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in<00:11:04.320><c> faith.</c><00:11:06.480><c> You</c><00:11:06.559><c> notice</c><00:11:06.860><c> too</c><00:11:07.159><c> how</c><00:11:07.360><c> in</c><00:11:07.519><c> verse</c><00:11:07.759><c> 9,</c>

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Jonathan<00:11:09.059><c> was</c><00:11:10.039><c> not</c><00:11:10.320><c> backwards,</c><00:11:11.440><c> in</c><00:11:12.100><c> seeking</c><00:11:12.600><c> a</c><00:11:12.960><c> sign</c><00:11:13.299><c> that</c><00:11:13.600><c> God</c><00:11:13.899><c> was</c><00:11:14.120><c> with</c><00:11:14.340><c> him.</c><00:11:16.000><c> He</c>

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says<00:11:16.399><c> this</c><00:11:16.620><c> to</c><00:11:16.799><c> his</c><00:11:17.000><c> armor</c><00:11:17.220><c>-bearer,</c>

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verse<00:11:18.200><c> 8</c><00:11:18.399><c> for</c><00:11:18.600><c> connection,</c><00:11:19.080><c> then</c><00:11:19.240><c> said,</c><00:11:19.740><c> Jonathan,</c><00:11:20.159><c> behold,</c>

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we<00:11:20.639><c> will</c><00:11:20.899><c> pass</c><00:11:21.259><c> over</c><00:11:21.500><c> unto</c><00:11:21.720><c> these</c><00:11:22.120><c> men,</c>

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and<00:11:22.840><c> we</c><00:11:22.980><c> will</c><00:11:23.360><c> discover</c><00:11:23.879><c> ourselves</c><00:11:24.480><c> unto</c><00:11:24.879><c> them.</c><00:11:25.919><c> If</c><00:11:26.240><c> they</c><00:11:26.519><c> say</c>

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thus<00:11:27.059><c> unto</c><00:11:27.299><c> us,</c><00:11:27.899><c> tarry</c><00:11:28.179><c> unto</c><00:11:28.179><c> them,</c>

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until<00:11:28.440><c> we</c><00:11:28.639><c> come</c><00:11:28.940><c> to</c><00:11:29.100><c> you,</c><00:11:30.039><c> then</c><00:11:30.220><c> we</c><00:11:30.379><c> will</c><00:11:30.559><c> stand</c><00:11:30.700><c> still</c><00:11:30.860><c> in</c><00:11:31.019><c> our</c>

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go<00:11:37.759><c> up,</c><00:11:38.379><c> for</c><00:11:38.480><c> the</c><00:11:38.679><c> Lord</c><00:11:38.919><c> hath</c><00:11:39.179><c> delivered</c><00:11:39.460><c> them</c>

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into<00:11:39.860><c> our</c><00:11:40.059><c> hand,</c><00:11:40.399><c> and</c><00:11:40.539><c> this</c><00:11:40.740><c> shall</c><00:11:40.919><c> be</c><00:11:41.259><c> a</c><00:11:41.440><c> sign</c><00:11:41.659><c> unto</c><00:11:41.980><c> us.</c><00:11:44.379><c> And</c>

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Jonathan,<00:11:45.000><c> having</c><00:11:45.440><c> made</c><00:11:45.799><c> that</c><00:11:46.220><c> sign</c><00:11:46.639><c> before</c><00:11:47.080><c> God,</c>

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goes<00:11:48.799><c> out</c><00:11:49.059><c> with</c><00:11:49.240><c> his</c><00:11:49.460><c> armor</c><00:11:49.700><c>-bearer</c><00:11:50.519><c> so</c><00:11:50.720><c> that</c><00:11:50.860><c> they</c><00:11:51.120><c> are</c><00:11:51.299><c> within</c><00:11:51.779><c> sight</c>

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of<00:11:52.279><c> the</c><00:11:52.460><c> Philistines,</c>

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they<00:11:53.600><c> show</c><00:11:53.799><c> themselves</c><00:11:54.639><c> to</c><00:11:55.019><c> these</c><00:11:55.240><c> men</c><00:11:55.440><c> of</c><00:11:55.720><c> war.</c><00:11:57.100><c> And</c><00:11:57.299><c> Jonathan's</c><00:11:57.960><c> prayer</c>

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is<00:11:58.559><c> abundantly</c><00:11:59.120><c> answered.</c>

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Both<00:11:59.960><c> of</c><00:12:00.139><c> them</c><00:12:00.299><c> discovered</c><00:12:00.720><c> themselves</c><00:12:01.240><c> unto</c><00:12:01.440><c> the</c><00:12:01.679><c> garrison</c>

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of<00:12:02.139><c> the</c><00:12:02.279><c> Philistines,</c><00:12:02.940><c> and</c><00:12:03.059><c> the</c><00:12:03.179><c> Philistines</c>

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said,<00:12:03.980><c> behold,</c><00:12:04.440><c> the</c><00:12:04.600><c> Hebrews</c><00:12:04.820><c> come</c><00:12:05.120><c> forth</c><00:12:05.379><c> out</c><00:12:05.559><c> of</c><00:12:05.679><c> the</c><00:12:05.820><c> holes</c>

