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outwardly,<00:10:26.940><c> particularly</c><00:10:27.720><c> in</c><00:10:28.080><c> religious</c><00:10:28.480><c> matters.</c>

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It's<00:10:30.500><c> possible</c><00:10:31.000><c> to</c><00:10:31.440><c> feign</c><00:10:31.960><c> goodness,</c>

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to<00:10:33.600><c> go</c><00:10:33.840><c> through</c><00:10:34.139><c> the</c><00:10:34.440><c> motions</c><00:10:34.980><c> of</c><00:10:35.159><c> being</c><00:10:35.419><c> a</c><00:10:35.559><c> good</c><00:10:35.799><c> Christadelphian,</c>

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to<00:10:37.799><c> keep</c><00:10:38.080><c> the</c><00:10:38.539><c> ordinances</c><00:10:39.179><c> as</c><00:10:39.600><c> they</c><00:10:39.879><c> were</c><00:10:40.200><c> delivered</c><00:10:40.639><c> to</c><00:10:40.980><c> us,</c>

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mechanically,<00:10:43.100><c> regularly,</c><00:10:44.159><c> like</c><00:10:44.279><c> clockwork,</c>

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and<00:10:45.799><c> yet</c><00:10:46.000><c> not</c><00:10:46.299><c> have</c><00:10:46.519><c> them</c><00:10:46.919><c> anywhere</c><00:10:47.500><c> near</c><00:10:48.240><c> the</c><00:10:48.679><c> center,</c>

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the<00:10:49.960><c> heart</c><00:10:50.139><c> of</c><00:10:50.340><c> our</c><00:10:50.559><c> actions.</c>

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You<00:10:53.059><c> know,</c><00:10:53.299><c> brethren</c><00:10:53.480><c> and</c><00:10:53.639><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:10:54.019><c> can</c><00:10:54.379><c> so</c><00:10:54.620><c> easily</c><00:10:55.000><c> deceive</c><00:10:55.360><c> ourselves</c>

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into<00:10:56.100><c> thinking</c><00:10:56.360><c> that</c><00:10:56.559><c> all</c><00:10:56.720><c> is</c><00:10:56.980><c> well.</c>

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Take<00:10:58.759><c> that</c><00:10:59.279><c> classic</c><00:10:59.720><c> example</c><00:11:00.320><c> which</c><00:11:00.759><c> Jesus</c><00:11:01.200><c> gave,</c>

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the<00:11:02.259><c> little</c><00:11:02.440><c> parable</c><00:11:02.799><c> of</c><00:11:03.059><c> the</c><00:11:03.340><c> Pharisee</c><00:11:03.799><c> and</c><00:11:03.820><c> the</c><00:11:04.039><c> publican,</c>

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those<00:11:05.179><c> two</c><00:11:05.399><c> men</c><00:11:05.559><c> who</c><00:11:05.679><c> went</c><00:11:05.820><c> up</c><00:11:06.019><c> to</c><00:11:06.120><c> the</c><00:11:06.240><c> temple</c><00:11:06.460><c> to</c><00:11:06.720><c> pray.</c>

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And<00:11:07.899><c> the</c><00:11:08.059><c> Pharisee,</c><00:11:08.600><c> you'll</c><00:11:08.799><c> remember,</c><00:11:09.340><c> prayed</c><00:11:09.559><c> thus</c><00:11:09.940><c> with</c><00:11:10.320><c> himself.</c>

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His<00:11:11.320><c> words</c><00:11:11.519><c> didn't</c><00:11:11.720><c> go</c><00:11:11.919><c> any</c><00:11:12.200><c> higher</c><00:11:12.399><c> than</c><00:11:12.559><c> the</c><00:11:12.679><c> top</c><00:11:12.820><c> of</c><00:11:13.000><c> his</c><00:11:13.179><c> head,</c>

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because<00:11:14.159><c> he</c><00:11:14.360><c> said,</c>

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I<00:11:15.059><c> thank</c><00:11:15.440><c> thee,</c><00:11:15.720><c> Lord,</c><00:11:16.039><c> that</c><00:11:16.279><c> I</c><00:11:16.679><c> am</c><00:11:16.840><c> not</c><00:11:17.159><c> as</c><00:11:17.440><c> other</c><00:11:17.720><c> men.</c>

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I<00:11:18.860><c> give</c><00:11:19.100><c> tithes</c><00:11:19.500><c> of</c><00:11:19.639><c> all</c><00:11:19.860><c> that</c><00:11:19.980><c> I</c><00:11:20.240><c> possess.</c>

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I<00:11:21.120><c> fast</c><00:11:21.440><c> three</c><00:11:21.840><c> times</c><00:11:22.259><c> in</c><00:11:22.500><c> the</c><00:11:22.659><c> week.</c>

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I<00:11:23.620><c> go</c><00:11:23.919><c> through</c><00:11:24.179><c> all</c><00:11:24.539><c> the</c><00:11:24.799><c> observances</c><00:11:25.299><c> of</c><00:11:25.559><c> my</c><00:11:25.860><c> religion,</c>

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not<00:11:26.480><c> like</c><00:11:26.779><c> this</c><00:11:27.019><c> other</c><00:11:27.240><c> fellow</c><00:11:27.440><c> over</c><00:11:27.679><c> here,</c><00:11:27.960><c> Lord,</c>

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who<00:11:28.139><c> doesn't</c><00:11:28.360><c> do</c><00:11:28.480><c> any</c><00:11:28.759><c> of</c><00:11:28.879><c> those</c><00:11:29.159><c> things.</c>

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The<00:11:31.799><c> Pharisee</c><00:11:32.080><c> didn't</c><00:11:32.299><c> go</c><00:11:32.519><c> down</c><00:11:32.799><c> to</c><00:11:32.940><c> his</c><00:11:33.120><c> house</c><00:11:33.299><c> justified,</c>

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did<00:11:34.100><c> he,</c><00:11:34.360><c> brethren</c><00:11:34.519><c> and</c><00:11:34.700><c> sisters?</c>

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He<00:11:35.940><c> thought</c><00:11:36.539><c> he</c><00:11:37.019><c> was</c><00:11:37.419><c> all</c><00:11:37.779><c> right.</c>

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He<00:11:39.879><c> thought</c><00:11:40.179><c> that</c><00:11:40.419><c> he</c><00:11:40.500><c> was</c><00:11:40.740><c> a</c><00:11:40.899><c> religious</c><00:11:41.340><c> man,</c>

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because<00:11:43.580><c> to</c><00:11:43.860><c> the</c><00:11:44.059><c> publican,</c><00:11:45.379><c> rather</c><00:11:45.559><c> to</c><00:11:45.779><c> this</c><00:11:46.080><c> Pharisee,</c>

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he<00:11:47.940><c> thought</c><00:11:48.139><c> that</c><00:11:48.519><c> going</c><00:11:48.860><c> through</c><00:11:49.240><c> all</c><00:11:49.519><c> those</c><00:11:49.879><c> things,</c>

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tithing<00:11:50.860><c> and</c><00:11:51.139><c> fasting,</c><00:11:52.340><c> doing</c><00:11:52.580><c> all</c><00:11:52.899><c> those</c><00:11:53.259><c> things,</c>

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he<00:11:53.759><c> thought</c><00:11:53.940><c> that</c><00:11:54.220><c> was</c><00:11:54.559><c> religion.</c>

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But<00:11:55.919><c> God</c><00:11:56.200><c> didn't</c><00:11:56.480><c> think</c><00:11:56.720><c> so.</c>

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And<00:11:58.799><c> it</c><00:11:58.940><c> was</c><00:11:59.080><c> the</c><00:11:59.299><c> publican</c><00:11:59.759><c> who</c><00:12:00.019><c> beat</c><00:12:00.279><c> upon</c><00:12:00.559><c> his</c><00:12:00.879><c> breast</c>

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and<00:12:01.500><c> durst</c><00:12:01.740><c> not</c><00:12:02.000><c> so</c><00:12:02.220><c> much</c><00:12:02.399><c> as</c><00:12:02.779><c> lift</c><00:12:03.019><c> up</c><00:12:03.220><c> his</c><00:12:03.379><c> eyes</c><00:12:03.639><c> unto</c><00:12:03.899><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:12:04.440><c> said,</c><00:12:04.659><c> Lord,</c><00:12:05.019><c> be</c><00:12:05.279><c> merciful</c><00:12:05.820><c> unto</c><00:12:06.399><c> me</c><00:12:06.840><c> a</c><00:12:07.120><c> sinner.</c>

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That<00:12:08.700><c> man</c><00:12:08.960><c> went</c><00:12:09.159><c> down</c><00:12:09.360><c> to</c><00:12:09.500><c> his</c><00:12:09.679><c> house</c><00:12:09.860><c> justified.</c>

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Because<00:12:12.419><c> you</c><00:12:12.539><c> see,</c><00:12:14.419><c> the</c><00:12:14.460><c> Pharisee</c><00:12:14.759><c> was</c><00:12:14.879><c> only</c><00:12:15.120><c> kidding</c><00:12:15.340><c> himself.</c>

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Because<00:12:18.240><c> he</c><00:12:18.379><c> went</c><00:12:18.559><c> through</c><00:12:18.759><c> all</c><00:12:19.000><c> the</c><00:12:19.179><c> motions</c><00:12:19.539><c> of</c><00:12:19.720><c> his</c><00:12:19.940><c> religion,</c>

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did<00:12:20.480><c> everything</c><00:12:20.820><c> that</c><00:12:20.919><c> was</c><00:12:21.200><c> required</c><00:12:21.620><c> of</c><00:12:22.000><c> him</c><00:12:22.220><c> as</c><00:12:22.500><c> it</c><00:12:22.679><c> was</c><00:12:22.899><c> written,</c>

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he<00:12:24.440><c> thought</c><00:12:24.600><c> that</c><00:12:24.840><c> made</c><00:12:25.059><c> him</c><00:12:25.259><c> religious.</c>

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And<00:12:26.759><c> he</c><00:12:26.919><c> did</c><00:12:27.340><c> not.</c>

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and<00:12:35.960><c> I</c><00:12:36.080><c> don't</c><00:12:36.240><c> want</c><00:12:36.360><c> you</c><00:12:36.500><c> to</c><00:12:36.679><c> turn</c><00:12:36.820><c> to</c><00:12:37.000><c> that</c><00:12:37.220><c> place,</c>

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And<00:12:42.240><c> the</c><00:12:42.379><c> Lord</c><00:12:42.620><c> says</c><00:12:42.899><c> to</c><00:12:43.039><c> that</c><00:12:43.279><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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thou<00:12:44.259><c> hast</c><00:12:44.700><c> a</c><00:12:44.980><c> name</c><00:12:45.399><c> that</c><00:12:45.639><c> thou</c><00:12:46.039><c> livest</c><00:12:46.639><c> and</c><00:12:47.500><c> art</c><00:12:48.379><c> dead.</c>

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When<00:12:50.379><c> you</c><00:12:50.519><c> think</c><00:12:50.720><c> about</c><00:12:51.019><c> that,</c><00:12:51.379><c> brethren</c><00:12:51.500><c> and</c><00:12:51.679><c> sisters,</c>

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precisely<00:12:52.460><c> the</c><00:12:52.879><c> same</c><00:12:53.080><c> message</c><00:12:53.360><c> as</c><00:12:53.580><c> Jeremiah</c><00:12:53.980><c> chapter</c><00:12:54.440><c> 3.</c>

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It's<00:12:59.700><c> ever</c><00:12:59.879><c> so</c><00:13:00.139><c> easy</c><00:13:00.519><c> to</c><00:13:00.720><c> be</c><00:13:00.860><c> like</c><00:13:01.200><c> Sardis</c><00:13:01.600><c> as</c><00:13:01.779><c> an</c><00:13:01.940><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:13:03.580><c> can</c><00:13:03.720><c> be</c><00:13:03.960><c> active,</c><00:13:04.399><c> we</c><00:13:04.419><c> can</c><00:13:04.580><c> be</c><00:13:04.779><c> always</c><00:13:05.139><c> doing</c><00:13:05.519><c> things,</c>

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all<00:13:09.940><c> sorts</c><00:13:10.220><c> of</c><00:13:10.519><c> activities.</c>

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That's<00:13:18.980><c> not</c><00:13:19.159><c> the</c><00:13:19.399><c> proof</c><00:13:19.580><c> that</c><00:13:19.759><c> we</c><00:13:19.980><c> are</c><00:13:20.159><c> religious.</c>

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What<00:14:13.299><c> an</c><00:14:13.799><c> exercise</c><00:14:14.460><c> in</c><00:14:14.820><c> futility</c><00:14:15.679><c> to</c><00:14:16.240><c> come</c><00:14:16.539><c> to</c><00:14:16.740><c> the</c><00:14:16.940><c> house</c><00:14:17.120><c> of</c>

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They<00:14:24.000><c> deluded</c><00:14:24.360><c> themselves</c><00:14:24.980><c> and</c><00:14:25.360><c> so</c><00:14:25.960><c> do</c><00:14:26.399><c> we</c><00:14:26.679><c> many</c><00:14:26.980><c> a</c><00:14:27.240><c> time.</c>

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I've<00:14:28.940><c> got</c><00:14:29.039><c> here</c><00:14:29.259><c> a</c><00:14:29.460><c> short</c><00:14:29.639><c> extract</c><00:14:30.080><c> from</c><00:14:30.240><c> an</c><00:14:30.480><c> article</c><00:14:30.759><c> written</c>

