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But<00:13:48.980><c> it</c><00:13:49.120><c> takes</c><00:13:49.360><c> a</c><00:13:49.620><c> commitment</c><00:13:50.000><c> of</c><00:13:51.100><c> cooperating</c><00:13:51.580><c> with</c><00:13:51.779><c> Him.</c>

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God's<00:13:55.419><c> the</c><00:13:55.519><c> one</c><00:13:55.679><c> that</c><00:13:55.820><c> chose</c><00:13:56.100><c> humanity.</c>

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And<00:13:58.200><c> He</c><00:13:58.259><c> didn't</c><00:13:58.460><c> do</c><00:13:58.620><c> it</c><00:13:58.779><c> to</c><00:13:58.940><c> mock</c><00:13:59.100><c> you</c><00:13:59.399><c> and</c><00:13:59.559><c> I.</c>

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He<00:14:00.480><c> didn't</c><00:14:00.700><c> give</c><00:14:00.879><c> us</c><00:14:01.179><c> the</c><00:14:01.299><c> nature</c><00:14:01.580><c> that's</c><00:14:03.059><c> destined</c><00:14:03.460><c> to</c><00:14:04.100><c> beat</c><00:14:04.240><c> us.</c>

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It<00:14:06.899><c> will</c><00:14:07.120><c> beat</c><00:14:07.279><c> us</c><00:14:07.480><c> if</c><00:14:07.639><c> we</c><00:14:07.759><c> try</c><00:14:07.940><c> to</c><00:14:08.120><c> overcome</c><00:14:08.379><c> it</c><00:14:08.539><c> in</c><00:14:08.639><c> our</c><00:14:08.820><c> own</c><00:14:09.080><c> strength.</c>

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But<00:14:10.480><c> He</c><00:14:10.580><c> deliberately</c><00:14:11.039><c> gave</c><00:14:11.279><c> us</c><00:14:11.519><c> human</c><00:14:11.740><c> nature</c>

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so<00:14:13.279><c> that</c><00:14:13.440><c> we</c><00:14:13.539><c> would</c><00:14:13.759><c> come</c><00:14:13.940><c> to</c><00:14:14.159><c> trust</c><00:14:14.500><c> Him</c><00:14:14.940><c> absolutely.</c>

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And<00:14:17.519><c> when</c><00:14:17.700><c> we</c><00:14:17.980><c> overcome</c><00:14:18.299><c> it,</c><00:14:18.519><c> we</c><00:14:18.639><c> know</c><00:14:19.059><c> on</c><00:14:19.419><c> what</c><00:14:19.580><c> basis</c><00:14:19.879><c> we</c><00:14:20.059><c> were</c><00:14:20.179><c> able</c><00:14:20.340><c> to</c>

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do<00:14:20.559><c> it.</c>

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It<00:14:20.740><c> was</c><00:14:20.960><c> through</c><00:14:21.120><c> His</c><00:14:21.340><c> strength</c><00:14:21.679><c> that</c><00:14:21.860><c> came</c><00:14:22.100><c> through</c><00:14:22.279><c> us</c><00:14:22.399><c> through</c><00:14:22.600><c> the</c><00:14:22.759><c> Word.</c>

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At<00:14:25.059><c> this</c><00:14:25.279><c> point</c><00:14:25.500><c> in</c><00:14:25.659><c> His</c><00:14:25.860><c> life,</c><00:14:26.220><c> as</c><00:14:26.500><c> we</c><00:14:26.700><c> read</c><00:14:26.879><c> in</c><00:14:27.480><c> our</c><00:14:27.639><c> chapter</c>

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in<00:14:28.220><c> Kings,</c>

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Solomon<00:14:29.559><c> loved</c><00:14:29.879><c> the</c><00:14:30.120><c> Lord</c><00:14:30.620><c> and</c><00:14:31.179><c> followed</c><00:14:31.539><c> David's</c><00:14:32.240><c> ways,</c>

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but,<00:14:33.620><c> the</c><00:14:33.779><c> record</c><00:14:34.120><c> says,</c><00:14:34.460><c> not</c><00:14:34.879><c> with</c><00:14:35.139><c> total</c><00:14:35.440><c> loyalty.</c>

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See,<00:14:36.659><c> that's</c><00:14:37.000><c> the</c><00:14:37.120><c> thing</c><00:14:37.220><c> that</c><00:14:37.360><c> keeps</c><00:14:37.620><c> cropping</c><00:14:37.899><c> up.</c>

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Meanwhile,<00:14:39.700><c> the</c><00:14:39.899><c> people</c><00:14:40.139><c> sacrificed</c><00:14:40.899><c> at</c><00:14:41.100><c> the</c><00:14:41.279><c> high</c><00:14:41.539><c> places.</c>

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You<00:14:43.539><c> know,</c><00:14:43.840><c> these</c><00:14:44.100><c> were</c><00:14:44.360><c> what</c><00:14:44.700><c> had</c><00:14:44.960><c> been</c><00:14:45.139><c> the</c><00:14:45.320><c> groves</c>

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for<00:14:46.019><c> the</c><00:14:47.659><c> idol</c><00:14:47.879><c> worshiping</c><00:14:48.659><c> Canaanites</c>

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because<00:14:50.720><c> there</c><00:14:50.919><c> was</c><00:14:51.100><c> no</c><00:14:51.279><c> house</c><00:14:51.539><c> built</c><00:14:51.779><c> for</c><00:14:51.960><c> the</c><00:14:52.059><c> name</c><00:14:52.179><c> of</c><00:14:52.340><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:14:52.620><c> until</c><00:14:52.940><c> those</c><00:14:53.259><c> days.</c>

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See,<00:14:56.019><c> Moses</c><00:14:56.240><c> had</c><00:14:56.820><c> told</c><00:14:57.220><c> them</c><00:14:57.419><c> absolutely</c><00:14:57.899><c> to</c><00:14:58.360><c> go</c><00:14:58.539><c> in</c><00:14:58.740><c> and</c><00:14:58.860><c> destroy</c><00:14:59.259><c> them</c>

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because<00:15:00.460><c> what</c><00:15:00.840><c> inevitably</c><00:15:01.340><c> happened,</c>

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even<00:15:02.080><c> though</c><00:15:02.259><c> they</c><00:15:02.559><c> started</c><00:15:02.779><c> out</c><00:15:03.279><c> worshipping</c><00:15:04.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:05.159><c> at</c>

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the<00:15:05.620><c> high</c><00:15:05.799><c> places,</c>

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and<00:15:07.559><c> that</c><00:15:07.639><c> was</c><00:15:07.840><c> their</c><00:15:08.039><c> intent,</c>

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what<00:15:09.659><c> inevitably</c><00:15:10.200><c> happened</c><00:15:10.620><c> is</c><00:15:10.820><c> that</c><00:15:10.940><c> it</c><00:15:11.139><c> degenerated</c>

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into<00:15:12.100><c> a</c><00:15:12.519><c> mixture</c><00:15:12.840><c> of</c><00:15:13.100><c> idol</c><00:15:13.299><c> worship</c><00:15:13.600><c> along</c><00:15:13.879><c> with</c><00:15:14.080><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:15.100><c> God</c><00:15:15.259><c> knew</c><00:15:15.480><c> that</c><00:15:15.679><c> it</c><00:15:15.879><c> would,</c><00:15:16.059><c> and</c><00:15:16.179><c> that's</c><00:15:16.299><c> why</c><00:15:16.419><c> He</c><00:15:16.559><c> wanted</c>

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it<00:15:17.039><c> rooted</c><00:15:17.220><c> out.</c>

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That<00:15:18.179><c> was</c><00:15:18.399><c> the</c><00:15:18.559><c> danger</c><00:15:18.860><c> of</c><00:15:19.059><c> it.</c>

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Solomon<00:15:21.820><c> loved</c><00:15:22.100><c> the</c><00:15:22.279><c> Lord,</c><00:15:22.639><c> walking</c><00:15:22.940><c> in</c><00:15:23.159><c> the</c><00:15:23.340><c> statutes</c><00:15:23.679><c> of</c>

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His<00:15:24.000><c> father</c><00:15:24.259><c> David,</c>

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except<00:15:25.259><c> that</c><00:15:25.960><c> He</c><00:15:26.159><c> sacrificed</c><00:15:26.740><c> and</c><00:15:26.980><c> burned</c><00:15:27.179><c> incense</c><00:15:27.480><c> at</c><00:15:27.679><c> the</c>

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high<00:15:28.000><c> places.</c>

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The<00:15:30.320><c> king</c><00:15:30.480><c> went</c><00:15:30.740><c> to</c><00:15:30.899><c> Gibeon</c><00:15:31.200><c> to</c><00:15:31.340><c> sacrifice</c><00:15:31.940><c> there,</c>

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for<00:15:32.399><c> there</c><00:15:32.580><c> was</c><00:15:32.799><c> the</c><00:15:32.980><c> great</c><00:15:33.200><c> high</c><00:15:33.419><c> place.</c>

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Solomon<00:15:34.940><c> offered</c><00:15:35.320><c> 1</c><00:15:35.700><c>,000</c><00:15:36.179><c> burnt</c><00:15:36.460><c> offerings</c><00:15:36.840><c> on</c><00:15:37.080><c> that</c><00:15:37.259><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:15:39.659><c> I</c><00:15:39.779><c> believe</c><00:15:40.000><c> it's</c><00:15:40.200><c> more</c><00:15:40.440><c> than</c><00:15:40.620><c> coincidence</c><00:15:41.120><c> that</c><00:15:41.320><c> we're</c>

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told<00:15:41.840><c> that.</c>

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1<00:15:43.759><c>,000</c><00:15:44.159><c> burnt</c><00:15:44.399><c> offerings.</c>

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See,<00:15:45.799><c> what</c><00:15:45.960><c> that's</c><00:15:46.179><c> supposed</c><00:15:46.360><c> to</c><00:15:46.580><c> represent</c><00:15:47.120><c> is</c><00:15:47.779><c> 1</c><00:15:48.080><c>,000</c><00:15:48.480><c> hearts</c>

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that<00:15:49.120><c> have</c><00:15:49.279><c> been</c><00:15:49.559><c> committed</c><00:15:49.879><c> to</c><00:15:51.899><c> serve</c><00:15:52.200><c> God</c><00:15:52.480><c> faithfully,</c>

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to<00:15:53.080><c> put</c><00:15:53.299><c> down</c><00:15:53.500><c> the</c><00:15:53.659><c> old</c><00:15:53.879><c> man,</c><00:15:54.240><c> to</c><00:15:54.399><c> offer</c><00:15:54.580><c> their</c><00:15:54.779><c> lives</c><00:15:55.080><c> as</c><00:15:55.559><c> a</c>

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burnt<00:15:55.820><c> sacrifice,</c>

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the<00:15:57.399><c> flesh</c><00:15:57.600><c> totally</c><00:15:58.019><c> consumed.</c>

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Solomon<00:16:00.600><c> ends</c><00:16:00.840><c> up</c><00:16:01.059><c> with</c><00:16:01.240><c> 1</c><00:16:01.379><c>,000</c><00:16:01.659><c> women</c><00:16:02.000><c> that</c><00:16:02.600><c> turn</c><00:16:02.740><c> away</c><00:16:02.919><c> his</c>

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heart<00:16:03.340><c> from</c><00:16:03.600><c> God.</c>

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But<00:16:05.840><c> worshipping</c><00:16:06.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:06.659><c> at</c><00:16:07.139><c> pagan</c><00:16:07.460><c> high</c><00:16:07.700><c> places</c><00:16:08.039><c> was</c><00:16:08.320><c> forbidden</c>

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as<00:16:09.019><c> it</c><00:16:09.419><c> inevitably</c><00:16:09.899><c> led</c><00:16:10.240><c> to</c><00:16:11.320><c> apostasy.</c>

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One<00:16:13.899><c> of</c><00:16:14.000><c> the</c><00:16:14.159><c> interesting</c><00:16:14.480><c> things</c><00:16:14.779><c> that</c><00:16:14.980><c> comes</c><00:16:15.220><c> out</c><00:16:15.419><c> of</c><00:16:15.519><c> the</c><00:16:15.700><c> record</c>

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is<00:16:17.320><c> to</c><00:16:17.519><c> find</c><00:16:17.759><c> out</c><00:16:18.039><c> that</c><00:16:18.220><c> the</c><00:16:18.559><c> ark</c><00:16:18.820><c> was</c><00:16:20.440><c> never</c><00:16:20.799><c> in</c><00:16:21.039><c> the</c><00:16:21.240><c> tabernacle</c>

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at<00:16:22.799><c> any</c><00:16:23.080><c> time</c><00:16:23.360><c> during</c><00:16:23.659><c> David's</c><00:16:24.159><c> reign.</c>

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And<00:16:26.940><c> the</c><00:16:27.080><c> ark</c><00:16:27.259><c> represented</c><00:16:27.840><c> Christ</c><00:16:28.340><c> enthroned</c><00:16:28.820><c> in</c><00:16:29.080><c> Zion.</c>

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It's<00:16:30.279><c> almost</c><00:16:30.600><c> as</c><00:16:30.840><c> though</c><00:16:30.960><c> David</c><00:16:31.320><c> represented</c><00:16:32.000><c> the</c><00:16:32.679><c> transformation</c>

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that<00:16:33.539><c> was</c><00:16:33.700><c> going</c><00:16:33.860><c> to</c><00:16:33.980><c> come</c><00:16:34.879><c> unto</c><00:16:35.100><c> the</c><00:16:35.200><c> Lord</c><00:16:35.379><c> Jesus</c><00:16:35.720><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:16:36.820><c> new</c><00:16:37.399><c> house</c><00:16:38.299><c> of</c><00:16:39.220><c> prayer</c><00:16:39.419><c> that</c><00:16:39.539><c> would</c><00:16:39.740><c> be</c><00:16:39.960><c> established</c><00:16:40.320><c> at</c><00:16:40.519><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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The<00:16:41.639><c> ark</c><00:16:41.860><c> left</c><00:16:42.179><c> Shiloh</c><00:16:42.919><c> when</c><00:16:44.500><c> Eli's</c><00:16:45.159><c> sons</c><00:16:45.299><c> took</c><00:16:45.519><c> it</c><00:16:45.659><c> into</c><00:16:45.860><c> battle</c>

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and<00:16:46.279><c> it</c><00:16:46.419><c> never</c><00:16:46.600><c> went</c><00:16:46.759><c> back</c><00:16:47.019><c> to</c><00:16:47.259><c> Shiloh.</c>

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It<00:16:49.440><c> ended</c><00:16:49.679><c> up</c><00:16:49.940><c> in</c><00:16:50.100><c> temporary</c><00:16:50.860><c> quarters</c>

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until<00:16:52.779><c> David</c><00:16:53.200><c> finally</c><00:16:53.639><c> brought</c><00:16:53.879><c> it</c><00:16:54.019><c> to</c><00:16:54.220><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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But<00:16:56.139><c> it</c><00:16:56.220><c> was</c><00:16:56.480><c> never</c><00:16:56.840><c> in</c><00:16:57.100><c> the</c><00:16:57.299><c> tabernacle.</c>

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The<00:16:57.940><c> tabernacle</c><00:16:58.240><c> was</c><00:16:58.440><c> not</c><00:16:58.600><c> in</c><00:16:58.740><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:59.080><c> during</c><00:16:59.379><c> David's</c><00:16:59.840><c> reign.</c>

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Solomon<00:17:02.620><c> and</c><00:17:02.779><c> all</c><00:17:02.960><c> the</c><00:17:03.159><c> assembly</c><00:17:03.460><c> with</c><00:17:03.659><c> him</c><00:17:03.759><c> went</c><00:17:03.980><c> to</c><00:17:04.160><c> the</c><00:17:04.279><c> high</c><00:17:04.500><c> place</c><00:17:04.720><c> at</c><00:17:04.920><c> Gibeon</c>

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for<00:17:05.440><c> the</c><00:17:05.680><c> tabernacle</c><00:17:06.140><c> of</c><00:17:06.279><c> meeting</c><00:17:06.460><c> with</c><00:17:06.700><c> God</c><00:17:06.920><c> was</c><00:17:07.180><c> there.</c>

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That's<00:17:08.420><c> where</c><00:17:08.599><c> it</c><00:17:08.740><c> ended</c><00:17:08.980><c> up</c><00:17:09.200><c> after</c><00:17:09.839><c> it</c><00:17:10.000><c> had</c><00:17:10.099><c> come</c><00:17:10.259><c> back</c><00:17:10.440><c> from</c>

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the<00:17:10.759><c> Philistines,</c>

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which<00:17:11.839><c> Moses,</c><00:17:12.259><c> the</c><00:17:12.500><c> servant</c><00:17:12.660><c> of</c><00:17:12.819><c> the</c><00:17:12.980><c> Lord,</c><00:17:13.119><c> had</c><00:17:13.299><c> made</c><00:17:13.500><c> in</c><00:17:13.660><c> the</c><00:17:13.799><c> wilderness.</c>

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But<00:17:14.539><c> David</c><00:17:14.839><c> had</c><00:17:15.099><c> brought</c><00:17:15.240><c> up</c><00:17:15.440><c> the</c><00:17:15.640><c> ark</c><00:17:15.880><c> of</c><00:17:16.019><c> God</c><00:17:16.319><c> from</c><00:17:16.599><c> Kurjath</c><00:17:17.160><c> Yerum</c>

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to<00:17:17.720><c> the</c><00:17:17.960><c> place</c><00:17:18.299><c> David</c><00:17:18.940><c> had</c><00:17:19.299><c> prepared</c><00:17:19.700><c> for</c><00:17:19.980><c> it</c>

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for<00:17:20.779><c> he</c><00:17:20.940><c> had</c><00:17:21.160><c> pitched</c><00:17:21.359><c> a</c><00:17:21.599><c> tent</c><00:17:21.700><c> for</c><00:17:21.940><c> it</c><00:17:22.059><c> at</c><00:17:22.220><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:17:23.720><c> that</c><00:17:23.960><c> tabernacle</c><00:17:24.440><c> of</c><00:17:24.619><c> David</c><00:17:25.059><c> is</c><00:17:25.440><c> referred</c><00:17:25.759><c> to</c><00:17:25.980><c> later</c><00:17:26.259><c> by</c>

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Amos<00:17:27.200><c> and</c><00:17:27.359><c> so</c><00:17:27.559><c> on</c>

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that<00:17:28.140><c> God</c><00:17:28.359><c> is</c><00:17:28.480><c> going</c><00:17:28.619><c> to</c><00:17:28.799><c> raise</c><00:17:28.980><c> up</c><00:17:29.180><c> the</c><00:17:29.400><c> tabernacle</c><00:17:29.859><c> of</c><00:17:30.079><c> David.</c>

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That's<00:17:31.099><c> what</c><00:17:31.200><c> he's</c><00:17:31.380><c> talking</c><00:17:31.640><c> about,</c><00:17:32.119><c> the</c><00:17:32.299><c> temporary</c><00:17:32.779><c> tent</c>

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that<00:17:33.460><c> David</c><00:17:33.759><c> had</c><00:17:34.319><c> arranged</c><00:17:34.680><c> for</c><00:17:35.079><c> the</c><00:17:36.240><c> Christ</c><00:17:36.700><c> altar</c><00:17:37.359><c> or</c><00:17:37.700><c> the</c>

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Christ<00:17:38.180><c> ark.</c>

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David's<00:17:40.279><c> tent</c><00:17:40.319><c> is</c><00:17:40.559><c> actually</c><00:17:40.880><c> called</c><00:17:41.160><c> the</c><00:17:41.299><c> House</c><00:17:41.519><c> of</c><00:17:41.680><c> the</c><00:17:41.839><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:17:42.240><c> 2</c><00:17:42.500><c> Samuel</c><00:17:42.839><c> 12.</c>

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This<00:17:43.759><c> is</c><00:17:43.980><c> the</c><00:17:44.119><c> tent</c><00:17:44.259><c> that</c><00:17:44.440><c> he</c><00:17:44.539><c> had</c><00:17:44.759><c> set</c><00:17:44.859><c> up</c><00:17:45.000><c> in</c><00:17:45.200><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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David<00:17:47.279><c> no</c><00:17:47.500><c> longer</c><00:17:47.819><c> worshiped</c><00:17:48.359><c> at</c><00:17:48.480><c> the</c><00:17:48.640><c> high</c><00:17:48.819><c> place</c><00:17:49.059><c> at</c><00:17:49.240><c> Gibeon</c>

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because<00:17:50.079><c> he</c><00:17:50.240><c> had</c><00:17:50.400><c> been</c><00:17:50.599><c> prevented</c><00:17:50.900><c> by</c><00:17:51.160><c> the</c><00:17:51.339><c> angel.</c>

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It<00:17:51.640><c> was</c><00:17:51.839><c> almost</c><00:17:52.079><c> as</c><00:17:52.299><c> though</c><00:17:52.420><c> David</c><00:17:52.660><c> was</c><00:17:52.819><c> being</c><00:17:53.099><c> told,</c>

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that's<00:17:54.539><c> not</c><00:17:54.799><c> where</c><00:17:54.960><c> the</c><00:17:55.220><c> salvation</c><00:17:55.579><c> is</c><00:17:55.779><c> coming</c><00:17:56.000><c> from,</c><00:17:56.259><c> from</c>

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the<00:17:56.599><c> law.</c>

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It's<00:17:57.900><c> coming</c><00:17:58.039><c> from</c><00:17:58.279><c> an</c><00:17:58.440><c> entirely</c><00:17:58.779><c> different</c><00:17:59.180><c> direction.</c>

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The<00:18:04.859><c> Lord</c><00:18:05.180><c> accepted</c><00:18:05.920><c> Solomon's</c><00:18:07.039><c> worship</c>

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and<00:18:08.400><c> appeared</c><00:18:08.660><c> to</c><00:18:08.779><c> him</c><00:18:09.000><c> that</c><00:18:09.240><c> same</c><00:18:09.480><c> night.</c>

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Solomon<00:18:11.160><c> went</c><00:18:11.339><c> up</c><00:18:11.579><c> there</c><00:18:11.700><c> to</c><00:18:11.819><c> the</c><00:18:11.980><c> bronze</c><00:18:12.220><c> altar</c><00:18:12.519><c> before</c><00:18:12.880><c> the</c><00:18:13.079><c> Lord</c>

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which<00:18:13.480><c> was</c><00:18:13.660><c> at</c><00:18:13.799><c> the</c><00:18:13.980><c> tabernacle</c><00:18:14.400><c> of</c><00:18:14.559><c> meeting</c>

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and<00:18:14.980><c> offered</c><00:18:15.200><c> a</c><00:18:15.400><c> thousand</c><00:18:15.799><c> burnt</c><00:18:16.059><c> offerings</c><00:18:16.400><c> on</c><00:18:16.640><c> it.</c>

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On<00:18:18.099><c> that</c><00:18:18.259><c> night</c><00:18:18.519><c> God</c><00:18:18.720><c> appeared</c><00:18:19.099><c> to</c><00:18:19.339><c> Solomon</c><00:18:19.660><c> that</c><00:18:19.839><c> very</c><00:18:20.119><c> night</c>

