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Well<00:10:13.980><c> we</c><00:10:14.059><c> don't</c><00:10:14.340><c> know</c><00:10:14.639><c> why</c><00:10:15.100><c> but</c><00:10:15.460><c> we</c><00:10:15.659><c> can</c><00:10:15.899><c> see</c><00:10:16.100><c> a</c><00:10:16.299><c> clear</c><00:10:16.480><c> encouragement</c><00:10:17.200><c> that's</c>

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happen<00:10:25.779><c> before</c><00:10:26.399><c> the</c><00:10:26.740><c> spies</c><00:10:27.000><c> even</c><00:10:27.379><c> told</c><00:10:27.620><c> her.</c>

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She<00:10:36.179><c> said</c><00:10:36.399><c> she</c><00:10:36.700><c> knew</c><00:10:37.000><c> as</c><00:10:37.279><c> we</c><00:10:37.519><c> read</c><00:10:37.720><c> the</c><00:10:37.879><c> chapter</c><00:10:38.159><c> and</c><00:10:38.960><c> we</c><00:10:39.299><c> see</c><00:10:39.659><c> that</c><00:10:40.259><c> she</c><00:10:40.460><c> says</c><00:10:40.659><c> I</c>

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spies<00:10:54.100><c> or</c><00:10:54.379><c> not</c><00:10:54.620><c> one</c><00:10:54.960><c> thing</c><00:10:55.179><c> we</c><00:10:55.340><c> know</c><00:10:55.500><c> for</c><00:10:55.779><c> sure.</c>

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And<00:11:08.039><c> another</c><00:11:09.980><c> similarity</c><00:11:10.539><c> that</c><00:11:10.759><c> we</c><00:11:11.019><c> see</c><00:11:11.179><c> in</c><00:11:11.340><c> this</c><00:11:11.519><c> chapter</c><00:11:11.820><c> brothers</c><00:11:12.080><c> and</c><00:11:12.320><c> sisters</c><00:11:12.639><c> is</c>

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And<00:11:24.379><c> he</c><00:11:24.620><c> was</c><00:11:24.879><c> baptized,</c><00:11:26.019><c> he</c><00:11:26.220><c> comes</c><00:11:26.879><c> out</c><00:11:27.220><c> of</c><00:11:27.799><c> the</c><00:11:28.120><c> River</c><00:11:28.379><c> Jordan</c>

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what<00:11:44.620><c> he's</c><00:11:44.840><c> going</c><00:11:45.019><c> to</c><00:11:45.559><c> have</c><00:11:45.779><c> later</c><00:11:46.159><c> on</c><00:11:46.399><c> which</c><00:11:46.820><c> is</c><00:11:47.179><c> sometimes</c>

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This<00:11:48.879><c> event</c><00:11:49.159><c> is</c><00:11:49.379><c> a</c><00:11:49.559><c> contrast</c><00:11:50.100><c> that's</c><00:11:50.460><c> showing</c><00:11:50.659><c> us</c><00:11:51.220><c> what</c><00:11:51.740><c> is</c><00:11:52.080><c> the</c><00:11:52.279><c> amount</c><00:11:52.600><c> of</c>

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Let's<00:12:29.299><c> read</c><00:12:29.559><c> verse</c><00:12:29.879><c> 2</c><00:12:30.100><c> and</c><00:12:30.159><c> 3</c><00:12:30.379><c> and</c><00:12:30.500><c> see</c><00:12:30.620><c> what</c><00:12:30.840><c> verse</c><00:12:31.100><c> 2</c><00:12:31.279><c> and</c><00:12:31.399><c> 3</c><00:12:31.639><c> says.</c>

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and<00:12:45.320><c> sends</c><00:12:45.519><c> people</c><00:12:45.840><c> to</c><00:12:46.019><c> kill</c><00:12:46.259><c> them.</c>

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Rahab<00:14:06.860><c> didn't</c><00:14:07.120><c> take</c><00:14:07.379><c> the</c><00:14:07.539><c> easy</c><00:14:07.820><c> way</c><00:14:08.039><c> out</c><00:14:08.240><c> brothers</c><00:14:08.460><c> and</c><00:14:08.620><c> sisters.</c>

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Even<00:14:10.340><c> Lot</c><00:14:10.600><c> offered</c><00:14:11.059><c> his</c><00:14:11.320><c> daughters</c><00:14:11.860><c> for</c><00:14:12.960><c> the</c><00:14:13.179><c> safety</c><00:14:13.480><c> and</c><00:14:13.700><c> protection,</c><00:14:14.019><c> but</c>

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Rahab<00:14:14.460><c> didn't.</c>

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encouragement<00:14:19.220><c> for</c><00:14:19.679><c> us,</c><00:14:19.980><c> first</c><00:14:20.240><c> piece</c><00:14:20.460><c> of</c><00:14:20.659><c> exhort</c><00:14:20.960><c> from</c><00:14:21.120><c> this</c>

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chapter<00:14:21.580><c> for</c><00:14:21.779><c> us.</c>

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And<00:14:24.620><c> this</c><00:14:24.820><c> is</c><00:14:24.980><c> the</c><00:14:25.200><c> theme</c><00:14:25.419><c> of</c><00:14:26.120><c> this</c><00:14:26.399><c> book</c><00:14:26.659><c> that</c><00:14:26.940><c> runs</c><00:14:27.320><c> through</c>

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says,<00:14:33.360><c> be</c><00:14:33.360><c> strong</c><00:14:33.860><c> and</c><00:14:34.220><c> courageous,</c><00:14:34.879><c> have</c><00:14:35.100><c> faith</c><00:14:35.580><c> in</c><00:14:36.139><c> time</c><00:14:36.299><c> of</c><00:14:36.639><c> trouble.</c>

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That<00:14:37.299><c> was</c><00:14:37.539><c> for</c><00:14:37.879><c> Joshua,</c><00:14:38.500><c> but</c><00:14:38.820><c> Rahab</c><00:14:39.539><c> was</c><00:14:40.000><c> strong</c><00:14:40.480><c> and</c><00:14:40.860><c> courageous</c><00:14:41.299><c> to</c><00:14:41.580><c> use</c>

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her<00:14:43.360><c> knowledge,</c><00:14:43.639><c> her</c><00:14:43.840><c> wisdom</c><00:14:44.299><c> to</c><00:14:44.740><c> try</c><00:14:44.940><c> to</c><00:14:45.059><c> save</c><00:14:45.379><c> these</c><00:14:45.679><c> people.</c>

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So<00:14:48.720><c> much</c><00:14:49.000><c> so</c><00:14:49.179><c> that</c><00:14:49.360><c> she</c><00:14:49.559><c> even</c><00:14:49.759><c> got</c><00:14:50.100><c> mentioned</c><00:14:50.580><c> in</c><00:14:51.620><c> Hebrews</c><00:14:52.059><c> 12,</c>

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where<00:14:54.440><c> even</c><00:14:54.679><c> Joshua</c><00:14:54.980><c> is</c><00:14:55.220><c> not</c><00:14:55.399><c> mentioned</c><00:14:55.639><c> if</c><00:14:55.840><c> I'm</c><00:14:56.519><c> correct.</c>

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So<00:14:58.419><c> this</c><00:14:58.919><c> is</c><00:14:59.159><c> a</c><00:14:59.200><c> big</c><00:14:59.419><c> piece</c><00:14:59.620><c> of</c><00:14:59.820><c> encouragement</c><00:15:00.179><c> and</c><00:15:00.399><c> we</c><00:15:00.679><c> have</c>

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to<00:15:01.139><c> have</c><00:15:01.379><c> faith</c><00:15:01.679><c> like</c><00:15:02.000><c> her.</c>

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Faith<00:15:03.600><c> is</c><00:15:03.820><c> a</c><00:15:03.980><c> yes</c><00:15:04.139><c> or</c><00:15:04.299><c> no</c><00:15:04.519><c> thing,</c><00:15:04.860><c> brothers</c><00:15:04.940><c> and</c><00:15:05.120><c> sisters.</c><00:15:05.320><c> We</c>

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mustard<00:15:14.659><c> seed,</c>

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small<00:15:41.659><c> but</c><00:15:42.019><c> solid.</c>

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our<00:16:14.440><c> own</c><00:16:14.620><c> ability,</c>

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not<00:16:15.759><c> in</c><00:16:15.940><c> our</c><00:16:16.120><c> own</c><00:16:16.360><c> power</c><00:16:16.679><c> or</c><00:16:17.279><c> our</c><00:16:17.659><c> money</c><00:16:17.919><c> or</c><00:16:18.120><c> our</c><00:16:18.320><c> wealth</c><00:16:18.679><c> to</c><00:16:19.139><c> be</c>

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Rahab<00:16:21.539><c> could</c><00:16:22.000><c> easily</c><00:16:22.460><c> have</c><00:16:23.080><c> offered</c><00:16:23.360><c> these</c><00:16:23.799><c> guys</c><00:16:25.120><c> who</c><00:16:25.379><c> came</c>

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She<00:16:34.820><c> risked</c><00:16:35.379><c> her</c><00:16:35.580><c> own</c><00:16:35.799><c> life</c><00:16:36.279><c> and</c><00:16:36.820><c> she</c><00:16:36.980><c> could</c><00:16:37.120><c> have</c><00:16:37.340><c> died</c><00:16:37.860><c> for</c>

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Heavenly<00:17:12.480><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:17:14.380><c> there</c><00:17:14.500><c> are</c><00:17:14.559><c> many</c><00:17:14.799><c> people</c><00:17:15.119><c> in</c><00:17:15.259><c> this</c><00:17:15.480><c> world</c><00:17:15.680><c> today,</c><00:17:16.799><c> in</c><00:17:17.000><c> our</c>

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land,<00:17:17.680><c> very</c><00:17:17.980><c> many</c><00:17:18.220><c> people,</c><00:17:18.819><c> just</c><00:17:19.099><c> like</c><00:17:19.359><c> these</c><00:17:19.559><c> two</c><00:17:19.779><c> spies.</c>

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in<00:17:23.700><c> search</c><00:17:23.880><c> of</c><00:17:24.140><c> job</c><00:17:24.460><c> or</c><00:17:24.799><c> in</c><00:17:24.940><c> search</c><00:17:25.180><c> of</c><00:17:25.359><c> money.</c>

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There<00:17:26.680><c> are</c><00:17:26.799><c> many</c><00:17:27.019><c> who</c><00:17:27.519><c> probably</c><00:17:27.960><c> live</c><00:17:28.119><c> in</c><00:17:28.259><c> a</c><00:17:28.359><c> very</c><00:17:28.619><c> small</c><00:17:29.259><c> room</c>

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in<00:17:31.299><c> the</c><00:17:31.700><c> city</c><00:17:32.039><c> or</c><00:17:33.400><c> in</c><00:17:33.619><c> the</c><00:17:33.799><c> town</c><00:17:34.000><c> and</c><00:17:35.000><c> nobody</c><00:17:35.259><c> ever</c><00:17:35.539><c> gets</c><00:17:35.720><c> to</c>

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know<00:17:36.079><c> them</c>

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earn<00:17:39.319><c> money,</c><00:17:39.759><c> trying</c><00:17:39.839><c> to</c><00:17:41.019><c> study</c><00:17:41.519><c> or</c><00:17:41.980><c> whatever,</c><00:17:42.799><c> and</c><00:17:43.599><c> we</c><00:17:44.160><c> don't</c>

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even<00:17:44.579><c> know</c><00:17:44.740><c> them.</c>

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Our<00:17:45.079><c> society</c><00:17:45.460><c> don't</c><00:17:45.720><c> give</c><00:17:45.900><c> any</c><00:17:46.099><c> recognition.</c><00:17:46.640><c> They're</c><00:17:46.819><c> working</c><00:17:47.119><c> hard,</c>

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working<00:17:47.819><c> away,</c><00:17:48.160><c> and</c><00:17:48.279><c> we</c><00:17:48.420><c> don't</c><00:17:48.579><c> see</c><00:17:48.859><c> them.</c>

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Are<00:17:51.240><c> our</c><00:17:51.599><c> doors</c><00:17:52.160><c> open</c><00:17:52.680><c> like</c><00:17:52.980><c> Rahab</c><00:17:53.299><c> for</c><00:17:53.480><c> them?</c>

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When<00:17:55.640><c> we</c><00:17:55.940><c> have</c><00:17:56.200><c> a</c><00:17:56.559><c> function</c><00:17:56.819><c> or</c><00:17:57.019><c> a</c><00:17:57.160><c> party</c><00:17:57.380><c> or</c><00:17:57.579><c> something,</c><00:17:59.200><c> is</c>

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it<00:17:59.519><c> too</c><00:17:59.779><c> good</c><00:17:59.920><c> sometimes,</c><00:18:00.799><c> brothers</c><00:18:00.940><c> and</c><00:18:01.180><c> sisters,</c><00:18:02.700><c> those</c><00:18:03.019><c> things</c><00:18:03.500><c> at</c>

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our<00:18:04.019><c> home,</c>

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our<00:18:05.619><c> doors</c><00:18:05.920><c> to</c><00:18:06.140><c> be</c><00:18:06.259><c> open</c><00:18:06.559><c> for</c><00:18:06.799><c> foreigners</c><00:18:07.259><c> or</c><00:18:08.160><c> the</c><00:18:08.400><c> strangers</c>

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to<00:18:09.019><c> join</c><00:18:09.200><c> us?</c>

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Have<00:18:11.059><c> we</c><00:18:11.259><c> made</c><00:18:11.480><c> effort</c><00:18:11.819><c> to</c><00:18:12.039><c> ask</c><00:18:12.319><c> someone</c><00:18:12.740><c> in</c><00:18:13.160><c> a</c><00:18:13.380><c> difficult</c><00:18:13.759><c> circumstance</c><00:18:14.500><c> to</c>

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maybe<00:18:15.380><c> join</c><00:18:15.640><c> a</c><00:18:15.859><c> family</c><00:18:16.079><c> dinner</c><00:18:16.339><c> or</c><00:18:17.559><c> join</c><00:18:17.980><c> with</c><00:18:18.200><c> us</c><00:18:18.319><c> in</c><00:18:18.460><c> an</c><00:18:18.619><c> evening</c><00:18:18.859><c> for</c>

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reading<00:18:19.480><c> or</c><00:18:19.759><c> something,</c><00:18:20.519><c> for</c><00:18:20.680><c> comfort?</c>

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If<00:18:22.079><c> we</c><00:18:22.319><c> haven't</c><00:18:22.599><c> yet,</c><00:18:23.579><c> God</c><00:18:23.759><c> is</c><00:18:24.000><c> asking</c><00:18:24.279><c> us</c><00:18:24.500><c> to</c><00:18:24.660><c> do</c><00:18:24.759><c> that</c><00:18:25.039><c> through</c><00:18:25.259><c> this</c><00:18:25.500><c> chapter.</c>

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our<00:18:29.319><c> house</c><00:18:29.579><c> and</c><00:18:29.740><c> our</c><00:18:29.900><c> home</c><00:18:30.339><c> for</c><00:18:31.500><c> people,</c><00:18:32.119><c> for</c><00:18:32.440><c> strangers,</c>

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so<00:18:33.519><c> that</c><00:18:33.680><c> we</c><00:18:33.819><c> can</c><00:18:33.980><c> let</c><00:18:34.220><c> them</c><00:18:34.440><c> know</c><00:18:34.579><c> the</c><00:18:34.759><c> love</c><00:18:34.940><c> God</c><00:18:35.180><c> shows</c><00:18:35.480><c> us.</c>

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When<00:18:39.559><c> we</c><00:18:39.859><c> show</c><00:18:39.940><c> our</c><00:18:40.140><c> kindness</c><00:18:40.359><c> to</c><00:18:40.599><c> anyone,</c><00:18:40.779><c> we</c><00:18:40.960><c> show</c><00:18:41.140><c> it</c><00:18:41.220><c> to</c><00:18:41.339><c> Jesus.</c>

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The<00:18:43.079><c> word</c><00:18:43.240><c> of</c><00:18:43.400><c> God</c><00:18:43.619><c> challenges</c><00:18:44.019><c> us</c><00:18:44.319><c> today</c><00:18:44.640><c> to</c><00:18:44.880><c> take</c><00:18:45.099><c> those</c><00:18:45.400><c> opportunities,</c><00:18:46.099><c> brothers</c><00:18:46.200><c> and</c><00:18:46.420><c> sisters.</c>

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Has<00:18:49.000><c> there</c><00:18:49.200><c> been</c><00:18:49.380><c> time</c><00:18:49.880><c> when</c><00:18:50.539><c> we</c><00:18:50.759><c> have</c><00:18:51.059><c> failed</c><00:18:51.519><c> to</c><00:18:52.579><c> ask</c><00:18:52.960><c> someone</c><00:18:53.400><c> fatherless</c><00:18:54.619><c> or</c><00:18:56.099><c> widow</c><00:18:56.539><c> how</c>

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their<00:18:58.259><c> week</c><00:18:58.420><c> was,</c><00:19:00.079><c> how</c><00:19:00.559><c> their</c><00:19:00.740><c> last</c><00:19:01.119><c> week</c><00:19:01.359><c> was?</c>

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Has<00:19:03.200><c> there</c><00:19:03.400><c> been</c><00:19:03.579><c> time</c><00:19:03.839><c> when</c><00:19:04.279><c> an</c><00:19:04.539><c> inter</c><00:19:04.799><c>-straight</c><00:19:05.000><c> brother</c><00:19:05.339><c> or</c>

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sister<00:19:05.799><c> walked</c><00:19:06.119><c> into</c><00:19:06.380><c> their</c><00:19:06.599><c> pleasure</c><00:19:06.900><c> and</c><00:19:07.200><c> haven't</c><00:19:07.380><c> been</c>

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invited<00:19:08.619><c> because</c><00:19:09.200><c> nobody</c><00:19:09.519><c> knows</c><00:19:09.779><c> them?</c>

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There<00:19:10.940><c> are</c><00:19:11.140><c> times</c><00:19:11.460><c> those</c><00:19:11.759><c> things</c><00:19:11.940><c> can</c><00:19:12.200><c> happen</c><00:19:12.440><c> very</c><00:19:12.779><c> easily</c>

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in<00:19:13.180><c> our</c><00:19:13.339><c> lives.</c>

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But<00:19:14.920><c> this</c><00:19:15.140><c> chapter</c><00:19:15.559><c> encourages</c><00:19:16.440><c> us</c><00:19:17.359><c> to</c><00:19:18.299><c> take</c><00:19:19.099><c> opportunities</c>

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In<00:19:25.660><c> Matthew</c><00:19:25.900><c> 25,</c><00:19:26.539><c> verse</c><00:19:26.660><c> 42</c><00:19:27.039><c> to</c><00:19:27.180><c> 43,</c><00:19:27.880><c> Jesus</c><00:19:27.880><c> said,</c><00:19:28.200><c> I</c><00:19:28.200><c> was</c><00:19:28.339><c> hungry</c><00:19:28.640><c> and</c>

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you<00:19:28.880><c> gave</c><00:19:29.019><c> me</c><00:19:29.220><c> nothing</c><00:19:29.400><c> to</c><00:19:29.619><c> eat.</c>

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I<00:19:29.799><c> was</c><00:19:30.059><c> thirsty</c><00:19:30.500><c> and</c><00:19:31.059><c> you</c><00:19:31.200><c> gave</c><00:19:31.380><c> me</c><00:19:31.599><c> nothing</c><00:19:31.839><c> to</c><00:19:32.140><c> drink.</c>

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I<00:19:32.519><c> was</c><00:19:32.759><c> a</c><00:19:33.059><c> stranger</c><00:19:33.440><c> and</c><00:19:34.160><c> you</c><00:19:34.339><c> did</c><00:19:34.599><c> not</c><00:19:34.779><c> invite</c><00:19:35.180><c> me</c><00:19:35.400><c> in.</c>

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Those<00:19:38.380><c> encouragements</c><00:19:38.859><c> are</c><00:19:39.220><c> not</c><00:19:39.539><c> just</c><00:19:39.819><c> for</c><00:19:40.019><c> the</c><00:19:40.200><c> time,</c><00:19:40.700><c> for</c>

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the<00:19:40.920><c> Jews.</c>

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Those<00:19:42.539><c> are</c><00:19:42.700><c> going</c><00:19:42.900><c> to</c><00:19:43.039><c> be</c><00:19:43.180><c> just</c><00:19:43.400><c> for</c><00:19:43.559><c> us</c><00:19:43.779><c> in</c><00:19:43.980><c> just</c><00:19:44.400><c> the</c><00:19:44.579><c> same</c><00:19:44.740><c> way.</c>

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These<00:19:48.619><c> things</c><00:19:48.980><c> relate</c><00:19:49.380><c> to</c><00:19:49.599><c> our</c><00:19:49.819><c> personal</c><00:19:50.160><c> life</c><00:19:50.420><c> and</c><00:19:50.599><c> our</c><00:19:50.819><c> ecclesial</c><00:19:51.259><c> life,</c><00:19:52.259><c> so</c>

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that<00:19:52.500><c> we</c><00:19:52.579><c> can</c><00:19:52.759><c> make</c><00:19:53.039><c> conscious</c><00:19:53.559><c> decisions</c><00:19:54.180><c> to</c><00:19:54.680><c> open</c><00:19:54.940><c> our</c><00:19:55.200><c> hearts</c><00:19:55.599><c> for</c><00:19:55.779><c> people.</c>

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We<00:19:57.460><c> have</c><00:19:57.640><c> not</c><00:19:57.819><c> only</c><00:19:58.039><c> made</c><00:19:58.339><c> her</c><00:19:58.839><c> house</c><00:19:59.140><c> available</c><00:19:59.619><c> for</c><00:19:59.799><c> these</c>

