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may<00:11:15.059><c> put</c><00:11:15.279><c> them</c><00:11:15.519><c> to</c><00:11:15.799><c> death</c><00:11:15.980><c> and</c><00:11:16.139><c> put</c><00:11:16.440><c> away</c><00:11:16.860><c> evil</c>

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from<00:11:17.419><c> Israel.</c><00:11:18.460><c> But</c><00:11:18.620><c> the</c><00:11:19.039><c> children</c><00:11:19.299><c> of</c><00:11:19.460><c> Benjamin</c><00:11:19.879><c> would</c><00:11:20.179><c> not</c>

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hearken<00:11:20.720><c> to</c><00:11:20.899><c> the</c><00:11:21.059><c> voice</c><00:11:21.360><c> of</c><00:11:21.679><c> their</c><00:11:21.919><c> brethren,</c>

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the<00:11:22.860><c> children</c><00:11:23.500><c> of</c><00:11:23.980><c> Israel.</c><00:11:24.639><c> And</c><00:11:25.039><c> there</c><00:11:25.200><c> is</c><00:11:25.379><c> battle</c><00:11:25.879><c> for</c><00:11:26.559><c> three</c>

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days.<00:11:27.259><c> You'll</c><00:11:27.519><c> remember</c><00:11:27.779><c> this</c><00:11:28.059><c> well,</c>

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I'm<00:11:28.440><c> quite</c><00:11:28.740><c> sure.</c><00:11:29.580><c> All</c><00:11:29.679><c> right?</c><00:11:30.360><c> And</c><00:11:30.480><c> we</c><00:11:30.620><c> move</c><00:11:30.799><c> down</c><00:11:31.100><c> to</c><00:11:31.879><c> verse</c>

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47<00:11:33.039><c> now.</c><00:11:34.220><c> All</c><00:11:34.240><c> right?</c><00:11:34.639><c> Verse</c><00:11:34.860><c> 36</c><00:11:35.419><c> in</c><00:11:35.700><c> passing</c>

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tells<00:11:36.340><c> us</c><00:11:36.559><c> the</c><00:11:36.700><c> children</c><00:11:37.000><c> of</c><00:11:37.379><c> Benjamin</c><00:11:37.740><c> saw</c><00:11:38.440><c> that</c><00:11:38.620><c> they</c><00:11:38.820><c> were</c>

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smitten.<00:11:40.000><c> I</c><00:11:40.220><c> bring</c><00:11:40.379><c> you</c><00:11:40.519><c> down</c><00:11:40.720><c> to</c><00:11:40.899><c> verse</c><00:11:41.179><c> 47</c><00:11:41.940><c> here.</c>

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600<00:11:44.980><c> men</c><00:11:45.480><c> turned,</c><00:11:46.279><c> verse</c><00:11:46.659><c> 46</c><00:11:47.139><c> tells</c><00:11:47.379><c> you</c><00:11:47.539><c> how</c><00:11:47.679><c> many</c><00:11:47.840><c> have</c><00:11:47.980><c> been</c>

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killed<00:11:48.399><c> of</c><00:11:48.539><c> Benjamin,</c><00:11:49.340><c> but</c><00:11:49.700><c> 600</c><00:11:50.419><c> men</c><00:11:50.820><c> in</c><00:11:50.940><c> verse</c><00:11:51.240><c> 47</c>

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turned<00:11:52.100><c> and</c><00:11:52.259><c> fled</c><00:11:52.539><c> to</c><00:11:52.779><c> the</c><00:11:52.940><c> wilderness</c><00:11:53.299><c> unto</c><00:11:53.580><c> the</c><00:11:53.820><c> rock</c><00:11:54.100><c> rimman</c><00:11:54.519><c> and</c>

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abode<00:11:55.139><c> in</c><00:11:55.279><c> the</c><00:11:55.419><c> rock</c><00:11:55.620><c> rimman</c><00:11:55.940><c> four</c><00:11:56.279><c> months.</c>

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And<00:11:57.200><c> the</c><00:11:57.279><c> men</c><00:11:57.460><c> of</c><00:11:57.539><c> Israel</c><00:11:57.899><c> turned</c><00:11:58.240><c> again</c><00:11:58.580><c> upon</c><00:11:58.840><c> the</c><00:11:59.039><c> children</c>

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of<00:11:59.500><c> Benjamin</c><00:11:59.779><c> and</c><00:12:00.299><c> smote</c><00:12:00.639><c> them</c><00:12:00.799><c> with</c><00:12:01.000><c> the</c>

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edge<00:12:01.279><c> of</c><00:12:01.480><c> the</c><00:12:01.700><c> sword</c><00:12:01.899><c> as</c><00:12:02.460><c> well</c><00:12:02.700><c> the</c><00:12:02.840><c> men</c><00:12:03.080><c> of</c><00:12:03.220><c> every</c><00:12:03.559><c> city</c><00:12:03.820><c> as</c><00:12:04.059><c> the</c><00:12:04.299><c> beast</c><00:12:04.480><c> and</c><00:12:04.700><c> all</c><00:12:05.000><c> that</c><00:12:05.259><c> came</c><00:12:05.460><c> to</c>

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hand<00:12:05.919><c> also</c><00:12:06.179><c> they</c>

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set<00:12:06.559><c> on</c><00:12:06.840><c> fire</c><00:12:07.120><c> all</c><00:12:07.620><c> the</c><00:12:07.820><c> cities</c><00:12:08.240><c> that</c><00:12:08.940><c> they</c><00:12:09.500><c> came</c><00:12:10.000><c> to.</c><00:12:11.740><c> This</c><00:12:11.960><c> is</c>

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grim<00:12:12.539><c> stuff.</c><00:12:13.919><c> These</c><00:12:14.139><c> are</c><00:12:14.440><c> brethren.</c>

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Now<00:12:19.799><c> verse</c><00:12:20.259><c> one</c><00:12:21.039><c> of</c><00:12:21.480><c> chapter</c><00:12:21.820><c> 21,</c><00:12:22.519><c> the</c><00:12:22.659><c> men</c><00:12:22.960><c> of</c><00:12:23.139><c> Israel</c><00:12:23.500><c> had</c><00:12:23.820><c> sworn</c><00:12:24.120><c> in</c>

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misbe<00:12:24.700><c>-saying,</c>

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There<00:12:25.940><c> shall</c><00:12:26.220><c> not</c><00:12:26.559><c> any</c><00:12:26.899><c> of</c><00:12:27.100><c> us</c><00:12:27.799><c> give</c><00:12:28.419><c> his</c><00:12:28.759><c> daughter</c><00:12:29.779><c> unto</c><00:12:30.279><c> Benjamin</c><00:12:30.960><c> to</c><00:12:32.120><c> wife.</c>

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Of<00:12:34.759><c> course,</c><00:12:36.399><c> the</c><00:12:36.539><c> moment</c><00:12:36.840><c> they</c><00:12:37.159><c> say</c><00:12:37.480><c> that,</c><00:12:38.220><c> the</c><00:12:38.340><c> future</c><00:12:38.840><c> of</c><00:12:39.179><c> the</c><00:12:39.519><c> tribe</c><00:12:40.059><c> is</c>

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in<00:12:41.399><c> jeopardy.</c>

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And<00:12:46.960><c> therefore</c><00:12:47.259><c> there's</c><00:12:47.460><c> great</c><00:12:47.759><c> sorrow</c><00:12:48.059><c> for</c><00:12:48.340><c> the</c><00:12:48.779><c> future</c><00:12:49.279><c> of</c><00:12:49.679><c> Benjamin.</c>

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And<00:12:54.419><c> the</c><00:12:55.039><c> whole</c><00:12:55.279><c> business</c><00:12:55.799><c> of</c><00:12:58.120><c> attacks</c><00:12:58.679><c> is</c><00:12:58.919><c> going</c><00:12:59.059><c> to</c><00:12:59.059><c> be</c><00:12:59.179><c> made</c>

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now<00:12:59.700><c> on</c><00:13:00.519><c> Jabesh</c><00:13:00.860><c> Gilead,</c><00:13:01.460><c> all</c><00:13:01.559><c> part</c><00:13:01.820><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:02.039><c> past</c><00:13:02.200><c> of</c><00:13:02.320><c> what's</c><00:13:02.639><c> going</c><00:13:02.860><c> on</c><00:13:03.120><c> here.</c><00:13:05.379><c> They</c><00:13:05.580><c> object</c><00:13:05.940><c> to</c><00:13:06.100><c> the</c>

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lack<00:13:06.360><c> of</c><00:13:06.620><c> support</c><00:13:06.899><c> here</c><00:13:07.399><c> for</c><00:13:07.860><c> this</c><00:13:08.840><c> attack.</c>

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400<00:13:22.620><c> young</c><00:13:23.019><c> virgins</c><00:13:23.460><c> which</c><00:13:23.759><c> had</c><00:13:24.039><c> known</c><00:13:24.279><c> no</c><00:13:24.639><c> man</c>

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by<00:13:25.179><c> lying</c><00:13:25.379><c> with</c><00:13:25.620><c> any</c><00:13:25.840><c> male.</c><00:13:26.879><c> And</c><00:13:27.159><c> they</c><00:13:27.559><c> brought</c><00:13:27.940><c> them</c><00:13:28.860><c> unto</c><00:13:29.440><c> the</c><00:13:29.799><c> camp</c><00:13:30.279><c> to</c>

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Shiloh<00:13:31.779><c> which</c><00:13:32.240><c> is</c><00:13:32.480><c> in</c><00:13:32.639><c> the</c><00:13:32.860><c> land</c><00:13:33.399><c> of</c><00:13:34.539><c> Canaan.</c>

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Ah,<00:13:37.799><c> now</c><00:13:38.019><c> it's</c><00:13:38.279><c> true.</c><00:13:38.539><c> I've</c><00:13:38.899><c> skipped</c><00:13:39.100><c> over</c><00:13:39.399><c> two</c><00:13:39.639><c> and</c><00:13:39.820><c> a</c><00:13:39.840><c> half</c>

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chapters<00:13:40.519><c> there.</c><00:13:41.159><c> If</c><00:13:41.340><c> you're</c><00:13:41.600><c> unfamiliar</c><00:13:41.960><c> with</c>

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detail,<00:13:42.659><c> check</c><00:13:42.960><c> it</c><00:13:43.220><c> out.</c><00:13:43.779><c> But</c><00:13:44.080><c> that</c><00:13:44.539><c> is</c><00:13:44.940><c> the</c><00:13:45.279><c> connection</c><00:13:45.919><c> between</c><00:13:46.799><c> Gibeah</c><00:13:47.600><c> and</c>

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Jabesh<00:13:49.120><c> Gilead.</c>

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400<00:13:57.360><c> virgins.</c><00:13:59.100><c> Wouldn't</c><00:13:59.340><c> it</c><00:13:59.519><c> be</c><00:13:59.720><c> an</c><00:14:00.000><c> interesting</c>

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thought<00:14:00.960><c> if</c><00:14:02.340><c> Saul</c><00:14:03.019><c> had</c><00:14:03.799><c> descended</c><00:14:04.440><c> from</c><00:14:05.019><c> one</c><00:14:05.279><c> of</c><00:14:05.419><c> those</c><00:14:05.779><c> maidens?</c><00:14:06.659><c> We</c><00:14:06.960><c> can't</c><00:14:07.179><c> be</c>

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sure,<00:14:08.600><c> but</c><00:14:08.860><c> just</c><00:14:09.159><c> possible.</c>

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So<00:14:10.960><c> there</c><00:14:11.159><c> was</c><00:14:11.419><c> a</c><00:14:11.820><c> connection</c><00:14:12.240><c> between</c><00:14:12.659><c> the</c><00:14:12.960><c> people</c><00:14:13.340><c> of</c><00:14:13.600><c> Benjamin</c><00:14:14.500><c> and</c>

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Jabesh<00:14:16.000><c> Gilead.</c><00:14:17.860><c> So</c><00:14:17.919><c> that</c><00:14:18.139><c> when</c>

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Jabesh<00:14:19.299><c> is</c><00:14:19.860><c> threatened</c><00:14:20.320><c> in</c><00:14:20.659><c> the</c><00:14:20.799><c> way</c><00:14:20.960><c> that</c><00:14:21.159><c> we've</c><00:14:21.360><c> now</c><00:14:21.799><c> seen,</c>

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and<00:14:22.799><c> I'm</c><00:14:22.940><c> now</c><00:14:23.220><c> back</c><00:14:23.500><c> into</c><00:14:23.759><c> 1</c><00:14:24.100><c> Samuel</c><00:14:24.620><c> 11,</c>

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we<00:14:26.799><c> can</c><00:14:27.080><c> understand</c><00:14:27.799><c> that</c><00:14:28.000><c> they</c><00:14:28.259><c> should</c><00:14:28.519><c> feel</c><00:14:29.100><c> the</c><00:14:29.500><c> way</c><00:14:29.840><c> that</c>

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they<00:14:30.360><c> do.</c>

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Um,<00:14:35.990><c> I</c><00:14:36.070><c> just</c><00:14:36.269><c> find</c><00:14:36.370><c> that</c><00:14:36.529><c> the</c><00:14:36.970><c> way</c><00:14:37.070><c> this</c><00:14:37.269><c> is</c><00:14:37.450><c> introduced</c><00:14:37.850><c> to</c><00:14:38.070><c> us,</c><00:14:38.389><c> I'm</c><00:14:38.490><c> now</c><00:14:38.669><c> back</c><00:14:38.870><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:40.389><c> way</c><00:14:40.529><c> this</c><00:14:40.690><c> is</c><00:14:40.909><c> introduced</c><00:14:41.350><c> to</c><00:14:41.509><c> us</c><00:14:41.629><c> just,</c><00:14:41.970><c> it</c><00:14:42.230><c> comes</c><00:14:42.450><c> as</c><00:14:42.570><c> a</c>

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bit<00:14:42.710><c> of</c><00:14:42.809><c> a</c><00:14:43.049><c> shock.</c><00:14:43.590><c> Not</c><00:14:43.750><c> so</c><00:14:43.970><c> much</c><00:14:44.070><c> the</c><00:14:44.250><c> response</c>

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of<00:14:44.830><c> these</c><00:14:45.049><c> people,</c><00:14:45.450><c> it's</c><00:14:45.809><c> Saul.</c><00:14:46.710><c> I</c><00:14:46.950><c> mean,</c><00:14:46.990><c> I</c><00:14:47.450><c> thought</c><00:14:47.690><c> I'd</c><00:14:48.009><c> seen</c><00:14:48.169><c> Saul</c><00:14:48.549><c> crowned</c><00:14:48.950><c> as</c>

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king<00:14:49.289><c> in</c><00:14:49.470><c> the</c><00:14:49.610><c> previous</c><00:14:49.909><c> chapter.</c>

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But<00:14:53.190><c> when</c><00:14:53.610><c> the</c><00:14:53.830><c> news</c><00:14:54.090><c> reaches</c><00:14:54.509><c> Saul,</c><00:14:56.490><c> he's</c><00:14:56.710><c> been</c><00:14:57.009><c> out</c><00:14:57.389><c> plowing.</c><00:14:58.669><c> And</c><00:14:58.769><c> what</c><00:14:58.929><c> kind</c><00:14:59.090><c> of</c>

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a<00:14:59.389><c> king</c><00:14:59.529><c> is</c><00:14:59.669><c> it</c><00:14:59.769><c> that's</c>

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plowing,<00:15:00.659><c> I</c><00:15:00.659><c> say</c><00:15:00.759><c> to</c><00:15:00.879><c> myself.</c><00:15:02.879><c> So</c><00:15:03.039><c> quite</c><00:15:03.399><c> plainly,</c><00:15:04.080><c> chapter</c>

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10,<00:15:04.600><c> if</c><00:15:04.840><c> you</c><00:15:05.080><c> wish,</c><00:15:05.440><c> is</c><00:15:05.519><c> the</c><00:15:05.779><c> announcement</c>

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of<00:15:07.220><c> the</c><00:15:07.480><c> kingship.</c><00:15:08.340><c> And</c><00:15:08.539><c> as</c><00:15:08.700><c> we</c><00:15:08.840><c> shall</c><00:15:09.039><c> soon</c><00:15:09.279><c> see,</c><00:15:10.100><c> we're</c><00:15:10.360><c> going</c><00:15:10.460><c> to</c><00:15:10.519><c> see</c><00:15:10.659><c> the</c><00:15:10.919><c> coronation</c><00:15:11.580><c> in</c><00:15:11.919><c> a</c>

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few<00:15:12.179><c> moments</c>

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time<00:15:13.840><c> as</c><00:15:14.320><c> we</c><00:15:14.519><c> move</c><00:15:14.720><c> through</c><00:15:14.940><c> from</c><00:15:15.200><c> chapter</c><00:15:15.480><c> 11</c><00:15:15.759><c> to</c><00:15:15.940><c> chapter</c><00:15:16.320><c> 12.</c><00:15:17.879><c> So</c>

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here<00:15:18.379><c> is</c><00:15:18.820><c> the</c><00:15:19.299><c> king</c><00:15:19.740><c> apparent</c><00:15:20.419><c> coming</c><00:15:21.240><c> in,</c>

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having<00:15:21.659><c> done</c><00:15:21.919><c> a</c><00:15:22.100><c> day's</c><00:15:22.399><c> journey</c><00:15:22.639><c> on</c><00:15:23.179><c> the,</c><00:15:23.179><c> a</c><00:15:23.500><c> day's</c><00:15:23.960><c> work</c><00:15:24.279><c> on</c>