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and<00:18:20.599><c> said</c><00:18:20.779><c> to</c><00:18:20.920><c> him,</c><00:18:21.420><c> ask</c><00:18:21.660><c> what</c><00:18:21.819><c> I</c><00:18:22.039><c> shall</c><00:18:22.160><c> give</c><00:18:22.380><c> you.</c>

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A<00:18:23.599><c> thousand</c><00:18:24.000><c> burnt</c><00:18:24.339><c> offerings</c><00:18:24.740><c> were</c><00:18:24.980><c> intended</c><00:18:25.299><c> to</c><00:18:25.559><c> represent</c>

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a<00:18:26.160><c> thousand</c><00:18:26.640><c> lives</c>

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wholly<00:18:27.599><c> committed</c><00:18:28.000><c> in</c><00:18:28.200><c> service</c><00:18:28.519><c> to</c><00:18:28.720><c> the</c><00:18:28.859><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:18:30.420><c> later</c><00:18:30.779><c> Solomon</c><00:18:31.119><c> replaced</c><00:18:31.640><c> that</c><00:18:31.859><c> with</c><00:18:32.059><c> a</c><00:18:32.180><c> thousand</c><00:18:32.519><c> women</c>

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who<00:18:33.019><c> turned</c><00:18:33.220><c> his</c><00:18:33.400><c> heart</c><00:18:33.579><c> to</c><00:18:33.859><c> idols</c><00:18:34.119><c> and</c><00:18:35.079><c> robbed</c><00:18:35.359><c> him</c><00:18:35.519><c> of</c><00:18:35.680><c> his</c><00:18:35.839><c> heritage.</c>

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But<00:18:38.200><c> at</c><00:18:38.440><c> this</c><00:18:38.779><c> point</c><00:18:39.180><c> Solomon</c><00:18:39.759><c> knows</c><00:18:40.220><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:18:41.339><c> walking</c><00:18:41.720><c> in</c><00:18:42.000><c> the</c><00:18:42.220><c> statutes</c><00:18:42.680><c> of</c><00:18:42.960><c> David</c><00:18:43.259><c> meant</c>

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and<00:18:44.700><c> why</c><00:18:45.099><c> his</c><00:18:45.380><c> father</c><00:18:45.660><c> had</c><00:18:45.859><c> been</c><00:18:46.039><c> so</c><00:18:46.339><c> successful.</c>

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He<00:18:48.539><c> says,</c><00:18:48.960><c> you</c><00:18:48.960><c> have</c><00:18:49.259><c> shown</c><00:18:49.480><c> great</c><00:18:49.839><c> mercy</c><00:18:50.200><c> to</c><00:18:50.460><c> your</c><00:18:50.720><c> servant</c>

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David<00:18:51.359><c> my</c><00:18:51.640><c> father</c>

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because<00:18:52.900><c> he</c><00:18:53.180><c> walked</c><00:18:53.380><c> before</c><00:18:53.799><c> you</c><00:18:54.039><c> in</c><00:18:54.400><c> truth,</c><00:18:55.839><c> in</c><00:18:55.980><c> righteousness,</c>

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and<00:18:57.619><c> in</c><00:18:57.880><c> uprightness</c><00:18:58.480><c> of</c><00:18:58.700><c> heart</c><00:18:58.940><c> with</c><00:18:59.180><c> you.</c>

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Solomon<00:19:00.400><c> understood</c><00:19:00.859><c> why</c><00:19:01.180><c> David</c><00:19:01.460><c> had</c><00:19:01.660><c> been</c><00:19:01.819><c> successful.</c>

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He<00:19:03.000><c> knew</c><00:19:03.140><c> why</c><00:19:03.460><c> Saul</c><00:19:03.680><c> had</c><00:19:03.920><c> not</c><00:19:04.180><c> been.</c>

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You<00:19:05.799><c> know</c><00:19:05.799><c> at</c><00:19:05.880><c> this</c><00:19:06.119><c> point</c><00:19:06.339><c> in</c><00:19:06.519><c> time</c><00:19:06.740><c> he's</c><00:19:07.079><c> a</c><00:19:07.140><c> young</c><00:19:07.339><c> man</c><00:19:07.599><c> who's</c>

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got<00:19:08.019><c> his</c><00:19:08.460><c> focus</c><00:19:08.880><c> right.</c>

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You<00:19:10.579><c> have</c><00:19:10.799><c> continued</c><00:19:11.359><c> this</c><00:19:11.640><c> great</c><00:19:12.000><c> kindness</c><00:19:12.380><c> for</c><00:19:12.700><c> him</c>

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and<00:19:13.039><c> you</c><00:19:13.160><c> have</c><00:19:13.339><c> given</c><00:19:13.480><c> him</c><00:19:13.759><c> a</c><00:19:13.900><c> son</c><00:19:14.180><c> to</c><00:19:14.740><c> sit</c><00:19:14.859><c> on</c><00:19:15.000><c> his</c><00:19:15.299><c> throne</c><00:19:15.539><c> as</c>

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it<00:19:15.859><c> is</c><00:19:16.059><c> this</c><00:19:16.279><c> day.</c>

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And<00:19:19.559><c> Solomon</c><00:19:19.839><c> realized</c><00:19:20.440><c> his</c><00:19:20.759><c> youth</c><00:19:21.220><c> and</c><00:19:22.220><c> his</c><00:19:22.400><c> inexperience.</c>

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But<00:19:24.660><c> the</c><00:19:26.519><c> Lord</c><00:19:26.740><c> had</c><00:19:26.940><c> made</c><00:19:27.099><c> him</c><00:19:27.319><c> king.</c>

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He<00:19:28.559><c> accepted</c><00:19:28.920><c> that.</c>

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He<00:19:30.400><c> pleaded</c><00:19:30.720><c> for</c><00:19:30.960><c> wisdom</c><00:19:31.259><c> to</c><00:19:31.480><c> rule</c><00:19:31.740><c> justly.</c>

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The<00:19:35.299><c> lesson</c><00:19:35.559><c> for</c><00:19:35.740><c> us</c><00:19:35.960><c> brothers</c><00:19:36.220><c> and</c><00:19:36.380><c> sisters</c><00:19:36.640><c> and</c><00:19:36.819><c> young</c>

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people<00:19:37.240><c> especially</c>

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is<00:19:37.980><c> that</c><00:19:39.220><c> when</c><00:19:39.519><c> we're</c><00:19:39.799><c> called</c><00:19:40.019><c> to</c><00:19:40.240><c> service</c><00:19:40.539><c> in</c><00:19:40.720><c> the</c><00:19:40.880><c> Lord</c>

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we<00:19:43.079><c> can</c><00:19:43.259><c> make</c><00:19:43.460><c> all</c><00:19:43.700><c> kinds</c><00:19:43.960><c> of</c><00:19:44.279><c> excuses.</c>

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I'm<00:19:46.640><c> not</c><00:19:46.799><c> old</c><00:19:47.000><c> enough,</c><00:19:47.240><c> I'm</c><00:19:47.380><c> not</c><00:19:47.619><c> ready,</c><00:19:48.460><c> I</c><00:19:48.660><c> don't</c><00:19:48.839><c> feel</c><00:19:49.039><c> qualified.</c>

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But<00:19:51.019><c> you</c><00:19:51.200><c> find</c><00:19:51.480><c> out</c><00:19:51.660><c> after</c><00:19:51.900><c> a</c><00:19:52.059><c> while</c><00:19:52.220><c> that's</c><00:19:53.240><c> not</c><00:19:53.500><c> where</c><00:19:53.660><c> he</c><00:19:53.759><c> wants</c><00:19:53.960><c> you</c><00:19:54.119><c> to</c><00:19:54.279><c> go.</c>

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What<00:19:56.519><c> he</c><00:19:56.599><c> wants</c><00:19:56.799><c> you</c><00:19:57.000><c> to</c><00:19:57.079><c> do</c><00:19:57.220><c> is</c><00:19:57.440><c> accept</c><00:19:57.720><c> in</c><00:19:57.960><c> faith</c>

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that<00:19:58.420><c> you're</c><00:19:58.539><c> being</c><00:19:58.839><c> called</c><00:19:59.039><c> into</c><00:19:59.259><c> an</c><00:19:59.500><c> activity</c><00:19:59.839><c> that</c><00:20:00.059><c> you</c>

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may<00:20:00.400><c> feel</c><00:20:00.660><c> unqualified</c><00:20:01.240><c> for.</c>

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But<00:20:02.799><c> if</c><00:20:02.920><c> you've</c><00:20:03.140><c> got</c><00:20:03.279><c> the</c><00:20:03.519><c> trust</c><00:20:03.819><c> to</c><00:20:04.039><c> do</c><00:20:04.180><c> it</c><00:20:04.559><c> in</c><00:20:04.779><c> his</c><00:20:04.980><c> strength</c>

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then<00:20:05.640><c> you'll</c><00:20:05.859><c> commit</c><00:20:06.059><c> yourself</c><00:20:06.519><c> to</c><00:20:06.740><c> it</c><00:20:07.220><c> and</c><00:20:07.660><c> walk</c><00:20:07.900><c> consciously</c><00:20:08.579><c> in</c><00:20:09.640><c> your</c><00:20:09.880><c> mind</c>

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seeking<00:20:10.720><c> for</c><00:20:11.000><c> his</c><00:20:11.220><c> help</c><00:20:11.900><c> then</c><00:20:13.319><c> he'll</c><00:20:13.519><c> make</c><00:20:13.680><c> you</c><00:20:13.880><c> successful</c>

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in<00:20:14.559><c> it.</c>

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See<00:20:15.920><c> that's</c><00:20:16.119><c> what</c><00:20:16.259><c> it</c><00:20:16.500><c> means</c><00:20:16.839><c> for</c><00:20:17.079><c> God</c><00:20:17.319><c> to</c><00:20:17.500><c> work</c><00:20:17.720><c> through</c><00:20:17.980><c> us</c>

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and<00:20:19.079><c> enable</c><00:20:19.319><c> us</c><00:20:19.539><c> to</c><00:20:19.680><c> do</c><00:20:19.819><c> things</c><00:20:20.059><c> that</c><00:20:20.200><c> we</c><00:20:20.480><c> cannot</c><00:20:20.660><c> do</c><00:20:20.880><c> in</c><00:20:21.000><c> our</c>

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own<00:20:21.400><c> strength</c>

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and<00:20:21.740><c> that</c><00:20:21.859><c> we</c><00:20:21.960><c> don't</c><00:20:22.200><c> feel</c><00:20:22.420><c> like</c><00:20:22.559><c> we're</c><00:20:22.759><c> qualified</c><00:20:23.140><c> to</c><00:20:23.380><c> do.</c>

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The<00:20:25.259><c> flesh</c><00:20:25.420><c> keeps</c><00:20:25.720><c> wanting</c><00:20:25.980><c> to</c><00:20:26.240><c> sit</c><00:20:26.339><c> on</c><00:20:26.559><c> the</c><00:20:26.720><c> sidelines.</c>

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I'm<00:20:27.779><c> not</c><00:20:27.960><c> going</c><00:20:28.079><c> to</c><00:20:28.140><c> get</c><00:20:28.259><c> involved</c><00:20:28.559><c> there,</c><00:20:28.700><c> I'll</c><00:20:28.920><c> mess</c><00:20:29.160><c> up.</c>

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I'll<00:20:30.140><c> embarrass</c><00:20:30.420><c> myself.</c>

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I<00:20:32.019><c> know</c><00:20:32.240><c> I</c><00:20:32.339><c> can't</c><00:20:32.619><c> please</c><00:20:32.839><c> everybody.</c>

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You<00:20:34.900><c> try</c><00:20:35.119><c> it</c><00:20:35.259><c> a</c><00:20:35.359><c> couple</c><00:20:35.519><c> of</c><00:20:35.700><c> times</c><00:20:35.859><c> and</c><00:20:35.980><c> you</c><00:20:36.160><c> find</c><00:20:36.319><c> out</c><00:20:36.559><c> that</c><00:20:36.920><c> you</c><00:20:37.119><c> do</c>

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mess<00:20:37.559><c> up.</c>

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And<00:20:39.299><c> the</c><00:20:39.420><c> natural</c><00:20:39.680><c> tendency</c><00:20:39.940><c> is</c><00:20:40.099><c> to</c><00:20:40.259><c> back</c><00:20:40.500><c> off.</c>

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I'm<00:20:42.420><c> not</c><00:20:42.599><c> going</c><00:20:42.720><c> to</c><00:20:42.779><c> do</c><00:20:42.960><c> it.</c>

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I<00:20:44.000><c> can't</c><00:20:44.240><c> do</c><00:20:44.359><c> it</c><00:20:44.539><c> right.</c>

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I'm<00:20:46.359><c> tired</c><00:20:46.579><c> of</c><00:20:46.799><c> humiliating</c><00:20:47.299><c> myself.</c>

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That's<00:20:49.000><c> the</c><00:20:49.220><c> flesh.</c>

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That's<00:20:51.059><c> the</c><00:20:51.140><c> old</c><00:20:51.319><c> man</c><00:20:51.579><c> telling</c><00:20:51.799><c> us</c><00:20:52.000><c> we</c><00:20:52.160><c> can't</c><00:20:52.519><c> do</c><00:20:52.680><c> it.</c>

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We<00:20:54.339><c> can't</c><00:20:54.759><c> in</c><00:20:54.819><c> our</c><00:20:55.059><c> own</c><00:20:55.339><c> strength.</c>

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But<00:20:57.460><c> there</c><00:20:57.640><c> is</c><00:20:57.880><c> another</c><00:20:58.200><c> whole</c><00:20:58.640><c> dimension</c><00:20:59.099><c> to</c><00:20:59.440><c> it.</c>

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God<00:21:01.839><c> almost</c><00:21:02.240><c> needs</c><00:21:02.500><c> us</c><00:21:02.779><c> to</c><00:21:02.920><c> get</c><00:21:03.019><c> to</c><00:21:03.200><c> that</c><00:21:03.400><c> point</c><00:21:03.559><c> where</c><00:21:03.759><c> we</c><00:21:03.960><c> admit</c>

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I<00:21:04.279><c> can't</c><00:21:04.539><c> do</c><00:21:04.720><c> it</c><00:21:04.839><c> in</c><00:21:04.900><c> my</c><00:21:05.079><c> own</c><00:21:05.299><c> strength.</c>

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I<00:21:05.660><c> can't.</c><00:21:06.039><c> I</c><00:21:06.160><c> can't</c><00:21:06.400><c> beat</c><00:21:06.519><c> myself.</c>

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I<00:21:07.720><c> can't</c><00:21:08.000><c> do</c><00:21:08.099><c> your</c><00:21:08.319><c> work</c><00:21:08.500><c> properly.</c>

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And<00:21:10.480><c> then</c><00:21:10.599><c> you</c><00:21:10.759><c> start</c><00:21:11.039><c> to</c><00:21:11.299><c> beg.</c>

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You<00:21:13.359><c> know,</c><00:21:13.480><c> why</c><00:21:13.700><c> did</c><00:21:13.920><c> Christ</c><00:21:14.180><c> plead</c><00:21:14.500><c> with</c><00:21:14.940><c> strong</c><00:21:15.220><c> crying</c><00:21:15.579><c> and</c><00:21:15.859><c> tears?</c>

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Why<00:21:18.220><c> does</c><00:21:18.440><c> Jacob</c><00:21:18.839><c> wrestle</c><00:21:19.140><c> with</c><00:21:19.359><c> the</c><00:21:19.599><c> angel</c>

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and<00:21:19.940><c> Hosea</c><00:21:20.380><c> says</c><00:21:20.640><c> that</c><00:21:20.799><c> he</c><00:21:21.000><c> prevailed</c><00:21:21.380><c> with</c><00:21:21.660><c> tears?</c>

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You<00:21:24.180><c> know,</c><00:21:24.319><c> God</c><00:21:24.539><c> wants</c><00:21:24.900><c> us</c><00:21:25.200><c> pleading</c><00:21:25.740><c> and</c><00:21:26.099><c> begging</c>

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for<00:21:27.400><c> His</c><00:21:27.759><c> help</c><00:21:28.079><c> and</c><00:21:28.319><c> His</c><00:21:28.660><c> strength.</c>

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He<00:21:29.660><c> wants</c><00:21:29.920><c> us</c><00:21:30.200><c> dependent</c><00:21:30.660><c> on</c><00:21:30.940><c> Him.</c>

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Coming<00:21:32.059><c> to</c><00:21:32.319><c> Him</c><00:21:32.619><c> hour</c><00:21:32.960><c> by</c><00:21:33.220><c> hour,</c><00:21:33.519><c> if</c><00:21:33.680><c> you</c><00:21:33.920><c> will.</c>

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And<00:21:36.180><c> He'll</c><00:21:36.359><c> make</c><00:21:36.500><c> us</c><00:21:36.859><c> strong</c><00:21:37.099><c> beyond</c><00:21:37.460><c> anything</c>

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you<00:21:37.920><c> can</c><00:21:38.180><c> believe</c><00:21:38.440><c> in</c><00:21:38.680><c> that</c><00:21:38.980><c> could</c><00:21:39.180><c> happen.</c>

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He<00:21:39.740><c> will.</c><00:21:40.059><c> He'll</c><00:21:40.240><c> do</c><00:21:40.460><c> it.</c>

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But<00:21:42.420><c> it</c><00:21:42.480><c> takes</c><00:21:42.740><c> a</c><00:21:42.920><c> total</c><00:21:43.140><c> commitment,</c>

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a<00:21:44.000><c> life</c><00:21:44.180><c> in</c><00:21:44.440><c> harmony,</c>

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a<00:21:45.559><c> willingness</c><00:21:45.859><c> to</c><00:21:46.079><c> put</c><00:21:46.279><c> out</c><00:21:46.420><c> in</c><00:21:46.500><c> the</c><00:21:46.680><c> world,</c>

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to<00:21:47.000><c> get</c><00:21:47.119><c> rid</c><00:21:47.319><c> of</c><00:21:47.519><c> it,</c><00:21:47.759><c> to</c><00:21:47.880><c> get</c><00:21:48.000><c> it</c><00:21:48.160><c> out</c><00:21:48.279><c> of</c><00:21:48.420><c> our</c><00:21:48.579><c> heads,</c>

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to<00:21:49.759><c> commit</c><00:21:49.960><c> ourselves</c><00:21:50.359><c> to</c><00:21:50.539><c> His</c><00:21:50.839><c> Word,</c>

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to<00:21:51.680><c> accept</c><00:21:52.019><c> the</c><00:21:52.279><c> assignments</c><00:21:52.680><c> that</c><00:21:52.880><c> come</c><00:21:53.019><c> along</c>

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that<00:21:53.420><c> quite</c><00:21:53.619><c> often</c><00:21:53.859><c> aren't</c><00:21:54.039><c> exactly</c><00:21:54.420><c> what</c><00:21:54.559><c> we</c><00:21:54.740><c> would</c><00:21:54.920><c> choose.</c>

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I'd<00:21:56.000><c> rather</c><00:21:56.140><c> do</c><00:21:56.380><c> this,</c><00:21:56.799><c> but</c><00:21:56.960><c> it</c><00:21:57.019><c> looks</c><00:21:57.200><c> like</c>

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I'm<00:21:57.500><c> supposed</c><00:21:57.700><c> to</c><00:21:57.859><c> be</c><00:21:58.460><c> involved</c><00:21:58.880><c> here.</c>

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That's<00:21:59.359><c> where</c><00:21:59.460><c> the</c><00:21:59.660><c> need</c><00:21:59.779><c> is.</c>

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And<00:22:01.339><c> then</c><00:22:01.539><c> to</c><00:22:02.220><c> quietly,</c><00:22:04.660><c> confidently,</c><00:22:04.980><c> if</c><00:22:05.099><c> you</c><00:22:05.299><c> will,</c>

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in<00:22:05.579><c> His</c><00:22:05.819><c> strength,</c><00:22:06.119><c> not</c><00:22:06.259><c> your</c><00:22:06.539><c> own,</c>

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go<00:22:07.500><c> forward</c><00:22:07.920><c> and</c><00:22:08.140><c> do</c><00:22:08.279><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:09.460><c> find</c><00:22:09.619><c> out</c><00:22:09.859><c> that</c><00:22:10.000><c> you</c><00:22:10.119><c> can</c><00:22:10.400><c> do</c><00:22:10.660><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:12.859><c> put</c><00:22:13.000><c> up</c><00:22:13.200><c> with</c><00:22:13.400><c> the</c><00:22:13.720><c> humanity,</c>

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the<00:22:14.859><c> failings</c><00:22:15.180><c> of</c><00:22:15.359><c> our</c><00:22:15.539><c> humanity.</c>

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He<00:22:16.539><c> asks</c><00:22:16.859><c> that</c><00:22:17.099><c> of</c><00:22:17.279><c> us.</c>

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So<00:22:18.000><c> I</c><00:22:18.119><c> call</c><00:22:18.319><c> it</c><00:22:18.559><c> this</c><00:22:18.900><c> life</c><00:22:19.140><c> of</c><00:22:19.359><c> my</c><00:22:19.559><c> humiliation.</c>

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It's<00:22:22.460><c> essential</c><00:22:22.839><c> that</c><00:22:23.019><c> we</c><00:22:23.160><c> be</c><00:22:23.279><c> willing</c><00:22:23.500><c> to</c><00:22:23.700><c> put</c><00:22:23.839><c> up</c><00:22:24.039><c> with</c><00:22:24.319><c> that.</c>

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Because<00:22:26.539><c> He</c><00:22:26.700><c> has</c><00:22:26.880><c> made</c><00:22:27.019><c> us</c><00:22:27.299><c> all</c><00:22:27.539><c> subject</c><00:22:27.980><c> to</c><00:22:28.299><c> that.</c>

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He<00:22:28.740><c> has</c><00:22:28.819><c> made</c><00:22:29.000><c> the</c><00:22:29.240><c> creation</c><00:22:29.680><c> subject</c>

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to<00:22:32.019><c> this</c><00:22:32.500><c> frustration</c><00:22:33.400><c> and</c><00:22:34.460><c> humility</c>

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and<00:22:35.779><c> hope</c><00:22:36.160><c> for</c><00:22:36.599><c> a</c><00:22:36.680><c> purpose.</c>

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Because<00:22:38.759><c> out</c><00:22:38.940><c> of</c><00:22:39.000><c> it</c><00:22:39.140><c> He's</c><00:22:39.299><c> going</c><00:22:39.460><c> to</c><00:22:39.599><c> bring</c>

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some<00:22:40.140><c> wonderful,</c><00:22:40.579><c> beautiful</c><00:22:41.079><c> jewels</c>

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that<00:22:41.880><c> have</c><00:22:42.059><c> learned</c><00:22:42.180><c> to</c><00:22:42.420><c> trust</c><00:22:42.680><c> Him</c>

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and<00:22:44.039><c> have</c><00:22:44.180><c> done</c><00:22:44.359><c> things</c><00:22:44.619><c> they</c><00:22:44.759><c> could</c><00:22:45.000><c> never</c><00:22:45.200><c> do</c>

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in<00:22:45.460><c> their</c><00:22:45.660><c> own</c><00:22:45.880><c> strength.</c>

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In<00:22:52.160><c> that</c><00:22:52.380><c> verse</c><00:22:52.579><c> 7</c><00:22:52.859><c> we</c><00:22:53.019><c> read,</c>

