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divided<00:13:46.980><c> heart</c><00:13:47.279><c> is</c><00:13:47.460><c> what</c><00:13:47.620><c> we</c><00:13:47.879><c> see</c>

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separation<00:16:25.279><c> between</c><00:16:25.799><c> God</c><00:16:26.080><c> and</c><00:16:26.299><c> man.</c>

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man<00:16:32.639><c> and</c><00:16:33.080><c> God</c><00:16:33.419><c> were</c><00:16:33.799><c> walking</c><00:16:34.320><c> together</c><00:16:35.279><c> in</c><00:16:35.980><c> the</c><00:16:36.259><c> garden.</c><00:16:37.620><c> And</c>

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after<00:16:38.700><c> the</c><00:16:39.220><c> fall,</c><00:16:39.860><c> they</c><00:16:40.080><c> were</c><00:16:40.580><c> separated.</c>

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So<00:16:42.279><c> the</c><00:16:42.620><c> order</c><00:16:42.940><c> was</c><00:16:43.320><c> disrupted.</c><00:16:46.120><c> Not</c><00:16:46.360><c> only</c><00:16:46.720><c> was</c><00:16:47.059><c> there</c><00:16:48.019><c> separation,</c><00:16:50.919><c> mankind</c><00:16:51.539><c> experienced</c><00:16:52.879><c> shame</c>

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into<00:17:14.839><c> God's</c><00:17:15.440><c> perfect</c><00:17:15.799><c> creation.</c><00:17:17.559><c> It's</c><00:17:17.720><c> as</c><00:17:17.940><c> if</c><00:17:18.099><c> the</c><00:17:23.720><c> spirit</c><00:17:25.880><c>-filled</c><00:17:26.940><c> wind</c><00:17:27.880><c> was</c><00:17:29.140><c> replaced</c><00:17:29.920><c> by</c>

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a<00:17:31.420><c> contrary</c><00:17:32.000><c> wind.</c>

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pleasurable<00:17:44.519><c> than</c><00:17:45.059><c> to</c><00:17:45.380><c> have</c><00:17:45.640><c> a</c><00:17:46.059><c> tailwind.</c>

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You<00:17:47.940><c> know,</c><00:17:47.940><c> you're</c><00:17:48.160><c> riding</c><00:17:48.500><c> along,</c><00:17:49.059><c> and</c><00:17:49.160><c> the</c><00:17:49.420><c> wind</c><00:17:49.619><c> is</c><00:17:50.000><c> blowing,</c><00:17:50.779><c> and</c>

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it's<00:17:51.359><c> behind</c><00:17:51.859><c> you,</c><00:17:52.200><c> and</c><00:17:52.339><c> it's</c><00:17:52.599><c> just</c>

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pushing<00:17:53.240><c> you</c><00:17:53.619><c> along,</c><00:17:53.900><c> and</c><00:17:54.079><c> you</c><00:17:54.299><c> just</c><00:17:54.519><c> feel</c><00:17:54.779><c> like</c><00:17:55.039><c> you</c><00:17:55.180><c> can</c><00:17:55.339><c> go</c>

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forever.<00:17:57.140><c> But</c><00:17:57.359><c> when</c><00:17:57.519><c> you</c><00:17:57.799><c> turn</c><00:17:58.059><c> around</c><00:17:58.559><c> and</c><00:17:58.740><c> you</c><00:17:59.059><c> face</c>

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that<00:17:59.759><c> contrary</c><00:18:00.420><c> wind,</c><00:18:01.819><c> it</c><00:18:02.079><c> can</c><00:18:02.359><c> be</c><00:18:02.619><c> a</c><00:18:02.819><c> pretty</c><00:18:03.119><c> miserable</c><00:18:03.740><c> experience,</c><00:18:04.559><c> right?</c><00:18:06.180><c> The</c>

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sailors<00:18:07.039><c> have</c><00:18:07.359><c> an</c><00:18:07.599><c> expression</c>

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of<00:18:08.480><c> fair</c><00:18:08.799><c> winds</c><00:18:09.259><c> and</c><00:18:09.700><c> following</c><00:18:10.160><c> seas,</c><00:18:11.059><c> and</c><00:18:12.359><c> I</c><00:18:12.579><c> think</c><00:18:12.779><c> that</c><00:18:13.019><c> what</c><00:18:13.299><c> happened</c><00:18:13.660><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:14.640><c> case</c><00:18:14.940><c> of</c><00:18:15.319><c> man's</c><00:18:15.920><c> spirit</c>

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rebelling<00:18:17.059><c> against</c><00:18:17.519><c> God's</c><00:18:18.140><c> spirit</c><00:18:18.400><c> is</c><00:18:18.579><c> there</c><00:18:20.480><c> was</c><00:18:20.759><c> this</c><00:18:21.519><c> reversal</c><00:18:22.420><c> of</c>

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God's<00:18:23.259><c> plan,</c><00:18:24.359><c> and</c><00:18:24.700><c> now</c><00:18:25.000><c> there</c><00:18:25.180><c> were</c><00:18:25.339><c> these</c>

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headwinds,<00:18:27.079><c> and</c><00:18:27.160><c> God's</c><00:18:28.440><c> spirit</c><00:18:28.960><c>-filled</c><00:18:29.339><c> wind</c><00:18:29.859><c> was</c><00:18:30.460><c> replaced</c>

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by<00:18:31.380><c> a</c><00:18:31.920><c> contrary</c><00:18:32.279><c> one.</c><00:18:35.059><c> It</c><00:18:35.380><c> continued.</c>

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That<00:18:39.559><c> same</c><00:18:40.099><c> spirit</c><00:18:40.740><c> of,</c><00:18:41.160><c> man's</c><00:18:41.920><c> same</c><00:18:42.259><c> spirit</c><00:18:42.819><c> of</c><00:18:43.140><c> rebellion</c><00:18:43.880><c> spread,</c><00:18:46.140><c> and</c><00:18:46.299><c> by</c><00:18:46.619><c> Genesis</c><00:18:47.099><c> 6</c>

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that<00:18:51.599><c> every</c><00:18:52.279><c> inclination</c><00:18:53.339><c> of</c><00:18:53.839><c> the</c><00:18:54.079><c> human</c><00:18:54.400><c> heart</c><00:18:54.819><c> was</c><00:18:55.119><c> only</c>

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evil<00:18:56.059><c> continually.</c>

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So<00:18:58.740><c> even</c><00:18:58.940><c> after</c><00:18:59.259><c> the</c><00:18:59.599><c> flood,</c><00:19:00.960><c> man's</c><00:19:01.660><c> spirit</c><00:19:01.940><c> still</c><00:19:02.880><c> resisted</c>

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God.<00:19:04.759><c> You'd</c><00:19:05.039><c> think</c><00:19:05.220><c> that</c><00:19:05.460><c> after</c><00:19:05.740><c> the</c><00:19:06.039><c> flood,</c>

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you<00:19:06.279><c> know,</c><00:19:06.920><c> that</c><00:19:07.140><c> we'd</c><00:19:07.680><c> get</c><00:19:07.880><c> our</c><00:19:08.099><c> act</c><00:19:08.259><c> together,</c><00:19:09.259><c> but</c><00:19:09.880><c> it</c><00:19:10.059><c> wasn't</c><00:19:10.359><c> the</c>

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case,<00:19:10.960><c> because</c><00:19:11.960><c> man's</c><00:19:12.819><c> default</c><00:19:13.279><c> position,</c>

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man's<00:19:15.119><c> inclination</c><00:19:15.819><c> to</c><00:19:16.119><c> sin</c><00:19:16.440><c> continued.</c><00:19:19.059><c> So</c><00:19:19.160><c> after</c><00:19:19.680><c> the</c><00:19:19.920><c> flood</c><00:19:20.279><c> in</c>

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Genesis<00:19:21.779><c> 11,</c>

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humanity<00:19:24.720><c> says,</c><00:19:25.200><c> you</c><00:19:25.259><c> know</c><00:19:25.440><c> what,</c><00:19:25.640><c> we're</c><00:19:25.859><c> supposed</c><00:19:26.299><c> to</c><00:19:26.559><c> build</c>

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an<00:19:26.980><c> image</c><00:19:27.160><c> for</c><00:19:27.420><c> God.</c>

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Let's<00:19:28.940><c> instead</c><00:19:29.400><c> build</c><00:19:29.700><c> a</c><00:19:29.940><c> city</c><00:19:30.140><c> for</c><00:19:30.500><c> ourselves.</c><00:19:31.700><c> Again,</c><00:19:32.140><c> it</c>

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was,<00:19:32.519><c> you</c><00:19:32.599><c> know,</c><00:19:33.180><c> the</c><00:19:33.359><c> difference,</c><00:19:33.920><c> we're</c><00:19:34.099><c> trying</c><00:19:34.299><c> to</c>

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identify<00:19:35.180><c> the</c><00:19:35.440><c> difference</c><00:19:35.799><c> between</c><00:19:36.319><c> man's</c><00:19:37.059><c> spirit</c><00:19:37.400><c> and</c><00:19:38.140><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:19:38.640><c> Spirit,</c><00:19:39.220><c> God's</c><00:19:39.740><c> spirit.</c><00:19:40.359><c> I</c><00:19:40.539><c> think</c><00:19:40.700><c> if</c><00:19:40.859><c> we</c><00:19:41.140><c> have</c>