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the<00:15:24.919><c> farm,</c><00:15:25.659><c> meets</c><00:15:25.860><c> these</c><00:15:26.220><c> people,</c><00:15:26.600><c> weeping,</c>

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and<00:15:27.679><c> wants</c><00:15:28.200><c> to</c><00:15:28.399><c> know</c><00:15:28.480><c> what's</c><00:15:28.759><c> going</c><00:15:28.860><c> on.</c><00:15:28.899><c> Well,</c><00:15:29.100><c> he's</c><00:15:29.539><c> furious,</c><00:15:31.440><c> absolutely</c><00:15:31.759><c> furious</c>

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at<00:15:32.600><c> this.</c><00:15:33.080><c> And</c><00:15:33.179><c> at</c><00:15:33.379><c> this</c>

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point,<00:15:34.120><c> as</c><00:15:34.360><c> you</c><00:15:34.600><c> will</c><00:15:34.879><c> now</c><00:15:35.220><c> see</c><00:15:35.580><c> in</c><00:15:36.059><c> verse</c><00:15:36.460><c> 6,</c><00:15:38.200><c> the</c><00:15:38.879><c> Lord's</c><00:15:39.639><c> spirit</c><00:15:39.840><c> comes</c><00:15:40.139><c> upon</c><00:15:40.480><c> him.</c><00:15:41.019><c> The</c>

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ox<00:15:41.659><c> is</c><00:15:42.259><c> killed,</c><00:15:43.039><c> 12</c>

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pieces,<00:15:44.220><c> note</c><00:15:44.460><c> that,</c><00:15:45.000><c> the</c><00:15:45.200><c> links</c><00:15:45.440><c> are</c><00:15:45.679><c> there,</c><00:15:46.240><c> right,</c><00:15:46.379><c> into</c>

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12<00:15:47.039><c> pieces.</c><00:15:47.419><c> This</c><00:15:47.580><c> is</c><00:15:47.840><c> reminiscent,</c><00:15:48.259><c> isn't</c><00:15:48.460><c> it,</c>

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of<00:15:48.740><c> Judges</c><00:15:49.080><c> 19.</c><00:15:49.899><c> And</c><00:15:50.200><c> Israel</c><00:15:50.539><c> responds</c><00:15:51.179><c> to</c><00:15:51.419><c> the</c><00:15:51.679><c> call</c><00:15:52.080><c> as</c><00:15:52.860><c> one</c>

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man,<00:15:53.580><c> as</c><00:15:53.759><c> verse</c><00:15:54.259><c> 7</c><00:15:54.679><c> tells</c><00:15:55.019><c> us.</c><00:15:55.620><c> And</c><00:15:55.919><c> you'll</c><00:15:56.179><c> notice</c>

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more<00:15:57.220><c> to</c><00:15:57.460><c> the</c><00:15:57.659><c> point,</c><00:15:57.820><c> I</c><00:15:57.960><c> read</c><00:15:58.080><c> the</c><00:15:58.179><c> whole</c><00:15:58.360><c> verse,</c><00:15:58.759><c> he</c><00:15:58.899><c> took</c><00:15:59.080><c> a</c>

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yoke<00:15:59.580><c> of</c><00:15:59.820><c> oxen,</c><00:16:00.460><c> cut</c><00:16:00.580><c> them</c><00:16:00.779><c> in</c><00:16:01.039><c> pieces,</c><00:16:01.379><c> sent</c><00:16:01.600><c> them</c>

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throughout<00:16:02.059><c> all</c><00:16:02.379><c> the</c><00:16:02.539><c> borders</c><00:16:02.759><c> of</c><00:16:02.899><c> Israel</c><00:16:03.299><c> by</c><00:16:03.600><c> the</c><00:16:03.799><c> hands</c><00:16:03.960><c> of</c>

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messengers<00:16:04.519><c> saying,</c><00:16:05.240><c> whosoever</c><00:16:05.720><c> cometh</c><00:16:06.000><c> not</c><00:16:06.320><c> forth,</c>

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and<00:16:06.679><c> notice</c><00:16:06.879><c> the</c><00:16:07.019><c> language,</c><00:16:07.840><c> after</c><00:16:08.220><c> Saul</c><00:16:08.639><c> and</c><00:16:09.240><c> after</c><00:16:09.779><c> Samuel.</c>

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Samuel<00:16:11.100><c> has</c><00:16:11.379><c> not</c><00:16:11.639><c> been</c><00:16:11.980><c> dismissed</c><00:16:12.399><c> from</c><00:16:12.759><c> service</c>

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quite,<00:16:14.940><c> in</c><00:16:15.120><c> the</c><00:16:15.279><c> eyes</c><00:16:15.440><c> of</c><00:16:15.659><c> anybody</c><00:16:16.059><c> here.</c><00:16:17.460><c> In</c><00:16:17.620><c> the</c><00:16:17.779><c> eyes</c><00:16:18.000><c> that's</c><00:16:18.360><c> over</c>

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Saul<00:16:19.039><c> and</c><00:16:19.240><c> after</c><00:16:19.480><c> Samuel,</c><00:16:20.179><c> so</c><00:16:20.539><c> shall</c><00:16:20.759><c> it</c><00:16:20.940><c> be</c>

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done<00:16:21.340><c> unto</c><00:16:22.019><c> his</c><00:16:22.340><c> oxen.</c><00:16:22.899><c> And</c><00:16:23.200><c> the</c><00:16:23.480><c> fear</c><00:16:23.700><c> of</c><00:16:23.899><c> the</c><00:16:24.059><c> Lord</c><00:16:24.259><c> fell</c><00:16:24.500><c> on</c>

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the<00:16:24.820><c> people,</c><00:16:25.379><c> and</c><00:16:25.460><c> they</c><00:16:25.720><c> came</c><00:16:25.980><c> out</c><00:16:26.320><c> with</c>

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one<00:16:27.159><c> consent,</c><00:16:27.679><c> revised</c><00:16:28.039><c> version,</c><00:16:28.720><c> as</c><00:16:29.460><c> one</c><00:16:30.259><c> man.</c><00:16:33.299><c> Oh,</c><00:16:33.600><c> and</c>

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there's<00:16:35.000><c> always</c><00:16:35.019><c> something,</c><00:16:35.779><c> isn't</c><00:16:35.919><c> there,</c>

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that<00:16:36.399><c> just</c><00:16:36.779><c> grates</c><00:16:37.080><c> a</c><00:16:37.240><c> little</c><00:16:37.500><c> bit.</c><00:16:38.740><c> And</c><00:16:39.000><c> when,</c><00:16:39.559><c> verse</c><00:16:39.860><c> 8,</c><00:16:40.179><c> they</c><00:16:40.460><c> numbered</c><00:16:40.860><c> them</c><00:16:41.220><c> in</c>

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Bezek,<00:16:42.120><c> I've</c><00:16:42.340><c> got</c><00:16:42.440><c> that</c><00:16:42.620><c> on</c><00:16:42.820><c> my</c>

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map<00:16:43.279><c> here,</c><00:16:43.980><c> on</c><00:16:44.240><c> the</c><00:16:44.519><c> western</c><00:16:44.779><c> side</c><00:16:45.139><c> of</c><00:16:45.620><c> the</c><00:16:45.820><c> River</c><00:16:46.039><c> Jordan,</c>

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opposite<00:16:46.879><c> Jabesh</c><00:16:47.360><c> and</c><00:16:47.500><c> Gilead.</c><00:16:49.519><c> Okay,</c><00:16:50.019><c> when,</c>

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lost<00:16:50.960><c> my</c><00:16:51.159><c> place</c><00:16:51.340><c> now,</c><00:16:51.500><c> yes.</c><00:16:51.919><c> And</c><00:16:52.139><c> the</c><00:16:52.259><c> children</c><00:16:52.480><c> of</c><00:16:52.679><c> Israel</c><00:16:53.019><c> were</c><00:16:53.340><c> 300</c><00:16:53.799><c>,000,</c><00:16:54.580><c> and</c><00:16:54.759><c> the</c><00:16:54.860><c> men</c><00:16:55.019><c> of</c>

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Judah,<00:16:56.519><c> 30</c><00:16:56.799><c>,000.</c>

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I'd<00:16:58.820><c> hate</c><00:16:58.980><c> to</c><00:16:59.179><c> read</c><00:16:59.360><c> too</c><00:16:59.620><c> much</c><00:16:59.779><c> into</c><00:17:00.000><c> these</c><00:17:00.320><c> things,</c><00:17:00.580><c> but</c><00:17:00.820><c> you</c>

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get<00:17:01.200><c> the</c><00:17:01.419><c> message,</c><00:17:01.779><c> two</c><00:17:02.039><c> messages,</c><00:17:03.580><c> Israel</c><00:17:03.899><c> and</c><00:17:04.099><c> Judah.</c>

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All<00:17:06.079><c> right,</c><00:17:06.140><c> we</c><00:17:06.279><c> haven't</c><00:17:06.420><c> even</c><00:17:06.720><c> started</c><00:17:06.940><c> the</c><00:17:07.220><c> monarchy</c><00:17:07.539><c> yet,</c>

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but<00:17:08.500><c> Israel,</c><00:17:08.839><c> take</c><00:17:09.160><c> note,</c><00:17:09.799><c> Israel</c><00:17:10.000><c> and</c><00:17:10.440><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:17:11.460><c> have</c><00:17:11.519><c> you</c><00:17:11.640><c> seen</c><00:17:11.759><c> the</c><00:17:12.039><c> disparity</c><00:17:12.680><c> in</c><00:17:12.880><c> the</c><00:17:13.059><c> numbers</c><00:17:13.319><c> on</c><00:17:13.619><c> offer?</c><00:17:14.799><c> It's</c><00:17:15.200><c> part</c><00:17:15.380><c> of</c>

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a<00:17:15.680><c> long</c><00:17:15.880><c> story</c><00:17:16.180><c> this,</c><00:17:17.200><c> and</c><00:17:17.400><c> we</c>

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didn't<00:17:18.019><c> detain</c><00:17:18.519><c> ourselves</c><00:17:19.160><c> in</c><00:17:19.640><c> looking</c><00:17:19.859><c> at</c><00:17:20.140><c> it</c><00:17:20.380><c> in</c><00:17:20.519><c> detail.</c><00:17:21.420><c> As</c><00:17:21.660><c> a</c>

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matter<00:17:21.880><c> of</c><00:17:22.099><c> interest,</c><00:17:22.819><c> Judah</c><00:17:22.920><c> doesn't</c>

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start<00:17:23.579><c> providing</c><00:17:23.960><c> a</c><00:17:24.140><c> decent</c><00:17:24.480><c> kind</c><00:17:24.779><c> of</c><00:17:24.980><c> army,</c><00:17:25.160><c> if</c><00:17:25.299><c> I</c><00:17:25.400><c> can</c><00:17:25.539><c> use</c>

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that<00:17:26.000><c> kind</c><00:17:26.160><c> of</c><00:17:26.279><c> language,</c><00:17:26.859><c> until</c><00:17:27.079><c> David</c><00:17:27.779><c> becomes</c>

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king.<00:17:29.619><c> And</c><00:17:29.700><c> well,</c><00:17:30.299><c> it</c><00:17:30.420><c> all</c><00:17:30.539><c> begins</c><00:17:30.759><c> to</c><00:17:30.960><c> make</c><00:17:31.059><c> a</c><00:17:31.119><c> bit</c><00:17:31.240><c> of</c><00:17:31.380><c> sense</c>

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then,<00:17:31.819><c> doesn't</c><00:17:32.039><c> it?</c><00:17:32.319><c> But</c><00:17:32.480><c> that's</c><00:17:32.779><c> another</c><00:17:33.019><c> story</c>

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altogether.<00:17:33.819><c> So</c><00:17:33.940><c> they</c><00:17:34.059><c> come</c><00:17:34.259><c> together</c><00:17:34.579><c> in</c><00:17:34.819><c> Bezek,</c><00:17:35.339><c> and</c><00:17:35.519><c> in</c><00:17:35.720><c> the</c><00:17:35.839><c> meantime,</c><00:17:36.220><c> of</c>

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course,<00:17:36.599><c> the</c><00:17:36.660><c> message</c><00:17:37.099><c> in</c><00:17:37.420><c> verse</c><00:17:37.680><c> 9</c>

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is<00:17:38.079><c> sent</c><00:17:38.220><c> to</c><00:17:38.480><c> Jabesh</c><00:17:38.799><c> Gilead,</c><00:17:39.359><c> about</c><00:17:39.460><c> 20</c><00:17:39.759><c> miles</c><00:17:40.039><c> away,</c><00:17:40.799><c> of</c><00:17:43.640><c> what's</c><00:17:43.980><c> going</c><00:17:44.240><c> on.</c>

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Okay,<00:17:46.599><c> now</c><00:17:47.380><c> Bezek</c><00:17:47.799><c> is</c><00:17:48.579><c> not</c><00:17:48.859><c> that</c><00:17:49.200><c> far</c>

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from<00:17:50.440><c> Bethshan.</c><00:17:51.799><c> I</c><00:17:52.019><c> just</c><00:17:52.240><c> find</c><00:17:52.480><c> it</c><00:17:52.680><c> very</c><00:17:52.900><c> interesting</c><00:17:53.599><c> that</c><00:17:56.259><c> Saul's</c><00:17:57.579><c> first</c><00:17:57.960><c> command</c><00:17:58.559><c> is</c><00:17:59.960><c> going</c><00:18:00.119><c> to</c><00:18:00.339><c> be</c><00:18:00.539><c> a</c><00:18:00.779><c> journey</c>

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by<00:18:01.539><c> night</c><00:18:02.059><c> from</c><00:18:03.359><c> Bethshan</c><00:18:04.400><c> to</c><00:18:05.480><c> Jabesh</c><00:18:05.900><c> Gilead.</c><00:18:08.539><c> Did</c><00:18:08.700><c> you</c><00:18:08.920><c> remember</c><00:18:09.599><c> that</c>

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that<00:18:10.720><c> will</c><00:18:10.839><c> be</c><00:18:10.980><c> the</c><00:18:11.119><c> last</c><00:18:11.359><c> journey</c><00:18:11.579><c> he</c>

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will<00:18:11.940><c> make</c><00:18:12.140><c> to,</c><00:18:13.759><c> only</c><00:18:14.039><c> as</c><00:18:14.259><c> a</c><00:18:14.500><c> corpse?</c><00:18:16.660><c> You</c><00:18:16.680><c> see,</c><00:18:17.119><c> Gilboa</c><00:18:17.440><c> is</c>

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not<00:18:17.779><c> far</c><00:18:17.960><c> from</c><00:18:18.160><c> here</c><00:18:18.380><c> either.</c><00:18:19.960><c> Interesting,</c><00:18:20.539><c> isn't</c><00:18:20.660><c> it?</c>

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And<00:18:22.660><c> it's</c><00:18:22.799><c> also</c><00:18:23.099><c> interesting</c><00:18:23.839><c> that</c><00:18:24.220><c> it's</c><00:18:24.420><c> the</c><00:18:24.480><c> men</c><00:18:24.700><c> of</c><00:18:24.880><c> Jabesh</c>

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Gilead<00:18:25.920><c> who</c><00:18:26.339><c> will</c><00:18:26.480><c> be</c><00:18:26.660><c> taking</c><00:18:26.880><c> great</c><00:18:27.279><c> care</c><00:18:27.880><c> of</c><00:18:28.259><c> the</c>

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corpse.<00:18:30.240><c> You</c><00:18:30.400><c> see</c><00:18:30.539><c> how,</c><00:18:30.940><c> when</c><00:18:31.000><c> we</c><00:18:31.200><c> start</c><00:18:31.339><c> getting</c><00:18:31.579><c> our</c><00:18:31.839><c> scriptures</c><00:18:32.119><c> together,</c><00:18:33.279><c> little</c>

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seemeth<00:18:43.920><c> good</c><00:18:44.299><c> unto</c><00:18:44.720><c> you.</c><00:18:45.539><c> Tongue</c><00:18:45.940><c> in</c><00:18:46.160><c> cheek,</c><00:18:46.640><c> or</c><00:18:46.859><c> what?</c>

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Well,<00:18:50.460><c> it</c><00:18:50.579><c> was</c><00:18:50.819><c> so</c><00:18:51.059><c> on</c><00:18:51.180><c> the</c><00:18:51.339><c> morrow</c><00:18:51.500><c> that</c><00:18:51.779><c> Saul</c><00:18:52.059><c> put</c><00:18:52.299><c> the</c><00:18:52.519><c> people</c><00:18:52.859><c> in</c>

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three<00:18:53.420><c> companies.</c><00:18:54.420><c> They</c><00:18:54.680><c> came</c><00:18:54.960><c> into</c><00:18:55.200><c> the</c>

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nights<00:18:58.420><c> until</c><00:18:58.759><c> the</c><00:18:58.960><c> heat</c><00:18:59.119><c> of</c><00:18:59.339><c> the</c><00:18:59.500><c> day.</c><00:18:59.859><c> It</c><00:19:00.140><c> came</c><00:19:00.400><c> to</c><00:19:00.660><c> pass</c><00:19:00.839><c> that</c><00:19:01.019><c> they</c><00:19:01.240><c> which</c><00:19:01.519><c> remained</c><00:19:01.779><c> were</c><00:19:02.119><c> scattered,</c><00:19:02.720><c> so</c><00:19:02.920><c> that</c>

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two<00:19:03.400><c> of</c><00:19:03.599><c> them</c><00:19:03.700><c> were</c><00:19:03.960><c> not</c><00:19:04.200><c> left</c><00:19:04.480><c> together.</c><00:19:05.079><c> This</c><00:19:05.480><c> was</c><00:19:05.779><c> a</c><00:19:06.019><c> full</c>

