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indignation<00:14:03.519><c> with</c><00:14:03.679><c> which</c>

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it<00:14:04.000><c> will</c><00:14:04.179><c> be</c><00:14:04.320><c> received,</c><00:14:04.620><c> the</c><00:14:04.860><c> derision</c><00:14:05.500><c> with</c><00:14:05.779><c> which</c><00:14:05.919><c> it</c><00:14:06.039><c> will</c>

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be<00:14:06.460><c> received.</c><00:14:06.960><c> This</c><00:14:07.179><c> tiny</c><00:14:07.539><c> little</c><00:14:07.899><c> nation</c><00:14:08.279><c> thinks</c>

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that<00:14:08.960><c> their</c><00:14:09.320><c> God</c><00:14:09.639><c> is</c><00:14:09.860><c> the</c><00:14:10.059><c> only</c><00:14:10.379><c> God.</c><00:14:11.659><c> And</c><00:14:11.899><c> you</c><00:14:12.019><c> can</c><00:14:12.200><c> imagine</c>

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believe<00:14:16.440><c> this</c><00:14:17.259><c> in</c><00:14:17.799><c> the</c><00:14:17.919><c> midst</c><00:14:18.120><c> of</c><00:14:18.299><c> the</c><00:14:18.460><c> pagan</c><00:14:18.740><c> world</c><00:14:19.100><c> of</c><00:14:19.279><c> multiple</c><00:14:19.799><c> Gods.</c>

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impress<00:14:26.320><c> upon</c><00:14:26.659><c> them</c><00:14:27.460><c> that</c><00:14:27.799><c> he</c><00:14:28.080><c> alone</c><00:14:28.379><c> is</c><00:14:28.679><c> God,</c>

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become<00:15:40.669><c> impressed</c><00:15:41.669><c> with</c><00:15:42.350><c> the</c><00:15:42.610><c> authority</c><00:15:43.169><c> of</c><00:15:43.450><c> their</c><00:15:43.629><c> God,</c><00:15:44.950><c> and</c>

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explanation,<00:15:53.690><c> like</c><00:15:53.850><c> the</c><00:15:54.169><c> Exodus,</c>

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of<00:16:25.389><c> Israel</c><00:16:25.730><c> for</c><00:16:25.929><c> their</c><00:16:26.149><c> law.</c>

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done?<00:16:56.509><c> No</c><00:16:56.870><c> nation</c><00:16:57.269><c> on</c><00:16:57.509><c> earth</c><00:16:57.629><c> would</c><00:16:57.909><c> do</c><00:16:58.149><c> it,</c>

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place<00:17:05.690><c> to</c><00:17:06.230><c> establish</c><00:17:06.910><c> among</c><00:17:07.250><c> them</c><00:17:07.970><c> the</c><00:17:08.289><c> authority</c><00:17:08.869><c> of</c><00:17:09.309><c> his</c><00:17:09.529><c> name,</c><00:17:10.109><c> and</c><00:17:10.470><c> therefore</c><00:17:10.869><c> the</c><00:17:11.210><c> authority</c><00:17:11.769><c> of</c>

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given.<00:17:16.130><c> That's</c><00:17:16.450><c> why</c><00:17:16.630><c> God</c><00:17:16.869><c> used</c><00:17:17.269><c> his</c><00:17:17.609><c> power,</c><00:17:18.089><c> his</c>

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possesses<00:17:26.529><c> was</c><00:17:26.829><c> granted</c><00:17:27.329><c> to</c><00:17:27.710><c> individuals</c><00:17:28.589><c> in</c><00:17:29.410><c> order</c><00:17:29.670><c> to</c><00:17:29.990><c> carry</c><00:17:30.190><c> out</c>

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great<00:17:33.750><c> outstanding</c><00:17:34.390><c> example.</c><00:17:35.509><c> He</c><00:17:35.750><c> is</c><00:17:36.109><c> Moses'</c><00:17:37.029><c> prophet.</c><00:17:37.650><c> He</c>

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speaks<00:17:38.450><c> for</c><00:17:38.809><c> God,</c><00:17:39.190><c> he</c><00:17:39.430><c> leads</c><00:17:39.829><c> the</c><00:17:40.109><c> people,</c><00:17:40.710><c> he</c><00:17:40.970><c> becomes</c>

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the<00:17:41.789><c> mediator</c><00:17:42.349><c> of</c><00:17:42.549><c> the</c><00:17:42.650><c> law.</c><00:17:44.250><c> And</c><00:17:44.250><c> hence</c><00:17:46.170><c> the</c><00:17:46.390><c> authority</c><00:17:47.029><c> of</c>

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Moses<00:17:47.750><c> was</c><00:17:48.869><c> first</c><00:17:50.450><c> established</c><00:17:51.049><c> by</c><00:17:51.309><c> God</c><00:17:51.789><c> and</c><00:17:52.369><c> then</c>

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maintained<00:17:53.170><c> by</c><00:17:53.450><c> him</c><00:17:53.930><c> so</c><00:17:54.390><c> that</c><00:17:54.569><c> what</c><00:17:54.750><c> Moses</c><00:17:55.170><c> said</c><00:17:55.569><c> could</c><00:17:56.029><c> come</c>

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to<00:17:56.509><c> be</c><00:17:56.789><c> regarded</c><00:17:57.369><c> as</c><00:17:57.789><c> the</c><00:17:57.910><c> word</c><00:17:58.170><c> of</c><00:17:58.289><c> God</c><00:17:58.569><c> itself.</c>

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to<00:18:04.349><c> carry</c><00:18:04.529><c> out</c><00:18:04.809><c> the</c><00:18:05.009><c> fullness</c><00:18:05.390><c> of</c><00:18:05.710><c> this</c><00:18:05.970><c> task,</c>

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and<00:18:06.869><c> so</c><00:18:07.269><c> in</c><00:18:07.630><c> the</c><00:18:07.890><c> Numbers</c><00:18:08.250><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.670><c> 11</c><00:18:09.289><c> records</c><00:18:09.950><c> to</c><00:18:10.230><c> us</c><00:18:10.470><c> how</c><00:18:11.269><c> 70</c>

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others<00:18:12.329><c> were</c><00:18:12.690><c> appointed</c><00:18:13.289><c> in</c><00:18:14.109><c> order</c><00:18:14.390><c> to</c><00:18:14.769><c> assist</c>

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him<00:18:15.289><c> in</c><00:18:15.529><c> this</c><00:18:15.829><c> work.</c><00:18:16.490><c> Now</c><00:18:16.670><c> there</c><00:18:16.829><c> is</c><00:18:17.069><c> a</c><00:18:17.210><c> remarkable</c><00:18:18.009><c> change</c><00:18:18.730><c> here</c><00:18:19.150><c> in</c>

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think,<00:18:25.029><c> to</c><00:18:25.210><c> our</c><00:18:25.430><c> understanding</c><00:18:26.170><c> of</c><00:18:27.190><c> this</c><00:18:27.670><c> episode.</c>

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the<00:18:39.049><c> Lord</c><00:18:39.369><c> came</c><00:18:39.670><c> down</c><00:18:39.990><c> in</c><00:18:40.170><c> a</c><00:18:40.329><c> cloud,</c><00:18:41.029><c> spoken</c><00:18:41.390><c> to</c><00:18:41.589><c> them,</c><00:18:42.329><c> took</c>

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the<00:18:42.829><c> spirit,</c><00:18:43.529><c> it</c><00:18:43.769><c> was</c><00:18:43.930><c> upon</c><00:18:44.170><c> Moses,</c>

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put<00:18:45.589><c> it</c><00:18:45.730><c> upon</c><00:18:45.890><c> the</c><00:18:46.150><c> 70</c><00:18:46.390><c> elders,</c><00:18:47.490><c> and</c><00:18:47.589><c> when</c><00:18:47.750><c> it</c><00:18:47.990><c> rested</c><00:18:48.190><c> upon</c><00:18:48.490><c> them</c><00:18:48.809><c> they</c><00:18:49.230><c> prophesied.</c><00:18:50.230><c> And</c><00:18:50.430><c> I</c>

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suppose<00:18:50.849><c> we're</c>

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to<00:18:51.250><c> understand</c><00:18:51.630><c> that</c><00:18:51.890><c> to</c><00:18:52.089><c> mean</c><00:18:52.170><c> they</c><00:18:52.430><c> broke</c><00:18:52.710><c> into</c><00:18:53.150><c> praise,</c><00:18:54.269><c> like</c><00:18:54.450><c> song</c><00:18:54.869><c> probably.</c><00:18:55.970><c> All</c><00:18:56.250><c> of</c>

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them<00:18:56.529><c> spontaneously</c>

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broke<00:18:57.710><c> into</c><00:18:58.089><c> praise</c><00:18:58.789><c> and</c><00:18:59.529><c> spoke</c><00:19:00.049><c> about</c><00:19:00.430><c> God</c><00:19:00.849><c> and</c><00:19:01.049><c> about</c><00:19:01.230><c> the</c>

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word<00:19:01.670><c> and</c><00:19:01.869><c> the</c><00:19:02.049><c> attention</c><00:19:02.390><c> of</c><00:19:02.630><c> God.</c>

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James<00:19:08.690><c> version</c><00:19:09.009><c> says,</c>

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all<00:19:10.509><c> the</c><00:19:11.170><c> more</c><00:19:11.390><c> modern</c><00:19:11.690><c> versions,</c><00:19:12.150><c> and</c><00:19:12.630><c> I</c><00:19:12.890><c> shall</c><00:19:13.089><c> read</c><00:19:13.329><c> to</c><00:19:13.509><c> you</c>

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occasionally<00:19:14.269><c> from</c><00:19:14.670><c> the</c><00:19:14.930><c> English</c><00:19:15.490><c> revised</c><00:19:16.089><c> version</c>

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of<00:19:17.230><c> 1885,</c><00:19:18.109><c> not</c><00:19:19.069><c> the</c><00:19:19.230><c> revised</c><00:19:19.609><c> standard</c><00:19:19.990><c> version,</c><00:19:20.970><c> but</c><00:19:21.130><c> the</c><00:19:21.329><c> English</c><00:19:21.769><c> revised</c><00:19:22.250><c> version,</c><00:19:23.029><c> and</c><00:19:23.410><c> there</c><00:19:23.650><c> it</c><00:19:23.910><c> says,</c>

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and<00:19:24.769><c> they</c><00:19:25.190><c> did</c><00:19:25.829><c> so</c><00:19:26.430><c> no</c><00:19:26.849><c> more.</c><00:19:28.329><c> That's</c><00:19:28.789><c> rather</c><00:19:28.950><c> remarkable.</c><00:19:30.109><c> The</c><00:19:30.289><c> gift</c><00:19:30.710><c> came</c><00:19:31.049><c> upon</c><00:19:31.410><c> the</c><00:19:31.690><c> 70</c>

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and<00:19:33.589><c> then</c><00:19:33.789><c> it</c><00:19:33.970><c> ceased</c><00:19:34.410><c> and</c><00:19:35.549><c> it</c><00:19:35.750><c> didn't</c><00:19:35.910><c> occur</c><00:19:36.190><c> again.</c><00:19:38.710><c> Why</c><00:19:38.950><c> was</c>

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that?<00:19:40.349><c> Because</c><00:19:40.809><c> the</c><00:19:41.089><c> purpose</c><00:19:41.630><c> was</c><00:19:42.089><c> to</c><00:19:42.470><c> establish</c>

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the<00:19:43.609><c> authority</c><00:19:44.269><c> of</c><00:19:44.630><c> the</c><00:19:44.869><c> 70</c><00:19:45.430><c> as</c><00:19:46.069><c> those</c><00:19:46.710><c> whom</c><00:19:47.049><c> God</c><00:19:47.490><c> had</c><00:19:47.890><c> chosen</c>

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him.<00:19:53.109><c> It</c><00:19:53.309><c> was</c><00:19:53.670><c> to</c><00:19:53.910><c> authenticate</c><00:19:54.950><c> them</c><00:19:55.609><c> as</c><00:19:56.109><c> judges</c><00:19:56.670><c> in</c><00:19:56.950><c> Israel</c>

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capable<00:19:58.250><c> of</c><00:19:58.569><c> giving</c><00:19:58.849><c> a</c><00:19:59.069><c> judgment</c><00:19:59.470><c> upon</c><00:20:00.170><c> the</c><00:20:00.349><c> law</c>

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then<00:20:06.450><c> there</c><00:20:06.849><c> are</c><00:20:07.009><c> other</c><00:20:07.190><c> cases</c><00:20:07.650><c> where</c>

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God<00:20:08.190><c> grants</c><00:20:08.769><c> his</c><00:20:09.250><c> power</c><00:20:09.670><c> to</c><00:20:09.950><c> individuals</c><00:20:10.670><c> and</c><00:20:11.589><c> perhaps</c><00:20:12.029><c> the</c>

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career<00:20:16.509><c> is</c><00:20:17.130><c> that</c><00:20:17.569><c> of</c><00:20:17.789><c> Elijah</c><00:20:18.329><c> and</c><00:20:18.829><c> Elisha.</c><00:20:19.930><c> And</c><00:20:20.150><c> if</c><00:20:20.369><c> we</c><00:20:20.569><c> ask</c><00:20:20.789><c> why</c><00:20:21.029><c> was</c><00:20:21.349><c> it</c>

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most<00:20:24.509><c> striking</c><00:20:25.089><c> miraculous</c><00:20:25.849><c> powers</c><00:20:26.349><c> were</c><00:20:26.670><c> shown,</c><00:20:28.170><c> then</c><00:20:28.490><c> I</c><00:20:28.670><c> think</c><00:20:28.869><c> the</c><00:20:29.130><c> answer</c><00:20:29.390><c> must</c><00:20:29.630><c> be</c>

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Spirit.<00:23:04.789><c> What</c><00:23:04.930><c> a</c><00:23:05.089><c> remarkable</c><00:23:05.549><c> thing</c><00:23:05.789><c> to</c><00:23:06.069><c> say.</c><00:23:08.009><c> But</c><00:23:08.190><c> what</c><00:23:08.450><c> was</c>

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person,<00:23:32.829><c> and</c><00:23:33.109><c> for</c><00:23:33.349><c> his</c><00:23:33.650><c> attributes.</c>

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And<00:23:34.710><c> this</c><00:23:34.990><c> is</c><00:23:35.230><c> an</c><00:23:35.509><c> important</c><00:23:36.250><c> conclusion.</c><00:23:37.670><c> You've</c><00:23:38.089><c> got</c><00:23:38.289><c> a</c><00:23:39.769><c> couple</c><00:23:40.029><c> of</c>

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confirmations<00:23:42.609><c> of</c><00:23:42.809><c> this</c><00:23:43.009><c> in</c><00:23:43.230><c> the</c><00:23:43.529><c> Psalms.</c>

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I'll<00:23:43.970><c> just</c><00:23:44.210><c> give</c><00:23:44.329><c> you</c><00:23:44.569><c> the</c><00:23:44.789><c> references.</c><00:23:46.230><c> In</c><00:23:46.369><c> Psalm</c><00:23:46.730><c> 78</c><00:23:47.430><c> verse</c>

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it<00:23:51.650><c> says,</c><00:23:52.710><c> they</c><00:23:52.710><c> grieved</c><00:23:53.549><c> him</c><00:23:54.210><c> in</c><00:23:54.650><c> the</c><00:23:54.809><c> wilderness.</c><00:23:56.549><c> And</c><00:23:56.950><c> in</c>