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that<00:19:41.920><c> clear</c><00:19:42.140><c> in</c><00:19:42.400><c> our</c><00:19:42.660><c> minds,</c><00:19:43.099><c> it</c><00:19:43.279><c> will</c><00:19:43.539><c> really</c><00:19:43.880><c> help</c><00:19:44.119><c> us</c><00:19:44.440><c> understand</c><00:19:45.099><c> the</c>

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study<00:19:45.839><c> of</c><00:19:46.380><c> the</c><00:19:46.640><c> Spirit</c><00:19:46.859><c> of</c><00:19:47.019><c> God.</c>

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Brother<00:19:48.039><c> Chris.</c>

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Fallback<00:19:54.619><c> position,</c><00:19:55.180><c> you</c><00:19:55.380><c> know,</c><00:19:55.380><c> you</c><00:19:55.539><c> had</c><00:19:55.619><c> used</c><00:19:55.839><c> that</c><00:19:56.019><c> term</c>

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earlier.<00:19:56.920><c> So</c><00:19:57.299><c> the</c><00:19:57.500><c> Tower</c><00:19:57.779><c> of</c><00:19:58.019><c> Babel,</c><00:19:58.680><c> you</c><00:19:58.720><c> know,</c>

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God<00:19:59.500><c> says</c><00:19:59.720><c> you</c><00:19:59.859><c> won't</c><00:20:00.039><c> flood</c><00:20:00.279><c> the</c><00:20:00.519><c> world,</c><00:20:01.079><c> the</c><00:20:01.240><c> earth</c><00:20:01.420><c> again,</c>

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but<00:20:02.420><c> let's</c><00:20:02.900><c> make</c><00:20:03.099><c> a</c><00:20:03.299><c> fallback</c><00:20:03.660><c> position</c><00:20:04.099><c> just</c>

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in<00:20:04.440><c> case</c><00:20:04.779><c> we</c><00:20:05.839><c> need</c><00:20:06.079><c> it.</c><00:20:06.859><c> And,</c><00:20:06.859><c> you</c><00:20:07.059><c> know,</c><00:20:07.180><c> they</c><00:20:07.539><c> build</c><00:20:07.799><c> a</c><00:20:08.000><c> tower.</c><00:20:08.839><c> So</c><00:20:09.039><c> yeah,</c><00:20:09.359><c> yeah.</c><00:20:10.140><c> So</c>

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the<00:20:10.380><c> idea</c><00:20:10.680><c> is,</c><00:20:10.960><c> you</c><00:20:10.960><c> know,</c>

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the<00:20:13.039><c> earth</c><00:20:13.180><c> has</c><00:20:13.359><c> just</c><00:20:13.599><c> been</c><00:20:13.900><c> flooded.</c><00:20:16.480><c> And</c><00:20:16.660><c> God</c><00:20:16.940><c> has</c><00:20:17.339><c> said</c><00:20:17.579><c> he's</c><00:20:17.819><c> not</c>

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going<00:20:18.259><c> to</c><00:20:18.400><c> flood</c><00:20:18.579><c> the</c><00:20:18.799><c> earth</c><00:20:18.980><c> again.</c>

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And<00:20:20.900><c> yet</c><00:20:21.000><c> they're</c><00:20:21.200><c> not</c><00:20:21.440><c> so</c><00:20:21.759><c> sure.</c><00:20:22.779><c> So</c><00:20:23.000><c> they</c><00:20:23.220><c> build</c><00:20:23.380><c> this</c><00:20:23.640><c> tower</c>

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that<00:20:24.279><c> reaches</c><00:20:24.660><c> to</c><00:20:24.980><c> the</c><00:20:25.119><c> heavens</c><00:20:25.440><c> as</c><00:20:25.779><c> if</c><00:20:26.019><c> to</c><00:20:26.279><c> say,</c>

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if<00:20:27.019><c> the</c><00:20:27.319><c> floods</c><00:20:27.539><c> come,</c><00:20:28.019><c> now</c><00:20:28.420><c> we</c><00:20:28.700><c> have</c><00:20:28.839><c> an</c><00:20:29.119><c> escape</c><00:20:29.500><c> route.</c><00:20:29.880><c> Is</c>

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that<00:20:30.099><c> what</c><00:20:30.200><c> you're</c><00:20:30.339><c> saying?</c><00:20:31.119><c> Yeah,</c><00:20:31.599><c> that's</c><00:20:32.039><c> their</c>

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fallback<00:20:32.740><c> position.</c><00:20:33.599><c> So</c><00:20:33.839><c> rather</c><00:20:34.220><c> than</c><00:20:34.500><c> trusting</c><00:20:34.940><c> God,</c><00:20:36.019><c> they</c>

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trust<00:20:36.740><c> their</c><00:20:37.039><c> own</c><00:20:37.339><c> spirit.</c><00:20:38.900><c> And</c><00:20:39.140><c> again,</c><00:20:39.619><c> the</c><00:20:40.039><c> focus</c>

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that<00:20:40.619><c> I'm</c><00:20:40.759><c> trying</c><00:20:41.059><c> to</c><00:20:41.259><c> get</c><00:20:41.359><c> us</c><00:20:41.599><c> to</c><00:20:41.759><c> be</c><00:20:42.059><c> clear</c><00:20:42.299><c> on,</c><00:20:43.440><c> the</c><00:20:43.619><c> subject</c>

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that<00:20:44.059><c> I'm</c><00:20:44.220><c> trying</c><00:20:44.339><c> to</c><00:20:44.400><c> get</c><00:20:44.539><c> us</c><00:20:44.720><c> to</c><00:20:44.880><c> be</c><00:20:45.039><c> clear</c><00:20:45.220><c> on</c>

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is<00:20:45.900><c> this</c><00:20:46.319><c> contrast</c><00:20:47.119><c> between</c><00:20:47.640><c> the</c><00:20:48.000><c> spirit</c><00:20:48.240><c> of</c><00:20:48.440><c> man</c><00:20:48.859><c> and</c><00:20:49.500><c> the</c><00:20:49.779><c> spirit</c><00:20:50.000><c> of</c>

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God.<00:20:51.079><c> So</c><00:20:51.279><c> is</c><00:20:51.359><c> that</c><00:20:51.599><c> clear</c><00:20:51.940><c> to</c><00:20:52.259><c> everybody?</c>

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Yeah.<00:20:54.099><c> Okay.</c><00:20:58.380><c> Now,</c>

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even<00:21:03.899><c> as</c><00:21:04.859><c> mankind</c><00:21:05.559><c> rebels</c><00:21:06.200><c> and</c><00:21:06.599><c> continues</c><00:21:07.259><c> to</c><00:21:07.619><c> rebel,</c><00:21:09.460><c> we</c><00:21:09.740><c> need</c><00:21:09.980><c> to</c>

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know<00:21:10.539><c> that</c><00:21:10.819><c> God</c><00:21:11.640><c> never</c><00:21:12.819><c> wanted</c><00:21:13.259><c> to</c><00:21:13.799><c> and</c>

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will<00:21:14.599><c> never</c><00:21:15.720><c> abandon</c><00:21:16.680><c> his</c><00:21:17.339><c> plan.</c><00:21:20.160><c> Even</c><00:21:20.500><c> in</c><00:21:20.720><c> all</c><00:21:21.000><c> that</c><00:21:21.440><c> failure,</c><00:21:22.140><c> you</c><00:21:22.160><c> know,</c><00:21:22.480><c> the</c>

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failure<00:21:22.960><c> of</c><00:21:23.259><c> Adam</c><00:21:23.460><c> and</c><00:21:23.700><c> Eve,</c>

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the<00:21:25.200><c> murder,</c><00:21:25.680><c> you</c><00:21:25.680><c> know,</c><00:21:26.160><c> Cain</c><00:21:26.279><c> and</c><00:21:26.480><c> Abel</c><00:21:26.720><c> with</c><00:21:27.259><c> murder</c><00:21:27.859><c> coming</c><00:21:28.200><c> onto</c>

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the<00:21:28.799><c> earth,</c><00:21:29.640><c> we</c><00:21:29.940><c> see</c><00:21:30.220><c> that</c><00:21:30.559><c> mankind's</c>

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heart<00:21:31.640><c> is</c><00:21:32.099><c> evil</c><00:21:32.500><c> continually.</c><00:21:34.039><c> And</c><00:21:34.240><c> even</c><00:21:34.440><c> after</c><00:21:34.819><c> the</c><00:21:35.180><c> flood,</c>

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they<00:21:35.680><c> continue</c><00:21:36.140><c> to</c><00:21:36.559><c> disobey</c><00:21:37.019><c> and</c><00:21:37.160><c> they</c><00:21:37.440><c> decide</c>

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you<00:21:41.339><c> know,</c><00:21:42.059><c> spreading</c><00:21:42.240><c> forth,</c>

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or<00:21:49.680><c> congregating</c><00:21:50.440><c> in</c><00:21:50.680><c> one</c><00:21:50.940><c> place,</c><00:21:51.339><c> building</c><00:21:51.680><c> a</c><00:21:51.920><c> name,</c><00:21:52.079><c> not</c><00:21:52.319><c> for</c><00:21:52.559><c> God,</c><00:21:52.880><c> but</c><00:21:53.059><c> for</c><00:21:53.299><c> themselves.</c><00:21:53.859><c> All</c><00:21:54.200><c> of</c>

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empower<00:22:28.819><c> individuals</c><00:22:29.839><c> with</c><00:22:30.359><c> it</c>

