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when<00:10:44.860><c> we</c><00:10:45.139><c> remember</c><00:10:46.100><c> him</c><00:10:46.879><c> who</c><00:10:47.480><c> gave</c><00:10:47.720><c> his</c><00:10:48.039><c> life</c><00:10:48.320><c> for</c><00:10:48.659><c> us</c><00:10:49.639><c> at</c><00:10:50.039><c> our</c><00:10:50.360><c> convenience?</c>

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Isn't<00:10:52.740><c> this</c><00:10:52.919><c> treating</c><00:10:53.179><c> the</c><00:10:53.399><c> table</c><00:10:53.580><c> of</c><00:10:53.740><c> the</c><00:10:53.879><c> Lord</c><00:10:54.019><c> with</c><00:10:54.320><c> contempt?</c>

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Well,<00:10:55.379><c> that's</c><00:10:55.580><c> just</c><00:10:55.820><c> a</c><00:10:55.919><c> very</c><00:10:56.279><c> simple</c><00:10:56.559><c> example,</c><00:10:57.279><c> and</c><00:10:57.480><c> I'm</c><00:10:57.679><c> doubtless</c><00:10:58.019><c> preaching</c><00:10:58.379><c> to</c>

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and<00:10:59.379><c> I</c><00:10:59.460><c> don't</c><00:10:59.740><c> suppose</c><00:11:00.000><c> it</c><00:11:00.279><c> applies</c><00:11:00.539><c> to</c><00:11:00.779><c> anyone</c><00:11:01.019><c> in</c><00:11:01.299><c> present</c><00:11:01.500><c> company,</c>

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although<00:11:02.620><c> I'm</c><00:11:02.820><c> sure</c><00:11:03.059><c> we</c><00:11:03.200><c> can</c><00:11:03.440><c> all</c><00:11:03.720><c> think</c><00:11:04.059><c> of</c><00:11:05.179><c> situations</c><00:11:05.919><c> in</c>

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our<00:11:06.360><c> homoclesias</c><00:11:07.080><c> where</c><00:11:07.399><c> that</c><00:11:07.759><c> does</c><00:11:08.159><c> happen.</c>

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But<00:11:10.860><c> there</c><00:11:11.100><c> are</c><00:11:11.340><c> many,</c><00:11:12.019><c> many,</c><00:11:12.840><c> far</c><00:11:13.000><c> more</c><00:11:13.399><c> subtle</c><00:11:13.740><c> ways,</c><00:11:14.259><c> brethren</c><00:11:14.440><c> and</c><00:11:14.679><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:11:15.679><c> which</c><00:11:15.840><c> we</c><00:11:15.980><c> can</c><00:11:16.220><c> say</c><00:11:16.440><c> that</c><00:11:16.639><c> the</c><00:11:16.820><c> table</c><00:11:16.980><c> of</c><00:11:17.159><c> the</c><00:11:17.279><c> Lord</c><00:11:17.419><c> is</c><00:11:17.740><c> contemptible.</c>

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Slovenly<00:11:20.679><c> preparation</c><00:11:21.200><c> for</c><00:11:21.399><c> the</c><00:11:21.600><c> meetings.</c>

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Slovenly<00:11:24.320><c> preparation</c><00:11:24.840><c> for</c><00:11:25.179><c> our</c><00:11:25.500><c> duties.</c>

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Slovenly<00:11:28.299><c> dress.</c>

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Lack<00:11:30.100><c> of</c><00:11:30.440><c> punctuality.</c>

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Undisciplined<00:11:33.679><c> thoughts</c><00:11:34.259><c> and</c><00:11:34.759><c> actions.</c>

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There<00:11:37.399><c> are</c><00:11:37.799><c> 101</c><00:11:38.399><c> little</c><00:11:38.940><c> ways</c><00:11:39.320><c> in</c><00:11:39.500><c> which</c><00:11:39.679><c> we</c><00:11:39.840><c> can</c><00:11:40.139><c> treat</c><00:11:40.440><c> the</c>

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things<00:11:40.960><c> of</c><00:11:41.259><c> God</c>

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as<00:11:42.980><c> being</c><00:11:43.120><c> of</c><00:11:43.360><c> less</c><00:11:43.580><c> importance</c><00:11:44.100><c> in</c><00:11:44.379><c> our</c><00:11:44.639><c> lives</c><00:11:45.120><c> than</c><00:11:46.100><c> the</c><00:11:46.299><c> things</c><00:11:46.480><c> of</c>

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this<00:11:46.980><c> life.</c>

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Offering<00:11:49.580><c> the</c><00:11:49.840><c> lame</c><00:11:50.100><c> and</c><00:11:50.279><c> the</c><00:11:50.519><c> blind</c><00:11:50.779><c> and</c><00:11:51.039><c> the</c><00:11:51.299><c> sick</c><00:11:51.600><c> in</c><00:11:52.399><c> the</c>

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idiom<00:11:52.720><c> of</c><00:11:52.960><c> our</c><00:11:53.179><c> own</c><00:11:53.500><c> time</c>

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simply<00:11:54.360><c> means</c><00:11:54.940><c> giving</c><00:11:55.379><c> God</c><00:11:56.120><c> second</c><00:11:56.679><c> best.</c>

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The<00:11:59.039><c> leftovers,</c><00:12:00.320><c> the</c><00:12:00.559><c> offcuts,</c><00:12:01.980><c> the</c><00:12:02.120><c> bits</c><00:12:02.360><c> and</c><00:12:02.659><c> pieces</c><00:12:03.019><c> that</c>

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we<00:12:03.720><c> don't</c><00:12:04.039><c> really</c><00:12:04.480><c> need.</c>

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That's<00:12:08.000><c> just</c><00:12:08.220><c> another</c><00:12:08.460><c> way</c><00:12:08.679><c> of</c><00:12:08.840><c> saying</c><00:12:09.080><c> that</c><00:12:09.240><c> it</c><00:12:09.360><c> isn't</c><00:12:09.580><c> really</c><00:12:09.980><c> a</c><00:12:10.259><c> sacrifice</c><00:12:10.720><c> at</c><00:12:11.039><c> all.</c>

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Now,<00:12:13.100><c> don't</c><00:12:13.279><c> we</c><00:12:13.440><c> ever</c><00:12:13.659><c> do</c><00:12:13.879><c> that,</c><00:12:14.320><c> brethren</c><00:12:14.460><c> and</c><00:12:14.720><c> sisters?</c>

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We're<00:12:15.720><c> honest</c><00:12:15.919><c> with</c><00:12:16.220><c> ourselves.</c>

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Is<00:12:17.019><c> there</c><00:12:17.179><c> anybody</c><00:12:17.539><c> here</c><00:12:17.860><c> in</c><00:12:18.000><c> this</c><00:12:18.220><c> house</c><00:12:18.419><c> who</c><00:12:18.580><c> can</c><00:12:18.960><c> put</c><00:12:19.179><c> his</c>

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hand<00:12:19.600><c> over</c><00:12:19.879><c> his</c><00:12:20.159><c> heart,</c><00:12:20.440><c> so</c><00:12:20.679><c> to</c><00:12:20.879><c> speak,</c>

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and<00:12:21.879><c> say,</c><00:12:22.399><c> I</c><00:12:22.399><c> have</c><00:12:22.799><c> never</c><00:12:23.179><c> ever</c><00:12:23.799><c> given</c><00:12:24.220><c> God</c><00:12:24.659><c> second</c><00:12:25.059><c> best.</c>

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I<00:12:27.179><c> have</c><00:12:27.480><c> never</c><00:12:27.879><c> ever</c><00:12:28.220><c> given</c><00:12:28.519><c> God</c><00:12:28.899><c> the</c><00:12:29.240><c> leftovers</c><00:12:29.879><c> of</c><00:12:30.519><c> my</c><00:12:30.879><c> time,</c>

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my<00:12:32.120><c> energy</c><00:12:32.700><c> and</c><00:12:33.139><c> my</c><00:12:33.419><c> money.</c>

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Can<00:12:35.000><c> we</c><00:12:35.139><c> say</c><00:12:35.399><c> that</c><00:12:35.720><c> with</c><00:12:35.980><c> a</c><00:12:36.100><c> clear</c><00:12:36.240><c> conscience?</c>

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I<00:12:37.580><c> don't</c><00:12:37.799><c> think</c><00:12:37.940><c> we</c><00:12:38.179><c> can.</c>

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To<00:12:40.419><c> put</c><00:12:40.559><c> it</c><00:12:40.720><c> another</c><00:12:40.960><c> way,</c><00:12:41.539><c> do</c><00:12:41.840><c> we</c><00:12:42.259><c> in</c><00:12:42.539><c> fact</c><00:12:42.779><c> say</c><00:12:43.340><c> and</c><00:12:43.960><c> demonstrate</c>

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that<00:12:45.519><c> the</c><00:12:45.799><c> truth</c><00:12:46.120><c> is</c><00:12:46.620><c> the</c><00:12:46.860><c> most</c><00:12:47.340><c> important</c><00:12:47.940><c> thing</c><00:12:48.200><c> in</c><00:12:48.460><c> our</c>

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lives,<00:12:49.440><c> always,</c><00:12:50.460><c> every</c><00:12:50.799><c> day?</c>

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And<00:12:51.600><c> that</c><00:12:51.759><c> God</c><00:12:51.919><c> comes</c><00:12:52.299><c> first.</c>

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Or<00:12:53.960><c> do</c><00:12:54.080><c> we</c><00:12:54.220><c> set</c><00:12:54.360><c> about</c><00:12:54.820><c> the</c><00:12:55.000><c> business</c><00:12:55.500><c> of</c><00:12:55.700><c> building</c><00:12:56.000><c> up</c><00:12:56.279><c> our</c>

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little<00:12:56.799><c> empire</c>

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that<00:12:57.539><c> we</c><00:12:57.759><c> call</c><00:12:57.940><c> our</c><00:12:58.259><c> career,</c><00:12:59.360><c> or</c><00:12:59.639><c> the</c><00:12:59.980><c> retirement</c><00:13:00.559><c> fund,</c><00:13:01.440><c> or</c>

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whatever<00:13:01.860><c> you</c><00:13:02.120><c> like.</c>

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Getting<00:13:03.500><c> as</c><00:13:03.700><c> many</c><00:13:03.919><c> promotions</c><00:13:04.360><c> as</c><00:13:04.559><c> we</c><00:13:04.779><c> can,</c><00:13:05.279><c> building</c><00:13:05.399><c> brick</c>

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going<00:13:06.820><c> higher</c><00:13:07.240><c> and</c><00:13:07.399><c> higher</c><00:13:07.600><c> up</c><00:13:07.799><c> the</c><00:13:08.039><c> social</c><00:13:08.399><c> scale.</c>

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And<00:13:10.279><c> then</c><00:13:10.519><c> saying,</c><00:13:10.720><c> well,</c><00:13:10.919><c> of</c><00:13:11.139><c> course.</c>

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I<00:13:12.840><c> haven't</c><00:13:13.059><c> really</c><00:13:13.460><c> got</c><00:13:13.720><c> the</c><00:13:14.019><c> time,</c><00:13:14.320><c> you</c><00:13:14.519><c> know,</c><00:13:14.720><c> for</c><00:13:14.919><c> all</c><00:13:15.179><c> this</c>

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work<00:13:15.720><c> in</c><00:13:15.940><c> the</c><00:13:16.120><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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I'd<00:13:16.740><c> love</c><00:13:16.860><c> to</c><00:13:17.080><c> be</c><00:13:17.240><c> of</c><00:13:17.320><c> some</c><00:13:17.600><c> help,</c><00:13:17.840><c> but</c><00:13:18.019><c> I</c><00:13:18.279><c> really</c><00:13:18.600><c> can't.</c>

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I'm<00:13:19.279><c> far</c><00:13:19.639><c> too</c><00:13:19.980><c> busy.</c>

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Isn't<00:13:22.440><c> that</c><00:13:22.759><c> just</c><00:13:23.139><c> another</c><00:13:23.399><c> way</c><00:13:23.679><c> of</c><00:13:23.879><c> offering</c><00:13:24.259><c> the</c><00:13:24.580><c> lame</c><00:13:24.799><c> and</c>

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well,<00:13:27.899><c> God</c><00:13:28.159><c> can</c><00:13:28.419><c> have</c><00:13:28.620><c> the</c><00:13:28.860><c> offcuts.</c>

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When<00:13:30.320><c> I've</c><00:13:30.639><c> dealt</c><00:13:30.759><c> with</c><00:13:30.919><c> all</c><00:13:31.100><c> the</c><00:13:31.200><c> rest</c><00:13:31.440><c> and</c><00:13:31.620><c> used</c><00:13:31.759><c> what</c><00:13:31.940><c> I</c><00:13:32.120><c> want</c><00:13:32.320><c> for</c><00:13:32.580><c> myself,</c>

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what's<00:13:33.919><c> left</c><00:13:34.159><c> over</c><00:13:34.399><c> is</c><00:13:34.620><c> God's,</c><00:13:34.940><c> and</c><00:13:34.980><c> he's</c><00:13:35.259><c> welcome</c><00:13:35.519><c> to</c><00:13:35.759><c> it.</c>

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And<00:13:37.600><c> very</c><00:13:37.820><c> often,</c><00:13:38.379><c> brethren</c><00:13:38.500><c> and</c><00:13:38.779><c> sisters,</c><00:13:38.919><c> very</c><00:13:39.399><c> often,</c>

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there's<00:13:40.980><c> nothing</c><00:13:41.220><c> much</c><00:13:41.500><c> left</c><00:13:41.820><c> over</c><00:13:42.000><c> at</c><00:13:42.220><c> all,</c><00:13:42.539><c> is</c><00:13:42.620><c> there?</c>

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Very,<00:13:44.620><c> very</c><00:13:44.980><c> little</c><00:13:45.399><c> time</c><00:13:46.120><c> or</c><00:13:46.659><c> money,</c><00:13:47.019><c> if</c><00:13:47.220><c> anything</c><00:13:47.500><c> at</c><00:13:47.759><c> all,</c>

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if<00:13:48.360><c> that</c><00:13:48.519><c> is</c><00:13:48.700><c> our</c><00:13:48.899><c> approach.</c>

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Well,<00:13:50.879><c> certainly,</c><00:13:51.659><c> Israel's</c><00:13:52.019><c> approach</c><00:13:52.279><c> to</c><00:13:52.500><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:53.779><c> yet</c><00:13:53.899><c> they</c><00:13:54.059><c> said,</c><00:13:54.399><c> we're</c><00:13:54.600><c> in</c><00:13:54.659><c> if</c><00:13:54.820><c> we</c><00:13:55.019><c> despise</c><00:13:55.419><c> thy</c><00:13:55.659><c> name.</c>

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What<00:13:57.919><c> do</c><00:13:58.080><c> we</c><00:13:58.299><c> say,</c><00:13:58.639><c> brethren</c><00:13:58.899><c> and</c><00:13:59.220><c> sisters?</c>

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What<00:13:59.860><c> do</c><00:14:00.159><c> we</c><00:14:00.399><c> say?</c>

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Are<00:14:02.720><c> we</c><00:14:02.879><c> doing</c><00:14:03.059><c> any</c><00:14:03.320><c> better?</c>

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Well,<00:14:05.100><c> just</c><00:14:05.500><c> take</c><00:14:05.759><c> note</c><00:14:05.960><c> of</c><00:14:06.139><c> the</c><00:14:06.340><c> warning</c><00:14:06.580><c> in</c><00:14:06.820><c> verses</c><00:14:07.080><c> 13</c><00:14:07.559><c> and</c>

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14<00:14:08.159><c> of</c><00:14:08.340><c> this</c><00:14:08.559><c> first</c><00:14:08.779><c> chapter.</c>

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He<00:14:10.700><c> have</c><00:14:10.840><c> also</c><00:14:11.379><c> said,</c><00:14:11.879><c> behold,</c><00:14:12.820><c> what</c><00:14:13.279><c> a</c><00:14:13.519><c> weariness</c><00:14:13.960><c> is</c><00:14:14.200><c> it.</c>

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And<00:14:20.019><c> ye</c><00:14:20.220><c> have</c><00:14:20.379><c> snuffed</c><00:14:20.720><c> it,</c><00:14:21.080><c> saith</c><00:14:21.179><c> the</c><00:14:21.360><c> Lord</c><00:14:21.559><c> of</c><00:14:21.700><c> hosts.</c>

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And<00:14:22.759><c> ye</c><00:14:22.899><c> brought</c><00:14:23.080><c> that</c><00:14:23.340><c> which</c><00:14:23.480><c> was</c><00:14:23.759><c> torn</c><00:14:24.000><c> and</c><00:14:24.279><c> lame</c><00:14:24.500><c> and</c><00:14:24.799><c> sick,</c>

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all<00:14:25.759><c> those</c><00:14:25.919><c> things</c><00:14:26.100><c> that</c><00:14:26.220><c> are</c><00:14:26.480><c> worthless</c><00:14:26.840><c> to</c><00:14:27.220><c> you.</c>

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Thus<00:14:28.440><c> ye</c><00:14:28.679><c> brought</c><00:14:28.960><c> an</c><00:14:29.220><c> offering.</c>

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Oh,<00:14:29.940><c> yes,</c><00:14:30.100><c> you</c><00:14:30.259><c> went</c><00:14:30.539><c> through</c><00:14:30.820><c> the</c><00:14:31.100><c> motions.</c>

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And<00:14:32.659><c> should</c><00:14:32.879><c> I</c><00:14:33.159><c> accept</c><00:14:33.580><c> this</c><00:14:33.879><c> of</c><00:14:34.080><c> your</c><00:14:34.379><c> hand,</c><00:14:34.759><c> saith</c><00:14:34.940><c> the</c><00:14:35.200><c> Lord?</c>

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Cursed<00:14:36.820><c> be</c><00:14:37.039><c> the</c><00:14:37.220><c> deceiver</c><00:14:37.600><c> which</c><00:14:37.879><c> hath</c><00:14:38.000><c> in</c><00:14:38.139><c> his</c><00:14:38.340><c> flock</c><00:14:38.500><c> a</c><00:14:38.700><c> male</c>

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and<00:14:39.159><c> voweth,</c>

