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preaching.<00:24:09.440><c> You</c><00:24:09.559><c> can</c><00:24:09.740><c> even</c><00:24:09.960><c> say,</c><00:24:10.180><c> yes,</c><00:24:10.339><c> I</c><00:24:10.519><c> believe</c><00:24:10.720><c> that.</c><00:24:12.380><c> But</c> 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:16.380 you<00:24:12.720><c> might</c><00:24:13.019><c> not</c><00:24:13.299><c> accept</c><00:24:13.700><c> it.</c><00:24:15.240><c> That's</c><00:24:15.759><c> the</c><00:24:16.000><c> essential</c> 00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:23.640 thing.<00:24:17.940><c> Accepting</c><00:24:18.559><c> the</c><00:24:18.740><c> word</c><00:24:19.180><c> is</c><00:24:19.940><c> really</c><00:24:20.859><c> accepting</c><00:24:21.980><c> the</c><00:24:22.460><c> implications</c><00:24:23.220><c> for</c> 00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:25.920 oneself.<00:24:25.240><c> Not</c><00:24:25.339><c> just</c><00:24:25.619><c> saying,</c> 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:32.599 oh,<00:24:26.220><c> yes,</c><00:24:26.400><c> I</c><00:24:26.539><c> believe</c><00:24:26.799><c> Christ</c><00:24:27.019><c> will</c><00:24:27.180><c> come</c><00:24:27.359><c> again,</c><00:24:29.200><c> but</c><00:24:29.480><c> accepting</c><00:24:30.099><c> the</c><00:24:30.460><c> implications</c><00:24:31.019><c> for</c><00:24:31.339><c> oneself</c><00:24:32.000><c> of</c><00:24:32.460><c> the</c> 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:36.079 fact<00:24:32.759><c> that</c><00:24:32.940><c> Christ</c><00:24:33.200><c> will</c><00:24:33.380><c> come</c><00:24:33.559><c> again.</c><00:24:34.819><c> And</c><00:24:35.119><c> so</c><00:24:35.279><c> with</c><00:24:35.480><c> all</c><00:24:35.740><c> the</c> 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:39.180 teachings<00:24:36.460><c> of</c><00:24:36.700><c> scripture,</c><00:24:37.539><c> it</c><00:24:37.640><c> is</c><00:24:37.859><c> the</c><00:24:38.220><c> accepting</c><00:24:38.920><c> of</c> 00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:42.519 the<00:24:39.400><c> implications</c><00:24:40.039><c> for</c><00:24:40.599><c> ourselves.</c><00:24:41.819><c> Now,</c><00:24:42.039><c> I'm</c><00:24:42.200><c> not</c><00:24:42.299><c> going</c><00:24:42.400><c> to</c> 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:46.180 ask<00:24:42.680><c> you</c><00:24:42.859><c> to</c><00:24:43.079><c> turn</c><00:24:43.440><c> to</c><00:24:43.799><c> this,</c><00:24:44.640><c> but</c><00:24:44.980><c> I'll</c><00:24:45.579><c> indicate</c><00:24:45.980><c> it</c> 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:49.900 for<00:24:46.480><c> something</c><00:24:46.759><c> you</c><00:24:46.900><c> could</c><00:24:47.079><c> look</c><00:24:47.339><c> up</c><00:24:47.480><c> yourselves.</c><00:24:49.299><c> Sometime</c> 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:53.279 look<00:24:50.680><c> at</c><00:24:50.940><c> the</c><00:24:51.180><c> three</c><00:24:51.539><c> records</c><00:24:52.200><c> of</c><00:24:52.559><c> the</c><00:24:52.859><c> parable</c> 00:24:53.279 --> 00:25:01.059 of<00:24:53.579><c> the</c><00:24:53.839><c> sower</c><00:24:54.279><c> and</c><00:24:55.380><c> just</c><00:24:55.740><c> look</c><00:24:56.079><c> at</c><00:24:56.440><c> one</c><00:24:56.779><c> case,</c><00:24:57.500><c> the</c><00:24:57.599><c> good</c><00:24:58.779><c> sower.</c><00:25:00.799><c> And</c> 00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:03.420 there<00:25:01.380><c> you</c><00:25:01.720><c> will</c><00:25:02.039><c> find</c><00:25:02.400><c> if</c><00:25:02.579><c> you</c><00:25:02.779><c> put</c><00:25:02.940><c> all,</c> 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:06.079 you<00:25:03.700><c> need</c><00:25:03.900><c> to</c><00:25:04.079><c> put</c><00:25:04.160><c> all</c><00:25:04.400><c> three</c><00:25:04.700><c> records</c><00:25:05.039><c> together</c><00:25:05.559><c> in</c><00:25:05.880><c> order</c> 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:08.559 to<00:25:06.240><c> get</c><00:25:06.380><c> this</c><00:25:06.640><c> sequence.</c><00:25:07.660><c> This</c><00:25:07.839><c> is</c><00:25:08.059><c> the</c><00:25:08.279><c> sequence</c> 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:19.180 you<00:25:08.700><c> get.</c><00:25:09.759><c> First,</c><00:25:10.599><c> you</c><00:25:10.680><c> must</c><00:25:10.940><c> hear</c><00:25:11.220><c> the</c><00:25:11.440><c> word.</c><00:25:12.880><c> Second,</c><00:25:13.819><c> you</c><00:25:13.940><c> must</c><00:25:14.339><c> understand</c><00:25:15.119><c> it.</c><00:25:17.200><c> Third,</c><00:25:18.740><c> it</c><00:25:18.740><c> says,</c><00:25:18.880><c> I</c><00:25:18.980><c> think</c> 00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:23.180 it's<00:25:19.500><c> marked</c><00:25:19.859><c> in</c><00:25:20.259><c> the</c><00:25:20.539><c> King</c><00:25:20.740><c> James</c><00:25:20.980><c> Version,</c><00:25:21.440><c> you</c><00:25:21.640><c> must</c><00:25:22.079><c> receive</c><00:25:22.619><c> it.</c> 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:26.539 But<00:25:23.619><c> it's</c><00:25:24.039><c> this</c><00:25:24.420><c> word</c><00:25:24.740><c> here.</c><00:25:25.779><c> You</c><00:25:26.059><c> must</c> 00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:31.539 accept<00:25:27.339><c> it.