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It's<00:11:21.360><c> a</c><00:11:21.440><c> good</c><00:11:21.620><c> thought,</c><00:11:21.960><c> isn't</c><00:11:22.120><c> it?</c>

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Nothing.

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It<00:11:27.779><c> was</c><00:11:28.000><c> this</c><00:11:28.200><c> total</c><00:11:28.460><c> inability</c><00:11:30.000><c> to</c><00:11:30.299><c> see</c><00:11:30.679><c> themselves</c><00:11:31.279><c> from</c><00:11:31.639><c> God's</c><00:11:32.139><c> point</c><00:11:32.500><c> of</c><00:11:32.720><c> view</c>

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and<00:11:35.960><c> to</c><00:11:36.320><c> just</c><00:11:36.500><c> pick</c><00:11:36.700><c> up</c><00:11:36.879><c> again</c><00:11:37.120><c> a</c><00:11:37.299><c> point</c><00:11:37.440><c> from</c><00:11:37.679><c> Malachi</c>

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for<00:11:38.279><c> the</c><00:11:38.419><c> benefit</c><00:11:38.659><c> of</c><00:11:38.820><c> those</c><00:11:39.039><c> who</c><00:11:39.200><c> weren't</c><00:11:39.500><c> here</c><00:11:39.679><c> earlier</c><00:11:40.080><c> in</c>

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You<00:11:40.779><c> remember</c><00:11:41.000><c> the</c><00:11:41.440><c> same</c><00:11:41.820><c> situation</c><00:11:42.460><c> obtained.</c>

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Malachi<00:11:44.139><c> abraded</c><00:11:44.899><c> the</c><00:11:45.100><c> people</c><00:11:45.340><c> for</c><00:11:45.519><c> their</c><00:11:45.820><c> faults</c><00:11:46.220><c> and</c><00:11:46.500><c> their</c><00:11:46.779><c> failings.</c>

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And<00:11:48.179><c> they</c><00:11:48.279><c> said,</c><00:11:49.179><c> we</c><00:11:49.240><c> don't</c><00:11:49.559><c> know</c><00:11:49.700><c> what</c><00:11:49.840><c> he's</c><00:11:50.100><c> talking</c><00:11:50.460><c> about.</c>

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What,<00:11:52.700><c> us?</c><00:11:53.620><c> Surely</c><00:11:53.919><c> you</c><00:11:54.120><c> don't</c><00:11:54.379><c> mean</c><00:11:54.639><c> us?</c>

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He<00:11:55.620><c> said,</c><00:11:55.740><c> yes,</c><00:11:56.039><c> I</c><00:11:56.340><c> do.</c><00:11:56.580><c> I'm</c><00:11:56.919><c> talking</c><00:11:57.320><c> about</c><00:11:58.080><c> you.</c>

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You<00:11:59.519><c> have</c><00:11:59.799><c> robbed</c><00:12:00.120><c> God.</c>

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They<00:12:01.259><c> said,</c><00:12:01.559><c> come</c><00:12:01.700><c> on,</c><00:12:01.980><c> Malachi,</c><00:12:03.200><c> that's</c><00:12:03.600><c> too</c><00:12:03.860><c> much.</c>

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He<00:12:05.480><c> said,</c><00:12:06.080><c> you</c><00:12:06.080><c> have?</c>

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Wherein,<00:12:08.840><c> they</c><00:12:09.120><c> said,</c><00:12:09.460><c> wherein?</c>

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Malachi<00:12:11.360><c> had</c><00:12:11.559><c> to</c><00:12:11.740><c> spell</c><00:12:11.860><c> it</c><00:12:12.059><c> out</c><00:12:12.259><c> to</c><00:12:12.379><c> them</c><00:12:12.519><c> in</c><00:12:12.840><c> tithes</c><00:12:13.580><c> and</c><00:12:13.879><c> offerings,</c>

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in<00:12:15.500><c> things</c><00:12:15.899><c> you</c><00:12:16.460><c> could</c><00:12:16.799><c> have</c><00:12:17.059><c> given</c><00:12:17.279><c> to</c><00:12:17.600><c> God</c><00:12:17.860><c> and</c><00:12:18.220><c> didn't,</c>

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in<00:12:18.860><c> things</c><00:12:19.120><c> you</c><00:12:19.360><c> should</c><00:12:19.600><c> have</c><00:12:19.799><c> done</c><00:12:20.019><c> for</c><00:12:20.240><c> God</c><00:12:20.600><c> and</c><00:12:20.860><c> didn't.</c>

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That's<00:12:23.259><c> what</c><00:12:23.399><c> I'm</c><00:12:23.600><c> talking</c><00:12:23.940><c> about,</c><00:12:24.299><c> for</c><00:12:24.460><c> therein</c><00:12:24.860><c> ye</c><00:12:25.019><c> have</c>

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robbed<00:12:25.519><c> God.</c>

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They<00:12:29.740><c> couldn't</c><00:12:30.000><c> see</c><00:12:30.159><c> it,</c><00:12:30.360><c> brethren</c><00:12:30.559><c> and</c><00:12:30.740><c> sisters.</c>

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There<00:12:31.080><c> was</c><00:12:31.299><c> this</c><00:12:31.580><c> total</c><00:12:31.980><c> incomprehension</c><00:12:33.480><c> of</c><00:12:33.659><c> any</c><00:12:34.200><c> possibility</c>

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that<00:12:34.980><c> they</c><00:12:35.139><c> could</c><00:12:35.360><c> ever</c><00:12:35.639><c> be</c><00:12:35.840><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:12:39.419><c> sensitivity</c><00:12:40.179><c> to</c><00:12:40.779><c> sin</c><00:12:41.259><c> is</c><00:12:41.759><c> something</c><00:12:42.259><c> we</c><00:12:42.639><c> all</c><00:12:43.220><c> have</c><00:12:43.620><c> to</c><00:12:43.960><c> develop.</c>

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As<00:12:45.620><c> the</c><00:12:45.799><c> writer</c><00:12:45.980><c> to</c><00:12:46.200><c> the</c><00:12:46.299><c> Hebrews</c><00:12:46.639><c> says,</c>

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our<00:12:47.460><c> senses</c><00:12:47.960><c> must</c><00:12:48.340><c> be</c><00:12:48.860><c> exercised</c><00:12:49.600><c> to</c><00:12:49.840><c> discern</c><00:12:50.200><c> between</c><00:12:50.659><c> good</c>

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and<00:12:51.879><c> evil</c>

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so<00:12:53.659><c> that</c><00:12:53.919><c> from</c><00:12:54.200><c> time</c><00:12:54.559><c> to</c><00:12:54.779><c> time</c><00:12:55.059><c> we</c><00:12:55.340><c> can</c><00:12:55.799><c> take</c><00:12:56.220><c> a</c><00:12:56.500><c> long,</c><00:12:57.220><c> hard</c><00:12:57.480><c> look</c><00:12:57.720><c> at</c><00:12:58.039><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:12:59.580><c> be</c><00:12:59.759><c> aware</c><00:13:00.120><c> of</c><00:13:00.340><c> the</c><00:13:00.519><c> ways</c><00:13:00.759><c> in</c><00:13:00.980><c> which</c><00:13:01.139><c> we</c><00:13:01.460><c> fail</c>

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in<00:13:01.899><c> relation</c><00:13:02.259><c> to</c><00:13:02.480><c> the</c><00:13:02.600><c> things</c><00:13:02.860><c> to</c><00:13:03.019><c> which</c><00:13:03.159><c> we</c><00:13:03.360><c> have</c><00:13:03.500><c> been</c><00:13:03.899><c> called.</c>

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And<00:13:05.419><c> if</c><00:13:05.480><c> we're</c><00:13:05.799><c> unable</c><00:13:06.179><c> to</c><00:13:06.480><c> do</c><00:13:06.659><c> that,</c><00:13:07.139><c> brethren</c><00:13:07.299><c> and</c><00:13:07.539><c> sisters,</c>

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then<00:13:08.679><c> I</c><00:13:08.759><c> would</c><00:13:08.940><c> suggest</c><00:13:09.360><c> that</c><00:13:09.860><c> just</c><00:13:10.059><c> as</c><00:13:10.240><c> the</c><00:13:10.399><c> children</c><00:13:10.679><c> of</c><00:13:10.960><c> Judah</c>

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were<00:13:11.460><c> beyond</c><00:13:12.019><c> hope</c><00:13:12.340><c> at</c><00:13:12.539><c> this</c><00:13:12.779><c> time,</c><00:13:13.080><c> so</c><00:13:13.340><c> are</c><00:13:13.580><c> we.</c>

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We<00:13:15.519><c> can't</c><00:13:15.960><c> indulge</c><00:13:16.480><c> in</c><00:13:16.899><c> honest</c><00:13:17.480><c> self</c><00:13:18.179><c>-examination</c>

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and<00:13:19.659><c> a</c><00:13:19.759><c> critical</c><00:13:20.139><c> self</c><00:13:20.500><c>-appraisal.</c>

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Verse<00:13:23.659><c> 12</c><00:13:24.259><c> of</c><00:13:24.480><c> Chapter</c><00:13:24.759><c> 8,</c><00:13:26.940><c> God</c><00:13:27.139><c> says,</c>

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Were<00:13:27.639><c> they</c><00:13:27.980><c> ashamed</c><00:13:28.480><c> when</c><00:13:28.639><c> they</c><00:13:28.820><c> had</c><00:13:29.019><c> committed</c><00:13:29.259><c> the</c><00:13:29.419><c> abomination?</c>

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Nay,<00:13:30.779><c> they</c><00:13:30.980><c> were</c><00:13:31.200><c> not</c><00:13:31.440><c> at</c><00:13:31.559><c> all</c><00:13:31.759><c> ashamed,</c><00:13:32.379><c> neither</c><00:13:32.659><c> could</c><00:13:32.899><c> they</c><00:13:33.220><c> blush.</c>

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Therefore<00:13:34.700><c> shall</c><00:13:34.919><c> they</c><00:13:35.159><c> fall</c><00:13:35.340><c> among</c><00:13:35.580><c> them</c><00:13:35.820><c> that</c><00:13:36.139><c> fall.</c>

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In<00:13:36.519><c> the</c><00:13:36.759><c> time</c><00:13:36.960><c> of</c><00:13:37.120><c> their</c><00:13:37.299><c> visitation</c><00:13:37.960><c> they</c><00:13:38.500><c> shall</c><00:13:38.899><c> be</c><00:13:39.320><c> cast</c>

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down,<00:13:40.720><c> saith</c><00:13:40.820><c> the</c><00:13:41.139><c> Lord.</c>

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Do<00:13:43.779><c> we</c><00:13:44.159><c> ever</c><00:13:44.580><c> blush</c><00:13:44.860><c> at</c><00:13:45.159><c> our</c><00:13:45.419><c> sins</c><00:13:45.899><c> and</c><00:13:46.259><c> our</c><00:13:46.559><c> foolish</c><00:13:46.940><c> ways?</c>

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We<00:13:49.000><c> certainly</c><00:13:49.460><c> ought</c><00:13:49.840><c> to.</c>

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But<00:13:51.620><c> you</c><00:13:51.740><c> know,</c><00:13:52.000><c> brethren</c><00:13:52.159><c> and</c><00:13:52.299><c> sisters,</c>

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sometimes<00:13:52.960><c> we</c><00:13:53.220><c> almost</c><00:13:53.740><c> seem</c><00:13:53.919><c> to</c><00:13:54.120><c> be</c><00:13:54.220><c> as</c><00:13:54.539><c> hard</c><00:13:54.759><c> of</c><00:13:54.980><c> heart</c><00:13:55.159><c> as</c>

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they<00:13:55.700><c> were</c>

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600<00:13:57.620><c> years</c><00:13:58.100><c> before</c><00:13:58.419><c> the</c><00:13:58.639><c> Christ</c><00:13:58.899><c> was</c><00:13:59.120><c> born.</c>

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We<00:14:00.899><c> don't</c><00:14:01.179><c> feel</c><00:14:01.440><c> that</c><00:14:01.580><c> we've</c><00:14:01.759><c> got</c><00:14:01.879><c> anything</c><00:14:02.100><c> to</c><00:14:02.340><c> blush</c><00:14:02.500><c> about</c>

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or<00:14:03.059><c> anything</c><00:14:03.259><c> to</c><00:14:03.480><c> repent</c><00:14:03.799><c> of.</c>

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And<00:14:05.840><c> perhaps,</c><00:14:07.039><c> perhaps</c><00:14:07.399><c> the</c><00:14:07.600><c> reason</c><00:14:07.860><c> is</c><00:14:08.059><c> one</c><00:14:08.320><c> which</c><00:14:08.759><c> was</c><00:14:09.100><c> revealed</c><00:14:09.419><c> by</c>

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David<00:14:10.039><c> in</c><00:14:10.299><c> Psalm</c><00:14:10.539><c> 36,</c>

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and<00:14:11.360><c> I</c><00:14:11.460><c> don't</c><00:14:11.620><c> want</c><00:14:11.740><c> you</c><00:14:11.879><c> to</c><00:14:12.100><c> turn</c><00:14:12.279><c> there,</c>

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I<00:14:12.559><c> just</c><00:14:12.740><c> want</c><00:14:12.860><c> to</c><00:14:13.000><c> read</c><00:14:13.120><c> you</c><00:14:13.259><c> one</c><00:14:13.480><c> verse</c><00:14:13.779><c> from</c><00:14:13.980><c> the</c><00:14:14.379><c> New</c>

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International<00:14:15.240><c> Version.</c>

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David<00:14:17.320><c> says</c><00:14:17.639><c> concerning</c><00:14:18.120><c> the</c><00:14:18.379><c> wicked,</c>

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There<00:14:19.500><c> is</c><00:14:19.799><c> no</c><00:14:20.179><c> fear</c><00:14:20.580><c> of</c><00:14:20.879><c> God</c><00:14:21.220><c> before</c><00:14:21.700><c> his</c><00:14:22.100><c> eyes,</c>

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for<00:14:23.179><c> in</c><00:14:23.440><c> his</c><00:14:23.779><c> own</c><00:14:24.159><c> eyes</c><00:14:24.639><c> he</c><00:14:25.039><c> flatters</c><00:14:25.399><c> himself</c><00:14:26.259><c> too</c><00:14:26.860><c> much</c>

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to<00:14:28.000><c> detect</c><00:14:28.639><c> or</c><00:14:29.379><c> hate</c><00:14:29.860><c> his</c><00:14:30.500><c> own</c><00:14:31.019><c> sin.</c>

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What<00:14:33.419><c> an</c><00:14:33.860><c> indictment</c><00:14:34.419><c> that</c><00:14:34.779><c> is,</c>

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something<00:14:35.379><c> we</c><00:14:35.539><c> need</c><00:14:35.799><c> to</c><00:14:36.059><c> guard</c><00:14:36.240><c> against</c><00:14:36.679><c> at</c><00:14:36.980><c> all</c><00:14:37.379><c> times,</c>

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the<00:14:38.139><c> possibility</c><00:14:38.960><c> that</c><00:14:39.659><c> we</c><00:14:39.879><c> might</c><00:14:40.940><c> flatter</c><00:14:42.000><c> ourselves</c><00:14:42.840><c> too</c><00:14:43.399><c> much</c>

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to<00:14:44.039><c> detect</c><00:14:44.740><c> or</c><00:14:45.399><c> hate</c><00:14:45.720><c> our</c><00:14:46.120><c> own</c><00:14:46.539><c> sin.</c>

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Back<00:14:50.379><c> to</c><00:14:50.500><c> verse</c><00:14:50.740><c> 7,</c><00:14:51.519><c> he</c><00:14:51.620><c> says,</c>

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Yea,<00:14:53.059><c> the</c><00:14:53.200><c> stalk</c><00:14:53.399><c> in</c><00:14:53.559><c> the</c><00:14:53.700><c> heaven</c><00:14:53.899><c> knoweth</c><00:14:54.240><c> her</c><00:14:54.460><c> appointed</c><00:14:54.919><c> times,</c>

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the<00:14:56.000><c> turtle</c><00:14:56.299><c> and</c><00:14:56.460><c> the</c><00:14:56.639><c> crane</c><00:14:56.799><c> and</c><00:14:57.000><c> the</c><00:14:57.220><c> swallow</c><00:14:57.399><c> observe</c><00:14:57.899><c> the</c>

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time<00:14:58.320><c> of</c><00:14:58.500><c> their</c><00:14:58.799><c> coming,</c>

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but<00:14:59.740><c> my</c><00:15:00.220><c> people</c><00:15:00.740><c> know</c><00:15:01.240><c> not</c><00:15:01.799><c> the</c><00:15:02.220><c> judgment</c><00:15:02.740><c> of</c><00:15:03.240><c> the</c><00:15:03.419><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:15:06.440><c> what</c><00:15:06.519><c> he's</c><00:15:06.679><c> saying</c><00:15:06.940><c> is</c><00:15:07.120><c> that</c><00:15:07.279><c> the</c><00:15:07.399><c> birds</c><00:15:07.620><c> of</c><00:15:07.799><c> the</c><00:15:07.980><c> air</c>

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obey<00:15:08.519><c> the</c><00:15:08.779><c> natural</c><00:15:09.100><c> course</c><00:15:09.379><c> of</c><00:15:09.580><c> God's</c><00:15:09.980><c> law,</c><00:15:10.240><c> don't</c><00:15:10.500><c> they?</c>

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They<00:15:13.620><c> migrate</c><00:15:14.120><c> and</c><00:15:14.860><c> they</c><00:15:15.120><c> return</c><00:15:15.860><c> sometimes</c><00:15:16.899><c> to</c><00:15:17.120><c> the</c><00:15:17.220><c> very</c><00:15:17.559><c> spot,</c>

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having<00:15:18.200><c> travelled</c><00:15:18.659><c> thousands</c><00:15:19.240><c> of</c><00:15:19.519><c> miles,</c>