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and<00:14:39.740><c> sacrificed</c><00:14:40.120><c> unto</c><00:14:40.360><c> the</c><00:14:40.580><c> Lord</c><00:14:40.740><c> a</c><00:14:40.919><c> corrupt</c><00:14:41.220><c> thing.</c>

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In<00:14:42.120><c> other</c><00:14:42.259><c> words,</c><00:14:42.620><c> cursed</c><00:14:42.799><c> be</c><00:14:43.039><c> he</c><00:14:43.179><c> who</c><00:14:43.360><c> could</c><00:14:43.600><c> have</c><00:14:43.860><c> performed</c>

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adequately<00:14:44.899><c> and</c><00:14:45.220><c> did</c><00:14:45.559><c> not.</c>

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For<00:14:47.480><c> I</c><00:14:48.120><c> am</c><00:14:48.500><c> a</c><00:14:48.879><c> great</c><00:14:49.220><c> king,</c><00:14:49.980><c> saith</c><00:14:50.120><c> the</c><00:14:50.340><c> Lord</c><00:14:50.600><c> of</c><00:14:50.840><c> hosts.</c>

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And<00:14:52.179><c> my</c><00:14:52.519><c> name</c><00:14:52.860><c> is</c><00:14:53.240><c> dreadful</c><00:14:53.919><c> among</c><00:14:54.299><c> the</c><00:14:54.580><c> nations.</c>

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That's<00:14:58.679><c> something</c><00:14:58.860><c> to</c><00:14:59.059><c> think</c><00:14:59.279><c> about,</c><00:14:59.700><c> isn't</c><00:14:59.860><c> it?</c>

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On<00:15:02.360><c> we</c><00:15:02.580><c> move</c><00:15:02.799><c> to</c><00:15:03.200><c> chapter</c><00:15:03.539><c> two.</c>

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At<00:15:06.659><c> the</c><00:15:06.779><c> beginning</c><00:15:07.019><c> of</c><00:15:07.220><c> chapter</c><00:15:07.500><c> two,</c><00:15:08.080><c> Malachi</c><00:15:08.440><c> berates</c><00:15:08.980><c> the</c><00:15:09.299><c> priests</c>

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because<00:15:10.139><c> they</c><00:15:10.360><c> should</c><00:15:10.600><c> have</c><00:15:10.779><c> known</c><00:15:11.139><c> better.</c>

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The<00:15:12.700><c> covenant</c><00:15:12.960><c> of</c><00:15:13.159><c> God</c><00:15:13.360><c> was</c><00:15:13.600><c> in</c><00:15:13.740><c> their</c><00:15:14.019><c> keeping.</c>

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The<00:15:15.299><c> law</c><00:15:15.679><c> of</c><00:15:15.940><c> the</c><00:15:16.080><c> Lord</c><00:15:16.399><c> was</c><00:15:16.700><c> their</c><00:15:17.019><c> concern.</c>

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They<00:15:19.320><c> were</c><00:15:19.600><c> supposed,</c><00:15:20.159><c> as</c><00:15:20.379><c> verse</c><00:15:20.659><c> seven</c><00:15:21.120><c> says,</c><00:15:22.519><c> to</c><00:15:22.700><c> keep</c><00:15:22.940><c> knowledge</c>

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so<00:15:25.980><c> that</c><00:15:26.139><c> the</c><00:15:26.320><c> people</c><00:15:26.519><c> could</c><00:15:26.860><c> seek</c><00:15:27.100><c> the</c><00:15:27.379><c> law</c><00:15:27.580><c> at</c><00:15:27.779><c> the</c><00:15:27.980><c> priest's</c><00:15:28.480><c> mouth.</c>

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For<00:15:29.059><c> he</c><00:15:29.360><c> is</c><00:15:29.600><c> the</c><00:15:29.860><c> messenger</c><00:15:30.279><c> of</c><00:15:30.519><c> the</c><00:15:30.639><c> Lord</c><00:15:30.840><c> of</c><00:15:31.080><c> hosts.</c>

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That<00:15:35.039><c> was</c><00:15:35.279><c> their</c><00:15:35.480><c> function.</c>

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They<00:15:36.159><c> were</c><00:15:36.360><c> to</c><00:15:36.600><c> relay</c><00:15:37.039><c> the</c><00:15:37.299><c> law</c><00:15:37.500><c> of</c><00:15:37.700><c> God</c><00:15:37.960><c> to</c><00:15:38.159><c> the</c><00:15:38.379><c> people.</c>

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But,<00:15:40.220><c> verse</c><00:15:40.659><c> eight,</c><00:15:41.899><c> he</c><00:15:42.100><c> had</c><00:15:42.279><c> departed</c><00:15:42.620><c> out</c><00:15:42.899><c> of</c><00:15:43.039><c> the</c><00:15:43.220><c> way.</c>

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You've<00:15:44.019><c> caused</c><00:15:44.179><c> many</c><00:15:44.460><c> to</c><00:15:44.700><c> stumble</c><00:15:45.000><c> at</c><00:15:45.200><c> the</c><00:15:45.419><c> law.</c>

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You<00:15:45.980><c> have</c><00:15:46.240><c> corrupted</c><00:15:46.659><c> the</c><00:15:46.980><c> covenant</c><00:15:47.320><c> of</c><00:15:47.659><c> Levi,</c><00:15:48.940><c> saith</c><00:15:49.059><c> the</c><00:15:49.259><c> Lord</c><00:15:49.500><c> of</c><00:15:49.659><c> hosts.</c>

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And<00:15:51.720><c> remember</c><00:15:51.879><c> what</c><00:15:52.059><c> Jesus</c><00:15:52.340><c> said</c><00:15:52.639><c> to</c><00:15:52.840><c> his</c><00:15:53.019><c> contemporaries?</c>

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It<00:15:53.799><c> was</c><00:15:54.019><c> almost</c><00:15:54.259><c> exactly</c><00:15:54.679><c> the</c><00:15:54.860><c> same</c><00:15:55.120><c> thing.</c>

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He<00:15:55.700><c> says,</c><00:15:56.000><c> you've</c><00:15:56.159><c> taken</c><00:15:56.340><c> away</c><00:15:56.639><c> the</c><00:15:56.759><c> key</c><00:15:56.940><c> of</c><00:15:57.179><c> knowledge.</c>

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You<00:15:59.179><c> enter</c><00:15:59.440><c> not</c><00:15:59.700><c> in</c><00:15:59.940><c> yourselves</c><00:16:00.519><c> and</c><00:16:00.700><c> those</c><00:16:00.960><c> that</c><00:16:01.220><c> would</c><00:16:01.419><c> enter</c><00:16:01.740><c> in</c>

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you<00:16:02.080><c> hinder.</c>

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As<00:16:03.919><c> a</c><00:16:04.059><c> result,</c><00:16:04.559><c> the</c><00:16:04.720><c> people</c><00:16:04.940><c> would</c><00:16:05.179><c> know</c><00:16:05.340><c> better.</c>

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Verse<00:16:07.580><c> 11,</c><00:16:08.779><c> Judah</c><00:16:09.059><c> hath</c><00:16:09.340><c> dealt</c><00:16:09.539><c> treacherously</c><00:16:10.340><c> and</c><00:16:10.620><c> is</c><00:16:10.779><c> an</c><00:16:10.960><c> abomination.</c>

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It's<00:16:12.159><c> committed</c><00:16:12.440><c> in</c><00:16:12.620><c> Israel</c><00:16:13.120><c> and</c><00:16:13.399><c> in</c><00:16:13.659><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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For<00:16:15.240><c> Judah</c><00:16:15.480><c> hath</c><00:16:15.700><c> profaned</c><00:16:16.159><c> the</c><00:16:16.299><c> holiness</c><00:16:16.600><c> of</c><00:16:16.779><c> the</c><00:16:16.960><c> Lord,</c>

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which<00:16:17.379><c> he</c><00:16:17.600><c> loved</c><00:16:17.879><c> and</c><00:16:18.080><c> had</c><00:16:18.259><c> married</c><00:16:18.539><c> the</c><00:16:18.779><c> daughter</c><00:16:19.059><c> of</c><00:16:19.279><c> a</c><00:16:19.480><c> strange</c><00:16:19.879><c> God,</c>

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gone<00:16:21.500><c> off</c><00:16:21.659><c> after</c><00:16:21.980><c> other</c><00:16:22.259><c> things</c><00:16:22.539><c> into</c><00:16:22.779><c> the</c><00:16:23.019><c> world.</c>

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Verse<00:16:25.159><c> 13,</c><00:16:26.820><c> and</c><00:16:26.960><c> this</c><00:16:27.220><c> ye</c><00:16:27.379><c> have</c><00:16:27.519><c> done</c><00:16:27.720><c> again,</c>

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covering<00:16:29.379><c> the</c><00:16:29.779><c> altar</c><00:16:30.000><c> of</c><00:16:30.240><c> the</c><00:16:30.440><c> Lord</c><00:16:30.700><c> with</c><00:16:30.919><c> tears</c><00:16:31.419><c> and</c><00:16:31.600><c> with</c>

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weeping<00:16:32.080><c> and</c><00:16:32.200><c> with</c><00:16:32.600><c> crying</c><00:16:32.840><c> out,</c>

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insomuch<00:16:34.200><c> that</c><00:16:34.340><c> he</c><00:16:34.700><c> regardeth</c><00:16:35.259><c> not</c><00:16:35.659><c> the</c><00:16:35.960><c> offering</c><00:16:36.340><c> any</c><00:16:36.799><c> more,</c>

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or<00:16:37.759><c> receiveth</c><00:16:38.080><c> it</c><00:16:38.279><c> with</c><00:16:38.500><c> goodwill</c><00:16:38.879><c> at</c><00:16:39.120><c> your</c><00:16:39.340><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:16:41.580><c> it</c><00:16:41.720><c> would</c><00:16:41.919><c> seem</c><00:16:42.179><c> that</c><00:16:42.379><c> what</c><00:16:42.480><c> they</c><00:16:42.639><c> were</c><00:16:42.820><c> doing,</c><00:16:43.279><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:16:43.720><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:16:44.019><c> reading</c><00:16:44.220><c> between</c><00:16:44.600><c> the</c><00:16:44.820><c> lines.</c>

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They<00:16:45.200><c> were</c><00:16:45.379><c> coming</c><00:16:45.559><c> together</c><00:16:45.899><c> on</c><00:16:46.100><c> the</c><00:16:46.299><c> Sabbath</c><00:16:46.519><c> to</c><00:16:46.700><c> worship</c>

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before<00:16:47.320><c> the</c><00:16:47.580><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:16:49.399><c> there</c><00:16:49.580><c> they</c><00:16:50.120><c> wept</c><00:16:50.639><c> and</c><00:16:50.980><c> bewailed</c><00:16:51.559><c> the</c><00:16:51.919><c> state</c><00:16:52.139><c> of</c><00:16:52.360><c> the</c><00:16:52.580><c> nation,</c>

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wringing<00:16:53.500><c> their</c><00:16:53.899><c> hands</c><00:16:54.259><c> and</c><00:16:54.539><c> saying</c><00:16:54.759><c> how</c><00:16:55.360><c> dreadful</c><00:16:55.940><c> it</c><00:16:56.120><c> all</c><00:16:56.399><c> was.</c>

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Oh,<00:16:57.080><c> the</c><00:16:57.320><c> sin</c><00:16:57.500><c> of</c><00:16:57.740><c> the</c><00:16:57.940><c> people.</c>

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Covering<00:17:00.059><c> the</c><00:17:00.259><c> altar</c><00:17:00.399><c> with</c><00:17:00.720><c> tears</c><00:17:01.179><c> and</c><00:17:01.399><c> with</c><00:17:01.620><c> weeping</c><00:17:01.899><c> and</c>

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with<00:17:02.419><c> crying</c><00:17:02.659><c> out.</c>

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And<00:17:04.019><c> what</c><00:17:04.140><c> the</c><00:17:04.420><c> prophet</c><00:17:04.640><c> was</c><00:17:04.960><c> teaching</c><00:17:05.400><c> them</c><00:17:05.799><c> and</c><00:17:06.099><c> us,</c><00:17:06.519><c> brethren</c><00:17:06.720><c> and</c><00:17:07.039><c> sisters,</c>

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was<00:17:08.759><c> that</c><00:17:09.099><c> emotionalism</c><00:17:09.920><c> is</c><00:17:10.380><c> no</c><00:17:11.000><c> substitute</c><00:17:11.680><c> for</c><00:17:12.000><c> obedience.</c>

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It's<00:17:14.259><c> one</c><00:17:14.480><c> thing</c><00:17:14.619><c> to</c><00:17:14.779><c> be</c><00:17:14.920><c> emotional</c><00:17:15.359><c> about</c><00:17:15.720><c> the</c><00:17:15.980><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:17:18.019><c> quite</c><00:17:18.299><c> another</c><00:17:18.680><c> thing</c><00:17:18.960><c> to</c><00:17:19.279><c> actually</c><00:17:19.960><c> obey</c><00:17:20.480><c> it.</c>

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We<00:17:22.859><c> can</c><00:17:23.140><c> sing</c><00:17:23.279><c> our</c><00:17:23.539><c> hymns</c><00:17:23.819><c> ever</c><00:17:24.099><c> so</c><00:17:24.380><c> heartily,</c>

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really<00:17:26.579><c> entering</c><00:17:26.960><c> into</c><00:17:27.259><c> the</c><00:17:27.559><c> spirit</c><00:17:27.799><c> of</c><00:17:28.099><c> them,</c>

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sometimes<00:17:29.579><c> perhaps</c><00:17:30.000><c> bringing</c><00:17:30.380><c> tears</c><00:17:30.779><c> to</c><00:17:30.980><c> the</c><00:17:31.160><c> eyes</c><00:17:31.339><c> of</c><00:17:31.539><c> the</c><00:17:31.759><c> congregation.</c>

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God<00:17:34.240><c> says</c><00:17:34.660><c> what</c><00:17:35.019><c> I'm</c><00:17:35.339><c> really</c><00:17:35.680><c> interested</c><00:17:36.220><c> in,</c><00:17:36.720><c> my</c><00:17:36.880><c> people.</c>

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What<00:17:37.940><c> I'm</c><00:17:38.359><c> interested</c><00:17:38.779><c> in</c><00:17:39.000><c> is</c><00:17:39.119><c> what</c><00:17:39.279><c> you're</c><00:17:39.460><c> going</c><00:17:39.640><c> to</c><00:17:39.859><c> do</c><00:17:40.359><c> on</c><00:17:40.759><c> Monday,</c>

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and<00:17:41.880><c> Tuesday,</c><00:17:42.579><c> and</c><00:17:42.720><c> Wednesday,</c><00:17:43.400><c> and</c><00:17:43.559><c> the</c><00:17:43.700><c> day</c><00:17:43.880><c> after</c><00:17:44.259><c> that,</c>

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and<00:17:44.660><c> the</c><00:17:44.839><c> day</c><00:17:45.059><c> after</c><00:17:45.420><c> that.</c>

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Oh,<00:17:48.039><c> they</c><00:17:48.140><c> were</c><00:17:48.299><c> going</c><00:17:48.460><c> through</c><00:17:48.680><c> the</c><00:17:48.880><c> motions</c><00:17:49.200><c> of</c><00:17:49.420><c> their</c><00:17:49.619><c> religion,</c><00:17:50.220><c> all</c><00:17:50.220><c> right.</c>

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Turning<00:17:51.480><c> out</c><00:17:51.759><c> on</c><00:17:51.960><c> the</c><00:17:52.140><c> Sabbath,</c><00:17:52.700><c> covering</c><00:17:53.079><c> the</c><00:17:53.339><c> altar</c><00:17:53.519><c> with</c>

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their<00:17:54.039><c> tears,</c>

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weeping<00:17:55.299><c> and</c><00:17:55.599><c> crying</c><00:17:55.819><c> out.</c>

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And<00:17:56.220><c> God</c><00:17:56.359><c> says,</c><00:17:56.759><c> I'm</c><00:17:56.819><c> not</c><00:17:57.140><c> interested</c><00:17:57.680><c> in</c><00:17:58.000><c> that.</c>

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In<00:17:59.480><c> fact,</c><00:17:59.599><c> I'm</c><00:17:59.720><c> not</c><00:17:59.920><c> even</c><00:18:00.140><c> listening</c><00:18:00.460><c> to</c><00:18:00.740><c> you.</c>

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Yet<00:18:02.440><c> you</c><00:18:02.759><c> say,</c><00:18:03.160><c> verse</c><00:18:03.299><c> 14,</c><00:18:04.460><c> wherefore?</c>

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Why<00:18:07.079><c> not?</c>

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What's<00:18:08.599><c> wrong</c><00:18:08.839><c> with</c><00:18:09.099><c> coming</c><00:18:09.359><c> together</c><00:18:09.819><c> on</c><00:18:10.039><c> the</c><00:18:10.259><c> Sabbath</c><00:18:10.460><c> day</c>

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to<00:18:10.920><c> weep</c><00:18:11.099><c> before</c><00:18:11.440><c> the</c><00:18:11.640><c> Lord?</c>

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Surely<00:18:12.200><c> this</c><00:18:12.400><c> is</c><00:18:12.599><c> a</c><00:18:12.680><c> good</c><00:18:12.900><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:18:15.079><c> again,</c><00:18:15.519><c> Malachi</c><00:18:15.740><c> has</c><00:18:16.000><c> to</c><00:18:16.339><c> spell</c><00:18:16.440><c> it</c><00:18:16.700><c> out</c><00:18:16.859><c> for</c><00:18:17.000><c> them.</c>

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He<00:18:18.039><c> gives</c><00:18:18.319><c> them</c><00:18:18.759><c> an</c><00:18:18.980><c> obvious</c><00:18:19.339><c> example.</c>

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He<00:18:20.579><c> says,</c><00:18:21.079><c> because</c><00:18:22.079><c> the</c><00:18:22.640><c> Lord</c><00:18:22.900><c> hath</c><00:18:23.059><c> been</c><00:18:23.299><c> witness</c>

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between<00:18:24.140><c> thee</c><00:18:24.460><c> and</c><00:18:24.539><c> the</c><00:18:24.759><c> wife</c><00:18:25.000><c> of</c><00:18:25.220><c> thy</c><00:18:25.420><c> youth,</c>

