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 Well, in our last study, ours was the melancholy task of assessing the scriptural state and prospects of those sons of Adam and daughters of Eve who God's loving grace encounters in the invitation of the gospel.

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 And we discovered that as to our spiritual condition, we have become and are by nature morally bankrupt.

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 Thank you. How kind of you.

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 Indeed, of a terrible turpitude, inveterate transgressors of God's laws and mortal enemies of his person.

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 And as to our spiritual prospects of any ability to alter our condition for the good, even through a simple responsiveness to God's gracious gospel overtures.

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 Look and live. Numbers 21.

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 Come, everyone who thirsts. Isaiah 55.

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 Are absolutely nil. Absolutely nil.

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 We have no more capacity for a spiritual response, let alone overture, than a valley of dry bones.

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 The image is Ezekiel's from 37, chapter 37.

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 As to the spiritual realm, the scriptures call us deaf, blind, and dead.

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 Deaf is an adder to the call of the gospel.

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 Blind as a bat to our own decrepitude and the beauties of the Savior.

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 Dead as a doornail to any spiritual motions of the soul.

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 Such is our perverse and prospectless condition when God's grace meets us.

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 So the question for us this morning is how God's grace, meeting us thus, masters us out of such an estate.

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 How does God's all-prevailing, quenchless, deathless love, born in his ancient choice,

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 prevail to rescue us from out of such a spiritual miry pit, yea, slumbering tomb?

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 The answer is only by his own almighty unaided arm.

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 That it is so, and how it is accomplished, are the delightful contemplations of this hour.

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 So let us first consider the proposition that it is God who accomplishes our salvation,

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 and that he does so unfailingly.

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 So first, one that God prevailingly calls his elect.

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 Let us embark on a brief tour of Scripture's testimony to this great truth,

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 that it is God who prevailingly draws his elect savingly to himself.

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 And we've already argued and illustrated at length our utter incapacity to lend a hand to our own rescue,

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 other than the hand of active opposition.

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 If we are to be rescued, God must do it and do it all.

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 But we need not rest on inference,

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 for direct statements of this truth abound in Scripture.

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 As the Apostle assures the Corinthians,

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 no one can say Jesus is Lord,

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 that is, confess faith in Christ,

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 except by the Holy Spirit,

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 1 Corinthians 12.3.

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 To clarify, Paul is not claiming that none of us can spout those syllables on our own.

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 Rather, affirm them with conviction of faith.

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 And we may also take a stab at following religion's rules,

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 but apart from God's Spirit breathing spiritual life into us,

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 we remain spiritually dead.

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 And our rituals and rule following will only confirm the verdict of Scripture that the written code kills.

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 Only the Spirit gives life.

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 2 Corinthians 3.6.

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 This giving of spiritual life by the Spirit,

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 regeneration,

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 is so radical,

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 it is called a new birth.

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 There is no spiritual life without it,

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 and only God's Spirit can give it.

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 As Jesus told Dicadibus,

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 truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 unless one is born anew,

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 they cannot see the kingdom of God.

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 Do not marvel that I say to you,

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 you must be born anew of the Spirit.

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 John 3.

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 Such are born,

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 quote,

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 not of blood,

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 nor of flesh,

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 nor of the will of man,

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 that is,

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 not through any human means,

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 but born of God.

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 John 1.13.

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 And this was the prophetic hope and promise.

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 As God promised through Ezekiel,

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 a new heart I will give you,

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 and a new spirit I will put within you,

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 and I will take out the old heart of stone

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 and give you a heart of flesh.

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 Ezekiel 36.26.

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 Did you catch that?

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 No hope for us

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 without an organ transplant

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 by God himself.

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 No wonder

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 the apostle calls believers

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 God's workmanship.

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 Ephesians 2.10.

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 And this divine workmanship

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 of a new heart transplant

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 is spiritually speaking,

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 life from the dead.

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 As the apostle tells the Ephesian believers,

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 you,

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 God made alive

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 when you were dead

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 through your trespasses and sins.

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 Ephesians 2.1.

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 So the divine spirit

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 is the sole

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 operative agent

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 in this life-giving work.

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 What is the instrument?

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 I have some, Mom.

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 I have some.

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 Thank you.

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 The instrument

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 is the divine word

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 of the gospel.

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 As Peter asserts

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 of believers,

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 you have been born anew

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 through the living

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 and abiding word of God.

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 1 Peter 1.23.

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 As to this gospel word,

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 it comes

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 as an outward call

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 in the ears of hearers.

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 But this outward call

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 has no prevailing efficacy

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 on its own

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 against the heart of stone

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 it encounters

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 in the hearers.

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 A hard heart,

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 writes Jeremiah Burroughs,

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 gives the rebound

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 to God's word.

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 Our hearts

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 are like

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 the blacksmith's

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 anvil,

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 which can endure

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 many blows,

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 or like

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 the blacksmith's

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 dog

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 that lies

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 under the anvil.

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 Though the sparks

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 fly about his ears,

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 yet he can lie

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 and sleep securely.

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 And so,

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 we may preach the word

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 with all the fervor

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 of Savanarola,

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 yet hard-hearted hearers

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 will remain

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 insensate

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 and unmoved.

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 The gospel

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 will have

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 no more effect

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 than,

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 as Spurgeon puts it,

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 dew upon a rock.

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 How

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 fatefully

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 terrible

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 is this?

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 Oh,

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 how dreadful

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 are the

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 shriekings

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 of men

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 who have

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 a stone

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 in the bladder

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 or the kidneys,

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 writes Burroughs.

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 But,

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 oh,

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 to have

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 a stone

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 in the heart.

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 The outer

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 call of the gospel

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 would be

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 hopeless

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 against those

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 who have

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 made their hearts

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 as an

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 adamant

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 stone.

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 Zechariah 7.12.

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 Recall

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 Stephen's hearers.

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 They cried out

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 with a loud voice,

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 stopped their ears,

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 and rushed

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 together at him

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 and stoned him.

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 Acts 7.57.

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 Yes,

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 hearts

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 are hard

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 as stone

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 and they're

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 as slippery

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 as fish.

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 The heart,

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 writes Spurgeon,

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 is a fish

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 that troubles

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 all gospel

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 fishermen

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 to hold.

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 You may

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 sometimes

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 pull it

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 almost out

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 of the water,

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 but slimy

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 as an eel,

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 it slippeth

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 between your fingers,

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 and you have

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 not captured

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 it after all.

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 So much

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 for the efficacy

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 of the outer

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 call alone.

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 God adds

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 to this outer

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 call,

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 an inward

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 call,

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 which operates

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 upon the heart

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 directly.

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 And as we have

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 seen,

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 the operation

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 is a heart

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 transplant.

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 God's spirit

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 goes in

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 and opens

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 the heart

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 from the inside.

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 As it was said

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 of Lydia,

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 hearing the outer

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 call in Paul's

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 preaching the gospel,

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 quote,

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 the Lord

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 opened her heart

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 to pay attention

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 to what was said

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 by Paul.

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 Acts 16,

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 14.

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 This inner

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 call

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 is a personal

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 inward

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 illumination

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 or revelation

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 by God.

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 Peter received

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 this inner

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 revelation

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 of Jesus'

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 identity

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 as Savior.

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 When the

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 penny

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 dropped,

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 or should we

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 say denarius

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 maybe in his

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 case,

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 it was God

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 who dropped

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 it in his

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 heart.

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 Peter's

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 epiphany,

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 you are

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 the Christ,

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 the Son

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 of the

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 living God.

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 Jesus'

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 explanation,

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 blessed

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 are you,

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 Simon,

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 for flesh

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 and blood

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 has not

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 revealed this

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 to you,

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 but my

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 Father who

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 is in

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 heaven.

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 Matthew

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 16.

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 And Peter's

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 case of

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 divine

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 inner

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 illumination

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 is every

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 believer's

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 case.

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 I thank

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 you,

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 Father,

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 that you

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 have hidden

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 these things

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 from the

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 wise,

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 that is,

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 the inhabitants

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 of the

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 rejecting cities

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 Jesus had

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 just been

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 preaching in,

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 and revealed

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 them to

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 little children,

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 that is,

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 his disciples.

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 For such

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 was your

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 gracious will.

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 No one

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 knows the

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 Father except

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 the Son,

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 and anyone

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 whom the

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 Son chooses

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 to reveal

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 him.

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 Matthew

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 11.

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 25.

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 It was

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 thus his

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 disciples to

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 whom,

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 quote,

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 it has

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 been given

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 to know

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 the secrets

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 of the

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 kingdom.

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 Blessed

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 are your

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 eyes,

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 Jesus told

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 them,

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 for they

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 see,

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 and your

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 ears,

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 for they

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 hear.

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 Matthew

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 13.

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 11.

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 In other

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 words,

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 apart from

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 heaven's

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 blessing,

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 they would

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 be eyes

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 that could

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 never see,

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 or ears

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 that could

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 never hear.

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 The

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 prayer of

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 the apostle

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 that he

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 offers for

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 the Ephesians

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 asked what

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 would simply

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 be a

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 continuation

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 of what

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 had transpired

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 to bring

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 them to

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 faith.

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 The inward

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 call of

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 divine

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 enlightenment.

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 that,

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 quote,

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 God may

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 give you

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 the spirit

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 of wisdom

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 and of

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 revelation

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 in the

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 knowledge

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 of him,

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 having the

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 eyes of

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 your heart

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 enlightened,

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 that you

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 may know

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 the hope

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 to which

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 he has

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 called

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 you.

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 Ephesians

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 1.17.

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 Apart

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 from the

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 spirit's

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 inward

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 revelatory

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 work,

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 we just

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 wouldn't

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 get it

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 on our

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 own.

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 God

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 the

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 apostle

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 testifies

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 the

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 natural

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 person,

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 that is

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 without

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 the

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 divine

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 heart

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 transplant,

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 does not

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 accept

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 the

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 things

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 of

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 the

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 spirit

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 of

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 God,

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 for

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 they

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 are

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 folly

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 to

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 him,

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 and he's

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 not able

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 to understand

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 them because

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 they are

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 spiritually

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 discerned.

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 1 Corinthians

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 2.14.

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 As John

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 the Baptist

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 echoes,

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 a person

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 cannot

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 receive

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 even

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 one

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 thing

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 unless

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 it is

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 given

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 to

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 him

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 by

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 heaven.

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 John

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 3.27.

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 And what

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 is given

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 from heaven

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 is the

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 very means

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 of

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 reception,

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 faith,

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 and repentance.

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 And the

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 scriptures make

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 this abundantly

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 clear.

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 As to the

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 Jews,

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 Peter testified,

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 God exalted

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 Jesus at

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 his right

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 hand as

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 leader and

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 savior to

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 give

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 repentance

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 to Israel

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 and forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 Acts 5.31.

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 So also

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 the Gentiles,

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 quote,

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 to the Gentiles

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 also,

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 attests Paul,

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 God has

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 granted

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 repentance

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 that leads

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 to life.

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 Acts 11.18.

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 And so

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 believers are

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 described as

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 those who

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 through grace

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 have believed.

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 Acts 18.27.

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 So really,

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 the picture

00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.540
 scripture gives

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 us of

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 God's

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 rescue

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 is of

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 a dramatic

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 divine

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 intervention,

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 even a

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 jailbreak,

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 if you will,

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 to break

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 us out of

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 our captivity

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 in the

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 devil's

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 penal

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 colony.

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 Speaking to

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 Timothy

00:14:27.020 --> 00:14:27.800
 concerning those

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 opposed to

00:14:28.300 --> 00:14:28.720
 the gospel,

00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:29.800
 he encourages

00:14:29.800 --> 00:14:30.400
 him to hope

00:14:30.400 --> 00:14:30.640
 that,

00:14:30.640 --> 00:14:30.920
 quote,

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 God may

00:14:31.939 --> 00:14:32.679
 perhaps

00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:33.719
 grant them

00:14:33.719 --> 00:14:34.279
 repentance,

00:14:35.439 --> 00:14:36.339
 leading to a

00:14:36.339 --> 00:14:36.759
 knowledge of

00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:37.139
 the truth,

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 and that they

00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:38.719
 may come to

00:14:38.719 --> 00:14:39.479
 their senses,

00:14:39.779 --> 00:14:40.319
 the intervention,

00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:42.199
 and escape

00:14:42.199 --> 00:14:42.939
 from the

00:14:42.939 --> 00:14:44.019
 snare of the

00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:45.479
 devil after

00:14:45.479 --> 00:14:46.620
 being captured

00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:48.059
 by him to

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 do his

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 will.