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He<00:14:33.120><c> wrote</c><00:14:33.200><c> it</c><00:14:33.379><c> a</c><00:14:33.480><c> long</c><00:14:33.720><c> time</c><00:14:33.980><c> ago</c><00:14:34.220><c> and</c><00:14:34.360><c> it</c><00:14:34.559><c> appeared</c><00:14:34.700><c> in</c><00:14:34.879><c> an</c><00:14:35.059><c> old</c>

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I<00:14:43.080><c> just</c><00:14:43.240><c> want</c><00:14:43.320><c> to</c><00:14:43.460><c> read</c><00:14:43.559><c> you</c><00:14:43.679><c> one</c><00:14:43.919><c> paragraph.</c>

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This<00:14:45.159><c> is</c><00:14:45.320><c> what</c><00:14:45.480><c> Brother</c><00:14:45.679><c> Roberts</c><00:14:46.000><c> says.</c>

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He<00:14:47.720><c> says,</c><00:14:48.200><c> Where</c><00:14:48.320><c> then</c><00:14:48.779><c> are</c><00:14:49.120><c> we</c><00:14:49.379><c> to</c><00:14:49.580><c> look</c><00:14:49.820><c> for</c><00:14:50.039><c> the</c><00:14:50.279><c> indication</c>

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Do<00:15:19.740><c> they</c><00:15:20.000><c> continue</c><00:15:20.399><c> instant</c><00:15:20.879><c> in</c><00:15:21.240><c> prayer,</c><00:15:21.860><c> abounding</c><00:15:22.299><c> therein</c>

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in<00:15:23.080><c> thanksgiving?</c>

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Are<00:15:27.360><c> they</c><00:15:27.600><c> merciful</c><00:15:28.080><c> to</c><00:15:28.340><c> the</c><00:15:28.639><c> poor</c><00:15:28.879><c> and</c><00:15:29.200><c> penitent?</c>

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Are<00:15:30.620><c> they</c><00:15:30.820><c> men</c><00:15:31.019><c> of</c><00:15:31.340><c> truth</c><00:15:31.759><c> and</c><00:15:32.220><c> honor?</c>

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Have<00:15:33.820><c> they</c><00:15:34.179><c> the</c><00:15:34.460><c> fear</c><00:15:34.639><c> of</c><00:15:34.940><c> God</c><00:15:35.200><c> before</c><00:15:35.620><c> their</c><00:15:35.960><c> eyes?</c>

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Are<00:15:37.559><c> the</c><00:15:37.799><c> commandments</c><00:15:38.639><c> a</c><00:15:39.080><c> law</c><00:15:39.539><c> to</c><00:15:40.059><c> them</c><00:15:40.559><c> which</c><00:15:41.080><c> they</c><00:15:41.399><c> fear</c><00:15:41.519><c> to</c><00:15:41.820><c> break?</c>

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Do<00:15:42.980><c> they</c><00:15:43.179><c> keep</c><00:15:43.480><c> their</c><00:15:43.720><c> promises?</c>

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Now,<00:15:51.539><c> what</c><00:15:52.019><c> ordinary</c><00:15:52.840><c> mundane</c><00:15:53.720><c> things</c><00:15:54.299><c> these</c><00:15:54.639><c> are</c><00:15:55.019><c> to</c><00:15:55.159><c> which</c>

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But<00:15:57.639><c> he's</c><00:15:57.799><c> right,</c><00:15:58.259><c> isn't</c><00:15:58.399><c> he</c><00:15:58.580><c> brethren</c><00:15:58.919><c> and</c><00:15:59.080><c> sisters?</c>

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He's<00:16:00.000><c> right.</c>

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We<00:16:05.879><c> sometimes</c><00:16:06.419><c> say</c><00:16:06.919><c> that</c><00:16:07.059><c> if</c><00:16:07.159><c> you</c><00:16:07.279><c> want</c><00:16:07.419><c> to</c><00:16:07.580><c> gauge</c><00:16:07.799><c> the</c><00:16:08.080><c> state</c>

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well,<00:16:10.039><c> start</c><00:16:10.360><c> with</c><00:16:10.500><c> the</c><00:16:10.620><c> Bible</c><00:16:11.019><c> class.</c>

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Go<00:16:11.720><c> along</c><00:16:12.179><c> and</c><00:16:12.700><c> see</c><00:16:12.879><c> how</c><00:16:13.039><c> they're</c><00:16:13.179><c> getting</c><00:16:13.379><c> on</c><00:16:13.580><c> at</c><00:16:13.700><c> the</c><00:16:13.840><c> Bible</c><00:16:14.220><c> class.</c>

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That's<00:16:16.299><c> the</c><00:16:16.480><c> place</c><00:16:16.659><c> to</c><00:16:16.899><c> take</c><00:16:17.059><c> the</c><00:16:17.320><c> spiritual</c><00:16:17.700><c> temperature</c><00:16:18.320><c> of</c>

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Well,<00:16:20.940><c> to</c><00:16:21.120><c> some</c><00:16:21.299><c> extent</c><00:16:21.620><c> that's</c><00:16:22.059><c> true,</c><00:16:22.399><c> isn't</c><00:16:22.539><c> it</c><00:16:22.740><c> brethren</c>

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But<00:16:35.279><c> that's</c><00:16:35.580><c> not</c><00:16:35.860><c> the</c><00:16:36.179><c> essential</c><00:16:36.700><c> test.</c>

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I'm<00:16:38.360><c> sure</c><00:16:38.679><c> Brother</c><00:16:38.960><c> Roberts</c><00:16:39.299><c> is</c><00:16:39.580><c> right.</c>

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The<00:16:41.059><c> essential</c><00:16:41.419><c> test</c><00:16:41.679><c> of</c><00:16:41.860><c> our</c><00:16:42.100><c> religion</c><00:16:42.419><c> is</c><00:16:42.700><c> how</c><00:16:43.080><c> do</c><00:16:43.259><c> the</c>

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members<00:16:43.820><c> behave</c>

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Jeremiah<00:17:15.960><c> chapter</c><00:17:16.400><c> 15,</c><00:17:17.119><c> I</c><00:17:17.220><c> think</c><00:17:17.400><c> it</c><00:17:17.480><c> was</c><00:17:17.660><c> yesterday's</c><00:17:18.519><c> reading.</c>

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little<00:17:25.319><c> incident</c>

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And<00:17:49.019><c> it</c><00:17:49.119><c> was</c><00:17:49.299><c> taken</c><00:17:49.579><c> to</c><00:17:49.759><c> the</c><00:17:49.980><c> prophets,</c><00:17:50.599><c> the</c><00:17:50.839><c> priests</c><00:17:51.220><c> and</c><00:17:51.400><c> the</c><00:17:51.700><c> king.</c>

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Notice<00:17:53.720><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:17:54.400><c> reaction</c><00:17:54.859><c> to</c><00:17:55.079><c> this</c><00:17:55.339><c> discovery</c><00:17:55.900><c> in</c><00:17:56.119><c> chapter</c><00:17:56.500><c> 15.</c>

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and<00:18:06.559><c> thy</c><00:18:06.900><c> word</c><00:18:07.180><c> was</c><00:18:07.440><c> unto</c><00:18:07.619><c> me</c><00:18:07.839><c> the</c><00:18:08.160><c> joy</c><00:18:08.599><c> and</c><00:18:08.980><c> rejoicing</c><00:18:09.579><c> of</c><00:18:09.799><c> my</c><00:18:10.180><c> heart</c>

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for<00:18:11.079><c> I</c><00:18:11.299><c> am</c><00:18:11.539><c> called</c><00:18:11.859><c> by</c><00:18:12.200><c> thy</c><00:18:12.480><c> name,</c><00:18:13.559><c> O</c><00:18:13.779><c> Lord</c><00:18:14.079><c> God</c><00:18:14.339><c> of</c><00:18:14.519><c> hosts.</c>

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He<00:18:16.319><c> realized</c><00:18:16.539><c> that</c><00:18:16.680><c> he</c><00:18:16.799><c> was</c><00:18:16.940><c> part</c><00:18:17.220><c> of</c><00:18:17.420><c> God's</c><00:18:17.799><c> purpose</c>

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and<00:18:18.799><c> once</c><00:18:19.059><c> he</c><00:18:19.259><c> had</c><00:18:19.440><c> read</c><00:18:19.559><c> what</c><00:18:19.779><c> God</c><00:18:20.019><c> actually</c><00:18:20.500><c> had</c><00:18:20.720><c> to</c><00:18:21.079><c> say</c><00:18:21.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:21.680><c> nation,</c>

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well<00:18:22.819><c> God's</c><00:18:23.259><c> word</c><00:18:23.460><c> was</c><00:18:23.740><c> a</c><00:18:23.880><c> delight</c><00:18:24.380><c> to</c><00:18:24.660><c> him.</c>

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I<00:18:27.539><c> wonder</c><00:18:27.940><c> brethren</c><00:18:28.380><c> and</c><00:18:28.640><c> sisters</c><00:18:28.980><c> whether</c><00:18:29.319><c> we</c><00:18:29.720><c> would</c><00:18:30.119><c> value</c>

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if<00:18:32.799><c> we</c><00:18:33.059><c> were</c><00:18:33.279><c> less</c><00:18:33.720><c> familiar</c><00:18:34.220><c> with</c><00:18:34.440><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:18:37.559><c> that</c><00:18:37.759><c> may</c><00:18:38.059><c> sound</c><00:18:38.359><c> a</c><00:18:38.640><c> strange</c><00:18:38.980><c> thing</c><00:18:39.359><c> for</c><00:18:39.619><c> a</c><00:18:39.759><c> brother</c><00:18:39.960><c> to</c><00:18:40.319><c> say.</c>

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We<00:18:41.339><c> spent</c><00:18:41.519><c> half</c><00:18:41.900><c> our</c><00:18:42.180><c> time</c><00:18:43.180><c> trying</c><00:18:43.640><c> to</c><00:18:43.759><c> get</c><00:18:43.880><c> people</c><00:18:44.140><c> to</c><00:18:44.400><c> use</c>

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and<00:18:46.180><c> do</c><00:18:46.480><c> the</c><00:18:46.799><c> readings</c><00:18:47.059><c> on</c><00:18:47.359><c> a</c><00:18:47.500><c> regular</c><00:18:47.839><c> basis</c><00:18:48.240><c> in</c><00:18:48.400><c> order</c><00:18:48.579><c> to</c>

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become<00:18:49.059><c> thoroughly</c><00:18:49.519><c> familiar</c>

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with<00:18:50.740><c> all</c><00:18:51.220><c> parts</c><00:18:51.579><c> of</c><00:18:51.819><c> the</c><00:18:51.940><c> word</c><00:18:52.099><c> of</c><00:18:52.380><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:53.480><c> it's</c><00:18:53.680><c> a</c><00:18:53.759><c> wonderful</c><00:18:54.200><c> practice.</c>

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Yet<00:18:56.880><c> then</c><00:18:57.079><c> we</c><00:18:57.240><c> turn</c><00:18:57.480><c> around</c><00:18:57.740><c> and</c><00:18:58.000><c> say,</c>

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but<00:18:58.380><c> be</c><00:18:58.640><c> careful</c><00:18:59.099><c> because</c><00:18:59.599><c> you</c><00:18:59.799><c> can</c><00:19:00.000><c> become</c><00:19:00.380><c> too</c><00:19:00.740><c> familiar</c>

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I<00:19:03.339><c> think</c><00:19:03.539><c> we</c><00:19:03.799><c> can</c><00:19:04.099><c> brethren</c><00:19:04.480><c> and</c><00:19:04.720><c> sisters,</c><00:19:04.920><c> I</c><00:19:05.140><c> think</c><00:19:05.359><c> we</c><00:19:05.680><c> can.</c>

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I<00:19:07.039><c> once</c><00:19:07.299><c> heard</c><00:19:07.500><c> a</c><00:19:07.680><c> brother</c><00:19:07.900><c> say,</c>

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I<00:19:09.460><c> sometimes</c><00:19:10.220><c> wish</c><00:19:10.619><c> when</c><00:19:10.920><c> reading</c><00:19:11.359><c> the</c><00:19:11.700><c> gospels</c>

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that<00:19:13.019><c> I</c><00:19:13.200><c> had</c><00:19:13.579><c> never</c><00:19:13.920><c> read</c><00:19:14.220><c> them</c><00:19:14.500><c> before</c><00:19:15.019><c> in</c><00:19:15.259><c> my</c><00:19:15.700><c> life.</c>

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Because<00:19:17.440><c> you</c><00:19:17.559><c> can</c><00:19:17.720><c> go</c><00:19:17.920><c> through</c><00:19:18.119><c> the</c><00:19:18.240><c> record</c><00:19:18.559><c> of</c><00:19:18.740><c> the</c><00:19:18.880><c> ministry</c>

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of<00:19:19.339><c> the</c><00:19:19.440><c> Lord</c><00:19:19.660><c> Jesus</c><00:19:20.099><c> Christ,</c>

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wonderful<00:19:24.400><c> things</c><00:19:24.720><c> that</c><00:19:24.940><c> he</c><00:19:25.220><c> said,</c>

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and<00:19:26.779><c> you</c><00:19:26.859><c> can</c><00:19:27.099><c> read</c><00:19:27.259><c> it</c><00:19:27.599><c> almost</c><00:19:28.160><c> mechanically</c><00:19:29.019><c> because</c><00:19:29.500><c> we</c><00:19:29.740><c> do</c>