</c><00:25:28.660><c> And</c><00:25:28.859><c> so</c><00:25:29.000><c> there's</c><00:25:29.440><c> the</c><00:25:29.819><c> preliminary</c><00:25:30.299><c> stages.</c><00:25:31.400><c> We</c> 00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:34.000 have<00:25:31.759><c> first</c><00:25:32.019><c> to</c><00:25:32.339><c> hear</c><00:25:32.579><c> the</c><00:25:32.839><c> word.</c><00:25:33.180><c> We've</c><00:25:33.400><c> got</c><00:25:33.500><c> to</c><00:25:33.720><c> listen.</c> 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:36.900 Hearing<00:25:34.640><c> is</c><00:25:34.960><c> not</c><00:25:35.119><c> a</c><00:25:35.299><c> passive</c><00:25:35.579><c> thing</c><00:25:35.839><c> in</c><00:25:36.039><c> scripture.</c><00:25:36.480><c> It's</c><00:25:36.759><c> an</c> 00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.299 active<00:25:37.180><c> thing.</c><00:25:37.539><c> You've</c><00:25:37.779><c> got</c><00:25:37.819><c> to</c><00:25:37.980><c> give</c><00:25:38.079><c> your</c> 00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:42.920 attention<00:25:38.740><c> to.</c><00:25:39.619><c> That's</c><00:25:39.799><c> what</c><00:25:39.960><c> hearing</c><00:25:40.240><c> means.</c><00:25:42.019><c> And</c><00:25:42.240><c> then</c><00:25:42.519><c> you've</c><00:25:42.819><c> got</c> 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:45.859 to<00:25:43.220><c> understand</c><00:25:43.900><c> it.</c><00:25:44.640><c> Not</c><00:25:45.039><c> too</c><00:25:45.299><c> difficult,</c> 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:49.759 really.<00:25:47.039><c> The</c><00:25:47.279><c> teachings</c><00:25:47.720><c> of</c><00:25:48.000><c> scripture</c><00:25:48.500><c> are</c><00:25:48.880><c> not</c><00:25:49.019><c> all</c><00:25:49.359><c> that</c> 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:53.400 difficult<00:25:50.180><c> to</c><00:25:50.460><c> understand.</c><00:25:52.039><c> But</c><00:25:52.319><c> then</c><00:25:52.839><c> you've</c><00:25:53.240><c> got</c> 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:59.079 to<00:25:53.619><c> accept</c><00:25:54.299><c> it.</c><00:25:55.759><c> That's</c><00:25:56.500><c> the</c><00:25:56.680><c> difficult</c><00:25:57.039><c> part.</c><00:25:58.319><c> And</c><00:25:58.660><c> that's</c> 00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:03.460 the<00:25:59.240><c> critical</c><00:25:59.660><c> part.</c><00:26:01.200><c> For</c><00:26:01.400><c> otherwise,</c><00:26:02.619><c> the</c><00:26:02.759><c> word</c><00:26:03.019><c> of</c><00:26:03.259><c> God</c> 00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:07.220 will<00:26:03.720><c> remain</c><00:26:04.019><c> in</c><00:26:04.200><c> our</c><00:26:04.440><c> heads,</c><00:26:05.759><c> but</c><00:26:05.980><c> it</c><00:26:06.140><c> won't</c><00:26:06.440><c> influence</c><00:26:06.920><c> our</c> 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:10.140 minds.<00:26:08.240><c> It</c><00:26:08.380><c> won't</c><00:26:08.660><c> influence</c><00:26:09.039><c> our</c><00:26:09.339><c> thinking.</c> 00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:14.319 It<00:26:10.559><c> won't</c><00:26:10.940><c> influence</c><00:26:11.400><c> our</c><00:26:11.720><c> character.</c><00:26:12.700><c> We</c><00:26:12.839><c> have</c><00:26:13.140><c> got</c><00:26:13.420><c> to</c><00:26:13.720><c> learn</c><00:26:13.980><c> to</c> 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:18.059 accept<00:26:15.019><c> the</c><00:26:15.359><c> word</c><00:26:15.579><c> of</c><00:26:15.839><c> God,</c><00:26:17.059><c> which</c><00:26:17.259><c> means</c> 00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:22.920 believing<00:26:18.700><c> it</c><00:26:19.299><c> and</c><00:26:20.180><c> then</c><00:26:20.640><c> accepting</c><00:26:21.440><c> the</c><00:26:21.940><c> consequences</c><00:26:22.579><c> of</c> 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:25.480 that<00:26:23.240><c> belief</c><00:26:23.680><c> for</c><00:26:24.059><c> ourselves.</c><00:26:24.700><c> That's</c><00:26:24.960><c> the</c><00:26:25.220><c> important</c> 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:28.880 thing.<00:26:26.279><c> And</c><00:26:26.480><c> what</c><00:26:26.640><c> a</c><00:26:26.940><c> difference</c><00:26:27.200><c> that</c><00:26:27.460><c> makes.</c><00:26:28.480><c> And</c><00:26:28.619><c> I</c><00:26:28.740><c> would</c> 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:30.000 say,<00:26:29.099><c> you</c><00:26:29.160><c> know,</c><00:26:29.420><c> that</c><00:26:29.519><c> the</c><00:26:29.720><c> difference</c> 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:33.160 between<00:26:30.339><c> brothers</c><00:26:30.680><c> and</c><00:26:30.859><c> sisters</c><00:26:31.259><c> who</c><00:26:31.440><c> are</c><00:26:32.200><c> apathetic</c><00:26:32.980><c> and</c> 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:36.660 indifferent<00:26:33.819><c> and</c><00:26:34.700><c> the</c><00:26:34.799><c> ones</c><00:26:35.039><c> who</c><00:26:35.380><c> are</c><00:26:35.380><c> keen</c><00:26:35.940><c> and</c> 00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:41.039 enthusiastic<00:26:37.400><c> is</c><00:26:37.960><c> largely</c><00:26:38.640><c> that</c><00:26:39.039><c> they</c><00:26:39.240><c> have</c><00:26:39.539><c> learned</c><00:26:39.900><c> to</c><00:26:40.140><c> accept</c><00:26:40.660><c> what</c><00:26:40.880><c> it</c> 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:43.440 means<00:26:41.319><c> for</c><00:26:41.519><c> themselves.