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When<00:11:14.440><c> he</c><00:11:14.600><c> experienced</c><00:11:15.200><c> a</c><00:11:15.399><c> revelation</c><00:11:15.820><c> or</c><00:11:16.080><c> a</c><00:11:16.279><c> vision,</c><00:11:17.279><c> it</c><00:11:17.320><c> was</c>

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as<00:11:17.960><c> if</c><00:11:18.100><c> his</c><00:11:18.320><c> mind</c><00:11:18.740><c> became</c><00:11:19.179><c> fused</c><00:11:19.659><c> with</c><00:11:20.039><c> that</c>

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of<00:11:20.399><c> God.</c>

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Then,<00:11:32.820><c> brethren</c><00:11:33.019><c> and</c><00:11:33.200><c> sisters,</c><00:11:33.559><c> as</c><00:11:33.940><c> today,</c><00:11:34.899><c> the</c><00:11:35.100><c> worship</c><00:11:35.399><c> of</c>

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is<00:11:38.639><c> despicable</c><00:11:39.279><c> to</c><00:11:39.500><c> him.</c>

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the<00:11:44.059><c> very</c><00:11:44.379><c> institutions</c><00:11:45.100><c> that</c><00:11:45.440><c> God</c>

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had<00:11:45.980><c> inaugurated</c><00:11:46.539><c> in</c><00:11:46.740><c> Israel.</c>

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Isaiah<00:11:48.460><c> 1,</c><00:11:48.860><c> 14</c><00:11:49.299><c> and</c><00:11:49.440><c> 15,</c><00:11:50.259><c> he</c><00:11:50.419><c> says,</c><00:11:50.799><c> your</c><00:11:50.820><c> new</c><00:11:51.200><c> moons</c><00:11:51.519><c> and</c><00:11:51.759><c> your</c>

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appointed<00:11:52.379><c> feast</c><00:11:52.720><c> my</c><00:11:53.080><c> soul</c><00:11:53.500><c> hateth,</c><00:11:54.320><c> they</c>

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are<00:11:54.940><c> a</c><00:11:55.080><c> trouble</c><00:11:55.340><c> unto</c><00:11:55.639><c> me,</c><00:11:56.120><c> I</c><00:11:56.360><c> am</c><00:11:56.639><c> weary</c><00:11:56.919><c> to</c><00:11:57.200><c> bear</c><00:11:57.379><c> them.</c>

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But<00:11:58.539><c> God</c><00:11:58.840><c> established</c><00:11:59.379><c> these</c><00:11:59.740><c> feasts,</c><00:12:00.519><c> and</c><00:12:00.679><c> when</c><00:12:00.820><c> ye</c><00:12:01.019><c> spread</c>

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eyes<00:12:03.519><c> from</c><00:12:03.720><c> you,</c><00:12:04.639><c> yea,</c><00:12:04.879><c> when</c><00:12:05.059><c> ye</c><00:12:05.259><c> make</c><00:12:05.460><c> many</c><00:12:05.799><c> prayers,</c><00:12:06.440><c> I</c><00:12:06.700><c> will</c>

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Their<00:12:10.620><c> personal</c><00:12:11.460><c> iniquity</c><00:12:12.340><c> made</c><00:12:12.659><c> their</c><00:12:12.960><c> worship</c><00:12:13.340><c> unacceptable</c><00:12:14.159><c> to</c><00:12:14.379><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:19.139><c> moreover,</c><00:12:20.200><c> the</c><00:12:20.419><c> prophetic</c><00:12:20.940><c> message</c><00:12:21.460><c> was</c><00:12:21.840><c> not</c><00:12:22.100><c> just</c><00:12:22.399><c> receptive,</c><00:12:23.559><c> it</c>

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The<00:12:26.580><c> prophet</c><00:12:27.000><c> was</c><00:12:27.919><c> not</c><00:12:28.159><c> merely</c><00:12:28.480><c> passive</c><00:12:29.059><c> and</c><00:12:29.720><c> unconscious</c><00:12:30.220><c> to</c>

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reality<00:12:37.519><c> and</c><00:12:37.879><c> sense</c><00:12:38.200><c> of</c><00:12:38.620><c> the</c><00:12:38.799><c> unapproachable</c><00:12:39.580><c> holiness</c>

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his<00:12:45.220><c> message.</c>

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There<00:12:46.419><c> was</c><00:12:46.620><c> no</c><00:12:46.860><c> other</c><00:12:47.139><c> explanation</c><00:12:47.879><c> of</c><00:12:48.340><c> the</c><00:12:48.539><c> manner</c><00:12:48.679><c> in</c><00:12:48.799><c> which</c>

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he<00:12:49.139><c> spoke</c><00:12:49.279><c> to</c><00:12:49.500><c> the</c><00:12:49.659><c> people.</c>

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His<00:12:51.039><c> own</c><00:12:51.440><c> personality</c><00:12:52.039><c> was</c><00:12:52.340><c> fervently</c><00:12:52.759><c> involved.</c>

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He<00:12:53.980><c> saw</c><00:12:54.259><c> his</c><00:12:54.659><c> role</c><00:12:54.860><c> as</c><00:12:55.159><c> prophet</c><00:12:55.580><c> not</c><00:12:56.019><c> only</c><00:12:56.360><c> receptive,</c><00:12:57.580><c> but</c><00:12:57.679><c> also</c><00:12:58.059><c> responsive,</c><00:12:59.200><c> and</c><00:12:59.480><c> there</c><00:12:59.639><c> is</c>

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their<00:13:13.600><c> immorality,</c><00:13:14.679><c> their</c><00:13:14.899><c> sins.</c>

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He<00:13:16.019><c> condemned</c><00:13:16.340><c> their</c><00:13:16.679><c> habits,</c><00:13:17.100><c> their</c><00:13:17.299><c> deportment,</c><00:13:17.820><c> their</c>

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their<00:13:29.340><c> indifference</c><00:13:29.779><c> to</c><00:13:29.960><c> God.</c>

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He<00:13:44.120><c> seems</c><00:13:44.399><c> to</c><00:13:44.799><c> exaggerate</c><00:13:45.320><c> the</c><00:13:45.539><c> insignificant.</c>

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He<00:13:47.240><c> uses</c><00:13:47.519><c> excessive</c><00:13:48.179><c> language</c><00:13:48.779><c> over</c><00:13:49.039><c> the</c><00:13:49.259><c> things</c><00:13:49.399><c> that</c><00:13:49.600><c> we</c><00:13:49.740><c> might</c><00:13:49.960><c> consider</c><00:13:50.320><c> to</c>

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today.

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business<00:14:03.940><c> profession,</c><00:14:05.100><c> unfair</c><00:14:05.480><c> practices,</c>

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lies,<00:14:07.440><c> hypocrisy</c><00:14:08.080><c> are</c><00:14:08.340><c> all</c><00:14:08.600><c> accepted</c><00:14:09.039><c> as</c><00:14:09.279><c> normal</c><00:14:09.620><c> behavior.</c>

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Well,<00:14:12.679><c> since</c><00:14:12.960><c> the</c><00:14:13.200><c> prophet's</c><00:14:13.700><c> mind</c><00:14:13.940><c> was</c><00:14:14.279><c> fused</c><00:14:14.519><c> with</c><00:14:14.720><c> God,</c>

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his<00:14:17.440><c> own</c><00:14:17.879><c> identity</c><00:14:18.580><c> was</c><00:14:19.139><c> intensified.</c>

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It<00:14:20.179><c> wasn't</c><00:14:20.480><c> diminished.</c>

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It<00:14:21.779><c> gains</c><00:14:22.080><c> power</c><00:14:22.620><c> for</c><00:14:22.879><c> the</c><00:14:23.279><c> overwhelming</c><00:14:23.840><c> impact</c><00:14:24.580><c> of</c><00:14:24.840><c> the</c><00:14:25.019><c> event.</c>

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The<00:14:26.139><c> prophet</c><00:14:26.580><c> was</c><00:14:26.840><c> not</c><00:14:27.320><c> a</c><00:14:27.500><c> detached</c><00:14:28.000><c> and</c><00:14:28.379><c> disinterested</c><00:14:29.379><c> instrument</c><00:14:29.879><c> in</c>

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God's<00:14:30.600><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:14:31.679><c> was</c><00:14:31.879><c> not</c><00:14:32.139><c> as</c><00:14:32.440><c> a</c><00:14:32.639><c> people</c><00:14:32.879><c> when</c><00:14:33.100><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:33.620><c> said,</c><00:14:34.019><c> thou</c><00:14:34.019><c> art</c>

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near<00:14:34.460><c> in</c><00:14:34.620><c> their</c><00:14:34.779><c> mouth,</c><00:14:35.600><c> but</c><00:14:35.740><c> far</c><00:14:36.019><c> from</c>

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their<00:14:36.460><c> heart.</c>

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The<00:14:37.820><c> prophet</c><00:14:38.120><c> acted</c><00:14:38.620><c> as</c><00:14:39.379><c> a</c><00:14:39.600><c> partner</c><00:14:39.879><c> with</c><00:14:40.120><c> God,</c><00:14:40.919><c> not</c><00:14:41.139><c> merely</c>

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an<00:14:41.700><c> instrument.</c>

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His<00:14:43.080><c> message</c><00:14:43.500><c> involved</c><00:14:44.159><c> not</c><00:14:45.059><c> only</c><00:14:45.399><c> the</c><00:14:45.799><c> God,</c><00:14:46.019><c> but</c><00:14:46.139><c> the</c><00:14:46.320><c> emotions</c><00:14:46.679><c> of</c><00:14:46.899><c> the</c>

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prophet<00:14:47.320><c> himself</c><00:14:47.779><c> because</c>

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they<00:14:48.539><c> were</c><00:14:48.759><c> moral.</c>

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You<00:14:50.100><c> know,</c><00:14:50.259><c> Moses</c><00:14:50.639><c> could</c><00:14:50.919><c> not</c><00:14:51.100><c> possibly</c><00:14:51.639><c> enjoin</c><00:14:52.139><c> upon</c><00:14:52.379><c> the</c><00:14:52.620><c> people</c><00:14:52.940><c> to</c>

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love<00:14:53.820><c> the</c><00:14:54.019><c> Lord</c><00:14:54.220><c> God</c><00:14:54.519><c> with</c>

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all<00:14:54.840><c> their</c><00:14:55.039><c> heart,</c><00:14:55.460><c> their</c><00:14:55.700><c> mind,</c><00:14:55.940><c> and</c><00:14:56.120><c> strength</c><00:14:56.659><c> without</c><00:14:57.240><c> feeding</c><00:14:57.600><c> it</c>

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within<00:14:58.120><c> him.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:14:59.620><c> could</c><00:14:59.860><c> not</c><00:15:00.019><c> have</c><00:15:00.240><c> spoken</c><00:15:00.419><c> about</c><00:15:00.700><c> the</c><00:15:00.960><c> new</c><00:15:01.139><c> covenant</c>

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that<00:15:01.700><c> God</c><00:15:01.919><c> would</c><00:15:02.100><c> inscribe</c><00:15:02.460><c> upon</c><00:15:02.759><c> the</c>

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hearts<00:15:03.179><c> of</c><00:15:03.360><c> his</c><00:15:03.539><c> people</c><00:15:04.100><c> without</c><00:15:04.580><c> becoming</c><00:15:05.080><c> emotionally</c><00:15:05.580><c> involved</c><00:15:06.179><c> because</c><00:15:07.159><c> he</c>

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was<00:15:07.759><c> intensely</c><00:15:08.440><c> involved.</c>

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And<00:15:09.419><c> that's</c><00:15:09.779><c> what</c><00:15:10.039><c> prophecy</c><00:15:10.519><c> entails.</c>

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The<00:15:12.820><c> prophet</c><00:15:13.779><c> experienced</c><00:15:16.019><c> an</c><00:15:16.580><c> overwhelming</c><00:15:17.159><c> fusion</c><00:15:17.860><c> of</c><00:15:18.460><c> his</c>

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mind<00:15:19.240><c> to</c><00:15:19.539><c> the</c><00:15:19.720><c> mind</c><00:15:19.879><c> of</c><00:15:20.039><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:21.740><c> God</c><00:15:22.039><c> caused</c><00:15:22.500><c> him</c><00:15:22.700><c> to</c><00:15:22.840><c> look</c><00:15:23.019><c> upon</c><00:15:23.460><c> sin</c><00:15:23.879><c> as</c><00:15:24.139><c> he</c><00:15:24.379><c> did.</c>

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And<00:15:25.799><c> this</c><00:15:25.960><c> will</c><00:15:26.179><c> help</c><00:15:26.360><c> us</c><00:15:26.580><c> to</c><00:15:26.840><c> understand</c><00:15:27.259><c> and</c><00:15:27.559><c> appreciate</c><00:15:28.259><c> his</c><00:15:28.759><c> role</c><00:15:29.000><c> in</c>

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conveying<00:15:29.659><c> to</c><00:15:29.840><c> Israel</c><00:15:30.399><c> their</c><00:15:30.659><c> sins</c>

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and<00:15:31.220><c> iniquities.</c>

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You<00:15:32.840><c> see,</c><00:15:33.080><c> his</c><00:15:33.240><c> sympathy</c><00:15:33.679><c> was</c><00:15:34.000><c> completely</c><00:15:34.799><c> with</c><00:15:35.259><c> God.</c>

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His<00:15:37.019><c> whole</c><00:15:37.419><c> soul,</c><00:15:38.000><c> most</c><00:15:38.299><c> of</c><00:15:38.440><c> being,</c><00:15:38.899><c> was</c><00:15:39.039><c> assimilated</c><00:15:39.960><c> into</c>

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that<00:15:40.639><c> of</c><00:15:40.779><c> the</c><00:15:40.899><c> Lord</c><00:15:41.179><c> because</c><00:15:42.279><c> he</c><00:15:42.600><c> felt</c><00:15:43.000><c> and</c>

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he<00:15:43.779><c> thought</c><00:15:44.080><c> as</c><00:15:44.399><c> God</c><00:15:44.720><c> did.</c>

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He<00:15:45.960><c> possessed</c><00:15:46.419><c> a</c><00:15:47.059><c> fellowship</c><00:15:47.580><c> with</c><00:15:48.100><c> the</c><00:15:48.240><c> feelings</c><00:15:48.480><c> of</c><00:15:48.700><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:49.879><c> thus</c><00:15:50.200><c> he</c><00:15:50.399><c> was</c><00:15:50.620><c> able</c><00:15:50.840><c> to</c><00:15:51.100><c> view</c><00:15:51.299><c> sin</c><00:15:51.620><c> in</c><00:15:52.000><c> all</c><00:15:52.419><c> its</c><00:15:52.740><c> enormity,</c>

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all<00:15:54.759><c> that</c><00:15:54.960><c> we</c><00:15:55.240><c> could.</c>

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His<00:15:57.000><c> pronouncement</c><00:15:57.820><c> of</c><00:15:58.019><c> the</c><00:15:58.159><c> waywardness</c><00:15:58.840><c> was</c><00:15:59.220><c> charged</c><00:15:59.720><c> with</c><00:16:00.080><c> intensity.</c>

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He<00:16:01.159><c> was</c><00:16:01.480><c> involved.</c>

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The<00:16:03.019><c> grief,</c><00:16:03.379><c> the</c><00:16:03.639><c> sorrow,</c><00:16:03.899><c> and</c><00:16:04.000><c> the</c><00:16:04.139><c> lamentation</c><00:16:04.720><c> expressed</c>

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in<00:16:05.320><c> the</c><00:16:05.440><c> voice</c><00:16:05.600><c> of</c><00:16:05.799><c> the</c><00:16:05.980><c> prophets</c><00:16:06.240><c> was</c>

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all<00:16:07.059><c> real.</c>

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When<00:16:08.399><c> Jeremiah</c><00:16:08.919><c> declared,</c><00:16:09.639><c> I</c><00:16:09.639><c> am</c><00:16:09.820><c> full</c><00:16:10.100><c> of</c><00:16:10.340><c> wrath,</c><00:16:11.200><c> he</c><00:16:11.440><c> was</c>

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filled<00:16:12.039><c> with</c><00:16:12.360><c> emotional</c><00:16:12.960><c> intensity</c><00:16:13.620><c> because</c>

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he<00:16:14.820><c> was</c><00:16:15.039><c> unable</c><00:16:15.320><c> to</c><00:16:15.639><c> view</c><00:16:15.840><c> their</c><00:16:16.200><c> sins</c><00:16:16.659><c> as</c><00:16:17.179><c> God</c><00:16:17.480><c> viewed</c><00:16:17.679><c> them.</c>

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As<00:16:18.879><c> the</c><00:16:19.100><c> prophet</c><00:16:19.340><c> proclaimed</c><00:16:19.840><c> in</c><00:16:20.059><c> Jeremiah</c><00:16:20.620><c> 15</c><00:16:21.120><c> and</c><00:16:21.279><c> 17,</c><00:16:22.360><c> thou</c>

