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here<00:24:28.650><c> in</c>

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Genesis<00:24:29.069><c> 38</c><00:24:29.569><c> is</c><00:24:30.910><c> highlighted</c><00:24:31.569><c> in</c><00:24:31.829><c> more</c><00:24:32.130><c> detail</c><00:24:32.690><c> than</c><00:24:32.849><c> any</c><00:24:33.089><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:33.269><c> other</c><00:24:33.450><c> brothers.</c><00:24:36.990><c> And</c><00:24:37.089><c> the</c>

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unusual<00:24:37.549><c> thing</c><00:24:37.809><c> about</c><00:24:38.049><c> Genesis</c><00:24:38.430><c> 38</c><00:24:38.869><c> is</c><00:24:39.089><c> that</c><00:24:39.250><c> it</c><00:24:39.410><c> just</c><00:24:39.849><c> sits</c>

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there<00:24:41.829><c> uneasily</c><00:24:42.990><c> in</c><00:24:43.190><c> the</c>

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middle<00:24:43.650><c> of</c><00:24:43.829><c> the</c><00:24:43.970><c> wonderful</c><00:24:44.529><c> story</c><00:24:44.930><c> of</c><00:24:45.170><c> Joseph.</c><00:24:46.130><c> You</c><00:24:46.329><c> remember</c>

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the<00:24:46.730><c> story</c><00:24:46.990><c> of</c><00:24:47.029><c> Joseph</c><00:24:47.410><c> starts</c>

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in<00:24:48.029><c> Genesis</c><00:24:48.369><c> 37</c><00:24:48.970><c> the</c><00:24:49.150><c> previous</c><00:24:49.589><c> chapter.</c><00:24:50.430><c> And</c><00:24:50.589><c> it</c><00:24:50.630><c> goes</c><00:24:50.829><c> all</c>

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the<00:24:51.150><c> way</c><00:24:51.329><c> through</c><00:24:51.710><c> to</c><00:24:51.910><c> Genesis</c>

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45.<00:24:54.230><c> And</c><00:24:54.309><c> in</c><00:24:55.029><c> Genesis</c><00:24:55.289><c> 38</c><00:24:55.849><c> suddenly</c><00:24:56.470><c> we're</c><00:24:57.630><c> just</c><00:24:57.829><c> getting</c><00:24:58.089><c> into</c><00:24:58.309><c> the</c>

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story<00:24:58.750><c> of</c>

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Joseph<00:24:59.309><c> and</c><00:25:00.250><c> bam</c><00:25:00.710><c> there's</c><00:25:01.089><c> this</c><00:25:01.390><c> story</c><00:25:01.609><c> of</c><00:25:01.890><c> Judah.</c><00:25:04.890><c> All</c><00:25:05.069><c> the</c>

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graphic<00:25:05.529><c> details</c><00:25:05.930><c> of</c><00:25:06.089><c> the</c>

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story<00:25:06.470><c> of</c><00:25:06.710><c> Judah</c><00:25:06.869><c> and</c><00:25:07.009><c> his</c><00:25:07.190><c> family.</c><00:25:07.730><c> And</c><00:25:07.730><c> you</c><00:25:07.849><c> think</c><00:25:08.029><c> why</c><00:25:08.269><c> is</c>

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it<00:25:08.670><c> here?</c><00:25:10.049><c> Why</c><00:25:10.250><c> is</c><00:25:10.390><c> it</c><00:25:10.509><c> in</c><00:25:10.670><c> this</c>

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context<00:25:11.490><c> of</c><00:25:12.109><c> the</c><00:25:12.329><c> wonderful</c><00:25:12.809><c> young</c><00:25:13.170><c> man</c><00:25:13.390><c> Joseph?</c><00:25:13.930><c> And</c><00:25:14.029><c> suddenly</c><00:25:14.289><c> we</c><00:25:14.890><c> digress</c><00:25:15.410><c> for</c><00:25:15.650><c> a</c>

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moment<00:25:16.349><c> to</c><00:25:17.390><c> this</c><00:25:17.829><c> despicable</c><00:25:18.450><c> act</c><00:25:18.869><c> in</c><00:25:19.869><c> Genesis</c><00:25:20.210><c> 38.</c><00:25:22.390><c> Well</c><00:25:22.609><c> there's</c><00:25:22.910><c> more</c><00:25:23.309><c> to</c>

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this<00:25:23.690><c> chapter</c>

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brothers<00:25:24.210><c> and</c><00:25:24.390><c> sisters</c><00:25:24.650><c> than</c><00:25:24.890><c> first</c><00:25:25.349><c> meets</c><00:25:25.869><c> the</c><00:25:26.369><c> eye.</c><00:25:26.529><c> In</c><00:25:26.670><c> fact</c><00:25:26.769><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:25:27.029><c> to</c><00:25:27.130><c> suggest</c>

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that<00:25:27.789><c> this</c><00:25:28.069><c> chapter</c><00:25:28.710><c> sows</c><00:25:29.450><c> the</c><00:25:29.789><c> seeds</c><00:25:30.029><c> for</c><00:25:30.289><c> Judah's</c><00:25:30.809><c> reformation.</c><00:25:31.990><c> Now</c><00:25:32.150><c> we're</c><00:25:32.369><c> not</c><00:25:32.549><c> going</c>

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to<00:25:32.809><c> go</c><00:25:32.950><c> into</c><00:25:33.170><c> this</c><00:25:33.430><c> aspect</c><00:25:33.690><c> right</c><00:25:33.930><c> now</c><00:25:34.089><c> because</c><00:25:34.210><c> it's</c><00:25:34.410><c> not</c><00:25:34.809><c> really</c><00:25:35.349><c> our</c>

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subject<00:25:36.750><c> for</c><00:25:37.609><c> this</c>

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series.<00:25:38.690><c> But</c><00:25:38.910><c> there</c><00:25:39.109><c> are</c><00:25:39.670><c> very</c><00:25:40.269><c> strong</c><00:25:40.769><c> similarities</c><00:25:41.470><c> here</c>

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between<00:25:42.190><c> Judah</c><00:25:42.730><c> and</c><00:25:43.289><c> his</c>

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father<00:25:43.829><c> Jacob.</c><00:25:44.329><c> I'm</c><00:25:44.410><c> not</c><00:25:44.670><c> sure</c><00:25:44.829><c> if</c><00:25:44.950><c> you've</c><00:25:45.130><c> seen</c><00:25:45.309><c> these</c><00:25:45.529><c> before</c><00:25:46.009><c> but</c><00:25:46.549><c> have</c><00:25:46.829><c> a</c>

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look<00:25:46.990><c> at</c><00:25:47.150><c> this.</c>

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Judah<00:25:49.069><c> and</c><00:25:49.750><c> Jacob.</c><00:25:51.329><c> In</c><00:25:51.490><c> this</c><00:25:51.750><c> story</c><00:25:51.930><c> in</c><00:25:52.089><c> Genesis</c><00:25:52.349><c> 38</c><00:25:52.930><c> you've</c><00:25:53.349><c> got</c><00:25:53.670><c> Judah</c><00:25:54.109><c> being</c><00:25:54.809><c> tricked</c><00:25:55.170><c> by</c><00:25:55.509><c> a</c>

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woman<00:25:56.029><c> wearing</c><00:25:56.349><c> a</c><00:25:56.569><c> veil.</c><00:25:56.789><c> Well</c><00:25:56.930><c> that's</c><00:25:57.250><c> happened</c><00:25:57.390><c> to</c><00:25:57.650><c> Jacob</c>

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hasn't<00:25:58.130><c> it?</c><00:25:58.809><c> And</c><00:25:59.049><c> all</c><00:25:59.289><c> of</c>

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these<00:25:59.670><c> things</c><00:26:00.009><c> that</c><00:26:00.269><c> happened</c><00:26:00.390><c> to</c><00:26:00.650><c> Judah</c><00:26:00.869><c> in</c><00:26:01.089><c> this</c><00:26:01.309><c> chapter</c>

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have<00:26:02.009><c> already</c><00:26:02.589><c> happened</c><00:26:03.230><c> to</c>

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Jacob.<00:26:06.069><c> He</c><00:26:06.269><c> becomes</c><00:26:06.529><c> bound</c><00:26:06.849><c> to</c><00:26:06.990><c> her</c><00:26:07.230><c> even</c><00:26:07.470><c> though</c><00:26:07.650><c> he</c><00:26:07.809><c> didn't</c>

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want<00:26:08.410><c> her.</c><00:26:09.569><c> Jacob</c><00:26:09.970><c> and</c>

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Leah<00:26:11.049><c> stuck</c><00:26:12.289><c> with</c><00:26:12.529><c> her.</c><00:26:13.470><c> He</c><00:26:13.589><c> had</c><00:26:13.869><c> children</c><00:26:14.210><c> by</c><00:26:14.450><c> her</c><00:26:14.609><c> he</c><00:26:14.750><c> didn't</c>

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want.<00:26:17.309><c> He,</c><00:26:17.670><c> and</c><00:26:17.910><c> this</c><00:26:18.049><c> is</c><00:26:18.250><c> the</c>

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most<00:26:18.630><c> telling</c><00:26:18.869><c> one,</c><00:26:20.009><c> in</c><00:26:20.029><c> this</c><00:26:20.349><c> story</c><00:26:21.009><c> Judah</c><00:26:21.670><c> becomes</c><00:26:22.490><c> extremely</c><00:26:23.650><c> protective</c><00:26:24.490><c> of</c><00:26:24.809><c> his</c>

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youngest<00:26:25.630><c> son</c><00:26:26.170><c> Sheila.</c><00:26:28.950><c> Extremely</c><00:26:29.589><c> protective</c><00:26:30.089><c> because</c><00:26:30.289><c> he</c>

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doesn't<00:26:30.670><c> want</c><00:26:30.869><c> to</c><00:26:31.049><c> lose</c><00:26:31.309><c> him.</c><00:26:32.130><c> The</c>

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other<00:26:32.470><c> two</c><00:26:32.630><c> have</c><00:26:32.769><c> already</c><00:26:32.970><c> been</c><00:26:33.269><c> killed.</c><00:26:34.109><c> He</c><00:26:34.230><c> doesn't</c><00:26:34.630><c> necessarily</c><00:26:35.109><c> know</c>

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that<00:26:35.609><c> Yahweh's</c>

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done<00:26:36.190><c> it.</c><00:26:36.650><c> Somehow</c><00:26:37.069><c> he</c><00:26:37.470><c> blames</c><00:26:37.890><c> Tamer.</c><00:26:38.730><c> Tamer's</c><00:26:39.329><c> an</c><00:26:39.529><c> unlucky</c>

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charm<00:26:40.349><c> to</c><00:26:41.029><c> my</c><00:26:41.250><c> sons.</c><00:26:42.049><c> I</c>

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need<00:26:42.670><c> to</c><00:26:42.930><c> protect</c><00:26:43.250><c> my</c><00:26:43.470><c> youngest</c><00:26:43.829><c> son.</c><00:26:44.349><c> And</c><00:26:44.470><c> of</c><00:26:44.630><c> course</c><00:26:44.890><c> that's</c>

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exactly<00:26:45.789><c> what</c><00:26:46.069><c> Jacob</c><00:26:46.289><c> went</c>

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through.<00:26:47.670><c> Jacob</c><00:26:48.009><c> was</c><00:26:48.390><c> extremely</c><00:26:49.170><c> protective</c><00:26:49.690><c> of</c><00:26:49.890><c> Benjamin.</c>

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He's<00:26:50.349><c> already</c><00:26:50.490><c> lost</c><00:26:50.789><c> his</c><00:26:51.089><c> one</c>

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loved<00:26:51.710><c> son.</c><00:26:52.549><c> He</c><00:26:52.650><c> didn't</c><00:26:52.869><c> want</c><00:26:53.150><c> Judah.</c><00:26:53.529><c> He</c><00:26:53.609><c> didn't</c><00:26:53.829><c> want</c><00:26:54.430><c> all</c>

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the<00:26:54.829><c> other</c><00:26:55.009><c> boys.</c><00:26:55.890><c> He</c><00:26:56.109><c> wanted</c><00:26:56.369><c> the</c>

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children<00:26:56.910><c> from</c><00:26:57.150><c> Rachel.</c><00:26:57.789><c> He</c><00:26:57.890><c> loved</c><00:26:58.490><c> Joseph.</c><00:26:59.210><c> Lost</c><00:26:59.450><c> him.</c><00:27:00.190><c> Now</c>

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he's<00:27:00.690><c> protecting</c><00:27:01.109><c> Benjamin.</c>

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And<00:27:04.210><c> that's</c><00:27:04.750><c> really</c><00:27:05.069><c> at</c><00:27:05.269><c> the</c><00:27:05.430><c> heart</c><00:27:05.589><c> of</c><00:27:05.750><c> this</c><00:27:06.049><c> story.</c><00:27:06.329><c> The</c><00:27:06.490><c> protection</c><00:27:07.009><c> of</c>

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Sheila<00:27:07.690><c> and</c><00:27:08.569><c> he</c>

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thinks<00:27:09.069><c> that</c><00:27:09.410><c> Tamer</c><00:27:09.690><c> is</c><00:27:09.869><c> an</c><00:27:10.109><c> unlucky</c><00:27:10.470><c> bride.</c><00:27:10.809><c> She</c><00:27:11.009><c> brings</c><00:27:11.349><c> bad</c>

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luck.<00:27:13.170><c> But</c><00:27:13.349><c> all</c><00:27:13.630><c> of</c><00:27:13.789><c> this</c><00:27:14.009><c> I'm</c>

00:27:14.289 --> 00:27:16.950
going<00:27:14.369><c> to</c><00:27:14.609><c> suggest</c><00:27:14.869><c> brothers</c><00:27:15.109><c> and</c><00:27:15.329><c> sisters</c><00:27:15.609><c> is</c><00:27:15.849><c> in</c><00:27:16.089><c> preparation</c><00:27:16.509><c> for</c><00:27:16.730><c> the</c>

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time<00:27:17.190><c> when</c>

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Judah<00:27:18.450><c> finally</c><00:27:19.190><c> gets</c><00:27:19.589><c> it.</c><00:27:21.430><c> He</c><00:27:21.789><c> understands</c><00:27:22.490><c> what</c><00:27:22.809><c> he</c><00:27:23.049><c> has</c><00:27:23.230><c> put</c>

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his<00:27:23.890><c> father</c><00:27:24.289><c> through</c><00:27:24.950><c> and</c>

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why<00:27:26.529><c> his</c><00:27:26.869><c> father</c><00:27:27.069><c> is</c><00:27:27.329><c> so</c><00:27:27.569><c> protective</c><00:27:27.990><c> of</c><00:27:28.190><c> Benjamin</c><00:27:28.569><c> the</c><00:27:28.789><c> youngest.</c><00:27:29.049><c> He</c>

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appreciates<00:27:29.950><c> it.</c>

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Why?<00:27:30.430><c> Because</c><00:27:30.650><c> he's</c><00:27:30.890><c> been</c><00:27:31.250><c> there.</c><00:27:34.509><c> But</c><00:27:34.630><c> what</c><00:27:34.809><c> we</c><00:27:34.950><c> want</c><00:27:35.109><c> to</c><00:27:35.269><c> focus</c><00:27:35.549><c> on</c>

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this<00:27:36.089><c> morning</c><00:27:36.349><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:27:36.849><c> sisters</c><00:27:37.069><c> is</c><00:27:37.289><c> how</c><00:27:37.470><c> he</c><00:27:37.710><c> got</c><00:27:38.109><c> to</c><00:27:38.349><c> that</c><00:27:38.490><c> position.</c><00:27:40.569><c> How</c><00:27:40.789><c> did</c>

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he<00:27:41.089><c> get</c><00:27:41.470><c> to</c><00:27:41.650><c> that</c><00:27:41.950><c> low</c>

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point?<00:27:44.289><c> How</c><00:27:44.470><c> did</c><00:27:44.589><c> he</c><00:27:44.750><c> reach</c><00:27:45.029><c> this</c><00:27:45.250><c> position</c><00:27:45.650><c> in</c><00:27:45.829><c> Genesis</c><00:27:46.170><c> 38?</c>

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Well<00:27:46.789><c> it</c><00:27:46.829><c> was</c><00:27:47.029><c> all</c><00:27:47.289><c> through</c><00:27:47.490><c> the</c>

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help<00:27:47.950><c> of</c><00:27:48.750><c> a</c><00:27:49.470><c> friend</c><00:27:50.289><c> named</c><00:27:51.269><c> Hira.</c><00:27:55.309><c> We'll</c><00:27:55.490><c> just</c><00:27:55.650><c> go</c><00:27:55.809><c> through</c>

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the<00:27:56.210><c> story.</c><00:27:57.769><c> Remember</c><00:27:58.009><c> that</c>

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proverb<00:27:59.170><c> in</c><00:27:59.990><c> Proverbs</c><00:28:00.349><c> 18</c><00:28:00.750><c> verse</c><00:28:01.009><c> 24</c><00:28:01.549><c> says</c><00:28:02.210><c> there</c><00:28:03.049><c> are</c><00:28:03.369><c> friends</c><00:28:03.809><c> who</c><00:28:04.230><c> point</c><00:28:04.529><c> to</c>

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ruin<00:28:05.630><c> and</c>

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this<00:28:06.910><c> chapter</c><00:28:07.329><c> is</c><00:28:07.710><c> describing</c><00:28:08.289><c> Judah</c><00:28:08.789><c> almost</c><00:28:10.329><c> ruined.</c><00:28:12.869><c> What</c>

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was<00:28:13.150><c> the</c><00:28:13.309><c> first</c><00:28:13.609><c> step?</c><00:28:15.529><c> Well</c>

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that<00:28:18.670><c> time</c><00:28:18.849><c> that</c><00:28:19.109><c> Judah</c><00:28:19.490><c> went</c>

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the<00:28:27.450><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Those<00:28:29.029><c> of</c><00:28:29.190><c> you</c><00:28:29.329><c> who</c><00:28:29.529><c> know</c><00:28:29.769><c> that</c><00:28:30.009><c> the</c><00:28:30.150><c> word</c><00:28:30.369><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:30.950><c> first</c><00:28:31.509><c> occurs</c><00:28:31.930><c> in</c>

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Scripture<00:28:32.650><c> in</c>

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relationship<00:28:33.670><c> to</c><00:28:34.210><c> Jacob.</c><00:28:35.710><c> The</c><00:28:35.990><c> very</c><00:28:36.289><c> first</c><00:28:36.630><c> mention</c><00:28:36.990><c> of</c><00:28:37.690><c> the</c>

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word<00:28:38.089><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:38.829><c> is</c><00:28:39.630><c> in</c>

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relationship<00:28:40.329><c> to</c><00:28:40.710><c> Jacob.</c><00:28:42.529><c> If</c><00:28:42.690><c> you've</c><00:28:42.809><c> ever</c><00:28:43.069><c> wondered</c><00:28:43.529><c> why</c>

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there's<00:28:43.990><c> only</c><00:28:44.470><c> three</c>

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patriarchs<00:28:45.890><c> in</c><00:28:45.990><c> Scripture</c><00:28:46.549><c> Abraham,</c><00:28:48.309><c> Isaac</c><00:28:48.589><c> and</c><00:28:49.130><c> Jacob.</c><00:28:50.930><c> Why</c>

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wasn't<00:28:51.269><c> it</c><00:28:51.450><c> just</c><00:28:51.730><c> Abraham</c><00:28:52.089><c> and</c>

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Isaac?<00:28:53.269><c> Why</c><00:28:53.450><c> wasn't</c><00:28:53.730><c> it</c><00:28:54.009><c> Abraham,</c><00:28:54.630><c> Isaac,</c><00:28:55.390><c> Jacob</c><00:28:55.730><c> and</c><00:28:56.369><c> Joseph?</c><00:28:57.410><c> Why</c><00:28:57.589><c> was</c><00:28:57.769><c> it</c>

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just<00:28:58.329><c> three?</c><00:29:00.670><c> Well</c>

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a<00:29:06.369><c> fantastic</c>

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a<00:29:13.630><c> son</c><00:29:13.730><c> his</c><00:29:14.170><c> only</c><00:29:14.789><c> beloved</c>

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son<00:29:15.529><c> Isaac</c><00:29:16.029><c> in</c><00:29:16.250><c> the</c><00:29:16.450><c> record.</c><00:29:16.670><c> There's</c><00:29:16.849><c> not</c><00:29:17.049><c> a</c><00:29:17.210><c> bad</c><00:29:17.390><c> thing</c><00:29:17.650><c> said</c>

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about<00:29:18.069><c> Isaac.</c><00:29:18.470><c> Isaac</c><00:29:18.829><c> is</c><00:29:19.029><c> a</c>

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peacemaker<00:29:19.950><c> all</c><00:29:20.589><c> the</c><00:29:20.690><c> way</c><00:29:20.789><c> through</c><00:29:20.950><c> the</c><00:29:21.130><c> record.</c><00:29:21.549><c> Isaac</c><00:29:21.990><c> is</c>

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wanting<00:29:22.430><c> to</c><00:29:22.650><c> make</c><00:29:22.869><c> peace.</c><00:29:25.890><c> The</c>

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Philistines<00:29:26.490><c> come</c><00:29:26.950><c> and</c><00:29:27.730><c> the</c><00:29:27.890><c> Canaanites</c><00:29:28.309><c> come</c><00:29:28.509><c> and</c><00:29:28.690><c> say</c><00:29:28.789><c> that's</c><00:29:29.109><c> our</c>

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well.<00:29:29.829><c> Isaac</c><00:29:30.049><c> moves</c><00:29:30.329><c> on</c>

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doesn't<00:29:35.470><c> fight</c><00:29:35.730><c> he</c><00:29:35.849><c> doesn't</c><00:29:36.170><c> resist</c><00:29:36.609><c> he's</c><00:29:37.809><c> a</c><00:29:38.029><c> peacemaker</c><00:29:38.710><c> though</c><00:29:38.950><c> an</c>

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only<00:29:39.569><c> begotten</c><00:29:39.990><c> son</c>

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he's<00:29:40.509><c> a</c><00:29:40.750><c> symbol</c><00:29:40.970><c> he's</c><00:29:41.230><c> a</c><00:29:41.390><c> representative</c><00:29:41.950><c> of</c><00:29:42.170><c> Jesus</c><00:29:42.450><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:29:43.289><c> of</c><00:29:43.450><c> course</c><00:29:43.690><c> classically</c>

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in<00:29:44.289><c> Genesis</c><00:29:44.569><c> 22</c><00:29:44.950><c> he</c><00:29:45.269><c> willingly</c><00:29:45.670><c> goes</c><00:29:46.150><c> on</c><00:29:46.369><c> the</c><00:29:46.529><c> altar.</c><00:29:49.569><c> Well</c>

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who's<00:29:50.029><c> Jacob</c><00:29:50.329><c> brothers</c><00:29:50.609><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:29:52.549><c> Jacob's</c><00:29:52.950><c> representative</c><00:29:53.390><c> of</c><00:29:53.609><c> the</c><00:29:53.750><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:54.190><c> and</c>

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out<00:29:55.769><c> of</c><00:29:55.910><c> the</c><00:29:56.150><c> three</c><00:29:56.329><c> of</c><00:29:56.569><c> them</c>

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brothers<00:29:56.809><c> and</c><00:29:57.049><c> sisters</c><00:29:57.289><c> I</c><00:29:57.490><c> know</c><00:29:57.609><c> which</c><00:29:57.849><c> one</c><00:29:57.970><c> I</c><00:29:58.190><c> relate</c><00:29:58.390><c> to</c><00:29:58.609><c> the</c>

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most.<00:29:59.849><c> Jacob</c><00:30:00.309><c> with</c><00:30:00.529><c> his</c><00:30:00.670><c> ups</c>

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and<00:30:01.190><c> downs</c><00:30:01.589><c> trying</c><00:30:01.910><c> to</c><00:30:02.029><c> do</c><00:30:02.190><c> things</c><00:30:02.450><c> in</c><00:30:02.549><c> his</c><00:30:02.769><c> own</c><00:30:03.150><c> strength</c><00:30:03.549><c> having</c><00:30:03.809><c> to</c>

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come<00:30:04.230><c> to</c><00:30:04.630><c> realize</c>

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that<00:30:06.390><c> Yahweh's</c><00:30:06.869><c> at</c><00:30:07.069><c> work</c><00:30:07.809><c> and</c><00:30:08.210><c> it's</c><00:30:08.369><c> not</c><00:30:08.470><c> until</c><00:30:08.670><c> he</c><00:30:08.910><c> wrestles</c>

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that<00:30:09.509><c> angel</c><00:30:10.630><c> at</c><00:30:11.069><c> around</c><00:30:11.250><c> about</c>

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the<00:30:11.630><c> age</c><00:30:11.789><c> of</c><00:30:12.089><c> 90</c><00:30:12.609><c> that</c><00:30:12.869><c> he</c><00:30:13.130><c> finally</c><00:30:13.329><c> learns</c><00:30:13.849><c> his</c><00:30:14.170><c> lesson.</c><00:30:17.430><c> Brothers</c><00:30:17.470><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:30:18.009><c> some</c><00:30:18.309><c> of</c><00:30:18.450><c> us</c>

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don't<00:30:19.230><c> have</c><00:30:19.509><c> 90</c><00:30:19.809><c> years</c><00:30:20.069><c> to</c><00:30:20.250><c> learn</c><00:30:20.349><c> our</c><00:30:20.549><c> lesson.</c><00:30:23.190><c> There's</c><00:30:23.349><c> a</c><00:30:23.509><c> warning</c><00:30:23.730><c> in</c>

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that.<00:30:26.289><c> Jacob</c><00:30:26.430><c> took</c><00:30:26.690><c> 90</c>

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years.<00:30:27.910><c> We</c><00:30:28.029><c> have</c><00:30:28.190><c> much</c><00:30:28.410><c> less</c><00:30:28.809><c> than</c><00:30:29.009><c> that.</c><00:30:30.130><c> Jacob's</c><00:30:30.450><c> a</c><00:30:30.569><c> representative</c><00:30:31.069><c> of</c><00:30:31.329><c> the</c><00:30:31.509><c> Ecclesia</c>

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and<00:30:31.930><c> the</c><00:30:32.029><c> word</c><00:30:32.210><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:32.569><c> was</c><00:30:32.809><c> first</c><00:30:33.250><c> used</c><00:30:33.730><c> and</c><00:30:34.470><c> it's</c><00:30:34.630><c> used</c><00:30:34.730><c> four</c><00:30:35.029><c> times</c><00:30:35.470><c> in</c>

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Genesis<00:30:36.490><c> all</c><00:30:37.190><c> in</c>

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relationship<00:30:38.069><c> to</c><00:30:39.089><c> Jacob</c><00:30:39.529><c> and</c><00:30:40.009><c> here's</c><00:30:40.609><c> Judah</c><00:30:40.849><c> deciding</c><00:30:41.509><c> to</c>

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leave<00:30:42.289><c> the</c><00:30:42.529><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:30:43.250><c> He's</c><00:30:43.630><c> gone</c>

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from<00:30:44.069><c> the</c><00:30:44.289><c> family</c><00:30:44.529><c> of</c><00:30:44.730><c> Jacob</c><00:30:44.930><c> and</c><00:30:45.089><c> he</c><00:30:45.269><c> goes</c><00:30:45.670><c> down.</c><00:30:49.390><c> Not</c><00:30:49.630><c> a</c><00:30:49.789><c> wise</c>

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thing<00:30:50.170><c> to</c><00:30:50.369><c> do.</c><00:30:52.430><c> Some</c><00:30:52.630><c> suggest</c>

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that<00:30:53.130><c> he</c><00:30:53.230><c> might</c><00:30:53.349><c> have</c><00:30:53.470><c> been</c><00:30:53.609><c> going</c><00:30:53.789><c> on</c><00:30:53.930><c> his</c><00:30:54.109><c> way</c><00:30:54.289><c> to</c><00:30:54.529><c> see</c><00:30:54.690><c> his</c>

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grandfather<00:30:55.509><c> Isaac</c><00:30:56.130><c> down</c><00:30:56.490><c> in</c>

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Hebron.<00:30:59.109><c> I</c><00:30:59.230><c> don't</c><00:30:59.390><c> know</c><00:30:59.549><c> that</c><00:30:59.990><c> Judah</c><00:31:00.109><c> was</c><00:31:00.269><c> really</c><00:31:00.470><c> in</c><00:31:00.569><c> the</c><00:31:00.650><c> right</c><00:31:00.829><c> frame</c><00:31:00.950><c> of</c>

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mind<00:31:01.849><c> to</c><00:31:02.230><c> be</c>

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deceived<00:31:09.890><c> his</c><00:31:10.210><c> father</c><00:31:10.470><c> by</c><00:31:10.890><c> putting</c><00:31:11.250><c> the</c><00:31:11.549><c> coat</c><00:31:11.829><c> mixing</c><00:31:12.369><c> it</c><00:31:12.549><c> with</c><00:31:12.769><c> blood.</c><00:31:13.630><c> Judah</c><00:31:13.890><c> wasn't</c><00:31:14.190><c> in</c><00:31:14.369><c> a</c>

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frame<00:31:14.769><c> of</c><00:31:15.089><c> mind</c><00:31:15.750><c> to</c><00:31:16.349><c> be</c><00:31:16.670><c> in</c><00:31:16.970><c> the</c><00:31:17.190><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:31:18.029><c> He</c><00:31:18.589><c> left.</c><00:31:19.329><c> He's</c><00:31:19.589><c> going</c><00:31:19.670><c> to</c>

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go<00:31:19.849><c> it</c><00:31:19.990><c> alone.</c><00:31:20.569><c> Most</c>