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two<00:20:00.299><c> people,</c><00:20:00.559><c> but</c><00:20:00.700><c> she</c><00:20:00.799><c> was</c><00:20:01.039><c> also</c><00:20:02.400><c> ready</c><00:20:02.640><c> to</c><00:20:02.880><c> die</c><00:20:03.339><c> for</c><00:20:03.559><c> these</c><00:20:03.819><c> people.</c>

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As<00:20:05.000><c> we</c><00:20:05.180><c> read</c><00:20:05.319><c> in</c><00:20:05.500><c> verse</c><00:20:05.680><c> 4</c><00:20:05.940><c> and</c><00:20:06.059><c> 5,</c><00:20:08.140><c> this</c><00:20:08.140><c> is</c><00:20:08.779><c> what</c><00:20:08.940><c> she</c><00:20:09.059><c> says,</c>

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But<00:20:09.420><c> the</c><00:20:09.420><c> woman</c><00:20:09.680><c> had</c><00:20:09.920><c> taken</c><00:20:10.160><c> the</c><00:20:10.359><c> two</c><00:20:10.500><c> men</c><00:20:10.619><c> and</c><00:20:10.819><c> hidden</c><00:20:11.000><c> them.</c>

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She<00:20:11.480><c> said,</c><00:20:12.279><c> Yes,</c><00:20:12.299><c> the</c><00:20:12.440><c> men</c><00:20:12.619><c> came</c><00:20:12.960><c> to</c><00:20:13.119><c> me,</c><00:20:13.339><c> but</c><00:20:13.599><c> I</c><00:20:13.799><c> did</c><00:20:14.079><c> not</c><00:20:14.519><c> know</c>

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where<00:20:15.579><c> they</c><00:20:15.839><c> had</c><00:20:16.140><c> come</c><00:20:16.339><c> from.</c>

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men<00:20:19.640><c> left.</c>

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might<00:20:26.279><c> catch</c><00:20:26.619><c> up</c><00:20:26.799><c> with</c><00:20:26.960><c> them.</c>

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throughout<00:20:34.220><c> the</c><00:20:34.440><c> Bible</c><00:20:34.619><c> about</c><00:20:34.880><c> this</c><00:20:35.180><c> lie.</c>

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Rather,<00:20:37.180><c> the</c><00:20:37.220><c> Bible</c><00:20:37.559><c> praises</c><00:20:38.259><c> Rahab</c><00:20:38.740><c> for</c><00:20:39.000><c> her</c><00:20:40.079><c> strong</c><00:20:40.500><c> faith</c>

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that<00:20:41.200><c> was</c><00:20:41.460><c> shown</c><00:20:41.799><c> and</c><00:20:42.099><c> demonstrated</c><00:20:42.579><c> to</c><00:20:42.859><c> save</c><00:20:43.160><c> someone</c><00:20:43.500><c> else's</c><00:20:43.920><c> life.</c>

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what<00:20:48.660><c> encouragement</c><00:20:49.200><c> we</c><00:20:49.440><c> should</c><00:20:49.619><c> take</c><00:20:49.880><c> from</c><00:20:50.039><c> these</c><00:20:50.259><c> verses.</c>

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Are<00:20:50.700><c> we</c><00:20:51.019><c> going</c><00:20:51.140><c> to</c><00:20:51.299><c> take</c><00:20:51.460><c> encouragement</c><00:20:51.920><c> and</c><00:20:52.119><c> say,</c><00:20:52.859><c> Oh,</c><00:20:53.000><c> well,</c>

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We<00:21:02.279><c> must</c><00:21:02.559><c> take</c><00:21:02.839><c> example</c><00:21:03.299><c> from</c><00:21:03.539><c> Rahab,</c><00:21:04.099><c> shouldn't</c><00:21:04.099><c> we?</c>

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To<00:21:05.460><c> save</c><00:21:05.740><c> others'</c><00:21:06.420><c> life</c><00:21:06.579><c> and</c><00:21:06.960><c> to</c><00:21:07.160><c> fulfill</c><00:21:07.539><c> God's</c><00:21:08.099><c> will</c><00:21:08.440><c> through</c><00:21:08.740><c> others'</c><00:21:08.980><c> life.</c>

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Rahab<00:21:10.920><c> saved</c><00:21:11.220><c> these</c><00:21:11.559><c> two</c><00:21:11.779><c> spices,</c><00:21:12.339><c> as</c><00:21:12.500><c> I</c><00:21:12.720><c> said,</c><00:21:12.920><c> just</c><00:21:13.420><c> the</c><00:21:13.680><c> same</c><00:21:13.880><c> way</c>

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Mary<00:21:14.960><c> saved</c><00:21:16.480><c> Jesus</c><00:21:16.980><c> Christ</c><00:21:18.000><c> in</c><00:21:18.519><c> her</c><00:21:19.000><c> womb.</c>

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She<00:21:20.859><c> could</c><00:21:21.059><c> have</c><00:21:22.000><c> not</c><00:21:23.079><c> been</c><00:21:23.279><c> careful.</c>

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And<00:21:24.660><c> these</c><00:21:25.059><c> women</c><00:21:25.440><c> are</c><00:21:25.660><c> not</c><00:21:25.759><c> the</c><00:21:25.940><c> only</c><00:21:26.220><c> women</c><00:21:26.420><c> in</c><00:21:26.599><c> the</c><00:21:26.720><c> Bible</c>

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who<00:21:27.900><c> say</c><00:21:28.319><c> lies</c><00:21:29.000><c> like</c><00:21:29.299><c> this,</c><00:21:29.599><c> who</c><00:21:29.700><c> try</c><00:21:29.880><c> to</c><00:21:30.099><c> save</c><00:21:30.299><c> lives.</c>

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In<00:21:31.519><c> Exodus</c><00:21:31.839><c> 17</c><00:21:32.559><c>-19,</c><00:21:33.259><c> I'll</c><00:21:33.460><c> read</c><00:21:33.619><c> it</c><00:21:33.779><c> for</c><00:21:33.900><c> you.</c><00:21:35.460><c> We'll</c><00:21:35.900><c> keep</c><00:21:36.140><c> our</c>

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eyes<00:21:36.480><c> focused</c><00:21:36.819><c> on</c><00:21:36.960><c> this</c><00:21:37.119><c> chapter.</c><00:21:37.359><c> I'll</c><00:21:37.500><c> read</c><00:21:37.680><c> it</c><00:21:37.839><c> for</c><00:21:37.960><c> you.</c>

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It<00:21:38.700><c> says,</c><00:21:39.299><c> The</c><00:21:39.299><c> midwives,</c><00:21:39.859><c> however,</c><00:21:40.339><c> feared</c><00:21:40.579><c> God</c><00:21:40.900><c> and</c><00:21:41.039><c> did</c><00:21:41.240><c> not</c><00:21:41.539><c> do</c>

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what<00:21:41.880><c> the</c><00:21:41.980><c> king</c><00:21:42.180><c> of</c><00:21:42.400><c> Egypt</c><00:21:42.759><c> had</c><00:21:43.039><c> told</c><00:21:43.259><c> them</c><00:21:43.440><c> to</c><00:21:43.640><c> do.</c>

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They<00:21:44.599><c> let</c><00:21:44.799><c> the</c><00:21:45.019><c> boys</c><00:21:45.240><c> live.</c><00:21:46.099><c> They</c><00:21:46.319><c> let</c><00:21:46.720><c> the</c><00:21:47.019><c> boys</c><00:21:47.200><c> live.</c><00:21:47.799><c> They</c>

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have<00:21:48.480><c> deliberately</c><00:21:49.079><c> done</c><00:21:49.319><c> that.</c>

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Then<00:21:50.619><c> the</c><00:21:50.740><c> king</c><00:21:50.920><c> of</c><00:21:51.079><c> Egypt</c><00:21:51.319><c> summoned</c><00:21:52.079><c> the</c><00:21:52.339><c> midwives</c><00:21:52.779><c> and</c><00:21:52.980><c> asked</c><00:21:53.200><c> them,</c><00:21:53.640><c> Why</c>

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have<00:21:53.920><c> you</c><00:21:54.019><c> done</c><00:21:54.200><c> this?</c><00:21:54.519><c> Why</c><00:21:54.759><c> have</c><00:21:55.000><c> you</c><00:21:56.140><c> let</c><00:21:56.400><c> the</c><00:21:56.579><c> boys</c><00:21:56.740><c> live?</c>

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The<00:21:57.380><c> midwives</c><00:21:57.700><c> answered</c><00:21:58.140><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:21:59.099><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:59.420><c> women</c><00:21:59.799><c> are</c><00:22:00.180><c> not</c>

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They<00:22:01.920><c> are</c><00:22:02.099><c> vigorous</c><00:22:02.660><c> and</c><00:22:02.900><c> give</c><00:22:03.099><c> birth</c><00:22:03.579><c> before</c><00:22:04.480><c> the</c><00:22:04.700><c> midwives</c>

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arrive.<00:22:05.559><c> A</c><00:22:05.900><c> blatant</c><00:22:06.519><c> lie.</c><00:22:07.880><c> Another</c><00:22:08.220><c> lie</c><00:22:08.480><c> in</c><00:22:08.660><c> the</c><00:22:08.799><c> Bible.</c>

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It<00:22:10.940><c> doesn't</c><00:22:11.140><c> matter</c><00:22:11.460><c> whether</c><00:22:11.660><c> it's</c><00:22:11.940><c> a</c><00:22:12.019><c> lie</c><00:22:12.160><c> or</c><00:22:12.380><c> not.</c><00:22:13.220><c> It's</c><00:22:13.400><c> a</c>

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And<00:22:17.680><c> God</c><00:22:18.180><c> loved</c><00:22:18.880><c> those</c><00:22:19.220><c> women,</c><00:22:19.759><c> all</c><00:22:20.039><c> of</c><00:22:20.140><c> them,</c><00:22:21.200><c> because</c><00:22:21.400><c> of</c>

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We<00:22:26.160><c> need</c><00:22:26.380><c> to</c><00:22:26.519><c> be</c><00:22:26.619><c> able</c><00:22:26.799><c> to</c><00:22:26.940><c> think</c><00:22:27.180><c> sometimes</c><00:22:27.799><c> outside</c><00:22:28.380><c> the</c><00:22:28.720><c> square,</c><00:22:29.140><c> outside</c><00:22:29.420><c> the</c>

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box,<00:22:31.539><c> to</c><00:22:31.880><c> save</c><00:22:32.240><c> life</c><00:22:32.619><c> of</c><00:22:32.880><c> person</c><00:22:33.740><c> and</c><00:22:35.200><c> for</c><00:22:35.440><c> love.</c>

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Do<00:22:41.819><c> we</c><00:22:42.079><c> value</c><00:22:42.599><c> people</c><00:22:43.140><c> and</c><00:22:44.000><c> life,</c><00:22:44.579><c> just</c><00:22:44.839><c> like</c><00:22:45.079><c> these</c><00:22:45.259><c> women,</c>

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traditions<00:22:51.480><c> sometimes?</c>

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Are<00:22:54.019><c> we</c><00:22:54.200><c> ready</c><00:22:54.380><c> to</c><00:22:54.619><c> pick</c><00:22:54.799><c> up</c><00:22:55.000><c> those</c><00:22:55.299><c> who</c><00:22:55.559><c> falls</c><00:22:55.700><c> and</c><00:22:55.900><c> make</c><00:22:56.119><c> mistake?</c>

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Are<00:22:58.180><c> we</c><00:22:58.359><c> ready</c><00:22:58.519><c> to</c><00:22:58.799><c> forgive</c><00:22:59.119><c> seven</c><00:22:59.660><c> times</c><00:23:00.079><c> seven,</c><00:23:00.619><c> brothers</c>

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That's<00:23:06.700><c> what</c><00:23:06.920><c> Bible</c><00:23:07.279><c> challenges</c><00:23:07.700><c> us</c><00:23:08.000><c> today.</c>

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Rahab<00:23:11.859><c> in</c><00:23:12.240><c> this</c><00:23:13.160><c> chapter</c><00:23:13.480><c> is</c><00:23:13.720><c> the</c><00:23:13.859><c> symbol</c><00:23:14.059><c> of</c><00:23:14.279><c> you</c><00:23:14.380><c> and</c><00:23:14.500><c> me.</c>

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She's<00:23:16.180><c> a</c><00:23:16.299><c> symbol</c><00:23:16.480><c> of</c><00:23:16.680><c> the</c><00:23:16.819><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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It<00:23:18.779><c> is</c><00:23:19.220><c> sometimes</c><00:23:19.619><c> hard</c><00:23:19.859><c> for</c><00:23:20.019><c> us</c><00:23:20.160><c> to</c><00:23:20.380><c> see</c><00:23:20.700><c> how</c><00:23:21.180><c> sinful</c><00:23:21.519><c> we</c><00:23:21.779><c> are.</c>

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we<00:23:24.440><c> can</c><00:23:24.680><c> see.</c>

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We<00:23:24.980><c> can</c><00:23:25.299><c> compare</c><00:23:25.579><c> ourselves</c><00:23:26.000><c> with</c><00:23:26.220><c> Rahab</c><00:23:26.460><c> and</c><00:23:26.700><c> say</c><00:23:27.019><c> our</c><00:23:27.480><c> sin</c>

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It's<00:23:32.460><c> not</c><00:23:32.559><c> any</c><00:23:32.799><c> different.</c>

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Well,<00:23:40.059><c> all</c><00:23:40.299><c> those</c><00:23:40.539><c> things</c><00:23:40.859><c> might</c><00:23:41.119><c> sound</c><00:23:41.400><c> very</c><00:23:42.079><c> depressing</c><00:23:42.519><c> that</c><00:23:43.299><c> we</c>

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It's<00:23:51.900><c> not</c><00:23:52.079><c> that</c><00:23:52.400><c> those</c><00:23:52.740><c> things</c><00:23:53.220><c> are</c><00:23:54.140><c> the</c><00:23:54.299><c> only</c><00:23:54.559><c> things</c><00:23:54.799><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:23:56.119><c> not</c><00:23:56.279><c> that</c><00:23:56.460><c> we</c><00:23:56.660><c> are</c><00:23:56.859><c> going</c><00:23:56.980><c> to</c><00:23:57.140><c> be</c><00:23:57.299><c> destroyed</c><00:23:57.880><c> because</c><00:23:58.160><c> we</c>

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do<00:23:58.480><c> the</c><00:23:58.640><c> wrong</c><00:23:58.859><c> thing.</c>

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No,<00:24:00.019><c> we</c><00:24:00.440><c> have</c><00:24:00.700><c> a</c><00:24:00.799><c> great</c><00:24:01.299><c> hope</c><00:24:01.700><c> to</c><00:24:01.920><c> be</c><00:24:02.079><c> able</c><00:24:02.259><c> to</c><00:24:02.480><c> rejoice</c><00:24:03.140><c> from</c>

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this<00:24:04.200><c> chapter,</c><00:24:04.579><c> from</c><00:24:04.880><c> Rahab's</c><00:24:05.200><c> life,</c>

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that<00:24:06.200><c> no</c><00:24:06.519><c> matter</c><00:24:06.720><c> how</c><00:24:07.180><c> big</c><00:24:07.400><c> the</c><00:24:07.720><c> sin</c><00:24:07.839><c> is,</c><00:24:08.319><c> no</c><00:24:08.480><c> matter</c><00:24:08.660><c> how</c><00:24:09.019><c> big</c>

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mistakes<00:24:09.839><c> we</c><00:24:10.099><c> do,</c>

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God<00:24:10.960><c> can</c><00:24:11.279><c> forgive</c><00:24:11.559><c> and</c><00:24:11.700><c> He</c><00:24:11.900><c> will</c><00:24:12.259><c> forgive</c><00:24:12.660><c> just</c><00:24:12.920><c> like</c><00:24:13.140><c> He</c><00:24:13.240><c> did</c>

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to<00:24:13.680><c> Rahab.</c>

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He<00:24:14.380><c> will</c><00:24:14.559><c> forgive</c><00:24:14.839><c> our</c><00:24:15.119><c> sins.</c>

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Many<00:24:17.680><c> scholars</c><00:24:18.079><c> think</c><00:24:18.660><c> that</c><00:24:19.039><c> Rahab</c><00:24:19.460><c> was</c><00:24:19.799><c> married</c><00:24:20.180><c> to</c><00:24:20.400><c> one</c><00:24:20.519><c> of</c>

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those<00:24:20.839><c> spies.</c>

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Now,<00:24:23.420><c> although</c><00:24:23.779><c> Rahab,</c><00:24:24.460><c> for</c><00:24:24.660><c> me,</c><00:24:25.559><c> if</c><00:24:25.819><c> we</c><00:24:25.960><c> think</c><00:24:26.259><c> from</c><00:24:27.299><c> an</c><00:24:27.480><c> easy</c><00:24:27.759><c> understanding,</c>

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we<00:24:28.500><c> see</c><00:24:28.720><c> that</c><00:24:29.859><c> her</c><00:24:30.140><c> hospitality</c><00:24:30.819><c> and</c><00:24:31.220><c> loving</c><00:24:31.660><c> kindness</c><00:24:32.059><c> that</c>

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was<00:24:32.480><c> shown</c><00:24:32.720><c> to</c><00:24:33.000><c> these</c><00:24:34.240><c> spies</c>

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would<00:24:35.660><c> have</c><00:24:35.799><c> very</c><00:24:36.099><c> easily</c><00:24:36.460><c> melt</c><00:24:37.140><c> any</c><00:24:37.700><c> man's</c><00:24:38.220><c> heart,</c><00:24:38.559><c> especially</c><00:24:38.859><c> when</c><00:24:39.079><c> they</c><00:24:39.339><c> are</c>

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in<00:24:39.559><c> trouble</c><00:24:39.819><c> like</c><00:24:40.180><c> that.</c>

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But<00:24:41.259><c> we</c><00:24:41.420><c> are</c><00:24:41.640><c> not</c><00:24:41.799><c> sure,</c><00:24:43.079><c> 100</c><00:24:43.380><c>%</c><00:24:43.599><c> sure,</c><00:24:44.039><c> that</c><00:24:44.160><c> whether</c><00:24:44.380><c> or</c><00:24:44.519><c> not</c>

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she<00:24:44.839><c> was</c><00:24:45.059><c> married</c><00:24:45.339><c> to</c><00:24:45.519><c> one</c><00:24:45.680><c> of</c><00:24:45.799><c> those</c><00:24:46.019><c> spies.</c>

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But<00:24:47.220><c> one</c><00:24:47.480><c> thing</c><00:24:47.740><c> we</c><00:24:47.940><c> are</c><00:24:48.039><c> very</c><00:24:48.440><c> sure</c><00:24:48.700><c> of</c><00:24:49.059><c> is</c><00:24:49.400><c> that</c><00:24:49.839><c> according</c>

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to<00:24:50.420><c> Matthew</c><00:24:50.700><c> chapter</c><00:24:51.019><c> 5,</c><00:24:51.480><c> verse</c><00:24:51.680><c> 4,</c>

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that<00:24:52.420><c> she</c><00:24:52.599><c> was</c><00:24:52.960><c> the</c><00:24:53.119><c> mother</c><00:24:53.380><c> of</c><00:24:54.519><c> Boaz.</c>

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And<00:24:56.660><c> that</c><00:24:56.839><c> means</c><00:24:57.000><c> she</c><00:24:57.140><c> was</c><00:24:57.380><c> married</c><00:24:57.619><c> to</c><00:24:57.960><c> Solomon,</c><00:24:58.559><c> who</c><00:24:58.700><c> was</c><00:24:59.079><c> the</c><00:24:59.500><c> descendant</c><00:24:59.859><c> of</c>

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Abraham,<00:25:00.420><c> Isaac,</c><00:25:00.859><c> Jacob,</c><00:25:01.220><c> and</c><00:25:01.339><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:25:03.240><c> our</c><00:25:03.420><c> Lord</c><00:25:03.660><c> Jesus</c><00:25:04.339><c> Christ</c><00:25:05.039><c> is</c><00:25:05.839><c> the</c><00:25:06.000><c> descendant</c><00:25:06.500><c> of</c><00:25:06.759><c> Solomon</c><00:25:07.099><c> and</c><00:25:07.579><c> Rahab.</c>

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How<00:25:09.359><c> interesting.</c>

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So<00:25:11.279><c> that</c><00:25:11.380><c> we</c><00:25:11.480><c> can</c><00:25:11.740><c> see</c><00:25:12.400><c> God's</c><00:25:13.019><c> forgiveness,</c><00:25:13.680><c> where</c><00:25:13.900><c> God</c><00:25:14.140><c> can</c>

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bring<00:25:14.599><c> us</c><00:25:14.799><c> from</c><00:25:15.039><c> our</c><00:25:15.240><c> sin,</c>

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where<00:25:16.299><c> God</c><00:25:16.539><c> can</c><00:25:16.920><c> elevate</c><00:25:17.339><c> us</c><00:25:17.640><c> and</c><00:25:17.839><c> lift</c><00:25:18.059><c> us</c><00:25:18.299><c> up.</c>

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As<00:25:20.180><c> we</c><00:25:20.380><c> come</c><00:25:20.559><c> to</c><00:25:20.720><c> remember</c><00:25:21.079><c> our</c><00:25:21.299><c> Lord's</c><00:25:21.740><c> death,</c><00:25:22.339><c> we</c><00:25:22.619><c> must</c><00:25:22.940><c> take</c>

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encouragement<00:25:23.720><c> from</c><00:25:23.980><c> these</c><00:25:24.240><c> things,</c><00:25:24.559><c> brothers</c><00:25:24.700><c> and</c><00:25:24.859><c> sisters.</c>