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they<00:15:19.960><c> come</c><00:15:20.200><c> back</c><00:15:20.440><c> the</c><00:15:20.620><c> following</c><00:15:20.879><c> year</c><00:15:21.120><c> to</c><00:15:21.360><c> the</c><00:15:21.580><c> exact</c><00:15:21.879><c> same</c><00:15:22.279><c> place,</c>

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even<00:15:23.019><c> sometimes</c><00:15:23.480><c> to</c><00:15:23.679><c> the</c><00:15:23.759><c> very</c><00:15:24.039><c> nest</c><00:15:24.399><c> they</c><00:15:24.860><c> vacated.</c>

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They<00:15:27.399><c> know</c><00:15:27.799><c> and</c><00:15:28.200><c> keep</c><00:15:28.500><c> their</c><00:15:28.860><c> appointed</c><00:15:29.340><c> times,</c>

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but<00:15:31.340><c> God's</c><00:15:31.779><c> people</c><00:15:31.980><c> didn't</c><00:15:32.220><c> even</c><00:15:32.500><c> seem</c><00:15:32.620><c> to</c><00:15:32.759><c> have</c><00:15:32.879><c> the</c><00:15:33.100><c> common</c>

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sense<00:15:33.519><c> of</c><00:15:33.679><c> the</c><00:15:33.860><c> birds</c><00:15:34.059><c> of</c><00:15:34.240><c> the</c><00:15:34.419><c> air.</c>

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They<00:15:35.940><c> didn't</c><00:15:36.200><c> seem</c><00:15:36.500><c> to</c><00:15:36.759><c> know</c><00:15:36.960><c> what</c><00:15:37.179><c> God</c><00:15:37.460><c> wanted</c><00:15:37.799><c> them</c><00:15:38.000><c> to</c><00:15:38.220><c> do,</c>

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like<00:15:38.679><c> birds</c><00:15:39.000><c> and</c><00:15:39.159><c> their</c><00:15:39.379><c> migrations.</c>

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They<00:15:40.740><c> know</c><00:15:41.080><c> not</c><00:15:41.500><c> the</c><00:15:41.659><c> judgment</c><00:15:42.019><c> of</c><00:15:42.240><c> the</c><00:15:42.360><c> Lord,</c><00:15:42.720><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:43.139><c> says.</c>

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You<00:15:45.899><c> may</c><00:15:46.080><c> recall</c><00:15:46.379><c> that</c><00:15:46.539><c> Jesus</c><00:15:46.799><c> said</c><00:15:46.980><c> something</c><00:15:47.320><c> similar</c>

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to<00:15:47.840><c> the</c><00:15:48.039><c> scribes</c><00:15:48.340><c> and</c><00:15:48.460><c> the</c><00:15:48.659><c> Pharisees</c><00:15:49.059><c> of</c><00:15:49.240><c> his</c><00:15:49.480><c> day.</c>

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He<00:15:50.759><c> said,</c><00:15:51.080><c> you</c><00:15:51.139><c> people</c><00:15:51.419><c> can</c><00:15:51.700><c> discern</c><00:15:51.940><c> the</c><00:15:52.139><c> face</c><00:15:52.360><c> of</c><00:15:52.539><c> the</c><00:15:52.740><c> sky,</c>

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and<00:15:53.899><c> you're</c><00:15:54.059><c> not</c><00:15:54.279><c> bad</c><00:15:54.419><c> at</c><00:15:54.539><c> it</c><00:15:54.700><c> either.</c>

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You<00:15:55.740><c> can</c><00:15:56.000><c> say,</c><00:15:56.899><c> red</c><00:15:57.059><c> sky</c><00:15:57.299><c> in</c><00:15:57.460><c> the</c><00:15:57.600><c> morning,</c><00:15:58.100><c> shepherd's</c><00:15:58.460><c> warning,</c>

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red<00:15:59.059><c> sky</c><00:15:59.320><c> at</c><00:15:59.559><c> night,</c><00:15:59.840><c> shepherd's</c><00:16:00.340><c> delight,</c><00:16:00.679><c> or</c><00:16:00.820><c> something</c><00:16:01.059><c> to</c>

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that<00:16:01.419><c> effect.</c>

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Oh,<00:16:02.320><c> you</c><00:16:02.419><c> can</c><00:16:02.620><c> discern</c><00:16:02.860><c> the</c><00:16:03.039><c> face</c><00:16:03.220><c> of</c><00:16:03.399><c> the</c><00:16:03.559><c> sky</c><00:16:03.759><c> all</c><00:16:04.000><c> right,</c>

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but<00:16:05.559><c> you</c><00:16:05.879><c> can't</c><00:16:06.500><c> seem</c><00:16:06.759><c> to</c><00:16:07.080><c> understand</c><00:16:07.639><c> what</c><00:16:07.899><c> God</c><00:16:08.139><c> is</c><00:16:08.440><c> trying</c>

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to<00:16:08.940><c> say</c><00:16:09.159><c> to</c><00:16:09.399><c> you.</c>

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In<00:16:11.480><c> the</c><00:16:11.600><c> words</c><00:16:11.740><c> of</c><00:16:11.980><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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this<00:16:12.779><c> people</c><00:16:13.159><c> knoweth</c><00:16:13.639><c> not</c><00:16:13.840><c> the</c><00:16:14.019><c> judgment</c><00:16:14.399><c> of</c><00:16:14.620><c> the</c><00:16:14.779><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:16:17.320><c> it's</c><00:16:17.519><c> a</c><00:16:17.639><c> fact,</c><00:16:18.120><c> isn't</c><00:16:18.120><c> it,</c><00:16:18.440><c> brethren</c><00:16:18.639><c> and</c><00:16:18.879><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:16:19.480><c> Christ's</c><00:16:20.460><c> sternest</c><00:16:21.059><c> strictures,</c>

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his<00:16:21.799><c> most</c><00:16:22.220><c> severe</c><00:16:22.799><c> criticisms,</c>

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were<00:16:24.620><c> reserved</c><00:16:25.159><c> for</c><00:16:25.399><c> the</c><00:16:25.679><c> people</c><00:16:26.039><c> who</c><00:16:26.480><c> thought</c><00:16:26.779><c> they</c><00:16:27.139><c> knew</c><00:16:27.419><c> it</c><00:16:27.740><c> all,</c>

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for<00:16:28.700><c> the</c><00:16:29.000><c> know</c><00:16:29.240><c>-alls</c><00:16:29.539><c> of</c><00:16:29.799><c> his</c><00:16:30.080><c> day.</c>

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They<00:16:31.840><c> were</c><00:16:32.000><c> so</c><00:16:32.320><c> sure</c><00:16:32.500><c> that</c><00:16:32.659><c> they</c><00:16:32.799><c> knew</c><00:16:32.980><c> all</c><00:16:33.179><c> about</c><00:16:33.399><c> God's</c><00:16:33.840><c> plan</c>

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and<00:16:34.279><c> purpose</c>

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that<00:16:35.360><c> they</c><00:16:35.659><c> missed</c><00:16:35.980><c> the</c><00:16:36.200><c> mark</c><00:16:36.460><c> completely.</c>

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And<00:16:39.039><c> it</c><00:16:39.039><c> was</c><00:16:39.299><c> these</c><00:16:39.700><c> people,</c>

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blinded<00:16:41.279><c> by</c><00:16:41.519><c> tradition</c><00:16:42.399><c> and</c><00:16:43.500><c> prejudice</c><00:16:44.019><c> and</c><00:16:45.120><c> arrogance,</c>

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these<00:16:46.879><c> were</c><00:16:47.059><c> the</c><00:16:47.179><c> people</c><00:16:47.419><c> that</c><00:16:47.620><c> Jesus</c><00:16:47.879><c> always</c><00:16:48.440><c> castigated.</c>

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But<00:16:50.159><c> have</c><00:16:50.279><c> you</c><00:16:50.419><c> noticed</c><00:16:50.759><c> as</c><00:16:50.940><c> you</c><00:16:51.100><c> read</c><00:16:51.259><c> the</c><00:16:51.480><c> Gospels</c>

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that<00:16:52.120><c> he</c><00:16:52.279><c> was</c><00:16:52.700><c> always</c><00:16:53.460><c> compassionate</c><00:16:54.460><c> to</c><00:16:54.940><c> the</c><00:16:55.159><c> poor</c><00:16:55.320><c> and</c><00:16:55.539><c> the</c><00:16:55.740><c> needy?</c>

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I<00:16:57.460><c> don't</c><00:16:57.740><c> know</c><00:16:57.919><c> of</c><00:16:58.139><c> any</c><00:16:58.419><c> place</c><00:16:58.720><c> in</c><00:16:58.919><c> the</c><00:16:59.000><c> New</c><00:16:59.200><c> Testament,</c>

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brethren<00:17:00.019><c> and</c><00:17:00.240><c> sisters,</c><00:17:00.659><c> where</c><00:17:00.759><c> Jesus</c><00:17:01.440><c> upbraided</c><00:17:02.379><c> people</c>

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because<00:17:03.740><c> they</c><00:17:03.940><c> were</c><00:17:04.200><c> poor</c><00:17:04.700><c> or</c><00:17:05.880><c> ignorant</c><00:17:06.480><c> or</c><00:17:07.259><c> foolish.</c>

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He<00:17:09.079><c> had</c><00:17:09.279><c> compassion</c><00:17:09.900><c> on</c><00:17:10.200><c> the</c><00:17:10.380><c> harlots</c><00:17:10.640><c> and</c><00:17:10.779><c> the</c><00:17:10.980><c> publicans.</c>

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He<00:17:12.259><c> was</c><00:17:12.579><c> sorry</c><00:17:12.900><c> for</c><00:17:13.119><c> the</c><00:17:13.359><c> poor</c><00:17:13.599><c> and</c><00:17:13.799><c> the</c><00:17:14.099><c> oppressed.</c>

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And<00:17:15.180><c> he</c><00:17:15.259><c> did</c><00:17:15.440><c> all</c><00:17:15.799><c> in</c><00:17:15.980><c> his</c><00:17:16.339><c> power</c><00:17:16.619><c> to</c><00:17:16.859><c> meet</c><00:17:17.059><c> their</c><00:17:17.380><c> need.</c>

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But<00:17:18.900><c> when</c><00:17:19.039><c> it</c><00:17:19.279><c> came</c><00:17:19.420><c> to</c><00:17:19.640><c> the</c><00:17:19.859><c> scribes</c><00:17:20.279><c> and</c><00:17:20.440><c> the</c><00:17:20.720><c> Pharisees,</c>

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he<00:17:21.640><c> had</c><00:17:21.880><c> no</c><00:17:22.180><c> time</c><00:17:22.359><c> for</c><00:17:22.500><c> them</c><00:17:22.680><c> at</c><00:17:22.880><c> all,</c><00:17:23.220><c> did</c><00:17:23.220><c> he?</c>

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They<00:17:24.900><c> were</c><00:17:25.059><c> the</c><00:17:25.220><c> people</c><00:17:25.420><c> who</c><00:17:25.619><c> were</c><00:17:25.859><c> so</c><00:17:26.160><c> sure</c><00:17:26.380><c> that</c><00:17:26.559><c> they</c><00:17:26.740><c> knew</c>

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all<00:17:27.119><c> about</c><00:17:27.400><c> God</c>

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that<00:17:27.759><c> they</c><00:17:27.859><c> didn't</c><00:17:28.099><c> need</c><00:17:28.380><c> him</c><00:17:28.619><c> to</c><00:17:28.839><c> tell</c><00:17:29.000><c> them</c><00:17:29.180><c> anything.</c>

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This<00:17:31.099><c> people</c><00:17:31.380><c> that</c><00:17:31.619><c> knoweth</c><00:17:31.920><c> not</c><00:17:32.059><c> the</c><00:17:32.259><c> law</c><00:17:32.400><c> are</c><00:17:32.640><c> cursed,</c><00:17:32.960><c> they</c><00:17:33.200><c> said.</c>

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In<00:17:33.940><c> other</c><00:17:34.119><c> words,</c><00:17:34.259><c> people</c><00:17:34.519><c> who</c><00:17:34.680><c> don't</c><00:17:34.859><c> understand</c><00:17:35.400><c> the</c><00:17:35.599><c> truth</c>

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the<00:17:35.940><c> way</c><00:17:36.079><c> we</c><00:17:36.339><c> do</c><00:17:36.420><c> have</c><00:17:36.599><c> got</c><00:17:36.799><c> no</c><00:17:37.059><c> hope</c><00:17:37.240><c> at</c><00:17:37.519><c> all.</c>

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We're<00:17:38.880><c> the</c><00:17:39.019><c> ones</c><00:17:39.319><c> that</c><00:17:39.579><c> know</c><00:17:39.740><c> about</c><00:17:40.059><c> the</c><00:17:40.279><c> things</c><00:17:40.480><c> of</c><00:17:40.740><c> God.</c>

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They<00:17:42.980><c> couldn't</c><00:17:43.339><c> see</c><00:17:43.700><c> that</c><00:17:43.900><c> in</c><00:17:44.119><c> their</c><00:17:44.359><c> pride</c>

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it<00:17:46.140><c> was</c><00:17:46.299><c> really</c><00:17:46.559><c> they</c><00:17:46.839><c> who</c><00:17:47.019><c> were</c><00:17:47.279><c> cursed,</c>

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for<00:17:47.680><c> they</c><00:17:47.920><c> knew</c><00:17:48.180><c> nothing</c><00:17:48.640><c> at</c><00:17:49.039><c> all.</c>

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And<00:17:52.200><c> it</c><00:17:52.240><c> was</c><00:17:52.400><c> the</c><00:17:52.539><c> same</c><00:17:52.680><c> in</c><00:17:52.819><c> the</c><00:17:52.900><c> days</c><00:17:53.099><c> of</c><00:17:53.359><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:17:53.839><c> wasn't</c><00:17:54.200><c> it?</c>

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In<00:17:55.960><c> fact,</c><00:17:56.420><c> and</c><00:17:56.519><c> this</c><00:17:56.759><c> is</c><00:17:56.960><c> the</c><00:17:57.140><c> frightening</c><00:17:57.500><c> thing,</c>

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in<00:17:58.400><c> fact</c><00:17:58.779><c> it</c><00:17:59.140><c> seems</c><00:17:59.619><c> to</c><00:17:59.839><c> have</c><00:18:00.059><c> been</c><00:18:00.259><c> the</c><00:18:00.660><c> same</c>

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throughout<00:18:02.140><c> the</c><00:18:02.680><c> history</c><00:18:03.240><c> of</c><00:18:03.660><c> God's</c><00:18:04.200><c> people.</c>

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In<00:18:06.000><c> every</c><00:18:06.339><c> generation,</c>

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and<00:18:08.200><c> that</c><00:18:08.359><c> ought</c><00:18:08.539><c> to</c><00:18:08.660><c> be</c><00:18:08.819><c> a</c><00:18:08.960><c> solemn</c><00:18:09.119><c> warning</c><00:18:09.440><c> to</c><00:18:09.619><c> us</c><00:18:09.799><c> in</c><00:18:09.920><c> the</c>

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last<00:18:10.440><c> days,</c>

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brethren<00:18:11.019><c> and</c><00:18:11.259><c> sisters,</c>

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if<00:18:13.279><c> blindness</c><00:18:13.839><c> is</c><00:18:14.240><c> something</c><00:18:14.740><c> which</c><00:18:15.019><c> has</c><00:18:15.339><c> afflicted</c><00:18:15.920><c> God's</c><00:18:16.519><c> people</c>

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in<00:18:17.460><c> every</c><00:18:18.099><c> generation,</c>

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we'd<00:18:22.380><c> better</c><00:18:22.619><c> look</c><00:18:22.940><c> out.</c>

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We<00:18:24.200><c> really</c><00:18:24.880><c> had</c><00:18:25.279><c> better</c><00:18:25.700><c> look</c><00:18:26.059><c> out.</c>

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they<00:18:30.579><c> are</c><00:18:31.119><c> invariably</c><00:18:31.779><c> wrong.</c>

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So<00:18:33.220><c> pray</c><00:18:33.599><c> God</c><00:18:33.900><c> we</c><00:18:34.119><c> don't</c><00:18:34.460><c> make</c><00:18:34.759><c> the</c><00:18:35.039><c> same</c><00:18:35.259><c> mistakes.</c>

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Verse<00:18:39.319><c> 8,</c><00:18:40.799><c> he</c><00:18:40.799><c> said,</c>

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How<00:18:41.480><c> do</c><00:18:41.920><c> ye</c><00:18:42.220><c> say</c><00:18:42.640><c> we</c><00:18:43.000><c> are</c><00:18:43.440><c> wise,</c>

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and<00:18:44.400><c> the</c><00:18:44.539><c> law</c><00:18:44.740><c> of</c><00:18:44.859><c> the</c><00:18:45.000><c> Lord</c><00:18:45.160><c> is</c><00:18:45.400><c> with</c><00:18:45.599><c> us?</c>

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Lo,<00:18:47.839><c> certainly</c><00:18:48.299><c> in</c><00:18:48.599><c> vain</c><00:18:48.759><c> he</c><00:18:48.940><c> made</c><00:18:49.200><c> it,</c>

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and<00:18:49.579><c> the</c><00:18:49.680><c> pen</c><00:18:49.779><c> of</c><00:18:49.980><c> the</c><00:18:50.200><c> scribes</c><00:18:50.599><c> is</c><00:18:50.819><c> in</c><00:18:51.099><c> vain.</c>

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So<00:18:53.359><c> clearly</c><00:18:53.720><c> these</c><00:18:53.900><c> people</c><00:18:54.160><c> really</c><00:18:54.519><c> did</c><00:18:54.720><c> think</c><00:18:54.880><c> they</c><00:18:55.059><c> were</c><00:18:55.279><c> wise.</c>

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They<00:18:57.200><c> had</c><00:18:57.519><c> some</c><00:18:57.960><c> kind</c><00:18:58.359><c> of</c><00:18:58.599><c> reverence</c><00:18:58.859><c> for</c><00:18:59.059><c> the</c><00:18:59.180><c> word</c><00:18:59.339><c> of</c><00:18:59.579><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:00.019><c> their</c><00:19:00.299><c> scribes</c><00:19:00.759><c> punctiliously</c><00:19:01.720><c> copied</c><00:19:02.079><c> it</c><00:19:02.339><c> out,</c>