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so<00:22:31.980><c> that</c><00:22:32.279><c> these</c><00:22:32.720><c> individuals</c><00:22:33.519><c> could</c><00:22:33.880><c> be</c><00:22:34.279><c> a</c><00:22:34.720><c> contrast,</c><00:22:35.500><c> could</c>

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be<00:22:35.940><c> a</c><00:22:36.160><c> light</c><00:22:36.420><c> in</c><00:22:36.700><c> a</c><00:22:36.819><c> dark</c><00:22:37.140><c> place,</c>

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so<00:22:38.500><c> that</c><00:22:38.740><c> these</c><00:22:39.140><c> individuals</c><00:22:39.920><c> could</c><00:22:40.500><c> show</c><00:22:41.079><c> the</c><00:22:41.619><c> people</c><00:22:42.299><c> through</c><00:22:43.160><c> word</c>

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and<00:22:44.000><c> through</c><00:22:44.339><c> example</c>

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what<00:22:45.819><c> God's</c><00:22:46.500><c> intention</c><00:22:46.980><c> was</c><00:22:47.599><c> from</c><00:22:48.059><c> the</c><00:22:48.319><c> beginning.</c><00:22:50.460><c> So</c><00:22:50.700><c> God's</c><00:22:51.480><c> ruach</c>

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empowered<00:22:56.359><c> specific</c><00:22:57.599><c> ones</c><00:22:58.279><c> to</c><00:22:59.859><c> push</c><00:23:00.220><c> back</c><00:23:00.960><c> against</c><00:23:01.539><c> the</c><00:23:01.980><c> chaos</c><00:23:02.559><c> of</c>

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man's<00:23:04.660><c> spirit.</c>

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So<00:23:06.759><c> when</c><00:23:07.099><c> man's</c><00:23:07.779><c> spirit</c><00:23:08.000><c> began</c><00:23:08.400><c> to</c><00:23:08.880><c> spread</c><00:23:09.119><c> chaos,</c><00:23:09.900><c> God's</c><00:23:10.700><c> spirit</c><00:23:11.019><c> began</c><00:23:11.559><c> to</c>

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restore<00:23:12.859><c> order</c><00:23:13.599><c> in</c><00:23:14.400><c> human</c><00:23:14.660><c> life.</c>

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empowered<00:23:21.160><c> with</c><00:23:21.460><c> this</c><00:23:21.799><c> spirit,</c>

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of<00:23:26.000><c> the</c><00:23:26.200><c> people.</c>

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God's<00:23:32.980><c> purpose</c><00:23:33.299><c> would</c><00:23:33.640><c> stay</c><00:23:33.960><c> alive.</c>

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it<00:23:43.039><c> was</c><00:23:43.259><c> as</c><00:23:43.559><c> though</c><00:23:43.779><c> God</c><00:23:44.039><c> was</c><00:23:44.440><c> pushing</c><00:23:44.900><c> back</c><00:23:45.619><c> against</c><00:23:46.180><c> man's</c><00:23:46.839><c> spirit.</c>

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He<00:23:55.200><c> wanted</c><00:23:55.380><c> to</c><00:23:55.619><c> make</c><00:23:55.920><c> sure</c><00:23:56.420><c> that</c><00:23:56.680><c> the</c><00:23:57.900><c> evil</c><00:23:58.240><c> spirit</c><00:23:58.720><c> of</c><00:23:58.980><c> mankind</c><00:23:59.700><c> didn't</c>

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permanently<00:24:01.259><c> undo</c><00:24:01.980><c> what</c><00:24:02.880><c> he</c><00:24:03.119><c> had</c><00:24:03.380><c> set</c><00:24:03.660><c> forth.</c>

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think<00:24:12.859><c> that's</c><00:24:13.279><c> the</c><00:24:13.460><c> key.</c>

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God's<00:24:16.000><c> purpose</c><00:24:16.400><c> begins</c><00:24:17.000><c> to</c><00:24:17.380><c> hover</c><00:24:17.660><c> again.</c><00:24:19.480><c> He's</c><00:24:20.240><c> looking</c><00:24:20.579><c> out</c>

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and<00:24:21.039><c> he's</c><00:24:21.359><c> seeing</c><00:24:21.559><c> the</c><00:24:21.920><c> mess</c><00:24:22.160><c> of</c><00:24:22.579><c> mankind,</c>

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and<00:24:23.500><c> he</c><00:24:23.559><c> says</c><00:24:23.740><c> it's</c><00:24:24.059><c> not</c><00:24:24.279><c> going</c><00:24:24.500><c> to</c><00:24:24.619><c> remain</c><00:24:25.039><c> that</c><00:24:25.440><c> way.</c><00:24:26.539><c> Just</c>

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as<00:24:27.299><c> the</c><00:24:29.339><c> spirit</c><00:24:29.559><c> hovered</c><00:24:30.019><c> over</c><00:24:30.259><c> the</c><00:24:30.460><c> waters,</c>

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he<00:24:30.819><c> now</c><00:24:31.220><c> hovers</c><00:24:31.599><c> through</c><00:24:31.880><c> the</c><00:24:32.099><c> people.</c><00:24:33.059><c> Look</c><00:24:33.259><c> at</c><00:24:33.460><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:24:33.839><c> This</c><00:24:34.039><c> is</c>

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a<00:24:34.500><c> great</c><00:24:34.700><c> passage.</c><00:24:35.380><c> It's</c><00:24:35.519><c> Ezekiel</c><00:24:36.059><c> chapter</c><00:24:36.519><c> 36.</c>

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well<00:24:46.000><c> I've</c><00:24:46.140><c> got</c><00:24:46.180><c> it</c><00:24:46.400><c> written</c><00:24:46.539><c> right</c><00:24:46.819><c> here.</c><00:24:47.259><c> He</c><00:24:47.440><c> says,</c><00:24:47.619><c> I</c><00:24:47.779><c> will</c>

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give<00:24:48.299><c> you</c><00:24:48.740><c> a</c><00:24:49.000><c> new</c><00:24:49.259><c> heart</c><00:24:49.980><c> and</c><00:24:51.039><c> put</c><00:24:51.339><c> my</c><00:24:52.019><c> spirit</c><00:24:52.460><c> in</c><00:24:52.940><c> you.</c>

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Why?<00:24:55.039><c> I'll</c><00:24:55.279><c> put</c><00:24:55.440><c> my</c><00:24:55.880><c> spirit</c><00:24:56.140><c> in</c><00:24:56.480><c> you</c><00:24:56.759><c> and</c><00:24:57.180><c> move</c><00:24:57.640><c> you</c><00:24:58.099><c> to</c><00:24:58.599><c> follow</c>

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my<00:24:59.319><c> decrees.</c><00:25:00.720><c> That's</c><00:25:01.160><c> the</c><00:25:01.380><c> reason</c>

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that<00:25:02.740><c> God</c><00:25:02.960><c> is</c><00:25:03.299><c> empowering</c><00:25:03.920><c> these</c><00:25:04.359><c> individuals,</c><00:25:05.599><c> and</c><00:25:05.960><c> so</c><00:25:06.140><c> we</c>

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see<00:25:06.740><c> it</c><00:25:07.000><c> throughout</c><00:25:07.420><c> the</c><00:25:07.680><c> Old</c><00:25:07.920><c> Testament.</c><00:25:08.559><c> We</c><00:25:08.599><c> see</c>

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certain<00:25:09.400><c> individuals</c><00:25:10.000><c> throughout</c><00:25:10.440><c> the</c><00:25:10.799><c> balance</c><00:25:11.140><c> of</c><00:25:11.380><c> the</c><00:25:11.500><c> Old</c>

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Testament,<00:25:12.240><c> the</c><00:25:12.359><c> Jewish</c><00:25:12.680><c> scriptures,</c>

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being<00:25:13.880><c> moved</c><00:25:14.380><c> by</c><00:25:14.700><c> the</c><00:25:15.059><c> spirit,</c><00:25:16.059><c> being</c><00:25:16.400><c> empowered</c><00:25:17.180><c> to</c><00:25:17.640><c> do</c><00:25:18.119><c> God's</c><00:25:18.819><c> work.</c><00:25:19.980><c> So</c>

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the<00:25:20.400><c> first</c><00:25:20.720><c> one</c><00:25:20.960><c> that</c><00:25:21.099><c> we'll</c><00:25:21.319><c> look</c><00:25:21.599><c> at</c>

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is<00:25:22.119><c> Joseph.</c><00:25:22.579><c> So</c><00:25:22.880><c> let's</c><00:25:23.799><c> turn</c><00:25:24.059><c> to</c><00:25:24.700><c> Genesis</c><00:25:25.339><c> chapter</c><00:25:26.059><c> 41,</c><00:25:27.940><c> and</c>

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this<00:25:28.380><c> is</c><00:25:28.599><c> the</c><00:25:28.759><c> first</c><00:25:29.019><c> time</c><00:25:29.380><c> we</c><00:25:29.579><c> see</c><00:25:29.759><c> an</c><00:25:30.059><c> individual</c>

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being<00:25:31.319><c> given</c><00:25:32.200><c> God's</c><00:25:33.079><c> Holy</c><00:25:33.380><c> Spirit,</c><00:25:34.240><c> and</c><00:25:34.779><c> we'll</c><00:25:35.019><c> see</c><00:25:35.259><c> why</c><00:25:36.039><c> as</c>