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where<00:12:06.159><c> they</c><00:12:06.259><c> have</c><00:12:06.419><c> hid</c><00:12:06.539><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:12:07.399><c> the</c><00:12:07.460><c> men</c><00:12:07.580><c> of</c><00:12:07.679><c> the</c><00:12:07.799><c> garrison</c><00:12:08.080><c> answered</c><00:12:08.379><c> Jonathan</c><00:12:08.740><c> and</c><00:12:08.919><c> his</c>

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sufficient.<00:12:15.200><c> Jonathan</c><00:12:15.580><c> said,</c><00:12:16.700><c> come</c><00:12:16.879><c> up</c><00:12:17.039><c> after</c><00:12:17.279><c> me,</c>

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for<00:12:18.240><c> the</c><00:12:18.559><c> Lord</c><00:12:18.919><c> hath</c><00:12:19.220><c> delivered</c><00:12:19.580><c> them</c><00:12:19.759><c> into</c><00:12:19.919><c> the</c><00:12:20.120><c> hand</c><00:12:20.340><c> of</c><00:12:20.539><c> Israel.</c>

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It's<00:12:24.039><c> often</c><00:12:24.179><c> a</c><00:12:24.320><c> matter</c><00:12:24.480><c> of</c><00:12:24.700><c> discussion</c><00:12:25.039><c> amongst</c><00:12:25.379><c> us,</c><00:12:25.620><c> isn't</c>

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it,<00:12:25.860><c> brethren</c><00:12:26.039><c> and</c><00:12:26.220><c> sisters,</c><00:12:26.440><c> as</c><00:12:26.620><c> to</c><00:12:26.740><c> whether</c><00:12:26.860><c> we</c>

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who<00:12:32.120><c> in</c><00:12:32.399><c> faithlessness</c><00:12:32.899><c> sought</c><00:12:33.220><c> a</c><00:12:33.440><c> sign</c><00:12:33.600><c> and</c><00:12:33.700><c> were</c><00:12:33.899><c> told</c><00:12:34.120><c> that</c>

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save<00:12:36.039><c> the</c><00:12:36.220><c> sign</c><00:12:36.360><c> of</c><00:12:36.500><c> the</c><00:12:36.659><c> prophet</c><00:12:36.860><c> Jonas.</c><00:12:37.299><c> A</c><00:12:37.500><c> sign</c><00:12:37.659><c> when</c><00:12:37.779><c> it</c><00:12:37.879><c> was</c><00:12:38.019><c> too</c><00:12:38.279><c> late,</c><00:12:38.460><c> in</c>

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effect,<00:12:39.379><c> was</c><00:12:39.500><c> what</c><00:12:39.659><c> Jesus</c><00:12:39.960><c> said.</c>

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But<00:12:43.120><c> it's</c><00:12:43.360><c> not</c><00:12:43.679><c> wrong</c><00:12:44.059><c> to</c><00:12:44.360><c> ask</c><00:12:44.799><c> for</c><00:12:45.120><c> signs.</c><00:12:47.500><c> Where</c><00:12:47.720><c> we</c><00:12:48.039><c> have</c><00:12:48.740><c> two</c><00:12:49.980><c> distinct</c><00:12:50.779><c> courses</c><00:12:51.399><c> that</c><00:12:52.399><c> we</c>

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might<00:12:52.820><c> take,</c>

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where<00:12:54.580><c> it</c><00:12:54.720><c> is</c><00:12:54.919><c> not</c><00:12:55.159><c> clear</c><00:12:55.379><c> to</c><00:12:55.559><c> us</c><00:12:55.740><c> which</c><00:12:56.120><c> of</c><00:12:56.299><c> the</c><00:12:56.559><c> choices</c><00:12:57.019><c> might</c><00:12:57.500><c> be</c>

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which<00:13:00.039><c> might</c><00:13:00.379><c> most</c><00:13:00.740><c> please</c><00:13:01.059><c> God,</c><00:13:01.539><c> it</c><00:13:01.679><c> is</c><00:13:01.940><c> not</c><00:13:02.259><c> wrong</c><00:13:02.679><c> to</c><00:13:02.940><c> sit</c>

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What<00:13:39.039><c> is</c><00:13:39.320><c> wrong</c><00:13:39.620><c> and</c><00:13:39.779><c> what</c><00:13:39.940><c> is</c><00:13:40.220><c> extremely</c><00:13:40.539><c> upsetting,</c><00:13:41.240><c> brethren</c><00:13:41.320><c> and</c><00:13:41.500><c> sisters,</c><00:13:42.000><c> is</c>

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truth<00:13:46.240><c> say,</c><00:13:46.639><c> well,</c><00:13:46.799><c> I</c><00:13:46.980><c> prayed</c>

