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leave<00:16:53.799><c> caring</c><00:16:54.139><c> for</c><00:16:54.379><c> the</c><00:16:54.639><c> asses</c><00:16:54.980><c> and</c><00:16:55.100><c> take</c><00:16:55.419><c> thought</c><00:16:55.639><c> for</c><00:16:55.860><c> us.</c>

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now,<00:17:01.320><c> there</c><00:17:01.500><c> is</c><00:17:01.759><c> in</c><00:17:01.840><c> this</c><00:17:02.100><c> city</c><00:17:02.279><c> a</c><00:17:02.379><c> man</c><00:17:02.580><c> of</c><00:17:02.799><c> God.</c><00:17:03.379><c> He's</c><00:17:03.700><c> an</c><00:17:03.860><c> honorable</c><00:17:04.160><c> man.</c>

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cometh<00:17:06.839><c> to</c><00:17:07.079><c> pass.</c><00:17:07.900><c> Let</c><00:17:08.079><c> us</c><00:17:08.259><c> go</c><00:17:08.559><c> further.</c><00:17:09.299><c> Peradventure,</c><00:17:09.960><c> he</c>

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can<00:17:10.200><c> show</c><00:17:10.400><c> us</c><00:17:10.619><c> our</c><00:17:10.859><c> way</c><00:17:11.059><c> that</c><00:17:11.200><c> we</c><00:17:11.400><c> should</c><00:17:11.599><c> do.</c>

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It<00:17:13.640><c> was</c><00:17:13.880><c> the</c><00:17:14.240><c> servant</c><00:17:14.779><c> it</c><00:17:15.680><c> would</c><00:17:16.000><c> seem</c><00:17:16.259><c> the</c><00:17:16.519><c> text</c><00:17:16.799><c> is</c><00:17:17.099><c> telling</c>

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us,<00:17:17.539><c> and</c><00:17:17.640><c> that's</c><00:17:17.880><c> the</c><00:17:17.940><c> way</c><00:17:18.039><c> I</c><00:17:18.160><c> look</c>

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that's<00:17:20.539><c> the</c><00:17:20.599><c> way</c><00:17:20.759><c> God</c><00:17:21.079><c> wants</c><00:17:21.500><c> us</c><00:17:21.779><c> to.</c><00:17:22.359><c> It's</c>

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what's<00:17:23.099><c> revealed,</c><00:17:23.900><c> is</c><00:17:23.980><c> what</c><00:17:24.160><c> God</c><00:17:24.500><c> wants</c><00:17:24.859><c> us</c><00:17:25.099><c> to</c><00:17:25.400><c> see,</c><00:17:26.559><c> that</c>

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the<00:17:27.220><c> servant</c><00:17:27.480><c> was</c><00:17:27.799><c> spiritually</c><00:17:28.259><c> minded</c><00:17:28.839><c> more</c>

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than<00:17:29.759><c> Saul,</c><00:17:30.640><c> right</c><00:17:30.720><c> in</c><00:17:30.960><c> almost</c><00:17:31.200><c> the</c><00:17:31.480><c> first</c><00:17:31.680><c> few</c><00:17:31.900><c> verses</c><00:17:32.319><c> where</c>

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we're<00:17:32.700><c> introduced</c><00:17:33.140><c> to</c><00:17:33.339><c> him.</c><00:17:34.079><c> He</c><00:17:34.539><c> knew</c><00:17:34.740><c> of</c>

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Samuel.<00:17:35.680><c> He</c><00:17:35.839><c> knew</c><00:17:36.059><c> that</c><00:17:36.319><c> all</c><00:17:36.480><c> he</c><00:17:36.759><c> saith</c><00:17:37.079><c> surely</c><00:17:37.440><c> cometh</c><00:17:37.740><c> to</c><00:17:38.019><c> pass.</c><00:17:39.640><c> But</c><00:17:39.839><c> look</c><00:17:40.000><c> at</c>

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Saul's<00:17:40.519><c> reaction.</c><00:17:42.119><c> Behold,</c>

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if<00:17:42.680><c> we</c><00:17:42.920><c> go,</c><00:17:43.220><c> what</c><00:17:43.400><c> shall</c><00:17:43.660><c> we</c><00:17:43.900><c> bring</c><00:17:44.119><c> the</c><00:17:44.339><c> man?</c><00:17:44.740><c> For</c><00:17:44.960><c> our</c><00:17:45.200><c> bread</c>

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is<00:17:45.619><c> spent</c><00:17:45.779><c> in</c><00:17:45.940><c> our</c><00:17:46.119><c> vessels,</c><00:17:46.519><c> and</c><00:17:46.599><c> there</c>

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is<00:17:46.920><c> not</c><00:17:47.099><c> a</c><00:17:47.380><c> present</c><00:17:47.799><c> to</c><00:17:48.259><c> bring</c><00:17:48.539><c> to</c><00:17:48.720><c> the</c><00:17:48.880><c> man</c><00:17:49.019><c> of</c><00:17:49.259><c> God</c><00:17:49.480><c> that,</c><00:17:50.180><c> what</c><00:17:50.519><c> have</c><00:17:50.720><c> we?</c>

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it's<00:17:54.579><c> strange</c><00:17:54.880><c> to</c><00:17:55.140><c> us,</c><00:17:55.799><c> that</c><00:17:56.200><c> if</c><00:17:56.700><c> you</c><00:17:56.880><c> had</c><00:17:57.019><c> to</c><00:17:57.200><c> go</c><00:17:57.380><c> to</c><00:17:57.539><c> a</c><00:17:57.680><c> man</c><00:17:57.799><c> of</c>

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God<00:17:58.180><c> to</c><00:17:58.380><c> ask</c><00:17:58.660><c> counsel,</c><00:17:59.099><c> you</c><00:17:59.279><c> also</c><00:17:59.559><c> had</c>

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to<00:18:00.019><c> bring</c><00:18:00.019><c> a</c><00:18:00.240><c> gift,</c><00:18:02.359><c> which</c><00:18:03.019><c> it</c><00:18:03.819><c> doesn't</c><00:18:04.180><c> say</c><00:18:04.579><c> bribe,</c><00:18:07.079><c> but</c><00:18:07.259><c> it</c>

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does<00:18:07.660><c> say</c><00:18:07.880><c> that</c><00:18:08.099><c> about</c><00:18:08.380><c> Samuel's</c><00:18:09.099><c> sons</c>

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countries<00:18:15.920><c> of</c><00:18:16.099><c> the</c><00:18:16.220><c> world</c><00:18:16.480><c> now,</c><00:18:16.859><c> that</c><00:18:17.039><c> you</c><00:18:17.240><c> can't</c><00:18:17.599><c> get</c><00:18:17.759><c> anything</c><00:18:18.160><c> without</c><00:18:18.440><c> a</c><00:18:18.759><c> gift,</c><00:18:19.579><c> without</c><00:18:19.799><c> a</c><00:18:20.019><c> bribe.</c>

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that<00:18:25.539><c> blinds</c><00:18:26.119><c> the</c><00:18:26.339><c> eye,</c><00:18:27.779><c> how</c><00:18:28.319><c> people</c>

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will<00:18:28.779><c> not</c><00:18:29.099><c> judge</c><00:18:29.539><c> as</c><00:18:29.859><c> God</c><00:18:30.180><c> judges.</c><00:18:32.240><c> And</c><00:18:32.380><c> yet</c><00:18:32.500><c> it</c><00:18:32.700><c> seems</c><00:18:32.920><c> to</c><00:18:33.160><c> have</c><00:18:33.240><c> been</c><00:18:33.359><c> so</c>

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immediately<00:18:35.980><c> thinks,</c><00:18:36.319><c> how</c><00:18:36.500><c> can</c><00:18:36.640><c> we</c><00:18:36.720><c> go</c><00:18:36.880><c> to</c><00:18:37.000><c> the</c><00:18:37.119><c> man</c><00:18:37.240><c> of</c><00:18:37.440><c> God</c>

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him?<00:18:40.619><c> So</c><00:18:40.880><c> it</c><00:18:40.980><c> tells</c><00:18:41.259><c> us</c><00:18:41.500><c> something</c><00:18:41.779><c> as</c><00:18:42.019><c> we</c><00:18:42.299><c> read</c><00:18:42.539><c> these</c><00:18:43.000><c> about</c>

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Now,<00:18:58.680><c> when</c><00:18:59.119><c> Saul</c><00:18:59.920><c> meets</c><00:19:01.940><c> Samuel,</c><00:19:04.220><c> Samuel</c><00:19:04.759><c> had</c><00:19:05.059><c> already</c><00:19:05.519><c> been</c>

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told<00:19:06.359><c> by</c><00:19:06.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:07.359><c> that</c><00:19:07.599><c> he</c><00:19:07.759><c> would</c><00:19:08.000><c> bring</c><00:19:08.259><c> a</c>

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man<00:19:08.660><c> to</c><00:19:08.940><c> him.</c><00:19:11.380><c> You</c><00:19:11.579><c> know,</c><00:19:11.660><c> there's</c><00:19:11.859><c> just</c><00:19:12.140><c> so</c><00:19:12.380><c> many</c><00:19:12.619><c> things</c><00:19:12.900><c> here</c><00:19:13.160><c> that</c><00:19:13.339><c> take</c><00:19:13.579><c> our</c>

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minds<00:19:14.220><c> in</c><00:19:14.519><c> different</c>

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directions,<00:19:15.500><c> that</c><00:19:15.720><c> we've</c><00:19:16.059><c> got</c><00:19:16.200><c> to</c><00:19:16.539><c> somehow</c><00:19:17.440><c> try</c><00:19:18.059><c> to</c><00:19:18.299><c> avoid</c><00:19:18.640><c> because</c><00:19:19.019><c> we</c>

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don't<00:19:19.460><c> have</c><00:19:19.700><c> time</c><00:19:19.960><c> to</c><00:19:20.119><c> look</c>

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was<00:19:23.720><c> that</c><00:19:23.920><c> God</c><00:19:24.119><c> never</c><00:19:24.420><c> chose</c><00:19:24.700><c> that</c><00:19:25.000><c> process.</c>

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you.<00:19:33.579><c> Why</c><00:19:33.819><c> would</c><00:19:34.039><c> God</c><00:19:34.480><c> think</c>

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of<00:19:35.420><c> giving</c><00:19:35.720><c> Samuel</c><00:19:36.200><c> that</c><00:19:36.599><c> kind</c><00:19:36.900><c> of</c><00:19:38.019><c> notice,</c><00:19:39.140><c> a</c><00:19:39.339><c> days</c><00:19:39.640><c> lead</c>

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notice<00:19:40.599><c> about</c><00:19:40.940><c> this</c><00:19:41.299><c> man?</c><00:19:41.920><c> What</c><00:19:42.420><c> impact</c><00:19:42.900><c> would</c>

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have<00:19:43.359><c> upon</c><00:19:43.700><c> Samuel?</c><00:19:45.779><c> Well</c><00:19:46.200><c> Samuel,</c><00:19:46.940><c> having</c><00:19:47.460><c> thought</c><00:19:47.880><c> about</c>

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these<00:19:48.519><c> things,</c><00:19:48.960><c> seems</c><00:19:49.220><c> to</c><00:19:49.440><c> have</c><00:19:49.539><c> been</c><00:19:49.759><c> pretty</c>

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excited<00:19:50.660><c> now</c><00:19:51.440><c> about</c><00:19:52.380><c> the</c><00:19:52.619><c> possibility</c><00:19:53.220><c> of</c><00:19:53.559><c> having</c><00:19:53.819><c> a</c><00:19:54.140><c> king</c><00:19:54.380><c> and</c><00:19:54.660><c> having</c><00:19:54.900><c> a</c>

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leader,<00:19:55.799><c> but</c><00:19:55.960><c> without</c><00:19:56.220><c> any</c>

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as<00:20:17.880><c> a</c><00:20:18.019><c> king.</c><00:20:18.599><c> Look</c><00:20:18.740><c> at</c><00:20:18.900><c> verse</c><00:20:19.119><c> 21</c><00:20:19.559><c> of</c><00:20:19.779><c> chapter</c><00:20:20.099><c> 9.</c><00:20:21.819><c> Saul</c><00:20:21.880><c> answered</c><00:20:22.380><c> and</c><00:20:22.660><c> said,</c><00:20:24.460><c> in</c>

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statement,<00:20:26.539><c> is</c><00:20:26.539><c> not</c><00:20:27.019><c> the</c><00:20:28.259><c> desire</c><00:20:28.680><c> of</c><00:20:29.140><c> all</c><00:20:29.420><c> Israel</c><00:20:29.859><c> on</c><00:20:30.319><c> thee</c><00:20:30.740><c> and</c><00:20:31.019><c> on</c>

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Israel,<00:20:39.339><c> and</c><00:20:39.539><c> my</c><00:20:39.779><c> family</c><00:20:40.160><c> the</c><00:20:40.400><c> least</c>

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lot<00:20:52.500><c> of</c><00:20:52.700><c> us,</c><00:20:54.099><c> majority</c>

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think<00:21:02.839><c> that</c><00:21:03.099><c> what</c>

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inferior.<00:21:15.960><c> Now</c><00:21:16.180><c> that</c><00:21:16.279><c> is</c><00:21:17.180><c> amplified</c><00:21:17.859><c> if</c><00:21:18.619><c> we</c><00:21:18.799><c> just</c><00:21:19.079><c> briefly</c><00:21:19.539><c> turn</c><00:21:20.000><c> ahead</c><00:21:20.460><c> to</c>

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Samuel<00:21:21.099><c> 15,</c><00:21:21.839><c> 1</c><00:21:21.980><c> Samuel</c>

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15,<00:21:24.019><c> at</c><00:21:24.319><c> verse</c><00:21:24.519><c> 17.</c><00:21:27.660><c> Samuel</c><00:21:28.059><c> said</c><00:21:28.440><c> to</c><00:21:28.819><c> Saul,</c><00:21:29.980><c> When</c><00:21:30.299><c> thou</c><00:21:30.859><c> wast</c>

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little<00:21:32.079><c> in</c><00:21:32.740><c> thine</c><00:21:33.140><c> own</c><00:21:33.279><c> hand,</c><00:21:33.279><c> and</c><00:21:33.279><c> thou</c>

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in<00:21:33.700><c> sight</c><00:21:34.440><c> wast</c><00:21:34.920><c> thou</c><00:21:35.200><c> not</c><00:21:35.539><c> made</c><00:21:35.819><c> head</c><00:21:36.059><c> of</c><00:21:36.259><c> the</c><00:21:36.440><c> tribes</c><00:21:36.720><c> of</c><00:21:36.880><c> Israel,</c><00:21:37.779><c> and</c>

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Yahweh<00:21:38.460><c> anointed</c><00:21:38.740><c> thee</c><00:21:39.000><c> king</c><00:21:39.160><c> over</c>

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Israel.<00:21:40.099><c> So</c><00:21:40.700><c> it</c><00:21:40.839><c> seems</c><00:21:41.059><c> to</c><00:21:41.259><c> be</c><00:21:41.519><c> conclusive</c><00:21:42.140><c> that</c><00:21:42.480><c> the</c><00:21:42.660><c> reasons</c>

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of<00:21:52.039><c> the</c><00:21:52.200><c> man</c><00:21:52.380><c> himself.</c><00:21:53.839><c> He</c><00:21:54.119><c> was</c><00:21:54.420><c> a</c><00:21:54.720><c> big,</c><00:21:55.240><c> big</c><00:21:55.799><c> man.</c><00:21:56.680><c> I</c><00:21:57.000><c> do</c><00:21:57.240><c> not</c><00:21:57.579><c> see</c><00:21:57.900><c> Saul</c><00:21:58.299><c> being</c><00:21:58.559><c> a</c>

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that,<00:22:16.160><c> we</c><00:22:16.319><c> have</c><00:22:16.599><c> no</c><00:22:16.859><c> idea.</c><00:22:19.039><c> Many</c><00:22:19.299><c> people</c>

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who<00:22:19.859><c> have</c><00:22:20.160><c> studied</c><00:22:20.559><c> some</c><00:22:21.339><c> of</c><00:22:21.579><c> these</c><00:22:21.819><c> sciences,</c><00:22:22.559><c> social</c><00:22:22.799><c> sciences,</c><00:22:23.720><c> of</c><00:22:24.000><c> how</c><00:22:24.339><c> people</c><00:22:24.779><c> come</c><00:22:25.099><c> to</c>

