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 106, Psalm 106, and this is on page 140, so it's a Sing Psalms version.

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 We're going to sing verses 1 to 10.

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 Praise the Lord, extol His goodness, for His love endures always.

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 Who can tell His mighty actions, or in full declare His praise?

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 Blessed are those whose way is right, acting justly in His sight.

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 When You show Your people favor, then, O Lord, remember me.

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 Help me when You come to save them, let me know prosperity.

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 Joyful with Your chosen race, joining them and giving praise.

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 And so on through to verse 10, Psalm 106.

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 Praise the Lord, extol His goodness.

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 Praise the Lord, extol His goodness, for His love endures always.

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 Praise the Lord, extol His goodness, for His love endures always.

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 Who can tell His mighty actions, or in full declare His praise?

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 Blessed are those whose way is right, acting justly in His sight.

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 When You show Your people favor, then, O Lord, remember me.

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 Help me when You come to save them, let me know prosperity.

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 Joyful with Your chosen race, joy in heaven and giving praise.

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 We have sinned just like our fathers.

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 We have done what was not right.

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 When our fathers wed in Egypt,

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 with His might, your deeds of might.

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 All you have made, Lord, at the reds, He's burned the Lord.

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 Yet for His sins saved He saved them, and rebuilt His mighty hand.

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 By His word the sea He parted, led them through us on dry land.

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 From the land of the foe set free, rescued from the enemy.

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 Let's now call upon the Lord in prayer.

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 Let's all join together in prayer.

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 O Lord, our gracious God, help us to approach You in that right spirit, that right frame of mind.

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 Help us to come before You, not because it is our custom to do so, though it is so.

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 Help us to come before You, O Lord, not even because we know it is the right thing for us to do.

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 Lord, help us to come before You with desire, with relish, with happiness that we are here in the presence of God.

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 Help us, we pray, to enjoy our time in worship.

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 And to do so, O Lord, in a way that realizes in You the wonder of Your forgiveness, of Your acceptance of us,

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 through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We approach You, O Lord, on the basis of all that He is for us, on the basis of His accomplished righteousness,

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 which alone is able to give us a standing in Your presence,

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 but which is so full and replete that we need nothing else in order to be righteous in Your presence.

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 We thank You, Lord, today for the way in which Your Word so clearly brings to us the account of our own sinfulness,

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 against the provision that You have made in righteousness and in forgiveness in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Lord, help us ever to realize both of these aspects of our need before You,

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 that we are needy sinners, that we are lost sinners.

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 We cannot produce a righteousness ourselves that will be acceptable to You,

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 and yet You require righteousness of us.

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 We thank You for the provision, Lord, that You have made,

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 that You have made Your dear Son, the one who knew no sin, to be made sin for us,

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 that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.

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 Help us today to marvel at the wonder of this.

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 That this is what You have done as a holy and righteous God,

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 that You have not marked our iniquity against us,

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 that You have not treated us the way we deserve,

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 Lord, the way we sometimes treat one another.

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 You have treated us in mercy.

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 You have come toward us in the provision of life.

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 You have brought to us, O Lord, a Savior who is Christ the Lord.

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 We pray today that He may be made precious to us,

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 even if we have already known Him and do know Him as a precious Savior.

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 May that sense of preciousness be deepened today.

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 Speak to any here, O Lord, who still don't know Him as a Savior,

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 who have not yet accepted fully the offer of the Gospel,

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 and come to receive Jesus for themselves.

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 We pray today, O Lord, that You would work in their hearts,

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 that You would give them the power of Your Holy Spirit to draw them to Yourself,

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 to bring them to come to confess their sin and their need of salvation,

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 and to come to enjoy the provision of such in Your forgiveness.

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 Bless today, we pray, all the gatherings of Your church throughout the world.

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 Lord, we realize that many people today gather in the same name of Jesus.

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 We give thanks, Lord, that we come along with them to recognize

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 that You are worthy of such worship as we offer You today.

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 We pray that those in very different circumstances to ours,

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 especially those who are so affected by war,

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 by terrorism, by the fear that is instilled through such events and such conditions.

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 Lord, we pray for Your people in these different parts of the world,

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 and we ask that You would draw near to them to encourage them,

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 to strengthen them, and to give them that which You alone are able to give,

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 and a continued resolve to trust in You,

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 and a continued resolve to resist the attempts of the evil one,

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 to say that if God were real, You would not allow such things to happen.

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 Help us also, Lord, to face such criticism and such opinions in our day,

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 and enable us to bring people in our response to accusations against You.

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 Help us to bring them to the cross,

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 for this is the God we present,

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 the God we love, the God we know,

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 the God who instead of marking up our sin against us,

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 and rejecting us forever as we deserve,

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 instead placed His own Son in our place,

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 that He might die that death which we deserved,

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 and that through resurrection from the dead,

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 He might bring life and immortality to light through the Gospel.

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 Bless, we pray today, those who need You.

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 In special circumstances, Lord, we ask that all those who are unable to be with Your people today physically will be blessed.

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 All those who are prevented by illness, by injuries, by various circumstances,

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 that prevent them gathering together as they would like with Your people.

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 Remember those who belong to our own number, Lord, in that regard.

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 Remember, too, those who continue to mourn the passing of loved ones.

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 We ask that You would bless them, bless those who are waiting and have been waiting for some time,

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 for the funeral of those that have departed.

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 Lord, remember them, we pray, and continue to uphold them and to bless them,

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 and to grant them the strength of Your Holy Spirit.

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 Remember, we pray also our church at this time, our denomination,

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 as we look forward to various events over the coming weeks and months.

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 We pray that You would bless those who are preparing for the General Assembly that takes decisions affecting all our congregations.

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 Remember them, Lord, we pray, in their preparations.

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 Remember, too, O Lord, our mission meeting this coming week.

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 We pray that it may stimulate us to engage further in mission.

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 And we pray for Manuel, as he comes to speak to us of his work in Spain,

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 that You would grant him Your blessing while he is here in the island.

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 We pray for the work of street pastors in our locality and in other places throughout our land.

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 We pray for those we know ourselves here locally who are involved in the work of street pastors going out

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 on various nights of the week and seeking to help people as they come across them in distress and in need.

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 Uphold them, we pray.

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 Protect them.

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 Use them, Lord, we pray, to bring benefit and help to those that they seek to minister to.

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 And we ask that You would bless our young people.

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 Protect them, Lord, we pray.

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 Shield them about with Your own care and love.

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 And as they are taught of Your ways,

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 O Lord, we pray that You would establish them in Your ways,

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 that You would protect them from all the evil influences that surround us in this world.

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 And we ask that the love and the teaching and the concern of parents prayerfully before You

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 might truly be answered in Your blessing.

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 And we ask that You would continue to bless us here in our locality.

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 Bless all who have particular places of importance and influence in our society.

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 Remember them, Lord, we pray, as they take decisions that affect us all,

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 especially at the higher levels of government.

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 We commend them to You once again.

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 And we pray that You would continue now to bless us here in this service of worship.

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 Guide us into Your truth, we pray.

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 And all we ask is with the forgiveness of all our sins, for Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 Let's read now from John's Gospel,

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 New Testament and the Gospel of John.

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 reading chapter 16 and verses 1 to 15.

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 Gospel of John chapter 16,

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 beginning at verse 1 through to verse 15, as you know.

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 This is part of the teaching that Jesus gave the disciples

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 in what's called the Upper Room.

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 These verses, these chapters 15 to the end of 17,

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 and, sorry, 14 to the end of 17,

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 before He then went out to face His trial and subsequent crucifixion.

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 So in chapter 16, we read at the beginning,

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 I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.

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 They will put you out of the synagogues.

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 Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

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 And they will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.

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 But I have said these things to you,

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 that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you.

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 I did not say these things to you from the beginning,

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 because I was with you.

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 But now I am going to Him who sent me.

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 And none of you asks me,

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 Where are you going?

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 But because I have said these things to you,

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 sorrow has filled your heart.

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 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth.

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 It is to your advantage that I go away.

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 For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you.

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 But if I go, I will send Him to you.

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 And when He comes,

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 He will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.

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 Concerning sin, because they do not believe in me.

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 Concerning righteousness,

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 because I go to the Father and you will see me no longer.

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 Concerning judgment,

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 because the ruler of this world is judged.

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 I still have many things to say to you,

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 but you cannot bear them now.

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 When the Spirit of truth comes,

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 He will guide you into all the truth.

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 For He will not speak on His own authority,

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 but whatever He hears, He will speak,

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 and He will declare to you the things that are to come.

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 He will glorify me,

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 for He will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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 All that the Father has is mine.

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 Therefore I said,

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 that He will take what is mine

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 and declare it to you.

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 Amen.

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 And may the Lord once again follow that reading with His blessing.

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 Let's turn again to praise the Lord,

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 this time in Psalm 65.

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 Psalm number 65,

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 on page 82,

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 singing verses 1 to 5.

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 In Zion praise awaits you, Lord.

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 To you our vows will pay.

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 To you all people will come near.

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 You hear us when we pray.

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 When we were overwhelmed by sins and guilt upon us lay,

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 you pardoned all our trespasses

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 and washed our guilt away.

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 How blessed are those you choose

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 and bring within your courts of grace.

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 We're filled with blessings in your house,

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 in your most holy place.

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 With awesome deeds of righteousness,

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 you answer us, O God,

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 our Savior,

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 hope of further seas

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 and all the earth abroad.

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 These verses,

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 In Zion praise awaits you, Lord.

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 In Zion praise awaits you, Lord.

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 To you our vows will pay.

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 To you all people will come near.

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 To you all people will come near.

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 You hear us when we pray.

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 When we were overwhelmed by sins and guilt upon us lay,

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 You pardoned all our trespasses.

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 You pardoned all our trespasses.

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 You pardoned all our trespasses

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 and washed our guilt away.

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 How blessed are those you choose and bring within your courts of grace.

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 We're filled with blessings in your house.

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 We're filled with blessings in your house.

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 We're filled with blessings in your house.

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 We're filled with blessings in your house.

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 We're filled with blessings in your house.

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 blessings

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 in your

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 eyes

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 in your

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 most holy

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 place

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 with

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 awesome

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 deeds of

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 righteousness

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 you

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 answer

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 O God

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 our

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 Savior

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 hope

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 of far

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 the seas

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 Savior

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 hope

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 of far

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 the seas

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 and all

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 the earth

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 abroad

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 now if you would turn with me please to the passage of scripture we read in john chapter 16 today we're looking at verses 8 to 11

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 john 16 and beginning at verse 8

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 this is jesus talking about the helper who is the holy spirit the spirit of truth as he refers to him in verse 16

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 when he comes he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment

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 concerning sin because they do not believe in me

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 concerning righteousness because i go to the father and you will see me no longer

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 concerning judgment

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 because the ruler of this world

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 is judged

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 well we can safely say that the coming of the son of god

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 when he came into this world by

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 taking our human nature to himself

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 and the coming of the holy spirit

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 as you find that described

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 in act chapter 2

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 what happened on the day of pentecost

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 the coming of the son of god

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 the coming of the spirit of god

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 were really the two

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 definitive events in the history of the world

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 the only other event

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 that you could say is of like

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 nature to that

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 is the coming of christ again

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 his return

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 on the great day of judgment

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 and here in this passage

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 jesus

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 is anticipating the coming

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 of the holy spirit

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 that you find described in acts chapter 2

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 by referring to that in this way

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 he speaks of the spirit of truth

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 the helper

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 the old

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 translations had

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 comforter

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 all of these

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 meanings are built into the words that jesus uses

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 the holy spirit is

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 the helper

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 he is the comforter

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 he is the spirit of truth

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 he is the spirit of god

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 and of course the holy spirit

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:17.599
 like jesus himself

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 is god

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 we worship

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 this god

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 who is three persons

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 in one god

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 in the mystery of that trinity

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 that we believe

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 though we cannot

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 but understand

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 but a small amount of it

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 that's what the bible

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 reveals to us

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 and we believe that

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 because that's

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 how god has described himself

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 well the coming of the holy spirit here

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 is

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 described by jesus

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 as having this effect

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 when he comes

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 he will

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 convict the world

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 concerning sin

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 and righteousness

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 and judgment

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 the world there means

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 people like you and i

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 the world

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 the world in the sense of being

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 estranged from god

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 the world in the guilt of sin

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 the world really being

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 human beings

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 that have rebelled against god

