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lost<00:10:04.620><c> sheep</c><00:10:05.039><c> of</c><00:10:05.259><c> the</c><00:10:05.519><c> house</c><00:10:05.720><c> of</c><00:10:05.940><c> Israel,</c><00:10:07.139><c> children</c><00:10:07.419><c> of</c><00:10:07.679><c> Abraham.</c>

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The<00:10:08.559><c> parable,</c><00:10:09.159><c> that</c><00:10:09.419><c> parable</c><00:10:09.720><c> was</c><00:10:10.179><c> exquisite,</c><00:10:10.740><c> brethren</c><00:10:11.059><c> and</c><00:10:11.340><c> sisters.</c>

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common<00:10:16.039><c> experience</c><00:10:16.779><c> of</c><00:10:16.940><c> a</c><00:10:17.159><c> shepherd.</c>

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To<00:10:20.779><c> finding</c><00:10:21.100><c> one</c><00:10:21.399><c> of</c><00:10:21.559><c> his</c><00:10:21.679><c> sheep</c><00:10:21.860><c> lost</c><00:10:22.240><c> immediately</c><00:10:23.259><c> takes</c><00:10:23.720><c> steps</c><00:10:24.200><c> to</c>

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find<00:10:24.860><c> it.</c>

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chapter<00:10:30.080><c> 15.</c>

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Let's<00:10:33.600><c> read</c><00:10:33.679><c> those</c><00:10:33.919><c> words</c><00:10:34.139><c> again.</c>

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shoulders,<00:10:49.840><c> rejoicing.</c>

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thronging<00:10:55.679><c> to</c><00:10:55.840><c> hear</c><00:10:56.039><c> him,</c><00:10:56.700><c> who</c><00:10:57.440><c> were</c><00:10:57.580><c> the</c><00:10:58.000><c> lost</c><00:10:58.600><c> sheep.</c>

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He<00:12:10.399><c> goes</c><00:12:10.799><c> into</c><00:12:11.340><c> the</c><00:12:11.600><c> mountains.</c><00:12:12.159><c> He</c><00:12:12.360><c> puts</c><00:12:12.620><c> himself</c><00:12:13.059><c> out</c><00:12:13.480><c> of</c><00:12:13.659><c> the</c><00:12:13.879><c> way,</c><00:12:14.500><c> and</c><00:12:14.740><c> seeketh</c><00:12:15.220><c> that</c><00:12:15.580><c> which</c><00:12:15.779><c> is</c>

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He<00:12:26.580><c> says,</c><00:12:27.500><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:27.879><c> 34</c><00:12:28.259><c> and</c><00:12:28.399><c> verse</c><00:12:28.600><c> 6,</c><00:12:28.820><c> My</c><00:12:29.039><c> sheep</c><00:12:29.399><c> wandered</c><00:12:30.080><c> through</c><00:12:30.340><c> all</c><00:12:30.919><c> the</c><00:12:31.240><c> mountains</c><00:12:31.740><c> and</c><00:12:32.100><c> upon</c><00:12:32.419><c> every</c><00:12:33.159><c> high</c><00:12:33.559><c> hill,</c><00:12:34.000><c> yet</c><00:12:34.279><c> my</c>

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mountains<00:12:44.320><c> to</c><00:12:44.740><c> seek</c><00:12:44.960><c> that</c><00:12:45.240><c> which</c><00:12:45.360><c> is</c><00:12:45.519><c> gone</c><00:12:45.720><c> astray,</c><00:12:47.139><c> one</c><00:12:47.379><c> sheep,</c><00:12:50.980><c> until</c><00:12:51.179><c> he</c>

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find<00:12:51.620><c> it.</c>

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Verse<00:13:02.720><c> 16</c><00:13:03.220><c> of</c><00:13:03.539><c> Ezekiel</c><00:13:03.899><c> 34,</c><00:13:04.620><c> I</c><00:13:04.759><c> will</c><00:13:05.100><c> seek</c><00:13:05.460><c> that</c><00:13:06.139><c> which</c><00:13:06.320><c> was</c>

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I<00:13:13.259><c> will</c><00:13:13.460><c> destroy</c><00:13:14.120><c> the</c><00:13:14.480><c> fat</c><00:13:14.679><c> and</c><00:13:14.940><c> the</c><00:13:15.240><c> strong,</c><00:13:15.600><c> and</c><00:13:15.720><c> I</c><00:13:15.779><c> will</c>

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feed<00:13:16.379><c> them</c><00:13:16.600><c> with</c><00:13:16.940><c> judgment.</c>

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Isn't<00:13:18.860><c> this</c><00:13:19.139><c> the</c><00:13:19.399><c> redemptive</c><00:13:20.039><c> work</c><00:13:20.259><c> of</c><00:13:20.539><c> Christ,</c><00:13:21.320><c> brethren</c><00:13:21.480><c> and</c><00:13:21.740><c> sisters,</c><00:13:22.279><c> in</c>

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his<00:13:22.700><c> own</c><00:13:22.940><c> body?</c>

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The<00:13:23.580><c> rulers</c><00:13:23.840><c> too</c><00:13:24.159><c> were</c><00:13:24.340><c> called</c><00:13:24.539><c> the</c><00:13:24.799><c> shepherds,</c><00:13:27.000><c> under</c><00:13:27.179><c> the</c>

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eye<00:13:27.539><c> of</c><00:13:27.779><c> him</c><00:13:28.220><c> whose</c><00:13:29.179><c> watchful</c><00:13:30.360><c> tenderness</c><00:13:30.820><c> had</c><00:13:31.179><c> set</c><00:13:31.379><c> forth</c>

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his<00:13:31.860><c> parable,</c>

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that<00:13:34.279><c> they</c><00:13:34.539><c> were</c><00:13:34.700><c> no</c><00:13:34.919><c> seekers</c><00:13:35.179><c> of</c><00:13:35.379><c> the</c><00:13:35.539><c> lost,</c><00:13:35.940><c> no</c><00:13:36.240><c> bringers</c><00:13:36.620><c> back</c><00:13:36.899><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:37.259><c> strayed,</c><00:13:37.580><c> no</c><00:13:38.080><c> binders</c><00:13:38.440><c> up</c><00:13:38.519><c> of</c><00:13:38.639><c> the</c><00:13:38.820><c> broken.</c>

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And<00:13:42.299><c> they</c><00:13:42.799><c> murmured</c><00:13:43.620><c> against</c><00:13:44.379><c> him,</c><00:13:45.500><c> who</c><00:13:45.659><c> himself</c><00:13:46.480><c> did</c><00:13:47.039><c> all</c><00:13:47.399><c> that</c><00:13:47.659><c> they</c><00:13:47.940><c> had</c><00:13:48.259><c> so</c>

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long<00:13:48.840><c> neglected.</c>

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He<00:13:53.759><c> wasn't</c><00:13:54.279><c> weary</c><00:13:54.620><c> with</c><00:13:54.860><c> the</c><00:13:55.039><c> greatness</c><00:13:55.220><c> of</c><00:13:55.440><c> the</c><00:13:55.559><c> way.</c>

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He<00:13:55.799><c> didn't</c><00:13:56.480><c> shrink</c><00:13:56.980><c> when</c><00:13:57.220><c> the</c><00:13:57.480><c> thorns</c><00:13:57.940><c> wounded</c><00:13:58.919><c> his</c><00:13:59.320><c> flesh,</c>

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nor<00:13:59.799><c> when</c><00:13:59.899><c> his</c><00:14:00.240><c> feet</c><00:14:00.460><c> and</c><00:14:00.740><c> his</c><00:14:00.980><c> hands</c><00:14:01.159><c> were</c><00:14:01.399><c> torn.</c>

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He<00:14:03.659><c> followed</c><00:14:03.960><c> us</c><00:14:04.360><c> into</c><00:14:04.600><c> our</c><00:14:04.980><c> malediction</c><00:14:05.440><c> of</c><00:14:05.759><c> mortality.</c>

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He<00:14:09.919><c> went</c><00:14:10.100><c> forth</c><00:14:10.340><c> to</c><00:14:10.600><c> seek</c><00:14:10.700><c> his</c><00:14:10.960><c> own,</c><00:14:11.480><c> and</c><00:14:11.639><c> he</c><00:14:11.759><c> didn't</c><00:14:12.100><c> flinch</c>

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until<00:14:12.860><c> he</c><00:14:13.000><c> had</c><00:14:13.279><c> found</c><00:14:13.539><c> it.</c>

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Even<00:14:15.700><c> us,</c><00:14:16.059><c> brethren</c><00:14:16.179><c> and</c><00:14:16.440><c> sisters,</c><00:14:17.120><c> and</c><00:14:17.240><c> when</c><00:14:17.419><c> the</c><00:14:17.639><c> shepherd</c>

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found<00:14:18.539><c> that</c><00:14:18.759><c> which</c><00:14:18.919><c> had</c><00:14:19.220><c> strayed,</c>

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how<00:14:19.960><c> tenderly</c><00:14:20.340><c> does</c><00:14:20.539><c> he</c><00:14:21.179><c> lay</c><00:14:21.379><c> it</c><00:14:21.620><c> across</c><00:14:21.799><c> his</c><00:14:22.080><c> shoulders.</c>

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He<00:14:25.019><c> tenderly</c><00:14:25.539><c> handles</c><00:14:25.879><c> that</c><00:14:26.139><c> which</c><00:14:26.360><c> had</c><00:14:26.580><c> caused</c><00:14:26.779><c> him</c><00:14:27.019><c> such</c>

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loss<00:14:28.120><c> and</c><00:14:28.860><c> pain</c><00:14:29.200><c> and</c><00:14:29.659><c> trouble.</c>

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There's<00:14:31.840><c> no</c><00:14:32.159><c> smiting</c><00:14:32.559><c> of</c><00:14:32.700><c> it,</c><00:14:32.980><c> no</c><00:14:33.220><c> driving</c><00:14:33.559><c> it</c><00:14:34.460><c> back</c><00:14:34.840><c> to</c><00:14:35.019><c> the</c>

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fold,<00:14:35.799><c> and</c><00:14:35.980><c> there's</c><00:14:36.179><c> no</c><00:14:36.580><c> underling</c><00:14:36.940><c> to</c><00:14:37.200><c> carry</c><00:14:37.379><c> it.</c>

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Let's<00:14:38.120><c> look</c><00:14:38.220><c> at</c><00:14:38.340><c> our</c><00:14:38.559><c> first</c><00:14:38.820><c> overhead.</c>

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It<00:14:41.960><c> says</c><00:14:42.600><c> he</c><00:14:42.879><c> laid</c><00:14:43.039><c> it</c><00:14:43.279><c> across</c><00:14:43.580><c> his</c><00:14:44.039><c> shoulders.</c>

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He<00:14:46.720><c> laid</c><00:14:46.940><c> it</c><00:14:47.240><c> on</c><00:14:47.480><c> the</c><00:14:47.820><c> shoulders</c><00:14:48.299><c> of</c><00:14:48.899><c> himself.</c>

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It<00:14:51.059><c> strengthens</c><00:14:51.539><c> that</c><00:14:52.039><c> phrase,</c><00:14:52.360><c> brethren</c><00:14:52.419><c> and</c><00:14:52.620><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:14:53.179><c> Greek</c><00:14:53.399><c> text</c><00:14:53.700><c> is</c><00:14:54.039><c> very</c><00:14:54.360><c> emphatic.</c>

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He<00:14:55.279><c> laid</c><00:14:55.460><c> it</c><00:14:55.679><c> on</c><00:14:55.860><c> the</c><00:14:56.179><c> shoulders</c><00:14:56.519><c> of</c><00:14:56.940><c> himself.</c>

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Not,<00:15:00.860><c> as</c><00:15:01.500><c> it</c><00:15:01.700><c> were,</c><00:15:02.159><c> allowing</c><00:15:02.360><c> anybody</c><00:15:02.759><c> else</c><00:15:03.059><c> to</c><00:15:03.299><c> take</c><00:15:03.639><c> any</c><00:15:04.159><c> part</c><00:15:04.600><c> of</c>

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that<00:15:05.539><c> necessary</c><00:15:05.980><c> work</c>

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of<00:15:06.460><c> bringing</c><00:15:06.700><c> that</c><00:15:07.120><c> sheet</c><00:15:07.440><c> back</c><00:15:08.019><c> into</c><00:15:08.320><c> the</c><00:15:08.559><c> fold.</c>

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He<00:15:09.399><c> did</c><00:15:09.620><c> it</c><00:15:09.980><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:15:11.259><c> laid</c><00:15:11.379><c> it</c><00:15:11.519><c> on</c><00:15:11.700><c> his</c><00:15:12.059><c> own</c><00:15:12.320><c> shoulders</c><00:15:12.659><c> and</c><00:15:13.080><c> bears</c><00:15:13.279><c> it</c><00:15:13.500><c> home,</c><00:15:13.840><c> a</c>

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transportation<00:15:14.960><c> into</c><00:15:15.580><c> the</c><00:15:15.799><c> Ecclesia</c>

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and<00:15:16.440><c> to</c><00:15:16.559><c> the</c><00:15:16.820><c> fold</c><00:15:17.000><c> which</c><00:15:17.200><c> would</c><00:15:17.500><c> be</c><00:15:18.159><c> impossible</c><00:15:18.779><c> by</c><00:15:19.080><c> ourselves,</c><00:15:20.059><c> carried</c>

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to<00:15:20.860><c> redemption</c><00:15:21.440><c> and</c><00:15:22.419><c> the</c><00:15:22.620><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:22.840><c> of</c><00:15:23.139><c> sin.</c>

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Let's<00:15:24.559><c> turn</c><00:15:24.700><c> back</c><00:15:24.980><c> to</c><00:15:25.580><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:25.879><c> chapter</c><00:15:26.220><c> 53.</c>

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Isaiah<00:15:34.940><c> 53</c><00:15:35.379><c> and</c><00:15:35.539><c> verse</c><00:15:35.799><c> 4.</c>

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Surely<00:15:37.120><c> he</c><00:15:37.480><c> hath</c><00:15:37.960><c> borne</c><00:15:38.340><c> our</c><00:15:38.659><c> griefs</c><00:15:39.100><c> and</c><00:15:39.279><c> carried</c><00:15:39.580><c> our</c><00:15:39.879><c> sorrows,</c><00:15:40.460><c> yet</c>

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we<00:15:40.940><c> did</c><00:15:41.120><c> esteem</c><00:15:41.480><c> him</c><00:15:41.940><c> stricken,</c>

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smitten<00:15:43.299><c> of</c><00:15:43.480><c> God,</c><00:15:44.580><c> and</c><00:15:44.740><c> afflicted.</c>

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But<00:15:45.559><c> he</c><00:15:45.700><c> was</c><00:15:46.000><c> wounded</c><00:15:46.340><c> for</c><00:15:46.600><c> our</c><00:15:46.779><c> transgressions,</c><00:15:47.559><c> he</c><00:15:47.600><c> was</c><00:15:48.059><c> bruised</c><00:15:48.279><c> for</c>

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our<00:15:48.700><c> iniquities,</c>

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the<00:15:49.500><c> chastisement</c><00:15:49.919><c> of</c><00:15:50.080><c> our</c><00:15:50.299><c> pieces</c><00:15:50.500><c> upon</c><00:15:50.860><c> him,</c><00:15:51.179><c> and</c><00:15:51.379><c> with</c><00:15:51.620><c> his</c>

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stripes<00:15:52.179><c> we</c><00:15:52.480><c> are</c><00:15:52.799><c> healed.</c>

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All<00:15:53.679><c> we</c><00:15:53.980><c> like</c><00:15:54.259><c> sheep</c><00:15:54.500><c> have</c><00:15:54.720><c> gone</c><00:15:54.879><c> astray,</c><00:15:55.379><c> we</c><00:15:55.519><c> have</c><00:15:55.600><c> turned</c><00:15:55.779><c> every</c><00:15:56.259><c> one</c><00:15:56.419><c> to</c>

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his<00:15:56.740><c> own</c><00:15:56.940><c> way,</c>

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and<00:15:57.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:58.419><c> hath</c><00:15:58.779><c> laid</c><00:15:58.960><c> on</c><00:15:59.139><c> him</c><00:15:59.480><c> the</c><00:16:00.059><c> iniquity</c><00:16:00.500><c> of</c><00:16:00.659><c> us</c><00:16:00.860><c> all.</c>

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You<00:16:02.159><c> know,</c><00:16:02.419><c> brethren</c><00:16:02.519><c> and</c><00:16:02.639><c> sisters,</c><00:16:02.899><c> the</c><00:16:03.000><c> terms</c><00:16:03.399><c> of</c><00:16:04.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:16:05.580><c> and</c><00:16:06.360><c> redemption</c>

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are<00:16:08.679><c> essentially</c><00:16:09.200><c> Israelitish</c><00:16:09.940><c> in</c><00:16:10.200><c> character.</c>

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They<00:16:12.759><c> are</c><00:16:12.960><c> essentially</c><00:16:13.559><c> Israelitish.</c>

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They<00:16:15.240><c> are</c><00:16:15.519><c> essentially</c><00:16:15.840><c> Hebrew</c><00:16:16.600><c> by</c><00:16:17.120><c> the</c><00:16:17.379><c> work</c><00:16:17.519><c> of</c><00:16:17.720><c> the</c><00:16:17.860><c> Good</c><00:16:18.039><c> Shepherd,</c>

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who<00:16:18.759><c> is</c><00:16:19.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:19.860><c> in</c><00:16:20.100><c> the</c><00:16:20.320><c> first</c><00:16:20.539><c> instance.</c>

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And<00:16:22.779><c> the</c><00:16:23.019><c> means</c><00:16:23.279><c> has</c><00:16:23.519><c> been</c><00:16:23.899><c> found</c><00:16:24.399><c> whereby</c><00:16:24.879><c> the</c><00:16:25.279><c> Gentiles</c><00:16:25.980><c> could</c><00:16:26.299><c> inherit</c><00:16:26.879><c> the</c><00:16:27.279><c> promises.</c>

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Let's<00:16:28.100><c> turn</c><00:16:28.220><c> back,</c><00:16:28.539><c> shall</c><00:16:28.659><c> we,</c><00:16:28.919><c> to</c><00:16:29.159><c> Luke</c><00:16:29.379><c> chapter</c><00:16:29.620><c> 15.</c>

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Luke<00:16:39.179><c> chapter</c><00:16:39.399><c> 15</c><00:16:40.159><c> and</c><00:16:40.919><c> verse</c><00:16:41.159><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:16:42.320><c> when</c><00:16:42.519><c> he</c><00:16:42.759><c> cometh</c><00:16:42.919><c> home,</c><00:16:43.259><c> he</c><00:16:43.480><c> calleth</c><00:16:43.720><c> together</c><00:16:44.059><c> his</c><00:16:44.360><c> friends</c><00:16:44.659><c> and</c>

