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meetings<00:11:18.000><c> of</c><00:11:18.379><c> the</c><00:11:18.559><c> sons</c><00:11:18.759><c> of</c><00:11:18.899><c> the</c><00:11:19.139><c> prophets,</c>

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and<00:11:20.259><c> the</c><00:11:20.399><c> husband</c><00:11:20.600><c> recognized</c><00:11:21.259><c> that</c><00:11:21.480><c> she</c><00:11:21.700><c> was</c><00:11:21.960><c> diligent</c><00:11:22.440><c> about</c><00:11:22.799><c> attending</c><00:11:23.159><c> these</c><00:11:23.440><c> things,</c><00:11:23.740><c> but</c>

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the<00:11:24.179><c> day</c><00:11:24.480><c> that</c>

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she<00:11:24.960><c> was</c><00:11:25.179><c> seeking</c><00:11:25.539><c> to</c><00:11:25.779><c> go</c><00:11:25.919><c> to</c><00:11:26.120><c> see</c><00:11:26.259><c> the</c><00:11:26.820><c> leader</c><00:11:27.279><c> of</c><00:11:27.539><c> the</c><00:11:27.740><c> sons</c>

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of<00:11:28.080><c> the</c><00:11:28.299><c> prophets,</c><00:11:28.779><c> the</c><00:11:28.940><c> man</c><00:11:29.159><c> of</c><00:11:29.379><c> God,</c>

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well<00:11:30.980><c> that's</c><00:11:31.240><c> not</c><00:11:31.500><c> a</c><00:11:31.620><c> new</c><00:11:31.759><c> moon</c><00:11:31.940><c> or</c><00:11:32.159><c> a</c><00:11:32.360><c> Sabbath,</c><00:11:33.399><c> so</c><00:11:33.399><c> what's</c>

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the<00:11:34.659><c> hurry?</c><00:11:35.559><c> What's</c><00:11:36.080><c> the</c><00:11:36.259><c> upset?</c><00:11:37.559><c> What's</c><00:11:37.919><c> the</c><00:11:38.100><c> rush?</c>

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But<00:11:40.100><c> she</c><00:11:40.220><c> does</c><00:11:40.519><c> take</c><00:11:40.799><c> off,</c><00:11:41.139><c> and</c><00:11:41.259><c> she</c><00:11:41.460><c> comes</c><00:11:41.840><c> on</c><00:11:42.399><c> the</c><00:11:42.580><c> way</c><00:11:42.940><c> to</c><00:11:43.200><c> Mount</c><00:11:43.460><c> Carmel</c><00:11:43.799><c> in</c>

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verse<00:11:44.240><c> 25,</c><00:11:45.440><c> and</c><00:11:46.340><c> you</c><00:11:46.480><c> notice</c><00:11:46.759><c> what</c><00:11:47.019><c> we</c>

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have<00:11:47.559><c> recorded.</c><00:11:48.360><c> It</c><00:11:48.559><c> doesn't</c><00:11:48.799><c> say</c><00:11:49.080><c> that</c><00:11:49.320><c> Elisha</c><00:11:49.639><c> noticed,</c><00:11:51.059><c> oh</c>

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look,<00:11:51.379><c> here</c><00:11:51.600><c> comes</c><00:11:51.879><c> that</c><00:11:52.159><c> Shunemite.</c>

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He<00:11:53.860><c> turns</c><00:11:54.100><c> to</c><00:11:54.379><c> Gehazi,</c><00:11:55.679><c> and</c><00:11:55.700><c> he</c><00:11:55.840><c> says,</c><00:11:56.899><c> behold,</c><00:11:57.639><c> yonder</c><00:11:57.899><c> is</c><00:11:58.200><c> that</c><00:11:58.480><c> Shunemite,</c><00:11:59.019><c> or</c>

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look,<00:11:59.580><c> here</c><00:11:59.779><c> comes</c><00:12:00.039><c> that</c><00:12:00.340><c> Shunemite,</c>

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and<00:12:01.580><c> he</c><00:12:01.820><c> tells</c><00:12:02.019><c> him,</c><00:12:02.820><c> run</c><00:12:03.039><c> now,</c><00:12:03.320><c> I</c><00:12:03.539><c> pray</c><00:12:03.779><c> thee</c><00:12:03.960><c> to</c><00:12:04.139><c> meet</c><00:12:04.299><c> her.</c>

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Say<00:12:05.220><c> unto</c><00:12:05.399><c> her,</c><00:12:06.500><c> shalom</c><00:12:06.799><c> with</c><00:12:07.139><c> thee,</c>

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shalom<00:12:08.240><c> with</c><00:12:08.419><c> thy</c><00:12:08.580><c> husband,</c><00:12:09.440><c> shalom</c><00:12:09.759><c> with</c><00:12:09.940><c> the</c><00:12:10.159><c> child.</c><00:12:11.480><c> She</c>

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just<00:12:11.980><c> says,</c><00:12:12.519><c> shalom.</c>

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It's<00:12:16.519><c> interesting,</c><00:12:17.360><c> the</c><00:12:17.519><c> interaction</c><00:12:18.080><c> that</c><00:12:18.399><c> is</c><00:12:18.639><c> completely</c>

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absent<00:12:19.820><c> from</c><00:12:21.019><c> Gehazi,</c><00:12:22.259><c> or</c><00:12:22.480><c> between</c><00:12:22.820><c> Gehazi</c>

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and<00:12:23.659><c> the</c><00:12:23.860><c> Shunemite</c><00:12:24.200><c> woman.</c><00:12:25.440><c> Very,</c><00:12:25.879><c> very</c><00:12:26.299><c> brief</c><00:12:26.940><c> conversations,</c><00:12:27.799><c> if</c><00:12:28.179><c> any</c><00:12:28.419><c> at</c>

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all.<00:12:30.120><c> We</c><00:12:30.360><c> know</c><00:12:30.580><c> that</c>

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Gehazi<00:12:31.159><c> is</c><00:12:31.399><c> used</c><00:12:31.519><c> to</c><00:12:31.820><c> call</c><00:12:32.000><c> her</c><00:12:32.799><c> a</c><00:12:33.320><c> number</c><00:12:33.559><c> of</c><00:12:33.840><c> times,</c><00:12:34.100><c> and</c><00:12:34.259><c> we</c>

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have<00:12:34.539><c> this</c><00:12:34.799><c> brief</c><00:12:35.100><c> interchange</c><00:12:35.600><c> between</c><00:12:36.100><c> the</c><00:12:36.379><c> Shunemite</c>

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and<00:12:37.539><c> Gehazi,</c><00:12:39.580><c> but</c><00:12:39.759><c> the</c><00:12:39.940><c> majority</c><00:12:40.419><c> of</c><00:12:40.799><c> the</c><00:12:41.120><c> interchange</c><00:12:41.539><c> is</c>

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between<00:12:42.240><c> the</c><00:12:42.600><c> Shunemite</c><00:12:42.940><c> and</c><00:12:42.940><c> the</c><00:12:42.940><c> Shunemite.</c>

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And<00:12:43.960><c> of</c><00:12:43.960><c> course,</c><00:12:45.639><c> that</c><00:12:45.639><c> would</c><00:12:45.980><c> be</c><00:12:46.440><c> appropriate</c><00:12:46.940><c> when</c><00:12:47.159><c> the</c><00:12:47.360><c> Shunemite,</c><00:12:48.100><c> as</c>

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we<00:12:48.500><c> were</c><00:12:48.700><c> told</c><00:12:48.899><c> at</c><00:12:49.100><c> the</c><00:12:49.179><c> very</c><00:12:49.419><c> beginning,</c>

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is<00:12:50.440><c> a</c><00:12:50.620><c> great</c><00:12:51.059><c> woman,</c><00:12:52.580><c> and</c><00:12:52.740><c> Elisha</c><00:12:53.340><c> is</c><00:12:53.700><c> a</c><00:12:53.960><c> great</c><00:12:54.279><c> prophet.</c><00:12:55.879><c> And</c>

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so<00:12:56.159><c> they</c><00:12:56.279><c> have</c><00:12:56.500><c> communication</c><00:12:57.159><c> together,</c><00:12:57.759><c> often</c>

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through<00:12:58.419><c> the</c><00:12:58.659><c> servant,</c><00:12:59.480><c> but</c><00:12:59.639><c> what's</c><00:12:59.980><c> recorded</c><00:13:00.379><c> is</c><00:13:00.700><c> often</c><00:13:01.159><c> their</c><00:13:01.519><c> own</c>

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words<00:13:02.220><c> to</c><00:13:02.480><c> each</c><00:13:02.700><c> other.</c>

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Now<00:13:06.220><c> perhaps,</c><00:13:07.460><c> in</c><00:13:07.559><c> verse</c><00:13:07.779><c> 9,</c><00:13:08.580><c> we're</c><00:13:08.700><c> being</c><00:13:09.039><c> told</c><00:13:09.559><c> that</c><00:13:10.940><c> this</c><00:13:11.500><c> woman</c><00:13:11.799><c> was</c><00:13:12.080><c> of</c><00:13:12.419><c> a</c>

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sufficient<00:13:13.340><c> level</c><00:13:14.039><c> of</c><00:13:14.360><c> perception,</c>

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that<00:13:15.480><c> she</c><00:13:15.720><c> noticed</c><00:13:16.139><c> a</c><00:13:16.379><c> particular</c><00:13:16.960><c> level</c><00:13:17.279><c> of</c><00:13:17.580><c> godliness</c><00:13:18.039><c> in</c>

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Elisha,<00:13:20.220><c> but</c><00:13:20.399><c> by</c><00:13:20.639><c> the</c><00:13:20.759><c> time</c><00:13:20.919><c> we</c><00:13:21.059><c> get</c><00:13:22.179><c> to</c><00:13:22.980><c> verse</c><00:13:24.379><c> 27,</c>

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sorry,<00:13:28.240><c> verse</c><00:13:28.440><c> 26,</c><00:13:29.539><c> when</c><00:13:29.779><c> she</c><00:13:30.059><c> interchanges</c><00:13:30.639><c> with</c><00:13:31.539><c> Gehazi,</c>

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she<00:13:32.840><c> doesn't</c><00:13:33.019><c> feel</c><00:13:33.279><c> comfortable</c>

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revealing<00:13:35.039><c> her</c><00:13:35.360><c> grief</c><00:13:35.639><c> to</c><00:13:35.820><c> him.</c><00:13:37.139><c> Perhaps</c><00:13:37.440><c> something</c><00:13:37.779><c> has</c><00:13:38.019><c> already</c><00:13:38.360><c> been</c><00:13:38.899><c> made</c><00:13:39.320><c> obvious</c><00:13:39.679><c> to</c>

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her<00:13:40.620><c> that</c><00:13:41.059><c> she's</c><00:13:41.360><c> not</c>

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comfortable<00:13:41.960><c> revealing</c><00:13:42.500><c> her</c><00:13:43.600><c> bitterness</c><00:13:44.000><c> of</c><00:13:44.419><c> soul</c><00:13:44.919><c> to</c><00:13:45.840><c> this</c>

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individual<00:13:46.679><c> who</c><00:13:46.860><c> is</c><00:13:47.059><c> the</c><00:13:47.299><c> servant</c><00:13:47.639><c> of</c><00:13:48.000><c> the</c><00:13:48.159><c> man</c><00:13:48.299><c> of</c><00:13:48.519><c> God.</c>

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So<00:13:51.799><c> she</c><00:13:51.960><c> comes</c><00:13:52.299><c> to</c><00:13:53.080><c> the</c><00:13:53.259><c> man</c><00:13:53.419><c> of</c><00:13:53.620><c> God</c><00:13:53.879><c> and</c><00:13:54.299><c> falls</c><00:13:54.700><c> at</c><00:13:55.059><c> his</c><00:13:55.559><c> feet,</c>

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and<00:13:56.620><c> Gehazi</c><00:13:57.159><c> comes</c><00:13:57.620><c> over</c><00:13:57.960><c> and</c><00:13:58.100><c> tries</c><00:13:58.419><c> to</c><00:13:58.740><c> remove</c>

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her<00:13:59.840><c> from</c><00:14:00.179><c> the</c><00:14:00.419><c> feet</c><00:14:00.539><c> of</c><00:14:00.700><c> his</c><00:14:00.940><c> lord,</c><00:14:02.259><c> to</c><00:14:02.419><c> the</c><00:14:02.539><c> point</c><00:14:02.720><c> where</c><00:14:03.200><c> his</c>

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lord,<00:14:04.299><c> the</c><00:14:04.340><c> man,</c><00:14:04.860><c> the</c><00:14:05.039><c> prophet</c><00:14:05.279><c> Elisha,</c>

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has<00:14:06.019><c> to</c><00:14:06.320><c> restrain</c><00:14:06.799><c> him</c><00:14:07.360><c> and</c><00:14:07.759><c> say,</c><00:14:08.120><c> don't</c><00:14:08.120><c> touch</c><00:14:08.460><c> her,</c><00:14:09.799><c> there's</c>

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something<00:14:10.539><c> bitterly</c><00:14:11.340><c> wrong</c><00:14:11.539><c> in</c><00:14:11.700><c> her</c><00:14:12.019><c> soul,</c>

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and<00:14:13.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:13.740><c> has</c><00:14:14.179><c> hid</c><00:14:14.340><c> it</c><00:14:14.600><c> from</c><00:14:14.779><c> me.</c><00:14:16.840><c> Now</c><00:14:17.320><c> for</c><00:14:17.639><c> most</c><00:14:17.899><c> of</c><00:14:18.120><c> us,</c><00:14:18.379><c> if</c>

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we<00:14:18.779><c> were</c><00:14:18.899><c> in</c><00:14:19.019><c> a</c><00:14:19.159><c> similar</c><00:14:19.500><c> circumstance</c><00:14:20.120><c> as</c><00:14:20.460><c> this</c>

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and<00:14:21.220><c> someone</c><00:14:21.539><c> in</c><00:14:21.840><c> bitterness</c><00:14:22.139><c> of</c><00:14:22.500><c> soul</c><00:14:22.620><c> falls</c><00:14:22.980><c> at</c><00:14:23.159><c> our</c><00:14:23.399><c> feet,</c>

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we<00:14:24.600><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:24.840><c> necessarily</c><00:14:25.539><c> say</c><00:14:25.840><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:26.259><c> has</c>

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hid<00:14:26.720><c> it</c><00:14:26.960><c> from</c><00:14:27.100><c> me,</c><00:14:28.360><c> but</c><00:14:28.600><c> we</c><00:14:28.779><c> might</c><00:14:28.940><c> say</c><00:14:29.159><c> we</c><00:14:29.279><c> don't</c><00:14:29.539><c> know</c><00:14:29.700><c> what</c>

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the<00:14:30.100><c> problem</c><00:14:30.379><c> is.</c><00:14:31.080><c> We</c><00:14:31.559><c> don't</c><00:14:31.759><c> know</c><00:14:31.960><c> what</c><00:14:32.120><c> the</c>

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bitterness<00:14:32.600><c> of</c><00:14:32.919><c> soul</c><00:14:33.080><c> is,</c><00:14:33.340><c> but</c><00:14:33.480><c> there</c><00:14:33.639><c> was</c><00:14:33.779><c> an</c><00:14:34.000><c> ability</c><00:14:34.279><c> in</c><00:14:34.480><c> Elisha</c><00:14:35.360><c> that</c><00:14:35.759><c> seemed</c><00:14:36.019><c> to</c>

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point<00:14:36.620><c> to</c><00:14:37.179><c> the</c><00:14:37.320><c> fact</c><00:14:37.480><c> that</c><00:14:37.620><c> he</c>

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was<00:14:38.019><c> able</c><00:14:38.200><c> to</c><00:14:38.580><c> often</c><00:14:39.019><c> tell</c><00:14:39.899><c> immediately</c><00:14:40.700><c> what</c><00:14:41.240><c> the</c><00:14:41.480><c> problem</c>

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was,<00:14:42.620><c> but</c><00:14:42.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:43.159><c> was</c><00:14:43.419><c> hiding</c><00:14:43.679><c> it</c><00:14:43.860><c> from</c><00:14:44.039><c> him</c>

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at<00:14:44.960><c> this</c><00:14:45.220><c> time.</c><00:14:47.480><c> So</c><00:14:47.759><c> she</c><00:14:47.960><c> reveals</c><00:14:48.320><c> it</c><00:14:48.860><c> by</c><00:14:49.620><c> her</c><00:14:49.899><c> words,</c><00:14:51.299><c> revealing</c><00:14:51.759><c> that</c><00:14:52.039><c> there's</c><00:14:52.379><c> a</c>

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problem<00:14:52.879><c> with</c><00:14:53.080><c> the</c><00:14:53.299><c> child,</c>

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that<00:14:54.320><c> the</c><00:14:54.500><c> child</c><00:14:54.779><c> is</c><00:14:55.059><c> dead.</c><00:14:58.379><c> And</c><00:14:58.720><c> here</c><00:14:58.899><c> is</c><00:14:59.360><c> the</c><00:14:59.659><c> one</c><00:14:59.919><c> thing</c><00:15:00.159><c> that</c><00:15:00.360><c> we</c>

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know,<00:15:02.860><c> or</c><00:15:03.039><c> perhaps</c><00:15:03.320><c> we</c><00:15:03.460><c> can</c><00:15:03.600><c> put</c><00:15:03.759><c> some</c><00:15:03.980><c> weight</c><00:15:04.220><c> to,</c>

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that<00:15:06.240><c> Elisha</c><00:15:06.799><c> does</c><00:15:07.179><c> with</c><00:15:07.440><c> Gehazi</c><00:15:08.039><c> to</c><00:15:10.039><c> try</c><00:15:10.259><c> and</c><00:15:10.539><c> train</c><00:15:10.700><c> him.</c><00:15:12.320><c> There</c><00:15:12.379><c> are</c><00:15:12.379><c> many</c><00:15:12.600><c> times</c><00:15:12.860><c> when</c><00:15:13.000><c> he</c>

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uses<00:15:13.480><c> him</c><00:15:13.759><c> as</c><00:15:15.399><c> a</c>

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communication<00:15:16.340><c> vessel,</c><00:15:18.279><c> as</c><00:15:18.519><c> a</c><00:15:19.539><c> go</c><00:15:19.720><c>-between</c><00:15:20.120><c> between</c><00:15:20.480><c> himself</c>

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and<00:15:21.220><c> other</c><00:15:21.500><c> individuals,</c>

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but<00:15:24.220><c> this</c><00:15:24.419><c> I</c><00:15:24.639><c> would</c><00:15:24.639><c> say</c><00:15:24.720><c> is</c><00:15:24.860><c> the</c><00:15:25.039><c> one</c><00:15:25.320><c> time</c><00:15:25.679><c> that</c><00:15:25.940><c> we</c><00:15:26.139><c> have</c><00:15:26.259><c> on</c>

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record<00:15:26.820><c> where</c><00:15:27.000><c> he</c><00:15:27.200><c> tries</c><00:15:27.440><c> to</c><00:15:27.879><c> train</c><00:15:28.220><c> Gehazi</c>

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in<00:15:29.759><c> the</c><00:15:30.019><c> things</c><00:15:30.740><c> of</c><00:15:31.659><c> godliness.</c><00:15:34.159><c> And</c><00:15:34.259><c> so</c><00:15:34.320><c> he</c><00:15:34.399><c> says</c><00:15:34.659><c> to</c><00:15:34.840><c> Gehazi,</c>

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gird<00:15:35.740><c> up</c><00:15:35.980><c> thy</c><00:15:36.200><c> loins,</c><00:15:37.340><c> take</c><00:15:37.460><c> my</c><00:15:37.840><c> staff</c><00:15:38.019><c> in</c><00:15:38.240><c> thy</c><00:15:38.379><c> hand,</c><00:15:39.000><c> and</c><00:15:39.100><c> go</c>

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thy<00:15:39.600><c> way.</c><00:15:40.419><c> Thou</c><00:15:40.639><c> meet</c><00:15:40.899><c> any</c><00:15:41.200><c> man,</c><00:15:41.679><c> salute</c><00:15:41.860><c> him</c><00:15:42.080><c> not.</c>

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If<00:15:42.879><c> any</c><00:15:43.139><c> man</c><00:15:43.360><c> salute</c><00:15:43.700><c> thee,</c><00:15:44.419><c> answer</c><00:15:44.700><c> him</c><00:15:44.919><c> not</c><00:15:45.100><c> again,</c><00:15:46.000><c> and</c><00:15:46.220><c> lay</c>

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my<00:15:46.820><c> staff</c><00:15:47.379><c> upon</c><00:15:48.340><c> the</c><00:15:48.519><c> face</c><00:15:48.679><c> of</c><00:15:48.840><c> the</c><00:15:49.039><c> child.</c>

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Verse<00:15:50.379><c> 31,</c><00:15:50.940><c> Gehazi</c><00:15:51.360><c> does</c><00:15:51.580><c> that,</c><00:15:52.240><c> because</c><00:15:52.399><c> Gehazi</c><00:15:52.679><c> passed</c><00:15:53.100><c> on</c>

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before<00:15:53.720><c> them</c><00:15:54.100><c> and</c><00:15:54.679><c> laid</c><00:15:55.000><c> the</c><00:15:55.320><c> staff</c><00:15:55.519><c> upon</c><00:15:55.820><c> the</c><00:15:56.039><c> face</c>

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of<00:15:56.220><c> the</c><00:15:56.460><c> child.</c><00:15:58.139><c> But</c><00:15:58.259><c> there</c><00:15:58.460><c> was</c><00:15:58.620><c> neither</c><00:15:58.879><c> voice</c><00:15:59.759><c> nor</c><00:16:00.159><c> hearing,</c><00:16:02.080><c> wherefore</c><00:16:02.399><c> he</c><00:16:02.519><c> went</c>

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again<00:16:03.019><c> to</c><00:16:03.200><c> meet</c><00:16:03.399><c> him</c>

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and<00:16:03.740><c> told</c><00:16:04.019><c> him,</c><00:16:04.799><c> saying,</c><00:16:05.139><c> the</c><00:16:05.419><c> child</c><00:16:05.879><c> is</c><00:16:06.200><c> not</c><00:16:06.399><c> awake.</c><00:16:10.779><c> Sometimes</c><00:16:11.419><c> it</c><00:16:12.120><c> helps</c><00:16:12.399><c> to</c>

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pull<00:16:13.019><c> out</c><00:16:13.419><c> the</c><00:16:13.840><c> key</c><00:16:14.159><c> features</c>

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of<00:16:15.159><c> a</c><00:16:15.399><c> confusing</c><00:16:15.919><c> section</c><00:16:16.299><c> of</c><00:16:16.519><c> scripture</c><00:16:16.820><c> to</c><00:16:17.059><c> try</c><00:16:17.279><c> to</c><00:16:17.860><c> get</c><00:16:18.120><c> some</c><00:16:18.620><c> understanding</c><00:16:19.200><c> of</c>

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what<00:16:19.539><c> those</c><00:16:19.799><c> features</c><00:16:20.120><c> are</c><00:16:20.440><c> and</c>

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how<00:16:20.659><c> they're</c><00:16:20.860><c> used</c><00:16:21.179><c> elsewhere</c><00:16:21.580><c> in</c><00:16:21.860><c> scripture</c><00:16:22.320><c> to</c><00:16:22.879><c> understand</c>

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what<00:16:23.639><c> we're</c><00:16:23.820><c> being</c><00:16:24.100><c> told.</c><00:16:24.879><c> And</c><00:16:25.220><c> perhaps</c>

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we<00:16:26.039><c> can</c><00:16:26.240><c> even</c><00:16:26.440><c> discover</c><00:16:26.860><c> more</c><00:16:27.320><c> than</c><00:16:27.879><c> what</c><00:16:28.100><c> those</c><00:16:28.340><c> in</c><00:16:28.500><c> the</c><00:16:28.659><c> situation</c><00:16:29.179><c> knew</c>

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was<00:16:29.659><c> going</c><00:16:29.899><c> on.</c><00:16:31.139><c> For</c><00:16:31.320><c> often</c><00:16:31.600><c> we</c><00:16:31.720><c> may</c>

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find<00:16:32.279><c> situations</c><00:16:32.879><c> in</c><00:16:33.080><c> the</c><00:16:33.240><c> scriptures</c><00:16:33.679><c> that</c><00:16:34.159><c> at</c><00:16:34.379><c> the</c><00:16:34.600><c> time,</c>

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if<00:16:35.220><c> we</c><00:16:35.360><c> were</c><00:16:35.559><c> involved</c><00:16:35.919><c> in</c><00:16:36.080><c> them,</c><00:16:36.179><c> might</c><00:16:36.460><c> seem</c>

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fairly<00:16:37.480><c> normal,</c><00:16:39.039><c> fairly</c><00:16:39.340><c> mundane.</c><00:16:40.919><c> But</c><00:16:41.059><c> when</c><00:16:41.460><c> from</c><00:16:42.860><c> the</c><00:16:43.139><c> beneficial</c><00:16:44.200><c> position</c><00:16:44.659><c> that</c>

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we<00:16:45.100><c> have</c><00:16:45.320><c> to</c><00:16:46.000><c> have</c><00:16:46.320><c> the</c>

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completed<00:16:46.879><c> word</c><00:16:47.120><c> of</c><00:16:47.220><c> God</c><00:16:47.500><c> before</c><00:16:47.860><c> us,</c><00:16:48.360><c> we</c><00:16:48.620><c> can</c><00:16:48.980><c> see</c><00:16:49.519><c> that</c><00:16:50.179><c> these</c><00:16:50.419><c> mundane</c><00:16:50.840><c> things</c><00:16:51.139><c> have</c>

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been<00:16:51.500><c> arranged</c><00:16:51.820><c> by</c><00:16:52.100><c> God</c>

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to<00:16:53.259><c> tell</c><00:16:53.440><c> us</c><00:16:53.700><c> certain</c><00:16:53.919><c> things</c><00:16:54.379><c> about</c><00:16:54.679><c> what</c><00:16:54.860><c> he's</c><00:16:55.320><c> accomplishing</c><00:16:55.860><c> there.</c>

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And<00:16:57.820><c> I</c><00:16:57.860><c> think</c><00:16:57.980><c> it's</c><00:16:58.139><c> quite</c><00:16:58.320><c> easy</c><00:16:58.539><c> to</c><00:16:58.799><c> tell</c><00:16:58.980><c> that</c><00:16:59.120><c> the</c><00:16:59.360><c> key</c><00:16:59.559><c> feature</c><00:17:00.080><c> of</c>

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this<00:17:01.120><c> situation</c><00:17:01.659><c> here</c><00:17:02.000><c> is</c><00:17:02.759><c> the</c><00:17:03.259><c> staff.</c>

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He<00:17:05.480><c> doesn't</c><00:17:05.640><c> say</c><00:17:05.839><c> go</c><00:17:06.099><c> and</c><00:17:06.359><c> take</c><00:17:06.740><c> the</c><00:17:07.079><c> mantle,</c><00:17:07.799><c> which</c><00:17:07.980><c> has</c><00:17:08.180><c> already</c><00:17:08.519><c> been</c>

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used<00:17:08.940><c> to</c><00:17:09.220><c> perform</c><00:17:09.500><c> a</c><00:17:09.759><c> miracle</c><00:17:10.140><c> by</c><00:17:10.700><c> Elisha</c>

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and<00:17:11.319><c> a</c><00:17:11.480><c> miracle</c><00:17:11.779><c> by</c><00:17:12.099><c> Elijah.</c><00:17:12.900><c> He</c><00:17:13.019><c> doesn't</c><00:17:13.180><c> say</c><00:17:13.339><c> take</c><00:17:13.660><c> that,</c><00:17:14.460><c> wrap</c><00:17:14.619><c> it</c>

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up,<00:17:15.000><c> and</c><00:17:15.180><c> put</c><00:17:15.359><c> it</c><00:17:15.480><c> on</c><00:17:15.779><c> the</c><00:17:16.140><c> boy's</c><00:17:16.539><c> head,</c>

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and<00:17:17.359><c> he'll</c><00:17:17.579><c> be</c><00:17:17.819><c> healed</c><00:17:18.000><c> and</c><00:17:18.160><c> come</c><00:17:18.400><c> back</c><00:17:18.579><c> to</c><00:17:18.779><c> life.</c><00:17:18.940><c> He</c><00:17:19.039><c> says,</c>