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O<00:22:53.319><c> Lord</c><00:22:53.579><c> my</c><00:22:53.880><c> God,</c><00:22:54.099><c> you</c><00:22:54.200><c> have</c><00:22:54.339><c> made</c><00:22:54.539><c> your</c><00:22:54.819><c> servant</c><00:22:55.059><c> king</c>

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instead<00:22:55.720><c> of</c><00:22:55.859><c> my</c><00:22:56.000><c> father</c><00:22:56.240><c> David,</c><00:22:56.579><c> but</c><00:22:56.700><c> I</c><00:22:56.819><c> am</c><00:22:56.900><c> a</c><00:22:57.000><c> little</c><00:22:57.200><c> child.</c>

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Don't<00:22:59.460><c> lose</c><00:22:59.759><c> that,</c><00:23:00.180><c> brothers</c><00:23:00.299><c> and</c><00:23:00.559><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:23:00.960><c> doesn't</c><00:23:01.200><c> matter</c><00:23:01.440><c> how</c><00:23:01.660><c> successful</c>

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or<00:23:02.480><c> how</c><00:23:02.759><c> prominent</c><00:23:03.079><c> you</c><00:23:03.279><c> become</c><00:23:03.559><c> in</c><00:23:03.700><c> the</c><00:23:03.839><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Don't<00:23:04.400><c> lose</c><00:23:04.680><c> it.</c>

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I<00:23:04.960><c> am</c><00:23:05.180><c> a</c><00:23:05.319><c> little</c><00:23:05.539><c> child.</c>

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I<00:23:06.839><c> do</c><00:23:07.140><c> not</c><00:23:07.339><c> know</c><00:23:07.599><c> of</c><00:23:07.799><c> myself</c><00:23:08.319><c> how</c><00:23:08.559><c> to</c><00:23:08.660><c> go</c><00:23:08.900><c> out</c>

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or<00:23:09.299><c> to</c><00:23:09.519><c> come</c><00:23:09.660><c> in</c><00:23:09.940><c> before</c><00:23:10.240><c> these</c><00:23:10.519><c> people.</c>

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Your<00:23:12.240><c> servant</c><00:23:12.519><c> is</c><00:23:12.740><c> in</c><00:23:12.859><c> the</c><00:23:12.940><c> midst</c><00:23:13.119><c> of</c><00:23:13.299><c> your</c><00:23:13.480><c> people</c>

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whom<00:23:13.920><c> you</c><00:23:14.079><c> have</c><00:23:14.279><c> chosen,</c><00:23:14.640><c> a</c><00:23:14.880><c> great</c><00:23:15.059><c> people,</c>

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too<00:23:15.700><c> numerous</c><00:23:16.039><c> to</c><00:23:16.259><c> be</c><00:23:16.500><c> counted.</c>

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Paul<00:23:19.299><c> says</c><00:23:19.599><c> through</c><00:23:19.839><c> Corinthians,</c>

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my<00:23:20.819><c> grace,</c><00:23:21.880><c> which</c><00:23:22.119><c> is</c><00:23:22.299><c> His</c><00:23:22.539><c> kindness,</c>

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His<00:23:24.220><c> goodness,</c><00:23:25.740><c> His</c><00:23:25.980><c> instruction,</c><00:23:27.420><c> His</c><00:23:27.680><c> chastening,</c>

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that's<00:23:28.599><c> all</c><00:23:28.819><c> part</c><00:23:29.000><c> of</c><00:23:29.119><c> the</c><00:23:29.220><c> grace</c><00:23:29.420><c> of</c><00:23:29.579><c> God</c>

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by<00:23:29.980><c> which</c><00:23:30.119><c> we</c><00:23:30.259><c> are</c><00:23:30.400><c> being</c><00:23:30.660><c> saved.</c>

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His<00:23:32.900><c> kindness,</c><00:23:33.460><c> His</c><00:23:33.700><c> goodness,</c>

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the<00:23:34.480><c> instruction,</c><00:23:35.200><c> the</c><00:23:35.400><c> chastening,</c>

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that's<00:23:36.099><c> all</c><00:23:36.400><c> phases</c><00:23:36.700><c> of</c><00:23:36.920><c> His</c><00:23:37.160><c> grace,</c>

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is<00:23:38.759><c> sufficient</c><00:23:39.319><c> for</c><00:23:39.680><c> you,</c>

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for<00:23:40.180><c> my</c><00:23:40.599><c> power</c><00:23:41.140><c> is</c><00:23:41.700><c> made</c><00:23:42.059><c> perfect</c><00:23:42.500><c> in</c><00:23:42.779><c> weakness.</c>

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It's<00:23:45.480><c> almost</c><00:23:46.000><c> a</c><00:23:46.660><c> basic</c><00:23:47.019><c> requirement</c>

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to<00:23:47.759><c> be</c><00:23:47.960><c> successful</c><00:23:48.460><c> in</c><00:23:48.619><c> the</c><00:23:48.819><c> truth.</c>

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You<00:23:49.180><c> have</c><00:23:49.400><c> got</c><00:23:49.559><c> to</c><00:23:49.740><c> acknowledge</c><00:23:50.119><c> your</c><00:23:50.359><c> own</c><00:23:50.559><c> basic</c><00:23:50.839><c> weakness.</c>

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I<00:23:52.700><c> will</c><00:23:52.960><c> all</c><00:23:53.119><c> the</c><00:23:53.259><c> more</c><00:23:53.500><c> gladly</c><00:23:54.140><c> boast</c><00:23:54.819><c> of</c><00:23:55.279><c> my</c><00:23:55.519><c> weaknesses.</c>

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What<00:23:57.299><c> he</c><00:23:57.480><c> means</c><00:23:57.720><c> is</c><00:23:57.960><c> that</c><00:23:58.339><c> I'm</c><00:23:58.599><c> not</c><00:23:58.799><c> going</c><00:23:58.980><c> to</c>

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fight<00:23:59.440><c> against</c><00:23:59.799><c> them.</c>

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I'm<00:24:00.039><c> not</c><00:24:00.240><c> going</c><00:24:00.380><c> to</c><00:24:00.480><c> be</c><00:24:00.700><c> putting</c><00:24:00.819><c> them</c><00:24:01.000><c> down</c><00:24:01.240><c> all</c><00:24:01.500><c> the</c><00:24:01.559><c> time.</c>

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I'll<00:24:03.200><c> accept</c><00:24:03.579><c> them.</c>

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I'll<00:24:05.140><c> glory</c><00:24:05.400><c> in</c><00:24:05.480><c> them,</c><00:24:05.619><c> if</c><00:24:05.720><c> you</c><00:24:05.900><c> will,</c>

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because<00:24:07.039><c> so</c><00:24:10.000><c> that</c><00:24:10.180><c> the</c><00:24:10.380><c> power</c><00:24:10.579><c> of</c><00:24:10.799><c> Christ</c>

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may<00:24:11.460><c> rest</c><00:24:11.759><c> upon</c><00:24:12.039><c> me.</c>

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For<00:24:13.579><c> when</c><00:24:13.779><c> I</c><00:24:13.880><c> am</c><00:24:14.059><c> weak,</c><00:24:14.839><c> then</c><00:24:15.019><c> I</c><00:24:15.140><c> am</c><00:24:15.339><c> strong.</c>

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We<00:24:17.400><c> obviously</c><00:24:17.880><c> cannot</c><00:24:18.200><c> make</c><00:24:18.460><c> it</c><00:24:18.559><c> in</c><00:24:18.740><c> our</c><00:24:18.880><c> own</c><00:24:19.140><c> strength.</c>

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Solomon<00:24:28.519><c> asked</c><00:24:28.900><c> for</c><00:24:29.180><c> a</c><00:24:29.420><c> hearing</c><00:24:29.740><c> heart</c>

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open<00:24:31.660><c> to</c><00:24:32.240><c> Yahweh's</c><00:24:32.740><c> Word</c>

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that<00:24:34.819><c> it</c><00:24:34.980><c> would</c><00:24:35.140><c> take</c><00:24:35.400><c> control</c><00:24:35.859><c> of</c><00:24:36.019><c> his</c><00:24:36.279><c> mind</c><00:24:36.799><c> and</c><00:24:37.119><c> affections</c>

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to<00:24:38.579><c> discern</c><00:24:38.920><c> between</c><00:24:39.380><c> good</c><00:24:39.619><c> and</c><00:24:39.799><c> evil</c>

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and<00:24:41.079><c> to</c><00:24:41.279><c> make</c><00:24:41.480><c> right</c><00:24:41.779><c> decisions.</c>

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He<00:24:42.619><c> asked</c><00:24:43.000><c> for</c><00:24:43.279><c> exactly</c><00:24:43.900><c> the</c><00:24:44.180><c> right</c><00:24:44.440><c> thing</c>

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at<00:24:44.859><c> that</c><00:24:45.079><c> point</c><00:24:45.279><c> in</c><00:24:45.519><c> time.</c>

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Isn't<00:24:48.680><c> that</c><00:24:48.880><c> a</c><00:24:49.059><c> pattern</c><00:24:49.319><c> for</c><00:24:49.619><c> our</c><00:24:49.720><c> young</c><00:24:49.880><c> people?</c>

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A<00:24:52.660><c> hearing</c><00:24:52.900><c> heart</c><00:24:53.700><c> open</c><00:24:54.279><c> to</c><00:24:54.480><c> the</c><00:24:54.680><c> Word</c>

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asking<00:24:56.460><c> that</c><00:24:56.660><c> it</c><00:24:56.859><c> take</c><00:24:57.059><c> control</c><00:24:57.559><c> of</c><00:24:57.740><c> my</c><00:24:58.019><c> mind</c><00:24:58.339><c> and</c><00:24:58.559><c> my</c><00:24:58.819><c> affections,</c>

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my<00:24:59.779><c> intellect</c><00:25:00.299><c> and</c><00:25:01.539><c> my</c><00:25:01.799><c> desires</c>

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to<00:25:03.740><c> discern</c><00:25:04.240><c> between</c><00:25:04.680><c> the</c><00:25:04.940><c> good</c><00:25:05.339><c> and</c><00:25:06.519><c> the</c><00:25:06.779><c> evil</c>

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so<00:25:07.440><c> that</c><00:25:07.559><c> I</c><00:25:07.619><c> can</c><00:25:07.799><c> reject</c><00:25:08.240><c> the</c><00:25:08.519><c> evil</c><00:25:08.660><c> and</c><00:25:08.819><c> choose</c><00:25:09.099><c> the</c><00:25:09.319><c> good</c>

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so<00:25:10.460><c> that</c><00:25:10.619><c> I</c><00:25:10.680><c> can</c><00:25:10.859><c> make</c><00:25:11.059><c> right</c><00:25:11.299><c> decisions</c>

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within<00:25:12.619><c> my</c><00:25:12.900><c> family,</c><00:25:13.359><c> within</c><00:25:13.539><c> the</c><00:25:13.740><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Give<00:25:15.819><c> your</c><00:25:16.200><c> servant</c><00:25:16.559><c> an</c><00:25:16.900><c> understanding</c><00:25:17.460><c> heart,</c>

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a<00:25:19.099><c> hearing</c><00:25:19.359><c> heart,</c><00:25:19.819><c> to</c><00:25:20.000><c> listen</c><00:25:20.299><c> intelligently,</c>

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attentively,<00:25:21.819><c> obedient</c><00:25:22.119><c> to</c><00:25:22.319><c> your</c><00:25:22.519><c> word.</c>

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That's<00:25:22.960><c> what</c><00:25:23.059><c> it</c><00:25:23.200><c> means</c><00:25:23.440><c> by</c><00:25:23.779><c> an</c><00:25:24.400><c> understanding</c><00:25:25.019><c> heart.</c>

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So<00:25:26.220><c> that</c><00:25:26.359><c> I</c><00:25:26.460><c> will</c><00:25:26.640><c> judge</c><00:25:26.900><c> your</c><00:25:27.220><c> people,</c>

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that<00:25:27.779><c> I</c><00:25:28.000><c> may</c><00:25:28.140><c> discern</c><00:25:28.779><c> between</c><00:25:29.299><c> good</c><00:25:29.759><c> and</c><00:25:30.140><c> evil.</c>

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For<00:25:32.920><c> who</c><00:25:33.059><c> is</c><00:25:33.259><c> able</c><00:25:33.460><c> to</c><00:25:33.700><c> judge</c><00:25:33.920><c> this</c><00:25:34.140><c> great</c><00:25:34.420><c> people</c><00:25:34.680><c> of</c><00:25:34.900><c> yours?</c>

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Psalm<00:25:36.940><c> 119,</c><00:25:38.240><c> I</c><00:25:38.720><c> am</c><00:25:39.200><c> your</c><00:25:39.619><c> servant.</c>

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You<00:25:40.839><c> chose</c><00:25:41.180><c> me.</c><00:25:41.420><c> You</c><00:25:41.619><c> called</c><00:25:41.940><c> me.</c>

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Give<00:25:43.960><c> me</c><00:25:44.200><c> understanding</c><00:25:44.759><c> that</c><00:25:44.980><c> I</c><00:25:45.160><c> may</c><00:25:45.299><c> know</c><00:25:45.500><c> your</c><00:25:45.819><c> testimonies.</c>

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Because<00:25:47.960><c> what</c><00:25:48.220><c> Solomon</c><00:25:48.599><c> is</c><00:25:48.799><c> asking</c><00:25:49.180><c> for</c>

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is<00:25:50.920><c> spiritual</c><00:25:51.400><c> wisdom,</c>

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not<00:25:53.220><c> the</c><00:25:53.480><c> wisdom</c><00:25:53.700><c> of</c><00:25:53.920><c> this</c><00:25:54.160><c> world.</c>

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You<00:25:56.140><c> know,</c><00:25:56.400><c> again,</c><00:25:56.819><c> we</c><00:25:56.980><c> have</c><00:25:57.200><c> got</c><00:25:57.359><c> to</c><00:25:57.559><c> help</c><00:25:57.720><c> our</c><00:25:57.940><c> young</c><00:25:58.099><c> people</c>

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make<00:25:58.680><c> that</c><00:25:58.960><c> distinction.</c>

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It's<00:26:00.740><c> one</c><00:26:00.980><c> thing</c><00:26:01.160><c> to</c><00:26:01.359><c> get</c><00:26:01.480><c> the</c><00:26:01.720><c> world's</c><00:26:02.079><c> wisdom</c>

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in<00:26:02.460><c> order</c><00:26:02.680><c> to</c><00:26:02.859><c> be</c><00:26:02.980><c> able</c><00:26:03.160><c> to</c><00:26:03.339><c> make</c><00:26:03.480><c> a</c><00:26:03.619><c> living.</c>

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It's<00:26:05.039><c> another</c><00:26:05.240><c> thing</c><00:26:05.480><c> to</c><00:26:05.680><c> realize,</c>

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you<00:26:06.980><c> know,</c><00:26:07.220><c> alongside</c><00:26:07.660><c> of</c><00:26:07.920><c> that,</c><00:26:08.400><c> of</c><00:26:08.619><c> equal</c><00:26:08.859><c> importance.</c>

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You've<00:26:11.059><c> got</c><00:26:11.160><c> to</c><00:26:11.339><c> have</c><00:26:11.519><c> spiritual</c><00:26:11.960><c> wisdom</c>

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if<00:26:12.400><c> you're</c><00:26:12.579><c> going</c><00:26:12.720><c> to</c><00:26:12.819><c> grow</c><00:26:13.000><c> in</c><00:26:13.119><c> the</c><00:26:13.319><c> truth.</c>

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Otherwise,<00:26:14.619><c> the</c><00:26:14.680><c> rest</c><00:26:14.880><c> of</c><00:26:15.000><c> it</c><00:26:15.160><c> means</c><00:26:15.579><c> nothing.</c>

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It<00:26:16.019><c> won't</c><00:26:16.240><c> help</c><00:26:16.640><c> any</c><00:26:17.000><c> of</c><00:26:17.099><c> us</c><00:26:17.200><c> get</c><00:26:17.519><c> to</c><00:26:17.880><c> where</c><00:26:17.980><c> we</c><00:26:18.140><c> want</c><00:26:18.259><c> to</c><00:26:18.420><c> be.</c>

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God<00:26:21.740><c> gave</c><00:26:22.099><c> Solomon</c><00:26:22.599><c> a</c><00:26:22.880><c> wise</c><00:26:23.400><c> and</c><00:26:23.819><c> understanding</c><00:26:24.319><c> heart</c>

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because<00:26:25.599><c> he</c><00:26:25.859><c> asked</c><00:26:26.200><c> for</c><00:26:26.539><c> it.</c>

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You<00:26:29.599><c> know,</c><00:26:29.680><c> isn't</c><00:26:29.819><c> that</c><00:26:29.960><c> amazing?</c>

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He<00:26:30.599><c> asked</c><00:26:31.000><c> for</c><00:26:31.299><c> it</c><00:26:31.420><c> and</c><00:26:31.539><c> God</c><00:26:31.799><c> gave</c><00:26:32.059><c> it</c><00:26:32.319><c> to</c><00:26:32.440><c> him.</c>

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And<00:26:33.779><c> that</c><00:26:33.920><c> is</c><00:26:34.200><c> not</c><00:26:34.440><c> unique</c><00:26:34.819><c> to</c><00:26:35.140><c> Solomon.</c>

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That's<00:26:36.180><c> a</c><00:26:36.339><c> big</c><00:26:36.500><c> point,</c><00:26:36.740><c> I</c><00:26:36.880><c> hope,</c>

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that<00:26:37.200><c> we</c><00:26:38.960><c> can</c><00:26:39.160><c> really</c><00:26:39.579><c> get</c><00:26:39.859><c> hold</c><00:26:40.039><c> of.</c>

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Verse<00:26:42.539><c> 12,</c><00:26:42.980><c> I</c><00:26:43.079><c> have</c><00:26:43.259><c> done</c><00:26:43.420><c> according</c><00:26:43.799><c> to</c><00:26:44.000><c> your</c><00:26:44.220><c> words.</c>

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This<00:26:45.420><c> is</c><00:26:45.640><c> God</c><00:26:45.859><c> to</c><00:26:46.119><c> Solomon.</c>

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I<00:26:47.660><c> have</c><00:26:47.880><c> given</c><00:26:48.079><c> you</c><00:26:48.400><c> a</c><00:26:48.599><c> wise</c><00:26:48.880><c> and</c><00:26:49.160><c> understanding</c><00:26:49.599><c> heart</c>

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so<00:26:50.240><c> that</c><00:26:50.380><c> there</c><00:26:50.500><c> has</c><00:26:50.720><c> not</c><00:26:50.859><c> been</c><00:26:51.000><c> anyone</c><00:26:51.220><c> like</c><00:26:51.500><c> you</c><00:26:51.700><c> before</c><00:26:52.039><c> you,</c>

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nor<00:26:53.339><c> shall</c><00:26:53.579><c> there</c><00:26:53.839><c> any</c><00:26:54.420><c> like</c><00:26:55.059><c> you</c><00:26:55.319><c> arise</c><00:26:55.619><c> after.</c>

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And<00:26:57.900><c> we</c><00:26:58.000><c> could</c><00:26:58.200><c> add</c><00:26:58.440><c> until</c><00:26:59.299><c> the</c><00:26:59.839><c> greater</c><00:27:00.039><c> than</c><00:27:00.299><c> Solomon</c><00:27:00.559><c> was</c><00:27:00.839><c> here.</c>

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In<00:27:03.519><c> 1</c><00:27:03.740><c> Kings</c><00:27:04.039><c> 10,</c><00:27:04.680><c> just</c><00:27:04.880><c> to</c><00:27:05.099><c> show</c><00:27:05.240><c> you</c>

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what<00:27:05.519><c> kind</c><00:27:05.759><c> of</c><00:27:05.859><c> wisdom</c><00:27:06.039><c> we're</c><00:27:06.259><c> talking</c><00:27:06.500><c> about,</c>

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when<00:27:07.000><c> the</c><00:27:07.160><c> Queen</c><00:27:07.339><c> of</c><00:27:07.559><c> Sheba</c><00:27:07.799><c> heard</c><00:27:07.960><c> of</c><00:27:08.119><c> the</c><00:27:08.240><c> fame</c><00:27:08.400><c> of</c><00:27:08.720><c> Solomon</c>

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concerning<00:27:10.759><c> the</c><00:27:11.240><c> name</c><00:27:11.519><c> of</c><00:27:11.720><c> the</c><00:27:11.920><c> Lord.</c>

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You<00:27:13.740><c> know,</c><00:27:13.859><c> so</c><00:27:14.019><c> we're</c><00:27:14.180><c> talking</c><00:27:14.440><c> about</c><00:27:14.759><c> spiritual</c><00:27:15.220><c> wisdom</c>

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concerning<00:27:16.019><c> the</c><00:27:16.279><c> things</c><00:27:16.500><c> of</c><00:27:17.220><c> God.</c>

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We're<00:27:18.980><c> not</c><00:27:19.119><c> just</c><00:27:19.299><c> talking</c><00:27:19.559><c> about</c><00:27:19.779><c> how</c><00:27:19.920><c> to</c><00:27:20.039><c> be</c><00:27:20.180><c> a</c><00:27:20.380><c> great</c><00:27:21.039><c> worldly</c><00:27:21.319><c> leader</c>

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or<00:27:21.859><c> a</c><00:27:22.000><c> great</c><00:27:23.140><c> trader</c><00:27:23.460><c> or</c><00:27:23.700><c> whatever</c><00:27:24.000><c> it</c><00:27:24.259><c> was,</c>

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:28.119
a<00:27:25.000><c> great</c><00:27:25.160><c> builder</c><00:27:25.539><c> concerning</c><00:27:26.799><c> the</c><00:27:27.119><c> name</c><00:27:27.400><c> of</c><00:27:27.579><c> the</c><00:27:27.759><c> Lord.</c>

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That's<00:27:28.640><c> when</c><00:27:28.759><c> she</c><00:27:28.980><c> came.</c>

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:34.480
Matthew<00:27:31.140><c> 6,</c><00:27:31.559><c> seek</c><00:27:31.839><c> first</c><00:27:32.339><c> the</c><00:27:32.559><c> kingdom</c><00:27:32.900><c> of</c><00:27:33.220><c> God</c>

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:37.440
and<00:27:35.539><c> His</c><00:27:36.119><c> righteousness.</c>

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:39.859
What<00:27:37.980><c> do</c><00:27:38.140><c> we</c><00:27:38.240><c> mean</c><00:27:38.420><c> by</c><00:27:38.599><c> His</c><00:27:38.819><c> righteousness?</c>

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:46.480
His<00:27:41.480><c> character,</c><00:27:42.740><c> His</c><00:27:43.299><c> attributes,</c><00:27:44.680><c> His</c><00:27:45.099><c> faithfulness.</c>

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:49.059
That's<00:27:47.000><c> God's</c><00:27:48.079><c> righteousness.</c>

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:52.579
That's<00:27:49.579><c> what</c><00:27:49.680><c> He</c><00:27:49.819><c> showed</c><00:27:50.019><c> Moses</c><00:27:50.380><c> when</c><00:27:50.579><c> He</c><00:27:50.720><c> asked</c><00:27:50.920><c> him</c><00:27:51.059><c> to</c><00:27:51.220><c> see</c><00:27:51.380><c> it.</c>

