:54.809
these<00:10:51.330><c> in</c><00:10:51.330><c> their</c><00:10:51.669><c> right</c><00:10:51.929><c> hand</c><00:10:52.470><c> with</c><00:10:53.370><c> one</c><00:10:53.690><c> of</c><00:10:53.830><c> the</c><00:10:53.950><c> citrus</c><00:10:54.289><c> fruits</c><00:10:54.629><c> in</c>

00:10:54.809 --> 00:10:57.870
their<00:10:55.129><c> left.</c><00:10:56.250><c> These</c><00:10:56.549><c> things</c><00:10:56.870><c> symbolic</c><00:10:57.509><c> of</c>

00:10:57.870 --> 00:11:01.370
course<00:10:58.309><c> of</c><00:10:58.870><c> what</c><00:10:59.029><c> they</c><00:10:59.330><c> thought</c><00:10:59.590><c> this</c><00:10:59.990><c> feast</c><00:11:00.190><c> represented.</c>

00:11:02.090 --> 00:11:05.370
When<00:11:02.250><c> they</c><00:11:02.429><c> went</c><00:11:02.649><c> into</c><00:11:02.990><c> the</c><00:11:03.250><c> temple,</c><00:11:04.529><c> the</c><00:11:04.669><c> first</c><00:11:04.970><c> act</c><00:11:05.190><c> of</c>

00:11:05.370 --> 00:11:13.289
the<00:11:05.549><c> priest</c><00:11:05.750><c> was</c><00:11:06.049><c> to</c><00:11:06.490><c> pour</c><00:11:06.710><c> the</c><00:11:06.990><c> water</c><00:11:07.649><c> into</c><00:11:09.250><c> a</c><00:11:09.690><c> silver</c><00:11:10.049><c> funnel,</c><00:11:12.269><c> pronouncing</c><00:11:12.750><c> at</c><00:11:12.990><c> the</c>

00:11:13.289 --> 00:11:14.730
same<00:11:13.610><c> time</c><00:11:13.850><c> the</c><00:11:14.070><c> words</c><00:11:14.309><c> of</c>

00:11:14.730 --> 00:11:19.769
Isaiah<00:11:15.210><c> 12.</c><00:11:17.570><c> And</c><00:11:17.610><c> we</c><00:11:17.789><c> might</c><00:11:17.929><c> look</c><00:11:18.169><c> at</c><00:11:18.389><c> this,</c><00:11:19.009><c> because</c><00:11:19.409><c> it</c><00:11:19.549><c> is</c>

00:11:19.769 --> 00:11:22.789
quite<00:11:19.909><c> an</c><00:11:20.250><c> important</c><00:11:20.830><c> statement</c><00:11:21.230><c> of</c><00:11:21.470><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:11:28.950 --> 00:11:35.210
Verse<00:11:29.389><c> 2,</c><00:11:30.250><c> Behold,</c><00:11:30.950><c> God</c><00:11:31.210><c> is</c><00:11:31.429><c> my</c><00:11:31.649><c> salvation.</c><00:11:33.029><c> I</c><00:11:33.330><c> will</c><00:11:33.649><c> trust</c><00:11:34.110><c> and</c><00:11:34.450><c> will</c><00:11:34.750><c> not</c><00:11:34.970><c> be</c>

00:11:35.210 --> 00:11:37.629
afraid.<00:11:36.669><c> For</c><00:11:36.870><c> the</c><00:11:37.090><c> Lord</c><00:11:37.309><c> God</c>

00:11:37.629 --> 00:11:41.169
is<00:11:37.850><c> my</c><00:11:38.210><c> strength</c><00:11:38.490><c> and</c><00:11:38.710><c> my</c><00:11:38.970><c> song,</c><00:11:39.289><c> and</c><00:11:39.350><c> He</c><00:11:39.490><c> has</c><00:11:39.710><c> become</c><00:11:39.970><c> my</c><00:11:40.250><c> salvation.</c><00:11:40.809><c> With</c>

00:11:41.169 --> 00:11:44.710
joy<00:11:41.769><c> you</c><00:11:42.429><c> will</c><00:11:42.669><c> draw</c><00:11:42.870><c> water</c><00:11:43.309><c> from</c><00:11:43.830><c> the</c>

00:11:44.710 --> 00:11:47.389
fountain.<00:11:45.029><c> And</c><00:11:45.169><c> this</c><00:11:45.330><c> sentence</c><00:11:45.769><c> was</c><00:11:46.149><c> intoned</c><00:11:46.629><c> by</c><00:11:46.889><c> the</c><00:11:47.009><c> priest</c>

00:11:47.389 --> 00:11:50.370
as<00:11:47.889><c> he</c><00:11:48.149><c> poured</c><00:11:48.529><c> the</c><00:11:48.769><c> water</c><00:11:49.350><c> down</c><00:11:49.830><c> the</c><00:11:50.070><c> funnel,</c>

00:11:50.750 --> 00:11:53.350
and<00:11:50.830><c> it</c><00:11:50.909><c> went</c><00:11:51.070><c> down</c><00:11:51.370><c> through</c><00:11:51.590><c> the</c><00:11:51.789><c> floor</c><00:11:52.049><c> and</c><00:11:52.350><c> was</c><00:11:52.570><c> soaked</c><00:11:52.789><c> into</c><00:11:53.129><c> the</c>

00:11:53.350 --> 00:11:56.269
ground.<00:11:54.190><c> And</c><00:11:54.350><c> it</c><00:11:54.490><c> is</c><00:11:54.789><c> precisely</c><00:11:55.350><c> at</c><00:11:55.610><c> this</c><00:11:55.929><c> point</c>

00:11:56.269 --> 00:12:01.149
that<00:11:56.490><c> Jesus</c><00:11:56.970><c> said,</c><00:11:58.169><c> cried</c><00:11:58.389><c> out</c><00:11:58.710><c> other</c><00:11:58.970><c> words</c><00:11:59.470><c> in</c><00:11:59.750><c> chapter</c><00:12:00.070><c> 7,</c>

00:12:01.629 --> 00:12:04.750
Let<00:12:01.750><c> any</c><00:12:02.090><c> man</c><00:12:02.370><c> who</c><00:12:02.690><c> thirsts</c><00:12:03.269><c> come</c><00:12:03.509><c> to</c><00:12:03.789><c> me.</c>

00:12:06.690 --> 00:12:10.529
The<00:12:07.049><c> words</c><00:12:07.289><c> he</c><00:12:07.549><c> is</c><00:12:07.669><c> using</c><00:12:07.990><c> are</c><00:12:08.889><c> taken</c><00:12:09.269><c> actually</c><00:12:09.809><c> from</c><00:12:10.070><c> Isaiah</c>

00:12:10.529 --> 00:12:13.110
55,<00:12:11.570><c> Ho,</c><00:12:11.809><c> everyone</c><00:12:12.289><c> that</c><00:12:12.629><c> thirsteth,</c>

00:12:13.110 --> 00:12:16.350
come<00:12:13.409><c> ye</c><00:12:13.590><c> to</c><00:12:13.690><c> the</c><00:12:13.870><c> waters,</c><00:12:14.669><c> come</c><00:12:14.690><c> buy</c><00:12:15.250><c> wine</c><00:12:15.590><c> and</c><00:12:15.789><c> milk</c><00:12:16.009><c> without</c>

00:12:16.350 --> 00:12:20.450
money<00:12:16.769><c> and</c><00:12:17.330><c> without</c><00:12:17.769><c> price.</c><00:12:19.049><c> I</c><00:12:19.350><c> am</c><00:12:19.870><c> the</c><00:12:20.169><c> water</c>

00:12:20.450 --> 00:12:24.629
of<00:12:20.730><c> life,</c><00:12:20.909><c> Jesus</c><00:12:21.289><c> was</c><00:12:21.549><c> saying,</c><00:12:22.970><c> in</c><00:12:23.269><c> contrast</c><00:12:23.730><c> to</c><00:12:23.990><c> this</c><00:12:24.269><c> water</c>

00:12:24.629 --> 00:12:27.570
that<00:12:25.230><c> daily</c><00:12:25.549><c> they</c><00:12:26.269><c> drew</c><00:12:26.389><c> from</c><00:12:26.690><c> the</c>

00:12:27.669 --> 00:12:31.429
stream<00:12:28.289><c> and</c><00:12:28.669><c> daily</c><00:12:28.990><c> poured</c><00:12:29.330><c> away</c><00:12:29.830><c> without</c><00:12:30.350><c> any</c><00:12:30.870><c> particular</c>

00:12:31.429 --> 00:12:33.070
significance<00:12:32.009><c> attached.</c>

00:12:33.789 --> 00:12:38.070
Now,<00:12:35.470><c> sometime</c><00:12:36.009><c> during</c><00:12:36.409><c> that</c><00:12:36.710><c> week,</c><00:12:37.049><c> as</c><00:12:37.190><c> Brother</c><00:12:37.429><c> Rogers</c><00:12:37.730><c> has</c>

00:12:38.070 --> 00:12:43.090
said,<00:12:39.330><c> great</c><00:12:39.909><c> candelabra,</c><00:12:41.149><c> great</c><00:12:41.590><c> big</c><00:12:42.070><c> stands</c><00:12:42.590><c> with</c>

00:12:43.090 --> 00:12:50.450
bowls<00:12:43.610><c> for</c><00:12:43.950><c> the</c><00:12:44.210><c> oil</c><00:12:44.470><c> were</c><00:12:45.169><c> lit</c><00:12:45.610><c> to</c><00:12:47.269><c> illuminate</c><00:12:47.929><c> the</c><00:12:48.129><c> whole</c><00:12:48.649><c> courtyard</c><00:12:49.110><c> area,</c><00:12:50.289><c> and</c><00:12:50.330><c> it</c>

00:12:50.450 --> 00:12:51.450
is<00:12:50.730><c> suggested</c><00:12:51.129><c> by</c>

00:12:51.450 --> 00:12:55.490
some<00:12:51.830><c> historians,</c><00:12:52.429><c> illuminated</c><00:12:52.909><c> a</c><00:12:53.289><c> great</c><00:12:53.570><c> part</c><00:12:54.090><c> of</c><00:12:54.590><c> that</c><00:12:54.970><c> section</c><00:12:55.269><c> of</c>

00:12:55.490 --> 00:12:58.090
Jerusalem.<00:12:56.789><c> And</c><00:12:57.009><c> they</c><00:12:57.149><c> were</c><00:12:57.750><c> lit</c>

00:12:58.090 --> 00:13:04.509
in<00:12:58.809><c> a</c><00:12:59.070><c> particular</c><00:12:59.470><c> ceremony</c><00:13:00.110><c> in</c><00:13:01.769><c> the</c><00:13:02.350><c> courtyard</c><00:13:02.750><c> of</c><00:13:03.009><c> the</c><00:13:03.169><c> women,</c><00:13:04.210><c> and</c>

00:13:04.509 --> 00:13:05.830
they<00:13:04.690><c> would</c><00:13:04.950><c> gradually</c>

00:13:05.909 --> 00:13:09.830
burn<00:13:06.769><c> out,</c><00:13:07.549><c> and</c><00:13:07.950><c> they</c><00:13:08.230><c> normally</c><00:13:08.610><c> lasted</c><00:13:08.929><c> towards</c><00:13:09.370><c> the</c><00:13:09.529><c> end</c><00:13:09.690><c> of</c>

00:13:09.830 --> 00:13:12.250
the<00:13:09.950><c> week.</c><00:13:10.929><c> And</c><00:13:10.929><c> then</c><00:13:11.169><c> there</c><00:13:11.230><c> was</c><00:13:11.690><c> darkness</c>

00:13:12.250 --> 00:13:17.409
came<00:13:12.590><c> as</c><00:13:12.830><c> the</c><00:13:13.049><c> feast</c><00:13:13.269><c> ended.</c><00:13:15.389><c> And</c><00:13:15.629><c> it</c><00:13:15.730><c> was</c><00:13:15.909><c> on</c><00:13:16.169><c> the</c><00:13:16.309><c> last</c><00:13:16.769><c> day</c>

00:13:17.409 --> 00:13:20.669
that<00:13:18.250><c> the</c><00:13:18.389><c> woman</c><00:13:18.610><c> taken</c><00:13:19.070><c> in</c><00:13:19.330><c> adultery</c><00:13:19.889><c> was</c><00:13:20.409><c> taken</c>

00:13:20.669 --> 00:13:24.110
into<00:13:20.909><c> the</c><00:13:21.110><c> temple,</c><00:13:22.250><c> and</c><00:13:22.590><c> the</c><00:13:22.850><c> only</c><00:13:23.129><c> part</c><00:13:23.370><c> of</c><00:13:23.529><c> the</c><00:13:23.690><c> temple</c><00:13:23.889><c> she</c>

00:13:24.110 --> 00:13:26.529
could<00:13:24.370><c> come</c><00:13:24.610><c> into</c><00:13:24.950><c> would</c><00:13:25.230><c> be</c><00:13:25.429><c> the</c><00:13:25.629><c> court</c><00:13:25.809><c> of</c><00:13:26.049><c> the</c><00:13:26.190><c> women</c>

00:13:26.529 --> 00:13:31.169
where<00:13:27.029><c> these</c><00:13:27.789><c> great</c><00:13:28.090><c> lampstands</c><00:13:28.990><c> were,</c><00:13:29.549><c> that</c><00:13:29.730><c> were</c><00:13:29.970><c> now</c><00:13:30.350><c> probably</c><00:13:30.710><c> just</c>

00:13:31.169 --> 00:13:33.850
sputtering<00:13:31.529><c> out.</c><00:13:32.389><c> And</c><00:13:32.669><c> it</c><00:13:32.769><c> was</c><00:13:33.029><c> in</c><00:13:33.250><c> this</c>

00:13:33.850 --> 00:13:37.669
particular<00:13:34.509><c> circumstance</c><00:13:35.049><c> that</c><00:13:35.350><c> Jesus</c><00:13:35.830><c> cried</c><00:13:36.269><c> out</c><00:13:36.549><c> again,</c><00:13:37.309><c> I</c>

00:13:37.669 --> 00:13:39.990
am<00:13:38.009><c> the</c><00:13:38.289><c> light</c><00:13:38.470><c> of</c><00:13:38.710><c> the</c><00:13:38.929><c> world.</c>

00:13:41.409 --> 00:13:46.269
The<00:13:41.950><c> beginning</c><00:13:42.350><c> of</c><00:13:42.570><c> chapter</c><00:13:42.830><c> 8.</c><00:13:44.350><c> He</c><00:13:44.450><c> who</c><00:13:44.769><c> followed</c><00:13:45.190><c> me</c><00:13:45.909><c> will</c>

00:13:46.269 --> 00:13:49.309
not<00:13:46.509><c> walk</c><00:13:46.809><c> in</c><00:13:47.070><c> darkness,</c><00:13:47.809><c> but</c><00:13:47.970><c> will</c><00:13:48.190><c> have</c><00:13:48.350><c> the</c><00:13:48.629><c> light</c>

00:13:49.509 --> 00:13:53.250
of<00:13:50.049><c> light,</c><00:13:50.590><c> suggesting</c><00:13:51.169><c> that</c><00:13:51.409><c> there</c><00:13:51.590><c> was</c><00:13:51.769><c> a</c><00:13:51.970><c> light</c><00:13:52.230><c> that</c><00:13:52.529><c> never</c><00:13:52.909><c> went</c>

00:13:53.250 --> 00:13:55.629
out,<00:13:54.169><c> and</c><00:13:54.309><c> those</c><00:13:54.570><c> who</c><00:13:54.870><c> followed</c><00:13:55.129><c> would</c><00:13:55.370><c> be</c>

00:13:55.629 --> 00:13:59.990
constantly<00:13:56.090><c> in</c><00:13:56.389><c> this</c><00:13:56.629><c> light.</c><00:13:57.990><c> It</c><00:13:58.210><c> is</c><00:13:58.509><c> this</c><00:13:58.830><c> background</c><00:13:59.529><c> that</c>

00:13:59.990 --> 00:14:02.889
brings<00:14:00.230><c> us</c><00:14:00.470><c> to</c><00:14:00.669><c> the</c><00:14:00.850><c> statement</c><00:14:01.190><c> made</c><00:14:01.549><c> by</c><00:14:01.809><c> Jesus,</c>

00:14:02.990 --> 00:14:05.970
in<00:14:03.090><c> his</c><00:14:03.370><c> discussion</c><00:14:03.909><c> with</c><00:14:04.470><c> some</c><00:14:04.730><c> of</c><00:14:04.909><c> the</c><00:14:05.070><c> Jews</c><00:14:05.309><c> who</c><00:14:05.570><c> are</c><00:14:05.730><c> now</c>

00:14:05.970 --> 00:14:09.470
being<00:14:06.429><c> drawn</c><00:14:06.929><c> to</c><00:14:07.110><c> him,</c><00:14:08.210><c> inclined</c><00:14:08.649><c> to</c><00:14:08.889><c> feel</c><00:14:09.110><c> they</c><00:14:09.289><c> could</c>

00:14:09.470 --> 00:14:12.929
accept<00:14:09.929><c> and</c><00:14:10.129><c> believe</c><00:14:10.429><c> him,</c><00:14:11.110><c> and</c><00:14:11.269><c> he</c><00:14:11.330><c> makes</c><00:14:11.590><c> the</c><00:14:11.850><c> statement</c><00:14:12.389><c> in</c>

00:14:12.929 --> 00:14:15.509
verse<00:14:13.409><c> 31</c><00:14:14.169><c> of</c><00:14:14.409><c> chapter</c><00:14:14.710><c> 8.</c>

00:14:18.509 --> 00:14:21.269
Jesus<00:14:18.830><c> then</c><00:14:19.230><c> said</c><00:14:19.490><c> to</c><00:14:19.669><c> the</c><00:14:19.850><c> Jews</c><00:14:20.049><c> who</c><00:14:20.269><c> had</c><00:14:20.490><c> believed</c><00:14:20.870><c> in</c><00:14:21.090><c> him,</c>

00:14:21.590 --> 00:14:25.169
if<00:14:21.649><c> you</c><00:14:22.190><c> continue</c><00:14:22.929><c> in</c><00:14:23.549><c> my</c><00:14:23.970><c> words,</c><00:14:24.309><c> you</c><00:14:24.529><c> are</c><00:14:24.909><c> truly</c>

00:14:25.169 --> 00:14:33.750
my<00:14:25.429><c> disciples,</c><00:14:26.730><c> and</c><00:14:27.049><c> you</c><00:14:27.210><c> will</c><00:14:27.490><c> know</c><00:14:27.870><c> the</c><00:14:28.149><c> truth,</c><00:14:29.190><c> and</c><00:14:29.370><c> the</c><00:14:29.669><c> truth</c><00:14:29.970><c> will</c><00:14:30.370><c> make</c><00:14:30.529><c> you</c><00:14:30.929><c> free.</c><00:14:32.549><c> Now</c><00:14:32.870><c> what</c><00:14:33.049><c> does</c><00:14:33.289><c> he</c><00:14:33.509><c> mean</c>