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If<00:25:26.400><c> we</c><00:25:26.559><c> only</c><00:25:26.859><c> can</c><00:25:27.160><c> trust</c><00:25:27.519><c> like</c><00:25:27.880><c> Rahab,</c><00:25:28.900><c> we</c><00:25:29.140><c> will</c><00:25:29.400><c> be</c><00:25:30.359><c> saved.</c>

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God<00:25:32.519><c> loves</c><00:25:32.839><c> us</c><00:25:33.059><c> so</c><00:25:33.400><c> much</c><00:25:33.599><c> that</c><00:25:33.920><c> He</c><00:25:34.519><c> gave</c><00:25:34.859><c> His</c><00:25:35.200><c> only</c><00:25:35.579><c> Son.</c>

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His<00:25:37.279><c> Son,</c><00:25:37.599><c> our</c><00:25:37.839><c> Master,</c><00:25:38.400><c> our</c><00:25:38.599><c> Bridegroom,</c>

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the<00:25:40.200><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:25:40.619><c> as</c><00:25:40.779><c> we</c><00:25:40.900><c> have</c><00:25:41.119><c> sung</c><00:25:41.240><c> in</c><00:25:42.000><c> the</c><00:25:42.119><c> hymn</c><00:25:42.359><c> that</c><00:25:42.920><c> He</c><00:25:43.140><c> is</c>

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the<00:25:43.539><c> Bridegroom,</c><00:25:43.960><c> He</c><00:25:44.059><c> is</c><00:25:44.119><c> going</c><00:25:44.259><c> to</c><00:25:44.400><c> come.</c>

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Isn't<00:25:46.160><c> that</c><00:25:46.400><c> very</c><00:25:46.700><c> appropriate</c><00:25:47.299><c> that</c><00:25:47.480><c> the</c><00:25:47.619><c> next</c><00:25:47.880><c> section</c><00:25:48.220><c> of</c>

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this<00:25:48.640><c> chapter</c><00:25:49.720><c> symbolizes</c><00:25:50.859><c> the</c><00:25:51.099><c> death</c><00:25:51.420><c> of</c><00:25:51.700><c> our</c><00:25:51.839><c> Lord</c><00:25:51.980><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:25:52.579><c> as</c><00:25:52.819><c> well?</c>

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As<00:25:53.700><c> we</c><00:25:53.920><c> read</c><00:25:54.079><c> in</c><00:25:54.240><c> verse</c><00:25:54.420><c> 6</c><00:25:54.680><c> and</c><00:25:54.839><c> 7,</c><00:25:55.160><c> this</c><00:25:55.339><c> is</c><00:25:55.460><c> what</c><00:25:55.599><c> it</c><00:25:55.819><c> says,</c>

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but<00:25:56.680><c> she</c><00:25:56.880><c> had</c><00:25:57.119><c> taken</c><00:25:57.380><c> them</c><00:25:57.640><c> up</c><00:25:57.940><c> to</c><00:25:58.119><c> the</c><00:25:58.259><c> roof</c><00:25:58.460><c> and</c><00:25:58.680><c> hidden</c><00:25:58.880><c> them</c>

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under<00:26:00.039><c> the</c><00:26:00.339><c> stalks</c><00:26:00.819><c> of</c><00:26:00.980><c> the</c><00:26:01.279><c> flecks</c><00:26:01.700><c> she</c><00:26:02.180><c> had</c><00:26:02.680><c> laid</c><00:26:03.019><c> on</c><00:26:03.339><c> the</c><00:26:03.480><c> roof.</c>

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So<00:26:04.480><c> she</c><00:26:05.279><c> hides</c><00:26:05.819><c> them</c><00:26:06.619><c> under</c><00:26:07.160><c> the</c><00:26:07.579><c> flecks</c><00:26:08.099><c> where</c><00:26:08.359><c> they</c><00:26:08.519><c> have</c><00:26:08.759><c> to</c>

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go<00:26:09.180><c> under</c><00:26:09.680><c> something,</c>

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and<00:26:10.960><c> they</c><00:26:11.200><c> also</c><00:26:11.559><c> have</c><00:26:11.779><c> to</c><00:26:11.920><c> hide,</c><00:26:12.200><c> according</c><00:26:12.539><c> to</c><00:26:12.799><c> verse</c><00:26:13.059><c> 16,</c>

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for<00:26:14.220><c> three</c><00:26:14.559><c> days.</c>

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So<00:26:16.420><c> they</c><00:26:16.559><c> have</c><00:26:16.759><c> to</c><00:26:17.619><c> be</c><00:26:18.079><c> hidden</c><00:26:18.519><c> for</c><00:26:18.799><c> three</c><00:26:19.099><c> days.</c>

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How<00:26:23.160><c> beautifully</c><00:26:23.839><c> it</c><00:26:24.900><c> connects</c><00:26:25.299><c> to</c><00:26:25.599><c> the</c><00:26:25.700><c> death</c><00:26:25.859><c> of</c><00:26:26.099><c> our</c><00:26:26.220><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:26:26.779><c> Christ,</c>

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who<00:26:27.759><c> had</c><00:26:27.940><c> to</c><00:26:28.200><c> go</c><00:26:28.940><c> in</c><00:26:29.299><c> the</c><00:26:29.579><c> cave</c><00:26:29.880><c> and</c><00:26:30.299><c> be</c><00:26:30.920><c> dead</c><00:26:31.259><c> for</c><00:26:31.559><c> three</c><00:26:31.819><c> days</c>

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in<00:26:32.740><c> His</c><00:26:33.079><c> first</c><00:26:33.740><c> coming,</c><00:26:34.160><c> when</c><00:26:34.380><c> He</c><00:26:34.500><c> came</c><00:26:34.799><c> first</c><00:26:35.079><c> in</c><00:26:35.180><c> this</c><00:26:35.440><c> world.</c>

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In<00:26:38.079><c> the</c><00:26:38.240><c> middle</c><00:26:38.339><c> of</c><00:26:38.599><c> all</c><00:26:38.819><c> this,</c><00:26:39.240><c> brothers</c><00:26:39.319><c> and</c><00:26:39.480><c> sisters,</c><00:26:39.680><c> we</c><00:26:39.839><c> see</c><00:26:40.079><c> that</c><00:26:41.440><c> a</c>

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beautiful<00:26:42.160><c> confession</c><00:26:42.700><c> of</c><00:26:43.000><c> faith</c><00:26:43.420><c> is</c><00:26:43.779><c> made,</c>

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from<00:26:44.759><c> verse</c><00:26:45.039><c> 8</c><00:26:45.339><c> to</c><00:26:45.480><c> verse</c><00:26:45.779><c> 13,</c><00:26:46.279><c> and</c><00:26:46.380><c> we'll</c><00:26:47.319><c> read</c><00:26:47.480><c> a</c><00:26:47.500><c> few</c><00:26:47.599><c> of</c>

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these<00:26:47.920><c> verses.</c>

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Here's<00:26:48.960><c> what</c><00:26:49.140><c> it</c><00:26:49.359><c> says.</c><00:26:49.619><c> It</c><00:26:49.720><c> says,</c>

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She<00:26:58.279><c> knows</c><00:26:58.279><c> that</c><00:26:58.400><c> the</c><00:26:58.579><c> Lord</c><00:26:58.980><c> has</c><00:26:59.640><c> given</c><00:27:00.000><c> this</c><00:27:00.319><c> land</c><00:27:00.539><c> to</c><00:27:00.819><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:27:02.279><c> her</c><00:27:02.400><c> confession.</c><00:27:03.000><c> She</c><00:27:03.000><c> trusts.</c><00:27:03.380><c> She</c><00:27:03.539><c> knows</c><00:27:03.859><c> even</c>

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before<00:27:04.380><c> she's</c><00:27:04.740><c> told.</c>

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She<00:27:05.400><c> knows</c><00:27:05.680><c> this</c><00:27:05.920><c> is</c><00:27:06.039><c> going</c><00:27:06.119><c> to</c><00:27:06.319><c> happen.</c>

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Verse<00:27:08.380><c> 10,</c><00:27:08.660><c> we</c><00:27:08.759><c> have</c><00:27:09.019><c> heard,</c><00:27:09.819><c> she</c><00:27:10.039><c> continues</c><00:27:10.539><c> what</c><00:27:11.059><c> she</c><00:27:11.259><c> has</c>

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heard<00:27:11.900><c> about</c><00:27:13.700><c> Israelites,</c><00:27:16.519><c> what</c><00:27:16.660><c> God</c><00:27:16.880><c> has</c><00:27:17.119><c> done.</c>

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Verse<00:27:17.619><c> 11,</c><00:27:18.039><c> we</c><00:27:18.140><c> have</c><00:27:18.440><c> heard</c><00:27:18.759><c> again.</c>

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That's<00:27:21.559><c> because</c><00:27:22.079><c> she</c><00:27:22.539><c> has</c><00:27:22.859><c> heard</c><00:27:23.160><c> and</c><00:27:23.440><c> these</c><00:27:23.940><c> nations</c><00:27:24.339><c> have</c>

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heard<00:27:24.859><c> what</c><00:27:25.119><c> God</c><00:27:25.400><c> has</c><00:27:25.599><c> been</c><00:27:25.839><c> doing</c><00:27:26.400><c> with</c><00:27:27.079><c> Israelites</c>

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and<00:27:28.460><c> showing</c><00:27:28.640><c> His</c><00:27:28.980><c> power</c><00:27:29.240><c> in</c><00:27:29.440><c> so</c><00:27:29.579><c> many</c><00:27:29.759><c> different</c><00:27:30.000><c> ways.</c>

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Verse<00:27:30.960><c> 12,</c><00:27:31.319><c> now</c><00:27:31.519><c> then,</c><00:27:32.359><c> please</c><00:27:32.460><c> swear</c><00:27:32.819><c> to</c><00:27:33.039><c> me</c><00:27:33.160><c> by</c><00:27:33.460><c> the</c><00:27:33.640><c> Lord</c><00:27:33.819><c> that</c><00:27:34.099><c> you</c><00:27:34.460><c> will</c><00:27:34.960><c> show</c><00:27:35.259><c> kindness</c><00:27:35.720><c> to</c>

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my<00:27:36.339><c> family,</c>

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because<00:27:37.000><c> I</c><00:27:37.240><c> show</c><00:27:37.400><c> kindness</c><00:27:37.740><c> to</c><00:27:38.019><c> you.</c>

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Give<00:27:38.900><c> me</c><00:27:39.200><c> sure</c><00:27:39.539><c> sign</c><00:27:39.880><c> that</c><00:27:40.059><c> you</c><00:27:40.259><c> will</c><00:27:40.519><c> spare</c><00:27:40.759><c> the</c><00:27:41.000><c> lives</c><00:27:41.180><c> of</c><00:27:41.420><c> my</c>

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father<00:27:41.799><c> and</c><00:27:41.960><c> mother,</c><00:27:42.180><c> my</c><00:27:42.339><c> brothers</c><00:27:42.539><c> and</c><00:27:42.759><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:46.880
and<00:27:43.759><c> all</c><00:27:44.119><c> who</c><00:27:44.400><c> belongs</c><00:27:44.819><c> to</c><00:27:45.099><c> them,</c><00:27:45.579><c> and</c><00:27:45.880><c> that</c><00:27:46.039><c> you</c><00:27:46.180><c> will</c><00:27:46.539><c> save</c>

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us<00:27:47.180><c> from</c><00:27:47.420><c> death.</c>

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This<00:27:50.079><c> is</c><00:27:50.279><c> her</c><00:27:50.500><c> confession</c><00:27:51.160><c> made</c><00:27:52.279><c> to</c><00:27:52.599><c> despise.</c>

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See,<00:27:54.680><c> Rahab</c><00:27:54.799><c> is</c><00:27:55.119><c> telling</c><00:27:55.339><c> us</c><00:27:56.140><c> over</c><00:27:56.599><c> and</c><00:27:56.680><c> over</c><00:27:56.960><c> again</c><00:27:57.160><c> that</c><00:27:57.299><c> she</c>

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has<00:27:57.779><c> heard.</c>

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They<00:27:58.900><c> have</c><00:27:59.160><c> heard.</c>

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Isn't<00:28:00.940><c> it</c><00:28:01.140><c> very</c><00:28:01.460><c> much</c><00:28:01.640><c> like</c><00:28:01.880><c> you</c><00:28:02.079><c> and</c><00:28:02.299><c> me</c><00:28:02.480><c> today?</c>

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:05.160
We<00:28:03.539><c> haven't</c><00:28:03.819><c> seen</c><00:28:04.119><c> what</c><00:28:04.339><c> happened</c><00:28:04.680><c> to</c><00:28:04.940><c> Israelites.</c>

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:09.480
We<00:28:05.359><c> haven't</c><00:28:05.619><c> seen</c><00:28:05.920><c> the</c><00:28:06.160><c> power</c><00:28:06.660><c> our</c><00:28:07.079><c> Lord</c><00:28:07.319><c> Jesus</c><00:28:07.819><c> Christ</c><00:28:08.359><c> demonstrated</c><00:28:09.200><c> when</c>

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He<00:28:09.640><c> was</c><00:28:09.779><c> in</c><00:28:09.940><c> this</c><00:28:10.180><c> world.</c>

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We<00:28:10.640><c> only</c><00:28:11.019><c> have</c><00:28:11.319><c> heard,</c><00:28:11.640><c> just</c><00:28:11.940><c> like</c><00:28:12.160><c> Rahab.</c>

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Are<00:28:13.819><c> we</c><00:28:13.960><c> able</c><00:28:14.099><c> to</c><00:28:14.319><c> take</c><00:28:14.539><c> faith</c><00:28:14.920><c> just</c><00:28:15.279><c> because</c><00:28:15.559><c> of</c><00:28:15.740><c> what</c><00:28:15.920><c> we</c><00:28:16.140><c> have</c><00:28:16.380><c> heard</c><00:28:16.680><c> or</c>

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:20.480
what<00:28:17.220><c> we</c><00:28:17.440><c> hear</c><00:28:17.619><c> every</c><00:28:17.960><c> day</c><00:28:18.119><c> from</c><00:28:18.319><c> the</c><00:28:18.500><c> Word</c><00:28:18.779><c> of</c><00:28:19.500><c> God?</c>

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Just<00:28:21.799><c> like</c><00:28:22.059><c> you</c><00:28:22.240><c> and</c><00:28:22.400><c> me,</c><00:28:24.000><c> she</c><00:28:26.500><c> directly</c><00:28:27.019><c> believed</c><00:28:27.619><c> what</c><00:28:28.759><c> God</c>

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has<00:28:30.259><c> done</c><00:28:30.720><c> by</c><00:28:31.180><c> hearing.</c>

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And<00:28:34.079><c> see</c><00:28:34.180><c> how</c><00:28:34.420><c> much</c><00:28:34.640><c> she</c><00:28:34.819><c> was</c><00:28:35.119><c> prepared</c><00:28:35.400><c> to</c><00:28:35.599><c> do</c><00:28:35.700><c> by</c><00:28:36.099><c> just</c><00:28:36.660><c> what</c>

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.160
she<00:28:37.140><c> has</c><00:28:37.359><c> heard.</c>

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She<00:28:38.740><c> was</c><00:28:39.039><c> prepared</c><00:28:39.400><c> to</c><00:28:39.619><c> do</c><00:28:39.920><c> everything,</c><00:28:40.799><c> and</c><00:28:41.079><c> what</c><00:28:41.519><c> didn't</c>

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she<00:28:42.180><c> do?</c>

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Let's<00:28:44.140><c> see</c><00:28:44.279><c> what</c><00:28:44.460><c> she</c><00:28:44.640><c> did.</c>

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If<00:28:45.359><c> we</c><00:28:46.359><c> think</c><00:28:46.559><c> carefully,</c><00:28:46.980><c> this</c><00:28:47.140><c> is</c><00:28:47.259><c> what</c><00:28:47.380><c> we</c><00:28:47.619><c> see.</c>

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The<00:28:48.380><c> spies</c><00:28:48.619><c> would</c><00:28:48.839><c> have</c><00:28:48.960><c> been</c><00:28:49.039><c> very</c><00:28:49.339><c> hungry,</c><00:28:50.240><c> so</c><00:28:50.380><c> she</c><00:28:50.539><c> would</c>

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have<00:28:50.880><c> provided</c><00:28:51.180><c> them</c><00:28:51.440><c> food.</c>

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They<00:28:52.380><c> would</c><00:28:52.539><c> have</c><00:28:52.640><c> been</c><00:28:52.839><c> thirsty,</c><00:28:53.180><c> and</c><00:28:53.299><c> he</c><00:28:53.420><c> would,</c><00:28:53.619><c> I</c><00:28:53.759><c> would</c>

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too,<00:28:54.519><c> if</c><00:28:54.720><c> we</c><00:28:54.900><c> were</c><00:28:55.220><c> scared</c><00:28:55.619><c> and</c><00:28:55.839><c> afraid,</c>

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and<00:28:56.400><c> we</c><00:28:56.960><c> were</c><00:28:57.000><c> going</c><00:28:57.299><c> somewhere</c><00:28:57.579><c> as</c><00:28:57.839><c> spies.</c>

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He<00:28:58.200><c> would</c><00:28:58.359><c> definitely</c><00:28:58.640><c> want</c><00:28:59.099><c> water,</c><00:28:59.579><c> and</c><00:28:59.700><c> she</c><00:28:59.819><c> would</c><00:28:59.960><c> have</c>

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given<00:29:00.259><c> them</c><00:29:00.460><c> water.</c>

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She<00:29:01.920><c> would</c><00:29:02.079><c> have</c><00:29:02.220><c> given</c><00:29:02.400><c> them</c><00:29:02.660><c> drinks.</c>

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They<00:29:04.839><c> were</c><00:29:05.160><c> strangers</c><00:29:05.579><c> in</c><00:29:05.799><c> the</c><00:29:05.960><c> land,</c><00:29:06.200><c> and</c><00:29:06.220><c> she</c><00:29:06.440><c> invited</c><00:29:06.920><c> them</c><00:29:07.160><c> in.</c>

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Their<00:29:08.660><c> clothes</c><00:29:09.039><c> would</c><00:29:09.299><c> have</c><00:29:09.500><c> been</c><00:29:09.839><c> wet,</c><00:29:10.400><c> because</c><00:29:10.539><c> if</c><00:29:10.700><c> they</c>

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had<00:29:10.980><c> just</c><00:29:11.319><c> crossed</c><00:29:11.680><c> the</c><00:29:11.819><c> Jordan</c><00:29:12.059><c> River,</c>

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and<00:29:13.019><c> they</c><00:29:13.480><c> had</c><00:29:13.740><c> to</c><00:29:13.980><c> live</c><00:29:14.319><c> with</c><00:29:14.680><c> those</c><00:29:15.119><c> clothes</c><00:29:15.359><c> for</c><00:29:15.579><c> three</c><00:29:15.839><c> more</c><00:29:16.079><c> days,</c><00:29:16.420><c> and</c>

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go<00:29:16.880><c> under</c><00:29:17.180><c> the</c><00:29:17.400><c> flecks</c><00:29:17.559><c> and</c><00:29:17.700><c> all</c><00:29:17.859><c> that,</c>

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so<00:29:18.299><c> she</c><00:29:18.460><c> would</c><00:29:18.619><c> have</c><00:29:18.819><c> provided</c><00:29:19.119><c> them</c><00:29:19.400><c> clothes</c><00:29:19.619><c> as</c><00:29:19.900><c> well.</c>

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They<00:29:25.500><c> were</c><00:29:25.779><c> tired</c><00:29:26.099><c> and</c><00:29:26.339><c> scared,</c><00:29:26.900><c> and</c><00:29:26.900><c> they</c><00:29:27.519><c> were</c><00:29:27.759><c> afraid,</c><00:29:29.599><c> and</c>

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:31.380
they<00:29:30.059><c> were</c><00:29:30.200><c> looked</c><00:29:30.420><c> after</c><00:29:30.740><c> by</c><00:29:31.000><c> Rahab.</c>

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They<00:29:32.339><c> were</c><00:29:32.539><c> going</c><00:29:32.700><c> to</c><00:29:32.900><c> go</c><00:29:33.039><c> to</c><00:29:33.160><c> the</c><00:29:33.299><c> prison.</c>

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If<00:29:33.819><c> she</c><00:29:34.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:34.279><c> have</c><00:29:34.579><c> saved</c><00:29:34.880><c> them,</c><00:29:35.059><c> but</c><00:29:35.220><c> she</c><00:29:35.559><c> saved</c><00:29:35.839><c> them</c>

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from<00:29:36.220><c> the</c><00:29:36.440><c> prison.</c>

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Isn't<00:29:38.119><c> that</c><00:29:38.359><c> exactly</c><00:29:39.140><c> what</c><00:29:39.420><c> our</c><00:29:39.619><c> Lord</c><00:29:39.799><c> Jesus</c><00:29:40.240><c> Christ</c><00:29:40.559><c> commanded</c><00:29:41.019><c> in</c><00:29:41.259><c> Matthew</c><00:29:41.519><c> chapter</c><00:29:41.859><c> 25?</c>

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Isn't<00:29:42.980><c> that</c><00:29:43.140><c> what</c><00:29:43.220><c> he</c><00:29:43.400><c> says,</c><00:29:44.140><c> that</c><00:29:44.319><c> in</c><00:29:44.539><c> the</c><00:29:44.759><c> kingdom,</c><00:29:45.099><c> this</c><00:29:45.279><c> is</c>

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what<00:29:45.480><c> he's</c><00:29:45.700><c> going</c><00:29:45.799><c> to</c><00:29:45.940><c> say,</c>

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in<00:29:46.279><c> the</c><00:29:46.359><c> same</c><00:29:46.599><c> way</c><00:29:47.779><c> he</c><00:29:48.460><c> will</c><00:29:48.660><c> say,</c><00:29:49.299><c> the</c><00:29:49.380><c> king</c><00:29:49.880><c> will</c><00:29:50.319><c> say</c><00:29:50.500><c> to</c><00:29:50.599><c> those</c><00:29:50.980><c> on</c>