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about<00:13:47.460><c> it</c><00:13:47.500><c> and</c><00:13:47.600><c> I'm</c><00:13:47.759><c> sure</c><00:13:47.980><c> it's</c><00:13:48.179><c> the</c><00:13:48.299><c> right</c><00:13:48.440><c> thing</c><00:13:48.600><c> to</c><00:13:48.799><c> do,</c><00:13:49.279><c> when</c><00:13:49.379><c> clearly</c><00:13:49.679><c> it's</c><00:13:49.899><c> the</c>

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seek<00:13:56.120><c> for</c><00:13:56.460><c> signs</c>

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in<00:13:57.779><c> faithlessness,</c><00:13:59.539><c> for</c><00:13:59.779><c> signs</c><00:14:00.059><c> in</c><00:14:00.259><c> matters</c><00:14:00.480><c> where</c><00:14:00.720><c> God</c><00:14:00.980><c> has</c>

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revealed<00:14:01.620><c> his</c><00:14:01.879><c> will</c><00:14:02.179><c> and</c><00:14:02.480><c> we</c><00:14:02.679><c> have</c><00:14:02.879><c> clear</c><00:14:03.120><c> instruction</c>

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tempted<00:14:31.139><c> Jesus</c><00:14:31.539><c> by</c><00:14:31.860><c> saying,</c>

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sought.<00:14:40.279><c> Not</c><00:14:40.460><c> a</c><00:14:40.620><c> sign</c><00:14:40.779><c> to</c><00:14:40.980><c> convince</c><00:14:41.340><c> them</c><00:14:41.559><c> at</c><00:14:41.740><c> all,</c><00:14:42.059><c> not</c><00:14:42.200><c> a</c><00:14:42.379><c> sign</c><00:14:42.480><c> to</c>

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they<00:14:54.460><c> asked</c><00:14:54.799><c> such</c><00:14:55.139><c> a</c><00:14:55.419><c> sign</c><00:14:55.659><c> in</c><00:14:55.860><c> their</c><00:14:56.139><c> wickedness.</c><00:14:57.840><c> And</c><00:14:58.039><c> Jesus</c>

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condemned<00:14:58.860><c> them,</c><00:14:59.139><c> this</c><00:14:59.419><c> evil</c><00:14:59.799><c> and</c><00:15:00.100><c> adulterous</c>

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generation<00:15:01.379><c> seeketh</c><00:15:02.139><c> after</c><00:15:02.460><c> a</c><00:15:02.700><c> sign</c><00:15:02.879><c> and</c><00:15:03.120><c> no</c><00:15:03.480><c> sign</c><00:15:03.759><c> shall</c><00:15:03.980><c> be</c>

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given<00:15:04.399><c> it,</c><00:15:06.200><c> except</c><00:15:06.720><c> the</c><00:15:07.620><c> sign</c><00:15:07.860><c> of</c><00:15:08.019><c> Jonah.</c>

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Jonah<00:15:10.360><c> was</c><00:15:10.580><c> a</c><00:15:10.720><c> sign</c><00:15:10.840><c> in</c><00:15:11.000><c> many</c><00:15:11.179><c> ways,</c><00:15:11.379><c> of</c><00:15:11.600><c> course.</c><00:15:12.940><c> Jonah</c><00:15:13.019><c> was</c><00:15:13.240><c> a</c>

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sign<00:15:13.500><c> because</c><00:15:13.840><c> he</c><00:15:14.179><c> had</c><00:15:14.360><c> been</c><00:15:14.620><c> forced</c><00:15:15.019><c> to</c><00:15:15.259><c> preach</c>

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to<00:15:15.840><c> Gentiles,</c><00:15:16.299><c> though</c><00:15:16.419><c> he</c><00:15:16.519><c> had</c><00:15:16.700><c> not</c><00:15:16.879><c> wished</c><00:15:17.340><c> to,</c><00:15:18.700><c> and</c><00:15:18.919><c> had</c><00:15:19.120><c> seen</c><00:15:19.259><c> their</c><00:15:19.500><c> repentance</c><00:15:20.000><c> when</c><00:15:21.120><c> he,</c>

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as<00:15:22.100><c> the</c><00:15:22.299><c> one</c><00:15:22.519><c> man,</c>

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others.<00:15:30.600><c> Jonah</c><00:15:30.860><c> was</c><00:15:31.139><c> a</c><00:15:31.379><c> sign</c><00:15:31.580><c> as</c><00:15:31.960><c> Jesus</c><00:15:32.340><c> was</c><00:15:32.539><c> to</c><00:15:32.700><c> his</c><00:15:32.879><c> generation,</c><00:15:33.419><c> that</c><00:15:33.580><c> assuredly</c><00:15:34.220><c> Jesus</c><00:15:34.559><c> would</c><00:15:34.779><c> be</c>

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their<00:15:38.980><c> trust</c><00:15:39.179><c> in</c><00:15:39.399><c> him.</c>

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but<00:16:30.980><c> not</c><00:16:31.259><c> at</c><00:16:31.460><c> all</c><00:16:31.639><c> the</c><00:16:31.799><c> way</c><00:16:32.019><c> the</c><00:16:32.240><c> people</c>

