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it<00:13:56.110><c> is</c><00:13:56.269><c> Psalm</c><00:13:56.490><c> 15.</c><00:13:58.870><c> So</c><00:13:59.110><c> we</c><00:13:59.429><c> can,</c><00:14:00.450><c> brethren</c><00:14:00.610><c> and</c><00:14:00.830><c> sisters,</c><00:14:01.789><c> become</c><00:14:02.129><c> a</c><00:14:02.889><c> little</c><00:14:03.129><c> presumptuous.</c><00:14:05.169><c> Because</c><00:14:05.629><c> we</c>

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are<00:14:06.070><c> God's</c>

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children,<00:14:06.870><c> we</c><00:14:07.070><c> can</c><00:14:07.409><c> presume</c><00:14:07.870><c> on</c><00:14:08.110><c> the</c><00:14:08.269><c> mercy</c><00:14:08.529><c> of</c><00:14:08.789><c> God,</c><00:14:08.970><c> and</c><00:14:09.330><c> I</c>

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can't<00:14:10.350><c> remember,</c><00:14:10.970><c> I've</c><00:14:11.730><c> said</c><00:14:11.929><c> this</c><00:14:12.190><c> this</c><00:14:12.429><c> week,</c>

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but<00:14:13.370><c> whether</c><00:14:13.629><c> I've</c><00:14:13.809><c> said</c><00:14:13.950><c> it</c><00:14:14.210><c> publicly,</c><00:14:14.590><c> and</c><00:14:14.730><c> if</c><00:14:14.870><c> I</c><00:14:15.049><c> have,</c><00:14:15.429><c> forgive</c><00:14:15.470><c> me</c>

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but<00:14:17.149><c> I</c><00:14:17.289><c> think</c><00:14:17.470><c> only</c><00:14:17.730><c> privately</c><00:14:18.210><c> have</c><00:14:18.429><c> I</c><00:14:18.629><c> said</c><00:14:18.769><c> this.</c><00:14:19.710><c> When</c><00:14:19.889><c> I</c><00:14:20.029><c> was</c><00:14:20.169><c> a</c>

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when<00:14:25.929><c> the</c><00:14:26.370><c> city</c><00:14:26.649><c> was</c><00:14:26.970><c> badly</c><00:14:27.370><c> bombed</c><00:14:27.690><c> by</c><00:14:27.909><c> the</c><00:14:28.110><c> Nazis,</c><00:14:30.769><c> and</c><00:14:31.129><c> that</c>

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was<00:14:32.309><c> an</c><00:14:32.529><c> horrendous</c><00:14:33.169><c> day,</c><00:14:34.809><c> and</c><00:14:35.210><c> I</c><00:14:35.350><c> went</c><00:14:35.490><c> to</c>

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yes<00:14:40.370><c> miss,</c><00:14:41.190><c> Harry</c><00:14:41.470><c> Brown,</c><00:14:42.090><c> yes</c><00:14:42.350><c> miss,</c><00:14:44.049><c> Patrick</c><00:14:44.690><c> Jones,</c>

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silence.<00:14:50.049><c> They'd</c><00:14:50.250><c> all</c><00:14:50.409><c> been</c><00:14:50.549><c> killed</c><00:14:50.789><c> the</c><00:14:50.950><c> night</c><00:14:51.090><c> before.</c><00:14:53.070><c> I</c>

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was<00:14:53.450><c> only</c><00:14:53.690><c> sort</c><00:14:53.909><c> of</c><00:14:54.250><c> seven</c><00:14:54.429><c> or</c><00:14:54.570><c> eight</c><00:14:54.710><c> at</c><00:14:54.850><c> the</c><00:14:55.009><c> time,</c>

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but<00:14:57.750><c> that</c><00:14:58.269><c> sort</c><00:14:58.509><c> of</c><00:14:58.750><c> thing</c><00:14:58.990><c> hits</c><00:14:59.309><c> you.</c><00:14:59.929><c> Now</c><00:15:00.129><c> there</c><00:15:00.409><c> were</c><00:15:00.610><c> some</c>

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brethren<00:15:01.250><c> in</c><00:15:01.750><c> the</c><00:15:01.970><c> UK</c><00:15:02.250><c> then</c><00:15:02.649><c> who</c><00:15:02.889><c> said,</c>

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now<00:15:03.649><c> we</c><00:15:03.950><c> are</c><00:15:04.169><c> looked</c><00:15:04.350><c> after</c><00:15:04.590><c> by</c><00:15:04.830><c> the</c><00:15:04.990><c> Lord,</c><00:15:06.009><c> therefore</c><00:15:06.070><c> our</c><00:15:06.450><c> houses</c><00:15:06.789><c> will</c><00:15:07.070><c> never</c><00:15:07.309><c> be</c>

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bombed.<00:15:08.389><c> Now</c><00:15:08.750><c> that</c><00:15:09.070><c> is</c>

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presumptuous,<00:15:10.309><c> brethren</c><00:15:10.389><c> and</c><00:15:10.590><c> sisters,</c><00:15:11.649><c> but</c><00:15:11.970><c> some</c><00:15:12.230><c> brethren</c>

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a<00:15:21.970><c> good</c><00:15:22.110><c> land.</c><00:15:23.490><c> England's</c><00:15:23.970><c> not</c>

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depression,<00:15:30.169><c> but</c><00:15:30.389><c> most</c><00:15:30.750><c> people</c><00:15:31.570><c> were</c><00:15:32.389><c> well</c><00:15:32.730><c>-fed</c><00:15:32.889><c> and</c><00:15:33.090><c> well</c><00:15:33.330><c> looked</c><00:15:33.490><c> after,</c><00:15:34.289><c> and</c><00:15:34.409><c> it</c>

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is<00:15:34.730><c> easy</c><00:15:34.990><c> for</c><00:15:35.230><c> us</c><00:15:35.450><c> as</c>

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us.<00:15:52.470><c> But</c><00:15:52.950><c> look</c><00:15:53.210><c> at</c><00:15:53.370><c> the</c><00:15:53.549><c> purpose</c><00:15:54.009><c> of</c><00:15:54.309><c> it,</c><00:15:54.909><c> Deuteronomy.</c><00:15:57.669><c> Yes,</c>

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land.<00:16:08.970><c> We</c><00:16:09.289><c> have</c><00:16:09.529><c> been</c><00:16:09.850><c> led</c><00:16:10.129><c> out</c><00:16:10.529><c> of</c><00:16:10.750><c> darkness</c><00:16:11.269><c> into</c><00:16:11.809><c> light.</c><00:16:12.669><c> It's</c><00:16:12.769><c> what</c><00:16:12.909><c> it</c>

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says<00:16:13.210><c> on</c><00:16:13.450><c> Franklin</c><00:16:13.870><c> Pierce's,</c>

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part<00:16:21.950><c> of</c><00:16:22.090><c> their</c><00:16:22.210><c> coat</c><00:16:22.429><c> of</c><00:16:22.629><c> arms,</c><00:16:22.850><c> and</c><00:16:22.970><c> we</c><00:16:23.269><c> have</c><00:16:23.470><c> been</c><00:16:23.730><c> led</c><00:16:23.909><c> out</c>

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of<00:16:24.429><c> darkness</c><00:16:24.750><c> into</c><00:16:25.049><c> light,</c><00:16:26.230><c> who</c><00:16:26.350><c> led</c><00:16:26.570><c> thee</c><00:16:26.750><c> through</c>

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serpents<00:16:30.149><c> and</c><00:16:30.409><c> scorpions</c><00:16:30.950><c> and</c><00:16:31.230><c> drought,</c><00:16:31.649><c> and</c><00:16:31.649><c> we</c>

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can,<00:16:32.250><c> as</c><00:16:32.490><c> we</c><00:16:32.690><c> read</c><00:16:32.870><c> those</c><00:16:33.149><c> names,</c><00:16:33.490><c> we</c><00:16:33.549><c> can</c><00:16:33.789><c> identify</c><00:16:34.370><c> them.</c><00:16:34.669><c> And</c><00:16:34.990><c> we</c>

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say<00:16:35.389><c> that</c><00:16:35.629><c> we</c><00:16:35.830><c> are</c><00:16:35.990><c> on</c><00:16:36.149><c> a</c><00:16:36.250><c> wilderness</c><00:16:36.549><c> journey,</c>

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brethren<00:16:37.230><c> and</c><00:16:37.409><c> sisters,</c><00:16:38.169><c> don't</c><00:16:38.409><c> we?</c><00:16:39.169><c> So</c><00:16:39.409><c> therefore</c><00:16:39.690><c> there</c><00:16:40.509><c> are</c><00:16:40.789><c> counterparts</c><00:16:41.490><c> to</c>

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brought<00:16:44.450><c> forth</c><00:16:44.830><c> water</c><00:16:45.210><c> out</c><00:16:45.450><c> of</c><00:16:45.570><c> the</c><00:16:45.710><c> rock</c><00:16:45.870><c> of</c><00:16:46.070><c> Flint,</c><00:16:46.590><c> who</c><00:16:46.809><c> fed</c>

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thee<00:16:47.750><c> in</c><00:16:48.049><c> the</c><00:16:48.250><c> wilderness</c><00:16:48.629><c> with</c><00:16:48.970><c> manner.</c><00:16:49.649><c> We</c><00:16:50.190><c> think</c>

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thy<00:16:53.230><c> fathers</c><00:16:53.549><c> knew</c><00:16:53.789><c> not,</c><00:16:54.269><c> that</c><00:16:54.450><c> he</c><00:16:54.730><c> might</c><00:16:55.710><c> humble</c>

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thee,<00:16:58.330><c> and</c><00:16:58.629><c> that</c><00:16:58.830><c> he</c><00:16:59.009><c> might</c><00:17:00.330><c> prove</c><00:17:01.190><c> thee</c><00:17:01.769><c> to</c><00:17:03.950><c> do</c><00:17:04.549><c> thee</c><00:17:04.990><c> good</c><00:17:05.710><c> at</c>

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thy<00:17:06.890><c> latter</c><00:17:07.430><c> end.</c><00:17:11.130><c> Now</c><00:17:11.509><c> to</c><00:17:11.710><c> me,</c><00:17:12.089><c> brethren</c><00:17:12.230><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:17:12.829><c> it</c><00:17:12.970><c> is</c><00:17:13.569><c> in</c><00:17:13.869><c> those</c><00:17:14.309><c> words</c><00:17:14.769><c> that</c><00:17:15.089><c> lies</c><00:17:15.470><c> the</c><00:17:15.710><c> secret</c><00:17:16.269><c> to</c>

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understanding<00:17:17.849><c> tribulation,</c>

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to<00:17:41.759><c> mold</c><00:17:42.099><c> us,</c><00:17:43.900><c> they</c><00:17:44.319><c> are</c><00:17:44.619><c> there</c><00:17:44.880><c> to</c><00:17:45.240><c> guide</c><00:17:45.460><c> us,</c>

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they<00:17:47.599><c> are</c><00:17:47.900><c> there</c><00:17:48.099><c> to</c><00:17:48.359><c> help</c><00:17:48.480><c> us</c><00:17:48.839><c> understand</c><00:17:49.740><c> that</c><00:17:50.440><c> God</c><00:17:50.920><c> is</c><00:17:51.539><c> working</c><00:17:51.940><c> in</c>

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our<00:17:52.519><c> lives.</c>

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Again,<00:17:56.400><c> I</c><00:17:56.559><c> don't</c><00:17:56.740><c> know</c><00:17:56.859><c> whether</c><00:17:57.039><c> I've</c><00:17:57.319><c> told</c><00:17:57.480><c> you</c><00:17:57.619><c> this</c><00:17:57.839><c> publicly</c><00:17:58.299><c> or,</c><00:17:59.220><c> but</c><00:17:59.460><c> certainly</c><00:17:59.740><c> some</c><00:18:00.000><c> of</c>

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you<00:18:00.339><c> privately,</c>

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we<00:18:08.640><c> were</c><00:18:09.299><c> thinking</c><00:18:09.720><c> on</c><00:18:10.099><c> the</c><00:18:10.299><c> death,</c>

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on<00:18:12.359><c> the</c><00:18:12.519><c> suffering,</c><00:18:13.039><c> the</c><00:18:13.140><c> death</c><00:18:13.400><c> and</c><00:18:13.640><c> the</c><00:18:13.839><c> resurrection</c><00:18:14.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:14.759><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:18:17.240><c> on</c><00:18:17.400><c> the</c><00:18:17.519><c> Saturday</c><00:18:17.759><c> afternoon,</c><00:18:18.359><c> which</c><00:18:18.539><c> was</c><00:18:18.839><c> a</c><00:18:19.660><c> free</c><00:18:19.839><c> period</c><00:18:20.140><c> for</c><00:18:20.319><c> a</c>

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couple<00:18:20.599><c> of</c><00:18:20.799><c> hours,</c><00:18:21.059><c> one</c>

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sister<00:18:22.079><c> said,</c><00:18:22.380><c> could</c><00:18:22.539><c> you</c><00:18:22.700><c> take</c><00:18:22.900><c> me</c><00:18:23.059><c> to</c><00:18:23.140><c> see</c><00:18:23.319><c> my</c><00:18:23.599><c> niece?</c><00:18:24.900><c> So</c><00:18:25.160><c> I</c>

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said,<00:18:25.400><c> of</c><00:18:25.640><c> course.</c><00:18:26.059><c> So</c><00:18:26.440><c> she</c><00:18:26.599><c> got</c><00:18:26.799><c> in</c><00:18:26.980><c> the</c><00:18:27.140><c> chariot.</c>

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And<00:18:30.319><c> that's</c><00:18:30.380><c> what</c><00:18:30.619><c> cars</c><00:18:30.940><c> are</c><00:18:31.200><c> for,</c><00:18:31.420><c> to</c><00:18:31.640><c> take</c><00:18:31.940><c> people</c><00:18:32.279><c> around,</c>

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other<00:18:33.099><c> people</c><00:18:33.440><c> of</c><00:18:33.660><c> course.</c>

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It's<00:18:35.039><c> one</c><00:18:35.200><c> of</c><00:18:35.299><c> the</c><00:18:35.480><c> chariots</c><00:18:35.740><c> of</c><00:18:35.920><c> the</c><00:18:36.039><c> Lord,</c><00:18:36.380><c> but</c><00:18:36.420><c> that's</c>

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another<00:18:37.359><c> story.</c>

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And<00:18:40.500><c> we</c><00:18:40.660><c> went</c><00:18:40.799><c> to</c><00:18:41.079><c> see</c><00:18:41.359><c> her</c><00:18:41.660><c> niece</c><00:18:42.019><c> in</c><00:18:42.640><c> hospital,</c><00:18:43.579><c> a</c><00:18:43.779><c> young</c><00:18:44.019><c> sister</c><00:18:44.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:45.319><c> age</c><00:18:45.619><c> of,</c><00:18:46.299><c> I</c><00:18:46.579><c> never</c><00:18:46.839><c> know</c><00:18:47.000><c> how</c><00:18:47.240><c> old</c><00:18:47.440><c> sisters</c>

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are,<00:18:48.039><c> but</c><00:18:48.160><c> she</c><00:18:48.299><c> looked</c><00:18:48.480><c> to</c><00:18:48.640><c> me</c><00:18:48.720><c> to</c><00:18:48.839><c> be</c><00:18:49.000><c> 29</c><00:18:49.480><c> or</c><00:18:49.680><c> 30.</c><00:18:51.200><c> But</c><00:18:51.539><c> I</c><00:18:51.720><c> could</c>

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be<00:18:52.119><c> maligning</c><00:18:52.480><c> her,</c><00:18:52.859><c> I</c><00:18:52.900><c> could</c><00:18:53.160><c> be</c><00:18:53.500><c> complimenting</c>

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her<00:18:54.660><c> unbelievably.</c><00:18:56.900><c> And</c><00:18:57.460><c> to</c><00:18:57.740><c> listen</c><00:18:58.019><c> to</c><00:18:58.279><c> her</c><00:18:58.660><c> speak,</c><00:19:00.660><c> she</c><00:19:00.779><c> knew</c><00:19:01.559><c> about</c><00:19:01.880><c> the</c>

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pressures<00:19:02.299><c> of</c><00:19:02.559><c> life,</c><00:19:02.960><c> because</c>

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you<00:19:04.180><c> may</c><00:19:04.380><c> have</c><00:19:04.519><c> heard</c><00:19:04.740><c> of</c><00:19:05.019><c> the</c><00:19:05.920><c> IRA</c><00:19:06.460><c> spate</c><00:19:06.859><c> of</c><00:19:07.039><c> bombs</c><00:19:07.400><c> in</c><00:19:08.059><c> railway</c><00:19:08.380><c> stations</c><00:19:08.839><c> in</c>

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Britain.<00:19:10.220><c> Well,</c><00:19:10.460><c> her</c><00:19:10.619><c> left</c><00:19:10.880><c> leg</c>

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stops<00:19:11.579><c> now</c><00:19:11.900><c> just</c><00:19:12.160><c> below</c><00:19:12.440><c> the</c><00:19:12.599><c> knee,</c><00:19:13.759><c> and</c><00:19:14.000><c> her</c><00:19:14.180><c> right</c><00:19:14.480><c> leg</c><00:19:15.279><c> has</c>

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about<00:19:16.819><c> six</c><00:19:17.160><c> or</c><00:19:17.339><c> eight</c><00:19:17.519><c> months</c><00:19:17.759><c> work</c><00:19:18.019><c> to</c><00:19:18.180><c> be</c><00:19:18.319><c> done</c><00:19:18.420><c> on</c>

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it,<00:19:18.579><c> to</c><00:19:18.740><c> put</c><00:19:18.920><c> it</c><00:19:19.079><c> right.</c><00:19:21.500><c> But</c><00:19:21.700><c> you</c><00:19:21.819><c> know,</c><00:19:21.960><c> we</c><00:19:22.079><c> went</c><00:19:22.259><c> to</c><00:19:22.460><c> see</c><00:19:22.619><c> her,</c><00:19:23.400><c> she</c>

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was<00:19:24.400><c> the</c><00:19:24.680><c> exhortation</c><00:19:25.440><c> to</c><00:19:25.799><c> us,</c><00:19:26.859><c> the</c><00:19:27.099><c> visitors,</c>

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because<00:19:29.140><c> of</c><00:19:29.319><c> her</c><00:19:29.660><c> positive</c><00:19:30.160><c> attitude.</c><00:19:30.980><c> She</c><00:19:31.180><c> said,</c><00:19:32.420><c> and</c><00:19:32.759><c> she</c>

