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him<00:10:50.159><c> and</c><00:10:50.320><c> to</c><00:10:50.539><c> tremble</c><00:10:50.759><c> in</c><00:10:50.940><c> his</c><00:10:51.179><c> presence.</c><00:10:52.259><c> He's</c><00:10:52.679><c> self</c><00:10:52.919><c>-centered,</c><00:10:53.240><c> he's</c>

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preoccupied<00:10:54.259><c> with</c><00:10:54.419><c> his</c><00:10:54.580><c> own</c>

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interests<00:10:55.039><c> and</c><00:10:55.340><c> achievements.</c><00:10:56.320><c> He</c><00:10:56.519><c> uses</c><00:10:56.919><c> deceit,</c><00:10:57.940><c> half</c><00:10:58.100><c>-truths</c><00:10:58.720><c> and</c>

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manipulation<00:10:59.539><c> to</c><00:10:59.899><c> achieve</c><00:11:00.220><c> his</c><00:11:00.519><c> aims.</c>

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He<00:11:01.519><c> is</c><00:11:01.679><c> a</c><00:11:01.820><c> false</c><00:11:02.220><c> accuser,</c><00:11:02.820><c> he</c><00:11:02.879><c> is</c><00:11:03.139><c> the</c><00:11:03.399><c> head</c><00:11:03.639><c> of</c><00:11:03.879><c> a</c><00:11:04.059><c> wicked</c><00:11:04.460><c> seed.</c><00:11:05.559><c> His</c>

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followers<00:11:06.259><c> exist</c><00:11:06.740><c> throughout</c><00:11:07.100><c> the</c><00:11:07.360><c> empire</c>

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who<00:11:08.039><c> are</c><00:11:08.220><c> eager</c><00:11:08.519><c> and</c><00:11:08.799><c> ready</c><00:11:08.980><c> to</c><00:11:09.279><c> carry</c><00:11:09.440><c> out</c><00:11:09.639><c> his</c><00:11:09.899><c> will.</c><00:11:10.860><c> He's</c><00:11:11.179><c> called</c><00:11:11.279><c> the</c><00:11:11.480><c> enemy</c><00:11:11.720><c> of</c><00:11:11.899><c> the</c><00:11:12.100><c> Jews</c><00:11:12.320><c> in</c><00:11:12.519><c> chapter</c><00:11:12.820><c> 3</c><00:11:13.179><c> verse</c>

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10<00:11:13.720><c> and</c><00:11:13.899><c> the</c><00:11:14.139><c> enemy</c><00:11:14.480><c> and</c><00:11:14.659><c> the</c><00:11:14.919><c> adversary</c><00:11:15.519><c> in</c><00:11:16.080><c> verse</c><00:11:16.299><c> 5</c><00:11:16.639><c> of</c><00:11:16.820><c> chapter</c><00:11:17.139><c> 7.</c>

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He<00:11:18.259><c> rejoices</c><00:11:18.940><c> over</c><00:11:19.179><c> the</c><00:11:19.440><c> prospect</c><00:11:19.899><c> of</c><00:11:20.159><c> the</c>

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planned<00:11:20.659><c> destruction</c><00:11:21.259><c> of</c><00:11:21.460><c> God's</c><00:11:21.919><c> people.</c><00:11:22.639><c> He</c><00:11:22.860><c> becomes</c><00:11:23.200><c> furious</c><00:11:24.039><c> with</c>

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those<00:11:24.620><c> who</c><00:11:24.899><c> oppose</c><00:11:25.200><c> him,</c><00:11:25.960><c> making</c><00:11:26.299><c> war</c>

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against<00:11:27.159><c> them</c><00:11:27.539><c> and</c><00:11:27.820><c> plans</c><00:11:28.120><c> to</c><00:11:28.440><c> kill</c><00:11:28.700><c> all</c><00:11:29.100><c> the</c><00:11:29.299><c> remnant.</c><00:11:29.980><c> He</c><00:11:30.159><c> has</c><00:11:30.559><c> enormous</c><00:11:31.220><c> power,</c><00:11:32.100><c> it</c>

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is<00:11:32.379><c> seemingly</c><00:11:32.799><c> impossible</c>

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to<00:11:34.600><c> withstand</c><00:11:35.059><c> him.</c><00:11:36.100><c> He</c><00:11:36.320><c> seeks</c><00:11:36.559><c> to</c><00:11:36.860><c> crucify</c><00:11:37.440><c> the</c><00:11:37.620><c> very</c><00:11:37.960><c> person</c>

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God<00:11:38.720><c> has</c><00:11:39.100><c> sent</c><00:11:39.279><c> to</c><00:11:39.639><c> save</c><00:11:39.940><c> the</c><00:11:40.259><c> remnant.</c>

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He<00:11:41.620><c> possesses</c><00:11:42.320><c> the</c><00:11:42.620><c> sting</c><00:11:42.940><c> of</c><00:11:43.320><c> death.</c><00:11:43.779><c> He</c><00:11:43.980><c> writes</c><00:11:44.279><c> the</c><00:11:44.580><c> law</c><00:11:44.879><c> of</c>

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death<00:11:45.639><c> through</c><00:11:46.120><c> an</c><00:11:46.440><c> irrevocable</c><00:11:47.120><c> decree.</c>

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He<00:11:48.679><c> is</c><00:11:48.919><c> the</c><00:11:49.320><c> opposite</c><00:11:49.659><c> of</c><00:11:49.940><c> a</c><00:11:50.179><c> savior,</c><00:11:50.500><c> he</c><00:11:50.700><c> is</c><00:11:50.980><c> an</c><00:11:51.379><c> anti</c><00:11:51.840><c>-savior.</c>

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He<00:11:52.480><c> seeks</c><00:11:52.820><c> to</c><00:11:53.379><c> un</c><00:11:53.899><c>-ransom</c><00:11:54.440><c> the</c><00:11:54.779><c> remnant</c>

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by<00:11:56.000><c> paying</c><00:11:56.440><c> money</c><00:11:56.879><c> for</c><00:11:57.179><c> their</c><00:11:57.460><c> death,</c><00:11:57.919><c> not</c><00:11:57.980><c> their</c><00:11:58.279><c> redemption.</c><00:11:59.600><c> And</c><00:11:59.899><c> finally,</c><00:12:00.139><c> he</c><00:12:00.320><c> will</c><00:12:00.539><c> be</c>

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put<00:12:00.899><c> to</c>

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death<00:12:01.559><c> by</c><00:12:01.840><c> being</c><00:12:02.220><c> hung</c><00:12:02.620><c> on</c><00:12:02.940><c> a</c><00:12:03.200><c> tree.</c><00:12:04.340><c> What</c><00:12:04.580><c> God</c><00:12:04.820><c> is</c><00:12:05.080><c> teaching</c>

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us<00:12:05.779><c> in</c><00:12:05.960><c> the</c><00:12:06.100><c> book</c><00:12:06.259><c> of</c><00:12:06.539><c> Esther</c><00:12:06.960><c> is</c><00:12:07.820><c> that</c><00:12:08.320><c> sin</c>

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is<00:12:10.580><c> being</c><00:12:11.019><c> symbolized</c><00:12:11.919><c> in</c><00:12:12.240><c> this</c><00:12:12.580><c> man</c><00:12:13.120><c> Haman.</c><00:12:15.080><c> He's</c><00:12:15.460><c> not</c><00:12:15.860><c> just</c>

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a<00:12:16.679><c> Persian</c><00:12:17.139><c> official,</c><00:12:18.820><c> he</c><00:12:19.120><c> is</c><00:12:19.379><c> in</c><00:12:19.500><c> the</c><00:12:19.759><c> story,</c>

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but<00:12:20.259><c> for</c><00:12:20.600><c> us</c><00:12:20.940><c> he</c><00:12:21.100><c> is</c><00:12:21.320><c> the</c><00:12:21.639><c> representation</c><00:12:22.299><c> of</c><00:12:22.779><c> sin</c><00:12:23.059><c> itself.</c><00:12:24.860><c> And</c><00:12:25.019><c> with</c><00:12:25.240><c> Haman</c><00:12:25.440><c> we</c>

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see<00:12:25.879><c> the</c><00:12:26.159><c> richness</c><00:12:26.539><c> of</c><00:12:26.820><c> God's</c><00:12:27.340><c> word</c>

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when<00:12:27.840><c> he</c><00:12:28.080><c> uses</c><00:12:28.440><c> parables</c><00:12:29.019><c> and</c><00:12:29.500><c> types</c><00:12:30.039><c> to</c><00:12:30.799><c> provide</c><00:12:31.139><c> a</c><00:12:31.519><c> fuller</c>

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appreciation<00:12:32.779><c> of</c><00:12:33.120><c> the</c><00:12:33.340><c> lessons</c><00:12:33.740><c> that</c><00:12:33.960><c> he's</c><00:12:34.240><c> trying</c>

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to<00:12:35.299><c> impress</c><00:12:35.620><c> upon</c><00:12:36.039><c> us.</c><00:12:37.100><c> Haman</c><00:12:37.419><c> is</c><00:12:37.779><c> specifically</c><00:12:38.879><c> and</c><00:12:39.419><c> deliberately</c><00:12:39.860><c> portrayed</c><00:12:40.860><c> in</c><00:12:41.980><c> this</c>

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way<00:12:42.720><c> so</c><00:12:42.940><c> that</c><00:12:43.100><c> we</c><00:12:43.200><c> can</c>

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see<00:12:43.980><c> how</c><00:12:44.179><c> sin</c><00:12:44.759><c> thinks,</c><00:12:46.679><c> how</c><00:12:46.840><c> sin</c><00:12:47.360><c> assumes,</c><00:12:49.019><c> how</c><00:12:49.320><c> sin</c><00:12:49.779><c> plans,</c>

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how<00:12:50.919><c> sin</c><00:12:51.299><c> makes</c><00:12:51.759><c> decisions,</c><00:12:53.019><c> how</c><00:12:53.320><c> sin</c><00:12:53.700><c> takes</c>

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actions.<00:12:54.980><c> God</c><00:12:55.279><c> can</c><00:12:55.639><c> teach</c><00:12:55.820><c> us</c><00:12:56.220><c> a</c><00:12:56.379><c> lot</c><00:12:56.940><c> about</c><00:12:57.460><c> sin</c><00:12:58.039><c> through</c><00:12:59.419><c> this</c><00:12:59.759><c> man</c>

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Haman.<00:13:01.480><c> And</c><00:13:01.679><c> I'm</c><00:13:01.799><c> not</c><00:13:02.039><c> talking</c><00:13:02.360><c> about</c><00:13:02.700><c> sin</c><00:13:03.080><c> in</c>

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somebody<00:13:03.799><c> else.</c><00:13:06.039><c> God</c><00:13:06.299><c> teaches</c><00:13:06.700><c> me</c><00:13:07.139><c> a</c><00:13:07.279><c> lot</c><00:13:07.580><c> about</c><00:13:08.000><c> sin</c><00:13:08.460><c> in</c><00:13:09.480><c> myself.</c><00:13:12.279><c> And</c>

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that's<00:13:12.620><c> one</c><00:13:12.779><c> of</c><00:13:12.899><c> the</c><00:13:13.000><c> lessons</c><00:13:13.399><c> of</c><00:13:13.620><c> the</c><00:13:13.740><c> book</c>

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of<00:13:14.080><c> Esther.</c><00:13:14.440><c> This</c><00:13:14.820><c> is</c><00:13:15.279><c> how</c><00:13:15.700><c> I</c><00:13:16.100><c> will</c><00:13:16.379><c> think</c><00:13:16.820><c> and</c><00:13:17.360><c> act</c><00:13:17.679><c> and</c><00:13:18.220><c> plan</c>

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and<00:13:18.879><c> make</c><00:13:19.120><c> decisions</c><00:13:19.940><c> apart</c><00:13:20.960><c> from</c><00:13:21.200><c> the</c><00:13:21.360><c> word</c><00:13:21.460><c> of</c><00:13:21.700><c> God.</c>

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the<00:13:28.500><c> phrase</c><00:13:29.100><c> Haman</c><00:13:29.700><c> nature,</c>

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because<00:13:31.679><c> that's</c><00:13:31.980><c> how</c><00:13:32.200><c> it's</c><00:13:32.419><c> being</c><00:13:32.740><c> portrayed</c><00:13:33.419><c> in</c><00:13:34.480><c> this</c><00:13:34.840><c> book</c>

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if<00:13:36.120><c> we're</c><00:13:36.539><c> able</c><00:13:36.899><c> to</c><00:13:37.120><c> see</c><00:13:37.320><c> it.</c>

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Mordecai's<00:13:40.159><c> response</c><00:13:40.820><c> to</c><00:13:41.080><c> the</c><00:13:41.279><c> law</c><00:13:41.879><c> that</c><00:13:42.360><c> Jews</c><00:13:42.679><c> will</c><00:13:42.960><c> all</c><00:13:43.159><c> be</c><00:13:43.480><c> destroyed</c>

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reveals<00:13:46.039><c> the</c><00:13:46.480><c> depth</c><00:13:46.960><c> of</c><00:13:47.820><c> Mordecai's</c><00:13:48.980><c> spiritual</c><00:13:49.340><c> character</c>

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and<00:13:50.539><c> the</c><00:13:50.860><c> priorities</c><00:13:51.320><c> in</c><00:13:51.620><c> his</c><00:13:51.879><c> life.</c><00:13:52.299><c> It</c><00:13:52.360><c> took</c>

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great<00:13:53.639><c> spiritual</c><00:13:54.620><c> courage</c><00:13:55.480><c> on</c><00:13:55.899><c> the</c><00:13:56.100><c> part</c><00:13:56.279><c> of</c><00:13:56.500><c> Mordecai</c><00:13:57.080><c> to</c><00:13:57.919><c> stand</c><00:13:58.340><c> up</c>

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to<00:13:58.840><c> Haman</c><00:13:59.080><c> and</c><00:13:59.419><c> to</c><00:13:59.639><c> refuse</c><00:14:00.019><c> to</c><00:14:00.259><c> bow</c><00:14:00.480><c> down.</c>