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it<00:19:30.140><c> so</c><00:19:30.519><c> often.</c>

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little<00:19:35.359><c> prompting,</c><00:19:35.920><c> can't</c><00:19:36.140><c> you?</c>

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If<00:19:36.819><c> somebody</c><00:19:37.079><c> gives</c><00:19:37.299><c> you</c><00:19:37.640><c> the</c><00:19:37.980><c> opening</c><00:19:38.220><c> words</c><00:19:38.519><c> of</c><00:19:38.680><c> the</c><00:19:38.819><c> verse</c>

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you<00:19:39.119><c> can</c><00:19:39.380><c> finish</c><00:19:39.599><c> it</c><00:19:39.819><c> off</c><00:19:39.960><c> for</c><00:19:40.240><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:42.000><c> we</c><00:19:42.059><c> can</c><00:19:42.200><c> do</c><00:19:42.319><c> that</c><00:19:42.599><c> almost</c><00:19:42.980><c> anywhere</c><00:19:43.559><c> in</c><00:19:44.039><c> the</c><00:19:44.160><c> New</c><00:19:44.339><c> Testament</c><00:19:44.779><c> because</c>

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we<00:19:45.380><c> read</c><00:19:45.599><c> it</c><00:19:45.859><c> so</c><00:19:46.299><c> often.</c>

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So<00:19:50.440><c> there</c><00:19:50.579><c> is</c><00:19:50.779><c> a</c><00:19:50.940><c> sense</c><00:19:51.140><c> in</c><00:19:51.319><c> which</c><00:19:51.539><c> familiarity</c><00:19:52.119><c> breeds</c><00:19:52.579><c> contempt.</c>

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And<00:19:54.380><c> if</c><00:19:54.460><c> only</c><00:19:54.660><c> we</c><00:19:54.839><c> could</c><00:19:55.039><c> rediscover</c><00:19:55.740><c> the</c><00:19:56.119><c> thrill</c><00:19:56.279><c> of</c><00:19:56.480><c> it,</c>

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and<00:20:01.240><c> really</c><00:20:01.559><c> feel</c><00:20:01.819><c> that</c><00:20:02.039><c> this</c><00:20:02.359><c> is</c><00:20:02.700><c> the</c><00:20:02.900><c> word</c><00:20:03.160><c> of</c><00:20:03.359><c> the</c><00:20:03.559><c> Lord</c><00:20:03.819><c> speaking</c><00:20:04.339><c> to</c>

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Thy<00:20:11.259><c> words</c><00:20:11.579><c> were</c><00:20:11.859><c> found</c><00:20:12.099><c> and</c><00:20:12.279><c> I</c><00:20:12.460><c> did</c><00:20:12.660><c> eat</c><00:20:12.920><c> them,</c>

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and<00:20:13.819><c> thy</c><00:20:14.000><c> word</c><00:20:14.200><c> was</c><00:20:14.420><c> unto</c><00:20:14.539><c> me</c><00:20:14.720><c> the</c><00:20:15.000><c> joy</c><00:20:15.460><c> and</c><00:20:15.779><c> rejoicing</c><00:20:16.380><c> of</c><00:20:16.559><c> my</c><00:20:16.880><c> heart.</c>

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I<00:20:20.359><c> wonder</c><00:20:20.559><c> for</c><00:20:20.740><c> example,</c><00:20:21.299><c> brethren</c><00:20:21.420><c> and</c><00:20:21.660><c> sisters,</c>

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whether<00:20:22.759><c> we</c><00:20:23.779><c> could</c><00:20:23.960><c> ever</c><00:20:24.220><c> experience</c><00:20:24.759><c> the</c><00:20:25.000><c> same</c><00:20:25.200><c> kind</c><00:20:25.539><c> of</c><00:20:25.759><c> thrill</c>

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Iron<00:20:29.720><c> Curtain</c><00:20:30.019><c> was</c><00:20:30.200><c> pulled</c><00:20:30.539><c> down.</c>

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person<00:20:42.359><c> under</c><00:20:42.900><c> cover,</c>

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read<00:20:44.339><c> in</c><00:20:44.700><c> cellars</c><00:20:45.039><c> and</c><00:20:45.259><c> secret</c><00:20:45.599><c> places</c><00:20:46.039><c> so</c><00:20:46.279><c> that</c><00:20:46.400><c> they</c><00:20:46.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:46.680><c> be</c><00:20:46.960><c> discovered.</c>

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it<00:21:05.440><c> can</c><00:21:05.660><c> be</c><00:21:05.900><c> a</c><00:21:06.160><c> snare,</c>

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and<00:21:07.539><c> somehow</c><00:21:08.000><c> or</c><00:21:08.380><c> other</c><00:21:08.579><c> we've</c><00:21:08.880><c> got</c><00:21:09.039><c> to</c><00:21:09.240><c> keep</c><00:21:09.759><c> rediscovering</c>

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the<00:21:11.000><c> glory</c><00:21:11.440><c> and</c><00:21:11.740><c> the</c><00:21:11.940><c> beauty</c>

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of<00:21:12.819><c> the</c><00:21:12.940><c> things</c><00:21:13.140><c> that</c><00:21:13.319><c> God</c><00:21:13.500><c> has</c><00:21:13.799><c> to</c><00:21:14.000><c> say</c><00:21:14.140><c> to</c><00:21:14.339><c> us.</c>

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Some<00:21:16.099><c> of</c><00:21:16.240><c> the</c><00:21:16.380><c> new</c><00:21:16.579><c> versions</c><00:21:17.099><c> like</c><00:21:17.559><c> Revised</c><00:21:18.079><c> Standard</c><00:21:18.460><c> Version,</c>

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Jerusalem<00:21:19.900><c> Bible,</c><00:21:20.539><c> New</c><00:21:20.720><c> International</c><00:21:21.359><c> Version,</c>

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and<00:21:22.140><c> some</c><00:21:22.319><c> of</c><00:21:22.440><c> your</c><00:21:22.579><c> new</c><00:21:22.779><c> American</c><00:21:23.240><c> versions,</c>

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they're<00:21:24.299><c> very</c><00:21:24.720><c> helpful</c><00:21:25.119><c> in</c><00:21:25.240><c> that</c><00:21:25.519><c> respect,</c><00:21:26.140><c> brothers</c><00:21:26.279><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:21:27.099><c> very</c><00:21:27.480><c> helpful.</c>

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I<00:21:28.480><c> do</c><00:21:28.759><c> find</c><00:21:28.980><c> reading</c><00:21:29.259><c> in</c><00:21:29.480><c> another</c><00:21:29.720><c> version</c><00:21:30.140><c> gives</c><00:21:30.559><c> the</c><00:21:30.779><c> words</c>

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new<00:21:31.339><c> meaning,</c>

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brings<00:21:33.099><c> them</c><00:21:33.380><c> alive</c><00:21:33.640><c> again.</c>

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I<00:21:35.200><c> still</c><00:21:35.220><c> prefer</c><00:21:35.539><c> the</c><00:21:35.740><c> King</c><00:21:35.980><c> James</c><00:21:36.319><c> Version</c><00:21:36.680><c> for</c><00:21:36.920><c> the</c><00:21:37.140><c> majesty</c>

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of<00:21:37.660><c> the</c><00:21:37.819><c> language,</c>

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but<00:21:38.619><c> it's</c><00:21:39.059><c> most</c><00:21:39.420><c> helpful</c><00:21:39.740><c> to</c><00:21:39.960><c> have</c><00:21:40.039><c> one</c><00:21:40.259><c> of</c><00:21:40.319><c> those</c><00:21:40.539><c> modern</c>

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versions<00:21:41.180><c> alongside.</c>

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Just<00:21:42.579><c> compare</c><00:21:43.059><c> the</c><00:21:43.339><c> words</c><00:21:43.640><c> as</c><00:21:43.799><c> we're</c><00:21:43.980><c> going</c><00:21:44.220><c> through</c><00:21:44.539><c> our</c><00:21:44.819><c> readings.</c>

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Anything<00:21:46.700><c> that</c><00:21:46.920><c> can</c><00:21:47.079><c> do</c><00:21:47.259><c> that</c><00:21:47.539><c> for</c><00:21:47.759><c> us</c><00:21:47.980><c> and</c><00:21:48.200><c> bring</c><00:21:48.339><c> it</c><00:21:48.619><c> alive</c><00:21:48.880><c> again,</c>

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well<00:21:50.019><c> surely</c><00:21:50.200><c> that's</c><00:21:50.500><c> worth</c><00:21:50.779><c> pursuing.</c>

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So<00:21:52.779><c> I</c><00:21:52.940><c> just</c><00:21:53.240><c> leave</c><00:21:53.400><c> you</c><00:21:53.579><c> with</c><00:21:53.779><c> that</c><00:21:54.079><c> thought.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:21:55.940><c> was</c><00:21:56.380><c> really</c><00:21:56.940><c> thrilled</c><00:21:57.380><c> to</c><00:21:57.839><c> receive</c><00:21:58.180><c> a</c><00:21:58.400><c> copy</c><00:21:58.579><c> of</c><00:21:58.779><c> the</c><00:21:58.980><c> scroll</c>

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and<00:21:59.500><c> to</c><00:21:59.779><c> read</c><00:22:00.079><c> the</c><00:22:00.279><c> word</c><00:22:00.500><c> of</c><00:22:00.720><c> God,</c>

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probably<00:22:01.920><c> for</c><00:22:02.140><c> the</c><00:22:02.299><c> first</c><00:22:02.640><c> time</c><00:22:03.319><c> for</c><00:22:03.880><c> himself.</c>

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We<00:22:06.619><c> now</c><00:22:06.819><c> go</c><00:22:06.980><c> over</c><00:22:07.180><c> to</c><00:22:07.380><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:07.740><c> chapter</c><00:22:08.539><c> 36,</c>

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which<00:22:10.019><c> is</c><00:22:10.160><c> really</c><00:22:10.400><c> a</c><00:22:10.559><c> very</c><00:22:10.819><c> exciting</c><00:22:11.279><c> chapter.</c>

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I<00:22:12.579><c> hope</c><00:22:12.759><c> you</c><00:22:12.920><c> find</c><00:22:13.099><c> it</c><00:22:13.259><c> as</c><00:22:13.440><c> exciting</c><00:22:13.779><c> as</c><00:22:13.940><c> I</c><00:22:14.180><c> have</c><00:22:14.420><c> found</c><00:22:14.680><c> it</c><00:22:15.180><c> in</c>

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looking<00:22:15.940><c> at</c><00:22:16.099><c> the</c><00:22:16.279><c> background.</c>

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Can<00:22:18.119><c> we</c><00:22:18.339><c> just</c><00:22:18.640><c> piece</c><00:22:18.799><c> together,</c><00:22:19.240><c> first</c><00:22:19.599><c> of</c><00:22:19.759><c> all,</c>

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the<00:22:20.099><c> sequence</c><00:22:20.420><c> of</c><00:22:20.720><c> events</c><00:22:21.000><c> in</c><00:22:21.240><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:21.680><c> chapter</c><00:22:22.140><c> 36</c>

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and<00:22:22.880><c> then</c><00:22:23.039><c> just</c><00:22:23.299><c> put</c><00:22:23.420><c> it</c><00:22:23.579><c> into</c><00:22:23.759><c> its</c><00:22:24.059><c> historical</c><00:22:24.559><c> context,</c>

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and<00:22:25.380><c> I</c><00:22:25.440><c> think</c><00:22:25.619><c> you'll</c><00:22:25.799><c> see</c><00:22:26.039><c> the</c><00:22:26.259><c> point</c><00:22:26.500><c> immediately.</c>

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The<00:22:30.740><c> commission</c><00:22:31.259><c> at</c><00:22:32.200><c> the</c><00:22:32.319><c> beginning</c><00:22:32.500><c> of</c><00:22:32.700><c> the</c><00:22:32.880><c> chapter,</c>

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we'll<00:22:33.440><c> just</c><00:22:33.700><c> read</c><00:22:34.000><c> together.</c>

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Please<00:22:35.380><c> note</c><00:22:35.680><c> the</c><00:22:35.980><c> date.</c>

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It<00:22:37.619><c> came</c><00:22:37.940><c> to</c><00:22:38.259><c> pass</c><00:22:38.519><c> in</c><00:22:38.759><c> the</c><00:22:38.960><c> fourth</c><00:22:39.299><c> year</c><00:22:39.579><c> of</c><00:22:39.779><c> Jehoiakim,</c>

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son<00:22:40.819><c> of</c><00:22:40.960><c> Josiah,</c><00:22:41.380><c> king</c><00:22:41.559><c> of</c><00:22:41.799><c> Judah,</c>

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that<00:22:42.779><c> this</c><00:22:42.980><c> word</c><00:22:43.160><c> came</c><00:22:43.420><c> to</c><00:22:43.599><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:43.940><c> from</c><00:22:44.180><c> the</c><00:22:44.359><c> Lord,</c><00:22:45.079><c> saying,</c>

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Take<00:22:46.099><c> a</c><00:22:46.279><c> roll</c><00:22:46.380><c> of</c><00:22:46.500><c> a</c><00:22:46.640><c> book</c><00:22:46.779><c> and</c><00:22:47.079><c> write</c><00:22:47.359><c> there</c><00:22:47.700><c> in</c><00:22:48.039><c> all</c><00:22:48.480><c> the</c><00:22:48.680><c> words</c>

