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in</c><00:13:55.480><c> pairs.</c> 00:13:55.820 --> 00:13:58.559 And<00:13:55.940><c> of</c><00:13:56.039><c> course,</c><00:13:56.320><c> the</c><00:13:56.379><c> Lord</c><00:13:56.580><c> Jesus</c><00:13:57.019><c> Christ</c><00:13:57.340><c> would</c><00:13:57.500><c> be</c><00:13:57.659><c> well</c><00:13:57.860><c> aware</c><00:13:58.100><c> of</c><00:13:58.299><c> that.</c> 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.759 Just<00:13:59.399><c> bear</c><00:13:59.639><c> in</c><00:13:59.860><c> mind</c><00:14:00.100><c> though,</c><00:14:00.500><c> brothers</c><00:14:00.620><c> and</c><00:14:00.779><c> sisters,</c><00:14:01.639><c> he</c> 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:02.940 was<00:14:01.980><c> alone.</c> 00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:04.539 There<00:14:03.039><c> was</c><00:14:03.320><c> nobody</c><00:14:03.659><c> equal</c><00:14:04.059><c> to</c><00:14:04.220><c> him.</c> 00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:06.600 There<00:14:04.919><c> was</c><00:14:05.220><c> no</c><00:14:05.399><c> one</c><00:14:05.519><c> that</c><00:14:05.659><c> could</c><00:14:05.899><c> comfort</c><00:14:06.159><c> him.</c> 00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:09.220 There<00:14:07.039><c> was</c><00:14:07.340><c> nobody</c><00:14:07.639><c> that</c><00:14:07.759><c> really</c><00:14:08.000><c> could</c><00:14:08.139><c> enter</c><00:14:08.320><c> into</c><00:14:08.500><c> his</c><00:14:08.740><c> feelings.</c> 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:12.379 But<00:14:09.679><c> that</c><00:14:09.820><c> didn't</c><00:14:10.080><c> mean</c><00:14:10.299><c> to</c><00:14:10.480><c> say</c><00:14:10.799><c> that</c><00:14:10.940><c> he</c><00:14:11.000><c> wasn't</c><00:14:11.340><c> compassionate</c><00:14:11.960><c> towards</c> 00:14:12.379 --> 00:14:14.480 those<00:14:12.799><c> who</c><00:14:13.000><c> needed</c><00:14:13.220><c> each</c><00:14:13.539><c> other.</c> 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.659 And<00:14:15.259><c> I</c><00:14:15.379><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:15.639><c> like</c><00:14:15.960><c> to</c><00:14:16.139><c> go</c><00:14:16.379><c> 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Lord</c><00:14:50.720><c> Jesus</c><00:14:51.139><c> Christ</c><00:14:51.419><c> had</c> 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.779 in<00:14:51.940><c> mind.</c> 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:57.519 So<00:14:53.700><c> when</c><00:14:53.879><c> we</c><00:14:53.960><c> come</c><00:14:54.159><c> back</c><00:14:54.320><c> to</c><00:14:54.399><c> Matthew</c><00:14:54.799><c> then,</c><00:14:56.940><c> we</c><00:14:57.000><c> find</c><00:14:57.320><c> that</c><00:14:57.480><c> he</c> 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.840 sends<00:14:57.779><c> them</c><00:14:57.899><c> out</c><00:14:58.080><c> in</c><00:14:58.220><c> their</c><00:14:58.480><c> pairs,</c> 00:14:59.340 --> 00:15:02.200 and<00:14:59.379><c> in</c><00:14:59.519><c> verse</c><00:14:59.759><c> 5</c><00:15:00.139><c> we</c><00:15:00.299><c> read</c><00:15:00.580><c> here,</c><00:15:00.840><c> brethren</c><00:15:01.039><c> and</c><00:15:01.320><c> sisters,</c> 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:05.700 These<00:15:02.820><c> twelve</c><00:15:03.279><c> 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and</c><00:16:15.679><c> sisters,</c><00:16:16.279><c> have</c><00:16:16.440><c> graduated.</c> 00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:20.480 They<00:16:17.659><c> are</c><00:16:17.919><c> now</c><00:16:18.539><c> apostles,</c><00:16:19.179><c> not</c><00:16:19.360><c> only</c><00:16:19.600><c> in</c><00:16:19.799><c> name</c><00:16:19.980><c> only,</c> 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:23.620 but<00:16:20.779><c> here</c><00:16:20.980><c> they</c><00:16:21.120><c> are</c><00:16:21.320><c> now</c><00:16:21.600><c> in</c><00:16:21.840><c> practice</c><00:16:22.399><c> doing</c><00:16:23.100><c> what</c><00:16:23.360><c> that</c> 00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:25.100 name<00:16:23.860><c> signifies.</c> 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:28.139 Now<00:16:26.460><c> in</c><00:16:26.580><c> their</c><00:16:26.879><c> initial</c><00:16:27.340><c> preaching</c><00:16:27.720><c> effort,</c> 00:16:28.340 --> 00:16:31.779 it<00:16:28.340><c> was</c><00:16:28.639><c> necessary</c><00:16:29.220><c> that</c><00:16:29.440><c> they</c><00:16:29.620><c> have</c><00:16:29.980><c> limited</c><00:16:30.559><c> objectives.</c> 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:33.899 There<00:16:32.080><c> were</c><00:16:32.240><c> several</c><00:16:32.559><c> reasons</c><00:16:32.980><c> for</c><00:16:33.220><c> that,</c> 00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:37.139 and<00:16:34.360><c> I</c><00:16:34.539><c> believe</c><00:16:34.840><c> that</c><00:16:35.080><c> one</c><00:16:35.220><c> of</c><00:16:35.340><c> them</c><00:16:35.480><c> was</c><00:16:35.820><c> that</c><00:16:36.080><c> they</c><00:16:36.460><c> had</c><00:16:36.799><c> not</c> 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:38.159 yet<00:16:37.360><c> the</c><00:16:37.559><c> experience,</c> 00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:41.840 brethren<00:16:38.500><c> and</c><00:16:38.820><c> sisters,</c><00:16:39.120><c> to</c><00:16:39.259><c> take</c><00:16:39.539><c> the</c><00:16:39.799><c> truth</c><00:16:39.980><c> on</c><00:16:40.200><c> a</c><00:16:40.399><c> wider</c><00:16:40.639><c> scale.</c> 00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:46.480 Nor<00:16:42.740><c> do</c><00:16:43.320><c> I</c><00:16:43.639><c> believe,</c><00:16:44.460><c> and</c><00:16:44.700><c> later</c><00:16:45.200><c> scripture</c><00:16:45.620><c> proves</c><00:16:46.019><c> this,</c> 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:50.000 that<00:16:47.000><c> they</c><00:16:47.120><c> had</c><00:16:47.320><c> any</c><00:16:47.700><c> inclination</c><00:16:48.639><c> to</c><00:16:48.899><c> take</c><00:16:49.220><c> it</c><00:16:49.379><c> beyond</c><00:16:49.840><c> the</c> 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:51.379 house<00:16:50.220><c> of</c><00:16:50.360><c> Israel.</c> 00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:54.259 And<00:16:51.879><c> so</c><00:16:52.120><c> the</c><00:16:52.240><c> Lord</c><00:16:52.460><c> would</c><00:16:52.700><c> restrict</c><00:16:53.059><c> them</c><00:16:53.320><c> then</c><00:16:53.580><c> as</c><00:16:53.840><c> they</c><00:16:54.019><c> go</c> 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:55.200 forth<00:16:54.480><c> on</c><00:16:54.639><c> this</c><00:16:54.799><c> occasion.</c> 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ye</c><00:17:07.859><c> not.</c> 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:12.140 Now<00:17:09.440><c> you</c><00:17:09.559><c> notice</c><00:17:09.960><c> that</c><00:17:10.980><c> in</c><00:17:11.220><c> telling</c><00:17:11.420><c> them</c><00:17:11.640><c> that,</c> 00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:17.279 it's<00:17:12.740><c> the</c><00:17:13.000><c> question</c><00:17:13.359><c> of</c><00:17:13.880><c> the</c><00:17:14.440><c> way</c><00:17:14.960><c> of</c><00:17:15.319><c> the</c><00:17:15.460><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:16.140><c> and</c><00:17:16.720><c> the</c> 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:20.079 city<00:17:17.740><c> of</c><00:17:18.160><c> the</c><00:17:18.319><c> Samaritans.</c> 00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:22.799 And<00:17:20.259><c> the</c><00:17:20.359><c> reason</c><00:17:20.680><c> for</c><00:17:20.940><c> that</c><00:17:21.140><c> is</c><00:17:21.400><c> that</c><00:17:21.559><c> that</c><00:17:21.819><c> is</c><00:17:22.059><c> a</c><00:17:22.140><c> very,</c> 00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:26.880 a<00:17:23.019><c> very,</c><00:17:23.380><c> very</c><00:17:23.700><c> good</c><00:17:24.039><c> description</c><00:17:24.660><c> of</c><00:17:24.980><c> the</c><00:17:25.160><c> way</c><00:17:25.359><c> in</c><00:17:25.500><c> which</c><00:17:25.680><c> those</c><00:17:25.940><c> people</c><00:17:26.319><c> dwelt</c><00:17:26.660><c> in</c> 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:28.000 the<00:17:27.099><c> land.</c> 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:30.740 You<00:17:28.299><c> see,</c><00:17:28.599><c> the</c><00:17:28.720><c> few</c><00:17:29.039><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:29.619><c> that</c><00:17:29.819><c> actually</c><00:17:30.160><c> lived</c><00:17:30.359><c> among</c> 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.700 the<00:17:30.940><c> Jews</c><00:17:31.079><c> in</c><00:17:31.259><c> the</c><00:17:31.400><c> land</c> 00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:36.099 did<00:17:32.480><c> so</c><00:17:32.819><c> by</c><00:17:33.220><c> living</c><00:17:33.579><c> on</c><00:17:33.819><c> the</c><00:17:34.099><c> outskirts</c><00:17:34.720><c> of</c><00:17:34.980><c> society.</c> 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:40.160 The<00:17:36.859><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:37.519><c> did</c><00:17:37.759><c> not</c><00:17:38.160><c> congregate</c><00:17:38.779><c> together</c><00:17:39.259><c> in</c><00:17:39.680><c> any</c><00:17:39.900><c> one</c> 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:41.099 particular<00:17:40.660><c> city,</c> 00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:44.980 but<00:17:41.519><c> were</c><00:17:41.940><c> scattered</c><00:17:42.259><c> through</c><00:17:42.559><c> the</c><00:17:42.759><c> land</c><00:17:43.059><c> and</c><00:17:43.980><c> mostly</c><00:17:44.480><c> were</c> 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:47.119 found<00:17:45.319><c> on</c><00:17:45.680><c> the</c><00:17:45.859><c> outskirts</c><00:17:46.380><c> of</c><00:17:46.700><c> society</c> 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:49.819 because<00:17:47.839><c> they</c><00:17:48.140><c> were</c><00:17:48.359><c> ostracized.</c> 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:53.819 They<00:17:50.059><c> were</c><00:17:50.299><c> 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rather</c><00:18:41.440><c> be</c><00:18:41.720><c> a</c><00:18:41.960><c> shock</c><00:18:42.140><c> to</c> 00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:44.220 them<00:18:42.660><c> to</c><00:18:42.960><c> hear</c><00:18:43.119><c> the</c><00:18:43.319><c> Lord</c><00:18:43.500><c> say</c><00:18:43.839><c> that.</c> 00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:46.500 And<00:18:44.839><c> they</c><00:18:44.960><c> would</c><00:18:45.140><c> say</c><00:18:45.799><c> within</c><00:18:46.079><c> themselves,</c> 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:49.960 well,<00:18:46.779><c> that's</c><00:18:47.160><c> a</c><00:18:47.279><c> superfluous</c><00:18:47.799><c> comment</c><00:18:48.019><c> because</c><00:18:48.319><c> there's</c><00:18:48.559><c> just</c><00:18:49.079><c> no</c><00:18:49.539><c> way</c> 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:53.099 that<00:18:50.200><c> we're</c><00:18:50.359><c> going</c><00:18:50.440><c> to</c><00:18:50.539><c> go</c><00:18:50.640><c> anywhere</c><00:18:51.059><c> near</c><00:18:51.680><c> those</c><00:18:52.059><c> places.</c> 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instructed</c><00:19:19.039><c> them</c><00:19:19.240><c> to</c><00:19:19.440><c> do</c><00:19:19.599><c> that.</c> 00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:23.220 But<00:19:20.880><c> I</c><00:19:20.960><c> want</c><00:19:21.099><c> you</c><00:19:21.240><c> to</c><00:19:21.400><c> notice</c><00:19:21.579><c> what</c><00:19:21.759><c> he</c><00:19:22.000><c> said.</c> 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:28.960 And<00:19:24.299><c> as</c><00:19:24.500><c> he</c><00:19:24.740><c> left</c><00:19:25.059><c> them</c><00:19:25.220><c> for</c><00:19:25.400><c> the</c><00:19:25.460><c> last</c><00:19:25.900><c> time</c><00:19:26.400><c> in</c><00:19:26.579><c> the</c><00:19:26.720><c> 28th</c><00:19:27.339><c> chapter</c><00:19:27.579><c> of</c><00:19:27.740><c> Matthew,</c> 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.500 he<00:19:29.180><c> said</c><00:19:29.420><c> in</c><00:19:29.539><c> verse</c><00:19:29.839><c> 18,</c> 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:32.759 And<00:19:30.779><c> Jesus</c><00:19:31.140><c> came</c><00:19:31.539><c> and</c><00:19:31.799><c> spake</c><00:19:32.099><c> unto</c><00:19:32.240><c> them,</c><00:19:32.680><c> saying,</c> 00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:35.799 All<00:19:33.119><c> power</c><00:19:33.440><c> is</c><00:19:33.599><c> given</c><00:19:33.799><c> unto</c><00:19:34.000><c> me</c><00:19:34.220><c> in</c><00:19:34.319><c> heaven</c><00:19:34.579><c> and</c><00:19:34.759><c> in</c><00:19:34.980><c> earth.</c> 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:40.220 Go<00:19:37.000><c> ye</c><00:19:37.519><c> therefore,</c><00:19:38.259><c> and</c><00:19:38.339><c> teach</c><00:19:38.740><c> all</c><00:19:39.119><c> nations.</c> 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:44.319 Now,<00:19:41.059><c> you</c><00:19:41.119><c> will</c><00:19:41.420><c> see</c><00:19:41.779><c> in</c><00:19:41.940><c> your</c><00:19:42.220><c> Bible</c><00:19:42.599><c> a</c><00:19:42.859><c> little</c><00:19:43.119><c> marginal</c><00:19:43.700><c> alternative.</c> 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:47.039 We've<00:19:44.700><c> got</c><00:19:44.779><c> 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sisters,</c><00:19:56.819><c> it's</c> 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:58.900 one<00:19:57.440><c> thing</c><00:19:57.720><c> to</c><00:19:58.019><c> teach.</c> 00:19:59.019 --> 00:20:03.819 It's<00:19:59.339><c> another</c><00:19:59.700><c> dimension</c><00:20:00.400><c> entirely</c><00:20:01.640><c> to</c><00:20:02.319><c> make</c><00:20:02.720><c> a</c><00:20:02.940><c> disciple.</c> 00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:05.819 I<00:20:04.099><c> can</c><00:20:04.380><c> teach</c><00:20:04.880><c> anyone.</c> 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:08.279 You<00:20:06.160><c> can</c><00:20:06.460><c> teach</c><00:20:06.859><c> anyone,</c><00:20:07.500><c> anything.</c> 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:10.640 I<00:20:08.339><c> mean,</c><00:20:08.539><c> anyone</c><00:20:08.839><c> that</c><00:20:09.019><c> knows</c><00:20:09.160><c> nothing</c><00:20:09.440><c> about</c><00:20:09.660><c> the</c><00:20:09.839><c> Bible,</c> 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:14.299 the<00:20:10.940><c> meanest</c><00:20:11.380><c> member</c><00:20:11.640><c> of</c><00:20:11.859><c> our</c><00:20:12.059><c> ecclesia,</c><00:20:12.500><c> can</c><00:20:12.819><c> teach</c><00:20:13.119><c> that</c><00:20:13.380><c> person.</c> 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:16.980 But<00:20:14.940><c> who</c><00:20:15.220><c> can</c><00:20:15.420><c> make</c><00:20:15.700><c> a</c><00:20:15.940><c> disciple</c><00:20:16.420><c> of</c><00:20:16.660><c> him?</c> 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:17.940 That's<00:20:17.500><c> the</c><00:20:17.660><c> issue.</c> 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:22.359 And,<00:20:18.359><c> you</c><00:20:18.640><c> know,</c><00:20:18.880><c> for</c><00:20:19.099><c> those</c><00:20:19.359><c> apostles</c><00:20:19.779><c> to</c><00:20:19.980><c> be</c><00:20:20.220><c> told</c><00:20:20.500><c> to</c><00:20:20.640><c> go</c><00:20:20.859><c> and</c><00:20:21.119><c> make</c><00:20:21.460><c> disciples</c><00:20:22.180><c> of</c> 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:23.099 all<00:20:22.660><c> nations</c> 00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:28.839 would<00:20:23.680><c> seem</c><00:20:24.000><c> to</c><00:20:24.119><c> them,</c><00:20:24.299><c> brothers</c><00:20:24.619><c> and</c><00:20:24.759><c> sisters,</c><00:20:25.660><c> an</c><00:20:25.759><c> incredibly</c><00:20:26.960><c> impossible</c><00:20:27.940><c> mission.</c> 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.859 But<00:20:29.420><c> as</c><00:20:29.619><c> far</c><00:20:29.880><c> as</c><00:20:30.039><c> they</c><00:20:30.160><c> were</c><00:20:30.339><c> concerned,</c> 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:34.059 the<00:20:31.380><c> Gentiles</c><00:20:31.819><c> were</c><00:20:31.980><c> not</c><00:20:32.160><c> only</c><00:20:32.460><c> beyond</c><00:20:32.799><c> the</c><00:20:33.019><c> pile</c><00:20:33.160><c> of</c><00:20:33.339><c> salvation,</c> 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.880 but<00:20:34.759><c> they</c><00:20:34.940><c> were</c><00:20:35.180><c> irretrievable.</c> 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:39.079 There<00:20:36.180><c> is</c><00:20:36.619><c> no</c><00:20:36.960><c> way</c><00:20:37.279><c> 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know</c><00:21:29.759><c> that</c><00:21:30.099><c> one</c><00:21:30.539><c> day</c><00:21:31.119><c> that's</c><00:21:31.480><c> going</c><00:21:31.720><c> to</c><00:21:32.000><c> happen.</c> 00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:36.259 And<00:21:33.460><c> so</c><00:21:33.680><c> therefore,</c><00:21:34.559><c> the</c><00:21:34.759><c> inference</c><00:21:35.019><c> is</c><00:21:35.359><c> there.</c> 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:39.660 It<00:21:37.420><c> was,</c><00:21:37.720><c> of</c><00:21:37.859><c> course,</c><00:21:38.160><c> necessary,</c><00:21:38.700><c> as</c><00:21:38.880><c> the</c><00:21:39.059><c> Apostles</c><00:21:39.420><c> said,</c> 00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:41.880 they<00:21:39.819><c> had</c><00:21:40.019><c> to</c><00:21:40.140><c> go</c><00:21:40.279><c> to</c><00:21:40.460><c> the</c><00:21:40.619><c> Jew</c><00:21:40.779><c> first</c><00:21:41.200><c> and</c><00:21:41.359><c> then</c><00:21:41.460><c> to</c><00:21:41.579><c> the</c><00:21:41.759><c> Greek.</c> 00:21:41.880 --> 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00:21:55.079 But<00:21:52.339><c> I</c><00:21:52.599><c> believe,</c><00:21:52.880><c> as</c><00:21:53.039><c> I</c><00:21:53.160><c> said</c><00:21:53.299><c> earlier,</c><00:21:54.000><c> that</c><00:21:54.160><c> this</c><00:21:54.559><c> prohibition</c> 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:57.519 about<00:21:55.339><c> not</c><00:21:55.599><c> going</c><00:21:55.720><c> to</c><00:21:55.819><c> the</c><00:21:56.000><c> Gentiles</c><00:21:56.440><c> was</c><00:21:56.680><c> more</c><00:21:57.079><c> than</c><00:21:57.220><c> just</c> 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.559 that<00:21:57.759><c> reason.</c> 00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:01.519 And<00:21:59.319><c> one</c><00:21:59.700><c> of</c><00:21:59.839><c> the</c><00:22:00.000><c> chief</c><00:22:00.160><c> reasons,</c><00:22:00.500><c> I</c><00:22:00.700><c> think,</c><00:22:00.940><c> was</c><00:22:01.160><c> that</c><00:22:01.319><c> the</c> 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:03.180 Apostles<00:22:01.859><c> were</c><00:22:02.099><c> in</c><00:22:02.259><c> no</c><00:22:02.539><c> frame</c><00:22:02.759><c> of</c><00:22:03.039><c> mind,</c> 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:06.740 nor<00:22:03.519><c> were</c><00:22:03.680><c> they</c><00:22:03.920><c> educated</c><00:22:04.400><c> to</c><00:22:04.940><c> understand</c><00:22:05.759><c> the</c><00:22:06.000><c> mystery</c><00:22:06.460><c> of</c> 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.299 the<00:22:06.900><c> Gospel</c> 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:10.220 that<00:22:07.799><c> the</c><00:22:08.000><c> Gentiles</c><00:22:08.440><c> would</c><00:22:08.680><c> be</c><00:22:08.839><c> fellow</c><00:22:09.240><c> heirs</c><00:22:09.500><c> with</c><00:22:09.759><c> the</c><00:22:09.960><c> Jews.</c> 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:12.160 They<00:22:10.700><c> hadn't</c><00:22:10.900><c> yet</c><00:22:11.200><c> come</c><00:22:11.420><c> to</c><00:22:11.559><c> that</c><00:22:11.759><c> understanding.</c> 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:14.119 If<00:22:12.400><c> you</c><00:22:12.559><c> haven't</c><00:22:12.720><c> got</c><00:22:12.859><c> the</c><00:22:13.019><c> understanding,</c><00:22:13.619><c> you</c><00:22:13.700><c> certainly</c> 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:15.660 can't<00:22:14.440><c> preach</c><00:22:14.680><c> it.</c> 00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:19.359 Nor<00:22:16.299><c> were</c><00:22:16.519><c> they</c><00:22:16.619><c> to</c><00:22:16.779><c> go</c><00:22:17.039><c> into</c><00:22:17.259><c> the</c><00:22:17.400><c> city</c><00:22:17.700><c> of</c><00:22:18.000><c> the</c><00:22:18.099><c> Samaritans.</c> 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.160 They<00:22:20.099><c> weren't</c><00:22:20.380><c> to</c><00:22:20.559><c> go</c><00:22:20.640><c> there</c><00:22:20.859><c> either.</c> 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:24.079 Now,<00:22:21.480><c> the</c><00:22:21.579><c> reason</c><00:22:21.839><c> why</c><00:22:22.119><c> the</c><00:22:22.180><c> Lord</c><00:22:22.400><c> says</c><00:22:22.660><c> the</c><00:22:22.900><c> cities</c><00:22:23.279><c> of</c><00:22:23.480><c> the</c><00:22:23.599><c> Samaritans</c> 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:27.900 is<00:22:24.220><c> because</c><00:22:24.559><c> the</c><00:22:24.819><c> Samaritans</c><00:22:25.420><c> did</c><00:22:25.839><c> live</c><00:22:26.220><c> in</c><00:22:26.539><c> congregations.</c> 00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:32.319 They<00:22:28.740><c> did</c><00:22:29.200><c> live</c><00:22:29.660><c> in</c><00:22:30.039><c> a</c><00:22:30.140><c> very,</c><00:22:30.539><c> very</c><00:22:30.900><c> limited</c><00:22:31.279><c> area.</c> 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:36.519 In<00:22:33.180><c> and</c><00:22:33.420><c> around</c><00:22:33.720><c> Mount</c><00:22:34.079><c> Gerizim,</c><00:22:34.680><c> up</c><00:22:34.960><c> there</c><00:22:35.160><c> at</c><00:22:35.380><c> Shechem,</c><00:22:36.279><c> the</c> 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:38.319 Samaritans<00:22:37.099><c> were</c><00:22:37.359><c> found.</c> 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:41.779 They<00:22:38.839><c> congregated</c><00:22:39.319><c> around</c><00:22:39.619><c> that</c><00:22:39.859><c> mountain</c><00:22:40.240><c> because</c><00:22:40.619><c> they</c><00:22:40.920><c> said,</c><00:22:41.200><c> of</c><00:22:41.380><c> course,</c> 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:44.700 that<00:22:42.240><c> that</c><00:22:42.440><c> was</c><00:22:42.819><c> the</c><00:22:42.940><c> place</c><00:22:43.160><c> where</c><00:22:43.400><c> Abraham</c><00:22:43.859><c> offered</c><00:22:44.140><c> Isaac.</c> 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:48.059 That<00:22:45.259><c> was</c><00:22:45.519><c> the</c><00:22:45.700><c> place</c><00:22:46.000><c> where</c><00:22:46.240><c> God</c><00:22:46.579><c> had</c><00:22:46.920><c> said</c><00:22:47.220><c> the</c><00:22:47.700><c> place</c><00:22:47.940><c> he</c> 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.940 would<00:22:48.380><c> choose</c> 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:51.140 to<00:22:49.359><c> put</c><00:22:49.539><c> his</c><00:22:49.759><c> name</c><00:22:50.099><c> there.</c> 00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:54.779 The<00:22:51.259><c> Samaritans</c><00:22:51.900><c> actually</c><00:22:52.579><c> corrupted</c><00:22:53.059><c> the</c><00:22:53.279><c> Bible</c><00:22:53.680><c> deliberately</c> 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:58.500 to<00:22:55.480><c> say</c><00:22:55.920><c> that</c><00:22:56.359><c> in</c><00:22:56.519><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:22:56.859><c> chapter</c><00:22:57.220><c> 12,</c><00:22:57.839><c> when</c><00:22:57.900><c> God</c><00:22:58.200><c> said</c> 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.799 he<00:22:58.599><c> would</c><00:22:58.900><c> choose</c><00:22:59.180><c> out</c><00:22:59.460><c> a</c><00:22:59.500><c> place</c> 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.900 they<00:23:00.079><c> put</c><00:23:00.299><c> there,</c><00:23:00.519><c> he</c><00:23:00.599><c> would</c><00:23:00.920><c> choose</c><00:23:01.160><c> out</c><00:23:01.900><c> Shechem</c><00:23:02.240><c> or</c><00:23:02.440><c> Gerizim.