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likely<00:31:21.230><c> he</c><00:31:21.890><c> he</c><00:31:22.009><c> had</c><00:31:22.089><c> his</c><00:31:23.450><c> an</c><00:31:24.069><c> expedition</c><00:31:24.569><c> to</c><00:31:24.930><c> find</c><00:31:25.089><c> grazing</c><00:31:25.490><c> for</c><00:31:25.750><c> his</c><00:31:25.990><c> sheep</c><00:31:26.210><c> and</c><00:31:26.630><c> he</c>

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he<00:31:27.029><c> was</c>

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going<00:31:27.250><c> to</c><00:31:27.369><c> go</c><00:31:27.470><c> it</c><00:31:27.529><c> on</c><00:31:27.650><c> his</c><00:31:27.869><c> own.</c><00:31:28.329><c> Now</c><00:31:28.890><c> separate</c><00:31:29.549><c> from</c><00:31:29.890><c> the</c><00:31:30.190><c> family</c><00:31:30.509><c> and</c>

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it<00:31:31.190><c> says</c><00:31:31.730><c> that</c><00:31:32.230><c> he</c>

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turned<00:31:33.250><c> in</c><00:31:34.170><c> to</c><00:31:35.150><c> a</c><00:31:35.369><c> certain</c><00:31:35.730><c> idolomite.</c><00:31:36.950><c> He</c><00:31:37.349><c> turned</c><00:31:38.069><c> in.</c><00:31:41.130><c> This</c>

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word<00:31:41.509><c> turned</c><00:31:41.990><c> in</c><00:31:42.690><c> means</c><00:31:43.269><c> to</c>

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pitch<00:31:44.529><c> one's</c><00:31:45.309><c> tent</c><00:31:45.569><c> close</c><00:31:46.150><c> by.</c><00:31:46.430><c> That's</c><00:31:46.589><c> what</c><00:31:46.710><c> it</c><00:31:46.950><c> literally</c>

00:31:47.190 --> 00:31:49.289
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00:31:49.289 --> 00:31:52.930
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00:31:53.369 --> 00:31:56.690
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00:31:56.690 --> 00:32:03.269
going<00:31:56.829><c> to</c><00:31:56.950><c> pitch</c><00:31:57.089><c> my</c><00:31:57.410><c> tent</c><00:31:57.630><c> here.</c><00:31:59.910><c> Pitch</c><00:32:00.109><c> one's</c><00:32:00.670><c> tent</c><00:32:00.990><c> next</c><00:32:01.650><c> to.</c><00:32:03.029><c> In</c>

00:32:03.269 --> 00:32:04.069
fact<00:32:03.369><c> you'll</c><00:32:03.630><c> notice</c><00:32:03.809><c> it</c>

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says<00:32:04.430><c> to</c><00:32:04.950><c> a</c><00:32:05.529><c> certain</c><00:32:06.329><c> idolomite.</c><00:32:07.430><c> This</c><00:32:07.670><c> man</c><00:32:08.069><c> gets</c><00:32:08.549><c> singled</c><00:32:08.910><c> out</c><00:32:09.109><c> because</c><00:32:09.670><c> it</c>

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would<00:32:10.289><c> appear</c>

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that<00:32:11.029><c> this</c><00:32:11.369><c> idolomite</c><00:32:12.049><c> shows</c><00:32:12.329><c> attention</c><00:32:13.049><c> to</c><00:32:13.589><c> Judah</c><00:32:13.809><c> and</c><00:32:15.009><c> when</c>

00:32:15.170 --> 00:32:16.009
you're<00:32:15.390><c> in</c><00:32:15.470><c> this</c><00:32:15.630><c> position</c>

00:32:16.009 --> 00:32:18.869
brothers<00:32:16.269><c> and</c><00:32:16.509><c> sisters</c><00:32:16.809><c> anyone</c><00:32:17.109><c> that</c><00:32:17.390><c> shows</c><00:32:17.529><c> you</c><00:32:17.769><c> attention</c>

00:32:18.869 --> 00:32:23.109
grabs<00:32:20.529><c> you</c><00:32:20.769><c> doesn't</c><00:32:21.089><c> it?</c><00:32:23.009><c> We</c>

00:32:23.109 --> 00:32:28.069
all<00:32:23.509><c> are</c><00:32:23.970><c> attention</c><00:32:24.490><c> seekers</c><00:32:24.910><c> and</c><00:32:25.109><c> here's</c><00:32:25.289><c> a</c><00:32:25.410><c> man</c><00:32:25.509><c> who's</c><00:32:25.849><c> interested</c><00:32:26.349><c> in</c>

00:32:28.069 --> 00:32:29.309
Judah<00:32:28.369><c> and</c><00:32:29.150><c> so</c>

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Judah<00:32:29.490><c> says</c><00:32:29.670><c> oh</c><00:32:30.890><c> he's</c><00:32:31.430><c> showing</c><00:32:31.529><c> me</c><00:32:32.269><c> some</c><00:32:32.490><c> interest</c><00:32:32.849><c> here.</c><00:32:32.990><c> I'm</c>

00:32:33.150 --> 00:32:34.289
going<00:32:33.210><c> to</c><00:32:33.450><c> stop</c><00:32:33.650><c> and</c><00:32:33.890><c> just</c>

00:32:34.289 --> 00:32:39.710
just<00:32:34.490><c> check</c><00:32:34.650><c> this</c><00:32:34.970><c> out.</c><00:32:36.769><c> A</c><00:32:36.970><c> certain</c><00:32:37.309><c> idolomite</c><00:32:38.470><c> named</c><00:32:39.049><c> Hyron.</c>

00:32:39.789 --> 00:32:40.150
So<00:32:39.910><c> an</c>

00:32:40.150 --> 00:32:44.369
accidental<00:32:40.589><c> meeting</c><00:32:41.390><c> turns</c><00:32:42.029><c> into</c><00:32:42.390><c> a</c><00:32:42.549><c> very</c><00:32:42.970><c> lengthy</c><00:32:43.549><c> very</c>

00:32:44.369 --> 00:32:47.789
strong<00:32:45.109><c> friendship.</c><00:32:46.910><c> Judah</c><00:32:47.109><c> attaches</c>

00:32:47.789 --> 00:32:57.029
himself<00:32:48.589><c> to</c><00:32:49.569><c> this</c><00:32:49.890><c> man.</c><00:32:53.430><c> You</c><00:32:53.549><c> notice</c><00:32:54.029><c> that</c><00:32:54.250><c> he's</c><00:32:54.710><c> called</c><00:32:55.109><c> in</c>

00:32:57.029 --> 00:32:59.990
verse<00:32:57.369><c> 12</c><00:32:58.329><c> at</c><00:32:59.289><c> the</c><00:32:59.450><c> end</c><00:32:59.670><c> of</c><00:32:59.829><c> the</c>

00:32:59.990 --> 00:33:07.069
verse<00:33:00.710><c> he</c><00:33:01.750><c> and</c><00:33:02.289><c> his</c><00:33:02.970><c> friend</c><00:33:03.890><c> Hyra</c><00:33:04.730><c> the</c><00:33:04.990><c> idolomite.</c><00:33:05.809><c> He's</c><00:33:06.630><c> called</c><00:33:06.730><c> a</c>

00:33:07.069 --> 00:33:07.869
friend.<00:33:07.490><c> Now</c><00:33:07.690><c> that</c>

00:33:07.869 --> 00:33:12.329
word<00:33:08.089><c> friend</c><00:33:08.430><c> is</c><00:33:08.650><c> the</c><00:33:08.809><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:09.089><c> word</c><00:33:09.549><c> Raya</c><00:33:09.990><c> a</c><00:33:10.289><c> close</c><00:33:10.829><c> associate.</c><00:33:12.130><c> It's</c><00:33:12.210><c> not</c>

00:33:12.329 --> 00:33:14.470
the<00:33:12.549><c> deep</c><00:33:12.950><c> word</c><00:33:13.329><c> love</c><00:33:13.710><c> this</c><00:33:14.069><c> is</c><00:33:14.190><c> a</c>

00:33:14.470 --> 00:33:19.190
close<00:33:14.849><c> associate.</c><00:33:16.329><c> It</c><00:33:16.329><c> repeats</c><00:33:17.910><c> it</c><00:33:18.130><c> in</c><00:33:18.250><c> verse</c><00:33:18.450><c> 20</c><00:33:18.849><c> and</c><00:33:19.009><c> Judah</c>

00:33:19.190 --> 00:33:21.130
sent<00:33:19.470><c> the</c><00:33:19.730><c> kid</c><00:33:19.910><c> by</c><00:33:20.289><c> the</c><00:33:20.630><c> hand</c><00:33:20.910><c> of</c>

00:33:21.130 --> 00:33:25.069
his<00:33:21.589><c> friend.</c><00:33:22.650><c> So</c><00:33:22.869><c> twice</c><00:33:23.089><c> in</c><00:33:23.230><c> this</c><00:33:23.430><c> chapter</c><00:33:24.029><c> what</c><00:33:24.529><c> started</c><00:33:24.829><c> off</c>

00:33:25.069 --> 00:33:26.309
as<00:33:25.210><c> an</c><00:33:25.430><c> accidental</c><00:33:25.809><c> meeting</c>

00:33:26.309 --> 00:33:32.230
turns<00:33:26.930><c> into</c><00:33:27.950><c> a</c><00:33:28.430><c> lengthy</c><00:33:28.769><c> association</c><00:33:29.710><c> but</c><00:33:31.609><c> it's</c><00:33:31.769><c> not</c><00:33:31.910><c> a</c><00:33:32.069><c> good</c>

00:33:32.230 --> 00:33:36.450
one.<00:33:35.230><c> However</c><00:33:35.549><c> in</c><00:33:35.829><c> this</c><00:33:36.089><c> case</c><00:33:36.309><c> it</c>

00:33:36.450 --> 00:33:40.750
does<00:33:36.609><c> appear</c><00:33:36.950><c> to</c><00:33:37.130><c> be</c><00:33:37.250><c> a</c><00:33:38.910><c> very</c><00:33:38.950><c> close</c><00:33:39.569><c> association</c><00:33:40.250><c> based</c><00:33:40.569><c> on</c>

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mutual<00:33:41.150><c> respect</c><00:33:41.930><c> for</c>

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each<00:33:42.470><c> other.</c><00:33:42.950><c> There</c><00:33:43.109><c> is</c><00:33:43.430><c> trust</c><00:33:43.789><c> on</c><00:33:43.990><c> both</c><00:33:44.230><c> sides</c><00:33:44.970><c> in</c><00:33:45.710><c> this</c><00:33:45.930><c> relationship.</c><00:33:49.750><c> However</c><00:33:50.230><c> verse</c><00:33:51.630><c> 2</c>

00:33:51.950 --> 00:33:56.509
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00:33:56.509 --> 00:33:59.130
says<00:33:56.690><c> that</c><00:33:56.930><c> Judah</c><00:33:57.289><c> saw</c><00:33:57.710><c> there</c><00:33:58.589><c> a</c>

00:33:59.130 --> 00:34:02.109
daughter<00:33:59.569><c> of</c><00:33:59.809><c> a</c><00:34:00.009><c> certain</c><00:34:00.369><c> Canaanite</c><00:34:00.910><c> whose</c><00:34:01.109><c> name</c><00:34:01.349><c> was</c><00:34:01.710><c> Shewa</c>

00:34:02.109 --> 00:34:04.549
and<00:34:02.730><c> he</c><00:34:03.069><c> took</c><00:34:03.369><c> her</c><00:34:03.849><c> and</c><00:34:04.309><c> went</c>

00:34:04.549 --> 00:34:11.250
in<00:34:04.789><c> unto</c><00:34:05.329><c> her.</c><00:34:07.410><c> This</c><00:34:07.609><c> is</c><00:34:07.769><c> quite</c><00:34:08.170><c> different</c><00:34:09.030><c> brothers</c><00:34:09.369><c> and</c><00:34:09.630><c> sisters</c><00:34:10.289><c> to</c>

00:34:11.250 --> 00:34:12.489
the<00:34:11.369><c> way</c><00:34:11.510><c> in</c><00:34:11.670><c> which</c>

00:34:12.869 --> 00:34:19.190
the<00:34:13.630><c> fathers</c><00:34:14.329><c> of</c><00:34:15.070><c> Judah</c><00:34:15.389><c> found</c><00:34:15.869><c> their</c><00:34:16.210><c> wives.</c><00:34:18.050><c> How</c><00:34:18.309><c> Jacob</c><00:34:18.610><c> found</c><00:34:18.869><c> his</c>

00:34:19.190 --> 00:34:20.730
wife.<00:34:19.650><c> How</c><00:34:19.949><c> Isaac</c><00:34:20.349><c> found</c>

00:34:20.730 --> 00:34:27.389
his<00:34:21.110><c> wife.</c><00:34:23.750><c> It's</c><00:34:24.010><c> very</c><00:34:24.329><c> similar</c><00:34:25.050><c> to</c><00:34:25.989><c> the</c><00:34:26.130><c> way</c><00:34:26.309><c> Esau</c><00:34:26.710><c> found</c><00:34:27.030><c> his</c>

00:34:27.389 --> 00:34:31.130
wives.<00:34:29.510><c> Canaanites</c><00:34:30.130><c> took.</c>

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There's<00:34:32.110><c> no</c><00:34:32.329><c> asking</c><00:34:32.769><c> the</c><00:34:33.090><c> father</c><00:34:33.329><c> for</c><00:34:33.510><c> permission.</c><00:34:34.710><c> There's</c>

00:34:34.909 --> 00:34:35.849
no<00:34:35.170><c> courting.</c><00:34:35.730><c> There's</c>

00:34:35.849 --> 00:34:41.309
just<00:34:36.489><c> mine.</c><00:34:38.110><c> And</c><00:34:38.469><c> where</c><00:34:38.630><c> did</c><00:34:38.710><c> he</c><00:34:38.849><c> learn</c><00:34:39.010><c> that</c><00:34:39.269><c> from?</c><00:34:41.070><c> Well</c><00:34:41.269><c> it</c>

00:34:41.309 --> 00:34:42.550
would<00:34:41.590><c> seem</c><00:34:41.889><c> that</c><00:34:42.210><c> Judah</c><00:34:42.349><c> is</c>

00:34:42.550 --> 00:34:45.929
becoming<00:34:42.809><c> well</c><00:34:43.070><c> entrenched</c><00:34:43.489><c> by</c><00:34:44.010><c> Canaanite</c><00:34:44.469><c> ways.</c><00:34:45.309><c> Hyra's</c>

00:34:45.929 --> 00:34:48.349
teaching<00:34:46.289><c> him</c><00:34:46.590><c> things.</c><00:34:47.809><c> Hyra's</c>

00:34:48.349 --> 00:34:51.030
counselling<00:34:48.769><c> him</c><00:34:49.190><c> how</c><00:34:49.550><c> things</c><00:34:49.809><c> operate</c><00:34:50.289><c> in</c><00:34:50.489><c> the</c><00:34:50.650><c> Canaanite</c>

00:34:51.030 --> 00:34:53.949
world<00:34:51.530><c> and</c><00:34:52.530><c> Judah</c><00:34:52.949><c> has</c><00:34:53.610><c> begun</c>

00:34:53.949 --> 00:34:57.170
to<00:34:54.230><c> reach</c><00:34:54.590><c> a</c><00:34:55.030><c> point</c><00:34:55.150><c> where</c><00:34:55.289><c> he</c><00:34:55.369><c> doesn't</c><00:34:55.670><c> care</c><00:34:56.170><c> how</c><00:34:56.710><c> he</c><00:34:56.989><c> treats</c>

00:34:57.170 --> 00:34:58.150
people.<00:34:57.429><c> He</c><00:34:57.550><c> just</c><00:34:57.610><c> goes</c><00:34:57.789><c> in</c>

00:34:58.150 --> 00:35:03.050
and<00:34:58.489><c> takes</c><00:34:58.489><c> her.</c><00:34:59.030><c> He</c><00:34:59.329><c> took</c><00:34:59.849><c> her.</c><00:35:02.409><c> You</c><00:35:02.489><c> know</c><00:35:02.590><c> it's</c><00:35:02.750><c> the</c><00:35:02.849><c> same</c>

00:35:03.050 --> 00:35:04.269
language<00:35:03.469><c> brothers</c><00:35:03.690><c> and</c><00:35:03.929><c> sisters</c>

00:35:04.269 --> 00:35:10.230
sadly<00:35:05.309><c> that's</c><00:35:05.769><c> used</c><00:35:05.909><c> of</c><00:35:06.210><c> David</c><00:35:06.809><c> when</c><00:35:07.289><c> he</c><00:35:07.909><c> took</c><00:35:08.530><c> Bathsheba.</c>

00:35:11.610 --> 00:35:14.530
That's<00:35:11.789><c> what</c><00:35:11.949><c> happens</c><00:35:12.710><c> when</c>

00:35:14.530 --> 00:35:21.150
you're<00:35:14.670><c> not</c><00:35:14.769><c> in</c><00:35:14.889><c> the</c><00:35:15.050><c> right</c><00:35:15.250><c> frame</c><00:35:15.469><c> of</c><00:35:15.750><c> mind.</c><00:35:19.889><c> Isaac</c><00:35:20.050><c> and</c><00:35:20.210><c> Rebecca</c><00:35:20.510><c> were</c><00:35:20.750><c> extremely</c>

00:35:21.150 --> 00:35:24.190
troubled<00:35:21.590><c> weren't</c><00:35:21.849><c> they</c><00:35:22.329><c> by</c><00:35:22.690><c> what</c><00:35:23.050><c> Esau</c><00:35:23.449><c> did</c><00:35:23.670><c> and</c><00:35:23.849><c> the</c><00:35:23.949><c> way</c><00:35:24.090><c> in</c>

00:35:24.190 --> 00:35:25.030
which<00:35:24.369><c> he</c><00:35:24.570><c> went</c><00:35:24.690><c> about</c>

00:35:25.030 --> 00:35:28.829
seeking<00:35:25.289><c> his</c><00:35:25.710><c> wife</c><00:35:25.969><c> that</c><00:35:26.150><c> they</c><00:35:26.969><c> they</c><00:35:27.090><c> made</c><00:35:27.329><c> plans</c><00:35:27.789><c> for</c><00:35:28.250><c> Jacob</c>

00:35:28.829 --> 00:35:30.210
to<00:35:29.269><c> go</c><00:35:29.510><c> and</c><00:35:29.769><c> find</c><00:35:29.849><c> a</c><00:35:30.010><c> more</c>

00:35:30.210 --> 00:35:36.489
suitable<00:35:30.550><c> wife.</c><00:35:34.469><c> Jacob</c><00:35:34.809><c> being</c><00:35:35.050><c> Judah's</c><00:35:35.429><c> own</c><00:35:35.730><c> father</c><00:35:36.130><c> and</c>

00:35:36.489 --> 00:35:38.010
Judah's<00:35:36.969><c> ignoring</c><00:35:37.269><c> that</c><00:35:37.550><c> advice</c>

00:35:38.010 --> 00:35:43.750
and<00:35:38.449><c> that</c><00:35:38.690><c> example.</c><00:35:42.110><c> And</c><00:35:42.389><c> then</c><00:35:42.489><c> we</c><00:35:42.630><c> read</c><00:35:42.769><c> in</c><00:35:42.949><c> verse</c><00:35:43.150><c> 3</c><00:35:43.429><c> and</c><00:35:43.550><c> she</c>

00:35:43.750 --> 00:35:45.469
conceived<00:35:44.469><c> and</c><00:35:45.090><c> bear</c><00:35:45.250><c> unto</c>

00:35:45.469 --> 00:35:52.090
him<00:35:45.670><c> a</c><00:35:45.889><c> son</c><00:35:46.070><c> and</c><00:35:46.889><c> notice</c><00:35:47.429><c> this</c><00:35:47.769><c> he</c><00:35:48.449><c> called</c><00:35:49.030><c> his</c><00:35:50.090><c> name</c><00:35:50.510><c> Ur.</c><00:35:51.909><c> So</c>

00:35:52.090 --> 00:35:53.349
he's<00:35:52.329><c> there</c><00:35:52.570><c> for</c><00:35:52.710><c> the</c><00:35:52.889><c> birth</c><00:35:53.070><c> of</c>

00:35:53.349 --> 00:35:56.610
Ur<00:35:53.610><c> and</c><00:35:53.610><c> he</c><00:35:53.829><c> calls</c><00:35:54.110><c> his</c><00:35:54.489><c> name</c><00:35:54.969><c> Ur</c><00:35:55.349><c> but</c><00:35:55.550><c> verse</c><00:35:55.829><c> 4</c><00:35:56.110><c> says</c><00:35:56.329><c> and</c><00:35:56.469><c> she</c>

00:35:56.610 --> 00:35:57.630
conceived<00:35:56.909><c> again</c><00:35:57.190><c> and</c><00:35:57.369><c> bear</c><00:35:57.489><c> a</c>

00:35:57.630 --> 00:36:02.849
son<00:35:57.710><c> and</c><00:35:58.190><c> she</c><00:35:58.550><c> called</c><00:35:58.809><c> his</c><00:35:59.010><c> name</c><00:35:59.889><c> Onan.</c><00:36:01.369><c> Ah</c><00:36:01.889><c> Judah's</c><00:36:02.309><c> not</c><00:36:02.530><c> there</c><00:36:02.690><c> for</c>

00:36:02.849 --> 00:36:03.909
the<00:36:02.989><c> birth</c><00:36:03.170><c> of</c><00:36:03.469><c> Onan</c>

00:36:03.909 --> 00:36:08.409
it<00:36:04.869><c> would</c><00:36:05.110><c> seem.</c><00:36:06.369><c> And</c><00:36:06.530><c> in</c><00:36:06.650><c> fact</c><00:36:06.809><c> verse</c><00:36:07.090><c> 5</c><00:36:07.469><c> it</c><00:36:07.690><c> says</c><00:36:07.809><c> and</c><00:36:08.050><c> she</c>

00:36:08.409 --> 00:36:10.329
again<00:36:08.909><c> she</c><00:36:09.809><c> yet</c><00:36:10.010><c> again</c>

00:36:10.329 --> 00:36:12.610
conceived<00:36:10.650><c> and</c><00:36:10.849><c> bear</c><00:36:10.989><c> a</c><00:36:11.190><c> son</c><00:36:11.309><c> and</c><00:36:11.650><c> called</c><00:36:11.789><c> his</c><00:36:12.050><c> name</c><00:36:12.269><c> Shelah.</c>

00:36:12.610 --> 00:36:14.030
She<00:36:12.809><c> calls</c><00:36:13.090><c> the</c><00:36:13.349><c> third</c><00:36:13.670><c> child.</c>

00:36:14.309 --> 00:36:17.610
She<00:36:14.510><c> names</c><00:36:14.730><c> the</c><00:36:14.989><c> third</c><00:36:15.269><c> child</c><00:36:15.510><c> and</c><00:36:15.909><c> why?</c><00:36:16.250><c> Well</c><00:36:16.469><c> he</c><00:36:16.630><c> wasn't</c><00:36:16.929><c> there</c><00:36:17.110><c> because</c><00:36:17.369><c> it</c>

00:36:17.610 --> 00:36:18.349
says<00:36:17.789><c> he</c><00:36:18.090><c> was</c>

00:36:18.349 --> 00:36:27.630
that<00:36:18.590><c> Chesed</c><00:36:19.090><c> when</c><00:36:19.329><c> she</c><00:36:19.590><c> bear</c><00:36:19.809><c> him.</c><00:36:24.349><c> Now</c><00:36:24.530><c> the</c><00:36:24.570><c> word</c><00:36:24.809><c> Chesed</c><00:36:25.269><c> brothers</c><00:36:25.550><c> and</c><00:36:25.809><c> sisters</c><00:36:26.269><c> is</c><00:36:27.210><c> very</c>

00:36:27.630 --> 00:36:33.130
interesting.<00:36:28.349><c> It</c><00:36:28.369><c> means</c><00:36:28.710><c> to</c><00:36:29.110><c> falsify.</c><00:36:29.769><c> It</c><00:36:29.829><c> comes</c><00:36:29.949><c> from</c><00:36:30.130><c> a</c><00:36:30.250><c> root</c><00:36:30.409><c> word</c><00:36:30.650><c> meaning</c><00:36:31.349><c> lies</c><00:36:32.309><c> or</c>

00:36:33.130 --> 00:36:38.929
deceit.<00:36:34.650><c> You</c><00:36:34.730><c> see</c><00:36:34.909><c> Jacob,</c><00:36:35.809><c> Judah</c><00:36:36.250><c> here</c><00:36:36.690><c> he</c><00:36:37.349><c> kept</c><00:36:37.570><c> bunking</c><00:36:38.030><c> off.</c><00:36:38.809><c> He</c>

00:36:38.929 --> 00:36:40.489
wasn't<00:36:39.130><c> around.</c><00:36:40.050><c> Deceit</c><00:36:40.309><c> was</c>

00:36:40.489 --> 00:36:43.170
a<00:36:40.590><c> part</c><00:36:40.710><c> of</c><00:36:40.809><c> his</c><00:36:41.030><c> life.</c><00:36:41.230><c> He</c><00:36:41.329><c> went</c><00:36:41.469><c> off</c><00:36:41.730><c> to</c><00:36:41.869><c> the</c><00:36:42.130><c> place</c><00:36:42.349><c> of</c><00:36:42.690><c> lies</c>

00:36:43.170 --> 00:36:44.530
most<00:36:43.730><c> probably</c><00:36:44.110><c> with</c><00:36:44.269><c> his</c>

00:36:44.530 --> 00:36:52.070
and<00:36:45.469><c> he</c><00:36:45.469><c> has</c><00:36:48.010><c> the</c><00:36:48.190><c> audacity</c><00:36:48.769><c> later</c><00:36:49.349><c> to</c><00:36:49.590><c> wish</c><00:36:50.210><c> Tamer</c><00:36:50.730><c> dead</c><00:36:51.230><c> because</c><00:36:51.789><c> she</c>

00:36:52.070 --> 00:36:54.909
deceived<00:36:52.389><c> him.</c><00:36:54.170><c> I</c><00:36:54.269><c> mean</c><00:36:54.510><c> that's</c>

00:36:54.909 --> 00:37:00.170
just<00:36:55.170><c> sheer</c><00:36:55.389><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:36:57.989><c> Absolute</c><00:36:58.630><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:36:59.750><c> So</c><00:36:59.889><c> he's</c><00:37:00.010><c> not</c>

00:37:00.170 --> 00:37:01.670
a<00:37:00.250><c> very</c><00:37:00.469><c> good</c><00:37:00.710><c> family</c><00:37:01.090><c> man</c><00:37:01.409><c> brothers</c>

00:37:01.670 --> 00:37:05.630
and<00:37:01.909><c> sisters</c><00:37:02.090><c> and</c><00:37:02.250><c> he's</c><00:37:02.489><c> certainly</c><00:37:02.929><c> not</c><00:37:03.170><c> a</c><00:37:03.250><c> good</c><00:37:03.409><c> father.</c><00:37:05.269><c> A</c>

00:37:05.630 --> 00:37:08.289
very<00:37:06.050><c> poor</c><00:37:06.650><c> father</c><00:37:07.369><c> figure.</c><00:37:07.809><c> In</c><00:37:07.849><c> fact</c>

00:37:08.289 --> 00:37:14.090
we<00:37:08.849><c> know</c><00:37:08.989><c> how</c><00:37:09.289><c> poor</c><00:37:09.429><c> he</c><00:37:09.550><c> was.</c><00:37:10.349><c> In</c><00:37:10.449><c> verse</c><00:37:10.630><c> 7</c><00:37:10.989><c> to</c><00:37:11.150><c> 10</c><00:37:11.650><c> his</c><00:37:12.329><c> two</c><00:37:12.789><c> oldest</c><00:37:13.190><c> boys</c><00:37:13.570><c> are</c>

00:37:14.090 --> 00:37:15.010
killed<00:37:14.429><c> because</c><00:37:14.809><c> of</c>

00:37:15.010 --> 00:37:19.550
their<00:37:15.429><c> wickedness</c><00:37:16.590><c> because</c><00:37:18.289><c> they</c><00:37:18.429><c> had</c><00:37:18.650><c> learned</c><00:37:18.969><c> Canaanite</c>

00:37:19.550 --> 00:37:25.210
ways.<00:37:23.070><c> In</c><00:37:23.650><c> fact</c><00:37:23.969><c> these</c><00:37:24.449><c> two</c><00:37:24.750><c> boys</c><00:37:25.010><c> were</c>

00:37:25.210 --> 00:37:30.389
actually<00:37:25.710><c> worse</c><00:37:26.269><c> than</c><00:37:26.610><c> Judah.</c><00:37:28.530><c> I</c><00:37:29.010><c> can</c><00:37:29.130><c> act</c><00:37:29.309><c> how</c><00:37:29.550><c> I</c><00:37:29.730><c> want.</c><00:37:29.909><c> I</c><00:37:30.030><c> can</c><00:37:30.210><c> do</c>

00:37:30.389 --> 00:37:31.550
what<00:37:30.570><c> I</c><00:37:30.750><c> want.</c><00:37:30.909><c> No</c><00:37:31.110><c> one</c><00:37:31.230><c> can</c><00:37:31.449><c> tell</c>

00:37:31.550 --> 00:37:35.590
me<00:37:31.730><c> any</c><00:37:31.989><c> differently.</c><00:37:32.449><c> Well</c><00:37:32.730><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:33.090><c> did.</c><00:37:34.610><c> He</c><00:37:35.030><c> slew</c><00:37:35.230><c> the</c><00:37:35.449><c> two</c>

00:37:35.590 --> 00:37:37.289
elder<00:37:35.849><c> sons</c><00:37:36.170><c> because</c><00:37:36.469><c> of</c><00:37:36.690><c> their</c><00:37:36.829><c> wickedness</c>

00:37:37.289 --> 00:37:40.710
and<00:37:37.570><c> you</c><00:37:37.670><c> know</c><00:37:38.250><c> this</c><00:37:39.309><c> really</c><00:37:39.730><c> brothers</c><00:37:39.989><c> and</c><00:37:40.210><c> sisters</c><00:37:40.429><c> should</c>