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 that's the kind of people

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 that jesus came to save

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 there were no other types anyway

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 and so for you and for me today

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 it's describing

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 what we are ourselves

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 by nature

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 we are the world

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 until jesus comes

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 and changes that

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 and brings us to know

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 himself to be his saints

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 and that's what

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 the spirit of god here

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 in the ministry of the spirit

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 is described as doing

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 now the holy spirit

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 was already

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 in the world

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 in creation

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 before he came

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 so definitively

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 on the day of pentecost

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 you read way back

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 at the beginning of the bible

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 in genesis chapter 1

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 verse 2

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 that the spirit of god

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 moved upon the face

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 of the waters

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 god's creation

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 of the heavens

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 and the earth

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 the earth was

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 void

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 it was without form

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 and void

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 it needed to be

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 shaped

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 but until that happened

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 the spirit of god

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 moved on the face

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 of the waters

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 holding all things together

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 until god said

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 let there be light

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 and he fashioned

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 the other parts

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 of the creation

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 we're now

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 so aware of

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 in this world

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 especially

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 and you can find

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 also in the old testament

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 that the spirit of god

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 is described

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 sometimes

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 as coming upon

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 people

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 david for example

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 in first samuel

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 chapter 16

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 the spirit of god

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 came upon him

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 from that day onwards

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 but that's how the old testament

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 tends to describe

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 the spirit of god

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 in the world

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 in regard to god's people

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 he came upon them

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 he came upon samson

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:44.039
 spirit of god

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 actually came upon

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 different personalities

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 different people

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 throughout the ages

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 of the old testament

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 but it's only when you

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 come to the new testament

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 it's only when you

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 come to

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 what happened

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 after jesus

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 had come

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 and died

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 and risen again

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 and gone back to heaven

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 that you find

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.759
 the holy spirit

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.000
 coming permanently

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 to dwell in the hearts

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 of god's people

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 and now that's

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 anticipated

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 in the old testament

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 for example

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 you go to

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 ezekiel

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 and in ezekiel

00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:14.620
 chapter 36

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 you find a wonderful

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 description of

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 days of blessing

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 that lie ahead

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 from the perspective

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 of the old testament

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 where god is saying

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 to the people

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 of israel there

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 that he is going

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 to bring them

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 together

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 to bring them

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 to know himself

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 chapter 36

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 of ezekiel

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 and verse 27

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 there where he's saying

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 i will take you

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 from the nations

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 i will gather you

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 to from all the

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 countries and bring

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 you to your own land

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 i will sprinkle

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 clean water on you

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 and you shall be

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 clean from all

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 your uncleannesses

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 and from all

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 your idols

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 i will cleanse you

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 and i will give you

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 a new heart

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 and a new spirit

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 i will put within you

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 i will remove the

00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:58.940
 heart of stone

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 from your flesh

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 and give you

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 a heart of flesh

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.900
 and i will put

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.900
 my spirit

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.960
 within you

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:06.200
 and cause you

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.039
 to walk in my

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 statutes

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.960
 and be careful

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 to obey

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 my rules

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 that's an anticipation

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.799
 a prophecy

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.539
 of the coming

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 of the holy spirit

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 that would take place

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:18.220
 in the new testament

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.759
 and of course

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.559
 when you go to

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.340
 john itself

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:21.600
 john's gospel

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:23.100
 and chapter 7

00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:24.340
 you'll find a very

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.579
 significant passage

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.579
 in chapter 7

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:28.600
 at verse 37

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:30.259
 where jesus is saying

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.980
 on the last day

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.500
 of the feast

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.900
 jesus stood

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.620
 and cried

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:36.220
 if anyone thirsts

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.960
 let him come

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.600
 to me

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.680
 and drink

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:40.000
 whoever believes

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.600
 in me

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:41.620
 as the scripture

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.100
 has said

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.940
 out of his heart

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:44.200
 will flow rivers

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.160
 of living water

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.400
 now this he said

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:48.040
 about the spirit

00:24:48.040 --> 00:24:49.200
 whom those

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.780
 who believed

00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:50.100
 in him

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:51.300
 were to receive

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:52.540
 for as yet

00:24:52.540 --> 00:24:53.160
 the spirit

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.980
 had not yet

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.660
 been given

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:56.400
 because jesus

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:58.519
 was not yet glorified

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.240
 you see what

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.700
 that is saying

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.060
 to us

00:25:00.060 --> 00:25:01.860
 that it required

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.500
 first of all

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.400
 jesus to come

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.019
 into the world

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.839
 the son of god

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:06.180
 to die on the cross

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.319
 to rise from the dead

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.519
 to be glorified

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.680
 to return to heaven

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:11.359
 from where he came

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.079
 that's what he's saying

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:13.039
 in this chapter

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.299
 in chapter 16

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.720
 as well

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.299
 he's going back

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.960
 to the father

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:17.119
 only then

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.279
 only after that

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.220
 is he speaking

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.900
 of the spirit

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.420
 of god

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.920
 coming

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:22.140
 the way that he came

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.900
 on the day of pentecost

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:26.200
 and the spirit's own work

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.700
 is what is described

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.599
 here by jesus

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.919
 in verses 8

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.679
 to 11

00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:31.399
 now we need to look

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.659
 at a couple of words

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.119
 and the meaning

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.779
 of these words

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:35.000
 before we enter

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.480
 more fully

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.500
 into the verses

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.579
 he says here

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:39.179
 he will convict

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:40.339
 and he's saying

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.379
 he'll convict

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.079
 the world

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:44.439
 of righteousness

00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:45.279
 of sin

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.480
 righteousness

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.459
 and judgment

00:25:47.459 --> 00:25:48.480
 so the convicting

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:50.199
 is to do with sin

00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:51.259
 and with righteousness

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.119
 and with judgment

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.799
 it follows into

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.839
 these three categories

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:55.639
 and the word convict

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:57.740
 is probably not

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.680
 the best translation

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.780
 though it can mean that

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:02.820
 the word convince

00:26:02.820 --> 00:26:04.160
 will probably

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.560
 carry the meaning

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:06.800
 of it better for us

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:07.720
 he will convince

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.700
 the world

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.580
 and when you go back

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:10.300
 to chapter 8

00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:11.140
 the word is used

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.480
 with regard to

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.500
 what jesus himself

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.200
 said to those

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.520
 who were seeking

00:26:15.520 --> 00:26:16.700
 to find fault

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.180
 with him

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.520
 chapter 8

00:26:18.520 --> 00:26:19.700
 verse 46

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.600
 where jesus said

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:21.940
 which of you

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:23.320
 convicts me

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:23.800
 of sin

00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:24.480
 he's really saying

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.460
 which of you

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.059
 can present

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.660
 an argument

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.720
 and convince

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:29.599
 that I am a sinner

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.839
 that I have sinned

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.500
 that I am wrong

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:33.099
 so that convincing

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:34.079
 really the same word

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.860
 is used exactly

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.740
 as here

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.500
 when he comes

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.839
 he will convince

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.440
 the world

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.420
 concerning sin

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.779
 concerning righteousness

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:42.099
 concerning judgment

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:43.579
 he will convince

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.519
 in the sense of

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.940
 successfully

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:47.500
 persuading

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.420
 you might say

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:50.360
 of these three matters

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:51.900
 he will successfully

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.339
 or powerfully

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.019
 persuade

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.759
 the world

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.980
 of these

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.480
 three issues

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:59.559
 and you notice

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.139
 the connection

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:01.539
 in each of these

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.879
 cases

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.660
 with the work

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:04.279
 of jesus himself

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.639
 he will persuade

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.160
 the world

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:07.759
 concerning sin

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.879
 because they don't

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.619
 believe in me

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:11.279
 concerning righteousness

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.480
 because I go to

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.940
 the father

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.960
 concerning judgment

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:15.339
 because the ruler

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.160
 of this world

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.639
 the devil

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:18.240
 is judged

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:21.240
 and you can see

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.859
 how specific

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.620
 that is as well

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.620
 the word because

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:25.160
 are words

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.240
 concerning there

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.519
 really means

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.500
 specifically

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.539
 about this

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:31.640
 and in other words

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.059
 he is saying

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:33.120
 when he comes

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:34.039
 he will convince

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.660
 the world

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.680
 specifically

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:37.120
 concerning sin

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:38.799
 because they believe

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.059
 not

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.640
 specifically

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.200
 because

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.980
 specifically

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.759
 concerning

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.599
 the fact

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.160
 that they don't

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.900
 believe in me

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:46.360
 specifically

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:47.100
 concerning

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:47.880
 relating to

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.320
 the fact

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:49.480
 that I go

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.200
 to the father

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.500
 specifically

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.680
 concerning judgment

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:54.259
 because the ruler

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.900
 of this world

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.400
 is judged

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.940
 in other words

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.240
 all that jesus

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.060
 is saying here

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.759
 about the work

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.220
 of the holy

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.640
 spirit

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:01.080
 is keyed

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.700
 into

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.840
 his own

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.320
 work

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:04.200
 but it's

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.520
 keyed

00:28:04.520 --> 00:28:05.040
 into his

00:28:05.040 --> 00:28:05.520
 person

00:28:05.520 --> 00:28:06.640
 it's keyed

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.040
 into

00:28:07.040 --> 00:28:08.259
 what we make

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.880
 of the truth

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:10.220
 concerning jesus

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.560
 that's what the

00:28:11.560 --> 00:28:12.100
 holy spirit

00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:13.480
 and the holy

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.180
 spirit's work

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.980
 of convincing

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.420
 us

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.360
 is really

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:16.860
 about

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:18.520
 so let's

00:28:18.520 --> 00:28:18.960
 look at these

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:20.180
 three issues

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.800
 in turn

00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:21.960
 when he comes

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.420
 he will convince

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.020
 the world

00:28:24.020 --> 00:28:25.400
 concerning sin

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:26.820
 because they

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.340
 do not

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:27.940
 believe

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.020
 in me

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.599
 we need

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:30.960
 to be

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.559
 convinced

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.940
 concerning

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.519
 sin

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.500
 why is that

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.379
 well for one

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.400
 reason is because

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.079
 sin

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.059
 and because

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:39.240
 our sinfulness

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.759
 prevents us

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.220
 from

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.759
 realizing that

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.599
 for ourselves

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.879
 one of the things

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:46.240
 that has happened

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.960
 in our fallenness

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.519
 in adam

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.859
 is that we don't

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:51.220
 realize exactly

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:52.400
 what our need

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.940
 is about

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.259
 we don't realize

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.940
 the seriousness

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.799
 of our lost

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.319
 condition

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.539
 we don't realize

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.379
 the sinfulness

00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.500
 of our lost

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.000
 condition

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:01.519
 we don't realize

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.700
 the seriousness

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:04.039
 of not believing

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.839
 in jesus

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:06.079
 of not accepting

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.599
 jesus

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.919
 and the consequences

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:09.439
 of not accepting

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:10.359
 jesus

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.960
 you see one of the sins

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.740
 one of sins

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.519
 effects

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:15.419
 is that our minds

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:15.980
 have become

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.579
 numbed

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.099
 you might say

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.839
 to the truth

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.419
 of god

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:19.939
 when you cut

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.639
 a nerve

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:22.319
 in your hand

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.339
 or wherever it is

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.859
 i cut this

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:26.359
 thumb many years

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.699
 ago

00:29:26.699 --> 00:29:27.359
 with a piece

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.799
 of glass

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.359
 right across

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.799
 here

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.740
 had to go away

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.699
 and get the nerve

00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:32.259
 put back together

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.839
 again but there's

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.619
 still a numbness

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:33.859
 there

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.740
 when i do that

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.359
 i don't feel

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.039
 anything in that

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:37.319
 specific spot

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:39.000
 and our minds

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.779
 our souls

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.319
 have become

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.059
 numbed

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.079
 to the seriousness

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.839
 of sin

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:44.059
 to the seriousness

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.319
 of our lostness

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.319
 to the seriousness

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.559
 and the criminality

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.099
 if you like

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.259
 in the face of god

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.559
 of not believing

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.179
 in jesus

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:52.359
 of not accepting

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.019
 the provision

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.259
 that god has made

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.139
 for us in jesus

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:56.039
 and the spirit

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.819
 of god

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.919
 comes to

00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:59.819
 exactly that point