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Psalm<00:23:57.509><c> 95</c><00:23:58.029><c> verse</c><00:23:58.410><c> 10,</c><00:23:59.390><c> God</c><00:23:59.529><c> himself</c><00:24:00.049><c> speaks</c><00:24:00.470><c> and</c><00:24:00.910><c> says,</c>

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I<00:24:01.930><c> loathe</c><00:24:02.950><c> their</c><00:24:03.369><c> practices.</c><00:24:05.289><c> So</c><00:24:05.470><c> that</c><00:24:05.750><c> grieving</c><00:24:06.069><c> the</c><00:24:06.329><c> Holy</c>

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Spirit<00:24:06.970><c> of</c><00:24:07.190><c> God</c><00:24:07.490><c> is</c><00:24:07.930><c> the</c><00:24:08.130><c> same</c><00:24:08.309><c> as</c><00:24:08.470><c> grieving</c><00:24:08.750><c> him.</c>

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rather<00:24:14.069><c> important</c><00:24:14.650><c> conclusion.</c>

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Now,<00:24:16.130><c> the</c><00:24:16.329><c> portrait</c><00:24:16.970><c> of</c><00:24:17.250><c> God</c><00:24:17.609><c> which</c><00:24:18.190><c> he</c><00:24:18.410><c> gives</c><00:24:18.730><c> to</c><00:24:18.970><c> his</c><00:24:19.150><c> people</c>

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is<00:24:19.670><c> best</c><00:24:19.990><c> found</c><00:24:20.450><c> as</c><00:24:20.869><c> a</c><00:24:21.009><c> foundation</c><00:24:21.690><c> in</c><00:24:22.269><c> Exodus.</c>

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It's<00:24:23.970><c> worth</c><00:24:24.049><c> just</c><00:24:24.369><c> looking</c><00:24:24.650><c> at</c><00:24:24.869><c> the</c><00:24:25.109><c> introduction</c><00:24:25.730><c> to</c><00:24:26.390><c> this</c>

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declaration<00:24:27.309><c> in</c><00:24:27.509><c> the</c><00:24:27.710><c> 33rd</c><00:24:28.390><c> chapter,</c>

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says,<00:24:50.549><c> I</c><00:24:50.970><c> will</c><00:24:51.309><c> make</c><00:24:51.650><c> all</c><00:24:52.309><c> my</c><00:24:52.930><c> goodness</c>

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pass<00:24:54.130><c> before</c><00:24:54.690><c> thee,</c><00:24:55.349><c> and</c><00:24:55.490><c> will</c><00:24:55.769><c> proclaim</c><00:24:56.369><c> the</c><00:24:56.750><c> name</c><00:24:57.349><c> of</c><00:24:57.549><c> the</c>

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Lord.<00:24:59.009><c> And</c><00:24:59.190><c> so</c><00:24:59.569><c> notice</c><00:24:59.890><c> the</c><00:25:00.170><c> association</c><00:25:00.829><c> there</c>

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between<00:25:02.089><c> the</c><00:25:02.430><c> name</c><00:25:02.710><c> of</c><00:25:02.970><c> God</c><00:25:03.329><c> and</c><00:25:03.769><c> goodness.</c><00:25:04.609><c> I</c><00:25:04.750><c> will</c><00:25:05.009><c> cause</c><00:25:05.150><c> all</c><00:25:05.490><c> my</c>

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goodness,<00:25:06.730><c> and</c><00:25:06.809><c> I'll</c><00:25:07.130><c> proclaim</c><00:25:07.410><c> my</c><00:25:07.750><c> name.</c>

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And<00:25:08.910><c> then</c><00:25:09.089><c> there</c><00:25:09.269><c> comes</c><00:25:09.589><c> the</c><00:25:09.869><c> point</c><00:25:10.130><c> where</c><00:25:10.369><c> God</c><00:25:10.630><c> places</c><00:25:11.089><c> him</c>

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in<00:25:11.970><c> the</c><00:25:12.109><c> cleft</c><00:25:12.329><c> of</c><00:25:12.529><c> the</c><00:25:12.710><c> rock,</c><00:25:12.990><c> and</c><00:25:13.109><c> while</c><00:25:13.349><c> my</c><00:25:14.049><c> glory</c>

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passes<00:25:15.069><c> by,</c><00:25:15.549><c> he</c><00:25:15.769><c> says,</c><00:25:16.490><c> I</c><00:25:16.769><c> will</c><00:25:17.069><c> cover</c><00:25:17.329><c> thee</c><00:25:17.609><c> with</c><00:25:17.869><c> my</c><00:25:18.250><c> hand.</c><00:25:18.970><c> I</c>

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will<00:25:19.269><c> take</c><00:25:19.509><c> away</c><00:25:19.750><c> my</c><00:25:20.069><c> hand,</c><00:25:20.650><c> and</c><00:25:20.750><c> thou</c><00:25:20.930><c> should</c><00:25:21.170><c> see</c><00:25:21.569><c> my</c>

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King<00:25:22.930><c> James</c><00:25:23.349><c> version</c><00:25:23.910><c> rather</c><00:25:24.490><c> crudely,</c><00:25:25.210><c> my</c><00:25:25.670><c> back</c><00:25:26.130><c> parts.</c><00:25:27.509><c> But</c>

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apparently,<00:25:28.730><c> the</c><00:25:28.769><c> word</c><00:25:29.009><c> means</c><00:25:29.349><c> that</c><00:25:29.690><c> which</c><00:25:29.970><c> comes</c>

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after.<00:25:31.490><c> O</c><00:25:31.670><c>.T.</c><00:25:31.970><c> Alice</c><00:25:32.170><c> in</c><00:25:32.430><c> that</c><00:25:32.769><c> most</c><00:25:33.049><c> interesting</c><00:25:33.509><c> book</c><00:25:33.750><c> of</c><00:25:33.950><c> his</c><00:25:34.069><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:34.410><c> five</c><00:25:34.650><c> books</c><00:25:34.910><c> of</c><00:25:35.109><c> Moses</c><00:25:35.509><c> has</c><00:25:35.970><c> an</c><00:25:36.190><c> interesting</c>

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comment<00:25:36.910><c> on</c><00:25:37.150><c> this.</c><00:25:37.950><c> He</c><00:25:38.049><c> says,</c><00:25:38.730><c> it's</c><00:25:38.930><c> like</c><00:25:39.430><c> the</c><00:25:39.750><c> sun</c><00:25:40.269><c> going</c><00:25:40.670><c> down</c><00:25:41.289><c> before</c><00:25:41.690><c> the</c>

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horizon.<00:25:42.490><c> At</c><00:25:42.670><c> first,</c><00:25:43.029><c> you</c><00:25:43.190><c> see</c><00:25:43.450><c> the</c>

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brightness<00:25:44.029><c> of</c><00:25:44.309><c> the</c><00:25:44.470><c> sun,</c><00:25:45.109><c> but</c><00:25:45.289><c> then</c><00:25:45.430><c> it</c><00:25:45.509><c> goes</c><00:25:45.750><c> down</c><00:25:46.190><c> below</c><00:25:46.490><c> the</c><00:25:46.730><c> horizon.</c><00:25:47.150><c> But</c><00:25:47.289><c> when</c><00:25:47.410><c> it's</c><00:25:47.690><c> just</c><00:25:47.930><c> gone</c><00:25:48.150><c> down,</c><00:25:48.829><c> it</c>

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that's<00:25:52.710><c> the</c><00:25:53.089><c> afterglow.</c><00:25:54.190><c> Now</c><00:25:54.309><c> that's</c><00:25:54.450><c> what</c><00:25:54.609><c> this</c><00:25:54.869><c> word</c><00:25:55.029><c> means,</c><00:25:56.089><c> says</c>

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Alice.<00:25:57.670><c> You</c><00:25:57.890><c> can't</c><00:25:58.230><c> see</c><00:25:58.369><c> my</c><00:25:58.670><c> glory,</c><00:25:59.230><c> says</c>

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God,<00:25:59.730><c> but</c><00:25:59.849><c> you</c><00:25:59.970><c> can</c><00:26:00.190><c> see</c><00:26:00.329><c> the</c><00:26:00.690><c> afterglow,</c><00:26:01.769><c> the</c><00:26:02.049><c> reflection,</c>

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you<00:26:03.130><c> see,</c><00:26:03.809><c> of</c><00:26:04.109><c> the</c><00:26:04.329><c> glory.</c><00:26:05.390><c> But</c><00:26:05.529><c> my</c><00:26:05.910><c> form</c><00:26:06.089><c> shall</c><00:26:06.329><c> not</c><00:26:06.549><c> be</c>

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seen.<00:26:07.369><c> And</c><00:26:07.589><c> then</c><00:26:07.829><c> God</c><00:26:08.109><c> comes</c><00:26:08.529><c> to</c><00:26:08.769><c> declare</c><00:26:09.329><c> his</c><00:26:09.710><c> name.</c><00:26:10.089><c> In</c><00:26:10.250><c> the</c>

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sixth<00:26:10.670><c> verse</c><00:26:11.190><c> of</c><00:26:11.710><c> the</c><00:26:11.890><c> 34th</c><00:26:12.529><c> chapter,</c><00:26:13.390><c> the</c><00:26:13.450><c> Lord</c>

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passed<00:26:14.369><c> by</c><00:26:14.789><c> before</c><00:26:15.210><c> him</c><00:26:15.690><c> and</c><00:26:15.930><c> proclaimed,</c><00:26:16.970><c> the</c><00:26:17.210><c> Lord,</c><00:26:18.250><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:26:19.190><c> God,</c><00:26:21.009><c> merciful</c><00:26:21.349><c> and</c><00:26:21.869><c> gracious,</c><00:26:22.890><c> long</c><00:26:23.210><c>-suffering</c>

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and<00:26:23.970><c> abundant</c><00:26:24.490><c> in</c><00:26:24.849><c> goodness</c><00:26:25.250><c> and</c><00:26:25.630><c> truth,</c><00:26:26.609><c> keeping</c><00:26:27.029><c> mercy</c><00:26:27.569><c> for</c>

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thousands,<00:26:29.029><c> forgiving</c><00:26:29.450><c> iniquity,</c><00:26:30.769><c> transgression,</c>

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and<00:26:31.730><c> sin.</c><00:26:32.470><c> And</c><00:26:33.089><c> that</c><00:26:33.390><c> will</c><00:26:33.710><c> by</c><00:26:34.089><c> no</c><00:26:34.490><c> means</c><00:26:34.990><c> clear</c><00:26:35.390><c> the</c><00:26:35.650><c> guilty.</c>

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Oh<00:26:36.369><c> yes,</c><00:26:36.730><c> we</c><00:26:37.829><c> mustn't</c><00:26:38.089><c> forget</c><00:26:38.430><c> that</c><00:26:39.029><c> final</c><00:26:39.470><c> clause.</c>

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And<00:26:40.849><c> notice,</c><00:26:42.390><c> however,</c><00:26:42.809><c> the</c><00:26:43.170><c> great</c><00:26:43.569><c> insistence</c><00:26:44.410><c> in</c><00:26:44.609><c> this</c><00:26:44.930><c> declaration.</c><00:26:45.750><c> And</c>

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remember<00:26:46.289><c> that</c><00:26:46.690><c> this</c><00:26:46.970><c> is</c><00:26:47.190><c> God's</c><00:26:47.829><c> own</c>

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description<00:26:48.890><c> of</c><00:26:49.190><c> himself.</c><00:26:49.930><c> It</c><00:26:50.130><c> is</c><00:26:50.369><c> the</c><00:26:50.609><c> fullest</c><00:26:50.990><c> description</c>

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we<00:26:51.869><c> have.</c><00:26:53.150><c> And</c><00:26:53.329><c> you</c><00:26:53.470><c> notice</c><00:26:53.690><c> the</c><00:26:53.910><c> terms</c>

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of<00:26:54.430><c> it,</c><00:26:55.049><c> merciful,</c><00:26:56.009><c> gracious,</c><00:26:56.789><c> long</c><00:26:57.069><c>-suffering,</c><00:26:58.269><c> abundant</c>

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in<00:26:59.029><c> goodness</c><00:26:59.390><c> and</c><00:26:59.750><c> truth,</c><00:27:00.470><c> keeping</c><00:27:00.849><c> mercy.</c><00:27:01.690><c> In</c><00:27:01.869><c> that</c><00:27:02.190><c> word,</c>

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there<00:27:02.710><c> is</c><00:27:03.410><c> an</c><00:27:05.049><c> element</c><00:27:05.410><c> of</c><00:27:05.809><c> faithfulness,</c><00:27:06.970><c> keeping</c><00:27:07.369><c> faithful</c>

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mercy<00:27:08.549><c> for</c><00:27:08.950><c> thousands,</c><00:27:09.809><c> forgiving</c><00:27:10.170><c> iniquity.</c>

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So<00:27:11.450><c> the</c><00:27:12.049><c> emphasis</c><00:27:12.569><c> is</c><00:27:12.890><c> very</c><00:27:13.210><c> largely</c><00:27:13.690><c> upon</c><00:27:13.990><c> the</c><00:27:14.309><c> mercy,</c><00:27:14.869><c> the</c>

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grace,<00:27:16.029><c> the</c><00:27:16.210><c> long</c><00:27:16.509><c>-suffering,</c><00:27:17.390><c> the</c><00:27:17.730><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:18.150><c> of</c>

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God.<00:27:19.049><c> And</c><00:27:19.329><c> then</c><00:27:19.549><c> the</c><00:27:20.109><c> concluding</c><00:27:20.589><c> section,</c><00:27:21.150><c> and</c><00:27:21.470><c> will</c><00:27:21.730><c> by</c><00:27:22.130><c> no</c>

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means<00:27:22.930><c> clear</c><00:27:23.289><c> the</c><00:27:23.529><c> guilty,</c><00:27:24.589><c> tells</c><00:27:24.789><c> us</c><00:27:25.549><c> of</c><00:27:25.910><c> the</c>

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holiness<00:27:26.970><c> of</c><00:27:27.349><c> God.</c><00:27:28.130><c> And</c><00:27:28.170><c> this</c><00:27:28.329><c> means</c><00:27:28.710><c> that</c><00:27:28.910><c> God</c><00:27:29.109><c> will</c><00:27:29.430><c> not</c><00:27:29.710><c> tolerate</c><00:27:30.130><c> that</c><00:27:30.490><c> which</c><00:27:30.730><c> is</c>

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not<00:27:31.250><c> holy.</c><00:27:32.369><c> That</c><00:27:32.589><c> is,</c><00:27:32.829><c> he</c><00:27:32.950><c> will</c>

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judge<00:27:33.710><c> sin.</c><00:27:34.549><c> And</c><00:27:34.670><c> so</c><00:27:34.789><c> you</c><00:27:35.009><c> have</c><00:27:35.349><c> in</c><00:27:35.690><c> God's</c><00:27:36.690><c> own</c><00:27:36.970><c> self</c><00:27:37.369><c>-description</c><00:27:37.950><c> a</c><00:27:38.390><c> combination</c><00:27:39.049><c> of</c>

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great<00:27:40.230><c> mercy</c>

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on<00:27:40.869><c> the</c><00:27:41.009><c> one</c><00:27:41.250><c> hand</c><00:27:41.690><c> and</c><00:27:42.430><c> great</c><00:27:42.930><c> grace</c><00:27:43.569><c> and</c><00:27:45.170><c> great</c><00:27:45.529><c> holiness</c><00:27:46.029><c> on</c>