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But<00:14:02.159><c> once</c><00:14:02.440><c> again,</c><00:14:02.879><c> Mordecai</c><00:14:03.360><c> becomes</c><00:14:03.759><c> a</c><00:14:03.980><c> tremendous</c><00:14:04.480><c> example</c>

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to<00:14:05.340><c> believers</c><00:14:05.700><c> of</c><00:14:06.059><c> all</c><00:14:06.320><c> ages</c><00:14:06.779><c> who</c><00:14:07.279><c> live</c><00:14:07.720><c> in</c>

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a<00:14:08.399><c> Gentile</c><00:14:09.399><c> dominated</c><00:14:10.120><c> society</c><00:14:11.080><c> like</c><00:14:11.720><c> we</c><00:14:12.019><c> live,</c><00:14:13.240><c> where</c><00:14:13.399><c> the</c><00:14:13.580><c> ruler</c><00:14:13.840><c> of</c><00:14:14.159><c> our</c><00:14:14.480><c> country</c><00:14:14.919><c> is</c><00:14:15.220><c> a</c>

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Gentile<00:14:15.940><c> and</c><00:14:16.120><c> the</c>

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officials<00:14:16.740><c> of</c><00:14:17.019><c> our</c><00:14:17.340><c> country</c><00:14:17.720><c> are</c><00:14:18.059><c> Gentiles</c><00:14:18.620><c> and</c><00:14:19.080><c> those</c><00:14:19.399><c> making</c><00:14:19.720><c> the</c>

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decisions<00:14:20.419><c> in</c><00:14:20.600><c> the</c><00:14:20.779><c> country</c><00:14:21.059><c> we</c><00:14:21.379><c> live</c><00:14:21.539><c> are</c>

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all<00:14:22.039><c> Gentiles.</c><00:14:23.139><c> And</c><00:14:23.240><c> the</c><00:14:23.419><c> society</c><00:14:23.919><c> that</c><00:14:24.159><c> we</c><00:14:24.299><c> live</c><00:14:24.460><c> in</c><00:14:24.679><c> is</c><00:14:24.960><c> dominated</c><00:14:25.440><c> by</c>

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Gentile<00:14:26.299><c> thinking.</c>

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Mordecai<00:14:29.580><c> becomes</c><00:14:30.100><c> a</c><00:14:30.519><c> role</c><00:14:30.720><c> model</c><00:14:31.019><c> for</c><00:14:31.320><c> us.</c><00:14:31.679><c> The</c><00:14:31.879><c> easiest</c><00:14:32.320><c> path</c><00:14:33.000><c> for</c>

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Mordecai<00:14:34.299><c> to</c><00:14:34.480><c> have</c><00:14:34.700><c> taken</c>

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would<00:14:35.840><c> be</c><00:14:36.000><c> to</c><00:14:36.299><c> quietly</c><00:14:36.840><c> acquiesce</c><00:14:37.440><c> to</c><00:14:37.580><c> the</c><00:14:37.740><c> king's</c><00:14:38.100><c> command</c>

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or<00:14:39.460><c> just</c><00:14:39.659><c> to</c><00:14:39.960><c> avoid</c><00:14:40.299><c> Haman's</c><00:14:40.899><c> presence</c>

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altogether.<00:14:43.059><c> But</c><00:14:43.480><c> Mordecai</c><00:14:44.179><c> takes</c><00:14:44.580><c> the</c><00:14:44.919><c> path</c><00:14:45.240><c> of</c><00:14:45.679><c> faithful</c>

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obedience<00:14:46.820><c> to</c><00:14:47.080><c> God</c><00:14:47.460><c> regardless</c><00:14:48.480><c> of</c><00:14:48.840><c> the</c>

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repercussions.<00:14:50.159><c> He</c><00:14:50.379><c> has</c><00:14:50.879><c> no</c><00:14:51.279><c> idea</c><00:14:51.820><c> in</c><00:14:52.120><c> chapter</c><00:14:52.480><c> three,</c><00:14:54.440><c> when</c>

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Haman<00:14:54.899><c> comes</c><00:14:55.240><c> through</c><00:14:55.559><c> the</c><00:14:55.779><c> gate</c><00:14:55.980><c> and</c><00:14:56.200><c> he</c><00:14:56.559><c> refuses</c>

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to<00:14:57.200><c> bow</c><00:14:57.360><c> down,</c><00:14:57.559><c> he</c><00:14:57.779><c> has</c><00:14:58.120><c> no</c><00:14:58.460><c> idea</c><00:14:58.879><c> what</c><00:14:59.139><c> chapter</c><00:14:59.480><c> 10</c><00:14:59.980><c> will</c><00:15:00.240><c> be</c>

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about<00:15:00.879><c> in</c><00:15:01.179><c> this</c><00:15:01.419><c> book.</c><00:15:02.879><c> But</c><00:15:03.179><c> he</c><00:15:03.399><c> knows</c><00:15:03.820><c> that</c><00:15:04.200><c> man</c><00:15:04.519><c> is</c><00:15:04.899><c> not</c>

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someone<00:15:05.559><c> that</c><00:15:05.799><c> you</c><00:15:06.039><c> bow</c><00:15:06.240><c> down</c><00:15:06.559><c> to.</c><00:15:08.120><c> That</c><00:15:08.440><c> man</c><00:15:08.799><c> is</c><00:15:09.059><c> an</c><00:15:09.220><c> Amalekite.</c><00:15:10.379><c> That</c><00:15:10.779><c> man</c>

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represents<00:15:12.019><c> the</c><00:15:12.700><c> end</c><00:15:13.100><c> of</c><00:15:13.500><c> our</c>

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community.<00:15:15.840><c> If</c><00:15:16.299><c> we</c><00:15:16.559><c> take</c><00:15:16.879><c> the</c><00:15:17.120><c> path</c><00:15:17.639><c> of</c><00:15:17.980><c> least</c><00:15:18.220><c> resistance</c><00:15:18.960><c> and</c><00:15:19.820><c> bow</c><00:15:20.059><c> down</c><00:15:20.340><c> to</c>

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him.<00:15:21.799><c> From</c><00:15:21.960><c> the</c><00:15:22.220><c> world's</c><00:15:22.679><c> perspective,</c>

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Mordecai<00:15:24.200><c> is</c><00:15:24.639><c> living</c><00:15:24.960><c> a</c><00:15:25.460><c> privileged</c><00:15:26.000><c> life.</c><00:15:27.419><c> He's</c><00:15:27.840><c> got</c><00:15:27.980><c> the</c><00:15:28.220><c> good</c><00:15:28.480><c> life.</c><00:15:30.159><c> He's</c><00:15:30.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:30.799><c> king's</c><00:15:31.220><c> gate.</c><00:15:32.500><c> His</c><00:15:32.779><c> daughter</c>

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is<00:15:33.799><c> on</c><00:15:34.019><c> the</c><00:15:34.259><c> throne</c><00:15:34.580><c> as</c><00:15:34.879><c> queen.</c><00:15:36.080><c> Why,</c><00:15:36.759><c> why,</c><00:15:37.440><c> why</c><00:15:37.919><c> would</c><00:15:38.120><c> you</c><00:15:38.360><c> want</c><00:15:38.519><c> to</c>

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throw<00:15:38.899><c> all</c><00:15:39.279><c> that</c><00:15:39.440><c> away?</c><00:15:40.659><c> He</c><00:15:40.879><c> could</c><00:15:41.039><c> even</c>

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nationalize.<00:15:42.200><c> You</c><00:15:42.240><c> know,</c><00:15:42.419><c> I</c><00:15:42.519><c> really</c><00:15:42.820><c> need</c><00:15:43.059><c> to</c><00:15:43.279><c> protect</c><00:15:43.860><c> my</c><00:15:44.220><c> position</c><00:15:44.779><c> because</c><00:15:45.879><c> I</c>

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have<00:15:46.340><c> access</c><00:15:46.820><c> to</c><00:15:47.039><c> the</c><00:15:47.259><c> throne</c><00:15:47.440><c> and</c>

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I<00:15:47.720><c> can</c><00:15:47.980><c> probably</c><00:15:48.259><c> do</c><00:15:48.539><c> best</c><00:15:48.840><c> for</c><00:15:49.139><c> the</c><00:15:49.320><c> community</c><00:15:49.940><c> if</c><00:15:51.139><c> I</c><00:15:51.419><c> maintain</c><00:15:52.000><c> this</c><00:15:52.299><c> position.</c><00:15:52.740><c> That</c><00:15:52.960><c> is</c>

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not<00:15:53.659><c> Mordecai's</c>

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rationalization.<00:15:56.600><c> All</c><00:15:56.919><c> he</c><00:15:57.059><c> has</c><00:15:57.279><c> to</c><00:15:57.460><c> do</c><00:15:57.620><c> is</c><00:15:57.860><c> to</c><00:15:58.100><c> keep</c><00:15:58.259><c> his</c><00:15:58.580><c> mouth</c><00:15:58.840><c> shut</c>

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and<00:15:59.980><c> to</c><00:16:00.179><c> conform</c><00:16:00.860><c> to</c><00:16:01.059><c> what</c><00:16:01.299><c> everyone</c><00:16:01.700><c> else</c>

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is<00:16:02.240><c> doing.</c><00:16:04.220><c> But</c><00:16:04.860><c> he</c><00:16:04.940><c> doesn't</c><00:16:05.240><c> take</c><00:16:05.519><c> that</c><00:16:05.799><c> route.</c><00:16:07.700><c> And</c><00:16:07.840><c> it's</c><00:16:08.259><c> helpful</c><00:16:08.700><c> to</c>

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be<00:16:09.220><c> clear</c><00:16:09.500><c> on</c><00:16:09.779><c> the</c><00:16:09.960><c> issue</c>

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of<00:16:11.539><c> why</c><00:16:11.860><c> Mordecai</c><00:16:12.519><c> would</c><00:16:12.919><c> not</c><00:16:13.259><c> bow</c><00:16:13.600><c> down.</c><00:16:15.019><c> It's</c><00:16:15.299><c> not</c><00:16:15.539><c> because</c>

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of<00:16:16.039><c> his</c><00:16:16.340><c> nationality.</c><00:16:18.080><c> It's</c><00:16:18.419><c> because</c><00:16:18.720><c> of</c><00:16:18.899><c> his</c>

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faith<00:16:19.379><c> in</c><00:16:19.600><c> God.</c><00:16:20.279><c> In</c><00:16:20.480><c> verse</c><00:16:20.779><c> four</c><00:16:21.519><c> of</c><00:16:21.879><c> chapter</c><00:16:22.220><c> three,</c><00:16:23.700><c> the</c><00:16:23.840><c> servants</c><00:16:24.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:24.740><c> king</c><00:16:25.019><c> keep</c><00:16:25.340><c> pressing</c><00:16:25.799><c> Mordecai</c>

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to<00:16:27.559><c> bow</c><00:16:27.940><c> down</c><00:16:28.440><c> to</c><00:16:28.679><c> Haman.</c><00:16:30.440><c> And</c><00:16:30.659><c> he</c><00:16:30.779><c> says,</c><00:16:31.240><c> I'm</c><00:16:31.299><c> not</c><00:16:31.600><c> going</c><00:16:31.879><c> to</c>

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bow<00:16:32.259><c> down.</c><00:16:32.700><c> And</c><00:16:32.860><c> the</c><00:16:33.000><c> reason</c><00:16:33.279><c> he</c><00:16:33.500><c> gives</c><00:16:33.759><c> them</c><00:16:34.019><c> is</c>

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because<00:16:34.659><c> he</c><00:16:34.840><c> was</c><00:16:35.100><c> a</c><00:16:35.279><c> Jew.</c><00:16:38.000><c> Just</c><00:16:38.299><c> like</c><00:16:38.559><c> Daniel</c><00:16:39.220><c> back</c><00:16:39.799><c> in</c><00:16:40.000><c> chapter</c><00:16:40.259><c> six.</c>

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Daniel<00:16:42.980><c> acquiesced</c><00:16:43.779><c> to</c><00:16:43.960><c> the</c><00:16:44.100><c> king's</c>

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command.<00:16:44.779><c> You</c><00:16:44.879><c> can</c><00:16:45.159><c> save</c><00:16:45.399><c> your</c><00:16:45.659><c> life.</c><00:16:47.379><c> I</c><00:16:47.940><c> won't</c><00:16:48.159><c> do</c><00:16:48.360><c> it.</c><00:16:50.200><c> Both</c>

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men<00:16:50.860><c> understood</c><00:16:51.440><c> there</c><00:16:51.600><c> was</c><00:16:51.820><c> a</c><00:16:52.059><c> principle</c><00:16:52.559><c> at</c><00:16:52.960><c> stake</c>

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that<00:16:54.220><c> not</c><00:16:54.460><c> only</c><00:16:54.820><c> affected</c><00:16:55.200><c> themselves</c><00:16:56.019><c> but</c><00:16:56.320><c> affected</c><00:16:56.759><c> all</c><00:16:57.139><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:57.480><c> community.</c><00:16:59.299><c> At</c><00:16:59.600><c> this</c><00:16:59.860><c> moment</c><00:17:00.259><c> of</c><00:17:00.559><c> crisis,</c>

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when<00:17:03.440><c> Haman</c><00:17:03.659><c> is</c><00:17:04.099><c> asking</c><00:17:04.480><c> Mordecai</c><00:17:05.220><c> to</c><00:17:05.759><c> reverence</c><00:17:06.599><c> Haman</c><00:17:07.359><c> as</c><00:17:07.960><c> a</c>

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god<00:17:08.460><c> and</c><00:17:08.779><c> to</c><00:17:09.019><c> tremble</c><00:17:09.319><c> in</c><00:17:09.539><c> his</c><00:17:09.759><c> presence,</c>

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Mordecai<00:17:11.720><c> refuses</c><00:17:12.240><c> to</c><00:17:12.480><c> do</c><00:17:12.720><c> so.</c><00:17:13.900><c> Mordecai</c><00:17:14.519><c> would</c><00:17:14.940><c> certainly</c>