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.420
Seek<00:27:53.660><c> the</c><00:27:53.839><c> kingdom</c><00:27:54.200><c> and</c><00:27:54.559><c> seek</c><00:27:54.880><c> a</c><00:27:55.160><c> character</c>

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:57.519
like<00:27:55.720><c> the</c><00:27:55.920><c> Lord</c><00:27:56.099><c> Jesus</c><00:27:56.500><c> Christ,</c>

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:59.759
and<00:27:57.880><c> all</c><00:27:58.140><c> these</c><00:27:58.380><c> things</c><00:27:58.619><c> shall</c><00:27:58.799><c> be</c><00:27:59.019><c> added</c><00:27:59.160><c> to</c><00:27:59.380><c> you.</c>

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:02.259
I<00:28:00.279><c> can't</c><00:28:00.619><c> stress</c><00:28:00.940><c> that</c><00:28:01.180><c> too</c><00:28:01.420><c> much</c><00:28:01.619><c> to</c><00:28:01.859><c> you.</c>

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:04.880
You<00:28:02.579><c> know,</c><00:28:02.960><c> from</c><00:28:03.160><c> my</c><00:28:03.359><c> own</c><00:28:03.579><c> experience,</c>

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:08.740
I<00:28:06.019><c> know</c><00:28:06.279><c> that</c><00:28:06.480><c> 50</c><00:28:06.700><c> years</c><00:28:07.000><c> ago,</c><00:28:07.259><c> college</c><00:28:07.599><c> wasn't</c><00:28:07.920><c> all</c><00:28:08.140><c> that</c><00:28:08.339><c> essential.</c>

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:11.059
You<00:28:08.940><c> could</c><00:28:09.140><c> get</c><00:28:09.339><c> by</c><00:28:09.519><c> with</c><00:28:09.720><c> or</c><00:28:09.880><c> without</c><00:28:10.160><c> it.</c>

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.859
But<00:28:11.480><c> I</c><00:28:11.599><c> remember</c><00:28:11.920><c> coming</c><00:28:12.140><c> out</c><00:28:12.339><c> of</c><00:28:12.380><c> high</c><00:28:12.619><c> school</c>

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:16.700
and<00:28:13.019><c> going</c><00:28:13.240><c> to</c><00:28:14.380><c> an</c><00:28:14.579><c> accounting</c><00:28:14.900><c> school</c><00:28:15.180><c> for</c><00:28:15.380><c> three</c><00:28:15.640><c> months,</c>

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:19.359
and<00:28:17.140><c> I</c><00:28:17.299><c> couldn't</c><00:28:17.519><c> make</c><00:28:17.759><c> the</c><00:28:17.940><c> midweek</c><00:28:18.299><c> class.</c>

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:24.339
And<00:28:21.579><c> I</c><00:28:21.880><c> walked</c><00:28:22.099><c> away</c><00:28:22.380><c> from</c><00:28:22.599><c> it,</c><00:28:22.759><c> and</c><00:28:22.900><c> I</c><00:28:22.960><c> never</c><00:28:23.119><c> went</c><00:28:23.299><c> back.</c>

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:28.700
Sure,<00:28:25.859><c> I</c><00:28:26.039><c> spent</c><00:28:26.259><c> some</c><00:28:26.859><c> years</c><00:28:27.799><c> trying</c><00:28:28.079><c> to</c><00:28:28.200><c> get</c><00:28:28.359><c> somewhere</c>

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.779
and<00:28:29.240><c> raise</c><00:28:29.539><c> a</c><00:28:29.720><c> family,</c>

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:33.779
but<00:28:31.579><c> I</c><00:28:31.720><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:32.059><c> trade</c><00:28:32.380><c> it</c><00:28:32.539><c> for</c><00:28:32.759><c> anything.</c>

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:39.859
Get<00:28:36.200><c> your</c><00:28:36.400><c> education</c><00:28:37.079><c> so</c><00:28:37.380><c> you</c><00:28:37.559><c> can</c><00:28:38.019><c> operate</c><00:28:38.400><c> in</c><00:28:38.640><c> today's</c><00:28:39.019><c> world.</c>

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.759
You<00:28:40.799><c> know,</c><00:28:40.880><c> I've</c><00:28:40.980><c> got</c><00:28:41.079><c> a</c><00:28:41.220><c> daughter,</c><00:28:41.599><c> Pam,</c>

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.920
that's<00:28:41.980><c> going</c><00:28:42.160><c> back</c><00:28:42.460><c> to</c><00:28:42.579><c> night</c><00:28:42.740><c> school</c>

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:45.019
because<00:28:43.200><c> they</c><00:28:43.339><c> won't</c><00:28:43.500><c> move</c><00:28:43.740><c> her</c><00:28:43.880><c> anywhere</c><00:28:44.039><c> in</c><00:28:44.220><c> the</c><00:28:44.339><c> company.</c>

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:48.640
All<00:28:45.319><c> the</c><00:28:45.519><c> companies</c><00:28:45.700><c> are</c><00:28:45.920><c> using</c><00:28:46.079><c> it</c><00:28:46.319><c> as</c><00:28:47.420><c> a</c><00:28:47.700><c> measure</c><00:28:48.039><c> to</c><00:28:48.400><c> who</c>

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.220
they<00:28:48.859><c> promote.</c>

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:51.160
You've<00:28:49.819><c> got</c><00:28:49.880><c> to</c><00:28:50.000><c> have</c><00:28:50.240><c> a</c><00:28:50.420><c> college</c><00:28:50.640><c> education.</c>

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.279
Sure,<00:28:51.420><c> you've</c><00:28:51.640><c> got</c><00:28:51.680><c> to</c><00:28:51.799><c> have</c><00:28:51.960><c> it.</c>

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:55.140
My<00:28:52.940><c> boys</c><00:28:53.180><c> have</c><00:28:53.420><c> one.</c><00:28:53.700><c> Ruth</c><00:28:53.920><c> has</c><00:28:54.160><c> one.</c>

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:59.539
But<00:28:56.099><c> don't</c><00:28:56.539><c> do</c><00:28:56.799><c> it</c><00:28:56.940><c> at</c><00:28:57.119><c> the</c><00:28:57.279><c> neglect</c><00:28:57.660><c> of</c><00:28:57.859><c> your</c><00:28:58.119><c> spiritual</c><00:28:58.640><c> life.</c>

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:04.440
My<00:29:00.240><c> whole</c><00:29:01.579><c> plea</c><00:29:02.259><c> to</c><00:29:02.500><c> you</c><00:29:02.740><c> is</c><00:29:02.980><c> that</c><00:29:03.220><c> don't</c><00:29:03.619><c> put</c><00:29:03.880><c> one</c><00:29:04.119><c> ahead</c><00:29:04.299><c> of</c>

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.779
the<00:29:04.559><c> other.</c>

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.779
Don't<00:29:05.200><c> try</c><00:29:05.680><c> to</c><00:29:05.900><c> decide</c><00:29:06.220><c> that,</c>

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:09.000
well,<00:29:07.039><c> I'll</c><00:29:07.240><c> give</c><00:29:07.359><c> this</c><00:29:07.559><c> four</c><00:29:07.839><c> concentrated</c><00:29:08.599><c> years,</c>

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.299
and<00:29:09.160><c> then</c><00:29:09.319><c> I'll</c><00:29:09.420><c> get</c><00:29:09.619><c> into</c><00:29:09.819><c> the</c><00:29:10.079><c> Word.</c>

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:14.000
It<00:29:10.700><c> won't</c><00:29:10.880><c> happen</c><00:29:11.339><c> in</c><00:29:11.819><c> most</c><00:29:12.039><c> cases.</c><00:29:12.420><c> It</c><00:29:12.599><c> will</c><00:29:12.900><c> not</c><00:29:13.140><c> happen.</c>

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:17.000
You<00:29:14.319><c> become</c><00:29:14.640><c> too</c><00:29:14.920><c> engrossed</c><00:29:15.299><c> in</c><00:29:15.480><c> the</c><00:29:15.619><c> things</c><00:29:15.779><c> of</c><00:29:15.960><c> this</c><00:29:16.180><c> world,</c>

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:19.759
and<00:29:17.420><c> year</c><00:29:17.619><c> by</c><00:29:17.799><c> year</c><00:29:17.960><c> by</c><00:29:18.160><c> year,</c><00:29:18.339><c> you</c><00:29:18.480><c> find</c><00:29:18.720><c> it</c><00:29:18.960><c> increasingly</c><00:29:19.440><c> hard</c>

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:21.460
to<00:29:19.940><c> get</c><00:29:20.079><c> back</c><00:29:20.319><c> into</c><00:29:20.500><c> the</c><00:29:20.720><c> Word.</c>

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:23.640
They<00:29:21.740><c> have</c><00:29:21.940><c> got</c><00:29:22.140><c> to</c><00:29:22.359><c> run</c><00:29:22.480><c> in</c><00:29:22.819><c> parallel.</c>

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:25.799
You've<00:29:24.099><c> got</c><00:29:24.200><c> to</c><00:29:24.400><c> be</c><00:29:24.599><c> growing</c><00:29:24.880><c> in</c><00:29:25.180><c> the</c><00:29:25.380><c> Word.</c>

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:28.299
At<00:29:26.380><c> the</c><00:29:26.599><c> same</c><00:29:26.799><c> time,</c><00:29:27.039><c> you</c><00:29:27.160><c> are</c><00:29:27.359><c> increasing</c><00:29:27.720><c> your</c><00:29:28.000><c> knowledge</c>

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:31.180
of<00:29:28.519><c> what</c><00:29:28.960><c> it</c><00:29:29.160><c> takes</c><00:29:29.359><c> to</c><00:29:29.519><c> earn</c><00:29:29.619><c> a</c><00:29:29.759><c> living</c><00:29:29.920><c> in</c><00:29:30.079><c> this</c><00:29:30.319><c> world.</c>

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:35.460
But<00:29:32.740><c> we</c><00:29:32.839><c> may</c><00:29:33.019><c> go</c><00:29:33.200><c> for</c><00:29:33.460><c> years</c><00:29:33.859><c> without</c><00:29:34.259><c> seriously</c><00:29:34.960><c> asking</c>

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:37.339
for<00:29:35.859><c> spiritual</c><00:29:36.339><c> wisdom.</c>

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:40.940
You<00:29:39.099><c> know,</c><00:29:39.200><c> it's</c><00:29:39.380><c> kind</c><00:29:39.539><c> of</c><00:29:39.660><c> a</c><00:29:39.799><c> shocker</c><00:29:40.059><c> to</c><00:29:40.200><c> wake</c><00:29:40.339><c> up</c><00:29:40.579><c> and</c><00:29:40.700><c> realize</c>

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:42.500
that's<00:29:41.279><c> exactly</c><00:29:41.539><c> what</c><00:29:41.819><c> happened</c><00:29:42.019><c> to</c><00:29:42.259><c> me.</c>

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:45.019
I<00:29:42.920><c> never</c><00:29:43.099><c> really</c><00:29:43.440><c> asked</c><00:29:43.720><c> for</c><00:29:44.039><c> it.</c>

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:46.140
Why?

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:48.400
Perhaps<00:29:46.660><c> aware</c><00:29:46.960><c> it</c><00:29:47.140><c> could</c><00:29:47.380><c> impede</c><00:29:47.660><c> our</c><00:29:48.000><c> activities</c>

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.579
and<00:29:48.660><c> ambitions</c><00:29:49.019><c> in</c><00:29:49.240><c> this</c><00:29:49.440><c> life,</c>

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:52.119
sort<00:29:49.779><c> of</c><00:29:49.980><c> self</c><00:29:50.200><c>-conscious</c><00:29:50.559><c> awareness</c><00:29:51.099><c> that,</c>

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:55.259
you<00:29:52.579><c> know,</c><00:29:52.819><c> if</c><00:29:53.140><c> I</c><00:29:53.299><c> really</c><00:29:53.559><c> want</c><00:29:53.819><c> spiritual</c><00:29:54.259><c> wisdom,</c>

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:57.359
I<00:29:56.019><c> can't</c><00:29:56.359><c> ask</c><00:29:56.660><c> as</c><00:29:56.900><c> a</c><00:29:57.140><c> sham.</c>

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:58.579
I've<00:29:57.460><c> got</c><00:29:57.880><c> to</c><00:29:57.980><c> do</c><00:29:58.059><c> my</c><00:29:58.420><c> part.</c>

00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:02.420
I've<00:29:58.779><c> got</c><00:29:58.839><c> to</c><00:29:58.920><c> commit</c><00:29:59.299><c> to</c><00:30:00.220><c> the</c><00:30:00.579><c> source</c><00:30:00.880><c> of</c><00:30:01.119><c> spiritual</c><00:30:01.559><c> wisdom,</c>

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:05.299
and<00:30:02.539><c> that</c><00:30:02.799><c> perhaps</c><00:30:03.200><c> is</c><00:30:03.380><c> why</c><00:30:03.539><c> it</c><00:30:03.680><c> takes</c><00:30:03.900><c> some</c><00:30:04.160><c> of</c><00:30:04.279><c> us</c><00:30:04.660><c> a</c><00:30:04.819><c> long</c><00:30:05.039><c> time</c>

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:07.119
to<00:30:05.819><c> get</c><00:30:06.019><c> to</c><00:30:06.200><c> that</c><00:30:06.359><c> level.</c>

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:10.500
But<00:30:07.640><c> our</c><00:30:07.779><c> young</c><00:30:07.980><c> people</c><00:30:08.240><c> are</c><00:30:08.440><c> not</c><00:30:08.599><c> going</c><00:30:08.759><c> to</c><00:30:08.880><c> make</c><00:30:09.019><c> it</c><00:30:09.140><c> in</c><00:30:09.279><c> this</c><00:30:09.539><c> world.</c>

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:13.319
You<00:30:10.700><c> know,</c><00:30:11.200><c> that's</c><00:30:11.480><c> why</c><00:30:11.680><c> I</c><00:30:11.920><c> showed</c><00:30:12.019><c> you</c><00:30:12.200><c> those</c><00:30:12.440><c> excerpts.</c>

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:16.119
People<00:30:13.839><c> of</c><00:30:13.980><c> the</c><00:30:14.119><c> world</c><00:30:14.259><c> know</c><00:30:14.440><c> exactly</c><00:30:14.839><c> what's</c><00:30:15.140><c> wrong.</c>

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:18.799
They<00:30:16.880><c> know</c><00:30:17.039><c> what</c><00:30:17.279><c> should</c><00:30:17.460><c> be</c><00:30:17.680><c> done,</c>

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:22.640
but<00:30:19.559><c> they</c><00:30:19.759><c> are</c><00:30:20.039><c> totally</c><00:30:20.339><c> without</c><00:30:20.700><c> power</c><00:30:21.079><c> to</c><00:30:21.259><c> make</c><00:30:21.440><c> any</c><00:30:21.700><c> changes,</c>

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:26.299
any<00:30:23.019><c> effective</c><00:30:23.400><c> changes</c><00:30:23.880><c> in</c><00:30:24.220><c> the</c><00:30:24.420><c> course</c><00:30:24.660><c> of</c><00:30:25.759><c> the</c><00:30:25.900><c> events,</c>

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:28.240
the<00:30:26.980><c> morality</c><00:30:27.359><c> and</c><00:30:27.599><c> so</c><00:30:27.819><c> on.</c>

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:30.440
There's<00:30:28.859><c> only</c><00:30:29.099><c> one</c><00:30:29.279><c> way</c><00:30:29.519><c> that</c><00:30:29.720><c> our</c><00:30:29.839><c> young</c><00:30:30.000><c> people</c><00:30:30.220><c> are</c><00:30:30.339><c> going</c>

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.339
to<00:30:30.559><c> beat</c><00:30:30.680><c> it,</c>

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:33.319
and<00:30:31.700><c> that's</c><00:30:31.880><c> to</c><00:30:32.099><c> commit</c><00:30:32.279><c> themselves</c><00:30:32.740><c> to</c><00:30:32.940><c> the</c><00:30:33.140><c> Word</c>

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:37.339
at<00:30:33.519><c> the</c><00:30:33.660><c> same</c><00:30:33.839><c> time</c><00:30:34.039><c> they</c><00:30:34.220><c> commit</c><00:30:34.480><c> to</c><00:30:34.700><c> any</c><00:30:34.900><c> other</c><00:30:35.759><c> form</c><00:30:36.359><c> of</c><00:30:36.579><c> learning.</c>

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:41.259
James<00:30:38.680><c> tells</c><00:30:39.019><c> you</c><00:30:39.240><c> and</c><00:30:39.440><c> I</c><00:30:39.619><c> to</c><00:30:39.799><c> do</c><00:30:40.000><c> exactly</c><00:30:40.460><c> the</c><00:30:40.720><c> same</c><00:30:40.980><c> thing</c>

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:46.259
as<00:30:41.559><c> Solomon</c><00:30:41.839><c> did,</c><00:30:43.420><c> to</c><00:30:43.819><c> ask</c><00:30:44.460><c> in</c><00:30:45.259><c> faith.</c>

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:48.880
If<00:30:46.940><c> any</c><00:30:47.140><c> of</c><00:30:47.240><c> you</c><00:30:47.380><c> lacks</c><00:30:47.660><c> wisdom,</c>

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:52.519
and<00:30:49.480><c> what</c><00:30:49.559><c> he</c><00:30:49.680><c> means</c><00:30:49.859><c> by</c><00:30:50.119><c> that</c><00:30:50.319><c> is</c><00:30:50.440><c> to</c><00:30:50.740><c> overcome</c><00:30:51.160><c> your</c><00:30:51.519><c> natural</c><00:30:51.900><c> self</c>

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:55.460
and<00:30:53.200><c> to</c><00:30:53.380><c> conform</c><00:30:53.740><c> your</c><00:30:54.079><c> life</c><00:30:54.339><c> to</c><00:30:54.519><c> the</c><00:30:54.720><c> pattern</c><00:30:54.900><c> of</c><00:30:55.099><c> our</c><00:30:55.259><c> Lord,</c>

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:57.099
but<00:30:55.460><c> if</c><00:30:55.619><c> you</c><00:30:55.859><c> lack</c><00:30:56.059><c> the</c><00:30:56.240><c> wisdom</c><00:30:56.500><c> to</c><00:30:56.759><c> do</c><00:30:56.880><c> that,</c>

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:59.960
if<00:30:57.259><c> you</c><00:30:57.480><c> feel</c><00:30:57.700><c> like</c><00:30:57.859><c> I</c><00:30:58.059><c> just</c><00:30:58.339><c> can't</c><00:30:58.579><c> get</c><00:30:58.859><c> hold</c><00:30:59.019><c> of</c><00:30:59.140><c> what</c><00:30:59.299><c> it</c><00:30:59.519><c> takes</c>

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:02.500
to<00:31:00.559><c> become</c><00:31:00.799><c> a</c><00:31:00.960><c> spiritual</c><00:31:01.359><c> person,</c>

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:06.200
let<00:31:02.980><c> him</c><00:31:03.140><c> ask</c><00:31:03.440><c> of</c><00:31:03.660><c> God</c><00:31:04.019><c> who</c><00:31:04.200><c> gives</c><00:31:04.539><c> to</c><00:31:04.819><c> all</c><00:31:05.000><c> liberally</c><00:31:05.799><c> and</c>

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.220
without<00:31:06.500><c> reproach,</c>

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:09.180
and<00:31:07.380><c> it</c><00:31:07.500><c> will</c><00:31:07.700><c> be</c><00:31:07.900><c> given</c><00:31:08.039><c> to</c><00:31:08.259><c> him.</c>

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:12.759
But<00:31:10.119><c> let</c><00:31:10.599><c> him</c><00:31:10.799><c> ask</c><00:31:11.160><c> in</c><00:31:11.519><c> faith.</c>

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:16.859
And<00:31:14.240><c> what</c><00:31:14.400><c> that</c><00:31:14.680><c> means</c><00:31:14.900><c> is</c><00:31:15.079><c> I've</c><00:31:15.279><c> got</c><00:31:15.339><c> to</c><00:31:15.460><c> be</c><00:31:15.640><c> willing</c><00:31:16.000><c> to</c><00:31:16.339><c> trust</c>

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:19.799
his<00:31:17.460><c> way</c><00:31:17.920><c> of</c><00:31:18.220><c> bringing</c><00:31:18.420><c> it</c><00:31:18.700><c> about,</c>

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:24.119
trusting<00:31:20.680><c> him,</c><00:31:21.220><c> his</c><00:31:21.480><c> method</c><00:31:21.859><c> of</c><00:31:22.119><c> transforming</c><00:31:22.559><c> us</c>

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:27.680
through<00:31:25.460><c> the</c><00:31:25.720><c> adversity</c><00:31:26.079><c> of</c><00:31:26.339><c> our</c><00:31:26.519><c> lives,</c>

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.099
through<00:31:28.900><c> the</c><00:31:29.099><c> commitment</c><00:31:29.440><c> to</c><00:31:29.660><c> the</c><00:31:29.819><c> Word.</c>

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:32.680
I've<00:31:30.440><c> got</c><00:31:30.539><c> to</c><00:31:30.680><c> be</c><00:31:30.799><c> willing</c><00:31:31.079><c> to</c><00:31:31.319><c> trust</c><00:31:31.599><c> that</c><00:31:31.779><c> if</c><00:31:31.880><c> I</c><00:31:32.079><c> do</c><00:31:32.299><c> that</c>

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:35.859
and<00:31:32.839><c> if</c><00:31:33.000><c> I</c><00:31:33.200><c> submit</c><00:31:33.759><c> to</c><00:31:34.480><c> his</c><00:31:34.720><c> chastening,</c>

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:38.380
that<00:31:36.519><c> what</c><00:31:36.680><c> I'm</c><00:31:36.839><c> asking</c><00:31:37.140><c> for</c><00:31:37.440><c> is</c><00:31:37.640><c> actually</c><00:31:37.880><c> going</c><00:31:38.059><c> to</c><00:31:38.220><c> happen.</c>

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.220
It<00:31:38.559><c> will</c><00:31:38.799><c> too.</c>

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:41.579
It's<00:31:40.000><c> an</c><00:31:40.119><c> absolute</c><00:31:40.519><c> promise.</c>

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:44.700
But<00:31:43.059><c> it</c><00:31:43.240><c> requires</c><00:31:43.759><c> trusting</c><00:31:44.279><c> the</c><00:31:44.460><c> Lord,</c>

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:47.160
a<00:31:45.359><c> commitment</c><00:31:45.720><c> that</c><00:31:46.039><c> this</c><00:31:46.299><c> is</c><00:31:46.500><c> what</c><00:31:46.680><c> I</c><00:31:46.920><c> want.</c>

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:50.180
I<00:31:47.539><c> don't</c><00:31:47.680><c> want</c><00:31:47.880><c> to</c><00:31:47.960><c> be</c><00:31:48.019><c> like</c><00:31:48.240><c> I</c><00:31:48.500><c> am</c><00:31:48.660><c> as</c><00:31:48.819><c> a</c><00:31:48.920><c> natural</c><00:31:49.200><c> person.</c>

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:52.700
I'm<00:31:50.579><c> not</c><00:31:50.839><c> going</c><00:31:50.960><c> to</c><00:31:51.059><c> be</c><00:31:51.240><c> satisfied</c><00:31:51.680><c> with</c><00:31:51.900><c> making</c><00:31:52.180><c> excuses</c>