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complexes,<00:22:27.180><c> there</c><00:22:28.200><c> is</c><00:22:28.359><c> a</c><00:22:28.420><c> lot</c><00:22:28.680><c> of</c><00:22:28.859><c> things</c><00:22:29.039><c> about</c><00:22:29.299><c> their</c><00:22:29.640><c> childhood</c><00:22:30.099><c> which</c>

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may<00:22:30.819><c> have</c><00:22:31.099><c> led</c><00:22:31.299><c> up</c><00:22:31.559><c> to</c><00:22:31.680><c> it.</c>

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people<00:22:43.079><c> don't</c><00:22:43.519><c> usually</c><00:22:44.000><c> stay</c>

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there.<00:22:46.000><c> And</c><00:22:46.160><c> for</c><00:22:46.400><c> a</c><00:22:46.500><c> person</c><00:22:46.819><c> who</c><00:22:47.140><c> had</c><00:22:47.380><c> those</c><00:22:48.259><c> feelings</c><00:22:48.859><c> of</c><00:22:49.480><c> small</c><00:22:49.819><c> and</c>

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insignificance<00:22:51.000><c> and</c><00:22:51.180><c> the</c><00:22:51.359><c> lack</c><00:22:51.539><c> of</c>

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confidence,<00:22:52.640><c> then</c><00:22:53.019><c> suddenly</c><00:22:53.599><c> elevated</c><00:22:54.160><c> to</c><00:22:54.700><c> king,</c><00:22:55.859><c> that's</c><00:22:56.160><c> a</c>

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tremendous<00:22:56.960><c> change</c><00:22:57.599><c> in</c><00:22:57.859><c> life.</c><00:23:00.440><c> And</c><00:23:00.579><c> you</c>

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can<00:23:01.000><c> see,</c><00:23:01.380><c> brothers</c><00:23:01.420><c> and</c><00:23:01.740><c> sisters,</c><00:23:02.140><c> that</c><00:23:02.319><c> if</c><00:23:02.519><c> we</c><00:23:03.000><c> presently</c>

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are<00:23:04.000><c> feeling</c><00:23:04.500><c> the</c><00:23:05.640><c> lack</c><00:23:05.859><c> of</c><00:23:06.259><c> confidence</c>

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in<00:23:07.440><c> a</c><00:23:07.720><c> spiritual</c><00:23:08.119><c> sense,</c><00:23:08.599><c> that</c><00:23:08.900><c> we're</c><00:23:09.160><c> not</c><00:23:09.519><c> taking</c><00:23:09.880><c> initiative,</c><00:23:10.420><c> we're</c><00:23:10.619><c> not</c>

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doing<00:23:11.279><c> things</c><00:23:11.579><c> because</c>

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we<00:23:12.559><c> feel</c><00:23:12.920><c> like</c><00:23:13.160><c> we're</c><00:23:13.460><c> incapable,</c><00:23:14.460><c> like</c><00:23:14.660><c> there's</c><00:23:14.859><c> so</c><00:23:15.019><c> many</c>

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other<00:23:15.420><c> more</c><00:23:15.799><c> capable</c><00:23:16.140><c> people</c><00:23:16.519><c> around,</c>

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why<00:23:17.400><c> me?</c><00:23:18.039><c> These</c><00:23:18.599><c> are</c><00:23:18.859><c> the</c><00:23:19.099><c> feelings</c><00:23:19.400><c> that</c><00:23:19.779><c> Saul</c><00:23:19.920><c> had.</c><00:23:21.119><c> And</c><00:23:21.299><c> we've</c><00:23:21.500><c> got</c>

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to<00:23:22.000><c> especially</c><00:23:22.380><c> watch</c><00:23:22.900><c> this</c><00:23:23.680><c> because</c>

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what<00:23:24.619><c> we're</c><00:23:24.880><c> saying</c><00:23:25.259><c> really</c><00:23:25.880><c> is</c><00:23:27.000><c> that</c><00:23:27.299><c> God</c><00:23:27.460><c> can't</c><00:23:27.940><c> strengthen</c>

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us,<00:23:30.279><c> that</c><00:23:30.579><c> God</c><00:23:31.019><c> will</c><00:23:31.279><c> not</c><00:23:31.460><c> allow</c><00:23:31.740><c> us</c>

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or<00:23:32.500><c> is</c><00:23:32.740><c> not</c><00:23:33.059><c> capable,</c><00:23:33.460><c> if</c><00:23:33.660><c> you</c><00:23:33.859><c> like,</c><00:23:34.839><c> for</c><00:23:34.960><c> us</c><00:23:35.200><c> to</c><00:23:35.799><c> grow</c><00:23:36.160><c> out</c><00:23:36.380><c> of</c>

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this<00:23:37.279><c> feeling</c><00:23:37.779><c> and</c><00:23:39.099><c> out</c><00:23:39.220><c> of</c><00:23:39.400><c> these</c>

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ideas<00:23:40.160><c> that</c><00:23:40.460><c> we</c><00:23:40.720><c> are</c><00:23:40.980><c> limited</c><00:23:41.500><c> and</c><00:23:42.000><c> not</c><00:23:42.240><c> able</c><00:23:42.440><c> to</c><00:23:42.740><c> carry</c><00:23:42.900><c> out</c>

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his<00:23:43.380><c> work.</c>

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when<00:23:52.960><c> it</c><00:23:53.160><c> comes</c><00:23:53.440><c> to</c>

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persons.<00:24:09.599><c> Right</c><00:24:10.019><c> away,</c><00:24:10.859><c> this</c><00:24:11.059><c> may</c><00:24:11.240><c> have</c>

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been<00:24:11.680><c> an</c><00:24:11.680><c> unusual</c><00:24:12.099><c> activity</c><00:24:12.619><c> for</c><00:24:12.880><c> this</c><00:24:13.119><c> man</c><00:24:13.440><c> to</c><00:24:13.640><c> be</c><00:24:13.880><c> so</c><00:24:14.220><c> elevated.</c><00:24:15.880><c> Verse</c>

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24,<00:24:17.660><c> Samuel</c><00:24:17.880><c> has</c><00:24:18.220><c> reserved</c>

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a<00:24:19.079><c> sizable</c><00:24:19.779><c> portion</c><00:24:20.319><c> of</c><00:24:20.559><c> the</c><00:24:20.779><c> kneel</c><00:24:21.099><c> for</c><00:24:22.059><c> Saul</c><00:24:22.440><c> and</c><00:24:23.299><c> it</c><00:24:23.480><c> must</c>

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have<00:24:23.740><c> been</c><00:24:23.900><c> apparent</c><00:24:24.319><c> to</c><00:24:24.579><c> others</c><00:24:25.079><c> and</c><00:24:25.579><c> to</c>

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Saul.<00:24:27.759><c> Verse</c><00:24:28.180><c> 27,</c><00:24:30.519><c> he</c><00:24:30.640><c> says</c><00:24:31.000><c> to</c><00:24:31.420><c> the</c><00:24:31.799><c> servant,</c><00:24:32.480><c> pass</c><00:24:32.619><c> on</c><00:24:32.940><c> before</c><00:24:33.299><c> us</c><00:24:33.980><c> because</c><00:24:35.660><c> I</c>

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want<00:24:36.920><c> to</c><00:24:37.059><c> tell</c><00:24:37.240><c> Saul</c><00:24:37.500><c> something</c>

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or<00:24:38.220><c> he</c><00:24:38.500><c> asks</c><00:24:38.960><c> Saul</c><00:24:39.259><c> to</c><00:24:39.480><c> say</c><00:24:39.619><c> that</c><00:24:39.839><c> to</c><00:24:40.039><c> his</c><00:24:40.180><c> servant.</c><00:24:43.859><c> Verse</c><00:24:44.140><c> 10,</c>

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verse<00:24:44.480><c> 1,</c><00:24:46.180><c> he</c><00:24:46.359><c> anoints</c><00:24:46.980><c> him</c><00:24:47.680><c> captain</c>

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over<00:24:49.359><c> Yahweh's</c><00:24:50.240><c> inheritance.</c><00:24:53.859><c> Now</c><00:24:53.960><c> the</c><00:24:54.220><c> excitement</c><00:24:54.700><c> of</c><00:24:55.079><c> Samuel,</c><00:24:55.740><c> I</c><00:24:56.039><c> believe,</c><00:24:56.680><c> is</c>

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evident<00:24:57.440><c> in</c><00:24:57.960><c> this</c><00:24:58.240><c> 10th</c><00:24:58.619><c> chapter</c><00:24:59.000><c> if</c><00:24:59.400><c> it</c><00:24:59.640><c> wasn't</c><00:25:00.099><c> alluded</c><00:25:00.480><c> to</c>

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in<00:25:00.900><c> the</c><00:25:01.000><c> 9th</c><00:25:01.339><c> chapter</c><00:25:01.700><c> in</c><00:25:01.880><c> the</c><00:25:01.960><c> way</c><00:25:02.079><c> he</c>

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deals<00:25:02.640><c> with</c><00:25:03.079><c> Saul.</c><00:25:05.480><c> Samuel</c><00:25:05.759><c> has</c><00:25:06.079><c> a</c><00:25:06.440><c> plan</c><00:25:06.779><c> all</c><00:25:07.700><c> worked</c><00:25:08.039><c> out</c><00:25:08.700><c> and</c>

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God<00:25:10.240><c> witnesses</c><00:25:10.799><c> to</c><00:25:11.319><c> that</c><00:25:11.640><c> plan</c><00:25:12.140><c> by</c><00:25:12.720><c> what</c>

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Samuel<00:25:13.460><c> says</c><00:25:13.799><c> will</c><00:25:14.099><c> happen,</c><00:25:15.000><c> does</c><00:25:15.200><c> happen.</c><00:25:16.180><c> Look</c><00:25:16.440><c> at</c><00:25:16.619><c> it.</c><00:25:18.019><c> In</c>

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verse<00:25:18.640><c> 2</c><00:25:18.920><c> he</c><00:25:19.099><c> says,</c><00:25:19.680><c> when</c><00:25:19.799><c> thou</c><00:25:20.119><c> art</c><00:25:20.400><c> departed</c>

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from<00:25:21.220><c> me</c><00:25:21.480><c> today,</c><00:25:22.460><c> then</c><00:25:22.680><c> thou</c><00:25:22.960><c> shalt</c><00:25:23.240><c> find</c><00:25:23.759><c> two</c><00:25:24.259><c> men</c><00:25:24.519><c> by</c><00:25:24.799><c> Rachel's</c><00:25:25.380><c> sepulcher</c><00:25:25.740><c> in</c><00:25:25.920><c> the</c>

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border<00:25:26.240><c> of</c><00:25:26.359><c> Benjamin</c>

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at<00:25:26.839><c> Zelzah,</c><00:25:27.920><c> and</c><00:25:28.059><c> they</c><00:25:28.220><c> will</c><00:25:28.440><c> say</c><00:25:28.599><c> unto</c><00:25:28.859><c> thee,</c><00:25:29.240><c> the</c><00:25:29.440><c> asses</c><00:25:29.819><c> which</c><00:25:30.000><c> thou</c><00:25:30.259><c> wentest</c><00:25:30.640><c> to</c>

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seek<00:25:31.039><c> are</c><00:25:31.319><c> found,</c>

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and<00:25:32.480><c> lo,</c><00:25:32.720><c> the</c><00:25:32.799><c> father,</c><00:25:33.599><c> thy</c><00:25:33.859><c> father,</c><00:25:34.380><c> which</c><00:25:34.539><c> hath</c><00:25:34.740><c> left</c><00:25:35.220><c> the</c>

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care<00:25:35.779><c> of</c><00:25:35.920><c> the</c><00:25:36.099><c> asses,</c><00:25:37.000><c> and</c><00:25:37.220><c> soareth</c><00:25:37.599><c> for</c>

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you,<00:25:38.559><c> saying,</c><00:25:39.059><c> What</c><00:25:39.279><c> shall</c><00:25:39.480><c> I</c><00:25:39.660><c> do</c><00:25:39.819><c> for</c><00:25:40.039><c> my</c><00:25:40.279><c> son?</c><00:25:41.779><c> One</c><00:25:42.220><c> sign.</c><00:25:43.980><c> Two</c><00:25:44.339><c> sign.</c><00:25:45.599><c> Then</c><00:25:45.880><c> shalt</c><00:25:46.119><c> thou</c><00:25:46.299><c> go</c>

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on<00:25:46.819><c> forward</c>

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from<00:25:47.460><c> the</c><00:25:47.539><c> fence,</c><00:25:47.859><c> and</c><00:25:48.019><c> thou</c><00:25:48.200><c> shalt</c><00:25:48.420><c> come</c><00:25:48.660><c> to</c><00:25:48.839><c> the</c><00:25:49.019><c> plain</c><00:25:49.160><c> of</c>

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Tabor,<00:25:50.220><c> and</c><00:25:50.420><c> there</c><00:25:50.640><c> shall</c><00:25:50.880><c> meet</c><00:25:51.160><c> thee</c>

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men<00:25:52.099><c> going</c><00:25:52.480><c> up</c><00:25:52.839><c> to</c><00:25:53.160><c> God</c><00:25:53.480><c> to</c><00:25:53.740><c> Bethel,</c><00:25:54.559><c> one</c><00:25:54.839><c> carrying</c><00:25:55.200><c> three</c>

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kids,<00:25:56.000><c> another</c><00:25:56.259><c> carrying</c><00:25:56.740><c> three</c><00:25:57.140><c> loaves</c>

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of<00:25:57.660><c> bread,</c><00:25:58.000><c> and</c><00:25:58.200><c> another</c><00:25:58.519><c> carrying</c><00:25:58.880><c> a</c><00:25:59.119><c> bottle</c><00:25:59.279><c> of</c><00:25:59.559><c> wine,</c><00:26:00.640><c> and</c>

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they<00:26:01.059><c> will</c><00:26:01.359><c> salute</c><00:26:01.599><c> thee</c><00:26:02.279><c> and</c><00:26:02.680><c> give</c><00:26:02.940><c> thee</c>

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two<00:26:03.420><c> loaves</c><00:26:03.720><c> of</c><00:26:03.920><c> bread</c><00:26:04.119><c> which</c><00:26:04.359><c> thou</c><00:26:04.579><c> shalt</c><00:26:04.880><c> receive</c><00:26:05.420><c> of</c><00:26:06.240><c> their</c>

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hands.<00:26:08.779><c> Third</c><00:26:09.240><c> sign.</c><00:26:10.180><c> And</c><00:26:10.359><c> after</c><00:26:10.619><c> that</c>

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thou<00:26:11.000><c> shalt</c><00:26:11.240><c> come</c><00:26:11.500><c> to</c><00:26:11.680><c> the</c><00:26:11.779><c> hill</c><00:26:11.880><c> of</c><00:26:12.059><c> God,</c><00:26:12.339><c> where</c><00:26:12.579><c> is</c><00:26:12.740><c> the</c><00:26:12.980><c> garrison</c><00:26:13.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:13.680><c> Philistines,</c><00:26:14.940><c> and</c><00:26:15.200><c> it</c>

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shall<00:26:15.400><c> come</c><00:26:15.619><c> to</c><00:26:15.819><c> pass</c><00:26:16.039><c> when</c><00:26:16.279><c> thou</c><00:26:16.480><c> art</c><00:26:16.619><c> comefitted</c><00:26:17.140><c> to</c><00:26:17.339><c> the</c><00:26:17.539><c> city,</c><00:26:17.819><c> that</c><00:26:17.920><c> thou</c><00:26:18.140><c> shalt</c><00:26:18.380><c> meet</c><00:26:18.579><c> a</c><00:26:18.779><c> company</c>

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of<00:26:19.359><c> prophets</c><00:26:19.799><c> coming</c><00:26:20.460><c> down</c><00:26:20.799><c> from</c><00:26:20.980><c> the</c><00:26:21.160><c> high</c><00:26:21.380><c> place</c><00:26:21.619><c> with</c><00:26:21.819><c> a</c><00:26:22.039><c> sultry,</c><00:26:23.019><c> a</c>

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tabard,<00:26:23.420><c> and</c><00:26:23.579><c> a</c><00:26:23.700><c> pipe,</c><00:26:23.859><c> and</c><00:26:24.019><c> a</c>

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heart<00:26:24.380><c> before</c><00:26:24.759><c> them,</c><00:26:25.180><c> and</c><00:26:25.480><c> they</c><00:26:25.700><c> shall</c><00:26:25.960><c> prophesy.</c><00:26:27.240><c> And</c><00:26:27.640><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:26:28.420><c> of</c><00:26:28.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:29.420><c> will</c><00:26:29.759><c> come</c><00:26:29.980><c> upon</c><00:26:30.359><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:26:31.099><c> thou</c><00:26:31.339><c> shalt</c><00:26:31.779><c> prophesy</c><00:26:32.440><c> with</c><00:26:32.720><c> them,</c><00:26:33.279><c> and</c><00:26:33.640><c> shalt</c><00:26:33.920><c> be</c><00:26:34.259><c> turned</c><00:26:34.579><c> into</c>