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hast<00:16:22.879><c> filled</c><00:16:23.240><c> me</c><00:16:23.519><c> with</c><00:16:23.840><c> indignation.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:16:26.940><c> of</c><00:16:27.159><c> his</c><00:16:27.460><c> absolute</c><00:16:28.320><c> sympathy</c><00:16:29.179><c> with</c><00:16:29.740><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:16:31.220><c> the</c><00:16:31.340><c> New</c><00:16:31.580><c> Testament</c><00:16:31.980><c> prophets</c><00:16:32.379><c> have</c><00:16:32.620><c> the</c><00:16:32.860><c> same</c><00:16:33.019><c> spirit,</c>

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brethren<00:16:33.820><c> and</c><00:16:34.000><c> sisters.</c>

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Who<00:16:35.440><c> can</c><00:16:35.700><c> read</c><00:16:35.960><c> the</c><00:16:36.200><c> epistles</c><00:16:36.500><c> of</c><00:16:36.679><c> the</c><00:16:36.820><c> apostle</c><00:16:37.159><c> Paul</c><00:16:37.559><c> and</c><00:16:37.799><c> not</c>

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be<00:16:38.200><c> struck</c><00:16:38.299><c> with</c><00:16:38.559><c> the</c><00:16:38.899><c> sincerity</c><00:16:39.440><c> and</c><00:16:39.960><c> involvement</c>

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of<00:16:40.879><c> the</c><00:16:41.019><c> apostle</c><00:16:41.500><c> in</c><00:16:41.779><c> his</c><00:16:42.059><c> letter,</c><00:16:42.759><c> his</c><00:16:43.220><c> consciousness</c><00:16:43.700><c> of</c><00:16:44.100><c> sin?</c>

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You<00:16:44.919><c> see,</c><00:16:45.220><c> Paul</c><00:16:45.220><c> is</c><00:16:45.299><c> not</c><00:16:45.460><c> detached,</c><00:16:46.080><c> he</c><00:16:46.419><c> is</c><00:16:46.419><c> fully</c><00:16:47.879><c> involved</c>

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in<00:16:48.820><c> his</c><00:16:49.159><c> messages.</c>

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He<00:16:50.659><c> truly</c><00:16:50.840><c> had</c><00:16:51.000><c> the</c><00:16:51.220><c> mind</c><00:16:51.399><c> of</c><00:16:51.600><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:52.679><c> of</c><00:16:52.840><c> course</c><00:16:53.019><c> this</c><00:16:53.419><c> is</c><00:16:53.940><c> true</c><00:16:54.179><c> with</c><00:16:54.419><c> all</c><00:16:54.679><c> the</c><00:16:54.820><c> New</c><00:16:55.019><c> Testament</c><00:16:55.360><c> writers.</c>

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But<00:16:56.960><c> when</c><00:16:57.100><c> we</c><00:16:57.320><c> come</c><00:16:57.500><c> to</c><00:16:57.679><c> the</c><00:16:57.860><c> greatest</c><00:16:58.279><c> prophet</c><00:16:58.659><c> that</c><00:16:58.879><c> ever</c><00:16:59.100><c> lived,</c><00:17:00.000><c> the</c><00:17:00.100><c> Son</c><00:17:00.379><c> of</c>

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God,<00:17:01.559><c> the</c><00:17:01.679><c> greatest,</c>

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perhaps<00:17:02.480><c> it</c><00:17:02.659><c> is</c><00:17:02.960><c> easier</c><00:17:03.460><c> to</c><00:17:03.879><c> perceive</c><00:17:04.180><c> how</c><00:17:04.599><c> completely</c><00:17:05.519><c> Jesus</c>

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was<00:17:06.980><c> fused</c><00:17:07.319><c> with</c><00:17:07.579><c> God.</c>

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His<00:17:09.539><c> instruction</c><00:17:10.140><c> in</c><00:17:10.420><c> Godly</c><00:17:10.859><c> living,</c><00:17:11.680><c> recorded</c><00:17:12.079><c> in</c><00:17:12.299><c> the</c><00:17:12.400><c> 5th,</c>

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6th,<00:17:12.819><c> and</c><00:17:12.900><c> 7th</c><00:17:13.240><c> chapters</c><00:17:13.680><c> of</c><00:17:14.099><c> Matthew,</c>

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how<00:17:15.319><c> many</c><00:17:15.519><c> of</c><00:17:15.599><c> us</c><00:17:15.700><c> could</c><00:17:15.980><c> read</c><00:17:16.200><c> these</c><00:17:16.599><c> instructions</c><00:17:17.019><c> without</c><00:17:17.460><c> cringing?</c>

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His<00:17:19.039><c> reproofs</c><00:17:19.720><c> to</c><00:17:19.839><c> the</c><00:17:20.019><c> leaders</c><00:17:20.279><c> of</c><00:17:20.460><c> Israel,</c><00:17:21.500><c> his</c><00:17:21.799><c> condemnation</c><00:17:22.359><c> of</c><00:17:22.559><c> the</c><00:17:22.819><c> scribes,</c><00:17:23.440><c> his</c>

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prayers<00:17:24.140><c> all</c>

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illustrate<00:17:25.420><c> just</c><00:17:26.140><c> how</c><00:17:26.380><c> completely</c><00:17:26.740><c> the</c><00:17:27.000><c> mind</c><00:17:27.259><c> of</c><00:17:27.400><c> Jesus</c><00:17:27.819><c> was</c>

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fused<00:17:28.319><c> with</c><00:17:28.519><c> that</c><00:17:28.759><c> of</c><00:17:28.859><c> God.</c>

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You<00:17:30.180><c> see,</c><00:17:30.480><c> our</c><00:17:30.660><c> Lord</c><00:17:30.940><c> could</c><00:17:31.240><c> clearly</c><00:17:31.660><c> see</c><00:17:32.180><c> the</c><00:17:32.599><c> terribleness</c>

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of<00:17:33.400><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:17:34.559><c> when</c><00:17:34.779><c> he</c><00:17:35.039><c> spoke,</c><00:17:36.539><c> it</c><00:17:36.539><c> was</c><00:17:36.740><c> as</c><00:17:37.259><c> if</c><00:17:37.539><c> God</c><00:17:37.940><c> were</c><00:17:38.240><c> speaking</c><00:17:38.519><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:38.880><c> people.</c>

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But<00:17:40.279><c> the</c><00:17:40.460><c> utterances</c><00:17:40.859><c> of</c><00:17:41.119><c> God</c><00:17:41.359><c> were</c><00:17:41.619><c> far</c><00:17:41.980><c> more</c><00:17:42.279><c> than</c><00:17:42.480><c> merely</c>

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the<00:17:43.059><c> conveyance</c><00:17:43.519><c> of</c><00:17:43.759><c> words</c><00:17:44.000><c> and</c><00:17:44.279><c> ideas.</c>

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The<00:17:45.720><c> whole</c><00:17:45.980><c> personality</c><00:17:46.680><c> of</c><00:17:47.000><c> God,</c><00:17:48.119><c> his</c><00:17:48.299><c> emotions,</c><00:17:48.980><c> his</c><00:17:49.200><c> holiness,</c><00:17:50.000><c> converged</c><00:17:50.559><c> and</c>

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were<00:17:51.160><c> absorbed</c>

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That's<00:17:54.599><c> why</c><00:17:54.819><c> Paul</c><00:17:55.140><c> could</c><00:17:55.359><c> say</c><00:17:55.500><c> in</c><00:17:55.619><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:55.920><c> 1</c><00:17:56.180><c> and</c><00:17:56.359><c> 3</c><00:17:56.859><c> of</c><00:17:57.140><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:57.779><c> he</c><00:17:57.900><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:58.380><c> brightness</c><00:17:58.640><c> of</c><00:17:58.920><c> his</c><00:17:59.200><c> glory</c>

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and<00:18:00.019><c> the</c><00:18:00.380><c> express</c><00:18:00.880><c> image</c><00:18:01.460><c> of</c><00:18:01.799><c> his</c><00:18:02.000><c> person.</c>

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It<00:18:03.220><c> was</c><00:18:03.619><c> as</c><00:18:03.819><c> if</c><00:18:03.980><c> God</c><00:18:04.279><c> came</c><00:18:04.559><c> down</c><00:18:04.900><c> in</c><00:18:05.079><c> the</c><00:18:05.119><c> midst</c><00:18:05.319><c> of</c><00:18:05.539><c> Israel</c><00:18:05.880><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:06.220><c> person</c><00:18:06.440><c> of</c><00:18:06.640><c> the</c><00:18:06.700><c> Lord</c><00:18:06.960><c> Jesus</c><00:18:07.339><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:18:08.240><c> I</c><00:18:08.400><c> would</c><00:18:08.539><c> suppose</c><00:18:09.039><c> that</c><00:18:09.240><c> there</c><00:18:09.440><c> is</c><00:18:09.680><c> much</c><00:18:09.960><c> greater</c><00:18:10.339><c> depth</c>

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to<00:18:10.900><c> Jesus'</c><00:18:11.400><c> words</c><00:18:11.880><c> than</c><00:18:12.440><c> we</c><00:18:12.680><c> realize</c><00:18:13.119><c> when</c>

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he<00:18:13.500><c> said,</c><00:18:14.359><c> I</c><00:18:14.880><c> and</c><00:18:15.400><c> my</c><00:18:15.700><c> Father</c><00:18:16.140><c> are</c><00:18:16.619><c> one.</c>

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Like<00:18:19.099><c> the</c><00:18:19.400><c> prophets</c><00:18:19.640><c> of</c><00:18:19.900><c> all</c><00:18:20.039><c> though,</c><00:18:20.339><c> Jesus</c><00:18:20.720><c> did</c><00:18:21.000><c> not</c><00:18:21.200><c> escape</c>

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from<00:18:21.859><c> being</c><00:18:22.200><c> branded</c><00:18:22.619><c> as</c><00:18:22.980><c> insane.</c>

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Mark<00:18:25.519><c> recorded</c><00:18:26.079><c> the</c><00:18:26.359><c> healing</c><00:18:26.539><c> in</c><00:18:26.759><c> the</c><00:18:26.940><c> synagogue</c><00:18:27.359><c> of</c><00:18:27.559><c> a</c><00:18:27.740><c> man</c><00:18:27.940><c> who</c><00:18:28.140><c> had</c><00:18:28.299><c> a</c>

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withered<00:18:28.660><c> hand.</c>

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Jesus<00:18:30.259><c> told</c><00:18:30.559><c> him</c><00:18:30.740><c> to</c><00:18:30.960><c> stand</c><00:18:31.299><c> forth.</c>

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Now<00:18:33.160><c> he</c><00:18:33.279><c> could</c><00:18:33.539><c> read</c><00:18:33.819><c> the</c><00:18:34.059><c> minds</c><00:18:34.380><c> of</c><00:18:34.579><c> those</c><00:18:34.819><c> about</c><00:18:35.160><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:36.720><c> he</c><00:18:36.940><c> said,</c><00:18:37.839><c> is</c><00:18:37.920><c> it</c><00:18:38.160><c> lawful</c><00:18:38.500><c> to</c><00:18:38.720><c> do</c><00:18:38.839><c> good</c><00:18:39.119><c> on</c><00:18:39.339><c> the</c><00:18:39.539><c> Sabbath</c>

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day<00:18:40.200><c> or</c><00:18:40.380><c> to</c><00:18:40.579><c> do</c><00:18:40.759><c> evil?</c>

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To<00:18:42.339><c> kill</c><00:18:42.900><c> or</c><00:18:43.380><c> to</c><00:18:43.619><c> save?</c>

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Well<00:18:45.759><c> Mark</c><00:18:45.980><c> says</c><00:18:46.339><c> that</c><00:18:46.599><c> he</c><00:18:46.880><c> looked</c><00:18:47.140><c> upon</c><00:18:47.480><c> them</c><00:18:47.680><c> with</c><00:18:47.920><c> anger</c><00:18:48.420><c> because</c><00:18:49.140><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:49.660><c> grieved</c><00:18:49.920><c> with</c><00:18:50.180><c> the</c><00:18:50.380><c> hardness</c>

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of<00:18:50.900><c> their</c><00:18:51.180><c> hearts.</c>

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He<00:18:52.420><c> healed</c><00:18:52.740><c> the</c><00:18:52.940><c> man</c><00:18:53.279><c> and</c><00:18:53.660><c> what</c><00:18:53.839><c> was</c><00:18:54.000><c> the</c><00:18:54.099><c> result?</c>

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Well,<00:18:54.839><c> the</c><00:18:55.359><c> Pharisees</c><00:18:55.880><c> went</c><00:18:56.119><c> out</c><00:18:56.599><c> and</c><00:18:57.099><c> consulted</c><00:18:57.480><c> with</c><00:18:57.720><c> the</c>

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hated<00:18:58.160><c> Herodians</c><00:18:58.720><c> how</c><00:18:58.900><c> they</c><00:18:59.039><c> might</c><00:18:59.240><c> destroy</c>

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him.

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He<00:19:01.259><c> continued</c><00:19:01.799><c> healing</c><00:19:02.099><c> and</c><00:19:02.299><c> then</c><00:19:02.420><c> he</c><00:19:02.579><c> withdrew</c><00:19:02.880><c> from</c><00:19:03.079><c> the</c><00:19:03.259><c> mountain</c><00:19:03.740><c> and</c><00:19:04.319><c> he</c>

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sought<00:19:04.700><c> seclusion</c>

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in<00:19:05.500><c> a</c><00:19:05.640><c> house.</c>

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Now<00:19:06.740><c> Mark</c><00:19:06.980><c> records</c><00:19:07.480><c> that</c><00:19:07.680><c> the</c><00:19:07.880><c> multitude</c><00:19:08.380><c> thronged</c><00:19:08.920><c> him.</c>

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But<00:19:10.220><c> when</c><00:19:10.480><c> his</c><00:19:10.819><c> friends</c><00:19:11.059><c> heard</c><00:19:11.319><c> of</c><00:19:11.500><c> it,</c><00:19:11.920><c> and</c><00:19:12.079><c> among</c><00:19:12.299><c> his</c><00:19:12.579><c> friends</c><00:19:12.859><c> were</c>

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his<00:19:13.420><c> relatives,</c><00:19:14.579><c> they</c><00:19:14.819><c> went</c>

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out<00:19:15.200><c> to</c><00:19:15.319><c> lay</c><00:19:15.480><c> hold</c><00:19:15.779><c> on</c><00:19:15.940><c> him</c><00:19:16.160><c> for</c><00:19:16.299><c> they</c><00:19:16.579><c> said,</c><00:19:17.319><c> he</c><00:19:17.359><c> is</c><00:19:17.599><c> beside</c>

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himself,<00:19:19.160><c> he's</c><00:19:19.500><c> demented,</c><00:19:20.420><c> he's</c><00:19:20.759><c> crazy.</c>

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And<00:19:22.200><c> in</c><00:19:22.339><c> his</c><00:19:22.599><c> frequent</c><00:19:22.940><c> contest</c><00:19:23.480><c> with</c><00:19:23.680><c> the</c><00:19:23.940><c> scribes</c><00:19:24.259><c> and</c><00:19:24.480><c> Pharisees,</c><00:19:25.359><c> he</c>

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was<00:19:25.759><c> accused</c><00:19:26.140><c> of</c><00:19:26.359><c> having</c><00:19:26.640><c> the</c>

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Elves<00:19:27.160><c> above,</c><00:19:27.500><c> the</c><00:19:27.539><c> prince</c><00:19:27.740><c> of</c><00:19:27.920><c> the</c><00:19:28.059><c> devils.</c>

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He<00:19:28.819><c> casteth</c><00:19:29.359><c> out</c><00:19:29.519><c> devils</c><00:19:29.960><c> by</c><00:19:30.279><c> devils.</c>

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And<00:19:31.019><c> here's</c><00:19:31.339><c> the</c><00:19:31.519><c> sanest</c><00:19:31.819><c> man</c><00:19:32.119><c> that</c><00:19:32.319><c> ever</c><00:19:32.440><c> walked</c><00:19:32.779><c> the</c><00:19:32.940><c> face</c>

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of<00:19:33.279><c> the</c><00:19:33.440><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:19:35.240><c> when</c><00:19:35.279><c> he</c><00:19:35.440><c> cleansed</c><00:19:35.779><c> the</c><00:19:35.940><c> temple</c><00:19:36.220><c> and</c><00:19:36.460><c> early</c><00:19:36.619><c> in</c><00:19:36.779><c> his</c><00:19:37.000><c> ministry,</c><00:19:38.240><c> when</c>

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he<00:19:38.640><c> drove</c><00:19:38.880><c> out</c><00:19:39.119><c> the</c><00:19:39.319><c> money</c>

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changers<00:19:40.240><c> and</c><00:19:40.500><c> overturned</c><00:19:40.960><c> their</c><00:19:41.099><c> tables</c><00:19:41.500><c> and</c><00:19:41.660><c> so</c><00:19:41.960><c> forth,</c>

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the<00:19:42.920><c> disciples</c><00:19:43.339><c> remembered</c><00:19:43.859><c> the</c><00:19:44.119><c> scriptures,</c>

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the<00:19:45.240><c> zeal</c><00:19:45.619><c> of</c><00:19:45.819><c> thine</c><00:19:45.980><c> house</c><00:19:46.380><c> has</c><00:19:46.640><c> eaten</c><00:19:46.859><c> me</c><00:19:47.180><c> up.</c>