00:14:33.750 --> 00:14:38.990
there?<00:14:35.429><c> The</c><00:14:35.690><c> key</c><00:14:35.970><c> word</c><00:14:36.230><c> of</c><00:14:36.389><c> course</c><00:14:36.730><c> is</c><00:14:37.149><c> truth.</c><00:14:38.389><c> We've</c><00:14:38.610><c> already</c>

00:14:38.990 --> 00:14:41.690
been<00:14:39.269><c> told</c><00:14:39.570><c> a</c><00:14:39.750><c> number</c><00:14:39.990><c> of</c><00:14:40.250><c> times</c><00:14:40.470><c> this</c><00:14:40.730><c> week</c>

00:14:42.049 --> 00:14:46.730
that<00:14:42.730><c> words</c><00:14:43.169><c> occur</c><00:14:43.850><c> in</c><00:14:44.389><c> John</c><00:14:44.690><c> that</c><00:14:45.409><c> are</c><00:14:45.649><c> given</c><00:14:45.929><c> great</c><00:14:46.450><c> force</c>

00:14:46.730 --> 00:14:48.970
and<00:14:47.129><c> significance,</c><00:14:47.970><c> far</c><00:14:48.230><c> more</c><00:14:48.490><c> than</c><00:14:48.590><c> perhaps</c>

00:14:48.970 --> 00:14:53.389
we<00:14:49.309><c> ordinarily</c><00:14:49.850><c> would</c><00:14:50.090><c> give</c><00:14:50.269><c> them,</c><00:14:51.190><c> and</c><00:14:51.570><c> this</c><00:14:51.809><c> is</c><00:14:52.049><c> one</c><00:14:52.190><c> in</c><00:14:52.549><c> particular,</c><00:14:53.250><c> the</c>

00:14:53.389 --> 00:14:56.929
word<00:14:53.789><c> truth.</c><00:14:54.850><c> It</c><00:14:55.090><c> occurs</c><00:14:55.590><c> 20</c><00:14:56.110><c> times</c><00:14:56.610><c> in</c>

00:14:56.929 --> 00:15:01.090
John,<00:14:57.669><c> and</c><00:14:58.009><c> on</c><00:14:58.210><c> each</c><00:14:58.429><c> occasion</c><00:14:58.870><c> is</c><00:14:59.149><c> most</c><00:14:59.490><c> significant.</c><00:15:00.629><c> It</c><00:15:00.789><c> is</c>

00:15:01.090 --> 00:15:04.610
a<00:15:01.289><c> Greek</c><00:15:01.590><c> term,</c><00:15:03.769><c> aletheia.</c>

00:15:12.909 --> 00:15:18.009
Its<00:15:13.190><c> equivalent,</c><00:15:14.070><c> closest</c><00:15:14.350><c> to</c><00:15:14.690><c> it</c><00:15:14.929><c> in</c><00:15:15.230><c> Hebrew,</c><00:15:16.490><c> is</c><00:15:17.129><c> MS.</c>

00:15:21.870 --> 00:15:29.389
Now<00:15:22.549><c> we</c><00:15:22.730><c> mustn't</c><00:15:23.009><c> be</c><00:15:23.309><c> confused</c><00:15:23.809><c> with</c><00:15:24.070><c> this</c><00:15:24.370><c> word.</c><00:15:26.129><c> Amongst</c><00:15:26.629><c> us,</c><00:15:27.490><c> the</c><00:15:27.590><c> word</c><00:15:27.970><c> truth</c><00:15:28.309><c> occurs</c><00:15:29.049><c> a</c>

00:15:29.389 --> 00:15:30.929
lot<00:15:29.629><c> of</c><00:15:29.889><c> times.</c><00:15:30.570><c> We</c><00:15:30.669><c> talk</c>

00:15:30.929 --> 00:15:36.649
about<00:15:31.169><c> being</c><00:15:31.809><c> in</c><00:15:32.409><c> the</c><00:15:32.649><c> truth,</c><00:15:33.950><c> or</c><00:15:34.289><c> possessing</c><00:15:34.889><c> the</c><00:15:35.070><c> truth,</c><00:15:36.389><c> or</c>

00:15:36.649 --> 00:15:40.610
defending<00:15:37.149><c> the</c><00:15:37.450><c> truth,</c><00:15:38.970><c> and</c><00:15:39.710><c> most</c><00:15:39.970><c> of</c><00:15:40.129><c> the</c><00:15:40.289><c> time</c><00:15:40.470><c> we</c>

00:15:40.610 --> 00:15:46.490
are<00:15:40.830><c> thinking</c><00:15:41.090><c> in</c><00:15:41.470><c> terms</c><00:15:41.909><c> of</c><00:15:42.629><c> this</c><00:15:43.009><c> precise</c><00:15:43.549><c> system</c><00:15:43.990><c> of</c><00:15:44.309><c> interpretation</c><00:15:44.769><c> of</c><00:15:45.009><c> scripture</c><00:15:45.429><c> that</c><00:15:46.389><c> to</c>

00:15:46.490 --> 00:15:47.070
us<00:15:46.710><c> reveals</c>

00:15:47.070 --> 00:15:49.669
the<00:15:47.309><c> purpose</c><00:15:47.509><c> of</c><00:15:47.830><c> God,</c><00:15:47.990><c> and</c><00:15:48.169><c> we</c><00:15:48.309><c> are</c><00:15:48.490><c> defending</c><00:15:48.950><c> very</c><00:15:49.470><c> often</c>

00:15:49.669 --> 00:15:52.529
the<00:15:50.649><c> explanations</c><00:15:51.149><c> or</c><00:15:51.529><c> interpretations</c><00:15:52.110><c> of</c><00:15:52.330><c> the</c>

00:15:52.529 --> 00:15:56.129
word<00:15:52.710><c> that</c><00:15:52.889><c> we</c><00:15:53.090><c> have</c><00:15:53.269><c> achieved</c><00:15:53.590><c> ourselves,</c><00:15:54.149><c> and</c><00:15:54.370><c> we</c><00:15:54.610><c> feel</c><00:15:54.950><c> certain</c><00:15:55.570><c> are</c>

00:15:56.129 --> 00:16:00.750
true.<00:15:58.830><c> We</c><00:15:59.129><c> know</c><00:15:59.309><c> very</c><00:15:59.549><c> well</c><00:15:59.970><c> in</c><00:16:00.350><c> the</c><00:16:00.570><c> world,</c>

00:16:00.750 --> 00:16:04.809
it's<00:16:00.970><c> a</c><00:16:01.029><c> very</c><00:16:01.289><c> common</c><00:16:01.590><c> form</c><00:16:01.909><c> of</c><00:16:02.570><c> examination</c><00:16:03.169><c> to</c><00:16:03.490><c> set</c><00:16:03.730><c> up</c><00:16:03.970><c> a</c><00:16:04.090><c> long</c><00:16:04.289><c> list</c><00:16:04.509><c> of</c>

00:16:04.809 --> 00:16:06.549
questions<00:16:05.230><c> and</c><00:16:05.509><c> put</c><00:16:05.669><c> at</c><00:16:05.850><c> the</c><00:16:05.990><c> top</c><00:16:06.169><c> true</c>

00:16:06.549 --> 00:16:09.710
or<00:16:06.929><c> false,</c><00:16:07.509><c> and</c><00:16:07.690><c> you</c><00:16:07.870><c> have</c><00:16:08.110><c> to</c><00:16:08.350><c> decide</c><00:16:08.789><c> which</c><00:16:09.029><c> one</c><00:16:09.269><c> is</c><00:16:09.470><c> right</c>

00:16:09.710 --> 00:16:12.809
or<00:16:10.009><c> wrong.</c><00:16:10.649><c> This</c><00:16:10.909><c> is</c><00:16:11.110><c> the</c><00:16:11.250><c> concept</c><00:16:11.629><c> of</c><00:16:12.210><c> truth</c><00:16:12.570><c> in</c>

00:16:12.809 --> 00:16:19.429
our<00:16:13.190><c> language,</c><00:16:13.490><c> that</c><00:16:13.710><c> which</c><00:16:13.909><c> is</c><00:16:14.450><c> true.</c><00:16:17.929><c> This</c><00:16:18.330><c> isn't</c><00:16:18.750><c> really</c>

00:16:19.429 --> 00:16:22.149
the<00:16:19.830><c> significance</c><00:16:20.269><c> of</c><00:16:20.529><c> the</c><00:16:20.669><c> Greek</c><00:16:20.929><c> term.</c>

00:16:22.570 --> 00:16:28.370
Truth<00:16:23.210><c> in</c><00:16:23.870><c> scripture</c><00:16:24.269><c> is</c><00:16:24.809><c> never</c><00:16:25.169><c> used</c><00:16:25.950><c> as</c><00:16:27.250><c> descriptive</c><00:16:27.750><c> of</c><00:16:28.090><c> a</c>

00:16:28.370 --> 00:16:30.750
system<00:16:28.669><c> of</c><00:16:29.009><c> interpretation</c><00:16:29.529><c> of</c><00:16:29.710><c> the</c><00:16:29.870><c> scripture.</c>

00:16:30.870 --> 00:16:34.649
It<00:16:31.009><c> isn't</c><00:16:31.269><c> a</c><00:16:31.509><c> compilation</c><00:16:31.950><c> of</c><00:16:32.470><c> theological</c><00:16:33.009><c> principles.</c><00:16:34.490><c> It</c>

00:16:34.649 --> 00:16:36.909
is<00:16:34.909><c> something</c><00:16:35.149><c> else</c><00:16:35.549><c> quite</c><00:16:35.870><c> different.</c>

00:16:36.970 --> 00:16:40.529
Let's<00:16:37.470><c> consider</c><00:16:38.049><c> very</c><00:16:38.610><c> briefly</c><00:16:39.070><c> first</c><00:16:39.450><c> of</c><00:16:39.690><c> all</c><00:16:40.029><c> the</c><00:16:40.269><c> meaning</c>

00:16:40.529 --> 00:16:43.549
of<00:16:40.750><c> the</c><00:16:40.950><c> Hebrew</c><00:16:41.289><c> term,</c><00:16:42.289><c> and</c><00:16:42.429><c> turn</c><00:16:42.649><c> to</c><00:16:42.889><c> Hosea</c>

00:16:43.549 --> 00:16:46.590
chapter<00:16:44.009><c> 4</c><00:16:44.669><c> where</c><00:16:45.009><c> we</c><00:16:45.190><c> have</c><00:16:45.330><c> an</c><00:16:45.470><c> example</c><00:16:45.850><c> of</c><00:16:46.049><c> this</c><00:16:46.230><c> kind</c><00:16:46.429><c> of</c>

00:16:46.590 --> 00:16:50.429
thing.<00:16:48.970><c> The</c><00:16:49.110><c> word</c><00:16:49.529><c> emet,</c>

00:16:52.169 --> 00:16:57.649
as<00:16:52.350><c> it</c><00:16:52.509><c> would</c><00:16:53.029><c> uncertainly</c><00:16:53.710><c> be</c><00:16:53.830><c> pronounced</c><00:16:54.129><c> in</c><00:16:54.409><c> Hebrew,</c><00:16:56.070><c> actually</c><00:16:56.490><c> means</c><00:16:56.929><c> the</c>

00:16:57.649 --> 00:16:59.509
foundation<00:16:58.269><c> of</c><00:16:58.570><c> anything,</c>

00:16:59.929 --> 00:17:04.089
and<00:17:00.210><c> it</c><00:17:00.490><c> really</c><00:17:00.750><c> is</c><00:17:01.110><c> exactly</c><00:17:01.610><c> the</c><00:17:01.950><c> same</c><00:17:02.250><c> word</c><00:17:02.730><c> that</c><00:17:03.210><c> is</c><00:17:03.470><c> applied</c><00:17:03.750><c> in</c><00:17:03.909><c> the</c>

00:17:04.089 --> 00:17:05.289
scripture<00:17:04.349><c> in</c><00:17:04.589><c> two</c><00:17:04.750><c> or</c><00:17:04.829><c> three</c><00:17:04.990><c> places</c>

00:17:05.289 --> 00:17:09.410
to<00:17:05.509><c> the</c><00:17:05.569><c> foundation</c><00:17:06.049><c> of</c><00:17:06.269><c> a</c><00:17:06.369><c> house,</c><00:17:07.910><c> that</c><00:17:08.170><c> which</c><00:17:08.369><c> is</c><00:17:08.529><c> the</c><00:17:08.910><c> solid</c>

00:17:09.410 --> 00:17:11.990
underpinning<00:17:10.170><c> of</c><00:17:10.450><c> anything</c><00:17:10.789><c> at</c><00:17:11.130><c> all,</c>

00:17:12.509 --> 00:17:17.210
that<00:17:12.769><c> which</c><00:17:12.970><c> is</c><00:17:13.150><c> significant</c><00:17:13.730><c> of</c><00:17:14.990><c> absolute</c><00:17:15.609><c> stability,</c><00:17:16.990><c> and</c>

00:17:17.210 --> 00:17:19.490
so<00:17:17.349><c> it</c><00:17:17.509><c> is</c><00:17:17.710><c> applied</c><00:17:18.190><c> to</c><00:17:18.490><c> God,</c>

00:17:20.430 --> 00:17:25.309
and<00:17:20.529><c> to</c><00:17:20.710><c> the</c><00:17:20.890><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:21.250><c> God</c><00:17:21.890><c> himself</c><00:17:22.609><c> was</c><00:17:23.230><c> truth</c><00:17:23.910><c> because</c><00:17:25.049><c> he</c>

00:17:25.309 --> 00:17:27.789
was<00:17:25.589><c> the</c><00:17:26.170><c> eternal</c><00:17:26.789><c> verities</c>

00:17:28.730 --> 00:17:32.109
encompassed<00:17:29.289><c> in</c><00:17:29.410><c> one</c><00:17:29.690><c> person.</c><00:17:31.130><c> Now</c><00:17:31.250><c> you</c><00:17:31.410><c> keep</c><00:17:31.569><c> that</c><00:17:31.910><c> thought</c>

00:17:32.109 --> 00:17:36.750
in<00:17:32.349><c> mind</c><00:17:32.630><c> and</c><00:17:32.849><c> read</c><00:17:33.549><c> Hosea</c><00:17:35.349><c> 4</c><00:17:35.670><c> verse</c><00:17:35.970><c> 1,</c>

00:17:37.009 --> 00:17:41.529
hear<00:17:37.250><c> the</c><00:17:37.450><c> word</c><00:17:37.690><c> of</c><00:17:37.869><c> the</c><00:17:38.009><c> Lord,</c><00:17:38.289><c> O</c><00:17:38.390><c> people</c><00:17:38.690><c> of</c><00:17:38.769><c> Israel,</c><00:17:40.369><c> for</c><00:17:40.490><c> the</c><00:17:40.710><c> Lord</c><00:17:40.869><c> has</c><00:17:41.109><c> a</c>

00:17:41.529 --> 00:17:43.569
controversy<00:17:42.130><c> with</c><00:17:43.049><c> the</c><00:17:43.250><c> inhabitants</c>

00:17:43.569 --> 00:17:48.490
of<00:17:43.789><c> the</c><00:17:43.930><c> land.</c><00:17:45.549><c> There</c><00:17:45.710><c> is</c><00:17:45.930><c> no</c><00:17:46.190><c> faithfulness</c><00:17:46.769><c> or</c><00:17:47.069><c> kindness</c><00:17:47.589><c> and</c>

00:17:48.490 --> 00:17:52.509
no<00:17:48.730><c> knowledge</c><00:17:49.089><c> of</c><00:17:49.410><c> God</c><00:17:49.730><c> in</c><00:17:50.049><c> the</c><00:17:50.269><c> land.</c><00:17:51.549><c> There</c><00:17:51.730><c> is</c>

00:17:52.490 --> 00:17:57.609
an<00:17:52.809><c> alternative,</c><00:17:53.690><c> no</c><00:17:54.049><c> truth</c><00:17:54.450><c> there,</c><00:17:55.950><c> and</c><00:17:56.210><c> the</c><00:17:56.450><c> absence</c><00:17:56.849><c> of</c><00:17:57.250><c> truth</c><00:17:57.450><c> in</c>

00:17:57.609 --> 00:17:58.609
its<00:17:57.809><c> ultimate</c><00:17:58.150><c> sense</c>

00:17:58.609 --> 00:18:02.029
means<00:17:59.210><c> that</c><00:17:59.390><c> there</c><00:17:59.630><c> is</c><00:17:59.930><c> swearing,</c><00:18:00.549><c> lying,</c><00:18:00.990><c> killing,</c><00:18:01.430><c> stealing,</c><00:18:01.869><c> and</c>

00:18:02.029 --> 00:18:03.430
committing<00:18:02.289><c> adultery.</c>

00:18:04.849 --> 00:18:12.089
So<00:18:05.250><c> truth</c><00:18:05.490><c> in</c><00:18:05.769><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:06.309><c> carrying</c><00:18:07.809><c> a</c><00:18:08.970><c> very</c><00:18:09.630><c> profound</c><00:18:10.549><c> moral</c><00:18:11.390><c> sense</c><00:18:11.849><c> is</c>

00:18:12.089 --> 00:18:14.269
that<00:18:12.309><c> which</c><00:18:12.509><c> is</c><00:18:12.750><c> the</c><00:18:13.170><c> solid</c><00:18:13.369><c> foundation</c><00:18:13.950><c> of</c>

00:18:14.269 --> 00:18:23.269
anything,<00:18:16.890><c> slightly</c><00:18:17.670><c> different</c><00:18:18.230><c> in</c><00:18:18.490><c> Greek.</c><00:18:21.130><c> It</c><00:18:21.309><c> is</c><00:18:21.630><c> the,</c><00:18:22.930><c> as</c>

00:18:23.269 --> 00:18:28.509
it<00:18:23.450><c> has</c><00:18:23.650><c> been</c><00:18:23.990><c> said,</c><00:18:25.849><c> the</c><00:18:26.269><c> ultimate</c><00:18:27.069><c> reality.</c>

00:18:30.089 --> 00:18:35.250
It<00:18:30.210><c> is</c><00:18:30.769><c> the</c><00:18:31.150><c> real</c><00:18:31.509><c> against</c><00:18:31.950><c> the</c><00:18:32.269><c> unreal.</c><00:18:33.910><c> It</c><00:18:33.990><c> is</c><00:18:34.410><c> the</c><00:18:34.869><c> eternal</c>

00:18:35.250 --> 00:18:39.109
against<00:18:35.950><c> the</c><00:18:36.289><c> temporal.</c><00:18:37.630><c> It</c><00:18:37.769><c> is</c><00:18:38.210><c> the</c><00:18:38.630><c> tangible</c>