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take<00:17:19.480><c> my</c><00:17:19.940><c> staff.</c>

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Well,<00:17:23.599><c> that</c><00:17:23.940><c> staff</c><00:17:24.460><c> is</c><00:17:26.359><c> not</c><00:17:27.119><c> a</c><00:17:27.240><c> very</c><00:17:27.559><c> common</c><00:17:27.900><c> word</c><00:17:28.220><c> actually.</c>

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And<00:17:30.539><c> I</c><00:17:30.640><c> think</c><00:17:30.759><c> by</c><00:17:31.079><c> looking</c><00:17:31.339><c> at</c><00:17:31.839><c> the</c><00:17:32.119><c> instances</c><00:17:32.480><c> that</c><00:17:32.819><c> that</c><00:17:33.400><c> occurs,</c><00:17:34.200><c> we</c>

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can<00:17:34.519><c> begin</c><00:17:34.759><c> to</c><00:17:35.000><c> gather</c><00:17:35.160><c> an</c><00:17:35.380><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:17:36.839><c> what</c><00:17:37.039><c> this</c><00:17:37.480><c> staff</c><00:17:37.839><c> is</c><00:17:38.279><c> representative</c><00:17:38.839><c> of.</c><00:17:39.859><c> Turn</c><00:17:40.039><c> back</c><00:17:40.319><c> to</c>

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three<00:17:40.880><c> passages,</c><00:17:42.819><c> Exodus</c><00:17:43.079><c> chapter</c><00:17:43.579><c> 21</c><00:17:44.039><c> to</c><00:17:44.319><c> begin.</c>

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Exodus<00:17:56.180><c> chapter</c><00:17:56.599><c> 21,</c><00:18:00.279><c> beginning</c><00:18:00.500><c> at</c><00:18:00.740><c> verse</c><00:18:00.960><c> 18.</c>

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We're<00:18:04.559><c> here</c><00:18:04.759><c> dealing</c><00:18:04.960><c> with</c><00:18:05.240><c> the</c><00:18:05.460><c> laws</c><00:18:05.859><c> and</c><00:18:06.460><c> the</c><00:18:06.640><c> ordinances</c><00:18:07.220><c> of</c>

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fighting<00:18:10.160><c> and</c><00:18:10.599><c> of</c><00:18:11.460><c> battle,</c><00:18:12.140><c> of</c><00:18:12.619><c> controversy</c><00:18:13.380><c> between</c><00:18:13.859><c> brethren.</c>

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We<00:18:16.119><c> read</c><00:18:16.319><c> in</c><00:18:16.440><c> verses</c><00:18:16.680><c> 18</c><00:18:17.000><c> and</c><00:18:17.119><c> 19,</c><00:18:18.180><c> if</c><00:18:18.339><c> men</c><00:18:18.660><c> strive</c><00:18:19.059><c> together</c><00:18:19.519><c> and</c><00:18:19.779><c> one</c><00:18:20.099><c> smite</c><00:18:20.440><c> another</c><00:18:20.700><c> with</c><00:18:20.900><c> a</c><00:18:21.240><c> stone</c>

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or<00:18:22.180><c> with</c><00:18:22.380><c> his</c><00:18:22.740><c> fist,</c><00:18:23.579><c> and</c><00:18:23.779><c> he</c><00:18:23.960><c> die</c><00:18:24.180><c> not,</c><00:18:25.500><c> but</c><00:18:25.700><c> keepeth</c><00:18:26.039><c> his</c><00:18:26.299><c> bed,</c><00:18:27.599><c> if</c>

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he<00:18:28.160><c> rise</c><00:18:28.400><c> again</c><00:18:28.900><c> and</c><00:18:29.599><c> walk</c><00:18:30.119><c> abroad</c><00:18:30.779><c> upon</c><00:18:31.759><c> his</c>

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staff,<00:18:34.299><c> then</c><00:18:34.500><c> shall</c><00:18:34.740><c> he</c><00:18:34.900><c> that</c><00:18:35.119><c> smote</c><00:18:35.319><c> him</c><00:18:35.519><c> be</c><00:18:35.859><c> quit.</c><00:18:36.940><c> Only</c><00:18:37.160><c> he</c>

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shall<00:18:37.480><c> pay</c><00:18:37.740><c> for</c><00:18:37.920><c> the</c><00:18:38.079><c> loss</c><00:18:38.220><c> of</c><00:18:38.400><c> his</c><00:18:38.680><c> time</c>

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and<00:18:39.440><c> shall</c><00:18:39.660><c> cause</c><00:18:39.980><c> him</c><00:18:40.259><c> to</c><00:18:40.420><c> be</c><00:18:40.640><c> thoroughly</c><00:18:40.980><c> healed.</c><00:18:42.940><c> So</c><00:18:43.500><c> two</c><00:18:43.700><c> brethren</c><00:18:44.039><c> are</c><00:18:44.579><c> in</c><00:18:44.960><c> a</c>

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fit<00:18:46.359><c> of</c><00:18:46.619><c> rage</c><00:18:46.859><c> against</c><00:18:47.180><c> each</c>

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other,<00:18:47.619><c> and</c><00:18:47.819><c> one</c><00:18:48.140><c> uses</c><00:18:48.680><c> a</c><00:18:49.019><c> stone</c><00:18:49.240><c> or</c><00:18:49.420><c> his</c><00:18:49.779><c> fist</c><00:18:50.119><c> and</c><00:18:51.039><c> pummels</c>

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just<00:18:54.599><c> has</c><00:18:54.819><c> to</c><00:18:54.940><c> be</c><00:18:55.119><c> bedridden</c><00:18:55.460><c> for</c><00:18:55.720><c> a</c><00:18:55.859><c> while</c><00:18:56.079><c> until</c><00:18:56.359><c> he</c><00:18:56.579><c> heals.</c>

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But<00:18:59.019><c> the</c><00:18:59.220><c> key</c><00:18:59.420><c> here</c><00:18:59.779><c> is</c><00:18:59.980><c> that</c><00:19:00.220><c> if</c><00:19:00.420><c> he</c><00:19:00.619><c> rise</c><00:19:00.779><c> again</c>

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and<00:19:01.839><c> walk</c><00:19:02.259><c> abroad</c><00:19:02.680><c> upon</c><00:19:03.299><c> his</c><00:19:03.900><c> staff.</c><00:19:05.859><c> So</c><00:19:06.220><c> obviously</c><00:19:06.759><c> the</c><00:19:07.000><c> key</c>

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here<00:19:07.440><c> is</c><00:19:07.539><c> that</c><00:19:07.660><c> the</c><00:19:07.759><c> man</c><00:19:07.880><c> doesn't</c><00:19:08.160><c> die,</c>

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but<00:19:09.279><c> the</c><00:19:09.599><c> symbol</c><00:19:09.880><c> that's</c><00:19:10.180><c> used</c><00:19:10.359><c> to</c><00:19:10.680><c> show</c><00:19:11.099><c> that</c><00:19:11.380><c> he's</c><00:19:11.660><c> going</c><00:19:11.920><c> to</c>

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survive<00:19:12.700><c> and</c><00:19:12.880><c> he's</c><00:19:13.079><c> just</c><00:19:13.359><c> in</c><00:19:13.559><c> need</c><00:19:13.700><c> of</c><00:19:13.839><c> some</c>

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of<00:19:14.319><c> recovery</c><00:19:14.839><c> is</c><00:19:15.259><c> the</c><00:19:15.900><c> staff.</c><00:19:17.099><c> The</c><00:19:17.420><c> staff</c><00:19:17.779><c> is</c><00:19:18.019><c> what's</c><00:19:18.400><c> used</c><00:19:18.700><c> to</c>

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show<00:19:19.359><c> that</c><00:19:19.500><c> he</c><00:19:19.640><c> is</c><00:19:19.799><c> on</c><00:19:19.980><c> the</c><00:19:20.079><c> road</c><00:19:20.220><c> to</c><00:19:20.480><c> recovery,</c>

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and<00:19:21.759><c> perhaps</c><00:19:22.019><c> in</c><00:19:22.200><c> this</c><00:19:22.380><c> instance</c><00:19:22.779><c> it's</c><00:19:23.039><c> more</c><00:19:23.339><c> a</c><00:19:23.400><c> sense</c><00:19:23.640><c> of</c><00:19:23.980><c> a</c><00:19:24.240><c> crutch.</c><00:19:25.660><c> It</c><00:19:25.960><c> simply</c><00:19:26.180><c> means</c><00:19:26.519><c> stick</c><00:19:26.960><c> or</c><00:19:27.660><c> a</c>

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walking<00:19:28.279><c> stick</c>

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of<00:19:28.759><c> some</c><00:19:29.000><c> sort,</c><00:19:29.240><c> a</c><00:19:29.599><c> support,</c><00:19:30.359><c> but</c><00:19:30.519><c> perhaps</c><00:19:30.859><c> here</c><00:19:31.059><c> it's</c><00:19:31.240><c> using</c>

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the<00:19:31.619><c> sense</c><00:19:31.819><c> of</c><00:19:32.079><c> walking</c><00:19:32.339><c> abroad</c><00:19:32.619><c> upon</c><00:19:32.859><c> a</c><00:19:33.140><c> crutch,</c>

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just<00:19:33.619><c> needing</c><00:19:33.859><c> that</c><00:19:34.079><c> little</c><00:19:34.279><c> bit</c><00:19:34.440><c> of</c><00:19:34.660><c> help</c><00:19:35.119><c> and</c><00:19:35.559><c> assistance</c>

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as<00:19:36.819><c> he</c><00:19:37.099><c> recovers</c><00:19:37.480><c> from</c><00:19:37.720><c> the</c><00:19:37.920><c> injury.</c>

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Well,<00:19:41.539><c> if</c><00:19:41.700><c> we</c><00:19:41.700><c> turn</c><00:19:41.859><c> over</c><00:19:42.039><c> to</c><00:19:42.180><c> Numbers</c><00:19:42.779><c> chapter</c><00:19:43.299><c> 21,</c>

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we'll<00:19:47.180><c> actually</c><00:19:47.619><c> see</c><00:19:48.460><c> another</c><00:19:48.980><c> song</c><00:19:49.559><c> as</c><00:19:50.279><c> our</c><00:19:50.519><c> brother</c><00:19:50.700><c> Roger</c>

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was<00:19:51.259><c> talking</c><00:19:51.539><c> about</c><00:19:52.180><c> the</c><00:19:52.539><c> songs</c><00:19:52.819><c> from</c><00:19:53.019><c> the</c>

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Old<00:19:53.339><c> Testament</c><00:19:53.740><c> and</c><00:19:54.019><c> the</c><00:19:54.140><c> hymn</c><00:19:54.299><c> book.</c><00:19:54.460><c> We'll</c><00:19:54.619><c> see</c><00:19:54.740><c> another</c><00:19:55.099><c> song</c><00:19:55.700><c> that</c><00:19:56.339><c> was</c><00:19:56.619><c> sung</c><00:19:56.819><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:57.380><c> Israelites</c>

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before<00:19:58.539><c> they</c><00:19:58.779><c> even</c><00:19:59.039><c> entered</c><00:19:59.279><c> their</c><00:19:59.539><c> land.</c><00:20:01.660><c> And</c><00:20:02.180><c> in</c><00:20:02.339><c> Numbers</c>

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chapter<00:20:03.039><c> 21,</c><00:20:04.700><c> beginning</c><00:20:04.920><c> at</c><00:20:05.140><c> verse</c><00:20:05.380><c> 16,</c>

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we're<00:20:06.220><c> talking</c><00:20:06.500><c> about</c><00:20:06.799><c> the</c><00:20:07.400><c> traveling</c><00:20:07.980><c> of</c><00:20:08.339><c> the</c><00:20:08.460><c> nation</c><00:20:08.720><c> of</c><00:20:08.940><c> Israel</c><00:20:09.180><c> now,</c><00:20:10.099><c> or</c>

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the<00:20:10.460><c> children</c><00:20:10.720><c> of</c><00:20:10.859><c> Israel</c><00:20:11.160><c> perhaps,</c>

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as<00:20:11.839><c> they</c><00:20:12.000><c> go</c><00:20:12.160><c> through</c><00:20:12.359><c> the</c><00:20:12.539><c> wilderness.</c><00:20:13.920><c> It</c><00:20:13.940><c> says</c><00:20:14.099><c> in</c><00:20:14.200><c> verse</c>

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16<00:20:14.819><c> that</c><00:20:15.000><c> from</c><00:20:16.720><c> fence</c><00:20:17.180><c> they</c><00:20:17.539><c> went</c><00:20:17.740><c> to</c><00:20:18.019><c> beer.</c>

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That<00:20:19.140><c> is</c><00:20:19.420><c> the</c><00:20:19.660><c> well</c><00:20:20.059><c> where</c><00:20:20.559><c> of</c><00:20:20.779><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:21.200><c> spake</c><00:20:21.460><c> unto</c><00:20:21.660><c> Moses,</c><00:20:22.779><c> gather</c><00:20:23.099><c> the</c><00:20:23.359><c> people</c><00:20:23.599><c> together</c><00:20:24.039><c> and</c><00:20:24.200><c> I</c>

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will<00:20:24.579><c> give</c><00:20:24.759><c> them</c>

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water.<00:20:26.660><c> Then</c><00:20:27.039><c> Israel</c><00:20:27.359><c> sang</c><00:20:27.720><c> this</c><00:20:28.079><c> song,</c><00:20:29.099><c> spring</c><00:20:29.359><c> up</c><00:20:29.619><c> a</c><00:20:29.859><c> well,</c>

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sing<00:20:31.079><c> ye</c><00:20:31.259><c> unto</c><00:20:31.559><c> it.</c><00:20:32.400><c> The</c><00:20:32.740><c> princes</c><00:20:33.160><c> digged</c><00:20:33.579><c> the</c><00:20:33.819><c> well,</c>

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the<00:20:34.559><c> nobles</c><00:20:35.079><c> of</c><00:20:35.259><c> the</c><00:20:35.480><c> people</c><00:20:35.740><c> digged</c><00:20:36.099><c> it</c><00:20:36.480><c> by</c><00:20:36.859><c> the</c><00:20:37.119><c> direction</c>

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of<00:20:37.579><c> the</c><00:20:37.740><c> lawgiver</c><00:20:38.420><c> with</c><00:20:39.200><c> their</c><00:20:39.819><c> staves.</c>

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And<00:20:42.660><c> from</c><00:20:42.819><c> the</c><00:20:43.000><c> wilderness</c><00:20:43.480><c> they</c><00:20:43.980><c> went</c><00:20:44.220><c> to</c><00:20:44.440><c> Metana.</c><00:20:46.480><c> So</c><00:20:46.839><c> here</c>

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the<00:20:47.339><c> staves</c><00:20:47.900><c> of</c><00:20:48.700><c> the</c><00:20:48.839><c> princes</c><00:20:49.240><c> under</c><00:20:50.099><c> the</c>

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direction<00:20:50.640><c> of</c><00:20:50.819><c> the</c><00:20:51.000><c> lawgiver</c><00:20:51.420><c> are</c><00:20:51.720><c> used</c><00:20:52.180><c> to</c><00:20:52.740><c> bring</c><00:20:52.900><c> forth</c><00:20:53.259><c> water,</c><00:20:54.119><c> to</c>

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water<00:20:54.559><c> the</c><00:20:54.819><c> people.</c>

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I'm<00:20:57.579><c> sure</c><00:20:57.759><c> we</c><00:20:58.059><c> quite</c><00:20:58.220><c> easily</c><00:20:58.700><c> make</c><00:20:59.059><c> the</c><00:20:59.359><c> connection</c><00:20:59.599><c> over</c><00:20:59.920><c> to</c>

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Isaiah<00:21:00.539><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.940><c> 12</c><00:21:01.460><c> in</c><00:21:01.640><c> our</c><00:21:01.859><c> minds.</c>

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Passage<00:21:04.039><c> we're</c><00:21:04.180><c> very</c><00:21:04.500><c> familiar</c><00:21:04.960><c> with,</c><00:21:05.299><c> of</c><00:21:05.500><c> course.</c>

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Isaiah<00:21:10.519><c> chapter</c><00:21:10.960><c> 12.</c>

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Reading<00:21:18.819><c> from</c><00:21:19.140><c> verse</c><00:21:19.460><c> 2.</c><00:21:21.019><c> Behold</c><00:21:21.400><c> God</c><00:21:21.700><c> is</c><00:21:21.900><c> my</c><00:21:22.119><c> salvation.</c><00:21:23.079><c> I</c>

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will<00:21:23.539><c> trust</c><00:21:23.940><c> and</c><00:21:24.220><c> not</c><00:21:24.440><c> be</c><00:21:24.640><c> afraid.</c>

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For<00:21:26.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:27.140><c> is</c><00:21:27.400><c> my</c><00:21:27.700><c> strength</c><00:21:27.960><c> and</c><00:21:28.140><c> my</c><00:21:28.400><c> song.</c><00:21:28.720><c> He</c><00:21:28.960><c> also</c><00:21:29.279><c> has</c><00:21:29.519><c> become</c><00:21:29.839><c> my</c>

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salvation.<00:21:31.480><c> Therefore</c><00:21:31.900><c> with</c><00:21:32.299><c> joy</c><00:21:32.680><c> shall</c>

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ye<00:21:33.200><c> draw</c><00:21:33.420><c> water</c><00:21:34.039><c> out</c><00:21:34.640><c> of</c><00:21:34.799><c> the</c><00:21:35.000><c> wells</c><00:21:35.440><c> of</c><00:21:36.059><c> salvation.</c><00:21:37.380><c> So</c><00:21:37.640><c> wandering</c><00:21:37.920><c> through</c><00:21:38.220><c> that</c>

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wilderness<00:21:39.019><c> of</c><00:21:39.460><c> death</c>

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that<00:21:40.779><c> would</c><00:21:41.000><c> produce</c><00:21:41.480><c> a</c><00:21:41.759><c> nation</c><00:21:42.220><c> dedicated</c><00:21:43.099><c> to</c><00:21:43.539><c> life,</c><00:21:45.920><c> the</c><00:21:46.039><c> elders</c><00:21:46.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:46.720><c> people</c><00:21:47.099><c> dug</c><00:21:47.400><c> a</c><00:21:47.720><c> well</c><00:21:48.019><c> of</c><00:21:48.400><c> salvation</c>

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with<00:21:50.180><c> their</c><00:21:50.680><c> staves</c><00:21:51.799><c> under</c><00:21:52.480><c> the</c><00:21:52.779><c> direction</c><00:21:53.140><c> of</c><00:21:53.420><c> the</c><00:21:53.539><c> lawgiver.</c>

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One<00:21:57.599><c> last</c><00:21:57.920><c> reference</c><00:21:58.420><c> to</c><00:21:58.880><c> try</c><00:21:59.160><c> and</c><00:21:59.480><c> paint</c><00:21:59.640><c> this</c><00:21:59.940><c> picture</c><00:22:00.259><c> a</c>

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little<00:22:00.579><c> more</c><00:22:01.259><c> vividly.</c><00:22:02.720><c> Ezekiel</c><00:22:03.000><c> chapter</c><00:22:03.400><c> 29.</c>

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We'll<00:22:06.400><c> look</c><00:22:06.559><c> at</c><00:22:06.660><c> it</c><00:22:06.819><c> in</c><00:22:06.920><c> yet</c><00:22:07.140><c> another</c><00:22:07.519><c> context</c><00:22:08.339><c> and</c><00:22:09.200><c> perhaps</c>

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from<00:22:09.740><c> these</c><00:22:10.119><c> three</c><00:22:10.500><c> samples</c><00:22:11.039><c> of</c><00:22:11.420><c> the</c><00:22:11.779><c> areas</c>

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that<00:22:12.259><c> this</c><00:22:13.460><c> object</c><00:22:14.460><c> comes</c><00:22:14.960><c> up</c><00:22:15.279><c> we</c><00:22:15.440><c> can</c><00:22:15.660><c> begin</c><00:22:15.839><c> to</c><00:22:16.079><c> paint</c><00:22:16.559><c> a</c><00:22:17.019><c> clear</c><00:22:17.180><c> picture</c><00:22:17.579><c> as</c>

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to<00:22:18.059><c> what</c><00:22:18.299><c> is</c><00:22:18.559><c> being</c><00:22:18.799><c> represented</c>

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here.<00:22:20.559><c> So</c><00:22:20.559><c> Ezekiel</c><00:22:20.880><c> chapter</c><00:22:21.259><c> 29</c><00:22:22.539><c> verse</c><00:22:24.240><c> 6.</c><00:22:28.359><c> And</c><00:22:28.359><c> all</c><00:22:28.680><c> the</c><00:22:28.900><c> inhabitants</c><00:22:29.400><c> of</c><00:22:29.819><c> Egypt</c><00:22:30.200><c> shall</c><00:22:30.539><c> know</c><00:22:30.839><c> that</c><00:22:31.079><c> I</c>

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am<00:22:31.539><c> Yahweh</c>

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because<00:22:33.019><c> they</c><00:22:33.299><c> have</c><00:22:33.480><c> been</c><00:22:33.759><c> a</c><00:22:34.240><c> staff</c><00:22:34.579><c> of</c><00:22:35.039><c> reed</c><00:22:36.299><c> to</c><00:22:36.980><c> the</c><00:22:37.160><c> house</c>

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of<00:22:37.599><c> Israel.</c><00:22:38.740><c> When</c><00:22:39.099><c> they</c><00:22:39.339><c> took</c><00:22:39.480><c> hold</c><00:22:39.740><c> of</c><00:22:39.900><c> thee</c>

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by<00:22:40.240><c> thy</c><00:22:40.539><c> hand</c><00:22:41.240><c> thou</c><00:22:41.539><c> didst</c><00:22:41.940><c> break</c><00:22:42.299><c> and</c><00:22:42.859><c> rend</c><00:22:43.059><c> all</c><00:22:43.279><c> their</c><00:22:43.519><c> shoulder</c><00:22:43.980><c> and</c>

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when<00:22:44.859><c> they</c><00:22:45.180><c> leaned</c><00:22:45.460><c> upon</c><00:22:45.940><c> thee</c><00:22:46.539><c> thou</c>

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breakest<00:22:47.759><c> and</c><00:22:48.380><c> made</c><00:22:48.559><c> us</c><00:22:48.779><c> all</c><00:22:49.000><c> their</c><00:22:49.319><c> loins</c><00:22:50.000><c> to</c><00:22:50.339><c> be</c><00:22:50.480><c> at</c><00:22:50.660><c> a</c><00:22:50.900><c> stand.</c><00:22:52.759><c> So</c><00:22:53.180><c> here</c><00:22:53.500><c> the</c><00:22:53.660><c> nation</c><00:22:53.960><c> of</c>

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Egypt<00:22:54.559><c> is</c><00:22:54.839><c> put</c><00:22:55.079><c> forward</c>

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as<00:22:56.319><c> a</c><00:22:56.940><c> poor</c><00:22:57.259><c> staff,</c><00:22:58.759><c> something</c><00:22:59.079><c> that</c><00:22:59.240><c> if</c><00:22:59.339><c> you</c><00:22:59.559><c> lean</c><00:22:59.700><c> upon</c><00:23:00.019><c> it</c>

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giving<00:23:02.660><c> you</c><00:23:02.859><c> the</c><00:23:03.059><c> support</c><00:23:03.640><c> and</c><00:23:04.400><c> the</c><00:23:04.680><c> help</c><00:23:05.019><c> that</c><00:23:05.400><c> you</c><00:23:05.519><c> had</c><00:23:05.720><c> thought</c><00:23:05.900><c> it</c>

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would.<00:23:08.240><c> So</c><00:23:08.799><c> from</c><00:23:08.980><c> these</c><00:23:09.319><c> three</c><00:23:09.579><c> samples</c>

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connected<00:23:14.480><c> with</c><00:23:16.039><c> salvation,</c><00:23:18.019><c> with</c><00:23:18.480><c> deliverance,</c>

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with<00:23:20.599><c> redemption,</c><00:23:22.740><c> and</c><00:23:22.839><c> perhaps</c><00:23:23.140><c> even</c><00:23:23.420><c> with</c><00:23:23.880><c> divine</c><00:23:24.160><c> acceptance.</c><00:23:26.900><c> It's</c>

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actually<00:23:27.380><c> the</c><00:23:27.599><c> same</c><00:23:27.759><c> word</c><00:23:27.960><c> that</c>

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appears<00:23:28.799><c> in</c><00:23:29.480><c> Psalm</c><00:23:29.720><c> 23.</c><00:23:34.339><c> Or</c><00:23:34.619><c> at</c><00:23:34.700><c> least</c><00:23:34.839><c> the</c><00:23:35.000><c> same</c><00:23:35.259><c> concept</c><00:23:35.660><c> I</c>

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should<00:23:36.000><c> say</c><00:23:36.279><c> appears</c><00:23:36.660><c> in</c><00:23:36.960><c> Psalm</c><00:23:37.160><c> 23.</c>

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When<00:23:41.440><c> we</c><00:23:42.039><c> read</c><00:23:42.460><c> the</c><00:23:42.819><c> very</c><00:23:43.200><c> familiar</c><00:23:43.599><c> words</c><00:23:43.880><c> of</c><00:23:44.059><c> the</c><00:23:44.259><c> psalmist</c>

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in<00:23:50.480><c> verse</c><00:23:50.779><c> 4,</c><00:23:51.180><c> Ye</c><00:23:51.400><c> though</c><00:23:51.619><c> I</c><00:23:51.880><c> walk</c><00:23:52.099><c> through</c><00:23:52.359><c> the</c><00:23:52.539><c> valley</c><00:23:52.839><c> of</c><00:23:53.079><c> the</c><00:23:53.319><c> shadow</c><00:23:53.559><c> of</c>

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death<00:23:54.079><c> I</c><00:23:54.559><c> will</c><00:23:54.859><c> fear</c><00:23:55.140><c> no</c><00:23:55.380><c> evil</c><00:23:55.920><c> for</c><00:23:56.519><c> thou</c>

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art<00:23:56.960><c> with</c><00:23:57.240><c> me</c><00:23:57.559><c> thy</c><00:23:57.859><c> rod</c><00:23:58.359><c> and</c><00:23:59.339><c> thy</c><00:23:59.680><c> staff</c><00:24:00.279><c> they</c><00:24:01.019><c> comfort</c><00:24:01.359><c> me.</c><00:24:02.240><c> And</c><00:24:02.579><c> the</c><00:24:02.819><c> rod</c><00:24:03.119><c> here</c><00:24:03.599><c> is</c>

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actually<00:24:04.380><c> not</c><00:24:04.759><c> our</c><00:24:05.039><c> word.</c>

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If<00:24:05.359><c> we</c><00:24:05.519><c> were</c><00:24:05.680><c> to</c><00:24:05.839><c> follow</c><00:24:06.019><c> that</c><00:24:06.400><c> word</c><00:24:06.799><c> we</c><00:24:07.420><c> would</c><00:24:07.700><c> find</c><00:24:08.000><c> that</c><00:24:08.460><c> predominantly</c><00:24:09.099><c> that</c><00:24:09.799><c> word</c><00:24:10.019><c> is</c><00:24:10.319><c> translated</c>

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tribe<00:24:11.619><c> because</c><00:24:12.980><c> it</c><00:24:13.220><c> deals</c><00:24:13.460><c> with</c><00:24:13.980><c> the</c><00:24:14.299><c> concept</c><00:24:14.660><c> of</c><00:24:14.900><c> a</c><00:24:15.220><c> branch,</c>

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something<00:24:16.759><c> that</c><00:24:17.059><c> splits</c><00:24:17.299><c> off</c><00:24:17.660><c> from</c><00:24:17.920><c> one</c>

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large<00:24:18.579><c> into</c><00:24:18.880><c> many</c><00:24:19.180><c> small.</c><00:24:20.299><c> And</c><00:24:20.420><c> so</c><00:24:20.500><c> the</c><00:24:20.660><c> nation</c><00:24:20.900><c> of</c><00:24:21.119><c> Israel</c>

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being<00:24:22.160><c> the</c><00:24:22.500><c> tree,</c><00:24:23.200><c> the</c><00:24:23.440><c> tribes</c><00:24:23.799><c> are</c><00:24:24.079><c> the</c><00:24:24.299><c> branches</c><00:24:24.640><c> that</c>