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checking<00:19:03.380><c> every</c><00:19:03.900><c> dot</c><00:19:04.119><c> and</c><00:19:04.380><c> tittle.</c>

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But<00:19:05.759><c> when</c><00:19:05.940><c> it</c><00:19:06.119><c> came</c><00:19:06.359><c> to</c><00:19:06.539><c> putting</c><00:19:06.839><c> the</c><00:19:07.099><c> things</c><00:19:07.299><c> into</c><00:19:07.660><c> practice</c>

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that<00:19:08.400><c> they</c><00:19:08.599><c> had</c><00:19:08.839><c> written</c><00:19:09.059><c> down,</c>

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well<00:19:10.099><c> then</c><00:19:10.400><c> they</c><00:19:10.960><c> were</c><00:19:11.279><c> hopelessly</c><00:19:12.160><c> astray.</c>

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They<00:19:13.079><c> neither</c><00:19:13.359><c> listened</c><00:19:13.720><c> to</c><00:19:13.900><c> them</c><00:19:14.019><c> nor</c><00:19:14.279><c> obeyed</c><00:19:14.660><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:16.839><c> as</c><00:19:17.299><c> we</c><00:19:17.559><c> said</c><00:19:17.720><c> brethren</c><00:19:18.059><c> and</c><00:19:18.259><c> sisters,</c>

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it<00:19:18.799><c> happened</c><00:19:19.119><c> over</c><00:19:19.880><c> and</c><00:19:20.259><c> over</c><00:19:20.819><c> again</c><00:19:21.359><c> in</c><00:19:21.579><c> the</c><00:19:21.740><c> history</c><00:19:22.099><c> of</c><00:19:22.359><c> Israel.</c>

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Do<00:19:24.700><c> you</c><00:19:24.740><c> remember</c><00:19:24.819><c> what</c><00:19:25.039><c> Jesus</c><00:19:25.359><c> said</c><00:19:25.559><c> to</c><00:19:25.759><c> the</c><00:19:25.980><c> scribes</c><00:19:26.339><c> and</c><00:19:26.579><c> Pharisees?</c>

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He<00:19:28.339><c> said,</c>

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Now<00:19:29.700><c> you</c><00:19:30.119><c> people</c><00:19:30.619><c> say,</c><00:19:31.599><c> we</c><00:19:31.880><c> see.</c>

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In<00:19:32.940><c> other</c><00:19:33.140><c> words,</c><00:19:33.400><c> we</c><00:19:33.539><c> understand,</c>

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therefore<00:19:34.980><c> your</c><00:19:35.279><c> sin</c><00:19:35.519><c> remaineth.</c>

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You<00:19:37.980><c> say</c><00:19:38.420><c> that</c><00:19:38.680><c> you</c><00:19:38.880><c> can</c><00:19:39.140><c> see</c><00:19:39.319><c> and</c><00:19:39.599><c> understand</c>

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what's<00:19:40.400><c> written</c><00:19:40.579><c> in</c><00:19:40.779><c> the</c><00:19:40.920><c> word</c><00:19:41.059><c> of</c><00:19:41.319><c> God,</c>

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therefore<00:19:42.019><c> your</c><00:19:42.420><c> sin</c><00:19:42.740><c> remaineth.</c>

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Because<00:19:45.180><c> their</c><00:19:45.599><c> sin</c><00:19:45.960><c> lay.</c>

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Not<00:19:47.119><c> in</c><00:19:47.319><c> not</c><00:19:47.599><c> knowing,</c><00:19:48.980><c> but</c><00:19:49.119><c> in</c><00:19:49.279><c> not</c><00:19:49.640><c> doing.</c>

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He<00:19:51.400><c> said</c><00:19:51.500><c> something</c><00:19:51.819><c> similar</c><00:19:52.240><c> a</c><00:19:52.420><c> little</c><00:19:52.599><c> while</c><00:19:52.779><c> later.</c>

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He<00:19:53.720><c> said</c><00:19:53.720><c> the</c><00:19:53.880><c> scribes</c><00:19:54.240><c> and</c><00:19:54.380><c> Pharisees</c><00:19:54.740><c> sit</c><00:19:54.960><c> in</c><00:19:55.099><c> Moses'</c><00:19:55.640><c> seat.</c>

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All<00:19:57.259><c> therefore</c><00:19:57.759><c> whatsoever</c><00:19:58.160><c> they</c><00:19:58.440><c> bid</c><00:19:58.640><c> you</c><00:19:58.940><c> observe,</c>

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that<00:20:00.019><c> observe</c><00:20:00.440><c> and</c><00:20:00.700><c> do.</c>

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But<00:20:01.079><c> do</c><00:20:01.220><c> ye</c><00:20:01.339><c> not</c><00:20:01.539><c> after</c><00:20:01.759><c> their</c><00:20:02.079><c> works,</c>

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because<00:20:02.640><c> they</c><00:20:02.980><c> say</c><00:20:03.460><c> and</c><00:20:04.339><c> do</c><00:20:04.640><c> not?</c>

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That<00:20:06.680><c> huge</c><00:20:07.279><c> gap</c><00:20:07.859><c> again</c><00:20:08.579><c> between</c><00:20:09.000><c> profession</c><00:20:09.420><c> and</c><00:20:09.700><c> performance.</c>

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So<00:20:13.380><c> it's</c><00:20:13.819><c> not</c><00:20:14.180><c> enough</c><00:20:14.779><c> just</c><00:20:15.359><c> to</c><00:20:15.680><c> know</c><00:20:15.920><c> the</c><00:20:16.160><c> Bible,</c>

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It's<00:20:21.940><c> not</c><00:20:22.119><c> sufficient</c><00:20:22.460><c> just</c><00:20:22.759><c> to</c><00:20:22.900><c> be</c><00:20:23.180><c> conversant</c><00:20:23.579><c> with</c><00:20:23.819><c> the</c><00:20:24.019><c> Scriptures.</c>

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as<00:20:28.720><c> well,</c><00:20:28.920><c> if</c><00:20:29.140><c> not</c><00:20:29.420><c> better</c><00:20:29.700><c> than</c><00:20:29.900><c> we</c><00:20:30.259><c> do.</c>

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Let's<00:20:31.240><c> give</c><00:20:31.420><c> them</c><00:20:31.740><c> due</c><00:20:31.880><c> credit</c><00:20:32.240><c> for</c><00:20:32.440><c> their</c><00:20:32.700><c> scholarship.</c>

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They<00:20:33.619><c> really</c><00:20:34.119><c> did</c><00:20:34.539><c> know</c><00:20:34.759><c> their</c><00:20:34.960><c> way</c><00:20:35.220><c> around</c><00:20:35.599><c> the</c><00:20:35.799><c> Old</c><00:20:36.019><c> Testament.</c>

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They<00:20:37.079><c> had</c><00:20:37.339><c> numbered</c><00:20:37.619><c> off</c><00:20:37.900><c> all</c><00:20:38.119><c> the</c><00:20:38.359><c> commandments,</c>

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they<00:20:39.099><c> had</c><00:20:39.359><c> made</c><00:20:39.599><c> their</c><00:20:39.980><c> commentaries,</c>

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they<00:20:40.920><c> knew</c><00:20:41.240><c> their</c><00:20:41.559><c> way</c><00:20:41.859><c> around</c><00:20:42.240><c> the</c><00:20:42.579><c> scrolls.</c>

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Yet<00:20:45.759><c> they</c><00:20:45.960><c> couldn't</c><00:20:46.319><c> see</c><00:20:46.700><c> the</c><00:20:47.039><c> righteousness</c><00:20:47.539><c> of</c><00:20:47.920><c> God</c>

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in<00:20:48.519><c> the</c><00:20:48.720><c> face</c><00:20:48.980><c> of</c><00:20:49.240><c> Jesus</c><00:20:49.640><c> Christ</c><00:20:50.119><c> their</c><00:20:50.359><c> Messiah.</c>

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They<00:20:52.380><c> couldn't</c><00:20:52.700><c> see</c><00:20:53.000><c> it</c><00:20:53.279><c> at</c><00:20:53.539><c> all.</c>

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You<00:20:56.039><c> search</c><00:20:56.440><c> the</c><00:20:56.720><c> Scriptures,</c><00:20:57.119><c> Jesus</c><00:20:57.599><c> said</c><00:20:57.859><c> to</c><00:20:58.059><c> them,</c>

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for<00:20:58.920><c> in</c><00:20:59.160><c> them</c><00:20:59.319><c> you</c><00:20:59.599><c> think</c><00:20:59.859><c> you</c><00:21:00.119><c> have</c><00:21:00.319><c> eternal</c><00:21:00.759><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:01.859><c> that's</c><00:21:02.180><c> a</c><00:21:02.339><c> very</c><00:21:02.680><c> searching</c><00:21:03.099><c> saying.</c>

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It<00:21:03.599><c> doesn't</c><00:21:03.839><c> come</c><00:21:04.160><c> across</c><00:21:04.420><c> well</c><00:21:04.660><c> in</c><00:21:04.839><c> the</c><00:21:05.019><c> authorized</c><00:21:05.420><c> version.</c>

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In<00:21:06.500><c> the</c><00:21:06.740><c> authorized</c><00:21:07.059><c> version</c><00:21:07.480><c> in</c><00:21:07.740><c> John</c><00:21:08.000><c> chapter</c><00:21:08.299><c> 5,</c>

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it<00:21:08.759><c> sounds</c><00:21:09.119><c> like</c><00:21:09.420><c> an</c><00:21:09.660><c> exhortation</c><00:21:10.279><c> as</c><00:21:10.519><c> though</c><00:21:10.599><c> he</c><00:21:10.680><c> was</c><00:21:10.839><c> saying</c>

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to<00:21:11.220><c> them,</c>

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search<00:21:11.900><c> the</c><00:21:12.160><c> Scriptures,</c><00:21:12.740><c> brethren.</c>

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But<00:21:13.940><c> he</c><00:21:14.039><c> wasn't.</c>

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He<00:21:15.079><c> was</c><00:21:15.279><c> saying,</c><00:21:16.099><c> you</c><00:21:16.319><c> do</c><00:21:16.779><c> search</c><00:21:17.200><c> the</c><00:21:17.500><c> Scriptures,</c>

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for<00:21:18.640><c> in</c><00:21:18.900><c> them</c><00:21:19.099><c> you</c><00:21:19.440><c> think</c><00:21:19.640><c> you</c><00:21:19.880><c> have</c><00:21:20.079><c> eternal</c><00:21:20.519><c> life.</c>

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You<00:21:21.440><c> do</c><00:21:21.680><c> your</c><00:21:21.980><c> daily</c><00:21:22.279><c> readings</c><00:21:22.619><c> because</c><00:21:22.980><c> you</c><00:21:23.279><c> think</c><00:21:23.460><c> that's</c>

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but<00:21:27.380><c> you</c><00:21:28.660><c> will</c><00:21:28.960><c> not</c><00:21:29.180><c> come</c><00:21:29.480><c> unto</c><00:21:29.799><c> me</c><00:21:30.799><c> that</c><00:21:32.000><c> ye</c><00:21:32.220><c> might</c><00:21:32.539><c> have</c><00:21:32.920><c> life.</c>

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So<00:21:34.359><c> you're</c><00:21:34.779><c> largely</c><00:21:35.460><c> wasting</c><00:21:36.099><c> your</c><00:21:36.579><c> time.</c>

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So<00:21:40.039><c> brethren</c><00:21:40.279><c> and</c><00:21:40.539><c> sisters,</c><00:21:41.019><c> there's</c><00:21:41.140><c> no</c><00:21:41.299><c> great</c><00:21:41.599><c> glory</c>

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in<00:21:42.059><c> knowing</c><00:21:42.319><c> the</c><00:21:42.480><c> Bible</c><00:21:42.740><c> from</c><00:21:43.019><c> cover</c><00:21:43.259><c> to</c><00:21:43.480><c> cover.</c>

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is<00:21:52.819><c> being</c><00:21:53.099><c> able</c><00:21:53.420><c> to</c><00:21:53.660><c> interpret</c><00:21:54.380><c> Christ</c><00:21:55.019><c> in</c><00:21:55.299><c> what</c><00:21:55.519><c> we</c><00:21:55.799><c> are</c><00:21:55.819><c> reading</c>

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and<00:21:56.799><c> then</c><00:21:57.180><c> live</c><00:21:57.339><c> it</c><00:21:57.680><c> out</c><00:21:57.880><c> in</c><00:21:58.119><c> our</c><00:21:58.339><c> own</c><00:21:58.640><c> lives.</c>

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Unless<00:22:00.539><c> these</c><00:22:01.099><c> Scriptures</c><00:22:01.599><c> bring</c><00:22:01.960><c> us</c><00:22:02.240><c> to</c><00:22:02.480><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:22:03.440><c> to</c><00:22:03.619><c> the</c><00:22:03.819><c> practice</c><00:22:04.200><c> of</c><00:22:04.440><c> His</c><00:22:04.759><c> faith,</c>

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then<00:22:07.799><c> brethren</c><00:22:08.119><c> and</c><00:22:08.359><c> sisters,</c><00:22:08.740><c> just</c><00:22:09.140><c> to</c><00:22:09.500><c> know</c><00:22:09.779><c> them</c>

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is<00:22:11.200><c> a</c><00:22:11.559><c> condemnation</c><00:22:12.440><c> rather</c><00:22:12.819><c> than</c><00:22:13.019><c> a</c><00:22:13.059><c> source</c><00:22:13.339><c> of</c><00:22:13.680><c> congratulation.</c>

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Have<00:22:15.940><c> you</c><00:22:16.059><c> ever</c><00:22:16.319><c> thought</c><00:22:16.559><c> of</c><00:22:16.720><c> that?</c>

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Just<00:22:18.539><c> to</c><00:22:18.900><c> know</c><00:22:19.180><c> them</c><00:22:19.700><c> and</c><00:22:20.480><c> not</c><00:22:20.700><c> do</c><00:22:20.960><c> them</c>

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is<00:22:22.160><c> a</c><00:22:22.359><c> source</c><00:22:22.599><c> of</c><00:22:22.960><c> condemnation</c><00:22:24.240><c> rather</c><00:22:24.680><c> than</c><00:22:24.980><c> congratulation.</c>

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And<00:22:28.039><c> yet</c><00:22:28.180><c> you</c><00:22:28.259><c> know,</c><00:22:28.539><c> brethren</c><00:22:28.740><c> and</c><00:22:28.920><c> sisters,</c>

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sometimes<00:22:29.640><c> we</c><00:22:29.859><c> do</c><00:22:30.059><c> rather</c><00:22:30.319><c> tend</c><00:22:30.539><c> to</c><00:22:30.799><c> boast</c>

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and<00:22:31.880><c> pride</c><00:22:32.039><c> ourselves</c><00:22:32.539><c> on</c><00:22:32.779><c> our</c><00:22:32.920><c> Bible</c><00:22:33.279><c> knowledge,</c><00:22:33.720><c> don't</c><00:22:34.000><c> we?</c>

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We<00:22:35.779><c> almost</c><00:22:36.299><c> boast</c><00:22:36.759><c> to</c><00:22:36.960><c> one</c><00:22:37.140><c> another.</c>

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And<00:22:38.480><c> I've</c><00:22:38.599><c> heard</c><00:22:38.720><c> it</c><00:22:38.900><c> many</c><00:22:39.119><c> times</c>

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that<00:22:40.640><c> we</c><00:22:40.880><c> are</c><00:22:40.980><c> the</c><00:22:41.140><c> people</c><00:22:41.319><c> of</c><00:22:41.500><c> the</c><00:22:41.619><c> Book,</c>

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we<00:22:42.859><c> know</c><00:22:43.119><c> our</c><00:22:43.380><c> Bibles</c><00:22:43.660><c> better</c><00:22:43.940><c> than</c><00:22:44.099><c> anyone</c><00:22:44.420><c> else,</c>

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we<00:22:45.720><c> can</c><00:22:45.940><c> usually</c><00:22:46.200><c> tie</c><00:22:46.440><c> people</c><00:22:46.680><c> up</c><00:22:46.880><c> in</c><00:22:47.079><c> knots</c>

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when<00:22:47.460><c> it</c><00:22:47.680><c> comes</c><00:22:47.880><c> to</c><00:22:48.099><c> Scriptural</c><00:22:48.559><c> arguments.</c>

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Does<00:22:50.519><c> that</c><00:22:50.720><c> sound</c><00:22:51.019><c> vaguely</c><00:22:51.480><c> familiar?</c>

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I<00:22:53.539><c> dare</c><00:22:53.700><c> say</c><00:22:53.880><c> it's</c><00:22:54.119><c> true</c><00:22:54.339><c> in</c><00:22:54.559><c> many</c><00:22:54.799><c> instances</c>

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because<00:22:55.619><c> other</c><00:22:55.859><c> people</c><00:22:56.119><c> are</c><00:22:56.400><c> abysmally</c><00:22:56.900><c> ignorant</c>

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of<00:22:57.440><c> the</c><00:22:57.619><c> contents</c><00:22:57.940><c> of</c><00:22:58.140><c> God's</c><00:22:58.519><c> Word.</c>

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But<00:23:00.759><c> you</c><00:23:00.940><c> know,</c><00:23:01.359><c> brethren</c><00:23:01.480><c> and</c><00:23:01.740><c> sisters,</c>

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I'm<00:23:02.500><c> not</c><00:23:02.940><c> sure</c><00:23:03.440><c> at</c><00:23:03.799><c> all</c><00:23:04.140><c> that</c><00:23:04.420><c> tying</c><00:23:04.740><c> people</c><00:23:05.180><c> up</c><00:23:05.460><c> in</c><00:23:05.779><c> knots</c>

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is<00:23:06.240><c> what</c><00:23:06.440><c> God</c><00:23:06.700><c> has</c><00:23:06.960><c> called</c><00:23:07.119><c> us</c><00:23:07.359><c> to</c><00:23:07.559><c> do.</c>