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another<00:26:35.759><c> man.</c><00:26:38.019><c> And</c><00:26:38.660><c> let</c><00:26:38.880><c> it</c><00:26:39.079><c> be.</c>

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When<00:26:40.259><c> these</c><00:26:40.619><c> signs</c><00:26:41.000><c> are</c><00:26:41.319><c> come</c><00:26:41.579><c> unto</c><00:26:42.380><c> thee,</c><00:26:43.339><c> that</c><00:26:43.500><c> thou</c><00:26:43.759><c> do</c><00:26:44.200><c> as</c>

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occasion<00:26:45.039><c> serve</c><00:26:45.720><c> thee,</c><00:26:46.299><c> for</c><00:26:46.559><c> God</c><00:26:46.839><c> is</c>

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with<00:26:47.180><c> thee.</c><00:26:51.359><c> Now</c><00:26:51.539><c> we</c><00:26:51.720><c> don't</c><00:26:52.299><c> know,</c><00:26:53.039><c> because</c><00:26:53.220><c> it's</c><00:26:53.539><c> not</c><00:26:53.799><c> revealed</c><00:26:54.160><c> to</c><00:26:54.400><c> us,</c>

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just<00:26:55.039><c> how</c><00:26:55.460><c> carefully</c><00:26:56.380><c> Saul</c>

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looked<00:26:57.680><c> for</c><00:26:58.140><c> the</c><00:26:58.359><c> fulfillment</c><00:26:58.900><c> of</c><00:26:59.180><c> those</c><00:26:59.400><c> signs.</c><00:27:01.599><c> All</c><00:27:01.839><c> it's</c>

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told<00:27:02.819><c> in</c><00:27:03.420><c> the</c><00:27:03.599><c> record</c><00:27:03.940><c> is</c><00:27:04.440><c> that</c><00:27:04.839><c> they</c>

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all<00:27:05.480><c> came</c><00:27:05.680><c> to</c><00:27:06.000><c> pass,</c><00:27:06.539><c> verse</c><00:27:06.920><c> 8,</c><00:27:10.460><c> verse</c><00:27:10.799><c> 9,</c><00:27:11.279><c> all</c><00:27:11.500><c> those</c><00:27:11.740><c> signs</c>

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came<00:27:12.420><c> to</c><00:27:12.700><c> pass</c><00:27:12.920><c> that</c><00:27:13.279><c> day.</c><00:27:13.519><c> So</c><00:27:13.779><c> we</c><00:27:14.059><c> know</c><00:27:14.599><c> that</c>

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Samuel<00:27:15.900><c> spoke</c><00:27:16.420><c> with</c><00:27:16.859><c> great</c><00:27:17.240><c> detail</c><00:27:17.859><c> and</c><00:27:18.380><c> with</c><00:27:18.720><c> great</c><00:27:19.119><c> certainty.</c><00:27:21.099><c> What</c><00:27:21.240><c> was</c><00:27:21.420><c> he</c>

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hoping<00:27:21.799><c> to</c><00:27:22.059><c> achieve?</c>

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Well,<00:27:25.319><c> it</c><00:27:25.440><c> seems</c><00:27:25.640><c> to</c><00:27:25.880><c> me,</c><00:27:26.200><c> brothers</c><00:27:26.299><c> and</c><00:27:26.599><c> sisters,</c><00:27:26.960><c> that</c><00:27:27.779><c> three</c><00:27:28.259><c> signs</c><00:27:28.799><c> must</c>

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have<00:27:29.460><c> had</c><00:27:29.660><c> some</c><00:27:30.059><c> significance.</c>

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There<00:27:33.240><c> seems</c><00:27:33.519><c> to</c><00:27:33.779><c> be</c><00:27:34.039><c> ample</c><00:27:34.319><c> evidence</c><00:27:34.819><c> that</c><00:27:35.019><c> we</c><00:27:35.220><c> will</c><00:27:35.440><c> allude</c>

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to<00:27:35.900><c> from</c><00:27:36.140><c> time</c><00:27:36.380><c> to</c><00:27:36.579><c> time</c><00:27:36.779><c> in</c><00:27:36.920><c> this</c><00:27:37.200><c> whole</c>

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record<00:27:37.839><c> that</c><00:27:38.599><c> they</c><00:27:39.000><c> were</c><00:27:39.380><c> all</c><00:27:40.099><c> well</c><00:27:40.680><c> aware</c><00:27:41.319><c> of</c><00:27:41.740><c> the</c><00:27:42.000><c> life</c><00:27:42.380><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:42.920><c> Judge</c><00:27:43.220><c> Gideon.</c>

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How<00:27:45.759><c> many</c><00:27:46.079><c> signs?</c><00:27:48.920><c> The</c><00:27:49.140><c> fleece,</c><00:27:50.039><c> wet,</c><00:27:51.279><c> the</c><00:27:51.460><c> ground</c><00:27:52.220><c> was</c><00:27:52.960><c> dry.</c>

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And<00:27:54.680><c> then</c><00:27:54.779><c> the</c><00:27:54.960><c> ground</c><00:27:55.160><c> was</c><00:27:55.460><c> wet</c><00:27:55.640><c> and</c><00:27:55.819><c> the</c>

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fleece<00:27:56.359><c> was</c><00:27:56.640><c> dry.</c><00:27:58.180><c> And</c><00:27:58.299><c> then</c><00:27:58.480><c> the</c><00:27:58.660><c> final</c><00:27:58.960><c> sign</c><00:27:59.279><c> was</c><00:27:59.480><c> when</c><00:27:59.619><c> he</c>

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went<00:27:59.920><c> down</c><00:28:00.279><c> to</c><00:28:00.500><c> the</c><00:28:00.759><c> tent</c><00:28:01.140><c> of</c><00:28:02.019><c> the</c><00:28:02.180><c> company</c>

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of<00:28:03.079><c> the</c><00:28:03.220><c> Midianites,</c><00:28:04.059><c> and</c><00:28:04.220><c> he</c><00:28:04.380><c> heard</c><00:28:04.519><c> what</c><00:28:04.740><c> they</c><00:28:04.940><c> were</c><00:28:05.180><c> saying</c>

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when<00:28:05.640><c> they</c><00:28:05.920><c> mentioned</c><00:28:06.359><c> him</c><00:28:06.779><c> by</c><00:28:07.079><c> name.</c>

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Three<00:28:10.240><c> signs.</c><00:28:12.680><c> Surely</c><00:28:12.779><c> Samuel</c><00:28:13.299><c> intended</c><00:28:13.920><c> Saul</c><00:28:14.259><c> to</c><00:28:14.559><c> think</c><00:28:14.859><c> about</c><00:28:15.200><c> those</c><00:28:15.559><c> signs.</c><00:28:16.640><c> It</c>

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was<00:28:17.019><c> the</c><00:28:17.460><c> certainty</c>

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that<00:28:18.720><c> a</c><00:28:18.900><c> person</c><00:28:19.259><c> who</c><00:28:19.640><c> feels</c><00:28:20.519><c> with</c><00:28:21.299><c> the</c><00:28:21.500><c> lack</c><00:28:21.660><c> of</c><00:28:22.039><c> confidence</c>

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and<00:28:22.700><c> inferior</c><00:28:23.339><c> needs</c><00:28:24.200><c> to</c><00:28:24.700><c> serve</c><00:28:24.980><c> God,</c><00:28:25.759><c> there's</c>

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certainty<00:28:26.740><c> there</c><00:28:27.099><c> that</c><00:28:27.339><c> God</c><00:28:27.640><c> will</c><00:28:27.900><c> be</c><00:28:28.160><c> with</c><00:28:28.380><c> them.</c><00:28:29.640><c> That's</c><00:28:29.900><c> what</c><00:28:29.980><c> it</c>

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meant<00:28:30.259><c> to</c><00:28:30.480><c> Gideon,</c><00:28:31.279><c> and</c><00:28:31.480><c> Gideon</c>

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carried<00:28:32.140><c> out</c><00:28:32.400><c> the</c><00:28:32.579><c> will</c><00:28:32.680><c> of</c><00:28:32.900><c> Yahweh.</c><00:28:34.460><c> So</c><00:28:34.839><c> you</c><00:28:34.960><c> can</c><00:28:35.160><c> imagine</c><00:28:35.619><c> that</c><00:28:36.279><c> Saul</c><00:28:36.480><c> paid</c><00:28:37.000><c> some</c><00:28:37.400><c> attention</c><00:28:38.039><c> to</c><00:28:38.759><c> the</c>

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detail,<00:28:39.400><c> but</c><00:28:39.619><c> the</c><00:28:39.900><c> detail</c><00:28:40.240><c> was</c><00:28:41.039><c> so</c><00:28:41.539><c> descriptive</c><00:28:42.160><c> of</c><00:28:42.759><c> how</c><00:28:43.000><c> many</c>

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men,<00:28:44.119><c> what</c><00:28:44.400><c> they</c><00:28:44.599><c> would</c><00:28:44.759><c> be</c><00:28:45.000><c> carrying,</c>

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how<00:28:46.420><c> the</c><00:28:46.619><c> other</c><00:28:46.839><c> men</c><00:28:46.980><c> would</c><00:28:47.200><c> greet</c><00:28:47.519><c> Saul,</c><00:28:48.359><c> what</c><00:28:48.579><c> they</c><00:28:48.819><c> would</c>

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do<00:28:49.279><c> to</c><00:28:49.619><c> give</c><00:28:49.960><c> him</c><00:28:50.200><c> things</c><00:28:50.460><c> when</c><00:28:50.640><c> it</c><00:28:50.759><c> comes</c>

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to<00:28:51.259><c> the</c><00:28:51.460><c> ones</c><00:28:51.660><c> with</c><00:28:51.920><c> the</c><00:28:52.059><c> loaves</c><00:28:52.339><c> of</c><00:28:52.460><c> bread</c><00:28:52.700><c> and</c><00:28:52.839><c> the</c><00:28:53.019><c> bottle</c>

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of<00:28:53.440><c> wine.</c><00:28:54.160><c> And</c><00:28:54.420><c> then,</c><00:28:54.599><c> of</c><00:28:54.680><c> course,</c><00:28:55.019><c> he</c><00:28:55.240><c> describes</c>

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the<00:28:55.920><c> people</c><00:28:56.240><c> that</c><00:28:56.460><c> come</c><00:28:56.680><c> down</c><00:28:57.039><c> that</c><00:28:57.259><c> are</c><00:28:57.500><c> prophesying,</c><00:28:58.900><c> what</c>

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they<00:28:59.279><c> would</c><00:28:59.559><c> have.</c><00:29:02.779><c> Saul</c><00:29:02.859><c> wasn't</c><00:29:03.160><c> prepared</c>

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for<00:29:03.819><c> that,</c><00:29:04.240><c> I</c><00:29:04.420><c> don't</c><00:29:04.680><c> believe.</c><00:29:06.779><c> Samuel</c><00:29:07.019><c> was.</c><00:29:08.720><c> Samuel,</c><00:29:09.079><c> I</c><00:29:09.420><c> think,</c><00:29:09.900><c> intended</c><00:29:10.380><c> that</c>

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Saul<00:29:11.319><c> should</c><00:29:11.700><c> immediately</c>

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go<00:29:12.799><c> to</c><00:29:13.079><c> war.</c><00:29:14.720><c> Now</c><00:29:14.859><c> let</c><00:29:14.920><c> me</c><00:29:15.079><c> show</c><00:29:15.279><c> you</c><00:29:15.440><c> why</c><00:29:15.640><c> I</c><00:29:15.759><c> believe</c><00:29:15.980><c> that.</c>

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If<00:29:20.519><c> we</c><00:29:20.759><c> look</c><00:29:21.059><c> at</c><00:29:21.559><c> chapter</c><00:29:21.920><c> 9</c><00:29:22.579><c> verse</c><00:29:23.279><c> 16,</c><00:29:27.839><c> this</c><00:29:27.859><c> is</c><00:29:28.079><c> what</c><00:29:28.339><c> Yahweh</c>

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had<00:29:29.299><c> told</c><00:29:29.859><c> Samuel</c><00:29:30.539><c> about</c><00:29:30.900><c> this</c><00:29:31.299><c> man</c>

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he<00:29:31.619><c> was</c><00:29:31.880><c> going</c><00:29:32.059><c> to</c><00:29:32.299><c> meet.</c><00:29:33.740><c> Tomorrow</c><00:29:34.299><c> about</c><00:29:34.839><c> this</c><00:29:35.220><c> time</c><00:29:35.539><c> I</c><00:29:35.779><c> will</c>

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send<00:29:36.380><c> thee</c><00:29:36.619><c> a</c><00:29:36.799><c> man</c><00:29:37.079><c> out</c><00:29:37.319><c> of</c><00:29:37.480><c> the</c><00:29:37.640><c> land</c>

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of<00:29:38.059><c> Benjamin,</c><00:29:39.460><c> and</c><00:29:39.559><c> thou</c><00:29:39.779><c> shalt</c><00:29:40.099><c> anoint</c><00:29:40.579><c> him</c><00:29:40.980><c> to</c><00:29:41.220><c> be</c><00:29:41.519><c> captain</c>

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over<00:29:42.059><c> my</c><00:29:42.359><c> people</c><00:29:42.660><c> Israel,</c><00:29:43.940><c> that</c><00:29:44.339><c> he</c>

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may<00:29:44.940><c> save</c><00:29:45.599><c> my</c><00:29:46.000><c> people</c><00:29:46.660><c> out</c><00:29:47.279><c> of</c><00:29:47.440><c> the</c><00:29:47.660><c> hand</c><00:29:47.880><c> of</c><00:29:48.059><c> the</c><00:29:48.220><c> Philistines,</c><00:29:49.640><c> for</c><00:29:49.839><c> I</c><00:29:50.039><c> have</c>

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looked<00:29:50.259><c> upon</c><00:29:50.579><c> my</c><00:29:50.880><c> people</c>

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because<00:29:51.660><c> their</c><00:29:52.039><c> cry</c><00:29:52.359><c> is</c><00:29:52.720><c> come</c><00:29:52.900><c> unto</c><00:29:53.119><c> me.</c><00:29:55.380><c> God</c><00:29:55.680><c> wasn't</c><00:29:56.000><c> speaking</c><00:29:56.420><c> negatively</c><00:29:57.240><c> here</c><00:29:57.599><c> at</c>

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all.<00:29:59.119><c> He</c><00:29:59.359><c> was</c><00:29:59.640><c> speaking</c>

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in<00:30:00.339><c> another</c><00:30:01.319><c> set</c><00:30:01.819><c> of</c><00:30:02.119><c> terms.</c><00:30:03.599><c> It</c><00:30:03.819><c> was</c><00:30:04.079><c> a</c><00:30:04.279><c> pattern</c><00:30:04.559><c> of</c><00:30:04.759><c> the</c><00:30:04.980><c> judges</c><00:30:05.240><c> that</c>

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had<00:30:05.599><c> gone</c><00:30:05.779><c> before,</c><00:30:07.380><c> that</c><00:30:07.480><c> whenever</c>

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God<00:30:08.160><c> spoke</c><00:30:08.500><c> this</c><00:30:08.960><c> way,</c><00:30:09.380><c> deliverance</c><00:30:10.220><c> was</c><00:30:10.640><c> imminent.</c><00:30:12.400><c> And</c><00:30:12.539><c> God</c>

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intended<00:30:13.259><c> that</c><00:30:13.720><c> the</c><00:30:13.900><c> man</c><00:30:14.180><c> who</c><00:30:14.359><c> was</c><00:30:14.700><c> chosen</c>

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to<00:30:15.180><c> be</c><00:30:15.359><c> judged</c><00:30:15.619><c> would</c><00:30:15.839><c> immediately</c><00:30:16.259><c> go</c><00:30:16.539><c> to</c><00:30:16.740><c> war</c><00:30:17.039><c> and</c><00:30:17.339><c> deliver</c>

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Israel.<00:30:20.579><c> So</c><00:30:20.900><c> Samuel</c><00:30:21.119><c> had</c><00:30:21.319><c> every</c><00:30:21.519><c> reason</c>