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:56.059
for<00:31:52.920><c> the</c><00:31:53.039><c> kind</c><00:31:53.220><c> of</c><00:31:53.339><c> person</c><00:31:53.559><c> I</c><00:31:53.779><c> am</c><00:31:53.940><c> by</c><00:31:54.539><c> my</c><00:31:54.900><c> natural</c><00:31:55.240><c> self.</c>

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:58.640
I<00:31:56.180><c> want</c><00:31:56.400><c> to</c><00:31:56.599><c> grow</c><00:31:56.779><c> in</c><00:31:56.940><c> the</c><00:31:57.099><c> Word</c><00:31:57.339><c> so</c><00:31:57.579><c> that</c><00:31:57.759><c> the</c><00:31:57.859><c> mind</c><00:31:58.059><c> of</c><00:31:58.220><c> the</c><00:31:58.400><c> Spirit</c>

00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:02.380
becomes<00:31:59.079><c> dominant</c><00:31:59.680><c> and</c><00:32:00.480><c> overcomes</c><00:32:00.920><c> my</c><00:32:01.140><c> natural</c><00:32:01.480><c> self.</c>

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:10.519
I<00:32:06.900><c> can</c><00:32:07.339><c> of</c><00:32:07.539><c> myself</c><00:32:08.339><c> do</c><00:32:09.599><c> nothing.</c>

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:14.799
See,<00:32:12.039><c> Christ</c><00:32:12.279><c> wasn't</c><00:32:12.559><c> just</c><00:32:13.079><c> mouth</c><00:32:13.339><c> and</c><00:32:13.539><c> words</c><00:32:13.759><c> when</c><00:32:13.900><c> he</c><00:32:14.059><c> said</c><00:32:14.259><c> that.</c>

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:18.619
It<00:32:15.359><c> was</c><00:32:15.619><c> as</c><00:32:15.819><c> true</c><00:32:16.160><c> of</c><00:32:16.380><c> him</c><00:32:16.680><c> as</c><00:32:16.880><c> it</c><00:32:17.019><c> is</c><00:32:17.220><c> of</c><00:32:17.420><c> you</c><00:32:17.579><c> and</c><00:32:17.720><c> I.</c>

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:22.180
He<00:32:19.500><c> was</c><00:32:19.799><c> God's</c><00:32:20.299><c> Son</c><00:32:20.539><c> which</c><00:32:20.799><c> gave</c><00:32:21.019><c> him</c><00:32:21.259><c> the</c><00:32:21.440><c> potential</c>

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:25.059
to<00:32:23.039><c> overcome</c><00:32:23.759><c> perfectly.</c>

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:29.500
But<00:32:26.700><c> he</c><00:32:26.839><c> had</c><00:32:27.099><c> to</c><00:32:27.299><c> make</c><00:32:27.460><c> the</c><00:32:27.660><c> commitment</c><00:32:28.160><c> to</c><00:32:28.519><c> do</c><00:32:28.720><c> it</c>

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:31.440
in<00:32:29.960><c> the</c><00:32:30.119><c> Father's</c><00:32:30.579><c> strength.</c>

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:36.799
He<00:32:32.400><c> had</c><00:32:32.680><c> to</c><00:32:33.339><c> use</c><00:32:33.859><c> what</c><00:32:34.200><c> that</c><00:32:35.279><c> wonderful</c><00:32:35.819><c> heritage</c><00:32:36.339><c> was</c>

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:39.940
that<00:32:37.099><c> had</c><00:32:37.539><c> been</c><00:32:37.819><c> bequeathed</c><00:32:38.099><c> to</c><00:32:38.240><c> him</c><00:32:38.420><c> by</c><00:32:38.640><c> being</c><00:32:39.019><c> God's</c><00:32:39.640><c> Son.</c>

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:44.099
He<00:32:40.240><c> had</c><00:32:40.440><c> a</c><00:32:40.619><c> mind</c><00:32:41.220><c> that</c><00:32:41.559><c> was</c><00:32:41.920><c> far</c><00:32:42.119><c> more</c><00:32:42.440><c> in</c><00:32:42.619><c> tune</c><00:32:42.799><c> with</c><00:32:42.980><c> his</c><00:32:43.180><c> Father,</c>

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.819
something<00:32:44.779><c> that</c><00:32:44.960><c> you</c><00:32:45.099><c> and</c><00:32:45.220><c> I</c><00:32:45.359><c> don't</c><00:32:45.599><c> have</c>

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:50.960
because<00:32:46.099><c> we're</c><00:32:46.339><c> born</c><00:32:46.559><c> of</c><00:32:47.920><c> both</c><00:32:48.420><c> a</c><00:32:49.559><c> father</c><00:32:49.819><c> and</c><00:32:49.940><c> a</c><00:32:50.079><c> mother.</c>

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:53.980
Christ<00:32:51.420><c> had</c><00:32:51.660><c> the</c><00:32:51.859><c> potential,</c><00:32:52.500><c> but</c><00:32:52.660><c> he</c><00:32:53.240><c> knew</c><00:32:53.359><c> that</c><00:32:53.619><c> he</c><00:32:53.740><c> could</c>

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.940
of<00:32:54.220><c> himself</c><00:32:54.759><c> in</c><00:32:54.960><c> his</c><00:32:55.220><c> own</c><00:32:55.480><c> strength.</c>

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.700
He<00:32:56.480><c> would</c><00:32:56.700><c> never</c><00:32:56.900><c> make</c><00:32:57.160><c> it.</c>

00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:00.799
And<00:32:58.200><c> that's</c><00:32:58.420><c> where</c><00:32:58.720><c> the</c><00:32:59.099><c> strong</c><00:32:59.380><c> crying</c><00:32:59.640><c> and</c><00:32:59.880><c> tears</c><00:33:00.059><c> came</c><00:33:00.299><c> in</c>

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:03.859
and<00:33:00.900><c> the</c><00:33:01.380><c> pleading</c><00:33:01.700><c> to</c><00:33:01.880><c> God,</c><00:33:02.200><c> the</c><00:33:02.420><c> prayers</c><00:33:02.680><c> all</c><00:33:03.019><c> night.</c>

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:08.339
Why?<00:33:06.160><c> To</c><00:33:06.539><c> keep</c><00:33:06.720><c> him</c><00:33:06.940><c> from</c><00:33:07.299><c> sin.</c>

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:11.579
He<00:33:09.640><c> learned</c><00:33:10.000><c> obedience</c><00:33:10.619><c> by</c><00:33:10.880><c> what</c><00:33:11.059><c> he</c><00:33:11.319><c> suffered.</c>

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:14.599
God<00:33:11.839><c> used</c><00:33:12.380><c> affliction</c><00:33:12.859><c> in</c><00:33:13.059><c> his</c><00:33:13.259><c> son's</c><00:33:13.559><c> life</c><00:33:13.680><c> to</c><00:33:13.960><c> keep</c><00:33:14.240><c> him</c>

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.920
from<00:33:14.940><c> sin.</c>

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.619
There's<00:33:17.319><c> no</c><00:33:17.500><c> punishment</c><00:33:17.920><c> involved</c><00:33:18.359><c> in</c><00:33:18.500><c> it.</c>

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:21.619
That<00:33:18.759><c> isn't</c><00:33:18.960><c> why</c><00:33:19.180><c> God</c><00:33:19.440><c> brings</c><00:33:19.720><c> affliction</c><00:33:20.140><c> into</c><00:33:20.380><c> our</c><00:33:20.700><c> lives.</c>

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:27.259
What<00:33:22.740><c> he's</c><00:33:23.000><c> after</c><00:33:23.359><c> is</c><00:33:23.619><c> to</c><00:33:23.880><c> prevent</c><00:33:24.900><c> our</c><00:33:26.259><c> continuing</c><00:33:26.740><c> in</c><00:33:27.079><c> sin.</c>

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:29.200
He<00:33:27.500><c> brought</c><00:33:27.660><c> affliction</c><00:33:28.039><c> into</c><00:33:28.259><c> David's</c><00:33:28.740><c> life</c>

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.779
to<00:33:29.819><c> stop</c><00:33:30.180><c> him</c><00:33:30.380><c> in</c><00:33:30.500><c> his</c><00:33:30.759><c> tracks</c><00:33:30.980><c> so</c><00:33:31.200><c> that</c><00:33:31.319><c> he</c><00:33:31.400><c> would</c><00:33:31.619><c> not</c>

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:34.039
go<00:33:31.940><c> down</c><00:33:32.160><c> that</c><00:33:32.400><c> road</c><00:33:32.640><c> again.</c>

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:37.980
He<00:33:35.779><c> would</c><00:33:35.920><c> never</c><00:33:36.160><c> return</c><00:33:36.640><c> to</c><00:33:36.900><c> his</c><00:33:37.420><c> immorality</c>

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:42.339
and<00:33:38.279><c> what</c><00:33:40.579><c> it</c><00:33:41.259><c> led</c><00:33:41.420><c> to.</c>

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:44.240
That's<00:33:43.000><c> the</c><00:33:43.059><c> way</c><00:33:43.180><c> God</c><00:33:43.380><c> uses</c><00:33:43.740><c> discipline.</c>

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.779
It's<00:33:44.619><c> not</c><00:33:44.779><c> punishment.</c>

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:48.799
God<00:33:46.140><c> does</c><00:33:46.420><c> not</c><00:33:46.640><c> punish</c><00:33:46.940><c> his</c><00:33:47.220><c> sons</c><00:33:47.480><c> and</c><00:33:47.660><c> his</c><00:33:47.900><c> daughters.</c>

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:53.460
He<00:33:49.839><c> disciplines</c><00:33:50.200><c> them</c><00:33:50.460><c> and</c><00:33:50.660><c> chastens</c><00:33:51.119><c> them</c><00:33:51.660><c> to</c><00:33:52.480><c> change</c><00:33:53.039><c> them</c>

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:57.799
and<00:33:53.640><c> to</c><00:33:53.960><c> prevent</c><00:33:54.380><c> them</c><00:33:54.960><c> and</c><00:33:55.279><c> to</c><00:33:55.579><c> keep</c><00:33:55.779><c> them</c><00:33:56.160><c> from</c><00:33:56.480><c> sinning.</c>

00:33:58.160 --> 00:34:00.920
It's<00:33:58.519><c> a</c><00:33:58.700><c> positive,</c><00:33:59.700><c> constructive,</c>

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:04.819
that's<00:34:02.880><c> absolutely</c><00:34:03.279><c> the</c><00:34:03.579><c> way</c><00:34:03.740><c> he</c><00:34:03.940><c> uses</c><00:34:04.259><c> chastening.</c>

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:08.579
And<00:34:05.720><c> that's</c><00:34:05.900><c> why</c><00:34:06.099><c> we're</c><00:34:06.359><c> encouraged</c><00:34:06.900><c> not</c><00:34:07.160><c> to</c><00:34:07.460><c> despise</c><00:34:07.859><c> it,</c>

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:12.760
not<00:34:08.980><c> to</c><00:34:09.219><c> reject</c><00:34:09.539><c> it,</c><00:34:10.659><c> to</c><00:34:10.980><c> treat</c><00:34:11.219><c> it</c><00:34:11.380><c> as</c><00:34:11.739><c> an</c><00:34:11.860><c> absolute</c><00:34:12.239><c> indication</c>

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:14.239
of<00:34:12.920><c> his</c><00:34:13.159><c> love</c><00:34:13.320><c> for</c><00:34:13.579><c> us.</c>

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:17.480
Whom<00:34:14.599><c> the</c><00:34:14.940><c> Father</c><00:34:15.219><c> loves,</c><00:34:16.179><c> he</c><00:34:16.420><c> chastens</c><00:34:16.860><c> and</c><00:34:17.179><c> disciplines</c>

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:20.219
because<00:34:17.860><c> without</c><00:34:18.159><c> it</c><00:34:18.300><c> we</c><00:34:18.420><c> won't</c><00:34:18.619><c> make</c><00:34:18.920><c> it.</c>

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.579
Do<00:34:21.300><c> not</c><00:34:21.519><c> try</c><00:34:21.780><c> attacking</c><00:34:22.179><c> your</c><00:34:22.500><c> faults</c><00:34:22.739><c> and</c><00:34:22.940><c> weaknesses</c><00:34:23.260><c> one</c>

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.139
by<00:34:23.900><c> one.</c>

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.699
It<00:34:24.300><c> will</c><00:34:24.539><c> not</c><00:34:24.800><c> work.</c>

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:27.920
It<00:34:25.860><c> is</c><00:34:26.079><c> like</c><00:34:26.239><c> cutting</c><00:34:26.500><c> just</c><00:34:26.840><c> the</c><00:34:27.039><c> tops</c><00:34:27.239><c> off</c><00:34:27.559><c> weeds.</c>

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:29.699
It's<00:34:28.199><c> a</c><00:34:28.340><c> losing</c><00:34:28.619><c> battle.</c>

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:32.900
Rather<00:34:30.719><c> get</c><00:34:31.000><c> closer</c><00:34:31.480><c> and</c><00:34:31.840><c> closer</c><00:34:32.260><c> to</c><00:34:32.460><c> God</c>

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:36.099
in<00:34:33.199><c> the</c><00:34:33.440><c> atmosphere</c><00:34:33.900><c> of</c><00:34:34.099><c> your</c><00:34:34.340><c> mind</c><00:34:34.800><c> and</c><00:34:35.219><c> spirit.</c>

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:39.460
And<00:34:36.800><c> let</c><00:34:37.000><c> his</c><00:34:37.260><c> glory</c><00:34:37.619><c> burn</c><00:34:37.900><c> the</c><00:34:38.079><c> evil</c><00:34:38.260><c> out</c><00:34:38.440><c> of</c><00:34:38.599><c> you.</c>

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:42.139
Strive<00:34:40.059><c> to</c><00:34:40.300><c> elevate</c><00:34:40.579><c> your</c><00:34:40.880><c> mind</c><00:34:41.139><c> from</c><00:34:41.380><c> natural</c><00:34:41.760><c> interest</c>

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:44.340
and<00:34:42.420><c> temporalities</c><00:34:43.039><c> and</c><00:34:43.380><c> triples</c>

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:46.980
to<00:34:44.900><c> the</c><00:34:45.139><c> real,</c><00:34:45.559><c> spiritual,</c><00:34:46.099><c> eternal</c><00:34:46.539><c> things,</c>

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:48.500
the<00:34:47.199><c> things</c><00:34:47.380><c> that</c><00:34:47.639><c> matter.</c>

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:52.119
I<00:34:49.380><c> hope</c><00:34:49.539><c> you</c><00:34:49.719><c> catch</c><00:34:49.920><c> on</c><00:34:50.159><c> to</c><00:34:50.280><c> what</c><00:34:50.440><c> I'm</c><00:34:50.699><c> trying</c><00:34:50.920><c> to</c><00:34:51.079><c> present</c><00:34:51.340><c> to</c><00:34:51.519><c> you.</c>

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:55.500
I<00:34:53.019><c> never</c><00:34:53.260><c> made</c><00:34:53.480><c> any</c><00:34:53.840><c> progress</c><00:34:54.159><c> trying</c><00:34:54.460><c> to</c><00:34:54.599><c> deal</c><00:34:54.760><c> with</c>

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.579
the<00:34:56.579><c> issues</c><00:34:56.860><c> one</c><00:34:57.079><c> by</c><00:34:57.380><c> one.</c>

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:59.320
I'm<00:34:57.719><c> not</c><00:34:57.880><c> going</c><00:34:58.019><c> to</c><00:34:58.099><c> do</c><00:34:58.199><c> this,</c><00:34:58.400><c> I'm</c><00:34:58.500><c> not</c><00:34:58.659><c> going</c><00:34:58.780><c> to</c><00:34:58.820><c> do</c><00:34:59.000><c> that.</c>

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.679
It<00:34:59.880><c> just</c><00:35:00.059><c> didn't</c><00:35:00.280><c> happen.</c>

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:03.179
What<00:35:01.380><c> God</c><00:35:01.659><c> wants</c><00:35:02.059><c> is</c><00:35:02.659><c> men</c><00:35:02.840><c> and</c><00:35:03.000><c> women</c>

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:06.760
who<00:35:03.360><c> are</c><00:35:03.579><c> transformed</c><00:35:04.699><c> into</c><00:35:05.039><c> spiritual</c><00:35:05.519><c> men</c><00:35:05.780><c> and</c><00:35:05.860><c> women.</c>

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:10.860
And<00:35:08.079><c> these</c><00:35:08.599><c> problems</c><00:35:09.659><c> of</c><00:35:09.980><c> our</c><00:35:10.320><c> natural</c><00:35:10.579><c> self</c>

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:12.039
are<00:35:11.039><c> beginning</c><00:35:11.260><c> to</c><00:35:11.519><c> fall</c><00:35:11.760><c> off</c>

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:13.840
because<00:35:12.300><c> they've</c><00:35:12.599><c> been</c><00:35:12.739><c> crowded</c><00:35:13.000><c> out</c>

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:15.460
by<00:35:14.500><c> the</c><00:35:14.679><c> things</c><00:35:14.880><c> of</c><00:35:15.059><c> the</c><00:35:15.239><c> spirit.</c>

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:18.000
The<00:35:16.019><c> only</c><00:35:16.260><c> way</c><00:35:16.519><c> is</c><00:35:16.659><c> to</c><00:35:16.800><c> get</c><00:35:16.900><c> more</c><00:35:17.179><c> and</c><00:35:17.340><c> more</c><00:35:17.500><c> of</c><00:35:17.639><c> the</c><00:35:17.820><c> Word</c>

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:19.780
into<00:35:18.179><c> your</c><00:35:18.420><c> mind</c><00:35:18.679><c> and</c><00:35:18.920><c> thoughts.</c>

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:23.820
The<00:35:20.039><c> written</c><00:35:20.340><c> Word</c><00:35:20.599><c> of</c><00:35:20.739><c> God</c><00:35:21.000><c> is</c><00:35:21.280><c> unique</c><00:35:21.840><c> on</c><00:35:22.360><c> earth</c><00:35:22.739><c> today.</c>

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:25.780
It<00:35:24.360><c> is</c><00:35:24.599><c> gold.</c>

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:27.699
All<00:35:26.239><c> else</c><00:35:26.519><c> is</c><00:35:26.780><c> dross.</c>

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.900
It<00:35:28.119><c> is</c><00:35:28.400><c> spirit.</c>

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:31.320
All<00:35:29.800><c> else</c><00:35:30.179><c> is</c><00:35:30.420><c> flesh.</c>

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:34.139
For<00:35:32.199><c> overcoming,</c><00:35:32.739><c> and</c><00:35:33.019><c> we</c><00:35:33.239><c> must</c><00:35:33.539><c> overcome,</c>

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:36.059
there<00:35:34.400><c> is</c><00:35:34.659><c> absolutely</c><00:35:35.119><c> no</c><00:35:35.460><c> substitute</c>

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:39.139
for<00:35:36.780><c> a</c><00:35:36.940><c> mental</c><00:35:37.159><c> attitude</c><00:35:37.579><c> of</c><00:35:37.780><c> which</c><00:35:37.960><c> God</c><00:35:38.199><c> is</c><00:35:38.460><c> the</c><00:35:38.739><c> permanent</c>

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.800
and<00:35:39.559><c> conscious</c><00:35:39.880><c> center.</c>

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:43.360
All<00:35:41.519><c> else</c><00:35:41.880><c> will</c><00:35:42.179><c> fail.</c>

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:49.800
Faith<00:35:48.059><c> generated</c><00:35:48.820><c> by</c><00:35:49.179><c> the</c><00:35:49.380><c> Word</c>

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:53.320
is<00:35:51.119><c> the</c><00:35:51.340><c> power</c><00:35:51.639><c> link</c><00:35:51.840><c> between</c><00:35:52.199><c> the</c><00:35:52.400><c> mind</c><00:35:52.579><c> of</c><00:35:52.719><c> God</c>

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:57.420
and<00:35:53.980><c> the</c><00:35:54.139><c> wellsprings</c><00:35:54.619><c> of</c><00:35:54.900><c> conduct</c><00:35:55.280><c> and</c><00:35:55.500><c> action</c><00:35:55.800><c> within</c><00:35:56.039><c> us.</c>

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.340
Enlightened<00:35:59.139><c> believers</c><00:35:59.519><c> are</c><00:35:59.739><c> a</c><00:35:59.880><c> combination</c>

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:02.579
of<00:36:00.539><c> two</c><00:36:00.860><c> powerful</c><00:36:01.380><c> forces.</c>

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:05.440
The<00:36:03.239><c> ugliness</c><00:36:03.659><c> of</c><00:36:03.860><c> the</c><00:36:04.079><c> flesh</c><00:36:04.260><c> from</c><00:36:04.519><c> beneath,</c>

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:08.460
the<00:36:06.159><c> beauty</c><00:36:06.460><c> of</c><00:36:06.639><c> the</c><00:36:06.880><c> spirit</c><00:36:07.159><c> from</c><00:36:07.460><c> above.</c>

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:12.000
And<00:36:08.800><c> you</c><00:36:08.940><c> and</c><00:36:09.059><c> I</c><00:36:09.159><c> can</c><00:36:09.500><c> swing</c><00:36:09.860><c> from</c><00:36:10.159><c> one</c><00:36:10.380><c> extreme</c><00:36:10.800><c> to</c><00:36:10.960><c> the</c><00:36:11.179><c> other</c>

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:14.739
depending<00:36:12.679><c> on</c><00:36:12.900><c> which</c><00:36:13.139><c> has</c><00:36:13.400><c> the</c><00:36:13.619><c> upper</c><00:36:13.880><c> hand.</c>

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:16.940
The<00:36:15.400><c> natural</c><00:36:15.699><c> motions</c><00:36:16.079><c> of</c><00:36:16.320><c> the</c><00:36:16.519><c> flesh</c>

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:19.400
or<00:36:17.880><c> the</c><00:36:18.079><c> power</c><00:36:18.300><c> of</c><00:36:18.500><c> the</c><00:36:18.619><c> Word.</c>

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:22.420
Every<00:36:20.639><c> time</c><00:36:20.860><c> we</c><00:36:21.039><c> allow</c><00:36:21.260><c> ourselves</c><00:36:21.719><c> to</c><00:36:21.940><c> be</c><00:36:22.119><c> guided</c>

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.760
by<00:36:22.699><c> natural</c><00:36:23.179><c> thinking,</c>

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:27.800
we<00:36:24.679><c> shall</c><00:36:24.900><c> get</c><00:36:25.159><c> off</c><00:36:25.460><c> the</c><00:36:25.659><c> true</c><00:36:26.079><c> God</c><00:36:26.420><c>-pleasing</c><00:36:26.800><c> track.</c>

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:32.619
Generally,<00:36:30.960><c> we</c><00:36:31.000><c> must</c><00:36:31.280><c> by</c><00:36:31.559><c> consistent</c><00:36:32.219><c> study</c>

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:34.780
fill<00:36:33.000><c> our</c><00:36:33.300><c> minds</c><00:36:33.639><c> with</c><00:36:33.880><c> a</c><00:36:34.059><c> deep</c><00:36:34.300><c> background</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:37.539
of<00:36:35.079><c> the</c><00:36:35.420><c> instructions</c><00:36:35.840><c> and</c><00:36:36.079><c> the</c><00:36:36.340><c> examples</c><00:36:36.699><c> of</c><00:36:36.940><c> the</c><00:36:37.119><c> Scriptures</c>