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neighbours,<00:16:45.340><c> saying</c><00:16:45.639><c> unto</c><00:16:45.799><c> them,</c>

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Rejoice<00:16:46.799><c> with</c><00:16:46.980><c> me,</c><00:16:47.299><c> for</c><00:16:47.440><c> I</c><00:16:47.639><c> have</c><00:16:47.779><c> found</c><00:16:47.919><c> my</c><00:16:48.299><c> sheep</c><00:16:48.559><c> which</c><00:16:48.980><c> was</c><00:16:49.360><c> lost.</c>

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I<00:16:50.980><c> say</c><00:16:51.240><c> unto</c><00:16:51.480><c> you,</c><00:16:53.379><c> that</c><00:16:53.519><c> likewise,</c><00:16:55.360><c> joy</c><00:16:55.419><c> shall</c><00:16:55.779><c> be</c><00:16:56.039><c> in</c><00:16:56.240><c> heaven</c>

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over<00:16:57.440><c> one</c><00:16:57.980><c> sinner</c><00:16:58.200><c> that</c><00:16:58.480><c> repenteth,</c>

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more<00:16:59.379><c> than</c><00:16:59.480><c> over</c><00:16:59.940><c> ninety</c><00:17:00.240><c> and</c><00:17:00.559><c> nine</c><00:17:00.779><c> just</c><00:17:01.120><c> persons</c><00:17:01.700><c> which</c><00:17:02.120><c> need</c><00:17:02.720><c> no</c><00:17:03.240><c> repentance.</c>

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When<00:17:06.740><c> a</c><00:17:06.960><c> sinner</c><00:17:07.079><c> repents,</c><00:17:08.839><c> brethren</c><00:17:09.000><c> and</c><00:17:09.200><c> sisters,</c><00:17:09.539><c> there</c><00:17:09.799><c> is</c>

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no<00:17:10.380><c> other</c><00:17:10.680><c> joy</c><00:17:11.319><c> in</c><00:17:12.140><c> heaven.</c>

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Think<00:17:13.200><c> about</c><00:17:13.500><c> it,</c><00:17:13.700><c> of</c><00:17:14.039><c> all</c><00:17:14.539><c> the</c><00:17:14.799><c> works</c><00:17:15.259><c> in</c><00:17:16.740><c> all</c><00:17:17.119><c> the</c><00:17:17.319><c> world,</c>

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when<00:17:19.259><c> one</c><00:17:19.759><c> comes</c><00:17:20.299><c> to</c><00:17:20.539><c> the</c><00:17:20.700><c> waters</c><00:17:20.980><c> of</c><00:17:21.240><c> baptism,</c>

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there<00:17:22.059><c> is</c><00:17:22.279><c> no</c><00:17:22.700><c> other</c><00:17:23.079><c> action</c><00:17:23.640><c> that</c><00:17:24.180><c> day</c><00:17:24.480><c> which</c><00:17:24.819><c> gives</c><00:17:24.960><c> the</c><00:17:25.339><c> angels</c><00:17:25.640><c> before</c><00:17:26.000><c> the</c>

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face<00:17:26.599><c> of</c><00:17:26.960><c> our</c><00:17:27.180><c> Father</c><00:17:27.539><c> pleasure.</c>

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Nothing<00:17:30.259><c> else</c><00:17:30.720><c> but</c><00:17:31.039><c> that</c><00:17:31.500><c> one</c><00:17:31.900><c> event.</c>

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There<00:17:34.480><c> is</c><00:17:34.480><c> joy</c><00:17:34.599><c> in</c><00:17:34.819><c> heaven</c><00:17:35.940><c> over</c><00:17:37.619><c> one</c><00:17:37.960><c> sinner</c><00:17:38.119><c> that</c><00:17:38.319><c> repented.</c>

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What<00:17:39.299><c> else</c><00:17:39.559><c> gives</c><00:17:39.740><c> them</c><00:17:39.980><c> joy</c><00:17:40.339><c> out</c><00:17:40.720><c> of</c><00:17:40.880><c> this</c><00:17:41.119><c> world?</c>

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This<00:17:44.079><c> world</c><00:17:44.220><c> of</c><00:17:44.680><c> sin</c><00:17:44.960><c> and</c><00:17:45.759><c> darkness.</c>

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And<00:17:47.019><c> they</c><00:17:47.200><c> rejoice</c><00:17:47.859><c> with</c><00:17:48.400><c> the</c><00:17:48.660><c> heavenly</c><00:17:48.960><c> Father,</c><00:17:49.380><c> they</c><00:17:49.680><c> rejoice</c><00:17:50.079><c> before</c><00:17:50.440><c> the</c>

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eternal<00:17:51.180><c> Spirit,</c>

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because<00:17:52.140><c> His</c><00:17:52.480><c> work</c><00:17:52.839><c> is</c><00:17:53.279><c> seen</c><00:17:53.640><c> to</c><00:17:54.240><c> be</c><00:17:54.539><c> taking</c><00:17:54.799><c> place.</c>

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The<00:17:56.539><c> loss</c><00:17:56.720><c> was</c><00:17:57.119><c> God's,</c><00:17:57.660><c> it</c><00:17:57.759><c> was</c><00:17:58.039><c> His</c><00:17:58.339><c> experience,</c><00:17:59.099><c> and</c><00:17:59.319><c> likewise</c><00:17:59.720><c> the</c><00:18:00.059><c> joy.</c>

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And<00:18:01.400><c> they</c><00:18:01.720><c> shared</c><00:18:02.000><c> those</c><00:18:02.279><c> things,</c><00:18:02.799><c> and</c><00:18:02.980><c> He</c><00:18:03.160><c> makes</c><00:18:03.460><c> them</c><00:18:04.019><c> sharers</c><00:18:04.359><c> of</c><00:18:04.500><c> His</c><00:18:04.740><c> joy,</c><00:18:05.180><c> just</c><00:18:05.420><c> as</c>

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they<00:18:05.660><c> had</c><00:18:05.839><c> been</c><00:18:06.019><c> of</c><00:18:06.099><c> His</c><00:18:06.319><c> anxiety.</c>

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And<00:18:10.920><c> you</c><00:18:11.059><c> know,</c><00:18:11.339><c> brethren</c><00:18:11.460><c> and</c><00:18:11.619><c> sisters,</c><00:18:11.859><c> we</c><00:18:12.079><c> now</c><00:18:12.279><c> move</c><00:18:12.500><c> on</c><00:18:12.759><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:14.559><c> parable</c><00:18:14.779><c> of</c><00:18:14.940><c> the</c><00:18:15.099><c> prodigal</c><00:18:15.440><c> son.</c>

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And<00:18:17.380><c> it's</c><00:18:17.619><c> the</c><00:18:17.799><c> most</c><00:18:18.740><c> moving</c><00:18:19.119><c> parable</c><00:18:19.500><c> of</c><00:18:19.779><c> all.</c>

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There's<00:18:21.859><c> nothing</c><00:18:22.380><c> to</c><00:18:23.319><c> touch</c><00:18:23.539><c> it.</c>

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In<00:18:25.579><c> the</c><00:18:25.779><c> works</c><00:18:25.960><c> of</c><00:18:26.200><c> our</c><00:18:26.319><c> heavenly</c><00:18:26.640><c> Father,</c><00:18:28.220><c> towards</c><00:18:28.319><c> His</c><00:18:28.559><c> banished.</c>

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It<00:18:31.140><c> experiences</c><00:18:31.779><c> our</c><00:18:32.079><c> emotions.</c>

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And<00:18:33.759><c> it</c><00:18:33.920><c> was</c><00:18:34.279><c> essential</c><00:18:35.119><c> that</c><00:18:35.480><c> this</c><00:18:35.799><c> parable</c><00:18:36.140><c> should</c><00:18:36.900><c> finalize</c><00:18:37.980><c> Jesus'</c>

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teaching<00:18:38.759><c> on</c><00:18:38.940><c> the</c><00:18:39.119><c> loss.</c>

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You<00:18:43.259><c> know,</c><00:18:43.480><c> brethren</c><00:18:43.579><c> and</c><00:18:43.700><c> sisters,</c><00:18:43.880><c> there</c><00:18:44.279><c> are</c><00:18:45.519><c> responsibilities</c><00:18:46.519><c> and</c><00:18:46.960><c> decisions</c><00:18:47.539><c> that</c><00:18:47.859><c> the</c><00:18:48.099><c> individual</c><00:18:48.720><c> has</c><00:18:49.039><c> to</c>

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partake<00:18:49.759><c> of,</c>

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and<00:18:51.059><c> which</c><00:18:51.240><c> those</c><00:18:52.039><c> previous</c><00:18:52.579><c> two</c><00:18:52.839><c> parables</c><00:18:53.099><c> in</c><00:18:53.299><c> this</c><00:18:53.539><c> chapter</c>

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couldn't<00:18:54.980><c> actually</c><00:18:55.619><c> do.</c>

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We<00:18:58.180><c> have</c><00:18:58.359><c> to</c><00:18:58.559><c> take</c><00:18:58.720><c> account</c><00:18:59.180><c> of</c><00:18:59.500><c> our</c><00:18:59.839><c> responsibilities</c><00:19:00.619><c> in</c><00:19:00.940><c> the</c><00:19:01.160><c> work</c><00:19:01.279><c> of</c>

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our<00:19:01.859><c> Father</c><00:19:02.119><c> to</c><00:19:02.400><c> bring</c><00:19:02.640><c> us</c><00:19:03.099><c> to</c><00:19:03.440><c> salvation.</c>

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You<00:19:04.480><c> see,</c><00:19:04.700><c> a</c><00:19:04.880><c> coin,</c><00:19:05.700><c> lost</c><00:19:06.140><c> or</c><00:19:06.720><c> otherwise,</c><00:19:07.440><c> has</c><00:19:07.759><c> no</c><00:19:08.039><c> awareness.</c>

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A<00:19:10.680><c> sheep</c><00:19:11.039><c> might</c><00:19:11.460><c> stray</c><00:19:11.720><c> and</c><00:19:11.900><c> be</c><00:19:12.119><c> aware</c><00:19:12.339><c> that</c><00:19:12.519><c> it's</c><00:19:12.799><c> lost,</c><00:19:13.519><c> but</c>

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it<00:19:13.779><c> has</c><00:19:13.980><c> no</c><00:19:14.599><c> sense</c><00:19:15.079><c> of</c><00:19:15.339><c> wrongdoing.</c>

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The<00:19:19.220><c> parable</c><00:19:19.480><c> before</c><00:19:19.880><c> us</c><00:19:20.119><c> plainly</c><00:19:20.559><c> shows</c><00:19:20.700><c> us</c><00:19:21.079><c> nowhere</c><00:19:21.299><c> else</c>

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in<00:19:21.740><c> the</c><00:19:21.900><c> Word,</c>

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a<00:19:22.599><c> correct</c><00:19:23.160><c> understanding</c><00:19:24.039><c> of</c><00:19:24.579><c> the</c><00:19:25.220><c> relationship</c><00:19:26.000><c> of</c><00:19:28.039><c> our</c>

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heavenly<00:19:28.680><c> Father,</c>

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the<00:19:29.759><c> relationship</c><00:19:30.680><c> and</c><00:19:31.220><c> the</c><00:19:32.059><c> attitude</c><00:19:32.420><c> of</c><00:19:32.839><c> God</c><00:19:33.180><c> towards</c><00:19:34.819><c> redemption,</c>

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and<00:19:37.940><c> the</c><00:19:38.220><c> seeking</c><00:19:38.440><c> out</c><00:19:38.680><c> of</c><00:19:38.799><c> that</c><00:19:38.920><c> which</c><00:19:39.059><c> was</c><00:19:39.279><c> lost</c><00:19:39.400><c> and</c><00:19:39.680><c> bringing</c><00:19:39.960><c> it</c><00:19:40.359><c> to</c><00:19:40.539><c> Himself.</c>

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It<00:19:41.220><c> shows</c><00:19:41.519><c> us</c><00:19:41.740><c> those</c><00:19:41.980><c> principles</c><00:19:42.380><c> as</c><00:19:42.880><c> nowhere</c><00:19:43.180><c> else</c><00:19:43.720><c> in</c><00:19:44.059><c> Scripture.</c>

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That<00:19:45.920><c> redemption</c><00:19:46.539><c> and</c><00:19:47.200><c> forgiveness</c><00:19:47.859><c> are</c><00:19:48.319><c> according</c><00:19:48.640><c> to</c><00:19:49.059><c> this</c>

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pattern<00:19:49.740><c> as</c><00:19:50.119><c> they're</c><00:19:50.279><c> laid</c><00:19:50.519><c> out</c><00:19:50.859><c> in</c><00:19:51.059><c> Luke</c><00:19:51.240><c> chapter</c><00:19:51.500><c> 15.</c>

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Let's<00:19:53.500><c> look</c><00:19:53.579><c> at</c><00:19:53.660><c> verse</c><00:19:53.880><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:19:56.160><c> He</c><00:19:56.359><c> said,</c>

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A<00:19:57.359><c> certain</c><00:19:57.759><c> man</c><00:19:58.380><c> had</c><00:19:59.299><c> two</c><00:19:59.779><c> sons,</c>

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and<00:20:02.059><c> the</c><00:20:02.200><c> younger</c><00:20:02.420><c> of</c><00:20:02.599><c> them</c><00:20:02.799><c> said</c><00:20:03.039><c> to</c><00:20:03.220><c> his</c><00:20:03.460><c> father,</c>

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Father,<00:20:05.160><c> give</c><00:20:05.400><c> me</c><00:20:05.700><c> the</c><00:20:05.940><c> portion</c><00:20:06.259><c> of</c><00:20:06.619><c> goods</c><00:20:06.839><c> that</c><00:20:07.240><c> falleth</c><00:20:07.619><c> to</c><00:20:07.839><c> me.</c>

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And<00:20:08.559><c> he</c><00:20:08.900><c> divided</c><00:20:09.779><c> unto</c><00:20:10.339><c> them</c><00:20:10.619><c> his</c><00:20:10.900><c> living.</c>

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And<00:20:12.500><c> not</c><00:20:12.640><c> many</c><00:20:12.839><c> days</c><00:20:13.059><c> after,</c><00:20:13.480><c> the</c><00:20:13.599><c> younger</c><00:20:13.819><c> son</c><00:20:13.960><c> gathered</c><00:20:14.259><c> all</c><00:20:14.579><c> together</c>

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and<00:20:15.240><c> took</c><00:20:15.420><c> his</c><00:20:15.720><c> journey</c><00:20:15.940><c> into</c><00:20:16.180><c> a</c><00:20:16.380><c> far</c><00:20:16.519><c> country,</c>

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and<00:20:17.259><c> there</c><00:20:17.559><c> wasted</c><00:20:17.880><c> his</c><00:20:18.200><c> substance</c><00:20:18.519><c> with</c><00:20:19.220><c> riotous</c><00:20:20.039><c> living.</c>

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You<00:20:25.539><c> may,</c><00:20:26.299><c> each</c><00:20:26.519><c> of</c><00:20:26.599><c> us,</c><00:20:26.740><c> have</c><00:20:26.940><c> experienced</c><00:20:27.640><c> something</c><00:20:28.119><c> of</c><00:20:28.380><c> these</c><00:20:28.940><c> either</c><00:20:29.579><c> individually</c><00:20:30.140><c> or</c>

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as<00:20:30.660><c> a</c><00:20:30.740><c> parent.</c>

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And<00:20:33.859><c> this</c><00:20:34.099><c> parable</c><00:20:34.480><c> has</c><00:20:35.519><c> great</c><00:20:35.980><c> consolation</c><00:20:36.660><c> for</c><00:20:36.960><c> us.</c>

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You<00:20:38.720><c> see,</c><00:20:38.900><c> the</c><00:20:39.059><c> father</c><00:20:39.279><c> didn't</c><00:20:39.539><c> refuse</c><00:20:40.099><c> him.</c>

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He<00:20:42.099><c> would</c><00:20:42.240><c> have</c><00:20:42.400><c> gained</c><00:20:42.640><c> nothing</c><00:20:43.220><c> by</c><00:20:44.019><c> attempting</c><00:20:44.519><c> to</c><00:20:45.400><c> keep</c><00:20:46.039><c> this</c><00:20:46.680><c> son,</c><00:20:46.980><c> this</c><00:20:47.599><c> prodigal,</c><00:20:48.220><c> at</c><00:20:48.500><c> home.</c>

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He<00:20:49.279><c> had</c><00:20:49.920><c> chosen</c><00:20:50.339><c> to</c><00:20:50.680><c> throw</c><00:20:50.839><c> off</c><00:20:51.460><c> all</c><00:20:52.099><c> constraints.</c>

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He'd<00:20:54.359><c> chosen</c><00:20:54.740><c> to</c><00:20:55.019><c> throw</c><00:20:55.140><c> off</c><00:20:55.559><c> all</c><00:20:55.779><c> the</c><00:20:56.019><c> constraints</c><00:20:56.519><c> of</c><00:20:56.960><c> a</c><00:20:57.200><c> faithful</c><00:20:57.500><c> household</c><00:20:58.200><c> and</c>

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a<00:20:58.940><c> living</c><00:20:59.140><c> father.</c>

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You<00:21:01.660><c> see,</c><00:21:01.920><c> the</c><00:21:02.119><c> perceived</c><00:21:02.680><c> bonds</c><00:21:03.359><c> and</c><00:21:04.220><c> constraints</c><00:21:04.880><c> of</c><00:21:05.220><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:21:05.880><c> or</c><00:21:06.200><c> the</c><00:21:06.559><c> godly</c><00:21:06.920><c> household</c>

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were<00:21:08.380><c> despised</c><00:21:09.680><c> when</c><00:21:10.680><c> the</c><00:21:11.079><c> freedom</c><00:21:11.400><c> of</c><00:21:11.859><c> the</c><00:21:12.359><c> outside</c><00:21:12.859><c> world,</c>

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the<00:21:13.619><c> freedom</c><00:21:13.900><c> so</c><00:21:14.440><c> called</c><00:21:14.819><c> outside,</c><00:21:15.539><c> was</c><00:21:15.779><c> apparently</c><00:21:16.420><c> so</c><00:21:16.960><c> attractive,</c>

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so<00:21:19.359><c> attractive</c><00:21:20.019><c> and</c><00:21:20.559><c> such</c><00:21:21.039><c> a</c><00:21:21.440><c> deception.</c>