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victory.<00:19:07.940><c> And</c><00:19:08.180><c> we</c><00:19:08.299><c> are</c><00:19:08.400><c> not</c><00:19:08.579><c> surprised</c><00:19:09.079><c> because,</c><00:19:09.680><c> as</c><00:19:09.680><c> we've</c>

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seen<00:19:10.319><c> earlier,</c><00:19:11.019><c> we've</c><00:19:11.279><c> seen</c><00:19:11.440><c> here</c><00:19:11.640><c> that</c><00:19:11.779><c> the</c><00:19:12.099><c> Spirit</c><00:19:12.440><c> of</c><00:19:12.680><c> God</c>

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came<00:19:13.500><c> upon,</c><00:19:13.920><c> in</c><00:19:14.220><c> fact</c><00:19:14.359><c> the</c><00:19:14.500><c> revised</c><00:19:14.759><c> version</c><00:19:15.059><c> says,</c>

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the<00:19:15.759><c> Spirit</c><00:19:16.079><c> of</c><00:19:16.259><c> God</c><00:19:16.460><c> came</c><00:19:17.039><c> mightily</c><00:19:17.940><c> upon</c><00:19:18.640><c> Saul</c><00:19:19.200><c> when</c><00:19:19.579><c> he</c><00:19:19.799><c> heard</c><00:19:20.220><c> these</c><00:19:20.880><c> words.</c><00:19:22.740><c> Sure,</c><00:19:23.240><c> it</c>

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was<00:19:23.759><c> a</c><00:19:23.900><c> victory</c><00:19:24.180><c> for</c>

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Saul<00:19:25.579><c> and</c><00:19:26.079><c> for</c><00:19:26.380><c> Samuel,</c><00:19:27.140><c> but</c><00:19:27.480><c> this</c><00:19:28.420><c> is</c><00:19:28.599><c> a</c><00:19:28.759><c> large</c><00:19:28.980><c> victory.</c><00:19:31.140><c> And</c>

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it<00:19:31.599><c> is</c><00:19:31.859><c> interesting</c><00:19:32.259><c> that</c><00:19:32.480><c> that's</c><00:19:32.880><c> how</c><00:19:33.059><c> Saul</c><00:19:33.299><c> will</c>

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see<00:19:33.740><c> it.</c><00:19:33.900><c> We'll</c><00:19:34.059><c> come</c><00:19:34.240><c> to</c><00:19:34.380><c> that</c><00:19:34.539><c> in</c><00:19:34.740><c> a</c><00:19:34.880><c> minute</c><00:19:35.019><c> or</c><00:19:35.200><c> two.</c><00:19:35.859><c> The</c>

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Atakes<00:19:36.160><c> are</c><00:19:36.359><c> mounted,</c><00:19:36.859><c> they</c><00:19:36.859><c> say,</c><00:19:37.240><c> and</c><00:19:37.299><c> they</c><00:19:37.579><c> completely</c>

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rout<00:19:38.460><c> the</c><00:19:38.839><c> Ammonites.</c><00:19:39.859><c> The</c><00:19:40.119><c> victory</c><00:19:40.680><c> is</c><00:19:41.559><c> full.</c><00:19:41.900><c> And</c><00:19:42.240><c> here's</c>

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the<00:19:42.759><c> point.</c><00:19:43.339><c> It</c><00:19:43.640><c> actually,</c><00:19:44.700><c> as</c><00:19:44.940><c> it</c><00:19:45.160><c> were,</c><00:19:45.859><c> establishes</c>

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Saul<00:19:46.799><c> in</c><00:19:47.240><c> the</c><00:19:47.500><c> eyes</c><00:19:47.700><c> of</c><00:19:47.920><c> the</c><00:19:48.200><c> people</c><00:19:48.880><c> as</c><00:19:49.559><c> their</c><00:19:50.099><c> king.</c><00:19:50.680><c> Look</c><00:19:51.000><c> at</c>

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this<00:19:51.440><c> in</c><00:19:51.579><c> verse</c><00:19:51.960><c> 12.</c><00:19:52.700><c> The</c><00:19:52.980><c> people</c><00:19:53.400><c> said</c><00:19:53.619><c> unto</c>

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Samuel,<00:19:55.079><c> Who</c><00:19:55.200><c> is</c><00:19:55.720><c> he</c><00:19:56.180><c> that</c><00:19:56.559><c> said,</c><00:19:57.140><c> Shall</c><00:19:57.599><c> Saul</c><00:19:58.079><c> reign?</c><00:19:58.359><c> Do</c><00:19:58.579><c> you</c>

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remember<00:19:58.839><c> that?</c><00:19:59.119><c> We</c><00:19:59.259><c> finished</c><00:19:59.619><c> our</c><00:20:00.119><c> first</c><00:20:00.400><c> session.</c>

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One<00:20:01.259><c> or</c><00:20:01.460><c> two</c><00:20:01.660><c> people,</c><00:20:02.420><c> men</c><00:20:02.519><c> of</c><00:20:02.720><c> Belial,</c><00:20:03.559><c> so</c><00:20:03.900><c> called,</c><00:20:04.740><c> who</c><00:20:04.960><c> were</c>

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just<00:20:05.559><c> questioning</c><00:20:05.920><c> the</c><00:20:06.299><c> rightness</c><00:20:06.660><c> of</c><00:20:06.859><c> all.</c>

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Just<00:20:07.440><c> who</c><00:20:07.720><c> is</c><00:20:07.960><c> this</c><00:20:08.240><c> character</c><00:20:08.680><c> to</c><00:20:08.980><c> be</c><00:20:09.339><c> our</c><00:20:09.880><c> king</c><00:20:10.160><c> and</c><00:20:10.500><c> leader?</c>

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Well,<00:20:12.140><c> there</c><00:20:12.740><c> are</c><00:20:13.019><c> some</c><00:20:13.240><c> people</c><00:20:13.579><c> who</c><00:20:13.759><c> have</c><00:20:13.880><c> not</c>

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forgotten<00:20:14.460><c> that</c><00:20:14.740><c> those</c><00:20:14.980><c> words</c><00:20:15.200><c> were</c><00:20:15.500><c> said.</c><00:20:16.039><c> And</c><00:20:16.180><c> they're</c><00:20:16.279><c> just</c><00:20:16.480><c> saying,</c><00:20:16.940><c> Just</c><00:20:17.119><c> who</c>

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was<00:20:17.680><c> it?</c><00:20:18.059><c> Come</c><00:20:18.240><c> on,</c><00:20:18.900><c> own</c><00:20:19.000><c> up</c>

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and<00:20:20.940><c> bring</c><00:20:21.500><c> the</c><00:20:21.799><c> men</c><00:20:21.980><c> that</c><00:20:22.160><c> we</c><00:20:22.380><c> may</c><00:20:22.539><c> put</c><00:20:22.759><c> them</c><00:20:22.980><c> to</c><00:20:23.259><c> death.</c><00:20:25.380><c> And</c>

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Saul<00:20:25.720><c> said,</c><00:20:26.220><c> There</c><00:20:26.220><c> shall</c><00:20:26.440><c> not</c><00:20:26.740><c> a</c><00:20:26.920><c> man</c><00:20:27.160><c> be</c><00:20:27.440><c> put</c><00:20:27.619><c> to</c>

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death<00:20:27.980><c> this</c><00:20:28.279><c> day</c><00:20:28.559><c> for</c><00:20:28.799><c> today.</c><00:20:29.059><c> Now</c><00:20:29.240><c> look</c><00:20:29.380><c> at</c><00:20:29.519><c> this.</c><00:20:30.640><c> For</c><00:20:30.680><c> today,</c><00:20:31.579><c> the</c>

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sisters,<00:20:38.500><c> have</c><00:20:38.619><c> the</c><00:20:38.940><c> right</c><00:20:39.440><c> to</c><00:20:40.119><c> question</c><00:20:40.660><c> the</c>

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sincerity<00:20:41.819><c> of</c><00:20:42.500><c> the</c><00:20:42.680><c> man.</c><00:20:44.500><c> He</c><00:20:44.680><c> means</c><00:20:45.000><c> this.</c><00:20:46.640><c> Someone</c><00:20:46.940><c> suggested</c><00:20:47.359><c> to</c><00:20:47.579><c> me</c>

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after<00:20:48.500><c> the</c><00:20:48.740><c> first</c><00:20:48.960><c> session</c><00:20:49.240><c> yesterday</c>

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that<00:20:49.839><c> one</c><00:20:49.980><c> of</c><00:20:50.119><c> the</c><00:20:50.240><c> things</c><00:20:50.420><c> possibly</c><00:20:50.880><c> that</c><00:20:51.460><c> Samuel</c><00:20:51.819><c> might</c><00:20:52.099><c> have</c><00:20:52.279><c> spoken</c><00:20:52.579><c> to</c>

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Saul<00:20:53.039><c> about</c><00:20:53.339><c> on</c><00:20:53.579><c> the</c><00:20:53.740><c> top</c><00:20:53.839><c> of</c><00:20:54.079><c> the</c><00:20:54.200><c> roof</c>

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before<00:20:54.680><c> he</c><00:20:54.819><c> had</c><00:20:54.960><c> the</c><00:20:55.180><c> meal,</c><00:20:55.819><c> or</c><00:20:55.920><c> no,</c><00:20:56.180><c> so</c><00:20:56.279><c> after</c><00:20:56.460><c> the</c><00:20:56.640><c> meal</c><00:20:56.740><c> for</c>

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that<00:20:57.099><c> matter,</c><00:20:58.039><c> was</c><00:20:58.180><c> just</c><00:20:58.420><c> the</c><00:20:58.599><c> whole</c><00:20:58.839><c> issue</c><00:20:59.259><c> of</c><00:20:59.539><c> finding</c>

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contact<00:21:00.380><c> with</c><00:21:00.640><c> God</c><00:21:01.180><c> and</c><00:21:02.200><c> the</c><00:21:02.460><c> kind</c><00:21:02.640><c> of</c><00:21:02.859><c> person</c><00:21:03.119><c> you</c><00:21:03.279><c> ought</c><00:21:03.380><c> to</c>

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be.<00:21:04.599><c> Fair</c><00:21:04.819><c> comment.</c><00:21:06.579><c> Whatever,</c><00:21:07.460><c> this</c><00:21:07.779><c> man</c><00:21:08.079><c> is</c><00:21:08.400><c> genuine</c>

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and<00:21:09.319><c> real.</c><00:21:09.720><c> He's</c><00:21:10.079><c> committed</c><00:21:10.700><c> to</c><00:21:11.200><c> the</c><00:21:11.339><c> God</c><00:21:11.700><c> of</c><00:21:11.920><c> Israel</c><00:21:12.900><c> and</c><00:21:13.960><c> his</c>

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inheritance.<00:21:16.779><c> Now</c><00:21:16.859><c> it's</c><00:21:17.039><c> at</c><00:21:17.200><c> this</c><00:21:17.500><c> point</c><00:21:17.759><c> that</c><00:21:18.099><c> Samuel</c>

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now<00:21:18.720><c> wants</c><00:21:18.880><c> to</c><00:21:19.119><c> bring</c><00:21:19.279><c> everything</c><00:21:19.700><c> together,</c><00:21:21.059><c> okay,</c><00:21:21.940><c> to</c><00:21:22.180><c> bring</c><00:21:22.319><c> the</c>

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nation<00:21:22.839><c> together.</c><00:21:24.759><c> And</c><00:21:25.180><c> he</c><00:21:25.819><c> wants</c><00:21:26.180><c> to</c><00:21:26.500><c> make</c>

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official<00:21:27.200><c> now</c><00:21:27.859><c> the</c><00:21:28.380><c> kingship</c><00:21:29.400><c> of</c><00:21:29.859><c> Saul.</c><00:21:30.400><c> So</c><00:21:30.599><c> verse</c><00:21:30.859><c> 14,</c><00:21:31.759><c> we're</c>

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asked<00:21:32.220><c> now,</c><00:21:32.480><c> we</c><00:21:32.740><c> are</c><00:21:32.940><c> asked,</c><00:21:33.059><c> let's</c><00:21:33.359><c> join</c><00:21:33.599><c> them,</c>

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brethren<00:21:34.000><c> and</c><00:21:34.160><c> sisters,</c><00:21:34.299><c> we're</c><00:21:34.519><c> asked</c><00:21:34.640><c> to</c><00:21:34.779><c> go</c><00:21:35.000><c> down</c><00:21:35.200><c> to</c><00:21:35.440><c> Gilgal</c><00:21:35.839><c> to</c>

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renew<00:21:36.740><c> the</c><00:21:37.079><c> kingdom</c><00:21:37.359><c> there.</c><00:21:37.559><c> And</c><00:21:37.720><c> all</c><00:21:37.839><c> the</c>

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people<00:21:38.099><c> went</c><00:21:38.359><c> to</c><00:21:38.559><c> Gilgal,</c><00:21:39.119><c> there</c><00:21:39.359><c> they</c><00:21:39.519><c> made</c><00:21:39.759><c> Saul</c><00:21:40.000><c> king</c><00:21:40.299><c> before</c><00:21:40.640><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:21:41.039><c> in</c><00:21:41.180><c> Gil,</c><00:21:41.380><c> they</c><00:21:41.619><c> had</c><00:21:41.960><c> sacrifices</c><00:21:42.700><c> there,</c>

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they<00:21:43.019><c> had</c><00:21:43.259><c> peace</c><00:21:43.559><c> offerings</c><00:21:43.819><c> before</c><00:21:44.099><c> the</c><00:21:44.259><c> Lord,</c><00:21:44.619><c> and</c><00:21:44.839><c> there</c>

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Saul<00:21:45.359><c> and</c><00:21:45.519><c> all</c><00:21:45.779><c> the</c><00:21:45.859><c> men</c><00:21:45.960><c> of</c><00:21:46.099><c> Israel</c><00:21:46.619><c> rejoiced</c><00:21:47.980><c> greatly.</c>

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And<00:21:52.960><c> it's</c><00:21:53.359><c> the</c><00:21:53.680><c> wisdom</c><00:21:53.980><c> of</c><00:21:54.200><c> this</c><00:21:54.480><c> man</c><00:21:54.880><c> that</c><00:21:55.259><c> he</c><00:21:55.400><c> would</c><00:21:55.619><c> have</c><00:21:55.859><c> no</c>

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bloodshed<00:21:56.660><c> in</c><00:21:56.839><c> the</c><00:21:57.039><c> land.</c><00:21:57.700><c> Any</c><00:21:58.059><c> feuding</c><00:21:58.519><c> language</c>

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like<00:21:59.240><c> that</c><00:21:59.420><c> in</c><00:21:59.579><c> verse</c><00:21:59.839><c> 13</c><00:22:00.559><c> was</c><00:22:01.440><c> out</c><00:22:01.819><c> of</c><00:22:02.140><c> place</c><00:22:03.019><c> here.</c><00:22:04.799><c> Even</c><00:22:05.079><c> he</c>

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could<00:22:05.559><c> see</c><00:22:05.900><c> that</c><00:22:06.299><c> the</c><00:22:06.480><c> God</c><00:22:06.599><c> of</c><00:22:06.779><c> Israel</c><00:22:07.200><c> had</c>

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overlooked<00:22:07.900><c> the</c><00:22:08.279><c> sins</c><00:22:08.579><c> of</c><00:22:08.799><c> the</c><00:22:08.980><c> people</c><00:22:09.519><c> and</c><00:22:10.480><c> brought</c><00:22:10.680><c> this</c><00:22:10.920><c> about.</c><00:22:11.220><c> Now</c><00:22:11.640><c> this</c><00:22:12.200><c> is</c>

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the<00:22:12.839><c> finest</c><00:22:13.200><c> act</c><00:22:13.660><c> recorded</c>

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of<00:22:14.700><c> Saul.</c><00:22:14.880><c> It</c><00:22:15.220><c> stands</c><00:22:15.500><c> out</c><00:22:15.819><c> in</c><00:22:16.579><c> strong</c><00:22:16.880><c> contrast</c><00:22:17.599><c> to</c><00:22:18.200><c> the</c><00:22:18.400><c> kind</c>

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of<00:22:18.819><c> things</c><00:22:19.000><c> that</c><00:22:19.299><c> we</c><00:22:19.640><c> best</c><00:22:20.099><c> remember</c><00:22:20.680><c> Saul</c><00:22:21.039><c> for.</c>

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And<00:22:22.140><c> I</c><00:22:22.299><c> have</c><00:22:22.519><c> to</c><00:22:22.720><c> say,</c><00:22:22.920><c> I</c><00:22:22.920><c> think</c><00:22:23.079><c> we're</c><00:22:23.359><c> wrong.</c><00:22:25.440><c> Just</c><00:22:25.579><c> take</c><00:22:25.880><c> hold</c><00:22:26.180><c> of</c>

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chapters<00:22:26.799><c> 10,</c><00:22:27.380><c> 11</c><00:22:27.799><c> and</c><00:22:28.039><c> 12.</c>

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He's<00:22:29.799><c> a</c><00:22:30.119><c> great</c><00:22:30.380><c> man.</c><00:22:31.420><c> He</c><00:22:31.619><c> is</c><00:22:32.019><c> chosen</c><00:22:32.400><c> of</c><00:22:32.619><c> the</c><00:22:32.740><c> Lord.</c><00:22:32.839><c> Don't</c><00:22:33.140><c> forget</c><00:22:33.599><c> that.</c><00:22:35.059><c> Are</c>

