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 Good morning, everyone.

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 It is a joy and a privilege for me to gather with you,

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 to worship with you, and to preach God's word to you this morning.

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! Please open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 13.

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 And if you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 And we'd love to give you a copy that you can use while you're here

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 and you can take home with you.

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 Matthew chapter 13.

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 Matthew chapter 13.

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 We're looking at verses 24 to 43 this morning.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Father, you do work in mysterious ways.

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 How can it be that the seed of the precious, eternal kingdom of heaven

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 is deposited into us?

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 Lord, that is your wisdom, your love.

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 Father, that you would open up our eyes to see

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 the wondrous spiritual realities

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 about the kingdom of heaven,

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 about the church of Christ,

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 that we may see as you see.

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 that we might walk by faith,

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 not by sight,

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 the sight of our eyes.

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 So Lord, give us ears to hear,

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 open the eyes of our hearts to understand

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 and to believe,

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 to cherish

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 your word this morning.

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 in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand if you are able

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 to honor God

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 as I read from his word

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 and then we hear from him.

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 Matthew chapter 13,

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 verses 24 to 43.

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 He put another parable before them,

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 saying,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 may be compared to a man

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 who sowed good seed in his field.

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 But while his men were sleeping,

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 his enemy came

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 and sowed weeds among the wheat

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 and went away.

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 So when the plants came up

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 and bore grain,

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 then the weeds appeared also.

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 And the servants of the master of the house

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 came and said to him,

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 Master,

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 did you not sow good seed in your field?

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 How then does it have weeds?

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 He said to them,

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 an enemy has done this.

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 So the servants said to him,

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 then do you want us to go and gather them?

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 But he said,

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 no,

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 lest in gathering the weeds

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 you root up the wheat along with them.

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 Let both grow together until the harvest.

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 And at harvest time,

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 I will tell the reapers,

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 gather the weeds first

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 and bind them in bundles to be burned,

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 but gather the wheat into my barn.

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 He put another parable before them saying,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 is like a grain of mustard seed

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 that a man took and sowed in his field.

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 It is the smallest of all seeds,

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 but when it has grown,

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 it is larger than all the garden plants

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 and becomes a tree

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 so that the birds of the air

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 come and make nests in its branches.

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 He told them another parable,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 is like leaven

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 that a woman took

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 and hid in three measures of flour

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 till it was all leavened.

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 All these things,

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 Jesus said to the crowds in parables.

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 Indeed,

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 he said nothing to them without a parable.

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 This was to fulfill

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 what was spoken by the prophet.

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 I will open my mouth in parables.

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 I will utter what has been hidden

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 since the foundation of the world.

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 Then he left the crowds

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 and went into the house

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 and his disciples came to him saying,

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 explain to us the parable

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 of the weeds of the field.

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 He answered,

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 the one who sows the good seed

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 is the son of man.

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 The field is the world

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 and the good seed

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 is the sons of the kingdom.

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 The weeds are the sons of the evil one

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 and the enemy who sowed them

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 is the devil.

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 The harvest is the end of the age

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 and the reapers are angels.

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 Just as the weeds are gathered

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 and burned with fire,

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 so will it be at the end of the age.

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 The son of man will send his angels

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 and they will gather out of his kingdom

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 all causes of sin

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 and all lawbreakers

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 and throw them into the fiery furnace.

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 In that place,

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 there will be weeping

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 and gnashing of teeth.

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 Then the righteous will shine like the sun

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 in the kingdom of their father.

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 He who has ears,

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 let him hear.

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 Scott's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 Daniel 7, 13 to 14,

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 prophesied that a one like the son of man

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 will receive an everlasting dominion

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 and authority and a kingdom

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 from God the father,

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 the ancient of days,

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 a kingdom that will never be destroyed

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 and that he would rule over

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 all peoples and nations and languages.

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 This was a very important prophecy

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 in the Old Testament.

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 So when Jesus comes on the scene

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 and then he starts calling himself

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 the son of man,

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 alluding to that majestic title

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 in Daniel 7,

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 you can imagine the growing anticipation.

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 He is here.

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 The Messiah,

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 the son of man

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 who will bring about

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 the everlasting kingdom of God.

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 Similarly,

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 in Zechariah chapter 14,

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 or in Zechariah prophesied of a day

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 when the Lord God,

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 Yahweh himself,

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 will come down to earth

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 and stand on Mount of Olives

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 that lies before Jerusalem on the east

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 and fight against the nations

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 who rebel against God

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 and suppress his people.

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 He prophesied that on that day,

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 the Lord will be king

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 over all the earth.

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 On that day,

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 the Lord will be one

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 and his name one.

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 Meaning,

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 God's rule will be consummated

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 over all the earth

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 so that he will be the only king

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 and he will be the only Lord,

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 the only God who is worshipped.

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 For those who knew this prophecy

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 of God coming down himself

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 and standing upon the Mount of Olives,

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 when Jesus stands atop Mount of Olives

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 in Matthew 21,

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 before his triumphal entry into Jerusalem,

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 when people are hailing him,

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 Hosanna, son of David,

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 that excitement would have been palpable.

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 He's here.

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 God himself

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 has come down

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 to be king

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 over all the earth

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 so that the Lord will be one

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 and his name one.

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 But Jesus does not go

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 from the Mount of Olives

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 into Jerusalem

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 to overthrow the Roman Empire.

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 He goes into Jerusalem

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 to be crucified

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 by the Romans.

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 Yes,

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 he rises from the dead

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 on the third day

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 and at that point,

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 this messianic expectation

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 of this kingdom,

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 the consummation of the kingdom

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 is at a fever pitch

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 among his disciples

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 post-resurrection

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 and then Jesus ascends to heaven,

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 leaving the disciples to wonder,

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 what about the kingdom?

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 What about the kingdom of God

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 you spoke of so frequently?

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 Where is this kingdom of heaven?

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 And that same question

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 would warm its way

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 into the minds of Christians

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 throughout the ages

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 when they feel like

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 foreigners and aliens

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 amidst a swirl of confused

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 and sinful values

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 of our world,

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 when they are ridiculed

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 and marginalized

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 for their faith

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 in different parts of the world,

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 when they are persecuted

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 and even martyred

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 for their faith,

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 where is the kingdom of heaven?

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 Jesus answers that burning question

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 in this passage

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 and he counsels patience,

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 perseverance.

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 And the main point

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 of this passage is this,

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 as resident aliens

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 in the kingdom of earth

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 endure patiently

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 until the consummation

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 of the kingdom of heaven.

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 As I mentioned to you last week,

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 this is the third

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 of five major teaching discourses

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 by Jesus

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 in the Gospel of Matthew

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 and this third discourse

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 is around the theme

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 of the kingdom of heaven

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 or as the other gospel writers

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 put it,

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 the kingdom of God.

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 The kingdom of God,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 refers to the rulership of God,

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 his dominion.

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 The kingdom of God

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 is closely related

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 to the church of God,

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 the church of Christ,

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 but they are not identical.

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 The kingdom of God

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 refers to the sovereign rule of God.

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 The church is the subject

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 of that rule.

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 The church is,

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 in this sense,

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 the instrument

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 and the visible expression

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 So what does the kingdom

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 of heaven look like

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 as it breaks in

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 upon the kingdom of earth?

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 What does it look like

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 for the rule of God

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 in heaven

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 to assert itself,

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 to start to assert itself

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 on earth?

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 Jesus answers this question

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 in four ways

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 in our passage.

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 First,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 is contested,

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 but it endures.

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 Second,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 starts small,

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 but ends big.

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 Third,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 is hidden,

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 but it's nonetheless present.

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 Fourth,

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 is new,

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 but old.

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 The first thing

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 that Jesus teaches us

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 about the kingdom of heaven

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 is that it is contested,

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 but it nonetheless endures.

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 He teaches this

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 using the parable

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 of the weeds.

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 This is one of the parables

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 that are unique

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 to the gospel of Matthew,

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 so you won't find it

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 in the other gospels.

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 Jesus compares

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 the kingdom of heaven

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 to a man

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 who sowed good seed

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 in his field.

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 But by the time

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 the good seed

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 bears fruit

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 and the wheat comes up

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 and starts to bear grain,

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 the weeds also

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 rear their ugly head.

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 The servants of the master

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 confusedly wonder,

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 where did all these weeds

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 come from

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 when you only sowed

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 good seed?

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 And the master

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 of the house

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 reveals to them

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 that it's a case

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 of agricultural sabotage.

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 An enemy

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 has sown

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 the weeds

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 among the wheat.

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 If you're using

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 the English standard

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 version of the Bible,

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 which is the one

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 I'm using now,

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 you most likely

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 have a footnote

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 next to the word weed

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 in verse 25.

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 And if you follow

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 that down to the footnote,

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 it will tell you

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 that the word weed

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 is probably a reference

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 to darnel.

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 A darnel

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 is a grass-like weed

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 that looks nearly

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 identical to wheat

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 in its early stages.

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 You can only tell

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 darnel apart

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 from the wheat

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 when the ears

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 begin to form.

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 The ears are the tips,

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 the heads of the cereal grains

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 like wheat.

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 It's the part that,

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 it's the fruit,

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 the part that produces

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 the edible grain,

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 the seeds.

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 The wheat grains

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 are heavier,

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 so mature wheat ears

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 will droop humbly

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 like this

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 when they're fully mature.

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 Whereas darnel

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 is lighter,

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 darnel ears are lighter

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 and therefore will stand

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 proudly erect.

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 even after it's fully mature.

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 So when they're fully mature,

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 they're easy to tell apart.

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 The wheat kernels

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 are also golden brown,

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 but the darnel kernels

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 are black and poisonous.

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 They're actually poisonous,

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 cause food poisoning.

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 But all of these differences

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 are only apparent

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 in the late stages of growth

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 when the ears are forming.

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 That's why it says

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 in verse 26,

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 so when the plants

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 came up and bore grain,

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 then the weeds

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 appeared also.

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 Not that the weeds

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 weren't there beforehand

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 and then all of a sudden

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 they sprang up overnight.

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 The weeds were there,

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 but before they looked

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 like wheat.

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 We thought we only had wheat.

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 But then as the grains form,

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 as the year begins to form,

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 now you see,

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 oh wait,

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 where did all these

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 weeds come from?

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 That's when it becomes apparent.

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 But by the time

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 the darnel is identified,

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 it is too late

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 to try to go around

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 and uproot them

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 and gather them up

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 because as the master says

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 in verse 29,

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 no,

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 lest in gathering the weeds

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 you root up the wheat

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 along with the wheat.

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 By this stage of growth,

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 the roots are all entangled

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 underneath,

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 they're intertwined,

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 it makes it impossible

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 to eradicate the weed

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 without prematurely

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 killing the wheat.

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 This is why

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 the only solution

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 is verse 30,

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 let both grow together

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 until the harvest.

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 And at harvest time

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 I will tell the reapers,

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 gather the weeds first

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 and bind them in bundles

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 to be burned,

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 but gather the wheat

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 into my barn.

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 It's at harvest time

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 that the reapers

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 will have to go through

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 the painstaking task

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 of separating out

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 the wheat from the wheat.

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 Because bread

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 was the most basic staple

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 in their diet

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 in Israel,

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 ancient Israel,

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 wheat was the most

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 critical crop.

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 And because darnel

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 is a poisonous grain

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 that looks so much

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 like wheat,

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 sowing darnel

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 among the wheat

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 rendered the field

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 commercially useless.

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 This made darnel

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 the perfect candidate

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 for agricultural sabotage

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 and people actually did this.

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 So there was a Roman law

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 that specifically

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 and explicitly forbade

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 sowing darnel

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 in a neighbor's wheat field.

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 But this is precisely

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 what the devil does.

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 He is a spiteful saboteur.

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 He is bitter

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 that he doesn't have

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 what God has.

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 And he tries to sabotage

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 and spoil God's good work

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 of building up

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 Jesus begins to explain

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 this parable in verse 36.

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 Then Jesus left the crowds

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 and went into the house

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 and his disciples

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 came to him saying,

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 explain to us

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 the parable of the weeds

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 of the field.

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 Once again,

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 Jesus starts to make

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 that distinction

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 between the crowds

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 and his disciples

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 that we saw earlier

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 in verses 10 to 13.

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 He speaks to crowds

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 in parables,

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 but he speaks plainly

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 to his disciples

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 and explains the parables

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 to them because,

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 as he said earlier,

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 to the disciples

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 it has been given

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 to know the secrets

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 of the kingdom of heaven,

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 but to the crowds

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 it has not been given.

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 Jesus explains

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 in verse 37

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 that the master

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 who sows the good seed,

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 the wheat,

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 is the son of man,

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 Jesus himself.

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 Then he says

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 in verses 38 to 39,

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 the field is the world

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 and the good seed

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 is the sons of the kingdom.

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 The weeds

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 are the sons

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 of the evil one

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 and the enemy

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 who sow them

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 is the devil.

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 The harvest

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 is the end of the age

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 and the weepers

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 are angels.

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 It's really nice

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 and helpful

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 to have a glossary

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 of terms

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 after a parable.

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 You don't get this

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 with every parable,

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 but you can't get this wrong

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 because Jesus told us

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 exactly what it means.

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 The resemblance

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 between wheat and darnel

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 and the fact

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 that they can only

00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.460
 be distinguished

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 once they start

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 to bear fruit

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 I think is meant

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 to teach us something

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 about how to tell

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 true Christians

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 apart from false ones.

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 Matthew makes this point

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 in numerous places

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 throughout the gospel.

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 Earlier in chapter 7

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 verse 15 to 20

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 Jesus warned us

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 about false prophets

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 who come to us

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 in sheep's clothing

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 meaning they look

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 like believers

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 but inwardly

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 they are ravenous wolves.

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 He counseled us

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 you will recognize them

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 by what?

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 By their fruits.

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 Our grapes gather

00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:42.639
 from thorn bushes

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 or figs from thistles

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 so every healthy tree

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 bears good fruit

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 but the diseased tree

00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:48.419
 bears bad fruit.

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 A healthy tree

00:16:49.479 --> 00:16:50.799
 cannot bear bad fruit

00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:52.139
 nor can a diseased tree

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.199
 bear good fruit.

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 Every tree

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 that does not

00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.459
 bear good fruit

00:16:56.459 --> 00:16:57.039
 is cut down

00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:58.079
 and thrown into the fire

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 thus you will recognize them

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 by their fruit.

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 Like the wheat and darnel

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 the only surefire way

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.920
 to distinguish

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.659
 true Christians

00:17:06.659 --> 00:17:07.480
 from false ones

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.379
 is their fruit.

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 Are they bearing

00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.879
 the fruit

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 of the Holy Spirit?

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.840
 Galatians 5

00:17:13.840 --> 00:17:14.240
 22

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 33

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 love

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 joy

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 peace

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 patience

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 kindness

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.660
 goodness

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 faithfulness

00:17:20.860 --> 00:17:21.779
 gentleness

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:23.000
 self-control.

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 Every true Christian

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:26.019
 will bear

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:27.140
 in some measure

00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:28.019
 the fruit

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.779
 of the Holy Spirit

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 but we also need

00:17:30.580 --> 00:17:31.400
 to be patient

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 the young

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 and immature wheat

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 that hasn't

00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.480
 borne much fruit

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.460
 yet is very difficult

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.080
 to distinguish

00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:38.799
 from the darnel.

00:17:39.860 --> 00:17:40.840
 However it's only

00:17:40.840 --> 00:17:41.640
 a matter of time.

00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:43.620
 Every good tree

00:17:43.620 --> 00:17:44.539
 bears good fruit.

00:17:45.539 --> 00:17:46.620
 Every good seed

00:17:46.620 --> 00:17:48.120
 will bear good grains

00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:50.460
 and every true Christian

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:52.200
 will evidence

00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:52.980
 love

00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:54.539
 and good deeds.

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 Similarly Jesus taught us

00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.160
 in Matthew 7

00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.720
 verse 21

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.799
 not everyone who says

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.180
 to me

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:02.019
 Lord Lord

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.980
 will enter the kingdom

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.420
 of heaven

00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:04.460
 but the one who

00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.559
 does the will

00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:06.200
 of the Father

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.960
 who is in heaven.