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that<00:22:49.119><c> I</c><00:22:49.299><c> have</c><00:22:49.519><c> spoken</c><00:22:49.799><c> unto</c><00:22:50.000><c> thee</c><00:22:50.220><c> against</c><00:22:50.720><c> Israel</c><00:22:51.160><c> and</c><00:22:51.460><c> against</c><00:22:51.779><c> Judah</c>

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and<00:22:52.700><c> against</c><00:22:53.039><c> all</c><00:22:53.400><c> the</c><00:22:53.619><c> nations,</c>

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from<00:22:54.579><c> the</c><00:22:54.740><c> day</c><00:22:54.940><c> I</c><00:22:55.119><c> speak</c><00:22:55.339><c> unto</c><00:22:55.619><c> thee,</c>

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from<00:22:56.640><c> the</c><00:22:56.779><c> days</c><00:22:56.940><c> of</c><00:22:57.160><c> Josiah,</c><00:22:58.279><c> even</c><00:22:58.619><c> unto</c><00:22:58.880><c> this</c><00:22:59.259><c> day.</c>

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In<00:22:59.880><c> other</c><00:22:59.980><c> words,</c><00:23:00.319><c> write</c><00:23:00.420><c> down</c><00:23:00.799><c> everything</c><00:23:01.319><c> I</c><00:23:01.599><c> have</c><00:23:01.779><c> ever</c><00:23:02.079><c> said</c><00:23:02.359><c> to</c><00:23:02.640><c> you.</c>

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It<00:23:04.180><c> may</c><00:23:04.599><c> be</c><00:23:04.960><c> that</c><00:23:05.140><c> the</c><00:23:05.380><c> house</c><00:23:05.619><c> of</c><00:23:05.940><c> Judah</c><00:23:06.140><c> will</c><00:23:06.559><c> hear</c><00:23:06.859><c> all</c><00:23:07.480><c> the</c><00:23:07.740><c> evil</c>

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that<00:23:08.059><c> I</c><00:23:08.299><c> purpose</c><00:23:08.599><c> to</c><00:23:08.799><c> do</c><00:23:08.940><c> unto</c><00:23:09.160><c> them,</c>

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that<00:23:09.500><c> they</c><00:23:09.680><c> may</c><00:23:09.900><c> return</c><00:23:10.460><c> every</c><00:23:11.019><c> man</c><00:23:11.259><c> from</c><00:23:11.400><c> his</c><00:23:11.619><c> evil</c><00:23:12.000><c> way,</c>

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that<00:23:12.819><c> I</c><00:23:13.099><c> may</c><00:23:13.359><c> forgive</c><00:23:14.000><c> the</c><00:23:14.500><c> iniquity</c><00:23:15.180><c> and</c><00:23:15.759><c> their</c><00:23:16.039><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:23:17.559><c> there's</c><00:23:17.799><c> his</c><00:23:18.000><c> commission.</c>

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Write<00:23:18.960><c> it</c><00:23:19.240><c> down</c><00:23:19.960><c> so</c><00:23:20.640><c> that</c><00:23:20.900><c> the</c><00:23:21.180><c> people</c><00:23:21.599><c> may</c><00:23:22.059><c> repent.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:23:25.059><c> got</c><00:23:25.240><c> on</c><00:23:25.440><c> with</c><00:23:25.640><c> the</c><00:23:25.759><c> job,</c>

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and<00:23:26.180><c> he</c><00:23:26.480><c> dictated</c><00:23:26.799><c> all</c><00:23:27.019><c> those</c><00:23:27.319><c> prophecies</c><00:23:27.819><c> to</c><00:23:28.099><c> Barak</c><00:23:28.400><c> the</c><00:23:28.720><c> scribe,</c>

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and<00:23:29.359><c> then</c><00:23:29.579><c> because</c><00:23:29.819><c> he</c><00:23:29.940><c> was</c><00:23:30.099><c> under</c><00:23:30.420><c> house</c><00:23:30.740><c> arrest,</c>

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he<00:23:31.259><c> said,</c><00:23:31.599><c> Look,</c><00:23:31.640><c> I</c><00:23:31.900><c> can't</c><00:23:32.240><c> go</c><00:23:32.480><c> and</c><00:23:32.680><c> read</c><00:23:32.839><c> this</c><00:23:33.220><c> scroll</c><00:23:33.400><c> to</c><00:23:33.619><c> the</c><00:23:33.839><c> people.</c>

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Barak,<00:23:35.019><c> you</c><00:23:35.039><c> must</c><00:23:35.359><c> please</c><00:23:35.680><c> do</c><00:23:35.920><c> it.</c>

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Barak<00:23:37.160><c> then</c><00:23:37.480><c> does</c><00:23:37.740><c> so,</c><00:23:38.079><c> and</c><00:23:38.240><c> he</c><00:23:38.400><c> reads</c><00:23:38.720><c> in</c><00:23:38.880><c> the</c><00:23:39.140><c> temple</c><00:23:39.460><c> court</c>

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all<00:23:40.539><c> the</c><00:23:40.759><c> words,</c><00:23:41.059><c> verse</c><00:23:41.420><c> 8,</c><00:23:42.160><c> in</c><00:23:42.500><c> the</c><00:23:43.299><c> Lord's</c><00:23:43.779><c> house.</c>

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Verse<00:23:45.559><c> 9,</c><00:23:46.680><c> And</c><00:23:46.799><c> it</c><00:23:46.900><c> came</c><00:23:47.140><c> to</c><00:23:47.319><c> pass</c><00:23:47.519><c> in</c><00:23:47.700><c> the</c><00:23:47.940><c> fifth</c><00:23:48.279><c> year</c><00:23:48.539><c> of</c><00:23:48.779><c> Jehoiakim</c>

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that<00:23:50.359><c> they</c><00:23:50.539><c> proclaimed</c><00:23:51.019><c> a</c><00:23:51.319><c> fast,</c>

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and<00:23:52.640><c> all</c><00:23:52.819><c> the</c><00:23:52.980><c> people</c><00:23:53.200><c> came</c><00:23:53.519><c> from</c><00:23:53.720><c> all</c><00:23:53.980><c> over</c><00:23:54.220><c> the</c><00:23:54.460><c> place</c><00:23:54.799><c> to</c><00:23:55.039><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:23:56.640><c> Barak</c><00:23:56.839><c> took</c><00:23:57.039><c> the</c><00:23:57.220><c> opportunity</c><00:23:57.680><c> to</c><00:23:57.900><c> read</c><00:23:58.119><c> the</c><00:23:58.319><c> words</c><00:23:58.500><c> again</c>

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to<00:23:59.220><c> a</c><00:23:59.440><c> larger</c><00:23:59.920><c> assembly.</c>

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And<00:24:01.880><c> if</c><00:24:02.000><c> you</c><00:24:02.099><c> go</c><00:24:02.259><c> on</c><00:24:02.460><c> reading,</c><00:24:02.880><c> you'll</c><00:24:03.079><c> find</c><00:24:03.420><c> that</c><00:24:04.059><c> this</c>

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particular<00:24:04.880><c> incident</c>

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came<00:24:05.720><c> to</c><00:24:05.940><c> the</c><00:24:06.140><c> ears</c><00:24:06.420><c> of</c><00:24:06.660><c> the</c><00:24:06.880><c> princes</c><00:24:07.240><c> and</c><00:24:07.619><c> counselors</c>

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that<00:24:08.420><c> advised</c><00:24:08.839><c> the</c><00:24:09.119><c> king.</c>

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And<00:24:10.400><c> they</c><00:24:10.579><c> called</c><00:24:10.880><c> for</c><00:24:11.140><c> Barak,</c><00:24:11.460><c> and</c><00:24:11.579><c> they</c><00:24:11.640><c> said,</c>

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We<00:24:11.960><c> want</c><00:24:12.480><c> to</c><00:24:12.740><c> know</c><00:24:12.900><c> what</c><00:24:13.140><c> this</c><00:24:13.500><c> matter</c><00:24:13.740><c> is</c>

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that<00:24:14.339><c> has</c><00:24:14.640><c> been</c><00:24:14.920><c> taking</c><00:24:15.259><c> place</c><00:24:15.640><c> in</c><00:24:15.799><c> the</c><00:24:15.960><c> temple</c><00:24:16.259><c> court.</c>

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Read<00:24:17.059><c> the</c><00:24:17.279><c> words</c><00:24:17.599><c> to</c><00:24:17.839><c> us.</c>

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:21.140
When<00:24:19.539><c> they</c><00:24:19.859><c> heard</c><00:24:20.200><c> them,</c><00:24:20.859><c> they</c><00:24:20.980><c> said,</c>

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:23.380
The<00:24:21.339><c> king</c><00:24:21.559><c> better</c><00:24:21.819><c> hear</c><00:24:22.119><c> about</c><00:24:22.460><c> this.</c>

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:27.480
And<00:24:23.640><c> they</c><00:24:23.900><c> arranged</c><00:24:24.460><c> for</c><00:24:25.440><c> the</c><00:24:25.960><c> scroll</c><00:24:26.180><c> to</c><00:24:26.400><c> be</c><00:24:26.599><c> taken</c><00:24:26.960><c> through</c>

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:32.200
to<00:24:28.359><c> King</c><00:24:28.680><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:24:29.640><c> as</c><00:24:30.039><c> he</c><00:24:30.299><c> sat</c><00:24:30.500><c> in</c><00:24:30.700><c> his</c><00:24:31.420><c> winter</c><00:24:31.759><c> house,</c>

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:33.960
it<00:24:32.480><c> says</c><00:24:32.740><c> in</c><00:24:32.920><c> verse</c><00:24:33.220><c> 22.</c>

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:37.140
And<00:24:34.619><c> there</c><00:24:34.700><c> was</c><00:24:34.859><c> a</c><00:24:35.119><c> fire</c><00:24:35.400><c> burning</c><00:24:35.759><c> on</c><00:24:36.000><c> the</c><00:24:36.200><c> hearth.</c>

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:40.519
It<00:24:37.140><c> was</c><00:24:37.359><c> 23,</c><00:24:37.920><c> and</c><00:24:38.039><c> it</c><00:24:38.200><c> came</c><00:24:38.420><c> to</c><00:24:38.660><c> pass</c><00:24:38.960><c> when</c><00:24:39.240><c> Jehuda</c><00:24:39.759><c> had</c><00:24:40.299><c> read</c>

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three<00:24:40.759><c> or</c><00:24:40.940><c> four</c><00:24:41.299><c> leaves.</c>

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:44.359
He'd<00:24:41.900><c> only</c><00:24:42.019><c> just</c><00:24:42.480><c> started</c><00:24:42.819><c> reading</c><00:24:43.259><c> the</c><00:24:43.619><c> scroll</c><00:24:43.819><c> to</c><00:24:44.079><c> the</c><00:24:44.220><c> king.</c>

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:46.539
The<00:24:44.500><c> king</c><00:24:44.680><c> said,</c><00:24:45.039><c> This</c><00:24:45.039><c> is</c><00:24:45.359><c> absolute</c><00:24:46.039><c> nonsense.</c>

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:48.200
I<00:24:46.859><c> don't</c><00:24:47.039><c> want</c><00:24:47.200><c> to</c><00:24:47.339><c> hear</c><00:24:47.500><c> any</c><00:24:47.779><c> more</c><00:24:47.960><c> of</c><00:24:48.079><c> it.</c>

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.759
And<00:24:48.299><c> he</c><00:24:48.359><c> took</c><00:24:48.500><c> a</c><00:24:48.680><c> penknife</c><00:24:49.039><c> and</c><00:24:49.259><c> cut</c><00:24:49.380><c> it</c><00:24:49.539><c> up</c>

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:52.359
and<00:24:50.160><c> threw</c><00:24:50.319><c> the</c><00:24:50.660><c> scroll</c><00:24:50.859><c> into</c><00:24:51.160><c> the</c><00:24:51.440><c> fire.</c>

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.140
Right?