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we<00:25:37.200><c> look</c><00:25:37.359><c> at</c><00:25:37.500><c> the</c><00:25:37.779><c> study</c><00:25:38.019><c> of</c><00:25:38.279><c> Joseph.</c>

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So<00:25:39.079><c> Joseph</c><00:25:39.859><c> is</c><00:25:40.279><c> in</c><00:25:40.740><c> Genesis</c><00:25:41.319><c> chapter</c><00:25:41.900><c> 41,</c><00:25:42.480><c> and</c><00:25:43.619><c> we'll</c><00:25:43.940><c> start</c>

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in<00:25:44.319><c> the</c><00:25:44.539><c> 38th</c><00:25:45.140><c> verse.</c>

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So<00:25:53.700><c> the</c><00:25:53.940><c> context</c><00:25:54.519><c> here</c><00:25:54.920><c> is</c><00:25:55.380><c> Pharaoh</c><00:25:55.700><c> has</c><00:25:56.900><c> had</c><00:25:57.140><c> some</c><00:25:57.480><c> disturbing</c><00:25:58.099><c> dreams.</c>

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Verse<00:26:01.140><c> 38</c><00:26:01.619><c> says,</c><00:26:02.400><c> Then</c><00:26:02.400><c> Pharaoh</c><00:26:02.819><c> said</c><00:26:03.140><c> to</c><00:26:03.460><c> Joseph,</c><00:26:05.019><c> since</c><00:26:05.240><c> God</c>

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has<00:26:06.039><c> made</c><00:26:06.420><c> all</c><00:26:07.079><c> this</c><00:26:07.420><c> known</c><00:26:07.779><c> to</c><00:26:08.059><c> you,</c>

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was<00:28:04.660><c> given</c>

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think<00:29:02.039><c> I've</c><00:29:02.220><c> got</c><00:29:02.319><c> the</c>

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double<00:29:08.339><c> check</c><00:29:08.619><c> that.</c><00:29:10.319><c> Exodus,</c><00:29:10.819><c> thank</c><00:29:11.220><c> you.</c>

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work<00:29:47.119><c> in</c><00:29:47.380><c> gold,</c><00:29:47.880><c> silver,</c><00:29:48.440><c> and</c><00:29:48.559><c> bronze,</c><00:29:49.900><c> to</c><00:29:50.119><c> cut</c><00:29:50.519><c> and</c><00:29:51.000><c> set</c>

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craftsmanship.<00:29:58.680><c> So</c><00:29:59.200><c> this</c><00:29:59.579><c> is</c><00:29:59.839><c> the</c><00:30:00.079><c> second</c><00:30:00.299><c> time</c>

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dwell<00:30:23.680><c> together</c><00:30:24.660><c> again.</c>

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taking<00:31:41.200><c> advantage</c><00:31:41.880><c> of</c><00:31:42.119><c> the</c><00:31:42.319><c> people.</c>

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things.<00:31:50.880><c> We</c><00:31:51.319><c> won't</c><00:31:51.559><c> get</c><00:31:51.759><c> into</c><00:31:52.000><c> the</c><00:31:52.299><c> details</c><00:31:52.720><c> of</c><00:31:52.980><c> looking</c><00:31:53.200><c> at</c>

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judges<00:31:53.779><c> and</c><00:31:54.160><c> prophets</c><00:31:54.460><c> just</c><00:31:54.779><c> because</c><00:31:55.079><c> of</c><00:31:55.259><c> the</c><00:31:55.500><c> time,</c>

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us.<00:32:00.079><c> The</c><00:32:00.420><c> point</c><00:32:00.700><c> here</c><00:32:00.960><c> of</c><00:32:01.119><c> this</c><00:32:01.400><c> slide</c><00:32:01.859><c> is</c><00:32:02.599><c> that</c>

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individuals<00:32:04.359><c> now</c><00:32:05.200><c> are</c><00:32:05.559><c> being</c><00:32:05.940><c> moved</c><00:32:06.500><c> by</c><00:32:06.940><c> the</c><00:32:07.240><c> Spirit</c><00:32:07.579><c> of</c><00:32:07.740><c> God.</c>

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Any<00:32:09.339><c> comments</c><00:32:09.740><c> or</c><00:32:09.980><c> questions?</c>

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we<00:32:18.079><c> might</c><00:32:18.259><c> ask</c><00:32:18.619><c> now</c><00:32:18.940><c> is</c><00:32:19.259><c> why.</c>

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answer<00:32:26.420><c> was</c><00:32:26.839><c> so</c><00:32:27.160><c> that</c><00:32:27.359><c> God's</c><00:32:27.960><c> purpose</c><00:32:28.339><c> could</c><00:32:28.579><c> go</c><00:32:28.940><c> for,</c>

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but<00:32:30.200><c> what</c><00:32:30.440><c> we</c><00:32:30.779><c> find</c><00:32:31.400><c> is</c><00:32:32.299><c> that</c><00:32:32.519><c> while</c><00:32:32.940><c> the</c><00:32:33.380><c> Spirit</c><00:32:33.599><c> could</c><00:32:33.960><c> empower</c><00:32:34.680><c> these</c>

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people<00:32:35.299><c> to</c><00:32:35.700><c> do</c><00:32:35.920><c> these</c><00:32:36.240><c> good</c><00:32:36.500><c> things,</c>

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the<00:32:38.640><c> results</c><00:32:39.039><c> weren't</c><00:32:39.559><c> long</c><00:32:40.039><c> lasting.</c>

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The<00:32:45.319><c> transformation</c><00:32:46.200><c> of</c><00:32:47.200><c> the</c><00:32:47.480><c> people</c><00:32:48.019><c> was</c><00:32:48.640><c> short</c><00:32:49.079><c>-lived.</c><00:32:50.779><c> Even</c><00:32:51.200><c> with</c><00:32:51.559><c> the</c>

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greatest<00:32:52.259><c> of</c><00:32:52.559><c> these</c><00:32:53.019><c> Spirit</c><00:32:53.599><c>-filled</c>

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servants,<00:32:56.619><c> they</c><00:32:56.880><c> couldn't</c><00:32:57.559><c> transform.</c><00:32:58.460><c> They</c><00:32:58.640><c> couldn't</c>

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change<00:32:59.900><c> human</c><00:33:00.480><c> hearts,</c>

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and<00:33:03.119><c> so</c><00:33:03.319><c> their</c><00:33:03.680><c> victories</c><00:33:04.339><c> were</c><00:33:04.920><c> temporary.</c><00:33:06.500><c> Their</c><00:33:06.839><c> reforms</c>

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were<00:33:08.380><c> incomplete,</c><00:33:09.779><c> and</c><00:33:10.039><c> that's</c><00:33:10.299><c> really</c><00:33:10.680><c> the</c>

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story<00:33:11.500><c> of</c><00:33:11.759><c> the</c><00:33:11.940><c> Jewish</c><00:33:12.200><c> Scriptures.</c><00:33:12.779><c> That's</c><00:33:13.180><c> the</c><00:33:13.420><c> story</c><00:33:13.839><c> of</c>

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the<00:33:14.099><c> Old</c><00:33:14.299><c> Testament.</c><00:33:15.599><c> We</c><00:33:15.779><c> see</c><00:33:16.259><c> great</c><00:33:17.279><c> examples</c><00:33:17.960><c> of</c>

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them<00:33:18.559><c> bouncing</c><00:33:18.940><c> back,</c><00:33:20.119><c> doing</c><00:33:20.640><c> the</c><00:33:20.900><c> right</c><00:33:21.200><c> thing</c><00:33:21.660><c> only</c><00:33:22.119><c> to</c><00:33:22.480><c> fall</c><00:33:22.740><c> back</c><00:33:23.099><c> again,</c><00:33:24.019><c> time</c><00:33:24.539><c> and</c>

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time<00:33:25.140><c> again,</c>

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and<00:33:26.500><c> I</c><00:33:26.619><c> think</c><00:33:26.759><c> that's</c><00:33:27.119><c> the</c><00:33:27.319><c> lesson</c><00:33:27.640><c> for</c><00:33:27.900><c> us.</c><00:33:29.759><c> Israel's</c><00:33:30.480><c> story</c>

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showed<00:33:31.259><c> that</c><00:33:31.799><c> humanity,</c>

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all<00:33:34.299><c> of</c><00:33:34.440><c> us,</c><00:33:34.859><c> we</c><00:33:35.240><c> need</c><00:33:35.619><c> something</c><00:33:36.119><c> deeper.</c><00:33:37.119><c> You</c><00:33:37.279><c> think</c><00:33:37.579><c> about</c>

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our<00:33:38.059><c> own</c><00:33:38.380><c> spiritual</c><00:33:38.920><c> journeys.</c><00:33:39.500><c> We</c><00:33:39.700><c> have</c><00:33:40.039><c> highs</c>

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and<00:33:40.720><c> lows.</c><00:33:41.859><c> We</c><00:33:42.279><c> have</c><00:33:42.460><c> times</c><00:33:42.839><c> when</c><00:33:43.079><c> we</c><00:33:43.240><c> are</c><00:33:43.460><c> just</c><00:33:43.759><c> focused,</c><00:33:45.559><c> when</c><00:33:45.779><c> we</c>

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are<00:33:46.339><c> in</c><00:33:46.579><c> tune</c><00:33:46.920><c> with</c><00:33:47.339><c> our</c><00:33:47.660><c> God,</c>