</c> 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:04.359 They<00:23:03.140><c> actually</c><00:23:03.460><c> put</c><00:23:03.660><c> that</c><00:23:03.859><c> in</c><00:23:03.940><c> the</c><00:23:04.099><c> original.</c> 00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:07.319 And<00:23:04.819><c> everybody</c><00:23:05.519><c> knew</c><00:23:06.000><c> it</c><00:23:06.319><c> to</c><00:23:06.519><c> be</c><00:23:06.799><c> a</c><00:23:06.920><c> lie.</c> 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:10.400 But<00:23:07.819><c> that's</c><00:23:07.980><c> what</c><00:23:08.099><c> they</c><00:23:08.339><c> did,</c><00:23:08.980><c> and</c><00:23:09.140><c> so</c><00:23:09.240><c> they</c><00:23:09.500><c> lived</c><00:23:09.859><c> in</c><00:23:10.240><c> and</c> 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.259 around<00:23:10.640><c> Gerizim.</c> 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:14.640 And<00:23:11.660><c> so</c><00:23:11.819><c> that's</c><00:23:12.000><c> why</c><00:23:12.259><c> Jesus</c><00:23:12.599><c> said,</c><00:23:13.180><c> don't</c><00:23:13.180><c> enter</c><00:23:13.440><c> into</c><00:23:13.700><c> the</c><00:23:13.900><c> city</c><00:23:14.339><c> of</c> 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.980 the<00:23:14.759><c> Samaritans.</c> 00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:19.579 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didn't</c><00:23:30.339><c> he?</c> 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:33.500 The<00:23:31.000><c> woman</c><00:23:31.220><c> of</c><00:23:31.440><c> Samaria</c><00:23:31.880><c> at</c><00:23:32.079><c> the</c><00:23:32.240><c> well</c><00:23:32.440><c> of</c><00:23:32.880><c> Jacob,</c><00:23:33.200><c> which</c><00:23:33.299><c> was</c> 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.900 right<00:23:33.839><c> there</c><00:23:34.059><c> next</c><00:23:34.299><c> to</c><00:23:34.519><c> Gerizim,</c> 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:38.200 where<00:23:35.140><c> the</c><00:23:35.519><c> Samaritans</c><00:23:35.940><c> had</c><00:23:36.220><c> congregated,</c><00:23:37.220><c> how</c><00:23:37.380><c> she</c><00:23:37.539><c> went</c><00:23:37.759><c> back</c><00:23:38.039><c> to</c> 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.660 her<00:23:39.099><c> townsfolk,</c> 00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:43.059 how<00:23:40.079><c> they</c><00:23:40.259><c> came</c><00:23:40.599><c> out</c><00:23:40.839><c> to</c><00:23:40.960><c> the</c><00:23:41.039><c> Lord,</c><00:23:41.740><c> how</c><00:23:41.799><c> they</c><00:23:41.960><c> directed</c><00:23:42.759><c> the</c> 00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:46.339 disciples<00:23:43.480><c> to</c><00:23:43.720><c> the</c><00:23:43.880><c> harvest</c><00:23:44.180><c> that</c><00:23:44.279><c> was</c><00:23:44.720><c> ready</c><00:23:45.099><c> to</c><00:23:45.500><c> reap.</c> 00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:49.440 But<00:23:47.240><c> at</c><00:23:47.339><c> this</c><00:23:47.599><c> time,</c><00:23:47.940><c> brothers</c><00:23:48.119><c> and</c><00:23:48.240><c> sisters,</c><00:23:48.920><c> that</c><00:23:49.119><c> harvest</c> 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:51.400 was<00:23:49.579><c> going</c><00:23:49.740><c> to</c><00:23:49.839><c> be</c><00:23:49.940><c> left</c><00:23:50.160><c> for</c><00:23:50.339><c> a</c><00:23:50.500><c> while.</c> 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:53.940 He<00:23:51.839><c> told</c><00:23:52.039><c> them,</c><00:23:52.180><c> no,</c><00:23:52.359><c> leave</c><00:23:52.519><c> that</c><00:23:52.720><c> alone.</c><00:23:53.140><c> Don't</c><00:23:53.400><c> go</c><00:23:53.680><c> there</c><00:23:53.819><c> yet.</c> 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:55.200 They<00:23:54.059><c> were</c><00:23:54.259><c> not</c><00:23:54.440><c> ready</c><00:23:54.680><c> for</c><00:23:54.839><c> that.</c> 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:58.039 But<00:23:55.619><c> the</c><00:23:55.740><c> day</c><00:23:55.940><c> came</c><00:23:56.140><c> when</c><00:23:56.299><c> they</c><00:23:56.559><c> were,</c><00:23:57.180><c> and</c><00:23:57.420><c> we</c><00:23:57.559><c> won't</c><00:23:57.799><c> turn</c> 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.799 this<00:23:58.259><c> passage</c><00:23:58.579><c> up,</c> 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:02.680 but<00:23:58.960><c> do</c><00:23:59.079><c> you</c><00:23:59.079><c> remember</c><00:23:59.440><c> when</c><00:24:00.660><c> Saul</c><00:24:01.000><c> was</c><00:24:01.299><c> persecuting</c><00:24:01.920><c> the</c><00:24:02.119><c> Ecclesia</c><00:24:02.539><c> and</c> 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prepared</c><00:24:14.619><c> by</c><00:24:14.880><c> the</c> 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:16.299 Lord<00:24:15.180><c> Jesus</c><00:24:15.579><c> Christ.</c> 00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:19.480 Preparatory<00:24:17.279><c> work</c><00:24:17.519><c> had</c><00:24:17.680><c> been</c><00:24:17.960><c> done,</c><00:24:18.259><c> and</c><00:24:18.380><c> so</c><00:24:18.559><c> the</c><00:24:18.700><c> time</c><00:24:18.920><c> came</c> 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:23.480 when<00:24:19.880><c> the</c><00:24:20.059><c> apostles</c><00:24:20.440><c> did</c><00:24:20.799><c> have</c><00:24:21.019><c> to</c><00:24:21.140><c> go</c><00:24:21.420><c> forth</c><00:24:21.839><c> into</c><00:24:22.259><c> the</c><00:24:22.480><c> cities</c><00:24:23.019><c> of</c> 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.720 the<00:24:23.680><c> Samaritan.</c> 00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:30.000 But<00:24:25.599><c> for</c><00:24:25.839><c> them,</c><00:24:26.420><c> at</c><00:24:26.440><c> the</c><00:24:26.660><c> moment,</c><00:24:27.200><c> they</c><00:24:27.279><c> have</c><00:24:27.480><c> a</c><00:24:27.599><c> specific</c><00:24:28.140><c> task,</c><00:24:28.960><c> verse</c><00:24:29.299><c> 6,</c> 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:35.359 but<00:24:30.539><c> go</c><00:24:31.039><c> rather</c><00:24:31.700><c> to</c><00:24:32.240><c> the</c><00:24:32.500><c> lost</c><00:24:32.819><c> sheep</c><00:24:33.319><c> of</c><00:24:33.880><c> the</c><00:24:34.000><c> house</c><00:24:34.220><c> of</c><00:24:34.420><c> Israel.</c> 00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:38.579 Now<00:24:35.940><c> brothers</c><00:24:36.200><c> and</c><00:24:36.440><c> sisters,</c><00:24:36.920><c> I</c><00:24:36.920><c> made</c><00:24:37.160><c> the</c><00:24:37.380><c> suggestion</c><00:24:37.859><c> earlier</c><00:24:38.420><c> in</c> 00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.319 the<00:24:38.759><c> earlier</c><00:24:39.099><c> study,</c> 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:42.480 and<00:24:39.440><c> I'll</c><00:24:39.880><c> repeat</c><00:24:39.880><c> it</c><00:24:40.059><c> here</c><00:24:40.200><c> tonight</c><00:24:40.539><c> because</c><00:24:40.779><c> I</c><00:24:40.920><c> want</c><00:24:41.039><c> to</c><00:24:41.180><c> turn</c><00:24:41.299><c> another</c><00:24:41.880><c> reference</c><00:24:42.339><c> in</c> 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.160 this<00:24:42.700><c> regard,</c> 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:48.240 and<00:24:43.700><c> that</c><00:24:43.859><c> is</c><00:24:44.119><c> this,</c><00:24:45.700><c> that</c><00:24:45.960><c> I</c><00:24:46.180><c> believe</c><00:24:46.500><c> that</c><00:24:46.759><c> the</c><00:24:47.319><c> title</c><00:24:47.660><c> here</c> 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:52.180 of<00:24:48.799><c> the</c><00:24:49.039><c> lost</c><00:24:49.319><c> sheep</c><00:24:49.640><c> would</c><00:24:49.900><c> only</c><00:24:50.240><c> apply</c><00:24:50.680><c> to</c><00:24:50.839><c> those</c><00:24:51.220><c> who</c><00:24:51.759><c> knew</c> 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.759 they<00:24:52.500><c> were</c><00:24:52.740><c> lost.</c> 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:57.400 When<00:24:54.700><c> you</c><00:24:54.880><c> go</c><00:24:55.039><c> to</c><00:24:55.200><c> a</c><00:24:55.339><c> lost</c><00:24:55.579><c> sheep,</c><00:24:56.140><c> you</c><00:24:56.240><c> go</c><00:24:56.480><c> to</c><00:24:56.700><c> a</c><00:24:56.880><c> sheep</c><00:24:57.039><c> that's</c> 00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.779 lost<00:24:57.579><c> and</c><00:24:57.740><c> he</c><00:24:57.880><c> knows</c><00:24:58.240><c> he's</c><00:24:58.539><c> lost.</c> 00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:02.859 You<00:24:58.980><c> know,</c><00:24:59.799><c> just</c><00:25:00.779><c> take</c><00:25:01.039><c> a</c><00:25:01.319><c> homely</c><00:25:01.700><c> illustration.</c> 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:07.960 You<00:25:03.559><c> may</c><00:25:03.980><c> be</c><00:25:04.279><c> somewhere</c><00:25:04.839><c> on</c><00:25:05.900><c> a</c><00:25:06.079><c> journey</c><00:25:06.440><c> in</c><00:25:06.740><c> a</c><00:25:06.960><c> strange</c><00:25:07.299><c> country</c><00:25:07.759><c> and</c> 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:11.119 you<00:25:08.099><c> may</c><00:25:08.380><c> become</c><00:25:08.799><c> lost,</c><00:25:09.380><c> disorientated</c><00:25:09.900><c> and</c><00:25:10.140><c> lost,</c> 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:13.640 but<00:25:11.839><c> you've</c><00:25:12.000><c> got</c><00:25:12.160><c> a</c><00:25:12.279><c> map</c><00:25:12.359><c> in</c><00:25:12.559><c> your</c><00:25:12.759><c> pocket,</c><00:25:13.059><c> you've</c><00:25:13.140><c> got</c><00:25:13.259><c> a</c><00:25:13.380><c> tongue</c><00:25:13.480><c> in</c> 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:16.259 your<00:25:13.799><c> head,</c><00:25:14.339><c> and</c><00:25:14.359><c> you</c><00:25:15.000><c> are</c><00:25:15.539><c> prepared</c><00:25:15.599><c> to</c><00:25:15.839><c> use</c><00:25:16.000><c> that,</c> 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:19.400 and<00:25:16.880><c> so</c><00:25:17.099><c> you</c><00:25:17.220><c> feel</c><00:25:17.539><c> that,</c><00:25:18.039><c> well,</c><00:25:18.579><c> you'll</c><00:25:18.839><c> get</c><00:25:19.000><c> your</c><00:25:19.160><c> way</c><00:25:19.299><c> out</c> 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:21.619 of<00:25:19.460><c> it,</c><00:25:19.740><c> you'll</c><00:25:20.140><c> work</c><00:25:20.420><c> it</c><00:25:20.640><c> out.</c> 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:25.980 So<00:25:21.940><c> you</c><00:25:22.059><c> pour</c><00:25:22.319><c> over</c><00:25:22.579><c> your</c><00:25:22.799><c> map</c><00:25:22.980><c> and</c><00:25:23.259><c> you</c><00:25:23.880><c> ask</c><00:25:24.339><c> people,</c><00:25:25.259><c> the</c><00:25:25.380><c> passer</c><00:25:25.700><c>-by,</c> 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:28.619 where<00:25:26.579><c> you</c><00:25:26.779><c> are</c><00:25:27.000><c> or</c><00:25:27.160><c> where</c><00:25:27.279><c> you're</c><00:25:27.559><c> not</c><00:25:27.880><c> and</c><00:25:28.039><c> so</c><00:25:28.299><c> forth.</c> 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:34.039 But<00:25:29.339><c> brothers</c><00:25:29.579><c> and</c><00:25:29.740><c> sisters,</c><00:25:30.000><c> if</c><00:25:30.240><c> after</c><00:25:30.500><c> a</c><00:25:30.680><c> while</c><00:25:31.099><c> all</c><00:25:31.519><c> failed,</c><00:25:33.920><c> then</c> 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.839 you'd<00:25:34.200><c> be</c><00:25:34.380><c> lost,</c> 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:37.660 and<00:25:35.200><c> you'd</c><00:25:35.440><c> get</c><00:25:35.579><c> a</c><00:25:35.799><c> sense</c><00:25:36.059><c> of</c><00:25:36.240><c> loss</c><00:25:36.460><c> that</c><00:25:36.619><c> you'd</c><00:25:36.779><c> never</c><00:25:37.039><c> had</c><00:25:37.240><c> before.</c> 00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:40.039 Your<00:25:38.000><c> map's</c><00:25:38.279><c> no</c><00:25:38.460><c> good</c><00:25:38.619><c> to</c><00:25:38.720><c> you.</c><00:25:38.839><c> It</c><00:25:38.940><c> seems</c><00:25:39.220><c> to</c><00:25:39.339><c> be</c><00:25:39.440><c> the</c><00:25:39.559><c> wrong</c><00:25:39.779><c> map.</c> 00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:42.039 I<00:25:40.259><c> remember</c><00:25:40.559><c> once</c><00:25:40.779><c> we</c><00:25:41.019><c> were</c><00:25:41.019><c> trying</c><00:25:41.240><c> to</c><00:25:41.279><c> find</c><00:25:41.500><c> our</c><00:25:41.680><c> way</c><00:25:41.819><c> around</c> 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:44.440 Brisbane<00:25:42.319><c> with</c><00:25:42.480><c> a</c><00:25:42.640><c> map</c><00:25:42.720><c> of</c><00:25:42.900><c> Toowoomba.</c> 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:47.180 That's<00:25:44.839><c> a</c><00:25:44.980><c> fact</c><00:25:45.259><c> and</c><00:25:46.019><c> wonder</c><00:25:46.259><c> why</c><00:25:46.420><c> we</c><00:25:46.500><c> couldn't</c><00:25:46.700><c> get</c><00:25:46.920><c> there.</c> 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:49.500 But<00:25:47.740><c> you</c><00:25:48.000><c> know,</c><00:25:48.099><c> you</c><00:25:48.099><c> might</c><00:25:48.359><c> find</c><00:25:48.660><c> that</c><00:25:48.819><c> your</c><00:25:48.960><c> map's</c><00:25:49.240><c> no</c><00:25:49.380><c> good</c> 00:25:49.500 --> 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all</c><00:26:10.960><c> experienced</c><00:26:11.380><c> this</c><00:26:11.640><c> one</c> 00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.400 time<00:26:12.140><c> or</c><00:26:12.259><c> another,</c> 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:17.940 when<00:26:12.680><c> you</c><00:26:13.200><c> are</c><00:26:14.019><c> lost,</c><00:26:15.319><c> there</c><00:26:15.579><c> is</c><00:26:16.000><c> no</c><00:26:16.400><c> way</c><00:26:16.900><c> home.</c> 00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:20.900 You<00:26:18.440><c> haven't</c><00:26:18.720><c> got</c><00:26:19.079><c> any</c><00:26:19.440><c> idea</c><00:26:19.900><c> where</c><00:26:20.220><c> you</c><00:26:20.500><c> are,</c> 00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:24.500 nor<00:26:21.359><c> have</c><00:26:21.519><c> you</c><00:26:21.680><c> got</c><00:26:21.779><c> any</c><00:26:22.059><c> idea</c><00:26:22.519><c> how</c><00:26:22.940><c> to</c><00:26:23.059><c> get</c><00:26:23.180><c> out</c><00:26:23.299><c> of</c><00:26:23.380><c> your</c><00:26:23.720><c> predicament</c><00:26:24.220><c> or</c> 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:26.140 where<00:26:24.819><c> to</c><00:26:25.000><c> go.</c> 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:29.140 It<00:26:26.660><c> is</c><00:26:26.980><c> then,</c><00:26:27.299><c> brethren</c><00:26:27.640><c> and</c><00:26:27.960><c> sisters,</c><00:26:28.200><c> that</c><00:26:28.380><c> you</c><00:26:28.660><c> feel</c><00:26:29.039><c> the</c> 00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:34.079 need<00:26:29.579><c> for</c><00:26:30.019><c> somebody</c><00:26:30.920><c> to</c><00:26:32.099><c> direct</c><00:26:32.480><c> you</c><00:26:32.920><c> home.</c> 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:36.799 And<00:26:34.619><c> you</c><00:26:34.779><c> feel</c><00:26:34.980><c> rather</c><00:26:35.319><c> desperate</c><00:26:35.680><c> about</c><00:26:36.019><c> that.</c><00:26:36.420><c> You're</c> 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.700 really<00:26:37.400><c> lost.</c> 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:39.539 I<00:26:38.099><c> believe</c><00:26:38.460><c> that's</c><00:26:38.700><c> what</c><00:26:38.920><c> Jesus</c><00:26:39.299><c> meant.</c> 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:43.940 Look,<00:26:40.259><c> the</c><00:26:40.380><c> scribes</c><00:26:40.720><c> and</c><00:26:40.900><c> Pharisees</c><00:26:41.339><c> were</c><00:26:41.559><c> lost.</c><00:26:42.960><c> All</c><00:26:43.480><c> Israel</c> 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.539 were<00:26:44.160><c> lost.</c> 00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:47.839 And<00:26:45.099><c> no</c><00:26:45.279><c> doubt</c><00:26:45.500><c> there</c><00:26:45.700><c> were</c><00:26:45.980><c> among</c><00:26:46.259><c> the</c><00:26:46.500><c> Jews</c><00:26:46.779><c> those</c><00:26:47.420><c> who</c><00:26:47.559><c> had</c> 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:50.460 some<00:26:48.160><c> idea</c><00:26:48.539><c> that</c><00:26:48.700><c> perhaps</c><00:26:49.059><c> they</c><00:26:49.420><c> were</c><00:26:49.680><c> being</c><00:26:50.019><c> lost,</c> 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:52.599 but<00:26:50.819><c> they</c><00:26:50.980><c> would</c><00:26:51.180><c> get</c><00:26:51.339><c> out</c><00:26:51.599><c> of</c><00:26:51.640><c> it</c><00:26:51.839><c> somehow.</c> 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:56.440 He<00:26:53.039><c> said,</c><00:26:53.460><c> you</c><00:26:53.519><c> go</c><00:26:54.019><c> to</c><00:26:54.180><c> those</c><00:26:54.539><c> sheep</c><00:26:54.799><c> who</c><00:26:55.000><c> are</c><00:26:55.339><c> lost,</c> 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:59.720 people<00:26:57.279><c> who</c><00:26:57.559><c> threw</c><00:26:57.740><c> their</c><00:26:58.000><c> hands</c><00:26:58.220><c> up</c><00:26:58.460><c> and</c><00:26:58.559><c> said,</c><00:26:58.940><c> where</c><00:26:59.299><c> are</c> 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.420 we<00:26:59.839><c> going</c><00:27:00.059><c> to</c><00:27:00.279><c> go?</c> 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:02.140 There's<00:27:00.759><c> no</c><00:27:01.059><c> way</c><00:27:01.259><c> home.</c> 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:04.579 Now<00:27:02.319><c> you</c><00:27:02.400><c> look</c><00:27:02.599><c> at</c><00:27:02.700><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:03.119><c> chapter</c><00:27:03.500><c> 50,</c><00:27:03.920><c> I</c><00:27:04.059><c> find</c><00:27:04.259><c> this</c><00:27:04.460><c> the</c> 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:06.740 most<00:27:04.859><c> interesting</c><00:27:05.380><c> reference</c> 00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:11.079 concerning<00:27:07.900><c> the</c><00:27:08.299><c> regathering</c><00:27:08.900><c> of</c><00:27:09.059><c> Israel</c><00:27:09.680><c> and</c><00:27:10.220><c> the</c><00:27:10.500><c> attitude</c> 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:14.700 which<00:27:12.819><c> finally</c><00:27:13.220><c> brings</c><00:27:13.480><c> them</c><00:27:13.680><c> home.</c> 00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:18.539 So<00:27:15.000><c> we</c><00:27:15.079><c> read</c><00:27:15.279><c> in</c><00:27:15.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:15.880><c> 50</c><00:27:16.400><c> from</c><00:27:16.660><c> verse</c><00:27:16.960><c> 4,</c> 00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:22.359 In<00:27:19.920><c> those</c><00:27:20.319><c> days,</c><00:27:20.759><c> and</c><00:27:20.880><c> in</c><00:27:21.019><c> that</c><00:27:21.240><c> time,</c><00:27:21.740><c> said</c><00:27:21.759><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:26.140 the<00:27:22.640><c> children</c><00:27:22.920><c> of</c><00:27:23.019><c> Israel</c><00:27:23.400><c> shall</c><00:27:23.660><c> come,</c><00:27:24.960><c> they</c><00:27:25.339><c> and</c><00:27:25.480><c> the</c><00:27:25.660><c> children</c><00:27:25.940><c> of</c> 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:28.380 Judah<00:27:26.299><c> together,</c><00:27:26.960><c> going</c><00:27:27.339><c> and</c><00:27:27.759><c> weeping.</c> 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:31.940 They<00:27:29.079><c> shall</c><00:27:29.319><c> go</c><00:27:29.660><c> and</c><00:27:29.940><c> seek</c><00:27:30.160><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:30.740><c> their</c><00:27:31.039><c> God.</c> 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:38.019 They<00:27:33.160><c> shall</c><00:27:33.579><c> ask</c><00:27:34.380><c> the</c><00:27:34.859><c> way</c><00:27:35.259><c> to</c><00:27:35.579><c> Zion</c><00:27:36.059><c> with</c><00:27:37.099><c> their</c><00:27:37.420><c> faces</c><00:27:37.799><c> to</c> 00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.480 the<00:27:38.099><c> wood,</c><00:27:38.440><c> saying,</c> 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:43.900 Come<00:27:38.900><c> and</c><00:27:39.099><c> let</c><00:27:39.220><c> us</c><00:27:39.440><c> join</c><00:27:39.700><c> ourselves</c><00:27:40.259><c> to</c><00:27:40.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:40.819><c> in</c><00:27:41.000><c> a</c><00:27:41.160><c> perpetual</c><00:27:41.660><c> covenant</c><00:27:42.039><c> that</c><00:27:42.299><c> shall</c><00:27:42.519><c> not</c><00:27:42.759><c> be</c><00:27:42.980><c> forgotten.</c> 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:47.400 My<00:27:44.759><c> people</c><00:27:45.180><c> have</c><00:27:45.400><c> been</c><00:27:45.779><c> lost,</c><00:27:46.480><c> sheep.</c> 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:50.940 Their<00:27:48.259><c> shepherds</c><00:27:48.740><c> have</c><00:27:49.019><c> caused</c><00:27:49.299><c> them</c><00:27:49.500><c> to</c><00:27:49.619><c> go</c><00:27:49.819><c> astray.</c> 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.839 They've<00:27:51.400><c> turned</c><00:27:51.680><c> them</c><00:27:51.880><c> away</c><00:27:52.059><c> on</c><00:27:52.200><c> the</c><00:27:52.359><c> mountains.</c> 00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.920 They've<00:27:53.519><c> gone</c><00:27:53.759><c> from</c><00:27:54.039><c> mountain</c><00:27:54.380><c> to</c><00:27:54.559><c> hill.</c> 00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:57.859 They<00:27:55.460><c> have</c><00:27:55.940><c> forgotten</c><00:27:56.799><c> their</c><00:27:57.200><c> rest</c><00:27:57.440><c> and</c><00:27:57.640><c> place.</c> 00:27:58.220 --> 00:28:01.839 And<00:27:58.380><c> here</c><00:27:58.539><c> is</c><00:27:58.720><c> the</c><00:27:58.859><c> prophet</c><00:27:59.160><c> saying</c><00:27:59.599><c> that</c><00:28:00.039><c> the</c><00:28:00.240><c> sheep</c><00:28:00.539><c> turn</c><00:28:00.980><c> their</c><00:28:01.299><c> face</c><00:28:01.680><c> to</c> 00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.240 the<00:28:01.980><c> wood,</c> 00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:07.460 what<00:28:02.440><c> they</c><00:28:02.779><c> think</c><00:28:02.980><c> is</c><00:28:03.220><c> Zion,</c><00:28:03.960><c> and</c><00:28:04.099><c> they</c><00:28:04.619><c> burst</c><00:28:05.180><c> into</c><00:28:05.700><c> tears</c><00:28:06.160><c> and</c><00:28:06.539><c> they</c><00:28:06.859><c> say</c><00:28:07.000><c> to</c><00:28:07.160><c> God,</c> 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.720 Take<00:28:07.960><c> us</c><00:28:08.299><c> home.</c> 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:10.759 They're<00:28:09.279><c> the</c><00:28:09.400><c> lost</c><00:28:09.599><c> sheep</c><00:28:09.779><c> of</c><00:28:10.000><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:14.240 You<00:28:11.740><c> can</c><00:28:11.940><c> do</c><00:28:12.160><c> something</c><00:28:12.480><c> with</c><00:28:12.640><c> them,</c><00:28:13.019><c> brethren</c><00:28:13.180><c> and</c><00:28:13.400><c> sisters.