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we<00:22:35.279><c> going</c><00:22:35.400><c> to</c><00:22:35.579><c> question</c><00:22:35.819><c> the</c><00:22:36.039><c> Lord's</c>

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judgment<00:22:36.759><c> here</c><00:22:37.079><c> in</c><00:22:37.220><c> this?</c><00:22:37.339><c> I</c><00:22:37.480><c> don't</c><00:22:37.700><c> think</c><00:22:37.940><c> so.</c><00:22:39.099><c> He's</c><00:22:39.400><c> a</c><00:22:39.579><c> great</c>

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man.<00:22:40.519><c> And</c><00:22:40.680><c> I</c><00:22:40.799><c> don't</c><00:22:40.819><c> just</c><00:22:41.099><c> mean</c><00:22:41.259><c> in</c><00:22:41.539><c> stature.</c>

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This<00:22:43.339><c> is</c><00:22:43.460><c> what</c><00:22:43.579><c> I</c><00:22:43.839><c> mean</c><00:22:44.039><c> when</c><00:22:44.460><c> he</c><00:22:45.160><c> had</c><00:22:45.359><c> a</c><00:22:45.680><c> marvelous</c><00:22:46.059><c> start</c><00:22:46.680><c> in</c>

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his<00:22:47.740><c> kingship.</c><00:22:48.180><c> And</c><00:22:48.420><c> we</c><00:22:48.599><c> do</c><00:22:48.799><c> well</c><00:22:48.980><c> to</c><00:22:49.240><c> remember</c><00:22:49.500><c> that.</c>

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Let's<00:22:50.480><c> not</c><00:22:50.720><c> just</c><00:22:51.039><c> dismiss</c><00:22:51.380><c> this</c><00:22:51.740><c> man</c><00:22:51.880><c> and</c><00:22:52.079><c> kick</c><00:22:52.279><c> him</c><00:22:52.460><c> into</c><00:22:52.740><c> touch,</c><00:22:53.200><c> so</c>

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to<00:22:53.480><c> speak,</c><00:22:54.079><c> because</c><00:22:54.440><c> of</c><00:22:54.619><c> what</c><00:22:54.839><c> we</c><00:22:55.380><c> best</c>

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remember.<00:22:58.059><c> All</c><00:22:58.119><c> right.</c><00:22:58.420><c> There</c><00:22:58.539><c> are</c><00:22:58.759><c> rising</c><00:22:59.160><c> hopes</c><00:22:59.539><c> here</c><00:22:59.759><c> in</c>

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Israel.<00:23:01.019><c> Sure,</c><00:23:01.400><c> they're</c><00:23:01.660><c> focused</c><00:23:01.839><c> on</c><00:23:02.140><c> Samuel</c><00:23:02.440><c> who's</c>

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always<00:23:02.900><c> been</c><00:23:03.160><c> there,</c><00:23:03.619><c> but</c><00:23:03.819><c> they're</c><00:23:04.039><c> now</c><00:23:04.319><c> refocused</c><00:23:04.859><c> on</c><00:23:05.119><c> this</c>

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man.<00:23:06.920><c> And</c><00:23:07.220><c> there</c><00:23:07.759><c> is</c><00:23:08.000><c> something</c><00:23:08.359><c> natural</c><00:23:08.960><c> about</c>

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the<00:23:09.619><c> courage</c><00:23:10.000><c> of</c><00:23:10.700><c> this</c><00:23:11.460><c> commander.</c><00:23:12.019><c> So</c><00:23:12.599><c> here</c><00:23:12.960><c> we</c><00:23:13.099><c> are</c><00:23:13.319><c> at</c><00:23:13.500><c> Gilgal,</c><00:23:14.319><c> the</c>

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well<00:23:14.859><c>-known</c><00:23:15.079><c> sanctuary</c><00:23:15.700><c> selected</c><00:23:16.299><c> because</c>

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it<00:23:16.819><c> was</c><00:23:17.240><c> in</c><00:23:18.859><c> the</c><00:23:19.400><c> new</c><00:23:19.900><c> royal</c><00:23:20.319><c> tribe</c><00:23:20.700><c> of</c><00:23:20.960><c> Benjamin.</c><00:23:21.720><c> Gilgal</c><00:23:22.019><c> is</c>

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just<00:23:22.599><c> inside</c><00:23:23.059><c> the</c><00:23:23.299><c> boundary.</c><00:23:24.220><c> It's</c><00:23:24.500><c> appropriate,</c>

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isn't<00:23:25.259><c> it?</c><00:23:25.579><c> Everything</c><00:23:26.019><c> else</c><00:23:26.319><c> we</c><00:23:26.519><c> remember</c><00:23:26.660><c> about</c><00:23:26.920><c> Gilgal</c><00:23:27.400><c> was</c><00:23:27.559><c> always</c><00:23:27.799><c> a</c>

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matter<00:23:28.140><c> of</c><00:23:28.460><c> renewal.</c><00:23:29.720><c> It's</c><00:23:29.920><c> the</c><00:23:30.180><c> place</c>

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where<00:23:30.779><c> the</c><00:23:31.019><c> nation</c><00:23:31.519><c> focused</c><00:23:32.299><c> their</c><00:23:32.579><c> hearts</c><00:23:32.900><c> and</c><00:23:33.099><c> minds</c><00:23:33.400><c> on</c><00:23:33.799><c> God,</c><00:23:34.519><c> made</c><00:23:34.700><c> a</c>

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covenant<00:23:35.380><c> with</c><00:23:35.660><c> him</c><00:23:35.940><c> or</c><00:23:36.680><c> renewed</c><00:23:37.099><c> the</c>

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covenant.<00:23:37.960><c> That's</c><00:23:38.220><c> what's</c><00:23:38.480><c> happening</c><00:23:38.759><c> here.</c><00:23:39.420><c> There's</c><00:23:39.700><c> a</c><00:23:39.900><c> remaking</c><00:23:40.460><c> going</c><00:23:40.759><c> on</c>

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here.<00:23:41.819><c> And</c><00:23:41.940><c> you</c><00:23:42.019><c> and</c><00:23:42.160><c> I,</c><00:23:42.420><c> brethren,</c>

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have<00:23:42.700><c> got</c><00:23:42.859><c> to</c><00:23:43.140><c> capture</c><00:23:43.559><c> something</c><00:23:43.960><c> of</c><00:23:44.220><c> the</c><00:23:44.640><c> joy</c><00:23:45.140><c> amongst</c><00:23:45.700><c> the</c>

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community<00:23:46.660><c> there.</c><00:23:48.019><c> They</c><00:23:48.539><c> were</c><00:23:48.740><c> happy</c><00:23:49.039><c> people.</c>

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Well,<00:23:54.220><c> Samuel,</c><00:23:54.640><c> I</c><00:23:55.259><c> have</c><00:23:55.480><c> to</c><00:23:55.740><c> say,</c><00:23:55.900><c> has</c><00:23:56.059><c> got</c><00:23:56.240><c> rather</c><00:23:56.519><c> more</c><00:23:56.839><c> sober</c><00:23:57.119><c> things</c><00:23:57.440><c> on</c>

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his<00:23:57.839><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:23:58.920><c> so</c><00:23:59.079><c> I</c><00:24:00.000><c> think</c><00:24:00.339><c> we</c><00:24:00.480><c> have</c><00:24:00.700><c> to</c><00:24:00.779><c> listen</c><00:24:01.039><c> to</c><00:24:01.240><c> the</c><00:24:01.400><c> man,</c><00:24:02.779><c> as</c><00:24:02.940><c> Israel</c><00:24:03.339><c> did,</c>

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and<00:24:03.740><c> just</c><00:24:04.200><c> listen</c><00:24:04.460><c> to</c><00:24:04.599><c> what</c><00:24:04.740><c> he</c><00:24:05.000><c> says</c>

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and<00:24:05.660><c> what</c><00:24:05.900><c> he</c><00:24:06.099><c> does.</c><00:24:06.279><c> It's</c><00:24:06.420><c> really</c><00:24:06.680><c> quite</c><00:24:06.859><c> interesting.</c><00:24:08.039><c> He</c><00:24:08.259><c> perhaps</c><00:24:08.640><c> has</c><00:24:08.799><c> a</c>

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clearer<00:24:09.200><c> idea</c><00:24:09.640><c> than</c><00:24:09.839><c> the</c><00:24:10.059><c> people</c>

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of<00:24:10.339><c> the</c><00:24:10.660><c> change</c><00:24:11.079><c> that</c><00:24:11.279><c> has</c><00:24:11.460><c> now</c><00:24:11.680><c> taken</c><00:24:12.000><c> place</c><00:24:12.460><c> in</c><00:24:12.839><c> Israel's</c><00:24:13.440><c> history.</c><00:24:14.420><c> This</c><00:24:14.579><c> is</c>

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going<00:24:14.920><c> to</c><00:24:15.099><c> be</c><00:24:15.240><c> an</c><00:24:15.480><c> inauguration</c>

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speech.<00:24:17.099><c> He</c><00:24:17.319><c> himself</c><00:24:17.839><c> is</c><00:24:18.279><c> the</c><00:24:18.500><c> most</c><00:24:18.799><c> suitable</c><00:24:19.220><c> link</c><00:24:19.500><c> between</c>

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the<00:24:20.140><c> judges</c><00:24:20.559><c> and</c><00:24:21.900><c> the</c><00:24:22.420><c> kings.</c><00:24:22.900><c> And</c><00:24:23.119><c> so</c><00:24:23.279><c> there</c>

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he<00:24:23.599><c> is</c><00:24:23.759><c> in</c><00:24:23.920><c> verse</c><00:24:24.240><c> two.</c><00:24:25.480><c> Now,</c><00:24:26.140><c> here's</c><00:24:26.460><c> your</c><00:24:26.680><c> king.</c><00:24:27.440><c> It's</c><00:24:27.579><c> what</c>

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you<00:24:27.900><c> wanted.</c><00:24:28.359><c> You've</c><00:24:28.640><c> got</c><00:24:28.759><c> it.</c><00:24:30.299><c> He</c><00:24:30.500><c> must</c><00:24:30.740><c> lead.</c>

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You<00:24:31.599><c> must</c><00:24:31.900><c> follow.</c><00:24:33.480><c> And</c><00:24:33.599><c> then</c><00:24:34.019><c> Samuel</c><00:24:34.259><c> refers</c><00:24:34.660><c> to</c><00:24:34.880><c> the</c><00:24:35.059><c> two</c><00:24:35.299><c> reasons</c><00:24:35.740><c> given</c><00:24:36.059><c> by</c>

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the<00:24:36.619><c> elders</c><00:24:36.880><c> for</c><00:24:37.279><c> the</c><00:24:37.619><c> change.</c>

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You<00:24:38.359><c> may</c><00:24:38.599><c> recall</c><00:24:38.980><c> these</c><00:24:39.240><c> from</c><00:24:39.500><c> chapter</c><00:24:39.920><c> eight.</c><00:24:41.539><c> You</c><00:24:41.640><c> know,</c><00:24:42.019><c> I'm</c><00:24:42.200><c> an</c>

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old<00:24:42.579><c> man</c><00:24:42.880><c> now.</c><00:24:44.079><c> Not</c><00:24:44.259><c> as</c><00:24:44.500><c> effective</c><00:24:44.799><c> as</c>

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I<00:24:45.119><c> used</c><00:24:45.339><c> to</c><00:24:45.480><c> be,</c><00:24:45.619><c> I</c><00:24:45.779><c> dare</c><00:24:46.000><c> say.</c><00:24:47.099><c> And</c><00:24:47.359><c> secondly,</c><00:24:47.779><c> I</c><00:24:47.920><c> have</c><00:24:48.119><c> to</c><00:24:48.279><c> admit,</c><00:24:49.279><c> the</c>

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behavior<00:24:50.000><c> of</c><00:24:50.160><c> my</c><00:24:50.420><c> two</c><00:24:50.640><c> sons</c><00:24:50.839><c> has</c><00:24:51.039><c> not</c>

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been<00:24:51.359><c> the</c><00:24:51.539><c> best.</c><00:24:53.420><c> I</c><00:24:53.700><c> understand</c><00:24:54.319><c> why</c><00:24:54.680><c> perhaps</c><00:24:55.240><c> you</c><00:24:55.940><c> might</c><00:24:56.259><c> want</c><00:24:56.519><c> a</c><00:24:56.819><c> change.</c><00:24:59.880><c> Well,</c><00:25:00.059><c> it's</c><00:25:00.339><c> true,</c><00:25:00.579><c> I</c>

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am<00:25:00.940><c> old.</c>

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And<00:25:01.200><c> if</c><00:25:01.339><c> I</c><00:25:03.319><c> have</c><00:25:03.660><c> grown</c><00:25:04.019><c> gray,</c><00:25:04.579><c> it's</c><00:25:04.680><c> because</c><00:25:04.940><c> I've</c><00:25:05.299><c> grown</c><00:25:05.460><c> gray</c><00:25:05.920><c> in</c>

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your<00:25:06.519><c> service.</c><00:25:08.380><c> That's</c><00:25:08.599><c> what</c><00:25:08.680><c> he</c><00:25:08.839><c> says.</c>

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And<00:25:10.799><c> what</c><00:25:11.099><c> manner</c><00:25:11.380><c> of</c><00:25:11.700><c> service</c><00:25:11.980><c> has</c><00:25:12.200><c> that</c><00:25:12.480><c> been?</c><00:25:12.759><c> Now</c><00:25:12.920><c> in</c><00:25:13.019><c> verse</c><00:25:13.220><c> three,</c><00:25:13.579><c> he</c>

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puts<00:25:13.900><c> himself</c><00:25:14.299><c> on</c><00:25:14.599><c> trial</c><00:25:14.940><c> almost.</c>

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Okay?<00:25:18.480><c> Here</c><00:25:18.579><c> I</c><00:25:18.799><c> am,</c><00:25:19.819><c> witness</c><00:25:20.019><c> against</c><00:25:20.319><c> me</c><00:25:20.519><c> before</c><00:25:20.740><c> the</c><00:25:20.920><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:25:21.900><c> before</c><00:25:22.140><c> his</c><00:25:22.339><c> anointed.</c><00:25:23.099><c> Now</c><00:25:23.359><c> notice</c><00:25:23.700><c> what</c><00:25:23.920><c> he</c>

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says.<00:25:25.099><c> Remember</c><00:25:25.680><c> what</c><00:25:25.920><c> you</c><00:25:26.240><c> read</c><00:25:26.579><c> in</c><00:25:27.460><c> our</c><00:25:27.700><c> reading</c><00:25:27.960><c> in</c><00:25:28.259><c> Deuteronomy.</c><00:25:30.160><c> Remember</c><00:25:30.640><c> what</c>

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this<00:25:31.480><c> man</c><00:25:31.700><c> said</c>

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to<00:25:32.140><c> the</c><00:25:32.319><c> nation</c><00:25:32.579><c> when</c><00:25:32.779><c> they</c><00:25:33.059><c> asked</c><00:25:33.259><c> for</c><00:25:33.460><c> the</c><00:25:33.619><c> king</c><00:25:33.839><c> in</c><00:25:34.099><c> chapter</c>

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eight.<00:25:35.200><c> Look</c><00:25:35.420><c> at</c><00:25:35.599><c> the</c><00:25:35.859><c> contrast.</c><00:25:37.200><c> Whose</c><00:25:37.599><c> ox</c>

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have<00:25:38.619><c> I</c><00:25:39.079><c> taken?</c><00:25:40.359><c> Whose</c><00:25:41.000><c> ass</c><00:25:41.680><c> have</c><00:25:42.519><c> I</c><00:25:43.359><c> taken?</c><00:25:44.839><c> And</c><00:25:45.160><c> whom</c><00:25:45.519><c> have</c><00:25:45.880><c> I</c>

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defrauded?<00:25:46.819><c> Whom</c><00:25:47.059><c> have</c><00:25:47.220><c> I</c><00:25:47.460><c> oppressed?</c><00:25:48.160><c> And</c><00:25:48.359><c> of</c>

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whose<00:25:48.799><c> hand</c><00:25:49.660><c> have</c><00:25:50.019><c> I</c><00:25:50.200><c> received</c><00:25:50.819><c> any</c><00:25:51.500><c> bribe</c><00:25:51.920><c> to</c><00:25:52.180><c> blind</c><00:25:52.400><c> mine</c><00:25:52.680><c> eyes</c><00:25:53.380><c> therewith?</c><00:25:54.900><c> If</c>

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that's<00:25:55.359><c> the</c><00:25:55.500><c> case,</c>

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I'll<00:25:56.420><c> restore</c><00:25:56.759><c> it</c><00:25:56.980><c> to</c><00:25:57.259><c> you.</c><00:25:57.819><c> And</c><00:25:57.960><c> of</c><00:25:58.180><c> course,</c><00:25:58.440><c> the</c><00:25:58.539><c> children</c>

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:02.279
of<00:25:59.019><c> Israel</c><00:25:59.220><c> have</c><00:25:59.380><c> got</c><00:26:00.099><c> no</c><00:26:01.000><c> choice</c><00:26:01.299><c> here.</c>

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:07.960
You're<00:26:03.900><c> absolutely</c><00:26:04.460><c> innocent.</c><00:26:06.160><c> You've</c><00:26:06.440><c> taken</c><00:26:06.819><c> nothing</c><00:26:07.519><c> from</c>

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us.<00:26:09.039><c> The</c><00:26:09.200><c> people</c><00:26:09.440><c> are</c><00:26:09.640><c> treated</c><00:26:09.799><c> as</c><00:26:09.980><c> the</c><00:26:10.259><c> accusers</c>