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 2 Timothy 2.25.

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 And this

00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:54.120
 inner calling,

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 this calling

00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:55.679
 out,

00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.839
 is an expression

00:14:56.839 --> 00:14:57.659
 of grace.

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 And when we

00:14:58.879 --> 00:14:59.699
 reiterate this

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 again,

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 aware that

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 were it not

00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.959
 so marvelous

00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:05.879
 a truth,

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 it would be

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 monotonous

00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:09.059
 in its

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 incessant

00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:10.539
 repetition

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 through Scripture.

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 But let us

00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.379
 hear it again

00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.839
 anyway.

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 God,

00:15:15.839 --> 00:15:16.759
 Paul reminds

00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.199
 Timothy,

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 saved us

00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:19.319
 and called

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 us to a

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 holy calling,

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 not because

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 of our works,

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 but because

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 of his own

00:15:24.579 --> 00:15:25.439
 purpose and

00:15:25.439 --> 00:15:25.959
 grace,

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 which he gave

00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.919
 us in Christ

00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:29.399
 Jesus before

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 the ages

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 began.

00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:33.279
 2 Timothy 1.9.

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 So,

00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:36.720
 it is God,

00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:37.860
 by his

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.639
 spirit,

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:39.899
 through the

00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:40.560
 outer call

00:15:40.560 --> 00:15:41.440
 of his word,

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 joined to

00:15:43.340 --> 00:15:44.100
 an inner

00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:45.279
 illuminating

00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:46.279
 call,

00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:47.399
 which

00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:48.480
 regenerates

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.060
 the heart,

00:15:49.539 --> 00:15:50.399
 from which,

00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.820
 thus renewed,

00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:53.919
 spring faith

00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:54.940
 and repentance.

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 presence.

00:15:56.520 --> 00:15:56.880
 By this

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 drawing us

00:15:57.400 --> 00:15:58.020
 to himself,

00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:59.840
 God accomplishes

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:01.220
 unfailingly.

00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:03.140
 This inner

00:16:03.140 --> 00:16:04.240
 call is

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:04.900
 all

00:16:04.900 --> 00:16:05.960
 prevailing.

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.580
 And again,

00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:08.700
 given our

00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:09.460
 inveterate

00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:10.140
 resistance,

00:16:10.540 --> 00:16:11.480
 if any

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 are rescued,

00:16:13.280 --> 00:16:13.720
 God's

00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:14.420
 saving action

00:16:14.420 --> 00:16:15.060
 prevailed,

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 as it always

00:16:16.920 --> 00:16:17.500
 does with

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.060
 his elect.

00:16:19.060 --> 00:16:19.720
 As Jesus

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 tells us,

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:22.200
 all that

00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:22.600
 the Father

00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:23.560
 gives me

00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:25.039
 will come

00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:25.460
 to me.

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 Everyone

00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:27.539
 who has

00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:27.980
 heard and

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.460
 learned from

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.120
 the Father,

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 that is that

00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:30.379
 inner call,

00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.620
 comes to

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:31.940
 me.

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 John 6,

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 37.

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 We're

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.680
 speaking in

00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:38.200
 a metaphor

00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:39.759
 that has

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.480
 always been

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:42.019
 cherished by

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 his people.

00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:45.000
 I am the

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 good shepherd.

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 I know

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.559
 my own,

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.439
 and they

00:16:48.439 --> 00:16:48.959
 know me.

00:16:49.839 --> 00:16:50.559
 I have

00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.240
 other sheep,

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.219
 not of this

00:16:52.219 --> 00:16:52.500
 fold,

00:16:52.699 --> 00:16:53.479
 that's us.

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 I must

00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:57.679
 bring them

00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:58.319
 also,

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 and they

00:16:59.079 --> 00:17:00.439
 will listen

00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:00.879
 to my

00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.360
 voice.

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.179
 My sheep

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:02.539
 hear my

00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:02.819
 voice,

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 I know

00:17:03.339 --> 00:17:03.539
 them,

00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:04.039
 and they

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.740
 follow me.

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.059
 I give

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.539
 them eternal

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:06.940
 life,

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.559
 and they

00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.159
 will never

00:17:08.159 --> 00:17:08.839
 perish,

00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:09.700
 and no one

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.119
 will pluck

00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:10.920
 them out

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.279
 of my

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 hand.

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.759
 My

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.220
 Father,

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.640
 who has

00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.039
 given them

00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.500
 to me,

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.599
 given them

00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.039
 to me,

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:17.079
 is greater

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.619
 than all,

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.720
 and no

00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.039
 one,

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.279
 no one,

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.379
 is able to

00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:21.740
 pluck them

00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.099
 out of my

00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:22.539
 Father's

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:22.879
 hand.

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 John 10.

00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:26.660
 As Thomas

00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.519
 Brooks assures

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:27.920
 us,

00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:29.920
 Christ is

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.299
 to be

00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:31.200
 answerable

00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:32.359
 for all

00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:33.160
 those that

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 are given

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.519
 to him

00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:35.220
 at the

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 last day.

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.059
 And

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:37.440
 therefore,

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.299
 we need

00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:39.039
 not doubt,

00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:39.839
 but that he

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:41.180
 will certainly

00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:42.840
 employ all

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 the power

00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.140
 of his

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:44.920
 Godhead

00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:46.720
 to secure

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.660
 and save

00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:48.960
 all those

00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.539
 that he

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 must be

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 accountable

00:17:50.860 --> 00:17:51.400
 for.

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 Taking in

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.220
 this scriptural

00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.259
 panorama of

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:56.860
 testimony,

00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:58.420
 little wonder

00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:59.840
 that God

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 is called

00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:01.460
 the God

00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:02.019
 of all

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.600
 grace,

00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.980
 1 Peter 5

00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.340
 10.

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 And Christ's

00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:06.840
 gospel described

00:18:06.840 --> 00:18:08.620
 as grace

00:18:08.620 --> 00:18:10.340
 upon grace.

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 John 1

00:18:12.939 --> 00:18:13.379
 16.

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 Yes,

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.720
 little wonder

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.980
 that he

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.279
 and his

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.859
 gospel are

00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.859
 so called.

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.179
 Ah,

00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.500
 but great

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:22.939
 wonder

00:18:22.939 --> 00:18:23.659
 that it

00:18:23.659 --> 00:18:24.179
 is so.

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.359
 So we

00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:27.819
 have seen

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 that it

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 is God

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.720
 who overcomes

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.359
 our resistance

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.939
 to his

00:18:30.939 --> 00:18:31.839
 saving purpose

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 and that he

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 does so

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 infallibly.

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 let us

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.460
 now consider

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 our second

00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:39.680
 question,

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:41.940
 how does

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.279
 he do

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.700
 so?

00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:44.339
 How is

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 it that

00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:45.319
 he

00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:46.240
 prevailingly

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:47.099
 draws his

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:47.599
 elect?

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.720
 Well,

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.059
 we note

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:51.680
 in passing,

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 though it

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 is the

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 inner call

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.440
 that is

00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:55.099
 decisive,

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 God does

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.240
 not dispense

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.700
 with the

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.400
 outer call

00:18:59.400 --> 00:18:59.680
 of the

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 gospel.

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 He brings

00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:01.900
 the message

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.579
 of Christ

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.619
 to all

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.000
 that he

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.559
 saves.

00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:05.960
 Because

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.839
 salvation

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.639
 exalts

00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:08.319
 the Son.

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:10.039
 And God,

00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:10.339
 it would

00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:10.699
 seem,

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.699
 will save

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 no one

00:19:12.699 --> 00:19:13.980
 apart from

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 their confession

00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:15.599
 of faith

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.199
 in Christ.

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.559
 Jesus is

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.000
 Lord.

00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:18.799
 That exalts

00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.319
 the Son.

00:19:19.679 --> 00:19:20.159
 God the

00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:20.579
 Father will

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.419
 not forgo

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:22.439
 that means.

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 God will

00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.980
 direct Philip

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.460
 into the

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 desert at

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.639
 noon to

00:19:26.639 --> 00:19:27.039
 reach the

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.619
 Ethiopian.

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 God will

00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:29.119
 push Peter

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.759
 to overcome

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.740
 ethnic prejudice

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.379
 to reach

00:19:31.379 --> 00:19:31.980
 the Gentile

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 Cornelius.

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.759
 He will

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.480
 send his

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.220
 disciples

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.799
 to the

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 uttermost

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 parts of

00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:38.740
 the end

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.099
 of the

00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:39.420
 earth

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:40.680
 to declare

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 the gospel

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:43.160
 and gather

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:44.140
 in every

00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:44.880
 last one

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.380
 of his

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:46.140
 elect.

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:50.559
 But the

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:52.000
 how of

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.579
 our attention

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.779
 is the

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.960
 how of

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:56.000
 the inner

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.480
 call.

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.079
 And it

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.759
 is animated,

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 our question

00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.839
 is animated,

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 not by

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 petulant

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.380
 curiosity,

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 but by

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.540
 a puzzling

00:20:02.540 --> 00:20:03.200
 concern.

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.400
 For if

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:06.640
 our natural

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:08.140
 sinful

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:09.600
 wills are,

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.060
 as we have

00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:10.340
 seen,

00:20:10.520 --> 00:20:11.720
 inveterately

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.340
 and

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.940
 intransigently

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:15.520
 set against

00:20:15.520 --> 00:20:16.080
 God and

00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:16.740
 his gospel,

00:20:17.600 --> 00:20:18.300
 how could

00:20:18.300 --> 00:20:19.080
 they ever

00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:20.380
 freely

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:21.240
 come to

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:22.100
 choose Christ?

00:20:23.540 --> 00:20:24.060
 Do you see

00:20:24.060 --> 00:20:25.120
 the paradox

00:20:25.120 --> 00:20:25.460
 here,

00:20:25.520 --> 00:20:25.900
 the tension?

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:30.600
 does God's

00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:31.440
 prevailing

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.120
 drawing

00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:33.000
 prevail

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.800
 only by

00:20:34.800 --> 00:20:35.940
 forcing us

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.519
 against our

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:36.880
 will?

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.800
 Overpowering

00:20:39.800 --> 00:20:40.200
 us

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.320
 in a way

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:41.800
 that does

00:20:41.800 --> 00:20:42.560
 violence

00:20:42.560 --> 00:20:42.980
 to our

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.360
 freedom?

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.680
 No,

00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:49.500
 not at all.

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:51.059
 as Spurgeon

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.539
 assures,

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.619
 Christ never

00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.319
 compelled

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.220
 any man

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.880
 to come

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.279
 to him

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.900
 against his

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.259
 will.

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:59.339
 If a man

00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:00.039
 be unwilling

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.839
 to be saved,

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.500
 Christ does

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.319
 not save him

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:02.900
 against his

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.259
 will.

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.579
 Well,

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.140
 how then

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.059
 does God

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.700
 draw us?

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:11.400
 As Scotsman

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.539
 Ralph Erskine

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:14.240
 paradoxically put it,

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:16.059
 we are saved

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.620
 with full

00:21:17.620 --> 00:21:18.299
 consent

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.339
 against our

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:19.660
 will.

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.940
 Full

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.359
 consent

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:23.120
 against our

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.599
 wills.

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.859
 What is

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.380
 meant is

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:27.539
 that a

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.279
 choice

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.420
 of Christ

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.460
 will

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.720
 always

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.400
 be against

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.819
 our

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.700
 old

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:35.200
 unrenewed

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.700
 will.

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.700
 But God

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.240
 by his

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.880
 spirit,

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.380
 his

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:40.819
 spirit's

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.120
 work,

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.759
 renews

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.400
 our

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:44.099
 wills.

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.799
 Or gives

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.140
 us a

00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:45.339
 new

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:45.720
 will,

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.099
 such that

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.819
 they

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:49.059
 freely

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.559
 choose

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:50.160
 Christ

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.819
 with

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.180
 full

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.740
 consent.