00:27:46.390 --> 00:27:48.910
the<00:27:46.509><c> other.</c><00:27:47.130><c> And</c><00:27:47.549><c> we've</c><00:27:47.809><c> got</c><00:27:47.930><c> to</c><00:27:48.109><c> try</c><00:27:48.250><c> and</c><00:27:48.430><c> keep</c><00:27:48.609><c> these</c>

00:27:48.910 --> 00:27:54.049
two<00:27:49.170><c> things</c><00:27:49.730><c> in</c><00:27:50.529><c> combination</c><00:27:51.170><c> in</c><00:27:51.509><c> our</c><00:27:51.750><c> minds</c><00:27:52.130><c> as</c><00:27:52.289><c> we</c><00:27:52.490><c> think</c><00:27:52.650><c> about</c><00:27:52.970><c> God.</c><00:27:53.769><c> We</c>

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have<00:27:54.269><c> to</c><00:27:54.430><c> see</c><00:27:54.650><c> him</c><00:27:55.150><c> as</c><00:27:55.390><c> a</c><00:27:55.529><c> God</c><00:27:55.730><c> of</c>

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abundant<00:27:56.450><c> mercy,</c><00:27:57.390><c> but</c><00:27:57.589><c> at</c><00:27:57.730><c> the</c><00:27:57.930><c> same</c><00:27:58.250><c> time,</c><00:27:58.890><c> a</c><00:27:58.970><c> God</c><00:27:59.190><c> of</c><00:27:59.470><c> great</c>

00:27:59.710 --> 00:28:03.490
holiness.<00:28:01.230><c> And</c><00:28:01.349><c> there</c><00:28:02.069><c> is</c><00:28:02.309><c> always</c><00:28:02.829><c> a</c><00:28:03.029><c> tendency</c>

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to<00:28:04.049><c> push</c><00:28:04.349><c> one</c><00:28:04.690><c> more</c><00:28:04.990><c> than</c><00:28:05.130><c> the</c><00:28:05.369><c> other.</c><00:28:05.750><c> In</c><00:28:05.829><c> the</c><00:28:05.890><c> old</c><00:28:06.069><c> days,</c><00:28:06.369><c> it</c>

00:28:06.490 --> 00:28:09.210
used<00:28:06.730><c> to</c><00:28:06.829><c> be</c><00:28:06.950><c> the</c><00:28:07.150><c> pushing</c><00:28:07.369><c> of</c><00:28:07.609><c> the</c><00:28:07.750><c> holiness</c><00:28:08.289><c> so</c><00:28:09.009><c> that</c>

00:28:09.210 --> 00:28:13.890
the<00:28:09.390><c> emphasis</c><00:28:09.789><c> was</c><00:28:10.349><c> upon</c><00:28:10.849><c> the</c><00:28:11.650><c> judgments</c><00:28:12.130><c> of</c><00:28:12.390><c> God</c><00:28:12.650><c> and</c><00:28:12.849><c> the</c><00:28:13.049><c> severity</c><00:28:13.569><c> of</c>

00:28:13.890 --> 00:28:15.950
God.<00:28:14.630><c> Nowadays,</c><00:28:15.150><c> it's</c><00:28:15.470><c> reversed.</c>

00:28:16.150 --> 00:28:18.609
If<00:28:16.269><c> now</c><00:28:16.490><c> the</c><00:28:16.710><c> emphasis</c><00:28:17.049><c> is</c><00:28:17.329><c> all</c><00:28:17.529><c> on</c><00:28:17.690><c> the</c><00:28:17.890><c> mercy</c><00:28:18.170><c> and</c><00:28:18.329><c> the</c><00:28:18.490><c> love</c>

00:28:18.609 --> 00:28:21.230
of<00:28:18.849><c> God,</c><00:28:19.589><c> forgetting</c><00:28:19.849><c> the</c><00:28:20.089><c> holiness.</c><00:28:20.490><c> We</c><00:28:20.690><c> have</c><00:28:20.990><c> to</c>

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prepare,<00:28:22.289><c> preserve</c><00:28:23.089><c> a</c><00:28:23.670><c> scriptural</c><00:28:24.289><c> balance</c><00:28:24.769><c> in</c><00:28:25.009><c> this</c><00:28:25.509><c> and</c><00:28:26.089><c> see</c><00:28:26.349><c> God,</c><00:28:26.809><c> understand</c><00:28:27.369><c> him</c><00:28:27.930><c> as</c>

00:28:28.329 --> 00:28:29.430
a<00:28:28.390><c> God</c><00:28:28.589><c> of</c><00:28:28.869><c> great</c><00:28:29.089><c> mercy,</c>

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yes,<00:28:29.970><c> but</c><00:28:30.190><c> also</c><00:28:30.910><c> a</c><00:28:31.170><c> God</c><00:28:31.410><c> of</c><00:28:31.609><c> holiness</c><00:28:32.029><c> with</c><00:28:32.690><c> whom</c><00:28:33.049><c> sin</c><00:28:33.470><c> cannot</c>

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exist.<00:28:35.069><c> Now</c><00:28:35.390><c> this</c><00:28:35.730><c> is</c><00:28:36.150><c> really</c><00:28:36.650><c> the</c><00:28:37.309><c> other</c><00:28:37.690><c> aspect</c>

00:28:38.250 --> 00:28:44.089
of<00:28:38.569><c> the</c><00:28:38.990><c> spirit</c><00:28:39.390><c> of</c><00:28:39.650><c> God.</c><00:28:40.710><c> You</c><00:28:40.849><c> see</c><00:28:41.029><c> that</c><00:28:41.190><c> there</c><00:28:41.369><c> is</c><00:28:41.529><c> the</c><00:28:41.710><c> aspect</c><00:28:42.069><c> of</c><00:28:42.329><c> great</c><00:28:42.529><c> power,</c><00:28:43.390><c> but</c><00:28:43.589><c> here</c><00:28:43.869><c> is</c>

00:28:44.089 --> 00:28:44.809
the<00:28:44.269><c> aspect</c><00:28:44.630><c> of</c>

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his<00:28:45.470><c> character,</c><00:28:45.950><c> of</c><00:28:46.109><c> his</c><00:28:46.470><c> spiritual</c><00:28:47.170><c> nature,</c><00:28:49.130><c> of</c><00:28:49.250><c> himself</c><00:28:49.910><c> as</c>

00:28:50.289 --> 00:28:53.589
a<00:28:50.410><c> person.</c><00:28:51.329><c> These</c><00:28:51.789><c> are</c><00:28:52.230><c> things</c><00:28:52.549><c> which</c><00:28:52.809><c> have</c><00:28:53.109><c> to</c><00:28:53.309><c> do</c>

00:28:53.589 --> 00:29:01.349
with<00:28:53.950><c> the</c><00:28:54.410><c> mind</c><00:28:54.890><c> of</c><00:28:55.150><c> God.</c><00:28:56.410><c> The</c><00:28:56.670><c> mercy,</c><00:28:57.250><c> the</c><00:28:57.430><c> grace,</c><00:28:58.329><c> the</c><00:28:58.490><c> forgiveness</c><00:28:58.789><c> of</c><00:28:59.029><c> sins,</c><00:28:59.630><c> the</c><00:28:59.789><c> holiness</c><00:29:00.170><c> are</c><00:29:00.710><c> all</c><00:29:01.049><c> to</c><00:29:01.250><c> do</c>

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with<00:29:01.529><c> the</c><00:29:01.769><c> mind</c><00:29:02.069><c> of</c><00:29:02.269><c> God.</c><00:29:02.849><c> And</c><00:29:02.990><c> so</c><00:29:03.089><c> the</c><00:29:03.369><c> spirit</c><00:29:03.650><c> of</c><00:29:03.869><c> God</c><00:29:04.210><c> has</c><00:29:04.509><c> two</c><00:29:04.789><c> aspects</c><00:29:05.349><c> then,</c><00:29:06.349><c> the</c><00:29:06.690><c> power</c><00:29:06.970><c> aspect</c><00:29:07.569><c> and</c><00:29:08.210><c> what</c><00:29:08.430><c> I</c><00:29:08.650><c> would</c>

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call<00:29:09.210><c> the</c><00:29:09.549><c> spiritual</c><00:29:10.269><c> aspect.</c><00:29:11.230><c> That</c><00:29:11.410><c> is</c><00:29:11.650><c> the</c><00:29:11.769><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:29:13.190><c> him</c><00:29:13.630><c> as</c><00:29:14.009><c> a</c><00:29:14.170><c> person,</c><00:29:14.990><c> principles</c><00:29:15.450><c> of</c><00:29:16.509><c> truth</c><00:29:16.890><c> and</c><00:29:17.390><c> mercy.</c>

00:29:18.869 --> 00:29:23.690
Now<00:29:19.289><c> in</c><00:29:19.750><c> the</c><00:29:19.990><c> 11th</c><00:29:20.569><c> chapter</c><00:29:20.990><c> of</c><00:29:21.230><c> Isaiah,</c><00:29:22.630><c> there</c><00:29:22.910><c> is</c><00:29:23.130><c> a</c><00:29:23.250><c> useful</c>

00:29:23.690 --> 00:29:27.829
passage<00:29:24.190><c> concerning</c><00:29:24.950><c> the</c><00:29:25.609><c> Messiah</c><00:29:26.089><c> who</c><00:29:26.490><c> was</c><00:29:26.650><c> to</c><00:29:26.910><c> come.</c>

00:29:29.890 --> 00:29:34.970
In<00:29:30.450><c> the</c><00:29:30.630><c> first</c><00:29:30.910><c> verse</c><00:29:31.349><c> of</c><00:29:31.569><c> chapter</c><00:29:31.910><c> 11</c><00:29:32.250><c> of</c><00:29:32.529><c> Isaiah,</c><00:29:32.970><c> we</c><00:29:33.109><c> are</c><00:29:33.210><c> told</c><00:29:33.670><c> that</c><00:29:34.329><c> the</c><00:29:34.509><c> one</c><00:29:34.710><c> who</c><00:29:34.849><c> is</c>

00:29:34.970 --> 00:29:37.809
to<00:29:35.210><c> come</c><00:29:35.690><c> springs</c><00:29:36.529><c> out</c><00:29:37.029><c> of</c><00:29:37.309><c> the</c>

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seed<00:29:38.109><c> of</c><00:29:38.329><c> Jesse.</c><00:29:39.289><c> And</c><00:29:39.630><c> then</c><00:29:39.789><c> this</c><00:29:40.009><c> is</c><00:29:40.250><c> the</c><00:29:40.650><c> description</c><00:29:41.230><c> of</c><00:29:41.410><c> what</c><00:29:41.630><c> will</c><00:29:41.890><c> happen</c><00:29:42.170><c> to</c>

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him<00:29:42.890><c> in</c><00:29:43.329><c> verse</c><00:29:43.730><c> two,</c>

00:29:44.710 --> 00:29:48.930
and<00:29:45.029><c> the</c><00:29:45.349><c> spirit</c><00:29:45.849><c> of</c><00:29:46.069><c> the</c><00:29:46.250><c> Lord</c><00:29:46.789><c> shall</c><00:29:47.250><c> rest</c><00:29:47.730><c> upon</c><00:29:48.089><c> him.</c><00:29:48.589><c> Now</c>

00:29:48.930 --> 00:29:53.509
notice<00:29:49.490><c> in</c><00:29:49.890><c> the</c><00:29:51.269><c> phrases</c><00:29:51.730><c> that</c><00:29:52.150><c> follow</c><00:29:52.430><c> what</c><00:29:53.009><c> the</c>

00:29:53.509 --> 00:29:58.470
effect<00:29:53.829><c> is</c><00:29:54.509><c> of</c><00:29:55.109><c> the</c><00:29:55.490><c> spirit</c><00:29:55.829><c> of</c><00:29:56.049><c> the</c><00:29:56.250><c> Lord</c><00:29:56.650><c> resting</c><00:29:57.210><c> upon</c><00:29:57.589><c> him.</c>

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It<00:29:58.890><c> is</c><00:29:59.569><c> wisdom,</c><00:30:01.349><c> understanding,</c><00:30:03.089><c> counsel,</c>

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might,<00:30:06.349><c> knowledge,</c><00:30:07.990><c> fear</c><00:30:08.329><c> of</c><00:30:08.569><c> the</c><00:30:08.730><c> Lord.</c><00:30:10.769><c> He</c><00:30:10.950><c> becomes</c><00:30:11.369><c> of</c><00:30:11.730><c> quick</c><00:30:11.910><c> understanding</c><00:30:12.569><c> in</c>

00:30:12.809 --> 00:30:14.410
the<00:30:12.930><c> fear</c><00:30:13.049><c> of</c><00:30:13.250><c> the</c><00:30:13.390><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:14.549 --> 00:30:18.849
And<00:30:14.589><c> in</c><00:30:14.809><c> verse</c><00:30:14.930><c> four,</c><00:30:15.750><c> it</c><00:30:15.750><c> is</c><00:30:15.990><c> righteousness</c><00:30:16.670><c> and</c><00:30:17.750><c> equity.</c>

00:30:21.109 --> 00:30:24.809
This<00:30:21.670><c> description</c><00:30:22.430><c> of</c><00:30:22.769><c> the</c><00:30:23.250><c> spirit</c><00:30:23.630><c> of</c><00:30:23.849><c> the</c><00:30:24.029><c> Lord,</c><00:30:24.250><c> you</c><00:30:24.490><c> see</c>

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that<00:30:25.369><c> they're</c><00:30:25.769><c> all</c><00:30:26.250><c> spiritual</c><00:30:27.049><c> qualities.</c>

00:30:27.630 --> 00:30:32.049
I<00:30:28.150><c> am</c><00:30:28.369><c> persuaded</c><00:30:28.970><c> that</c><00:30:29.450><c> even</c><00:30:29.789><c> the</c><00:30:29.990><c> word</c><00:30:30.190><c> might</c><00:30:30.650><c> is</c><00:30:30.930><c> a</c><00:30:31.170><c> spiritual</c><00:30:31.589><c> quality</c>

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here.<00:30:33.069><c> I</c><00:30:33.289><c> don't</c><00:30:33.509><c> think</c><00:30:33.670><c> the</c><00:30:33.890><c> word</c>

00:30:34.049 --> 00:30:37.390
might<00:30:34.390><c> here</c><00:30:34.849><c> is</c><00:30:35.250><c> a</c><00:30:35.529><c> reference</c><00:30:35.869><c> to</c><00:30:36.230><c> the</c><00:30:36.450><c> miraculous</c><00:30:36.950><c> powers</c>

00:30:37.390 --> 00:30:41.910
which<00:30:37.789><c> the</c><00:30:38.089><c> Messiah</c><00:30:38.890><c> was</c><00:30:40.609><c> possessed</c><00:30:41.029><c> of.</c>

00:30:42.230 --> 00:30:44.670
It<00:30:42.329><c> is</c><00:30:42.529><c> his</c><00:30:42.769><c> spiritual</c><00:30:43.289><c> might,</c><00:30:43.710><c> as</c><00:30:43.849><c> we</c><00:30:43.950><c> shall</c><00:30:44.109><c> come</c><00:30:44.250><c> to</c><00:30:44.450><c> see</c><00:30:44.509><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:44.690><c> New</c><00:30:44.869><c> Testament.</c>

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The<00:30:46.789><c> tremendous</c><00:30:47.250><c> understanding</c><00:30:48.089><c> and</c><00:30:48.410><c> the</c><00:30:48.710><c> depth</c><00:30:48.990><c> of</c><00:30:49.170><c> his</c><00:30:49.390><c> conviction</c><00:30:50.069><c> gave</c><00:30:50.630><c> him</c>