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his<00:29:51.559><c> right,</c>

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come,<00:29:52.640><c> you</c><00:29:52.740><c> who</c><00:29:52.859><c> are</c><00:29:53.099><c> blessed</c><00:29:53.380><c> by</c><00:29:53.740><c> my</c><00:29:54.180><c> father,</c><00:29:55.079><c> take</c><00:29:55.299><c> your</c><00:29:55.559><c> inheritance,</c>

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the<00:29:56.200><c> kingdom</c><00:29:56.460><c> prepared</c><00:29:57.039><c> for</c><00:29:57.319><c> you</c><00:29:57.839><c> since</c><00:29:58.140><c> the</c><00:29:58.359><c> creation</c><00:29:58.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:59.099><c> world.</c>

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And<00:30:00.440><c> then</c><00:30:00.700><c> he</c><00:30:00.880><c> goes</c><00:30:01.160><c> on,</c><00:30:01.599><c> our</c><00:30:01.599><c> Lord</c><00:30:01.779><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:02.140><c> and</c><00:30:02.279><c> this</c><00:30:02.480><c> is</c><00:30:02.559><c> what</c>

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he<00:30:02.839><c> says,</c>

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this<00:30:03.700><c> is</c><00:30:03.920><c> why</c><00:30:04.180><c> the</c><00:30:04.400><c> kingdom</c><00:30:04.660><c> is</c><00:30:04.920><c> prepared</c><00:30:05.279><c> for</c><00:30:05.500><c> you,</c><00:30:06.200><c> because</c>

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for<00:30:07.140><c> I</c><00:30:07.279><c> was</c><00:30:07.500><c> hungry,</c><00:30:07.880><c> and</c><00:30:08.000><c> you</c><00:30:08.140><c> gave</c><00:30:08.400><c> me</c><00:30:08.680><c> something</c><00:30:09.059><c> to</c><00:30:09.299><c> eat.</c>

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I<00:30:09.920><c> was</c><00:30:10.160><c> thirsty,</c><00:30:10.559><c> and</c><00:30:10.619><c> you</c><00:30:10.700><c> gave</c><00:30:10.880><c> me</c><00:30:11.039><c> something</c><00:30:11.339><c> to</c><00:30:11.599><c> drink.</c>

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I<00:30:11.859><c> was</c><00:30:12.400><c> stranger,</c><00:30:13.119><c> and</c><00:30:13.259><c> you</c><00:30:13.519><c> invited</c><00:30:13.859><c> me</c><00:30:14.119><c> in.</c>

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I<00:30:14.759><c> needed</c><00:30:15.099><c> clothes,</c><00:30:15.759><c> just</c><00:30:16.000><c> like</c><00:30:16.240><c> those</c><00:30:16.559><c> spies,</c><00:30:17.339><c> and</c><00:30:17.599><c> you</c><00:30:17.920><c> clothed</c><00:30:18.279><c> me.</c>

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I<00:30:18.900><c> was</c><00:30:19.160><c> sick,</c><00:30:19.400><c> and</c><00:30:19.799><c> you</c><00:30:19.980><c> looked</c><00:30:20.259><c> after</c><00:30:20.519><c> me.</c>

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I<00:30:20.740><c> was</c><00:30:20.940><c> in</c><00:30:21.019><c> the</c><00:30:21.220><c> prison,</c><00:30:22.059><c> and</c><00:30:22.640><c> you</c><00:30:22.920><c> came</c><00:30:23.359><c> to</c><00:30:23.640><c> visit</c><00:30:23.839><c> me.</c>

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Matthew<00:30:24.799><c> 25,</c><00:30:26.000><c> 34</c><00:30:26.720><c>-36.</c>

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So<00:30:29.180><c> this</c><00:30:29.460><c> was</c><00:30:29.859><c> not</c><00:30:30.180><c> just</c><00:30:30.480><c> what</c><00:30:30.720><c> she</c><00:30:31.000><c> confessed,</c><00:30:31.880><c> it</c><00:30:31.960><c> was</c><00:30:32.200><c> not</c>

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only<00:30:32.740><c> her</c><00:30:33.079><c> word,</c>

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not<00:30:34.220><c> only</c><00:30:34.539><c> Rahab's</c><00:30:35.099><c> word,</c><00:30:35.420><c> but</c><00:30:35.700><c> it</c><00:30:35.980><c> was</c><00:30:36.220><c> the</c><00:30:36.519><c> demonstration</c>

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of<00:30:37.559><c> her</c><00:30:37.839><c> word,</c><00:30:38.259><c> which</c><00:30:38.339><c> was</c><00:30:38.559><c> her</c><00:30:38.799><c> action.</c>

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And<00:30:39.940><c> that's</c><00:30:40.180><c> exactly</c><00:30:40.519><c> what</c><00:30:41.019><c> James</c><00:30:41.660><c> said</c><00:30:42.240><c> when</c><00:30:42.519><c> he</c><00:30:42.819><c> mentions</c>

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.779
about<00:30:43.940><c> Rahab,</c><00:30:44.279><c> and</c><00:30:44.380><c> he</c><00:30:44.539><c> said,</c>

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:48.960
in<00:30:45.039><c> the</c><00:30:45.319><c> same</c><00:30:45.519><c> way,</c><00:30:46.440><c> was</c><00:30:46.480><c> not</c><00:30:47.059><c> even</c><00:30:47.700><c> Rahab</c><00:30:48.119><c> the</c><00:30:48.359><c> prostitute</c>

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:53.599
considered<00:30:49.519><c> righteous</c><00:30:50.180><c> for</c><00:30:50.619><c> what</c><00:30:50.799><c> she</c><00:30:51.019><c> did</c><00:30:51.240><c> when</c><00:30:51.519><c> she</c><00:30:52.680><c> gave</c><00:30:53.000><c> lodging,</c>

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:57.640
see,<00:30:53.839><c> she</c><00:30:54.119><c> gave</c><00:30:54.579><c> lodging,</c><00:30:55.079><c> an</c><00:30:55.259><c> action</c><00:30:55.619><c> of</c><00:30:55.940><c> faith</c><00:30:56.259><c> to</c><00:30:56.819><c> the</c><00:30:57.079><c> spies,</c><00:30:57.440><c> and</c>

00:30:57.640 --> 00:31:00.559
sent<00:30:57.900><c> them</c><00:30:58.119><c> off,</c><00:30:58.420><c> another</c><00:30:58.680><c> work,</c><00:30:59.519><c> an</c><00:30:59.660><c> action</c><00:30:59.980><c> of</c><00:31:00.299><c> faith,</c>

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:05.160
sent<00:31:01.200><c> them</c><00:31:01.420><c> off</c><00:31:01.640><c> in</c><00:31:01.839><c> different</c><00:31:02.099><c> direction,</c><00:31:02.940><c> as</c><00:31:03.160><c> the</c><00:31:03.400><c> body</c><00:31:03.700><c> without</c><00:31:04.099><c> spirit</c><00:31:04.680><c> is</c>

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:09.500
dead,<00:31:05.720><c> so</c><00:31:05.880><c> the</c><00:31:06.200><c> faith</c><00:31:06.599><c> without</c><00:31:07.240><c> deeds</c><00:31:07.700><c> is</c><00:31:08.619><c> dead.</c>

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:12.359
James<00:31:10.240><c> 2,</c><00:31:10.619><c> 25</c><00:31:11.140><c>-26.</c>

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:17.059
Makes<00:31:12.859><c> much</c><00:31:13.279><c> more</c><00:31:13.519><c> sense</c><00:31:13.839><c> when</c><00:31:14.019><c> we</c><00:31:14.180><c> consider</c><00:31:14.619><c> what</c><00:31:14.880><c> Rahab</c><00:31:15.240><c> did,</c><00:31:15.599><c> doesn't</c><00:31:16.180><c> it?</c>

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:23.279
And<00:31:18.099><c> how</c><00:31:18.660><c> can</c><00:31:18.940><c> we</c><00:31:19.299><c> show</c><00:31:19.579><c> the</c><00:31:19.880><c> same</c><00:31:20.099><c> sort</c><00:31:20.440><c> of</c><00:31:20.619><c> love,</c><00:31:21.740><c> or</c><00:31:21.740><c> same</c><00:31:22.180><c> sort</c><00:31:22.599><c> of</c><00:31:22.859><c> kindness,</c>

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:28.759
same<00:31:24.000><c> sort</c><00:31:24.359><c> of</c><00:31:25.240><c> thing</c><00:31:25.420><c> that</c><00:31:25.700><c> Rahab</c><00:31:26.140><c> displayed</c><00:31:26.619><c> and</c><00:31:26.900><c> demonstrated</c><00:31:27.400><c> to</c><00:31:27.720><c> our</c>

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:31.960
spies,<00:31:29.980><c> our</c><00:31:30.279><c> bridegroom,</c><00:31:30.839><c> our</c><00:31:31.099><c> lord,</c><00:31:31.440><c> our</c><00:31:31.559><c> master?</c>

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.460
How<00:31:32.140><c> can</c><00:31:32.319><c> we</c><00:31:32.400><c> do</c><00:31:32.619><c> that?</c>

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:38.299
We<00:31:35.119><c> can</c><00:31:35.299><c> only</c><00:31:35.559><c> do</c><00:31:35.740><c> that</c><00:31:35.960><c> by</c><00:31:36.140><c> doing</c><00:31:36.359><c> it</c><00:31:36.519><c> to</c><00:31:36.680><c> the</c><00:31:36.940><c> poor</c><00:31:37.400><c> and</c><00:31:37.619><c> the</c><00:31:37.799><c> needy.</c>

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.920
That's<00:31:38.980><c> the</c><00:31:39.119><c> only</c><00:31:39.339><c> way</c><00:31:39.559><c> we</c><00:31:39.680><c> can</c><00:31:39.839><c> do</c><00:31:40.019><c> it.</c>

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:48.400
We<00:31:42.640><c> can</c><00:31:43.279><c> use</c><00:31:43.619><c> our</c><00:31:44.099><c> resources</c><00:31:44.700><c> of</c><00:31:44.900><c> what</c><00:31:45.079><c> we</c><00:31:45.400><c> have</c><00:31:46.059><c> to</c><00:31:46.599><c> look</c><00:31:46.859><c> after</c><00:31:47.299><c> others</c><00:31:47.779><c> and</c>

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:51.539
show<00:31:48.740><c> Christ's</c><00:31:49.640><c> love,</c><00:31:50.140><c> brothers</c><00:31:50.240><c> and</c><00:31:50.460><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:57.880
If<00:31:53.640><c> we</c><00:31:53.880><c> are</c><00:31:54.140><c> financially</c><00:31:54.579><c> blessed,</c><00:31:55.019><c> we</c><00:31:55.119><c> can</c><00:31:55.299><c> look</c><00:31:55.579><c> after</c><00:31:55.920><c> those</c><00:31:57.059><c> activities</c><00:31:57.559><c> and</c>

00:31:57.880 --> 00:32:00.480
projects<00:31:58.279><c> that</c><00:31:58.579><c> need</c><00:31:58.819><c> financial</c><00:31:59.299><c> support.</c>

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:05.960
Mustard<00:32:01.359><c> seed</c><00:32:01.599><c> back,</c><00:32:01.859><c> for</c><00:32:02.039><c> example,</c><00:32:02.619><c> or</c><00:32:02.779><c> a</c><00:32:03.240><c> local</c><00:32:03.359><c> example</c><00:32:03.859><c> that</c><00:32:04.019><c> you</c><00:32:04.140><c> can</c><00:32:04.380><c> take</c><00:32:04.559><c> that</c><00:32:04.740><c> needs</c><00:32:04.980><c> financial</c><00:32:05.480><c> support</c><00:32:05.799><c> at</c>

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:07.140
the<00:32:06.119><c> moment.</c>

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:10.819
Meal<00:32:07.859><c> a</c><00:32:07.960><c> day</c><00:32:08.099><c> fund</c><00:32:08.380><c> that</c><00:32:08.640><c> provides</c><00:32:08.980><c> food</c><00:32:09.259><c> for</c><00:32:09.420><c> those</c><00:32:09.680><c> who</c><00:32:09.839><c> don't</c><00:32:10.059><c> have</c>

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:14.140
food,<00:32:11.119><c> an</c><00:32:11.339><c> international</c><00:32:11.799><c> project</c><00:32:12.279><c> run</c><00:32:12.619><c> by</c><00:32:12.819><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:18.500
We<00:32:15.339><c> can,</c><00:32:15.740><c> if</c><00:32:16.339><c> we</c><00:32:16.579><c> are</c><00:32:16.619><c> blessed</c><00:32:16.859><c> financially,</c><00:32:17.500><c> we</c><00:32:17.599><c> can</c><00:32:18.140><c> come</c>

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:20.359
forward<00:32:18.700><c> for</c><00:32:18.859><c> those</c><00:32:19.099><c> things,</c><00:32:19.519><c> because</c><00:32:19.680><c> Jesus</c><00:32:19.980><c> would</c><00:32:20.180><c> say,</c>

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:23.460
I<00:32:20.440><c> was</c><00:32:20.660><c> hungry,</c><00:32:21.839><c> He</c><00:32:22.019><c> didn't</c><00:32:22.240><c> give</c><00:32:22.460><c> me</c><00:32:22.660><c> food</c><00:32:22.819><c> if</c><00:32:22.960><c> we</c><00:32:23.099><c> don't.</c>

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:25.339
If<00:32:23.720><c> we</c><00:32:23.900><c> don't</c><00:32:24.059><c> have</c><00:32:24.299><c> money,</c><00:32:24.559><c> that's</c><00:32:24.940><c> okay.</c>

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.759
Let's<00:32:26.059><c> use</c><00:32:26.259><c> our</c><00:32:26.480><c> time.</c>

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:29.839
Let's<00:32:27.500><c> prepare</c><00:32:27.839><c> a</c><00:32:28.019><c> meal</c><00:32:28.140><c> or</c><00:32:28.299><c> a</c><00:32:28.519><c> study</c><00:32:28.660><c> or</c><00:32:28.819><c> give</c><00:32:29.019><c> someone</c><00:32:29.299><c> a</c><00:32:29.539><c> ride</c><00:32:29.700><c> or</c>

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:33.579
look<00:32:30.079><c> after</c><00:32:30.339><c> someone's</c><00:32:30.880><c> kids</c><00:32:31.220><c> when</c><00:32:31.579><c> they</c><00:32:31.740><c> need</c><00:32:31.880><c> to</c><00:32:32.059><c> go</c><00:32:32.279><c> somewhere.</c>

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:37.299
Let's<00:32:35.019><c> give</c><00:32:35.240><c> our</c><00:32:35.480><c> time</c><00:32:35.740><c> for</c><00:32:35.960><c> God's</c><00:32:36.440><c> service.</c>

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:40.279
If<00:32:37.980><c> we</c><00:32:38.160><c> don't</c><00:32:38.279><c> have</c><00:32:38.500><c> time</c><00:32:38.779><c> and</c><00:32:39.099><c> money,</c><00:32:39.700><c> don't</c><00:32:39.980><c> worry.</c>

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:43.099
There's<00:32:40.660><c> still</c><00:32:40.940><c> a</c><00:32:41.119><c> lot</c><00:32:41.119><c> of</c><00:32:41.240><c> things</c><00:32:41.440><c> that</c><00:32:41.619><c> we</c><00:32:41.740><c> can</c><00:32:41.920><c> give</c><00:32:42.079><c> to</c><00:32:42.259><c> look</c><00:32:42.420><c> after</c><00:32:42.740><c> our</c><00:32:42.960><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:47.220
And<00:32:43.779><c> as</c><00:32:44.279><c> He</c><00:32:44.480><c> said,</c><00:32:44.799><c> that</c><00:32:44.880><c> He</c><00:32:45.740><c> looked</c><00:32:46.000><c> after</c><00:32:46.299><c> me.</c>

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:51.720
When<00:32:47.859><c> I</c><00:32:48.079><c> first</c><00:32:48.339><c> came</c><00:32:48.579><c> to</c><00:32:48.779><c> this</c><00:32:48.980><c> land,</c><00:32:49.880><c> to</c><00:32:50.039><c> Australia,</c><00:32:50.960><c> as</c><00:32:51.160><c> a</c><00:32:51.339><c> foreigner,</c><00:32:51.619><c> I</c>

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:54.380
was<00:32:51.940><c> given</c><00:32:52.180><c> accommodation</c><00:32:52.700><c> by</c><00:32:52.900><c> brothers</c><00:32:53.119><c> and</c><00:32:53.359><c> sisters</c><00:32:53.619><c> among</c><00:32:53.940><c> you.</c>

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:58.440
I<00:32:54.700><c> lived</c><00:32:54.900><c> for</c><00:32:55.119><c> months</c><00:32:55.420><c> with</c><00:32:55.940><c> you</c><00:32:56.500><c> until</c><00:32:56.720><c> I</c><00:32:56.880><c> could</c><00:32:57.140><c> find</c><00:32:57.380><c> accommodation.</c>

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:03.880
People<00:33:00.480><c> bought</c><00:33:00.799><c> food</c><00:33:01.059><c> for</c><00:33:01.279><c> us</c><00:33:01.880><c> when</c><00:33:02.200><c> I</c><00:33:02.339><c> didn't</c><00:33:02.559><c> have</c><00:33:02.819><c> a</c><00:33:03.339><c> job.</c>

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:07.000
My<00:33:04.859><c> personal</c><00:33:05.180><c> favorite</c><00:33:05.480><c> was</c><00:33:05.720><c> to</c><00:33:05.940><c> receive</c><00:33:06.240><c> bacon</c><00:33:06.539><c> and</c><00:33:06.680><c> egg</c><00:33:06.819><c> in</c>

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:09.519
our<00:33:07.140><c> letter</c><00:33:07.279><c> box</c><00:33:07.539><c> one</c><00:33:07.779><c> day</c><00:33:07.900><c> when</c><00:33:08.339><c> Leah</c><00:33:08.500><c> was</c><00:33:08.720><c> sick.</c>

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:17.839
So<00:33:10.579><c> there</c><00:33:10.740><c> are</c><00:33:10.779><c> so</c><00:33:11.059><c> many</c><00:33:11.299><c> ways</c><00:33:11.920><c> we</c><00:33:12.359><c> can</c><00:33:13.940><c> actually</c><00:33:14.319><c> show</c><00:33:14.579><c> our</c><00:33:14.920><c> love</c><00:33:15.240><c> and</c><00:33:15.460><c> demonstrate</c><00:33:16.299><c> love</c><00:33:17.559><c> to</c>

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:20.359
our<00:33:18.019><c> Lord</c><00:33:18.180><c> Jesus</c><00:33:18.599><c> Christ,</c><00:33:18.940><c> our</c><00:33:19.279><c> spies.</c>

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:25.640
In<00:33:21.859><c> today's</c><00:33:22.339><c> time,</c><00:33:22.619><c> the</c><00:33:22.759><c> only</c><00:33:22.980><c> way</c><00:33:23.180><c> to</c><00:33:23.319><c> show</c><00:33:23.579><c> it</c><00:33:23.819><c> is</c><00:33:24.140><c> by</c><00:33:24.900><c> showing</c><00:33:25.279><c> it</c><00:33:25.500><c> to</c>

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.680
one<00:33:25.799><c> another.</c>

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:30.319
It<00:33:27.599><c> doesn't</c><00:33:27.900><c> matter</c><00:33:28.180><c> how</c><00:33:28.400><c> big</c><00:33:28.579><c> or</c><00:33:28.839><c> small</c><00:33:29.059><c> it</c><00:33:29.180><c> is,</c><00:33:29.500><c> brothers</c><00:33:29.579><c> and</c><00:33:29.759><c> sisters,</c><00:33:29.940><c> when</c><00:33:30.099><c> we</c>

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.759
show<00:33:30.440><c> love</c><00:33:30.839><c> to</c><00:33:31.059><c> one</c><00:33:31.359><c> another.</c>

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:34.460
Whether<00:33:32.400><c> it's</c><00:33:32.619><c> a</c><00:33:32.819><c> big</c><00:33:33.119><c> mission</c><00:33:33.380><c> trip</c><00:33:33.599><c> that</c><00:33:33.779><c> we</c><00:33:33.940><c> have</c><00:33:34.180><c> planned</c>

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:36.779
and<00:33:34.680><c> worked</c><00:33:35.000><c> hard</c><00:33:35.180><c> and</c><00:33:35.339><c> went</c><00:33:35.519><c> there</c><00:33:36.019><c> to</c><00:33:36.299><c> do</c><00:33:36.480><c> it,</c>

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:39.200
or<00:33:37.099><c> whether</c><00:33:37.259><c> it's</c><00:33:37.500><c> just</c><00:33:37.619><c> encouraging</c><00:33:38.299><c> phone</c><00:33:38.640><c> calls</c><00:33:38.819><c> to</c><00:33:39.019><c> make</c>

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:44.160
someone<00:33:39.519><c> feel</c><00:33:39.779><c> good</c><00:33:40.119><c> who</c><00:33:40.440><c> hasn't</c><00:33:40.660><c> been</c><00:33:40.839><c> able</c><00:33:41.079><c> to</c><00:33:41.440><c> feel</c><00:33:42.000><c> encouraged</c><00:33:42.819><c> or</c><00:33:43.259><c> uplifted.</c>

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:50.039
Whatever<00:33:44.539><c> it</c><00:33:44.779><c> is,</c><00:33:45.839><c> we</c><00:33:47.319><c> need</c><00:33:47.559><c> to</c><00:33:47.720><c> do</c><00:33:47.900><c> something</c><00:33:48.319><c> because</c><00:33:49.059><c> that's</c><00:33:49.440><c> what</c>