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to<00:30:21.980><c> believe</c><00:30:22.180><c> from</c><00:30:22.339><c> what</c><00:30:22.519><c> God</c><00:30:22.740><c> had</c><00:30:23.019><c> revealed</c><00:30:23.339><c> to</c><00:30:23.559><c> him</c><00:30:24.059><c> that</c><00:30:24.619><c> this</c><00:30:24.960><c> would</c><00:30:25.200><c> happen</c><00:30:25.720><c> when</c><00:30:26.240><c> this</c><00:30:26.579><c> person</c><00:30:27.039><c> was</c>

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declared<00:30:27.980><c> and</c><00:30:28.400><c> chosen.</c><00:30:30.980><c> So</c><00:30:31.279><c> what</c><00:30:31.500><c> does</c><00:30:31.740><c> Samuel</c><00:30:32.059><c> do?</c><00:30:34.039><c> If</c><00:30:34.240><c> you</c>

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notice<00:30:34.779><c> carefully</c><00:30:35.420><c> in</c><00:30:35.779><c> this</c><00:30:36.740><c> third</c><00:30:37.359><c> sign,</c>

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he<00:30:39.200><c> says</c><00:30:39.480><c> in</c><00:30:39.660><c> verse</c><00:30:39.920><c> 5</c><00:30:40.240><c> of</c><00:30:40.440><c> chapter</c><00:30:40.799><c> 10,</c><00:30:42.500><c> after</c><00:30:42.500><c> that</c><00:30:43.119><c> thou</c><00:30:43.440><c> shalt</c><00:30:43.759><c> come</c><00:30:44.140><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:44.579><c> hill</c><00:30:44.740><c> of</c><00:30:45.019><c> God,</c><00:30:46.019><c> where</c>

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is<00:30:47.000><c> the</c><00:30:47.420><c> garrison</c><00:30:47.880><c> of</c><00:30:48.099><c> the</c><00:30:48.279><c> Philistines?</c><00:30:51.119><c> Now</c><00:30:51.619><c> in</c><00:30:51.839><c> a</c><00:30:52.180><c> sense,</c>

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Saul<00:30:53.779><c> was</c><00:30:54.180><c> directed</c><00:30:54.960><c> right</c><00:30:55.680><c> to</c><00:30:55.940><c> where</c>

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the<00:30:56.420><c> Philistines</c><00:30:56.960><c> were.</c><00:30:58.559><c> And</c><00:30:58.859><c> not</c><00:30:59.019><c> only</c><00:30:59.279><c> that,</c><00:31:00.680><c> when</c><00:31:01.079><c> Samuel</c>

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finishes<00:31:02.279><c> what</c><00:31:02.660><c> he</c><00:31:02.779><c> had</c><00:31:02.960><c> to</c><00:31:03.180><c> say</c><00:31:03.279><c> to</c><00:31:03.539><c> Saul</c>

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about<00:31:04.000><c> the</c><00:31:04.220><c> three</c><00:31:04.539><c> signs,</c><00:31:05.700><c> he</c><00:31:06.039><c> then</c><00:31:06.359><c> says</c><00:31:06.539><c> in</c><00:31:06.720><c> verse</c><00:31:06.980><c> 6,</c><00:31:08.000><c> and</c>

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:10.980
the<00:31:08.359><c> spirit</c><00:31:08.980><c> of</c><00:31:09.380><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:09.940><c> will</c><00:31:10.259><c> come</c><00:31:10.539><c> upon</c>

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thee,<00:31:11.440><c> and</c><00:31:11.440><c> thou</c><00:31:11.700><c> shalt</c><00:31:12.099><c> prophesy</c><00:31:12.799><c> with</c><00:31:13.200><c> them,</c><00:31:13.859><c> and</c><00:31:14.059><c> shalt</c><00:31:14.299><c> be</c>

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:16.680
turned<00:31:14.740><c> into</c><00:31:15.000><c> another</c><00:31:15.299><c> man.</c><00:31:16.180><c> And</c><00:31:16.519><c> let</c>

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:20.200
it<00:31:16.920><c> be,</c><00:31:17.579><c> when</c><00:31:17.859><c> these</c><00:31:18.259><c> signs</c><00:31:18.599><c> are</c><00:31:18.940><c> come</c><00:31:19.119><c> unto</c><00:31:19.339><c> thee,</c><00:31:19.759><c> that</c><00:31:19.900><c> thou</c>

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:23.680
do<00:31:20.599><c> as</c><00:31:20.960><c> occasion</c><00:31:21.559><c> serve</c><00:31:22.180><c> thee,</c><00:31:23.279><c> for</c><00:31:23.480><c> God</c>

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:32.500
is<00:31:23.900><c> with</c><00:31:24.099><c> thee.</c><00:31:27.819><c> Now</c><00:31:28.200><c> brothers</c><00:31:28.380><c> and</c><00:31:28.619><c> sisters,</c><00:31:29.740><c> more</c><00:31:30.119><c> than</c><00:31:30.359><c> likely,</c><00:31:31.539><c> from</c><00:31:31.779><c> what</c><00:31:32.119><c> we</c>

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.680
know<00:31:32.920><c> about</c><00:31:33.380><c> the</c><00:31:33.619><c> judgment</c>

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judges,<00:31:35.680><c> if</c><00:31:36.019><c> Samuel</c><00:31:36.440><c> had</c><00:31:37.980><c> come</c><00:31:38.299><c> to</c><00:31:38.519><c> us</c><00:31:39.079><c> and</c><00:31:40.119><c> he</c><00:31:40.299><c> had</c><00:31:40.599><c> said</c><00:31:40.740><c> to</c>

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us<00:31:41.420><c> what</c><00:31:41.640><c> we</c><00:31:42.440><c> have</c><00:31:42.519><c> just</c><00:31:42.740><c> read,</c><00:31:43.079><c> he</c><00:31:43.220><c> said</c>

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:48.740
to<00:31:43.720><c> Saul,</c><00:31:45.720><c> we</c><00:31:46.019><c> would</c><00:31:46.259><c> start</c><00:31:46.500><c> thinking</c><00:31:46.880><c> that</c><00:31:47.579><c> it</c><00:31:47.960><c> was</c><00:31:48.200><c> intended</c>

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:52.000
that<00:31:49.559><c> we</c><00:31:49.720><c> do</c><00:31:49.940><c> something.</c><00:31:51.480><c> Not</c><00:31:51.740><c> that</c><00:31:51.880><c> we</c>

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:55.960
just<00:31:52.240><c> come</c><00:31:52.440><c> there</c><00:31:52.839><c> and</c><00:31:53.380><c> acknowledge</c><00:31:53.839><c> all</c><00:31:54.119><c> the</c><00:31:54.359><c> signs</c><00:31:54.839><c> as</c><00:31:55.619><c> if</c>

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they<00:31:56.160><c> were</c><00:31:56.339><c> given</c><00:31:56.599><c> for</c><00:31:56.839><c> no</c><00:31:57.160><c> reason,</c><00:31:58.720><c> but</c><00:32:02.420><c> that</c>

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occasion<00:32:02.839><c> was</c><00:32:03.240><c> found,</c><00:32:04.019><c> or</c><00:32:04.019><c> as</c><00:32:04.279><c> opportunity</c><00:32:04.839><c> presented</c><00:32:05.299><c> itself,</c><00:32:06.460><c> that</c>

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we<00:32:06.859><c> did</c><00:32:07.119><c> something</c><00:32:07.500><c> with</c><00:32:07.799><c> the</c><00:32:08.039><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:32:08.460><c> God</c><00:32:08.680><c> that</c><00:32:08.859><c> came</c><00:32:09.019><c> upon</c><00:32:09.259><c> us.</c><00:32:11.460><c> Now</c><00:32:11.799><c> I</c><00:32:12.140><c> find</c><00:32:12.460><c> this</c><00:32:12.960><c> very</c><00:32:13.460><c> encouraging.</c><00:32:14.500><c> To</c><00:32:14.759><c> my</c>

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mind,<00:32:15.339><c> God</c><00:32:15.559><c> is</c><00:32:15.980><c> showing</c>

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:21.200
us<00:32:16.660><c> the</c><00:32:16.880><c> way</c><00:32:17.140><c> he</c><00:32:17.519><c> intended</c><00:32:18.079><c> the</c><00:32:18.759><c> record</c><00:32:19.220><c> to</c><00:32:20.180><c> motivate</c><00:32:20.640><c> us</c><00:32:21.019><c> and</c>

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:24.900
to<00:32:21.380><c> provide</c><00:32:21.839><c> faith</c><00:32:22.319><c> for</c><00:32:22.619><c> us.</c><00:32:24.480><c> Like</c><00:32:24.720><c> it's</c>

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:27.420
one<00:32:25.140><c> thing</c><00:32:25.339><c> for</c><00:32:25.519><c> us</c><00:32:25.680><c> to</c><00:32:25.799><c> say,</c><00:32:26.180><c> brothers</c><00:32:26.240><c> and</c><00:32:26.539><c> sisters,</c><00:32:27.039><c> that</c>

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:29.180
faith<00:32:27.680><c> comes</c><00:32:28.039><c> by</c><00:32:28.359><c> hearing,</c><00:32:28.720><c> and</c><00:32:28.859><c> the</c><00:32:28.980><c> hearing</c>

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:35.099
by<00:32:29.339><c> the</c><00:32:29.500><c> word</c><00:32:29.619><c> of</c><00:32:29.859><c> God.</c><00:32:31.160><c> But</c><00:32:31.519><c> how</c><00:32:31.900><c> does</c><00:32:32.119><c> it</c><00:32:32.299><c> actually</c><00:32:32.940><c> work?</c><00:32:34.819><c> Well</c><00:32:35.039><c> I</c>

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:38.099
think<00:32:35.319><c> it's</c><00:32:35.519><c> very</c><00:32:35.960><c> close</c><00:32:36.259><c> to</c><00:32:36.539><c> this.</c>

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:43.220
Saul<00:32:38.460><c> has</c><00:32:39.079><c> been</c><00:32:39.440><c> told,</c><00:32:39.880><c> or</c><00:32:40.259><c> we</c><00:32:40.579><c> hope</c><00:32:40.839><c> reminded,</c><00:32:42.539><c> of</c><00:32:42.680><c> what</c><00:32:42.920><c> God</c>

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:45.819
has<00:32:43.640><c> done</c><00:32:44.000><c> before</c><00:32:44.740><c> with</c><00:32:44.980><c> other</c><00:32:45.259><c> judges</c>

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:51.740
by<00:32:46.480><c> what</c><00:32:47.180><c> Samuel</c><00:32:47.640><c> told</c><00:32:47.980><c> him,</c><00:32:48.779><c> three</c><00:32:49.119><c> signs.</c><00:32:50.740><c> And</c><00:32:51.000><c> when</c><00:32:51.180><c> the</c><00:32:51.380><c> spirit</c><00:32:51.539><c> of</c>

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:54.940
God<00:32:52.019><c> comes</c><00:32:52.359><c> on</c><00:32:52.680><c> you,</c><00:32:54.059><c> do</c><00:32:54.299><c> as</c>

00:32:54.940 --> 00:33:00.920
you<00:32:55.279><c> have</c><00:32:55.539><c> opportunity,</c><00:32:56.839><c> for</c><00:32:57.000><c> God</c><00:32:57.140><c> is</c><00:32:57.319><c> with</c><00:32:57.539><c> you.</c><00:33:00.160><c> I</c><00:33:00.740><c> wonder</c>

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:04.619
if<00:33:01.099><c> he</c><00:33:01.279><c> thought</c><00:33:01.500><c> about</c><00:33:01.900><c> Samson.</c><00:33:04.180><c> Now</c><00:33:04.380><c> Samson</c>

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:07.099
is<00:33:04.759><c> going</c><00:33:04.819><c> to</c><00:33:04.900><c> be</c><00:33:04.980><c> very</c><00:33:05.259><c> important</c><00:33:05.539><c> to</c><00:33:05.700><c> us</c><00:33:05.859><c> in</c><00:33:05.980><c> this</c><00:33:06.180><c> record.</c>

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:09.160
Very<00:33:07.720><c> important,</c><00:33:08.319><c> because</c><00:33:08.500><c> there</c><00:33:08.819><c> are</c>

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:15.880
some,<00:33:09.900><c> some</c><00:33:10.400><c> similarities</c><00:33:11.220><c> between</c><00:33:12.460><c> Samson</c><00:33:13.200><c> and</c><00:33:13.559><c> Saul.</c><00:33:15.339><c> Let's</c><00:33:15.680><c> just</c>

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:17.480
go<00:33:16.059><c> back</c><00:33:16.259><c> to</c><00:33:16.400><c> this</c><00:33:16.579><c> record</c><00:33:17.019><c> of</c>

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:24.920
Samson<00:33:17.819><c> for</c><00:33:18.079><c> a</c><00:33:18.240><c> moment.</c><00:33:19.579><c> Judges</c><00:33:20.039><c> chapter</c><00:33:20.680><c> 14.</c><00:33:24.279><c> This</c><00:33:24.920><c> is</c><00:33:24.920><c> the</c>

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:24.920
record<00:33:24.920><c> of</c><00:33:24.920><c> Samson.</c><00:33:24.920><c> This</c><00:33:24.920><c> is</c><00:33:24.920><c> the</c><00:33:24.920><c> record</c>

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:30.119
of<00:33:24.940><c> Saul.</c><00:33:27.480><c> Now</c><00:33:28.039><c> Saul</c><00:33:28.279><c> would</c><00:33:28.480><c> have</c><00:33:28.660><c> taken</c><00:33:29.019><c> some</c><00:33:29.500><c> time</c><00:33:29.740><c> to</c><00:33:29.960><c> make</c>

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:31.859
the<00:33:30.380><c> journey.</c><00:33:30.960><c> I</c><00:33:30.960><c> don't</c><00:33:31.160><c> know</c><00:33:31.359><c> just</c><00:33:31.599><c> how</c>

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:34.299
long,<00:33:32.079><c> but</c><00:33:32.220><c> he</c><00:33:32.339><c> would</c><00:33:32.539><c> have</c><00:33:32.700><c> had</c><00:33:32.859><c> time</c><00:33:33.140><c> to</c><00:33:33.380><c> reflect</c><00:33:33.799><c> and</c><00:33:34.119><c> think</c>

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:38.859
on<00:33:34.500><c> these</c><00:33:34.779><c> things.</c><00:33:36.619><c> Judges</c><00:33:37.140><c> 14</c><00:33:38.000><c> verse</c>

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:47.720
4.<00:33:41.720><c> Quite</c><00:33:41.980><c> often</c><00:33:42.599><c> Samson</c><00:33:43.400><c> is</c><00:33:43.799><c> misunderstood.</c><00:33:46.440><c> Not</c><00:33:47.000><c> that</c><00:33:47.259><c> it's</c>

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:49.619
totally<00:33:48.140><c> a</c><00:33:48.359><c> misunderstanding</c><00:33:49.019><c> in</c><00:33:49.400><c> saying</c>

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:52.720
that<00:33:49.839><c> in</c><00:33:50.200><c> going</c><00:33:50.359><c> down</c><00:33:50.799><c> and</c><00:33:50.940><c> choosing</c><00:33:51.240><c> Philistine</c><00:33:51.880><c> women</c><00:33:52.140><c> he</c><00:33:52.319><c> made</c><00:33:52.539><c> a</c>

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:55.319
mistake.<00:33:54.240><c> But</c><00:33:54.400><c> to</c><00:33:54.640><c> think</c><00:33:54.740><c> it</c><00:33:54.859><c> was</c>

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:59.319
totally<00:33:56.000><c> flesh</c><00:33:56.700><c> that</c><00:33:57.420><c> motivated</c><00:33:57.880><c> him</c><00:33:58.099><c> to</c><00:33:58.160><c> go</c><00:33:58.380><c> down</c><00:33:58.720><c> to</c><00:33:59.000><c> seek</c>

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:01.299
Philistine<00:34:00.039><c> women</c><00:34:00.339><c> is</c><00:34:00.640><c> to</c><00:34:00.839><c> ignore</c><00:34:01.119><c> what</c>

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:08.719
the<00:34:01.519><c> record</c><00:34:01.720><c> says.</c><00:34:03.319><c> For</c><00:34:03.460><c> in</c><00:34:03.619><c> verse</c><00:34:03.940><c> 4</c><00:34:04.720><c> it</c><00:34:05.220><c> says</c><00:34:05.519><c> his</c><00:34:05.759><c> father</c><00:34:06.119><c> and</c><00:34:06.319><c> his</c><00:34:06.539><c> mother</c><00:34:06.799><c> knew</c><00:34:07.099><c> not</c><00:34:07.900><c> that</c><00:34:08.360><c> it</c><00:34:08.539><c> was</c>