00:30:50.950 --> 00:30:52.109
might<00:30:51.230><c> or</c><00:30:51.549><c> power,</c>

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and<00:30:52.630><c> that</c><00:30:52.890><c> associated</c><00:30:53.650><c> with</c><00:30:54.170><c> wisdom</c><00:30:54.730><c> and</c><00:30:56.109><c> understanding</c><00:30:56.950><c> and</c>

00:30:57.730 --> 00:30:59.849
knowledge<00:30:58.529><c> and</c><00:30:58.829><c> the</c><00:30:59.029><c> fear</c><00:30:59.170><c> of</c><00:30:59.390><c> the</c><00:30:59.529><c> Lord</c>

00:30:59.849 --> 00:31:03.029
is<00:31:00.309><c> the</c><00:31:00.710><c> effect</c><00:31:01.089><c> of</c><00:31:01.329><c> the</c><00:31:01.650><c> spirit</c><00:31:01.890><c> of</c><00:31:02.109><c> the</c><00:31:02.230><c> Lord.</c><00:31:02.630><c> And</c><00:31:02.789><c> you</c><00:31:02.930><c> see</c>

00:31:03.029 --> 00:31:04.970
the<00:31:03.269><c> effect</c><00:31:03.509><c> of</c><00:31:03.690><c> the</c><00:31:03.890><c> spirit</c><00:31:04.069><c> of</c><00:31:04.289><c> the</c><00:31:04.390><c> Lord</c><00:31:04.569><c> here</c>

00:31:04.970 --> 00:31:09.250
is<00:31:05.490><c> the</c><00:31:05.809><c> effect,</c><00:31:06.930><c> the</c><00:31:07.230><c> moral</c><00:31:07.509><c> effect,</c><00:31:07.930><c> the</c><00:31:08.210><c> spiritual</c><00:31:08.750><c> effect,</c><00:31:09.069><c> that</c>

00:31:09.250 --> 00:31:12.130
is<00:31:09.430><c> to</c><00:31:09.609><c> say</c><00:31:09.869><c> the</c><00:31:10.410><c> effect</c><00:31:10.829><c> upon</c><00:31:11.549><c> the</c>

00:31:12.130 --> 00:31:20.309
Messiah's<00:31:12.710><c> mind.</c><00:31:14.170><c> It</c><00:31:14.470><c> is</c><00:31:15.150><c> the</c><00:31:16.009><c> conveying</c><00:31:16.869><c> to</c><00:31:17.109><c> him</c><00:31:18.009><c> of</c><00:31:18.589><c> the</c><00:31:19.349><c> character</c><00:31:19.950><c> of</c>

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his<00:31:20.490><c> father.</c>

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And<00:31:22.289><c> so</c><00:31:22.410><c> our</c><00:31:22.630><c> conclusion</c><00:31:23.130><c> you</c><00:31:23.369><c> see</c><00:31:23.509><c> is</c><00:31:24.190><c> that</c><00:31:24.769><c> the</c><00:31:25.329><c> spirit</c><00:31:26.009><c> of</c>

00:31:26.329 --> 00:31:31.490
God<00:31:27.069><c> has</c><00:31:27.930><c> two</c><00:31:28.210><c> aspects,</c><00:31:29.630><c> and</c><00:31:29.890><c> the</c><00:31:30.670><c> aspect</c><00:31:31.109><c> of</c><00:31:31.269><c> his</c>

00:31:31.490 --> 00:31:34.849
character,<00:31:32.329><c> of</c><00:31:32.390><c> his</c><00:31:32.710><c> thought,</c><00:31:33.190><c> of</c><00:31:33.269><c> his</c><00:31:33.470><c> will</c><00:31:33.650><c> in</c><00:31:33.789><c> his</c><00:31:33.990><c> ways</c><00:31:34.349><c> is</c>

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of<00:31:35.069><c> the</c><00:31:35.329><c> highest</c><00:31:35.730><c> importance.</c><00:31:37.470><c> Now</c><00:31:37.750><c> the</c><00:31:38.109><c> divine</c>

00:31:38.569 --> 00:31:43.170
purpose<00:31:39.130><c> with</c><00:31:39.450><c> his</c><00:31:39.710><c> people</c><00:31:40.349><c> was</c><00:31:41.210><c> to</c><00:31:41.450><c> convey</c><00:31:42.009><c> this</c><00:31:42.569><c> character</c>

00:31:43.170 --> 00:31:47.089
to<00:31:43.609><c> them.</c><00:31:45.829><c> They,</c><00:31:46.230><c> if</c><00:31:46.410><c> they</c><00:31:46.630><c> would</c><00:31:46.829><c> only</c>

00:31:47.089 --> 00:31:53.029
listen<00:31:47.410><c> to</c><00:31:47.730><c> him,</c><00:31:48.750><c> he</c><00:31:49.150><c> said,</c><00:31:49.690><c> they</c><00:31:49.990><c> should</c><00:31:50.230><c> be</c><00:31:50.869><c> a</c><00:31:51.710><c> holy</c><00:31:52.230><c> people</c>

00:31:53.029 --> 00:31:56.630
unto<00:31:53.490><c> me.</c><00:31:54.390><c> They</c><00:31:54.890><c> should</c><00:31:55.170><c> partake</c><00:31:55.769><c> in</c><00:31:55.990><c> some</c><00:31:56.210><c> measure</c>

00:31:56.630 --> 00:32:02.549
of<00:31:57.250><c> the</c><00:31:57.589><c> holiness</c><00:31:58.170><c> of</c><00:31:58.789><c> their</c><00:31:58.990><c> God.</c><00:32:00.509><c> And</c><00:32:01.150><c> there</c><00:32:01.529><c> was</c><00:32:01.849><c> to</c><00:32:02.089><c> be</c><00:32:02.349><c> a</c>

00:32:02.549 --> 00:32:06.730
tremendous<00:32:03.289><c> contrast</c><00:32:04.490><c> in</c><00:32:04.890><c> this</c><00:32:05.470><c> between</c><00:32:06.029><c> the</c><00:32:06.309><c> holiness</c>

00:32:06.730 --> 00:32:13.210
of<00:32:06.950><c> the</c><00:32:07.089><c> people</c><00:32:07.369><c> of</c><00:32:07.589><c> God</c><00:32:08.089><c> and</c><00:32:08.769><c> the</c><00:32:09.089><c> abominations</c><00:32:09.970><c> of</c><00:32:10.210><c> the</c><00:32:10.369><c> Canaanites.</c><00:32:12.849><c> Now</c>

00:32:13.210 --> 00:32:16.210
this<00:32:13.630><c> was</c><00:32:14.369><c> the</c><00:32:15.009><c> whole</c><00:32:15.650><c> purpose</c>

00:32:16.210 --> 00:32:21.609
of<00:32:16.630><c> the</c><00:32:16.809><c> law,</c><00:32:17.710><c> and</c><00:32:18.029><c> the</c><00:32:18.390><c> agents</c><00:32:18.910><c> who</c><00:32:19.369><c> speak</c><00:32:19.829><c> the</c><00:32:20.769><c> word</c><00:32:21.309><c> of</c><00:32:21.509><c> the</c>

00:32:21.609 --> 00:32:24.349
law<00:32:21.789><c> to</c><00:32:22.089><c> them,</c><00:32:23.029><c> the</c><00:32:23.130><c> Levites</c><00:32:23.609><c> and</c><00:32:23.829><c> the</c><00:32:24.009><c> judges,</c>

00:32:24.390 --> 00:32:29.710
we<00:32:24.609><c> might</c><00:32:24.869><c> look</c><00:32:25.170><c> at</c><00:32:25.349><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:32:25.910><c> chapter</c><00:32:26.430><c> 1</c><00:32:26.690><c> here,</c><00:32:28.609><c> must</c><00:32:28.910><c> speak</c><00:32:29.390><c> in</c>

00:32:29.710 --> 00:32:31.009
a<00:32:30.049><c> certain</c><00:32:30.369><c> spirit.</c>

00:32:31.009 --> 00:32:35.750
Deuteronomy<00:32:32.170><c> chapter</c><00:32:32.650><c> 1</c><00:32:33.509><c> and</c><00:32:33.950><c> at</c><00:32:34.210><c> verse</c><00:32:34.710><c> 16.</c>

00:32:37.549 --> 00:32:42.430
Here<00:32:37.849><c> is</c><00:32:38.190><c> Moses</c><00:32:38.549><c> rehearsing</c><00:32:39.710><c> what</c><00:32:39.990><c> had</c><00:32:40.250><c> been</c><00:32:40.569><c> done</c><00:32:40.930><c> much</c><00:32:41.329><c> earlier.</c>

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I<00:32:42.910><c> charge,</c><00:32:43.569><c> he</c><00:32:43.750><c> says</c><00:32:43.970><c> in</c><00:32:44.170><c> verse</c><00:32:44.410><c> 16,</c><00:32:45.029><c> your</c><00:32:45.349><c> judges</c><00:32:45.869><c> at</c><00:32:46.170><c> that</c>

00:32:46.450 --> 00:32:49.289
time<00:32:46.730><c> saying,</c><00:32:47.750><c> hear</c><00:32:47.869><c> the</c><00:32:48.190><c> causes</c><00:32:48.589><c> between</c><00:32:49.049><c> your</c>

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brethren<00:32:49.730><c> and</c><00:32:50.369><c> judge</c><00:32:50.849><c> righteously</c><00:32:51.609><c> between</c><00:32:51.990><c> a</c><00:32:52.210><c> man</c><00:32:52.470><c> and</c><00:32:52.910><c> his</c>

00:32:53.190 --> 00:32:55.710
brother<00:32:53.589><c> and</c><00:32:54.029><c> the</c><00:32:54.369><c> stranger</c><00:32:54.829><c> that</c><00:32:55.069><c> is</c><00:32:55.210><c> with</c><00:32:55.450><c> him.</c>

00:32:55.710 --> 00:33:00.829
Ye<00:32:56.069><c> shall</c><00:32:56.250><c> not</c><00:32:56.490><c> respect</c><00:32:56.950><c> persons</c><00:32:57.710><c> in</c><00:32:58.009><c> judgment,</c><00:32:58.990><c> and</c><00:32:59.289><c> ye</c><00:32:59.509><c> shall</c><00:32:59.769><c> hear</c>

00:33:00.829 --> 00:33:03.849
the<00:33:01.450><c> small</c><00:33:02.130><c> and</c><00:33:02.750><c> the</c><00:33:03.009><c> great</c><00:33:03.349><c> alike.</c>

00:33:04.130 --> 00:33:09.730
Ye<00:33:04.450><c> shall</c><00:33:04.650><c> not</c><00:33:04.930><c> be</c><00:33:05.109><c> afraid</c><00:33:05.410><c> of</c><00:33:05.589><c> the</c><00:33:05.730><c> face</c><00:33:05.950><c> of</c><00:33:06.190><c> man,</c><00:33:06.970><c> for</c><00:33:07.349><c> the</c><00:33:07.789><c> judgment</c><00:33:08.349><c> is</c><00:33:08.869><c> God's.</c>

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So<00:33:10.829><c> his</c><00:33:11.349><c> agents</c><00:33:11.809><c> who</c><00:33:12.130><c> were</c><00:33:12.309><c> his</c><00:33:13.470><c> appointed</c><00:33:13.869><c> ministers</c><00:33:14.490><c> to</c><00:33:14.769><c> do</c>

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this<00:33:15.190><c> for</c><00:33:15.390><c> Israel</c><00:33:15.769><c> were</c><00:33:16.329><c> to</c><00:33:16.690><c> convey</c><00:33:17.089><c> to</c><00:33:17.250><c> them</c>

00:33:17.690 --> 00:33:21.910
his<00:33:18.210><c> judgments</c><00:33:18.710><c> on</c><00:33:19.109><c> matters</c><00:33:19.589><c> which</c><00:33:20.049><c> arose</c><00:33:20.369><c> between</c><00:33:20.769><c> them.</c><00:33:21.509><c> And</c><00:33:21.730><c> so</c>

00:33:21.910 --> 00:33:23.829
the<00:33:22.130><c> whole</c><00:33:22.569><c> purpose</c><00:33:23.150><c> of</c><00:33:23.410><c> the</c><00:33:23.589><c> law,</c>

00:33:23.829 --> 00:33:28.589
which<00:33:24.029><c> is</c><00:33:24.250><c> ultimately</c><00:33:24.970><c> given</c><00:33:25.410><c> at</c><00:33:25.769><c> Sinai,</c><00:33:27.069><c> is</c><00:33:27.130><c> not</c><00:33:27.769><c> punitive,</c>

00:33:28.910 --> 00:33:30.829
though<00:33:29.029><c> it</c><00:33:29.250><c> must</c><00:33:29.589><c> have</c><00:33:29.890><c> its</c><00:33:30.210><c> punitive</c>

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clauses<00:33:31.269><c> because</c><00:33:31.789><c> transgression</c><00:33:32.670><c> was</c><00:33:33.230><c> only</c><00:33:33.650><c> too</c><00:33:33.970><c> easy</c><00:33:34.349><c> and</c>

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only<00:33:35.210><c> too</c><00:33:35.509><c> common</c><00:33:35.930><c> and</c><00:33:36.349><c> needed</c><00:33:36.710><c> to</c><00:33:36.950><c> be</c><00:33:37.130><c> dealt</c><00:33:37.390><c> with.</c>

00:33:38.410 --> 00:33:43.970
The<00:33:38.650><c> purpose</c><00:33:39.130><c> really</c><00:33:39.930><c> was</c><00:33:40.630><c> educative.</c><00:33:42.549><c> And</c><00:33:42.730><c> look</c><00:33:42.910><c> how</c><00:33:43.490><c> God</c>

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lays<00:33:44.390><c> the</c><00:33:44.650><c> foundation</c><00:33:45.250><c> for</c><00:33:45.549><c> this.</c>

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When<00:33:46.490><c> we</c><00:33:46.710><c> come</c><00:33:46.890><c> to</c><00:33:47.130><c> the</c><00:33:47.309><c> days</c><00:33:47.589><c> of</c><00:33:47.869><c> Joshua,</c><00:33:48.569><c> we</c><00:33:48.730><c> might</c><00:33:48.829><c> look</c><00:33:49.109><c> here</c><00:33:49.609><c> at</c>

00:33:49.910 --> 00:33:52.349
the<00:33:50.130><c> first</c><00:33:50.450><c> chapter</c><00:33:50.910><c> of</c><00:33:51.150><c> Joshua.</c><00:33:52.130><c> Now</c>

00:33:52.349 --> 00:33:55.369
the<00:33:52.650><c> time</c><00:33:52.789><c> comes</c><00:33:53.349><c> when</c><00:33:53.630><c> God,</c><00:33:53.970><c> having</c><00:33:54.289><c> laid</c><00:33:54.549><c> this</c><00:33:54.789><c> foundation</c>

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through<00:33:55.690><c> Moses,</c><00:33:56.910><c> will</c><00:33:57.190><c> say,</c>

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we'll<00:33:58.789><c> have</c><00:33:58.970><c> to</c><00:33:59.250><c> appoint</c><00:33:59.589><c> his</c><00:33:59.930><c> successor,</c><00:34:00.890><c> and</c><00:34:01.109><c> he</c><00:34:01.329><c> appoints</c>