00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:09.620
 There are people

00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:10.680
 who claim Jesus

00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.220
 as Lord

00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:12.220
 and pay lip service

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.660
 to him

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.579
 and yet their lives

00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.559
 do not bear testimony

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.799
 to the Lordship of Christ.

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:18.299
 They are not wheat

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.019
 but darnel

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:20.759
 and you can tell them

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.640
 apart by the grain

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:22.079
 in the ear.

00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.720
 Even the church

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.259
 of Christ

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:26.740
 and I'm speaking here

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:28.000
 of the visible church

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.480
 is a mixed community

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.819
 of believers

00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:32.960
 and unbelievers.

00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:36.019
 Paul warns about this

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.799
 in Acts 20

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:38.039
 but that wolves

00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:38.799
 in sheep's clothing

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.500
 will rise up

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.819
 from among the church

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:42.079
 from within the church

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:43.360
 to draw away

00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.299
 disciples after them.

00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:47.059
 we do our best

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:48.599
 to vet new members

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.519
 and we conduct

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.460
 membership interviews

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 and we'll be inducting

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 new members later on

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 today

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 but even then

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 we can't always ensure

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 that only true Christians

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 are admitted into the church

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 which is why

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:02.419
 church discipline exists.

00:19:03.419 --> 00:19:04.700
 This mixed nature

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:06.000
 of the visible church

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.859
 troubles us

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 because we like things

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 to be neat

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 and clean

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 but even in local churches

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 with the highest

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 and most rigorous

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 standards of membership

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 inevitably

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 there will be some

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 darnel found

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 among the wheat

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 until the final judgment.

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 The fifth verse

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 of the hymn

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 church is one foundation

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 that we sang this morning

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 says this

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 though with a scornful wonder

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 men see her

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 the church

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 sore oppressed

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!

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 By schisms

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 rent asunder

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 by heresies

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 distressed

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 yet saints

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 their watch

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 are keeping

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 their cry

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 goes up

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 how long

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 and soon

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 the night

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 of weeping

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 shall be

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 the morn

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 of song.

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 Every branch

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 and denomination

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 of Christianity

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 throughout history

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 has been

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 by schisms

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 rent asunder

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 and by heresies

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 distressed.

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 This makes us

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 weep

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 and cry out

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 how long

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 oh Lord

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 but this parable

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 counsels

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 patience

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 and endurance

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 not yet

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 soon

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 but not yet

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 brothers and sisters

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 when divisions

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 and doctrinal errors

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 mar the church

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 of Christ

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 mourn

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 and pray

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 and proclaim

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 and contend

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 for the truth

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 but do so

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 patiently

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 perseveringly

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 we are not

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 to be the final

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 judge

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 of these matters

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 in this life

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 but when our

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 Lord Jesus

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 returns for the harvest

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 he will separate

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 out the weed

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 from the darnel.

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 The mixed nature

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 of the church

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 I do think

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 is one of the

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 implications

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 of this parable

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 however I do not

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 think it is the

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 main point

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 of this parable.

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 Why do I say that?

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 Because in verse 38

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 Jesus tells us

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 that the field

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 is the world

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 and the good seed

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 is the sons

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 of the kingdom

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 the weeds

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 are the sons

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 of the evil one.

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 the field

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 is not restricted

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 to the church

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 he's not talking

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 about just the church

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 the people of God

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 the visible community

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 the gathered people

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 no the field

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 encompasses

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 the entire world

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 so then the good seed

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 the wheat

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 is the people of God

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 scattered throughout

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 the world

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 and the weeds

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 the darnel

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 represent all

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 unbelievers

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 throughout the world

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 not just the false

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 Christians

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 who have infiltrated

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 the church.

00:21:28.760 --> 00:21:29.600
 Notice also

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 that in this parable

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 the word good seed

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 is consistently

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 and even awkwardly

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 at times singular

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 whereas the word weeds

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 is consistently plural.

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 It's as if Jesus

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 wants to communicate

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 to us

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 the wonderful

00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:47.019
 spiritual realities

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:48.019
 that the true church

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 only has

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:50.360
 one foundation

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 and one cornerstone

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 and that is

00:21:52.580 --> 00:21:53.300
 Jesus Christ

00:21:53.300 --> 00:21:53.740
 our Lord.

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 There is one gospel

00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:57.380
 on which we stand

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 for all eternity.

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 there is one body

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 and one spirit

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 just as you were

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 called to the one hope

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 that belongs

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 to your call

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 one Lord

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.859
 and one faith

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 and one baptism

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 one God and Father

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 of all

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 who is over all

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 and through all

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 and in all

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 there is

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.319
 an invisible

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.579
 spiritual unity

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:19.539
 that undergirds

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:21.180
 the entire people

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.599
 of God.

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 no matter how weak

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.599
 and frail

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.099
 and divided

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 we may seem

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 there is

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:29.519
 that underlying

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.619
 undergirding

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.719
 unity of the spirit.

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 In contrast

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.299
 the weeds

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:36.859
 are variegated

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.639
 and many

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:39.599
 their misbeliefs

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.299
 and heresies

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.240
 are numerous.

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:45.240
 Within this world

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.719
 the believers

00:22:45.719 --> 00:22:46.839
 and unbelievers

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.879
 coexist

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:49.779
 until the day

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.599
 of final judgment.

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:54.019
 this I think

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.639
 is a helpful

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:55.299
 corrective

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:57.139
 to some Christians

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:57.819
 who predict

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.539
 a thorough

00:22:58.539 --> 00:23:00.480
 and worldwide

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.579
 Christianization

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.259
 of the world

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.879
 leading up to

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.679
 the return of Christ.

00:23:05.699 --> 00:23:06.619
 I do believe

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.099
 that the gospel

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.500
 will grow

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.240
 the kingdom of heaven

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.799
 will grow

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.740
 as this passage

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.399
 teaches us

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:11.500
 but Jesus also

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.279
 teaches us here

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.359
 that the wheat

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.019
 and the weeds

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:15.879
 grow side by side

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.719
 in the field

00:23:16.719 --> 00:23:17.299
 of this world.

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.359
 world.

00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:20.419
 But shouldn't there

00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:21.339
 be a new

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.000
 world order

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.940
 now that the

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.579
 kingdom of heaven

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.440
 has broken up

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.839
 in upon this earth?

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.519
 What kind of

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.720
 mighty kingdom

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.200
 of heaven

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.000
 allows

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.980
 rivals

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:33.099
 and opponents

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:34.099
 to continue

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.879
 unchecked?

00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.440
 Shouldn't we

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.139
 as Christians

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.680
 be the ones

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.159
 who hold

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:39.819
 authority

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.460
 and power

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.039
 in this world?

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:42.819
 Why does God

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.799
 not do away

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.399
 with the wicked

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.039
 right now?

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.019
 The parable

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.680
 of the weeds

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.599
 answers

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.480
 those questions.

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.980
 God allows

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.379
 the wheat

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:52.920
 and the weeds

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.299
 to grow

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.079
 side by side

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.180
 until

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.240
 the appointed

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.920
 time of final

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.220
 judgment.

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.319
 So then

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.899
 don't be

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.639
 disheartened

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:02.799
 that Christendom

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.559
 is not

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.139
 the dominant

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.559
 authority

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:04.960
 and power

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.500
 that you wish

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.759
 it were

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.220
 in the world.

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.700
 Don't doubt

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.920
 the reality

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.440
 of the kingdom

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.840
 of heaven

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.480
 just because

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:12.960
 there's much

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.560
 resistance

00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:14.340
 and rebellion

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.080
 against God

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.640
 in the world.

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:18.000
 The kingdom

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.420
 of heaven

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.240
 is real

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.000
 no matter

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:21.140
 how powerful

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.640
 the kingdoms

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.360
 of this world

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:23.100
 might appear.

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.620
 So don't

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.440
 be discouraged

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.580
 that the world's

00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.360
 great powers

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:28.940
 today are

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.340
 sometimes

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:30.160
 antagonistic

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.840
 toward the church.

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.259
 These things

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.660
 should not

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.480
 surprise us.

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:37.279
 2 Timothy 3.12

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.039
 says all who

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.800
 desire to live

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.680
 a godly life

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.400
 will be

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:40.900
 persecuted.

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:43.240
 1 Peter 4.12

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.820
 says beloved

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.560
 do not be

00:24:44.560 --> 00:24:45.120
 surprised at

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.480
 the fiery

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.080
 trial when

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.440
 it comes

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.940
 upon you

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.440
 to test

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.100
 you as

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.200
 though

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.460
 something

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.120
 strange

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.279
 were

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.620
 happening

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.180
 to you.

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.420
 Opposition

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.060
 persecution

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:53.539
 these are

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.039
 the norm.

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:54.960
 These are

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.400
 normal.

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:55.940
 They're not

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.460
 strange.

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:57.980
 Jesus said

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.279
 in Matthew

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.820
 5.10

00:24:58.820 --> 00:24:59.380
 blessed are

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.680
 those who

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.440
 are persecuted

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.019
 for righteousness

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.259
 sake for

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.240
 theirs is

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.700
 the kingdom

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.279
 of heaven.

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.180
 If you

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.800
 belong to

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.160
 the kingdom

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.580
 of heaven

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:06.940
 you will

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.500
 face these

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.800
 things.

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:10.500
 if you

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.839
 are of

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.159
 the good

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.659
 seed

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.559
 you will

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.720
 be

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.259
 persecuted.

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.980
 The weeds

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.680
 around you

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.099
 will try

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.779
 to deprive

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.399
 you of

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.159
 the nutrients

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:17.799
 in the soil

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.299
 and the water.

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:18.599
 They will

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.839
 distract you

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.839
 from seeking

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.279
 the kingdom

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.839
 of God

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.539
 and seeking

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.099
 the righteousness

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.779
 of God

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.779
 first.

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:25.899
 They will

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.419
 try to

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:27.059
 choke the

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.399
 spiritual

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:28.099
 life out

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.579
 of us

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.359
 and sometimes

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:30.059
 as a result

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.740
 following

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.240
 Christ

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.139
 and pursuing

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.500
 the kingdom

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.179
 will get

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.559
 hard

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:35.240
 but we

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.000
 must patiently

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.519
 endure.

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.379
 Remember

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:38.759
 that this

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.359
 is the most

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.079
 precious thing.

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.699
 We must

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.219
 pursue

00:25:42.219 --> 00:25:43.000
 seek.

00:25:44.719 --> 00:25:45.359
 The kingdom

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.799
 of heaven

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:47.079
 is contested

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.819
 but it

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:48.439
 endures.

00:25:51.439 --> 00:25:52.000
 Jesus

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.480
 tells us

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.740
 that the

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:52.920
 wheat

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.160
 and the

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.339
 weeds

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.940
 will coexist

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.640
 until the

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.460
 harvest time

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.360
 and he

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.779
 tells us

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.079
 in verses

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.039
 39 to 42

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.480
 that the

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.819
 harvest

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.579
 is the

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.019
 end

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.460
 of the

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:00.799
 age

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.779
 and the

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.059
 reapers

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.839
 are angels.

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.700
 Just as

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.099
 the weeds

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.579
 are gathered

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.000
 and burned

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.500
 with fire

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.960
 so will

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.240
 it be

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.500
 at the

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.680
 end

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:06.920
 of the

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.220
 age.

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.019
 The

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.299
 son of

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.460
 man

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.640
 will

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:08.960
 send

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.140
 his

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.500
 angels

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.779
 and they

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:09.900
 will

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.240
 gather

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.480
 out

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.559
 of

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:10.680
 his

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.019
 kingdom

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.779
 all

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.200
 causes

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.380
 of

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.700
 sin

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:12.860
 and

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.140
 all

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.420
 law

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.839
 breakers

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.000
 and

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.180
 throw

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.360
 them

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.539
 into

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.700
 the

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:14.940
 fiery

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.440
 furnace.

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.720
 in

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:16.960
 that

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.360
 place

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.559
 there

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.699
 will

00:26:17.699 --> 00:26:17.839
 be

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.259
 weeping

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.479
 and

00:26:18.479 --> 00:26:18.799
 gnashing

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.019
 of

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.279
 teeth.

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.379
 Jesus

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:20.819
 is speaking

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.179
 here of

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:21.339
 the

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.659
 final

00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:22.000
 judgment.

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.439
 Many

00:26:23.439 --> 00:26:23.859
 passages

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.139
 of

00:26:24.139 --> 00:26:24.379
 scripture

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.899
 employ

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.119
 the

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.559
 language

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:25.879
 of

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.479
 harvest

00:26:26.479 --> 00:26:27.000
 to

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.279
 speak

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.500
 of

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.659
 the

00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:27.939
 final

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:28.319
 judgment

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.539
 and

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.659
 the

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.279
 ingathering

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.539
 of

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:29.899
 God's

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.240
 elect.

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:31.939
 The

00:26:31.939 --> 00:26:32.419
 fiery

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:33.000
 furnace

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.619
 continues

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.019
 the

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.579
 metaphor

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:34.799
 the

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.099
 farming

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.500
 metaphor

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:35.879
 where

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.099
 it's

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.299
 the

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.579
 oven

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:36.899
 where

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.099
 the

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.599
 unwanted

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.199
 vegetation

00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:38.459
 is

00:26:38.459 --> 00:26:38.679
 thrown

00:26:38.679 --> 00:26:38.979
 into

00:26:38.979 --> 00:26:39.319
 to be

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.759
 consumed.

00:26:40.959 --> 00:26:41.879
 And here

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.379
 it functions

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:42.759
 as a

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.059
 metaphor

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.500
 for

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.819
 hell.

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.099
 Hell

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.399
 is

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:45.919
 frequently

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.419
 associated

00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:46.679
 with

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.220
 fire.

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.400
 Jesus

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.759
 calls

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:48.920
 it

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.120
 the

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.480
 hell

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.779
 of

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.320
 fire

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.759
 in

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.019
 Matthew

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.400
 5

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.779
 22

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:51.980
 and

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.259
 18

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.560
 9.

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.500
 He

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.720
 calls

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:53.840
 it

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.019
 the

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.620
 eternal

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.200
 fire

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.480
 in

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.700
 Matthew

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.060
 18

00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:56.320
 8

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:56.420
 and

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.759
 25

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.259
 41.

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.039
 Matthew

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.360
 3

00:26:59.360 --> 00:26:59.640
 10

00:26:59.640 --> 00:26:59.759
 to

00:26:59.759 --> 00:26:59.980
 12

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.279
 spoke

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.420
 of

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.539
 how

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.799
 God

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:00.960
 will

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.240
 cut

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.480
 down

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.740
 any

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.000
 tree

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.140
 that

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.299
 does

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.519
 not

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.740
 bear

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:02.960
 good

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.220
 fruit

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.400
 and

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.660
 throw

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:03.799
 it

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:03.980
 into

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.140
 the

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.640
 fire.

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.700
 And

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:06.799
 he

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.019
 said

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.220
 that

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.519
 Jesus

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.820
 has

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.019
 a

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.460
 winnowing

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.840
 fork

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.060
 in

00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:09.240
 his

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.580
 hand

00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:09.740
 and

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:09.820
 he

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:09.940
 will

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.299
 clear

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.519
 his

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.859
 threshing

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.119
 floor

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.299
 and

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.639
 gather

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:11.879
 his

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.519
 weed

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.740
 into

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:12.920
 the

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.299
 barn

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.759
 but

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:13.980
 the

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.579
 chaff

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.079
 he

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.220
 will

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.460
 burn

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.660
 with

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.259
 unquenchable

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.660
 fire.

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.200
 This

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.639
 is the

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.019
 place

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.279
 of

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.160
 eternal

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.680
 torment

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.180
 reserved

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.579
 for the

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:21.819
 devil

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.160
 and

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.440
 his

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.119
 angels

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.599
 as it

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:23.740
 says

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:23.879
 in

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.039
 Matthew

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.460
 25

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.859
 41.