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Let's<00:21:24.319><c> look</c><00:21:24.420><c> at</c><00:21:24.539><c> our</c><00:21:24.680><c> next</c><00:21:24.900><c> overhead.</c>

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We'll<00:21:40.759><c> leave</c><00:21:40.900><c> that</c><00:21:41.140><c> overhead,</c><00:21:41.480><c> brothers</c><00:21:41.619><c> and</c><00:21:41.759><c> sisters.</c>

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We'll<00:21:42.059><c> turn</c><00:21:42.279><c> instead</c><00:21:42.859><c> to</c><00:21:43.519><c> Proverbs</c><00:21:43.819><c> in</c><00:21:44.000><c> chapter</c><00:21:44.319><c> 29.</c>

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Would<00:21:45.079><c> you</c><00:21:45.180><c> turn</c><00:21:45.380><c> over</c><00:21:45.519><c> with</c><00:21:45.660><c> me,</c><00:21:45.859><c> please?</c>

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We'll<00:21:46.539><c> look</c><00:21:46.700><c> at</c><00:21:46.819><c> the</c><00:21:46.980><c> overhead</c><00:21:47.099><c> a</c><00:21:47.299><c> little</c><00:21:47.460><c> later.</c>

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It<00:21:48.200><c> has</c><00:21:48.380><c> something</c><00:21:48.660><c> on</c><00:21:48.859><c> that</c><00:21:49.119><c> is</c><00:21:49.480><c> pertinent</c><00:21:49.799><c> towards</c><00:21:50.140><c> the</c><00:21:50.519><c> end</c>

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of<00:21:50.900><c> our</c><00:21:50.980><c> remarks.</c>

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Proverbs<00:21:53.000><c> in</c><00:21:53.200><c> chapter</c><00:21:53.380><c> 29</c><00:21:54.259><c> and</c><00:21:54.799><c> verse</c><00:21:55.059><c> 3.</c>

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Remember,<00:22:03.460><c> we're</c><00:22:03.640><c> thinking</c><00:22:03.839><c> in</c><00:22:04.019><c> terms</c><00:22:04.279><c> of</c><00:22:04.559><c> the</c><00:22:05.480><c> attractiveness</c><00:22:06.059><c> of</c><00:22:06.220><c> the</c><00:22:06.380><c> outside</c><00:22:06.779><c> world</c>

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to<00:22:08.519><c> this</c><00:22:09.619><c> aberrant</c><00:22:10.200><c> son</c><00:22:10.779><c> of</c><00:22:12.000><c> the</c><00:22:12.220><c> father.</c>

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Chapter<00:22:14.039><c> 29</c><00:22:14.619><c> and</c><00:22:15.160><c> verse</c><00:22:15.380><c> 3.</c>

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Who<00:22:16.799><c> so</c><00:22:17.460><c> loveth</c><00:22:17.740><c> wisdom</c><00:22:18.599><c> rejoiceth</c><00:22:20.220><c> his</c><00:22:20.980><c> father,</c>

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that<00:22:22.940><c> he</c><00:22:23.220><c> that</c><00:22:23.480><c> keepeth</c><00:22:24.000><c> company</c><00:22:24.380><c> with</c><00:22:24.799><c> harlots</c><00:22:26.240><c> spendeth</c>

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his<00:22:27.160><c> substance.</c>

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The<00:22:31.480><c> world</c><00:22:31.700><c> outside</c><00:22:32.220><c> has</c><00:22:32.539><c> its</c><00:22:33.019><c> lawful</c><00:22:33.400><c> attractions,</c><00:22:34.119><c> brothers</c><00:22:34.220><c> and</c><00:22:34.460><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:22:35.339><c> when</c><00:22:35.859><c> the</c><00:22:36.140><c> righteousness</c><00:22:36.579><c> of</c><00:22:36.900><c> God</c><00:22:37.220><c> and</c><00:22:37.680><c> responsibility</c>

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to<00:22:38.819><c> him</c><00:22:39.099><c> are</c><00:22:39.519><c> abandoned</c><00:22:40.160><c> in</c><00:22:40.400><c> pursuit</c><00:22:40.740><c> of</c><00:22:40.920><c> them,</c>

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then<00:22:41.579><c> that</c><00:22:42.900><c> which</c><00:22:43.160><c> can</c><00:22:43.319><c> only</c><00:22:43.480><c> be</c><00:22:43.700><c> described</c><00:22:43.980><c> as</c><00:22:44.299><c> spiritual</c>

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bankruptcy<00:22:45.619><c> sets</c><00:22:46.319><c> in,</c>

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and<00:22:47.859><c> it</c><00:22:48.059><c> ensures</c><00:22:48.460><c> that</c><00:22:48.680><c> an</c><00:22:49.000><c> end</c><00:22:49.220><c> of</c><00:22:49.359><c> all</c><00:22:49.700><c> satisfaction</c><00:22:50.700><c> which</c>

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the<00:22:52.500><c> creature</c><00:22:52.759><c> can</c><00:22:53.019><c> enjoy</c><00:22:53.519><c> comes</c><00:22:54.079><c> to</c><00:22:54.319><c> an</c><00:22:54.460><c> end.</c>

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You<00:22:55.380><c> know,</c><00:22:55.519><c> the</c><00:22:55.759><c> flesh</c><00:22:56.160><c> soon</c><00:22:56.759><c> tires.</c>

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It<00:22:59.460><c> soon</c><00:22:59.740><c> tires,</c><00:23:00.619><c> brothers</c><00:23:00.759><c> and</c><00:23:00.980><c> sisters,</c><00:23:02.220><c> of</c><00:23:02.359><c> the</c><00:23:02.599><c> pleasures</c>

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of<00:23:02.980><c> this</c><00:23:03.200><c> life.</c>

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The<00:23:04.779><c> human</c><00:23:05.039><c> mind</c><00:23:05.279><c> gets</c><00:23:05.740><c> bored</c><00:23:06.140><c> with</c><00:23:06.339><c> it.</c>

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The<00:23:08.279><c> thinking</c><00:23:08.480><c> of</c><00:23:08.660><c> the</c><00:23:08.859><c> flesh</c><00:23:08.980><c> gets</c><00:23:09.359><c> bored</c><00:23:09.700><c> with</c><00:23:09.920><c> itself.</c>

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That<00:23:13.480><c> is</c><00:23:13.680><c> the</c><00:23:13.920><c> flesh.</c>

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The<00:23:15.380><c> flesh</c><00:23:15.740><c> rapidly,</c><00:23:17.019><c> rapidly</c><00:23:17.720><c> realizes</c><00:23:18.480><c> the</c><00:23:18.960><c> bitterness</c><00:23:19.400><c> of</c>

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forsaking<00:23:20.480><c> the</c><00:23:20.819><c> durable</c><00:23:21.279><c> riches,</c>

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and<00:23:22.019><c> there's</c><00:23:22.339><c> a</c><00:23:22.519><c> mighty</c><00:23:22.940><c> famine</c><00:23:23.299><c> in</c><00:23:23.740><c> that</c><00:23:23.980><c> land,</c><00:23:24.859><c> a</c><00:23:25.019><c> mighty</c><00:23:25.299><c> famine</c><00:23:25.539><c> of</c>

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truth<00:23:26.160><c> and</c><00:23:26.500><c> love</c><00:23:26.779><c> and</c><00:23:27.160><c> pure</c><00:23:27.420><c> pleasure.</c>

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Let's<00:23:29.180><c> look</c><00:23:29.259><c> at</c><00:23:29.400><c> Luke</c><00:23:29.599><c> 15</c><00:23:29.920><c> again</c><00:23:30.240><c> and</c><00:23:30.660><c> verse</c><00:23:30.880><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:23:44.640><c> when</c><00:23:44.799><c> he</c><00:23:44.940><c> had</c><00:23:45.160><c> spent</c><00:23:45.359><c> all,</c><00:23:46.099><c> there</c><00:23:46.319><c> arose</c><00:23:46.519><c> a</c><00:23:46.799><c> mighty</c><00:23:47.140><c> famine</c><00:23:47.460><c> in</c><00:23:47.619><c> that</c><00:23:47.859><c> land,</c><00:23:48.460><c> and</c><00:23:48.880><c> he</c>

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began<00:23:49.759><c> to</c><00:23:50.339><c> be</c><00:23:50.539><c> in</c><00:23:50.740><c> want.</c>

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And<00:23:52.440><c> he</c><00:23:52.559><c> went</c><00:23:52.819><c> and</c><00:23:53.299><c> joined</c><00:23:53.559><c> himself</c><00:23:53.980><c> to</c><00:23:54.160><c> a</c><00:23:54.339><c> citizen</c><00:23:54.619><c> of</c><00:23:54.779><c> that</c>

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country,<00:23:55.680><c> and</c><00:23:55.980><c> he</c><00:23:56.240><c> sent</c><00:23:56.400><c> him</c><00:23:56.559><c> into</c><00:23:56.799><c> his</c><00:23:57.200><c> fields</c><00:23:57.579><c> to</c><00:23:58.200><c> feed</c><00:23:58.640><c> the</c><00:23:58.960><c> swine.</c>

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And<00:24:00.099><c> would</c><00:24:00.440><c> fain</c><00:24:00.779><c> have</c><00:24:01.079><c> filled</c><00:24:01.339><c> his</c><00:24:01.740><c> belly</c><00:24:01.880><c> with</c><00:24:02.099><c> the</c><00:24:02.259><c> husks</c>

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that<00:24:02.839><c> the</c><00:24:03.099><c> swine</c><00:24:03.339><c> did</c><00:24:03.480><c> eat,</c><00:24:03.799><c> and</c><00:24:04.079><c> no</c><00:24:04.319><c> man</c><00:24:04.839><c> gave</c><00:24:05.259><c> them</c><00:24:05.420><c> to</c><00:24:05.539><c> him.</c>

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Here's<00:24:07.180><c> a</c><00:24:07.400><c> Jew</c><00:24:08.019><c> among</c><00:24:08.680><c> Gentiles</c><00:24:10.000><c> partaking</c><00:24:10.880><c> in</c><00:24:11.140><c> the</c><00:24:11.480><c> activities</c><00:24:11.859><c> which</c><00:24:12.339><c> set</c><00:24:12.660><c> the</c><00:24:13.019><c> Gentiles</c><00:24:13.480><c> apart</c><00:24:13.980><c> as</c><00:24:14.279><c> unclean.</c>

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He<00:24:17.220><c> has</c><00:24:17.539><c> placed</c><00:24:17.779><c> himself</c><00:24:18.420><c> outside</c><00:24:19.140><c> the</c><00:24:19.579><c> influence</c><00:24:20.059><c> of</c><00:24:20.559><c> his</c><00:24:20.799><c> father.</c>

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Notice<00:24:22.680><c> that.</c>

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He's<00:24:24.319><c> placed</c><00:24:24.579><c> himself</c><00:24:25.160><c> outside</c><00:24:25.940><c> the</c><00:24:26.400><c> influence</c><00:24:26.880><c> of</c><00:24:27.400><c> those</c><00:24:27.779><c> characteristics</c><00:24:28.640><c> of</c>

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his<00:24:29.660><c> heavenly</c><00:24:30.339><c> father.</c>

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He's<00:24:32.000><c> out</c><00:24:32.220><c> of</c><00:24:32.440><c> reach</c><00:24:32.640><c> of</c><00:24:32.799><c> them,</c><00:24:33.140><c> out</c><00:24:33.339><c> of</c><00:24:33.480><c> reach</c><00:24:33.700><c> of</c><00:24:33.839><c> his</c><00:24:34.059><c> father's</c><00:24:34.519><c> love,</c>

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which<00:24:35.000><c> is</c><00:24:35.460><c> aching</c><00:24:35.799><c> for</c><00:24:35.980><c> his</c><00:24:36.220><c> return.</c>

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Out<00:24:39.119><c> of</c><00:24:39.279><c> reach</c><00:24:39.440><c> of</c><00:24:39.720><c> redemption.</c>

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Placed<00:24:43.359><c> himself</c><00:24:44.039><c> beyond</c><00:24:45.079><c> help.</c>

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You<00:24:47.420><c> know,</c><00:24:47.980><c> the</c><00:24:48.220><c> psalmist</c><00:24:48.599><c> says,</c><00:24:49.299><c> I</c><00:24:49.319><c> have</c><00:24:49.579><c> never</c><00:24:49.839><c> seen</c><00:24:50.000><c> the</c>

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righteous<00:24:50.460><c> forsaken,</c><00:24:52.740><c> nor</c><00:24:52.859><c> his</c><00:24:53.240><c> seed</c><00:24:54.039><c> begging</c><00:24:55.119><c> bread.</c>

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How<00:24:56.880><c> far</c><00:24:57.180><c> we</c><00:24:57.339><c> can</c><00:24:57.480><c> remove</c><00:24:57.740><c> ourselves</c><00:24:58.180><c> to</c><00:24:58.380><c> a</c><00:24:58.539><c> place</c><00:24:58.700><c> of</c><00:24:59.380><c> degradation</c><00:24:59.980><c> when</c><00:25:00.480><c> once</c><00:25:00.680><c> the</c><00:25:00.980><c> privilege</c><00:25:01.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:01.799><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:02.059><c> was</c><00:25:02.359><c> ours.</c>

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And<00:25:02.779><c> we</c><00:25:02.859><c> want</c><00:25:02.960><c> to</c><00:25:03.240><c> stress</c><00:25:03.420><c> this</c><00:25:03.680><c> point,</c><00:25:03.960><c> brothers</c><00:25:04.099><c> and</c><00:25:04.279><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:25:04.940><c> are</c><00:25:05.220><c> members</c><00:25:05.759><c> of</c><00:25:06.220><c> a</c><00:25:06.579><c> worldwide</c><00:25:07.240><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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This<00:25:08.140><c> is</c><00:25:08.299><c> the</c><00:25:08.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:08.779><c> of</c><00:25:09.059><c> Christ.</c>

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Don't<00:25:11.019><c> ever</c><00:25:11.599><c> diminish</c><00:25:12.279><c> the</c><00:25:12.779><c> importance</c><00:25:13.160><c> of</c><00:25:13.559><c> the</c><00:25:13.740><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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the<00:25:14.359><c> privilege</c><00:25:14.859><c> which</c><00:25:15.160><c> you</c><00:25:15.359><c> have,</c>

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the<00:25:15.900><c> pleasure</c><00:25:16.259><c> that</c><00:25:16.440><c> comes</c><00:25:16.680><c> from</c><00:25:16.900><c> it</c><00:25:17.099><c> of</c><00:25:17.359><c> meeting</c><00:25:17.799><c> with</c><00:25:18.279><c> those</c>

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who<00:25:18.519><c> have</c><00:25:18.619><c> been</c><00:25:18.880><c> chosen</c><00:25:19.180><c> out</c><00:25:20.180><c> to</c><00:25:22.079><c> be</c><00:25:22.240><c> the</c><00:25:22.460><c> bride</c><00:25:23.019><c> of</c><00:25:23.519><c> the</c><00:25:23.720><c> father's</c><00:25:24.119><c> son.</c>

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Don't<00:25:25.779><c> ever</c><00:25:26.099><c> diminish</c><00:25:26.980><c> the</c><00:25:27.539><c> privilege</c><00:25:27.960><c> and</c><00:25:28.259><c> the</c><00:25:28.559><c> honor</c><00:25:28.819><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:29.400><c> blessing</c><00:25:30.039><c> of</c><00:25:31.720><c> meeting</c><00:25:31.960><c> with</c><00:25:32.259><c> those</c><00:25:32.460><c> who</c><00:25:32.640><c> are</c><00:25:33.880><c> the</c><00:25:34.400><c> finest</c>

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of<00:25:34.960><c> humanity</c>

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that<00:25:35.720><c> the</c><00:25:35.980><c> father</c><00:25:36.200><c> could</c><00:25:36.480><c> find.</c>

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It's<00:25:40.660><c> all</c><00:25:40.900><c> our</c><00:25:41.160><c> life,</c><00:25:41.559><c> brothers</c><00:25:41.660><c> and</c><00:25:41.920><c> sisters,</c><00:25:42.339><c> and</c><00:25:42.640><c> this</c><00:25:42.920><c> man</c>

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has<00:25:43.519><c> departed</c><00:25:44.019><c> from</c><00:25:44.279><c> a</c><00:25:44.480><c> loving</c><00:25:44.680><c> household.</c>

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There's<00:25:47.180><c> nothing</c><00:25:47.440><c> outside</c><00:25:48.000><c> it.</c>

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The<00:25:50.259><c> privilege</c><00:25:50.740><c> of</c><00:25:51.059><c> the</c><00:25:51.200><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:51.480><c> is</c><00:25:51.680><c> ours,</c><00:25:52.019><c> and</c><00:25:52.279><c> it</c><00:25:52.460><c> was</c><00:25:52.759><c> his.</c>

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And<00:25:53.859><c> he's</c><00:25:54.240><c> turned</c><00:25:54.460><c> his</c><00:25:54.660><c> back</c><00:25:54.839><c> on</c><00:25:55.039><c> it.</c>

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Verse<00:25:55.759><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:25:57.900><c> when</c><00:25:58.359><c> he</c><00:25:58.900><c> came</c><00:25:59.359><c> to</c><00:25:59.779><c> himself,</c><00:26:01.119><c> just</c><00:26:01.400><c> one</c><00:26:01.839><c> moment,</c>

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the<00:26:03.299><c> mind</c><00:26:03.599><c> of</c><00:26:03.859><c> the</c><00:26:04.000><c> spirit</c><00:26:04.140><c> just</c><00:26:04.420><c> for</c><00:26:04.720><c> a</c><00:26:04.880><c> moment</c><00:26:05.279><c> made</c><00:26:05.779><c> him</c><00:26:06.140><c> think</c>

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how<00:26:08.099><c> many</c><00:26:08.460><c> hired</c><00:26:08.839><c> servants</c><00:26:09.299><c> of</c><00:26:09.519><c> my</c><00:26:09.720><c> fathers</c><00:26:10.019><c> have</c><00:26:10.359><c> ready</c><00:26:10.539><c> enough</c><00:26:10.740><c> to</c><00:26:11.099><c> spare,</c><00:26:11.619><c> and</c><00:26:11.619><c> I</c>

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perish<00:26:12.200><c> with</c><00:26:12.400><c> hunger.</c>

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My<00:26:13.539><c> father's</c><00:26:14.039><c> servants</c><00:26:14.220><c> are</c><00:26:14.440><c> better</c><00:26:14.700><c> off</c><00:26:14.880><c> than</c><00:26:14.980><c> I</c><00:26:15.220><c> am.</c>