00:34:01.750 --> 00:34:03.589
Joshua.<00:34:02.390><c> And</c><00:34:02.609><c> you</c><00:34:02.730><c> might</c><00:34:02.990><c> think</c><00:34:03.210><c> he</c><00:34:03.390><c> would</c>

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say<00:34:03.849><c> to</c><00:34:04.029><c> Joshua,</c><00:34:04.890><c> now</c><00:34:04.890><c> look,</c><00:34:05.369><c> Joshua,</c><00:34:05.890><c> you're</c><00:34:06.690><c> an</c><00:34:06.930><c> understanding</c><00:34:07.430><c> man.</c><00:34:08.289><c> You've</c><00:34:08.610><c> been</c>

00:34:08.849 --> 00:34:09.750
with<00:34:09.170><c> Moses</c>

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a<00:34:10.269><c> long</c><00:34:10.610><c> time.</c><00:34:11.530><c> You</c><00:34:11.989><c> tell</c><00:34:12.190><c> them</c><00:34:12.389><c> what</c><00:34:12.650><c> to</c><00:34:12.849><c> do.</c><00:34:14.130><c> But</c><00:34:14.289><c> that's</c><00:34:14.449><c> not</c>

00:34:14.650 --> 00:34:17.389
at<00:34:14.869><c> all</c><00:34:15.050><c> what</c><00:34:15.250><c> God</c><00:34:15.570><c> says</c><00:34:15.809><c> to</c><00:34:16.050><c> Joshua.</c><00:34:16.469><c> Look</c><00:34:16.750><c> at</c>

00:34:17.389 --> 00:34:21.309
chapter<00:34:17.769><c> one.</c><00:34:19.150><c> Verse</c><00:34:19.230><c> six,</c><00:34:19.909><c> he</c><00:34:19.909><c> tells</c><00:34:20.110><c> him</c><00:34:20.269><c> to</c><00:34:20.409><c> be</c><00:34:20.670><c> strong</c><00:34:21.150><c> and</c>

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of<00:34:21.429><c> a</c><00:34:21.570><c> good</c><00:34:21.690><c> courage.</c><00:34:22.989><c> Verse</c><00:34:23.170><c> seven,</c>

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be<00:34:23.849><c> very</c><00:34:24.110><c> courageous.</c><00:34:25.030><c> To</c><00:34:25.170><c> observe,</c><00:34:26.070><c> verse</c><00:34:26.369><c> seven,</c><00:34:26.590><c> to</c><00:34:26.769><c> do</c><00:34:26.929><c> all</c><00:34:27.429><c> the</c><00:34:27.710><c> law</c><00:34:27.969><c> which</c><00:34:28.269><c> Moses,</c><00:34:28.710><c> my</c>

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servant,<00:34:29.769><c> commanded</c>

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thee.<00:34:30.869><c> Turn</c><00:34:31.150><c> not</c><00:34:31.469><c> from</c><00:34:31.789><c> it</c><00:34:32.150><c> to</c><00:34:32.389><c> the</c><00:34:32.630><c> right</c><00:34:32.889><c> hand</c><00:34:33.050><c> nor</c><00:34:33.309><c> to</c><00:34:33.530><c> the</c>

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left,<00:34:34.309><c> that</c><00:34:34.389><c> thou</c><00:34:34.610><c> mayst</c><00:34:35.010><c> prosper</c><00:34:35.349><c> with</c><00:34:35.550><c> us,</c>

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whoever<00:34:35.949><c> thou</c><00:34:36.269><c> goest.</c><00:34:36.570><c> And</c><00:34:36.750><c> then</c><00:34:36.889><c> he</c><00:34:37.010><c> says</c><00:34:37.210><c> in</c><00:34:37.389><c> verse</c><00:34:37.630><c> eight,</c>

00:34:38.190 --> 00:34:41.849
this<00:34:38.650><c> book</c><00:34:39.130><c> of</c><00:34:39.510><c> the</c><00:34:39.690><c> law</c><00:34:40.130><c> shall</c><00:34:40.570><c> not</c><00:34:40.989><c> depart</c><00:34:41.510><c> out</c>

00:34:41.849 --> 00:34:47.710
thy<00:34:42.090><c> mouth,</c><00:34:43.110><c> but</c><00:34:43.269><c> thou</c><00:34:43.469><c> shalt</c><00:34:43.849><c> meditate</c><00:34:44.510><c> therein</c><00:34:45.010><c> day</c><00:34:45.349><c> and</c><00:34:45.510><c> night,</c><00:34:46.070><c> that</c><00:34:46.210><c> thou</c><00:34:46.389><c> mayst</c><00:34:46.789><c> observe</c><00:34:47.449><c> to</c>

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do<00:34:47.909><c> according</c>

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to<00:34:48.550><c> all</c><00:34:48.869><c> that</c><00:34:48.989><c> is</c><00:34:49.230><c> written</c><00:34:49.570><c> therein.</c><00:34:50.230><c> And</c><00:34:50.409><c> so</c><00:34:50.570><c> Joshua</c><00:34:51.030><c> wasn't</c>

00:34:51.489 --> 00:34:54.690
to<00:34:51.769><c> rely</c><00:34:52.010><c> upon</c><00:34:52.250><c> his</c><00:34:52.510><c> own</c><00:34:52.829><c> personal</c><00:34:53.349><c> inspiration.</c>

00:34:54.949 --> 00:35:00.989
He<00:34:55.130><c> had</c><00:34:55.389><c> a</c><00:34:55.909><c> writing,</c><00:34:57.090><c> and</c><00:34:57.269><c> he</c><00:34:57.349><c> was</c><00:34:57.550><c> to</c><00:34:57.750><c> read</c><00:34:57.929><c> it.</c><00:34:58.750><c> And</c><00:34:59.050><c> the</c><00:34:59.250><c> writing</c><00:34:59.789><c> wasn't</c><00:35:00.409><c> going</c><00:35:00.730><c> to</c>

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lose<00:35:01.210><c> its</c><00:35:01.570><c> value.</c>

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He<00:35:02.630><c> was</c><00:35:02.829><c> to</c><00:35:03.190><c> meditate</c><00:35:03.630><c> in</c><00:35:03.809><c> it</c><00:35:04.230><c> day</c><00:35:04.670><c> and</c><00:35:04.809><c> night.</c><00:35:05.489><c> And</c><00:35:05.630><c> here</c><00:35:05.849><c> you</c>

00:35:05.989 --> 00:35:07.809
have<00:35:06.130><c> a</c><00:35:06.269><c> very</c><00:35:06.630><c> important</c><00:35:07.210><c> principle,</c>

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which<00:35:08.210><c> of</c><00:35:08.469><c> course</c><00:35:08.730><c> is</c><00:35:08.969><c> valuable</c><00:35:09.369><c> to</c><00:35:09.550><c> us</c><00:35:10.010><c> in</c><00:35:10.389><c> these</c><00:35:10.630><c> days,</c><00:35:10.889><c> invaluable</c><00:35:11.510><c> to</c>

00:35:11.789 --> 00:35:15.349
us,<00:35:12.909><c> that</c><00:35:13.110><c> God</c><00:35:13.570><c> commits</c><00:35:14.210><c> his</c><00:35:14.710><c> will</c><00:35:15.030><c> to</c>

00:35:15.349 --> 00:35:23.309
writing.<00:35:16.949><c> And</c><00:35:17.329><c> in</c><00:35:17.969><c> the</c><00:35:18.190><c> writing</c><00:35:18.849><c> can</c><00:35:19.789><c> be</c><00:35:20.090><c> read</c><00:35:20.429><c> and</c><00:35:21.130><c> understood</c><00:35:21.710><c> the</c><00:35:22.590><c> spirit</c><00:35:23.030><c> of</c>

00:35:23.309 --> 00:35:24.309
the<00:35:23.510><c> God</c><00:35:23.730><c> who</c><00:35:24.050><c> caused</c>

00:35:24.309 --> 00:35:29.690
it<00:35:24.530><c> to</c><00:35:24.650><c> be</c><00:35:24.829><c> written.</c><00:35:25.869><c> And</c><00:35:26.150><c> so</c><00:35:26.309><c> today</c><00:35:26.809><c> we</c><00:35:27.309><c> also</c><00:35:28.230><c> rely</c><00:35:28.929><c> upon</c><00:35:29.369><c> the</c>

00:35:29.690 --> 00:35:34.989
writing<00:35:30.389><c> of</c><00:35:32.170><c> God.</c><00:35:33.190><c> So</c><00:35:33.369><c> the</c><00:35:33.570><c> whole</c><00:35:34.050><c> purpose</c><00:35:34.510><c> of</c><00:35:34.769><c> God,</c>

00:35:34.989 --> 00:35:40.090
was<00:35:35.789><c> to</c><00:35:36.510><c> convey</c><00:35:37.329><c> his</c><00:35:37.889><c> spirit</c><00:35:38.150><c> to</c><00:35:38.389><c> his</c><00:35:38.590><c> people.</c><00:35:39.389><c> And</c><00:35:39.510><c> he</c><00:35:39.650><c> did</c><00:35:39.869><c> it</c>

00:35:40.090 --> 00:35:43.329
then<00:35:40.489><c> ultimately</c><00:35:41.110><c> through</c><00:35:41.750><c> the</c><00:35:42.170><c> writing</c><00:35:42.630><c> of</c><00:35:42.849><c> the</c><00:35:43.010><c> law.</c>

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And<00:35:44.070><c> it</c><00:35:44.369><c> should</c><00:35:44.590><c> have</c><00:35:44.829><c> been</c><00:35:45.429><c> propagated</c><00:35:46.050><c> among</c><00:35:46.329><c> them</c><00:35:46.690><c> by</c><00:35:47.329><c> the</c>

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teaching<00:35:47.789><c> of</c><00:35:47.969><c> the</c><00:35:48.090><c> Levites,</c><00:35:48.769><c> by</c><00:35:48.949><c> their</c><00:35:49.170><c> officers,</c>

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and<00:35:50.269><c> also</c><00:35:50.710><c> by</c><00:35:51.010><c> their</c><00:35:51.210><c> families</c><00:35:51.710><c> from</c><00:35:52.269><c> father</c><00:35:52.769><c> to</c><00:35:53.090><c> son.</c><00:35:53.630><c> And</c><00:35:53.869><c> it</c>

00:35:53.989 --> 00:35:55.949
was<00:35:54.150><c> the</c><00:35:54.369><c> tragedy</c><00:35:54.670><c> of</c><00:35:54.909><c> Israel</c><00:35:55.170><c> that</c><00:35:55.550><c> they</c><00:35:55.750><c> did</c>

00:35:55.949 --> 00:36:03.110
not<00:35:56.150><c> carry</c><00:35:56.349><c> this</c><00:35:56.590><c> out.</c><00:35:57.909><c> And</c><00:35:58.090><c> so</c><00:35:58.210><c> the</c><00:35:58.429><c> law</c><00:35:58.849><c> reveals</c><00:35:59.550><c> sin,</c><00:36:00.449><c> as</c><00:36:01.289><c> the</c><00:36:01.530><c> apostle</c><00:36:01.789><c> Paul</c><00:36:02.150><c> says,</c><00:36:02.710><c> by</c>

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the<00:36:03.389><c> law</c><00:36:03.730><c> was</c><00:36:03.929><c> the</c>

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knowledge<00:36:04.429><c> of</c><00:36:04.730><c> sin.</c><00:36:06.289><c> It</c><00:36:06.809><c> instructs</c><00:36:07.429><c> them</c><00:36:07.610><c> in</c><00:36:07.869><c> worship,</c><00:36:08.389><c> it</c><00:36:08.570><c> shows</c><00:36:08.889><c> how</c><00:36:09.190><c> they</c><00:36:09.449><c> are</c><00:36:09.829><c> to</c>

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be<00:36:10.190><c> humble</c><00:36:10.489><c> before</c><00:36:10.869><c> God,</c>

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and<00:36:11.750><c> how</c><00:36:11.929><c> they</c><00:36:12.110><c> are</c><00:36:12.289><c> to</c><00:36:12.550><c> bring</c><00:36:13.230><c> sacrifices</c><00:36:14.210><c> and</c><00:36:14.550><c> to</c><00:36:14.710><c> be</c><00:36:14.929><c> reminded</c><00:36:15.409><c> that</c>

00:36:15.670 --> 00:36:17.389
it's<00:36:15.929><c> their</c><00:36:16.170><c> own</c><00:36:16.530><c> sin</c><00:36:16.829><c> that's</c><00:36:17.090><c> being</c>

00:36:17.389 --> 00:36:24.670
atoned<00:36:17.769><c> for.</c><00:36:19.750><c> But</c><00:36:20.269><c> it</c><00:36:20.989><c> was</c><00:36:21.230><c> to</c><00:36:21.570><c> convey</c><00:36:22.150><c> certain</c><00:36:22.909><c> spiritual</c><00:36:23.869><c> lessons</c><00:36:24.349><c> to</c>

00:36:24.670 --> 00:36:26.010
them.<00:36:24.829><c> In</c><00:36:24.989><c> fact,</c><00:36:25.190><c> the</c><00:36:25.329><c> whole</c><00:36:25.510><c> law</c><00:36:25.650><c> is</c><00:36:25.849><c> doing</c>

00:36:26.010 --> 00:36:30.110
this.<00:36:26.730><c> I'm</c><00:36:26.889><c> just</c><00:36:27.090><c> going</c><00:36:27.250><c> to</c><00:36:27.469><c> pick</c><00:36:27.630><c> out</c><00:36:27.949><c> two</c><00:36:28.409><c> illustrations</c><00:36:29.130><c> of</c>

00:36:30.110 --> 00:36:32.570
this.<00:36:30.309><c> In</c><00:36:30.550><c> the</c><00:36:30.989><c> book</c><00:36:31.130><c> of</c><00:36:31.329><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:36:31.889><c> again,</c>

00:36:32.570 --> 00:36:40.909
and<00:36:33.130><c> the</c><00:36:34.829><c> 10th</c><00:36:35.530><c> chapter</c><00:36:35.829><c> this</c><00:36:36.190><c> time,</c><00:36:39.389><c> Moses</c><00:36:39.530><c> has</c><00:36:39.809><c> occasion</c><00:36:40.389><c> to</c>

00:36:40.909 --> 00:36:43.090
refer<00:36:41.309><c> to</c><00:36:41.530><c> the</c><00:36:41.769><c> right</c><00:36:42.050><c> of</c><00:36:42.349><c> circumcision,</c>

00:36:43.510 --> 00:36:49.010
which<00:36:43.550><c> was</c><00:36:43.889><c> incorporated</c><00:36:44.769><c> in</c><00:36:45.210><c> the</c><00:36:45.409><c> law.</c><00:36:46.989><c> And</c><00:36:47.269><c> every</c><00:36:48.349><c> Israelite</c><00:36:48.809><c> should</c>

00:36:49.010 --> 00:36:50.690
have<00:36:49.190><c> known</c><00:36:49.630><c> that</c><00:36:50.250><c> the</c><00:36:50.530><c> cutting</c>

00:36:50.690 --> 00:36:55.889
off<00:36:51.329><c> of</c><00:36:51.730><c> the</c><00:36:51.929><c> flesh</c><00:36:52.210><c> was</c><00:36:52.590><c> a</c><00:36:52.789><c> sign</c><00:36:53.110><c> of</c><00:36:53.449><c> the</c><00:36:54.150><c> inadequacy</c><00:36:54.809><c> of</c><00:36:55.090><c> human</c><00:36:55.369><c> flesh.</c><00:36:55.789><c> But</c>