00:37:40.710 --> 00:37:43.750
have<00:37:40.889><c> brought</c><00:37:41.110><c> Judah</c><00:37:41.329><c> to</c><00:37:41.570><c> his</c><00:37:41.849><c> senses</c><00:37:42.389><c> but</c>

00:37:43.750 --> 00:37:47.730
instead<00:37:44.469><c> he</c><00:37:44.730><c> becomes</c><00:37:45.050><c> protective</c><00:37:45.570><c> of</c><00:37:45.769><c> his</c><00:37:45.969><c> youngest</c><00:37:46.309><c> son</c><00:37:47.030><c> and</c>

00:37:47.730 --> 00:37:50.510
he<00:37:47.929><c> starts</c><00:37:48.170><c> blaming</c><00:37:48.809><c> Tamer</c><00:37:49.429><c> for</c><00:37:49.849><c> the</c><00:37:50.150><c> disasters</c>

00:37:50.510 --> 00:37:55.150
in<00:37:50.690><c> his</c><00:37:50.949><c> family.</c><00:37:52.809><c> It</c><00:37:53.349><c> doesn't</c><00:37:53.710><c> bring</c><00:37:53.989><c> him</c><00:37:54.190><c> to</c><00:37:54.369><c> his</c><00:37:54.610><c> senses</c><00:37:54.929><c> and</c>

00:37:55.150 --> 00:37:56.349
say<00:37:55.269><c> hang</c><00:37:55.469><c> on</c><00:37:55.630><c> a</c><00:37:55.750><c> minute</c><00:37:55.849><c> what's</c><00:37:56.210><c> going</c>

00:37:56.349 --> 00:37:59.230
on<00:37:56.550><c> here.</c><00:37:57.329><c> Maybe</c><00:37:57.630><c> it's</c><00:37:57.809><c> my</c><00:37:57.969><c> environment.</c><00:37:58.510><c> Maybe</c><00:37:58.789><c> this</c><00:37:59.090><c> friend</c>

00:37:59.230 --> 00:38:00.650
Hira<00:37:59.530><c> is</c><00:37:59.670><c> not</c><00:37:59.809><c> a</c><00:37:59.909><c> good</c><00:38:00.070><c> influence.</c>

00:38:00.650 --> 00:38:09.010
He<00:38:01.610><c> doesn't</c><00:38:01.909><c> do</c><00:38:02.130><c> that.</c><00:38:07.889><c> Well</c><00:38:07.949><c> what</c><00:38:08.130><c> happens?</c><00:38:08.630><c> Well</c><00:38:08.730><c> we</c><00:38:08.789><c> know</c>

00:38:09.010 --> 00:38:14.590
brothers<00:38:09.250><c> and</c><00:38:09.429><c> sisters</c><00:38:09.710><c> that</c><00:38:09.969><c> in</c><00:38:10.130><c> verse</c><00:38:11.389><c> 12</c><00:38:13.170><c> so</c>

00:38:14.590 --> 00:38:19.210
his<00:38:15.670><c> children</c><00:38:16.050><c> end</c><00:38:16.369><c> up</c><00:38:16.550><c> worse</c><00:38:16.909><c> than</c><00:38:17.210><c> him.</c><00:38:18.289><c> That's</c><00:38:18.670><c> a</c><00:38:18.929><c> running</c>

00:38:19.210 --> 00:38:22.320
commentary<00:38:19.730><c> of</c><00:38:19.949><c> verse</c><00:38:20.309><c> 1</c><00:38:20.670><c> to</c><00:38:20.869><c> 12</c><00:38:21.289><c> isn't</c><00:38:21.510><c> it?</c>

00:38:23.250 --> 00:38:25.809
And<00:38:23.429><c> I</c><00:38:24.030><c> suggest</c><00:38:24.369><c> to</c><00:38:24.489><c> you</c><00:38:24.610><c> brothers</c><00:38:24.769><c> and</c><00:38:25.090><c> sisters</c><00:38:25.309><c> that</c><00:38:25.550><c> it's</c>

00:38:25.809 --> 00:38:28.989
quite<00:38:26.110><c> clear</c><00:38:26.449><c> that</c><00:38:27.650><c> Judah's</c><00:38:28.210><c> friendship</c><00:38:28.550><c> with</c>

00:38:28.989 --> 00:38:34.769
Hira<00:38:29.389><c> was</c><00:38:30.170><c> a</c><00:38:30.349><c> disaster.</c><00:38:31.610><c> It</c><00:38:31.849><c> brought</c><00:38:32.070><c> him</c><00:38:32.349><c> almost</c><00:38:32.909><c> to</c><00:38:33.250><c> ruin</c><00:38:33.730><c> as</c>

00:38:34.769 --> 00:38:38.710
that<00:38:35.010><c> Proverbs</c><00:38:35.409><c> 18</c><00:38:35.909><c> verse</c><00:38:36.190><c> 24</c><00:38:36.730><c> so</c><00:38:37.030><c> clearly</c><00:38:37.530><c> says.</c>

00:38:40.889 --> 00:38:44.250
And<00:38:40.969><c> then</c><00:38:41.150><c> in</c><00:38:41.269><c> verse</c><00:38:41.449><c> 12</c><00:38:41.809><c> it</c><00:38:42.010><c> says</c><00:38:42.210><c> and</c><00:38:42.329><c> in</c><00:38:42.409><c> the</c><00:38:42.570><c> process</c><00:38:42.869><c> of</c><00:38:43.110><c> time</c><00:38:43.349><c> the</c><00:38:43.530><c> daughter</c><00:38:43.869><c> of</c>

00:38:44.250 --> 00:38:45.769
Shewa,<00:38:44.989><c> Judah's</c><00:38:45.389><c> wife,</c>

00:38:46.010 --> 00:38:50.989
died.<00:38:47.489><c> And</c><00:38:47.590><c> Judah</c><00:38:47.730><c> was</c><00:38:48.030><c> comforted</c><00:38:48.389><c> and</c><00:38:48.469><c> went</c><00:38:48.610><c> up</c><00:38:49.550><c> unto</c><00:38:49.929><c> his</c><00:38:50.210><c> sheep</c><00:38:50.449><c> Shewas</c><00:38:50.710><c> to</c>

00:38:50.989 --> 00:38:52.710
Timnath,<00:38:51.429><c> he</c><00:38:51.889><c> and</c><00:38:52.190><c> his</c><00:38:52.510><c> friend</c>

00:38:52.710 --> 00:38:57.110
Hira<00:38:53.570><c> the</c><00:38:54.130><c> Adulamite.</c><00:38:55.369><c> And</c><00:38:55.449><c> so</c><00:38:55.530><c> it</c><00:38:55.670><c> would</c><00:38:55.869><c> seem</c><00:38:56.170><c> that</c><00:38:56.789><c> in</c><00:38:56.889><c> this</c>

00:38:57.110 --> 00:39:00.590
context<00:38:57.989><c> Judah</c><00:38:58.469><c> finds</c><00:38:59.010><c> solace</c><00:38:59.449><c> and</c><00:38:59.730><c> comfort</c><00:39:00.110><c> from</c>

00:39:00.590 --> 00:39:04.250
his<00:39:00.909><c> friend</c><00:39:01.230><c> Hira</c><00:39:01.730><c> with</c><00:39:02.010><c> whom</c><00:39:02.349><c> he</c><00:39:03.110><c> appears</c><00:39:03.389><c> in</c><00:39:03.550><c> this</c><00:39:03.829><c> verse</c><00:39:04.050><c> to</c>

00:39:04.250 --> 00:39:06.670
have<00:39:04.510><c> built</c><00:39:04.769><c> a</c><00:39:05.230><c> business</c><00:39:05.670><c> partnership</c><00:39:06.269><c> with</c>

00:39:06.670 --> 00:39:11.969
and<00:39:06.969><c> they</c><00:39:07.150><c> go</c><00:39:07.269><c> up</c><00:39:07.449><c> together</c><00:39:08.070><c> to</c><00:39:08.510><c> go</c><00:39:08.750><c> sheep</c><00:39:09.170><c> shearing.</c><00:39:11.610><c> And</c><00:39:11.889><c> we</c>

00:39:11.969 --> 00:39:14.170
know<00:39:12.070><c> the</c><00:39:12.190><c> rest</c><00:39:12.329><c> of</c><00:39:12.489><c> the</c><00:39:12.710><c> story</c><00:39:13.369><c> brothers</c><00:39:13.969><c> and</c>

00:39:14.170 --> 00:39:16.230
sisters.<00:39:14.349><c> We</c><00:39:14.469><c> don't</c><00:39:14.650><c> need</c><00:39:14.829><c> to</c><00:39:14.949><c> go</c><00:39:15.150><c> into</c><00:39:15.329><c> the</c><00:39:15.570><c> detail</c><00:39:15.829><c> of</c><00:39:15.989><c> this</c>

00:39:16.230 --> 00:39:20.039
story.<00:39:16.449><c> We</c><00:39:16.630><c> know</c><00:39:16.809><c> what</c><00:39:17.110><c> happens.</c><00:39:19.289><c> We</c><00:39:19.630><c> know</c><00:39:19.769><c> what</c>

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:30.929
Hema<00:39:20.239><c> did.</c><00:39:20.900><c> And</c><00:39:21.059><c> we</c><00:39:21.179><c> know</c><00:39:21.559><c> in</c><00:39:22.219><c> Judah's</c><00:39:22.739><c> own</c><00:39:23.000><c> words</c><00:39:23.920><c> he</c><00:39:26.119><c> says</c><00:39:26.579><c> that</c><00:39:27.039><c> she</c><00:39:27.260><c> hath</c><00:39:27.519><c> been</c><00:39:27.820><c> more</c><00:39:28.219><c> righteous</c><00:39:29.019><c> than</c><00:39:30.039><c> I.</c>

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:40.840
And<00:39:32.780><c> through</c><00:39:33.000><c> her</c><00:39:33.320><c> continued</c><00:39:33.860><c> the</c><00:39:34.159><c> Messianic</c><00:39:34.800><c> line.</c><00:39:38.380><c> But</c><00:39:38.480><c> just</c><00:39:39.500><c> look</c><00:39:39.960><c> at</c>

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how<00:39:41.219><c> close</c><00:39:41.500><c> to</c><00:39:41.659><c> being</c><00:39:41.900><c> utterly</c>

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:48.039
ruined<00:39:43.280><c> Judah</c><00:39:43.860><c> came.</c><00:39:45.659><c> The</c><00:39:45.840><c> wrong</c><00:39:46.079><c> friends</c><00:39:46.519><c> do</c><00:39:46.820><c> indeed</c><00:39:47.639><c> bring</c>

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:52.780
us<00:39:48.519><c> to</c><00:39:48.780><c> ruin.</c><00:39:50.280><c> In</c><00:39:50.480><c> fact</c><00:39:50.800><c> Judah</c><00:39:51.380><c> had</c><00:39:51.699><c> such</c><00:39:52.099><c> implicit</c>

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:58.000
trust<00:39:53.340><c> in</c><00:39:53.820><c> Hira</c><00:39:54.300><c> that</c><00:39:55.719><c> it</c><00:39:55.840><c> was</c><00:39:56.099><c> over</c><00:39:56.460><c> and</c><00:39:56.719><c> above</c><00:39:57.000><c> his</c><00:39:57.440><c> trust</c><00:39:57.739><c> in</c>

00:39:58.000 --> 00:40:00.659
God.<00:39:59.500><c> That's</c><00:39:59.679><c> what</c><00:39:59.840><c> this</c><00:40:00.119><c> story</c><00:40:00.300><c> is</c><00:40:00.559><c> telling</c>

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:06.539
us.<00:40:00.940><c> His</c><00:40:01.260><c> trust,</c><00:40:02.019><c> his</c><00:40:02.199><c> implicit</c><00:40:02.679><c> trust</c><00:40:03.000><c> in</c><00:40:03.320><c> Hira</c><00:40:03.699><c> was</c><00:40:04.420><c> stronger,</c><00:40:06.139><c> more</c>

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:09.920
faithful,<00:40:08.019><c> more</c><00:40:08.300><c> endearing</c><00:40:09.179><c> than</c><00:40:09.639><c> even</c>

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:15.940
God<00:40:10.320><c> himself.</c><00:40:11.500><c> I</c><00:40:11.579><c> mean</c><00:40:11.659><c> that's</c><00:40:11.960><c> a</c><00:40:12.079><c> low</c><00:40:12.300><c> point,</c><00:40:13.360><c> a</c><00:40:13.639><c> very</c><00:40:14.079><c> low</c><00:40:14.780><c> point.</c><00:40:15.300><c> You</c><00:40:15.400><c> can</c><00:40:15.639><c> see</c><00:40:15.800><c> it</c>

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.980
brothers<00:40:16.139><c> and</c><00:40:16.340><c> sisters</c><00:40:16.539><c> how</c><00:40:16.739><c> he</c>

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:20.599
invested<00:40:17.260><c> great</c><00:40:17.579><c> responsibility</c><00:40:18.300><c> in</c><00:40:18.619><c> Hira</c><00:40:18.860><c> by</c><00:40:19.320><c> sending</c><00:40:19.679><c> payment</c><00:40:20.219><c> via</c>

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:23.519
his<00:40:21.039><c> friend</c><00:40:21.539><c> which</c><00:40:22.500><c> is</c><00:40:22.679><c> down</c><00:40:22.820><c> in</c><00:40:23.000><c> verse</c><00:40:23.159><c> 20.</c>

00:40:23.619 --> 00:40:25.800
And<00:40:23.719><c> Judah</c><00:40:23.880><c> sent</c><00:40:24.119><c> the</c><00:40:24.380><c> kid</c><00:40:24.500><c> by</c><00:40:24.719><c> the</c><00:40:24.900><c> hand</c><00:40:25.000><c> of</c><00:40:25.159><c> his</c><00:40:25.380><c> friend</c><00:40:25.599><c> the</c>

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:28.139
Adulamite.<00:40:26.460><c> You</c><00:40:26.599><c> know</c><00:40:26.719><c> keep</c><00:40:26.920><c> it</c><00:40:27.199><c> hush</c><00:40:27.420><c> hush.</c>

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:32.719
Use<00:40:30.340><c> your</c><00:40:30.579><c> friends</c><00:40:30.780><c> to</c><00:40:31.000><c> do</c><00:40:31.119><c> those</c><00:40:31.320><c> things.</c><00:40:32.059><c> They</c><00:40:32.280><c> won't</c><00:40:32.519><c> spill</c>

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.820
the<00:40:32.940><c> beans.</c>

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So<00:40:41.579><c> here's</c><00:40:41.760><c> some</c><00:40:42.039><c> things</c><00:40:42.340><c> that</c><00:40:42.699><c> Hira</c><00:40:43.199><c> was</c><00:40:44.880><c> to</c><00:40:45.260><c> Judah.</c><00:40:46.539><c> He's</c><00:40:46.820><c> called</c><00:40:46.900><c> his</c><00:40:47.219><c> friend,</c><00:40:47.719><c> the</c><00:40:47.860><c> Hebrew</c><00:40:48.079><c> word</c><00:40:48.380><c> Re</c><00:40:48.699><c>'ah,</c>

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:53.400
a<00:40:49.840><c> close</c><00:40:50.139><c> associate.</c><00:40:50.739><c> And</c><00:40:50.900><c> it</c><00:40:50.980><c> would</c><00:40:51.159><c> appear</c><00:40:51.400><c> that</c><00:40:51.699><c> Jacob</c><00:40:52.460><c> relies</c><00:40:53.039><c> on</c>

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:56.800
Hira<00:40:53.820><c> for</c><00:40:54.539><c> for</c><00:40:54.699><c> at</c><00:40:54.760><c> least</c><00:40:55.000><c> these</c><00:40:55.360><c> three</c><00:40:55.539><c> things.</c>

00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:03.699
Verse<00:40:58.480><c> two,</c><00:41:00.000><c> for</c><00:41:00.179><c> education</c><00:41:00.800><c> in</c><00:41:01.139><c> Canaanite</c><00:41:01.460><c> ways.</c><00:41:03.039><c> How</c><00:41:03.320><c> to</c><00:41:03.519><c> do</c>

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:07.159
business,<00:41:04.539><c> how</c><00:41:04.719><c> to</c><00:41:04.880><c> take</c><00:41:05.179><c> wives,</c><00:41:05.800><c> how</c><00:41:06.000><c> to</c><00:41:06.219><c> live</c>

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:10.199
the<00:41:07.800><c> Canaanite</c><00:41:08.340><c>-ish</c><00:41:08.539><c> way.</c><00:41:09.000><c> Where</c><00:41:09.119><c> did</c><00:41:09.260><c> he</c><00:41:09.340><c> learn</c><00:41:09.539><c> all</c><00:41:09.760><c> that?</c>

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:13.519
Hira<00:41:10.800><c> was</c><00:41:11.019><c> there.</c><00:41:12.480><c> He</c><00:41:12.679><c> turned</c><00:41:12.960><c> in</c><00:41:13.179><c> and</c><00:41:13.380><c> pitched</c>

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:18.800
his<00:41:13.820><c> tent,</c><00:41:14.739><c> became</c><00:41:14.900><c> an</c><00:41:15.119><c> intimate</c><00:41:15.440><c> friend</c><00:41:15.840><c> with</c><00:41:16.079><c> Hira.</c><00:41:18.059><c> He</c><00:41:18.300><c> relied</c><00:41:18.559><c> on</c>

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:21.940
Hira<00:41:19.139><c> for</c><00:41:19.440><c> business.</c><00:41:21.400><c> There's</c><00:41:21.619><c> a</c><00:41:21.739><c> little</c>

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:28.639
bit<00:41:22.159><c> of</c><00:41:22.579><c> conjecture</c><00:41:23.139><c> about</c><00:41:23.440><c> exactly</c><00:41:24.440><c> whether</c><00:41:24.880><c> or</c><00:41:25.079><c> not</c><00:41:25.659><c> the</c><00:41:26.099><c> word</c><00:41:26.480><c> friend</c><00:41:26.920><c> there,</c><00:41:27.579><c> again</c><00:41:27.900><c> you</c><00:41:28.179><c> remember</c><00:41:28.380><c> I</c>

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:28.980
said<00:41:28.780><c> that</c>

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:38.679
word<00:41:29.460><c> friend</c><00:41:30.059><c> is</c><00:41:30.559><c> the</c><00:41:30.659><c> Hebrew</c><00:41:30.920><c> word</c><00:41:31.440><c> Re</c><00:41:32.260><c>'ah.</c><00:41:35.340><c> There's</c><00:41:35.840><c> some</c><00:41:36.739><c> suggestions</c><00:41:37.420><c> here</c><00:41:37.840><c> that</c><00:41:38.079><c> it</c>

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.340
could<00:41:38.780><c> be</c><00:41:39.019><c> that</c>

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:45.539
other<00:41:39.619><c> word</c><00:41:39.980><c> shepherd</c><00:41:40.460><c> and</c><00:41:41.199><c> that</c><00:41:41.619><c> he'd</c><00:41:41.940><c> made</c><00:41:42.800><c> Hira</c><00:41:43.360><c> his</c><00:41:44.820><c> shepherd</c><00:41:45.079><c> in</c>

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:47.739
charge<00:41:46.079><c> who</c><00:41:46.380><c> was</c><00:41:46.619><c> responsible</c><00:41:47.239><c> for</c><00:41:47.480><c> his</c>

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:51.019
sheep.<00:41:48.840><c> Whichever</c><00:41:49.260><c> way</c><00:41:49.460><c> it</c><00:41:49.619><c> would</c><00:41:49.880><c> seem</c><00:41:50.119><c> brothers</c><00:41:50.400><c> and</c><00:41:50.619><c> sisters</c><00:41:50.840><c> that</c>

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:52.559
they<00:41:51.219><c> were</c><00:41:51.340><c> working</c><00:41:51.659><c> together</c><00:41:52.159><c> in</c><00:41:52.360><c> this</c>

00:41:52.559 --> 00:42:01.820
business,<00:41:53.260><c> in</c><00:41:53.699><c> looking</c><00:41:53.980><c> after</c><00:41:54.679><c> the</c><00:41:55.159><c> sheep.</c><00:41:59.219><c> He'd</c><00:41:59.800><c> made</c><00:42:00.300><c> a</c><00:42:00.780><c> friendship</c><00:42:01.300><c> out</c>

00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:03.079
of<00:42:01.940><c> a</c><00:42:02.099><c> business</c><00:42:02.519><c> colleague</c>

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:07.019
far<00:42:03.599><c> stronger</c><00:42:04.239><c> than</c><00:42:04.719><c> anyone</c><00:42:04.980><c> in</c><00:42:05.139><c> the</c><00:42:05.480><c> truth.</c><00:42:06.460><c> There's</c><00:42:06.579><c> a</c><00:42:06.719><c> danger</c><00:42:06.940><c> in</c>

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:08.480
that<00:42:07.199><c> isn't</c><00:42:07.400><c> there?</c>

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:11.900
Might<00:42:09.099><c> go</c><00:42:09.380><c> to</c><00:42:09.599><c> the</c><00:42:09.940><c> odd</c><00:42:10.179><c> one</c><00:42:10.400><c> or</c><00:42:10.639><c> two</c><00:42:10.820><c> business</c><00:42:11.260><c> functions</c><00:42:11.659><c> but</c>

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:14.519
someone<00:42:12.400><c> builds</c><00:42:13.280><c> a</c><00:42:13.579><c> connection</c><00:42:13.860><c> with</c><00:42:14.119><c> you</c><00:42:14.219><c> and</c><00:42:14.340><c> they</c>

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:17.860
eventually<00:42:14.840><c> invite</c><00:42:15.119><c> you</c><00:42:15.260><c> over</c><00:42:15.460><c> to</c><00:42:15.579><c> their</c><00:42:15.800><c> place</c><00:42:16.559><c> and</c><00:42:17.400><c> then</c><00:42:17.639><c> to</c>

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:20.420
their<00:42:18.239><c> functions,</c><00:42:19.159><c> their</c><00:42:19.340><c> personal</c><00:42:19.840><c> family</c>

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:23.559
functions.<00:42:21.199><c> And</c><00:42:21.440><c> you</c><00:42:21.579><c> get</c><00:42:22.079><c> slowly</c><00:42:22.579><c> drawn</c><00:42:22.860><c> in</c><00:42:23.039><c> and</c><00:42:23.179><c> eventually</c>

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:25.139
you<00:42:23.780><c> find</c><00:42:23.900><c> yourself</c><00:42:24.340><c> pitching</c><00:42:24.739><c> your</c>

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:28.960
tent<00:42:25.380><c> next</c><00:42:25.719><c> to</c><00:42:25.900><c> them.</c><00:42:27.360><c> That's</c><00:42:27.599><c> what</c><00:42:27.800><c> happened</c><00:42:27.980><c> with</c><00:42:28.260><c> Judah.</c>

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:35.780
And<00:42:31.199><c> he</c><00:42:31.380><c> relied</c><00:42:31.599><c> on</c><00:42:32.000><c> Hira</c><00:42:32.440><c> for</c><00:42:33.519><c> keeping</c><00:42:33.900><c> secrets.</c>

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:40.539
Is<00:42:36.300><c> that</c><00:42:36.900><c> Judah</c><00:42:37.039><c> you</c><00:42:37.300><c> mean?</c><00:42:38.699><c> It</c><00:42:38.699><c> is</c><00:42:39.260><c> Judah</c><00:42:39.480><c> I</c><00:42:39.699><c> mean.</c><00:42:40.340><c> Thank</c>

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:43.699
you.<00:42:42.219><c> Good</c><00:42:42.500><c> observation.</c>

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:52.679
Judah<00:42:47.699><c> relies</c><00:42:48.539><c> on</c><00:42:49.980><c> Hira</c><00:42:50.260><c> for</c><00:42:50.780><c> keeping</c><00:42:51.219><c> his</c><00:42:51.920><c> closely</c><00:42:52.300><c> guarded</c>

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:54.960
secrets.<00:42:53.780><c> He</c><00:42:54.000><c> sends</c><00:42:54.420><c> Hira</c>

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:59.739
to<00:42:55.880><c> pay</c><00:42:56.280><c> the</c><00:42:56.760><c> payment</c><00:42:57.340><c> to</c><00:42:58.000><c> Tamar</c><00:42:58.280><c> and</c><00:42:58.380><c> of</c><00:42:58.599><c> course</c><00:42:58.820><c> he</c><00:42:58.920><c> can't</c>

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:01.440
find<00:43:00.059><c> her</c><00:43:00.280><c> can</c><00:43:00.519><c> he?</c>

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:06.300
So<00:43:03.760><c> who</c><00:43:03.940><c> you</c><00:43:04.119><c> make</c><00:43:04.280><c> friends</c><00:43:04.559><c> with</c><00:43:04.800><c> brothers</c><00:43:05.039><c> and</c><00:43:05.300><c> sisters</c><00:43:05.820><c> not</c>

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:10.860
only<00:43:06.579><c> affects</c><00:43:06.920><c> you</c><00:43:07.619><c> but</c><00:43:08.480><c> your</c><00:43:08.860><c> whole</c><00:43:09.619><c> family.</c>

00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:16.619
And<00:43:12.840><c> if</c><00:43:12.940><c> you</c><00:43:13.139><c> leave</c><00:43:13.480><c> the</c><00:43:13.780><c> Sanctuary</c><00:43:14.079><c> of</c><00:43:14.219><c> the</c><00:43:14.400><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:43:16.599><c> you</c>

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:19.800
will<00:43:16.840><c> inevitably</c><00:43:17.619><c> find</c><00:43:18.199><c> friendship</c><00:43:18.800><c> in</c><00:43:19.400><c> the</c><00:43:19.619><c> world.</c>

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:22.860
And<00:43:19.980><c> here's</c><00:43:20.199><c> just</c><00:43:20.440><c> some</c><00:43:20.739><c> characteristics</c><00:43:21.460><c> of</c><00:43:22.440><c> friends</c><00:43:22.679><c> of</c>

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:25.320
the<00:43:23.079><c> world.</c><00:43:23.639><c> Taken</c><00:43:23.900><c> from</c><00:43:24.119><c> Hira,</c>

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:31.860
they<00:43:26.239><c> have</c><00:43:26.500><c> no</c><00:43:26.880><c> accountability</c><00:43:27.679><c> to</c><00:43:28.219><c> God.</c><00:43:30.500><c> Live</c><00:43:30.519><c> as</c><00:43:30.760><c> you</c><00:43:30.920><c> wish.</c>

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:35.199
They<00:43:33.260><c> are</c><00:43:33.440><c> not</c><00:43:33.739><c> bound</c><00:43:34.039><c> by</c><00:43:34.320><c> a</c><00:43:34.559><c> moral</c><00:43:34.820><c> code</c>

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:38.420
or<00:43:35.579><c> set</c><00:43:35.760><c> of</c><00:43:36.059><c> values</c><00:43:36.360><c> that</c><00:43:36.559><c> are</c><00:43:36.780><c> godly.</c><00:43:37.440><c> We</c><00:43:37.760><c> saw</c><00:43:37.980><c> that</c><00:43:38.159><c> example.</c>

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:39.880
You<00:43:38.500><c> can</c><00:43:38.659><c> marry</c><00:43:38.840><c> who</c><00:43:39.000><c> you</c><00:43:39.219><c> like.</c><00:43:39.659><c> You</c><00:43:39.719><c> can</c>

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:44.500
just<00:43:40.119><c> take</c><00:43:40.460><c> who</c><00:43:40.639><c> you</c><00:43:40.860><c> want.</c><00:43:42.940><c> They</c><00:43:43.079><c> have</c><00:43:43.260><c> no</c><00:43:43.599><c> family</c><00:43:44.019><c> policies</c>

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:46.559
in<00:43:44.860><c> place</c><00:43:45.119><c> that</c><00:43:45.320><c> are</c><00:43:45.599><c> God</c><00:43:45.920><c> directed</c><00:43:46.400><c> which</c>

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:50.199
was<00:43:46.840><c> clearly</c><00:43:47.119><c> the</c><00:43:47.400><c> case.</c><00:43:47.880><c> Judah</c><00:43:47.900><c> had</c><00:43:48.199><c> no</c><00:43:48.760><c> family</c><00:43:49.159><c> policies</c><00:43:49.739><c> by</c>

00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:52.800
which<00:43:50.460><c> his</c><00:43:50.920><c> children</c><00:43:51.380><c> could</c><00:43:51.639><c> be</c><00:43:51.900><c> guided</c><00:43:52.139><c> and</c><00:43:52.440><c> directed.</c>

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:56.960
And<00:43:53.119><c> so</c><00:43:53.860><c> his</c><00:43:54.119><c> children</c><00:43:54.559><c> ended</c><00:43:54.800><c> up</c><00:43:54.980><c> making</c><00:43:55.340><c> friends</c><00:43:55.619><c> in</c><00:43:55.760><c> the</c><00:43:55.900><c> wrong</c><00:43:56.059><c> places</c><00:43:56.400><c> as</c>

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:59.659
well.<00:43:58.420><c> So</c><00:43:58.539><c> helping</c><00:43:58.760><c> your</c><00:43:59.199><c> children</c>

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:05.460
choose<00:44:00.079><c> friendships</c><00:44:00.599><c> is</c><00:44:00.900><c> a</c><00:44:01.179><c> vital</c><00:44:01.480><c> part</c><00:44:02.000><c> of</c><00:44:02.780><c> their</c><00:44:03.059><c> upbringing.</c><00:44:04.559><c> His</c><00:44:04.739><c> children</c><00:44:05.099><c> acted</c>

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:07.420
as<00:44:05.880><c> they</c><00:44:06.539><c> wanted.</c>