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against<00:18:26.119><c> whom</c><00:18:26.339><c> thou</c><00:18:26.579><c> hast</c><00:18:26.880><c> dealt</c><00:18:27.160><c> treacherously,</c>

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yet<00:18:28.559><c> she</c><00:18:28.779><c> is</c><00:18:28.940><c> thy</c><00:18:29.180><c> companion</c><00:18:29.960><c> and</c><00:18:30.480><c> the</c><00:18:30.680><c> wife</c><00:18:30.920><c> of</c><00:18:31.160><c> thy</c><00:18:31.359><c> covenant.</c>

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They<00:18:33.200><c> were</c><00:18:33.380><c> divorcing</c><00:18:33.839><c> their</c><00:18:34.099><c> wives,</c>

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treating<00:18:35.240><c> their</c><00:18:35.559><c> spouses</c><00:18:35.920><c> unfaithfully,</c>

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and<00:18:37.420><c> then</c><00:18:37.720><c> coming</c><00:18:38.000><c> together</c><00:18:38.380><c> on</c><00:18:38.599><c> the</c><00:18:38.799><c> Sabbath</c>

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to<00:18:39.240><c> weep</c><00:18:39.460><c> ever</c><00:18:39.720><c> so</c><00:18:39.920><c> heartrendingly</c><00:18:40.599><c> before</c><00:18:40.940><c> the</c><00:18:41.200><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:18:42.599><c> God</c><00:18:42.759><c> wasn't</c><00:18:43.160><c> interested.</c>

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They<00:18:45.039><c> hadn't</c><00:18:45.299><c> the</c><00:18:45.579><c> faculty</c><00:18:45.880><c> for</c><00:18:46.200><c> self</c><00:18:46.460><c>-judgment</c>

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to<00:18:47.079><c> see</c><00:18:47.259><c> the</c><00:18:47.559><c> hypocrisy</c><00:18:48.279><c> of</c><00:18:48.579><c> what</c><00:18:48.759><c> they</c><00:18:48.980><c> were</c><00:18:49.200><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:18:49.880><c> of</c><00:18:49.980><c> course,</c><00:18:50.079><c> that</c><00:18:50.220><c> was</c><00:18:50.400><c> just</c><00:18:50.700><c> one</c><00:18:50.900><c> example.</c>

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The<00:18:54.380><c> lesson</c><00:18:54.720><c> from</c><00:18:54.980><c> that,</c><00:18:55.380><c> for</c><00:18:55.380><c> us,</c>

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brethren<00:18:55.980><c> and</c><00:18:56.200><c> sisters,</c><00:18:56.380><c> is</c><00:18:56.579><c> obvious,</c><00:18:57.039><c> isn't</c><00:18:57.299><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:18:58.660><c> not</c><00:18:58.960><c> what</c><00:18:59.140><c> we</c><00:18:59.420><c> do</c><00:18:59.579><c> at</c><00:18:59.900><c> meeting</c><00:19:00.319><c> that</c><00:19:00.700><c> counts.</c>

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Important<00:19:01.740><c> though</c><00:19:01.960><c> it</c><00:19:02.140><c> be</c><00:19:02.359><c> to</c><00:19:02.559><c> keep</c><00:19:02.819><c> the</c><00:19:03.200><c> ordinances</c>

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as<00:19:04.119><c> they</c><00:19:04.339><c> were</c><00:19:04.599><c> delivered</c><00:19:04.960><c> to</c><00:19:05.299><c> us.</c>

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But<00:19:06.420><c> the</c><00:19:06.559><c> things</c><00:19:06.720><c> that</c><00:19:06.960><c> we</c><00:19:07.140><c> do</c><00:19:07.240><c> at</c><00:19:07.420><c> the</c><00:19:07.680><c> meeting</c>

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are<00:19:08.200><c> just</c><00:19:08.420><c> a</c><00:19:08.740><c> springboard</c><00:19:09.380><c> for</c><00:19:09.920><c> right</c><00:19:10.319><c> living</c><00:19:10.720><c> during</c><00:19:11.259><c> the</c><00:19:11.559><c> week.</c>

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So<00:19:13.420><c> it's</c><00:19:13.559><c> what</c><00:19:13.779><c> we</c><00:19:14.039><c> do</c><00:19:14.279><c> elsewhere</c><00:19:14.940><c> that</c><00:19:15.339><c> really</c><00:19:15.660><c> matters.</c>

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It's<00:19:17.359><c> how</c><00:19:17.740><c> consistently</c><00:19:18.400><c> we</c><00:19:18.799><c> practice</c><00:19:19.279><c> our</c><00:19:19.619><c> religion</c>

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at<00:19:20.660><c> home,</c><00:19:21.500><c> in</c><00:19:21.619><c> the</c><00:19:21.799><c> ordinary</c><00:19:22.059><c> spheres</c><00:19:22.359><c> of</c><00:19:22.660><c> everyday</c><00:19:22.940><c> life,</c>

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when<00:19:24.220><c> we're</c><00:19:24.460><c> out</c><00:19:24.500><c> with</c><00:19:24.700><c> other</c><00:19:24.920><c> people,</c>

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rubbing<00:19:25.700><c> shoulders</c><00:19:26.140><c> with</c><00:19:26.359><c> the</c><00:19:26.480><c> men</c><00:19:26.599><c> and</c><00:19:26.700><c> women</c><00:19:26.940><c> of</c><00:19:27.140><c> the</c><00:19:27.319><c> world.</c>

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It's<00:19:28.440><c> how</c><00:19:28.660><c> we</c><00:19:28.920><c> behave</c><00:19:29.299><c> out</c><00:19:29.579><c> there</c><00:19:30.279><c> that</c><00:19:30.819><c> interests</c><00:19:31.259><c> God.</c>

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Not<00:19:32.119><c> what</c><00:19:32.259><c> we</c><00:19:32.460><c> do</c><00:19:32.559><c> here</c><00:19:32.839><c> at</c><00:19:33.000><c> Bible</c><00:19:33.359><c> school.</c>

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So<00:19:35.900><c> if</c><00:19:36.019><c> we're</c><00:19:36.200><c> faithful</c><00:19:36.539><c> on</c><00:19:36.799><c> the</c><00:19:37.059><c> other</c><00:19:37.299><c> six</c><00:19:37.599><c> days</c><00:19:37.900><c> of</c><00:19:38.140><c> the</c><00:19:38.279><c> week,</c>

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then<00:19:39.759><c> we</c><00:19:39.980><c> can</c><00:19:40.220><c> come</c><00:19:40.680><c> and</c><00:19:41.240><c> sing</c><00:19:41.500><c> the</c><00:19:41.720><c> hymns.</c>

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Then<00:19:42.900><c> we</c><00:19:43.099><c> can</c><00:19:43.299><c> be</c><00:19:43.579><c> emotional</c><00:19:44.079><c> about</c><00:19:44.500><c> the</c><00:19:44.819><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:19:46.519><c> we</c><00:19:46.660><c> should</c><00:19:46.900><c> be,</c><00:19:47.259><c> brethren</c><00:19:47.400><c> and</c><00:19:47.640><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:19:48.019><c> Word</c><00:19:48.259><c> of</c><00:19:48.380><c> God</c><00:19:48.599><c> should</c><00:19:48.880><c> touch</c><00:19:49.220><c> our</c><00:19:49.619><c> hearts.</c>

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This<00:19:50.720><c> isn't</c><00:19:50.900><c> just</c><00:19:51.180><c> a</c><00:19:51.220><c> matter</c><00:19:51.380><c> of</c><00:19:51.579><c> the</c><00:19:51.839><c> intellect,</c>

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it's<00:19:52.480><c> a</c><00:19:52.619><c> matter</c><00:19:52.819><c> of</c><00:19:53.059><c> the</c><00:19:53.279><c> emotions</c><00:19:53.759><c> as</c><00:19:54.119><c> well.</c>

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Both<00:19:54.960><c> are</c><00:19:55.119><c> to</c><00:19:55.240><c> be</c><00:19:55.500><c> harnessed</c><00:19:56.099><c> in</c><00:19:56.619><c> the</c><00:19:56.819><c> service</c><00:19:57.140><c> and</c><00:19:57.380><c> worship</c>

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of<00:19:57.880><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:00.940><c> then</c><00:20:01.099><c> we</c><00:20:01.240><c> can</c><00:20:01.500><c> cover</c><00:20:01.700><c> the</c><00:20:01.980><c> altar</c><00:20:02.140><c> with</c><00:20:02.400><c> our</c><00:20:02.660><c> tears</c>

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if<00:20:03.200><c> the</c><00:20:03.440><c> Spirit</c><00:20:03.680><c> so</c><00:20:04.000><c> moves</c><00:20:04.359><c> us.</c>

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But<00:20:05.799><c> unless</c><00:20:06.519><c> the</c><00:20:07.119><c> rest</c><00:20:07.400><c> is</c><00:20:07.759><c> put</c><00:20:08.079><c> right,</c>

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God<00:20:09.380><c> isn't</c><00:20:09.680><c> interested</c><00:20:10.220><c> in</c><00:20:10.460><c> religion</c><00:20:10.779><c> on</c><00:20:11.019><c> a</c><00:20:11.140><c> Sunday,</c>

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however<00:20:12.400><c> emotional</c><00:20:12.880><c> and</c><00:20:13.099><c> heart</c><00:20:13.319><c>-rending</c><00:20:13.680><c> the</c><00:20:13.900><c> services</c><00:20:14.279><c> may</c><00:20:14.680><c> be.</c>

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So<00:20:17.279><c> we</c><00:20:17.519><c> move</c><00:20:17.779><c> over</c><00:20:18.079><c> to</c><00:20:18.259><c> chapter</c><00:20:18.640><c> three.</c>

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And<00:20:20.859><c> it</c><00:20:21.079><c> begins</c><00:20:21.279><c> with</c><00:20:21.460><c> this</c><00:20:21.680><c> wonderful</c><00:20:22.279><c> prophecy</c>

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about<00:20:23.180><c> the</c><00:20:23.420><c> coming</c><00:20:23.579><c> of</c><00:20:23.740><c> the</c><00:20:23.859><c> messenger</c><00:20:24.180><c> of</c><00:20:24.380><c> the</c><00:20:24.559><c> Lord,</c>

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who<00:20:25.680><c> shall</c><00:20:25.900><c> prepare</c><00:20:26.279><c> the</c><00:20:26.559><c> way</c><00:20:26.839><c> before</c><00:20:27.220><c> Messiah.</c>

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He<00:20:29.000><c> says,</c><00:20:29.339><c> Behold,</c><00:20:30.480><c> I</c><00:20:30.660><c> will</c><00:20:30.880><c> send</c><00:20:31.119><c> my</c><00:20:31.400><c> messenger,</c>

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and<00:20:32.619><c> he</c><00:20:32.799><c> shall</c><00:20:33.059><c> prepare</c><00:20:33.440><c> the</c><00:20:33.619><c> way</c><00:20:33.819><c> before</c><00:20:34.160><c> me.</c>

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And<00:20:35.500><c> the</c><00:20:35.660><c> Lord</c><00:20:36.059><c> whom</c><00:20:36.279><c> ye</c><00:20:36.599><c> seek</c><00:20:37.119><c> shall</c><00:20:37.559><c> suddenly</c><00:20:38.000><c> come</c><00:20:38.319><c> to</c><00:20:38.500><c> his</c><00:20:38.720><c> temple,</c>

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even<00:20:39.619><c> the</c><00:20:39.799><c> messenger</c><00:20:40.180><c> of</c><00:20:40.359><c> the</c><00:20:40.599><c> covenant</c><00:20:40.920><c> whom</c><00:20:41.200><c> ye</c><00:20:41.500><c> delight</c><00:20:41.900><c> in.</c>

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Behold,<00:20:43.319><c> he</c><00:20:43.539><c> shall</c><00:20:43.839><c> come,</c><00:20:44.960><c> saith</c><00:20:45.079><c> the</c><00:20:45.299><c> Lord</c><00:20:45.539><c> of</c><00:20:45.720><c> hosts.</c>

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Aye,<00:20:48.579><c> that's</c><00:20:48.920><c> what</c><00:20:49.140><c> we</c><00:20:49.420><c> want</c><00:20:49.619><c> to</c><00:20:49.819><c> hear,</c><00:20:50.000><c> they</c><00:20:50.359><c> said.</c>

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That's<00:20:51.519><c> what</c><00:20:51.640><c> we</c><00:20:51.859><c> want</c><00:20:52.059><c> to</c><00:20:52.279><c> hear.</c>

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Rather<00:20:53.799><c> like</c><00:20:54.059><c> brethren</c><00:20:54.380><c> and</c><00:20:54.619><c> sisters</c><00:20:54.940><c> who</c><00:20:55.220><c> say,</c>

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we'd<00:20:55.599><c> like</c><00:20:55.759><c> to</c><00:20:55.920><c> hear</c><00:20:56.019><c> a</c><00:20:56.160><c> bit</c><00:20:56.279><c> more</c><00:20:56.559><c> about</c><00:20:56.839><c> the</c><00:20:57.079><c> second</c><00:20:57.339><c> coming</c>

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and<00:20:58.380><c> the</c><00:20:58.619><c> establishment</c><00:20:59.000><c> of</c><00:20:59.220><c> the</c><00:20:59.359><c> kingdom.</c>

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Let's<00:21:00.279><c> have</c><00:21:00.400><c> a</c><00:21:00.539><c> bit</c><00:21:00.640><c> more</c><00:21:00.920><c> about</c><00:21:01.200><c> the</c><00:21:01.460><c> signs</c><00:21:01.680><c> of</c><00:21:01.859><c> the</c><00:21:02.079><c> times</c>

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in<00:21:02.539><c> our</c><00:21:02.740><c> public</c><00:21:03.079><c> lectures.</c>

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The<00:21:04.960><c> nearness</c><00:21:05.240><c> of</c><00:21:05.500><c> Christ's</c><00:21:06.099><c> return,</c><00:21:06.579><c> that's</c><00:21:06.940><c> what</c><00:21:07.160><c> we</c><00:21:07.420><c> like</c>

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to<00:21:07.940><c> hear.</c>

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Of<00:21:10.380><c> course</c><00:21:10.619><c> we</c><00:21:10.819><c> like</c><00:21:11.160><c> to</c><00:21:11.440><c> hear</c><00:21:11.640><c> it,</c><00:21:11.920><c> brethren</c><00:21:12.140><c> and</c><00:21:12.440><c> sisters.</c>

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Of<00:21:13.019><c> course</c><00:21:13.240><c> we</c><00:21:13.480><c> do,</c><00:21:13.680><c> because</c><00:21:13.839><c> it's</c><00:21:14.240><c> central</c><00:21:14.440><c> to</c><00:21:14.619><c> the</c><00:21:14.779><c> things</c>

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we<00:21:15.200><c> believe.</c>

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They<00:21:17.519><c> were</c><00:21:17.720><c> quite</c><00:21:17.980><c> right</c><00:21:18.240><c> to</c><00:21:18.500><c> delight</c><00:21:18.740><c> in</c><00:21:18.900><c> the</c><00:21:19.079><c> coming</c><00:21:19.279><c> of</c><00:21:19.539><c> Messiah</c>

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and<00:21:20.079><c> the</c><00:21:20.299><c> promise</c><00:21:20.500><c> of</c><00:21:20.680><c> the</c><00:21:20.839><c> messenger</c><00:21:21.099><c> of</c><00:21:21.319><c> the</c><00:21:21.539><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:21:22.500><c> he</c><00:21:22.799><c> shall</c><00:21:23.099><c> come,</c><00:21:23.640><c> saith</c><00:21:23.720><c> the</c><00:21:23.960><c> Lord</c><00:21:24.160><c> of</c><00:21:24.339><c> hosts.</c>

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But<00:21:25.019><c> who</c><00:21:25.940><c> shall</c><00:21:26.400><c> abide</c><00:21:27.119><c> the</c><00:21:27.859><c> day</c><00:21:28.160><c> of</c><00:21:28.299><c> his</c><00:21:28.559><c> coming?</c>

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That's<00:21:31.039><c> the</c><00:21:31.200><c> question</c><00:21:31.599><c> you</c><00:21:31.759><c> should</c><00:21:31.980><c> have</c><00:21:32.160><c> been</c><00:21:32.400><c> focusing</c><00:21:32.859><c> on.</c>

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He<00:21:33.779><c> says,</c><00:21:36.500><c> verse</c><00:21:36.660><c> two,</c><00:21:38.460><c> who</c><00:21:38.819><c> may</c><00:21:39.200><c> abide</c><00:21:39.619><c> the</c><00:21:39.839><c> day</c><00:21:40.099><c> of</c><00:21:40.240><c> his</c><00:21:40.500><c> coming?</c>

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Who<00:21:41.299><c> shall</c><00:21:41.559><c> stand</c><00:21:42.059><c> when</c><00:21:42.319><c> he</c><00:21:42.660><c> appeareth?</c>

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For<00:21:43.819><c> he's</c><00:21:44.019><c> like</c><00:21:44.259><c> a</c><00:21:44.440><c> refiner's</c><00:21:45.059><c> fire</c><00:21:45.359><c> and</c><00:21:45.619><c> like</c><00:21:45.859><c> full</c><00:21:46.059><c> of</c><00:21:46.299><c> soap,</c>

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and<00:21:47.099><c> he</c><00:21:47.400><c> shall</c><00:21:47.720><c> sit</c><00:21:48.099><c> as</c><00:21:48.420><c> a</c><00:21:48.640><c> refiner</c><00:21:49.220><c> and</c><00:21:49.579><c> purifier</c><00:21:50.140><c> of</c><00:21:50.359><c> silver.</c>

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He<00:21:51.220><c> shall</c><00:21:51.380><c> purify</c><00:21:51.940><c> the</c><00:21:52.180><c> sons</c><00:21:52.400><c> of</c><00:21:52.740><c> Levi</c><00:21:53.000><c> and</c><00:21:53.380><c> purge</c><00:21:53.759><c> them</c><00:21:53.940><c> as</c>

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gold<00:21:54.460><c> and</c><00:21:54.779><c> silver,</c>