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and<00:33:48.700><c> there</c><00:33:48.920><c> are</c><00:33:49.019><c> other</c><00:33:49.240><c> times</c><00:33:49.559><c> when</c><00:33:49.740><c> the</c><00:33:50.059><c> cares</c><00:33:50.380><c> of</c><00:33:50.660><c> this</c><00:33:51.000><c> life</c>

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interrupt<00:33:52.420><c> our</c><00:33:52.759><c> thinking.</c>

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are<00:34:04.539><c> sometimes</c><00:34:05.180><c> short</c><00:34:05.579><c>-lived.</c><00:34:09.599><c> So</c><00:34:09.599><c> Israel's</c><00:34:10.460><c> story</c><00:34:10.780><c> shows</c><00:34:11.199><c> us</c>

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that<00:34:11.739><c> we</c><00:34:12.000><c> need</c><00:34:12.219><c> something</c><00:34:12.659><c> deeper.</c>

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We<00:34:14.500><c> don't</c><00:34:15.199><c> need</c><00:34:16.719><c> God's</c><00:34:17.820><c> Spirit</c><00:34:18.139><c> to</c><00:34:18.519><c> be</c><00:34:18.860><c> placed</c><00:34:19.280><c> on</c><00:34:19.760><c> us</c><00:34:20.539><c> as</c><00:34:21.260><c> it</c>

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was<00:34:21.679><c> placed</c><00:34:22.119><c> on</c><00:34:22.920><c> individuals</c><00:34:23.699><c> in</c><00:34:24.000><c> the</c><00:34:24.139><c> Old</c><00:34:24.380><c> Testament.</c>

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We<00:34:25.940><c> need</c><00:34:26.139><c> to</c><00:34:26.460><c> change</c><00:34:26.699><c> our</c><00:34:27.039><c> hearts.</c><00:34:28.420><c> The</c><00:34:28.780><c> Spirit</c><00:34:29.119><c> life</c><00:34:29.519><c> has</c><00:34:29.940><c> to</c>

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fill<00:34:30.840><c> us</c><00:34:31.840><c> just</c><00:34:32.460><c> as</c><00:34:32.679><c> it</c><00:34:32.820><c> was</c><00:34:33.099><c> designed</c>

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as<00:34:34.440><c> it</c><00:34:34.639><c> needed</c><00:34:35.079><c> to,</c><00:34:35.539><c> you</c><00:34:35.639><c> know,</c><00:34:36.000><c> as</c><00:34:36.199><c> the</c><00:34:36.539><c> Old</c><00:34:36.780><c> Testament</c><00:34:37.800><c> story</c>

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tells<00:34:39.679><c> us</c><00:34:40.019><c> that</c><00:34:40.340><c> their</c><00:34:40.699><c> lives</c><00:34:41.119><c> needed</c><00:34:41.400><c> to</c><00:34:41.639><c> be</c>

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reformed<00:34:42.480><c> from</c><00:34:42.860><c> within.</c><00:34:52.699><c> There</c><00:34:53.420><c> are</c><00:34:53.739><c> human</c><00:34:53.960><c> limitations.</c>

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of<00:35:02.940><c> the</c><00:35:03.139><c> Holy</c><00:35:03.440><c> Spirit</c><00:35:03.940><c> in</c><00:35:04.179><c> the</c><00:35:04.300><c> Old</c><00:35:04.519><c> Testament</c>

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had<00:35:06.539><c> human</c><00:35:06.940><c> limitations.</c><00:35:09.539><c> While</c><00:35:09.739><c> God</c><00:35:10.099><c> gave</c><00:35:10.579><c> these</c><00:35:10.900><c> people</c>

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these<00:35:11.559><c> certain</c><00:35:11.820><c> gifts,</c><00:35:13.179><c> they're</c><00:35:13.579><c> still</c><00:35:13.880><c> human,</c>

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and<00:35:15.800><c> they</c><00:35:16.099><c> experience</c><00:35:16.679><c> the</c><00:35:17.039><c> frailties</c><00:35:17.519><c> of</c><00:35:17.719><c> life.</c><00:35:18.800><c> They</c><00:35:19.099><c> experience</c><00:35:19.780><c> their</c>

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own<00:35:20.320><c> desires.</c><00:35:21.780><c> They</c><00:35:22.139><c> experience</c>

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their<00:35:22.820><c> own</c><00:35:23.139><c> temptations,</c><00:35:23.920><c> and</c><00:35:24.099><c> I</c><00:35:24.199><c> think</c><00:35:24.380><c> the</c><00:35:24.760><c> clearest</c><00:35:25.219><c> example</c><00:35:25.880><c> of</c><00:35:26.139><c> this</c><00:35:26.440><c> is</c>

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with<00:35:26.940><c> King</c><00:35:27.300><c> Saul.</c>

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King<00:35:30.519><c> Saul</c><00:35:31.239><c> anointed</c><00:35:32.219><c> the</c><00:35:32.579><c> King</c><00:35:32.840><c> of</c><00:35:33.079><c> Israel</c><00:35:34.039><c> gifted</c><00:35:34.980><c> with</c><00:35:35.380><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:35:36.019><c> Spirit,</c><00:35:37.760><c> and</c><00:35:37.920><c> yet</c><00:35:38.099><c> we</c><00:35:38.380><c> know</c><00:35:38.619><c> that</c><00:35:38.860><c> in</c><00:35:39.019><c> his</c><00:35:39.360><c> life</c>

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his<00:35:39.940><c> temptations</c><00:35:40.820><c> became</c><00:35:41.300><c> so</c><00:35:42.079><c> great,</c><00:35:43.400><c> and</c><00:35:43.400><c> the</c><00:35:44.639><c> spirit</c><00:35:45.000><c> of</c><00:35:45.340><c> man</c><00:35:45.719><c> in</c>

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his<00:35:46.300><c> life</c><00:35:46.619><c> became</c><00:35:47.019><c> so</c><00:35:47.559><c> great</c>

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that<00:35:49.199><c> he</c><00:35:49.440><c> turned</c><00:35:49.920><c> from</c><00:35:50.219><c> God,</c><00:35:51.780><c> and</c><00:35:52.199><c> Saul's</c><00:35:53.280><c> life</c><00:35:53.739><c> was</c><00:35:55.000><c> not</c><00:35:55.500><c> in</c>

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tune<00:35:56.239><c> with</c><00:35:56.840><c> the</c><00:35:57.179><c> Spirit</c><00:35:57.559><c> of</c><00:35:57.800><c> God.</c>

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Let's<00:35:59.019><c> take</c><00:35:59.260><c> a</c><00:35:59.360><c> look</c><00:35:59.460><c> at</c><00:35:59.639><c> 1st</c><00:35:59.980><c> Samuel</c><00:36:00.260><c> chapter</c><00:36:00.699><c> 15.</c>

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Somebody<00:36:07.940><c> want</c><00:36:08.159><c> to</c><00:36:08.340><c> turn</c><00:36:08.500><c> that</c><00:36:08.739><c> up?</c><00:36:09.239><c> I</c><00:36:09.460><c> can</c><00:36:09.659><c> turn</c><00:36:09.860><c> it</c><00:36:10.000><c> up.</c>

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1st<00:36:12.780><c> Samuel</c><00:36:13.000><c> 15,</c><00:36:13.659><c> if</c><00:36:13.840><c> you</c><00:36:14.000><c> look</c><00:36:14.139><c> at</c><00:36:14.300><c> that,</c><00:36:15.300><c> and</c><00:36:15.480><c> we'll</c><00:36:15.639><c> start</c>

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in,<00:36:16.460><c> we're</c><00:36:16.880><c> going</c><00:36:16.940><c> to</c><00:36:17.000><c> look</c><00:36:17.139><c> at</c><00:36:17.280><c> two</c><00:36:17.539><c> passages,</c>

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one<00:36:18.440><c> from</c><00:36:18.699><c> chapter</c><00:36:19.119><c> 15,</c><00:36:20.219><c> and</c><00:36:20.440><c> then</c><00:36:20.599><c> we'll</c><00:36:20.760><c> turn</c><00:36:21.019><c> over</c><00:36:21.199><c> to</c><00:36:21.380><c> chapter</c><00:36:21.780><c> 16.</c>

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So<00:36:22.659><c> chapter</c><00:36:22.940><c> 15</c><00:36:23.559><c> verse</c><00:36:23.900><c> 10,</c>

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Then<00:36:27.599><c> the</c><00:36:27.800><c> word</c><00:36:27.960><c> of</c><00:36:28.099><c> the</c><00:36:28.280><c> Lord</c><00:36:28.539><c> came</c><00:36:28.940><c> to</c><00:36:29.300><c> Samuel.</c><00:36:31.599><c> I'm</c><00:36:32.159><c> grieved</c>

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that<00:36:34.179><c> I</c><00:36:34.420><c> made</c><00:36:34.619><c> Saul</c><00:36:35.139><c> king,</c><00:36:36.519><c> because</c><00:36:36.800><c> he</c><00:36:37.000><c> has</c>

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turned<00:36:37.860><c> away</c><00:36:38.519><c> from</c><00:36:38.840><c> me</c><00:36:39.739><c> and</c><00:36:40.079><c> has</c><00:36:40.440><c> not</c><00:36:40.820><c> carried</c><00:36:41.260><c> out</c><00:36:41.780><c> my</c><00:36:42.320><c> instructions.</c><00:36:44.039><c> This</c>