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:56.200
That<00:24:54.900><c> was</c><00:24:55.160><c> the</c><00:24:55.299><c> sequence</c><00:24:55.599><c> of</c><00:24:55.900><c> events.</c>

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:58.460
It<00:24:56.579><c> started</c><00:24:56.799><c> in</c><00:24:57.039><c> the</c><00:24:57.240><c> fourth</c><00:24:57.480><c> year</c><00:24:57.700><c> of</c><00:24:57.900><c> Jehoiakim,</c>

00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:01.019
and<00:24:58.700><c> it</c><00:24:58.880><c> spilled</c><00:24:59.059><c> over</c><00:24:59.440><c> into</c><00:24:59.680><c> the</c><00:24:59.880><c> fifth</c><00:25:00.160><c> year.</c>

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:03.599
Jeremiah<00:25:01.700><c> told</c><00:25:02.000><c> to</c><00:25:02.180><c> write</c><00:25:02.420><c> everything</c><00:25:02.819><c> down,</c>

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:06.299
Barak<00:25:04.160><c> reading</c><00:25:04.660><c> the</c><00:25:04.960><c> words</c><00:25:05.220><c> first</c><00:25:05.539><c> to</c><00:25:05.759><c> the</c><00:25:05.920><c> people,</c>

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:08.119
then<00:25:06.779><c> to</c><00:25:06.900><c> the</c><00:25:07.039><c> princes</c><00:25:07.339><c> and</c><00:25:07.680><c> counselors.</c>

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:10.720
Finally,<00:25:08.940><c> it</c><00:25:09.160><c> came</c><00:25:09.400><c> to</c><00:25:09.579><c> the</c><00:25:09.720><c> ears</c><00:25:09.960><c> of</c><00:25:10.180><c> the</c><00:25:10.380><c> king.</c>

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:13.299
And<00:25:11.180><c> he</c><00:25:11.380><c> reacted</c><00:25:11.759><c> in</c><00:25:11.960><c> this</c><00:25:12.220><c> contemptuous</c><00:25:12.920><c> fashion</c>

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:15.759
and<00:25:13.660><c> threw</c><00:25:13.819><c> the</c><00:25:14.140><c> scroll</c><00:25:14.339><c> into</c><00:25:14.599><c> the</c><00:25:14.900><c> fire.</c>

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:19.079
Now,<00:25:17.720><c> keep</c><00:25:17.960><c> your</c><00:25:18.160><c> finger</c><00:25:18.380><c> in</c><00:25:18.579><c> that</c><00:25:18.799><c> place</c>

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:22.000
and<00:25:19.240><c> just</c><00:25:19.539><c> come</c><00:25:19.759><c> back</c><00:25:20.140><c> to</c><00:25:20.500><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:20.859><c> chapter</c><00:25:21.319><c> 25</c>

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to<00:25:22.240><c> pick</c><00:25:22.460><c> up</c><00:25:22.640><c> another</c><00:25:22.960><c> date.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:25:26.160><c> chapter</c><00:25:26.539><c> 25.</c>

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Just<00:25:31.759><c> the</c><00:25:31.980><c> first</c><00:25:32.259><c> verse</c><00:25:32.599><c> of</c><00:25:32.819><c> that</c><00:25:33.079><c> chapter</c>

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:35.900
gives<00:25:33.599><c> us</c><00:25:33.880><c> the</c><00:25:33.960><c> most</c><00:25:34.240><c> important</c><00:25:34.839><c> date.</c>

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.579
The<00:25:37.279><c> word</c><00:25:37.579><c> that</c><00:25:37.839><c> came</c><00:25:38.039><c> to</c><00:25:38.299><c> Jeremiah</c>

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concerning<00:25:39.500><c> all</c><00:25:39.819><c> the</c><00:25:39.980><c> people</c><00:25:40.220><c> of</c><00:25:40.500><c> Judah</c>

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:42.539
in<00:25:41.220><c> the</c><00:25:41.480><c> fourth</c><00:25:41.819><c> year</c><00:25:42.079><c> of</c><00:25:42.259><c> Jehoiakim,</c>

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.839
son<00:25:43.220><c> of</c><00:25:43.640><c> Josiah,</c><00:25:43.900><c> king</c><00:25:44.160><c> of</c><00:25:44.460><c> Judah.</c>

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.839
So<00:25:45.400><c> it's</c><00:25:45.660><c> exactly</c><00:25:46.039><c> the</c><00:25:46.299><c> same</c><00:25:46.559><c> date</c>

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:49.220
that<00:25:47.039><c> we</c><00:25:47.240><c> had</c><00:25:47.420><c> in</c><00:25:47.640><c> chapter</c><00:25:47.859><c> 36.</c>

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:52.880
That<00:25:50.079><c> was</c><00:25:50.519><c> the</c><00:25:50.920><c> first</c><00:25:51.380><c> year</c><00:25:51.799><c> of</c><00:25:52.079><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c>

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king<00:25:53.279><c> of</c><00:25:53.599><c> Babylon.</c>

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Right?

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:58.599
So<00:25:55.779><c> Josiah's</c><00:25:56.680><c> fourth</c><00:25:56.940><c> year</c><00:25:57.240><c> was</c><00:25:57.460><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c>

00:25:58.599 --> 00:26:00.579
first<00:25:58.920><c> year</c><00:25:59.160><c> of</c><00:25:59.319><c> his</c><00:25:59.640><c> reign.</c>

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:04.160
So<00:26:01.720><c> Josiah's</c><00:26:02.240><c> fifth</c><00:26:02.559><c> year</c><00:26:02.920><c> was</c><00:26:03.160><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c>

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:06.579
second<00:26:04.559><c> year</c><00:26:04.799><c> of</c><00:26:05.019><c> his</c><00:26:05.279><c> reign,</c><00:26:05.559><c> wasn't</c><00:26:05.900><c> it?</c>

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.799
Simple<00:26:07.240><c> arithmetic.</c>

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:11.299
Fourth<00:26:08.519><c> year</c><00:26:08.660><c> of</c><00:26:08.859><c> Josiah,</c><00:26:09.619><c> first</c><00:26:09.940><c> of</c><00:26:10.099><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:14.579
Fifth<00:26:11.799><c> year</c><00:26:12.059><c> of</c><00:26:12.259><c> Jehoiakim,</c>

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second<00:26:15.599><c> year</c><00:26:15.819><c> of</c><00:26:15.940><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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Brethren<00:26:18.819><c> and</c><00:26:18.960><c> sisters,</c><00:26:19.299><c> what</c><00:26:19.680><c> happened</c>

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:22.579
in<00:26:20.440><c> the</c><00:26:20.720><c> second</c><00:26:21.160><c> year</c><00:26:21.440><c> of</c><00:26:21.599><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c>

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:24.099
king<00:26:22.960><c> of</c><00:26:23.180><c> Babylon?</c>

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:27.400
Every<00:26:25.700><c> person</c><00:26:26.059><c> in</c><00:26:26.180><c> this</c><00:26:26.420><c> room</c><00:26:26.640><c> should</c><00:26:26.880><c> know</c>

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:30.900
In<00:26:28.059><c> the</c><00:26:28.299><c> second</c><00:26:28.759><c> year</c><00:26:29.240><c> of</c><00:26:29.559><c> king</c><00:26:29.880><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c>

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:33.779
Nebuchadnezzar<00:26:31.940><c> the</c><00:26:32.059><c> king</c><00:26:32.420><c> dreamed</c><00:26:32.920><c> a</c><00:26:33.279><c> dream,</c>

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:37.140
which<00:26:34.579><c> Daniel</c><00:26:35.019><c> interpreted</c><00:26:35.799><c> to</c><00:26:36.140><c> him.</c>

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:40.440
So<00:26:38.039><c> in</c><00:26:38.380><c> the</c><00:26:38.619><c> year</c><00:26:38.940><c> down</c><00:26:39.259><c> in</c><00:26:39.579><c> Judah,</c>

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.119
when<00:26:41.000><c> king</c><00:26:41.279><c> Jehoiakim</c>

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.720
contemptuously<00:26:42.880><c> cut</c><00:26:43.140><c> up</c><00:26:43.339><c> that</c><00:26:43.579><c> roll</c>

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:45.660
and<00:26:44.019><c> threw</c><00:26:44.200><c> it</c><00:26:44.380><c> into</c><00:26:44.579><c> the</c><00:26:44.799><c> fire,</c>

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:49.000
God<00:26:46.180><c> gave</c><00:26:46.539><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:26:47.819><c> a</c><00:26:48.160><c> revelation</c>

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:51.579
way<00:26:50.039><c> across</c><00:26:50.380><c> in</c><00:26:50.680><c> Babylon.</c>

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.920
Why?

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:55.220
Because<00:26:54.240><c> the</c><00:26:54.480><c> king</c><00:26:54.640><c> of</c><00:26:54.960><c> Judah</c>

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:57.940
had<00:26:55.519><c> showed</c><00:26:55.819><c> himself</c><00:26:56.420><c> unfit</c><00:26:57.160><c> to</c><00:26:57.460><c> receive</c>

00:26:57.940 --> 00:27:00.279
any<00:26:58.400><c> further</c><00:26:58.799><c> revelation</c><00:26:59.400><c> from</c><00:26:59.799><c> God.</c>

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:03.039
So<00:27:00.960><c> God</c><00:27:01.299><c> told</c><00:27:01.700><c> a</c><00:27:02.180><c> pagan</c><00:27:02.539><c> king</c>

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:05.619
what<00:27:03.519><c> would</c><00:27:03.900><c> come</c><00:27:04.160><c> to</c><00:27:04.539><c> pass.</c>

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:09.019
Now<00:27:07.420><c> he</c><00:27:07.440><c> didn't</c><00:27:07.619><c> just</c><00:27:07.880><c> give</c><00:27:07.980><c> him</c><00:27:08.160><c> a</c><00:27:08.279><c> history</c><00:27:08.599><c> lesson,</c>

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:10.440
think,<00:27:09.299><c> well</c><00:27:09.380><c> it's</c><00:27:09.579><c> time</c><00:27:09.779><c> for</c><00:27:09.940><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.559
to<00:27:10.599><c> have</c><00:27:10.740><c> a</c><00:27:10.880><c> lesson</c><00:27:11.039><c> in</c><00:27:11.279><c> history.</c>

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:14.200
That<00:27:12.019><c> wasn't</c><00:27:12.339><c> the</c><00:27:12.599><c> point</c><00:27:12.799><c> of</c><00:27:13.000><c> the</c><00:27:13.259><c> revelation.</c>

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:18.700
The<00:27:16.220><c> revelation</c><00:27:16.819><c> told</c><00:27:17.779><c> Daniel</c>

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:21.039
the<00:27:19.220><c> things</c><00:27:19.519><c> that</c><00:27:19.740><c> would</c><00:27:19.960><c> come</c><00:27:20.240><c> to</c><00:27:20.619><c> pass,</c>

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:24.880
the<00:27:21.460><c> four</c><00:27:22.019><c> empires</c><00:27:22.799><c> that</c><00:27:23.039><c> would</c><00:27:23.420><c> dominate</c><00:27:24.240><c> Judah</c>

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:27.759
and<00:27:25.640><c> bring</c><00:27:25.920><c> them</c><00:27:26.200><c> into</c><00:27:26.599><c> subjection</c>

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:29.140
for<00:27:28.099><c> their</c><00:27:28.460><c> rebellion</c>

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:31.900
and<00:27:29.880><c> their</c><00:27:30.160><c> contempt</c><00:27:30.779><c> for</c><00:27:31.039><c> the</c><00:27:31.180><c> word</c><00:27:31.359><c> of</c><00:27:31.640><c> God.</c>

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:34.359
It<00:27:32.220><c> happened</c><00:27:32.539><c> at</c><00:27:32.779><c> precisely</c><00:27:33.460><c> the</c><00:27:33.779><c> same</c><00:27:34.059><c> time.</c>

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:36.339
Had<00:27:34.500><c> you</c><00:27:34.640><c> ever</c><00:27:34.859><c> noticed</c><00:27:35.200><c> that?</c>

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.900
Fifth<00:27:36.660><c> year</c><00:27:37.039><c> of</c><00:27:37.279><c> Jehoiakim,</c>

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:40.359
cuts<00:27:38.380><c> up</c><00:27:38.660><c> the</c><00:27:38.839><c> roll,</c><00:27:39.299><c> throws</c><00:27:39.599><c> it</c><00:27:39.779><c> into</c><00:27:39.980><c> the</c><00:27:40.140><c> fire</c>

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.799
and<00:27:40.460><c> God</c><00:27:40.700><c> says,</c><00:27:41.079><c> right,</c>

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:44.660
I<00:27:42.559><c> will</c><00:27:42.839><c> now</c><00:27:43.180><c> tell</c><00:27:43.440><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:27:44.160><c> the</c><00:27:44.380><c> king</c>

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:46.079
that<00:27:44.920><c> he</c><00:27:45.079><c> is</c><00:27:45.200><c> to</c><00:27:45.299><c> be</c><00:27:45.480><c> the</c><00:27:45.759><c> instrument,</c>

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.799
the<00:27:46.839><c> rod</c><00:27:47.019><c> of</c><00:27:47.160><c> my</c><00:27:47.420><c> judgment,</c>

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:50.460
and<00:27:48.720><c> he</c><00:27:49.500><c> would</c><00:27:49.680><c> be</c><00:27:49.839><c> the</c><00:27:50.000><c> first</c>

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:52.259
of<00:27:51.019><c> the</c><00:27:51.240><c> four</c><00:27:51.660><c> empires</c>

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that<00:27:52.480><c> would</c><00:27:52.720><c> dominate</c><00:27:53.200><c> Judah.</c>

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We<00:27:54.839><c> use</c><00:27:55.480><c> Daniel</c><00:27:55.859><c> chapter</c><00:27:56.180><c> two</c>

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for<00:27:56.539><c> other</c><00:27:56.759><c> purposes</c><00:27:57.420><c> very</c><00:27:58.339><c> often.</c>

00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:00.359
We<00:27:58.839><c> use</c><00:27:59.039><c> it</c><00:27:59.220><c> in</c><00:27:59.299><c> our</c><00:27:59.500><c> lectures</c><00:27:59.799><c> to</c><00:28:00.019><c> explain</c>

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.880
that<00:28:00.640><c> in</c><00:28:00.759><c> the</c><00:28:00.940><c> end</c><00:28:01.119><c> of</c><00:28:01.359><c> days,</c>

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the<00:28:02.220><c> God</c><00:28:02.380><c> of</c><00:28:02.519><c> heaven</c><00:28:02.680><c> will</c><00:28:02.859><c> set</c><00:28:03.039><c> up</c><00:28:03.200><c> a</c><00:28:03.319><c> kingdom</c>

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which<00:28:03.740><c> will</c><00:28:03.920><c> never</c><00:28:04.099><c> be</c><00:28:04.319><c> destroyed.</c>

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Perfectly<00:28:05.640><c> true,</c><00:28:05.920><c> brothers</c><00:28:06.039><c> and</c><00:28:06.160><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.880
but<00:28:06.640><c> that</c><00:28:06.759><c> is</c><00:28:07.019><c> not</c><00:28:07.380><c> the</c><00:28:07.599><c> reason</c>