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that<00:21:55.839><c> they</c><00:21:56.059><c> may</c><00:21:56.299><c> offer</c><00:21:56.599><c> unto</c><00:21:56.799><c> the</c><00:21:57.039><c> Lord</c><00:21:57.299><c> an</c><00:21:57.680><c> offering</c><00:21:58.180><c> in</c><00:21:58.819><c> righteousness.</c>

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So<00:22:01.319><c> all</c><00:22:01.559><c> the</c><00:22:01.740><c> dross</c><00:22:01.980><c> has</c><00:22:02.200><c> got</c><00:22:02.319><c> to</c><00:22:02.460><c> be</c><00:22:02.619><c> purged</c><00:22:02.960><c> away,</c>

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all<00:22:04.200><c> the</c><00:22:04.420><c> filth,</c><00:22:04.700><c> all</c><00:22:04.920><c> the</c><00:22:05.140><c> impurities.</c>

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He's<00:22:06.220><c> going</c><00:22:06.339><c> to</c><00:22:06.519><c> come</c><00:22:06.660><c> in</c><00:22:06.960><c> fiery</c><00:22:07.299><c> judgment,</c><00:22:08.359><c> Malachi</c><00:22:08.779><c> says.</c>

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Not<00:22:10.019><c> just</c><00:22:10.220><c> for</c><00:22:10.380><c> the</c><00:22:10.599><c> world,</c><00:22:11.380><c> but</c><00:22:11.480><c> for</c><00:22:11.660><c> the</c><00:22:11.920><c> household</c><00:22:12.339><c> also.</c>

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For<00:22:14.220><c> the</c><00:22:14.400><c> time</c><00:22:14.559><c> has</c><00:22:14.759><c> come</c><00:22:14.960><c> that</c><00:22:15.160><c> judgment</c><00:22:15.440><c> must</c><00:22:15.700><c> begin</c><00:22:15.920><c> at</c><00:22:16.099><c> the</c>

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house<00:22:16.420><c> of</c><00:22:16.700><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:17.099><c> if</c><00:22:17.200><c> it</c><00:22:17.400><c> first</c><00:22:17.660><c> begin</c><00:22:17.960><c> at</c><00:22:18.220><c> us,</c>

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what<00:22:19.460><c> shall</c><00:22:19.720><c> the</c><00:22:19.880><c> end</c><00:22:20.059><c> of</c><00:22:20.259><c> them</c><00:22:20.440><c> be</c><00:22:20.700><c> that</c><00:22:20.920><c> obey</c><00:22:21.119><c> not</c><00:22:21.500><c> the</c><00:22:21.700><c> gospel</c><00:22:22.039><c> of</c>

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God,<00:22:22.680><c> said</c><00:22:22.819><c> Peter.</c>

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Begin<00:22:25.279><c> at</c><00:22:25.619><c> my</c><00:22:25.920><c> sanctuary,</c><00:22:26.960><c> the</c><00:22:27.160><c> Lord</c><00:22:27.339><c> said</c><00:22:27.680><c> through</c><00:22:28.519><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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Remember,<00:22:31.059><c> we</c><00:22:31.200><c> spoke</c><00:22:31.440><c> about</c><00:22:31.660><c> that</c><00:22:31.859><c> on</c><00:22:32.119><c> Sunday.</c>

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They<00:22:32.700><c> were</c><00:22:33.019><c> sent</c><00:22:33.259><c> out</c><00:22:33.460><c> with</c><00:22:33.599><c> a</c><00:22:33.759><c> sword</c><00:22:33.880><c> of</c><00:22:34.059><c> judgment</c><00:22:34.319><c> through</c>

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the<00:22:34.680><c> city</c><00:22:34.900><c> of</c><00:22:35.140><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:22:35.640><c> he</c><00:22:35.720><c> said,</c><00:22:35.980><c> begin</c><00:22:36.599><c> at</c><00:22:37.380><c> my</c><00:22:37.720><c> sanctuary.</c>

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And<00:22:39.940><c> that's</c><00:22:40.039><c> what</c><00:22:40.160><c> it's</c><00:22:40.299><c> all</c><00:22:40.480><c> about,</c><00:22:41.039><c> really,</c><00:22:41.220><c> brethren</c><00:22:41.440><c> and</c><00:22:41.680><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:22:43.039><c> all</c><00:22:43.119><c> very</c><00:22:43.359><c> well</c><00:22:43.500><c> to</c><00:22:43.720><c> say</c><00:22:43.859><c> the</c><00:22:44.000><c> day</c><00:22:44.240><c> of</c><00:22:44.400><c> the</c><00:22:44.559><c> Lord,</c>

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the<00:22:44.880><c> day</c><00:22:45.099><c> of</c><00:22:45.240><c> the</c><00:22:45.400><c> Lord</c><00:22:45.539><c> is</c><00:22:45.660><c> what</c><00:22:45.819><c> we</c><00:22:46.160><c> desire.</c>

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Woe<00:22:48.000><c> unto</c><00:22:48.180><c> you,</c><00:22:48.519><c> says</c><00:22:48.740><c> the</c><00:22:48.960><c> prophet,</c><00:22:49.700><c> that</c><00:22:49.940><c> desire</c><00:22:50.299><c> the</c><00:22:50.440><c> day</c>

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of<00:22:50.880><c> the</c><00:22:51.059><c> Lord.</c>

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It<00:22:52.279><c> seems</c><00:22:52.440><c> a</c><00:22:52.619><c> strange</c><00:22:52.839><c> thing</c><00:22:53.039><c> to</c><00:22:53.279><c> say,</c><00:22:53.619><c> doesn't</c><00:22:53.779><c> it?</c>

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But<00:22:55.460><c> in</c><00:22:55.619><c> its</c><00:22:55.819><c> context,</c><00:22:56.519><c> he's</c><00:22:56.859><c> right,</c>

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because<00:22:58.440><c> you</c><00:22:58.500><c> see</c><00:22:58.720><c> the</c><00:22:58.799><c> day</c><00:22:59.039><c> of</c><00:22:59.119><c> the</c><00:22:59.259><c> Lord</c><00:22:59.380><c> is</c><00:22:59.559><c> the</c><00:22:59.619><c> day</c><00:22:59.779><c> of</c><00:22:59.960><c> judgment,</c>

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unless<00:23:01.680><c> we</c><00:23:01.880><c> have</c><00:23:02.099><c> prepared</c><00:23:02.339><c> ourselves</c><00:23:02.839><c> suitably</c><00:23:03.299><c> now</c>

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in<00:23:05.019><c> the</c><00:23:05.220><c> time</c><00:23:05.380><c> of</c><00:23:05.619><c> opportunity</c><00:23:06.220><c> and</c><00:23:06.420><c> the</c><00:23:06.559><c> day</c><00:23:06.720><c> of</c><00:23:06.900><c> our</c><00:23:07.000><c> probation.</c>

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Verse<00:23:10.480><c> seven.</c>

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Even<00:23:12.859><c> from</c><00:23:13.339><c> the</c><00:23:13.579><c> days</c><00:23:13.839><c> of</c><00:23:14.059><c> your</c><00:23:14.380><c> fathers,</c>

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ye<00:23:15.160><c> are</c><00:23:15.440><c> gone</c><00:23:15.740><c> away</c><00:23:16.160><c> from</c><00:23:16.420><c> my</c><00:23:16.880><c> ordinances</c><00:23:17.619><c> and</c><00:23:18.000><c> have</c><00:23:18.420><c> not</c><00:23:18.799><c> kept</c><00:23:19.099><c> them.</c>

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Return<00:23:21.119><c> unto</c><00:23:21.400><c> me,</c><00:23:22.759><c> and</c><00:23:22.960><c> I</c><00:23:23.079><c> will</c><00:23:23.299><c> return</c><00:23:23.559><c> unto</c><00:23:23.779><c> you,</c><00:23:24.240><c> said</c><00:23:24.380><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:23:24.819><c> of</c><00:23:25.119><c> hosts.</c>

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But<00:23:26.380><c> he</c><00:23:26.599><c> said,</c><00:23:27.539><c> wherein</c><00:23:27.980><c> shall</c><00:23:28.279><c> we</c><00:23:28.539><c> return?</c>

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Where<00:23:30.200><c> have</c><00:23:30.380><c> we</c><00:23:30.500><c> got</c><00:23:30.720><c> to</c><00:23:30.920><c> come</c><00:23:31.200><c> back</c><00:23:31.539><c> from?</c>

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We<00:23:33.079><c> haven't</c><00:23:33.339><c> gone</c><00:23:33.640><c> away,</c><00:23:34.180><c> so</c><00:23:34.420><c> how</c><00:23:34.640><c> can</c><00:23:34.799><c> we</c><00:23:35.059><c> return?</c>

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And<00:23:37.180><c> once</c><00:23:37.480><c> again,</c><00:23:37.900><c> the</c><00:23:38.000><c> prophet</c><00:23:38.259><c> has</c><00:23:38.559><c> to</c><00:23:38.819><c> emphasize</c><00:23:39.380><c> and</c><00:23:39.779><c> underline</c><00:23:40.160><c> his</c><00:23:40.440><c> point,</c>

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he<00:23:40.740><c> must</c><00:23:41.019><c> have</c><00:23:41.180><c> been</c><00:23:41.460><c> weary</c><00:23:41.720><c> of</c><00:23:41.900><c> doing</c><00:23:42.180><c> it</c><00:23:42.420><c> by</c><00:23:42.539><c> this</c><00:23:42.839><c> time.</c>

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One<00:23:44.680><c> might</c><00:23:44.880><c> have</c><00:23:45.079><c> expected</c><00:23:45.359><c> that</c><00:23:45.599><c> by</c><00:23:45.799><c> now</c><00:23:46.059><c> they</c><00:23:46.200><c> would</c><00:23:46.400><c> have</c><00:23:46.579><c> grasped</c>

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that<00:23:47.240><c> self</c><00:23:47.500><c>-examination</c><00:23:48.279><c> and</c><00:23:48.500><c> a</c><00:23:48.599><c> critical</c><00:23:48.920><c> self</c><00:23:49.240><c>-appraisal</c>

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was<00:23:49.900><c> required,</c>

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and<00:23:50.660><c> yet</c><00:23:50.759><c> they</c><00:23:51.000><c> could</c><00:23:51.339><c> not</c><00:23:51.619><c> see</c><00:23:51.880><c> it.</c>

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Verse<00:23:53.700><c> eight,</c><00:23:54.039><c> he</c><00:23:54.059><c> says,</c><00:23:54.319><c> all</c><00:23:54.500><c> right,</c><00:23:54.839><c> I'll</c><00:23:55.160><c> tell</c><00:23:55.440><c> you.</c>

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Will<00:23:57.019><c> a</c><00:23:57.359><c> man</c><00:23:57.720><c> rob</c><00:23:58.180><c> God?</c>

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Yet<00:24:00.319><c> ye</c><00:24:00.599><c> have</c><00:24:00.900><c> robbed</c><00:24:01.200><c> me.</c>

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And<00:24:02.420><c> ye</c><00:24:02.579><c> say,</c><00:24:03.079><c> wherein</c><00:24:03.279><c> have</c><00:24:03.480><c> we</c><00:24:03.680><c> robbed</c><00:24:03.900><c> thee?</c>

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In<00:24:06.079><c> tithes</c><00:24:06.640><c> and</c><00:24:07.019><c> offerings.</c>

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That<00:24:09.880><c> is</c><00:24:10.140><c> to</c><00:24:10.500><c> say,</c><00:24:11.440><c> under</c><00:24:11.700><c> the</c><00:24:11.900><c> law,</c><00:24:12.200><c> as</c><00:24:12.200><c> you</c><00:24:12.319><c> know,</c>

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they<00:24:12.700><c> were</c><00:24:12.859><c> supposed</c><00:24:13.140><c> to</c><00:24:13.319><c> bring</c><00:24:13.500><c> one</c><00:24:13.920><c>-tenth</c><00:24:14.180><c> of</c><00:24:14.380><c> their</c><00:24:14.660><c> produce</c><00:24:15.079><c> as</c><00:24:15.319><c> an</c>

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offering<00:24:15.759><c> to</c><00:24:16.000><c> God.</c>

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Failing<00:24:17.759><c> to</c><00:24:17.940><c> do</c><00:24:18.160><c> that,</c><00:24:18.759><c> it</c><00:24:18.759><c> was</c><00:24:18.900><c> a</c><00:24:19.039><c> simple</c><00:24:19.240><c> enough</c><00:24:19.519><c> commandment,</c>

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it<00:24:20.759><c> was</c><00:24:20.960><c> a</c><00:24:21.079><c> reasonable</c><00:24:21.619><c> tax,</c><00:24:23.079><c> and</c><00:24:23.259><c> they</c><00:24:23.339><c> were</c><00:24:23.480><c> failing</c><00:24:23.759><c> to</c><00:24:23.960><c> give</c><00:24:24.079><c> God</c>

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his<00:24:24.740><c> due</c>

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from<00:24:26.079><c> all</c><00:24:26.279><c> the</c><00:24:26.519><c> blessings</c><00:24:26.779><c> that</c><00:24:27.019><c> he</c><00:24:27.180><c> had</c><00:24:27.500><c> prepared</c><00:24:27.940><c> for</c><00:24:28.200><c> them</c>

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in<00:24:28.640><c> material</c><00:24:29.180><c> things,</c>

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and<00:24:30.400><c> he</c><00:24:30.480><c> only</c><00:24:30.819><c> asked</c><00:24:31.160><c> a</c><00:24:31.400><c> tenth</c><00:24:32.160><c> in</c><00:24:32.480><c> due</c><00:24:32.619><c> acknowledgement,</c>

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the<00:24:33.480><c> source</c><00:24:33.779><c> of</c><00:24:34.000><c> their</c><00:24:34.160><c> blessings,</c><00:24:35.619><c> and</c><00:24:35.839><c> they</c><00:24:35.980><c> were</c><00:24:36.099><c> giving</c>

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him<00:24:36.500><c> far</c><00:24:36.819><c> less</c>

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in<00:24:37.940><c> some</c><00:24:38.180><c> cases,</c><00:24:38.539><c> they</c><00:24:38.640><c> were</c><00:24:38.799><c> giving</c><00:24:38.960><c> him</c><00:24:39.140><c> nothing</c><00:24:39.440><c> at</c><00:24:39.720><c> all.</c>

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And<00:24:42.519><c> perhaps,</c><00:24:42.880><c> brethren</c><00:24:43.019><c> and</c><00:24:43.220><c> sisters,</c><00:24:43.480><c> you</c><00:24:43.599><c> will</c><00:24:43.779><c> be</c><00:24:43.960><c> thinking,</c>

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well,<00:24:44.779><c> do</c><00:24:45.079><c> we</c><00:24:45.339><c> give</c><00:24:45.559><c> a</c><00:24:45.720><c> tenth?</c><00:24:46.380><c> Should</c><00:24:46.720><c> we</c><00:24:46.960><c> give</c><00:24:47.180><c> a</c><00:24:47.400><c> tenth?</c>

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There<00:24:48.539><c> are</c><00:24:48.799><c> communities</c><00:24:49.339><c> today</c><00:24:50.059><c> that</c><00:24:50.720><c> profess</c><00:24:50.920><c> to</c><00:24:51.160><c> do</c><00:24:51.359><c> this,</c>

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like<00:24:51.839><c> the</c><00:24:52.099><c> Plain</c><00:24:52.400><c> Truth</c><00:24:52.740><c> community.</c>

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Precisely<00:24:55.160><c> how</c><00:24:55.460><c> their</c><00:24:55.859><c> 10</c><00:24:56.160><c>%</c><00:24:56.400><c> is</c><00:24:56.640><c> calculated,</c><00:24:57.299><c> whether</c><00:24:57.500><c> it's</c>

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before<00:24:58.099><c> or</c><00:24:58.299><c> after</c><00:24:58.759><c> taxation,</c>

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I<00:24:59.559><c> don't</c><00:24:59.880><c> know.</c>

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But<00:25:01.180><c> they</c><00:25:01.359><c> do</c><00:25:01.680><c> profess</c><00:25:02.119><c> to</c><00:25:02.480><c> tithe,</c><00:25:02.880><c> and</c><00:25:03.059><c> they</c><00:25:03.160><c> are</c><00:25:03.519><c> extremely</c>

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wealthy<00:25:05.579><c> communities,</c>

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and<00:25:06.640><c> they</c><00:25:06.779><c> are</c><00:25:06.980><c> very</c><00:25:07.240><c> effective</c><00:25:07.680><c> in</c><00:25:07.900><c> their</c><00:25:08.119><c> own</c><00:25:08.400><c> way,</c><00:25:08.859><c> even</c><00:25:09.099><c> though</c><00:25:09.259><c> we</c>

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disagree<00:25:09.819><c> with</c><00:25:09.980><c> what</c><00:25:10.180><c> they</c><00:25:10.440><c> do.</c>

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Now,<00:25:13.339><c> I</c><00:25:13.400><c> don't</c><00:25:13.720><c> believe</c><00:25:14.119><c> we</c><00:25:14.359><c> are</c><00:25:14.759><c> required</c><00:25:15.220><c> to</c><00:25:15.420><c> give</c>

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exactly<00:25:16.039><c> 10</c><00:25:16.380><c>%</c><00:25:16.700><c> of</c><00:25:16.920><c> our</c><00:25:17.160><c> earnings</c><00:25:17.460><c> to</c><00:25:17.759><c> the</c><00:25:17.960><c> Lord</c><00:25:18.119><c> for</c><00:25:18.359><c> two</c><00:25:18.680><c> reasons.</c>

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In<00:25:21.200><c> the</c><00:25:21.480><c> first</c><00:25:21.839><c> place,</c><00:25:22.380><c> it</c><00:25:22.579><c> could</c><00:25:22.960><c> breed</c><00:25:23.299><c> a</c><00:25:23.539><c> kind</c><00:25:23.839><c> of</c><00:25:24.240><c> spiritual</c><00:25:24.759><c> pride,</c>

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couldn't<00:25:25.779><c> it,</c><00:25:26.059><c> brethren</c><00:25:26.259><c> and</c><00:25:26.519><c> sisters?</c><00:25:26.940><c> We</c><00:25:27.400><c> tithe,</c><00:25:28.279><c> other</c>