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.480
 And

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.759
 as our

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.059
 passage

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.460
 this morning

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:27.859
 tells us

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.059
 it is

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.259
 also

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.680
 reserved

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.079
 for

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.539
 the

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.960
 sons

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.480
 of

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.660
 the

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:30.900
 evil

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.200
 one.

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.000
 Those

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.180
 who

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.779
 follow

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.000
 the

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.240
 devil

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.539
 because

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.700
 they

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:33.839
 have

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.200
 rejected

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.720
 Christ.

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.759
 Fire

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.160
 is

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.700
 an

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.140
 appropriate

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.560
 metaphor

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:41.200
 for

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.400
 this

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.740
 eternal

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.180
 punishment

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.540
 because

00:27:42.540 --> 00:27:43.080
 God

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.420
 is

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.900
 described

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.120
 in

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.340
 scripture

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.600
 as

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:44.759
 the

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.320
 consuming

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.800
 fire.

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.800
 Hell

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.820
 is a

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.140
 place

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.540
 reserved

00:27:49.540 --> 00:27:49.740
 for

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.019
 those

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.180
 who

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.560
 rebel

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.160
 against

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.540
 God

00:27:51.540 --> 00:27:51.720
 and

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:51.920
 seek

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.140
 to

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.860
 usurp

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.300
 his

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:53.740
 throne.

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.680
 The

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:54.900
 one

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.100
 who

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.100
 dwells

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.220
 in

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.019
 unapproachable

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.360
 light.

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:57.820
 The

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.360
 consuming

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:58.820
 fire.

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.019
 And

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.160
 when

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.340
 you

00:27:59.340 --> 00:27:59.800
 seek

00:27:59.800 --> 00:27:59.980
 to

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.420
 usurp

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.700
 his

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.180
 throne

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.680
 you're

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.220
 consumed

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:07.560
 by the

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:07.900
 holy

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.360
 just

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.740
 wrath

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:08.840
 of

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:08.940
 the

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.259
 consuming

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.620
 fire.

00:28:10.780 --> 00:28:11.060
 In

00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:11.240
 that

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.500
 place

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.740
 Jesus

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.000
 says

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.120
 there

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.240
 will

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.540
 be

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:13.380
 weeping

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.660
 and

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.060
 gnashing

00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:14.300
 of

00:28:14.300 --> 00:28:14.600
 teeth

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.380
 symbolizing

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.259
 regret

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.280
 and

00:28:17.280 --> 00:28:17.920
 bitter

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.280
 resentment

00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:20.680
 when

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:20.920
 people

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.440
 grind

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.700
 their

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.120
 teeth

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:23.640
 gnash

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:23.900
 their

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.259
 teeth.

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.480
 But

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.620
 in

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.200
 contrast

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.580
 verse

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.160
 43

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.680
 describes

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 the

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 final

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 vindication

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 of the

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 sons

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 of the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 heaven.

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 It

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 says

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 then

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 the

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.040
 righteous

00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:35.400
 will

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 shine

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 like

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.320
 the

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:36.820
 sun

00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:37.340
 in

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.480
 the

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.720
 kingdom

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:37.919
 of

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.079
 their

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 father.

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 This

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 is an

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 allusion

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 to

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 Daniel

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 chapter

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 12

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 verse

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 3

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 which

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 prophesied

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 that

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 those

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 who

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 are

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.879
 resurrected

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 to

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 everlasting

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 life

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.539
 will

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 shine

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 like

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 the

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 brightness

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 of

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 the

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 sky

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 above.

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 They

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 shine

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 like

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 the

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 sun

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 because

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 they

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 are

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 united

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 with

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Later

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 in

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 Matthew

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 17

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 verse

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 2

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 at

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 the

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 transfiguration

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 when

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 Jesus

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 is

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 transfigured

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 into

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 his

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 heavenly

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 glory

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 for a

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 brief

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 time

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 it

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 says

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 that

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 his

00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.179
 face

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 the

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 fact

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.259
 that

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.419
 the

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.799
 righteous

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.179
 will

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.619
 shine

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:17.839
 like

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 the

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.319
 sun

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.639
 it

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.519
 identifies

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 the

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 righteous

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 the

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 people

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.079
 of

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 God

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 with

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.079
 Christ

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.720
 because

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 they

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:22.959
 are

00:29:22.959 --> 00:29:23.459
 united

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 with

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 him

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 they

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 are

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 one

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 with

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 him

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 because

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 of

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 their

00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:26.559
 faith

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.720
 in

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 him

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:28.480
 and

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.679
 those

00:29:28.679 --> 00:29:28.799
 who

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:28.899
 are

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.279
 united

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.500
 to

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.899
 Christ

00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.139
 then

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:30.599
 become

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.679
 children

00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:31.959
 of

00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:32.220
 God

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.720
 we

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 become

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 as

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 God's

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:33.879
 people

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.579
 collectively

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.240
 God's

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.519
 son

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.819
 because

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:35.959
 we

00:29:35.959 --> 00:29:36.039
 are

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.240
 in

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.699
 his

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.140
 only

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.539
 son

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.120
 Jesus

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.539
 Christ

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.019
 so

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.259
 that

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.039
 we

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.180
 can

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.440
 rightly

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.660
 be

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:40.920
 called

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.100
 it

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 can

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.340
 be

00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:41.480
 said

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.620
 of

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:41.840
 us

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.039
 in

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.180
 the

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.140
 kingdom

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.440
 of

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.779
 their

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.400
 father

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.000
 as

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.220
 Jesus

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.600
 says

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.759
 in

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:46.980
 order

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.220
 to

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.580
 enter

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:47.799
 the

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.059
 kingdom

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.299
 of

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.580
 heaven

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:49.200
 we

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.480
 must

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.200
 receive

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.600
 the

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:50.840
 son

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:50.980
 of

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.259
 heaven

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:54.620
 in

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.100
 describing

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.380
 his

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.640
 death

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:55.799
 and

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.200
 resurrection

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.660
 Jesus

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:56.880
 said

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.000
 in

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.220
 John

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.519
 12

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.920
 24

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.380
 truly

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.720
 truly

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:58.940
 I

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.160
 say

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.319
 to

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.600
 you

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.200
 unless

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.680
 a grain

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:00.880
 of

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.120
 wheat

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.559
 falls

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:01.779
 into

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:01.960
 the

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.220
 earth

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.400
 and

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.799
 dies

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.120
 it

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.539
 remains

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.000
 alone

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.660
 but

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:04.820
 if

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:04.960
 it

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.279
 dies

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.480
 it

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.759
 bears

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.160
 much

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.519
 fruit

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.740
 where

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.120
 did

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.460
 the

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.180
 singular

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.860
 good

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.300
 seed

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:10.720
 come

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.080
 from

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.540
 that

00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.019
 produces

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.440
 this

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.700
 weed

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.240
 harvest

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.100
 it's

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.420
 Jesus

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:14.900
 Christ

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.880
 himself

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.100
 his

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:16.460
 life

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.860
 death

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.019
 and

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.460
 resurrection

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.340
 he

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:19.160
 died

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.400
 in

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.720
 our

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.220
 place

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.560
 to

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:20.900
 take

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.460
 our

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.019
 sins

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.420
 and

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.600
 he

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.000
 rose

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.340
 from

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:23.519
 the

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.680
 dead

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:23.800
 so

00:30:23.800 --> 00:30:23.940
 that

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.240
 sinners

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.620
 might

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:24.779
 be

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.340
 declared

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:25.880
 righteous

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.779
 so

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:26.960
 that

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.519
 orphans

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.700
 can

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:27.820
 be

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.220
 adopted

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.460
 as

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.759
 children

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:28.960
 of

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.220
 God

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.680
 that

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:30.880
 is

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.160
 the

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.400
 good

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.720
 news

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:31.880
 that

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.000
 we

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.440
 proclaim

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.839
 and

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.100
 that

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.220
 is

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.339
 the

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:33.600
 good

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:33.960
 seed

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.120
 that

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.259
 we

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.720
 sow

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.100
 and

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:35.440
 scatter

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.819
 all

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.140
 over

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.299
 the

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.519
 field

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.640
 of

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:36.779
 this

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.140
 world

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.779
 Jesus

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.100
 is

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.240
 the

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.420
 good

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.660
 seed

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:38.839
 that

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.140
 bears

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.600
 fruit

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:39.900
 within

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.299
 us

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:42.819
 so

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.160
 have

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.460
 you

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.140
 received

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.380
 the

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.559
 son

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:44.700
 of

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:44.920
 heaven

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.140
 into

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.279
 your

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.620
 life

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:49.039
 only

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.360
 those

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:49.500
 who

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:49.620
 have

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:49.799
 done

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.019
 that

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.200
 will

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.319
 be

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.720
 declared

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.180
 righteous

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.000
 and

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.279
 only

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.480
 the

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.819
 righteous

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.140
 will

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.420
 one

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.640
 day

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.220
 shine

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.480
 like

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.680
 the

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:54.900
 sun

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.019
 in

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.140
 the

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.339
 kingdom

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.519
 of

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.680
 their

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.100
 father

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.380
 seeds

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:01.519
 in

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.740
 this

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.039
 world

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.240
 the

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.480
 kingdom

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.720
 of

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:02.920
 heaven

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.120
 is

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.900
 contested

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.420
 it

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.759
 starts

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.319
 small

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.519
 and

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:05.660
 in

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:05.900
 many

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.920
 ways

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.180
 it's

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.519
 hidden

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.160
 but

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.360
 on

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.640
 that

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:08.900
 day

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.120
 there

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.240
 will

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.380
 be

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.759
 nothing

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.120
 to

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.480
 hold

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.860
 back

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.079
 the

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.519
 glory

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:11.819
 of

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:11.980
 the

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.200
 kingdom

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.400
 of

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.640
 heaven

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:16.299
 Jesus

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.059
 tells

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.400
 another

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.839
 parable

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.279
 likening

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.440
 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 heaven