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.220
our<00:33:50.299><c> Lord</c><00:33:50.460><c> is</c><00:33:50.660><c> going</c><00:33:50.799><c> to</c><00:33:50.960><c> count.</c>

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:53.220
It's<00:33:51.579><c> not</c><00:33:51.759><c> just</c><00:33:52.099><c> our</c><00:33:52.380><c> faith.</c>

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:55.880
It's<00:33:53.759><c> our</c><00:33:54.039><c> faith</c><00:33:54.299><c> that</c><00:33:54.480><c> is</c><00:33:54.720><c> demonstrated</c><00:33:55.220><c> by</c><00:33:55.579><c> action.</c>

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:58.680
Let's<00:33:56.140><c> not</c><00:33:56.380><c> forget</c><00:33:56.880><c> that</c><00:33:57.299><c> we</c><00:33:57.480><c> must</c><00:33:57.819><c> take</c><00:33:58.099><c> these</c><00:33:58.319><c> chances.</c>

00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:01.819
And<00:33:58.819><c> if</c><00:33:58.920><c> we</c><00:33:59.140><c> don't,</c><00:33:59.740><c> when</c><00:33:59.920><c> our</c><00:34:00.079><c> Lord</c><00:34:00.220><c> Jesus</c><00:34:00.640><c> Christ</c><00:34:00.900><c> comes</c><00:34:01.220><c> back,</c><00:34:01.500><c> this</c><00:34:01.680><c> is</c>

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.640
what<00:34:01.900><c> He's</c><00:34:02.119><c> going</c><00:34:02.259><c> to</c><00:34:02.420><c> say.</c>

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:05.019
He's<00:34:03.160><c> going</c><00:34:03.240><c> to</c><00:34:03.319><c> say,</c><00:34:03.539><c> I</c><00:34:03.539><c> was</c><00:34:03.759><c> hungry</c><00:34:04.039><c> and</c><00:34:04.140><c> He</c><00:34:04.279><c> gave</c><00:34:04.440><c> me</c><00:34:04.619><c> nothing</c><00:34:04.799><c> to</c><00:34:04.960><c> eat.</c>

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.779
I<00:34:05.099><c> was</c><00:34:05.319><c> thirsty.</c>

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:08.559
He<00:34:06.220><c> gave</c><00:34:06.359><c> me</c><00:34:06.559><c> nothing</c><00:34:06.759><c> to</c><00:34:07.039><c> drink</c><00:34:07.180><c> and</c><00:34:07.259><c> I</c><00:34:07.400><c> was</c><00:34:07.680><c> stranger</c><00:34:08.000><c> and</c><00:34:08.139><c> He</c>

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:10.519
did<00:34:08.820><c> not</c><00:34:09.059><c> invite</c><00:34:09.400><c> me</c><00:34:09.659><c> in.</c>

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.380
I<00:34:10.760><c> needed</c><00:34:11.000><c> clothes</c><00:34:11.380><c> and</c><00:34:11.480><c> He</c><00:34:11.599><c> did</c><00:34:11.820><c> not</c><00:34:12.019><c> clothe</c><00:34:12.219><c> me.</c>

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:16.619
I<00:34:12.420><c> was</c><00:34:12.679><c> sick</c><00:34:12.920><c> and</c><00:34:13.440><c> in</c><00:34:13.699><c> prison</c><00:34:14.019><c> and</c><00:34:14.440><c> He</c><00:34:14.599><c> did</c><00:34:14.880><c> not</c><00:34:15.099><c> look</c><00:34:15.360><c> after</c><00:34:15.679><c> me.</c>

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:20.199
And<00:34:18.400><c> these</c><00:34:18.559><c> things</c><00:34:18.719><c> are</c><00:34:18.900><c> not</c><00:34:19.039><c> just</c><00:34:19.300><c> physical.</c>

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:22.760
They're<00:34:20.980><c> not</c><00:34:21.199><c> just</c><00:34:21.420><c> physical</c><00:34:21.760><c> things</c><00:34:22.179><c> that</c><00:34:22.320><c> we</c><00:34:22.440><c> can</c><00:34:22.579><c> give</c>

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.320
each<00:34:22.980><c> other.</c>

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:25.500
They're<00:34:24.059><c> also</c><00:34:24.380><c> spiritual.</c>

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:34.139
We<00:34:26.579><c> can</c><00:34:26.980><c> spiritually</c><00:34:27.860><c> feed</c><00:34:28.260><c> people</c><00:34:28.940><c> and</c><00:34:30.460><c> meet</c><00:34:30.840><c> the</c><00:34:31.099><c> hunger</c><00:34:31.320><c> and</c><00:34:31.860><c> spiritual</c><00:34:32.440><c> thirst</c><00:34:32.920><c> of</c><00:34:33.239><c> people.</c>

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:37.760
We<00:34:34.420><c> can</c><00:34:34.679><c> invite</c><00:34:35.059><c> those</c><00:34:35.539><c> who</c><00:34:36.360><c> are</c><00:34:36.559><c> stranger</c><00:34:37.039><c> to</c><00:34:37.260><c> the</c><00:34:37.400><c> hope</c><00:34:37.539><c> of</c>

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:41.280
our<00:34:37.940><c> God</c><00:34:38.380><c> in</c><00:34:39.739><c> the</c><00:34:39.960><c> hope</c><00:34:40.099><c> of</c><00:34:40.320><c> the</c><00:34:40.480><c> kingdom.</c>

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:46.579
We<00:34:43.519><c> can</c><00:34:43.699><c> look</c><00:34:43.940><c> after</c><00:34:44.239><c> those</c><00:34:44.599><c> who</c><00:34:44.780><c> are</c><00:34:45.079><c> spiritually</c><00:34:45.500><c> sick</c><00:34:46.000><c> and</c>

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.900
lame<00:34:46.860><c> and</c><00:34:47.079><c> needs</c><00:34:47.360><c> help.</c>

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:54.760
We<00:34:48.800><c> need</c><00:34:49.059><c> to</c><00:34:51.800><c> free</c><00:34:52.280><c> those</c><00:34:52.780><c> who</c><00:34:53.000><c> are</c><00:34:53.099><c> in</c><00:34:53.179><c> the</c><00:34:53.340><c> prison</c><00:34:53.539><c> of</c><00:34:53.860><c> sin.</c>

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.420
So<00:34:55.420><c> it's</c><00:34:55.599><c> not</c><00:34:55.780><c> just</c><00:34:56.139><c> physical.</c>

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:59.019
It's<00:34:56.639><c> physical</c><00:34:57.059><c> and</c><00:34:57.559><c> spiritual</c><00:34:57.920><c> of</c><00:34:58.139><c> what</c><00:34:58.260><c> our</c><00:34:58.519><c> Lord</c><00:34:58.699><c> says.</c>

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.199
Let's<00:34:59.739><c> think</c><00:35:00.099><c> twice,</c><00:35:00.619><c> brothers</c><00:35:00.780><c> and</c><00:35:00.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:03.900
Next<00:35:01.460><c> time</c><00:35:01.699><c> we</c><00:35:01.860><c> make</c><00:35:02.119><c> a</c><00:35:02.340><c> decision</c><00:35:02.679><c> about</c><00:35:03.139><c> a</c><00:35:03.300><c> new</c><00:35:03.480><c> property,</c><00:35:03.820><c> a</c>

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:07.460
new<00:35:04.119><c> car</c><00:35:04.500><c> or</c><00:35:05.059><c> going</c><00:35:05.780><c> overseas</c><00:35:06.239><c> for</c><00:35:06.480><c> a</c><00:35:06.659><c> trip.</c>

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:12.340
Let's<00:35:08.739><c> think</c><00:35:09.239><c> twice</c><00:35:09.840><c> if</c><00:35:10.699><c> we</c><00:35:11.039><c> have</c><00:35:11.260><c> made</c><00:35:11.539><c> room</c><00:35:11.820><c> for</c><00:35:12.079><c> our</c><00:35:12.199><c> Lord</c>

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:14.360
Jesus<00:35:12.760><c> Christ</c><00:35:13.099><c> first.</c>

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:22.059
Because<00:35:15.559><c> more</c><00:35:15.780><c> than</c><00:35:16.059><c> half</c><00:35:16.719><c> the</c><00:35:17.679><c> world</c><00:35:18.079><c> population</c><00:35:18.840><c> live</c><00:35:19.199><c> under</c><00:35:20.000><c> three</c><00:35:20.420><c> dollars</c><00:35:20.739><c> a</c><00:35:21.019><c> day.</c>

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:26.619
You<00:35:22.380><c> know</c><00:35:22.460><c> what</c><00:35:22.599><c> that</c><00:35:22.880><c> means</c><00:35:23.219><c> is</c><00:35:24.619><c> three</c><00:35:25.380><c> dollars</c><00:35:25.719><c> is</c><00:35:25.920><c> less</c><00:35:26.159><c> than</c><00:35:26.340><c> what</c><00:35:26.420><c> we</c>

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:28.820
pay<00:35:26.760><c> for</c><00:35:26.940><c> a</c><00:35:27.019><c> cup</c><00:35:27.119><c> of</c><00:35:27.300><c> coffee</c><00:35:27.579><c> or</c><00:35:27.980><c> a</c><00:35:28.079><c> drink.</c>

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:33.039
This<00:35:30.760><c> is</c><00:35:31.019><c> staggering</c><00:35:31.400><c> information</c><00:35:31.980><c> to</c><00:35:32.179><c> be</c><00:35:32.300><c> able</c><00:35:32.440><c> to</c><00:35:32.599><c> think</c><00:35:32.760><c> about.</c>

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:36.860
We<00:35:33.420><c> are</c><00:35:33.800><c> blessed,</c><00:35:34.719><c> richly</c><00:35:35.300><c> blessed</c><00:35:35.619><c> to</c><00:35:36.059><c> be</c><00:35:36.260><c> able</c><00:35:36.380><c> to</c><00:35:36.519><c> be</c><00:35:36.639><c> part</c>

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:38.340
of<00:35:37.039><c> others'</c><00:35:37.460><c> lives</c><00:35:37.579><c> who</c><00:35:37.760><c> are</c><00:35:37.840><c> not</c><00:35:38.079><c> blessed,</c>

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:40.679
who<00:35:38.679><c> don't</c><00:35:38.900><c> have</c><00:35:39.199><c> that</c><00:35:39.380><c> enough</c><00:35:39.559><c> opportunity.</c>

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:47.239
If<00:35:43.139><c> we</c><00:35:43.360><c> can</c><00:35:43.579><c> save</c><00:35:43.880><c> one</c><00:35:44.280><c> coffee</c><00:35:44.559><c> a</c><00:35:44.860><c> week</c><00:35:45.039><c> for</c><00:35:45.300><c> a</c><00:35:45.440><c> year</c><00:35:45.820><c> to</c><00:35:46.599><c> support</c><00:35:46.940><c> any</c>

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.840
charitable<00:35:47.579><c> cause,</c>

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:49.000
do<00:35:48.000><c> you</c><00:35:48.000><c> know</c><00:35:48.079><c> what</c><00:35:48.179><c> we</c><00:35:48.340><c> can</c><00:35:48.480><c> do</c><00:35:48.599><c> with</c><00:35:48.800><c> that?</c>

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:53.460
We<00:35:49.159><c> can</c><00:35:49.579><c> feed</c><00:35:49.940><c> an</c><00:35:50.380><c> unfed</c><00:35:50.739><c> person</c><00:35:51.139><c> for</c><00:35:51.420><c> one</c><00:35:51.780><c> and</c><00:35:52.000><c> a</c><00:35:52.039><c> half</c><00:35:52.360><c> month.</c>

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.619
Isn't<00:35:54.079><c> that</c><00:35:54.280><c> amazing?</c>

00:35:55.119 --> 00:36:00.679
One<00:35:55.420><c> coffee,</c><00:35:55.840><c> saving</c><00:35:56.099><c> one</c><00:35:56.420><c> coffee</c><00:35:56.820><c> a</c><00:35:58.500><c> week,</c><00:35:59.440><c> saving</c><00:35:59.840><c> and</c><00:36:00.480><c> not</c>

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.599
buying<00:36:00.880><c> one</c><00:36:01.119><c> coffee</c><00:36:01.300><c> a</c><00:36:01.300><c> week,</c>

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:05.860
and<00:36:02.099><c> we</c><00:36:02.099><c> save</c><00:36:02.460><c> it</c><00:36:02.699><c> for</c><00:36:03.000><c> a</c><00:36:03.179><c> year,</c><00:36:03.699><c> we</c><00:36:03.920><c> can</c><00:36:04.179><c> feed</c><00:36:04.920><c> one</c><00:36:05.360><c> and</c><00:36:05.559><c> a</c><00:36:05.619><c> half</c>

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:09.000
month<00:36:06.340><c> someone</c><00:36:06.820><c> who</c><00:36:07.199><c> is</c><00:36:07.880><c> not</c><00:36:08.039><c> able</c><00:36:08.219><c> to</c><00:36:08.380><c> buy</c><00:36:08.480><c> his</c><00:36:08.699><c> food.</c>

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:10.599
It's<00:36:09.619><c> amazing.</c>

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:16.960
When<00:36:11.619><c> we</c><00:36:11.860><c> think</c><00:36:12.039><c> about</c><00:36:12.480><c> Proverbs</c><00:36:12.900><c> 31,</c><00:36:14.420><c> we</c><00:36:14.440><c> think</c><00:36:14.900><c> that</c><00:36:16.000><c> this</c><00:36:16.340><c> is</c><00:36:16.880><c> a</c>

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:22.380
guideline<00:36:17.280><c> for</c><00:36:17.519><c> the</c><00:36:17.679><c> sisters</c><00:36:17.960><c> to</c><00:36:19.280><c> know</c><00:36:19.860><c> how</c><00:36:20.099><c> to</c><00:36:20.219><c> be</c><00:36:20.739><c> a</c><00:36:21.019><c> good</c><00:36:21.420><c> sister.</c>

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:24.860
That's<00:36:23.400><c> not</c><00:36:23.599><c> really</c><00:36:23.920><c> true.</c>

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:29.619
When<00:36:27.219><c> we</c><00:36:27.380><c> look</c><00:36:27.559><c> at</c><00:36:27.679><c> the</c><00:36:27.940><c> scripture</c><00:36:28.280><c> and</c><00:36:28.519><c> we</c><00:36:28.619><c> look</c><00:36:28.800><c> at</c><00:36:28.960><c> all</c><00:36:29.139><c> the</c>

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.760
virtuous<00:36:29.940><c> women,</c>

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:34.159
they<00:36:31.239><c> are</c><00:36:31.360><c> all</c><00:36:31.559><c> the</c><00:36:31.780><c> pictures</c><00:36:32.239><c> of</c><00:36:32.559><c> the</c><00:36:32.780><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:39.260
They<00:36:35.599><c> are</c><00:36:36.300><c> symbols</c><00:36:36.940><c> for</c><00:36:37.280><c> us</c><00:36:37.579><c> to</c><00:36:37.699><c> be</c><00:36:37.820><c> able</c><00:36:37.980><c> to</c><00:36:38.179><c> learn.</c>

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:43.340
Take<00:36:41.679><c> Ruth,</c><00:36:42.000><c> for</c><00:36:42.219><c> example.</c>

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:48.139
We<00:36:44.559><c> won't</c><00:36:44.780><c> go</c><00:36:45.099><c> into</c><00:36:45.219><c> much</c><00:36:45.500><c> details,</c><00:36:46.139><c> but</c><00:36:46.519><c> one</c><00:36:46.880><c> piece</c><00:36:47.099><c> of</c><00:36:47.280><c> information</c><00:36:47.739><c> after</c>

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:49.940
a<00:36:48.440><c> few</c><00:36:48.579><c> calculations</c><00:36:49.179><c> that</c><00:36:49.320><c> I've</c><00:36:49.519><c> done</c>

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:55.059
is<00:36:50.739><c> that</c><00:36:51.079><c> when</c><00:36:51.480><c> Ruth</c><00:36:51.860><c> was</c><00:36:52.199><c> given</c><00:36:53.119><c> some</c><00:36:53.780><c> barley</c><00:36:54.059><c> by</c><00:36:54.440><c> Boaz,</c>

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:56.860
Boaz,<00:36:56.039><c> second</c><00:36:56.420><c> time,</c>

00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:01.920
she<00:36:57.139><c> was</c><00:36:57.400><c> given</c><00:36:57.699><c> something</c><00:36:58.079><c> between</c><00:36:58.480><c> 28</c><00:36:59.219><c> to</c><00:36:59.679><c> 330</c><00:37:00.679><c> kg</c><00:37:01.219><c> of</c><00:37:01.559><c> barley.</c>

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:04.599
That<00:37:02.820><c> is</c><00:37:03.219><c> a</c><00:37:03.420><c> lot</c><00:37:03.579><c> of</c><00:37:03.860><c> barley.</c>

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:06.900
Why<00:37:05.340><c> was</c><00:37:05.579><c> she</c><00:37:05.739><c> given</c><00:37:05.980><c> that?</c>

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:11.019
Because<00:37:07.800><c> she</c><00:37:07.940><c> was</c><00:37:08.099><c> not</c><00:37:08.239><c> only</c><00:37:08.480><c> looking</c><00:37:08.760><c> after</c><00:37:09.079><c> herself</c><00:37:09.659><c> and</c><00:37:10.159><c> her</c><00:37:10.420><c> mother</c><00:37:10.699><c>-in</c><00:37:10.880><c>-law,</c>

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:14.039
she<00:37:11.380><c> was</c><00:37:11.559><c> also</c><00:37:11.920><c> looking</c><00:37:12.179><c> after</c><00:37:12.519><c> other</c><00:37:12.760><c> family.</c>

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:18.360
So<00:37:14.719><c> much</c><00:37:15.039><c> so</c><00:37:15.320><c> that</c><00:37:15.679><c> Boaz</c><00:37:15.960><c> and</c><00:37:16.119><c> the</c><00:37:16.260><c> whole</c><00:37:16.539><c> town</c><00:37:16.900><c> knew</c><00:37:17.219><c> about</c><00:37:17.500><c> her</c><00:37:17.760><c> kindness</c><00:37:18.079><c> as</c>

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:20.380
the<00:37:18.960><c> records</c><00:37:19.300><c> mentions.</c>

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:24.340
And<00:37:21.340><c> why</c><00:37:21.559><c> was</c><00:37:21.820><c> Boaz</c><00:37:22.900><c> kind</c><00:37:23.300><c> to</c><00:37:23.599><c> Ruth?</c>

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:31.800
Because<00:37:25.300><c> Boaz</c><00:37:25.800><c> was</c><00:37:27.519><c> Rahab's</c><00:37:28.500><c> son</c><00:37:29.000><c> and</c><00:37:29.880><c> he</c><00:37:30.219><c> knew</c><00:37:30.880><c> the</c><00:37:31.460><c> kindness</c>

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:34.800
that<00:37:31.960><c> was</c><00:37:32.280><c> shown</c><00:37:32.599><c> to</c><00:37:33.199><c> his</c><00:37:33.519><c> mother.</c>

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:39.000
Rahab<00:37:35.840><c> was</c><00:37:36.179><c> concerned</c><00:37:36.840><c> not</c><00:37:37.300><c> only</c><00:37:37.559><c> for</c><00:37:37.760><c> her</c><00:37:37.920><c> own</c><00:37:38.099><c> life,</c><00:37:38.820><c> she</c>

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:43.219
was<00:37:39.280><c> concerned</c><00:37:39.860><c> about</c><00:37:41.099><c> her</c><00:37:41.960><c> whole</c><00:37:42.199><c> family.</c>

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:46.500
Look<00:37:43.659><c> at</c><00:37:43.820><c> verse</c><00:37:44.039><c> 12</c><00:37:44.300><c> and</c><00:37:44.440><c> 14.</c><00:37:44.980><c> Verse</c><00:37:45.199><c> 12,</c><00:37:45.519><c> this</c><00:37:45.760><c> is</c><00:37:45.900><c> how</c><00:37:46.019><c> it</c><00:37:46.219><c> reads.</c>

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:51.000
Now<00:37:46.980><c> then</c><00:37:47.199><c> please</c><00:37:47.659><c> swear</c><00:37:47.900><c> to</c><00:37:48.119><c> me,</c><00:37:48.340><c> by</c><00:37:48.420><c> the</c><00:37:48.500><c> Lord,</c><00:37:48.719><c> that</c><00:37:49.000><c> you</c><00:37:49.300><c> will</c><00:37:49.579><c> show</c><00:37:49.739><c> kindness</c><00:37:50.159><c> to</c>

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:53.639
my<00:37:51.719><c> family</c><00:37:52.320><c> first.</c>

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:56.219
First<00:37:54.900><c> my</c><00:37:55.159><c> family.</c>

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:58.800
Because<00:37:56.559><c> I</c><00:37:56.820><c> have</c><00:37:57.000><c> shown</c><00:37:57.199><c> kindness</c><00:37:57.559><c> to</c><00:37:57.800><c> you,</c><00:37:57.960><c> give</c><00:37:58.119><c> me</c><00:37:58.440><c> a</c><00:37:58.639><c> sure</c>

00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:01.300
sign<00:37:59.079><c> that</c><00:37:59.219><c> you</c><00:37:59.400><c> will</c><00:37:59.639><c> spare</c><00:37:59.820><c> the</c><00:38:00.019><c> lives</c><00:38:00.219><c> of</c><00:38:00.579><c> my</c><00:38:00.980><c> father,</c>

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:05.639
my<00:38:01.840><c> mother,</c><00:38:02.119><c> my</c><00:38:02.340><c> brother</c><00:38:02.659><c> and</c><00:38:04.119><c> sisters</c><00:38:04.480><c> and</c><00:38:04.679><c> all</c><00:38:05.019><c> who</c><00:38:05.280><c> belongs</c>