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have<00:17:15.680><c> paid</c><00:17:15.940><c> to</c><00:17:16.220><c> the</c><00:17:16.400><c> king</c><00:17:16.700><c> all</c><00:17:17.200><c> of</c><00:17:17.359><c> the</c>

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empire.<00:17:21.539><c> And</c><00:17:22.220><c> he</c><00:17:22.359><c> would</c><00:17:22.579><c> have</c><00:17:22.819><c> honored</c><00:17:23.200><c> Haman</c><00:17:23.880><c> in</c><00:17:25.920><c> terms</c><00:17:26.400><c> of</c>

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being<00:17:27.059><c> the</c><00:17:27.299><c> prime</c><00:17:27.539><c> minister</c><00:17:28.140><c> of</c><00:17:28.480><c> the</c><00:17:28.660><c> empire,</c>

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but<00:17:29.259><c> he</c><00:17:29.460><c> will</c><00:17:29.859><c> not</c><00:17:30.180><c> bow</c><00:17:30.460><c> down</c><00:17:30.839><c> and</c><00:17:31.220><c> reverence</c><00:17:31.579><c> him</c><00:17:31.839><c> as</c><00:17:32.099><c> a</c><00:17:32.259><c> god.</c>

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And<00:17:34.880><c> therein</c><00:17:35.539><c> is</c><00:17:35.960><c> the</c><00:17:36.240><c> distinction.</c>

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He<00:17:38.539><c> has</c><00:17:38.920><c> been</c><00:17:39.359><c> an</c><00:17:39.799><c> obedient</c><00:17:40.339><c> servant</c><00:17:40.920><c> of</c><00:17:41.279><c> the</c><00:17:41.480><c> king.</c><00:17:43.039><c> But</c><00:17:43.319><c> when</c>

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the<00:17:43.859><c> law</c><00:17:44.220><c> of</c><00:17:44.500><c> the</c><00:17:44.700><c> king</c><00:17:45.160><c> is</c><00:17:45.619><c> at</c><00:17:45.900><c> odds</c><00:17:46.220><c> with</c><00:17:46.539><c> the</c><00:17:46.759><c> law</c>

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of<00:17:47.220><c> God,</c><00:17:47.920><c> it</c><00:17:47.920><c> was</c><00:17:48.319><c> no</c><00:17:48.680><c> question</c><00:17:49.480><c> in</c><00:17:50.359><c> Mordecai's</c><00:17:51.160><c> mind.</c><00:17:53.400><c> We</c><00:17:53.579><c> as</c>

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a<00:17:54.279><c> community</c><00:17:54.759><c> must</c><00:17:55.259><c> not</c><00:17:55.839><c> bow</c><00:17:56.160><c> down</c><00:17:56.599><c> to</c><00:17:56.900><c> this</c><00:17:57.279><c> man</c>

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and<00:17:58.039><c> reverence</c><00:17:58.420><c> him</c><00:17:58.720><c> as</c><00:17:59.019><c> a</c><00:17:59.140><c> god.</c><00:17:59.440><c> If</c><00:17:59.660><c> we</c><00:18:00.000><c> do,</c><00:18:00.339><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:01.000><c> concludes,</c><00:18:01.539><c> it</c><00:18:01.640><c> will</c><00:18:01.799><c> be</c>

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the<00:18:02.140><c> end</c><00:18:02.279><c> of</c><00:18:02.420><c> our</c><00:18:02.619><c> community.</c>

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Exodus<00:18:06.140><c> 20</c><00:18:06.720><c> said</c><00:18:07.019><c> to</c><00:18:07.240><c> have</c><00:18:07.400><c> no</c><00:18:07.819><c> other</c><00:18:08.059><c> gods</c><00:18:08.400><c> before</c><00:18:08.880><c> me.</c><00:18:10.880><c> That</c>

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was<00:18:11.420><c> Mordecai's</c><00:18:12.380><c> first</c><00:18:12.660><c> principle</c><00:18:13.119><c> doctrine</c><00:18:13.559><c> that</c>

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he<00:18:14.019><c> knew</c><00:18:14.200><c> and</c><00:18:14.599><c> understood.</c><00:18:16.559><c> But</c><00:18:16.799><c> oftentimes</c><00:18:17.200><c> putting</c><00:18:17.559><c> our</c><00:18:17.940><c> first</c><00:18:18.160><c> principle</c><00:18:19.079><c> doctrine</c><00:18:19.519><c> into</c><00:18:19.900><c> practice</c><00:18:20.420><c> is</c>

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far<00:18:21.099><c> more</c><00:18:21.420><c> difficult.</c><00:18:23.380><c> Much</c><00:18:23.799><c> easier</c><00:18:24.339><c> to</c><00:18:24.700><c> bow</c><00:18:25.000><c> down</c><00:18:25.500><c> and</c><00:18:25.759><c> pay</c>

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reverence<00:18:26.440><c> to</c><00:18:26.660><c> this</c><00:18:26.920><c> man</c><00:18:27.180><c> and</c><00:18:27.420><c> be</c><00:18:27.660><c> done</c><00:18:27.859><c> with</c><00:18:28.099><c> this</c><00:18:28.319><c> issue.</c>

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God<00:18:29.420><c> says,</c><00:18:29.740><c> I</c><00:18:29.759><c> don't</c><00:18:29.980><c> want</c><00:18:30.140><c> you</c><00:18:30.339><c> to</c><00:18:30.519><c> bow</c><00:18:30.680><c> down</c><00:18:30.880><c> to</c><00:18:31.140><c> anyone</c><00:18:31.380><c> else.</c><00:18:32.759><c> I</c><00:18:32.920><c> don't</c><00:18:33.119><c> want</c><00:18:33.380><c> anything</c><00:18:33.700><c> else</c><00:18:33.980><c> in</c>

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your<00:18:34.359><c> life</c><00:18:34.539><c> to</c>

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become<00:18:34.960><c> of</c><00:18:35.240><c> more</c><00:18:35.539><c> importance</c><00:18:35.960><c> to</c><00:18:36.160><c> me</c><00:18:36.460><c> because</c><00:18:36.740><c> I</c><00:18:36.940><c> am</c><00:18:37.099><c> a</c><00:18:37.180><c> jealous</c><00:18:37.519><c> god.</c>

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jealousy<00:18:42.619><c> that</c><00:18:44.180><c> exists</c><00:18:44.660><c> when</c><00:18:44.839><c> a</c><00:18:45.099><c> relationship</c><00:18:45.599><c> might</c><00:18:45.960><c> not</c><00:18:46.119><c> be</c>

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as<00:18:46.559><c> strong</c><00:18:46.779><c> as</c><00:18:46.940><c> it</c><00:18:47.180><c> should</c><00:18:47.339><c> be,</c>

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and<00:18:48.279><c> a</c><00:18:48.460><c> husband</c><00:18:48.740><c> might</c><00:18:49.019><c> become</c><00:18:49.380><c> jealous</c><00:18:49.759><c> of</c><00:18:49.980><c> another</c><00:18:50.240><c> man</c><00:18:50.880><c> regarding</c><00:18:51.319><c> his</c>

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wife.<00:18:51.839><c> That</c><00:18:52.000><c> is</c><00:18:52.240><c> not</c><00:18:52.680><c> the</c><00:18:52.940><c> jealousy</c><00:18:53.319><c> that</c>

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God<00:18:53.779><c> has.</c><00:18:55.460><c> God</c><00:18:55.859><c> is</c><00:18:56.259><c> jealous</c><00:18:56.599><c> because</c><00:18:57.019><c> he</c><00:18:57.279><c> knows</c><00:18:57.660><c> if</c><00:18:57.940><c> there</c><00:18:58.200><c> is</c>

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anything<00:18:58.900><c> else</c><00:18:59.240><c> in</c><00:18:59.480><c> our</c><00:18:59.759><c> life</c><00:19:00.440><c> that</c><00:19:01.140><c> is</c><00:19:01.380><c> more</c><00:19:01.720><c> important</c>

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to<00:19:02.420><c> us</c><00:19:02.759><c> than</c><00:19:02.940><c> him,</c><00:19:03.599><c> he</c><00:19:03.880><c> can't</c><00:19:04.259><c> save</c><00:19:04.599><c> us.</c><00:19:05.480><c> He</c><00:19:06.119><c> can't</c><00:19:06.480><c> work</c><00:19:06.740><c> with</c>

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us.<00:19:08.359><c> He</c><00:19:08.640><c> can't</c><00:19:09.019><c> develop</c><00:19:09.339><c> our</c><00:19:09.700><c> character.</c><00:19:10.200><c> So</c><00:19:10.460><c> he</c><00:19:10.599><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:11.240><c> jealous</c><00:19:11.259><c> god</c><00:19:11.700><c> because</c><00:19:12.220><c> we</c><00:19:12.940><c> need</c><00:19:13.380><c> to</c><00:19:13.640><c> keep</c><00:19:13.819><c> him</c><00:19:14.279><c> foremost</c><00:19:14.859><c> in</c>

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our<00:19:15.400><c> life</c><00:19:15.940><c> if</c><00:19:16.480><c> he's</c><00:19:16.779><c> going</c><00:19:16.960><c> to</c><00:19:17.079><c> be</c><00:19:17.200><c> able</c><00:19:17.400><c> to</c><00:19:17.579><c> save</c><00:19:17.700><c> us.</c>

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But<00:19:22.940><c> the</c><00:19:23.099><c> lesson</c><00:19:23.440><c> that</c><00:19:23.680><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:24.180><c> is</c><00:19:24.480><c> teaching</c><00:19:24.759><c> us</c><00:19:25.319><c> in</c><00:19:25.480><c> this</c>

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chapter<00:19:26.279><c> is</c><00:19:27.819><c> that</c><00:19:28.019><c> we</c><00:19:28.240><c> cannot</c><00:19:28.599><c> bow</c><00:19:28.980><c> down</c>

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to<00:19:30.279><c> sin's</c><00:19:30.839><c> influence</c><00:19:31.380><c> and</c><00:19:31.759><c> trouble</c><00:19:32.180><c> before</c><00:19:32.579><c> it</c><00:19:33.279><c> and</c><00:19:33.640><c> to</c><00:19:33.960><c> serve</c>

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it<00:19:34.359><c> as</c><00:19:34.579><c> our</c><00:19:34.740><c> master.</c><00:19:35.700><c> And</c><00:19:35.900><c> it's</c><00:19:36.019><c> worth</c><00:19:36.240><c> noting</c>

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that<00:19:36.759><c> Mordecai's</c><00:19:37.480><c> trial</c><00:19:37.660><c> comes</c><00:19:37.920><c> in</c><00:19:38.119><c> two</c><00:19:38.819><c> phases.</c><00:19:39.660><c> The</c><00:19:39.900><c> first</c>

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phase<00:19:40.579><c> is</c><00:19:40.980><c> in</c><00:19:41.099><c> his</c><00:19:41.339><c> decision</c><00:19:41.759><c> not</c><00:19:42.079><c> to</c><00:19:42.299><c> bow</c><00:19:42.480><c> down</c><00:19:42.819><c> to</c>

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Haman.<00:19:45.140><c> But</c><00:19:45.720><c> if</c><00:19:45.839><c> that</c><00:19:46.019><c> isn't</c><00:19:46.519><c> significant</c><00:19:47.180><c> enough,</c><00:19:47.559><c> because</c>

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you<00:19:48.019><c> have</c><00:19:48.220><c> to</c><00:19:48.480><c> picture</c><00:19:48.759><c> the</c><00:19:49.059><c> scene</c><00:19:49.460><c> where</c><00:19:50.380><c> all</c>

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of<00:19:50.799><c> the</c><00:19:50.920><c> king's</c><00:19:51.319><c> servants</c><00:19:51.500><c> are</c><00:19:51.779><c> there</c><00:19:52.519><c> and</c><00:19:53.059><c> Haman</c><00:19:53.420><c> comes</c><00:19:53.779><c> riding</c><00:19:54.079><c> through</c><00:19:54.400><c> the</c>

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gate<00:19:55.000><c> and</c><00:19:55.519><c> everyone</c><00:19:55.940><c> goes</c><00:19:56.220><c> down</c><00:19:56.539><c> on</c>

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their<00:19:56.700><c> knees</c><00:19:57.460><c> and</c><00:19:58.500><c> there's</c><00:19:58.779><c> a</c><00:19:59.180><c> single</c><00:19:59.559><c> man</c><00:20:00.099><c> standing</c><00:20:00.619><c> in</c><00:20:00.859><c> that</c>

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crowd.<00:20:04.319><c> That's</c><00:20:04.519><c> trial</c><00:20:04.759><c> number</c><00:20:05.099><c> one.</c>

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Trial<00:20:07.019><c> number</c><00:20:07.299><c> two</c><00:20:07.599><c> is</c><00:20:07.900><c> the</c><00:20:08.220><c> daily</c><00:20:08.700><c> pressure</c><00:20:09.259><c> that</c><00:20:09.460><c> it's</c><00:20:09.839><c> spoken</c><00:20:10.019><c> of</c>

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in<00:20:10.400><c> the</c><00:20:10.519><c> first</c><00:20:10.680><c> few</c><00:20:10.859><c> verses</c><00:20:11.140><c> of</c><00:20:11.380><c> chapter</c><00:20:11.640><c> three</c>

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where<00:20:12.720><c> the</c><00:20:12.940><c> king's</c><00:20:13.400><c> servants</c><00:20:13.579><c> now</c><00:20:14.039><c> all</c><00:20:14.359><c> approach</c><00:20:14.880><c> Mordecai</c>

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and<00:20:16.539><c> they</c><00:20:16.779><c> say,</c><00:20:17.220><c> don't</c><00:20:17.259><c> you</c><00:20:17.559><c> realize</c><00:20:17.940><c> what</c><00:20:18.160><c> you're</c><00:20:18.359><c> doing?</c>