00:18:39.109 --> 00:18:43.329
against<00:18:39.769><c> the</c><00:18:40.069><c> shadowy.</c><00:18:41.609><c> But</c><00:18:41.869><c> essentially</c><00:18:42.369><c> it</c><00:18:42.589><c> is</c><00:18:42.769><c> that</c><00:18:43.069><c> which</c>

00:18:43.329 --> 00:18:46.750
is<00:18:43.910><c> the</c><00:18:44.009><c> ultimate</c><00:18:44.670><c> reality</c><00:18:45.490><c> which</c><00:18:45.950><c> will</c><00:18:46.269><c> endure</c>

00:18:46.750 --> 00:18:53.049
eternally.<00:18:49.549><c> Now</c><00:18:49.829><c> Jesus</c><00:18:50.170><c> is</c><00:18:50.569><c> saying</c><00:18:50.849><c> this</c><00:18:51.430><c> against</c><00:18:51.950><c> the</c><00:18:52.150><c> background</c><00:18:52.630><c> of</c>

00:18:53.049 --> 00:18:54.869
ceremonies<00:18:53.430><c> that</c><00:18:53.710><c> are</c><00:18:53.950><c> repeated</c><00:18:54.369><c> every</c>

00:18:54.869 --> 00:19:00.190
year<00:18:55.450><c> and</c><00:18:55.950><c> which</c><00:18:56.269><c> in</c><00:18:56.509><c> themselves</c><00:18:56.970><c> accomplish</c><00:18:57.670><c> nothing.</c><00:18:59.910><c> As</c>

00:19:00.190 --> 00:19:03.630
if<00:19:00.369><c> he</c><00:19:00.509><c> was</c><00:19:00.750><c> saying</c><00:19:01.210><c> the</c><00:19:02.269><c> water</c><00:19:02.569><c> you</c><00:19:02.869><c> pour</c><00:19:03.029><c> down</c><00:19:03.369><c> there</c>

00:19:03.630 --> 00:19:09.230
has<00:19:03.869><c> no</c><00:19:04.170><c> real</c><00:19:04.470><c> meaning</c><00:19:04.809><c> at</c><00:19:05.150><c> all,</c><00:19:06.470><c> and</c><00:19:06.609><c> the</c><00:19:06.750><c> light</c><00:19:06.930><c> you</c><00:19:07.130><c> have</c><00:19:07.289><c> lit</c><00:19:07.509><c> only</c><00:19:07.910><c> lasts</c><00:19:08.349><c> six</c><00:19:08.710><c> days</c><00:19:09.049><c> or</c>

00:19:09.230 --> 00:19:09.990
seven<00:19:09.549><c> days</c><00:19:09.869><c> and</c>

00:19:09.990 --> 00:19:14.869
it<00:19:10.170><c> goes</c><00:19:10.430><c> out.</c><00:19:11.250><c> It</c><00:19:11.490><c> has</c><00:19:11.750><c> no</c><00:19:11.950><c> eternal</c><00:19:12.329><c> value</c><00:19:12.670><c> of</c><00:19:12.890><c> any</c><00:19:13.109><c> kind</c><00:19:13.289><c> whatsoever.</c><00:19:14.529><c> All</c>

00:19:14.869 --> 00:19:16.410
this<00:19:15.190><c> involves</c><00:19:15.630><c> ceremonial,</c>

00:19:16.450 --> 00:19:19.970
so<00:19:16.750><c> interesting</c><00:19:17.349><c> and</c><00:19:17.630><c> so</c><00:19:17.890><c> impressive</c><00:19:18.549><c> that</c><00:19:19.289><c> the</c><00:19:19.509><c> crowds</c><00:19:19.690><c> will</c>

00:19:19.970 --> 00:19:24.569
be<00:19:20.170><c> caught</c><00:19:20.309><c> up</c><00:19:20.509><c> into</c><00:19:20.710><c> it.</c><00:19:23.650><c> In</c><00:19:23.650><c> the</c><00:19:24.029><c> true</c><00:19:24.210><c> essence</c>

00:19:24.569 --> 00:19:30.970
has<00:19:24.849><c> no</c><00:19:25.170><c> meaning.</c><00:19:28.450><c> What</c><00:19:28.769><c> I</c><00:19:29.150><c> am</c><00:19:29.269><c> bringing</c><00:19:29.569><c> to</c><00:19:29.869><c> you</c><00:19:30.390><c> is</c><00:19:30.750><c> the</c>

00:19:30.970 --> 00:19:33.910
ultimate<00:19:31.930><c> truth.</c>

00:19:36.329 --> 00:19:39.990
Well<00:19:36.609><c> we</c><00:19:36.789><c> find</c><00:19:37.150><c> immediately</c><00:19:37.950><c> that</c><00:19:38.789><c> Jesus</c><00:19:39.130><c> doesn't</c><00:19:39.549><c> leave</c><00:19:39.789><c> it</c>

00:19:39.990 --> 00:19:42.849
like<00:19:40.289><c> this</c><00:19:40.849><c> in</c><00:19:41.289><c> a</c><00:19:41.450><c> way</c><00:19:41.589><c> that</c><00:19:41.970><c> perhaps</c><00:19:42.410><c> we</c>

00:19:42.849 --> 00:19:48.150
might<00:19:43.109><c> regard</c><00:19:43.549><c> as</c><00:19:43.990><c> rather</c><00:19:44.329><c> academic.</c><00:19:46.690><c> He</c><00:19:47.009><c> directly</c><00:19:47.690><c> relates</c>

00:19:48.150 --> 00:19:51.769
it<00:19:48.470><c> to</c><00:19:48.690><c> himself</c><00:19:49.250><c> in</c><00:19:49.650><c> the</c><00:19:49.890><c> same</c><00:19:50.450><c> chapter</c>

00:19:52.289 --> 00:19:55.569
as<00:19:52.809><c> he</c><00:19:52.910><c> goes</c><00:19:53.190><c> along</c><00:19:53.549><c> with</c><00:19:53.769><c> his</c><00:19:54.009><c> discussion</c><00:19:54.490><c> with</c><00:19:54.750><c> them</c><00:19:55.230><c> and</c>

00:19:55.569 --> 00:19:57.769
having<00:19:55.809><c> made</c><00:19:56.130><c> the</c><00:19:56.410><c> statement</c>

00:20:01.150 --> 00:20:04.730
if<00:20:01.670><c> you</c><00:20:01.890><c> continue</c><00:20:02.450><c> in</c><00:20:02.730><c> my</c><00:20:03.049><c> word</c><00:20:03.289><c> you</c><00:20:03.450><c> are</c><00:20:03.750><c> truly</c><00:20:03.970><c> my</c><00:20:04.230><c> disciples</c>

00:20:04.730 --> 00:20:06.430
and<00:20:04.970><c> you</c><00:20:05.049><c> will</c><00:20:05.250><c> know</c><00:20:05.470><c> the</c><00:20:05.710><c> truth</c><00:20:05.970><c> and</c><00:20:06.210><c> the</c>

00:20:06.430 --> 00:20:10.730
truth<00:20:06.630><c> will</c><00:20:06.890><c> make</c><00:20:07.089><c> you</c><00:20:07.390><c> free.</c><00:20:09.089><c> He</c><00:20:09.250><c> goes</c><00:20:09.509><c> on</c><00:20:09.769><c> then</c><00:20:10.109><c> further</c><00:20:10.470><c> in</c>

00:20:10.730 --> 00:20:15.109
the<00:20:10.910><c> chapter</c><00:20:11.470><c> that</c><00:20:12.289><c> it</c><00:20:12.569><c> is</c><00:20:13.150><c> the</c><00:20:13.529><c> son</c><00:20:14.009><c> who</c><00:20:14.690><c> could</c><00:20:14.849><c> make</c>

00:20:15.109 --> 00:20:20.730
them<00:20:15.430><c> free,</c><00:20:16.509><c> referring</c><00:20:16.930><c> to</c><00:20:17.150><c> himself.</c><00:20:19.970><c> We</c><00:20:20.109><c> know</c><00:20:20.309><c> that</c><00:20:20.450><c> when</c><00:20:20.630><c> he</c>

00:20:20.730 --> 00:20:22.250
was<00:20:20.990><c> before</c><00:20:21.390><c> Pilate</c>

00:20:23.450 --> 00:20:27.150
he<00:20:24.049><c> said</c><00:20:24.349><c> that</c><00:20:24.730><c> his</c><00:20:24.950><c> witness,</c><00:20:26.009><c> the</c><00:20:26.150><c> reason</c><00:20:26.390><c> he</c><00:20:26.470><c> came</c><00:20:26.710><c> into</c><00:20:26.930><c> the</c>

00:20:27.150 --> 00:20:30.130
world,<00:20:28.089><c> was</c><00:20:28.329><c> to</c><00:20:28.529><c> witness</c><00:20:29.150><c> to</c><00:20:29.470><c> the</c><00:20:29.730><c> truth</c>

00:20:30.130 --> 00:20:33.369
and<00:20:30.769><c> he</c><00:20:30.930><c> had</c><00:20:31.069><c> that</c><00:20:31.369><c> cynical</c><00:20:31.769><c> response</c><00:20:32.230><c> of</c><00:20:32.410><c> Pilate,</c><00:20:32.829><c> what</c><00:20:33.009><c> is</c>

00:20:33.369 --> 00:20:37.509
truth?<00:20:35.210><c> The</c><00:20:35.470><c> passage</c><00:20:35.690><c> was</c><00:20:35.970><c> quoted</c><00:20:36.170><c> this</c><00:20:36.490><c> morning,</c>

00:20:37.809 --> 00:20:44.529
I<00:20:38.569><c> am</c><00:20:38.890><c> the</c><00:20:39.109><c> way,</c><00:20:40.250><c> the</c><00:20:40.670><c> truth</c><00:20:41.170><c> and</c><00:20:41.990><c> the</c><00:20:42.230><c> life.</c><00:20:43.890><c> No</c><00:20:44.029><c> man</c><00:20:44.289><c> cometh</c>

00:20:44.529 --> 00:20:46.589
unto<00:20:44.730><c> the</c><00:20:44.930><c> father</c><00:20:45.210><c> but</c><00:20:45.430><c> by</c><00:20:45.710><c> me.</c>

00:20:48.750 --> 00:20:52.309
Just<00:20:49.170><c> as</c><00:20:49.509><c> constantly</c><00:20:50.029><c> he</c><00:20:50.329><c> has</c><00:20:50.630><c> used</c><00:20:50.890><c> expressions</c><00:20:51.490><c> like</c><00:20:51.869><c> bread</c>

00:20:52.309 --> 00:20:55.710
and<00:20:52.650><c> water</c><00:20:53.049><c> and</c><00:20:53.369><c> light</c><00:20:53.809><c> in</c><00:20:54.769><c> direct</c><00:20:55.170><c> application</c>

00:20:55.710 --> 00:21:03.230
to<00:20:55.950><c> himself,</c><00:20:57.690><c> he</c><00:20:57.970><c> is</c><00:20:58.329><c> encompassing</c><00:20:59.089><c> them</c><00:20:59.430><c> all</c><00:20:59.849><c> in</c><00:21:00.089><c> the</c><00:21:00.289><c> one</c><00:21:00.650><c> term</c><00:21:01.410><c> and</c><00:21:02.509><c> saying</c><00:21:02.710><c> that</c><00:21:02.950><c> he</c>

00:21:03.230 --> 00:21:05.589
himself<00:21:03.849><c> is</c><00:21:04.730><c> the</c><00:21:04.970><c> ultimate</c>

00:21:05.589 --> 00:21:09.970
reality,<00:21:06.990><c> the</c><00:21:07.109><c> only</c><00:21:07.509><c> thing</c><00:21:07.890><c> that</c><00:21:08.069><c> has</c><00:21:08.369><c> any</c><00:21:08.650><c> lasting</c><00:21:09.150><c> verity,</c>

00:21:10.329 --> 00:21:13.329
Jesus<00:21:10.869><c> or</c><00:21:11.569><c> truth</c><00:21:11.950><c> itself.</c>

00:21:18.109 --> 00:21:22.250
Now<00:21:19.150><c> we</c><00:21:20.190><c> go</c><00:21:20.450><c> a</c><00:21:20.589><c> step</c><00:21:20.789><c> further</c><00:21:21.230><c> here</c>

00:21:23.650 --> 00:21:29.109
and<00:21:24.170><c> note</c><00:21:24.529><c> the</c><00:21:25.250><c> first</c><00:21:25.589><c> few</c><00:21:25.849><c> words</c><00:21:26.470><c> that</c><00:21:27.029><c> he</c><00:21:27.230><c> said</c><00:21:27.390><c> to</c><00:21:27.630><c> them,</c><00:21:28.750><c> if</c>

00:21:29.109 --> 00:21:32.990
you<00:21:29.569><c> continue</c><00:21:30.329><c> in</c><00:21:31.029><c> my</c><00:21:31.789><c> word.</c>

00:21:34.269 --> 00:21:38.670
So<00:21:35.009><c> the</c><00:21:35.309><c> truth,</c><00:21:36.609><c> the</c><00:21:36.809><c> knowledge</c><00:21:37.029><c> of</c><00:21:37.269><c> it,</c><00:21:37.769><c> the</c><00:21:38.109><c> appreciation</c>

00:21:38.670 --> 00:21:44.230
of<00:21:38.910><c> it</c><00:21:39.230><c> and</c><00:21:39.609><c> its</c><00:21:40.109><c> power</c><00:21:40.750><c> to</c><00:21:41.269><c> free</c><00:21:41.509><c> them,</c><00:21:42.890><c> depends</c><00:21:43.250><c> on</c>

00:21:44.230 --> 00:21:53.009
the<00:21:45.329><c> word</c><00:21:45.589><c> of</c><00:21:45.829><c> Christ</c><00:21:46.349><c> and</c><00:21:48.069><c> abiding</c><00:21:48.490><c> in</c><00:21:48.730><c> it.</c><00:21:51.789><c> Now</c><00:21:52.109><c> Jesus</c><00:21:52.430><c> used</c>

00:21:53.009 --> 00:21:57.650
constantly<00:21:53.750><c> in</c><00:21:54.990><c> John</c><00:21:55.369><c> the</c><00:21:56.130><c> common</c><00:21:56.490><c> term</c><00:21:56.750><c> of</c><00:21:56.970><c> the</c>

00:21:58.130 --> 00:22:04.710
term<00:21:58.769><c> logos,</c><00:22:01.269><c> not</c><00:22:01.589><c> difficult</c><00:22:02.049><c> to</c><00:22:02.349><c> them.</c><00:22:03.690><c> Nowadays</c><00:22:04.190><c> we</c><00:22:04.509><c> tend</c>

00:22:04.710 --> 00:22:08.089
to<00:22:04.930><c> sometimes</c><00:22:05.450><c> get</c><00:22:05.769><c> involved</c><00:22:06.250><c> in</c><00:22:06.690><c> explaining</c><00:22:07.009><c> it</c>

00:22:08.410 --> 00:22:12.990
but<00:22:09.049><c> to</c><00:22:09.349><c> the</c><00:22:09.569><c> Hebrew</c><00:22:09.869><c> who</c><00:22:10.210><c> heard</c><00:22:10.390><c> him,</c><00:22:11.549><c> what</c><00:22:11.869><c> he</c><00:22:12.089><c> would</c><00:22:12.250><c> be</c><00:22:12.509><c> saying</c><00:22:12.769><c> if</c>

00:22:12.990 --> 00:22:15.230
he<00:22:13.130><c> spoke</c><00:22:13.390><c> of</c><00:22:13.589><c> his</c><00:22:14.009><c> word</c>

00:22:15.609 --> 00:22:22.750
would<00:22:16.250><c> be</c><00:22:16.509><c> that</c><00:22:17.369><c> it</c><00:22:18.109><c> expressed</c><00:22:18.789><c> what</c><00:22:19.230><c> was</c><00:22:19.490><c> in</c><00:22:19.789><c> his</c><00:22:20.170><c> mind.</c><00:22:22.490><c> But</c>

00:22:22.750 --> 00:22:25.549
I<00:22:22.829><c> think</c><00:22:22.970><c> we</c><00:22:23.109><c> have</c><00:22:23.289><c> to</c><00:22:23.490><c> carry</c><00:22:23.670><c> it</c><00:22:23.990><c> further</c><00:22:24.369><c> and</c><00:22:25.130><c> we</c>

00:22:25.549 --> 00:22:29.630
go<00:22:25.869><c> into</c><00:22:26.130><c> the</c><00:22:26.210><c> Old</c><00:22:26.430><c> Testament</c><00:22:26.829><c> to</c><00:22:27.069><c> do</c><00:22:27.210><c> this.</c><00:22:28.869><c> Perhaps</c><00:22:29.109><c> we</c><00:22:29.269><c> should</c><00:22:29.430><c> look</c>

00:22:29.630 --> 00:22:32.150
it<00:22:29.789><c> up</c><00:22:30.049><c> Psalm</c><00:22:30.470><c> 33</c>

00:22:32.529 --> 00:22:40.509
where<00:22:33.250><c> we</c><00:22:33.470><c> see</c><00:22:33.769><c> how</c><00:22:34.490><c> God</c><00:22:34.849><c> uses</c><00:22:36.329><c> the</c><00:22:37.470><c> term</c><00:22:38.089><c> reference</c><00:22:38.990><c> to</c><00:22:39.269><c> his</c><00:22:39.650><c> word</c>

00:22:41.849 --> 00:22:49.230
verse<00:22:42.569><c> 6</c><00:22:42.990><c> of</c><00:22:43.250><c> Psalm</c><00:22:43.809><c> 33,</c><00:22:45.289><c> by</c><00:22:45.309><c> the</c><00:22:45.710><c> word</c><00:22:45.990><c> of</c><00:22:46.210><c> the</c><00:22:46.430><c> Lord</c><00:22:46.869><c> the</c><00:22:47.589><c> heavens</c><00:22:47.910><c> were</c><00:22:48.230><c> made</c>

00:22:49.470 --> 00:22:52.250
and<00:22:49.789><c> all</c><00:22:50.049><c> the</c><00:22:50.210><c> host</c><00:22:50.369><c> of</c><00:22:50.490><c> them</c><00:22:50.569><c> by</c><00:22:50.769><c> the</c><00:22:50.829><c> breath</c><00:22:51.029><c> of</c><00:22:51.190><c> his</c><00:22:51.369><c> mouth.</c>

00:22:54.130 --> 00:22:57.309
He<00:22:54.369><c> spake</c><00:22:54.730><c> and</c><00:22:54.930><c> it</c><00:22:55.130><c> was</c><00:22:55.450><c> done</c><00:22:55.789><c> says</c><00:22:56.009><c> another</c><00:22:56.369><c> writer.</c>