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come<00:24:25.180><c> out</c><00:24:25.380><c> of</c><00:24:25.500><c> it.</c><00:24:26.599><c> But</c><00:24:26.900><c> many</c><00:24:27.140><c> times,</c><00:24:27.859><c> not</c><00:24:28.059><c> nearly</c><00:24:28.259><c> as</c><00:24:28.440><c> many</c><00:24:28.599><c> as</c>

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it's<00:24:29.099><c> translated</c><00:24:29.339><c> tribe,</c><00:24:29.900><c> it</c><00:24:30.000><c> does</c><00:24:30.220><c> get</c><00:24:30.480><c> translated</c>

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with<00:24:31.119><c> the</c><00:24:31.299><c> concept</c><00:24:31.700><c> of</c><00:24:32.000><c> rod.</c><00:24:32.740><c> But</c><00:24:32.859><c> it's</c><00:24:33.039><c> also</c><00:24:33.299><c> translated</c><00:24:33.640><c> as</c>

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correction.<00:24:36.220><c> And</c><00:24:36.339><c> so</c><00:24:36.440><c> here</c><00:24:36.740><c> in</c><00:24:37.119><c> Psalm</c><00:24:37.339><c> 23</c><00:24:37.920><c> perhaps</c>

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we're<00:24:38.519><c> being</c><00:24:38.740><c> shown</c><00:24:39.039><c> that</c><00:24:39.539><c> thy</c><00:24:39.799><c> rod</c><00:24:40.180><c> of</c><00:24:40.519><c> correction</c><00:24:41.000><c> and</c><00:24:42.180><c> thy</c>

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staff<00:24:42.900><c> of</c><00:24:43.220><c> salvation</c><00:24:43.940><c> they</c><00:24:44.759><c> comfort</c><00:24:45.059><c> me,</c>

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the<00:24:46.200><c> nurture</c><00:24:46.579><c> and</c><00:24:46.980><c> the</c><00:24:47.240><c> admonition,</c><00:24:49.119><c> the</c><00:24:49.420><c> rebuke</c><00:24:49.960><c> and</c><00:24:50.240><c> the</c><00:24:50.500><c> redemption.</c>

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So<00:24:53.440><c> if</c><00:24:53.579><c> we</c><00:24:53.700><c> turn</c><00:24:53.819><c> back</c><00:24:54.099><c> then</c><00:24:54.259><c> into</c><00:24:54.500><c> Second</c><00:24:54.900><c> Kings,</c><00:24:56.039><c> how</c><00:24:56.319><c> does</c>

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this<00:24:56.839><c> fit</c><00:24:57.079><c> into</c><00:24:57.539><c> our</c><00:24:57.859><c> narrative?</c><00:24:59.079><c> In</c><00:24:59.359><c> Second</c><00:24:59.579><c> Kings</c>

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chapter<00:25:00.240><c> 4,</c><00:25:02.920><c> Elisha</c><00:25:03.180><c> gives</c><00:25:03.500><c> this</c><00:25:04.000><c> staff</c><00:25:04.380><c> of</c><00:25:04.680><c> salvation</c><00:25:05.259><c> to</c><00:25:05.559><c> Gehazi</c><00:25:06.079><c> and</c><00:25:07.119><c> says</c><00:25:07.299><c> take</c><00:25:07.640><c> it</c>

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and<00:25:08.259><c> lay</c><00:25:08.500><c> it</c><00:25:08.700><c> on</c><00:25:08.859><c> the</c><00:25:09.000><c> face</c>

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of<00:25:09.559><c> the</c><00:25:09.779><c> child</c><00:25:10.079><c> or</c><00:25:10.240><c> lay</c><00:25:10.420><c> it</c><00:25:10.539><c> on</c><00:25:10.640><c> the</c><00:25:10.900><c> child</c><00:25:11.279><c> so</c><00:25:12.460><c> that</c><00:25:13.160><c> the</c><00:25:13.579><c> intention</c><00:25:13.900><c> would</c>

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be<00:25:14.240><c> he'd</c><00:25:14.539><c> recover</c><00:25:14.960><c> from</c><00:25:15.259><c> his</c><00:25:15.539><c> sleep.</c>

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But<00:25:18.559><c> when</c><00:25:18.740><c> Gehazi</c><00:25:19.140><c> goes,</c><00:25:22.039><c> it</c><00:25:22.039><c> says</c><00:25:22.140><c> in</c><00:25:22.279><c> verse</c><00:25:22.500><c> 31,</c><00:25:23.680><c> there</c><00:25:23.900><c> was,</c>

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well<00:25:24.759><c> we'll</c><00:25:24.940><c> read</c><00:25:25.059><c> the</c><00:25:25.220><c> whole</c><00:25:25.380><c> verse,</c>

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Gehazi<00:25:26.019><c> passed</c><00:25:26.400><c> on</c><00:25:26.680><c> before</c><00:25:27.019><c> them,</c><00:25:27.720><c> laid</c><00:25:27.940><c> the</c><00:25:28.180><c> staff</c><00:25:28.339><c> upon</c><00:25:28.700><c> the</c>

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face<00:25:29.059><c> of</c><00:25:29.259><c> the</c><00:25:29.440><c> child,</c><00:25:30.259><c> prepares</c><00:25:30.559><c> himself</c><00:25:31.079><c> and</c><00:25:31.339><c> does</c>

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exactly<00:25:32.460><c> what</c><00:25:33.559><c> his</c><00:25:33.819><c> master</c><00:25:34.140><c> had</c><00:25:34.380><c> asked</c><00:25:34.539><c> him</c><00:25:34.720><c> to</c><00:25:34.900><c> do,</c><00:25:36.920><c> but</c><00:25:37.019><c> there</c><00:25:37.220><c> was</c>

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neither<00:25:37.640><c> voice</c><00:25:38.660><c> nor</c><00:25:39.779><c> hearing.</c>

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Wherefore<00:25:42.380><c> he</c><00:25:42.519><c> went</c><00:25:42.720><c> again</c><00:25:45.200><c> to</c><00:25:45.460><c> meet</c><00:25:45.599><c> him</c><00:25:45.799><c> and</c><00:25:46.000><c> told</c><00:25:46.460><c> Elisha</c>

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saying,<00:25:47.839><c> the</c><00:25:47.980><c> child</c><00:25:48.519><c> is</c><00:25:49.259><c> not</c><00:25:49.579><c> awake.</c><00:25:51.160><c> There</c><00:25:51.440><c> was</c>

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neither<00:25:52.069><c> voice</c><00:25:52.849><c> nor</c><00:25:54.009><c> hearing.</c><00:25:57.250><c> Sometimes</c><00:25:57.809><c> I'd</c><00:25:58.950><c> have</c><00:25:59.049><c> to</c><00:25:59.190><c> say</c>

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it<00:25:59.549><c> can</c><00:25:59.789><c> be</c><00:26:00.069><c> fruitless</c><00:26:00.869><c> to</c><00:26:01.349><c> try</c><00:26:01.630><c> and</c><00:26:01.869><c> look</c><00:26:02.069><c> at</c><00:26:02.289><c> the</c>

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direct<00:26:02.789><c> meaning</c><00:26:03.089><c> of</c><00:26:03.309><c> a</c><00:26:03.430><c> word</c><00:26:03.769><c> and</c><00:26:04.450><c> to</c><00:26:04.609><c> try</c><00:26:04.730><c> to</c><00:26:04.970><c> get</c><00:26:05.390><c> all</c><00:26:05.750><c> of</c><00:26:05.890><c> the</c>

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spiritual<00:26:06.589><c> import</c><00:26:07.109><c> of</c><00:26:07.369><c> it</c><00:26:07.789><c> simply</c><00:26:08.289><c> by</c><00:26:08.609><c> how</c><00:26:08.809><c> it's</c>

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defined<00:26:09.609><c> and</c><00:26:10.670><c> similar</c><00:26:11.109><c> grammatical</c><00:26:11.890><c> characteristics</c><00:26:12.470><c> of</c><00:26:12.710><c> it.</c><00:26:14.490><c> For</c><00:26:14.750><c> myself</c><00:26:15.089><c> I</c>

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found<00:26:15.470><c> it</c><00:26:15.670><c> much</c><00:26:15.890><c> more</c><00:26:16.309><c> beneficial</c>

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to<00:26:17.150><c> look</c><00:26:17.349><c> at</c><00:26:17.509><c> how</c><00:26:17.769><c> words</c><00:26:18.049><c> are</c><00:26:18.410><c> used</c><00:26:18.930><c> and</c><00:26:19.410><c> where</c><00:26:19.630><c> they</c><00:26:20.009><c> arise</c><00:26:20.329><c> elsewhere</c><00:26:20.769><c> in</c>

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scripture<00:26:21.390><c> and</c><00:26:21.970><c> then</c><00:26:22.130><c> to</c><00:26:22.250><c> look</c>

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at<00:26:22.470><c> the</c><00:26:22.710><c> context</c><00:26:23.130><c> around</c><00:26:23.589><c> them</c><00:26:23.849><c> and</c><00:26:24.029><c> try</c><00:26:24.230><c> and</c><00:26:24.430><c> build</c><00:26:24.650><c> from</c><00:26:24.890><c> that</c><00:26:25.630><c> what</c><00:26:25.990><c> it</c>

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is<00:26:26.369><c> that</c><00:26:26.589><c> God</c><00:26:26.769><c> is</c><00:26:27.009><c> trying</c><00:26:27.170><c> to</c><00:26:27.430><c> tell</c><00:26:27.569><c> us.</c>

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Well<00:26:30.690><c> that</c><00:26:30.910><c> phrase</c><00:26:31.549><c> or</c><00:26:32.349><c> those</c><00:26:32.549><c> two</c><00:26:32.809><c> words,</c><00:26:33.809><c> voice</c><00:26:34.349><c> and</c><00:26:35.190><c> hearing,</c><00:26:36.950><c> they</c>

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only<00:26:37.509><c> appear</c><00:26:37.930><c> one</c><00:26:38.410><c> other</c><00:26:38.849><c> time</c>

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together<00:26:39.930><c> in</c><00:26:40.690><c> all</c><00:26:40.930><c> of</c><00:26:41.130><c> scripture.</c><00:26:42.650><c> The</c><00:26:42.930><c> whole</c><00:26:43.109><c> of</c><00:26:43.309><c> the</c><00:26:43.369><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:26:43.910><c> only</c><00:26:44.250><c> puts</c><00:26:44.490><c> those</c><00:26:44.769><c> two</c><00:26:44.990><c> words</c><00:26:45.210><c> together,</c>

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one<00:26:46.609><c> other</c><00:26:47.069><c> time,</c><00:26:49.710><c> and</c><00:26:49.829><c> it's</c><00:26:49.930><c> in</c><00:26:50.049><c> the</c><00:26:50.190><c> ministry</c><00:26:50.509><c> of</c><00:26:50.750><c> Elijah,</c><00:26:52.750><c> just</c><00:26:53.009><c> back</c><00:26:53.210><c> a</c>

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few<00:26:53.450><c> pages</c><00:26:53.890><c> in</c><00:26:54.210><c> 1</c><00:26:54.470><c> Kings</c><00:26:54.829><c> 18.</c>

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The<00:27:05.789><c> 1</c><00:27:05.970><c> Kings</c><00:27:06.990><c> 18</c><00:27:07.529><c> says</c><00:27:07.869><c> in</c><00:27:08.049><c> verse</c><00:27:08.309><c> 27,</c><00:27:09.410><c> in</c><00:27:09.529><c> the</c><00:27:09.769><c> midst</c><00:27:10.089><c> of</c><00:27:10.470><c> the</c>

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contest<00:27:11.089><c> on</c><00:27:11.329><c> Mount</c><00:27:11.609><c> Carmel,</c>

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as<00:27:13.589><c> the</c><00:27:13.829><c> prophets</c><00:27:14.130><c> of</c><00:27:14.369><c> Baal</c><00:27:14.509><c> are</c><00:27:14.730><c> leaping</c><00:27:15.170><c> and</c><00:27:15.789><c> doing</c><00:27:15.930><c> all</c><00:27:16.190><c> sorts</c><00:27:16.430><c> of</c>

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things<00:27:16.869><c> to</c><00:27:17.069><c> try</c><00:27:17.289><c> and</c><00:27:17.390><c> get</c><00:27:17.549><c> Baal</c><00:27:17.829><c> to</c><00:27:18.049><c> answer</c><00:27:18.309><c> them,</c>

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it<00:27:20.390><c> says</c><00:27:20.509><c> in</c><00:27:20.609><c> verse</c><00:27:20.809><c> 27,</c><00:27:21.349><c> it</c><00:27:21.349><c> came</c><00:27:21.630><c> to</c><00:27:21.869><c> pass</c><00:27:22.109><c> at</c><00:27:22.450><c> noon</c><00:27:22.789><c> that</c><00:27:23.170><c> Elijah</c><00:27:23.690><c> mocked</c><00:27:24.130><c> them</c><00:27:24.730><c> and</c>

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said,<00:27:25.490><c> cry</c><00:27:25.750><c> aloud,</c>

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for<00:27:26.910><c> he</c><00:27:27.069><c> is</c><00:27:27.230><c> a</c><00:27:27.410><c> god,</c><00:27:28.150><c> either</c><00:27:28.390><c> he</c><00:27:28.589><c> is</c><00:27:28.789><c> talking</c><00:27:29.309><c> or</c><00:27:29.789><c> he</c><00:27:29.930><c> is</c><00:27:30.130><c> pursuing</c><00:27:30.690><c> or</c><00:27:31.130><c> he</c>

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is<00:27:31.390><c> in</c><00:27:31.589><c> a</c><00:27:31.750><c> journey</c><00:27:32.329><c> or</c><00:27:32.730><c> peradventure</c>

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he<00:27:34.009><c> sleepeth</c><00:27:34.410><c> and</c><00:27:34.630><c> must</c><00:27:34.930><c> be</c><00:27:35.430><c> awaked.</c><00:27:36.509><c> And</c><00:27:37.029><c> they</c><00:27:37.269><c> cried</c><00:27:37.549><c> aloud</c>

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and<00:27:38.690><c> cut</c><00:27:38.890><c> themselves</c><00:27:39.349><c> after</c><00:27:39.789><c> their</c><00:27:40.049><c> manner</c><00:27:40.309><c> with</c>

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knives<00:27:40.930><c> and</c><00:27:41.150><c> lancets</c><00:27:41.650><c> till</c><00:27:41.809><c> the</c><00:27:41.930><c> blood</c><00:27:42.210><c> gushed</c><00:27:42.609><c> out</c><00:27:42.789><c> upon</c><00:27:43.069><c> them.</c><00:27:43.650><c> And</c>

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it<00:27:44.009><c> came</c><00:27:44.230><c> to</c><00:27:44.490><c> pass</c><00:27:44.670><c> when</c><00:27:44.930><c> midday</c><00:27:45.309><c> was</c><00:27:45.589><c> passed,</c>

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and<00:27:46.769><c> they</c><00:27:47.069><c> prophesied</c><00:27:47.630><c> until</c><00:27:47.890><c> the</c><00:27:48.109><c> time</c><00:27:48.250><c> of</c><00:27:48.430><c> the</c><00:27:48.730><c> offering</c><00:27:48.950><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:49.349><c> evening</c><00:27:49.650><c> sacrifice</c><00:27:50.349><c> that</c><00:27:50.630><c> there</c><00:27:51.009><c> was</c>

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neither<00:27:53.349><c> voice</c><00:27:53.950><c> nor</c><00:27:55.309><c> any</c><00:27:55.549><c> to</c><00:27:55.849><c> answer,</c><00:27:57.910><c> nor</c><00:27:58.109><c> any</c><00:27:58.630><c> that</c><00:27:58.950><c> heard.</c>

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Voice<00:28:01.369><c> or</c><00:28:02.250><c> hearing.</c><00:28:04.049><c> The</c><00:28:04.349><c> only</c><00:28:04.549><c> other</c><00:28:04.849><c> time</c><00:28:05.089><c> those</c>

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two<00:28:05.769><c> words</c><00:28:06.450><c> are</c><00:28:06.670><c> put</c><00:28:06.869><c> together</c><00:28:07.750><c> is</c><00:28:08.829><c> in</c><00:28:08.970><c> reference</c><00:28:09.230><c> to</c><00:28:09.490><c> the</c><00:28:09.670><c> prophets</c><00:28:09.990><c> of</c><00:28:10.450><c> Baal</c>

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and<00:28:12.789><c> their</c><00:28:13.210><c> inability</c><00:28:14.109><c> to</c><00:28:14.569><c> get</c><00:28:14.769><c> a</c><00:28:15.009><c> response</c><00:28:15.630><c> from</c><00:28:16.089><c> their</c><00:28:16.390><c> god.</c>

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So<00:28:20.849><c> are</c><00:28:20.970><c> we</c><00:28:21.109><c> being</c><00:28:21.309><c> told</c><00:28:21.609><c> something</c><00:28:22.089><c> in</c><00:28:22.789><c> 2</c><00:28:23.009><c> Kings</c><00:28:23.289><c> 4</c><00:28:26.829><c> when</c><00:28:27.109><c> those</c><00:28:27.369><c> two</c>

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words<00:28:27.849><c> come</c><00:28:28.069><c> up</c><00:28:28.250><c> once</c><00:28:28.470><c> again,</c><00:28:29.529><c> this</c><00:28:29.869><c> time</c>

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in<00:28:30.890><c> reference</c><00:28:31.250><c> to</c><00:28:31.589><c> Gehazi,</c><00:28:33.269><c> the</c><00:28:33.470><c> servant</c><00:28:33.849><c> of</c><00:28:34.150><c> Elisha,</c><00:28:34.890><c> the</c><00:28:35.009><c> man</c><00:28:35.190><c> of</c><00:28:35.430><c> God,</c>

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that<00:28:37.509><c> he</c><00:28:37.710><c> did</c><00:28:38.069><c> the</c><00:28:38.569><c> things</c><00:28:39.009><c> that</c><00:28:39.369><c> he</c><00:28:39.529><c> was</c><00:28:39.750><c> told</c><00:28:39.930><c> to</c><00:28:40.150><c> do,</c><00:28:40.609><c> but</c><00:28:40.769><c> he</c>

00:28:40.910 --> 00:28:44.910
was<00:28:41.230><c> unable</c><00:28:41.670><c> to</c><00:28:41.970><c> get</c><00:28:42.170><c> a</c><00:28:42.390><c> response</c><00:28:43.069><c> from</c><00:28:43.710><c> his</c><00:28:44.029><c> god.</c>

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He<00:28:45.829><c> had</c><00:28:46.369><c> the</c><00:28:46.809><c> staff</c><00:28:47.170><c> that</c><00:28:47.650><c> represented</c><00:28:48.130><c> the</c><00:28:48.430><c> salvation</c><00:28:48.890><c> that</c>

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God<00:28:49.349><c> was</c><00:28:49.589><c> going</c><00:28:49.890><c> to</c><00:28:50.210><c> perform.</c>

00:28:51.309 --> 00:28:55.309
He<00:28:51.970><c> had</c><00:28:52.289><c> the</c><00:28:52.650><c> instructions</c><00:28:53.089><c> from</c><00:28:53.450><c> the</c><00:28:53.630><c> master.</c><00:28:54.349><c> He</c><00:28:54.630><c> did</c><00:28:54.930><c> as</c><00:28:55.130><c> he</c>

00:28:55.309 --> 00:29:00.390
was<00:28:55.549><c> told,</c><00:28:56.970><c> but</c><00:28:57.750><c> there</c><00:28:58.009><c> is</c><00:28:58.130><c> no</c><00:28:58.410><c> answer</c><00:28:58.950><c> from</c><00:28:59.410><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:02.369><c> do</c><00:29:02.910><c> we</c><00:29:03.009><c> not</c><00:29:03.190><c> in</c><00:29:03.329><c> this</c><00:29:03.630><c> see</c><00:29:04.390><c> a</c><00:29:05.470><c> similar</c><00:29:05.789><c> story</c><00:29:06.190><c> in</c><00:29:06.509><c> the</c><00:29:06.710><c> disciples?</c><00:29:07.750><c> We</c><00:29:07.869><c> keep</c><00:29:08.029><c> our</c><00:29:08.250><c> hand</c><00:29:08.410><c> in</c><00:29:08.609><c> 2</c>

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Kings<00:29:09.109><c> 5</c>

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and<00:29:10.289><c> come</c><00:29:10.529><c> forward</c><00:29:10.849><c> to</c><00:29:11.150><c> Mark</c><00:29:11.529><c> chapter</c><00:29:12.029><c> 9,</c><00:29:14.309><c> something</c><00:29:14.450><c> we've</c>

00:29:14.849 --> 00:29:17.710
considered<00:29:15.109><c> already</c><00:29:15.529><c> in</c><00:29:15.670><c> other</c><00:29:15.890><c> classes</c><00:29:16.250><c> this</c><00:29:16.589><c> week.</c>

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Mark<00:29:21.450><c> chapter</c><00:29:21.789><c> 9.</c>

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We're<00:29:26.710><c> going</c><00:29:26.769><c> to</c><00:29:26.970><c> begin</c><00:29:27.269><c> at</c><00:29:27.630><c> verse</c><00:29:28.029><c> 17.</c><00:29:29.309><c> We</c><00:29:29.430><c> actually</c><00:29:29.710><c> find</c><00:29:30.029><c> this</c><00:29:31.190><c> healing</c><00:29:31.930><c> miracle</c><00:29:32.750><c> occurs</c><00:29:33.490><c> in</c>

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both<00:29:34.049><c> Mark</c><00:29:34.269><c> and</c>

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Matthew.<00:29:34.910><c> We'll</c><00:29:35.069><c> look</c><00:29:35.250><c> at</c><00:29:35.390><c> the</c><00:29:35.569><c> Mark</c><00:29:35.769><c> account</c><00:29:36.130><c> for</c><00:29:36.289><c> it</c><00:29:36.390><c> is</c><00:29:36.509><c> a</c>

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bit<00:29:36.730><c> more</c><00:29:37.750><c> complete</c><00:29:38.190><c> and</c><00:29:38.549><c> thorough</c><00:29:38.789><c> in</c><00:29:39.150><c> its</c><00:29:39.430><c> description</c>

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of<00:29:40.029><c> what</c><00:29:40.269><c> happens.</c><00:29:41.470><c> Mark</c><00:29:41.670><c> chapter</c><00:29:41.950><c> 9</c><00:29:42.210><c> beginning</c><00:29:42.589><c> at</c><00:29:42.930><c> verse</c><00:29:43.269><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:29:48.369><c> one</c><00:29:48.549><c> of</c><00:29:48.650><c> the</c><00:29:48.869><c> multitude</c><00:29:49.390><c> answered</c><00:29:50.049><c> and</c><00:29:50.309><c> said,</c><00:29:50.990><c> Master,</c><00:29:51.210><c> I</c>

00:29:51.210 --> 00:29:53.609
have<00:29:51.450><c> brought</c><00:29:51.630><c> unto</c><00:29:51.849><c> thee</c><00:29:52.029><c> my</c><00:29:52.390><c> son,</c>

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which<00:29:54.049><c> hath</c><00:29:54.210><c> a</c><00:29:54.349><c> dumb</c><00:29:54.609><c> spirit.</c><00:29:56.690><c> And</c><00:29:56.829><c> wheresoever</c><00:29:57.130><c> he</c><00:29:57.410><c> taketh</c>

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him,<00:29:57.990><c> he</c><00:29:58.190><c> tarreth</c><00:29:58.470><c> him,</c><00:29:58.829><c> and</c><00:29:58.950><c> he</c><00:29:59.210><c> fometh,</c>

00:29:59.750 --> 00:30:03.230
and<00:29:59.930><c> gnasheth</c><00:30:00.210><c> in</c><00:30:00.329><c> his</c><00:30:00.529><c> teeth,</c><00:30:00.849><c> and</c><00:30:01.069><c> pineeth</c><00:30:01.390><c> away.</c><00:30:02.569><c> And</c><00:30:02.789><c> I</c><00:30:02.950><c> spake</c><00:30:03.069><c> to</c>

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thy<00:30:03.369><c> disciples,</c><00:30:03.970><c> that</c><00:30:04.049><c> they</c><00:30:04.230><c> should</c><00:30:04.430><c> cast</c>

00:30:04.710 --> 00:30:12.730
him<00:30:04.930><c> out,</c><00:30:05.670><c> and</c><00:30:06.349><c> they</c><00:30:06.750><c> could</c><00:30:07.150><c> not.</c><00:30:09.589><c> He</c><00:30:10.109><c> answereth</c><00:30:10.650><c> him,</c><00:30:11.069><c> and</c><00:30:11.390><c> sayeth,</c><00:30:12.309><c> O</c>

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faithless<00:30:13.710><c> generation,</c>

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how<00:30:15.650><c> long</c><00:30:16.049><c> shall</c><00:30:16.210><c> I</c><00:30:16.410><c> be</c><00:30:16.450><c> with</c><00:30:16.730><c> you?</c><00:30:17.349><c> How</c><00:30:17.569><c> long</c><00:30:17.829><c> shall</c><00:30:18.069><c> I</c><00:30:18.289><c> suffer</c>

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you?<00:30:19.490><c> Bring</c><00:30:19.609><c> him</c><00:30:19.890><c> unto</c><00:30:20.230><c> me.</c>

00:30:22.430 --> 00:30:25.369
They<00:30:22.690><c> brought</c><00:30:22.890><c> him</c><00:30:23.029><c> unto</c><00:30:23.289><c> him,</c><00:30:23.690><c> and</c><00:30:23.750><c> when</c><00:30:23.849><c> he</c><00:30:24.029><c> saw</c><00:30:24.289><c> him,</c><00:30:24.809><c> straightway</c><00:30:25.170><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:30:25.670><c> tarre</c><00:30:26.109><c> him,</c><00:30:26.769><c> and</c><00:30:26.849><c> he</c><00:30:27.089><c> fell</c><00:30:27.230><c> on</c>

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the<00:30:27.650><c> ground,</c><00:30:28.170><c> and</c><00:30:28.329><c> wallowed,</c><00:30:29.069><c> foaming.</c><00:30:30.069><c> And</c><00:30:30.309><c> he</c><00:30:30.430><c> asked</c><00:30:30.670><c> his</c>

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father,<00:30:31.329><c> How</c><00:30:31.470><c> long</c><00:30:31.710><c> is</c><00:30:31.869><c> it</c><00:30:32.009><c> ago</c><00:30:32.190><c> since</c><00:30:32.529><c> this</c><00:30:32.750><c> came</c><00:30:32.990><c> unto</c>

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him?<00:30:34.430><c> And</c><00:30:34.670><c> he</c><00:30:34.769><c> said,</c><00:30:35.150><c> Of</c><00:30:35.349><c> a</c><00:30:35.650><c> child.</c><00:30:36.990><c> And</c><00:30:37.329><c> oft</c><00:30:37.630><c> times</c><00:30:37.829><c> it</c><00:30:37.990><c> hath</c>

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cast<00:30:38.430><c> him</c><00:30:38.549><c> into</c><00:30:38.710><c> the</c><00:30:39.009><c> fire,</c><00:30:39.410><c> and</c><00:30:39.529><c> into</c><00:30:39.650><c> the</c><00:30:39.869><c> waters,</c>

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to<00:30:40.289><c> destroy</c><00:30:40.809><c> him.</c><00:30:41.750><c> But</c><00:30:41.849><c> if</c><00:30:42.029><c> thou</c><00:30:42.170><c> canst</c><00:30:42.470><c> do</c><00:30:42.750><c> anything,</c><00:30:43.349><c> have</c>

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compassion<00:30:44.089><c> on</c><00:30:44.250><c> us,</c><00:30:44.529><c> and</c><00:30:44.690><c> help</c><00:30:44.890><c> us.</c><00:30:46.509><c> Jesus</c><00:30:46.970><c> said</c>

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unto<00:30:47.390><c> him,</c><00:30:48.730><c> If</c><00:30:48.890><c> thou</c><00:30:49.250><c> canst</c><00:30:49.789><c> believe,</c><00:30:51.609><c> all</c><00:30:51.910><c> things</c><00:30:52.250><c> are</c><00:30:52.589><c> possible</c><00:30:53.069><c> to</c>