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:01.139
 where he convinces

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:02.679
 us of our sin

00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:03.979
 and especially

00:30:03.979 --> 00:30:04.579
 our sin

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:06.240
 in not believing

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.299
 in jesus

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:09.659
 and of course

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.759
 believing in jesus

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.299
 in this context

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:13.559
 and a lot of other

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.099
 contexts

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.439
 in the teaching

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:16.019
 of the bible

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:17.319
 means more than

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.119
 believing things

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.719
 about him

00:30:18.719 --> 00:30:20.339
 when jesus

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:21.000
 is saying here

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.059
 he will

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.819
 when he comes

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.279
 convince the world

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.779
 concerning sin

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.539
 because they do

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.579
 not believe in me

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.740
 that's equivalent

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:30.259
 to not accepting him

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.259
 it's equivalent

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.259
 to rejecting him

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.819
 it's equivalent

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:34.339
 to not embracing him

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:36.240
 i remember the

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.579
 words of the catechism

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.359
 and catechism

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.299
 31

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.200
 that was one of

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.259
 the catechisms

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.819
 we uh

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.819
 well certainly

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.740
 when i was a youngster

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:45.299
 you dreaded being asked

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.980
 in sunday school

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.539
 to repeat

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.740
 catechism 31

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.779
 it was the longest

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:50.099
 and uh

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.980
 it's effectual

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.359
 calling

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.859
 how we come

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.240
 to be

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.639
 savingly united

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.500
 with jesus

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.519
 and what does it say

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.099
 what is our

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:57.000
 effectual calling

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:58.460
 it is the work

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.960
 of god's

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.660
 spirit

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.720
 whereby

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:03.359
 convincing us

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.559
 of our sin

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.160
 and misery

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:06.839
 enlightening our minds

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.379
 in the knowledge

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:07.980
 of christ

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:09.000
 and renewing

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.859
 our wills

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.619
 he doth

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.379
 persuade

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:13.299
 and enable us

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.899
 to embrace

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.900
 jesus christ

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:18.780
 that's the work

00:31:18.780 --> 00:31:20.019
 of the spirit

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.620
 of god

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:22.180
 he persuades

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:23.420
 and he enables

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.620
 he convinces

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.920
 of our sin

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:27.580
 especially in regard

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:29.140
 to not believing

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.980
 in christ

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:32.380
 when you're convinced

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.940
 you see of

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:34.860
 of the merits

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.460
 of jesus

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.240
 of the worth

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.920
 of jesus

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.460
 of how jesus

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.320
 deserves

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:40.600
 that your faith

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.160
 is placed

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.820
 in him

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:43.100
 of how jesus

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.759
 deserves

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.640
 that you accept

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.780
 him as god's

00:31:45.780 --> 00:31:46.440
 great gift

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.200
 of a savior

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.740
 when you're

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.280
 persuaded

00:31:49.280 --> 00:31:50.480
 that that

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.120
 jesus

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:52.040
 has that

00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:52.560
 merit

00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:53.680
 that he deserves

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.140
 this

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:55.080
 to say nothing

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.540
 else

00:31:55.540 --> 00:31:57.660
 then you're

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.080
 persuaded

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:59.440
 that not

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.980
 believing

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.980
 in him

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.460
 is a serious

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.080
 business

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:05.160
 if god

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.640
 has

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.600
 as he has

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.660
 provided

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.860
 this savior

00:32:08.860 --> 00:32:09.640
 for us

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.600
 then not

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.540
 accepting him

00:32:12.540 --> 00:32:14.040
 not closing

00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:14.580
 in with him

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.460
 not in the

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.919
 words of the

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.419
 catechism

00:32:16.419 --> 00:32:18.059
 embracing him

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:20.139
 is the

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.619
 most serious

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.099
 thing you

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.740
 can do

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:23.679
 because it's

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:24.419
 tantamount to

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.939
 rejecting

00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:26.179
 the love

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.740
 of god

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.919
 the mercy

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.579
 of god

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.799
 the gift

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.559
 of a savior

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.720
 on god's

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.059
 part

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.819
 to us

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.099
 who are

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.859
 undeserving

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.500
 of it

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:36.220
 so you see

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.639
 that's so

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.099
 important

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:38.500
 that today

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:40.119
 we're being

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.779
 taught by

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.559
 this passage

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.339
 that this

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:42.599
 is the

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.000
 work of

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.399
 the holy

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.839
 spirit

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.359
 and that

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.960
 we need

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.559
 this work

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.819
 of the

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.019
 holy

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.399
 spirit

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:47.220
 in our

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.579
 lives

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:47.960
 in my

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.279
 heart

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.639
 in your

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.039
 mind

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.720
 in your

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.220
 life

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:51.659
 to persuade

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.319
 us

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.700
 to actually

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.700
 convince us

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.539
 about our

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.980
 sin

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.899
 that it is

00:32:56.899 --> 00:32:57.519
 something so

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.919
 serious

00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:58.960
 that only

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.579
 the remedy

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.099
 that's in

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.720
 jesus will

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.879
 do for it

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:03.380
 nothing else

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.800
 is going to

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:04.600
 meet your

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.120
 need today

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.460
 as a

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.700
 sinner

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.700
 the way

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.420
 this is

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:11.340
 and indeed

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:12.380
 the spirit

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:12.780
 of god

00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:13.260
 as we said

00:33:13.260 --> 00:33:13.600
 earlier

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:14.800
 persuades us

00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:16.180
 of the

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.000
 criminality

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.440
 of rejecting

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.860
 him

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:21.160
 it's as if

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.660
 god is

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.700
 and god is

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.360
 indeed saying

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.640
 this is the

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.220
 highest guilt

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:28.360
 this is

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:29.560
 something that

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:30.320
 places you

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.740
 in the category

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.720
 of being so

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.639
 clearly guilty

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:35.619
 because here

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.099
 is something

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.859
 that's so

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:38.339
 wonderfully shown

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:39.039
 in the gospel

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.240
 the provision

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.039
 of a savior

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.839
 do i need

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.119
 him

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:44.039
 of course i

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.579
 need him

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:46.319
 can i produce

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.819
 what he has

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.460
 produced for

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.939
 myself

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:48.779
 of course i

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.139
 can't

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.659
 i am a

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:49.939
 sinner

00:33:49.939 --> 00:33:50.859
 i'm a

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.460
 lost sinner

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.519
 i'm an

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.220
 unrighteous

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.579
 sinner

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.899
 i'm a

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.119
 sinner

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.899
 incapable

00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:57.419
 of creating

00:33:57.419 --> 00:33:58.179
 the righteousness

00:33:58.179 --> 00:33:58.740
 as we'll see

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.159
 in a minute

00:33:59.159 --> 00:33:59.919
 that god

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.640
 requires of

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:00.960
 me that

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.560
 god himself

00:34:01.560 --> 00:34:02.460
 is calling

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.720
 for but i

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.160
 don't need to

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.660
 create it for

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:05.300
 myself

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:06.460
 and when i

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.019
 try and create

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.640
 it for myself

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.740
 the holy spirit

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.599
 when he convinces

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.280
 me this way

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:11.220
 will turn me

00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.820
 away from

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.960
 myself to

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:14.240
 jesus and

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:14.539
 will say

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.300
 that's what

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.740
 you need

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.760
 there is your

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.840
 there is your

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.320
 salvation

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.940
 there is your

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.340
 provision

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:20.559
 there is forgiveness

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.559
 for your sins

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.680
 there is the answer

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.659
 to your guilt

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:25.700
 convinces

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:29.819
 because this is

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.359
 what the spirit

00:34:30.359 --> 00:34:32.179
 does he will

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:33.059
 convince the

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.519
 world concerning

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:36.579
 sin on account

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:38.000
 of or specifically

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:39.500
 in relation to the

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:41.039
 fact that they do

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.639
 not believe in me

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.379
 and you know

00:34:43.379 --> 00:34:46.279
 when you actually

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:47.980
 don't accept

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.659
 jesus

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:51.299
 when that sin

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:53.099
 of not accepting

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.519
 jesus

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.239
 let's be clear

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.779
 that's what the

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.460
 bible is telling

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.079
 us here

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:57.920
 to reject him

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:59.119
 not to accept

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.440
 him

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.619
 is a sin

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.359
 on your part

00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:01.940
 and mine

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:03.859
 and when that sin

00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.539
 is still in

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.039
 place

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.679
 then

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.859
 every other

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:08.319
 sin

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:09.679
 is unforgiven

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:11.299
 it's logical

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:11.759
 isn't it

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.880
 if I haven't

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.760
 placed my

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.820
 trust in christ

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:16.040
 which is the

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:17.120
 way that god

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:18.500
 actually sets

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.200
 before me

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:20.280
 as the way

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.080
 to salvation

00:35:21.080 --> 00:35:21.780
 the way to

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.260
 forgiveness

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:23.380
 the way to

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.980
 righteousness

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.000
 I need to

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.840
 trust in christ

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.500
 first that's the

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.060
 root that's the

00:35:27.060 --> 00:35:28.120
 key that's the

00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:28.980
 entrance point

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:31.700
 so unless I've

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.360
 done that

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:34.680
 no other sin

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.680
 on my part

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:37.580
 can be forgiven

00:35:37.580 --> 00:35:38.460
 or is forgiven

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:40.540
 I need first of

00:35:40.540 --> 00:35:41.340
 all first and

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.800
 foremost

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:43.720
 to accept

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.260
 christ

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:46.019
 to receive

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.920
 god's gift

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.700
 in him

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:49.280
 then everything

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.660
 else

00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.920
 follows on

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.400
 from that

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.600
 and it's the

00:35:52.600 --> 00:35:53.140
 work of the

00:35:53.140 --> 00:35:53.700
 holy spirit

00:35:53.700 --> 00:35:54.780
 to convince

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:56.480
 us concerning

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.960
 sin

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:58.220
 in regard

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.980
 to the fact

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.240
 that we do

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:01.019
 not believe

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:02.180
 ourselves

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:03.480
 as we are

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.780
 in jesus

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:06.220
 secondly

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:07.059
 he talks about

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.680
 the holy spirit

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:08.500
 convincing us

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.920
 of righteousness

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:11.159
 see what he's

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.599
 saying here

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.980
 specifically in

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.720
 regard to

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:14.420
 righteousness

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:16.019
 on account of

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.760
 the fact that I

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.360
 go to the

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.700
 father and you

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.500
 will see me

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.380
 no longer

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.800
 now you know

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.440
 what righteousness

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:23.220
 is it's a

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:24.220
 concept that's

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:25.539
 not that easy to

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.720
 understand necessarily