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Is<00:23:08.619><c> that</c><00:23:08.799><c> how</c><00:23:09.000><c> you</c><00:23:09.240><c> see</c><00:23:09.380><c> your</c><00:23:09.680><c> calling,</c><00:23:10.259><c> brethren?</c>

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That's<00:23:14.819><c> not</c><00:23:15.079><c> what</c><00:23:15.299><c> this</c><00:23:15.559><c> is</c><00:23:15.759><c> all</c><00:23:15.960><c> about,</c><00:23:16.359><c> brethren</c><00:23:16.759><c> and</c><00:23:17.059><c> sisters.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:21.980><c> says,</c><00:23:22.920><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:23.519><c> says,</c>

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how<00:23:24.859><c> can</c><00:23:25.079><c> you</c><00:23:25.240><c> say</c><00:23:25.559><c> that</c><00:23:25.920><c> we</c><00:23:26.140><c> are</c><00:23:26.319><c> wise</c>

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and<00:23:26.819><c> that</c><00:23:26.960><c> the</c><00:23:27.079><c> law</c><00:23:27.200><c> of</c><00:23:27.339><c> the</c><00:23:27.460><c> Lord</c><00:23:27.579><c> is</c><00:23:27.740><c> with</c><00:23:27.880><c> us</c>

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when<00:23:28.140><c> you</c><00:23:28.259><c> don't</c><00:23:28.500><c> put</c><00:23:28.680><c> it</c><00:23:28.799><c> into</c><00:23:29.059><c> practice,</c>

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when<00:23:29.880><c> it</c><00:23:29.960><c> doesn't</c><00:23:30.220><c> have</c><00:23:30.400><c> the</c><00:23:30.559><c> impact</c><00:23:30.900><c> on</c><00:23:31.099><c> your</c><00:23:31.319><c> lives</c>

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that<00:23:31.700><c> it</c><00:23:31.880><c> ought</c><00:23:32.059><c> to</c><00:23:32.240><c> have?</c>

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That's<00:23:34.000><c> what</c><00:23:34.279><c> matters,</c><00:23:34.819><c> not</c><00:23:35.220><c> tying</c><00:23:35.640><c> people</c><00:23:36.099><c> up</c><00:23:36.359><c> in</c><00:23:36.700><c> knots</c>

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and<00:23:37.539><c> leaving</c><00:23:37.819><c> them</c><00:23:38.039><c> in</c><00:23:38.180><c> a</c><00:23:38.339><c> tangled</c><00:23:38.660><c> heap</c><00:23:38.920><c> in</c><00:23:39.099><c> the</c><00:23:39.259><c> gutter.</c>

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There's<00:23:40.880><c> no</c><00:23:41.099><c> glory</c><00:23:41.440><c> in</c><00:23:41.619><c> that,</c><00:23:42.119><c> brethren</c><00:23:42.160><c> and</c><00:23:42.440><c> sisters.</c>

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Many<00:23:46.299><c> of</c><00:23:46.500><c> you</c><00:23:46.579><c> will</c><00:23:46.839><c> be</c><00:23:47.119><c> familiar</c><00:23:47.740><c> with</c><00:23:48.619><c> the</c><00:23:48.839><c> little</c><00:23:49.099><c> peanuts</c><00:23:49.640><c> cartoons</c>

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which<00:23:50.900><c> appear</c><00:23:51.119><c> in</c><00:23:51.299><c> the</c><00:23:51.460><c> daily</c><00:23:51.720><c> papers.</c>

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I<00:23:52.819><c> believe</c><00:23:53.019><c> they</c><00:23:53.299><c> originated</c><00:23:53.880><c> in</c><00:23:54.099><c> this</c><00:23:54.299><c> part</c><00:23:54.480><c> of</c><00:23:54.640><c> the</c><00:23:54.799><c> world,</c>

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and<00:23:55.220><c> some</c><00:23:55.460><c> of</c><00:23:55.579><c> your</c><00:23:55.799><c> civilization</c>

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has<00:23:56.720><c> even</c><00:23:57.019><c> filtered</c><00:23:57.299><c> down</c><00:23:57.619><c> to</c><00:23:57.799><c> the</c><00:23:57.859><c> bottom</c><00:23:58.180><c> tip</c><00:23:58.359><c> of</c><00:23:58.599><c> Africa.</c>

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I<00:24:01.339><c> would</c><00:24:01.539><c> like</c><00:24:01.720><c> to</c><00:24:01.880><c> just</c><00:24:02.099><c> describe</c>

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one<00:24:02.740><c> of</c><00:24:02.880><c> those</c><00:24:03.259><c> little</c><00:24:03.660><c> four</c><00:24:04.319><c>-frame</c><00:24:04.740><c> strips</c><00:24:05.240><c> to</c><00:24:05.640><c> you,</c>

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and<00:24:07.279><c> I</c><00:24:07.380><c> think</c><00:24:07.579><c> you'll</c><00:24:07.779><c> see</c><00:24:08.019><c> what</c><00:24:08.180><c> I'm</c><00:24:08.440><c> getting</c><00:24:08.740><c> at.</c>

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In<00:24:10.059><c> the</c><00:24:10.259><c> first</c><00:24:10.500><c> picture,</c><00:24:11.980><c> little</c><00:24:12.220><c> Charlie</c><00:24:12.640><c> Brown</c><00:24:12.900><c> is</c><00:24:13.160><c> reading,</c>

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and<00:24:13.779><c> he</c><00:24:13.960><c> says</c><00:24:14.240><c> to</c><00:24:14.720><c> Lucy,</c><00:24:15.200><c> who</c><00:24:15.400><c> is</c><00:24:15.619><c> skipping</c><00:24:15.940><c> alongside</c><00:24:16.640><c> him,</c>

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he<00:24:17.740><c> says,</c><00:24:18.059><c> here's</c><00:24:18.319><c> something</c><00:24:18.640><c> I</c><00:24:18.799><c> bet</c><00:24:18.980><c> you</c><00:24:19.160><c> didn't</c><00:24:19.480><c> know.</c>

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The<00:24:20.960><c> Bible</c><00:24:21.259><c> contains</c><00:24:21.940><c> 3</c><00:24:22.420><c>,566</c><00:24:23.940><c>,480</c><00:24:25.140><c> letters,</c>

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and<00:24:26.640><c> 773</c><00:24:27.920><c>,893</c><00:24:29.480><c> words.</c>

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Lucy<00:24:32.180><c> just</c><00:24:32.460><c> goes</c><00:24:32.740><c> on</c><00:24:33.059><c> skipping.</c><00:24:33.559><c> She</c><00:24:33.559><c> takes</c><00:24:33.920><c> no</c><00:24:34.200><c> notice.</c>

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And<00:24:36.259><c> Charlie</c><00:24:36.480><c> Brown</c><00:24:36.759><c> stares</c><00:24:37.200><c> at</c><00:24:37.400><c> her</c><00:24:38.220><c> for</c><00:24:38.619><c> a</c><00:24:38.779><c> while,</c>

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and<00:24:39.160><c> then</c><00:24:39.299><c> in</c><00:24:39.460><c> the</c><00:24:39.539><c> last</c><00:24:39.880><c> frame</c><00:24:40.140><c> he</c><00:24:40.279><c> says</c><00:24:40.500><c> in</c><00:24:40.799><c> exasperation,</c>

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you're<00:24:42.420><c> just</c><00:24:42.799><c> not</c><00:24:43.200><c> interested</c><00:24:43.740><c> in</c><00:24:44.079><c> theology,</c><00:24:45.240><c> are</c><00:24:45.240><c> you?</c>

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Well,<00:24:47.940><c> brethren</c><00:24:48.099><c> and</c><00:24:48.400><c> sisters,</c><00:24:49.220><c> sometimes</c><00:24:50.019><c> it's</c><00:24:51.019><c> possible</c>

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to<00:24:51.539><c> get</c><00:24:51.660><c> that</c><00:24:52.059><c> kind</c><00:24:52.279><c> of</c><00:24:52.640><c> conception</c><00:24:53.059><c> about</c><00:24:53.539><c> religion,</c>

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where<00:24:55.119><c> we</c><00:24:55.319><c> know</c><00:24:55.559><c> all</c><00:24:55.819><c> the</c><00:24:56.000><c> facts,</c>

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we<00:24:56.839><c> know</c><00:24:57.039><c> exactly</c><00:24:57.480><c> where</c><00:24:57.720><c> to</c><00:24:57.920><c> find</c><00:24:58.119><c> all</c><00:24:58.380><c> the</c><00:24:58.559><c> proof</c><00:24:58.759><c> texts,</c>

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but<00:24:59.839><c> we</c><00:25:00.000><c> might</c><00:25:00.220><c> as</c><00:25:00.359><c> well</c><00:25:00.519><c> just</c><00:25:00.799><c> go</c><00:25:01.000><c> on</c><00:25:01.299><c> skipping</c>

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for<00:25:01.799><c> all</c><00:25:02.000><c> the</c><00:25:02.160><c> good</c><00:25:02.319><c> that</c><00:25:02.500><c> it's</c><00:25:02.759><c> doing</c><00:25:02.960><c> us.</c>

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If<00:25:04.599><c> it</c><00:25:04.779><c> doesn't</c><00:25:05.099><c> make</c><00:25:05.400><c> an</c><00:25:05.720><c> impact</c><00:25:06.200><c> on</c><00:25:06.539><c> our</c><00:25:06.859><c> living,</c>

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if<00:25:08.500><c> knowledge</c><00:25:08.839><c> isn't</c><00:25:09.099><c> put</c><00:25:09.339><c> into</c><00:25:09.700><c> practice,</c>

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then<00:25:11.900><c> we</c><00:25:12.079><c> are</c><00:25:12.200><c> wasting</c><00:25:12.680><c> our</c><00:25:13.099><c> time,</c>

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and<00:25:14.319><c> that's</c><00:25:14.720><c> the</c><00:25:14.859><c> lesson</c><00:25:15.119><c> that</c><00:25:15.400><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:15.799><c> is</c><00:25:16.000><c> bringing</c><00:25:16.279><c> home</c>

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to<00:25:16.799><c> us</c>

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in<00:25:17.480><c> this</c><00:25:17.740><c> special</c><00:25:18.039><c> little</c><00:25:18.359><c> exhortation</c>

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which<00:25:19.500><c> he</c><00:25:19.740><c> preached</c><00:25:19.960><c> in</c><00:25:20.140><c> the</c><00:25:20.319><c> temple</c><00:25:20.619><c> court.</c>

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Verse<00:25:23.400><c> 9,</c><00:25:24.079><c> he</c><00:25:24.319><c> says,</c>

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The<00:25:24.660><c> wise</c><00:25:24.960><c> men</c><00:25:25.160><c> are</c><00:25:25.420><c> ashamed,</c><00:25:26.079><c> they</c><00:25:26.180><c> are</c><00:25:26.359><c> dismayed</c><00:25:27.000><c> and</c><00:25:27.240><c> taken,</c>

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lo,<00:25:28.779><c> they</c><00:25:28.980><c> have</c><00:25:29.180><c> rejected</c><00:25:29.700><c> the</c><00:25:29.900><c> word</c><00:25:30.099><c> of</c><00:25:30.279><c> the</c><00:25:30.460><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:25:30.980><c> what</c><00:25:31.279><c> wisdom</c><00:25:31.740><c> is</c><00:25:32.059><c> in</c><00:25:32.420><c> them?</c>

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Now,<00:25:34.440><c> clearly</c><00:25:34.680><c> they</c><00:25:34.819><c> hadn't</c><00:25:35.099><c> rejected</c><00:25:35.519><c> the</c><00:25:35.900><c> handwritten</c><00:25:36.299><c> copies</c>

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of<00:25:37.019><c> the</c><00:25:37.140><c> word</c><00:25:37.319><c> of</c><00:25:37.500><c> God,</c><00:25:37.839><c> those</c><00:25:38.160><c> they</c><00:25:38.799><c> preserved</c>

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and<00:25:40.240><c> treated</c><00:25:40.440><c> with</c><00:25:40.759><c> great</c><00:25:41.039><c> respect,</c>

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but<00:25:43.700><c> their</c><00:25:43.940><c> rejection</c><00:25:44.579><c> lay</c><00:25:45.119><c> in</c><00:25:45.519><c> not</c><00:25:45.880><c> doing</c><00:25:46.460><c> the</c><00:25:47.140><c> things</c>

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that<00:25:48.460><c> God</c><00:25:48.720><c> wanted</c><00:25:49.059><c> of</c><00:25:49.259><c> them.</c>

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They<00:25:50.279><c> refused</c><00:25:50.880><c> to</c><00:25:51.220><c> listen</c><00:25:51.500><c> to</c><00:25:51.619><c> what</c><00:25:51.819><c> God</c><00:25:52.119><c> was</c><00:25:52.400><c> actually</c><00:25:52.940><c> saying</c><00:25:53.319><c> to</c><00:25:53.539><c> them</c>

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through<00:25:54.359><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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As<00:25:57.359><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:57.599><c> said</c><00:25:57.779><c> in</c><00:25:57.960><c> chapter</c><00:25:58.220><c> 3,</c><00:25:58.500><c> which</c><00:25:58.660><c> we</c><00:25:58.819><c> looked</c><00:25:58.980><c> at</c><00:25:59.180><c> yesterday,</c>

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Judah<00:26:00.200><c> hath</c><00:26:00.440><c> not</c><00:26:00.740><c> turned</c><00:26:01.059><c> unto</c><00:26:01.299><c> me</c><00:26:01.460><c> with</c><00:26:01.720><c> her</c><00:26:01.900><c> whole</c><00:26:02.259><c> heart,</c>

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but<00:26:03.180><c> faintedly</c><00:26:03.940><c> saith</c><00:26:04.200><c> the</c><00:26:04.480><c> Lord.</c>

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:07.559
They<00:26:05.859><c> were</c><00:26:05.859><c> just</c><00:26:06.119><c> pretending</c><00:26:06.680><c> to</c><00:26:06.960><c> a</c><00:26:07.180><c> righteousness</c>

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which<00:26:07.940><c> was</c><00:26:08.240><c> not</c><00:26:08.559><c> their</c><00:26:08.880><c> own.</c>

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:12.900
And<00:26:10.640><c> the</c><00:26:10.859><c> Pharisees,</c><00:26:11.160><c> of</c><00:26:11.279><c> course,</c><00:26:11.519><c> were</c><00:26:11.700><c> particularly</c><00:26:12.460><c> adept</c>

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at<00:26:13.079><c> that</c><00:26:13.400><c> form</c><00:26:13.740><c> of</c><00:26:14.339><c> pretense.</c>

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They<00:26:15.220><c> appeared</c><00:26:15.500><c> to</c><00:26:15.700><c> be</c><00:26:16.000><c> ever</c><00:26:16.339><c> so</c><00:26:16.619><c> religious,</c><00:26:17.140><c> didn't</c><00:26:17.400><c> they?</c>

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People<00:26:20.059><c> looked</c><00:26:20.259><c> up</c><00:26:20.519><c> to</c><00:26:20.619><c> them</c><00:26:20.779><c> as</c><00:26:20.920><c> they</c><00:26:21.059><c> stood</c><00:26:21.160><c> on</c><00:26:21.339><c> the</c><00:26:21.539><c> street</c><00:26:21.720><c> corners</c>

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making<00:26:22.480><c> their</c><00:26:22.720><c> long</c><00:26:22.980><c> prayers.</c>

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As<00:26:25.359><c> far</c><00:26:25.619><c> as</c><00:26:25.819><c> Christ</c><00:26:26.119><c> was</c><00:26:26.359><c> concerned,</c>

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their<00:26:27.240><c> lives</c><00:26:27.640><c> simply</c><00:26:28.359><c> did</c><00:26:28.859><c> not</c><00:26:29.279><c> tally</c>

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with<00:26:29.819><c> their</c><00:26:30.119><c> professions</c><00:26:30.519><c> of</c><00:26:30.799><c> piety.</c>

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As<00:26:34.779><c> we</c><00:26:34.960><c> said</c><00:26:35.099><c> yesterday,</c><00:26:36.119><c> and</c><00:26:36.279><c> we'll</c><00:26:36.359><c> say</c><00:26:36.539><c> again</c><00:26:36.839><c> today,</c>

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:42.400
the<00:26:38.619><c> test</c><00:26:39.039><c> is</c><00:26:39.380><c> not</c><00:26:40.359><c> what</c><00:26:40.599><c> hymns</c><00:26:40.920><c> we</c><00:26:41.160><c> sing</c><00:26:41.339><c> or</c><00:26:41.519><c> how</c><00:26:41.720><c> lustily</c><00:26:42.099><c> we</c>

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sing<00:26:42.579><c> them,</c>

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how<00:26:44.079><c> well</c><00:26:44.180><c> we</c><00:26:44.339><c> can</c><00:26:44.599><c> read</c><00:26:44.940><c> or</c><00:26:45.140><c> how</c><00:26:45.420><c> eloquently</c><00:26:45.799><c> we</c><00:26:46.000><c> can</c><00:26:46.259><c> preach.</c>

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:51.460
The<00:26:47.799><c> test</c><00:26:48.140><c> is</c><00:26:48.339><c> how</c><00:26:48.559><c> we</c><00:26:48.839><c> put</c><00:26:49.140><c> our</c><00:26:49.559><c> religion</c><00:26:49.920><c> into</c><00:26:50.319><c> practice</c><00:26:50.859><c> in</c>

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daily<00:26:51.759><c> life.</c>

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I've<00:26:53.700><c> got</c><00:26:53.839><c> another</c><00:26:54.059><c> extract</c><00:26:54.519><c> from</c><00:26:54.680><c> a</c><00:26:54.799><c> little</c><00:26:54.940><c> article</c>

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:57.680
which<00:26:55.500><c> I've</c><00:26:55.720><c> brought</c><00:26:55.819><c> along</c><00:26:56.119><c> for</c><00:26:56.259><c> you</c><00:26:56.380><c> this</c><00:26:56.599><c> morning.</c>