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 in

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 verses

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 31

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 to

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 32

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 he

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 says

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 heaven

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 is

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 like

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 a

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 grain

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 of

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 mustard

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.480
 seed

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.680
 that

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 a

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 man

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 took

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 and

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 sowed

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 in

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 his

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 field

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 it

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 is

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 the

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 smallest

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 of

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 all

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 seeds

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 but

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 when

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 it

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 has

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 grown

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 it

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 is

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 larger

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 than

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 all

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 the

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 garden

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 plants

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 and

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 becomes

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 a

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 tree

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 so

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 that

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 the

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 birds

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 of

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 the

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.460
 air

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 come

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 and

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.279
 make

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.759
 nests

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 in

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.279
 its

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.700
 branches

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:39.220
 a

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.539
 mustard

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:39.859
 seed

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 is

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 a

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 proverbially

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 small

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 seed

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 it's

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 about

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 one

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 millimeter

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 in

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 diameter

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 it's

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 the

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.980
 smallest

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 of

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 all

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 seeds

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 among

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 the

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 commonly

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 cultivated

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 seeds

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 in

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 that

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:51.940
 part

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.019
 of

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 the

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 world

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 and

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.720
 yet

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.160
 when

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.279
 it

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.420
 is

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.720
 planted

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:54.920
 in

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.059
 your

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.420
 garden

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.960
 the

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.200
 mustard

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.480
 seed

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.819
 grows

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.039
 into

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.240
 a

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.579
 tree

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.940
 that's

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.259
 larger

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.440
 than

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.600
 all

00:31:59.600 --> 00:31:59.720
 the

00:31:59.720 --> 00:31:59.960
 garden

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.420
 plants

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.120
 so

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.299
 that

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.559
 the

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.860
 birds

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.000
 of

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.120
 the

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.319
 air

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.700
 come

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:02.900
 and

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.120
 make

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.620
 nests

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:03.920
 in

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.100
 its

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.480
 branches

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:06.860
 Jesus

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.079
 is

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.339
 speaking

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.599
 of

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:07.779
 the

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.360
 small

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 humble

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.839
 beginnings

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.400
 of

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.519
 the

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:10.720
 kingdom

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:10.900
 of

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.140
 heaven

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:13.160
 when

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.940
 Zerubbabel

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:15.400
 led

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:15.599
 the

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:15.920
 Jewish

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.500
 exiles

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.920
 out

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.140
 of

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.339
 the

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.880
 Babylonian

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.299
 captivity

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 and

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.220
 brought

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.400
 them

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.579
 back

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.740
 to

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.140
 Jerusalem

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.740
 he

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.180
 rebuilt

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.420
 the

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.720
 altar

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.019
 and

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.640
 laid

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.120
 again

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.460
 once

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.779
 again

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.000
 the

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.519
 foundation

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.019
 of

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.180
 the

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.460
 temple

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.759
 of

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.660
 God

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:26.980
 in

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.360
 Jerusalem

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.799
 on

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.099
 top

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.339
 of

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.519
 the

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:28.839
 ruins

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.039
 of

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.180
 the

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.519
 former

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.120
 temple

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:32.599
 and

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:32.759
 at

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.000
 that

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.360
 point

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:33.819
 the

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.160
 altar

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.360
 and

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.480
 the

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.860
 foundation

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.120
 didn't

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.420
 seem

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.640
 like

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.060
 much

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:38.880
 and

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.040
 of

00:32:39.040 --> 00:32:39.200
 that

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.340
 it

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:39.540
 says

00:32:39.540 --> 00:32:39.660
 in

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.060
 Zechariah

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.320
 4

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:40.620
 2

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:42.640
 whoever

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.140
 has

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.360
 despised

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.519
 the

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.759
 day

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:44.920
 of

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.240
 small

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.759
 things

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.160
 shall

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.640
 rejoice

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.100
 and

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.300
 shall

00:32:47.300 --> 00:32:47.600
 see

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:47.800
 the

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.080
 plum

00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:48.320
 line

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:48.460
 in

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.580
 the

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:48.840
 hand

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.019
 of

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.519
 Zerubbabel

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:51.040
 that

00:32:51.040 --> 00:32:51.300
 was

00:32:51.300 --> 00:32:51.420
 a

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.620
 day

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:51.800
 of

00:32:51.800 --> 00:32:52.220
 small

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.860
 things

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.279
 of

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.700
 small

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.100
 humble

00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:54.620
 beginnings

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.240
 but

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.540
 one

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:55.720
 day

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:55.860
 they

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.000
 will

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.380
 rejoice

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.600
 to

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:56.820
 see

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.019
 the

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.400
 glorious

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.779
 temple

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.000
 of

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.220
 God

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.400
 be

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.720
 built

00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:00.019
 Jesus

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.300
 is

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:00.779
 echoing

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:00.980
 that

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.600
 exhortation

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:01.840
 about

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.040
 the

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.200
 kingdom

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:35.160
 of

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:34.920
 the

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.519
 itinerant

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:36.160
 preachers

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.640
 dependent

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:37.820
 on

00:33:37.820 --> 00:33:38.000
 other

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.320
 people's

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:38.840
 hospitality

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.800
 and

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:39.960
 they're

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.540
 proclaiming

00:33:40.540 --> 00:33:40.680
 the

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:40.920
 kingdom

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.100
 of

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.360
 heaven

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:41.800
 and

00:33:41.800 --> 00:33:42.000
 they're

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.320
 doing

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.740
 this

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.220
 mind

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.380
 you

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.580
 at

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:43.779
 the

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.259
 heyday

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.440
 of

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.560
 the

00:33:44.560 --> 00:33:44.759
 Roman

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.180
 empire

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.480
 one

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.600
 of

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:46.759
 the

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.180
 greatest

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:48.100
 civilizations

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.380
 and

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.500
 one

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.600
 of

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:48.620
 the

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:48.779
 most

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.220
 enduring

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.400
 and

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.960
 influential

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:51.560
 empires

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:52.080
 in

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.300
 human

00:33:52.300 --> 00:33:52.680
 history

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.540
 and

00:33:54.540 --> 00:33:54.720
 in

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:54.920
 that

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.120
 day

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.240
 and

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.420
 age

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.580
 when

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:55.720
 you

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.019
 see

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.300
 Jesus

00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:58.019
 and

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.320
 his

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:58.759
 ragtag

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.000
 group

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.240
 of

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.779
 disciples

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:01.400
 would

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.500
 you

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.700
 have

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.120
 believed

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.500
 Jesus

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.940
 claimed

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:02.940


00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.320
 has

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:04.600
 come

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:06.640
 where

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:06.840
 is

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:06.960
 it

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.300
 Jesus

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:09.380
 you

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.500
 mean

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.860
 this

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:15.019
 you

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.139
 and

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.240
 your

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.440
 twelve

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.960
 disciples

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.800
 would

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:17.880
 you

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.039
 have

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.420
 believed

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.820
 Jesus

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.079
 then

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.220
 when

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.320
 he

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.559
 told

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.639
 you

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:19.740
 that

00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:19.860
 the

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.159
 kingdom

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.380
 of

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.599
 heaven

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.800
 would

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.780
 outgrow

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.320
 and

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.180
 outlast

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:23.980
 the

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.200
 Roman

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:24.559
 empire

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:28.799
 the

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.059
 last

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.320
 Roman

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.619
 emperor

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.900
 was

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.360
 deposed

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.500
 in

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.239
 476

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.480
 AD

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:34.000
 even

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.199
 the

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.619
 Byzantine

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:34.940
 empire

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.139
 the

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.460
 remnant

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.599
 the

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:35.880
 eastern

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.279
 remnant

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.480
 of

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.599
 the

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.759
 Roman

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.139
 empire

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:38.480
 destroyed

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.759
 by

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:38.920
 the

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.380
 Ottomans

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.900
 500

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.219
 years

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.480
 ago

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.279
 but

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.519
 the

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.900
 church

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.079
 of

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.500
 Christ

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.820
 which

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.139
 is

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.340
 the

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.779
 medium

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.179
 and

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 the

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.699
 visible

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.340
 expression

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.759
 of

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:46.900
 the

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.119
 kingdom

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.320
 of

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.480
 God

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.659
 is

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:47.940
 still

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.360
 standing

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.539
 is

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 it

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:48.860
 not

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 isn't

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:51.900
 that

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.320
 remarkable

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:56.559
 similarly

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:56.820
 in

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.059
 Matthew

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.440
 18

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.820
 18

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.240
 Jesus

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:59.019
 gives

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.780
 the

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.440
 keys

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.740
 of

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:00.920
 the

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.320
 kingdom

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.580
 of

00:35:01.580 --> 00:35:01.880
 heaven

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.559
 to

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.039
 his

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.559
 church

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.220
 the

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.559
 people

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:08.620
 he

00:35:08.620 --> 00:35:08.840
 says

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.580
 whatever

00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:10.240
 you

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.820
 that's

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.019
 you

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.480
 plural

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.240
 referring

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.360
 to

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.480
 the

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.680
 church

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:12.820
 of

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.080
 Christ

00:35:13.080 --> 00:35:13.340
 which

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.480
 is

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 the

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 immediate

00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:14.680
 antecedent

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 whatever

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.920
 you

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.500
 bind

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.860
 on

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.140
 earth

00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:17.380
 shall

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.539
 be

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.820
 bound

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:17.980
 in

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.200
 heaven

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.700
 whatever

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.140
 you

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.680
 lose

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:19.920
 on

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.120
 earth

00:35:20.120 --> 00:35:20.340
 shall

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.500
 be

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.940
 lose

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.120
 in

00:35:21.120 --> 00:35:21.480
 heaven

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:23.099
 do

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.179
 you

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.340
 know

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.539
 that

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.820
 God

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:23.960
 has

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.219
 given

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.579
 that

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:24.940
 kind

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 of

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.400
 glory

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.659
 that

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.019
 kind

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.139
 of

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.480
 authority

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.900
 to

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.659
 his

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:27.960
 people

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.219
 the

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.559
 church

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:33.440
 does

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.659
 the

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:33.860
 church

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.000
 of

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.400
 Christ

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.059
 seem

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.400
 weak

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.539
 and

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.039
 insignificant

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 to

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 you

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:38.260
 don't

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.440
 let

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.639
 the

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:38.980
 mustard

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.320
 seed

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.679
 beginning

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:39.980
 for

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.240
 you

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:42.740
 this

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:42.880
 is

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.119
 a

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.480
 mighty

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.940
 kingdom

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.400
 against

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.760
 which

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.039
 even

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.280
 the

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.599
 gates

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:45.820
 of

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.240
 Hades

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.740
 cannot

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.280
 prevail

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.679
 Jesus

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.059
 said

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:50.119
 do

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.219
 you

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.480
 know

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.000
 fellow

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.400
 Christian

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.740
 that

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:52.900
 you

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.240
 are

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:54.300
 you

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.440
 are

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.559
 an

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.139
 ambassador

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.980
 and

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.180
 a

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:56.880
 diplomat

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.500
 for

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.920
 this

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.559
 very

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.079
 kingdom

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.420
 of

00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.740
 heaven

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:03.320
 isn't

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:03.519
 it

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.480
 so

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.220
 degrading

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:05.579
 when

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.500
 when

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.019
 foreign

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.780
 diplomats

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.039
 and

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.539
 heads

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.700
 of

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:08.980
 state

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.280
 come

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.579
 from

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.039
 all

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.220
 over

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:10.400
 the

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 world

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.480
 to

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.619
 the

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 White

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.119
 House

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.900
 and

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.019
 then

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.280
 they

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:14.180
 grovel

00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:14.539
 at the

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.760
 feet

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:14.960
 of

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.139
 our

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.680
 country's

00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.039
 leaders

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:17.019
 flattering

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.440
 them

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.940
 and

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.200
 trying

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.340
 to

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.980
 ingratiate

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.460
 themselves

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.860
 to

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.260
 this

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:21.920
 powerful

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.900
 state

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:26.260
 don't

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.860
 live

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.140
 like

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:27.440
 that

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.100
 in

00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:28.280
 this

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.680
 world

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:30.060
 for

00:36:30.060 --> 00:36:30.260
 your

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.780
 ambassadors

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.020
 of

00:36:31.020 --> 00:36:31.140
 the

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.360
 kingdom

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.560
 of

00:36:31.560 --> 00:36:31.820
 heaven

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:35.140
 don't

00:36:35.140 --> 00:36:35.500
 cower

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.780
 in

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.180
 fear

00:36:36.180 --> 00:36:37.100
 you

00:36:37.100 --> 00:36:37.760
 represent

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.260
 the

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.620
 king

00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:38.780
 of

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.320
 kings

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:39.900
 and

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.100
 the

00:36:40.100 --> 00:36:40.340
 lord

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.500
 of

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:40.980
 lords

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:45.199
 he

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.440
 is

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.820
 seated

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.199
 right

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.539
 now

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.740
 our

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.039
 lord

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.340
 at

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.519
 the

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.800
 right

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.079
 hand

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.219
 of

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:48.360
 the

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.780
 father

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.480
 far

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.740
 above

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.119
 all

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.460
 rule

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.599
 and

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.219
 authority

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:52.679
 power

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:52.900
 and

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.420
 dominion

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.280
 above

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.880
 every

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.199
 name

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.360
 that

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.480
 is

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.740
 named

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.000
 not

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.199
 only

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.340
 in

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.539
 this

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.760
 age

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.019
 but

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.519
 also

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.699
 in

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:57.780
 the

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:57.940
 age

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.099
 to

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.320
 come

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.139
 so

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.460
 live

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.699
 like

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:00.000
 that

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:02.900
 the

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.219
 lord

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.460
 is

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.659
 my

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:03.900
 light

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.019
 and

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.179
 my

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.599
 salvation

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.019
 whom

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.400
 shall

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.659
 I

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.039
 fear

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.840
 the

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.119
 lord

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.320
 is

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:07.460
 a

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.780
 strong

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.099
 hold

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.260
 of

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.440
 my

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.659
 life

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:08.840
 of

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.219
 whom

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.240
!

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:09.740
 shall

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:09.960
 I

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.139
 be

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.599
 afraid

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:13.759
 don't

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.259
 fixate

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.460
 on

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.699
 the

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:15.099
 mustard

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.460
 seed

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.039
 origin

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:17.420
 fix

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:17.579
 your

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.839
 eyes

00:37:17.839 --> 00:37:18.119
 on

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.719
 this

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.099
 seed's

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.440
 eternal

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:19.900
 destiny

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:21.639
 look

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.759
 at

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:21.920
 verse

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.380
 32

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.619
 the

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.839
 mustard

00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:23.139
 seed

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.239
 of

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.339
 the

00:37:23.339 --> 00:37:23.500
 kingdom

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.639
 of

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:23.759
 heaven

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:23.920
 will

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.339
 become

00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:24.799
 eventually

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.019
 a

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.360
 tree

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.599
 so

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:25.719
 that

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:25.880
 the

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.139
 birds

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.259
 of

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:26.360
 the

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.539
 air

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.819
 come

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:26.940
 and

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.119
 make

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.500
 nests

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.679
 in

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:27.860
 its

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.299
 branches

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:29.759
 in

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:29.860
 the

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.039
 Old

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.360
 Testament

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.599
 the

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:30.839
 image

00:37:30.839 --> 00:37:31.000
 of

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.139
 a

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.360
 tree

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:31.599
 with

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:31.880
 birds

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:31.900
!

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.219
 nesting

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.420
 in

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.599
 them

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:32.839
 is

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.279
 frequently

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:34.799
 depict

00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:34.819
!