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people<00:25:29.039><c> don't.</c>

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We<00:25:30.119><c> have</c><00:25:30.440><c> a</c><00:25:30.599><c> certain</c><00:25:30.960><c> righteousness</c><00:25:31.559><c> of</c><00:25:31.859><c> our</c><00:25:32.140><c> own</c><00:25:32.500><c> before</c><00:25:32.859><c> the</c><00:25:33.119><c> Lord.</c>

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On<00:25:35.519><c> the</c><00:25:35.700><c> other</c><00:25:35.920><c> hand,</c><00:25:36.200><c> it</c><00:25:36.220><c> could</c><00:25:36.420><c> breed</c><00:25:36.579><c> a</c><00:25:36.759><c> kind</c><00:25:36.900><c> of</c><00:25:37.160><c> spiritual</c><00:25:37.640><c> laziness.</c>

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We<00:25:39.200><c> have</c><00:25:39.500><c> paid</c><00:25:39.880><c> our</c><00:25:40.259><c> dues,</c><00:25:41.019><c> we</c><00:25:41.160><c> have</c><00:25:41.359><c> done</c><00:25:41.599><c> that,</c><00:25:41.920><c> which</c><00:25:42.019><c> is</c>

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our<00:25:42.400><c> reasonable</c><00:25:42.859><c> service.</c>

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Now<00:25:44.240><c> we</c><00:25:44.380><c> can</c><00:25:44.619><c> sit</c><00:25:44.799><c> back</c><00:25:45.059><c> and</c><00:25:45.200><c> wait</c><00:25:45.400><c> for</c><00:25:45.539><c> the</c><00:25:45.700><c> Kingdom</c><00:25:45.940><c> of</c><00:25:46.140><c> God,</c>

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because<00:25:46.640><c> we've</c><00:25:47.000><c> bought</c><00:25:47.119><c> our</c><00:25:47.440><c> entrance</c><00:25:47.779><c> ticket.</c>

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Now,<00:25:49.759><c> neither</c><00:25:50.140><c> of</c><00:25:50.480><c> those</c><00:25:50.779><c> attitudes</c><00:25:51.259><c> is</c><00:25:51.680><c> acceptable.</c>

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But<00:25:54.079><c> the</c><00:25:54.240><c> fact</c><00:25:54.779><c> still</c><00:25:55.759><c> remains,</c><00:25:56.380><c> doesn't</c><00:25:56.619><c> it,</c>

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that<00:25:58.599><c> we</c><00:25:58.759><c> are</c><00:25:59.000><c> to</c><00:25:59.259><c> give</c><00:25:59.500><c> unto</c><00:25:59.799><c> the</c><00:26:00.059><c> Lord</c><00:26:00.380><c> in</c><00:26:00.660><c> His</c><00:26:00.920><c> service.</c>

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Generally<00:26:03.200><c> speaking,</c><00:26:03.900><c> although</c><00:26:04.240><c> one</c><00:26:04.640><c> mentions</c><00:26:05.119><c> this</c><00:26:05.440><c> with</c>

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great<00:26:06.019><c> diffidence</c><00:26:06.460><c> from</c><00:26:06.720><c> the</c><00:26:06.940><c> platform,</c>

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generally<00:26:08.599><c> speaking,</c><00:26:09.240><c> I</c><00:26:09.279><c> don't</c><00:26:09.700><c> think</c><00:26:09.940><c> we</c><00:26:10.160><c> are</c><00:26:10.619><c> sacrificial</c><00:26:11.339><c> givers.</c>

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Sometimes<00:26:13.400><c> the</c><00:26:13.579><c> ratio</c><00:26:13.960><c> of</c><00:26:14.200><c> our</c><00:26:14.359><c> giving</c><00:26:14.539><c> to</c><00:26:14.779><c> our</c><00:26:15.019><c> obvious</c><00:26:15.380><c> earnings</c><00:26:15.819><c> as</c><00:26:16.039><c> a</c><00:26:16.240><c> community</c>

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could<00:26:16.779><c> be</c><00:26:17.099><c> described</c><00:26:17.380><c> as</c><00:26:17.900><c> disgustingly</c><00:26:18.700><c> poor.</c>

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Even<00:26:20.559><c> though</c><00:26:20.819><c> tithing</c><00:26:21.240><c> isn't</c><00:26:21.599><c> commanded</c><00:26:22.079><c> in</c><00:26:22.319><c> the</c><00:26:22.420><c> New</c><00:26:22.619><c> Testament,</c>

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I<00:26:23.259><c> still</c><00:26:23.539><c> think</c><00:26:23.779><c> that</c><00:26:23.980><c> our</c><00:26:24.160><c> giving</c><00:26:24.359><c> should</c><00:26:24.599><c> at</c><00:26:24.599><c> least</c><00:26:24.880><c> bear</c><00:26:25.160><c> some</c><00:26:25.539><c> relation</c><00:26:26.180><c> to</c>

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our<00:26:26.980><c> earnings.</c>

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If<00:26:28.539><c> we</c><00:26:28.740><c> earn</c><00:26:28.920><c> more,</c><00:26:29.240><c> we</c><00:26:29.339><c> should</c><00:26:29.539><c> give</c><00:26:29.759><c> more.</c>

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Let<00:26:31.259><c> every</c><00:26:31.700><c> one</c><00:26:31.920><c> of</c><00:26:32.079><c> you</c><00:26:32.240><c> lay</c><00:26:32.539><c> by</c><00:26:32.920><c> him</c><00:26:33.160><c> in</c><00:26:33.680><c> store,</c><00:26:34.359><c> as</c><00:26:34.519><c> the</c><00:26:34.819><c> Lord</c>

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hath<00:26:35.559><c> prospered</c><00:26:36.099><c> him,</c><00:26:36.759><c> was</c><00:26:37.000><c> Paul's</c><00:26:37.579><c> advice.</c>

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And<00:26:40.579><c> on</c><00:26:40.859><c> present</c><00:26:41.220><c>-day</c><00:26:41.519><c> standards,</c><00:26:42.119><c> having</c><00:26:42.420><c> due</c><00:26:42.660><c> regard</c><00:26:43.059><c> to</c><00:26:43.259><c> the</c><00:26:43.400><c> value</c><00:26:43.599><c> of</c><00:26:43.900><c> money,</c>

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the<00:26:45.200><c> declining</c><00:26:45.500><c> value</c><00:26:45.859><c> of</c><00:26:46.079><c> money,</c><00:26:47.119><c> it</c><00:26:47.160><c> seems</c><00:26:47.359><c> to</c><00:26:47.460><c> me</c><00:26:47.660><c> unquestionable</c><00:26:48.440><c> that</c><00:26:48.579><c> there</c><00:26:48.680><c> ought</c><00:26:48.819><c> to</c><00:26:49.460><c> be</c>

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far<00:26:50.059><c> more</c><00:26:50.480><c> notes</c><00:26:50.859><c> in</c><00:26:51.099><c> our</c><00:26:51.339><c> collections</c><00:26:51.819><c> than</c><00:26:52.119><c> coins.</c>

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We<00:26:52.680><c> should</c><00:26:52.859><c> never</c><00:26:53.079><c> hear</c><00:26:53.279><c> the</c><00:26:53.539><c> clink</c><00:26:53.720><c> of</c><00:26:53.960><c> coins,</c>

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except<00:26:55.980><c> from</c><00:26:56.359><c> those</c><00:26:57.420><c> poor</c><00:26:57.740><c> widows</c><00:26:58.160><c> who</c><00:26:58.319><c> are</c><00:26:58.500><c> only</c><00:26:58.759><c> able</c><00:26:59.079><c> to</c>

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give<00:26:59.880><c> that</c><00:27:00.539><c> little</c><00:27:00.819><c> might.</c>

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We<00:27:02.640><c> ought</c><00:27:02.819><c> to</c><00:27:02.900><c> give</c><00:27:03.039><c> far</c><00:27:03.339><c> more</c><00:27:03.700><c> liberally</c><00:27:04.599><c> than</c><00:27:05.019><c> we</c><00:27:05.279><c> do.</c>

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And<00:27:06.000><c> if</c><00:27:06.180><c> we</c><00:27:06.420><c> gave</c><00:27:06.680><c> generously,</c><00:27:07.460><c> brethren</c><00:27:07.599><c> and</c><00:27:07.819><c> sisters,</c><00:27:08.059><c> who</c>

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knows<00:27:08.480><c> what</c><00:27:08.640><c> we</c><00:27:08.819><c> might</c><00:27:09.059><c> achieve</c>

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for<00:27:10.579><c> Bible</c><00:27:11.000><c> school,</c><00:27:11.980><c> for</c><00:27:12.220><c> Bible</c><00:27:12.440><c> mission,</c><00:27:13.880><c> for</c><00:27:14.039><c> benevolent</c>

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and<00:27:14.839><c> welfare</c><00:27:15.240><c> work,</c>

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for<00:27:15.980><c> the</c><00:27:16.160><c> witness</c><00:27:16.380><c> of</c><00:27:16.599><c> the</c><00:27:16.720><c> Gospel.</c>

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Who<00:27:17.579><c> knows</c><00:27:17.920><c> what</c><00:27:18.119><c> we</c><00:27:18.339><c> might</c><00:27:18.559><c> achieve</c><00:27:19.039><c> under</c><00:27:19.279><c> the</c><00:27:19.460><c> good</c><00:27:19.619><c> hand</c>

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of<00:27:20.039><c> our</c><00:27:20.220><c> God.</c>

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So<00:27:22.480><c> I</c><00:27:22.660><c> leave</c><00:27:22.839><c> you</c><00:27:23.019><c> to</c><00:27:23.200><c> ponder</c><00:27:23.480><c> the</c><00:27:23.779><c> thought</c><00:27:23.980><c> which</c><00:27:24.200><c> is</c><00:27:24.339><c> put</c><00:27:24.579><c> forward</c><00:27:24.859><c> in</c>

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verse<00:27:25.359><c> 8.</c>

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Will<00:27:26.799><c> a</c><00:27:27.039><c> man</c><00:27:27.240><c> rob</c><00:27:27.619><c> God,</c><00:27:28.819><c> and</c><00:27:28.980><c> yet</c><00:27:29.160><c> ye</c><00:27:29.440><c> have</c><00:27:29.700><c> robbed</c><00:27:29.900><c> me,</c><00:27:30.299><c> saith</c>

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the<00:27:30.660><c> Lord.</c>

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That<00:27:31.619><c> was</c><00:27:31.880><c> the</c><00:27:32.099><c> accusation</c><00:27:32.660><c> against</c><00:27:33.059><c> them.</c>

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Does<00:27:34.660><c> it</c><00:27:34.960><c> still</c><00:27:35.200><c> apply</c><00:27:35.559><c> today?</c>

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And<00:27:38.079><c> then</c><00:27:38.339><c> please</c><00:27:38.539><c> notice</c><00:27:38.920><c> verse</c><00:27:39.279><c> 10,</c><00:27:40.319><c> the</c><00:27:40.319><c> most</c><00:27:40.599><c> important</c><00:27:41.099><c> adjunct.</c>

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Bring<00:27:44.319><c> ye</c><00:27:44.559><c> all</c><00:27:44.799><c> the</c><00:27:45.039><c> ties</c><00:27:45.279><c> into</c><00:27:45.539><c> the</c><00:27:45.859><c> storehouses</c><00:27:46.480><c> that</c><00:27:46.720><c> there</c>

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may<00:27:47.339><c> be</c><00:27:47.619><c> meat</c><00:27:47.980><c> in</c><00:27:48.619><c> mine</c><00:27:48.960><c> house,</c>

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and<00:27:50.140><c> prove</c><00:27:50.519><c> me</c><00:27:50.920><c> now</c><00:27:51.220><c> herewith,</c><00:27:51.839><c> saith</c><00:27:51.980><c> the</c><00:27:52.140><c> Lord</c><00:27:52.339><c> of</c><00:27:52.519><c> hosts,</c>

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if<00:27:53.339><c> I</c><00:27:53.500><c> will</c><00:27:53.640><c> not</c><00:27:53.819><c> open</c><00:27:53.980><c> you</c><00:27:54.160><c> the</c><00:27:54.240><c> windows</c><00:27:54.619><c> of</c><00:27:54.900><c> heaven</c><00:27:55.079><c> and</c><00:27:55.400><c> pour</c>

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you<00:27:55.839><c> out</c><00:27:56.019><c> a</c><00:27:56.200><c> blessing,</c>

00:27:56.579 --> 00:28:00.220
that<00:27:56.700><c> there</c><00:27:56.819><c> shall</c><00:27:57.019><c> not</c><00:27:57.259><c> be</c><00:27:57.500><c> room</c><00:27:57.799><c> enough</c><00:27:58.200><c> to</c><00:27:58.700><c> receive</c><00:27:59.140><c> it.</c>

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:03.200
Now<00:28:00.880><c> that's</c><00:28:01.220><c> interesting</c><00:28:01.640><c> because</c><00:28:01.940><c> it</c><00:28:02.259><c> tells</c><00:28:02.460><c> us</c><00:28:02.700><c> that</c><00:28:02.900><c> their</c>

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:05.940
tithing<00:28:03.599><c> was</c><00:28:03.759><c> to</c><00:28:03.859><c> be</c><00:28:04.079><c> a</c><00:28:04.160><c> test</c><00:28:04.500><c> of</c><00:28:04.839><c> faith.</c>

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:09.299
If<00:28:06.599><c> they</c><00:28:06.819><c> did</c><00:28:07.039><c> their</c><00:28:07.400><c> part</c><00:28:07.680><c> faithfully,</c><00:28:08.559><c> God</c><00:28:08.799><c> would</c><00:28:09.059><c> bless</c>

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:11.119
them<00:28:09.660><c> abundantly.</c>

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:14.079
So,<00:28:12.099><c> brethren</c><00:28:12.299><c> and</c><00:28:12.539><c> sisters,</c><00:28:12.980><c> must</c><00:28:13.099><c> our</c><00:28:13.420><c> giving</c><00:28:13.660><c> be.</c>

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.779
It's<00:28:14.660><c> a</c><00:28:14.740><c> test</c><00:28:15.039><c> of</c><00:28:15.380><c> faith.</c>

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:19.299
It's<00:28:16.500><c> a</c><00:28:16.579><c> lesson</c><00:28:16.799><c> we</c><00:28:17.079><c> simply</c><00:28:17.579><c> have</c><00:28:18.019><c> to</c><00:28:18.339><c> learn.</c>

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:22.460
Our<00:28:19.640><c> giving</c><00:28:19.819><c> to</c><00:28:20.119><c> God</c><00:28:20.319><c> has</c><00:28:20.539><c> got</c><00:28:20.700><c> to</c><00:28:20.819><c> be</c><00:28:21.000><c> a</c><00:28:21.200><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:24.680
And<00:28:22.880><c> when</c><00:28:22.940><c> we</c><00:28:23.079><c> only</c><00:28:23.259><c> give</c><00:28:23.380><c> the</c><00:28:23.579><c> small</c><00:28:23.819><c> change</c><00:28:24.119><c> in</c><00:28:24.279><c> our</c><00:28:24.500><c> pocket</c>

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.539
on<00:28:24.900><c> a</c><00:28:24.980><c> Sunday</c><00:28:25.240><c> morning,</c>

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:27.400
it<00:28:25.700><c> isn't</c><00:28:25.980><c> a</c><00:28:26.319><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:26.759><c> at</c><00:28:27.079><c> all.</c>

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:29.410
We<00:28:28.059><c> don't</c><00:28:28.380><c> miss</c><00:28:28.640><c> it.</c>

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:32.319
It's<00:28:30.559><c> not</c><00:28:30.759><c> a</c><00:28:31.059><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:37.019
I<00:28:33.819><c> do</c><00:28:34.099><c> sometimes</c><00:28:34.680><c> wonder,</c><00:28:35.079><c> and</c><00:28:35.240><c> I'm</c><00:28:35.400><c> talking</c><00:28:35.700><c> to</c><00:28:35.880><c> myself</c><00:28:36.359><c> this</c><00:28:36.720><c> morning,</c>

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:39.900
I<00:28:37.319><c> sometimes</c><00:28:37.779><c> wonder</c><00:28:38.079><c> whether</c><00:28:38.319><c> we've</c><00:28:38.740><c> begun</c><00:28:39.099><c> to</c><00:28:39.359><c> know</c><00:28:39.500><c> what</c>

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:42.279
sacrificial<00:28:40.440><c> giving</c><00:28:40.720><c> is</c><00:28:40.920><c> all</c><00:28:41.180><c> about.</c>

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:45.079
And<00:28:43.059><c> whether</c><00:28:43.240><c> we're</c><00:28:43.500><c> not</c><00:28:43.700><c> robbing</c><00:28:44.099><c> God.</c>

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:51.259
Do<00:28:46.720><c> you</c><00:28:46.799><c> remember</c><00:28:47.359><c> the</c><00:28:47.819><c> story</c><00:28:48.480><c> of</c><00:28:49.079><c> Elijah</c><00:28:49.700><c> at</c><00:28:50.220><c> Zarephath,</c>

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:54.319
when<00:28:51.880><c> he</c><00:28:52.000><c> came</c><00:28:52.240><c> to</c><00:28:52.400><c> that</c><00:28:52.680><c> poor</c><00:28:52.980><c> widow</c><00:28:53.319><c> woman,</c>

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:58.819
and<00:28:54.680><c> she'd</c><00:28:54.859><c> only</c><00:28:55.140><c> got</c><00:28:55.579><c> a</c><00:28:56.079><c> very</c><00:28:56.599><c> small</c><00:28:57.019><c> quantity</c><00:28:57.619><c> of</c><00:28:58.019><c> oil</c><00:28:58.400><c> and</c>

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:01.299
meal<00:28:59.140><c> left</c><00:28:59.599><c> in</c><00:28:59.819><c> her</c><00:29:00.180><c> home?</c>

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:04.299
He<00:29:01.759><c> said</c><00:29:02.019><c> to</c><00:29:02.099><c> her,</c><00:29:02.480><c> what</c><00:29:02.700><c> have</c><00:29:02.859><c> you</c><00:29:02.940><c> got</c><00:29:03.180><c> there?</c>