00:22:59.849 --> 00:23:05.130
God<00:23:00.150><c> said</c><00:23:00.589><c> let</c><00:23:00.869><c> there</c><00:23:01.089><c> be</c><00:23:01.269><c> light</c><00:23:01.849><c> and</c><00:23:02.369><c> there</c><00:23:02.670><c> was</c><00:23:02.890><c> light.</c><00:23:05.009><c> Well</c>

00:23:05.130 --> 00:23:07.970
the<00:23:05.410><c> same</c><00:23:06.029><c> identical</c><00:23:06.750><c> thought</c><00:23:07.210><c> is</c><00:23:07.529><c> involved</c>

00:23:07.970 --> 00:23:14.190
in<00:23:08.470><c> Jesus</c><00:23:08.869><c> reference</c><00:23:09.670><c> to</c><00:23:10.529><c> the</c><00:23:10.789><c> word,</c><00:23:11.329><c> his</c><00:23:11.690><c> word,</c><00:23:13.009><c> that</c><00:23:13.150><c> it</c><00:23:13.369><c> actually</c><00:23:13.769><c> was</c>

00:23:14.190 --> 00:23:17.569
an<00:23:14.490><c> expression</c><00:23:14.990><c> of</c><00:23:15.289><c> his</c><00:23:15.630><c> own</c><00:23:16.069><c> way</c><00:23:16.349><c> of</c><00:23:16.630><c> life.</c>

00:23:18.069 --> 00:23:21.710
Well<00:23:18.750><c> I</c><00:23:18.849><c> think</c><00:23:19.049><c> it</c><00:23:19.150><c> is</c><00:23:19.369><c> important</c><00:23:19.829><c> for</c><00:23:20.009><c> us</c><00:23:20.289><c> here</c><00:23:20.490><c> to</c><00:23:20.690><c> repeat</c><00:23:21.170><c> in</c>

00:23:21.710 --> 00:23:24.430
part<00:23:22.049><c> something</c><00:23:22.490><c> said</c><00:23:22.750><c> to</c><00:23:22.930><c> you</c><00:23:23.069><c> this</c><00:23:23.309><c> morning</c>

00:23:26.289 --> 00:23:32.529
that<00:23:26.970><c> Jesus</c><00:23:27.470><c> brought</c><00:23:28.029><c> into</c><00:23:28.289><c> the</c><00:23:28.569><c> world</c><00:23:29.309><c> not</c><00:23:30.049><c> a</c><00:23:30.309><c> new</c><00:23:30.650><c> system</c><00:23:31.170><c> of</c><00:23:31.529><c> teaching,</c>

00:23:34.809 --> 00:23:39.789
not<00:23:35.109><c> a</c><00:23:35.450><c> new</c><00:23:35.849><c> idea</c><00:23:36.410><c> as</c><00:23:36.690><c> far</c><00:23:36.890><c> as</c><00:23:37.029><c> theology</c><00:23:37.450><c> was</c><00:23:37.829><c> concerned.</c><00:23:39.470><c> He</c>

00:23:39.789 --> 00:23:41.809
brought<00:23:40.130><c> to</c><00:23:40.490><c> men</c>

00:23:42.170 --> 00:23:48.349
the<00:23:42.529><c> revelation</c><00:23:43.230><c> of</c><00:23:45.029><c> the</c><00:23:45.390><c> true</c><00:23:45.670><c> relationship</c><00:23:46.589><c> between</c><00:23:47.829><c> men</c>

00:23:48.349 --> 00:23:50.750
and<00:23:48.650><c> men</c><00:23:48.869><c> and</c><00:23:49.130><c> between</c><00:23:49.369><c> men</c><00:23:49.650><c> and</c><00:23:49.950><c> God.</c>

00:23:52.789 --> 00:23:58.769
The<00:23:52.910><c> whole</c><00:23:53.190><c> essence</c><00:23:53.630><c> of</c><00:23:53.890><c> his</c><00:23:54.170><c> life</c><00:23:54.549><c> was</c><00:23:55.190><c> revealed</c><00:23:55.630><c> in</c><00:23:56.069><c> concrete</c><00:23:56.730><c> practical</c><00:23:57.430><c> relationships</c><00:23:58.190><c> with</c><00:23:58.490><c> other</c>

00:23:58.769 --> 00:24:04.809
human<00:23:59.089><c> beings</c><00:23:59.769><c> and</c><00:24:01.589><c> so</c><00:24:01.869><c> what</c><00:24:02.150><c> he</c><00:24:02.670><c> taught</c><00:24:03.089><c> was</c><00:24:03.890><c> expressed</c><00:24:04.569><c> in</c>

00:24:04.809 --> 00:24:07.230
his<00:24:05.109><c> life,</c><00:24:05.650><c> in</c><00:24:05.769><c> his</c><00:24:06.109><c> person.</c>

00:24:07.589 --> 00:24:11.950
He<00:24:07.950><c> was</c><00:24:08.369><c> as</c><00:24:08.490><c> brother</c><00:24:08.829><c> Rogers</c><00:24:09.130><c> has</c><00:24:09.509><c> said</c><00:24:09.750><c> the</c><00:24:10.470><c> full</c><00:24:11.049><c> expression</c>

00:24:11.950 --> 00:24:14.549
in<00:24:13.130><c> an</c><00:24:13.430><c> active</c><00:24:13.890><c> life</c>

00:24:14.549 --> 00:24:19.970
of<00:24:15.369><c> all</c><00:24:15.849><c> that</c><00:24:16.049><c> God</c><00:24:16.430><c> would</c><00:24:16.769><c> want</c><00:24:16.990><c> men</c><00:24:17.250><c> to</c><00:24:17.529><c> know</c><00:24:17.670><c> of</c><00:24:17.890><c> himself.</c><00:24:19.910><c> He</c>

00:24:19.970 --> 00:24:24.210
was<00:24:20.589><c> grace</c><00:24:21.230><c> and</c><00:24:21.609><c> truth</c><00:24:21.990><c> in</c><00:24:22.529><c> active</c><00:24:22.890><c> operation.</c>

00:24:26.069 --> 00:24:30.710
We<00:24:26.210><c> must</c><00:24:26.849><c> try</c><00:24:28.049><c> to</c><00:24:28.329><c> divorce</c><00:24:28.670><c> ourselves</c><00:24:29.470><c> from</c><00:24:29.750><c> the</c><00:24:30.069><c> concept</c><00:24:30.450><c> we</c>

00:24:30.710 --> 00:24:32.829
are<00:24:30.829><c> so</c><00:24:30.970><c> familiar</c><00:24:31.369><c> with</c><00:24:31.670><c> of</c><00:24:31.970><c> truth</c><00:24:32.170><c> being</c><00:24:32.509><c> written</c>

00:24:32.829 --> 00:24:36.930
down<00:24:33.250><c> in</c><00:24:33.430><c> a</c><00:24:33.569><c> book.</c><00:24:34.289><c> This</c><00:24:34.569><c> kind</c><00:24:34.970><c> of</c><00:24:35.190><c> truth</c><00:24:35.369><c> can't</c><00:24:35.789><c> be</c><00:24:35.990><c> written</c><00:24:36.250><c> down</c><00:24:36.630><c> in</c><00:24:36.829><c> a</c>

00:24:36.930 --> 00:24:39.930
book.<00:24:38.329><c> It</c><00:24:38.450><c> can</c><00:24:38.670><c> only</c><00:24:38.930><c> be</c><00:24:39.150><c> lived</c>

00:24:40.390 --> 00:24:44.549
and<00:24:41.130><c> Jesus</c><00:24:41.569><c> was</c><00:24:41.970><c> truth</c><00:24:42.329><c> in</c><00:24:42.549><c> its</c><00:24:42.750><c> ultimate</c><00:24:43.069><c> sense</c><00:24:43.470><c> because</c><00:24:44.109><c> in</c>

00:24:44.549 --> 00:24:47.089
his<00:24:44.869><c> relationships</c><00:24:45.470><c> to</c><00:24:45.809><c> human</c><00:24:46.009><c> beings</c>

00:24:47.230 --> 00:24:53.069
he<00:24:47.630><c> behaved</c><00:24:48.089><c> in</c><00:24:48.470><c> perfect</c><00:24:48.789><c> harmony</c><00:24:49.390><c> with</c><00:24:50.549><c> God.</c><00:24:52.210><c> Truth</c><00:24:52.589><c> in</c><00:24:52.869><c> its</c>

00:24:53.069 --> 00:24:56.529
ultimate<00:24:53.450><c> sense</c><00:24:54.029><c> and</c><00:24:54.910><c> so</c><00:24:55.230><c> all</c><00:24:55.670><c> that</c><00:24:55.829><c> was</c><00:24:56.089><c> expressed</c>

00:24:56.529 --> 00:25:01.190
in<00:24:56.710><c> Exodus</c><00:24:57.069><c> 34</c><00:24:58.069><c> the</c><00:24:58.630><c> Lord</c><00:24:58.990><c> the</c><00:24:59.109><c> Lord</c><00:24:59.390><c> God</c><00:24:59.710><c> merciful</c><00:25:00.269><c> and</c><00:25:00.630><c> gracious</c><00:25:00.950><c> slow</c>

00:25:01.190 --> 00:25:03.250
to<00:25:01.390><c> anger</c><00:25:01.609><c> and</c><00:25:01.930><c> plenteous</c><00:25:02.329><c> in</c><00:25:02.549><c> mercy</c>

00:25:03.250 --> 00:25:08.450
found<00:25:03.829><c> expression</c><00:25:04.589><c> in</c><00:25:05.390><c> a</c><00:25:05.630><c> man's</c><00:25:06.309><c> active</c><00:25:06.650><c> life</c><00:25:06.970><c> in</c><00:25:07.210><c> the</c><00:25:07.390><c> world.</c>

00:25:11.029 --> 00:25:18.470
So<00:25:11.670><c> to</c><00:25:12.309><c> know</c><00:25:12.809><c> what</c><00:25:13.009><c> is</c><00:25:13.289><c> meant</c><00:25:13.470><c> by</c><00:25:13.750><c> the</c><00:25:14.009><c> word</c><00:25:14.230><c> of</c><00:25:14.490><c> Jesus</c><00:25:15.069><c> is</c><00:25:15.970><c> to</c><00:25:16.170><c> know</c><00:25:16.349><c> Jesus</c><00:25:16.769><c> himself</c><00:25:17.369><c> as</c><00:25:17.769><c> a</c><00:25:17.930><c> person,</c>

00:25:18.470 --> 00:25:25.490
an<00:25:19.029><c> active</c><00:25:19.569><c> living</c><00:25:21.009><c> exhibition</c><00:25:21.950><c> of</c><00:25:23.430><c> God's</c><00:25:23.869><c> presence</c><00:25:24.150><c> in</c><00:25:24.390><c> the</c><00:25:24.589><c> world.</c>

00:25:25.730 --> 00:25:28.069
That<00:25:25.930><c> is</c><00:25:26.109><c> why</c><00:25:26.309><c> he</c><00:25:26.450><c> could</c><00:25:26.670><c> say</c><00:25:26.849><c> as</c><00:25:27.029><c> you've</c><00:25:27.349><c> heard</c><00:25:27.369><c> this</c><00:25:27.690><c> morning</c>

00:25:28.069 --> 00:25:31.549
to<00:25:29.650><c> the</c><00:25:30.210><c> disciple</c>

00:25:32.210 --> 00:25:36.430
as<00:25:32.849><c> though</c><00:25:33.069><c> not</c><00:25:33.289><c> knowing</c><00:25:33.490><c> me</c><00:25:34.230><c> he</c><00:25:34.650><c> that</c><00:25:34.890><c> hath</c><00:25:35.109><c> seen</c><00:25:35.549><c> me</c><00:25:36.009><c> hath</c>

00:25:36.430 --> 00:25:37.990
seen<00:25:36.809><c> the</c><00:25:37.049><c> father.</c>

00:25:39.869 --> 00:25:43.069
Well<00:25:40.069><c> it</c><00:25:40.210><c> is</c><00:25:40.490><c> continuing</c><00:25:40.930><c> on</c><00:25:41.269><c> from</c><00:25:41.529><c> that</c><00:25:41.970><c> thought</c><00:25:42.269><c> that</c><00:25:42.710><c> we</c><00:25:42.910><c> go</c>

00:25:43.069 --> 00:25:45.849
now<00:25:43.529><c> sort</c><00:25:43.950><c> of</c><00:25:44.210><c> going</c><00:25:44.509><c> backwards</c><00:25:44.970><c> in</c><00:25:45.250><c> the</c><00:25:45.470><c> verse</c>

00:25:45.849 --> 00:25:51.569
he<00:25:46.410><c> says</c><00:25:46.710><c> if</c><00:25:47.170><c> you</c><00:25:47.670><c> continue</c><00:25:48.509><c> in</c><00:25:48.970><c> my</c><00:25:49.329><c> word</c><00:25:49.710><c> and</c><00:25:50.809><c> we</c><00:25:51.029><c> have</c><00:25:51.210><c> the</c>

00:25:51.569 --> 00:25:53.309
term<00:25:52.250><c> abide.</c>

00:25:58.950 --> 00:26:05.849
Verse<00:26:00.190><c> chapter</c><00:26:01.430><c> 5,</c><00:26:02.089><c> 38</c><00:26:02.710><c> is</c><00:26:03.190><c> an</c><00:26:03.410><c> excellent</c><00:26:03.809><c> exhibition</c><00:26:04.329><c> of</c><00:26:04.589><c> this.</c>

00:26:17.589 --> 00:26:22.069
Verse<00:26:18.150><c> 37</c><00:26:18.710><c> and</c><00:26:19.970><c> the</c><00:26:20.109><c> father</c><00:26:20.470><c> who</c><00:26:20.690><c> has</c><00:26:20.950><c> sent</c><00:26:21.089><c> me</c><00:26:21.329><c> has</c><00:26:21.589><c> himself</c>

00:26:22.069 --> 00:26:24.849
born<00:26:22.369><c> witness</c><00:26:22.730><c> to</c><00:26:23.029><c> me</c><00:26:23.250><c> his</c><00:26:23.529><c> voice</c><00:26:23.769><c> you</c><00:26:23.930><c> have</c><00:26:24.190><c> never</c><00:26:24.450><c> heard</c>

00:26:24.849 --> 00:26:28.809
his<00:26:25.230><c> form</c><00:26:25.390><c> you</c><00:26:25.569><c> have</c><00:26:25.750><c> never</c><00:26:26.089><c> seen</c><00:26:26.490><c> and</c><00:26:27.349><c> you</c><00:26:27.529><c> do</c><00:26:27.809><c> not</c><00:26:28.089><c> have</c><00:26:28.410><c> his</c>

00:26:28.809 --> 00:26:32.109
word<00:26:29.329><c> abiding</c><00:26:29.930><c> in</c><00:26:30.210><c> you</c><00:26:30.630><c> or</c><00:26:31.049><c> you</c><00:26:31.130><c> do</c><00:26:31.369><c> not</c><00:26:31.569><c> believe</c><00:26:31.849><c> him</c>

00:26:32.109 --> 00:26:36.890
he<00:26:32.369><c> has</c><00:26:32.730><c> sent.</c><00:26:34.289><c> The</c><00:26:34.690><c> concept</c><00:26:35.109><c> is</c><00:26:35.329><c> of</c><00:26:35.509><c> something</c><00:26:35.930><c> resting</c><00:26:36.450><c> in</c><00:26:36.730><c> a</c>

00:26:36.890 --> 00:26:39.690
certain<00:26:37.190><c> place</c><00:26:37.730><c> for</c><00:26:38.269><c> a</c><00:26:38.410><c> period</c><00:26:38.710><c> of</c><00:26:39.009><c> time</c><00:26:39.269><c> this</c><00:26:39.430><c> is</c>

00:26:39.690 --> 00:26:43.029
the<00:26:39.769><c> real</c><00:26:39.930><c> meaning</c><00:26:40.210><c> of</c><00:26:40.450><c> the</c><00:26:40.589><c> word</c><00:26:41.029><c> but</c><00:26:42.109><c> when</c><00:26:42.269><c> we</c><00:26:42.430><c> go</c><00:26:42.690><c> over</c><00:26:42.869><c> to</c>

00:26:43.029 --> 00:26:46.650
chapter<00:26:43.349><c> 15</c><00:26:44.130><c> we</c><00:26:44.869><c> have</c><00:26:45.029><c> it</c><00:26:45.230><c> in</c><00:26:45.289><c> its</c><00:26:45.509><c> positive</c><00:26:46.009><c> sense</c>

00:26:46.650 --> 00:26:51.049
there<00:26:47.309><c> it</c><00:26:47.450><c> is</c><00:26:47.630><c> in</c><00:26:47.769><c> its</c><00:26:48.029><c> negative</c><00:26:48.509><c> in</c><00:26:48.990><c> that</c><00:26:49.410><c> wonderful</c><00:26:49.950><c> allegory</c><00:26:50.509><c> of</c><00:26:50.769><c> the</c>

00:26:51.049 --> 00:26:56.890
vine.<00:26:53.009><c> Verse</c><00:26:53.109><c> 4</c><00:26:53.950><c> abide</c><00:26:55.210><c> in</c><00:26:55.609><c> me</c><00:26:56.069><c> and</c><00:26:56.529><c> I</c>

00:26:56.890 --> 00:27:02.490
in<00:26:56.970><c> you</c><00:26:57.490><c> as</c><00:26:59.390><c> the</c><00:26:59.670><c> branch</c><00:26:59.950><c> cannot</c><00:27:00.430><c> bear</c><00:27:00.769><c> fruit</c><00:27:01.029><c> by</c><00:27:01.369><c> itself</c><00:27:01.849><c> unless</c><00:27:02.190><c> it</c>

00:27:02.490 --> 00:27:05.970
abides<00:27:02.950><c> in</c><00:27:03.250><c> the</c><00:27:03.490><c> vine</c><00:27:03.970><c> neither</c><00:27:05.349><c> can</c><00:27:05.670><c> you</c>

00:27:05.970 --> 00:27:12.789
unless<00:27:06.309><c> you</c><00:27:06.710><c> abide</c><00:27:07.210><c> in</c><00:27:07.529><c> me</c><00:27:08.150><c> I</c><00:27:09.190><c> am</c><00:27:09.349><c> the</c><00:27:09.549><c> vine</c><00:27:09.769><c> you</c><00:27:09.990><c> are</c><00:27:10.130><c> the</c><00:27:10.289><c> branches</c><00:27:10.569><c> he</c><00:27:10.869><c> who</c><00:27:11.190><c> abides</c><00:27:11.849><c> in</c><00:27:12.109><c> me</c><00:27:12.309><c> and</c><00:27:12.569><c> I</c>