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was<00:19:33.140><c> not</c><00:19:33.299><c> being</c><00:19:33.579><c> unctuous</c><00:19:34.099><c> when</c><00:19:34.279><c> she</c><00:19:34.539><c> said</c><00:19:34.700><c> this,</c>

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she<00:19:35.160><c> said,</c><00:19:35.299><c> there</c><00:19:35.519><c> are</c><00:19:35.819><c> clearly</c><00:19:36.160><c> lessons</c><00:19:36.559><c> for</c><00:19:36.740><c> me</c><00:19:36.900><c> to</c><00:19:37.119><c> learn.</c>

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I<00:19:38.900><c> could</c><00:19:39.059><c> have</c><00:19:39.220><c> been</c><00:19:39.380><c> blown</c><00:19:39.599><c> to</c><00:19:39.859><c> pieces,</c>

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but<00:19:41.160><c> I'm</c><00:19:41.400><c> still</c><00:19:41.680><c> here</c><00:19:41.920><c> because</c><00:19:42.240><c> there</c><00:19:42.500><c> are</c><00:19:42.700><c> more</c><00:19:42.960><c> lessons</c><00:19:43.279><c> for</c>

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me<00:19:43.640><c> to</c><00:19:43.819><c> learn.</c>

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And<00:19:47.660><c> her</c><00:19:47.960><c> attitude</c><00:19:48.480><c> was</c><00:19:48.859><c> entirely</c><00:19:49.500><c> positive.</c><00:19:50.980><c> Never</c><00:19:51.299><c> once</c><00:19:51.700><c> did</c><00:19:51.900><c> she</c><00:19:52.359><c> have</c><00:19:52.759><c> on</c>

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her<00:19:53.180><c> lips</c><00:19:53.380><c> the</c><00:19:53.619><c> words,</c><00:19:54.200><c> why</c><00:19:54.440><c> has</c>

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this<00:19:54.819><c> happened</c><00:19:55.039><c> to</c><00:19:55.259><c> me?</c><00:19:57.799><c> Please</c><00:19:58.279><c> forgive</c><00:19:58.559><c> me,</c><00:19:58.900><c> brothers</c><00:19:59.000><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:19:59.460><c> when</c><00:19:59.619><c> I</c><00:19:59.859><c> say</c><00:20:00.079><c> that</c><00:20:00.900><c> those</c><00:20:01.960><c> words</c><00:20:02.220><c> are</c>

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totally<00:20:02.880><c> understandable,</c><00:20:03.539><c> aren't</c><00:20:03.680><c> they?</c><00:20:04.059><c> You</c><00:20:04.180><c> know,</c><00:20:04.380><c> we</c><00:20:04.680><c> should</c><00:20:04.920><c> turn</c><00:20:05.240><c> in</c>

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on<00:20:05.579><c> ourselves</c><00:20:05.980><c> and</c><00:20:06.200><c> say,</c><00:20:06.539><c> now</c><00:20:06.539><c> why,</c>

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sort<00:20:08.019><c> of,</c><00:20:08.160><c> what</c><00:20:08.359><c> have</c><00:20:08.539><c> I</c><00:20:08.680><c> done</c><00:20:08.839><c> to</c><00:20:09.059><c> deserve</c><00:20:09.339><c> this?</c><00:20:09.599><c> Why</c><00:20:09.880><c> should</c>

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this<00:20:10.319><c> happen</c><00:20:10.440><c> to</c><00:20:10.680><c> me?</c>

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positive.<00:20:18.220><c> She</c><00:20:18.420><c> said,</c><00:20:18.900><c> these</c><00:20:19.000><c> are</c><00:20:19.819><c> part</c><00:20:20.259><c> of</c>

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a<00:20:25.920><c> few</c><00:20:26.079><c> beds</c><00:20:26.359><c> down,</c><00:20:27.720><c> now</c><00:20:28.220><c> he'd</c><00:20:28.500><c> lost</c><00:20:28.640><c> his</c>

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leg,<00:20:29.619><c> but</c><00:20:29.799><c> she</c><00:20:29.980><c> said,</c><00:20:30.119><c> he</c><00:20:30.240><c> doesn't</c><00:20:30.480><c> know</c><00:20:30.680><c> the</c><00:20:30.859><c> Lord,</c><00:20:31.400><c> how's</c><00:20:31.680><c> he</c>

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going<00:20:32.039><c> to</c><00:20:32.220><c> cope?</c><00:20:33.359><c> You</c><00:20:33.579><c> see</c><00:20:33.720><c> the</c><00:20:33.859><c> difference,</c>

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brothers<00:20:34.660><c> and</c><00:20:34.740><c> sisters.</c><00:20:37.119><c> It</c><00:20:37.640><c> is</c><00:20:37.920><c> to</c><00:20:38.119><c> do</c><00:20:38.319><c> us</c><00:20:38.660><c> good</c><00:20:39.140><c> in</c><00:20:39.779><c> our</c><00:20:40.240><c> latter</c><00:20:40.579><c> end.</c>

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It's<00:20:42.500><c> no</c><00:20:42.660><c> use</c><00:20:42.880><c> us</c><00:20:43.059><c> reading</c><00:20:43.420><c> Hebrews</c>

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chapter<00:20:44.220><c> 11,</c><00:20:44.759><c> and</c><00:20:44.960><c> you</c><00:20:45.019><c> know,</c><00:20:45.480><c> Brother</c><00:20:45.599><c> Barry</c><00:20:45.900><c> pointed</c><00:20:46.240><c> out</c>

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happened<00:20:53.019><c> to</c><00:20:53.240><c> those</c><00:20:53.440><c> people.</c><00:20:53.880><c> It</c><00:20:54.039><c> was</c><00:20:54.240><c> for</c>

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their<00:20:54.680><c> faith,</c><00:20:55.799><c> when</c><00:20:56.039><c> persecution</c><00:20:56.880><c> arisen</c><00:20:57.380><c> because</c><00:20:58.119><c> of</c><00:20:58.359><c> the</c>

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word,<00:20:58.859><c> yes,</c><00:20:59.180><c> in</c><00:20:59.380><c> that</c><00:20:59.640><c> context.</c><00:21:01.920><c> But</c><00:21:02.039><c> whatever</c>

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happens<00:21:03.019><c> to</c><00:21:03.259><c> us</c><00:21:03.420><c> in</c><00:21:03.539><c> life,</c><00:21:03.940><c> brothers</c><00:21:04.140><c> and</c><00:21:04.160><c> sisters,</c><00:21:05.140><c> whatever</c>

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happens<00:21:06.039><c> to</c><00:21:06.279><c> us,</c><00:21:07.000><c> if</c><00:21:07.640><c> as</c><00:21:08.680><c> a</c><00:21:08.940><c> result</c><00:21:09.180><c> of</c><00:21:09.339><c> that,</c>

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when<00:21:09.839><c> we're</c><00:21:10.079><c> able</c><00:21:10.279><c> to</c><00:21:10.480><c> look</c><00:21:10.740><c> back</c><00:21:11.059><c> on</c><00:21:11.200><c> it</c><00:21:11.380><c> in</c><00:21:11.539><c> the</c><00:21:11.799><c> mercy</c><00:21:12.140><c> and</c>

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by<00:21:12.519><c> the</c><00:21:12.819><c> grace</c><00:21:13.059><c> of</c><00:21:13.339><c> God,</c><00:21:16.359><c> the</c><00:21:16.539><c> Lord</c><00:21:16.859><c> looks</c><00:21:17.200><c> on</c><00:21:17.440><c> us</c><00:21:17.680><c> and</c>

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says,<00:21:20.819><c> well</c><00:21:21.180><c> done,</c><00:21:21.640><c> now</c><00:21:21.799><c> good</c><00:21:21.980><c> and</c><00:21:22.220><c> faithful</c><00:21:22.579><c> servant,</c><00:21:24.460><c> enter</c>

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thou<00:21:24.960><c> into</c><00:21:25.220><c> the</c><00:21:25.460><c> joy</c><00:21:25.660><c> of</c><00:21:25.880><c> thy</c><00:21:26.059><c> Lord.</c><00:21:28.079><c> If</c><00:21:28.420><c> he</c><00:21:28.619><c> says</c>

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that<00:21:29.039><c> to</c><00:21:29.160><c> us,</c><00:21:30.660><c> then</c><00:21:30.660><c> whatever</c><00:21:31.700><c> pressures</c><00:21:32.259><c> we've</c><00:21:32.859><c> experienced</c>

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in<00:21:33.599><c> life,</c><00:21:34.759><c> they</c><00:21:34.960><c> will</c><00:21:35.240><c> be</c><00:21:36.359><c> as</c><00:21:37.079><c> nothing</c>

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compared<00:21:38.180><c> with</c><00:21:38.420><c> a</c><00:21:38.519><c> gift</c><00:21:38.720><c> of</c><00:21:38.980><c> immortality.</c><00:21:41.119><c> Now,</c><00:21:43.339><c> if</c><00:21:43.519><c> I've</c><00:21:43.720><c> said</c><00:21:43.880><c> that</c><00:21:44.160><c> badly,</c><00:21:45.000><c> forgive</c><00:21:45.220><c> me.</c>

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trite,<00:21:48.019><c> forgive</c><00:21:48.259><c> me</c><00:21:48.579><c> too.</c><00:21:50.779><c> But</c><00:21:51.539><c> if</c><00:21:52.019><c> we</c><00:21:52.279><c> have</c><00:21:52.440><c> a</c><00:21:52.720><c> positive</c><00:21:53.279><c> attitude,</c><00:21:54.900><c> like</c>

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this<00:21:55.359><c> young</c><00:21:55.559><c> sister,</c><00:21:56.900><c> I</c><00:21:57.180><c> think</c><00:21:57.380><c> it</c>

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helps<00:21:58.019><c> us</c><00:22:00.059><c> to</c><00:22:01.180><c> cope</c><00:22:01.579><c> with</c><00:22:02.920><c> those</c><00:22:03.420><c> pressures</c><00:22:03.980><c> of</c><00:22:04.819><c> everyday</c><00:22:05.180><c> living.</c><00:22:08.759><c> There's</c><00:22:09.359><c> another</c><00:22:09.720><c> sense,</c><00:22:10.359><c> not</c><00:22:11.140><c> associated</c>

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with<00:22:12.019><c> tragedy,</c><00:22:13.539><c> and</c><00:22:13.759><c> I</c><00:22:13.920><c> began</c><00:22:14.259><c> to</c><00:22:14.519><c> talk</c><00:22:14.700><c> about</c><00:22:15.000><c> it</c><00:22:15.180><c> when</c><00:22:15.339><c> I</c><00:22:15.579><c> said</c><00:22:15.880><c> we</c>

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say<00:22:16.839><c> God</c><00:22:17.160><c> willing,</c><00:22:17.960><c> or</c><00:22:18.259><c> sometimes</c><00:22:18.619><c> we</c><00:22:18.839><c> forget</c>

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to<00:22:19.500><c> say</c><00:22:19.700><c> God</c><00:22:19.980><c> willing,</c><00:22:21.180><c> and</c><00:22:21.440><c> we</c><00:22:21.640><c> make</c><00:22:21.880><c> our</c><00:22:22.200><c> plans</c><00:22:22.559><c> and</c><00:22:22.759><c> we</c><00:22:22.920><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:22:23.700><c> you</c><00:22:23.759><c> know,</c><00:22:24.000><c> I'll</c><00:22:24.400><c> do</c><00:22:24.539><c> so</c><00:22:24.779><c> and</c><00:22:24.819><c> so,</c><00:22:25.059><c> and</c><00:22:25.220><c> then</c>

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when<00:22:25.819><c> I've</c><00:22:26.019><c> done</c><00:22:26.180><c> that,</c><00:22:26.420><c> you</c><00:22:26.539><c> know,</c><00:22:26.640><c> like</c><00:22:26.940><c> a</c><00:22:27.259><c> young</c><00:22:28.000><c> lad</c><00:22:28.220><c> or</c><00:22:28.400><c> young</c><00:22:28.599><c> girl</c><00:22:28.839><c> at</c>

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school,<00:22:29.299><c> well,</c><00:22:29.819><c> I'll</c><00:22:30.079><c> get</c><00:22:30.279><c> my</c><00:22:31.140><c> school</c>

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grades<00:22:31.900><c> and</c><00:22:32.079><c> then</c><00:22:32.259><c> I'll</c><00:22:32.420><c> go</c><00:22:32.599><c> on</c><00:22:32.799><c> to</c><00:22:33.019><c> college</c><00:22:33.299><c> and</c><00:22:33.579><c> university</c>

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and<00:22:34.640><c> then</c><00:22:35.059><c> I'll</c><00:22:35.660><c> do</c><00:22:35.819><c> whatever</c><00:22:36.140><c> I'm</c><00:22:36.359><c> going</c><00:22:36.500><c> to</c><00:22:36.700><c> do</c><00:22:36.900><c> and</c><00:22:37.259><c> be</c>

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very<00:22:37.900><c> successful</c><00:22:38.420><c> and</c><00:22:38.660><c> so</c><00:22:38.799><c> on</c><00:22:38.940><c> and</c><00:22:39.119><c> so</c><00:22:39.299><c> forth.</c><00:22:39.480><c> We</c><00:22:39.619><c> make</c><00:22:39.859><c> all</c>

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our<00:22:40.279><c> plans,</c><00:22:41.019><c> we</c><00:22:41.460><c> forget</c><00:22:42.160><c> to</c><00:22:43.500><c> ask</c><00:22:43.859><c> God</c><00:22:44.599><c> first.</c><00:22:48.140><c> I've</c>

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been<00:22:48.640><c> very</c><00:22:48.980><c> guilty,</c><00:22:49.680><c> brothers</c><00:22:49.799><c> and</c><00:22:49.880><c> sisters,</c><00:22:50.640><c> many</c><00:22:51.039><c> times,</c><00:22:51.720><c> and</c><00:22:52.380><c> since</c><00:22:53.059><c> I</c>

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have<00:22:53.680><c> a</c><00:22:53.839><c> suspicion</c><00:22:54.180><c> that</c><00:22:54.680><c> we're</c>

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not<00:22:55.259><c> entirely</c><00:22:55.720><c> dissimilar</c><00:22:56.240><c> from</c><00:22:56.440><c> one</c><00:22:56.640><c> another,</c><00:22:57.160><c> despite</c><00:22:57.599><c> external</c><00:22:58.099><c> appearances</c><00:22:58.599><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:58.920><c> contrary,</c>

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there<00:23:02.240><c> are</c><00:23:02.559><c> times</c><00:23:02.960><c> when</c><00:23:03.299><c> all</c><00:23:03.640><c> of</c><00:23:03.759><c> us</c><00:23:04.240><c> make</c><00:23:04.720><c> our</c><00:23:05.099><c> plans</c><00:23:05.500><c> and</c><00:23:06.619><c> then</c><00:23:07.000><c> ask</c>

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God<00:23:07.700><c> to</c><00:23:08.160><c> bless</c><00:23:08.579><c> what</c><00:23:09.039><c> we've</c><00:23:09.519><c> designed</c><00:23:09.900><c> to</c><00:23:10.140><c> do.</c>

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That's<00:23:15.019><c> really</c><00:23:15.299><c> the</c><00:23:15.480><c> wrong</c><00:23:15.619><c> way</c><00:23:15.920><c> round,</c><00:23:18.240><c> because</c><00:23:18.640><c> it</c><00:23:18.859><c> may</c><00:23:19.059><c> be</c>

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that<00:23:19.539><c> God</c><00:23:19.779><c> doesn't</c><00:23:20.059><c> want</c><00:23:20.279><c> us</c><00:23:20.480><c> to</c><00:23:20.599><c> do</c><00:23:20.700><c> what</c><00:23:20.880><c> we've</c>

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designed<00:23:21.420><c> to</c><00:23:21.619><c> do</c><00:23:21.720><c> anyway,</c><00:23:22.480><c> and</c><00:23:22.799><c> looking</c><00:23:23.119><c> forward,</c><00:23:23.619><c> if</c><00:23:23.799><c> we</c><00:23:24.039><c> have</c><00:23:24.240><c> laid</c><00:23:24.460><c> these</c><00:23:24.779><c> plans</c><00:23:25.140><c> without</c><00:23:25.859><c> reference</c><00:23:26.319><c> to</c><00:23:26.539><c> our</c>

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father<00:23:27.000><c> to</c><00:23:27.220><c> the</c><00:23:27.420><c> extent</c><00:23:27.680><c> that</c><00:23:27.880><c> we</c><00:23:28.019><c> ought</c><00:23:28.200><c> to</c><00:23:28.319><c> have</c><00:23:28.460><c> done,</c><00:23:28.660><c> it's</c>

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easy<00:23:29.359><c> for</c><00:23:29.720><c> us</c><00:23:30.339><c> to</c><00:23:30.640><c> say</c><00:23:30.960><c> that</c><00:23:31.259><c> things</c><00:23:31.579><c> have,</c><00:23:31.920><c> quote,</c>

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gone<00:23:32.940><c> wrong</c><00:23:33.279><c> in</c><00:23:33.519><c> our</c><00:23:33.779><c> lives,</c><00:23:34.240><c> merely</c><00:23:34.480><c> because</c><00:23:34.839><c> the</c><00:23:35.119><c> plans</c><00:23:35.299><c> that</c><00:23:35.519><c> we</c>

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had<00:23:35.880><c> for</c><00:23:36.140><c> ourselves</c><00:23:36.500><c> have</c><00:23:36.720><c> not</c><00:23:36.900><c> quite</c><00:23:37.200><c> worked</c>

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out<00:23:37.720><c> the</c><00:23:37.859><c> way</c><00:23:38.019><c> we</c><00:23:38.299><c> wanted</c><00:23:38.579><c> to</c><00:23:38.819><c> work</c><00:23:38.960><c> them</c><00:23:39.160><c> out.</c><00:23:40.119><c> You</c><00:23:40.339><c> see</c><00:23:40.420><c> what</c>

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I<00:23:40.740><c> mean?</c><00:23:41.680><c> But</c><00:23:41.859><c> God</c><00:23:42.079><c> has</c><00:23:42.380><c> different</c><00:23:42.799><c> paths</c><00:23:43.200><c> for</c><00:23:43.440><c> us</c>

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to<00:23:44.039><c> walk</c><00:23:44.039><c> along,</c><00:23:46.099><c> but</c><00:23:46.279><c> he</c><00:23:47.759><c> designs</c><00:23:48.440><c> those</c><00:23:48.920><c> paths</c><00:23:49.339><c> that</c><00:23:50.160><c> he</c><00:23:50.500><c> might</c><00:23:50.799><c> do</c>