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It's<00:19:48.380><c> like</c><00:19:48.859><c> he</c><00:19:49.180><c> was</c><00:19:49.420><c> saying,</c><00:19:50.359><c> I</c><00:19:50.440><c> will</c><00:19:50.660><c> be</c><00:19:50.940><c> consumed</c><00:19:51.440><c> with</c><00:19:51.740><c> jealousy</c><00:19:52.259><c> for</c>

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the<00:19:52.839><c> honor</c><00:19:53.039><c> of</c><00:19:53.259><c> thy</c><00:19:53.440><c> house.</c>

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And<00:19:54.940><c> these</c><00:19:55.220><c> incidents,</c><00:19:55.900><c> my</c><00:19:56.079><c> brethren</c><00:19:56.299><c> and</c><00:19:56.539><c> sisters,</c><00:19:57.079><c> indicate</c><00:19:57.500><c> to</c><00:19:57.660><c> us</c>

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clearly<00:19:58.359><c> how</c><00:19:58.680><c> the</c><00:19:58.900><c> Lord</c><00:19:59.119><c> perceived</c>

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the<00:20:00.140><c> nature</c><00:20:00.440><c> of</c><00:20:00.759><c> sin</c><00:20:01.039><c> and</c><00:20:01.500><c> how</c><00:20:01.900><c> emotionally</c><00:20:02.460><c> and</c><00:20:03.339><c> morally</c><00:20:03.759><c> he</c>

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was<00:20:04.579><c> involved</c><00:20:05.140><c> with</c><00:20:05.460><c> the</c><00:20:05.640><c> mind</c><00:20:05.839><c> of</c><00:20:06.099><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:20:08.099><c> we</c><00:20:08.299><c> mentioned</c><00:20:08.579><c> before</c><00:20:09.180><c> that</c><00:20:09.500><c> children</c><00:20:09.980><c> are</c><00:20:10.259><c> the</c><00:20:10.420><c> most</c><00:20:10.619><c> potential</c><00:20:11.339><c> victims</c><00:20:11.859><c> to</c>

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sin<00:20:12.680><c> and</c><00:20:13.279><c> the</c>

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most<00:20:13.700><c> vulnerable.</c>

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You<00:20:15.299><c> see,</c><00:20:15.519><c> they</c><00:20:15.660><c> can</c><00:20:15.900><c> be</c><00:20:16.160><c> influenced</c><00:20:16.839><c> to</c><00:20:17.359><c> such</c><00:20:17.579><c> a</c><00:20:17.859><c> great</c><00:20:18.059><c> extent</c><00:20:18.640><c> by</c><00:20:19.019><c> the</c><00:20:19.220><c> attitude</c><00:20:19.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:19.920><c> parents.</c>

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That<00:20:21.059><c> which</c><00:20:21.220><c> is</c><00:20:21.539><c> important</c><00:20:21.859><c> to</c><00:20:22.160><c> us,</c><00:20:22.500><c> as</c><00:20:22.599><c> parents</c><00:20:22.900><c> and</c><00:20:23.180><c> grandparents,</c><00:20:24.180><c> become</c>

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important<00:20:24.779><c> to</c><00:20:24.960><c> the</c>

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children.

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And<00:20:26.220><c> that</c><00:20:26.359><c> which</c><00:20:26.519><c> is</c><00:20:26.740><c> unimportant</c><00:20:27.160><c> to</c><00:20:27.299><c> us</c><00:20:27.500><c> is</c><00:20:27.680><c> unimportant</c><00:20:28.200><c> to</c><00:20:28.380><c> them.</c>

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In<00:20:30.140><c> Proverbs</c><00:20:30.579><c> 1,</c><00:20:31.859><c> Solomon</c><00:20:32.059><c> said,</c><00:20:32.359><c> My</c><00:20:32.680><c> son,</c><00:20:33.779><c> hear</c><00:20:34.119><c> the</c><00:20:34.380><c> instruction</c><00:20:35.019><c> of</c><00:20:35.359><c> thy</c>

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father,<00:20:36.839><c> and</c><00:20:37.000><c> forsake</c>

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not<00:20:37.720><c> the</c><00:20:37.920><c> law</c><00:20:38.140><c> thy</c><00:20:38.380><c> mother,</c><00:20:39.279><c> for</c><00:20:39.460><c> they</c><00:20:39.740><c> should</c><00:20:39.900><c> be</c><00:20:40.119><c> an</c><00:20:40.339><c> ornament</c><00:20:40.599><c> of</c><00:20:40.880><c> grace</c><00:20:41.240><c> under</c><00:20:41.519><c> thy</c>

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head<00:20:42.079><c> and</c><00:20:42.440><c> chains</c>

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about<00:20:43.019><c> thy</c><00:20:43.279><c> neck.</c>

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We've<00:20:45.000><c> got</c><00:20:45.160><c> to</c><00:20:45.259><c> be</c><00:20:45.519><c> absolutely</c><00:20:46.200><c> certain</c><00:20:46.700><c> that</c><00:20:47.599><c> the</c><00:20:47.740><c> law</c><00:20:48.299><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:48.819><c> instructions</c><00:20:49.079><c> of</c><00:20:49.299><c> the</c><00:20:49.480><c> father</c><00:20:49.700><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:50.059><c> law</c><00:20:50.220><c> of</c><00:20:50.339><c> the</c><00:20:50.440><c> mother</c><00:20:50.640><c> are</c><00:20:50.880><c> not</c><00:20:51.259><c> clouded</c><00:20:51.700><c> with</c><00:20:52.019><c> distractions</c><00:20:52.720><c> to</c><00:20:53.200><c> the</c><00:20:53.400><c> sins</c><00:20:53.599><c> of</c>

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this<00:20:54.039><c> world.</c>

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In<00:20:55.579><c> the</c><00:20:55.759><c> area</c><00:20:56.079><c> of</c><00:20:56.380><c> sin,</c><00:20:56.720><c> if</c><00:20:56.799><c> parents</c><00:20:57.160><c> continue</c><00:20:57.779><c> to</c><00:20:58.059><c> minimize</c>

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the<00:20:58.740><c> reality</c><00:20:59.140><c> of</c><00:20:59.420><c> sin,</c><00:21:00.539><c> if</c><00:21:00.720><c> we</c><00:21:00.980><c> continue</c>

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to<00:21:01.700><c> manifest</c><00:21:02.119><c> a</c><00:21:02.380><c> tolerance</c><00:21:02.700><c> to</c><00:21:02.960><c> wrongdoing,</c><00:21:03.740><c> we</c><00:21:03.920><c> may</c><00:21:04.200><c> rest</c>

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assured<00:21:04.859><c> that</c><00:21:05.079><c> the</c><00:21:05.279><c> children</c><00:21:05.500><c> are</c><00:21:05.680><c> going</c>

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to<00:21:05.960><c> do</c><00:21:06.019><c> the</c><00:21:06.099><c> very</c><00:21:06.359><c> same</c><00:21:06.640><c> thing.</c>

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If<00:21:07.700><c> we</c><00:21:07.920><c> continue</c><00:21:08.380><c> to</c><00:21:08.680><c> ignore</c><00:21:09.039><c> sins,</c><00:21:10.259><c> if</c><00:21:10.339><c> we</c><00:21:10.579><c> become</c><00:21:10.839><c> insensitive</c><00:21:11.500><c> to</c><00:21:11.799><c> the</c><00:21:12.019><c> enormity</c><00:21:12.559><c> of</c><00:21:12.819><c> transgression,</c>

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the<00:21:14.240><c> next</c><00:21:14.539><c> generation</c><00:21:15.200><c> is</c><00:21:15.619><c> going</c><00:21:15.799><c> to</c><00:21:15.960><c> be</c><00:21:16.180><c> worse.</c>

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We<00:21:18.220><c> have</c><00:21:18.480><c> a</c><00:21:18.680><c> responsibility</c><00:21:19.519><c> to</c><00:21:19.920><c> see</c><00:21:20.180><c> that</c><00:21:20.420><c> our</c><00:21:20.599><c> little</c><00:21:20.839><c> ones</c>

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are<00:21:21.440><c> truly</c><00:21:21.720><c> aware</c><00:21:22.420><c> of</c><00:21:23.119><c> the</c><00:21:23.359><c> character</c><00:21:23.700><c> of</c><00:21:24.039><c> sin.</c>

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You<00:21:25.380><c> know</c><00:21:25.500><c> when</c><00:21:25.640><c> Israel</c><00:21:26.220><c> caused</c><00:21:26.759><c> their</c><00:21:27.039><c> children</c><00:21:27.539><c> to</c><00:21:28.140><c> pass</c>

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through<00:21:28.599><c> the</c><00:21:28.839><c> fire,</c><00:21:29.660><c> adopted</c><00:21:30.019><c> that</c><00:21:30.359><c> abominable</c>

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practice<00:21:31.480><c> of</c><00:21:31.759><c> sacrificing</c><00:21:32.400><c> their</c><00:21:32.700><c> sons</c><00:21:32.960><c> to</c><00:21:33.180><c> Moloch,</c><00:21:34.299><c> God</c><00:21:34.640><c> said,</c><00:21:35.380><c> Thou</c><00:21:35.640><c> hast</c><00:21:35.940><c> slain</c><00:21:36.440><c> my</c>

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children,<00:21:38.220><c> and</c>

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delivered<00:21:38.779><c> them</c><00:21:39.160><c> to</c><00:21:39.460><c> pass</c><00:21:39.799><c> through</c><00:21:40.000><c> the</c><00:21:40.220><c> fire</c><00:21:40.680><c> for</c><00:21:40.960><c> them.</c>

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The<00:21:42.440><c> children</c><00:21:42.740><c> that</c><00:21:42.960><c> God</c><00:21:43.279><c> gives</c><00:21:43.660><c> us</c><00:21:44.200><c> are</c><00:21:44.559><c> lent</c><00:21:44.740><c> to</c><00:21:45.019><c> us.</c>

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They<00:21:46.259><c> belong</c><00:21:46.559><c> to</c><00:21:46.779><c> God.</c>

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We<00:21:48.180><c> have</c><00:21:48.359><c> a</c><00:21:48.640><c> responsibility</c><00:21:49.279><c> to</c><00:21:49.579><c> raise</c><00:21:49.819><c> them</c><00:21:49.980><c> in</c><00:21:50.099><c> the</c><00:21:50.279><c> fear</c><00:21:50.440><c> and</c><00:21:50.559><c> the</c><00:21:50.819><c> admonition</c><00:21:51.240><c> of</c>

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God,<00:21:51.920><c> but</c><00:21:52.059><c> they</c>

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are<00:21:52.460><c> His</c><00:21:52.779><c> children,</c><00:21:54.039><c> and</c><00:21:54.259><c> these</c><00:21:54.500><c> poor</c><00:21:54.779><c> children</c><00:21:55.160><c> that</c><00:21:55.420><c> passed</c>

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through<00:21:55.900><c> the</c><00:21:56.140><c> fire</c><00:21:56.460><c> were</c><00:21:56.819><c> God's</c><00:21:57.400><c> children.</c>

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You<00:21:59.400><c> know,</c><00:21:59.660><c> one</c><00:21:59.740><c> of</c><00:21:59.920><c> the</c><00:22:01.220><c> responsibilities</c><00:22:02.019><c> we</c><00:22:02.279><c> have</c><00:22:02.480><c> so</c><00:22:02.839><c> important</c><00:22:03.460><c> is</c>

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to<00:22:04.400><c> see</c><00:22:04.579><c> that</c><00:22:04.799><c> our</c><00:22:05.059><c> little</c><00:22:05.319><c> ones</c>

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are<00:22:05.900><c> truly</c><00:22:06.319><c> aware</c><00:22:07.160><c> of</c><00:22:07.720><c> what</c><00:22:07.880><c> is</c><00:22:08.160><c> right</c><00:22:08.380><c> and</c><00:22:08.539><c> what</c><00:22:08.720><c> is</c><00:22:08.940><c> wrong.</c>

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You<00:22:10.299><c> know,</c><00:22:10.420><c> one</c><00:22:10.519><c> of</c><00:22:10.759><c> the</c><00:22:10.900><c> characteristics</c><00:22:11.460><c> of</c><00:22:11.859><c> sin</c><00:22:12.079><c> is</c><00:22:12.380><c> its</c>

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deceptive<00:22:13.079><c> nature.</c>

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Scripture<00:22:14.859><c> sets</c><00:22:15.200><c> forth</c><00:22:15.640><c> sin</c><00:22:15.859><c> as</c><00:22:16.099><c> a</c><00:22:16.279><c> great</c><00:22:16.460><c> deceiver</c><00:22:17.099><c> because</c>

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it<00:22:17.940><c> can</c><00:22:18.259><c> blind</c><00:22:18.500><c> us</c><00:22:18.740><c> to</c><00:22:18.880><c> its</c><00:22:19.119><c> presence.</c>

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Satan<00:22:20.559><c> himself</c><00:22:21.099><c> is</c><00:22:21.380><c> said</c><00:22:21.500><c> to</c><00:22:21.759><c> be</c><00:22:22.180><c> set</c><00:22:22.420><c> forth</c><00:22:22.720><c> as</c><00:22:22.940><c> a</c><00:22:23.160><c> messenger</c>

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of<00:22:23.880><c> life,</c><00:22:24.279><c> an</c><00:22:24.480><c> angel</c><00:22:24.880><c> of</c><00:22:25.160><c> light.</c>

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Now<00:22:26.480><c> in</c><00:22:26.700><c> Hebrews</c><00:22:26.980><c> chapter</c><00:22:27.460><c> 3,</c><00:22:27.799><c> and</c><00:22:27.920><c> if</c><00:22:28.039><c> you</c><00:22:28.119><c> would</c><00:22:28.279><c> like</c><00:22:28.420><c> to</c><00:22:28.599><c> turn</c><00:22:28.720><c> to</c>

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that<00:22:29.059><c> chapter</c><00:22:29.380><c> with</c><00:22:29.619><c> me,</c><00:22:30.720><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:22:31.299><c> Paul</c><00:22:31.720><c> reminds</c><00:22:32.319><c> his</c><00:22:32.680><c> readers</c><00:22:33.059><c> of</c><00:22:33.500><c> the</c><00:22:34.119><c> wilderness</c><00:22:34.680><c> wanderings</c><00:22:35.339><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:22:36.160><c> and</c><00:22:37.400><c> a</c><00:22:37.660><c> certain</c><00:22:37.900><c> event</c><00:22:38.319><c> that</c>

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ended<00:22:38.940><c> in</c><00:22:39.339><c> tragedy</c><00:22:39.859><c> for</c><00:22:40.640><c> many.</c>

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Third<00:22:43.099><c> chapter</c><00:22:43.460><c> of</c><00:22:43.660><c> Hebrews,</c><00:22:46.299><c> he</c><00:22:46.640><c> says</c><00:22:46.839><c> in</c><00:22:47.000><c> verse</c><00:22:47.240><c> 12</c><00:22:47.519><c> and</c><00:22:47.619><c> 13,</c>

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Take<00:22:49.599><c> heed,</c><00:22:50.059><c> brethren,</c><00:22:50.420><c> lest</c><00:22:50.519><c> there</c>

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be<00:22:50.880><c> in</c><00:22:50.940><c> any</c><00:22:51.339><c> of</c><00:22:51.420><c> you</c><00:22:51.740><c> an</c><00:22:51.980><c> evil</c><00:22:52.240><c> heart</c><00:22:52.539><c> of</c><00:22:52.779><c> unbelief</c><00:22:53.279><c> and</c><00:22:53.460><c> departing</c><00:22:54.000><c> from</c>

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the<00:22:54.279><c> living</c><00:22:54.480><c> God.</c>

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But<00:22:56.059><c> exhort</c><00:22:56.380><c> one</c><00:22:56.619><c> another</c><00:22:56.960><c> daily,</c><00:22:57.420><c> while</c><00:22:57.759><c> it</c><00:22:57.940><c> is</c><00:22:58.200><c> called</c><00:22:58.420><c> today,</c><00:22:59.579><c> lest</c>

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any<00:23:00.119><c> of</c><00:23:00.240><c> you</c><00:23:00.359><c> be</c><00:23:00.640><c> hardened</c>

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through<00:23:01.259><c> the</c><00:23:01.539><c> deceitfulness</c><00:23:02.079><c> of</c><00:23:02.599><c> sin.</c>

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Now<00:23:03.900><c> that</c><00:23:04.180><c> word</c><00:23:04.400><c> deceitfulness</c><00:23:05.259><c> in</c><00:23:05.519><c> the</c><00:23:05.819><c> Greek</c><00:23:06.099><c> means</c><00:23:06.740><c> to</c><00:23:07.059><c> cheat,</c><00:23:07.900><c> to</c>

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deceive,<00:23:08.839><c> to</c><00:23:08.980><c> beguile,</c><00:23:09.859><c> that</c><00:23:10.220><c> which</c>

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gives<00:23:10.700><c> a</c><00:23:10.980><c> false</c><00:23:11.180><c> impression.</c>

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And<00:23:12.680><c> the</c><00:23:12.880><c> warning</c><00:23:13.099><c> here,</c><00:23:13.579><c> brethren</c><00:23:13.720><c> and</c><00:23:13.920><c> sisters,</c><00:23:14.599><c> is</c><00:23:14.819><c> against</c><00:23:15.160><c> becoming</c><00:23:15.700><c> past</c>