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.519
 powerful

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.039
 kingdoms

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.039


00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.039
 For

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.259
 example

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:37.980
 Daniel 4

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.259
 10

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:40.839
 of

00:37:40.839 --> 00:37:41.259
 Babylon

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:41.579
 as

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:41.739
 a

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.119
 tall

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.579
 tree

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:42.860
 that

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.139
 soars

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.259
 to

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:43.380
 the

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.619
 heaven

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.119
 and

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.239
 it

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.380
 says

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.519
 that

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:44.659
 the

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.099
 beasts

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.279
 of

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:45.420
 the

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.699
 field

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.119
 found

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.019
 shade

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.299
 under

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:47.539
 it

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.960
 and

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.099
 the

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.339
 birds

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:48.440
 of

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:48.519
 the

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:48.699
 heavens

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.099
 lived

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.259
 in

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.420
 its

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.819
 branches

00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.199
 and

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.460
 all

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.819
 flesh

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:51.000
 was

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.279
 fed

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:51.639
 from

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:51.819
 it

00:37:51.819 --> 00:37:52.579
 in

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:52.819
 that

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.259
 metaphor

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.599
 the

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:53.920
 beasts

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.079
 of

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.199
 the

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.460
 birds

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.579
 that

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:54.759
 take

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.099
 refuge

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.259
 in

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:55.380
 its

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.739
 shadows

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:55.940
 the

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.199
 birds

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.380
 that

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.599
 make

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.000
 nests

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.199
 in

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.360
 it

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.799
 represent

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.159
 all

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.719
 flesh

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:58.920
 the

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.319
 people

00:37:59.319 --> 00:37:59.519
 who

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.659
 are

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.000
 fed

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.299
 from

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:00.500
 it

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.579
 similarly

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.199
 Ezekiel

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.639
 31

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.900
 verse

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.139
 6

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.619
 describes

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:03.759
 the

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:03.940
 kingdom

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.119
 of

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.659
 Assyria

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:04.880
 as

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.000
 a

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.319
 tall

00:38:05.319 --> 00:38:05.779
 cedar

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.199
 tree

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:07.319
 and

00:38:07.319 --> 00:38:07.420
 it

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.579
 says

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.719
 that

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:07.940
 all

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.119
 the

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.420
 birds

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.539
 of

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.659
 the

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:08.920
 heavens

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.239
 made

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.460
 their

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.819
 nests

00:38:09.819 --> 00:38:10.039
 in

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.219
 its

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.579
 bows

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:10.819
 and

00:38:10.819 --> 00:38:11.079
 under

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.279
 its

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.759
 branches

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.139
 all

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.299
 the

00:38:12.299 --> 00:38:12.579
 beasts

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:12.679
 of

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:12.819
 the

00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:13.099
 field

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.380
 gave

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:13.659
 birth

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:13.819
 to

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:13.940
 their

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.259
 young

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:14.699
 and

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.099
 under

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.420
 its

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.819
 shadow

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.299
 lived

00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:16.900
 all

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.460
 great

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.159
 nations

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:19.319
 so

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:19.579
 then

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.199
 these

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.679
 birds

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.179
 perching

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.480
 on

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.699
 the

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.059
 tree

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.519
 represent

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:22.819
 the

00:38:22.819 --> 00:38:23.400
 nations

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.360
 that

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.579
 are

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.380
 fed

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.559
 and

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.860
 nourished

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.079
 by

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.380
 this

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.680
 great

00:38:26.680 --> 00:38:27.160
 empire

00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:29.360
 that

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.660
 are

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:29.980
 in

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.280
 its

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.760
 orbit

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.039
 and

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.380
 under

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.700
 its

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:32.340
 influence

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:34.700
 so

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:34.860
 when

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.119
 Jesus

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.380
 says

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:35.519
 that

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:35.700
 the

00:38:35.700 --> 00:38:36.000
 birds

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.140
 of

00:38:36.140 --> 00:38:36.280
 the

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.500
 air

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:36.900
 come

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.140
 to

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:37.559
 nest

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:37.840
 make

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.180
 nests

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:38.559
 in

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.700
 the

00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:39.079
 branches

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.300
 of

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:39.440
 the

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.700
 mustard

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:39.960
 tree

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.079
 of

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.180
 the

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:40.380
 kingdom

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.579
 of

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:40.920
 heaven

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.619
 he's

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:41.760
 saying

00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:41.920
 that

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.099
 the

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.760
 nations

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.140
 of

00:38:43.140 --> 00:38:43.320
 the

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.640
 earth

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:43.960
 will

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.519
 come

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.760
 and

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:45.059
 find

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.500
 refuge

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.680
 in

00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:45.860
 it

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.760
 that's

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.300
 exactly

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.619
 what

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.880
 God

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.320
 promised

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.480
 to

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.599
 do

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:48.720
 in

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.099
 Ezekiel

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.539
 17

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.039
 22

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.460
 23

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.720
 he

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.119
 promised

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.240
 that

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:51.300
 he

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.420
 will

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.740
 take

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:52.119
 a

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.679
 twig

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.199
 a

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:53.819
 branch

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:54.619
 and

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:54.739
 then

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:54.859
 he

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.059
 will

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:56.039
 plant

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.359
 it

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:57.079
 on

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.639
 the

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:57.960
 hills

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.159
 on

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.539
 the

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:58.839
 mountain

00:38:58.839 --> 00:38:59.059
 of

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.359
 Israel

00:38:59.359 --> 00:38:59.559
 and

00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.679
 that

00:38:59.679 --> 00:38:59.779
 it

00:38:59.779 --> 00:38:59.940
 would

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.319
 grow

00:39:00.319 --> 00:39:00.639
 from

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:00.799
 it

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:00.900
 and

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.039
 will

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.239
 grow

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:01.420
 into

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:01.579
 a

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:01.839
 mighty

00:39:01.839 --> 00:39:02.299
 tree

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.799
 upon

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:03.219
 which

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.500
 the

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.079
 nations

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.900
 will

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.299
 dwell

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:06.059
 under

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.239
 it

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.359
 will

00:39:06.359 --> 00:39:06.559
 dwell

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.940
 every

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.319
 kind

00:39:07.319 --> 00:39:07.460
 of

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:07.819
 bird

00:39:07.819 --> 00:39:10.099
 of

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:10.259
 course

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:10.460
 the

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.880
 branch

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.139
 is

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.659
 Jesus

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:13.460
 he's

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:13.779
 called

00:39:13.779 --> 00:39:14.000
 the

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.440
 branch

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:14.619
 of

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:14.759
 the

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:15.039
 Lord

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.699
 in

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:16.099
 Isaiah

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.940
 chapter

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.199
 4

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.400
 verse

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:17.639
 2

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.219
 he's

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:18.579
 called

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.119
 the

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.480
 righteous

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:20.119
 branch

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.420
 from

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:20.900
 the root

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.199
 of

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.539
 David

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.819
 that we

00:39:21.819 --> 00:39:21.980
 just

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.199
 sang

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.519
 about

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.179
 in

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.579
 Jeremiah

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.460
 and

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.779
 indeed

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.139
 the

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.500
 tree

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.719
 of

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:25.839
 the

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.059
 kingdom

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.239
 of

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.480
 heaven

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.039
 planted

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.359
 with

00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:27.759
 Jesus

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.079
 the

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.439
 branch

00:39:28.439 --> 00:39:28.739
 is

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:29.359
 growing

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:33.059
 mustard

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.539
 seeds

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.039
 don't

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.219
 grow

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.599
 overnight

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:34.819
 of

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:35.119
 course

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.919
 no

00:39:35.919 --> 00:39:36.239
 plants

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:36.419
 ever

00:39:36.419 --> 00:39:36.619
 grow

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.960
 overnight

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.279
 right

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:40.179
 but

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.679
 isn't

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.059
 even

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.339
 our

00:39:41.339 --> 00:39:41.699
 local

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.159
 church

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:43.919
 a

00:39:43.919 --> 00:39:44.379
 micro

00:39:44.379 --> 00:39:45.079
 cosmic

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.179
 representation

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:47.899
 of

00:39:47.899 --> 00:39:48.159
 this

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:48.519
 parable

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:51.340
 in

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.219
 cat's

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:52.800
 baptism

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.139
 last

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.420
 week

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:54.460
 and

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.599
 in

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:54.699
 the

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.039
 induction

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.360
 of

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:55.900
 new

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.320
 members

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:56.840
 today

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.300
 do we

00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:57.579
 not

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:57.860
 see

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.079
 the

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.519
 ongoing

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.139
 fulfillment

00:39:59.139 --> 00:39:59.599
 of

00:39:59.599 --> 00:39:59.860
 this

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.199
 parable

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:02.579
 our

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:02.980
 members

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.920
 represent

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.800
 nations

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.039
 and

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.519
 tribes

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:05.980
 from

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.219
 all

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:06.559
 over

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:08.659
 Wales

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:09.579
 England

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:09.960
 all

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.360
 kinds

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.099
 of

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.659
 European

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.280
 ancestry

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:15.240
 there's

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.600
 too many

00:40:15.600 --> 00:40:15.960
 to name

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.140
 there

00:40:16.140 --> 00:40:16.660
 from

00:40:16.660 --> 00:40:17.280
 Nigeria

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:18.200
 and

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.740
 Egypt

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:20.140
 Brazil

00:40:20.140 --> 00:40:21.000
 Mexico

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.740
 Ecuador

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:22.380
 Vietnam

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:23.019
 Indonesia

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.700
 Philippines

00:40:23.700 --> 00:40:24.260
 China

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:24.900
 Korea

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.380
 Turkey

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:26.080
 Kyrgyzstan

00:40:26.080 --> 00:40:26.680
 Jews

00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:26.920
 and

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:27.600
 Gentiles

00:40:27.600 --> 00:40:27.860
 from

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.260
 all

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.640
 nations

00:40:28.640 --> 00:40:28.860
 and

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.260
 tribes

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:29.940
 taking

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.560
 refuge

00:40:30.560 --> 00:40:30.860
 and

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.120
 making

00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:31.320
 their

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.680
 nests

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:31.840
 in

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:31.960
 the

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.240
 tree

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:32.420
 of

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:32.560
 the

00:40:32.560 --> 00:40:32.860
 kingdom

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.080
 of

00:40:33.080 --> 00:40:33.440
 heaven

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:34.580
 do we

00:40:34.580 --> 00:40:34.780
 not

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.000
 see

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.400
 that

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:36.960
 do we

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.100
 have

00:40:37.100 --> 00:40:37.380
 any

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:37.700
 doubt

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:37.920
 that

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.080
 we

00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:38.360
 will

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.660
 see

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:38.820
 in

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:38.940
 the

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.160
 end

00:40:39.160 --> 00:40:39.460
 the

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.000
 fulfillment

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.260
 of

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:40.640
 Revelation

00:40:40.640 --> 00:40:41.060
 7

00:40:41.060 --> 00:40:41.440
 9

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:41.600
 to

00:40:41.600 --> 00:40:41.920
 10

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.720
 after

00:40:42.720 --> 00:40:43.039
 this

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.200
 I

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:43.500
 looked

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.639
 and

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.039
 behold

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.480
 a

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.960
 great

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.460
 multitude

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:45.780
 that

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.079
 no

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.320
 one

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.519
 could

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:46.940
 number

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:47.500
 from

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:47.900
 every

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:48.360
 nation

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.760
 from

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.119
 all

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.599
 tribes

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:49.800
 and

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.119
 peoples

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.320
 and

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.700
 languages

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:51.460
 standing

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:51.860
 before

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.039
 the

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.280
 throne

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:52.460
 and

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:52.720
 before

00:40:52.720 --> 00:40:52.920
 the

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.200
 lamb

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:53.900
 clothed

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.000
 in

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.280
 white

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.639
 robes

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:54.820
 with

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.180
 palm

00:40:55.180 --> 00:40:55.500
 branches

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:55.700
 in

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:55.840
 their

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.159
 hands

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.539
 and

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:56.860
 crying

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.079
 out

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.200
 with

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:57.340
 a

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:57.559
 loud

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:58.039
 voice

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.960
 salvation

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.760
 belongs

00:40:59.760 --> 00:40:59.960
 to

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.159
 our

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.599
 God

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:00.900
 who

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.180
 sits

00:41:01.180 --> 00:41:01.360
 on

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:01.480
 the

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.820
 throne

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:02.300
 and

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.720
 to

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:03.159
 the

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:03.559
 lamb

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:06.240
 this

00:41:06.240 --> 00:41:06.599
 is

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:06.820
 the

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.420
 heartbeat

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:08.240
 and

00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:08.420
 the

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:08.800
 mission

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:08.980
 of

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.139
 our

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.500
 church

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.619
 this

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:10.860
 is

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.280
 why

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.539
 we

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:11.980
 share

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.159
 the

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.500
 gospel

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.719
 with

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:12.860
 our

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.179
 neighbors

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.360
 and

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:14.059
 evangelize

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.699
 this

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:14.900
 is

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.280
 why

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:15.500
 we

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.760
 must

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.000
 go

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.159
 to

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.280
 the

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:16.539
 ends

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:16.659
 of

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:16.800
 the

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.059