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:16.500
of<00:34:08.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:09.599><c> that</c><00:34:10.039><c> he</c><00:34:10.440><c> sought</c><00:34:10.800><c> an</c><00:34:11.320><c> occasion</c><00:34:12.079><c> against</c><00:34:13.139><c> the</c><00:34:13.420><c> Philistines.</c><00:34:16.119><c> Now</c>

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.460
this<00:34:16.679><c> is</c><00:34:16.880><c> not</c><00:34:17.059><c> the</c><00:34:17.260><c> same</c>

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:20.980
word<00:34:17.699><c> in</c><00:34:17.900><c> the</c><00:34:18.099><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:18.639><c> as</c><00:34:19.300><c> we're</c><00:34:19.480><c> dealing</c><00:34:19.719><c> with</c><00:34:20.239><c> that</c><00:34:20.659><c> Samuel</c>

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:23.159
says<00:34:21.300><c> as</c><00:34:21.679><c> you</c><00:34:21.900><c> have</c><00:34:22.159><c> opportunity</c><00:34:22.820><c> so</c>

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:30.460
to<00:34:23.380><c> speak,</c><00:34:23.780><c> but</c><00:34:23.780><c> it</c><00:34:23.960><c> is</c><00:34:24.179><c> in</c><00:34:24.539><c> essence</c><00:34:24.940><c> the</c><00:34:25.340><c> same</c><00:34:25.659><c> idea.</c><00:34:27.719><c> What</c><00:34:28.159><c> Samson</c><00:34:28.619><c> was</c><00:34:29.019><c> doing</c><00:34:29.659><c> was</c><00:34:30.280><c> he</c>

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.400
was<00:34:30.719><c> trying</c><00:34:31.019><c> to</c>

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:38.139
find<00:34:31.639><c> a</c><00:34:31.940><c> means</c><00:34:32.360><c> to</c><00:34:32.739><c> perform</c><00:34:33.300><c> God's</c><00:34:34.099><c> will.</c><00:34:36.659><c> It</c><00:34:36.840><c> was</c><00:34:37.079><c> unfortunate</c><00:34:37.659><c> that</c><00:34:37.900><c> he</c>

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:40.559
chose<00:34:38.460><c> that</c><00:34:38.860><c> way,</c><00:34:40.079><c> but</c><00:34:40.280><c> God</c>

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:45.159
did<00:34:40.880><c> not</c><00:34:41.239><c> fault</c><00:34:41.539><c> Samson</c><00:34:42.000><c> in</c><00:34:42.179><c> the</c><00:34:42.440><c> overall,</c><00:34:43.139><c> for</c><00:34:43.260><c> in</c><00:34:43.420><c> Hebrews</c><00:34:43.659><c> chapter</c><00:34:44.099><c> 11</c><00:34:44.360><c> he's</c><00:34:44.719><c> considered</c><00:34:45.000><c> a</c>

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:46.039
man<00:34:45.260><c> of</c>

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:50.840
faith.<00:34:47.199><c> But</c><00:34:47.300><c> with</c><00:34:47.500><c> the</c><00:34:47.659><c> spirit</c><00:34:47.840><c> of</c><00:34:48.079><c> God</c><00:34:48.219><c> on</c><00:34:48.500><c> him</c><00:34:49.000><c> as</c><00:34:49.480><c> he</c><00:34:49.639><c> had</c><00:34:49.960><c> learned</c><00:34:50.300><c> when</c><00:34:50.539><c> he</c>

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.699
tore<00:34:51.079><c> that</c><00:34:51.400><c> line</c><00:34:51.679><c> apart,</c>

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:56.780
he<00:34:53.300><c> knew</c><00:34:53.519><c> what</c><00:34:53.800><c> God</c><00:34:54.139><c> could</c><00:34:54.599><c> and</c><00:34:54.860><c> would</c><00:34:55.079><c> do</c><00:34:55.300><c> for</c><00:34:55.519><c> him</c><00:34:56.079><c> and</c><00:34:56.519><c> now</c>

00:34:56.780 --> 00:35:00.239
he<00:34:56.940><c> was</c><00:34:57.280><c> seeking</c><00:34:57.679><c> an</c><00:34:58.139><c> occasion.</c><00:34:59.940><c> Now</c><00:35:00.059><c> brothers</c>

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:03.940
and<00:35:00.519><c> sisters</c><00:35:00.800><c> there's</c><00:35:01.179><c> a</c><00:35:01.300><c> tremendous</c><00:35:01.960><c> exhortation</c><00:35:02.699><c> in</c><00:35:02.940><c> that.</c>

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:07.039
If<00:35:05.440><c> we</c><00:35:05.619><c> are</c><00:35:05.739><c> the</c><00:35:05.960><c> kind</c><00:35:06.139><c> of</c><00:35:06.340><c> a</c><00:35:06.480><c> person</c><00:35:06.760><c> that</c>

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:11.760
lacks<00:35:07.440><c> confidence</c><00:35:08.159><c> and</c><00:35:09.099><c> we</c><00:35:09.340><c> feel</c><00:35:09.599><c> somewhat</c><00:35:09.940><c> inferior</c><00:35:10.599><c> and</c><00:35:11.579><c> we</c>

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:13.639
don't<00:35:12.099><c> think</c><00:35:12.500><c> that</c><00:35:12.760><c> God</c><00:35:12.960><c> has</c><00:35:13.179><c> really</c><00:35:13.480><c> got</c>

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:16.280
the<00:35:14.000><c> work</c><00:35:14.000><c> that</c><00:35:14.219><c> we've</c><00:35:14.519><c> seen</c><00:35:14.659><c> clearly</c><00:35:15.019><c> before</c><00:35:15.440><c> us,</c><00:35:15.639><c> then</c><00:35:15.920><c> find</c>

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:19.719
an<00:35:16.539><c> occasion.</c><00:35:18.500><c> Seek</c><00:35:18.800><c> to</c><00:35:19.000><c> find</c><00:35:19.219><c> some</c><00:35:19.539><c> way</c>

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:24.679
to<00:35:19.960><c> serve</c><00:35:20.139><c> God.</c><00:35:22.539><c> God</c><00:35:22.760><c> will</c><00:35:22.900><c> provide</c><00:35:23.159><c> it.</c><00:35:23.820><c> He'll</c><00:35:24.159><c> provide</c><00:35:24.420><c> the</c>

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:27.760
opportunities.<00:35:26.440><c> And</c><00:35:26.719><c> this</c><00:35:26.960><c> is</c><00:35:27.139><c> an</c><00:35:27.300><c> example</c>

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:31.880
of<00:35:27.980><c> where</c><00:35:28.219><c> Samson</c><00:35:28.980><c> faithfully</c><00:35:29.800><c> went</c><00:35:30.039><c> out</c><00:35:30.559><c> to</c><00:35:31.079><c> find</c><00:35:31.420><c> a</c><00:35:31.619><c> means</c>

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:35.800
whereby<00:35:32.280><c> he</c><00:35:32.500><c> could</c><00:35:32.719><c> serve</c><00:35:32.960><c> his</c><00:35:33.280><c> God,</c><00:35:35.480><c> but</c>

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:43.619
not<00:35:36.079><c> Saul.</c><00:35:39.539><c> Unfortunately</c><00:35:40.139><c> not</c><00:35:41.599><c> Saul.</c><00:35:42.699><c> Why</c><00:35:43.019><c> not</c><00:35:43.380><c> Saul?</c><00:35:43.619><c> Why</c>

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:43.619
not<00:35:43.619><c> Saul?</c><00:35:43.619><c> Why</c><00:35:43.619><c> not</c><00:35:43.619><c> Saul?</c><00:35:43.619><c> Why</c><00:35:43.619><c> not</c>

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:48.079
Saul?<00:35:45.079><c> Because</c><00:35:45.639><c> he</c><00:35:45.760><c> was</c><00:35:45.980><c> like</c><00:35:46.199><c> the</c><00:35:46.420><c> people.</c><00:35:47.400><c> In</c><00:35:47.559><c> what</c><00:35:47.780><c> way</c><00:35:47.980><c> was</c>

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:51.260
he<00:35:48.219><c> like</c><00:35:48.380><c> the</c><00:35:48.519><c> people?</c><00:35:49.460><c> They</c><00:35:49.619><c> were</c><00:35:49.900><c> faithless.</c>

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:56.920
They<00:35:51.559><c> asked</c><00:35:51.840><c> for</c><00:35:52.079><c> a</c><00:35:52.219><c> king</c><00:35:52.599><c> because</c><00:35:53.380><c> they</c><00:35:53.679><c> wanted</c><00:35:53.940><c> to</c><00:35:54.360><c> see</c><00:35:54.599><c> something</c><00:35:55.019><c> before</c><00:35:55.480><c> their</c><00:35:55.780><c> eyes.</c><00:35:56.539><c> And</c><00:35:56.719><c> the</c>

00:35:56.920 --> 00:36:03.599
way<00:35:57.059><c> of</c><00:35:57.380><c> faith</c><00:35:57.579><c> is</c><00:35:57.980><c> trust.</c><00:35:59.380><c> It's</c><00:35:59.599><c> to</c><00:35:59.780><c> depend</c><00:36:00.119><c> on</c><00:36:00.300><c> what</c><00:36:00.480><c> you</c><00:36:00.739><c> cannot</c><00:36:01.099><c> see,</c><00:36:01.739><c> literally,</c><00:36:03.380><c> but</c>

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that<00:36:03.760><c> you</c><00:36:03.960><c> believe</c>

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and<00:36:04.880><c> understand</c><00:36:05.380><c> is</c><00:36:05.639><c> there</c><00:36:05.960><c> because</c><00:36:06.440><c> in</c><00:36:07.579><c> the</c><00:36:07.860><c> eye</c><00:36:08.139><c> of</c><00:36:08.579><c> faith</c>

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:12.679
it's<00:36:09.639><c> obvious.</c><00:36:11.639><c> And</c><00:36:11.980><c> he</c><00:36:12.099><c> had</c><00:36:12.260><c> been</c><00:36:12.460><c> given</c>

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three<00:36:13.019><c> signs</c><00:36:13.559><c> so</c><00:36:14.860><c> that</c><00:36:14.980><c> he</c><00:36:15.059><c> could</c><00:36:15.219><c> understand</c><00:36:15.840><c> that</c><00:36:16.079><c> God</c><00:36:16.260><c> was</c>

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:18.860
with<00:36:16.699><c> him.</c><00:36:17.599><c> It</c><00:36:17.820><c> says</c><00:36:17.960><c> God</c><00:36:18.260><c> gave</c><00:36:18.480><c> him</c><00:36:18.659><c> another</c>

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:22.179
heart.<00:36:19.179><c> I</c><00:36:19.380><c> don't</c><00:36:19.539><c> know</c><00:36:19.619><c> what</c><00:36:19.780><c> that</c><00:36:20.119><c> means,</c><00:36:20.440><c> but</c><00:36:20.760><c> we</c><00:36:21.039><c> must</c><00:36:21.239><c> understand</c><00:36:21.880><c> it.</c>

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He<00:36:22.500><c> must</c><00:36:22.760><c> have</c><00:36:23.079><c> known</c><00:36:23.599><c> that</c>

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:28.900
into<00:36:24.440><c> some</c><00:36:24.679><c> degree</c><00:36:25.000><c> he</c><00:36:25.280><c> felt</c><00:36:25.480><c> differently.</c><00:36:28.179><c> The</c><00:36:28.440><c> spirit</c><00:36:28.639><c> of</c>

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:33.619
God's<00:36:29.260><c> with</c><00:36:29.440><c> thee,</c><00:36:30.360><c> Saul,</c><00:36:31.480><c> do</c><00:36:31.659><c> as</c><00:36:32.199><c> occasion</c>

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:37.719
permits.<00:36:35.440><c> So</c><00:36:35.719><c> he</c><00:36:35.940><c> came</c><00:36:36.159><c> right</c><00:36:36.400><c> up</c><00:36:36.599><c> to</c><00:36:36.780><c> the</c><00:36:37.019><c> garrison</c><00:36:37.360><c> of</c><00:36:37.559><c> the</c>

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:41.000
Philistines.<00:36:39.099><c> He</c><00:36:39.579><c> prophesied</c><00:36:40.400><c> with</c><00:36:40.780><c> those</c>

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:44.519
that<00:36:41.119><c> were</c><00:36:41.380><c> prophesying.</c><00:36:43.579><c> And</c><00:36:43.820><c> then</c><00:36:43.940><c> I</c><00:36:44.039><c> suppose</c><00:36:44.260><c> he</c><00:36:44.400><c> went</c>

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home.<00:36:46.659><c> Another</c><00:36:46.860><c> example</c><00:36:47.559><c> closely</c><00:36:48.300><c> with</c>

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:52.760
this<00:36:48.920><c> that</c><00:36:49.219><c> illustrates</c><00:36:49.920><c> more</c><00:36:51.480><c> or</c><00:36:51.599><c> less</c><00:36:51.780><c> the</c><00:36:52.039><c> same</c><00:36:52.260><c> principle</c>

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:56.059
is<00:36:53.260><c> Judges</c><00:36:53.960><c> chapter</c><00:36:54.360><c> 6</c><00:36:55.179><c> in</c><00:36:55.719><c> the</c><00:36:55.820><c> life</c>

00:36:56.059 --> 00:37:02.300
of<00:36:56.360><c> Gideon.</c><00:36:58.380><c> And</c><00:36:58.679><c> it</c><00:36:58.780><c> would</c><00:36:58.980><c> seem</c><00:36:59.159><c> to</c><00:36:59.380><c> me</c><00:36:59.579><c> that</c><00:36:59.920><c> Gideon</c><00:37:01.260><c> was</c><00:37:01.739><c> one</c><00:37:02.059><c> of</c>

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:04.619
the<00:37:02.599><c> judges</c><00:37:03.119><c> that</c><00:37:03.539><c> was</c><00:37:03.960><c> foremost</c><00:37:04.340><c> in</c>

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the<00:37:04.860><c> mind</c><00:37:05.139><c> of</c><00:37:05.599><c> his</c><00:37:05.920><c> son,</c><00:37:06.360><c> Jonathan.</c><00:37:07.539><c> And</c><00:37:07.800><c> if</c><00:37:08.039><c> his</c><00:37:08.239><c> son</c><00:37:08.500><c> Jonathan</c><00:37:08.960><c> knew</c>

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about<00:37:09.480><c> Gideon,</c><00:37:09.900><c> you</c><00:37:10.059><c> can</c><00:37:10.300><c> hardly</c>

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see<00:37:10.900><c> any</c><00:37:11.099><c> reasons</c><00:37:11.440><c> why</c><00:37:12.000><c> his</c><00:37:12.340><c> father</c><00:37:12.679><c> shouldn't</c><00:37:13.239><c> have.</c><00:37:15.579><c> But</c><00:37:15.699><c> look</c><00:37:15.800><c> at</c>

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:19.320
the<00:37:16.079><c> way</c><00:37:16.340><c> Gideon</c><00:37:18.219><c> or</c><00:37:18.699><c> the</c><00:37:18.980><c> angel</c>

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introduces<00:37:20.039><c> himself</c><00:37:20.980><c> to</c><00:37:21.760><c> Gideon,</c><00:37:22.679><c> verse</c><00:37:22.780><c> 12,</c><00:37:23.940><c> Judges</c><00:37:24.320><c> 6.</c><00:37:25.780><c> The</c>

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angel<00:37:26.159><c> of</c><00:37:26.380><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:26.739><c> appeared</c><00:37:27.059><c> unto</c><00:37:27.380><c> him</c><00:37:27.820><c> and</c>

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said<00:37:28.260><c> unto</c><00:37:28.519><c> him,</c><00:37:29.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:30.320><c> is</c><00:37:30.860><c> with</c><00:37:31.199><c> thee,</c><00:37:32.300><c> thou</c><00:37:32.539><c> mighty</c><00:37:33.019><c> man</c>

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:38.219
of<00:37:33.780><c> valor.</c><00:37:36.500><c> Samuel</c><00:37:36.800><c> says</c><00:37:37.079><c> to</c><00:37:37.380><c> Saul,</c>

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:46.239
do<00:37:38.639><c> as</c><00:37:38.980><c> occasion</c><00:37:39.519><c> serve</c><00:37:39.940><c> thee,</c><00:37:40.500><c> Saul,</c><00:37:40.900><c> for</c><00:37:41.300><c> God</c><00:37:41.780><c> is</c><00:37:42.460><c> with</c><00:37:42.820><c> thee.</c><00:37:45.940><c> Now</c>