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And<00:26:17.940><c> I</c><00:26:18.039><c> will</c><00:26:18.240><c> arise</c><00:26:18.579><c> and</c><00:26:18.839><c> go</c><00:26:19.019><c> to</c><00:26:19.220><c> my</c><00:26:19.400><c> father,</c><00:26:19.559><c> and</c><00:26:19.700><c> I</c><00:26:19.720><c> will</c><00:26:19.960><c> say</c>

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unto<00:26:20.220><c> him,</c>

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Father,<00:26:21.000><c> I</c><00:26:21.220><c> have</c><00:26:21.440><c> sinned</c><00:26:21.700><c> against</c><00:26:22.039><c> heaven</c><00:26:22.339><c> and</c><00:26:23.220><c> before</c><00:26:23.779><c> thee.</c>

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That<00:26:24.799><c> prodigal</c><00:26:25.359><c> son</c><00:26:25.640><c> had</c><00:26:25.960><c> to</c><00:26:26.240><c> retrace</c><00:26:26.819><c> his</c><00:26:27.220><c> steps.</c>

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You<00:26:28.759><c> can</c><00:26:28.920><c> think</c><00:26:29.099><c> of</c><00:26:29.240><c> someone</c><00:26:29.420><c> else</c><00:26:29.799><c> who</c><00:26:29.980><c> had</c><00:26:30.140><c> to</c><00:26:30.339><c> retrace</c><00:26:31.000><c> his</c><00:26:31.440><c> steps.</c>

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Even<00:26:32.440><c> the</c><00:26:32.680><c> great</c><00:26:33.059><c> father</c><00:26:33.420><c> of</c><00:26:33.579><c> the</c><00:26:33.759><c> faithful,</c><00:26:34.319><c> Abraham</c><00:26:34.859><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:26:36.059><c> walked</c><00:26:36.279><c> in</c><00:26:36.720><c> folly</c><00:26:36.980><c> and</c><00:26:37.200><c> went</c><00:26:37.440><c> down</c><00:26:37.680><c> into</c><00:26:37.920><c> Egypt</c>

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and<00:26:41.039><c> caused</c><00:26:41.220><c> such</c><00:26:41.500><c> distress</c><00:26:42.079><c> to</c><00:26:42.400><c> his</c><00:26:42.559><c> wife</c><00:26:42.779><c> Sarah.</c>

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And<00:26:44.059><c> he</c><00:26:44.140><c> had</c><00:26:44.359><c> to</c><00:26:44.640><c> retrace</c><00:26:45.319><c> his</c><00:26:45.720><c> steps</c><00:26:45.980><c> to</c><00:26:46.440><c> the</c><00:26:46.700><c> place</c><00:26:46.960><c> where</c><00:26:47.220><c> he</c>

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was<00:26:48.079><c> at</c><00:26:48.339><c> the</c><00:26:48.579><c> first</c><00:26:48.819><c> to</c><00:26:49.380><c> Bethel,</c><00:26:50.019><c> the</c><00:26:50.279><c> house</c><00:26:50.519><c> of</c><00:26:50.759><c> God.</c>

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:54.640
You<00:26:52.460><c> know,</c><00:26:52.680><c> brothers</c><00:26:52.859><c> and</c><00:26:53.019><c> sisters,</c><00:26:53.460><c> all</c><00:26:53.740><c> of</c><00:26:53.940><c> us</c><00:26:54.059><c> will</c><00:26:54.359><c> have</c>

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to<00:26:55.180><c> in</c><00:26:55.380><c> some</c><00:26:55.680><c> way</c><00:26:56.019><c> retrace</c><00:26:56.680><c> our</c><00:26:57.019><c> steps.</c>

00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:00.880
We<00:26:57.680><c> have</c><00:26:57.980><c> to</c><00:26:59.079><c> throw</c><00:26:59.400><c> ourselves</c><00:26:59.819><c> on</c><00:27:00.000><c> the</c><00:27:00.140><c> mercy</c><00:27:00.380><c> of</c><00:27:00.599><c> Yahweh.</c>

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We<00:27:01.140><c> may</c><00:27:01.319><c> have</c><00:27:01.700><c> time</c><00:27:01.839><c> to</c><00:27:01.960><c> say</c><00:27:02.079><c> a</c><00:27:02.160><c> little</c><00:27:02.279><c> bit</c><00:27:02.400><c> more</c><00:27:02.579><c> than</c><00:27:02.740><c> that</c><00:27:02.859><c> a</c>

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little<00:27:03.099><c> later.</c>

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The<00:27:05.220><c> prodigal</c><00:27:05.559><c> son</c><00:27:05.779><c> had</c><00:27:06.200><c> to</c><00:27:06.759><c> go</c><00:27:07.140><c> back</c><00:27:07.480><c> to</c><00:27:07.740><c> retrace</c><00:27:08.359><c> his</c><00:27:08.720><c> steps</c>

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back<00:27:09.539><c> to</c><00:27:09.839><c> the</c><00:27:10.039><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:10.440><c> fold.</c>

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Although<00:27:12.319><c> abused</c><00:27:13.000><c> and</c><00:27:13.940><c> starving</c><00:27:14.359><c> and</c><00:27:15.319><c> degraded</c><00:27:17.039><c> and</c><00:27:17.619><c> seminated,</c><00:27:19.680><c> he</c><00:27:20.299><c> makes</c><00:27:20.539><c> his</c>

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way<00:27:20.859><c> home.</c>

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Let's<00:27:23.220><c> just</c><00:27:23.460><c> turn</c><00:27:23.680><c> back</c><00:27:23.900><c> for</c><00:27:24.099><c> a</c><00:27:24.259><c> moment</c><00:27:24.539><c> to</c><00:27:25.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:25.660><c> chapter</c><00:27:26.019><c> 55.</c>

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It<00:27:27.960><c> might</c><00:27:28.039><c> be</c><00:27:28.200><c> useful</c><00:27:28.720><c> to</c><00:27:28.920><c> keep</c><00:27:29.039><c> a</c><00:27:29.299><c> marker</c><00:27:29.579><c> in</c><00:27:29.920><c> Luke</c><00:27:30.099><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.359><c> 16.</c>

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Isaiah<00:27:35.920><c> 55</c>

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and<00:27:41.200><c> verse</c><00:27:41.480><c> 5</c>

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Behold,<00:27:47.880><c> thou</c><00:27:47.980><c> shalt</c><00:27:48.299><c> call</c><00:27:48.680><c> a</c><00:27:48.859><c> nation</c><00:27:49.220><c> that</c><00:27:49.519><c> thou</c><00:27:49.940><c> knowest</c><00:27:50.700><c> not,</c>

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and<00:27:52.279><c> nations</c><00:27:52.640><c> that</c><00:27:53.180><c> knew</c><00:27:53.299><c> not</c><00:27:53.559><c> thee</c><00:27:53.720><c> shall</c><00:27:54.019><c> run</c><00:27:54.319><c> unto</c><00:27:54.640><c> thee</c><00:27:55.180><c> because</c><00:27:55.559><c> of</c>

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Yahweh<00:27:56.279><c> thy</c><00:27:56.660><c> Elohim,</c>

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and<00:27:57.480><c> for</c><00:27:57.599><c> the</c><00:27:57.839><c> holy</c><00:27:58.059><c> one</c><00:27:58.200><c> of</c><00:27:58.400><c> Israel,</c><00:27:58.900><c> for</c><00:27:59.039><c> he</c><00:27:59.180><c> hath</c><00:27:59.400><c> glorified</c><00:28:00.039><c> thee.</c>

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Seek<00:28:01.059><c> ye</c><00:28:01.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:01.920><c> while</c><00:28:02.359><c> he</c><00:28:02.619><c> may</c><00:28:02.839><c> be</c><00:28:03.079><c> found.</c>

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Call<00:28:03.980><c> ye</c><00:28:04.140><c> upon</c><00:28:04.339><c> him</c><00:28:05.299><c> while</c><00:28:05.740><c> he</c><00:28:05.940><c> is</c><00:28:06.140><c> near.</c>

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Let<00:28:06.599><c> the</c><00:28:06.880><c> wicked</c><00:28:07.160><c> forsake</c><00:28:07.640><c> his</c><00:28:07.859><c> way,</c><00:28:08.180><c> and</c><00:28:08.319><c> the</c><00:28:08.460><c> unrighteous</c>

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man<00:28:09.279><c> his</c><00:28:09.599><c> thoughts,</c>

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and<00:28:10.039><c> let</c><00:28:10.220><c> him</c><00:28:10.460><c> return</c><00:28:11.000><c> unto</c><00:28:11.240><c> Yahweh,</c><00:28:12.000><c> and</c><00:28:12.079><c> he</c><00:28:12.220><c> will</c><00:28:12.400><c> have</c><00:28:12.740><c> mercy</c><00:28:13.279><c> upon</c><00:28:13.539><c> him,</c>

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and<00:28:14.039><c> to</c><00:28:14.180><c> our</c><00:28:14.339><c> God,</c><00:28:14.859><c> and</c><00:28:14.859><c> he</c><00:28:14.920><c> will</c><00:28:15.200><c> abundantly</c><00:28:15.779><c> pardon.</c>

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For<00:28:22.259><c> my</c><00:28:22.599><c> thoughts</c><00:28:22.819><c> are</c><00:28:23.000><c> not</c><00:28:23.140><c> your</c><00:28:23.400><c> thoughts,</c><00:28:25.079><c> neither</c><00:28:25.279><c> are</c><00:28:25.500><c> your</c><00:28:25.740><c> ways</c><00:28:25.960><c> my</c>

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ways,<00:28:27.599><c> Seth</c><00:28:27.720><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:32.539
You<00:28:29.819><c> know,</c><00:28:30.059><c> brothers</c><00:28:30.259><c> and</c><00:28:30.460><c> sisters,</c><00:28:30.740><c> that</c><00:28:31.279><c> root</c><00:28:31.819><c> has</c><00:28:32.180><c> been</c>

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defined<00:28:33.220><c> for</c><00:28:33.740><c> us.</c>

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In<00:28:35.940><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:36.279><c> we</c><00:28:36.519><c> see</c><00:28:36.759><c> the</c><00:28:37.279><c> Son</c><00:28:37.480><c> of</c><00:28:37.680><c> God,</c><00:28:38.299><c> made</c><00:28:38.759><c> like</c><00:28:39.220><c> unto</c><00:28:39.460><c> his</c><00:28:39.900><c> brethren,</c>

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:43.960
who<00:28:41.299><c> called</c><00:28:41.519><c> sinners,</c><00:28:42.500><c> and</c><00:28:42.599><c> harlots,</c><00:28:43.140><c> and</c><00:28:43.220><c> the</c><00:28:43.380><c> degraded,</c>

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and<00:28:44.220><c> the</c><00:28:44.519><c> abused.</c>

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He<00:28:45.279><c> called</c><00:28:45.420><c> them</c><00:28:45.579><c> to</c><00:28:45.740><c> repentance.</c>

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Let's<00:28:46.579><c> just</c><00:28:46.759><c> turn</c><00:28:46.960><c> over</c><00:28:47.140><c> shall</c><00:28:47.319><c> we</c><00:28:47.500><c> to</c><00:28:47.880><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:48.259><c> chapter</c><00:28:48.619><c> 2.</c>

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Hebrews<00:28:50.019><c> chapter</c><00:28:50.339><c> 2</c>

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and<00:28:55.680><c> how</c><00:28:56.119><c> great</c><00:28:56.880><c> this</c><00:28:58.039><c> epistle</c><00:28:58.339><c> of</c><00:28:58.539><c> Hebrews</c>

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links<00:29:01.119><c> in</c><00:29:01.299><c> with</c><00:29:01.519><c> this,</c><00:29:02.700><c> is</c><00:29:03.019><c> associated</c><00:29:03.700><c> with</c><00:29:04.000><c> this</c><00:29:05.019><c> parable</c>

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of<00:29:05.740><c> the</c><00:29:05.960><c> prodigal</c><00:29:06.319><c> son.</c>

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Hebrews<00:29:07.359><c> chapter</c><00:29:07.740><c> 2</c><00:29:08.960><c> and</c><00:29:09.359><c> verse</c><00:29:09.559><c> 17.</c>

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Wherefore<00:29:10.980><c> in</c><00:29:11.099><c> all</c><00:29:11.400><c> things</c><00:29:11.619><c> it</c><00:29:11.880><c> behoved</c><00:29:12.279><c> him</c><00:29:12.559><c> to</c><00:29:12.759><c> be</c><00:29:12.960><c> made</c><00:29:13.200><c> like</c><00:29:13.440><c> unto</c><00:29:13.599><c> his</c><00:29:13.880><c> brethren,</c>

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:17.119
that<00:29:14.440><c> he</c><00:29:14.559><c> might</c><00:29:14.740><c> be</c><00:29:15.099><c> a</c><00:29:15.400><c> merciful</c><00:29:15.799><c> and</c><00:29:16.259><c> faithful</c><00:29:16.579><c> high</c><00:29:16.859><c> priest</c>

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in<00:29:17.519><c> things</c><00:29:17.700><c> pertaining</c><00:29:18.180><c> to</c><00:29:18.460><c> God,</c>

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to<00:29:18.960><c> make</c><00:29:19.299><c> reconciliation</c><00:29:20.079><c> for</c><00:29:20.660><c> the</c><00:29:21.119><c> sins</c><00:29:21.539><c> of</c><00:29:22.000><c> the</c><00:29:22.200><c> people.</c>

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For<00:29:24.619><c> in</c><00:29:25.039><c> that</c><00:29:25.319><c> he</c><00:29:25.619><c> himself</c><00:29:26.539><c> hath</c><00:29:27.059><c> suffered</c><00:29:27.559><c> being</c><00:29:28.359><c> tempted,</c>

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he<00:29:30.440><c> is</c><00:29:30.579><c> able</c><00:29:30.819><c> to</c><00:29:31.039><c> succor</c><00:29:31.299><c> them</c><00:29:31.960><c> that</c><00:29:33.140><c> are</c><00:29:33.359><c> tempted.</c>

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This<00:29:36.680><c> is</c><00:29:36.940><c> the</c><00:29:37.140><c> way</c><00:29:37.400><c> of</c><00:29:37.859><c> the</c><00:29:38.279><c> prodigal,</c><00:29:39.380><c> to</c><00:29:39.579><c> be</c><00:29:40.059><c> reconciled,</c><00:29:40.880><c> to</c>

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abandon<00:29:41.619><c> the</c><00:29:41.920><c> flesh,</c>

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to<00:29:42.420><c> accept</c><00:29:42.759><c> the</c><00:29:43.220><c> succor</c><00:29:43.980><c> of</c><00:29:44.319><c> the</c><00:29:44.619><c> mediator</c><00:29:45.019><c> between</c><00:29:45.319><c> God</c><00:29:45.579><c> and</c><00:29:45.759><c> men.</c>

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And<00:29:46.460><c> the</c><00:29:46.599><c> apostle</c><00:29:46.980><c> has</c><00:29:47.500><c> already</c><00:29:47.900><c> said</c><00:29:48.099><c> that</c><00:29:48.259><c> it</c><00:29:48.420><c> wasn't</c><00:29:48.799><c> unfitting,</c><00:29:49.480><c> it</c>

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wasn't<00:29:50.000><c> unseemly,</c>

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for<00:29:52.779><c> God</c><00:29:53.140><c> to</c><00:29:53.380><c> subject</c><00:29:53.859><c> the</c><00:29:54.259><c> son</c><00:29:54.420><c> to</c><00:29:54.740><c> such</c><00:29:55.019><c> suffering.</c>

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It<00:29:55.980><c> wasn't</c><00:29:56.480><c> unseemly,</c><00:29:57.019><c> it</c><00:29:57.019><c> was</c><00:29:57.279><c> quite</c><00:29:57.539><c> the</c><00:29:57.720><c> opposite.</c>

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Verse<00:29:58.579><c> 10,</c><00:30:00.099><c> or</c><00:30:00.160><c> verse</c><00:30:00.420><c> 9.</c>

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Now<00:30:01.119><c> we</c><00:30:01.400><c> see</c><00:30:01.660><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:02.460><c> who</c><00:30:02.579><c> was</c><00:30:02.779><c> made</c><00:30:03.119><c> a</c><00:30:03.299><c> little</c><00:30:03.579><c> lower</c><00:30:03.839><c> than</c><00:30:04.000><c> the</c><00:30:04.180><c> angels</c><00:30:04.500><c> for</c><00:30:04.839><c> the</c><00:30:05.099><c> suffering</c><00:30:05.299><c> of</c><00:30:05.559><c> death,</c>

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crowned<00:30:06.380><c> with</c><00:30:06.599><c> glory</c><00:30:07.000><c> and</c><00:30:07.339><c> honor,</c><00:30:07.700><c> that</c><00:30:07.819><c> he</c><00:30:07.960><c> by</c><00:30:08.160><c> the</c><00:30:08.420><c> grace</c><00:30:08.619><c> of</c>

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:10.819
God<00:30:08.940><c> should</c><00:30:09.180><c> taste</c><00:30:09.460><c> death</c><00:30:09.740><c> for</c><00:30:10.240><c> every</c><00:30:10.519><c> man.</c>

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For<00:30:11.079><c> it</c><00:30:11.299><c> became</c><00:30:11.740><c> him,</c><00:30:12.440><c> for</c><00:30:12.700><c> whom</c><00:30:12.859><c> are</c><00:30:13.039><c> all</c><00:30:13.240><c> things,</c><00:30:13.720><c> and</c><00:30:14.099><c> by</c>

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whom<00:30:14.599><c> are</c><00:30:14.779><c> all</c><00:30:14.960><c> things,</c>

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:17.900
in<00:30:15.539><c> bringing</c><00:30:15.799><c> many</c><00:30:16.220><c> sons</c><00:30:16.440><c> unto</c><00:30:16.619><c> glory,</c><00:30:17.099><c> to</c><00:30:17.220><c> make</c><00:30:17.339><c> the</c><00:30:17.599><c> captain</c>

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of<00:30:18.019><c> their</c><00:30:18.319><c> salvation</c><00:30:18.880><c> perfect</c><00:30:19.539><c> through</c><00:30:19.900><c> suffering.</c>

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:23.460
He<00:30:20.720><c> had</c><00:30:21.099><c> to</c><00:30:21.440><c> walk</c><00:30:21.819><c> the</c><00:30:22.140><c> same</c><00:30:22.460><c> way.</c>