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had<00:16:32.620><c> wanted.</c><00:16:33.919><c> But</c><00:16:34.120><c> that</c><00:16:34.299><c> does</c><00:16:34.580><c> not</c><00:16:34.899><c> disannul</c><00:16:35.399><c> the</c><00:16:35.580><c> fact</c><00:16:35.820><c> that</c>

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are<00:16:42.820><c> not</c><00:16:43.000><c> able</c><00:16:43.259><c> to</c><00:16:43.440><c> see</c><00:16:43.620><c> into</c><00:16:43.899><c> the</c><00:16:44.019><c> future,</c>

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it<00:16:45.480><c> is</c><00:16:45.759><c> right</c><00:16:46.019><c> for</c><00:16:46.200><c> us</c><00:16:46.399><c> to</c><00:16:46.539><c> commit</c><00:16:46.840><c> those</c><00:16:47.159><c> ways</c><00:16:47.379><c> to</c><00:16:47.580><c> God,</c><00:16:48.440><c> to</c><00:16:48.620><c> say,</c><00:16:48.799><c> Lord,</c><00:16:49.299><c> it</c>

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seems<00:16:49.840><c> to</c><00:16:50.000><c> me</c><00:16:50.159><c> that</c><00:16:50.299><c> I</c><00:16:50.399><c> should</c><00:16:50.559><c> do</c><00:16:50.779><c> this,</c>

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but<00:16:51.379><c> I</c><00:16:52.279><c> do</c><00:16:52.500><c> not</c><00:16:52.740><c> know.</c><00:16:54.720><c> This</c><00:16:54.960><c> is</c><00:16:55.139><c> what</c><00:16:55.559><c> I</c><00:16:55.980><c> would</c><00:16:56.200><c> do.</c><00:16:57.580><c> Help</c><00:16:57.820><c> me</c>

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sign<00:17:12.559><c> that</c><00:17:12.759><c> God</c><00:17:13.039><c> will</c><00:17:13.220><c> be</c><00:17:13.380><c> with</c><00:17:13.559><c> him,</c>

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and<00:17:14.099><c> he</c><00:17:14.240><c> is</c><00:17:14.420><c> very</c><00:17:14.900><c> clear</c><00:17:15.380><c> that</c><00:17:15.799><c> it</c><00:17:16.019><c> is</c><00:17:16.279><c> God's</c><00:17:16.779><c> work</c><00:17:17.039><c> and</c><00:17:17.240><c> not</c><00:17:17.400><c> his</c><00:17:17.660><c> own.</c><00:17:18.740><c> Here,</c><00:17:18.940><c> for</c><00:17:19.099><c> example,</c><00:17:19.559><c> in</c>

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verse<00:17:20.079><c> 12,</c><00:17:20.980><c> we</c><00:17:21.180><c> find</c>

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that.<00:17:25.200><c> Jonathan</c><00:17:25.680><c> said</c><00:17:25.920><c> unto</c><00:17:26.140><c> his</c><00:17:26.380><c> armor</c><00:17:26.619><c>-bearer,</c><00:17:27.019><c> Come</c><00:17:27.059><c> up</c>

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after<00:17:27.480><c> me,</c><00:17:27.720><c> for</c><00:17:28.099><c> the</c><00:17:28.440><c> Lord</c><00:17:28.859><c> hath</c><00:17:29.140><c> delivered</c><00:17:29.539><c> them</c><00:17:29.740><c> into</c>

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the<00:17:30.039><c> hand</c><00:17:30.319><c> of</c><00:17:30.500><c> Israel.</c><00:17:32.339><c> Verse</c><00:17:32.380><c> 15,</c><00:17:33.079><c> There</c><00:17:33.220><c> was</c><00:17:33.579><c> trembling</c><00:17:33.900><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:34.240><c> host</c><00:17:34.440><c> and</c><00:17:34.519><c> in</c><00:17:34.660><c> the</c><00:17:34.819><c> field,</c><00:17:35.119><c> and</c><00:17:35.140><c> among</c><00:17:35.279><c> all</c><00:17:35.519><c> the</c>

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people,<00:17:36.259><c> the</c><00:17:36.400><c> garrison</c><00:17:36.680><c> and</c><00:17:36.819><c> the</c><00:17:37.059><c> spoilers,</c><00:17:37.319><c> they</c><00:17:37.500><c> also</c><00:17:37.859><c> trembled,</c><00:17:38.319><c> and</c>

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the<00:17:38.619><c> earth</c><00:17:38.920><c> quaked.</c><00:17:39.680><c> So</c><00:17:39.900><c> it</c><00:17:40.000><c> was</c><00:17:40.220><c> a</c><00:17:40.240><c> very</c>

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great<00:17:40.960><c> trembling.</c><00:17:43.000><c> Jonathan</c><00:17:43.299><c> knew</c><00:17:43.640><c> that</c><00:17:43.900><c> God</c><00:17:44.180><c> was</c><00:17:44.440><c> delivering</c><00:17:44.900><c> the</c><00:17:45.160><c> Philistines</c><00:17:45.519><c> into</c>