</c><00:26:43.019><c> And</c><00:26:43.200><c> that's</c> 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:46.559 the<00:26:43.640><c> secret</c><00:26:43.900><c> of</c><00:26:44.160><c> discipline,</c><00:26:44.640><c> isn't</c><00:26:44.779><c> it?</c><00:26:45.700><c> It's</c><00:26:45.880><c> only</c><00:26:46.160><c> when</c><00:26:46.359><c> we</c> 00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:48.920 accept<00:26:47.180><c> the</c><00:26:47.420><c> word</c><00:26:47.599><c> of</c><00:26:47.839><c> God</c><00:26:48.099><c> that</c><00:26:48.440><c> we</c><00:26:48.559><c> should</c><00:26:48.660><c> be</c><00:26:48.779><c> able</c> 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:55.380 to<00:26:49.160><c> discipline</c><00:26:49.359><c> ourselves.</c><00:26:50.519><c> If</c><00:26:50.640><c> we</c><00:26:50.779><c> haven't</c><00:26:50.980><c> got</c><00:26:51.279><c> this</c><00:26:51.680><c> spirit</c><00:26:52.099><c> of</c><00:26:52.640><c> submission</c><00:26:53.099><c> and</c><00:26:53.539><c> acceptance,</c><00:26:54.660><c> then</c><00:26:54.900><c> it</c><00:26:55.099><c> will</c> 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:58.339 remain<00:26:55.859><c> virtually</c><00:26:56.759><c> powerless</c><00:26:57.240><c> before</c><00:26:57.660><c> us.</c><00:26:58.000><c> And</c><00:26:58.140><c> then</c><00:26:58.220><c> you</c> 00:26:58.339 --> 00:27:01.220 notice<00:26:58.799><c> how</c><00:26:59.359><c> the</c><00:26:59.559><c> apostle</c><00:26:59.900><c> says</c><00:27:00.380><c> that</c><00:27:00.779><c> the</c><00:27:00.940><c> process</c> 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:07.500 continues.<00:27:02.559><c> He</c><00:27:03.000><c> accepted</c><00:27:03.779><c> it</c><00:27:04.839><c> as</c><00:27:05.940><c> it</c><00:27:06.200><c> is,</c><00:27:06.500><c> the</c><00:27:06.700><c> word</c><00:27:06.900><c> of</c><00:27:07.140><c> God,</c> 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:11.720 which<00:27:08.500><c> also</c><00:27:09.680><c> worketh</c><00:27:10.299><c> in</c><00:27:10.799><c> you</c><00:27:11.099><c> that</c><00:27:11.400><c> believe.</c> 00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:16.819 So<00:27:12.259><c> the</c><00:27:12.460><c> word</c><00:27:12.740><c> of</c><00:27:13.000><c> God,</c><00:27:13.299><c> when</c><00:27:13.480><c> it</c><00:27:13.660><c> is</c><00:27:14.000><c> accepted</c><00:27:14.500><c> like</c><00:27:14.880><c> this,</c><00:27:15.920><c> works.</c><00:27:16.420><c> That</c><00:27:16.660><c> is</c> 00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:19.440 to<00:27:16.980><c> say,</c><00:27:17.460><c> it</c><00:27:17.640><c> has</c><00:27:17.819><c> a</c><00:27:18.140><c> creative</c><00:27:18.460><c> action.</c> 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:26.160 It<00:27:20.759><c> has</c><00:27:21.279><c> the</c><00:27:22.240><c> ability</c><00:27:22.819><c> to</c><00:27:23.200><c> produce</c><00:27:24.000><c> new</c><00:27:24.559><c> thinking,</c><00:27:25.519><c> new</c><00:27:25.740><c> life,</c> 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:30.000 really,<00:27:26.799><c> new</c><00:27:27.119><c> spiritual</c><00:27:27.799><c> life.</c><00:27:28.779><c> It</c><00:27:29.039><c> produces</c><00:27:29.519><c> that</c> 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:33.019 renewing<00:27:30.480><c> 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so</c><00:29:16.019><c> there</c><00:29:16.279><c> is</c><00:29:16.579><c> a</c><00:29:16.779><c> communion</c> 00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:22.680 between<00:29:17.579><c> us.</c><00:29:18.299><c> Remarkably,</c><00:29:19.039><c> however,</c><00:29:19.720><c> in</c><00:29:20.180><c> the</c><00:29:20.700><c> second</c><00:29:21.019><c> passage</c><00:29:21.420><c> in</c><00:29:21.640><c> John</c><00:29:21.920><c> 15,</c> 00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:24.859 Jesus<00:29:23.259><c> doesn't</c><00:29:23.660><c> use</c><00:29:24.180><c> the</c><00:29:24.400><c> most</c> 00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:29.640 common<00:29:25.220><c> word</c><00:29:25.579><c> for</c><00:29:25.859><c> word</c><00:29:26.279><c> and</c><00:29:26.519><c> words,</c><00:29:27.359><c> which</c><00:29:27.359><c> is</c><00:29:27.559><c> logos,</c><00:29:28.059><c> logos,</c><00:29:28.700><c> of</c><00:29:28.740><c> course.</c><00:29:29.539><c> He</c> 00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:31.759 uses<00:29:30.099><c> this</c><00:29:30.460><c> 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himself,</c><00:30:52.299><c> and</c><00:30:52.440><c> the</c><00:30:52.579><c> result</c><00:30:52.920><c> is</c> 00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:55.140 life,<00:30:53.680><c> not</c><00:30:53.900><c> of</c><00:30:54.079><c> course</c><00:30:54.299><c> physical</c><00:30:54.759><c> life,</c> 00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:59.079 but<00:30:55.559><c> spiritual</c><00:30:56.099><c> life,</c><00:30:57.000><c> the</c><00:30:57.160><c> life</c><00:30:57.339><c> of</c><00:30:57.539><c> the</c><00:30:57.720><c> mind,</c><00:30:58.539><c> the</c><00:30:58.660><c> life</c><00:30:58.880><c> of</c> 00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:00.960 the<00:30:59.339><c> understanding,</c><00:30:59.940><c> the</c><00:31:00.099><c> life</c><00:31:00.299><c> which</c><00:31:00.500><c> has</c><00:31:00.700><c> been</c> 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:06.720 newborn<00:31:01.519><c> by</c><00:31:02.220><c> the</c><00:31:02.420><c> one</c><00:31:02.579><c> who</c><00:31:02.779><c> has</c><00:31:03.180><c> accepted</c><00:31:03.779><c> 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subject</c><00:31:27.960><c> is</c><00:31:28.380><c> James</c><00:31:29.000><c> chapter</c><00:31:29.420><c> 3.