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:30.819
He<00:30:25.779><c> had</c><00:30:26.019><c> to</c><00:30:26.220><c> walk</c><00:30:26.339><c> the</c><00:30:26.599><c> same</c><00:30:26.740><c> way,</c><00:30:26.940><c> that</c><00:30:27.099><c> the</c><00:30:27.940><c> indwelling</c><00:30:29.119><c> power</c><00:30:30.240><c> of</c>

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:33.079
the<00:30:31.099><c> Word</c><00:30:31.559><c> of</c><00:30:31.940><c> God</c><00:30:32.299><c> within</c><00:30:32.720><c> him</c>

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:36.920
should<00:30:33.539><c> triumph</c><00:30:34.160><c> over</c><00:30:34.740><c> sin,</c><00:30:35.380><c> sin</c><00:30:35.480><c> in</c><00:30:35.700><c> the</c><00:30:35.839><c> flesh,</c>

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:42.279
by<00:30:37.160><c> which</c><00:30:37.420><c> means</c><00:30:38.259><c> many</c><00:30:38.819><c> sons</c><00:30:39.279><c> would</c><00:30:40.339><c> be</c><00:30:40.599><c> brought</c><00:30:40.859><c> to</c><00:30:41.240><c> glory.</c>

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:47.640
He<00:30:42.839><c> would,</c><00:30:43.259><c> therefore,</c><00:30:44.680><c> be</c><00:30:45.000><c> their</c><00:30:45.980><c> archegon.</c>

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:53.299
He<00:30:48.759><c> would</c><00:30:48.759><c> be</c><00:30:49.000><c> their</c><00:30:49.680><c> archegon,</c><00:30:50.819><c> the</c><00:30:51.160><c> captain</c><00:30:51.700><c> of</c><00:30:52.359><c> their</c><00:30:52.680><c> salvation.</c>

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.740
Verse<00:30:53.940><c> 10.</c>

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That<00:30:55.200><c> word</c><00:30:55.359><c> archegon</c><00:30:55.779><c> is</c><00:30:56.180><c> also</c><00:30:56.480><c> used</c><00:30:56.680><c> in</c><00:30:56.859><c> chapter</c><00:30:57.059><c> 12</c><00:30:57.519><c> and</c><00:30:57.759><c> verse</c><00:30:58.000><c> 2.</c>

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We<00:30:58.200><c> won't</c><00:30:58.380><c> look</c><00:30:58.559><c> at</c><00:30:58.599><c> it.</c>

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:02.440
There<00:30:59.359><c> it's</c><00:31:00.700><c> translated</c><00:31:01.180><c> as</c><00:31:01.440><c> the</c><00:31:01.559><c> word</c><00:31:01.940><c> author.</c>

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:06.000
He's<00:31:03.099><c> the</c><00:31:03.400><c> author</c><00:31:03.799><c> and</c><00:31:04.180><c> the</c><00:31:04.500><c> finisher</c><00:31:04.880><c> of</c><00:31:05.380><c> our</c><00:31:05.759><c> faith.</c>

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:08.660
He's<00:31:06.480><c> the</c><00:31:06.740><c> captain</c><00:31:07.180><c> of</c><00:31:07.440><c> our</c><00:31:07.619><c> salvation.</c>

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.960
He<00:31:10.859><c> did</c><00:31:11.119><c> all</c><00:31:11.539><c> things.</c>

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:15.599
He's<00:31:12.380><c> the</c><00:31:12.819><c> omega,</c><00:31:13.500><c> he's</c><00:31:13.660><c> the</c><00:31:13.880><c> alpha</c><00:31:14.160><c> and</c><00:31:14.460><c> the</c><00:31:14.759><c> omega</c><00:31:15.079><c> of</c><00:31:15.380><c> our</c>

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understanding<00:31:16.019><c> of</c><00:31:16.220><c> the</c><00:31:16.380><c> Word.</c>

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:21.380
He's<00:31:18.000><c> the</c><00:31:18.240><c> beginning</c><00:31:18.559><c> and</c><00:31:18.880><c> the</c><00:31:19.180><c> end</c><00:31:19.480><c> of</c><00:31:19.759><c> all</c><00:31:19.960><c> our</c><00:31:20.220><c> salvation.</c>

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:26.680
He's<00:31:22.500><c> the</c><00:31:22.740><c> first</c><00:31:23.380><c> and</c><00:31:23.779><c> the</c><00:31:24.019><c> last</c><00:31:24.819><c> of</c><00:31:25.740><c> redemption.</c>

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:30.900
And<00:31:28.400><c> furthermore</c><00:31:28.740><c> from</c><00:31:28.920><c> verse</c><00:31:29.160><c> 10,</c><00:31:30.279><c> or</c><00:31:30.359><c> verse</c><00:31:30.619><c> 11,</c>

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:34.460
he<00:31:31.059><c> has</c><00:31:31.279><c> become</c><00:31:31.420><c> the</c><00:31:31.680><c> principal</c><00:31:32.039><c> means</c><00:31:32.579><c> of</c><00:31:33.099><c> God's</c><00:31:33.759><c> manifestation.</c>

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:40.039
For<00:31:35.440><c> both</c><00:31:35.819><c> he</c><00:31:36.200><c> that</c><00:31:36.579><c> sanctifyeth</c><00:31:37.519><c> and</c><00:31:37.700><c> they</c><00:31:38.019><c> who</c><00:31:38.220><c> are</c><00:31:38.519><c> sanctified</c><00:31:39.220><c> are</c><00:31:39.759><c> all</c>

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of<00:31:40.259><c> one.</c>

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:43.460
Think<00:31:41.680><c> of</c><00:31:41.819><c> those</c><00:31:41.980><c> words,</c><00:31:42.339><c> brothers</c><00:31:42.440><c> and</c><00:31:42.660><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:46.400
He<00:31:43.720><c> that</c><00:31:43.980><c> sanctifyeth</c><00:31:44.599><c> and</c><00:31:44.759><c> they</c><00:31:44.980><c> who</c><00:31:45.240><c> are</c><00:31:45.500><c> sanctified</c><00:31:46.099><c> are</c>

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.839
all<00:31:46.640><c> of</c><00:31:46.900><c> one.</c>

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:52.700
What<00:31:50.660><c> do</c><00:31:51.099><c> we</c><00:31:51.259><c> mean</c><00:31:51.519><c> by</c><00:31:51.779><c> that?</c>

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:55.200
I<00:31:53.259><c> will</c><00:31:53.420><c> be</c><00:31:53.740><c> gracious,</c><00:31:54.400><c> God</c><00:31:54.799><c> says.</c>

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:58.720
Yahweh<00:31:55.940><c> says</c><00:31:56.339><c> to</c><00:31:56.839><c> Moses,</c><00:31:57.559><c> Exodus</c><00:31:57.900><c> chapter</c><00:31:58.299><c> 33.</c>

00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:01.079
I<00:31:59.160><c> will</c><00:31:59.359><c> be</c><00:31:59.599><c> gracious</c><00:32:00.019><c> to</c><00:32:00.500><c> whom?</c>

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.480
I<00:32:01.680><c> will</c><00:32:01.839><c> be</c><00:32:02.059><c> gracious.</c>

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:04.859
I<00:32:02.960><c> will</c><00:32:03.140><c> have</c><00:32:03.380><c> mercy</c><00:32:03.859><c> on</c><00:32:04.359><c> whom?</c>

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.940
I<00:32:05.259><c> will</c><00:32:05.460><c> have</c><00:32:05.660><c> mercy.</c>

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:07.859
I<00:32:06.380><c> will</c><00:32:06.640><c> be</c><00:32:06.920><c> who</c><00:32:07.200><c> I</c><00:32:07.460><c> will</c><00:32:07.599><c> be.</c>

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:10.680
So<00:32:08.259><c> shall</c><00:32:08.400><c> my</c><00:32:08.700><c> word</c><00:32:08.859><c> be</c><00:32:09.019><c> that</c><00:32:09.220><c> goeth</c><00:32:09.480><c> forth</c><00:32:09.680><c> out</c><00:32:10.079><c> of</c><00:32:10.220><c> my</c><00:32:10.460><c> mouth.</c>

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:12.640
It<00:32:10.960><c> shall</c><00:32:11.180><c> not</c><00:32:11.480><c> return</c><00:32:11.859><c> unto</c><00:32:12.119><c> me</c><00:32:12.380><c> void,</c>

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:14.920
but<00:32:12.920><c> it</c><00:32:13.019><c> shall</c><00:32:13.200><c> accomplish</c><00:32:13.779><c> that</c><00:32:14.200><c> which</c><00:32:14.420><c> I</c><00:32:14.680><c> please,</c>

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:18.460
and<00:32:15.180><c> it</c><00:32:15.279><c> shall</c><00:32:15.500><c> prosper</c><00:32:15.859><c> in</c><00:32:15.980><c> the</c><00:32:16.140><c> thing</c><00:32:16.279><c> whereto</c><00:32:16.579><c> I</c><00:32:16.799><c> sent</c><00:32:17.019><c> it.</c>

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:25.700
He<00:32:21.460><c> that</c><00:32:21.779><c> sanctifyeth</c><00:32:23.200><c> and</c><00:32:23.599><c> they</c><00:32:23.880><c> who</c><00:32:24.099><c> are</c><00:32:24.420><c> sanctified</c><00:32:25.119><c> are</c>

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:28.160
all<00:32:26.440><c> of</c><00:32:27.119><c> one.</c>

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Because<00:32:30.640><c> the</c><00:32:30.880><c> son</c><00:32:30.980><c> was</c><00:32:31.220><c> faithful,</c><00:32:31.900><c> who</c><00:32:32.180><c> willingly</c><00:32:32.680><c> offered</c>

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.900
himself<00:32:33.440><c> as</c><00:32:33.660><c> sinners,</c>

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:40.799
who<00:32:34.579><c> bore</c><00:32:34.960><c> no</c><00:32:35.839><c> grudge</c><00:32:36.599><c> or</c><00:32:37.980><c> refused</c><00:32:38.599><c> to</c><00:32:39.059><c> save</c><00:32:39.460><c> his</c><00:32:39.880><c> brethren,</c>

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:46.480
he<00:32:42.500><c> went</c><00:32:42.799><c> through</c><00:32:43.059><c> it,</c><00:32:43.500><c> all</c><00:32:43.740><c> brothers</c><00:32:43.980><c> and</c><00:32:44.180><c> sisters,</c><00:32:45.059><c> for</c><00:32:45.259><c> us.</c>

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:50.799
Verse<00:32:47.460><c> 15,</c><00:32:48.039><c> and</c><00:32:48.279><c> deliver</c><00:32:48.660><c> them</c><00:32:49.059><c> who</c><00:32:49.299><c> through</c><00:32:49.579><c> fear</c><00:32:49.880><c> of</c><00:32:50.119><c> death</c>

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:55.160
were<00:32:51.160><c> all</c><00:32:51.559><c> their</c><00:32:51.960><c> lifetime</c><00:32:52.420><c> subject</c><00:32:53.400><c> to</c><00:32:53.920><c> bondage.</c>

00:32:56.200 --> 00:33:01.180
This,<00:32:57.460><c> our</c><00:32:57.660><c> Redeemer</c><00:32:58.200><c> and</c><00:32:58.940><c> our</c><00:32:59.460><c> elder</c><00:32:59.960><c> brother,</c>

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:04.259
who<00:33:01.900><c> is</c><00:33:02.059><c> so</c><00:33:02.319><c> willing</c><00:33:02.720><c> on</c><00:33:03.579><c> our</c><00:33:03.799><c> behalf.</c>

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:06.039
And<00:33:04.599><c> you</c><00:33:04.680><c> know,</c><00:33:05.000><c> brethren</c><00:33:05.140><c> and</c><00:33:05.319><c> sisters,</c><00:33:05.539><c> there</c><00:33:05.740><c> was</c><00:33:05.880><c> an</c>

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.519
elder<00:33:06.220><c> brother</c>

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who<00:33:06.900><c> wasn't</c><00:33:07.579><c> so</c><00:33:07.859><c> willing.</c>

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:12.160
Shall<00:33:08.279><c> we</c><00:33:08.359><c> turn</c><00:33:08.559><c> back</c><00:33:08.740><c> to</c><00:33:08.859><c> Luke</c><00:33:09.019><c> chapter</c><00:33:09.279><c> 15</c><00:33:10.039><c> and</c><00:33:11.099><c> verse</c><00:33:11.319><c> 19?</c>

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:22.920
Verse<00:33:20.240><c> 18,</c><00:33:20.660><c> I</c><00:33:20.880><c> will</c><00:33:21.160><c> arise</c><00:33:21.539><c> and</c><00:33:21.819><c> go</c><00:33:22.059><c> to</c><00:33:22.279><c> my</c><00:33:22.519><c> father.</c>

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:26.140
I<00:33:23.359><c> will</c><00:33:23.640><c> say</c><00:33:23.880><c> unto</c><00:33:24.079><c> him,</c><00:33:24.460><c> Father,</c><00:33:24.779><c> I</c><00:33:24.960><c> have</c><00:33:25.200><c> sinned</c><00:33:25.740><c> against</c>

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.420
heaven<00:33:26.500><c> and</c><00:33:26.839><c> before</c><00:33:27.200><c> thee.</c>

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.400
I<00:33:27.700><c> am</c><00:33:27.980><c> no</c><00:33:28.220><c> more</c><00:33:28.480><c> worthy</c><00:33:28.720><c> to</c><00:33:28.920><c> be</c><00:33:29.140><c> called</c><00:33:29.259><c> thy</c><00:33:29.559><c> son.</c>

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:32.240
Make<00:33:30.539><c> me</c><00:33:30.740><c> as</c><00:33:30.900><c> one</c><00:33:31.079><c> of</c><00:33:31.240><c> thy</c><00:33:31.500><c> hired</c><00:33:31.859><c> servants.</c>

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:35.180
He'd<00:33:32.799><c> worked</c><00:33:33.000><c> out</c><00:33:33.359><c> what</c><00:33:33.660><c> he</c><00:33:33.799><c> was</c><00:33:33.960><c> going</c><00:33:34.099><c> to</c><00:33:34.380><c> say.</c>

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:38.539
This<00:33:35.859><c> was</c><00:33:36.059><c> the</c><00:33:36.339><c> means</c><00:33:36.539><c> of</c><00:33:36.759><c> his</c><00:33:37.019><c> peace</c><00:33:37.220><c> with</c><00:33:37.400><c> his</c><00:33:37.599><c> father.</c>

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.720
That's<00:33:41.880><c> what</c><00:33:42.000><c> he</c><00:33:42.119><c> was</c><00:33:42.259><c> going</c><00:33:42.440><c> to</c><00:33:42.619><c> say.</c>

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:45.960
He<00:33:43.059><c> knew,</c><00:33:43.480><c> you</c><00:33:43.740><c> see,</c><00:33:43.900><c> that</c><00:33:43.980><c> there</c><00:33:44.119><c> was</c><00:33:44.380><c> no</c><00:33:44.839><c> inheritance</c><00:33:45.460><c> left</c>

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.420
for<00:33:46.240><c> him.</c>

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:48.500
He'd<00:33:46.980><c> squandered</c><00:33:47.279><c> his</c><00:33:47.539><c> inheritance.</c>

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:51.420
He<00:33:49.799><c> was</c><00:33:49.980><c> like</c><00:33:50.319><c> man</c><00:33:50.660><c> in</c><00:33:50.940><c> the</c><00:33:51.180><c> beginning.</c>

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:54.099
He<00:33:51.700><c> was</c><00:33:51.859><c> given</c><00:33:52.019><c> a</c><00:33:52.359><c> great</c><00:33:52.619><c> inheritance</c><00:33:53.079><c> and</c><00:33:53.359><c> he</c><00:33:53.680><c> squandered</c><00:33:53.940><c> it</c>

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.200
in<00:33:54.240><c> Eden.</c>

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:59.220
There's<00:33:58.059><c> no</c><00:33:58.299><c> inheritance</c><00:33:58.700><c> for</c><00:33:58.900><c> him</c><00:33:59.059><c> now,</c>

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:03.019
but<00:33:59.380><c> he</c><00:33:59.599><c> was</c><00:34:00.019><c> content</c><00:34:00.640><c> with</c><00:34:00.980><c> returning</c><00:34:01.460><c> to</c><00:34:02.000><c> his</c><00:34:02.299><c> father's</c><00:34:02.740><c> house.</c>

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:05.180
You<00:34:03.539><c> know,</c><00:34:03.839><c> brethren</c><00:34:03.960><c> and</c><00:34:04.200><c> sisters,</c><00:34:04.279><c> it's</c><00:34:04.680><c> adversity</c>

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:07.480
which<00:34:06.200><c> softens</c><00:34:06.559><c> us</c><00:34:06.740><c> to</c><00:34:06.880><c> the</c><00:34:07.119><c> divine</c><00:34:07.359><c> will,</c>

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:13.500
which<00:34:08.000><c> drives</c><00:34:08.440><c> us</c><00:34:09.260><c> to</c><00:34:09.639><c> seek</c><00:34:09.820><c> his</c><00:34:10.119><c> presence</c><00:34:10.760><c> and</c><00:34:12.179><c> to</c><00:34:12.579><c> humble</c><00:34:12.820><c> us.</c>

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:18.820
Yea,<00:34:14.860><c> to</c><00:34:15.079><c> prostrate</c><00:34:15.699><c> us,</c><00:34:15.960><c> to</c><00:34:16.260><c> cause</c><00:34:16.380><c> us</c><00:34:16.599><c> to</c><00:34:16.800><c> prostrate</c><00:34:17.159><c> ourselves</c><00:34:17.940><c> before</c><00:34:18.539><c> him.</c>

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:22.360
You<00:34:19.000><c> know,</c><00:34:19.539><c> if</c><00:34:19.679><c> there</c><00:34:19.920><c> are</c><00:34:19.980><c> any</c><00:34:20.199><c> who</c><00:34:20.420><c> won't</c><00:34:20.699><c> prostrate</c><00:34:21.199><c> themselves</c><00:34:21.579><c> before</c><00:34:21.940><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:25.039
it'll<00:34:22.659><c> bring</c><00:34:22.900><c> circumstances</c><00:34:23.480><c> into</c><00:34:23.760><c> our</c><00:34:24.000><c> life</c><00:34:24.199><c> that</c><00:34:24.639><c> make</c><00:34:24.840><c> us</c>

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.239
do<00:34:25.260><c> so.</c>

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:29.280
You<00:34:26.579><c> know,</c><00:34:27.000><c> Jacob,</c><00:34:28.039><c> if</c><00:34:28.219><c> there's</c><00:34:28.400><c> one</c><00:34:28.599><c> thing</c><00:34:28.719><c> we</c><00:34:28.900><c> know</c><00:34:29.059><c> about</c>