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their<00:17:45.960><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:17:46.619><c> sure</c><00:17:46.779><c> enough,</c><00:17:47.079><c> God</c><00:17:47.299><c> took</c><00:17:47.559><c> a</c><00:17:47.720><c> hand</c><00:17:48.059><c> in</c><00:17:48.380><c> the</c><00:17:48.579><c> incident,</c><00:17:49.380><c> and</c>

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it<00:17:49.680><c> was</c><00:17:49.900><c> accompanied</c><00:17:50.259><c> by</c><00:17:50.500><c> an</c><00:17:50.680><c> earthquake.</c>

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And<00:17:52.220><c> verse</c><00:17:52.400><c> 23</c><00:17:52.900><c> is</c><00:17:53.099><c> the</c><00:17:53.279><c> postscript</c><00:17:53.700><c> to</c><00:17:53.880><c> this</c><00:17:54.160><c> incident.</c><00:17:55.140><c> So</c>

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the<00:17:55.839><c> Lord</c><00:17:56.420><c> saved</c><00:17:56.799><c> Israel</c><00:17:57.299><c> that</c><00:17:57.660><c> day,</c>

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and<00:17:58.839><c> the</c><00:17:58.960><c> battle</c><00:17:59.240><c> passed</c><00:17:59.539><c> over</c><00:17:59.779><c> unto</c><00:17:59.940><c> Bethhaven.</c><00:18:00.980><c> The</c><00:18:01.180><c> Lord</c>

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saved<00:18:02.000><c> Israel,</c><00:18:02.339><c> not</c><00:18:02.500><c> Jonathan,</c>

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far<00:18:04.140><c> less</c><00:18:04.480><c> Saul.</c><00:18:06.180><c> God,</c><00:18:07.299><c> the</c><00:18:07.559><c> Lord,</c><00:18:08.720><c> saved</c><00:18:09.019><c> Israel.</c>

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Then<00:18:13.920><c> this</c><00:18:14.279><c> chapter</c><00:18:14.640><c> takes</c><00:18:15.039><c> a</c><00:18:15.220><c> turn</c><00:18:15.400><c> of</c><00:18:15.660><c> events,</c><00:18:16.140><c> and</c><00:18:16.259><c> it</c><00:18:16.559><c> invites</c><00:18:16.819><c> us</c><00:18:17.079><c> again</c><00:18:17.559><c> to</c><00:18:17.859><c> make</c><00:18:18.079><c> a</c>

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comparison<00:18:18.940><c> between</c><00:18:19.900><c> the</c>

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King<00:18:20.519><c> and</c><00:18:21.099><c> the</c><00:18:21.319><c> King's</c><00:18:21.819><c> son.</c><00:18:23.440><c> Verse</c><00:18:23.599><c> 24</c><00:18:24.359><c> of</c><00:18:24.500><c> chapter</c><00:18:24.859><c> 14</c><00:18:25.579><c> sees</c>

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Saul,<00:18:26.480><c> in</c><00:18:26.740><c> almost</c><00:18:27.099><c> a</c><00:18:27.099><c> lunatic</c><00:18:27.640><c> frame</c><00:18:27.819><c> of</c><00:18:28.099><c> mind,</c>

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compelling<00:18:29.160><c> the</c><00:18:29.420><c> people,</c><00:18:29.819><c> tired</c><00:18:30.259><c> and</c><00:18:30.660><c> war</c><00:18:31.000><c>-weary,</c><00:18:32.059><c> to</c><00:18:32.420><c> carry</c>

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on<00:18:33.140><c> pursuing</c><00:18:33.559><c> their</c><00:18:33.880><c> enemies</c><00:18:34.240><c> and</c><00:18:34.579><c> to</c><00:18:34.740><c> make</c><00:18:34.900><c> the</c>

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most<00:18:35.440><c> of</c><00:18:35.880><c> this</c><00:18:36.240><c> victory.</c><00:18:38.559><c> Verse</c><00:18:38.799><c> 24</c><00:18:39.359><c> begins</c><00:18:39.799><c> the</c><00:18:39.980><c> next</c><00:18:40.259><c> section</c><00:18:40.640><c> of</c><00:18:41.079><c> chapter</c><00:18:41.339><c> 14</c>

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of<00:18:42.059><c> 1</c><00:18:42.259><c> Samuel.</c><00:18:43.039><c> The</c><00:18:43.140><c> men</c><00:18:43.359><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:18:43.880><c> were</c><00:18:44.299><c> distressed</c><00:18:45.140><c> that</c><00:18:45.500><c> day,</c><00:18:46.440><c> for</c><00:18:46.680><c> Saul</c><00:18:47.220><c> had</c><00:18:47.539><c> endured</c>

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the<00:18:48.160><c> people,</c><00:18:48.579><c> saying,</c><00:18:49.220><c> Cursed</c><00:18:49.460><c> be</c><00:18:49.700><c> the</c><00:18:49.839><c> man</c>