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us<00:23:51.400><c> good</c><00:23:51.539><c> at</c><00:23:51.819><c> our</c><00:23:52.140><c> latter</c><00:23:52.380><c> end.</c>

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I<00:23:56.519><c> rang</c><00:23:56.660><c> a</c><00:23:56.819><c> brother</c><00:23:56.960><c> once</c><00:23:57.299><c> at</c><00:23:57.539><c> home</c><00:23:58.259><c> just</c><00:23:59.119><c> to</c><00:23:59.359><c> ask</c><00:23:59.539><c> him</c><00:23:59.720><c> a</c><00:23:59.859><c> very</c>

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simple<00:24:00.700><c> question,</c><00:24:02.220><c> to</c><00:24:02.339><c> which</c><00:24:02.519><c> the</c><00:24:02.740><c> answer</c><00:24:03.140><c> was</c><00:24:03.420><c> a</c>

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piece<00:24:03.779><c> of</c><00:24:04.000><c> information</c><00:24:04.500><c> which</c><00:24:04.740><c> I</c><00:24:04.940><c> knew</c><00:24:05.079><c> he</c><00:24:05.400><c> had</c><00:24:05.579><c> and</c><00:24:05.720><c> I</c><00:24:05.960><c> hadn't,</c><00:24:07.500><c> and</c><00:24:07.779><c> I</c>

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rang<00:24:08.119><c> him</c><00:24:08.319><c> up</c><00:24:09.460><c> and</c><00:24:09.900><c> said,</c>

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Brother<00:24:11.180><c> Philip,</c><00:24:11.660><c> it's</c><00:24:11.779><c> Brother</c><00:24:12.000><c> Trevor</c><00:24:12.480><c> Pritchard</c><00:24:12.920><c> here</c><00:24:13.119><c> from</c><00:24:13.720><c> Leamington.</c><00:24:14.160><c> Oh,</c><00:24:14.519><c> he</c><00:24:14.680><c> said,</c>

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I'm<00:24:15.539><c> glad</c><00:24:15.700><c> you've</c><00:24:15.980><c> rung</c><00:24:16.079><c> up.</c><00:24:17.160><c> I</c><00:24:17.279><c> put</c><00:24:17.440><c> the</c><00:24:17.619><c> phone</c><00:24:17.759><c> down</c><00:24:18.039><c> about</c><00:24:18.279><c> a</c>

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hour<00:24:18.680><c> later.</c><00:24:19.880><c> He'd</c><00:24:20.180><c> had</c><00:24:20.279><c> a,</c><00:24:20.519><c> I</c><00:24:20.680><c> won't</c><00:24:20.880><c> distress</c>

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you<00:24:21.420><c> with</c><00:24:21.579><c> the</c><00:24:21.779><c> details,</c><00:24:22.119><c> but</c><00:24:22.240><c> he'd</c><00:24:22.519><c> had</c><00:24:22.640><c> a</c><00:24:22.920><c> particularly</c><00:24:23.420><c> nasty</c><00:24:23.880><c> experience</c><00:24:24.619><c> and</c>

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I<00:24:25.380><c> became</c><00:24:25.660><c> a</c><00:24:25.940><c> listening</c><00:24:26.180><c> post,</c>

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you<00:24:27.059><c> know,</c><00:24:28.079><c> very</c><00:24:28.279><c> important</c><00:24:28.819><c> function,</c><00:24:29.460><c> brethren</c><00:24:29.599><c> and</c><00:24:29.799><c> sisters,</c><00:24:30.119><c> being</c>

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a<00:24:30.680><c> listening</c><00:24:30.920><c> post,</c>

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just<00:24:32.200><c> so</c><00:24:32.400><c> that</c><00:24:32.599><c> someone</c><00:24:32.819><c> can</c><00:24:33.059><c> talk</c><00:24:33.299><c> to</c><00:24:33.480><c> you.</c><00:24:35.440><c> He</c><00:24:35.660><c> said,</c><00:24:35.839><c> what</c><00:24:36.019><c> do</c><00:24:36.240><c> I</c>

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do?<00:24:37.759><c> So</c><00:24:37.980><c> I</c><00:24:38.099><c> said,</c><00:24:38.380><c> well,</c>

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let's<00:24:40.539><c> read</c><00:24:40.799><c> Psalm</c><00:24:41.440><c> 37.</c><00:24:46.079><c> And</c><00:24:46.720><c> it</c><00:24:46.819><c> was</c><00:24:47.059><c> particularly</c><00:24:47.980><c> pertinent</c><00:24:49.039><c> to</c><00:24:49.299><c> his</c>

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situation<00:24:50.140><c> because</c><00:24:50.599><c> he</c><00:24:50.859><c> got</c><00:24:51.099><c> really</c>

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boiled<00:24:51.779><c> up,</c><00:24:52.059><c> as</c><00:24:52.279><c> we</c><00:24:52.500><c> say,</c><00:24:53.599><c> we</c><00:24:53.779><c> say</c><00:24:53.920><c> in</c><00:24:54.059><c> the</c><00:24:54.200><c> UK,</c><00:24:54.519><c> got</c><00:24:54.700><c> really</c>

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annoyed<00:24:55.440><c> with</c><00:24:56.059><c> something</c><00:24:56.380><c> that</c><00:24:56.559><c> had</c><00:24:56.799><c> gone</c>

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sadly<00:24:57.799><c> wrong</c><00:24:58.119><c> because</c><00:24:58.500><c> of</c><00:24:58.779><c> somebody</c><00:24:59.039><c> else</c><00:24:59.359><c> who'd</c><00:24:59.700><c> really</c><00:25:00.099><c> done</c><00:25:00.259><c> entirely</c><00:25:00.740><c> the</c>

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wrong<00:25:01.200><c> thing.</c><00:25:02.920><c> Chapter</c><00:25:03.240><c> 37</c><00:25:04.079><c> of</c><00:25:04.720><c> the</c>

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Psalms,<00:25:07.039><c> fret</c><00:25:07.220><c> not</c><00:25:07.519><c> thyself</c><00:25:08.180><c> because</c><00:25:08.640><c> of</c><00:25:08.940><c> evildoers,</c><00:25:10.859><c> neither</c><00:25:11.099><c> be</c><00:25:11.380><c> thou</c><00:25:11.559><c> envious</c><00:25:11.980><c> against</c><00:25:12.359><c> the</c>

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workers<00:25:12.859><c> of</c>

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iniquity,<00:25:14.680><c> for</c><00:25:14.880><c> they</c><00:25:15.140><c> shall</c><00:25:15.359><c> soon</c><00:25:15.680><c> be</c><00:25:15.920><c> cut</c><00:25:16.039><c> down</c><00:25:16.380><c> like</c><00:25:16.599><c> the</c><00:25:16.839><c> grass</c><00:25:17.180><c> and</c><00:25:17.440><c> wither</c><00:25:17.700><c> as</c>

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the<00:25:18.000><c> green</c><00:25:18.299><c> herb.</c><00:25:19.380><c> Trust</c>

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in<00:25:21.000><c> the</c><00:25:21.240><c> Lord</c><00:25:21.759><c> and</c><00:25:23.039><c> do</c><00:25:23.339><c> good.</c><00:25:25.079><c> And</c><00:25:25.319><c> then</c><00:25:25.440><c> there</c><00:25:25.599><c> is</c><00:25:25.779><c> the</c><00:25:26.019><c> material</c><00:25:26.359><c> blessing</c><00:25:26.779><c> for</c><00:25:27.000><c> the</c><00:25:27.180><c> children</c><00:25:27.440><c> of</c><00:25:27.599><c> Israel,</c>

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delight<00:25:28.819><c> thyself</c><00:25:29.500><c> also</c><00:25:29.839><c> in</c><00:25:30.000><c> the</c><00:25:30.140><c> Lord</c><00:25:30.380><c> and</c><00:25:30.539><c> he</c><00:25:30.759><c> shall</c><00:25:30.880><c> give</c><00:25:31.119><c> thee</c><00:25:31.339><c> the</c><00:25:31.640><c> desires</c><00:25:32.000><c> of</c>

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thine<00:25:32.480><c> heart.</c>

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Now,<00:25:35.319><c> that</c><00:25:35.680><c> verse</c><00:25:36.039><c> is</c><00:25:36.259><c> the</c><00:25:36.539><c> hard</c><00:25:36.900><c> verse,</c><00:25:38.220><c> because</c><00:25:38.380><c> there</c><00:25:38.660><c> are</c>

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some<00:25:39.220><c> desires</c><00:25:39.660><c> of</c><00:25:39.900><c> our</c><00:25:40.220><c> heart,</c><00:25:40.539><c> brethren</c><00:25:40.700><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:25:41.200><c> which</c><00:25:41.400><c> we</c><00:25:41.680><c> feel</c><00:25:41.880><c> are</c><00:25:42.140><c> exactly</c><00:25:42.720><c> right</c><00:25:43.039><c> for</c><00:25:43.299><c> us,</c><00:25:44.000><c> but</c>

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God<00:25:44.519><c> is</c><00:25:44.799><c> saying</c><00:25:45.019><c> no,</c><00:25:45.960><c> because</c><00:25:47.019><c> they</c><00:25:48.599><c> must,</c>

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they<00:25:49.079><c> will</c><00:25:49.380><c> not</c><00:25:49.559><c> be</c><00:25:49.720><c> the</c><00:25:49.880><c> means</c><00:25:50.079><c> of</c><00:25:50.279><c> him</c><00:25:50.480><c> doing</c><00:25:50.819><c> thee</c><00:25:51.039><c> good</c><00:25:51.359><c> at</c>

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thy<00:25:51.920><c> latter</c><00:25:52.259><c> end.</c><00:25:53.839><c> And</c><00:25:54.240><c> we've</c><00:25:54.440><c> got</c><00:25:54.500><c> to</c><00:25:54.680><c> accept</c><00:25:55.019><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:25:56.519><c> the</c><00:25:56.759><c> hard</c><00:25:57.779><c> part.</c><00:25:59.680><c> Commit</c><00:26:00.299><c> thy</c><00:26:00.680><c> way</c><00:26:01.500><c> unto</c><00:26:01.819><c> the</c><00:26:02.119><c> Lord.</c>

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In<00:26:02.960><c> the</c><00:26:03.220><c> margin</c><00:26:03.480><c> it</c><00:26:03.640><c> says,</c><00:26:04.519><c> roll</c><00:26:04.839><c> thy</c><00:26:05.240><c> way</c><00:26:05.559><c> upon</c>

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the<00:26:06.079><c> Lord.</c><00:26:08.259><c> It</c><00:26:08.319><c> is</c><00:26:08.559><c> as</c><00:26:08.720><c> if</c><00:26:08.880><c> we</c><00:26:09.119><c> have</c><00:26:09.440><c> thrown</c><00:26:09.640><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:10.980><c> I</c><00:26:11.059><c> mean</c><00:26:11.259><c> sometimes</c><00:26:11.759><c> we</c>

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express<00:26:12.599><c> the</c><00:26:12.799><c> words,</c><00:26:13.299><c> we</c><00:26:13.500><c> throw</c>

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ourselves<00:26:14.220><c> entirely</c><00:26:14.759><c> on</c><00:26:15.000><c> God's</c><00:26:15.400><c> mercy,</c><00:26:16.240><c> but</c><00:26:16.420><c> I</c><00:26:16.660><c> wonder</c><00:26:16.839><c> if</c><00:26:17.019><c> we</c>

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really<00:26:17.619><c> do</c><00:26:18.000><c> or</c><00:26:18.319><c> whether</c><00:26:18.519><c> we</c><00:26:18.779><c> keep</c><00:26:19.059><c> back</c><00:26:19.339><c> part</c><00:26:19.579><c> of</c><00:26:19.700><c> the</c>

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verse.<00:26:22.380><c> We</c><00:26:22.859><c> don't</c><00:26:23.339><c> trust</c><00:26:23.740><c> God</c><00:26:24.180><c> as</c><00:26:24.599><c> implicitly</c><00:26:25.339><c> as</c><00:26:25.460><c> we</c><00:26:25.660><c> should.</c>

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You<00:26:26.059><c> know,</c><00:26:26.460><c> daughter</c><00:26:26.660><c> jumping</c><00:26:27.019><c> from</c><00:26:27.279><c> the</c>

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tops<00:26:27.660><c> there,</c><00:26:28.059><c> all</c><00:26:28.200><c> to</c><00:26:28.359><c> the</c><00:26:28.440><c> bottom</c><00:26:28.680><c> and</c><00:26:28.900><c> saying,</c><00:26:29.140><c> Dad,</c><00:26:29.400><c> catch.</c>

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Do<00:26:30.339><c> we</c><00:26:30.500><c> do</c><00:26:30.720><c> that</c><00:26:31.240><c> with</c><00:26:31.599><c> our</c><00:26:31.799><c> father</c><00:26:32.039><c> in</c><00:26:32.240><c> heaven?</c>

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Commit<00:26:33.859><c> thy</c><00:26:34.119><c> way</c><00:26:34.339><c> unto</c><00:26:34.539><c> the</c><00:26:34.779><c> Lord,</c><00:26:35.259><c> trust</c><00:26:35.539><c> also</c><00:26:35.920><c> in</c><00:26:36.119><c> him</c><00:26:36.279><c> and</c>

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he<00:26:36.640><c> shall</c><00:26:36.779><c> bring</c><00:26:37.000><c> it</c><00:26:37.220><c> to</c><00:26:37.420><c> pass.</c>

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And<00:26:38.740><c> he</c><00:26:38.960><c> shall</c><00:26:39.119><c> bring</c><00:26:39.539><c> forth</c><00:26:40.000><c> thy</c><00:26:40.319><c> righteousness</c><00:26:40.980><c> as</c><00:26:41.279><c> the</c><00:26:41.519><c> light.</c><00:26:42.019><c> See,</c><00:26:42.559><c> thy</c>

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righteousness,<00:26:44.119><c> it's</c><00:26:44.319><c> right,</c>

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the<00:26:45.420><c> Lord</c><00:26:45.680><c> speaks</c><00:26:46.039><c> of</c><00:26:46.319><c> righteousness</c><00:26:46.680><c> because</c><00:26:48.539><c> our</c><00:26:49.680><c> trust</c><00:26:49.940><c> in</c>

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him<00:26:50.400><c> has</c><00:26:50.640><c> been</c><00:26:51.019><c> total.</c><00:26:51.579><c> Our</c><00:26:52.000><c> faith</c><00:26:52.259><c> in</c><00:26:52.420><c> him</c>

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:57.759
has<00:26:52.759><c> been</c><00:26:53.059><c> total.</c><00:26:53.700><c> Think</c><00:26:53.940><c> of</c><00:26:54.160><c> Abraham.</c><00:26:55.960><c> He</c><00:26:56.220><c> was</c><00:26:56.500><c> told</c><00:26:56.720><c> to</c><00:26:57.039><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:57.460><c> his</c>

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son.<00:26:58.779><c> That</c><00:26:59.000><c> was</c><00:26:59.220><c> no</c><00:26:59.400><c> accident</c><00:26:59.859><c> that</c>

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:02.500
happened.<00:27:00.400><c> That</c><00:27:00.559><c> was</c><00:27:00.779><c> no</c><00:27:01.039><c> tragedy</c><00:27:01.480><c> that</c><00:27:01.799><c> happened.</c><00:27:02.039><c> That</c><00:27:02.220><c> was</c>

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:05.960
a<00:27:02.839><c> design</c><00:27:03.480><c> piece</c><00:27:04.200><c> of</c><00:27:04.440><c> God's</c><00:27:04.920><c> handiwork</c><00:27:05.559><c> to</c>

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bring<00:27:06.240><c> pressure</c><00:27:06.700><c> to</c><00:27:06.960><c> bear</c><00:27:07.099><c> on</c><00:27:07.319><c> Abraham</c><00:27:07.720><c> and</c><00:27:07.900><c> to</c><00:27:08.119><c> test</c><00:27:08.339><c> his</c><00:27:08.660><c> faith.</c><00:27:09.480><c> And</c>

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for<00:27:10.039><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:10.700><c> he</c><00:27:11.400><c> had</c><00:27:11.839><c> as</c><00:27:12.380><c> good</c><00:27:12.779><c> as</c><00:27:13.299><c> sacrificed</c>

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his<00:27:14.039><c> son.</c><00:27:15.799><c> And</c><00:27:15.960><c> yet,</c><00:27:16.140><c> as</c><00:27:16.279><c> we</c><00:27:16.440><c> all</c><00:27:16.660><c> know</c><00:27:16.759><c> from</c><00:27:17.000><c> our</c><00:27:17.200><c> Sunday</c><00:27:17.400><c> school</c><00:27:17.680><c> days,</c><00:27:18.180><c> he'd</c>

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said<00:27:18.680><c> to</c><00:27:18.880><c> the</c><00:27:19.059><c> servants</c><00:27:19.319><c> who</c><00:27:19.579><c> went</c>

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with<00:27:20.000><c> him,</c><00:27:20.539><c> and</c><00:27:21.000><c> we</c><00:27:21.539><c> will</c><00:27:21.880><c> return,</c><00:27:22.700><c> the</c><00:27:22.839><c> two</c><00:27:23.059><c> of</c><00:27:23.160><c> us</c><00:27:23.259><c> will</c><00:27:23.420><c> come</c>

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back.<00:27:24.460><c> He</c><00:27:24.779><c> could</c><00:27:25.039><c> see</c><00:27:25.319><c> through</c><00:27:25.579><c> the</c><00:27:25.900><c> impossible</c>

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to<00:27:27.079><c> the</c><00:27:27.299><c> reality.</c><00:27:28.660><c> And</c><00:27:29.079><c> we</c><00:27:29.380><c> too</c><00:27:29.579><c> have</c><00:27:29.799><c> to</c><00:27:30.720><c> learn</c><00:27:31.200><c> from</c><00:27:31.440><c> the</c><00:27:31.680><c> scriptures</c><00:27:31.960><c> to</c>

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see<00:27:32.640><c> through</c><00:27:32.980><c> the</c><00:27:33.279><c> impossible</c>

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to<00:27:34.660><c> the</c><00:27:34.859><c> reality.</c><00:27:36.539><c> Rest</c><00:27:36.839><c> in</c><00:27:38.099><c> the</c><00:27:38.259><c> Lord</c><00:27:39.059><c> and</c><00:27:40.880><c> wait</c><00:27:41.200><c> patiently</c>