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is<00:36:44.780><c> the</c><00:36:45.000><c> clearest</c><00:36:45.380><c> example</c><00:36:45.940><c> of</c><00:36:46.099><c> one</c>

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who<00:36:46.519><c> has</c><00:36:46.719><c> been</c><00:36:46.940><c> given</c><00:36:47.260><c> the</c><00:36:47.639><c> Spirit</c><00:36:47.900><c> of</c><00:36:48.079><c> God,</c><00:36:49.739><c> who's</c><00:36:50.019><c> turning</c>

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away,<00:36:53.360><c> whose</c><00:36:53.840><c> spirit</c><00:36:54.579><c> of</c><00:36:54.739><c> man</c><00:36:55.079><c> sort</c><00:36:55.320><c> of</c><00:36:55.639><c> overwhelms</c><00:36:56.360><c> him,</c>

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and<00:36:57.900><c> because</c><00:36:58.360><c> of</c><00:36:58.559><c> this</c><00:36:58.800><c> what</c><00:36:59.019><c> happens</c><00:36:59.539><c> is</c><00:36:59.880><c> God</c><00:37:00.559><c> now</c><00:37:01.739><c> withdraws</c>

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his<00:37:03.039><c> spirit</c><00:37:03.559><c> from</c><00:37:03.920><c> Saul.</c><00:37:05.119><c> We</c><00:37:05.380><c> see</c><00:37:05.579><c> this</c><00:37:05.860><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:37:06.320><c> 16</c><00:37:07.360><c> verse</c><00:37:08.059><c> 14.</c><00:37:10.860><c> Now</c><00:37:11.079><c> the</c><00:37:11.340><c> Spirit</c><00:37:11.760><c> of</c><00:37:11.960><c> the</c><00:37:12.199><c> Lord</c><00:37:12.880><c> had</c>

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departed<00:37:14.539><c> from</c><00:37:15.019><c> Saul,</c><00:37:16.619><c> and</c><00:37:16.760><c> an</c><00:37:17.059><c> evil</c><00:37:17.539><c> spirit</c><00:37:18.300><c> from</c><00:37:18.639><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:37:19.760><c> tormented</c><00:37:20.539><c> him.</c><00:37:22.340><c> It</c><00:37:22.639><c> just</c><00:37:22.880><c> goes</c><00:37:23.139><c> to</c><00:37:23.460><c> show</c><00:37:23.639><c> us</c><00:37:23.920><c> that</c><00:37:24.119><c> while</c><00:37:24.420><c> God</c>

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can<00:37:25.119><c> empower</c><00:37:25.739><c> these</c><00:37:26.119><c> certain</c><00:37:26.480><c> individuals,</c>

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he<00:37:27.320><c> can</c><00:37:27.659><c> place</c><00:37:28.139><c> his</c><00:37:29.059><c> spirit</c><00:37:29.699><c> on</c><00:37:30.340><c> them,</c><00:37:32.099><c> there</c><00:37:32.300><c> were</c><00:37:32.480><c> times</c>

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that<00:37:33.559><c> their</c><00:37:33.940><c> hearts</c><00:37:34.300><c> weren't</c><00:37:34.780><c> transformed,</c>

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and<00:37:37.219><c> that's</c><00:37:37.639><c> the</c><00:37:39.019><c> promise</c><00:37:39.619><c> that</c><00:37:40.019><c> God</c><00:37:40.260><c> has</c><00:37:40.659><c> made.</c><00:37:42.000><c> There</c><00:37:42.239><c> will</c>

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be<00:37:42.840><c> a</c><00:37:42.980><c> time,</c><00:37:43.239><c> brothers</c><00:37:43.559><c> and</c><00:37:43.880><c> sisters,</c><00:37:44.360><c> when</c><00:37:44.820><c> all</c>

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the<00:37:45.519><c> earth</c><00:37:45.739><c> will</c><00:37:46.000><c> be</c><00:37:46.280><c> filled</c><00:37:46.619><c> with</c><00:37:46.980><c> his</c><00:37:47.300><c> glory.</c><00:37:47.719><c> There</c><00:37:47.960><c> will</c><00:37:48.260><c> be</c><00:37:48.480><c> a</c>

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time<00:37:48.940><c> when</c><00:37:49.179><c> our</c><00:37:49.519><c> hearts</c><00:37:49.900><c> will</c><00:37:50.460><c> be</c><00:37:50.699><c> changed,</c>

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but<00:37:52.099><c> at</c><00:37:52.360><c> this</c><00:37:52.659><c> point</c><00:37:52.960><c> in</c><00:37:53.179><c> the</c><00:37:53.340><c> Jewish</c><00:37:53.619><c> Scriptures,</c><00:37:54.699><c> this</c><00:37:55.019><c> point</c><00:37:55.280><c> in</c>

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the<00:37:55.840><c> story</c><00:37:56.119><c> of</c><00:37:56.340><c> the</c><00:37:56.519><c> Bible,</c><00:37:57.320><c> we</c><00:37:57.559><c> see</c><00:37:57.900><c> that</c><00:37:58.280><c> these</c>

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changes,<00:38:00.599><c> these</c><00:38:00.880><c> successes,</c><00:38:02.159><c> are</c><00:38:02.460><c> temporary,</c><00:38:03.980><c> and</c><00:38:04.320><c> that</c><00:38:04.539><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:38:05.179><c> can</c><00:38:05.519><c> be</c><00:38:05.719><c> withdrawn.</c><00:38:06.860><c> This</c><00:38:07.059><c> was</c><00:38:07.360><c> the</c><00:38:07.619><c> worry</c>

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that<00:38:08.320><c> David</c><00:38:08.719><c> had</c><00:38:09.340><c> after</c><00:38:10.000><c> David</c><00:38:10.599><c> sinned</c><00:38:11.239><c> with</c><00:38:11.539><c> Bathsheba.</c><00:38:13.380><c> He</c>

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looked<00:38:13.980><c> at</c><00:38:14.159><c> the</c><00:38:14.380><c> example</c><00:38:14.860><c> of</c><00:38:15.019><c> what</c><00:38:15.320><c> happened</c><00:38:15.619><c> to</c><00:38:16.059><c> Saul,</c>

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and<00:38:17.519><c> he</c><00:38:17.659><c> saw</c><00:38:18.039><c> how</c><00:38:18.340><c> God</c><00:38:18.780><c> withdrew</c><00:38:19.440><c> the</c><00:38:19.800><c> spirit</c><00:38:20.039><c> from</c><00:38:20.420><c> Saul,</c><00:38:21.380><c> and</c>

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David<00:38:21.960><c> worried</c><00:38:22.400><c> that</c><00:38:22.619><c> the</c><00:38:22.920><c> same</c><00:38:23.340><c> thing</c><00:38:23.579><c> was</c><00:38:23.800><c> going</c>

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to<00:38:24.099><c> happen</c><00:38:24.320><c> to</c><00:38:24.539><c> him.</c><00:38:24.840><c> He's</c><00:38:25.239><c> now</c><00:38:25.500><c> the</c><00:38:25.760><c> king.</c><00:38:26.079><c> He's</c><00:38:26.420><c> been</c><00:38:26.679><c> empowered</c><00:38:27.219><c> with</c>

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God's<00:38:28.059><c> spirit.</c><00:38:28.599><c> He</c><00:38:28.940><c> sins</c><00:38:29.519><c> with</c><00:38:30.539><c> Bathsheba,</c>

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and<00:38:33.320><c> Psalm</c><00:38:33.639><c> 51</c><00:38:34.280><c> gives</c><00:38:34.679><c> us</c><00:38:34.960><c> an</c><00:38:35.219><c> insight</c><00:38:35.719><c> as</c><00:38:36.159><c> to</c><00:38:36.340><c> what</c><00:38:36.539><c> he</c><00:38:36.760><c> was</c>

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thinking<00:38:37.460><c> during</c><00:38:38.219><c> this</c><00:38:38.880><c> whole</c><00:38:39.760><c> fiasco.</c>

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So<00:38:41.579><c> Psalm</c><00:38:41.880><c> 51,</c><00:38:42.840><c> we</c><00:38:44.860><c> see</c><00:38:45.440><c> the</c><00:38:46.320><c> worry</c><00:38:46.739><c> that</c><00:38:47.300><c> David</c><00:38:47.619><c> had.</c><00:38:49.500><c> We'll</c><00:38:49.639><c> look</c><00:38:49.840><c> at</c><00:38:49.980><c> verses</c><00:38:50.280><c> 9</c>

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through<00:38:51.059><c> 11.</c>

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David<00:38:54.400><c> is</c><00:38:54.719><c> praying</c><00:38:55.079><c> to</c><00:38:55.400><c> God,</c>

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hide<00:38:57.519><c> your</c><00:38:57.920><c> face</c><00:38:58.300><c> from</c><00:38:58.619><c> my</c><00:38:59.039><c> sins</c><00:38:59.579><c> and</c><00:39:00.599><c> blot</c><00:39:00.960><c> out</c><00:39:01.280><c> my</c><00:39:01.579><c> iniquity.</c>

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Create<00:39:03.559><c> in</c><00:39:03.920><c> me</c><00:39:04.480><c> a</c><00:39:04.980><c> pure</c><00:39:05.340><c> heart.</c><00:39:06.300><c> See,</c>

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this<00:39:06.659><c> is</c><00:39:06.880><c> the</c><00:39:07.059><c> thing</c><00:39:07.179><c> that</c><00:39:07.500><c> Saul</c><00:39:07.659><c> didn't</c><00:39:08.000><c> have.</c><00:39:08.539><c> Saul</c><00:39:08.800><c> had</c><00:39:09.000><c> the</c>