00:30:53.289 --> 00:30:57.029
him<00:30:53.549><c> that</c><00:30:53.869><c> believeth.</c><00:30:56.289><c> Straightway</c><00:30:56.849><c> the</c>

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father<00:30:57.390><c> of</c><00:30:57.509><c> the</c><00:30:57.690><c> child</c><00:30:57.930><c> cried</c><00:30:58.309><c> out,</c><00:30:58.849><c> and</c><00:30:58.930><c> said</c><00:30:59.069><c> with</c><00:30:59.329><c> tears,</c><00:31:00.450><c> Lord,</c><00:31:00.829><c> I</c>

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believe,<00:31:01.650><c> help</c><00:31:01.930><c> thou</c><00:31:02.190><c> mine</c><00:31:02.410><c> unbelief.</c>

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When<00:31:04.609><c> Jesus</c><00:31:04.869><c> saw</c><00:31:05.150><c> that</c><00:31:05.329><c> the</c><00:31:05.509><c> people</c><00:31:05.730><c> came</c><00:31:05.990><c> running</c><00:31:06.250><c> together,</c>

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he<00:31:07.009><c> rebuked</c><00:31:07.410><c> the</c><00:31:07.630><c> foul</c><00:31:07.849><c> spirit,</c><00:31:08.289><c> saying</c>

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unto<00:31:08.710><c> him,</c><00:31:09.009><c> Thou</c><00:31:09.309><c> dumb</c><00:31:09.670><c> and</c><00:31:09.990><c> deaf</c><00:31:10.210><c> spirit,</c><00:31:10.769><c> I</c><00:31:10.890><c> charge</c><00:31:11.269><c> thee,</c>

00:31:11.690 --> 00:31:14.289
come<00:31:11.970><c> out</c><00:31:12.170><c> of</c><00:31:12.289><c> him,</c><00:31:12.809><c> and</c><00:31:12.950><c> enter</c><00:31:13.150><c> no</c><00:31:13.430><c> more</c><00:31:13.630><c> into</c><00:31:13.829><c> him.</c>

00:31:14.589 --> 00:31:17.349
And<00:31:14.869><c> the</c><00:31:15.049><c> spirit</c><00:31:15.329><c> cried,</c><00:31:15.910><c> and</c><00:31:16.029><c> rent</c><00:31:16.210><c> him</c><00:31:16.470><c> sore,</c><00:31:16.809><c> and</c><00:31:16.950><c> came</c><00:31:17.130><c> out</c>

00:31:17.349 --> 00:31:20.849
of<00:31:17.509><c> him.</c><00:31:18.250><c> And</c><00:31:18.529><c> he</c><00:31:18.710><c> was</c><00:31:19.009><c> as</c><00:31:19.670><c> one</c><00:31:20.150><c> dead,</c>

00:31:21.250 --> 00:31:26.250
insomuch<00:31:21.710><c> that</c><00:31:21.869><c> many</c><00:31:22.089><c> said,</c><00:31:22.849><c> He</c><00:31:23.109><c> is</c><00:31:23.490><c> dead.</c><00:31:25.349><c> But</c><00:31:25.750><c> Jesus</c><00:31:26.049><c> took</c>

00:31:26.250 --> 00:31:28.269
him<00:31:26.369><c> up</c><00:31:26.509><c> by</c><00:31:26.690><c> the</c><00:31:26.890><c> hand,</c><00:31:27.289><c> and</c><00:31:27.410><c> lifted</c><00:31:27.569><c> him</c><00:31:27.789><c> up,</c>

00:31:28.369 --> 00:31:33.789
and<00:31:28.710><c> he</c><00:31:28.910><c> arose.</c><00:31:30.569><c> Do</c><00:31:31.029><c> you</c><00:31:31.109><c> see</c><00:31:31.269><c> similar</c><00:31:32.009><c> patterns</c><00:31:32.529><c> here</c><00:31:32.930><c> to</c><00:31:33.529><c> the</c>

00:31:33.789 --> 00:31:36.970
story<00:31:34.029><c> of</c><00:31:34.250><c> Gehazi</c><00:31:34.809><c> and</c><00:31:35.390><c> the</c><00:31:35.589><c> Shunammite</c><00:31:35.950><c> woman's</c>

00:31:37.950 --> 00:31:42.089
death?<00:31:38.569><c> We</c><00:31:38.569><c> have</c><00:31:39.390><c> the</c><00:31:39.890><c> disciples</c><00:31:40.410><c> who</c><00:31:40.589><c> are</c><00:31:40.809><c> unable</c><00:31:41.210><c> to</c><00:31:41.509><c> perform</c><00:31:41.890><c> a</c>

00:31:42.089 --> 00:31:43.670
miracle<00:31:42.369><c> which</c><00:31:42.630><c> their</c><00:31:42.869><c> master</c>

00:31:43.670 --> 00:31:47.049
thereafter<00:31:44.349><c> does</c><00:31:44.630><c> perform.</c><00:31:45.869><c> We</c><00:31:45.970><c> have</c><00:31:46.250><c> reference</c><00:31:46.589><c> in</c><00:31:46.829><c> verse</c>

00:31:47.049 --> 00:31:52.009
19<00:31:47.809><c> and</c><00:31:48.549><c> in</c><00:31:48.789><c> verse</c><00:31:49.089><c> 23</c><00:31:49.690><c> to</c><00:31:50.230><c> faith</c><00:31:50.789><c> being</c><00:31:51.309><c> the</c><00:31:51.529><c> basis</c>

00:31:52.009 --> 00:31:55.869
upon<00:31:52.490><c> which</c><00:31:53.029><c> great</c><00:31:53.329><c> works</c><00:31:53.609><c> are</c><00:31:53.930><c> accomplished.</c><00:31:55.029><c> We</c><00:31:55.410><c> find</c><00:31:55.650><c> that</c>

00:31:55.869 --> 00:31:58.069
as<00:31:56.069><c> a</c><00:31:56.250><c> principle</c><00:31:56.549><c> throughout</c><00:31:57.009><c> scripture.</c>

00:31:58.630 --> 00:32:03.829
We<00:31:59.029><c> see</c><00:31:59.529><c> that</c><00:31:59.789><c> this</c><00:31:59.990><c> has</c><00:32:00.150><c> been</c><00:32:00.230><c> a</c><00:32:00.430><c> problem</c><00:32:00.690><c> since</c><00:32:00.930><c> he</c><00:32:01.069><c> was</c><00:32:01.309><c> a</c><00:32:01.630><c> child,</c><00:32:03.069><c> and</c><00:32:03.650><c> we</c>

00:32:03.829 --> 00:32:06.210
see<00:32:03.930><c> that</c><00:32:04.089><c> the</c><00:32:04.309><c> child</c><00:32:04.609><c> is</c><00:32:04.970><c> as</c><00:32:05.289><c> one</c>

00:32:08.450 --> 00:32:12.470
dead.<00:32:08.930><c> But</c><00:32:09.410><c> the</c><00:32:09.569><c> disciples</c><00:32:09.930><c> don't</c><00:32:10.309><c> leave</c><00:32:10.630><c> the</c><00:32:10.849><c> matter</c><00:32:11.650><c> kind</c>

00:32:12.470 --> 00:32:15.269
of<00:32:12.710><c> dangling</c><00:32:13.069><c> in</c><00:32:13.210><c> the</c><00:32:13.349><c> air</c><00:32:13.890><c> wondering</c><00:32:14.490><c> why</c><00:32:14.849><c> it</c><00:32:15.089><c> was</c>

00:32:15.269 --> 00:32:18.569
that<00:32:15.410><c> they</c><00:32:15.630><c> weren't</c><00:32:15.829><c> able</c><00:32:16.069><c> to</c><00:32:16.329><c> perform</c><00:32:16.609><c> this</c><00:32:16.910><c> miracle.</c><00:32:17.349><c> We</c><00:32:17.549><c> know</c><00:32:17.809><c> that</c><00:32:17.930><c> they</c><00:32:18.069><c> were</c><00:32:18.230><c> able</c><00:32:18.369><c> to</c>

00:32:18.569 --> 00:32:20.369
do<00:32:18.690><c> this</c><00:32:18.809><c> at</c><00:32:18.990><c> other</c><00:32:19.170><c> times.</c>

00:32:21.670 --> 00:32:26.509
So<00:32:21.970><c> what</c><00:32:22.130><c> do</c><00:32:22.230><c> they</c><00:32:22.390><c> do?</c><00:32:23.930><c> Verse</c><00:32:24.130><c> 28,</c><00:32:25.309><c> when</c><00:32:25.470><c> Jesus</c><00:32:25.789><c> was</c><00:32:25.970><c> come</c><00:32:26.109><c> into</c><00:32:26.289><c> the</c>

00:32:26.509 --> 00:32:28.329
house,<00:32:27.490><c> his</c><00:32:27.650><c> disciples</c>

00:32:28.329 --> 00:32:35.089
asked<00:32:29.009><c> him</c><00:32:29.529><c> privately,</c><00:32:31.430><c> Why</c><00:32:31.849><c> could</c><00:32:33.130><c> not</c><00:32:33.329><c> we</c><00:32:33.529><c> cast</c><00:32:33.829><c> him</c><00:32:34.029><c> out?</c>

00:32:36.730 --> 00:32:41.970
How<00:32:37.089><c> important</c><00:32:37.710><c> is</c><00:32:38.049><c> that</c><00:32:38.289><c> question</c><00:32:38.710><c> in</c><00:32:38.950><c> our</c><00:32:39.170><c> lives</c><00:32:39.529><c> as</c><00:32:39.809><c> disciples,</c><00:32:40.509><c> brothers</c><00:32:40.630><c> and</c><00:32:40.890><c> sisters?</c>

00:32:42.069 --> 00:32:47.609
The<00:32:42.250><c> question</c><00:32:42.589><c> of</c><00:32:42.849><c> why.</c><00:32:44.630><c> Sometimes</c><00:32:44.990><c> it's</c><00:32:45.150><c> very</c><00:32:45.490><c> easy</c><00:32:45.710><c> to</c><00:32:45.950><c> understand</c><00:32:46.410><c> the</c><00:32:46.710><c> what.</c>

00:32:48.730 --> 00:32:56.930
What<00:32:48.930><c> is</c><00:32:49.150><c> it</c><00:32:49.289><c> that's</c><00:32:49.549><c> occurring</c><00:32:49.809><c> in</c><00:32:49.970><c> my</c><00:32:50.210><c> life?</c><00:32:51.470><c> What</c><00:32:51.750><c> is</c><00:32:51.990><c> it</c><00:32:52.109><c> that's</c><00:32:52.430><c> happening</c><00:32:52.609><c> around</c><00:32:52.990><c> me?</c><00:32:56.089><c> What</c><00:32:56.710><c> is</c>

00:32:56.930 --> 00:32:58.170
it<00:32:57.109><c> that's</c>

00:32:58.170 --> 00:33:03.789
happening<00:32:58.589><c> in</c><00:32:58.589><c> the</c><00:32:58.589><c> future?</c><00:33:00.109><c> But</c><00:33:00.190><c> the</c><00:33:00.430><c> why</c><00:33:01.230><c> is</c><00:33:03.109><c> the</c><00:33:03.309><c> part</c><00:33:03.509><c> that</c>

00:33:03.789 --> 00:33:07.670
really<00:33:04.210><c> impacts</c><00:33:04.869><c> our</c><00:33:05.970><c> conscience,</c><00:33:06.990><c> that</c><00:33:07.150><c> really</c>

00:33:07.670 --> 00:33:12.710
brings<00:33:07.970><c> it</c><00:33:08.190><c> home</c><00:33:08.349><c> to</c><00:33:08.490><c> us</c><00:33:08.809><c> personally</c><00:33:09.490><c> and</c><00:33:10.849><c> helps</c><00:33:11.069><c> us</c><00:33:11.309><c> to</c><00:33:11.549><c> grow.</c>

00:33:14.809 --> 00:33:18.789
Gehazi<00:33:15.009><c> never</c><00:33:15.289><c> asks</c><00:33:15.650><c> that.</c><00:33:17.789><c> Perhaps</c><00:33:18.089><c> Gehazi</c><00:33:18.549><c> is</c>

00:33:18.789 --> 00:33:21.890
embarrassed<00:33:19.309><c> at</c><00:33:19.509><c> his</c><00:33:19.750><c> inability</c><00:33:20.250><c> to</c><00:33:20.910><c> perform</c><00:33:21.230><c> this</c><00:33:21.490><c> miracle</c>

00:33:21.890 --> 00:33:23.890
when<00:33:22.109><c> he</c><00:33:22.289><c> had</c><00:33:22.450><c> the</c><00:33:22.789><c> staff</c><00:33:23.009><c> of</c><00:33:23.210><c> the</c><00:33:23.369><c> man</c><00:33:23.509><c> of</c><00:33:23.710><c> God</c>

00:33:23.890 --> 00:33:28.769
in<00:33:23.990><c> his</c><00:33:24.230><c> hand.</c><00:33:25.950><c> Perhaps</c><00:33:26.309><c> his</c><00:33:26.690><c> pride</c><00:33:26.950><c> is</c><00:33:27.210><c> hurt,</c><00:33:28.150><c> for</c><00:33:28.309><c> maybe</c><00:33:28.569><c> he</c>

00:33:28.769 --> 00:33:30.910
felt<00:33:28.970><c> a</c><00:33:29.009><c> bit</c><00:33:29.210><c> of</c><00:33:29.470><c> honor</c><00:33:29.710><c> that</c><00:33:29.910><c> his</c><00:33:30.130><c> master</c><00:33:30.470><c> had</c><00:33:30.730><c> asked</c>

00:33:30.910 --> 00:33:34.109
him<00:33:31.069><c> to</c><00:33:31.190><c> go</c><00:33:31.349><c> and</c><00:33:31.509><c> do</c><00:33:31.630><c> this</c><00:33:31.849><c> on</c><00:33:31.970><c> his</c><00:33:32.210><c> behalf,</c><00:33:33.009><c> and</c><00:33:33.130><c> he</c><00:33:33.190><c> was</c><00:33:33.430><c> unable</c><00:33:33.710><c> to</c><00:33:33.930><c> do</c>

00:33:34.109 --> 00:33:36.650
it.<00:33:35.250><c> But</c><00:33:35.569><c> as</c><00:33:35.769><c> far</c><00:33:35.910><c> as</c><00:33:35.990><c> the</c><00:33:36.190><c> record</c><00:33:36.369><c> is</c>

00:33:36.650 --> 00:33:42.109
concerned,<00:33:37.650><c> Gehazi</c><00:33:38.049><c> is</c><00:33:38.430><c> silent</c><00:33:39.130><c> and</c><00:33:39.950><c> does</c><00:33:40.190><c> not</c><00:33:40.369><c> ask</c><00:33:40.650><c> his</c><00:33:40.910><c> master</c><00:33:41.269><c> privately,</c><00:33:41.869><c> as</c>

00:33:42.109 --> 00:33:44.269
the<00:33:42.349><c> disciples</c><00:33:42.769><c> did</c><00:33:43.069><c> in</c><00:33:43.390><c> Mark,</c>

00:33:44.890 --> 00:33:49.769
Why<00:33:45.410><c> couldn't</c><00:33:45.630><c> I</c><00:33:45.930><c> save</c><00:33:46.210><c> that</c><00:33:46.470><c> son?</c><00:33:48.329><c> Why</c><00:33:48.849><c> couldn't</c><00:33:49.109><c> I</c><00:33:49.450><c> perform</c>

00:33:49.769 --> 00:33:52.670
the<00:33:50.009><c> miracle</c><00:33:50.349><c> that</c><00:33:50.589><c> you</c><00:33:50.950><c> had</c><00:33:51.210><c> entrusted</c><00:33:51.630><c> to</c><00:33:51.910><c> me?</c>

00:33:54.869 --> 00:33:58.410
Or<00:33:55.369><c> perhaps</c><00:33:55.769><c> even</c><00:33:56.069><c> asking,</c><00:33:57.470><c> How</c><00:33:57.589><c> can</c><00:33:57.769><c> I</c><00:33:57.890><c> make</c><00:33:58.130><c> sure</c><00:33:58.269><c> this</c>

00:33:58.410 --> 00:34:00.130
doesn't<00:33:58.690><c> happen</c><00:33:59.069><c> again?</c>

00:34:02.069 --> 00:34:07.349
But<00:34:02.210><c> he</c><00:34:02.309><c> doesn't</c><00:34:02.529><c> say</c><00:34:02.730><c> any</c><00:34:02.970><c> of</c><00:34:03.109><c> that.</c><00:34:04.269><c> He's</c><00:34:04.509><c> completely</c><00:34:04.829><c> silent</c><00:34:05.230><c> on</c><00:34:05.390><c> the</c><00:34:05.609><c> issue,</c><00:34:06.369><c> and</c><00:34:06.630><c> we're</c><00:34:06.809><c> left</c><00:34:07.109><c> to</c>

00:34:07.349 --> 00:34:07.650
try<00:34:07.490><c> and</c>

00:34:07.650 --> 00:34:13.809
decide<00:34:08.130><c> what</c><00:34:08.949><c> was</c><00:34:09.170><c> going</c><00:34:09.429><c> on</c><00:34:09.710><c> in</c><00:34:09.929><c> Gehazi's</c><00:34:10.449><c> head</c><00:34:10.630><c> at</c><00:34:10.809><c> this</c><00:34:11.030><c> time.</c><00:34:13.469><c> The</c>

00:34:13.809 --> 00:34:15.489
connection<00:34:14.130><c> back</c><00:34:14.409><c> to</c><00:34:14.590><c> the</c><00:34:14.750><c> prophets</c><00:34:15.010><c> of</c><00:34:15.289><c> Baal</c>

00:34:15.489 --> 00:34:19.070
is<00:34:15.809><c> a</c><00:34:15.949><c> dangerous</c><00:34:16.349><c> connection</c><00:34:16.809><c> for</c><00:34:16.989><c> Gehazi,</c><00:34:18.449><c> not</c><00:34:18.610><c> the</c><00:34:18.789><c> company</c>

00:34:19.070 --> 00:34:21.289
any<00:34:19.289><c> of</c><00:34:19.389><c> us</c><00:34:19.510><c> would</c><00:34:19.650><c> like</c><00:34:19.789><c> to</c><00:34:20.030><c> find</c><00:34:20.190><c> ourselves</c><00:34:20.690><c> in,</c>

00:34:21.289 --> 00:34:25.289
calling<00:34:21.829><c> on</c><00:34:22.030><c> a</c><00:34:22.170><c> God</c><00:34:22.309><c> that</c><00:34:22.489><c> won't</c><00:34:22.750><c> answer</c><00:34:23.329><c> by</c><00:34:23.969><c> voice</c><00:34:24.469><c> and</c><00:34:24.969><c> won't</c>

00:34:25.289 --> 00:34:26.949
hear<00:34:25.630><c> our</c><00:34:26.010><c> cries.</c>

00:34:27.809 --> 00:34:30.550
In<00:34:28.010><c> the</c><00:34:28.429><c> case</c><00:34:28.650><c> of</c><00:34:28.849><c> the</c><00:34:29.170><c> prophets</c><00:34:29.409><c> of</c><00:34:29.650><c> Baal,</c><00:34:29.909><c> it's</c><00:34:29.929><c> because</c><00:34:30.170><c> there</c><00:34:30.329><c> was</c>

00:34:30.550 --> 00:34:32.050
no<00:34:30.769><c> God</c><00:34:30.949><c> to</c><00:34:31.250><c> hear.</c>

00:34:33.570 --> 00:34:38.389
Why<00:34:33.969><c> in</c><00:34:34.130><c> the</c><00:34:34.150><c> case</c><00:34:34.429><c> of</c><00:34:34.590><c> Gehazi</c><00:34:35.090><c> is</c><00:34:35.889><c> there</c><00:34:36.130><c> no</c><00:34:36.329><c> voice</c><00:34:36.730><c> and</c><00:34:37.010><c> no</c><00:34:37.250><c> hearing?</c><00:34:38.150><c> If</c>

00:34:38.389 --> 00:34:41.269
it<00:34:38.530><c> is</c><00:34:38.710><c> not</c><00:34:38.889><c> because,</c><00:34:39.469><c> as</c><00:34:39.829><c> the</c><00:34:40.050><c> Lord</c><00:34:40.230><c> says,</c>

00:34:41.789 --> 00:34:49.670
this<00:34:42.090><c> kind</c><00:34:42.469><c> cometh</c><00:34:42.949><c> only</c><00:34:43.789><c> by</c><00:34:44.489><c> prayer</c><00:34:44.849><c> and</c><00:34:45.190><c> by</c><00:34:45.469><c> fasting,</c><00:34:47.130><c> by</c><00:34:47.489><c> focus</c><00:34:47.909><c> and</c><00:34:48.150><c> by</c><00:34:48.429><c> dedication</c>

00:34:49.929 --> 00:34:55.429
and<00:34:50.489><c> by</c><00:34:50.730><c> personal</c><00:34:51.489><c> conviction</c><00:34:52.289><c> to</c><00:34:53.329><c> serve</c><00:34:53.710><c> and</c><00:34:54.070><c> to</c><00:34:54.670><c> find</c><00:34:54.929><c> out</c>

00:34:55.429 --> 00:34:56.469
the<00:34:55.690><c> why.</c>

00:34:57.650 --> 00:35:01.230
We<00:34:57.869><c> do</c><00:34:58.130><c> find</c><00:34:58.289><c> that</c><00:34:58.510><c> the</c><00:34:58.730><c> disciples</c><00:34:59.030><c> do</c><00:34:59.389><c> grow</c><00:34:59.610><c> in</c><00:34:59.769><c> their</c><00:34:59.989><c> understanding.</c><00:35:01.110><c> They</c>

00:35:01.230 --> 00:35:02.630
do<00:35:01.489><c> grow</c><00:35:01.710><c> in</c><00:35:01.849><c> their</c><00:35:02.090><c> appreciation</c>

00:35:02.630 --> 00:35:08.489
of<00:35:02.849><c> the</c><00:35:03.030><c> power</c><00:35:03.309><c> of</c><00:35:03.469><c> God</c><00:35:03.650><c> that's</c><00:35:03.869><c> been</c><00:35:04.090><c> given</c><00:35:04.289><c> to</c><00:35:04.570><c> them,</c><00:35:05.570><c> and</c><00:35:05.889><c> the</c><00:35:06.070><c> gifts</c><00:35:06.309><c> are</c><00:35:06.929><c> extended</c><00:35:07.309><c> and</c><00:35:07.650><c> multiplied</c><00:35:08.210><c> in</c>

00:35:08.489 --> 00:35:12.409
the<00:35:08.710><c> community</c><00:35:09.070><c> as</c><00:35:09.369><c> a</c><00:35:09.550><c> result.</c><00:35:10.349><c> But</c><00:35:10.530><c> we</c><00:35:10.630><c> never</c><00:35:10.849><c> see</c><00:35:11.070><c> Gehazi</c><00:35:11.610><c> in</c>

00:35:12.409 --> 00:35:14.829
any<00:35:12.710><c> other</c><00:35:13.030><c> form</c><00:35:13.309><c> of</c><00:35:13.670><c> authority</c><00:35:14.010><c> or</c><00:35:14.210><c> power</c>

00:35:14.829 --> 00:35:21.090
than<00:35:15.170><c> as</c><00:35:15.590><c> the</c><00:35:15.849><c> servant</c><00:35:16.289><c> of</c><00:35:16.849><c> Elisha.</c><00:35:18.710><c> But</c><00:35:18.889><c> perhaps</c><00:35:19.329><c> in</c><00:35:19.590><c> this</c><00:35:20.030><c> account,</c><00:35:20.969><c> in</c>

00:35:21.090 --> 00:35:22.449
the<00:35:21.530><c> story</c><00:35:21.750><c> of</c><00:35:21.909><c> the</c><00:35:22.090><c> Shunammite</c>

00:35:22.449 --> 00:35:27.809
woman,<00:35:22.889><c> we're</c><00:35:22.909><c> being</c><00:35:23.230><c> shown</c><00:35:24.289><c> that</c><00:35:25.329><c> perhaps</c><00:35:25.670><c> Gehazi</c><00:35:26.110><c> was</c><00:35:26.469><c> intended</c><00:35:27.110><c> to</c>

00:35:27.809 --> 00:35:30.489
be<00:35:28.090><c> groomed,</c><00:35:29.130><c> to</c><00:35:29.190><c> be</c><00:35:29.469><c> instructed,</c>

00:35:30.510 --> 00:35:37.789
and<00:35:30.610><c> to</c><00:35:30.710><c> be</c><00:35:30.969><c> developed</c><00:35:31.449><c> to</c><00:35:33.550><c> be</c><00:35:33.730><c> that</c><00:35:33.969><c> next</c><00:35:34.309><c> prophet</c><00:35:34.610><c> in</c><00:35:34.789><c> Israel.</c><00:35:37.449><c> Just</c>

00:35:37.789 --> 00:35:39.969
as<00:35:38.130><c> with</c><00:35:38.409><c> Elijah</c><00:35:38.829><c> and</c><00:35:39.090><c> Elisha,</c>

00:35:41.429 --> 00:35:46.590
we<00:35:42.030><c> never</c><00:35:42.389><c> see</c><00:35:42.710><c> Gehazi</c><00:35:43.269><c> outside</c><00:35:44.449><c> of</c><00:35:44.650><c> the</c><00:35:44.889><c> context</c><00:35:45.469><c> of</c><00:35:45.710><c> the</c><00:35:45.889><c> company</c><00:35:46.329><c> of</c>

00:35:46.590 --> 00:35:49.510
Elisha.<00:35:48.090><c> Gehazi</c><00:35:48.409><c> is</c><00:35:48.570><c> never</c><00:35:48.789><c> on</c><00:35:49.010><c> his</c><00:35:49.170><c> own,</c>

00:35:49.630 --> 00:35:54.289
except<00:35:50.050><c> perhaps,</c><00:35:51.809><c> we</c><00:35:52.090><c> might</c><00:35:52.289><c> say,</c><00:35:52.610><c> in</c><00:35:52.710><c> the</c><00:35:52.869><c> story</c><00:35:53.110><c> of</c><00:35:53.309><c> Naaman,</c>

00:35:54.449 --> 00:35:55.929
though<00:35:54.550><c> it's</c><00:35:54.750><c> quickly</c><00:35:54.949><c> revealed</c><00:35:55.309><c> to</c><00:35:55.469><c> him</c>

00:35:55.929 --> 00:36:03.369
that<00:35:56.329><c> though</c><00:35:56.469><c> he</c><00:35:56.670><c> thought</c><00:35:56.789><c> he</c><00:35:56.909><c> was</c><00:35:57.110><c> alone,</c><00:35:57.809><c> he</c><00:35:57.949><c> was</c><00:35:58.190><c> not.</c><00:36:00.329><c> Perhaps</c><00:36:00.750><c> Gehazi</c><00:36:01.650><c> was</c>

00:36:03.369 --> 00:36:06.789
being<00:36:03.809><c> the</c><00:36:04.389><c> object</c><00:36:04.869><c> of</c><00:36:05.210><c> the</c><00:36:05.449><c> prophet's</c>

00:36:06.789 --> 00:36:11.449
activity<00:36:07.230><c> to</c><00:36:07.869><c> try</c><00:36:08.090><c> and</c><00:36:08.309><c> groom</c><00:36:08.449><c> a</c><00:36:08.849><c> successor</c><00:36:09.130><c> for</c><00:36:09.530><c> him.</c><00:36:10.989><c> Perhaps</c><00:36:11.230><c> that's</c>

00:36:11.449 --> 00:36:14.190
why<00:36:11.730><c> he</c><00:36:12.050><c> engages</c><00:36:12.409><c> in</c><00:36:12.690><c> this</c><00:36:13.409><c> act</c><00:36:13.869><c> of</c>

00:36:14.190 --> 00:36:17.670
instruction<00:36:14.570><c> upon</c><00:36:14.949><c> him,</c><00:36:15.489><c> to</c><00:36:15.789><c> see</c><00:36:15.989><c> how</c><00:36:16.289><c> it</c><00:36:16.289><c> is</c><00:36:16.670><c> that</c><00:36:16.929><c> Gehazi</c><00:36:17.230><c> will</c><00:36:17.429><c> go</c>