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for<00:27:42.140><c> him.</c><00:27:42.859><c> We</c><00:27:42.859><c> read</c><00:27:43.180><c> in</c><00:27:43.359><c> verse</c><00:27:43.559><c> seven.</c>

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Fret<00:27:46.019><c> not</c><00:27:46.240><c> thyself</c><00:27:46.740><c> because</c><00:27:47.119><c> of</c><00:27:47.279><c> him</c><00:27:47.500><c> who</c><00:27:47.720><c> prospereth</c><00:27:48.240><c> in</c><00:27:48.339><c> his</c>

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way,<00:27:48.960><c> because</c><00:27:49.160><c> of</c><00:27:49.359><c> the</c><00:27:49.500><c> wicked</c><00:27:49.779><c> man</c><00:27:51.619><c> who</c><00:27:51.960><c> bringeth</c>

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wicked<00:27:52.640><c> devices</c><00:27:53.140><c> to</c><00:27:53.779><c> pass.</c><00:27:54.119><c> Cease</c><00:27:54.299><c> from</c><00:27:54.480><c> anger</c><00:27:54.720><c> and</c><00:27:54.940><c> forsake</c>

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wrath.<00:27:56.000><c> Fret</c><00:27:56.279><c> not</c><00:27:56.480><c> thyself</c><00:27:56.920><c> in</c><00:27:57.119><c> any</c><00:27:57.339><c> wise</c><00:27:57.579><c> to</c>

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do<00:27:57.980><c> evil.</c><00:27:58.420><c> And</c><00:27:58.619><c> there</c><00:27:58.799><c> are</c><00:27:58.980><c> times,</c><00:27:59.440><c> brethren</c><00:27:59.480><c> and</c><00:27:59.680><c> sisters,</c>

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when<00:28:00.160><c> the</c><00:28:00.420><c> evil</c><00:28:00.700><c> which</c><00:28:01.000><c> man</c><00:28:01.259><c> does</c><00:28:01.759><c> to</c><00:28:02.160><c> others</c><00:28:02.500><c> gets</c><00:28:03.200><c> us</c>

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really<00:28:03.740><c> boiled</c><00:28:04.099><c> up.</c><00:28:04.380><c> And</c><00:28:04.480><c> we</c><00:28:04.539><c> do</c><00:28:04.759><c> get</c><00:28:04.940><c> in</c><00:28:05.119><c> a</c><00:28:05.240><c> fret</c><00:28:05.359><c> about</c><00:28:05.740><c> it.</c><00:28:07.140><c> I</c>

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will<00:28:08.019><c> frankly</c><00:28:08.279><c> admit,</c><00:28:08.779><c> brethren</c><00:28:08.900><c> and</c><00:28:09.079><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:28:09.640><c> when</c><00:28:12.000><c> an</c><00:28:12.440><c> IRA</c><00:28:13.220><c> bomber</c><00:28:13.799><c> who</c><00:28:15.200><c> is</c><00:28:15.440><c> about</c><00:28:16.180><c> to</c><00:28:16.900><c> put</c><00:28:17.240><c> a</c><00:28:17.539><c> bomb</c>

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into<00:28:18.299><c> some</c><00:28:18.700><c> poor</c><00:28:19.019><c> woman's</c><00:28:19.940><c> vehicle</c><00:28:20.240><c> and</c><00:28:20.500><c> say,</c>

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drive<00:28:21.119><c> to</c><00:28:21.279><c> that</c><00:28:21.519><c> military</c><00:28:21.960><c> post,</c><00:28:22.599><c> and</c><00:28:22.819><c> the</c><00:28:23.059><c> bomb</c><00:28:23.279><c> blows</c><00:28:23.640><c> up</c><00:28:23.880><c> in</c>

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his<00:28:24.460><c> hands,</c><00:28:25.839><c> in</c><00:28:26.039><c> a</c><00:28:26.380><c> strange</c><00:28:26.700><c> sort</c><00:28:26.960><c> of</c><00:28:27.160><c> way,</c>

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and<00:28:28.680><c> forgive</c><00:28:29.160><c> me</c><00:28:29.960><c> for</c><00:28:30.299><c> the</c><00:28:30.519><c> thought,</c><00:28:30.900><c> let</c><00:28:31.019><c> alone</c><00:28:31.220><c> the</c><00:28:31.460><c> words,</c>

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that<00:28:31.960><c> I</c><00:28:32.180><c> feel,</c><00:28:32.460><c> well,</c><00:28:33.059><c> he's</c><00:28:34.000><c> got</c><00:28:34.180><c> his</c><00:28:34.400><c> just</c><00:28:34.640><c> desserts.</c>

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I<00:28:36.019><c> think</c><00:28:36.200><c> we</c><00:28:36.339><c> can</c><00:28:36.559><c> all</c><00:28:36.779><c> identify</c><00:28:37.440><c> with</c><00:28:37.700><c> that</c><00:28:37.940><c> in</c><00:28:38.180><c> a</c><00:28:38.440><c> strange</c><00:28:38.660><c> sort</c><00:28:38.880><c> of</c>

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way.<00:28:39.500><c> It's</c><00:28:39.900><c> not</c><00:28:40.099><c> a</c><00:28:40.220><c> Christian</c><00:28:40.579><c> thought,</c>

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but<00:28:41.359><c> we</c><00:28:41.539><c> can</c><00:28:41.779><c> identify</c><00:28:42.380><c> with</c><00:28:42.579><c> it.</c><00:28:46.819><c> We</c><00:28:47.160><c> have</c><00:28:47.500><c> to</c><00:28:47.720><c> be</c><00:28:48.079><c> prepared</c>

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:52.980
to<00:28:49.579><c> commit</c><00:28:49.980><c> our</c><00:28:50.339><c> way</c><00:28:50.900><c> entirely</c><00:28:51.680><c> to</c><00:28:51.940><c> God,</c>

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:57.359
so<00:28:53.339><c> that</c><00:28:53.559><c> the</c><00:28:53.839><c> pressures</c><00:28:54.140><c> of</c><00:28:54.400><c> life</c><00:28:55.200><c> will</c><00:28:55.720><c> help</c><00:28:56.039><c> mold</c><00:28:56.319><c> us,</c><00:28:57.099><c> so</c>

00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:00.420
that<00:28:57.619><c> God</c><00:28:58.500><c> shall</c><00:28:58.920><c> do</c><00:28:59.119><c> us</c><00:28:59.339><c> good</c>

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at<00:29:01.019><c> our</c><00:29:01.279><c> latter</c><00:29:01.519><c> end.</c><00:29:03.519><c> And</c><00:29:03.740><c> having</c><00:29:03.980><c> said</c><00:29:04.200><c> all</c><00:29:04.559><c> that,</c><00:29:05.640><c> we</c><00:29:05.759><c> remember</c><00:29:06.200><c> the</c>

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words<00:29:06.920><c> of</c><00:29:07.299><c> Romans</c><00:29:07.640><c> chapter</c><00:29:08.079><c> 8,</c>

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:13.539
for<00:29:09.980><c> it</c><00:29:10.200><c> is</c><00:29:10.440><c> God</c><00:29:11.099><c> that</c><00:29:11.940><c> worketh</c><00:29:12.299><c> in</c><00:29:12.500><c> you.</c>

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:19.180
Now<00:29:15.619><c> I'm</c><00:29:15.920><c> quoting</c><00:29:16.339><c> Philippians</c><00:29:16.880><c> 2</c><00:29:17.180><c> again,</c><00:29:17.700><c> aren't</c><00:29:17.700><c> I?</c><00:29:19.000><c> Romans</c>

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chapter<00:29:19.579><c> 8</c><00:29:20.339><c> and</c><00:29:20.839><c> verse</c><00:29:21.119><c> 28.</c>

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:30.319
Those<00:29:23.859><c> words,</c><00:29:24.259><c> I</c><00:29:24.480><c> think,</c><00:29:24.960><c> if</c><00:29:25.039><c> only</c><00:29:25.400><c> we</c><00:29:25.720><c> can</c><00:29:26.140><c> really</c><00:29:26.880><c> trust</c><00:29:27.279><c> them,</c><00:29:28.940><c> will</c><00:29:29.099><c> help</c><00:29:29.359><c> us</c>

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:32.619
to<00:29:30.700><c> understand</c><00:29:31.480><c> the</c><00:29:32.279><c> pressures</c>

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:40.319
of<00:29:32.839><c> ordinary</c><00:29:33.180><c> everyday</c><00:29:33.660><c> life.</c><00:29:38.299><c> All</c><00:29:38.819><c> things</c><00:29:39.400><c> work</c><00:29:39.839><c> together</c>

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:43.900
for<00:29:40.660><c> good</c><00:29:41.140><c> to</c><00:29:42.079><c> them</c><00:29:42.400><c> that</c><00:29:42.680><c> love</c><00:29:42.880><c> God,</c>

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:49.180
to<00:29:44.980><c> them</c><00:29:45.240><c> who</c><00:29:45.539><c> are</c><00:29:45.680><c> the</c><00:29:45.920><c> called</c><00:29:46.619><c> according</c><00:29:47.660><c> to</c><00:29:47.900><c> his</c><00:29:48.079><c> purpose.</c>

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When<00:29:49.980><c> it</c><00:29:50.180><c> says</c><00:29:50.339><c> all</c><00:29:50.680><c> things,</c>

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:54.900
it<00:29:51.119><c> doesn't</c><00:29:51.440><c> just</c><00:29:51.819><c> mean</c><00:29:51.980><c> the</c><00:29:52.180><c> nice</c><00:29:52.440><c> things</c><00:29:52.740><c> like</c><00:29:53.059><c> Bible</c><00:29:53.440><c> schools.</c><00:29:54.599><c> It</c>

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means<00:29:55.200><c> the</c><00:29:55.500><c> nasty,</c><00:29:56.359><c> the</c><00:29:56.500><c> unpleasant,</c>

00:29:57.119 --> 00:30:02.460
the<00:29:57.920><c> tragic,</c><00:29:59.220><c> the</c><00:29:59.220><c> horrendous,</c><00:30:00.420><c> the</c><00:30:00.680><c> frightening.</c><00:30:02.180><c> They're</c>

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all<00:30:02.720><c> there</c><00:30:03.259><c> to</c><00:30:03.920><c> mold</c><00:30:04.220><c> us,</c><00:30:04.500><c> so</c><00:30:04.779><c> that</c><00:30:05.839><c> God</c><00:30:06.380><c> shall</c>

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:13.680
do<00:30:06.839><c> us</c><00:30:07.059><c> good</c><00:30:07.619><c> in</c><00:30:08.960><c> our</c><00:30:09.279><c> latter</c><00:30:09.480><c> end.</c><00:30:11.940><c> Now</c><00:30:12.279><c> that</c><00:30:12.400><c> is</c><00:30:12.599><c> all</c><00:30:12.880><c> to</c><00:30:13.140><c> do</c>

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:16.519
with<00:30:14.079><c> tribulation,</c><00:30:15.500><c> but</c><00:30:15.660><c> as</c><00:30:15.859><c> you</c><00:30:16.019><c> have</c><00:30:16.240><c> seen,</c>

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:23.440
brethren<00:30:16.819><c> and</c><00:30:17.000><c> sisters,</c><00:30:17.220><c> as</c><00:30:17.440><c> we've</c><00:30:17.680><c> gone</c><00:30:17.900><c> along</c><00:30:18.240><c> thinking</c><00:30:18.740><c> about</c><00:30:19.099><c> this,</c><00:30:20.019><c> that</c><00:30:20.359><c> clearly</c><00:30:20.880><c> includes</c><00:30:21.799><c> the</c><00:30:22.400><c> concept</c><00:30:22.980><c> of</c>

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trial.<00:30:24.240><c> There</c><00:30:24.519><c> is</c><00:30:24.740><c> an</c><00:30:25.019><c> overlap.</c><00:30:25.440><c> You've</c><00:30:25.660><c> got</c><00:30:25.859><c> sort</c><00:30:26.000><c> of</c><00:30:26.579><c> tribulation</c><00:30:27.339><c> and</c>

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:31.380
you've<00:30:28.660><c> got</c><00:30:29.180><c> trials,</c><00:30:30.480><c> and</c><00:30:30.980><c> some</c>

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:35.779
tribulations<00:30:32.059><c> are</c><00:30:32.319><c> a</c><00:30:32.619><c> great</c><00:30:33.000><c> trial</c><00:30:33.480><c> to</c><00:30:33.960><c> our</c><00:30:34.240><c> faith,</c><00:30:35.400><c> because</c>

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:40.440
so<00:30:37.319><c> horrendous</c><00:30:38.400><c> are</c><00:30:38.660><c> they</c><00:30:38.799><c> that</c><00:30:39.099><c> our</c><00:30:40.180><c> faith</c>

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:45.359
is<00:30:40.779><c> tested</c><00:30:41.119><c> to</c><00:30:41.460><c> breaking</c><00:30:41.799><c> point.</c><00:30:44.259><c> But</c><00:30:44.420><c> like</c><00:30:44.660><c> the</c><00:30:44.839><c> sister</c><00:30:45.079><c> in</c>

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:48.079
hospital<00:30:45.799><c> in</c><00:30:45.940><c> London,</c><00:30:46.900><c> we</c><00:30:47.140><c> have</c><00:30:47.319><c> to</c><00:30:47.559><c> try</c><00:30:47.759><c> and</c><00:30:47.940><c> have</c>

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positive<00:30:48.700><c> attitude.</c><00:30:52.059><c> But</c><00:30:52.099><c> then</c><00:30:52.380><c> there</c><00:30:52.660><c> are</c><00:30:53.420><c> also</c><00:30:54.000><c> tribulations</c><00:30:54.799><c> which</c><00:30:55.160><c> occur</c><00:30:55.480><c> because</c><00:30:55.900><c> of</c>

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.660
our<00:30:56.359><c> faith.</c>

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Our<00:30:57.440><c> faith</c><00:30:57.619><c> is</c><00:30:57.900><c> directly</c><00:30:58.559><c> tested.</c><00:30:59.480><c> We</c><00:30:59.559><c> are</c><00:30:59.900><c> challenged</c><00:31:00.400><c> about</c>

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:04.160
our<00:31:01.079><c> belief.</c><00:31:02.880><c> Now</c><00:31:03.079><c> a</c><00:31:03.160><c> hundred</c><00:31:03.380><c> years</c><00:31:03.680><c> ago</c><00:31:03.900><c> that</c>

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:07.059
happened<00:31:04.420><c> constantly,</c><00:31:05.799><c> and</c><00:31:05.960><c> brethren</c><00:31:06.220><c> were</c><00:31:06.500><c> always</c><00:31:06.799><c> there</c>

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.859
with<00:31:07.240><c> the</c><00:31:07.400><c> sword</c><00:31:07.519><c> of</c><00:31:07.680><c> the</c><00:31:07.859><c> spirit</c><00:31:08.059><c> in</c><00:31:08.200><c> their</c><00:31:08.480><c> hand,</c>

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:19.220
hacking<00:31:09.339><c> away</c><00:31:09.680><c> at</c><00:31:09.960><c> error.</c><00:31:11.819><c> Today</c><00:31:12.339><c> we</c><00:31:14.119><c> have</c><00:31:14.339><c> to</c><00:31:14.559><c> fight</c><00:31:15.380><c> indifference.</c><00:31:17.839><c> It's</c><00:31:18.019><c> like</c><00:31:18.220><c> trying</c><00:31:18.440><c> to</c><00:31:18.720><c> arrange</c>

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:22.200
a<00:31:19.759><c> meeting</c><00:31:20.039><c> in</c><00:31:20.240><c> a</c><00:31:20.380><c> village</c><00:31:20.680><c> where</c><00:31:20.980><c> everybody's</c><00:31:21.579><c> half</c><00:31:21.799><c> asleep</c>

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.839
and<00:31:22.400><c> they</c><00:31:22.619><c> want</c><00:31:22.759><c> to</c><00:31:22.900><c> do</c><00:31:23.039><c> something</c><00:31:23.299><c> about</c><00:31:23.619><c> the</c>

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:26.400
village<00:31:24.119><c> apathy,</c><00:31:24.640><c> so</c><00:31:24.819><c> they</c><00:31:25.079><c> arrange</c><00:31:25.380><c> a</c><00:31:25.579><c> meeting</c><00:31:25.839><c> but</c><00:31:26.099><c> nobody</c>

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comes.<00:31:28.960><c> And</c><00:31:29.299><c> that's</c><00:31:29.519><c> what</c><00:31:29.700><c> we</c><00:31:29.900><c> have</c><00:31:30.059><c> to</c><00:31:30.319><c> fight,</c>

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:36.079
brethren<00:31:30.940><c> and</c><00:31:31.119><c> sisters.</c><00:31:31.420><c> It's</c><00:31:31.660><c> like</c><00:31:31.900><c> trying</c><00:31:32.140><c> to</c><00:31:32.400><c> fight</c><00:31:32.619><c> clouds</c><00:31:32.980><c> of</c><00:31:33.220><c> cotton</c><00:31:33.460><c> wool.</c><00:31:34.359><c> There's</c><00:31:34.640><c> no</c><00:31:34.920><c> resistance.</c>

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And<00:31:36.900><c> although</c><00:31:37.200><c> we</c><00:31:37.380><c> are</c><00:31:37.640><c> positive</c><00:31:38.079><c> about</c><00:31:38.420><c> our</c><00:31:38.720><c> faith,</c><00:31:39.740><c> we</c><00:31:39.819><c> find</c>

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that<00:31:40.740><c> the</c><00:31:41.059><c> challenges</c><00:31:41.440><c> to</c><00:31:41.799><c> our</c><00:31:42.059><c> beliefs</c><00:31:42.440><c> these</c>

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days<00:31:43.859><c> hardly</c><00:31:44.880><c> exist.</c><00:31:47.019><c> People</c><00:31:47.359><c> are</c><00:31:47.660><c> quite</c><00:31:47.900><c> willing</c><00:31:48.119><c> to</c><00:31:48.339><c> say,</c>

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:50.579
well<00:31:48.720><c> that's</c><00:31:49.039><c> your</c><00:31:49.240><c> belief</c><00:31:49.519><c> and</c><00:31:49.640><c> this</c><00:31:49.880><c> is</c><00:31:50.079><c> my</c><00:31:50.299><c> belief</c>

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:55.019
and<00:31:50.799><c> we'll</c><00:31:51.059><c> agree</c><00:31:51.240><c> to</c><00:31:51.500><c> differ.</c><00:31:51.700><c> They</c><00:31:51.960><c> won't</c><00:31:52.279><c> face</c><00:31:52.599><c> the</c><00:31:52.900><c> challenge.</c><00:31:53.960><c> And</c><00:31:54.299><c> sometimes</c><00:31:54.759><c> we</c>