</c> 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:17.359 You<00:28:14.819><c> can</c><00:28:15.039><c> really</c><00:28:15.480><c> do</c><00:28:15.740><c> something</c><00:28:16.059><c> with</c><00:28:16.220><c> people</c><00:28:16.720><c> who</c><00:28:16.980><c> know</c> 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:18.559 they're<00:28:17.539><c> lost.</c> 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:23.160 You<00:28:19.299><c> can't</c><00:28:19.700><c> do</c><00:28:19.900><c> much</c><00:28:20.220><c> with</c><00:28:20.380><c> a</c><00:28:20.519><c> person</c><00:28:20.839><c> who</c><00:28:21.039><c> thinks</c><00:28:21.480><c> he's</c><00:28:22.099><c> not</c><00:28:22.339><c> lost.</c> 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.920 She'll<00:28:24.059><c> be</c><00:28:24.180><c> right.</c><00:28:24.319><c> Leave</c><00:28:24.519><c> me</c><00:28:24.680><c> alone.</c> 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:28.359 I'll<00:28:25.599><c> get</c><00:28:25.799><c> home.</c><00:28:26.180><c> I'm</c><00:28:26.240><c> not</c><00:28:26.460><c> sure</c><00:28:26.559><c> where</c><00:28:26.700><c> to</c><00:28:26.799><c> go,</c><00:28:26.980><c> but</c><00:28:27.019><c> I'll</c><00:28:27.319><c> work</c><00:28:27.539><c> it</c><00:28:27.680><c> out.</c> 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:30.359 He's<00:28:28.759><c> got</c><00:28:28.900><c> no</c><00:28:29.059><c> need</c><00:28:29.200><c> of</c><00:28:29.400><c> you.</c> 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:33.039 But<00:28:30.799><c> here</c><00:28:31.019><c> are</c><00:28:31.180><c> these</c><00:28:31.359><c> people</c><00:28:31.619><c> who</c><00:28:31.759><c> are</c><00:28:32.079><c> weeping</c><00:28:32.420><c> and</c><00:28:32.680><c> seeking</c> 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.900 Yahweh<00:28:33.480><c> their</c><00:28:33.619><c> God.</c> 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:36.599 They<00:28:34.519><c> ask</c><00:28:35.200><c> the</c><00:28:35.440><c> way</c><00:28:35.839><c> to</c><00:28:36.180><c> Zion.</c> 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:38.599 They've<00:28:37.359><c> lost</c><00:28:37.839><c> their</c><00:28:38.220><c> way.</c> 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.480 And<00:28:39.200><c> they</c><00:28:39.400><c> are,</c><00:28:39.720><c> said</c><00:28:39.880><c> Jeremiah,</c> 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:43.319 My<00:28:41.039><c> people</c><00:28:41.579><c> have</c><00:28:41.900><c> been</c><00:28:42.339><c> lost</c><00:28:42.920><c> sheep.</c> 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:46.700 Go<00:28:43.819><c> and</c><00:28:44.160><c> get</c><00:28:44.299><c> them,</c><00:28:44.700><c> says</c><00:28:44.779><c> the</c><00:28:44.940><c> Lord</c><00:28:45.140><c> Jesus</c><00:28:45.559><c> Christ.</c> 00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:49.599 Now<00:28:47.099><c> you</c><00:28:47.180><c> know</c><00:28:47.440><c> the</c><00:28:47.559><c> type</c><00:28:47.799><c> of</c><00:28:47.980><c> person</c><00:28:48.200><c> you're</c><00:28:48.359><c> looking</c><00:28:48.599><c> for.</c> 00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:53.220 A<00:28:49.819><c> brother</c><00:28:50.099><c> or</c><00:28:50.279><c> a</c><00:28:50.519><c> sister</c><00:28:51.099><c> may</c><00:28:51.799><c> have</c><00:28:51.960><c> left</c><00:28:52.099><c> the</c><00:28:52.380><c> truth</c> 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:56.640 and<00:28:54.079><c> maybe</c><00:28:54.559><c> periodically</c><00:28:55.200><c> it</c><00:28:55.640><c> comes</c><00:28:55.920><c> into</c><00:28:56.119><c> our</c><00:28:56.440><c> heart.</c> 00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.200 We've<00:28:56.980><c> tried</c><00:28:57.140><c> many</c><00:28:57.339><c> times</c><00:28:57.700><c> before,</c> 00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:02.259 but<00:28:58.740><c> we</c><00:28:59.079><c> get</c><00:28:59.259><c> the</c><00:28:59.500><c> urge</c><00:28:59.680><c> again</c><00:29:00.079><c> to</c><00:29:00.319><c> do</c><00:29:00.480><c> something</c><00:29:00.759><c> about</c><00:29:01.180><c> that.</c> 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:06.099 And<00:29:03.200><c> recently</c><00:29:03.559><c> some</c><00:29:03.779><c> of</c><00:29:03.940><c> our</c><00:29:04.079><c> young</c><00:29:04.279><c> people</c><00:29:04.940><c> commendably</c><00:29:05.619><c> did</c><00:29:05.819><c> that.</c> 00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:08.259 They<00:29:06.259><c> got</c><00:29:06.460><c> together</c><00:29:06.859><c> and</c><00:29:07.079><c> wrote</c><00:29:07.299><c> letters</c><00:29:07.619><c> to</c><00:29:07.859><c> some</c><00:29:08.059><c> of</c><00:29:08.160><c> the</c> 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.980 brethren<00:29:08.539><c> and</c><00:29:08.819><c> sisters</c> 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.480 who<00:29:09.200><c> have</c><00:29:09.480><c> been</c><00:29:09.759><c> lost.</c> 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:13.539 Well,<00:29:11.119><c> the</c><00:29:11.220><c> vast</c><00:29:11.480><c> majority</c><00:29:12.019><c> still</c><00:29:12.599><c> lost,</c><00:29:12.960><c> but</c><00:29:13.099><c> they</c><00:29:13.259><c> don't</c> 00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.279 know<00:29:13.880><c> they're</c><00:29:14.079><c> lost.</c> 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:17.619 But<00:29:14.579><c> every</c><00:29:14.779><c> now</c><00:29:15.000><c> and</c><00:29:15.140><c> then</c><00:29:16.119><c> you</c><00:29:16.440><c> will</c><00:29:16.680><c> awake</c><00:29:16.960><c> the</c><00:29:17.240><c> conscience</c> 00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:19.099 of<00:29:17.799><c> some</c><00:29:18.160><c> poor</c><00:29:18.500><c> creature</c> 00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:21.839 who's<00:29:19.960><c> too</c><00:29:20.299><c> timid</c><00:29:20.519><c> or</c><00:29:20.700><c> ashamed,</c><00:29:21.839><c> perhaps,</c> 00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:25.740 to<00:29:22.240><c> ask</c><00:29:22.539><c> the</c><00:29:22.680><c> way</c><00:29:22.880><c> back</c><00:29:23.119><c> but</c><00:29:23.380><c> desperately</c><00:29:24.079><c> wants</c><00:29:24.519><c> to</c><00:29:24.779><c> know.</c> 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:29.059 And<00:29:26.380><c> that's</c><00:29:26.680><c> the</c><00:29:26.799><c> lost</c><00:29:27.000><c> sheep</c><00:29:27.440><c> of</c><00:29:28.079><c> the</c><00:29:28.220><c> house</c><00:29:28.440><c> of</c><00:29:28.599><c> Israel.</c> 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:32.019 Jesus<00:29:29.799><c> said,</c><00:29:30.599><c> You</c><00:29:30.859><c> go</c><00:29:31.039><c> to</c><00:29:31.240><c> them.</c> 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.500 You<00:29:32.660><c> go</c><00:29:32.920><c> to</c><00:29:33.039><c> them.</c> 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:36.779 Look<00:29:33.980><c> at</c><00:29:34.140><c> Psalm</c><00:29:34.380><c> 119,</c><00:29:35.480><c> brethren</c><00:29:35.640><c> and</c><00:29:35.859><c> sisters.</c> 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:41.279 Psalm<00:29:38.420><c> 119</c><00:29:38.940><c> was</c><00:29:39.400><c> written,</c><00:29:39.740><c> we</c><00:29:40.039><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:40.319><c> say</c><00:29:40.599><c> was</c><00:29:40.799><c> written</c><00:29:41.019><c> by</c> 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.519 a<00:29:41.420><c> lost</c><00:29:41.640><c> sheep,</c> 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:44.480 but<00:29:42.799><c> you</c><00:29:42.980><c> look</c><00:29:43.059><c> what</c><00:29:43.240><c> he</c><00:29:43.359><c> says.</c> 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:49.079 Look<00:29:44.960><c> what</c><00:29:45.079><c> he</c><00:29:45.180><c> says</c><00:29:45.420><c> in</c><00:29:45.640><c> Psalm</c><00:29:45.859><c> 119,</c><00:29:47.039><c> the</c><00:29:47.240><c> last</c><00:29:47.900><c> verse,</c> 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:52.220 the<00:29:49.839><c> last</c><00:29:50.339><c> verse</c><00:29:50.759><c> of</c><00:29:50.960><c> this</c><00:29:51.279><c> psalm.</c> 00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:54.140 Just<00:29:52.660><c> have</c><00:29:52.859><c> a</c><00:29:52.920><c> look</c><00:29:53.000><c> at</c><00:29:53.160><c> the</c><00:29:53.339><c> sentiment.</c> 00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:57.559 Just<00:29:55.420><c> notice</c><00:29:55.859><c> the</c><00:29:56.319><c> sentiment,</c><00:29:56.799><c> how</c><00:29:56.940><c> it's</c><00:29:57.180><c> expressed.</c> 00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:59.440 The<00:29:57.880><c> last</c><00:29:58.220><c> verse</c><00:29:58.420><c> of</c><00:29:58.579><c> that</c><00:29:58.859><c> psalm.</c> 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:03.339 He<00:29:59.660><c> said,</c><00:30:00.099><c> I</c><00:30:00.259><c> have</c><00:30:00.579><c> gone</c><00:30:00.940><c> astray</c><00:30:01.559><c> like</c><00:30:01.819><c> a</c><00:30:02.119><c> lost</c><00:30:02.359><c> sheep.</c> 00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:08.200 Seek<00:30:04.319><c> thy</c><00:30:04.700><c> servant,</c><00:30:05.519><c> for</c><00:30:05.680><c> I</c><00:30:05.880><c> do</c><00:30:06.180><c> not</c><00:30:06.440><c> forget</c><00:30:06.740><c> thy</c><00:30:07.059><c> commandments.</c> 00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:10.859 Now,<00:30:08.619><c> brethren</c><00:30:08.759><c> and</c><00:30:08.960><c> sisters,</c><00:30:09.299><c> you</c><00:30:09.440><c> work</c><00:30:09.640><c> that</c><00:30:09.900><c> out.</c> 00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:15.299 Now,<00:30:11.420><c> if</c><00:30:11.660><c> we,</c><00:30:12.480><c> our</c><00:30:12.799><c> definition</c><00:30:13.319><c> of</c><00:30:13.599><c> lost</c><00:30:14.059><c> would</c><00:30:14.400><c> mean,</c> 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.599 and<00:30:16.240><c> I</c><00:30:16.359><c> suppose</c><00:30:16.680><c> we</c><00:30:16.859><c> would</c><00:30:17.019><c> be</c><00:30:17.259><c> right,</c> 00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:21.619 we<00:30:18.019><c> would</c><00:30:18.140><c> say</c><00:30:18.299><c> that</c><00:30:18.500><c> a</c><00:30:18.579><c> person</c><00:30:18.920><c> is</c><00:30:19.380><c> lost</c><00:30:19.859><c> who</c><00:30:20.559><c> has</c><00:30:20.859><c> lost</c><00:30:21.180><c> all</c> 00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.319 love<00:30:21.799><c> of</c><00:30:21.940><c> the</c><00:30:22.140><c> truth</c> 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:24.640 and<00:30:22.559><c> just</c><00:30:23.039><c> wants</c><00:30:23.460><c> nothing</c><00:30:23.799><c> more</c><00:30:24.039><c> to</c><00:30:24.180><c> do</c><00:30:24.259><c> with</c><00:30:24.359><c> it.</c> 00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.599 We<00:30:24.880><c> say</c><00:30:25.059><c> they're</c><00:30:25.359><c> lost,</c> 00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:31.460 but<00:30:28.180><c> they're</c><00:30:28.480><c> not</c><00:30:29.119><c> the</c><00:30:29.660><c> lost</c><00:30:30.220><c> sheep</c><00:30:30.579><c> of</c><00:30:30.779><c> the</c><00:30:30.880><c> house</c><00:30:31.099><c> of</c><00:30:31.319><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:34.079 The<00:30:31.720><c> lost</c><00:30:32.059><c> sheep</c><00:30:32.240><c> of</c><00:30:32.400><c> the</c><00:30:32.460><c> house</c><00:30:32.700><c> of</c><00:30:32.779><c> Israel,</c><00:30:33.240><c> this</c><00:30:33.400><c> man</c><00:30:33.660><c> says,</c> 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:38.460 now<00:30:34.420><c> you</c><00:30:34.559><c> listen,</c><00:30:35.400><c> I</c><00:30:35.720><c> don't</c><00:30:36.180><c> forget</c><00:30:36.900><c> your</c><00:30:37.339><c> commandments.</c> 00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:42.720 So<00:30:39.859><c> he</c><00:30:40.000><c> hadn't</c><00:30:40.380><c> given</c><00:30:40.599><c> away</c><00:30:40.940><c> the</c><00:30:41.180><c> truth</c><00:30:41.299><c> in</c><00:30:41.480><c> that</c><00:30:41.819><c> sense.</c> 00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:45.019 There<00:30:43.220><c> was</c><00:30:43.440><c> a</c><00:30:43.640><c> great</c><00:30:43.880><c> love</c><00:30:44.079><c> of</c><00:30:44.220><c> the</c><00:30:44.420><c> truth</c><00:30:44.619><c> there,</c> 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:47.319 but<00:30:45.480><c> he</c><00:30:45.559><c> was</c><00:30:45.859><c> still</c><00:30:46.220><c> lost.</c> 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:50.240 Now<00:30:48.619><c> that's</c><00:30:49.039><c> a</c><00:30:49.160><c> lost</c><00:30:49.380><c> sheep.</c> 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:55.000 He's<00:30:51.480><c> not</c><00:30:51.700><c> lost,</c><00:30:53.160><c> he's</c><00:30:53.440><c> a</c><00:30:53.680><c> lost</c><00:30:54.039><c> sheep.</c> 00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:57.700 He<00:30:55.940><c> wants</c><00:30:56.299><c> the</c><00:30:56.500><c> way</c><00:30:56.740><c> home.</c> 00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.700 Something's<00:30:58.619><c> gone</c><00:30:58.880><c> wrong</c><00:30:59.119><c> with</c><00:30:59.299><c> his</c><00:30:59.500><c> life.</c> 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.799 He's<00:30:59.920><c> gone</c><00:31:00.200><c> astray.</c> 00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:03.380 He<00:31:01.000><c> feels</c><00:31:01.380><c> estranged</c><00:31:02.039><c> from</c><00:31:02.160><c> his</c><00:31:02.460><c> God.</c> 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:05.940 He<00:31:03.759><c> perhaps</c><00:31:03.960><c> even</c><00:31:04.279><c> feels</c><00:31:04.500><c> ashamed</c><00:31:04.940><c> to</c><00:31:05.160><c> make</c><00:31:05.299><c> his</c><00:31:05.420><c> way</c><00:31:05.680><c> back</c> 00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:07.180 for<00:31:06.059><c> whatever</c><00:31:06.480><c> reason.</c> 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:09.460 Things<00:31:07.859><c> in</c><00:31:08.000><c> his</c><00:31:08.279><c> life</c><00:31:08.599><c> are</c><00:31:08.799><c> not</c><00:31:08.980><c> that</c><00:31:09.319><c> good.</c> 00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:11.559 He<00:31:10.079><c> doesn't</c><00:31:10.339><c> know</c><00:31:10.519><c> which</c><00:31:10.759><c> way</c><00:31:10.960><c> to</c><00:31:11.180><c> go,</c> 00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:13.660 but<00:31:12.160><c> he</c><00:31:12.420><c> wants</c><00:31:12.779><c> to</c><00:31:12.960><c> come</c><00:31:13.279><c> home</c> 00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:17.819 because<00:31:14.359><c> he's</c><00:31:14.839><c> never</c><00:31:15.299><c> forgotten</c><00:31:16.000><c> those</c><00:31:16.660><c> commandments.</c> 00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:20.880 Now,<00:31:18.559><c> you</c><00:31:18.980><c> trace</c><00:31:19.460><c> that</c><00:31:19.700><c> through</c><00:31:19.859><c> the</c><00:31:20.079><c> scripture</c><00:31:20.299><c> carefully.</c> 00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:24.400 Jesus<00:31:21.720><c> is</c><00:31:22.059><c> not</c><00:31:22.339><c> sending</c><00:31:22.640><c> his</c><00:31:22.940><c> disciples</c><00:31:23.420><c> to</c><00:31:23.740><c> get</c><00:31:23.980><c> people</c> 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.599 against<00:31:24.900><c> their</c><00:31:25.259><c> will.</c> 00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:29.240 He's<00:31:26.680><c> not</c><00:31:26.920><c> sending</c><00:31:27.220><c> them</c><00:31:27.380><c> out</c><00:31:27.599><c> there</c><00:31:27.900><c> to</c><00:31:28.220><c> make</c><00:31:28.599><c> people</c><00:31:28.960><c> love</c> 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.759 the<00:31:29.500><c> truth.</c> 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:32.859 He's<00:31:30.380><c> sending</c><00:31:30.720><c> them</c><00:31:30.900><c> out</c><00:31:31.119><c> there</c><00:31:31.380><c> to</c><00:31:31.579><c> look</c><00:31:31.880><c> for</c><00:31:32.140><c> those</c><00:31:32.519><c> souls</c> 00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:35.119 that<00:31:33.400><c> know</c><00:31:33.779><c> they're</c><00:31:34.000><c> lost.</c> 00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:38.299 And<00:31:35.960><c> they</c><00:31:36.200><c> came</c><00:31:36.519><c> from</c><00:31:36.700><c> all</c><00:31:36.960><c> directions,</c><00:31:37.420><c> didn't</c><00:31:37.660><c> they?</c> 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:41.460 When<00:31:38.880><c> they</c><00:31:39.140><c> saw</c><00:31:39.539><c> the</c><00:31:39.900><c> gleam</c><00:31:40.279><c> of</c><00:31:40.440><c> the</c><00:31:40.599><c> lights</c><00:31:40.799><c> of</c><00:31:41.079><c> home,</c> 00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:43.640 they<00:31:42.220><c> came</c><00:31:42.579><c> from</c><00:31:42.839><c> all</c><00:31:43.140><c> directions</c> 00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:45.180 because<00:31:44.000><c> they</c><00:31:44.140><c> were</c><00:31:44.299><c> like</c><00:31:44.599><c> that</c><00:31:44.819><c> psalmist.</c> 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:47.200 I<00:31:45.420><c> have</c><00:31:45.660><c> gone</c><00:31:45.920><c> astray</c><00:31:46.279><c> like</c><00:31:46.519><c> a</c><00:31:46.680><c> lost</c><00:31:46.900><c> sheep.</c> 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.640 Seek,<00:31:48.119><c> look</c><00:31:48.380><c> for</c><00:31:48.559><c> me.</c> 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:50.180 He<00:31:48.759><c> said</c><00:31:48.819><c> to</c><00:31:48.900><c> God,</c><00:31:49.119><c> come</c><00:31:49.339><c> and</c><00:31:49.480><c> look</c><00:31:49.619><c> for</c><00:31:49.839><c> me</c> 00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:53.539 because<00:31:50.500><c> I've</c><00:31:51.160><c> never</c><00:31:51.640><c> forgotten</c><00:31:52.400><c> the</c><00:31:52.700><c> truth.</c> 00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:57.119 So<00:31:54.700><c> he's</c><00:31:54.960><c> not</c><00:31:55.240><c> lost</c><00:31:55.740><c> in</c><00:31:55.960><c> the</c><00:31:56.319><c> ultimate</c><00:31:56.759><c> sense</c> 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:58.460 that<00:31:57.259><c> we</c><00:31:57.400><c> would</c><00:31:57.599><c> use</c><00:31:57.779><c> that</c><00:31:58.039><c> term,</c> 00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:00.400 but<00:31:58.900><c> he's</c><00:31:59.119><c> a</c><00:31:59.240><c> lost</c><00:31:59.519><c> sheep.</c> 00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:03.259 And<00:32:01.619><c> so</c><00:32:01.839><c> they</c><00:32:02.000><c> were</c><00:32:02.079><c> to</c><00:32:02.240><c> go</c><00:32:02.440><c> to</c><00:32:02.579><c> the</c><00:32:02.740><c> lost</c><00:32:03.019><c> sheep</c> 00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.859 of<00:32:03.460><c> the</c><00:32:03.519><c> house</c><00:32:03.779><c> of</c><00:32:03.940><c> Israel.</c> 00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:07.599 You<00:32:05.099><c> know,</c><00:32:05.500><c> Jesus</c><00:32:05.680><c> said</c><00:32:06.019><c> in</c><00:32:06.180><c> John</c><00:32:06.500><c> chapter</c><00:32:06.819><c> 10,</c><00:32:07.220><c> didn't</c><00:32:07.380><c> he?</c> 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.619 He<00:32:07.740><c> already</c><00:32:08.220><c> told</c><00:32:08.480><c> his</c><00:32:08.759><c> disciples,</c><00:32:09.220><c> he</c><00:32:09.359><c> said,</c> 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:13.039 I<00:32:10.220><c> have</c><00:32:10.680><c> other</c><00:32:11.140><c> sheep</c><00:32:11.440><c> that</c><00:32:11.660><c> are</c><00:32:11.660><c> not</c><00:32:11.819><c> of</c><00:32:11.940><c> this</c><00:32:12.240><c> fold.</c> 00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:14.259 While<00:32:13.259><c> we're</c><00:32:13.380><c> in</c><00:32:13.539><c> the</c><00:32:13.660><c> Old</c><00:32:13.859><c> Testament,</c> 00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:17.240 have<00:32:14.519><c> a</c><00:32:14.539><c> look</c><00:32:14.680><c> at</c><00:32:14.839><c> them</c><00:32:15.099><c> in</c><00:32:15.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:15.799><c> 56.</c> 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:20.299 There<00:32:18.940><c> were</c><00:32:19.119><c> other</c><00:32:19.420><c> sheep</c><00:32:19.640><c> that</c><00:32:19.759><c> were</c><00:32:19.799><c> going</c><00:32:19.900><c> to</c><00:32:20.000><c> be</c><00:32:20.180><c> brought</c> 00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.960 to<00:32:20.460><c> that</c><00:32:20.720><c> fold</c> 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:23.460 and<00:32:21.180><c> joined</c><00:32:21.559><c> to</c><00:32:21.779><c> the</c><00:32:21.880><c> lost</c><00:32:22.099><c> sheep</c><00:32:22.319><c> of</c><00:32:22.500><c> the</c><00:32:22.599><c> house</c><00:32:22.819><c> of</c><00:32:22.960><c> Israel.</c> 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:29.980 We<00:32:24.039><c> read</c><00:32:24.240><c> about</c><00:32:24.440><c> them</c><00:32:24.759><c> in</c><00:32:24.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:25.380><c> 56,</c><00:32:28.539><c> verse</c><00:32:28.660><c> 8.</c> 00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:45.279 So<00:32:42.079><c> the</c><00:32:42.319><c> Lord</c><00:32:42.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:43.400><c> gathereth</c><00:32:43.940><c> the</c><00:32:44.200><c> outcasts</c><00:32:44.880><c> of</c><00:32:44.920><c> Israel,</c> 00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:48.220 but<00:32:45.559><c> he</c><00:32:45.700><c> said,</c><00:32:46.039><c> I</c><00:32:46.140><c> will</c><00:32:46.500><c> gather</c><00:32:47.000><c> others</c><00:32:47.480><c> to</c><00:32:47.779><c> him.</c> 00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:50.460 I<00:32:48.819><c> have</c><00:32:49.039><c> others</c><00:32:49.319><c> which</c><00:32:49.519><c> are</c><00:32:49.660><c> not</c><00:32:49.839><c> of</c><00:32:49.920><c> this</c><00:32:50.160><c> fold.</c> 00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:52.339 And<00:32:50.900><c> in</c><00:32:51.059><c> this</c><00:32:51.240><c> chapter,</c><00:32:51.680><c> brethren</c><00:32:51.859><c> and</c><00:32:52.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:56.160 they<00:32:52.559><c> are,</c><00:32:52.819><c> in</c><00:32:53.019><c> verse</c><00:32:53.299><c> 6,</c><00:32:54.140><c> the</c><00:32:54.259><c> sons</c><00:32:54.640><c> of</c><00:32:54.819><c> the</c><00:32:55.059><c> stranger.</c> 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:59.599 But<00:32:56.700><c> for</c><00:32:56.900><c> the</c><00:32:57.019><c> moment</c><00:32:57.460><c> that</c><00:32:57.900><c> can</c><00:32:58.180><c> wait,</c><00:32:58.579><c> said</c><00:32:58.680><c> Jesus.</c> 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:03.720 Your<00:32:59.880><c> job</c><00:33:00.299><c> is</c><00:33:00.980><c> to</c><00:33:01.140><c> go</c><00:33:01.279><c> and</c><00:33:01.440><c> look</c><00:33:01.579><c> for</c><00:33:01.799><c> a</c><00:33:01.980><c> specific</c><00:33:02.480><c> class</c><00:33:03.240><c> among</c> 00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.220 the<00:33:03.920><c> nation.