00:36:17.670 --> 00:36:20.269
about<00:36:17.909><c> this.</c><00:36:18.750><c> Perhaps</c><00:36:18.929><c> that's</c><00:36:19.190><c> why</c><00:36:19.469><c> he</c>

00:36:20.590 --> 00:36:23.329
elicits<00:36:21.010><c> a</c><00:36:21.170><c> response</c><00:36:21.590><c> from</c><00:36:21.789><c> Gehazi.</c><00:36:22.489><c> Gehazi,</c><00:36:22.889><c> what</c><00:36:23.050><c> do</c><00:36:23.210><c> you</c>

00:36:23.329 --> 00:36:25.190
think<00:36:23.489><c> we</c><00:36:23.670><c> should</c><00:36:23.769><c> do</c><00:36:23.909><c> for</c><00:36:24.090><c> the</c><00:36:24.269><c> Shunammite</c><00:36:24.650><c> woman,</c>

00:36:25.670 --> 00:36:30.550
trying<00:36:26.010><c> to</c><00:36:26.289><c> bring</c><00:36:26.849><c> his</c><00:36:27.489><c> mind</c><00:36:28.010><c> into</c><00:36:28.650><c> the</c><00:36:28.889><c> mind</c><00:36:29.269><c> that</c><00:36:29.730><c> the</c><00:36:30.369><c> man</c>

00:36:30.550 --> 00:36:32.150
of<00:36:30.750><c> God</c><00:36:30.949><c> had</c><00:36:31.230><c> developed?</c>

00:36:33.230 --> 00:36:36.969
But<00:36:33.809><c> Gehazi</c><00:36:34.110><c> doesn't</c><00:36:34.429><c> seem</c><00:36:34.809><c> to</c><00:36:35.869><c> pick</c><00:36:36.110><c> up</c><00:36:36.250><c> on</c><00:36:36.409><c> the</c><00:36:36.590><c> teaching.</c>

00:36:37.309 --> 00:36:41.050
He<00:36:37.429><c> doesn't</c><00:36:37.630><c> seem</c><00:36:37.849><c> to</c><00:36:38.150><c> develop</c><00:36:38.510><c> the</c><00:36:39.389><c> way</c><00:36:39.610><c> that</c><00:36:39.949><c> he</c><00:36:40.130><c> should.</c>

00:36:43.150 --> 00:36:48.349
He<00:36:43.730><c> doesn't</c><00:36:43.969><c> seek</c><00:36:44.210><c> his</c><00:36:44.449><c> Lord's</c><00:36:44.809><c> wisdom.</c><00:36:46.329><c> He</c><00:36:46.489><c> doesn't</c><00:36:46.769><c> seek</c><00:36:47.030><c> instruction.</c><00:36:48.230><c> He</c>

00:36:48.349 --> 00:36:49.349
doesn't<00:36:48.530><c> seem</c><00:36:48.730><c> to</c><00:36:48.969><c> repent.</c>

00:36:49.449 --> 00:36:58.789
He<00:36:49.550><c> doesn't</c><00:36:49.809><c> seem</c><00:36:50.050><c> to</c><00:36:50.329><c> pray,</c><00:36:52.349><c> but</c><00:36:52.610><c> he</c><00:36:52.769><c> is</c><00:36:52.849><c> silent.</c><00:36:56.750><c> So</c><00:36:57.329><c> what</c><00:36:57.550><c> exhortation</c><00:36:58.329><c> might</c><00:36:58.510><c> we</c>

00:36:58.789 --> 00:37:00.590
find<00:36:59.090><c> from</c><00:36:59.550><c> this</c><00:36:59.969><c> first</c>

00:37:00.590 --> 00:37:06.210
instance<00:37:01.250><c> that</c><00:37:01.849><c> we</c><00:37:02.050><c> have</c><00:37:02.449><c> of</c><00:37:02.690><c> Gehazi</c><00:37:03.090><c> in</c><00:37:03.329><c> the</c><00:37:03.530><c> record?</c><00:37:06.010><c> Well,</c>

00:37:06.210 --> 00:37:07.909
there's<00:37:06.449><c> much</c><00:37:06.710><c> to</c><00:37:06.889><c> be</c><00:37:07.050><c> had</c><00:37:07.210><c> here,</c><00:37:07.550><c> brothers</c><00:37:07.650><c> and</c>

00:37:07.909 --> 00:37:12.210
sisters,<00:37:09.230><c> that</c><00:37:09.510><c> there</c><00:37:09.769><c> is</c><00:37:10.010><c> potential</c><00:37:10.489><c> in</c><00:37:10.670><c> all</c><00:37:10.869><c> of</c><00:37:10.989><c> us,</c><00:37:11.949><c> that</c>

00:37:12.210 --> 00:37:14.090
we<00:37:12.329><c> have</c><00:37:12.469><c> all</c><00:37:12.650><c> been</c><00:37:12.869><c> called</c><00:37:13.190><c> to</c><00:37:13.349><c> be</c><00:37:13.510><c> the</c><00:37:13.710><c> sons</c><00:37:13.909><c> of</c>

00:37:14.090 --> 00:37:21.190
God,<00:37:14.630><c> to</c><00:37:14.750><c> be</c><00:37:14.889><c> the</c><00:37:15.110><c> sons</c><00:37:15.389><c> of</c><00:37:15.610><c> the</c><00:37:15.809><c> prophet,</c><00:37:17.969><c> but</c><00:37:18.230><c> do</c><00:37:18.449><c> we</c><00:37:18.670><c> appreciate</c><00:37:19.409><c> the</c><00:37:20.289><c> power</c><00:37:20.750><c> that</c><00:37:20.989><c> has</c>

00:37:21.190 --> 00:37:22.150
been<00:37:21.510><c> entrusted</c><00:37:21.869><c> to</c>

00:37:22.150 --> 00:37:27.889
us,<00:37:23.250><c> the</c><00:37:23.650><c> staff</c><00:37:23.929><c> of</c><00:37:24.230><c> salvation,</c><00:37:24.630><c> we</c><00:37:24.829><c> might</c><00:37:25.010><c> say,</c><00:37:25.250><c> that</c><00:37:25.369><c> has</c><00:37:25.469><c> been</c><00:37:25.690><c> placed</c><00:37:25.949><c> into</c><00:37:26.210><c> our</c><00:37:26.489><c> hands?</c><00:37:27.730><c> Do</c>

00:37:27.889 --> 00:37:28.530
we<00:37:28.170><c> appreciate</c>

00:37:28.530 --> 00:37:32.969
the<00:37:29.369><c> effectiveness</c><00:37:29.389><c> of</c><00:37:29.869><c> that,</c><00:37:31.590><c> if</c><00:37:31.829><c> we</c><00:37:32.030><c> trust</c><00:37:32.389><c> that</c><00:37:32.670><c> the</c><00:37:32.809><c> one</c>

00:37:32.969 --> 00:37:35.289
who<00:37:33.110><c> has</c><00:37:33.309><c> given</c><00:37:33.469><c> it</c><00:37:33.670><c> to</c><00:37:33.889><c> us</c><00:37:34.110><c> is</c><00:37:34.269><c> the</c><00:37:34.429><c> one</c><00:37:34.590><c> who</c><00:37:34.869><c> performs</c>

00:37:35.289 --> 00:37:42.210
the<00:37:35.570><c> great</c><00:37:35.809><c> works?</c><00:37:37.650><c> When</c><00:37:37.929><c> we</c><00:37:38.309><c> fail,</c><00:37:40.289><c> do</c><00:37:40.489><c> we</c><00:37:40.769><c> seek</c><00:37:41.429><c> instruction</c>

00:37:42.210 --> 00:37:46.110
as<00:37:42.989><c> to</c><00:37:43.090><c> why</c><00:37:43.349><c> we</c><00:37:43.670><c> failed,</c><00:37:44.489><c> as</c><00:37:44.710><c> to</c><00:37:44.829><c> how</c><00:37:45.070><c> we</c><00:37:45.329><c> can</c>

00:37:46.170 --> 00:37:50.230
prevent<00:37:46.590><c> that</c><00:37:46.949><c> in</c><00:37:47.130><c> the</c><00:37:47.289><c> future,</c><00:37:48.210><c> or</c><00:37:48.449><c> do</c><00:37:48.590><c> we</c><00:37:48.769><c> remain</c><00:37:49.050><c> silent,</c>

00:37:50.289 --> 00:37:51.710
embarrassed<00:37:50.789><c> at</c><00:37:51.070><c> our</c><00:37:51.309><c> failure,</c>

00:37:51.710 --> 00:37:55.389
seeking<00:37:52.670><c> and</c><00:37:53.050><c> hoping</c><00:37:53.369><c> that</c><00:37:53.550><c> it</c><00:37:53.630><c> doesn't</c><00:37:53.909><c> get</c><00:37:54.150><c> broadcast?</c>

00:37:58.250 --> 00:38:01.010
Are<00:37:58.449><c> we</c><00:37:58.610><c> like</c><00:37:58.809><c> Gehazi</c><00:37:59.329><c> when</c><00:37:59.650><c> the</c><00:37:59.849><c> Shunammite</c><00:38:00.190><c> woman</c><00:38:00.449><c> comes</c><00:38:00.789><c> to</c>

00:38:01.010 --> 00:38:04.090
the<00:38:01.170><c> Lord,</c><00:38:02.570><c> thinking</c><00:38:02.909><c> that</c><00:38:03.090><c> this</c><00:38:03.269><c> is</c><00:38:03.590><c> incredibly</c>

00:38:04.090 --> 00:38:08.409
inappropriate<00:38:04.829><c> and</c><00:38:05.869><c> not</c><00:38:06.809><c> the</c><00:38:06.929><c> way</c><00:38:07.110><c> that</c><00:38:07.309><c> his</c><00:38:07.530><c> Lord</c><00:38:07.730><c> should</c><00:38:07.929><c> be</c>

00:38:08.409 --> 00:38:10.809
handled<00:38:08.929><c> by</c><00:38:09.530><c> being</c><00:38:09.869><c> grasped</c><00:38:10.250><c> by</c><00:38:10.409><c> the</c><00:38:10.630><c> feet</c>

00:38:10.809 --> 00:38:16.849
by<00:38:11.070><c> a</c><00:38:11.230><c> sobbing</c><00:38:11.590><c> woman?</c><00:38:13.769><c> Do</c><00:38:14.389><c> we</c><00:38:14.630><c> blindly</c><00:38:15.050><c> defend</c><00:38:15.809><c> the</c><00:38:16.650><c> truth</c>

00:38:16.849 --> 00:38:19.449
that<00:38:17.050><c> we've</c><00:38:17.210><c> been</c><00:38:17.489><c> given,</c><00:38:18.409><c> not</c><00:38:18.730><c> understanding</c>

00:38:19.449 --> 00:38:22.829
the<00:38:20.090><c> compassionate</c><00:38:20.710><c> way</c><00:38:21.010><c> to</c><00:38:21.190><c> use</c><00:38:21.429><c> that</c><00:38:21.730><c> staff</c><00:38:21.969><c> of</c><00:38:22.210><c> salvation</c>

00:38:22.829 --> 00:38:25.710
for<00:38:23.889><c> the</c><00:38:24.070><c> bitter</c><00:38:24.289><c> in</c><00:38:24.630><c> soul?</c>

00:38:28.690 --> 00:38:31.329
We<00:38:28.889><c> must</c><00:38:29.050><c> be</c><00:38:29.230><c> able</c><00:38:29.329><c> to</c><00:38:29.590><c> recognize</c><00:38:30.170><c> that</c><00:38:30.409><c> within</c><00:38:30.610><c> each</c><00:38:30.889><c> of</c><00:38:31.050><c> us,</c>

00:38:31.530 --> 00:38:34.829
by<00:38:31.530><c> the</c><00:38:31.710><c> wisdom</c><00:38:31.949><c> of</c><00:38:32.150><c> God,</c><00:38:33.110><c> there</c><00:38:33.269><c> is</c><00:38:33.510><c> potential</c><00:38:34.190><c> for</c>

00:38:34.829 --> 00:38:38.289
growth<00:38:35.250><c> and</c><00:38:35.590><c> development</c><00:38:36.130><c> at</c><00:38:36.610><c> no</c><00:38:36.730><c> matter</c><00:38:36.909><c> what</c><00:38:37.190><c> age</c><00:38:37.530><c> or</c><00:38:37.909><c> stage</c>

00:38:38.289 --> 00:38:41.710
we<00:38:38.750><c> find</c><00:38:39.010><c> ourselves</c><00:38:39.510><c> in</c><00:38:39.690><c> the</c><00:38:39.969><c> truth.</c><00:38:41.150><c> There</c><00:38:41.429><c> is</c>

00:38:41.710 --> 00:38:46.929
always<00:38:42.050><c> room</c><00:38:42.510><c> to</c><00:38:42.809><c> grow</c><00:38:43.269><c> in</c><00:38:44.309><c> wisdom</c><00:38:44.710><c> and</c><00:38:45.110><c> stature</c><00:38:45.650><c> before</c><00:38:46.269><c> God</c>

00:38:46.929 --> 00:38:50.630
and<00:38:48.210><c> to</c><00:38:48.349><c> fulfill</c><00:38:48.670><c> our</c><00:38:48.969><c> master's</c><00:38:49.610><c> expectations</c><00:38:50.269><c> for</c>

00:38:50.630 --> 00:38:59.510
us.<00:38:56.429><c> Well,</c><00:38:56.650><c> the</c><00:38:56.730><c> very</c><00:38:56.989><c> next</c><00:38:57.269><c> chapter</c><00:38:57.809><c> in</c><00:38:58.150><c> Second</c><00:38:58.489><c> King's</c><00:38:58.829><c> chapter</c><00:38:59.170><c> five</c>

00:38:59.510 --> 00:39:02.889
is<00:38:59.949><c> the</c><00:39:00.150><c> next</c><00:39:00.510><c> great</c><00:39:01.429><c> instance</c><00:39:02.030><c> in</c><00:39:02.690><c> the</c>

00:39:02.889 --> 00:39:07.670
account<00:39:03.250><c> of</c><00:39:03.489><c> Gehazi,</c><00:39:04.989><c> and</c><00:39:05.289><c> perhaps</c><00:39:05.510><c> that</c><00:39:05.809><c> is</c><00:39:06.030><c> why</c><00:39:06.849><c> some</c><00:39:07.449><c> might</c>

00:39:07.670 --> 00:39:11.630
say<00:39:07.989><c> that</c><00:39:08.230><c> the</c><00:39:09.550><c> record</c><00:39:09.869><c> is</c><00:39:10.110><c> not</c><00:39:10.329><c> chronological.</c>

00:39:11.789 --> 00:39:14.889
Perhaps<00:39:12.349><c> these</c><00:39:12.570><c> two</c><00:39:12.849><c> stories</c><00:39:13.090><c> are</c><00:39:13.250><c> put</c><00:39:13.409><c> side</c><00:39:13.710><c> by</c><00:39:13.949><c> side,</c><00:39:14.730><c> not</c>

00:39:14.889 --> 00:39:17.409
so<00:39:15.070><c> that</c><00:39:15.210><c> the</c><00:39:15.389><c> Shunammite</c><00:39:16.150><c> and</c><00:39:16.530><c> Naaman</c><00:39:16.929><c> would</c><00:39:17.210><c> so</c>

00:39:17.409 --> 00:39:23.710
much<00:39:17.570><c> be</c><00:39:17.849><c> together,</c><00:39:18.710><c> but</c><00:39:18.849><c> so</c><00:39:19.010><c> that</c><00:39:19.170><c> the</c><00:39:19.389><c> account</c><00:39:19.690><c> of</c><00:39:19.909><c> Gehazi</c><00:39:20.489><c> would</c><00:39:21.710><c> be</c><00:39:21.929><c> put</c><00:39:22.050><c> before</c><00:39:22.449><c> us</c><00:39:23.110><c> in</c><00:39:23.409><c> a</c>

00:39:23.710 --> 00:39:24.730
complete<00:39:24.010><c> sense</c>

00:39:24.730 --> 00:39:30.489
altogether.<00:39:28.530><c> Well,</c><00:39:28.670><c> we</c><00:39:28.750><c> didn't</c><00:39:28.969><c> read</c><00:39:29.130><c> this</c><00:39:29.429><c> today,</c><00:39:29.849><c> but</c><00:39:30.170><c> we</c>

00:39:30.489 --> 00:39:32.449
did<00:39:30.710><c> read</c><00:39:30.889><c> through</c><00:39:31.070><c> this</c><00:39:31.289><c> entire</c><00:39:31.590><c> chapter</c><00:39:31.949><c> yesterday,</c>

00:39:32.469 --> 00:39:36.849
so<00:39:32.610><c> I'm</c><00:39:32.710><c> sure</c><00:39:32.849><c> it's</c><00:39:33.050><c> quite</c><00:39:33.289><c> familiar</c><00:39:33.710><c> to</c><00:39:34.030><c> us.</c><00:39:34.909><c> And</c><00:39:35.150><c> once</c><00:39:35.349><c> again,</c><00:39:36.130><c> perhaps</c><00:39:36.429><c> this</c>

00:39:36.849 --> 00:39:40.849
story<00:39:37.250><c> has</c><00:39:37.690><c> been</c><00:39:37.969><c> left</c><00:39:38.190><c> as</c><00:39:38.550><c> a</c>

00:39:40.849 --> 00:39:44.570
refer<00:39:41.570><c> to</c><00:39:41.849><c> its</c><00:39:42.070><c> basic</c><00:39:42.510><c> principles</c><00:39:42.949><c> about</c><00:39:43.369><c> because</c><00:39:43.730><c> we</c><00:39:44.289><c> know</c>

00:39:44.570 --> 00:39:47.130
the<00:39:44.789><c> foundations</c><00:39:45.389><c> and</c><00:39:45.570><c> we</c><00:39:45.710><c> know</c><00:39:46.010><c> the</c><00:39:46.349><c> main</c><00:39:46.570><c> characters</c>

00:39:47.130 --> 00:39:50.530
and<00:39:47.630><c> most</c><00:39:47.989><c> of</c><00:39:48.150><c> what</c><00:39:48.329><c> happens</c><00:39:48.650><c> within</c><00:39:48.909><c> it,</c><00:39:49.710><c> but</c><00:39:49.989><c> we</c><00:39:50.130><c> never</c><00:39:50.309><c> dig</c>

00:39:50.530 --> 00:39:52.710
any<00:39:50.789><c> deeper</c><00:39:51.230><c> and</c><00:39:51.489><c> we</c><00:39:51.610><c> never</c><00:39:51.789><c> try</c><00:39:51.969><c> to</c><00:39:52.150><c> see</c><00:39:52.269><c> what's</c>

00:39:52.710 --> 00:39:56.050
actually<00:39:52.989><c> occurring</c><00:39:53.369><c> here</c><00:39:53.869><c> for</c><00:39:54.289><c> those</c><00:39:54.530><c> who</c><00:39:54.670><c> have</c><00:39:54.869><c> grown</c><00:39:55.210><c> and</c>

00:39:56.050 --> 00:40:00.150
matured<00:39:56.510><c> in</c><00:39:56.650><c> the</c><00:39:56.889><c> truth.</c><00:39:59.090><c> But</c><00:39:59.269><c> there</c><00:39:59.469><c> is,</c><00:39:59.710><c> of</c><00:39:59.909><c> course,</c>

00:40:00.250 --> 00:40:04.869
much<00:40:00.510><c> here</c><00:40:00.809><c> for</c><00:40:01.050><c> us</c><00:40:01.250><c> to</c><00:40:01.469><c> learn.</c><00:40:03.710><c> We</c><00:40:03.869><c> made</c><00:40:04.050><c> comment</c><00:40:04.409><c> yesterday</c>

00:40:04.869 --> 00:40:06.630
that<00:40:05.070><c> at</c><00:40:05.289><c> the</c><00:40:05.329><c> beginning</c><00:40:05.570><c> of</c><00:40:05.949><c> Second</c><00:40:06.210><c> King's</c>

00:40:06.630 --> 00:40:13.130
chapter<00:40:06.829><c> five</c><00:40:07.449><c> that</c><00:40:08.250><c> perhaps</c><00:40:08.989><c> Gehazi</c><00:40:09.449><c> does</c><00:40:09.889><c> play</c><00:40:10.190><c> a</c><00:40:10.409><c> role,</c><00:40:11.630><c> that</c><00:40:11.929><c> perhaps</c><00:40:12.550><c> in</c>

00:40:13.130 --> 00:40:15.250
chapter<00:40:13.550><c> five,</c><00:40:14.110><c> verse</c><00:40:14.210><c> eight,</c>

00:40:15.750 --> 00:40:18.969
when<00:40:15.969><c> Elisha</c><00:40:16.429><c> sends</c><00:40:16.869><c> unto</c><00:40:17.130><c> the</c><00:40:17.289><c> king</c><00:40:17.469><c> of</c><00:40:17.630><c> Israel</c><00:40:18.070><c> a</c><00:40:18.409><c> message</c>

00:40:18.969 --> 00:40:22.690
to<00:40:20.110><c> send</c><00:40:20.710><c> Naaman</c><00:40:20.989><c> to</c><00:40:21.289><c> him,</c><00:40:22.110><c> perhaps</c><00:40:22.449><c> it</c><00:40:22.590><c> was</c>

00:40:22.690 --> 00:40:26.070
Gehazi<00:40:23.389><c> that</c><00:40:23.789><c> sent</c><00:40:23.969><c> that</c><00:40:24.210><c> message</c><00:40:24.590><c> for</c><00:40:24.949><c> him,</c><00:40:25.349><c> as</c><00:40:25.570><c> we</c><00:40:25.730><c> do</c><00:40:25.889><c> see</c>

00:40:26.070 --> 00:40:28.070
him<00:40:26.289><c> as</c><00:40:26.530><c> the</c><00:40:26.710><c> go</c><00:40:26.909><c>-between,</c><00:40:27.230><c> quite</c><00:40:27.590><c> often,</c>

00:40:28.530 --> 00:40:33.929
between<00:40:28.889><c> Elisha</c><00:40:29.530><c> and</c><00:40:29.769><c> others.</c><00:40:30.789><c> And</c><00:40:31.130><c> perhaps</c><00:40:31.409><c> in</c><00:40:31.650><c> verse</c><00:40:31.929><c> 10,</c><00:40:32.750><c> when</c><00:40:32.909><c> it</c><00:40:32.969><c> says</c><00:40:33.090><c> Elisha</c><00:40:33.510><c> sent</c><00:40:33.710><c> a</c>

00:40:33.929 --> 00:40:34.849
messenger<00:40:34.269><c> to</c><00:40:34.530><c> Naaman</c>

00:40:34.849 --> 00:40:38.949
and<00:40:35.190><c> gave</c><00:40:35.530><c> him</c><00:40:35.829><c> the</c><00:40:36.050><c> simple</c><00:40:36.670><c> task</c><00:40:37.269><c> that</c><00:40:37.409><c> he</c><00:40:37.510><c> was</c><00:40:37.710><c> to</c><00:40:37.909><c> perform,</c>

00:40:39.090 --> 00:40:41.909
perhaps<00:40:39.389><c> that</c><00:40:39.610><c> was</c><00:40:40.349><c> Gehazi</c><00:40:40.750><c> as</c><00:40:41.090><c> well,</c>

00:40:42.550 --> 00:40:46.010
delivering<00:40:42.929><c> the</c><00:40:43.150><c> message</c><00:40:43.469><c> to</c><00:40:43.690><c> the</c><00:40:43.769><c> Gentile</c><00:40:44.409><c> of</c><00:40:44.570><c> how</c><00:40:45.389><c> he</c><00:40:45.849><c> could</c>

00:40:46.010 --> 00:40:49.570
be<00:40:46.309><c> saved.</c><00:40:48.710><c> But</c><00:40:48.869><c> the</c><00:40:49.010><c> first</c><00:40:49.170><c> time</c><00:40:49.309><c> we</c><00:40:49.429><c> have</c>

00:40:49.570 --> 00:40:53.610
mention<00:40:49.849><c> of</c><00:40:50.030><c> Gehazi</c><00:40:50.489><c> is</c><00:40:50.730><c> in</c><00:40:50.889><c> verse</c><00:40:51.090><c> 20,</c><00:40:52.289><c> and</c><00:40:52.510><c> his</c><00:40:52.849><c> full</c><00:40:53.190><c> title,</c>

00:40:53.610 --> 00:40:58.150
we<00:40:54.110><c> might</c><00:40:54.349><c> say,</c><00:40:55.210><c> is</c><00:40:55.429><c> given.</c><00:40:57.010><c> Gehazi,</c>

00:40:58.210 --> 00:41:01.929
the<00:40:58.489><c> servant</c><00:40:58.929><c> of</c><00:40:59.190><c> Elisha,</c><00:41:00.409><c> the</c><00:41:00.610><c> man</c><00:41:00.809><c> of</c><00:41:01.010><c> God.</c>

00:41:04.449 --> 00:41:10.230
Well,<00:41:04.869><c> if</c><00:41:05.010><c> we</c><00:41:05.170><c> extend</c><00:41:05.590><c> that</c><00:41:05.989><c> and</c><00:41:06.250><c> we</c><00:41:06.409><c> read</c><00:41:06.590><c> verse</c><00:41:06.849><c> 16</c><00:41:07.570><c> alongside</c><00:41:08.329><c> that,</c><00:41:10.090><c> we</c>

00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:11.610
might<00:41:10.449><c> say</c><00:41:10.690><c> that</c><00:41:10.829><c> it</c><00:41:10.909><c> was</c><00:41:11.110><c> Gehazi,</c>

00:41:11.730 --> 00:41:16.050
the<00:41:11.929><c> servant</c><00:41:12.190><c> of</c><00:41:12.389><c> Elisha,</c><00:41:13.190><c> the</c><00:41:13.329><c> man</c><00:41:13.610><c> of</c><00:41:13.829><c> God,</c><00:41:15.409><c> who</c><00:41:15.650><c> stands</c>

00:41:16.050 --> 00:41:19.250
before<00:41:17.789><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:41:21.269 --> 00:41:24.730
Can<00:41:21.690><c> we</c><00:41:21.829><c> see</c><00:41:21.989><c> the</c><00:41:22.090><c> position</c><00:41:22.489><c> of</c><00:41:22.690><c> Gehazi</c><00:41:23.130><c> now,</c><00:41:24.130><c> that</c><00:41:24.329><c> Elisha,</c>

00:41:24.809 --> 00:41:27.030
the<00:41:24.809><c> man</c><00:41:25.030><c> of</c><00:41:25.230><c> God,</c><00:41:25.469><c> stands</c><00:41:25.789><c> before</c><00:41:26.170><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:41:28.289 --> 00:41:30.869
and<00:41:28.889><c> Gehazi</c><00:41:29.269><c> stands</c><00:41:29.650><c> before</c><00:41:29.969><c> Elisha,</c>

00:41:34.389 --> 00:41:37.070
that<00:41:34.429><c> he</c><00:41:34.530><c> has</c><00:41:34.690><c> a</c><00:41:34.750><c> very</c><00:41:35.070><c> special</c><00:41:35.429><c> relationship</c><00:41:35.969><c> here.</c><00:41:36.650><c> Just</c><00:41:36.849><c> as</c>

00:41:37.070 --> 00:41:38.949
the<00:41:37.210><c> man</c><00:41:37.349><c> of</c><00:41:37.570><c> God</c><00:41:37.710><c> has</c><00:41:37.889><c> a</c><00:41:38.070><c> special</c><00:41:38.369><c> relationship</c>

00:41:38.949 --> 00:41:43.289
with<00:41:39.230><c> Yahweh,</c><00:41:40.690><c> Gehazi</c><00:41:41.309><c> has</c><00:41:41.909><c> a</c><00:41:42.030><c> special</c><00:41:42.349><c> relationship</c><00:41:43.030><c> with</c>

00:41:43.289 --> 00:41:46.230
that<00:41:43.510><c> man</c><00:41:43.670><c> of</c><00:41:43.869><c> God.</c><00:41:44.550><c> He</c><00:41:44.789><c> is</c><00:41:44.989><c> his</c><00:41:45.230><c> servant,</c><00:41:45.989><c> he's</c>

00:41:46.230 --> 00:41:49.210
his<00:41:46.409><c> companion,</c><00:41:47.050><c> and</c><00:41:47.750><c> as</c><00:41:47.949><c> far</c><00:41:48.070><c> as</c><00:41:48.190><c> the</c><00:41:48.369><c> record</c><00:41:48.530><c> is</c><00:41:48.849><c> concerned,</c>