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the<00:28:08.099><c> vision</c><00:28:08.279><c> was</c><00:28:08.579><c> initially</c><00:28:08.960><c> given.</c>

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:13.619
It<00:28:10.400><c> was</c><00:28:10.559><c> to</c><00:28:10.839><c> show</c><00:28:11.079><c> how</c><00:28:11.480><c> God</c><00:28:11.960><c> would</c><00:28:12.380><c> punish</c><00:28:12.859><c> Judah</c>

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:16.220
through<00:28:14.180><c> the</c><00:28:14.339><c> succession</c><00:28:14.839><c> of</c><00:28:15.240><c> four</c><00:28:15.640><c> empires</c>

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:18.839
for<00:28:16.380><c> their</c><00:28:16.660><c> contempt</c><00:28:17.400><c> for</c><00:28:18.019><c> his</c><00:28:18.420><c> word.</c>

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So<00:28:19.619><c> it's</c><00:28:19.799><c> most</c><00:28:20.099><c> important</c>

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:23.200
to<00:28:20.799><c> just</c><00:28:21.079><c> piece</c><00:28:21.220><c> those</c><00:28:21.660><c> dates</c><00:28:21.960><c> together</c>

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:25.660
and<00:28:24.180><c> they</c><00:28:24.480><c> come</c><00:28:24.680><c> together</c><00:28:25.079><c> perfectly</c>

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:28.960
when<00:28:26.000><c> we</c><00:28:26.359><c> fit</c><00:28:26.500><c> it</c><00:28:26.680><c> into</c><00:28:26.880><c> the</c><00:28:27.279><c> historical</c><00:28:27.720><c> background.</c>

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Having<00:28:29.480><c> done</c><00:28:29.779><c> that,</c>

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the<00:28:31.700><c> first</c><00:28:31.920><c> lesson</c><00:28:32.220><c> we</c><00:28:32.400><c> can</c><00:28:32.599><c> get</c>

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:34.460
from<00:28:32.940><c> the</c><00:28:33.200><c> incident</c><00:28:33.480><c> is</c><00:28:33.720><c> quite</c><00:28:34.000><c> obviously</c>

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:37.859
that<00:28:34.799><c> respect</c><00:28:35.359><c> for</c><00:28:35.539><c> what</c><00:28:35.880><c> God</c><00:28:36.279><c> is</c><00:28:36.779><c> saying</c>

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:40.299
through<00:28:39.059><c> his</c><00:28:39.339><c> written</c><00:28:39.660><c> word</c>

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is<00:28:40.980><c> absolutely</c><00:28:41.539><c> vital,</c>

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it's<00:28:42.359><c> absolutely</c><00:28:43.000><c> fundamental</c>

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to<00:28:45.099><c> God's</c><00:28:45.180><c> people</c><00:28:45.460><c> in</c><00:28:45.660><c> every</c><00:28:45.880><c> generation.</c>

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To<00:28:47.319><c> this</c><00:28:47.640><c> man</c><00:28:47.880><c> will</c><00:28:48.119><c> I</c><00:28:48.339><c> look,</c>

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.660
even<00:28:49.700><c> to</c><00:28:49.839><c> him</c><00:28:49.960><c> that</c><00:28:50.140><c> is</c><00:28:50.440><c> poor</c>

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and<00:28:50.799><c> of</c><00:28:51.000><c> a</c><00:28:51.160><c> contrite</c><00:28:51.740><c> spirit</c>

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and<00:28:52.319><c> that</c><00:28:52.680><c> trembles</c><00:28:53.099><c> at</c><00:28:53.420><c> my</c><00:28:53.799><c> word.</c>

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Jehoiakim<00:28:55.920><c> didn't</c><00:28:56.160><c> tremble</c>

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at<00:28:56.519><c> the</c><00:28:56.619><c> word</c><00:28:56.779><c> of</c><00:28:56.859><c> God,</c><00:28:57.220><c> did</c><00:28:57.299><c> he,</c><00:28:57.440><c> brethren?</c>

00:28:58.539 --> 00:29:00.180
He<00:28:58.779><c> regarded</c><00:28:59.140><c> it</c><00:28:59.519><c> contemptuously</c>

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:02.180
and<00:29:00.359><c> just</c><00:29:00.599><c> threw</c><00:29:00.680><c> it</c><00:29:00.859><c> into</c><00:29:01.079><c> the</c><00:29:01.299><c> fire.</c>

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And<00:29:02.799><c> then</c><00:29:03.059><c> the</c><00:29:03.400><c> fires</c><00:29:03.720><c> of</c><00:29:04.000><c> divine</c><00:29:04.440><c> judgment</c>

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:07.740
came<00:29:05.400><c> upon</c><00:29:05.880><c> the</c><00:29:06.180><c> land</c><00:29:06.460><c> of</c><00:29:06.799><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:29:10.200><c> the</c><00:29:10.279><c> men</c><00:29:10.380><c> of</c><00:29:10.559><c> this</c><00:29:10.720><c> generation</c>

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largely<00:29:11.839><c> treat</c><00:29:12.079><c> the</c><00:29:12.279><c> word</c><00:29:12.400><c> of</c><00:29:12.640><c> God</c>

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:15.059
with<00:29:13.240><c> contempt</c><00:29:13.680><c> too,</c><00:29:14.039><c> don't</c><00:29:14.200><c> they,</c><00:29:14.460><c> brethren</c><00:29:14.660><c> and</c><00:29:14.859><c> sisters?</c>

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.559
Respect<00:29:15.839><c> for</c><00:29:16.019><c> the</c><00:29:16.160><c> word</c><00:29:16.299><c> of</c><00:29:16.460><c> God</c>

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is<00:29:16.859><c> largely</c><00:29:17.440><c> non</c><00:29:17.740><c>-existent</c>

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in<00:29:18.500><c> the</c><00:29:18.660><c> world</c><00:29:18.819><c> in</c><00:29:18.940><c> which</c><00:29:19.079><c> we</c><00:29:19.240><c> are</c><00:29:19.240><c> living</c><00:29:19.460><c> today.</c>

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:22.960
And<00:29:21.500><c> we</c><00:29:21.579><c> can</c><00:29:21.839><c> very</c><00:29:22.180><c> easily</c><00:29:22.500><c> become</c>

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:25.619
dismeared<00:29:23.640><c> with</c><00:29:23.779><c> the</c><00:29:23.980><c> same</c><00:29:24.200><c> kind</c><00:29:24.460><c> of</c><00:29:24.740><c> spirit.</c>

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:28.160
We<00:29:26.220><c> need</c><00:29:26.400><c> to</c><00:29:26.559><c> be</c><00:29:26.740><c> very</c><00:29:27.099><c> careful.</c>

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:30.359
The<00:29:28.819><c> word</c><00:29:28.960><c> of</c><00:29:29.140><c> God</c><00:29:29.319><c> is</c><00:29:29.519><c> not</c><00:29:29.740><c> to</c><00:29:29.940><c> be</c><00:29:30.099><c> treated</c>

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lightly<00:29:30.940><c> or</c><00:29:31.779><c> casually</c>

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:35.680
but<00:29:33.259><c> with</c><00:29:33.660><c> reverence</c><00:29:34.420><c> and</c><00:29:34.799><c> due</c><00:29:35.119><c> awe</c>

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:37.900
by<00:29:36.539><c> every</c><00:29:36.960><c> member</c><00:29:37.240><c> of</c><00:29:37.400><c> the</c><00:29:37.619><c> community</c>

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or<00:29:38.119><c> we</c><00:29:38.299><c> face</c><00:29:38.559><c> disastrous</c><00:29:39.319><c> consequences.</c>

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Another<00:29:43.539><c> lesson</c><00:29:43.900><c> I</c><00:29:44.099><c> get</c><00:29:44.279><c> from</c>

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chapter<00:29:44.819><c> 36</c><00:29:45.359><c> of</c><00:29:45.579><c> Jeremiah</c>

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is<00:29:46.500><c> that</c><00:29:46.779><c> whatever</c><00:29:47.259><c> men</c><00:29:47.599><c> may</c><00:29:47.940><c> do</c>

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:51.259
to<00:29:48.339><c> God's</c><00:29:48.740><c> word,</c><00:29:49.099><c> it</c><00:29:49.140><c> always</c><00:29:49.779><c> survives.</c>

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History<00:29:51.720><c> tells</c><00:29:52.079><c> us</c><00:29:52.420><c> that.</c>

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We<00:29:53.539><c> know</c><00:29:53.720><c> it</c><00:29:53.920><c> very</c><00:29:54.279><c> well</c>

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from<00:29:54.720><c> our</c><00:29:54.880><c> own</c><00:29:55.079><c> Christadelphian</c>

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Bible<00:29:56.119><c> exhibitions.</c>

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Men<00:29:57.180><c> have</c><00:29:57.460><c> tried</c><00:29:57.599><c> to</c><00:29:57.940><c> legislate</c>

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against<00:29:58.779><c> the</c><00:29:58.980><c> word</c><00:29:59.099><c> of</c><00:29:59.339><c> God.</c>

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They've<00:30:00.460><c> tried</c><00:30:00.640><c> to</c><00:30:00.859><c> abolish</c><00:30:01.279><c> it,</c>

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to<00:30:01.720><c> suppress</c><00:30:02.019><c> it,</c><00:30:02.279><c> to</c><00:30:02.480><c> burn</c><00:30:02.700><c> it.</c>

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It<00:30:04.099><c> makes</c><00:30:04.420><c> no</c><00:30:04.720><c> difference.</c>

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It<00:30:05.279><c> is</c><00:30:05.680><c> irrepressible.</c>

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It<00:30:06.559><c> always</c><00:30:07.240><c> survives.</c>

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So<00:30:09.259><c> come</c><00:30:09.539><c> back</c><00:30:09.740><c> to</c><00:30:09.880><c> chapter</c><00:30:10.119><c> 36</c>

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:13.440
and<00:30:12.119><c> we</c><00:30:12.279><c> read</c><00:30:12.480><c> the</c><00:30:12.619><c> end</c><00:30:12.799><c> of</c><00:30:12.980><c> the</c><00:30:13.079><c> matter</c>

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:15.359
which<00:30:14.119><c> we</c><00:30:14.339><c> have</c><00:30:14.500><c> not</c><00:30:14.700><c> yet</c><00:30:14.880><c> read.</c>

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Verse<00:30:15.740><c> 27</c><00:30:16.440><c> of</c><00:30:16.740><c> the</c><00:30:16.819><c> 36th</c><00:30:17.400><c> chapter</c><00:30:17.779><c> of</c><00:30:18.000><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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Then<00:30:21.680><c> the</c><00:30:21.799><c> word</c><00:30:22.000><c> of</c><00:30:22.119><c> the</c><00:30:22.240><c> Lord</c><00:30:22.400><c> came</c><00:30:22.660><c> to</c><00:30:22.900><c> Jeremiah</c>

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after<00:30:23.779><c> the</c><00:30:23.960><c> king</c><00:30:24.140><c> had</c><00:30:24.400><c> burned</c><00:30:24.660><c> the</c><00:30:24.920><c> roll</c>

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:27.359
and<00:30:26.000><c> the</c><00:30:26.099><c> words</c><00:30:26.339><c> which</c><00:30:26.660><c> Baruch</c><00:30:26.960><c> wrote</c>

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:29.680
at<00:30:27.559><c> the</c><00:30:27.700><c> mouth</c><00:30:27.980><c> of</c><00:30:28.220><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:28.599><c> saying,</c>

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Take<00:30:30.079><c> thee</c><00:30:30.299><c> another</c><00:30:30.680><c> roll</c>

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and<00:30:31.579><c> write</c><00:30:31.819><c> in</c><00:30:31.920><c> it</c><00:30:32.140><c> all</c><00:30:32.400><c> the</c><00:30:32.619><c> former</c><00:30:32.819><c> words</c>

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:34.279
that<00:30:33.319><c> were</c><00:30:33.420><c> in</c><00:30:33.500><c> the</c><00:30:33.700><c> first</c><00:30:34.039><c> roll</c>

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which<00:30:34.559><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:30:35.099><c> king</c><00:30:35.400><c> of</c><00:30:35.640><c> Judah</c>

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hath<00:30:36.359><c> burned.</c>

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Verse<00:30:37.779><c> 32,</c><00:30:39.420><c> then</c><00:30:39.779><c> took</c><00:30:40.019><c> Jeremiah</c>

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another<00:30:41.079><c> scroll</c><00:30:41.480><c> and</c><00:30:41.759><c> gave</c><00:30:41.980><c> it</c><00:30:42.119><c> to</c><00:30:42.319><c> Baruch</c>

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the<00:30:42.900><c> scribe</c><00:30:43.259><c> son</c><00:30:43.500><c> of</c><00:30:43.680><c> Neriah</c>

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who<00:30:44.640><c> wrote</c><00:30:44.920><c> therein</c><00:30:45.339><c> from</c><00:30:45.559><c> the</c><00:30:45.680><c> mouth</c><00:30:45.839><c> of</c><00:30:46.099><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:48.460
all<00:30:46.960><c> the</c><00:30:47.119><c> words</c><00:30:47.279><c> of</c><00:30:47.460><c> the</c><00:30:47.579><c> book</c><00:30:47.720><c> which</c><00:30:47.960><c> Jehoiakim</c>