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.599
 As Psalm

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.400
 110.3

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:56.099
 expresses it,

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.660
 your people

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:59.160
 will offer

00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.900
 themselves

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.819
 freely

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:02.240
 on the

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.640
 day of

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:02.839
 your

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.299
 power.

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.220
 So we

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.880
 wrongly

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.420
 picture this

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.200
 process of

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.839
 drawing

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:10.059
 as dragging.

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.059
 Do not

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.640
 imagine,

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.460
 writes Spurgeon,

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.380
 that any

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.840
 man will

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:15.160
 go to

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.380
 heaven

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.100
 kicking and

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.600
 struggling

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.079
 all the

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.660
 way against

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.240
 the hand

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.400
 that draws

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.680
 him.

00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:21.100
 Do not

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:22.000
 conceive that

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.519
 any man

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.880
 will be

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.500
 plunged in

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.960
 the bath

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.279
 of the

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.720
 Savior's

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.039
 blood

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.680
 while he

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.400
 is striving

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.920
 to run

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.539
 away from

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.180
 the Savior.

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.900
 As

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.220
 Richard

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.660
 Sibbes

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.140
 puts it,

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:33.460
 the Spirit

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.220
 does not

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.060
 force the

00:22:35.060 --> 00:22:35.600
 soul,

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:37.600
 but strongly

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:39.040
 persuades

00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:39.680
 the soul

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:41.220
 so that

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.820
 for all

00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.660
 the world

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.160
 he would

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.620
 not be

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.200
 of any

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.600
 other

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.200
 mind.

00:22:46.800 --> 00:22:47.720
 We might

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:49.200
 say the

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.800
 Spirit's

00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:50.680
 drawing is

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.960
 compelling

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:54.000
 but not

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.840
 compulsion.

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.560
 Compelling

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:57.600
 but not

00:22:57.600 --> 00:22:58.200
 compulsion.

00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:01.019
 how the

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.380
 Spirit

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.279
 secretly

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.400
 works in

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.059
 our hidden

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.980
 inmost

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.779
 being to

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.380
 bring us

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:06.620
 from

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.660
 abhorring

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.279
 to

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.960
 adoring,

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.539
 we can

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.500
 neither see

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.700
 nor know.

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.360
 For,

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.480
 as Deuteronomy

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.440
 29, 29

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 tells us,

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 the secret

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 things belong

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 to the

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 Lord our

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 God.

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 It is a

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 deep

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 mystery.

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 but how

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 in the

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 visible

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 apparent

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 sense

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 we are

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 drawn to

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 Christ,

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 we can

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 see and

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.220
 describe.

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 Because

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:39.180
 the nature

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 of our

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.400
 sinful

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.139
 illusions

00:23:41.139 --> 00:23:42.259
 and evasions

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 often come

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 in a

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.079
 patterned

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.700
 weave,

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 so also

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:49.259
 is there

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.960
 a common

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.559
 pattern

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.440
 to the

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.500
 Spirit's

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.299
 unweaving

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.859
 of them.

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 Many

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 sinners,

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 blithely

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 heedless

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.220
 of their

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 sinful

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.180
 condition

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 and

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.039
 alienation

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 from the

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.799
 Creator,

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 naively

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.079
 imagine

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 all is

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 well.

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 What

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 trouble

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:07.859
 could there

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 be between

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 us and

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 God?

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 Surely

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 I'm as

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 moral as

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 the next

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 man,

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 and I

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 dare say

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 likely a

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 bit better

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 than many.

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 If any

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 have to

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 worry,

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 I'm not

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 among them.

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 some

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 would even

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 put God

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 in the

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 dock,

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 the seat

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 of the

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 arraigned.

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 With the

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 life God

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 has given

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 me and

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 plenty of

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 others,

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 He is

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 the one

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 who better

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 give some

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 answers and

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 clear His

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 name.

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 This is

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 often the

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 self-righteous

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.440
 condition of

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 the heart

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 that the

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.859
 Holy Spirit

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 encounters.

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 And then,

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 typically the

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.980
 first work

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.300
 of the

00:24:52.300 --> 00:24:53.480
 Spirit is

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 that of

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 the conviction

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.960
 of sinfulness.

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 The Spirit

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 pulls back

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 the concealing

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.860
 veil,

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 revealing the

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 cabinet of

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 horrors that

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 is the human

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 heart.

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 He rolls

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 over the

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 log,

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 exposing

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 beneath the

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 defiling

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.980
 putrescence and

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 rotting

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:19.200
 corruption of

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 the heart's

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.240
 soil.

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 Before this

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.620
 jarring

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.400
 revelation

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:26.180
 of our

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 consuming

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.920
 cancer,

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 we stand

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.500
 aghast.

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.340
 Suddenly,

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.519
 we feel

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.460
 the burden

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.740
 of sin,

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.860
 that it

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.759
 is such

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.840
 a load

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:41.059
 as could

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.840
 indeed

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.860
 sink us

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.600
 to hell.

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:43.659
 evil.

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.439
 This is

00:25:46.439 --> 00:25:46.919
 often the

00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.539
 first step

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.259
 of the

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.779
 Spirit's

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.199
 saving

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:49.679
 drawing.

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.159
 But it's

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:51.559
 only the

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.259
 first step

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.819
 in a

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.079
 longer

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.480
 journey,

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.299
 for it

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.539
 is

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 characteristic

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:57.119
 of our

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.439
 remember

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:58.139
 Spurgeon's

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.500
 slippery

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.019
 fish,

00:25:59.219 --> 00:25:59.599
 it is

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.459
 characteristic

00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:01.119
 of our

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:02.079
 fallen race

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:03.179
 to respond

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.759
 to this

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.980
 revelation

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:06.879
 with moral

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.659
 resolution.

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 I will

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 reform my

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 life.

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 I will

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.019
 cease to do

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.740
 evil and

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 commence to

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.039
 do good.

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.259
 And we

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.140
 set ourselves

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.960
 to self

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.519
 improvement

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.480
 and perhaps

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.220
 take up

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.680
 some moral

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.240
 cause,

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.299
 march for

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.099
 world peace,

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.180
 or even

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.799
 take up

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.859
 some religious

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:26.720
 devotion or

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.579
 deprivation.

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:30.059
 We pull

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.599
 up on our

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.779
 moral bootstraps

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.980
 determined to

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.500
 ascend.

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.440
 But soon

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.920
 we discover,

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.940
 very soon,

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.559
 if we have

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.120
 any

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:42.400
 perceptiveness,

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:44.160
 that goodness

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.480
 or the

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.920
 righteousness

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.700
 of God

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.539
 is not

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.000
 merely

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.759
 demanding,

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.079
 it is

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:51.019
 utterly

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.200
 out of

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.640
 reach.

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.640
 And this

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.279
 realization,

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.859
 the Holy

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.859
 Spirit imparts,

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.160
 implanting in

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.819
 the awakened,

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.180
 now demoralized

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.640
 heart,

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.559
 the sober

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.519
 clarity

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:05.019
 that we

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.640
 cannot save

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.380
 ourselves.

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.580
 us.

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.320
 As old

00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:09.700
 Erskine

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.300
 rhymes it,

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:12.060
 rigid matter

00:27:12.060 --> 00:27:13.060
 was the

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:13.440
 law,

00:27:14.540 --> 00:27:15.020
 demanding

00:27:15.020 --> 00:27:15.640
 brick,

00:27:16.540 --> 00:27:16.960
 denying

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.640
 straw.

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.440
 Or good

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.960
 old John

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.460
 Barrage,

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.220
 sometimes

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.140
 missuscribed to

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.760
 John Bunyan,

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.560
 also named

00:27:23.560 --> 00:27:23.860
 John.

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.440
 Run,

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:25.840
 John,

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.340
 work,

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.100
 the law

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:27.680
 commands,

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.200
 but finds

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.800
 me neither

00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.440
 feet nor

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.140
 hands.

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:33.700
 And so

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.080
 by the

00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:34.640
 illumination

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:34.940
 of the

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.380
 Spirit,

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:35.980
 the

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.660
 schooled

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.020
 heart

00:27:37.020 --> 00:27:38.400
 confesses,

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:42.280
 not the

00:27:42.280 --> 00:27:42.720
 labors

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:44.000
 of my

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.460
 hands

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:46.180
 can

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.700
 fulfill

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.040
 thy

00:27:47.040 --> 00:27:47.360
 laws

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:47.960
 demands.

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.520
 Could

00:27:49.520 --> 00:27:50.200
 my tears

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.620
 forever

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.100
 flow?

00:27:51.520 --> 00:27:51.680
 Could

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.500
 my zeal

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.200
 no

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.680
 respite?

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.000
 No.

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:56.000
 All for

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.280
 sin

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:57.360
 could not

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:57.759
 atone.

00:27:58.280 --> 00:27:58.780
 Thou

00:27:58.780 --> 00:27:59.940
 must

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.360
 save.

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.759
 and thou

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.660
 alone.

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.380
 That was

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.580
 good

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:05.060
 toplity,

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.880
 as you

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.560
 well know.

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.560
 Ah,

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.420
 but where,

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.600
 where,

00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:12.920
 for the

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.340
 convicted

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:13.780
 sinner,

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.540
 is there

00:28:15.540 --> 00:28:16.060
 a fountain

00:28:16.060 --> 00:28:17.759
 open for

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.160
 cleansing?

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.259
 Asks

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.420
 Zechariah

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.600
 13.

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.840
 Now

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.980
 the

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.380
 Spirit

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.320
 sets

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.700
 forth

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.440
 Christ

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.800
 as the

00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.259
 sinner's

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.580
 Savior,

00:28:29.780 --> 00:28:30.020
 his

00:28:30.020 --> 00:28:30.460
 death,

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.220
 as the

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.579
 sinner's

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.079
 substitute,

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.319
 his

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.900
 righteousness

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.240
 as the

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.759
 sinner's

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.740
 only

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.160
 robe.

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:39.920
 Spurgeon

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.340
 writes,

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.420
 echoing

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.420
 Bunyan's

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:42.860
 pilgrim,

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.680
 then

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.360
 comes the

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:46.019
 Holy Spirit

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.160
 and shows

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.759
 the sinner

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.960
 the cross

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.620
 of Christ,

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.140
 gives him

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.980
 eyes anointed

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.200
 with heavenly

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.100
 eye salve,

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.380
 and says,

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:57.960
 look yonder

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.880
 to the

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.360
 cross.

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.880
 That man

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:04.200
 died to

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.500
 save

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.880
 sinners.

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.980
 You feel

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.600
 you are a

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:07.820
 sinner.

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.420
 He died

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.360
 to save

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.700
 you.

00:29:12.020 --> 00:29:12.820
 In this

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.240
 way,

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.420
 the Spirit

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.680
 gently draws

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.180
 the sinner

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.720
 to trust

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.500
 in Christ

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.040
 alone

00:29:19.040 --> 00:29:20.220
 for her

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.720
 salvation.

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:23.079
 He brings

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.640
 the elect

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.140
 sinner to

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.700
 see the

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.640
 necessity,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.720
 the reality,

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.720
 and the

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.160
 beauty

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:30.559
 of the

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:30.860
 Savior.

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.700
 And I

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.140
 think it

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.720
 plain to

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.140
 perceive

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.319
 that this

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.900
 is done

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:37.960
 compellingly,

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.380
 yet without

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.059
 compulsion.

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:43.379
 man is

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.799
 as much

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.139
 drawn

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.779
 willingly,

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.539
 writes

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.000
 Spurgeon,

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.940
 as if

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.759
 he were

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.339
 not drawn

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.819
 at all

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:50.000
 when he

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.480
 comes to

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.819
 Christ

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.359
 with full

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:51.879
 consent,

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.839
 with as

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.059
 much

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.559
 consent

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.399
 as if

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:56.159
 no secret

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:57.019
 influence

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:58.339
 had ever

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.319
 been exercised

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.720
 on his

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.099
 heart.

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.279
 Now,

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.659
 of course,

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.259
 apart from

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.779
 this all

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.259
 prevailing

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.700
 drawing,

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.759
 no woman

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.159
 or man

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:07.799
 would ever

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.240
 come at

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.619
 all.

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:10.159
 but he

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.879
 prevails.

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.779
 He prevails.

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.219
 So we've

00:30:15.219 --> 00:30:16.500
 outlined a

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.399
 common pattern

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.059
 by which the

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.199
 Spirit draws

00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:19.679
 the sinner

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:20.419
 to Christ.