00:36:55.889 --> 00:36:57.670
look<00:36:56.010><c> how</c><00:36:56.190><c> Moses</c><00:36:56.750><c> puts</c><00:36:57.170><c> it</c><00:36:57.389><c> here,</c>

00:36:57.670 --> 00:37:02.690
in<00:36:57.949><c> the</c><00:36:58.150><c> 16th</c><00:36:59.030><c> verse</c><00:36:59.269><c> in</c><00:36:59.409><c> his</c><00:36:59.690><c> Exhortation</c><00:37:00.309><c> to</c><00:37:00.530><c> them</c><00:37:00.849><c> of</c><00:37:01.130><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:37:01.670><c> 10,</c>

00:37:02.789 --> 00:37:04.789
circumcised<00:37:03.590><c> therefore,</c><00:37:04.110><c> he</c><00:37:04.349><c> says,</c>

00:37:05.230 --> 00:37:10.869
the<00:37:05.550><c> foreskin</c><00:37:06.389><c> of</c><00:37:07.389><c> your</c><00:37:07.969><c> heart.</c><00:37:09.329><c> Now</c><00:37:09.650><c> here</c><00:37:09.849><c> is</c><00:37:10.110><c> Moses</c><00:37:10.510><c> showing</c>

00:37:10.869 --> 00:37:14.250
how<00:37:11.489><c> clearly</c><00:37:11.949><c> he</c><00:37:12.510><c> understood</c><00:37:13.210><c> the</c><00:37:13.789><c> spiritual</c>

00:37:14.250 --> 00:37:18.289
importance<00:37:14.909><c> of</c><00:37:15.269><c> circumcision.</c><00:37:15.969><c> And</c><00:37:16.269><c> that's</c><00:37:16.570><c> what</c><00:37:16.869><c> all</c><00:37:17.269><c> Israel</c><00:37:17.670><c> should</c><00:37:17.969><c> have</c>

00:37:18.289 --> 00:37:20.510
understood.<00:37:19.130><c> This</c><00:37:19.389><c> is</c><00:37:19.730><c> the</c><00:37:20.170><c> lesson</c>

00:37:20.510 --> 00:37:24.570
which<00:37:20.769><c> God</c><00:37:21.010><c> was</c><00:37:21.269><c> teaching</c><00:37:21.670><c> them</c><00:37:22.050><c> by</c><00:37:22.530><c> the</c><00:37:22.769><c> right</c><00:37:23.050><c> of</c><00:37:23.409><c> circumcision.</c><00:37:23.989><c> And</c><00:37:24.250><c> so</c><00:37:24.389><c> it</c>

00:37:24.570 --> 00:37:25.769
is<00:37:24.750><c> with</c><00:37:24.969><c> all</c><00:37:25.190><c> the</c><00:37:25.429><c> other</c>

00:37:25.769 --> 00:37:29.250
rights<00:37:26.650><c> which</c><00:37:27.010><c> he</c><00:37:27.130><c> gives</c><00:37:27.389><c> them,</c><00:37:27.849><c> they</c><00:37:28.030><c> are</c><00:37:28.230><c> meant</c><00:37:28.489><c> to</c><00:37:28.769><c> convey</c>

00:37:29.250 --> 00:37:32.090
a<00:37:29.969><c> spiritual</c><00:37:30.489><c> lesson.</c><00:37:31.369><c> That</c><00:37:31.550><c> is</c><00:37:31.769><c> to</c><00:37:31.909><c> say,</c>

00:37:32.250 --> 00:37:39.510
don't<00:37:32.409><c> let's</c><00:37:32.730><c> be</c><00:37:33.150><c> puzzled</c><00:37:33.630><c> or</c><00:37:34.369><c> daunted</c><00:37:34.889><c> by</c><00:37:35.150><c> this</c><00:37:35.389><c> word</c><00:37:35.570><c> spiritual.</c><00:37:36.389><c> It</c><00:37:36.510><c> means</c><00:37:36.869><c> less</c><00:37:37.309><c> absorbed</c><00:37:39.210><c> in</c>

00:37:39.510 --> 00:37:40.170
their<00:37:39.730><c> minds.</c>

00:37:40.170 --> 00:37:44.369
That's<00:37:40.530><c> a</c><00:37:40.730><c> spiritual</c><00:37:41.010><c> lesson.</c><00:37:42.570><c> Their</c><00:37:42.809><c> mind</c><00:37:43.230><c> absorbs</c><00:37:43.750><c> the</c><00:37:43.989><c> things</c><00:37:44.170><c> of</c>

00:37:44.369 --> 00:37:46.170
the<00:37:44.550><c> Spirit</c><00:37:44.789><c> of</c><00:37:44.989><c> God.</c><00:37:45.610><c> And</c><00:37:45.750><c> it</c><00:37:45.829><c> was</c><00:37:45.949><c> their</c>

00:37:46.170 --> 00:37:49.730
minds<00:37:46.550><c> that</c><00:37:46.789><c> had</c><00:37:46.969><c> to</c><00:37:47.190><c> be</c><00:37:47.530><c> influenced.</c><00:37:48.690><c> When</c><00:37:48.929><c> of</c><00:37:49.030><c> course</c><00:37:49.309><c> Moses</c>

00:37:49.730 --> 00:37:51.949
says<00:37:50.010><c> circumcise</c><00:37:50.610><c> the</c><00:37:50.849><c> foreskin</c><00:37:51.130><c> of</c><00:37:51.349><c> your</c><00:37:51.610><c> heart,</c>

00:37:51.949 --> 00:37:55.210
we<00:37:52.190><c> have</c><00:37:52.469><c> to</c><00:37:52.590><c> remember</c><00:37:52.969><c> again</c><00:37:53.550><c> that</c><00:37:53.949><c> in</c><00:37:54.170><c> both</c><00:37:54.510><c> Old</c><00:37:54.789><c> and</c><00:37:54.929><c> New</c>

00:37:55.210 --> 00:37:57.889
Testaments,<00:37:56.250><c> the</c><00:37:56.469><c> heart</c><00:37:56.710><c> never</c><00:37:56.989><c> just</c><00:37:57.289><c> means</c><00:37:57.630><c> the</c>

00:37:57.889 --> 00:38:03.349
feelings.<00:37:59.050><c> The</c><00:37:59.309><c> heart</c><00:37:59.710><c> includes</c><00:38:00.389><c> the</c><00:38:00.889><c> intelligence</c><00:38:01.530><c> as</c><00:38:02.010><c> well.</c><00:38:03.230><c> The</c>

00:38:03.349 --> 00:38:06.329
whole<00:38:03.750><c> man</c><00:38:04.030><c> of</c><00:38:04.250><c> God</c><00:38:04.510><c> is</c><00:38:04.769><c> never</c><00:38:04.969><c> just</c><00:38:05.269><c> feelings.</c>

00:38:06.409 --> 00:38:11.650
He<00:38:06.570><c> is</c><00:38:06.829><c> understanding.</c><00:38:09.010><c> And</c><00:38:09.329><c> then</c><00:38:09.789><c> the</c><00:38:10.250><c> feelings</c><00:38:10.670><c> that</c><00:38:11.010><c> arise</c>

00:38:11.650 --> 00:38:14.510
out<00:38:12.090><c> of</c><00:38:12.289><c> that</c><00:38:12.510><c> understanding,</c><00:38:13.150><c> and</c><00:38:13.349><c> that</c><00:38:13.570><c> by</c><00:38:13.849><c> the</c>

00:38:14.570 --> 00:38:21.329
right<00:38:14.989><c> place</c><00:38:15.650><c> for</c><00:38:15.889><c> emotion,</c><00:38:17.409><c> the</c><00:38:17.530><c> place</c><00:38:18.409><c> rooted</c><00:38:19.409><c> in</c><00:38:19.789><c> understanding.</c><00:38:20.789><c> When</c><00:38:20.989><c> we</c>

00:38:21.329 --> 00:38:23.170
really<00:38:21.690><c> understand</c><00:38:22.610><c> what</c>

00:38:23.170 --> 00:38:26.510
God<00:38:23.429><c> has</c><00:38:23.590><c> done</c><00:38:23.710><c> for</c><00:38:23.909><c> us,</c><00:38:24.309><c> then</c><00:38:24.590><c> we're</c><00:38:24.909><c> in</c><00:38:25.190><c> a</c><00:38:25.730><c> proper</c><00:38:25.929><c> position</c>

00:38:26.510 --> 00:38:30.030
to<00:38:26.929><c> rejoice</c><00:38:27.510><c> in</c><00:38:28.050><c> the</c><00:38:28.230><c> greatness</c><00:38:28.550><c> of</c><00:38:28.789><c> his</c><00:38:29.010><c> mercy.</c>

00:38:30.449 --> 00:38:36.829
And<00:38:30.449><c> those</c><00:38:31.690><c> people</c><00:38:32.210><c> around</c><00:38:32.690><c> us</c><00:38:32.909><c> today</c><00:38:33.150><c> who</c><00:38:33.829><c> place</c><00:38:33.829><c> such</c><00:38:34.210><c> a</c><00:38:34.510><c> stress</c><00:38:34.769><c> upon</c><00:38:35.030><c> emotion</c><00:38:35.510><c> without</c><00:38:36.110><c> paying</c><00:38:36.389><c> too</c><00:38:36.650><c> much</c>

00:38:36.829 --> 00:38:40.150
and<00:38:37.030><c> attention</c><00:38:37.389><c> are</c><00:38:37.769><c> reversing</c><00:38:38.210><c> the</c><00:38:38.329><c> whole</c><00:38:38.489><c> process.</c><00:38:39.590><c> It</c><00:38:39.789><c> should</c><00:38:39.949><c> be</c>

00:38:40.150 --> 00:38:43.170
the<00:38:40.329><c> understanding</c><00:38:40.929><c> first.</c><00:38:41.670><c> Now</c><00:38:41.929><c> the</c><00:38:42.610><c> heart</c>

00:38:43.170 --> 00:38:47.230
then<00:38:43.550><c> in</c><00:38:43.929><c> Old</c><00:38:44.170><c> Testament</c><00:38:44.550><c> and</c><00:38:44.789><c> New</c><00:38:45.050><c> Testament</c><00:38:45.730><c> involves</c><00:38:46.869><c> the</c>

00:38:47.230 --> 00:38:50.230
understanding<00:38:47.769><c> as</c><00:38:48.210><c> well.</c><00:38:49.050><c> It</c><00:38:49.050><c> is</c><00:38:49.230><c> never</c><00:38:49.429><c> just</c>

00:38:50.230 --> 00:38:54.989
feelings<00:38:51.130><c> by</c><00:38:51.449><c> itself.</c><00:38:52.489><c> And</c><00:38:52.710><c> one</c><00:38:52.909><c> more</c><00:38:53.110><c> example,</c><00:38:53.610><c> because</c><00:38:53.949><c> this</c><00:38:54.230><c> principle</c><00:38:54.690><c> of</c>

00:38:54.989 --> 00:38:56.829
the<00:38:55.630><c> spiritual</c><00:38:56.090><c> power</c><00:38:56.369><c> of</c><00:38:56.590><c> the</c><00:38:56.710><c> law</c>

00:38:56.829 --> 00:39:01.630
is<00:38:56.969><c> very</c><00:38:57.210><c> important,</c><00:38:57.909><c> in</c><00:38:58.070><c> the</c><00:38:58.309><c> fifth</c><00:38:58.730><c> chapter</c><00:38:59.489><c> of</c><00:39:00.269><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:39:01.269><c> and</c><00:39:01.389><c> this</c>

00:39:01.630 --> 00:39:03.789
time<00:39:01.889><c> concerning</c><00:39:02.469><c> the</c><00:39:02.849><c> Sabbath,</c>

00:39:03.909 --> 00:39:08.989
which<00:39:04.150><c> they</c><00:39:04.489><c> were</c><00:39:04.789><c> to</c><00:39:05.409><c> observe,</c><00:39:06.050><c> they'd</c><00:39:06.269><c> been</c><00:39:06.550><c> told</c><00:39:06.809><c> about</c><00:39:07.190><c> it,</c><00:39:07.670><c> and</c><00:39:07.849><c> they</c><00:39:07.929><c> were</c><00:39:08.110><c> told</c><00:39:08.389><c> that</c><00:39:08.570><c> they</c><00:39:08.690><c> were</c><00:39:08.849><c> to</c>

00:39:08.989 --> 00:39:09.829
do<00:39:09.170><c> no</c><00:39:09.510><c> work</c>

00:39:09.829 --> 00:39:14.050
and<00:39:10.030><c> therein</c><00:39:10.349><c> they</c><00:39:10.510><c> were</c><00:39:10.710><c> to</c><00:39:10.969><c> rest,</c><00:39:11.809><c> and</c><00:39:12.030><c> all</c><00:39:12.489><c> their</c><00:39:13.469><c> people</c>

00:39:14.050 --> 00:39:16.269
around<00:39:14.489><c> them,</c><00:39:14.929><c> like</c><00:39:15.030><c> the</c><00:39:15.190><c> manservant</c><00:39:15.909><c> and</c><00:39:16.090><c> the</c>

00:39:16.269 --> 00:39:19.989
maidservant,<00:39:17.030><c> must</c><00:39:17.150><c> rest</c><00:39:17.449><c> as</c><00:39:17.769><c> well.</c><00:39:18.750><c> But</c><00:39:18.969><c> the</c><00:39:19.150><c> real</c><00:39:19.530><c> purpose</c>

00:39:19.989 --> 00:39:22.010
of<00:39:20.250><c> this</c><00:39:20.449><c> is</c><00:39:20.789><c> expressed</c><00:39:21.110><c> in</c><00:39:21.349><c> two</c><00:39:21.570><c> expressions,</c>

00:39:22.150 --> 00:39:25.230
or<00:39:22.250><c> rather</c><00:39:22.489><c> two</c><00:39:22.750><c> parts,</c><00:39:23.530><c> in</c><00:39:23.730><c> this</c><00:39:23.989><c> passage</c><00:39:24.349><c> of</c><00:39:24.630><c> the</c><00:39:24.869><c> fifth</c><00:39:25.070><c> of</c>

00:39:25.230 --> 00:39:28.869
Deuteronomy.<00:39:26.130><c> For</c><00:39:26.329><c> in</c><00:39:26.809><c> the</c>

00:39:28.869 --> 00:39:34.269
twelfth<00:39:29.309><c> verse</c><00:39:29.750><c> we</c><00:39:30.170><c> read,</c><00:39:30.809><c> keep</c><00:39:31.489><c> the</c><00:39:31.730><c> Sabbath</c><00:39:31.969><c> day,</c><00:39:32.769><c> now</c><00:39:33.170><c> the</c>

00:39:34.269 --> 00:39:36.369
authorized<00:39:34.829><c> version</c><00:39:35.309><c> says,</c>

00:39:36.349 --> 00:39:43.570
and<00:39:36.610><c> to</c><00:39:37.409><c> keep</c><00:39:37.630><c> it</c><00:39:37.849><c> holy</c><00:39:38.230><c> as</c><00:39:38.650><c> the</c><00:39:38.829><c> Lord</c><00:39:39.010><c> thy</c><00:39:39.250><c> God.</c><00:39:40.510><c> Verse</c><00:39:40.789><c> 14,</c><00:39:41.449><c> but</c><00:39:41.610><c> the</c><00:39:42.070><c> seventh</c><00:39:42.429><c> day</c><00:39:42.949><c> is</c>