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here.<00:26:11.440><c> And</c><00:26:11.599><c> the</c><00:26:11.799><c> Lord</c><00:26:11.980><c> and</c><00:26:12.259><c> Saul,</c><00:26:12.400><c> if</c><00:26:12.579><c> you</c><00:26:12.740><c> like,</c><00:26:13.440><c> are</c><00:26:13.579><c> the</c><00:26:13.759><c> kind</c><00:26:14.079><c> of</c>

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judges.<00:26:15.140><c> Well,</c><00:26:16.160><c> all</c><00:26:16.440><c> this</c><00:26:16.660><c> was</c><00:26:16.859><c> valuable</c>

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property<00:26:17.680><c> that</c><00:26:17.819><c> he</c><00:26:17.980><c> puts</c><00:26:18.160><c> before</c><00:26:18.500><c> the</c><00:26:18.759><c> people.</c><00:26:19.240><c> I've</c><00:26:19.359><c> taken</c><00:26:19.599><c> none</c><00:26:19.819><c> of</c><00:26:19.980><c> these</c><00:26:20.220><c> things.</c><00:26:22.119><c> And</c><00:26:22.279><c> as</c><00:26:22.519><c> I</c>

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say,<00:26:22.880><c> it</c><00:26:23.039><c> stands</c>

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in<00:26:23.380><c> stark</c><00:26:23.559><c> contrast</c><00:26:24.220><c> with</c><00:26:25.779><c> what</c><00:26:25.940><c> he</c><00:26:26.200><c> said</c><00:26:26.460><c> to</c><00:26:26.660><c> the</c><00:26:26.839><c> people.</c><00:26:27.140><c> Look,</c><00:26:27.220><c> if</c>

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you're<00:26:27.500><c> the</c><00:26:27.640><c> king,</c><00:26:28.519><c> watch</c><00:26:28.799><c> out.</c>

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I'll<00:26:29.859><c> have</c><00:26:29.920><c> your</c><00:26:30.079><c> oxen.</c><00:26:30.839><c> I'll</c><00:26:31.000><c> have</c><00:26:31.079><c> your</c><00:26:31.279><c> ass.</c><00:26:31.400><c> That's</c><00:26:31.700><c> quite</c>

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interesting,<00:26:32.299><c> isn't</c><00:26:32.420><c> it?</c><00:26:33.140><c> I</c><00:26:33.140><c> mean,</c>

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I<00:26:33.839><c> just</c><00:26:34.359><c> mentioned</c><00:26:34.640><c> in</c><00:26:34.900><c> passing</c><00:26:35.160><c> that</c><00:26:35.400><c> here</c><00:26:35.599><c> was</c><00:26:35.839><c> a</c><00:26:36.200><c> man</c><00:26:36.500><c> who</c>

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became<00:26:37.059><c> king</c><00:26:37.319><c> because</c><00:26:37.519><c> he</c><00:26:37.660><c> was</c><00:26:38.220><c> looking</c><00:26:38.599><c> for</c><00:26:38.799><c> some</c>

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lost<00:26:39.299><c> donkeys.</c><00:26:40.200><c> Now</c><00:26:40.519><c> that</c><00:26:40.660><c> he</c><00:26:40.779><c> is</c><00:26:41.019><c> king,</c><00:26:41.220><c> he</c><00:26:41.319><c> can</c><00:26:41.440><c> have</c><00:26:41.559><c> as</c><00:26:41.759><c> many</c><00:26:41.940><c> as</c>

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he<00:26:42.279><c> likes.</c><00:26:45.240><c> And</c><00:26:45.599><c> Samuel</c><00:26:45.880><c> is</c><00:26:46.119><c> just</c><00:26:46.660><c> kind</c><00:26:46.880><c> of</c>

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making<00:26:47.299><c> a</c><00:26:47.900><c> pretty</c><00:26:48.259><c> fair</c><00:26:48.480><c> point</c><00:26:48.859><c> here.</c><00:26:49.559><c> Whether</c><00:26:49.799><c> it</c><00:26:50.059><c> sinks</c><00:26:50.240><c> home</c><00:26:50.559><c> or</c>

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not<00:26:50.799><c> is</c><00:26:50.980><c> another</c><00:26:51.140><c> matter.</c><00:26:52.000><c> But</c><00:26:52.180><c> you</c>

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mustn't<00:26:53.160><c> miss</c><00:26:53.400><c> these</c><00:26:53.740><c> echoes</c><00:26:54.140><c> from</c><00:26:54.559><c> things</c><00:26:54.819><c> that</c><00:26:54.940><c> have</c><00:26:55.059><c> been</c>

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said<00:26:55.420><c> before.</c><00:26:56.319><c> So</c><00:26:56.380><c> all</c><00:26:56.599><c> the</c><00:26:56.759><c> people</c><00:26:57.000><c> in</c><00:26:57.160><c> verse</c><00:26:57.359><c> 4</c>

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bear<00:26:57.799><c> witness</c><00:26:58.079><c> to</c><00:26:58.359><c> Samuel's</c><00:26:58.920><c> uprightness.</c><00:26:59.880><c> But</c><00:26:59.960><c> there's</c><00:27:00.140><c> more</c><00:27:00.359><c> to</c>

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:03.440
it<00:27:00.619><c> than</c><00:27:00.819><c> that.</c><00:27:01.700><c> It</c><00:27:01.720><c> was,</c><00:27:02.099><c> in</c><00:27:02.180><c> fact,</c><00:27:02.519><c> a</c><00:27:02.720><c> condemnation</c>

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on<00:27:03.779><c> themselves</c><00:27:04.460><c> for</c><00:27:05.220><c> their</c><00:27:05.680><c> inconsideration,</c><00:27:06.859><c> their</c><00:27:07.079><c> ingratitude,</c><00:27:08.000><c> and</c><00:27:08.240><c> their</c><00:27:08.619><c> discontent.</c><00:27:10.420><c> Verse</c><00:27:10.700><c> 6</c><00:27:11.000><c> is</c>

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interesting.<00:27:12.000><c> It's</c><00:27:12.440><c> the</c><00:27:12.680><c> Lord</c><00:27:13.019><c> that</c><00:27:13.359><c> advanced</c><00:27:13.680><c> Moses</c><00:27:14.140><c> and</c><00:27:14.539><c> Aaron,</c><00:27:14.940><c> that</c><00:27:15.039><c> brought</c><00:27:15.180><c> your</c><00:27:15.559><c> fathers</c><00:27:15.859><c> up</c>

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out<00:27:16.240><c> of</c><00:27:16.339><c> the</c>

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land<00:27:16.619><c> of</c><00:27:16.799><c> Egypt.</c><00:27:17.920><c> Now,</c><00:27:18.039><c> therefore,</c><00:27:18.680><c> stand</c><00:27:18.839><c> still</c><00:27:19.039><c> that</c><00:27:19.220><c> I</c><00:27:19.380><c> may</c>

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reason<00:27:19.920><c> with</c><00:27:20.079><c> you</c><00:27:20.240><c> before</c><00:27:20.539><c> the</c><00:27:20.740><c> Lord</c><00:27:20.940><c> of</c><00:27:21.240><c> all</c><00:27:21.559><c> the</c>

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righteous<00:27:22.240><c> acts</c><00:27:22.680><c> of</c><00:27:22.980><c> the</c><00:27:23.240><c> Lord</c><00:27:23.500><c> which</c><00:27:23.740><c> he</c><00:27:24.059><c> did</c><00:27:24.299><c> to</c><00:27:24.420><c> you,</c><00:27:24.740><c> to</c><00:27:24.900><c> your</c><00:27:25.140><c> fathers.</c><00:27:25.740><c> He</c>

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could<00:27:26.279><c> have</c><00:27:26.500><c> stopped</c><00:27:26.720><c> at</c><00:27:26.880><c> the</c><00:27:27.059><c> first</c>

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of<00:27:27.440><c> those</c><00:27:27.700><c> two</c><00:27:27.900><c> verses</c><00:27:28.299><c> and</c><00:27:28.839><c> nobody</c><00:27:29.119><c> would</c><00:27:29.319><c> have</c><00:27:29.460><c> questioned</c>

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it.<00:27:30.700><c> Great</c><00:27:30.900><c> men</c><00:27:31.140><c> like</c><00:27:31.400><c> Moses</c><00:27:31.799><c> and</c><00:27:32.119><c> Aaron,</c>

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they<00:27:32.640><c> had</c><00:27:32.859><c> led</c><00:27:33.000><c> the</c><00:27:33.319><c> people</c><00:27:33.559><c> out</c><00:27:33.859><c> of</c><00:27:34.039><c> the</c><00:27:34.200><c> land.</c><00:27:34.500><c> He</c><00:27:34.839><c> could</c><00:27:35.059><c> have</c><00:27:35.339><c> stopped</c><00:27:35.599><c> there</c><00:27:35.980><c> and</c>

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have<00:27:36.559><c> told</c><00:27:36.819><c> less</c><00:27:37.119><c> than</c><00:27:37.359><c> half</c>

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the<00:27:41.220><c> story.</c><00:27:44.940><c> The</c><00:27:45.160><c> next</c><00:27:45.500><c> verse</c><00:27:45.859><c> that</c><00:27:46.279><c> gives</c><00:27:46.559><c> the</c><00:27:46.819><c> real</c><00:27:47.180><c> picture,</c><00:27:48.380><c> the</c><00:27:48.619><c> acts</c><00:27:49.039><c> of</c>

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God.<00:27:51.140><c> Oh,</c><00:27:51.279><c> and</c><00:27:51.420><c> by</c><00:27:51.559><c> the</c><00:27:51.680><c> way,</c>

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Saul,<00:27:52.079><c> I</c><00:27:52.200><c> hope</c><00:27:52.420><c> you're</c><00:27:52.579><c> listening</c><00:27:52.880><c> to</c><00:27:53.140><c> this.</c><00:27:55.819><c> Not</c><00:27:56.079><c> just</c><00:27:56.299><c> the</c>

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nation,<00:27:57.079><c> it's</c><00:27:57.319><c> the</c><00:27:57.460><c> king</c><00:27:57.700><c> listening.</c>

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Whatever<00:28:00.380><c> else</c><00:28:00.640><c> is</c><00:28:00.799><c> going</c><00:28:00.920><c> to</c><00:28:01.059><c> happen</c><00:28:01.180><c> in</c><00:28:01.339><c> this</c><00:28:01.619><c> land,</c><00:28:02.839><c> never</c>

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forget<00:28:03.579><c> it</c><00:28:03.880><c> is</c><00:28:04.119><c> God's</c><00:28:04.579><c> land,</c><00:28:05.240><c> it's</c><00:28:05.480><c> his</c><00:28:05.759><c> inheritance.</c>

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And<00:28:09.619><c> any</c><00:28:10.019><c> victory,</c><00:28:10.859><c> as</c><00:28:10.940><c> Saul</c><00:28:11.059><c> himself</c><00:28:11.559><c> has</c><00:28:11.839><c> already</c><00:28:12.279><c> said,</c><00:28:13.640><c> is</c>

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going<00:28:13.960><c> to</c><00:28:14.039><c> be</c><00:28:14.160><c> the</c><00:28:14.339><c> Lord's.</c><00:28:15.339><c> Not</c><00:28:15.579><c> yours</c><00:28:16.099><c> and</c><00:28:16.900><c> not</c><00:28:17.259><c> your</c>

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Saul<00:28:18.019><c> either.</c><00:28:20.240><c> There</c><00:28:20.500><c> is,</c><00:28:21.079><c> please</c><00:28:21.359><c> don't</c><00:28:21.619><c> miss</c><00:28:21.839><c> it,</c><00:28:22.059><c> there's</c>

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an<00:28:22.559><c> edge</c><00:28:22.819><c> here</c><00:28:23.160><c> to</c><00:28:23.359><c> what</c><00:28:23.720><c> Samuel</c><00:28:24.839><c> is</c><00:28:25.240><c> saying</c><00:28:25.500><c> here.</c><00:28:25.980><c> An</c>

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:30.900
old<00:28:26.579><c> man</c><00:28:26.839><c> he</c><00:28:27.059><c> may</c><00:28:27.400><c> well</c><00:28:27.720><c> be,</c><00:28:28.279><c> but</c><00:28:28.640><c> spot</c><00:28:28.960><c> the</c><00:28:29.339><c> edge</c><00:28:29.779><c> to</c><00:28:30.240><c> the</c><00:28:30.460><c> words</c><00:28:30.680><c> that</c>

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he's<00:28:31.259><c> offering</c><00:28:31.619><c> here.</c><00:28:32.700><c> And</c><00:28:32.920><c> he</c><00:28:33.099><c> goes</c><00:28:33.319><c> on,</c>

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as<00:28:33.519><c> I</c><00:28:33.599><c> say,</c><00:28:33.920><c> to</c><00:28:33.980><c> identify</c><00:28:34.720><c> that</c><00:28:35.140><c> it's</c><00:28:35.440><c> their</c><00:28:35.680><c> God,</c><00:28:37.039><c> Yahweh,</c><00:28:37.740><c> their</c><00:28:38.039><c> God,</c><00:28:38.619><c> to</c>

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whom<00:28:39.099><c> they</c><00:28:39.700><c> were</c><00:28:39.980><c> now</c><00:28:40.380><c> appealing</c><00:28:40.819><c> as</c>

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witnesses.<00:28:43.220><c> He's</c><00:28:43.519><c> the</c><00:28:43.720><c> one</c><00:28:43.859><c> who</c><00:28:44.079><c> brought</c><00:28:44.279><c> their</c><00:28:44.539><c> fathers</c><00:28:44.960><c> into</c><00:28:45.660><c> the</c>

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land<00:28:46.200><c> out</c><00:28:46.779><c> of</c><00:28:47.259><c> Egyptian</c><00:28:47.960><c> bondage.</c><00:28:48.900><c> The</c><00:28:49.119><c> court</c>

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scene<00:28:49.559><c> continues</c><00:28:50.119><c> in</c><00:28:50.359><c> verse</c><00:28:50.619><c> seven,</c><00:28:50.980><c> but</c><00:28:51.259><c> now</c><00:28:51.700><c> the</c><00:28:51.980><c> roles</c><00:28:52.240><c> are</c>

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reversed.<00:28:53.460><c> If</c><00:28:53.599><c> you</c><00:28:53.700><c> look</c><00:28:53.859><c> at</c><00:28:54.000><c> verse</c><00:28:54.220><c> seven,</c><00:28:54.980><c> Samuel</c>

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becomes<00:28:55.539><c> the</c><00:28:55.839><c> accuser.</c><00:28:56.720><c> They're</c><00:28:57.019><c> in</c><00:28:57.220><c> the</c><00:28:57.460><c> dock</c><00:28:57.660><c> now.</c><00:29:00.380><c> That's</c>

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very<00:29:01.059><c> strange,</c><00:29:01.380><c> he</c><00:29:01.599><c> says.</c><00:29:01.700><c> You</c><00:29:01.859><c> know,</c><00:29:01.940><c> you</c><00:29:02.259><c> agree</c><00:29:02.559><c> with</c>

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my<00:29:02.940><c> innocence</c><00:29:03.539><c> and</c><00:29:05.000><c> yet</c><00:29:05.160><c> you</c><00:29:05.259><c> want</c><00:29:05.420><c> to</c><00:29:05.599><c> get</c><00:29:05.700><c> rid</c><00:29:05.859><c> of</c><00:29:06.059><c> me.</c><00:29:07.160><c> I</c><00:29:07.380><c> never</c><00:29:07.640><c> did</c>

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you<00:29:07.960><c> any</c><00:29:08.200><c> harm.</c><00:29:08.980><c> Why</c><00:29:09.359><c> would</c><00:29:09.599><c> you</c><00:29:09.779><c> want</c><00:29:09.960><c> to</c><00:29:10.180><c> be</c>

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without<00:29:10.619><c> me</c><00:29:10.839><c> now?</c><00:29:12.359><c> And</c><00:29:12.559><c> what's</c><00:29:12.799><c> the</c><00:29:12.980><c> point?</c><00:29:13.460><c> Why</c><00:29:13.640><c> would</c><00:29:13.819><c> you</c>

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want<00:29:14.119><c> to</c><00:29:14.299><c> be</c><00:29:14.420><c> without</c><00:29:14.759><c> the</c><00:29:15.059><c> one</c><00:29:15.220><c> who</c><00:29:15.400><c> is</c><00:29:15.700><c> above</c><00:29:16.099><c> me?</c>

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See<00:29:18.039><c> now,</c><00:29:18.380><c> you</c><00:29:18.559><c> elders,</c><00:29:19.799><c> what</c><00:29:20.039><c> he</c><00:29:20.240><c> has</c><00:29:20.440><c> done</c><00:29:20.680><c> for</c><00:29:20.940><c> you</c><00:29:21.279><c> and</c><00:29:21.460><c> your</c><00:29:21.779><c> fathers,</c><00:29:22.380><c> this</c><00:29:22.839><c> invisible</c><00:29:23.799><c> king</c><00:29:24.480><c> whom</c><00:29:24.900><c> you</c><00:29:25.539><c> have</c>

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deliberately<00:29:27.059><c> replaced</c><00:29:28.299><c> by</c><00:29:29.700><c> an</c><00:29:30.000><c> earthly</c><00:29:30.380><c> king.</c><00:29:32.480><c> And</c><00:29:32.579><c> at</c><00:29:32.759><c> this</c>