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.259
 Now,

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.019
 we must be

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.719
 careful here

00:30:23.719 --> 00:30:25.639
 not to

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.699
 rigidly

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.500
 insist that

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.639
 every sinner

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.219
 must be

00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:29.719
 drawn in

00:30:29.719 --> 00:30:30.519
 this very

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.179
 path,

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:33.359
 a misapprehension

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.000
 many good

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.699
 divines have

00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:35.099
 made.

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.439
 Jonathan

00:30:36.439 --> 00:30:36.739
 Edwards'

00:30:36.739 --> 00:30:37.939
 experience of

00:30:37.939 --> 00:30:38.479
 being drawn

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.059
 to Christ,

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.579
 for example,

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.720
 differed from

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.640
 this common

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.779
 path and

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.539
 typical Puritan

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.360
 morphology.

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.140
 And so

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:47.920
 rigidly had

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.500
 he been

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.400
 taught to

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.620
 expect God's

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.599
 saving dealings

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.140
 with sinners

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.700
 to proceed

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.720
 along these

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.779
 specific and

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:56.700
 precise lines

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:58.039
 that he

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.960
 long doubted

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.480
 the reality

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.900
 of his

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.500
 generation

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.400
 because it

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.180
 mismatched

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.099
 the prescribed

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.640
 pattern.

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:03.759
 pattern.

00:31:05.320 --> 00:31:06.740
 He expected

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.540
 to hear

00:31:07.540 --> 00:31:08.140
 first the

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.740
 stormy

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.340
 thunders

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.800
 of Mount

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:10.480
 Sinai

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.400
 and then

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:12.400
 hear in

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.840
 his heart

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.620
 the sweet

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.580
 consoling

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.100
 whispers

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:16.280
 of Calvary.

00:31:17.280 --> 00:31:18.080
 But in

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.660
 his case,

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:19.920
 he was

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.000
 struck by

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.620
 a sense

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.320
 of the

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:22.900
 beauty and

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.560
 excellence

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.360
 of the

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.680
 Savior.

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.340
 A very

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:25.720
 different

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.380
 pattern in

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.940
 his case.

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:29.160
 So while

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.980
 the Holy

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.519
 Spirit's

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.019
 drawing of

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:32.019
 us often

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.779
 reflects a

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.180
 pattern,

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.460
 it is

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.799
 always

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:37.600
 particularized

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.980
 and personalized

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:40.059
 to our

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.820
 individual

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.480
 uniqueness.

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.220
 And just

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.360
 as with

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:46.340
 our sin,

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.600
 there is

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.059
 both

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.640
 commonality

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:51.140
 and uniqueness,

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.059
 all we

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.720
 like sheep

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.860
 have gone

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.320
 astray.

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.600
 Commonality.

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.440
 Each one

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.440
 has gone

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.580
 our own

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.100
 way.

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.420
 Uniqueness.

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.640
 But just

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.100
 with our

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:05.740
 sin,

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.120
 both

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.680
 commonality

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.080
 and uniqueness,

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.059
 so with

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.940
 our salvation.

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.840
 There is

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.500
 a common

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.980
 pattern,

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.779
 but also

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.640
 a unique

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.820
 particularity

00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.500
 to the

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.500
 Holy Spirit's

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.299
 drawing.

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.380
 This

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:20.420
 particularization

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.740
 of the

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.140
 Spirit's

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.720
 drawing of

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.440
 each one

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.700
 of the

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.120
 elect

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:25.100
 should not

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.480
 be a

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.120
 surprise

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.979
 to us.

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.199
 Ah,

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.559
 but it

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.219
 should always

00:32:29.219 --> 00:32:29.599
 be a

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:29.939
 wonder.

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.459
 Always a

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:31.779
 wonder.

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:34.899
 Each son

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.359
 of Adam

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.379
 and each

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:36.959
 daughter of

00:32:36.959 --> 00:32:37.319
 Eve

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.239
 is their

00:32:38.239 --> 00:32:39.219
 own unique

00:32:39.219 --> 00:32:39.759
 person.

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.359
 And the

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:42.000
 entrance to

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.679
 their hearts

00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:44.439
 has its

00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:45.339
 singular

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.339
 lock.

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:48.039
 lock, a

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:49.099
 lock, the

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.779
 countless

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.939
 tumblers of

00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:51.740
 which have

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.500
 fallen from

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.419
 the lathe of

00:32:53.419 --> 00:32:54.819
 life's unique

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:56.079
 experiences,

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:58.500
 nurture, and

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.179
 hammered out

00:32:59.179 --> 00:33:00.079
 upon their

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.220
 unique genetic

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.859
 inheritance,

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.000
 nature.

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.720
 Together, an

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.919
 unfathomably

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:09.099
 intricate

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:10.099
 creation.

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.779
 Such is the

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.819
 heart of each

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.839
 one of us.

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.399
 Who indeed

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:20.460
 could fathom to

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.200
 open its

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.740
 lock?

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:24.379
 Who could

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.379
 possess the

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:26.500
 knowledge to

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.599
 be the

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:27.919
 heart

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.779
 whisperer?

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.519
 Ah, the

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.379
 psalmist answers

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.159
 this question.

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.879
 Oh, Lord,

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:37.220
 you have

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.859
 searched me

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.879
 and know

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.119
 me.

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.059
 You know

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.559
 when I sit

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.700
 down and

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.279
 when I rise

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.639
 up, you

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.339
 discern my

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.680
 thoughts from

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.200
 afar.

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.039
 You search

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.819
 out my

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.940
 path and

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.480
 my lying

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.319
 down and

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.879
 are acquainted

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.460
 with all

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.799
 of my

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.460
 ways.

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.819
 Even

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.559
 before a

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.079
 word is

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.559
 on my

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.960
 tongue,

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.759
 behold,

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.720
 oh, Lord,

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.799
 you know

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.420
 it all

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.940
 together.

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.440
 Such

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.940
 knowledge is

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.619
 too wonderful

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.160
 for me.

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.859
 It is

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.639
 high.

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.320
 I cannot

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.019
 attain to

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.300
 it.

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.039
 For you

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.699
 formed by

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.579
 inward parts.

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.699
 You knitted

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.519
 me together

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.420
 in my

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.860
 mother's

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.199
 womb.

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.659
 My frame

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.079
 was not

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.840
 hidden from

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.159
 you when

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.460
 I was

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.960
 made in

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.460
 secret,

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.199
 intricately

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:25.460
 woven in

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.920
 the depths

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.199
 of the

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.579
 earth.

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.739
 Your eyes

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:30.219
 saw my

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:30.800
 unformed

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.460
 substance.

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.420
 In your

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.320
 book were

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.719
 written,

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.739
 every one

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.159
 of them,

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.460
 the days

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.019
 that were

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.880
 formed for

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.199
 me.

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.380
 What is

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.719
 yet?

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.880
 There was

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.440
 none of

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.719
 them.

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.460
 Psalm

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.239
 139.

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.759
 Not only

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.639
 does our

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.759
 creator know

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.440
 our heart,

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.840
 but he

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:53.400
 forms them.

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.659
 He forms

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:54.920
 them.

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.519
 As the

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:55.860
 psalmist

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.519
 marveled,

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.900
 God formed

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:59.599
 every one

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.380
 of our

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:01.400
 days that

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.099
 formed

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:03.059
 us.

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.639
 So,

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.340
 when God

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.920
 turns our

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.400
 hearts like

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.480
 channels of

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.019
 water in

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.699
 his hands,

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.800
 that's not

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.659
 simply at

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.659
 some critical

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.880
 culminating

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.380
 moment.

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:17.300
 That's all

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:18.219
 along life's

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.699
 way,

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:20.360
 in every

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.079
 detail.

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.719
 So,

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:24.480
 of course,

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.840
 the Spirit

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.659
 of God

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.840
 has the

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.719
 key to

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.340
 our heart's

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.719
 lock.

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.420
 He

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.099
 intimately

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:33.199
 fashioned

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.219
 the lock.

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.539
 He is

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.300
 the architect.

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:38.840
 many a

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.360
 saint has

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.880
 seen him

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.920
 pictured in

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.480
 the words

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.800
 of Solomon's

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.200
 song.

00:35:44.580 --> 00:35:44.740
 My

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.360
 beloved

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:47.120
 put his

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:47.880
 hand to

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.660
 the latch

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:50.580
 and my

00:35:50.580 --> 00:35:51.840
 heart was

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.500
 thrilled in

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:52.920
 me.

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.320
 Song of

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.300
 Solomon 5.4.

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.360
 And each

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.560
 saint has

00:35:59.560 --> 00:36:00.660
 had their

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.660
 own latch,

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.519
 which,

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.200
 when the

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:04.180
 Spirit opens,

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.160
 their heart

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:06.159
 thrills.

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.679
 Boniface,

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:10.039
 after whom

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.859
 this church

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.339
 was once

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.739
 named,

00:36:12.279 --> 00:36:12.619
 in the

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.319
 8th century,

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:14.339
 stood and

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:15.079
 declared the

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:16.779
 gospel among

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:18.579
 Germanic

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.500
 warriors,

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:22.039
 claiming that

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.000
 Christ had

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.819
 more power

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:24.619
 than their

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.639
 deity Thor,

00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:26.980
 the god of

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.719
 thunder and

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.119
 lightning.

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.059
 Boniface

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.819
 cutting down

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.359
 the mighty

00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:32.339
 sacred oak

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:33.400
 to Thor

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.220
 in

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:34.880
 demonstration

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.559
 of that

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.019
 claim.

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.320
 And when

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.300
 Thor proved

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.160
 impotent to

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:40.079
 respond with

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.760
 lightning and

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.120
 thunder,

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.420
 their hearts

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.019
 melted and

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.480
 they turned

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.300
 to Christ.

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.440
 Christ.

00:36:48.560 --> 00:36:49.480
 But for

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.300
 other warriors,

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:52.100
 it was not

00:36:52.100 --> 00:36:52.800
 Christ's

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:54.160
 strength that

00:36:54.160 --> 00:36:54.500
 won their

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.960
 hearts.

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.700
 It was

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.780
 his scars.

00:36:59.120 --> 00:36:59.640
 For they

00:36:59.640 --> 00:37:00.180
 had known

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:00.560
 and been

00:37:00.560 --> 00:37:01.640
 forever scarred

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.000
 by the

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:03.060
 whore of

00:37:03.060 --> 00:37:03.700
 the trenches

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.320
 of World

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.960
 War I.

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.260
 As one

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:07.500
 of them

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.120
 expressed,

00:37:09.660 --> 00:37:10.100
 the other

00:37:10.100 --> 00:37:11.280
 gods were

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:11.860
 strong,

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.519
 but thou

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.179
 wast weak.

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.259
 They

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.780
 rode,

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:17.179
 but thou

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.639
 didst

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.719
 stumble to

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.280
 a throne.

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.219
 But to

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:22.239
 our wounds

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:24.659
 only God's

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.199
 wounds can

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.659
 speak.

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.639
 And not

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.300
 a god has

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.780
 wounds,

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.099
 but thou

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.559
 alone.

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.280
 Edward

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.659
 Chilito,

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.880
 Jesus of

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.420
 the Scars.

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.940
 Sometimes

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.119
 saints are

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:39.340
 drawn by

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:40.119
 a drawing

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:41.800
 or a

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.119
 painting,

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.159
 as was the

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.659
 case with

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.699
 King Boris

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.099
 of the

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.739
 Bulgars.

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.359
 Missionary

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:48.099
 Methodius

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:49.019
 painted a

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.679
 picture of

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.679
 Christ and

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.139
 the Last

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.699
 Judgment,

00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:53.399
 which brought

00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:54.179
 the king to

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:55.379
 conviction and

00:37:55.379 --> 00:37:55.819
 repentance.

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.779
 Similarly,

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.159
 Count

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.980
 Zinzendorf had

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.420
 his heart

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.199
 latch opened

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:01.779
 before a

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.239
 painting of

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.839
 Christ.

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:04.199
 Ece

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.960
 Homo,

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.339
 Behold the

00:38:06.339 --> 00:38:06.839
 Man by

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.279
 Domenico

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:07.679
 Feti.