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Don't<00:20:19.980><c> you</c><00:20:20.200><c> realize</c><00:20:20.619><c> what</c><00:20:20.819><c> you're</c><00:20:21.039><c> going</c><00:20:21.319><c> to</c><00:20:21.579><c> lose?</c><00:20:22.759><c> Do</c><00:20:22.940><c> you</c><00:20:23.200><c> think</c><00:20:23.400><c> for</c><00:20:23.740><c> a</c><00:20:24.180><c> moment</c>

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that<00:20:26.960><c> Haman</c><00:20:27.599><c> versus</c><00:20:28.319><c> Mordecai</c><00:20:29.220><c> will</c><00:20:29.700><c> result</c><00:20:30.180><c> in</c><00:20:30.480><c> the</c><00:20:30.660><c> king</c>

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siding<00:20:31.420><c> with</c><00:20:31.700><c> Mordecai?</c>

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You<00:20:33.400><c> have</c><00:20:33.619><c> been</c><00:20:33.839><c> a</c><00:20:34.180><c> faithful</c><00:20:34.599><c> servant</c><00:20:35.019><c> up</c><00:20:35.420><c> till</c><00:20:35.559><c> now,</c><00:20:36.079><c> Mordecai.</c><00:20:37.359><c> Why</c><00:20:37.779><c> put</c>

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this<00:20:38.400><c> all</c><00:20:38.640><c> in</c><00:20:38.859><c> jeopardy?</c><00:20:39.980><c> But</c><00:20:40.099><c> if</c>

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you<00:20:40.519><c> put</c><00:20:40.740><c> yourself</c><00:20:41.619><c> against</c><00:20:42.119><c> the</c><00:20:42.359><c> prime</c><00:20:42.619><c> minister,</c><00:20:43.500><c> who</c><00:20:43.680><c> do</c>

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you<00:20:43.980><c> think</c><00:20:44.119><c> the</c><00:20:44.299><c> king</c><00:20:44.480><c> is</c><00:20:44.680><c> going</c><00:20:44.799><c> to</c><00:20:45.160><c> support?</c>

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You're<00:20:46.559><c> crazy,</c><00:20:47.460><c> Mordecai,</c><00:20:48.160><c> for</c><00:20:48.240><c> doing</c><00:20:48.480><c> what</c><00:20:48.640><c> you're</c><00:20:48.839><c> doing</c><00:20:49.119><c> and</c><00:20:49.859><c> you're</c><00:20:50.160><c> being</c><00:20:50.500><c> a</c>

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disloyal<00:20:51.539><c> servant</c><00:20:51.859><c> because</c>

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you're<00:20:52.660><c> disobeying</c><00:20:53.819><c> the</c><00:20:54.140><c> God's</c><00:20:54.500><c> command.</c><00:20:56.640><c> And</c><00:20:56.839><c> it</c><00:20:57.059><c> says</c><00:20:57.220><c> in</c>

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verse<00:20:57.660><c> four</c><00:20:58.000><c> that</c><00:20:58.180><c> they</c><00:20:58.440><c> spoke</c><00:20:58.720><c> to</c><00:20:58.920><c> him</c><00:20:59.200><c> day</c><00:20:59.779><c> after</c><00:21:00.339><c> day</c>

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but<00:21:02.519><c> he</c><00:21:02.740><c> would</c><00:21:03.039><c> not</c><00:21:03.299><c> listen.</c>

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He<00:21:10.099><c> has</c><00:21:10.299><c> a</c><00:21:10.539><c> period</c><00:21:10.819><c> of</c><00:21:11.180><c> time</c><00:21:11.700><c> to</c><00:21:12.519><c> change</c><00:21:12.759><c> his</c><00:21:13.019><c> mind,</c><00:21:13.579><c> but</c><00:21:14.940><c> he</c><00:21:15.180><c> knows</c><00:21:15.859><c> that</c><00:21:16.339><c> if</c>

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he<00:21:16.740><c> fails</c><00:21:16.980><c> to</c><00:21:17.299><c> stand</c><00:21:17.480><c> up</c><00:21:17.740><c> to</c><00:21:17.940><c> Haman,</c>

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it<00:21:19.079><c> would</c><00:21:19.299><c> have</c><00:21:19.579><c> brought</c><00:21:19.900><c> spiritual</c><00:21:20.759><c> tragedy</c><00:21:21.460><c> to</c><00:21:21.759><c> the</c><00:21:21.920><c> household.</c><00:21:23.180><c> You</c>

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see,<00:21:23.519><c> Mordecai</c><00:21:24.000><c> has</c><00:21:24.380><c> his</c><00:21:24.859><c> priorities</c>

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right.<00:21:26.859><c> God</c><00:21:27.220><c> first,</c><00:21:28.160><c> the</c><00:21:28.380><c> king</c><00:21:28.759><c> second.</c><00:21:30.920><c> Faithful</c><00:21:31.480><c> obedience</c>

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first,<00:21:34.299><c> personal</c><00:21:34.859><c> well</c><00:21:35.480><c>-being</c><00:21:35.960><c> second.</c>

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If<00:21:37.980><c> his</c><00:21:38.339><c> loyalty</c><00:21:38.779><c> to</c><00:21:38.980><c> God</c><00:21:39.259><c> requires</c><00:21:39.779><c> that</c><00:21:39.960><c> he</c><00:21:40.240><c> transgress</c><00:21:40.680><c> the</c>

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king's<00:21:41.299><c> command,</c><00:21:42.059><c> then</c><00:21:42.160><c> so</c><00:21:42.420><c> be</c><00:21:42.559><c> it.</c><00:21:43.640><c> If</c><00:21:43.819><c> his</c><00:21:44.119><c> loyalty</c>

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to<00:21:44.680><c> God</c><00:21:45.339><c> requires</c><00:21:45.960><c> him</c><00:21:46.220><c> to</c><00:21:46.380><c> jeopardize</c><00:21:47.000><c> his</c><00:21:47.299><c> job,</c><00:21:47.859><c> his</c><00:21:48.059><c> retirement</c><00:21:48.539><c> package,</c><00:21:49.140><c> his</c>

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benefits,<00:21:49.819><c> his</c><00:21:49.980><c> whatever,</c>

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so<00:21:51.660><c> be</c><00:21:51.900><c> it.</c><00:21:52.759><c> If</c><00:21:53.000><c> his</c><00:21:53.299><c> loyalty</c><00:21:53.680><c> to</c><00:21:53.900><c> God</c><00:21:54.180><c> requires</c><00:21:54.660><c> that</c><00:21:54.859><c> he</c><00:21:55.039><c> places</c><00:21:55.279><c> life</c>

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at<00:21:55.940><c> risk,</c><00:21:56.920><c> so</c><00:21:57.180><c> be</c><00:21:57.400><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:21:58.619><c> this</c><00:21:58.920><c> is</c><00:21:59.099><c> what</c><00:21:59.259><c> a</c><00:21:59.599><c> faithful</c><00:22:00.079><c> disciple</c><00:22:00.859><c> does</c><00:22:01.559><c> when</c><00:22:02.140><c> they</c><00:22:02.440><c> have</c><00:22:02.579><c> their</c><00:22:02.859><c> priorities</c><00:22:03.500><c> right</c><00:22:04.039><c> in</c><00:22:04.339><c> life.</c>

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He<00:22:05.700><c> knew</c><00:22:06.079><c> where</c><00:22:06.319><c> to</c><00:22:06.579><c> draw</c><00:22:06.880><c> the</c><00:22:07.160><c> line</c><00:22:07.579><c> between</c><00:22:08.380><c> being</c><00:22:08.779><c> a</c><00:22:09.180><c> faithful</c><00:22:09.559><c> disciple</c><00:22:10.299><c> and</c><00:22:11.200><c> a</c>

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loyal<00:22:11.779><c> employee.</c>

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And<00:22:13.319><c> he</c><00:22:13.500><c> knew</c><00:22:13.799><c> that</c><00:22:14.000><c> he</c><00:22:14.140><c> was</c><00:22:14.339><c> being</c><00:22:14.700><c> asked</c><00:22:15.319><c> to</c><00:22:16.039><c> sacrifice</c><00:22:16.680><c> his</c>

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principles<00:22:17.660><c> as</c><00:22:18.059><c> an</c><00:22:18.380><c> employee</c><00:22:18.640><c> of</c><00:22:18.839><c> the</c><00:22:19.000><c> king.</c>

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And,<00:22:20.819><c> brethren</c><00:22:20.839><c> and</c><00:22:21.099><c> sisters,</c><00:22:21.559><c> this</c><00:22:21.839><c> exact</c><00:22:22.440><c> pressure</c><00:22:22.859><c> is</c><00:22:23.180><c> happening</c><00:22:23.559><c> to</c>

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brethren<00:22:24.180><c> and</c><00:22:24.460><c> sisters</c><00:22:24.779><c> in</c><00:22:25.019><c> the</c>

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workplace<00:22:25.599><c> today</c><00:22:26.180><c> where</c><00:22:27.279><c> they</c><00:22:27.460><c> are</c><00:22:27.680><c> being</c><00:22:28.079><c> asked</c><00:22:28.740><c> to</c><00:22:29.119><c> sacrifice</c><00:22:29.819><c> and</c><00:22:30.160><c> to</c>

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first<00:26:37.119><c> principle</c><00:26:37.579><c> conduct.</c><00:26:39.019><c> And</c><00:26:39.200><c> they</c><00:26:39.339><c> will</c>

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not<00:26:40.019><c> condone</c><00:26:41.099><c> the</c><00:26:41.319><c> ways</c><00:26:41.619><c> of</c><00:26:42.119><c> of</c><00:26:42.279><c> egg</c><00:26:42.380><c> egg.</c><00:26:44.180><c> We're</c><00:26:44.319><c> not</c><00:26:44.519><c> saying</c>

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that<00:26:44.839><c> they</c><00:26:45.000><c> don't</c><00:26:45.220><c> show</c><00:26:45.480><c> sympathy</c><00:26:45.960><c> and</c><00:26:46.279><c> mercy</c>

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to<00:26:46.880><c> encourage</c><00:26:47.240><c> repentance.</c><00:26:49.319><c> But</c><00:26:49.740><c> we</c><00:26:49.960><c> do</c><00:26:50.119><c> our</c><00:26:50.359><c> community,</c><00:26:51.019><c> we</c>

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do<00:26:51.279><c> our</c><00:26:51.559><c> families,</c><00:26:52.180><c> we</c><00:26:52.319><c> do</c><00:26:52.519><c> our</c><00:26:52.779><c> ecclesias.</c><00:26:53.480><c> No</c>

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spiritual<00:26:54.420><c> benefit</c><00:26:55.039><c> to</c><00:26:55.859><c> bow</c><00:26:56.119><c> down</c><00:26:56.400><c> to</c><00:26:56.599><c> the</c><00:26:56.779><c> Haman</c><00:26:56.980><c>-like</c><00:26:57.259><c> influence.</c><00:26:57.799><c> We</c>

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need<00:26:58.259><c> Sunday</c><00:26:58.599><c> school</c><00:26:58.920><c> teachers</c><00:26:59.500><c> and</c>

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CYC<00:27:00.940><c> counselors</c><00:27:01.440><c> who</c><00:27:01.880><c> stand</c><00:27:02.259><c> up</c><00:27:02.559><c> to</c><00:27:02.859><c> sin</c><00:27:03.160><c> and</c><00:27:04.160><c> will</c><00:27:04.440><c> not</c><00:27:04.839><c> dilute</c><00:27:05.440><c> the</c>

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truth<00:27:06.339><c> in</c><00:27:07.099><c> order</c><00:27:07.339><c> to</c><00:27:07.640><c> try</c><00:27:07.819><c> and</c><00:27:08.059><c> help</c><00:27:08.220><c> make</c><00:27:08.460><c> it</c>

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more<00:27:08.980><c> palatable</c><00:27:09.480><c> to</c><00:27:09.759><c> our</c><00:27:09.940><c> young</c><00:27:10.140><c> people.</c><00:27:11.480><c> And</c><00:27:11.740><c> we</c><00:27:11.900><c> need</c><00:27:12.160><c> aunts</c>

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and<00:27:13.119><c> uncles</c><00:27:13.740><c> and</c><00:27:14.599><c> grandparents</c><00:27:15.180><c> who</c><00:27:16.019><c> will</c><00:27:16.420><c> stand</c>

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up<00:27:16.940><c> to</c><00:27:17.200><c> sin.</c><00:27:18.579><c> So</c><00:27:19.180><c> that</c><00:27:19.319><c> when</c><00:27:19.440><c> they</c><00:27:19.740><c> see</c><00:27:19.940><c> a</c><00:27:20.319><c> wrong</c><00:27:20.599><c> situation</c><00:27:21.339><c> going</c><00:27:21.660><c> on</c>

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in<00:27:22.000><c> their</c><00:27:22.200><c> family,</c><00:27:22.579><c> they</c><00:27:22.740><c> will</c><00:27:23.039><c> not</c><00:27:23.319><c> turn</c><00:27:23.779><c> a</c>

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:30.559
blind<00:27:24.339><c> eye.</c><00:27:27.460><c> But</c><00:27:27.700><c> they</c><00:27:27.839><c> will</c><00:27:28.099><c> help</c><00:27:28.359><c> correct</c><00:27:28.940><c> that</c><00:27:29.319><c> situation.</c>

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Spiritual<00:27:31.779><c> leaders</c><00:27:32.180><c> don't</c><00:27:32.579><c> take</c><00:27:32.960><c> polls</c>

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to<00:27:34.180><c> determine</c><00:27:34.599><c> how</c><00:27:34.819><c> they</c><00:27:34.980><c> should</c><00:27:35.220><c> resolve</c><00:27:35.579><c> matters.</c><00:27:36.799><c> Parents</c>

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don't<00:27:37.339><c> first</c><00:27:37.720><c> interview</c><00:27:38.119><c> their</c><00:27:38.380><c> kids</c><00:27:38.660><c> to</c><00:27:38.859><c> find</c>

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out<00:27:39.279><c> what</c><00:27:39.480><c> the</c><00:27:39.680><c> kids</c><00:27:39.920><c> think</c><00:27:40.420><c> should</c><00:27:40.859><c> be</c><00:27:41.079><c> the</c><00:27:41.279><c> household</c><00:27:41.759><c> standards</c><00:27:42.279><c> and</c>