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:50.400
king<00:30:48.619><c> of</c><00:30:48.839><c> Judah</c><00:30:49.019><c> had</c><00:30:49.279><c> burned</c><00:30:49.519><c> in</c><00:30:49.759><c> the</c><00:30:49.960><c> fire</c>

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and<00:30:50.960><c> they</c><00:30:51.220><c> were</c><00:30:51.440><c> added</c><00:30:51.720><c> besides</c>

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unto<00:30:52.960><c> them</c><00:30:53.440><c> many</c><00:30:54.220><c> like</c><00:30:54.680><c> words.</c>

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So<00:30:56.740><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:57.039><c> not</c><00:30:57.240><c> only</c><00:30:57.519><c> rewrote</c><00:30:57.900><c> it,</c>

00:30:58.039 --> 00:31:00.440
it<00:30:58.180><c> was</c><00:30:58.380><c> a</c><00:30:58.579><c> revised</c><00:30:59.019><c> and</c><00:30:59.380><c> enlarged</c><00:30:59.960><c> edition</c>

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if<00:31:00.920><c> you</c><00:31:01.099><c> like.</c>

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The<00:31:02.799><c> word</c><00:31:03.079><c> of</c><00:31:03.339><c> God</c><00:31:03.700><c> abideth</c><00:31:04.480><c> forever.</c>

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Here's<00:31:06.140><c> a</c><00:31:06.240><c> very</c><00:31:06.440><c> interesting</c><00:31:06.859><c> illustration</c>

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of<00:31:07.640><c> that</c><00:31:07.819><c> principle.</c>

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Next,<00:31:10.880><c> just</c><00:31:11.000><c> over</c><00:31:11.180><c> to</c><00:31:11.319><c> chapter</c><00:31:11.579><c> 45</c>

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:17.119
where<00:31:14.759><c> we</c><00:31:15.019><c> have</c><00:31:15.160><c> an</c><00:31:15.460><c> interesting</c><00:31:15.920><c> comment</c>

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:19.279
on<00:31:18.059><c> Baruch's</c><00:31:18.720><c> part</c>

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:21.940
in<00:31:20.420><c> this</c><00:31:20.900><c> whole</c><00:31:21.180><c> situation.</c>

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:24.980
You<00:31:22.180><c> remember</c><00:31:22.319><c> Baruch</c><00:31:22.779><c> is</c><00:31:23.039><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:31:23.940><c> scribe</c>

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:27.859
and<00:31:25.740><c> he</c><00:31:26.000><c> has</c><00:31:26.299><c> the</c><00:31:26.660><c> job</c><00:31:26.880><c> of</c><00:31:27.119><c> writing</c><00:31:27.420><c> down</c>

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:29.359
what<00:31:28.099><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:28.539><c> dictates</c>

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:31.480
and<00:31:29.599><c> then</c><00:31:30.059><c> reading</c><00:31:30.319><c> it</c><00:31:30.779><c> in</c><00:31:31.160><c> the</c><00:31:31.279><c> ears</c>

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:33.539
of<00:31:31.720><c> all</c><00:31:31.859><c> the</c><00:31:32.039><c> people.</c>

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.180
So<00:31:34.319><c> the</c><00:31:34.420><c> date</c><00:31:34.599><c> is</c><00:31:34.779><c> the</c><00:31:34.940><c> same</c>

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.799
at<00:31:35.339><c> the</c><00:31:35.440><c> beginning</c><00:31:35.640><c> of</c><00:31:35.839><c> chapter</c><00:31:36.079><c> 45</c>

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:38.359
the<00:31:37.019><c> word</c><00:31:37.240><c> that</c><00:31:37.400><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:37.839><c> the</c><00:31:38.039><c> prophet</c>

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:40.539
spake<00:31:38.720><c> to</c><00:31:39.039><c> Baruch</c><00:31:39.400><c> son</c><00:31:39.640><c> of</c><00:31:39.859><c> Neriah</c>

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:43.099
when<00:31:41.240><c> he</c><00:31:41.500><c> had</c><00:31:41.799><c> written</c><00:31:42.140><c> these</c><00:31:42.640><c> words</c>

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:45.380
in<00:31:43.380><c> a</c><00:31:43.480><c> book</c><00:31:43.900><c> at</c><00:31:44.400><c> the</c><00:31:44.539><c> mouth</c><00:31:44.720><c> of</c><00:31:45.000><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:47.480
in<00:31:45.680><c> the</c><00:31:45.880><c> fourth</c><00:31:46.160><c> year</c><00:31:46.319><c> of</c><00:31:46.519><c> Jehoiakim</c>

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:49.740
son<00:31:47.779><c> of</c><00:31:47.940><c> Josiah</c><00:31:48.299><c> king</c><00:31:48.480><c> of</c><00:31:48.720><c> Judah.</c>

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:53.259
And<00:31:51.619><c> this</c><00:31:51.799><c> man</c><00:31:52.059><c> Baruch</c><00:31:52.539><c> brothers</c><00:31:52.819><c> and</c><00:31:52.940><c> sisters</c>

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.619
who<00:31:53.460><c> just</c><00:31:53.700><c> comes</c><00:31:53.859><c> in</c><00:31:54.119><c> here</c><00:31:54.279><c> and</c><00:31:54.500><c> there</c>

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:56.319
in<00:31:54.779><c> the</c><00:31:54.980><c> narrative,</c><00:31:55.440><c> he</c><00:31:55.440><c> was</c><00:31:55.579><c> quite</c><00:31:55.880><c> obviously</c>

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:58.880
Jeremiah's<00:31:57.079><c> right</c><00:31:57.359><c> hand</c><00:31:57.680><c> man.</c>

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:01.740
The<00:31:59.740><c> man</c><00:31:59.980><c> who</c><00:32:00.319><c> recorded</c><00:32:00.559><c> all</c><00:32:00.799><c> these</c><00:32:01.119><c> prophecies</c>

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.980
and<00:32:01.940><c> he</c><00:32:02.160><c> seems</c><00:32:02.339><c> to</c><00:32:02.519><c> have</c><00:32:02.640><c> been</c><00:32:02.799><c> a</c><00:32:03.140><c> tower</c><00:32:03.400><c> of</c><00:32:03.740><c> strength</c>

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:05.259
to<00:32:04.200><c> the</c><00:32:04.380><c> prophet.</c>

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:07.420
He<00:32:05.700><c> seems</c><00:32:05.819><c> to</c><00:32:06.039><c> have</c><00:32:06.240><c> stood</c><00:32:06.539><c> by</c><00:32:07.000><c> him</c>

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:10.220
all<00:32:08.099><c> the</c><00:32:08.240><c> way</c><00:32:08.500><c> through</c><00:32:08.799><c> these</c><00:32:09.180><c> turbulent</c><00:32:09.740><c> events</c>

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:12.619
that<00:32:10.420><c> were</c><00:32:10.579><c> going</c><00:32:10.819><c> on</c><00:32:10.980><c> in</c><00:32:11.160><c> the</c><00:32:11.220><c> city</c><00:32:11.440><c> of</c><00:32:11.680><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.839
But<00:32:13.460><c> at</c><00:32:13.660><c> this</c><00:32:13.839><c> particular</c><00:32:14.400><c> point</c>

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:17.049
in<00:32:15.039><c> the</c><00:32:15.240><c> fourth</c><00:32:15.500><c> year</c><00:32:16.039><c> of</c><00:32:16.299><c> Jehoiakim</c>

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:20.400
he<00:32:17.759><c> apparently</c><00:32:18.259><c> had</c><00:32:18.660><c> serious</c><00:32:19.380><c> misgivings</c>

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:22.039
about<00:32:21.019><c> the</c><00:32:21.259><c> value</c><00:32:21.500><c> of</c><00:32:21.700><c> the</c><00:32:21.859><c> work</c>

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.859
that<00:32:22.240><c> he</c><00:32:22.380><c> was</c><00:32:22.640><c> doing</c>

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:25.359
and<00:32:23.019><c> about</c><00:32:23.240><c> the</c><00:32:23.480><c> wisdom</c><00:32:23.900><c> of</c><00:32:24.240><c> doing</c><00:32:24.440><c> it.</c>

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:31.240
He<00:32:29.119><c> found</c><00:32:29.380><c> it</c><00:32:29.640><c> very</c><00:32:29.920><c> worrying.</c>

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.099
Verse<00:32:32.779><c> 2</c>

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.960
Thus<00:32:33.859><c> said</c><00:32:34.140><c> the</c><00:32:34.400><c> LORD</c>

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:38.119
the<00:32:35.220><c> God</c><00:32:35.480><c> of</c><00:32:35.579><c> Israel</c><00:32:36.220><c> unto</c><00:32:36.599><c> thee</c><00:32:36.940><c> O</c><00:32:37.180><c> Baruch</c>

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:41.019
Thou<00:32:38.640><c> didst</c><00:32:39.019><c> say</c><00:32:39.619><c> woe</c><00:32:40.160><c> is</c><00:32:40.339><c> me</c><00:32:40.660><c> now</c>

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:43.720
for<00:32:41.220><c> the</c><00:32:41.440><c> LORD</c><00:32:41.619><c> hath</c><00:32:41.799><c> added</c><00:32:42.079><c> grief</c><00:32:42.460><c> to</c><00:32:42.660><c> my</c><00:32:43.019><c> sorrow.</c>

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:45.759
I<00:32:44.519><c> fainted</c><00:32:44.839><c> in</c><00:32:45.039><c> my</c><00:32:45.440><c> sighing</c>

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:48.359
and<00:32:45.920><c> I</c><00:32:46.259><c> find</c><00:32:46.700><c> no</c><00:32:47.180><c> rest.</c>

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:51.400
I<00:32:50.019><c> think</c><00:32:50.160><c> there</c><00:32:50.319><c> are</c><00:32:50.400><c> at</c><00:32:50.500><c> least</c><00:32:50.700><c> two</c><00:32:50.960><c> factors</c>

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:55.140
that<00:32:51.599><c> contributed</c><00:32:52.279><c> to</c><00:32:52.640><c> his</c><00:32:53.460><c> feelings</c><00:32:54.000><c> of</c><00:32:54.279><c> uncertainty</c>

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:58.299
about<00:32:55.819><c> continuing</c><00:32:56.420><c> this</c><00:32:56.759><c> work</c><00:32:56.960><c> of</c><00:32:57.160><c> the</c><00:32:57.339><c> LORD.</c>

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:03.960
First<00:32:59.759><c> of</c><00:32:59.980><c> all,</c><00:33:00.660><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:33:01.920><c> had</c><00:33:02.339><c> already</c><00:33:03.180><c> murdered</c>

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:05.660
the<00:33:04.440><c> prophet</c><00:33:04.779><c> Urija</c>

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:07.720
for<00:33:06.119><c> saying</c><00:33:06.400><c> things</c><00:33:06.680><c> that</c><00:33:06.779><c> he</c><00:33:06.859><c> didn't</c><00:33:07.059><c> want</c><00:33:07.359><c> to</c><00:33:07.579><c> hear</c>

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:10.819
and<00:33:07.859><c> that's</c><00:33:08.160><c> way</c><00:33:08.380><c> back</c><00:33:08.660><c> in</c><00:33:08.839><c> Jeremiah</c><00:33:09.180><c> chapter</c><00:33:09.539><c> 26.</c>

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.940
When<00:33:11.180><c> Urija</c><00:33:11.559><c> came</c><00:33:11.799><c> to</c><00:33:11.960><c> the</c><00:33:12.019><c> king</c><00:33:12.200><c> with</c><00:33:12.400><c> a</c><00:33:12.519><c> message</c>

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:15.039
he<00:33:13.420><c> had</c><00:33:13.599><c> him</c><00:33:13.720><c> put</c><00:33:13.900><c> to</c><00:33:14.079><c> death.</c>

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:17.720
Baruch<00:33:16.059><c> feared</c><00:33:16.299><c> that</c><00:33:16.440><c> this</c><00:33:16.619><c> might</c><00:33:16.839><c> happen</c><00:33:17.099><c> to</c><00:33:17.259><c> himself</c>

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:19.140
and<00:33:17.920><c> to</c><00:33:18.180><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.099
So<00:33:20.920><c> reporting</c><00:33:21.440><c> these</c><00:33:21.819><c> things</c>

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:23.980
and<00:33:22.539><c> reading</c><00:33:22.880><c> them</c><00:33:23.099><c> in</c><00:33:23.220><c> the</c><00:33:23.299><c> ears</c><00:33:23.440><c> of</c><00:33:23.599><c> the</c><00:33:23.759><c> people</c>

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:25.859
wasn't<00:33:24.299><c> a</c><00:33:24.420><c> thing</c><00:33:24.539><c> that</c><00:33:24.660><c> was</c><00:33:24.880><c> just</c><00:33:25.039><c> done</c><00:33:25.220><c> like</c><00:33:25.640><c> that</c>

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:28.019
it<00:33:26.160><c> took</c><00:33:26.759><c> considerable</c><00:33:27.519><c> courage</c>

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:29.460
because<00:33:28.279><c> his</c><00:33:28.460><c> life</c><00:33:28.680><c> was</c><00:33:28.920><c> at</c><00:33:29.180><c> stake</c>

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:31.140
and<00:33:29.759><c> he</c><00:33:29.900><c> knew</c><00:33:30.079><c> it.</c>

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:33.140
There's<00:33:31.740><c> also</c><00:33:32.039><c> something</c><00:33:32.380><c> else</c>