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.820
the<00:34:29.460><c> life</c><00:34:29.619><c> of</c><00:34:29.880><c> Jacob,</c>

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:33.780
it<00:34:31.280><c> was</c><00:34:31.380><c> that</c><00:34:31.519><c> he</c><00:34:31.599><c> was</c><00:34:31.880><c> self</c><00:34:32.099><c>-reliant.</c>

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:36.820
He<00:34:34.219><c> was</c><00:34:34.659><c> self</c><00:34:35.480><c>-reliant.</c>

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:41.980
He<00:34:37.639><c> thought</c><00:34:37.739><c> he</c><00:34:37.820><c> could</c><00:34:37.980><c> do</c><00:34:38.260><c> all</c><00:34:38.559><c> things</c><00:34:38.980><c> for</c><00:34:39.239><c> himself</c><00:34:39.780><c> and</c><00:34:40.119><c> needed</c><00:34:40.519><c> no</c><00:34:41.019><c> one.</c>

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:47.000
And<00:34:43.039><c> it</c><00:34:43.099><c> was</c><00:34:43.300><c> a</c><00:34:43.519><c> broken</c><00:34:43.840><c> man</c><00:34:44.360><c> who</c><00:34:44.800><c> limped</c><00:34:45.579><c> and</c><00:34:46.019><c> hobbled</c><00:34:46.619><c> over</c>

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.880
the<00:34:47.119><c> river</c><00:34:47.380><c> Jabak,</c>

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:51.659
who<00:34:48.480><c> paled</c><00:34:48.860><c> with</c><00:34:49.480><c> fright</c><00:34:49.900><c> at</c><00:34:50.260><c> meeting</c><00:34:50.559><c> Esau,</c>

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:55.820
who<00:34:52.280><c> prostrated</c><00:34:52.860><c> himself</c><00:34:53.480><c> seven</c><00:34:53.960><c> times</c><00:34:54.519><c> before</c><00:34:54.860><c> the</c><00:34:55.099><c> one</c><00:34:55.360><c> to</c>

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.440
whom<00:34:55.960><c> it</c><00:34:56.059><c> was</c><00:34:56.239><c> said,</c>

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:59.739
Thou<00:34:56.920><c> shalt</c><00:34:57.280><c> bow</c><00:34:57.559><c> thyself,</c><00:34:58.360><c> thy</c><00:34:58.619><c> brethren</c><00:34:58.940><c> shall</c><00:34:59.219><c> bow</c><00:34:59.440><c> down</c>

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.900
to<00:35:00.039><c> thee.</c>

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:04.300
And<00:35:01.559><c> he</c><00:35:01.619><c> had</c><00:35:01.760><c> to</c><00:35:01.980><c> prostrate</c><00:35:02.400><c> himself</c><00:35:02.739><c> before</c><00:35:03.000><c> Esau</c><00:35:03.460><c> seven</c><00:35:03.960><c> times.</c>

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:09.179
And<00:35:04.679><c> thus</c><00:35:05.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:05.539><c> deals</c><00:35:05.880><c> with</c><00:35:06.099><c> all</c><00:35:06.320><c> those</c><00:35:06.639><c> that</c><00:35:06.880><c> won't</c><00:35:07.159><c> prostrate</c><00:35:07.619><c> themselves</c><00:35:08.239><c> before</c><00:35:08.780><c> him.</c>

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:13.179
And<00:35:09.639><c> that's</c><00:35:09.900><c> what</c><00:35:10.059><c> this</c><00:35:10.340><c> prodigal</c><00:35:10.840><c> who</c><00:35:11.219><c> represents</c><00:35:11.760><c> humanity,</c><00:35:12.780><c> all</c><00:35:13.059><c> of</c>

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.659
it,<00:35:13.579><c> had</c><00:35:13.679><c> to</c><00:35:13.940><c> learn.</c>

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:22.000
And<00:35:18.820><c> so</c><00:35:19.099><c> he</c><00:35:19.800><c> is</c><00:35:20.199><c> driven</c><00:35:20.480><c> to</c><00:35:20.739><c> seek</c><00:35:20.860><c> the</c><00:35:21.139><c> presence,</c><00:35:21.679><c> to</c><00:35:21.760><c> humble</c>

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:24.099
himself,<00:35:22.719><c> to</c><00:35:22.860><c> prostrate</c><00:35:23.500><c> himself,</c>

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:27.380
to<00:35:24.659><c> throw</c><00:35:24.920><c> himself</c><00:35:25.380><c> on</c><00:35:25.699><c> the</c><00:35:25.920><c> mercy</c><00:35:26.159><c> of</c><00:35:26.320><c> his</c><00:35:26.480><c> father.</c>

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:30.219
Verse<00:35:27.980><c> 20,</c><00:35:29.159><c> and</c><00:35:29.340><c> look</c><00:35:29.440><c> at</c><00:35:29.579><c> this,</c><00:35:29.880><c> brethren</c><00:35:30.000><c> and</c><00:35:30.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:33.219
and<00:35:30.380><c> he</c><00:35:30.639><c> arose</c><00:35:31.159><c> and</c><00:35:31.579><c> came</c><00:35:31.880><c> to</c><00:35:32.039><c> his</c><00:35:32.260><c> father.</c>

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:36.739
But<00:35:33.619><c> when</c><00:35:33.960><c> he</c><00:35:34.159><c> was</c><00:35:34.360><c> yet</c><00:35:34.559><c> a</c><00:35:35.000><c> great</c><00:35:35.219><c> way</c><00:35:35.480><c> off,</c><00:35:36.000><c> his</c><00:35:36.179><c> father</c><00:35:36.460><c> saw</c>

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:38.219
him<00:35:37.059><c> and</c><00:35:37.219><c> had</c><00:35:37.519><c> compassion</c>

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:41.519
and<00:35:38.820><c> ran</c><00:35:39.219><c> and</c><00:35:39.579><c> fell</c><00:35:39.800><c> on</c><00:35:39.960><c> his</c><00:35:40.179><c> neck</c><00:35:40.400><c> and</c><00:35:40.900><c> kissed</c><00:35:41.219><c> him.</c>

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:44.639
You<00:35:42.039><c> know,</c><00:35:42.260><c> brethren</c><00:35:42.400><c> and</c><00:35:42.559><c> sisters,</c><00:35:42.599><c> we</c><00:35:42.719><c> don't</c><00:35:43.380><c> casually</c><00:35:44.199><c> see</c>

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:46.480
someone<00:35:44.820><c> at</c><00:35:45.000><c> a</c><00:35:45.219><c> great</c><00:35:45.440><c> distance,</c><00:35:45.940><c> do</c><00:35:46.179><c> we?</c>

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:50.300
We<00:35:46.820><c> don't</c><00:35:47.159><c> walk</c><00:35:47.500><c> past</c><00:35:47.820><c> the</c><00:35:47.960><c> window</c><00:35:48.260><c> and</c><00:35:48.460><c> take</c><00:35:48.619><c> a</c><00:35:49.039><c> casual</c><00:35:49.480><c> glance</c><00:35:49.920><c> now</c>

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.659
and<00:35:50.480><c> again</c>

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:53.699
and<00:35:50.900><c> see</c><00:35:51.039><c> a</c><00:35:51.280><c> tiny</c><00:35:51.699><c> speck</c><00:35:52.179><c> on</c><00:35:52.420><c> the</c><00:35:52.579><c> hill.</c>

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:57.460
That's<00:35:54.960><c> not</c><00:35:55.219><c> how</c><00:35:55.960><c> we</c><00:35:56.360><c> see</c><00:35:56.559><c> someone</c><00:35:56.699><c> at</c><00:35:56.840><c> a</c><00:35:57.000><c> great</c><00:35:57.139><c> distance.</c>

00:35:57.619 --> 00:36:01.380
He<00:35:58.000><c> scanned</c><00:35:58.500><c> the</c><00:35:58.900><c> horizon</c><00:35:59.280><c> constantly,</c><00:36:00.480><c> aching</c><00:36:00.699><c> and</c><00:36:01.099><c> waiting</c>

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:02.679
for<00:36:01.639><c> his</c><00:36:01.880><c> son.</c>

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:10.559
And<00:36:05.079><c> he</c><00:36:05.219><c> saw</c><00:36:05.460><c> him,</c><00:36:06.300><c> starved,</c><00:36:06.900><c> abused,</c><00:36:07.659><c> wounded,</c><00:36:08.420><c> semi</c><00:36:08.699><c>-clothed</c><00:36:09.119><c> in</c><00:36:09.219><c> rags.</c>

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:15.960
And<00:36:11.239><c> when</c><00:36:11.460><c> he</c><00:36:11.639><c> saw</c><00:36:11.900><c> him,</c><00:36:14.480><c> do</c><00:36:14.639><c> you</c><00:36:14.739><c> think,</c><00:36:15.039><c> brethren</c><00:36:15.179><c> and</c><00:36:15.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:19.320
that<00:36:16.559><c> he</c><00:36:17.679><c> stood</c><00:36:17.980><c> there</c><00:36:18.219><c> in</c><00:36:18.380><c> the</c><00:36:18.539><c> gate?</c>

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:24.000
Do<00:36:20.880><c> you</c><00:36:21.000><c> think</c><00:36:21.159><c> he</c><00:36:21.260><c> had</c><00:36:21.500><c> a,</c><00:36:21.780><c> and</c><00:36:21.900><c> I</c><00:36:22.159><c> told</c><00:36:22.380><c> you</c><00:36:22.559><c> so,</c><00:36:22.780><c> look</c><00:36:22.940><c> on</c><00:36:23.159><c> his</c><00:36:23.380><c> face</c>

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:27.480
as<00:36:24.639><c> he</c><00:36:24.900><c> drummed</c><00:36:25.099><c> his</c><00:36:25.300><c> fingers</c><00:36:25.539><c> on</c><00:36:25.719><c> the</c><00:36:25.920><c> gate</c><00:36:26.159><c> post,</c><00:36:27.139><c> waiting</c>

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:29.380
for<00:36:27.719><c> him</c><00:36:27.860><c> to</c><00:36:28.039><c> come</c><00:36:28.199><c> to</c><00:36:28.360><c> him?</c>

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.559
He<00:36:30.579><c> ran!</c>

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:36.099
And<00:36:32.440><c> this</c><00:36:32.559><c> is</c><00:36:32.800><c> the</c><00:36:32.920><c> only</c><00:36:33.659><c> occasion</c><00:36:34.280><c> in</c><00:36:34.739><c> Scripture</c><00:36:35.179><c> where</c><00:36:35.500><c> we</c><00:36:35.699><c> have</c><00:36:35.860><c> a</c>

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:37.599
figure<00:36:36.400><c> of</c><00:36:36.800><c> God</c><00:36:37.199><c> running,</c>

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:39.900
and<00:36:38.019><c> it's</c><00:36:38.320><c> to</c><00:36:38.519><c> meet</c><00:36:38.800><c> the</c><00:36:39.079><c> repentant</c><00:36:39.639><c> sinner.</c>

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:41.519
He<00:36:40.519><c> ran!</c>

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:45.539
Ran<00:36:44.139><c> to</c><00:36:44.340><c> meet</c><00:36:44.500><c> him.</c>

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:48.519
The<00:36:45.780><c> only</c><00:36:46.000><c> instance</c><00:36:46.340><c> in</c><00:36:46.500><c> the</c><00:36:46.679><c> Word</c><00:36:46.880><c> of</c><00:36:47.059><c> God</c><00:36:47.320><c> where</c><00:36:47.539><c> we</c><00:36:47.719><c> see</c><00:36:47.960><c> God</c><00:36:48.199><c> running,</c>

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:51.820
and<00:36:48.820><c> it's</c><00:36:49.079><c> to</c><00:36:49.300><c> meet</c><00:36:49.780><c> the</c><00:36:50.000><c> returning</c><00:36:50.480><c> prodigal.</c>

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:54.099
You<00:36:52.599><c> know,</c><00:36:52.659><c> this</c><00:36:52.920><c> parable,</c><00:36:53.260><c> brethren</c><00:36:53.460><c> and</c><00:36:53.619><c> sisters,</c><00:36:53.699><c> is</c><00:36:54.000><c> the</c>

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:56.639
greatest<00:36:54.480><c> insight</c><00:36:55.059><c> into</c><00:36:55.440><c> God's</c><00:36:55.840><c> mind.</c>

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:59.059
Let's<00:36:57.320><c> just</c><00:36:57.519><c> look</c><00:36:57.619><c> at</c><00:36:57.760><c> our</c><00:36:57.880><c> next</c><00:36:58.179><c> overhead.</c>

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:06.079
Because<00:37:02.519><c> you</c><00:37:02.699><c> know,</c><00:37:03.139><c> this</c><00:37:03.920><c> English</c><00:37:04.400><c> word,</c><00:37:04.940><c> compassion,</c>

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:11.599
it's<00:37:07.579><c> so</c><00:37:08.019><c> static</c><00:37:08.679><c> and</c><00:37:09.900><c> stuffy,</c>

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:14.840
and<00:37:12.340><c> it</c><00:37:12.360><c> doesn't</c><00:37:12.659><c> convey</c><00:37:12.900><c> the</c><00:37:13.099><c> idea</c><00:37:13.239><c> of</c><00:37:13.380><c> the</c><00:37:13.579><c> Greek</c><00:37:13.719><c> at</c><00:37:14.000><c> all.</c>

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:17.340
The<00:37:15.320><c> authorized</c><00:37:15.639><c> version</c><00:37:15.880><c> is</c><00:37:16.039><c> very</c><00:37:16.460><c> stuffy</c><00:37:16.820><c> in</c><00:37:16.940><c> this</c><00:37:17.119><c> regard.</c>

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:21.599
The<00:37:17.760><c> Greek</c><00:37:17.900><c> is</c><00:37:18.099><c> much</c><00:37:18.400><c> more</c><00:37:18.639><c> active.</c><00:37:19.099><c> It's</c><00:37:19.260><c> the</c><00:37:19.380><c> word</c><00:37:19.780><c> esplanknisthe.</c>

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:25.960
And<00:37:22.340><c> it</c><00:37:22.440><c> comes</c><00:37:22.619><c> from</c><00:37:22.880><c> the</c><00:37:23.019><c> word</c><00:37:23.559><c> splankna,</c><00:37:25.380><c> bowels.</c>

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:29.280
A<00:37:26.659><c> lovely</c><00:37:26.820><c> word,</c><00:37:27.179><c> that</c><00:37:27.239><c> word,</c><00:37:27.699><c> bowels,</c><00:37:28.539><c> splankna.</c>

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:31.380
It's<00:37:29.460><c> almost</c><00:37:29.659><c> an</c><00:37:29.980><c> onomatopoeia.</c>

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.539
What's<00:37:33.559><c> it</c><00:37:33.800><c> saying,</c><00:37:34.219><c> brethren</c><00:37:34.360><c> and</c><00:37:34.599><c> sisters?</c>

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:38.699
It<00:37:35.860><c> says,</c><00:37:36.260><c> his</c><00:37:36.260><c> insides</c><00:37:36.739><c> were</c><00:37:37.139><c> churned</c><00:37:37.619><c> over!</c>

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:41.400
Not<00:37:40.179><c> compassion.</c>

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:45.940
His<00:37:42.079><c> insides</c><00:37:42.539><c> were</c><00:37:42.980><c> aching</c><00:37:43.659><c> for</c><00:37:43.940><c> this</c><00:37:44.300><c> son</c><00:37:44.519><c> to</c><00:37:44.960><c> return.</c>

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:48.960
His<00:37:46.219><c> insides</c><00:37:46.579><c> turned</c><00:37:46.940><c> over</c><00:37:47.119><c> with</c><00:37:47.360><c> pity</c><00:37:47.739><c> and</c><00:37:48.199><c> longing.</c>

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:53.380
And<00:37:49.880><c> when</c><00:37:50.000><c> he</c><00:37:50.239><c> saw</c><00:37:50.480><c> his</c><00:37:50.800><c> returning</c><00:37:51.239><c> son,</c><00:37:51.699><c> he</c><00:37:51.980><c> ran</c><00:37:52.280><c> and</c><00:37:52.739><c> he</c><00:37:53.179><c> fell</c>

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.780
on<00:37:53.579><c> his</c><00:37:53.699><c> neck.</c>

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:56.420
He<00:37:54.480><c> had</c><00:37:54.619><c> this</c><00:37:54.920><c> great,</c><00:37:55.579><c> not</c><00:37:55.760><c> just</c><00:37:56.000><c> compassion,</c>

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:59.280
this<00:37:57.059><c> turning</c><00:37:57.340><c> over</c><00:37:57.679><c> of</c><00:37:57.820><c> himself,</c><00:37:58.500><c> churning</c><00:37:58.820><c> inside.</c>

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:01.119
And<00:37:59.800><c> you</c><00:37:59.880><c> know,</c><00:38:00.199><c> brethren</c><00:38:00.280><c> and</c><00:38:00.500><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:09.199
there's<00:38:05.039><c> another</c><00:38:05.639><c> translation,</c><00:38:08.039><c> English</c><00:38:08.400><c> translation,</c>

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:13.380
which<00:38:09.960><c> we</c><00:38:10.139><c> would</c><00:38:10.420><c> guarantee</c><00:38:11.360><c> rarely</c><00:38:12.219><c> gets</c><00:38:12.519><c> an</c><00:38:12.820><c> airing</c>

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:15.519
from<00:38:13.760><c> a</c><00:38:13.880><c> Christadelphian</c><00:38:14.400><c> platform.</c>

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:18.780
But<00:38:16.519><c> we</c><00:38:16.679><c> thought</c><00:38:16.780><c> we'd</c><00:38:17.000><c> show</c><00:38:17.179><c> it</c><00:38:17.280><c> to</c><00:38:17.340><c> you</c><00:38:17.380><c> for</c><00:38:17.519><c> interest.</c>

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:27.059
That<00:38:25.599><c> predates</c><00:38:26.059><c> the</c><00:38:26.280><c> authorized</c><00:38:26.579><c> version.</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:29.920
It<00:38:27.980><c> predates</c><00:38:28.480><c> Tyndale.</c>

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:32.300
It<00:38:30.699><c> predates</c><00:38:31.000><c> Wycliffe.</c>

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:35.880
It<00:38:33.360><c> predates</c><00:38:33.699><c> the</c><00:38:33.860><c> Norman</c><00:38:34.119><c> invasion</c><00:38:34.519><c> of</c><00:38:34.800><c> Britain.</c>

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:41.280
It<00:38:38.639><c> is,</c><00:38:38.920><c> in</c><00:38:39.079><c> fact,</c><00:38:39.659><c> the</c><00:38:39.940><c> Anglo</c><00:38:40.239><c>-Saxon</c><00:38:40.699><c> version</c>