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principles<00:27:43.079><c> by</c><00:27:43.380><c> which</c><00:27:43.539><c> we</c><00:27:43.759><c> live.</c>

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Arranging<00:27:45.420><c> brethren</c><00:27:45.759><c> don't</c><00:27:46.119><c> poll</c><00:27:46.460><c> ecclesias</c><00:27:47.099><c> to</c><00:27:47.259><c> determine</c>

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what<00:27:48.240><c> is</c><00:27:48.819><c> the</c><00:27:49.059><c> right</c><00:27:49.240><c> action</c><00:27:49.779><c> in</c><00:27:50.519><c> matters</c>

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of<00:27:51.099><c> Haman</c><00:27:51.299><c>-like</c><00:27:51.579><c> influences.</c><00:27:52.319><c> These</c><00:27:52.720><c> principles</c><00:27:53.420><c> are</c><00:27:54.160><c> established</c><00:27:54.660><c> in</c><00:27:54.980><c> God's</c><00:27:55.420><c> word.</c><00:27:55.759><c> That's</c><00:27:56.200><c> from</c><00:27:56.380><c> where</c><00:27:56.519><c> we</c>

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take<00:27:56.980><c> our</c><00:27:57.240><c> direction.</c><00:27:58.640><c> Our</c><00:27:58.940><c> moral</c><00:27:59.140><c> standards</c><00:27:59.579><c> are</c><00:27:59.779><c> not</c><00:28:00.059><c> set</c>

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based<00:28:00.559><c> upon</c><00:28:00.900><c> what</c><00:28:01.160><c> others</c><00:28:01.440><c> are</c><00:28:01.720><c> willing</c><00:28:01.900><c> to</c><00:28:02.279><c> tolerate.</c>

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That's<00:28:03.839><c> how</c><00:28:04.039><c> the</c><00:28:04.339><c> world</c><00:28:05.019><c> views</c><00:28:05.519><c> moral</c><00:28:05.940><c> standards.</c><00:28:06.400><c> And</c><00:28:06.579><c> that's</c><00:28:06.799><c> why</c>

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the<00:28:07.279><c> world</c><00:28:07.759><c> is</c><00:28:08.480><c> rewriting</c><00:28:08.960><c> its</c><00:28:09.480><c> moral</c><00:28:09.900><c> code.</c>

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And<00:28:11.299><c> it</c><00:28:11.500><c> is</c><00:28:11.940><c> critical</c><00:28:12.500><c> that</c><00:28:12.720><c> we</c><00:28:12.960><c> maintain</c><00:28:13.380><c> in</c><00:28:13.579><c> these</c><00:28:13.819><c> last</c><00:28:14.160><c> days</c><00:28:14.519><c> that</c><00:28:14.819><c> our</c>

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moral<00:28:15.619><c> code</c><00:28:16.200><c> will</c><00:28:16.720><c> be</c><00:28:17.099><c> written</c>

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by<00:28:17.700><c> the</c><00:28:18.000><c> principles</c><00:28:18.539><c> in</c><00:28:19.000><c> this</c><00:28:19.359><c> book.</c><00:28:21.420><c> Because</c><00:28:21.859><c> we</c><00:28:22.059><c> will</c><00:28:22.359><c> undergo</c><00:28:22.740><c> pressure,</c><00:28:23.259><c> as</c><00:28:23.480><c> we</c>

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already<00:28:24.180><c> are,</c>

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to<00:28:24.779><c> change</c><00:28:25.240><c> those</c><00:28:25.660><c> moral</c><00:28:25.940><c> standards.</c><00:28:28.880><c> But</c><00:28:29.079><c> the</c><00:28:29.359><c> spiritual</c><00:28:29.819><c> courage</c><00:28:30.240><c> of</c>

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Mordecai<00:28:31.200><c> shows</c><00:28:31.599><c> us</c>

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that<00:28:34.220><c> when</c><00:28:34.460><c> a</c><00:28:34.619><c> Haman</c><00:28:34.819><c>-like</c><00:28:35.160><c> influence</c><00:28:35.759><c> presents</c><00:28:36.240><c> itself</c><00:28:36.720><c> in</c>

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our<00:28:37.140><c> life,</c><00:28:37.380><c> we</c><00:28:37.519><c> need</c><00:28:37.740><c> to</c><00:28:38.000><c> resist</c><00:28:38.400><c> it</c>

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at<00:28:39.759><c> all</c><00:28:40.119><c> costs.</c><00:28:40.519><c> He</c><00:28:40.940><c> stood</c><00:28:41.160><c> up</c><00:28:41.400><c> by</c><00:28:41.779><c> faith</c><00:28:42.319><c> to</c><00:28:42.819><c> Haman,</c><00:28:43.579><c> and</c><00:28:43.900><c> the</c>

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result<00:28:44.539><c> is</c><00:28:45.279><c> catastrophic</c><00:28:46.039><c> for</c><00:28:46.720><c> the</c><00:28:46.920><c> community.</c>

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But<00:28:48.700><c> do</c><00:28:48.980><c> you</c><00:28:49.039><c> see</c><00:28:49.200><c> what</c><00:28:49.440><c> happens</c><00:28:49.920><c> when</c><00:28:50.220><c> men</c><00:28:50.640><c> and</c><00:28:50.960><c> women,</c><00:28:51.819><c> by</c><00:28:52.339><c> faith,</c><00:28:53.240><c> stand</c><00:28:53.579><c> up</c>

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:58.960
to<00:28:54.099><c> sin?</c><00:28:55.880><c> The</c><00:28:56.319><c> situation</c><00:28:57.299><c> may</c><00:28:58.079><c> get</c>

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worse.<00:29:01.880><c> And</c><00:29:02.519><c> that's</c><00:29:02.740><c> what</c><00:29:02.920><c> happened</c><00:29:03.200><c> in</c><00:29:03.440><c> this</c><00:29:03.660><c> story.</c><00:29:05.240><c> If</c><00:29:05.500><c> he</c>

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acquiesces<00:29:06.720><c> and</c><00:29:06.960><c> bows</c><00:29:07.220><c> down</c><00:29:07.579><c> to</c><00:29:07.799><c> Haman</c><00:29:08.019><c> and</c><00:29:08.299><c> decides</c>

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he's<00:29:08.900><c> not</c><00:29:09.119><c> going</c><00:29:09.319><c> to</c><00:29:09.480><c> deal</c><00:29:09.619><c> with</c><00:29:09.839><c> this</c><00:29:10.099><c> issue,</c><00:29:10.759><c> the</c><00:29:11.000><c> community</c>

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is<00:29:12.039><c> never</c><00:29:12.460><c> set</c><00:29:13.039><c> at</c><00:29:13.400><c> risk.</c><00:29:15.259><c> And</c><00:29:15.900><c> the</c><00:29:16.099><c> community</c>

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is<00:29:17.079><c> never</c><00:29:17.579><c> redeemed</c><00:29:18.920><c> as</c><00:29:19.480><c> they</c><00:29:19.779><c> are</c><00:29:20.019><c> by</c><00:29:20.240><c> the</c><00:29:20.319><c> end</c><00:29:20.440><c> of</c><00:29:20.579><c> the</c><00:29:20.680><c> book.</c>

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This<00:29:23.319><c> is</c><00:29:23.599><c> how</c><00:29:23.779><c> God</c><00:29:24.079><c> works</c><00:29:24.539><c> in</c><00:29:24.839><c> the</c><00:29:25.079><c> lives</c><00:29:25.359><c> of</c><00:29:25.599><c> his</c>

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disciples.<00:29:26.960><c> At</c><00:29:27.279><c> times</c><00:29:27.660><c> when</c><00:29:27.859><c> we</c><00:29:28.180><c> stand</c><00:29:28.440><c> up</c><00:29:28.759><c> to</c><00:29:29.099><c> sin,</c><00:29:29.460><c> our</c><00:29:29.859><c> situation</c><00:29:30.660><c> may</c>

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deteriorate<00:29:32.440><c> from</c><00:29:33.059><c> a</c><00:29:33.259><c> human</c><00:29:33.500><c> standpoint.</c>

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The<00:29:34.380><c> situation</c><00:29:35.019><c> may</c><00:29:35.380><c> become</c><00:29:35.799><c> worse,</c><00:29:37.299><c> as</c><00:29:37.920><c> it</c><00:29:38.160><c> did</c><00:29:38.380><c> in</c><00:29:38.640><c> this</c><00:29:38.859><c> case.</c><00:29:40.000><c> But</c>

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God<00:29:40.460><c> purposely,</c><00:29:41.000><c> as</c><00:29:41.359><c> we</c><00:29:41.539><c> know,</c><00:29:41.940><c> puts</c><00:29:42.079><c> us</c><00:29:42.440><c> in</c>

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situations<00:29:43.380><c> like</c><00:29:43.759><c> this</c><00:29:44.460><c> to</c><00:29:44.960><c> deepen</c><00:29:45.339><c> our</c><00:29:45.819><c> faith,</c><00:29:47.720><c> to</c><00:29:47.720><c> cause</c><00:29:48.680><c> us</c>

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to<00:29:49.240><c> rely</c><00:29:49.559><c> upon</c><00:29:50.099><c> him</c><00:29:51.039><c> in</c><00:29:51.619><c> a</c>

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more<00:29:55.240><c> meaningful</c><00:29:55.759><c> way.</c><00:29:56.400><c> The</c><00:29:56.660><c> decree</c><00:29:56.940><c> of</c><00:29:57.220><c> Haman</c><00:29:57.480><c> is</c><00:29:58.099><c> brutal.</c><00:29:59.180><c> On</c><00:29:59.380><c> a</c>

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single<00:30:00.039><c> day,</c><00:30:00.599><c> an</c><00:30:00.839><c> entire</c><00:30:01.200><c> race</c><00:30:01.599><c> of</c>

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people<00:30:02.259><c> is</c><00:30:02.539><c> going</c><00:30:02.680><c> to</c><00:30:02.839><c> be</c><00:30:03.019><c> wiped</c><00:30:03.279><c> out.</c><00:30:03.900><c> It's</c><00:30:04.400><c> clearly</c><00:30:04.940><c> genocide.</c><00:30:06.279><c> It's</c><00:30:07.039><c> like</c><00:30:07.299><c> Hitler.</c><00:30:08.660><c> But</c><00:30:08.819><c> he</c>

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tried<00:30:09.440><c> to</c><00:30:09.799><c> hide,</c>

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as<00:30:10.420><c> we</c><00:30:10.640><c> know,</c><00:30:11.940><c> his</c><00:30:12.380><c> hatred</c><00:30:12.859><c> of</c><00:30:13.160><c> the</c><00:30:13.359><c> Jews.</c><00:30:14.900><c> He</c><00:30:15.059><c> was</c><00:30:15.279><c> going</c><00:30:15.500><c> to</c>

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eliminate<00:30:16.180><c> them</c><00:30:16.539><c> over</c><00:30:17.000><c> several</c><00:30:17.359><c> years.</c><00:30:17.920><c> Haman</c><00:30:18.079><c> is</c><00:30:18.420><c> not</c>

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going<00:30:18.940><c> to</c><00:30:19.140><c> hide</c><00:30:19.460><c> his</c><00:30:19.740><c> hatred</c><00:30:20.019><c> of</c><00:30:20.220><c> the</c><00:30:20.400><c> Jews.</c><00:30:21.539><c> What</c><00:30:21.720><c> he</c><00:30:21.980><c> does</c><00:30:22.279><c> is</c>

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very<00:30:22.980><c> open</c><00:30:23.400><c> and</c><00:30:23.680><c> very</c><00:30:24.119><c> public.</c><00:30:25.880><c> On</c><00:30:26.019><c> a</c><00:30:26.299><c> single</c><00:30:26.559><c> day,</c>

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:31.819
they<00:30:27.079><c> are</c><00:30:27.420><c> all</c><00:30:27.900><c> going</c><00:30:28.259><c> to</c><00:30:28.539><c> die.</c><00:30:28.880><c> And</c><00:30:29.099><c> he</c><00:30:29.319><c> needs</c><00:30:30.259><c> all</c><00:30:31.119><c> of</c><00:30:31.440><c> his</c>

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servants,<00:30:32.339><c> who</c><00:30:32.480><c> are</c><00:30:32.720><c> scattered</c><00:30:33.079><c> throughout</c><00:30:33.420><c> the</c><00:30:33.680><c> empire,</c>

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to<00:30:34.740><c> know</c><00:30:35.019><c> about</c><00:30:35.339><c> it</c><00:30:35.640><c> well</c><00:30:36.000><c> in</c><00:30:36.259><c> advance.</c><00:30:37.539><c> So</c><00:30:37.759><c> it</c><00:30:37.920><c> says</c><00:30:38.140><c> in</c><00:30:38.279><c> verse</c>

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:42.089
14<00:30:39.019><c> of</c><00:30:39.259><c> chapter</c><00:30:39.619><c> 3,</c><00:30:40.079><c> the</c><00:30:40.220><c> royal</c><00:30:40.619><c> decree</c><00:30:40.940><c> comes</c><00:30:41.299><c> out</c>

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:47.180
so<00:30:42.680><c> that</c><00:30:42.799><c> they</c><00:30:42.980><c> can</c><00:30:43.180><c> be</c><00:30:43.480><c> ready</c><00:30:43.779><c> for</c><00:30:44.119><c> that</c><00:30:44.420><c> day.</c><00:30:46.240><c> They</c><00:30:46.519><c> go</c><00:30:46.720><c> through</c><00:30:46.940><c> the</c>

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:49.940
process<00:30:48.299><c> of</c><00:30:48.880><c> looking</c><00:30:49.039><c> at</c><00:30:49.299><c> every</c><00:30:49.619><c> day</c><00:30:49.759><c> in</c>