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.360
 but it's quite

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.000
 clear in the bible

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.599
 what it is

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.700
 righteousness

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:31.659
 is God

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.579
 himself being

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.059
 righteous

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.880
 morally

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.380
 righteous

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.300
 no defect

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.139
 whatsoever in

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.440
 him

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:38.519
 the standard

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.300
 of righteousness

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:40.240
 that he requires

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:40.820
 of us

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:42.200
 you might say

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:43.940
 is the standard

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.740
 that we would

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:46.260
 have if we

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.900
 were able to

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:48.320
 complete and

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:50.200
 hold the law

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:51.139
 of God for

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:52.139
 ourselves in

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.599
 obedience

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:54.119
 all the time

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:55.760
 if we were able

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.059
 to say every

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:58.280
 single aspect of

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:59.220
 what God commands

00:36:59.220 --> 00:37:00.059
 and requires of

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:01.440
 me I can do

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.860
 if we were able

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.559
 to say that

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.300
 which we're not

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:05.320
 we would be

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:06.019
 righteous

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:07.759
 but because

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.380
 we're not

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:10.039
 what does God

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.880
 do he sends

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.699
 the Holy Spirit

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:13.460
 to convince us

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.840
 that our

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.360
 righteousness

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:16.159
 is in Jesus

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:17.119
 he doesn't just

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.900
 convince us

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:19.099
 of our sin

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.659
 and of our

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.320
 misery as the

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.300
 catechism said

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.820
 he persuades us

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.360
 as well

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:25.259
 he successfully

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:26.860
 convinces us

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:28.179
 that being

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.659
 sinners

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.860
 we need the

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.360
 righteousness

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.340
 that's in Jesus

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:32.539
 because we don't

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.119
 have one of

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.639
 ourselves

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:37.659
 there's the

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.139
 wonder of

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:39.420
 what God

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.400
 does in our

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.980
 experience

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:43.000
 he comes to

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.699
 persuade us

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:44.420
 regarding our

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.059
 sins

00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:46.599
 our need of

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.099
 forgiveness

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:48.659
 of cleansing

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.879
 of washing

00:37:49.879 --> 00:37:51.879
 and so what

00:37:51.879 --> 00:37:52.460
 does he then do

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.139
 he brings us

00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:53.779
 to Christ

00:37:53.779 --> 00:37:55.319
 he shows us

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.779
 we cannot

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.420
 produce

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:57.779
 the righteousness

00:37:57.779 --> 00:37:59.000
 that he requires

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:01.199
 but Jesus

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:02.059
 has done that

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.579
 for us

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.920
 and when you

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.780
 come to trust

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.059
 in him

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.920
 to give your

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.599
 life to him

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.400
 to believe

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.980
 in him

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.719
 whatever words

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.579
 we use

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.920
 they're all

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.420
 used in the

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.659
 Bible

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.099
 to give you

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.659
 the complete

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.079
 picture

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.860
 of what it

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.239
 means to

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.980
 accept Christ

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.659
 to embrace

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.019
 Christ

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.780
 what then

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.420
 happens

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.219
 well his

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.840
 righteousness

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:19.000
 is put onto

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.780
 your account

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.400
 in the presence

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:21.079
 of God

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:22.239
 the guilt

00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.860
 that's honored

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.739
 up to then

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.820
 is wiped

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.340
 clean

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:27.460
 it disappears

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.539
 it will never

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.260
 appear there

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.659
 again

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:32.000
 but it stays

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.440
 there

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.820
 and it will

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.539
 condemn you

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.480
 and condemn me

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:37.000
 if I've not

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.940
 accepted Christ

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.320
 as my

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.880
 righteousness

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:43.400
 that's the

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.960
 the solemnity

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:46.559
 but the beauty

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.340
 of the gospel

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:49.139
 that God

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.260
 brings us

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:51.039
 to know

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.480
 this

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:53.000
 to realize

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.220
 this

00:38:53.220 --> 00:38:53.920
 to appreciate

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.440
 this

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.360
 and especially

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:55.960
 that he does

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.740
 so through

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:57.139
 the work

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.400
 of his

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.940
 Holy Spirit

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.480
 you go to

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.059
 the likes

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.519
 of Saul

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.019
 of Tarsus

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.480
 the apostle

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.940
 Paul

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.699
 as he came

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:02.219
 to be known

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:03.559
 here was a man

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.440
 who thought

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:05.179
 that he was

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.679
 righteous

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.719
 because in his

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.480
 own estimation

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.699
 he was blameless

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.279
 as touching

00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:10.299
 the law of God

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:11.879
 the righteousness

00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.839
 which is in the law

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:13.699
 blameless

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.500
 I've got that

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.359
 he was able to say

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:16.059
 of himself

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:17.159
 wrongly of course

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:18.159
 as he came to

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.579
 realize

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.500
 but after he met

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.039
 with Jesus

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.519
 after Jesus

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.719
 apprehended him

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.119
 on the road

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.920
 to Damascus

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:25.239
 and from that

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:25.639
 moment

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.920
 showed him

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.480
 that he was

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.119
 actually very

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:29.019
 unrighteous

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:30.659
 that all

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:31.559
 the attempts

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.599
 that he

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:34.079
 could make

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.539
 of keeping

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.099
 that law

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.740
 for himself

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.619
 would amount

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.159
 to nothing

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.820
 because he was

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.180
 a sinner

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:40.280
 and he needed

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.920
 the righteousness

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:42.200
 that was in

00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:42.619
 Christ

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:45.099
 and you examine

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:46.840
 all his epistles

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.940
 that he wrote

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:49.260
 subsequent to that

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.880
 great event

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.599
 what do they all

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.019
 state

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:52.119
 in some way

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:52.460
 or other

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.980
 some more

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.559
 than others

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:54.639
 well if you

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:55.239
 go to Romans

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.539
 and if you

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.320
 go to Galatians

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:56.940
 especially

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:58.739
 that a man

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.239
 or a woman

00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:00.400
 is not justified

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:02.159
 by the works

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:02.619
 of the law

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.299
 that's to say

00:40:03.299 --> 00:40:04.719
 by our own

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.799
 attempts at

00:40:05.799 --> 00:40:06.519
 keeping the law

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.079
 of God

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:08.000
 we're not

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.420
 justified

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:09.259
 we're not

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:10.079
 accounted

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.639
 righteous

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:11.440
 because of

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:11.799
 that

00:40:11.799 --> 00:40:14.019
 but through

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.639
 faith

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:16.059
 in Christ

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.460
 Jesus

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:19.619
 through accepting

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.380
 the righteousness

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:22.519
 that's provided

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.139
 for us

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:24.239
 in him

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:25.980
 you see how

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:26.380
 this comes

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:26.799
 together

00:40:26.799 --> 00:40:28.119
 the Holy Spirit

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:29.099
 persuades us

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:30.239
 of our sin

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:31.739
 persuades us

00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:33.339
 of the enormity

00:40:33.339 --> 00:40:34.539
 and of the

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:36.139
 heinousness

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:36.739
 the gravity

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:38.139
 of our sin

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:38.960
 in rejecting

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.859
 and not accepting

00:40:39.859 --> 00:40:40.420
 Christ

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:41.960
 and then he brings

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.460
 us to

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:43.519
 the righteousness

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.359
 of Christ

00:40:44.359 --> 00:40:45.460
 and he persuades

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.119
 us that's the

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.579
 righteousness

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.559
 that we need

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.440
 that God

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:49.079
 has produced

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.639
 for us

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:51.280
 that remains

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:52.079
 as it is

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:52.960
 forevermore

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:54.559
 and will never

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.019
 be taken

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:56.380
 from us

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:57.000
 when we have

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.400
 put it

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.340
 on our account

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:59.019
 through faith

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.720
 in Christ

00:40:59.720 --> 00:41:03.679
 and it fits

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:04.559
 exactly with

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.800
 our need

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.720
 of that righteousness

00:41:06.720 --> 00:41:08.139
 that we come

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.920
 to believe

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.519
 in Christ

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.380
 you see

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.079
 he's saying

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.320
 here

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:12.480
 concerning

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:13.139
 righteousness

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:14.539
 on account

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.099
 of the fact

00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.780
 that I go

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.500
 to the Father

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:17.240
 and you will

00:41:17.240 --> 00:41:17.659
 see me

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.200
 no longer

00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:18.619
 now that's

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.119
 significant

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:20.079
 he's talking

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.559
 here about

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.239
 the righteousness

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:22.239
 that we need

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:23.359
 the righteousness

00:41:23.359 --> 00:41:23.960
 that we come

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.739
 to possess

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.899
 through faith

00:41:25.899 --> 00:41:26.659
 in Christ

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:27.339
 to believing

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:28.000
 in Christ

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:29.259
 but how does

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:29.679
 that come

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:30.079
 about

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:31.579
 what does

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:31.719
 he

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:32.199
 why does

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:32.759
 he add

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.899
 because I

00:41:33.899 --> 00:41:34.439
 go to the

00:41:34.439 --> 00:41:34.719
 Father

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.019
 and you

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.359
 will see

00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:35.519
 me

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.039
 no longer

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.819
 well because

00:41:36.819 --> 00:41:37.339
 that's the

00:41:37.339 --> 00:41:38.000
 root that

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.859
 Jesus took

00:41:38.859 --> 00:41:39.939
 in order

00:41:39.939 --> 00:41:40.719
 to produce

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.519
 this righteousness

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:42.359
 for us

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:44.799
 it cost

00:41:44.799 --> 00:41:45.319
 him

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:46.700
 the death

00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:47.519
 of the cross

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:50.080
 it cost

00:41:50.080 --> 00:41:50.400
 him

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.920
 all the

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.300
 suffering

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.700
 that he

00:41:51.700 --> 00:41:52.280
 endured

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:53.480
 in order

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:54.000
 to bring

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.660
 this about

00:41:54.660 --> 00:41:57.420
 it cost

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:57.680
 him

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:58.280
 the agony

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:59.000
 of hell

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.580
 in his own

00:41:59.580 --> 00:42:00.300
 soul

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:02.080
 the thing

00:42:02.080 --> 00:42:02.980
 we deserved

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:04.340
 for our sin

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:04.660
 and our

00:42:04.660 --> 00:42:05.059
 rebellion

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:05.980
 against God

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:07.180
 that is

00:42:07.180 --> 00:42:07.660
 what Jesus

00:42:07.660 --> 00:42:08.240
 took to

00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:08.660
 himself

00:42:08.660 --> 00:42:09.280
 what he

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.900
 experienced

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.480
 my God

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:10.960
 my God

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:11.579
 why have

00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:12.340
 you forsaken

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.659
 me

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:13.900
 the forsaken

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.780
 of the cross

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:15.720
 the forsaken

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.400
 in Jesus

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:17.019
 experience

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.880
 is precisely

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.679
 this

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:23.220
 the penalty

00:42:23.220 --> 00:42:23.559
 the

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:28.159
 what we

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:28.659
 deserve

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.079
 for our

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:30.159
 unrighteousness

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:33.579
 because

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:34.199
 he said

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.699
 I go to

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.159
 the Father

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:36.599
 and you

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:36.940
 will see

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:37.240
 me no

00:42:37.240 --> 00:42:37.599
 longer

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:39.460
 and the

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.900
 root to

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.340
 the Father

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:40.840
 was

00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:41.920
 the cross

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:43.380
 the resurrection

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:45.120
 the ascension

00:42:45.120 --> 00:42:45.780
 to glory

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:47.039
 that is

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.519
 the root

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:48.019
 that Jesus

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.539
 took

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:50.620
 before the

00:42:50.620 --> 00:42:51.079
 Spirit of

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.660
 God came

00:42:51.660 --> 00:42:52.000
 on the day

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.820
 of Pentecost

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:54.500
 as in fact

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.019
 had been

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:56.100
 promised by

00:42:56.100 --> 00:42:56.480
 God

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:57.760
 up to that

00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:58.320
 moment

00:42:58.320 --> 00:43:00.900
 Jesus

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:01.660
 took that

00:43:01.660 --> 00:43:02.260
 root from

00:43:02.260 --> 00:43:02.620
 heaven

00:43:02.620 --> 00:43:04.519
 into this

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:04.820
 world

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:05.440
 to the death

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:06.120
 of the cross

00:43:06.120 --> 00:43:07.539
 he humbled

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.079
 himself

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.620
 as we saw

00:43:08.620 --> 00:43:09.460
 in Philippians 2

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.180
 and was

00:43:10.180 --> 00:43:10.700
 obedient

00:43:10.699 --> 00:43:11.659
 unto death

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:12.519
 even that

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:13.059
 death of

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.739
 the cross

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:15.139
 where for

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.559
 God

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:16.919
 has highly

00:43:16.919 --> 00:43:17.399
 exalted

00:43:17.399 --> 00:43:17.739
 him

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:19.039
 and given

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.359
 him the

00:43:19.359 --> 00:43:19.779
 name that

00:43:19.779 --> 00:43:20.159
 is above

00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:20.919
 every name

00:43:20.919 --> 00:43:22.119
 that is the

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.559
 root that

00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:23.099
 Jesus took

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:24.119
 from heaven

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:25.519
 to the cross

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:27.339
 to the grave

00:43:27.339 --> 00:43:28.679
 to resurrection

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:30.079
 to ascension

00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:31.579
 back to glory

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:33.400
 why is it

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:33.900
 all there

00:43:33.900 --> 00:43:38.039
 because he

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:38.599
 loved sinners

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.059
 like you

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:39.519
 and I

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:48.420
 because he

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:49.039
 loved sinners

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.500
 like you

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:49.900
 and I

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:52.860
 that's why

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:55.400
 when he

00:43:55.400 --> 00:43:55.920
 comes he

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:56.579
 will convince

00:43:56.579 --> 00:43:57.139
 the world

00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:58.840
 concerning sin

00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:00.300
 and righteousness