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that<00:18:50.019><c> eateth</c><00:18:50.440><c> any</c><00:18:50.680><c> food</c><00:18:50.900><c> until</c><00:18:51.140><c> evening,</c><00:18:51.720><c> that</c><00:18:51.859><c> I</c><00:18:52.039><c> may</c><00:18:52.160><c> be</c><00:18:52.400><c> avenged</c><00:18:52.799><c> on</c>

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mine<00:18:53.200><c> enemies.</c><00:18:53.940><c> So</c><00:18:54.140><c> none</c><00:18:54.359><c> of</c><00:18:54.480><c> the</c><00:18:54.599><c> people</c>

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tasted<00:18:55.119><c> any</c><00:18:55.420><c> food,</c><00:18:55.859><c> that</c><00:18:56.059><c> I</c><00:18:56.480><c> may</c><00:18:56.700><c> be</c><00:18:56.839><c> avenged,</c><00:18:57.380><c> notice</c><00:18:57.480><c> on</c><00:18:57.859><c> mine</c><00:18:58.180><c> enemies.</c><00:18:58.519><c> That</c><00:18:58.640><c> was</c>

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ever<00:18:59.059><c> Saul,</c><00:18:59.519><c> wasn't</c><00:18:59.740><c> it?</c>

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And<00:19:00.660><c> so</c><00:19:00.839><c> Saul</c><00:19:01.079><c> distressed</c><00:19:01.859><c> the</c><00:19:02.119><c> people</c><00:19:02.380><c> because</c><00:19:02.940><c> he</c><00:19:03.279><c> issued</c>

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this<00:19:03.799><c> command.</c><00:19:04.180><c> That's</c><00:19:04.380><c> what</c><00:19:04.519><c> the</c><00:19:04.680><c> verse</c><00:19:04.839><c> says.</c><00:19:05.440><c> The</c><00:19:05.480><c> men</c>

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of<00:19:05.779><c> Israel</c><00:19:05.940><c> were</c><00:19:06.279><c> distressed</c><00:19:06.660><c> because</c><00:19:07.579><c> Saul</c><00:19:08.140><c> had</c><00:19:08.420><c> endured</c><00:19:08.700><c> the</c><00:19:08.960><c> people,</c><00:19:09.480><c> saying,</c><00:19:10.119><c> Cursed</c><00:19:10.319><c> be</c>

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the<00:19:10.680><c> man</c><00:19:11.000><c> that</c><00:19:11.319><c> tasteth</c>

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any<00:19:11.960><c> food.</c><00:19:14.519><c> Jonathan</c><00:19:14.859><c> didn't</c><00:19:15.180><c> see</c><00:19:15.380><c> it</c><00:19:15.480><c> that</c><00:19:15.700><c> way.</c><00:19:17.420><c> He</c><00:19:17.839><c> had</c><00:19:18.000><c> not</c>

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been<00:19:18.279><c> there</c><00:19:18.519><c> when</c><00:19:18.740><c> Saul</c><00:19:18.960><c> issued</c><00:19:19.240><c> the</c><00:19:19.460><c> commandment,</c>

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he<00:19:20.039><c> was</c><00:19:20.220><c> unaware</c><00:19:20.640><c> of</c><00:19:20.859><c> it.</c><00:19:22.160><c> When</c><00:19:22.259><c> he</c><00:19:22.400><c> was</c><00:19:22.579><c> told,</c><00:19:23.000><c> in</c><00:19:23.200><c> verse</c><00:19:23.480><c> 29,</c>

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this<00:19:25.019><c> is</c><00:19:25.200><c> his</c><00:19:25.420><c> reaction.</c><00:19:26.940><c> Then</c><00:19:27.160><c> said</c><00:19:27.400><c> Jonathan,</c>

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My<00:19:28.319><c> father</c><00:19:28.720><c> hath</c><00:19:29.039><c> troubled</c><00:19:29.519><c> the</c><00:19:29.839><c> land.</c><00:19:31.259><c> See,</c><00:19:31.579><c> I</c><00:19:31.700><c> pray</c><00:19:31.920><c> you,</c><00:19:32.259><c> for</c><00:19:32.480><c> Jonathan</c><00:19:32.859><c> now</c><00:19:33.160><c> had</c><00:19:33.359><c> taken</c><00:19:33.660><c> and</c><00:19:33.859><c> eaten</c><00:19:34.019><c> of</c>

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some<00:19:34.359><c> honey,</c>

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how<00:19:35.099><c> mine</c><00:19:35.220><c> eyes</c><00:19:35.460><c> have</c><00:19:35.599><c> been</c><00:19:35.779><c> enlightened</c><00:19:36.140><c> because</c><00:19:36.440><c> I</c><00:19:36.660><c> tasted</c>

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a<00:19:37.119><c> little</c><00:19:37.259><c> of</c><00:19:37.440><c> this</c><00:19:37.579><c> honey.</c><00:19:37.940><c> How</c><00:19:38.140><c> much</c><00:19:38.539><c> more,</c>