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:53.880
the<00:30:50.160><c> calendar,</c><00:30:50.579><c> and</c><00:30:50.819><c> finally</c><00:30:51.119><c> the</c><00:30:51.380><c> lot</c><00:30:51.599><c> falls</c><00:30:52.359><c> for</c><00:30:53.299><c> the</c><00:30:53.500><c> 12th</c>

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:57.200
month<00:30:54.299><c> and</c><00:30:54.480><c> the</c><00:30:54.640><c> 13th</c><00:30:55.140><c> day.</c><00:30:55.519><c> And</c><00:30:55.740><c> the</c><00:30:55.960><c> decree</c><00:30:56.220><c> goes</c><00:30:56.559><c> out</c>

00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:01.819
that<00:30:57.519><c> all</c><00:30:57.980><c> Jews</c><00:30:58.339><c> are</c><00:30:58.680><c> to</c><00:30:58.859><c> be</c><00:30:59.079><c> destroyed</c><00:30:59.819><c> on</c><00:31:00.720><c> that</c><00:31:00.980><c> day.</c>

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:09.259
Once<00:31:05.539><c> again,</c><00:31:06.460><c> we</c><00:31:06.559><c> see</c><00:31:06.799><c> God's</c><00:31:07.240><c> wisdom</c><00:31:07.500><c> at</c><00:31:07.740><c> work.</c><00:31:08.900><c> Remember</c><00:31:09.099><c> we</c>

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:12.740
saw<00:31:09.460><c> in</c><00:31:09.700><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.980><c> 2</c><00:31:10.319><c> how</c><00:31:10.539><c> there</c><00:31:10.660><c> was</c><00:31:11.019><c> the</c><00:31:11.579><c> tragedy</c>

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:17.920
of<00:31:13.559><c> Esther's</c><00:31:14.259><c> parents</c><00:31:14.599><c> dying</c><00:31:15.220><c> that</c><00:31:16.559><c> produced</c><00:31:16.900><c> the</c><00:31:17.240><c> necessity</c>

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:20.180
of<00:31:18.500><c> her</c><00:31:18.640><c> being</c><00:31:18.920><c> raised</c><00:31:19.299><c> in</c><00:31:19.519><c> Mordecai's</c>

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:23.740
home.<00:31:20.980><c> And</c><00:31:21.299><c> then</c><00:31:21.420><c> there</c><00:31:21.559><c> was</c><00:31:21.819><c> the</c><00:31:22.119><c> tragedy</c><00:31:22.759><c> of</c><00:31:23.019><c> Esther</c><00:31:23.380><c> being</c>

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:26.299
taken<00:31:24.200><c> among</c><00:31:24.619><c> the</c><00:31:24.900><c> house</c><00:31:25.200><c> of</c><00:31:25.400><c> the</c><00:31:25.539><c> women</c>

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:30.019
that<00:31:26.880><c> was</c><00:31:27.259><c> a</c><00:31:27.539><c> necessity</c><00:31:28.200><c> to</c><00:31:28.539><c> put</c><00:31:28.680><c> her</c><00:31:28.859><c> in</c><00:31:29.019><c> a</c><00:31:29.099><c> position</c><00:31:29.559><c> to</c><00:31:29.839><c> be</c>

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:32.240
the<00:31:30.319><c> queen</c><00:31:30.720><c> of</c><00:31:31.059><c> the</c><00:31:31.259><c> land.</c>

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:36.839
Once<00:31:33.220><c> more,</c><00:31:33.599><c> there</c><00:31:33.759><c> is</c><00:31:34.000><c> a</c><00:31:34.259><c> tragedy</c><00:31:34.680><c> that</c><00:31:34.960><c> takes</c><00:31:35.180><c> place.</c><00:31:36.599><c> The</c>

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:39.599
law<00:31:37.079><c> has</c><00:31:37.299><c> come</c><00:31:37.500><c> out</c><00:31:37.700><c> of</c><00:31:38.539><c> Shushan.</c>

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:48.640
God's<00:31:40.880><c> people</c><00:31:41.180><c> are</c><00:31:41.460><c> going</c><00:31:41.660><c> to</c><00:31:41.880><c> be</c><00:31:42.019><c> destroyed.</c><00:31:43.619><c> But</c><00:31:43.839><c> that</c><00:31:44.160><c> tragedy</c><00:31:44.640><c> is</c><00:31:45.099><c> required</c><00:31:45.759><c> to</c><00:31:46.660><c> bring</c><00:31:46.859><c> about</c><00:31:47.359><c> a</c><00:31:47.559><c> necessity.</c>

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:57.059
So<00:31:52.039><c> what</c><00:31:52.720><c> will</c><00:31:53.059><c> happen</c><00:31:53.559><c> as</c><00:31:54.240><c> a</c><00:31:54.519><c> result</c><00:31:54.759><c> of</c><00:31:55.059><c> that</c><00:31:55.319><c> decree</c><00:31:55.819><c> is</c><00:31:56.880><c> it</c>

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.960
will<00:31:57.299><c> bring</c><00:31:57.640><c> to</c><00:31:57.859><c> the</c><00:31:58.119><c> surface</c>

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:06.000
all<00:32:00.200><c> of</c><00:32:00.440><c> the</c><00:32:00.700><c> enemies</c><00:32:01.240><c> of</c><00:32:01.519><c> the</c><00:32:01.680><c> Jews.</c><00:32:03.079><c> Because</c><00:32:03.440><c> when</c><00:32:03.720><c> that</c><00:32:04.160><c> decree</c><00:32:04.819><c> arrives</c><00:32:05.660><c> in</c>

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each<00:32:06.259><c> of</c><00:32:06.400><c> the</c><00:32:06.559><c> cities,</c>

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:13.799
all<00:32:09.079><c> of</c><00:32:09.279><c> the</c><00:32:09.539><c> enemies</c><00:32:09.920><c> of</c><00:32:10.200><c> the</c><00:32:10.400><c> Jews</c><00:32:10.680><c> will</c><00:32:11.059><c> now</c><00:32:11.480><c> feel</c><00:32:12.059><c> emboldened</c><00:32:13.180><c> to</c><00:32:13.480><c> step</c>

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:16.420
forward<00:32:14.440><c> and</c><00:32:15.220><c> to</c><00:32:15.539><c> let</c><00:32:15.720><c> themselves</c>

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:20.980
be<00:32:16.640><c> known</c><00:32:16.960><c> because</c><00:32:17.420><c> they</c><00:32:17.839><c> are</c><00:32:18.099><c> going</c><00:32:18.299><c> to</c><00:32:18.519><c> be</c><00:32:18.799><c> part</c><00:32:19.539><c> of</c><00:32:20.720><c> the</c>

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:24.160
group<00:32:21.440><c> that</c><00:32:21.940><c> will</c><00:32:22.299><c> slay</c><00:32:22.779><c> these</c><00:32:23.160><c> Jews.</c>

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:33.119
75<00:32:26.740><c>,000</c><00:32:27.539><c> anti</c><00:32:28.140><c>-Semites</c><00:32:29.720><c> exist</c><00:32:30.819><c> throughout</c><00:32:31.380><c> the</c><00:32:31.640><c> empire.</c><00:32:32.900><c> The</c>

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:36.839
Jews<00:32:33.539><c> need</c><00:32:34.039><c> to</c><00:32:34.339><c> know</c><00:32:34.579><c> who</c><00:32:34.859><c> their</c><00:32:35.200><c> enemy</c><00:32:35.599><c> is.</c>

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:40.079
And<00:32:37.200><c> the</c><00:32:37.480><c> decree</c><00:32:37.819><c> will</c><00:32:38.160><c> bring</c><00:32:38.319><c> them</c><00:32:38.599><c> to</c><00:32:38.779><c> the</c><00:32:38.980><c> surface.</c>

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:46.420
We<00:32:42.000><c> come</c><00:32:42.220><c> to</c><00:32:42.359><c> chapter</c><00:32:42.700><c> four.</c><00:32:43.259><c> There</c><00:32:43.480><c> are</c><00:32:43.799><c> two</c><00:32:44.039><c> ways</c><00:32:44.440><c> to</c><00:32:44.740><c> respond</c><00:32:45.559><c> to</c>

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.859
divine<00:32:46.779><c> chastening.</c>

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:55.180
We<00:32:48.799><c> can</c><00:32:49.079><c> resent</c><00:32:49.420><c> it.</c><00:32:50.660><c> We</c><00:32:50.940><c> can</c><00:32:51.200><c> resent</c><00:32:51.619><c> God</c><00:32:52.079><c> for</c><00:32:52.500><c> sending</c><00:32:52.779><c> it</c><00:32:53.039><c> into</c><00:32:53.319><c> our</c><00:32:53.599><c> life.</c><00:32:54.759><c> And</c><00:32:54.980><c> we</c>

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:56.559
can<00:32:55.420><c> reject</c><00:32:55.880><c> whatever</c>

00:32:56.559 --> 00:33:00.799
instruction<00:32:57.400><c> it</c><00:32:57.700><c> was</c><00:32:57.960><c> designed</c><00:32:58.339><c> to</c><00:32:58.619><c> bring.</c><00:32:59.880><c> That</c><00:33:00.000><c> is</c><00:33:00.259><c> one</c><00:33:00.519><c> way</c>

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:03.420
to<00:33:01.119><c> respond</c><00:33:01.720><c> to</c><00:33:02.000><c> divine</c><00:33:02.319><c> chastening.</c>

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:08.900
The<00:33:04.279><c> other</c><00:33:04.500><c> is</c><00:33:04.779><c> to</c><00:33:05.160><c> accept</c><00:33:05.440><c> it</c><00:33:05.680><c> by</c><00:33:06.099><c> faith</c><00:33:06.680><c> and</c><00:33:07.180><c> to</c><00:33:07.480><c> seek</c><00:33:07.680><c> for</c><00:33:07.960><c> God's</c><00:33:08.380><c> help</c><00:33:08.559><c> to</c>

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.559
understand<00:33:09.559><c> the</c><00:33:09.559><c> law.</c>

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:13.680
The<00:33:10.119><c> wisdom</c><00:33:10.119><c> behind</c><00:33:10.619><c> it.</c><00:33:12.039><c> And</c><00:33:12.220><c> part</c><00:33:12.339><c> of</c><00:33:12.480><c> our</c><00:33:12.819><c> accepting</c><00:33:13.059><c> it</c><00:33:13.299><c> by</c>

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:16.920
faith<00:33:14.000><c> is</c><00:33:14.299><c> a</c><00:33:14.660><c> confession</c><00:33:14.980><c> of</c><00:33:15.299><c> our</c><00:33:15.579><c> own</c><00:33:15.980><c> unworthiness</c>

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:21.839
and<00:33:17.660><c> to</c><00:33:18.079><c> plead</c><00:33:18.420><c> to</c><00:33:18.680><c> God</c><00:33:19.019><c> for</c><00:33:19.299><c> his</c><00:33:19.660><c> intervention</c><00:33:20.200><c> to</c><00:33:20.559><c> save</c><00:33:20.759><c> us.</c>

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:26.599
The<00:33:23.180><c> trial</c><00:33:23.640><c> of</c><00:33:23.960><c> the</c><00:33:24.220><c> magnitude</c><00:33:24.720><c> of</c><00:33:25.000><c> chapter</c><00:33:25.319><c> four</c><00:33:25.779><c> is</c><00:33:26.240><c> similar</c>

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:29.720
to<00:33:26.900><c> those</c><00:33:27.240><c> unique</c><00:33:27.700><c> trials</c><00:33:28.059><c> we</c><00:33:28.380><c> have</c><00:33:28.500><c> in</c><00:33:28.660><c> our</c><00:33:28.839><c> life.</c>

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:33.619
They<00:33:30.579><c> don't</c><00:33:30.779><c> happen</c><00:33:31.039><c> all</c><00:33:31.279><c> the</c><00:33:31.500><c> time</c><00:33:31.720><c> but</c><00:33:31.859><c> they</c><00:33:32.180><c> come</c><00:33:32.460><c> from</c><00:33:32.960><c> time</c><00:33:33.380><c> to</c>

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:36.359
time.<00:33:34.440><c> The</c><00:33:34.720><c> kind</c><00:33:35.019><c> of</c><00:33:35.380><c> trial</c><00:33:35.640><c> that</c><00:33:35.960><c> will</c>

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:42.779
take<00:33:36.720><c> our</c><00:33:37.359><c> faith</c><00:33:37.740><c> to</c><00:33:38.059><c> its</c><00:33:38.420><c> very</c><00:33:38.920><c> core</c><00:33:39.420><c> regardless</c><00:33:41.680><c> of</c><00:33:41.960><c> how</c><00:33:42.160><c> long</c><00:33:42.359><c> we've</c><00:33:42.539><c> been</c><00:33:42.660><c> in</c>

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.819
the<00:33:42.960><c> truth.</c>

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:49.319
The<00:33:45.640><c> kind</c><00:33:45.819><c> of</c><00:33:46.259><c> trial</c><00:33:46.740><c> that</c><00:33:47.119><c> will</c><00:33:47.380><c> cause</c><00:33:47.559><c> us</c><00:33:47.819><c> to</c><00:33:48.160><c> question</c>

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:53.619
our<00:33:50.400><c> own</c><00:33:50.660><c> standing</c><00:33:50.960><c> before</c><00:33:51.380><c> God</c><00:33:51.740><c> and</c><00:33:52.059><c> what</c><00:33:52.460><c> choice</c><00:33:52.859><c> we're</c><00:33:53.099><c> going</c><00:33:53.299><c> to</c>

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:56.180
make<00:33:53.839><c> as</c><00:33:54.180><c> a</c><00:33:54.400><c> result</c><00:33:54.680><c> of</c><00:33:54.900><c> this</c><00:33:55.140><c> trial.</c>

00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:01.859
Mordecai<00:33:58.200><c> and</c><00:33:58.539><c> the</c><00:33:58.700><c> nation's</c><00:33:59.319><c> response</c><00:33:59.759><c> is</c><00:34:00.240><c> indicative</c><00:34:00.980><c> of</c><00:34:01.539><c> a</c>

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:05.200
faithful<00:34:02.279><c> outlook.</c><00:34:03.240><c> It</c><00:34:03.880><c> is</c><00:34:04.339><c> how</c>