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:01.100
 and thirdly

00:44:01.100 --> 00:44:02.100
 judgment

00:44:02.100 --> 00:44:04.039
 concerning judgment

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:05.500
 specifically

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:06.600
 in relation

00:44:06.600 --> 00:44:07.059
 to this

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.600
 because the

00:44:07.600 --> 00:44:08.440
 ruler of

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:09.000
 this world

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.800
 is judged

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.280
 and of course

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:10.780
 he means by

00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:11.700
 that the

00:44:11.700 --> 00:44:12.039
 devil

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:12.640
 the ruler

00:44:12.640 --> 00:44:13.079
 of this

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.539
 world

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:14.980
 why is he

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.260
 called

00:44:15.260 --> 00:44:16.160
 the ruler

00:44:16.160 --> 00:44:16.740
 of this

00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:17.019
 world

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.500
 this is not

00:44:17.500 --> 00:44:18.079
 the last

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.519
 judgment

00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:18.840
 at the

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.300
 last day

00:44:19.300 --> 00:44:20.079
 this is

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:20.720
 specifically

00:44:20.720 --> 00:44:21.579
 what happened

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:22.460
 in regard

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:22.900
 to the

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.220
 devil

00:44:23.220 --> 00:44:24.100
 through the

00:44:24.100 --> 00:44:24.620
 death of

00:44:24.620 --> 00:44:24.880
 Jesus

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:25.200
 and the

00:44:25.200 --> 00:44:25.519
 resurrection

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:26.200
 of Jesus

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:26.859
 and the

00:44:26.859 --> 00:44:27.319
 ascension

00:44:27.319 --> 00:44:27.980
 of Jesus

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:29.319
 what happened

00:44:29.319 --> 00:44:31.259
 well he

00:44:31.259 --> 00:44:32.579
 was judged

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:33.599
 he was

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:34.159
 condemned

00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:35.960
 the ruler

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.419
 of this

00:44:36.419 --> 00:44:36.799
 world

00:44:36.799 --> 00:44:37.799
 is a reference

00:44:37.799 --> 00:44:38.419
 to the fact

00:44:38.419 --> 00:44:39.719
 that after

00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:40.299
 the fall

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:40.659
 of man

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:41.000
 remember

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:42.139
 Adam and

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:42.579
 Eve

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.599
 listened to

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:43.980
 the voice

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:44.279
 of the

00:44:44.279 --> 00:44:44.599
 serpent

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:45.079
 Satan

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:45.679
 coming in

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.299
 that form

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:47.939
 and yielding

00:44:47.939 --> 00:44:48.319
 to that

00:44:48.319 --> 00:44:48.960
 temptation

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:50.259
 and bringing

00:44:50.259 --> 00:44:51.179
 this disaster

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:51.639
 upon

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:52.519
 mankind

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.279
 you and I

00:44:53.279 --> 00:44:53.539
 would have

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:53.819
 done

00:44:53.819 --> 00:44:54.659
 no better

00:44:54.659 --> 00:44:58.980
 and from

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.579
 that moment

00:44:59.579 --> 00:45:00.059
 the whole

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.799
 world lay

00:45:00.799 --> 00:45:01.579
 in darkness

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:03.759
 under the

00:45:03.759 --> 00:45:04.519
 sway of

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:04.960
 the evil

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:05.339
 one

00:45:05.339 --> 00:45:07.960
 until that

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.519
 moment that

00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:09.159
 Jesus came

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:09.500
 into the

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.779
 world

00:45:09.779 --> 00:45:10.819
 died and

00:45:10.819 --> 00:45:11.319
 rose from

00:45:11.319 --> 00:45:11.739
 the dead

00:45:11.739 --> 00:45:12.299
 what happened

00:45:12.299 --> 00:45:13.019
 the devil

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:13.539
 is judged

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:14.339
 he's lost

00:45:14.339 --> 00:45:15.299
 his right

00:45:15.299 --> 00:45:16.119
 his claim

00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:16.819
 whatever it

00:45:16.819 --> 00:45:17.379
 was under

00:45:17.379 --> 00:45:17.920
 the sovereignty

00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:18.420
 of God

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:18.799
 of course

00:45:18.799 --> 00:45:19.539
 his claim

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:20.139
 to hold

00:45:20.139 --> 00:45:20.839
 people in

00:45:20.839 --> 00:45:21.299
 darkness

00:45:21.299 --> 00:45:22.239
 in spiritual

00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:22.839
 blindness

00:45:22.839 --> 00:45:23.539
 and what

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:23.839
 does that

00:45:23.839 --> 00:45:24.259
 mean for

00:45:24.260 --> 00:45:24.600
 you and

00:45:24.600 --> 00:45:24.860
 me

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:25.900
 it means

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:26.800
 that you

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:27.440
 and I

00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:28.000
 can now

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.440
 say

00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:29.540
 absolutely

00:45:29.540 --> 00:45:30.240
 assuredly

00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:31.180
 since the

00:45:31.180 --> 00:45:31.960
 death blow

00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:32.400
 has been

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:33.200
 given to

00:45:33.200 --> 00:45:33.780
 Satan's

00:45:33.780 --> 00:45:34.160
 kingdom

00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:35.740
 to Satan's

00:45:35.740 --> 00:45:36.220
 sway

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:37.340
 to Satan's

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:38.160
 persuasive

00:45:38.160 --> 00:45:38.700
 ways

00:45:38.700 --> 00:45:39.740
 to Satan

00:45:39.740 --> 00:45:40.200
 himself

00:45:40.200 --> 00:45:40.700
 as the

00:45:40.700 --> 00:45:41.140
 ruler of

00:45:41.140 --> 00:45:41.720
 this world

00:45:41.720 --> 00:45:42.840
 since the

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:43.420
 death blow

00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:44.200
 has already

00:45:44.200 --> 00:45:44.780
 been given

00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:45.320
 he's been

00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:46.000
 judged by

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.880
 by Jesus

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:47.380
 in this

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:47.720
 way

00:45:47.720 --> 00:45:49.500
 and therefore

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.940
 there is

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:51.840
 no reason

00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:52.720
 in the

00:45:52.720 --> 00:45:53.180
 world

00:45:53.180 --> 00:45:54.880
 why anyone

00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:55.460
 should listen

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:55.880
 to him

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:57.840
 why anyone

00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:58.780
 should continue

00:45:58.780 --> 00:46:01.079
 to give

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.420
 heed

00:46:01.420 --> 00:46:03.140
 to his

00:46:03.140 --> 00:46:04.260
 insinuations

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:05.940
 to his

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:07.059
 temptations

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:08.300
 to his

00:46:08.300 --> 00:46:08.980
 hold on

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.860
 human life

00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:14.840
 the Holy

00:46:14.840 --> 00:46:15.260
 Spirit

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:16.599
 convinces

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.099
 us

00:46:17.099 --> 00:46:19.599
 that we

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:20.120
 can

00:46:20.120 --> 00:46:20.980
 indeed

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.579
 and should

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:21.840
 be

00:46:21.840 --> 00:46:22.840
 free

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:23.579
 indeed

00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:24.039
 as Jesus

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:24.380
 put it

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:24.680
 elsewhere

00:46:24.680 --> 00:46:25.680
 in John's

00:46:25.680 --> 00:46:26.039
 gospel

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:27.200
 if the

00:46:27.200 --> 00:46:27.559
 son

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:28.640
 makes you

00:46:28.640 --> 00:46:29.019
 free

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:29.360
 that's

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:29.720
 himself

00:46:29.720 --> 00:46:30.120
 the son

00:46:30.120 --> 00:46:30.480
 of God

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:31.140
 if he

00:46:31.140 --> 00:46:31.599
 makes you

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:31.860
 free

00:46:31.860 --> 00:46:32.660
 then you

00:46:32.660 --> 00:46:33.380
 are free

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:33.980
 indeed

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:35.360
 what is

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:35.920
 freedom

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.940
 well if you

00:46:36.940 --> 00:46:37.280
 listen to

00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:37.780
 the world

00:46:37.780 --> 00:46:38.500
 the world

00:46:38.500 --> 00:46:38.940
 will tell

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:39.119
 you

00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:39.880
 freedom

00:46:39.880 --> 00:46:40.460
 is having

00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:41.380
 the ability

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:42.019
 and the

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.300
 freedom

00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:42.780
 to do

00:46:42.780 --> 00:46:43.099
 what you

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.440
 want

00:46:43.440 --> 00:46:44.340
 to follow

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:44.760
 your own

00:46:44.760 --> 00:46:45.460
 inclinations

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:46.360
 to live

00:46:46.360 --> 00:46:47.059
 life the way

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:47.519
 you think

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:47.800
 it should

00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:48.420
 be lived

00:46:48.420 --> 00:46:49.079
 never mind

00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:49.360
 what the

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:49.599
 church

00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:49.980
 says

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:50.659
 never mind

00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:51.260
 what ministers

00:46:51.260 --> 00:46:51.800
 faithful to

00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:52.300
 the gospel

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:52.820
 preached

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.679
 freedom

00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:54.139
 is to be

00:46:54.139 --> 00:46:54.480
 rid of

00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:54.820
 all of

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:55.119
 these

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.699
 things

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:56.500
 that entrammel

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:56.960
 people's

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:57.360
 lives

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:58.079
 that close

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:58.639
 their minds

00:46:58.639 --> 00:46:59.079
 against

00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:00.059
 the truth

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:00.440
 of the

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:00.820
 liberty

00:47:00.820 --> 00:47:01.240
 of the

00:47:01.240 --> 00:47:01.920
 world

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:03.000
 that is

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:03.480
 what Satan

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:04.420
 persuades

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:04.840
 so many

00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:05.139
 people

00:47:05.139 --> 00:47:05.360
 about

00:47:05.360 --> 00:47:05.619
 that is

00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:05.860