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:09.840
to<00:38:05.860><c> them</c><00:38:06.139><c> and</c><00:38:07.019><c> that</c><00:38:07.480><c> you</c><00:38:07.639><c> will</c><00:38:07.920><c> save</c><00:38:08.199><c> us</c><00:38:08.519><c> from</c><00:38:08.840><c> death.</c>

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:13.380
Rahab<00:38:10.739><c> is</c><00:38:11.139><c> concerned</c><00:38:11.820><c> about</c><00:38:12.380><c> how</c><00:38:12.579><c> many</c><00:38:12.760><c> people,</c><00:38:13.059><c> can</c><00:38:13.239><c> you</c>

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:13.920
imagine<00:38:13.719><c> that?</c>

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.900
That's<00:38:14.260><c> at</c><00:38:14.380><c> least</c><00:38:14.659><c> seven</c><00:38:14.980><c> people.</c>

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:19.480
Rahab,<00:38:17.340><c> her</c><00:38:17.440><c> brother</c><00:38:17.739><c> and</c><00:38:17.940><c> her</c><00:38:18.480><c> brothers,</c><00:38:18.960><c> so</c><00:38:19.099><c> it</c><00:38:19.099><c> has</c><00:38:19.260><c> to</c><00:38:19.360><c> be</c>

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.679
two<00:38:19.659><c> brothers,</c><00:38:20.300><c> her</c><00:38:20.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:23.500
it<00:38:21.000><c> has</c><00:38:21.119><c> to</c><00:38:21.260><c> be</c><00:38:21.400><c> at</c><00:38:21.519><c> least</c><00:38:21.699><c> two</c><00:38:21.940><c> sisters,</c><00:38:22.679><c> mum</c><00:38:22.900><c> and</c><00:38:23.159><c> dad.</c>

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:25.719
So<00:38:23.800><c> that</c><00:38:23.960><c> is</c><00:38:24.300><c> seven</c><00:38:24.639><c> people.</c>

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:28.900
And<00:38:26.800><c> we</c><00:38:26.980><c> don't</c><00:38:27.159><c> know,</c><00:38:27.340><c> she</c><00:38:27.460><c> could</c><00:38:27.619><c> have</c><00:38:27.760><c> had</c><00:38:28.179><c> five</c><00:38:28.619><c> brothers</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.280
and<00:38:29.059><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:32.599
It's<00:38:29.559><c> very</c><00:38:29.840><c> likely</c><00:38:30.199><c> in</c><00:38:30.880><c> those</c><00:38:31.059><c> times</c><00:38:31.659><c> to</c><00:38:32.000><c> have</c><00:38:32.139><c> many</c><00:38:32.380><c> brothers</c>

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.599
and<00:38:32.820><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:38.739
And<00:38:34.199><c> it</c><00:38:34.500><c> says</c><00:38:34.679><c> that</c><00:38:34.960><c> their</c><00:38:35.179><c> family</c><00:38:35.679><c> and</c><00:38:36.360><c> everything,</c><00:38:37.079><c> that</c><00:38:37.239><c> everyone</c><00:38:37.800><c> that</c><00:38:38.239><c> belongs</c><00:38:38.500><c> to</c><00:38:38.639><c> them,</c>

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:43.099
that's<00:38:39.079><c> important</c><00:38:39.400><c> to</c><00:38:39.599><c> notice</c><00:38:39.800><c> as</c><00:38:40.059><c> well,</c><00:38:40.460><c> it</c><00:38:40.679><c> doesn't</c><00:38:40.960><c> say</c><00:38:41.239><c> that</c><00:38:41.559><c> everything</c><00:38:42.199><c> that</c><00:38:42.659><c> belongs</c><00:38:42.880><c> to</c><00:38:43.019><c> them,</c>

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:45.400
it<00:38:43.280><c> says</c><00:38:43.480><c> everyone</c><00:38:44.239><c> that</c><00:38:44.579><c> belongs</c><00:38:44.840><c> to</c><00:38:45.059><c> them.</c>

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:48.800
She's<00:38:46.139><c> concerned</c><00:38:46.760><c> about</c><00:38:47.179><c> life</c><00:38:47.619><c> to</c><00:38:47.820><c> be</c><00:38:48.019><c> able</c><00:38:48.099><c> to</c><00:38:48.300><c> be</c><00:38:48.519><c> saved.</c>

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:52.460
You<00:38:49.199><c> see,</c><00:38:49.539><c> when</c><00:38:49.659><c> Lord</c><00:38:49.920><c> Jesus</c><00:38:50.340><c> Christ</c><00:38:50.659><c> was</c><00:38:50.940><c> asked</c><00:38:51.179><c> and</c><00:38:51.420><c> told</c><00:38:51.559><c> that</c><00:38:51.960><c> your</c><00:38:52.139><c> mum</c><00:38:52.320><c> is</c>

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.340
here<00:38:52.639><c> to</c><00:38:52.920><c> visit</c><00:38:53.139><c> you,</c>

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:56.340
to<00:38:53.400><c> see</c><00:38:53.619><c> you,</c><00:38:54.139><c> he</c><00:38:54.239><c> said,</c><00:38:54.440><c> who</c><00:38:54.559><c> is</c><00:38:54.800><c> my</c><00:38:55.059><c> real</c><00:38:55.340><c> family?</c>

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:59.119
You<00:38:57.139><c> who</c><00:38:57.360><c> hear</c><00:38:57.559><c> the</c><00:38:57.739><c> word</c><00:38:58.619><c> of</c><00:38:58.800><c> God.</c>

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:02.280
And<00:38:59.480><c> that's</c><00:38:59.739><c> exactly</c><00:39:00.039><c> what</c><00:39:00.260><c> our</c><00:39:00.500><c> real</c><00:39:00.780><c> family</c><00:39:01.099><c> is</c><00:39:01.460><c> too.</c>

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:05.480
Are<00:39:02.719><c> we</c><00:39:03.000><c> concerned,</c><00:39:03.519><c> just</c><00:39:03.800><c> like</c><00:39:04.079><c> Rahab,</c><00:39:04.800><c> in</c><00:39:04.920><c> the</c><00:39:05.119><c> same</c><00:39:05.300><c> way</c>

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:07.019
for<00:39:05.659><c> their</c><00:39:06.000><c> safety?</c>

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:11.079
Rahab<00:39:09.519><c> is</c><00:39:09.860><c> better</c><00:39:10.139><c> than</c><00:39:10.360><c> Lot's</c><00:39:10.719><c> wife.</c>

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:16.219
She<00:39:11.599><c> is</c><00:39:12.059><c> not</c><00:39:12.360><c> looking</c><00:39:12.840><c> backward</c><00:39:13.340><c> to</c><00:39:13.659><c> Jericho,</c><00:39:15.420><c> city</c><00:39:15.500><c> of</c><00:39:15.860><c> power</c>

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:17.300
and<00:39:16.559><c> wealth</c><00:39:16.760><c> and</c><00:39:17.039><c> riches.</c>

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:21.539
She<00:39:17.780><c> is</c><00:39:17.940><c> looking</c><00:39:18.320><c> forward</c><00:39:18.860><c> to</c><00:39:19.039><c> the</c><00:39:19.239><c> kingdom,</c><00:39:19.880><c> the</c><00:39:20.139><c> promised</c><00:39:20.420><c> land.</c>

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:23.880
That's<00:39:21.880><c> what</c><00:39:22.039><c> she</c><00:39:22.219><c> is</c><00:39:22.340><c> looking</c><00:39:22.699><c> forward</c><00:39:23.099><c> to.</c>

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:25.960
That's<00:39:24.340><c> exactly</c><00:39:24.579><c> what</c><00:39:24.760><c> we</c><00:39:24.980><c> are</c><00:39:25.079><c> meant</c><00:39:25.239><c> to</c><00:39:25.420><c> do</c><00:39:25.519><c> too,</c><00:39:25.800><c> brothers</c>

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.280
and<00:39:26.099><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:29.320
Are<00:39:26.780><c> we</c><00:39:27.139><c> trusting</c><00:39:27.599><c> and</c><00:39:27.920><c> looking</c><00:39:28.300><c> forward</c><00:39:28.699><c> like</c><00:39:29.019><c> Rahab</c>

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:32.019
or<00:39:29.480><c> are</c><00:39:29.699><c> we</c><00:39:29.840><c> looking</c><00:39:30.179><c> backward</c><00:39:30.679><c> to</c><00:39:30.880><c> this</c><00:39:31.219><c> world</c><00:39:31.559><c> and</c><00:39:31.780><c> this</c>

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:32.639
worldly<00:39:32.239><c> position?</c>

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:35.900
What<00:39:33.380><c> is</c><00:39:33.800><c> our</c><00:39:34.179><c> eyes</c><00:39:34.719><c> set</c><00:39:35.019><c> on?</c>

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:39.440
Are<00:39:36.599><c> we</c><00:39:36.719><c> like</c><00:39:37.039><c> Lot's</c><00:39:37.460><c> wife</c><00:39:37.739><c> or</c><00:39:37.900><c> are</c><00:39:38.079><c> we</c><00:39:38.159><c> like</c><00:39:38.420><c> Rahab?</c>

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:44.320
The<00:39:40.860><c> spies</c><00:39:41.199><c> said</c><00:39:41.500><c> to</c><00:39:41.739><c> Rahab</c><00:39:42.119><c> in</c><00:39:42.380><c> verse</c><00:39:42.679><c> 14,</c><00:39:43.559><c> our</c><00:39:43.559><c> lives</c><00:39:44.019><c> for</c>

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.659
your<00:39:44.579><c> lives.</c>

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:50.619
Just<00:39:46.119><c> like</c><00:39:46.460><c> our</c><00:39:46.800><c> lives</c><00:39:47.019><c> are</c><00:39:48.360><c> going</c><00:39:48.539><c> to</c><00:39:48.639><c> be</c><00:39:48.900><c> saved</c><00:39:49.179><c> for</c><00:39:49.699><c> our</c><00:39:50.019><c> Saviour,</c>

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:55.159
Rahab's<00:39:51.639><c> life</c><00:39:52.039><c> was</c><00:39:52.340><c> saved</c><00:39:52.659><c> by</c><00:39:53.239><c> her</c><00:39:53.639><c> Saviour,</c><00:39:54.440><c> who</c><00:39:54.519><c> are</c><00:39:54.619><c> those</c><00:39:54.840><c> spies,</c>

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:58.380
the<00:39:55.440><c> mediator</c><00:39:56.099><c> between</c><00:39:56.480><c> her</c><00:39:56.920><c> and</c><00:39:57.280><c> the</c><00:39:57.519><c> Israelites.</c>

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:01.860
Then<00:39:59.820><c> let's</c><00:40:00.019><c> see</c><00:40:00.159><c> what</c><00:40:00.440><c> happened</c><00:40:00.739><c> to</c><00:40:00.900><c> the</c><00:40:01.000><c> rest</c><00:40:01.199><c> of</c><00:40:01.460><c> the</c><00:40:01.559><c> story</c>

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:03.780
from<00:40:02.099><c> verse</c><00:40:02.340><c> 17</c><00:40:02.880><c> to</c><00:40:03.059><c> verse</c><00:40:03.320><c> 19.</c>

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:05.320
I<00:40:03.980><c> will</c><00:40:04.079><c> read.</c><00:40:04.699><c> This</c><00:40:04.860><c> is</c><00:40:04.960><c> what</c><00:40:05.099><c> it</c><00:40:05.199><c> says.</c>

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:06.440
And<00:40:05.360><c> then</c><00:40:05.519><c> the</c><00:40:05.659><c> men</c><00:40:05.800><c> said</c><00:40:06.000><c> to</c><00:40:06.199><c> her,</c>

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:11.139
This<00:40:07.159><c> oath</c><00:40:07.420><c> you</c><00:40:07.599><c> made</c><00:40:07.920><c> us</c><00:40:08.320><c> swear</c><00:40:08.480><c> will</c><00:40:08.780><c> not</c><00:40:09.039><c> be</c><00:40:10.239><c> binding</c><00:40:10.579><c> on</c><00:40:10.880><c> us</c>

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:15.619
unless<00:40:11.679><c> when</c><00:40:12.079><c> we</c><00:40:12.300><c> enter</c><00:40:12.599><c> the</c><00:40:12.880><c> land</c><00:40:13.159><c> you</c><00:40:13.460><c> have</c><00:40:13.739><c> tied</c><00:40:14.000><c> this</c><00:40:14.679><c> scarlet</c><00:40:15.300><c> cord</c>

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.659
in<00:40:15.860><c> the</c><00:40:16.059><c> window</c>

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:18.179
through<00:40:17.039><c> which</c><00:40:17.239><c> you</c><00:40:17.420><c> let</c><00:40:17.579><c> us</c><00:40:17.800><c> down,</c>

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:22.260
unless<00:40:18.760><c> you</c><00:40:19.019><c> have</c><00:40:19.280><c> brought</c><00:40:19.440><c> us,</c><00:40:20.880><c> brought</c><00:40:21.079><c> your</c><00:40:21.739><c> father</c><00:40:22.079><c> and</c>

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:23.019
mother,<00:40:22.539><c> your</c><00:40:22.739><c> brothers</c>

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:25.599
and<00:40:23.400><c> all</c><00:40:23.760><c> your</c><00:40:23.920><c> family</c><00:40:24.420><c> in</c><00:40:24.920><c> your</c><00:40:25.139><c> house.</c>

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:29.420
If<00:40:26.400><c> anyone</c><00:40:26.679><c> goes</c><00:40:27.019><c> outside</c><00:40:27.519><c> your</c><00:40:27.800><c> house</c><00:40:28.179><c> in</c><00:40:28.599><c> the</c><00:40:28.860><c> street,</c><00:40:29.300><c> his</c>

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:31.500
blood<00:40:29.719><c> will</c><00:40:30.000><c> be</c><00:40:30.119><c> on</c><00:40:30.280><c> his</c><00:40:30.599><c> head.</c>

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:32.980
We<00:40:31.840><c> will</c><00:40:32.099><c> not</c><00:40:32.239><c> be</c><00:40:32.460><c> responsible.</c>

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:36.079
As<00:40:33.400><c> for</c><00:40:33.579><c> anyone</c><00:40:33.820><c> who</c><00:40:34.019><c> is</c><00:40:34.460><c> in</c><00:40:34.679><c> the</c><00:40:34.900><c> house</c><00:40:35.480><c> with</c><00:40:35.840><c> you,</c>

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:42.639
his<00:40:36.340><c> blood</c><00:40:36.639><c> will</c><00:40:36.980><c> be</c><00:40:37.500><c> on</c><00:40:38.000><c> our</c><00:40:39.599><c> head</c><00:40:39.980><c> if</c><00:40:40.659><c> a</c><00:40:40.940><c> hand</c><00:40:41.099><c> is</c><00:40:41.380><c> laid</c><00:40:41.539><c> on</c><00:40:41.699><c> him.</c>

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:47.480
See<00:40:44.300><c> the</c><00:40:44.739><c> responsibility</c><00:40:45.820><c> Rahab</c><00:40:46.320><c> is</c><00:40:46.500><c> given.</c>

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:52.440
She<00:40:48.760><c> is</c><00:40:49.019><c> not</c><00:40:49.380><c> just</c><00:40:49.760><c> asked</c><00:40:50.039><c> to</c><00:40:50.320><c> get</c><00:40:50.500><c> them</c><00:40:50.719><c> under</c><00:40:50.960><c> the</c><00:40:51.179><c> same</c><00:40:51.480><c> roof,</c>

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:55.139
but<00:40:52.940><c> have</c><00:40:53.300><c> them</c><00:40:53.579><c> in</c><00:40:53.659><c> the</c><00:40:53.920><c> same</c><00:40:54.199><c> roof.</c>

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:58.940
So<00:40:55.679><c> isn't</c><00:40:56.059><c> that</c><00:40:56.300><c> exactly</c><00:40:57.000><c> the</c><00:40:57.320><c> concept</c><00:40:57.840><c> of</c><00:40:58.219><c> shepherding</c><00:40:58.599><c> goes?</c>

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Aren't<00:40:59.980><c> we</c><00:41:00.340><c> supposed</c><00:41:00.739><c> to</c><00:41:00.960><c> go</c><00:41:01.340><c> out</c><00:41:01.800><c> and</c><00:41:02.000><c> let</c><00:41:02.199><c> the</c><00:41:02.440><c> people</c><00:41:02.599><c> know</c>

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.360
about<00:41:03.000><c> the</c><00:41:03.199><c> hope,</c>

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:06.079
bring<00:41:03.719><c> them</c><00:41:03.900><c> in</c><00:41:04.079><c> the</c><00:41:04.280><c> truth,</c><00:41:04.519><c> understand</c><00:41:05.199><c> about</c><00:41:05.539><c> the</c><00:41:05.780><c> scripture</c>

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:09.380
and<00:41:06.539><c> beautiful</c><00:41:07.099><c> hope</c><00:41:07.420><c> that</c><00:41:07.579><c> we</c><00:41:07.820><c> have</c><00:41:08.139><c> in</c><00:41:08.599><c> the</c><00:41:08.820><c> scripture,</c><00:41:09.179><c> in</c>

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the<00:41:09.559><c> Bible,</c>

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and<00:41:10.420><c> then</c><00:41:10.699><c> don't</c><00:41:10.980><c> finish</c><00:41:11.340><c> there,</c><00:41:12.119><c> but</c><00:41:12.300><c> look</c><00:41:12.599><c> after</c><00:41:12.920><c> them.</c>

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Follow<00:41:14.260><c> them</c><00:41:14.559><c> through</c><00:41:15.039><c> as</c><00:41:15.619><c> they</c><00:41:15.940><c> grow</c><00:41:16.139><c> in</c><00:41:16.340><c> their</c><00:41:16.559><c> life</c>

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:19.440
so<00:41:17.199><c> that</c><00:41:17.340><c> they</c><00:41:17.500><c> don't</c><00:41:17.719><c> leave</c><00:41:17.980><c> the</c><00:41:18.260><c> faith,</c><00:41:18.739><c> so</c><00:41:18.920><c> that</c><00:41:19.019><c> we</c><00:41:19.159><c> can</c>

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encourage<00:41:19.860><c> each</c><00:41:20.139><c> other.</c>

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That's<00:41:21.659><c> what</c><00:41:22.059><c> this</c><00:41:22.820><c> chapter</c><00:41:23.159><c> is</c><00:41:23.360><c> all</c><00:41:23.579><c> about.</c>

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:28.880
Rahab<00:41:26.900><c> wasn't</c><00:41:27.260><c> ashamed</c><00:41:27.780><c> to</c><00:41:28.019><c> do</c><00:41:28.199><c> that</c><00:41:28.480><c> task.</c>

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:32.500
She<00:41:29.099><c> took</c><00:41:29.340><c> that</c><00:41:29.519><c> up,</c><00:41:30.300><c> and</c><00:41:30.400><c> she</c><00:41:30.599><c> did</c><00:41:30.840><c> so</c><00:41:31.019><c> as</c><00:41:31.219><c> she</c><00:41:31.380><c> was</c><00:41:31.619><c> told.</c>

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And<00:41:33.119><c> we</c><00:41:33.360><c> have</c><00:41:33.539><c> said</c><00:41:33.940><c> the</c><00:41:34.400><c> same</c><00:41:34.619><c> thing.</c>

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:38.460
Are<00:41:36.559><c> we</c><00:41:37.019><c> ashamed</c><00:41:37.539><c> though,</c><00:41:37.920><c> brothers</c><00:41:38.079><c> and</c><00:41:38.260><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:41.440
Are<00:41:38.639><c> we</c><00:41:38.880><c> ashamed</c><00:41:39.519><c> to</c><00:41:40.380><c> proclaim</c><00:41:40.780><c> our</c><00:41:41.139><c> faith?</c>

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:45.019
How<00:41:41.699><c> many</c><00:41:41.900><c> times</c><00:41:42.219><c> our</c><00:41:42.400><c> Lord</c><00:41:42.559><c> Jesus</c><00:41:42.980><c> Christ</c><00:41:43.300><c> comes</c><00:41:43.559><c> in</c><00:41:43.719><c> our</c><00:41:43.940><c> conversation?</c>

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Jesus<00:41:46.360><c> said</c><00:41:46.599><c> in</c><00:41:46.739><c> Luke</c><00:41:46.980><c> chapter</c><00:41:47.260><c> 9,</c><00:41:47.800><c> verse</c><00:41:47.940><c> 26</c><00:41:48.519><c> to</c><00:41:48.719><c> 7,</c><00:41:49.119><c> it</c><00:41:49.159><c> says,</c>

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As<00:41:49.440><c> anyone</c><00:41:49.960><c> is</c><00:41:50.440><c> ashamed</c><00:41:50.739><c> of</c><00:41:50.960><c> Me</c><00:41:51.400><c> and</c><00:41:51.639><c> My</c><00:41:52.000><c> words,</c>

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:54.980
the<00:41:52.460><c> Son</c><00:41:52.639><c> of</c><00:41:52.820><c> Man</c><00:41:52.960><c> will</c><00:41:53.199><c> be</c><00:41:53.360><c> ashamed</c><00:41:53.619><c> of</c><00:41:53.760><c> Him</c><00:41:54.239><c> when</c><00:41:54.500><c> He</c><00:41:54.659><c> comes</c>

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in<00:41:55.199><c> His</c><00:41:55.480><c> glory</c>

00:41:55.940 --> 00:42:00.099
and<00:41:56.320><c> in</c><00:41:56.500><c> the</c><00:41:56.659><c> glory</c><00:41:56.940><c> of</c><00:41:57.340><c> the</c><00:41:57.539><c> Father</c><00:41:58.019><c> and</c><00:41:58.360><c> of</c><00:41:58.559><c> His</c><00:41:58.739><c> holy</c><00:41:59.079><c> angels.</c>