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if<00:19:39.400><c> haply,</c><00:19:39.819><c> the</c><00:19:39.880><c> people</c><00:19:40.180><c> had</c><00:19:40.339><c> eaten</c><00:19:40.559><c> freely</c><00:19:40.920><c> today</c><00:19:41.240><c> of</c><00:19:41.420><c> the</c><00:19:41.660><c> spoil</c><00:19:41.799><c> of</c>

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their<00:19:42.119><c> enemies</c><00:19:42.319><c> which</c><00:19:42.480><c> they</c><00:19:42.740><c> found,</c>

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for<00:19:43.920><c> had</c><00:19:44.279><c> there</c><00:19:44.480><c> not</c><00:19:44.680><c> been</c><00:19:44.880><c> now</c><00:19:45.160><c> a</c><00:19:45.259><c> much</c><00:19:45.559><c> greater</c><00:19:45.900><c> slaughter</c>

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among<00:19:46.579><c> the</c><00:19:46.799><c> Philistines.</c>

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Jonathan<00:19:49.140><c> could</c><00:19:49.440><c> see</c><00:19:49.700><c> that</c><00:19:49.940><c> his</c><00:19:50.099><c> father</c><00:19:50.319><c> was</c><00:19:50.539><c> not</c><00:19:50.759><c> wise,</c><00:19:51.920><c> that</c>

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his<00:19:52.039><c> father</c><00:19:52.299><c> had</c><00:19:52.599><c> distressed</c><00:19:52.920><c> the</c><00:19:53.140><c> people.</c>

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My<00:19:54.000><c> father</c><00:19:54.299><c> hath</c><00:19:54.579><c> troubled</c><00:19:55.039><c> the</c><00:19:55.359><c> land,</c><00:19:55.680><c> he</c><00:19:55.980><c> says.</c><00:19:56.880><c> If</c><00:19:57.059><c> only</c><00:19:57.279><c> my</c>

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father<00:19:57.880><c> had</c><00:19:58.319><c> used</c><00:19:58.579><c> a</c><00:19:58.700><c> little</c><00:19:58.960><c> bit</c><00:19:59.160><c> more</c>

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gumption<00:19:59.839><c> and</c><00:20:00.140><c> common</c><00:20:00.380><c> sense.</c><00:20:01.599><c> If</c><00:20:01.859><c> only</c><00:20:02.039><c> he</c><00:20:02.220><c> could</c><00:20:02.400><c> have</c><00:20:03.059><c> been</c>

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a<00:20:04.440><c> little</c><00:20:04.599><c> less</c><00:20:04.920><c> proud</c><00:20:05.779><c> in</c><00:20:06.519><c> desiring</c><00:20:06.920><c> to</c><00:20:07.200><c> see</c><00:20:07.380><c> his</c>

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enemies<00:20:08.019><c> avenged</c><00:20:08.579><c> that</c><00:20:08.900><c> day,</c><00:20:09.500><c> and</c><00:20:09.660><c> seen</c><00:20:09.799><c> them</c><00:20:09.980><c> as</c><00:20:10.140><c> God's</c><00:20:10.640><c> enemies,</c><00:20:11.799><c> and</c>

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known<00:20:12.220><c> that</c><00:20:12.480><c> another</c><00:20:12.720><c> day</c><00:20:13.039><c> would</c><00:20:13.240><c> be</c>

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This<00:20:18.819><c> is</c><00:20:19.019><c> a</c><00:20:19.259><c> fascinating</c><00:20:20.000><c> incident,</c><00:20:21.000><c> brethren</c><00:20:21.099><c> and</c><00:20:21.299><c> sisters,</c>

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inasmuch<00:20:22.619><c> as</c><00:20:22.859><c> it</c><00:20:24.019><c> whispers</c><00:20:24.759><c> to</c><00:20:25.059><c> us,</c>

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and<00:20:25.599><c> we</c><00:20:25.759><c> should</c><00:20:25.980><c> always</c><00:20:26.279><c> have</c><00:20:26.539><c> our</c><00:20:26.700><c> ears</c><00:20:26.859><c> open</c><00:20:27.259><c> to</c><00:20:27.440><c> these</c><00:20:27.599><c> little</c><00:20:27.940><c> whispers,</c><00:20:28.380><c> these</c><00:20:28.500><c> little</c><00:20:28.799><c> echoes</c><00:20:29.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:29.500><c> word,</c>

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it<00:20:30.279><c> whispers</c><00:20:30.619><c> to</c><00:20:30.819><c> us</c><00:20:31.000><c> about</c><00:20:31.339><c> Genesis.</c><00:20:34.500><c> Intriguingly,</c><00:20:35.140><c> some</c>

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of<00:20:35.460><c> the</c><00:20:35.619><c> verses</c><00:20:35.839><c> here</c><00:20:36.220><c> take</c><00:20:36.440><c> us</c><00:20:36.720><c> straight</c><00:20:37.019><c> back</c>

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to<00:20:39.079><c> the</c><00:20:39.259><c> Genesis</c><00:20:39.640><c> story.</c><00:20:41.079><c> Look,</c><00:20:41.240><c> for</c><00:20:41.420><c> example,</c><00:20:41.660><c> at</c><00:20:41.779><c> verse</c><00:20:41.920><c> 27.</c>