 what the

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:06.059
 world

00:47:06.059 --> 00:47:06.519
 will tell

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:06.679
 you

00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:07.340
 that is

00:47:07.340 --> 00:47:07.699
 why it is

00:47:07.699 --> 00:47:08.320
 so difficult

00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:09.420
 to witness

00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:09.820
 to the

00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:10.179
 gospel

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:10.860
 that is

00:47:10.860 --> 00:47:11.119
 why it is

00:47:11.119 --> 00:47:11.579
 so difficult

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:12.500
 to come

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:13.380
 even lovingly

00:47:13.380 --> 00:47:14.099
 and tactfully

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:14.920
 to tell

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:15.360
 people

00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:16.400
 that actually

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:17.240
 those ways

00:47:17.240 --> 00:47:18.780
 that people

00:47:18.780 --> 00:47:19.380
 spend their

00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:19.900
 lives in

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:20.480
 sinful

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:21.380
 debauchery

00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:22.139
 is actually

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:22.639
 wrong

00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:23.199
 they will

00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:23.420
 say

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:24.119
 it is not

00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:24.480
 wrong in

00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:25.159
 my eyes

00:47:25.159 --> 00:47:25.900
 I am

00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:26.400
 free to

00:47:26.400 --> 00:47:26.699
 do what

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:27.320
 I like

00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:30.460
 well God

00:47:30.460 --> 00:47:30.840
 through the

00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:31.199
 gospel

00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:32.360
 today is

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:32.719
 saying to

00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:33.000
 you and

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.119
 me

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:33.539
 you know

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:33.920
 better

00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:34.480
 than that

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:36.319
 you know

00:47:36.319 --> 00:47:36.819
 better that

00:47:36.819 --> 00:47:37.440
 the freedom

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:38.139
 that the

00:47:38.139 --> 00:47:38.859
 bible speaks

00:47:38.859 --> 00:47:39.099
 about

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:39.659
 the freedom

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:40.460
 and liberty

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:40.759
 that is

00:47:40.759 --> 00:47:41.039
 within

00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:41.539
 God's

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:42.099
 salvation

00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:43.900
 that is

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.239
 not the

00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:44.460
 freedom

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:44.759
 to do

00:47:44.759 --> 00:47:45.039
 what you

00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:45.380
 want

00:47:45.380 --> 00:47:46.239
 it is

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:46.639
 the freedom

00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:46.940
 to do

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:47.259
 what you

00:47:47.259 --> 00:47:47.719
 ought

00:47:47.719 --> 00:47:50.079
 the freedom

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:50.440
 to do

00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:51.039
 what God

00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:51.420
 himself

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:52.179
 specifies

00:47:52.179 --> 00:47:53.159
 you ought

00:47:53.159 --> 00:47:53.639
 to do

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:55.079
 freedom

00:47:55.079 --> 00:47:55.759
 to trust

00:47:55.759 --> 00:47:56.239
 in Christ

00:47:56.239 --> 00:47:56.880
 freedom

00:47:56.880 --> 00:47:57.699
 to enjoy

00:47:57.699 --> 00:47:58.460
 righteousness

00:47:58.460 --> 00:47:58.920
 in the

00:47:58.920 --> 00:47:59.259
 presence

00:47:59.259 --> 00:47:59.779
 of God

00:47:59.779 --> 00:48:01.219
 in Christ

00:48:01.219 --> 00:48:01.939
 by faith

00:48:01.939 --> 00:48:02.379
 in him

00:48:02.379 --> 00:48:03.199
 freedom

00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:03.779
 to look

00:48:03.779 --> 00:48:04.239
 forward

00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:04.899
 to serving

00:48:04.899 --> 00:48:05.259
 God

00:48:05.259 --> 00:48:05.619
 in this

00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:06.000
 world

00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:06.659
 and looking

00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:06.980
 forward

00:48:06.980 --> 00:48:07.419
 to heaven

00:48:07.419 --> 00:48:08.259
 afterwards

00:48:08.259 --> 00:48:10.299
 freedom

00:48:10.299 --> 00:48:10.759
 to be a

00:48:10.759 --> 00:48:11.139
 Christian

00:48:11.139 --> 00:48:12.559
 God's

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:12.879
 way

00:48:12.879 --> 00:48:15.059
 freedom

00:48:15.059 --> 00:48:15.599
 to belong

00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:16.199
 to God's

00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:16.579
 people

00:48:16.579 --> 00:48:18.399
 as Christ's

00:48:18.399 --> 00:48:19.059
 witnesses

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:21.059
 God's

00:48:21.059 --> 00:48:21.340
 God's

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:21.719
 God's

00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:21.980
 he the

00:48:21.980 --> 00:48:22.340
 prince

00:48:22.340 --> 00:48:23.500
 the ruler

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:23.880
 of this

00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:24.259
 world

00:48:24.259 --> 00:48:25.759
 is already

00:48:25.759 --> 00:48:26.299
 judged

00:48:26.299 --> 00:48:28.440
 that doesn't

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:28.940
 mean that we

00:48:28.940 --> 00:48:29.559
 forget about

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:29.779
 him

00:48:29.779 --> 00:48:31.420
 doesn't mean

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:31.799
 he doesn't

00:48:31.799 --> 00:48:32.480
 continue to

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:33.239
 hold sway

00:48:33.239 --> 00:48:34.360
 and influence

00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:34.980
 with people

00:48:34.980 --> 00:48:36.940
 but it means

00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:38.059
 he has no

00:48:38.059 --> 00:48:39.079
 valid arguments

00:48:39.079 --> 00:48:39.619
 whatsoever

00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:42.679
 to persuade

00:48:42.679 --> 00:48:43.400
 people that

00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:44.279
 they should

00:48:44.279 --> 00:48:44.880
 bow in

00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:45.840
 obedience

00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:46.480
 to him

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:48.940
 that's all

00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.240
 gone

00:48:49.240 --> 00:48:51.059
 he's been

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:51.539
 judged

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:52.940
 he's been

00:48:52.940 --> 00:48:53.300
 found

00:48:53.300 --> 00:48:53.860
 wanting

00:48:53.860 --> 00:48:55.260
 he has

00:48:55.260 --> 00:48:55.760
 condemned

00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:56.460
 written over

00:48:56.460 --> 00:48:57.059
 him already

00:48:57.059 --> 00:48:58.940
 and that's

00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.500
 all because

00:48:59.500 --> 00:48:59.860
 of what

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:00.380
 Jesus has

00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:00.699
 done

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:02.619
 so today

00:49:02.619 --> 00:49:03.980
 that's the

00:49:03.980 --> 00:49:04.519
 good news

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:05.019
 for you

00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:05.659
 and for

00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:05.960
 me

00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:07.699
 there is

00:49:07.699 --> 00:49:08.280
 forgiveness

00:49:08.280 --> 00:49:09.219
 with God

00:49:09.219 --> 00:49:10.860
 there is

00:49:10.860 --> 00:49:11.480
 righteousness

00:49:11.480 --> 00:49:12.380
 with God

00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:13.780
 there is

00:49:13.780 --> 00:49:14.159
 true

00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:14.820
 spiritual

00:49:14.820 --> 00:49:15.500
 freedom

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:16.460
 because

00:49:16.460 --> 00:49:17.159
 of what

00:49:17.159 --> 00:49:17.719
 already

00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:18.579
 God has

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:18.900
 done

00:49:18.900 --> 00:49:19.599
 with evil

00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:21.500
 specifically

00:49:21.500 --> 00:49:22.000
 in the

00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:22.300
 devil

00:49:22.300 --> 00:49:23.960
 you remember

00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:24.460
 in John's

00:49:24.460 --> 00:49:24.800
 gospel

00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:26.179
 the same

00:49:26.179 --> 00:49:26.539
 gospel

00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:26.900
 in chapter

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:27.239
 three

00:49:27.239 --> 00:49:27.480
 that

00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:28.079
 Nicodemus

00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:28.500
 came to

00:49:28.500 --> 00:49:28.760
 Jesus

00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:29.440
 by night

00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:31.119
 symbolic

00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:31.559
 of his

00:49:31.559 --> 00:49:31.960
 spiritual

00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:32.400
 state

00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:32.639
 though he

00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:33.800
 was a

00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:34.239
 ruler of

00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:34.559
 the Jews

00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:35.219
 he was a

00:49:35.219 --> 00:49:35.639
 member of

00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:36.380
 the ruling

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:37.059
 Sanhedrin

00:49:37.059 --> 00:49:37.719
 of the Jews

00:49:37.719 --> 00:49:39.360
 but it's

00:49:39.360 --> 00:49:40.059
 in John's

00:49:40.059 --> 00:49:40.679
 way of

00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:41.099
 presenting

00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:41.599
 darkness

00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:42.019
 and light

00:49:42.019 --> 00:49:42.480
 he came

00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:42.940
 to Jesus

00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:43.780
 by night

00:49:43.780 --> 00:49:45.040
 yes he

00:49:45.040 --> 00:49:45.540
 was coming

00:49:45.540 --> 00:49:46.440
 because he

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:46.940
 was afraid

00:49:46.940 --> 00:49:47.560
 probably of

00:49:47.560 --> 00:49:48.120
 being seen

00:49:48.120 --> 00:49:48.600
 going to

00:49:48.600 --> 00:49:49.040
 Jesus

00:49:49.040 --> 00:49:50.820
 but there's

00:49:50.820 --> 00:49:51.220
 also that

00:49:51.220 --> 00:49:51.660
 spiritual

00:49:51.660 --> 00:49:52.240
 dimension

00:49:52.240 --> 00:49:52.580
 to it

00:49:52.580 --> 00:49:52.900
 he came

00:49:52.900 --> 00:49:53.980
 because that's

00:49:53.980 --> 00:49:54.340
 where he

00:49:54.340 --> 00:49:55.260
 was spiritually

00:49:55.260 --> 00:49:56.060
 he was still

00:49:56.060 --> 00:49:57.040
 benighted

00:49:57.040 --> 00:49:57.480
 he was still

00:49:57.480 --> 00:49:57.700
 in the

00:49:57.700 --> 00:49:58.080
 darkness

00:49:58.080 --> 00:49:58.920
 and he

00:49:58.920 --> 00:49:59.160
 said

00:49:59.160 --> 00:50:00.519
 Rabbi

00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:02.080
 we know

00:50:02.080 --> 00:50:03.100
 that no one

00:50:03.100 --> 00:50:03.360
 can do

00:50:03.360 --> 00:50:03.940
 these miracles

00:50:03.940 --> 00:50:04.420
 that you

00:50:04.420 --> 00:50:04.740
 do

00:50:04.740 --> 00:50:05.860
 unless God

00:50:05.860 --> 00:50:06.300
 be with

00:50:06.300 --> 00:50:06.600
 him

00:50:06.600 --> 00:50:08.360
 how did

00:50:08.360 --> 00:50:08.680
 Jesus

00:50:08.680 --> 00:50:09.220
 respond

00:50:09.219 --> 00:50:10.859
 well he

00:50:10.859 --> 00:50:11.139
 didn't

00:50:11.139 --> 00:50:11.699
 actually say

00:50:11.699 --> 00:50:12.480
 to Nicodemus

00:50:12.480 --> 00:50:13.339
 Nicodemus

00:50:13.339 --> 00:50:13.919
 this is

00:50:13.919 --> 00:50:14.299
 what you

00:50:14.299 --> 00:50:14.939
 must do

00:50:14.939 --> 00:50:17.339
 he said

00:50:17.339 --> 00:50:17.980
 Nicodemus

00:50:17.980 --> 00:50:18.319
 this is

00:50:18.319 --> 00:50:18.639
 what you

00:50:18.639 --> 00:50:18.859
 must

00:50:18.859 --> 00:50:19.419
 become

00:50:19.419 --> 00:50:21.199
 except a

00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:21.639
 man be

00:50:21.639 --> 00:50:22.579
 born again

00:50:22.579 --> 00:50:23.539
 he cannot

00:50:23.539 --> 00:50:24.139
 see the

00:50:24.139 --> 00:50:24.659
 kingdom of

00:50:24.659 --> 00:50:25.000
 God

00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:25.799
 and of