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:11.179
good<00:34:05.920><c> figs</c><00:34:07.119><c> respond</c><00:34:07.940><c> to</c><00:34:08.320><c> divine</c><00:34:08.840><c> chastening</c><00:34:09.519><c> in</c><00:34:10.000><c> their</c><00:34:10.199><c> life.</c>

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:14.280
And<00:34:12.039><c> notice</c><00:34:12.320><c> the</c><00:34:12.619><c> united</c><00:34:12.960><c> response.</c>

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:18.639
Mordecai<00:34:15.219><c> hears</c><00:34:15.699><c> of</c><00:34:16.000><c> the</c><00:34:16.300><c> decree.</c><00:34:17.099><c> He</c><00:34:17.460><c> wrens</c><00:34:17.840><c> his</c><00:34:18.239><c> clothes.</c>

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:20.639
He<00:34:18.960><c> put</c><00:34:19.159><c> on</c><00:34:19.500><c> sackcloth</c><00:34:20.039><c> and</c><00:34:20.239><c> ashes</c>

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:26.039
and<00:34:21.139><c> he</c><00:34:21.539><c> publicly</c><00:34:22.079><c> wails</c><00:34:22.559><c> with</c><00:34:22.840><c> a</c><00:34:23.039><c> loud</c><00:34:23.320><c> and</c><00:34:23.780><c> bitter</c><00:34:24.019><c> cry.</c><00:34:26.039><c> And</c>

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:33.159
the<00:34:26.280><c> decree</c><00:34:26.760><c> goes</c><00:34:27.059><c> out</c><00:34:27.440><c> across</c><00:34:27.820><c> the</c><00:34:28.079><c> land</c><00:34:28.300><c> as</c><00:34:28.519><c> the</c>

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:37.579
decree<00:34:33.500><c> is</c><00:34:33.900><c> read</c><00:34:34.300><c> in</c><00:34:34.659><c> each</c><00:34:34.960><c> of</c><00:34:35.119><c> these</c><00:34:35.360><c> cities.</c><00:34:36.840><c> The</c><00:34:37.119><c> believers</c>

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:40.820
of<00:34:37.940><c> that</c><00:34:38.300><c> day</c><00:34:39.039><c> enter</c><00:34:39.760><c> in,</c><00:34:40.019><c> in</c><00:34:40.239><c> verse</c><00:34:40.440><c> three,</c>

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:45.960
into<00:34:41.300><c> great</c><00:34:41.739><c> mourning</c><00:34:42.179><c> and</c><00:34:42.619><c> fasting</c><00:34:43.059><c> and</c><00:34:43.539><c> weeping</c><00:34:44.179><c> and</c><00:34:44.719><c> wailing</c><00:34:45.320><c> and</c>

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:48.059
many<00:34:46.260><c> it</c><00:34:46.579><c> says</c><00:34:46.800><c> lay</c><00:34:47.059><c> in</c><00:34:47.300><c> sackcloth</c><00:34:47.800><c> and</c>

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:54.179
ashes.<00:34:48.360><c> This</c><00:34:48.619><c> was</c><00:34:49.099><c> not</c><00:34:49.639><c> a</c><00:34:50.300><c> coordinated</c><00:34:50.840><c> response</c><00:34:51.539><c> by</c><00:34:51.780><c> the</c><00:34:51.940><c> good</c><00:34:52.179><c> figs.</c><00:34:53.699><c> This</c><00:34:53.920><c> was</c>

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:55.900
not<00:34:54.480><c> Mordecai</c><00:34:55.059><c> sending</c><00:34:55.380><c> out</c><00:34:55.659><c> his</c>

00:34:55.900 --> 00:35:01.699
decree<00:34:57.039><c> instructing</c><00:34:58.039><c> the</c><00:34:58.260><c> Jews</c><00:34:58.519><c> on</c><00:34:58.860><c> how</c><00:34:59.039><c> they</c><00:34:59.280><c> should</c><00:34:59.500><c> respond.</c><00:35:00.199><c> This</c><00:35:00.500><c> is</c><00:35:01.340><c> a</c>

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:03.780
group<00:35:01.900><c> of</c><00:35:02.340><c> good</c><00:35:02.699><c> figs</c><00:35:03.199><c> spread</c><00:35:03.440><c> out</c>

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:09.900
over<00:35:04.139><c> many</c><00:35:04.480><c> cities</c><00:35:05.179><c> and</c><00:35:06.300><c> seeing</c><00:35:06.619><c> a</c><00:35:07.300><c> common</c><00:35:07.980><c> tragedy</c><00:35:08.880><c> come</c><00:35:09.420><c> upon</c><00:35:09.699><c> the</c>

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:14.260
community<00:35:10.420><c> and</c><00:35:11.539><c> they</c><00:35:11.860><c> respond</c><00:35:12.719><c> as</c><00:35:13.320><c> one</c>

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:21.539
on<00:35:15.500><c> their</c><00:35:15.860><c> knees</c><00:35:16.400><c> in</c><00:35:17.079><c> prayer,</c><00:35:18.320><c> pleading</c><00:35:19.340><c> with</c><00:35:19.659><c> God</c><00:35:20.000><c> to</c><00:35:20.500><c> intervene</c><00:35:21.119><c> to</c>

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:23.059
save<00:35:21.960><c> them.</c>

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There's<00:35:24.179><c> no</c><00:35:24.519><c> questioning</c><00:35:25.059><c> God</c><00:35:25.460><c> as</c><00:35:25.739><c> to</c><00:35:25.880><c> why</c><00:35:26.119><c> he</c><00:35:26.300><c> was</c><00:35:26.500><c> doing</c><00:35:26.800><c> this.</c><00:35:28.139><c> There's</c><00:35:28.420><c> no</c>

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challenging<00:35:29.260><c> God's</c><00:35:29.840><c> wisdom.</c>

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:36.860
Good<00:35:31.320><c> figs</c><00:35:31.800><c> don't</c><00:35:32.139><c> challenge</c><00:35:32.719><c> God's</c><00:35:33.159><c> wisdom.</c><00:35:34.360><c> They</c><00:35:34.599><c> see</c><00:35:34.820><c> a</c><00:35:35.139><c> tragedy</c><00:35:35.559><c> develop</c><00:35:36.039><c> and</c><00:35:36.239><c> they</c><00:35:36.420><c> are</c><00:35:36.599><c> on</c>

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.360
their<00:35:37.059><c> knees</c>

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:43.380
in<00:35:37.820><c> sackcloth</c><00:35:38.320><c> and</c><00:35:38.639><c> ashes</c><00:35:39.099><c> weeping</c><00:35:40.159><c> and</c><00:35:40.679><c> wailing.</c><00:35:42.920><c> Genesis</c>

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:48.059
32,<00:35:44.760><c> God</c><00:35:45.059><c> brings</c><00:35:45.519><c> all</c><00:35:46.159><c> of</c><00:35:46.480><c> his</c><00:35:46.780><c> faithful</c><00:35:47.320><c> remnant</c>

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:53.880
to<00:35:48.559><c> Genesis</c><00:35:49.039><c> 32,</c><00:35:50.599><c> pleading</c><00:35:50.940><c> with</c><00:35:51.179><c> him</c><00:35:51.420><c> to</c><00:35:51.860><c> intervene</c><00:35:52.639><c> to</c><00:35:53.559><c> save</c>

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:56.880
them<00:35:54.340><c> knowing</c><00:35:54.920><c> they</c><00:35:55.239><c> are</c><00:35:55.760><c> powerless</c>

00:35:56.940 --> 00:36:01.360
to<00:35:57.320><c> save</c><00:35:57.519><c> themselves.</c><00:35:59.599><c> Mordecai</c><00:36:00.119><c> looked</c><00:36:00.360><c> at</c><00:36:00.539><c> the</c><00:36:00.739><c> situation,</c>

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:03.159
the<00:36:01.780><c> people</c><00:36:02.039><c> looked</c><00:36:02.260><c> at</c><00:36:02.420><c> the</c><00:36:02.639><c> situation,</c>

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:08.199
and<00:36:03.380><c> they</c><00:36:03.639><c> come</c><00:36:03.760><c> to</c><00:36:03.960><c> the</c><00:36:04.239><c> exact</c><00:36:04.659><c> same</c><00:36:05.340><c> conclusion.</c><00:36:07.780><c> In</c><00:36:08.039><c> the</c>

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:13.699
notes<00:36:08.440><c> we've</c><00:36:08.820><c> included</c><00:36:09.119><c> the</c><00:36:09.380><c> verses</c><00:36:09.800><c> that</c><00:36:10.139><c> you</c>

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:18.909
read.<00:36:13.719><c> This</c><00:36:13.719><c> is</c><00:36:13.719><c> not</c><00:36:13.920><c> just</c><00:36:14.340><c> some</c><00:36:14.699><c> emotional</c><00:36:15.559><c> outburst</c><00:36:16.619><c> of</c><00:36:18.079><c> anguish.</c>

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:23.920
Rending<00:36:21.219><c> your</c><00:36:21.500><c> clothes</c><00:36:21.840><c> with</c><00:36:22.159><c> ashes,</c><00:36:23.000><c> extreme</c><00:36:23.260><c> grief</c><00:36:23.599><c> and</c>

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:26.519
sadness.<00:36:24.639><c> It's</c><00:36:24.659><c> what</c><00:36:24.840><c> David</c><00:36:25.219><c> did</c><00:36:25.440><c> over</c><00:36:25.780><c> Abner's</c><00:36:26.300><c> death.</c>

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:29.980
It's<00:36:26.780><c> how</c><00:36:26.960><c> Hezekiah</c><00:36:27.579><c> responded</c><00:36:28.119><c> to</c><00:36:28.380><c> the</c><00:36:28.500><c> Rabsheka's</c><00:36:29.119><c> report.</c>

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:32.599
The<00:36:30.800><c> sackcloth,</c><00:36:31.440><c> another</c><00:36:31.719><c> sign</c><00:36:32.019><c> of</c><00:36:32.280><c> grievous</c>

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:34.800
mourning<00:36:32.920><c> and</c><00:36:33.179><c> repentance.</c><00:36:33.780><c> There</c><00:36:33.960><c> are</c><00:36:34.139><c> other</c><00:36:34.380><c> references</c>

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:37.940
there.<00:36:35.199><c> The</c><00:36:35.440><c> fasting,</c><00:36:36.840><c> representing</c><00:36:37.219><c> the</c><00:36:37.559><c> humbleness</c>

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:42.320
and<00:36:38.079><c> the</c><00:36:38.260><c> chastening</c><00:36:38.639><c> of</c><00:36:38.880><c> one's</c><00:36:39.360><c> soul.</c><00:36:40.760><c> Psalm</c><00:36:40.880><c> 35</c><00:36:41.440><c> verse</c><00:36:41.679><c> 13</c>

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:46.059
and<00:36:42.940><c> others.</c><00:36:44.400><c> Again,</c><00:36:44.760><c> we</c><00:36:45.000><c> need</c><00:36:45.179><c> to</c><00:36:45.400><c> point</c><00:36:45.559><c> out</c><00:36:45.760><c> there's</c>

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:50.440
no<00:36:46.280><c> mention</c><00:36:46.519><c> of</c><00:36:46.820><c> prayer</c><00:36:47.280><c> in</c><00:36:47.699><c> chapter</c><00:36:48.059><c> four.</c><00:36:49.539><c> There's</c><00:36:49.840><c> no</c><00:36:50.000><c> mention</c><00:36:50.219><c> of</c>

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:52.179
God.<00:36:50.719><c> There's</c><00:36:50.960><c> no</c><00:36:51.139><c> mention</c><00:36:51.420><c> of</c><00:36:51.699><c> repentance.</c>

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:55.559
There's<00:36:52.920><c> no</c><00:36:53.119><c> mention</c><00:36:53.380><c> of</c><00:36:53.739><c> faith.</c><00:36:54.039><c> There's</c><00:36:54.280><c> no</c><00:36:54.480><c> mention</c><00:36:54.699><c> of</c><00:36:54.920><c> confession</c><00:36:55.360><c> in</c>

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.699
this<00:36:55.780><c> chapter.</c>

00:36:57.239 --> 00:37:01.780
But<00:36:57.400><c> it's</c><00:36:57.820><c> inviting</c><00:36:58.179><c> us</c><00:36:58.500><c> to</c><00:36:58.800><c> see,</c><00:36:59.079><c> can</c><00:36:59.199><c> you</c><00:36:59.480><c> see</c><00:36:59.679><c> how</c><00:36:59.940><c> these</c><00:37:00.280><c> people</c><00:37:00.619><c> are</c><00:37:01.019><c> responding</c><00:37:01.480><c> to</c>

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:03.099
the<00:37:02.059><c> situation?</c>

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:08.280
Their<00:37:03.920><c> response</c><00:37:04.840><c> in</c><00:37:05.340><c> sackcloth</c><00:37:05.940><c> and</c><00:37:06.219><c> ashes,</c><00:37:06.840><c> weeping</c><00:37:07.260><c> and</c><00:37:07.619><c> wailing,</c><00:37:08.179><c> is</c>

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:11.219
exactly<00:37:08.940><c> how</c><00:37:09.860><c> faithful</c><00:37:10.360><c> men</c><00:37:10.639><c> and</c><00:37:10.800><c> women</c>

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:17.800
respond<00:37:11.840><c> to</c><00:37:12.179><c> trials</c><00:37:12.739><c> in</c><00:37:14.000><c> the</c><00:37:14.099><c> rest</c><00:37:14.320><c> of</c><00:37:14.480><c> scripture</c><00:37:14.920><c> with</c><00:37:16.119><c> strong</c><00:37:16.880><c> crying</c><00:37:17.360><c> and</c>

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:20.739
tears,<00:37:19.280><c> pleading</c><00:37:19.719><c> for</c><00:37:19.960><c> God's</c><00:37:20.400><c> help.</c>