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can<00:31:55.240><c> sort</c><00:31:55.420><c> of</c><00:31:55.519><c> go</c><00:31:55.740><c> over</c>

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:58.900
the<00:31:56.240><c> top</c><00:31:56.420><c> and</c><00:31:56.619><c> be</c><00:31:56.940><c> over</c><00:31:57.279><c>-challenging</c><00:31:57.839><c> in</c><00:31:58.039><c> our</c><00:31:58.299><c> challenge</c><00:31:58.619><c> and</c>

00:31:58.900 --> 00:32:02.059
cause<00:31:59.140><c> offense</c><00:31:59.539><c> in</c><00:31:59.799><c> the</c><00:32:00.019><c> worst</c><00:32:00.920><c> sense</c><00:32:01.279><c> of</c><00:32:01.500><c> that</c><00:32:01.799><c> word</c>

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:06.039
and<00:32:02.579><c> therefore</c><00:32:02.960><c> say</c><00:32:03.359><c> and</c><00:32:03.839><c> turn</c><00:32:04.039><c> people</c><00:32:04.400><c> away</c><00:32:04.660><c> from</c><00:32:04.859><c> Christ</c><00:32:05.319><c> merely</c><00:32:05.700><c> by</c>

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.039
our<00:32:06.299><c> attitude</c><00:32:06.640><c> of</c><00:32:06.900><c> mind,</c>

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:11.319
not<00:32:07.259><c> what</c><00:32:07.440><c> we're</c><00:32:07.640><c> doing</c><00:32:07.819><c> but</c><00:32:08.000><c> the</c><00:32:08.220><c> way</c><00:32:08.440><c> we</c><00:32:08.640><c> do</c><00:32:08.839><c> it.</c><00:32:10.740><c> And</c><00:32:10.859><c> the</c><00:32:10.980><c> way</c><00:32:11.140><c> we</c>

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.759
do<00:32:11.500><c> something</c><00:32:11.799><c> is</c><00:32:12.059><c> very</c><00:32:12.279><c> often</c><00:32:12.480><c> more</c>

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:17.700
important<00:32:13.160><c> than</c><00:32:13.279><c> what</c><00:32:13.460><c> we're</c><00:32:13.700><c> doing.</c><00:32:15.859><c> So</c><00:32:16.140><c> trials</c><00:32:16.440><c> to</c><00:32:16.700><c> our</c><00:32:16.920><c> faith</c><00:32:17.119><c> because</c><00:32:17.519><c> of</c>

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:19.940
that<00:32:17.940><c> are</c><00:32:18.240><c> nowhere</c><00:32:18.460><c> near</c><00:32:18.779><c> as</c><00:32:19.039><c> strong.</c>

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:25.180
I<00:32:22.140><c> had</c><00:32:22.339><c> the</c><00:32:22.539><c> privilege</c><00:32:22.839><c> of</c><00:32:23.059><c> reading</c><00:32:23.599><c> a</c><00:32:24.339><c> history</c><00:32:24.640><c> of</c><00:32:24.779><c> the</c><00:32:24.980><c> truth</c>

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in<00:32:25.440><c> Germany</c>

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during<00:32:28.619><c> the</c><00:32:28.839><c> Nazi</c><00:32:29.259><c> period</c><00:32:30.000><c> and</c><00:32:31.619><c> read</c><00:32:31.839><c> a</c><00:32:32.079><c> letter</c><00:32:32.559><c> from</c><00:32:33.279><c> the</c><00:32:33.500><c> German</c><00:32:33.819><c> council</c><00:32:34.279><c> for</c>

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a<00:32:34.740><c> brother</c><00:32:35.039><c> who</c><00:32:36.000><c> would</c><00:32:36.299><c> not</c>

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take<00:32:36.759><c> up</c><00:32:37.019><c> arms</c><00:32:37.420><c> and</c><00:32:38.099><c> become</c><00:32:38.319><c> part</c><00:32:38.640><c> of</c><00:32:38.839><c> the</c><00:32:38.980><c> Wehrmacht,</c><00:32:40.059><c> the</c>

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German<00:32:40.480><c> army,</c><00:32:41.640><c> and</c><00:32:41.980><c> the</c><00:32:42.119><c> man</c><00:32:42.279><c> was</c><00:32:42.619><c> shot.</c><00:32:43.759><c> That</c><00:32:44.000><c> was</c>

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unusual.<00:32:44.799><c> I</c><00:32:44.960><c> think</c><00:32:45.140><c> he</c><00:32:45.299><c> was</c><00:32:45.460><c> the</c><00:32:45.599><c> only</c><00:32:45.920><c> brother</c><00:32:46.160><c> who</c><00:32:46.339><c> was</c><00:32:46.619><c> shot</c>

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:50.480
for<00:32:47.460><c> this</c><00:32:47.700><c> reason.</c><00:32:48.880><c> But</c><00:32:49.119><c> we</c><00:32:49.319><c> don't</c><00:32:49.539><c> have</c><00:32:49.880><c> any</c>

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:57.140
challenges<00:32:51.039><c> of</c><00:32:51.240><c> that</c><00:32:51.559><c> sort</c><00:32:51.859><c> at</c><00:32:52.299><c> all.</c><00:32:54.920><c> And</c><00:32:55.140><c> therefore</c><00:32:55.440><c> our</c><00:32:55.799><c> danger</c><00:32:56.319><c> is</c>

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:59.240
that<00:32:57.299><c> we</c><00:32:57.519><c> shall</c><00:32:57.680><c> be</c><00:32:58.079><c> swallowed</c><00:32:58.319><c> up</c><00:32:58.700><c> by</c><00:32:59.019><c> the</c>

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:01.980
apathy<00:32:59.579><c> that</c><00:32:59.859><c> surrounds</c><00:33:00.220><c> us.</c><00:33:00.819><c> That's</c><00:33:01.200><c> our</c><00:33:01.380><c> danger,</c><00:33:01.799><c> brothers</c>

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:04.859
and<00:33:02.079><c> sisters,</c><00:33:02.680><c> and</c><00:33:03.019><c> we</c><00:33:03.180><c> shall</c><00:33:03.339><c> find</c><00:33:03.700><c> ourselves</c>

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:08.779
if<00:33:05.160><c> we</c><00:33:05.440><c> analyze</c><00:33:05.880><c> our</c><00:33:06.220><c> lives</c><00:33:06.660><c> and</c><00:33:07.539><c> we</c><00:33:07.700><c> were</c><00:33:07.859><c> to</c><00:33:08.079><c> take</c><00:33:08.299><c> out</c><00:33:08.579><c> our</c>

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:11.259
Bible<00:33:09.140><c> readings</c><00:33:09.539><c> and</c><00:33:09.819><c> Bible</c><00:33:10.220><c> schools</c><00:33:10.640><c> and</c><00:33:10.900><c> going</c><00:33:11.079><c> to</c>

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:13.819
the<00:33:11.400><c> meeting</c><00:33:11.660><c> and</c><00:33:11.880><c> so</c><00:33:12.079><c> on,</c><00:33:12.640><c> our</c><00:33:12.880><c> lives</c><00:33:13.039><c> would</c><00:33:13.240><c> not</c><00:33:13.460><c> really</c><00:33:13.680><c> be</c>

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:16.539
all<00:33:13.980><c> that</c><00:33:14.180><c> much</c><00:33:14.359><c> different</c><00:33:14.640><c> from</c><00:33:14.839><c> the</c><00:33:15.000><c> man</c><00:33:15.140><c> next</c><00:33:15.500><c> door</c>

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:19.440
and<00:33:17.019><c> he</c><00:33:17.240><c> has</c><00:33:17.480><c> no</c><00:33:17.740><c> faith.</c><00:33:18.079><c> Well</c><00:33:18.299><c> unless</c><00:33:18.619><c> you</c><00:33:18.940><c> have</c><00:33:19.140><c> a</c><00:33:19.279><c> brother</c>

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.200
or<00:33:19.680><c> sister</c><00:33:19.920><c> living</c><00:33:20.180><c> next</c><00:33:20.519><c> door</c><00:33:20.660><c> to</c><00:33:20.779><c> you,</c>

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:26.359
in<00:33:21.559><c> which</c><00:33:21.720><c> case</c><00:33:21.900><c> I</c><00:33:22.160><c> apologize.</c><00:33:24.460><c> We</c><00:33:24.819><c> could</c><00:33:25.099><c> become</c><00:33:25.539><c> just</c><00:33:26.059><c> like</c>

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:28.359
the<00:33:26.640><c> people</c><00:33:26.880><c> next</c><00:33:27.319><c> door,</c>

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:33.660
respectable,<00:33:29.960><c> law</c><00:33:30.140><c>-abiding</c><00:33:30.579><c> citizens</c><00:33:31.160><c> who</c><00:33:31.680><c> have</c><00:33:31.880><c> some</c><00:33:32.400><c> unusual</c><00:33:32.960><c> ideas</c>

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:36.980
but<00:33:34.900><c> somehow</c><00:33:35.339><c> or</c><00:33:35.519><c> other</c><00:33:35.799><c> the</c><00:33:36.339><c> impact,</c>

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:45.059
the<00:33:37.519><c> dynamism</c><00:33:38.539><c> of</c><00:33:38.920><c> that</c><00:33:39.200><c> message</c><00:33:39.660><c> has</c><00:33:40.099><c> gone</c><00:33:40.519><c> cold.</c><00:33:42.660><c> Not</c><00:33:42.920><c> lukewarm</c><00:33:43.539><c> but</c><00:33:43.839><c> cold.</c>

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:52.140
So<00:33:47.279><c> there</c><00:33:47.579><c> is</c><00:33:47.819><c> the</c><00:33:48.000><c> exhortation.</c><00:33:49.319><c> Because</c><00:33:49.960><c> trials</c><00:33:50.660><c> to</c><00:33:51.019><c> our</c><00:33:51.339><c> faith</c><00:33:51.660><c> as</c>

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:54.660
such<00:33:52.460><c> are</c><00:33:53.140><c> nowhere</c><00:33:53.460><c> near</c><00:33:53.839><c> as</c><00:33:54.140><c> direct</c>

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:58.859
and<00:33:55.000><c> immediate</c><00:33:55.319><c> as</c><00:33:55.539><c> they</c><00:33:55.839><c> were</c><00:33:56.039><c> in</c><00:33:56.339><c> times</c><00:33:56.539><c> past,</c><00:33:58.160><c> when</c><00:33:58.259><c> we</c><00:33:58.480><c> think</c><00:33:58.680><c> of,</c>

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.980
say,<00:33:59.079><c> brother</c><00:33:59.359><c> Alan</c><00:33:59.660><c> Ayres,</c>

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:06.319
brethren<00:34:00.380><c> in</c><00:34:00.619><c> Christ.</c><00:34:03.299><c> Because</c><00:34:03.599><c> of</c><00:34:03.839><c> that</c><00:34:04.359><c> we</c><00:34:04.940><c> can</c><00:34:05.220><c> go</c><00:34:05.599><c> cold</c><00:34:06.079><c> on</c>

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:08.639
our<00:34:06.559><c> faith,</c><00:34:06.859><c> not</c><00:34:07.119><c> just</c><00:34:07.480><c> lukewarm.</c>

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:13.099
So<00:34:09.500><c> the</c><00:34:09.719><c> danger</c><00:34:10.139><c> is</c><00:34:10.460><c> to</c><00:34:10.639><c> be</c><00:34:10.840><c> swallowed</c><00:34:11.039><c> up</c><00:34:11.340><c> in</c><00:34:11.559><c> apathy</c><00:34:11.940><c> and</c><00:34:12.420><c> that</c><00:34:12.840><c> in</c>

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:16.199
itself<00:34:13.840><c> is</c><00:34:14.960><c> a</c><00:34:15.260><c> trial,</c>

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:18.900
brethren<00:34:16.599><c> and</c><00:34:16.800><c> sisters,</c><00:34:17.119><c> of</c><00:34:17.380><c> our</c><00:34:17.619><c> faith.</c><00:34:18.019><c> It's</c><00:34:18.340><c> a</c><00:34:18.480><c> funny</c><00:34:18.659><c> sort</c>

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:21.679
of<00:34:19.099><c> trial</c><00:34:19.260><c> but</c><00:34:19.420><c> we</c><00:34:19.719><c> must</c><00:34:20.059><c> recognize</c><00:34:20.679><c> it.</c>

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:25.820
We<00:34:22.440><c> can</c><00:34:22.659><c> be</c><00:34:23.019><c> swallowed</c><00:34:23.239><c> up</c><00:34:23.860><c> by</c><00:34:24.260><c> the</c><00:34:24.420><c> quality</c><00:34:24.760><c> of</c><00:34:25.000><c> life</c><00:34:25.179><c> around</c><00:34:25.519><c> us.</c>

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:38.800
Trial,<00:34:29.000><c> tribulation,</c><00:34:33.159><c> testing</c><00:34:33.199><c> our</c><00:34:33.579><c> faith,</c><00:34:37.760><c> temptation.</c>

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:46.559
And<00:34:42.760><c> there's</c><00:34:42.980><c> a</c><00:34:43.059><c> bit</c><00:34:43.159><c> of</c><00:34:43.320><c> an</c><00:34:43.440><c> overlap</c><00:34:43.739><c> here</c><00:34:44.099><c> between</c><00:34:44.980><c> temptation</c><00:34:45.980><c> and</c><00:34:46.380><c> what</c>

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:48.400
I've<00:34:46.800><c> just</c><00:34:47.099><c> been</c><00:34:47.340><c> saying.</c>

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:54.079
Joseph<00:34:51.039><c> had</c><00:34:51.260><c> a</c><00:34:51.380><c> very</c><00:34:51.780><c> direct</c><00:34:52.460><c> temptation.</c>

00:34:57.460 --> 00:35:03.360
Potiphar's<00:34:58.320><c> wife</c><00:34:58.960><c> wanted</c><00:35:00.219><c> him</c><00:35:00.699><c> to</c><00:35:01.119><c> lay</c><00:35:01.420><c> with</c><00:35:02.059><c> her.</c><00:35:02.940><c> That</c><00:35:03.099><c> was</c>

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:05.900
a<00:35:03.400><c> very</c><00:35:03.820><c> real</c><00:35:04.699><c> temptation.</c>

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:14.039
Joseph<00:35:09.139><c> resisted</c><00:35:09.860><c> it</c><00:35:10.219><c> very</c><00:35:10.619><c> positively</c><00:35:11.440><c> and</c><00:35:13.440><c> successfully</c>

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:17.599
until,<00:35:14.440><c> of</c><00:35:14.639><c> course,</c><00:35:15.159><c> she</c><00:35:15.480><c> turned</c><00:35:15.900><c> the</c><00:35:16.059><c> tables</c><00:35:16.320><c> on</c><00:35:16.519><c> him.</c>

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:21.130
And<00:35:18.599><c> then</c><00:35:18.739><c> he</c><00:35:18.820><c> was</c><00:35:18.980><c> put</c><00:35:19.159><c> in</c><00:35:19.320><c> jail</c><00:35:19.539><c> for</c><00:35:19.699><c> something</c><00:35:19.920><c> he'd</c><00:35:20.159><c> never</c><00:35:20.340><c> done.</c>

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.579
Temptations.

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:30.699
A<00:35:28.559><c> brother</c><00:35:28.699><c> once</c><00:35:28.960><c> said,</c><00:35:29.260><c> I</c><00:35:29.260><c> can</c><00:35:29.480><c> resist</c><00:35:29.820><c> anything</c><00:35:30.199><c> you</c><00:35:30.500><c> like</c>

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:32.280
except<00:35:31.139><c> temptation.</c>

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:38.199
And<00:35:34.219><c> we</c><00:35:34.800><c> find</c><00:35:35.139><c> ourselves</c><00:35:35.559><c> in</c><00:35:35.780><c> that</c><00:35:35.940><c> position</c><00:35:36.260><c> sometimes,</c><00:35:36.960><c> brethren</c><00:35:37.099><c> and</c><00:35:37.340><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:43.500
Temptations,<00:35:40.360><c> they're</c><00:35:40.639><c> all</c><00:35:41.000><c> different</c><00:35:41.500><c> for</c><00:35:41.840><c> each</c><00:35:42.159><c> one</c><00:35:42.340><c> of</c><00:35:42.460><c> us.</c>

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:47.820
Some<00:35:44.800><c> temptations</c><00:35:45.440><c> that</c><00:35:45.719><c> might</c><00:35:46.199><c> have</c><00:35:46.619><c> a</c><00:35:46.980><c> stranglehold</c><00:35:47.559><c> on</c>

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:49.860
you,<00:35:48.139><c> don't</c><00:35:48.320><c> touch</c><00:35:48.639><c> me.</c>

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:56.719
And<00:35:50.199><c> others</c><00:35:50.679><c> which</c><00:35:52.500><c> hammer</c><00:35:52.960><c> me</c><00:35:53.179><c> to</c><00:35:53.360><c> death,</c><00:35:54.480><c> if</c><00:35:55.000><c> I</c><00:35:55.199><c> told</c><00:35:55.420><c> you</c><00:35:55.579><c> about</c><00:35:55.820><c> them,</c><00:35:56.539><c> if</c>

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:58.260
I<00:35:56.920><c> confess</c><00:35:57.300><c> my</c><00:35:57.659><c> faults</c><00:35:57.900><c> to</c><00:35:58.159><c> you,</c>

00:35:58.260 --> 00:36:03.860
as<00:35:58.420><c> I</c><00:35:58.639><c> should,</c><00:35:59.739><c> you</c><00:35:59.960><c> would</c><00:36:00.500><c> be</c><00:36:01.380><c> surprised.</c><00:36:02.840><c> I</c><00:36:03.480><c> think</c><00:36:03.659><c> you</c>

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:05.199
probably<00:36:04.300><c> would.</c>

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:09.380
Let's<00:36:06.820><c> just</c><00:36:07.099><c> have</c><00:36:07.280><c> a</c><00:36:07.380><c> look.</c><00:36:07.739><c> Ephesians</c><00:36:08.199><c> chapter</c><00:36:08.559><c> two.</c>

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:22.679
Verse<00:36:19.579><c> three.</c><00:36:20.820><c> Or</c><00:36:20.820><c> verse</c><00:36:21.119><c> two.</c><00:36:21.639><c> Children</c><00:36:21.719><c> of</c><00:36:21.980><c> disobedience,</c>