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.739
 His depiction

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.639
 of Christ in

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:12.099
 his compassionate,

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.879
 self-sacrificing

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:14.679
 agony,

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.479
 accessed the

00:38:16.479 --> 00:38:17.159
 Count's heart

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:18.879
 and melted it

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:19.319
 toward the

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:19.619
 Savior.

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:23.279
 One thinks of

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:24.059
 the head-hunting

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.679
 Sowie

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.719
 cannibals of

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.199
 New Guinea,

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:28.059
 impervious to

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.899
 missionary appeal

00:38:28.899 --> 00:38:31.359
 until it was

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:32.899
 cast in terms

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:34.280
 of a redemptive

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:35.360
 analogy from

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:36.059
 their own

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:37.500
 ancient mythology,

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.460
 the Peace

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.940
 Child.

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.340
 If you

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.820
 don't know

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.519
 that story,

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.720
 Don Richardson,

00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:44.700
 booked by the

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.220
 same title,

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.579
 The Peace

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:45.720
 Child.

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.720
 Unbelievable.

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:50.980
 Similarly,

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:52.059
 attests the

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.700
 late great

00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.220
 African

00:38:53.220 --> 00:38:54.079
 missiologist

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.559
 here of

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.880
 Yale,

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.420
 Laman Sane,

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.280
 of the

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:57.860
 gospel's

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.639
 progress in

00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:59.240
 Africa,

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.180
 where the

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.820
 water of

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.680
 life came

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:02.300
 to them

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:04.220
 received from

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:04.760
 their own

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.340
 cultural

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:06.160
 vessels.

00:39:08.120 --> 00:39:08.780
 Africans

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.820
 sensed in

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.420
 their hearts,

00:39:10.560 --> 00:39:11.100
 writes Sane,

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.600
 that Jesus

00:39:12.600 --> 00:39:13.700
 did not mock

00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:14.400
 their respect

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:14.820
 for the

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.820
 sacred or

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.580
 their clamor

00:39:16.580 --> 00:39:16.920
 for an

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.519
 invincible

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.060
 Savior.

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.960
 And so,

00:39:20.100 --> 00:39:20.360
 when the

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:21.080
 gospel came

00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:21.539
 to them,

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.360
 they beat

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:23.039
 their sacred

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.740
 drums for

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.900
 him until

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.720
 the stars

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:27.019
 skipped and

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.600
 danced in

00:39:27.600 --> 00:39:28.420
 the skies.

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.820
 And not

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.620
 dissimilarly,

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:33.580
 but with

00:39:33.580 --> 00:39:33.980
 its own

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.519
 uniqueness,

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.980
 upon Addison's

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:37.160
 walk at

00:39:37.160 --> 00:39:37.559
 Magdalen

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.019
 College,

00:39:38.120 --> 00:39:38.480
 Oxford,

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:39.240
 C.S.

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.860
 Lewis had

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.320
 the latch

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:40.720
 of his

00:39:40.720 --> 00:39:41.480
 heart opened

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:42.760
 by the

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:43.360
 seeded

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:45.200
 thought that

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.980
 the gospel

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.740
 of Christ

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.440
 was the

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:49.240
 true myth

00:39:49.240 --> 00:39:50.940
 behind all

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.680
 the resonant

00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:53.160
 myths that

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.740
 have stirred

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.519
 the longings

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.080
 of people

00:39:55.080 --> 00:39:56.620
 across time

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:57.619
 and the

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:57.619


00:39:57.619 --> 00:40:00.679
 And finally,

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:02.279
 in a

00:40:02.279 --> 00:40:04.059
 remote South

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:05.139
 American tribe,

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.179
 it was the

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:07.299
 practice to

00:40:07.299 --> 00:40:08.480
 give children

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.859
 a secret

00:40:09.859 --> 00:40:11.960
 name known

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:13.139
 only to

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:14.119
 their parents

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:15.500
 to guard

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.000
 them against

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.599
 the threat

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:17.599
 of curses,

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.699
 witchcraft,

00:40:18.819 --> 00:40:19.500
 and spells.

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:22.559
 To one

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.420
 such child,

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:24.920
 the missionaries

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.340
 tell,

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:27.079
 Jesus revealed

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.699
 himself.

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:29.739
 As the

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.619
 child reported,

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:35.619
 Jesus called

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:37.840
 me by my

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.639
 secret name.

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.800
 Ah,

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:44.179
 shall we

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:45.079
 not confess

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:46.760
 with the

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.219
 psalmist,

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:49.000
 O Lord,

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:50.799
 you know

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:51.079
 me.

00:40:55.759 --> 00:40:57.119
 In all

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:57.719
 these

00:40:57.719 --> 00:40:58.539
 and in

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:58.919
 every

00:40:58.919 --> 00:40:59.399
 saint,

00:41:00.739 --> 00:41:01.119
 the

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.579
 spirit

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:03.279
 is the

00:41:03.279 --> 00:41:03.719
 divine

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.539
 locksmith

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.359
 of the

00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:05.619
 human

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.059
 heart,

00:41:06.819 --> 00:41:07.759
 the great

00:41:07.759 --> 00:41:08.719
 drawer

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:09.359
 and

00:41:09.359 --> 00:41:10.059
 wooer

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:11.079
 of the

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.539
 elect,

00:41:12.339 --> 00:41:13.059
 each one

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.639
 of whom

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:15.439
 he infallibly

00:41:15.439 --> 00:41:16.139
 knits to

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.679
 Christ

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:18.159
 through the

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:18.739
 inner call

00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:19.019
 of the

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.440
 gospel.

00:41:22.399 --> 00:41:23.159
 On what

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:24.559
 grounds

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.759
 can

00:41:25.759 --> 00:41:26.519
 sinners

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.539
 be so

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.059
 knitted

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.799
 to a

00:41:28.799 --> 00:41:29.219
 holy

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:29.799
 God?

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.480
 God's

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:32.960
 elect

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:34.099
 are brought

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:36.339
 because

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:37.119
 God's

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.679
 elect

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:39.000
 are bought.

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.179
 The

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.619
 spirit

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:42.399
 procures

00:41:42.399 --> 00:41:43.559
 what the

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.259
 son has

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.899
 purchased.

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:44.980
 Christ.

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.220
 And it

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:47.800
 is this

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:48.680
 purchase

00:41:48.680 --> 00:41:50.440
 with which

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:50.800
 we are

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.380
 bought

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.780
 which we

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:53.260
 shall take

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:54.579
 up our

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:54.940
 attention,

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.320
 which shall

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:55.780
 take up our

00:41:55.780 --> 00:41:56.380
 attention in

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.780
 the next

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.160
 session

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:58.619
 when our

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.139
 good brother

00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.639
 Tyler

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:01.579
 will address

00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:01.960
 us on

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.559
 that topic.

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:05.220
 I'll end

00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:05.900
 there and

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.380
 open it up

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.740
 for any

00:42:06.740 --> 00:42:07.700
 questions or

00:42:07.700 --> 00:42:08.340
 comments.

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.820
 We're

00:42:09.820 --> 00:42:10.119
 praising

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:10.739
 Thanksgiving.

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:21.719
 Yes.

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.539
 Can you say

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.239
 it's the

00:42:23.239 --> 00:42:23.619
 left,

00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:23.920
 right?

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.460
 The left

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.599
 is all that

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:26.079
 also

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:26.960
 those things.

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:28.920
 yes.

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.159
 Well,

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.539
 the way

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.880
 we

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:32.559
 discover

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.720
 God's

00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:34.420
 choice

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:35.760
 is we

00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:36.639
 respond

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:37.780
 to the

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.300
 outer call

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:38.500
 of the

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:38.920
 gospel.

00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:40.139
 So we

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.639
 don't,

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.019
 Judy,

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:42.679
 try to

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.940
 discern

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.840
 our election

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:46.360
 in terms

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:47.019
 of

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:48.699
 God's

00:42:48.699 --> 00:42:49.659
 secret

00:42:49.659 --> 00:42:50.760
 choice.

00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:51.720
 So those

00:42:51.720 --> 00:42:52.019
 are the

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.780
 secret things

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:52.940
 of the

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.059
 Lord.

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.880
 What we

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.199
 do,

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:54.539
 Judy,

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.420
 is when

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:55.619
 the

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.019
 gospel

00:42:56.019 --> 00:42:56.320
 word

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.739
 comes

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:56.980
 to

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.539
 us,

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:58.779
 all

00:42:58.779 --> 00:42:58.980
 the

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.519
 elect

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.860
 trust

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.400
 Christ

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.779
 and

00:43:01.779 --> 00:43:02.159
 repent

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:02.380
 of

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.579
 their

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:03.019
 sins.

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:03.840
 So that's

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:04.300
 the outward

00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:05.039
 manifestation

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.900
 of that

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.219
 inward

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:06.659
 work

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:06.940
 of the

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.360
 gospel.

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:08.340
 So our

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:08.980
 duty is

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.440
 not to

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:09.940
 discern

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:10.219
 our

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:10.739
 election.

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:11.480
 Our

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:11.940
 duty

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.480
 and

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.920
 delight

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.199
 and

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.559
 joy

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:15.039
 is to

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.519
 respond

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:15.820
 to the

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.239
 gospel

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:17.099
 and look

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.460
 to the

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:17.719
 Savior

00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:18.279
 and come.

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:18.940
 I think

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.800
 what I'm

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.219
 thinking

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:20.900
 is that

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:22.739
 God

00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:23.119
 wants

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:24.019
 none

00:43:24.019 --> 00:43:24.319
 should

00:43:24.319 --> 00:43:24.779
 perish.

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.559
 So I

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.259
 feel like

00:43:26.259 --> 00:43:26.940
 all of

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.219
 us,

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:28.880
 He wants

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.539
 all to

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:29.940
 come to

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.179
 Him.

00:43:30.839 --> 00:43:31.119
 That's

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:32.179
 what I

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:32.500
 want to

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:32.699
 do.

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.380
 Yes.

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:34.739
 Right.

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.239
 So there

00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:36.699
 is,

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:38.059
 there are

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:39.019
 a couple

00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:39.539
 of senses

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:40.799
 in which

00:43:40.799 --> 00:43:43.960
 we can

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.759
 speak of

00:43:44.759 --> 00:43:45.239
 God's

00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:45.980
 desire

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.579
 or wanting.

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:47.480
 And there

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.819
 is a

00:43:48.819 --> 00:43:49.799
 sense in

00:43:49.799 --> 00:43:50.659
 which God

00:43:50.659 --> 00:43:51.119
 wants

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:52.779
 all to

00:43:52.779 --> 00:43:53.119
 come.

00:43:53.319 --> 00:43:53.759
 In fact,

00:43:53.839 --> 00:43:54.719
 He commands

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:55.859
 all to

00:43:55.859 --> 00:43:56.159
 come.

00:43:57.359 --> 00:43:57.980
 When

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:59.400
 Paul,

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:00.500
 in Acts

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.139
 17,

00:44:01.279 --> 00:44:01.559
 where he's

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:02.339
 talking to

00:44:02.339 --> 00:44:03.539
 the Athenians,

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:03.980
 he says,

00:44:04.359 --> 00:44:05.839
 God commands

00:44:05.839 --> 00:44:07.099
 all everywhere

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:09.400
 to repent

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:10.940
 and come

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:11.380
 to Christ.

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.440
 So that is

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:13.059
 certainly the

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:13.400
 case.

00:44:13.839 --> 00:44:14.219
 So there

00:44:14.219 --> 00:44:15.159
 is God's

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:16.299
 desire and

00:44:16.299 --> 00:44:17.339
 indeed God's

00:44:17.339 --> 00:44:19.159
 command

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.299
 repent,

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:20.519
 that we

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.179
 all repent.

00:44:21.359 --> 00:44:21.639
 So that

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:22.139
 is our

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.480
 duty.

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:24.719
 Alas,

00:44:24.899 --> 00:44:25.799
 we find

00:44:25.799 --> 00:44:26.659
 ourselves

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:28.719
 delectably

00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:30.359
 devoted to

00:44:30.359 --> 00:44:30.980
 our sinful

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:31.639
 ways.