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.619
It<00:26:57.900><c> actually</c><00:26:58.180><c> appeared</c><00:26:58.440><c> in</c><00:26:58.579><c> the</c><00:26:58.740><c> church</c><00:26:59.000><c> magazine</c><00:26:59.380><c> of</c>

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another<00:26:59.880><c> denomination,</c>

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and<00:27:00.779><c> I</c><00:27:00.960><c> would</c><00:27:01.160><c> not</c><00:27:01.440><c> normally</c><00:27:01.839><c> appeal</c><00:27:02.519><c> to</c><00:27:03.420><c> that</c><00:27:03.759><c> source</c>

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for<00:27:05.380><c> a</c><00:27:05.559><c> Christadelphian</c><00:27:06.160><c> address,</c>

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:09.799
but<00:27:06.940><c> it</c><00:27:07.180><c> makes</c><00:27:07.400><c> a</c><00:27:07.680><c> point</c><00:27:07.880><c> worthy</c><00:27:08.180><c> of</c><00:27:08.400><c> our</c><00:27:08.619><c> consideration.</c>

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:13.960
Let<00:27:11.140><c> me</c><00:27:11.240><c> just</c><00:27:11.440><c> read</c><00:27:11.640><c> to</c><00:27:11.759><c> you</c><00:27:11.900><c> again</c><00:27:12.200><c> a</c><00:27:12.539><c> short</c><00:27:12.819><c> paragraph.</c>

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The<00:27:14.579><c> author</c><00:27:14.819><c> says,</c>

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We<00:27:15.539><c> sing,</c><00:27:16.619><c> soldiers</c><00:27:17.140><c> of</c><00:27:17.359><c> Christ</c><00:27:17.759><c> arise,</c>

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:21.700
and<00:27:19.180><c> yet</c><00:27:19.259><c> we</c><00:27:19.440><c> do</c><00:27:19.599><c> not</c><00:27:19.720><c> volunteer</c><00:27:20.220><c> for</c><00:27:20.420><c> his</c><00:27:20.660><c> service.</c>

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:25.880
We<00:27:21.980><c> sing,</c><00:27:22.400><c> fill</c><00:27:22.779><c> thou</c><00:27:23.059><c> my</c><00:27:23.400><c> life,</c><00:27:23.980><c> O</c><00:27:24.160><c> Lord</c><00:27:24.559><c> my</c><00:27:24.940><c> God.</c>

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:28.799
And<00:27:26.160><c> then</c><00:27:26.259><c> we</c><00:27:26.519><c> proceed</c><00:27:26.819><c> to</c><00:27:27.019><c> fill</c><00:27:27.119><c> it</c><00:27:27.259><c> up</c><00:27:27.380><c> with</c><00:27:27.559><c> other</c><00:27:27.759><c> things.</c>

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:33.920
We<00:27:29.640><c> sing,</c><00:27:30.380><c> let</c><00:27:30.500><c> him</c><00:27:30.779><c> that</c><00:27:31.059><c> heareth</c><00:27:31.359><c> say</c><00:27:31.759><c> to</c><00:27:31.960><c> all</c><00:27:32.240><c> about</c><00:27:32.579><c> him,</c><00:27:32.940><c> come.</c>

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:37.519
And<00:27:34.660><c> then</c><00:27:34.779><c> we</c><00:27:34.960><c> fail</c><00:27:35.099><c> to</c><00:27:35.319><c> mention</c><00:27:35.519><c> the</c><00:27:35.720><c> Gospel</c><00:27:36.079><c> to</c><00:27:36.339><c> other</c><00:27:36.519><c> people.</c>

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We<00:27:38.460><c> sing,</c><00:27:38.700><c> come,</c><00:27:39.480><c> labor</c><00:27:39.740><c> on.</c>

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But<00:27:41.740><c> we</c><00:27:41.940><c> avoid</c><00:27:42.299><c> getting</c><00:27:42.720><c> involved</c><00:27:43.039><c> in</c><00:27:43.160><c> the</c><00:27:43.299><c> work</c><00:27:43.460><c> ourselves.</c>

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:48.779
We<00:27:45.779><c> sing,</c><00:27:46.380><c> thy</c><00:27:46.420><c> way,</c><00:27:46.859><c> not</c><00:27:47.160><c> mine,</c><00:27:47.539><c> O</c><00:27:47.880><c> Lord.</c>

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:52.380
And<00:27:49.099><c> then</c><00:27:49.200><c> we</c><00:27:49.359><c> make</c><00:27:49.599><c> our</c><00:27:49.880><c> plans</c><00:27:50.220><c> and</c><00:27:50.480><c> ask</c><00:27:50.680><c> God</c><00:27:50.900><c> to</c><00:27:51.099><c> bless</c><00:27:51.319><c> them.</c>

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:55.660
We<00:27:53.299><c> sing,</c><00:27:53.599><c> take</c><00:27:53.940><c> my</c><00:27:54.220><c> silver</c><00:27:54.579><c> and</c><00:27:54.799><c> my</c><00:27:55.160><c> gold,</c>

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:58.259
and<00:27:56.299><c> then</c><00:27:56.480><c> withhold</c><00:27:56.859><c> all</c><00:27:57.160><c> but</c><00:27:57.319><c> the</c><00:27:57.539><c> small</c><00:27:57.740><c> change</c>

00:27:58.259 --> 00:28:00.440
when<00:27:58.460><c> the</c><00:27:58.720><c> collection</c><00:27:59.079><c> plate</c><00:27:59.279><c> comes</c><00:27:59.660><c> round.</c>

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:04.400
We<00:28:01.380><c> should</c><00:28:01.599><c> either</c><00:28:01.980><c> change</c><00:28:02.319><c> our</c><00:28:02.640><c> ways</c><00:28:02.900><c> or</c><00:28:03.180><c> change</c><00:28:03.579><c> our</c><00:28:03.839><c> hymns.</c>

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:06.180
Which<00:28:04.660><c> is</c><00:28:04.859><c> it</c><00:28:05.019><c> to</c><00:28:05.240><c> be?</c>

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:09.920
Now<00:28:08.259><c> you</c><00:28:08.359><c> may</c><00:28:08.619><c> think</c><00:28:08.819><c> we</c><00:28:08.940><c> have</c><00:28:08.980><c> to</c><00:28:09.119><c> be</c><00:28:09.200><c> an</c><00:28:09.380><c> overstatement</c>

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of<00:28:10.119><c> the</c><00:28:10.240><c> position,</c><00:28:10.900><c> brethren</c><00:28:11.039><c> and</c><00:28:11.240><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:14.160
but<00:28:11.720><c> the</c><00:28:11.920><c> author</c><00:28:12.059><c> has</c><00:28:12.359><c> a</c><00:28:12.539><c> point,</c><00:28:12.880><c> hasn't</c><00:28:13.160><c> he?</c>

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Because<00:28:14.619><c> we</c><00:28:14.779><c> can</c><00:28:15.059><c> so</c><00:28:15.220><c> easily</c><00:28:15.759><c> sing</c><00:28:16.039><c> words</c><00:28:16.400><c> which</c><00:28:16.619><c> sound</c><00:28:16.880><c> wonderful,</c>

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which<00:28:17.680><c> express</c><00:28:18.019><c> high</c><00:28:18.440><c> ideals,</c>

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but<00:28:20.140><c> when</c><00:28:20.299><c> it</c><00:28:20.400><c> comes</c><00:28:20.579><c> to</c><00:28:20.759><c> the</c><00:28:20.900><c> actual</c><00:28:21.220><c> practice,</c>

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:24.319
do<00:28:22.180><c> we</c><00:28:22.420><c> in</c><00:28:22.599><c> fact</c><00:28:22.859><c> need</c><00:28:23.059><c> to</c><00:28:23.279><c> change</c><00:28:23.559><c> our</c><00:28:24.000><c> ways</c>

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:26.559
or<00:28:25.119><c> scrub</c><00:28:25.420><c> half</c><00:28:25.700><c> the</c><00:28:25.859><c> hymns</c><00:28:26.039><c> in</c><00:28:26.220><c> the</c><00:28:26.339><c> book?</c>

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:29.319
Which<00:28:27.079><c> is</c><00:28:27.259><c> it</c><00:28:27.380><c> to</c><00:28:27.559><c> be,</c><00:28:27.779><c> brethren</c><00:28:28.079><c> and</c><00:28:28.380><c> sisters?</c>

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:32.180
For<00:28:30.480><c> I</c><00:28:30.680><c> have</c><00:28:30.940><c> seen</c><00:28:31.180><c> it,</c><00:28:31.500><c> saith</c><00:28:31.579><c> the</c><00:28:31.839><c> Lord.</c>

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:36.160
He<00:28:32.500><c> knows</c><00:28:32.759><c> exactly</c><00:28:33.380><c> what</c><00:28:33.579><c> we're</c><00:28:35.660><c> doing.</c>

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Verse<00:28:37.299><c> 11,</c><00:28:39.039><c> he</c><00:28:39.079><c> says,</c>

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For<00:28:39.420><c> they</c><00:28:39.680><c> have</c><00:28:39.900><c> healed</c><00:28:40.180><c> the</c><00:28:40.480><c> hurt</c>

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:43.019
of<00:28:41.440><c> the</c><00:28:41.579><c> daughter</c><00:28:41.779><c> of</c><00:28:41.920><c> my</c><00:28:42.140><c> people</c><00:28:42.500><c> slightly,</c>

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saying,<00:28:44.259><c> Peace,</c><00:28:44.460><c> peace,</c><00:28:45.779><c> when</c><00:28:45.960><c> there</c><00:28:46.200><c> is</c><00:28:46.460><c> no</c><00:28:46.700><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:28:48.640><c> the</c><00:28:48.779><c> background</c><00:28:49.099><c> to</c><00:28:49.259><c> that</c><00:28:49.480><c> particular</c><00:28:49.859><c> little</c><00:28:50.200><c> verse</c>

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was<00:28:50.740><c> the</c><00:28:51.700><c> false</c><00:28:52.119><c> prophets</c><00:28:52.539><c> that</c><00:28:52.779><c> were</c><00:28:53.079><c> circulating</c>

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through<00:28:54.119><c> the</c><00:28:54.259><c> city</c><00:28:54.559><c> of</c><00:28:54.819><c> Jerusalem</c>

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contemporaneously<00:28:56.440><c> with</c><00:28:57.099><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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Hananiah<00:29:00.480><c> and</c><00:29:00.799><c> his</c><00:29:01.099><c> minions,</c>

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the<00:29:03.119><c> false</c><00:29:03.420><c> prophets</c><00:29:03.819><c> of</c><00:29:04.140><c> Judah,</c>

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:07.779
those<00:29:05.579><c> who</c><00:29:05.819><c> said</c><00:29:05.940><c> there's</c><00:29:06.240><c> no</c><00:29:06.519><c> need</c><00:29:06.720><c> to</c><00:29:07.019><c> worry,</c><00:29:07.339><c> brethren.</c>

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Within<00:29:08.299><c> two</c><00:29:08.700><c> years</c><00:29:09.039><c> the</c><00:29:09.240><c> yoke</c><00:29:09.420><c> of</c><00:29:09.559><c> the</c><00:29:09.680><c> King</c><00:29:09.799><c> of</c><00:29:09.980><c> Babylon</c>

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will<00:29:10.480><c> be</c><00:29:10.740><c> broken.</c>

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All<00:29:12.000><c> will</c><00:29:12.240><c> be</c><00:29:12.519><c> well,</c><00:29:12.859><c> so</c><00:29:13.180><c> peace</c><00:29:13.779><c> to</c><00:29:14.019><c> the</c><00:29:14.200><c> people.</c>

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.259
Jeremiah's<00:29:16.519><c> commission</c><00:29:16.740><c> was</c><00:29:16.960><c> to</c><00:29:17.140><c> say</c>

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:19.440
they<00:29:17.460><c> are</c><00:29:17.819><c> talking</c><00:29:18.220><c> rubbish.</c>

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Not<00:29:20.660><c> so.</c><00:29:21.619><c> War</c><00:29:22.220><c> and</c><00:29:23.019><c> destruction.</c>

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:28.339
Peace<00:29:24.740><c> is</c><00:29:24.960><c> an</c><00:29:25.180><c> impossibility</c><00:29:25.960><c> unless</c><00:29:26.299><c> you</c><00:29:26.539><c> change</c><00:29:26.980><c> your</c><00:29:27.279><c> ways.</c>

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:32.099
And<00:29:29.440><c> he</c><00:29:29.480><c> had</c><00:29:29.640><c> to</c><00:29:29.720><c> go</c><00:29:29.900><c> against</c><00:29:30.200><c> the</c><00:29:30.420><c> mainstream</c><00:29:30.779><c> of</c><00:29:31.099><c> popular</c><00:29:31.400><c> opinion</c>

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:35.839
and<00:29:32.720><c> accept</c><00:29:32.900><c> the</c><00:29:33.160><c> unpopularity</c><00:29:33.960><c> which</c><00:29:34.160><c> went</c><00:29:34.359><c> with</c><00:29:34.519><c> his</c><00:29:34.819><c> office.</c>

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:39.900
And<00:29:37.460><c> Jesus</c><00:29:37.980><c> once</c><00:29:38.640><c> said,</c><00:29:39.359><c> he</c><00:29:39.539><c> said,</c>

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:45.339
Woe<00:29:40.500><c> unto</c><00:29:40.980><c> you</c><00:29:41.779><c> when</c><00:29:42.519><c> all</c><00:29:43.480><c> men</c><00:29:43.839><c> shall</c><00:29:44.140><c> speak</c><00:29:44.480><c> well</c><00:29:44.859><c> of</c><00:29:45.079><c> you,</c>

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:49.480
for<00:29:45.640><c> so</c><00:29:46.220><c> did</c><00:29:46.420><c> their</c><00:29:46.859><c> fathers</c><00:29:47.420><c> to</c><00:29:47.700><c> the</c><00:29:48.000><c> false</c><00:29:48.400><c> prophets.</c>

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:51.799
And<00:29:50.220><c> I</c><00:29:50.299><c> think</c><00:29:50.380><c> we</c><00:29:50.500><c> should</c><00:29:50.660><c> just</c><00:29:50.900><c> pause</c><00:29:51.140><c> very</c><00:29:51.480><c> briefly</c>

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:53.059
to<00:29:52.019><c> consider</c><00:29:52.359><c> what</c><00:29:52.559><c> he</c><00:29:52.839><c> meant</c>

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:56.000
because<00:29:53.339><c> it's</c><00:29:53.720><c> relative</c><00:29:54.039><c> to</c><00:29:54.180><c> what</c><00:29:54.339><c> we're</c><00:29:55.500><c> discussing.</c>

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It's<00:29:57.019><c> ever</c><00:29:57.160><c> so</c><00:29:57.359><c> pleasant</c><00:29:57.640><c> to</c><00:29:57.839><c> be</c><00:29:57.980><c> well</c><00:29:58.380><c> thought</c><00:29:58.700><c> of,</c>

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isn't<00:29:59.180><c> it,</c><00:29:59.539><c> brethren</c><00:29:59.700><c> and</c><00:29:59.980><c> sisters?</c>

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:05.420
In<00:30:01.799><c> a</c><00:30:02.099><c> sense,</c><00:30:02.400><c> it's</c><00:30:02.680><c> right</c><00:30:03.000><c> and</c><00:30:03.339><c> proper</c><00:30:03.539><c> that</c><00:30:03.799><c> we</c><00:30:04.099><c> should</c><00:30:04.359><c> be,</c>

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:08.039
particularly<00:30:06.160><c> when</c><00:30:06.440><c> we're</c><00:30:06.619><c> in</c><00:30:06.759><c> a</c><00:30:06.900><c> godly</c><00:30:07.220><c> company</c><00:30:07.579><c> of</c><00:30:07.819><c> people</c>

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:10.859
as<00:30:08.220><c> we</c><00:30:08.440><c> are</c><00:30:08.720><c> here</c><00:30:08.960><c> together</c><00:30:09.259><c> at</c><00:30:09.460><c> Bible</c><00:30:09.900><c> school.</c>

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:15.059
A<00:30:12.279><c> good</c><00:30:12.619><c> name</c><00:30:13.019><c> is</c><00:30:13.440><c> greatly</c><00:30:13.880><c> to</c><00:30:14.220><c> be</c><00:30:14.559><c> desired,</c>

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says<00:30:15.420><c> both</c><00:30:15.819><c> the</c><00:30:15.880><c> book</c><00:30:16.099><c> of</c><00:30:16.380><c> Proverbs</c>

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.799
and<00:30:17.180><c> the</c><00:30:17.259><c> book</c><00:30:17.480><c> of</c><00:30:17.740><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:23.920
But<00:30:19.740><c> Jesus</c><00:30:20.940><c> warns</c><00:30:21.599><c> that</c><00:30:21.680><c> there</c><00:30:21.980><c> is</c><00:30:22.339><c> a</c><00:30:22.599><c> danger</c><00:30:23.039><c> in</c><00:30:23.259><c> it</c>

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:26.380
because<00:30:24.519><c> if</c><00:30:24.740><c> we're</c><00:30:25.000><c> not</c><00:30:25.299><c> very</c><00:30:25.799><c> careful,</c>

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:31.680
it<00:30:26.920><c> may</c><00:30:27.240><c> lead</c><00:30:27.500><c> us</c><00:30:27.940><c> to</c><00:30:28.920><c> prophesy</c><00:30:30.059><c> smooth</c><00:30:30.779><c> things.</c>

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:35.019
In<00:30:32.160><c> other</c><00:30:32.359><c> words,</c><00:30:32.519><c> things</c><00:30:32.779><c> that</c><00:30:33.039><c> we</c><00:30:33.279><c> know</c><00:30:33.579><c> people</c><00:30:34.019><c> want</c><00:30:34.420><c> to</c><00:30:34.740><c> hear</c>

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:38.019
in<00:30:35.420><c> order</c><00:30:35.619><c> to</c><00:30:35.779><c> get</c><00:30:35.980><c> further</c><00:30:36.339><c> acclaim.</c>