</c> 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.700 I'll<00:31:30.059><c> ask</c><00:31:30.259><c> you</c><00:31:30.460><c> to</c> 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:35.680 turn<00:31:30.940><c> to</c><00:31:31.099><c> that</c><00:31:31.299><c> for</c><00:31:31.500><c> a</c><00:31:31.660><c> moment.</c><00:31:32.339><c> This</c><00:31:32.559><c> is</c><00:31:32.819><c> a</c><00:31:32.980><c> sort</c><00:31:33.220><c> of</c><00:31:33.500><c> foundation</c><00:31:34.440><c> passage.</c> 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.839 In<00:31:36.839><c> this</c><00:31:37.359><c> passage,</c> 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:43.599 James<00:31:38.460><c> is</c><00:31:38.940><c> commenting</c><00:31:39.480><c> upon</c><00:31:40.779><c> two</c><00:31:41.660><c> different</c><00:31:42.259><c> attitudes.</c> 00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:50.519 He<00:31:46.420><c> speaks</c><00:31:46.720><c> in</c><00:31:46.900><c> the</c><00:31:47.000><c> 14th</c><00:31:47.599><c> verse</c><00:31:47.880><c> of</c><00:31:48.220><c> the</c><00:31:48.519><c> chapter</c><00:31:48.799><c> 3</c><00:31:49.119><c> of</c><00:31:49.259><c> James,</c><00:31:50.119><c> if</c><00:31:50.160><c> ye</c> 00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:54.319 have<00:31:50.799><c> bitter</c><00:31:51.599><c> envying</c><00:31:52.319><c> or</c><00:31:52.940><c> jealousy</c> 00:31:54.359 --> 00:32:00.319 in<00:31:54.819><c> your</c><00:31:55.339><c> heart</c><00:31:55.799><c> and</c><00:31:57.180><c> strife,</c><00:31:58.660><c> which</c><00:31:58.980><c> the</c><00:31:59.599><c> revised</c><00:31:59.940><c> version</c> 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:03.460 gives<00:32:00.720><c> as</c><00:32:01.420><c> faction.</c><00:32:02.799><c> And</c><00:32:02.859><c> you</c><00:32:02.960><c> know</c><00:32:03.119><c> what</c> 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:11.140 faction<00:32:03.940><c> is.</c><00:32:04.779><c> Faction</c><00:32:05.440><c> is</c><00:32:06.039><c> splitting</c><00:32:06.299><c> up</c><00:32:06.720><c> one</c><00:32:07.140><c> community</c><00:32:07.859><c> into</c><00:32:08.380><c> different</c><00:32:08.799><c> parties.</c><00:32:10.019><c> Now,</c><00:32:10.259><c> this</c><00:32:10.400><c> is</c><00:32:10.720><c> thoroughly</c> 00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:17.839 condemned<00:32:11.920><c> in</c><00:32:12.960><c> the</c><00:32:14.539><c> epistles</c><00:32:14.920><c> of</c><00:32:15.119><c> the</c><00:32:15.180><c> New</c><00:32:15.319><c> Testament.</c><00:32:16.400><c> If</c><00:32:16.619><c> you've</c><00:32:16.920><c> got</c><00:32:17.039><c> the</c><00:32:17.240><c> spirit</c><00:32:17.480><c> of</c> 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:19.420 faction<00:32:18.299><c> in</c><00:32:18.720><c> your</c><00:32:19.000><c> hearts</c> 00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:28.539 and<00:32:20.000><c> jealousy,</c><00:32:21.619><c> then</c><00:32:22.240><c> don't</c><00:32:26.480><c> boast</c><00:32:27.019><c> about</c><00:32:27.420><c> that.</c><00:32:27.940><c> Glory</c><00:32:28.359><c> not,</c> 00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:31.599 he<00:32:28.799><c> says,</c><00:32:29.500><c> and</c><00:32:29.960><c> lie</c><00:32:30.359><c> not</c><00:32:30.640><c> against</c><00:32:31.059><c> the</c><00:32:31.339><c> truth.</c> 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:38.380 This<00:32:32.319><c> wisdom,</c><00:32:32.740><c> he</c><00:32:32.960><c> says,</c><00:32:35.160><c> descends</c><00:32:36.240><c> not</c><00:32:36.819><c> from</c><00:32:37.339><c> above,</c><00:32:38.000><c> or</c><00:32:38.119><c> is</c> 00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:42.119 not<00:32:38.779><c> a</c><00:32:38.980><c> wisdom</c><00:32:39.339><c> that</c><00:32:39.940><c> cometh</c><00:32:40.279><c> down</c><00:32:40.799><c> from</c><00:32:41.099><c> above.</c> 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:46.759 But<00:32:42.640><c> he</c><00:32:42.740><c> tells</c><00:32:42.940><c> us</c><00:32:43.119><c> what</c><00:32:43.319><c> it</c><00:32:43.500><c> is.</c><00:32:44.599><c> He</c><00:32:44.740><c> says</c><00:32:44.980><c> it</c><00:32:45.180><c> is</c><00:32:45.619><c> earthly,</c> 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:49.099 sensual,<00:32:48.180><c> devilish.</c> 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:55.660 Earthly,<00:32:50.839><c> it</c><00:32:50.980><c> belongs</c><00:32:51.359><c> to</c><00:32:51.559><c> the</c><00:32:51.779><c> earth.