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:03.400
We<00:42:00.360><c> must</c><00:42:00.619><c> not</c><00:42:00.820><c> forget</c><00:42:01.579><c> our</c><00:42:02.380><c> Lord</c><00:42:02.559><c> is</c><00:42:02.739><c> going</c><00:42:02.860><c> to</c><00:42:02.920><c> come</c><00:42:03.179><c> back</c>

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very,<00:42:03.760><c> very</c><00:42:03.980><c> soon.</c>

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He's<00:42:07.320><c> going</c><00:42:07.679><c> to</c><00:42:07.760><c> come</c><00:42:07.980><c> back</c><00:42:08.300><c> with</c><00:42:08.659><c> His</c><00:42:08.960><c> power</c><00:42:09.280><c> and</c><00:42:09.539><c> might,</c><00:42:10.039><c> just</c><00:42:10.340><c> like</c><00:42:10.579><c> the</c><00:42:10.840><c> spice,</c>

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without<00:42:11.880><c> anyone</c><00:42:12.300><c> knowing,</c><00:42:12.719><c> and</c><00:42:12.900><c> it's</c><00:42:13.079><c> going</c><00:42:13.179><c> to</c><00:42:13.239><c> be</c><00:42:13.360><c> very</c><00:42:13.659><c> soon.</c>

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:16.860
Are<00:42:15.380><c> we</c><00:42:15.679><c> ready</c><00:42:16.019><c> for</c><00:42:16.239><c> His</c><00:42:16.440><c> return?</c>

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:20.460
Are<00:42:17.239><c> we</c><00:42:17.400><c> working</c><00:42:17.679><c> hard?</c><00:42:18.199><c> Rahab</c><00:42:18.380><c> only</c><00:42:18.659><c> had</c><00:42:18.820><c> a</c><00:42:18.860><c> very</c><00:42:19.159><c> short</c><00:42:19.360><c> time.</c>

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:23.460
Rahab<00:42:21.440><c> didn't</c><00:42:21.659><c> have</c><00:42:21.880><c> any</c><00:42:22.159><c> time</c><00:42:22.360><c> to</c><00:42:22.639><c> waste.</c>

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:25.340
She<00:42:23.820><c> only</c><00:42:24.039><c> had</c><00:42:24.179><c> three</c><00:42:24.380><c> days,</c><00:42:24.579><c> but</c><00:42:24.699><c> she</c><00:42:24.840><c> didn't</c><00:42:25.000><c> even</c><00:42:25.239><c> know.</c>

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:27.420
It<00:42:25.460><c> could</c><00:42:25.619><c> have</c><00:42:25.719><c> been</c><00:42:25.820><c> the</c><00:42:25.940><c> very</c><00:42:26.199><c> next</c><00:42:26.480><c> day</c><00:42:26.659><c> that</c><00:42:27.059><c> spice</c><00:42:27.239><c> would</c>

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:29.440
come<00:42:27.699><c> back</c><00:42:27.860><c> with</c><00:42:28.039><c> the</c><00:42:28.159><c> legions</c><00:42:28.400><c> of</c><00:42:28.639><c> armies.</c>

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:31.780
She<00:42:30.519><c> worked</c><00:42:30.940><c> straight</c><00:42:31.360><c> after.</c>

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:34.920
And<00:42:32.280><c> we</c><00:42:32.480><c> have</c><00:42:32.639><c> the</c><00:42:32.900><c> very</c><00:42:33.300><c> same</c><00:42:33.579><c> command</c><00:42:34.019><c> from</c><00:42:34.239><c> the</c><00:42:34.360><c> New</c><00:42:34.500><c> Testament.</c>

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:38.440
It<00:42:35.119><c> says,</c><00:42:35.900><c> go</c><00:42:36.000><c> into</c><00:42:36.320><c> all</c><00:42:36.719><c> the</c><00:42:36.900><c> world</c><00:42:37.119><c> and</c><00:42:37.320><c> preach</c><00:42:37.579><c> the</c><00:42:37.760><c> good</c><00:42:37.940><c> news</c><00:42:38.179><c> to</c>

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all<00:42:38.659><c> the</c><00:42:38.840><c> creation.</c>

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Whoever<00:42:39.460><c> believes</c><00:42:40.059><c> and</c><00:42:40.679><c> is</c><00:42:41.059><c> baptized</c><00:42:41.599><c> will</c><00:42:41.900><c> be</c><00:42:42.219><c> saved,</c>

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:45.739
but<00:42:42.900><c> whoever</c><00:42:43.179><c> does</c><00:42:43.500><c> not</c><00:42:43.719><c> believe</c><00:42:44.119><c> will</c><00:42:44.460><c> be</c><00:42:44.639><c> condemned.</c>

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:51.219
How<00:42:47.599><c> much</c><00:42:48.099><c> those</c><00:42:48.559><c> verses</c><00:42:49.159><c> in</c><00:42:49.659><c> New</c><00:42:49.880><c> Testament</c><00:42:50.320><c> has</c><00:42:50.800><c> affected</c>

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our<00:42:51.480><c> life?</c>

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Where<00:42:52.940><c> in</c><00:42:53.099><c> our</c><00:42:53.320><c> life</c><00:42:53.679><c> we</c><00:42:53.980><c> have</c><00:42:54.179><c> fit</c><00:42:54.340><c> in</c><00:42:54.500><c> those</c><00:42:54.739><c> verses?</c>

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:59.599
Which<00:42:55.699><c> activities</c><00:42:56.440><c> have</c><00:42:56.840><c> we</c><00:42:57.059><c> fit</c><00:42:57.420><c> in</c><00:42:58.119><c> to</c><00:42:58.860><c> follow</c><00:42:59.280><c> those</c>

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commands<00:42:59.940><c> through?</c>

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Like<00:43:02.380><c> Rahab,</c><00:43:03.179><c> we</c><00:43:03.460><c> have</c><00:43:03.659><c> to</c><00:43:03.800><c> be</c><00:43:03.980><c> active</c><00:43:04.260><c> and</c><00:43:05.920><c> keep</c><00:43:06.179><c> preparing</c>

00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:09.719
the<00:43:08.039><c> way</c><00:43:08.400><c> of</c><00:43:08.780><c> our</c><00:43:08.980><c> Lord's</c><00:43:09.340><c> return.</c>

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:12.400
And<00:43:10.179><c> there</c><00:43:10.420><c> are</c><00:43:10.780><c> thousands</c><00:43:11.219><c> of</c><00:43:11.440><c> ways</c><00:43:11.619><c> we</c><00:43:11.780><c> can</c><00:43:11.920><c> do</c><00:43:12.159><c> that.</c>

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:15.079
There<00:43:12.639><c> are</c><00:43:12.699><c> so</c><00:43:12.940><c> many</c><00:43:13.139><c> things,</c><00:43:14.199><c> undefined.</c>

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We<00:43:15.639><c> can</c><00:43:15.880><c> take</c><00:43:16.119><c> the</c><00:43:16.280><c> opportunities,</c><00:43:17.260><c> say,</c><00:43:18.019><c> to</c><00:43:18.179><c> give</c><00:43:18.380><c> out</c><00:43:18.659><c> leaflets,</c>

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:21.900
or<00:43:19.760><c> join</c><00:43:20.119><c> the</c><00:43:20.400><c> community</c><00:43:20.760><c> barbecue</c><00:43:21.159><c> or</c><00:43:21.380><c> summer</c><00:43:21.559><c> market,</c>

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:25.659
or<00:43:22.119><c> make</c><00:43:22.599><c> a</c><00:43:22.860><c> stall</c><00:43:23.079><c> in</c><00:43:24.320><c> a</c><00:43:24.460><c> market</c><00:43:24.780><c> somewhere,</c>

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:28.820
or<00:43:25.940><c> go</c><00:43:26.300><c> to</c><00:43:26.480><c> Mustard</c><00:43:26.880><c> Seed,</c><00:43:27.860><c> give</c><00:43:28.059><c> some</c><00:43:28.340><c> handbills,</c>

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:31.500
talk<00:43:29.099><c> to</c><00:43:29.260><c> a</c><00:43:29.420><c> neighbor</c><00:43:29.679><c> or</c><00:43:29.860><c> talk</c><00:43:30.039><c> to</c><00:43:30.199><c> a</c><00:43:30.360><c> colleague</c><00:43:30.579><c> or</c><00:43:31.039><c> talk</c><00:43:31.360><c> to</c>

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a<00:43:31.639><c> friend</c><00:43:31.800><c> in</c><00:43:32.000><c> the</c><00:43:32.059><c> university.</c>

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:37.039
There<00:43:33.019><c> are</c><00:43:33.260><c> so</c><00:43:33.639><c> many</c><00:43:33.880><c> ways</c><00:43:34.320><c> for</c><00:43:34.559><c> us</c><00:43:34.840><c> to</c><00:43:34.960><c> be</c><00:43:35.139><c> able</c><00:43:35.380><c> to</c><00:43:35.579><c> do</c><00:43:35.739><c> our</c><00:43:36.039><c> work.</c>

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:41.800
If<00:43:38.340><c> you're</c><00:43:38.940><c> already</c><00:43:39.300><c> doing</c><00:43:39.679><c> some</c><00:43:39.960><c> of</c><00:43:40.099><c> those,</c><00:43:40.480><c> that's</c><00:43:40.880><c> great.</c>

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:44.420
Let's<00:43:42.260><c> take</c><00:43:42.480><c> encouragement.</c><00:43:43.019><c> Let's</c><00:43:43.320><c> not</c><00:43:43.579><c> stop.</c><00:43:43.860><c> Let's</c><00:43:44.139><c> not</c>

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seize<00:43:44.659><c> our</c><00:43:45.000><c> work.</c>

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But<00:43:45.780><c> if</c><00:43:45.900><c> you're</c><00:43:46.079><c> not</c><00:43:46.300><c> doing</c><00:43:46.539><c> any</c><00:43:46.780><c> of</c><00:43:46.940><c> those,</c><00:43:47.380><c> let's</c><00:43:47.940><c> start</c>

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something<00:43:48.760><c> today.</c>

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That's<00:43:49.579><c> what</c><00:43:49.739><c> the</c><00:43:49.900><c> Bible</c><00:43:50.119><c> says</c><00:43:50.559><c> to</c><00:43:50.880><c> us.</c>

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Let<00:43:52.739><c> us</c><00:43:53.019><c> set</c><00:43:53.280><c> aside</c><00:43:53.659><c> some</c><00:43:54.039><c> time</c><00:43:54.300><c> for</c><00:43:54.579><c> us</c><00:43:54.880><c> from</c><00:43:55.239><c> our</c><00:43:55.539><c> daily</c><00:43:55.860><c> or</c>

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:57.019
weekly<00:43:56.420><c> routine</c>

00:43:57.019 --> 00:44:01.539
to<00:43:57.519><c> do</c><00:43:57.760><c> some</c><00:43:58.039><c> duties</c><00:43:58.539><c> that</c><00:43:58.920><c> is</c><00:43:59.340><c> not</c><00:43:59.780><c> bound</c><00:44:00.219><c> by</c><00:44:00.800><c> any</c><00:44:01.059><c> tradition,</c>

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but<00:44:02.119><c> motivated</c><00:44:03.159><c> by</c><00:44:03.460><c> real</c><00:44:03.860><c> love.</c>

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:06.599
I'll<00:44:05.320><c> say</c><00:44:05.460><c> that</c><00:44:05.619><c> again.</c>

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:10.739
Let's<00:44:07.260><c> set</c><00:44:07.739><c> aside</c><00:44:08.059><c> some</c><00:44:08.380><c> time</c><00:44:08.559><c> from</c><00:44:08.780><c> our</c><00:44:09.000><c> daily</c><00:44:09.420><c> or</c><00:44:09.760><c> weekly</c><00:44:10.139><c> routine</c>

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:14.199
to<00:44:11.340><c> do</c><00:44:11.559><c> some</c><00:44:11.800><c> duties</c><00:44:12.159><c> that</c><00:44:12.420><c> is</c><00:44:12.760><c> not</c><00:44:13.119><c> bound</c><00:44:13.400><c> by</c><00:44:13.679><c> traditions,</c>

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:17.900
but<00:44:15.000><c> motivated</c><00:44:15.719><c> by</c><00:44:16.280><c> real</c><00:44:16.820><c> love.</c>

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:20.820
How<00:44:18.860><c> beautiful</c><00:44:19.260><c> are</c><00:44:19.440><c> the</c><00:44:19.599><c> feet</c><00:44:19.820><c> of</c><00:44:20.059><c> those</c><00:44:20.300><c> who</c><00:44:20.500><c> bring</c><00:44:20.639><c> the</c>

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:21.199
good<00:44:20.980><c> news.</c>

00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:23.119
That's<00:44:21.440><c> what</c><00:44:21.619><c> the</c><00:44:21.739><c> New</c><00:44:21.880><c> Testament</c><00:44:22.239><c> says.</c>

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:26.699
Just<00:44:24.280><c> like</c><00:44:24.539><c> Rehab,</c><00:44:24.860><c> we</c><00:44:25.039><c> don't</c><00:44:25.260><c> have</c><00:44:25.480><c> much</c><00:44:25.800><c> time</c><00:44:26.079><c> to</c><00:44:26.340><c> waste,</c>

00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:29.420
so<00:44:27.139><c> let's</c><00:44:27.480><c> be</c><00:44:27.699><c> determined</c><00:44:28.019><c> and</c><00:44:28.239><c> start</c><00:44:28.539><c> soon.</c>

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:32.099
Now,<00:44:29.860><c> as</c><00:44:30.019><c> we</c><00:44:30.199><c> come</c><00:44:30.619><c> nearly</c><00:44:30.880><c> to</c><00:44:31.079><c> the</c><00:44:31.179><c> end</c><00:44:31.360><c> of</c><00:44:31.579><c> the</c><00:44:31.659><c> story,</c><00:44:31.900><c> we</c>

00:44:32.099 --> 00:44:33.559
see<00:44:32.260><c> the</c><00:44:32.420><c> red</c><00:44:32.719><c> cord.</c>

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:36.699
A<00:44:34.739><c> red</c><00:44:35.139><c> cord</c><00:44:35.480><c> was</c><00:44:36.320><c> there.</c>

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:40.760
It<00:44:37.139><c> was</c><00:44:37.539><c> tied</c><00:44:37.960><c> to</c><00:44:38.480><c> tie</c><00:44:38.780><c> two</c><00:44:38.980><c> different</c><00:44:39.320><c> groups,</c><00:44:40.260><c> Israelites</c>

00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:42.019
and<00:44:41.039><c> the</c><00:44:41.179><c> sinner,</c>

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:44.739
a<00:44:42.380><c> sign,</c><00:44:42.699><c> a</c><00:44:42.900><c> token</c><00:44:43.179><c> of</c><00:44:43.500><c> commitment,</c>

00:44:44.840 --> 00:44:47.539
commitment<00:44:45.219><c> between</c><00:44:45.599><c> two</c><00:44:45.820><c> different</c><00:44:46.079><c> groups</c><00:44:46.380><c> of</c><00:44:46.579><c> people.</c>

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:50.500
Now,<00:44:48.739><c> why</c><00:44:49.079><c> was</c><00:44:49.380><c> there</c><00:44:49.559><c> the</c><00:44:49.760><c> red</c><00:44:50.239><c> cord?</c>

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:54.139
As<00:44:51.239><c> we</c><00:44:51.460><c> go</c><00:44:51.699><c> follow</c><00:44:51.900><c> through</c><00:44:52.179><c> the</c><00:44:52.320><c> books</c><00:44:52.659><c> of</c><00:44:52.780><c> Joshua,</c>

00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:56.059
we<00:44:54.539><c> see</c><00:44:54.679><c> there</c><00:44:54.840><c> is</c><00:44:54.960><c> no</c><00:44:55.139><c> use</c><00:44:55.300><c> of</c><00:44:55.460><c> the</c><00:44:55.559><c> red</c><00:44:55.820><c> cord,</c>

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:57.960
because<00:44:56.679><c> nobody</c><00:44:56.960><c> looks</c><00:44:57.179><c> at</c><00:44:57.340><c> the</c><00:44:57.420><c> red</c><00:44:57.619><c> cord</c><00:44:57.699><c> and</c><00:44:57.800><c> says,</c>

00:44:58.039 --> 00:45:00.739
here,<00:44:58.380><c> here</c><00:44:58.579><c> is</c><00:44:58.659><c> the</c><00:44:58.780><c> red</c><00:44:59.000><c> cord.</c><00:44:59.139><c> That</c><00:44:59.519><c> should</c><00:44:59.860><c> be</c><00:45:00.059><c> Rehab's</c><00:45:00.480><c> family.</c>

00:45:00.739 --> 00:45:05.099
No,<00:45:02.199><c> because</c><00:45:02.280><c> they</c><00:45:02.659><c> knew</c><00:45:02.940><c> who</c><00:45:03.239><c> Rehab</c><00:45:03.480><c> was</c><00:45:03.760><c> and</c><00:45:03.920><c> who</c><00:45:04.099><c> her</c><00:45:04.300><c> family</c><00:45:04.699><c> was</c>

00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:05.679
going<00:45:05.280><c> to</c><00:45:05.460><c> be,</c>

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:08.139
and<00:45:06.119><c> they</c><00:45:06.500><c> knew</c><00:45:06.739><c> where</c><00:45:06.940><c> she</c><00:45:07.159><c> lived,</c><00:45:07.579><c> and</c><00:45:07.719><c> they</c><00:45:07.860><c> could</c><00:45:08.000><c> have</c>

00:45:08.139 --> 00:45:09.139
just<00:45:08.300><c> easily</c><00:45:08.579><c> saved</c><00:45:08.840><c> her.</c>

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:15.619
But<00:45:09.380><c> why</c><00:45:09.960><c> this</c><00:45:11.519><c> story</c><00:45:12.199><c> had</c><00:45:12.480><c> to</c><00:45:12.699><c> be</c><00:45:12.940><c> happening</c><00:45:13.159><c> in</c><00:45:14.300><c> this</c><00:45:14.500><c> very</c><00:45:14.699><c> way,</c>

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:19.320
and<00:45:15.900><c> a</c><00:45:16.719><c> red</c><00:45:17.039><c> cord</c><00:45:17.280><c> needed</c><00:45:17.539><c> to</c><00:45:17.760><c> be</c><00:45:17.900><c> tied</c><00:45:18.059><c> down</c><00:45:18.380><c> there?</c>

00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:25.500
Well,<00:45:20.880><c> it</c><00:45:20.980><c> was</c><00:45:21.179><c> not</c><00:45:21.380><c> necessarily</c><00:45:21.960><c> for</c><00:45:22.159><c> the</c><00:45:22.300><c> benefit</c><00:45:22.659><c> of</c><00:45:25.380><c> the</c>

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:27.840
Israelite<00:45:26.320><c> soldiers</c><00:45:26.659><c> alone.</c>

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:32.219
Joshua,<00:45:29.340><c> in</c><00:45:29.559><c> later</c><00:45:29.800><c> chapters,</c><00:45:30.380><c> commands</c><00:45:31.000><c> to</c><00:45:31.320><c> go</c><00:45:31.659><c> and</c><00:45:31.940><c> save</c>

00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:33.300
Rehab<00:45:32.679><c> and</c><00:45:32.860><c> her</c><00:45:33.019><c> family.</c>

00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:36.739
Don't<00:45:33.579><c> say,</c><00:45:33.920><c> go</c><00:45:34.139><c> and</c><00:45:34.559><c> find</c><00:45:34.920><c> out</c><00:45:35.099><c> the</c><00:45:35.260><c> red</c><00:45:35.519><c> cord</c><00:45:35.659><c> and</c><00:45:35.800><c> save</c><00:45:36.079><c> everyone</c><00:45:36.400><c> under</c><00:45:36.599><c> the</c>

00:45:36.739 --> 00:45:37.179
red<00:45:37.000><c> cord.</c>

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:42.179
No.<00:45:39.280><c> It</c><00:45:39.440><c> was</c><00:45:39.619><c> there</c><00:45:39.800><c> for</c><00:45:39.960><c> the</c><00:45:40.119><c> benefit</c><00:45:40.460><c> of</c><00:45:40.760><c> Rehab</c><00:45:41.119><c> as</c><00:45:41.380><c> well.</c>

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:45.820
It<00:45:42.480><c> was</c><00:45:42.699><c> there</c><00:45:42.900><c> to</c><00:45:43.179><c> remind</c><00:45:43.559><c> Rehab</c><00:45:44.679><c> so</c><00:45:45.019><c> that</c><00:45:45.139><c> she</c><00:45:45.300><c> can</c><00:45:45.460><c> remember</c>

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:47.059
what<00:45:45.980><c> she</c><00:45:46.179><c> is</c><00:45:46.179><c> supposed</c><00:45:46.480><c> to</c><00:45:46.659><c> do</c>

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:51.539
for<00:45:47.420><c> her</c><00:45:47.719><c> safety</c><00:45:48.159><c> and</c><00:45:48.699><c> the</c><00:45:48.880><c> safety</c><00:45:49.099><c> of</c><00:45:49.340><c> her</c><00:45:49.519><c> brothers</c><00:45:49.739><c> and</c><00:45:49.960><c> sisters</c><00:45:50.219><c> and</c><00:45:50.440><c> family.</c>

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:55.460
A<00:45:52.320><c> remembrance</c><00:45:52.880><c> for</c><00:45:54.219><c> her.</c>

00:45:56.280 --> 00:46:00.420
Well,<00:45:58.599><c> that</c><00:45:58.800><c> is</c><00:45:59.099><c> the</c><00:45:59.219><c> lesson</c><00:45:59.440><c> in</c><00:45:59.639><c> the</c><00:45:59.820><c> red</c><00:46:00.039><c> cord,</c><00:46:00.239><c> brothers</c>