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:41.940
That's<00:30:39.420><c> what</c><00:30:39.680><c> happened</c><00:30:39.859><c> to</c><00:30:40.039><c> the</c><00:30:40.200><c> false</c><00:30:40.420><c> prophets</c><00:30:40.779><c> in</c><00:30:41.119><c> Judah.</c>

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:44.500
The<00:30:42.279><c> people</c><00:30:42.420><c> thought</c><00:30:42.619><c> they</c><00:30:42.740><c> were</c><00:30:43.119><c> fine</c><00:30:43.480><c> fellows.</c>

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:47.440
They<00:30:45.259><c> preferred</c><00:30:45.700><c> to</c><00:30:45.920><c> listen</c><00:30:46.119><c> to</c><00:30:46.319><c> them</c><00:30:46.480><c> rather</c><00:30:46.799><c> than</c><00:30:47.019><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:50.640
because<00:30:47.700><c> they</c><00:30:47.920><c> said</c><00:30:48.119><c> things</c><00:30:48.400><c> that</c><00:30:48.579><c> they</c><00:30:48.900><c> liked</c><00:30:49.160><c> to</c><00:30:49.500><c> hear.</c>

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.960
But<00:30:52.200><c> when</c><00:30:52.400><c> the</c><00:30:52.579><c> crisis</c><00:30:52.900><c> came,</c><00:30:53.359><c> brethren</c><00:30:53.579><c> and</c><00:30:53.799><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:57.720
it<00:30:54.119><c> was</c><00:30:54.400><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:30:55.180><c> word</c><00:30:55.400><c> that</c><00:30:55.559><c> was</c><00:30:55.839><c> upheld,</c><00:30:56.920><c> not</c><00:30:57.279><c> theirs.</c>

00:30:58.220 --> 00:31:00.500
Their<00:30:58.500><c> words</c><00:30:58.799><c> fell</c><00:30:59.059><c> to</c><00:30:59.240><c> the</c><00:30:59.460><c> ground.</c>

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:03.339
God<00:31:00.980><c> vindicated</c><00:31:02.039><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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And<00:31:05.140><c> so</c><00:31:05.240><c> I</c><00:31:05.359><c> sometimes</c><00:31:05.880><c> think</c><00:31:06.119><c> how</c><00:31:06.400><c> grateful</c><00:31:06.819><c> we</c><00:31:07.099><c> ought</c><00:31:07.240><c> to</c><00:31:07.500><c> be</c>

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:10.700
to<00:31:08.880><c> those</c><00:31:09.119><c> in</c><00:31:09.319><c> the</c><00:31:09.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:09.759><c> who</c><00:31:10.019><c> don't</c><00:31:10.359><c> agree</c>

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:12.640
with<00:31:10.960><c> everything</c><00:31:11.299><c> we</c><00:31:11.680><c> say.</c>

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:14.460
And<00:31:13.160><c> I</c><00:31:13.220><c> mean</c><00:31:13.359><c> that</c><00:31:13.579><c> quite</c><00:31:13.920><c> sincerely</c>

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:19.119
because<00:31:14.740><c> it</c><00:31:14.980><c> does</c><00:31:15.460><c> help</c><00:31:16.079><c> to</c><00:31:16.400><c> keep</c><00:31:16.579><c> us</c><00:31:17.539><c> perhaps</c><00:31:18.059><c> a</c><00:31:18.180><c> little</c><00:31:18.319><c> more</c><00:31:18.640><c> modest,</c>

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:23.680
a<00:31:19.359><c> little</c><00:31:19.539><c> more</c><00:31:19.839><c> humble</c><00:31:20.440><c> than</c><00:31:21.519><c> we</c><00:31:21.720><c> might</c><00:31:22.220><c> otherwise</c><00:31:22.920><c> be,</c>

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:27.740
knowing<00:31:24.240><c> that</c><00:31:24.400><c> we're</c><00:31:24.640><c> not</c><00:31:24.819><c> everybody's</c><00:31:25.460><c> idea</c><00:31:25.900><c> of</c><00:31:26.079><c> a</c><00:31:26.200><c> good</c><00:31:26.460><c> preacher</c>

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.660
or<00:31:29.140><c> expositor,</c>

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:32.799
or<00:31:30.180><c> even</c><00:31:30.359><c> a</c><00:31:30.500><c> good</c><00:31:30.640><c> brother</c><00:31:30.819><c> or</c><00:31:31.000><c> sister</c><00:31:31.319><c> for</c><00:31:31.539><c> that</c><00:31:31.779><c> matter.</c>

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:35.779
It's<00:31:33.740><c> a</c><00:31:33.819><c> good</c><00:31:33.940><c> thing</c><00:31:34.079><c> for</c><00:31:34.259><c> us</c><00:31:34.440><c> to</c><00:31:34.599><c> know</c><00:31:34.799><c> this.</c>

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:40.259
When<00:31:36.740><c> everybody</c><00:31:37.200><c> speaks</c><00:31:37.539><c> well</c><00:31:37.799><c> of</c><00:31:37.980><c> you,</c><00:31:38.279><c> beware,</c><00:31:39.319><c> Jesus</c><00:31:39.779><c> says.</c>

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:42.859
It<00:31:40.839><c> may</c><00:31:41.079><c> well</c><00:31:41.299><c> be</c><00:31:41.440><c> that</c><00:31:41.539><c> you're</c><00:31:41.700><c> just</c><00:31:42.099><c> saying</c><00:31:42.259><c> things</c><00:31:42.559><c> to</c>

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:45.079
please<00:31:43.099><c> everybody.</c>

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:48.619
Woe<00:31:46.680><c> unto</c><00:31:46.839><c> you</c><00:31:47.039><c> when</c><00:31:47.220><c> all</c><00:31:47.440><c> men</c><00:31:47.619><c> shall</c><00:31:47.839><c> speak</c><00:31:48.079><c> well</c><00:31:48.299><c> of</c><00:31:48.460><c> you,</c>

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:52.799
for<00:31:48.920><c> so</c><00:31:49.480><c> did</c><00:31:49.700><c> their</c><00:31:50.099><c> fathers</c><00:31:50.619><c> to</c><00:31:50.880><c> the</c><00:31:51.140><c> false</c><00:31:51.480><c> prophets.</c>

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:56.180
Verse<00:31:55.119><c> 18.</c>

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:59.359
When<00:31:57.160><c> I</c><00:31:57.339><c> would</c><00:31:57.579><c> comfort</c><00:31:57.819><c> myself</c><00:31:58.319><c> against</c><00:31:58.819><c> sorrow,</c>

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:03.319
my<00:31:59.779><c> heart</c><00:32:00.119><c> is</c><00:32:00.539><c> faint</c><00:32:00.900><c> in</c><00:32:02.279><c> me.</c>

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:07.380
My<00:32:03.660><c> grief</c><00:32:03.940><c> is</c><00:32:04.220><c> beyond</c><00:32:04.660><c> healing,</c><00:32:05.319><c> says</c><00:32:05.400><c> the</c><00:32:05.619><c> Revised</c><00:32:05.980><c> Standard</c><00:32:06.359><c> Version.</c>

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:11.279
And<00:32:08.200><c> we</c><00:32:08.339><c> know</c><00:32:08.579><c> that</c><00:32:09.259><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:09.700><c> was</c><00:32:09.920><c> a</c><00:32:10.019><c> deeply</c><00:32:10.339><c> feeling</c><00:32:10.680><c> man,</c>

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.119
brethren<00:32:11.700><c> and</c><00:32:11.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:16.259
you<00:32:12.319><c> can't</c><00:32:13.380><c> avoid</c><00:32:13.839><c> noticing</c><00:32:14.279><c> that</c><00:32:14.539><c> as</c><00:32:14.700><c> you</c><00:32:14.839><c> read</c><00:32:15.000><c> his</c><00:32:15.359><c> prophecy.</c>

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:22.500
Let<00:32:17.460><c> me</c><00:32:17.599><c> just</c><00:32:17.920><c> read</c><00:32:18.140><c> you</c><00:32:18.880><c> one</c><00:32:19.339><c> verse</c><00:32:19.880><c> from</c><00:32:20.319><c> a</c><00:32:20.440><c> couple</c><00:32:20.640><c> of</c><00:32:20.839><c> chapters</c><00:32:21.099><c> further</c><00:32:21.519><c> on.</c>

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.940
He<00:32:23.640><c> says,</c>

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:26.660
Hear<00:32:24.599><c> and</c><00:32:25.180><c> give</c><00:32:25.579><c> ear.</c>

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:29.500
Be<00:32:27.079><c> not</c><00:32:27.480><c> proud,</c><00:32:28.079><c> for</c><00:32:28.160><c> the</c><00:32:28.359><c> Lord</c><00:32:28.559><c> hath</c><00:32:28.839><c> spoken.</c>

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.759
But<00:32:30.180><c> if</c><00:32:30.339><c> ye</c><00:32:30.539><c> will</c><00:32:30.839><c> not</c><00:32:31.140><c> hear</c><00:32:31.480><c> it,</c>

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:35.059
my<00:32:32.140><c> soul</c><00:32:32.460><c> shall</c><00:32:32.759><c> weep</c><00:32:33.059><c> in</c><00:32:33.279><c> secret</c><00:32:33.619><c> places</c><00:32:34.059><c> for</c><00:32:34.259><c> your</c><00:32:34.519><c> pride,</c>

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:39.779
and<00:32:35.680><c> mine</c><00:32:35.799><c> eyes</c><00:32:36.140><c> shall</c><00:32:36.380><c> weep</c><00:32:36.779><c> sore</c><00:32:37.160><c> and</c><00:32:37.519><c> run</c><00:32:37.839><c> down</c><00:32:38.099><c> with</c><00:32:38.480><c> tears,</c>

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:43.500
because<00:32:40.480><c> the</c><00:32:40.680><c> Lord's</c><00:32:41.180><c> flock</c><00:32:41.339><c> is</c><00:32:41.579><c> to</c><00:32:41.740><c> be</c><00:32:41.880><c> carried</c><00:32:42.079><c> away</c><00:32:42.440><c> captive.</c>

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:47.039
He<00:32:44.900><c> wasn't</c><00:32:45.220><c> a</c><00:32:45.400><c> man</c><00:32:45.559><c> who</c><00:32:45.759><c> delighted</c><00:32:46.119><c> in</c><00:32:46.420><c> telling</c><00:32:46.619><c> them,</c>

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:49.680
the<00:32:47.460><c> city's</c><00:32:48.000><c> going</c><00:32:48.160><c> to</c><00:32:48.359><c> be</c><00:32:48.559><c> broken</c><00:32:48.980><c> down,</c>

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:52.420
the<00:32:50.299><c> temple's</c><00:32:50.799><c> going</c><00:32:50.920><c> to</c><00:32:51.099><c> be</c><00:32:51.259><c> burnt</c><00:32:51.539><c> and</c><00:32:52.039><c> destroyed,</c>

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:56.799
you're<00:32:52.940><c> all</c><00:32:53.279><c> going</c><00:32:53.579><c> into</c><00:32:53.920><c> captivity</c><00:32:54.579><c> and</c><00:32:54.980><c> you</c><00:32:55.279><c> deserve</c><00:32:55.680><c> it.</c>

00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:00.519
He<00:32:58.140><c> didn't</c><00:32:58.420><c> enjoy</c><00:32:58.759><c> telling</c><00:32:59.059><c> them</c><00:32:59.220><c> that,</c><00:32:59.660><c> brethren</c><00:32:59.839><c> and</c><00:33:00.099><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:04.279
He<00:33:01.500><c> cut</c><00:33:01.980><c> him</c><00:33:02.160><c> to</c><00:33:02.299><c> the</c><00:33:02.440><c> very</c><00:33:02.779><c> quick,</c><00:33:03.059><c> he</c><00:33:03.079><c> was</c><00:33:03.359><c> so</c><00:33:03.680><c> full</c><00:33:03.900><c> up</c><00:33:04.099><c> with</c>

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.920
his<00:33:04.519><c> message,</c>

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:07.440
that<00:33:05.299><c> he</c><00:33:05.319><c> had</c><00:33:05.500><c> to</c><00:33:05.579><c> turn</c><00:33:05.839><c> aside</c><00:33:06.180><c> to</c><00:33:06.359><c> find</c><00:33:06.599><c> some</c><00:33:06.980><c> place</c><00:33:07.180><c> where</c><00:33:07.380><c> he</c>

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.440
could<00:33:07.640><c> weep</c><00:33:07.920><c> in</c><00:33:08.140><c> private,</c>

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:11.619
because<00:33:08.859><c> they</c><00:33:09.079><c> would</c><00:33:09.400><c> not</c><00:33:09.619><c> listen</c><00:33:09.960><c> to</c><00:33:10.160><c> him.</c>

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.019
Do<00:33:12.140><c> you</c><00:33:12.200><c> know,</c><00:33:12.440><c> brethren</c><00:33:12.619><c> and</c><00:33:12.839><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:15.759
all<00:33:13.319><c> the</c><00:33:13.500><c> great</c><00:33:13.759><c> men</c><00:33:13.980><c> of</c><00:33:14.240><c> scripture</c><00:33:14.640><c> were</c><00:33:14.920><c> deeply</c><00:33:15.400><c> feeling</c>

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.940
people,<00:33:16.359><c> weren't</c><00:33:16.480><c> they?</c>

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:21.500
Just<00:33:17.460><c> think</c><00:33:17.619><c> of</c><00:33:17.779><c> Moses,</c><00:33:19.279><c> David,</c><00:33:20.460><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:25.140
think<00:33:21.960><c> especially</c><00:33:22.519><c> of</c><00:33:22.740><c> the</c><00:33:22.900><c> Lord</c><00:33:23.140><c> Jesus</c><00:33:23.599><c> Christ</c><00:33:24.000><c> himself.</c>

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:28.839
He<00:33:26.119><c> loved</c><00:33:26.339><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:26.960><c> so</c><00:33:27.420><c> much</c><00:33:27.680><c> that</c><00:33:27.839><c> he</c><00:33:27.980><c> just</c><00:33:28.319><c> stood</c><00:33:28.539><c> there</c>

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.680
and<00:33:29.279><c> cried</c>

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:31.539
when<00:33:29.859><c> he</c><00:33:30.039><c> thought</c><00:33:30.279><c> what</c><00:33:30.480><c> was</c><00:33:30.740><c> going</c><00:33:30.900><c> to</c><00:33:31.079><c> happen</c><00:33:31.279><c> to</c><00:33:31.440><c> it</c>

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:33.759
and<00:33:31.660><c> what</c><00:33:31.779><c> would</c><00:33:31.960><c> befall</c><00:33:32.240><c> those</c><00:33:32.559><c> people.</c>

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.779
He<00:33:34.799><c> wept.</c>

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:39.359
He<00:33:37.359><c> would</c><00:33:37.519><c> have</c><00:33:37.559><c> done</c><00:33:37.740><c> anything</c><00:33:38.200><c> to</c><00:33:38.500><c> save</c><00:33:38.720><c> them</c><00:33:38.940><c> from</c><00:33:39.140><c> it</c><00:33:39.259><c> if</c>

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.380
he<00:33:39.579><c> could.</c>

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:43.160
We<00:33:41.200><c> forget</c><00:33:41.539><c> that</c><00:33:41.839><c> sometimes.</c>

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.759
And<00:33:43.880><c> so</c><00:33:44.019><c> would</c><00:33:44.180><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:49.019
He<00:33:45.200><c> put</c><00:33:45.380><c> up</c><00:33:45.519><c> with</c><00:33:45.720><c> all</c><00:33:45.920><c> the</c><00:33:46.160><c> persecution,</c><00:33:47.579><c> all</c><00:33:47.759><c> the</c><00:33:48.059><c> discomfort,</c>

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:52.440
all<00:33:49.400><c> the</c><00:33:49.599><c> shame</c><00:33:49.900><c> and</c><00:33:50.119><c> abuse</c><00:33:50.460><c> which</c><00:33:50.660><c> were</c><00:33:50.839><c> heaped</c><00:33:51.019><c> upon</c><00:33:51.299><c> him.</c>

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:56.160
If<00:33:53.700><c> only</c><00:33:54.039><c> he</c><00:33:54.160><c> could</c><00:33:54.440><c> save</c><00:33:54.799><c> them</c><00:33:55.279><c> from</c><00:33:55.519><c> the</c><00:33:55.740><c> disaster</c>

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:58.480
that<00:33:56.299><c> was</c><00:33:56.500><c> coming</c><00:33:56.759><c> upon</c><00:33:57.079><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:57.579><c> at</c><00:33:57.839><c> that</c><00:33:58.079><c> time.</c>

00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:01.799
But<00:33:59.299><c> he</c><00:33:59.460><c> couldn't.</c>

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:03.700
I<00:34:02.220><c> sometimes</c><00:34:02.700><c> think,</c><00:34:03.079><c> brethren</c><00:34:03.299><c> and</c><00:34:03.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:08.340
that<00:34:03.900><c> as</c><00:34:04.079><c> a</c><00:34:04.240><c> community</c><00:34:04.599><c> we</c><00:34:04.839><c> are</c><00:34:05.240><c> not</c><00:34:05.859><c> feeling</c><00:34:06.420><c> enough</c><00:34:07.019><c> people.</c>

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:12.920
I<00:34:10.199><c> know</c><00:34:10.340><c> it's</c><00:34:10.559><c> no</c><00:34:10.699><c> good</c><00:34:10.920><c> manufacturing</c><00:34:11.739><c> emotion,</c>

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:16.440
trying<00:34:13.800><c> to</c><00:34:13.980><c> make</c><00:34:14.119><c> ourselves</c><00:34:14.480><c> feel</c><00:34:14.719><c> things</c><00:34:14.960><c> we</c><00:34:15.119><c> don't</c><00:34:15.400><c> feel,</c>

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:19.539
but<00:34:17.039><c> emotional</c><00:34:17.599><c> involvement</c><00:34:18.199><c> with</c><00:34:18.500><c> other</c><00:34:18.860><c> people</c>

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:23.500
in<00:34:20.139><c> their</c><00:34:20.440><c> trials</c><00:34:20.960><c> and</c><00:34:21.219><c> their</c><00:34:21.480><c> tribulations</c><00:34:22.239><c> and</c><00:34:22.480><c> their</c><00:34:22.780><c> temptations,</c>