00:44:32.399 --> 00:44:33.659
 So apart

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:34.259
 from God

00:44:34.259 --> 00:44:35.259
 working in

00:44:35.259 --> 00:44:35.980
 our hearts

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:37.000
 to transform

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:38.139
 our desires

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:40.259
 from the

00:44:40.259 --> 00:44:40.819
 delectable

00:44:40.819 --> 00:44:41.460
 doings of

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:41.859
 darkness,

00:44:41.859 --> 00:44:42.539
 for us

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:43.099
 delectable,

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:45.739
 to the

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:48.460
 love of

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:49.239
 the good,

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:49.719
 the true,

00:44:49.819 --> 00:44:50.360
 the beautiful

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:52.119
 manifested in

00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:52.559
 Christ,

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.539
 that's a

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:54.019
 work that

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.579
 He needs

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:55.219
 to do in

00:44:55.219 --> 00:44:55.860
 our hearts.

00:44:56.339 --> 00:44:56.860
 And He

00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:58.319
 does for

00:44:58.319 --> 00:44:58.900
 His elect,

00:44:59.339 --> 00:44:59.860
 for those

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:00.339
 that He has

00:45:00.339 --> 00:45:01.259
 chosen with

00:45:01.259 --> 00:45:01.860
 an ancient,

00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:03.059
 ancient love.

00:45:07.299 --> 00:45:07.819
 Yeah,

00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:08.179
 yeah,

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:08.880
 yes.

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:10.900
 I think

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.380
 it's really

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:13.400
 a divine

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:14.640
 history that

00:45:14.640 --> 00:45:15.340
 you read out

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.700
 here.

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:18.440
 God is

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:18.740
 about the

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:20.079
 locksmith of

00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:20.599
 our hearts

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.420
 and lumber

00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:22.700
 in the

00:45:22.700 --> 00:45:23.200
 parts.

00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:25.559
 He knows

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:27.420
 the keys

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:28.900
 to our hearts,

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:29.800
 the very

00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:30.780
 fabric of

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:31.920
 the shape of

00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:32.440
 who we are

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:32.920
 and yet

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:34.660
 the scripture

00:45:34.660 --> 00:45:35.480
 also describes

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:37.240
 in this

00:45:37.240 --> 00:45:37.900
 process of

00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:38.519
 searching our

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:39.000
 hearts,

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.619
 timing and

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:41.840
 on our

00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:42.320
 thoughts,

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:43.800
 discerning the

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:44.139
 thoughts and

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.639
 attention to

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:44.940
 the heart.

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.840
 That's what the

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:46.800
 Word of God

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.400
 is doing in

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:47.699
 us.

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.420
 And so I

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:48.780
 just wanted

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:51.659
 to put these

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:52.099
 two together,

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:52.480
 I guess,

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:52.860
 in a way.

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:54.559
 So there's a

00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:55.840
 process of

00:45:55.840 --> 00:45:57.219
 Him transforming

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:58.000
 us and

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:59.139
 looking into

00:45:59.139 --> 00:45:59.760
 our hearts

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:00.760
 and also

00:46:00.760 --> 00:46:02.019
 knowing our

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.360
 hearts.

00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:03.840
 I just wanted

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:05.320
 to hear what

00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:05.800
 you want to

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:06.380
 say about

00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:06.620
 that.

00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:08.720
 So say a

00:46:08.720 --> 00:46:08.960
 little bit

00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:09.140
 more,

00:46:09.240 --> 00:46:09.440
 Richard.

00:46:11.680 --> 00:46:12.080
 Putting

00:46:12.080 --> 00:46:12.860
 together the

00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:13.380
 fact that He

00:46:13.380 --> 00:46:13.980
 changes our

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:14.340
 hearts, but

00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:14.740
 He's also

00:46:14.740 --> 00:46:15.820
 asking us to

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:16.280
 look into

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:16.960
 them and

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:17.700
 join with

00:46:17.700 --> 00:46:18.100
 Him in

00:46:18.100 --> 00:46:18.660
 that process

00:46:18.660 --> 00:46:19.660
 of having

00:46:19.660 --> 00:46:20.039
 those hearts

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:20.519
 changed.

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:22.240
 Sorry, I

00:46:22.240 --> 00:46:23.260
 meant He

00:46:23.260 --> 00:46:24.220
 looks into

00:46:24.220 --> 00:46:24.800
 our hearts,

00:46:25.160 --> 00:46:25.740
 knows the

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:26.559
 searching.

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:27.280
 Yes,

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:27.680
 yes.

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.200
 And then

00:46:28.200 --> 00:46:29.880
 there's also

00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:32.820
 how to

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:33.220
 form our

00:46:33.220 --> 00:46:33.460
 hearts.

00:46:33.580 --> 00:46:33.900
 Yes,

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:34.240
 yes,

00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:34.600
 yes.

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:35.279
 I think

00:46:35.279 --> 00:46:35.880
 in Psalm

00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:36.860
 139,

00:46:36.940 --> 00:46:37.279
 which you

00:46:37.279 --> 00:46:37.880
 are making

00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:38.259
 reference

00:46:38.259 --> 00:46:38.900
 there too,

00:46:40.179 --> 00:46:40.839
 when at

00:46:40.839 --> 00:46:41.099
 the end

00:46:41.099 --> 00:46:41.380
 you say,

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:42.460
 search me

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:42.779
 and know

00:46:42.779 --> 00:46:43.099
 me and

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.400
 see if

00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:43.839
 there be

00:46:43.839 --> 00:46:44.739
 any harmful

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:45.179
 or wicked

00:46:45.179 --> 00:46:45.799
 way in

00:46:45.799 --> 00:46:46.099
 me.

00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:47.579
 I think

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:49.900
 that it's

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:50.659
 based upon

00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:52.619
 the psalmist's

00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:53.279
 knowledge that

00:46:53.279 --> 00:46:54.339
 I don't even

00:46:54.339 --> 00:46:54.819
 really know

00:46:54.819 --> 00:46:55.380
 myself.

00:46:55.860 --> 00:46:56.239
 I don't know

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:56.599
 my own

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:56.940
 heart.

00:46:57.779 --> 00:46:58.579
 You do.

00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.539
 You know

00:46:59.539 --> 00:47:00.599
 it intimately.

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:02.539
 so really

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:03.039
 for me to

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:03.420
 understand

00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:04.239
 myself and

00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:04.559
 my own

00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:04.920
 heart,

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:06.299
 you need

00:47:06.299 --> 00:47:07.000
 to reveal

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.860
 what is

00:47:07.860 --> 00:47:08.460
 already clear

00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:08.920
 to you

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:10.099
 because it's

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:10.519
 not clear

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:10.900
 to me.

00:47:11.279 --> 00:47:11.900
 So it's an

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.659
 invitation to

00:47:12.659 --> 00:47:13.239
 come and to

00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:13.779
 search and to

00:47:13.779 --> 00:47:14.299
 know and to

00:47:14.299 --> 00:47:14.920
 convict.

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:15.800
 And it's

00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:16.260
 something that

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:17.380
 is wonderfully

00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:18.340
 fulfilled for

00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:19.039
 each believer

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.880
 by the

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:20.400
 indwelling

00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:21.320
 Holy Spirit.

00:47:22.320 --> 00:47:23.360
 So the

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:25.180
 Spirit is

00:47:25.180 --> 00:47:25.460
 able,

00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:26.360
 indwelling

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:27.300
 in us,

00:47:27.659 --> 00:47:28.519
 to have

00:47:28.519 --> 00:47:29.059
 that ministry

00:47:29.059 --> 00:47:30.220
 of both

00:47:30.220 --> 00:47:31.440
 manifesting the

00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:31.980
 character of

00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:32.639
 Christ in us,

00:47:32.740 --> 00:47:33.159
 love, joy,

00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:33.740
 peace, patience,

00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:34.340
 kindness, and

00:47:34.340 --> 00:47:34.860
 all these things.

00:47:35.240 --> 00:47:36.260
 But when

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:37.780
 we are

00:47:37.780 --> 00:47:38.460
 wayward,

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:39.380
 then the

00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:40.300
 Spirit changes

00:47:40.300 --> 00:47:40.920
 his ministry

00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:41.960
 of manifesting

00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:42.539
 the image of

00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:43.220
 Christ to

00:47:43.220 --> 00:47:44.420
 convicting us

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:44.820
 that we are

00:47:44.820 --> 00:47:45.280
 failing to

00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:45.820
 do so.

00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:47.980
 And he

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:49.700
 often uses

00:47:49.700 --> 00:47:50.980
 scripture to

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:51.599
 do this.

00:47:52.720 --> 00:47:53.720
 So he

00:47:53.720 --> 00:47:54.000
 will,

00:47:55.559 --> 00:47:57.000
 2 Timothy 3.16

00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:58.340
 talks about

00:47:58.340 --> 00:47:58.960
 scripture,

00:47:59.159 --> 00:48:00.079
 and it's

00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:00.619
 proper for

00:48:00.619 --> 00:48:01.780
 instruction,

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:02.200
 reproof,

00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:02.760
 correction,

00:48:04.420 --> 00:48:04.840
 sorry,

00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:05.280
 doctrine,

00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:05.680
 reproof,

00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:06.139
 correction,

00:48:06.300 --> 00:48:06.680
 instruction,

00:48:06.800 --> 00:48:07.300
 and righteousness.

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:07.880
 That kind of

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:08.460
 gives a pattern

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:08.920
 of how this

00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:10.139
 doctrine.

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:11.000
 What's the

00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:11.680
 way to go?

00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:12.760
 Reproof,

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:13.460
 showing you

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:13.780
 if you've

00:48:13.780 --> 00:48:14.400
 gotten of it,

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:15.980
 correction,

00:48:16.180 --> 00:48:16.519
 getting you

00:48:16.519 --> 00:48:17.240
 back on that

00:48:17.240 --> 00:48:17.579
 path,

00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:18.119
 and instruction

00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:18.579
 of righteousness,

00:48:18.800 --> 00:48:19.280
 keeping you

00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:19.659
 on it.

00:48:19.980 --> 00:48:20.480
 So then the

00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:21.079
 Spirit then

00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:21.480
 will work

00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:21.920
 to do

00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:22.780
 those things

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:25.320
 to make

00:48:25.320 --> 00:48:25.860
 us aware

00:48:25.860 --> 00:48:26.099
 of how

00:48:26.099 --> 00:48:26.599
 we've gotten

00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:27.039
 off the

00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:27.300
 path,

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:27.700
 how to

00:48:27.700 --> 00:48:28.059
 get back

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:28.320
 on,

00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:28.559
 and how

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:29.099
 to stay

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:29.539
 on it.

00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:30.440
 And that

00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:31.039
 will then

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:31.659
 continue,

00:48:31.780 --> 00:48:32.099
 then we

00:48:32.099 --> 00:48:32.639
 go on

00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:33.119
 walking in

00:48:33.119 --> 00:48:33.440
 the light,

00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:34.079
 and then

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:35.260
 that hopefully

00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:35.720
 then will,

00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:36.800
 that will,

00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:37.980
 that as we

00:48:37.980 --> 00:48:38.500
 respond,

00:48:38.700 --> 00:48:39.260
 which ultimately

00:48:39.260 --> 00:48:40.220
 we will as

00:48:40.220 --> 00:48:40.579
 believers,

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:41.720
 that will

00:48:41.720 --> 00:48:42.260
 continue to

00:48:42.260 --> 00:48:42.599
 manifest.

00:48:42.599 --> 00:48:43.799
 So that

00:48:43.799 --> 00:48:44.880
 dynamic of

00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:45.559
 searching us

00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:45.900
 out and

00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:46.339
 knowing and

00:48:46.339 --> 00:48:46.739
 illuminating,

00:48:46.819 --> 00:48:47.239
 I think it's

00:48:47.239 --> 00:48:47.719
 fulfilled by

00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:48.000
 the Holy

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:49.119
 Spirit in

00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:49.719
 the New

00:48:49.719 --> 00:48:50.000
 Covenant

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:50.440
 believers.

00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:51.079
 Yeah.

00:48:52.619 --> 00:48:53.139
 Yeah,

00:48:53.240 --> 00:48:53.400
 yeah.