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:49.280
to<00:37:46.400><c> do</c><00:37:46.699><c> nothing</c><00:37:47.420><c> when</c><00:37:48.119><c> God</c><00:37:48.400><c> is</c><00:37:48.920><c> with</c>

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:57.139
us<00:37:49.960><c> is</c><00:37:50.920><c> to</c><00:37:51.219><c> deny</c><00:37:52.260><c> faith</c><00:37:53.300><c> in</c><00:37:54.099><c> our</c><00:37:54.300><c> life.</c><00:37:55.760><c> And</c><00:37:55.900><c> as</c><00:37:56.099><c> we</c><00:37:56.320><c> have</c><00:37:56.539><c> pointed</c><00:37:56.800><c> out</c>

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and<00:37:57.320><c> must</c><00:37:57.659><c> continue</c><00:37:58.239><c> to</c><00:37:58.480><c> point</c>

00:37:58.639 --> 00:38:02.280
out,<00:37:59.039><c> brothers</c><00:37:59.039><c> and</c><00:37:59.260><c> sisters,</c><00:38:00.300><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:00.559><c> 11</c><00:38:01.000><c> verse</c><00:38:01.320><c> 6</c><00:38:01.599><c> says</c><00:38:01.860><c> we</c>

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:06.039
cannot<00:38:03.039><c> please</c><00:38:03.659><c> God</c><00:38:04.699><c> without</c><00:38:05.179><c> faith.</c>

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:09.760
We<00:38:06.760><c> must</c><00:38:07.099><c> believe</c><00:38:07.440><c> that</c><00:38:07.639><c> he</c><00:38:07.760><c> is</c><00:38:08.219><c> and</c><00:38:08.440><c> that</c><00:38:08.599><c> he</c><00:38:08.739><c> is</c><00:38:08.900><c> a</c><00:38:09.099><c> rewarder</c>

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of<00:38:10.039><c> diligent</c><00:38:10.460><c> service.</c><00:38:12.099><c> So</c><00:38:12.340><c> under</c><00:38:12.539><c> these</c>

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:20.019
conditions<00:38:13.500><c> not</c><00:38:14.360><c> to</c><00:38:14.639><c> take</c><00:38:14.860><c> the</c><00:38:15.199><c> initiative</c><00:38:15.679><c> and</c><00:38:16.179><c> do</c><00:38:16.420><c> something</c><00:38:16.980><c> was</c><00:38:18.960><c> maybe</c><00:38:19.659><c> the</c>

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:21.599
first<00:38:20.380><c> step</c><00:38:20.840><c> in</c><00:38:21.340><c> the</c>

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decline<00:38:21.980><c> of</c><00:38:22.320><c> Saul</c><00:38:22.579><c> because</c><00:38:24.760><c> it</c><00:38:25.039><c> seems</c><00:38:25.219><c> to</c><00:38:25.440><c> have</c><00:38:25.719><c> happened</c><00:38:25.940><c> again</c><00:38:26.400><c> and</c><00:38:26.739><c> again.</c>

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:57.159
If<00:38:36.719><c> we</c><00:38:37.820><c> turn</c><00:38:38.099><c> to</c><00:38:38.400><c> 1</c><00:38:38.639><c> Samuel</c><00:38:39.139><c> chapter</c><00:38:39.739><c> 10,</c><00:38:55.519><c> Samuel</c><00:38:55.679><c> calls</c><00:38:56.480><c> all</c>

00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:00.260
Israel<00:38:57.519><c> together</c><00:38:58.239><c> to</c><00:38:59.719><c> show</c><00:38:59.920><c> them</c><00:39:00.039><c> the</c>

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:07.960
King.<00:39:04.840><c> And</c><00:39:05.239><c> verse</c><00:39:05.440><c> 19,</c><00:39:06.239><c> you</c><00:39:06.239><c> have</c><00:39:06.519><c> this</c><00:39:06.800><c> day</c><00:39:07.019><c> rejected</c><00:39:07.559><c> your</c>

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:10.739
God<00:39:08.320><c> who</c><00:39:09.039><c> himself</c><00:39:09.559><c> saved</c><00:39:09.920><c> you</c><00:39:10.199><c> out</c><00:39:10.320><c> of</c><00:39:10.500><c> all</c>

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:14.539
your<00:39:11.699><c> adversities</c><00:39:12.280><c> and</c><00:39:12.559><c> your</c><00:39:12.780><c> tribulations,</c><00:39:14.059><c> and</c><00:39:14.239><c> you</c><00:39:14.380><c> have</c>

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:16.500
said<00:39:14.639><c> unto</c><00:39:14.900><c> you,</c><00:39:15.260><c> Nay,</c><00:39:15.599><c> but</c><00:39:16.019><c> said</c><00:39:16.219><c> a</c><00:39:16.320><c> king</c>

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:20.280
over<00:39:16.780><c> us.</c><00:39:17.500><c> Now</c><00:39:17.760><c> therefore</c><00:39:18.119><c> present</c><00:39:18.599><c> yourselves</c><00:39:19.159><c> before</c><00:39:19.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:20.039><c> by</c>

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:22.440
your<00:39:20.559><c> tribes</c><00:39:20.860><c> and</c><00:39:21.099><c> by</c><00:39:21.280><c> your</c><00:39:21.519><c> thousands.</c>

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:27.119
When<00:39:23.559><c> Samuel</c><00:39:23.960><c> had</c><00:39:24.320><c> caused</c><00:39:24.639><c> all</c><00:39:24.920><c> the</c><00:39:25.099><c> tribes</c><00:39:25.300><c> of</c><00:39:25.440><c> Israel</c><00:39:25.679><c> to</c><00:39:25.880><c> come</c><00:39:26.059><c> near,</c><00:39:26.440><c> the</c><00:39:26.599><c> tribe</c><00:39:26.780><c> of</c>

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:28.300
Benjamin<00:39:27.460><c> was</c><00:39:27.739><c> taken.</c>

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And<00:39:29.260><c> when</c><00:39:29.480><c> he</c><00:39:29.599><c> had</c><00:39:29.719><c> caused</c><00:39:29.880><c> the</c><00:39:30.039><c> tribe</c><00:39:30.199><c> of</c><00:39:30.300><c> Benjamin</c><00:39:30.659><c> to</c><00:39:30.880><c> come</c>

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:32.579
near<00:39:31.300><c> by</c><00:39:31.500><c> their</c><00:39:31.719><c> families,</c><00:39:32.219><c> the</c><00:39:32.320><c> family</c>

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:40.260
of<00:39:32.840><c> Matri</c><00:39:33.079><c> was</c><00:39:33.320><c> taken.</c><00:39:34.739><c> And</c><00:39:35.219><c> Saul,</c><00:39:35.480><c> the</c><00:39:35.619><c> son</c><00:39:35.840><c> of</c><00:39:36.059><c> Kish,</c><00:39:36.260><c> was</c><00:39:36.539><c> taken.</c><00:39:38.420><c> When</c><00:39:38.659><c> they</c><00:39:38.880><c> saw</c><00:39:39.059><c> him,</c><00:39:40.079><c> he</c>

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.679
could<00:39:40.500><c> not</c>

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be<00:39:40.900><c> found.</c><00:39:41.900><c> Therefore</c><00:39:42.280><c> they</c><00:39:42.519><c> inquired</c><00:39:42.860><c> of</c><00:39:42.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:43.320><c> further</c>

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:46.019
if<00:39:43.860><c> the</c><00:39:44.099><c> man</c><00:39:44.260><c> should</c><00:39:44.480><c> come</c><00:39:44.800><c> yet</c><00:39:45.079><c> hither.</c>

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:50.400
And<00:39:46.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:47.219><c> answered,</c><00:39:47.760><c> Behold,</c><00:39:48.119><c> he</c><00:39:48.340><c> hath</c><00:39:48.579><c> hid</c><00:39:48.820><c> himself</c><00:39:49.440><c> amongst</c><00:39:50.019><c> the</c>

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:55.679
stuff.<00:39:54.579><c> Now</c><00:39:55.059><c> it</c><00:39:55.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:55.400><c> have</c><00:39:55.539><c> been</c>

00:39:55.679 --> 00:40:01.199
easy<00:39:56.019><c> for</c><00:39:56.340><c> a</c><00:39:56.500><c> man</c><00:39:56.659><c> that</c><00:39:56.900><c> big</c><00:39:57.039><c> to</c><00:39:57.340><c> hide.</c><00:40:00.000><c> So</c><00:40:00.139><c> Saul</c><00:40:00.280><c> must</c><00:40:00.559><c> have</c><00:40:00.719><c> worked</c><00:40:00.980><c> at</c>

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it.<00:40:03.579><c> It</c><00:40:03.699><c> was</c><00:40:03.940><c> totally</c><00:40:04.440><c> inconsistent</c>

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:09.960
with<00:40:05.639><c> a</c><00:40:05.860><c> person</c><00:40:06.179><c> with</c><00:40:06.519><c> the</c><00:40:06.699><c> spirit</c><00:40:07.099><c> of</c><00:40:07.340><c> God</c><00:40:07.699><c> to</c><00:40:08.199><c> hide</c><00:40:08.579><c> himself.</c>

00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:18.940
Brothers<00:40:12.400><c> and</c><00:40:12.719><c> sisters,</c><00:40:13.440><c> what</c><00:40:13.760><c> do</c><00:40:14.019><c> we</c><00:40:14.179><c> do?</c><00:40:18.139><c> In</c><00:40:18.360><c> the</c><00:40:18.519><c> Lord's</c>

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:23.079
day,<00:40:20.500><c> people</c><00:40:20.840><c> were</c><00:40:21.099><c> acting</c><00:40:21.460><c> just</c><00:40:21.840><c> like</c><00:40:22.139><c> that.</c>

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:27.460
They<00:40:23.280><c> believed</c><00:40:23.699><c> him,</c><00:40:25.000><c> but</c><00:40:25.079><c> they</c><00:40:25.280><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:25.699><c> confess</c><00:40:26.099><c> him,</c><00:40:26.880><c> lest</c><00:40:26.980><c> they</c><00:40:27.119><c> should</c><00:40:27.300><c> be</c>

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.940
put<00:40:27.599><c> out</c><00:40:27.719><c> of</c><00:40:27.860><c> the</c><00:40:28.019><c> synagogue.</c>

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:32.000
For<00:40:29.099><c> they</c><00:40:29.320><c> loved</c><00:40:29.500><c> the</c><00:40:29.840><c> praise</c><00:40:30.039><c> of</c><00:40:30.320><c> men</c><00:40:30.739><c> more</c><00:40:31.420><c> than</c><00:40:31.559><c> the</c><00:40:31.800><c> praise</c>

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of<00:40:32.219><c> God.</c><00:40:34.159><c> There</c><00:40:34.280><c> are</c><00:40:34.539><c> many</c><00:40:34.840><c> times,</c><00:40:35.619><c> brothers</c>

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:41.000
and<00:40:36.000><c> sisters,</c><00:40:36.420><c> when</c><00:40:36.880><c> after</c><00:40:37.440><c> reading</c><00:40:37.780><c> the</c><00:40:38.019><c> Scriptures,</c><00:40:38.420><c> we</c><00:40:38.699><c> feel</c><00:40:39.099><c> elevated</c><00:40:39.840><c> in</c>

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:42.980
our<00:40:41.260><c> feelings</c><00:40:41.619><c> about</c><00:40:42.280><c> our</c>

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:45.480
obligations<00:40:43.579><c> and</c><00:40:43.880><c> about</c><00:40:44.139><c> where</c><00:40:44.460><c> we're</c><00:40:44.679><c> going</c><00:40:44.940><c> in</c><00:40:45.099><c> our</c><00:40:45.280><c> life</c>

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.960
because<00:40:45.780><c> we're</c><00:40:46.119><c> associated</c><00:40:46.539><c> with</c><00:40:46.760><c> the</c>

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:53.480
truth.<00:40:47.519><c> But</c><00:40:47.519><c> what</c><00:40:47.940><c> do</c><00:40:48.199><c> we</c><00:40:48.360><c> do</c><00:40:48.860><c> about</c><00:40:49.239><c> it?</c><00:40:50.320><c> Do</c><00:40:50.679><c> we</c><00:40:51.300><c> seek</c><00:40:51.880><c> an</c><00:40:52.420><c> occasion</c><00:40:53.000><c> to</c>

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:58.019
serve<00:40:53.719><c> Yahweh?</c><00:40:56.019><c> Or</c><00:40:56.460><c> do</c><00:40:56.639><c> we</c><00:40:56.820><c> retire</c>

00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:02.199
and<00:40:58.679><c> do</c><00:40:58.840><c> we</c><00:40:59.079><c> sink</c><00:40:59.219><c> back</c><00:40:59.579><c> into</c><00:40:59.800><c> our</c><00:41:00.059><c> fittings</c><00:41:00.360><c> of</c><00:41:00.619><c> inferiority</c>

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:05.539
and<00:41:02.900><c> lack</c><00:41:03.260><c> of</c><00:41:03.579><c> confidence</c><00:41:04.000><c> and</c><00:41:04.679><c> let</c><00:41:04.820><c> the</c><00:41:05.079><c> opportunity</c>

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:10.179
pass?<00:41:06.599><c> Surely</c><00:41:07.059><c> every</c><00:41:07.599><c> one</c><00:41:07.760><c> of</c><00:41:07.920><c> us,</c><00:41:08.260><c> as</c><00:41:08.320><c> we</c><00:41:08.579><c> examine</c><00:41:08.900><c> our</c><00:41:09.159><c> minds,</c><00:41:09.800><c> can</c>

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:13.920
see<00:41:10.860><c> in</c><00:41:11.619><c> our</c><00:41:12.079><c> history</c><00:41:12.840><c> times</c><00:41:13.559><c> when</c>

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:19.519
we<00:41:14.099><c> have</c><00:41:14.300><c> blown</c><00:41:14.579><c> it.</c><00:41:15.239><c> I</c><00:41:15.440><c> surely</c><00:41:15.780><c> can.</c><00:41:17.599><c> When</c><00:41:17.820><c> it</c><00:41:18.039><c> seems</c><00:41:18.280><c> that</c><00:41:18.500><c> God</c><00:41:18.739><c> provided</c><00:41:19.179><c> a</c>

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:21.519
unique<00:41:19.960><c> opportunity</c><00:41:20.719><c> to</c>

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:25.960
present<00:41:21.920><c> the</c><00:41:22.219><c> truth</c><00:41:22.659><c> and</c><00:41:24.400><c> we</c><00:41:24.519><c> were</c><00:41:24.760><c> silent.</c>

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:33.800
God<00:41:27.579><c> is</c><00:41:27.780><c> very</c><00:41:28.019><c> patient.</c><00:41:30.079><c> His</c><00:41:30.280><c> mercy</c><00:41:30.599><c> is</c><00:41:31.039><c> shown</c><00:41:31.320><c> at</c><00:41:31.980><c> all</c><00:41:32.260><c> levels.</c><00:41:33.519><c> God</c>

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:36.139
didn't<00:41:34.219><c> just</c><00:41:34.579><c> abandon</c><00:41:35.219><c> Saul.</c>

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:40.300
They<00:41:36.420><c> brought</c><00:41:36.659><c> him</c><00:41:36.960><c> forth.</c><00:41:37.820><c> He</c><00:41:38.059><c> was</c><00:41:38.320><c> showed</c><00:41:38.519><c> to</c><00:41:38.820><c> all</c><00:41:39.039><c> the</c><00:41:39.239><c> kingdom</c><00:41:39.619><c> and</c>

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.960
for<00:41:40.579><c> some</c><00:41:40.820><c> they</c><00:41:41.119><c> said,</c><00:41:41.460><c> God</c><00:41:41.639><c> saved</c>

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:46.860
the<00:41:42.099><c> king</c><00:41:42.440><c> and</c><00:41:42.679><c> for</c><00:41:42.960><c> others,</c><00:41:44.079><c> can</c><00:41:44.079><c> this</c><00:41:44.380><c> man</c><00:41:44.619><c> save</c><00:41:44.880><c> us?</c><00:41:46.539><c> Saul</c>

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:50.420
was<00:41:47.159><c> silent.</c><00:41:48.639><c> He</c><00:41:48.800><c> had</c><00:41:49.019><c> nothing</c><00:41:49.239><c> to</c><00:41:49.539><c> say.</c>