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point,<00:29:33.559><c> Samuel</c><00:29:33.779><c> now</c><00:29:34.119><c> wants</c><00:29:34.339><c> to</c><00:29:34.579><c> make</c><00:29:34.720><c> it</c><00:29:35.079><c> absolutely</c>

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clear.<00:29:36.640><c> You</c><00:29:36.779><c> may</c><00:29:37.059><c> be</c><00:29:37.279><c> happy</c><00:29:37.559><c> today,</c><00:29:38.500><c> you</c><00:29:38.700><c> and</c><00:29:38.880><c> your</c><00:29:39.119><c> king,</c><00:29:39.880><c> but</c>

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my<00:29:40.420><c> word,</c><00:29:40.920><c> don't</c><00:29:41.200><c> you</c><00:29:41.460><c> ever</c><00:29:41.819><c> forget</c><00:29:42.200><c> your</c><00:29:42.559><c> obligation</c>

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to<00:29:44.420><c> the</c><00:29:44.660><c> God</c><00:29:45.099><c> who</c><00:29:45.759><c> has</c><00:29:46.119><c> given</c><00:29:46.319><c> you</c><00:29:47.099><c> a</c><00:29:47.400><c> king.</c><00:29:48.640><c> Him</c><00:29:48.859><c> first,</c><00:29:50.220><c> your</c>

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monarch<00:29:50.960><c> second.</c>

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I<00:29:54.440><c> hope</c><00:29:54.740><c> Saul</c><00:29:55.140><c> is</c><00:29:55.359><c> listening</c><00:29:55.660><c> to</c><00:29:55.880><c> this</c><00:29:56.240><c> too.</c><00:29:59.119><c> Verse</c><00:29:59.200><c> seven,</c><00:29:59.819><c> now</c><00:29:59.980><c> therefore</c><00:30:00.420><c> stand</c><00:30:00.720><c> still</c><00:30:01.000><c> that</c><00:30:01.160><c> I</c>

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may<00:30:01.539><c> reason</c><00:30:01.940><c> with</c>

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you<00:30:02.319><c> before</c><00:30:02.660><c> the</c><00:30:02.920><c> Lord</c><00:30:03.119><c> of</c><00:30:03.319><c> all</c><00:30:03.640><c> the</c><00:30:04.319><c> righteous</c><00:30:05.019><c> acts</c><00:30:05.759><c> of</c><00:30:06.140><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:30:06.700><c> which</c><00:30:07.200><c> he</c><00:30:07.440><c> did</c><00:30:07.619><c> to</c><00:30:07.880><c> you</c><00:30:08.640><c> and</c><00:30:09.220><c> your</c><00:30:10.259><c> fathers.</c>

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Righteous<00:30:13.819><c> acts,</c><00:30:15.259><c> punishments</c><00:30:15.700><c> for</c><00:30:16.019><c> sin,</c><00:30:17.640><c> deliverances</c>

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from<00:30:18.339><c> distress</c><00:30:19.079><c> alike</c>

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are<00:30:20.819><c> treated</c><00:30:21.279><c> as</c><00:30:21.660><c> righteous</c><00:30:22.200><c> acts</c><00:30:22.839><c> of</c><00:30:23.240><c> God</c><00:30:23.819><c> in</c><00:30:24.640><c> his</c><00:30:24.960><c> covenant</c>

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with<00:30:25.619><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:30:28.339><c> the</c><00:30:28.619><c> Exodus</c><00:30:28.960><c> and</c><00:30:29.099><c> the</c><00:30:29.339><c> promised</c><00:30:29.640><c> land</c><00:30:29.960><c> is</c><00:30:30.220><c> mentioned</c><00:30:30.500><c> in</c>

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verse<00:30:30.920><c> 8.</c><00:30:32.019><c> They</c><00:30:32.099><c> forgot</c><00:30:32.579><c> the</c><00:30:32.880><c> Lord</c><00:30:33.119><c> in</c><00:30:33.380><c> verse</c><00:30:33.700><c> 9.</c>

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They<00:30:35.019><c> were</c><00:30:35.359><c> sold</c><00:30:35.599><c> to</c><00:30:35.859><c> the</c><00:30:36.099><c> Canaanites</c><00:30:36.559><c> and</c><00:30:36.720><c> to</c><00:30:36.819><c> the</c><00:30:37.019><c> Philistines</c><00:30:37.440><c> and</c><00:30:37.619><c> the</c>

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Moabites.<00:30:38.400><c> They</c><00:30:38.799><c> cried</c><00:30:39.119><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:39.519><c> Lord</c><00:30:39.700><c> in</c><00:30:39.940><c> verse</c><00:30:40.339><c> 10.</c><00:30:41.440><c> They</c><00:30:41.740><c> confessed</c><00:30:42.299><c> their</c><00:30:42.700><c> sinfulness</c>

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and<00:30:43.720><c> they</c><00:30:44.099><c> sought</c><00:30:44.279><c> deliverance</c><00:30:44.900><c> in</c><00:30:45.059><c> verse</c><00:30:45.359><c> 11.</c>

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This<00:30:46.160><c> is</c><00:30:46.400><c> the</c><00:30:46.579><c> book</c><00:30:46.799><c> of</c><00:30:47.039><c> Judges,</c><00:30:47.539><c> brethren</c><00:30:47.680><c> and</c><00:30:47.900><c> sisters.</c><00:30:50.180><c> Will</c><00:30:50.339><c> they</c><00:30:50.539><c> ever</c><00:30:50.839><c> learn</c><00:30:51.059><c> from</c><00:30:51.299><c> their</c><00:30:51.619><c> history?</c><00:30:52.259><c> The</c>

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answer<00:30:52.579><c> is</c><00:30:52.759><c> no,</c><00:30:53.640><c> but</c><00:30:53.740><c> that's</c><00:30:54.059><c> the</c><00:30:54.200><c> question</c><00:30:54.480><c> that's</c><00:30:54.640><c> been</c><00:30:54.960><c> raised.</c><00:30:56.460><c> Every</c><00:30:56.880><c> time</c><00:30:57.180><c> a</c>

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deliverer<00:30:58.019><c> was</c><00:30:58.299><c> raised</c>

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for<00:30:58.759><c> these</c><00:30:59.059><c> people,</c><00:31:00.000><c> he</c><00:31:00.259><c> was</c><00:31:00.599><c> raised</c><00:31:00.920><c> on</c><00:31:01.180><c> the</c><00:31:01.380><c> basis</c><00:31:01.660><c> of</c><00:31:01.880><c> a</c><00:31:02.180><c> nation</c><00:31:02.519><c> that</c><00:31:02.900><c> repented</c><00:31:03.460><c> and</c>

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turned<00:31:04.019><c> to</c><00:31:04.259><c> their</c><00:31:04.440><c> God</c>

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and<00:31:05.279><c> knew</c><00:31:05.640><c> that</c><00:31:05.900><c> of</c><00:31:06.119><c> themselves</c><00:31:06.799><c> there</c><00:31:07.240><c> could</c><00:31:07.480><c> be</c><00:31:07.680><c> no</c><00:31:07.940><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:31:11.299><c> the</c><00:31:11.599><c> moment</c><00:31:11.920><c> the</c><00:31:12.299><c> deliverance</c><00:31:12.759><c> came,</c><00:31:13.660><c> they</c><00:31:14.140><c> turned</c><00:31:14.460><c> their</c><00:31:14.819><c> back</c>

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on<00:31:15.339><c> their</c><00:31:15.660><c> deliverer.</c><00:31:16.359><c> I</c><00:31:16.519><c> mean,</c><00:31:16.900><c> how</c><00:31:17.140><c> often</c>

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do<00:31:17.559><c> you</c><00:31:17.819><c> read</c><00:31:18.079><c> that?</c><00:31:19.440><c> I</c><00:31:19.740><c> mean</c><00:31:19.740><c> Samuel</c><00:31:20.039><c> is</c><00:31:20.259><c> no</c><00:31:20.519><c> fool.</c><00:31:23.240><c> This</c><00:31:23.440><c> is</c>

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why<00:31:23.819><c> this</c><00:31:24.119><c> speech</c><00:31:24.400><c> here</c><00:31:24.660><c> in</c><00:31:25.079><c> chapter</c><00:31:25.420><c> 12</c><00:31:25.599><c> is</c><00:31:25.759><c> just</c><00:31:25.980><c> so</c>

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important<00:31:26.680><c> for</c><00:31:26.900><c> the</c><00:31:27.099><c> nation</c><00:31:27.400><c> as</c><00:31:27.619><c> it</c><00:31:27.740><c> is</c><00:31:27.940><c> for</c><00:31:28.200><c> Saul.</c><00:31:29.680><c> They</c><00:31:29.839><c> are</c>

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over<00:31:30.420><c> the</c><00:31:30.720><c> moon</c><00:31:30.980><c> with</c><00:31:31.240><c> the</c><00:31:31.440><c> king,</c><00:31:33.099><c> but</c><00:31:33.359><c> he</c><00:31:33.619><c> knows</c><00:31:34.059><c> that</c>

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they<00:31:34.420><c> were</c><00:31:34.660><c> over</c><00:31:34.940><c> the</c><00:31:35.160><c> moon</c><00:31:35.380><c> any</c><00:31:35.799><c> number</c><00:31:36.099><c> of</c><00:31:36.380><c> times</c><00:31:36.859><c> with</c><00:31:37.500><c> their</c><00:31:37.940><c> judges</c><00:31:38.619><c> and</c>

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look<00:31:40.940><c> at</c><00:31:41.200><c> you</c><00:31:41.480><c> now.</c>

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Well,<00:31:45.880><c> the</c><00:31:46.380><c> subplot,</c><00:31:47.160><c> brethren</c><00:31:47.299><c> and</c><00:31:47.579><c> sisters,</c><00:31:47.740><c> is</c><00:31:47.960><c> for</c><00:31:48.039><c> you</c>

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and<00:31:48.319><c> for</c><00:31:48.559><c> me.</c><00:31:50.119><c> Just</c><00:31:50.400><c> where</c><00:31:50.779><c> is</c><00:31:51.220><c> your</c><00:31:51.700><c> faith?</c>

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Just<00:31:54.339><c> in</c><00:31:54.680><c> whose</c><00:31:55.019><c> hand</c><00:31:55.599><c> is</c><00:31:56.019><c> yours?</c><00:31:58.839><c> How</c><00:31:59.299><c> much</c><00:31:59.700><c> is</c><00:31:59.960><c> the</c><00:32:00.259><c> issue</c><00:32:00.539><c> of</c>

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deliverance<00:32:02.019><c> part</c><00:32:02.539><c> of</c><00:32:02.859><c> your</c><00:32:03.240><c> thinking?</c>

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And<00:32:06.559><c> therefore</c><00:32:07.160><c> of</c><00:32:07.420><c> your</c><00:32:07.759><c> gratitude?</c>

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I<00:32:13.539><c> may</c><00:32:13.740><c> be</c><00:32:13.960><c> speaking</c><00:32:14.200><c> out</c><00:32:14.440><c> of</c><00:32:14.660><c> turn</c><00:32:14.819><c> here</c><00:32:15.059><c> in</c><00:32:15.200><c> the</c><00:32:15.420><c> States,</c><00:32:16.299><c> but</c>

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back<00:32:17.099><c> home,</c><00:32:18.000><c> I</c><00:32:18.279><c> don't</c><00:32:18.539><c> hear</c><00:32:18.759><c> too</c><00:32:19.119><c> much</c>

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amongst<00:32:19.920><c> ourselves</c><00:32:20.660><c> about</c><00:32:21.339><c> the</c><00:32:21.579><c> issue</c><00:32:21.839><c> of</c><00:32:22.039><c> being</c><00:32:22.240><c> ransomed.</c>

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I<00:32:24.539><c> don't</c><00:32:24.700><c> hear</c><00:32:24.880><c> too</c><00:32:25.279><c> much</c><00:32:25.599><c> about</c><00:32:26.000><c> being</c>

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redeemed.<00:32:28.140><c> I</c><00:32:28.319><c> don't</c><00:32:28.500><c> hear</c><00:32:28.660><c> too</c><00:32:28.980><c> much</c><00:32:29.200><c> about</c><00:32:29.480><c> being</c><00:32:30.059><c> delivered.</c><00:32:31.759><c> And</c><00:32:31.980><c> the</c>

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word<00:32:32.339><c> delivered</c><00:32:32.799><c> being</c><00:32:33.039><c> used</c>

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in<00:32:33.440><c> the</c><00:32:33.559><c> sense</c><00:32:33.940><c> of</c><00:32:34.579><c> some</c><00:32:34.960><c> great</c><00:32:35.380><c> escape.</c><00:32:38.519><c> We</c><00:32:38.519><c> are</c><00:32:38.799><c> where</c><00:32:38.980><c> we</c><00:32:39.180><c> are</c><00:32:39.400><c> now</c><00:32:39.759><c> because</c><00:32:40.140><c> of</c>

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some<00:32:40.599><c> great</c><00:32:40.920><c> escape.</c>

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And<00:32:42.819><c> it</c><00:32:42.920><c> was</c><00:32:43.079><c> not</c><00:32:43.279><c> our</c><00:32:43.500><c> doing.</c><00:32:44.920><c> It</c><00:32:45.059><c> was</c><00:32:45.240><c> the</c><00:32:45.400><c> doing</c><00:32:45.539><c> of</c><00:32:45.759><c> the</c><00:32:45.940><c> Lord.</c><00:32:47.339><c> Let's</c><00:32:47.799><c> be</c>

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listening<00:32:48.299><c> to</c><00:32:48.579><c> Samuel</c><00:32:48.859><c> here</c>

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as<00:32:50.460><c> we</c><00:32:50.779><c> hope</c><00:32:51.039><c> the</c><00:32:51.279><c> people</c><00:32:51.539><c> are</c><00:32:52.380><c> and</c><00:32:53.279><c> Saul.</c><00:32:55.420><c> And</c><00:32:55.519><c> then,</c><00:32:56.259><c> this</c><00:32:56.819><c> is</c>

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just<00:32:57.279><c> so</c><00:32:57.619><c> good,</c><00:32:57.779><c> isn't</c><00:32:57.920><c> it?</c><00:32:58.059><c> Verse</c><00:32:58.359><c> 11,</c>

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The<00:32:59.220><c> Lord</c><00:32:59.539><c> sent</c><00:32:59.900><c> Jeroboel</c><00:33:00.500><c> in</c><00:33:01.099><c> names</c><00:33:01.480><c> names</c><00:33:01.799><c> here.</c><00:33:02.420><c> Look</c><00:33:02.940><c> at</c>

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this<00:33:03.160><c> right</c><00:33:03.319><c> at</c><00:33:03.500><c> the</c><00:33:03.579><c> end</c><00:33:03.740><c> of</c><00:33:03.819><c> verse</c><00:33:04.019><c> 11,</c>

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delivered<00:33:05.660><c> you</c><00:33:05.839><c> out</c><00:33:05.980><c> of</c><00:33:06.059><c> the</c><00:33:06.160><c> hand</c><00:33:06.240><c> of</c><00:33:06.400><c> your</c><00:33:06.579><c> enemies</c><00:33:06.720><c> on</c><00:33:06.960><c> every</c><00:33:07.259><c> side</c>

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and<00:33:07.980><c> you</c><00:33:08.279><c> dwelt</c><00:33:09.339><c> in</c><00:33:10.799><c> safety.</c>

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:20.700
Well,<00:33:15.240><c> what</c><00:33:15.539><c> else</c><00:33:15.779><c> would</c><00:33:15.980><c> you</c><00:33:16.259><c> like?</c><00:33:19.259><c> They</c><00:33:19.579><c> were</c><00:33:19.900><c> safe.</c>

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:28.339
And<00:33:25.000><c> what</c><00:33:25.180><c> do</c><00:33:25.240><c> they</c><00:33:25.400><c> do</c><00:33:25.519><c> in</c><00:33:25.700><c> return?</c><00:33:27.680><c> Well,</c><00:33:27.759><c> they</c><00:33:27.880><c> ask</c><00:33:28.019><c> for</c><00:33:28.200><c> a</c>

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:31.240
king,<00:33:29.619><c> like</c><00:33:29.900><c> all</c><00:33:30.119><c> the</c><00:33:30.259><c> other</c><00:33:30.400><c> nations.</c>

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Verse<00:33:34.259><c> 13,</c><00:33:34.700><c> Now</c><00:33:34.900><c> therefore</c><00:33:35.240><c> behold,</c><00:33:36.519><c> the</c><00:33:36.559><c> king</c><00:33:37.079><c> whom</c><00:33:37.440><c> you</c><00:33:38.059><c> have</c><00:33:38.319><c> chosen</c><00:33:38.960><c> and</c>

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whom<00:33:40.079><c> you</c><00:33:40.700><c> have</c><00:33:40.980><c> desired,</c>

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behold,<00:33:43.519><c> the</c><00:33:43.720><c> Lord</c><00:33:44.619><c> hath</c><00:33:45.180><c> set</c><00:33:45.880><c> a</c><00:33:46.460><c> king</c><00:33:46.920><c> over</c><00:33:47.859><c> you.</c><00:33:49.339><c> Watch</c><00:33:49.680><c> the</c><00:33:49.940><c> language.</c>

00:33:53.700 --> 00:34:00.680
God<00:33:54.519><c> placed</c><00:33:55.339><c> the</c><00:33:55.680><c> king</c><00:33:56.339><c> over</c><00:33:57.400><c> the</c><00:33:57.700><c> people.</c><00:33:59.299><c> This</c><00:33:59.740><c> now</c><00:34:00.140><c> is</c><00:34:00.440><c> the</c>