</c> 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.579 Now,<00:33:04.619><c> when</c><00:33:04.740><c> you</c><00:33:04.940><c> think</c><00:33:05.180><c> about</c><00:33:05.420><c> it,</c> 00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:07.519 I<00:33:05.680><c> mean,</c><00:33:06.099><c> we</c><00:33:06.200><c> know,</c><00:33:06.640><c> as</c><00:33:06.819><c> I</c><00:33:06.940><c> said</c><00:33:07.099><c> before,</c> 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:09.039 to<00:33:07.720><c> the</c><00:33:07.900><c> Jew</c><00:33:08.059><c> first</c><00:33:08.359><c> and</c><00:33:08.500><c> then</c><00:33:08.599><c> to</c><00:33:08.740><c> the</c><00:33:08.859><c> Greek,</c> 00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:11.059 but<00:33:09.480><c> when</c><00:33:09.599><c> you</c><00:33:09.720><c> think</c><00:33:09.940><c> about</c><00:33:10.140><c> it,</c><00:33:10.319><c> brethren</c><00:33:10.480><c> and</c><00:33:10.759><c> sisters,</c> 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:13.619 how<00:33:11.779><c> wise</c><00:33:12.259><c> was</c><00:33:12.519><c> the</c><00:33:12.660><c> Lord</c><00:33:12.819><c> Jesus</c><00:33:13.259><c> Christ?</c> 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.660 See,<00:33:14.359><c> he</c><00:33:14.619><c> knew</c><00:33:14.900><c> that</c><00:33:15.059><c> was</c><00:33:15.240><c> the</c><00:33:15.440><c> commission.</c> 00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:19.440 He<00:33:15.900><c> knew</c><00:33:16.119><c> that</c><00:33:16.279><c> there</c><00:33:16.500><c> was</c><00:33:17.039><c> certain</c><00:33:17.519><c> priorities</c><00:33:18.220><c> in</c><00:33:18.420><c> his</c><00:33:18.640><c> preaching.</c> 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:23.599 First<00:33:20.960><c> priority</c><00:33:21.400><c> was</c><00:33:22.200><c> not</c><00:33:22.400><c> just</c><00:33:22.779><c> simply</c><00:33:23.039><c> to</c><00:33:23.200><c> the</c><00:33:23.420><c> Jew,</c> 00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:27.099 but<00:33:23.839><c> to</c><00:33:24.079><c> a</c><00:33:24.160><c> certain</c><00:33:24.559><c> type</c><00:33:24.980><c> of</c><00:33:25.240><c> Jew,</c><00:33:26.059><c> one</c><00:33:26.240><c> who</c><00:33:26.319><c> knew</c><00:33:26.539><c> he</c><00:33:26.599><c> was</c><00:33:26.880><c> lost.</c> 00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:31.119 Now,<00:33:27.640><c> you</c><00:33:27.720><c> think</c><00:33:27.940><c> how</c><00:33:28.420><c> wise</c><00:33:28.720><c> he</c><00:33:28.920><c> was</c><00:33:29.299><c> that</c><00:33:29.700><c> with</c><00:33:29.940><c> those</c><00:33:30.220><c> 12</c><00:33:30.539><c> disciples</c> 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:33.539 whose<00:33:31.519><c> experience</c><00:33:32.140><c> was</c><00:33:32.380><c> not</c><00:33:32.619><c> very</c><00:33:32.880><c> good</c><00:33:33.000><c> at</c><00:33:33.160><c> the</c><00:33:33.279><c> moment,</c> 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:35.180 matter<00:33:33.779><c> of</c><00:33:33.859><c> fact,</c><00:33:33.940><c> they</c><00:33:34.079><c> had</c><00:33:34.180><c> virtually</c><00:33:34.579><c> no</c><00:33:34.880><c> experience</c> 00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.920 at<00:33:35.339><c> this</c><00:33:35.519><c> type</c><00:33:35.720><c> of</c><00:33:35.920><c> thing</c><00:33:36.119><c> at</c><00:33:36.400><c> all.</c> 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:39.660 They'd<00:33:37.460><c> been</c><00:33:37.680><c> disciples,</c><00:33:38.279><c> but</c><00:33:38.420><c> not</c><00:33:38.619><c> apostles.</c> 00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:41.640 Now,<00:33:40.200><c> what</c><00:33:40.380><c> a</c><00:33:40.559><c> wonderful</c><00:33:40.859><c> task</c><00:33:41.160><c> to</c><00:33:41.380><c> give</c><00:33:41.500><c> them,</c> 00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:45.039 because<00:33:41.960><c> you</c><00:33:42.160><c> see,</c><00:33:42.700><c> it</c><00:33:42.819><c> was</c><00:33:43.140><c> not</c><00:33:43.319><c> an</c><00:33:43.480><c> impossible</c><00:33:44.059><c> task.</c> 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:47.380 They<00:33:45.299><c> weren't</c><00:33:45.519><c> to</c><00:33:45.680><c> go</c><00:33:45.799><c> out</c><00:33:46.000><c> there</c><00:33:46.180><c> and</c><00:33:46.460><c> make</c><00:33:46.740><c> disciples</c><00:33:47.220><c> of</c> 00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.900 the<00:33:47.519><c> nations.</c> 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.599 They<00:33:48.660><c> weren't</c><00:33:48.900><c> to</c><00:33:49.059><c> go</c><00:33:49.160><c> out</c><00:33:49.339><c> there</c> 00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:52.980 and<00:33:49.779><c> try</c><00:33:50.019><c> and</c><00:33:50.519><c> convert</c><00:33:50.880><c> people</c><00:33:51.220><c> against</c><00:33:51.720><c> their</c><00:33:52.099><c> will.</c> 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.539 They<00:33:53.220><c> were</c><00:33:53.380><c> to</c><00:33:53.519><c> merely</c><00:33:53.819><c> go</c><00:33:54.019><c> out</c><00:33:54.259><c> there</c> 00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:56.920 and<00:33:54.740><c> find</c><00:33:55.079><c> out</c><00:33:55.420><c> where</c><00:33:55.759><c> those</c><00:33:56.059><c> people</c><00:33:56.420><c> were</c> 00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:59.440 that<00:33:57.500><c> were</c><00:33:57.660><c> looking</c><00:33:57.900><c> for</c><00:33:58.059><c> the</c><00:33:58.119><c> way</c><00:33:58.339><c> home.</c> 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:01.759 And<00:34:00.279><c> so</c><00:34:00.440><c> away</c><00:34:00.640><c> they</c><00:34:00.880><c> went.</c> 00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:04.799 We<00:34:02.079><c> come</c><00:34:02.299><c> to</c><00:34:02.359><c> Matthew</c><00:34:02.720><c> chapter</c><00:34:03.019><c> 10</c><00:34:03.279><c> again.</c> 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.539 He<00:34:05.380><c> told</c><00:34:05.660><c> them,</c><00:34:05.960><c> he</c><00:34:05.960><c> says,</c> 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:09.980 And<00:34:06.980><c> as</c><00:34:07.119><c> you</c><00:34:07.420><c> go,</c><00:34:09.260><c> preach</c><00:34:09.440><c> saying,</c> 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:12.940 the<00:34:10.500><c> kingdom</c><00:34:10.860><c> of</c><00:34:11.079><c> heaven</c><00:34:11.420><c> is</c><00:34:11.820><c> at</c><00:34:12.079><c> hand.</c> 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:15.260 And<00:34:14.059><c> it</c><00:34:14.219><c> was.</c> 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:17.840 Excuse<00:34:15.679><c> me,</c><00:34:16.019><c> I'll</c><00:34:16.780><c> only</c><00:34:16.940><c> say</c><00:34:17.139><c> excuse</c><00:34:17.440><c> me</c><00:34:17.619><c> once,</c> 00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.539 because<00:34:17.960><c> I've</c><00:34:18.079><c> got</c><00:34:18.179><c> a</c><00:34:18.360><c> cold.</c> 00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:20.380 I'll<00:34:18.780><c> be</c><00:34:18.900><c> talking</c><00:34:19.119><c> about</c><00:34:19.280><c> saying</c><00:34:19.559><c> excuse</c><00:34:19.880><c> me</c><00:34:20.039><c> or</c><00:34:20.159><c> not.</c> 00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:22.380 So<00:34:20.679><c> just</c><00:34:20.820><c> excuse</c><00:34:21.260><c> me</c><00:34:21.420><c> once.</c> 00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.699 So<00:34:22.719><c> he</c><00:34:22.820><c> says</c><00:34:23.059><c> in</c><00:34:23.179><c> verse</c><00:34:23.400><c> 7,</c> 00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:26.059 As<00:34:23.940><c> you</c><00:34:24.199><c> go,</c><00:34:24.559><c> preach</c><00:34:24.760><c> the</c><00:34:24.920><c> kingdom</c><00:34:25.239><c> of</c><00:34:25.420><c> heaven</c><00:34:25.559><c> is</c><00:34:25.760><c> at</c><00:34:25.920><c> hand.</c> 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.260 Now,<00:34:26.480><c> what</c><00:34:26.559><c> did</c><00:34:26.739><c> he</c><00:34:26.739><c> mean</c><00:34:26.900><c> by</c><00:34:27.139><c> that?</c> 00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.539 He<00:34:27.360><c> meant</c><00:34:27.579><c> this,</c><00:34:28.079><c> brethren</c><00:34:28.179><c> and</c><00:34:28.420><c> sisters.</c> 00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.300 It's<00:34:29.219><c> Luke,</c><00:34:29.500><c> we</c><00:34:29.579><c> won't</c><00:34:29.820><c> turn</c><00:34:30.000><c> this</c><00:34:30.159><c> up,</c> 00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:33.139 but<00:34:30.420><c> it's</c><00:34:30.539><c> Luke</c><00:34:30.880><c> who</c><00:34:31.099><c> says</c><00:34:31.539><c> that</c><00:34:31.860><c> they</c><00:34:32.000><c> had</c><00:34:32.179><c> to</c><00:34:32.480><c> prepare</c><00:34:32.880><c> the</c> 00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.719 way<00:34:33.420><c> before</c><00:34:34.139><c> him.</c> 00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.780 That's<00:34:35.380><c> the</c><00:34:35.500><c> kingdom</c><00:34:35.739><c> of</c><00:34:35.940><c> heaven.</c> 00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:40.940 Jesus<00:34:38.340><c> Christ</c><00:34:38.739><c> is</c><00:34:39.420><c> the</c><00:34:39.619><c> kingdom</c><00:34:39.920><c> of</c><00:34:40.139><c> heaven.</c> 00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:44.340 You<00:34:41.900><c> know,</c><00:34:42.599><c> there's</c><00:34:42.840><c> marvelous</c><00:34:43.320><c> prophecies</c><00:34:43.780><c> in</c><00:34:43.960><c> the</c><00:34:44.139><c> Word</c> 00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:47.239 that<00:34:44.500><c> have</c><00:34:44.739><c> double</c><00:34:45.079><c> applications</c><00:34:45.679><c> because</c><00:34:45.960><c> of</c><00:34:46.099><c> that</c><00:34:46.260><c> principle.</c> 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.699 There<00:34:47.599><c> are</c><00:34:47.719><c> wonderful</c><00:34:48.219><c> prophecies,</c> 00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:50.820 and<00:34:48.840><c> this</c><00:34:49.039><c> is</c><00:34:49.179><c> a</c><00:34:49.199><c> very</c><00:34:49.460><c> good</c><00:34:49.880><c> study</c><00:34:50.179><c> to</c><00:34:50.440><c> do,</c> 00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.659 marvelous<00:34:51.539><c> prophecies</c><00:34:51.940><c> in</c><00:34:52.079><c> the</c><00:34:52.159><c> Old</c><00:34:52.380><c> Testament</c> 00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:54.900 of<00:34:52.860><c> the</c><00:34:53.000><c> coming</c><00:34:53.320><c> kingdom</c><00:34:53.639><c> of</c><00:34:53.820><c> God</c><00:34:53.900><c> that</c><00:34:54.079><c> are</c><00:34:54.239><c> clearly</c><00:34:54.480><c> future.</c> 00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:57.539 But<00:34:55.380><c> they're</c><00:34:55.679><c> also</c><00:34:55.960><c> quoted</c><00:34:56.219><c> about</c><00:34:56.480><c> Lord</c><00:34:56.719><c> Jesus</c><00:34:57.139><c> Christ</c><00:34:57.400><c> and</c> 00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.300 his<00:34:57.679><c> first</c><00:34:58.019><c> advent.</c> 00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.780 Why? 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:01.340 Because<00:34:59.320><c> the</c><00:34:59.500><c> kingdom</c><00:34:59.820><c> of</c><00:35:00.079><c> God</c><00:35:00.320><c> physically,</c><00:35:01.000><c> politically,</c> 00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:04.079 upon<00:35:01.679><c> the</c><00:35:01.860><c> earth,</c><00:35:02.079><c> brethren</c><00:35:02.280><c> and</c><00:35:02.539><c> sisters,</c><00:35:02.940><c> is</c><00:35:03.159><c> Jesus</c><00:35:03.719><c> Christ.</c> 00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.820 That's<00:35:04.280><c> what</c><00:35:04.460><c> it</c><00:35:04.599><c> is.</c> 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:06.219 Without<00:35:05.280><c> him,</c><00:35:05.500><c> there's</c><00:35:05.760><c> no</c><00:35:06.000><c> kingdom.</c> 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:08.280 He<00:35:06.480><c> is</c><00:35:06.840><c> the</c><00:35:07.000><c> kingdom</c><00:35:07.260><c> of</c><00:35:07.539><c> God.</c> 00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:10.480 And<00:35:08.460><c> of</c><00:35:08.579><c> course,</c><00:35:08.679><c> when</c><00:35:08.880><c> he</c><00:35:09.039><c> was</c><00:35:09.159><c> to</c><00:35:09.380><c> follow</c><00:35:09.559><c> this</c><00:35:09.820><c> preaching</c><00:35:10.119><c> up,</c> 00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:14.900 they<00:35:11.000><c> were</c><00:35:11.239><c> preparing</c><00:35:11.760><c> the</c><00:35:12.019><c> way</c><00:35:12.380><c> for</c><00:35:12.840><c> the</c><00:35:12.960><c> kingdom</c><00:35:13.440><c> of</c><00:35:13.760><c> heaven.</c> 00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.840 Now,<00:35:15.320><c> it's</c><00:35:15.460><c> interesting</c><00:35:15.840><c> in</c><00:35:16.019><c> verse</c><00:35:16.300><c> 8,</c> 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:19.300 the<00:35:17.119><c> things</c><00:35:17.360><c> they</c><00:35:17.539><c> had</c><00:35:17.820><c> to</c><00:35:18.019><c> do.</c> 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:22.739 Notice<00:35:20.340><c> the</c><00:35:20.579><c> catalogue</c><00:35:21.019><c> of</c><00:35:21.159><c> things</c><00:35:21.440><c> they</c><00:35:21.579><c> had</c><00:35:21.820><c> to</c><00:35:21.980><c> do.</c> 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:26.940 Heal<00:35:23.239><c> the</c><00:35:23.519><c> sick,</c><00:35:24.980><c> cleanse</c><00:35:25.400><c> the</c><00:35:25.659><c> lepers,</c> 00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:30.019 raise<00:35:27.559><c> the</c><00:35:27.840><c> dead,</c><00:35:28.980><c> cast</c><00:35:29.300><c> out</c><00:35:29.639><c> devils.</c> 00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:31.539 Now,<00:35:30.239><c> I'll</c><00:35:30.500><c> put</c><00:35:30.579><c> that</c><00:35:30.699><c> on</c><00:35:30.920><c> a</c><00:35:31.019><c> transparency.</c> 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:34.039 It's<00:35:31.900><c> pretty</c><00:35:32.159><c> rough</c><00:35:32.460><c> because</c><00:35:32.780><c> I</c><00:35:33.219><c> made</c><00:35:33.320><c> up</c><00:35:33.460><c> my</c><00:35:33.559><c> mind</c><00:35:33.659><c> to</c><00:35:33.760><c> do</c><00:35:33.760><c> this</c><00:35:33.920><c> at</c> 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.840 the<00:35:34.179><c> last</c><00:35:34.440><c> minute.</c> 00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:37.280 Just<00:35:35.539><c> bear</c><00:35:35.699><c> with</c><00:35:35.920><c> me</c><00:35:36.019><c> with</c><00:35:36.219><c> that.</c> 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.920 But<00:35:38.199><c> you</c><00:35:38.400><c> see,</c><00:35:38.880><c> they</c><00:35:38.940><c> had</c><00:35:39.139><c> to</c><00:35:39.260><c> heal</c><00:35:39.420><c> the</c><00:35:39.760><c> sick,</c> 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:42.119 cleanse<00:35:40.440><c> the</c><00:35:40.679><c> lepers,</c><00:35:41.239><c> raise</c><00:35:41.579><c> the</c><00:35:41.820><c> dead,</c> 00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.800 and<00:35:42.659><c> cast</c><00:35:43.000><c> out</c><00:35:43.320><c> devils.</c> 00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.280 Now,<00:35:44.340><c> you</c><00:35:44.380><c> know,</c><00:35:44.719><c> brethren</c><00:35:44.840><c> and</c><00:35:45.019><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:48.559 that<00:35:45.739><c> catalogue</c><00:35:46.719><c> of</c><00:35:47.360><c> when</c><00:35:47.619><c> you</c><00:35:47.719><c> go</c><00:35:47.900><c> out</c><00:35:48.139><c> preaching,</c> 00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:50.880 basically,<00:35:49.579><c> that's</c><00:35:49.619><c> what</c><00:35:49.820><c> you</c><00:35:49.960><c> do.</c> 00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:53.480 Now,<00:35:51.300><c> we,</c><00:35:51.599><c> of</c><00:35:51.699><c> course,</c><00:35:51.940><c> have</c><00:35:52.059><c> no</c><00:35:52.380><c> power</c><00:35:52.619><c> to</c><00:35:52.820><c> heal</c><00:35:52.980><c> the</c><00:35:53.260><c> sick</c> 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:56.320 or<00:35:53.860><c> cleanse</c><00:35:54.199><c> lepers,</c><00:35:54.679><c> raise</c><00:35:54.920><c> the</c><00:35:55.139><c> dead,</c><00:35:55.360><c> or</c><00:35:55.480><c> cast</c><00:35:55.800><c> out</c><00:35:56.039><c> devils.</c> 00:35:56.360 --> 00:36:00.300 That<00:35:56.460><c> is,</c><00:35:57.460><c> cure</c><00:35:57.460><c> the</c><00:35:58.920><c> people</c><00:35:59.199><c> who</c><00:35:59.420><c> are</c><00:35:59.679><c> out</c><00:35:59.860><c> of</c><00:35:59.940><c> their</c><00:36:00.139><c> mind.</c> 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:02.260 We've<00:36:00.699><c> got</c><00:36:00.840><c> no</c><00:36:01.059><c> power</c><00:36:01.219><c> to</c><00:36:01.380><c> do</c><00:36:01.460><c> that</c><00:36:01.780><c> physically,</c> 00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:04.159 but<00:36:02.519><c> you</c><00:36:02.679><c> have</c><00:36:02.780><c> a</c><00:36:02.840><c> look</c><00:36:02.960><c> at</c><00:36:03.059><c> that</c><00:36:03.280><c> list.</c> 00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:07.260 You<00:36:05.059><c> see,</c><00:36:05.719><c> healing</c><00:36:06.099><c> the</c><00:36:06.440><c> sick</c><00:36:06.599><c> in</c><00:36:06.940><c> mind</c> 00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:09.820 is<00:36:07.440><c> the</c><00:36:07.559><c> first</c><00:36:07.920><c> thing</c><00:36:08.039><c> you've</c><00:36:08.219><c> got</c><00:36:08.320><c> to</c><00:36:08.480><c> do.</c> 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:12.199 People<00:36:10.340><c> are</c><00:36:10.519><c> sick</c><00:36:10.800><c> in</c><00:36:10.960><c> their</c><00:36:11.179><c> minds.</c> 00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:15.079 When<00:36:13.079><c> their</c><00:36:13.400><c> minds</c><00:36:13.639><c> start</c><00:36:13.980><c> to</c><00:36:14.139><c> get</c><00:36:14.219><c> healed,</c><00:36:14.539><c> brethren</c><00:36:14.780><c> and</c><00:36:15.019><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:17.639 it's<00:36:15.280><c> a</c><00:36:15.360><c> question</c><00:36:15.739><c> of</c><00:36:15.920><c> cleansing</c><00:36:16.559><c> corruption</c><00:36:17.179><c> out</c><00:36:17.380><c> of</c><00:36:17.440><c> their</c> 00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.519 life,<00:36:17.900><c> isn't</c><00:36:18.139><c> it?</c> 00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:20.639 Then<00:36:18.860><c> you</c><00:36:18.920><c> get</c><00:36:19.179><c> down</c><00:36:19.380><c> to</c><00:36:19.500><c> some</c><00:36:19.780><c> morals.</c> 00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:24.739 Once<00:36:21.639><c> the</c><00:36:21.960><c> mind</c><00:36:22.300><c> and</c><00:36:22.480><c> the</c><00:36:22.780><c> morals</c><00:36:22.980><c> are</c><00:36:23.360><c> starting</c><00:36:23.579><c> to</c><00:36:23.800><c> be</c><00:36:24.039><c> regenerated,</c> 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:27.920 people<00:36:25.199><c> are</c><00:36:25.380><c> then</c><00:36:25.619><c> rising</c><00:36:26.079><c> from</c><00:36:26.320><c> the</c><00:36:26.579><c> spiritual</c><00:36:26.940><c> dead.</c> 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:32.000 And<00:36:29.159><c> one</c><00:36:29.280><c> of</c><00:36:29.500><c> the</c><00:36:29.500><c> final</c><00:36:29.880><c> tasks</c><00:36:30.300><c> that</c><00:36:30.559><c> anyone</c><00:36:30.780><c> ever</c><00:36:31.400><c> has</c> 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:34.800 in<00:36:32.340><c> preaching</c><00:36:32.639><c> the</c><00:36:32.880><c> truth</c><00:36:33.059><c> to</c><00:36:33.360><c> a</c><00:36:33.559><c> person</c><00:36:33.900><c> who</c><00:36:34.079><c> has</c><00:36:34.440><c> come</c><00:36:34.659><c> out</c> 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.320 of<00:36:34.820><c> the</c><00:36:35.039><c> world</c> 00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:38.659 is<00:36:35.659><c> to</c><00:36:35.840><c> get</c><00:36:35.940><c> rid</c><00:36:36.119><c> of</c><00:36:36.239><c> some</c><00:36:36.440><c> of</c><00:36:36.440><c> the</c><00:36:36.639><c> worldly</c><00:36:36.940><c> devils</c><00:36:37.420><c> in</c><00:36:37.539><c> their</c><00:36:37.800><c> life.</c> 00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:42.539 You<00:36:39.559><c> know,</c><00:36:39.840><c> that's</c><00:36:39.980><c> a</c><00:36:40.219><c> pretty</c><00:36:40.679><c> comprehensive</c><00:36:41.559><c> catalogue</c> 00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:45.239 considered<00:36:43.059><c> either</c><00:36:43.519><c> physically</c><00:36:43.860><c> or</c><00:36:44.219><c> spiritually.</c> 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:47.880 So<00:36:45.679><c> you</c><00:36:45.820><c> start</c><00:36:46.199><c> with</c><00:36:46.380><c> the</c><00:36:46.599><c> sick</c><00:36:46.820><c> mind.</c> 00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:51.340 You<00:36:48.380><c> work</c><00:36:48.719><c> upon</c><00:36:49.039><c> the</c><00:36:49.840><c> unclean</c><00:36:50.380><c> morals.</c> 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:53.519 You<00:36:51.579><c> get</c><00:36:51.760><c> a</c><00:36:51.940><c> person</c><00:36:52.280><c> out</c><00:36:52.739><c> of</c><00:36:52.880><c> that</c><00:36:53.099><c> society.</c> 00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.719 You<00:36:53.780><c> raise</c><00:36:53.980><c> them</c><00:36:54.139><c> out</c><00:36:54.260><c> of</c><00:36:54.360><c> the</c><00:36:54.539><c> dead,</c> 00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:58.880 and<00:36:55.179><c> they</c><00:36:55.340><c> always</c><00:36:55.699><c> bring</c><00:36:55.900><c> with</c><00:36:56.039><c> them</c><00:36:56.260><c> a</c><00:36:56.460><c> few</c><00:36:56.659><c> little</c><00:36:57.039><c> worldly</c><00:36:57.380><c> devils.</c> 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:01.780 And<00:36:59.260><c> that's</c><00:36:59.539><c> a</c><00:36:59.739><c> pretty</c><00:37:00.199><c> comprehensive</c><00:37:00.900><c> catalogue,</c> 00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:04.780 even<00:37:02.280><c> talking</c><00:37:02.860><c> spiritually</c><00:37:03.300><c> when</c><00:37:03.519><c> we</c><00:37:03.679><c> go</c><00:37:03.940><c> forth</c><00:37:04.260><c> to</c><00:37:04.480><c> try</c><00:37:04.659><c> and</c> 00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.420 help<00:37:04.940><c> people</c> 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:07.119 to<00:37:05.880><c> see</c><00:37:06.059><c> the</c><00:37:06.199><c> Word</c><00:37:06.420><c> of</c><00:37:06.539><c> God.</c> 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.980 And<00:37:07.400><c> of</c><00:37:07.559><c> course,</c><00:37:07.800><c> although</c><00:37:07.980><c> he</c><00:37:08.179><c> meant</c><00:37:08.300><c> it,</c><00:37:08.500><c> of</c><00:37:08.579><c> course,</c><00:37:08.860><c> in</c><00:37:08.880><c> a</c> 00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:10.260 physical<00:37:09.300><c> sense,</c> 00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:13.320 it<00:37:10.380><c> did</c><00:37:10.619><c> have,</c><00:37:10.780><c> I</c><00:37:11.019><c> believe,</c><00:37:11.440><c> its</c><00:37:11.619><c> counterpart</c><00:37:12.139><c> in</c><00:37:12.760><c> the</c><00:37:13.000><c> mental</c> 00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:17.719 and<00:37:13.579><c> moral</c><00:37:13.920><c> outlook</c><00:37:14.239><c> of</c><00:37:14.420><c> those</c><00:37:14.659><c> people</c><00:37:15.119><c> who</c><00:37:15.559><c> were</c><00:37:15.900><c> cleansed.</c> 00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:20.500 Now,<00:37:17.960><c> the</c><00:37:18.079><c> next</c><00:37:18.280><c> thing</c><00:37:18.440><c> he</c><00:37:18.619><c> told</c><00:37:18.840><c> them</c><00:37:19.000><c> was</c><00:37:19.219><c> this.