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feeling,<00:23:17.960><c> past</c><00:23:18.660><c> feeling.</c>

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This<00:23:20.299><c> condition</c><00:23:20.819><c> comes</c><00:23:21.140><c> about</c><00:23:21.460><c> very</c><00:23:21.960><c> slowly</c><00:23:22.259><c> and</c><00:23:22.559><c> gradually.</c>

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Moral<00:23:24.980><c> insensibility</c><00:23:25.619><c> is</c><00:23:25.960><c> a</c><00:23:26.019><c> result</c><00:23:26.440><c> of</c><00:23:26.700><c> a</c><00:23:26.880><c> process,</c><00:23:29.119><c> and</c><00:23:29.259><c> one</c>

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in<00:23:29.660><c> which</c><00:23:29.940><c> we</c><00:23:30.420><c> are</c><00:23:30.759><c> oblivious</c><00:23:31.259><c> to</c><00:23:31.460><c> the</c><00:23:31.660><c> real</c>

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danger<00:23:32.720><c> and</c><00:23:32.920><c> the</c><00:23:33.079><c> reality</c><00:23:33.480><c> of</c><00:23:33.799><c> sin.</c>

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It's<00:23:34.440><c> like</c><00:23:34.599><c> the</c><00:23:34.779><c> temptation</c><00:23:35.319><c> to</c><00:23:35.920><c> disbelieve.</c>

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Now<00:23:38.099><c> it</c><00:23:38.440><c> is</c><00:23:38.579><c> never</c><00:23:38.839><c> presented</c><00:23:39.240><c> to</c><00:23:39.519><c> us</c><00:23:39.880><c> in</c><00:23:40.099><c> the</c><00:23:40.259><c> naked</c><00:23:40.480><c> form</c><00:23:40.819><c> in</c>

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its<00:23:41.099><c> real</c><00:23:41.339><c> character,</c><00:23:42.059><c> otherwise</c><00:23:42.539><c> we</c><00:23:42.819><c> would</c>

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cast<00:23:43.299><c> it</c><00:23:43.519><c> away.</c>

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One<00:23:44.539><c> does</c><00:23:44.839><c> not</c><00:23:45.160><c> disbelieve</c><00:23:45.960><c> overnight.</c>

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Its<00:23:48.500><c> approach</c><00:23:49.059><c> is</c><00:23:49.279><c> a</c><00:23:49.480><c> mind</c><00:23:49.700><c> with</c><00:23:50.240><c> various</c><00:23:50.700><c> forms,</c><00:23:51.259><c> perhaps</c><00:23:51.519><c> a</c>

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show<00:23:51.880><c> of</c><00:23:52.220><c> reasonableness,</c><00:23:53.240><c> even</c><00:23:53.460><c> a</c><00:23:53.539><c> show</c>

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of<00:23:54.000><c> righteousness.</c>

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It<00:23:55.359><c> works</c><00:23:55.720><c> upon</c><00:23:56.079><c> the</c><00:23:56.359><c> inherent</c><00:23:56.819><c> tendencies</c><00:23:57.440><c> of</c><00:23:57.740><c> the</c><00:23:57.940><c> flesh,</c>

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and<00:23:58.599><c> little</c><00:23:58.859><c> by</c><00:23:59.200><c> little</c><00:23:59.519><c> it</c><00:23:59.920><c> wins</c><00:24:00.279><c> one's</c>

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over.

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Hence,<00:24:02.200><c> the</c><00:24:02.559><c> awfulness</c><00:24:03.099><c> of</c><00:24:03.339><c> the</c><00:24:03.559><c> peril.</c>

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And<00:24:05.039><c> such</c><00:24:05.240><c> is</c><00:24:05.640><c> sin.</c>

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Its<00:24:06.880><c> real</c><00:24:07.259><c> character</c><00:24:07.720><c> is</c><00:24:08.039><c> veiled.</c>

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It<00:24:09.140><c> is</c><00:24:09.380><c> acceptable</c><00:24:09.880><c> to</c><00:24:10.180><c> society,</c><00:24:11.240><c> why</c><00:24:11.480><c> not</c><00:24:11.660><c> to</c><00:24:11.819><c> the</c><00:24:12.000><c> household</c>

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of<00:24:12.599><c> faith?</c>

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You<00:24:13.900><c> know,</c><00:24:14.619><c> we</c><00:24:14.619><c> consider,</c><00:24:15.299><c> we</c><00:24:15.460><c> tend</c><00:24:15.700><c> to</c><00:24:16.339><c> ignore</c><00:24:16.799><c> those</c><00:24:17.380><c> little</c>

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minor<00:24:18.319><c> factions,</c><00:24:19.039><c> fractions</c><00:24:19.380><c> of</c><00:24:19.579><c> the</c><00:24:19.740><c> law,</c>

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what<00:24:20.319><c> we</c><00:24:20.559><c> consider</c><00:24:20.900><c> to</c><00:24:21.059><c> be</c><00:24:21.240><c> minor.</c>

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We<00:24:22.480><c> gloss</c><00:24:22.759><c> over</c><00:24:23.079><c> them.</c>

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We<00:24:23.500><c> observe</c><00:24:23.839><c> the</c><00:24:24.059><c> major</c><00:24:24.299><c> ones</c><00:24:24.559><c> of</c><00:24:24.799><c> adultery</c><00:24:25.500><c> and</c><00:24:26.259><c> blasphemy</c>

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and<00:24:27.279><c> murder</c><00:24:27.579><c> and</c><00:24:27.779><c> so</c><00:24:28.079><c> forth,</c><00:24:28.480><c> but</c><00:24:28.579><c> we</c>

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gloss<00:24:28.960><c> over</c><00:24:29.200><c> the</c><00:24:29.359><c> lesser</c><00:24:29.599><c> ones.</c>

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We<00:24:31.000><c> almost</c><00:24:31.240><c> take</c><00:24:31.480><c> the</c><00:24:31.759><c> attitude</c><00:24:32.099><c> sometimes</c><00:24:32.759><c> that</c><00:24:33.079><c> we</c><00:24:33.380><c> can</c><00:24:33.640><c> commit</c><00:24:34.059><c> sin</c>

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as<00:24:34.740><c> long</c><00:24:34.940><c> as</c><00:24:35.059><c> we</c><00:24:35.200><c> observe</c><00:24:35.619><c> the</c>

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rest<00:24:36.099><c> of</c><00:24:36.279><c> the</c><00:24:36.440><c> commandments</c><00:24:36.779><c> of</c><00:24:37.039><c> Christ.</c>

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I've<00:24:38.539><c> done</c><00:24:38.720><c> it,</c><00:24:39.240><c> and</c><00:24:39.380><c> I'm</c><00:24:39.559><c> sure</c><00:24:39.740><c> that</c><00:24:39.980><c> everybody</c><00:24:40.279><c> has</c><00:24:40.480><c> done</c><00:24:40.660><c> it.</c>

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This<00:24:41.680><c> is</c><00:24:42.079><c> the</c><00:24:42.359><c> deceitfulness</c><00:24:43.019><c> of</c><00:24:43.380><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:24:44.539><c> can't</c><00:24:44.839><c> keep</c><00:24:45.079><c> on</c><00:24:45.400><c> committing</c><00:24:45.599><c> the</c><00:24:45.920><c> same</c><00:24:46.259><c> sin,</c><00:24:46.740><c> our</c><00:24:46.819><c> sins,</c>

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and<00:24:47.779><c> shelter</c><00:24:48.200><c> under</c><00:24:48.660><c> observance</c><00:24:49.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:49.519><c> rest</c><00:24:49.680><c> of</c><00:24:49.839><c> the</c><00:24:50.039><c> commandments</c><00:24:50.299><c> of</c><00:24:50.559><c> Christ.</c>

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James<00:24:52.039><c> says</c><00:24:52.279><c> in</c><00:24:52.460><c> James</c><00:24:52.779><c> 2</c><00:24:53.059><c> and</c><00:24:53.220><c> 10,</c><00:24:53.900><c> but</c><00:24:53.940><c> whosoever</c><00:24:54.500><c> should</c><00:24:54.640><c> keep</c><00:24:54.819><c> the</c><00:24:55.059><c> whole</c><00:24:55.279><c> law</c><00:24:55.680><c> and</c><00:24:56.079><c> be</c>

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guilty<00:24:56.480><c> in</c>

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one<00:24:57.000><c> point</c><00:24:57.140><c> is</c><00:24:57.299><c> guilty</c><00:24:57.559><c> of</c><00:24:57.799><c> all.</c>

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Because<00:24:59.119><c> God's</c><00:24:59.559><c> law</c><00:24:59.819><c> is</c><00:25:00.099><c> one</c><00:25:00.380><c> law.</c>

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It's<00:25:01.480><c> broken</c><00:25:01.779><c> down</c><00:25:02.200><c> into</c><00:25:02.299><c> little</c><00:25:02.559><c> commandments</c><00:25:03.039><c> and</c><00:25:03.380><c> statutes</c><00:25:03.619><c> so</c><00:25:03.759><c> we</c>

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can<00:25:04.140><c> understand</c><00:25:04.680><c> it.</c>

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But<00:25:05.240><c> it's</c><00:25:05.640><c> one</c><00:25:05.900><c> law,</c><00:25:06.420><c> and</c><00:25:06.680><c> when</c><00:25:06.839><c> we</c><00:25:07.079><c> break</c><00:25:07.299><c> that</c><00:25:07.619><c> law,</c><00:25:08.000><c> the</c><00:25:08.180><c> result</c><00:25:08.559><c> is</c>

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death,<00:25:10.180><c> whether</c><00:25:10.319><c> we</c><00:25:10.539><c> like</c>

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it<00:25:10.880><c> or</c><00:25:10.900><c> not.</c>

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The<00:25:14.359><c> reason</c><00:25:14.720><c> is</c><00:25:15.039><c> that</c><00:25:15.220><c> the</c><00:25:15.420><c> punishment</c><00:25:15.880><c> of</c><00:25:16.220><c> all</c><00:25:16.599><c> sins</c><00:25:16.920><c> is</c><00:25:17.140><c> death,</c><00:25:17.640><c> and</c>

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Jesus<00:25:18.140><c> died</c><00:25:18.500><c> to</c><00:25:18.819><c> atone</c><00:25:19.200><c> for</c><00:25:19.420><c> them.</c>

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All<00:25:21.440><c> sins,</c><00:25:21.839><c> whether</c><00:25:22.119><c> for</c><00:25:22.339><c> murder,</c><00:25:22.880><c> adultery,</c><00:25:23.420><c> or</c><00:25:23.480><c> just</c><00:25:23.740><c> a</c>

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little<00:25:24.019><c> white</c><00:25:24.299><c> lie.</c>

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And<00:25:25.400><c> the</c><00:25:25.480><c> truth</c><00:25:25.720><c> is</c><00:25:26.079><c> that</c><00:25:27.119><c> the</c><00:25:27.420><c> little</c><00:25:27.640><c> white</c><00:25:27.980><c> lie</c><00:25:28.539><c> would</c><00:25:29.319><c> cause</c><00:25:29.660><c> the</c>

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death<00:25:30.019><c> of</c><00:25:30.119><c> Christ</c><00:25:30.500><c> upon</c><00:25:30.759><c> the</c><00:25:31.019><c> cross</c>

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just<00:25:31.539><c> as</c><00:25:31.759><c> much</c><00:25:31.940><c> as</c><00:25:32.160><c> murder.</c>

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I'd<00:25:35.259><c> like</c><00:25:35.259><c> to</c><00:25:35.359><c> turn</c><00:25:35.700><c> to</c><00:25:35.980><c> the</c><00:25:36.019><c> sixth</c><00:25:36.259><c> chapter</c><00:25:36.640><c> of</c><00:25:36.859><c> Romans</c><00:25:37.200><c> for</c><00:25:37.420><c> a</c><00:25:37.579><c> moment.</c>

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Now<00:25:38.559><c> it's</c><00:25:38.700><c> a</c><00:25:38.759><c> well</c><00:25:38.980><c>-known</c><00:25:39.160><c> chapter.</c>

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We<00:25:40.880><c> know</c><00:25:41.039><c> many</c><00:25:41.279><c> of</c><00:25:41.359><c> the</c><00:25:41.539><c> passages</c><00:25:41.839><c> by</c><00:25:42.200><c> heart,</c><00:25:42.579><c> I'm</c><00:25:42.700><c> sure</c><00:25:42.940><c> it's</c>

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spoken,<00:25:43.799><c> it's</c><00:25:43.900><c> read</c><00:25:44.059><c> at</c><00:25:44.240><c> baptism.</c>

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But<00:25:45.460><c> there</c><00:25:45.559><c> are</c><00:25:45.599><c> one</c><00:25:45.660><c> or</c><00:25:45.740><c> two</c><00:25:45.920><c> points</c><00:25:46.200><c> I</c><00:25:46.339><c> want</c><00:25:46.480><c> to</c><00:25:46.619><c> bring</c><00:25:46.720><c> to</c><00:25:46.859><c> your</c><00:25:47.039><c> attention</c><00:25:47.400><c> here</c><00:25:47.720><c> in</c>

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Romans<00:25:48.160><c> 6.</c>

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Verse<00:25:50.960><c> 1,</c><00:25:53.500><c> Paul</c><00:25:53.759><c> asks</c><00:25:54.099><c> the</c><00:25:54.319><c> question,</c><00:25:55.440><c> what</c><00:25:55.700><c> shall</c><00:25:55.960><c> we</c><00:25:56.240><c> say</c><00:25:56.519><c> then?</c>

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Shall<00:25:57.039><c> we</c><00:25:57.299><c> continue</c><00:25:57.900><c> in</c><00:25:58.220><c> sin</c><00:25:58.400><c> that</c><00:25:58.779><c> grace</c><00:25:59.079><c> may</c><00:25:59.339><c> abound?</c>

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Now<00:26:00.799><c> here</c><00:26:01.039><c> is</c><00:26:01.259><c> a</c><00:26:01.579><c> universal</c><00:26:01.920><c> quest</c><00:26:02.279><c> of</c><00:26:02.559><c> mankind.</c>

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Surely<00:26:04.200><c> God</c><00:26:04.599><c> will</c><00:26:04.940><c> overlook</c><00:26:05.420><c> little</c><00:26:05.819><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:26:07.119><c> after</c><00:26:07.480><c> all,</c><00:26:08.440><c> the</c><00:26:08.559><c> more</c><00:26:08.779><c> we</c><00:26:09.079><c> sin,</c><00:26:09.819><c> the</c><00:26:10.000><c> greater</c><00:26:10.319><c> arena</c><00:26:10.779><c> for</c>

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God's<00:26:11.440><c> grace</c><00:26:11.759><c> to</c><00:26:11.960><c> be</c><00:26:12.220><c> manifested.</c>

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And<00:26:14.039><c> Paul's</c><00:26:14.440><c> reply,</c><00:26:14.940><c> of</c><00:26:15.140><c> course,</c><00:26:15.480><c> is</c><00:26:15.640><c> an</c><00:26:15.839><c> emphatic</c><00:26:16.440><c> no.</c>

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He<00:26:17.819><c> had</c><00:26:18.019><c> already</c><00:26:18.460><c> dismissed</c><00:26:18.920><c> this</c><00:26:19.279><c> section</c><00:26:19.619><c> in</c><00:26:20.220><c> this</c><00:26:20.519><c> question</c><00:26:21.079><c> in</c><00:26:21.279><c> chapter</c><00:26:21.500><c> 3</c><00:26:21.720><c> of</c>

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verse<00:26:22.099><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:26:23.220><c> not</c><00:26:23.480><c> rather</c><00:26:23.740><c> as</c><00:26:24.039><c> we</c><00:26:24.240><c> be</c><00:26:24.480><c> slanderously</c><00:26:25.220><c> reported,</c><00:26:26.380><c> and</c><00:26:26.559><c> as</c>

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some<00:26:26.880><c> affirm</c><00:26:27.160><c> that</c><00:26:27.339><c> we</c><00:26:27.599><c> say,</c><00:26:28.279><c> let</c><00:26:28.380><c> us</c><00:26:28.599><c> do</c>

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evil<00:26:29.039><c> that</c><00:26:29.240><c> good</c><00:26:29.440><c> may</c><00:26:29.759><c> come</c><00:26:30.079><c> whose</c><00:26:30.380><c> damnation</c><00:26:31.019><c> is</c><00:26:31.400><c> just.</c>

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But<00:26:34.099><c> some</c><00:26:34.400><c> of</c><00:26:34.559><c> Paul's</c><00:26:35.000><c> day</c><00:26:35.259><c> acted</c><00:26:35.660><c> as</c><00:26:35.980><c> if</c><00:26:36.099><c> they</c><00:26:36.279><c> felt</c><00:26:36.539><c> that</c><00:26:36.799><c> God,</c><00:26:37.220><c> in</c>

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order<00:26:37.519><c> to</c><00:26:37.740><c> broaden</c><00:26:37.940><c> the</c><00:26:38.140><c> scope</c><00:26:38.380><c> of</c>

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grace,<00:26:38.980><c> would</c><00:26:39.140><c> allow</c><00:26:39.440><c> them</c><00:26:39.640><c> to</c><00:26:39.900><c> sin.</c>

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In<00:26:41.759><c> Jude</c><00:26:42.000><c> chapter</c><00:26:42.420><c> 4,</c><00:26:42.779><c> don't</c><00:26:43.019><c> turn</c><00:26:43.299><c> to</c><00:26:43.420><c> this,</c><00:26:43.779><c> I'm</c><00:26:43.960><c> going</c><00:26:44.160><c> to</c>

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quote<00:26:44.440><c> you</c><00:26:44.660><c> Moffat's</c><00:26:45.180><c> translation,</c>

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to<00:26:46.240><c> the</c><00:26:46.500><c> corruptness</c><00:26:46.819><c> of</c><00:26:47.000><c> his</c><00:26:47.339><c> day,</c><00:26:47.839><c> the</c><00:26:48.279><c> writer</c><00:26:48.539><c> said,</c><00:26:49.539><c> they</c>

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perverted<00:26:50.359><c> the</c><00:26:50.660><c> grace</c><00:26:50.900><c> of</c><00:26:51.099><c> God</c><00:26:51.579><c> into</c>

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immorality.