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:13.340
Friends<00:44:11.179><c> of</c><00:44:11.340><c> the</c><00:44:11.480><c> world</c><00:44:11.619><c> brothers</c><00:44:11.900><c> and</c><00:44:12.139><c> sisters</c><00:44:12.380><c> have</c><00:44:12.599><c> one</c><00:44:12.900><c> goal</c><00:44:13.099><c> in</c>

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:16.360
life.<00:44:14.239><c> Just</c><00:44:14.480><c> one</c><00:44:15.019><c> goal</c><00:44:15.219><c> in</c><00:44:15.380><c> life</c>

00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:20.280
and<00:44:18.420><c> that</c><00:44:18.539><c> is</c><00:44:18.679><c> to</c><00:44:18.880><c> satisfy</c><00:44:19.239><c> their</c><00:44:19.480><c> lusts.</c>

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:25.199
And<00:44:22.480><c> they</c><00:44:22.639><c> use</c><00:44:22.880><c> friendships</c><00:44:23.440><c> for</c><00:44:24.000><c> that</c><00:44:24.159><c> very</c><00:44:24.440><c> means.</c><00:44:25.039><c> And</c><00:44:25.099><c> so</c>

00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:28.079
long<00:44:25.380><c> as</c><00:44:25.460><c> it</c><00:44:25.500><c> doesn't</c><00:44:25.760><c> hurt</c><00:44:26.000><c> anyone</c><00:44:26.300><c> else,</c><00:44:26.840><c> it's</c><00:44:27.039><c> okay.</c>

00:44:29.280 --> 00:44:33.699
Well<00:44:29.480><c> it's</c><00:44:29.659><c> not</c><00:44:29.840><c> okay.</c><00:44:31.159><c> It's</c><00:44:31.539><c> destructive.</c><00:44:33.039><c> It</c><00:44:33.179><c> brings</c><00:44:33.460><c> one</c>

00:44:33.699 --> 00:44:36.599
to<00:44:34.039><c> ruin</c><00:44:34.380><c> in</c><00:44:35.119><c> the</c><00:44:35.300><c> eyes</c><00:44:35.460><c> of</c><00:44:35.719><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:43.380
Just<00:44:38.780><c> pull</c><00:44:39.119><c> that</c><00:44:39.420><c> sheet</c><00:44:39.699><c> out.</c>

00:44:47.780 --> 00:44:55.539
James<00:44:48.260><c> 4</c><00:44:48.739><c> verse</c><00:44:49.460><c> 4.</c><00:44:52.340><c> A</c><00:44:52.340><c> statement</c><00:44:52.840><c> in</c><00:44:54.159><c> regards</c><00:44:54.619><c> to</c><00:44:54.820><c> this</c><00:44:55.000><c> subject</c><00:44:55.320><c> that</c>

00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:56.739
needs<00:44:55.699><c> to</c><00:44:55.880><c> be</c><00:44:56.199><c> indelibly</c>

00:44:56.739 --> 00:45:01.019
imprinted<00:44:57.420><c> on</c><00:44:57.559><c> our</c><00:44:57.840><c> minds.</c><00:44:59.500><c> Friendship</c><00:44:59.900><c> with</c><00:45:00.039><c> the</c><00:45:00.239><c> world</c><00:45:00.460><c> is</c>

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:03.800
enmity<00:45:01.519><c> with</c><00:45:01.800><c> God.</c><00:45:02.860><c> I</c><00:45:03.099><c> just</c><00:45:03.280><c> want</c><00:45:03.440><c> to</c><00:45:03.599><c> read</c>

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:05.739
through<00:45:04.079><c> this</c><00:45:04.300><c> brothers</c><00:45:04.519><c> and</c><00:45:04.719><c> sisters.</c><00:45:04.940><c> It's</c><00:45:05.159><c> not</c><00:45:05.360><c> actually</c>

00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:07.000
the<00:45:05.920><c> words</c><00:45:06.119><c> of</c><00:45:06.300><c> Brother</c><00:45:06.460><c> Neville</c><00:45:06.739><c> Smart.</c>

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:12.360
He<00:45:07.199><c> copied</c><00:45:07.579><c> it</c><00:45:08.300><c> from</c><00:45:09.000><c> someone</c><00:45:09.579><c> called</c><00:45:10.260><c> Dr.</c><00:45:10.900><c> Dale,</c><00:45:11.420><c> Dr.</c><00:45:11.840><c> R.</c><00:45:12.079><c> W.</c>

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:15.960
Dale<00:45:12.659><c> who</c><00:45:13.119><c> lived</c><00:45:13.539><c> in</c><00:45:13.739><c> the</c><00:45:13.980><c> 1800s</c><00:45:14.900><c> and</c><00:45:15.199><c> wrote</c><00:45:15.440><c> a</c><00:45:15.639><c> book</c>

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:19.480
on<00:45:16.760><c> the</c><00:45:16.980><c> Epistle</c><00:45:17.280><c> of</c><00:45:17.480><c> James</c><00:45:17.800><c> and</c><00:45:18.159><c> other</c><00:45:18.500><c> discourses.</c><00:45:19.059><c> But</c><00:45:19.219><c> he</c>

00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:21.940
thought<00:45:19.659><c> it</c><00:45:19.760><c> was</c><00:45:20.059><c> so</c><00:45:20.400><c> relevant</c><00:45:20.920><c> that</c><00:45:21.539><c> he</c><00:45:21.800><c> put</c>

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:25.739
an<00:45:22.280><c> extract</c><00:45:22.639><c> in</c><00:45:23.639><c> the</c><00:45:23.900><c> little</c><00:45:24.059><c> book</c><00:45:24.260><c> we</c><00:45:24.619><c> have</c><00:45:24.920><c> on</c><00:45:25.340><c> the</c><00:45:25.480><c> Epistle</c>

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:27.980
of<00:45:25.900><c> James.</c><00:45:26.139><c> And</c><00:45:26.320><c> I</c><00:45:26.519><c> think</c><00:45:26.739><c> it</c><00:45:26.940><c> is</c><00:45:27.219><c> so</c><00:45:27.519><c> excellent</c>

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:31.480
that<00:45:28.360><c> I</c><00:45:28.559><c> want</c><00:45:28.659><c> to</c><00:45:28.800><c> just</c><00:45:29.019><c> read</c><00:45:29.179><c> it</c><00:45:29.420><c> to</c><00:45:29.519><c> you</c><00:45:29.820><c> because</c><00:45:30.099><c> it</c><00:45:30.460><c> sums</c><00:45:30.780><c> up</c>

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:34.179
everything<00:45:32.039><c> that</c><00:45:32.400><c> we've</c><00:45:32.539><c> just</c><00:45:32.800><c> looked</c><00:45:33.000><c> at</c><00:45:33.239><c> here.</c>

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:40.860
These<00:45:38.599><c> are</c><00:45:38.820><c> very</c><00:45:39.099><c> serious</c><00:45:39.519><c> words</c><00:45:39.840><c> he</c><00:45:40.019><c> writes</c><00:45:40.260><c> concerning</c><00:45:40.639><c> the</c>

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:42.940
verses<00:45:41.079><c> we</c><00:45:41.280><c> have</c><00:45:41.420><c> just</c><00:45:41.619><c> considered</c><00:45:41.960><c> and</c><00:45:42.159><c> it</c><00:45:42.300><c> is</c><00:45:42.460><c> to</c><00:45:42.619><c> be</c>

00:45:42.940 --> 00:45:46.280
feared<00:45:43.260><c> that</c><00:45:43.679><c> in</c><00:45:44.659><c> the</c><00:45:44.739><c> case</c><00:45:45.000><c> of</c><00:45:45.340><c> large</c><00:45:45.559><c> numbers</c><00:45:45.800><c> of</c><00:45:45.980><c> Christian</c>

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:48.239
people,<00:45:47.059><c> the</c><00:45:47.239><c> truth</c><00:45:47.460><c> which</c><00:45:47.659><c> they</c><00:45:47.940><c> affirm</c>

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:51.840
exerts<00:45:49.059><c> a</c><00:45:49.119><c> very</c><00:45:49.539><c> inadequate</c><00:45:50.179><c> influence</c><00:45:50.840><c> over</c><00:45:51.139><c> the</c><00:45:51.380><c> practical</c>

00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:55.219
conduct<00:45:52.340><c> of</c><00:45:52.699><c> life.</c><00:45:53.920><c> We</c><00:45:54.199><c> all</c><00:45:54.440><c> avoid,</c><00:45:54.780><c> he</c><00:45:55.019><c> says,</c>

00:45:55.239 --> 00:45:57.659
as<00:45:55.440><c> a</c><00:45:55.539><c> matter</c><00:45:55.659><c> of</c><00:45:55.880><c> course,</c><00:45:56.260><c> intimate</c><00:45:56.519><c> association</c><00:45:57.199><c> with</c><00:45:57.460><c> men</c>

00:45:57.659 --> 00:46:00.119
who<00:45:57.820><c> are</c><00:45:57.960><c> guilty</c><00:45:58.219><c> of</c><00:45:58.500><c> flagrant</c><00:45:58.940><c> vices,</c><00:45:59.679><c> guilty</c><00:45:59.880><c> of</c>

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:03.340
drunkenness,<00:46:00.840><c> sensual</c><00:46:01.119><c> sins,</c><00:46:01.820><c> habitual</c><00:46:02.219><c> lying,</c><00:46:02.800><c> dishonesty</c>

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:06.840
and<00:46:03.860><c> gross</c><00:46:04.199><c> profanity.</c><00:46:05.360><c> We</c><00:46:05.639><c> have</c><00:46:05.840><c> no</c><00:46:06.039><c> desire</c><00:46:06.420><c> to</c><00:46:06.579><c> be</c><00:46:06.699><c> on</c>

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:09.860
terms<00:46:07.260><c> with</c><00:46:07.519><c> them.</c><00:46:08.420><c> We</c><00:46:08.579><c> should</c><00:46:08.820><c> feel</c><00:46:08.960><c> it</c><00:46:09.099><c> to</c><00:46:09.219><c> be</c><00:46:09.380><c> a</c><00:46:09.420><c> disgrace</c>

00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:12.679
to<00:46:10.059><c> be</c><00:46:10.260><c> called</c><00:46:10.400><c> their</c><00:46:10.719><c> friends.</c><00:46:11.780><c> We</c><00:46:11.920><c> do</c><00:46:12.079><c> not</c><00:46:12.300><c> wish</c><00:46:12.519><c> that</c>

00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:17.460
they<00:46:12.860><c> should</c><00:46:13.039><c> have</c><00:46:13.360><c> a</c><00:46:13.659><c> good</c><00:46:13.820><c> opinion</c><00:46:14.179><c> of</c><00:46:14.280><c> us.</c><00:46:16.000><c> But,</c><00:46:16.280><c> he</c><00:46:16.500><c> says,</c>

00:46:17.780 --> 00:46:20.519
all<00:46:18.079><c> of</c><00:46:18.219><c> us</c><00:46:18.420><c> come</c><00:46:18.599><c> into</c><00:46:18.860><c> contact</c><00:46:19.300><c> more</c><00:46:19.559><c> or</c><00:46:19.760><c> less</c>

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:26.519
with<00:46:22.000><c> people</c><00:46:22.440><c> who,</c><00:46:23.199><c> without</c><00:46:23.559><c> being</c><00:46:23.940><c> vicious,</c><00:46:24.480><c> are</c><00:46:24.840><c> in</c><00:46:24.980><c> the</c><00:46:25.219><c> real</c><00:46:25.539><c> and</c><00:46:25.800><c> true</c><00:46:26.059><c> sense</c><00:46:26.320><c> of</c>

00:46:26.519 --> 00:46:27.900
the<00:46:26.679><c> word</c><00:46:27.239><c> worldly.</c>

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:33.500
In<00:46:28.559><c> their</c><00:46:28.780><c> business,</c><00:46:29.360><c> in</c><00:46:29.420><c> their</c><00:46:29.639><c> pleasures,</c><00:46:30.199><c> in</c><00:46:30.300><c> their</c><00:46:30.500><c> homes,</c><00:46:30.980><c> in</c><00:46:31.079><c> their</c><00:46:31.300><c> personal</c><00:46:31.739><c> habits,</c><00:46:32.559><c> the</c><00:46:32.800><c> authority</c><00:46:33.239><c> of</c>

00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:37.599
God<00:46:33.639><c> has</c><00:46:34.000><c> no</c><00:46:34.420><c> place.</c><00:46:35.400><c> They</c><00:46:35.619><c> belong</c><00:46:36.000><c> to</c><00:46:36.260><c> a</c><00:46:36.460><c> vast,</c><00:46:37.019><c> unorganised</c>

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:41.300
society<00:46:38.300><c> whose</c><00:46:38.800><c> life</c><00:46:39.099><c> is</c><00:46:39.360><c> withdrawn</c><00:46:39.820><c> from</c><00:46:40.019><c> his</c><00:46:40.280><c> control.</c>

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:45.800
They<00:46:41.840><c> do</c><00:46:42.059><c> nothing</c><00:46:42.320><c> to</c><00:46:42.519><c> win</c><00:46:42.639><c> his</c><00:46:42.900><c> approval.</c><00:46:43.659><c> They</c><00:46:43.860><c> abstain</c><00:46:44.300><c> from</c><00:46:44.659><c> doing</c><00:46:45.159><c> nothing</c><00:46:45.559><c> to</c>

00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:47.059
escape<00:46:46.119><c> his</c><00:46:46.519><c> condemnation.</c>

00:46:47.239 --> 00:46:50.300
So<00:46:47.360><c> he's</c><00:46:47.519><c> talking</c><00:46:47.820><c> about</c><00:46:48.019><c> not</c><00:46:48.179><c> the</c><00:46:48.320><c> real</c><00:46:48.539><c> bad</c><00:46:48.860><c> people</c><00:46:49.179><c> out</c><00:46:49.380><c> there,</c><00:46:49.500><c> he's</c><00:46:49.699><c> talking</c><00:46:49.920><c> about</c><00:46:50.099><c> the</c>

00:46:50.300 --> 00:46:50.940
people<00:46:50.460><c> who</c><00:46:50.699><c> appear</c>

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:54.380
good.<00:46:51.780><c> They're</c><00:46:51.860><c> not</c><00:46:51.980><c> doing</c><00:46:52.159><c> anything</c><00:46:52.460><c> really</c><00:46:52.760><c> harmful,</c><00:46:53.840><c> but</c>

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:57.000
they<00:46:54.500><c> don't</c><00:46:54.639><c> have</c><00:46:54.840><c> God</c><00:46:55.059><c> in</c><00:46:55.179><c> their</c><00:46:55.460><c> lives.</c><00:46:56.599><c> They</c><00:46:56.780><c> may</c>

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:59.780
profess,<00:46:57.440><c> he</c><00:46:57.599><c> goes</c><00:46:57.760><c> on</c><00:46:57.920><c> to</c><00:46:58.099><c> say,</c><00:46:58.280><c> the</c><00:46:58.420><c> Christian</c><00:46:58.860><c> creed,</c><00:46:59.579><c> or</c>

00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:01.920
they<00:46:59.900><c> may</c><00:47:00.079><c> reject</c><00:47:00.460><c> it.</c><00:47:00.579><c> But</c><00:47:00.739><c> in</c><00:47:00.900><c> either</c><00:47:01.079><c> case,</c><00:47:01.539><c> it</c><00:47:01.639><c> has</c>

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:05.860
no<00:47:02.440><c> effective</c><00:47:02.840><c> power</c><00:47:03.360><c> over</c><00:47:03.739><c> their</c><00:47:04.039><c> conduct.</c><00:47:05.239><c> They</c><00:47:05.380><c> have</c><00:47:05.579><c> no</c>

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:08.860
sense<00:47:06.280><c> of</c><00:47:06.519><c> the</c><00:47:06.719><c> evil</c><00:47:06.900><c> of</c><00:47:07.199><c> sin,</c><00:47:07.699><c> no</c><00:47:08.019><c> dread</c><00:47:08.260><c> of</c><00:47:08.539><c> judgment</c>

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:12.579
to<00:47:09.179><c> come,</c><00:47:09.639><c> no</c><00:47:09.980><c> joy</c><00:47:10.360><c> in</c><00:47:10.539><c> the</c><00:47:10.699><c> infinite</c><00:47:11.019><c> grace</c><00:47:11.280><c> of</c><00:47:11.500><c> God,</c><00:47:12.199><c> and</c><00:47:12.420><c> in</c>

00:47:12.579 --> 00:47:14.280
all<00:47:12.699><c> that</c><00:47:12.780><c> he</c><00:47:12.920><c> has</c><00:47:13.079><c> done</c><00:47:13.300><c> for</c><00:47:13.460><c> the</c><00:47:13.559><c> redemption</c><00:47:13.920><c> of</c><00:47:14.119><c> the</c>

00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:17.699
world<00:47:14.460><c> through</c><00:47:14.760><c> Christ.</c><00:47:15.980><c> And</c><00:47:16.340><c> so,</c><00:47:16.900><c> whether</c><00:47:17.039><c> they</c><00:47:17.239><c> are</c><00:47:17.440><c> living</c>

00:47:17.699 --> 00:47:20.199
what<00:47:18.019><c> they</c><00:47:18.199><c> may</c><00:47:18.400><c> call</c><00:47:18.579><c> an</c><00:47:18.860><c> earnest,</c><00:47:19.559><c> a</c><00:47:19.760><c> vigorous,</c>

00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:24.559
and<00:47:20.559><c> an</c><00:47:20.900><c> honourable</c><00:47:21.260><c> life,</c><00:47:22.119><c> or</c><00:47:22.340><c> a</c><00:47:22.480><c> life</c><00:47:22.639><c> that</c><00:47:22.820><c> is</c><00:47:23.019><c> vain</c><00:47:23.199><c> and</c><00:47:23.440><c> frivolous,</c><00:47:24.440><c> it</c>

00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:26.480
is<00:47:24.739><c> a</c><00:47:24.880><c> life</c><00:47:25.099><c> wholly</c><00:47:25.480><c> controlled</c><00:47:26.199><c> and</c>

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:30.659
determined<00:47:26.480><c> by</c><00:47:27.780><c> this</c><00:47:28.099><c> world.</c><00:47:29.559><c> In</c><00:47:29.619><c> their</c><00:47:29.860><c> aims</c><00:47:30.079><c> and</c><00:47:30.340><c> hopes,</c><00:47:30.639><c> in</c>

00:47:30.659 --> 00:47:32.880
their<00:47:30.860><c> joys</c><00:47:31.159><c> and</c><00:47:31.400><c> sorrows,</c><00:47:32.320><c> in</c><00:47:32.480><c> the</c><00:47:32.659><c> laws</c>

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:37.840
which<00:47:33.139><c> govern</c><00:47:33.360><c> their</c><00:47:33.639><c> conduct,</c><00:47:34.480><c> there</c><00:47:34.739><c> is</c><00:47:35.139><c> nothing</c><00:47:35.639><c> drawn</c><00:47:36.360><c> from</c><00:47:37.039><c> faith</c><00:47:37.579><c> in</c>

00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:39.760
God.<00:47:38.780><c> And</c><00:47:38.900><c> that's</c><00:47:39.039><c> what</c><00:47:39.159><c> our</c><00:47:39.320><c> subject</c><00:47:39.500><c> is,</c>

00:47:39.900 --> 00:47:45.199
friendships<00:47:40.400><c> and</c><00:47:40.840><c> faith.</c><00:47:41.260><c> They</c><00:47:41.420><c> don't</c><00:47:41.760><c> have</c><00:47:42.039><c> it.</c><00:47:44.719><c> From</c><00:47:44.940><c> love</c>

00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:47.440
for<00:47:45.420><c> Christ,</c><00:47:45.820><c> from</c><00:47:45.980><c> the</c><00:47:46.219><c> vision</c><00:47:46.400><c> of</c><00:47:46.659><c> things</c><00:47:46.900><c> unseen</c>

00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:54.440
and<00:47:48.179><c> eternal,</c><00:47:48.719><c> they</c><00:47:49.039><c> belong</c><00:47:49.480><c> to</c><00:47:50.159><c> the</c><00:47:50.539><c> world.</c><00:47:51.440><c> They</c><00:47:51.699><c> are</c><00:47:51.940><c> resisting,</c><00:47:52.719><c> whether</c><00:47:52.960><c> consciously</c><00:47:53.420><c> or</c><00:47:53.719><c> unconsciously,</c>

00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:57.619
the<00:47:54.880><c> power</c><00:47:55.280><c> of</c><00:47:55.619><c> the</c><00:47:55.800><c> revelation</c><00:47:56.199><c> of</c><00:47:56.440><c> God</c><00:47:56.739><c> which</c><00:47:57.119><c> has</c><00:47:57.360><c> come</c><00:47:57.500><c> to</c>

00:47:57.619 --> 00:47:59.760
us<00:47:57.840><c> through</c><00:47:58.039><c> our</c><00:47:58.179><c> Lord</c><00:47:58.380><c> Jesus</c><00:47:58.719><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:00.019 --> 00:48:03.300
The<00:48:00.219><c> saints</c><00:48:00.539><c> of</c><00:48:00.880><c> every</c><00:48:01.199><c> generation</c><00:48:01.719><c> are</c><00:48:01.920><c> on</c><00:48:02.099><c> one</c><00:48:02.380><c> side,</c><00:48:03.059><c> and</c>

00:48:03.300 --> 00:48:05.480
they<00:48:03.679><c> are</c><00:48:03.960><c> on</c><00:48:04.260><c> the</c><00:48:04.619><c> other.</c>

00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:10.659
With<00:48:06.880><c> the</c><00:48:07.199><c> world</c><00:48:07.480><c> as</c><00:48:07.719><c> a</c><00:48:07.880><c> vast</c><00:48:08.119><c> society</c><00:48:08.719><c> of</c><00:48:09.000><c> men</c><00:48:09.260><c> who</c><00:48:09.440><c> are</c><00:48:09.639><c> living</c><00:48:09.820><c> without</c><00:48:10.239><c> any</c>

00:48:10.659 --> 00:48:11.840
real<00:48:10.920><c> regard</c><00:48:11.239><c> for</c><00:48:11.500><c> God,</c>

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:16.880
the<00:48:12.500><c> Christian</c><00:48:12.920><c> man</c><00:48:13.480><c> can</c><00:48:13.980><c> never</c><00:48:14.260><c> desire</c><00:48:14.760><c> to</c><00:48:14.920><c> be</c><00:48:15.019><c> on</c><00:48:15.159><c> good</c><00:48:15.420><c> terms.</c><00:48:16.659><c> To</c>

00:48:16.880 --> 00:48:18.719
individuals<00:48:17.500><c> who</c><00:48:17.760><c> belong</c><00:48:18.119><c> to</c><00:48:18.360><c> it,</c>

00:48:18.920 --> 00:48:21.820
he<00:48:19.079><c> may</c><00:48:19.260><c> be</c><00:48:19.559><c> strongly</c><00:48:19.880><c> drawn.</c><00:48:20.699><c> They</c><00:48:20.920><c> may</c><00:48:21.099><c> be</c><00:48:21.260><c> honourable</c><00:48:21.639><c> men</c>

00:48:21.820 --> 00:48:24.079
of<00:48:22.039><c> business,</c><00:48:22.820><c> excellent</c><00:48:23.159><c> colleagues</c><00:48:23.559><c> in</c><00:48:23.820><c> public,</c>

00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:27.320
and<00:48:24.380><c> philanthropic</c><00:48:25.460><c> work,</c><00:48:26.179><c> pleasant</c><00:48:26.420><c> and</c><00:48:26.739><c> kindly</c><00:48:26.960><c> in</c><00:48:27.099><c> their</c>

00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:30.099
spirit.<00:48:28.239><c> He</c><00:48:28.340><c> may</c><00:48:28.579><c> see</c><00:48:28.739><c> much</c><00:48:28.960><c> in</c><00:48:29.079><c> them</c><00:48:29.260><c> to</c><00:48:29.519><c> esteem,</c>

00:48:30.179 --> 00:48:34.980
much<00:48:30.500><c> to</c><00:48:30.739><c> imitate.</c><00:48:32.099><c> But</c><00:48:32.280><c> the</c><00:48:32.599><c> power</c><00:48:32.900><c> which</c><00:48:33.119><c> they</c><00:48:33.400><c> represent</c><00:48:34.000><c> is</c><00:48:34.719><c> a</c>

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power<00:48:35.360><c> opposed</c><00:48:35.980><c> to</c><00:48:36.300><c> God,</c><00:48:37.079><c> and</c><00:48:37.280><c> he</c><00:48:37.659><c> cannot</c><00:48:38.179><c> be</c><00:48:38.599><c> its</c>

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:42.980
friend.<00:48:40.500><c> And</c><00:48:40.760><c> even</c><00:48:40.940><c> with</c><00:48:41.159><c> an</c><00:48:41.400><c> excellent</c><00:48:41.659><c> and</c><00:48:42.320><c> exemplary</c><00:48:42.800><c> man</c>

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:45.679
of<00:48:43.139><c> the</c><00:48:43.320><c> world,</c><00:48:44.219><c> he</c><00:48:44.340><c> will</c><00:48:44.500><c> often</c><00:48:44.780><c> find</c><00:48:45.000><c> himself</c><00:48:45.400><c> ill</c>

00:48:45.679 --> 00:48:50.360
at<00:48:45.820><c> ease.</c><00:48:47.119><c> As</c><00:48:47.480><c> soon</c><00:48:47.900><c> as</c><00:48:48.739><c> their</c><00:48:48.960><c> intercourse</c><00:48:49.440><c> passes</c><00:48:49.880><c> to</c><00:48:50.159><c> the</c>

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:53.159
deeper<00:48:50.699><c> elements</c><00:48:51.179><c> and</c><00:48:51.320><c> more</c><00:48:51.659><c> serious</c><00:48:52.119><c> aspects</c><00:48:52.559><c> of</c><00:48:52.760><c> life,</c>

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he<00:48:53.800><c> will</c><00:48:53.960><c> be</c><00:48:54.219><c> conscious</c><00:48:54.599><c> that</c><00:48:54.760><c> in</c><00:48:54.920><c> all</c><00:48:55.159><c> his</c><00:48:55.420><c> judgments</c><00:48:55.719><c> of</c><00:48:56.000><c> human</c><00:48:56.239><c> affairs,</c><00:48:57.159><c> he</c>

00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:59.599
has<00:48:57.579><c> to</c><00:48:58.539><c> appeal</c><00:48:58.880><c> to</c><00:48:59.039><c> an</c><00:48:59.199><c> authority</c>

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to<00:48:59.820><c> which</c><00:49:00.000><c> they</c><00:49:00.239><c> are</c><00:49:00.460><c> indifferent,</c><00:49:01.619><c> that</c><00:49:01.840><c> they</c><00:49:02.099><c> care</c><00:49:02.360><c> nothing</c>

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:04.860
for<00:49:03.219><c> precisely</c><00:49:03.559><c> those</c><00:49:03.920><c> things</c><00:49:04.260><c> for</c><00:49:04.699><c> which</c>

00:49:04.860 --> 00:49:09.579
he<00:49:05.119><c> cares</c><00:49:05.380><c> most,</c><00:49:06.639><c> that</c><00:49:06.840><c> he</c><00:49:07.219><c> and</c><00:49:07.420><c> they</c><00:49:07.679><c> live</c><00:49:07.940><c> in</c><00:49:08.320><c> wholly</c><00:49:08.739><c> different</c><00:49:09.280><c> realms</c>

00:49:09.579 --> 00:49:12.400
of<00:49:09.880><c> life.</c><00:49:11.079><c> He</c><00:49:11.340><c> will</c><00:49:11.639><c> not,</c><00:49:12.000><c> if</c><00:49:12.139><c> he</c><00:49:12.300><c> is</c>

00:49:12.400 --> 00:49:16.199
faithful<00:49:12.739><c> to</c><00:49:13.019><c> Christ,</c><00:49:13.920><c> attempt</c><00:49:14.179><c> to</c><00:49:14.500><c> conciliate</c><00:49:14.980><c> their</c><00:49:15.199><c> friendship</c><00:49:15.659><c> by</c>

00:49:16.199 --> 00:49:18.179
affecting<00:49:16.599><c> their</c><00:49:16.920><c> speech</c><00:49:17.280><c> and</c><00:49:17.820><c> talking</c>

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:21.099
as<00:49:18.340><c> though</c><00:49:18.639><c> his</c><00:49:18.940><c> thoughts</c><00:49:19.239><c> of</c><00:49:19.480><c> human</c><00:49:19.699><c> life</c><00:49:20.139><c> were</c><00:49:20.460><c> no</c><00:49:20.760><c> higher</c>

00:49:21.099 --> 00:49:23.960
and<00:49:21.380><c> deeper</c><00:49:21.599><c> than</c><00:49:21.780><c> theirs.</c><00:49:23.079><c> Nor</c><00:49:23.320><c> will</c><00:49:23.539><c> he,</c>

00:49:24.019 --> 00:49:26.920
in<00:49:24.239><c> his</c><00:49:24.460><c> personal</c><00:49:24.860><c> habits</c><00:49:25.280><c> and</c><00:49:25.760><c> the</c><00:49:26.019><c> ordering</c><00:49:26.260><c> of</c><00:49:26.480><c> his</c><00:49:26.679><c> home,</c>

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be<00:49:27.500><c> influenced</c><00:49:27.960><c> by</c><00:49:28.219><c> their</c><00:49:28.460><c> example</c><00:49:29.079><c> rather</c><00:49:29.719><c> than</c>

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by<00:49:30.139><c> the</c><00:49:30.480><c> spirit</c><00:49:30.800><c> and</c><00:49:31.119><c> principle</c><00:49:31.579><c> of</c><00:49:32.019><c> his</c><00:49:32.219><c> Christian</c><00:49:32.639><c> faith</c><00:49:33.059><c> and</c><00:49:33.519><c> by</c>

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his<00:49:34.039><c> hope</c><00:49:34.360><c> of</c><00:49:34.599><c> eternal</c><00:49:34.980><c> glory.</c><00:49:35.920><c> He</c><00:49:36.179><c> will</c>