</c> 00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:25.800 Freely<00:37:21.940><c> you</c><00:37:22.159><c> have</c><00:37:22.400><c> received,</c><00:37:23.139><c> he</c><00:37:23.139><c> said,</c><00:37:24.239><c> freely</c><00:37:24.739><c> give.</c> 00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:29.559 Now,<00:37:27.219><c> in</c><00:37:27.380><c> one</c><00:37:27.480><c> of</c><00:37:27.679><c> the</c><00:37:27.760><c> translations,</c><00:37:28.280><c> it</c><00:37:28.500><c> renders</c><00:37:28.739><c> it</c><00:37:28.840><c> like</c><00:37:29.119><c> this.</c> 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:35.360 You<00:37:30.340><c> have</c><00:37:30.599><c> received</c><00:37:31.119><c> without</c><00:37:31.519><c> pay,</c><00:37:33.239><c> give</c><00:37:33.500><c> without</c><00:37:34.219><c> pay.</c> 00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:38.099 In<00:37:36.119><c> other</c><00:37:36.340><c> words,</c><00:37:36.699><c> brethren</c><00:37:36.840><c> and</c><00:37:37.179><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:41.300 he's<00:37:38.539><c> about</c><00:37:38.940><c> to</c><00:37:39.099><c> tell</c><00:37:39.300><c> them</c><00:37:39.579><c> that</c><00:37:39.780><c> you</c><00:37:39.920><c> don't</c><00:37:40.239><c> make</c><00:37:40.559><c> a</c><00:37:40.880><c> profit</c> 00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:43.280 when<00:37:41.880><c> you</c><00:37:42.119><c> preach</c><00:37:42.360><c> the</c><00:37:42.480><c> Word</c><00:37:42.760><c> of</c><00:37:42.860><c> God.</c> 00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:45.659 Now,<00:37:43.699><c> you</c><00:37:43.880><c> might</c><00:37:44.159><c> say,</c><00:37:44.460><c> oh,</c><00:37:44.860><c> but</c><00:37:44.960><c> that's</c><00:37:45.280><c> so</c><00:37:45.460><c> obvious.</c> 00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.480 Yes,<00:37:46.099><c> it</c><00:37:46.239><c> is.</c> 00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:49.639 But<00:37:46.780><c> you</c><00:37:46.980><c> see,</c><00:37:47.159><c> he's</c><00:37:47.420><c> going</c><00:37:47.579><c> to</c><00:37:47.800><c> instruct</c><00:37:48.119><c> them</c><00:37:48.500><c> soon</c><00:37:48.920><c> about</c> 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:51.179 up<00:37:50.139><c> their</c><00:37:50.420><c> keep.</c> 00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:53.480 They've<00:37:51.760><c> got</c><00:37:51.800><c> to</c><00:37:51.920><c> eat,</c><00:37:52.639><c> and</c><00:37:52.679><c> they've</c><00:37:52.840><c> got</c><00:37:52.940><c> to</c><00:37:53.039><c> sleep,</c> 00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:55.260 and<00:37:53.900><c> they've</c><00:37:54.099><c> got</c><00:37:54.179><c> to</c><00:37:54.300><c> be</c><00:37:54.579><c> clothed,</c> 00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:58.159 and<00:37:55.579><c> they've</c><00:37:55.800><c> got</c><00:37:55.900><c> to</c><00:37:56.079><c> accept</c><00:37:56.519><c> that</c><00:37:56.840><c> in</c><00:37:57.059><c> all</c><00:37:57.260><c> good</c><00:37:57.619><c> grace.</c> 00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:01.219 But<00:37:58.920><c> they</c><00:37:59.099><c> accept</c><00:37:59.739><c> their</c><00:37:59.980><c> needs,</c><00:38:00.539><c> brethren</c><00:38:00.760><c> and</c><00:38:01.059><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.800 not<00:38:01.559><c> their</c><00:38:01.820><c> wants.</c> 00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:08.019 You<00:38:03.559><c> don't</c><00:38:04.039><c> make</c><00:38:04.400><c> a</c><00:38:04.699><c> profit</c><00:38:05.599><c> out</c><00:38:06.179><c> of</c><00:38:06.340><c> preaching</c><00:38:06.699><c> the</c><00:38:07.119><c> truth.</c> 00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:10.219 It's<00:38:08.519><c> just</c><00:38:08.840><c> not</c><00:38:09.199><c> done.</c> 00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:13.719 And<00:38:10.840><c> anybody,</c><00:38:11.199><c> of</c><00:38:11.380><c> course,</c><00:38:12.280><c> who</c><00:38:12.320><c> has</c><00:38:12.519><c> been</c><00:38:12.719><c> in</c><00:38:12.860><c> the</c><00:38:13.019><c> position</c><00:38:13.340><c> perhaps</c> 00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:17.139 where<00:38:14.300><c> brethren</c><00:38:14.639><c> and</c><00:38:14.920><c> sisters</c><00:38:15.079><c> might</c><00:38:15.320><c> invite</c><00:38:15.679><c> them</c><00:38:15.860><c> to</c><00:38:16.000><c> go</c><00:38:16.199><c> somewhere,</c> 00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:20.199 and<00:38:17.219><c> they</c><00:38:17.980><c> pay</c><00:38:18.440><c> their</c><00:38:18.659><c> expenses,</c><00:38:19.159><c> which</c><00:38:19.380><c> is</c><00:38:19.619><c> scriptural,</c> 00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:23.099 because<00:38:20.679><c> some</c><00:38:21.019><c> brethren</c><00:38:21.260><c> couldn't</c><00:38:21.599><c> go</c><00:38:21.940><c> if</c><00:38:22.139><c> they</c><00:38:22.280><c> let</c><00:38:22.380><c> that</c><00:38:22.719><c> happen.</c> 00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:25.719 And<00:38:23.699><c> sometimes</c><00:38:24.099><c> people</c><00:38:24.460><c> get</c><00:38:24.659><c> mixed</c><00:38:24.920><c> up,</c><00:38:25.139><c> and</c><00:38:25.260><c> they</c><00:38:25.360><c> get</c><00:38:25.500><c> them</c> 00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.780 paid<00:38:25.880><c> twice</c><00:38:26.340><c> or</c><00:38:26.480><c> whatever.</c> 00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:29.480 So<00:38:26.820><c> it's</c><00:38:27.079><c> an</c><00:38:27.320><c> uncomfortable</c><00:38:27.860><c> feeling</c><00:38:28.420><c> to</c><00:38:28.619><c> think</c><00:38:28.840><c> that</c><00:38:29.300><c> you've</c> 00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:31.880 really<00:38:29.800><c> got</c><00:38:30.079><c> something</c><00:38:30.639><c> extra</c><00:38:31.099><c> in</c><00:38:31.260><c> your</c><00:38:31.500><c> pocket,</c> 00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:33.780 which<00:38:32.239><c> you</c><00:38:32.380><c> shouldn't</c><00:38:32.679><c> keep,</c><00:38:33.099><c> of</c><00:38:33.099><c> course,</c><00:38:33.340><c> but</c><00:38:33.519><c> you've</c><00:38:33.780><c> got</c> 00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:35.000 it<00:38:34.000><c> there,</c> 00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:36.719 and<00:38:35.260><c> yet</c><00:38:35.420><c> you've</c><00:38:35.679><c> been</c><00:38:35.800><c> preaching</c><00:38:36.159><c> the</c><00:38:36.420><c> Gospel.</c> 00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:38.400 It's<00:38:36.900><c> a</c><00:38:36.920><c> most</c><00:38:37.260><c> uncomfortable</c><00:38:37.960><c> feeling.</c> 00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:41.360 But<00:38:38.980><c> you</c><00:38:39.099><c> know,</c><00:38:39.639><c> it</c><00:38:39.679><c> could</c><00:38:39.880><c> also</c><00:38:40.159><c> be</c><00:38:40.340><c> a</c><00:38:40.400><c> big</c><00:38:40.579><c> temptation</c> 00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:45.440 that<00:38:42.280><c> when</c><00:38:42.460><c> you've</c><00:38:42.739><c> got</c><00:38:42.960><c> divine</c><00:38:43.360><c> right</c><00:38:43.820><c> to</c><00:38:44.139><c> be</c><00:38:44.420><c> looked</c><00:38:44.639><c> after</c> 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:48.039 because<00:38:46.239><c> you</c><00:38:46.400><c> are</c><00:38:46.659><c> out</c><00:38:46.920><c> preaching</c><00:38:47.159><c> the</c><00:38:47.380><c> Gospel,</c><00:38:47.920><c> brethren</c> 00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.599 and<00:38:48.239><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:51.519 flesh<00:38:49.119><c> is</c><00:38:49.500><c> flesh,</c><00:38:49.980><c> and</c><00:38:50.119><c> sometimes</c><00:38:50.639><c> it</c><00:38:50.760><c> might</c><00:38:51.039><c> just</c><00:38:51.300><c> take</c><00:38:51.460><c> a</c> 00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.920 little<00:38:51.760><c> extra</c> 00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:56.320 because<00:38:54.260><c> of</c><00:38:54.780><c> the</c><00:38:54.860><c> feeling,</c><00:38:55.239><c> oh,</c><00:38:55.500><c> well,</c><00:38:55.659><c> it's</c><00:38:55.860><c> comfortable,</c> 00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:57.079 it's<00:38:56.679><c> nice.</c> 00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:00.960 And<00:38:57.699><c> so</c><00:38:58.079><c> you</c><00:38:58.360><c> find</c><00:38:58.699><c> this,</c><00:38:59.360><c> the</c><00:38:59.380><c> Lord</c><00:38:59.599><c> Jesus</c><00:39:00.019><c> Christ</c><00:39:00.360><c> telling</c><00:39:00.619><c> them,</c> 00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:04.900 you<00:39:01.860><c> received</c><00:39:02.760><c> what</c><00:39:03.000><c> you've</c><00:39:03.360><c> got,</c><00:39:03.639><c> you</c><00:39:03.800><c> never</c><00:39:04.119><c> paid</c><00:39:04.380><c> a</c><00:39:04.699><c> cent</c> 00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.980 for<00:39:05.159><c> it.</c> 00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:07.679 Don't<00:39:06.659><c> charge.</c> 00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:12.960 In<00:39:08.099><c> the</c><00:39:08.340><c> 1</c><00:39:08.559><c> Peter</c><00:39:09.000><c> 5,</c><00:39:10.780><c> Peter</c><00:39:10.960><c> has</c><00:39:11.179><c> a</c><00:39:11.360><c> comment</c><00:39:11.519><c> about</c><00:39:11.780><c> that.</c> 00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:19.340 He<00:39:13.539><c> was</c><00:39:13.679><c> one</c><00:39:13.860><c> of</c><00:39:13.920><c> those,</c><00:39:14.179><c> of</c><00:39:14.400><c> course,</c><00:39:14.679><c> who</c><00:39:15.380><c> went</c><00:39:15.599><c> out</c><00:39:16.039><c> to</c><00:39:18.420><c> preach</c><00:39:18.719><c> the</c><00:39:18.940><c> Gospel.</c> 00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:22.900 He<00:39:19.739><c> heard</c><00:39:20.039><c> the</c><00:39:20.300><c> advice</c><00:39:20.679><c> of</c><00:39:20.860><c> our</c><00:39:20.960><c> Lord,</c><00:39:21.440><c> and</c><00:39:21.480><c> he</c><00:39:21.639><c> gives</c><00:39:21.880><c> the</c><00:39:22.099><c> same</c><00:39:22.360><c> advice</c><00:39:22.780><c> in</c> 00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:24.500 the<00:39:23.039><c> 1</c><00:39:23.260><c> Peter</c><00:39:23.679><c> 5.</c> 00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:26.119 He<00:39:24.579><c> says</c><00:39:24.780><c> in</c><00:39:24.860><c> verses</c><00:39:25.239><c> 2</c><00:39:25.480><c> and</c><00:39:25.579><c> 3,</c> 00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:28.559 Feed<00:39:26.539><c> the</c><00:39:26.760><c> flock</c><00:39:26.920><c> of</c><00:39:27.099><c> God,</c><00:39:27.500><c> which</c><00:39:27.599><c> is</c><00:39:27.820><c> among</c><00:39:28.059><c> you,</c> 00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:32.559 taking<00:39:29.059><c> the</c><00:39:29.380><c> oversight</c><00:39:29.760><c> thereof,</c><00:39:30.320><c> not</c><00:39:30.440><c> by</c><00:39:30.719><c> constraint,</c><00:39:31.320><c> but</c><00:39:31.559><c> willingly,</c> 00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:36.739 not<00:39:33.079><c> for</c><00:39:33.519><c> filthy</c><00:39:33.940><c> lucre,</c><00:39:35.360><c> not</c><00:39:35.639><c> for</c><00:39:35.820><c> money,</c><00:39:36.099><c> he</c><00:39:36.219><c> says,</c><00:39:36.440><c> but</c><00:39:36.579><c> of</c> 00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:37.440 a<00:39:36.840><c> ready</c><00:39:37.019><c> mind,</c> 00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:41.619 neither<00:39:38.079><c> as</c><00:39:38.320><c> being</c><00:39:38.679><c> lords</c><00:39:39.039><c> over</c><00:39:39.380><c> God's</c><00:39:39.920><c> heritage,</c><00:39:41.159><c> but</c><00:39:41.280><c> being</c> 00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:43.139 in<00:39:41.940><c> samples</c><00:39:42.340><c> to</c><00:39:42.579><c> the</c><00:39:42.820><c> flock.</c> 00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:46.380 Now,<00:39:44.219><c> just</c><00:39:44.619><c> to</c><00:39:45.119><c> illustrate,</c><00:39:45.739><c> brethren</c><00:39:45.900><c> and</c><00:39:46.239><c> sisters,</c> 00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:51.619 how<00:39:47.500><c> readily</c><00:39:48.239><c> flesh</c><00:39:48.860><c> submits</c><00:39:49.760><c> to</c><00:39:49.940><c> temptation</c><00:39:50.559><c> and</c><00:39:50.880><c> reverses</c> 00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.320 the<00:39:51.739><c> Word</c><00:39:51.940><c> of</c><00:39:52.039><c> God.</c> 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:54.119 Listen<00:39:52.659><c> to</c><00:39:52.840><c> this.</c> 00:39:54.559 --> 00:40:00.639 Peter<00:39:55.119><c> says,</c><00:39:56.980><c> don't</c><00:39:57.480><c> take</c><00:39:58.400><c> filthy</c><00:39:58.840><c> lucre</c><00:39:59.199><c> for</c><00:39:59.340><c> what</c><00:39:59.519><c> you're</c><00:39:59.679><c> doing.</c> 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.800 Don't<00:40:01.059><c> make</c><00:40:01.340><c> a</c><00:40:01.539><c> profit.</c> 00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:05.480 It's<00:40:02.199><c> filthy</c><00:40:02.519><c> lucre</c><00:40:03.000><c> when</c><00:40:03.139><c> you</c><00:40:03.820><c> use</c><00:40:04.039><c> it</c><00:40:04.099><c> for</c><00:40:04.239><c> that</c><00:40:04.440><c> purpose.</c> 00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:09.119 Neither,<00:40:05.900><c> he</c><00:40:06.139><c> says,</c><00:40:06.840><c> are</c><00:40:07.039><c> ye</c><00:40:07.320><c> lords</c><00:40:07.699><c> over</c><00:40:08.059><c> God's</c><00:40:08.639><c> heritage.</c> 00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:13.000 Now,<00:40:09.820><c> the</c><00:40:09.880><c> word</c><00:40:10.219><c> heritage</c><00:40:10.800><c> that</c><00:40:11.059><c> Peter</c><00:40:11.360><c> uses,</c><00:40:11.860><c> there,</c><00:40:12.139><c> brothers</c><00:40:12.260><c> and</c><00:40:12.480><c> sisters,</c><00:40:12.800><c> in</c> 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.500 the<00:40:13.260><c> Greek,</c> 00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:17.360 is<00:40:14.099><c> the</c><00:40:14.300><c> word</c><00:40:14.619><c> from</c><00:40:14.780><c> which</c><00:40:15.000><c> we</c><00:40:15.199><c> get</c><00:40:15.480><c> the</c><00:40:15.559><c> word</c><00:40:16.119><c> clergy.</c> 00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:19.119 Clergy. 00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:23.800 Neither<00:40:20.480><c> be</c><00:40:20.920><c> ye</c><00:40:21.280><c> lords</c><00:40:21.719><c> over</c><00:40:22.099><c> God's</c><00:40:22.840><c> clergy.</c> 00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:27.119 Now,<00:40:24.500><c> in</c><00:40:24.579><c> order</c><00:40:24.860><c> to</c><00:40:24.980><c> illustrate</c><00:40:25.400><c> my</c><00:40:25.760><c> point,</c><00:40:26.179><c> how</c><00:40:26.440><c> flesh</c><00:40:26.760><c> can</c> 00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:29.079 subvert<00:40:27.639><c> the</c><00:40:27.739><c> Word</c><00:40:27.960><c> of</c><00:40:28.139><c> God</c><00:40:28.360><c> by</c><00:40:28.559><c> its</c><00:40:28.800><c> lust,</c> 00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:31.380 you're<00:40:29.760><c> not</c><00:40:29.880><c> going</c><00:40:30.039><c> to</c><00:40:30.179><c> clergyman.</c> 00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:34.920 Everybody<00:40:33.119><c> else</c><00:40:33.360><c> has</c><00:40:33.480><c> got</c><00:40:33.639><c> a</c><00:40:33.800><c> collar</c><00:40:33.960><c> and</c><00:40:34.239><c> tie,</c><00:40:34.480><c> but</c><00:40:34.599><c> he's</c><00:40:34.760><c> got</c> 00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:36.519 his<00:40:35.079><c> shirt</c><00:40:35.300><c> back</c><00:40:35.619><c> to</c><00:40:35.800><c> front.</c> 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:41.059 He's<00:40:37.599><c> got</c><00:40:37.679><c> to</c><00:40:37.820><c> be</c><00:40:37.940><c> different,</c><00:40:39.019><c> because</c><00:40:39.280><c> he's</c><00:40:39.579><c> got</c><00:40:39.699><c> to</c><00:40:39.820><c> show</c><00:40:40.059><c> them</c><00:40:40.500><c> that</c><00:40:40.800><c> he</c> 00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.820 is<00:40:41.460><c> reverent.</c> 00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:44.960 He's<00:40:42.099><c> the</c><00:40:42.420><c> reverent</c><00:40:42.840><c> so</c><00:40:43.139><c>-and</c><00:40:43.199><c>-so.</c><00:40:43.539><c> They</c><00:40:43.780><c> are</c><00:40:43.980><c> not</c><00:40:44.280><c> so</c><00:40:44.579><c> reverent.</c> 00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:47.559 He's<00:40:45.320><c> a</c><00:40:45.519><c> lord</c><00:40:45.800><c> over</c><00:40:46.059><c> them,</c><00:40:46.219><c> but</c><00:40:46.280><c> he's</c><00:40:46.539><c> the</c><00:40:46.719><c> clergy.</c> 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:51.860 And<00:40:49.380><c> he's</c><00:40:49.599><c> doing</c><00:40:49.780><c> it</c><00:40:50.639><c> for</c><00:40:50.920><c> money.</c> 00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:54.300 Now,<00:40:52.840><c> look</c><00:40:52.920><c> where</c><00:40:53.139><c> it's</c><00:40:53.460><c> come.</c> 00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:59.659 So<00:40:55.460><c> here</c><00:40:55.619><c> is</c><00:40:55.800><c> a</c><00:40:55.900><c> man</c><00:40:56.159><c> doing</c><00:40:56.460><c> it</c><00:40:56.639><c> for</c><00:40:56.800><c> money,</c><00:40:58.179><c> claiming</c><00:40:58.500><c> the</c><00:40:58.820><c> title</c><00:40:59.219><c> of</c> 00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.519 God's<00:41:00.079><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:03.840 who<00:41:00.900><c> are</c><00:41:01.239><c> there</c><00:41:01.559><c> for</c><00:41:01.739><c> him</c><00:41:01.980><c> to</c><00:41:02.219><c> teach,</c><00:41:02.500><c> not</c><00:41:02.880><c> to</c><00:41:03.139><c> be</c><00:41:03.340><c> the</c><00:41:03.519><c> teachers.</c> 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:06.900 And<00:41:04.239><c> he</c><00:41:04.360><c> is</c><00:41:04.599><c> there</c><00:41:04.940><c> doing</c><00:41:05.380><c> it</c><00:41:05.579><c> for</c><00:41:05.719><c> money</c><00:41:06.099><c> and</c><00:41:06.340><c> saying,</c><00:41:06.699><c> I'm</c> 00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.960 the<00:41:07.159><c> clergy.</c> 00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:10.000 Isn't<00:41:08.679><c> that</c><00:41:08.980><c> absolutely</c><00:41:09.460><c> incredible?</c> 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:15.340 But<00:41:10.360><c> that's</c><00:41:10.639><c> just</c><00:41:11.260><c> a</c><00:41:12.119><c> very,</c><00:41:12.420><c> very</c><00:41:13.159><c> tragic</c><00:41:13.639><c> and</c><00:41:14.019><c> real</c><00:41:14.519><c> illustration</c> 00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:19.460 of<00:41:15.739><c> how</c><00:41:16.039><c> the</c><00:41:16.179><c> Lord</c><00:41:16.420><c> Jesus</c><00:41:16.920><c> Christ</c><00:41:17.239><c> teaching</c><00:41:17.679><c> is</c><00:41:18.219><c> utterly</c><00:41:18.860><c> perverted</c> 00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:22.679 to<00:41:19.739><c> a</c><00:41:19.840><c> point</c><00:41:20.099><c> where</c><00:41:20.320><c> it's</c><00:41:20.739><c> completely</c><00:41:21.559><c> turned</c><00:41:21.980><c> around,</c> 00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:26.699 doing<00:41:23.639><c> it</c><00:41:23.820><c> for</c><00:41:23.940><c> money</c><00:41:24.260><c> and</c><00:41:24.460><c> calling</c><00:41:24.820><c> himself</c><00:41:25.480><c> the</c><00:41:25.840><c> clergy.</c> 00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:30.920 And<00:41:27.519><c> the</c><00:41:27.579><c> word</c><00:41:27.840><c> kleros</c><00:41:28.360><c> in</c><00:41:28.500><c> the</c><00:41:28.679><c> Greek</c><00:41:28.980><c> simply</c><00:41:29.440><c> means</c><00:41:30.239><c> God's</c> 00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:33.780 heritage<00:41:31.320><c> or</c><00:41:31.619><c> God's</c><00:41:32.119><c> portion,</c><00:41:33.000><c> God's</c><00:41:33.559><c> lot.</c> 00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:36.099 The<00:41:34.199><c> ecclesia</c><00:41:34.559><c> is</c><00:41:34.739><c> his</c><00:41:35.099><c> portion.</c> 00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:38.920 And<00:41:36.760><c> so</c><00:41:36.980><c> the</c><00:41:37.179><c> clergy</c><00:41:37.400><c> says,</c><00:41:37.860><c> no,</c><00:41:37.900><c> we're</c><00:41:38.159><c> the</c><00:41:38.280><c> portion</c><00:41:38.559><c> of</c><00:41:38.760><c> God.</c> 00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:43.079 Who<00:41:39.139><c> their</c><00:41:40.320><c> churches</c><00:41:40.699><c> are,</c><00:41:41.099><c> we</c><00:41:41.179><c> don't</c><00:41:41.440><c> know.</c><00:41:41.679><c> They're</c><00:41:41.940><c> just</c><00:41:42.159><c> nobody.</c> 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:46.760 And<00:41:43.500><c> so</c><00:41:43.639><c> you</c><00:41:43.820><c> see</c><00:41:44.139><c> how</c><00:41:44.880><c> wise</c><00:41:45.199><c> it</c><00:41:45.460><c> was</c><00:41:45.619><c> for</c><00:41:45.780><c> that</c><00:41:45.940><c> advice</c><00:41:46.239><c> to</c><00:41:46.400><c> be</c><00:41:46.539><c> given.</c> 00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:49.019 And<00:41:47.119><c> whilst</c><00:41:47.280><c> we</c><00:41:47.500><c> may</c><00:41:47.719><c> think</c><00:41:47.880><c> to</c><00:41:48.019><c> ourselves,</c><00:41:48.440><c> oh,</c><00:41:48.659><c> we</c><00:41:48.800><c> wouldn't</c> 00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:50.400 make<00:41:49.320><c> a</c><00:41:49.460><c> profit</c><00:41:49.599><c> out</c><00:41:49.739><c> of</c><00:41:49.820><c> the</c><00:41:50.139><c> truth,</c> 00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:53.519 we<00:41:51.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:51.219><c> do</c><00:41:51.460><c> that.</c><00:41:51.639><c> Look</c><00:41:51.840><c> what's</c><00:41:52.239><c> happened</c><00:41:52.360><c> with</c><00:41:52.559><c> the</c><00:41:52.760><c> clergy.</c> 00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:56.619 Just<00:41:54.440><c> look</c><00:41:54.579><c> what</c><00:41:54.800><c> happened</c><00:41:54.980><c> to</c><00:41:55.219><c> them</c><00:41:55.619><c> when</c><00:41:55.960><c> they</c><00:41:56.280><c> reversed</c> 00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.239 that<00:41:56.900><c> scripture,</c> 00:41:57.400 --> 00:42:01.539 not<00:41:57.659><c> just</c><00:41:58.380><c> breaking</c><00:41:58.780><c> the</c><00:41:59.019><c> commandment,</c><00:42:00.059><c> but</c><00:42:00.599><c> inverting</c><00:42:01.079><c> it</c> 00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.300 right<00:42:01.860><c> around</c> 00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:04.420 in<00:42:02.619><c> completely</c><00:42:02.840><c> the</c><00:42:03.119><c> opposite</c><00:42:03.420><c> direction.</c> 00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:07.820 Now<00:42:05.199><c> when</c><00:42:05.340><c> we</c><00:42:05.460><c> come</c><00:42:05.699><c> back</c><00:42:05.980><c> to</c><00:42:06.059><c> Matthew</c><00:42:06.539><c> 10,</c><00:42:07.179><c> what</c><00:42:07.280><c> do</c><00:42:07.480><c> we</c><00:42:07.480><c> find,</c> 00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:09.340 brothers<00:42:08.139><c> and</c><00:42:08.199><c> sisters?</c> 00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:14.840 Some<00:42:10.920><c> very,</c><00:42:11.199><c> very</c><00:42:11.420><c> good</c><00:42:11.619><c> advice</c><00:42:12.139><c> about</c><00:42:13.079><c> this</c><00:42:13.519><c> preaching</c><00:42:13.940><c> tour.