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:27.159
it's<00:34:24.059><c> all</c><00:34:24.579><c> part</c><00:34:24.840><c> of</c><00:34:25.059><c> our</c><00:34:25.219><c> Christian</c><00:34:25.679><c> discipleship.</c>

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:31.079
Rejoice<00:34:28.239><c> with</c><00:34:28.380><c> them</c><00:34:28.679><c> that</c><00:34:28.860><c> do</c><00:34:29.099><c> rejoice</c><00:34:29.599><c> and</c><00:34:30.059><c> weep</c><00:34:30.519><c> with</c><00:34:30.760><c> them</c>

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.619
that<00:34:31.400><c> weep</c>

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:33.760
is<00:34:31.800><c> the</c><00:34:32.000><c> Apostle</c><00:34:32.340><c> Paul's</c><00:34:32.739><c> advice.</c>

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:37.039
We<00:34:35.000><c> don't</c><00:34:35.280><c> often</c><00:34:35.619><c> weep,</c><00:34:36.079><c> do</c><00:34:36.119><c> we,</c><00:34:36.420><c> brethren</c><00:34:36.659><c> and</c><00:34:36.920><c> sisters?</c>

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:38.340
Not<00:34:37.380><c> often.</c>

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:42.159
And<00:34:39.579><c> I</c><00:34:39.679><c> wonder</c><00:34:39.840><c> whether</c><00:34:40.000><c> the</c><00:34:40.159><c> reason</c><00:34:40.400><c> isn't</c><00:34:40.639><c> because</c><00:34:41.159><c> our</c><00:34:41.639><c> sensitivity</c>

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:46.300
has<00:34:42.519><c> been</c><00:34:43.000><c> numbed</c><00:34:43.960><c> by</c><00:34:44.340><c> our</c><00:34:44.659><c> own</c><00:34:45.000><c> selfishness</c><00:34:45.699><c> and</c><00:34:46.059><c> sin</c>

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:48.960
so<00:34:46.500><c> that</c><00:34:46.599><c> we</c><00:34:46.719><c> don't</c><00:34:46.980><c> feel</c><00:34:47.360><c> very</c><00:34:47.820><c> strongly</c><00:34:48.139><c> about</c><00:34:48.659><c> other</c>

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.500
people's<00:34:49.460><c> problems.</c>

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:53.780
The<00:34:51.940><c> godly</c><00:34:52.199><c> men</c><00:34:52.380><c> of</c><00:34:52.539><c> old</c><00:34:52.780><c> did.</c>

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:57.039
Why<00:34:55.239><c> aren't</c><00:34:55.460><c> we</c><00:34:55.659><c> like</c><00:34:55.920><c> them?</c>

00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:00.679
I'll<00:34:58.139><c> leave</c><00:34:58.179><c> you</c><00:34:58.340><c> to</c><00:34:58.500><c> ponder</c><00:34:58.679><c> that</c><00:34:58.960><c> question.</c>

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:04.059
Verse<00:35:02.760><c> 19,</c><00:35:03.659><c> he</c><00:35:03.880><c> says,</c>

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:07.420
Behold,<00:35:05.340><c> the</c><00:35:05.440><c> voice</c><00:35:05.699><c> of</c><00:35:05.840><c> the</c><00:35:06.039><c> cry</c><00:35:06.199><c> of</c><00:35:06.340><c> the</c><00:35:06.480><c> daughter</c><00:35:06.679><c> of</c><00:35:06.880><c> my</c><00:35:07.039><c> people,</c>

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:09.840
because<00:35:07.920><c> of</c><00:35:08.119><c> them</c><00:35:08.380><c> that</c><00:35:08.619><c> dwell</c><00:35:08.760><c> in</c><00:35:09.000><c> a</c><00:35:09.139><c> far</c><00:35:09.300><c> country.</c>

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:12.780
The<00:35:10.599><c> invader</c><00:35:10.780><c> is</c><00:35:11.079><c> coming,</c><00:35:11.300><c> in</c><00:35:11.539><c> other</c><00:35:11.739><c> words.</c>

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:14.920
Is<00:35:13.159><c> not</c><00:35:13.360><c> the</c><00:35:13.500><c> Lord</c><00:35:13.739><c> in</c><00:35:14.039><c> Zion?</c>

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:17.340
Is<00:35:15.300><c> not</c><00:35:15.559><c> her</c><00:35:15.719><c> king</c><00:35:16.039><c> in</c><00:35:16.440><c> her?</c>

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.719
In<00:35:18.639><c> other</c><00:35:18.739><c> words,</c><00:35:18.860><c> they're</c><00:35:19.019><c> saying</c><00:35:19.280><c> to</c><00:35:19.440><c> themselves,</c>

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:21.320
Why<00:35:20.000><c> are</c><00:35:20.079><c> these</c><00:35:20.320><c> things</c><00:35:20.579><c> coming</c><00:35:20.840><c> upon</c><00:35:21.139><c> us?</c>

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:23.119
Why<00:35:21.539><c> is</c><00:35:21.739><c> all</c><00:35:21.960><c> this</c><00:35:22.139><c> happening?</c>

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:26.639
What<00:35:24.659><c> you</c><00:35:24.880><c> should</c><00:35:25.099><c> have</c><00:35:25.280><c> been</c><00:35:25.500><c> asking,</c><00:35:25.960><c> God</c><00:35:26.300><c> says,</c>

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:28.780
is<00:35:26.840><c> in</c><00:35:26.920><c> the</c><00:35:27.059><c> last</c><00:35:27.300><c> part</c><00:35:27.519><c> of</c><00:35:27.679><c> the</c><00:35:27.800><c> verse.</c>

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.300
This<00:35:29.159><c> is</c><00:35:29.380><c> more</c><00:35:29.579><c> to</c><00:35:29.760><c> the</c><00:35:29.920><c> point.</c>

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:34.320
Why<00:35:30.980><c> have</c><00:35:31.260><c> they</c><00:35:31.539><c> provoked</c><00:35:32.059><c> me</c><00:35:32.400><c> to</c><00:35:32.619><c> anger</c><00:35:33.000><c> with</c><00:35:33.260><c> their</c><00:35:33.559><c> graven</c><00:35:33.940><c> images</c>

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:36.539
and<00:35:34.619><c> with</c><00:35:35.000><c> strange</c><00:35:35.320><c> vanities?</c>

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:40.159
That's<00:35:38.159><c> the</c><00:35:38.280><c> issue</c><00:35:38.500><c> which</c><00:35:38.699><c> is</c><00:35:38.960><c> pertinent.</c>

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:42.360
Then<00:35:40.639><c> they'd</c><00:35:40.940><c> know</c><00:35:41.039><c> the</c><00:35:41.239><c> answer</c><00:35:41.500><c> to</c><00:35:41.639><c> the</c><00:35:41.800><c> other</c><00:35:41.960><c> questions</c>

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.980
which<00:35:42.579><c> they</c><00:35:42.800><c> have</c><00:35:43.039><c> raised.</c>

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:47.619
God<00:35:45.519><c> doesn't</c><00:35:45.840><c> want</c><00:35:46.179><c> his</c><00:35:46.420><c> people</c><00:35:46.659><c> to</c><00:35:46.920><c> perish,</c><00:35:47.079><c> he</c><00:35:47.199><c> wants</c><00:35:47.460><c> them</c>

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.559
to<00:35:47.780><c> be</c><00:35:48.000><c> saved.</c>

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:52.900
But<00:35:49.199><c> they</c><00:35:49.360><c> must</c><00:35:49.659><c> respond</c><00:35:50.199><c> to</c><00:35:50.340><c> him</c><00:35:50.519><c> in</c><00:35:50.760><c> faith</c><00:35:50.980><c> and</c><00:35:51.159><c> play</c><00:35:51.380><c> their</c><00:35:51.739><c> part.</c>

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:56.019
Work<00:35:53.579><c> out</c><00:35:53.800><c> your</c><00:35:54.019><c> own</c><00:35:54.260><c> salvation</c><00:35:54.780><c> with</c><00:35:55.039><c> fear</c><00:35:55.420><c> and</c><00:35:55.699><c> trembling,</c>

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:58.139
says<00:35:56.300><c> the</c><00:35:56.579><c> apostle.</c>

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.940
For<00:35:59.460><c> it</c><00:35:59.579><c> is</c><00:35:59.679><c> God</c><00:35:59.940><c> that</c><00:36:00.239><c> worketh</c><00:36:00.559><c> in</c><00:36:00.760><c> you,</c>

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:03.679
both<00:36:01.260><c> to</c><00:36:01.480><c> will</c><00:36:01.619><c> and</c><00:36:01.800><c> to</c><00:36:01.980><c> do</c><00:36:02.099><c> of</c><00:36:02.260><c> his</c><00:36:02.440><c> good</c><00:36:02.739><c> pleasure.</c>

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:06.860
So<00:36:04.920><c> ultimately,</c><00:36:05.699><c> as</c><00:36:05.699><c> we</c><00:36:05.900><c> know,</c><00:36:06.500><c> brethren</c><00:36:06.500><c> and</c><00:36:06.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:10.619
salvation<00:36:07.480><c> is</c><00:36:07.820><c> all</c><00:36:08.219><c> the</c><00:36:08.420><c> work</c><00:36:08.619><c> of</c><00:36:08.900><c> God</c><00:36:09.199><c> in</c><00:36:09.500><c> us.</c>

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:13.400
But<00:36:11.239><c> we</c><00:36:11.400><c> must</c><00:36:11.840><c> do</c><00:36:12.340><c> our</c><00:36:12.880><c> part.</c>

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:17.280
We<00:36:13.739><c> must</c><00:36:14.079><c> maintain</c><00:36:14.719><c> a</c><00:36:15.019><c> balance</c><00:36:15.340><c> between</c><00:36:15.860><c> faith</c><00:36:16.320><c> and</c><00:36:16.780><c> works,</c>

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:20.619
so<00:36:17.840><c> that</c><00:36:17.980><c> we</c><00:36:18.079><c> have</c><00:36:18.280><c> a</c><00:36:18.539><c> faith</c><00:36:18.820><c> which</c><00:36:19.260><c> works.</c>

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:23.500
And<00:36:21.260><c> this</c><00:36:21.380><c> the</c><00:36:21.539><c> people</c><00:36:21.739><c> of</c><00:36:21.900><c> Judah</c><00:36:22.079><c> failed</c><00:36:22.420><c> to</c><00:36:22.699><c> do.</c>

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.840
The<00:36:24.420><c> Lord</c><00:36:24.619><c> would</c><00:36:24.820><c> have</c><00:36:24.980><c> been</c><00:36:25.219><c> in</c><00:36:25.519><c> Zion.</c>

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:28.960
He<00:36:26.099><c> would</c><00:36:26.320><c> have</c><00:36:26.500><c> been</c><00:36:26.800><c> amongst</c><00:36:27.199><c> them,</c><00:36:27.659><c> defended</c><00:36:27.960><c> and</c><00:36:28.280><c> saved</c><00:36:28.619><c> them,</c>

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:32.480
if<00:36:29.260><c> only</c><00:36:29.639><c> they</c><00:36:29.880><c> had</c><00:36:30.139><c> put</c><00:36:30.420><c> into</c><00:36:30.780><c> practice</c><00:36:31.340><c> the</c><00:36:31.719><c> things</c><00:36:32.019><c> they</c>

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.360
said<00:36:32.699><c> they</c><00:36:33.119><c> believed.</c>

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:37.960
And<00:36:35.400><c> now,</c><00:36:36.360><c> verse</c><00:36:36.599><c> 20.</c>

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:42.460
It<00:36:39.280><c> is</c><00:36:39.599><c> a</c><00:36:39.739><c> verse,</c><00:36:40.159><c> brethren</c><00:36:40.340><c> and</c><00:36:40.579><c> sisters,</c><00:36:40.940><c> of</c><00:36:41.400><c> infinite</c><00:36:42.179><c> sadness,</c>

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:46.719
and<00:36:42.980><c> I</c><00:36:43.219><c> bring</c><00:36:43.539><c> it</c><00:36:43.940><c> carefully</c><00:36:44.320><c> to</c><00:36:44.539><c> your</c><00:36:44.780><c> attention</c><00:36:45.239><c> this</c><00:36:45.579><c> morning.</c>

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:51.800
The<00:36:47.800><c> harvest</c><00:36:48.380><c> is</c><00:36:48.920><c> past,</c><00:36:50.079><c> the</c><00:36:50.400><c> summer</c><00:36:50.780><c> is</c><00:36:51.260><c> ended,</c>

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:55.840
and<00:36:52.559><c> we</c><00:36:53.059><c> are</c><00:36:53.719><c> not</c><00:36:54.519><c> saved.</c>

00:36:56.920 --> 00:37:00.039
I<00:36:57.179><c> don't</c><00:36:57.519><c> know</c><00:36:57.719><c> exactly</c><00:36:58.219><c> how</c><00:36:58.460><c> this</c><00:36:58.940><c> fits</c><00:36:59.139><c> into</c><00:36:59.480><c> the</c><00:36:59.599><c> fulfillment</c>

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.960
of<00:37:00.320><c> the</c><00:37:00.519><c> prophecy</c><00:37:00.780><c> in</c><00:37:01.000><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:37:01.719><c> day,</c>

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:06.039
unless<00:37:02.519><c> it</c><00:37:02.820><c> simply</c><00:37:03.119><c> meant</c><00:37:03.360><c> that</c><00:37:03.579><c> the</c><00:37:03.739><c> day</c><00:37:03.960><c> of</c><00:37:04.179><c> reckoning</c><00:37:04.519><c> had</c><00:37:04.900><c> come,</c>

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:09.099
the<00:37:07.079><c> day</c><00:37:07.300><c> of</c><00:37:07.480><c> opportunity</c><00:37:08.019><c> was</c><00:37:08.420><c> over,</c>

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:13.179
the<00:37:10.320><c> harvest</c><00:37:10.659><c> was</c><00:37:10.900><c> ended,</c><00:37:12.079><c> and</c><00:37:12.159><c> there</c><00:37:12.219><c> was</c><00:37:12.539><c> nothing</c><00:37:12.860><c> in</c><00:37:13.019><c> it</c>

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.400
for<00:37:13.320><c> them.</c>

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:16.440
We<00:37:14.739><c> are</c><00:37:14.960><c> not</c><00:37:15.219><c> saved.</c>

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:19.880
But<00:37:17.340><c> brethren</c><00:37:17.519><c> and</c><00:37:17.699><c> sisters,</c><00:37:18.239><c> I</c><00:37:18.260><c> think</c><00:37:18.500><c> we</c><00:37:18.699><c> can</c><00:37:19.139><c> clearly</c><00:37:19.519><c> see</c>

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:23.699
the<00:37:20.179><c> application</c><00:37:20.719><c> of</c><00:37:20.980><c> that</c><00:37:21.219><c> verse</c><00:37:21.420><c> to</c><00:37:21.619><c> the</c><00:37:21.760><c> events</c><00:37:21.980><c> of</c><00:37:22.300><c> AD</c><00:37:22.579><c> 70,</c>

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:27.179
and<00:37:24.039><c> then</c><00:37:24.460><c> finally</c><00:37:24.860><c> to</c><00:37:25.139><c> our</c><00:37:25.460><c> own</c><00:37:25.780><c> situation.</c>

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:31.780
It<00:37:27.719><c> is</c><00:37:27.940><c> a</c><00:37:28.159><c> verse</c><00:37:28.440><c> which</c><00:37:29.260><c> rings</c><00:37:29.760><c> the</c><00:37:30.159><c> bells</c><00:37:30.579><c> of</c><00:37:31.019><c> sadness</c>

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:35.920
for<00:37:32.500><c> those</c><00:37:32.880><c> who</c><00:37:33.099><c> are</c><00:37:33.420><c> excluded</c><00:37:33.840><c> from</c><00:37:34.139><c> God's</c><00:37:34.719><c> purpose.</c>

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:43.119
Ask<00:37:37.280><c> not</c><00:37:37.800><c> for</c><00:37:38.380><c> whom</c><00:37:38.739><c> the</c><00:37:39.019><c> bell</c><00:37:39.380><c> tolls,</c><00:37:41.139><c> says</c><00:37:41.219><c> the</c><00:37:41.420><c> well</c><00:37:41.780><c>-known</c><00:37:42.039><c> poem,</c>

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:47.239
because<00:37:44.199><c> it</c><00:37:44.719><c> tolls</c><00:37:45.719><c> for</c><00:37:46.019><c> thee.</c>

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:51.800
The<00:37:49.519><c> harvest</c><00:37:49.699><c> is</c><00:37:49.920><c> the</c><00:37:50.039><c> end</c><00:37:50.159><c> of</c><00:37:50.320><c> the</c><00:37:50.500><c> age.</c>

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:54.000
The<00:37:52.059><c> summer</c><00:37:52.300><c> is</c><00:37:52.559><c> ended</c><00:37:52.760><c> and</c><00:37:52.940><c> the</c><00:37:53.059><c> Lord</c><00:37:53.199><c> has</c><00:37:53.400><c> gathered</c><00:37:53.679><c> into</c>

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:55.880
all<00:37:54.340><c> his</c><00:37:54.780><c> barns,</c>

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:58.219
all<00:37:56.159><c> that</c><00:37:56.420><c> belong</c><00:37:56.659><c> to</c><00:37:56.820><c> him,</c><00:37:57.099><c> all</c><00:37:57.340><c> those</c><00:37:57.599><c> that</c><00:37:57.719><c> are</c><00:37:57.880><c> going</c><00:37:58.019><c> with</c>

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:59.639
him<00:37:58.360><c> into</c><00:37:58.559><c> the</c><00:37:58.760><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:02.400
And<00:38:00.500><c> we</c><00:38:00.699><c> are</c><00:38:00.980><c> not</c><00:38:01.260><c> there.</c>