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:55.760
But<00:41:51.880><c> to</c><00:41:52.079><c> leave</c><00:41:52.300><c> on</c><00:41:52.840><c> a</c><00:41:52.860><c> rather</c><00:41:53.340><c> good</c><00:41:53.760><c> note</c><00:41:54.400><c> today,</c><00:41:55.320><c> because</c><00:41:55.599><c> we</c>

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:57.380
don't<00:41:55.980><c> get</c><00:41:56.179><c> this</c><00:41:56.420><c> opportunity</c><00:41:56.920><c> often</c>

00:41:57.380 --> 00:42:01.679
with<00:41:57.639><c> Saul,</c><00:41:58.239><c> let's</c><00:41:58.539><c> read</c><00:41:59.300><c> some</c><00:42:00.239><c> of</c><00:42:00.400><c> the</c><00:42:00.559><c> events</c><00:42:00.760><c> that</c><00:42:01.019><c> took</c><00:42:01.199><c> place</c><00:42:01.500><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:42:01.980><c> 11.</c>

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:09.940
Now<00:42:05.219><c> this</c><00:42:05.480><c> chap,</c><00:42:06.159><c> Naash</c><00:42:06.599><c> the</c><00:42:07.000><c> Ammonite,</c><00:42:08.260><c> must</c><00:42:08.539><c> have</c><00:42:08.719><c> been</c><00:42:08.920><c> some</c><00:42:09.280><c> man</c>

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:13.219
on<00:42:11.719><c> the</c><00:42:11.920><c> basis</c><00:42:12.199><c> of</c><00:42:12.440><c> making</c><00:42:12.699><c> a</c><00:42:13.019><c> covenant</c>

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:15.619
with<00:42:13.480><c> people</c><00:42:13.860><c> that</c><00:42:14.039><c> would</c><00:42:14.219><c> be</c><00:42:14.400><c> on</c><00:42:14.519><c> the</c><00:42:14.719><c> basis</c><00:42:14.980><c> of</c><00:42:15.320><c> thrusting</c>

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:19.079
out<00:42:16.000><c> all</c><00:42:16.320><c> their</c><00:42:16.500><c> right</c><00:42:16.860><c> eyes.</c><00:42:18.239><c> Just</c><00:42:18.440><c> imagine</c>

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:25.619
the<00:42:19.699><c> gory</c><00:42:20.119><c> work</c><00:42:20.579><c> that</c><00:42:20.739><c> would</c><00:42:20.940><c> have</c><00:42:21.139><c> to</c><00:42:21.300><c> be</c><00:42:21.460><c> done</c><00:42:21.619><c> to</c><00:42:21.940><c> accomplish</c><00:42:22.400><c> that,</c><00:42:23.599><c> never</c><00:42:23.840><c> mind</c><00:42:24.099><c> just</c><00:42:24.420><c> the</c><00:42:24.699><c> threat.</c>

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:32.219
But<00:42:27.000><c> when</c><00:42:27.559><c> this</c><00:42:28.340><c> news</c><00:42:28.800><c> comes</c><00:42:29.300><c> to</c><00:42:29.679><c> Saul,</c><00:42:31.079><c> and</c><00:42:31.179><c> again</c><00:42:31.519><c> we</c><00:42:31.760><c> wonder</c>

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:34.420
what<00:42:32.820><c> it</c><00:42:33.019><c> was</c><00:42:33.219><c> that</c><00:42:33.480><c> so</c><00:42:33.840><c> stirred</c><00:42:34.079><c> him</c>

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:38.079
this<00:42:34.739><c> time,</c><00:42:35.400><c> but</c><00:42:35.400><c> nevertheless,</c><00:42:36.159><c> verse</c><00:42:36.360><c> 4,</c><00:42:37.280><c> then</c><00:42:37.480><c> came</c><00:42:37.840><c> the</c>

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:40.019
messengers<00:42:38.519><c> to</c><00:42:38.820><c> Gibeah</c><00:42:39.179><c> of</c><00:42:39.400><c> Saul</c><00:42:39.760><c> and</c>

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:42.760
told<00:42:40.159><c> the</c><00:42:40.480><c> tidings</c><00:42:40.780><c> in</c><00:42:40.980><c> the</c><00:42:41.059><c> ears</c><00:42:41.340><c> of</c><00:42:41.480><c> the</c><00:42:41.639><c> people,</c><00:42:42.320><c> and</c><00:42:42.480><c> all</c>

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:44.380
the<00:42:42.980><c> people</c><00:42:43.179><c> lifted</c><00:42:43.440><c> up</c><00:42:43.719><c> their</c><00:42:43.980><c> voices</c>

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:48.239
and<00:42:44.760><c> wept.</c><00:42:46.079><c> And</c><00:42:46.280><c> behold,</c><00:42:46.619><c> Saul</c><00:42:47.000><c> came</c><00:42:47.280><c> after</c><00:42:47.599><c> the</c><00:42:47.840><c> herd</c><00:42:47.980><c> out</c><00:42:48.139><c> of</c>

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:50.619
the<00:42:48.420><c> field,</c><00:42:48.739><c> and</c><00:42:48.920><c> Saul</c><00:42:49.219><c> said,</c><00:42:50.340><c> What</c>

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:53.860
willeth<00:42:50.760><c> the</c><00:42:51.000><c> people</c><00:42:51.199><c> that</c><00:42:51.380><c> they</c><00:42:51.659><c> weep?</c><00:42:53.079><c> And</c><00:42:53.300><c> they</c><00:42:53.519><c> told</c><00:42:53.699><c> him</c>

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:56.280
the<00:42:54.139><c> tidings</c><00:42:54.480><c> of</c><00:42:54.679><c> the</c><00:42:54.780><c> men</c><00:42:54.940><c> of</c><00:42:55.139><c> Jabesh.</c>

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:58.940
And<00:42:56.619><c> the</c><00:42:56.840><c> Spirit</c><00:42:57.019><c> of</c><00:42:57.159><c> God</c><00:42:57.440><c> came</c><00:42:57.739><c> upon</c><00:42:58.159><c> Saul</c><00:42:58.420><c> when</c><00:42:58.599><c> he</c><00:42:58.719><c> heard</c>

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:00.860
those<00:42:59.340><c> tidings,</c><00:42:59.820><c> and</c><00:42:59.880><c> his</c><00:43:00.139><c> anger</c><00:43:00.440><c> was</c>

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:04.099
greatly<00:43:01.380><c> kindled.</c><00:43:02.239><c> And</c><00:43:02.380><c> he</c><00:43:02.519><c> took</c><00:43:02.739><c> a</c><00:43:02.900><c> yoke</c><00:43:03.079><c> of</c><00:43:03.320><c> oxen</c><00:43:03.639><c> and</c><00:43:03.900><c> hewed</c>

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:06.219
them<00:43:04.340><c> in</c><00:43:04.500><c> pieces,</c><00:43:05.380><c> and</c><00:43:05.659><c> sent</c><00:43:05.800><c> them</c><00:43:06.059><c> through</c>

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:09.219
at<00:43:06.300><c> all</c><00:43:06.579><c> the</c><00:43:06.780><c> coasts</c><00:43:07.139><c> of</c><00:43:07.139><c> Israel</c><00:43:07.420><c> by</c><00:43:07.659><c> the</c><00:43:07.820><c> hands</c><00:43:08.079><c> of</c><00:43:08.340><c> messengers,</c><00:43:08.739><c> saying,</c>

00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:11.380
Whosoever<00:43:10.260><c> cometh</c><00:43:10.559><c> not</c><00:43:11.059><c> forth</c>

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:15.000
after<00:43:11.840><c> Saul</c><00:43:12.340><c> and</c><00:43:12.679><c> Samuel,</c><00:43:13.420><c> so</c><00:43:13.739><c> shall</c><00:43:13.940><c> it</c><00:43:14.119><c> be</c><00:43:14.300><c> done</c><00:43:14.460><c> unto</c><00:43:14.699><c> his</c>

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:17.619
oxen.<00:43:16.219><c> And</c><00:43:16.500><c> the</c><00:43:16.699><c> fear</c><00:43:16.880><c> of</c><00:43:17.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:17.400><c> fell</c>

00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:23.300
on<00:43:17.739><c> all</c><00:43:17.900><c> the</c><00:43:18.079><c> people,</c><00:43:18.639><c> and</c><00:43:18.820><c> they</c><00:43:19.019><c> came</c><00:43:19.179><c> out</c><00:43:19.380><c> with</c><00:43:19.539><c> one</c><00:43:19.780><c> consent.</c><00:43:23.039><c> Now</c><00:43:23.260><c> we</c>

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:24.659
can<00:43:23.460><c> learn</c><00:43:23.639><c> something</c><00:43:24.099><c> from</c>

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:28.900
this,<00:43:25.420><c> brothers</c><00:43:25.420><c> and</c><00:43:25.699><c> sisters,</c><00:43:26.059><c> and</c><00:43:26.280><c> again,</c><00:43:27.400><c> especially</c><00:43:27.760><c> if</c>

00:43:28.900 --> 00:43:31.980
we<00:43:29.320><c> have</c><00:43:29.559><c> those</c><00:43:30.019><c> feelings</c><00:43:30.539><c> of</c><00:43:30.920><c> inferiority.</c>

00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:35.420
We<00:43:32.800><c> lack</c><00:43:33.019><c> the</c><00:43:33.260><c> confidence.</c><00:43:33.699><c> We</c><00:43:33.840><c> just</c><00:43:34.139><c> can't</c><00:43:34.559><c> seem</c><00:43:34.820><c> to</c><00:43:35.039><c> get</c><00:43:35.199><c> a</c>

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:36.739
hold<00:43:35.539><c> of</c><00:43:35.719><c> the</c><00:43:35.860><c> work</c><00:43:35.980><c> of</c><00:43:36.139><c> the</c><00:43:36.340><c> truth</c><00:43:36.519><c> and</c>

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:41.699
do<00:43:36.980><c> something.</c><00:43:38.900><c> Here's</c><00:43:39.420><c> the</c><00:43:39.599><c> one</c><00:43:39.760><c> occasion</c><00:43:40.179><c> when</c><00:43:40.420><c> Saul</c><00:43:40.599><c> did.</c>

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:46.780
It<00:43:43.260><c> was</c><00:43:43.519><c> the</c><00:43:43.900><c> tidings.</c><00:43:45.019><c> It</c><00:43:45.400><c> was</c><00:43:45.679><c> reacting</c>

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:53.059
spontaneously<00:43:48.219><c> to</c><00:43:48.820><c> such</c><00:43:49.400><c> evil,</c><00:43:50.199><c> evil</c><00:43:50.719><c> tidings.</c><00:43:52.420><c> And</c><00:43:52.599><c> it</c><00:43:52.719><c> would</c><00:43:52.860><c> seem</c>

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:54.480
to<00:43:53.300><c> me</c><00:43:53.420><c> that</c><00:43:53.639><c> it</c><00:43:53.760><c> was</c><00:43:53.960><c> the</c><00:43:54.179><c> mercy</c>

00:43:54.480 --> 00:44:00.079
of<00:43:54.739><c> God</c><00:43:55.039><c> to</c><00:43:55.260><c> provide</c><00:43:55.739><c> a</c><00:43:55.980><c> man</c><00:43:56.179><c> like</c><00:43:56.539><c> Mahash</c><00:43:57.139><c> with</c><00:43:57.659><c> such</c><00:43:58.179><c> evil</c><00:43:58.739><c> intentions,</c><00:43:59.880><c> to</c>

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:02.340
get<00:44:00.420><c> Saul</c><00:44:00.860><c> going</c><00:44:01.460><c> and</c><00:44:01.880><c> moving</c>

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:06.760
and<00:44:02.940><c> acting</c><00:44:03.239><c> as</c><00:44:03.559><c> a</c><00:44:03.699><c> king.</c><00:44:05.219><c> And</c><00:44:05.400><c> so</c><00:44:05.559><c> even</c><00:44:05.760><c> though</c><00:44:06.159><c> you</c><00:44:06.340><c> could</c><00:44:06.480><c> look</c><00:44:06.619><c> at</c>

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:08.260
the<00:44:06.940><c> tidings</c><00:44:07.239><c> and</c><00:44:07.460><c> say,</c><00:44:07.780><c> What</c><00:44:07.780><c> terrible</c>

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:12.800
things,<00:44:09.739><c> yet</c><00:44:09.920><c> the</c><00:44:10.300><c> purpose</c><00:44:10.679><c> of</c><00:44:10.900><c> it</c><00:44:11.659><c> and</c><00:44:12.039><c> the</c><00:44:12.260><c> outworking</c><00:44:12.579><c> of</c>

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:16.260
it<00:44:13.119><c> was</c><00:44:13.400><c> good.</c><00:44:14.960><c> That's</c><00:44:15.559><c> because</c><00:44:16.260><c> the</c><00:44:16.260><c> people</c>

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:21.000
our<00:44:16.960><c> God</c><00:44:17.340><c> never</c><00:44:18.320><c> forsakes</c><00:44:19.019><c> us</c><00:44:19.380><c> or</c><00:44:19.679><c> leaves</c><00:44:20.099><c> us,</c><00:44:20.559><c> brothers</c><00:44:20.699><c> and</c>

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:23.679
sisters,<00:44:21.719><c> even</c><00:44:22.119><c> in</c><00:44:22.440><c> times</c><00:44:22.699><c> of</c><00:44:22.920><c> adversity.</c><00:44:23.360><c> He's</c>

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:31.659
always<00:44:23.960><c> with</c><00:44:24.159><c> us,</c><00:44:24.940><c> as</c><00:44:25.179><c> he</c><00:44:25.320><c> was</c><00:44:25.539><c> with</c><00:44:25.760><c> Saul.</c><00:44:27.500><c> But</c><00:44:27.780><c> Saul</c><00:44:27.980><c> did</c><00:44:28.239><c> something</c><00:44:28.840><c> that</c><00:44:29.380><c> committed</c><00:44:29.719><c> him.</c><00:44:31.420><c> In</c>

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:32.239
his<00:44:31.940><c> anger,</c>

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:35.239
and<00:44:32.440><c> you</c><00:44:32.539><c> can't</c><00:44:33.000><c> sustain</c><00:44:33.360><c> anger.</c><00:44:34.340><c> You</c><00:44:34.380><c> know</c><00:44:34.579><c> that</c><00:44:34.760><c> yourself,</c>

00:44:35.659 --> 00:44:37.619
that<00:44:35.659><c> anger</c><00:44:36.079><c> is</c><00:44:36.340><c> a</c><00:44:36.579><c> flush.</c><00:44:37.280><c> It</c><00:44:37.360><c> comes</c>

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:40.760
on<00:44:37.840><c> you</c><00:44:38.000><c> quickly.</c><00:44:38.360><c> It</c><00:44:38.579><c> can't</c><00:44:38.980><c> be</c><00:44:39.179><c> sustained.</c><00:44:40.039><c> But</c><00:44:40.219><c> he</c><00:44:40.380><c> acted</c>

00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:42.719
in<00:44:40.980><c> that</c><00:44:41.199><c> anger,</c><00:44:41.860><c> and</c><00:44:42.000><c> he</c><00:44:42.139><c> cut</c><00:44:42.280><c> up</c><00:44:42.460><c> those</c>

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:44.960
rocks<00:44:43.059><c> and</c><00:44:43.239><c> sent</c><00:44:43.460><c> them</c><00:44:43.699><c> all</c><00:44:43.880><c> through</c><00:44:44.059><c> Israel.</c><00:44:44.460><c> Many</c><00:44:44.599><c> may</c><00:44:44.780><c> have</c>

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:48.980
wondered,<00:44:45.699><c> What</c><00:44:46.480><c> have</c><00:44:46.659><c> I</c><00:44:46.800><c> done?</c><00:44:48.719><c> Because</c>

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:52.699
now<00:44:49.239><c> a</c><00:44:49.440><c> man</c><00:44:49.659><c> who</c><00:44:49.940><c> felt</c><00:44:50.139><c> inferior</c><00:44:50.739><c> and</c><00:44:50.940><c> incapable</c><00:44:51.480><c> was</c><00:44:52.059><c> obliged</c>

00:44:52.699 --> 00:44:55.519
to<00:44:53.059><c> carry</c><00:44:53.340><c> out</c><00:44:53.539><c> what</c><00:44:53.699><c> he</c><00:44:53.920><c> did.</c><00:44:55.019><c> That's</c>

00:44:55.519 --> 00:45:00.659
the<00:44:55.579><c> secret</c><00:44:56.039><c> for</c><00:44:56.539><c> people</c><00:44:56.880><c> who</c><00:44:57.059><c> have</c><00:44:57.139><c> this</c><00:44:57.440><c> problem,</c><00:44:58.340><c> is</c><00:44:58.500><c> to</c><00:44:58.719><c> commit</c><00:44:59.119><c> yourselves,</c><00:45:00.519><c> is</c>