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:24.559
among<00:36:23.039><c> whom</c><00:36:23.260><c> also</c><00:36:23.699><c> we</c><00:36:23.900><c> all</c><00:36:24.139><c> had</c><00:36:24.260><c> our</c>

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:28.199
conversation<00:36:25.119><c> in</c><00:36:25.420><c> time</c><00:36:25.699><c> past</c><00:36:26.000><c> in</c><00:36:26.199><c> the</c><00:36:26.380><c> lusts</c><00:36:26.780><c> of</c><00:36:26.840><c> our</c><00:36:27.119><c> flesh,</c>

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:32.400
fulfilling<00:36:29.360><c> the</c><00:36:29.860><c> desires</c><00:36:30.260><c> of</c><00:36:30.679><c> the</c><00:36:30.980><c> flesh</c><00:36:31.420><c> and</c>

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:36.599
of<00:36:32.980><c> the</c><00:36:33.260><c> mind.</c><00:36:34.860><c> I</c><00:36:35.139><c> don't</c><00:36:35.260><c> know</c><00:36:35.380><c> why</c><00:36:35.559><c> it</c><00:36:35.619><c> is,</c><00:36:35.920><c> brethren</c><00:36:36.039><c> and</c><00:36:36.239><c> sisters,</c><00:36:36.420><c> but</c>

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:38.739
we<00:36:36.880><c> usually</c><00:36:37.219><c> associate</c><00:36:37.860><c> temptation</c><00:36:38.480><c> with</c>

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:43.380
the<00:36:39.099><c> groser</c><00:36:40.280><c> lusts</c><00:36:41.019><c> of</c><00:36:41.139><c> the</c><00:36:41.360><c> flesh.</c><00:36:41.820><c> And</c><00:36:41.920><c> we</c><00:36:42.579><c> think,</c><00:36:42.880><c> ah,</c><00:36:43.239><c> yes,</c>

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:45.260
that<00:36:43.559><c> means</c><00:36:43.860><c> Joseph</c><00:36:44.280><c> and</c><00:36:44.599><c> Potiphar's</c><00:36:45.099><c> wife</c>

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:50.280
trying<00:36:45.500><c> to</c><00:36:45.659><c> run</c><00:36:45.780><c> off</c><00:36:45.940><c> with</c><00:36:46.119><c> him.</c><00:36:48.539><c> But</c><00:36:48.880><c> it</c><00:36:49.159><c> says</c><00:36:49.300><c> there,</c><00:36:49.639><c> the</c><00:36:49.719><c> lusts</c><00:36:50.199><c> of</c>

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:52.659
our<00:36:50.559><c> flesh,</c><00:36:50.980><c> fulfilling</c><00:36:51.400><c> the</c><00:36:52.000><c> desires</c>

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:59.940
of<00:36:53.059><c> the</c><00:36:53.420><c> flesh</c><00:36:53.900><c> and</c><00:36:54.860><c> of</c><00:36:55.440><c> the</c><00:36:55.719><c> mind.</c><00:36:58.159><c> Now</c><00:36:58.460><c> it</c><00:36:58.539><c> is</c><00:36:58.880><c> that</c><00:36:59.119><c> that</c><00:36:59.380><c> marks</c><00:36:59.659><c> out</c>

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:03.139
the<00:37:00.139><c> Christian</c><00:37:00.539><c> brother</c><00:37:01.679><c> and</c><00:37:02.320><c> sister.</c>

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:07.539
You<00:37:03.980><c> remember</c><00:37:04.539><c> thinking</c><00:37:05.179><c> of</c><00:37:05.440><c> Joseph,</c><00:37:06.440><c> how</c><00:37:06.659><c> the</c><00:37:06.840><c> Lord</c><00:37:07.099><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:10.659
said,<00:37:09.019><c> ye</c><00:37:09.039><c> have</c><00:37:09.280><c> heard</c><00:37:09.519><c> that</c><00:37:09.739><c> it</c><00:37:09.920><c> hath</c><00:37:10.039><c> been</c><00:37:10.380><c> said</c>

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:18.400
by<00:37:10.940><c> them</c><00:37:11.139><c> of</c><00:37:11.340><c> old</c><00:37:11.579><c> time,</c><00:37:12.800><c> do</c><00:37:12.960><c> not</c><00:37:13.239><c> commit</c><00:37:13.579><c> adultery.</c><00:37:15.000><c> But</c><00:37:15.159><c> I</c><00:37:15.480><c> say</c><00:37:15.659><c> unto</c><00:37:15.920><c> you,</c><00:37:16.659><c> whosoever</c><00:37:17.159><c> lusteth</c><00:37:17.559><c> after</c><00:37:17.960><c> a</c><00:37:18.119><c> woman</c>

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:22.139
in<00:37:18.820><c> his</c><00:37:19.199><c> heart,</c><00:37:20.119><c> lusteth</c><00:37:20.579><c> after</c><00:37:20.900><c> a</c><00:37:21.039><c> woman,</c><00:37:21.539><c> hath</c><00:37:21.719><c> committed</c>

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:25.820
adultery<00:37:22.699><c> already</c><00:37:23.340><c> with</c><00:37:23.820><c> her</c><00:37:24.179><c> in</c><00:37:24.599><c> his</c><00:37:24.940><c> heart.</c>

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:29.820
So<00:37:26.800><c> the</c><00:37:26.940><c> whole</c><00:37:27.179><c> thing</c><00:37:27.380><c> is</c><00:37:27.599><c> lifted</c><00:37:27.820><c> onto</c><00:37:28.099><c> a</c><00:37:28.440><c> much</c><00:37:28.679><c> higher</c><00:37:29.019><c> plane,</c><00:37:29.480><c> brethren</c><00:37:29.619><c> and</c>

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:31.159
sisters.<00:37:30.199><c> It</c><00:37:30.519><c> is</c><00:37:30.739><c> not</c><00:37:30.940><c> the</c>

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:34.980
actuality<00:37:31.760><c> of</c><00:37:31.900><c> the</c><00:37:32.079><c> deed,</c><00:37:32.659><c> it</c><00:37:32.699><c> is</c><00:37:32.920><c> the</c><00:37:33.119><c> desire</c><00:37:33.559><c> of</c><00:37:33.760><c> the</c><00:37:33.960><c> mind.</c>

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:39.000
And<00:37:37.440><c> therein</c><00:37:37.820><c> lies</c><00:37:38.000><c> the</c><00:37:38.219><c> danger,</c><00:37:38.599><c> because</c>

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:42.179
as<00:37:39.940><c> brother</c><00:37:40.159><c> Barry</c><00:37:40.500><c> reminded</c><00:37:40.980><c> us</c><00:37:41.300><c> a</c><00:37:41.300><c> minute</c><00:37:41.480><c> or</c><00:37:41.579><c> two</c><00:37:41.739><c> ago,</c><00:37:42.000><c> and</c>

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:43.920
as<00:37:42.320><c> I</c><00:37:42.480><c> was</c><00:37:42.639><c> telling</c><00:37:42.860><c> you</c><00:37:43.059><c> brother</c><00:37:43.280><c> Dennis</c>

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:46.059
Gillett's<00:37:44.380><c> story</c><00:37:44.519><c> the</c><00:37:44.739><c> other</c><00:37:44.940><c> day</c><00:37:45.119><c> about</c><00:37:45.340><c> the</c><00:37:45.599><c> locked</c><00:37:45.820><c> room</c>

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:48.639
in<00:37:46.280><c> our</c><00:37:46.480><c> house,</c><00:37:47.340><c> the</c><00:37:47.599><c> place</c><00:37:47.860><c> where</c><00:37:48.039><c> we</c><00:37:48.199><c> don't</c><00:37:48.440><c> want</c>

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:56.320
God<00:37:48.840><c> to</c><00:37:49.079><c> go,</c><00:37:50.780><c> we</c><00:37:51.139><c> try</c><00:37:51.400><c> to</c><00:37:51.940><c> presume</c><00:37:52.440><c> that</c><00:37:52.699><c> God</c><00:37:52.940><c> does</c><00:37:53.239><c> not</c><00:37:53.519><c> see</c><00:37:53.940><c> these</c><00:37:55.179><c> lusts</c><00:37:56.139><c> in</c>

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:59.019
our<00:37:56.579><c> hearts.</c><00:37:58.179><c> Lusts</c><00:37:58.539><c> of</c><00:37:58.619><c> the</c><00:37:58.820><c> flesh,</c>

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:05.139
and<00:37:59.639><c> lusts</c><00:38:00.320><c> of</c><00:38:00.340><c> the</c><00:38:00.559><c> mind,</c><00:38:01.699><c> the</c><00:38:01.840><c> desire</c><00:38:02.500><c> for</c><00:38:04.119><c> promotion</c><00:38:04.900><c> in</c>

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:09.719
this<00:38:05.440><c> world,</c><00:38:07.679><c> the</c><00:38:07.860><c> desire</c><00:38:08.219><c> for</c><00:38:08.559><c> more</c><00:38:08.820><c> money,</c>

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:16.139
the<00:38:10.599><c> desire</c><00:38:10.960><c> for</c><00:38:11.239><c> more</c><00:38:11.519><c> power,</c><00:38:13.480><c> the</c><00:38:13.639><c> desire</c><00:38:14.059><c> for</c><00:38:14.519><c> a</c><00:38:15.159><c> better</c><00:38:15.820><c> in</c>

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:18.440
the<00:38:16.400><c> worldly</c><00:38:16.599><c> sense</c><00:38:17.159><c> lifestyle.</c>

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:20.719
And<00:38:18.900><c> usually</c><00:38:19.139><c> if</c><00:38:19.280><c> it's</c><00:38:19.420><c> better</c><00:38:19.659><c> in</c><00:38:19.800><c> the</c><00:38:19.920><c> worldly</c><00:38:20.179><c> sense,</c><00:38:20.639><c> it's</c>

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.860
worse<00:38:20.940><c> in</c><00:38:21.119><c> the</c><00:38:21.239><c> spiritual</c><00:38:21.599><c> sense.</c>

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:25.119
There<00:38:22.440><c> is</c><00:38:22.659><c> a</c><00:38:22.860><c> story</c><00:38:23.099><c> about</c><00:38:23.400><c> a</c><00:38:23.599><c> brother</c><00:38:23.739><c> at</c><00:38:24.019><c> home,</c><00:38:24.559><c> I</c><00:38:24.739><c> know</c><00:38:24.900><c> him</c>

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:28.280
well,<00:38:26.400><c> but</c><00:38:26.659><c> I</c><00:38:26.840><c> will</c><00:38:27.000><c> not</c><00:38:27.159><c> mention</c><00:38:27.400><c> his</c><00:38:27.639><c> name</c><00:38:28.019><c> for</c>

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:31.840
embarrassment,<00:38:28.940><c> but</c><00:38:29.260><c> his</c><00:38:30.400><c> daughter</c><00:38:30.739><c> used</c><00:38:30.980><c> to</c><00:38:31.099><c> go</c><00:38:31.219><c> and</c><00:38:31.420><c> stay</c><00:38:31.519><c> with</c><00:38:31.679><c> a</c>

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:33.599
sister<00:38:32.099><c> up</c><00:38:32.300><c> in</c><00:38:32.440><c> the</c><00:38:32.579><c> north</c><00:38:32.800><c> of</c><00:38:33.119><c> the</c><00:38:33.239><c> country</c>

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:36.139
and<00:38:33.860><c> the</c><00:38:34.099><c> sister</c><00:38:34.400><c> lived</c><00:38:34.659><c> in</c><00:38:34.860><c> what</c><00:38:35.019><c> I</c><00:38:35.280><c> call</c><00:38:35.460><c> a</c><00:38:35.699><c> straightforward</c>

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:39.940
humble<00:38:36.579><c> home.</c><00:38:37.619><c> You</c><00:38:37.719><c> went</c><00:38:38.619><c> straight</c><00:38:39.099><c> in</c><00:38:39.260><c> off</c><00:38:39.400><c> the</c><00:38:39.639><c> street</c>

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:42.619
into<00:38:40.440><c> a</c><00:38:40.639><c> little</c><00:38:40.800><c> room,</c><00:38:41.480><c> there</c><00:38:41.539><c> was</c><00:38:41.699><c> a</c><00:38:41.820><c> kitchen</c><00:38:42.000><c> at</c><00:38:42.179><c> the</c><00:38:42.320><c> back,</c>

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:45.480
two<00:38:43.059><c> bedrooms</c><00:38:43.440><c> upstairs,</c><00:38:44.300><c> no</c><00:38:44.519><c> bathroom.</c>

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:51.400
But<00:38:48.079><c> this</c><00:38:48.500><c> young</c><00:38:48.840><c> sister</c><00:38:49.579><c> living</c><00:38:50.340><c> in</c><00:38:50.559><c> the</c><00:38:50.699><c> north</c><00:38:50.940><c> with</c><00:38:51.159><c> whom</c>

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:54.260
this<00:38:52.579><c> daughter</c><00:38:53.079><c> of</c><00:38:53.179><c> the</c><00:38:53.340><c> brother</c><00:38:53.519><c> used</c><00:38:53.739><c> to</c><00:38:53.880><c> go</c><00:38:54.019><c> and</c>

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:58.320
would<00:38:54.800><c> never</c><00:38:55.300><c> return</c><00:38:56.119><c> the</c><00:38:56.300><c> visit,</c><00:38:57.099><c> she</c><00:38:57.380><c> would</c><00:38:57.599><c> never</c><00:38:57.820><c> go</c><00:38:58.059><c> back</c>

00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:01.300
and<00:38:58.599><c> stay</c><00:38:58.900><c> with</c><00:38:59.440><c> this</c><00:38:59.639><c> sister</c><00:38:59.880><c> down</c><00:39:00.159><c> in</c><00:39:00.320><c> the</c><00:39:00.480><c> south.</c>

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:06.300
She<00:39:02.460><c> was</c><00:39:02.679><c> embarrassed</c><00:39:03.360><c> at</c><00:39:04.320><c> the</c><00:39:04.579><c> affluence</c><00:39:04.960><c> of</c><00:39:05.179><c> the</c><00:39:05.340><c> home</c><00:39:05.860><c> from</c>

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:08.360
which<00:39:06.559><c> this</c><00:39:06.760><c> young</c><00:39:06.980><c> sister</c><00:39:07.280><c> came.</c>

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:15.079
Her<00:39:10.940><c> father</c><00:39:11.199><c> got</c><00:39:11.460><c> to</c><00:39:11.679><c> hear</c><00:39:11.800><c> of</c><00:39:11.980><c> this,</c><00:39:13.579><c> he</c><00:39:13.800><c> sold</c><00:39:13.940><c> his</c><00:39:14.119><c> house</c><00:39:14.800><c> as</c>

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:18.179
soon<00:39:15.239><c> as</c><00:39:15.340><c> he</c><00:39:15.440><c> heard</c><00:39:15.559><c> of</c><00:39:15.679><c> it</c><00:39:16.380><c> and</c><00:39:16.800><c> bought</c><00:39:17.000><c> a</c><00:39:17.179><c> much</c><00:39:17.360><c> simpler</c>

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:22.639
home.<00:39:19.599><c> And</c><00:39:19.619><c> the</c><00:39:20.480><c> sister</c><00:39:20.820><c> from</c><00:39:21.059><c> the</c><00:39:21.219><c> north</c><00:39:21.579><c> would</c><00:39:22.260><c> then</c><00:39:22.480><c> come</c>

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:25.239
and<00:39:22.880><c> stay.</c><00:39:23.360><c> Now</c><00:39:23.579><c> I've</c><00:39:24.000><c> simplified</c><00:39:24.420><c> the</c><00:39:24.659><c> story</c><00:39:24.920><c> over</c>

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:28.940
much,<00:39:25.920><c> but</c><00:39:26.039><c> you</c><00:39:26.280><c> see</c><00:39:26.360><c> what</c><00:39:26.519><c> I</c><00:39:26.679><c> mean?</c><00:39:27.420><c> The</c><00:39:27.699><c> attitude</c><00:39:28.199><c> of</c><00:39:28.500><c> mind</c>

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:32.199
of<00:39:29.340><c> this</c><00:39:29.699><c> brother,</c><00:39:30.380><c> yes,</c><00:39:31.000><c> very</c><00:39:31.340><c> nice</c><00:39:31.539><c> to</c><00:39:31.760><c> have</c><00:39:31.860><c> an</c>

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:36.059
affluent<00:39:32.659><c> home,</c><00:39:33.219><c> beautiful,</c><00:39:34.679><c> but</c><00:39:34.920><c> he</c><00:39:35.219><c> realized</c><00:39:35.619><c> that</c><00:39:35.780><c> it</c><00:39:35.880><c> was</c>

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:39.019
a<00:39:36.199><c> barrier</c><00:39:36.460><c> to</c><00:39:36.679><c> somebody,</c><00:39:37.440><c> so</c><00:39:37.679><c> he</c><00:39:37.800><c> got</c><00:39:37.960><c> rid</c><00:39:38.139><c> of</c><00:39:38.260><c> it.</c>

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:44.480
If<00:39:39.619><c> thine</c><00:39:39.840><c> eye</c><00:39:40.139><c> offend</c><00:39:40.380><c> thee,</c><00:39:40.980><c> pluck</c><00:39:41.079><c> it</c><00:39:41.340><c> out.</c><00:39:42.099><c> So</c><00:39:42.260><c> he</c><00:39:42.440><c> sold</c><00:39:42.679><c> his</c><00:39:42.940><c> home</c><00:39:43.159><c> and</c><00:39:44.139><c> bought</c><00:39:44.280><c> a</c>

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.559
much<00:39:44.719><c> simpler</c><00:39:45.019><c> home</c>

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:48.699
and<00:39:46.199><c> that</c><00:39:46.500><c> welded</c><00:39:46.780><c> together</c><00:39:47.199><c> the</c><00:39:47.539><c> fellowship</c><00:39:47.940><c> of</c><00:39:48.179><c> these</c><00:39:48.420><c> two</c>

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:52.599
sisters.<00:39:50.579><c> Think</c><00:39:50.739><c> about</c><00:39:51.000><c> that,</c><00:39:51.380><c> brethren</c><00:39:51.440><c> and</c><00:39:51.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:59.579
I<00:39:53.940><c> often</c><00:39:54.239><c> do</c><00:39:54.780><c> to</c><00:39:55.699><c> my</c><00:39:55.960><c> shame.</c><00:39:57.619><c> So</c><00:39:57.739><c> lusts</c><00:39:58.159><c> of</c><00:39:58.179><c> the</c><00:39:58.380><c> flesh</c><00:39:58.579><c> and</c><00:39:59.019><c> lusts</c><00:39:59.440><c> of</c>