00:49:36.340 --> 00:49:38.940
live<00:49:36.440><c> his</c><00:49:36.619><c> own</c><00:49:36.880><c> life,</c><00:49:37.579><c> the</c><00:49:37.760><c> life</c><00:49:37.940><c> which</c><00:49:38.139><c> he</c><00:49:38.360><c> believes</c><00:49:38.599><c> will</c>

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:42.019
please<00:49:39.280><c> God.</c><00:49:40.380><c> Though</c><00:49:40.619><c> they</c><00:49:40.860><c> may</c><00:49:41.099><c> think</c><00:49:41.300><c> it's</c><00:49:41.699><c> singular</c>

00:49:42.019 --> 00:49:47.460
and<00:49:42.320><c> eccentric</c><00:49:43.059><c> and</c><00:49:43.480><c> may</c><00:49:43.639><c> be</c><00:49:43.860><c> repelled</c><00:49:44.179><c> by</c><00:49:44.420><c> it,</c><00:49:45.239><c> he</c><00:49:45.340><c> will</c><00:49:47.280><c> see</c>

00:49:47.460 --> 00:49:50.119
that<00:49:47.699><c> to</c><00:49:47.940><c> wish</c><00:49:48.019><c> to</c><00:49:48.280><c> be</c><00:49:48.599><c> and</c><00:49:49.000><c> to</c><00:49:49.280><c> try</c><00:49:49.440><c> to</c><00:49:49.699><c> be</c>

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:54.179
a<00:49:50.460><c> friend</c><00:49:50.659><c> of</c><00:49:50.880><c> the</c><00:49:51.199><c> world</c><00:49:51.619><c> is</c><00:49:52.039><c> to</c><00:49:52.239><c> make</c><00:49:52.340><c> himself</c><00:49:52.860><c> an</c><00:49:53.619><c> enemy</c><00:49:53.920><c> of</c>

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God.<00:49:55.920><c> I'd</c><00:49:56.480><c> just</c><00:49:56.480><c> like</c><00:49:56.559><c> you</c><00:49:56.719><c> to</c><00:49:56.840><c> hold</c><00:49:56.960><c> on</c><00:49:57.159><c> to</c><00:49:57.280><c> that</c><00:49:57.420><c> and</c>

00:49:57.619 --> 00:50:02.619
take<00:49:57.780><c> that</c><00:49:58.059><c> and</c><00:49:58.300><c> digest</c><00:49:58.719><c> that</c><00:49:59.260><c> because</c><00:50:00.159><c> I</c><00:50:00.539><c> think</c><00:50:00.679><c> that</c><00:50:01.159><c> summarises</c><00:50:01.920><c> very,</c>

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very<00:50:03.079><c> clearly</c><00:50:03.480><c> what</c><00:50:04.300><c> it</c><00:50:04.579><c> means</c><00:50:04.860><c> to</c>

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be<00:50:05.380><c> a</c><00:50:05.380><c> friend</c><00:50:05.639><c> of</c><00:50:05.840><c> the</c><00:50:06.000><c> world.</c><00:50:06.539><c> It's</c><00:50:06.699><c> not</c><00:50:07.099><c> being</c><00:50:07.440><c> a</c><00:50:07.760><c> friend</c><00:50:08.019><c> to</c>

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the<00:50:08.500><c> vicious</c><00:50:09.300><c> drunkards,</c><00:50:11.099><c> murderers</c><00:50:11.599><c> and</c>

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bad<00:50:12.340><c> people.</c><00:50:13.039><c> He</c><00:50:13.239><c> was</c><00:50:13.519><c> talking</c><00:50:13.940><c> there</c><00:50:14.480><c> about</c><00:50:15.039><c> people</c><00:50:15.440><c> that</c><00:50:15.699><c> appear</c><00:50:16.000><c> to</c>

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be<00:50:16.460><c> good.</c><00:50:18.039><c> And</c><00:50:18.219><c> I</c><00:50:18.340><c> think</c><00:50:18.460><c> it's</c><00:50:18.739><c> a</c><00:50:18.920><c> great</c><00:50:19.099><c> answer</c>

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to<00:50:20.400><c> the</c><00:50:20.579><c> question,</c><00:50:20.860><c> why</c><00:50:21.019><c> can't</c><00:50:21.219><c> I</c><00:50:21.360><c> mix</c><00:50:21.579><c> with</c><00:50:21.800><c> good</c><00:50:22.039><c> people?</c><00:50:23.139><c> Why</c><00:50:23.280><c> can't</c><00:50:23.440><c> I</c>

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befriend<00:50:24.039><c> good</c><00:50:24.539><c> people?</c><00:50:25.000><c> You</c><00:50:25.000><c> know,</c>

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children<00:50:25.460><c> often</c><00:50:26.199><c> ask</c><00:50:26.500><c> that,</c><00:50:26.699><c> what's</c><00:50:27.059><c> wrong</c><00:50:27.199><c> with</c><00:50:27.380><c> them?</c><00:50:28.139><c> Why</c>

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can't<00:50:28.500><c> I</c><00:50:28.599><c> go</c><00:50:28.699><c> with</c><00:50:28.820><c> that</c><00:50:29.039><c> person</c><00:50:29.260><c> to</c><00:50:29.440><c> their</c><00:50:29.599><c> home?</c>

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Why<00:50:29.960><c> can't</c><00:50:30.159><c> I</c><00:50:30.659><c> become</c><00:50:30.940><c> friends</c><00:50:31.260><c> with</c><00:50:31.460><c> this</c><00:50:31.719><c> person?</c><00:50:31.960><c> They're</c>

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not<00:50:32.360><c> bad</c><00:50:32.699><c> people.</c><00:50:34.719><c> Well,</c><00:50:34.840><c> this</c><00:50:35.000><c> is</c><00:50:35.139><c> where</c><00:50:35.320><c> you</c>

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as<00:50:35.719><c> parents</c><00:50:36.039><c> have</c><00:50:36.219><c> to</c><00:50:36.360><c> set</c><00:50:36.480><c> your</c><00:50:36.739><c> policies,</c><00:50:37.219><c> brothers</c><00:50:37.380><c> and</c><00:50:37.599><c> sisters,</c><00:50:38.579><c> by</c>

00:50:38.579 --> 00:50:41.119
which<00:50:39.519><c> you</c><00:50:39.840><c> deem</c><00:50:40.059><c> when</c><00:50:40.219><c> it's</c><00:50:40.500><c> okay</c><00:50:40.739><c> or</c><00:50:40.880><c> not</c>

00:50:41.119 --> 00:50:45.539
okay<00:50:41.320><c> to</c><00:50:41.500><c> mix</c><00:50:41.699><c> with</c><00:50:41.880><c> others.</c><00:50:44.360><c> Unfortunately,</c><00:50:44.840><c> that</c><00:50:45.000><c> may</c><00:50:45.219><c> even</c>

00:50:45.539 --> 00:50:47.639
mean<00:50:45.719><c> being</c><00:50:46.019><c> cautious</c><00:50:46.480><c> or</c><00:50:46.739><c> even</c><00:50:47.000><c> disallowing</c><00:50:47.460><c> them</c>

00:50:47.639 --> 00:50:51.900
to<00:50:47.820><c> go</c><00:50:47.960><c> to</c><00:50:48.219><c> some</c><00:50:48.440><c> Christadelphian</c><00:50:49.039><c> homes</c><00:50:49.420><c> on</c><00:50:49.679><c> a</c><00:50:49.760><c> frequent</c><00:50:50.039><c> basis.</c><00:50:51.460><c> You</c>

00:50:51.900 --> 00:50:54.239
have<00:50:52.039><c> to</c><00:50:52.219><c> set</c><00:50:52.340><c> your</c><00:50:52.539><c> own</c><00:50:52.739><c> family</c><00:50:53.039><c> policies</c>

00:50:54.679 --> 00:50:56.860
around<00:50:55.159><c> that</c><00:50:55.420><c> situation.</c>

00:50:58.960 --> 00:51:01.119
Come<00:50:59.099><c> to</c><00:50:59.280><c> second</c><00:50:59.460><c> of</c><00:50:59.619><c> Samuel</c><00:50:59.860><c> chapter</c><00:51:00.199><c> 13.</c>

00:51:06.760 --> 00:51:09.280
I'm<00:51:06.920><c> going</c><00:51:06.960><c> to</c><00:51:07.039><c> put</c><00:51:07.119><c> one</c><00:51:07.440><c> slide</c><00:51:07.639><c> up</c><00:51:07.800><c> on</c><00:51:07.960><c> this.</c><00:51:08.980><c> We</c><00:51:09.059><c> don't</c><00:51:09.199><c> want</c>

00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:11.039
to<00:51:09.400><c> get</c><00:51:09.599><c> bogged</c><00:51:09.800><c> into</c><00:51:10.000><c> this</c><00:51:10.280><c> story.</c>

00:51:11.199 --> 00:51:13.699
You<00:51:11.320><c> know</c><00:51:11.460><c> this</c><00:51:11.699><c> story.</c><00:51:12.019><c> It's</c><00:51:12.139><c> that</c><00:51:12.480><c> other</c><00:51:12.960><c> incident</c><00:51:13.400><c> that's</c>

00:51:13.699 --> 00:51:16.599
not<00:51:13.940><c> very</c><00:51:14.440><c> pleasant</c><00:51:14.760><c> to</c><00:51:15.219><c> dwell</c><00:51:15.360><c> on</c><00:51:15.599><c> too</c><00:51:15.840><c> much.</c>

00:51:16.800 --> 00:51:20.539
It's<00:51:16.960><c> the</c><00:51:17.219><c> story</c><00:51:17.559><c> of</c><00:51:17.980><c> Amnon,</c><00:51:19.300><c> his</c><00:51:19.500><c> half</c><00:51:19.739><c>-sister</c><00:51:19.980><c> Tamer</c><00:51:20.400><c> and</c>

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:22.500
his<00:51:20.800><c> half</c><00:51:21.039><c>-brother</c><00:51:21.400><c> Absalom.</c>

00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:26.519
Another<00:51:23.179><c> graphic</c><00:51:23.739><c> depiction</c><00:51:24.260><c> of</c><00:51:24.559><c> the</c><00:51:24.699><c> depravity</c><00:51:25.159><c> of</c><00:51:25.420><c> human</c><00:51:25.619><c> lust.</c>

00:51:27.260 --> 00:51:29.000
And<00:51:27.300><c> there's</c><00:51:27.480><c> another</c><00:51:27.719><c> individual</c><00:51:28.159><c> in</c><00:51:28.300><c> this</c><00:51:28.539><c> story,</c><00:51:28.860><c> and</c><00:51:28.860><c> his</c>

00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:30.900
name<00:51:29.159><c> is</c><00:51:29.440><c> Jonadab,</c><00:51:29.940><c> the</c><00:51:30.059><c> son</c><00:51:30.219><c> of</c><00:51:30.460><c> Shemiah,</c>

00:51:31.039 --> 00:51:38.000
David's<00:51:31.579><c> brother.</c><00:51:34.320><c> But</c><00:51:34.500><c> the</c><00:51:34.639><c> question</c><00:51:35.019><c> I</c><00:51:35.239><c> want</c><00:51:35.400><c> to</c><00:51:35.679><c> pose</c><00:51:36.460><c> about</c><00:51:37.340><c> Jonadab</c><00:51:37.800><c> is</c>

00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:41.300
this,<00:51:38.519><c> whose</c><00:51:39.000><c> friend</c><00:51:39.719><c> was</c><00:51:40.320><c> he?</c>

00:51:41.980 --> 00:51:47.079
You'll<00:51:42.380><c> see</c><00:51:42.900><c> in</c><00:51:43.440><c> chapter</c><00:51:43.639><c> 13,</c><00:51:44.340><c> verse</c><00:51:44.719><c> 3,</c><00:51:45.320><c> but</c><00:51:45.519><c> Amnon</c><00:51:45.960><c> had</c><00:51:46.420><c> a</c>

00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:49.579
friend<00:51:47.480><c> whose</c><00:51:48.059><c> name</c><00:51:48.380><c> was</c><00:51:48.820><c> Jonadab,</c>

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:54.019
the<00:51:49.840><c> son</c><00:51:50.139><c> of</c><00:51:50.579><c> Shemiah,</c><00:51:51.639><c> David's</c><00:51:52.079><c> brother,</c><00:51:53.260><c> and</c><00:51:53.480><c> Jonadab</c><00:51:53.800><c> was</c>

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:56.920
a<00:51:54.059><c> very</c><00:51:54.500><c> subtle</c><00:51:54.920><c> man.</c><00:51:55.860><c> That</c><00:51:56.079><c> word</c><00:51:56.260><c> friend</c><00:51:56.559><c> is</c><00:51:56.760><c> our</c>

00:51:56.920 --> 00:51:59.900
Hebrew<00:51:57.119><c> word</c><00:51:57.360><c> reah.</c><00:51:58.159><c> It</c><00:51:58.239><c> means</c><00:51:58.440><c> a</c><00:51:58.739><c> close</c><00:51:59.019><c> associate,</c><00:51:59.639><c> but</c><00:51:59.760><c> we</c>

00:51:59.900 --> 00:52:02.159
don't<00:52:00.179><c> get</c><00:52:00.400><c> an</c><00:52:00.619><c> indication</c><00:52:01.019><c> here</c><00:52:01.340><c> as</c><00:52:01.500><c> to</c><00:52:01.639><c> why</c>

00:52:02.159 --> 00:52:07.139
he's<00:52:02.579><c> got</c><00:52:02.699><c> an</c><00:52:02.960><c> association</c><00:52:03.639><c> with</c><00:52:04.039><c> the</c><00:52:04.280><c> crown</c><00:52:04.539><c> prince.</c><00:52:06.460><c> It</c><00:52:06.659><c> says</c><00:52:06.840><c> that</c><00:52:07.059><c> he</c>

00:52:07.139 --> 00:52:09.000
was<00:52:07.300><c> a</c><00:52:07.420><c> very</c><00:52:07.780><c> subtle</c><00:52:08.159><c> man.</c><00:52:08.480><c> Just</c><00:52:08.679><c> to</c>

00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:11.800
let<00:52:09.139><c> you</c><00:52:09.340><c> know,</c><00:52:09.539><c> that's</c><00:52:09.880><c> not</c><00:52:10.179><c> the</c><00:52:10.400><c> same</c><00:52:10.579><c> as</c><00:52:10.780><c> the</c><00:52:10.920><c> word</c><00:52:11.059><c> in</c><00:52:11.219><c> Genesis</c><00:52:11.519><c> 3,</c>

00:52:11.800 --> 00:52:13.780
verse<00:52:12.000><c> 1.</c><00:52:12.159><c> It</c><00:52:12.340><c> doesn't</c><00:52:12.519><c> mean</c><00:52:13.059><c> to</c><00:52:13.519><c> be</c>

00:52:13.780 --> 00:52:15.840
crafty<00:52:14.139><c> and</c><00:52:14.320><c> cunning</c><00:52:14.460><c> and</c><00:52:14.619><c> to</c><00:52:14.699><c> be</c><00:52:14.900><c> subtle.</c><00:52:15.219><c> That's</c><00:52:15.440><c> not</c><00:52:15.679><c> the</c>

00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:17.920
actual<00:52:16.099><c> meaning.</c><00:52:16.559><c> It</c><00:52:16.739><c> actually</c><00:52:17.019><c> does</c><00:52:17.380><c> mean</c><00:52:17.500><c> to</c><00:52:17.679><c> be</c>

00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:21.500
wise.<00:52:18.960><c> It's</c><00:52:19.300><c> used</c><00:52:19.440><c> of</c><00:52:19.719><c> counselling.</c><00:52:20.360><c> It's</c><00:52:20.579><c> used</c><00:52:20.739><c> of</c><00:52:21.099><c> Solomon,</c>

00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:25.360
when<00:52:22.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:52:22.679><c> gave</c><00:52:23.079><c> him</c><00:52:23.320><c> a</c><00:52:23.699><c> wise</c><00:52:24.219><c> and</c><00:52:24.800><c> understanding</c>

00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:29.960
heart.<00:52:25.960><c> And</c><00:52:26.159><c> it</c><00:52:26.239><c> would</c><00:52:26.460><c> appear</c><00:52:27.139><c> that</c><00:52:28.559><c> Jonadab</c><00:52:29.039><c> is</c><00:52:29.420><c> actually</c>

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:32.760
the<00:52:30.440><c> advisor</c><00:52:30.840><c> to</c><00:52:31.079><c> the</c><00:52:31.239><c> crown</c><00:52:31.500><c> prince.</c><00:52:31.900><c> It</c><00:52:32.019><c> was</c><00:52:32.179><c> an</c><00:52:32.400><c> office.</c>

00:52:33.039 --> 00:52:37.300
That<00:52:33.159><c> was</c><00:52:33.300><c> his</c><00:52:33.539><c> role.</c><00:52:33.940><c> He</c><00:52:34.079><c> was</c><00:52:34.280><c> acting</c><00:52:34.519><c> as</c><00:52:34.880><c> the</c><00:52:35.320><c> advisor</c><00:52:35.820><c> to</c><00:52:36.320><c> the</c><00:52:36.539><c> crown</c><00:52:36.739><c> prince.</c><00:52:37.039><c> And</c><00:52:37.179><c> of</c>

00:52:37.300 --> 00:52:38.340
course,<00:52:37.460><c> that's</c><00:52:37.699><c> a</c><00:52:37.760><c> very,</c>

00:52:38.340 --> 00:52:43.420
very<00:52:39.019><c> important</c><00:52:39.360><c> role.</c><00:52:39.559><c> He's</c><00:52:39.739><c> being</c><00:52:40.159><c> groomed</c><00:52:40.800><c> to</c><00:52:40.940><c> be</c><00:52:41.179><c> king.</c><00:52:43.000><c> And</c><00:52:43.260><c> I</c>

00:52:43.420 --> 00:52:45.559
think<00:52:43.559><c> there's</c><00:52:44.460><c> more</c><00:52:44.760><c> than</c><00:52:44.960><c> enough</c><00:52:45.199><c> evidence</c>

00:52:45.559 --> 00:52:48.760
in<00:52:45.679><c> this</c><00:52:45.880><c> story,</c><00:52:46.320><c> brothers</c><00:52:46.400><c> and</c><00:52:46.619><c> sisters,</c><00:52:47.039><c> that</c><00:52:47.239><c> Jonadab</c><00:52:47.619><c> actually</c><00:52:48.400><c> had</c>

00:52:48.760 --> 00:52:50.280
strong<00:52:49.239><c> leanings</c><00:52:49.800><c> towards</c>

00:52:50.280 --> 00:52:56.000
Absalom<00:52:51.000><c> rather</c><00:52:51.559><c> than</c><00:52:51.960><c> Amnon.</c><00:52:53.920><c> I</c><00:52:53.980><c> just</c><00:52:54.179><c> put</c><00:52:54.300><c> him</c><00:52:54.420><c> up.</c><00:52:55.780><c> You</c><00:52:55.860><c> can</c>

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:58.079
talk<00:52:56.199><c> about</c><00:52:56.340><c> this</c><00:52:56.539><c> afterwards</c><00:52:56.840><c> if</c><00:52:57.019><c> you</c><00:52:57.159><c> like.</c>

00:52:59.619 --> 00:53:04.639
Jonadab's<00:53:00.239><c> true</c><00:53:00.500><c> colours.</c><00:53:02.199><c> He</c><00:53:02.400><c> suggests</c><00:53:02.800><c> a</c><00:53:03.139><c> plan</c><00:53:03.639><c> which</c><00:53:04.380><c> he</c>

00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:07.659
must<00:53:04.980><c> have</c><00:53:05.380><c> known</c><00:53:05.840><c> the</c><00:53:06.199><c> consequences</c><00:53:06.739><c> to.</c><00:53:07.059><c> He</c><00:53:07.300><c> must</c>

00:53:07.659 --> 00:53:12.280
have<00:53:07.980><c> known</c><00:53:08.679><c> what</c><00:53:09.219><c> would</c><00:53:09.440><c> have</c><00:53:09.599><c> eventually</c><00:53:09.940><c> happened.</c><00:53:12.119><c> That</c>

00:53:12.280 --> 00:53:13.840
Absalom<00:53:12.559><c> would</c><00:53:12.739><c> have</c><00:53:12.860><c> wanted</c><00:53:13.039><c> to</c><00:53:13.280><c> seek</c><00:53:13.420><c> revenge.</c>

00:53:13.840 --> 00:53:18.219
I<00:53:14.699><c> mean,</c><00:53:15.760><c> what</c><00:53:16.059><c> friend</c><00:53:16.280><c> would</c><00:53:16.539><c> say</c><00:53:16.820><c> that</c><00:53:17.219><c> and</c><00:53:17.559><c> know</c><00:53:17.780><c> that</c><00:53:17.920><c> the</c>

00:53:18.219 --> 00:53:20.139
consequences<00:53:18.639><c> could</c><00:53:18.860><c> end</c><00:53:19.000><c> up</c><00:53:19.139><c> in</c><00:53:19.360><c> your</c><00:53:19.599><c> friend's</c><00:53:19.940><c> own</c>

00:53:20.139 --> 00:53:27.380
death?<00:53:22.980><c> And</c><00:53:23.179><c> then</c><00:53:23.320><c> in</c><00:53:23.539><c> those</c><00:53:24.119><c> verses</c><00:53:24.500><c> from</c><00:53:24.739><c> verse</c><00:53:25.039><c> 31</c><00:53:25.380><c> to</c><00:53:25.539><c> verse</c><00:53:25.860><c> 36,</c>

00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:30.980
before<00:53:29.179><c> the</c><00:53:29.380><c> eyewitness</c><00:53:29.840><c> details</c><00:53:30.179><c> even</c><00:53:30.619><c> reach</c>

00:53:30.980 --> 00:53:33.219
David,<00:53:31.360><c> before</c><00:53:31.639><c> the</c><00:53:31.880><c> message</c><00:53:32.079><c> even</c><00:53:32.340><c> comes</c><00:53:32.599><c> back,</c><00:53:32.840><c> there's</c><00:53:33.059><c> a</c>

00:53:33.219 --> 00:53:35.900
rumour<00:53:33.460><c> that</c><00:53:33.719><c> all</c><00:53:34.099><c> the</c><00:53:34.260><c> king's</c><00:53:34.619><c> sons</c><00:53:34.739><c> are</c><00:53:35.000><c> dead.</c><00:53:35.440><c> And</c><00:53:35.679><c> no</c>

00:53:35.900 --> 00:53:40.199
one's<00:53:36.059><c> actually</c><00:53:36.380><c> come</c><00:53:36.619><c> back</c><00:53:36.780><c> who</c><00:53:36.900><c> was</c><00:53:37.119><c> actually</c><00:53:37.460><c> there</c><00:53:38.280><c> to</c><00:53:38.679><c> tell</c><00:53:38.940><c> David,</c><00:53:39.400><c> well</c><00:53:39.400><c> actually</c><00:53:39.679><c> not</c><00:53:39.900><c> all</c><00:53:40.119><c> of</c>

00:53:40.199 --> 00:53:40.480
them<00:53:40.340><c> are</c>

00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:44.079
dead.<00:53:41.480><c> The</c><00:53:42.000><c> situation</c><00:53:42.440><c> is</c><00:53:42.659><c> this.</c><00:53:43.159><c> Well,</c><00:53:43.420><c> there</c><00:53:43.559><c> was</c><00:53:43.719><c> one</c><00:53:43.920><c> man</c>

00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:46.179
who<00:53:44.239><c> knew</c><00:53:44.420><c> all</c><00:53:44.679><c> the</c><00:53:44.900><c> details.</c><00:53:45.440><c> He</c><00:53:45.539><c> knew</c><00:53:45.719><c> exactly</c>

00:53:46.179 --> 00:53:49.420
what<00:53:46.420><c> had</c><00:53:47.159><c> happened.</c><00:53:47.800><c> And</c><00:53:47.980><c> he</c><00:53:48.059><c> said</c><00:53:48.219><c> to</c><00:53:48.380><c> David,</c><00:53:48.480><c> no,</c><00:53:48.699><c> no,</c><00:53:48.800><c> no,</c>

00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:52.119
no.<00:53:50.019><c> No,</c><00:53:50.139><c> no,</c><00:53:50.400><c> no.</c><00:53:50.539><c> Only</c><00:53:50.800><c> Amnon</c><00:53:51.059><c> is</c><00:53:51.320><c> dead.</c>

00:53:52.420 --> 00:53:56.059
He<00:53:52.619><c> actually</c><00:53:52.900><c> tells</c><00:53:53.239><c> that</c><00:53:53.579><c> twice.</c><00:53:54.920><c> He</c><00:53:55.099><c> also</c><00:53:55.400><c> knows</c><00:53:55.679><c> who</c><00:53:55.860><c> the</c>

00:53:56.059 --> 00:53:59.139
killers<00:53:56.219><c> were.</c><00:53:57.239><c> He</c><00:53:57.420><c> knows</c><00:53:57.559><c> that</c><00:53:57.719><c> they</c><00:53:57.820><c> were</c><00:53:58.039><c> Absalom's</c>

00:53:59.139 --> 00:54:04.260
servants.<00:54:00.420><c> And</c><00:54:00.940><c> he</c><00:54:01.079><c> also</c><00:54:01.579><c> reveals</c><00:54:02.159><c> that</c><00:54:02.539><c> he</c><00:54:02.739><c> knew</c><00:54:03.199><c> that</c><00:54:03.500><c> Absalom</c><00:54:03.960><c> had</c>

00:54:04.260 --> 00:54:07.000
been<00:54:04.579><c> plotting</c><00:54:04.920><c> this</c><00:54:05.219><c> revenge</c><00:54:05.559><c> for</c><00:54:05.800><c> two</c><00:54:06.059><c> years.</c>

00:54:08.659 --> 00:54:15.119
He<00:54:09.239><c> knows</c><00:54:09.420><c> an</c><00:54:09.599><c> awful</c><00:54:09.719><c> lot,</c><00:54:10.000><c> doesn't</c><00:54:10.139><c> he?</c><00:54:11.219><c> Whose</c><00:54:11.519><c> friend</c><00:54:12.039><c> was</c><00:54:12.619><c> Jonadab?</c><00:54:14.800><c> I</c>

00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:17.139
venture<00:54:15.679><c> to</c><00:54:15.940><c> say</c><00:54:16.199><c> that</c><00:54:16.500><c> Jonadab</c><00:54:16.880><c> was</c>

00:54:17.139 --> 00:54:20.059
actually<00:54:17.639><c> Absalom's</c><00:54:18.320><c> friend.</c><00:54:18.659><c> Actually,</c><00:54:19.579><c> he</c><00:54:19.659><c> probably</c><00:54:19.900><c> was</c>

00:54:20.059 --> 00:54:23.400
doing<00:54:20.199><c> it</c><00:54:20.360><c> for</c><00:54:20.460><c> himself</c><00:54:20.860><c> in</c><00:54:21.000><c> the</c><00:54:21.139><c> long</c><00:54:21.340><c> run.</c><00:54:23.079><c> But</c><00:54:23.260><c> he</c>

00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:27.440
certainly<00:54:23.679><c> wasn't</c><00:54:24.699><c> Amnon's</c><00:54:25.260><c> friend.</c><00:54:26.320><c> He</c><00:54:26.460><c> brought</c><00:54:26.699><c> Amnon</c><00:54:27.099><c> to</c>

00:54:27.440 --> 00:54:32.039
ruin.<00:54:28.519><c> A</c><00:54:28.619><c> man</c><00:54:29.099><c> has</c><00:54:29.679><c> friends</c><00:54:30.139><c> that</c><00:54:30.679><c> lead</c><00:54:31.039><c> to</c><00:54:31.579><c> ruin.</c><00:54:31.880><c> Oh,</c>

00:54:32.039 --> 00:54:35.619
that's<00:54:32.139><c> a</c><00:54:32.440><c> classic</c><00:54:32.719><c> example,</c><00:54:33.199><c> isn't</c><00:54:33.380><c> it?</c><00:54:34.320><c> A</c><00:54:34.579><c> classic</c><00:54:34.940><c> example</c>

00:54:35.619 --> 00:54:37.699
of<00:54:36.199><c> where</c><00:54:36.320><c> you</c><00:54:36.400><c> can</c><00:54:36.559><c> have</c><00:54:36.699><c> a</c><00:54:36.880><c> close</c><00:54:37.099><c> associate,</c>

00:54:37.920 --> 00:54:41.059
but<00:54:38.059><c> you</c><00:54:38.219><c> don't</c><00:54:38.440><c> know</c><00:54:38.599><c> the</c><00:54:38.760><c> motive.</c><00:54:39.480><c> You</c><00:54:39.619><c> don't</c><00:54:39.820><c> know</c><00:54:39.960><c> the</c><00:54:40.159><c> reason.</c>

00:54:44.300 --> 00:54:50.519
Well,<00:54:44.460><c> how</c><00:54:44.679><c> had</c><00:54:44.860><c> this</c><00:54:45.139><c> all</c><00:54:45.380><c> come</c><00:54:46.000><c> to</c><00:54:46.719><c> the</c><00:54:46.940><c> family</c><00:54:47.179><c> of</c><00:54:47.480><c> David,</c><00:54:47.900><c> brothers</c><00:54:48.059><c> and</c><00:54:48.300><c> sisters?</c><00:54:49.579><c> This</c><00:54:49.800><c> is</c><00:54:50.340><c> a</c>

00:54:50.519 --> 00:54:51.139
sad<00:54:50.739><c> chapter</c><00:54:50.980><c> in</c>

00:54:51.139 --> 00:54:54.659
the<00:54:51.340><c> story</c><00:54:51.539><c> of</c><00:54:51.739><c> David,</c><00:54:52.019><c> isn't</c><00:54:52.139><c> it?</c><00:54:53.219><c> This</c><00:54:53.440><c> is</c><00:54:53.619><c> actually</c><00:54:53.840><c> a</c><00:54:54.119><c> consequence</c><00:54:54.500><c> of</c>