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.659
to<00:45:00.840><c> say,</c><00:45:01.199><c> I</c><00:45:01.280><c> will,</c>

00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:05.139
I'll<00:45:01.980><c> be</c><00:45:02.179><c> there.</c><00:45:02.900><c> Of</c><00:45:03.099><c> course,</c><00:45:03.219><c> it</c><00:45:03.400><c> leans</c><00:45:03.559><c> on</c><00:45:03.780><c> your</c><00:45:04.099><c> integrity.</c>

00:45:05.820 --> 00:45:07.960
If<00:45:06.079><c> you're</c><00:45:06.340><c> a</c><00:45:06.460><c> person</c><00:45:06.699><c> that</c><00:45:06.960><c> will</c><00:45:07.519><c> speak</c>

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:10.480
one<00:45:08.139><c> thing</c><00:45:08.440><c> and</c><00:45:08.639><c> not</c><00:45:08.980><c> follow</c><00:45:09.239><c> through</c><00:45:09.480><c> your</c><00:45:09.760><c> word,</c><00:45:10.340><c> then</c><00:45:10.340><c> of</c>

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:14.599
course<00:45:10.719><c> that's</c><00:45:11.699><c> worse.</c><00:45:13.880><c> But</c><00:45:14.000><c> for</c><00:45:14.320><c> Saul,</c>

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:18.739
having<00:45:14.940><c> committed</c><00:45:15.360><c> himself,</c><00:45:16.800><c> now</c><00:45:17.139><c> he</c><00:45:17.320><c> goes</c><00:45:17.559><c> out</c><00:45:17.900><c> to</c><00:45:18.219><c> lead</c><00:45:18.460><c> the</c>

00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:20.500
people<00:45:18.980><c> of</c><00:45:19.099><c> Israel</c><00:45:19.480><c> against</c><00:45:20.099><c> this</c>

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:27.000
king.<00:45:22.519><c> And</c><00:45:22.659><c> what</c><00:45:22.840><c> a</c><00:45:22.960><c> wonderful</c><00:45:23.280><c> way</c><00:45:23.599><c> to</c><00:45:23.900><c> end.</c><00:45:24.780><c> Verse</c><00:45:25.139><c> 15,</c><00:45:26.900><c> And</c>

00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:29.420
all<00:45:27.159><c> the</c><00:45:27.380><c> people</c><00:45:27.739><c> went</c><00:45:28.119><c> to</c><00:45:28.420><c> Gilgal,</c><00:45:29.179><c> and</c>

00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:32.000
there<00:45:29.760><c> they</c><00:45:30.019><c> made</c><00:45:30.320><c> Saul</c><00:45:30.780><c> king.</c><00:45:31.159><c> Well,</c><00:45:31.320><c> they'd</c><00:45:31.519><c> already</c><00:45:31.780><c> done</c>

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:34.260
that,<00:45:32.280><c> but</c><00:45:32.380><c> they</c><00:45:32.559><c> made</c><00:45:32.699><c> him</c><00:45:32.860><c> king</c><00:45:33.039><c> again.</c><00:45:33.980><c> They</c>

00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:38.539
were<00:45:34.440><c> rejoicing</c><00:45:35.139><c> now</c><00:45:35.960><c> before</c><00:45:36.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:37.039><c> and</c><00:45:37.320><c> Gilgal,</c><00:45:37.900><c> and</c><00:45:37.980><c> there</c><00:45:38.199><c> they</c>

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:40.420
sacrificed<00:45:39.179><c> sacrifices</c><00:45:39.820><c> of</c><00:45:40.119><c> peace</c>

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:43.679
offerings<00:45:40.840><c> before</c><00:45:41.320><c> Yahweh,</c><00:45:42.179><c> and</c><00:45:42.440><c> there</c><00:45:42.800><c> Saul</c><00:45:43.119><c> and</c><00:45:43.320><c> all</c><00:45:43.559><c> the</c>

00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:48.699
men<00:45:43.840><c> of</c><00:45:43.940><c> Israel</c><00:45:44.480><c> rejoiced</c><00:45:45.400><c> greatly.</c><00:45:48.340><c> But</c>

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:53.559
there<00:45:48.880><c> was</c><00:45:49.119><c> another</c><00:45:49.340><c> man</c><00:45:49.900><c> of</c><00:45:50.219><c> opportunity</c><00:45:50.780><c> right</c><00:45:51.460><c> there.</c><00:45:53.320><c> And</c>

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:56.159
it<00:45:53.719><c> shows</c><00:45:53.980><c> you</c><00:45:54.300><c> how</c><00:45:54.699><c> a</c><00:45:55.059><c> person</c><00:45:55.519><c> who</c><00:45:55.820><c> is</c>

00:45:56.159 --> 00:46:01.219
geared<00:45:56.440><c> to</c><00:45:56.900><c> seek</c><00:45:57.179><c> opportunity.</c><00:45:58.820><c> You</c><00:45:59.039><c> know,</c><00:45:59.199><c> not</c><00:45:59.360><c> that</c><00:45:59.619><c> extroverts,</c><00:46:00.940><c> not</c>

00:46:01.219 --> 00:46:02.219
that<00:46:01.460><c> people</c><00:46:01.719><c> who</c><00:46:01.960><c> feel</c>

00:46:02.219 --> 00:46:05.940
superior<00:46:02.659><c> have</c><00:46:02.820><c> all</c><00:46:03.000><c> the</c><00:46:03.179><c> advantages.</c><00:46:03.559><c> There</c><00:46:03.940><c> are</c><00:46:04.260><c> very</c><00:46:04.579><c> unique</c><00:46:05.000><c> problems</c><00:46:05.579><c> for</c>

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:07.300
people<00:46:06.239><c> who</c><00:46:06.500><c> have</c><00:46:06.639><c> those</c>

00:46:07.300 --> 00:46:10.500
characteristics.<00:46:08.719><c> Something</c><00:46:09.039><c> like</c><00:46:09.300><c> Peter,</c><00:46:09.679><c> who</c><00:46:09.880><c> will</c><00:46:10.199><c> speak</c>

00:46:10.500 --> 00:46:12.199
spontaneously<00:46:11.300><c> and</c><00:46:11.599><c> often</c><00:46:11.760><c> get</c><00:46:11.960><c> into</c>

00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:19.260
difficulty<00:46:12.820><c> on</c><00:46:13.519><c> that</c><00:46:13.719><c> basis.</c><00:46:14.900><c> But</c><00:46:15.139><c> nevertheless,</c><00:46:15.840><c> Samuel</c><00:46:16.559><c> very</c><00:46:17.539><c> wisely</c><00:46:18.219><c> saw</c><00:46:18.800><c> an</c>

00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:22.019
occasion<00:46:19.780><c> here.</c><00:46:21.860><c> All</c>

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:25.159
the<00:46:22.199><c> people</c><00:46:22.500><c> are</c><00:46:22.800><c> rejoicing.</c><00:46:23.579><c> They're</c><00:46:23.639><c> happy.</c><00:46:24.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:24.880><c> hath</c>

00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:29.179
wrought<00:46:25.500><c> a</c><00:46:25.739><c> victory</c><00:46:26.139><c> for</c><00:46:26.920><c> Saul</c><00:46:27.300><c> and</c><00:46:27.579><c> the</c><00:46:27.760><c> people.</c>

00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:35.360
Come<00:46:29.880><c> to</c><00:46:30.099><c> Gilgal.</c><00:46:32.179><c> Let's</c><00:46:32.539><c> renew</c><00:46:32.800><c> the</c><00:46:33.059><c> kingdom</c><00:46:33.320><c> there.</c><00:46:34.519><c> And</c><00:46:34.559><c> all</c><00:46:34.760><c> the</c><00:46:34.940><c> people,</c><00:46:35.159><c> it</c>

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:36.480
says,<00:46:35.719><c> rejoice</c><00:46:36.039><c> greatly,</c>

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:40.699
but<00:46:36.760><c> the</c><00:46:37.159><c> content</c><00:46:37.579><c> of</c><00:46:37.860><c> chapter</c><00:46:38.260><c> 12.</c><00:46:39.800><c> Look</c><00:46:39.960><c> at</c><00:46:40.079><c> what</c><00:46:40.280><c> they</c><00:46:40.480><c> were</c>

00:46:40.699 --> 00:46:43.239
doing<00:46:40.920><c> before</c><00:46:41.380><c> that</c><00:46:41.639><c> day</c><00:46:41.820><c> was</c><00:46:42.079><c> over.</c>

00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:48.840
Verse<00:46:44.840><c> 18,</c><00:46:46.179><c> Samuel</c><00:46:46.519><c> called</c><00:46:47.019><c> on</c><00:46:47.380><c> Yahweh,</c><00:46:47.860><c> and</c><00:46:48.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:48.480><c> sent</c>

00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:51.519
thunder<00:46:49.380><c> and</c><00:46:49.699><c> rain</c><00:46:49.920><c> that</c><00:46:50.199><c> day,</c><00:46:50.760><c> and</c><00:46:51.079><c> all</c><00:46:51.280><c> the</c>

00:46:51.519 --> 00:46:58.659
people<00:46:51.800><c> greatly</c><00:46:52.420><c> feared</c><00:46:52.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:53.659><c> and</c><00:46:53.960><c> Samuel</c><00:46:54.559><c> in</c><00:46:55.639><c> confirmation</c><00:46:56.480><c> of</c><00:46:57.039><c> the</c><00:46:57.420><c> wickedness</c><00:46:58.340><c> and</c>

00:46:58.659 --> 00:46:58.659
act<00:46:58.659><c> of</c>

00:46:58.679 --> 00:47:05.000
asking<00:46:59.159><c> for</c><00:46:59.480><c> a</c><00:46:59.679><c> king</c><00:47:00.239><c> when</c><00:47:01.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:47:02.000><c> was</c><00:47:02.260><c> their</c><00:47:02.579><c> king.</c><00:47:04.800><c> You</c><00:47:04.840><c> see</c>

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.199
how<00:47:05.239><c> he</c><00:47:05.380><c> was</c><00:47:05.639><c> able</c><00:47:06.019><c> to</c><00:47:06.400><c> take</c><00:47:06.659><c> advantage</c>

00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:10.260
of<00:47:07.380><c> a</c><00:47:07.519><c> situation.</c><00:47:08.320><c> These</c><00:47:08.320><c> people</c><00:47:08.619><c> all</c><00:47:08.880><c> rejoicing</c><00:47:09.340><c> and</c><00:47:09.519><c> feeling</c><00:47:09.719><c> good,</c>

00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:12.659
come<00:47:10.760><c> with</c><00:47:11.039><c> me</c><00:47:11.480><c> to</c><00:47:11.679><c> Gilgal.</c>

00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:17.039
Now<00:47:13.420><c> under</c><00:47:13.820><c> these</c><00:47:14.280><c> conditions,</c><00:47:14.820><c> I</c><00:47:14.980><c> want</c><00:47:15.199><c> to</c><00:47:15.440><c> teach</c><00:47:15.619><c> you</c><00:47:16.099><c> that</c>

00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:19.719
you<00:47:17.260><c> were</c><00:47:17.539><c> faithless.</c><00:47:19.199><c> And</c><00:47:19.420><c> of</c><00:47:19.559><c> course,</c>

00:47:19.739 --> 00:47:25.199
what<00:47:19.900><c> he</c><00:47:20.179><c> says</c><00:47:20.300><c> in</c><00:47:20.440><c> that</c><00:47:20.699><c> chapter</c><00:47:21.079><c> is</c><00:47:21.599><c> timeless.</c><00:47:24.340><c> That</c><00:47:24.480><c> it</c><00:47:24.579><c> didn't</c><00:47:24.739><c> make</c><00:47:24.980><c> any</c>

00:47:25.199 --> 00:47:25.820
difference<00:47:25.460><c> at</c><00:47:25.659><c> all</c>

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:30.300
that<00:47:26.099><c> they</c><00:47:26.099><c> had</c><00:47:26.099><c> a</c><00:47:26.280><c> king.</c><00:47:27.880><c> They</c><00:47:28.139><c> were</c><00:47:28.360><c> dealing</c><00:47:28.579><c> with</c><00:47:28.900><c> symptoms.</c><00:47:29.519><c> They</c><00:47:29.659><c> were</c><00:47:30.000><c> not</c>

00:47:30.300 --> 00:47:31.739
dealing<00:47:30.480><c> with</c><00:47:30.659><c> the</c><00:47:30.840><c> problem.</c>

00:47:32.260 --> 00:47:36.260
The<00:47:32.519><c> problem</c><00:47:32.800><c> could</c><00:47:33.059><c> only</c><00:47:33.380><c> be</c><00:47:33.639><c> dealt</c><00:47:33.880><c> with</c><00:47:34.360><c> by</c><00:47:35.440><c> when</c><00:47:35.800><c> you</c><00:47:36.079><c> sin</c>

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:39.639
against<00:47:36.619><c> God,</c><00:47:38.159><c> by</c><00:47:38.360><c> confessing</c><00:47:38.940><c> that</c><00:47:39.219><c> sin,</c>

00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:43.480
forsaking<00:47:40.420><c> those</c><00:47:40.780><c> ways,</c><00:47:41.320><c> turning</c><00:47:41.659><c> again</c><00:47:42.059><c> to</c><00:47:42.260><c> God.</c><00:47:43.019><c> God</c><00:47:43.280><c> would</c>

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:46.199
be<00:47:43.719><c> faithful,</c><00:47:44.760><c> and</c><00:47:44.940><c> bless</c><00:47:45.099><c> you.</c><00:47:46.199><c> You</c>

00:47:46.199 --> 00:47:50.260
can't<00:47:46.619><c> get</c><00:47:46.880><c> out</c><00:47:47.099><c> of</c><00:47:47.239><c> that</c><00:47:47.519><c> process</c><00:47:48.039><c> by</c><00:47:48.300><c> having</c><00:47:48.539><c> a</c><00:47:48.739><c> king.</c><00:47:49.980><c> And</c>

00:47:50.260 --> 00:47:51.480
they<00:47:50.360><c> were</c><00:47:50.559><c> trying</c><00:47:50.760><c> to</c><00:47:51.079><c> because</c><00:47:51.280><c> they</c>

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were<00:47:51.739><c> faithless.</c><00:47:53.800><c> So,</c><00:47:54.139><c> brothers</c><00:47:54.179><c> and</c><00:47:54.480><c> sisters,</c><00:47:55.119><c> it's</c><00:47:55.460><c> the</c><00:47:55.619><c> very</c><00:47:56.079><c> early</c><00:47:56.659><c> watershed</c><00:47:57.199><c> in</c>

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the<00:47:57.699><c> life</c>

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of<00:47:58.199><c> the</c><00:47:58.340><c> man</c><00:47:58.599><c> Saul.</c><00:47:59.960><c> We've</c><00:48:00.380><c> reached</c><00:48:00.619><c> the</c><00:48:01.059><c> highest</c><00:48:01.420><c> point</c><00:48:02.059><c> in</c>

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verse<00:48:03.760><c> 15</c><00:48:04.139><c> of</c><00:48:04.320><c> chapter</c><00:48:05.360><c> 11,</c><00:48:06.420><c> the</c><00:48:06.679><c> rejoicing</c>

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greatly<00:48:07.539><c> together</c><00:48:08.039><c> with</c><00:48:08.239><c> the</c><00:48:08.360><c> men</c><00:48:08.440><c> of</c><00:48:08.679><c> Israel.</c><00:48:09.840><c> After</c><00:48:10.239><c> this,</c>

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and<00:48:11.840><c> in</c><00:48:11.980><c> our</c><00:48:12.099><c> next</c><00:48:12.320><c> class</c><00:48:12.619><c> in</c><00:48:12.980><c> particular,</c>

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we<00:48:13.940><c> see</c><00:48:14.159><c> the</c><00:48:14.440><c> first</c><00:48:14.920><c> major</c><00:48:15.559><c> step</c><00:48:16.059><c> in</c><00:48:16.980><c> the</c><00:48:17.280><c> decline</c><00:48:17.679><c> of</c><00:48:18.039><c> Saul</c><00:48:18.300><c> to</c>

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his<00:48:18.980><c> bitter</c><00:48:19.260><c> end.</c><00:48:19.940><c> Thank</c><00:48:20.400><c> you.</c>

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God<00:48:40.460><c> bless</c><00:48:40.460><c> you.</c>