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:40.579
so<00:36:38.119><c> that</c><00:36:38.300><c> they're</c><00:36:38.480><c> there</c><00:36:38.880><c> when</c><00:36:39.099><c> we</c><00:36:39.300><c> need</c><00:36:39.500><c> them,</c>

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:44.739
when<00:36:41.659><c> the</c><00:36:42.079><c> periods</c><00:36:42.340><c> of</c><00:36:42.599><c> testing</c><00:36:42.840><c> come</c><00:36:43.099><c> to</c><00:36:43.320><c> us.</c>

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:48.860
Specifically,<00:36:46.519><c> in</c><00:36:46.739><c> each</c><00:36:47.099><c> particular</c><00:36:47.699><c> instance,</c>

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each<00:36:49.340><c> decision,</c><00:36:50.920><c> consciously</c><00:36:51.400><c> and</c><00:36:51.800><c> prayerfully,</c>

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:54.760
each<00:36:53.579><c> step</c><00:36:53.840><c> of</c><00:36:54.019><c> the</c><00:36:54.139><c> way,</c>

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:56.760
seek<00:36:55.380><c> a</c><00:36:55.639><c> direct</c><00:36:55.820><c> guide</c><00:36:56.099><c> from</c><00:36:56.360><c> Scripture</c>

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:59.639
as<00:36:57.119><c> applying</c><00:36:57.400><c> to</c><00:36:57.679><c> each</c><00:36:57.980><c> circumstance</c><00:36:58.539><c> we</c><00:36:58.800><c> face.</c>

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:01.380
Now,<00:37:00.039><c> that's</c><00:37:00.380><c> living</c><00:37:00.579><c> by</c><00:37:00.940><c> faith.</c>

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:04.000
That's<00:37:02.179><c> what</c><00:37:02.320><c> it</c><00:37:02.559><c> means</c><00:37:02.800><c> to</c><00:37:03.039><c> walk</c><00:37:03.360><c> with</c><00:37:03.619><c> God.</c>

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:05.579
That's<00:37:04.500><c> where</c><00:37:04.659><c> Noah</c><00:37:04.920><c> had</c><00:37:05.159><c> gotten</c><00:37:05.360><c> to.</c>

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.980
That's<00:37:05.739><c> where</c><00:37:05.960><c> Enoch</c><00:37:06.199><c> had</c><00:37:06.480><c> gotten</c><00:37:06.679><c> to.</c>

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:09.699
That's<00:37:07.860><c> walking</c><00:37:08.280><c> with</c><00:37:08.679><c> God.</c>

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:12.900
And<00:37:11.219><c> you</c><00:37:11.320><c> can</c><00:37:11.460><c> see</c><00:37:11.599><c> how</c><00:37:11.780><c> different</c><00:37:12.019><c> it</c><00:37:12.159><c> is</c>

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:17.119
than<00:37:13.820><c> walking</c><00:37:14.280><c> guided</c><00:37:14.619><c> by</c><00:37:15.699><c> the</c><00:37:15.820><c> mind</c><00:37:15.980><c> of</c><00:37:16.099><c> the</c><00:37:16.280><c> flesh.</c>

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:21.400
The<00:37:18.000><c> principles</c><00:37:18.539><c> we</c><00:37:18.880><c> live</c><00:37:19.139><c> by</c>

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:24.980
determine<00:37:22.860><c> the</c><00:37:23.119><c> actions</c><00:37:23.400><c> we</c><00:37:23.699><c> take.</c>

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:28.869
A<00:37:27.480><c> situation</c><00:37:27.960><c> confronts</c><00:37:28.579><c> us.</c>

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:31.139
It<00:37:29.599><c> requires</c><00:37:29.900><c> a</c><00:37:30.219><c> decision.</c>

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.840
Where<00:37:32.619><c> are</c><00:37:32.699><c> we</c><00:37:32.760><c> going</c><00:37:32.860><c> to</c><00:37:33.019><c> live?</c>

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:36.539
Where<00:37:35.260><c> am</c><00:37:35.400><c> I</c><00:37:35.460><c> going</c><00:37:35.559><c> to</c><00:37:35.719><c> work?</c>

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:39.159
What<00:37:37.139><c> university</c><00:37:37.679><c> am</c><00:37:37.860><c> I</c><00:37:37.940><c> going</c><00:37:38.239><c> to?</c>

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:42.820
Who<00:37:40.699><c> are</c><00:37:40.780><c> my</c><00:37:40.980><c> friends?</c><00:37:41.400><c> Who</c><00:37:41.500><c> am</c><00:37:41.619><c> I</c><00:37:41.639><c> going</c><00:37:41.780><c> to</c><00:37:41.920><c> marry?</c>

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:46.340
Two,<00:37:45.320><c> the</c><00:37:45.559><c> principles.</c>

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:49.880
We<00:37:46.940><c> reflect</c><00:37:47.440><c> upon</c><00:37:47.900><c> the</c><00:37:49.000><c> situation</c>

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:52.840
based<00:37:50.380><c> on</c><00:37:50.579><c> the</c><00:37:50.860><c> principles</c><00:37:51.239><c> that</c><00:37:51.500><c> we</c><00:37:51.719><c> know</c>

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:54.719
and<00:37:53.960><c> that</c><00:37:54.159><c> we</c><00:37:54.320><c> live</c><00:37:54.500><c> by.</c>

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:56.440
That's<00:37:55.000><c> our</c><00:37:55.219><c> value</c><00:37:55.460><c> system.</c>

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:58.639
Three,<00:37:57.900><c> the</c><00:37:58.159><c> action.</c>

00:37:58.760 --> 00:38:00.539
We<00:37:58.980><c> make</c><00:37:59.219><c> a</c><00:37:59.460><c> decision.</c>

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:02.820
We<00:38:01.340><c> make</c><00:38:01.559><c> a</c><00:38:01.739><c> choice.</c>

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:06.699
It's<00:38:04.079><c> either</c><00:38:04.340><c> based</c><00:38:04.619><c> on</c><00:38:04.820><c> natural</c><00:38:06.139><c> principles</c>

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:09.119
or<00:38:06.940><c> it's</c><00:38:07.119><c> based</c><00:38:07.340><c> on</c><00:38:07.579><c> spiritual</c><00:38:08.059><c> principles.</c>

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.579
I'll<00:38:09.880><c> go</c><00:38:10.019><c> to</c><00:38:10.139><c> that</c><00:38:10.300><c> university</c>

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:13.000
because<00:38:11.119><c> they've</c><00:38:11.380><c> got</c><00:38:11.460><c> the</c><00:38:11.619><c> right</c><00:38:11.840><c> program</c>

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:14.719
and<00:38:13.679><c> they</c><00:38:13.860><c> have</c><00:38:14.000><c> a</c><00:38:14.179><c> solid</c><00:38:14.480><c> reputation</c>

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:17.699
and<00:38:15.340><c> they</c><00:38:15.559><c> find</c><00:38:15.760><c> jobs</c><00:38:16.159><c> for</c><00:38:16.400><c> their</c><00:38:16.579><c> people.</c>

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:20.679
But<00:38:18.579><c> it's</c><00:38:18.739><c> a</c><00:38:18.820><c> hundred</c><00:38:18.980><c> miles</c><00:38:19.320><c> from</c><00:38:19.539><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:25.960
And<00:38:23.519><c> we've</c><00:38:23.739><c> made</c><00:38:23.880><c> the</c><00:38:24.099><c> decision</c><00:38:24.380><c> on</c><00:38:24.639><c> natural</c><00:38:24.940><c> principles.</c>

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:30.360
I'll<00:38:28.559><c> go</c><00:38:28.699><c> to</c><00:38:28.860><c> this</c><00:38:29.219><c> university.</c>

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.400
It's<00:38:31.179><c> not</c><00:38:31.400><c> quite</c><00:38:31.599><c> as</c><00:38:31.840><c> good,</c>

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:34.440
but<00:38:33.219><c> it's</c><00:38:33.440><c> got</c><00:38:33.539><c> a</c><00:38:33.659><c> solid</c><00:38:33.960><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:37.760
within<00:38:34.840><c> the</c><00:38:36.900><c> practical</c><00:38:37.260><c> distance</c>

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:40.780
to<00:38:38.219><c> nurture</c><00:38:38.500><c> my</c><00:38:39.320><c> spiritual</c><00:38:39.739><c> needs</c>

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:43.119
so<00:38:41.900><c> that</c><00:38:42.099><c> the</c><00:38:42.260><c> actions</c><00:38:42.519><c> we</c><00:38:42.860><c> take</c>

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:46.760
in<00:38:43.619><c> regard</c><00:38:43.940><c> to</c><00:38:44.179><c> these</c><00:38:45.099><c> situations</c><00:38:45.739><c> that</c><00:38:46.000><c> confront</c><00:38:46.280><c> us</c>

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:50.159
are<00:38:47.659><c> based</c><00:38:48.000><c> upon</c><00:38:48.340><c> where</c><00:38:48.599><c> we</c><00:38:48.840><c> are</c><00:38:49.099><c> spiritually.</c>

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:53.440
It's<00:38:50.519><c> too</c><00:38:50.780><c> late</c><00:38:50.980><c> to</c><00:38:51.199><c> try</c><00:38:51.400><c> and</c><00:38:51.539><c> get</c><00:38:51.699><c> to</c><00:38:52.039><c> a</c><00:38:52.519><c> new</c><00:38:52.739><c> spiritual</c><00:38:53.139><c> level</c>

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:55.880
to<00:38:53.679><c> handle</c><00:38:53.860><c> a</c><00:38:54.000><c> situation</c><00:38:54.699><c> almost</c><00:38:55.519><c> always.</c>

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:57.699
You're<00:38:56.599><c> going</c><00:38:56.739><c> to</c><00:38:56.840><c> make</c><00:38:56.980><c> a</c><00:38:57.179><c> decision</c>

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:59.659
based<00:38:58.239><c> on</c><00:38:58.400><c> where</c><00:38:58.639><c> you</c><00:38:58.840><c> have</c><00:38:59.059><c> arrived</c><00:38:59.360><c> at.</c>

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:01.139
That's<00:39:00.219><c> why</c><00:39:00.360><c> it's</c><00:39:00.599><c> so</c><00:39:00.760><c> essential</c>

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:04.019
to<00:39:01.320><c> get</c><00:39:01.440><c> your</c><00:39:01.659><c> mind</c><00:39:01.860><c> filled</c><00:39:02.139><c> with</c><00:39:02.340><c> the</c><00:39:02.539><c> Word</c><00:39:02.880><c> early</c><00:39:03.380><c> on</c>

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:07.699
so<00:39:04.440><c> that</c><00:39:04.579><c> as</c><00:39:04.920><c> these</c><00:39:05.780><c> situations</c><00:39:06.260><c> confront</c><00:39:06.800><c> you,</c>

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:12.579
spiritual<00:39:09.400><c> principles</c><00:39:09.920><c> result</c><00:39:10.420><c> in</c><00:39:10.679><c> spiritual</c><00:39:11.320><c> actions.</c>

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:14.380
You<00:39:13.460><c> know,</c><00:39:13.460><c> you've</c><00:39:13.679><c> heard</c><00:39:13.820><c> it</c><00:39:14.039><c> before.</c>

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:17.260
A<00:39:14.579><c> person</c><00:39:15.119><c> is</c><00:39:15.739><c> what</c><00:39:15.940><c> he</c><00:39:16.260><c> thinks,</c>

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:19.280
what<00:39:17.900><c> he</c><00:39:18.119><c> reads,</c>

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:21.000
what<00:39:19.820><c> he</c><00:39:19.980><c> lets</c><00:39:20.159><c> into</c><00:39:20.460><c> his</c><00:39:20.679><c> head.</c>

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:22.940
That's<00:39:21.659><c> the</c><00:39:21.820><c> person.</c>

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:25.719
And<00:39:23.900><c> it's</c><00:39:24.019><c> hard</c><00:39:24.179><c> to</c><00:39:24.440><c> change</c><00:39:24.639><c> that.</c>

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.920
The<00:39:26.739><c> converse</c><00:39:27.119><c> is</c><00:39:27.400><c> true,</c><00:39:27.760><c> too.</c>

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:32.079
Natural<00:39:28.460><c> principles</c><00:39:29.280><c> reflected</c><00:39:30.679><c> on</c><00:39:30.960><c> by</c><00:39:31.179><c> the</c><00:39:31.360><c> natural</c><00:39:31.699><c> mind</c>

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:34.079
result<00:39:32.519><c> in</c><00:39:32.699><c> natural</c><00:39:33.119><c> actions.</c>

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:42.440
Just<00:39:41.000><c> a</c><00:39:41.519><c> quote</c><00:39:41.679><c> from</c><00:39:42.000><c> Elpis.</c>

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:45.840
You<00:39:42.960><c> know,</c><00:39:43.019><c> it's</c><00:39:43.199><c> always</c><00:39:43.440><c> amazing</c><00:39:43.940><c> to</c><00:39:44.960><c> sort</c><00:39:45.340><c> of</c><00:39:45.440><c> wake</c><00:39:45.639><c> up</c>

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:48.340
to<00:39:45.940><c> these</c><00:39:46.159><c> principles</c><00:39:46.539><c> one</c><00:39:46.840><c> by</c><00:39:47.099><c> one</c><00:39:47.260><c> as</c><00:39:47.420><c> we</c><00:39:47.539><c> go</c><00:39:47.679><c> through</c><00:39:47.920><c> life</c>

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:50.280
and<00:39:49.019><c> then</c><00:39:49.300><c> find</c><00:39:49.539><c> out</c><00:39:49.800><c> that,</c><00:39:49.980><c> whoa,</c>

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:53.179
Brother<00:39:50.579><c> Thomas</c><00:39:50.880><c> had</c><00:39:51.059><c> this</c><00:39:51.280><c> way</c><00:39:51.460><c> back</c><00:39:51.719><c> in</c><00:39:51.960><c> 1848.</c>

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:56.719
You<00:39:54.440><c> are</c><00:39:54.760><c> clean</c><00:39:55.199><c> through</c><00:39:55.460><c> the</c><00:39:55.679><c> Word,</c>

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:58.920
which<00:39:57.059><c> I</c><00:39:57.239><c> have</c><00:39:57.400><c> spoken</c><00:39:57.679><c> to</c><00:39:57.960><c> you.</c>

00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:00.340
This<00:39:59.239><c> Word</c><00:39:59.480><c> is</c><00:39:59.659><c> the</c><00:39:59.820><c> great</c><00:39:59.940><c> instrument</c>

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:01.940
of<00:40:00.579><c> holiness</c><00:40:00.880><c> and</c><00:40:01.179><c> purification.</c>

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.739
It<00:40:02.519><c> changes</c><00:40:02.920><c> men's</c><00:40:03.440><c> minds.</c>

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:05.960
It<00:40:03.960><c> loosens</c><00:40:04.320><c> their</c><00:40:04.579><c> attachment</c><00:40:04.960><c> to</c><00:40:05.179><c> earthly</c><00:40:05.420><c> things.</c>

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:08.940
It<00:40:06.559><c> creates</c><00:40:06.980><c> a</c><00:40:07.199><c> new</c><00:40:07.360><c> and</c><00:40:07.599><c> right</c><00:40:07.780><c> spirit</c><00:40:08.199><c> within</c><00:40:08.500><c> them</c>

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:13.059
and<00:40:09.579><c> develops</c><00:40:10.039><c> in</c><00:40:10.239><c> their</c><00:40:10.559><c> lives</c><00:40:11.139><c> the</c><00:40:11.539><c> fruits</c><00:40:11.780><c> of</c><00:40:12.000><c> the</c><00:40:12.199><c> Spirit.</c>

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:18.219
Do<00:40:14.920><c> you</c><00:40:14.940><c> want</c><00:40:15.079><c> to</c><00:40:15.199><c> have</c><00:40:15.340><c> a</c><00:40:15.500><c> disposition</c><00:40:15.920><c> that's</c><00:40:17.340><c> lovely,</c>

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:21.460
kind,<00:40:18.980><c> gentle,</c><00:40:20.539><c> trustworthy?</c>

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:23.659
That's<00:40:22.719><c> the</c><00:40:22.840><c> fruits</c><00:40:22.960><c> of</c><00:40:23.119><c> the</c><00:40:23.300><c> Spirit.</c>

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:25.760
You<00:40:24.099><c> can't</c><00:40:24.500><c> get</c><00:40:24.699><c> it</c><00:40:24.860><c> any</c><00:40:25.039><c> other</c><00:40:25.300><c> way.</c>

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:28.179
It<00:40:26.300><c> comes</c><00:40:26.579><c> only</c><00:40:26.920><c> through</c><00:40:27.260><c> the</c><00:40:27.599><c> power</c><00:40:27.780><c> of</c><00:40:27.940><c> the</c><00:40:28.039><c> Word</c>

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:29.880
to<00:40:28.420><c> transform</c><00:40:28.840><c> the</c><00:40:29.059><c> mind.</c>

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:32.980
When<00:40:30.260><c> the</c><00:40:30.440><c> mental</c><00:40:30.639><c> disposition</c><00:40:31.199><c> called</c><00:40:31.599><c> the</c><00:40:31.840><c> heart</c><00:40:32.139><c> is</c><00:40:32.480><c> renewed,</c>

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:36.079
it<00:40:34.079><c> becomes</c><00:40:34.519><c> a</c><00:40:34.719><c> mirror</c><00:40:35.039><c> in</c><00:40:35.239><c> which</c><00:40:35.440><c> one</c><00:40:35.699><c> skilled</c>

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:39.480
in<00:40:36.280><c> the</c><00:40:36.460><c> Word</c><00:40:36.679><c> of</c><00:40:36.860><c> the</c><00:40:37.079><c> Kingdom</c><00:40:37.440><c> can</c><00:40:37.780><c> discern</c><00:40:38.199><c> the</c><00:40:38.559><c> Spirit</c>

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:44.079
or<00:40:40.920><c> behold</c><00:40:41.480><c> a</c><00:40:41.880><c> reflection</c><00:40:42.320><c> of</c><00:40:42.599><c> the</c><00:40:42.739><c> divine</c><00:40:43.000><c> nature.</c>

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:48.139
This<00:40:45.179><c> image</c><00:40:45.519><c> of</c><00:40:45.780><c> God</c><00:40:46.079><c> in</c><00:40:46.280><c> a</c><00:40:46.440><c> man's</c><00:40:46.900><c> character</c>

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:51.280
can<00:40:49.059><c> only</c><00:40:49.420><c> be</c><00:40:49.719><c> created</c><00:40:50.059><c> by</c><00:40:50.320><c> the</c><00:40:50.500><c> Word.</c>

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:55.099
The<00:40:52.139><c> testimony</c><00:40:52.659><c> of</c><00:40:52.840><c> God</c><00:40:53.119><c> came</c><00:40:53.480><c> by</c><00:40:53.719><c> the</c><00:40:53.860><c> Holy</c><00:40:54.099><c> Spirit.</c>

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:57.219
The<00:40:55.659><c> effects</c><00:40:55.980><c> of</c><00:40:56.199><c> the</c><00:40:56.380><c> Word</c><00:40:56.599><c> believed</c>

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:58.820
are<00:40:57.619><c> attributed</c><00:40:58.019><c> to</c><00:40:58.340><c> the</c><00:40:58.559><c> Spirit.</c>

00:40:58.900 --> 00:41:00.820
That's<00:40:59.059><c> what</c><00:40:59.179><c> we</c><00:40:59.300><c> were</c><00:40:59.380><c> talking</c><00:40:59.599><c> about</c><00:40:59.820><c> earlier.</c>

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:05.480
Because<00:41:02.159><c> the</c><00:41:02.460><c> Word</c><00:41:02.780><c> sets</c><00:41:03.139><c> men</c><00:41:03.539><c> to</c><00:41:04.960><c> breathing</c>

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:08.559
in<00:41:05.980><c> God's</c><00:41:06.820><c> moral</c><00:41:07.260><c> atmosphere.</c>

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:10.800
I<00:41:08.860><c> think</c><00:41:09.059><c> that's</c><00:41:09.280><c> one</c><00:41:09.480><c> of</c><00:41:09.579><c> the</c><00:41:09.639><c> most</c><00:41:09.880><c> beautiful</c><00:41:10.320><c> phrases</c>

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:13.059
that<00:41:11.239><c> Brother</c><00:41:11.460><c> Thomas</c><00:41:11.820><c> came</c><00:41:12.099><c> up</c><00:41:12.360><c> with.</c>

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:17.139
If<00:41:13.679><c> our</c><00:41:13.940><c> lives</c><00:41:14.219><c> could</c><00:41:14.519><c> be</c><00:41:15.320><c> of</c><00:41:16.039><c> that</c><00:41:16.659><c> caliber,</c>

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:20.699
breathing<00:41:17.739><c> in</c><00:41:18.179><c> God's</c><00:41:19.119><c> moral</c><00:41:19.559><c> atmosphere.</c>

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:24.679
Now<00:41:21.139><c> you</c><00:41:21.360><c> contrast</c><00:41:21.840><c> that</c><00:41:22.099><c> to</c><00:41:22.260><c> the</c><00:41:22.500><c> world's</c><00:41:23.280><c> moral</c><00:41:23.579><c> atmosphere.</c>

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:29.539
It<00:41:26.619><c> is</c><00:41:26.940><c> termed</c><00:41:27.760><c> Spirit</c><00:41:28.199><c> and</c><00:41:28.659><c> Life.</c>

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:31.719
A<00:41:30.159><c> man</c><00:41:30.460><c> renewed</c><00:41:30.800><c> by</c><00:41:31.079><c> the</c><00:41:31.300><c> truth</c>

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:35.039
is<00:41:32.780><c> therefore</c><00:41:33.199><c> renewed</c><00:41:33.679><c> by</c><00:41:34.000><c> the</c><00:41:34.219><c> Spirit.</c>

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:38.820
That's<00:41:36.219><c> why</c><00:41:36.460><c> Brother</c><00:41:36.739><c> Thomas</c><00:41:37.139><c> says</c><00:41:37.559><c> in</c><00:41:37.739><c> Eureka,</c>

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:42.599
people<00:41:39.280><c> have</c><00:41:39.559><c> so</c><00:41:39.920><c> much</c><00:41:40.360><c> Holy</c><00:41:40.699><c> Spirit</c><00:41:41.119><c> in</c><00:41:41.340><c> them,</c>

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:47.840
not<00:41:44.059><c> by</c><00:41:44.340><c> any</c><00:41:44.980><c> experience</c><00:41:45.500><c> or</c><00:41:45.760><c> by</c><00:41:45.880><c> any</c><00:41:46.960><c> possession</c><00:41:47.360><c> of</c><00:41:47.619><c> gifts</c>

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:50.280
which<00:41:48.119><c> are</c><00:41:48.400><c> absolutely</c><00:41:48.920><c> not</c><00:41:49.360><c> existent</c><00:41:49.820><c> today.</c>