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:04.500
the<00:39:59.760><c> mind</c><00:40:00.260><c> as</c><00:40:00.980><c> well.</c><00:40:02.219><c> Power,</c><00:40:03.480><c> influence,</c>

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:11.739
more<00:40:04.800><c> money,</c><00:40:05.699><c> better</c><00:40:05.940><c> lifestyle,</c><00:40:07.159><c> these</c><00:40:07.460><c> are</c><00:40:07.780><c> all</c><00:40:08.599><c> temptations.</c><00:40:10.719><c> And</c><00:40:11.000><c> that's</c><00:40:11.219><c> why</c><00:40:11.480><c> I</c>

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.239
say<00:40:11.860><c> there's</c><00:40:12.079><c> a</c><00:40:12.159><c> bit</c>

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:14.840
of<00:40:12.300><c> an</c><00:40:12.460><c> overlap</c><00:40:12.820><c> with</c><00:40:13.059><c> what</c><00:40:13.280><c> I</c><00:40:13.519><c> was</c><00:40:13.679><c> saying</c><00:40:13.900><c> before.</c><00:40:14.440><c> That</c><00:40:14.659><c> is,</c>

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:17.039
if<00:40:14.980><c> you</c><00:40:15.199><c> take</c><00:40:15.440><c> out</c><00:40:15.639><c> of</c><00:40:15.800><c> your</c><00:40:16.039><c> life,</c><00:40:16.320><c> Bible</c><00:40:16.699><c> schools,</c>

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:20.219
going<00:40:17.380><c> to</c><00:40:17.599><c> meeting</c><00:40:17.860><c> and</c><00:40:18.059><c> Bible</c><00:40:18.460><c> readings,</c><00:40:19.460><c> which</c><00:40:19.659><c> could</c><00:40:19.920><c> all</c>

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:24.039
be<00:40:20.460><c> done</c><00:40:20.699><c> just</c><00:40:21.139><c> perfunctorily,</c><00:40:22.800><c> is</c><00:40:22.980><c> your</c><00:40:23.239><c> life</c><00:40:23.639><c> all</c>

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:27.019
that<00:40:24.239><c> much</c><00:40:24.440><c> different</c><00:40:24.880><c> from</c><00:40:25.260><c> the</c><00:40:25.480><c> life</c><00:40:25.659><c> of</c><00:40:25.840><c> the</c><00:40:25.980><c> man</c><00:40:26.099><c> and</c><00:40:26.260><c> woman</c><00:40:26.559><c> who</c>

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:30.440
lives<00:40:27.179><c> next</c><00:40:27.539><c> door.</c><00:40:28.679><c> Ask</c><00:40:29.079><c> yourself</c><00:40:29.519><c> that.</c>

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:33.039
Temptation<00:40:31.659><c> is</c><00:40:31.860><c> very</c><00:40:32.139><c> real.</c>

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:40.340
One<00:40:37.179><c> other</c><00:40:37.460><c> thing</c><00:40:37.659><c> in</c><00:40:37.800><c> this</c><00:40:38.059><c> area,</c><00:40:38.440><c> and</c><00:40:38.500><c> then</c><00:40:38.940><c> I</c><00:40:39.320><c> must</c><00:40:39.579><c> stop,</c>

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:48.059
if<00:40:43.420><c> we</c><00:40:43.599><c> upset</c><00:40:43.960><c> one</c><00:40:44.199><c> another,</c><00:40:46.239><c> which</c><00:40:46.440><c> is</c><00:40:46.619><c> very</c><00:40:46.880><c> easy</c><00:40:47.079><c> to</c><00:40:47.300><c> do,</c><00:40:47.480><c> sometimes</c><00:40:47.880><c> we</c>

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:49.300
can<00:40:48.280><c> upset</c><00:40:48.559><c> one</c><00:40:48.780><c> another</c>

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:53.099
totally<00:40:50.119><c> innocently.</c><00:40:50.760><c> We</c><00:40:50.980><c> say</c><00:40:51.300><c> something</c><00:40:51.780><c> and</c><00:40:52.500><c> the</c><00:40:52.639><c> tone</c><00:40:52.880><c> of</c>

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:54.679
voice<00:40:53.320><c> is</c><00:40:53.539><c> not</c><00:40:53.739><c> just</c><00:40:54.019><c> quite</c><00:40:54.320><c> right</c>

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:57.940
and<00:40:55.260><c> the</c><00:40:55.480><c> hearer</c><00:40:56.000><c> reads</c><00:40:56.340><c> ever</c><00:40:56.559><c> so</c><00:40:56.699><c> much</c><00:40:56.880><c> more</c><00:40:57.159><c> into</c><00:40:57.360><c> the</c><00:40:57.619><c> words</c>

00:40:57.940 --> 00:41:02.519
than<00:40:58.320><c> the</c><00:40:58.559><c> speaker</c><00:40:58.880><c> intended.</c><00:41:02.000><c> That's</c>

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:06.320
of<00:41:02.719><c> the</c><00:41:02.960><c> things</c><00:41:03.239><c> I've</c><00:41:03.860><c> said,</c><00:41:04.280><c> particularly</c><00:41:04.820><c> today,</c><00:41:05.699><c> you</c><00:41:05.860><c> could</c><00:41:06.039><c> have</c>

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:08.340
easily<00:41:06.719><c> misunderstood.</c><00:41:07.920><c> That's</c>

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:11.679
no<00:41:08.559><c> reflection</c><00:41:08.920><c> on</c><00:41:09.119><c> you.</c><00:41:09.619><c> It's</c><00:41:09.940><c> a</c><00:41:10.039><c> reflection</c><00:41:10.340><c> on</c><00:41:10.599><c> my</c><00:41:10.940><c> inability</c><00:41:11.360><c> to</c>

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.840
express<00:41:12.000><c> myself</c><00:41:12.440><c> clearly.</c>

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:15.820
So<00:41:13.460><c> if</c><00:41:13.559><c> I've</c><00:41:13.760><c> made</c><00:41:13.880><c> a</c><00:41:14.019><c> mess</c><00:41:14.139><c> of</c><00:41:14.280><c> it,</c><00:41:14.739><c> please</c><00:41:14.980><c> come</c><00:41:15.199><c> and</c><00:41:15.699><c> shoot</c>

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:17.000
me<00:41:16.039><c> down.</c>

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:25.900
In<00:41:19.780><c> our</c><00:41:20.019><c> relationships</c><00:41:20.619><c> with</c><00:41:20.880><c> one</c><00:41:21.099><c> another,</c><00:41:23.719><c> sometimes</c><00:41:24.360><c> our</c>

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:27.179
relationships<00:41:26.519><c> with</c><00:41:26.739><c> one</c><00:41:26.960><c> another,</c>

00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:30.679
when<00:41:27.340><c> they</c><00:41:27.500><c> don't</c><00:41:27.699><c> go</c><00:41:27.920><c> quite</c><00:41:28.219><c> right,</c><00:41:29.139><c> those</c><00:41:29.679><c> relationships</c>

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:34.480
can<00:41:31.980><c> test</c><00:41:32.599><c> our</c><00:41:33.440><c> faith.</c>

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:41.880
Those<00:41:36.639><c> relationships</c><00:41:37.460><c> can</c><00:41:37.880><c> become</c><00:41:38.460><c> a</c><00:41:39.539><c> temptation.</c><00:41:41.380><c> Perhaps</c>

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:44.099
a<00:41:42.139><c> relationship</c><00:41:42.739><c> between</c><00:41:43.139><c> two</c><00:41:43.440><c> people,</c>

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:53.599
a<00:41:44.679><c> husband</c><00:41:45.260><c> of</c><00:41:47.440><c> a</c><00:41:47.639><c> wife</c><00:41:48.000><c> and</c><00:41:48.679><c> a</c><00:41:48.860><c> wife</c><00:41:49.679><c> of</c><00:41:51.000><c> a</c><00:41:51.159><c> husband,</c><00:41:52.360><c> because</c>

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:55.559
they<00:41:53.900><c> express</c><00:41:54.260><c> themselves</c><00:41:54.719><c> well</c><00:41:55.119><c> and</c><00:41:55.320><c> they</c>

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:59.099
their<00:41:55.920><c> minds</c><00:41:56.340><c> are</c><00:41:56.659><c> in</c><00:41:56.920><c> tune,</c><00:41:57.500><c> that</c><00:41:57.719><c> relationship</c><00:41:58.360><c> could</c><00:41:58.599><c> easily</c><00:41:58.860><c> get</c>

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:01.760
too<00:41:59.460><c> close.</c><00:42:00.719><c> That's</c><00:42:01.059><c> why,</c><00:42:01.380><c> you</c><00:42:01.539><c> know,</c>

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:05.699
in<00:42:02.059><c> the</c><00:42:02.320><c> commandments,</c><00:42:03.420><c> the</c><00:42:03.619><c> last</c><00:42:04.099><c> commandment,</c><00:42:05.219><c> thou</c><00:42:05.340><c> shalt</c>

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:08.599
not<00:42:06.019><c> covet</c><00:42:06.420><c> thy</c><00:42:07.639><c> neighbor's</c><00:42:08.340><c> wife.</c>

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:11.400
It's<00:42:09.000><c> got</c><00:42:09.159><c> nothing</c><00:42:09.340><c> to</c><00:42:09.559><c> do</c><00:42:09.639><c> with</c><00:42:09.820><c> a</c><00:42:09.920><c> lady</c><00:42:10.119><c> who</c><00:42:10.280><c> lives</c><00:42:10.420><c> 200</c><00:42:10.800><c> miles</c><00:42:11.159><c> away</c>

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:12.820
because<00:42:11.639><c> she</c><00:42:11.800><c> never</c><00:42:12.059><c> sees</c><00:42:12.340><c> her.</c>

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:15.739
Simply<00:42:13.639><c> the</c><00:42:13.900><c> fact</c><00:42:14.059><c> that</c><00:42:14.280><c> the</c><00:42:14.519><c> neighbor's</c><00:42:14.980><c> wife</c><00:42:15.139><c> lives</c><00:42:15.380><c> next</c>

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:17.780
door<00:42:16.139><c> and</c><00:42:16.420><c> you</c><00:42:16.699><c> see</c><00:42:16.860><c> her</c><00:42:17.039><c> every</c><00:42:17.340><c> day.</c>

00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:21.420
You<00:42:18.420><c> see</c><00:42:18.480><c> what</c><00:42:18.639><c> I</c><00:42:18.780><c> mean?</c><00:42:20.059><c> There's</c><00:42:20.360><c> a</c><00:42:20.480><c> nice</c><00:42:20.659><c> English</c><00:42:21.000><c> word</c><00:42:21.260><c> for</c>

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.860
this.<00:42:21.599><c> It</c><00:42:21.719><c> is</c><00:42:22.000><c> called</c>

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:29.179
propinquity.<00:42:24.679><c> One</c><00:42:24.860><c> of</c><00:42:24.960><c> those,</c><00:42:25.300><c> you</c><00:42:25.760><c> know,</c><00:42:25.980><c> one</c><00:42:26.059><c> of</c><00:42:26.179><c> those</c><00:42:26.400><c> nice</c><00:42:26.699><c> English</c><00:42:27.059><c> words.</c><00:42:27.860><c> It</c><00:42:28.119><c> means</c>

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:35.980
being<00:42:31.199><c> close</c><00:42:31.719><c> together</c><00:42:32.480><c> for</c><00:42:34.139><c> the</c><00:42:34.340><c> good</c><00:42:34.480><c> of</c><00:42:34.719><c> neither</c><00:42:34.960><c> of</c><00:42:35.219><c> you.</c>

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:42.719
But<00:42:38.599><c> that</c><00:42:38.920><c> can</c><00:42:39.179><c> happen</c><00:42:39.860><c> and</c><00:42:41.420><c> it</c><00:42:41.639><c> doesn't</c><00:42:41.800><c> have</c><00:42:42.059><c> to</c><00:42:42.219><c> be</c><00:42:42.380><c> between</c>

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:44.980
a<00:42:42.960><c> brother</c><00:42:43.260><c> and</c><00:42:43.820><c> a</c><00:42:44.019><c> sister</c><00:42:44.400><c> who</c><00:42:44.739><c> are</c>

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:48.260
respectively<00:42:45.500><c> married.</c><00:42:46.159><c> It</c><00:42:46.420><c> could</c><00:42:46.559><c> be</c><00:42:46.719><c> two</c><00:42:46.940><c> brethren</c><00:42:47.340><c> who</c><00:42:47.780><c> are</c><00:42:48.039><c> so</c>

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:49.579
much<00:42:48.480><c> in</c><00:42:48.699><c> tune</c><00:42:48.840><c> with</c><00:42:49.079><c> one</c><00:42:49.280><c> another,</c>

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:56.639
they<00:42:49.980><c> could</c><00:42:50.260><c> half</c><00:42:50.539><c> forget</c><00:42:50.840><c> that</c><00:42:51.000><c> they</c><00:42:51.179><c> were</c><00:42:51.380><c> married.</c><00:42:53.880><c> Our</c><00:42:54.039><c> relationships</c><00:42:54.820><c> must</c><00:42:55.400><c> always</c><00:42:55.880><c> be</c>

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.739
properly<00:42:57.159><c> balanced.</c>

00:42:58.099 --> 00:43:03.039
Now<00:42:58.239><c> I</c><00:42:58.280><c> know</c><00:42:58.480><c> there</c><00:42:58.659><c> are</c><00:42:58.880><c> some</c><00:42:59.260><c> with</c><00:42:59.719><c> whom</c><00:42:59.960><c> we</c><00:43:00.159><c> sort</c><00:43:00.440><c> of,</c><00:43:01.940><c> I</c><00:43:02.159><c> mean</c><00:43:02.380><c> now</c>

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:05.079
brother<00:43:03.539><c> Barry</c><00:43:03.840><c> would</c><00:43:04.079><c> blush</c><00:43:04.239><c> if</c><00:43:04.400><c> he</c><00:43:04.500><c> was</c><00:43:04.719><c> here</c>

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:08.940
but<00:43:05.500><c> he</c><00:43:05.679><c> isn't,</c><00:43:06.099><c> so</c><00:43:06.340><c> he</c><00:43:06.539><c> won't,</c><00:43:07.159><c> so</c><00:43:07.380><c> I'm</c><00:43:07.539><c> going</c><00:43:07.679><c> to</c><00:43:07.880><c> tell</c><00:43:08.019><c> you.</c>

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:12.000
He<00:43:10.119><c> and</c><00:43:10.280><c> I</c><00:43:10.420><c> have</c><00:43:10.579><c> never</c><00:43:10.880><c> met</c><00:43:11.159><c> before</c>

00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:19.119
and<00:43:13.679><c> yet</c><00:43:13.920><c> we</c><00:43:14.159><c> have</c><00:43:14.500><c> found</c><00:43:15.059><c> that</c><00:43:15.840><c> our</c><00:43:16.280><c> minds</c><00:43:16.780><c> are</c><00:43:17.760><c> on</c><00:43:17.960><c> the</c><00:43:18.219><c> same</c>

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:23.099
wavelength.<00:43:21.480><c> Some</c><00:43:21.920><c> thoughts</c><00:43:22.400><c> I've</c><00:43:22.780><c> shared</c><00:43:22.940><c> with</c>

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:25.079
him<00:43:23.239><c> in</c><00:43:23.380><c> the</c><00:43:23.519><c> brief</c><00:43:23.679><c> conversations</c><00:43:24.300><c> we've</c><00:43:24.639><c> had,</c><00:43:24.880><c> you</c><00:43:24.980><c> know,</c>

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:27.400
we've<00:43:25.320><c> only</c><00:43:25.480><c> had</c><00:43:25.659><c> to</c><00:43:25.820><c> sort</c><00:43:26.000><c> of</c><00:43:26.280><c> start</c><00:43:26.519><c> it</c><00:43:26.840><c> and</c><00:43:27.139><c> we'd</c>

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:29.159
nod<00:43:27.480><c> at</c><00:43:27.619><c> one</c><00:43:27.800><c> another</c><00:43:28.019><c> and</c><00:43:28.139><c> there's</c><00:43:28.320><c> no</c><00:43:28.480><c> need</c><00:43:28.559><c> to</c><00:43:28.760><c> say</c><00:43:28.880><c> anymore</c>

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:32.099
because<00:43:29.760><c> there</c><00:43:31.059><c> isn't</c><00:43:31.380><c> any</c><00:43:31.639><c> need</c><00:43:31.780><c> to</c><00:43:31.960><c> say</c>

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:34.239
anymore.<00:43:32.480><c> We</c><00:43:32.699><c> know</c><00:43:32.980><c> that</c><00:43:33.199><c> our</c><00:43:33.420><c> minds</c><00:43:33.579><c> are</c><00:43:33.739><c> going</c><00:43:33.900><c> along</c><00:43:34.059><c> in</c>

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:38.119
the<00:43:34.380><c> same</c><00:43:34.599><c> line</c><00:43:34.920><c> but</c><00:43:35.639><c> even</c><00:43:36.199><c> that,</c><00:43:36.820><c> lovely</c><00:43:37.320><c> and</c><00:43:37.840><c> rich</c>

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:42.659
as<00:43:38.320><c> it</c><00:43:38.500><c> is,</c><00:43:39.099><c> must</c><00:43:39.260><c> be</c><00:43:39.539><c> balanced.</c><00:43:41.340><c> We</c><00:43:41.480><c> must</c><00:43:41.599><c> never</c><00:43:41.840><c> become</c><00:43:42.260><c> too</c>

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:45.179
close.<00:43:43.400><c> Mind</c><00:43:43.639><c> you,</c><00:43:44.000><c> he</c><00:43:44.179><c> lives</c><00:43:44.340><c> in</c><00:43:44.539><c> South</c><00:43:44.780><c> Africa</c><00:43:45.059><c> and</c>

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:49.460
I<00:43:45.360><c> live</c><00:43:45.519><c> in</c><00:43:45.699><c> the</c><00:43:45.820><c> UK</c><00:43:45.980><c> so</c><00:43:46.219><c> we</c><00:43:46.699><c> have</c><00:43:46.920><c> no</c><00:43:47.139><c> problem.</c><00:43:48.139><c> But</c><00:43:48.460><c> you</c><00:43:48.679><c> can</c><00:43:48.920><c> see</c><00:43:49.079><c> what</c><00:43:49.260><c> I</c>

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:50.960
mean,<00:43:49.800><c> brethren</c><00:43:49.920><c> and</c><00:43:50.079><c> sisters,</c><00:43:50.280><c> I'm</c><00:43:50.599><c> sure</c>