00:41:49.230 --> 00:41:52.849
he's<00:41:49.630><c> inseparable</c><00:41:50.329><c> from</c><00:41:50.989><c> Elisha</c><00:41:52.349><c> until</c>

00:41:52.849 --> 00:42:01.090
judgment<00:41:53.250><c> comes</c><00:41:53.510><c> upon</c><00:41:53.849><c> him.</c><00:41:58.849><c> Now,</c><00:41:59.190><c> we</c><00:41:59.269><c> know</c><00:41:59.489><c> the</c><00:41:59.789><c> sin</c><00:42:00.010><c> of</c><00:42:00.230><c> Gehazi</c><00:42:00.630><c> here</c>

00:42:01.090 --> 00:42:03.949
is<00:42:01.349><c> punished</c><00:42:02.090><c> by</c><00:42:02.650><c> leprosy,</c>

00:42:04.710 --> 00:42:06.909
but<00:42:04.789><c> there's</c><00:42:04.929><c> many</c><00:42:05.130><c> different</c><00:42:05.469><c> views</c><00:42:05.869><c> as</c><00:42:06.150><c> to</c><00:42:06.210><c> what</c><00:42:06.449><c> that</c><00:42:06.710><c> sin</c>

00:42:06.909 --> 00:42:12.010
actually<00:42:07.429><c> is.</c><00:42:08.730><c> Was</c><00:42:08.929><c> it</c><00:42:09.150><c> greed?</c><00:42:11.150><c> Some</c><00:42:11.369><c> might</c><00:42:11.590><c> say</c><00:42:11.829><c> that</c>

00:42:12.010 --> 00:42:16.489
the<00:42:12.230><c> prophet</c><00:42:12.590><c> and</c><00:42:13.250><c> the</c><00:42:13.510><c> sons</c><00:42:13.650><c> of</c><00:42:13.829><c> the</c><00:42:14.090><c> prophets</c><00:42:14.309><c> lived</c><00:42:14.610><c> in</c><00:42:14.989><c> abject</c><00:42:15.409><c> poverty,</c><00:42:15.949><c> and</c>

00:42:16.489 --> 00:42:18.250
when<00:42:16.610><c> they</c><00:42:16.849><c> saw</c><00:42:17.030><c> this</c><00:42:17.550><c> captain</c><00:42:18.070><c> of</c>

00:42:18.250 --> 00:42:21.170
host<00:42:18.570><c> of</c><00:42:18.829><c> Syria</c><00:42:19.130><c> come</c><00:42:19.389><c> with</c><00:42:19.550><c> all</c><00:42:19.769><c> his</c><00:42:20.010><c> wealth</c><00:42:20.429><c> and</c><00:42:20.809><c> with</c><00:42:20.969><c> the</c>

00:42:21.170 --> 00:42:24.110
gifts<00:42:21.449><c> from</c><00:42:21.690><c> the</c><00:42:21.849><c> king</c><00:42:21.969><c> of</c><00:42:22.230><c> Syria</c><00:42:22.510><c> in</c><00:42:22.690><c> his</c><00:42:22.969><c> hand</c>

00:42:24.949 --> 00:42:28.289
that<00:42:25.469><c> avarice</c><00:42:25.989><c> welled</c><00:42:26.250><c> up</c><00:42:26.489><c> within</c><00:42:26.690><c> him,</c><00:42:26.969><c> and</c><00:42:27.130><c> he</c><00:42:27.349><c> wanted</c><00:42:27.610><c> out</c>

00:42:28.289 --> 00:42:31.730
from<00:42:29.030><c> this</c><00:42:29.289><c> poor</c><00:42:29.610><c> life</c><00:42:30.010><c> of</c><00:42:30.210><c> a</c><00:42:30.409><c> prophet</c><00:42:30.730><c> servant,</c>

00:42:31.869 --> 00:42:36.949
and<00:42:32.389><c> so</c><00:42:32.590><c> he</c><00:42:32.789><c> wanted</c><00:42:32.969><c> to</c><00:42:33.230><c> take</c><00:42:33.469><c> something</c><00:42:33.969><c> or</c><00:42:34.969><c> receive</c><00:42:35.429><c> something</c><00:42:36.070><c> from</c>

00:42:36.949 --> 00:42:39.150
this<00:42:37.250><c> Syrian</c><00:42:37.590><c> that</c><00:42:38.489><c> would</c><00:42:38.670><c> help</c><00:42:38.869><c> him</c>

00:42:39.150 --> 00:42:47.389
to<00:42:39.349><c> get</c><00:42:39.510><c> out</c><00:42:40.070><c> from</c><00:42:40.369><c> the</c><00:42:40.590><c> service</c><00:42:41.030><c> to</c><00:42:41.349><c> the</c><00:42:41.510><c> man</c><00:42:41.650><c> of</c><00:42:41.869><c> God,</c><00:42:43.230><c> and</c><00:42:45.389><c> there</c><00:42:45.550><c> was</c><00:42:45.769><c> probably</c><00:42:46.030><c> something</c><00:42:46.369><c> to</c><00:42:46.630><c> that.</c>

00:42:48.369 --> 00:42:51.650
But<00:42:48.869><c> it</c><00:42:48.969><c> doesn't</c><00:42:49.250><c> mean</c><00:42:49.489><c> that</c><00:42:49.590><c> they</c><00:42:49.710><c> were</c><00:42:49.849><c> necessarily</c><00:42:50.429><c> poor.</c>

00:42:52.369 --> 00:42:54.329
In<00:42:52.429><c> fact,</c><00:42:52.710><c> perhaps</c><00:42:53.030><c> the</c><00:42:53.329><c> rich</c><00:42:53.550><c> in</c><00:42:53.730><c> this</c><00:42:54.010><c> world</c>

00:42:54.329 --> 00:42:57.590
are<00:42:54.650><c> the</c><00:42:54.849><c> greediest</c><00:42:55.210><c> of</c><00:42:55.409><c> all,</c><00:42:56.090><c> and</c><00:42:56.210><c> the</c><00:42:56.309><c> ones</c><00:42:56.449><c> who</c><00:42:56.710><c> desire</c><00:42:57.050><c> most</c><00:42:57.369><c> of</c>

00:42:57.590 --> 00:43:00.690
all<00:42:57.769><c> to</c><00:42:57.969><c> continue</c><00:42:58.710><c> compiling</c><00:42:59.550><c> and</c><00:43:00.010><c> compounding</c>

00:43:00.690 --> 00:43:07.630
riches<00:43:01.010><c> for</c><00:43:01.869><c> days</c><00:43:02.110><c> to</c><00:43:02.369><c> come.</c><00:43:05.670><c> But</c><00:43:05.929><c> I</c><00:43:05.969><c> think</c><00:43:06.110><c> it</c><00:43:06.269><c> goes</c><00:43:06.389><c> much</c><00:43:06.610><c> deeper</c><00:43:06.969><c> than</c><00:43:07.230><c> that</c><00:43:07.409><c> in</c>

00:43:07.630 --> 00:43:11.070
Gehazi.<00:43:09.849><c> In</c><00:43:10.090><c> fact,</c><00:43:10.309><c> I'll</c><00:43:10.510><c> read</c><00:43:10.750><c> for</c>

00:43:11.070 --> 00:43:15.829
you<00:43:11.730><c> what</c><00:43:11.730><c> it</c><00:43:11.869><c> is</c><00:43:12.050><c> that</c><00:43:12.190><c> he</c><00:43:12.389><c> says</c><00:43:13.010><c> with</c><00:43:14.329><c> what</c><00:43:14.570><c> seems</c><00:43:14.929><c> to</c><00:43:15.170><c> be</c><00:43:15.510><c> the</c>

00:43:15.829 --> 00:43:18.949
sense<00:43:16.369><c> of</c><00:43:17.369><c> what</c><00:43:17.510><c> was</c><00:43:17.690><c> in</c><00:43:17.769><c> his</c><00:43:18.030><c> heart,</c>

00:43:19.369 --> 00:43:22.110
and<00:43:19.489><c> I</c><00:43:19.610><c> think</c><00:43:19.730><c> perhaps</c><00:43:20.070><c> in</c><00:43:20.210><c> this</c><00:43:20.469><c> verse</c><00:43:20.650><c> we're</c><00:43:20.849><c> given</c><00:43:21.090><c> an</c><00:43:21.349><c> insight</c><00:43:21.750><c> into</c>

00:43:22.110 --> 00:43:24.750
how<00:43:22.510><c> Elisha</c><00:43:23.610><c> would</c><00:43:23.929><c> understand</c><00:43:24.510><c> the</c>

00:43:24.750 --> 00:43:29.670
people<00:43:25.010><c> around</c><00:43:25.349><c> him.</c><00:43:27.630><c> Perhaps</c><00:43:27.949><c> we're</c><00:43:28.190><c> given</c><00:43:28.409><c> here</c><00:43:28.849><c> what</c><00:43:29.389><c> he</c>

00:43:29.670 --> 00:43:33.849
said<00:43:29.909><c> in</c><00:43:30.449><c> his</c><00:43:30.789><c> heart,</c><00:43:31.849><c> not</c><00:43:32.110><c> what</c><00:43:32.250><c> he</c><00:43:32.469><c> said</c><00:43:32.590><c> out</c><00:43:32.889><c> loud.</c>

00:43:35.690 --> 00:43:39.949
So<00:43:36.389><c> verse</c><00:43:36.570><c> 20</c><00:43:36.869><c> of</c><00:43:37.050><c> 2</c><00:43:37.250><c> Kings</c><00:43:37.489><c> 5.</c>

00:43:40.150 --> 00:43:47.489
Behold,<00:43:41.630><c> my</c><00:43:41.829><c> master</c><00:43:42.730><c> hath</c><00:43:43.230><c> spared</c><00:43:43.909><c> Naaman</c><00:43:44.570><c> this</c><00:43:45.489><c> Syrian</c><00:43:45.969><c> in</c>

00:43:47.489 --> 00:43:50.650
not<00:43:47.730><c> receiving</c><00:43:48.210><c> at</c><00:43:48.409><c> his</c><00:43:48.730><c> hands</c><00:43:49.170><c> that</c><00:43:49.469><c> which</c><00:43:49.610><c> he</c><00:43:49.849><c> brought,</c>

00:43:51.309 --> 00:43:55.349
but<00:43:51.489><c> as</c><00:43:51.829><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:52.190><c> liveth,</c><00:43:52.469><c> I</c><00:43:52.630><c> will</c><00:43:52.789><c> run</c><00:43:52.989><c> after</c><00:43:53.289><c> him</c><00:43:53.869><c> and</c><00:43:54.510><c> take</c>

00:43:55.349 --> 00:43:57.230
somewhat<00:43:55.829><c> of</c><00:43:56.090><c> him.</c>

00:43:59.210 --> 00:44:04.030
Is<00:43:59.929><c> there</c><00:44:00.289><c> impact</c><00:44:00.949><c> in</c><00:44:01.289><c> that</c><00:44:01.570><c> verse</c><00:44:01.849><c> on</c><00:44:02.469><c> the</c><00:44:02.969><c> silver</c><00:44:03.389><c> and</c><00:44:03.809><c> the</c>

00:44:04.030 --> 00:44:05.710
raiment<00:44:04.289><c> that</c><00:44:04.489><c> he</c><00:44:04.650><c> receives?</c>

00:44:06.650 --> 00:44:10.489
Is<00:44:07.030><c> the</c><00:44:07.269><c> focus</c><00:44:07.630><c> on</c><00:44:08.250><c> the</c><00:44:08.710><c> greed</c><00:44:09.090><c> of</c><00:44:09.489><c> Gehazi?</c>

00:44:14.769 --> 00:44:21.190
Within<00:44:14.889><c> a</c><00:44:15.230><c> few</c><00:44:15.409><c> words</c><00:44:15.929><c> into</c><00:44:16.269><c> this</c><00:44:16.590><c> verse,</c><00:44:18.769><c> he's</c><00:44:19.329><c> despised</c><00:44:19.730><c> his</c><00:44:19.949><c> master,</c>

00:44:22.050 --> 00:44:25.210
and<00:44:22.349><c> he's</c><00:44:22.809><c> despised</c><00:44:23.329><c> Naaman,</c><00:44:23.929><c> who</c><00:44:24.110><c> is</c><00:44:24.289><c> now</c><00:44:24.469><c> his</c><00:44:24.710><c> brother</c><00:44:24.989><c> in</c>

00:44:25.210 --> 00:44:26.650
the<00:44:25.329><c> hope</c><00:44:25.469><c> of</c><00:44:25.710><c> Israel.</c>

00:44:31.409 --> 00:44:36.710
The<00:44:31.909><c> terrible</c><00:44:32.309><c> tragedy</c><00:44:32.769><c> of</c><00:44:33.050><c> this</c><00:44:33.190><c> situation</c><00:44:33.730><c> is</c><00:44:35.329><c> that</c><00:44:36.369><c> Gehazi</c>

00:44:36.710 --> 00:44:38.650
was<00:44:37.010><c> a</c><00:44:37.210><c> Syrian</c><00:44:37.449><c> himself.</c>

00:44:41.989 --> 00:44:43.730
You<00:44:42.050><c> might</c><00:44:42.150><c> think</c><00:44:42.289><c> that's</c><00:44:42.610><c> a</c><00:44:42.730><c> strange</c><00:44:42.889><c> thing</c><00:44:43.110><c> to</c><00:44:43.349><c> say</c><00:44:43.510><c> because</c>

00:44:43.730 --> 00:44:45.510
we<00:44:43.929><c> said</c><00:44:44.010><c> we</c><00:44:44.150><c> don't</c><00:44:44.389><c> know</c><00:44:44.510><c> where</c><00:44:44.710><c> Gehazi</c><00:44:45.170><c> came</c>

00:44:45.510 --> 00:44:49.110
from,<00:44:47.050><c> that</c><00:44:47.210><c> we</c><00:44:47.289><c> don't</c><00:44:47.570><c> know</c><00:44:47.889><c> what</c><00:44:48.190><c> village</c><00:44:48.449><c> he</c><00:44:48.630><c> came</c><00:44:48.889><c> from,</c>

00:44:49.130 --> 00:44:50.730
we<00:44:49.230><c> don't</c><00:44:49.389><c> know</c><00:44:49.530><c> where</c><00:44:49.710><c> he's</c><00:44:50.030><c> from</c><00:44:50.230><c> originally,</c>

00:44:50.949 --> 00:44:55.010
there's<00:44:51.230><c> no</c><00:44:51.530><c> parentage,</c><00:44:52.510><c> there's</c><00:44:52.769><c> no</c><00:44:52.969><c> lineage</c><00:44:53.289><c> on</c><00:44:53.550><c> either</c><00:44:53.769><c> side</c><00:44:54.070><c> of</c><00:44:54.250><c> him.</c>

00:44:57.250 --> 00:45:03.869
But<00:44:57.849><c> in</c><00:44:58.170><c> reality,</c><00:44:58.909><c> wasn't</c><00:44:59.250><c> the</c><00:44:59.369><c> whole</c><00:44:59.570><c> nation</c><00:44:59.869><c> of</c><00:45:00.030><c> Israel</c><00:45:00.610><c> descended</c><00:45:01.369><c> from</c><00:45:02.750><c> a</c><00:45:03.030><c> Syrian?</c>

00:45:08.030 --> 00:45:10.949
Hadn't<00:45:08.630><c> the</c><00:45:08.909><c> requirement</c><00:45:09.389><c> been</c><00:45:09.690><c> put</c><00:45:09.909><c> upon</c><00:45:10.250><c> them</c><00:45:10.570><c> that</c><00:45:10.789><c> when</c>

00:45:10.949 --> 00:45:12.230
they<00:45:11.250><c> entered</c><00:45:11.389><c> into</c><00:45:11.670><c> the</c><00:45:11.909><c> land</c>

00:45:12.230 --> 00:45:17.110
and<00:45:13.309><c> they</c><00:45:13.510><c> brought</c><00:45:13.670><c> the</c><00:45:14.010><c> first</c><00:45:14.469><c> of</c><00:45:14.889><c> the</c><00:45:15.190><c> first</c><00:45:15.550><c> fruits</c><00:45:15.849><c> of</c><00:45:16.110><c> that</c><00:45:16.389><c> land</c><00:45:16.650><c> that</c><00:45:16.789><c> they</c><00:45:16.969><c> had</c>

00:45:17.110 --> 00:45:17.670
been<00:45:17.329><c> given,</c>

00:45:18.110 --> 00:45:21.269
that<00:45:18.230><c> they</c><00:45:18.369><c> had</c><00:45:18.530><c> to</c><00:45:18.789><c> bring</c><00:45:18.929><c> that</c><00:45:19.250><c> before</c><00:45:19.570><c> the</c><00:45:19.869><c> priest</c><00:45:20.110><c> and</c><00:45:20.469><c> say</c>

00:45:21.269 --> 00:45:24.489
a<00:45:22.530><c> Syrian</c><00:45:23.130><c> was</c><00:45:24.489><c> the</c><00:45:24.489><c> first</c><00:45:24.489><c> fruit</c><00:45:24.489><c> of</c><00:45:24.489><c> the</c><00:45:24.489><c> land.</c>

00:45:24.510 --> 00:45:27.099
Was<00:45:24.570><c> my</c><00:45:24.849><c> father</c><00:45:25.409><c> ready</c><00:45:25.869><c> to</c><00:45:26.130><c> die?</c>

00:45:30.190 --> 00:45:36.429
Gehazi<00:45:30.590><c> says</c><00:45:31.110><c> this</c><00:45:32.769><c> Syrian</c><00:45:33.570><c> has</c><00:45:34.889><c> been</c><00:45:35.289><c> spared.</c>

00:45:38.489 --> 00:45:41.349
Gehazi<00:45:39.230><c> didn't</c><00:45:39.489><c> understand</c><00:45:40.130><c> his</c><00:45:40.369><c> scriptures.</c>

00:45:41.769 --> 00:45:45.590
Gehazi<00:45:42.150><c> didn't</c><00:45:42.429><c> understand</c><00:45:43.070><c> the</c><00:45:43.309><c> purpose</c><00:45:43.730><c> of</c><00:45:44.050><c> God</c><00:45:44.570><c> that</c><00:45:45.349><c> they</c>

00:45:45.590 --> 00:45:47.590
themselves<00:45:46.130><c> as</c><00:45:46.469><c> the</c><00:45:46.630><c> nation</c><00:45:46.869><c> of</c><00:45:47.050><c> Israel</c>

00:45:47.590 --> 00:45:55.230
had<00:45:48.010><c> been</c><00:45:48.349><c> called</c><00:45:48.570><c> out</c><00:45:48.949><c> of</c><00:45:50.570><c> Syria,</c><00:45:51.710><c> out</c><00:45:52.070><c> of</c><00:45:52.570><c> the</c><00:45:52.769><c> Gentiles,</c><00:45:54.750><c> that</c><00:45:55.030><c> he</c>

00:45:55.230 --> 00:45:56.989
himself<00:45:55.630><c> stood</c><00:45:55.889><c> in</c><00:45:56.070><c> the</c><00:45:56.250><c> position</c><00:45:56.530><c> he</c><00:45:56.789><c> stood</c>

00:45:56.989 --> 00:46:02.010
because<00:45:57.329><c> of</c><00:45:57.570><c> God's</c><00:45:58.130><c> choice,</c><00:45:59.150><c> because</c><00:45:59.429><c> of</c><00:45:59.650><c> God's</c><00:46:00.230><c> mercy,</c><00:46:01.690><c> not</c>

00:46:02.010 --> 00:46:05.349
because<00:46:02.269><c> of</c><00:46:02.409><c> any</c><00:46:02.610><c> price</c><00:46:03.150><c> that</c><00:46:03.449><c> he</c><00:46:03.630><c> himself</c><00:46:04.050><c> had</c><00:46:04.329><c> paid.</c>

00:46:06.889 --> 00:46:10.670
But<00:46:07.369><c> that</c><00:46:07.550><c> seems</c><00:46:07.750><c> to</c><00:46:07.949><c> be</c><00:46:08.050><c> what</c><00:46:08.150><c> he</c><00:46:08.610><c> intends</c><00:46:08.849><c> to</c><00:46:09.210><c> exact</c><00:46:09.469><c> from</c><00:46:09.849><c> Naaman.</c>

00:46:11.710 --> 00:46:16.010
Well<00:46:11.909><c> Naaman</c><00:46:12.090><c> has</c><00:46:12.250><c> been</c><00:46:12.650><c> spared,</c><00:46:13.809><c> it</c><00:46:14.110><c> hasn't</c><00:46:14.250><c> cost</c><00:46:14.550><c> him</c><00:46:14.769><c> anything</c><00:46:15.329><c> to</c>

00:46:16.010 --> 00:46:17.429
receive<00:46:16.329><c> this</c><00:46:16.550><c> great</c><00:46:16.829><c> salvation.</c>

00:46:17.590 --> 00:46:21.070
And<00:46:17.829><c> that's</c><00:46:18.150><c> just</c><00:46:18.489><c> not</c><00:46:18.809><c> right,</c><00:46:19.769><c> Gehazi</c><00:46:20.090><c> says.</c>

00:46:21.170 --> 00:46:23.369
He<00:46:21.369><c> is</c><00:46:21.550><c> now</c><00:46:21.769><c> a</c><00:46:21.889><c> partaker</c><00:46:22.349><c> of</c><00:46:22.510><c> the</c><00:46:22.670><c> hope</c><00:46:22.809><c> of</c><00:46:23.070><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:23.510 --> 00:46:25.590
It's<00:46:23.969><c> our</c><00:46:24.489><c> hope.</c>

00:46:25.769 --> 00:46:29.809
And<00:46:26.050><c> what</c><00:46:26.289><c> right</c><00:46:26.469><c> does</c><00:46:26.690><c> he</c><00:46:26.969><c> have</c><00:46:27.550><c> to</c><00:46:27.889><c> come</c><00:46:28.210><c> and</c><00:46:28.510><c> be</c><00:46:28.849><c> a</c><00:46:29.309><c> partaker</c>

00:46:29.809 --> 00:46:33.809
of<00:46:29.989><c> that</c><00:46:30.690><c> without</c><00:46:31.510><c> it</c><00:46:31.829><c> costing</c><00:46:32.170><c> him</c><00:46:32.829><c> anything?</c>

00:46:37.250 --> 00:46:41.269
You're<00:46:37.449><c> beginning</c><00:46:37.690><c> to</c><00:46:38.050><c> see</c><00:46:38.889><c> the</c><00:46:39.969><c> correlation</c><00:46:40.530><c> now</c><00:46:40.909><c> between</c>

00:46:41.269 --> 00:46:43.210
the<00:46:41.530><c> mind</c><00:46:41.809><c> of</c><00:46:42.030><c> Gehazi</c>

00:46:43.670 --> 00:46:48.929
and<00:46:44.250><c> the</c><00:46:44.409><c> mind</c><00:46:44.750><c> of</c><00:46:45.110><c> Naaman</c><00:46:45.510><c> the</c><00:46:46.070><c> captain</c><00:46:46.389><c> of</c><00:46:46.610><c> the</c><00:46:46.789><c> host</c><00:46:47.349><c> before</c>

00:46:48.929 --> 00:46:50.550
he<00:46:49.409><c> is</c><00:46:49.650><c> cleansed.</c>

00:46:52.510 --> 00:46:54.530
It's<00:46:53.289><c> very</c><00:46:53.630><c> prideful.</c>

00:46:55.550 --> 00:46:59.389
It's<00:46:55.809><c> very</c><00:46:56.949><c> patriotic</c><00:46:57.750><c> we</c><00:46:57.949><c> might</c><00:46:58.190><c> say</c><00:46:58.489><c> even.</c>

00:47:00.610 --> 00:47:05.869
And<00:47:00.829><c> perhaps</c><00:47:01.369><c> in</c><00:47:02.710><c> the</c><00:47:02.929><c> story</c><00:47:03.250><c> of</c><00:47:03.869><c> second</c><00:47:04.190><c> kings</c><00:47:04.670><c> it's</c><00:47:05.530><c> fitting</c>

00:47:05.869 --> 00:47:08.250
that<00:47:06.469><c> the</c><00:47:06.670><c> next</c><00:47:06.989><c> prophet</c><00:47:07.349><c> that</c><00:47:07.730><c> arises</c>

00:47:08.250 --> 00:47:15.489
after<00:47:08.969><c> the</c><00:47:09.150><c> death</c><00:47:09.349><c> of</c><00:47:09.590><c> Elisha</c><00:47:10.409><c> and</c><00:47:10.889><c> the</c><00:47:11.110><c> long</c><00:47:11.369><c> since</c><00:47:11.730><c> disappearance</c><00:47:12.289><c> of</c><00:47:12.550><c> Gehazi</c><00:47:13.050><c> is</c><00:47:14.550><c> Jonah,</c>

00:47:16.909 --> 00:47:20.349
the<00:47:17.210><c> patriotic</c><00:47:17.769><c> prophet</c><00:47:18.250><c> who</c><00:47:19.349><c> did</c><00:47:19.469><c> not</c><00:47:19.630><c> want</c><00:47:19.809><c> to</c><00:47:19.909><c> go</c><00:47:20.050><c> to</c><00:47:20.230><c> the</c>

00:47:20.349 --> 00:47:23.469
Gentiles<00:47:21.010><c> and</c><00:47:21.170><c> to</c><00:47:21.389><c> offer</c><00:47:21.550><c> them</c><00:47:22.090><c> the</c><00:47:22.449><c> hope</c><00:47:22.630><c> of</c><00:47:22.829><c> Israel,</c>

00:47:23.909 --> 00:47:27.789
the<00:47:24.070><c> hope</c><00:47:24.309><c> of</c><00:47:24.630><c> deliverance,</c><00:47:26.050><c> the</c><00:47:26.190><c> hope</c><00:47:26.369><c> of</c><00:47:26.630><c> salvation.</c>

00:47:28.690 --> 00:47:32.110
Gehazi<00:47:29.110><c> sees</c><00:47:29.389><c> that</c><00:47:29.750><c> being</c><00:47:29.989><c> given</c><00:47:30.230><c> to</c><00:47:30.510><c> Naaman</c><00:47:30.869><c> the</c><00:47:31.590><c> fellowship</c>

00:47:32.110 --> 00:47:33.670
that's<00:47:32.530><c> extended</c><00:47:32.750><c> unto</c><00:47:33.010><c> him</c><00:47:33.210><c> with</c><00:47:33.389><c> the</c>

00:47:33.670 --> 00:47:39.610
being<00:47:33.989><c> opened</c><00:47:34.570><c> and</c><00:47:35.349><c> he</c><00:47:35.550><c> rebels</c><00:47:36.010><c> against</c><00:47:36.489><c> the</c><00:47:36.690><c> will</c><00:47:36.769><c> of</c><00:47:37.010><c> God</c><00:47:37.530><c> and</c><00:47:39.210><c> seeks</c><00:47:39.389><c> to</c>

00:47:39.610 --> 00:47:41.789
take<00:47:39.750><c> matters</c><00:47:40.070><c> into</c><00:47:40.289><c> his</c><00:47:40.510><c> own</c><00:47:40.730><c> hand.</c>

00:47:43.389 --> 00:47:45.909
And<00:47:43.489><c> just</c><00:47:43.630><c> to</c><00:47:43.809><c> pull</c><00:47:43.949><c> out</c><00:47:44.050><c> the</c><00:47:44.369><c> action</c><00:47:44.730><c> words</c><00:47:45.070><c> of</c><00:47:45.329><c> what</c><00:47:45.570><c> Gehazi</c>

00:47:45.909 --> 00:47:46.969
does<00:47:46.289><c> here</c>

00:47:46.969 --> 00:47:53.250
and<00:47:47.610><c> perhaps</c><00:47:49.329><c> to</c><00:47:49.630><c> condense</c><00:47:49.969><c> the</c><00:47:50.250><c> actions</c><00:47:50.590><c> into</c><00:47:51.090><c> simple</c><00:47:51.590><c> phrases</c><00:47:52.070><c> as</c><00:47:52.409><c> well,</c>