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.700
thrust<00:34:01.019><c> of</c><00:34:01.740><c> the</c><00:34:01.980><c> remainder</c><00:34:02.259><c> of</c><00:34:02.440><c> what</c>

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:06.799
Samuel<00:34:03.059><c> wants</c><00:34:03.400><c> to</c><00:34:03.700><c> say.</c><00:34:04.559><c> Their</c><00:34:04.980><c> king,</c><00:34:05.900><c> for</c><00:34:06.099><c> all</c><00:34:06.359><c> that</c><00:34:06.500><c> they</c>

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:08.460
thought<00:34:07.019><c> they</c><00:34:07.220><c> had</c><00:34:07.519><c> chosen,</c>

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:14.699
their<00:34:09.019><c> king</c><00:34:09.480><c> was</c><00:34:10.579><c> God</c><00:34:11.280><c> given.</c><00:34:12.380><c> And</c><00:34:13.099><c> now</c><00:34:13.480><c> see</c><00:34:13.860><c> that</c><00:34:14.260><c> some</c><00:34:14.460><c> of</c>

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.980
your<00:34:14.719><c> places</c><00:34:15.039><c> before</c><00:34:15.400><c> the</c><00:34:15.639><c> nation</c>

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:20.219
conditions<00:34:16.860><c> for</c><00:34:17.179><c> God's</c><00:34:17.900><c> continuing</c><00:34:18.300><c> blessing.</c><00:34:18.960><c> They're</c><00:34:19.559><c> piled</c><00:34:19.840><c> on</c>

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:22.380
one<00:34:20.719><c> at</c><00:34:21.039><c> a</c><00:34:21.219><c> time.</c><00:34:21.659><c> Verse</c><00:34:21.699><c> 14,</c>

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:29.320
If<00:34:22.980><c> you</c><00:34:23.280><c> will</c><00:34:23.579><c> fear</c><00:34:23.800><c> the</c><00:34:24.239><c> Lord</c><00:34:24.539><c> and</c><00:34:25.159><c> serve</c><00:34:25.619><c> him,</c><00:34:26.619><c> that's</c><00:34:26.900><c> interesting.</c><00:34:27.820><c> I</c><00:34:27.980><c> hope</c><00:34:28.119><c> Saul's</c><00:34:28.440><c> listening</c><00:34:28.659><c> to</c><00:34:28.880><c> this</c>

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:34.679
and<00:34:30.019><c> serve</c><00:34:30.400><c> him</c><00:34:30.940><c> and</c><00:34:31.340><c> obey</c><00:34:31.599><c> his</c><00:34:31.980><c> voice</c><00:34:32.340><c> and</c><00:34:32.820><c> not</c><00:34:33.099><c> rebel</c><00:34:33.500><c> against</c><00:34:33.840><c> the</c><00:34:34.119><c> commandment</c><00:34:34.500><c> of</c>

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.019
the<00:34:34.840><c> Lord,</c>

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:39.280
then<00:34:35.599><c> shall</c><00:34:35.920><c> both</c><00:34:36.320><c> you</c><00:34:36.739><c> and</c><00:34:37.260><c> also</c><00:34:37.679><c> the</c><00:34:37.900><c> king</c><00:34:38.079><c> that</c><00:34:38.320><c> reigns</c><00:34:38.659><c> over</c><00:34:38.920><c> you</c>

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:41.599
continue<00:34:40.059><c> following</c><00:34:40.480><c> the</c><00:34:40.780><c> Lord</c><00:34:41.000><c> your</c><00:34:41.260><c> God.</c>

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:45.480
But<00:34:42.260><c> if</c><00:34:42.719><c> you</c><00:34:42.960><c> will</c><00:34:43.239><c> not</c><00:34:43.539><c> obey</c><00:34:43.980><c> the</c><00:34:44.280><c> voice</c><00:34:44.539><c> of</c><00:34:44.719><c> the</c><00:34:44.880><c> Lord,</c><00:34:45.320><c> but</c>

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.280
rebel<00:34:45.840><c> against</c><00:34:46.179><c> the</c><00:34:46.480><c> commandment</c><00:34:46.840><c> of</c><00:34:46.980><c> the</c><00:34:47.099><c> Lord,</c>

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:50.760
then<00:34:47.780><c> shall</c><00:34:48.079><c> the</c><00:34:48.340><c> hand</c><00:34:48.619><c> of</c><00:34:48.840><c> the</c><00:34:49.019><c> Lord</c><00:34:49.320><c> be</c><00:34:49.639><c> against</c><00:34:50.059><c> you</c><00:34:50.320><c> as</c><00:34:50.500><c> it</c>

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:52.739
was<00:34:50.980><c> against</c><00:34:51.320><c> your</c><00:34:51.639><c> fathers.</c>

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:59.300
And<00:34:55.519><c> that's</c><00:34:55.840><c> a</c><00:34:55.940><c> good</c><00:34:56.099><c> deal</c><00:34:56.280><c> more</c><00:34:56.619><c> serious</c><00:34:57.059><c> than</c><00:34:57.460><c> Nahash,</c><00:34:59.159><c> the</c>

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:02.900
Ammonite,<00:35:01.539><c> as</c><00:35:01.880><c> an</c><00:35:02.099><c> enemy.</c>

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:11.780
You<00:35:06.860><c> see,</c><00:35:07.579><c> Samuel</c><00:35:07.719><c> makes</c><00:35:08.079><c> it</c><00:35:08.300><c> very</c><00:35:08.699><c> plain</c><00:35:09.039><c> to</c><00:35:09.380><c> Israel</c><00:35:09.960><c> that</c><00:35:10.699><c> the</c><00:35:11.019><c> monarchy</c><00:35:11.480><c> in</c>

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:15.000
itself<00:35:12.380><c> is</c><00:35:13.039><c> never</c><00:35:13.480><c> going</c><00:35:14.300><c> to</c>

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:19.940
save<00:35:15.280><c> them</c><00:35:16.159><c> from</c><00:35:16.719><c> the</c><00:35:16.920><c> ups</c><00:35:17.199><c> and</c><00:35:17.440><c> downs</c><00:35:17.659><c> of</c><00:35:17.900><c> the</c><00:35:18.119><c> past.</c><00:35:19.599><c> Samuel</c>

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:22.340
drives<00:35:20.440><c> home</c><00:35:20.840><c> into</c><00:35:21.159><c> the</c><00:35:21.420><c> hearts</c><00:35:21.659><c> of</c><00:35:21.880><c> the</c><00:35:22.079><c> people</c>

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:25.519
and<00:35:22.639><c> their</c><00:35:22.820><c> new</c><00:35:23.099><c> king,</c><00:35:23.699><c> the</c><00:35:23.780><c> great</c><00:35:24.139><c> truth</c><00:35:24.639><c> that</c><00:35:25.059><c> comes</c><00:35:25.280><c> from</c>

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:29.039
the<00:35:25.739><c> past,</c><00:35:26.280><c> full</c><00:35:26.719><c> of</c><00:35:27.059><c> sin</c><00:35:27.300><c> and</c><00:35:27.719><c> sorrow,</c>

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:35.179
yet<00:35:30.400><c> forgiven,</c><00:35:32.039><c> that</c><00:35:32.260><c> even</c><00:35:32.599><c> their</c><00:35:33.059><c> present</c><00:35:33.420><c> act,</c><00:35:34.219><c> which</c><00:35:34.480><c> bordered</c><00:35:34.940><c> on</c>

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ingratitude<00:35:35.960><c> towards</c><00:35:36.340><c> the</c><00:35:36.579><c> Almighty,</c>

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:42.719
would<00:35:37.920><c> have</c><00:35:38.280><c> no</c><00:35:38.679><c> evil</c><00:35:39.099><c> consequences</c><00:35:39.920><c> so</c><00:35:40.519><c> long</c><00:35:40.980><c> as</c><00:35:41.760><c> the</c><00:35:42.039><c> people</c>

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:48.260
and<00:35:43.219><c> their</c><00:35:43.539><c> king</c><00:35:44.519><c> obeyed</c><00:35:46.599><c> the</c><00:35:46.739><c> real</c><00:35:47.099><c> king.</c>

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:53.500
Are<00:35:49.139><c> these</c><00:35:49.239><c> strong</c><00:35:49.559><c> words</c><00:35:50.340><c> from</c><00:35:50.820><c> Samuel?</c><00:35:52.000><c> And</c><00:35:52.460><c> to</c><00:35:52.719><c> ratify</c><00:35:53.260><c> the</c>

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:58.519
renewal<00:35:53.880><c> of</c><00:35:54.159><c> the</c><00:35:54.380><c> covenant</c><00:35:54.599><c> and</c><00:35:54.820><c> to</c><00:35:54.960><c> confirm</c><00:35:55.340><c> the</c>

00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:02.420
time<00:35:58.780><c> from</c><00:35:59.139><c> heaven.</c><00:36:00.460><c> Verse</c><00:36:00.780><c> 16.</c><00:36:01.539><c> Now</c><00:36:01.619><c> therefore</c><00:36:01.920><c> stand</c><00:36:02.239><c> and</c>

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:04.139
see<00:36:02.579><c> this</c><00:36:02.780><c> great</c><00:36:03.019><c> thing</c><00:36:03.199><c> which</c><00:36:03.360><c> the</c><00:36:03.539><c> Lord</c><00:36:03.659><c> will</c><00:36:03.940><c> do</c>

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:07.860
before<00:36:04.440><c> your</c><00:36:04.659><c> eyes.</c><00:36:05.059><c> Is</c><00:36:05.219><c> it</c><00:36:05.380><c> not</c><00:36:05.539><c> wheat</c><00:36:05.739><c> harvest?</c><00:36:06.820><c> I</c><00:36:07.039><c> will</c><00:36:07.260><c> call</c><00:36:07.460><c> unto</c><00:36:07.639><c> the</c>

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:09.539
Lord<00:36:08.039><c> and</c><00:36:08.159><c> he</c><00:36:08.260><c> will</c><00:36:08.440><c> send</c><00:36:08.739><c> thunder</c><00:36:09.119><c> and</c>

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:12.719
rain<00:36:09.739><c> and</c><00:36:10.119><c> you</c><00:36:10.320><c> may</c><00:36:10.500><c> perceive</c><00:36:10.940><c> and</c><00:36:11.300><c> see</c><00:36:11.420><c> that</c><00:36:11.619><c> your</c><00:36:11.880><c> wickedness</c><00:36:12.280><c> is</c><00:36:12.519><c> great,</c>

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:14.139
which<00:36:13.139><c> you</c><00:36:13.360><c> have</c><00:36:13.579><c> done</c><00:36:13.739><c> in</c><00:36:13.980><c> the</c>

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:17.159
sight<00:36:14.280><c> of</c><00:36:14.460><c> the</c><00:36:14.579><c> Lord</c><00:36:14.699><c> in</c><00:36:14.900><c> asking</c><00:36:15.139><c> your</c><00:36:15.400><c> king.</c><00:36:16.019><c> So</c><00:36:16.300><c> Samuel</c><00:36:16.599><c> called</c><00:36:16.960><c> unto</c>

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:18.880
the<00:36:17.380><c> Lord</c><00:36:17.559><c> and</c><00:36:17.820><c> the</c><00:36:18.019><c> Lord</c><00:36:18.239><c> sent</c><00:36:18.519><c> thunder</c>

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:22.659
and<00:36:19.159><c> rain</c><00:36:19.360><c> that</c><00:36:19.719><c> day</c><00:36:20.019><c> and</c><00:36:20.300><c> all</c><00:36:20.559><c> the</c><00:36:20.780><c> people</c><00:36:21.260><c> greatly</c><00:36:22.059><c> feared</c>

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:25.699
the<00:36:23.179><c> Lord</c><00:36:23.719><c> and</c><00:36:24.599><c> Samuel.</c>

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:34.400
The<00:36:29.219><c> timing,</c><00:36:30.239><c> if</c><00:36:30.500><c> my</c><00:36:31.059><c> reading</c><00:36:31.440><c> of</c><00:36:31.780><c> this</c><00:36:32.119><c> is</c><00:36:32.500><c> right,</c><00:36:33.539><c> about</c><00:36:33.840><c> being</c><00:36:34.159><c> the</c>

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.860
day<00:36:34.820><c> of</c><00:36:35.139><c> wheat,</c>

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:41.340
is<00:36:36.059><c> something</c><00:36:36.539><c> in</c><00:36:37.199><c> the</c><00:36:37.539><c> region</c><00:36:38.159><c> of,</c><00:36:39.000><c> I've</c><00:36:39.619><c> lost</c><00:36:39.820><c> me</c><00:36:40.019><c> notes</c><00:36:40.239><c> here,</c><00:36:41.019><c> mid</c>

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:43.619
-May<00:36:41.800><c> to</c><00:36:42.420><c> mid</c><00:36:42.739><c>-June.</c>

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:51.460
A<00:36:46.320><c> dry</c><00:36:46.760><c> period</c><00:36:47.539><c> should</c><00:36:48.960><c> never</c><00:36:49.199><c> be</c><00:36:49.440><c> a</c><00:36:49.559><c> thunderstorm,</c><00:36:51.119><c> it</c><00:36:51.119><c> should</c><00:36:51.199><c> never</c>

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:56.780
be<00:36:51.699><c> rain.</c><00:36:53.599><c> It</c><00:36:53.780><c> was</c><00:36:54.039><c> completely</c><00:36:55.199><c> unexpected</c>

00:36:57.420 --> 00:37:01.719
and<00:36:58.019><c> the</c><00:36:58.239><c> fact</c><00:36:58.480><c> that</c><00:36:58.840><c> Samuel</c><00:36:59.219><c> could</c><00:36:59.559><c> call</c><00:36:59.800><c> upon</c><00:37:00.179><c> the</c><00:37:00.440><c> Lord</c><00:37:00.940><c> to</c>

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:04.900
give<00:37:01.960><c> just</c><00:37:02.300><c> that</c><00:37:02.619><c> sign</c><00:37:03.059><c> was</c><00:37:04.099><c> quite</c><00:37:04.380><c> sufficient,</c>

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:09.239
as<00:37:05.219><c> you</c><00:37:05.380><c> can</c><00:37:05.619><c> see</c><00:37:06.000><c> when</c><00:37:06.320><c> you've</c><00:37:06.500><c> just</c><00:37:06.739><c> read</c><00:37:06.940><c> there.</c><00:37:08.119><c> Verse</c><00:37:08.199><c> 18.</c>

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:12.219
So<00:37:09.619><c> fear</c><00:37:10.000><c> amongst</c><00:37:10.480><c> the</c><00:37:10.760><c> people,</c><00:37:11.380><c> so</c><00:37:11.500><c> much</c><00:37:11.699><c> so</c><00:37:11.980><c> now</c>

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:20.179
you'll<00:37:12.539><c> see</c><00:37:12.820><c> that</c><00:37:13.320><c> they</c><00:37:14.159><c> ask</c><00:37:14.659><c> Samuel</c><00:37:15.280><c> to</c><00:37:15.820><c> intercede</c><00:37:16.420><c> for</c><00:37:16.719><c> them.</c><00:37:19.599><c> See,</c>

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:22.360
down<00:37:20.619><c> to</c><00:37:20.780><c> verse</c><00:37:21.000><c> 19.</c><00:37:21.559><c> All</c><00:37:21.719><c> the</c><00:37:21.960><c> people</c><00:37:22.199><c> said</c>

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:26.320
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00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:28.980
die<00:37:26.460><c> not,</c><00:37:27.460><c> for</c><00:37:27.619><c> we</c><00:37:27.900><c> have</c><00:37:28.199><c> added</c><00:37:28.519><c> unto</c>

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:40.039
all<00:37:29.300><c> our</c><00:37:29.920><c> sins</c><00:37:30.260><c> this</c><00:37:31.019><c> evil,</c><00:37:32.840><c> to</c><00:37:32.840><c> ask</c><00:37:33.219><c> us</c><00:37:34.119><c> a</c><00:37:35.260><c> king.</c><00:37:36.960><c> Ah,</c><00:37:37.619><c> at</c><00:37:37.880><c> last,</c><00:37:39.780><c> the</c>

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:43.119
penny<00:37:40.440><c> has</c><00:37:42.159><c> dropped.</c>

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:53.860
That<00:37:44.800><c> is</c><00:37:45.219><c> the</c><00:37:45.559><c> point</c><00:37:46.239><c> that</c><00:37:46.880><c> Samuel</c><00:37:47.360><c> wants</c><00:37:48.179><c> to</c><00:37:48.599><c> get</c><00:37:48.739><c> across.</c><00:37:51.119><c> Well,</c><00:37:52.320><c> even</c><00:37:52.800><c> this,</c><00:37:53.699><c> as</c>

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:55.619
verse<00:37:54.099><c> 20</c><00:37:54.420><c> makes</c><00:37:54.820><c> plain,</c>

00:37:55.599 --> 00:38:02.860
is<00:37:55.920><c> a</c><00:37:56.260><c> sin</c><00:37:56.480><c> that</c><00:37:56.719><c> can</c><00:37:56.940><c> be</c><00:37:57.179><c> forgiven</c><00:37:57.920><c> and</c><00:37:59.039><c> has</c><00:37:59.340><c> already</c><00:37:59.800><c> been</c><00:38:00.159><c> forgiven</c><00:38:00.780><c> and</c><00:38:01.539><c> Samuel</c><00:38:01.760><c> repeats</c><00:38:02.219><c> his</c><00:38:02.440><c> appeal</c><00:38:02.679><c> to</c>