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They<00:26:54.279><c> looked</c><00:26:54.519><c> at</c><00:26:54.720><c> God's</c><00:26:55.180><c> grace</c><00:26:55.539><c> as</c><00:26:55.920><c> permission</c><00:26:56.460><c> to</c><00:26:56.700><c> be</c><00:26:56.960><c> immoral.</c>

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Now<00:26:58.420><c> here</c><00:26:58.640><c> in</c><00:26:58.759><c> the</c><00:26:58.880><c> sixth</c><00:26:59.099><c> chapter</c><00:26:59.480><c> of</c><00:26:59.680><c> Romans,</c><00:27:00.180><c> at</c><00:27:00.299><c> verse</c><00:27:00.519><c> 15,</c>

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the<00:27:01.220><c> same</c><00:27:01.579><c> question</c><00:27:01.960><c> is</c><00:27:02.299><c> posed</c><00:27:02.579><c> with</c>

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a<00:27:02.900><c> little</c><00:27:03.059><c> difference.</c>

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Some<00:27:04.559><c> of</c><00:27:04.700><c> the</c><00:27:04.839><c> readers</c><00:27:05.059><c> of</c><00:27:05.259><c> this</c><00:27:05.500><c> epistle</c><00:27:05.819><c> would</c><00:27:06.000><c> jump</c><00:27:06.180><c> to</c><00:27:06.359><c> the</c>

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wrong<00:27:06.700><c> conclusion.</c>

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Since<00:27:08.440><c> Paul</c><00:27:08.779><c> had</c><00:27:09.140><c> stated,</c><00:27:09.640><c> where</c><00:27:09.660><c> sin</c><00:27:09.859><c> abounded,</c><00:27:10.740><c> grace</c><00:27:11.079><c> super</c><00:27:11.640><c> abounded,</c><00:27:12.859><c> they</c>

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would<00:27:13.200><c> come</c><00:27:13.380><c> to</c><00:27:13.599><c> the</c>

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conclusion<00:27:14.180><c> that</c><00:27:14.460><c> personal</c><00:27:14.859><c> behavior</c><00:27:15.400><c> was</c><00:27:15.759><c> of</c><00:27:15.880><c> little</c><00:27:16.119><c> importance.</c>

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Paul<00:27:18.079><c> had</c><00:27:18.279><c> shown</c><00:27:18.420><c> earlier</c><00:27:18.839><c> in</c><00:27:19.000><c> the</c><00:27:19.240><c> chapter</c><00:27:19.519><c> with</c><00:27:19.720><c> the</c><00:27:19.940><c> figures</c><00:27:20.140><c> of</c><00:27:20.400><c> death</c><00:27:20.579><c> and</c>

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life<00:27:21.119><c> as</c><00:27:21.759><c> analogies</c>

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to<00:27:22.599><c> terms</c><00:27:22.900><c> of</c><00:27:23.180><c> the</c><00:27:23.319><c> believer's</c><00:27:23.819><c> experience,</c><00:27:24.740><c> so</c><00:27:24.900><c> that</c><00:27:25.079><c> we</c><00:27:25.220><c> couldn't,</c><00:27:25.900><c> because</c><00:27:26.119><c> we're</c><00:27:26.339><c> dead</c><00:27:26.599><c> to</c><00:27:26.819><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:27:27.579><c> if</c><00:27:27.700><c> we're</c><00:27:27.859><c> dead</c><00:27:28.059><c> to</c><00:27:28.279><c> sin,</c><00:27:28.420><c> how</c><00:27:28.680><c> can</c><00:27:28.859><c> we</c><00:27:28.980><c> live</c><00:27:29.140><c> any</c><00:27:29.440><c> longer</c><00:27:29.680><c> therein?</c>

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And<00:27:31.019><c> now</c><00:27:31.279><c> he</c><00:27:31.480><c> illustrates,</c><00:27:32.160><c> brethren</c><00:27:32.359><c> and</c><00:27:32.640><c> sisters,</c><00:27:32.819><c> that</c><00:27:33.079><c> one</c><00:27:33.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:33.720><c> privileges</c><00:27:34.160><c> of</c><00:27:34.519><c> being</c><00:27:34.779><c> in</c><00:27:35.119><c> Christ</c>

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is<00:27:36.059><c> not</c><00:27:36.339><c> that</c><00:27:36.660><c> we</c><00:27:36.799><c> might</c><00:27:37.099><c> sin</c><00:27:37.500><c> now</c><00:27:37.940><c> and</c><00:27:38.140><c> then.</c>

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In<00:27:39.539><c> verse</c><00:27:39.839><c> 15,</c><00:27:40.640><c> he</c><00:27:40.819><c> asks</c><00:27:41.119><c> the</c><00:27:41.299><c> question,</c><00:27:42.259><c> what</c><00:27:42.519><c> then,</c><00:27:43.460><c> shall</c>

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we<00:27:44.220><c> sin</c><00:27:44.619><c> because</c><00:27:45.140><c> we</c><00:27:45.380><c> are</c><00:27:45.559><c> not</c><00:27:45.759><c> under</c><00:27:46.019><c> the</c>

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law<00:27:46.460><c> but</c><00:27:46.619><c> under</c><00:27:47.000><c> grace?</c>

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Again,<00:27:48.779><c> God</c><00:27:49.200><c> forbid.</c>

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It<00:27:50.819><c> shows</c><00:27:51.259><c> that</c><00:27:51.579><c> presumptuous</c><00:27:52.359><c> sinning</c><00:27:52.799><c> means</c><00:27:53.140><c> that</c><00:27:53.460><c> we</c><00:27:53.779><c> are</c>

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slaves<00:27:54.660><c> to</c><00:27:54.960><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:27:56.339><c> can't</c><00:27:56.619><c> be</c><00:27:56.819><c> slaves</c><00:27:57.160><c> to</c><00:27:57.460><c> sin</c><00:27:57.599><c> and</c><00:27:57.819><c> slaves</c><00:27:58.119><c> to</c><00:27:58.359><c> righteousness</c>

00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:00.900
at<00:27:59.000><c> the</c><00:27:59.180><c> same</c><00:27:59.460><c> time,</c><00:27:59.859><c> can</c><00:27:59.940><c> we,</c><00:28:00.200><c> brethren</c><00:28:00.400><c> and</c><00:28:00.579><c> sisters?</c>

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:03.819
We<00:28:01.640><c> can't</c><00:28:02.059><c> serve</c><00:28:02.519><c> two</c><00:28:02.759><c> masters.</c>

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:08.039
To<00:28:04.619><c> believe</c><00:28:04.940><c> this</c><00:28:05.259><c> philosophy</c><00:28:05.980><c> is</c><00:28:06.680><c> to</c><00:28:06.880><c> suppose</c><00:28:07.339><c> that</c><00:28:07.559><c> God</c><00:28:07.819><c> is</c>

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:09.579
going<00:28:08.220><c> to</c><00:28:08.539><c> serve</c><00:28:08.799><c> with</c><00:28:09.059><c> our</c><00:28:09.339><c> sins.</c>

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:12.140
Now<00:28:09.819><c> Israel</c><00:28:10.240><c> made</c><00:28:10.480><c> this</c><00:28:10.759><c> dreadful</c><00:28:11.160><c> mistake.</c>

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:16.380
In<00:28:12.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:12.799><c> 43</c><00:28:13.339><c> and</c><00:28:13.539><c> 21,</c><00:28:14.839><c> God</c><00:28:14.980><c> said,</c><00:28:15.359><c> but</c><00:28:15.380><c> thou</c><00:28:15.640><c> hast</c><00:28:15.920><c> made</c><00:28:16.160><c> me</c>

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:18.019
to<00:28:16.700><c> serve</c><00:28:16.960><c> with</c><00:28:17.240><c> thy</c><00:28:17.420><c> sins.</c>

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:21.359
Thou<00:28:18.539><c> hast</c><00:28:18.880><c> wearied</c><00:28:19.400><c> me</c><00:28:19.579><c> with</c><00:28:19.839><c> thine</c><00:28:20.039><c> iniquities.</c>

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:24.539
The<00:28:22.140><c> truth</c><00:28:22.359><c> of</c><00:28:22.559><c> the</c><00:28:22.660><c> matter</c><00:28:22.900><c> is,</c><00:28:23.299><c> brethren</c><00:28:23.480><c> and</c><00:28:23.680><c> sisters,</c><00:28:24.119><c> that</c><00:28:24.279><c> God</c>

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:27.920
expects<00:28:25.059><c> His</c><00:28:25.420><c> people</c><00:28:25.680><c> to</c><00:28:25.980><c> manifest</c><00:28:26.720><c> righteousness.</c>

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:34.579
One<00:28:28.799><c> of</c><00:28:29.000><c> the</c><00:28:29.700><c> great</c><00:28:30.319><c> objects</c><00:28:32.019><c> of</c><00:28:32.539><c> salvation</c><00:28:33.279><c> is</c><00:28:33.859><c> to</c><00:28:34.079><c> produce</c>

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:37.220
true<00:28:35.019><c> morality</c><00:28:35.599><c> in</c><00:28:35.839><c> God's</c><00:28:36.319><c> people.</c>

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:40.980
Jesus<00:28:37.900><c> warned</c><00:28:38.359><c> His</c><00:28:38.680><c> disciples,</c><00:28:39.859><c> except</c><00:28:40.059><c> your</c><00:28:40.460><c> righteousness</c>

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:43.059
exceed<00:28:41.380><c> the</c><00:28:41.660><c> righteousness</c><00:28:42.099><c> of</c><00:28:42.359><c> the</c><00:28:42.559><c> scribes</c><00:28:42.960><c> and</c>

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:46.740
Pharisees,<00:28:44.000><c> ye</c><00:28:44.140><c> shall</c><00:28:44.359><c> in</c><00:28:44.539><c> no</c><00:28:44.740><c> wise</c><00:28:45.059><c> enter</c><00:28:45.279><c> the</c><00:28:45.500><c> kingdom</c><00:28:45.720><c> of</c><00:28:45.940><c> heaven.</c>

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:50.240
We<00:28:47.480><c> seek</c><00:28:47.880><c> first</c><00:28:48.319><c> the</c><00:28:48.539><c> kingdom</c><00:28:48.839><c> of</c><00:28:49.079><c> heaven,</c><00:28:49.680><c> or</c><00:28:49.799><c> the</c><00:28:49.960><c> kingdom</c>

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:53.200
of<00:28:50.460><c> God,</c><00:28:50.960><c> and</c><00:28:51.359><c> His</c><00:28:52.059><c> righteousness.</c>

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:55.880
Then<00:28:53.880><c> we</c><00:28:54.099><c> can</c><00:28:54.240><c> be</c><00:28:54.420><c> assured</c><00:28:54.740><c> that</c><00:28:54.960><c> all</c><00:28:55.180><c> things</c><00:28:55.380><c> will</c><00:28:55.579><c> be</c><00:28:55.759><c> added</c>

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to<00:28:56.119><c> us.</c>

00:28:57.299 --> 00:29:01.220
Now<00:28:57.500><c> these</c><00:28:57.740><c> words</c><00:28:58.420><c> illustrate</c><00:28:59.220><c> to</c><00:28:59.460><c> us</c><00:28:59.720><c> that</c><00:29:00.240><c> moral</c><00:29:00.640><c> conduct</c>

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:03.960
in<00:29:01.460><c> God's</c><00:29:01.920><c> eyes</c><00:29:02.039><c> is</c><00:29:02.200><c> very</c><00:29:02.460><c> important</c><00:29:02.920><c> to</c><00:29:03.119><c> Him.</c>

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:08.859
The<00:29:05.039><c> assimilation</c><00:29:05.799><c> and</c><00:29:06.400><c> the</c><00:29:06.700><c> performance</c><00:29:07.019><c> of</c><00:29:07.259><c> God's</c><00:29:07.799><c> righteousness</c><00:29:08.180><c> is</c><00:29:08.579><c> part</c>

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:10.680
of<00:29:09.099><c> our</c><00:29:09.460><c> preparation</c><00:29:10.180><c> for</c>

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:12.259
the<00:29:10.839><c> kingdom</c><00:29:11.099><c> of</c><00:29:11.339><c> God.</c>

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Never<00:29:12.559><c> forget</c><00:29:12.920><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:29:13.940><c> our</c><00:29:14.160><c> preparation</c><00:29:14.740><c> for</c><00:29:14.960><c> God's</c><00:29:15.380><c> kingdom.</c>

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:19.700
Paul<00:29:16.960><c> said</c><00:29:17.160><c> in</c><00:29:17.359><c> Philippians</c><00:29:17.759><c> 2</c><00:29:18.000><c> and</c><00:29:18.160><c> 5,</c><00:29:18.579><c> let</c><00:29:18.700><c> this</c><00:29:19.019><c> mind</c><00:29:19.279><c> be</c><00:29:19.559><c> in</c>

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:21.400
you,<00:29:19.880><c> but</c><00:29:19.980><c> it's</c><00:29:20.079><c> also</c><00:29:20.440><c> in</c><00:29:20.660><c> Christ</c><00:29:20.980><c> Jesus.</c>

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:25.359
This<00:29:22.119><c> involves</c><00:29:22.619><c> a</c><00:29:22.920><c> concerted</c><00:29:23.380><c> effort,</c><00:29:23.859><c> brethren</c><00:29:23.980><c> and</c><00:29:24.180><c> sisters,</c><00:29:24.640><c> on</c><00:29:24.859><c> our</c><00:29:25.119><c> part.</c>

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It<00:29:25.880><c> is</c><00:29:26.220><c> totally</c><00:29:26.660><c> unnatural.</c>

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It<00:29:28.019><c> is</c><00:29:28.339><c> contrary</c><00:29:28.779><c> to</c><00:29:29.000><c> man's</c><00:29:29.440><c> notions</c><00:29:29.740><c> and</c><00:29:29.940><c> his</c><00:29:30.140><c> way</c><00:29:30.299><c> of</c><00:29:30.519><c> thinking.</c>

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And<00:29:31.799><c> here</c><00:29:31.960><c> is</c><00:29:32.140><c> an</c><00:29:32.299><c> appeal</c><00:29:32.559><c> for</c><00:29:32.799><c> us</c><00:29:33.000><c> to</c><00:29:33.160><c> be</c><00:29:33.420><c> like</c><00:29:33.680><c>-minded</c><00:29:33.980><c> with</c><00:29:34.180><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:38.599
It<00:29:35.420><c> bids</c><00:29:35.579><c> us</c><00:29:36.039><c> to</c><00:29:36.359><c> mind</c><00:29:36.619><c> the</c><00:29:36.859><c> things</c><00:29:37.039><c> that</c><00:29:37.259><c> Christ</c><00:29:37.579><c> minded,</c><00:29:38.359><c> to</c>

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:40.559
hate<00:29:38.819><c> the</c><00:29:39.079><c> things</c><00:29:39.259><c> that</c><00:29:39.480><c> He</c><00:29:39.779><c> hated,</c>

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to<00:29:41.259><c> emulate</c><00:29:41.859><c> His</c><00:29:42.240><c> love.</c>

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Our<00:29:43.740><c> thoughts,</c><00:29:45.000><c> our</c><00:29:45.200><c> motives</c><00:29:45.519><c> must</c><00:29:45.900><c> all</c><00:29:46.200><c> be</c><00:29:46.500><c> patterned</c><00:29:47.059><c> after</c>

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our<00:29:47.619><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:29:49.339><c> our</c><00:29:49.480><c> view</c><00:29:49.680><c> of</c><00:29:49.980><c> sin</c><00:29:50.480><c> and</c><00:29:51.220><c> our</c><00:29:51.500><c> consciousness</c><00:29:51.880><c> of</c><00:29:52.200><c> sin</c><00:29:52.539><c> have</c>

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to<00:29:53.019><c> be</c><00:29:53.200><c> like</c><00:29:53.519><c> His.</c>