00:27:12.789 --> 00:27:13.329
in<00:27:13.049><c> him</c>

00:27:13.329 --> 00:27:16.430
he<00:27:13.670><c> it</c><00:27:13.890><c> is</c><00:27:14.009><c> that</c><00:27:14.250><c> bears</c><00:27:14.430><c> much</c><00:27:14.849><c> fruit</c><00:27:15.130><c> from</c><00:27:15.390><c> a</c><00:27:15.690><c> for</c><00:27:15.789><c> apart</c><00:27:16.170><c> from</c>

00:27:16.430 --> 00:27:19.869
me<00:27:16.890><c> you</c><00:27:17.309><c> can</c><00:27:17.470><c> do</c><00:27:17.670><c> nothing</c><00:27:18.150><c> if</c><00:27:18.710><c> a</c><00:27:18.829><c> man</c><00:27:18.930><c> does</c><00:27:19.250><c> not</c><00:27:19.470><c> abide</c>

00:27:19.869 --> 00:27:23.190
in<00:27:20.150><c> me</c><00:27:20.369><c> he</c><00:27:20.569><c> is</c><00:27:20.750><c> cast</c><00:27:20.950><c> forth</c><00:27:21.190><c> as</c><00:27:21.430><c> a</c><00:27:21.609><c> branch</c><00:27:21.789><c> and</c><00:27:22.069><c> so</c><00:27:22.230><c> on.</c><00:27:22.609><c> Verse</c><00:27:22.670><c> 7</c>

00:27:23.190 --> 00:27:26.809
if<00:27:23.730><c> you</c><00:27:24.049><c> abide</c><00:27:24.470><c> in</c><00:27:24.789><c> me</c><00:27:24.990><c> and</c><00:27:25.210><c> my</c><00:27:25.410><c> words</c><00:27:25.710><c> abide</c><00:27:26.150><c> in</c><00:27:26.450><c> you</c>

00:27:26.890 --> 00:27:31.769
ask<00:27:27.690><c> whatever</c><00:27:28.089><c> you</c><00:27:28.369><c> will</c><00:27:28.529><c> and</c><00:27:28.710><c> shall</c><00:27:28.849><c> be</c><00:27:29.029><c> done</c><00:27:29.230><c> for</c><00:27:29.609><c> you.</c><00:27:31.089><c> Verse</c><00:27:31.190><c> 9</c><00:27:31.630><c> as</c>

00:27:31.769 --> 00:27:33.829
the<00:27:31.990><c> father</c><00:27:32.210><c> has</c><00:27:32.509><c> loved</c><00:27:32.710><c> me</c><00:27:32.930><c> so</c><00:27:33.150><c> have</c><00:27:33.329><c> I</c><00:27:33.630><c> loved</c>

00:27:33.829 --> 00:27:38.349
you<00:27:34.329><c> abide</c><00:27:34.970><c> in</c><00:27:35.309><c> my</c><00:27:35.609><c> love</c><00:27:35.990><c> if</c><00:27:36.869><c> you</c><00:27:37.150><c> keep</c><00:27:37.329><c> my</c><00:27:37.609><c> commandments</c><00:27:38.069><c> you</c>

00:27:38.349 --> 00:27:41.269
will<00:27:38.630><c> abide</c><00:27:38.970><c> in</c><00:27:39.190><c> my</c><00:27:39.430><c> love</c><00:27:39.809><c> just</c><00:27:40.289><c> as</c><00:27:40.509><c> I</c><00:27:40.630><c> have</c><00:27:40.809><c> kept</c><00:27:40.930><c> my</c>

00:27:41.269 --> 00:27:48.750
father's<00:27:41.809><c> commandments</c><00:27:42.230><c> and</c><00:27:42.990><c> abide</c><00:27:43.490><c> in</c><00:27:44.109><c> his</c><00:27:44.430><c> love.</c><00:27:48.430><c> You</c><00:27:48.569><c> see</c>

00:27:48.750 --> 00:27:51.970
the<00:27:49.289><c> constant</c><00:27:49.869><c> play</c><00:27:50.109><c> of</c><00:27:50.410><c> words</c><00:27:50.710><c> here</c><00:27:51.109><c> abiding</c><00:27:51.569><c> in</c>

00:27:51.970 --> 00:27:59.869
and<00:27:52.349><c> Christ</c><00:27:52.829><c> abiding</c><00:27:53.509><c> in</c><00:27:53.869><c> them.</c><00:27:55.069><c> Now</c><00:27:55.349><c> the</c><00:27:55.569><c> sense</c><00:27:56.029><c> actually</c><00:27:56.789><c> is</c><00:27:57.809><c> to</c>

00:27:59.869 --> 00:28:08.210
abide<00:28:00.549><c> or</c><00:28:01.329><c> live</c><00:28:01.769><c> in</c><00:28:02.130><c> an</c><00:28:02.450><c> atmosphere</c><00:28:03.210><c> in</c><00:28:04.910><c> which</c><00:28:05.210><c> all</c><00:28:05.529><c> the</c><00:28:05.750><c> qualities</c><00:28:06.029><c> of</c><00:28:06.349><c> Christ</c><00:28:06.710><c> may</c><00:28:07.009><c> be</c><00:28:07.289><c> seen</c>

00:28:09.230 --> 00:28:14.410
and<00:28:10.089><c> when</c><00:28:10.349><c> this</c><00:28:10.670><c> occurs</c><00:28:11.369><c> the</c><00:28:12.410><c> scripture</c><00:28:12.690><c> can</c><00:28:13.029><c> say</c><00:28:13.289><c> Christ</c><00:28:13.789><c> is</c>

00:28:14.410 --> 00:28:15.710
abiding<00:28:14.849><c> in</c><00:28:15.150><c> us.</c>

00:28:15.710 --> 00:28:22.130
I<00:28:17.529><c> think</c><00:28:17.970><c> the</c><00:28:18.509><c> point</c><00:28:18.750><c> made</c><00:28:19.089><c> by</c><00:28:19.509><c> Paul</c><00:28:20.009><c> in</c><00:28:20.349><c> Romans</c><00:28:20.730><c> 8</c><00:28:21.470><c> might</c><00:28:21.809><c> be</c>

00:28:22.130 --> 00:28:27.549
helpful<00:28:22.609><c> in</c><00:28:24.190><c> that</c><00:28:24.470><c> quite</c><00:28:24.670><c> remarkable</c><00:28:25.369><c> chapter</c><00:28:25.869><c> on</c><00:28:26.210><c> the</c><00:28:26.569><c> spirit.</c>

00:28:32.750 --> 00:28:40.450
Verse<00:28:33.549><c> 9</c><00:28:34.309><c> but</c><00:28:35.769><c> you</c><00:28:35.990><c> are</c><00:28:36.470><c> not</c><00:28:36.970><c> in</c><00:28:37.430><c> the</c><00:28:37.670><c> flesh</c><00:28:38.049><c> you</c><00:28:39.029><c> are</c><00:28:39.609><c> in</c><00:28:40.170><c> the</c>

00:28:40.450 --> 00:28:45.089
spirit<00:28:41.009><c> if</c><00:28:42.849><c> the</c><00:28:43.390><c> spirit</c><00:28:43.630><c> of</c><00:28:43.809><c> God</c><00:28:44.069><c> really</c><00:28:44.509><c> dwells</c>

00:28:45.089 --> 00:28:53.390
in<00:28:45.430><c> you.</c><00:28:49.410><c> Now</c><00:28:49.829><c> this</c><00:28:50.230><c> is</c><00:28:50.569><c> of</c><00:28:50.670><c> course</c><00:28:51.289><c> directly</c><00:28:52.250><c> related</c><00:28:52.890><c> to</c><00:28:53.210><c> a</c>

00:28:53.390 --> 00:28:59.089
previous<00:28:53.849><c> verse</c><00:28:54.470><c> and</c><00:28:56.349><c> involves</c><00:28:57.170><c> an</c><00:28:57.410><c> act</c><00:28:57.710><c> of</c><00:28:57.990><c> will.</c>

00:29:05.910 --> 00:29:10.890
Now<00:29:06.670><c> this</c><00:29:07.250><c> is</c><00:29:07.589><c> of</c><00:29:07.750><c> course</c><00:29:08.390><c> directly</c><00:29:09.269><c> related</c><00:29:09.930><c> to</c><00:29:10.250><c> a</c><00:29:10.450><c> previous</c>

00:29:10.890 --> 00:29:15.970
verse<00:29:11.529><c> and</c><00:29:13.450><c> involves</c><00:29:14.230><c> an</c><00:29:14.490><c> act</c><00:29:14.769><c> of</c><00:29:15.089><c> will.</c>

00:29:19.089 --> 00:29:24.930
Verse<00:29:19.849><c> 5</c><00:29:20.609><c> for</c><00:29:21.710><c> those</c><00:29:22.130><c> who</c><00:29:22.450><c> live</c><00:29:22.670><c> according</c><00:29:23.049><c> to</c><00:29:23.250><c> the</c><00:29:23.470><c> flesh</c><00:29:24.009><c> set</c>

00:29:24.930 --> 00:29:27.569
their<00:29:25.250><c> minds</c><00:29:25.609><c> on</c><00:29:25.849><c> the</c><00:29:26.009><c> things</c><00:29:26.250><c> of</c><00:29:26.470><c> the</c><00:29:26.630><c> flesh</c>

00:29:27.950 --> 00:29:31.390
but<00:29:28.289><c> those</c><00:29:28.609><c> who</c><00:29:28.849><c> live</c><00:29:29.029><c> according</c><00:29:29.390><c> to</c><00:29:29.589><c> the</c><00:29:29.849><c> spirit</c><00:29:30.390><c> set</c><00:29:30.950><c> their</c>

00:29:31.390 --> 00:29:33.930
minds<00:29:31.950><c> on</c><00:29:32.289><c> the</c><00:29:32.450><c> things</c><00:29:32.650><c> of</c><00:29:32.849><c> the</c><00:29:33.069><c> spirit</c><00:29:33.430><c> and</c><00:29:33.710><c> he's</c>

00:29:33.930 --> 00:29:39.430
using<00:29:34.230><c> a</c><00:29:34.549><c> Greek</c><00:29:34.789><c> term</c><00:29:35.150><c> here</c><00:29:35.490><c> for</c><00:29:35.789><c> an</c><00:29:36.069><c> act</c><00:29:36.369><c> of</c><00:29:36.690><c> will</c><00:29:36.990><c> to</c><00:29:37.890><c> deliberately</c><00:29:38.509><c> decide</c>

00:29:39.430 --> 00:29:41.930
to<00:29:40.269><c> put</c><00:29:40.509><c> one's</c><00:29:41.089><c> mind</c>

00:29:42.309 --> 00:29:45.950
in<00:29:42.950><c> harmony</c><00:29:43.269><c> with</c><00:29:43.710><c> and</c><00:29:44.329><c> concentrate</c><00:29:44.730><c> upon</c><00:29:45.089><c> the</c><00:29:45.369><c> things</c><00:29:45.609><c> that</c>

00:29:45.950 --> 00:29:51.230
are<00:29:46.309><c> of</c><00:29:46.609><c> the</c><00:29:46.950><c> spirit</c><00:29:47.349><c> of</c><00:29:48.150><c> God</c><00:29:48.569><c> and</c><00:29:49.450><c> if</c><00:29:49.710><c> this</c><00:29:50.009><c> happens</c>

00:29:51.609 --> 00:29:59.009
then<00:29:51.990><c> one</c><00:29:53.029><c> finds</c><00:29:53.490><c> oneself</c><00:29:54.089><c> dwelling</c><00:29:54.650><c> in</c><00:29:55.430><c> God</c><00:29:55.890><c> and</c><00:29:56.390><c> God</c><00:29:57.210><c> dwelling</c><00:29:57.670><c> in</c><00:29:58.170><c> us.</c>

00:30:00.390 --> 00:30:03.750
And<00:30:00.609><c> so</c><00:30:00.750><c> he</c><00:30:00.910><c> can</c><00:30:01.230><c> say</c><00:30:01.490><c> you</c><00:30:01.670><c> are</c><00:30:01.910><c> not</c><00:30:02.049><c> in</c><00:30:02.230><c> the</c><00:30:02.470><c> flesh</c><00:30:02.710><c> you</c><00:30:03.009><c> are</c><00:30:03.390><c> in</c>

00:30:03.750 --> 00:30:05.190
the<00:30:04.069><c> spirit</c>

00:30:05.589 --> 00:30:10.329
if<00:30:06.269><c> the</c><00:30:06.670><c> spirit</c><00:30:06.950><c> of</c><00:30:07.190><c> God</c><00:30:07.349><c> really</c><00:30:07.789><c> dwells</c><00:30:08.210><c> in</c><00:30:08.349><c> you</c><00:30:08.690><c> and</c><00:30:09.690><c> we</c><00:30:10.029><c> see</c>

00:30:10.329 --> 00:30:13.769
then<00:30:10.710><c> later</c><00:30:11.049><c> on</c><00:30:11.269><c> in</c><00:30:11.450><c> this</c><00:30:11.690><c> chapter</c><00:30:12.230><c> that</c><00:30:12.769><c> remarkable</c>

00:30:13.769 --> 00:30:17.549
suggestion<00:30:14.809><c> are</c><00:30:15.450><c> the</c><00:30:15.690><c> intimate</c><00:30:16.109><c> association</c><00:30:16.829><c> that</c><00:30:17.049><c> may</c><00:30:17.250><c> be</c>

00:30:17.549 --> 00:30:19.470
developed<00:30:17.869><c> between</c><00:30:18.369><c> those</c><00:30:18.690><c> who</c><00:30:18.910><c> are</c><00:30:19.029><c> God's</c>

00:30:19.470 --> 00:30:25.710
children<00:30:19.690><c> and</c><00:30:19.890><c> the</c><00:30:20.049><c> father</c><00:30:20.309><c> himself</c><00:30:21.069><c> if</c><00:30:22.170><c> there</c><00:30:22.569><c> is</c><00:30:22.829><c> the</c><00:30:23.109><c> indwelling</c><00:30:23.630><c> of</c><00:30:24.250><c> the</c><00:30:24.450><c> spirit.</c><00:30:24.890><c> Verse</c><00:30:25.150><c> 14</c>

00:30:25.710 --> 00:30:26.930
of<00:30:25.950><c> Romans</c><00:30:26.390><c> 8</c>

00:30:26.930 --> 00:30:30.329
for<00:30:27.109><c> all</c><00:30:27.369><c> who</c><00:30:27.569><c> are</c><00:30:27.730><c> led</c><00:30:27.930><c> by</c><00:30:28.170><c> the</c><00:30:28.450><c> spirit</c><00:30:28.710><c> of</c><00:30:28.890><c> God</c><00:30:29.230><c> are</c><00:30:29.630><c> the</c><00:30:29.890><c> sons</c>

00:30:30.329 --> 00:30:31.890
of<00:30:30.650><c> God.</c>

00:30:33.970 --> 00:30:41.329
Verse<00:30:34.289><c> 16</c><00:30:35.170><c> it</c><00:30:35.710><c> is</c><00:30:36.109><c> the</c><00:30:36.509><c> spirit</c><00:30:37.349><c> himself</c><00:30:38.470><c> perhaps</c><00:30:39.789><c> Paul</c><00:30:40.130><c> was</c><00:30:40.450><c> casting</c><00:30:40.769><c> back</c><00:30:41.109><c> in</c>

00:30:41.329 --> 00:30:43.269
his<00:30:41.589><c> mind</c><00:30:42.230><c> to</c><00:30:42.609><c> price</c><00:30:42.869><c> reference</c>

00:30:43.269 --> 00:30:48.309
to<00:30:43.509><c> the</c><00:30:43.670><c> comforter</c><00:30:44.869><c> bearing</c><00:30:45.650><c> witness</c><00:30:46.109><c> with</c><00:30:46.549><c> our</c><00:30:46.849><c> spirit</c><00:30:47.450><c> that</c>

00:30:48.309 --> 00:30:51.390
we<00:30:48.809><c> are</c><00:30:49.329><c> children</c><00:30:49.849><c> of</c><00:30:50.329><c> God.</c>

00:30:55.490 --> 00:31:00.990
To<00:30:55.809><c> abide</c><00:30:56.470><c> therefore</c><00:30:57.170><c> or</c><00:30:57.609><c> continue</c><00:30:58.410><c> in</c><00:30:59.289><c> the</c><00:30:59.650><c> words</c><00:31:00.029><c> of</c><00:31:00.269><c> Jesus</c>

00:31:00.990 --> 00:31:04.529
is<00:31:03.210><c> to</c><00:31:03.509><c> live</c>

00:31:06.089 --> 00:31:13.150
in<00:31:06.829><c> harmony</c><00:31:07.269><c> with</c><00:31:08.490><c> his</c><00:31:08.849><c> expression</c><00:31:09.549><c> of</c><00:31:10.289><c> divine</c><00:31:10.650><c> grace</c><00:31:11.089><c> and</c><00:31:11.410><c> truth</c><00:31:11.849><c> to</c>

00:31:13.150 --> 00:31:17.069
seek<00:31:13.509><c> to</c><00:31:13.869><c> apply</c><00:31:14.269><c> these</c><00:31:14.710><c> in</c><00:31:14.930><c> a</c><00:31:15.230><c> positive</c><00:31:15.589><c> way</c><00:31:15.849><c> of</c><00:31:16.069><c> life</c>

00:31:17.589 --> 00:31:21.650
to<00:31:18.329><c> do</c><00:31:18.589><c> so</c><00:31:18.930><c> constantly</c><00:31:19.490><c> with</c><00:31:19.869><c> the</c><00:31:20.589><c> sense</c><00:31:20.849><c> of</c><00:31:21.109><c> the</c><00:31:21.309><c> indwelling</c>

00:31:21.650 --> 00:31:27.079
of<00:31:21.910><c> the</c><00:31:22.109><c> father</c><00:31:22.589><c> and</c><00:31:23.869><c> in</c><00:31:25.150><c> this</c><00:31:25.509><c> sense</c><00:31:25.829><c> to</c><00:31:26.210><c> find</c>

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:34.500
the<00:31:28.160><c> truth</c><00:31:28.420><c> of</c><00:31:28.640><c> the</c><00:31:28.819><c> word</c><00:31:29.380><c> and</c><00:31:30.519><c> to</c><00:31:32.759><c> find</c><00:31:33.019><c> the</c><00:31:33.920><c> true</c><00:31:34.099><c> freedom</c>

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.819
that<00:31:34.759><c> God</c><00:31:35.000><c> offers.</c>

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:41.039
What<00:31:38.000><c> then</c><00:31:38.319><c> is</c><00:31:38.579><c> the</c><00:31:38.799><c> bondage</c><00:31:39.240><c> Jesus</c><00:31:39.559><c> was</c><00:31:39.779><c> talking</c><00:31:40.099><c> about?</c>