00:50:25.799 --> 00:50:26.079
 course you

00:50:26.079 --> 00:50:26.299
 know he

00:50:26.299 --> 00:50:26.659
 went on

00:50:26.659 --> 00:50:27.000
 to say

00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:27.779
 except a

00:50:27.779 --> 00:50:28.099
 man be

00:50:28.099 --> 00:50:28.659
 born of

00:50:28.659 --> 00:50:29.079
 water

00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:29.919
 and of

00:50:29.919 --> 00:50:30.559
 the spirit

00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:31.599
 he cannot

00:50:31.599 --> 00:50:32.619
 enter into

00:50:32.619 --> 00:50:33.679
 the kingdom

00:50:33.679 --> 00:50:34.579
 of God

00:50:34.579 --> 00:50:37.000
 whatever it

00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:37.699
 means water

00:50:37.699 --> 00:50:38.539
 that goes

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:38.899
 back to

00:50:38.899 --> 00:50:39.399
 the symbolism

00:50:39.399 --> 00:50:39.980
 of washing

00:50:39.980 --> 00:50:40.259
 in the

00:50:40.259 --> 00:50:40.759
 Old Testament

00:50:40.759 --> 00:50:41.179
 but you

00:50:41.179 --> 00:50:41.639
 notice there

00:50:41.639 --> 00:50:42.819
 unless one

00:50:42.819 --> 00:50:43.460
 is born

00:50:43.460 --> 00:50:44.079
 of the

00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:44.579
 spirit

00:50:44.579 --> 00:50:46.299
 unless one

00:50:46.299 --> 00:50:46.879
 becomes a

00:50:46.879 --> 00:50:47.839
 new creation

00:50:47.839 --> 00:50:50.119
 he cannot

00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:50.879
 enter into

00:50:50.879 --> 00:50:51.319
 the kingdom

00:50:51.319 --> 00:50:51.939
 of God

00:50:51.939 --> 00:50:53.259
 truly I

00:50:53.259 --> 00:50:53.619
 say to

00:50:53.619 --> 00:50:53.839
 you

00:50:53.839 --> 00:50:54.779
 that which

00:50:54.779 --> 00:50:55.219
 is born

00:50:55.219 --> 00:50:55.519
 of the

00:50:55.519 --> 00:50:55.819
 flesh

00:50:55.819 --> 00:50:56.359
 is flesh

00:50:56.359 --> 00:50:57.539
 that which

00:50:57.539 --> 00:50:58.000
 is born

00:50:58.000 --> 00:50:58.359
 of the

00:50:58.359 --> 00:50:58.719
 spirit

00:50:58.719 --> 00:50:59.299
 is spirit

00:50:59.299 --> 00:51:00.579
 don't marvel

00:51:00.579 --> 00:51:00.960
 that I

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:01.339
 said to

00:51:01.339 --> 00:51:01.500
 you

00:51:01.500 --> 00:51:02.239
 you must

00:51:02.239 --> 00:51:02.699
 be born

00:51:02.699 --> 00:51:03.119
 again

00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:04.799
 the wind

00:51:04.799 --> 00:51:05.139
 blows

00:51:05.139 --> 00:51:05.460
 where it

00:51:05.460 --> 00:51:05.679
 wishes

00:51:05.679 --> 00:51:06.059
 you hate

00:51:06.059 --> 00:51:06.639
 its sound

00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:07.460
 but you

00:51:07.460 --> 00:51:07.800
 don't know

00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:08.039
 where it

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:08.480
 comes from

00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:08.780
 or where

00:51:08.780 --> 00:51:09.159
 it goes

00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:10.260
 so is

00:51:10.260 --> 00:51:10.780
 everyone

00:51:10.780 --> 00:51:11.780
 who is

00:51:11.780 --> 00:51:12.300
 born

00:51:12.300 --> 00:51:13.360
 of the

00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:13.820
 spirit

00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:17.400
 to be

00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:17.780
 born

00:51:17.780 --> 00:51:18.199
 again

00:51:18.199 --> 00:51:20.480
 to be a

00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:20.679
 new

00:51:20.679 --> 00:51:21.240
 creation

00:51:21.240 --> 00:51:23.639
 through the

00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:24.099
 spirit to

00:51:24.099 --> 00:51:24.639
 come to

00:51:24.639 --> 00:51:25.039
 know

00:51:25.039 --> 00:51:27.059
 of our

00:51:27.059 --> 00:51:27.460
 relation

00:51:27.460 --> 00:51:28.119
 with God

00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:28.980
 that involves

00:51:28.980 --> 00:51:30.460
 that newness

00:51:30.460 --> 00:51:31.059
 of life

00:51:31.059 --> 00:51:33.559
 all of that

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:34.000
 is built

00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:34.539
 into this

00:51:34.539 --> 00:51:34.920
 passage

00:51:34.920 --> 00:51:35.500
 and more

00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:37.480
 so let

00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:37.860
 me finish

00:51:37.860 --> 00:51:38.139
 with a

00:51:38.139 --> 00:51:38.519
 quotation

00:51:38.519 --> 00:51:39.039
 from

00:51:39.039 --> 00:51:40.199
 Octavius

00:51:40.199 --> 00:51:40.880
 Winslow

00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:42.940
 a work

00:51:42.940 --> 00:51:43.280
 of

00:51:43.280 --> 00:51:44.320
 Octavius

00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:44.800
 Winslow

00:51:44.800 --> 00:51:45.300
 the work

00:51:45.300 --> 00:51:45.579
 of the

00:51:45.579 --> 00:51:46.119
 Holy Spirit

00:51:46.119 --> 00:51:46.480
 the name

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:46.739
 of the

00:51:46.739 --> 00:51:46.960
 book

00:51:46.960 --> 00:51:48.340
 and I

00:51:48.340 --> 00:51:48.760
 came across

00:51:48.760 --> 00:51:49.039
 this

00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:50.159
 passage

00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:51.679
 as I

00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:52.239
 was preparing

00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:53.420
 for today

00:51:53.420 --> 00:51:54.340
 and it's

00:51:54.340 --> 00:51:54.800
 specifically

00:51:54.800 --> 00:51:55.380
 addressed

00:51:55.380 --> 00:51:56.260
 to the

00:51:56.260 --> 00:51:57.119
 unconverted

00:51:57.119 --> 00:51:58.719
 so if

00:51:58.719 --> 00:51:59.119
 you're here

00:51:59.119 --> 00:51:59.559
 today

00:51:59.559 --> 00:52:01.059
 and you're

00:52:01.059 --> 00:52:01.639
 not yet

00:52:01.639 --> 00:52:02.340
 in Christ

00:52:02.340 --> 00:52:02.920
 you're not

00:52:02.920 --> 00:52:03.780
 one of

00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:04.159
 those who's

00:52:04.159 --> 00:52:04.740
 accepted

00:52:04.740 --> 00:52:05.360
 Christ

00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:06.280
 all the ways

00:52:06.280 --> 00:52:06.559
 in which

00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:06.940
 we've seen

00:52:06.940 --> 00:52:07.240
 that in

00:52:07.240 --> 00:52:07.760
 the passage

00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:08.659
 believing

00:52:08.659 --> 00:52:09.099
 in him

00:52:09.099 --> 00:52:09.599
 trusting

00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:10.099
 in him

00:52:10.099 --> 00:52:10.960
 accepting

00:52:10.960 --> 00:52:11.360
 him

00:52:11.360 --> 00:52:11.880
 accepting

00:52:11.880 --> 00:52:12.500
 righteousness

00:52:12.500 --> 00:52:13.420
 in him

00:52:13.420 --> 00:52:14.760
 coming to

00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:15.320
 experience

00:52:15.320 --> 00:52:16.220
 the freedom

00:52:16.220 --> 00:52:17.139
 with which

00:52:17.139 --> 00:52:17.680
 he makes

00:52:17.680 --> 00:52:18.240
 us free

00:52:18.240 --> 00:52:20.579
 let me

00:52:20.579 --> 00:52:21.300
 lovingly

00:52:21.300 --> 00:52:23.300
 and sincerely

00:52:23.300 --> 00:52:24.440
 read this

00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:25.079
 passage to

00:52:25.079 --> 00:52:26.000
 you

00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:27.860
 because with

00:52:27.860 --> 00:52:28.200
 all my

00:52:28.200 --> 00:52:28.579
 heart

00:52:28.579 --> 00:52:30.579
 as I stand

00:52:30.579 --> 00:52:31.139
 here as a

00:52:31.139 --> 00:52:31.680
 preacher of the

00:52:31.679 --> 00:52:32.059
 gospel

00:52:32.059 --> 00:52:34.299
 this is

00:52:34.299 --> 00:52:34.719
 really

00:52:34.719 --> 00:52:35.579
 what it's

00:52:35.579 --> 00:52:36.139
 about for

00:52:36.139 --> 00:52:36.500
 us

00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:38.039
 that you

00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:38.659
 will come

00:52:38.659 --> 00:52:40.559
 to be

00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:41.199
 born again

00:52:41.199 --> 00:52:41.619
 and know

00:52:41.619 --> 00:52:42.079
 Christ

00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:43.639
 as your

00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:43.899
 own

00:52:43.899 --> 00:52:44.239
 savior

00:52:44.239 --> 00:52:46.399
 unconverted

00:52:46.399 --> 00:52:46.779
 reader

00:52:46.779 --> 00:52:48.379
 what solemn

00:52:48.379 --> 00:52:49.000
 truth does

00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:49.619
 this subject

00:52:49.619 --> 00:52:50.199
 address to

00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:50.419
 you

00:52:50.419 --> 00:52:52.019
 you must

00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:52.779
 have perceived

00:52:52.779 --> 00:52:53.539
 that the

00:52:53.539 --> 00:52:53.899
 word of

00:52:53.899 --> 00:52:54.519
 God sets

00:52:54.519 --> 00:52:55.219
 before you

00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:56.199
 a new

00:52:56.199 --> 00:52:57.679
 mold into

00:52:57.679 --> 00:52:58.179
 which you

00:52:58.179 --> 00:52:58.639
 must be

00:52:58.639 --> 00:52:59.039
 cast

00:52:59.039 --> 00:53:00.739
 it professes

00:53:00.739 --> 00:53:01.339
 to work a

00:53:01.340 --> 00:53:02.000
 great change

00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:02.440
 in you

00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:03.420
 in the

00:53:03.420 --> 00:53:03.920
 hands of

00:53:03.920 --> 00:53:04.260
 the Holy

00:53:04.260 --> 00:53:04.640
 Spirit

00:53:04.640 --> 00:53:05.760
 not of

00:53:05.760 --> 00:53:06.280
 opinions

00:53:06.280 --> 00:53:06.760
 only

00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:08.019
 but of

00:53:08.019 --> 00:53:08.980
 your nature

00:53:08.980 --> 00:53:10.260
 of your

00:53:10.260 --> 00:53:10.740
 heart

00:53:10.740 --> 00:53:12.480
 is this

00:53:12.480 --> 00:53:12.840
 done

00:53:12.840 --> 00:53:14.660
 do not

00:53:14.660 --> 00:53:15.320
 turn away

00:53:15.320 --> 00:53:15.880
 from this

00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:16.360
 question

00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:17.519
 do not

00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:18.000
 lightly

00:53:18.000 --> 00:53:18.740
 pass by

00:53:18.740 --> 00:53:19.059
 it

00:53:19.059 --> 00:53:20.140
 eternity

00:53:20.140 --> 00:53:20.740
 hangs

00:53:20.740 --> 00:53:21.240
 upon the

00:53:21.240 --> 00:53:21.640
 issue

00:53:21.640 --> 00:53:23.059
 I'm not

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:23.660
 asking

00:53:23.660 --> 00:53:24.260
 what you

00:53:24.260 --> 00:53:24.800
 hold

00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:25.620
 what you

00:53:25.620 --> 00:53:26.120
 know

00:53:26.120 --> 00:53:27.320
 or what

00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:28.180
 you profess

00:53:28.179 --> 00:53:30.039
 but what

00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:30.819
 you are

00:53:30.819 --> 00:53:32.440
 are you

00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:32.779
 he goes

00:53:32.779 --> 00:53:33.099
 on

00:53:33.099 --> 00:53:34.379
 born

00:53:34.379 --> 00:53:34.879
 again

00:53:34.879 --> 00:53:36.699
 are you

00:53:36.699 --> 00:53:37.219
 a new

00:53:37.219 --> 00:53:38.779
 creation

00:53:38.779 --> 00:53:41.299
 let's pray

00:53:41.300 --> 00:53:44.580
 Lord God

00:53:44.580 --> 00:53:44.840
 our

00:53:44.840 --> 00:53:45.120
 Father

00:53:45.120 --> 00:53:45.580
 in heaven

00:53:45.580 --> 00:53:47.460
 our

00:53:47.460 --> 00:53:47.700
 great

00:53:47.700 --> 00:53:48.180
 privilege

00:53:48.180 --> 00:53:48.519
 today

00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:48.860
 is to

00:53:48.860 --> 00:53:49.180
 know you

00:53:49.180 --> 00:53:49.340
 through

00:53:49.340 --> 00:53:49.500
 the

00:53:49.500 --> 00:53:49.900
 gospel

00:53:49.900 --> 00:53:51.400
 to have

00:53:51.400 --> 00:53:51.620
 that

00:53:51.620 --> 00:53:52.019
 gospel

00:53:52.019 --> 00:53:52.460
 that you

00:53:52.460 --> 00:53:52.700
 set

00:53:52.700 --> 00:53:53.380
 before us

00:53:53.380 --> 00:53:54.680
 in which

00:53:54.680 --> 00:53:55.140
 you bring

00:53:55.140 --> 00:53:55.500
 to us

00:53:55.500 --> 00:53:56.080
 this message

00:53:56.080 --> 00:53:56.760
 of life

00:53:56.760 --> 00:53:58.360
 and our

00:53:58.360 --> 00:53:58.600
 greatest

00:53:58.600 --> 00:53:59.000
 privilege

00:53:59.000 --> 00:53:59.440
 oh Lord

00:53:59.440 --> 00:53:59.860
 is to

00:53:59.860 --> 00:54:00.380
 know you

00:54:00.380 --> 00:54:01.620
 to know

00:54:01.620 --> 00:54:01.780
 you

00:54:01.780 --> 00:54:02.320
 savingly

00:54:02.320 --> 00:54:02.660
 to know

00:54:02.660 --> 00:54:02.840
 you

00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:03.060
 in a

00:54:03.060 --> 00:54:03.260
 way

00:54:03.260 --> 00:54:03.539
 that

00:54:03.539 --> 00:54:04.280
 brings

00:54:04.280 --> 00:54:04.820
 life

00:54:04.820 --> 00:54:05.280
 into

00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:05.580
 our

00:54:05.580 --> 00:54:06.200
 deadness

00:54:06.199 --> 00:54:07.939
 we ask

00:54:07.939 --> 00:54:08.219
 today

00:54:08.219 --> 00:54:08.559
 Lord

00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:08.839
 that

00:54:08.839 --> 00:54:09.639
 our

00:54:09.639 --> 00:54:09.879
 sin

00:54:09.879 --> 00:54:10.259
 may be

00:54:10.259 --> 00:54:10.659
 forgiven

00:54:10.659 --> 00:54:12.199
 that

00:54:12.199 --> 00:54:12.399
 our

00:54:12.399 --> 00:54:12.939
 righteousness

00:54:12.939 --> 00:54:13.980
 may be

00:54:13.980 --> 00:54:14.439
 confessed

00:54:14.439 --> 00:54:15.299
 to you

00:54:15.299 --> 00:54:15.480
 as

00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:16.539
 unrighteousness

00:54:16.539 --> 00:54:17.859
 and that

00:54:17.859 --> 00:54:18.159
 we may

00:54:18.159 --> 00:54:18.399
 have

00:54:18.399 --> 00:54:18.619
 your

00:54:18.619 --> 00:54:19.159
 righteousness

00:54:19.159 --> 00:54:19.799
 imputed

00:54:19.799 --> 00:54:20.460
 to us

00:54:20.460 --> 00:54:22.079
 we pray

00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:22.399
 today

00:54:22.399 --> 00:54:22.719
 Lord

00:54:22.719 --> 00:54:22.919
 that

00:54:22.919 --> 00:54:23.019
 you

00:54:23.019 --> 00:54:23.159
 would

00:54:23.159 --> 00:54:23.419
 deliver

00:54:23.419 --> 00:54:23.759
 us

00:54:23.759 --> 00:54:24.659
 from

00:54:24.659 --> 00:54:24.819
 the

00:54:24.819 --> 00:54:25.480
 persuasive