</c> 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:18.599 You<00:42:16.039><c> know,</c><00:42:16.260><c> you</c><00:42:16.300><c> might</c><00:42:16.579><c> think</c><00:42:16.820><c> these</c><00:42:17.159><c> things</c><00:42:17.360><c> are</c><00:42:18.179><c> very</c> 00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:19.199 homely<00:42:18.960><c> things,</c> 00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:22.440 but<00:42:19.420><c> there's</c><00:42:19.760><c> some</c><00:42:20.059><c> very</c><00:42:20.500><c> powerful</c><00:42:20.920><c> thinking</c><00:42:21.280><c> in</c><00:42:21.460><c> here,</c> 00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:25.400 as<00:42:22.739><c> we</c><00:42:22.880><c> would</c><00:42:23.039><c> expect</c><00:42:23.360><c> from</c><00:42:23.599><c> our</c><00:42:23.739><c> Lord</c><00:42:23.940><c> Jesus</c><00:42:24.360><c> Christ.</c> 00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:28.500 He<00:42:25.840><c> says,</c><00:42:26.139><c> for</c><00:42:26.239><c> example,</c><00:42:27.000><c> verses</c><00:42:27.300><c> 9</c><00:42:27.659><c> and</c><00:42:27.840><c> 10,</c><00:42:28.139><c> you</c><00:42:28.260><c> don't</c> 00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:30.239 provide<00:42:28.920><c> gold,</c><00:42:29.300><c> silver,</c><00:42:29.760><c> brass.</c> 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:33.980 It's<00:42:31.179><c> Mark</c><00:42:31.519><c> that</c><00:42:31.739><c> mentions</c><00:42:32.139><c> silver</c><00:42:32.599><c> and</c><00:42:32.780><c> Luke</c><00:42:33.039><c> that</c><00:42:33.280><c> mentions</c><00:42:33.599><c> brass,</c> 00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:37.159 but<00:42:34.239><c> it's</c><00:42:34.400><c> Matthew</c><00:42:34.679><c> that</c><00:42:34.840><c> puts</c><00:42:34.960><c> gold,</c><00:42:35.420><c> silver</c><00:42:35.739><c> and</c><00:42:36.079><c> brass.</c> 00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:41.320 In<00:42:37.360><c> other</c><00:42:37.579><c> words,</c><00:42:38.360><c> every</c><00:42:38.360><c> form</c><00:42:38.639><c> of</c><00:42:38.940><c> coinage</c><00:42:39.360><c> known,</c><00:42:40.739><c> Jesus</c><00:42:41.099><c> said,</c> 00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:43.559 don't<00:42:41.559><c> worry</c><00:42:41.820><c> about</c><00:42:42.079><c> any</c><00:42:42.440><c> currency.</c> 00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:46.420 They<00:42:44.019><c> were</c><00:42:44.119><c> the</c><00:42:44.300><c> currency</c><00:42:44.719><c> of</c><00:42:44.920><c> the</c><00:42:45.099><c> age</c><00:42:45.519><c> in</c><00:42:45.760><c> which</c><00:42:45.860><c> they</c><00:42:46.159><c> lived,</c> 00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:49.139 was<00:42:46.639><c> in</c><00:42:46.900><c> gold,</c><00:42:47.300><c> silver</c><00:42:47.599><c> and</c><00:42:47.880><c> brass,</c><00:42:48.380><c> and</c><00:42:48.500><c> they</c><00:42:48.519><c> were</c><00:42:48.659><c> not</c><00:42:48.840><c> all</c> 00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:50.780 the<00:42:49.380><c> same</c><00:42:49.719><c> currency.</c> 00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:53.880 So<00:42:51.099><c> he</c><00:42:51.219><c> says,</c><00:42:51.440><c> don't</c><00:42:51.880><c> worry</c><00:42:52.340><c> about</c><00:42:52.659><c> any</c><00:42:53.000><c> of</c><00:42:53.099><c> it.</c> 00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:56.659 Nor<00:42:54.539><c> script</c><00:42:54.820><c> for</c><00:42:55.000><c> your</c><00:42:55.239><c> journey,</c><00:42:55.800><c> neither</c><00:42:56.059><c> two</c><00:42:56.460><c> coats,</c> 00:42:56.820 --> 00:42:57.360 neither<00:42:57.019><c> shoes,</c> 00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:00.260 nor<00:42:57.579><c> yet</c><00:42:57.860><c> stoves,</c><00:42:58.460><c> for</c><00:42:58.579><c> the</c><00:42:58.800><c> workman</c><00:42:59.099><c> is</c><00:42:59.300><c> worthy</c><00:42:59.539><c> of</c><00:42:59.719><c> his</c><00:42:59.940><c> meat.</c> 00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:03.019 Now<00:43:00.719><c> he</c><00:43:00.920><c> didn't</c><00:43:01.239><c> ask</c><00:43:01.679><c> them,</c><00:43:01.860><c> brothers</c><00:43:02.079><c> and</c><00:43:02.119><c> sisters,</c><00:43:02.559><c> to</c><00:43:02.739><c> go</c> 00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:06.179 bare<00:43:03.280><c> feet</c><00:43:03.900><c> or</c><00:43:04.320><c> without</c><00:43:04.840><c> decent</c><00:43:05.239><c> clothing.</c> 00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:07.659 I<00:43:06.400><c> want</c><00:43:06.579><c> to</c><00:43:06.619><c> show</c><00:43:06.920><c> you</c><00:43:07.099><c> what</c><00:43:07.199><c> he</c><00:43:07.300><c> meant.</c> 00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:10.380 You<00:43:07.860><c> see,</c><00:43:08.239><c> we've</c><00:43:08.239><c> got</c><00:43:08.480><c> another</c><00:43:08.639><c> little</c><00:43:08.980><c> transparency</c><00:43:09.440><c> here.</c> 00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:14.280 You<00:43:10.840><c> see,</c><00:43:11.139><c> the</c><00:43:11.199><c> question</c><00:43:11.559><c> was,</c><00:43:13.099><c> no</c><00:43:13.239><c> extras.</c> 00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:17.539 They<00:43:15.659><c> had</c><00:43:15.880><c> to</c><00:43:15.980><c> have</c><00:43:16.139><c> everything</c><00:43:16.420><c> necessary.</c> 00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:21.679 But<00:43:17.699><c> see,</c><00:43:18.019><c> Luke</c><00:43:18.139><c> says</c><00:43:18.519><c> no</c><00:43:19.019><c> staves,</c><00:43:19.659><c> but</c><00:43:19.900><c> Mark</c><00:43:20.119><c> says</c><00:43:20.360><c> stuff</c><00:43:20.639><c> only.</c> 00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:25.260 Matthew<00:43:22.760><c> says</c><00:43:23.039><c> neither</c><00:43:23.400><c> shoes,</c><00:43:24.099><c> but</c><00:43:24.320><c> Mark</c><00:43:24.619><c> says</c><00:43:24.840><c> be</c><00:43:25.039><c> shod</c> 00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:25.980 with<00:43:25.440><c> sandals.</c> 00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:29.559 And<00:43:26.500><c> what</c><00:43:26.659><c> I'm</c><00:43:26.760><c> trying</c><00:43:26.940><c> to</c><00:43:27.079><c> say</c><00:43:27.280><c> is</c><00:43:27.699><c> the</c><00:43:27.940><c> Lord</c><00:43:28.139><c> is</c><00:43:28.300><c> not</c><00:43:28.539><c> being</c><00:43:28.840><c> unreasonable.</c> 00:43:29.659 --> 00:43:30.880 He's<00:43:29.780><c> not</c><00:43:30.000><c> saying</c><00:43:30.139><c> go</c><00:43:30.480><c> barefoot.</c> 00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:34.360 He's<00:43:31.079><c> not</c><00:43:31.280><c> saying,</c><00:43:31.519><c> you</c><00:43:31.599><c> know,</c><00:43:32.480><c> be</c><00:43:32.599><c> sort</c><00:43:32.880><c> of</c><00:43:33.280><c> a</c><00:43:33.480><c> martyr.</c> 00:43:35.139 --> 00:43:38.139 You<00:43:35.360><c> know,</c><00:43:35.539><c> let</c><00:43:35.619><c> everybody</c><00:43:35.920><c> see</c><00:43:36.400><c> that</c><00:43:36.699><c> you're</c><00:43:37.159><c> being</c><00:43:37.420><c> a</c><00:43:37.739><c> martyr</c><00:43:37.960><c> for</c> 00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.360 the<00:43:38.280><c> truth.</c> 00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:42.400 No,<00:43:39.219><c> he</c><00:43:39.440><c> told</c><00:43:39.599><c> them</c><00:43:39.739><c> to</c><00:43:39.860><c> go</c><00:43:40.019><c> decently</c><00:43:40.519><c> clad,</c><00:43:41.659><c> well</c><00:43:41.920><c> clad,</c> 00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:44.300 against<00:43:42.920><c> the</c><00:43:43.139><c> weather</c><00:43:43.320><c> and</c><00:43:43.460><c> the</c><00:43:43.619><c> elements</c><00:43:43.840><c> so</c><00:43:43.960><c> they</c><00:43:44.119><c> have</c> 00:43:44.300 --> 00:43:45.219 shoes<00:43:44.559><c> upon</c><00:43:44.800><c> their</c><00:43:45.059><c> feet.</c> 00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:48.179 The<00:43:45.639><c> point</c><00:43:45.780><c> he</c><00:43:45.900><c> was</c><00:43:46.059><c> making</c><00:43:46.320><c> was</c><00:43:46.679><c> no</c><00:43:47.139><c> extras.</c> 00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:52.019 That<00:43:48.960><c> wasn't</c><00:43:49.260><c> necessary</c><00:43:49.960><c> because</c><00:43:51.000><c> they</c><00:43:51.179><c> would</c><00:43:51.380><c> find</c><00:43:51.599><c> plenty</c> 00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:53.920 on<00:43:52.340><c> the</c><00:43:52.519><c> way.</c> 00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:57.880 Perhaps<00:43:54.500><c> when</c><00:43:54.940><c> we</c><00:43:55.099><c> go</c><00:43:55.860><c> overseas</c><00:43:56.460><c> or</c><00:43:56.980><c> somewhere</c><00:43:57.400><c> interstate</c> 00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:58.300 next<00:43:58.119><c> time,</c> 00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:00.880 brothers<00:43:58.539><c> and</c><00:43:58.800><c> sisters,</c><00:43:58.940><c> we</c><00:43:59.059><c> pack</c><00:43:59.199><c> the</c><00:43:59.420><c> case,</c><00:44:00.019><c> we</c><00:44:00.139><c> might</c><00:44:00.340><c> like</c> 00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:01.639 to<00:44:01.039><c> remember</c><00:44:01.260><c> that.</c> 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:05.320 But<00:44:02.119><c> I</c><00:44:02.260><c> know</c><00:44:02.440><c> that</c><00:44:03.039><c> I</c><00:44:03.300><c> like</c><00:44:03.480><c> to</c><00:44:03.639><c> take</c><00:44:03.739><c> a</c><00:44:03.800><c> few</c><00:44:04.059><c> extras</c><00:44:04.340><c> and</c><00:44:05.000><c> some</c> 00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:06.139 people<00:44:05.519><c> I</c><00:44:05.699><c> go</c><00:44:05.940><c> with,</c> 00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:07.920 well<00:44:06.579><c> young</c><00:44:06.880><c> people</c><00:44:07.139><c> I'm</c><00:44:07.280><c> talking</c><00:44:07.460><c> about</c><00:44:07.679><c> now,</c> 00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:11.579 you<00:44:08.099><c> need</c><00:44:08.880><c> a</c><00:44:09.059><c> crane</c><00:44:09.280><c> to</c><00:44:09.559><c> lift</c><00:44:09.559><c> their</c><00:44:09.940><c> case</c><00:44:10.119><c> on</c><00:44:10.320><c> the</c><00:44:10.719><c> aeroplane.</c> 00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:14.659 But<00:44:11.699><c> you</c><00:44:11.800><c> know,</c><00:44:13.000><c> the</c><00:44:13.119><c> Lord</c><00:44:13.300><c> said</c><00:44:13.579><c> no</c><00:44:14.159><c> extras.</c> 00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:15.739 And<00:44:15.059><c> isn't</c><00:44:15.139><c> that</c><00:44:15.320><c> interesting?</c> 00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:17.960 And<00:44:16.000><c> you</c><00:44:16.059><c> know,</c><00:44:16.260><c> when</c><00:44:16.420><c> you</c><00:44:16.639><c> compare</c><00:44:16.920><c> the</c><00:44:17.159><c> records</c><00:44:17.480><c> like</c><00:44:17.820><c> that,</c> 00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:20.679 you<00:44:18.119><c> see</c><00:44:18.320><c> that</c><00:44:18.460><c> he's</c><00:44:18.539><c> not</c><00:44:18.840><c> talking</c><00:44:19.159><c> about</c><00:44:19.460><c> them</c><00:44:19.699><c> being</c><00:44:20.199><c> shabby</c> 00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:24.239 or<00:44:21.340><c> inadequately</c><00:44:23.699><c> clothed.</c> 00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:28.179 He's<00:44:24.320><c> just</c><00:44:24.619><c> saying,</c><00:44:25.679><c> don't</c><00:44:25.880><c> be</c><00:44:26.159><c> anxious</c><00:44:26.679><c> about</c><00:44:27.320><c> stuffing</c><00:44:27.599><c> everything</c><00:44:28.019><c> in</c> 00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.800 your<00:44:28.440><c> bag.</c> 00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:34.519 Why?<00:44:30.320><c> Because</c><00:44:30.719><c> the</c><00:44:31.079><c> workman</c><00:44:31.619><c> is</c><00:44:32.079><c> worthy</c><00:44:32.639><c> of</c><00:44:33.139><c> his</c><00:44:33.679><c> meat.</c> 00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:38.159 Now<00:44:35.559><c> that</c><00:44:35.840><c> phrase,</c><00:44:36.559><c> brothers</c><00:44:36.800><c> and</c><00:44:36.900><c> sisters,</c><00:44:37.619><c> is</c><00:44:37.719><c> found,</c> 00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:41.500 we<00:44:38.719><c> won't</c><00:44:38.940><c> turn</c><00:44:39.119><c> 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the</c><00:44:50.980><c> lesson</c> 00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:52.460 that<00:44:51.460><c> the</c><00:44:51.539><c> Lord</c><00:44:51.699><c> is</c><00:44:51.900><c> pointing</c><00:44:52.159><c> out.</c> 00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:55.880 But<00:44:52.780><c> we</c><00:44:52.940><c> will</c><00:44:53.179><c> turn</c><00:44:53.559><c> the</c><00:44:53.760><c> Corinthian</c><00:44:54.199><c> one</c><00:44:54.360><c> up,</c><00:44:54.760><c> 1</c><00:44:54.860><c> Corinthians</c><00:44:55.260><c> 9.</c> 00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:58.920 I<00:44:56.380><c> want</c><00:44:56.579><c> to</c><00:44:56.679><c> show</c><00:44:56.960><c> you</c><00:44:57.179><c> that</c><00:44:57.360><c> principle</c><00:44:57.860><c> because</c><00:44:58.480><c> this</c><00:44:58.739><c> is</c> 00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:00.619 sometimes<00:44:59.300><c> misunderstood.</c> 00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:05.400 Here<00:45:01.480><c> it</c><00:45:01.699><c> is,</c><00:45:02.119><c> when</c><00:45:02.360><c> Paul</c><00:45:02.739><c> is</c><00:45:03.119><c> laying</c><00:45:03.360><c> down</c><00:45:03.800><c> his</c><00:45:04.840><c> divinely</c> 00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:06.059 given<00:45:05.679><c> right</c> 00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:09.179 that<00:45:06.320><c> he</c><00:45:06.559><c> should</c><00:45:06.980><c> be</c><00:45:07.599><c> paid</c><00:45:08.340><c> his</c><00:45:08.659><c> expenses.</c> 00:45:09.619 --> 00:45:12.860 Not<00:45:09.820><c> that</c><00:45:09.980><c> he</c><00:45:10.039><c> took</c><00:45:10.219><c> it,</c><00:45:10.340><c> he</c><00:45:10.420><c> didn't,</c><00:45:10.840><c> he</c><00:45:11.820><c> forego</c><00:45:12.320><c> that</c><00:45:12.579><c> right.</c> 00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:15.119 He<00:45:13.340><c> didn't</c><00:45:14.099><c> take</c><00:45:14.699><c> it</c><00:45:14.860><c> up.</c> 00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:20.619 But<00:45:15.699><c> in</c><00:45:15.820><c> 1</c><00:45:16.179><c> Corinthians</c><00:45:16.599><c> 9</c><00:45:18.820><c> he</c><00:45:19.619><c> says</c><00:45:19.860><c> this,</c> 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:24.619 in<00:45:21.119><c> proving</c><00:45:21.360><c> that</c><00:45:21.519><c> he</c><00:45:21.599><c> had</c><00:45:21.840><c> a</c><00:45:21.940><c> right</c><00:45:22.199><c> to</c><00:45:22.400><c> be</c><00:45:22.619><c> paid</c><00:45:22.800><c> his</c><00:45:23.059><c> expenses,</c><00:45:23.599><c> he</c><00:45:23.599><c> said</c><00:45:23.860><c> this,</c> 00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:26.139 for<00:45:24.880><c> it</c><00:45:24.980><c> is</c><00:45:25.079><c> written</c><00:45:25.280><c> in</c><00:45:25.380><c> the</c><00:45:25.480><c> law</c><00:45:25.639><c> of</c><00:45:25.780><c> Moses,</c> 00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:28.800 thou<00:45:26.340><c> shalt</c><00:45:26.579><c> not</c><00:45:26.900><c> muzzle</c><00:45:27.179><c> the</c><00:45:27.400><c> mouth</c><00:45:27.639><c> of</c><00:45:27.820><c> the</c><00:45:27.980><c> ox</c><00:45:28.119><c> that</c><00:45:28.380><c> treadeth</c><00:45:28.659><c> out</c> 00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:29.920 the<00:45:29.059><c> corn.</c> 00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:31.400 The<00:45:30.019><c> question,</c><00:45:30.480><c> he</c><00:45:30.480><c> says,</c><00:45:30.880><c> is</c><00:45:30.880><c> this,</c> 00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:34.980 doth<00:45:31.920><c> God</c><00:45:32.260><c> take</c><00:45:32.679><c> care</c><00:45:32.900><c> for</c><00:45:33.179><c> oxen,</c><00:45:33.760><c> or</c><00:45:34.119><c> set</c><00:45:34.400><c> thee</c><00:45:34.559><c> altogether</c> 00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:36.019 for<00:45:35.219><c> our</c><00:45:35.500><c> sakes?</c> 00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:38.699 For<00:45:36.599><c> our</c><00:45:37.079><c> sakes,</c><00:45:37.559><c> no</c><00:45:37.719><c> doubt</c><00:45:37.920><c> this</c><00:45:38.179><c> is</c><00:45:38.320><c> written,</c> 00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:41.460 that<00:45:39.260><c> he</c><00:45:39.460><c> that</c><00:45:39.659><c> ploweth</c><00:45:40.000><c> should</c><00:45:40.219><c> plow</c><00:45:40.519><c> in</c><00:45:40.719><c> hope,</c> 00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:43.920 and<00:45:41.639><c> he</c><00:45:41.840><c> that</c><00:45:42.000><c> thresheth</c><00:45:42.420><c> in</c><00:45:42.559><c> hope</c><00:45:42.760><c> should</c><00:45:43.079><c> be</c><00:45:43.300><c> partaker</c><00:45:43.739><c> of</c> 00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:44.320 his<00:45:44.159><c> hope.</c> 00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:46.719 Now<00:45:44.699><c> many</c><00:45:44.980><c> brethren</c><00:45:45.320><c> and</c><00:45:45.519><c> sisters</c><00:45:45.639><c> in</c><00:45:45.780><c> reading</c><00:45:46.059><c> that</c><00:45:46.300><c> passage</c> 00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:48.139 say<00:45:47.000><c> to</c><00:45:47.099><c> themselves,</c> 00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:52.059 ah,<00:45:48.639><c> God</c><00:45:48.840><c> doesn't</c><00:45:49.179><c> care</c><00:45:49.380><c> for</c><00:45:49.659><c> oxen,</c><00:45:49.980><c> he</c><00:45:50.199><c> does</c><00:45:50.519><c> care</c><00:45:50.800><c> for</c><00:45:50.960><c> oxen.</c> 00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:55.460 The<00:45:52.500><c> question,</c><00:45:52.940><c> if</c><00:45:53.079><c> we</c><00:45:53.280><c> ask</c><00:45:53.519><c> the</c><00:45:53.679><c> question</c><00:45:54.019><c> as</c><00:45:54.260><c> a</c><00:45:54.360><c> general</c><00:45:54.719><c> question,</c> 00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:57.099 doth<00:45:55.960><c> God</c><00:45:56.239><c> care</c><00:45:56.460><c> for</c><00:45:56.639><c> oxen?</c> 00:45:57.519 --> 00:46:01.619 The<00:45:57.760><c> scriptural</c><00:45:58.159><c> answer,</c><00:45:58.480><c> brethren</c><00:45:58.679><c> and</c><00:45:58.980><c> sisters,</c><00:45:59.320><c> is</c><00:45:59.599><c> decidedly</c><00:46:00.480><c> yes.</c> 00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:04.360 Decidedly<00:46:03.300><c> yes.</c> 00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:09.639 There<00:46:05.500><c> is</c><00:46:05.840><c> abundant</c><00:46:06.460><c> evidence</c><00:46:07.079><c> that</c><00:46:07.519><c> God</c><00:46:07.840><c> cares</c><00:46:08.340><c> for</c><00:46:08.679><c> oxen.</c> 00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:11.860 He<00:46:09.960><c> is</c><00:46:10.199><c> a</c><00:46:10.320><c> responsible</c><00:46:11.219><c> creator.</c> 00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:15.460 He<00:46:12.900><c> is</c><00:46:13.260><c> responsible</c><00:46:13.960><c> for</c><00:46:14.300><c> the</c><00:46:14.440><c> creation,</c> 00:46:15.739 --> 00:46:18.800 and<00:46:15.739><c> matches</c><00:46:16.440><c> that</c><00:46:16.760><c> responsibility</c><00:46:17.420><c> with</c><00:46:17.679><c> his</c><00:46:17.960><c> care.</c> 00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:23.550 You<00:46:19.400><c> read</c><00:46:19.820><c> the</c><00:46:19.900><c> book</c><00:46:20.099><c> of</c><00:46:20.300><c> Job,</c><00:46:20.679><c> he</c><00:46:20.699><c> cares</c><00:46:21.059><c> for</c><00:46:21.460><c> the</c><00:46:21.739><c> crow,</c><00:46:22.599><c> the</c><00:46:22.780><c> raven.</c> 00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:28.840 He<00:46:23.960><c> looks</c><00:46:24.239><c> after</c><00:46:24.719><c> the</c><00:46:25.039><c> wild</c><00:46:26.619><c> ox,</c><00:46:27.639><c> the</c><00:46:27.780><c> peacock,</c><00:46:28.340><c> and</c><00:46:28.500><c> all</c><00:46:28.619><c> that.</c> 00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:30.980 He<00:46:29.019><c> looks</c><00:46:29.300><c> after</c><00:46:29.579><c> all</c><00:46:29.920><c> the</c><00:46:30.079><c> creatures</c><00:46:30.300><c> which</c><00:46:30.539><c> we</c><00:46:30.719><c> couldn't</c> 00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.460 care<00:46:31.300><c> less.</c> 00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:32.480 God<00:46:31.780><c> cares</c><00:46:32.139><c> for</c><00:46:32.340><c> them.</c> 00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:34.679 Does<00:46:32.920><c> God</c><00:46:33.139><c> care</c><00:46:33.380><c> for</c><00:46:33.559><c> oxen?</c><00:46:34.139><c> Yes.</c> 00:46:34.900 --> 00:46:36.199 What<00:46:35.039><c> does</c><00:46:35.219><c> Paul</c><00:46:35.420><c> mean?</c> 00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:37.820 What<00:46:36.579><c> he</c><00:46:36.699><c> meant</c><00:46:36.840><c> is</c><00:46:37.019><c> this,</c> 00:46:37.820 --> 00:46:43.059 that<00:46:38.260><c> when</c><00:46:39.000><c> God</c><00:46:39.559><c> gave</c><00:46:40.440><c> that</c><00:46:41.039><c> particular</c><00:46:42.239><c> law,</c> 00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:45.880 he<00:46:43.900><c> wasn't</c><00:46:44.300><c> caring</c><00:46:44.659><c> for</c><00:46:44.900><c> the</c><00:46:45.079><c> oxen.</c> 00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:49.460 When<00:46:46.039><c> he</c><00:46:46.199><c> gave</c><00:46:46.460><c> that</c><00:46:46.760><c> particular</c><00:46:47.880><c> law,</c><00:46:48.500><c> what</c><00:46:48.599><c> was</c><00:46:48.820><c> the</c><00:46:48.880><c> law</c><00:46:49.039><c> he</c><00:46:49.179><c> gave?</c> 00:46:49.780 --> 00:46:52.199 Well<00:46:50.000><c> he</c><00:46:50.039><c> says,</c><00:46:50.900><c> don't</c><00:46:51.300><c> muzzle</c><00:46:51.679><c> the</c><00:46:51.920><c> ox,</c> 00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:54.920 and<00:46:52.960><c> the</c><00:46:53.139><c> Greek</c><00:46:53.300><c> is</c><00:46:53.480><c> in</c><00:46:53.599><c> the</c><00:46:53.760><c> present</c><00:46:54.019><c> continuous</c><00:46:54.639><c> tense,</c> 00:46:55.380 --> 00:47:00.639 while<00:46:55.940><c> he</c><00:46:56.539><c> is</c><00:46:57.139><c> in</c><00:46:57.639><c> the</c><00:46:58.139><c> act</c><00:46:58.460><c> of</c><00:46:58.920><c> treading</c><00:46:59.199><c> out</c><00:46:59.599><c> the</c><00:46:59.840><c> corn.</c> 00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:03.920 Now<00:47:01.460><c> if</c><00:47:01.519><c> you</c><00:47:01.800><c> cared</c><00:47:02.079><c> for</c><00:47:02.340><c> your</c><00:47:02.579><c> ox,</c><00:47:02.920><c> you'd</c><00:47:03.239><c> muzzle</c><00:47:03.440><c> him.