 earth

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.239
 in

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:17.500
 foreign

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.000
 missions

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.639
 because

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.059
 God

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.539
 said

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:19.800
 the

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:20.099
 kingdom

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.340
 of

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.619
 heaven

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:20.880
 will

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.539
 comprise

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.980
 an

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.840
 innumerable

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.300
 multitude

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:23.679
 from

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:24.380
 every

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:25.159
 nation

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:26.579
 from

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.119
 all

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.679
 not

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.179
 some

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.239
 all

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:29.860
 tribes

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.079
 and

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.460
 peoples

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.659
 and

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.079
 languages

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:32.760
 because

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:33.159
 the

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:33.579
 ancient

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:33.800
 of

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.179
 days

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:35.019
 on

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.139
 the

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.400
 great

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:35.739
 white

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.039
 throne

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.260
 and

00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:36.579
 because

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:36.820
 the

00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:37.119
 lamb

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.320
 the

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.699
 slain

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:37.980
 lamb

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.179
 of

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.440
 God

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:38.599
 who

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:38.759
 has

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:39.059
 risen

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.420
 seated

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:39.559
 at

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:39.679
 the

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:39.900
 right

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.059
 hand

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.179
 of

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.360
 God

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:40.519
 our

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:40.799
 father

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.000
 our

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.460
 savior

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.819
 Jesus

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:42.279
 Christ

00:41:42.279 --> 00:41:43.239
 they

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.799
 deserve

00:41:43.799 --> 00:41:44.539
 that

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:45.079
 worship

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:46.259
 deserve

00:41:46.259 --> 00:41:46.759
 that

00:41:46.759 --> 00:41:47.339
 allegiance

00:41:47.339 --> 00:41:48.500
 deserve

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:49.279
 that

00:41:49.279 --> 00:41:49.739
 glory

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:54.059
 Jesus

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.380
 tells

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.539
 yet

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:54.839
 another

00:41:54.839 --> 00:41:55.199
 short

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.559
 parable

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:56.219
 in

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:56.380
 verse

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.819
 33

00:41:56.819 --> 00:41:57.000
 the

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.279
 kingdom

00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:57.500
 of

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.739
 heaven

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:57.940
 is

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.159
 like

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:58.579
 leaven

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:58.759
 that

00:41:58.759 --> 00:41:58.880
 a

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.059
 woman

00:41:59.059 --> 00:41:59.440
 took

00:41:59.440 --> 00:41:59.619
 and

00:41:59.619 --> 00:41:59.860
 hid

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:00.000
 in

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.179
 three

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.480
 measures

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:00.659
 of

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.019
 flour

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.639
 till

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:01.739
 it

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:01.839
 was

00:42:01.839 --> 00:42:02.039
 all

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.579
 leavened

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:04.319
 in

00:42:04.319 --> 00:42:04.539
 this

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:04.880
 parable

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.199
 Jesus

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.619
 teaches

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.799
 us

00:42:05.799 --> 00:42:05.920
 that

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.059
 the

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.360
 kingdom

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.539
 of

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:06.719
 heaven

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:06.900
 is

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:07.319
 hidden

00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:08.179
 but

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:08.460
 nonetheless

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:09.059
 present

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.480
 and

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:09.960
 spreading

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.619
 when

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:11.759
 we

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.019
 hear

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.179
 the

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:12.379
 word

00:42:12.379 --> 00:42:12.779
 leaven

00:42:12.779 --> 00:42:13.000
 we

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.399
 sometimes

00:42:13.399 --> 00:42:13.819
 think

00:42:13.819 --> 00:42:14.039
 of

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.599
 yeast

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:15.460
 but

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.859
 yeast

00:42:15.859 --> 00:42:16.159
 was

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.419
 not

00:42:16.419 --> 00:42:16.739
 readily

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:17.179
 available

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:17.599
 in

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:17.819
 those

00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:18.139
 days

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:19.199
 they

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.379
 had

00:42:19.379 --> 00:42:19.539
 a

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:19.839
 different

00:42:19.839 --> 00:42:20.379
 ingenious

00:42:20.379 --> 00:42:20.619
 way

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:20.839
 of

00:42:20.839 --> 00:42:21.299
 making

00:42:21.299 --> 00:42:21.579
 dough

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:22.019
 rise

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:22.599
 and

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:22.739
 that

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:22.899
 was

00:42:22.899 --> 00:42:23.059
 to

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.399
 use

00:42:23.399 --> 00:42:23.899
 leaven

00:42:23.899 --> 00:42:24.699
 which

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:24.879
 is

00:42:24.879 --> 00:42:25.139
 a

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:25.559
 fermented

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:26.039
 dough

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.339
 from

00:42:26.339 --> 00:42:26.480
 an

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.739
 old

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:27.179
 batch

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:27.599
 that

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:27.739
 is

00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:27.899
 set

00:42:27.899 --> 00:42:28.440
 aside

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:28.759
 and

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.159
 combined

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:29.399
 with

00:42:29.399 --> 00:42:29.559
 a

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:29.819
 new

00:42:29.819 --> 00:42:30.179
 batch

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.759
 in

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:30.940
 order

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.159
 to

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.460
 produce

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:31.839
 fermentation

00:42:31.839 --> 00:42:32.159
 in

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.239
 the

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:32.379
 new

00:42:32.379 --> 00:42:32.619
 bread

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:35.259
 all

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:35.420
 you

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:35.639
 need

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:35.839
 is

00:42:35.839 --> 00:42:36.079
 the

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.359
 first

00:42:36.359 --> 00:42:36.699
 batch

00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:36.859
 of

00:42:36.859 --> 00:42:37.159
 dough

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:37.699
 that

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:37.819
 is

00:42:37.819 --> 00:42:38.199
 fermented

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.539
 and

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:38.639
 you

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:38.759
 can

00:42:38.759 --> 00:42:39.059
 save

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.319
 a little

00:42:39.319 --> 00:42:39.519
 bit

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:39.639
 of

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:39.839
 it

00:42:39.839 --> 00:42:40.480
 to

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.679
 use

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:40.819
 with

00:42:40.819 --> 00:42:40.940
 the

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.119
 next

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:41.480
 batch

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.359
 and

00:42:42.359 --> 00:42:42.460
 then

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:42.579
 you

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:42.779
 save

00:42:42.779 --> 00:42:42.980
 a little

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.099
 bit

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:43.199
 of

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:43.460
 that

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:44.119
 for

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.259
 the

00:42:44.259 --> 00:42:44.440
 next

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.799
 batch

00:42:44.799 --> 00:42:45.279
 and

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:45.480
 so

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:45.719
 on

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:46.439
 I

00:42:46.439 --> 00:42:46.619
 think

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:46.939
 some

00:42:46.939 --> 00:42:47.039
 of

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.119
 you

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:47.439
 make

00:42:47.439 --> 00:42:47.699
 sour

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:47.859
 dough

00:42:47.859 --> 00:42:48.059
 right

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.419
 Erica

00:42:48.419 --> 00:42:48.939
 Brittany

00:42:48.939 --> 00:42:49.279
 who

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:49.519
 else

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:49.679
 you

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:49.919
 make

00:42:49.919 --> 00:42:50.159
 sour

00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:50.359
 dough

00:42:50.359 --> 00:42:50.799
 yeah

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:51.480
 yeah

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:51.959
 Shelly

00:42:51.959 --> 00:42:52.119
 as

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:52.359
 well

00:42:52.359 --> 00:42:54.739
 it's

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:54.859
 like

00:42:54.859 --> 00:42:55.099
 using

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.419
 sour

00:42:55.419 --> 00:42:55.559
 dough

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:55.899
 starter

00:42:55.899 --> 00:42:58.939
 the

00:42:58.939 --> 00:42:59.199
 leaven

00:42:59.199 --> 00:42:59.399
 is

00:42:59.399 --> 00:42:59.699
 added

00:42:59.699 --> 00:42:59.939
 to

00:42:59.939 --> 00:43:00.299
 three

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:00.699
 measures

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:00.919
 of

00:43:00.919 --> 00:43:01.339
 flour

00:43:01.339 --> 00:43:05.279
 maybe

00:43:05.279 --> 00:43:05.539
 the

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.039
 three

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.259
 has

00:43:06.259 --> 00:43:06.379
 a

00:43:06.379 --> 00:43:06.659
 symbolic

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.259
 significance

00:43:07.259 --> 00:43:07.599
 referring

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:07.739
 to

00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:07.939
 three

00:43:07.939 --> 00:43:08.239
 types

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:08.359
 of

00:43:08.359 --> 00:43:08.579
 people

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:08.819
 from

00:43:08.819 --> 00:43:08.959
 a

00:43:08.959 --> 00:43:09.139
 Jewish

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:09.639
 perspective

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:09.859
 the

00:43:09.859 --> 00:43:10.159
 Jews

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:10.919
 Samaritans

00:43:10.919 --> 00:43:11.119
 and

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.259
 the

00:43:11.259 --> 00:43:11.719
 Gentiles

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:11.919
 I'm

00:43:11.919 --> 00:43:12.079
 not

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.319
 sure

00:43:12.319 --> 00:43:14.139
 but

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:14.279
 the

00:43:14.279 --> 00:43:14.619
 tiny

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:14.899
 bit

00:43:14.899 --> 00:43:15.059
 of

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:15.299
 leaven

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:15.580
 will

00:43:15.580 --> 00:43:16.180
 spread

00:43:16.180 --> 00:43:17.640
 ineluctably

00:43:17.640 --> 00:43:17.940
 until

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.180
 the

00:43:18.180 --> 00:43:18.519
 entire

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:18.780
 batch

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:18.920
 of

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.039
 dough

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.180
 is

00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:19.600
 leavened

00:43:19.600 --> 00:43:19.800
 through

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:21.720
 in

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:21.840
 the

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.060
 same

00:43:22.060 --> 00:43:22.240
 way

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.360
 the

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:22.620
 kingdom

00:43:22.620 --> 00:43:22.840
 of

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.100
 heaven

00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:23.300
 though

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:23.640
 seemingly

00:43:23.640 --> 00:43:24.260
 small

00:43:24.260 --> 00:43:24.480
 and

00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:25.240
 unnoticeable

00:43:25.240 --> 00:43:25.800
 at first

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.260
 will

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.560
 spread

00:43:26.560 --> 00:43:27.120
 gradually

00:43:27.120 --> 00:43:27.980
 until

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.460
 Christ

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.039
 returns

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:30.260
 and

00:43:30.260 --> 00:43:30.519
 when

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:30.960
 Christ

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:31.360
 returns

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:31.560
 at

00:43:31.560 --> 00:43:31.720
 that

00:43:31.720 --> 00:43:32.080
 final

00:43:32.080 --> 00:43:32.480
 judgment

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:32.980
 as

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:33.100
 it

00:43:33.100 --> 00:43:33.260
 says

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:33.440
 in

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:33.780
 Romans

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:34.180
 chapter

00:43:34.180 --> 00:43:34.600
 14

00:43:34.600 --> 00:43:34.840
 verse

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.240
 11

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:36.100
 every

00:43:36.100 --> 00:43:36.560
 knee

00:43:36.560 --> 00:43:36.940
 shall

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.480
 bow

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:37.760
 to

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:37.900
 the

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:38.140
 Lord

00:43:38.140 --> 00:43:38.539
 and

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:38.980
 every

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.380
 tongue

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:39.700
 shall

00:43:39.700 --> 00:43:40.280
 confess

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:40.560
 to

00:43:40.560 --> 00:43:40.860
 God

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:44.480
 and

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:44.640
 of

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:44.940
 course

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:46.420
 Jesus

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:46.980
 who said

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.940
 I am

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.359
 the bread

00:43:48.359 --> 00:43:48.759
 of life

00:43:48.759 --> 00:43:49.119
 in John

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.420
 6

00:43:49.420 --> 00:43:49.839
 is the

00:43:49.839 --> 00:43:50.159
 original

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:50.519
 bread

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:52.119
 he's the

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:52.420
 original

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.900
 batch

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:54.739
 the

00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:55.079
 original

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:55.460
 leaven

00:43:55.460 --> 00:44:00.259
 we keep

00:44:00.259 --> 00:44:00.779
 taking from

00:44:00.779 --> 00:44:01.199
 it

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:04.319
 and

00:44:04.319 --> 00:44:05.059
 once that

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:05.799
 process

00:44:05.799 --> 00:44:06.480
 starts

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.199
 you can't

00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:07.480
 undo

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:07.799
 that

00:44:07.799 --> 00:44:08.460
 think about

00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:08.659
 it

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.739
 you mix

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:10.079
 the leaven

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:10.639
 into the

00:44:10.639 --> 00:44:10.940
 dough

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:12.059
 like how

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:12.239
 are you

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:12.440
 gonna

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:13.240
 take

00:44:13.240 --> 00:44:13.380
 the

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:13.539
 leaven

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:13.840
 out

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.960
 you

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:15.179
 can't

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.340
 take

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:15.460
 it

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:15.700
 out

00:44:15.700 --> 00:44:18.320
 it's

00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:18.500
 an

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:19.420
 irreversible

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:20.119
 process

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:21.500
 empires

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:22.059
 kings

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.780
 and tyrants

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:23.059
 throughout

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.400
 history

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:23.920
 have all

00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:24.420
 tried

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:25.500
 they have

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:25.940
 tried

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.679
 to expunge

00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:27.179
 the scriptures

00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:27.980
 they have

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:28.420
 tried

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:28.860
 to cut

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:29.159
 off the

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:29.519
 gospel

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.099
 they have

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:30.420
 tried

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:30.820
 to burn

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:31.340
 the books

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:31.960
 they have

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:32.340
 tried

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:32.900
 to squash

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.619
 and persecute

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:33.980
 the people

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.500
 of God

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.099
 and there's

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.820
 but there's

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:36.360
 no way

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:36.679
 of ever

00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:37.159
 getting rid

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:37.619
 of us

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:41.139
 the leaven

00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:41.819
 has already

00:44:41.819 --> 00:44:42.359
 been added

00:44:42.359 --> 00:44:43.279
 and has

00:44:43.279 --> 00:44:43.739
 begun

00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:44.000
 its

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:44.719
 irreversible

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:45.099
 process

00:44:45.099 --> 00:44:45.639
 of spreading

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:45.980
 so

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:47.059
 take heart

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:47.799
 church of

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:48.139
 Christ

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:49.500
 the kingdom

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:49.859
 of heaven

00:44:49.859 --> 00:44:50.579
 will triumph

00:44:50.579 --> 00:44:51.179
 in the end

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:53.219
 so in that

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:53.460
 sense

00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:53.739
 the meaning

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:53.980
 of this

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.199
 parable

00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:54.440
 is very

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:54.799
 similar

00:44:54.799 --> 00:44:55.099
 to the

00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:55.299
 parable

00:44:55.299 --> 00:44:55.519
 of the

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:55.739
 mustard

00:44:55.739 --> 00:44:56.139
 seed

00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:57.599
 however

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:58.179
 there is

00:44:58.179 --> 00:44:59.339
 a unique

00:44:59.339 --> 00:44:59.880
 nuance

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:00.219
 and an

00:45:00.219 --> 00:45:00.539
 emphasis

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:01.000
 to this

00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:01.359
 parable

00:45:01.359 --> 00:45:02.819
 pay attention

00:45:02.819 --> 00:45:03.139
 to this

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:03.420
 verb

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:03.920
 used in

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.079
 verse

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.619
 33

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:05.859
 it says

00:45:05.859 --> 00:45:06.219
 that a

00:45:06.219 --> 00:45:06.440
 woman

00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:06.819
 took

00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:07.840
 and hid

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:08.800
 the leaven

00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:09.840
 in three

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:10.240
 measures

00:45:10.240 --> 00:45:10.780
 of flour

00:45:10.780 --> 00:45:12.660
 that's a

00:45:12.660 --> 00:45:13.180
 very interesting

00:45:13.180 --> 00:45:13.840
 word choice

00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:15.280
 think about it

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:15.800
 imagine

00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:16.480
 a woman

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:16.900
 baking

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.840
 and she's

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.000
 like

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.740
 hiding

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:19.200
 the leaven

00:45:19.200 --> 00:45:21.360
 like why

00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:21.559
 do you

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:21.760
 hide

00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:22.120
 the leaven

00:45:22.120 --> 00:45:23.640
 you don't

00:45:23.640 --> 00:45:23.880
 need to

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:24.120
 hide

00:45:24.120 --> 00:45:24.500
 the leaven

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.320
 why

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.820
 does it

00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:26.180
 just say

00:45:26.180 --> 00:45:26.480
 that she

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:27.019
 put the

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:27.260
 leaven

00:45:27.260 --> 00:45:27.680
 in the

00:45:27.680 --> 00:45:27.840
 three

00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:28.080
 measures

00:45:28.080 --> 00:45:28.240
 of

00:45:28.240 --> 00:45:28.539
 flour

00:45:28.539 --> 00:45:30.480
 the word

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:30.740
 choice

00:45:30.740 --> 00:45:30.900
 is

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:31.400
 intentional

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:32.360
 it speaks

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:32.720
 of the

00:45:32.720 --> 00:45:33.320
 hiddenness

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:33.600
 of the

00:45:33.600 --> 00:45:33.860
 kingdom

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.320
 of heaven

00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:36.580
 Jesus

00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:37.079
 prayed in

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.319
 Matthew

00:45:37.319 --> 00:45:37.599
 11

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:38.019
 25

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:38.299
 I

00:45:38.299 --> 00:45:38.739
 thank

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:38.960
 you

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.420
 father

00:45:39.420 --> 00:45:39.799
 lord

00:45:39.799 --> 00:45:39.940
 of

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:40.119
 heaven

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:40.259
 and

00:45:40.259 --> 00:45:40.380
 earth

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:40.519
 that

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:40.739
 you

00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:41.059
 have

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:41.960
 hidden

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.739
 these

00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:43.159
 things

00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:43.619
 from the

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:43.920
 wise

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:44.039
 and

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.519
 understanding

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:44.699
 and

00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:45.139
 revealed

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.340
 them

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:45.480
 to

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:45.699
 little

00:45:45.699 --> 00:45:46.139
 children

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:48.559
 this is

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:48.719
 what

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:48.980
 Jesus

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.460
 called

00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:49.659
 in

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:49.860
 chapter

00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:50.219