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:24.280
That's<00:37:21.360><c> why</c><00:37:21.500><c> you</c><00:37:21.719><c> put</c><00:37:21.920><c> on</c><00:37:22.239><c> the</c><00:37:22.480><c> sackcloth</c><00:37:22.880><c> and</c><00:37:23.139><c> ashes.</c><00:37:23.920><c> That's</c>

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:26.340
why<00:37:24.460><c> you</c><00:37:24.719><c> rend</c><00:37:24.840><c> your</c><00:37:25.139><c> clothes.</c><00:37:25.500><c> That's</c><00:37:25.780><c> why</c><00:37:26.000><c> you</c>

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:32.079
cry<00:37:27.300><c> your</c><00:37:27.840><c> heart</c><00:37:28.159><c> out.</c><00:37:29.500><c> Mordecai</c><00:37:30.019><c> purposely</c><00:37:30.659><c> goes</c><00:37:31.079><c> to</c><00:37:31.340><c> the</c><00:37:31.480><c> center</c><00:37:31.840><c> of</c>

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:34.519
the<00:37:32.260><c> city</c><00:37:32.579><c> and</c><00:37:33.199><c> he</c><00:37:33.440><c> isn't</c><00:37:33.760><c> just</c>

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:40.820
sobbing<00:37:35.980><c> as</c><00:37:36.219><c> he</c><00:37:36.440><c> goes,</c><00:37:37.199><c> trying</c><00:37:37.619><c> to</c><00:37:37.780><c> catch</c><00:37:37.940><c> his</c><00:37:38.199><c> breath.</c><00:37:39.760><c> He</c><00:37:40.059><c> is</c>

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:43.820
wailing<00:37:41.320><c> as</c><00:37:41.739><c> he</c><00:37:41.980><c> goes</c><00:37:42.460><c> because</c><00:37:43.019><c> of</c><00:37:43.219><c> the</c><00:37:43.420><c> tragedy</c>

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:48.679
that<00:37:44.059><c> has</c><00:37:44.320><c> befallen</c><00:37:44.820><c> the</c><00:37:45.400><c> people.</c><00:37:47.119><c> In</c><00:37:47.239><c> Joel</c><00:37:47.539><c> 2,</c><00:37:47.880><c> we</c><00:37:48.039><c> won't</c><00:37:48.260><c> take</c><00:37:48.500><c> the</c>

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:51.179
time<00:37:48.840><c> to</c><00:37:49.019><c> look</c><00:37:49.239><c> at</c><00:37:49.380><c> it,</c><00:37:49.519><c> but</c><00:37:49.639><c> in</c><00:37:49.800><c> that</c><00:37:50.179><c> prophet,</c>

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:54.000
he<00:37:51.679><c> speaks</c><00:37:51.980><c> to</c><00:37:52.179><c> the</c><00:37:52.360><c> children</c><00:37:52.619><c> of</c><00:37:52.780><c> Israel</c><00:37:53.219><c> and</c><00:37:53.400><c> he</c><00:37:53.579><c> tells</c><00:37:53.780><c> the</c>

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:56.320
nation<00:37:54.239><c> there</c><00:37:54.440><c> is</c><00:37:54.679><c> a</c><00:37:54.900><c> northern</c><00:37:55.340><c> invader</c><00:37:55.960><c> that</c><00:37:56.159><c> is</c>

00:37:56.320 --> 00:38:00.239
coming<00:37:56.699><c> because</c><00:37:57.619><c> of</c><00:37:57.820><c> your</c><00:37:58.019><c> wickedness.</c><00:37:59.159><c> What</c><00:37:59.460><c> you</c><00:37:59.780><c> ought</c><00:37:59.980><c> to</c>

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:02.320
do,<00:38:00.460><c> God</c><00:38:00.719><c> pleads</c><00:38:01.019><c> with</c><00:38:01.219><c> his</c><00:38:01.440><c> people,</c><00:38:01.800><c> is</c><00:38:01.940><c> you</c><00:38:02.059><c> ought</c>

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:07.619
to<00:38:02.519><c> repent</c><00:38:03.019><c> in</c><00:38:03.579><c> sackcloth</c><00:38:04.119><c> and</c><00:38:04.380><c> ashes</c><00:38:04.639><c> and</c><00:38:05.019><c> turn</c><00:38:05.219><c> from</c><00:38:05.440><c> your</c><00:38:05.619><c> wicked</c><00:38:05.820><c> ways</c><00:38:06.280><c> and</c><00:38:06.699><c> if</c><00:38:06.920><c> you</c><00:38:07.179><c> do,</c><00:38:07.420><c> I</c>

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:09.079
will<00:38:07.860><c> respond.</c>

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That's<00:38:10.019><c> what</c><00:38:10.179><c> God</c><00:38:10.440><c> was</c><00:38:10.699><c> looking</c><00:38:11.039><c> for</c><00:38:11.539><c> in</c><00:38:11.780><c> the</c><00:38:11.980><c> days</c><00:38:12.260><c> of</c><00:38:12.579><c> Joel.</c>

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.559
That's<00:38:13.639><c> what</c><00:38:13.760><c> he</c><00:38:13.940><c> is</c><00:38:14.139><c> looking</c><00:38:14.500><c> for</c><00:38:14.860><c> in</c><00:38:15.079><c> the</c><00:38:15.239><c> days</c>

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:19.139
of<00:38:15.840><c> Mordecai</c><00:38:16.400><c> and</c><00:38:16.659><c> Esther</c><00:38:16.980><c> and</c><00:38:17.480><c> that</c><00:38:17.639><c> is</c><00:38:17.900><c> precisely</c><00:38:18.559><c> how</c><00:38:18.880><c> the</c>

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:22.480
people<00:38:19.500><c> responded.</c><00:38:20.880><c> It's</c><00:38:21.239><c> how</c><00:38:21.460><c> the</c><00:38:21.579><c> men</c><00:38:21.780><c> of</c><00:38:22.019><c> Nineveh</c>

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:27.659
responded<00:38:23.179><c> to</c><00:38:23.539><c> Jonah's</c><00:38:24.119><c> warning</c><00:38:24.519><c> in</c><00:38:25.300><c> chapter</c><00:38:25.659><c> 3</c><00:38:26.099><c> of</c><00:38:26.340><c> Nineveh.</c>

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:30.300
In<00:38:28.099><c> fact,</c><00:38:28.519><c> the</c><00:38:28.719><c> fasting</c><00:38:29.119><c> and</c><00:38:29.480><c> mourning</c>

00:38:30.250 --> 00:38:33.539
is<00:38:30.599><c> of</c><00:38:30.860><c> such</c><00:38:31.059><c> a</c><00:38:31.440><c> significant</c><00:38:31.960><c> consequence</c><00:38:32.739><c> that</c><00:38:32.980><c> in</c><00:38:33.199><c> chapter</c>

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:37.159
9<00:38:34.280><c> of</c><00:38:34.659><c> Esther</c><00:38:34.880><c> at</c><00:38:35.099><c> verse</c><00:38:35.340><c> 31,</c><00:38:36.559><c> when</c><00:38:36.760><c> the</c><00:38:36.980><c> Jews</c>

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mourning.<00:38:44.860><c> They</c><00:38:45.139><c> will</c><00:38:45.440><c> include</c><00:38:45.780><c> the</c><00:38:46.139><c> repentance.</c><00:38:46.760><c> They</c><00:38:46.920><c> will</c>

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celebration<00:38:50.480><c> of</c><00:38:51.199><c> God's</c><00:38:51.659><c> deliverance.</c><00:38:55.780><c> There</c><00:38:56.320><c> is</c><00:38:56.539><c> no</c><00:38:56.780><c> attempt</c>

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just<00:39:11.679><c> maintain</c><00:39:12.340><c> our</c><00:39:12.719><c> composure.</c><00:39:14.099><c> I'm</c><00:39:14.320><c> sure</c><00:39:14.579><c> somehow</c>

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God<00:39:15.340><c> is</c><00:39:15.500><c> going</c><00:39:15.719><c> to</c><00:39:15.940><c> bring</c><00:39:16.039><c> us</c><00:39:16.340><c> through.</c><00:39:17.880><c> Mordecai</c><00:39:18.320><c> does</c><00:39:18.739><c> not</c>

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everything<00:39:24.719><c> will</c><00:39:25.019><c> be</c><00:39:25.400><c> all</c><00:39:25.659><c> right.</c><00:39:27.460><c> The</c><00:39:27.780><c> trials</c><00:39:28.199><c> that</c><00:39:28.480><c> God</c><00:39:28.760><c> brings</c><00:39:29.360><c> into</c><00:39:29.860><c> our</c>

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life<00:39:30.900><c> will</c><00:39:32.019><c> bring</c><00:39:32.280><c> us</c><00:39:32.699><c> to</c><00:39:32.960><c> tears,</c>

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will<00:39:33.900><c> bring</c><00:39:34.099><c> us</c><00:39:34.400><c> to</c><00:39:34.559><c> the</c><00:39:34.800><c> weeping</c><00:39:35.219><c> and</c><00:39:35.619><c> wailing</c><00:39:35.980><c> that</c><00:39:36.239><c> Mordecai</c><00:39:37.000><c> manifested</c><00:39:37.760><c> as</c><00:39:38.539><c> a</c><00:39:38.719><c> result</c><00:39:38.980><c> of</c>

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this.<00:39:44.300><c> There's</c>

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knees<00:39:49.320><c> pleading</c><00:39:50.260><c> with</c><00:39:50.539><c> him,</c><00:39:52.179><c> crying</c><00:39:52.739><c> our</c><00:39:53.519><c> eyes</c><00:39:53.800><c> out,</c>

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we<00:40:04.900><c> are</c><00:40:05.780><c> powerless</c><00:40:06.559><c> to</c><00:40:07.699><c> overcome</c><00:40:08.320><c> this</c><00:40:08.920><c> enemy</c><00:40:09.260><c> that</c><00:40:09.559><c> has</c><00:40:09.840><c> the</c>

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power<00:40:10.500><c> to</c><00:40:10.800><c> destroy</c><00:40:11.219><c> us.</c><00:40:12.420><c> The</c><00:40:12.960><c> only</c><00:40:13.420><c> possible</c><00:40:14.159><c> hope</c><00:40:14.400><c> we</c>

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have<00:40:15.219><c> is</c><00:40:16.880><c> by</c><00:40:17.500><c> faith</c><00:40:18.019><c> pleading</c><00:40:18.760><c> for</c><00:40:19.019><c> the</c><00:40:19.219><c> father</c><00:40:19.539><c> to</c><00:40:19.980><c> intervene</c>

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and<00:40:25.579><c> remaining</c><00:40:26.000><c> obedient</c><00:40:26.699><c> to</c><00:40:27.179><c> him</c><00:40:27.519><c> in</c><00:40:27.719><c> the</c><00:40:27.940><c> moment</c><00:40:28.219><c> of</c><00:40:28.539><c> crisis,</c><00:40:31.019><c> possibly</c><00:40:31.440><c> having</c>

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us<00:40:33.619><c> through,</c><00:40:35.699><c> but</c><00:40:35.880><c> confident</c><00:40:36.940><c> that</c><00:40:37.679><c> as</c><00:40:37.920><c> he</c><00:40:38.119><c> has</c><00:40:38.340><c> brought</c><00:40:38.820><c> others</c><00:40:39.380><c> through</c><00:40:40.280><c> similar</c><00:40:41.739><c> situations,</c><00:40:43.599><c> he</c>

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will<00:40:44.099><c> bring</c>

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us<00:40:44.760><c> through</c><00:40:45.260><c> whatever</c><00:40:45.679><c> trial</c><00:40:46.219><c> we</c><00:40:46.519><c> may</c><00:40:46.760><c> be</c><00:40:47.000><c> facing,</c><00:40:49.239><c> provided</c>

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we<00:40:49.860><c> respond</c><00:40:50.500><c> like</c><00:40:50.840><c> Mordecai</c><00:40:51.420><c> did</c><00:40:51.800><c> and</c><00:40:52.059><c> the</c>

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rest<00:40:52.400><c> of</c><00:40:52.579><c> the</c><00:40:52.719><c> good</c><00:40:52.940><c> figs,</c><00:40:54.760><c> not</c><00:40:55.059><c> knowing</c><00:40:55.360><c> what</c><00:40:55.539><c> the</c><00:40:55.739><c> next</c><00:40:55.980><c> chapter</c><00:40:56.340><c> in</c>

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their<00:40:56.699><c> life</c><00:40:56.880><c> would</c><00:40:57.179><c> bring,</c>

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but<00:40:59.159><c> knowing</c><00:40:59.719><c> they</c><00:40:59.960><c> had</c><00:41:00.219><c> to</c><00:41:00.519><c> devote</c><00:41:00.820><c> themselves</c><00:41:01.420><c> to</c><00:41:01.659><c> God</c><00:41:02.219><c> because</c><00:41:03.199><c> this</c>

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trial,<00:41:04.239><c> like</c><00:41:04.619><c> all</c><00:41:04.940><c> other</c><00:41:05.260><c> trials,</c>

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was<00:41:05.960><c> intended</c><00:41:06.380><c> to</c><00:41:06.699><c> bring</c><00:41:06.820><c> them</c><00:41:07.179><c> closer</c><00:41:07.780><c> to</c><00:41:07.980><c> their</c><00:41:08.219><c> God</c><00:41:08.619><c> and</c>

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we'll<00:41:10.380><c> see</c><00:41:10.579><c> tomorrow</c><00:41:10.980><c> the</c><00:41:11.320><c> marvelous</c><00:41:11.780><c> results</c>

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that<00:41:13.480><c> God</c><00:41:13.639><c> is</c><00:41:13.860><c> able</c><00:41:14.039><c> to</c><00:41:14.340><c> bring</c><00:41:14.539><c> in</c><00:41:14.800><c> the</c><00:41:14.980><c> lives</c><00:41:15.260><c> of</c><00:41:15.599><c> all</c><00:41:15.800><c> of</c><00:41:15.940><c> them</c>

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because<00:41:17.940><c> of</c><00:41:18.099><c> their</c><00:41:18.260><c> faithful</c><00:41:18.619><c> response.</c>