00:54:25.480 --> 00:54:25.960
 ways

00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:26.259
 of the

00:54:26.259 --> 00:54:26.539
 devil

00:54:26.539 --> 00:54:27.639
 and of

00:54:27.639 --> 00:54:27.779
 our

00:54:27.779 --> 00:54:27.980
 own

00:54:27.980 --> 00:54:28.439
 hearts

00:54:28.439 --> 00:54:29.799
 Lord

00:54:29.799 --> 00:54:30.219
 we pray

00:54:30.219 --> 00:54:30.480
 today

00:54:30.480 --> 00:54:30.819
 for the

00:54:30.819 --> 00:54:31.239
 power

00:54:31.239 --> 00:54:31.599
 of your

00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:31.980
 spirit

00:54:31.980 --> 00:54:33.599
 to come

00:54:33.599 --> 00:54:34.219
 effectively

00:54:34.219 --> 00:54:34.879
 into our

00:54:34.879 --> 00:54:35.480
 experience

00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:37.079
 to turn

00:54:37.079 --> 00:54:37.420
 us to

00:54:37.420 --> 00:54:37.940
 yourself

00:54:37.940 --> 00:54:39.360
 to give

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 us

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 Lord

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 to know

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 that

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 great

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 work

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 of

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 rebirth

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 that

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 you

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 alone

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 are

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 able

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 to

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 effect

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 we

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 pray

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 for

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 all

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 you

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 people

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 who

00:54:48.179 --> 00:54:48.420
 know

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 you

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 that

00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:49.740
 your

00:54:49.740 --> 00:54:50.099
 spirit

00:54:50.099 --> 00:54:50.440
 Lord

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 will

00:54:50.659 --> 00:54:51.159
 continue

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 to

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 refresh

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 us

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 daily

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 even

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 as

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 we

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 saw

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 Lord

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 last

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 Wednesday

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 evening

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 as

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 you

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 call

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 upon

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 filled

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 with

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 the

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 spirit

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 and

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 we

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 ask

00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:01.940
 now

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 that

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 you

00:55:02.199 --> 00:55:02.500
 bless

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 us

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 through

00:55:02.860 --> 00:55:03.059
 this

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 day

00:55:03.380 --> 00:55:04.400
 continue

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 to

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 bless

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 your

00:55:05.139 --> 00:55:05.500
 word

00:55:05.500 --> 00:55:06.059
 to

00:55:06.059 --> 00:55:06.299
 us

00:55:06.299 --> 00:55:06.559
 Lord

00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:06.739
 we

00:55:06.739 --> 00:55:07.019
 pray

00:55:07.019 --> 00:55:07.900
 in

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 Jesus

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 name

00:55:08.539 --> 00:55:08.739
 we

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 ask

00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:10.059
 Amen

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 well

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 let's

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 conclude

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 our

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 worship

00:55:14.699 --> 00:55:14.980
 this

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 morning

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 singing

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 in

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 Psalm

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 143

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 Psalm

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 143

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 that's

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 on

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 page

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 440

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 from

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 verse

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 7

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 we'll

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 sing

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 down

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 to

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 verse

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 10

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 Lord

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 Lord

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 Lord

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 let

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 my

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 prayer

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 prevail

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 to

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 answer

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 it

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 make

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 speed

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 for

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 lo

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 my

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 spirit

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 doth

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 fail

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 hide

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 not

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 thy

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 face

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 in

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 need

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 lest

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 I

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 be

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 like

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 to

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 those

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 that

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 do

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 in

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 darkness

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 sit

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 or

00:55:50.540 --> 00:55:50.780
 him

00:55:50.780 --> 00:55:51.040
 that

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 downward

00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:51.980
 goes

00:55:51.980 --> 00:55:52.960
 into

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 the

00:55:53.420 --> 00:55:54.019
 dreadful

00:55:54.019 --> 00:55:54.440
 pit

00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:55.460
 and you

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 notice

00:55:55.660 --> 00:55:55.920
 verse

00:55:55.920 --> 00:55:56.260
 10

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 concludes

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 by

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 reference

00:55:58.059 --> 00:55:58.360
 to

00:55:58.360 --> 00:55:58.619
 the

00:55:58.619 --> 00:55:58.880
 spirit

00:55:58.880 --> 00:55:59.099
 of

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 God

00:55:59.460 --> 00:56:00.259
 my

00:56:00.259 --> 00:56:00.500
 God

00:56:00.500 --> 00:56:00.900
 alone

00:56:00.900 --> 00:56:01.440
 art thou

00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:01.860
 teach

00:56:01.860 --> 00:56:02.159
 me

00:56:02.159 --> 00:56:02.799
 thy

00:56:02.799 --> 00:56:03.420
 righteousness

00:56:03.420 --> 00:56:04.739
 thy

00:56:04.739 --> 00:56:05.159
 spirit

00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:05.559
 good

00:56:05.559 --> 00:56:06.259
 lead

00:56:06.259 --> 00:56:06.519
 me

00:56:06.519 --> 00:56:07.239
 to

00:56:07.239 --> 00:56:07.400
 the

00:56:07.400 --> 00:56:07.759
 land

00:56:07.759 --> 00:56:07.940
 of

00:56:07.940 --> 00:56:08.900
 uprightness

00:56:08.900 --> 00:56:09.579
 let's

00:56:09.579 --> 00:56:09.719
 sing

00:56:09.719 --> 00:56:10.019
 these

00:56:10.019 --> 00:56:10.539
 verses

00:56:10.539 --> 00:56:11.079
 to

00:56:11.079 --> 00:56:11.400
 God's

00:56:11.400 --> 00:56:11.619
 praise

00:56:11.619 --> 00:56:11.920
 Lord

00:56:11.920 --> 00:56:12.199
 let

00:56:12.199 --> 00:56:12.519
 my

00:56:12.519 --> 00:56:13.279
 prayer

00:56:13.279 --> 00:56:13.860
 prevail

00:56:13.860 --> 00:56:19.360
 Lord

00:56:19.360 --> 00:56:19.960
 let

00:56:19.960 --> 00:56:20.500
 my

00:56:20.500 --> 00:56:21.120
 prayer

00:56:21.120 --> 00:56:23.500
 prevail

00:56:23.500 --> 00:56:24.059
 to

00:56:24.059 --> 00:56:25.400
 answer

00:56:25.400 --> 00:56:26.500
 it

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:27.079
 makes

00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:28.500
 thee

00:56:28.500 --> 00:56:29.700
 for

00:56:29.700 --> 00:56:30.440
 though

00:56:30.440 --> 00:56:31.079
 my

00:56:31.079 --> 00:56:31.980
 strength

00:56:31.980 --> 00:56:32.620
 of

00:56:32.620 --> 00:56:34.400
 fail

00:56:34.400 --> 00:56:35.320
 I

00:56:35.320 --> 00:56:36.220
 know

00:56:36.220 --> 00:56:36.940
 thy

00:56:36.940 --> 00:56:37.800
 face

00:56:37.800 --> 00:56:38.539
 in

00:56:38.539 --> 00:56:40.059
 need

00:56:40.059 --> 00:56:41.400
 lest

00:56:41.400 --> 00:56:42.019
 I

00:56:42.019 --> 00:56:42.620
 be

00:56:42.619 --> 00:56:43.500
 like

00:56:43.500 --> 00:56:44.079
 to

00:56:44.079 --> 00:56:46.059
 those

00:56:46.059 --> 00:56:47.199
 that

00:56:47.199 --> 00:56:47.900
 you

00:56:47.900 --> 00:56:48.559
 in

00:56:48.559 --> 00:56:50.119
 darkness

00:56:50.119 --> 00:56:51.659
 said

00:56:51.659 --> 00:56:52.880
 I

00:56:52.880 --> 00:56:53.480
 in

00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:54.179
 that

00:56:54.179 --> 00:56:54.839
 thy

00:56:54.839 --> 00:56:55.679
 word

00:56:55.679 --> 00:56:57.519
 goes

00:56:57.519 --> 00:56:58.559
 send

00:56:58.559 --> 00:56:59.319
 to

00:56:59.319 --> 00:57:00.079
 the

00:57:00.079 --> 00:57:01.599
 dreadful

00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:03.519
 pit

00:57:03.519 --> 00:57:05.159
 because

00:57:05.159 --> 00:57:06.339
 I

00:57:06.339 --> 00:57:07.359
 trust

00:57:07.359 --> 00:57:08.159
 in

00:57:08.159 --> 00:57:09.359
 thee

00:57:09.359 --> 00:57:10.980
 O

00:57:10.980 --> 00:57:11.559
 Lord

00:57:11.559 --> 00:57:12.299
 cause

00:57:12.299 --> 00:57:12.880
 me

00:57:12.880 --> 00:57:13.619
 to

00:57:13.619 --> 00:57:15.320
 hear

00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:16.500
 my

00:57:16.500 --> 00:57:17.400
 love

00:57:17.400 --> 00:57:18.079
 in

00:57:18.079 --> 00:57:19.059
 kindness

00:57:19.059 --> 00:57:20.460
 sweet

00:57:20.460 --> 00:57:22.460
 when

00:57:22.460 --> 00:57:23.360
 morning

00:57:23.360 --> 00:57:24.799
 does

00:57:24.799 --> 00:57:26.400
 appear

00:57:26.400 --> 00:57:28.599
 cause

00:57:28.599 --> 00:57:29.199
 me

00:57:29.199 --> 00:57:30.079
 to

00:57:30.079 --> 00:57:30.860
 know

00:57:30.860 --> 00:57:31.739
 the

00:57:31.739 --> 00:57:33.639
 way

00:57:33.639 --> 00:57:34.900
 where

00:57:34.900 --> 00:57:36.159
 my

00:57:36.159 --> 00:57:37.119
 path

00:57:37.119 --> 00:57:37.860
 should

00:57:37.860 --> 00:57:39.440
 be

00:57:39.440 --> 00:57:44.679
 up

00:57:44.880 --> 00:57:45.280
 away

00:57:45.840 --> 00:57:46.900
 to

00:57:46.900 --> 00:57:48.880
 say

00:57:48.880 --> 00:57:50.400
 when

00:57:50.400 --> 00:57:51.320
 l

00:57:51.320 --> 00:57:53.760
 I

00:57:53.760 --> 00:57:55.480
 do

00:57:55.480 --> 00:58:04.480
 And safety do me hide

00:58:04.480 --> 00:58:10.659
 Because I'm weak to thee

00:58:10.659 --> 00:58:16.480
 For the cloud is behind

00:58:16.480 --> 00:58:22.480
 My God alone art thou

00:58:22.480 --> 00:58:27.800
 Teach me thy righteousness

00:58:27.800 --> 00:58:34.480
 Thy splits could lead me to

00:58:35.139 --> 00:58:40.179
 The lamp of the brightness

00:58:40.179 --> 00:58:44.940
 I'll go to the side door here to my left this morning.

00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:49.199
 Thou may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:58:49.320 --> 00:58:50.559
 the love of God the Father,

00:58:50.559 --> 00:58:52.579
 and the communion of the Holy Spirit

00:58:52.579 --> 00:58:54.779
 be with you now and evermore.

00:58:55.259 --> 00:58:55.659
 Amen.