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:00.840
and<00:46:00.579><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:04.480
We<00:46:01.099><c> also</c><00:46:01.420><c> have</c><00:46:01.659><c> a</c><00:46:01.840><c> similar</c><00:46:02.079><c> sort</c><00:46:02.300><c> of</c><00:46:02.760><c> token</c><00:46:03.000><c> for</c><00:46:03.280><c> us.</c>

00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:07.480
But<00:46:05.280><c> the</c><00:46:05.460><c> token</c><00:46:05.639><c> itself</c><00:46:06.019><c> was</c><00:46:07.019><c> not</c><00:46:07.239><c> enough.</c>

00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:09.800
If<00:46:07.880><c> she</c><00:46:07.960><c> would</c><00:46:08.159><c> have</c><00:46:08.280><c> just</c><00:46:08.599><c> tied</c><00:46:08.739><c> the</c><00:46:08.880><c> red</c><00:46:09.199><c> cord</c><00:46:09.300><c> and</c><00:46:09.460><c> keep</c><00:46:09.619><c> on</c>

00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:11.079
doing<00:46:10.300><c> what</c><00:46:10.460><c> she</c><00:46:10.619><c> was</c><00:46:10.800><c> doing,</c>

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:13.260
she<00:46:11.420><c> wouldn't</c><00:46:11.599><c> have</c><00:46:11.739><c> been</c><00:46:11.980><c> saved,</c><00:46:12.119><c> would</c><00:46:12.300><c> she?</c>

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:18.420
She<00:46:14.400><c> needed</c><00:46:14.619><c> to</c><00:46:14.860><c> do</c><00:46:14.940><c> some</c><00:46:15.239><c> real</c><00:46:15.659><c> work</c><00:46:16.199><c> to</c><00:46:16.800><c> get</c><00:46:17.019><c> the</c><00:46:17.320><c> spies</c><00:46:17.480><c> safely</c><00:46:17.900><c> out,</c>

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:22.079
to<00:46:18.940><c> get</c><00:46:19.579><c> her</c><00:46:19.780><c> family</c><00:46:20.139><c> to</c><00:46:20.199><c> know</c><00:46:20.599><c> about</c><00:46:21.139><c> the</c><00:46:21.739><c> spies,</c>

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:25.940
bring<00:46:22.619><c> them</c><00:46:22.920><c> in</c><00:46:23.260><c> the</c><00:46:23.500><c> house</c><00:46:23.780><c> and</c><00:46:24.420><c> teach</c><00:46:24.739><c> them</c><00:46:25.219><c> constantly</c><00:46:25.739><c> so</c>

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:27.199
that<00:46:26.039><c> they</c><00:46:26.119><c> don't</c><00:46:26.320><c> go</c><00:46:26.519><c> out</c><00:46:26.760><c> of</c><00:46:26.840><c> the</c><00:46:27.000><c> house.</c>

00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:28.579
Look<00:46:27.460><c> after</c><00:46:27.760><c> them.</c>

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:32.619
A<00:46:29.059><c> whole</c><00:46:29.300><c> process</c><00:46:29.820><c> of</c><00:46:30.119><c> work.</c><00:46:30.699><c> Just</c><00:46:30.980><c> it</c><00:46:31.159><c> is</c><00:46:31.280><c> for</c><00:46:31.440><c> you</c><00:46:31.579><c> and</c><00:46:31.699><c> me.</c>

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:35.260
We<00:46:33.579><c> have</c><00:46:33.780><c> to</c><00:46:34.000><c> work</c><00:46:34.260><c> today.</c>

00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:39.659
The<00:46:35.619><c> commitment,</c><00:46:37.000><c> the</c><00:46:37.619><c> symbol,</c><00:46:38.139><c> the</c><00:46:38.239><c> sign</c><00:46:38.480><c> itself</c><00:46:39.000><c> is</c><00:46:39.239><c> not</c><00:46:39.420><c> enough</c>

00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:45.820
if<00:46:39.820><c> it</c><00:46:40.119><c> is</c><00:46:40.119><c> not</c><00:46:40.500><c> accompanied</c><00:46:41.059><c> by</c><00:46:42.199><c> some</c><00:46:42.460><c> sort</c><00:46:42.820><c> of</c><00:46:44.599><c> action.</c>

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:52.719
You<00:46:48.039><c> see,</c><00:46:48.679><c> a</c><00:46:48.760><c> gentile</c><00:46:49.340><c> woman</c><00:46:49.659><c> will</c><00:46:49.980><c> soon</c><00:46:51.460><c> be</c><00:46:51.880><c> accepted</c><00:46:52.320><c> to</c><00:46:52.619><c> a</c>

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:54.900
royal<00:46:52.980><c> family</c><00:46:53.420><c> chosen</c><00:46:53.739><c> by</c><00:46:53.980><c> God.</c>

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:58.840
She<00:46:55.179><c> was</c><00:46:55.420><c> completely</c><00:46:56.099><c> ready</c><00:46:56.420><c> and</c><00:46:56.719><c> looking</c><00:46:57.059><c> forward</c><00:46:57.519><c> to</c><00:46:57.659><c> the</c><00:46:57.840><c> kingdom</c>

00:46:59.199 --> 00:47:02.280
because<00:46:59.719><c> she</c><00:46:59.960><c> knew</c><00:47:00.199><c> God's</c><00:47:00.659><c> promise</c><00:47:00.860><c> is</c><00:47:01.039><c> going</c><00:47:01.159><c> to</c><00:47:01.239><c> be</c><00:47:01.440><c> happening.</c>

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:04.579
Now,<00:47:02.840><c> I</c><00:47:03.119><c> would</c><00:47:03.239><c> just</c><00:47:03.539><c> ask</c><00:47:03.800><c> you</c><00:47:04.019><c> a</c><00:47:04.079><c> question.</c>

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.239
Don't<00:47:05.239><c> be</c><00:47:05.440><c> hesitant</c><00:47:05.679><c> to</c><00:47:05.920><c> answer</c><00:47:06.159><c> it</c><00:47:06.320><c> by</c><00:47:06.460><c> raising</c><00:47:06.719><c> your</c><00:47:06.940><c> hand.</c>

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:11.219
Can<00:47:07.719><c> you</c><00:47:07.880><c> tell</c><00:47:08.059><c> me</c><00:47:08.199><c> how</c><00:47:08.360><c> many</c><00:47:08.559><c> of</c><00:47:08.760><c> you</c><00:47:08.940><c> saw</c><00:47:09.079><c> the</c><00:47:09.300><c> royal</c><00:47:09.579><c> wedding</c><00:47:09.920><c> recently?</c>

00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:12.719
Will<00:47:11.739><c> and</c><00:47:11.960><c> Kate.</c>

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:17.139
Okay,<00:47:15.380><c> some</c><00:47:15.599><c> of</c><00:47:15.880><c> you</c><00:47:16.039><c> maybe</c><00:47:16.280><c> have</c><00:47:16.440><c> seen</c><00:47:16.619><c> half</c><00:47:16.900><c> of</c><00:47:17.059><c> it</c>

00:47:17.139 --> 00:47:19.420
and<00:47:17.239><c> that's</c><00:47:17.420><c> why</c><00:47:17.559><c> you</c><00:47:17.860><c> raised</c><00:47:17.980><c> your</c><00:47:18.219><c> half</c><00:47:18.400><c> hands,</c><00:47:18.639><c> but</c><00:47:18.960><c> that's</c>

00:47:19.420 --> 00:47:19.780
all<00:47:19.539><c> right.</c>

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:22.619
Well,<00:47:20.920><c> I</c><00:47:21.019><c> want</c><00:47:21.199><c> to</c><00:47:21.340><c> tell</c><00:47:21.500><c> you</c><00:47:21.639><c> something,</c><00:47:22.079><c> brothers</c><00:47:22.159><c> and</c><00:47:22.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:24.199
Good<00:47:22.940><c> to</c><00:47:23.139><c> see</c><00:47:23.239><c> that</c><00:47:23.420><c> many</c><00:47:23.579><c> of</c><00:47:23.719><c> you</c><00:47:23.820><c> saw</c><00:47:24.000><c> it.</c>

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:27.119
I<00:47:24.400><c> didn't</c><00:47:24.639><c> want</c><00:47:24.800><c> to</c><00:47:24.940><c> watch</c><00:47:25.059><c> it,</c><00:47:25.539><c> but</c><00:47:25.559><c> because</c><00:47:25.980><c> Leah</c><00:47:26.099><c> was</c><00:47:26.320><c> watching</c><00:47:26.619><c> it,</c>

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:29.519
I<00:47:27.360><c> thought,</c><00:47:27.719><c> no,</c><00:47:27.780><c> it</c><00:47:27.780><c> would</c><00:47:28.000><c> be</c><00:47:28.380><c> worthwhile</c><00:47:28.739><c> sitting</c><00:47:29.000><c> with</c><00:47:29.239><c> her.</c>

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:32.099
And<00:47:30.079><c> when</c><00:47:30.280><c> I</c><00:47:30.480><c> was</c><00:47:30.699><c> watching</c><00:47:30.980><c> the</c><00:47:31.260><c> wedding,</c>

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:35.199
I<00:47:32.760><c> was</c><00:47:32.960><c> having</c><00:47:33.440><c> shivers</c><00:47:33.800><c> and</c><00:47:34.059><c> goose</c><00:47:34.360><c> bumps</c><00:47:34.599><c> because</c><00:47:34.900><c> of</c><00:47:35.019><c> what</c>

00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:36.420
I<00:47:35.320><c> was</c><00:47:35.539><c> thinking.</c>

00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:42.280
Well,<00:47:38.280><c> a</c><00:47:38.420><c> wedding</c><00:47:38.719><c> set</c><00:47:39.039><c> up</c><00:47:40.099><c> for</c><00:47:41.000><c> the</c><00:47:41.280><c> world</c><00:47:41.659><c> to</c><00:47:42.039><c> see</c>

00:47:42.280 --> 00:47:45.940
in<00:47:42.559><c> a</c><00:47:42.760><c> way</c><00:47:42.940><c> that</c><00:47:43.139><c> the</c><00:47:43.719><c> coverage</c><00:47:44.019><c> will</c><00:47:44.320><c> go</c><00:47:44.559><c> all</c><00:47:45.019><c> around</c><00:47:45.380><c> the</c><00:47:45.619><c> world.</c>

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:48.039
Every<00:47:46.559><c> eyes</c><00:47:46.940><c> will</c><00:47:47.219><c> see.</c>

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:49.900
Not<00:47:48.340><c> every</c><00:47:48.639><c> eyes</c><00:47:48.860><c> did</c><00:47:49.099><c> see</c><00:47:49.280><c> this</c><00:47:49.599><c> wedding,</c>

00:47:50.300 --> 00:47:53.340
but<00:47:50.440><c> there</c><00:47:50.639><c> is</c><00:47:50.719><c> a</c><00:47:50.920><c> wedding</c><00:47:51.159><c> that</c><00:47:51.480><c> every</c><00:47:51.800><c> eyes</c><00:47:52.099><c> will</c><00:47:52.420><c> see.</c>

00:47:53.699 --> 00:47:55.199
We<00:47:53.960><c> will</c><00:47:54.260><c> see.</c>

00:47:55.340 --> 00:47:59.360
You<00:47:55.460><c> see,</c><00:47:55.900><c> everyone</c><00:47:56.300><c> was</c><00:47:56.579><c> discussing</c><00:47:57.139><c> about</c><00:47:57.500><c> the</c><00:47:58.119><c> preparation</c><00:47:58.739><c> of</c><00:47:58.980><c> the</c><00:47:59.179><c> bride,</c>

00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:01.780
which<00:47:59.579><c> probably</c><00:48:00.019><c> has</c><00:48:00.280><c> taken</c><00:48:00.619><c> months.</c>

00:48:03.059 --> 00:48:07.920
She<00:48:03.940><c> didn't</c><00:48:04.500><c> come</c><00:48:04.760><c> in</c><00:48:04.940><c> shabby</c><00:48:05.340><c> clothes</c><00:48:05.960><c> to</c><00:48:06.699><c> be</c><00:48:06.960><c> married.</c>

00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:11.119
She<00:48:09.500><c> did</c><00:48:09.719><c> as</c><00:48:10.219><c> best</c><00:48:10.539><c> as</c><00:48:10.760><c> she</c><00:48:10.920><c> could,</c>

00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:17.699
perfect,<00:48:12.500><c> beautifully</c><00:48:12.820><c> prepared</c><00:48:13.480><c> for</c><00:48:13.920><c> her</c><00:48:14.659><c> groom</c><00:48:15.559><c> to</c><00:48:16.059><c> accept</c><00:48:16.599><c> her.</c>

00:48:19.500 --> 00:48:22.800
We<00:48:20.380><c> are</c><00:48:20.760><c> the</c><00:48:20.960><c> bridegroom</c><00:48:21.380><c> of</c><00:48:21.539><c> our</c><00:48:21.699><c> Lord</c><00:48:21.860><c> Jesus</c><00:48:22.320><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:23.260 --> 00:48:26.659
The<00:48:23.519><c> biggest</c><00:48:24.019><c> ever</c><00:48:24.460><c> wedding</c><00:48:24.820><c> would</c><00:48:25.159><c> take</c><00:48:25.420><c> place</c><00:48:25.739><c> in</c><00:48:26.260><c> this</c><00:48:26.420><c> world</c>

00:48:26.659 --> 00:48:31.099
when<00:48:27.000><c> the</c><00:48:27.519><c> Lord</c><00:48:27.719><c> Jesus</c><00:48:28.300><c> Christ</c><00:48:28.739><c> accepts</c><00:48:29.440><c> His</c><00:48:30.039><c> bride.</c>

00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:33.619
How<00:48:32.360><c> prepared</c><00:48:32.920><c> are</c><00:48:33.179><c> we?</c>

00:48:33.820 --> 00:48:35.119
How<00:48:34.219><c> clean</c><00:48:34.579><c> are</c><00:48:34.820><c> we?</c>

00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:38.980
Are<00:48:35.739><c> we</c><00:48:36.099><c> prepared</c><00:48:36.420><c> working</c><00:48:37.179><c> for</c><00:48:38.400><c> the</c><00:48:38.719><c> wedding?</c>

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:41.719
This<00:48:39.659><c> wedding</c><00:48:39.880><c> doesn't</c><00:48:40.179><c> preparation</c><00:48:40.719><c> physical</c><00:48:41.260><c> clothes,</c>

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:44.659
but<00:48:42.340><c> it</c><00:48:42.619><c> does</c><00:48:43.039><c> take</c><00:48:43.320><c> preparation</c><00:48:43.900><c> of</c><00:48:44.260><c> work.</c>

00:48:45.139 --> 00:48:49.380
Going<00:48:45.460><c> out,</c><00:48:45.920><c> inviting</c><00:48:46.619><c> all</c><00:48:47.320><c> the</c><00:48:47.579><c> guests</c><00:48:48.039><c> of</c><00:48:48.360><c> the</c><00:48:48.559><c> wedding.</c>

00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:51.940
You<00:48:50.440><c> and</c><00:48:50.619><c> I</c><00:48:50.780><c> are</c><00:48:51.039><c> the</c><00:48:51.179><c> guests</c><00:48:51.440><c> of</c><00:48:51.639><c> the</c><00:48:51.780><c> wedding.</c>

00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:53.960
We<00:48:52.239><c> are</c><00:48:52.360><c> all</c><00:48:52.579><c> going</c><00:48:52.760><c> to</c><00:48:52.900><c> be</c><00:48:53.039><c> part</c><00:48:53.239><c> of</c><00:48:53.420><c> the</c><00:48:53.619><c> kingdom,</c>

00:48:54.239 --> 00:48:57.179
and<00:48:54.500><c> we</c><00:48:54.659><c> need</c><00:48:54.860><c> to</c><00:48:55.159><c> invite</c><00:48:55.420><c> as</c><00:48:55.900><c> many</c><00:48:56.139><c> people</c><00:48:56.480><c> as</c><00:48:56.739><c> we</c><00:48:56.980><c> can</c>

00:48:57.179 --> 00:48:59.739
because<00:48:57.400><c> it's</c><00:48:57.699><c> a</c><00:48:57.820><c> very</c><00:48:58.260><c> great</c><00:48:58.599><c> ceremony.</c>

00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:09.460
And<00:49:06.619><c> we</c><00:49:06.960><c> are</c><00:49:07.079><c> not</c><00:49:07.280><c> only,</c><00:49:08.000><c> brothers</c><00:49:08.119><c> and</c><00:49:08.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:13.300
not<00:49:10.579><c> only</c><00:49:10.980><c> just</c><00:49:11.460><c> preparing</c><00:49:12.039><c> for</c><00:49:12.340><c> the</c><00:49:12.500><c> wedding,</c>

00:49:14.099 --> 00:49:17.219
you<00:49:14.280><c> and</c><00:49:14.440><c> I</c><00:49:14.539><c> who</c><00:49:14.699><c> are</c><00:49:14.840><c> here</c><00:49:15.019><c> today</c><00:49:15.460><c> to</c><00:49:15.760><c> remember</c><00:49:16.139><c> the</c><00:49:16.719><c> death</c><00:49:16.960><c> of</c>

00:49:17.219 --> 00:49:18.400
Lord<00:49:17.400><c> Jesus</c><00:49:17.820><c> Christ,</c>

00:49:18.739 --> 00:49:21.619
we<00:49:19.000><c> are</c><00:49:19.099><c> not</c><00:49:19.280><c> only</c><00:49:19.579><c> just</c><00:49:20.079><c> preparing</c><00:49:20.440><c> for</c><00:49:20.659><c> the</c><00:49:20.820><c> wedding,</c>

00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:25.559
we<00:49:22.699><c> are</c><00:49:22.800><c> even</c><00:49:23.219><c> engaged</c><00:49:24.139><c> for</c><00:49:24.460><c> the</c><00:49:24.639><c> wedding.</c>

00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:36.940
You<00:49:28.239><c> see,</c><00:49:29.000><c> we</c><00:49:29.000><c> also</c><00:49:29.360><c> have</c><00:49:32.920><c> a</c><00:49:33.039><c> token,</c><00:49:34.599><c> a</c><00:49:34.780><c> red</c><00:49:35.800><c> token,</c>

00:49:37.579 --> 00:49:42.340
and<00:49:37.699><c> this</c><00:49:38.039><c> token</c><00:49:38.400><c> is</c><00:49:38.659><c> given</c><00:49:38.900><c> for</c><00:49:39.099><c> us</c><00:49:39.360><c> to</c><00:49:39.659><c> remember</c><00:49:40.360><c> the</c><00:49:41.699><c> death</c>

00:49:42.340 --> 00:49:44.219
of<00:49:42.800><c> our</c><00:49:42.960><c> Lord</c><00:49:43.139><c> Jesus</c><00:49:43.599><c> Christ</c>

00:49:44.219 --> 00:49:46.679
and<00:49:44.619><c> the</c><00:49:44.800><c> return</c><00:49:45.460><c> of</c><00:49:45.780><c> the</c><00:49:45.940><c> Lord</c><00:49:46.099><c> Jesus</c><00:49:46.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:52.300
This<00:49:46.940><c> is</c><00:49:47.739><c> much</c><00:49:48.119><c> better,</c><00:49:49.780><c> much</c><00:49:50.099><c> precious</c><00:49:50.699><c> than</c><00:49:51.039><c> any</c><00:49:51.519><c> wedding</c><00:49:51.920><c> ring,</c>

00:49:52.659 --> 00:49:54.559
any<00:49:52.940><c> commitment</c><00:49:53.559><c> can</c><00:49:53.820><c> be</c><00:49:53.960><c> in</c><00:49:54.079><c> the</c><00:49:54.320><c> world.</c>

00:49:54.559 --> 00:49:59.139
This<00:49:55.059><c> is</c><00:49:55.300><c> the</c><00:49:55.559><c> death,</c><00:49:56.039><c> the</c><00:49:56.320><c> life,</c><00:49:56.860><c> the</c><00:49:57.559><c> blood</c><00:49:57.980><c> poured</c><00:49:58.380><c> out</c><00:49:58.780><c> by</c>

00:49:59.139 --> 00:50:01.039
our<00:49:59.599><c> bridegroom,</c>

00:50:01.179 --> 00:50:03.360
our<00:50:01.440><c> Lord</c><00:50:01.739><c> Jesus</c><00:50:02.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:50:04.059 --> 00:50:09.360
In<00:50:04.260><c> a</c><00:50:04.420><c> few</c><00:50:04.559><c> seconds,</c><00:50:05.739><c> we</c><00:50:06.000><c> are</c><00:50:06.119><c> going</c><00:50:06.179><c> to</c><00:50:06.360><c> take</c><00:50:06.599><c> part</c><00:50:07.199><c> as</c><00:50:08.480><c> a</c><00:50:08.860><c> remembrance</c>

00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:14.179
that<00:50:09.840><c> we</c><00:50:10.039><c> are</c><00:50:10.340><c> going</c><00:50:10.519><c> to</c><00:50:10.719><c> be</c><00:50:10.860><c> His</c><00:50:11.139><c> bride,</c><00:50:13.079><c> this</c><00:50:13.320><c> blood.</c>

00:50:14.519 --> 00:50:16.659
That's<00:50:14.820><c> what</c><00:50:14.980><c> it</c><00:50:15.219><c> reminds</c><00:50:15.599><c> us.</c>

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:20.480
Are<00:50:17.219><c> we</c><00:50:17.420><c> ready</c><00:50:17.840><c> for</c><00:50:18.179><c> Christ's</c><00:50:18.719><c> return</c><00:50:19.019><c> like</c><00:50:19.280><c> Rahab</c><00:50:19.639><c> was?</c>