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power<00:39:09.699><c> of</c><00:39:09.980><c> God,</c><00:39:10.780><c> but</c><00:39:10.940><c> his</c><00:39:11.280><c> heart</c><00:39:11.539><c> wasn't</c><00:39:11.920><c> changed.</c>

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David<00:39:13.719><c> had</c><00:39:13.920><c> the</c><00:39:14.239><c> power</c><00:39:14.599><c> of</c><00:39:14.900><c> God,</c><00:39:15.519><c> but</c><00:39:15.719><c> his</c><00:39:16.039><c> heart</c><00:39:16.340><c> was</c><00:39:16.639><c> so</c><00:39:17.059><c> weak,</c><00:39:17.280><c> it</c>

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was<00:39:17.659><c> so</c><00:39:17.980><c> filled</c><00:39:18.219><c> with</c><00:39:18.420><c> the</c><00:39:18.739><c> spirit</c><00:39:18.980><c> of</c><00:39:19.260><c> man,</c>

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that<00:39:19.719><c> he</c><00:39:19.900><c> could</c><00:39:20.239><c> sin</c><00:39:20.599><c> with</c><00:39:20.900><c> Bathsheba.</c><00:39:22.380><c> And</c><00:39:22.579><c> he</c><00:39:22.699><c> says,</c><00:39:22.900><c> create</c>

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in<00:39:23.619><c> me</c><00:39:23.880><c> a</c><00:39:24.260><c> new</c><00:39:24.480><c> heart,</c><00:39:24.820><c> O</c><00:39:25.099><c> God,</c><00:39:25.800><c> and</c><00:39:26.059><c> renew</c><00:39:26.440><c> a</c>

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steadfast<00:39:27.699><c> spirit</c><00:39:28.719><c> within</c><00:39:29.480><c> me.</c><00:39:30.519><c> Do</c><00:39:30.860><c> not</c><00:39:31.239><c> cast</c><00:39:31.719><c> me</c><00:39:32.039><c> from</c><00:39:32.260><c> your</c>

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presence.<00:39:33.480><c> Don't</c><00:39:33.780><c> do</c><00:39:33.960><c> to</c><00:39:34.159><c> me</c><00:39:34.440><c> what</c><00:39:34.619><c> you</c><00:39:34.880><c> did</c><00:39:35.000><c> to</c><00:39:35.360><c> Saul.</c>

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me<00:39:43.000><c> the</c><00:39:43.380><c> joy</c><00:39:43.639><c> of</c><00:39:43.860><c> your</c><00:39:44.079><c> salvation,</c>

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and<00:39:45.280><c> grant</c><00:39:45.619><c> me</c><00:39:46.139><c> a</c><00:39:46.480><c> willing</c><00:39:46.860><c> spirit</c><00:39:47.539><c> to</c><00:39:48.179><c> sustain</c><00:39:48.719><c> me.</c><00:39:49.980><c> Then</c>

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I'll<00:39:51.099><c> teach</c><00:39:51.579><c> transgressors</c><00:39:52.519><c> your</c><00:39:52.980><c> ways,</c>

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and<00:39:53.900><c> sinners</c><00:39:54.179><c> will</c><00:39:54.460><c> turn</c><00:39:54.800><c> back</c><00:39:55.239><c> to</c><00:39:55.460><c> you.</c><00:39:56.619><c> Save</c><00:39:56.960><c> me</c><00:39:57.300><c> from</c><00:39:57.599><c> blood</c>

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guilt,<00:39:58.239><c> O</c><00:39:58.659><c> God,</c><00:39:59.019><c> the</c><00:39:59.300><c> God</c><00:39:59.539><c> who</c><00:39:59.860><c> saves</c><00:40:00.119><c> me,</c>

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changed.<00:40:09.420><c> But</c><00:40:09.760><c> David</c><00:40:10.159><c> knew</c><00:40:10.679><c> that</c><00:40:10.980><c> if</c><00:40:11.119><c> he</c><00:40:11.320><c> didn't</c><00:40:11.579><c> change</c><00:40:12.000><c> his</c>

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heart,<00:40:13.159><c> God</c><00:40:13.579><c> could</c><00:40:13.960><c> and</c><00:40:14.300><c> would</c><00:40:14.800><c> withdraw</c><00:40:15.679><c> his</c><00:40:16.139><c> Holy</c>

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Spirit<00:40:16.880><c> from</c><00:40:17.179><c> him.</c><00:40:19.260><c> So</c><00:40:20.019><c> the</c><00:40:21.900><c> answer</c><00:40:22.340><c> to</c><00:40:22.599><c> these</c><00:40:22.860><c> problems,</c>

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these<00:40:23.960><c> repeated</c><00:40:24.539><c> failures,</c><00:40:25.639><c> these</c><00:40:26.139><c> examples</c><00:40:27.940><c> where</c>

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people<00:40:28.599><c> were</c><00:40:28.900><c> transformed</c><00:40:29.639><c> but</c><00:40:29.900><c> only</c><00:40:30.239><c> fell</c><00:40:30.539><c> back,</c><00:40:31.019><c> where</c><00:40:31.179><c> there</c><00:40:31.340><c> was</c>

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where<00:40:34.400><c> there</c><00:40:34.579><c> was</c><00:40:34.780><c> a</c><00:40:35.000><c> victory</c><00:40:35.480><c> and</c><00:40:35.800><c> it,</c><00:40:36.300><c> too,</c><00:40:36.300><c> was</c><00:40:36.619><c> incomplete.</c><00:40:37.559><c> The</c><00:40:38.019><c> answer</c>

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to<00:40:38.719><c> these</c><00:40:39.059><c> problems,</c>

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these<00:40:39.940><c> repeated</c><00:40:40.599><c> failures,</c><00:40:42.179><c> was</c><00:40:42.380><c> not</c><00:40:42.679><c> to</c><00:40:42.980><c> empower</c><00:40:43.599><c> another</c>

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leader<00:40:44.840><c> with</c><00:40:45.559><c> the</c><00:40:45.760><c> Holy</c><00:40:46.039><c> Spirit,</c><00:40:47.019><c> not</c><00:40:47.139><c> to</c><00:40:47.480><c> give</c>

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the<00:40:48.260><c> Holy,</c><00:40:48.739><c> you</c><00:40:48.760><c> know,</c><00:40:49.079><c> continue</c><00:40:49.380><c> to</c><00:40:49.659><c> give</c><00:40:49.800><c> the</c><00:40:50.039><c> Holy</c><00:40:50.300><c> Spirit</c>

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to<00:40:50.920><c> Bezalel</c><00:40:51.400><c> or</c><00:40:51.579><c> to</c><00:40:51.860><c> Joseph</c><00:40:52.239><c> or</c><00:40:52.480><c> to</c><00:40:52.659><c> the</c><00:40:52.940><c> prophets</c>

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or<00:40:53.519><c> to</c><00:40:53.880><c> David,</c><00:40:54.840><c> but</c><00:40:55.099><c> it</c><00:40:55.239><c> was</c><00:40:55.460><c> to</c><00:40:55.880><c> change</c><00:40:56.219><c> the</c><00:40:56.559><c> hearts</c><00:40:56.880><c> of</c><00:40:57.639><c> all</c>

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people.<00:40:59.400><c> And</c><00:40:59.719><c> that's</c><00:41:00.019><c> the</c><00:41:00.380><c> promise.</c><00:41:01.280><c> That's</c><00:41:01.739><c> the</c><00:41:02.000><c> goal.</c>

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That's<00:41:03.480><c> the</c><00:41:03.739><c> Holy</c><00:41:04.119><c> Spirit's</c><00:41:05.280><c> eventual</c><00:41:06.820><c> result.</c><00:41:09.440><c> So</c><00:41:09.679><c> through</c>

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prophets<00:41:10.800><c> like</c><00:41:11.159><c> Ezekiel</c><00:41:11.880><c> or</c><00:41:12.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:12.639><c> or</c><00:41:13.039><c> Joel,</c>

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God<00:41:14.099><c> shows</c><00:41:14.760><c> us</c><00:41:15.860><c> today,</c><00:41:16.440><c> we</c><00:41:16.639><c> can</c><00:41:16.840><c> look</c><00:41:17.039><c> at</c><00:41:17.300><c> his</c><00:41:17.619><c> word,</c><00:41:18.119><c> we</c><00:41:18.179><c> can</c>

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lives,<00:41:22.119><c> we</c><00:41:22.340><c> can</c><00:41:22.840><c> see</c><00:41:24.119><c> his</c><00:41:25.079><c> long</c><00:41:25.539><c>-term</c><00:41:25.820><c> plan,</c><00:41:27.239><c> that</c><00:41:27.460><c> the</c><00:41:27.860><c> Spirit</c>

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that<00:41:28.420><c> once</c><00:41:28.840><c> came</c><00:41:29.320><c> upon</c><00:41:29.639><c> a</c><00:41:30.059><c> few</c><00:41:30.460><c> would</c><00:41:31.960><c> now</c><00:41:32.519><c> dwell</c>

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within<00:41:34.219><c> many.</c><00:41:35.460><c> So</c><00:41:35.679><c> instead</c><00:41:35.940><c> of</c><00:41:36.039><c> it</c><00:41:36.159><c> just</c><00:41:36.300><c> being</c><00:41:36.599><c> placed</c><00:41:37.079><c> on</c><00:41:37.840><c> people,</c><00:41:38.840><c> it</c>