</c><00:32:53.180><c> Sensual,</c><00:32:54.619><c> natural,</c> 00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:58.559 belonging<00:32:56.079><c> to</c><00:32:56.880><c> nature.</c><00:32:57.819><c> But</c><00:32:57.980><c> of</c><00:32:58.180><c> course,</c> 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:03.900 human<00:32:59.160><c> nature</c><00:32:59.700><c> is</c><00:32:59.940><c> what</c><00:33:00.059><c> he</c><00:33:00.220><c> means.</c><00:33:02.519><c> And</c><00:33:02.759><c> devilish,</c><00:33:03.579><c> which</c><00:33:03.640><c> is</c> 00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:08.400 really<00:33:04.339><c> demoniac,</c><00:33:05.480><c> is</c><00:33:05.720><c> evil.</c><00:33:07.460><c> And</c><00:33:07.660><c> so</c><00:33:08.099><c> there</c> 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:11.900 is<00:33:08.599><c> a</c><00:33:08.700><c> wisdom,</c><00:33:09.099><c> says</c><00:33:09.220><c> James,</c><00:33:10.500><c> which</c><00:33:10.680><c> belongs</c><00:33:11.059><c> to</c><00:33:11.259><c> the</c><00:33:11.460><c> earth.</c> 00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:14.940 It<00:33:12.500><c> arises</c><00:33:12.920><c> out</c><00:33:13.180><c> of</c><00:33:13.339><c> human</c><00:33:13.559><c> nature,</c><00:33:14.559><c> and</c><00:33:14.740><c> its</c> 00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:20.940 results<00:33:15.460><c> are</c><00:33:15.859><c> evil.</c><00:33:17.420><c> And</c><00:33:17.680><c> of</c><00:33:18.279><c> this,</c><00:33:18.460><c> he</c><00:33:18.599><c> says</c><00:33:18.880><c> in</c><00:33:19.099><c> verse</c><00:33:20.079><c> 16,</c> 00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:26.259 for<00:33:21.420><c> where</c><00:33:23.180><c> envying</c><00:33:23.700><c> or</c><00:33:23.960><c> jealousy</c><00:33:24.519><c> and</c><00:33:25.259><c> strife</c><00:33:25.859><c> or</c> 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:31.119 action<00:33:26.720><c> is,</c><00:33:27.500><c> there</c><00:33:27.839><c> is</c><00:33:28.079><c> confusion</c><00:33:28.779><c> and</c><00:33:29.299><c> every</c><00:33:29.579><c> evil</c><00:33:29.880><c> work.</c><00:33:30.799><c> And</c><00:33:30.880><c> then</c><00:33:31.119><c> he</c> 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:33.359 says,<00:33:31.960><c> but</c><00:33:31.960><c> there's</c><00:33:32.220><c> another</c><00:33:32.460><c> wisdom.</c> 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:40.460 The<00:33:33.680><c> wisdom</c><00:33:34.160><c> that</c><00:33:34.400><c> is</c><00:33:34.660><c> from</c><00:33:34.940><c> above</c><00:33:35.500><c> is</c><00:33:36.240><c> first</c><00:33:36.599><c> pure,</c><00:33:37.619><c> then</c><00:33:37.839><c> peaceable,</c><00:33:38.920><c> gentle,</c><00:33:39.880><c> easy</c><00:33:40.220><c> to</c> 00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.539 be<00:33:40.640><c> treated,</c> 00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:45.960 full<00:33:41.880><c> of</c><00:33:42.119><c> mercy</c><00:33:42.460><c> and</c><00:33:42.720><c> good</c><00:33:42.940><c> fruits,</c><00:33:44.099><c> without</c><00:33:44.680><c> partiality</c><00:33:45.700><c> or</c> 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:49.200 without<00:33:46.400><c> variance,</c><00:33:47.740><c> without</c><00:33:48.119><c> hypocrisy.</c> 00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:53.920 And<00:33:50.160><c> the</c><00:33:50.680><c> fruit</c><00:33:51.059><c> of</c><00:33:51.440><c> righteousness,</c><00:33:51.960><c> and</c><00:33:52.119><c> that</c><00:33:52.319><c> phrase</c><00:33:52.700><c> doesn't</c><00:33:53.579><c> quite</c> 00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:55.259 mean<00:33:54.140><c> the</c><00:33:54.380><c> fruit</c><00:33:54.559><c> of</c><00:33:54.900><c> righteousness.</c> 00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:59.519 It<00:33:55.619><c> means</c><00:33:55.980><c> the</c><00:33:56.420><c> fruit</c><00:33:56.660><c> which</c><00:33:57.200><c> is</c><00:33:57.700><c> righteousness.</c><00:33:59.200><c> The</c><00:33:59.319><c> fruit</c> 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:02.099 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that</c><00:34:29.739><c> is</c><00:34:30.059><c> evil.</c> 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:34.480 But<00:34:31.599><c> there</c><00:34:31.760><c> is</c><00:34:31.960><c> another</c><00:34:32.159><c> wisdom,</c><00:34:32.900><c> another</c><00:34:33.159><c> way</c><00:34:33.539><c> of</c><00:34:33.800><c> understanding,</c><00:34:34.480><c> which</c> 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:36.199 comes<00:34:34.760><c> from</c><00:34:35.059><c> above.</c> 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:40.780 And<00:34:37.099><c> the</c><00:34:37.239><c> result</c><00:34:37.519><c> of</c><00:34:37.739><c> that</c><00:34:38.219><c> is</c><00:34:38.619><c> the</c><00:34:38.820><c> manifestation</c><00:34:39.539><c> of</c><00:34:40.059><c> the</c><00:34:40.280><c> fruit</c><00:34:40.519><c> of</c> 00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:42.579 the<00:34:40.980><c> Spirit,</c><00:34:41.320><c> is</c><00:34:41.400><c> what</c><00:34:41.559><c> he</c><00:34:41.719><c> is</c><00:34:41.780><c> saying.