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:48.279
The<00:31:44.839><c> one</c><00:31:45.079><c> major</c><00:31:45.460><c> problem</c><00:31:46.480><c> preaching</c><00:31:47.079><c> the</c><00:31:47.299><c> gospel</c><00:31:47.640><c> of</c><00:31:47.940><c> Christ</c>

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:51.339
is<00:31:49.180><c> to</c><00:31:49.400><c> bring</c><00:31:49.579><c> home</c><00:31:49.839><c> to</c><00:31:49.940><c> men</c><00:31:50.160><c> and</c><00:31:50.299><c> women</c><00:31:50.619><c> what</c>

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:57.000
their<00:31:51.779><c> immediate</c><00:31:52.460><c> condition</c><00:31:53.079><c> is.</c><00:31:55.160><c> To</c><00:31:55.519><c> bring</c><00:31:55.740><c> home</c><00:31:56.019><c> to</c><00:31:56.380><c> any</c><00:31:56.660><c> one</c><00:31:56.819><c> of</c>

00:31:57.000 --> 00:32:01.099
us<00:31:57.160><c> what</c><00:31:58.019><c> sin</c><00:31:58.380><c> is</c><00:31:58.940><c> really</c><00:31:59.319><c> in</c><00:31:59.599><c> God's</c><00:32:00.200><c> sight,</c>

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:06.880
how<00:32:02.559><c> comprehensive</c><00:32:03.180><c> it</c><00:32:03.480><c> is,</c><00:32:04.700><c> our</c><00:32:05.019><c> inclinations</c><00:32:05.720><c> when</c><00:32:05.900><c> we</c><00:32:06.119><c> talk</c><00:32:06.299><c> about</c><00:32:06.599><c> sin</c>

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:08.460
and<00:32:07.079><c> most</c><00:32:07.380><c> people</c><00:32:07.660><c> are</c><00:32:07.880><c> like</c><00:32:08.099><c> this</c>

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:14.039
is<00:32:09.140><c> to</c><00:32:09.339><c> think</c><00:32:09.500><c> in</c><00:32:09.720><c> terms</c><00:32:10.119><c> of</c><00:32:11.259><c> violent</c><00:32:11.700><c> misbehavior.</c><00:32:13.519><c> We</c><00:32:13.680><c> love</c>

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:17.000
terms<00:32:14.420><c> such</c><00:32:14.819><c> as</c><00:32:15.299><c> adultery</c><00:32:15.839><c> and</c><00:32:16.140><c> rape</c><00:32:16.420><c> and</c><00:32:16.700><c> murder</c>

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:21.720
and<00:32:17.400><c> violence</c><00:32:17.740><c> and</c><00:32:17.960><c> think</c><00:32:18.180><c> of</c><00:32:18.339><c> these</c><00:32:18.559><c> as</c><00:32:18.940><c> sins</c><00:32:19.400><c> but</c><00:32:20.559><c> this</c><00:32:21.460><c> is</c>

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:24.900
not<00:32:22.019><c> the</c><00:32:22.279><c> scriptural</c><00:32:22.900><c> comprehension</c><00:32:23.640><c> of</c><00:32:23.980><c> sin.</c>

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:30.579
It<00:32:25.619><c> is</c><00:32:25.900><c> expressed</c><00:32:26.259><c> in</c><00:32:26.539><c> a</c><00:32:26.759><c> very</c><00:32:27.079><c> simple</c><00:32:27.460><c> phrase</c><00:32:28.099><c> in</c><00:32:28.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:29.140><c> 53.</c>

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:36.839
All<00:32:33.019><c> we</c><00:32:33.299><c> like</c><00:32:33.559><c> sheep</c><00:32:33.839><c> have</c><00:32:34.220><c> gone</c><00:32:34.440><c> astray</c><00:32:34.980><c> we</c><00:32:35.240><c> have</c><00:32:35.500><c> turned</c><00:32:35.880><c> everyone</c><00:32:36.519><c> to</c>

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:38.779
his<00:32:37.140><c> own</c><00:32:37.660><c> way.</c>

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:46.299
That<00:32:40.259><c> the</c><00:32:41.119><c> fundamental</c><00:32:41.940><c> root</c><00:32:42.299><c> cause</c><00:32:43.039><c> of</c><00:32:44.259><c> man's</c><00:32:44.740><c> bondage</c><00:32:45.579><c> is</c>

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:50.819
this<00:32:46.819><c> instinctive</c><00:32:47.819><c> desire</c><00:32:48.480><c> to</c><00:32:49.079><c> go</c><00:32:49.359><c> his</c><00:32:49.619><c> own</c><00:32:49.960><c> way</c>

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:55.640
away<00:32:51.980><c> from</c><00:32:52.480><c> God</c><00:32:52.720><c> and</c><00:32:52.920><c> not</c><00:32:53.119><c> toward</c><00:32:53.460><c> him.</c><00:32:54.720><c> Actually</c><00:32:55.160><c> I</c><00:32:55.380><c> would</c>

00:32:55.640 --> 00:33:00.940
suggest<00:32:56.240><c> that</c><00:32:57.119><c> the</c><00:32:58.440><c> supposed</c><00:32:59.019><c> deep</c><00:32:59.819><c> rooted</c><00:33:00.279><c> desire</c>

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:04.819
for<00:33:01.299><c> freedom</c><00:33:01.700><c> on</c><00:33:01.900><c> the</c><00:33:02.079><c> part</c><00:33:02.240><c> of</c><00:33:02.440><c> our</c><00:33:02.579><c> modern</c><00:33:02.819><c> world</c><00:33:03.319><c> is</c><00:33:03.980><c> not</c><00:33:04.259><c> really</c><00:33:04.599><c> a</c>

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:08.000
good<00:33:05.000><c> thing.</c><00:33:05.779><c> It</c><00:33:05.980><c> is</c><00:33:06.359><c> that</c><00:33:06.720><c> instinctive</c><00:33:07.700><c> part</c>

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:13.839
human<00:33:08.420><c> nature</c><00:33:08.920><c> that</c><00:33:09.980><c> resents</c><00:33:10.519><c> any</c><00:33:11.000><c> form</c><00:33:11.460><c> of</c><00:33:12.099><c> external</c><00:33:12.480><c> authority.</c><00:33:13.480><c> We</c><00:33:13.720><c> are</c>

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:15.799
all<00:33:14.000><c> like</c><00:33:14.259><c> this</c><00:33:14.500><c> aren't</c><00:33:14.759><c> we?</c><00:33:15.579><c> This</c>

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:20.559
is<00:33:16.000><c> the</c><00:33:16.099><c> problem</c><00:33:16.420><c> with</c><00:33:16.640><c> our</c><00:33:16.819><c> children.</c><00:33:19.039><c> They</c><00:33:19.279><c> have</c><00:33:19.819><c> born</c><00:33:20.240><c> into</c>

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:24.380
them<00:33:21.240><c> a</c><00:33:21.619><c> demand</c><00:33:22.140><c> to</c><00:33:22.339><c> be</c><00:33:22.579><c> free</c><00:33:22.839><c> to</c><00:33:23.019><c> do</c><00:33:23.279><c> as</c><00:33:23.599><c> they</c><00:33:23.920><c> please</c>

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:32.599
and<00:33:25.220><c> this</c><00:33:25.579><c> is</c><00:33:25.880><c> sin</c><00:33:26.359><c> because</c><00:33:27.920><c> it</c><00:33:28.140><c> is</c><00:33:28.420><c> out</c><00:33:28.619><c> of</c><00:33:28.900><c> this</c><00:33:30.579><c> particular</c>

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:37.980
part<00:33:33.119><c> of</c><00:33:33.420><c> human</c><00:33:33.640><c> nature</c><00:33:34.059><c> that</c><00:33:34.599><c> all</c><00:33:34.940><c> the</c>

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:44.059
has<00:33:38.420><c> put</c><00:33:38.660><c> it</c><00:33:38.839><c> in.</c><00:33:39.259><c> The</c><00:33:39.400><c> one</c><00:33:39.700><c> phrase</c><00:33:40.059><c> self</c><00:33:40.920><c> will</c><00:33:41.700><c> the</c><00:33:42.480><c> determination</c><00:33:43.319><c> to</c><00:33:43.619><c> do</c><00:33:43.720><c> as</c>

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:45.440
we<00:33:44.359><c> please</c>

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:50.839
not<00:33:46.059><c> as</c><00:33:46.319><c> God</c><00:33:46.559><c> pleases</c><00:33:47.039><c> and</c><00:33:48.119><c> every</c><00:33:48.559><c> single</c><00:33:49.039><c> act</c><00:33:49.339><c> that</c><00:33:49.660><c> causes</c>

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:53.279
destruction<00:33:51.619><c> and</c><00:33:52.000><c> death</c><00:33:52.240><c> and</c><00:33:52.539><c> violence</c><00:33:52.900><c> in</c><00:33:53.079><c> the</c>

00:33:53.279 --> 00:34:00.539
world<00:33:53.519><c> finds</c><00:33:53.980><c> its</c><00:33:54.240><c> root</c><00:33:54.500><c> cause</c><00:33:54.799><c> here</c><00:33:55.539><c> in</c><00:33:56.640><c> the</c><00:33:56.779><c> self.</c><00:33:59.380><c> So</c><00:33:59.779><c> the</c>

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:05.759
first<00:34:01.059><c> step</c><00:34:01.460><c> Jesus</c><00:34:01.859><c> is</c><00:34:02.160><c> saying</c><00:34:02.579><c> is</c><00:34:03.599><c> to</c><00:34:03.940><c> face</c><00:34:04.299><c> this</c><00:34:04.779><c> fact</c>

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:11.980
that<00:34:07.099><c> you</c><00:34:07.339><c> are</c><00:34:08.639><c> of</c><00:34:09.039><c> your</c><00:34:09.280><c> own</c><00:34:09.619><c> selves</c><00:34:10.019><c> in</c><00:34:10.400><c> bondage</c><00:34:11.039><c> and</c><00:34:11.679><c> so</c><00:34:11.840><c> he</c>

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:14.719
goes<00:34:12.159><c> on</c><00:34:12.380><c> in</c><00:34:12.559><c> this</c><00:34:12.980><c> eighth</c><00:34:13.260><c> chapter</c><00:34:13.719><c> when</c><00:34:13.920><c> they</c>

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:18.639
strongly<00:34:15.239><c> resented</c><00:34:15.719><c> what</c><00:34:15.920><c> he</c><00:34:16.119><c> said</c><00:34:16.280><c> to</c><00:34:16.420><c> them</c><00:34:16.619><c> and</c><00:34:17.059><c> interpreted</c><00:34:17.460><c> it</c><00:34:18.019><c> in</c><00:34:18.199><c> a</c>

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:20.159
political<00:34:19.059><c> sense.</c>

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:28.059
Verse<00:34:21.360><c> 34,</c><00:34:23.159><c> Jesus</c><00:34:23.519><c> answered</c><00:34:23.960><c> them</c><00:34:24.420><c> truly</c><00:34:24.880><c> truly</c><00:34:26.179><c> once</c><00:34:27.719><c> in</c><00:34:27.940><c> a</c>

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:31.000
while<00:34:28.239><c> he</c><00:34:28.480><c> uses</c><00:34:28.739><c> the</c><00:34:29.440><c> double</c><00:34:29.699><c> emphasis</c><00:34:30.099><c> here</c>

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:35.260
verily<00:34:31.739><c> verily</c><00:34:32.119><c> I</c><00:34:32.360><c> say</c><00:34:32.579><c> to</c><00:34:32.739><c> you</c><00:34:32.960><c> everyone</c><00:34:33.400><c> who</c><00:34:34.119><c> practices</c><00:34:34.679><c> sin</c>

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:37.260
is<00:34:36.000><c> a</c><00:34:36.380><c> slave.</c>

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:44.940
I<00:34:39.079><c> deliberately</c><00:34:39.539><c> left</c><00:34:40.320><c> out</c><00:34:40.579><c> the</c><00:34:40.699><c> words</c><00:34:40.880><c> a</c><00:34:41.179><c> slave</c><00:34:41.440><c> to</c><00:34:41.840><c> sin</c><00:34:42.360><c> because</c><00:34:43.579><c> there</c><00:34:44.239><c> is</c><00:34:44.539><c> strong</c>

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:49.559
reasons<00:34:46.199><c> to</c><00:34:46.480><c> believe</c><00:34:46.880><c> those</c><00:34:47.340><c> two</c><00:34:47.860><c> words</c><00:34:48.400><c> really</c><00:34:48.980><c> were</c><00:34:49.159><c> not</c><00:34:49.360><c> in</c>

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:54.179
the<00:34:49.739><c> original.</c><00:34:51.760><c> Now</c><00:34:52.119><c> he</c><00:34:52.380><c> is</c><00:34:52.659><c> not</c><00:34:53.059><c> talking</c><00:34:53.440><c> about</c>

00:34:54.179 --> 00:35:00.440
one<00:34:54.760><c> specific</c><00:34:55.440><c> act</c><00:34:56.019><c> in</c><00:34:57.000><c> which</c><00:34:57.260><c> under</c><00:34:57.699><c> great</c><00:34:58.179><c> stress</c><00:34:58.699><c> or</c><00:34:59.980><c> great</c>

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:04.699
periods<00:35:01.380><c> of</c><00:35:01.699><c> temptation</c><00:35:02.599><c> you</c><00:35:03.119><c> or</c><00:35:03.280><c> I</c><00:35:03.420><c> might</c><00:35:03.780><c> be</c>

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:08.519
caused<00:35:05.300><c> to</c><00:35:05.559><c> do</c><00:35:05.739><c> something</c><00:35:06.079><c> wrong.</c><00:35:07.500><c> He's</c><00:35:07.579><c> using</c><00:35:07.860><c> a</c><00:35:08.099><c> term</c><00:35:08.280><c> that</c>

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:11.920
means<00:35:08.920><c> to</c><00:35:09.519><c> practice</c><00:35:10.000><c> as</c><00:35:10.380><c> a</c><00:35:10.599><c> consistent</c><00:35:11.320><c> way</c><00:35:11.639><c> of</c>

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:18.639
life.<00:35:13.300><c> He</c><00:35:13.579><c> who</c><00:35:13.920><c> practices</c><00:35:14.659><c> sin</c><00:35:15.179><c> this</c><00:35:15.780><c> is</c><00:35:15.960><c> how</c><00:35:16.239><c> Barclay</c><00:35:16.840><c> amplifies</c><00:35:17.519><c> it</c><00:35:17.940><c> is</c>

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:22.920
a<00:35:19.119><c> slave</c><00:35:19.679><c> and</c><00:35:21.760><c> if</c><00:35:22.000><c> we</c><00:35:22.320><c> face</c><00:35:22.619><c> this</c>

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:27.000
principle<00:35:23.400><c> of</c><00:35:23.679><c> it</c><00:35:23.800><c> press</c><00:35:24.079><c> to</c><00:35:24.239><c> you</c><00:35:24.400><c> the</c><00:35:24.800><c> concept</c><00:35:25.320><c> of</c><00:35:25.619><c> sin</c><00:35:25.820><c> as</c><00:35:26.079><c> being</c><00:35:26.300><c> rooted</c><00:35:26.579><c> in</c>

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:29.559
self<00:35:27.300><c>-will</c><00:35:27.559><c> we</c><00:35:28.179><c> can</c><00:35:28.440><c> see</c><00:35:28.679><c> why</c>

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:36.380
all<00:35:31.619><c> human</c><00:35:31.980><c> beings</c><00:35:32.500><c> are</c><00:35:33.179><c> to</c><00:35:33.480><c> a</c><00:35:33.619><c> lesser</c><00:35:33.800><c> or</c><00:35:34.079><c> greater</c><00:35:34.320><c> degree</c><00:35:34.739><c> subject</c><00:35:35.179><c> to</c><00:35:35.500><c> it.</c>

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:43.199
He<00:35:38.059><c> who</c><00:35:38.320><c> practices</c><00:35:38.960><c> sin</c><00:35:39.539><c> as</c><00:35:40.179><c> a</c><00:35:40.420><c> matter</c><00:35:40.659><c> of</c><00:35:41.039><c> everyday</c><00:35:41.480><c> life</c><00:35:42.380><c> does</c><00:35:42.880><c> his</c>

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:47.940
own<00:35:43.639><c> will</c><00:35:44.059><c> goes</c><00:35:44.780><c> his</c><00:35:45.119><c> own</c><00:35:45.500><c> way</c><00:35:46.000><c> is</c><00:35:46.920><c> in</c><00:35:47.559><c> God's</c>

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:55.500
sight<00:35:48.179><c> a</c><00:35:48.800><c> slave</c><00:35:49.320><c> and</c><00:35:52.579><c> there</c><00:35:52.780><c> is</c><00:35:53.699><c> a</c><00:35:54.039><c> first</c><00:35:54.340><c> necessity</c><00:35:54.960><c> in</c><00:35:55.260><c> this</c>

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:57.800
case<00:35:55.880><c> to</c><00:35:56.300><c> recognize</c><00:35:56.900><c> this.</c>

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:09.239
Secondly<00:35:59.920><c> Jesus</c><00:36:00.340><c> can</c><00:36:00.719><c> say</c><00:36:00.900><c> in</c><00:36:01.159><c> all</c><00:36:01.360><c> his</c><00:36:01.619><c> ministry</c><00:36:02.219><c> to</c><00:36:04.320><c> appreciate</c><00:36:05.159><c> that</c><00:36:07.260><c> freedom</c><00:36:07.719><c> from</c><00:36:07.960><c> this</c><00:36:08.260><c> lies</c><00:36:08.659><c> in</c><00:36:08.980><c> walking</c>

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:15.639
in<00:36:09.559><c> his</c><00:36:10.000><c> footsteps</c><00:36:10.480><c> because</c><00:36:11.099><c> he</c><00:36:12.099><c> is</c><00:36:13.420><c> expressing</c><00:36:13.980><c> in</c><00:36:14.420><c> an</c><00:36:14.619><c> active</c><00:36:14.980><c> life</c>

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:18.980
what<00:36:17.119><c> the</c><00:36:17.360><c> kind</c><00:36:17.619><c> of</c><00:36:17.840><c> person</c><00:36:18.159><c> is</c>

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:23.699
whose<00:36:19.500><c> will</c><00:36:20.099><c> is</c><00:36:20.559><c> to</c><00:36:20.820><c> do</c><00:36:21.099><c> God's</c><00:36:21.679><c> will</c><00:36:22.000><c> and</c><00:36:22.300><c> not</c><00:36:22.519><c> his</c><00:36:22.800><c> own.</c>