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You<00:29:54.859><c> see,</c><00:29:55.000><c> we</c><00:29:55.299><c> tend</c><00:29:55.700><c> to</c><00:29:56.039><c> dwell</c><00:29:56.319><c> on</c><00:29:56.839><c> externals,</c><00:29:57.940><c> but</c><00:29:58.140><c> these</c><00:29:58.339><c> can</c>

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be<00:29:59.640><c> deceptive.</c>

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Piety,<00:30:02.460><c> a</c><00:30:02.559><c> true</c><00:30:02.660><c> religion,</c><00:30:04.660><c> can</c><00:30:04.799><c> just</c><00:30:05.079><c> be</c><00:30:05.319><c> a</c><00:30:05.460><c> pretense.</c>

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:10.960
Jesus<00:30:07.400><c> went</c><00:30:07.640><c> quite</c><00:30:07.960><c> beyond</c><00:30:08.339><c> that</c><00:30:08.640><c> which</c><00:30:08.819><c> was</c><00:30:09.259><c> obvious</c><00:30:09.640><c> to</c><00:30:09.859><c> the</c><00:30:10.059><c> eye.</c>

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Adultery<00:30:11.680><c> first</c><00:30:12.039><c> takes</c><00:30:12.319><c> place</c><00:30:12.579><c> in</c><00:30:12.759><c> the</c><00:30:12.960><c> heart</c><00:30:13.359><c> before</c><00:30:13.980><c> it</c><00:30:14.119><c> is</c>

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finally<00:30:14.579><c> enacted</c><00:30:14.980><c> in</c><00:30:15.240><c> the</c><00:30:15.400><c> flesh.</c>

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The<00:30:16.539><c> act</c><00:30:16.759><c> of</c><00:30:16.960><c> murder</c><00:30:17.200><c> is</c><00:30:17.460><c> first</c><00:30:17.779><c> contemplated</c><00:30:18.539><c> before</c><00:30:18.940><c> it</c><00:30:19.119><c> is</c>

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carried<00:30:19.539><c> out,</c><00:30:20.400><c> contemplated</c><00:30:21.079><c> in</c><00:30:21.259><c> the</c><00:30:21.420><c> heart.</c>

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Because<00:30:22.680><c> the</c><00:30:22.980><c> evil</c><00:30:23.180><c> heart</c><00:30:23.519><c> is</c><00:30:23.779><c> a</c><00:30:23.980><c> source</c><00:30:24.180><c> of</c><00:30:24.440><c> all</c><00:30:24.680><c> deeds,</c><00:30:25.460><c> and</c>

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:27.660
this<00:30:25.819><c> means</c><00:30:26.059><c> that</c><00:30:26.420><c> true</c><00:30:26.799><c> purity</c><00:30:27.319><c> of</c>

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:30.740
walk<00:30:28.019><c> begins</c><00:30:28.759><c> with</c><00:30:29.140><c> purity</c><00:30:29.539><c> of</c><00:30:29.839><c> mind.</c>

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:33.279
Now<00:30:31.380><c> let's</c><00:30:31.579><c> summarize</c><00:30:32.079><c> some</c><00:30:32.319><c> of</c><00:30:32.480><c> the</c><00:30:32.539><c> points</c><00:30:32.740><c> we</c><00:30:33.059><c> stressed</c>

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this<00:30:33.519><c> morning,</c><00:30:34.119><c> brothers</c><00:30:34.240><c> and</c><00:30:34.440><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:30:36.720><c> is</c><00:30:37.000><c> oblivious</c><00:30:37.640><c> to</c><00:30:37.859><c> the</c><00:30:38.119><c> atrocities</c><00:30:38.839><c> and</c><00:30:39.319><c> the</c><00:30:39.680><c> transgressions</c><00:30:40.240><c> that</c><00:30:40.400><c> are</c><00:30:40.599><c> committed</c><00:30:40.900><c> in</c><00:30:41.099><c> the</c>

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world.

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It<00:30:42.400><c> has</c><00:30:42.680><c> become</c><00:30:43.059><c> numb</c><00:30:43.599><c> to</c><00:30:44.099><c> a</c><00:30:44.480><c> consciousness</c><00:30:44.740><c> of</c><00:30:45.119><c> sins.</c>

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:49.079
You<00:30:46.599><c> see,</c><00:30:46.779><c> the</c><00:30:46.960><c> burden</c><00:30:47.240><c> of</c><00:30:47.539><c> sin</c><00:30:47.700><c> is</c><00:30:47.920><c> very</c><00:30:48.259><c> light</c><00:30:48.460><c> to</c><00:30:48.619><c> those</c><00:30:48.940><c> who</c>

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.940
are<00:30:49.400><c> oblivious</c><00:30:49.900><c> to</c><00:30:50.140><c> it.</c>

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But<00:30:51.200><c> it</c><00:30:51.400><c> certainly</c><00:30:51.579><c> wasn't</c><00:30:51.900><c> light</c><00:30:52.160><c> to</c><00:30:52.359><c> the</c><00:30:52.559><c> one</c><00:30:52.720><c> who</c><00:30:53.099><c> cried</c><00:30:53.400><c> out</c><00:30:53.839><c> of</c>

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.539
the<00:30:54.319><c> depths</c><00:30:54.539><c> of,</c><00:30:54.920><c> I</c><00:30:54.940><c> cried</c><00:30:55.259><c> unto</c>

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:59.279
thee,<00:30:56.099><c> Lord,</c><00:30:56.640><c> if</c><00:30:56.880><c> thou</c><00:30:57.099><c> should</c><00:30:57.380><c> mark</c><00:30:57.680><c> iniquity,</c><00:30:58.319><c> O</c><00:30:58.559><c> Lord,</c><00:30:59.039><c> who</c>

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shall<00:30:59.539><c> stand?</c>

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It<00:31:00.700><c> was</c><00:31:00.880><c> a</c><00:31:01.039><c> great</c><00:31:01.200><c> burden</c><00:31:01.460><c> to</c><00:31:01.720><c> him.</c>

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:07.380
David<00:31:03.019><c> experienced</c><00:31:03.700><c> the</c><00:31:04.019><c> terrors</c><00:31:04.579><c> not</c><00:31:04.940><c> of</c><00:31:05.200><c> natural</c><00:31:05.559><c> calamities,</c><00:31:06.720><c> but</c><00:31:06.880><c> those</c><00:31:07.140><c> that</c>

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came<00:31:07.519><c> to</c><00:31:07.680><c> him</c><00:31:07.920><c> through</c>

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wickedness.

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It<00:31:09.640><c> was</c><00:31:09.799><c> not</c><00:31:10.000><c> the</c><00:31:10.299><c> natural</c><00:31:10.640><c> calamities</c><00:31:11.279><c> that</c><00:31:11.539><c> dismayed</c><00:31:11.940><c> David,</c><00:31:12.700><c> it</c>

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was<00:31:12.940><c> that</c><00:31:13.259><c> which</c><00:31:13.400><c> came</c><00:31:13.740><c> from</c><00:31:13.980><c> the</c><00:31:14.220><c> enemies</c>

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of<00:31:14.740><c> the</c><00:31:14.900><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:20.140
And<00:31:16.359><c> we</c><00:31:16.539><c> also</c><00:31:16.900><c> noted</c><00:31:17.180><c> that</c><00:31:17.640><c> children</c><00:31:18.099><c> are</c><00:31:18.319><c> the</c><00:31:18.500><c> most</c><00:31:18.720><c> potential</c><00:31:19.500><c> victims</c>

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:22.720
of<00:31:20.680><c> sin,</c><00:31:21.640><c> both</c><00:31:21.900><c> in</c><00:31:22.059><c> the</c><00:31:22.220><c> world</c>

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:25.400
and<00:31:23.099><c> in</c><00:31:23.200><c> the</c><00:31:23.440><c> homes</c><00:31:23.740><c> by</c><00:31:24.220><c> the</c><00:31:24.519><c> adults.</c>

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:28.779
In<00:31:26.140><c> our</c><00:31:26.380><c> endeavor</c><00:31:26.700><c> to</c><00:31:26.880><c> show</c><00:31:27.119><c> the</c><00:31:27.359><c> enormity</c><00:31:27.839><c> of</c><00:31:28.099><c> sin,</c><00:31:28.359><c> we</c><00:31:28.440><c> looked</c><00:31:28.619><c> at</c>

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.900
the<00:31:29.000><c> prophets.</c>

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:33.559
And<00:31:30.279><c> here</c><00:31:30.400><c> was</c><00:31:30.599><c> one</c><00:31:30.779><c> who</c><00:31:30.920><c> could</c><00:31:31.119><c> say</c><00:31:31.319><c> no</c><00:31:31.619><c> to</c><00:31:31.819><c> his</c><00:31:32.019><c> society,</c><00:31:33.299><c> one</c>

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:36.460
who<00:31:33.759><c> would</c><00:31:34.019><c> condemn</c><00:31:34.720><c> their</c><00:31:35.059><c> wickedness,</c><00:31:36.220><c> their</c>

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:39.359
oblivious<00:31:37.019><c> to</c><00:31:37.220><c> the</c><00:31:37.400><c> Lord</c><00:31:37.759><c> and</c><00:31:38.099><c> His</c><00:31:38.319><c> commandments.</c>

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:44.460
We<00:31:40.059><c> also</c><00:31:40.480><c> looked</c><00:31:40.799><c> how</c><00:31:41.140><c> the</c><00:31:41.779><c> prophet</c><00:31:42.039><c> looked</c><00:31:42.339><c> upon</c><00:31:42.779><c> sins</c><00:31:43.380><c> and</c>

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:47.220
how<00:31:45.079><c> he</c><00:31:45.440><c> considered</c><00:31:45.900><c> transgression.</c>

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:50.099
What<00:31:47.519><c> the</c><00:31:47.740><c> world</c><00:31:47.980><c> considered</c><00:31:48.420><c> to</c><00:31:48.619><c> be</c><00:31:48.839><c> trivial</c><00:31:49.200><c> and</c><00:31:49.519><c> minor</c><00:31:49.799><c> was</c>

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:52.339
a<00:31:50.359><c> disaster</c><00:31:50.740><c> to</c><00:31:51.000><c> him</c><00:31:51.319><c> and</c><00:31:51.779><c> a</c><00:31:52.019><c> threat</c><00:31:52.140><c> to</c>

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:54.579
the<00:31:52.859><c> continuance</c><00:31:53.059><c> of</c><00:31:53.339><c> society.</c>

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:58.019
We<00:31:55.220><c> found</c><00:31:55.460><c> that</c><00:31:55.660><c> his</c><00:31:55.900><c> recognition</c><00:31:56.500><c> of</c><00:31:56.759><c> sin</c><00:31:56.900><c> was</c><00:31:57.220><c> based</c><00:31:57.460><c> on</c><00:31:57.640><c> his</c>

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.599
closeness<00:31:58.500><c> to</c><00:31:58.680><c> God.</c>

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:02.440
The<00:32:00.200><c> revelation</c><00:32:00.680><c> that</c><00:32:00.819><c> was</c><00:32:00.960><c> brought</c><00:32:01.200><c> to</c><00:32:01.440><c> him</c><00:32:01.640><c> was</c><00:32:01.839><c> like</c><00:32:02.099><c> God</c>

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:04.019
enveloping<00:32:03.079><c> him.</c>

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:08.579
It<00:32:04.480><c> intensified</c><00:32:05.240><c> his</c><00:32:05.559><c> awareness</c><00:32:06.019><c> of</c><00:32:06.420><c> sin,</c><00:32:07.700><c> an</c><00:32:07.859><c> experience</c><00:32:08.440><c> in</c>

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:11.319
which<00:32:08.759><c> God</c><00:32:09.140><c> revealed</c><00:32:09.559><c> Himself</c><00:32:10.059><c> to</c><00:32:10.259><c> the</c><00:32:10.480><c> prophet.</c>

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:15.259
And<00:32:12.220><c> we</c><00:32:12.380><c> noted,</c><00:32:12.940><c> and</c><00:32:13.119><c> this</c><00:32:13.279><c> is</c><00:32:13.500><c> important,</c><00:32:14.539><c> that</c><00:32:14.720><c> the</c><00:32:15.079><c> prophet</c>

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:18.640
was<00:32:15.519><c> not</c><00:32:15.859><c> merely</c><00:32:16.240><c> receptive</c><00:32:16.880><c> but</c><00:32:17.480><c> responsive.</c>

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:22.720
We<00:32:19.339><c> can't</c><00:32:19.779><c> just</c><00:32:20.119><c> be</c><00:32:20.440><c> receptive,</c><00:32:21.460><c> hearers</c><00:32:21.680><c> of</c><00:32:21.819><c> the</c><00:32:21.960><c> word.</c>

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:26.279
We<00:32:22.960><c> have</c><00:32:23.160><c> to</c><00:32:23.319><c> be</c><00:32:23.579><c> responsive,</c><00:32:24.579><c> doers</c><00:32:25.000><c> of</c><00:32:25.220><c> the</c><00:32:25.359><c> word.</c>

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:29.019
He<00:32:26.779><c> had</c><00:32:27.059><c> a</c><00:32:27.259><c> fellowship</c><00:32:27.700><c> with</c><00:32:28.000><c> the</c><00:32:28.160><c> feelings</c><00:32:28.440><c> of</c><00:32:28.720><c> God.</c>

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:31.839
His<00:32:29.559><c> mind</c><00:32:29.839><c> was</c><00:32:30.099><c> fused</c><00:32:30.380><c> with</c><00:32:30.559><c> that</c><00:32:30.759><c> of</c><00:32:30.880><c> the</c><00:32:31.039><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:34.680
The<00:32:32.279><c> grief</c><00:32:32.579><c> and</c><00:32:32.819><c> the</c><00:32:33.079><c> sorrow</c><00:32:33.299><c> expressed</c><00:32:33.799><c> in</c><00:32:33.960><c> his</c><00:32:34.220><c> words</c><00:32:34.460><c> were</c>

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:37.420
very<00:32:35.099><c> real,</c><00:32:36.160><c> and</c><00:32:36.240><c> the</c><00:32:36.299><c> same</c><00:32:36.720><c> was</c><00:32:37.000><c> true</c>

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:39.119
with<00:32:37.599><c> New</c><00:32:37.839><c> Testament</c><00:32:38.240><c> writers.</c>

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:42.180
And<00:32:39.700><c> then</c><00:32:39.799><c> we</c><00:32:39.960><c> looked</c><00:32:40.079><c> at</c><00:32:40.319><c> one</c><00:32:40.559><c> in</c><00:32:40.720><c> whom</c><00:32:40.839><c> the</c><00:32:41.140><c> Father</c><00:32:41.460><c> dwelt</c><00:32:41.880><c> as</c>

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.700
in<00:32:42.339><c> no</c><00:32:42.539><c> other</c><00:32:42.759><c> one.</c>

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:47.759
We<00:32:44.039><c> noted</c><00:32:44.200><c> how</c><00:32:44.599><c> clearly</c><00:32:45.200><c> Jesus</c><00:32:45.960><c> thoroughly</c><00:32:46.539><c> understood</c><00:32:47.240><c> sin</c>

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.480
and<00:32:48.279><c> human</c><00:32:48.500><c> nature.</c>

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:52.980
There<00:32:50.599><c> was</c><00:32:50.799><c> no</c><00:32:51.059><c> room</c><00:32:51.240><c> for</c><00:32:51.519><c> error</c><00:32:51.619><c> in</c><00:32:51.759><c> his</c><00:32:52.039><c> life.</c>

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:58.180
He<00:32:53.380><c> didn't</c><00:32:53.599><c> have</c><00:32:53.900><c> the</c><00:32:54.960><c> luxury</c><00:32:55.400><c> of</c><00:32:55.660><c> being</c><00:32:55.880><c> able</c><00:32:56.180><c> to</c><00:32:56.480><c> sin,</c><00:32:57.200><c> therefore</c><00:32:57.759><c> God</c>

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:59.359
taught<00:32:58.480><c> him</c><00:32:58.680><c> from</c><00:32:58.920><c> the</c><00:32:59.099><c> womb.</c>

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:01.500
He<00:32:59.599><c> could</c><00:32:59.779><c> make</c><00:33:00.000><c> no</c><00:33:00.279><c> mistakes</c><00:33:00.740><c> due</c><00:33:00.980><c> to</c><00:33:01.140><c> ignorance.</c>

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:03.259
He<00:33:02.000><c> had</c><00:33:02.240><c> to</c><00:33:02.480><c> know.</c>

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:06.380
We<00:33:03.799><c> saw</c><00:33:04.039><c> how</c><00:33:04.500><c> thoroughly</c><00:33:04.859><c> he</c><00:33:04.940><c> understood</c><00:33:05.500><c> the</c><00:33:05.779><c> workings</c><00:33:06.119><c> of</c>

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.519
sin<00:33:06.539><c> nature.</c>

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:11.539
And<00:33:08.240><c> then</c><00:33:08.500><c> we</c><00:33:08.740><c> looked</c><00:33:08.920><c> at</c><00:33:09.119><c> the</c><00:33:09.400><c> influence</c><00:33:09.759><c> that</c><00:33:10.259><c> we</c><00:33:10.500><c> as</c><00:33:10.819><c> parents</c><00:33:11.200><c> wield</c>

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:14.019
upon<00:33:11.839><c> the</c><00:33:12.140><c> children</c><00:33:12.400><c> in</c><00:33:12.660><c> our</c><00:33:12.859><c> homes.</c>