</c> 00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:48.780 Now,<00:34:43.199><c> this</c><00:34:43.619><c> foundation</c><00:34:44.280><c> passage,</c><00:34:44.780><c> the</c><00:34:45.099><c> existence</c><00:34:45.519><c> of</c><00:34:45.820><c> two</c><00:34:46.119><c> wisdoms,</c><00:34:47.380><c> the</c><00:34:47.639><c> wisdom</c><00:34:48.000><c> that</c><00:34:48.300><c> belongs</c><00:34:48.559><c> to</c> 00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.179 the<00:34:48.980><c> thinking</c> 00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:52.280 of<00:34:49.360><c> the</c><00:34:49.460><c> human</c><00:34:49.659><c> mind,</c><00:34:50.780><c> and</c><00:34:50.880><c> the</c><00:34:51.019><c> wisdom</c><00:34:51.360><c> that</c><00:34:51.639><c> belongs</c><00:34:51.920><c> to</c><00:34:52.099><c> the</c> 00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:56.000 mind<00:34:52.519><c> of</c><00:34:52.699><c> God,</c><00:34:53.760><c> is</c><00:34:53.820><c> a</c><00:34:54.179><c> fundamental</c><00:34:55.219><c> principle</c> 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:59.639 for<00:34:56.760><c> the</c><00:34:56.980><c> whole</c><00:34:57.300><c> of</c><00:34:57.460><c> the</c><00:34:57.480><c> New</c><00:34:57.699><c> Testament.</c><00:34:58.559><c> But</c><00:34:58.719><c> I</c><00:34:58.840><c> would</c><00:34:59.099><c> say</c> 00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:02.179 that<00:34:59.960><c> it</c><00:35:00.440><c> is</c><00:35:00.860><c> especially</c><00:35:01.539><c> useful</c> 00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:05.739 for<00:35:02.639><c> understanding</c><00:35:03.320><c> the</c><00:35:03.639><c> writings</c><00:35:04.000><c> of</c><00:35:04.199><c> the</c><00:35:04.360><c> Apostle</c><00:35:04.739><c> John,</c> 00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:08.219 for<00:35:06.340><c> nearly</c><00:35:06.639><c> everything</c><00:35:07.079><c> that</c><00:35:07.219><c> he</c><00:35:07.280><c> has</c><00:35:07.519><c> to</c><00:35:07.739><c> say</c> 00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:12.659 is<00:35:08.800><c> based</c><00:35:09.239><c> upon</c><00:35:09.539><c> this</c><00:35:09.860><c> opposition</c><00:35:10.360><c> between</c><00:35:11.099><c> darkness,</c><00:35:12.460><c> 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world,</c><00:35:57.380><c> of</c><00:35:57.519><c> course,</c> 00:35:57.940 --> 00:36:02.900 being<00:35:58.019><c> the</c><00:35:58.219><c> world</c><00:35:58.480><c> of</c><00:35:58.719><c> human</c><00:35:58.900><c> nature.</c><00:36:00.039><c> I</c><00:36:00.539><c> am</c><00:36:00.920><c> not</c><00:36:01.260><c> of</c><00:36:01.619><c> this</c><00:36:01.940><c> world.</c><00:36:02.739><c> And</c> 00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:04.679 then<00:36:03.039><c> in</c><00:36:03.179><c> another</c><00:36:03.539><c> little</c><00:36:04.239><c> further</c><00:36:04.500><c> on,</c> 00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:07.840 you<00:36:04.900><c> remember,</c><00:36:05.340><c> he</c><00:36:05.559><c> tells</c><00:36:05.739><c> them,</c><00:36:05.940><c> ye</c><00:36:06.340><c> are</c><00:36:06.699><c> of</c><00:36:07.059><c> your</c><00:36:07.400><c> father,</c> 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:12.349 the<00:36:08.079><c> devil.</c><00:36:09.320><c> That</c><00:36:09.480><c> is,</c><00:36:09.679><c> they</c><00:36:09.940><c> were</c><00:36:10.460><c> the</c><00:36:10.960><c> product</c><00:36:11.320><c> of</c><00:36:11.559><c> the</c> 00:36:12.530 --> 00:36:17.010 human<00:36:13.210><c> mind</c><00:36:13.829><c> given</c><00:36:14.210><c> to</c><00:36:14.489><c> itself.</c><00:36:15.630><c> But</c><00:36:15.849><c> he</c><00:36:16.170><c> himself,</c><00:36:16.809><c> he</c><00:36:16.809><c> says,</c> 00:36:17.170 --> 00:36:20.710 I<00:36:17.449><c> am</c><00:36:17.829><c> of</c><00:36:18.190><c> God.</c><00:36:19.150><c> And</c><00:36:19.389><c> so</c><00:36:19.809><c> there</c><00:36:20.070><c> are</c><00:36:20.289><c> the</c><00:36:20.489><c> two</c> 00:36:20.710 --> 00:36:26.030 wisdoms.<00:36:21.230><c> Really,</c><00:36:22.070><c> this</c><00:36:22.429><c> foundation</c><00:36:23.230><c> of</c><00:36:24.150><c> one</c><00:36:24.409><c> way</c><00:36:24.610><c> of</c><00:36:24.809><c> thinking</c><00:36:25.090><c> and</c><00:36:25.369><c> another</c><00:36:25.610><c> way</c><00:36:25.829><c> of</c> 00:36:26.030 --> 00:36:27.670 thinking<00:36:26.429><c> lies</c><00:36:27.210><c> at</c><00:36:27.530><c> the</c> 00:36:27.670 --> 00:36:36.170 basis<00:36:28.130><c> of</c><00:36:28.909><c> nearly</c><00:36:29.210><c> everything</c><00:36:29.889><c> that</c><00:36:30.309><c> we</c><00:36:30.510><c> shall</c><00:36:30.690><c> examine</c><00:36:31.250><c> in</c><00:36:32.110><c> the</c><00:36:32.610><c> New</c><00:36:32.769><c> Testament.</c><00:36:34.710><c> Now,</c><00:36:35.789><c> I</c> 00:36:36.170 --> 00:36:41.829 hope<00:36:36.409><c> I</c><00:36:36.630><c> am</c><00:36:36.750><c> not</c><00:36:36.889><c> going</c><00:36:37.090><c> to</c> 00:36:41.829 --> 00:36:49.809 lie.<00:36:42.750><c> We</c><00:36:43.269><c> are</c><00:36:43.630><c> going</c><00:36:43.849><c> to</c><00:36:44.090><c> do</c><00:36:44.349><c> a</c><00:36:44.570><c> little</c><00:36:44.869><c> Greek.</c><00:36:47.469><c> Oh,</c><00:36:47.869><c> that</c><00:36:48.070><c> sounds</c><00:36:48.369><c> terrible,</c><00:36:48.909><c> doesn't</c><00:36:49.050><c> it?