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:43.860
written<00:38:41.780><c> by</c><00:38:42.119><c> King</c><00:38:42.400><c> Alfred</c><00:38:42.699><c> the</c><00:38:42.900><c> Great.</c>

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:50.880
The<00:38:46.239><c> Anglo</c><00:38:46.599><c>-Saxon</c><00:38:47.019><c> version</c><00:38:47.440><c> written</c><00:38:47.739><c> by</c><00:38:48.380><c> King</c><00:38:48.800><c> Alfred</c><00:38:49.400><c> the</c><00:38:49.860><c> Great.</c>

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:54.500
We'll<00:38:51.659><c> be</c><00:38:51.800><c> pleased</c><00:38:51.940><c> to</c><00:38:52.179><c> read</c><00:38:52.400><c> some</c><00:38:52.599><c> of</c><00:38:52.699><c> it</c><00:38:52.820><c> to</c><00:38:53.079><c> you</c><00:38:53.980><c> later.</c>

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:57.260
I'm<00:38:54.719><c> not</c><00:38:55.099><c> going</c><00:38:55.340><c> to</c><00:38:55.480><c> give</c><00:38:55.579><c> a</c><00:38:55.760><c> public</c><00:38:56.000><c> performance.</c>

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:02.679
But<00:39:00.619><c> it's</c><00:39:00.739><c> what</c><00:39:00.900><c> it</c><00:39:01.219><c> says</c><00:39:01.340><c> there.</c>

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:14.139
What<00:39:12.760><c> a</c><00:39:13.239><c> contradiction</c><00:39:13.579><c> in</c><00:39:13.960><c> terms,</c>

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:16.360
to<00:39:14.420><c> be</c><00:39:14.739><c> stirred</c><00:39:14.960><c> up</c><00:39:15.139><c> with</c><00:39:15.500><c> mild</c><00:39:15.840><c>-heartedness.</c>

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:19.599
You<00:39:16.579><c> know,</c><00:39:17.579><c> the</c><00:39:17.599><c> Alfred</c><00:39:17.780><c> the</c><00:39:18.039><c> Great</c><00:39:18.159><c> had</c><00:39:18.380><c> a</c><00:39:18.579><c> far</c><00:39:18.739><c> greater</c><00:39:19.219><c> insight</c>

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:21.099
into<00:39:19.780><c> the</c><00:39:20.019><c> meaning</c><00:39:20.159><c> of</c><00:39:20.360><c> the</c><00:39:20.460><c> Greek</c><00:39:20.639><c> text</c>

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:23.579
than<00:39:21.460><c> the</c><00:39:21.679><c> authorized</c><00:39:22.000><c> translators</c><00:39:22.559><c> or</c><00:39:22.900><c> any</c><00:39:23.300><c> Sims.</c>

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:26.619
It<00:39:24.059><c> was</c><00:39:24.139><c> this</c><00:39:24.460><c> mild</c><00:39:24.920><c>-heartedness</c><00:39:25.420><c> which</c><00:39:25.699><c> drove</c><00:39:26.000><c> him</c><00:39:26.219><c> on</c>

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:29.679
to<00:39:27.300><c> meet</c><00:39:27.579><c> his</c><00:39:27.860><c> son</c><00:39:28.000><c> more</c><00:39:28.539><c> than</c><00:39:28.760><c> halfway.</c>

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:34.500
And<00:39:31.320><c> you</c><00:39:31.420><c> know,</c><00:39:32.579><c> the</c><00:39:32.880><c> younger</c><00:39:33.260><c> son,</c>

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:40.900
he<00:39:36.260><c> began</c><00:39:36.639><c> to</c><00:39:37.500><c> say</c><00:39:37.679><c> his</c><00:39:38.820><c> carefully</c><00:39:39.519><c> rehearsed</c><00:39:40.579><c> speech,</c>

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:43.659
I<00:39:41.219><c> am</c><00:39:41.460><c> not</c><00:39:41.860><c> worthy</c><00:39:42.320><c> to</c><00:39:42.780><c> be</c><00:39:43.139><c> thy</c><00:39:43.519><c> son.</c>

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:46.500
It's<00:39:44.019><c> recorded</c><00:39:44.340><c> for</c><00:39:44.539><c> us</c><00:39:44.619><c> in</c><00:39:44.900><c> verse</c><00:39:45.119><c> 22.</c>

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:51.400
I<00:39:48.079><c> am</c><00:39:48.280><c> not</c><00:39:48.579><c> worthy</c><00:39:49.000><c> to</c><00:39:50.579><c> be</c><00:39:50.760><c> called</c><00:39:50.900><c> thy</c><00:39:51.239><c> son.</c>

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:53.920
And<00:39:51.559><c> his</c><00:39:51.860><c> father</c><00:39:52.159><c> brushed</c><00:39:52.719><c> him</c><00:39:52.940><c> aside.</c>

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:56.360
He<00:39:54.300><c> didn't</c><00:39:54.619><c> finish</c><00:39:54.960><c> his</c><00:39:55.300><c> statement.</c>

00:39:57.340 --> 00:40:00.619
Verse<00:39:57.519><c> 22,</c><00:39:59.699><c> or</c><00:39:59.840><c> verse</c><00:40:00.079><c> 21,</c>

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:02.159
And<00:40:01.099><c> the</c><00:40:01.239><c> son</c><00:40:01.460><c> said</c><00:40:01.719><c> unto</c><00:40:01.880><c> him,</c>

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:05.199
Father,<00:40:02.599><c> I</c><00:40:02.800><c> have</c><00:40:03.119><c> sinned</c><00:40:03.380><c> against</c><00:40:03.739><c> heaven</c><00:40:04.059><c> and</c><00:40:04.360><c> in</c><00:40:04.579><c> thy</c><00:40:04.800><c> sight,</c>

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:07.579
and<00:40:05.400><c> am</c><00:40:05.639><c> no</c><00:40:05.900><c> more</c><00:40:06.199><c> worthy</c><00:40:06.440><c> to</c><00:40:06.619><c> be</c><00:40:06.800><c> called</c><00:40:06.920><c> thy</c><00:40:07.199><c> son.</c>

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:09.880
But<00:40:08.019><c> the</c><00:40:08.179><c> father</c><00:40:08.460><c> said</c><00:40:08.699><c> to</c><00:40:08.900><c> his</c><00:40:09.139><c> servant,</c>

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:12.900
Bring<00:40:10.159><c> forth</c><00:40:10.460><c> the</c><00:40:10.639><c> best</c><00:40:10.880><c> robe,</c><00:40:11.800><c> and</c><00:40:12.019><c> put</c><00:40:12.159><c> it</c><00:40:12.280><c> on</c><00:40:12.480><c> him,</c>

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:17.360
and<00:40:13.280><c> put</c><00:40:13.420><c> a</c><00:40:13.659><c> ring</c><00:40:13.800><c> on</c><00:40:14.039><c> his</c><00:40:14.239><c> hand,</c><00:40:14.900><c> and</c><00:40:15.079><c> shoes</c><00:40:15.440><c> on</c><00:40:16.019><c> his</c><00:40:16.440><c> feet.</c>

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:20.960
Shoes<00:40:19.719><c> denote</c><00:40:19.940><c> redemption.</c>

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:27.099
How<00:40:22.179><c> beautiful</c><00:40:22.699><c> are</c><00:40:22.960><c> thy</c><00:40:23.179><c> feet</c><00:40:23.579><c> with</c><00:40:24.000><c> shoes,</c><00:40:25.219><c> O</c><00:40:25.480><c> prince's</c><00:40:26.000><c> daughter.</c>

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:30.619
I'll<00:40:28.760><c> just</c><00:40:28.840><c> turn</c><00:40:28.980><c> it</c><00:40:29.139><c> off</c><00:40:29.300><c> for</c><00:40:29.480><c> now.</c>

00:40:34.110 --> 00:40:35.639
And<00:40:34.440><c> he</c><00:40:34.539><c> had</c><00:40:34.739><c> a</c><00:40:34.860><c> robe.</c>

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:39.539
What<00:40:36.900><c> could</c><00:40:37.039><c> this</c><00:40:37.340><c> robe</c><00:40:37.699><c> be,</c><00:40:38.300><c> brethren</c><00:40:38.400><c> and</c><00:40:38.679><c> sisters?</c>

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:42.659
But<00:40:40.239><c> the</c><00:40:40.500><c> robe,</c><00:40:40.800><c> the</c><00:40:41.039><c> clothing</c><00:40:41.420><c> of</c><00:40:41.679><c> righteousness,</c>

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:46.260
and<00:40:43.780><c> a</c><00:40:44.000><c> ring</c><00:40:44.320><c> on</c><00:40:44.760><c> his</c><00:40:45.099><c> finger,</c>

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:49.239
the<00:40:47.599><c> seal</c><00:40:47.739><c> of</c><00:40:47.980><c> his</c><00:40:48.119><c> sonship,</c>

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:51.699
and<00:40:49.780><c> that</c><00:40:49.960><c> he</c><00:40:50.159><c> was</c><00:40:50.320><c> his</c><00:40:50.519><c> father.</c>

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:55.739
Verse<00:40:51.980><c> 24,</c><00:40:52.519><c> This</c><00:40:52.980><c> my</c><00:40:53.599><c> son</c><00:40:53.800><c> was</c><00:40:54.179><c> dead</c><00:40:54.480><c> and</c><00:40:54.880><c> is</c><00:40:55.099><c> alive</c><00:40:55.300><c> again.</c>

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:58.619
He<00:40:56.320><c> was</c><00:40:56.619><c> lost</c><00:40:56.980><c> and</c><00:40:57.340><c> his</c><00:40:57.639><c> found,</c>

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:01.380
and<00:40:59.599><c> they</c><00:40:59.840><c> began</c><00:41:00.099><c> to</c><00:41:00.280><c> be</c><00:41:00.440><c> merry.</c>

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:06.199
You<00:41:03.719><c> know,</c><00:41:04.019><c> brethren</c><00:41:04.159><c> and</c><00:41:04.340><c> sisters,</c><00:41:04.659><c> there</c><00:41:04.880><c> was</c><00:41:05.119><c> an</c><00:41:05.320><c> elder</c><00:41:05.460><c> brother</c>

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:09.119
who<00:41:06.420><c> was</c><00:41:06.940><c> angry</c><00:41:07.280><c> that</c><00:41:07.480><c> the</c><00:41:07.659><c> prodigal</c><00:41:07.940><c> had</c><00:41:08.139><c> returned.</c>

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:11.860
And<00:41:09.800><c> Jesus'</c><00:41:10.260><c> teaching</c><00:41:10.420><c> is</c><00:41:10.619><c> very</c><00:41:10.960><c> clear.</c>

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:16.840
Where<00:41:13.119><c> would</c><00:41:13.320><c> we</c><00:41:13.559><c> be</c><00:41:13.679><c> if</c><00:41:13.840><c> our</c><00:41:14.059><c> elder</c><00:41:14.239><c> brother</c><00:41:14.500><c> had</c><00:41:15.000><c> taken</c><00:41:15.440><c> this</c><00:41:15.840><c> attitude?</c>

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:22.920
He<00:41:18.159><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:18.480><c> even</c><00:41:18.800><c> acknowledge</c><00:41:19.559><c> him</c><00:41:21.179><c> as</c><00:41:21.960><c> his</c><00:41:22.119><c> brother.</c>

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:27.480
Verse<00:41:23.699><c> 30,</c><00:41:24.719><c> But</c><00:41:24.780><c> as</c><00:41:25.039><c> soon</c><00:41:25.239><c> as</c><00:41:25.500><c> this</c><00:41:25.920><c> thy</c><00:41:26.500><c> son</c><00:41:26.900><c> was</c><00:41:27.280><c> come,</c>

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:30.420
which<00:41:27.820><c> hath</c><00:41:28.039><c> devoured</c><00:41:28.559><c> thy</c><00:41:28.940><c> living</c><00:41:29.139><c> with</c><00:41:29.460><c> harlot,</c>

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:35.440
thou<00:41:31.719><c> hast</c><00:41:31.920><c> killed</c><00:41:32.119><c> to</c><00:41:32.360><c> him</c><00:41:32.900><c> the</c><00:41:33.760><c> fattered</c><00:41:34.360><c> calf.</c>

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:38.039
And<00:41:36.059><c> he</c><00:41:36.219><c> said</c><00:41:36.380><c> unto</c><00:41:36.539><c> him,</c><00:41:36.920><c> Son,</c><00:41:37.219><c> thou</c><00:41:37.239><c> art</c><00:41:37.420><c> ever</c><00:41:37.619><c> with</c><00:41:37.780><c> me,</c>

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:40.320
and<00:41:38.460><c> all</c><00:41:38.800><c> that</c><00:41:39.000><c> I</c><00:41:39.320><c> have</c><00:41:39.639><c> is</c><00:41:39.940><c> thine,</c>

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:43.659
confirming<00:41:41.159><c> that</c><00:41:41.440><c> this</c><00:41:41.639><c> son</c><00:41:41.780><c> had</c><00:41:42.079><c> no</c><00:41:42.380><c> more</c><00:41:42.619><c> inheritance.</c>

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:46.159
All<00:41:44.719><c> that</c><00:41:44.980><c> I</c><00:41:45.239><c> have</c><00:41:45.559><c> is</c><00:41:45.940><c> thine.</c>

00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:50.099
You're<00:41:46.460><c> the</c><00:41:46.780><c> sole</c><00:41:47.300><c> inheritor</c><00:41:48.159><c> of</c><00:41:48.579><c> all</c><00:41:48.940><c> my</c><00:41:49.159><c> estate.</c>

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:55.780
He<00:41:54.059><c> doesn't</c><00:41:54.300><c> use</c><00:41:54.559><c> the</c><00:41:54.699><c> word</c><00:41:54.860><c> brother,</c>

00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:00.940
but<00:41:57.659><c> neither</c><00:41:57.980><c> does</c><00:41:58.179><c> the</c><00:41:58.340><c> word</c><00:41:58.599><c> father</c><00:41:59.280><c> fall</c><00:41:59.760><c> from</c><00:41:59.940><c> his</c><00:42:00.159><c> lips</c><00:42:00.380><c> either.</c>

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:03.880
Look<00:42:01.579><c> at</c><00:42:01.760><c> the</c><00:42:01.960><c> text,</c><00:42:02.559><c> brethren</c><00:42:02.719><c> and</c><00:42:02.940><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:06.019
Never<00:42:04.920><c> uses</c><00:42:05.159><c> the</c><00:42:05.340><c> word</c><00:42:05.480><c> father</c><00:42:05.780><c> either.</c>

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:07.840
And<00:42:06.440><c> notice</c><00:42:06.619><c> that</c><00:42:06.780><c> the</c><00:42:06.940><c> younger</c><00:42:07.199><c> son,</c><00:42:07.519><c> he</c><00:42:07.699><c> says,</c>

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:10.099
as<00:42:08.239><c> soon</c><00:42:08.400><c> as</c><00:42:08.599><c> this</c><00:42:08.920><c> thy</c><00:42:09.159><c> son</c><00:42:09.340><c> is</c><00:42:09.780><c> come,</c>

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:15.119
in<00:42:11.019><c> other</c><00:42:11.059><c> words,</c><00:42:11.340><c> he's</c><00:42:11.920><c> come</c><00:42:12.139><c> in</c><00:42:12.480><c> as</c><00:42:12.639><c> it</c><00:42:12.800><c> were</c><00:42:12.920><c> to</c><00:42:13.119><c> take</c><00:42:13.360><c> over.</c>

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:20.699
Not<00:42:16.380><c> as</c><00:42:16.860><c> soon</c><00:42:17.000><c> as</c><00:42:17.219><c> this</c><00:42:17.440><c> thy</c><00:42:17.659><c> son</c><00:42:17.820><c> has</c><00:42:18.119><c> returned</c><00:42:18.900><c> in</c><00:42:19.480><c> safety</c>

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:25.739
to<00:42:22.199><c> devouring</c><00:42:22.679><c> of</c><00:42:23.059><c> his</c><00:42:23.280><c> living</c><00:42:23.500><c> with</c><00:42:24.000><c> harlot,</c><00:42:24.659><c> as</c><00:42:24.800><c> he</c><00:42:25.019><c> said,</c>

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:27.960
as<00:42:26.179><c> he</c><00:42:26.460><c> accuses</c><00:42:26.840><c> him</c><00:42:27.019><c> there</c><00:42:27.159><c> in</c><00:42:27.340><c> verse</c><00:42:27.539><c> 30,</c>

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.960
but<00:42:28.559><c> as</c><00:42:28.760><c> soon</c><00:42:28.900><c> as</c><00:42:29.079><c> this</c><00:42:29.320><c> thy</c><00:42:29.519><c> son</c><00:42:29.659><c> was</c><00:42:29.900><c> come,</c>

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:32.400
which<00:42:30.199><c> hath</c><00:42:30.480><c> devoured</c><00:42:31.039><c> thy</c><00:42:31.420><c> living</c><00:42:31.739><c> with</c><00:42:32.119><c> harlot,</c>

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:35.940
thou<00:42:32.780><c> hast</c><00:42:33.039><c> killed</c><00:42:33.340><c> for</c><00:42:33.599><c> him</c><00:42:33.940><c> the</c><00:42:34.360><c> fattered</c><00:42:34.820><c> calf.</c>

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.260
But<00:42:37.079><c> you</c><00:42:37.239><c> know,</c><00:42:37.579><c> brethren</c><00:42:37.699><c> and</c><00:42:37.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:41.039
it<00:42:38.619><c> doesn't</c><00:42:39.019><c> say</c><00:42:39.340><c> that</c><00:42:39.539><c> in</c><00:42:39.800><c> verse</c><00:42:40.059><c> 13.</c>

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:46.019
He<00:42:43.179><c> gathered</c><00:42:43.699><c> altogether</c><00:42:44.500><c> and</c><00:42:44.760><c> took</c><00:42:44.960><c> his</c><00:42:45.239><c> journey</c><00:42:45.340><c> to</c><00:42:45.500><c> a</c><00:42:45.639><c> far</c><00:42:45.800><c> country,</c>

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:49.460
and<00:42:46.159><c> there</c><00:42:46.360><c> wasted</c><00:42:46.739><c> his</c><00:42:47.079><c> substance</c><00:42:47.460><c> with</c><00:42:48.039><c> riotous</c><00:42:48.699><c> living.</c>

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:52.599
There's<00:42:50.199><c> no</c><00:42:50.460><c> mention</c><00:42:50.780><c> of</c><00:42:50.960><c> any</c><00:42:51.280><c> promiscuity.</c>