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:08.680
And<00:29:06.099><c> she</c><00:29:06.160><c> said,</c><00:29:06.299><c> I've</c><00:29:06.420><c> just</c><00:29:06.660><c> got</c><00:29:06.880><c> enough</c><00:29:07.180><c> oil</c><00:29:07.819><c> and</c><00:29:08.180><c> meal</c><00:29:08.460><c> to</c>

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.779
make<00:29:08.880><c> one</c><00:29:09.160><c> little</c><00:29:09.460><c> cake</c>

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:13.160
for<00:29:09.980><c> me</c><00:29:10.240><c> and</c><00:29:10.359><c> my</c><00:29:10.680><c> son</c><00:29:10.940><c> that</c><00:29:11.140><c> we</c><00:29:11.319><c> may</c><00:29:11.500><c> eat</c><00:29:11.720><c> it</c><00:29:11.859><c> and</c><00:29:12.140><c> die.</c>

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:15.440
The<00:29:13.819><c> prophet</c><00:29:13.900><c> said,</c><00:29:14.099><c> let's</c><00:29:14.339><c> have</c><00:29:14.500><c> a</c><00:29:14.539><c> look.</c>

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:19.640
He<00:29:16.720><c> said,</c><00:29:17.019><c> make</c><00:29:17.180><c> me</c><00:29:18.019><c> a</c><00:29:18.279><c> little</c><00:29:18.500><c> cake</c><00:29:18.779><c> first.</c>

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:24.460
And<00:29:22.119><c> then</c><00:29:22.299><c> the</c><00:29:22.460><c> Lord</c><00:29:22.660><c> opened</c><00:29:23.019><c> the</c><00:29:23.299><c> windows</c><00:29:23.740><c> of</c><00:29:24.059><c> heaven</c>

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:28.240
and<00:29:25.180><c> poured</c><00:29:25.400><c> her</c><00:29:25.599><c> down</c><00:29:25.779><c> a</c><00:29:25.940><c> blessing</c><00:29:26.140><c> that</c><00:29:26.299><c> there</c><00:29:26.519><c> was</c><00:29:26.819><c> scarcely</c><00:29:27.359><c> room</c><00:29:27.680><c> enough</c><00:29:28.039><c> to</c>

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.440
receive<00:29:28.619><c> it.</c>

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:32.359
The<00:29:30.099><c> barrel</c><00:29:30.299><c> of</c><00:29:30.500><c> meal</c><00:29:30.799><c> wasted</c><00:29:31.279><c> not,</c><00:29:31.579><c> and</c><00:29:31.700><c> the</c><00:29:31.859><c> cruise</c><00:29:32.000><c> of</c><00:29:32.220><c> oil</c>

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.359
did<00:29:32.619><c> not</c><00:29:32.980><c> fail</c>

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:35.920
until<00:29:33.940><c> the</c><00:29:34.140><c> day</c><00:29:34.299><c> that</c><00:29:34.480><c> the</c><00:29:34.619><c> Lord</c><00:29:34.779><c> brought</c><00:29:35.039><c> rain</c><00:29:35.319><c> again</c><00:29:35.640><c> upon</c>

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:37.079
the<00:29:36.160><c> earth.</c>

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:40.160
She<00:29:37.619><c> and</c><00:29:37.839><c> her</c><00:29:38.099><c> son</c><00:29:38.259><c> were</c><00:29:38.420><c> able</c><00:29:38.640><c> to</c><00:29:38.779><c> go</c><00:29:38.880><c> on</c><00:29:39.079><c> eating</c><00:29:39.299><c> right</c><00:29:39.660><c> through</c><00:29:39.920><c> that</c>

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.619
period<00:29:40.480><c> of</c><00:29:40.779><c> drought.</c>

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:44.500
Her<00:29:42.019><c> household</c><00:29:42.359><c> was</c><00:29:42.619><c> provided</c><00:29:43.039><c> for</c><00:29:43.259><c> by</c><00:29:43.500><c> the</c><00:29:43.680><c> grace</c><00:29:43.920><c> of</c><00:29:44.220><c> God.</c>

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:50.160
But<00:29:44.859><c> only</c><00:29:45.720><c> because</c><00:29:46.960><c> she</c><00:29:48.039><c> had</c><00:29:48.279><c> made</c><00:29:48.480><c> a</c><00:29:48.660><c> little</c><00:29:48.940><c> cake</c><00:29:49.279><c> first</c><00:29:49.940><c> for</c>

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.900
the<00:29:50.279><c> Lord's</c><00:29:50.720><c> prophet,</c>

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:54.640
sacrificially<00:29:53.099><c> and</c><00:29:53.539><c> in</c><00:29:53.839><c> faith.</c>

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:57.920
She<00:29:55.759><c> could</c><00:29:55.980><c> so</c><00:29:56.240><c> easily</c><00:29:56.579><c> have</c><00:29:56.900><c> said,</c><00:29:57.180><c> brethren</c><00:29:57.460><c> and</c><00:29:57.700><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:58.039 --> 00:30:00.140
well<00:29:58.279><c> now,</c><00:29:58.500><c> Mr.</c><00:29:58.940><c> Elijah,</c><00:29:59.180><c> that's</c><00:29:59.519><c> a</c><00:29:59.660><c> tall</c><00:29:59.819><c> order.</c>

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.920
Just<00:30:00.839><c> have</c><00:30:01.019><c> a</c><00:30:01.099><c> look</c><00:30:01.240><c> how</c><00:30:01.380><c> much</c><00:30:01.599><c> is</c><00:30:01.799><c> left.</c>

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.079
There<00:30:02.180><c> it</c><00:30:02.359><c> is.</c>

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:06.740
Just<00:30:03.640><c> enough</c><00:30:03.880><c> for</c><00:30:04.039><c> me</c><00:30:04.240><c> and</c><00:30:04.339><c> my</c><00:30:04.619><c> son</c><00:30:04.819><c> that</c><00:30:05.000><c> we</c><00:30:05.140><c> may</c><00:30:05.240><c> eat</c><00:30:05.440><c> it</c><00:30:05.599><c> and</c><00:30:05.819><c> die.</c>

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:09.319
Won't<00:30:07.799><c> be</c><00:30:07.940><c> much</c><00:30:08.140><c> left</c><00:30:08.420><c> over</c><00:30:08.599><c> for</c><00:30:08.740><c> you,</c><00:30:08.920><c> I'm</c><00:30:09.079><c> afraid.</c>

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:12.079
I'm<00:30:09.599><c> sorry,</c><00:30:09.779><c> I</c><00:30:09.880><c> can't</c><00:30:10.200><c> make</c><00:30:10.339><c> you</c><00:30:10.579><c> a</c><00:30:10.700><c> little</c><00:30:10.880><c> cake</c><00:30:11.140><c> first.</c>

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:16.059
And<00:30:13.660><c> if</c><00:30:13.779><c> she</c><00:30:13.880><c> had</c><00:30:14.079><c> said</c><00:30:14.299><c> that,</c><00:30:14.680><c> brethren</c><00:30:14.839><c> and</c><00:30:15.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:19.880
there<00:30:16.420><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:16.680><c> have</c><00:30:16.859><c> been</c><00:30:16.980><c> that</c><00:30:17.240><c> miraculous</c><00:30:18.160><c> provision</c><00:30:18.599><c> during</c><00:30:18.980><c> the</c><00:30:19.119><c> years</c><00:30:19.359><c> of</c><00:30:19.599><c> drought.</c>

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:22.839
She<00:30:20.339><c> would</c><00:30:20.700><c> have</c><00:30:20.920><c> made</c><00:30:21.180><c> a</c><00:30:21.339><c> little</c><00:30:21.559><c> cake</c><00:30:21.799><c> for</c><00:30:21.960><c> herself</c><00:30:22.359><c> and</c><00:30:22.579><c> her</c>

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:24.619
son<00:30:23.019><c> and</c><00:30:23.180><c> she</c><00:30:23.380><c> would</c><00:30:23.640><c> have</c><00:30:23.880><c> died.</c>

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:34.720
...of<00:30:32.880><c> heaven</c><00:30:33.119><c> and</c><00:30:33.380><c> pour</c><00:30:33.559><c> you</c><00:30:33.759><c> down</c><00:30:33.940><c> a</c><00:30:34.079><c> blessing</c><00:30:34.380><c> that</c><00:30:34.599><c> there</c>

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:37.720
will<00:30:34.839><c> not</c><00:30:35.059><c> be</c><00:30:35.319><c> room</c><00:30:35.480><c> enough</c><00:30:35.779><c> to</c><00:30:36.019><c> receive</c><00:30:36.380><c> it.</c>

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.579
And<00:30:38.519><c> of</c><00:30:38.700><c> course,</c><00:30:39.019><c> brethren</c><00:30:39.200><c> and</c><00:30:39.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:42.359
it<00:30:39.740><c> doesn't</c><00:30:40.019><c> necessarily</c><00:30:40.599><c> refer</c><00:30:41.099><c> to</c><00:30:41.319><c> material</c><00:30:41.759><c> blessings,</c>

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:46.019
although<00:30:42.680><c> the</c><00:30:42.859><c> Lord</c><00:30:43.000><c> is</c><00:30:43.200><c> often</c><00:30:43.460><c> very</c><00:30:43.859><c> gracious</c><00:30:44.279><c> in</c><00:30:44.759><c> that</c><00:30:44.940><c> direction.</c>

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:49.220
But<00:30:46.740><c> you</c><00:30:46.940><c> may</c><00:30:47.220><c> never</c><00:30:47.420><c> become</c><00:30:47.779><c> the</c><00:30:48.019><c> managing</c><00:30:48.259><c> director</c><00:30:48.660><c> of</c><00:30:48.819><c> the</c><00:30:48.920><c> company,</c>

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:52.740
you<00:30:49.400><c> may</c><00:30:49.660><c> never</c><00:30:49.960><c> earn</c><00:30:50.299><c> $200</c><00:30:50.759><c>,000</c><00:30:51.440><c> a</c><00:30:51.779><c> year.</c>

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:55.779
But<00:30:54.059><c> as</c><00:30:54.319><c> Jesus</c><00:30:54.700><c> said,</c>

00:30:56.079 --> 00:31:00.940
if<00:30:56.140><c> any</c><00:30:56.380><c> man</c><00:30:56.640><c> come</c><00:30:56.859><c> after</c><00:30:57.220><c> me</c><00:30:58.259><c> and</c><00:30:59.019><c> deny</c><00:30:59.259><c> father</c><00:30:59.680><c> or</c><00:30:59.920><c> mother,</c>

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:05.119
children,<00:31:02.460><c> houses,</c><00:31:03.200><c> lands,</c><00:31:03.720><c> for</c><00:31:03.839><c> my</c><00:31:04.180><c> sake</c><00:31:04.359><c> and</c><00:31:04.539><c> the</c><00:31:04.720><c> Gospels,</c>

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:07.259
he<00:31:05.359><c> shall</c><00:31:05.559><c> receive</c><00:31:06.039><c> a</c><00:31:06.420><c> hundredfold.</c>

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:12.200
Now,<00:31:08.720><c> in</c><00:31:08.759><c> this</c><00:31:09.119><c> life,</c><00:31:10.039><c> the</c><00:31:10.220><c> blessings</c><00:31:10.599><c> of</c><00:31:10.880><c> our</c><00:31:11.119><c> fellowship</c>

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:16.059
and<00:31:13.299><c> in</c><00:31:13.420><c> the</c><00:31:13.579><c> world</c><00:31:13.740><c> to</c><00:31:14.000><c> come,</c><00:31:14.720><c> life</c><00:31:14.900><c> everlasting.</c>

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.680
He<00:31:17.099><c> made</c><00:31:17.319><c> it</c><00:31:17.619><c> clear</c><00:31:17.859><c> that</c><00:31:18.000><c> we</c><00:31:18.099><c> would</c><00:31:18.279><c> get</c><00:31:18.519><c> back</c>

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:22.359
more<00:31:18.900><c> than</c><00:31:19.000><c> we</c><00:31:19.180><c> ever</c><00:31:19.339><c> gave</c><00:31:19.539><c> up</c><00:31:19.759><c> in</c><00:31:20.000><c> sacrificial</c><00:31:20.539><c> giving,</c><00:31:20.980><c> didn't</c><00:31:21.180><c> he?</c>

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:27.519
No<00:31:23.259><c> man</c><00:31:23.640><c> who</c><00:31:23.920><c> invests</c><00:31:24.480><c> in</c><00:31:24.720><c> God</c><00:31:25.140><c> is</c><00:31:26.039><c> ever</c><00:31:26.400><c> disappointed</c><00:31:27.059><c> in</c><00:31:27.319><c> the</c>

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:29.480
return<00:31:27.859><c> on</c><00:31:28.099><c> his</c><00:31:28.339><c> investment.</c>

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.900
No<00:31:29.940><c> man.</c>

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:35.660
Make<00:31:32.539><c> me</c><00:31:32.880><c> a</c><00:31:32.960><c> little</c><00:31:33.259><c> cake</c><00:31:33.619><c> first,</c><00:31:34.339><c> says</c><00:31:34.680><c> God.</c>

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:38.640
Bring<00:31:35.900><c> me</c><00:31:36.099><c> all</c><00:31:36.299><c> the</c><00:31:36.519><c> tithes</c><00:31:36.819><c> into</c><00:31:37.059><c> the</c><00:31:37.319><c> storehouse.</c>

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:42.259
There's<00:31:39.559><c> a</c><00:31:39.740><c> great</c><00:31:39.920><c> lesson</c><00:31:40.259><c> in</c><00:31:40.440><c> that</c><00:31:40.640><c> for</c><00:31:40.819><c> us.</c>

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:45.240
The<00:31:42.960><c> Israelites</c><00:31:43.299><c> had</c><00:31:43.759><c> to</c><00:31:44.000><c> have</c><00:31:44.140><c> the</c><00:31:44.420><c> faith</c><00:31:44.640><c> to</c><00:31:44.960><c> say,</c>

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:50.519
this<00:31:45.779><c> is</c><00:31:46.019><c> the</c><00:31:46.220><c> Lord's,</c><00:31:47.140><c> I'm</c><00:31:47.380><c> taking</c><00:31:47.680><c> it</c><00:31:48.000><c> down</c><00:31:48.759><c> to</c><00:31:49.180><c> the</c><00:31:49.359><c> storehouse.</c>

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:52.660
I'm<00:31:51.119><c> giving</c><00:31:51.339><c> God</c><00:31:51.619><c> the</c><00:31:51.880><c> first</c><00:31:52.200><c> fruits.</c>

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:54.900
I'll<00:31:53.539><c> have</c><00:31:53.740><c> what's</c><00:31:54.200><c> left</c><00:31:54.480><c> over.</c>

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:57.480
He<00:31:55.619><c> gets</c><00:31:55.920><c> the</c><00:31:56.220><c> first</c><00:31:56.539><c> fruits.</c>

00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:00.059
And<00:31:58.319><c> having</c><00:31:58.460><c> taken</c><00:31:58.740><c> that</c><00:31:58.940><c> step,</c><00:31:59.220><c> they</c><00:31:59.359><c> would</c><00:31:59.500><c> have</c><00:31:59.619><c> found</c><00:31:59.819><c> that</c>

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:03.400
everything<00:32:00.359><c> worked</c><00:32:00.740><c> out</c><00:32:01.000><c> to</c><00:32:01.180><c> their</c><00:32:01.420><c> blessing,</c><00:32:01.940><c> to</c><00:32:02.000><c> their</c><00:32:02.259><c> advantage.</c>

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:06.819
But<00:32:05.279><c> they</c><00:32:05.440><c> drew</c><00:32:05.660><c> back.</c>

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:09.539
They<00:32:07.339><c> couldn't</c><00:32:07.619><c> find</c><00:32:08.000><c> it</c><00:32:08.160><c> in</c><00:32:08.299><c> themselves</c>

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:14.380
to<00:32:10.099><c> make</c><00:32:10.400><c> God</c><00:32:10.720><c> that</c><00:32:11.019><c> little</c><00:32:11.380><c> cake</c><00:32:11.700><c> first,</c><00:32:12.299><c> like</c><00:32:12.500><c> the</c><00:32:12.660><c> widow</c><00:32:12.859><c> of</c><00:32:13.119><c> Zarephath.</c>

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:19.500
Now,<00:32:15.299><c> how</c><00:32:15.440><c> do</c><00:32:15.619><c> we</c><00:32:15.880><c> stand</c><00:32:16.299><c> in</c><00:32:17.019><c> precisely</c><00:32:17.500><c> the</c><00:32:17.920><c> same</c><00:32:18.220><c> issue,</c><00:32:18.880><c> brethren</c><00:32:19.039><c> and</c><00:32:19.299><c> sisters?</c>

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:21.079
How<00:32:19.859><c> do</c><00:32:20.059><c> we</c><00:32:20.259><c> stand?</c>

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:25.440
That<00:32:22.460><c> which</c><00:32:22.839><c> Christ</c><00:32:23.500><c> so</c><00:32:24.000><c> hardly</c><00:32:24.599><c> wrought,</c>

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:28.900
that<00:32:26.200><c> which</c><00:32:26.519><c> he</c><00:32:26.960><c> so</c><00:32:27.400><c> dearly</c><00:32:28.019><c> bought,</c>

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:34.900
that<00:32:29.599><c> salvation,</c><00:32:31.160><c> mortals</c><00:32:31.539><c> say,</c><00:32:32.460><c> will</c><00:32:32.680><c> he</c><00:32:32.960><c> madly</c><00:32:33.480><c> cast</c><00:32:33.799><c> away?</c>

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:42.200
The<00:32:37.000><c> Lord</c><00:32:37.220><c> Jesus</c><00:32:37.700><c> Christ</c><00:32:38.180><c> gave</c><00:32:38.640><c> everything</c><00:32:39.359><c> for</c><00:32:39.720><c> our</c><00:32:40.000><c> salvation,</c><00:32:40.799><c> brethren</c><00:32:40.980><c> and</c><00:32:41.220><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:44.339
He<00:32:42.400><c> wasn't</c><00:32:42.799><c> a</c><00:32:43.059><c> ten</c><00:32:43.299><c> percenter.</c>