</c> 00:36:50.449 --> 00:36:51.650 Never<00:36:50.710><c> mind.</c> 00:36:51.809 --> 00:36:56.889 It's<00:36:52.190><c> going</c><00:36:52.329><c> to</c><00:36:52.610><c> be</c><00:36:53.010><c> very</c><00:36:53.510><c> simple.</c><00:36:55.150><c> There's</c><00:36:55.449><c> nothing</c><00:36:55.849><c> here</c> 00:36:56.889 --> 00:36:59.570 which<00:36:57.489><c> anybody</c><00:36:57.969><c> can't</c><00:36:58.530><c> understand.</c> 00:37:00.030 --> 00:37:03.789 But<00:37:00.230><c> it</c><00:37:00.349><c> is</c><00:37:00.690><c> rather</c><00:37:01.030><c> necessary</c><00:37:01.969><c> in</c><00:37:02.409><c> order</c><00:37:02.690><c> to</c><00:37:03.010><c> understand</c><00:37:03.389><c> what</c><00:37:03.590><c> I</c> 00:37:03.789 --> 00:37:05.929 want<00:37:03.929><c> to</c><00:37:04.170><c> comment</c><00:37:04.469><c> on</c><00:37:04.809><c> in</c><00:37:05.230><c> New</c><00:37:05.489><c> Testament</c> 00:37:05.929 --> 00:37:10.050 passages<00:37:06.389><c> later</c><00:37:06.989><c> that</c><00:37:07.449><c> you</c><00:37:07.590><c> should</c><00:37:08.030><c> realise</c><00:37:08.789><c> these</c><00:37:09.389><c> basic</c> 00:37:10.050 --> 00:37:16.130 facts.<00:37:11.769><c> Now,</c><00:37:13.070><c> the</c><00:37:13.110><c> term</c><00:37:13.670><c> for</c><00:37:14.369><c> the</c><00:37:15.090><c> Holy</c><00:37:15.469><c> Spirit</c> 00:37:16.130 --> 00:37:24.130 is<00:37:16.690><c> usually</c><00:37:17.250><c> in</c><00:37:17.550><c> the</c><00:37:17.750><c> form</c><00:37:18.150><c> of</c><00:37:18.909><c> tol</c><00:37:20.070><c> nyuma</c><00:37:20.769><c> hagyon,</c><00:37:22.469><c> the</c><00:37:22.809><c> Spirit</c><00:37:23.210><c> Holy.</c> 00:37:26.150 --> 00:37:30.090 Sometimes<00:37:27.150><c> the</c><00:37:27.809><c> word</c><00:37:28.349><c> tol</c><00:37:28.849><c> is</c><00:37:29.130><c> missing.</c> 00:37:30.710 --> 00:37:38.409 We<00:37:31.190><c> shall</c><00:37:31.670><c> look</c><00:37:32.110><c> at</c><00:37:32.190><c> one</c><00:37:32.409><c> or</c><00:37:32.449><c> two</c><00:37:32.590><c> of</c><00:37:32.710><c> these</c><00:37:32.869><c> cases</c><00:37:33.489><c> soon,</c><00:37:34.150><c> I</c><00:37:34.230><c> hope.</c><00:37:35.389><c> And</c><00:37:35.469><c> you</c><00:37:35.610><c> merely</c><00:37:35.829><c> get</c><00:37:36.329><c> nyuma</c><00:37:36.889><c> hagyon,</c><00:37:37.630><c> or</c><00:37:38.150><c> Holy</c> 00:37:38.409 --> 00:37:42.449 Spirit.<00:37:39.789><c> Sometimes,</c><00:37:40.269><c> of</c><00:37:40.510><c> course,</c><00:37:40.710><c> the</c><00:37:40.730><c> word</c><00:37:40.949><c> Holy</c><00:37:41.170><c> isn't</c><00:37:41.409><c> there,</c><00:37:42.309><c> in</c> 00:37:42.449 --> 00:37:44.289 which<00:37:42.690><c> case</c><00:37:42.889><c> you</c><00:37:43.030><c> may</c><00:37:43.269><c> get</c><00:37:43.489><c> tol</c><00:37:43.869><c> nyuma,</c> 00:37:44.630 --> 00:37:52.349 the<00:37:44.889><c> Spirit,</c><00:37:45.869><c> or</c><00:37:46.349><c> you</c><00:37:46.550><c> may</c><00:37:46.849><c> not</c><00:37:47.070><c> get</c><00:37:47.309><c> tol</c><00:37:47.710><c> at</c><00:37:47.789><c> all.</c><00:37:48.389><c> You</c><00:37:48.550><c> may</c><00:37:48.750><c> just</c><00:37:48.989><c> get</c><00:37:49.170><c> the</c><00:37:49.289><c> word</c><00:37:49.650><c> nyuma,</c><00:37:50.570><c> Spirit,</c><00:37:51.130><c> by</c><00:37:51.349><c> itself.</c> 00:37:52.909 --> 00:37:58.369 Now,<00:37:53.590><c> there</c><00:37:53.769><c> is</c><00:37:53.989><c> an</c><00:37:54.289><c> important</c><00:37:54.909><c> form</c><00:37:55.489><c> of</c><00:37:55.909><c> this</c><00:37:56.190><c> word.</c><00:37:57.989><c> The</c> 00:37:58.369 --> 00:38:01.570 Greek<00:37:58.789><c> language</c><00:37:59.250><c> puts</c><00:37:59.630><c> nouns</c><00:38:00.110><c> into</c><00:38:00.449><c> different</c><00:38:00.889><c> cases,</c> 00:38:01.989 --> 00:38:05.030 and<00:38:02.070><c> after</c><00:38:02.449><c> the</c><00:38:02.690><c> preposition</c><00:38:03.269><c> en,</c><00:38:04.030><c> it</c><00:38:04.110><c> uses</c><00:38:04.449><c> what's</c><00:38:04.769><c> called</c> 00:38:05.030 --> 00:38:07.650 the<00:38:05.309><c> dative</c><00:38:05.650><c> case.</c><00:38:06.070><c> So</c><00:38:06.210><c> nyuma</c><00:38:06.670><c> hagyon</c><00:38:07.329><c> is</c><00:38:07.349><c> only</c> 00:38:07.650 --> 00:38:11.329 a<00:38:07.869><c> form</c><00:38:08.070><c> of</c><00:38:08.289><c> nyuma,</c><00:38:08.610><c> that's</c><00:38:08.929><c> all.</c><00:38:09.750><c> And</c><00:38:09.889><c> you've</c><00:38:10.050><c> got</c><00:38:10.150><c> a</c><00:38:10.349><c> preposition</c><00:38:10.929><c> here,</c> 00:38:11.409 --> 00:38:14.429 en,<00:38:12.289><c> in,</c><00:38:12.929><c> Spirit.</c><00:38:13.710><c> That's</c><00:38:14.050><c> literally</c> 00:38:14.429 --> 00:38:20.550 what<00:38:14.590><c> it</c><00:38:14.750><c> says.</c><00:38:16.269><c> Unhappily</c><00:38:16.730><c> for</c><00:38:16.929><c> us,</c><00:38:17.989><c> our</c><00:38:18.170><c> translators</c><00:38:18.949><c> nearly</c><00:38:19.250><c> always</c><00:38:19.909><c> say</c> 00:38:20.550 --> 00:38:24.010 by<00:38:21.269><c> the</c><00:38:21.849><c> Spirit,</c><00:38:23.409><c> putting</c><00:38:23.650><c> in</c><00:38:23.909><c> the</c> 00:38:24.010 --> 00:38:27.329 the<00:38:24.230><c> which</c><00:38:24.389><c> isn't</c><00:38:24.650><c> there,</c><00:38:26.010><c> and</c><00:38:26.210><c> altering</c><00:38:26.690><c> the</c><00:38:26.809><c> sense</c><00:38:27.030><c> of</c><00:38:27.210><c> the</c> 00:38:27.329 --> 00:38:30.670 preposition.