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:36.319
because<00:33:33.960><c> if</c><00:33:34.220><c> you</c><00:33:34.599><c> have</c><00:33:34.799><c> a</c><00:33:34.920><c> look</c><00:33:35.059><c> at</c><00:33:35.259><c> this</c><00:33:35.559><c> whole</c><00:33:35.880><c> prophecy</c>

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.339
of<00:33:36.579><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:39.099
Baruch<00:33:37.880><c> son</c><00:33:38.119><c> of</c><00:33:38.339><c> Urija</c>

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:41.700
was<00:33:39.380><c> a</c><00:33:39.579><c> member</c><00:33:39.819><c> of</c><00:33:40.079><c> a</c><00:33:40.160><c> very</c><00:33:40.500><c> influential</c><00:33:41.059><c> family</c>

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:44.180
in<00:33:41.980><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:42.500><c> at</c><00:33:42.759><c> that</c><00:33:43.059><c> time.</c>

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:46.680
And<00:33:44.539><c> so</c><00:33:44.680><c> as</c><00:33:44.880><c> far</c><00:33:45.059><c> as</c><00:33:45.240><c> civic</c><00:33:45.460><c> affairs</c><00:33:45.940><c> were</c><00:33:46.200><c> concerned</c>

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:48.619
it<00:33:46.819><c> was</c><00:33:46.920><c> a</c><00:33:47.039><c> very</c><00:33:47.279><c> promising</c><00:33:47.759><c> career</c><00:33:48.319><c> line</c>

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:52.000
and<00:33:48.759><c> up</c><00:33:49.039><c> for</c><00:33:49.460><c> Baruch</c><00:33:50.019><c> had</c><00:33:50.339><c> he</c><00:33:50.559><c> chosen</c><00:33:50.940><c> to</c><00:33:51.220><c> follow</c><00:33:51.460><c> it.</c>

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:54.420
And<00:33:52.359><c> he</c><00:33:52.539><c> now</c><00:33:52.720><c> had</c><00:33:52.859><c> to</c><00:33:53.200><c> choose</c>

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:56.940
between<00:33:54.680><c> a</c><00:33:54.960><c> promising</c><00:33:55.319><c> career</c><00:33:55.880><c> as</c><00:33:56.140><c> a</c><00:33:56.279><c> civil</c><00:33:56.559><c> servant</c>

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.259
in<00:33:57.160><c> Jerusalem</c>

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and<00:33:59.420><c> doing</c><00:33:59.640><c> the</c><00:33:59.880><c> LORD's</c><00:34:00.279><c> work.</c>

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:04.480
So<00:34:01.440><c> his</c><00:34:01.599><c> emoluments</c><00:34:02.140><c> were</c><00:34:02.339><c> on</c><00:34:02.559><c> the</c><00:34:02.720><c> line</c><00:34:02.900><c> as</c><00:34:03.160><c> well.</c>

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:09.360
And<00:34:07.319><c> God</c><00:34:07.519><c> had</c><00:34:07.740><c> to</c><00:34:07.980><c> send</c><00:34:08.179><c> him</c><00:34:08.420><c> this</c><00:34:08.639><c> little</c><00:34:08.920><c> message</c>

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.900
through<00:34:09.679><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.539
Verse<00:34:11.840><c> 4</c>

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:14.820
Thus<00:34:13.300><c> shalt</c><00:34:13.619><c> thou</c><00:34:13.880><c> say</c><00:34:14.219><c> unto</c><00:34:14.460><c> him</c>

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:16.300
The<00:34:15.079><c> LORD</c><00:34:15.420><c> saith</c><00:34:15.739><c> thus</c>

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:18.840
that<00:34:16.940><c> which</c><00:34:17.280><c> I</c><00:34:17.480><c> have</c><00:34:17.659><c> built</c><00:34:17.820><c> I</c><00:34:18.000><c> will</c><00:34:18.159><c> break</c><00:34:18.519><c> down</c>

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.739
that<00:34:19.019><c> which</c><00:34:19.239><c> I</c><00:34:19.460><c> have</c><00:34:19.639><c> planted</c><00:34:19.820><c> I</c><00:34:20.059><c> will</c><00:34:20.300><c> pluck</c><00:34:20.460><c> up</c>

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:22.840
even<00:34:21.320><c> this</c><00:34:21.780><c> whole</c><00:34:22.099><c> land</c>

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:25.360
and<00:34:23.679><c> seekest</c><00:34:24.159><c> thou</c><00:34:24.440><c> great</c><00:34:24.880><c> things</c>

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.800
for<00:34:25.659><c> thyself</c>

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So<00:34:27.960><c> he</c><00:34:28.019><c> must</c><00:34:28.219><c> have</c><00:34:28.380><c> been</c><00:34:28.619><c> wavering</c>

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.119
brother<00:34:29.360><c> and</c><00:34:29.599><c> sister</c><00:34:29.840><c> saying</c>

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:32.159
I<00:34:30.340><c> really</c><00:34:30.539><c> ought</c><00:34:30.900><c> to</c><00:34:31.119><c> pack</c><00:34:31.280><c> in</c><00:34:31.460><c> this</c><00:34:31.639><c> work</c><00:34:31.800><c> of</c><00:34:31.940><c> the</c><00:34:32.059><c> LORD</c>

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:34.559
give<00:34:32.400><c> it</c><00:34:32.619><c> up</c>

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A.<00:34:35.260><c> before</c><00:34:35.619><c> I</c><00:34:35.800><c> get</c><00:34:36.039><c> killed</c>

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:39.300
and<00:34:36.559><c> B.</c><00:34:36.739><c> before</c><00:34:37.079><c> I</c><00:34:38.099><c> lose</c><00:34:38.400><c> my</c><00:34:38.639><c> opportunities</c>

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seekest<00:34:43.539><c> thou</c><00:34:43.780><c> great</c><00:34:44.199><c> things</c>

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saith<00:34:49.460><c> the</c><00:34:49.679><c> LORD</c>

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witheth<00:34:54.860><c> thou</c><00:34:55.320><c> goest.</c>

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it<00:35:36.699><c> all</c><00:35:36.820><c> together</c>

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things

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but

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power

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seekest<00:36:17.420><c> thou</c><00:36:17.579><c> great</c><00:36:17.820><c> things</c>

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protecting<00:37:08.360><c> what</c><00:37:08.679><c> little</c><00:37:08.900><c> we've</c><00:37:09.340><c> got</c>

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God<00:37:20.360><c> says</c><00:37:20.519><c> you're</c><00:37:20.760><c> not</c><00:37:20.880><c> entitled</c>

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that<00:37:25.760><c> doesn't</c><00:37:25.940><c> do</c><00:37:26.159><c> it</c>

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but<00:37:26.780><c> God</c><00:37:26.920><c> says</c><00:37:27.099><c> you're</c><00:37:27.440><c> not</c><00:37:27.739><c> entitled</c>

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to<00:37:28.719><c> do</c><00:37:28.960><c> that</c>

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your<00:37:30.659><c> job</c><00:37:30.940><c> is</c><00:37:31.139><c> to</c><00:37:31.260><c> get</c><00:37:31.380><c> on</c><00:37:31.579><c> with</c><00:37:31.780><c> my</c><00:37:32.119><c> work</c>

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:34.559
and<00:37:33.500><c> leave</c><00:37:33.719><c> the</c><00:37:33.900><c> future</c><00:37:34.119><c> to</c><00:37:34.300><c> me</c>

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I<00:37:34.739><c> know</c><00:37:34.960><c> what</c><00:37:35.179><c> I'm</c><00:37:36.659><c> doing</c>

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Seekers<00:37:37.300><c> thou</c><00:37:37.440><c> great</c><00:37:37.739><c> things</c><00:37:38.000><c> for</c><00:37:38.280><c> thyself</c>

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seek<00:37:39.900><c> them</c><00:37:40.380><c> not</c>

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you<00:37:42.420><c> do</c>

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your<00:37:42.880><c> part</c><00:37:43.079><c> faithfully</c><00:37:43.559><c> and</c><00:37:43.719><c> I'll</c><00:37:43.980><c> see</c><00:37:44.099><c> that</c><00:37:44.300><c> your</c><00:37:44.440><c> life</c>

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is<00:37:44.940><c> preserved</c>

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Brethren<00:37:47.420><c> and</c><00:37:47.599><c> sisters</c><00:37:47.780><c> I'm</c><00:37:48.340><c> sure</c>

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that<00:37:49.219><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:49.599><c> chapter</c><00:37:49.880><c> 45</c>

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was<00:37:50.619><c> the</c><00:37:50.820><c> Old</c><00:37:51.000><c> Testament</c><00:37:51.360><c> passage</c><00:37:51.719><c> that</c><00:37:51.940><c> the</c><00:37:52.119><c> Lord</c><00:37:52.260><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:37:52.900><c> had</c><00:37:53.079><c> in</c><00:37:53.340><c> mind</c>

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save<00:37:57.000><c> his</c><00:37:57.280><c> life</c>

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will<00:37:58.480><c> lose</c><00:37:58.699><c> it</c>

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whosoever<00:38:00.840><c> will</c><00:38:01.059><c> lose</c><00:38:01.260><c> his</c><00:38:01.519><c> life</c><00:38:01.659><c> for</c><00:38:01.860><c> my</c><00:38:02.219><c> sake</c>

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shall<00:38:03.079><c> find</c><00:38:03.480><c> it</c>

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the<00:38:04.739><c> thought</c><00:38:04.940><c> is</c><00:38:05.219><c> essentially</c><00:38:05.659><c> the</c><00:38:05.980><c> same</c>

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get<00:38:08.039><c> on</c><00:38:08.199><c> with</c><00:38:08.380><c> my</c><00:38:08.619><c> work</c>

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and<00:38:09.000><c> your</c><00:38:09.159><c> life</c><00:38:09.400><c> is</c><00:38:09.659><c> assured</c>

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turn<00:38:11.800><c> your</c><00:38:12.000><c> back</c><00:38:12.219><c> on</c><00:38:12.440><c> me</c>

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and<00:38:13.119><c> you</c><00:38:13.480><c> have</c><00:38:13.820><c> no</c><00:38:14.239><c> guarantee</c>

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of<00:38:15.400><c> anything</c><00:38:15.980><c> at</c><00:38:16.500><c> all</c>

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in<00:38:17.539><c> fact</c><00:38:17.659><c> you</c><00:38:17.840><c> stand</c><00:38:18.039><c> to</c><00:38:18.239><c> lose</c>

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everything<00:38:18.800><c> you</c><00:38:19.139><c> have</c>

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so<00:38:21.360><c> I</c><00:38:21.380><c> think</c><00:38:21.559><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:22.000><c> chapter</c><00:38:22.300><c> 45</c>

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is<00:38:23.179><c> a</c><00:38:23.320><c> very</c><00:38:23.739><c> sobering</c><00:38:24.219><c> exhortation</c>

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for<00:38:25.019><c> each</c><00:38:25.239><c> of</c><00:38:25.400><c> us</c>

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Barrett<00:38:26.420><c> clearly</c><00:38:26.840><c> had</c><00:38:27.059><c> this</c><00:38:27.320><c> period</c><00:38:27.619><c> of</c><00:38:27.880><c> wavering</c>

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seekers<00:38:32.159><c> thou</c><00:38:32.320><c> great</c><00:38:32.679><c> things</c>

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for<00:38:33.239><c> thyself</c>

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seek<00:38:35.099><c> them</c><00:38:35.500><c> not</c>

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there<00:38:40.119><c> are</c><00:38:40.280><c> a</c><00:38:40.380><c> number</c><00:38:40.519><c> of</c><00:38:40.739><c> other</c><00:38:40.880><c> little</c><00:38:41.079><c> lessons</c>

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that<00:38:41.679><c> I</c><00:38:41.780><c> would</c><00:38:41.900><c> have</c><00:38:42.039><c> liked</c><00:38:42.199><c> to</c><00:38:42.400><c> bring</c><00:38:42.500><c> to</c><00:38:42.659><c> your</c><00:38:42.880><c> attention</c>

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this<00:38:43.460><c> morning</c>

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brethren<00:38:44.079><c> and</c><00:38:44.280><c> sisters</c><00:38:44.460><c> but</c><00:38:44.699><c> our</c><00:38:44.920><c> time</c><00:38:45.119><c> is</c><00:38:45.360><c> gone</c>

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I<00:38:45.780><c> think</c><00:38:45.940><c> that's</c><00:38:46.280><c> enough</c><00:38:46.480><c> for</c><00:38:46.699><c> this</c><00:38:46.920><c> session</c>

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and<00:38:48.699><c> God</c><00:38:48.900><c> willing</c><00:38:49.199><c> we</c><00:38:49.539><c> shall</c><00:38:49.760><c> see</c>

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what<00:38:50.260><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:50.820><c> has</c><00:38:51.119><c> to</c><00:38:51.360><c> say</c><00:38:51.559><c> to</c><00:38:51.760><c> us</c>

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personally<00:38:52.679><c> tomorrow</c><00:38:53.219><c> morning</c>

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when<00:38:54.420><c> he</c><00:38:54.679><c> stood</c><00:38:54.800><c> in</c><00:38:54.980><c> the</c><00:38:55.159><c> temple</c><00:38:55.460><c> court</c>

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and<00:38:56.079><c> gave</c><00:38:56.340><c> them</c><00:38:56.920><c> a</c><00:38:57.239><c> really</c><00:38:57.639><c> interesting</c><00:38:58.599><c> exhortation</c>