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would<00:41:39.239><c> become</c><00:41:39.599><c> part</c><00:41:39.980><c> of</c><00:41:40.159><c> them,</c><00:41:40.380><c> it</c><00:41:40.420><c> would</c>

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fill<00:41:41.159><c> them.</c><00:41:42.179><c> God</c><00:41:42.599><c> promised</c><00:41:43.039><c> to</c><00:41:43.320><c> replace</c><00:41:43.780><c> hearts</c><00:41:44.139><c> of</c><00:41:44.519><c> stone</c><00:41:45.260><c> with</c><00:41:46.019><c> hearts</c><00:41:46.639><c> shaped</c><00:41:47.460><c> by</c>

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his<00:41:48.400><c> Spirit.</c>

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So<00:41:49.699><c> here</c><00:41:50.019><c> are</c><00:41:50.260><c> three</c><00:41:50.539><c> passages</c><00:41:51.119><c> from</c><00:41:51.440><c> the</c><00:41:51.639><c> Jewish</c><00:41:51.960><c> prophets.</c>

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Ezekiel,<00:41:54.619><c> we</c><00:41:54.800><c> looked</c><00:41:54.980><c> at</c><00:41:55.159><c> this</c><00:41:55.380><c> passage</c><00:41:55.780><c> earlier,</c>

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I'll<00:41:56.599><c> give</c><00:41:56.780><c> you</c><00:41:57.059><c> a</c><00:41:57.179><c> new</c><00:41:57.400><c> heart</c><00:41:57.820><c> and</c><00:41:58.099><c> put</c><00:41:58.320><c> my</c><00:41:58.840><c> Spirit</c><00:41:59.199><c> in</c><00:41:59.539><c> you.</c>

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Isaiah,<00:42:02.280><c> I'll</c><00:42:02.599><c> pour</c><00:42:02.860><c> out</c><00:42:03.139><c> my</c><00:42:03.460><c> Spirit</c><00:42:03.960><c> on</c><00:42:04.199><c> your</c><00:42:04.519><c> children.</c>

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Joel,<00:42:06.300><c> I'll</c><00:42:06.619><c> pour</c><00:42:06.820><c> out</c><00:42:07.059><c> my</c><00:42:07.340><c> Spirit</c><00:42:07.780><c> on</c><00:42:08.440><c> all</c><00:42:09.139><c> people.</c><00:42:10.079><c> That's</c>

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the<00:42:10.780><c> goal.</c><00:42:11.420><c> That's</c><00:42:11.800><c> where</c><00:42:12.059><c> God</c><00:42:12.480><c> is</c><00:42:12.940><c> going.</c>

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That's<00:42:14.079><c> how</c><00:42:14.320><c> God</c><00:42:14.579><c> is</c><00:42:14.800><c> going</c><00:42:14.940><c> to</c><00:42:15.019><c> take</c><00:42:15.300><c> the</c><00:42:15.699><c> chaos</c><00:42:16.179><c> that</c><00:42:16.440><c> we</c><00:42:16.980><c> introduced</c><00:42:17.519><c> into</c><00:42:17.780><c> his</c>

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creation<00:42:18.639><c> through</c><00:42:19.079><c> our</c>

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human<00:42:20.360><c>-like</c><00:42:20.619><c> thinking,</c><00:42:21.980><c> and</c><00:42:22.099><c> he's</c><00:42:22.260><c> going</c><00:42:22.400><c> to</c><00:42:22.539><c> replace</c><00:42:22.920><c> it</c><00:42:23.139><c> with</c><00:42:23.400><c> godly</c><00:42:23.900><c> thinking.</c><00:42:24.719><c> And</c>

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there<00:42:25.320><c> will</c><00:42:25.679><c> be,</c><00:42:26.039><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:42:26.679><c> sisters,</c><00:42:27.800><c> a</c><00:42:28.039><c> new</c><00:42:28.280><c> creation.</c><00:42:29.420><c> God</c><00:42:29.719><c> will</c><00:42:30.139><c> renew</c><00:42:30.800><c> all</c><00:42:31.400><c> things.</c><00:42:32.420><c> The</c>

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same<00:42:33.099><c> Spirit</c><00:42:33.599><c> that</c><00:42:34.019><c> hovered</c><00:42:34.360><c> over</c><00:42:34.639><c> the</c>

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waters<00:42:35.179><c> in</c><00:42:35.460><c> Genesis</c><00:42:36.000><c> now</c><00:42:37.320><c> hovers</c><00:42:38.219><c> over</c><00:42:38.980><c> the</c><00:42:39.260><c> hearts</c><00:42:39.780><c> of</c><00:42:40.219><c> God's</c>

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people.<00:42:42.059><c> All</c><00:42:42.239><c> we</c><00:42:42.340><c> have</c><00:42:42.539><c> to</c><00:42:42.699><c> do</c><00:42:42.840><c> is</c><00:42:43.059><c> think</c><00:42:43.300><c> about</c>

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Ezekiel,<00:42:44.800><c> go</c><00:42:44.960><c> back</c><00:42:45.239><c> to</c><00:42:45.400><c> his</c><00:42:45.599><c> vision</c><00:42:46.019><c> of</c><00:42:46.480><c> the</c><00:42:46.760><c> dry</c><00:42:47.059><c> bones,</c><00:42:47.920><c> and</c>

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we'll<00:42:48.320><c> conclude</c><00:42:48.739><c> by</c><00:42:49.019><c> doing</c><00:42:49.340><c> that.</c><00:42:49.599><c> So</c><00:42:49.780><c> let's</c><00:42:50.019><c> turn</c>

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to<00:42:50.559><c> Ezekiel</c><00:42:51.059><c> chapter</c><00:42:51.539><c> 37.</c><00:42:55.579><c> And</c><00:42:55.880><c> we've</c><00:42:56.119><c> got</c><00:42:56.440><c> this</c><00:42:57.079><c> story</c><00:42:57.679><c> of</c><00:42:58.480><c> Israel,</c><00:42:59.260><c> the</c><00:42:59.460><c> nation,</c><00:43:00.619><c> being</c><00:43:00.880><c> represented</c><00:43:01.539><c> by</c>

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dry<00:43:02.500><c> bones,</c>

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dead<00:43:03.460><c> bodies,</c><00:43:04.940><c> in</c><00:43:05.119><c> the</c><00:43:05.360><c> wilderness,</c><00:43:05.800><c> in</c><00:43:06.039><c> this</c><00:43:06.320><c> valley.</c><00:43:08.440><c> And</c>

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we're<00:43:08.800><c> going</c><00:43:08.900><c> to</c><00:43:09.079><c> see</c><00:43:09.300><c> how</c><00:43:09.679><c> God's</c><00:43:10.900><c> hovering,</c>

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trembling<00:43:13.900><c> breath</c><00:43:14.460><c> is</c><00:43:17.039><c> over</c><00:43:17.699><c> this</c><00:43:18.460><c> nation.</c><00:43:20.420><c> Ezekiel</c><00:43:20.760><c> chapter</c>

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37<00:43:21.980><c> will</c><00:43:22.659><c> start</c><00:43:22.860><c> in</c><00:43:23.019><c> the</c><00:43:23.179><c> first</c><00:43:23.420><c> verse.</c>

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The<00:43:24.820><c> hand</c><00:43:25.159><c> of</c><00:43:25.320><c> the</c><00:43:25.519><c> Lord</c><00:43:25.719><c> was</c><00:43:25.960><c> upon</c><00:43:26.260><c> me,</c><00:43:26.739><c> and</c><00:43:26.880><c> he</c><00:43:27.119><c> brought</c><00:43:27.300><c> me</c>

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out<00:43:27.860><c> by</c><00:43:28.199><c> the</c><00:43:28.559><c> Spirit</c><00:43:28.800><c> of</c><00:43:29.000><c> the</c><00:43:29.219><c> Lord</c><00:43:29.679><c> and</c><00:43:30.199><c> set</c><00:43:30.360><c> me</c><00:43:30.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:30.820><c> middle</c><00:43:30.980><c> of</c><00:43:31.179><c> a</c><00:43:31.340><c> valley</c><00:43:31.760><c> that</c><00:43:32.500><c> was</c><00:43:32.659><c> full</c><00:43:32.920><c> of</c><00:43:33.159><c> bones.</c><00:43:34.320><c> He</c><00:43:34.579><c> led</c>

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me<00:43:35.000><c> back</c><00:43:35.360><c> and</c><00:43:35.679><c> forth</c><00:43:35.900><c> among</c><00:43:36.300><c> them,</c><00:43:36.559><c> and</c><00:43:36.699><c> I</c><00:43:36.920><c> saw</c>

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the<00:47:18.340><c> spirit</c><00:47:18.619><c> of</c><00:47:18.940><c> God</c><00:47:19.139><c> is</c><00:47:19.380><c> at</c><00:47:19.659><c> work</c><00:47:19.980><c> in</c><00:47:20.340><c> our</c><00:47:20.639><c> lives</c><00:47:21.099><c> at</c><00:47:21.679><c> that</c><00:47:22.039><c> very</c><00:47:22.340><c> moment.</c><00:47:23.679><c> It's</c><00:47:24.059><c> designed</c><00:47:24.460><c> to</c>

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godly<00:47:34.780><c> thinking,</c>

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