</c> 00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:07.739 Because<00:47:04.619><c> you</c><00:47:04.940><c> imagine</c><00:47:05.300><c> linking</c><00:47:05.659><c> three</c><00:47:06.019><c> or</c><00:47:06.019><c> four</c><00:47:06.280><c> oxen</c><00:47:06.559><c> together</c><00:47:07.059><c> with</c><00:47:07.300><c> a</c><00:47:07.480><c> yoke,</c> 00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:10.179 for<00:47:07.980><c> the</c><00:47:08.039><c> purpose</c><00:47:08.380><c> of</c><00:47:08.599><c> threshing,</c><00:47:09.079><c> you</c><00:47:09.260><c> stand</c><00:47:09.500><c> in</c><00:47:09.739><c> the</c><00:47:09.800><c> centre,</c> 00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:13.099 and<00:47:10.679><c> you</c><00:47:10.840><c> lead</c><00:47:10.960><c> them</c><00:47:11.199><c> around</c><00:47:11.579><c> and</c><00:47:11.719><c> around</c><00:47:11.900><c> over</c><00:47:12.380><c> the</c><00:47:12.699><c> sheaves,</c> 00:47:13.260 --> 00:47:14.320 and<00:47:13.300><c> they're</c><00:47:13.480><c> all</c><00:47:13.719><c> un</c><00:47:13.880><c>-muzzled,</c> 00:47:14.519 --> 00:47:17.039 so<00:47:14.699><c> that</c><00:47:14.880><c> number</c><00:47:15.119><c> one</c><00:47:15.280><c> ox</c><00:47:15.480><c> feels</c><00:47:15.719><c> it</c><00:47:15.840><c> wants</c><00:47:16.059><c> a</c><00:47:16.219><c> mouthful</c><00:47:16.559><c> of</c><00:47:16.840><c> corn,</c> 00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:18.420 it<00:47:17.679><c> dives</c><00:47:17.880><c> its</c><00:47:18.139><c> head</c><00:47:18.260><c> down,</c> 00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:20.780 and<00:47:18.699><c> yanks</c><00:47:18.920><c> the</c><00:47:19.119><c> other</c><00:47:19.260><c> head</c><00:47:19.400><c> of</c><00:47:19.480><c> the</c><00:47:19.579><c> other</c><00:47:19.780><c> animal</c><00:47:19.980><c> down.</c> 00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:22.719 Then<00:47:21.239><c> it</c><00:47:21.340><c> comes</c><00:47:21.639><c> up</c><00:47:21.860><c> with</c><00:47:21.960><c> its</c><00:47:22.139><c> mouthful</c><00:47:22.519><c> of</c><00:47:22.639><c> corn,</c> 00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:25.159 and<00:47:22.960><c> stands</c><00:47:23.159><c> there</c><00:47:23.380><c> munching</c><00:47:23.619><c> it,</c><00:47:23.760><c> while</c><00:47:23.900><c> you</c><00:47:24.159><c> wait</c><00:47:24.440><c> for</c><00:47:24.679><c> it.</c> 00:47:25.400 --> 00:47:27.059 And<00:47:25.539><c> then</c><00:47:25.619><c> when</c><00:47:25.719><c> it's</c><00:47:26.079><c> satisfied,</c><00:47:26.480><c> you</c><00:47:26.619><c> move</c><00:47:26.900><c> on.</c> 00:47:27.059 --> 00:47:29.019 Then<00:47:27.219><c> the</c><00:47:27.260><c> next</c><00:47:27.599><c> oxen</c><00:47:27.840><c> puts</c><00:47:27.980><c> his</c><00:47:28.219><c> head</c><00:47:28.320><c> down,</c><00:47:28.559><c> and</c><00:47:28.699><c> jerks.</c> 00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:32.900 Now<00:47:29.679><c> God</c><00:47:29.920><c> is</c><00:47:30.219><c> not</c><00:47:30.500><c> caring</c><00:47:30.840><c> for</c><00:47:31.019><c> the</c><00:47:31.199><c> oxen</c><00:47:31.400><c> when</c><00:47:31.500><c> he</c><00:47:31.619><c> gave</c><00:47:31.860><c> that</c><00:47:32.460><c> law.</c> 00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:34.500 That's<00:47:33.179><c> what</c><00:47:33.380><c> Paul's</c><00:47:33.760><c> saying.</c> 00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:37.840 He<00:47:34.639><c> does</c><00:47:35.019><c> care</c><00:47:35.280><c> for</c><00:47:35.500><c> oxen,</c><00:47:35.880><c> but</c><00:47:36.059><c> not</c><00:47:36.280><c> when</c><00:47:36.400><c> he</c><00:47:36.559><c> gave</c><00:47:36.860><c> that</c><00:47:37.420><c> law.</c> 00:47:38.199 --> 00:47:38.880 That's<00:47:38.320><c> what</c><00:47:38.420><c> he's</c><00:47:38.840><c> saying.</c> 00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:40.699 Or<00:47:39.360><c> set</c><00:47:39.599><c> thee</c><00:47:39.699><c> all</c><00:47:39.840><c> together</c><00:47:40.039><c> for</c><00:47:40.239><c> our</c><00:47:40.460><c> sake.</c> 00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:43.739 No<00:47:41.260><c> doubt,</c><00:47:41.460><c> for</c><00:47:41.619><c> our</c><00:47:41.880><c> sake,</c><00:47:42.440><c> this</c><00:47:42.820><c> is</c><00:47:43.400><c> written.</c> 00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.900 That's<00:47:44.119><c> what</c><00:47:44.239><c> he's</c><00:47:44.420><c> talking</c><00:47:44.679><c> about.</c> 00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:46.239 Now<00:47:45.440><c> what</c><00:47:45.659><c> did</c><00:47:45.840><c> he</c><00:47:45.920><c> mean?</c> 00:47:46.579 --> 00:47:48.260 Well<00:47:46.679><c> say</c><00:47:46.800><c> I'm</c><00:47:47.019><c> a</c><00:47:47.239><c> farmer,</c><00:47:47.900><c> and</c><00:47:47.900><c> I'm</c><00:47:48.059><c> there,</c> 00:47:48.320 --> 00:47:50.380 and<00:47:48.320><c> I've</c><00:47:48.460><c> got</c><00:47:48.599><c> my</c><00:47:48.800><c> three</c><00:47:49.039><c> oxen,</c><00:47:49.360><c> or</c><00:47:49.480><c> three</c><00:47:49.679><c> or</c><00:47:49.800><c> four</c><00:47:49.940><c> oxen,</c> 00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:52.500 and<00:47:50.619><c> I'm</c><00:47:50.880><c> taking</c><00:47:51.119><c> them</c><00:47:51.280><c> around,</c><00:47:51.579><c> and</c><00:47:51.719><c> this</c><00:47:51.880><c> is</c><00:47:52.019><c> happening</c><00:47:52.239><c> all</c> 00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:52.679 the<00:47:52.579><c> time.</c> 00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:53.900 Oh,<00:47:53.039><c> there</c><00:47:53.239><c> he</c><00:47:53.380><c> goes</c><00:47:53.559><c> again.</c> 00:47:54.380 --> 00:47:55.760 He's<00:47:54.519><c> standing.</c><00:47:54.800><c> Come</c><00:47:54.980><c> on,</c><00:47:55.139><c> come</c><00:47:55.320><c> on,</c><00:47:55.400><c> come</c><00:47:55.559><c> on.</c> 00:47:56.099 --> 00:47:57.360 Oh,<00:47:56.519><c> there</c><00:47:56.659><c> goes</c><00:47:56.860><c> the</c><00:47:57.019><c> next</c><00:47:57.199><c> one.</c> 00:47:57.519 --> 00:47:59.380 Now<00:47:57.679><c> I'd</c><00:47:57.920><c> be</c><00:47:58.039><c> thinking</c><00:47:58.179><c> to</c><00:47:58.280><c> myself,</c> 00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:02.360 God<00:48:00.920><c> doesn't</c><00:48:01.179><c> know</c><00:48:01.360><c> much</c><00:48:01.599><c> about</c><00:48:01.920><c> farming.</c> 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:05.360 It'd<00:48:02.900><c> be</c><00:48:02.900><c> better</c><00:48:03.159><c> for</c><00:48:03.360><c> me</c><00:48:03.619><c> to</c><00:48:03.840><c> muzzle</c><00:48:04.119><c> them,</c><00:48:04.519><c> get</c><00:48:04.639><c> the</c><00:48:04.820><c> job</c><00:48:05.000><c> over,</c> 00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:08.260 put<00:48:05.639><c> them</c><00:48:05.780><c> in</c><00:48:06.119><c> their</c><00:48:06.400><c> stall,</c><00:48:07.039><c> fill</c><00:48:07.159><c> the</c><00:48:07.480><c> crib</c><00:48:07.619><c> up</c><00:48:07.840><c> with</c><00:48:08.000><c> corn,</c> 00:48:08.420 --> 00:48:10.599 and<00:48:08.480><c> away</c><00:48:08.659><c> they</c><00:48:08.920><c> go,</c><00:48:09.260><c> and</c><00:48:09.420><c> contentedly</c><00:48:09.800><c> munch</c><00:48:10.019><c> away</c><00:48:10.179><c> all</c><00:48:10.440><c> night.</c> 00:48:10.659 --> 00:48:11.760 That's<00:48:10.960><c> the</c><00:48:11.039><c> best</c><00:48:11.199><c> way</c><00:48:11.400><c> to</c><00:48:11.519><c> do</c><00:48:11.659><c> it.</c> 00:48:11.800 --> 00:48:14.059 That's<00:48:12.099><c> best</c><00:48:12.320><c> for</c><00:48:12.420><c> them,</c><00:48:12.639><c> best</c><00:48:12.960><c> for</c><00:48:13.139><c> me.</c> 00:48:14.699 --> 00:48:17.320 But<00:48:14.880><c> you</c><00:48:15.039><c> see,</c><00:48:15.300><c> God</c><00:48:15.519><c> was</c><00:48:15.880><c> trying</c><00:48:16.199><c> to</c><00:48:16.460><c> teach</c><00:48:16.639><c> that</c><00:48:16.980><c> farmer</c> 00:48:17.780 --> 00:48:24.380 that<00:48:18.219><c> a</c><00:48:18.420><c> man's</c><00:48:19.480><c> worth</c><00:48:19.840><c> is</c><00:48:20.280><c> higher</c><00:48:20.659><c> if</c><00:48:21.320><c> he</c><00:48:22.340><c> is</c><00:48:23.300><c> working.</c> 00:48:25.280 --> 00:48:26.460 That's<00:48:25.639><c> the</c><00:48:25.719><c> point</c><00:48:25.900><c> he's</c><00:48:26.099><c> making.</c> 00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:30.000 Whilst<00:48:27.119><c> he</c><00:48:27.500><c> is</c><00:48:27.860><c> in</c><00:48:27.960><c> the</c><00:48:28.260><c> act</c><00:48:28.539><c> of</c><00:48:28.800><c> treading</c><00:48:29.059><c> out</c><00:48:29.440><c> the</c><00:48:29.739><c> corn.</c> 00:48:30.500 --> 00:48:33.199 And<00:48:30.519><c> so</c><00:48:30.780><c> the</c><00:48:30.940><c> Apostle</c><00:48:31.519><c> drew</c><00:48:31.719><c> that</c><00:48:32.000><c> lesson,</c><00:48:32.659><c> so</c><00:48:32.820><c> the</c><00:48:32.980><c> Lord</c> 00:48:33.199 --> 00:48:34.480 Jesus<00:48:33.699><c> Christ.</c> 00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:37.619 The<00:48:34.900><c> workman</c><00:48:35.840><c> is</c><00:48:36.280><c> worthy</c><00:48:36.760><c> of</c><00:48:37.099><c> his</c><00:48:37.360><c> hire.</c> 00:48:37.820 --> 00:48:41.159 Not<00:48:38.360><c> the</c><00:48:40.440><c> lazy</c><00:48:40.880><c> fellow.</c> 00:48:41.340 --> 00:48:44.420 The<00:48:41.780><c> workman</c><00:48:42.500><c> is</c><00:48:42.820><c> worthy</c><00:48:43.179><c> of</c><00:48:43.460><c> his</c><00:48:43.679><c> meat.</c> 00:48:44.500 --> 00:48:45.599 And<00:48:44.639><c> so</c><00:48:44.800><c> they</c><00:48:44.940><c> were</c><00:48:45.039><c> to</c><00:48:45.179><c> go</c><00:48:45.460><c> forth,</c> 00:48:45.619 --> 00:48:48.139 and<00:48:45.739><c> if</c><00:48:45.820><c> they</c><00:48:46.059><c> felt</c><00:48:46.360><c> that</c><00:48:46.539><c> they</c><00:48:46.659><c> had</c><00:48:46.860><c> done</c><00:48:47.059><c> their</c><00:48:47.360><c> best</c> 00:48:48.179 --> 00:48:50.760 in<00:48:48.699><c> preaching</c><00:48:49.000><c> the</c><00:48:49.159><c> Gospel</c><00:48:49.460><c> of</c><00:48:49.659><c> salvation,</c> 00:48:50.800 --> 00:48:53.840 then<00:48:50.980><c> they</c><00:48:51.179><c> could</c><00:48:51.420><c> eat</c><00:48:51.699><c> a</c><00:48:51.860><c> meal</c><00:48:52.019><c> with</c><00:48:52.380><c> good</c><00:48:52.639><c> conscience.</c> 00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:55.139 But<00:48:54.500><c> brethren</c><00:48:54.780><c> and</c><00:48:55.000><c> sisters,</c> 00:48:55.260 --> 00:48:57.440 if<00:48:55.260><c> they</c><00:48:55.420><c> were</c><00:48:55.579><c> to</c><00:48:55.739><c> shirk</c><00:48:55.960><c> their</c><00:48:56.219><c> responsibilities,</c> 00:48:57.920 --> 00:48:59.239 I<00:48:58.019><c> suppose</c><00:48:58.440><c> the</c><00:48:58.579><c> Lord</c><00:48:58.760><c> would</c><00:48:58.940><c> have</c><00:48:59.059><c> thought,</c> 00:48:59.239 --> 00:49:01.079 well,<00:48:59.500><c> it</c><00:48:59.519><c> would</c><00:48:59.679><c> be</c><00:48:59.760><c> good</c><00:48:59.900><c> if</c><00:49:00.039><c> they</c><00:49:00.219><c> choked</c><00:49:00.519><c> on</c><00:49:00.679><c> it,</c> 00:49:01.219 --> 00:49:02.599 because<00:49:01.519><c> that</c><00:49:01.719><c> would</c><00:49:01.920><c> be</c><00:49:02.079><c> better</c><00:49:02.260><c> for</c><00:49:02.380><c> them.</c> 00:49:02.699 --> 00:49:04.460 They<00:49:02.699><c> might</c><00:49:02.920><c> help</c><00:49:03.139><c> their</c><00:49:03.340><c> conscience</c><00:49:03.760><c> to</c><00:49:04.000><c> realize</c> 00:49:04.460 --> 00:49:06.619 that<00:49:04.780><c> they</c><00:49:04.940><c> hadn't</c><00:49:05.219><c> earned</c><00:49:05.539><c> their</c><00:49:05.880><c> keep.</c> 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:09.639 Now,<00:49:08.000><c> there's</c><00:49:08.159><c> a</c><00:49:08.340><c> wonderful</c><00:49:08.840><c> piece</c><00:49:09.119><c> of</c><00:49:09.300><c> advice</c> 00:49:09.639 --> 00:49:11.000 that<00:49:09.840><c> comes</c><00:49:10.099><c> in</c><00:49:10.260><c> this</c><00:49:10.440><c> 10th</c><00:49:10.719><c> chapter.</c> 00:49:11.079 --> 00:49:15.400 I<00:49:11.099><c> think</c><00:49:11.500><c> it</c><00:49:11.699><c> has</c><00:49:11.900><c> a</c><00:49:12.059><c> lot</c><00:49:12.260><c> of</c><00:49:12.440><c> power</c><00:49:12.659><c> in</c><00:49:12.840><c> the</c><00:49:13.000><c> advice</c><00:49:13.400><c> that</c><00:49:13.579><c> comes</c><00:49:13.900><c> now.</c> 00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:19.739 It<00:49:16.000><c> says</c><00:49:16.420><c> in</c><00:49:16.860><c> chapter</c><00:49:17.079><c> 10,</c><00:49:18.820><c> verse</c><00:49:19.059><c> 11,</c> 00:49:19.739 --> 00:49:23.500 And<00:49:20.639><c> into</c><00:49:20.960><c> whatsoever</c><00:49:21.360><c> city</c><00:49:21.780><c> or</c><00:49:21.980><c> town</c><00:49:22.280><c> you</c><00:49:22.440><c> shall</c><00:49:22.619><c> enter,</c> 00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:25.179 inquire<00:49:24.119><c> who</c><00:49:24.380><c> in</c><00:49:24.480><c> it</c><00:49:24.579><c> is</c><00:49:24.800><c> worthy,</c> 00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:28.400 and<00:49:25.900><c> there</c><00:49:26.159><c> abide</c><00:49:26.699><c> till</c><00:49:26.940><c> you</c><00:49:27.099><c> go</c><00:49:27.480><c> hence.</c> 00:49:31.320 --> 00:49:33.719 So<00:49:31.840><c> they</c><00:49:32.059><c> make</c><00:49:32.280><c> an</c><00:49:32.460><c> inquiry</c><00:49:32.980><c> who</c><00:49:33.219><c> is</c><00:49:33.500><c> worthy.</c> 00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:36.099 Now<00:49:33.980><c> bear</c><00:49:34.139><c> in</c><00:49:34.400><c> mind,</c><00:49:35.219><c> you</c><00:49:35.360><c> must</c><00:49:35.639><c> note</c><00:49:35.860><c> this,</c> 00:49:36.340 --> 00:49:37.719 because<00:49:36.400><c> later</c><00:49:36.639><c> on</c><00:49:36.800><c> it</c><00:49:36.860><c> seems</c><00:49:37.139><c> the</c><00:49:37.380><c> contradiction</c> 00:49:37.719 --> 00:49:39.340 if<00:49:37.880><c> you</c><00:49:38.019><c> don't</c><00:49:38.199><c> note</c><00:49:38.380><c> this,</c> 00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:41.559 at<00:49:39.679><c> the</c><00:49:39.800><c> moment</c><00:49:40.000><c> it's</c><00:49:40.159><c> only</c><00:49:40.340><c> an</c><00:49:40.579><c> inquiry.</c> 00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:44.340 So<00:49:42.800><c> they</c><00:49:42.940><c> would</c><00:49:43.159><c> probably</c><00:49:43.500><c> find</c><00:49:43.840><c> somebody</c> 00:49:44.340 --> 00:49:46.619 that<00:49:44.760><c> knew</c><00:49:45.019><c> somebody,</c><00:49:45.659><c> that</c><00:49:45.780><c> knew</c><00:49:45.980><c> somebody,</c> 00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:48.539 and<00:49:47.079><c> say,</c><00:49:47.719><c> excuse</c><00:49:47.980><c> me,</c> 00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:50.300 look,<00:49:49.260><c> I'm</c><00:49:49.559><c> here</c><00:49:49.780><c> on</c><00:49:49.960><c> a</c><00:49:50.039><c> mission,</c> 00:49:50.420 --> 00:49:51.840 preaching<00:49:50.760><c> the</c><00:49:50.940><c> Gospel</c><00:49:51.219><c> of</c><00:49:51.400><c> salvation,</c> 00:49:51.980 --> 00:49:54.139 and<00:49:52.019><c> I</c><00:49:52.199><c> believe</c><00:49:52.440><c> that</c><00:49:52.639><c> Jesus</c><00:49:52.940><c> of</c><00:49:53.179><c> Nazareth</c><00:49:53.500><c> is</c><00:49:53.719><c> the</c><00:49:53.820><c> Messiah.</c> 00:49:54.239 --> 00:49:55.599 We're<00:49:54.420><c> preparing</c><00:49:54.719><c> the</c><00:49:54.900><c> way</c><00:49:55.019><c> before</c><00:49:55.340><c> Him.</c> 00:49:55.960 --> 00:50:01.900 Who<00:49:56.139><c> in</c><00:49:56.260><c> this</c><00:49:56.539><c> place</c><00:49:56.780><c> do</c><00:49:56.940><c> you</c><00:49:57.099><c> think</c><00:49:58.079><c> would</c><00:49:59.739><c> be</c><00:50:01.300><c> tolerant</c><00:50:01.619><c> enough</c> 00:50:01.900 --> 00:50:03.980 to<00:50:02.059><c> listen</c><00:50:02.300><c> and</c><00:50:02.619><c> be</c><00:50:03.059><c> kind</c><00:50:03.280><c> enough?</c> 00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:06.199 Well,<00:50:04.559><c> there's</c><00:50:04.780><c> a</c><00:50:04.860><c> family</c><00:50:05.219><c> down</c><00:50:05.440><c> the</c><00:50:05.659><c> track</c><00:50:05.840><c> down</c><00:50:06.099><c> there</c> 00:50:06.199 --> 00:50:07.300 that's<00:50:06.460><c> very</c><00:50:06.699><c> nice</c><00:50:07.039><c> people.</c> 00:50:07.400 --> 00:50:08.139 Go<00:50:07.539><c> and</c><00:50:07.659><c> have</c><00:50:07.760><c> a</c><00:50:07.820><c> look</c><00:50:07.940><c> at</c><00:50:08.019><c> them.</c> 00:50:08.300 --> 00:50:09.280 It's<00:50:08.460><c> only</c><00:50:08.719><c> an</c><00:50:09.000><c> inquiry.</c> 00:50:09.380 --> 00:50:10.860 It<00:50:09.539><c> may</c><00:50:09.719><c> be</c><00:50:09.920><c> that</c><00:50:09.980><c> when</c><00:50:10.099><c> they</c><00:50:10.260><c> get</c><00:50:10.500><c> there,</c> 00:50:11.039 --> 00:50:13.179 that<00:50:11.219><c> they</c><00:50:11.340><c> don't</c><00:50:11.579><c> find</c><00:50:11.860><c> out</c><00:50:12.059><c> how</c><00:50:12.360><c> so.</c> 00:50:13.219 --> 00:50:15.340 But<00:50:13.420><c> for</c><00:50:13.619><c> the</c><00:50:13.739><c> moment</c><00:50:13.940><c> it's</c><00:50:14.159><c> an</c><00:50:14.400><c> inquiry.</c> 00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:16.860 And<00:50:15.940><c> they're</c><00:50:16.039><c> looking</c><00:50:16.260><c> for</c><00:50:16.519><c> people</c> 00:50:16.860 --> 00:50:20.059 who<00:50:17.059><c> would</c><00:50:17.440><c> kindly</c><00:50:17.940><c> listen</c><00:50:18.800><c> to</c><00:50:18.940><c> the</c><00:50:19.079><c> Word,</c> 00:50:20.739 --> 00:50:22.119 kindly<00:50:21.179><c> listen</c><00:50:21.619><c> to</c><00:50:21.699><c> that</c><00:50:21.900><c> Word,</c> 00:50:22.159 --> 00:50:23.820 and<00:50:22.280><c> be</c><00:50:22.460><c> very</c><00:50:22.900><c> kind</c><00:50:23.139><c> to</c><00:50:23.179><c> them.</c> 00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:25.659 The<00:50:24.199><c> Lord</c><00:50:24.440><c> is</c><00:50:24.639><c> telling</c><00:50:24.880><c> the</c><00:50:25.059><c> brethren</c><00:50:25.300><c> and</c><00:50:25.500><c> sisters,</c> 00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:28.159 don't<00:50:26.099><c> waste</c><00:50:26.539><c> precious</c><00:50:26.920><c> time.</c> 00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:31.920 You<00:50:29.519><c> find</c><00:50:29.940><c> a</c><00:50:30.139><c> house</c><00:50:30.440><c> that</c><00:50:30.659><c> will</c><00:50:31.139><c> listen</c><00:50:31.440><c> carefully</c> 00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:33.760 and<00:50:32.280><c> kindly</c><00:50:32.760><c> to</c><00:50:32.840><c> what</c><00:50:33.000><c> you've</c><00:50:33.260><c> got</c><00:50:33.380><c> to</c><00:50:33.559><c> say.</c> 00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:35.719 You<00:50:34.199><c> know,</c><00:50:34.340><c> I'm</c><00:50:34.559><c> going</c><00:50:34.679><c> to</c><00:50:34.760><c> turn</c><00:50:34.900><c> this</c><00:50:35.139><c> reference</c><00:50:35.460><c> up,</c> 00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:36.480 but<00:50:35.800><c> we</c><00:50:35.960><c> won't.</c> 00:50:36.800 --> 00:50:38.139 In<00:50:37.019><c> the</c><00:50:37.139><c> 16th</c><00:50:37.619><c> chapter</c><00:50:37.900><c> of</c><00:50:38.039><c> Acts,</c> 00:50:38.159 --> 00:50:40.300 you<00:50:38.219><c> know</c><00:50:38.380><c> Lydia,</c><00:50:38.880><c> a</c><00:50:38.980><c> seller</c><00:50:39.099><c> of</c><00:50:39.340><c> purple?</c> 00:50:40.420 --> 00:50:41.980 Remember<00:50:40.639><c> Lydia</c><00:50:40.940><c> from</c><00:50:41.159><c> Thyra,</c><00:50:41.659><c> Tyra?</c> 00:50:42.239 --> 00:50:43.519 You<00:50:42.239><c> know,</c><00:50:42.440><c> when</c><00:50:42.719><c> she,</c><00:50:43.340><c> it</c><00:50:43.340><c> says,</c> 00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:46.119 the<00:50:43.840><c> Lord</c><00:50:44.179><c> opened</c><00:50:44.559><c> her</c><00:50:44.860><c> heart.</c> 00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:48.699 The<00:50:46.860><c> Lord</c><00:50:47.159><c> opened</c><00:50:47.480><c> her</c><00:50:47.579><c> heart</c><00:50:47.820><c> and</c><00:50:48.000><c> she</c><00:50:48.139><c> gave</c><00:50:48.500><c> heed</c> 00:50:48.699 --> 00:50:50.500 to<00:50:48.900><c> the</c><00:50:49.039><c> things</c><00:50:49.179><c> which</c><00:50:49.340><c> were</c><00:50:49.480><c> spoken</c><00:50:49.760><c> of</c><00:50:49.940><c> by</c><00:50:50.159><c> Paul.</c> 00:50:50.860 --> 00:50:51.900 And<00:50:50.940><c> then</c><00:50:51.099><c> she</c><00:50:51.219><c> said</c><00:50:51.440><c> to</c><00:50:51.559><c> Paul,</c> 00:50:52.179 --> 00:50:54.099 if<00:50:52.500><c> ye</c><00:50:52.780><c> have</c><00:50:52.980><c> judged</c><00:50:53.280><c> me</c><00:50:53.619><c> worthy,</c> 00:50:54.300 --> 00:50:55.199 come<00:50:54.500><c> into</c><00:50:54.699><c> my</c><00:50:54.900><c> house.</c> 00:50:55.300 --> 00:50:56.659 You<00:50:55.460><c> see</c><00:50:55.619><c> the</c><00:50:55.820><c> point?</c> 00:50:56.840 --> 00:50:58.039 Paul<00:50:57.039><c> went</c><00:50:57.320><c> to</c><00:50:57.460><c> her</c><00:50:57.619><c> house.</c> 00:50:58.280 --> 00:50:58.719 Why? 00:50:59.139 --> 00:51:01.820 Because<00:50:59.460><c> it's</c><00:50:59.820><c> obvious</c><00:51:00.239><c> that</c><00:51:00.460><c> woman's</c><00:51:00.820><c> going</c><00:51:00.940><c> to</c><00:51:01.059><c> listen.</c> 00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:04.739 If<00:51:02.760><c> you've</c><00:51:03.139><c> judged</c><00:51:03.340><c> me</c><00:51:03.760><c> faithful,</c><00:51:04.179><c> she</c><00:51:04.460><c> said,</c> 00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:05.820 come<00:51:05.219><c> to</c><00:51:05.400><c> my</c><00:51:05.619><c> house.</c> 00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:07.179 And<00:51:05.940><c> they</c><00:51:06.139><c> did.</c> 00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:09.179 Because<00:51:07.780><c> time</c><00:51:08.099><c> would</c><00:51:08.320><c> not</c><00:51:08.460><c> be</c><00:51:08.599><c> wasted</c><00:51:08.920><c> there,</c> 00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:09.840 brethren<00:51:09.440><c> and</c><00:51:09.619><c> sisters.</c> 00:51:09.940 --> 00:51:11.280 Every<00:51:10.360><c> minute</c><00:51:10.579><c> would</c><00:51:10.780><c> be</c><00:51:10.980><c> precious.</c> 00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:14.079 Every<00:51:12.340><c> minute</c><00:51:12.739><c> would</c><00:51:12.900><c> be</c><00:51:13.179><c> precious.</c> 00:51:14.099 --> 00:51:15.380 And<00:51:14.139><c> so</c><00:51:14.340><c> the</c><00:51:14.400><c> Lord</c><00:51:14.659><c> tells</c><00:51:14.960><c> them,</c> 00:51:15.699 --> 00:51:16.639 be<00:51:15.699><c> careful.</c> 00:51:16.760 --> 00:51:18.579 Every<00:51:17.059><c> minute</c><00:51:17.320><c> is</c><00:51:17.619><c> precious.</c> 00:51:18.980 --> 00:51:20.500 Then<00:51:19.119><c> he</c><00:51:19.219><c> says</c><00:51:19.460><c> this,</c> 00:51:20.780 --> 00:51:21.820 and<00:51:20.780><c> when</c><00:51:20.920><c> you</c><00:51:21.039><c> come</c><00:51:21.260><c> to</c><00:51:21.380><c> this</c><00:51:21.539><c> house,</c> 00:51:21.920 --> 00:51:23.480 verse<00:51:22.119><c> 11,</c> 00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:27.699 there<00:51:24.539><c> abide</c><00:51:25.139><c> till</c><00:51:25.840><c> ye</c><00:51:26.179><c> go</c><00:51:26.639><c> hence.</c> 00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:30.679 Luke<00:51:28.760><c> in</c><00:51:29.019><c> his</c><00:51:29.300><c> record</c><00:51:29.699><c> adds,</c> 00:51:31.159 --> 00:51:34.159 don't<00:51:31.539><c> go</c><00:51:32.039><c> from</c><00:51:32.380><c> house</c><00:51:32.800><c> to</c><00:51:33.099><c> house.</c> 00:51:34.860 --> 00:51:36.619 Now<00:51:35.059><c> you</c><00:51:35.280><c> think</c><00:51:35.460><c> how</c><00:51:35.760><c> wise</c><00:51:36.039><c> that</c><00:51:36.320><c> is,</c> 00:51:36.780 --> 00:51:38.000 brethren<00:51:36.940><c> and</c><00:51:37.199><c> sisters.