And utterly profound to a depth, I think that's just like,

for him to make that same thing.

Staggering.

And he didn't make that too long before he went to Calvary.

They had walked with him for a while.

He had dealt with their idiosyncrasies for at least three years

when he uttered that.

And he knew all men.

But he meant what he said.

He wasn't playing games with him.

And so, Peter, you love those Sons of Thunder, in spite of being Sons of Thunder.

Yes.

In Sons of Thunder, you love Simon in spite of his foot and mouth disease.

And on and on.

And you love Simon Zelotis in spite of him politically.

He's so far to the right politically he had killer Roman if he had a chance.

He got the picture.

Exactly.

I mean, for the Holy Ghost had his way.

Simon was Simon.

And there we are.

And so the human condition really, it really needs a lot of understanding and a lot of patience. We want people to have patience with us.

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