 13

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:50.380
 verse

00:45:50.380 --> 00:45:50.619
 11

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:50.819
 the

00:45:50.819 --> 00:45:51.539
 secrets

00:45:51.539 --> 00:45:51.840
 of

00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:51.960
 the

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:52.199
 kingdom

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:52.420
 of

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:52.679
 heaven

00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:53.199
 that

00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:53.319
 are

00:45:53.319 --> 00:45:53.719
 revealed

00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:53.920
 to

00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:54.119
 these

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:54.380
 little

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:54.779
 children

00:45:54.779 --> 00:45:55.039
 those

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.179
 who

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:55.519
 humble

00:45:55.519 --> 00:45:56.019
 themselves

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.400
 before

00:45:56.400 --> 00:45:56.819
 God

00:45:56.819 --> 00:45:57.319
 in

00:45:57.319 --> 00:45:57.719
 repentance

00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:57.960
 and

00:45:57.960 --> 00:45:58.219
 faith

00:45:58.219 --> 00:45:58.360
 and

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:58.639
 follow

00:45:58.639 --> 00:45:59.139
 Christ

00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:00.279
 but

00:46:00.279 --> 00:46:00.480
 these

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:00.619
 are

00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:01.000
 hidden

00:46:01.000 --> 00:46:01.500
 from

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:01.679
 the

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:02.099
 proud

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.099


00:46:06.579 --> 00:46:06.739
 for

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:07.019
 Jesus

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:07.299
 says

00:46:07.299 --> 00:46:07.420
 that

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:07.539
 the

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:07.779
 kingdom

00:46:07.779 --> 00:46:08.019
 of

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:08.299
 heaven

00:46:08.299 --> 00:46:08.480
 is

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:08.679
 like

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:09.239
 treasure

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:10.299
 hidden

00:46:10.299 --> 00:46:11.019
 in

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:11.139
 a

00:46:11.139 --> 00:46:11.519
 field

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:12.279
 only

00:46:12.279 --> 00:46:13.019
 some

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:13.519
 can

00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:14.099
 perceive

00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:14.500
 the

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:14.940
 true

00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:15.480
 worth

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:15.659
 of

00:46:15.659 --> 00:46:15.779
 the

00:46:15.779 --> 00:46:16.059
 kingdom

00:46:16.059 --> 00:46:16.259
 of

00:46:16.259 --> 00:46:16.519
 heaven

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.019
 that's

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:17.179
 why

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.279
 it

00:46:17.279 --> 00:46:17.400
 is

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:17.719
 hidden

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:19.739
 that's

00:46:19.739 --> 00:46:19.900
 why

00:46:19.900 --> 00:46:20.059
 it's

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.159
 a

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:20.380
 hidden

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:20.880
 treasure

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.679
 the

00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:22.000
 kingdom

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.239
 of

00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:22.659
 heaven

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:23.139
 does

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.440
 not

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:23.880
 look

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:24.139
 from

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:24.299
 the

00:46:24.299 --> 00:46:24.799
 outside

00:46:24.799 --> 00:46:25.079
 very

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:25.579
 impressive

00:46:25.579 --> 00:46:25.819
 to

00:46:25.819 --> 00:46:25.940
 the

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:26.159
 sinful

00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:26.719
 world

00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:29.179
 didn't

00:46:29.179 --> 00:46:29.399
 Jesus

00:46:29.399 --> 00:46:29.679
 say

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:29.859
 in

00:46:29.859 --> 00:46:30.059
 John

00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:30.359
 18

00:46:30.359 --> 00:46:30.879
 36

00:46:30.879 --> 00:46:31.319
 my

00:46:31.319 --> 00:46:31.699
 kingdom

00:46:31.699 --> 00:46:31.980
 is

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.480
 not

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:32.779
 of

00:46:32.779 --> 00:46:33.019
 this

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:33.419
 world

00:46:33.419 --> 00:46:35.119
 if

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.379
 my

00:46:35.379 --> 00:46:35.699
 kingdom

00:46:35.699 --> 00:46:36.179
 were

00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:36.519
 of

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:36.759
 this

00:46:36.759 --> 00:46:37.079
 world

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:37.339
 my

00:46:37.339 --> 00:46:37.699
 servants

00:46:37.699 --> 00:46:37.879
 would

00:46:37.879 --> 00:46:38.000
 have

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.139
 been

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.619
 fighting

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:39.219
 that

00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:39.399
 I

00:46:39.399 --> 00:46:39.639
 might

00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:39.899
 not

00:46:39.899 --> 00:46:40.059
 be

00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:40.339
 delivered

00:46:40.339 --> 00:46:40.579
 over

00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:40.739
 to

00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:40.879
 the

00:46:40.879 --> 00:46:41.139
 Jews

00:46:41.139 --> 00:46:41.480
 but

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:41.739
 my

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:42.059
 kingdom

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:42.339
 is

00:46:42.339 --> 00:46:42.699
 not

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:43.099
 from

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.279
 the

00:46:43.279 --> 00:46:43.639
 world

00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:45.299
 Jesus

00:46:45.299 --> 00:46:46.459
 refused

00:46:46.459 --> 00:46:46.699
 to

00:46:46.699 --> 00:46:46.939
 fight

00:46:46.939 --> 00:46:47.279
 back

00:46:47.279 --> 00:46:47.480
 when

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:47.599
 he

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:47.739
 was

00:46:47.739 --> 00:46:48.379
 unfairly

00:46:48.379 --> 00:46:48.799
 framed

00:46:48.799 --> 00:46:49.000
 and

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.439
 crucified

00:46:49.439 --> 00:46:50.059
 he

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:50.259
 did

00:46:50.259 --> 00:46:50.480
 not

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:50.779
 call

00:46:50.779 --> 00:46:51.019
 upon

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.159
 his

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:51.539
 disciples

00:46:51.539 --> 00:46:51.799
 to

00:46:51.799 --> 00:46:51.980
 bear

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:52.179
 the

00:46:52.179 --> 00:46:52.419
 sword

00:46:52.419 --> 00:46:52.519
 and

00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:52.859
 fight

00:46:52.859 --> 00:46:53.219
 against

00:46:53.219 --> 00:46:53.399
 the

00:46:53.399 --> 00:46:53.619
 Romans

00:46:53.619 --> 00:46:53.980
 he

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.159
 did

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:54.339
 not

00:46:54.339 --> 00:46:54.559
 call

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:54.739
 upon

00:46:54.739 --> 00:46:54.920
 his

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.359
 angels

00:46:55.359 --> 00:46:55.579
 to

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:55.819
 fight

00:46:55.819 --> 00:46:56.119
 against

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:56.319
 those

00:46:56.319 --> 00:46:56.420
 who

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:56.519
 were

00:46:56.519 --> 00:46:57.139
 crucifying

00:46:57.139 --> 00:46:57.440
 him

00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:58.579
 because

00:46:58.579 --> 00:46:59.059
 his

00:46:59.059 --> 00:46:59.440
 kingdom

00:46:59.440 --> 00:46:59.759
 is

00:46:59.759 --> 00:47:00.179
 not

00:47:00.179 --> 00:47:00.420
 of

00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:00.619
 this

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:01.000
 world

00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:03.699
 why

00:47:03.699 --> 00:47:04.059
 then

00:47:04.059 --> 00:47:04.380
 did

00:47:04.380 --> 00:47:04.719
 so

00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:05.000
 many

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.480
 Christians

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:05.900
 throughout

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.159
 the

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:06.519
 world

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:07.339
 fight

00:47:07.339 --> 00:47:07.559
 to

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:07.880
 have

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:08.500
 authority

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:08.839
 and

00:47:08.839 --> 00:47:09.299
 power

00:47:09.299 --> 00:47:09.880
 in

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:10.259
 this

00:47:10.259 --> 00:47:10.659
 world

00:47:10.659 --> 00:47:14.619
 throughout

00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:15.059
 history

00:47:15.059 --> 00:47:15.339
 many

00:47:15.339 --> 00:47:15.759
 Christians

00:47:15.759 --> 00:47:16.019
 have

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:16.199
 been

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:16.719
 unable

00:47:16.719 --> 00:47:17.099
 to

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:17.500
 resist

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:17.759
 the

00:47:17.759 --> 00:47:18.039
 siren

00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:18.420
 call

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:18.579
 of

00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:18.940
 power

00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:20.859
 because

00:47:20.859 --> 00:47:21.679
 they

00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:21.819
 were

00:47:21.819 --> 00:47:22.359
 mistaken

00:47:22.359 --> 00:47:22.960
 in

00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:23.119
 their

00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:23.599
 understanding

00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:24.199
 of

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:24.480
 this

00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:25.019
 hidden

00:47:25.019 --> 00:47:25.559
 nature

00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:26.000
 of

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.179
 the

00:47:26.179 --> 00:47:26.400
 kingdom

00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:26.579
 of

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:26.799
 heaven

00:47:26.799 --> 00:47:29.519
 the

00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:29.779
 kingdom

00:47:29.779 --> 00:47:29.960
 of

00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:30.079
 heaven

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:30.259
 is

00:47:30.259 --> 00:47:30.759
 hidden

00:47:30.759 --> 00:47:31.639
 the

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:31.900
 leaven

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.739
 spreads

00:47:32.739 --> 00:47:32.980
 and

00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:33.779
 transforms

00:47:33.779 --> 00:47:34.579
 but

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:34.719
 it

00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:34.960
 does

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:35.259
 that

00:47:35.259 --> 00:47:37.019
 imperceptibly

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.239
 from

00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:37.420
 the

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:38.019
 inside

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:38.440
 out

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:40.199
 from

00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:40.559
 one

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:41.000
 gospel

00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:41.679
 conversion

00:47:41.679 --> 00:47:41.960
 and

00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:42.519
 transformation

00:47:42.519 --> 00:47:43.000
 to

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.139
 the

00:47:43.139 --> 00:47:43.420
 next

00:47:43.420 --> 00:47:43.819
 it

00:47:43.819 --> 00:47:43.980
 is

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:44.279
 not

00:47:44.279 --> 00:47:44.900
 imposed

00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:45.579
 forcibly

00:47:45.579 --> 00:47:45.599
!

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:46.299
 externally

00:47:46.299 --> 00:47:46.639
 on

00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:46.980
 others

00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:48.019
 the

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:48.500
 visible

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:48.940
 power

00:47:48.940 --> 00:47:49.440
 structures

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:49.759
 of

00:47:49.759 --> 00:47:49.940
 this

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:50.219
 world

00:47:50.219 --> 00:47:50.420
 are

00:47:50.420 --> 00:47:50.779
 not

00:47:50.779 --> 00:47:51.039
 what

00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:51.199
 the

00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:51.420
 kingdom

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:51.579
 of

00:47:51.579 --> 00:47:51.719
 heaven

00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:51.900
 is

00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:52.239
 about

00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:55.959
 I am

00:47:55.959 --> 00:47:57.039
 interested

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:58.839
 I think

00:47:58.839 --> 00:47:59.459
 like many

00:47:59.459 --> 00:47:59.659
 of you

00:47:59.659 --> 00:47:59.879
 here

00:47:59.879 --> 00:48:00.439
 and like

00:48:00.439 --> 00:48:00.739
 many

00:48:00.739 --> 00:48:01.339
 men

00:48:01.339 --> 00:48:01.899
 interested

00:48:01.899 --> 00:48:02.259
 and

00:48:02.259 --> 00:48:02.919
 fascinated

00:48:02.919 --> 00:48:03.279
 by

00:48:03.279 --> 00:48:03.979
 politics

00:48:03.979 --> 00:48:06.299
 and I

00:48:06.299 --> 00:48:06.539
 think

00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:07.099
 being

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:07.819
 active

00:48:07.819 --> 00:48:08.479
 informed

00:48:08.479 --> 00:48:09.439
 voting

00:48:09.439 --> 00:48:09.899
 citizens

00:48:09.899 --> 00:48:10.239
 is an

00:48:10.239 --> 00:48:10.659
 important

00:48:10.659 --> 00:48:11.239
 way to

00:48:11.239 --> 00:48:12.000
 love our

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:12.279
 neighbors

00:48:12.279 --> 00:48:12.979
 and submit

00:48:12.979 --> 00:48:13.259
 to our

00:48:13.259 --> 00:48:13.479
 governing

00:48:13.479 --> 00:48:13.899
 authorities

00:48:13.900 --> 00:48:15.300
 and

00:48:15.300 --> 00:48:15.440
 if

00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:15.579
 you

00:48:15.579 --> 00:48:15.940
 actually

00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.220
 end

00:48:16.220 --> 00:48:16.400
 up

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:16.780
 entering

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:17.079
 into

00:48:17.079 --> 00:48:17.460
 politics

00:48:17.460 --> 00:48:17.700
 which

00:48:17.700 --> 00:48:17.860
 I

00:48:17.860 --> 00:48:18.000
 think

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.220
 some

00:48:18.220 --> 00:48:18.340
 of

00:48:18.340 --> 00:48:18.539
 you

00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:19.000
 are

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:19.740
 planning

00:48:19.740 --> 00:48:19.940
 on

00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:20.139
 doing

00:48:20.139 --> 00:48:20.599
 then

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:20.740
 you

00:48:20.740 --> 00:48:20.960
 must

00:48:20.960 --> 00:48:21.180
 be

00:48:21.180 --> 00:48:21.360
 a

00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:21.720
 faithful

00:48:21.720 --> 00:48:22.320
 representative

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:22.599
 of

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:22.940
 Christ

00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:23.200
 in

00:48:23.200 --> 00:48:23.380
 it

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:24.220
 and

00:48:24.220 --> 00:48:24.820
 your

00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:25.300
 politics

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:25.559
 will

00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:25.860
 likely

00:48:25.860 --> 00:48:26.139
 be

00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:26.539
 for you

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:26.700
 the

00:48:26.700 --> 00:48:26.960
 single

00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:27.260
 greatest

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:27.519
 way

00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:27.660
 of

00:48:27.660 --> 00:48:27.860
 loving

00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:28.059
 your

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:28.320
 neighbor

00:48:28.320 --> 00:48:29.519
 not

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:29.900
 counting

00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:30.079
 of

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:30.240
 course

00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:30.519
 sharing

00:48:30.519 --> 00:48:30.680
 the

00:48:30.680 --> 00:48:31.000
 gospel

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:31.460
 with

00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:31.599
 your

00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:31.880
 neighbors

00:48:31.880 --> 00:48:32.960
 which

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.099
 is

00:48:33.099 --> 00:48:33.200
 the

00:48:33.200 --> 00:48:33.380
 most

00:48:33.380 --> 00:48:33.720
 important

00:48:33.720 --> 00:48:35.000
 so

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.700
 all

00:48:35.700 --> 00:48:35.860
 that

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:36.019
 is

00:48:36.019 --> 00:48:36.420
 caveat

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:37.260
 I

00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:37.360
 don't

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:37.480
 want

00:48:37.480 --> 00:48:37.559
 you

00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:37.960
 to hear

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:38.180
 what

00:48:38.180 --> 00:48:38.320
 I'm

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:38.559
 not

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:38.940
 saying

00:48:38.940 --> 00:48:39.260
 I

00:48:39.260 --> 00:48:39.559
 don't

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:39.840
 think

00:48:39.840 --> 00:48:40.019
 that

00:48:40.019 --> 00:48:40.140
 you

00:48:40.140 --> 00:48:40.300
 should

00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:40.500
 be

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:41.000
 passive

00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:41.680
 uninformed

00:48:41.680 --> 00:48:42.300
 inactive

00:48:42.300 --> 00:48:42.840
 citizens

00:48:42.840 --> 00:48:43.600
 in this

00:48:43.600 --> 00:48:44.080
 democratic

00:48:44.080 --> 00:48:44.480
 republic

00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:45.720
 but also

00:48:45.720 --> 00:48:45.920
 I

00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:46.180
 want

00:48:46.180 --> 00:48:46.440
 to

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:47.300
 ask

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:47.460
 you

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:47.860
 don't

00:48:47.860 --> 00:48:48.380
 be

00:48:48.380 --> 00:48:49.039
 consumed

00:48:49.039 --> 00:48:49.400
 by

00:48:49.400 --> 00:48:49.660
 your

00:48:49.660 --> 00:48:50.320
 politics

00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:54.600
 why

00:48:54.600 --> 00:48:54.940
 because

00:48:54.940 --> 00:48:55.160
 the

00:48:55.160 --> 00:48:55.480
 kingdoms

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:55.760
 of

00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:55.960
 this

00:48:55.960 --> 00:48:56.420
 world

00:48:56.420 --> 00:48:57.180
 come

00:48:57.180 --> 00:48:57.820
 and

00:48:57.820 --> 00:48:58.120
 go

00:48:58.120 --> 00:49:02.080
 and

00:49:02.080 --> 00:49:02.340
 one

00:49:02.340 --> 00:49:02.660
 day

00:49:02.660 --> 00:49:02.920
 if

00:49:02.920 --> 00:49:03.059
 the

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:03.260
 Lord

00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:03.920
 tarries

00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:04.880
 the

00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:05.160
 United

00:49:05.160 --> 00:49:05.559
 States

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:05.900
 too

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:06.860
 will

00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:07.000
 be

00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:07.160
 no

00:49:07.160 --> 00:49:07.440
 more

00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:10.760
 but

00:49:10.760 --> 00:49:10.920
 the

00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:11.240
 church

00:49:11.240 --> 00:49:11.420
 of

00:49:11.420 --> 00:49:11.720
 Christ

00:49:11.720 --> 00:49:11.940
 will

00:49:11.940 --> 00:49:12.340
 continue

00:49:12.340 --> 00:49:12.559
 to

00:49:12.559 --> 00:49:12.900
 stand

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:15.480
 the

00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:15.840
 kingdom

00:49:15.840 --> 00:49:16.079
 of

00:49:16.079 --> 00:49:16.380
 heaven

00:49:16.380 --> 00:49:16.659
 will

00:49:16.659 --> 00:49:17.179
 continue

00:49:17.179 --> 00:49:17.420
 to

00:49:17.420 --> 00:49:17.720
 grow

00:49:17.720 --> 00:49:18.179
 so

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:18.559
 don't

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:18.880
 think

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:19.139
 that

00:49:19.139 --> 00:49:19.679
 just

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.019
 because

00:49:20.019 --> 00:49:20.619
 Christians

00:49:20.619 --> 00:49:21.019
 are not

00:49:21.019 --> 00:49:21.159
 in

00:49:21.159 --> 00:49:21.500
 power

00:49:21.500 --> 00:49:21.720
 in

00:49:21.720 --> 00:49:22.380
 Congress

00:49:22.380 --> 00:49:22.659
 or in

00:49:22.659 --> 00:49:22.760
 the

00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:23.019
 Supreme

00:49:23.019 --> 00:49:23.340
 Court

00:49:23.340 --> 00:49:23.599
 or in

00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:23.720
 the

00:49:23.720 --> 00:49:23.980
 White

00:49:23.980 --> 00:49:24.200
 House

00:49:24.200 --> 00:49:24.539
 that

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:24.720
 the

00:49:24.720 --> 00:49:25.059
 kingdom

00:49:25.059 --> 00:49:25.300
 of

00:49:25.300 --> 00:49:25.519
 heaven

00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:25.720
 has

00:49:25.720 --> 00:49:26.260
 stalled

00:49:26.260 --> 00:49:27.320
 it

00:49:27.320 --> 00:49:27.900
 hasn't

00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:28.639
 it's

00:49:28.639 --> 00:49:29.079
 growing

00:49:29.079 --> 00:49:29.380
 you

00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:29.519
 might

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:29.720
 not

00:49:29.720 --> 00:49:30.000
 see

00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:30.200
 it

00:49:30.200 --> 00:49:30.559
 it's

00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:31.099
 growing

00:49:31.099 --> 00:49:31.639
 no

00:49:31.639 --> 00:49:31.780
 the

00:49:31.780 --> 00:49:32.039
 kingdom

00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:32.260
 of

00:49:32.260 --> 00:49:32.559
 heaven

00:49:32.559 --> 00:49:32.840
 is

00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:33.139
 growing

00:49:33.139 --> 00:49:33.260
 and

00:49:33.260 --> 00:49:33.400
 it's

00:49:33.400 --> 00:49:33.780
 spreading

00:49:33.780 --> 00:49:34.280
 and the

00:49:34.280 --> 00:49:34.639
 leaven

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:35.280
 of the

00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:35.440
 kingdom

00:49:35.440 --> 00:49:35.679
 of heaven

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:35.880
 is

00:49:35.880 --> 00:49:36.760
 inexorable

00:49:36.760 --> 00:49:38.760
 unavoidable

00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:41.960
 Jesus

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:42.360
 said in

00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:42.519
 Luke

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 17

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 20

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 to

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 21

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 God

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 is

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 not

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 coming

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 in

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 ways

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 that

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 can

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 be

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 observed

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 nor

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 will

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 they

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 say

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 look

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 here

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 it

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 is

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 or

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 there

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 for

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 behold

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 God

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 is

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 in

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 the

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 midst

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 of

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 you

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 God

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 is

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 in

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 the

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 midst

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 of

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 us

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 or

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 as

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 most

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 scholars

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 think

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 to

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 translate

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 a

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 different

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 way

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 it

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 is

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 within

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 you

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 it

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 is

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 not

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 visible

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 or

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 observable

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 like

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 the

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 kingdoms

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 of

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 this

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 world

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 but

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 why

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 do

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 so

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 many

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 seek

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 to

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 find

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 and

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 establish

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 God

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 in

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 this

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 world

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 in

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 the

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 way

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 that

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 it

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 can

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 be

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 observed

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 we

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 are

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 so

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 easily

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 beguiled

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 by

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 grandeurs

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 of

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 power

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 but

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 the

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 kingdom

00:50:24.180 --> 00:50:24.380
 of

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 heaven

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 does

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 not

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 look

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 like

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 the

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 United

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 States

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 capital

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 in

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 Washington

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 D.C.