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:18.420
Callousness<00:33:14.740><c> to</c><00:33:14.940><c> evil,</c><00:33:16.079><c> insensitivity</c><00:33:16.839><c> to</c><00:33:17.140><c> sin</c><00:33:17.460><c> can</c><00:33:18.039><c> spread</c>

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:21.680
to<00:33:19.079><c> the</c><00:33:19.200><c> children</c><00:33:19.680><c> and</c><00:33:20.539><c> make</c><00:33:20.740><c> them</c><00:33:21.039><c> oblivious</c>

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:23.480
to<00:33:21.799><c> what</c><00:33:22.079><c> sin</c><00:33:22.259><c> really</c><00:33:22.680><c> is.</c>

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:27.079
We<00:33:23.839><c> talked</c><00:33:24.059><c> about</c><00:33:24.240><c> the</c><00:33:24.559><c> deceitfulness</c><00:33:25.000><c> of</c><00:33:25.359><c> sin,</c><00:33:26.279><c> and</c><00:33:26.440><c> we</c><00:33:26.619><c> found</c><00:33:26.779><c> that</c>

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:29.619
sin<00:33:27.460><c> thrives</c><00:33:28.099><c> extremely</c><00:33:28.940><c> well</c>

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:31.539
under<00:33:29.980><c> guise.</c>

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:36.119
Unless<00:33:33.339><c> we're</c><00:33:33.660><c> constantly</c><00:33:34.119><c> on</c><00:33:34.359><c> the</c><00:33:34.579><c> alert,</c><00:33:34.880><c> we</c><00:33:35.000><c> will</c><00:33:35.220><c> fall</c><00:33:35.480><c> victim</c><00:33:35.859><c> to</c>

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:37.299
his<00:33:36.299><c> deception.</c>

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:42.019
And<00:33:37.640><c> finally</c><00:33:37.900><c> we</c><00:33:38.180><c> pointed</c><00:33:38.440><c> out</c><00:33:38.720><c> that</c><00:33:38.940><c> God</c><00:33:39.240><c> expects</c><00:33:39.880><c> righteousness</c><00:33:40.539><c> in</c><00:33:40.819><c> his</c><00:33:41.099><c> people.</c>

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:45.059
That's<00:33:42.819><c> one</c><00:33:42.980><c> of</c><00:33:43.079><c> the</c><00:33:43.339><c> objects</c><00:33:43.619><c> of</c><00:33:43.900><c> our</c><00:33:44.160><c> calling.</c>

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:49.140
As<00:33:45.420><c> Paul</c><00:33:45.779><c> said</c><00:33:46.059><c> in</c><00:33:46.319><c> Titus</c><00:33:46.559><c> 2</c><00:33:46.819><c> and</c><00:33:46.960><c> 14</c><00:33:47.480><c> concerning</c><00:33:47.960><c> our</c><00:33:48.279><c> Savior,</c>

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:51.400
who<00:33:49.240><c> gave</c><00:33:49.619><c> himself</c><00:33:50.119><c> for</c><00:33:50.400><c> us</c><00:33:50.859><c> that</c><00:33:51.240><c> he</c>

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:56.240
might<00:33:51.640><c> redeem</c><00:33:52.099><c> us</c><00:33:52.339><c> from</c><00:33:52.680><c> all</c><00:33:53.019><c> iniquity</c><00:33:53.680><c> and</c><00:33:54.240><c> purify</c><00:33:54.880><c> unto</c><00:33:55.180><c> himself</c><00:33:55.839><c> a</c>

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:58.180
peculiar<00:33:56.740><c> people,</c><00:33:57.640><c> zealous</c><00:33:58.019><c> of</c>

00:33:58.180 --> 00:34:00.559
good<00:33:58.420><c> works,</c><00:33:59.319><c> zealous</c><00:33:59.740><c> of</c><00:33:59.940><c> good</c><00:34:00.160><c> works.</c>

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:03.660
We<00:34:01.000><c> are</c><00:34:01.299><c> urged</c><00:34:01.619><c> to</c><00:34:01.819><c> be</c><00:34:02.059><c> rich</c><00:34:02.299><c> in</c><00:34:02.460><c> good</c><00:34:02.779><c> works.</c>

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:07.019
You<00:34:04.079><c> see,</c><00:34:04.619><c> faith</c><00:34:04.720><c> is</c><00:34:05.019><c> insufficient</c><00:34:05.519><c> to</c><00:34:05.799><c> save</c><00:34:05.980><c> us.</c>

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:09.179
Our<00:34:07.460><c> faith</c><00:34:07.660><c> is</c><00:34:07.839><c> only</c><00:34:08.059><c> the</c><00:34:08.300><c> beginning.</c>

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:12.800
Peter<00:34:09.980><c> says</c><00:34:10.260><c> we</c><00:34:10.420><c> add</c><00:34:10.800><c> to</c><00:34:10.860><c> our</c><00:34:11.199><c> faith</c><00:34:11.440><c> virtue</c><00:34:11.920><c> and</c><00:34:12.360><c> to</c><00:34:12.500><c> virtue</c>

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:14.960
godliness<00:34:13.420><c> and</c><00:34:13.800><c> to</c><00:34:14.019><c> godliness,</c><00:34:14.599><c> brotherly</c>

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.039
kindness<00:34:15.300><c> and</c><00:34:15.480><c> so</c><00:34:15.820><c> forth.</c>

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:19.280
Faith<00:34:16.559><c> is</c><00:34:16.780><c> only</c><00:34:17.039><c> the</c><00:34:17.300><c> beginning,</c><00:34:18.280><c> but</c><00:34:18.340><c> we</c><00:34:18.480><c> have</c><00:34:18.659><c> to</c><00:34:18.820><c> continue</c>

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:20.659
to<00:34:19.519><c> add</c><00:34:19.659><c> the</c><00:34:19.920><c> virtues</c><00:34:20.179><c> to</c><00:34:20.480><c> us.</c>

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:23.980
These<00:34:21.260><c> are</c><00:34:21.440><c> the</c><00:34:21.659><c> qualities</c><00:34:22.139><c> that</c><00:34:22.460><c> God</c><00:34:22.679><c> expects</c><00:34:23.099><c> to</c><00:34:23.340><c> find</c><00:34:23.559><c> in</c><00:34:23.780><c> us.</c>

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:28.119
If<00:34:24.400><c> we</c><00:34:24.599><c> don't</c><00:34:24.820><c> have</c><00:34:25.019><c> the</c><00:34:25.219><c> divine</c><00:34:25.460><c> likeness</c><00:34:25.980><c> when</c><00:34:26.139><c> we</c><00:34:26.320><c> stand</c><00:34:26.500><c> before</c><00:34:26.840><c> the</c><00:34:27.059><c> judgment</c><00:34:27.320><c> seat</c><00:34:27.480><c> of</c><00:34:27.659><c> Christ,</c>

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.940
we'll<00:34:28.820><c> be</c><00:34:29.059><c> lost.</c>

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:32.039
We<00:34:30.280><c> have</c><00:34:30.559><c> to</c><00:34:30.659><c> be</c><00:34:30.800><c> like</c><00:34:31.079><c> him.</c>

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:35.659
In<00:34:32.760><c> order</c><00:34:33.039><c> to</c><00:34:33.300><c> fulfill</c><00:34:33.760><c> the</c><00:34:34.099><c> requirements</c><00:34:34.599><c> of</c><00:34:34.880><c> salvation,</c><00:34:35.579><c> we</c>

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:38.519
must<00:34:35.940><c> not</c><00:34:36.139><c> remain</c><00:34:36.539><c> in</c><00:34:36.880><c> ignorance</c><00:34:37.219><c> of</c><00:34:37.579><c> sin,</c><00:34:38.360><c> nor</c>

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.719
his<00:34:38.739><c> devices.</c>

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:43.699
There<00:34:40.360><c> has</c><00:34:40.639><c> to</c><00:34:40.780><c> be</c><00:34:40.960><c> a</c><00:34:41.119><c> mental</c><00:34:41.500><c> and</c><00:34:42.099><c> moral</c><00:34:42.480><c> adjustment</c><00:34:43.079><c> in</c><00:34:43.420><c> our</c>

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:45.960
thinking<00:34:44.099><c> to</c><00:34:44.860><c> conform</c><00:34:45.280><c> to</c><00:34:45.519><c> the</c><00:34:45.739><c> thinking</c>

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:47.099
of<00:34:46.199><c> God.</c>

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:49.420
And<00:34:47.300><c> this</c><00:34:47.440><c> can</c><00:34:47.599><c> only</c><00:34:47.800><c> come</c><00:34:48.039><c> about</c><00:34:48.320><c> through</c><00:34:48.599><c> daily</c><00:34:48.900><c> contact</c>

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.079
with<00:34:49.619><c> the</c><00:34:49.800><c> word.</c>

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:54.079
We<00:34:50.820><c> don't</c><00:34:51.039><c> have</c><00:34:51.420><c> God's</c><00:34:52.059><c> spirit</c><00:34:52.300><c> that</c><00:34:52.599><c> can</c><00:34:52.920><c> transform</c><00:34:53.539><c> us</c><00:34:53.820><c> and</c>

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:56.360
fuse<00:34:54.280><c> us</c><00:34:54.480><c> with</c><00:34:54.679><c> his</c><00:34:54.900><c> mind,</c><00:34:55.860><c> but</c><00:34:56.000><c> we</c><00:34:56.179><c> have</c>

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:58.079
the<00:34:56.559><c> writings</c><00:34:56.820><c> of</c><00:34:57.059><c> the</c><00:34:57.219><c> prophets.</c>

00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:00.880
We<00:34:58.199><c> have</c><00:34:58.400><c> the</c><00:34:58.579><c> experience</c><00:34:59.239><c> of</c><00:34:59.500><c> the</c><00:34:59.619><c> men</c><00:34:59.940><c> and</c><00:35:00.079><c> women</c><00:35:00.340><c> of</c><00:35:00.599><c> faith,</c>

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:03.199
the<00:35:01.480><c> Lord</c><00:35:01.659><c> Jesus</c><00:35:02.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:07.719
Our<00:35:05.320><c> knowledge</c><00:35:05.820><c> of</c><00:35:06.119><c> sin</c><00:35:06.280><c> and</c><00:35:06.460><c> the</c><00:35:06.639><c> recognition</c><00:35:07.139><c> of</c><00:35:07.400><c> the</c><00:35:07.559><c> true</c>

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:11.119
nature<00:35:08.039><c> of</c><00:35:08.340><c> transgression</c><00:35:09.019><c> is</c><00:35:10.539><c> able</c><00:35:10.780><c> to</c>

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:14.340
successfully<00:35:11.800><c> enable</c><00:35:12.219><c> us</c><00:35:12.480><c> to</c><00:35:12.679><c> withstand</c><00:35:13.179><c> the</c><00:35:13.579><c> flesh.</c>

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:20.619
Now<00:35:14.880><c> Paul</c><00:35:15.079><c> encouraged</c><00:35:15.599><c> in</c><00:35:16.059><c> 2</c><00:35:16.380><c> Timothy</c><00:35:16.679><c> 2</c><00:35:16.960><c> and</c><00:35:17.079><c> 15</c><00:35:17.619><c> study</c><00:35:18.300><c> to</c><00:35:18.539><c> show</c><00:35:18.719><c> thyself</c><00:35:19.260><c> approved</c><00:35:19.559><c> unto</c><00:35:19.780><c> God,</c><00:35:20.400><c> a</c>

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:24.460
workman<00:35:20.920><c> that</c><00:35:21.239><c> needeth</c><00:35:21.519><c> not</c><00:35:21.679><c> to</c><00:35:21.880><c> be</c><00:35:22.039><c> ashamed,</c><00:35:22.619><c> rightly</c><00:35:22.719><c> divine</c><00:35:23.099><c> in</c><00:35:23.260><c> the</c><00:35:23.380><c> word</c><00:35:23.500><c> of</c><00:35:23.780><c> truth.</c>

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:27.699
Now<00:35:24.860><c> we</c><00:35:25.000><c> often</c><00:35:25.360><c> quote</c><00:35:25.619><c> this</c><00:35:25.980><c> passage</c><00:35:26.340><c> in</c><00:35:26.539><c> order</c><00:35:26.739><c> to</c><00:35:26.960><c> illustrate</c><00:35:27.340><c> that</c><00:35:27.539><c> we</c>

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:29.059
have<00:35:27.900><c> to</c><00:35:28.059><c> be</c><00:35:28.239><c> conversant</c><00:35:28.780><c> with</c>

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:32.760
the<00:35:29.860><c> teachings</c><00:35:30.139><c> of</c><00:35:30.400><c> our</c><00:35:30.659><c> faith,</c><00:35:31.659><c> that</c><00:35:31.760><c> we</c><00:35:31.920><c> might</c><00:35:32.119><c> be</c><00:35:32.360><c> properly</c>

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:34.119
equipped<00:35:33.139><c> to</c><00:35:33.380><c> preach</c><00:35:33.539><c> the</c><00:35:33.780><c> word.</c>

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:36.019
Well,<00:35:34.579><c> this</c><00:35:34.739><c> is</c><00:35:35.039><c> important.</c>

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:40.179
But<00:35:36.840><c> I</c><00:35:37.019><c> think</c><00:35:37.159><c> there's</c><00:35:37.440><c> a</c><00:35:37.599><c> deeper</c><00:35:37.900><c> meaning</c><00:35:38.340><c> to</c><00:35:38.579><c> this</c><00:35:38.860><c> right</c><00:35:39.079><c> division.</c>

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:44.300
More<00:35:40.599><c> than</c><00:35:40.780><c> just</c><00:35:41.059><c> the</c><00:35:41.320><c> proclamation</c><00:35:41.860><c> of</c><00:35:42.119><c> the</c><00:35:42.280><c> word,</c><00:35:43.139><c> it</c><00:35:43.420><c> involves</c><00:35:43.900><c> the</c>

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:46.260
individual<00:35:44.940><c> personally.</c>

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:50.059
Its<00:35:47.000><c> influence</c><00:35:47.519><c> helps</c><00:35:47.860><c> us</c><00:35:48.199><c> walk</c><00:35:48.559><c> in</c><00:35:48.940><c> light</c><00:35:49.099><c> as</c><00:35:49.320><c> he</c><00:35:49.579><c> is</c><00:35:49.719><c> in</c><00:35:49.900><c> the</c>

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:54.119
light,<00:35:50.920><c> that</c><00:35:51.119><c> we</c><00:35:51.420><c> be</c><00:35:51.679><c> not</c><00:35:52.239><c> morally</c><00:35:52.980><c> ashamed.</c>

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:57.539
That<00:35:55.460><c> person</c><00:35:55.900><c> be</c><00:35:56.099><c> not</c><00:35:56.300><c> morally</c><00:35:56.599><c> ashamed.</c>

00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:01.619
As<00:35:58.159><c> a</c><00:35:58.400><c> child</c><00:35:58.579><c> of</c><00:35:58.820><c> God,</c><00:35:59.739><c> we</c><00:35:59.820><c> tend</c><00:36:00.019><c> to</c><00:36:00.340><c> emphasize</c><00:36:00.900><c> right</c><00:36:01.260><c> doctrine.</c>

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.679
This<00:36:01.800><c> is</c><00:36:01.940><c> good</c><00:36:02.119><c> and</c><00:36:02.400><c> fine.</c>

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:06.739
But<00:36:03.280><c> in</c><00:36:03.659><c> Christ,</c><00:36:04.699><c> the</c><00:36:04.860><c> issue</c><00:36:05.039><c> is</c><00:36:05.219><c> not</c><00:36:05.519><c> so</c><00:36:05.820><c> much</c><00:36:06.079><c> the</c><00:36:06.380><c> rightness</c>

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:09.539
of<00:36:06.980><c> our</c><00:36:07.239><c> doctrine,</c><00:36:08.239><c> but</c><00:36:08.480><c> rather</c><00:36:09.059><c> property</c>

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:12.159
department,<00:36:10.539><c> our</c><00:36:10.739><c> personal</c><00:36:11.139><c> morality.</c>

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:14.860
You<00:36:12.840><c> know,</c><00:36:12.900><c> when</c><00:36:13.079><c> God</c><00:36:13.340><c> had</c><00:36:13.599><c> finished</c><00:36:13.860><c> the</c><00:36:14.119><c> creation</c><00:36:14.480><c> of</c><00:36:14.719><c> the</c>

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:17.000
heavens<00:36:15.099><c> and</c><00:36:15.340><c> the</c><00:36:15.539><c> earth,</c><00:36:15.800><c> the</c><00:36:15.980><c> universe,</c>

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:20.940
what<00:36:17.539><c> word</c><00:36:17.920><c> conveyed</c><00:36:18.519><c> the</c><00:36:18.980><c> feelings</c><00:36:19.300><c> that</c><00:36:19.559><c> were</c><00:36:19.679><c> within</c><00:36:20.019><c> him?</c>

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:23.480
Now,<00:36:21.360><c> if</c><00:36:21.579><c> we</c><00:36:21.639><c> had</c><00:36:21.760><c> been</c><00:36:21.940><c> there</c><00:36:22.159><c> and</c><00:36:22.280><c> experienced</c><00:36:22.820><c> a</c><00:36:23.059><c> creation,</c>