00:54:54.659 --> 00:54:56.400
what<00:54:54.860><c> David</c><00:54:55.159><c> did</c><00:54:55.340><c> himself,</c><00:54:55.800><c> isn't</c><00:54:56.039><c> it?</c>

00:54:56.400 --> 00:54:58.860
David<00:54:56.800><c> didn't</c><00:54:56.980><c> really</c><00:54:57.219><c> have</c><00:54:57.360><c> the</c><00:54:57.539><c> moral</c><00:54:57.739><c> authority</c><00:54:58.320><c> to</c><00:54:58.619><c> tell</c>

00:54:58.860 --> 00:55:02.079
his<00:54:59.400><c> son</c><00:54:59.840><c> Amnon</c><00:55:00.340><c> off</c><00:55:00.980><c> and</c><00:55:01.500><c> give</c><00:55:01.579><c> him</c><00:55:01.760><c> the</c><00:55:01.840><c> right</c>

00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:08.099
telling<00:55:02.360><c> to</c><00:55:02.880><c> for</c><00:55:04.679><c> raping.</c><00:55:07.119><c> David</c><00:55:07.300><c> didn't</c><00:55:07.480><c> have</c><00:55:07.659><c> that</c><00:55:07.820><c> moral</c>

00:55:08.099 --> 00:55:10.679
authority<00:55:08.480><c> at</c><00:55:08.679><c> all.</c><00:55:09.739><c> He</c><00:55:09.840><c> let</c><00:55:09.960><c> himself</c><00:55:10.380><c> down,</c>

00:55:10.800 --> 00:55:16.159
and<00:55:10.800><c> now</c><00:55:10.960><c> he's</c><00:55:11.099><c> letting</c><00:55:11.280><c> his</c><00:55:11.539><c> family</c><00:55:11.780><c> down.</c><00:55:14.059><c> You</c><00:55:14.219><c> see,</c><00:55:15.539><c> if</c><00:55:15.679><c> David</c><00:55:15.940><c> had</c>

00:55:16.159 --> 00:55:18.300
one<00:55:16.420><c> man</c><00:55:16.699><c> he</c><00:55:16.820><c> could</c><00:55:16.980><c> turn</c><00:55:17.260><c> to</c><00:55:17.340><c> in</c><00:55:17.480><c> this</c><00:55:17.699><c> crisis,</c>

00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:21.440
brothers<00:55:18.659><c> and</c><00:55:18.860><c> sisters,</c><00:55:20.380><c> Jonathan</c><00:55:20.760><c> would</c><00:55:20.960><c> have</c><00:55:21.119><c> been</c><00:55:21.219><c> that</c>

00:55:21.440 --> 00:55:25.760
man.<00:55:23.139><c> But</c><00:55:23.320><c> Jonathan's</c><00:55:23.679><c> not</c><00:55:23.880><c> here.</c><00:55:24.800><c> He's</c><00:55:25.159><c> not</c><00:55:25.400><c> here</c>

00:55:25.760 --> 00:55:31.159
to<00:55:25.940><c> help</c><00:55:26.099><c> David</c><00:55:26.519><c> in</c><00:55:26.960><c> this</c><00:55:27.139><c> situation.</c><00:55:30.159><c> Oh,</c><00:55:30.460><c> Jonathan</c><00:55:30.679><c> was</c><00:55:30.920><c> the</c>

00:55:31.159 --> 00:55:34.940
friend<00:55:31.519><c> that</c><00:55:31.880><c> David</c><00:55:32.199><c> really</c><00:55:33.219><c> connected</c><00:55:33.880><c> with.</c>

00:55:35.380 --> 00:55:37.159
And<00:55:35.559><c> Jonathan,</c><00:55:36.099><c> brothers</c><00:55:36.159><c> and</c><00:55:36.420><c> sisters,</c><00:55:36.719><c> although</c><00:55:36.880><c> he</c><00:55:37.019><c> was</c>

00:55:37.159 --> 00:55:39.880
much<00:55:37.420><c> older,</c><00:55:37.800><c> was</c><00:55:37.960><c> the</c><00:55:38.260><c> friend</c><00:55:38.699><c> that</c><00:55:39.219><c> could</c><00:55:39.460><c> counsel</c>

00:55:39.880 --> 00:55:44.860
and<00:55:40.199><c> guide</c><00:55:40.539><c> and</c><00:55:40.840><c> direct</c><00:55:41.119><c> David.</c><00:55:43.000><c> And</c><00:55:43.179><c> Jonathan,</c><00:55:43.460><c> brothers</c><00:55:43.699><c> and</c><00:55:43.900><c> sisters,</c><00:55:44.320><c> stands</c><00:55:44.539><c> out</c><00:55:44.739><c> in</c>

00:55:44.860 --> 00:55:46.099
the<00:55:45.019><c> record</c><00:55:45.320><c> as</c><00:55:45.519><c> a</c><00:55:45.920><c> friend</c>

00:55:46.099 --> 00:55:52.099
that<00:55:46.400><c> all</c><00:55:46.739><c> of</c><00:55:46.940><c> us</c><00:55:48.119><c> need</c><00:55:48.679><c> in</c><00:55:49.219><c> life.</c><00:55:50.219><c> Look</c><00:55:50.420><c> out</c><00:55:50.679><c> for</c><00:55:50.880><c> a</c><00:55:51.099><c> friend</c><00:55:51.219><c> like</c><00:55:51.539><c> Jonathan.</c><00:55:51.940><c> We</c>

00:55:52.099 --> 00:55:53.619
will<00:55:52.260><c> just</c><00:55:52.539><c> finish</c><00:55:52.980><c> with</c>

00:55:53.619 --> 00:55:58.980
some<00:55:54.019><c> thoughts</c><00:55:54.300><c> about</c><00:55:55.059><c> Jonathan.</c><00:55:57.019><c> Because</c><00:55:57.320><c> had</c><00:55:57.559><c> Jonathan</c><00:55:58.059><c> been</c><00:55:58.480><c> alive,</c><00:55:58.820><c> if</c>

00:55:58.980 --> 00:56:00.019
he<00:55:59.099><c> had</c><00:55:59.199><c> been</c><00:55:59.380><c> a</c><00:55:59.699><c> contemporary,</c>

00:56:00.139 --> 00:56:02.340
I<00:56:00.300><c> don't</c><00:56:00.599><c> think</c><00:56:00.820><c> this</c><00:56:01.099><c> would</c><00:56:01.219><c> have</c><00:56:01.420><c> happened,</c><00:56:01.960><c> brothers</c><00:56:02.119><c> and</c>

00:56:02.340 --> 00:56:04.539
sisters.<00:56:02.559><c> He</c><00:56:02.659><c> wouldn't</c><00:56:02.820><c> have</c><00:56:03.019><c> allowed</c><00:56:03.219><c> this</c><00:56:03.480><c> to</c><00:56:03.719><c> happen.</c>

00:56:06.079 --> 00:56:12.199
And<00:56:06.239><c> David</c><00:56:06.380><c> would</c><00:56:06.559><c> have</c><00:56:06.699><c> listened</c><00:56:07.159><c> to</c><00:56:07.639><c> Jonathan.</c><00:56:09.619><c> But</c><00:56:09.719><c> Jonathan</c><00:56:11.840><c> knew</c>

00:56:12.199 --> 00:56:14.199
that<00:56:12.440><c> he</c><00:56:12.619><c> wasn't</c><00:56:12.820><c> going</c><00:56:13.039><c> to</c><00:56:13.239><c> be</c><00:56:13.440><c> king.</c>

00:56:14.880 --> 00:56:17.619
He<00:56:15.059><c> knew</c><00:56:15.260><c> that</c><00:56:15.619><c> David</c><00:56:16.079><c> had</c><00:56:16.300><c> been</c><00:56:16.519><c> given</c><00:56:16.699><c> the</c><00:56:17.000><c> throne.</c><00:56:17.199><c> He</c><00:56:17.340><c> knew</c>

00:56:17.619 --> 00:56:21.199
he<00:56:17.880><c> would</c><00:56:18.119><c> have</c><00:56:18.340><c> to</c><00:56:18.860><c> be</c><00:56:19.159><c> removed</c><00:56:19.719><c> from</c><00:56:20.000><c> the</c><00:56:20.300><c> scene.</c>

00:56:21.239 --> 00:56:24.400
In<00:56:21.760><c> an</c><00:56:22.019><c> act</c><00:56:22.320><c> of</c><00:56:22.599><c> selflessness,</c><00:56:23.179><c> he</c><00:56:23.420><c> knew</c><00:56:23.639><c> that.</c>

00:56:29.219 --> 00:56:35.219
So<00:56:29.300><c> just</c><00:56:29.500><c> come</c><00:56:29.699><c> back</c><00:56:30.079><c> to</c><00:56:30.800><c> chapter</c><00:56:31.460><c> 1</c><00:56:32.539><c> Samuel</c><00:56:33.079><c> 18.</c><00:56:34.739><c> Let's</c><00:56:34.960><c> just</c>

00:56:35.219 --> 00:56:36.780
tease<00:56:35.380><c> out</c><00:56:35.639><c> a</c><00:56:35.860><c> couple</c><00:56:36.019><c> of</c><00:56:36.239><c> points</c>

00:56:36.780 --> 00:56:41.039
that<00:56:37.480><c> we</c><00:56:37.739><c> could</c><00:56:37.940><c> discuss</c><00:56:38.480><c> in</c><00:56:38.739><c> our</c><00:56:39.019><c> discussion</c><00:56:39.340><c> groups</c><00:56:39.679><c> about</c>

00:56:41.039 --> 00:56:43.059
friends.<00:56:42.420><c> And</c><00:56:42.539><c> in</c><00:56:42.659><c> this</c><00:56:42.860><c> case,</c>

00:56:43.059 --> 00:56:50.019
it<00:56:43.179><c> was</c><00:56:43.480><c> just</c><00:56:44.000><c> one</c><00:56:44.519><c> friend</c><00:56:44.860><c> who</c><00:56:45.179><c> stuck</c><00:56:45.500><c> closer</c><00:56:45.980><c> than</c><00:56:46.219><c> a</c><00:56:46.400><c> brother.</c><00:56:48.420><c> And</c><00:56:48.420><c> remember</c><00:56:49.199><c> Proverbs</c><00:56:49.619><c> 18</c>

00:56:50.019 --> 00:56:51.199
verse<00:56:50.260><c> 24</c><00:56:50.780><c> uses</c>

00:56:51.199 --> 00:56:56.360
that<00:56:51.539><c> other</c><00:56:51.820><c> word</c><00:56:52.219><c> friend</c><00:56:52.900><c> in</c><00:56:53.300><c> the</c><00:56:53.579><c> second</c><00:56:53.760><c> half</c><00:56:54.300><c> of</c><00:56:55.000><c> that</c><00:56:55.400><c> verse.</c><00:56:56.340><c> It</c>

00:56:56.360 --> 00:56:58.079
says,<00:56:56.699><c> and</c><00:56:56.699><c> there</c><00:56:56.840><c> is</c><00:56:57.059><c> a</c><00:56:57.300><c> friend</c><00:56:57.480><c> that</c><00:56:57.780><c> sticketh</c>

00:56:58.079 --> 00:57:02.199
closer<00:56:58.420><c> than</c><00:56:58.579><c> a</c><00:56:58.780><c> brother.</c><00:56:58.960><c> And</c><00:56:59.099><c> it</c><00:56:59.199><c> uses</c><00:56:59.420><c> the</c><00:56:59.679><c> Hebrew</c><00:56:59.880><c> word</c><00:57:00.179><c> ahab,</c><00:57:01.480><c> which</c><00:57:01.559><c> means</c><00:57:01.840><c> to</c>

00:57:02.199 --> 00:57:04.820
love.<00:57:03.800><c> And</c><00:57:04.199><c> that's</c><00:57:04.519><c> the</c><00:57:04.659><c> word</c>

00:57:04.820 --> 00:57:10.659
it<00:57:05.119><c> used</c><00:57:05.639><c> in</c><00:57:06.579><c> chapter</c><00:57:06.940><c> 18</c><00:57:07.579><c> verse</c><00:57:08.059><c> 1</c><00:57:08.619><c> of</c><00:57:09.300><c> Jonathan's</c><00:57:10.119><c> love</c><00:57:10.360><c> for</c>

00:57:10.659 --> 00:57:13.320
David.<00:57:11.980><c> And</c><00:57:12.099><c> it</c><00:57:12.260><c> came</c><00:57:12.420><c> to</c><00:57:12.659><c> pass</c><00:57:12.860><c> when</c><00:57:12.980><c> he</c><00:57:13.079><c> had</c><00:57:13.219><c> made</c>

00:57:13.320 --> 00:57:16.739
an<00:57:13.480><c> end</c><00:57:13.619><c> of</c><00:57:13.860><c> speaking</c><00:57:14.059><c> unto</c><00:57:14.300><c> Saul</c><00:57:14.539><c> that</c><00:57:14.699><c> the</c><00:57:15.000><c> soul</c><00:57:15.219><c> of</c><00:57:15.460><c> Jonathan</c><00:57:15.739><c> was</c><00:57:16.059><c> knit</c><00:57:16.260><c> with</c><00:57:16.440><c> the</c>

00:57:16.739 --> 00:57:17.360
soul<00:57:16.940><c> of</c><00:57:17.159><c> David,</c>

00:57:17.440 --> 00:57:22.440
and<00:57:17.559><c> Jonathan</c><00:57:18.019><c> loved</c><00:57:18.719><c> him</c><00:57:19.320><c> as</c><00:57:19.699><c> his</c><00:57:19.920><c> own</c><00:57:20.320><c> soul.</c><00:57:21.300><c> Oh,</c><00:57:21.460><c> the</c><00:57:21.639><c> motive's</c><00:57:22.139><c> clear</c>

00:57:22.440 --> 00:57:26.000
here.<00:57:23.099><c> There's</c><00:57:23.440><c> no</c><00:57:24.480><c> ambiguity</c><00:57:25.519><c> about,</c>

00:57:26.239 --> 00:57:28.860
well,<00:57:26.239><c> why</c><00:57:26.500><c> has</c><00:57:26.559><c> he</c><00:57:26.719><c> become</c><00:57:26.880><c> a</c><00:57:27.119><c> close</c><00:57:27.340><c> associate</c><00:57:27.760><c> of</c><00:57:27.920><c> David?</c>

00:57:30.800 --> 00:57:33.500
He<00:57:31.280><c> loved</c><00:57:31.679><c> him,</c><00:57:32.039><c> brothers</c><00:57:32.139><c> and</c><00:57:32.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:57:35.880 --> 00:57:40.019
This<00:57:36.559><c> was</c><00:57:36.760><c> a</c><00:57:36.960><c> strong,</c><00:57:38.139><c> intimate</c><00:57:38.340><c> relationship</c><00:57:39.079><c> based</c><00:57:39.559><c> on</c>

00:57:40.019 --> 00:57:41.900
kindred<00:57:40.599><c> spirits.</c>

00:57:43.280 --> 00:57:47.420
The<00:57:43.400><c> word</c><00:57:43.679><c> knit</c><00:57:44.039><c> there</c><00:57:44.380><c> is</c><00:57:44.559><c> that</c><00:57:44.960><c> word</c><00:57:45.400><c> that's</c><00:57:45.840><c> used</c><00:57:46.000><c> of</c><00:57:46.880><c> Jacob</c>

00:57:47.420 --> 00:57:50.320
when<00:57:47.840><c> he</c><00:57:48.039><c> was</c><00:57:48.420><c> bound</c><00:57:48.940><c> up</c><00:57:49.219><c> with</c><00:57:49.440><c> the</c><00:57:49.619><c> lad.</c><00:57:49.980><c> They're</c>

00:57:50.320 --> 00:57:54.579
bound<00:57:50.659><c> together.</c><00:57:51.599><c> You</c><00:57:51.760><c> can't</c><00:57:52.380><c> separate</c><00:57:52.840><c> between</c><00:57:53.320><c> them.</c><00:57:54.440><c> If</c>

00:57:54.579 --> 00:57:56.440
you<00:57:54.760><c> took</c><00:57:54.940><c> Benjamin</c><00:57:55.400><c> away</c><00:57:55.719><c> from</c><00:57:55.980><c> Jacob,</c>

00:57:56.920 --> 00:58:03.599
you<00:57:57.219><c> cut</c><00:57:57.440><c> away</c><00:57:57.739><c> half</c><00:57:57.980><c> of</c><00:57:58.159><c> his</c><00:57:58.400><c> heart.</c><00:58:00.539><c> As</c><00:58:00.840><c> Judah</c><00:58:01.099><c> came</c><00:58:01.340><c> to</c><00:58:01.599><c> realise,</c><00:58:03.199><c> well,</c><00:58:03.320><c> that's</c><00:58:03.480><c> what</c>

00:58:03.599 --> 00:58:04.800
it<00:58:03.699><c> was</c><00:58:03.900><c> like</c><00:58:04.340><c> with</c>

00:58:04.800 --> 00:58:12.139
Jonathan<00:58:05.340><c> and</c><00:58:06.059><c> David.</c><00:58:08.980><c> And</c><00:58:09.239><c> it</c><00:58:09.400><c> says</c><00:58:09.760><c> in</c><00:58:10.320><c> that</c><00:58:10.579><c> verse</c><00:58:11.019><c> that</c><00:58:11.920><c> it</c>

00:58:12.139 --> 00:58:14.639
came<00:58:12.420><c> to</c><00:58:12.760><c> pass</c><00:58:13.079><c> when</c><00:58:13.360><c> he</c><00:58:13.500><c> had</c><00:58:13.739><c> made</c><00:58:13.940><c> an</c><00:58:14.320><c> end</c>

00:58:14.639 --> 00:58:18.099
of<00:58:15.019><c> speaking</c><00:58:15.400><c> unto</c><00:58:15.880><c> Saul.</c><00:58:16.500><c> Jonathan</c><00:58:16.880><c> had</c><00:58:17.159><c> never</c><00:58:17.519><c> met</c><00:58:17.800><c> David</c>

00:58:18.099 --> 00:58:21.440
before<00:58:18.460><c> this.</c><00:58:20.420><c> And</c><00:58:20.619><c> yet</c><00:58:20.699><c> there</c><00:58:20.840><c> was</c><00:58:21.099><c> something</c>

00:58:21.440 --> 00:58:29.400
about<00:58:21.780><c> what</c><00:58:22.380><c> David</c><00:58:22.760><c> was</c><00:58:23.219><c> saying</c><00:58:23.619><c> that</c><00:58:23.880><c> Jonathan</c><00:58:24.320><c> said,</c><00:58:25.619><c> I</c><00:58:25.820><c> recognise</c><00:58:26.440><c> that</c><00:58:26.760><c> character.</c><00:58:27.619><c> It's</c><00:58:28.000><c> something</c><00:58:28.420><c> that</c><00:58:28.880><c> I</c>

00:58:29.400 --> 00:58:32.019
would<00:58:29.599><c> like</c><00:58:30.179><c> to</c><00:58:30.539><c> have</c><00:58:30.780><c> as</c><00:58:31.059><c> a</c><00:58:31.300><c> friend.</c><00:58:31.440><c> There's</c><00:58:31.659><c> something</c>

00:58:32.019 --> 00:58:33.699
that<00:58:32.280><c> he's</c><00:58:32.780><c> saying.</c>

00:58:46.460 --> 00:58:52.860
They<00:58:47.179><c> were</c><00:58:47.360><c> of</c><00:58:47.579><c> like</c><00:58:47.840><c> minds.</c><00:58:49.139><c> Here's</c><00:58:49.360><c> the</c><00:58:49.699><c> first</c><00:58:50.599><c> quality</c><00:58:51.679><c> about</c><00:58:52.099><c> Jonathan,</c><00:58:52.659><c> the</c>

00:58:52.860 --> 00:58:53.719
true<00:58:53.280><c> friend,</c>

00:58:53.719 --> 00:58:59.039
Jonathan<00:58:54.719><c> the</c><00:58:55.460><c> instigator.</c><00:58:57.159><c> There</c><00:58:57.400><c> always</c><00:58:57.719><c> has</c><00:58:57.920><c> to</c><00:58:58.019><c> be</c><00:58:58.219><c> someone</c><00:58:58.480><c> who</c>

00:58:59.039 --> 00:59:00.139
instigates<00:58:59.500><c> the</c><00:58:59.760><c> friendship.</c>

00:59:00.619 --> 00:59:04.079
And<00:59:00.659><c> here</c><00:59:00.840><c> Jonathan</c><00:59:01.199><c> went</c><00:59:01.739><c> out</c><00:59:02.260><c> to</c><00:59:02.519><c> befriend</c><00:59:03.039><c> the</c><00:59:03.340><c> young</c><00:59:03.659><c> man,</c>

00:59:04.239 --> 00:59:07.400
David.<00:59:05.820><c> And</c><00:59:05.940><c> a</c><00:59:06.039><c> friendship</c><00:59:06.280><c> only</c><00:59:06.619><c> begins</c><00:59:07.079><c> when</c>

00:59:07.400 --> 00:59:13.940
someone<00:59:07.719><c> takes</c><00:59:08.099><c> the</c><00:59:08.500><c> initiative.</c><00:59:11.739><c> And</c><00:59:11.960><c> this</c><00:59:12.159><c> is</c><00:59:12.699><c> rather</c><00:59:12.920><c> important,</c><00:59:13.619><c> brothers</c><00:59:13.699><c> and</c>

00:59:13.940 --> 00:59:16.179
sisters.<00:59:15.380><c> Some</c><00:59:15.559><c> of</c><00:59:15.719><c> you</c><00:59:15.920><c> have</c>

00:59:16.179 --> 00:59:24.860
as<00:59:16.820><c> we</c><00:59:17.159><c> have</c><00:59:17.900><c> changed</c><00:59:18.500><c> ecclesias</c><00:59:19.900><c> over</c><00:59:20.820><c> large</c><00:59:21.800><c> tracks</c><00:59:23.079><c> of</c><00:59:23.420><c> land.</c><00:59:24.480><c> It's</c><00:59:24.699><c> not</c>

00:59:24.860 --> 00:59:27.139
just<00:59:25.059><c> down</c><00:59:25.300><c> the</c><00:59:25.559><c> road.</c><00:59:26.099><c> It's</c><00:59:26.360><c> the</c><00:59:26.579><c> UK</c>

00:59:27.139 --> 00:59:30.659
and<00:59:27.960><c> Australia.</c><00:59:28.920><c> And</c><00:59:29.079><c> of</c><00:59:29.239><c> course,</c><00:59:29.420><c> when</c><00:59:29.559><c> you</c><00:59:29.920><c> move</c><00:59:30.159><c> to</c><00:59:30.360><c> a</c><00:59:30.460><c> new</c>

00:59:30.659 --> 00:59:34.059
country<00:59:31.239><c> or</c><00:59:31.840><c> a</c><00:59:32.019><c> new</c><00:59:32.340><c> city,</c><00:59:33.260><c> interstate,</c>

00:59:35.539 --> 00:59:40.400
building<00:59:35.760><c> a</c><00:59:36.079><c> friendship</c><00:59:36.400><c> is</c><00:59:36.619><c> quite</c><00:59:36.980><c> hard.</c><00:59:39.559><c> And</c><00:59:39.820><c> it's</c><00:59:40.059><c> not</c><00:59:40.199><c> up</c>

00:59:40.400 --> 00:59:43.000
to<00:59:40.599><c> you</c><00:59:40.780><c> who's</c><00:59:41.059><c> just</c><00:59:41.360><c> moved</c><00:59:41.559><c> in</c><00:59:41.860><c> necessarily</c><00:59:42.440><c> to</c><00:59:42.699><c> try</c>

00:59:43.000 --> 00:59:45.940
break<00:59:43.380><c> into</c><00:59:43.639><c> their</c><00:59:43.920><c> circle.</c><00:59:44.699><c> It's</c><00:59:44.800><c> up</c><00:59:45.019><c> to</c><00:59:45.219><c> the</c><00:59:45.360><c> ones</c><00:59:45.599><c> who</c><00:59:45.739><c> are</c>

00:59:45.940 --> 00:59:49.619
already<00:59:46.340><c> there</c><00:59:46.900><c> to</c><00:59:47.300><c> open</c><00:59:47.719><c> their</c><00:59:48.079><c> circle</c><00:59:48.519><c> up</c><00:59:49.099><c> to</c><00:59:49.360><c> you.</c>

00:59:49.940 --> 00:59:53.860
You<00:59:50.119><c> have</c><00:59:50.340><c> to</c><00:59:50.619><c> instigate.</c><00:59:51.500><c> You</c><00:59:51.659><c> have</c><00:59:51.920><c> to</c><00:59:52.079><c> make</c><00:59:52.280><c> the</c><00:59:52.539><c> initiative.</c><00:59:53.300><c> Draw</c><00:59:53.639><c> them</c>

00:59:53.860 --> 00:59:57.159
in.<00:59:55.800><c> Someone</c><00:59:56.179><c> has</c><00:59:56.500><c> to</c><00:59:56.699><c> initiate</c>

00:59:57.159 --> 01:00:02.579
the<00:59:57.480><c> friendship.</c><00:59:58.659><c> And</c><00:59:58.760><c> here</c><00:59:58.980><c> Jonathan,</c><00:59:59.820><c> he</c><01:00:00.260><c> heard</c><01:00:00.539><c> what</c><01:00:00.780><c> David</c><01:00:01.079><c> said.</c><01:00:01.679><c> He</c><01:00:01.860><c> said,</c><01:00:02.119><c> that's</c><01:00:02.360><c> a</c>

01:00:02.579 --> 01:00:03.619
mind<01:00:02.900><c> like</c><01:00:03.280><c> mine.</c>

01:00:03.619 --> 01:00:09.219
And<01:00:04.159><c> he</c><01:00:04.880><c> initiated</c><01:00:05.800><c> a</c><01:00:06.539><c> friendship.</c><01:00:07.840><c> So</c><01:00:07.960><c> a</c><01:00:08.199><c> friend</c><01:00:08.519><c> first</c><01:00:09.000><c> and</c>

01:00:09.219 --> 01:00:12.539
foremost<01:00:09.619><c> has</c><01:00:09.960><c> to</c><01:00:10.199><c> be</c><01:00:10.679><c> like</c><01:00:11.519><c> minded.</c>

01:00:15.739 --> 01:00:23.079
How<01:00:16.260><c> like</c><01:00:16.500><c> minded</c><01:00:16.780><c> were</c><01:00:17.039><c> they?</c><01:00:17.719><c> Well,</c><01:00:18.800><c> compare</c><01:00:19.000><c> those</c><01:00:19.280><c> two</c><01:00:19.539><c> records.</c><01:00:21.699><c> Remember</c><01:00:21.960><c> the</c><01:00:22.139><c> incident</c><01:00:22.460><c> of</c><01:00:22.699><c> Jonathan</c>

01:00:23.079 --> 01:00:25.960
and<01:00:23.800><c> his</c><01:00:24.079><c> armour</c><01:00:24.320><c> bearer.</c><01:00:24.539><c> No</c><01:00:24.719><c> one</c><01:00:24.900><c> else</c><01:00:25.119><c> was</c><01:00:25.340><c> there.</c><01:00:25.639><c> No</c><01:00:25.820><c> one</c>

01:00:25.960 --> 01:00:28.760
else<01:00:26.219><c> was</c><01:00:26.440><c> listening.</c><01:00:26.900><c> Only</c><01:00:27.300><c> the</c><01:00:27.719><c> armour</c><01:00:27.980><c> bearer</c>

01:00:28.980 --> 01:00:31.900
heard<01:00:29.300><c> what</c><01:00:29.539><c> Jonathan</c><01:00:29.940><c> said</c><01:00:30.460><c> when</c><01:00:31.099><c> the</c><01:00:31.340><c> Philistines</c><01:00:31.699><c> said,</c>

01:00:32.099 --> 01:00:34.280
come<01:00:32.099><c> up</c><01:00:32.280><c> and</c><01:00:32.420><c> get</c><01:00:32.579><c> us.</c><01:00:33.559><c> And</c><01:00:33.699><c> he</c><01:00:33.800><c> and</c><01:00:33.900><c> his</c><01:00:34.079><c> armour</c>

01:00:34.280 --> 01:00:39.360
bearer<01:00:34.599><c> climb</c><01:00:34.760><c> up</c><01:00:34.920><c> that</c><01:00:35.179><c> cliff</c><01:00:35.400><c> face</c><01:00:35.820><c> and</c><01:00:37.340><c> they</c><01:00:37.780><c> slaughter</c><01:00:38.219><c> the</c><01:00:38.659><c> Philistines</c><01:00:39.099><c> up</c>

01:00:39.360 --> 01:00:41.619
there.<01:00:39.840><c> And</c><01:00:40.179><c> all</c><01:00:40.619><c> of</c><01:00:40.780><c> that</c><01:00:41.000><c> language</c>

01:00:41.619 --> 01:00:47.019
was<01:00:42.500><c> from</c><01:00:42.800><c> Jonathan</c><01:00:43.360><c> in</c><01:00:43.880><c> chapter</c><01:00:44.179><c> 14.</c><01:00:46.059><c> And</c><01:00:46.280><c> then</c><01:00:46.440><c> suddenly</c><01:00:46.679><c> he's</c><01:00:46.900><c> in</c>

01:00:47.019 --> 01:00:49.820
the<01:00:47.119><c> valley</c><01:00:47.340><c> of</c><01:00:47.559><c> Elah</c><01:00:48.380><c> and</c><01:00:48.860><c> he</c><01:00:49.099><c> hears</c><01:00:49.300><c> a</c><01:00:49.599><c> man,</c>