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:54.059
But<00:41:51.000><c> what</c><00:41:51.119><c> he</c><00:41:51.280><c> means</c><00:41:51.679><c> and</c><00:41:52.059><c> what</c><00:41:52.320><c> so</c><00:41:52.519><c> many</c><00:41:52.719><c> of</c><00:41:52.960><c> Paul's</c><00:41:53.340><c> references</c><00:41:53.679><c> are</c>

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:55.480
in<00:41:54.239><c> Ephesians</c><00:41:54.719><c> and</c><00:41:54.860><c> so</c><00:41:55.119><c> on,</c>

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:58.440
the<00:41:55.940><c> power</c><00:41:56.340><c> of</c><00:41:56.579><c> the</c><00:41:56.780><c> Spirit</c><00:41:57.000><c> at</c><00:41:57.179><c> work</c><00:41:57.440><c> in</c><00:41:57.679><c> you.</c>

00:41:58.760 --> 00:42:00.539
People<00:41:59.039><c> have</c><00:41:59.260><c> so</c><00:41:59.559><c> much</c><00:41:59.739><c> Holy</c><00:42:00.000><c> Spirit</c><00:42:00.260><c> in</c><00:42:00.400><c> them</c>

00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:03.739
as<00:42:00.679><c> they</c><00:42:00.920><c> have</c><00:42:01.119><c> of</c><00:42:01.340><c> the</c><00:42:01.519><c> words</c><00:42:01.940><c> and</c><00:42:02.260><c> ideas</c><00:42:02.639><c> of</c><00:42:02.920><c> the</c><00:42:03.079><c> Deity,</c>

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:07.139
understood,<00:42:05.920><c> affectionately</c><00:42:06.619><c> believed,</c>

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:09.840
they've<00:42:07.420><c> taken</c><00:42:07.619><c> control</c><00:42:08.039><c> of</c><00:42:08.179><c> the</c><00:42:08.320><c> heart,</c><00:42:08.880><c> the</c><00:42:09.139><c> affections,</c>

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:11.980
and<00:42:10.639><c> obeyed.</c>

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:21.000
The<00:42:15.940><c> Lord</c><00:42:16.179><c> gave</c><00:42:16.539><c> Solomon</c><00:42:17.159><c> what</c><00:42:18.460><c> He</c><00:42:18.659><c> had</c><00:42:18.820><c> not</c><00:42:19.000><c> asked</c><00:42:19.280><c> for,</c>

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:22.840
riches<00:42:21.579><c> and</c><00:42:21.880><c> honor.</c>

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:28.500
But,<00:42:25.440><c> you</c><00:42:25.659><c> know,</c><00:42:25.739><c> there</c><00:42:25.880><c> was</c><00:42:26.119><c> a</c><00:42:26.320><c> price</c><00:42:26.599><c> tag</c><00:42:26.800><c> that</c><00:42:27.000><c> came</c><00:42:27.179><c> with</c><00:42:27.380><c> it.</c>

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:30.519
I<00:42:28.699><c> have</c><00:42:28.900><c> also</c><00:42:29.219><c> given</c><00:42:29.400><c> you</c><00:42:29.579><c> what</c><00:42:29.719><c> you</c><00:42:29.880><c> have</c><00:42:30.059><c> not</c><00:42:30.280><c> asked,</c>

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.500
both<00:42:30.840><c> riches</c><00:42:31.059><c> and</c><00:42:31.280><c> honor,</c>

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:33.099
so<00:42:31.719><c> that</c><00:42:31.880><c> there</c><00:42:32.019><c> shall</c><00:42:32.139><c> not</c><00:42:32.300><c> be</c><00:42:32.420><c> anyone</c><00:42:32.659><c> like</c><00:42:32.920><c> you</c>

00:42:33.099 --> 00:42:35.119
among<00:42:33.300><c> the</c><00:42:33.519><c> kings</c><00:42:33.719><c> all</c><00:42:33.980><c> your</c><00:42:34.179><c> days.</c>

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:39.500
Paul<00:42:36.519><c> says,</c><00:42:37.059><c> command</c><00:42:37.360><c> those</c><00:42:37.679><c> who</c><00:42:37.860><c> are</c><00:42:38.019><c> rich</c><00:42:38.219><c> in</c><00:42:38.420><c> this</c><00:42:38.639><c> present</c><00:42:38.900><c> age</c>

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:42.760
not<00:42:40.440><c> to</c><00:42:40.639><c> be</c><00:42:40.840><c> haughty</c><00:42:41.159><c> because</c><00:42:41.420><c> that's</c><00:42:41.679><c> what</c><00:42:41.840><c> will</c><00:42:42.039><c> happen</c><00:42:42.300><c> naturally.</c>

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:45.400
That's<00:42:43.139><c> the</c><00:42:43.260><c> natural</c><00:42:43.539><c> result</c><00:42:43.920><c> of</c><00:42:44.159><c> acquiring</c><00:42:44.559><c> possessions</c><00:42:45.159><c> in</c>

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:45.960
this<00:42:45.599><c> life.</c>

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:48.199
Not<00:42:46.699><c> to</c><00:42:46.960><c> trust</c><00:42:47.139><c> in</c><00:42:47.360><c> the</c><00:42:47.480><c> uncertain</c><00:42:47.800><c> riches</c>

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:50.659
that<00:42:48.500><c> can</c><00:42:48.659><c> be</c><00:42:48.840><c> here</c><00:42:48.960><c> today</c><00:42:49.199><c> and</c><00:42:49.420><c> gone</c><00:42:49.559><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:54.920
But<00:42:52.099><c> in</c><00:42:52.300><c> the</c><00:42:52.420><c> living</c><00:42:52.619><c> God</c><00:42:52.980><c> who</c><00:42:53.159><c> gives</c><00:42:53.500><c> us</c><00:42:53.880><c> richly</c><00:42:54.460><c> all</c><00:42:54.699><c> things</c>

00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:55.480
to<00:42:55.159><c> enjoy,</c>

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:57.800
which<00:42:55.719><c> is</c><00:42:55.820><c> what</c><00:42:55.980><c> we've</c><00:42:56.179><c> been</c><00:42:56.440><c> looking</c><00:42:56.760><c> at.</c>

00:42:57.980 --> 00:43:01.000
Let<00:42:58.159><c> them</c><00:42:58.380><c> do</c><00:42:58.639><c> good,</c><00:42:59.139><c> that</c><00:42:59.239><c> they</c><00:42:59.440><c> may</c><00:42:59.639><c> be</c><00:42:59.840><c> rich</c><00:43:00.099><c> in</c><00:43:00.380><c> good</c><00:43:00.679><c> works,</c>

00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:03.079
ready<00:43:01.420><c> to</c><00:43:01.719><c> give,</c><00:43:02.019><c> willing</c><00:43:02.300><c> to</c><00:43:02.619><c> share,</c>

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:05.380
storing<00:43:03.719><c> up</c><00:43:03.940><c> for</c><00:43:04.059><c> themselves</c><00:43:04.460><c> a</c><00:43:04.679><c> good</c><00:43:04.840><c> foundation</c>

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:06.559
for<00:43:05.639><c> the</c><00:43:05.840><c> time</c><00:43:06.000><c> to</c><00:43:06.239><c> come,</c>

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:09.519
that<00:43:07.079><c> they</c><00:43:07.260><c> may</c><00:43:07.440><c> lay</c><00:43:07.679><c> hold</c><00:43:07.980><c> on</c><00:43:08.260><c> eternal</c><00:43:08.519><c> life.</c>

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.960
Riches<00:43:10.179><c> are</c><00:43:10.420><c> dangerous.</c>

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.940
This<00:43:11.179><c> is</c><00:43:11.340><c> Brother</c><00:43:11.599><c> Roberts.</c>

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:13.420
If<00:43:12.079><c> they</c><00:43:12.320><c> come</c><00:43:12.519><c> to</c><00:43:12.699><c> your</c><00:43:13.000><c> hand,</c>

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:15.579
turn<00:43:14.019><c> them</c><00:43:14.179><c> into</c><00:43:14.440><c> safeguards</c><00:43:15.039><c> and</c><00:43:15.360><c> friends</c>

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:18.300
by<00:43:15.820><c> using</c><00:43:16.139><c> them</c><00:43:16.380><c> liberally</c><00:43:16.780><c> in</c><00:43:16.940><c> the</c><00:43:17.099><c> Lord's</c><00:43:17.480><c> service,</c>

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:19.400
whose<00:43:18.539><c> stewards</c><00:43:18.840><c> we</c><00:43:19.159><c> are.</c>

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:21.380
See,<00:43:19.880><c> what</c><00:43:20.000><c> happened</c><00:43:20.320><c> to</c><00:43:20.599><c> Solomon</c><00:43:20.880><c> was</c><00:43:21.219><c> that</c>

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:25.059
instead<00:43:21.699><c> of</c><00:43:22.599><c> bettering</c><00:43:22.980><c> the</c><00:43:23.159><c> lives</c><00:43:23.460><c> of</c><00:43:23.860><c> the</c><00:43:24.059><c> people,</c>

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:27.079
which<00:43:25.500><c> was</c><00:43:25.780><c> David's</c><00:43:26.119><c> concern,</c>

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:31.480
he<00:43:28.119><c> just</c><00:43:28.420><c> built</c><00:43:28.619><c> up</c><00:43:28.880><c> one</c><00:43:29.539><c> more</c><00:43:30.059><c> extravagance</c><00:43:30.739><c> after</c><00:43:31.000><c> another,</c>

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:34.480
and<00:43:32.159><c> they</c><00:43:32.360><c> ended</c><00:43:32.539><c> up</c><00:43:32.760><c> with</c><00:43:32.960><c> taxation</c><00:43:33.480><c> at</c><00:43:33.719><c> the</c><00:43:33.800><c> end</c><00:43:33.940><c> of</c><00:43:34.079><c> his</c><00:43:34.280><c> reign,</c>

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:36.260
which<00:43:34.780><c> was</c><00:43:35.079><c> unbearable.</c>

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:43.659
Just<00:43:37.099><c> exactly</c><00:43:37.579><c> the</c><00:43:37.820><c> opposite</c><00:43:38.139><c> of</c><00:43:38.539><c> what</c><00:43:39.980><c> the</c><00:43:40.539><c> Apostle</c><00:43:41.079><c> is</c><00:43:43.099><c> exhorting</c><00:43:43.420><c> you</c>

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:44.579
and<00:43:43.780><c> I.</c>

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:47.059
Well,<00:43:45.300><c> just</c><00:43:45.519><c> real</c><00:43:45.820><c> quickly</c><00:43:46.059><c> to</c><00:43:46.260><c> finish</c><00:43:46.579><c> up,</c>

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:49.820
Solomon<00:43:47.780><c> went</c><00:43:48.039><c> from</c><00:43:48.260><c> the</c><00:43:48.400><c> high</c><00:43:48.599><c> place</c><00:43:48.860><c> at</c><00:43:49.059><c> Gibeon,</c>

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:53.280
where<00:43:50.199><c> he</c><00:43:51.079><c> had</c><00:43:51.280><c> petitioned</c><00:43:51.860><c> God</c><00:43:52.019><c> and</c><00:43:52.400><c> he'd</c><00:43:52.679><c> answered</c><00:43:52.880><c> him,</c>

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:55.119
to<00:43:53.619><c> the</c><00:43:53.820><c> Ark</c><00:43:53.980><c> in</c><00:43:54.239><c> Zion.</c>

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:56.000
You<00:43:55.420><c> know,</c><00:43:55.460><c> it's</c><00:43:55.599><c> interesting.</c>

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:58.880
This<00:43:56.179><c> is</c><00:43:56.500><c> in</c><00:43:57.219><c> verse</c><00:43:57.480><c> 14.</c>

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:01.539
It's<00:44:00.280><c> as</c><00:44:00.380><c> though</c><00:44:00.539><c> he</c><00:44:00.599><c> had</c><00:44:00.780><c> a</c><00:44:00.920><c> sudden</c><00:44:01.079><c> insight</c>

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:04.920
that<00:44:01.739><c> the</c><00:44:02.000><c> Christ</c><00:44:02.420><c> Ark</c><00:44:02.800><c> was</c><00:44:03.019><c> where</c><00:44:03.179><c> he</c><00:44:03.360><c> should</c><00:44:03.519><c> seek</c><00:44:03.760><c> to</c><00:44:04.099><c> approach</c><00:44:04.320><c> the</c><00:44:04.579><c> Lord</c>

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:08.739
rather<00:44:05.699><c> than</c><00:44:05.900><c> the</c><00:44:06.159><c> arkless</c><00:44:06.539><c> tabernacle</c><00:44:07.159><c> at</c><00:44:07.340><c> Gibeon.</c>

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:11.719
It<00:44:09.300><c> sort</c><00:44:09.500><c> of</c><00:44:09.659><c> represents</c><00:44:10.099><c> the</c><00:44:10.940><c> letter</c><00:44:11.179><c> of</c><00:44:11.320><c> the</c><00:44:11.460><c> law</c>

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:14.360
and<00:44:11.940><c> the</c><00:44:12.159><c> spirit</c><00:44:12.599><c> that</c><00:44:12.840><c> was</c><00:44:13.099><c> intended</c><00:44:13.380><c> to</c><00:44:13.619><c> be</c><00:44:13.820><c> engendered</c><00:44:14.119><c> by</c>

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:15.260
the<00:44:14.519><c> law.</c>

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:18.940
If<00:44:15.820><c> you</c><00:44:16.099><c> walk</c><00:44:16.320><c> in</c><00:44:16.460><c> my</c><00:44:16.739><c> ways</c><00:44:17.039><c> to</c><00:44:17.219><c> keep</c><00:44:17.400><c> my</c><00:44:17.760><c> statutes</c><00:44:18.079><c> and</c><00:44:18.239><c> my</c><00:44:18.440><c> commandments</c>

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:20.519
as<00:44:19.340><c> your</c><00:44:19.559><c> father</c><00:44:19.880><c> David</c><00:44:20.199><c> walked,</c>

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:23.000
then<00:44:21.019><c> I</c><00:44:21.300><c> will</c><00:44:21.500><c> lengthen</c><00:44:21.860><c> your</c><00:44:22.079><c> days.</c>

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:25.940
And<00:44:23.239><c> the</c><00:44:23.400><c> implication</c><00:44:23.840><c> was</c><00:44:24.059><c> both</c><00:44:24.300><c> now</c><00:44:24.739><c> and</c><00:44:25.139><c> eternally,</c>

00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:27.719
neither<00:44:26.460><c> of</c><00:44:26.639><c> which</c><00:44:26.780><c> happened.</c>

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:30.440
Then<00:44:28.420><c> Solomon</c><00:44:28.780><c> awoke,</c><00:44:29.179><c> and</c><00:44:29.320><c> indeed</c><00:44:29.539><c> it</c><00:44:29.679><c> had</c><00:44:29.800><c> been</c><00:44:30.000><c> a</c><00:44:30.139><c> dream,</c>

00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:33.400
and<00:44:30.679><c> he</c><00:44:30.860><c> came</c><00:44:31.139><c> to</c><00:44:31.380><c> Jerusalem</c><00:44:31.980><c> and</c><00:44:32.260><c> stood</c><00:44:32.480><c> before</c><00:44:32.920><c> the</c><00:44:33.239><c> ark</c>

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:35.039
of<00:44:33.599><c> the</c><00:44:33.699><c> covenant</c><00:44:33.900><c> of</c><00:44:34.059><c> the</c><00:44:34.219><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:35.219 --> 00:44:37.400
It<00:44:35.480><c> really</c><00:44:35.699><c> is</c><00:44:35.920><c> as</c><00:44:36.059><c> though</c><00:44:36.159><c> he</c><00:44:36.280><c> had</c><00:44:36.400><c> a</c><00:44:36.599><c> spiritual</c><00:44:36.940><c> insight</c>

00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:40.099
that<00:44:37.539><c> that's</c><00:44:37.780><c> where</c><00:44:38.000><c> he</c><00:44:38.440><c> ought</c><00:44:38.619><c> to</c><00:44:38.860><c> be</c><00:44:39.019><c> to</c><00:44:39.199><c> make</c><00:44:39.320><c> his</c><00:44:39.539><c> petitions.</c>

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:42.679
He<00:44:40.840><c> offered</c><00:44:41.019><c> up</c><00:44:41.219><c> burnt</c><00:44:41.400><c> offerings,</c><00:44:41.920><c> peace</c><00:44:42.199><c> offerings,</c>

00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:45.500
and<00:44:43.179><c> made</c><00:44:43.420><c> a</c><00:44:43.619><c> feast</c><00:44:43.800><c> for</c><00:44:44.019><c> all</c><00:44:44.139><c> of</c><00:44:44.260><c> his</c><00:44:44.380><c> servants.</c>

00:44:46.679 --> 00:44:51.860
Well,<00:44:46.960><c> Solomon's</c><00:44:47.440><c> reign</c><00:44:48.039><c> was</c><00:44:48.760><c> unquestionably</c><00:44:50.280><c> a</c><00:44:51.480><c> type</c><00:44:51.699><c> of</c>

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.440
the<00:44:52.039><c> kingdom</c>

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:55.920
when<00:44:53.139><c> the</c><00:44:53.380><c> Abrahamic</c><00:44:53.820><c> promises</c><00:44:54.219><c> will</c><00:44:54.460><c> be</c><00:44:54.619><c> a</c><00:44:54.760><c> reality.</c>

00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:58.539
First<00:44:56.539><c> Kings</c><00:44:56.780><c> 4,</c><00:44:57.199><c> Judah</c><00:44:57.360><c> and</c><00:44:57.460><c> Israel</c><00:44:57.780><c> were</c><00:44:57.980><c> as</c><00:44:58.159><c> numerous</c>

00:44:58.539 --> 00:45:00.539
as<00:44:58.780><c> the</c><00:44:59.059><c> sand</c><00:44:59.280><c> by</c><00:44:59.539><c> the</c><00:44:59.780><c> sea</c><00:44:59.980><c> and</c><00:45:00.159><c> multitude.</c>

00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:05.880
This<00:45:01.019><c> is</c><00:45:01.280><c> language</c><00:45:01.860><c> typical</c><00:45:02.440><c> of</c><00:45:03.079><c> the</c><00:45:03.260><c> prophets</c><00:45:03.619><c> of</c><00:45:04.400><c> the</c><00:45:04.579><c> future</c><00:45:04.880><c> age.</c>

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:08.360
But<00:45:06.679><c> that's</c><00:45:06.960><c> right</c><00:45:07.139><c> out</c><00:45:07.280><c> of</c><00:45:07.380><c> Genesis</c><00:45:07.719><c> 22.</c>

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:10.420
Eating<00:45:08.780><c> and</c><00:45:09.019><c> drinking</c><00:45:09.320><c> and</c><00:45:09.619><c> rejoicing,</c>

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:12.340
Solomon<00:45:11.099><c> reigned</c><00:45:11.440><c> over</c><00:45:11.719><c> all</c><00:45:11.940><c> the</c><00:45:12.079><c> kingdoms</c>

00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:15.579
from<00:45:12.599><c> the</c><00:45:12.719><c> river</c><00:45:12.920><c> Euphrates</c><00:45:13.539><c> to</c><00:45:14.679><c> the</c><00:45:14.800><c> border</c><00:45:15.019><c> of</c><00:45:15.219><c> Egypt,</c>

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:18.659
the<00:45:15.840><c> promise</c><00:45:16.099><c> to</c><00:45:16.460><c> Abraham</c><00:45:16.860><c> in</c><00:45:17.039><c> Genesis</c><00:45:17.360><c> 15.</c>

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:21.199
They<00:45:19.000><c> brought</c><00:45:19.280><c> tribute</c><00:45:19.659><c> and</c><00:45:20.019><c> served</c><00:45:20.219><c> Solomon</c><00:45:20.639><c> all</c><00:45:20.860><c> the</c><00:45:21.039><c> days</c>

00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:21.840
of<00:45:21.320><c> his</c><00:45:21.579><c> life,</c>

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:24.239
for<00:45:22.019><c> he</c><00:45:22.139><c> had</c><00:45:22.219><c> dominion</c><00:45:22.780><c> over</c><00:45:23.119><c> all</c><00:45:23.360><c> the</c><00:45:23.539><c> region</c><00:45:23.719><c> on</c><00:45:23.900><c> this</c><00:45:24.059><c> side</c>

00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:24.800
of<00:45:24.340><c> the</c><00:45:24.460><c> river,</c>

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:27.780
and<00:45:25.239><c> he</c><00:45:25.340><c> had</c><00:45:25.539><c> peace</c><00:45:25.860><c> on</c><00:45:26.159><c> every</c><00:45:26.519><c> side</c><00:45:26.880><c> all</c><00:45:27.179><c> around</c><00:45:27.400><c> him.</c>

00:45:28.260 --> 00:45:29.960
And<00:45:28.460><c> Judah</c><00:45:28.599><c> and</c><00:45:28.739><c> Israel</c><00:45:29.159><c> dwelt</c><00:45:29.500><c> safely,</c>

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:32.500
each<00:45:30.300><c> man</c><00:45:30.500><c> under</c><00:45:30.760><c> his</c><00:45:31.019><c> vine</c><00:45:31.360><c> and</c><00:45:31.840><c> his</c><00:45:32.079><c> fig</c><00:45:32.300><c> tree.</c>

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:34.760
That's<00:45:32.860><c> Micah</c><00:45:33.159><c> 4</c><00:45:33.440><c> of</c><00:45:33.599><c> the</c><00:45:33.800><c> future.</c>

00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:39.679
Isaiah<00:45:36.739><c> speaks</c><00:45:37.139><c> of</c><00:45:37.340><c> the</c><00:45:37.579><c> time</c><00:45:37.920><c> when</c><00:45:38.139><c> the</c><00:45:38.340><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:41.980
as<00:45:40.179><c> they</c><00:45:40.380><c> did</c><00:45:40.639><c> under</c><00:45:41.000><c> Solomon,</c>

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:45.179
will<00:45:42.400><c> share</c><00:45:42.780><c> in</c><00:45:42.980><c> the</c><00:45:43.119><c> future</c><00:45:43.380><c> glory</c><00:45:43.739><c> of</c><00:45:43.900><c> Christ's</c><00:45:44.440><c> kingdom.</c>

00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:47.039
The<00:45:45.500><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:45.920><c> shall</c><00:45:46.179><c> come</c><00:45:46.460><c> to</c><00:45:46.599><c> your</c><00:45:46.840><c> light,</c>

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:49.380
Kings,<00:45:47.420><c> to</c><00:45:47.579><c> the</c><00:45:47.760><c> brightness</c><00:45:48.019><c> of</c><00:45:48.260><c> your</c><00:45:48.460><c> rising.</c>

00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:52.460
The<00:45:49.760><c> wealth</c><00:45:49.980><c> of</c><00:45:50.199><c> the</c><00:45:50.320><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:50.760><c> shall</c><00:45:50.960><c> come</c><00:45:51.199><c> to</c><00:45:51.280><c> you</c><00:45:51.420><c> as</c><00:45:51.559><c> it</c><00:45:51.719><c> did</c><00:45:51.820><c> to</c><00:45:52.119><c> Solomon,</c>

00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:55.480
and<00:45:52.940><c> I</c><00:45:53.079><c> will</c><00:45:53.280><c> glorify</c><00:45:53.719><c> the</c><00:45:53.840><c> house</c><00:45:54.079><c> of</c><00:45:54.280><c> my</c><00:45:54.480><c> glory,</c>