00:39:43.570 --> 00:39:44.750
the<00:39:43.909><c> Sabbath,</c>

00:39:45.489 --> 00:39:49.670
King<00:39:45.670><c> James'</c><00:39:45.929><c> version</c><00:39:46.309><c> of</c><00:39:46.989><c> the</c><00:39:47.250><c> Lord,</c><00:39:47.730><c> and</c><00:39:47.849><c> that</c><00:39:48.050><c> rather</c><00:39:48.289><c> gives</c><00:39:49.369><c> the</c>

00:39:49.670 --> 00:39:51.530
impression<00:39:49.949><c> perhaps</c><00:39:50.429><c> that</c><00:39:50.849><c> it's</c><00:39:51.110><c> God's</c>

00:39:51.530 --> 00:39:54.230
Sabbath<00:39:51.809><c> and</c><00:39:52.070><c> he's</c><00:39:52.409><c> given</c><00:39:52.530><c> it</c><00:39:52.750><c> to</c><00:39:52.929><c> us,</c><00:39:53.110><c> and</c><00:39:53.309><c> we've</c><00:39:53.630><c> got</c><00:39:53.730><c> to</c><00:39:53.889><c> keep</c><00:39:54.030><c> it</c>

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because<00:39:54.409><c> he's</c><00:39:54.650><c> given</c><00:39:54.750><c> it</c><00:39:54.969><c> to</c><00:39:55.110><c> us.</c>

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The<00:39:56.489><c> revised</c><00:39:57.090><c> version</c><00:39:57.769><c> says</c><00:39:58.590><c> this,</c><00:40:00.590><c> keep,</c><00:40:00.610><c> therefore,</c><00:40:02.289><c> verse</c>

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14,<00:40:06.250><c> but</c><00:40:06.610><c> the</c><00:40:06.989><c> seventh</c><00:40:07.230><c> day</c><00:40:07.449><c> is</c><00:40:07.610><c> the</c><00:40:07.750><c> Sabbath</c>

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unto<00:40:09.670><c> the</c><00:40:10.210><c> Lord.</c><00:40:11.469><c> Ah,</c><00:40:11.949><c> that's</c><00:40:12.369><c> different,</c><00:40:12.690><c> isn't</c><00:40:12.849><c> it?</c><00:40:14.010><c> The</c><00:40:14.369><c> Sabbath</c><00:40:14.630><c> is</c>

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to<00:40:15.050><c> be</c><00:40:15.210><c> observed</c>

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unto<00:40:16.949><c> the</c><00:40:17.530><c> Lord.</c><00:40:18.429><c> It</c><00:40:18.630><c> is</c><00:40:18.889><c> a</c><00:40:19.010><c> day</c><00:40:19.170><c> of</c><00:40:19.489><c> worship</c><00:40:19.849><c> then.</c><00:40:21.190><c> And</c><00:40:21.469><c> what</c>

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is<00:40:22.070><c> the</c><00:40:22.389><c> Israelite</c><00:40:22.829><c> to</c><00:40:23.170><c> remember</c>

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in<00:40:24.170><c> his</c><00:40:24.510><c> day</c><00:40:24.789><c> of</c><00:40:25.070><c> worship?</c><00:40:25.789><c> Why?</c><00:40:26.409><c> He</c><00:40:26.610><c> is</c><00:40:26.789><c> told</c><00:40:27.030><c> in</c><00:40:27.190><c> verse</c><00:40:27.449><c> 15,</c><00:40:28.389><c> Thou</c><00:40:28.829><c> shalt</c><00:40:29.210><c> remember</c><00:40:30.030><c> that</c><00:40:30.570><c> thou</c><00:40:30.849><c> wast</c><00:40:31.230><c> a</c><00:40:31.929><c> slave,</c>

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that's<00:40:32.750><c> what</c><00:40:32.909><c> they</c><00:40:33.130><c> were</c><00:40:33.510><c> in</c><00:40:33.949><c> the</c><00:40:34.150><c> land</c><00:40:34.349><c> of</c><00:40:34.570><c> Egypt,</c><00:40:35.289><c> and</c><00:40:35.469><c> that</c>

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the<00:40:35.849><c> Lord</c><00:40:36.150><c> thy</c><00:40:36.489><c> God</c><00:40:36.849><c> brought</c><00:40:37.269><c> thee</c><00:40:37.630><c> out</c><00:40:37.949><c> thence</c>

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with<00:40:39.170><c> a</c><00:40:39.349><c> mighty</c><00:40:39.610><c> hand</c><00:40:40.010><c> and</c><00:40:40.289><c> a</c><00:40:40.409><c> stretched</c><00:40:40.710><c> out</c><00:40:41.050><c> arm.</c><00:40:41.989><c> Therefore</c>

00:40:42.590 --> 00:40:44.809
the<00:40:42.989><c> Lord</c><00:40:43.309><c> thy</c><00:40:43.650><c> God</c><00:40:43.969><c> commanded</c><00:40:44.409><c> thee</c><00:40:44.650><c> to</c>

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keep<00:40:45.010><c> the</c><00:40:45.250><c> Sabbath</c><00:40:45.469><c> day.</c><00:40:46.550><c> And</c><00:40:46.809><c> so</c><00:40:46.969><c> the</c><00:40:47.250><c> Sabbath</c><00:40:47.530><c> was</c><00:40:47.829><c> to</c><00:40:47.989><c> be</c><00:40:48.269><c> observed</c><00:40:48.690><c> as</c>

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a<00:40:49.369><c> remembrance,</c>

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a<00:40:51.250><c> remembrance</c><00:40:52.050><c> of</c><00:40:52.590><c> the</c><00:40:52.889><c> Israelite's</c><00:40:53.670><c> own</c><00:40:54.050><c> deliverance</c><00:40:54.630><c> from</c>

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Egypt.<00:40:56.150><c> And</c><00:40:56.309><c> such</c><00:40:56.469><c> was</c><00:40:56.889><c> the</c><00:40:57.309><c> strength</c><00:40:57.750><c> of</c><00:40:57.989><c> this</c>

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from<00:40:58.889><c> father</c><00:40:59.289><c> to</c><00:40:59.489><c> son</c><00:40:59.969><c> that</c><00:41:00.389><c> it</c><00:41:00.610><c> has</c><00:41:00.809><c> been</c><00:41:01.190><c> said</c><00:41:01.530><c> that</c><00:41:02.130><c> every</c>

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Israelite<00:41:03.329><c> of</c><00:41:03.570><c> subsequent</c><00:41:04.170><c> generations,</c>

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although<00:41:05.769><c> he</c><00:41:06.090><c> was</c><00:41:06.309><c> not</c><00:41:06.650><c> there,</c><00:41:08.769><c> should</c><00:41:08.889><c> look</c><00:41:09.130><c> upon</c><00:41:09.389><c> himself</c>

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as<00:41:10.869><c> personally</c><00:41:11.590><c> redeemed</c><00:41:12.489><c> from</c><00:41:12.730><c> Egypt</c>

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in<00:41:14.070><c> the</c><00:41:14.250><c> great</c><00:41:14.510><c> deliverance</c><00:41:15.150><c> of</c><00:41:15.429><c> God.</c><00:41:16.010><c> Now</c><00:41:16.210><c> there</c><00:41:16.369><c> you</c><00:41:16.550><c> see</c><00:41:16.690><c> is</c>

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the<00:41:17.210><c> spiritual</c><00:41:17.769><c> purpose</c><00:41:18.190><c> of</c><00:41:18.389><c> the</c><00:41:18.570><c> Sabbath,</c>

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and<00:41:19.230><c> so</c><00:41:19.349><c> it</c><00:41:19.510><c> is</c><00:41:19.670><c> with</c><00:41:19.909><c> all</c><00:41:20.130><c> the</c><00:41:20.309><c> law.</c><00:41:20.969><c> The</c><00:41:21.150><c> intention</c><00:41:21.590><c> of</c><00:41:21.789><c> the</c>

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law<00:41:22.369><c> is</c><00:41:22.989><c> to</c><00:41:24.449><c> achieve</c><00:41:24.969><c> in</c><00:41:25.170><c> them</c><00:41:25.610><c> this</c><00:41:26.289><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:41:27.550><c> spiritual</c><00:41:27.989><c> things,</c><00:41:28.829><c> that</c><00:41:29.050><c> is</c><00:41:29.250><c> to</c><00:41:29.429><c> say</c><00:41:29.750><c> the</c><00:41:30.150><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:41:31.710><c> the</c><00:41:33.829><c> character</c><00:41:34.389><c> of</c><00:41:34.690><c> God</c><00:41:34.909><c> himself.</c>

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So<00:41:37.369><c> they</c><00:41:37.690><c> are</c><00:41:38.570><c> commanded</c><00:41:39.030><c> in</c><00:41:39.469><c> the</c><00:41:39.949><c> 19th</c><00:41:41.449><c> chapter</c><00:41:42.230><c> of</c><00:41:43.130><c> Exodus</c><00:41:43.710><c> of</c><00:41:44.230><c> Leviticus</c><00:41:44.949><c> to</c><00:41:45.309><c> act</c><00:41:45.690><c> in</c><00:41:46.010><c> a</c>

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certain<00:41:46.349><c> way</c>

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towards<00:41:47.389><c> their</c><00:41:47.730><c> fellow</c><00:41:48.010><c> Israelites.</c><00:41:49.150><c> Apparently</c><00:41:49.550><c> I</c><00:41:49.849><c> caused</c>

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a<00:41:50.230><c> little</c><00:41:50.469><c> bit</c><00:41:50.630><c> of</c><00:41:50.809><c> amusement</c><00:41:51.170><c> last</c><00:41:51.590><c> week</c>

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by<00:41:52.389><c> pointing</c><00:41:52.690><c> out</c><00:41:53.010><c> that</c><00:41:53.210><c> chapter</c><00:41:53.510><c> 19</c><00:41:54.110><c> comes</c><00:41:54.489><c> in</c><00:41:54.769><c> between</c><00:41:55.070><c> chapter</c><00:41:55.429><c> 18</c>

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and<00:41:56.050><c> 20.</c><00:41:57.250><c> And</c><00:41:57.489><c> they</c><00:41:57.650><c> said</c><00:41:57.769><c> well</c><00:41:57.969><c> of</c><00:41:58.110><c> course</c>

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it<00:41:58.510><c> does,</c><00:41:59.329><c> yes,</c><00:41:59.849><c> but</c><00:42:00.329><c> have</c><00:42:01.110><c> you</c><00:42:01.309><c> looked</c><00:42:01.630><c> at</c><00:42:01.909><c> chapter</c><00:42:02.110><c> 18</c><00:42:02.750><c> and</c>

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chapter<00:42:03.349><c> 20?</c><00:42:04.769><c> And</c><00:42:05.010><c> you</c><00:42:05.210><c> will</c><00:42:05.369><c> find</c><00:42:05.670><c> that</c><00:42:05.889><c> they</c><00:42:06.170><c> are</c>

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records<00:42:06.969><c> of</c><00:42:07.289><c> the</c><00:42:07.550><c> abominations</c><00:42:08.530><c> of</c><00:42:08.769><c> the</c><00:42:08.969><c> Canaanites.</c><00:42:10.030><c> And</c><00:42:10.329><c> here</c><00:42:10.530><c> is</c>

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chapter<00:42:10.969><c> 19</c><00:42:11.489><c> right</c><00:42:11.889><c> in</c><00:42:12.070><c> the</c><00:42:12.190><c> middle</c><00:42:12.369><c> of</c><00:42:12.630><c> them.</c>

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The<00:42:14.010><c> contrast</c><00:42:14.730><c> between</c><00:42:15.170><c> the</c><00:42:15.369><c> abominations</c><00:42:16.110><c> of</c><00:42:16.309><c> the</c><00:42:16.449><c> Canaanites</c><00:42:17.050><c> and</c><00:42:18.429><c> the</c>

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holiness<00:42:19.289><c> of</c><00:42:19.710><c> the</c><00:42:19.809><c> people</c><00:42:20.070><c> of</c>

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God.<00:42:20.730><c> And</c><00:42:20.829><c> the</c><00:42:20.949><c> particular</c><00:42:21.389><c> holiness</c><00:42:21.889><c> in</c><00:42:22.349><c> this</c><00:42:22.590><c> case</c><00:42:22.909><c> is</c><00:42:23.289><c> their</c><00:42:23.550><c> duty</c>

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towards<00:42:24.750><c> the</c><00:42:25.070><c> poor,</c><00:42:25.730><c> the</c><00:42:26.070><c> fatherless,</c>

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and<00:42:26.869><c> the</c><00:42:27.030><c> widow.</c><00:42:27.769><c> I</c><00:42:27.989><c> have</c><00:42:28.110><c> no</c><00:42:28.269><c> need</c><00:42:28.469><c> I'm</c><00:42:28.710><c> sure</c><00:42:28.889><c> to</c><00:42:29.110><c> remind</c><00:42:29.449><c> you</c>

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that<00:42:29.769><c> they</c><00:42:29.989><c> were</c><00:42:30.150><c> to</c><00:42:30.369><c> leave</c><00:42:30.510><c> the</c><00:42:30.750><c> corners</c><00:42:31.070><c> of</c><00:42:31.269><c> their</c>

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fields<00:42:31.889><c> ungleamed.</c><00:42:32.849><c> They</c><00:42:33.010><c> were</c><00:42:33.230><c> to</c><00:42:33.389><c> leave</c><00:42:33.550><c> olives</c><00:42:34.050><c> on</c><00:42:34.269><c> the</c>

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trees,<00:42:35.349><c> grapes</c><00:42:35.710><c> also</c><00:42:36.230><c> for</c><00:42:36.489><c> the</c><00:42:36.690><c> poor,</c><00:42:37.269><c> the</c><00:42:37.530><c> fatherless,</c>

00:42:38.170 --> 00:42:43.829
and<00:42:38.389><c> the</c><00:42:38.610><c> widow.</c><00:42:39.489><c> The</c><00:42:39.550><c> reason</c><00:42:39.909><c> for</c><00:42:40.150><c> this</c><00:42:40.630><c> is</c><00:42:41.570><c> explained</c><00:42:42.050><c> in</c><00:42:42.269><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:42.789><c> again.</c><00:42:43.170><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:43.650><c> is</c>

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a<00:42:43.989><c> marvelous</c>

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book.<00:42:44.889><c> It's</c><00:42:44.989><c> got</c><00:42:45.429><c> such</c><00:42:45.710><c> a</c><00:42:46.110><c> comment</c><00:42:46.329><c> upon</c><00:42:46.650><c> so</c><00:42:46.949><c> many</c><00:42:47.210><c> things.</c><00:42:48.050><c> But</c><00:42:48.210><c> then</c><00:42:48.349><c> it's</c><00:42:48.670><c> Moses</c><00:42:48.989><c> you</c><00:42:49.190><c> see</c><00:42:49.489><c> 40</c>

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years<00:42:50.329><c> after</c>

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filtering<00:42:51.809><c> all</c><00:42:52.409><c> the</c><00:42:52.809><c> experience</c><00:42:53.309><c> of</c><00:42:53.610><c> 40</c><00:42:53.949><c> years</c><00:42:54.449><c> through</c><00:42:54.889><c> his</c>

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mind<00:42:55.670><c> and</c><00:42:56.170><c> giving</c><00:42:56.409><c> it</c><00:42:56.730><c> in</c><00:42:57.329><c> one</c><00:42:57.869><c> book.</c><00:42:58.230><c> That's</c><00:42:58.489><c> why</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:42:59.230><c> is</c><00:42:59.429><c> so</c><00:42:59.670><c> different</c><00:42:59.949><c> from</c><00:43:00.170><c> the</c><00:43:00.349><c> others</c><00:43:00.650><c> and</c><00:43:01.110><c> such</c>