<00:38:29.190><c> Now,</c><00:38:29.570><c> this</c><00:38:29.789><c> will</c><00:38:30.050><c> become</c><00:38:30.389><c> rather</c> 00:38:30.670 --> 00:38:33.150 important<00:38:31.250><c> later</c><00:38:31.570><c> on</c><00:38:31.809><c> 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reason.</c><00:46:06.469><c> They're</c><00:46:06.849><c> looking</c><00:46:07.090><c> for</c> 00:46:07.489 --> 00:46:10.670 evidence<00:46:07.849><c> to</c><00:46:08.210><c> support</c><00:46:08.610><c> the</c><00:46:08.889><c> doctrine</c><00:46:09.170><c> of</c><00:46:09.369><c> the</c><00:46:09.530><c> Trinity,</c><00:46:10.349><c> and</c> 00:46:10.670 --> 00:46:13.010 that's<00:46:11.010><c> how</c><00:46:11.250><c> they</c><00:46:11.429><c> do</c><00:46:11.650><c> it.</c><00:46:12.090><c> There</c><00:46:12.329><c> are</c><00:46:12.550><c> the</c><00:46:12.730><c> short</c> 00:46:13.010 --> 00:46:15.750 of<00:46:13.210><c> evidence</c><00:46:13.610><c> for</c><00:46:13.829><c> the</c><00:46:13.989><c> doctrine</c><00:46:14.250><c> of</c><00:46:14.449><c> the</c><00:46:14.570><c> Trinity,</c><00:46:15.250><c> and</c><00:46:15.570><c> so</c> 00:46:15.750 --> 00:46:18.090 they're<00:46:15.909><c> very</c><00:46:16.210><c> anxious</c><00:46:16.590><c> to</c><00:46:16.829><c> make</c><00:46:17.010><c> use</c><00:46:17.409><c> of</c><00:46:17.929><c> these</c> 00:46:18.090 --> 00:46:22.530 opportunities,<00:46:19.130><c> but</c><00:46:19.449><c> that</c><00:46:19.630><c> is</c><00:46:19.889><c> the</c><00:46:20.110><c> drift</c><00:46:20.329><c> of</c><00:46:20.610><c> all</c><00:46:21.030><c> modern</c><00:46:21.389><c> versions,</c><00:46:22.329><c> to</c> 00:46:22.530 --> 00:46:24.510 use<00:46:22.789><c> Spirit</c><00:46:23.170><c> with</c><00:46:23.590><c> a</c><00:46:23.750><c> capital</c><00:46:24.070><c> S</c> 00:46:24.510 --> 00:46:31.489 and<00:46:24.809><c> not</c><00:46:25.010><c> a</c><00:46:25.190><c> small</c><00:46:25.449><c> S.</c><00:46:26.130><c> Now,</c><00:46:27.050><c> the</c><00:46:27.389><c> implication</c><00:46:28.070><c> of</c><00:46:28.309><c> this</c><00:46:28.829><c> is</c><00:46:29.530><c> clear</c><00:46:29.769><c> enough</c><00:46:30.210><c> for</c><00:46:31.130><c> all</c><00:46:31.389><c> of</c> 00:46:31.489 --> 00:46:33.170 us.<00:46:31.849><c> We</c><00:46:32.010><c> must</c><00:46:32.269><c> look</c><00:46:32.690><c> very</c> 00:46:33.170 --> 00:46:37.789 carefully<00:46:33.690><c> at</c><00:46:34.210><c> the</c><00:46:34.389><c> context</c><00:46:35.050><c> of</c><00:46:35.550><c> these</c><00:46:36.309><c> passages.</c><00:46:37.309><c> We</c><00:46:37.530><c> must</c> 00:46:37.789 --> 00:46:42.530 estimate<00:46:38.570><c> just</c><00:46:39.030><c> what</c><00:46:40.090><c> is</c><00:46:40.349><c> being</c><00:46:40.530><c> meant</c><00:46:40.989><c> by</c><00:46:41.630><c> Spirit</c> 00:46:42.570 --> 00:46:45.230 and<00:46:42.849><c> base</c><00:46:43.269><c> our</c><00:46:43.530><c> understanding</c><00:46:44.070><c> upon</c><00:46:44.449><c> that.</c> 00:46:49.510 --> 00:46:53.510 Now,<00:46:49.650><c> we</c><00:46:49.650><c> will</c><00:46:50.250><c> conclude</c><00:46:50.750><c> with</c><00:46:51.030><c> a</c><00:46:51.190><c> hymn,</c><00:46:52.269><c> if</c><00:46:52.550><c> I</c><00:46:52.750><c> can</c><00:46:53.010><c> find</c><00:46:53.210><c> my</c> 00:46:53.510 --> 00:46:54.449 hymn<00:46:53.670><c> book.</c> 00:47:04.150 --> 00:47:10.090 Now,<00:47:04.570><c> this</c><00:47:04.590><c> is</c><00:47:05.510><c> hymn</c><00:47:06.050><c> 63.</c><00:47:07.469><c> Now,</c><00:47:07.730><c> thank</c><00:47:08.050><c> we</c><00:47:08.269><c> all</c><00:47:08.489><c> thy</c><00:47:08.730><c> God.</c><00:47:09.469><c> Let's</c><00:47:09.829><c> sing</c> 00:47:10.090 --> 00:47:11.650 this<00:47:10.409><c> hymn,</c><00:47:10.949><c> dear</c><00:47:11.070><c> brothers</c><00:47:11.329><c> and</c><00:47:11.449><c> sisters,</c> 00:47:11.650 --> 00:47:15.210 with<00:47:11.869><c> a</c><00:47:11.889><c> bit</c><00:47:12.070><c> of</c><00:47:12.469><c> Spirit</c><00:47:12.949><c> and</c><00:47:13.670><c> a</c><00:47:13.670><c> bit</c><00:47:13.829><c> of</c><00:47:14.010><c> energy,</c><00:47:14.929><c> as</c><00:47:15.090><c> though</c> 00:47:15.210 --> 00:47:16.929 this<00:47:15.409><c> was</c><00:47:15.590><c> something</c><00:47:15.849><c> to</c><00:47:16.170><c> rejoice</c><00:47:16.610><c> in.</c> 00:47:17.070 --> 00:47:19.869 We're<00:47:17.210><c> not</c><00:47:17.389><c> going</c><00:47:17.550><c> to</c><00:47:17.789><c> sleep</c><00:47:17.949><c> over</c><00:47:18.210><c> this.</c><00:47:19.150><c> Let's</c><00:47:19.469><c> put</c><00:47:19.670><c> a</c><00:47:19.750><c> bit</c> 00:47:19.869 --> 00:47:22.010 of<00:47:21.030><c> belief</c><00:47:21.349><c> into</c><00:47:21.590><c> this.</c> 00:47:22.429 --> 00:47:26.369 Now,<00:47:22.750><c> thank</c><00:47:23.250><c> we</c><00:47:23.530><c> all</c><00:47:23.849><c> our</c><00:47:24.170><c> God</c><00:47:24.550><c> with</c><00:47:24.849><c> hearts</c><00:47:25.409><c> and</c><00:47:25.630><c> hands</c><00:47:26.110><c> and</c> 00:47:26.369 --> 00:47:28.750 voices.<00:47:27.289><c> Hymn</c><00:47:27.630><c> 63.</c> 00:47:42.130 --> 00:47:44.030 Hymn<00:47:43.530><c> 63.</c>