00:48:53.599 --> 00:48:55.079
 I'm also,

00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:55.860
 you mentioned

00:48:55.860 --> 00:48:56.599
 this idea of

00:48:56.599 --> 00:48:57.579
 it's compelling

00:48:57.579 --> 00:48:58.880
 not compulsion,

00:48:59.059 --> 00:49:00.059
 even Paul,

00:49:00.179 --> 00:49:00.440
 I think,

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:01.559
 we seek to

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:02.980
 persuade men,

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:04.220
 like we seek

00:49:04.220 --> 00:49:05.320
 to give reasons

00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:07.059
 why you ought

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.659
 to come.

00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:08.820
 And Jesus,

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:10.200
 I was talking

00:49:10.200 --> 00:49:11.240
 this past week

00:49:11.240 --> 00:49:12.019
 with Melissa,

00:49:12.220 --> 00:49:13.019
 going for gentle

00:49:13.019 --> 00:49:13.659
 and lowly,

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:15.519
 and the statement

00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:16.360
 that Jesus makes,

00:49:17.159 --> 00:49:18.039
 whoever comes

00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:18.300
 to me,

00:49:18.360 --> 00:49:18.880
 I will never

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:19.420
 pass by.

00:49:19.420 --> 00:49:19.820
 Yeah.

00:49:20.119 --> 00:49:20.680
 And it's like

00:49:20.680 --> 00:49:21.480
 this emphatic,

00:49:21.619 --> 00:49:22.320
 I will never,

00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:22.619
 no,

00:49:22.680 --> 00:49:23.000
 never,

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:23.320
 no,

00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:24.260
 never cast

00:49:24.260 --> 00:49:24.780
 out if you

00:49:24.780 --> 00:49:25.280
 come to me.

00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:26.700
 And it kind

00:49:26.700 --> 00:49:27.000
 of eliminates

00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:27.619
 all objections.

00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:28.139
 Well,

00:49:28.260 --> 00:49:29.380
 I'm too old.

00:49:30.139 --> 00:49:30.659
 I will never

00:49:30.659 --> 00:49:31.220
 cast you out.

00:49:31.820 --> 00:49:32.659
 I've sinned against

00:49:32.659 --> 00:49:33.019
 you.

00:49:33.519 --> 00:49:34.360
 I will never

00:49:34.360 --> 00:49:35.039
 cast you out.

00:49:35.180 --> 00:49:35.680
 And so Jesus

00:49:35.680 --> 00:49:36.659
 is giving an

00:49:36.659 --> 00:49:37.639
 assurance that

00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:38.659
 if you come

00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:39.000
 to me,

00:49:39.720 --> 00:49:40.460
 I'm not going

00:49:40.460 --> 00:49:41.019
 to reject you.

00:49:41.200 --> 00:49:41.460
 Yeah.

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:42.039
 And it's

00:49:42.039 --> 00:49:42.860
 the same,

00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:43.539
 it's this

00:49:43.539 --> 00:49:44.380
 persuasion,

00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:45.179
 persuasion

00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:45.599
 that Jesus

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:46.000
 is giving

00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:46.340
 us,

00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:46.679
 but the

00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:47.139
 spirit is

00:49:47.139 --> 00:49:49.179
 also working

00:49:49.179 --> 00:49:49.619
 it out.

00:49:50.139 --> 00:49:51.000
 So it's a

00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:51.599
 history,

00:49:51.900 --> 00:49:52.400
 as what Richard

00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:53.119
 described,

00:49:53.280 --> 00:49:54.300
 that we're

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:55.280
 giving reasons,

00:49:55.820 --> 00:49:56.619
 we're seeking

00:49:56.619 --> 00:49:57.300
 to persuade,

00:49:57.420 --> 00:49:57.960
 we're praying,

00:49:58.119 --> 00:49:58.420
 Lord,

00:49:59.099 --> 00:50:00.420
 would you draw

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:01.059
 your people

00:50:01.059 --> 00:50:02.079
 out to yourself?

00:50:02.240 --> 00:50:02.440
 Yeah.

00:50:02.440 --> 00:50:02.840
 Yeah.

00:50:05.740 --> 00:50:06.220
 Yeah.

00:50:06.420 --> 00:50:08.200
 It is,

00:50:08.420 --> 00:50:09.639
 it's not

00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:09.980
 that we don't

00:50:09.980 --> 00:50:10.539
 give reasons,

00:50:10.720 --> 00:50:11.039
 it's just

00:50:11.039 --> 00:50:11.400
 that these

00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:12.179
 things wouldn't

00:50:12.179 --> 00:50:12.740
 be effectual

00:50:12.740 --> 00:50:13.480
 apart from

00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:14.220
 the working

00:50:14.220 --> 00:50:14.880
 of the spirit

00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:15.940
 to make

00:50:15.940 --> 00:50:16.639
 them vivid

00:50:16.639 --> 00:50:17.599
 and decisive

00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:18.780
 in hearts.

00:50:19.740 --> 00:50:20.260
 Yeah.

00:50:20.840 --> 00:50:21.179
 John,

00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:21.720
 can you

00:50:21.720 --> 00:50:22.559
 open up

00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:23.260
 a little bit

00:50:23.260 --> 00:50:23.659
 more

00:50:23.659 --> 00:50:26.159
 the difference,

00:50:26.320 --> 00:50:26.559
 the way

00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:27.280
 you contrast

00:50:27.280 --> 00:50:28.240
 the

00:50:28.240 --> 00:50:29.740
 petulant

00:50:29.740 --> 00:50:30.500
 curiosity

00:50:30.500 --> 00:50:31.360
 against

00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:33.000
 Yeah.

00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:35.980
 That was

00:50:35.980 --> 00:50:36.120
 just,

00:50:36.220 --> 00:50:36.320
 yeah.

00:50:36.660 --> 00:50:37.120
 Yes,

00:50:37.200 --> 00:50:37.400
 yes.

00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:38.519
 So sometimes

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:38.960
 I think

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:41.519
 there is

00:50:41.519 --> 00:50:42.140
 a very real

00:50:42.140 --> 00:50:42.519
 question,

00:50:42.620 --> 00:50:42.920
 it's not

00:50:42.920 --> 00:50:43.099
 just,

00:50:43.200 --> 00:50:43.300
 well,

00:50:43.340 --> 00:50:43.660
 let's just

00:50:43.660 --> 00:50:43.960
 try to

00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:44.380
 figure this

00:50:44.380 --> 00:50:44.840
 out because

00:50:44.840 --> 00:50:45.380
 we're curious

00:50:45.380 --> 00:50:45.920
 about this.

00:50:46.059 --> 00:50:46.480
 There does

00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:47.460
 seem to be

00:50:47.460 --> 00:50:48.140
 a real

00:50:48.140 --> 00:50:48.579
 challenge

00:50:48.579 --> 00:50:49.039
 because

00:50:49.039 --> 00:50:49.700
 the Bible

00:50:49.700 --> 00:50:50.620
 addresses us

00:50:50.620 --> 00:50:52.160
 as free

00:50:52.160 --> 00:50:52.980
 individuals

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:53.920
 and yet

00:50:53.920 --> 00:50:54.440
 if our

00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:54.880
 wills

00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:55.460
 are

00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:56.960
 so

00:50:56.960 --> 00:50:58.320
 adamantly

00:50:58.320 --> 00:50:59.579
 set against

00:50:59.579 --> 00:50:59.960
 God,

00:51:00.019 --> 00:51:00.360
 how could

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:00.740
 we ever

00:51:00.740 --> 00:51:01.099
 freely

00:51:01.099 --> 00:51:01.719
 choose him.

00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:02.440
 So that

00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:03.079
 is genuinely

00:51:03.079 --> 00:51:03.719
 puzzling

00:51:03.719 --> 00:51:04.839
 and has

00:51:04.839 --> 00:51:06.380
 been a

00:51:06.380 --> 00:51:06.819
 difficulty

00:51:06.819 --> 00:51:07.460
 for many.

00:51:08.119 --> 00:51:09.319
 So that's

00:51:09.319 --> 00:51:10.480
 that I

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:11.440
 wanted to

00:51:11.440 --> 00:51:12.039
 explore.

00:51:13.279 --> 00:51:14.059
 It's not

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:14.319
 that we're

00:51:14.319 --> 00:51:14.599
 just trying

00:51:14.599 --> 00:51:14.900
 to be

00:51:14.900 --> 00:51:15.679
 curious

00:51:15.679 --> 00:51:16.519
 about how

00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:17.460
 these things

00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:17.900
 are done.

00:51:18.739 --> 00:51:19.779
 We are

00:51:19.779 --> 00:51:20.559
 trying to

00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:21.179
 preserve

00:51:21.179 --> 00:51:22.659
 the coherence

00:51:22.659 --> 00:51:23.759
 of two

00:51:23.759 --> 00:51:24.460
 truths

00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:24.519
 truths.

00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:27.639
 That God

00:51:27.639 --> 00:51:29.460
 unfailingly

00:51:29.460 --> 00:51:30.760
 draws us

00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:32.139
 and yet

00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:33.220
 we have

00:51:33.220 --> 00:51:34.199
 wills

00:51:34.199 --> 00:51:35.380
 that

00:51:35.380 --> 00:51:36.139
 are

00:51:36.139 --> 00:51:36.840
 real

00:51:36.840 --> 00:51:37.559
 and we

00:51:37.559 --> 00:51:37.800
 make

00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:38.320
 choices

00:51:38.320 --> 00:51:38.940
 that are

00:51:38.940 --> 00:51:39.440
 real.

00:51:40.119 --> 00:51:40.320
 So

00:51:40.320 --> 00:51:42.019
 those things

00:51:42.019 --> 00:51:43.199
 I'm arguing

00:51:43.199 --> 00:51:43.740
 can be held

00:51:43.740 --> 00:51:44.139
 together

00:51:44.139 --> 00:51:45.840
 and the

00:51:45.840 --> 00:51:46.159
 Bible

00:51:46.159 --> 00:51:47.199
 just

00:51:47.199 --> 00:51:48.119
 juxtaposes

00:51:48.119 --> 00:51:48.880
 these things

00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:49.460
 together

00:51:49.460 --> 00:51:50.039
 all the

00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:50.440
 time.

00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:52.940
 So we're

00:51:52.940 --> 00:51:54.239
 confident that

00:51:54.239 --> 00:51:55.840
 they can

00:51:55.840 --> 00:51:56.480
 both be

00:51:56.480 --> 00:51:57.599
 true and

00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:58.539
 gloriously so

00:51:58.539 --> 00:51:59.659
 simultaneously.

00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:02.000
 what makes

00:52:02.000 --> 00:52:03.379
 separate those

00:52:03.379 --> 00:52:03.879
 things apart

00:52:03.879 --> 00:52:04.319
 might be the

00:52:04.319 --> 00:52:04.879
 presence or

00:52:04.879 --> 00:52:05.299
 the actions

00:52:05.299 --> 00:52:05.899
 of humility.

00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:09.219
 Those two

00:52:09.219 --> 00:52:09.599
 things in

00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:10.000
 figuring out

00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:11.779
 yes I

00:52:11.779 --> 00:52:12.119
 think that

00:52:12.119 --> 00:52:13.619
 that's good

00:52:13.619 --> 00:52:14.179
 yeah that

00:52:14.179 --> 00:52:14.500
 would be a

00:52:14.500 --> 00:52:14.819
 good way to

00:52:14.819 --> 00:52:15.399
 put it.

00:52:16.399 --> 00:52:16.539
 Yeah.

00:52:17.879 --> 00:52:18.559
 Yeah Richard.

00:52:20.759 --> 00:52:21.940
 I was

00:52:21.940 --> 00:52:22.579
 interested to

00:52:22.579 --> 00:52:23.219
 hear what

00:52:23.219 --> 00:52:23.719
 you have to

00:52:23.719 --> 00:52:24.179
 say about

00:52:24.179 --> 00:52:24.659
 Edwards

00:52:24.659 --> 00:52:26.039
 because

00:52:26.039 --> 00:52:26.940
 although I

00:52:26.940 --> 00:52:27.859
 read in

00:52:27.859 --> 00:52:28.179
 Murray's

00:52:28.179 --> 00:52:28.799
 biography

00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:30.440
 I didn't

00:52:30.440 --> 00:52:30.940
 know that

00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:31.240
 about

00:52:31.240 --> 00:52:31.620
 Edwards.