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a<00:43:01.550><c> valuable</c><00:43:01.909><c> book.</c><00:43:02.769><c> And</c><00:43:02.969><c> here</c><00:43:03.070><c> in</c><00:43:03.230><c> the</c><00:43:03.429><c> 24th</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:43:05.329><c> we</c><00:43:05.489><c> have</c><00:43:05.989><c> verses</c><00:43:06.489><c> which</c><00:43:06.710><c> are</c><00:43:06.849><c> very</c><00:43:07.130><c> similar</c><00:43:07.590><c> to</c>

00:43:08.030 --> 00:43:11.230
those<00:43:08.309><c> of</c><00:43:08.829><c> Exodus</c><00:43:09.190><c> 19.</c><00:43:10.110><c> But</c><00:43:10.269><c> we</c><00:43:10.449><c> have</c><00:43:10.690><c> one</c>

00:43:11.230 --> 00:43:15.929
significant<00:43:11.909><c> explanation</c><00:43:12.650><c> which</c><00:43:13.389><c> Leviticus</c><00:43:13.849><c> 19</c><00:43:14.349><c> doesn't</c><00:43:14.690><c> give.</c><00:43:15.630><c> It's</c><00:43:15.730><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:16.030><c> 18th</c><00:43:16.730><c> verse</c><00:43:17.250><c> that</c><00:43:17.670><c> thou</c>

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shalt<00:43:18.590><c> remember,</c><00:43:20.230><c> says</c><00:43:20.650><c> Moses</c><00:43:22.150><c> to</c><00:43:22.989><c> them,</c><00:43:23.349><c> that</c><00:43:23.469><c> thou</c><00:43:23.710><c> wast</c><00:43:24.050><c> a</c>

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slave<00:43:25.050><c> in</c><00:43:25.349><c> Egypt.</c><00:43:26.349><c> And</c><00:43:26.530><c> the</c><00:43:26.710><c> Lord</c><00:43:27.130><c> thy</c><00:43:27.489><c> God</c>

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thence<00:43:29.929><c> therefore</c><00:43:30.530><c> I</c><00:43:31.130><c> command</c><00:43:31.530><c> thee</c><00:43:31.769><c> to</c><00:43:31.869><c> do</c><00:43:32.110><c> this</c><00:43:32.449><c> thing.</c><00:43:33.929><c> And</c>

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there's<00:43:34.690><c> the</c><00:43:34.869><c> whole</c><00:43:35.130><c> purpose</c><00:43:35.550><c> of</c><00:43:35.809><c> it.</c>

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Remember<00:43:37.909><c> you</c><00:43:38.210><c> were</c><00:43:38.449><c> helpless</c><00:43:38.889><c> slaves</c><00:43:39.369><c> in</c><00:43:39.670><c> Egypt.</c><00:43:40.150><c> You</c><00:43:40.150><c> couldn't</c><00:43:40.510><c> redeem</c><00:43:40.869><c> yourselves.</c><00:43:42.150><c> I</c><00:43:42.469><c> showed</c><00:43:42.769><c> you</c><00:43:43.170><c> great</c>

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mercy<00:43:44.050><c> in</c><00:43:44.489><c> redeeming</c><00:43:45.030><c> you</c><00:43:45.210><c> from</c><00:43:45.389><c> a</c><00:43:45.630><c> condition</c><00:43:46.110><c> from</c><00:43:46.469><c> which</c>

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you<00:43:46.789><c> could</c><00:43:47.030><c> not</c><00:43:47.230><c> redeem</c><00:43:47.469><c> yourselves.</c><00:43:48.889><c> Therefore</c>

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I<00:43:49.769><c> command</c><00:43:50.050><c> you</c><00:43:50.250><c> to</c><00:43:50.449><c> show</c><00:43:50.570><c> great</c><00:43:50.869><c> mercy</c><00:43:51.110><c> towards</c><00:43:51.389><c> others.</c><00:43:53.349><c> And</c>

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that<00:43:53.829><c> is</c><00:43:54.070><c> the</c><00:43:54.250><c> foundation</c><00:43:54.789><c> of</c><00:43:55.010><c> the</c><00:43:55.250><c> love</c><00:43:55.489><c> of</c><00:43:55.710><c> the</c>

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Israelites<00:43:56.670><c> for</c><00:43:58.090><c> his</c><00:43:58.329><c> fellow</c><00:43:58.550><c> Israelites.</c><00:43:59.250><c> And</c><00:43:59.349><c> indeed</c><00:43:59.730><c> for</c>

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those<00:44:00.150><c> who</c><00:44:00.250><c> weren't</c><00:44:00.590><c> even</c><00:44:00.809><c> his</c><00:44:00.989><c> fellow</c><00:44:01.210><c> Israelites</c>

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it<00:44:02.289><c> includes</c><00:44:02.730><c> the</c><00:44:02.989><c> strangers.</c><00:44:04.409><c> Now</c><00:44:04.610><c> there</c><00:44:04.769><c> is</c><00:44:04.989><c> the</c><00:44:05.349><c> spiritual</c>

00:44:05.869 --> 00:44:08.050
purpose<00:44:06.409><c> you</c><00:44:06.610><c> see</c><00:44:06.750><c> of</c><00:44:06.949><c> the</c><00:44:07.110><c> law,</c>

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the<00:44:08.309><c> spiritual</c><00:44:08.769><c> purpose</c><00:44:09.170><c> of</c><00:44:09.389><c> God's</c><00:44:09.809><c> dealing</c><00:44:10.050><c> with</c><00:44:10.269><c> his</c><00:44:10.449><c> people</c><00:44:10.889><c> that</c>

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they<00:44:11.610><c> might</c><00:44:11.889><c> understand</c><00:44:12.630><c> this.</c>

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And<00:44:13.889><c> hence</c><00:44:14.070><c> the</c><00:44:14.369><c> general</c><00:44:14.829><c> lesson</c><00:44:15.389><c> arises</c><00:44:16.190><c> where</c><00:44:17.210><c> you</c><00:44:17.429><c> have</c><00:44:17.550><c> it</c>

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in<00:44:17.869><c> Hosea</c><00:44:18.349><c> chapter</c><00:44:18.750><c> 6</c><00:44:19.210><c> and</c><00:44:19.630><c> this</c><00:44:19.849><c> is</c><00:44:20.130><c> perhaps</c>

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worth<00:44:20.570><c> looking</c><00:44:20.929><c> at</c><00:44:21.210><c> though</c><00:44:21.369><c> it</c><00:44:21.530><c> is</c><00:44:21.769><c> quoted</c><00:44:22.050><c> in</c><00:44:22.289><c> the</c><00:44:22.389><c> New</c><00:44:22.570><c> Testament</c><00:44:23.150><c> because</c><00:44:23.710><c> the</c>

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verse<00:44:24.170><c> is</c><00:44:24.449><c> misused</c><00:44:24.949><c> sometimes</c>

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by<00:44:25.769><c> people</c><00:44:26.309><c> who</c><00:44:27.030><c> say</c><00:44:27.449><c> that</c><00:44:27.769><c> God</c><00:44:27.929><c> didn't</c><00:44:29.250><c> really</c><00:44:29.610><c> design</c><00:44:30.110><c> the</c>

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law<00:44:30.590><c> at</c><00:44:30.969><c> all.</c><00:44:31.309><c> It</c><00:44:31.409><c> was</c><00:44:31.650><c> the</c><00:44:31.829><c> invention</c><00:44:32.289><c> of</c><00:44:32.449><c> Israel</c>

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which<00:44:33.269><c> of</c><00:44:33.489><c> course</c><00:44:33.670><c> is</c><00:44:33.869><c> nonsense.</c><00:44:35.050><c> In</c><00:44:35.070><c> the</c><00:44:35.230><c> sixth</c><00:44:35.630><c> chapter</c><00:44:36.269><c> of</c>

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Hosea<00:44:37.949><c> you</c><00:44:38.349><c> have</c><00:44:40.050><c> God</c><00:44:40.489><c> saying</c><00:44:40.989><c> in</c><00:44:41.429><c> the</c><00:44:41.630><c> sixth</c><00:44:41.929><c> verse</c>

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for<00:44:43.030><c> I</c><00:44:43.489><c> desire</c><00:44:44.090><c> mercy</c><00:44:44.769><c> and</c><00:44:45.389><c> not</c><00:44:45.650><c> sacrifice</c><00:44:46.469><c> and</c><00:44:46.949><c> the</c><00:44:47.130><c> knowledge</c><00:44:47.409><c> of</c><00:44:47.610><c> God</c>

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more<00:44:48.510><c> than</c><00:44:48.750><c> burnt</c><00:44:48.989><c> offerings.</c>

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And<00:44:49.769><c> some</c><00:44:49.909><c> have</c><00:44:50.210><c> interpreted</c><00:44:50.690><c> that</c><00:44:51.110><c> verse</c><00:44:51.369><c> to</c><00:44:51.610><c> mean</c><00:44:51.809><c> that</c><00:44:52.110><c> God</c>

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didn't<00:44:52.449><c> really</c><00:44:52.730><c> want</c><00:44:52.949><c> the</c><00:44:53.250><c> sacrifices.</c>

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But<00:44:54.489><c> that</c><00:44:54.989><c> is</c><00:44:55.190><c> to</c><00:44:55.349><c> misunderstand</c><00:44:55.949><c> the</c><00:44:56.269><c> original</c><00:44:56.650><c> apparently.</c>

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The<00:44:58.250><c> original</c><00:44:59.070><c> means</c><00:44:59.730><c> I</c><00:45:00.429><c> desired</c>

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not<00:45:02.090><c> so</c><00:45:02.570><c> much</c><00:45:03.190><c> sacrifice</c><00:45:03.989><c> as</c><00:45:04.409><c> mercy.</c><00:45:06.489><c> It</c><00:45:06.670><c> is</c><00:45:07.050><c> a</c><00:45:07.329><c> comparison</c><00:45:07.909><c> of</c>

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value,<00:45:12.849><c> not</c><00:45:13.090><c> so</c><00:45:13.269><c> much</c><00:45:13.570><c> sacrifice</c><00:45:14.269><c> as</c><00:45:14.690><c> mercy.</c>

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You've<00:45:16.349><c> got</c><00:45:16.469><c> something</c><00:45:16.730><c> similar</c><00:45:17.050><c> in</c><00:45:17.230><c> the</c><00:45:17.309><c> words</c><00:45:17.429><c> of</c><00:45:17.670><c> Jesus</c>

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that<00:45:19.449><c> you</c><00:45:20.090><c> should</c><00:45:20.909><c> show</c><00:45:22.170><c> the</c><00:45:22.650><c> weightier</c>

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matters<00:45:23.869><c> of</c><00:45:24.389><c> the</c><00:45:24.590><c> law,</c><00:45:25.449><c> judgment,</c><00:45:26.369><c> mercy</c><00:45:26.670><c> and</c><00:45:26.929><c> faith,</c><00:45:27.889><c> and</c>

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not<00:45:28.789><c> leave</c><00:45:29.289><c> the</c><00:45:29.630><c> others</c><00:45:30.030><c> undone.</c>

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You<00:45:31.130><c> see,</c><00:45:31.690><c> sorry</c><00:45:32.070><c> about</c><00:45:32.389><c> that.</c><00:45:34.469><c> The</c><00:45:34.710><c> keeping</c><00:45:36.969><c> of</c><00:45:37.230><c> the</c><00:45:37.309><c> law</c><00:45:37.389><c> was</c>

00:45:37.570 --> 00:45:40.530
necessary<00:45:38.070><c> but</c><00:45:38.869><c> the</c><00:45:39.190><c> fruit</c><00:45:39.369><c> of</c><00:45:39.550><c> it</c><00:45:39.829><c> was</c><00:45:40.070><c> the</c><00:45:40.269><c> essential</c>

00:45:40.530 --> 00:45:47.130
thing<00:45:41.070><c> and</c><00:45:41.690><c> the</c><00:45:41.829><c> fruit</c><00:45:41.989><c> of</c><00:45:42.170><c> it</c><00:45:42.510><c> was</c><00:45:42.710><c> the</c><00:45:42.949><c> mercy</c><00:45:43.449><c> and</c><00:45:44.150><c> the</c><00:45:44.449><c> knowledge</c><00:45:44.809><c> of</c><00:45:45.010><c> God.</c><00:45:45.949><c> And</c><00:45:46.110><c> you</c><00:45:46.230><c> have</c><00:45:46.349><c> the</c><00:45:46.489><c> same</c><00:45:46.670><c> thing</c><00:45:46.869><c> in</c>

00:45:47.130 --> 00:45:51.389
Micah<00:45:47.489><c> chapter</c><00:45:47.829><c> 6</c><00:45:48.170><c> what</c><00:45:48.469><c> doth</c><00:45:48.730><c> the</c><00:45:48.969><c> Lord</c><00:45:49.309><c> require</c><00:45:49.750><c> of</c><00:45:49.949><c> thee</c><00:45:50.190><c> where</c><00:45:50.630><c> Micah</c><00:45:50.969><c> has</c><00:45:51.190><c> a</c>

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similar<00:45:51.949><c> lesson.</c>

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Now<00:45:54.869><c> the</c><00:45:55.429><c> New</c><00:45:55.690><c> Testament</c><00:45:56.429><c> has</c><00:45:57.289><c> a</c><00:45:57.550><c> comment</c><00:45:57.750><c> or</c><00:45:58.030><c> two.</c><00:45:58.269><c> Well</c><00:45:58.510><c> now</c>

00:45:58.769 --> 00:46:00.710
I<00:45:59.150><c> see</c><00:45:59.389><c> that</c><00:45:59.610><c> I'm</c><00:45:59.769><c> not</c><00:46:00.070><c> going</c><00:46:00.230><c> to</c><00:46:00.349><c> be</c><00:46:00.510><c> able</c>

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to<00:46:00.929><c> do</c><00:46:01.110><c> this</c><00:46:01.750><c> properly.</c><00:46:02.090><c> I'm</c><00:46:02.230><c> not</c><00:46:02.389><c> going</c><00:46:02.510><c> to</c><00:46:02.750><c> hurry</c><00:46:02.949><c> this.</c><00:46:03.730><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:46:04.030><c> to</c><00:46:04.309><c> break</c><00:46:04.550><c> off</c><00:46:04.889><c> as</c><00:46:05.110><c> necessary</c><00:46:05.510><c> and</c><00:46:05.750><c> take</c><00:46:06.030><c> up</c>

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again<00:46:06.969><c> at</c><00:46:08.130><c> a</c><00:46:08.550><c> point</c><00:46:08.889><c> where</c><00:46:09.789><c> it</c><00:46:10.630><c> is</c><00:46:10.929><c> convenient</c><00:46:11.369><c> to</c><00:46:11.630><c> do</c><00:46:11.769><c> so.</c><00:46:12.449><c> So</c>

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I<00:46:12.809><c> think</c><00:46:13.090><c> we'll</c><00:46:13.730><c> sing</c><00:46:14.269><c> a</c><00:46:14.710><c> hymn</c><00:46:15.050><c> at</c><00:46:15.269><c> this</c><00:46:15.510><c> moment,</c><00:46:16.409><c> hymn</c><00:46:16.989><c> 121.</c>