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:55.760
This<00:42:54.519><c> was</c><00:42:54.719><c> mere</c><00:42:54.940><c> presumption,</c>

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:58.719
putting<00:42:56.219><c> the</c><00:42:56.440><c> worst</c><00:42:56.699><c> possible</c><00:42:57.099><c> face</c><00:42:57.539><c> on</c><00:42:57.739><c> it.</c>

00:42:58.739 --> 00:43:01.460
And<00:42:59.119><c> here</c><00:42:59.400><c> has</c><00:42:59.780><c> this</c><00:43:00.119><c> elder</c><00:43:00.440><c> son</c><00:43:00.679><c> actually</c><00:43:01.159><c> reversed</c>

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:05.260
the<00:43:02.280><c> words</c><00:43:02.519><c> of</c><00:43:02.820><c> Proverbs</c><00:43:03.099><c> 29</c><00:43:03.719><c> and</c><00:43:04.099><c> verse</c><00:43:04.340><c> 3</c><00:43:04.739><c> that</c><00:43:04.940><c> we</c><00:43:05.119><c> looked</c>

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:06.280
at<00:43:05.400><c> earlier.</c>

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:16.539
Who<00:43:12.920><c> so</c><00:43:13.119><c> loveth</c><00:43:13.360><c> wisdom</c><00:43:14.039><c> rejoiceth</c><00:43:14.940><c> his</c><00:43:15.300><c> father,</c>

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:23.099
but<00:43:17.880><c> he</c><00:43:18.139><c> that</c><00:43:18.420><c> keepeth</c><00:43:18.840><c> company</c><00:43:19.639><c> with</c><00:43:19.960><c> harlots</c><00:43:21.119><c> spendeth</c><00:43:21.960><c> his</c><00:43:22.139><c> substance.</c>

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:26.559
He's<00:43:24.960><c> reversed</c><00:43:25.239><c> those</c><00:43:25.500><c> words,</c>

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:29.500
and<00:43:26.980><c> he's</c><00:43:27.139><c> put</c><00:43:27.239><c> the</c><00:43:27.599><c> worst</c><00:43:28.119><c> possible</c><00:43:28.760><c> construction</c>

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:33.360
on<00:43:29.860><c> the</c><00:43:30.000><c> returning</c><00:43:30.719><c> of</c><00:43:31.559><c> this</c><00:43:32.179><c> prodigal.</c>

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:35.460
You<00:43:34.800><c> know,</c><00:43:35.000><c> brethren</c><00:43:35.139><c> and</c><00:43:35.320><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:38.780
this<00:43:35.719><c> elder</c><00:43:36.119><c> brother</c><00:43:36.380><c> represents</c><00:43:37.199><c> the</c><00:43:37.820><c> Jews</c>

00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:40.880
and<00:43:39.599><c> the</c><00:43:39.760><c> prodigal</c><00:43:40.039><c> the</c><00:43:40.239><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:42.380
and<00:43:41.179><c> they</c><00:43:41.539><c> kept</c><00:43:41.739><c> them</c><00:43:41.960><c> at</c><00:43:42.239><c> bay.</c>

00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:44.619
They<00:43:42.679><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:43.000><c> have</c><00:43:43.360><c> them.</c>

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.679
They<00:43:45.619><c> were</c><00:43:45.840><c> imposters,</c>

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:48.880
seeking<00:43:47.079><c> to</c><00:43:47.380><c> take</c><00:43:47.559><c> over</c><00:43:47.760><c> the</c><00:43:47.940><c> inheritance.</c>

00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:54.340
He<00:43:52.539><c> was</c><00:43:52.760><c> now</c><00:43:52.940><c> heir</c><00:43:53.059><c> of</c><00:43:53.219><c> all</c><00:43:53.480><c> things.</c>

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:55.400
But<00:43:54.639><c> brethren</c><00:43:54.840><c> and</c><00:43:55.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:58.599
where<00:43:55.780><c> would</c><00:43:56.059><c> we</c><00:43:56.340><c> be</c><00:43:56.579><c> if</c><00:43:56.840><c> our</c><00:43:57.139><c> master</c><00:43:57.699><c> and</c><00:43:58.280><c> lord</c>

00:43:58.599 --> 00:44:01.719
and<00:43:59.000><c> our</c><00:43:59.360><c> elder</c><00:43:59.860><c> brother</c><00:44:00.260><c> hadn't</c><00:44:00.760><c> acknowledged</c><00:44:01.340><c> us,</c>

00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:05.119
if<00:44:01.940><c> he'd</c><00:44:02.320><c> taken</c><00:44:02.539><c> the</c><00:44:02.840><c> part</c><00:44:03.079><c> of</c><00:44:03.380><c> this</c><00:44:03.679><c> elder</c><00:44:04.019><c> brother</c><00:44:04.320><c> in</c><00:44:04.639><c> the</c><00:44:04.880><c> parable?</c>

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:06.980
And<00:44:05.440><c> that's</c><00:44:05.679><c> what</c><00:44:05.880><c> Jesus</c><00:44:06.159><c> is</c><00:44:06.340><c> bringing</c><00:44:06.579><c> out,</c>

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:09.780
and<00:44:07.400><c> that's</c><00:44:07.519><c> what</c><00:44:07.659><c> the</c><00:44:07.820><c> apostle</c><00:44:08.119><c> Paul</c><00:44:08.480><c> brings</c><00:44:08.760><c> out.</c>

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:13.539
He<00:44:11.260><c> was</c><00:44:11.500><c> indeed</c><00:44:12.000><c> his</c><00:44:12.239><c> brother,</c><00:44:12.639><c> and</c><00:44:12.780><c> he's</c><00:44:13.079><c> our</c><00:44:13.280><c> brother,</c>

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:17.679
and<00:44:13.800><c> he</c><00:44:14.059><c> has</c><00:44:14.519><c> acknowledged</c><00:44:15.159><c> us</c><00:44:15.440><c> because</c><00:44:15.820><c> Paul</c><00:44:16.260><c> says</c><00:44:16.559><c> so.</c>

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:22.400
All<00:44:19.320><c> things,</c><00:44:19.719><c> they</c><00:44:20.079><c> belong</c><00:44:20.360><c> to</c><00:44:21.079><c> the</c><00:44:21.340><c> firstborn.</c>

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:25.920
They<00:44:24.039><c> all</c><00:44:24.639><c> belong</c><00:44:25.099><c> to</c><00:44:25.320><c> the</c><00:44:25.539><c> firstborn.</c>

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:28.360
We<00:44:26.360><c> have</c><00:44:26.679><c> no</c><00:44:27.079><c> inheritance,</c><00:44:27.739><c> brethren</c><00:44:27.860><c> and</c><00:44:28.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:33.199
no<00:44:28.960><c> promises,</c><00:44:29.840><c> inheritances</c><00:44:30.579><c> intrinsically</c><00:44:31.480><c> of</c><00:44:32.000><c> our</c><00:44:32.340><c> own.</c>

00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:34.239
We<00:44:33.480><c> have</c><00:44:33.780><c> nothing.</c>

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:38.400
They<00:44:34.960><c> belong</c><00:44:35.460><c> to</c><00:44:35.860><c> Christ</c><00:44:36.380><c> as</c><00:44:36.900><c> the</c><00:44:37.199><c> seed</c><00:44:37.480><c> of</c><00:44:37.860><c> the</c><00:44:38.079><c> promise,</c>

00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:42.460
and<00:44:38.800><c> in</c><00:44:39.000><c> his</c><00:44:39.300><c> beneficence,</c><00:44:40.039><c> he</c><00:44:40.380><c> shares</c><00:44:40.760><c> them</c><00:44:41.179><c> with</c><00:44:41.420><c> us.</c>

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:45.079
All<00:44:43.440><c> things</c><00:44:43.659><c> belong</c><00:44:43.960><c> to</c><00:44:44.139><c> the</c><00:44:44.300><c> Son.</c>

00:44:45.820 --> 00:44:49.159
Let's<00:44:46.099><c> turn</c><00:44:46.260><c> back</c><00:44:46.539><c> to</c><00:44:46.900><c> Hebrews</c><00:44:47.219><c> chapter</c><00:44:47.599><c> 2,</c><00:44:47.940><c> brethren</c><00:44:48.059><c> and</c><00:44:48.260><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:53.699
Where<00:44:51.079><c> would</c><00:44:51.280><c> we</c><00:44:51.480><c> be</c><00:44:52.000><c> if</c><00:44:53.039><c> our</c><00:44:53.280><c> elder</c><00:44:53.460><c> brother</c>

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:56.559
had<00:44:54.500><c> taken</c><00:44:54.820><c> that</c><00:44:55.099><c> same</c><00:44:55.480><c> attitude</c><00:44:55.920><c> towards</c><00:44:56.300><c> us?</c>

00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:57.639
We<00:44:56.840><c> would</c><00:44:57.019><c> have</c><00:44:57.119><c> been</c><00:44:57.320><c> lost.</c>

00:44:57.639 --> 00:45:00.400
We<00:44:57.860><c> would</c><00:44:57.960><c> have</c><00:44:58.019><c> had</c><00:44:58.219><c> no</c><00:44:58.440><c> inheritance</c><00:44:58.880><c> and</c><00:44:59.340><c> no</c><00:44:59.579><c> hope.</c>

00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:02.679
But<00:45:01.059><c> that's</c><00:45:01.519><c> not</c><00:45:01.800><c> the</c><00:45:01.960><c> case.</c>

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:05.079
In<00:45:02.840><c> verse</c><00:45:03.099><c> 11,</c><00:45:03.599><c> both</c><00:45:03.800><c> he</c><00:45:04.119><c> that's</c><00:45:04.760><c> sanctified</c>

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:07.719
and<00:45:05.440><c> they</c><00:45:05.739><c> who</c><00:45:05.940><c> are</c><00:45:06.139><c> sanctified</c><00:45:06.699><c> are</c><00:45:07.079><c> all</c><00:45:07.340><c> of</c><00:45:07.519><c> one,</c>

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:11.599
for<00:45:08.059><c> which</c><00:45:08.340><c> cause</c><00:45:08.619><c> he's</c><00:45:08.980><c> not</c><00:45:09.179><c> ashamed</c><00:45:09.840><c> to</c><00:45:10.199><c> call</c><00:45:10.340><c> us</c><00:45:10.539><c> brethren,</c>

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:15.280
because<00:45:13.679><c> we</c><00:45:13.840><c> are</c><00:45:14.099><c> his</c><00:45:14.340><c> brethren.</c>

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:20.940
He's<00:45:17.119><c> not</c><00:45:17.340><c> ashamed</c><00:45:18.000><c> to</c><00:45:18.739><c> call</c><00:45:18.880><c> us</c><00:45:19.800><c> his</c><00:45:20.139><c> brethren.</c>

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.699
And<00:45:22.059><c> you</c><00:45:22.119><c> know,</c><00:45:22.340><c> brethren</c><00:45:22.440><c> and</c><00:45:22.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:25.440
we've<00:45:23.019><c> made</c><00:45:23.199><c> that</c><00:45:23.579><c> same</c><00:45:24.219><c> repentant</c><00:45:25.000><c> journey</c>

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:26.960
back<00:45:26.039><c> to</c><00:45:26.219><c> the</c><00:45:26.400><c> Father's</c><00:45:26.739><c> house.</c>

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.840
Have<00:45:27.340><c> we</c><00:45:27.579><c> not?</c>

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:37.380
Chapter<00:45:28.340><c> 11,</c><00:45:29.480><c> verse</c><00:45:29.659><c> 13,</c><00:45:35.420><c> the</c><00:45:35.539><c> end</c><00:45:35.699><c> of</c><00:45:35.860><c> verse</c><00:45:36.019><c> 13,</c>

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:40.699
and<00:45:38.199><c> they</c><00:45:38.400><c> confessed</c><00:45:39.119><c> that</c><00:45:39.480><c> they</c><00:45:39.659><c> were</c><00:45:40.059><c> strangers</c>

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:42.940
and<00:45:41.340><c> pilgrims</c><00:45:42.059><c> on</c><00:45:42.440><c> the</c><00:45:42.719><c> earth.</c>

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:46.139
We<00:45:43.199><c> have</c><00:45:43.400><c> made</c><00:45:43.639><c> that</c><00:45:43.920><c> same</c><00:45:44.239><c> journey</c><00:45:44.699><c> of</c><00:45:45.159><c> the</c><00:45:45.420><c> prodigal</c>

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:48.440
back<00:45:46.840><c> to</c><00:45:47.019><c> the</c><00:45:47.219><c> Father's</c><00:45:47.579><c> house.</c>

00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:51.340
For<00:45:48.860><c> they</c><00:45:49.239><c> that</c><00:45:49.440><c> say</c><00:45:49.719><c> such</c><00:45:49.900><c> things</c><00:45:50.199><c> declare</c><00:45:50.619><c> plainly</c>

00:45:51.340 --> 00:45:53.079
that<00:45:51.500><c> they</c><00:45:51.780><c> seek</c><00:45:51.920><c> a</c><00:45:52.079><c> country,</c><00:45:52.539><c> and</c><00:45:52.780><c> truly,</c>

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:54.800
if<00:45:53.400><c> they</c><00:45:53.519><c> had</c><00:45:53.639><c> been</c><00:45:53.860><c> mindful</c><00:45:54.239><c> of</c><00:45:54.400><c> that</c><00:45:54.559><c> country</c>

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:55.940
from<00:45:55.099><c> whence</c><00:45:55.340><c> they</c><00:45:55.420><c> had</c><00:45:55.519><c> come</c><00:45:55.679><c> out,</c>

00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:58.980
they<00:45:56.199><c> might</c><00:45:56.440><c> have</c><00:45:56.639><c> had</c><00:45:56.900><c> opportunity</c><00:45:57.460><c> to</c><00:45:57.760><c> have</c><00:45:58.039><c> returned.</c>

00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:01.860
But<00:45:59.139><c> now</c><00:45:59.400><c> they</c><00:45:59.619><c> desire</c><00:45:59.840><c> a</c><00:46:00.199><c> better</c><00:46:00.400><c> country</c><00:46:00.800><c> that</c><00:46:01.039><c> is</c><00:46:01.219><c> unheavenly,</c>

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wherefore<00:46:02.320><c> God</c><00:46:02.539><c> is</c><00:46:02.800><c> not</c><00:46:02.960><c> ashamed</c><00:46:03.599><c> to</c><00:46:03.940><c> be</c><00:46:04.179><c> called</c><00:46:04.380><c> their</c><00:46:04.679><c> God,</c>

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for<00:46:06.480><c> he</c><00:46:06.820><c> hath</c><00:46:07.119><c> prepared</c><00:46:07.440><c> for</c><00:46:07.679><c> them</c><00:46:08.139><c> a</c><00:46:08.900><c> city</c>

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to<00:46:09.920><c> inherit</c><00:46:10.199><c> all</c><00:46:10.539><c> things</c><00:46:11.119><c> through</c><00:46:11.500><c> his</c><00:46:11.800><c> Son.</c>

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You<00:46:12.340><c> know,</c><00:46:12.559><c> brethren</c><00:46:12.619><c> and</c><00:46:12.840><c> sisters,</c>

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like<00:46:13.199><c> the</c><00:46:13.440><c> prodigal,</c><00:46:13.920><c> we</c><00:46:14.159><c> declare</c><00:46:14.420><c> plainly</c>

00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:17.780
that<00:46:15.199><c> we</c><00:46:15.420><c> seek</c><00:46:15.619><c> a</c><00:46:15.780><c> country,</c><00:46:16.179><c> a</c><00:46:16.519><c> better</c><00:46:16.780><c> one.</c>

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That's<00:46:19.099><c> an</c><00:46:19.360><c> heavenly</c><00:46:19.719><c> kingdom,</c>

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having<00:46:21.559><c> no</c><00:46:21.820><c> desire</c><00:46:22.340><c> to</c><00:46:22.639><c> return</c><00:46:22.980><c> to</c><00:46:23.139><c> the</c><00:46:23.420><c> bitterness</c>

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:27.699
and<00:46:24.059><c> the</c><00:46:24.380><c> shame</c><00:46:24.679><c> outside</c><00:46:25.420><c> the</c><00:46:25.659><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:31.159
our<00:46:28.119><c> God</c><00:46:28.320><c> having</c><00:46:28.599><c> provided</c><00:46:29.039><c> some</c><00:46:29.360><c> better</c><00:46:29.659><c> thing</c><00:46:29.980><c> for</c><00:46:30.360><c> us,</c>

00:46:31.579 --> 00:46:35.079
that<00:46:31.699><c> they</c><00:46:31.940><c> without</c><00:46:32.280><c> us</c><00:46:33.619><c> should</c><00:46:34.159><c> not</c><00:46:34.320><c> be</c><00:46:34.480><c> made</c><00:46:34.719><c> perfect,</c>

00:46:35.099 --> 00:46:39.320
that<00:46:35.280><c> they</c><00:46:35.460><c> might</c><00:46:35.940><c> not</c><00:46:36.719><c> without</c><00:46:37.039><c> us</c><00:46:37.980><c> have</c><00:46:38.539><c> any</c><00:46:38.860><c> inheritance,</c>

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:43.039
that<00:46:39.739><c> we</c><00:46:39.980><c> should</c><00:46:40.280><c> share</c><00:46:40.539><c> it</c><00:46:40.960><c> with</c><00:46:41.199><c> them</c><00:46:41.460><c> in</c><00:46:41.940><c> that</c><00:46:42.159><c> day.</c>

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Let's<00:46:44.920><c> take</c><00:46:45.139><c> these</c><00:46:45.360><c> things</c><00:46:45.519><c> to</c><00:46:45.719><c> our</c><00:46:45.940><c> own</c><00:46:46.739><c> hearts,</c>

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:49.860
brethren<00:46:47.260><c> and</c><00:46:47.539><c> sisters,</c><00:46:47.860><c> that</c><00:46:48.280><c> we</c><00:46:48.719><c> value</c><00:46:49.239><c> the</c><00:46:49.559><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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that<00:46:50.000><c> we</c><00:46:50.179><c> turn</c><00:46:50.500><c> not</c><00:46:50.679><c> away,</c>

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that<00:46:51.500><c> we</c><00:46:51.579><c> remain</c><00:46:51.880><c> steadfast</c><00:46:52.659><c> till</c><00:46:53.039><c> that</c><00:46:53.320><c> day,</c>

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when<00:46:54.280><c> the</c><00:46:54.480><c> righteous</c><00:46:54.739><c> shall</c><00:46:55.000><c> be</c><00:46:55.219><c> revealed.</c>