00:52:33.120 --> 00:52:33.640
 So

00:52:33.640 --> 00:52:35.260
 Edwards

00:52:35.260 --> 00:52:36.240
 so there

00:52:36.240 --> 00:52:36.539
 was no

00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:37.019
 lack in

00:52:37.019 --> 00:52:37.280
 Edwards'

00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:37.820
 day of

00:52:37.820 --> 00:52:38.420
 preachers

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:39.120
 who had

00:52:39.120 --> 00:52:39.640
 preached the

00:52:39.640 --> 00:52:40.019
 law

00:52:40.019 --> 00:52:42.620
 until the

00:52:42.620 --> 00:52:43.220
 sinner felt

00:52:43.220 --> 00:52:43.680
 the need

00:52:43.680 --> 00:52:44.200
 for mercy

00:52:44.200 --> 00:52:44.920
 and grace

00:52:44.920 --> 00:52:46.820
 but that's

00:52:46.820 --> 00:52:47.140
 not the

00:52:47.140 --> 00:52:47.800
 way Edwards

00:52:47.800 --> 00:52:49.500
 came to

00:52:49.500 --> 00:52:49.900
 the Lord

00:52:49.900 --> 00:52:50.320
 Jesus

00:52:50.320 --> 00:52:51.120
 right.

00:52:52.720 --> 00:52:53.240
 So

00:52:53.240 --> 00:52:55.000
 what do

00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:55.440
 you think

00:52:55.440 --> 00:52:55.820
 what do

00:52:55.820 --> 00:52:56.080
 you think

00:52:56.080 --> 00:52:56.480
 of that

00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:57.000
 should

00:52:57.000 --> 00:52:57.840
 preachers

00:52:57.840 --> 00:52:58.360
 preach the

00:52:58.360 --> 00:52:58.579
 law

00:52:58.579 --> 00:52:59.440
 until the

00:52:59.440 --> 00:53:00.039
 sinner begs

00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:00.519
 for mercy?

00:53:02.840 --> 00:53:04.220
 Well I

00:53:04.220 --> 00:53:05.519
 think that

00:53:05.519 --> 00:53:06.880
 yes we

00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:07.220
 certainly

00:53:07.220 --> 00:53:09.260
 do preach

00:53:09.260 --> 00:53:10.220
 the holiness

00:53:10.220 --> 00:53:10.700
 of God

00:53:10.700 --> 00:53:11.120
 the righteousness

00:53:11.120 --> 00:53:11.460
 of God

00:53:11.460 --> 00:53:11.780
 and his

00:53:11.780 --> 00:53:12.420
 demands

00:53:12.420 --> 00:53:13.960
 but along

00:53:13.960 --> 00:53:14.559
 with that

00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:15.440
 in one

00:53:15.440 --> 00:53:15.800
 sense

00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:18.099
 what we

00:53:18.099 --> 00:53:18.559
 might call

00:53:18.559 --> 00:53:19.220
 that is

00:53:19.220 --> 00:53:20.320
 driving

00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:21.160
 sinners to

00:53:21.160 --> 00:53:21.640
 Christ

00:53:21.640 --> 00:53:23.260
 by

00:53:23.260 --> 00:53:24.620
 the

00:53:24.620 --> 00:53:25.019
 terrors

00:53:25.019 --> 00:53:25.260
 of the

00:53:25.260 --> 00:53:25.579
 law

00:53:25.579 --> 00:53:26.259
 God

00:53:26.259 --> 00:53:26.739
 but I

00:53:26.739 --> 00:53:26.860
 think

00:53:26.860 --> 00:53:27.340
 alongside

00:53:27.340 --> 00:53:28.079
 that

00:53:28.079 --> 00:53:29.199
 you

00:53:29.199 --> 00:53:29.380
 could

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 also

00:53:29.719 --> 00:53:30.380
 speak

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 of

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 the

00:53:31.500 --> 00:53:31.779
 beauty

00:53:31.779 --> 00:53:31.960
 of

00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:32.440
 Christ

00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:33.219
 his

00:53:33.219 --> 00:53:33.739
 appeal

00:53:33.739 --> 00:53:34.980
 the

00:53:34.980 --> 00:53:35.440
 tenderness

00:53:35.440 --> 00:53:35.759
 of his

00:53:35.759 --> 00:53:36.119
 appeal

00:53:36.119 --> 00:53:36.819
 why would

00:53:36.819 --> 00:53:37.340
 you die

00:53:37.340 --> 00:53:38.340
 come live

00:53:38.340 --> 00:53:39.179
 choose life

00:53:39.179 --> 00:53:39.699
 these sorts

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 of things

00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:40.920
 where there's

00:53:40.920 --> 00:53:41.539
 along with

00:53:41.539 --> 00:53:42.159
 the driving

00:53:42.159 --> 00:53:43.119
 there's also

00:53:43.119 --> 00:53:43.840
 a drawing

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 so I

00:53:45.019 --> 00:53:45.460
 think

00:53:45.460 --> 00:53:46.219
 you could

00:53:46.219 --> 00:53:46.900
 use those

00:53:46.900 --> 00:53:47.119
 things

00:53:47.119 --> 00:53:47.719
 simultaneously

00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:48.500
 interestingly

00:53:48.500 --> 00:53:49.379
 like Edwards

00:53:49.379 --> 00:53:49.819
 you bring

00:53:49.819 --> 00:53:50.319
 up Edwards

00:53:50.319 --> 00:53:51.559
 we associate

00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:52.139
 him with

00:53:52.139 --> 00:53:52.739
 sinners in

00:53:52.739 --> 00:53:53.000
 the hands

00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:53.219
 of an

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 angry

00:53:53.419 --> 00:53:53.779
 God

00:53:53.779 --> 00:53:54.159
 and rightly

00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:54.639
 so

00:53:54.639 --> 00:53:55.019
 as kind

00:53:55.019 --> 00:53:55.579
 of a

00:53:55.579 --> 00:53:57.019
 driving

00:53:57.019 --> 00:53:57.659
 them to

00:53:57.659 --> 00:53:58.139
 the

00:53:58.139 --> 00:53:59.279
 terrors

00:53:59.279 --> 00:54:00.839
 but

00:54:00.839 --> 00:54:01.819
 probably

00:54:01.819 --> 00:54:02.500
 the majority

00:54:02.500 --> 00:54:02.879
 of his

00:54:02.879 --> 00:54:03.219
 sermons

00:54:03.219 --> 00:54:03.579
 are more

00:54:03.579 --> 00:54:03.799
 of a

00:54:03.799 --> 00:54:04.199
 drawing

00:54:04.199 --> 00:54:04.659
 kind

00:54:04.659 --> 00:54:05.299
 than a

00:54:05.299 --> 00:54:05.639
 driving

00:54:05.639 --> 00:54:06.139
 kind

00:54:06.139 --> 00:54:07.539
 so I

00:54:07.539 --> 00:54:07.699
 think

00:54:07.699 --> 00:54:07.939
 that it

00:54:07.939 --> 00:54:08.119
 should

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 be

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 a good

00:54:08.879 --> 00:54:09.639
 mix

00:54:09.639 --> 00:54:10.299
 and what

00:54:10.299 --> 00:54:10.659
 will keep

00:54:10.659 --> 00:54:10.859
 us

00:54:10.859 --> 00:54:11.179
 faithful

00:54:11.179 --> 00:54:11.379
 to

00:54:11.379 --> 00:54:11.719
 that

00:54:11.719 --> 00:54:12.359
 Richard

00:54:12.359 --> 00:54:12.559
 I

00:54:12.559 --> 00:54:12.799
 think

00:54:12.799 --> 00:54:13.059
 is

00:54:13.059 --> 00:54:14.279
 expositional

00:54:14.279 --> 00:54:14.719
 preaching

00:54:14.719 --> 00:54:15.859
 where we

00:54:15.859 --> 00:54:16.519
 just preach

00:54:16.519 --> 00:54:18.159
 the next

00:54:18.159 --> 00:54:18.920
 three inches

00:54:18.920 --> 00:54:19.219
 of the

00:54:19.219 --> 00:54:19.659
 text

00:54:19.659 --> 00:54:21.320
 whether

00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:21.679
 that's

00:54:21.679 --> 00:54:22.199
 drawing

00:54:22.199 --> 00:54:22.940
 or driving

00:54:22.940 --> 00:54:23.400
 or whatever

00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:24.340
 and that'll

00:54:24.340 --> 00:54:24.719
 be a good

00:54:24.719 --> 00:54:25.199
 ratio

00:54:25.199 --> 00:54:26.019
 that'll be

00:54:26.019 --> 00:54:26.219
 a good

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 ratio

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 so

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 I'm

00:54:30.159 --> 00:54:30.480
 for all

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 those

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 because I

00:54:31.059 --> 00:54:31.199
 think

00:54:31.199 --> 00:54:31.519
 scripture

00:54:31.519 --> 00:54:31.860
 is for

00:54:31.860 --> 00:54:32.159
 all of

00:54:32.159 --> 00:54:32.440
 those

00:54:32.440 --> 00:54:33.300
 both

00:54:33.300 --> 00:54:33.800
 the

00:54:33.800 --> 00:54:34.219
 driving

00:54:34.219 --> 00:54:36.119
 of the

00:54:36.119 --> 00:54:36.380
 law

00:54:36.380 --> 00:54:36.860
 and the

00:54:36.860 --> 00:54:37.300
 drawing

00:54:37.300 --> 00:54:37.780
 of the

00:54:37.780 --> 00:54:38.159
 appeal

00:54:38.159 --> 00:54:40.539
 does that

00:54:40.539 --> 00:54:41.179
 make sense

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 at all

00:54:41.440 --> 00:54:45.619
 I think

00:54:45.619 --> 00:54:45.860
 we'd

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 probably best

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 break

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 team

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 thanks so

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 much

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 and next

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 week

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 Tyler

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 will be

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 picking up

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 and

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 I wish

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 that I

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 could be

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 there for

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 that

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 congratulations

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 do

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00:55:40.719 --> 00:55:42.399
 It was wonderful.

00:55:42.759 --> 00:55:43.619
 It was wonderful.

00:55:44.199 --> 00:55:46.699
 We didn't miss you.

00:55:47.839 --> 00:55:50.539
 We had some really fun discussions.

00:55:50.980 --> 00:55:52.359
 Good questions and that.

00:55:52.859 --> 00:55:55.939
 And people had hung out for a long time.

00:55:55.939 --> 00:55:58.379
 I said, we can dismiss.

00:55:58.500 --> 00:55:59.639
 We can dismiss if we wanted.

00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:01.399
 And a couple had to leave.

00:56:01.739 --> 00:56:03.139
 But they hung out for a while.

00:56:03.459 --> 00:56:04.299
 So it was a long time.

00:56:04.579 --> 00:56:05.739
 And the food was good.

00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:07.579
 Did I see if you didn't have a care earlier?

00:56:08.059 --> 00:56:08.500
 Yes.

00:56:08.859 --> 00:56:09.099
 Yes.

00:56:09.099 --> 00:56:11.659
 She was at least here at some point.

00:56:14.039 --> 00:56:16.079
 And you said, we'll be here for Thanksgiving.

00:56:17.179 --> 00:56:19.659
 Or is this where you go on your couple's retreat?

00:56:20.259 --> 00:56:22.639
 We will be here for Thanksgiving.

00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:24.019
 Right after Thanksgiving.

00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:25.819
 So the next Sunday,

00:56:26.440 --> 00:56:29.199
 time with the other elder is going to just take my place.

00:56:30.719 --> 00:56:32.559
 Because we're going to get away from here.

00:56:32.639 --> 00:56:32.819
 Yes.

00:56:32.920 --> 00:56:33.079
 All right.

00:56:33.159 --> 00:56:33.539
 That's wild.

00:56:34.420 --> 00:56:36.480
 Good to see you.

00:56:39.099 --> 00:57:08.440
 I'm going to just need to move this back.

00:57:08.440 --> 00:57:11.780
 And this will come along the side.

00:57:14.780 --> 00:57:16.500
 She really knows how to do it.

00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:17.780
 She sees it.

00:57:18.119 --> 00:57:20.340
 Well, after about 25 minutes.

00:57:22.220 --> 00:57:23.720
 Nick, I'm going to give this to you.

00:57:24.099 --> 00:57:24.500
 Excellent.

00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:27.300
 Great to meet you.