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:54.900
within<00:43:51.559><c> a</c><00:43:51.880><c> closed</c><00:43:52.179><c> community</c><00:43:52.739><c> like</c><00:43:53.119><c> ours</c><00:43:53.500><c> you</c><00:43:53.940><c> can</c><00:43:54.280><c> sometimes</c>

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:57.920
get<00:43:55.300><c> too</c><00:43:55.760><c> close</c><00:43:56.360><c> to</c><00:43:56.679><c> someone</c><00:43:57.079><c> to</c><00:43:57.599><c> whom</c><00:43:57.719><c> you</c>

00:43:57.920 --> 00:44:02.920
should<00:43:58.119><c> not</c><00:43:58.340><c> be</c><00:43:58.559><c> quite</c><00:43:58.860><c> that</c><00:43:59.280><c> close.</c><00:44:00.920><c> You</c><00:44:01.340><c> all</c><00:44:01.840><c> know</c><00:44:02.219><c> what</c><00:44:02.579><c> I</c>

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:06.880
mean<00:44:03.340><c> without</c><00:44:03.880><c> me</c><00:44:04.579><c> going</c><00:44:04.880><c> any</c><00:44:05.219><c> further</c><00:44:05.539><c> in</c><00:44:05.820><c> my</c><00:44:06.639><c> words</c>

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:10.960
in<00:44:07.019><c> that</c><00:44:07.380><c> relationship.</c><00:44:08.820><c> But</c><00:44:08.980><c> if</c><00:44:09.599><c> our</c><00:44:09.920><c> relationship</c><00:44:10.519><c> on</c><00:44:10.820><c> the</c>

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:14.900
other<00:44:11.159><c> hand</c><00:44:11.380><c> has</c><00:44:11.559><c> been</c><00:44:12.019><c> spoiled,</c><00:44:14.239><c> if</c><00:44:14.400><c> we've</c><00:44:14.659><c> said</c>

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something<00:44:15.199><c> we</c><00:44:15.500><c> shouldn't</c><00:44:15.820><c> have</c><00:44:16.079><c> said</c><00:44:16.239><c> and</c><00:44:16.360><c> we've</c><00:44:16.599><c> made</c><00:44:16.739><c> a</c><00:44:16.880><c> mess</c><00:44:17.019><c> of</c>

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:22.599
it,<00:44:18.960><c> please,</c><00:44:20.079><c> please</c><00:44:20.920><c> do</c><00:44:21.519><c> what</c><00:44:21.780><c> the</c><00:44:22.000><c> Lord</c><00:44:22.199><c> Jesus</c>

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:29.159
says.<00:44:25.179><c> If</c><00:44:25.320><c> you've</c><00:44:25.480><c> had</c><00:44:25.639><c> a</c><00:44:25.860><c> row</c><00:44:26.159><c> with</c><00:44:27.059><c> brother</c><00:44:27.340><c> X,</c><00:44:28.619><c> please</c><00:44:28.920><c> go</c>

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:32.280
and<00:44:29.380><c> speak</c><00:44:29.539><c> to</c><00:44:29.739><c> brother</c><00:44:29.940><c> X.</c><00:44:31.000><c> Do</c><00:44:31.320><c> not</c><00:44:31.539><c> go</c><00:44:31.739><c> and</c><00:44:31.940><c> speak</c><00:44:32.079><c> to</c>

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:35.280
brother<00:44:32.460><c> Y</c><00:44:32.920><c> and</c><00:44:33.320><c> certainly</c><00:44:33.699><c> don't</c><00:44:34.079><c> tell</c><00:44:34.400><c> sister</c><00:44:34.739><c> Z</c><00:44:35.039><c> because</c>

00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:37.340
then<00:44:35.619><c> you'll</c><00:44:35.800><c> be</c><00:44:35.980><c> in</c><00:44:36.139><c> dead</c><00:44:36.340><c> trouble.</c>

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:47.559
You<00:44:42.559><c> see,</c><00:44:42.800><c> I</c><00:44:42.860><c> told</c><00:44:43.059><c> you</c><00:44:43.239><c> I</c><00:44:43.400><c> expressed</c><00:44:43.659><c> myself</c><00:44:44.099><c> badly.</c><00:44:44.940><c> I'm</c><00:44:45.159><c> getting</c><00:44:45.400><c> some</c><00:44:45.780><c> black</c><00:44:46.019><c> looks</c><00:44:46.219><c> from</c><00:44:46.420><c> the</c><00:44:46.639><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:55.519
But<00:44:51.679><c> you</c><00:44:51.880><c> all</c><00:44:52.039><c> know</c><00:44:52.139><c> what</c><00:44:52.360><c> I</c><00:44:52.539><c> mean.</c><00:44:53.380><c> We</c><00:44:53.619><c> should</c><00:44:53.880><c> talk</c><00:44:54.699><c> with</c><00:44:55.239><c> one</c>

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:57.679
another.<00:44:56.380><c> If</c><00:44:56.539><c> you</c><00:44:56.639><c> can't</c><00:44:56.900><c> make</c><00:44:57.119><c> it</c><00:44:57.280><c> up,</c>

00:44:57.679 --> 00:45:00.960
then<00:44:58.039><c> you</c><00:44:58.260><c> call</c><00:44:58.460><c> in</c><00:44:58.639><c> somebody</c><00:44:58.940><c> else</c><00:44:59.320><c> and</c><00:44:59.920><c> not</c><00:45:00.199><c> somebody</c><00:45:00.639><c> who</c>

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:02.960
you<00:45:01.199><c> know</c><00:45:01.360><c> in</c><00:45:01.519><c> your</c><00:45:01.780><c> heart</c><00:45:01.980><c> will</c><00:45:02.199><c> agree</c><00:45:02.460><c> with</c><00:45:02.679><c> your</c>

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:06.440
viewpoint.<00:45:03.760><c> Just</c><00:45:04.019><c> call</c><00:45:04.280><c> in</c><00:45:04.460><c> somebody</c><00:45:04.840><c> else.</c><00:45:05.579><c> That's</c><00:45:05.940><c> why</c><00:45:06.300><c> you</c>

00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:08.519
know<00:45:06.659><c> the</c><00:45:06.820><c> Lord</c><00:45:07.099><c> says</c><00:45:07.460><c> a</c><00:45:07.619><c> little</c><00:45:07.800><c> further</c><00:45:08.119><c> down</c><00:45:08.380><c> in</c>

00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:12.019
Matthew<00:45:08.820><c> 18,</c><00:45:10.019><c> where</c><00:45:10.139><c> two</c><00:45:10.440><c> or</c><00:45:10.719><c> three</c><00:45:11.000><c> are</c><00:45:11.280><c> gathered</c><00:45:11.579><c> together</c>

00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:14.920
in<00:45:12.280><c> my</c><00:45:12.559><c> name.</c><00:45:13.059><c> It's</c><00:45:13.500><c> those</c><00:45:13.840><c> two</c><00:45:14.260><c> who</c><00:45:14.480><c> can't</c>

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.400
agree<00:45:15.119><c> and</c><00:45:15.320><c> the</c><00:45:15.500><c> third</c><00:45:15.679><c> one</c><00:45:15.880><c> who's</c><00:45:16.039><c> been</c><00:45:16.300><c> pulled</c><00:45:16.539><c> in.</c><00:45:17.800><c> It's</c><00:45:17.940><c> got</c><00:45:18.059><c> nothing</c><00:45:18.239><c> to</c>

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:19.860
do<00:45:18.480><c> with</c><00:45:18.719><c> small</c><00:45:18.920><c> ecclesias,</c>

00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:26.000
nothing<00:45:22.539><c> at</c><00:45:22.800><c> all.</c><00:45:24.179><c> It's</c><00:45:24.699><c> the</c><00:45:24.900><c> two</c><00:45:25.039><c> who</c><00:45:25.219><c> can't</c><00:45:25.599><c> agree</c><00:45:25.739><c> and</c><00:45:25.900><c> the</c>

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:27.820
other<00:45:26.179><c> one</c><00:45:26.320><c> who's</c><00:45:26.519><c> been</c><00:45:26.800><c> brought</c><00:45:27.059><c> in.</c>

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:31.519
Where<00:45:28.320><c> two</c><00:45:28.679><c> or</c><00:45:28.900><c> three</c><00:45:29.099><c> are</c><00:45:29.360><c> gathered</c><00:45:29.659><c> together</c><00:45:30.099><c> in</c><00:45:30.539><c> my</c><00:45:31.099><c> name,</c>

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:34.639
there<00:45:32.139><c> am</c><00:45:32.440><c> I</c><00:45:32.960><c> in</c><00:45:33.199><c> the</c><00:45:33.360><c> midst</c><00:45:33.599><c> of</c><00:45:33.840><c> them.</c>

00:45:35.260 --> 00:45:41.360
So<00:45:35.539><c> patch</c><00:45:35.880><c> up</c><00:45:36.059><c> our</c><00:45:36.260><c> relationships</c><00:45:36.860><c> and</c><00:45:37.400><c> patch</c><00:45:37.699><c> them</c><00:45:37.900><c> up</c><00:45:38.719><c> quickly.</c><00:45:40.079><c> Ephesians</c><00:45:40.400><c> chapter</c><00:45:40.719><c> 4,</c><00:45:41.360><c> I</c>

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:41.860
think<00:45:41.559><c> it</c><00:45:41.719><c> is,</c>

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:46.000
let<00:45:42.119><c> not</c><00:45:42.360><c> the</c><00:45:42.539><c> sun</c><00:45:42.679><c> go</c><00:45:42.920><c> down</c><00:45:43.159><c> upon</c><00:45:43.420><c> thy</c><00:45:43.699><c> wrath.</c><00:45:44.840><c> And</c><00:45:45.179><c> if</c><00:45:45.340><c> you</c><00:45:45.559><c> can't</c><00:45:45.820><c> do</c>

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:48.199
it<00:45:46.300><c> straight</c><00:45:46.559><c> away</c><00:45:46.880><c> in</c><00:45:47.179><c> person,</c><00:45:47.619><c> you</c><00:45:47.679><c> know,</c>

00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:51.460
having<00:45:48.579><c> many</c><00:45:48.900><c> things</c><00:45:49.159><c> to</c><00:45:49.420><c> write</c><00:45:49.599><c> unto</c><00:45:49.780><c> you,</c><00:45:49.980><c> I</c><00:45:50.119><c> would</c><00:45:50.360><c> not</c><00:45:50.539><c> write</c><00:45:50.739><c> with</c><00:45:50.960><c> paper</c><00:45:51.280><c> and</c>

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.699
ink,<00:45:51.739><c> but</c><00:45:51.940><c> I</c><00:45:52.199><c> trust</c><00:45:52.340><c> to</c><00:45:52.539><c> come</c>

00:45:52.699 --> 00:45:56.519
to<00:45:52.820><c> you</c><00:45:53.019><c> and</c><00:45:53.139><c> see</c><00:45:53.400><c> you</c><00:45:53.679><c> face</c><00:45:53.880><c> to</c><00:45:54.059><c> face,</c><00:45:54.719><c> face</c><00:45:54.980><c> to</c><00:45:55.219><c> face,</c><00:45:56.400><c> that</c>

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:59.599
our<00:45:56.820><c> joy</c><00:45:57.059><c> may</c><00:45:57.340><c> be</c><00:45:57.559><c> full,</c><00:45:57.880><c> face</c><00:45:58.199><c> to</c><00:45:58.400><c> face.</c>

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:05.139
The<00:46:01.599><c> 23rd</c><00:46:02.079><c> best</c><00:46:02.460><c> is</c><00:46:02.739><c> the</c><00:46:02.980><c> telephone,</c><00:46:04.320><c> but</c><00:46:04.480><c> that's</c><00:46:04.880><c> better</c>

00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:06.300
than<00:46:05.400><c> nothing.</c>

00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:12.340
Make<00:46:08.980><c> up</c><00:46:09.219><c> a</c><00:46:09.360><c> relationship</c><00:46:09.900><c> which</c><00:46:10.119><c> has</c><00:46:10.360><c> gone</c><00:46:10.559><c> wrong</c><00:46:11.119><c> quickly.</c>

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:15.360
Now<00:46:14.119><c> I've</c><00:46:14.280><c> made</c><00:46:14.460><c> a</c><00:46:14.579><c> mistake</c><00:46:14.880><c> this</c><00:46:15.099><c> morning,</c>

00:46:15.539 --> 00:46:17.960
brothers<00:46:15.639><c> and</c><00:46:15.800><c> sisters,</c><00:46:16.219><c> it's</c><00:46:16.519><c> one</c><00:46:16.760><c> minute</c><00:46:17.000><c> past</c><00:46:17.320><c> time</c><00:46:17.639><c> and</c><00:46:17.840><c> I</c>

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:19.659
shall<00:46:18.039><c> be</c><00:46:18.179><c> getting</c><00:46:18.340><c> some</c><00:46:18.619><c> black</c><00:46:18.860><c> looks.</c>

00:46:19.780 --> 00:46:24.139
I<00:46:20.260><c> won't</c><00:46:20.519><c> have</c><00:46:20.739><c> time</c><00:46:20.980><c> to</c><00:46:21.239><c> summarize</c><00:46:21.639><c> except</c><00:46:22.059><c> to</c><00:46:22.300><c> say</c><00:46:22.500><c> that</c><00:46:22.760><c> we've</c><00:46:23.280><c> looked</c><00:46:23.280><c> at</c>

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:30.280
tribulation,<00:46:27.960><c> well,</c><00:46:28.559><c> sorry,</c><00:46:29.219><c> no,</c><00:46:29.400><c> I'll</c><00:46:29.519><c> withdraw</c><00:46:29.739><c> that.</c><00:46:30.099><c> We</c>

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:33.559
tried<00:46:30.619><c> to</c><00:46:30.840><c> look</c><00:46:31.059><c> at</c><00:46:31.300><c> tribulation,</c><00:46:33.079><c> at</c><00:46:33.260><c> trial</c>

00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:36.860
and<00:46:34.360><c> temptation.</c><00:46:35.739><c> There</c><00:46:35.940><c> really</c><00:46:36.159><c> should</c><00:46:36.300><c> have</c><00:46:36.420><c> been</c><00:46:36.559><c> a</c><00:46:36.739><c> class</c>

00:46:36.860 --> 00:46:43.960
on<00:46:37.099><c> each.</c><00:46:38.800><c> We've</c><00:46:39.019><c> seen</c><00:46:39.260><c> how</c><00:46:39.480><c> they</c><00:46:39.800><c> overlap</c><00:46:40.119><c> a</c>

00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:49.300
comes<00:46:44.500><c> out</c><00:46:44.880><c> of</c><00:46:45.019><c> these</c><00:46:45.539><c> things</c><00:46:46.000><c> to</c><00:46:46.239><c> me</c><00:46:47.199><c> is</c><00:46:47.980><c> if</c><00:46:48.179><c> only</c><00:46:48.800><c> would,</c><00:46:49.239><c> we</c>

00:46:49.300 --> 00:46:51.800
would<00:46:49.579><c> commit</c><00:46:50.000><c> our</c><00:46:50.340><c> way</c><00:46:50.480><c> to</c><00:46:50.699><c> God</c>

00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:58.900
much,<00:46:52.619><c> much</c><00:46:52.780><c> more</c><00:46:53.039><c> than</c><00:46:53.179><c> we</c><00:46:53.420><c> do.</c><00:46:55.199><c> We</c><00:46:55.219><c> won't</c><00:46:55.500><c> be</c><00:46:56.139><c> saved</c><00:46:56.480><c> from</c><00:46:56.739><c> tragedy.</c><00:46:58.739><c> We</c>

00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:01.539
won't<00:46:59.300><c> be</c><00:46:59.659><c> saved</c><00:46:59.880><c> from</c><00:47:00.139><c> unhappiness.</c>

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:05.219
We<00:47:02.599><c> won't</c><00:47:02.860><c> be</c><00:47:03.179><c> saved</c><00:47:03.380><c> from</c><00:47:03.679><c> misery.</c><00:47:04.099><c> We</c><00:47:04.320><c> may</c><00:47:04.559><c> not</c><00:47:04.719><c> be</c><00:47:05.000><c> saved</c>

00:47:05.219 --> 00:47:06.659
from<00:47:05.539><c> poverty,</c>

00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:10.719
but<00:47:07.800><c> all</c><00:47:08.360><c> the</c><00:47:08.719><c> circumstances</c><00:47:09.260><c> of</c><00:47:09.559><c> life</c><00:47:09.739><c> are</c><00:47:09.960><c> in</c><00:47:10.139><c> God's</c><00:47:10.559><c> hands</c>

00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:15.639
that<00:47:11.400><c> he</c><00:47:12.079><c> may</c><00:47:12.380><c> do</c><00:47:12.619><c> us</c><00:47:12.880><c> good</c><00:47:13.239><c> in</c><00:47:13.860><c> our</c><00:47:14.280><c> latter</c><00:47:14.599><c> end.</c>

00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:19.440
And<00:47:16.039><c> if</c><00:47:16.219><c> the</c><00:47:16.480><c> Lord</c><00:47:16.820><c> looks</c><00:47:17.159><c> on</c><00:47:17.400><c> us</c><00:47:17.579><c> and</c><00:47:17.780><c> says,</c><00:47:18.300><c> come,</c><00:47:18.480><c> he</c><00:47:18.699><c> blessed</c><00:47:18.940><c> of</c><00:47:19.159><c> my</c>

00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:21.179
father,<00:47:20.320><c> inherit</c><00:47:20.639><c> the</c><00:47:20.920><c> kingdom</c>

00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:25.860
prepared<00:47:21.639><c> for</c><00:47:22.039><c> you</c><00:47:22.800><c> from</c><00:47:23.239><c> the</c><00:47:23.460><c> foundation</c><00:47:23.900><c> of</c><00:47:24.079><c> the</c><00:47:24.219><c> world,</c><00:47:24.559><c> then</c><00:47:24.980><c> whatever's</c><00:47:25.519><c> happened</c><00:47:25.639><c> to</c>

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:27.300
us<00:47:26.000><c> in</c><00:47:26.219><c> life,</c>

00:47:27.699 --> 00:47:33.800
such<00:47:27.860><c> a</c><00:47:28.159><c> reward</c><00:47:28.500><c> will</c><00:47:29.559><c> be</c><00:47:29.780><c> beyond</c><00:47:30.059><c> price.</c><00:47:32.360><c> Thank</c><00:47:32.679><c> you</c><00:47:32.840><c> for</c><00:47:32.960><c> listening.</c>