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:26.420
we<00:36:23.760><c> would</c><00:36:24.000><c> probably</c><00:36:24.300><c> say,</c><00:36:24.900><c> it's</c><00:36:25.079><c> magnificent.</c>

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.320
It<00:36:26.639><c> is</c><00:36:26.820><c> sublime.</c>

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.599
It's<00:36:27.559><c> beautiful.</c>

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:32.340
God<00:36:29.719><c> looked</c><00:36:29.980><c> at</c><00:36:30.099><c> what</c><00:36:30.300><c> he</c><00:36:30.619><c> had</c><00:36:30.739><c> created</c><00:36:30.960><c> and</c><00:36:31.139><c> he</c><00:36:31.280><c> said,</c><00:36:31.539><c> it</c><00:36:31.639><c> was</c>

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:34.820
good,<00:36:33.460><c> very</c><00:36:33.960><c> good.</c>

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:37.900
If<00:36:35.219><c> we</c><00:36:35.480><c> peer</c><00:36:35.659><c> through</c><00:36:35.900><c> a</c><00:36:36.079><c> telescope</c><00:36:36.579><c> at</c><00:36:36.820><c> distant</c><00:36:37.179><c> stars</c><00:36:37.659><c> and</c>

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:39.980
galaxies<00:36:38.420><c> and</c><00:36:38.860><c> constellations,</c><00:36:39.860><c> we</c>

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:44.860
will<00:36:40.199><c> be</c><00:36:40.480><c> filled</c><00:36:40.800><c> with</c><00:36:41.039><c> the</c><00:36:41.280><c> sense</c><00:36:41.519><c> of</c><00:36:41.840><c> awe</c><00:36:42.079><c> and</c><00:36:42.199><c> of</c><00:36:42.360><c> the</c><00:36:42.860><c> infinite</c><00:36:43.199><c> quality</c><00:36:43.719><c> of</c><00:36:44.000><c> God.</c>

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:46.739
It<00:36:45.179><c> would</c><00:36:45.280><c> be</c><00:36:45.500><c> breathtaking.</c>

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:50.480
We<00:36:47.039><c> would</c><00:36:47.280><c> experience</c><00:36:48.019><c> an</c><00:36:48.440><c> experience</c><00:36:48.900><c> of</c><00:36:49.239><c> grandeur.</c>

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:53.760
But<00:36:50.860><c> God,</c><00:36:51.159><c> after</c><00:36:51.360><c> he</c><00:36:51.519><c> looked</c><00:36:51.699><c> at</c><00:36:51.860><c> the</c><00:36:52.039><c> universe,</c><00:36:52.579><c> he</c><00:36:52.820><c> said,</c><00:36:53.760><c> it</c>

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.920
is<00:36:54.000><c> good.</c>

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:59.659
Our<00:36:55.820><c> Heavenly</c><00:36:56.219><c> Father</c><00:36:56.599><c> is</c><00:36:56.880><c> not</c><00:36:57.159><c> impressed</c><00:36:57.780><c> with</c><00:36:58.139><c> grandeur,</c>

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.320
but<00:37:00.179><c> with</c><00:37:00.460><c> goodness.</c>

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:05.199
Now<00:37:02.260><c> I</c><00:37:02.300><c> know</c><00:37:02.519><c> this</c><00:37:02.719><c> is</c><00:37:02.920><c> a</c><00:37:03.039><c> play</c><00:37:03.179><c> upon</c><00:37:03.480><c> words,</c><00:37:04.760><c> but</c><00:37:04.940><c> certainly</c>

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:07.440
it<00:37:05.360><c> is</c><00:37:05.579><c> true,</c><00:37:05.940><c> isn't</c><00:37:06.059><c> it,</c><00:37:06.239><c> brethren</c><00:37:06.460><c> and</c><00:37:06.659><c> sisters?</c>

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:11.800
God<00:37:08.199><c> is</c><00:37:08.440><c> not</c><00:37:08.619><c> impressed</c><00:37:09.039><c> with</c><00:37:09.400><c> grandeur,</c><00:37:10.300><c> the</c><00:37:10.500><c> things</c><00:37:10.679><c> we</c><00:37:11.019><c> understand</c><00:37:11.619><c> and</c>

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.619
know<00:37:11.940><c> in</c><00:37:12.099><c> the</c><00:37:12.280><c> world.</c>

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:14.559
He<00:37:13.360><c> is</c><00:37:13.619><c> concerned</c><00:37:13.960><c> with</c><00:37:14.260><c> goodness.</c>

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:19.000
This<00:37:15.019><c> has</c><00:37:15.440><c> always</c><00:37:15.900><c> been</c><00:37:16.239><c> so</c><00:37:16.659><c> and</c><00:37:17.039><c> it</c><00:37:17.179><c> will</c><00:37:17.420><c> always</c><00:37:17.699><c> be</c><00:37:17.980><c> so.</c>

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:22.340
In<00:37:19.119><c> the</c><00:37:19.380><c> time</c><00:37:19.619><c> of</c><00:37:19.760><c> the</c><00:37:19.940><c> deluge,</c><00:37:20.960><c> when</c><00:37:21.039><c> man's</c><00:37:21.579><c> wickedness</c><00:37:22.079><c> has</c>

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:25.059
reached<00:37:22.579><c> its</c><00:37:22.840><c> very</c><00:37:23.300><c> fullness,</c><00:37:24.400><c> when</c><00:37:24.500><c> God</c><00:37:24.780><c> looked</c>

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:28.119
upon<00:37:25.420><c> the</c><00:37:25.619><c> earth</c><00:37:25.800><c> and</c><00:37:26.000><c> behold,</c><00:37:26.940><c> all</c><00:37:27.260><c> flesh</c><00:37:27.500><c> had</c><00:37:27.760><c> corrupted</c>

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:30.960
his<00:37:28.460><c> way,</c><00:37:29.280><c> all</c><00:37:29.619><c> flesh</c><00:37:29.860><c> had</c><00:37:30.159><c> filled</c><00:37:30.360><c> the</c><00:37:30.559><c> earth</c><00:37:30.739><c> with</c>

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:35.340
his<00:37:31.219><c> violence,</c><00:37:32.360><c> what</c><00:37:32.739><c> words</c><00:37:33.099><c> were</c><00:37:33.460><c> used</c><00:37:33.880><c> to</c><00:37:34.360><c> express</c><00:37:34.940><c> his</c>

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:36.840
innermost<00:37:35.780><c> feelings?</c>

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:40.139
When<00:37:37.360><c> he</c><00:37:37.519><c> saw</c><00:37:37.739><c> the</c><00:37:37.980><c> wickedness</c><00:37:38.420><c> of</c><00:37:38.639><c> man,</c><00:37:39.440><c> when</c><00:37:39.599><c> he</c><00:37:39.800><c> saw</c><00:37:39.940><c> that</c>

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:41.940
the<00:37:40.380><c> imagination</c><00:37:40.980><c> in</c><00:37:41.219><c> man's</c><00:37:41.480><c> heart</c><00:37:41.699><c> was</c>

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:46.420
only<00:37:42.219><c> evil</c><00:37:42.519><c> continually,</c><00:37:44.000><c> it</c><00:37:44.179><c> is</c><00:37:44.400><c> written,</c><00:37:45.480><c> it</c><00:37:45.639><c> repented</c><00:37:46.179><c> the</c>

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.940
Lord<00:37:46.679><c> that</c><00:37:46.860><c> he</c><00:37:47.000><c> had</c><00:37:47.239><c> made</c><00:37:47.480><c> man</c><00:37:47.739><c> on</c><00:37:48.000><c> the</c><00:37:48.199><c> earth</c>

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:52.119
and<00:37:49.420><c> it</c><00:37:49.900><c> grieved</c><00:37:50.239><c> him</c><00:37:50.780><c> at</c><00:37:51.059><c> his</c><00:37:51.300><c> heart.</c>

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:56.659
If<00:37:52.880><c> we</c><00:37:53.139><c> have</c><00:37:53.420><c> any</c><00:37:53.920><c> empathy</c><00:37:54.400><c> whatsoever</c><00:37:55.059><c> for</c><00:37:55.239><c> the</c><00:37:55.440><c> mind</c><00:37:55.679><c> of</c><00:37:55.920><c> God,</c><00:37:56.260><c> brethren</c><00:37:56.440><c> and</c>

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:58.059
sisters,<00:37:57.500><c> we</c><00:37:57.719><c> cannot</c>

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help<00:37:58.460><c> but</c><00:37:58.619><c> be</c><00:37:58.940><c> touched</c><00:37:59.300><c> with</c><00:37:59.679><c> the</c><00:37:59.980><c> pathos</c><00:38:00.340><c> of</c><00:38:00.619><c> these</c><00:38:00.860><c> words</c><00:38:01.320><c> that</c><00:38:01.619><c> they</c><00:38:01.840><c> convey</c><00:38:02.139><c> to</c><00:38:02.400><c> us.</c>

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He<00:38:03.239><c> was</c><00:38:03.519><c> grieved</c><00:38:04.059><c> in</c><00:38:04.380><c> his</c><00:38:04.699><c> heart.</c>

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If<00:38:06.219><c> we</c><00:38:06.420><c> were</c><00:38:06.559><c> there</c><00:38:07.099><c> and</c><00:38:07.599><c> saw</c><00:38:07.880><c> this,</c><00:38:08.199><c> would</c><00:38:08.320><c> we</c><00:38:08.519><c> feel</c><00:38:08.719><c> the</c><00:38:08.900><c> same</c><00:38:09.119><c> way?</c>

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Do<00:38:10.420><c> we</c><00:38:10.619><c> feel</c><00:38:10.860><c> the</c><00:38:11.059><c> same</c><00:38:11.239><c> way</c><00:38:11.519><c> today</c><00:38:12.320><c> when</c><00:38:13.079><c> the</c><00:38:13.320><c> world</c><00:38:13.539><c> is</c><00:38:13.780><c> quite</c>

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comparable<00:38:14.679><c> to</c><00:38:15.239><c> the</c><00:38:15.360><c> world</c><00:38:15.619><c> of</c><00:38:15.820><c> Noah's</c><00:38:16.179><c> day?</c>

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Let<00:38:18.380><c> us</c><00:38:18.539><c> be</c><00:38:18.840><c> certain,</c><00:38:19.340><c> brethren</c><00:38:19.480><c> and</c><00:38:19.679><c> sisters,</c><00:38:20.059><c> that</c><00:38:20.300><c> we</c><00:38:20.599><c> do</c>

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not<00:38:21.159><c> become</c><00:38:21.480><c> callous</c><00:38:21.940><c> to</c><00:38:22.179><c> sin,</c>

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insensible<00:38:24.079><c> to</c><00:38:24.360><c> the</c><00:38:24.559><c> evil</c><00:38:24.840><c> about</c><00:38:25.199><c> us</c><00:38:25.880><c> because</c><00:38:26.380><c> it</c><00:38:26.539><c> will</c><00:38:26.760><c> corrupt</c><00:38:27.019><c> us.</c>

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If<00:38:29.219><c> we</c><00:38:29.460><c> do,</c><00:38:30.239><c> we</c><00:38:30.440><c> can</c><00:38:30.639><c> be</c><00:38:30.960><c> absolutely</c><00:38:31.500><c> certain</c><00:38:32.000><c> that</c><00:38:32.280><c> our</c><00:38:32.420><c> children,</c><00:38:33.559><c> that</c>

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it<00:38:34.099><c> will</c><00:38:34.420><c> invade</c><00:38:34.679><c> our</c><00:38:34.980><c> lives</c>

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and<00:38:35.800><c> moreover</c><00:38:36.199><c> the</c><00:38:36.380><c> lives</c><00:38:36.559><c> of</c><00:38:36.760><c> our</c><00:38:36.920><c> children.</c>

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And<00:38:38.280><c> this</c><00:38:38.480><c> is</c><00:38:38.619><c> so</c><00:38:38.940><c> important</c><00:38:39.340><c> to</c><00:38:39.579><c> us.</c>

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The<00:38:40.440><c> children</c><00:38:40.820><c> are</c><00:38:41.139><c> the</c><00:38:41.380><c> strength</c><00:38:41.699><c> of</c><00:38:41.960><c> the</c><00:38:42.119><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Let's<00:38:43.519><c> teach</c><00:38:43.840><c> them</c><00:38:44.280><c> the</c><00:38:45.619><c> difference</c><00:38:46.139><c> between</c><00:38:46.579><c> right</c><00:38:46.900><c> and</c><00:38:47.119><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:38:48.539><c> above</c><00:38:48.780><c> all,</c><00:38:50.000><c> let's</c><00:38:50.400><c> strive</c><00:38:50.800><c> to</c><00:38:51.000><c> be</c><00:38:51.219><c> holy</c><00:38:51.579><c> as</c><00:38:51.920><c> God</c><00:38:52.239><c> is</c><00:38:52.460><c> holy.</c>

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I<00:38:53.619><c> want</c><00:38:53.820><c> to</c><00:38:54.019><c> quote</c><00:38:54.179><c> to</c><00:38:54.400><c> you</c><00:38:54.579><c> from</c><00:38:54.820><c> the</c><00:38:55.059><c> Psalms.</c>

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This<00:38:56.460><c> is</c><00:38:56.619><c> Psalm</c><00:38:56.860><c> 119</c><00:38:57.780><c> verses</c><00:38:58.119><c> 97</c><00:38:58.800><c> to</c><00:38:59.480><c> 104</c><00:39:00.239><c> and</c><00:39:00.440><c> we'll</c><00:39:00.659><c> close</c>

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with<00:39:01.179><c> this.</c>

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Oh,<00:39:06.639><c> how</c><00:39:07.019><c> love</c><00:39:07.340><c> I</c><00:39:07.519><c> thy</c><00:39:07.800><c> law!</c>

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It<00:39:09.079><c> is</c><00:39:09.340><c> my</c><00:39:09.599><c> meditation</c><00:39:10.340><c> all</c><00:39:10.980><c> the</c><00:39:11.179><c> day.</c>

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Thou,<00:39:12.659><c> through</c><00:39:12.860><c> thy</c><00:39:13.099><c> commandments,</c><00:39:13.719><c> has</c><00:39:13.920><c> made</c><00:39:14.199><c> me</c><00:39:14.559><c> wiser</c>

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than<00:39:15.280><c> mine</c><00:39:15.519><c> enemies,</c>

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for<00:39:16.139><c> they</c><00:39:16.340><c> are</c><00:39:16.559><c> ever</c><00:39:16.820><c> with</c><00:39:17.039><c> me.</c>

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I<00:39:18.639><c> have</c><00:39:18.840><c> more</c><00:39:19.280><c> understanding</c><00:39:20.059><c> than</c><00:39:20.380><c> all</c><00:39:20.820><c> my</c><00:39:21.079><c> teachers,</c>

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for<00:39:22.480><c> thy</c><00:39:22.860><c> testimonies</c><00:39:23.579><c> are</c><00:39:23.820><c> my</c><00:39:24.099><c> meditation.</c>

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I<00:39:26.199><c> understand</c><00:39:26.719><c> more</c><00:39:27.059><c> than</c><00:39:27.219><c> the</c><00:39:27.500><c> ancients</c><00:39:27.880><c> because</c><00:39:28.199><c> I</c><00:39:28.619><c> keep</c>

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thy<00:39:29.199><c> precepts.</c>

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I<00:39:30.880><c> have</c><00:39:31.139><c> refrained</c><00:39:31.619><c> my</c><00:39:32.099><c> feet</c><00:39:32.260><c> from</c><00:39:32.579><c> every</c><00:39:32.980><c> evil</c><00:39:33.320><c> way</c><00:39:33.659><c> that</c><00:39:33.880><c> I</c>

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might<00:39:34.219><c> keep</c><00:39:34.480><c> thy</c><00:39:34.739><c> word.</c>

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I<00:39:35.900><c> have</c><00:39:36.059><c> not</c><00:39:36.260><c> departed</c><00:39:36.739><c> from</c><00:39:37.000><c> thy</c><00:39:37.239><c> judgments,</c><00:39:38.440><c> for</c><00:39:38.559><c> thou</c><00:39:38.739><c> hast</c>

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taught<00:39:39.199><c> me.</c>

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How<00:39:40.679><c> sweet</c><00:39:41.119><c> are</c><00:39:41.420><c> thy</c><00:39:41.639><c> words</c><00:39:42.079><c> unto</c><00:39:42.340><c> my</c><00:39:42.760><c> taste,</c><00:39:43.940><c> yea,</c><00:39:44.380><c> sweeter</c>

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than<00:39:44.920><c> honey</c><00:39:45.199><c> to</c><00:39:45.440><c> my</c><00:39:45.699><c> mouth.</c>

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Through<00:39:47.019><c> thy</c><00:39:47.340><c> precepts</c><00:39:48.480><c> I</c><00:39:48.760><c> get</c><00:39:49.019><c> understanding,</c><00:39:50.079><c> therefore</c><00:39:50.539><c> I</c>

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hate<00:39:51.639><c> every</c><00:39:52.420><c> false</c><00:39:52.860><c> way.</c>