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:31.360
This<00:36:26.320><c> is</c><00:36:26.659><c> the</c><00:36:27.219><c> sharp</c><00:36:28.039><c> line</c><00:36:28.639><c> of</c><00:36:28.880><c> demarcation</c><00:36:29.659><c> between</c><00:36:30.119><c> the</c><00:36:30.500><c> sinner</c><00:36:30.840><c> and</c>

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:32.800
the<00:36:31.559><c> son</c><00:36:31.699><c> of</c><00:36:32.000><c> God.</c>

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:38.440
The<00:36:33.340><c> one</c><00:36:33.579><c> who</c><00:36:33.900><c> does</c><00:36:34.139><c> his</c><00:36:34.440><c> own</c><00:36:34.760><c> will</c><00:36:34.940><c> and</c><00:36:35.179><c> goes</c><00:36:35.380><c> his</c><00:36:35.539><c> own</c><00:36:35.840><c> way</c><00:36:36.239><c> and</c><00:36:36.719><c> the</c><00:36:36.840><c> one</c><00:36:37.079><c> who</c><00:36:37.380><c> does</c><00:36:37.719><c> the</c><00:36:38.099><c> will</c><00:36:38.239><c> of</c>

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.019
the<00:36:38.599><c> father.</c>

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:47.840
Expressed<00:36:40.360><c> in</c><00:36:40.659><c> the</c><00:36:42.119><c> sublime</c><00:36:42.599><c> attributes</c><00:36:43.139><c> of</c><00:36:43.639><c> mercy</c><00:36:44.000><c> and</c><00:36:44.340><c> faithfulness</c><00:36:45.159><c> patience</c><00:36:45.719><c> and</c><00:36:46.659><c> justice</c>

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:52.860
and<00:36:48.539><c> Paul</c><00:36:48.760><c> puts</c><00:36:49.079><c> this</c><00:36:49.460><c> in</c><00:36:50.440><c> brief</c><00:36:50.739><c> terms</c><00:36:51.300><c> in</c><00:36:52.039><c> his</c><00:36:52.360><c> epistle</c><00:36:52.639><c> to</c>

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.980
the<00:36:53.039><c> Philippians</c>

00:36:57.179 --> 00:37:02.400
in<00:36:57.900><c> the</c><00:36:58.179><c> second</c><00:36:58.440><c> chapter</c><00:36:59.300><c> exhorting</c><00:37:01.260><c> those</c><00:37:01.659><c> to</c><00:37:01.860><c> whom</c><00:37:01.980><c> he</c><00:37:02.199><c> was</c>

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:04.940
writing<00:37:02.760><c> that</c><00:37:03.019><c> they</c><00:37:03.219><c> must</c><00:37:03.460><c> have</c><00:37:03.699><c> this</c><00:37:04.119><c> same</c><00:37:04.440><c> attitude</c>

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:11.539
of<00:37:05.159><c> mind</c><00:37:05.659><c> verse</c><00:37:06.159><c> one</c><00:37:07.019><c> Philippians</c><00:37:07.599><c> two</c><00:37:08.239><c> so</c><00:37:09.920><c> if</c><00:37:10.280><c> there</c><00:37:10.619><c> is</c><00:37:11.079><c> any</c>

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:16.260
encouragement<00:37:12.099><c> in</c><00:37:12.579><c> Christ</c><00:37:13.039><c> any</c><00:37:14.440><c> incentive</c><00:37:15.000><c> of</c><00:37:15.320><c> love</c>

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:21.360
any<00:37:17.139><c> participation</c><00:37:17.860><c> in</c><00:37:18.099><c> the</c><00:37:18.360><c> spirit</c><00:37:18.619><c> any</c><00:37:18.980><c> affection</c><00:37:19.559><c> and</c><00:37:19.940><c> sympathy</c><00:37:20.340><c> completes</c><00:37:20.940><c> my</c>

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:23.820
joy<00:37:22.019><c> by</c><00:37:22.860><c> being</c><00:37:23.099><c> of</c><00:37:23.420><c> the</c><00:37:23.519><c> same</c>

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:27.159
mind<00:37:24.260><c> having</c><00:37:24.539><c> the</c><00:37:24.980><c> same</c><00:37:25.280><c> love</c><00:37:25.519><c> being</c><00:37:25.840><c> in</c><00:37:26.239><c> full</c><00:37:26.400><c> accord</c><00:37:26.780><c> and</c><00:37:26.940><c> of</c>

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:31.519
one<00:37:27.400><c> mind</c><00:37:28.159><c> note</c><00:37:28.960><c> verse</c><00:37:29.480><c> three</c><00:37:30.039><c> especially</c><00:37:30.980><c> do</c>

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:37.239
nothing<00:37:31.940><c> from</c><00:37:32.480><c> selfishness</c><00:37:33.659><c> or</c><00:37:34.579><c> conceit</c><00:37:35.920><c> that</c><00:37:36.360><c> concept</c><00:37:36.900><c> of</c>

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:40.860
oneself<00:37:37.940><c> of</c><00:37:38.559><c> self</c><00:37:38.880><c>-esteem</c><00:37:39.440><c> in</c><00:37:39.840><c> which</c><00:37:40.079><c> we</c><00:37:40.239><c> think</c><00:37:40.460><c> we</c><00:37:40.639><c> are</c>

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:44.460
better<00:37:41.099><c> than</c><00:37:41.380><c> others</c><00:37:41.739><c> but</c><00:37:42.400><c> in</c><00:37:42.679><c> humility</c><00:37:43.179><c> count</c><00:37:43.519><c> others</c><00:37:43.840><c> better</c><00:37:44.199><c> than</c>

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:49.199
yourselves<00:37:45.400><c> and</c><00:37:46.480><c> verse</c><00:37:46.800><c> five</c><00:37:48.179><c> and</c><00:37:48.780><c> this</c>

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:53.000
is<00:37:49.980><c> the</c><00:37:50.300><c> RSV</c><00:37:51.039><c> as</c><00:37:51.320><c> you</c><00:37:51.519><c> will</c><00:37:51.699><c> know</c><00:37:51.800><c> I've</c><00:37:52.059><c> been</c><00:37:52.219><c> using</c><00:37:52.460><c> this</c><00:37:52.780><c> week</c>

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:56.079
and<00:37:53.360><c> is</c><00:37:53.639><c> infinitely</c><00:37:54.059><c> superior</c><00:37:54.699><c> here</c><00:37:55.099><c> in</c><00:37:55.360><c> this</c><00:37:55.659><c> reading</c>

00:37:56.079 --> 00:38:00.639
to<00:37:56.559><c> the</c><00:37:56.820><c> authorized</c><00:37:57.380><c> have</c><00:37:58.420><c> this</c><00:37:58.860><c> mind</c><00:37:59.139><c> among</c><00:37:59.440><c> yourselves</c><00:38:00.139><c> which</c><00:38:00.380><c> you</c>

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.340
have<00:38:00.760><c> in</c><00:38:01.139><c> Christ</c><00:38:01.480><c> Jesus</c>

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:07.139
who<00:38:03.300><c> though</c><00:38:03.480><c> he</c><00:38:03.800><c> was</c><00:38:04.079><c> in</c><00:38:04.260><c> the</c><00:38:04.480><c> form</c><00:38:04.659><c> of</c><00:38:04.960><c> God</c><00:38:05.159><c> did</c><00:38:05.400><c> not</c><00:38:05.639><c> count</c><00:38:05.920><c> equality</c><00:38:06.400><c> with</c><00:38:06.719><c> God</c><00:38:06.940><c> a</c>

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:09.000
thing<00:38:07.300><c> to</c><00:38:07.539><c> be</c><00:38:07.800><c> grasped</c><00:38:08.519><c> but</c>

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:16.320
emptied<00:38:09.659><c> himself</c><00:38:10.579><c> taking</c><00:38:13.000><c> the</c><00:38:13.440><c> form</c><00:38:13.860><c> of</c><00:38:14.219><c> a</c><00:38:14.340><c> servant</c><00:38:14.719><c> and</c><00:38:15.699><c> being</c><00:38:15.940><c> born</c>

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:19.079
in<00:38:16.500><c> the</c><00:38:16.659><c> likeness</c><00:38:17.079><c> of</c><00:38:17.340><c> man</c><00:38:17.599><c> and</c><00:38:17.920><c> being</c><00:38:18.219><c> found</c>

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:24.300
he<00:38:19.880><c> humbled</c><00:38:20.420><c> himself</c><00:38:21.139><c> and</c><00:38:21.739><c> became</c><00:38:22.119><c> immediate</c><00:38:22.519><c> unto</c><00:38:22.840><c> death</c><00:38:23.239><c> he</c>

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:28.219
emptied<00:38:24.940><c> himself</c><00:38:25.719><c> there</c><00:38:26.900><c> was</c><00:38:27.400><c> absolutely</c>

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:33.739
no<00:38:28.820><c> trace</c><00:38:29.280><c> of</c><00:38:30.059><c> self</c><00:38:30.460><c>-will</c><00:38:30.719><c> in</c><00:38:30.960><c> the</c><00:38:31.119><c> life</c><00:38:31.320><c> of</c><00:38:31.599><c> Jesus</c><00:38:32.019><c> I</c><00:38:33.059><c> think</c><00:38:33.300><c> this</c><00:38:33.500><c> is</c>

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:35.440
the<00:38:33.900><c> same</c><00:38:34.139><c> thought</c><00:38:34.400><c> in</c><00:38:34.579><c> the</c><00:38:34.780><c> mind</c><00:38:34.940><c> of</c><00:38:35.179><c> the</c><00:38:35.260><c> writer</c>

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:40.380
to<00:38:35.659><c> the</c><00:38:35.840><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:36.159><c> when</c><00:38:36.460><c> it</c><00:38:36.719><c> says</c><00:38:37.159><c> he</c><00:38:37.639><c> put</c><00:38:37.940><c> away</c><00:38:38.440><c> sin</c><00:38:38.739><c> by</c><00:38:39.099><c> the</c><00:38:39.460><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:40.059><c> of</c>

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:44.639
himself<00:38:41.440><c> Jesus</c><00:38:43.179><c> recognized</c>

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:48.699
that<00:38:45.739><c> the</c><00:38:46.000><c> source</c><00:38:46.320><c> of</c><00:38:46.539><c> the</c><00:38:46.699><c> world's</c><00:38:47.159><c> evil</c><00:38:47.380><c> lay</c><00:38:47.719><c> in</c><00:38:48.000><c> human</c><00:38:48.320><c> self</c>

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:51.539
-will<00:38:49.199><c> and</c><00:38:50.179><c> the</c><00:38:50.340><c> answer</c><00:38:50.619><c> to</c><00:38:50.860><c> the</c><00:38:51.000><c> problem</c>

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:56.719
in<00:38:52.119><c> the</c><00:38:52.360><c> divine</c><00:38:52.599><c> grace</c><00:38:52.900><c> of</c><00:38:53.179><c> God</c><00:38:53.400><c> was</c><00:38:53.679><c> for</c><00:38:53.940><c> men</c><00:38:54.420><c> to</c><00:38:54.940><c> put</c><00:38:55.179><c> away</c><00:38:55.599><c> self</c>

00:38:57.719 --> 00:39:01.239
and<00:38:58.360><c> bring</c><00:38:58.619><c> their</c><00:38:58.860><c> lives</c><00:38:59.099><c> into</c><00:38:59.420><c> harmony</c><00:38:59.780><c> with</c><00:39:00.099><c> divine</c><00:39:00.579><c> truth</c>

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:06.659
and<00:39:02.400><c> if</c><00:39:02.719><c> this</c><00:39:02.980><c> occurs</c><00:39:03.840><c> then</c><00:39:04.579><c> men</c><00:39:04.820><c> are</c><00:39:05.260><c> free</c><00:39:06.079><c> of</c>

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:12.719
themselves<00:39:07.599><c> and</c><00:39:10.059><c> it</c><00:39:10.239><c> is</c><00:39:10.460><c> in</c><00:39:10.699><c> this</c><00:39:10.960><c> context</c><00:39:11.460><c> of</c><00:39:11.840><c> thought</c><00:39:12.239><c> that</c>

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:15.860
Paul<00:39:13.059><c> could</c><00:39:13.440><c> write</c><00:39:13.739><c> that</c><00:39:14.320><c> a</c><00:39:14.500><c> man</c><00:39:14.659><c> who</c><00:39:14.900><c> was</c><00:39:15.079><c> a</c><00:39:15.380><c> slave</c>

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:20.400
was<00:39:16.320><c> still</c><00:39:16.679><c> the</c><00:39:16.900><c> Lord's</c><00:39:17.380><c> free</c><00:39:17.539><c> man</c><00:39:18.159><c> even</c><00:39:19.159><c> though</c><00:39:19.380><c> he</c><00:39:19.599><c> was</c><00:39:19.840><c> owned</c><00:39:20.079><c> by</c>

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:23.280
another<00:39:20.699><c> human</c><00:39:21.079><c> being</c><00:39:21.659><c> as</c><00:39:22.400><c> far</c><00:39:22.659><c> as</c><00:39:22.820><c> God</c><00:39:22.980><c> was</c>

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:28.460
concerned<00:39:23.820><c> he</c><00:39:24.460><c> was</c><00:39:24.739><c> free</c><00:39:25.380><c> and</c><00:39:26.980><c> the</c><00:39:27.139><c> man</c><00:39:27.260><c> who</c><00:39:27.440><c> was</c><00:39:27.639><c> free</c><00:39:27.820><c> he</c><00:39:28.099><c> said</c><00:39:28.239><c> was</c>

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:31.300
the<00:39:28.699><c> Lord's</c><00:39:29.139><c> son</c><00:39:29.260><c> of</c><00:39:29.360><c> them</c><00:39:29.679><c> that</c><00:39:30.260><c> delightful</c><00:39:30.760><c> play</c>

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:35.320
on<00:39:31.780><c> terms</c><00:39:32.199><c> in</c><00:39:33.500><c> first</c><00:39:33.780><c> corinthians</c><00:39:34.480><c> 7</c>

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:41.980
in<00:39:38.519><c> which</c><00:39:38.719><c> he's</c><00:39:39.079><c> discussing</c><00:39:39.539><c> a</c><00:39:39.900><c> problem</c><00:39:40.420><c> many</c><00:39:41.239><c> of</c><00:39:41.440><c> those</c><00:39:41.679><c> who</c>

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:45.179
were<00:39:42.840><c> initiated</c><00:39:43.340><c> into</c><00:39:43.719><c> the</c><00:39:43.980><c> name</c><00:39:44.159><c> of</c><00:39:44.519><c> Christ</c><00:39:44.800><c> were</c>

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:50.260
slaves<00:39:45.960><c> and</c><00:39:47.079><c> of</c><00:39:47.320><c> course</c><00:39:47.480><c> would</c><00:39:47.739><c> be</c><00:39:47.880><c> faced</c><00:39:48.119><c> with</c><00:39:48.360><c> some</c><00:39:48.539><c> very</c><00:39:48.820><c> difficult</c><00:39:49.219><c> situations</c><00:39:49.900><c> in</c>

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:51.260
the<00:39:50.579><c> households</c><00:39:51.059><c> in</c>

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:57.219
which<00:39:51.420><c> they</c><00:39:51.599><c> were</c><00:39:51.820><c> employed</c><00:39:52.400><c> and</c><00:39:54.500><c> obviously</c><00:39:55.199><c> part</c><00:39:55.559><c> of</c><00:39:55.760><c> the</c><00:39:55.980><c> questions</c><00:39:56.500><c> that</c><00:39:56.699><c> were</c><00:39:56.860><c> sent</c><00:39:57.039><c> to</c>

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:57.820
him<00:39:57.420><c> were</c>

00:39:57.820 --> 00:40:04.460
to<00:39:58.139><c> ask</c><00:39:58.420><c> what</c><00:39:58.659><c> these</c><00:39:58.980><c> people</c><00:39:59.260><c> should</c><00:39:59.539><c> do</c><00:40:00.139><c> and</c><00:40:01.559><c> he</c><00:40:02.079><c> advised</c><00:40:02.539><c> them</c><00:40:03.460><c> verse</c><00:40:03.940><c> 20</c>

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.780
of<00:40:04.659><c> first</c><00:40:04.880><c> corinthians</c><00:40:05.340><c> 7</c>

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:08.400
everyone<00:40:06.579><c> should</c><00:40:06.840><c> remain</c><00:40:07.199><c> in</c><00:40:07.360><c> the</c><00:40:07.579><c> state</c><00:40:07.719><c> in</c><00:40:07.880><c> which</c><00:40:07.980><c> he</c><00:40:08.119><c> was</c>

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:10.500
called<00:40:08.800><c> where</c><00:40:09.159><c> you</c><00:40:09.360><c> were</c><00:40:09.519><c> slave</c><00:40:09.739><c> when</c><00:40:09.960><c> called</c><00:40:10.179><c> never</c>

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:16.360
mind<00:40:10.980><c> but</c><00:40:11.679><c> if</c><00:40:11.800><c> you</c><00:40:11.940><c> can</c><00:40:12.179><c> gain</c><00:40:12.340><c> your</c><00:40:12.639><c> freedom</c><00:40:12.880><c> avail</c><00:40:13.159><c> yourselves</c><00:40:13.599><c> of</c><00:40:13.739><c> the</c><00:40:13.860><c> opportunity</c><00:40:14.639><c> for</c><00:40:16.119><c> he</c>

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:16.960
was<00:40:16.679><c> called</c>

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:20.880
in<00:40:17.179><c> the</c><00:40:17.340><c> Lord</c><00:40:17.599><c> as</c><00:40:17.860><c> a</c><00:40:18.099><c> slave</c><00:40:18.300><c> is</c><00:40:18.579><c> a</c><00:40:18.780><c> free</c><00:40:18.960><c> man</c><00:40:19.139><c> of</c><00:40:19.320><c> the</c><00:40:19.500><c> Lord</c><00:40:19.860><c> what</c>

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:23.400
he<00:40:21.139><c> is</c><00:40:21.179><c> saying</c><00:40:21.480><c> is</c><00:40:21.719><c> that</c><00:40:21.880><c> there's</c><00:40:22.179><c> no</c><00:40:22.460><c> such</c><00:40:22.639><c> thing</c>

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:29.920
as<00:40:23.960><c> bondage</c><00:40:25.260><c> to</c><00:40:25.860><c> any</c><00:40:26.199><c> human</c><00:40:26.579><c> being</c><00:40:27.159><c> who</c><00:40:28.940><c> abides</c><00:40:29.380><c> in</c><00:40:29.579><c> the</c><00:40:29.739><c> word</c>

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:32.960
of<00:40:30.219><c> Christ</c><00:40:30.659><c> there</c><00:40:31.699><c> is</c><00:40:31.980><c> freedom</c>