00:47:54.489 --> 00:47:59.409
we<00:47:54.610><c> see</c><00:47:54.769><c> that</c><00:47:54.969><c> firstly</c><00:47:55.349><c> Gehazi</c><00:47:55.909><c> thought</c><00:47:56.309><c> evil</c><00:47:57.030><c> about</c><00:47:57.989><c> his</c><00:47:58.230><c> master</c><00:47:58.750><c> and</c>

00:47:59.409 --> 00:48:01.130
about<00:47:59.769><c> his</c><00:48:00.070><c> brother.</c>

00:48:01.449 --> 00:48:08.489
Gehazi<00:48:02.210><c> ran</c><00:48:02.969><c> after</c><00:48:03.590><c> Naaman.</c><00:48:04.650><c> Gehazi</c><00:48:05.170><c> lied</c><00:48:05.829><c> to</c><00:48:06.170><c> Naaman.</c><00:48:07.409><c> Gehazi</c><00:48:07.909><c> stole</c>

00:48:08.489 --> 00:48:10.610
from<00:48:08.789><c> Naaman</c><00:48:09.349><c> and</c><00:48:09.829><c> therefore</c><00:48:10.289><c> bought</c>

00:48:10.610 --> 00:48:15.230
from<00:48:10.929><c> Elisha</c><00:48:11.489><c> for</c><00:48:11.730><c> he</c><00:48:11.949><c> uses</c><00:48:12.309><c> his</c><00:48:12.909><c> master</c><00:48:13.489><c> as</c><00:48:13.849><c> the</c><00:48:13.989><c> way</c><00:48:14.210><c> by</c><00:48:14.570><c> which</c><00:48:14.829><c> he</c>

00:48:15.230 --> 00:48:17.849
will<00:48:15.510><c> gain</c><00:48:15.949><c> these</c><00:48:16.690><c> things</c><00:48:17.269><c> which</c><00:48:17.590><c> Naaman</c>

00:48:17.849 --> 00:48:22.909
has<00:48:18.130><c> brought.</c><00:48:19.590><c> Gehazi</c><00:48:19.909><c> then</c><00:48:20.170><c> returns</c><00:48:20.489><c> and</c><00:48:20.849><c> lies</c><00:48:21.250><c> to</c><00:48:21.489><c> Elisha</c>

00:48:22.909 --> 00:48:26.030
but<00:48:23.309><c> we</c><00:48:23.469><c> find</c><00:48:23.750><c> out</c><00:48:23.969><c> that</c><00:48:24.250><c> Gehazi</c><00:48:24.789><c> was</c><00:48:25.150><c> watched</c>

00:48:26.210 --> 00:48:32.849
by<00:48:26.550><c> Elisha</c><00:48:27.250><c> that</c><00:48:27.489><c> entire</c><00:48:28.050><c> time.</c><00:48:30.150><c> Gehazi</c><00:48:30.269><c> is</c><00:48:30.590><c> cursed</c><00:48:31.010><c> by</c><00:48:31.289><c> Elisha</c><00:48:32.389><c> and</c>

00:48:32.849 --> 00:48:34.190
we<00:48:32.989><c> see</c><00:48:33.130><c> that</c><00:48:33.349><c> that</c><00:48:33.610><c> curse</c>

00:48:34.190 --> 00:48:41.130
makes<00:48:34.809><c> Gehazi</c><00:48:35.449><c> white</c><00:48:35.690><c> as</c><00:48:35.969><c> snow</c><00:48:36.510><c> and</c><00:48:37.710><c> so</c><00:48:37.849><c> Gehazi</c><00:48:38.769><c> goes</c><00:48:39.309><c> out</c><00:48:40.250><c> from</c><00:48:40.929><c> the</c>

00:48:41.130 --> 00:48:42.989
man<00:48:41.250><c> of</c><00:48:41.429><c> God's</c><00:48:41.849><c> presence,</c>

00:48:43.489 --> 00:48:47.710
never<00:48:43.670><c> again</c><00:48:44.010><c> to</c><00:48:44.190><c> be</c><00:48:44.369><c> physically</c><00:48:44.789><c> seen</c><00:48:45.090><c> in</c><00:48:45.250><c> the</c><00:48:45.449><c> record</c><00:48:45.730><c> in</c><00:48:45.969><c> the</c><00:48:46.210><c> presence</c><00:48:46.570><c> of</c><00:48:46.869><c> Elisha.</c>

00:48:52.070 --> 00:48:57.010
Well,<00:48:52.550><c> I</c><00:48:52.650><c> see</c><00:48:52.789><c> that</c><00:48:52.949><c> we've</c><00:48:53.769><c> come</c><00:48:53.949><c> to</c><00:48:54.090><c> the</c><00:48:54.210><c> last</c><00:48:54.389><c> few</c><00:48:54.570><c> minutes</c><00:48:54.789><c> of</c><00:48:54.949><c> the</c><00:48:55.190><c> class</c><00:48:55.449><c> and</c><00:48:55.690><c> as</c><00:48:55.929><c> I</c><00:48:56.210><c> feared,</c>

00:48:58.610 --> 00:49:02.309
don't<00:48:59.090><c> quite</c><00:48:59.309><c> have</c><00:48:59.489><c> the</c><00:48:59.710><c> time</c><00:48:59.849><c> to</c><00:49:00.070><c> cover</c><00:49:00.230><c> the</c><00:49:00.489><c> material</c><00:49:00.989><c> in</c><00:49:01.730><c> regards</c><00:49:02.050><c> to</c>

00:49:02.309 --> 00:49:03.989
Gehazi<00:49:02.630><c> that</c><00:49:02.829><c> I</c><00:49:02.969><c> had</c><00:49:03.190><c> hoped.</c>

00:49:08.110 --> 00:49:13.369
What<00:49:08.269><c> we</c><00:49:08.409><c> do</c><00:49:08.590><c> have</c><00:49:08.750><c> in</c><00:49:08.929><c> regards</c><00:49:09.210><c> to</c><00:49:09.389><c> Gehazi</c><00:49:09.829><c> are</c><00:49:10.170><c> strong</c><00:49:10.550><c> lessons</c><00:49:11.389><c> about</c>

00:49:13.369 --> 00:49:16.289
how<00:49:13.670><c> we</c><00:49:14.550><c> deal</c><00:49:14.829><c> with</c><00:49:15.190><c> our</c><00:49:15.429><c> brethren.</c>

00:49:17.230 --> 00:49:22.690
That<00:49:17.750><c> we</c><00:49:17.989><c> are</c><00:49:18.369><c> not</c><00:49:18.710><c> given</c><00:49:19.150><c> the</c><00:49:20.389><c> license</c><00:49:20.869><c> to</c><00:49:21.670><c> seek</c><00:49:21.889><c> to</c><00:49:22.329><c> exact</c>

00:49:22.690 --> 00:49:26.429
more<00:49:23.150><c> from</c><00:49:23.409><c> them</c><00:49:23.769><c> than</c><00:49:24.070><c> God</c><00:49:24.389><c> has</c><00:49:24.710><c> chosen</c><00:49:25.030><c> to.</c>

00:49:27.829 --> 00:49:31.489
In<00:49:28.050><c> fact,</c><00:49:28.289><c> even</c><00:49:28.610><c> when</c><00:49:28.809><c> they</c><00:49:29.010><c> are</c><00:49:29.269><c> willing</c><00:49:29.489><c> to</c><00:49:29.750><c> give</c><00:49:29.929><c> more,</c><00:49:31.369><c> the</c>

00:49:31.489 --> 00:49:36.309
man<00:49:31.670><c> of</c><00:49:31.889><c> God</c><00:49:32.130><c> says,</c><00:49:33.829><c> I</c><00:49:33.949><c> will</c><00:49:34.170><c> not</c><00:49:34.369><c> take</c><00:49:34.610><c> it.</c>

00:49:37.550 --> 00:49:41.429
But<00:49:37.789><c> Gehazi,</c><00:49:39.170><c> a</c><00:49:39.289><c> brother</c><00:49:39.750><c> in</c><00:49:40.309><c> the</c><00:49:40.489><c> Ecclesia</c><00:49:40.809><c> of</c><00:49:41.010><c> the</c><00:49:41.150><c> sons</c><00:49:41.289><c> of</c>

00:49:41.429 --> 00:49:43.710
the<00:49:41.650><c> prophets,</c><00:49:41.969><c> thought</c><00:49:42.210><c> that</c><00:49:42.369><c> he</c><00:49:42.550><c> could</c><00:49:42.789><c> take</c><00:49:43.090><c> it</c>

00:49:43.710 --> 00:49:48.070
and<00:49:44.010><c> that</c><00:49:44.150><c> his</c><00:49:44.349><c> master</c><00:49:44.730><c> had</c><00:49:45.130><c> made</c><00:49:45.429><c> an</c><00:49:45.670><c> error</c><00:49:46.090><c> in</c><00:49:46.510><c> not</c><00:49:47.150><c> receiving</c><00:49:47.570><c> from</c><00:49:47.789><c> his</c>

00:49:48.070 --> 00:49:49.570
hand<00:49:48.590><c> the</c><00:49:48.949><c> things</c><00:49:49.150><c> which</c><00:49:49.349><c> he</c><00:49:49.449><c> had</c>

00:49:49.570 --> 00:49:58.610
been<00:49:49.730><c> offered.</c><00:49:52.769><c> We</c><00:49:53.250><c> see</c><00:49:53.389><c> the</c><00:49:53.570><c> danger</c><00:49:54.230><c> of</c><00:49:55.010><c> not</c><00:49:55.610><c> seeking</c><00:49:56.010><c> counsel,</c><00:49:58.170><c> of</c><00:49:58.369><c> not</c>

00:49:58.610 --> 00:50:00.570
seeking<00:49:58.969><c> the</c><00:49:59.210><c> will</c><00:49:59.309><c> of</c><00:49:59.530><c> God,</c>

00:50:00.909 --> 00:50:03.730
and<00:50:01.369><c> of</c><00:50:01.730><c> seeking</c><00:50:01.929><c> to</c><00:50:02.170><c> take</c><00:50:02.349><c> matters</c><00:50:02.630><c> into</c><00:50:02.889><c> our</c><00:50:03.130><c> own</c><00:50:03.389><c> hands</c>

00:50:03.730 --> 00:50:04.829
without<00:50:04.130><c> consulting</c>

00:50:04.829 --> 00:50:09.590
the<00:50:05.530><c> one</c><00:50:05.789><c> source</c><00:50:06.170><c> of</c><00:50:06.389><c> the</c><00:50:06.530><c> word</c><00:50:06.670><c> of</c><00:50:06.889><c> God</c><00:50:07.429><c> that</c><00:50:07.829><c> we</c><00:50:08.010><c> know</c><00:50:08.170><c> is</c><00:50:08.429><c> trustworthy.</c>

00:50:11.969 --> 00:50:15.309
And<00:50:12.530><c> we</c><00:50:12.730><c> see</c><00:50:12.929><c> that</c><00:50:13.230><c> in</c><00:50:13.389><c> doing</c><00:50:13.610><c> these</c><00:50:13.989><c> things</c><00:50:14.329><c> and</c><00:50:14.650><c> in</c><00:50:15.010><c> failing</c>

00:50:15.309 --> 00:50:18.150
to<00:50:15.590><c> give</c><00:50:15.829><c> heed</c><00:50:16.130><c> to</c><00:50:16.730><c> the</c><00:50:16.969><c> things</c><00:50:17.269><c> of</c><00:50:17.590><c> the</c><00:50:17.849><c> truth,</c>

00:50:18.469 --> 00:50:22.090
to<00:50:18.610><c> the</c><00:50:18.809><c> things</c><00:50:19.070><c> of</c><00:50:19.329><c> God's</c><00:50:19.769><c> will,</c><00:50:20.730><c> we</c><00:50:20.909><c> find</c><00:50:21.170><c> ourselves</c><00:50:21.690><c> in</c><00:50:21.869><c> the</c>

00:50:22.090 --> 00:50:24.989
company<00:50:22.530><c> of</c><00:50:22.909><c> those</c><00:50:23.369><c> whom</c><00:50:24.050><c> we</c><00:50:24.289><c> think</c><00:50:24.530><c> we</c><00:50:24.730><c> have</c>

00:50:24.989 --> 00:50:33.130
separated<00:50:25.409><c> from.</c><00:50:27.349><c> We</c><00:50:27.550><c> find</c><00:50:27.750><c> ourselves</c><00:50:28.269><c> in</c><00:50:28.409><c> the</c><00:50:28.610><c> company</c><00:50:29.110><c> of</c><00:50:29.489><c> Naaman,</c><00:50:29.889><c> the</c><00:50:30.050><c> captain</c><00:50:30.289><c> of</c><00:50:30.489><c> the</c><00:50:30.670><c> host,</c><00:50:31.789><c> a</c><00:50:31.949><c> leper.</c>

00:50:33.409 --> 00:50:36.190
And<00:50:33.750><c> so</c><00:50:33.889><c> that</c><00:50:34.110><c> curse</c><00:50:34.469><c> at</c><00:50:34.710><c> the</c><00:50:34.869><c> end</c><00:50:35.030><c> of</c><00:50:35.190><c> this</c><00:50:35.389><c> record</c><00:50:35.690><c> is</c><00:50:35.969><c> put</c>

00:50:36.190 --> 00:50:37.750
upon<00:50:36.630><c> Gehazi.</c>

00:50:38.550 --> 00:50:42.929
Verse<00:50:39.070><c> 27,</c><00:50:39.590><c> the</c><00:50:39.849><c> leprosy</c><00:50:40.429><c> thereof</c><00:50:40.889><c> of</c><00:50:41.190><c> Naaman</c><00:50:41.769><c> shall</c><00:50:42.550><c> cleave</c>

00:50:42.929 --> 00:50:45.869
unto<00:50:43.130><c> thee</c><00:50:43.449><c> and</c><00:50:43.610><c> unto</c><00:50:43.809><c> thy</c><00:50:44.110><c> seed</c><00:50:44.710><c> forever.</c>

00:50:49.030 --> 00:50:51.570
But<00:50:49.550><c> it's</c><00:50:49.710><c> a</c><00:50:49.789><c> different</c><00:50:50.050><c> leprosy.</c>

00:50:52.909 --> 00:50:56.889
We're<00:50:53.170><c> told</c><00:50:53.429><c> earlier</c><00:50:53.849><c> in</c><00:50:54.010><c> the</c><00:50:54.150><c> chapter,</c><00:50:54.769><c> in</c><00:50:54.989><c> verse</c><00:50:55.210><c> 11,</c><00:50:56.710><c> that</c>

00:50:56.889 --> 00:50:59.329
Naaman<00:50:57.210><c> says,</c><00:50:58.090><c> Behold,</c><00:50:58.369><c> I</c><00:50:58.570><c> thought</c><00:50:58.750><c> he</c><00:50:58.889><c> will</c><00:50:59.110><c> surely</c>

00:50:59.329 --> 00:51:02.070
come<00:50:59.570><c> out</c><00:50:59.789><c> to</c><00:50:59.889><c> me</c><00:51:00.050><c> and</c><00:51:00.309><c> stand</c><00:51:00.550><c> and</c><00:51:00.769><c> call</c><00:51:00.989><c> on</c><00:51:01.150><c> the</c><00:51:01.170><c> name</c><00:51:01.389><c> of</c><00:51:01.570><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:01.869><c> his</c>

00:51:02.070 --> 00:51:05.010
God<00:51:02.289><c> and</c><00:51:02.469><c> strike</c><00:51:02.750><c> his</c><00:51:02.989><c> hand</c><00:51:03.210><c> over</c><00:51:03.590><c> the</c><00:51:04.050><c> place</c>

00:51:05.449 --> 00:51:08.449
and<00:51:06.010><c> recover</c><00:51:06.369><c> the</c><00:51:06.590><c> leper.</c><00:51:06.869><c> That</c><00:51:07.010><c> there</c><00:51:07.190><c> was</c><00:51:07.489><c> an</c><00:51:07.769><c> area</c><00:51:08.070><c> of</c><00:51:08.309><c> his</c>

00:51:08.449 --> 00:51:14.030
body<00:51:09.150><c> that</c><00:51:10.070><c> was</c><00:51:10.349><c> leprous.</c><00:51:12.190><c> But</c><00:51:12.349><c> in</c><00:51:12.469><c> verse</c><00:51:12.670><c> 27,</c>

00:51:15.449 --> 00:51:19.309
we<00:51:15.530><c> see</c><00:51:15.730><c> that</c><00:51:15.869><c> Gehazi</c><00:51:16.210><c> goes</c><00:51:16.510><c> out,</c><00:51:16.929><c> a</c><00:51:17.090><c> leper,</c><00:51:17.670><c> white</c><00:51:17.949><c> as</c><00:51:18.329><c> snow.</c>

00:51:20.909 --> 00:51:24.650
And<00:51:21.050><c> given</c><00:51:21.170><c> the</c><00:51:21.429><c> time,</c><00:51:21.670><c> we</c><00:51:21.690><c> could</c><00:51:21.869><c> look</c><00:51:22.110><c> at</c><00:51:22.329><c> Leviticus</c><00:51:22.789><c> chapter</c><00:51:23.190><c> 13</c><00:51:23.829><c> and</c>

00:51:24.650 --> 00:51:27.050
the<00:51:25.030><c> context</c><00:51:25.510><c> of</c><00:51:25.829><c> white</c><00:51:26.130><c> in</c><00:51:26.670><c> relation</c>

00:51:27.050 --> 00:51:31.909
to<00:51:27.369><c> leprosy.</c><00:51:27.969><c> That</c><00:51:28.210><c> was</c><00:51:28.929><c> the</c><00:51:29.489><c> deciding</c><00:51:29.849><c> color,</c><00:51:31.269><c> more</c><00:51:31.590><c> often</c>

00:51:31.909 --> 00:51:34.969
than<00:51:32.170><c> not,</c><00:51:33.170><c> about</c><00:51:33.550><c> leprosy.</c>

00:51:36.429 --> 00:51:43.550
And<00:51:36.630><c> he</c><00:51:36.710><c> goes</c><00:51:36.889><c> out,</c><00:51:37.269><c> a</c><00:51:37.329><c> leper,</c><00:51:37.849><c> white</c><00:51:38.050><c> as</c><00:51:38.349><c> snow,</c><00:51:39.230><c> which</c><00:51:39.670><c> incidentally</c><00:51:40.869><c> is</c><00:51:41.889><c> also</c><00:51:42.170><c> what</c><00:51:42.329><c> happens</c><00:51:42.690><c> to</c><00:51:42.949><c> Miriam</c>

00:51:43.550 --> 00:51:48.909
in<00:51:44.210><c> Numbers</c><00:51:44.590><c> chapter</c><00:51:44.929><c> 12,</c><00:51:45.409><c> for</c><00:51:45.590><c> the</c><00:51:45.849><c> same</c><00:51:46.449><c> sin,</c><00:51:48.329><c> for</c><00:51:48.570><c> lifting</c>

00:51:48.909 --> 00:51:51.130
herself<00:51:49.389><c> up</c><00:51:49.789><c> against</c><00:51:50.269><c> the</c><00:51:50.590><c> vessel</c>

00:51:51.130 --> 00:51:57.730
of<00:51:51.670><c> Yahweh's</c><00:51:52.090><c> power,</c><00:51:52.690><c> of</c><00:51:52.809><c> not</c><00:51:53.090><c> seeking</c><00:51:53.650><c> God's</c><00:51:54.469><c> wisdom,</c><00:51:55.510><c> of</c><00:51:55.730><c> departing</c><00:51:56.309><c> from</c><00:51:56.489><c> the</c><00:51:56.769><c> teaching</c><00:51:57.090><c> of</c><00:51:57.349><c> God</c>

00:51:57.730 --> 00:52:04.969
and<00:51:58.130><c> the</c><00:51:58.409><c> obvious</c><00:51:58.750><c> revealed</c><00:51:59.289><c> will.</c><00:52:03.570><c> And</c><00:52:03.710><c> he</c><00:52:03.849><c> departs</c><00:52:04.329><c> from</c><00:52:04.469><c> the</c><00:52:04.630><c> man</c><00:52:04.769><c> of</c>

00:52:04.969 --> 00:52:05.829
God,<00:52:05.269><c> a</c><00:52:05.449><c> leper,</c>

00:52:06.030 --> 00:52:09.809
white<00:52:06.190><c> as</c><00:52:06.469><c> snow.</c><00:52:06.929><c> We</c><00:52:07.050><c> don't</c><00:52:07.230><c> know</c><00:52:07.369><c> if</c><00:52:07.449><c> he</c><00:52:07.610><c> ever</c><00:52:07.909><c> had</c><00:52:08.429><c> any</c><00:52:08.889><c> descendants</c><00:52:09.409><c> upon</c>

00:52:09.809 --> 00:52:12.090
which<00:52:10.050><c> that</c><00:52:10.309><c> curse</c><00:52:10.510><c> was</c><00:52:10.809><c> passed.</c>

00:52:14.050 --> 00:52:19.130
But<00:52:14.329><c> we</c><00:52:14.449><c> do</c><00:52:14.670><c> see</c><00:52:14.829><c> Gehazi</c><00:52:15.210><c> one</c><00:52:15.550><c> last</c><00:52:16.010><c> time</c><00:52:16.730><c> in</c><00:52:17.150><c> 2</c><00:52:17.429><c> Kings</c><00:52:17.829><c> chapter</c><00:52:18.349><c> 8.</c>

00:52:26.650 --> 00:52:32.110
2<00:52:27.170><c> Kings</c><00:52:27.510><c> chapter</c><00:52:27.969><c> 8</c><00:52:28.210><c> and</c><00:52:28.409><c> verse</c><00:52:28.730><c> 4</c><00:52:30.449><c> says</c><00:52:31.570><c> that</c><00:52:31.750><c> the</c><00:52:31.829><c> king</c><00:52:32.030><c> of</c>

00:52:32.110 --> 00:52:34.329
Israel<00:52:32.469><c> talked</c><00:52:32.809><c> with</c><00:52:33.030><c> Gehazi,</c><00:52:33.530><c> the</c><00:52:33.789><c> servant</c>

00:52:34.329 --> 00:52:39.170
of<00:52:35.150><c> the</c><00:52:35.329><c> man</c><00:52:35.530><c> of</c><00:52:35.769><c> God,</c><00:52:37.409><c> saying,</c><00:52:37.949><c> Tell</c><00:52:37.989><c> me,</c><00:52:38.250><c> I</c><00:52:38.349><c> pray,</c><00:52:38.769><c> the</c><00:52:38.949><c> all</c>

00:52:39.170 --> 00:52:41.849
the<00:52:39.389><c> great</c><00:52:39.550><c> things</c><00:52:39.849><c> that</c><00:52:40.070><c> Elisha</c><00:52:40.429><c> hath</c><00:52:40.650><c> done.</c>

00:52:42.090 --> 00:52:46.530
It<00:52:42.389><c> came</c><00:52:42.570><c> to</c><00:52:42.829><c> pass,</c><00:52:43.110><c> as</c><00:52:43.349><c> he</c><00:52:43.510><c> was</c><00:52:43.769><c> telling</c><00:52:44.050><c> the</c><00:52:44.250><c> king,</c><00:52:44.550><c> how</c><00:52:44.710><c> he</c><00:52:44.889><c> had</c><00:52:45.070><c> restored</c><00:52:45.769><c> a</c>

00:52:46.530 --> 00:52:49.070
dead<00:52:46.909><c> body</c><00:52:47.269><c> to</c><00:52:47.590><c> life,</c>

00:52:50.150 --> 00:52:53.309
that<00:52:50.670><c> behold,</c><00:52:51.210><c> the</c><00:52:51.250><c> woman</c><00:52:51.670><c> whose</c><00:52:51.969><c> son</c><00:52:52.210><c> he</c><00:52:52.449><c> had</c><00:52:52.670><c> restored</c><00:52:53.050><c> to</c>

00:52:53.309 --> 00:52:56.110
life,<00:52:53.989><c> cried</c><00:52:54.389><c> to</c><00:52:54.570><c> the</c><00:52:54.710><c> king</c><00:52:54.909><c> for</c><00:52:55.090><c> her</c><00:52:55.289><c> house</c><00:52:55.670><c> and</c><00:52:55.889><c> for</c>

00:52:56.110 --> 00:53:01.230
her<00:52:56.289><c> land.</c><00:52:56.590><c> And</c><00:52:56.929><c> Gehazi</c><00:52:57.329><c> said,</c><00:52:58.449><c> My</c><00:52:58.670><c> lord,</c><00:52:59.469><c> O</c><00:52:59.710><c> king,</c><00:53:00.750><c> this</c><00:53:01.010><c> is</c>

00:53:01.230 --> 00:53:06.070
the<00:53:01.349><c> woman,</c><00:53:02.150><c> and</c><00:53:02.409><c> this</c><00:53:02.690><c> is</c><00:53:02.869><c> her</c><00:53:03.110><c> son,</c><00:53:03.849><c> whom</c><00:53:03.989><c> Elisha</c><00:53:05.489><c> restored</c>

00:53:06.070 --> 00:53:07.530
to<00:53:06.329><c> life.</c>

00:53:09.690 --> 00:53:13.590
Now,<00:53:10.210><c> if</c><00:53:10.369><c> this</c><00:53:10.590><c> is</c><00:53:10.969><c> chronologically</c><00:53:11.610><c> out</c><00:53:11.849><c> of</c><00:53:12.030><c> order,</c><00:53:13.170><c> then</c><00:53:13.389><c> we</c>

00:53:13.590 --> 00:53:15.929
have<00:53:13.730><c> no</c><00:53:14.010><c> problem</c><00:53:14.449><c> imagining</c><00:53:15.030><c> Gehazi</c><00:53:15.590><c> there,</c>

00:53:15.929 --> 00:53:19.030
for<00:53:16.150><c> there</c><00:53:16.269><c> was</c><00:53:16.510><c> a</c><00:53:16.710><c> relationship</c><00:53:17.269><c> between</c><00:53:17.630><c> the</c><00:53:17.769><c> king</c><00:53:17.929><c> of</c><00:53:18.070><c> Israel</c><00:53:18.530><c> and</c>

00:53:19.030 --> 00:53:21.989
Elisha<00:53:19.809><c> that</c><00:53:20.510><c> was</c><00:53:20.769><c> very</c><00:53:21.110><c> unique</c><00:53:21.570><c> among</c>

00:53:21.989 --> 00:53:26.889
prophets<00:53:22.449><c> and</c><00:53:22.829><c> kings.</c><00:53:24.630><c> So</c><00:53:24.849><c> it's</c><00:53:25.550><c> not</c><00:53:25.769><c> out</c><00:53:26.010><c> of</c><00:53:26.190><c> context</c><00:53:26.610><c> or</c><00:53:26.789><c> out</c>

00:53:26.889 --> 00:53:29.250
of<00:53:27.170><c> character</c><00:53:27.469><c> to</c><00:53:27.650><c> see</c><00:53:27.769><c> his</c><00:53:28.070><c> servant</c><00:53:28.409><c> recounting</c><00:53:29.050><c> the</c>

00:53:29.250 --> 00:53:34.409
great<00:53:29.449><c> works</c><00:53:29.889><c> of</c><00:53:30.429><c> Elisha</c><00:53:30.769><c> the</c><00:53:30.969><c> prophet</c><00:53:31.409><c> to</c><00:53:31.710><c> the</c><00:53:31.929><c> king.</c><00:53:33.969><c> But</c><00:53:34.190><c> as</c>

00:53:34.409 --> 00:53:39.469
far<00:53:34.650><c> as</c><00:53:35.010><c> the</c><00:53:35.630><c> record</c><00:53:35.949><c> is</c><00:53:36.329><c> concerned,</c><00:53:37.929><c> Gehazi</c><00:53:38.289><c> has</c><00:53:38.650><c> been</c>

00:53:39.409 --> 00:53:46.650
a<00:53:39.789><c> leper</c><00:53:40.550><c> white</c><00:53:40.789><c> as</c><00:53:41.090><c> snow</c><00:53:41.349><c> already.</c><00:53:43.070><c> And</c><00:53:43.210><c> in</c><00:53:43.329><c> fact,</c><00:53:43.929><c> if</c><00:53:44.010><c> we</c><00:53:44.150><c> turn</c><00:53:44.369><c> back</c><00:53:44.650><c> into</c><00:53:44.869><c> Numbers</c><00:53:45.170><c> chapter</c><00:53:45.590><c> 12,</c>