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:49.880
He<00:32:45.740><c> gave</c><00:32:46.380><c> a</c><00:32:46.740><c> hundred</c><00:32:47.119><c> percent</c><00:32:47.900><c> to</c><00:32:48.940><c> God.</c>

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:54.200
Everything<00:32:50.819><c> he</c><00:32:51.140><c> had,</c><00:32:51.539><c> he</c><00:32:51.640><c> poured</c><00:32:51.819><c> out</c><00:32:52.099><c> in</c><00:32:52.319><c> service</c><00:32:52.599><c> to</c><00:32:52.799><c> his</c><00:32:53.000><c> father</c><00:32:53.400><c> and</c><00:32:53.980><c> to</c>

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:55.500
his<00:32:54.400><c> fellow</c><00:32:54.660><c> men.</c>

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:58.319
And<00:32:56.240><c> with</c><00:32:56.359><c> it,</c><00:32:56.500><c> he</c><00:32:56.680><c> bought</c><00:32:56.859><c> our</c><00:32:57.160><c> salvation.</c>

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:02.359
Are<00:32:59.819><c> we</c><00:33:00.180><c> going</c><00:33:00.359><c> to</c><00:33:00.640><c> be</c><00:33:00.859><c> so</c><00:33:01.319><c> parsimonious,</c>

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:06.779
so<00:33:03.039><c> grasping,</c><00:33:03.880><c> so</c><00:33:04.420><c> sparse</c><00:33:04.819><c> in</c><00:33:05.039><c> our</c><00:33:05.259><c> return</c><00:33:05.660><c> to</c><00:33:05.839><c> him,</c>

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:09.259
in<00:33:07.400><c> our</c><00:33:07.599><c> love</c><00:33:07.779><c> and</c><00:33:08.079><c> service</c><00:33:08.400><c> and</c><00:33:08.660><c> self</c><00:33:09.000><c>-giving,</c>

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:12.660
that<00:33:09.519><c> like</c><00:33:09.859><c> Israel,</c><00:33:10.640><c> we</c><00:33:11.000><c> madly</c><00:33:11.559><c> cast</c><00:33:11.859><c> away</c>

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:16.279
that<00:33:13.640><c> salvation</c><00:33:14.240><c> which</c><00:33:14.500><c> was</c><00:33:14.740><c> so</c><00:33:15.039><c> dearly</c><00:33:15.460><c> bought?</c>

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:21.460
I<00:33:18.380><c> leave</c><00:33:18.519><c> you</c><00:33:18.700><c> to</c><00:33:18.880><c> ponder</c><00:33:19.079><c> that,</c><00:33:19.380><c> my</c><00:33:19.599><c> dear</c><00:33:19.799><c> brethren</c><00:33:20.140><c> and</c><00:33:20.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:25.119
And<00:33:22.980><c> now</c><00:33:23.160><c> chapter</c><00:33:23.460><c> four</c><00:33:23.799><c> tells</c><00:33:24.140><c> us</c><00:33:24.420><c> that</c><00:33:24.579><c> the</c><00:33:24.640><c> day</c><00:33:24.839><c> of</c><00:33:25.000><c> the</c>

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:26.579
Lord<00:33:25.319><c> cometh.</c>

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:30.660
So<00:33:28.599><c> we're</c><00:33:28.880><c> back</c><00:33:29.079><c> to</c><00:33:29.279><c> this</c><00:33:29.500><c> idea.</c>

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:33.319
The<00:33:31.180><c> day</c><00:33:31.420><c> which</c><00:33:31.680><c> the</c><00:33:31.859><c> Israelites</c><00:33:32.180><c> imagined</c><00:33:32.779><c> that</c><00:33:32.960><c> they</c><00:33:33.099><c> would</c>

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.880
delight<00:33:33.680><c> in</c>

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:36.019
and<00:33:34.019><c> which</c><00:33:34.140><c> would</c><00:33:34.319><c> elevate</c><00:33:34.680><c> their</c><00:33:34.940><c> position.</c>

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.980
But<00:33:36.259><c> it's</c><00:33:36.500><c> going</c><00:33:36.700><c> to</c><00:33:37.019><c> burn</c><00:33:37.279><c> as</c><00:33:37.519><c> an</c><00:33:37.799><c> oven,</c><00:33:38.299><c> the</c><00:33:38.299><c> prophet</c><00:33:38.640><c> says</c>

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:41.519
in<00:33:39.220><c> verse</c><00:33:39.500><c> one</c><00:33:39.740><c> of</c><00:33:39.960><c> chapter</c><00:33:40.240><c> four.</c>

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:45.440
Behold,<00:33:43.059><c> the</c><00:33:43.200><c> day</c><00:33:43.480><c> cometh</c><00:33:43.859><c> that</c><00:33:44.119><c> shall</c><00:33:44.319><c> burn</c><00:33:44.759><c> as</c><00:33:45.019><c> an</c><00:33:45.220><c> oven,</c>

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:49.960
and<00:33:46.099><c> all</c><00:33:46.279><c> the</c><00:33:46.579><c> proud,</c><00:33:47.119><c> yea,</c><00:33:47.339><c> and</c><00:33:47.440><c> all</c><00:33:47.599><c> that</c><00:33:47.740><c> do</c><00:33:47.880><c> wickedly</c><00:33:48.339><c> shall</c><00:33:48.500><c> be</c><00:33:48.779><c> stubble.</c>

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:53.000
And<00:33:50.539><c> the</c><00:33:50.619><c> day</c><00:33:50.799><c> that</c><00:33:51.019><c> cometh</c><00:33:51.220><c> shall</c><00:33:51.460><c> burn</c><00:33:51.880><c> them</c><00:33:52.180><c> up,</c><00:33:52.700><c> said</c><00:33:52.779><c> the</c>

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.759
Lord<00:33:53.259><c> of</c><00:33:53.500><c> hosts,</c>

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:57.440
that<00:33:54.039><c> shall</c><00:33:54.240><c> leave</c><00:33:54.460><c> them</c><00:33:54.660><c> neither</c><00:33:55.000><c> root</c><00:33:55.500><c> nor</c><00:33:56.259><c> branch.</c>

00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:02.900
But,<00:33:59.460><c> what</c><00:33:59.960><c> wonderful</c><00:34:00.519><c> words</c><00:34:00.900><c> these</c><00:34:01.220><c> are</c><00:34:01.500><c> which</c><00:34:01.759><c> follow.</c>

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:08.300
Unto<00:34:04.119><c> you</c><00:34:04.440><c> that</c><00:34:04.759><c> fear</c><00:34:05.000><c> my</c><00:34:05.420><c> name</c><00:34:05.960><c> shall</c><00:34:06.480><c> the</c><00:34:06.660><c> son</c><00:34:06.819><c> of</c><00:34:07.079><c> righteousness</c><00:34:07.640><c> arise</c>

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:11.699
with<00:34:08.659><c> healing</c><00:34:09.019><c> in</c><00:34:09.239><c> his</c><00:34:09.519><c> wings</c><00:34:09.960><c> or</c><00:34:10.260><c> in</c><00:34:10.380><c> his</c><00:34:10.639><c> beams.</c>

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:15.179
And<00:34:12.239><c> he</c><00:34:12.360><c> shall</c><00:34:12.500><c> grow</c><00:34:12.739><c> up</c><00:34:13.179><c> and</c><00:34:13.480><c> go</c><00:34:13.780><c> forth,</c><00:34:14.280><c> grow</c><00:34:14.480><c> up</c><00:34:14.659><c> as</c><00:34:14.920><c> calves</c>

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.599
of<00:34:15.400><c> the</c><00:34:15.679><c> store.</c>

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:19.760
He<00:34:16.920><c> shall</c><00:34:17.059><c> tread</c><00:34:17.380><c> down</c><00:34:17.880><c> the</c><00:34:18.119><c> wicked,</c><00:34:18.500><c> for</c><00:34:18.539><c> they</c><00:34:18.719><c> shall</c><00:34:18.880><c> be</c><00:34:19.079><c> ashes</c><00:34:19.260><c> under</c><00:34:19.599><c> the</c>

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.800
soles<00:34:20.000><c> of</c><00:34:20.159><c> your</c><00:34:20.360><c> feet.</c>

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:26.239
In<00:34:21.360><c> the</c><00:34:21.519><c> day</c><00:34:21.659><c> that</c><00:34:21.820><c> I</c><00:34:22.000><c> shall</c><00:34:22.159><c> do</c><00:34:22.440><c> this,</c><00:34:23.599><c> saith</c><00:34:23.820><c> the</c><00:34:24.599><c> Lord</c><00:34:24.860><c> of</c><00:34:25.019><c> hosts.</c>

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:29.900
But<00:34:27.559><c> before</c><00:34:27.780><c> we</c><00:34:28.000><c> too</c><00:34:28.199><c> readily</c><00:34:28.579><c> delight</c><00:34:28.980><c> in</c><00:34:29.119><c> the</c><00:34:29.300><c> prospect</c><00:34:29.639><c> of</c>

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:31.559
treading<00:34:30.119><c> underfoot</c><00:34:30.599><c> the</c><00:34:30.800><c> wicked,</c>

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:35.000
Malachi<00:34:33.059><c> says,</c><00:34:33.400><c> examine</c><00:34:33.739><c> yourselves</c><00:34:34.239><c> just</c><00:34:34.480><c> to</c><00:34:34.639><c> make</c><00:34:34.800><c> sure</c>

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:36.639
that<00:34:35.139><c> you're</c><00:34:35.300><c> not</c><00:34:35.500><c> amongst</c><00:34:35.880><c> them.</c>

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:42.599
Verse<00:34:39.119><c> two,</c><00:34:40.139><c> those</c><00:34:40.380><c> opening</c><00:34:41.059><c> words.</c>

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:47.400
To<00:34:43.980><c> you</c><00:34:44.139><c> that</c><00:34:44.380><c> fear</c><00:34:44.500><c> my</c><00:34:44.860><c> name</c><00:34:45.139><c> shall</c><00:34:45.360><c> the</c><00:34:45.539><c> son</c><00:34:45.659><c> of</c><00:34:45.900><c> righteousness</c><00:34:46.340><c> arise</c><00:34:46.980><c> with</c>

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:50.619
healing<00:34:47.920><c> in</c><00:34:49.219><c> his</c><00:34:49.460><c> wings.</c>

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:54.719
So<00:34:51.340><c> the</c><00:34:51.519><c> sun's</c><00:34:51.940><c> going</c><00:34:52.079><c> to</c><00:34:52.400><c> shine</c><00:34:52.619><c> again,</c><00:34:53.280><c> brethren</c><00:34:53.380><c> and</c><00:34:53.659><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:58.380
Those<00:34:55.320><c> who</c><00:34:55.500><c> are</c><00:34:55.599><c> in</c><00:34:55.679><c> any</c><00:34:55.940><c> trouble</c><00:34:56.280><c> or</c><00:34:56.559><c> distress,</c><00:34:57.900><c> those</c><00:34:58.199><c> who</c>

00:34:58.380 --> 00:35:00.320
have<00:34:58.639><c> passed</c><00:34:58.940><c> through</c><00:34:59.179><c> the</c><00:34:59.360><c> valley</c><00:34:59.619><c> of</c><00:34:59.840><c> the</c><00:35:00.039><c> shadow</c>

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:03.300
of<00:35:00.539><c> death</c><00:35:00.820><c> or</c><00:35:01.280><c> who</c><00:35:01.539><c> are</c><00:35:01.880><c> passing</c><00:35:02.300><c> through</c><00:35:02.559><c> the</c><00:35:02.739><c> valley</c><00:35:02.940><c> of</c><00:35:03.099><c> the</c>

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:07.280
shadow,<00:35:04.760><c> those</c><00:35:05.099><c> who</c><00:35:05.340><c> find</c><00:35:05.559><c> the</c><00:35:05.800><c> day</c><00:35:06.000><c> long</c><00:35:06.500><c> and</c><00:35:06.840><c> dark</c>

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:11.139
and<00:35:07.679><c> wearisome,</c><00:35:09.019><c> they</c><00:35:09.320><c> will</c><00:35:09.519><c> be</c><00:35:09.760><c> relieved</c><00:35:10.099><c> of</c><00:35:10.360><c> their</c><00:35:10.519><c> burdens.</c>

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:14.579
The<00:35:11.760><c> sun's</c><00:35:12.119><c> going</c><00:35:12.239><c> to</c><00:35:12.539><c> shine</c><00:35:12.739><c> again,</c><00:35:13.099><c> the</c><00:35:13.320><c> clouds</c><00:35:13.619><c> will</c><00:35:13.980><c> pass,</c>

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:18.159
and<00:35:15.239><c> the</c><00:35:15.360><c> son</c><00:35:15.460><c> of</c><00:35:15.679><c> righteousness</c><00:35:16.079><c> will</c><00:35:16.460><c> arise</c><00:35:16.780><c> with</c><00:35:17.159><c> healing.</c>

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:22.219
Healing<00:35:19.719><c> is</c><00:35:20.059><c> surely</c><00:35:20.280><c> one</c><00:35:20.519><c> of</c><00:35:20.579><c> the</c><00:35:20.679><c> most</c><00:35:20.960><c> delightful</c><00:35:21.579><c> words</c><00:35:22.000><c> in</c>

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:23.360
the<00:35:22.400><c> English</c><00:35:22.599><c> language.</c>

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:26.579
These<00:35:24.159><c> are</c><00:35:24.360><c> the</c><00:35:24.440><c> blessings</c><00:35:24.739><c> of</c><00:35:25.019><c> God</c><00:35:25.239><c> which</c><00:35:25.460><c> he</c><00:35:25.639><c> has</c><00:35:25.860><c> in</c><00:35:26.159><c> store</c>

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:28.559
for<00:35:27.179><c> his</c><00:35:27.440><c> people.</c>

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:34.099
And<00:35:30.880><c> I</c><00:35:30.920><c> would</c><00:35:31.099><c> now</c><00:35:31.280><c> like</c><00:35:31.539><c> to</c><00:35:31.900><c> bring</c><00:35:32.039><c> our</c><00:35:32.300><c> meditation</c><00:35:32.920><c> to</c><00:35:33.300><c> a</c><00:35:33.539><c> close</c><00:35:33.860><c> in</c>

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.340
the<00:35:34.300><c> third</c><00:35:34.579><c> chapter.</c>

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:40.179
Before<00:35:36.579><c> we</c><00:35:36.820><c> go</c><00:35:37.079><c> there,</c><00:35:37.380><c> just</c><00:35:37.579><c> to</c><00:35:37.719><c> look</c><00:35:37.840><c> at</c><00:35:38.000><c> a</c><00:35:38.099><c> verse</c><00:35:38.340><c> or</c><00:35:38.619><c> two,</c>

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:43.579
can<00:35:40.619><c> I</c><00:35:40.719><c> just</c><00:35:40.920><c> very</c><00:35:41.280><c> briefly</c><00:35:41.960><c> sum</c><00:35:42.519><c> up</c><00:35:42.699><c> what</c><00:35:42.880><c> we've</c><00:35:43.139><c> been</c><00:35:43.300><c> trying</c>

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:45.360
to<00:35:43.860><c> say</c><00:35:44.059><c> this</c><00:35:44.380><c> morning?</c>

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:53.480
Self<00:35:47.420><c>-judgment</c><00:35:48.059><c> and</c><00:35:48.519><c> humility</c><00:35:49.119><c> before</c><00:35:49.619><c> God,</c><00:35:51.340><c> a</c><00:35:51.440><c> critical</c><00:35:52.019><c> self</c><00:35:52.440><c>-appraisal</c><00:35:53.219><c> of</c>

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:55.579
our<00:35:53.739><c> position</c><00:35:54.360><c> as</c><00:35:54.659><c> his</c><00:35:55.019><c> servants</c>

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:59.019
is<00:35:56.039><c> absolutely</c><00:35:57.019><c> essential,</c><00:35:58.320><c> brethren</c><00:35:58.460><c> and</c><00:35:58.659><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:05.139
If<00:35:59.559><c> we</c><00:35:59.840><c> are</c><00:36:00.059><c> to</c><00:36:00.360><c> stand</c><00:36:01.199><c> in</c><00:36:02.039><c> the</c><00:36:02.179><c> day</c><00:36:02.320><c> when</c><00:36:02.519><c> his</c><00:36:02.699><c> son</c><00:36:02.900><c> appears</c><00:36:03.679><c> and</c><00:36:04.480><c> not</c><00:36:04.760><c> be</c>

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:07.860
trodden<00:36:05.539><c> under</c><00:36:05.820><c> in</c><00:36:06.019><c> the</c><00:36:06.199><c> judgments</c><00:36:06.519><c> of</c><00:36:06.840><c> God,</c>

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:12.659
now<00:36:08.800><c> is</c><00:36:09.079><c> the</c><00:36:09.300><c> time</c><00:36:10.039><c> to</c><00:36:10.800><c> examine</c><00:36:11.099><c> our</c><00:36:11.380><c> lives</c><00:36:11.659><c> critically,</c><00:36:12.280><c> day</c>

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:14.500
by<00:36:13.000><c> day,</c><00:36:13.519><c> to</c><00:36:13.639><c> see</c><00:36:13.800><c> whether,</c><00:36:14.039><c> in</c><00:36:14.260><c> fact,</c>

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:17.539
the<00:36:14.599><c> work</c><00:36:14.840><c> of</c><00:36:15.039><c> God</c><00:36:15.219><c> is</c><00:36:15.400><c> being</c><00:36:15.699><c> wrought</c><00:36:15.960><c> in</c><00:36:16.059><c> us</c><00:36:16.280><c> as</c><00:36:16.480><c> it</c><00:36:16.739><c> ought.</c>

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:24.280
Now<00:36:18.739><c> is</c><00:36:18.960><c> the</c><00:36:19.159><c> time</c><00:36:19.360><c> to</c><00:36:19.599><c> guard</c><00:36:19.820><c> against</c><00:36:20.280><c> complacency</c><00:36:21.500><c> and</c><00:36:22.099><c> misplace</c><00:36:22.739><c> confidence</c><00:36:23.679><c> that</c>

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.059
because<00:36:24.699><c> we</c><00:36:24.940><c> are</c>