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 with

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 the

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 iconic

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 neoclassical

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 dome

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:30.760
 and

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 the

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 National

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 Mall

00:50:31.579 --> 00:50:33.760
 the

00:50:33.760 --> 00:50:34.039
 kingdom

00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:34.260
 of

00:50:34.260 --> 00:50:34.480
 heaven

00:50:34.480 --> 00:50:34.720
 does

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 not

00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:35.260
 look

00:50:35.260 --> 00:50:35.500
 like

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:35.740
 the

00:50:35.740 --> 00:50:36.320
 palace

00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:36.579
 of

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 Westminster

00:50:37.160 --> 00:50:38.519
 the

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:38.960
 gothic

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:39.460
 revival

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 masterpiece

00:50:40.019 --> 00:50:40.420
 that

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 houses

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 the

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 parliament

00:50:41.180 --> 00:50:41.420
 in

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 London

00:50:41.700 --> 00:50:43.059
 the

00:50:43.059 --> 00:50:43.340
 kingdom

00:50:43.340 --> 00:50:43.519
 of

00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:43.640
 heaven

00:50:43.640 --> 00:50:43.840
 does

00:50:43.840 --> 00:50:44.120
 not

00:50:44.120 --> 00:50:44.380
 look

00:50:44.380 --> 00:50:44.539
 like

00:50:44.539 --> 00:50:44.700
 the

00:50:44.699 --> 00:50:45.019
 palace

00:50:45.019 --> 00:50:45.179
 of

00:50:45.179 --> 00:50:45.659
 Versailles

00:50:45.659 --> 00:50:45.879
 in

00:50:45.879 --> 00:50:46.279
 France

00:50:46.279 --> 00:50:46.819
 or

00:50:46.819 --> 00:50:47.000
 the

00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:47.960
 grand

00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:48.379
 Kremlin

00:50:48.379 --> 00:50:48.799
 palace

00:50:48.799 --> 00:50:49.000
 in

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 Moscow

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 or

00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:50.279
 the

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 massive

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 great

00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:51.319
 hall

00:50:51.319 --> 00:50:51.439
 of

00:50:51.439 --> 00:50:51.539
 the

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 people

00:50:51.819 --> 00:50:52.039
 in

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 Beijing

00:50:52.399 --> 00:50:53.339
 the

00:50:53.339 --> 00:50:53.699
 kingdom

00:50:53.699 --> 00:50:53.960
 of

00:50:53.960 --> 00:50:54.359
 heaven

00:50:54.359 --> 00:50:54.980
 does

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:55.219
 not

00:50:55.219 --> 00:50:55.439
 look

00:50:55.439 --> 00:50:55.739
 like

00:50:55.739 --> 00:50:55.980
 even

00:50:55.980 --> 00:50:56.219
 the

00:50:56.219 --> 00:50:56.559
 Vatican

00:50:56.559 --> 00:50:57.099
 city

00:50:57.099 --> 00:50:57.439
 or

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 its

00:50:57.899 --> 00:50:58.399
 impressive

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 Sistine

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 chapel

00:50:59.439 --> 00:50:59.739
 and

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 the

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 Saint

00:51:00.099 --> 00:51:00.539
 Peter's

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 Basilica

00:51:01.099 --> 00:51:01.859
 no

00:51:01.859 --> 00:51:02.019
 the

00:51:02.019 --> 00:51:02.379
 kingdom

00:51:02.379 --> 00:51:02.599
 of

00:51:02.599 --> 00:51:02.879
 heaven

00:51:02.879 --> 00:51:03.500
 resides

00:51:03.500 --> 00:51:03.960
 in

00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:04.279
 little

00:51:04.279 --> 00:51:04.799
 children

00:51:04.799 --> 00:51:05.119
 like

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:05.279
 you

00:51:05.279 --> 00:51:05.419
 and

00:51:05.419 --> 00:51:05.639
 me

00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:10.339
 little

00:51:10.339 --> 00:51:10.779
 children

00:51:10.779 --> 00:51:11.039
 who have

00:51:11.039 --> 00:51:11.399
 submitted

00:51:11.399 --> 00:51:11.719
 to the

00:51:11.719 --> 00:51:12.059
 lordship

00:51:12.059 --> 00:51:12.219
 of

00:51:12.219 --> 00:51:12.500
 Christ

00:51:12.500 --> 00:51:13.079
 that's

00:51:13.079 --> 00:51:13.319
 where

00:51:13.319 --> 00:51:13.480
 the

00:51:13.480 --> 00:51:13.699
 rule

00:51:13.699 --> 00:51:13.839
 of

00:51:13.840 --> 00:51:14.140
 Christ

00:51:14.140 --> 00:51:14.500
 is

00:51:14.500 --> 00:51:15.720
 that's

00:51:15.720 --> 00:51:15.880
 the

00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:16.340
 seat

00:51:16.340 --> 00:51:16.980
 the

00:51:16.980 --> 00:51:17.340
 power

00:51:17.340 --> 00:51:17.519
 the

00:51:17.519 --> 00:51:17.880
 authority

00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:18.000
 of

00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:18.100
 the

00:51:18.100 --> 00:51:18.280
 kingdom

00:51:18.280 --> 00:51:18.480
 of

00:51:18.480 --> 00:51:18.740
 heaven

00:51:18.740 --> 00:51:23.100
 that's

00:51:23.100 --> 00:51:23.260
 why

00:51:23.260 --> 00:51:23.420
 I

00:51:23.420 --> 00:51:23.720
 counted

00:51:23.720 --> 00:51:24.000
 my

00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:24.519
 greatest

00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:25.140
 privilege

00:51:25.140 --> 00:51:25.440
 to

00:51:25.440 --> 00:51:26.140
 belong

00:51:26.140 --> 00:51:26.360
 to

00:51:26.360 --> 00:51:26.600
 God

00:51:26.600 --> 00:51:26.720
 and

00:51:26.720 --> 00:51:26.780
 to

00:51:26.780 --> 00:51:26.920
 be

00:51:26.920 --> 00:51:27.280
 counted

00:51:27.280 --> 00:51:27.660
 among

00:51:27.660 --> 00:51:27.920
 the

00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:28.260
 saints

00:51:28.260 --> 00:51:32.700
 the

00:51:32.700 --> 00:51:33.260
 greatest

00:51:33.260 --> 00:51:34.200
 the

00:51:34.200 --> 00:51:34.480
 cream

00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:34.600
 of

00:51:34.600 --> 00:51:34.740
 the

00:51:34.740 --> 00:51:35.079
 crop

00:51:35.079 --> 00:51:35.600
 the

00:51:35.600 --> 00:51:35.800
 most

00:51:35.800 --> 00:51:36.300
 powerful

00:51:36.300 --> 00:51:36.940
 elites

00:51:36.940 --> 00:51:37.360
 of

00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:37.660
 this

00:51:37.660 --> 00:51:38.160
 world

00:51:38.160 --> 00:51:38.900
 have

00:51:38.900 --> 00:51:39.700
 nothing

00:51:39.699 --> 00:51:40.579
 on

00:51:40.579 --> 00:51:40.739
 the

00:51:40.739 --> 00:51:41.439
 weakest

00:51:41.439 --> 00:51:43.039
 saints

00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:43.279
 of

00:51:43.279 --> 00:51:43.619
 God

00:51:43.619 --> 00:51:49.019
 you

00:51:49.019 --> 00:51:49.419
 are

00:51:49.419 --> 00:51:52.439
 the

00:51:52.439 --> 00:51:52.759
 people

00:51:52.759 --> 00:51:52.939
 of

00:51:52.939 --> 00:51:53.239
 God

00:51:53.239 --> 00:51:55.259
 kingdom

00:51:55.259 --> 00:51:55.500
 of

00:51:55.500 --> 00:51:55.739
 heaven

00:51:55.739 --> 00:51:56.439
 manifested

00:51:56.440 --> 00:52:02.119
 but

00:52:02.119 --> 00:52:02.280
 if

00:52:02.280 --> 00:52:02.440
 you

00:52:02.440 --> 00:52:02.700
 are

00:52:02.700 --> 00:52:05.139
 not

00:52:05.139 --> 00:52:05.480
 yet

00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:06.260
 here's

00:52:06.260 --> 00:52:06.360
 this

00:52:06.360 --> 00:52:06.579
 final

00:52:06.579 --> 00:52:07.179
 exhortation

00:52:07.179 --> 00:52:07.940
 if

00:52:07.940 --> 00:52:08.019
 you

00:52:08.019 --> 00:52:08.079
 are

00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:08.260
 not

00:52:08.260 --> 00:52:08.559
 yet

00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:08.840
 part

00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:08.920
 of

00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:09.039
 this

00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:09.220
 kingdom

00:52:09.220 --> 00:52:09.380
 of

00:52:09.380 --> 00:52:09.619
 heaven

00:52:09.619 --> 00:52:10.420
 the

00:52:10.420 --> 00:52:10.639
 final

00:52:10.639 --> 00:52:10.860
 point

00:52:10.860 --> 00:52:10.980
 the

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:11.139
 kingdom

00:52:11.139 --> 00:52:11.280
 of

00:52:11.280 --> 00:52:11.440
 heaven

00:52:11.440 --> 00:52:11.619
 is

00:52:11.619 --> 00:52:12.039
 new

00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:12.559
 but

00:52:12.559 --> 00:52:12.820
 old

00:52:12.820 --> 00:52:12.980
 it

00:52:12.980 --> 00:52:13.119
 says

00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:13.240
 in

00:52:13.240 --> 00:52:13.380
 verse

00:52:13.380 --> 00:52:13.780
 34

00:52:13.780 --> 00:52:13.940
 to

00:52:13.940 --> 00:52:14.300
 35

00:52:14.300 --> 00:52:14.660
 all

00:52:14.660 --> 00:52:14.880
 these

00:52:14.880 --> 00:52:15.160
 things

00:52:15.160 --> 00:52:15.440
 Jesus

00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:15.740
 said

00:52:15.740 --> 00:52:15.840
 to

00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:15.960
 the

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:16.280
 crowds

00:52:16.280 --> 00:52:16.519
 in

00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:16.940
 parables

00:52:16.940 --> 00:52:17.539
 indeed

00:52:17.539 --> 00:52:17.680
 he

00:52:17.680 --> 00:52:17.980
 said

00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:18.280
 nothing

00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:18.480
 to

00:52:18.480 --> 00:52:18.620
 them

00:52:18.620 --> 00:52:18.820
 without

00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:19.060
 a

00:52:19.060 --> 00:52:19.400
 parable

00:52:19.400 --> 00:52:20.000
 this

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:20.140
 was

00:52:20.140 --> 00:52:20.280
 to

00:52:20.280 --> 00:52:20.680
 fulfill

00:52:20.680 --> 00:52:20.880
 what

00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:20.980
 was

00:52:20.980 --> 00:52:21.220
 spoken

00:52:21.220 --> 00:52:21.420
 by

00:52:21.420 --> 00:52:21.580
 the

00:52:21.580 --> 00:52:21.900
 prophet

00:52:21.900 --> 00:52:22.260
 I

00:52:22.260 --> 00:52:22.440
 will

00:52:22.440 --> 00:52:22.760
 open

00:52:22.760 --> 00:52:23.019
 my

00:52:23.019 --> 00:52:23.320
 mouth

00:52:23.320 --> 00:52:23.500
 in

00:52:23.500 --> 00:52:23.920
 parables

00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:24.100
 I

00:52:24.100 --> 00:52:24.240
 will

00:52:24.240 --> 00:52:24.560
 utter

00:52:24.560 --> 00:52:24.800
 what

00:52:24.800 --> 00:52:24.960
 has

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:25.100
 been

00:52:25.100 --> 00:52:25.380
 hidden

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:25.700
 since

00:52:25.700 --> 00:52:25.880
 the

00:52:25.880 --> 00:52:26.360
 foundation

00:52:26.360 --> 00:52:26.720
 of

00:52:26.720 --> 00:52:26.880
 the

00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:27.260
 world

00:52:27.260 --> 00:52:29.060
 Jesus

00:52:29.060 --> 00:52:29.620
 quoting

00:52:29.620 --> 00:52:29.900
 from

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:30.260
 Psalm

00:52:30.260 --> 00:52:30.740
 78

00:52:30.740 --> 00:52:31.000
 verse

00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:31.300
 2

00:52:31.300 --> 00:52:31.840
 he's

00:52:31.840 --> 00:52:31.980
 saying

00:52:31.980 --> 00:52:32.240
 I

00:52:32.240 --> 00:52:32.539
 am

00:52:32.539 --> 00:52:32.740
 the

00:52:32.740 --> 00:52:33.220
 fulfillment

00:52:33.220 --> 00:52:33.519
 of

00:52:33.519 --> 00:52:33.700
 that

00:52:33.700 --> 00:52:34.180
 prophecy

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 I

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 am

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 the

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 one

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 uttering

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 parables

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 things

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 in

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 1

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 Peter

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 1

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 verse

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 20

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 tells

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 us

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 he

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 Jesus

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 was

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 foreknown

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 before

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 the

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 foundation

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 but

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 was

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 made

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 manifest

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 in

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 the

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 last

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 times

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 for

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 the

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 sake

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 of

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 you

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 who

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 through

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 him

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 are

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 believers

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 in

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 God

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 Jesus

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 is

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 that

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 hidden

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 treasure

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 his

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 gospel

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 is

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 that

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 hidden

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 treasure

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 his

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 gospel

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 is

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 that

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 good

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 seed

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 that

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 spreading

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 and

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 growing

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 like

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 leaven

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 all

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 throughout

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 the

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 world

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 and

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 so

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 how

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 can

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 you

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 make

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 sure

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 that

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 you

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 have

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 ears

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 to

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 hear

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 how

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 can

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 you

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 make

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 sure

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 that

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 you

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 can

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 be

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 counted

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 among

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 the

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 people

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 members

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 and

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 citizens

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 of

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 heaven

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 it

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 has

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 everything

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 to do

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 with

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 what

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 you

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 make

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 to

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 enter

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 heaven

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 you

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 must

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 receive

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 the

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 son

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 of

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 heaven

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 do

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 you

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 receive

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 him

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 as

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 your

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 king

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 do

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 you

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 believe

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 that

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 he

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 has

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 died

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 on

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 the

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 cross

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 to

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 pay

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 the

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 penalty

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 for

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 your

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 sins

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 and

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 he

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 was

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 raised

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 from

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 the

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 dead

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 so

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 that

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 he

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 could

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 remove

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 you

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 and

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 take

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 you

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 from

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 the

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 dominion

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 of

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 darkness

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 and

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 bring

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 you

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 into

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 light

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 there's

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 only

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 two

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 spiritual

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 camps

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 in the

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 world

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 you're

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 either

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 in

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 darkness

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 or

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 you're

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 in

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 light

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 you're

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 either

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 sons

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 of

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 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 heaven

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 or

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 you're

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 sons

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 of

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 the

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 evil

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 one

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 the

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 devil

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 and

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 if

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 you

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 choose

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 to

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 follow

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 Christ

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 the

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 king

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 you

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 will

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 never

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 regret

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 it

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 you

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 will

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 never

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 regret

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 it

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 so

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 pray

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 together

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 father

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 thank you

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 for sending

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 your

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 son

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 the

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 son

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 of

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 heaven

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 to

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 be

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 our

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 king

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 lord

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 we

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 were

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 hopeless

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 and

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 lost

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 enslaved

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 by

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 the

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 tyrant

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 of

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 this

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 world

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 the

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 evil

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 one

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 the

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 prince

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 of

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 the

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 power

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 of

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 the

00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:51.119
 air

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 but

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 you

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 have

00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:52.420
 delivered

00:54:52.420 --> 00:54:52.900
 us

00:54:52.900 --> 00:54:54.579
 you

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 have

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 delivered

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 us

00:54:55.639 --> 00:54:57.199
 and

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 we

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 belong

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 to

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 you

00:54:58.259 --> 00:55:02.000
 oh

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 so

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 lord

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 with

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 that

00:55:03.119 --> 00:55:03.460
 great

00:55:03.460 --> 00:55:03.780
 hope

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 endure

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 patiently

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 as

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 we

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 await

00:55:07.719 --> 00:55:07.860
 the

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 consummation

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 of

00:55:08.699 --> 00:55:08.880
 that

00:55:08.880 --> 00:55:09.139
 kingdom

00:55:09.139 --> 00:55:09.360
 of

00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:09.599
 heaven

00:55:09.599 --> 00:55:12.659
 help

00:55:12.659 --> 00:55:12.820
 us

00:55:12.820 --> 00:55:13.000
 be

00:55:13.000 --> 00:55:13.500
 faithful

00:55:13.500 --> 00:55:15.420
 ambassadors

00:55:15.420 --> 00:55:16.619
 of

00:55:16.619 --> 00:55:16.860
 that

00:55:16.860 --> 00:55:17.179
 kingdom

00:55:17.179 --> 00:55:17.400
 of

00:55:17.400 --> 00:55:17.639
 heaven

00:55:17.639 --> 00:55:20.719
 in

00:55:20.719 --> 00:55:20.960
 Jesus

00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:21.340
 name

00:55:21.340 --> 00:55:21.920
 we

00:55:21.920 --> 00:55:22.179
 pray

00:55:22.179 --> 00:55:22.980
 amen