01:00:49.840 --> 01:00:53.980
a<01:00:50.119><c> young</c><01:00:50.320><c> man,</c><01:00:50.980><c> 17</c><01:00:51.199><c> years</c><01:00:51.519><c> of</c><01:00:51.800><c> old,</c><01:00:52.340><c> facing</c><01:00:52.739><c> the</c><01:00:53.079><c> giant</c><01:00:53.380><c> and</c>

01:00:53.980 --> 01:00:56.199
all<01:00:54.300><c> the</c><01:00:54.639><c> language</c><01:00:55.099><c> that</c><01:00:55.420><c> David</c><01:00:55.679><c> was</c><01:00:55.980><c> saying,</c>

01:00:56.199 --> 01:01:02.079
Jonathan<01:00:56.780><c> saying,</c><01:00:58.300><c> that's</c><01:00:58.659><c> a</c><01:00:58.780><c> man</c><01:00:58.900><c> like</c><01:00:59.099><c> me.</c><01:01:00.440><c> Like</c><01:01:00.940><c> minded.</c>

01:01:02.380 --> 01:01:04.800
The<01:01:02.619><c> uncircumcised</c><01:01:03.400><c> Philistines.</c>

01:01:05.059 --> 01:01:08.440
Come<01:01:05.159><c> up</c><01:01:05.380><c> to</c><01:01:05.539><c> us</c><01:01:05.760><c> said</c><01:01:05.940><c> the</c><01:01:06.219><c> enemy</c><01:01:06.519><c> in</c><01:01:07.019><c> both</c><01:01:07.300><c> cases.</c><01:01:07.840><c> They</c><01:01:08.119><c> met</c>

01:01:08.440 --> 01:01:10.059
the<01:01:08.719><c> enemy</c><01:01:09.019><c> in</c><01:01:09.239><c> both</c><01:01:09.519><c> cases.</c>

01:01:10.420 --> 01:01:17.260
Yahweh<01:01:10.659><c> has</c><01:01:10.860><c> delivered</c><01:01:11.079><c> them</c><01:01:11.260><c> into</c><01:01:11.460><c> our</c><01:01:11.800><c> hands.</c><01:01:12.179><c> It's</c><01:01:12.480><c> Yahweh's</c><01:01:13.059><c> battle.</c><01:01:13.900><c> And</c><01:01:14.179><c> it's</c><01:01:14.400><c> all</c><01:01:14.900><c> because</c><01:01:15.880><c> of</c><01:01:17.059><c> giving</c>

01:01:17.260 --> 01:01:22.559
glory<01:01:17.820><c> to</c><01:01:18.039><c> the</c><01:01:18.199><c> God</c><01:01:18.300><c> of</c><01:01:18.460><c> Israel.</c><01:01:20.920><c> Jonathan</c><01:01:21.300><c> said,</c><01:01:21.619><c> I</c><01:01:21.699><c> want</c><01:01:21.880><c> to</c>

01:01:22.559 --> 01:01:26.179
meet<01:01:22.760><c> this</c><01:01:23.179><c> man.</c><01:01:24.179><c> I</c><01:01:24.460><c> want</c><01:01:24.539><c> to</c><01:01:24.659><c> befriend</c><01:01:25.179><c> him.</c>

01:01:26.820 --> 01:01:32.179
And<01:01:27.400><c> you'll</c><01:01:27.639><c> notice</c><01:01:27.800><c> in</c><01:01:28.039><c> verse</c><01:01:28.579><c> three,</c><01:01:29.860><c> then</c><01:01:30.039><c> Jonathan</c><01:01:30.460><c> and</c><01:01:30.900><c> David</c><01:01:31.199><c> made</c><01:01:31.699><c> a</c>

01:01:32.179 --> 01:01:33.280
covenant.<01:01:32.460><c> It's</c><01:01:32.559><c> the</c><01:01:32.719><c> first</c><01:01:32.960><c> covenant</c>

01:01:33.280 --> 01:01:37.159
of<01:01:33.679><c> three</c><01:01:34.300><c> covenants.</c><01:01:34.699><c> Have</c><01:01:34.820><c> you</c><01:01:34.900><c> ever</c><01:01:35.039><c> had</c><01:01:35.159><c> a</c><01:01:35.440><c> friendship</c><01:01:35.900><c> that's</c><01:01:36.579><c> been</c><01:01:36.760><c> so</c>

01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:39.079
strong?<01:01:37.480><c> You've</c><01:01:37.780><c> actually</c><01:01:38.260><c> made</c><01:01:38.639><c> a</c>

01:01:39.079 --> 01:01:45.880
covenant<01:01:39.360><c> with</c><01:01:39.719><c> them?</c><01:01:41.039><c> A</c><01:01:41.519><c> solemn</c><01:01:41.800><c> promise?</c><01:01:44.380><c> I'll</c><01:01:44.960><c> have</c><01:01:45.059><c> to</c><01:01:45.239><c> confess</c><01:01:45.500><c> that</c><01:01:45.699><c> I</c>

01:01:45.880 --> 01:01:47.619
haven't,<01:01:46.300><c> brothers</c><01:01:46.420><c> and</c><01:01:46.659><c> sisters.</c>

01:01:48.239 --> 01:01:54.199
But<01:01:48.920><c> they</c><01:01:49.599><c> made</c><01:01:49.860><c> three.</c><01:01:51.940><c> Three</c><01:01:52.619><c> solemn</c><01:01:53.320><c> covenants.</c><01:01:53.800><c> And</c><01:01:53.940><c> each</c>

01:01:54.199 --> 01:01:56.460
one<01:01:54.480><c> built</c><01:01:54.820><c> on</c><01:01:55.099><c> the</c><01:01:55.280><c> last</c><01:01:55.559><c> one.</c>

01:01:57.900 --> 01:02:01.440
And<01:01:58.159><c> each</c><01:01:58.380><c> one</c><01:01:58.539><c> was</c><01:01:58.880><c> tested</c><01:01:59.360><c> in</c><01:02:00.039><c> trying</c><01:02:00.300><c> circumstances</c><01:02:01.019><c> later</c>

01:02:01.440 --> 01:02:05.380
on<01:02:01.920><c> as</c><01:02:03.159><c> David's</c><01:02:03.760><c> fleeing</c><01:02:04.019><c> from</c><01:02:04.460><c> Jonathan's</c><01:02:05.000><c> own</c>

01:02:05.380 --> 01:02:11.980
father.<01:02:09.079><c> And</c><01:02:09.300><c> it</c><01:02:09.539><c> says</c><01:02:09.920><c> in</c><01:02:10.920><c> verse</c><01:02:11.139><c> three,</c><01:02:11.420><c> then</c><01:02:11.500><c> Jonathan</c><01:02:11.820><c> and</c>

01:02:11.980 --> 01:02:14.119
David<01:02:12.239><c> made</c><01:02:12.420><c> a</c><01:02:12.579><c> covenant</c><01:02:12.719><c> because</c><01:02:13.099><c> he</c><01:02:13.380><c> loved</c><01:02:13.739><c> him</c>

01:02:14.119 --> 01:02:21.980
as<01:02:14.480><c> his</c><01:02:14.920><c> own</c><01:02:15.820><c> soul.</c><01:02:20.360><c> The</c><01:02:20.559><c> quote</c><01:02:20.739><c> from</c><01:02:20.980><c> Philippians</c><01:02:21.440><c> two</c><01:02:21.760><c> comes</c>

01:02:21.980 --> 01:02:23.059
to<01:02:22.179><c> mind,</c><01:02:22.440><c> brothers</c><01:02:22.500><c> and</c><01:02:22.739><c> sisters,</c>

01:02:23.300 --> 01:02:28.000
let<01:02:23.360><c> each</c><01:02:23.860><c> man</c><01:02:24.239><c> esteem</c><01:02:25.000><c> his</c><01:02:25.400><c> brother</c><01:02:25.739><c> better</c><01:02:26.380><c> than</c><01:02:26.780><c> himself.</c>

01:02:29.179 --> 01:02:31.639
That<01:02:29.500><c> quote</c><01:02:29.739><c> comes</c><01:02:30.400><c> ringing</c><01:02:30.940><c> in</c><01:02:31.239><c> our</c><01:02:31.440><c> ears</c>

01:02:31.639 --> 01:02:34.840
because<01:02:31.960><c> what</c><01:02:32.159><c> happens</c><01:02:32.480><c> in</c><01:02:32.679><c> verse</c><01:02:32.940><c> four</c><01:02:33.460><c> is</c><01:02:34.079><c> that</c><01:02:34.360><c> Jonathan</c>

01:02:34.840 --> 01:02:37.809
strips<01:02:35.300><c> himself</c><01:02:35.840><c> of</c><01:02:36.840><c> everything</c><01:02:37.280><c> he</c><01:02:37.480><c> was</c>

01:02:37.809 --> 01:02:42.650
for<01:02:38.289><c> as</c><01:02:38.610><c> crown</c><01:02:38.869><c> prince.</c><01:02:40.050><c> He</c><01:02:40.190><c> divested</c><01:02:40.650><c> himself</c><01:02:41.210><c> of</c><01:02:41.849><c> all</c><01:02:42.389><c> the</c>

01:02:42.650 --> 01:02:48.409
rightful<01:02:43.929><c> crown</c><01:02:44.329><c> prince</c><01:02:45.110><c> garments</c><01:02:46.429><c> and</c><01:02:47.590><c> chose</c><01:02:47.929><c> to</c>

01:02:48.409 --> 01:02:52.989
willingly<01:02:48.869><c> give</c><01:02:50.050><c> them</c><01:02:50.230><c> to</c><01:02:50.389><c> his</c><01:02:50.670><c> friend</c><01:02:50.869><c> David.</c><01:02:52.429><c> If</c><01:02:52.570><c> that's</c>

01:02:52.989 --> 01:02:55.250
not<01:02:53.489><c> esteeming</c><01:02:53.989><c> your</c><01:02:54.170><c> brother</c><01:02:54.389><c> better</c><01:02:54.630><c> than</c><01:02:54.829><c> yourself,</c>

01:02:55.309 --> 01:03:00.030
I<01:02:55.510><c> don't</c><01:02:55.769><c> know</c><01:02:55.969><c> what</c><01:02:56.349><c> is.</c><01:02:58.050><c> It</c><01:02:58.329><c> may</c><01:02:58.489><c> be</c><01:02:58.730><c> that</c><01:02:58.969><c> Jonathan</c><01:02:59.449><c> knows</c>

01:03:00.030 --> 01:03:02.969
by<01:03:00.349><c> now</c><01:03:00.690><c> about</c><01:03:01.250><c> the</c><01:03:01.590><c> anointing</c><01:03:01.949><c> of</c><01:03:02.150><c> David.</c>

01:03:03.010 --> 01:03:07.829
We<01:03:03.489><c> don't</c><01:03:03.869><c> actually</c><01:03:04.230><c> know.</c><01:03:06.449><c> There's</c><01:03:06.690><c> not</c><01:03:06.949><c> been</c><01:03:07.150><c> any</c><01:03:07.510><c> contact</c>

01:03:07.829 --> 01:03:10.130
before<01:03:08.210><c> this</c><01:03:08.429><c> that</c><01:03:08.550><c> we</c><01:03:08.730><c> can</c><01:03:08.909><c> read</c><01:03:09.050><c> in</c><01:03:09.170><c> the</c><01:03:09.349><c> record.</c>

01:03:10.389 --> 01:03:15.750
It<01:03:10.670><c> simply</c><01:03:11.030><c> means</c><01:03:11.389><c> that</c><01:03:11.929><c> Jonathan</c><01:03:12.409><c> had</c><01:03:13.389><c> a</c><01:03:13.809><c> great</c><01:03:14.130><c> loving</c><01:03:14.630><c> relationship</c><01:03:15.369><c> with</c>

01:03:15.750 --> 01:03:18.630
David<01:03:16.090><c> based</c><01:03:16.469><c> on</c><01:03:16.909><c> like</c><01:03:17.369><c>-mindedness.</c>

01:03:18.650 --> 01:03:20.849
When<01:03:18.829><c> it</c><01:03:19.030><c> says</c><01:03:19.230><c> it</c><01:03:19.409><c> gave</c><01:03:19.630><c> him</c><01:03:19.829><c> his</c><01:03:20.190><c> sword,</c><01:03:20.550><c> do</c><01:03:20.690><c> you</c><01:03:20.690><c> know</c><01:03:20.750><c> how</c>

01:03:20.849 --> 01:03:22.869
many<01:03:20.989><c> swords</c><01:03:21.250><c> were</c><01:03:21.389><c> in</c><01:03:21.429><c> the</c><01:03:21.590><c> land</c><01:03:21.710><c> at</c><01:03:21.909><c> the</c><01:03:22.050><c> time?</c>

01:03:22.969 --> 01:03:26.650
There<01:03:23.070><c> was</c><01:03:23.110><c> only</c><01:03:23.349><c> two.</c><01:03:25.329><c> There</c><01:03:25.449><c> was</c><01:03:25.650><c> a</c><01:03:25.769><c> third</c><01:03:25.949><c> one,</c><01:03:26.329><c> Goliath's</c>

01:03:26.650 --> 01:03:28.269
sword,<01:03:26.750><c> and</c><01:03:26.789><c> that</c><01:03:26.909><c> was</c><01:03:27.030><c> put</c><01:03:27.230><c> into</c><01:03:27.650><c> the</c>

01:03:28.269 --> 01:03:32.949
tabernacle.<01:03:28.690><c> There</c><01:03:28.789><c> was</c><01:03:28.789><c> only</c><01:03:29.070><c> two.</c><01:03:31.610><c> Saul</c><01:03:31.909><c> had</c><01:03:32.150><c> one</c><01:03:32.309><c> and</c><01:03:32.449><c> Jonathan</c><01:03:32.769><c> had</c>

01:03:32.949 --> 01:03:33.809
one<01:03:33.110><c> and</c><01:03:33.190><c> Jonathan</c><01:03:33.489><c> said,</c>

01:03:34.010 --> 01:03:43.570
I<01:03:34.030><c> want</c><01:03:34.250><c> to</c><01:03:34.349><c> give</c><01:03:34.449><c> it</c><01:03:34.650><c> to</c><01:03:34.829><c> you,</c><01:03:36.050><c> David.</c><01:03:41.730><c> Come</c><01:03:41.969><c> to</c><01:03:42.110><c> chapter</c><01:03:42.389><c> 19.</c>

01:03:44.789 --> 01:03:48.730
We're<01:03:44.969><c> just</c><01:03:45.130><c> going</c><01:03:45.250><c> to</c><01:03:45.369><c> pick</c><01:03:45.489><c> out</c><01:03:45.650><c> some</c><01:03:45.869><c> eyes</c><01:03:46.690><c> out</c><01:03:47.090><c> of</c>

01:03:48.730 --> 01:03:50.469
this<01:03:49.030><c> story,</c><01:03:49.469><c> brothers</c><01:03:49.570><c> and</c><01:03:49.789><c> sisters.</c>

01:03:50.469 --> 01:04:03.030
Okay.<01:03:57.650><c> In</c><01:03:57.889><c> chapter</c><01:03:58.150><c> 19</c><01:03:58.610><c> verse</c><01:03:59.030><c> 4</c><01:03:59.449><c> to</c><01:03:59.630><c> 7,</c><01:04:01.829><c> Jonathan,</c><01:04:02.389><c> it</c><01:04:02.849><c> says</c>

01:04:03.030 --> 01:04:05.190
in<01:04:03.210><c> verse</c><01:04:03.409><c> 4,</c><01:04:03.849><c> spake</c><01:04:04.070><c> good</c><01:04:04.309><c> of</c><01:04:04.489><c> David</c><01:04:04.809><c> unto</c>

01:04:05.190 --> 01:04:07.809
Saul<01:04:05.469><c> his</c><01:04:05.750><c> father</c><01:04:05.989><c> and</c><01:04:06.150><c> said</c><01:04:06.250><c> unto</c><01:04:06.449><c> him,</c><01:04:07.110><c> let</c><01:04:07.230><c> not</c><01:04:07.429><c> the</c><01:04:07.630><c> king</c>

01:04:07.809 --> 01:04:10.329
sin<01:04:08.070><c> against</c><01:04:08.489><c> his</c><01:04:08.670><c> servant,</c><01:04:09.329><c> against</c><01:04:09.869><c> David,</c>

01:04:10.789 --> 01:04:12.949
because<01:04:10.949><c> he</c><01:04:11.130><c> hath</c><01:04:11.269><c> not</c><01:04:11.570><c> sinned</c><01:04:11.789><c> against</c><01:04:12.210><c> thee,</c><01:04:12.610><c> and</c><01:04:12.710><c> because</c>

01:04:12.949 --> 01:04:14.809
his<01:04:13.190><c> works</c><01:04:13.449><c> have</c><01:04:13.690><c> been</c><01:04:13.909><c> to</c><01:04:14.090><c> thee</c><01:04:14.269><c> would</c><01:04:14.449><c> very</c>

01:04:14.809 --> 01:04:19.050
good.<01:04:14.969><c> So</c><01:04:15.449><c> what's</c><01:04:15.889><c> Jonathan</c><01:04:16.130><c> doing</c><01:04:16.429><c> here?</c><01:04:18.489><c> Well,</c><01:04:18.670><c> Jonathan's</c>

01:04:19.050 --> 01:04:21.969
being<01:04:19.269><c> the</c><01:04:19.610><c> friend</c><01:04:20.130><c> who's</c><01:04:20.929><c> loyal</c>

01:04:22.309 --> 01:04:28.150
and<01:04:22.710><c> he</c><01:04:22.849><c> comes</c><01:04:23.050><c> into</c><01:04:23.309><c> his</c><01:04:23.550><c> father,</c><01:04:25.170><c> Saul,</c><01:04:26.909><c> and</c><01:04:27.269><c> intercedes</c><01:04:27.869><c> on</c>

01:04:28.150 --> 01:04:32.010
David's<01:04:28.570><c> behalf</c><01:04:29.090><c> and</c><01:04:30.409><c> he</c><01:04:30.650><c> seeks</c><01:04:30.869><c> assurance</c><01:04:31.469><c> on</c>

01:04:32.010 --> 01:04:36.809
behalf<01:04:32.289><c> of</c><01:04:32.510><c> his</c><01:04:32.769><c> friend</c><01:04:33.130><c> and</c><01:04:33.769><c> he</c><01:04:33.969><c> actually</c><01:04:34.570><c> receives</c><01:04:35.489><c> a</c><01:04:36.130><c> solemn</c><01:04:36.369><c> oath</c>

01:04:36.809 --> 01:04:39.670
from<01:04:37.329><c> his</c><01:04:37.630><c> father</c><01:04:38.190><c> that</c><01:04:39.010><c> he</c><01:04:39.190><c> would</c><01:04:39.449><c> not</c>

01:04:39.670 --> 01:04:43.170
touch<01:04:39.929><c> him.</c><01:04:40.369><c> In</c><01:04:40.510><c> verse</c><01:04:40.769><c> 6,</c><01:04:41.829><c> and</c><01:04:42.010><c> Saul</c><01:04:42.250><c> harken</c><01:04:42.610><c> unto</c><01:04:42.829><c> the</c><01:04:43.010><c> voice</c>

01:04:43.170 --> 01:04:46.550
of<01:04:43.369><c> Jonathan</c><01:04:43.610><c> and</c><01:04:44.130><c> Saul</c><01:04:44.710><c> swear</c><01:04:45.369><c> as</c><01:04:46.010><c> Yahweh</c>

01:04:46.550 --> 01:04:50.070
liveth,<01:04:46.889><c> he</c><01:04:47.130><c> shall</c><01:04:47.429><c> not</c><01:04:47.789><c> be</c><01:04:48.110><c> slain.</c><01:04:48.590><c> So</c><01:04:48.829><c> Jonathan</c><01:04:49.110><c> goes</c><01:04:49.389><c> in</c><01:04:49.690><c> and</c><01:04:49.809><c> is</c>

01:04:50.070 --> 01:04:52.449
prepared<01:04:50.630><c> to</c><01:04:50.989><c> intercede</c><01:04:51.690><c> on</c><01:04:51.949><c> behalf</c><01:04:52.269><c> of</c>

01:04:52.449 --> 01:04:55.690
his<01:04:52.630><c> friend.</c><01:04:52.769><c> That's</c><01:04:53.250><c> loyalty,</c><01:04:53.670><c> isn't</c><01:04:53.869><c> it?</c><01:04:55.369><c> It's</c><01:04:55.469><c> all</c><01:04:55.570><c> right,</c>

01:04:55.690 --> 01:04:57.389
David.<01:04:56.010><c> I'll</c><01:04:56.389><c> go</c><01:04:56.550><c> and</c><01:04:56.710><c> speak</c><01:04:56.849><c> to</c><01:04:56.989><c> my</c><01:04:57.130><c> father</c>

01:04:57.389 --> 01:05:04.809
about<01:04:57.650><c> this.</c><01:04:58.269><c> I'll</c><01:04:58.789><c> seek</c><01:04:59.010><c> a</c><01:04:59.550><c> solemn</c><01:04:59.789><c> oath</c><01:05:00.170><c> and</c><01:05:01.150><c> he</c><01:05:01.389><c> got</c><01:05:01.550><c> that</c><01:05:01.869><c> solemn</c><01:05:02.150><c> oath.</c><01:05:04.489><c> A</c>

01:05:04.809 --> 01:05:07.690
friend<01:05:05.110><c> displays</c><01:05:05.989><c> loyalty.</c>

01:05:10.570 --> 01:05:13.730
But<01:05:11.010><c> then</c><01:05:11.150><c> we</c><01:05:11.289><c> come</c><01:05:11.409><c> to</c><01:05:11.570><c> chapter</c><01:05:11.789><c> 20,</c><01:05:12.329><c> brothers</c><01:05:12.429><c> and</c><01:05:12.710><c> sisters.</c>

01:05:15.489 --> 01:05:18.949
And<01:05:15.630><c> this</c><01:05:15.989><c> chapter</c><01:05:16.329><c> here</c><01:05:17.349><c> makes</c><01:05:17.809><c> for</c><01:05:18.070><c> compelling</c><01:05:18.409><c> reading</c><01:05:18.690><c> as</c>

01:05:18.949 --> 01:05:20.829
well,<01:05:19.190><c> doesn't</c><01:05:19.389><c> it?</c><01:05:19.590><c> It's</c><01:05:20.030><c> an</c><01:05:20.329><c> emotional</c>

01:05:20.829 --> 01:05:24.349
roller<01:05:21.210><c> coaster</c><01:05:21.409><c> that's</c><01:05:21.750><c> going</c><01:05:21.869><c> on</c><01:05:22.090><c> here.</c><01:05:23.210><c> As</c><01:05:23.409><c> you</c><01:05:23.610><c> read</c><01:05:23.750><c> through</c><01:05:23.969><c> that</c>

01:05:24.349 --> 01:05:26.090
chapter,<01:05:24.989><c> as</c><01:05:25.190><c> we</c><01:05:25.329><c> had</c><01:05:25.449><c> it</c><01:05:25.610><c> read</c><01:05:25.710><c> to</c><01:05:25.949><c> us,</c>

01:05:26.269 --> 01:05:32.389
brothers<01:05:26.269><c> and</c><01:05:26.550><c> sisters,</c><01:05:27.170><c> you</c><01:05:27.329><c> can</c><01:05:27.590><c> see</c><01:05:27.849><c> David's</c><01:05:28.530><c> agitated</c><01:05:29.150><c> and</c><01:05:31.349><c> Jonathan's</c><01:05:31.929><c> saying,</c><01:05:32.050><c> hang</c><01:05:32.210><c> on</c>

01:05:32.389 --> 01:05:33.329
a<01:05:32.510><c> minute,</c>

01:05:33.869 --> 01:05:36.969
I've<01:05:34.309><c> spoken</c><01:05:34.530><c> to</c><01:05:34.750><c> my</c><01:05:34.929><c> father.</c><01:05:35.090><c> He's</c><01:05:35.389><c> not</c><01:05:35.510><c> going</c><01:05:35.670><c> to</c><01:05:35.849><c> kill</c><01:05:35.989><c> you.</c>

01:05:37.269 --> 01:05:38.789
In<01:05:37.449><c> fact,</c><01:05:37.550><c> I've</c><01:05:37.710><c> got</c><01:05:37.789><c> a</c><01:05:37.989><c> solemn</c><01:05:38.250><c> oath</c><01:05:38.590><c> that</c>

01:05:38.789 --> 01:05:42.949
he<01:05:38.869><c> won't</c><01:05:39.130><c> kill</c><01:05:39.409><c> you.</c><01:05:40.909><c> David,</c><01:05:41.090><c> David,</c><01:05:41.489><c> you're</c><01:05:41.650><c> overreacting.</c>

01:05:45.050 --> 01:05:47.210
And<01:05:45.309><c> David's</c><01:05:45.550><c> saying,</c><01:05:45.869><c> no,</c><01:05:46.050><c> no,</c><01:05:46.190><c> no,</c><01:05:46.329><c> no,</c><01:05:46.590><c> you</c><01:05:46.849><c> don't</c><01:05:47.090><c> know</c>

01:05:47.210 --> 01:05:48.969
all<01:05:47.409><c> the</c><01:05:47.630><c> details,</c><01:05:48.250><c> Jonathan.</c>

01:05:49.710 --> 01:05:53.570
Jonathan<01:05:50.090><c> says,</c><01:05:50.409><c> look,</c><01:05:51.090><c> my</c><01:05:51.309><c> father</c><01:05:51.570><c> would</c><01:05:51.769><c> do</c><01:05:51.969><c> nothing</c><01:05:52.389><c> except</c><01:05:52.769><c> telling</c><01:05:52.989><c> me</c><01:05:53.269><c> first.</c><01:05:53.409><c> He</c>

01:05:53.570 --> 01:05:54.349
never<01:05:53.809><c> does</c><01:05:53.969><c> anything</c>

01:05:54.349 --> 01:06:05.070
except<01:05:54.690><c> telling</c><01:05:54.909><c> me</c><01:05:55.130><c> first.</c><01:05:55.610><c> I'm</c><01:05:55.949><c> his</c><01:05:56.349><c> prime</c><01:05:57.550><c> mover.</c><01:06:03.409><c> And</c><01:06:03.909><c> David</c><01:06:04.630><c> says,</c><01:06:04.989><c> no,</c>

01:06:05.070 --> 01:06:06.309
no,<01:06:05.190><c> no,</c><01:06:05.269><c> there's</c><01:06:05.429><c> only</c><01:06:05.650><c> a</c><01:06:06.030><c> step</c>

01:06:06.309 --> 01:06:13.269
between<01:06:06.789><c> me</c><01:06:07.409><c> and</c><01:06:08.130><c> death.</c><01:06:09.269><c> It's</c><01:06:09.650><c> this</c><01:06:10.090><c> close.</c><01:06:10.429><c> You</c><01:06:10.530><c> don't</c><01:06:10.829><c> know,</c><01:06:12.269><c> Jonathan,</c><01:06:12.969><c> all</c>

01:06:13.269 --> 01:06:14.309
the<01:06:13.449><c> things</c><01:06:13.769><c> that</c><01:06:13.989><c> have</c><01:06:14.170><c> happened.</c>

01:06:14.369 --> 01:06:17.190
And<01:06:14.449><c> it</c><01:06:14.510><c> would</c><01:06:14.710><c> appear</c><01:06:15.349><c> that</c><01:06:15.730><c> Jonathan</c><01:06:16.210><c> has</c><01:06:16.570><c> been</c><01:06:16.849><c> kept</c><01:06:17.030><c> in</c>

01:06:17.190 --> 01:06:19.570
the<01:06:17.389><c> dark</c><01:06:17.750><c> about</c><01:06:18.389><c> all</c><01:06:18.550><c> the</c><01:06:18.710><c> times</c><01:06:18.929><c> that</c><01:06:19.110><c> the</c><01:06:19.269><c> javelin's</c>

01:06:19.570 --> 01:06:25.090
been<01:06:19.849><c> thrown,</c><01:06:21.130><c> about</c><01:06:21.429><c> the</c><01:06:22.389><c> incidents</c><01:06:22.889><c> of</c><01:06:23.789><c> David</c><01:06:24.230><c> sending</c><01:06:24.690><c> off</c>

01:06:25.090 --> 01:06:27.909
to<01:06:25.469><c> his</c><01:06:25.769><c> house</c><01:06:26.309><c> and</c><01:06:26.710><c> Michael</c><01:06:27.110><c> and</c><01:06:27.269><c> the</c><01:06:27.510><c> incident</c><01:06:27.750><c> of</c>

01:06:27.909 --> 01:06:30.909
coming<01:06:28.110><c> out</c><01:06:28.289><c> the</c><01:06:28.369><c> window.</c><01:06:28.650><c> Jonathan</c><01:06:29.030><c> is</c><01:06:29.329><c> in</c><01:06:29.489><c> the</c><01:06:29.610><c> dark</c><01:06:30.130><c> and</c>

01:06:30.909 --> 01:06:35.050
Jonathan<01:06:31.710><c> hasn't</c><01:06:32.230><c> been</c><01:06:32.610><c> told.</c><01:06:33.449><c> And</c><01:06:33.730><c> David</c><01:06:33.889><c> said,</c><01:06:34.090><c> no,</c><01:06:34.230><c> no,</c>

01:06:35.130 --> 01:06:39.449
you<01:06:35.389><c> need</c><01:06:35.769><c> to</c><01:06:35.949><c> find</c><01:06:36.190><c> out</c><01:06:36.389><c> the</c><01:06:36.630><c> truth.</c><01:06:38.630><c> You</c><01:06:38.750><c> know</c><01:06:38.809><c> what</c><01:06:38.949><c> Jonathan</c><01:06:39.210><c> does,</c>

01:06:39.650 --> 01:06:40.630
brothers<01:06:39.690><c> and</c><01:06:39.909><c> sisters?</c><01:06:40.349><c> He</c><01:06:40.429><c> doesn't</c>