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:27.840
the<00:36:25.239><c> people</c><00:36:25.460><c> of</c><00:36:25.659><c> the</c><00:36:25.800><c> book</c><00:36:25.980><c> in</c><00:36:26.179><c> these</c><00:36:26.380><c> last</c><00:36:26.699><c> days,</c><00:36:27.420><c> therefore,</c>

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.400
God<00:36:28.179><c> must</c><00:36:28.539><c> save</c><00:36:28.880><c> us.</c>

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:34.280
He<00:36:29.840><c> doesn't</c><00:36:30.059><c> have</c><00:36:30.260><c> to</c><00:36:30.380><c> do</c><00:36:30.519><c> anything</c><00:36:30.820><c> of</c><00:36:31.019><c> the</c><00:36:31.260><c> sort,</c><00:36:32.119><c> as</c><00:36:32.300><c> Malachi</c><00:36:32.719><c> points</c><00:36:33.159><c> out.</c>

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:39.159
Going<00:36:36.019><c> back</c><00:36:36.360><c> into</c><00:36:36.599><c> the</c><00:36:36.719><c> third</c><00:36:36.920><c> chapter,</c><00:36:37.380><c> the</c><00:36:37.539><c> sixteenth</c><00:36:38.059><c> verse,</c><00:36:38.460><c> it</c><00:36:38.699><c> tells</c><00:36:38.900><c> of</c><00:36:39.059><c> a</c>

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:40.260
little<00:36:39.340><c> group</c><00:36:39.579><c> of</c><00:36:39.840><c> people</c><00:36:40.119><c> in</c>

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:43.320
the<00:36:40.380><c> nation</c><00:36:40.719><c> at</c><00:36:40.960><c> that</c><00:36:41.300><c> time</c><00:36:41.599><c> who</c><00:36:41.800><c> were</c><00:36:42.079><c> not</c><00:36:42.440><c> complacent</c><00:36:43.039><c> about</c>

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:45.559
their<00:36:43.559><c> spiritual</c><00:36:44.019><c> condition</c><00:36:44.579><c> and</c><00:36:44.980><c> who</c><00:36:45.219><c> did</c>

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:48.300
tremble<00:36:46.239><c> at</c><00:36:46.659><c> the</c><00:36:46.820><c> word</c><00:36:46.980><c> of</c><00:36:47.219><c> God.</c>

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:54.219
Then<00:36:49.579><c> they</c><00:36:50.079><c> that</c><00:36:50.360><c> feared</c><00:36:50.599><c> the</c><00:36:50.900><c> Lord</c><00:36:51.780><c> spake</c><00:36:52.340><c> often</c><00:36:52.679><c> one</c><00:36:52.960><c> to</c><00:36:53.179><c> another,</c><00:36:54.099><c> and</c>

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:56.519
the<00:36:54.380><c> Lord</c><00:36:54.719><c> harken</c><00:36:55.380><c> and</c><00:36:56.019><c> heard</c><00:36:56.199><c> it,</c>

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:59.480
and<00:36:57.219><c> a</c><00:36:57.320><c> book</c><00:36:57.440><c> of</c><00:36:57.659><c> remembrance</c><00:36:58.039><c> was</c><00:36:58.300><c> written</c><00:36:58.539><c> before</c><00:36:59.000><c> him</c><00:36:59.300><c> for</c>

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:01.039
them<00:36:59.840><c> that</c><00:37:00.139><c> feared</c><00:37:00.300><c> the</c><00:37:00.599><c> Lord</c>

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:03.699
and<00:37:01.539><c> that</c><00:37:01.820><c> thought</c><00:37:01.960><c> upon</c><00:37:02.300><c> his</c><00:37:02.619><c> name.</c>

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:11.380
God<00:37:06.340><c> and</c><00:37:06.900><c> God</c><00:37:07.260><c> alone</c><00:37:07.719><c> knows</c><00:37:08.440><c> the</c><00:37:08.699><c> true</c><00:37:08.860><c> extent</c><00:37:09.260><c> of</c><00:37:09.460><c> the</c><00:37:09.659><c> spiritual</c><00:37:10.019><c> endeavors</c><00:37:10.400><c> of</c><00:37:10.639><c> every</c><00:37:10.940><c> heart</c><00:37:11.199><c> in</c>

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.760
this<00:37:11.579><c> room</c>

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:15.679
this<00:37:12.079><c> morning.</c><00:37:13.619><c> He</c><00:37:13.739><c> knows</c><00:37:14.159><c> whether</c><00:37:14.420><c> we're</c><00:37:14.679><c> really</c><00:37:15.219><c> trying,</c>

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:18.500
doing<00:37:16.079><c> our</c><00:37:16.420><c> best</c><00:37:16.719><c> to</c><00:37:16.960><c> do</c><00:37:17.079><c> his</c><00:37:17.380><c> will,</c><00:37:17.960><c> or</c><00:37:18.119><c> whether</c><00:37:18.260><c> we're</c>

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:22.699
just<00:37:18.659><c> sitting</c><00:37:18.860><c> back</c><00:37:19.199><c> and</c><00:37:19.440><c> coasting,</c><00:37:20.260><c> waiting</c><00:37:20.559><c> for</c><00:37:20.800><c> the</c><00:37:20.980><c> kingdom</c><00:37:21.239><c> to</c><00:37:21.519><c> come.</c>

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:29.719
And<00:37:25.440><c> for</c><00:37:25.559><c> those</c><00:37:25.840><c> who</c><00:37:26.099><c> truly</c><00:37:26.460><c> fear</c><00:37:26.760><c> the</c><00:37:26.960><c> Lord,</c><00:37:27.360><c> a</c><00:37:27.400><c> book</c><00:37:27.579><c> of</c><00:37:27.860><c> remembrance</c><00:37:28.280><c> is</c><00:37:28.599><c> kept.</c>

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:32.119
Verse<00:37:30.320><c> 17</c><00:37:30.880><c> says,</c>

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:36.119
And<00:37:32.719><c> they</c><00:37:32.739><c> shall</c><00:37:32.920><c> be</c><00:37:33.179><c> mine,</c><00:37:33.519><c> said</c><00:37:33.679><c> the</c><00:37:33.840><c> Lord</c><00:37:34.079><c> of</c><00:37:34.280><c> hosts,</c><00:37:35.280><c> in</c><00:37:35.460><c> the</c><00:37:35.619><c> day</c><00:37:35.780><c> when</c><00:37:35.940><c> I</c>

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:37.920
make<00:37:36.320><c> up</c><00:37:36.579><c> my</c><00:37:36.840><c> jewels,</c>

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:42.260
and<00:37:38.199><c> I</c><00:37:38.280><c> will</c><00:37:38.659><c> spare</c><00:37:38.940><c> them,</c><00:37:40.239><c> as</c><00:37:40.340><c> a</c><00:37:40.480><c> man</c><00:37:40.699><c> spareth</c><00:37:41.039><c> his</c><00:37:41.360><c> own</c><00:37:41.820><c> son,</c>

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:44.760
that<00:37:43.119><c> serveth</c><00:37:43.699><c> him.</c>

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:50.219
And<00:37:46.460><c> then</c><00:37:46.579><c> the</c><00:37:46.719><c> final</c><00:37:46.980><c> note</c><00:37:47.199><c> of</c><00:37:47.420><c> warning,</c><00:37:48.659><c> then</c><00:37:49.119><c> shall</c><00:37:49.340><c> he</c><00:37:49.539><c> return</c><00:37:49.960><c> and</c>

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:51.719
discern<00:37:50.519><c> between</c><00:37:50.940><c> the</c><00:37:51.219><c> righteous</c>

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:56.940
and<00:37:52.119><c> the</c><00:37:52.320><c> wicked,</c><00:37:53.280><c> between</c><00:37:53.719><c> him</c><00:37:54.099><c> that</c><00:37:54.559><c> serveth</c><00:37:55.000><c> God</c><00:37:55.619><c> and</c><00:37:56.719><c> him</c>

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:58.579
that<00:37:57.199><c> serveth</c><00:37:57.400><c> him</c><00:37:57.619><c> not.</c>

00:37:59.219 --> 00:38:03.280
So<00:37:59.579><c> there</c><00:37:59.739><c> are</c><00:37:59.920><c> always</c><00:38:00.300><c> two</c><00:38:00.579><c> classes</c><00:38:00.980><c> of</c><00:38:01.280><c> people</c><00:38:01.559><c> in</c><00:38:01.780><c> every</c><00:38:02.039><c> generation,</c>

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:07.420
those<00:38:04.320><c> who</c><00:38:04.539><c> serve</c><00:38:04.840><c> the</c><00:38:05.059><c> Lord</c><00:38:05.340><c> and</c><00:38:05.599><c> those</c><00:38:05.940><c> who</c><00:38:06.139><c> do</c><00:38:06.360><c> not.</c>

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:11.719
And<00:38:07.920><c> the</c><00:38:08.119><c> day</c><00:38:08.320><c> will</c><00:38:08.559><c> declare</c><00:38:09.000><c> it,</c><00:38:09.300><c> says</c><00:38:09.460><c> Malachi,</c><00:38:11.099><c> and</c><00:38:11.579><c> says</c>

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:13.260
the<00:38:11.940><c> Apostle</c><00:38:12.320><c> Paul.</c>

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:17.980
That's<00:38:14.239><c> why</c><00:38:14.559><c> Paul</c><00:38:14.940><c> said</c><00:38:15.239><c> to</c><00:38:15.440><c> his</c><00:38:15.639><c> brothers</c><00:38:15.880><c> and</c><00:38:16.219><c> sisters</c><00:38:16.519><c> in</c><00:38:16.920><c> Corinth,</c>

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:21.679
if<00:38:18.280><c> you</c><00:38:18.500><c> would</c><00:38:18.699><c> judge</c><00:38:19.000><c> yourselves,</c><00:38:20.019><c> you</c><00:38:20.199><c> should</c><00:38:20.440><c> not</c><00:38:20.679><c> be</c><00:38:21.039><c> judged.</c>

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:26.239
But<00:38:22.280><c> if</c><00:38:22.380><c> you</c><00:38:22.639><c> won't</c><00:38:22.900><c> do</c><00:38:23.159><c> it</c><00:38:23.400><c> now,</c><00:38:25.300><c> then</c><00:38:25.480><c> God</c><00:38:25.679><c> will</c><00:38:25.880><c> have</c><00:38:26.039><c> to</c><00:38:26.139><c> do</c>

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.960
it<00:38:26.380><c> for</c><00:38:26.659><c> you.</c>

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:30.119
And<00:38:27.639><c> you</c><00:38:27.940><c> may</c><00:38:28.300><c> well</c><00:38:28.679><c> be</c><00:38:28.900><c> amongst</c><00:38:29.179><c> those</c><00:38:29.559><c> who</c><00:38:29.719><c> are</c><00:38:29.840><c> condemned</c>

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:31.619
with<00:38:30.380><c> the</c><00:38:30.599><c> world.</c>

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:35.199
In<00:38:32.480><c> other</c><00:38:32.719><c> words,</c><00:38:33.159><c> brethren</c><00:38:33.320><c> and</c><00:38:33.559><c> sisters,</c><00:38:33.860><c> we</c><00:38:34.119><c> are</c><00:38:34.500><c> invited</c>

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:37.800
by<00:38:35.639><c> Malachi</c><00:38:36.219><c> and</c><00:38:36.500><c> by</c><00:38:36.780><c> Paul</c><00:38:37.000><c> in</c><00:38:37.179><c> the</c><00:38:37.239><c> New</c><00:38:37.460><c> Testament</c>

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:41.880
to<00:38:38.239><c> adopt</c><00:38:38.820><c> the</c><00:38:39.159><c> less</c><00:38:39.539><c> painful</c><00:38:40.039><c> of</c><00:38:40.260><c> the</c><00:38:40.420><c> two</c><00:38:40.559><c> alternatives.</c>

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:45.019
We've<00:38:42.440><c> been</c><00:38:42.679><c> given</c><00:38:42.860><c> books</c><00:38:43.179><c> like</c><00:38:43.519><c> Jonah</c><00:38:43.880><c> and</c><00:38:44.099><c> Malachi</c><00:38:44.679><c> and</c><00:38:44.860><c> the</c>

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other<00:38:45.239><c> prophets</c>

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we<00:38:45.679><c> shall</c><00:38:45.820><c> be</c><00:38:45.980><c> looking</c><00:38:46.239><c> at</c><00:38:46.579><c> later</c><00:38:46.900><c> this</c><00:38:47.199><c> week,</c><00:38:47.360><c> if</c><00:38:47.579><c> the</c><00:38:47.719><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.880><c> will.</c>

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We've<00:38:48.679><c> been</c><00:38:48.860><c> given</c><00:38:49.119><c> these</c><00:38:49.440><c> little</c><00:38:49.639><c> books</c><00:38:50.280><c> to</c><00:38:50.860><c> help</c><00:38:51.119><c> us.</c>

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:55.619
We've<00:38:52.599><c> got</c><00:38:52.679><c> the</c><00:38:53.059><c> experiences</c><00:38:53.500><c> of</c><00:38:53.699><c> those</c><00:38:53.940><c> who</c><00:38:54.079><c> have</c><00:38:54.260><c> gone</c><00:38:54.420><c> before,</c>

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:59.019
those<00:38:56.880><c> who</c><00:38:57.099><c> have</c><00:38:57.340><c> professed</c><00:38:57.780><c> to</c><00:38:57.900><c> be</c><00:38:58.019><c> God's</c><00:38:58.440><c> loyal</c><00:38:58.699><c> servants,</c>

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who<00:38:59.380><c> weren't.</c>

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We've<00:39:01.300><c> got</c><00:39:01.420><c> these</c><00:39:01.719><c> examples</c><00:39:02.219><c> to</c><00:39:02.579><c> ponder</c><00:39:03.639><c> that</c><00:39:04.159><c> we</c><00:39:04.460><c> might</c><00:39:04.900><c> weigh</c><00:39:05.360><c> ourselves</c><00:39:06.440><c> in</c>

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:08.599
God's<00:39:07.480><c> balances.</c>

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And<00:39:09.480><c> as</c><00:39:09.619><c> I</c><00:39:09.800><c> said</c><00:39:09.920><c> at</c><00:39:10.119><c> the</c><00:39:10.300><c> beginning,</c><00:39:10.719><c> when</c><00:39:10.920><c> we</c><00:39:11.219><c> do</c><00:39:11.559><c> that,</c><00:39:12.519><c> if</c>

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.780
we<00:39:12.840><c> do</c><00:39:12.960><c> it</c><00:39:13.219><c> honestly,</c>

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:18.659
then<00:39:14.460><c> there</c><00:39:14.739><c> is</c><00:39:15.099><c> naught</c><00:39:15.420><c> for</c><00:39:15.820><c> thy</c><00:39:16.119><c> comfort</c><00:39:16.739><c> in</c><00:39:17.119><c> that</c><00:39:17.420><c> process.</c>

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:22.420
When<00:39:19.800><c> we</c><00:39:20.019><c> find</c><00:39:20.260><c> ourselves</c><00:39:20.820><c> weighed</c><00:39:21.239><c> by</c><00:39:21.559><c> the</c><00:39:21.780><c> Word</c><00:39:21.960><c> of</c><00:39:22.219><c> God,</c>

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:24.960
the<00:39:22.659><c> result</c><00:39:22.940><c> is</c><00:39:23.199><c> quite</c><00:39:23.559><c> devastating,</c><00:39:24.260><c> isn't</c><00:39:24.480><c> it,</c><00:39:24.679><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:39:25.099><c> sisters?</c>

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It<00:39:26.739><c> brings</c><00:39:27.039><c> us</c><00:39:27.300><c> to</c><00:39:27.420><c> a</c><00:39:27.619><c> realization</c><00:39:28.139><c> just</c><00:39:28.599><c> how</c><00:39:28.820><c> much</c><00:39:29.179><c> we</c><00:39:29.539><c> shall</c>

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all<00:39:30.079><c> depend,</c>

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in<00:39:30.599><c> the</c><00:39:30.820><c> final</c><00:39:31.079><c> analysis,</c><00:39:31.679><c> upon</c><00:39:31.920><c> the</c><00:39:32.219><c> grace</c><00:39:32.780><c> and</c><00:39:33.380><c> the</c><00:39:33.659><c> mercy</c>

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:36.840
of<00:39:34.179><c> God</c><00:39:34.420><c> who</c><00:39:34.639><c> has</c><00:39:34.820><c> called</c><00:39:35.000><c> us</c><00:39:35.219><c> to</c><00:39:35.360><c> his</c><00:39:35.619><c> service.</c>

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:40.960
Don't<00:39:38.500><c> let</c><00:39:38.699><c> us</c><00:39:39.099><c> ever</c><00:39:39.400><c> forget</c><00:39:39.840><c> that.</c>

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:44.699
Don't<00:39:41.800><c> let</c><00:39:41.920><c> us</c><00:39:42.179><c> ever</c><00:39:42.460><c> lose</c><00:39:42.739><c> sight</c><00:39:43.019><c> of</c><00:39:43.239><c> that</c><00:39:43.480><c> fact.</c>

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:50.659
Verse<00:39:45.920><c> 17,</c><00:39:47.539><c> And</c><00:39:47.739><c> they</c><00:39:48.119><c> shall</c><00:39:48.340><c> be</c><00:39:48.719><c> mine,</c><00:39:49.340><c> saith</c><00:39:49.460><c> the</c><00:39:49.659><c> Lord</c><00:39:49.900><c> of</c><00:39:50.139><c> hosts,</c>

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in<00:39:51.380><c> that</c><00:39:51.760><c> day</c><00:39:52.000><c> when</c><00:39:52.239><c> I</c><00:39:52.559><c> make</c><00:39:52.780><c> up</c><00:39:53.059><c> my</c><00:39:53.420><c> jewels,</c><00:39:54.500><c> and</c><00:39:54.800><c> I</c><00:39:55.039><c> will</c>

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spare<00:39:55.860><c> them,</c>

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as<00:39:57.239><c> a</c><00:39:57.480><c> man</c><00:39:57.840><c> spareth</c><00:39:58.300><c> his</c><00:39:58.639><c> own</c><00:39:59.139><c> son</c><00:39:59.719><c> that</c><00:40:00.739><c> serveeth</c><00:40:01.139><c> him.</c>