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:07.219
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nothing<00:38:07.440><c> there,</c>

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they<00:38:08.039><c> are</c><00:38:08.280><c> vain</c><00:38:08.519><c> things</c><00:38:09.139><c> and</c><00:38:10.320><c> reminds</c><00:38:10.619><c> them</c><00:38:10.980><c> of</c><00:38:11.360><c> his</c><00:38:12.000><c> great</c><00:38:12.440><c> love</c><00:38:12.760><c> though</c><00:38:13.119><c> through</c><00:38:13.539><c> the</c><00:38:13.840><c> simple</c><00:38:14.360><c> doctrine</c><00:38:14.940><c> of</c>

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:21.519
for<00:38:16.739><c> his</c><00:38:17.099><c> own</c><00:38:18.019><c> name's</c><00:38:18.980><c> sake,</c><00:38:19.280><c> God</c><00:38:19.659><c> will</c><00:38:19.940><c> do</c><00:38:20.199><c> all</c><00:38:20.579><c> he</c><00:38:20.840><c> has</c><00:38:21.179><c> ever</c>

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:25.760
done<00:38:21.880><c> for</c><00:38:22.679><c> his</c><00:38:23.039><c> people.</c><00:38:25.019><c> And</c><00:38:25.159><c> in</c><00:38:25.340><c> the</c><00:38:25.480><c> end,</c>

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:28.280
it<00:38:26.000><c> seems</c><00:38:26.239><c> to</c><00:38:26.440><c> me,</c><00:38:26.760><c> and</c><00:38:26.840><c> I've</c><00:38:27.159><c> skipped</c><00:38:27.420><c> right</c><00:38:27.760><c> through</c><00:38:27.940><c> now,</c>

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:31.019
I've<00:38:29.000><c> just</c><00:38:29.380><c> seen</c><00:38:29.559><c> the</c><00:38:29.760><c> time</c><00:38:29.940><c> here,</c><00:38:30.619><c> skip</c><00:38:30.760><c> right</c>

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:34.500
through<00:38:31.139><c> to</c><00:38:31.260><c> verse</c><00:38:31.460><c> 23.</c><00:38:32.219><c> I</c><00:38:32.460><c> think</c><00:38:32.539><c> this</c><00:38:32.679><c> is</c><00:38:32.820><c> a</c><00:38:33.119><c> marvellous</c><00:38:33.599><c> statement</c><00:38:33.940><c> from</c><00:38:34.239><c> a</c>

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marvellous<00:38:34.940><c> man.</c>

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Moreover,<00:38:38.139><c> as</c><00:38:38.239><c> for</c><00:38:38.460><c> me,</c><00:38:40.159><c> God</c><00:38:40.460><c> forbid</c><00:38:40.920><c> that</c><00:38:41.139><c> I</c><00:38:41.400><c> should</c><00:38:41.679><c> sin</c><00:38:41.920><c> against</c><00:38:42.320><c> the</c>

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:46.539
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that<00:38:47.800><c> I</c><00:38:48.000><c> will</c><00:38:48.280><c> teach</c><00:38:48.659><c> you</c><00:38:49.480><c> the</c><00:38:49.840><c> good</c><00:38:50.360><c> and</c><00:38:51.199><c> right</c><00:38:51.440><c> way.</c>

00:38:54.159 --> 00:39:00.739
You<00:38:54.659><c> see,</c><00:38:56.539><c> they</c><00:38:56.800><c> had</c><00:38:57.099><c> shown</c><00:38:57.360><c> him</c><00:38:57.840><c> ingratitude</c><00:38:58.880><c> and</c><00:38:59.980><c> he</c><00:39:00.360><c> could</c>

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in<00:39:01.780><c> the</c><00:39:02.159><c> quietest</c><00:39:02.639><c> way</c><00:39:02.860><c> possible</c><00:39:03.300><c> have</c><00:39:03.519><c> said,</c>

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okay,<00:39:04.579><c> that's</c><00:39:04.820><c> the</c><00:39:04.880><c> way</c><00:39:05.019><c> it</c><00:39:05.179><c> is,</c><00:39:05.880><c> fine,</c><00:39:07.960><c> just</c><00:39:08.099><c> gently</c><00:39:08.559><c> slide</c>

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:12.539
away<00:39:09.239><c> off</c><00:39:09.519><c> the</c><00:39:09.760><c> stage,</c><00:39:11.079><c> go</c><00:39:11.219><c> somewhere</c><00:39:11.639><c> else</c><00:39:12.019><c> and</c>

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:16.000
just<00:39:13.079><c> fade</c><00:39:13.300><c> off</c><00:39:13.719><c> the</c><00:39:13.940><c> scene</c><00:39:14.139><c> altogether</c><00:39:14.659><c> and</c><00:39:14.880><c> have</c><00:39:15.420><c> no</c><00:39:15.760><c> more</c>

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:17.820
to<00:39:16.199><c> do</c><00:39:16.320><c> with</c><00:39:16.539><c> any</c><00:39:16.840><c> of</c><00:39:16.960><c> it.</c>

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:24.239
But<00:39:19.260><c> that</c><00:39:19.320><c> isn't</c><00:39:19.559><c> the</c><00:39:19.739><c> man</c><00:39:19.980><c> Samuel.</c><00:39:21.960><c> Samuel</c><00:39:22.440><c> loves</c><00:39:22.940><c> his</c><00:39:23.280><c> Lord,</c>

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:28.980
his<00:39:25.159><c> God,</c><00:39:27.260><c> and</c><00:39:27.460><c> therefore</c><00:39:27.860><c> he</c><00:39:28.099><c> loves</c><00:39:28.460><c> God's</c>

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:36.300
inheritance.<00:39:31.880><c> And</c><00:39:32.199><c> he</c><00:39:32.380><c> just</c><00:39:32.699><c> was</c><00:39:32.920><c> not</c><00:39:33.119><c> in</c><00:39:33.400><c> this</c><00:39:33.760><c> man</c><00:39:34.199><c> to</c><00:39:35.500><c> go</c><00:39:35.780><c> home</c><00:39:36.039><c> in</c>

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:37.460
a<00:39:36.460><c> sulk,</c>

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:45.260
but<00:39:38.719><c> he's</c><00:39:39.159><c> anxious</c><00:39:39.820><c> to</c><00:39:40.900><c> pray,</c><00:39:42.119><c> pray,</c><00:39:43.400><c> pray</c><00:39:43.900><c> for</c><00:39:44.079><c> his</c><00:39:44.380><c> people.</c>

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:48.059
He<00:39:45.800><c> has</c><00:39:46.119><c> the</c><00:39:46.840><c> interests</c><00:39:47.260><c> of</c><00:39:47.440><c> his</c><00:39:47.579><c> own</c><00:39:47.820><c> people</c>

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:53.519
very<00:39:48.340><c> much</c><00:39:48.500><c> at</c><00:39:48.780><c> heart.</c><00:39:50.639><c> And</c><00:39:50.960><c> I</c><00:39:51.239><c> just</c><00:39:51.460><c> think</c><00:39:51.579><c> that's</c><00:39:52.119><c> a</c><00:39:52.420><c> marvellous</c><00:39:52.900><c> statement</c><00:39:53.239><c> from</c>

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:58.380
this<00:39:53.780><c> man.</c><00:39:57.739><c> He's</c>

00:39:58.380 --> 00:40:06.639
more<00:39:58.619><c> than</c><00:39:58.940><c> this.</c><00:40:02.840><c> Though</c><00:40:03.079><c> there</c><00:40:03.400><c> is</c><00:40:03.579><c> now</c><00:40:03.840><c> a</c><00:40:04.159><c> permanent</c><00:40:04.639><c> source</c><00:40:05.039><c> of</c><00:40:05.320><c> authority</c><00:40:05.880><c> in</c>

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:08.559
the<00:40:06.940><c> form</c><00:40:07.159><c> of</c><00:40:07.420><c> a</c><00:40:07.659><c> king,</c>

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:13.119
and<00:40:10.320><c> Samuel's</c><00:40:10.880><c> days</c><00:40:11.039><c> as</c><00:40:11.260><c> a</c><00:40:11.480><c> judge</c><00:40:11.659><c> are</c><00:40:11.880><c> now</c><00:40:12.139><c> numbered,</c><00:40:12.840><c> there</c>

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:17.420
was<00:40:13.460><c> one</c><00:40:13.960><c> office,</c><00:40:15.400><c> one</c><00:40:15.900><c> office</c><00:40:16.519><c> higher</c><00:40:17.059><c> still</c>

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:21.760
that<00:40:17.760><c> remained</c><00:40:18.480><c> untouched</c><00:40:19.599><c> by</c><00:40:20.019><c> the</c><00:40:20.380><c> great</c><00:40:20.940><c> constitutional</c>

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change<00:40:22.420><c> that</c><00:40:22.940><c> we</c><00:40:23.340><c> are</c><00:40:23.599><c> witnessing</c><00:40:24.139><c> here</c><00:40:24.920><c> right</c><00:40:25.440><c> now.</c>

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And<00:40:26.519><c> that</c><00:40:26.760><c> office</c><00:40:27.219><c> is</c><00:40:28.420><c> the</c><00:40:28.639><c> office</c><00:40:29.320><c> of</c><00:40:29.760><c> a</c><00:40:30.099><c> prophet.</c><00:40:32.460><c> I</c><00:40:32.500><c> will</c>

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:35.820
teach<00:40:33.219><c> you</c><00:40:33.539><c> the</c><00:40:33.880><c> good</c><00:40:34.159><c> and</c><00:40:34.780><c> right</c><00:40:35.280><c> way.</c>

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:41.280
And<00:40:36.360><c> what's</c><00:40:36.719><c> that?</c><00:40:37.440><c> Here</c><00:40:37.539><c> it</c><00:40:37.639><c> is</c><00:40:37.800><c> in</c><00:40:37.940><c> verse</c><00:40:38.099><c> 24,</c><00:40:38.659><c> only</c><00:40:39.039><c> fear</c><00:40:39.420><c> the</c><00:40:39.719><c> Lord,</c><00:40:40.280><c> serve</c><00:40:40.719><c> him</c><00:40:40.920><c> in</c>

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truth<00:40:41.480><c> with</c><00:40:41.800><c> all</c><00:40:42.059><c> your</c><00:40:42.380><c> heart</c>

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:50.159
and<00:40:43.139><c> consider</c><00:40:43.840><c> how</c><00:40:44.579><c> great</c><00:40:44.980><c> things</c><00:40:45.519><c> he</c><00:40:46.000><c> has</c><00:40:46.300><c> done</c><00:40:46.699><c> for</c><00:40:47.019><c> you.</c><00:40:48.380><c> And</c><00:40:48.760><c> that</c><00:40:49.260><c> is</c>

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:53.500
a<00:40:50.320><c> verse</c><00:40:50.719><c> that</c><00:40:51.380><c> is</c><00:40:51.719><c> true</c><00:40:52.000><c> for</c><00:40:52.360><c> a</c><00:40:52.599><c> saint,</c>

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even<00:40:54.360><c> in</c><00:40:54.719><c> 1999.</c><00:40:57.300><c> It</c><00:40:58.019><c> is</c><00:40:58.139><c> high</c><00:40:58.380><c> on</c><00:40:58.579><c> your</c><00:40:58.880><c> heart,</c><00:40:59.760><c> brother</c><00:41:00.059><c> or</c><00:41:00.340><c> sister,</c><00:41:01.719><c> in</c>

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:04.059
your<00:41:02.099><c> thinking.</c><00:41:03.639><c> This</c>

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is<00:41:04.460><c> what</c><00:41:04.900><c> this</c><00:41:05.300><c> man</c><00:41:05.519><c> wants</c><00:41:05.940><c> for</c><00:41:06.480><c> his</c><00:41:06.780><c> nation</c><00:41:07.199><c> and</c><00:41:07.619><c> another</c><00:41:07.980><c> appeal</c><00:41:08.460><c> to</c>

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:11.260
them<00:41:08.980><c> to</c><00:41:09.199><c> consider</c><00:41:09.699><c> all</c><00:41:10.539><c> God's</c>

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gracious<00:41:11.639><c> doings</c><00:41:12.460><c> with</c><00:41:13.219><c> his</c><00:41:13.679><c> people.</c><00:41:16.500><c> So</c><00:41:16.860><c> at</c><00:41:17.139><c> the</c><00:41:17.260><c> end</c><00:41:17.440><c> of</c><00:41:17.619><c> an</c>

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age,<00:41:18.039><c> we</c><00:41:18.119><c> might</c><00:41:18.420><c> say,</c><00:41:19.099><c> Samuel</c><00:41:19.460><c> shows</c><00:41:19.860><c> us</c>

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:25.579
two<00:41:20.380><c> great</c><00:41:20.860><c> truths</c><00:41:21.239><c> of</c><00:41:21.500><c> obedience</c><00:41:21.980><c> before</c><00:41:22.420><c> God,</c><00:41:23.980><c> prayer</c><00:41:24.219><c> always</c><00:41:25.199><c> to</c>

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:28.760
God<00:41:26.039><c> and</c><00:41:27.079><c> teaching</c><00:41:27.679><c> sound</c>

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doctrine<00:41:29.380><c> to</c><00:41:30.599><c> men</c><00:41:31.159><c> on</c><00:41:32.179><c> earth.</c><00:41:33.760><c> That's</c><00:41:34.139><c> the</c><00:41:34.219><c> way</c><00:41:34.400><c> it</c><00:41:34.480><c> was</c><00:41:34.599><c> for</c>

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Jesus.<00:41:36.099><c> That's</c><00:41:36.420><c> the</c><00:41:36.519><c> way</c><00:41:36.679><c> it</c><00:41:36.800><c> was</c><00:41:36.900><c> for</c><00:41:37.079><c> the</c><00:41:37.260><c> apostles.</c>

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That's<00:41:39.059><c> the</c><00:41:39.179><c> way</c><00:41:39.320><c> it</c><00:41:39.440><c> is</c><00:41:39.539><c> for</c><00:41:39.780><c> us.</c><00:41:41.199><c> Nothing</c><00:41:41.699><c> has</c><00:41:42.539><c> changed.</c><00:41:45.000><c> Are</c>

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we<00:41:45.380><c> in</c><00:41:45.519><c> the</c><00:41:45.820><c> right</c><00:41:46.719><c> and</c><00:41:47.659><c> good</c><00:41:47.920><c> way</c>

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is<00:41:49.219><c> the</c><00:41:49.440><c> question.</c><00:41:50.719><c> And</c><00:41:50.880><c> Samuel</c><00:41:51.099><c> now</c><00:41:51.480><c> finishes</c><00:41:51.820><c> just</c><00:41:52.280><c> as</c><00:41:52.460><c> he</c>

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begins<00:41:53.039><c> with</c><00:41:53.940><c> an</c><00:41:54.179><c> appeal</c><00:41:54.480><c> to</c><00:41:54.699><c> God's</c>

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dealings<00:41:55.420><c> with</c><00:41:55.679><c> them</c><00:41:56.139><c> as</c><00:41:56.760><c> the</c><00:41:57.119><c> reason</c><00:41:57.500><c> for</c><00:41:57.840><c> loyal</c><00:41:58.139><c> obedience</c>

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and<00:41:59.440><c> then</c><00:41:59.780><c> closes</c><00:42:00.019><c> with</c><00:42:00.340><c> this</c><00:42:00.639><c> warning,</c>

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if<00:42:01.860><c> you</c><00:42:02.139><c> shall</c><00:42:02.400><c> still</c><00:42:02.739><c> do</c><00:42:03.000><c> wickedly,</c><00:42:04.460><c> look</c><00:42:04.679><c> at</c><00:42:04.840><c> this,</c><00:42:05.639><c> you</c><00:42:05.880><c> will</c><00:42:06.219><c> be</c>

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consumed,<00:42:08.840><c> both</c><00:42:09.239><c> you</c><00:42:10.039><c> and</c><00:42:12.019><c> your</c><00:42:12.679><c> king.</c>

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You<00:42:14.760><c> see,</c><00:42:15.119><c> it</c><00:42:15.199><c> was</c><00:42:15.480><c> the</c><00:42:15.800><c> king</c><00:42:16.219><c> and</c><00:42:16.840><c> his</c><00:42:17.179><c> people,</c><00:42:18.360><c> not</c><00:42:18.619><c> the</c><00:42:18.840><c> prophet,</c><00:42:19.960><c> who</c>

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was<00:42:20.340><c> in</c><00:42:20.519><c> danger</c><00:42:20.800><c> of</c><00:42:20.900><c> being</c><00:42:21.179><c> swept</c><00:42:21.500><c> away.</c>

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You<00:42:23.659><c> see,</c><00:42:24.039><c> they</c><00:42:24.440><c> have</c><00:42:25.780><c> called</c><00:42:26.280><c> to</c><00:42:26.519><c> an</c><00:42:26.719><c> end</c><00:42:27.300><c> the</c><00:42:27.880><c> judgeship</c><00:42:28.340><c> of</c><00:42:28.539><c> Samuel,</c>

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but<00:42:30.420><c> the</c><00:42:30.679><c> one</c><00:42:30.900><c> thing</c><00:42:31.099><c> they'll</c><00:42:31.440><c> never</c><00:42:31.739><c> be</c><00:42:31.980><c> able</c><00:42:32.179><c> to</c><00:42:32.380><c> do</c><00:42:32.860><c> is</c><00:42:33.699><c> to</c>

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silence<00:42:34.699><c> the</c><00:42:35.460><c> word</c><00:42:35.639><c> of</c><00:42:35.900><c> God.</c>