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:58.179
the<00:45:56.139><c> new</c><00:45:56.300><c> temple</c><00:45:56.559><c> to</c><00:45:56.719><c> be</c><00:45:56.840><c> built</c><00:45:57.000><c> by</c><00:45:57.239><c> the</c><00:45:57.400><c> Lord.</c>

00:45:58.239 --> 00:46:00.400
The<00:45:58.360><c> sons</c><00:45:58.679><c> of</c><00:45:58.900><c> foreigners</c><00:45:59.219><c> shall</c><00:45:59.440><c> build</c><00:45:59.659><c> up</c><00:45:59.840><c> your</c><00:46:00.019><c> walls,</c>

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:02.139
their<00:46:00.840><c> kings</c><00:46:01.079><c> shall</c><00:46:01.300><c> minister</c><00:46:01.699><c> to</c><00:46:01.960><c> you.</c>

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:05.019
See,<00:46:02.400><c> all</c><00:46:02.539><c> this</c><00:46:02.719><c> took</c><00:46:02.900><c> place</c><00:46:03.199><c> under</c><00:46:03.500><c> Solomon</c><00:46:03.880><c> as</c><00:46:04.079><c> the</c><00:46:04.300><c> type.</c>

00:46:05.420 --> 00:46:06.980
The<00:46:05.559><c> glory</c><00:46:05.820><c> of</c><00:46:06.059><c> Lebanon</c><00:46:06.300><c> shall</c><00:46:06.539><c> come</c><00:46:06.739><c> to</c><00:46:06.880><c> you,</c>

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:09.159
the<00:46:07.159><c> cypress,</c><00:46:07.760><c> the</c><00:46:07.860><c> pine,</c><00:46:08.099><c> the</c><00:46:08.280><c> box,</c><00:46:08.699><c> tree</c><00:46:08.800><c> together,</c>

00:46:09.260 --> 00:46:11.780
to<00:46:09.400><c> beautify</c><00:46:09.840><c> the</c><00:46:10.059><c> place</c><00:46:10.260><c> of</c><00:46:10.460><c> my</c><00:46:10.659><c> sanctuary,</c>

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:15.340
and<00:46:12.199><c> I</c><00:46:12.280><c> will</c><00:46:12.440><c> make</c><00:46:12.699><c> the</c><00:46:13.139><c> place</c><00:46:13.539><c> of</c><00:46:13.780><c> my</c><00:46:14.000><c> feet</c><00:46:14.159><c> glorious.</c>

00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:21.760
But,<00:46:17.420><c> you</c><00:46:17.699><c> know,</c><00:46:17.860><c> the</c><00:46:17.960><c> sad</c><00:46:18.239><c> part</c><00:46:18.519><c> is</c><00:46:18.760><c> that</c><00:46:19.000><c> Solomon's</c><00:46:20.579><c> reign...</c>

00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:23.480
Oops,<00:46:22.000><c> I'm</c><00:46:22.139><c> getting</c><00:46:22.280><c> ahead</c><00:46:22.460><c> of</c><00:46:22.519><c> myself.</c>

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:31.300
First<00:46:27.119><c> of</c><00:46:27.300><c> all,</c><00:46:27.480><c> his</c><00:46:27.639><c> wisdom</c><00:46:28.199><c> was</c><00:46:29.539><c> also</c><00:46:29.840><c> a</c><00:46:30.019><c> type</c><00:46:30.179><c> of</c><00:46:30.400><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:33.920
You<00:46:32.480><c> know,</c><00:46:32.579><c> he</c><00:46:32.579><c> had</c><00:46:32.699><c> this</c><00:46:32.960><c> vast</c><00:46:33.300><c> knowledge,</c>

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:37.440
this<00:46:34.519><c> quick</c><00:46:34.860><c> understanding,</c><00:46:36.440><c> and</c><00:46:36.539><c> this</c><00:46:36.780><c> sound</c><00:46:37.059><c> judgment.</c>

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:40.420
Those<00:46:37.679><c> are</c><00:46:37.860><c> all</c><00:46:38.079><c> characteristics</c><00:46:38.619><c> of</c><00:46:38.840><c> the</c><00:46:38.960><c> Lord</c><00:46:39.099><c> Jesus</c><00:46:39.500><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:43.980
God<00:46:41.139><c> gave</c><00:46:41.420><c> Solomon</c><00:46:41.840><c> wisdom</c><00:46:42.219><c> and</c><00:46:42.480><c> exceeding</c><00:46:43.000><c> great</c><00:46:43.280><c> understanding,</c>

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:47.300
largeness<00:46:44.780><c> of</c><00:46:44.980><c> heart,</c><00:46:45.239><c> like</c><00:46:45.400><c> the</c><00:46:45.659><c> sand</c><00:46:45.820><c> on</c><00:46:46.039><c> the</c><00:46:46.179><c> seashore.</c>

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:50.079
His<00:46:47.840><c> wisdom</c><00:46:48.119><c> excelled</c><00:46:48.619><c> the</c><00:46:48.719><c> wisdom</c><00:46:49.039><c> of</c><00:46:49.239><c> all</c><00:46:49.400><c> the</c><00:46:49.460><c> men</c><00:46:49.579><c> of</c><00:46:49.739><c> the</c><00:46:49.880><c> East</c>

00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:51.780
and<00:46:50.300><c> all</c><00:46:50.480><c> the</c><00:46:50.619><c> wisdom</c><00:46:50.800><c> of</c><00:46:51.000><c> Egypt.</c>

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:54.079
That's<00:46:52.360><c> the</c><00:46:52.519><c> known</c><00:46:52.659><c> world</c><00:46:52.920><c> at</c><00:46:53.119><c> that</c><00:46:53.320><c> point.</c>

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:56.119
He<00:46:54.659><c> spoke</c><00:46:54.900><c> 3</c><00:46:55.199><c>,000</c><00:46:55.619><c> Proverbs.</c>

00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:57.780
His<00:46:56.440><c> songs</c><00:46:56.679><c> were</c><00:46:56.940><c> 1</c><00:46:57.260><c>,005.</c>

00:46:57.900 --> 00:47:00.199
Men<00:46:58.059><c> of</c><00:46:58.239><c> all</c><00:46:58.480><c> nations,</c><00:46:58.900><c> from</c><00:46:59.079><c> all</c><00:46:59.320><c> the</c><00:46:59.460><c> kings</c><00:46:59.619><c> of</c><00:46:59.780><c> the</c><00:46:59.940><c> earth</c>

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:01.539
who<00:47:00.699><c> had</c><00:47:00.840><c> heard</c><00:47:00.980><c> of</c><00:47:01.119><c> his</c><00:47:01.280><c> wisdom,</c>

00:47:01.539 --> 00:47:03.840
came<00:47:01.900><c> to</c><00:47:02.079><c> hear</c><00:47:02.320><c> the</c><00:47:02.500><c> wisdom</c><00:47:02.760><c> of</c><00:47:03.000><c> Solomon.</c>

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:09.039
It's<00:47:06.559><c> probable,</c><00:47:07.440><c> you</c><00:47:07.860><c> know,</c><00:47:07.960><c> this</c><00:47:08.139><c> is</c><00:47:08.320><c> where</c><00:47:08.440><c> I've</c><00:47:08.699><c> ended</c><00:47:08.820><c> up</c>

00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:12.679
in<00:47:09.119><c> my</c><00:47:09.400><c> own</c><00:47:10.400><c> conviction,</c><00:47:11.239><c> it's</c><00:47:11.519><c> probable</c><00:47:11.920><c> that</c><00:47:12.260><c> Proverbs,</c>

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:15.639
Ecclesiastes,<00:47:13.739><c> and</c><00:47:13.940><c> Psalms</c><00:47:15.039><c> were</c><00:47:15.360><c> written</c>

00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:18.199
during<00:47:16.019><c> the</c><00:47:16.199><c> first</c><00:47:16.519><c> 24</c><00:47:17.039><c> years</c><00:47:17.420><c> of</c><00:47:17.579><c> his</c><00:47:17.840><c> reign</c>

00:47:18.199 --> 00:47:21.199
while<00:47:18.780><c> he</c><00:47:18.940><c> is</c><00:47:19.099><c> still</c><00:47:19.579><c> a</c><00:47:19.920><c> faithful</c><00:47:20.199><c> man.</c>

00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:23.679
If<00:47:21.800><c> you're</c><00:47:21.960><c> interested</c><00:47:22.320><c> in</c><00:47:22.539><c> following</c><00:47:22.780><c> that</c><00:47:23.059><c> up,</c>

00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:27.480
Brother<00:47:24.239><c> Ed</c><00:47:24.460><c> Whitaker,</c><00:47:25.420><c> not</c><00:47:25.639><c> Harry,</c><00:47:25.940><c> but</c><00:47:26.059><c> Brother</c><00:47:26.260><c> Ed</c><00:47:26.460><c> Whitaker,</c>

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:31.059
in<00:47:27.900><c> the</c><00:47:29.519><c> book</c><00:47:29.699><c> that</c><00:47:29.820><c> was</c><00:47:29.960><c> published</c><00:47:30.280><c> after</c><00:47:30.599><c> his</c><00:47:30.840><c> death</c>

00:47:31.059 --> 00:47:33.079
by<00:47:31.260><c> the</c><00:47:31.579><c> testimony</c><00:47:32.000><c> for</c><00:47:32.239><c> the</c><00:47:32.440><c> study</c><00:47:32.599><c> and</c><00:47:32.800><c> defense</c>

00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:35.460
of<00:47:33.280><c> the</c><00:47:33.380><c> Holy</c><00:47:33.559><c> Scriptures,</c><00:47:34.460><c> he</c><00:47:34.599><c> has</c><00:47:34.679><c> a</c><00:47:34.780><c> lovely</c><00:47:35.039><c> article</c>

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:38.260
pointing<00:47:35.739><c> out</c><00:47:36.059><c> that</c><00:47:36.900><c> it's</c><00:47:37.420><c> far</c><00:47:37.619><c> more</c><00:47:37.860><c> reasonable</c>

00:47:38.260 --> 00:47:41.360
that<00:47:38.559><c> Solomon</c><00:47:38.860><c> wrote</c><00:47:39.179><c> these</c><00:47:39.719><c> after</c><00:47:40.539><c> all</c><00:47:40.760><c> of</c><00:47:40.900><c> his</c><00:47:41.059><c> years</c>

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:45.239
of<00:47:41.579><c> being</c><00:47:41.860><c> king</c><00:47:42.179><c> and</c><00:47:42.340><c> having</c><00:47:42.579><c> all</c><00:47:42.920><c> these</c><00:47:43.760><c> people</c><00:47:44.420><c> come</c><00:47:44.659><c> before</c><00:47:45.019><c> him</c>

00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:47.280
day<00:47:45.480><c> in</c><00:47:45.699><c> and</c><00:47:45.800><c> day</c><00:47:46.000><c> out</c><00:47:46.280><c> for</c><00:47:46.500><c> year</c><00:47:46.699><c> after</c><00:47:47.059><c> year</c>

00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:50.079
with<00:47:47.460><c> all</c><00:47:47.639><c> their</c><00:47:47.820><c> problems,</c><00:47:48.860><c> all</c><00:47:49.019><c> the</c><00:47:49.159><c> things</c><00:47:49.300><c> that</c><00:47:49.460><c> are</c><00:47:49.599><c> going</c><00:47:49.800><c> on</c>

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:52.440
under<00:47:50.320><c> the</c><00:47:50.579><c> sun,</c><00:47:51.400><c> all</c><00:47:51.599><c> the</c><00:47:51.780><c> frustrations,</c>

00:47:52.619 --> 00:47:56.500
and<00:47:52.619><c> you</c><00:47:52.840><c> see</c><00:47:53.139><c> this,</c><00:47:54.400><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:47:55.079><c> for</c><00:47:55.320><c> example.</c>

00:47:56.900 --> 00:47:58.940
And<00:47:57.340><c> it's</c><00:47:57.679><c> so</c><00:47:57.920><c> much</c><00:47:58.099><c> more</c><00:47:58.340><c> reasonable</c><00:47:58.599><c> to</c><00:47:58.800><c> me</c>

00:47:58.940 --> 00:48:02.099
that<00:47:59.039><c> he</c><00:47:59.199><c> wrote</c><00:47:59.480><c> these</c><00:47:59.760><c> books</c><00:48:00.239><c> during</c><00:48:01.000><c> this</c><00:48:01.280><c> period</c>

00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:04.000
of<00:48:03.119><c> faithfulness</c><00:48:03.579><c> to</c><00:48:03.760><c> God.</c>

00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:07.460
I<00:48:04.280><c> know</c><00:48:04.480><c> there</c><00:48:04.619><c> is</c><00:48:04.900><c> another</c><00:48:05.860><c> school</c><00:48:06.480><c> that</c><00:48:06.699><c> would</c><00:48:06.860><c> like</c><00:48:07.119><c> to</c><00:48:07.280><c> feel</c>

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:10.880
that<00:48:07.659><c> he</c><00:48:07.880><c> somehow</c><00:48:08.159><c> recovered</c><00:48:08.679><c> and</c><00:48:09.179><c> wrote</c><00:48:09.500><c> these</c><00:48:09.960><c> wonderful</c><00:48:10.380><c> books</c>

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:14.559
at<00:48:11.579><c> the</c><00:48:11.639><c> end</c><00:48:11.760><c> of</c><00:48:11.860><c> his</c><00:48:12.019><c> life,</c><00:48:12.940><c> but</c><00:48:13.400><c> Scripture</c><00:48:13.760><c> doesn't</c><00:48:14.119><c> present</c><00:48:14.440><c> it</c>

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:16.039
that<00:48:14.780><c> way,</c><00:48:14.900><c> we're</c><00:48:15.039><c> just</c><00:48:15.260><c> going</c><00:48:15.340><c> to</c><00:48:15.400><c> have</c><00:48:15.500><c> to</c><00:48:15.500><c> wait</c><00:48:15.679><c> and</c><00:48:15.900><c> see.</c>

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I<00:48:16.760><c> don't</c><00:48:17.019><c> pretend</c><00:48:17.340><c> to</c><00:48:17.579><c> be</c><00:48:18.599><c> dogmatic</c><00:48:19.059><c> about</c><00:48:19.360><c> it,</c>

00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:21.280
but<00:48:19.780><c> you</c><00:48:20.019><c> just</c><00:48:20.199><c> get</c><00:48:20.360><c> a</c><00:48:20.519><c> feel</c><00:48:20.679><c> for</c><00:48:21.000><c> it.</c>

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Scripture<00:48:21.840><c> deliberately</c><00:48:22.440><c> presents</c><00:48:22.860><c> him</c><00:48:23.619><c> as,</c>

00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:28.039
he<00:48:25.039><c> leaves</c><00:48:25.280><c> him,</c><00:48:25.739><c> you'll</c><00:48:26.900><c> see</c><00:48:27.019><c> it</c><00:48:27.159><c> in</c><00:48:27.239><c> 1</c><00:48:27.420><c> Kings</c><00:48:27.639><c> 11,</c>

00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:30.360
he<00:48:28.380><c> leaves</c><00:48:28.619><c> him</c><00:48:28.780><c> as</c><00:48:29.019><c> a</c><00:48:29.159><c> tragic</c><00:48:29.440><c> figure.</c>

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But<00:48:30.679><c> anyways,</c><00:48:31.480><c> there's</c><00:48:33.159><c> some</c><00:48:33.440><c> really</c><00:48:33.639><c> good</c><00:48:33.780><c> reasons</c>

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that<00:48:34.420><c> I</c><00:48:34.500><c> would</c><00:48:34.699><c> encourage</c><00:48:34.980><c> you</c><00:48:35.139><c> if</c><00:48:35.159><c> you're</c><00:48:35.360><c> interested</c>

00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:38.980
to<00:48:36.739><c> follow</c><00:48:37.039><c> that</c><00:48:37.320><c> up.</c>

00:48:44.360 --> 00:48:46.539
Solomon<00:48:44.960><c> experimented</c><00:48:45.559><c> with</c><00:48:45.900><c> this</c><00:48:46.239><c> world</c>

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and<00:48:46.679><c> its</c><00:48:47.000><c> pleasures</c><00:48:47.420><c> far</c><00:48:47.820><c> too</c><00:48:48.099><c> much,</c><00:48:49.019><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:48:49.679><c> 2.</c>

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See,<00:48:51.659><c> that's</c><00:48:51.940><c> the</c><00:48:52.019><c> danger</c><00:48:52.360><c> of</c><00:48:52.539><c> having</c><00:48:52.820><c> everything.</c>

00:48:55.239 --> 00:48:58.260
I<00:48:55.719><c> said</c><00:48:55.940><c> in</c><00:48:56.119><c> my</c><00:48:56.300><c> heart,</c><00:48:56.679><c> come</c><00:48:56.780><c> now,</c><00:48:57.059><c> I</c><00:48:57.099><c> will</c><00:48:57.320><c> test</c><00:48:57.579><c> you</c><00:48:57.800><c> with</c><00:48:58.000><c> mirth,</c>

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therefore<00:48:58.659><c> enjoy</c><00:48:59.099><c> pleasure.</c>

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I<00:49:00.820><c> searched</c><00:49:01.099><c> in</c><00:49:01.300><c> my</c><00:49:01.500><c> heart</c><00:49:01.619><c> how</c><00:49:01.780><c> to</c><00:49:01.960><c> gratify</c><00:49:02.380><c> my</c><00:49:02.699><c> flesh</c><00:49:02.860><c> with</c><00:49:03.119><c> wine,</c>

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while<00:49:06.340><c> guiding</c><00:49:06.820><c> my</c><00:49:07.179><c> heart</c><00:49:07.460><c> with</c><00:49:07.719><c> wisdom.</c>

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See<00:49:11.440><c> what</c><00:49:11.539><c> he's</c><00:49:11.699><c> saying?</c>

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I'll<00:49:14.539><c> try</c><00:49:14.719><c> the</c><00:49:14.960><c> pleasures</c><00:49:15.199><c> of</c><00:49:15.440><c> this</c><00:49:15.639><c> life,</c>

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but<00:49:15.940><c> I'll</c><00:49:16.119><c> keep</c><00:49:16.260><c> it</c><00:49:16.400><c> under</c><00:49:16.599><c> control.</c>

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:21.159
I<00:49:18.460><c> know</c><00:49:18.639><c> what</c><00:49:19.099><c> the</c><00:49:20.039><c> principles</c><00:49:20.420><c> of</c><00:49:20.659><c> God</c><00:49:20.840><c> are.</c>

00:49:21.460 --> 00:49:23.360
I<00:49:21.639><c> won't</c><00:49:21.760><c> let</c><00:49:21.920><c> it</c><00:49:22.019><c> get</c><00:49:22.179><c> out</c><00:49:22.340><c> of</c><00:49:22.500><c> hand.</c>

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How<00:49:27.679><c> to</c><00:49:28.119><c> lay</c><00:49:28.300><c> hold</c><00:49:28.480><c> on</c><00:49:28.800><c> folly,</c>

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till<00:49:29.300><c> I</c><00:49:29.440><c> might</c><00:49:29.679><c> see</c><00:49:29.900><c> what</c><00:49:30.059><c> was</c><00:49:30.260><c> good</c><00:49:30.480><c> for</c><00:49:30.659><c> the</c><00:49:30.840><c> sons</c><00:49:31.039><c> of</c><00:49:31.159><c> men</c><00:49:31.360><c> to</c><00:49:31.579><c> do.</c>

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Whatever<00:49:32.860><c> my</c><00:49:33.119><c> eyes</c><00:49:33.400><c> desired</c><00:49:33.760><c> I</c><00:49:33.900><c> did</c><00:49:34.099><c> not</c><00:49:34.260><c> keep</c><00:49:34.440><c> from</c><00:49:34.659><c> them,</c>

00:49:34.900 --> 00:49:37.280
I<00:49:34.960><c> did</c><00:49:35.139><c> not</c><00:49:35.300><c> withhold</c><00:49:35.559><c> my</c><00:49:35.840><c> heart</c><00:49:36.000><c> from</c><00:49:36.199><c> any</c><00:49:36.440><c> pleasure.</c>

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Then<00:49:40.360><c> I</c><00:49:40.619><c> turned</c><00:49:40.840><c> myself</c><00:49:41.320><c> to</c><00:49:41.579><c> consider</c><00:49:42.019><c> wisdom</c><00:49:42.460><c> and</c><00:49:42.679><c> madness</c>

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and<00:49:43.400><c> folly,</c>

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for<00:49:43.920><c> what</c><00:49:44.159><c> can</c><00:49:44.400><c> the</c><00:49:44.579><c> man</c><00:49:44.780><c> do</c><00:49:45.039><c> who</c><00:49:45.280><c> succeeds</c><00:49:45.739><c> the</c><00:49:45.980><c> king?</c>

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This<00:49:46.360><c> is</c><00:49:46.539><c> where</c><00:49:46.639><c> you</c><00:49:46.800><c> and</c><00:49:46.900><c> I</c><00:49:47.019><c> come</c><00:49:47.239><c> in.</c>

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Only<00:49:48.619><c> what</c><00:49:48.820><c> he</c><00:49:49.019><c> has</c><00:49:49.280><c> already</c><00:49:49.659><c> done.</c>

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Then<00:49:51.599><c> I</c><00:49:51.840><c> saw</c><00:49:52.219><c> that</c><00:49:52.420><c> wisdom</c><00:49:52.840><c> excels</c><00:49:53.380><c> folly</c><00:49:53.719><c> as</c><00:49:54.000><c> light</c><00:49:54.260><c> excels</c><00:49:54.679><c> darkness.</c>

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And<00:49:55.940><c> the</c><00:49:56.079><c> point</c><00:49:56.219><c> for</c><00:49:56.460><c> you</c><00:49:56.659><c> and</c><00:49:56.719><c> I</c><00:49:56.900><c> is,</c><00:49:57.199><c> and</c><00:49:57.500><c> particularly</c><00:49:57.860><c> our</c>

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young<00:49:58.260><c> people,</c>

00:49:58.559 --> 00:50:01.420
we<00:49:58.739><c> gain</c><00:49:58.980><c> nothing</c><00:49:59.300><c> by</c><00:49:59.599><c> repeating</c><00:49:59.960><c> his</c><00:50:00.239><c> folly.</c>

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In<00:50:01.980><c> effect,</c><00:50:02.380><c> it's</c><00:50:02.619><c> there</c><00:50:02.800><c> in</c><00:50:03.039><c> Scripture</c><00:50:03.699><c> to</c><00:50:04.440><c> convince</c><00:50:04.900><c> us</c>

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that<00:50:06.320><c> as</c><00:50:06.719><c> he</c><00:50:06.920><c> found</c><00:50:07.219><c> out</c><00:50:07.340><c> it</c><00:50:07.420><c> was</c><00:50:07.659><c> empty,</c>

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anybody<00:50:09.940><c> that</c><00:50:10.179><c> repeats</c><00:50:10.500><c> it</c><00:50:10.659><c> is</c><00:50:10.820><c> going</c><00:50:10.920><c> to</c><00:50:11.039><c> find</c><00:50:11.179><c> out</c><00:50:11.360><c> exactly</c>

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the<00:50:11.860><c> same</c><00:50:12.039><c> result.</c>