</c> 00:51:38.260 --> 00:51:40.400 Now,<00:51:38.960><c> I</c><00:51:39.260><c> suppose</c><00:51:39.579><c> not</c><00:51:39.880><c> all</c><00:51:40.119><c> of</c><00:51:40.260><c> you</c> 00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:41.639 could<00:51:40.539><c> have</c><00:51:40.900><c> this</c><00:51:41.119><c> experience,</c> 00:51:41.940 --> 00:51:44.099 but<00:51:41.960><c> some</c><00:51:42.179><c> of</c><00:51:42.280><c> the</c><00:51:42.400><c> brethren</c><00:51:42.599><c> in</c><00:51:42.760><c> the</c><00:51:42.900><c> audience</c><00:51:43.320><c> will,</c> 00:51:44.199 --> 00:51:46.599 and<00:51:44.420><c> I</c><00:51:44.619><c> certainly</c><00:51:44.980><c> do</c><00:51:45.199><c> have</c><00:51:45.340><c> it,</c><00:51:45.760><c> many</c><00:51:46.019><c> times.</c> 00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:48.300 When<00:51:47.039><c> you</c><00:51:47.239><c> go</c><00:51:47.639><c> on</c><00:51:47.880><c> a</c><00:51:48.079><c> pre</c><00:51:48.300><c>-</c> 00:51:48.300 --> 00:51:50.400 it's<00:51:48.559><c> not</c><00:51:48.719><c> exactly</c><00:51:49.579><c> comparable</c><00:51:50.019><c> to</c><00:51:50.219><c> this.</c> 00:51:50.599 --> 00:51:51.179 Don't<00:51:50.619><c> get</c><00:51:50.800><c> me</c><00:51:50.960><c> wrong.</c> 00:51:51.199 --> 00:51:53.360 We're<00:51:51.320><c> not</c><00:51:51.500><c> going</c><00:51:51.840><c> looking</c><00:51:52.300><c> for</c><00:51:52.480><c> the</c><00:51:52.619><c> lost</c><00:51:52.800><c> sheep</c><00:51:53.039><c> of</c><00:51:53.179><c> Israel</c> 00:51:53.360 --> 00:51:54.039 like<00:51:53.559><c> they</c><00:51:53.860><c> were.</c> 00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:56.800 But<00:51:54.599><c> nonetheless,</c><00:51:55.039><c> it's</c><00:51:55.260><c> the</c><00:51:55.420><c> work</c><00:51:55.579><c> of</c><00:51:55.739><c> the</c><00:51:55.920><c> Lord.</c> 00:51:56.920 --> 00:51:58.519 And<00:51:57.039><c> when</c><00:51:57.119><c> you</c><00:51:57.260><c> go</c><00:51:57.519><c> away,</c><00:51:57.940><c> brethren</c><00:51:58.079><c> and</c><00:51:58.320><c> sisters,</c> 00:51:58.619 --> 00:52:00.440 it<00:51:58.739><c> is</c><00:51:59.000><c> always</c><00:51:59.539><c> very</c><00:52:00.000><c> comforting</c> 00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:02.239 and<00:52:01.139><c> very</c><00:52:01.619><c> stimulating</c> 00:52:02.239 --> 00:52:04.659 to<00:52:03.019><c> be</c><00:52:03.300><c> with</c><00:52:03.559><c> a</c><00:52:03.760><c> brother</c><00:52:03.940><c> or</c><00:52:04.159><c> sister</c> 00:52:04.659 --> 00:52:08.000 who<00:52:05.360><c> thinks</c><00:52:05.719><c> exactly</c><00:52:06.619><c> like</c><00:52:06.920><c> you</c><00:52:07.219><c> think.</c> 00:52:08.260 --> 00:52:10.739 Now,<00:52:08.840><c> you</c><00:52:08.960><c> don't</c><00:52:09.260><c> just</c><00:52:09.699><c> keep</c><00:52:10.079><c> their</c><00:52:10.400><c> company.</c> 00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:12.760 You're<00:52:11.000><c> there</c><00:52:11.260><c> to</c><00:52:11.340><c> help</c><00:52:11.559><c> everybody.</c> 00:52:13.079 --> 00:52:14.559 But<00:52:13.219><c> sometimes</c><00:52:13.800><c> on</c><00:52:14.059><c> these</c><00:52:14.300><c> tours,</c> 00:52:14.659 --> 00:52:15.820 you<00:52:14.760><c> get</c><00:52:15.059><c> very</c><00:52:15.440><c> tired,</c> 00:52:16.079 --> 00:52:17.559 very<00:52:16.340><c> dejected</c><00:52:16.840><c> at</c><00:52:17.059><c> times.</c> 00:52:17.940 --> 00:52:19.780 It's<00:52:18.119><c> difficult</c><00:52:18.500><c> work,</c> 00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:20.900 and<00:52:19.860><c> you</c><00:52:20.059><c> long</c><00:52:20.300><c> to</c><00:52:20.440><c> get</c><00:52:20.619><c> home,</c> 00:52:20.940 --> 00:52:22.380 and<00:52:21.059><c> you</c><00:52:21.260><c> get</c><00:52:21.500><c> very</c><00:52:21.760><c> depressed.</c> 00:52:22.860 --> 00:52:25.219 It's<00:52:23.119><c> always</c><00:52:23.380><c> good</c><00:52:23.780><c> to</c><00:52:23.960><c> have</c><00:52:24.079><c> someone</c><00:52:24.400><c> to</c><00:52:24.539><c> come</c><00:52:24.780><c> back</c><00:52:25.059><c> to</c> 00:52:25.219 --> 00:52:28.019 that<00:52:25.480><c> understands</c><00:52:25.960><c> exactly</c><00:52:26.780><c> what</c><00:52:27.059><c> you're</c><00:52:27.300><c> on</c><00:52:27.460><c> about</c> 00:52:28.019 --> 00:52:30.420 and<00:52:28.800><c> to</c><00:52:29.059><c> operate</c><00:52:29.440><c> from</c><00:52:29.699><c> that</c><00:52:30.019><c> base</c> 00:52:30.420 --> 00:52:32.340 where<00:52:30.960><c> you</c><00:52:31.199><c> can</c><00:52:31.440><c> be</c><00:52:31.719><c> stimulated</c> 00:52:32.340 --> 00:52:35.099 at<00:52:32.699><c> the</c><00:52:32.880><c> same</c><00:52:33.119><c> time</c><00:52:33.320><c> as</c><00:52:33.480><c> you</c><00:52:33.579><c> may</c><00:52:33.800><c> be</c><00:52:33.940><c> able</c><00:52:34.079><c> to</c><00:52:34.280><c> stimulate</c><00:52:34.659><c> others.</c> 00:52:35.099 --> 00:52:37.659 And<00:52:36.099><c> not</c><00:52:36.260><c> only</c><00:52:36.480><c> that,</c><00:52:36.960><c> brethren</c><00:52:36.980><c> and</c><00:52:37.280><c> sisters,</c> 00:52:38.139 --> 00:52:39.519 but<00:52:38.300><c> mischief</c><00:52:38.679><c> follows</c> 00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:42.920 if<00:52:40.260><c> we</c><00:52:40.760><c> sample</c><00:52:41.360><c> everybody's</c><00:52:42.219><c> hospitality</c> 00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:45.380 and<00:52:44.219><c> comparisons</c><00:52:44.860><c> are</c><00:52:45.099><c> made.</c> 00:52:45.699 --> 00:52:46.920 Jesus<00:52:46.039><c> said,</c> 00:52:47.099 --> 00:52:49.880 Don't<00:52:47.800><c> create</c><00:52:48.599><c> mischief.</c> 00:52:51.059 --> 00:52:53.739 Find<00:52:51.420><c> a</c><00:52:51.559><c> house</c><00:52:52.000><c> that's</c><00:52:52.360><c> worthy.</c> 00:52:53.880 --> 00:52:56.420 Settle<00:52:54.199><c> there</c><00:52:54.599><c> and</c><00:52:54.760><c> make</c><00:52:55.019><c> that</c><00:52:55.219><c> your</c><00:52:55.420><c> base.</c> 00:52:56.539 --> 00:52:58.400 And<00:52:56.880><c> stay</c><00:52:57.360><c> there</c> 00:52:58.400 --> 00:53:00.000 until<00:52:58.780><c> you</c><00:52:58.940><c> move</c><00:52:59.219><c> on</c><00:52:59.360><c> to</c><00:52:59.440><c> the</c><00:52:59.500><c> next</c><00:52:59.780><c> city.</c> 00:53:00.320 --> 00:53:02.519 That<00:53:00.519><c> is</c><00:53:00.980><c> sound</c><00:53:01.380><c> advice.</c> 00:53:02.699 --> 00:53:05.719 That<00:53:03.219><c> is</c><00:53:03.559><c> very,</c><00:53:04.079><c> very</c><00:53:04.619><c> sound</c><00:53:04.960><c> advice.</c> 00:53:06.280 --> 00:53:07.179 You<00:53:06.280><c> know,</c><00:53:06.679><c> brethren</c><00:53:06.780><c> and</c><00:53:07.000><c> sisters,</c> 00:53:07.500 --> 00:53:09.579 I've<00:53:07.760><c> seen</c><00:53:08.000><c> the</c><00:53:08.199><c> cleavers</c><00:53:08.500><c> divided</c> 00:53:09.619 --> 00:53:11.320 over<00:53:10.139><c> having</c><00:53:10.599><c> a</c><00:53:10.860><c> brother</c><00:53:11.019><c> or</c><00:53:11.179><c> a</c><00:53:11.300><c> sister.</c> 00:53:11.380 --> 00:53:13.440 It's<00:53:11.599><c> lovely</c><00:53:11.880><c> to</c><00:53:12.119><c> think</c><00:53:12.219><c> everybody</c><00:53:12.559><c> wants</c><00:53:12.940><c> them.</c> 00:53:13.940 --> 00:53:14.699 But<00:53:14.139><c> in</c><00:53:14.360><c> the</c><00:53:14.500><c> end,</c> 00:53:14.940 --> 00:53:17.219 it's<00:53:15.099><c> created</c><00:53:15.500><c> more</c><00:53:15.800><c> problems</c><00:53:16.260><c> than</c><00:53:16.500><c> anything</c><00:53:16.760><c> else,</c> 00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:19.559 and<00:53:17.900><c> it</c><00:53:18.420><c> hasn't</c><00:53:18.659><c> been</c><00:53:18.840><c> a</c><00:53:18.900><c> good</c><00:53:19.159><c> thing.</c> 00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:21.440 And<00:53:20.099><c> especially</c><00:53:20.460><c> if</c><00:53:20.719><c> the</c><00:53:20.860><c> brother</c><00:53:21.039><c> himself</c> 00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:22.500 contributes<00:53:21.920><c> to</c><00:53:22.099><c> the</c><00:53:22.300><c> problem,</c> 00:53:22.760 --> 00:53:24.119 he<00:53:22.960><c> might</c><00:53:23.280><c> want</c><00:53:23.480><c> to</c><00:53:23.559><c> mean</c><00:53:23.719><c> well.</c> 00:53:24.380 --> 00:53:26.000 But<00:53:24.579><c> not</c><00:53:24.760><c> understanding</c><00:53:25.159><c> the</c><00:53:25.380><c> situation</c> 00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:27.460 goes<00:53:26.460><c> from</c><00:53:26.760><c> place</c><00:53:27.000><c> to</c><00:53:27.159><c> place,</c> 00:53:27.480 --> 00:53:28.239 and<00:53:27.639><c> before</c><00:53:27.900><c> he</c><00:53:28.079><c> knows,</c> 00:53:28.340 --> 00:53:29.960 it's<00:53:28.440><c> created</c><00:53:28.739><c> all</c><00:53:29.000><c> sorts</c><00:53:29.260><c> of</c><00:53:29.539><c> problems.</c> 00:53:29.960 --> 00:53:34.179 Best<00:53:30.820><c> to</c><00:53:31.079><c> find</c><00:53:31.460><c> that</c><00:53:31.659><c> place</c><00:53:32.239><c> by</c><00:53:33.039><c> discrete</c><00:53:33.539><c> inquiry.</c> 00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:35.119 Stay<00:53:34.679><c> there.</c> 00:53:35.300 --> 00:53:36.099 Be<00:53:35.639><c> comfortable.</c> 00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:38.340 Be<00:53:36.739><c> stimulated</c><00:53:37.280><c> and</c><00:53:37.480><c> be</c><00:53:37.940><c> encouraged</c> 00:53:38.340 --> 00:53:39.079 in<00:53:38.460><c> what</c><00:53:38.639><c> you're</c><00:53:38.800><c> doing.</c> 00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:40.340 And<00:53:39.539><c> then</c><00:53:39.679><c> go</c><00:53:39.980><c> forth.</c> 00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:41.960 And<00:53:40.500><c> when</c><00:53:40.639><c> you're</c><00:53:40.820><c> finished</c><00:53:41.059><c> in</c><00:53:41.179><c> that</c><00:53:41.380><c> place,</c> 00:53:42.119 --> 00:53:43.539 well,<00:53:42.480><c> stay</c><00:53:42.739><c> there</c><00:53:43.000><c> until</c><00:53:43.219><c> you</c><00:53:43.380><c> do.</c> 00:53:43.639 --> 00:53:45.179 Don't<00:53:43.960><c> go</c><00:53:44.300><c> from</c><00:53:44.539><c> house</c><00:53:44.860><c> to</c><00:53:45.019><c> house.</c> 00:53:45.239 --> 00:53:47.179 That<00:53:45.400><c> is</c><00:53:45.739><c> good</c><00:53:46.019><c> advice.</c> 00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:49.539 Practical,<00:53:47.920><c> sound</c><00:53:48.400><c> advice.</c> 00:53:50.320 --> 00:53:51.340 When<00:53:50.480><c> you</c><00:53:50.619><c> come</c><00:53:50.780><c> into</c><00:53:50.900><c> that</c><00:53:51.059><c> house,</c> 00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:53.400 said<00:53:51.500><c> Jesus</c><00:53:51.900><c> in</c><00:53:52.099><c> verse</c><00:53:52.340><c> 12,</c> 00:53:53.679 --> 00:53:55.440 you<00:53:53.860><c> salute</c><00:53:54.219><c> it.</c> 00:53:55.780 --> 00:53:57.679 Now,<00:53:55.980><c> as</c><00:53:56.119><c> a</c><00:53:56.179><c> matter</c><00:53:56.360><c> of</c><00:53:56.539><c> fact,</c> 00:53:57.980 --> 00:53:58.360 it<00:53:58.079><c> says</c><00:53:58.239><c> here,</c> 00:53:58.360 --> 00:53:59.440 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immediately.</c> 00:54:13.619 --> 00:54:15.039 You<00:54:13.760><c> do</c><00:54:14.039><c> not</c><00:54:14.260><c> wait</c><00:54:14.559><c> until</c><00:54:14.659><c> you're</c> 00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:16.760 halfway<00:54:15.219><c> through</c><00:54:15.599><c> a</c><00:54:15.780><c> meal</c><00:54:15.960><c> from</c><00:54:16.179><c> your</c><00:54:16.420><c> host</c> 00:54:16.760 --> 00:54:18.699 to<00:54:17.159><c> find</c><00:54:17.500><c> out</c><00:54:17.760><c> that</c><00:54:17.880><c> he</c><00:54:18.059><c> is</c><00:54:18.300><c> at</c><00:54:18.500><c> odds</c> 00:54:18.699 --> 00:54:20.199 with<00:54:18.900><c> your</c><00:54:19.159><c> purpose.</c> 00:54:20.719 --> 00:54:22.179 That<00:54:20.900><c> is</c><00:54:21.219><c> very</c><00:54:21.619><c> embarrassing,</c> 00:54:22.440 --> 00:54:23.000 brethren<00:54:22.559><c> and</c><00:54:22.780><c> sisters,</c> 00:54:23.039 --> 00:54:27.079 and<00:54:23.260><c> will</c><00:54:24.780><c> result</c><00:54:25.139><c> in</c><00:54:25.539><c> a</c><00:54:25.719><c> deep</c><00:54:26.659><c> offense</c> 00:54:27.079 --> 00:54:27.739 to<00:54:27.280><c> the</c><00:54:27.460><c> person</c> 00:54:27.739 --> 00:54:29.119 which<00:54:28.059><c> may</c><00:54:28.420><c> not</c><00:54:28.619><c> be</c><00:54:28.860><c> healed</c> 00:54:29.119 --> 00:54:30.559 and<00:54:29.579><c> will</c><00:54:29.820><c> result</c><00:54:30.139><c> also</c> 00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:32.139 to<00:54:30.719><c> your</c><00:54:30.860><c> own</c><00:54:31.119><c> discomfort.</c> 00:54:33.079 --> 00:54:35.239 Declare<00:54:33.400><c> your</c><00:54:33.760><c> intentions,</c><00:54:34.300><c> he</c><00:54:34.440><c> said,</c> 00:54:35.260 --> 00:54:36.659 at<00:54:35.519><c> the</c><00:54:35.739><c> door.</c> 00:54:36.699 --> 00:54:38.880 Don't<00:54:37.159><c> wait</c><00:54:37.800><c> until</c><00:54:38.280><c> later</c><00:54:38.639><c> on</c> 00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:40.440 you<00:54:38.980><c> find</c><00:54:39.320><c> yourself</c><00:54:39.699><c> compromised.</c> 00:54:40.699 --> 00:54:41.579 You<00:54:40.840><c> see</c><00:54:40.980><c> what</c><00:54:41.159><c> would</c><00:54:41.320><c> happen.</c> 00:54:41.940 --> 00:54:43.679 If<00:54:42.019><c> you</c><00:54:42.179><c> don't</c><00:54:42.480><c> declare</c><00:54:42.780><c> your</c><00:54:43.079><c> intentions</c> 00:54:43.679 --> 00:54:45.820 and<00:54:44.699><c> you</c><00:54:44.860><c> get</c><00:54:44.960><c> into</c><00:54:45.139><c> that</c><00:54:45.340><c> house</c> 00:54:45.820 --> 00:54:47.219 virtually<00:54:46.260><c> under</c><00:54:46.559><c> a</c><00:54:46.719><c> subterfuge,</c> 00:54:47.280 --> 00:54:49.119 perhaps<00:54:47.500><c> not</c><00:54:47.820><c> meaning</c><00:54:48.119><c> to</c><00:54:48.260><c> do</c><00:54:48.380><c> it</c><00:54:48.500><c> that</c><00:54:48.639><c> way,</c> 00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:50.780 but<00:54:49.420><c> they</c><00:54:49.679><c> don't</c><00:54:49.840><c> know</c><00:54:50.019><c> 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you</c><00:55:04.840><c> enter,</c><00:55:05.699><c> salute</c><00:55:05.800><c> that</c><00:55:06.039><c> house.</c> 00:55:07.639 --> 00:55:10.059 What<00:55:07.800><c> we</c><00:55:08.059><c> mean</c><00:55:08.260><c> by</c><00:55:08.599><c> salute</c><00:55:09.000><c> is</c><00:55:09.420><c> embrace.</c> 00:55:10.300 --> 00:55:10.980 The<00:55:10.420><c> word</c><00:55:10.639><c> in</c><00:55:10.760><c> the</c><00:55:10.860><c> Greek</c> 00:55:10.980 --> 00:55:12.239 means<00:55:11.159><c> to</c><00:55:11.380><c> embrace</c><00:55:11.780><c> it.</c> 00:55:12.559 --> 00:55:13.139 In<00:55:12.619><c> other</c><00:55:12.820><c> words,</c> 00:55:13.320 --> 00:55:14.219 you<00:55:13.440><c> take</c><00:55:13.780><c> that</c><00:55:14.079><c> people</c> 00:55:14.219 --> 00:55:14.960 into<00:55:14.400><c> your</c><00:55:14.679><c> confidence.</c> 00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:17.780 You<00:55:15.219><c> tell</c><00:55:15.360><c> them</c><00:55:15.559><c> exactly</c><00:55:16.260><c> 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pair</c><00:56:54.719><c> of</c><00:56:54.920><c> shoes,</c> 00:56:55.519 --> 00:56:57.320 and<00:56:55.619><c> so,</c><00:56:55.760><c> well,</c><00:56:55.940><c> they</c><00:56:56.119><c> did</c><00:56:56.320><c> at</c><00:56:56.320><c> any</c><00:56:56.500><c> rate,</c> 00:56:57.460 --> 00:56:59.239 and<00:56:57.699><c> you</c><00:56:58.019><c> need</c><00:56:58.619><c> to</c><00:56:58.800><c> be</c><00:56:59.059><c> fed.</c> 00:56:59.400 --> 00:57:00.739 You<00:56:59.679><c> haven't</c><00:56:59.860><c> brought</c><00:57:00.039><c> any</c><00:57:00.260><c> food</c><00:57:00.480><c> with</c><00:57:00.679><c> you.</c> 00:57:00.780 --> 00:57:01.900 Now,<00:57:00.920><c> we</c><00:57:01.059><c> may</c><00:57:01.320><c> take</c><00:57:01.599><c> extras.</c> 00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:03.860 I'm<00:57:02.199><c> not</c><00:57:02.380><c> saying</c><00:57:02.599><c> when</c><00:57:02.800><c> you</c><00:57:02.900><c> go</c><00:57:03.079><c> overseas</c><00:57:03.380><c> next</c><00:57:03.739><c> time</c> 00:57:03.860 --> 00:57:04.760 don't<00:57:04.099><c> take</c><00:57:04.280><c> any</c><00:57:04.539><c> extras</c> 00:57:04.760 --> 00:57:06.619 because<00:57:05.000><c> you</c><00:57:05.139><c> might</c><00:57:05.400><c> find</c><00:57:05.599><c> yourself</c><00:57:05.960><c> in</c><00:57:06.119><c> a</c><00:57:06.340><c> house</c> 00:57:06.619 --> 00:57:08.139 with<00:57:06.960><c> a</c><00:57:07.039><c> fellow</c><00:57:07.179><c> the</c><00:57:07.380><c> size</c><00:57:07.500><c> of</c><00:57:07.719><c> Brian</c><00:57:07.920><c> Reynolds</c> 00:57:08.139 --> 00:57:09.619 and<00:57:08.300><c> you're</c><00:57:08.460><c> all</c><00:57:08.599><c> sorts</c><00:57:08.780><c> of</c><00:57:08.940><c> trouble.</c> 00:57:10.320 --> 00:57:12.920 You've<00:57:10.739><c> got</c><00:57:11.039><c> to</c><00:57:11.179><c> have</c><00:57:11.380><c> your</c><00:57:12.239><c> clothes.</c> 00:57:12.960 --> 00:57:15.219 But<00:57:13.239><c> what</c><00:57:13.519><c> I'm</c><00:57:13.679><c> saying</c><00:57:13.960><c> is</c><00:57:14.199><c> this,</c> 00:57:15.940 --> 00:57:18.179 don't<00:57:16.380><c> be</c><00:57:16.820><c> independent.</c> 00:57:19.400 --> 00:57:21.980 A<00:57:19.960><c> lot</c><00:57:20.280><c> of</c><00:57:20.380><c> people</c><00:57:20.699><c> think</c><00:57:21.159><c> that</c><00:57:21.400><c> independence</c> 00:57:21.980 --> 00:57:22.920 is<00:57:22.480><c> a</c><00:57:22.559><c> virtue.</c> 00:57:23.059 --> 00:57:25.159 It<00:57:23.219><c> is</c><00:57:23.760><c> in</c><00:57:23.880><c> given</c><00:57:24.179><c> circumstances</c> 00:57:25.159 --> 00:57:27.500 and<00:57:25.539><c> in</c><00:57:25.679><c> other</c><00:57:25.980><c> circumstances</c><00:57:26.639><c> it</c><00:57:26.900><c> is</c><00:57:27.199><c> not.</c> 00:57:27.840 --> 00:57:29.820 What<00:57:28.300><c> right</c><00:57:28.579><c> have</c><00:57:28.860><c> you</c><00:57:29.059><c> and</c><00:57:29.159><c> I</c><00:57:29.440><c> got,</c> 00:57:29.880 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a</c><00:57:42.719><c> case</c><00:57:43.000><c> of</c><00:57:43.260><c> cold</c><00:57:43.460><c> meat,</c> 00:57:43.800 --> 00:57:44.679 sandwiches<00:57:44.139><c> and</c><00:57:44.400><c> lettuce</c> 00:57:44.679 --> 00:57:46.179 and<00:57:44.880><c> tomato</c><00:57:45.219><c> to</c><00:57:45.380><c> eat</c><00:57:45.480><c> in</c><00:57:45.639><c> my</c><00:57:45.780><c> bedroom?</c> 00:57:46.380 --> 00:57:48.159 Because<00:57:46.920><c> I</c><00:57:47.019><c> wanted</c><00:57:47.199><c> to</c><00:57:47.340><c> be</c><00:57:47.659><c> eating</c> 00:57:48.219 --> 00:57:49.239 independent. 00:57:49.599 --> 00:57:50.820 It<00:57:49.679><c> might</c><00:57:49.980><c> sound</c><00:57:50.219><c> ridiculous,</c> 00:57:51.139 --> 00:57:51.360 but<00:57:51.179><c> you</c><00:57:51.199><c> know,</c> 00:57:51.579 --> 00:57:53.179 some<00:57:51.619><c> people</c><00:57:52.000><c> think</c><00:57:52.440><c> that</c> 00:57:53.360 --> 00:57:55.400 we<00:57:53.880><c> hate</c><00:57:54.239><c> being</c><00:57:54.519><c> dependent</c><00:57:54.880><c> upon</c><00:57:55.159><c> people.</c> 00:57:55.500 --> 00:57:56.500 That<00:57:55.659><c> is</c><00:57:56.000><c> wrong.</c> 00:57:56.619 --> 00:57:57.679 That<00:57:56.760><c> is</c><00:57:57.000><c> terribly</c><00:57:57.440><c> wrong.</c> 00:57:57.940 --> 00:57:58.380 Do<00:57:58.119><c> you</c><00:57:58.139><c> know,</c> 00:57:58.380 --> 00:57:59.519 I<00:57:58.599><c> have</c><00:57:58.880><c> found</c><00:57:59.039><c> that</c><00:57:59.239><c> the</c><00:57:59.360><c> way</c> 00:57:59.519 --> 00:58:00.519 that<00:57:59.699><c> people's</c><00:58:00.280><c> hearts,</c> 00:58:00.860 --> 00:58:01.840 the<00:58:01.039><c> way</c><00:58:01.239><c> to</c><00:58:01.400><c> get</c><00:58:01.519><c> people</c> 00:58:01.840 --> 00:58:03.719 to<00:58:02.440><c> support</c><00:58:03.019><c> your</c><00:58:03.400><c> cause,</c> 00:58:04.019 --> 00:58:05.360 the<00:58:04.139><c> way</c><00:58:04.320><c> to</c><00:58:04.480><c> 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in</c><00:58:19.519><c> the</c><00:58:19.800><c> kindness</c><00:58:20.199><c> of</c><00:58:20.500><c> others</c> 00:58:20.739 --> 00:58:22.159 is<00:58:21.079><c> the</c><00:58:21.260><c> Lord's</c><00:58:21.639><c> advice.</c> 00:58:22.519 --> 00:58:24.380 God's<00:58:22.960><c> providence</c><00:58:23.219><c> will</c><00:58:23.340><c> look</c><00:58:23.559><c> after</c><00:58:23.840><c> your</c><00:58:24.079><c> extras.</c> 00:58:24.659 --> 00:58:25.559 How<00:58:24.840><c> will</c><00:58:25.059><c> he</c><00:58:25.059><c> do</c><00:58:25.239><c> it?</c> 00:58:25.579 --> 00:58:27.619 Through<00:58:25.800><c> the</c><00:58:26.199><c> kindness</c><00:58:26.619><c> of</c><00:58:26.860><c> other</c><00:58:27.219><c> people</c> 00:58:27.619 --> 00:58:29.460 and<00:58:28.019><c> in</c><00:58:28.300><c> return,</c> 00:58:29.639 --> 00:58:31.340 in<00:58:29.719><c> the</c><00:58:29.880><c> very</c><00:58:30.260><c> kindness</c><00:58:30.659><c> that's</c><00:58:31.000><c> given,</c> 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by</c><00:58:45.500><c> letting</c><00:58:45.940><c> them</c> 00:58:46.179 --> 00:58:48.539 do<00:58:46.400><c> something</c><00:58:46.820><c> for</c><00:58:47.079><c> you.</c> 00:58:48.820 --> 00:58:50.719 And<00:58:48.860><c> they</c><00:58:49.079><c> immediately</c><00:58:49.860><c> feel</c><00:58:50.139><c> part</c> 00:58:50.719 --> 00:58:52.380 of<00:58:51.199><c> your</c><00:58:51.519><c> cause.</c> 00:58:52.559 --> 00:58:54.780 That<00:58:52.719><c> is</c><00:58:53.099><c> marvellous</c><00:58:53.780><c> advice.</c> 00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:56.260 Now<00:58:55.019><c> this</c><00:58:55.280><c> peace,</c> 00:58:56.500 --> 00:58:56.599 he<00:58:56.539><c> says,</c> 00:58:56.639 --> 00:58:57.820 when<00:58:56.760><c> you</c><00:58:56.900><c> come</c><00:58:57.079><c> into</c><00:58:57.219><c> this</c><00:58:57.440><c> house,</c> 00:58:58.260 --> 00:58:59.800 let<00:58:58.340><c> your</c><00:58:58.639><c> peace</c><00:58:58.940><c> come</c><00:58:59.179><c> upon</c><00:58:59.400><c> it.</c> 00:59:00.260 --> 00:59:01.300 Now<00:59:00.599><c> the</c><00:59:00.699><c> word</c><00:59:00.960><c> peace,</c> 00:59:01.559 --> 00:59:01.719 of<00:59:01.559><c> course,</c> 00:59:01.820 --> 00:59:02.800 it's<00:59:02.320><c> a</c><00:59:02.400><c> Greek</c><00:59:02.599><c> word,</c> 00:59:02.980 --> 00:59:03.699 but<00:59:03.000><c> it</c><00:59:03.139><c> is</c><00:59:03.420><c> of</c><00:59:03.420><c> course</c> 00:59:03.699 --> 00:59:05.159 the<00:59:03.920><c> comparable</c><00:59:04.239><c> word</c><00:59:04.519><c> to</c><00:59:04.739><c> shalom,</c> 00:59:05.539 --> 00:59:07.099 means<00:59:05.780><c> to</c><00:59:05.940><c> be</c><00:59:06.159><c> at</c><00:59:06.340><c> one.</c> 00:59:07.699 --> 00:59:09.380 So<00:59:07.920><c> the</c><00:59:08.139><c> disciples</c><00:59:08.559><c> are</c><00:59:08.800><c> to</c><00:59:08.920><c> be</c><00:59:09.119><c> at</c><00:59:09.219><c> one</c> 00:59:09.380 --> 00:59:10.059 with<00:59:09.559><c> those</c><00:59:09.840><c> people.</c> 00:59:10.480 --> 00:59:10.860 But<00:59:10.480><c> you</c><00:59:10.679><c> see,</c> 00:59:11.000 --> 00:59:12.119 brethren<00:59:11.159><c> and</c><00:59:11.420><c> sisters,</c> 00:59:12.139 --> 00:59:13.179 it's<00:59:12.440><c> not</c><00:59:12.639><c> to</c><00:59:12.800><c> be</c><00:59:13.000><c> peace.</c> 00:59:13.179 --> 00:59:13.760 He<00:59:13.380><c> doesn't</c><00:59:13.519><c> say,</c> 00:59:13.900 --> 00:59:15.059 let<00:59:14.000><c> peace</c><00:59:14.300><c> come</c><00:59:14.559><c> upon</c><00:59:14.820><c> it.</c> 00:59:15.059 --> 00:59:15.820 I<00:59:15.340><c> don't</c><00:59:15.579><c> know.</c> 00:59:15.880 --> 00:59:16.780 He<00:59:16.059><c> said,</c> 00:59:16.800 --> 00:59:18.659 let<00:59:16.840><c> your</c><00:59:17.579><c> peace</c><00:59:18.079><c> come</c><00:59:18.340><c> upon</c><00:59:18.559><c> it.</c> 00:59:18.679 --> 00:59:19.880 That's<00:59:18.940><c> different.</c> 00:59:21.059 --> 00:59:22.360 Your<00:59:21.460><c> peace.</c> 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