00:53:47.090 --> 00:53:52.050
we'll<00:53:47.389><c> get</c><00:53:47.670><c> the</c><00:53:48.110><c> account</c><00:53:48.550><c> from</c><00:53:49.610><c> Aaron's</c><00:53:50.190><c> mouth</c><00:53:50.730><c> as</c><00:53:51.670><c> to</c><00:53:51.829><c> what</c>

00:53:52.050 --> 00:53:53.329
that<00:53:52.429><c> meant.</c>

00:53:54.550 --> 00:54:01.510
What<00:53:54.710><c> does</c><00:53:54.909><c> it</c><00:53:55.130><c> mean</c><00:53:56.130><c> biblically</c><00:53:57.070><c> to</c><00:53:57.809><c> be</c><00:53:58.409><c> a</c><00:53:58.710><c> leper</c><00:53:59.449><c> white</c><00:54:00.210><c> as</c><00:54:00.610><c> snow?</c>

00:54:04.750 --> 00:54:08.650
Numbers<00:54:05.070><c> chapter</c><00:54:05.449><c> 12,</c><00:54:06.710><c> beginning</c><00:54:06.909><c> at</c><00:54:07.150><c> verse</c><00:54:07.429><c> 11.</c>

00:54:10.849 --> 00:54:14.389
And<00:54:11.409><c> Aaron</c><00:54:11.789><c> said</c><00:54:12.010><c> unto</c><00:54:12.210><c> Moses,</c><00:54:12.869><c> Alas,</c><00:54:13.469><c> my</c><00:54:13.570><c> lord,</c><00:54:13.849><c> I</c><00:54:13.949><c> beseech</c>

00:54:14.389 --> 00:54:18.250
thee,<00:54:14.909><c> lay</c><00:54:15.170><c> not</c><00:54:15.469><c> the</c><00:54:15.829><c> sin</c><00:54:16.050><c> upon</c><00:54:16.469><c> us</c><00:54:16.769><c> wherein</c><00:54:17.030><c> we</c><00:54:17.309><c> have</c><00:54:17.489><c> done</c>

00:54:18.429 --> 00:54:23.869
foolishly<00:54:18.989><c> and</c><00:54:19.429><c> wherein</c><00:54:19.750><c> we</c><00:54:19.989><c> have</c><00:54:20.269><c> sinned.</c><00:54:21.809><c> Let</c><00:54:22.050><c> her</c><00:54:22.349><c> not</c><00:54:22.690><c> be</c>

00:54:23.869 --> 00:54:30.210
as<00:54:24.710><c> one</c><00:54:25.349><c> dead,</c><00:54:27.070><c> of</c><00:54:28.289><c> whom</c><00:54:28.489><c> the</c><00:54:28.769><c> flesh</c><00:54:28.989><c> is</c><00:54:29.250><c> half</c><00:54:29.530><c> consumed</c>

00:54:30.210 --> 00:54:34.650
when<00:54:31.010><c> he</c><00:54:31.230><c> cometh</c><00:54:31.409><c> out</c><00:54:31.750><c> of</c><00:54:31.889><c> his</c><00:54:32.110><c> mother's</c><00:54:32.570><c> womb.</c><00:54:33.809><c> Let</c><00:54:34.190><c> her</c><00:54:34.389><c> not</c>

00:54:34.650 --> 00:54:38.789
be<00:54:35.030><c> as</c><00:54:35.750><c> one</c><00:54:36.429><c> dead.</c><00:54:37.449><c> And</c><00:54:37.989><c> that</c><00:54:38.130><c> would</c><00:54:38.309><c> have</c><00:54:38.449><c> been</c><00:54:38.570><c> the</c>

00:54:38.789 --> 00:54:42.590
condition<00:54:39.269><c> in</c><00:54:39.570><c> which</c><00:54:39.809><c> Gehazi</c><00:54:40.230><c> left</c><00:54:40.710><c> the</c><00:54:41.030><c> presence</c><00:54:41.489><c> of</c><00:54:42.030><c> the</c><00:54:42.170><c> man</c><00:54:42.369><c> of</c>

00:54:42.590 --> 00:54:44.329
God<00:54:42.809><c> the</c><00:54:42.989><c> last</c><00:54:43.309><c> time</c><00:54:43.530><c> that</c><00:54:43.670><c> we</c><00:54:43.809><c> saw</c><00:54:44.030><c> him.</c>

00:54:44.750 --> 00:54:48.349
And<00:54:45.010><c> now</c><00:54:45.170><c> he</c><00:54:45.429><c> stands,</c><00:54:46.070><c> as</c><00:54:46.309><c> far</c><00:54:46.510><c> as</c><00:54:46.650><c> the</c><00:54:46.849><c> record</c><00:54:47.010><c> is</c><00:54:47.289><c> concerned,</c>

00:54:48.769 --> 00:54:51.750
before<00:54:49.289><c> the</c><00:54:49.510><c> king</c><00:54:49.690><c> of</c><00:54:49.909><c> Israel,</c><00:54:50.789><c> having</c><00:54:51.070><c> had</c><00:54:51.369><c> that</c>

00:54:51.750 --> 00:54:55.050
condemnation<00:54:52.369><c> been</c><00:54:52.610><c> put</c><00:54:52.789><c> on</c><00:54:53.010><c> him.</c><00:54:54.250><c> Whether</c><00:54:54.469><c> or</c><00:54:54.590><c> not</c><00:54:54.690><c> he</c><00:54:54.889><c> stood</c>

00:54:55.050 --> 00:54:57.889
there<00:54:55.309><c> leprous,</c><00:54:56.469><c> we</c><00:54:56.590><c> can</c><00:54:56.889><c> see</c><00:54:57.070><c> the</c><00:54:57.289><c> correlation</c>

00:54:57.889 --> 00:55:02.070
with<00:54:58.230><c> the</c><00:54:58.389><c> way</c><00:54:58.510><c> the</c><00:54:59.170><c> record</c><00:54:59.469><c> lays</c><00:54:59.809><c> it</c><00:55:00.030><c> out.</c><00:55:01.110><c> He</c><00:55:01.409><c> stands</c><00:55:01.750><c> there</c>

00:55:02.070 --> 00:55:05.590
as<00:55:02.449><c> one</c><00:55:02.730><c> dead,</c><00:55:03.289><c> and</c><00:55:03.510><c> what</c><00:55:03.710><c> is</c><00:55:03.989><c> brought</c><00:55:04.170><c> before</c><00:55:04.630><c> him,</c>

00:55:05.909 --> 00:55:13.050
but<00:55:06.429><c> the</c><00:55:06.710><c> Shunammite</c><00:55:07.130><c> woman</c><00:55:07.690><c> and</c><00:55:08.989><c> the</c><00:55:09.250><c> son</c><00:55:09.670><c> who</c><00:55:10.349><c> had</c><00:55:10.730><c> been</c><00:55:11.130><c> dead</c><00:55:11.690><c> and</c>

00:55:13.050 --> 00:55:14.690
was<00:55:13.250><c> brought</c><00:55:13.449><c> back</c><00:55:13.730><c> to</c><00:55:13.929><c> life.</c>

00:55:18.250 --> 00:55:22.170
Are<00:55:18.369><c> we</c><00:55:18.449><c> not</c><00:55:18.570><c> being</c><00:55:18.829><c> told</c><00:55:19.110><c> that</c><00:55:19.329><c> even</c><00:55:19.610><c> Gehazi,</c><00:55:21.570><c> even</c><00:55:21.829><c> the</c><00:55:22.010><c> one</c>

00:55:22.170 --> 00:55:24.130
who<00:55:22.389><c> has</c><00:55:22.670><c> sinned</c><00:55:22.829><c> so</c><00:55:23.150><c> grievously</c><00:55:23.630><c> that</c><00:55:23.750><c> he's</c><00:55:23.889><c> been</c>

00:55:24.130 --> 00:55:29.889
put<00:55:24.349><c> out</c><00:55:24.590><c> of</c><00:55:24.750><c> the</c><00:55:24.969><c> fellowship</c><00:55:25.429><c> of</c><00:55:26.670><c> the</c><00:55:26.889><c> sons</c><00:55:27.050><c> of</c><00:55:27.210><c> the</c><00:55:27.449><c> prophets,</c><00:55:29.550><c> that</c><00:55:29.690><c> God</c>

00:55:29.889 --> 00:55:32.150
was<00:55:30.110><c> still</c><00:55:30.349><c> working</c><00:55:30.650><c> in</c><00:55:30.829><c> his</c><00:55:31.110><c> life</c>

00:55:32.530 --> 00:55:36.110
to<00:55:32.869><c> give</c><00:55:33.110><c> him</c><00:55:33.469><c> opportunity</c><00:55:34.230><c> for</c><00:55:34.610><c> repentance,</c><00:55:35.610><c> to</c><00:55:35.690><c> give</c><00:55:35.829><c> him</c>

00:55:36.110 --> 00:55:39.030
opportunity<00:55:36.750><c> to</c><00:55:36.969><c> see</c><00:55:37.130><c> the</c><00:55:37.369><c> error</c><00:55:37.570><c> of</c><00:55:37.750><c> his</c><00:55:37.949><c> ways</c>

00:55:39.230 --> 00:55:45.869
and<00:55:39.889><c> to</c><00:55:40.050><c> go</c><00:55:40.269><c> from</c><00:55:41.170><c> one</c><00:55:41.789><c> who</c><00:55:41.989><c> is</c><00:55:42.250><c> as</c><00:55:42.610><c> dead</c><00:55:43.309><c> to</c><00:55:45.130><c> one</c><00:55:45.329><c> who</c><00:55:45.489><c> has</c><00:55:45.690><c> been</c>

00:55:45.869 --> 00:55:47.550
given<00:55:46.070><c> life</c><00:55:46.369><c> again.</c>

00:55:50.630 --> 00:55:57.250
One<00:55:50.889><c> who</c><00:55:51.110><c> was</c><00:55:51.690><c> leprous</c><00:55:52.510><c> to</c><00:55:53.750><c> one</c><00:55:53.929><c> who</c><00:55:54.110><c> is</c><00:55:54.349><c> clean,</c><00:55:55.429><c> just</c><00:55:55.809><c> as</c><00:55:56.150><c> Naaman</c><00:55:56.590><c> the</c>

00:55:57.250 --> 00:56:00.409
Syrian<00:55:57.750><c> was</c><00:55:58.309><c> given</c><00:55:58.550><c> that</c><00:55:58.869><c> same</c><00:55:59.170><c> opportunity.</c>

00:56:08.630 --> 00:56:13.489
Well,<00:56:09.409><c> brothers</c><00:56:09.429><c> and</c><00:56:09.690><c> sisters,</c><00:56:10.449><c> we</c><00:56:11.230><c> have</c><00:56:11.449><c> had</c><00:56:12.050><c> quite</c><00:56:12.550><c> an</c><00:56:12.730><c> opportunity</c><00:56:13.210><c> this</c>

00:56:13.489 --> 00:56:15.969
week<00:56:13.690><c> to</c><00:56:13.929><c> consider</c><00:56:14.829><c> the</c><00:56:15.409><c> topic</c><00:56:15.730><c> of</c>

00:56:15.969 --> 00:56:22.130
Elisha,<00:56:17.289><c> the</c><00:56:17.429><c> man</c><00:56:17.590><c> of</c><00:56:17.809><c> God,</c><00:56:18.889><c> the</c><00:56:19.110><c> prophet</c><00:56:19.329><c> in</c><00:56:19.530><c> Israel,</c><00:56:21.150><c> to</c><00:56:21.590><c> consider</c><00:56:21.909><c> the</c>

00:56:22.130 --> 00:56:23.750
company<00:56:22.449><c> of</c><00:56:22.650><c> the</c><00:56:22.869><c> prophets</c><00:56:23.150><c> in</c><00:56:23.409><c> which</c><00:56:23.590><c> he</c>

00:56:23.750 --> 00:56:30.090
was<00:56:23.969><c> placed</c><00:56:24.369><c> to</c><00:56:24.829><c> lead</c><00:56:25.110><c> and</c><00:56:25.389><c> to</c><00:56:25.590><c> serve</c><00:56:25.769><c> them.</c><00:56:28.469><c> Perhaps,</c><00:56:29.530><c> and</c><00:56:29.630><c> hopefully</c><00:56:29.909><c> we</c>

00:56:30.090 --> 00:56:31.269
have<00:56:30.269><c> seen</c><00:56:30.469><c> ourselves,</c>

00:56:31.269 --> 00:56:36.849
in<00:56:32.030><c> that</c><00:56:32.349><c> company</c><00:56:32.710><c> of</c><00:56:32.909><c> the</c><00:56:33.190><c> prophets,</c><00:56:35.230><c> meeting</c><00:56:35.369><c> at</c><00:56:35.570><c> the</c><00:56:35.789><c> appointed</c><00:56:36.110><c> times</c>

00:56:36.849 --> 00:56:40.730
to<00:56:38.210><c> be</c><00:56:39.070><c> thrilled</c><00:56:39.510><c> by</c><00:56:39.949><c> the</c><00:56:40.130><c> word</c><00:56:40.269><c> of</c><00:56:40.489><c> God</c>

00:56:40.730 --> 00:56:45.829
and<00:56:40.929><c> to</c><00:56:41.070><c> be</c><00:56:41.309><c> strengthened</c><00:56:41.650><c> in</c><00:56:41.829><c> a</c><00:56:42.289><c> time</c><00:56:42.590><c> of</c><00:56:42.889><c> wickedness</c><00:56:43.369><c> and</c><00:56:43.610><c> degeneration</c><00:56:44.369><c> that</c><00:56:45.150><c> presses</c><00:56:45.449><c> in</c>

00:56:45.829 --> 00:56:47.289
even<00:56:46.130><c> on</c><00:56:46.670><c> the</c><00:56:47.010><c> very</c>

00:56:47.289 --> 00:56:53.090
community<00:56:47.929><c> in</c><00:56:48.369><c> which</c><00:56:48.550><c> the</c><00:56:48.769><c> sons</c><00:56:48.929><c> of</c><00:56:49.110><c> the</c><00:56:49.369><c> prophets</c><00:56:49.610><c> dwelt.</c><00:56:52.170><c> We've</c><00:56:52.690><c> been</c><00:56:52.829><c> able</c><00:56:52.969><c> to</c>

00:56:53.090 --> 00:56:55.489
look<00:56:53.269><c> at</c><00:56:53.469><c> the</c><00:56:53.590><c> wonderful</c><00:56:54.030><c> relationship</c>

00:56:55.969 --> 00:57:00.449
between<00:56:56.650><c> Elijah</c><00:56:57.329><c> as</c><00:56:57.670><c> the</c><00:56:57.849><c> mentor,</c><00:56:58.329><c> as</c><00:56:58.570><c> the</c><00:56:58.769><c> Lord,</c><00:56:59.789><c> and</c><00:57:00.030><c> Elisha</c>

00:57:00.449 --> 00:57:03.969
as<00:57:00.690><c> the</c><00:57:00.989><c> servant,</c><00:57:01.829><c> the</c><00:57:02.030><c> pupil,</c><00:57:03.090><c> the</c><00:57:03.369><c> protégé</c>

00:57:03.969 --> 00:57:07.889
of<00:57:04.469><c> the</c><00:57:04.650><c> prophet</c><00:57:04.909><c> in</c><00:57:05.110><c> Israel.</c><00:57:07.110><c> And</c><00:57:07.289><c> hopefully</c><00:57:07.489><c> we've</c><00:57:07.690><c> seen</c>

00:57:07.889 --> 00:57:09.489
great<00:57:08.150><c> lessons</c><00:57:08.489><c> there</c><00:57:08.750><c> for</c><00:57:08.929><c> ourselves</c>

00:57:09.489 --> 00:57:14.369
at<00:57:10.070><c> whatever</c><00:57:10.389><c> position</c><00:57:10.869><c> we</c><00:57:11.030><c> may</c><00:57:11.230><c> find</c><00:57:11.510><c> ourselves</c><00:57:11.949><c> in</c><00:57:12.130><c> the</c><00:57:12.329><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:57:14.090><c> to</c>

00:57:14.369 --> 00:57:16.349
be<00:57:14.630><c> imparting</c><00:57:15.269><c> wisdom,</c>

00:57:16.889 --> 00:57:21.190
to<00:57:16.989><c> be</c><00:57:17.289><c> seeking</c><00:57:17.610><c> instruction,</c><00:57:18.510><c> and</c><00:57:19.489><c> to</c><00:57:19.650><c> be</c><00:57:20.190><c> working</c><00:57:20.550><c> together</c>

00:57:21.190 --> 00:57:23.730
as<00:57:21.869><c> iron</c><00:57:22.230><c> sharpening</c><00:57:22.730><c> iron,</c>

00:57:24.030 --> 00:57:27.289
that<00:57:24.369><c> we</c><00:57:24.489><c> might</c><00:57:24.690><c> build</c><00:57:25.030><c> on</c><00:57:25.210><c> the</c><00:57:25.389><c> foundation</c><00:57:26.050><c> of</c><00:57:26.809><c> what</c><00:57:26.949><c> we</c><00:57:27.150><c> have</c>

00:57:27.289 --> 00:57:29.030
been<00:57:27.570><c> given</c><00:57:27.929><c> freely.</c>

00:57:31.309 --> 00:57:37.130
And<00:57:31.989><c> we've</c><00:57:32.190><c> looked</c><00:57:32.329><c> at</c><00:57:33.269><c> the</c><00:57:33.829><c> establishment</c><00:57:34.389><c> of</c><00:57:34.690><c> Elisha</c><00:57:35.369><c> as</c><00:57:35.809><c> the</c><00:57:36.070><c> leader,</c><00:57:36.949><c> as</c>

00:57:37.130 --> 00:57:38.989
he<00:57:37.289><c> comes</c><00:57:37.510><c> back</c><00:57:37.869><c> from</c><00:57:38.150><c> that</c>

00:57:39.369 --> 00:57:43.309
great<00:57:39.710><c> departure</c><00:57:40.190><c> of</c><00:57:40.409><c> Elijah,</c><00:57:42.110><c> and</c><00:57:42.349><c> the</c><00:57:42.570><c> judgments</c><00:57:42.849><c> which</c><00:57:43.070><c> he</c>

00:57:43.309 --> 00:57:45.989
passes,<00:57:43.829><c> the</c><00:57:44.050><c> blessings</c><00:57:44.570><c> and</c><00:57:45.110><c> the</c><00:57:45.329><c> cursings,</c>

00:57:45.989 --> 00:57:48.889
the<00:57:46.769><c> benefits</c><00:57:47.269><c> and</c><00:57:47.809><c> the</c><00:57:48.050><c> punishments.</c>

00:57:51.510 --> 00:57:54.809
We've<00:57:52.050><c> looked</c><00:57:52.170><c> at</c><00:57:52.389><c> Naaman</c><00:57:52.590><c> the</c><00:57:52.869><c> Syrian</c><00:57:53.190><c> and</c><00:57:53.909><c> we've</c><00:57:54.210><c> seen,</c><00:57:54.670><c> as</c>

00:57:54.809 --> 00:57:58.710
the<00:57:55.070><c> proverb</c><00:57:55.309><c> says,</c><00:57:56.550><c> that</c><00:57:56.710><c> humility</c><00:57:57.409><c> comes</c><00:57:58.050><c> before</c>

00:57:58.710 --> 00:58:04.050
honor.<00:58:01.010><c> We've</c><00:58:01.550><c> seen</c><00:58:01.630><c> the</c><00:58:01.849><c> call</c><00:58:01.989><c> of</c><00:58:02.190><c> the</c><00:58:02.309><c> Gentiles</c><00:58:02.949><c> and</c><00:58:03.150><c> the</c><00:58:03.389><c> welcoming</c><00:58:03.610><c> in</c>

00:58:04.050 --> 00:58:05.869
of<00:58:04.389><c> all</c><00:58:04.650><c> nations</c><00:58:04.989><c> and</c><00:58:05.289><c> kindreds</c><00:58:05.750><c> and</c>

00:58:05.869 --> 00:58:11.550
tongues<00:58:06.110><c> and</c><00:58:06.369><c> people</c><00:58:06.690><c> into</c><00:58:06.929><c> the</c><00:58:07.190><c> family</c><00:58:07.449><c> of</c><00:58:07.690><c> God.</c><00:58:10.690><c> And</c><00:58:10.829><c> in</c><00:58:10.969><c> Gehazi,</c><00:58:11.409><c> his</c>

00:58:11.550 --> 00:58:15.110
servant,<00:58:14.030><c> perhaps</c><00:58:14.289><c> we've</c><00:58:14.510><c> seen</c><00:58:14.650><c> ourselves</c>

00:58:15.110 --> 00:58:22.210
at<00:58:15.250><c> times</c><00:58:16.170><c> proudly</c><00:58:18.550><c> making</c><00:58:19.170><c> decisions,</c><00:58:21.469><c> proudly</c><00:58:21.750><c> thinking</c>

00:58:22.210 --> 00:58:25.349
things<00:58:22.510><c> in</c><00:58:22.690><c> our</c><00:58:22.889><c> hearts,</c><00:58:24.630><c> and</c><00:58:24.750><c> not</c><00:58:24.909><c> considering</c>

00:58:25.349 --> 00:58:29.730
the<00:58:25.530><c> will</c><00:58:25.650><c> of</c><00:58:25.909><c> God</c><00:58:26.070><c> in</c><00:58:26.250><c> these</c><00:58:26.489><c> things,</c><00:58:27.550><c> not</c><00:58:27.809><c> willing</c><00:58:28.030><c> to</c><00:58:28.289><c> accept</c><00:58:28.849><c> what</c>

00:58:29.730 --> 00:58:32.070
has<00:58:29.949><c> been</c><00:58:30.210><c> done,</c><00:58:31.449><c> but</c><00:58:31.590><c> seeking</c><00:58:31.829><c> to</c>

00:58:32.070 --> 00:58:36.070
take<00:58:32.230><c> matters</c><00:58:32.530><c> into</c><00:58:32.769><c> our</c><00:58:32.989><c> own</c><00:58:33.230><c> hands.</c><00:58:35.510><c> But</c><00:58:35.650><c> hopefully</c><00:58:35.829><c> with</c>

00:58:36.070 --> 00:58:39.989
Gehazi,<00:58:36.489><c> we've</c><00:58:36.690><c> also</c><00:58:37.030><c> seen</c><00:58:37.590><c> that</c><00:58:38.250><c> while</c><00:58:38.510><c> there</c><00:58:38.750><c> is</c><00:58:38.969><c> life,</c>

00:58:40.170 --> 00:58:41.989
there<00:58:40.710><c> is</c><00:58:40.929><c> hope.</c>

00:58:43.829 --> 00:58:46.090
And<00:58:44.010><c> very</c><00:58:44.250><c> soon,</c><00:58:44.590><c> brothers</c><00:58:44.650><c> and</c><00:58:44.889><c> sisters,</c><00:58:45.130><c> we</c><00:58:45.289><c> know</c><00:58:45.610><c> that</c><00:58:45.909><c> our</c>

00:58:46.090 --> 00:58:48.289
Lord<00:58:46.250><c> will</c><00:58:46.510><c> return</c><00:58:47.030><c> and</c><00:58:47.550><c> that</c><00:58:47.730><c> the</c><00:58:47.889><c> individuals</c>

00:58:48.289 --> 00:58:51.150
which<00:58:48.469><c> we've</c><00:58:48.769><c> considered</c><00:58:49.210><c> in</c><00:58:49.809><c> this</c><00:58:50.010><c> short</c><00:58:50.230><c> time</c><00:58:50.510><c> this</c><00:58:50.730><c> week</c>

00:58:51.150 --> 00:58:55.670
will<00:58:52.590><c> spring</c><00:58:52.869><c> from</c><00:58:53.070><c> their</c><00:58:53.329><c> graves</c><00:58:53.829><c> and</c><00:58:55.230><c> will</c><00:58:55.469><c> stand</c>

00:58:55.670 --> 00:59:00.949
before<00:58:56.010><c> the</c><00:58:56.150><c> Lord</c><00:58:56.309><c> Jesus</c><00:58:56.670><c> Christ,</c><00:58:58.449><c> both</c><00:58:58.710><c> Elijah</c><00:58:59.110><c> and</c><00:58:59.389><c> Elisha,</c>

00:59:01.650 --> 00:59:03.849
Samuel<00:59:02.090><c> and</c><00:59:02.489><c> the</c><00:59:02.650><c> sons</c><00:59:02.789><c> of</c><00:59:02.949><c> the</c><00:59:03.210><c> prophets,</c>

00:59:03.849 --> 00:59:11.590
Naaman<00:59:04.670><c> and</c><00:59:05.250><c> the</c><00:59:05.389><c> Shunammite</c><00:59:05.789><c> woman</c><00:59:06.610><c> and</c><00:59:07.409><c> Gehazi</c><00:59:07.989><c> and</c><00:59:10.070><c> the</c><00:59:10.250><c> lepers</c><00:59:10.750><c> that</c><00:59:11.449><c> he</c>

00:59:11.590 --> 00:59:13.909
found<00:59:11.829><c> himself</c><00:59:12.250><c> in</c><00:59:12.389><c> the</c><00:59:12.590><c> company</c><00:59:12.889><c> of.</c>

00:59:15.230 --> 00:59:18.730
All<00:59:15.590><c> of</c><00:59:15.750><c> these</c><00:59:15.889><c> will</c><00:59:16.090><c> stand</c><00:59:16.409><c> before</c><00:59:16.730><c> the</c><00:59:16.909><c> Son</c><00:59:17.070><c> of</c><00:59:17.309><c> God,</c><00:59:17.670><c> the</c><00:59:17.889><c> man</c><00:59:18.130><c> of</c><00:59:18.329><c> God,</c>

00:59:19.230 --> 00:59:22.570
the<00:59:19.489><c> appointed</c><00:59:19.909><c> one</c><00:59:20.250><c> to</c><00:59:20.469><c> stand</c><00:59:20.710><c> over</c><00:59:20.949><c> them</c><00:59:21.449><c> and</c><00:59:22.010><c> will</c><00:59:22.269><c> receive</c>

00:59:22.570 --> 00:59:24.670
in<00:59:22.670><c> themselves</c><00:59:23.110><c> the</c><00:59:23.369><c> fruits</c><00:59:23.510><c> of</c><00:59:23.670><c> their</c><00:59:23.889><c> doings.</c>

00:59:25.309 --> 00:59:32.969
For<00:59:25.949><c> some,</c><00:59:27.210><c> glory</c><00:59:27.409><c> and</c><00:59:28.630><c> honor</c><00:59:29.070><c> and</c><00:59:30.010><c> peace</c><00:59:30.489><c> and</c><00:59:31.570><c> immortality.</c>

00:59:33.449 --> 00:59:38.010
For<00:59:33.889><c> others,</c><00:59:34.389><c> indignation</c><00:59:34.909><c> and</c><00:59:35.190><c> wrath</c><00:59:35.550><c> and</c><00:59:35.909><c> tribulation</c><00:59:36.530><c> and</c><00:59:36.829><c> anguish.</c>

00:59:39.710 --> 00:59:43.469
May<00:59:39.829><c> it</c><00:59:40.010><c> be,</c><00:59:40.289><c> brothers</c><00:59:40.389><c> and</c><00:59:40.650><c> sisters,</c><00:59:41.349><c> that</c><00:59:41.489><c> in</c><00:59:41.690><c> that</c><00:59:41.909><c> day,</c><00:59:43.409><c> we</c>

00:59:43.469 --> 00:59:45.170
might<00:59:43.750><c> find</c><00:59:44.050><c> ourselves</c><00:59:44.590><c> blessed</c>

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to<00:59:46.070><c> be</c><00:59:46.130><c> able</c><00:59:46.309><c> to</c><00:59:46.570><c> stand</c><00:59:46.829><c> in</c><00:59:47.070><c> the</c><00:59:47.250><c> company</c><00:59:47.449><c> of</c><00:59:47.650><c> the</c><00:59:47.869><c> prophets</c><00:59:48.130><c> forever,</c><00:59:49.769><c> with</c><00:59:49.949><c> our</c><00:59:50.190><c> Lord</c><00:59:50.409><c> standing</c><00:59:50.769><c> over</c><00:59:51.030><c> us</c>

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as<00:59:51.889><c> appointed.</c>