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:40.900
but<00:40:34.260><c> this</c><00:40:34.519><c> is</c><00:40:34.739><c> not</c><00:40:35.300><c> a</c><00:40:36.900><c> system</c><00:40:37.320><c> of</c><00:40:37.639><c> truth</c><00:40:38.019><c> this</c><00:40:38.960><c> is</c><00:40:39.360><c> a</c><00:40:39.599><c> way</c><00:40:39.760><c> of</c><00:40:40.019><c> life</c>

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:46.619
where<00:40:42.780><c> God</c><00:40:43.099><c> is</c><00:40:43.300><c> the</c><00:40:43.460><c> ultimate</c><00:40:43.840><c> standard</c><00:40:44.380><c> and</c><00:40:45.880><c> the</c><00:40:46.260><c> expression</c>

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:49.199
of<00:40:46.900><c> divine</c><00:40:47.219><c> truth</c><00:40:47.760><c> as</c><00:40:48.420><c> shown</c><00:40:48.619><c> to</c><00:40:48.840><c> us</c><00:40:48.980><c> by</c>

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:52.619
Jesus<00:40:49.760><c> throughout</c><00:40:50.179><c> his</c><00:40:50.480><c> life</c><00:40:50.760><c> is</c><00:40:51.280><c> the</c><00:40:51.599><c> standard</c><00:40:51.900><c> we</c><00:40:52.179><c> seek</c><00:40:52.360><c> to</c>

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:56.440
follow<00:40:52.980><c> and</c><00:40:54.139><c> doing</c><00:40:54.480><c> this</c><00:40:55.119><c> we</c><00:40:55.559><c> ourselves</c>

00:40:56.440 --> 00:41:03.460
shall<00:40:57.119><c> know</c><00:40:57.500><c> the</c><00:40:57.719><c> truth</c><00:40:58.139><c> in</c><00:40:59.500><c> a</c><00:40:59.639><c> very</c><00:40:59.920><c> practical</c><00:41:00.380><c> sense</c><00:41:00.940><c> and</c><00:41:02.000><c> find</c><00:41:02.380><c> freedom</c><00:41:02.940><c> to</c>

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:05.239
be<00:41:03.679><c> associated</c><00:41:04.159><c> with</c><00:41:04.619><c> all</c><00:41:04.960><c> the</c>

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:09.940
eternal<00:41:05.519><c> values</c><00:41:05.980><c> that</c><00:41:06.239><c> Jesus</c><00:41:06.599><c> represented</c><00:41:07.219><c> the</c><00:41:08.199><c> bread</c><00:41:08.460><c> of</c><00:41:08.760><c> life</c><00:41:08.980><c> the</c><00:41:09.340><c> water</c><00:41:09.659><c> of</c>

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:12.159
life<00:41:10.260><c> the</c><00:41:10.980><c> light</c><00:41:11.179><c> of</c><00:41:11.420><c> the</c><00:41:11.579><c> world</c>

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:15.980
no<00:41:12.780><c> man</c><00:41:13.000><c> who</c><00:41:13.219><c> is</c><00:41:13.559><c> free</c><00:41:13.780><c> in</c><00:41:14.000><c> this</c><00:41:14.260><c> sense</c><00:41:14.500><c> is</c><00:41:14.719><c> ever</c><00:41:15.059><c> in</c><00:41:15.360><c> darkness</c>

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:19.440
he's<00:41:17.199><c> achieved</c><00:41:17.440><c> the</c><00:41:17.699><c> light</c><00:41:18.300><c> of</c><00:41:18.699><c> life</c>

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:26.920
well<00:41:22.900><c> very</c><00:41:23.440><c> much</c><00:41:23.699><c> i've</c><00:41:24.539><c> just</c><00:41:24.800><c> felt</c><00:41:24.980><c> a</c><00:41:25.179><c> disadvantage</c><00:41:25.780><c> this</c><00:41:26.039><c> morning</c><00:41:26.260><c> because</c><00:41:26.679><c> of</c>

00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:29.119
the<00:41:28.159><c> tremendous</c><00:41:28.719><c> address</c>

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:33.679
we<00:41:29.460><c> heard</c><00:41:29.719><c> from</c><00:41:29.980><c> brother</c><00:41:30.199><c> rogers</c><00:41:30.659><c> there</c><00:41:31.320><c> is</c><00:41:31.559><c> my</c><00:41:31.739><c> little</c><00:41:31.980><c> contribution</c><00:41:32.619><c> to</c><00:41:33.300><c> an</c>

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:35.000
understanding<00:41:34.139><c> of</c><00:41:34.400><c> john's</c><00:41:34.719><c> gospel</c>

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:38.679
there's<00:41:35.639><c> time</c><00:41:35.920><c> for</c><00:41:36.380><c> questions</c><00:41:36.840><c> two</c><00:41:37.099><c> or</c><00:41:37.219><c> three</c><00:41:37.340><c> minutes</c><00:41:37.599><c> or</c><00:41:37.860><c> comments</c>

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:45.619
can<00:41:42.360><c> i</c><00:41:42.480><c> have</c><00:41:42.599><c> that</c><00:41:42.900><c> other</c><00:41:43.340><c> reference</c><00:41:44.059><c> in</c><00:41:44.559><c> corinthians</c>

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:54.059
um<00:41:46.139><c> the</c><00:41:48.599><c> last</c><00:41:48.940><c> one</c><00:41:49.099><c> i've</c><00:41:49.360><c> read</c><00:41:49.539><c> no</c><00:41:49.940><c> the</c><00:41:50.119><c> one</c><00:41:50.360><c> before</c><00:41:50.880><c> christ</c><00:41:52.380><c> emptied</c><00:41:53.039><c> himself</c><00:41:53.699><c> oh</c>

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:55.059
that's<00:41:54.380><c> philippians</c>

00:41:55.059 --> 00:42:00.800
oh<00:41:55.579><c> the</c><00:41:55.960><c> second</c><00:41:56.380><c> chapter</c><00:41:56.900><c> and</c><00:41:58.219><c> i</c><00:41:58.360><c> would</c><00:41:58.559><c> recommend</c><00:41:58.980><c> any</c><00:41:59.300><c> of</c><00:41:59.539><c> you</c><00:42:00.019><c> um</c>

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:03.199
reading<00:42:01.059><c> that</c><00:42:01.880><c> in</c><00:42:02.380><c> the</c><00:42:02.519><c> revised</c><00:42:02.860><c> standard</c>

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:09.619
version<00:42:03.800><c> um</c><00:42:05.139><c> because</c><00:42:05.639><c> he</c><00:42:06.800><c> gets</c><00:42:07.059><c> the</c><00:42:07.300><c> right</c><00:42:07.539><c> idea</c><00:42:08.000><c> that's</c><00:42:08.400><c> involved</c><00:42:08.940><c> i'm</c>

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:14.960
quite<00:42:09.820><c> sure</c><00:42:10.019><c> paul</c><00:42:10.420><c> is</c><00:42:10.559><c> going</c><00:42:10.800><c> back</c><00:42:11.119><c> to</c><00:42:11.219><c> the</c>

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:21.039
who<00:42:15.179><c> reached</c><00:42:15.679><c> for</c><00:42:15.980><c> life</c><00:42:16.599><c> unlawfully</c><00:42:17.519><c> wanted</c><00:42:18.340><c> to</c><00:42:18.619><c> grasp</c><00:42:18.920><c> it</c><00:42:19.420><c> they</c><00:42:19.800><c> were</c><00:42:20.260><c> ambitious</c><00:42:20.800><c> in</c>

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.139
their<00:42:21.219><c> concept</c><00:42:21.699><c> of</c><00:42:21.900><c> wishing</c>

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:26.679
to<00:42:22.500><c> obtain</c><00:42:23.079><c> divine</c><00:42:23.559><c> nature</c><00:42:24.139><c> have</c><00:42:24.460><c> you</c><00:42:24.599><c> read</c><00:42:24.900><c> brother</c><00:42:25.199><c> baling's</c><00:42:25.940><c> translation</c><00:42:26.400><c> for</c>

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:28.239
that<00:42:27.539><c> it's</c><00:42:28.039><c> something</c>

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:35.199
like<00:42:28.500><c> what</c><00:42:28.679><c> you</c><00:42:29.000><c> say</c><00:42:29.539><c> is</c><00:42:29.920><c> it</c><00:42:30.199><c> it</c><00:42:32.840><c> is</c><00:42:33.139><c> in</c><00:42:33.360><c> it</c><00:42:33.780><c> i</c><00:42:33.900><c> had</c><00:42:34.159><c> an</c><00:42:34.380><c> amplified</c><00:42:34.800><c> version</c>

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:36.300
of<00:42:35.360><c> the</c><00:42:35.420><c> new</c><00:42:35.599><c> testament</c><00:42:35.900><c> that</c><00:42:36.099><c> i've</c>

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:40.440
got<00:42:36.440><c> to</c><00:42:36.639><c> bring</c><00:42:36.820><c> down</c><00:42:37.099><c> which</c><00:42:37.280><c> is</c><00:42:37.480><c> helpful</c><00:42:37.739><c> as</c><00:42:38.059><c> well</c><00:42:38.500><c> let</c><00:42:38.719><c> me</c><00:42:38.860><c> read</c><00:42:39.039><c> this</c><00:42:39.460><c> first</c><00:42:39.820><c> beginning</c><00:42:40.199><c> at</c>

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.179
verse<00:42:40.639><c> five</c><00:42:41.000><c> in</c>

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:45.179
philippians<00:42:41.559><c> two</c><00:42:42.280><c> have</c><00:42:43.199><c> the</c><00:42:43.420><c> outlook</c><00:42:43.800><c> among</c><00:42:44.099><c> yourselves</c><00:42:44.780><c> which</c><00:42:45.019><c> you</c>

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:47.719
have<00:42:45.280><c> in</c><00:42:45.519><c> christ</c><00:42:45.760><c> jesus</c><00:42:46.280><c> who</c><00:42:46.599><c> being</c><00:42:46.920><c> of</c><00:42:47.239><c> divine</c>

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:51.760
stature<00:42:48.880><c> did</c><00:42:49.219><c> not</c><00:42:49.480><c> deem</c><00:42:49.760><c> equality</c><00:42:50.179><c> with</c><00:42:50.460><c> god</c><00:42:50.639><c> a</c><00:42:51.000><c> prize</c><00:42:51.340><c> to</c><00:42:51.539><c> be</c>

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:56.000
grasped<00:42:53.760><c> not</c><00:42:54.059><c> something</c><00:42:54.320><c> you</c><00:42:54.480><c> can</c><00:42:54.840><c> get</c><00:42:55.059><c> a</c><00:42:55.260><c> hold</c><00:42:55.460><c> of</c>

00:42:56.000 --> 00:43:01.800
dean<00:42:56.320><c> bishop</c><00:42:56.539><c> would</c><00:42:56.800><c> rather</c><00:42:57.260><c> emptied</c><00:42:57.639><c> himself</c><00:42:58.179><c> taking</c><00:42:58.780><c> a</c><00:42:59.179><c> servant</c><00:42:59.519><c> status</c><00:43:00.539><c> remember</c><00:43:01.539><c> the</c>

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.599
washing<00:43:02.059><c> of</c><00:43:02.280><c> the</c><00:43:02.420><c> feet</c>

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:06.199
we<00:43:02.800><c> heard</c><00:43:02.880><c> about</c><00:43:03.079><c> this</c><00:43:03.320><c> morning</c><00:43:03.900><c> accepting</c><00:43:05.239><c> identity</c><00:43:05.940><c> with</c>

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:09.460
men<00:43:06.920><c> and</c><00:43:07.719><c> existing</c><00:43:08.059><c> in</c><00:43:08.300><c> human</c><00:43:08.639><c> guise</c><00:43:09.039><c> he</c><00:43:09.239><c> humbled</c>

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:12.659
himself<00:43:09.980><c> showing</c><00:43:10.739><c> obedience</c><00:43:11.260><c> to</c><00:43:11.519><c> death</c><00:43:11.739><c> even</c><00:43:12.019><c> death</c><00:43:12.260><c> on</c><00:43:12.500><c> the</c>

00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:16.639
cross<00:43:13.139><c> god</c><00:43:14.460><c> has</c><00:43:14.800><c> accordingly</c><00:43:15.380><c> exalted</c><00:43:16.260><c> him</c>

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:22.380
and<00:43:17.199><c> bestowed</c><00:43:17.579><c> on</c><00:43:17.760><c> him</c><00:43:17.920><c> the</c><00:43:18.139><c> name</c><00:43:18.380><c> superior</c><00:43:18.900><c> to</c><00:43:19.119><c> every</c><00:43:19.420><c> name</c><00:43:20.639><c> remembering</c>

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:30.940
that<00:43:25.719><c> if</c><00:43:26.019><c> we</c><00:43:26.320><c> do</c><00:43:26.559><c> that</c><00:43:27.440><c> and</c><00:43:28.480><c> are</c><00:43:28.739><c> part</c><00:43:28.960><c> of</c><00:43:29.239><c> the</c><00:43:29.460><c> name</c><00:43:29.780><c> that</c><00:43:30.340><c> there</c><00:43:30.659><c> is</c>

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:32.440
true<00:43:31.199><c> exaltation</c>

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:39.360
any<00:43:36.559><c> other</c><00:43:36.840><c> comment</c><00:43:37.159><c> that</c><00:43:38.260><c> was</c><00:43:38.539><c> helpful</c>

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:52.440
i<00:43:47.119><c> know</c><00:43:48.000><c> you</c><00:43:48.539><c> commented</c><00:43:49.139><c> on</c><00:43:49.559><c> this</c><00:43:49.940><c> eighth</c><00:43:50.500><c> chapter</c><00:43:50.940><c> of</c><00:43:51.159><c> romans</c>

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:57.260
the<00:43:53.260><c> 16th</c><00:43:54.840><c> verse</c><00:43:55.800><c> but</c><00:43:56.239><c> would</c><00:43:56.340><c> you</c><00:43:56.519><c> just</c><00:43:56.820><c> go</c><00:43:57.039><c> over</c>

00:43:57.260 --> 00:44:00.539
again<00:43:57.599><c> slightly</c><00:43:58.139><c> the</c><00:43:58.659><c> spirit</c><00:43:59.019><c> itself</c><00:43:59.380><c> there</c><00:43:59.860><c> with</c><00:44:00.139><c> the</c><00:44:00.300><c> foot</c>

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:04.099
out<00:44:00.940><c> there</c><00:44:01.619><c> we</c><00:44:02.039><c> are</c><00:44:02.599><c> the</c><00:44:02.800><c> children</c><00:44:03.039><c> of</c><00:44:03.239><c> god</c>

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:10.199
you<00:44:04.960><c> just</c><00:44:05.440><c> once</c><00:44:06.000><c> more</c><00:44:06.320><c> go</c><00:44:06.579><c> over</c><00:44:06.780><c> that</c><00:44:07.139><c> one</c><00:44:07.440><c> verse</c><00:44:07.760><c> for</c><00:44:07.940><c> us</c><00:44:09.679><c> the</c>

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:13.820
16th<00:44:10.960><c> verse</c><00:44:11.280><c> uh</c><00:44:11.579><c> the</c><00:44:11.940><c> eighth</c><00:44:12.260><c> chapter</c><00:44:12.719><c> of</c><00:44:13.199><c> yeah</c><00:44:13.340><c> 16</c>

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:17.360
verse<00:44:14.139><c> 16</c><00:44:14.599><c> the</c><00:44:14.900><c> spirit</c><00:44:15.079><c> itself</c><00:44:15.420><c> there</c><00:44:15.820><c> written</c><00:44:16.119><c> without</c><00:44:16.760><c> in</c>

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:21.460
the<00:44:17.699><c> literal</c><00:44:18.000><c> sense</c><00:44:18.539><c> how</c><00:44:19.880><c> about</c><00:44:20.099><c> that</c><00:44:20.300><c> to</c><00:44:20.460><c> understand</c>

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:27.320
it<00:44:23.280><c> all</c><00:44:23.280><c> is</c><00:44:23.320><c> using</c><00:44:23.840><c> the</c><00:44:24.239><c> spirit</c><00:44:24.380><c> fear</c><00:44:24.900><c> as</c><00:44:25.360><c> significant</c><00:44:26.059><c> of</c><00:44:27.139><c> the</c>

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:29.659
father<00:44:27.519><c> himself</c><00:44:28.079><c> his</c><00:44:28.420><c> attributes</c>

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:36.039
and<00:44:31.139><c> where</c><00:44:31.579><c> within</c><00:44:32.420><c> our</c><00:44:32.820><c> heart</c><00:44:33.059><c> and</c><00:44:33.320><c> mind</c><00:44:33.539><c> we</c><00:44:33.780><c> find</c><00:44:33.920><c> the</c><00:44:34.199><c> spirit</c><00:44:34.460><c> in</c><00:44:34.699><c> operation</c>

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:40.639
then<00:44:37.139><c> it</c><00:44:37.500><c> bears</c><00:44:37.719><c> witness</c><00:44:38.139><c> to</c><00:44:38.559><c> our</c><00:44:38.860><c> harmony</c><00:44:39.280><c> of</c><00:44:39.619><c> thought</c><00:44:39.960><c> within</c><00:44:40.320><c> our</c>

00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:42.800
own<00:44:40.860><c> hearts</c><00:44:41.300><c> with</c><00:44:41.579><c> the</c><00:44:41.800><c> father</c>

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:48.500
there's<00:44:44.699><c> a</c><00:44:44.800><c> subtlety</c><00:44:45.119><c> of</c><00:44:45.480><c> thought</c><00:44:45.679><c> here</c><00:44:46.420><c> that</c><00:44:47.239><c> might</c><00:44:47.460><c> be</c><00:44:47.780><c> helped</c><00:44:47.960><c> by</c><00:44:48.360><c> a</c>

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:50.739
statement<00:44:48.739><c> by</c><00:44:49.039><c> jesus</c><00:44:49.539><c> in</c><00:44:49.840><c> john</c><00:44:50.199><c> seven</c>

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:59.079
uh<00:44:51.099><c> in</c><00:44:53.599><c> which</c><00:44:53.840><c> he's</c><00:44:54.239><c> almost</c><00:44:54.739><c> saying</c><00:44:55.420><c> that</c><00:44:57.460><c> it</c><00:44:58.300><c> is</c><00:44:58.559><c> a</c><00:44:58.679><c> sort</c><00:44:58.840><c> of</c>

00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:02.260
an<00:44:59.559><c> instinct</c><00:44:59.880><c> by</c><00:45:00.239><c> which</c><00:45:00.500><c> we</c><00:45:00.860><c> know</c><00:45:01.380><c> whether</c>

00:45:07.579 --> 00:45:11.079
we<00:45:08.280><c> are</c><00:45:08.619><c> in</c><00:45:08.820><c> harmony</c><00:45:09.059><c> with</c><00:45:09.380><c> the</c><00:45:09.659><c> spirit</c><00:45:10.059><c> of</c><00:45:10.420><c> good</c>