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:06.800
That<00:38:03.380><c> is</c><00:38:03.699><c> the</c><00:38:04.019><c> possibility</c><00:38:04.719><c> which</c><00:38:05.139><c> this</c><00:38:05.579><c> verse</c><00:38:05.860><c> raises</c><00:38:06.420><c> for</c>

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:08.780
our<00:38:07.079><c> exhortation.</c>

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:11.659
What<00:38:09.679><c> infinite</c><00:38:10.280><c> sadness,</c><00:38:11.000><c> brethren</c><00:38:11.219><c> and</c><00:38:11.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:15.679
after<00:38:12.039><c> all</c><00:38:12.500><c> these</c><00:38:12.820><c> years</c><00:38:13.500><c> of</c><00:38:13.900><c> professing</c><00:38:14.280><c> to</c><00:38:14.420><c> be</c><00:38:14.539><c> the</c><00:38:14.699><c> Lord's</c><00:38:15.119><c> disciples</c>

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:18.820
and<00:38:15.980><c> attending</c><00:38:16.380><c> meetings</c><00:38:17.179><c> and</c><00:38:17.780><c> sitting</c><00:38:18.059><c> through</c><00:38:18.320><c> Bible</c>

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:20.219
school<00:38:19.199><c> addresses.</c>

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:23.760
What<00:38:21.000><c> infinite</c><00:38:21.619><c> sadness</c><00:38:22.219><c> to</c><00:38:22.480><c> find</c><00:38:22.760><c> that</c><00:38:22.960><c> in</c><00:38:23.159><c> the</c><00:38:23.400><c> end,</c>

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:26.960
the<00:38:24.000><c> harvest</c><00:38:24.400><c> is</c><00:38:24.699><c> passed,</c><00:38:25.820><c> the</c><00:38:25.980><c> summer</c><00:38:26.179><c> is</c><00:38:26.460><c> ended,</c>

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:30.659
and<00:38:28.139><c> we</c><00:38:28.320><c> are</c><00:38:28.480><c> not</c><00:38:28.679><c> there,</c><00:38:29.079><c> we</c><00:38:29.280><c> are</c><00:38:29.420><c> not</c><00:38:29.659><c> saved.</c>

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:35.760
And<00:38:32.559><c> the</c><00:38:32.860><c> bell</c><00:38:33.179><c> will</c><00:38:33.639><c> toll</c><00:38:34.019><c> in</c><00:38:34.519><c> sad</c><00:38:35.000><c> hopelessness</c>

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:38.440
for<00:38:36.300><c> many</c><00:38:36.559><c> professing</c><00:38:37.039><c> disciples</c><00:38:37.500><c> in</c><00:38:37.719><c> the</c><00:38:37.800><c> day</c><00:38:37.960><c> of</c><00:38:38.099><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:39.139
will<00:38:38.659><c> it</c><00:38:38.860><c> not?</c>

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:43.079
The<00:38:39.880><c> scriptures</c><00:38:40.320><c> tell</c><00:38:40.739><c> us</c><00:38:41.360><c> that</c><00:38:41.579><c> that</c><00:38:41.780><c> is</c><00:38:42.000><c> so.</c>

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:44.900
Many<00:38:43.639><c> will</c><00:38:43.860><c> say</c><00:38:44.039><c> to</c><00:38:44.159><c> me</c><00:38:44.280><c> in</c><00:38:44.440><c> that</c><00:38:44.679><c> day,</c>

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:47.440
Lord,<00:38:45.440><c> Lord,</c><00:38:45.760><c> have</c><00:38:45.860><c> we</c><00:38:46.000><c> not</c><00:38:46.280><c> prophesied</c><00:38:46.760><c> in</c><00:38:46.920><c> thy</c><00:38:47.159><c> name</c>

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:49.159
and<00:38:47.579><c> in</c><00:38:47.619><c> thy</c><00:38:47.860><c> name</c><00:38:48.139><c> cast</c><00:38:48.420><c> out</c><00:38:48.719><c> devils</c>

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:52.079
and<00:38:49.460><c> in</c><00:38:49.579><c> thy</c><00:38:49.820><c> name</c><00:38:50.119><c> done</c><00:38:50.300><c> many</c><00:38:50.559><c> wonderful</c><00:38:51.019><c> works?</c>

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:55.219
I<00:38:52.739><c> will</c><00:38:52.960><c> say</c><00:38:53.079><c> unto</c><00:38:53.260><c> them,</c><00:38:53.539><c> I</c><00:38:53.840><c> never</c><00:38:54.219><c> knew</c><00:38:54.500><c> you.</c>

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:58.940
Depart<00:38:56.019><c> from</c><00:38:56.260><c> me,</c><00:38:56.719><c> ye</c><00:38:56.840><c> workers</c><00:38:57.260><c> of</c><00:38:57.599><c> iniquity.</c>

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:04.219
You<00:39:00.179><c> were</c><00:39:00.420><c> long</c><00:39:00.599><c> on</c><00:39:01.000><c> talk,</c><00:39:01.460><c> but</c><00:39:01.659><c> you</c><00:39:01.780><c> were</c><00:39:02.039><c> short</c><00:39:02.280><c> on</c><00:39:02.800><c> delivery.</c>

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:11.239
The<00:39:08.059><c> harvest</c><00:39:08.300><c> is</c><00:39:08.679><c> passed,</c><00:39:09.659><c> the</c><00:39:09.880><c> summer</c><00:39:10.079><c> is</c><00:39:10.340><c> ended,</c>

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:13.480
and<00:39:11.699><c> we</c><00:39:11.900><c> are</c><00:39:12.079><c> not</c><00:39:12.360><c> saved.</c>

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:17.539
And<00:39:14.280><c> both</c><00:39:14.599><c> Jesus</c><00:39:15.079><c> and</c><00:39:15.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:16.119><c> make</c><00:39:16.480><c> the</c><00:39:16.780><c> reason</c><00:39:17.119><c> for</c><00:39:17.340><c> that</c>

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:19.199
rejection<00:39:18.119><c> crystal</c><00:39:18.840><c> clear,</c>

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:22.039
brethren<00:39:19.500><c> and</c><00:39:19.699><c> sisters,</c><00:39:19.880><c> if</c><00:39:20.039><c> only</c><00:39:20.219><c> we</c><00:39:20.380><c> will</c><00:39:20.639><c> receive</c><00:39:20.900><c> it.</c>

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:24.780
If<00:39:22.699><c> only</c><00:39:23.139><c> we</c><00:39:23.460><c> will</c><00:39:23.780><c> listen.</c>

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:30.639
It<00:39:25.940><c> is</c><00:39:26.179><c> the</c><00:39:26.380><c> enormous</c><00:39:27.179><c> gap</c><00:39:27.900><c> between</c><00:39:28.960><c> profession</c><00:39:29.599><c> and</c><00:39:29.940><c> practice,</c>

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:34.099
between<00:39:31.179><c> what</c><00:39:31.400><c> we</c><00:39:31.780><c> say</c><00:39:32.139><c> and</c><00:39:32.300><c> what</c><00:39:32.539><c> we</c><00:39:32.860><c> do.</c>

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:38.239
Now<00:39:34.719><c> we</c><00:39:34.780><c> can't</c><00:39:35.159><c> make</c><00:39:35.460><c> the</c><00:39:35.719><c> warning</c><00:39:36.000><c> clearer</c><00:39:36.380><c> than</c><00:39:36.639><c> that,</c><00:39:36.960><c> can</c><00:39:37.139><c> we?</c>

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:40.440
For<00:39:38.699><c> every</c><00:39:39.059><c> disciple.</c>

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:45.340
Verse<00:39:42.280><c> 22,</c><00:39:42.980><c> just</c><00:39:43.239><c> to</c><00:39:43.440><c> round</c><00:39:43.699><c> off</c><00:39:43.880><c> our</c><00:39:44.099><c> meditation,</c>

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:49.840
it<00:39:47.340><c> says,</c><00:39:47.579><c> is</c><00:39:47.579><c> there</c><00:39:47.820><c> no</c><00:39:48.139><c> balm</c><00:39:48.440><c> in</c><00:39:48.800><c> Gilead?</c>

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:51.960
Is<00:39:50.099><c> there</c><00:39:50.179><c> nothing</c><00:39:50.519><c> that</c><00:39:50.679><c> can</c><00:39:50.880><c> be</c><00:39:51.119><c> done?</c>

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:53.820
Is<00:39:52.500><c> there</c><00:39:52.679><c> no</c><00:39:52.760><c> physician</c><00:39:53.219><c> there?</c>

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:56.900
Why<00:39:54.599><c> then</c><00:39:54.840><c> is</c><00:39:54.980><c> not</c><00:39:55.199><c> the</c><00:39:55.380><c> health</c><00:39:55.679><c> of</c><00:39:55.900><c> the</c><00:39:56.139><c> daughter</c><00:39:56.420><c> of</c><00:39:56.639><c> my</c>

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:58.460
people<00:39:57.280><c> recovered?</c>

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:03.079
You<00:39:59.940><c> will</c><00:40:00.119><c> know</c><00:40:00.340><c> that</c><00:40:00.980><c> Gilead's</c><00:40:01.440><c> balm</c><00:40:01.559><c> was</c><00:40:01.820><c> famous</c><00:40:02.239><c> throughout</c><00:40:02.619><c> Israel,</c>

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:04.980
a<00:40:03.380><c> kind</c><00:40:03.539><c> of</c><00:40:03.719><c> healing</c><00:40:03.980><c> ointment,</c>

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:07.539
because<00:40:05.599><c> that's</c><00:40:05.880><c> what</c><00:40:06.119><c> God</c><00:40:06.400><c> wanted.</c>

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:11.079
Restoration<00:40:08.559><c> of</c><00:40:08.800><c> national</c><00:40:09.320><c> spiritual</c><00:40:10.000><c> health.</c>

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:14.400
That's<00:40:11.980><c> why</c><00:40:12.239><c> Jeremiah</c><00:40:12.820><c> had</c><00:40:13.039><c> been</c><00:40:13.300><c> sent</c><00:40:13.579><c> amongst</c><00:40:14.000><c> them</c><00:40:14.159><c> to</c>

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:16.539
proclaim<00:40:14.840><c> these</c><00:40:15.239><c> words.</c>

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:20.179
The<00:40:17.860><c> means</c><00:40:18.059><c> of</c><00:40:18.380><c> healing</c><00:40:18.579><c> was</c><00:40:19.039><c> provided.</c>

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The<00:40:20.980><c> healing</c><00:40:21.340><c> balm</c><00:40:21.599><c> of</c><00:40:21.840><c> Gilead</c><00:40:22.099><c> was</c><00:40:22.340><c> there</c><00:40:22.619><c> for</c><00:40:22.800><c> the</c><00:40:23.059><c> taking.</c>

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And<00:40:24.739><c> what</c><00:40:24.920><c> had</c><00:40:25.019><c> they</c><00:40:25.139><c> done</c><00:40:25.320><c> with</c><00:40:25.500><c> it?</c>

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They<00:40:25.840><c> had</c><00:40:26.079><c> rejected</c><00:40:26.400><c> it</c><00:40:26.619><c> and</c><00:40:26.699><c> put</c><00:40:26.900><c> it</c><00:40:27.039><c> down</c><00:40:27.280><c> the</c><00:40:27.500><c> well</c><00:40:27.659><c> together</c><00:40:28.039><c> with</c>

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the<00:40:28.460><c> prophet.</c>

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But<00:40:31.739><c> to</c><00:40:31.980><c> interpret</c><00:40:32.280><c> this</c><00:40:32.579><c> verse,</c><00:40:33.000><c> brethren</c><00:40:33.079><c> and</c><00:40:33.280><c> sisters,</c><00:40:33.559><c> into</c><00:40:33.760><c> the</c><00:40:33.960><c> idiom</c><00:40:34.159><c> of</c>

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our<00:40:34.579><c> own</c><00:40:34.840><c> day,</c>

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it<00:40:36.659><c> continued</c><00:40:37.059><c> steadfastly</c><00:40:38.019><c> in</c><00:40:38.159><c> the</c><00:40:38.280><c> Apostles'</c><00:40:38.880><c> doctrine,</c>

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and<00:40:40.099><c> fellowship,</c><00:40:41.199><c> and</c><00:40:41.380><c> breaking</c><00:40:41.639><c> of</c><00:40:41.980><c> bread,</c><00:40:42.619><c> and</c><00:40:42.920><c> in</c><00:40:43.260><c> prayers.</c>

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These<00:40:45.300><c> things</c><00:40:45.679><c> are</c><00:40:46.199><c> collectively</c><00:40:46.800><c> to</c><00:40:47.099><c> us,</c>

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the<00:40:48.360><c> healing</c><00:40:48.719><c> balm</c><00:40:49.079><c> of</c><00:40:49.420><c> Gilead,</c>

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to<00:40:50.739><c> restore</c><00:40:51.139><c> health</c><00:40:51.619><c> to</c><00:40:51.880><c> heart</c><00:40:52.199><c> and</c><00:40:52.500><c> soul</c><00:40:52.800><c> and</c><00:40:53.079><c> mind.</c>

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In<00:40:55.519><c> the</c><00:40:55.639><c> words</c><00:40:55.900><c> of</c><00:40:56.179><c> our</c><00:40:56.420><c> hymn,</c>

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deep<00:40:57.519><c> wounded</c><00:40:58.019><c> by</c><00:40:58.360><c> the</c><00:40:58.739><c> Spirit's</c><00:40:59.400><c> sword,</c>

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and<00:41:00.079><c> then</c><00:41:00.320><c> by</c><00:41:00.659><c> Gilead's</c><00:41:01.360><c> balm,</c><00:41:02.219><c> restored.</c>

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That's<00:41:04.980><c> what</c><00:41:05.159><c> God</c><00:41:05.400><c> wants</c><00:41:05.699><c> for</c><00:41:05.900><c> us.</c>

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And<00:41:07.820><c> brethren</c><00:41:08.019><c> and</c><00:41:08.159><c> sisters,</c><00:41:08.320><c> if</c><00:41:08.519><c> we</c><00:41:08.659><c> ignore</c><00:41:08.920><c> these</c><00:41:09.179><c> things,</c>

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as<00:41:09.619><c> the</c><00:41:09.760><c> Apostle</c><00:41:10.079><c> said</c><00:41:10.280><c> to</c><00:41:10.500><c> the</c><00:41:10.679><c> Corinthians,</c>

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we<00:41:11.739><c> are</c><00:41:11.960><c> very</c><00:41:12.380><c> foolish.</c>

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For<00:41:14.179><c> this</c><00:41:14.480><c> cause</c><00:41:14.800><c> many</c><00:41:15.119><c> are</c><00:41:15.260><c> weak</c><00:41:15.440><c> and</c><00:41:15.619><c> sickly</c><00:41:15.940><c> among</c><00:41:16.119><c> you</c><00:41:16.280><c> and</c>

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many<00:41:16.699><c> sleep,</c><00:41:17.019><c> he</c><00:41:17.219><c> said.</c>

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Let's<00:41:18.679><c> not</c><00:41:18.920><c> make</c><00:41:19.119><c> the</c><00:41:19.340><c> same</c><00:41:19.579><c> mistake,</c><00:41:20.059><c> brethren,</c>

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that<00:41:20.659><c> all</c><00:41:21.039><c> previous</c><00:41:21.420><c> generations</c><00:41:22.059><c> have</c><00:41:22.340><c> made.</c>

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:26.119
Our<00:41:23.440><c> way</c><00:41:23.780><c> of</c><00:41:24.079><c> healing</c><00:41:24.320><c> and</c><00:41:24.559><c> health</c><00:41:24.719><c> is</c><00:41:25.039><c> essentially</c><00:41:25.559><c> the</c><00:41:25.880><c> same</c>

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as<00:41:26.320><c> theirs.</c>

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Hear<00:41:27.960><c> the</c><00:41:28.119><c> word</c><00:41:28.340><c> of</c><00:41:28.519><c> God.</c>

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Listen<00:41:29.800><c> to</c><00:41:29.980><c> what</c><00:41:30.219><c> God</c><00:41:30.500><c> is</c><00:41:30.880><c> saying</c><00:41:31.139><c> to</c><00:41:31.420><c> you.</c>

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Join<00:41:33.639><c> in</c><00:41:33.980><c> the</c><00:41:34.159><c> worship</c><00:41:34.539><c> and</c><00:41:34.900><c> work</c><00:41:35.340><c> of</c><00:41:35.760><c> this</c><00:41:36.000><c> fellowship,</c>

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:40.019
and<00:41:37.320><c> find</c><00:41:37.719><c> the</c><00:41:38.079><c> balm</c><00:41:38.340><c> of</c><00:41:38.619><c> Gilead,</c>

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that<00:41:40.760><c> will</c><00:41:40.820><c> heal</c><00:41:41.059><c> our</c><00:41:41.380><c> woes,</c><00:41:41.820><c> that</c><00:41:41.820><c> will</c><00:41:42.139><c> restore</c><00:41:42.559><c> our</c>

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spiritual<00:41:43.420><c> health,</c>

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and<00:41:44.820><c> ensure</c><00:41:45.219><c> that</c><00:41:45.860><c> when</c><00:41:46.139><c> at</c><00:41:46.380><c> last</c><00:41:46.719><c> the</c><00:41:47.019><c> harvest</c><00:41:47.340><c> is</c><00:41:47.659><c> gathered</c><00:41:48.039><c> in,</c>

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we<00:41:49.519><c> are</c><00:41:49.940><c> amongst</c><00:41:50.360><c> that</c><00:41:50.760><c> glad</c><00:41:51.079><c> company</c>

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:56.960
that<00:41:52.420><c> inherit</c><00:41:52.840><c> the</c><00:41:53.219><c> Kingdom</c><00:41:53.599><c> of</c><00:41:53.920><c> God</c><00:41:54.699><c> and</c><00:41:55.360><c> eternal</c><00:41:55.860><c> life.</c>

00:41:57.639 --> 00:42:00.019
May<00:41:57.880><c> God</c><00:41:58.159><c> bless</c><00:41:58.460><c> us</c><00:41:58.780><c> to</c><00:41:58.980><c> that</c><00:41:59.219><c> end.</c>