01:06:40.630 --> 01:06:44.650
say,<01:06:40.889><c> David,</c><01:06:41.110><c> you're</c><01:06:41.369><c> a</c><01:06:41.530><c> liar.</c><01:06:43.170><c> Look,</c><01:06:43.289><c> you're</c><01:06:43.530><c> overreacting.</c>

01:06:45.510 --> 01:06:48.210
I<01:06:45.909><c> think</c><01:06:46.250><c> I</c><01:06:46.429><c> know</c><01:06:46.570><c> what's</c><01:06:46.869><c> going</c><01:06:47.050><c> on</c><01:06:47.250><c> here.</c>

01:06:50.230 --> 01:07:00.070
Jonathan<01:06:50.750><c> seeks</c><01:06:51.269><c> the</c><01:06:51.630><c> truth.</c><01:06:53.309><c> He</c><01:06:53.610><c> trusts</c><01:06:53.969><c> his</c><01:06:54.389><c> friend.</c><01:06:55.889><c> A</c><01:06:56.190><c> friend</c><01:06:57.150><c> shows</c><01:06:57.929><c> trust.</c><01:06:59.909><c> He</c>

01:07:00.070 --> 01:07:01.130
wants<01:07:00.329><c> straight</c><01:07:00.670><c> answers.</c>

01:07:01.130 --> 01:07:06.070
He<01:07:01.250><c> can't</c><01:07:01.550><c> believe</c><01:07:01.889><c> it,</c><01:07:02.070><c> but</c><01:07:02.170><c> he's</c><01:07:02.309><c> on</c><01:07:02.550><c> David's</c><01:07:03.170><c> side.</c><01:07:04.269><c> Loyalty</c><01:07:04.869><c> is</c><01:07:05.210><c> strong.</c>

01:07:11.329 --> 01:07:14.429
Move<01:07:11.630><c> over</c><01:07:11.829><c> to</c><01:07:11.969><c> chapter</c><01:07:12.230><c> 23,</c><01:07:12.929><c> brothers</c><01:07:13.030><c> and</c><01:07:13.250><c> sisters.</c>

01:07:20.090 --> 01:07:22.570
Jonathan<01:07:20.389><c> does</c><01:07:20.710><c> find</c><01:07:20.909><c> out</c><01:07:21.090><c> the</c><01:07:21.309><c> truth</c><01:07:21.610><c> and</c><01:07:21.949><c> it's</c><01:07:22.190><c> not</c><01:07:22.369><c> good</c>

01:07:22.570 --> 01:07:25.989
for<01:07:22.849><c> David.</c><01:07:23.750><c> And</c><01:07:23.849><c> there's</c><01:07:24.090><c> this</c><01:07:24.449><c> tearful</c><01:07:25.130><c> departing</c>

01:07:25.989 --> 01:07:30.449
of<01:07:26.530><c> friends</c><01:07:26.789><c> at</c><01:07:27.010><c> the</c><01:07:27.110><c> end</c><01:07:27.269><c> of</c><01:07:27.449><c> chapter</c><01:07:27.630><c> 20</c><01:07:28.050><c> that</c><01:07:28.230><c> we</c><01:07:28.670><c> read.</c><01:07:30.269><c> And</c>

01:07:30.449 --> 01:07:32.869
they<01:07:30.510><c> don't</c><01:07:30.650><c> see</c><01:07:30.869><c> each</c><01:07:31.110><c> other,</c><01:07:31.969><c> really,</c>

01:07:33.449 --> 01:07:36.570
in<01:07:33.969><c> untrying</c><01:07:34.489><c> circumstances.</c><01:07:35.349><c> Again,</c><01:07:35.929><c> the</c><01:07:36.010><c> only</c><01:07:36.190><c> time</c><01:07:36.349><c> they</c>

01:07:36.570 --> 01:07:39.010
meet<01:07:36.849><c> is</c><01:07:37.289><c> in</c><01:07:37.409><c> very</c><01:07:37.710><c> difficult</c><01:07:38.230><c> circumstances.</c>

01:07:39.309 --> 01:07:43.170
And<01:07:39.489><c> one</c><01:07:39.630><c> of</c><01:07:39.750><c> those</c><01:07:39.949><c> here</c><01:07:40.409><c> is</c><01:07:40.670><c> in</c><01:07:41.429><c> chapter</c><01:07:41.650><c> 23,</c><01:07:42.250><c> verse</c><01:07:42.530><c> 16</c><01:07:43.010><c> to</c>

01:07:43.170 --> 01:07:45.570
18,<01:07:43.530><c> when</c><01:07:43.769><c> Saul's</c><01:07:44.050><c> trying</c><01:07:44.269><c> to</c><01:07:44.730><c> hunt</c><01:07:44.949><c> David</c><01:07:45.289><c> down</c>

01:07:45.570 --> 01:07:48.929
and<01:07:45.670><c> he</c><01:07:45.829><c> can't</c><01:07:46.170><c> find</c><01:07:46.389><c> him</c><01:07:46.510><c> and</c><01:07:46.570><c> he's</c><01:07:46.809><c> hiding</c><01:07:47.010><c> in</c><01:07:47.269><c> the</c><01:07:47.849><c> wood</c><01:07:48.389><c> at</c>

01:07:48.929 --> 01:07:52.010
Ziph<01:07:49.369><c> and</c><01:07:49.630><c> the</c><01:07:49.829><c> Ziphites</c><01:07:50.469><c> betray</c><01:07:51.309><c> him</c><01:07:51.710><c> and</c>

01:07:52.010 --> 01:07:54.309
on<01:07:52.369><c> one</c><01:07:52.610><c> side</c><01:07:52.769><c> of</c><01:07:52.889><c> the</c><01:07:52.949><c> mountain</c><01:07:53.250><c> and</c><01:07:53.530><c> David's</c><01:07:53.769><c> on</c><01:07:53.869><c> the</c><01:07:54.010><c> other</c>

01:07:54.309 --> 01:07:55.989
and<01:07:54.650><c> it</c><01:07:54.829><c> got</c><01:07:54.989><c> very,</c><01:07:55.369><c> very</c><01:07:55.650><c> close.</c>

01:07:56.289 --> 01:07:59.969
Jonathan<01:07:56.690><c> goes</c><01:07:57.030><c> right</c><01:07:57.489><c> in</c><01:07:57.809><c> and</c><01:07:57.989><c> he</c><01:07:58.250><c> manages</c><01:07:58.530><c> to</c><01:07:58.829><c> find</c><01:07:59.030><c> David.</c>

01:08:00.090 --> 01:08:03.269
And<01:08:00.250><c> what</c><01:08:00.329><c> does</c><01:08:00.469><c> he</c><01:08:00.630><c> do?</c><01:08:02.769><c> Well,</c>

01:08:03.769 --> 01:08:08.869
Jonathan<01:08:04.110><c> the</c><01:08:04.650><c> strengthener.</c><01:08:06.550><c> He</c><01:08:06.789><c> strengthened</c><01:08:07.570><c> his</c><01:08:08.369><c> hand</c>

01:08:08.869 --> 01:08:11.130
in<01:08:09.289><c> God</c><01:08:09.469><c> in</c><01:08:09.670><c> verse</c><01:08:09.929><c> 16.</c>

01:08:11.230 --> 01:08:13.469
Jonathan,<01:08:11.789><c> Saul's</c><01:08:11.989><c> son</c><01:08:12.090><c> arose</c><01:08:12.429><c> and</c><01:08:12.570><c> went</c><01:08:12.730><c> to</c><01:08:12.929><c> David</c><01:08:13.090><c> into</c><01:08:13.309><c> the</c>

01:08:13.469 --> 01:08:16.069
wood<01:08:13.550><c> and</c><01:08:13.809><c> strengthened</c><01:08:14.250><c> his</c><01:08:14.829><c> hand</c><01:08:15.349><c> in</c><01:08:15.929><c> God.</c>

01:08:16.270 --> 01:08:17.970
I<01:08:16.390><c> want</c><01:08:16.489><c> you</c><01:08:16.609><c> to</c><01:08:16.770><c> notice,</c><01:08:17.149><c> brothers</c><01:08:17.250><c> and</c><01:08:17.430><c> sisters,</c><01:08:17.630><c> he</c><01:08:17.750><c> didn't</c>

01:08:17.970 --> 01:08:20.029
just<01:08:18.329><c> go</c><01:08:18.550><c> to</c><01:08:18.770><c> commiserate.</c>

01:08:20.270 --> 01:08:23.909
He<01:08:20.869><c> didn't</c><01:08:21.050><c> just</c><01:08:21.350><c> go</c><01:08:21.510><c> to</c><01:08:21.710><c> feed</c><01:08:21.890><c> himself</c><01:08:22.369><c> pity.</c><01:08:23.409><c> Friends</c><01:08:23.609><c> don't</c>

01:08:23.909 --> 01:08:27.810
do<01:08:24.149><c> that.</c><01:08:25.890><c> That's</c><01:08:26.229><c> just</c><01:08:26.630><c> negativity.</c><01:08:27.409><c> He</c><01:08:27.510><c> didn't</c>

01:08:27.810 --> 01:08:33.090
wallow<01:08:28.289><c> in</c><01:08:28.569><c> negativity.</c><01:08:31.149><c> He</c><01:08:31.229><c> went</c><01:08:31.569><c> in</c><01:08:31.829><c> and</c><01:08:32.210><c> strengthened</c><01:08:32.630><c> his</c>

01:08:33.090 --> 01:08:36.010
friend<01:08:33.310><c> in</c><01:08:33.529><c> the</c><01:08:33.789><c> word</c><01:08:34.050><c> of</c><01:08:34.329><c> God</c><01:08:34.729><c> and</c><01:08:35.130><c> in</c><01:08:35.289><c> the</c><01:08:35.609><c> future</c>

01:08:36.010 --> 01:08:42.569
of<01:08:36.270><c> the</c><01:08:36.369><c> kingdom</c><01:08:36.649><c> of</c><01:08:36.850><c> Israel.</c><01:08:39.069><c> He</c><01:08:39.329><c> gave</c><01:08:39.590><c> his</c><01:08:39.890><c> friend</c><01:08:40.090><c> a</c><01:08:40.369><c> vision.</c><01:08:41.670><c> He</c><01:08:41.970><c> pulled</c><01:08:42.250><c> his</c>

01:08:42.569 --> 01:08:45.310
friend<01:08:42.729><c> up.</c><01:08:44.750><c> A</c><01:08:45.050><c> friend</c>

01:08:45.310 --> 01:08:51.590
provides<01:08:45.869><c> support.</c><01:08:47.590><c> They</c><01:08:47.890><c> don't</c><01:08:48.090><c> just</c><01:08:48.449><c> commiserate.</c><01:08:51.229><c> And</c>

01:08:51.590 --> 01:08:53.430
finally,<01:08:52.029><c> brothers</c><01:08:52.130><c> and</c><01:08:52.409><c> sisters,</c>

01:08:54.250 --> 01:08:57.750
in<01:08:54.390><c> first</c><01:08:54.569><c> of</c><01:08:54.710><c> Samuel</c><01:08:54.930><c> 23,</c><01:08:55.470><c> verse</c><01:08:55.649><c> 16</c><01:08:56.109><c> to</c><01:08:56.310><c> 18,</c><01:08:56.850><c> sorry,</c><01:08:57.289><c> that's</c>

01:08:57.750 --> 01:09:00.449
an<01:08:57.930><c> incorrect</c><01:08:58.850><c> quote</c><01:08:59.350><c> there.</c>

01:09:01.569 --> 01:09:08.170
It's<01:09:02.090><c> second</c><01:09:02.350><c> of</c><01:09:02.510><c> Samuel</c><01:09:02.729><c> chapter</c><01:09:03.050><c> one,</c><01:09:04.649><c> actually.</c><01:09:07.850><c> Saul</c><01:09:08.010><c> and</c>

01:09:08.170 --> 01:09:09.880
Jonathan<01:09:08.529><c> are</c><01:09:08.829><c> killed</c><01:09:09.010><c> on</c><01:09:09.170><c> the</c><01:09:09.329><c> mountains</c><01:09:09.569><c> of</c>

01:09:09.880 --> 01:09:18.000
Noah.<01:09:14.979><c> And</c><01:09:15.520><c> Jonathan</c><01:09:15.779><c> knew</c><01:09:16.060><c> that</c><01:09:16.239><c> he</c><01:09:16.340><c> would</c><01:09:16.500><c> have</c><01:09:16.659><c> to</c><01:09:16.859><c> die</c><01:09:17.239><c> for</c>

01:09:18.000 --> 01:09:20.800
David<01:09:18.300><c> to</c><01:09:18.560><c> take</c><01:09:18.739><c> up</c><01:09:18.859><c> the</c><01:09:19.100><c> role</c><01:09:19.279><c> of</c><01:09:19.399><c> being</c><01:09:19.699><c> king.</c>

01:09:21.800 --> 01:09:24.680
And<01:09:22.000><c> so</c><01:09:22.119><c> we</c><01:09:22.340><c> find</c><01:09:22.560><c> in</c><01:09:22.800><c> second</c><01:09:23.079><c> of</c><01:09:23.220><c> Samuel</c><01:09:23.439><c> chapter</c><01:09:23.800><c> one,</c><01:09:24.420><c> this</c>

01:09:24.680 --> 01:09:26.899
wonderful<01:09:25.220><c> prayer</c><01:09:25.659><c> that</c><01:09:26.180><c> David</c>

01:09:26.899 --> 01:09:31.079
prays,<01:09:27.680><c> this</c><01:09:27.920><c> song</c><01:09:28.159><c> of</c><01:09:28.439><c> lament</c><01:09:28.899><c> of</c><01:09:29.939><c> the</c><01:09:30.300><c> mighty,</c><01:09:30.699><c> how</c><01:09:30.800><c> the</c>

01:09:31.079 --> 01:09:32.880
mighty<01:09:31.359><c> have</c><01:09:31.720><c> fallen.</c>

01:09:35.739 --> 01:09:40.720
But<01:09:36.479><c> verse</c><01:09:36.800><c> 26,</c><01:09:37.640><c> brothers</c><01:09:38.140><c> and</c><01:09:38.399><c> sisters,</c><01:09:39.539><c> he</c><01:09:39.920><c> particularly</c>

01:09:40.720 --> 01:09:42.939
focuses<01:09:41.180><c> in</c><01:09:41.439><c> on</c><01:09:41.579><c> his</c><01:09:41.899><c> friend.</c>

01:09:43.760 --> 01:09:48.319
I<01:09:43.760><c> am</c><01:09:44.000><c> distressed</c><01:09:44.539><c> for</c><01:09:44.779><c> thee,</c><01:09:46.159><c> my</c><01:09:46.539><c> brother</c><01:09:47.380><c> Jonathan.</c><01:09:48.159><c> There</c>

01:09:48.319 --> 01:09:51.239
is<01:09:48.539><c> a</c><01:09:48.840><c> friend</c><01:09:49.119><c> that</c><01:09:49.479><c> sticketh</c><01:09:49.899><c> closer</c><01:09:50.380><c> than</c><01:09:50.840><c> a</c>

01:09:51.239 --> 01:09:56.579
brother.<01:09:52.159><c> Here</c><01:09:52.380><c> it</c><01:09:52.539><c> is.</c><01:09:54.699><c> Very</c><01:09:54.960><c> pleasant</c><01:09:55.460><c> hast</c><01:09:55.779><c> thou</c><01:09:55.920><c> been</c><01:09:56.159><c> unto</c><01:09:56.380><c> me.</c>

01:09:56.699 --> 01:10:01.260
Thy<01:09:57.140><c> love,</c><01:09:57.699><c> Hebrew</c><01:09:58.220><c> Ahab,</c><01:09:59.939><c> thy</c><01:10:00.180><c> love</c><01:10:00.439><c> to</c><01:10:00.699><c> me</c><01:10:00.920><c> was</c>

01:10:01.260 --> 01:10:09.460
wonderful,<01:10:01.859><c> passing</c><01:10:02.420><c> the</c><01:10:02.840><c> love</c><01:10:03.180><c> of</c><01:10:03.579><c> women.</c><01:10:06.859><c> Jonathan</c><01:10:07.279><c> the</c><01:10:07.800><c> selfless,</c><01:10:09.319><c> a</c>

01:10:09.460 --> 01:10:11.479
man<01:10:09.680><c> willing</c><01:10:10.020><c> to</c><01:10:10.260><c> lay</c><01:10:10.439><c> down</c><01:10:10.819><c> his</c><01:10:11.199><c> life</c>

01:10:11.479 --> 01:10:15.420
for<01:10:11.779><c> his</c><01:10:12.140><c> friend.</c><01:10:12.479><c> Greater</c><01:10:12.699><c> love</c><01:10:12.960><c> hath</c><01:10:13.260><c> no</c><01:10:13.520><c> man</c><01:10:13.699><c> than</c><01:10:13.979><c> this.</c><01:10:15.119><c> A</c>

01:10:15.420 --> 01:10:17.239
friend<01:10:15.539><c> will</c><01:10:15.880><c> always</c><01:10:16.319><c> love.</c>

01:10:18.680 --> 01:10:22.220
It's<01:10:19.220><c> a</c><01:10:19.439><c> powerful</c><01:10:19.680><c> example,</c><01:10:20.359><c> brothers</c><01:10:20.460><c> and</c><01:10:20.720><c> sisters,</c><01:10:21.760><c> and</c><01:10:22.100><c> I</c>

01:10:22.220 --> 01:10:24.880
think<01:10:22.359><c> we've</c><01:10:22.579><c> clearly</c><01:10:22.899><c> seen</c><01:10:23.300><c> Proverbs</c><01:10:23.680><c> 18,</c><01:10:24.239><c> verse</c><01:10:24.420><c> 24</c>

01:10:24.880 --> 01:10:29.180
played<01:10:25.300><c> out</c><01:10:26.199><c> the</c><01:10:26.739><c> first</c><01:10:27.060><c> half</c><01:10:27.500><c> and</c><01:10:28.039><c> the</c><01:10:28.239><c> second</c><01:10:28.539><c> half.</c><01:10:28.960><c> Which</c>

01:10:29.180 --> 01:10:30.600
one<01:10:29.340><c> would</c><01:10:29.539><c> you</c><01:10:29.680><c> prefer?</c>

01:10:33.779 --> 01:10:37.439
What<01:10:34.220><c> have</c><01:10:34.420><c> we</c><01:10:34.640><c> seen?</c><01:10:36.279><c> Well,</c><01:10:36.500><c> we've</c><01:10:36.600><c> seen</c><01:10:36.779><c> that</c><01:10:37.000><c> choosing</c><01:10:37.260><c> the</c>

01:10:37.439 --> 01:10:40.659
right<01:10:37.640><c> friends</c><01:10:37.899><c> is</c><01:10:38.239><c> just</c><01:10:38.899><c> so</c><01:10:39.380><c> important,</c>

01:10:41.300 --> 01:10:44.619
so<01:10:41.739><c> important</c><01:10:42.180><c> in</c><01:10:42.319><c> the</c><01:10:42.539><c> truth.</c><01:10:43.699><c> We've</c><01:10:43.899><c> seen</c><01:10:44.060><c> that</c><01:10:44.260><c> friends</c><01:10:44.460><c> of</c>

01:10:44.619 --> 01:10:46.819
the<01:10:44.819><c> world</c><01:10:45.020><c> will</c><01:10:45.460><c> bring</c><01:10:45.640><c> us</c><01:10:45.920><c> to</c><01:10:46.039><c> ruin.</c><01:10:46.119><c> It's</c><01:10:46.260><c> not</c><01:10:46.420><c> a</c><01:10:46.560><c> case</c>

01:10:46.819 --> 01:10:54.039
of<01:10:47.159><c> maybe,</c><01:10:49.020><c> possibly,</c><01:10:50.460><c> it's</c><01:10:50.579><c> just</c><01:10:50.779><c> a</c><01:10:50.880><c> case</c><01:10:51.039><c> of</c><01:10:51.319><c> when.</c><01:10:53.520><c> But</c><01:10:53.760><c> friends</c><01:10:53.920><c> in</c>

01:10:54.039 --> 01:10:55.220
the<01:10:54.279><c> truth,</c><01:10:54.560><c> brothers</c><01:10:54.720><c> and</c><01:10:54.960><c> sisters,</c>

01:10:55.279 --> 01:10:58.340
are<01:10:55.460><c> so</c><01:10:55.739><c> vital.</c><01:10:56.180><c> But</c><01:10:56.260><c> friends</c><01:10:56.439><c> in</c><01:10:56.560><c> the</c><01:10:56.779><c> truth</c><01:10:56.939><c> are</c><01:10:57.319><c> only</c><01:10:57.640><c> helpful</c><01:10:58.020><c> if</c>

01:10:58.340 --> 01:11:02.800
they<01:10:58.739><c> are</c><01:10:59.640><c> like</c><01:11:00.060><c>-minded,</c><01:11:01.720><c> loyal,</c>

01:11:03.260 --> 01:11:10.100
trusting,<01:11:05.159><c> supportive</c><01:11:05.659><c> and</c><01:11:07.180><c> selfless.</c><01:11:09.359><c> Thank</c><01:11:09.739><c> you,</c><01:11:09.920><c> Brother</c>

01:11:10.100 --> 01:11:12.640
Stephen.<01:11:10.979><c> Brother</c><01:11:11.199><c> Stephen's</c><01:11:11.659><c> outlined</c><01:11:12.100><c> some</c>

01:11:12.640 --> 01:11:20.760
clear<01:11:13.279><c> examples</c><01:11:14.319><c> of</c><01:11:16.600><c> friendships</c><01:11:17.180><c> and</c><01:11:19.060><c> potential</c><01:11:20.319><c> outcomes</c>

01:11:20.760 --> 01:11:22.159
for<01:11:21.079><c> us.</c>

01:11:24.039 --> 01:11:29.279
We're<01:11:24.579><c> going</c><01:11:24.659><c> to</c><01:11:24.779><c> break</c><01:11:24.899><c> now</c><01:11:25.199><c> for</c><01:11:25.760><c> morning</c><01:11:26.079><c> tea,</c><01:11:27.300><c> and</c><01:11:28.479><c> before</c>

01:11:29.279 --> 01:11:31.159
we<01:11:29.399><c> do</c><01:11:29.539><c> that</c><01:11:29.739><c> we'll</c><01:11:30.380><c> ask</c><01:11:30.640><c> a</c><01:11:30.800><c> blessing,</c>

01:11:31.659 --> 01:11:36.520
and<01:11:31.800><c> then</c><01:11:32.000><c> after</c><01:11:32.279><c> the</c><01:11:32.560><c> prayer</c><01:11:33.180><c> Brother</c><01:11:33.859><c> Scott</c><01:11:34.239><c> has</c><01:11:34.579><c> some</c><01:11:35.279><c> announcements</c><01:11:35.880><c> which</c><01:11:36.340><c> I'm</c>

01:11:36.520 --> 01:11:37.449
sure<01:11:36.720><c> you're</c><01:11:37.000><c> all</c>

01:11:37.449 --> 01:11:43.090
just<01:11:38.310><c> waiting</c><01:11:38.810><c> for.</c><01:11:40.270><c> So</c><01:11:40.550><c> I'll</c><01:11:40.649><c> just</c><01:11:40.810><c> ask</c><01:11:40.970><c> our</c><01:11:41.130><c> brother</c><01:11:41.289><c> Russell</c><01:11:41.569><c> to</c><01:11:42.510><c> lead</c><01:11:42.789><c> us</c>

01:11:43.090 --> 01:11:44.409
in<01:11:43.470><c> thanksgiving</c><01:11:43.930><c> for</c><01:11:44.149><c> morning</c>

01:11:44.409 --> 01:11:52.609
tea.<01:11:46.069><c> Our</c><01:11:46.289><c> God,</c><01:11:46.590><c> our</c><01:11:46.829><c> Father</c><01:11:47.310><c> and</c><01:11:47.770><c> our</c><01:11:48.069><c> Maker,</c><01:11:50.069><c> we</c><01:11:50.250><c> come</c><01:11:50.449><c> to</c><01:11:50.689><c> thank</c><01:11:50.949><c> Thee</c><01:11:51.489><c> for</c><01:11:51.829><c> extending</c><01:11:52.229><c> to</c>

01:11:52.609 --> 01:11:54.170
us<01:11:52.909><c> the</c><01:11:53.130><c> offer</c><01:11:53.590><c> of</c>

01:11:54.170 --> 01:11:58.850
friendship,<01:11:56.449><c> and</c><01:11:56.550><c> we</c><01:11:56.789><c> come</c><01:11:57.149><c> seeking</c><01:11:57.689><c> the</c><01:11:58.010><c> peace</c><01:11:58.310><c> that</c><01:11:58.630><c> that</c>

01:11:58.850 --> 01:12:00.390
friendship<01:11:59.250><c> brings.</c>

01:12:01.109 --> 01:12:06.390
And<01:12:01.670><c> yet</c><01:12:01.850><c> as</c><01:12:02.069><c> we</c><01:12:02.229><c> come</c><01:12:02.390><c> to</c><01:12:02.649><c> rely</c><01:12:02.949><c> on</c><01:12:03.310><c> Thy</c><01:12:03.550><c> hand</c><01:12:04.149><c> and</c><01:12:04.710><c> on</c><01:12:04.970><c> Thy</c><01:12:05.250><c> companionship,</c>

01:12:07.409 --> 01:12:10.090
we<01:12:07.569><c> remember</c><01:12:07.970><c> also</c><01:12:08.449><c> that</c><01:12:08.689><c> there</c><01:12:08.869><c> are</c><01:12:09.029><c> others</c><01:12:09.250><c> that</c><01:12:09.569><c> rely</c><01:12:09.810><c> on</c>

01:12:10.090 --> 01:12:12.149
our<01:12:10.409><c> companionship</c><01:12:10.970><c> to</c><01:12:11.149><c> them.</c>

01:12:12.970 --> 01:12:16.289
And<01:12:13.270><c> we</c><01:12:13.449><c> pray</c><01:12:13.569><c> that</c><01:12:13.810><c> even</c><01:12:14.090><c> as</c><01:12:14.449><c> we</c><01:12:14.590><c> go</c><01:12:14.689><c> out</c><01:12:15.010><c> seeking</c><01:12:15.329><c> good</c><01:12:15.649><c> friends</c><01:12:16.029><c> that</c>

01:12:16.289 --> 01:12:18.649
we<01:12:16.529><c> might</c><01:12:16.810><c> also</c><01:12:17.289><c> be</c><01:12:17.710><c> good</c><01:12:17.970><c> friends</c><01:12:18.329><c> to</c>

01:12:18.649 --> 01:12:23.829
others,<01:12:20.270><c> that</c><01:12:20.449><c> our</c><01:12:20.770><c> influence</c><01:12:21.130><c> in</c><01:12:21.329><c> their</c><01:12:21.529><c> lives</c><01:12:21.869><c> might</c><01:12:22.170><c> be</c><01:12:22.409><c> positive</c><01:12:22.970><c> and</c><01:12:23.409><c> not</c><01:12:23.609><c> to</c>

01:12:23.829 --> 01:12:26.329
ruin,<01:12:25.430><c> and</c><01:12:25.590><c> that</c><01:12:25.710><c> we</c><01:12:25.869><c> might</c><01:12:26.050><c> be</c>

01:12:26.329 --> 01:12:31.869
loyal<01:12:27.270><c> and</c><01:12:28.569><c> supportive</c><01:12:28.789><c> to</c><01:12:29.430><c> those</c><01:12:29.750><c> who</c><01:12:29.949><c> have</c><01:12:30.090><c> come</c><01:12:30.550><c> to</c><01:12:30.930><c> us</c><01:12:31.369><c> for</c>

01:12:31.869 --> 01:12:35.449
assistance<01:12:32.350><c> and</c><01:12:32.630><c> help.</c><01:12:33.729><c> And</c><01:12:33.909><c> so</c><01:12:34.029><c> as</c><01:12:34.250><c> we</c><01:12:34.430><c> trust</c><01:12:34.789><c> in</c>

01:12:35.449 --> 01:12:41.210
Thy<01:12:35.729><c> friendship,</c><01:12:37.569><c> may</c><01:12:37.590><c> we</c><01:12:37.770><c> learn</c><01:12:37.949><c> to</c><01:12:38.449><c> apply</c><01:12:38.710><c> that</c><01:12:39.069><c> into</c><01:12:40.270><c> those</c>

01:12:41.210 --> 01:12:43.970
friendships<01:12:41.850><c> that</c><01:12:42.189><c> we</c><01:12:42.390><c> have</c><01:12:42.829><c> and</c><01:12:43.170><c> enjoy.</c>

01:12:44.750 --> 01:12:48.529
We<01:12:44.949><c> thank</c><01:12:45.149><c> Thee</c><01:12:45.390><c> for</c><01:12:45.569><c> the</c><01:12:45.789><c> provision</c><01:12:46.069><c> of</c><01:12:46.350><c> food</c><01:12:46.630><c> each</c><01:12:47.130><c> day.</c><01:12:48.350><c> May</c>

01:12:48.529 --> 01:12:52.729
You<01:12:48.670><c> be</c><01:12:48.789><c> with</c><01:12:48.989><c> us</c><01:12:49.409><c> as</c><01:12:49.689><c> we</c><01:12:49.970><c> continue</c><01:12:50.550><c> in</c><01:12:51.569><c> our</c><01:12:51.829><c> time</c><01:12:52.250><c> of</c>

01:12:52.729 --> 01:12:56.050
fellowship<01:12:53.090><c> together.</c><01:12:54.430><c> We</c><01:12:54.649><c> ask</c><01:12:54.909><c> these</c><01:12:55.109><c> things</c><01:12:55.449><c> through</c><01:12:55.829><c> our</c>

01:12:56.050 --> 01:12:58.630
Lord,<01:12:57.130><c> our</c><01:12:57.229><c> Saviour,</c><01:12:57.510><c> Jesus</c><01:12:57.810><c> Christ.</c>