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Jonathan<00:20:45.299><c> heard</c><00:20:45.779><c> not</c><00:20:46.180><c> when</c><00:20:46.420><c> his</c><00:20:46.720><c> father</c><00:20:47.099><c> charged</c><00:20:47.839><c> the</c><00:20:48.059><c> people</c>

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with<00:20:48.700><c> the</c><00:20:48.900><c> oath,</c><00:20:49.359><c> wherefore</c><00:20:49.859><c> he</c><00:20:50.299><c> put</c><00:20:50.599><c> forth</c><00:20:51.000><c> the</c>

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end<00:20:51.559><c> of</c><00:20:51.819><c> the</c><00:20:52.000><c> rod</c><00:20:52.259><c> that</c><00:20:52.420><c> was</c><00:20:52.640><c> in</c><00:20:52.799><c> his</c><00:20:53.119><c> hand,</c><00:20:54.119><c> and</c><00:20:54.319><c> dipped</c><00:20:54.480><c> it</c><00:20:54.660><c> in</c>

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a<00:20:54.859><c> honeycomb,</c><00:20:55.579><c> and</c><00:20:55.579><c> put</c><00:20:55.779><c> his</c><00:20:55.940><c> hand</c><00:20:56.059><c> to</c><00:20:56.220><c> his</c><00:20:56.339><c> mouth,</c>

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and<00:20:56.920><c> his</c><00:20:57.039><c> eyes</c><00:20:57.339><c> were</c><00:20:57.559><c> enlightened.</c><00:20:58.759><c> He</c><00:20:59.039><c> put</c><00:20:59.420><c> forth</c><00:21:00.099><c> the</c><00:21:00.920><c> rod</c>

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that<00:21:01.539><c> was</c><00:21:01.720><c> in</c><00:21:02.059><c> his</c><00:21:02.539><c> hand.</c><00:21:04.380><c> That's</c><00:21:04.559><c> the</c><00:21:04.680><c> same</c><00:21:04.859><c> expression</c>

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as<00:21:05.819><c> the</c><00:21:05.940><c> end</c><00:21:06.079><c> of</c><00:21:06.240><c> Genesis</c><00:21:06.539><c> chapter</c><00:21:06.859><c> three,</c><00:21:07.160><c> when</c><00:21:07.319><c> Adam</c><00:21:07.500><c> and</c><00:21:07.640><c> Eve</c><00:21:07.700><c> were</c><00:21:07.940><c> driven</c><00:21:08.160><c> out</c><00:21:08.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:08.720><c> garden</c><00:21:08.960><c> of</c><00:21:09.140><c> Eden.</c>

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Now<00:21:10.220><c> lest</c><00:21:10.720><c> the</c><00:21:10.920><c> man</c><00:21:11.160><c> put</c><00:21:11.539><c> forth</c><00:21:11.940><c> his</c><00:21:12.279><c> hand</c><00:21:12.740><c> and</c><00:21:12.920><c> take</c><00:21:13.160><c> also</c><00:21:13.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:13.740><c> tree</c><00:21:13.880><c> of</c><00:21:14.019><c> life</c><00:21:14.180><c> and</c><00:21:14.259><c> live</c><00:21:14.420><c> forever,</c>

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therefore<00:21:16.460><c> he</c><00:21:16.940><c> was</c><00:21:17.119><c> driven</c><00:21:17.380><c> forth.</c><00:21:19.380><c> And</c><00:21:19.539><c> Jonathan</c><00:21:19.859><c> put</c><00:21:20.380><c> forth</c>

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the<00:21:21.599><c> rod</c><00:21:21.759><c> that</c><00:21:21.880><c> was</c><00:21:22.039><c> in</c><00:21:22.259><c> his</c><00:21:22.720><c> hand,</c>

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put<00:21:24.220><c> forth</c><00:21:24.460><c> his</c><00:21:24.740><c> hand</c><00:21:25.220><c> to</c><00:21:25.519><c> take</c><00:21:25.759><c> that</c><00:21:26.000><c> which</c><00:21:26.200><c> was</c><00:21:27.220><c> illegal</c><00:21:27.559><c> for</c>

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him,<00:21:29.059><c> because</c><00:21:29.440><c> Saul</c><00:21:29.759><c> had</c><00:21:30.079><c> adjured</c><00:21:30.539><c> the</c><00:21:30.779><c> people</c><00:21:31.019><c> that</c>

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none<00:21:31.400><c> should</c><00:21:31.599><c> take</c><00:21:31.819><c> it.</c><00:21:32.079><c> Jonathan</c><00:21:32.400><c> hadn't</c><00:21:32.720><c> heard.</c><00:21:32.980><c> That</c><00:21:33.319><c> may</c>

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have<00:21:33.740><c> excused</c><00:21:34.039><c> him</c><00:21:34.160><c> to</c><00:21:34.299><c> some</c><00:21:34.460><c> extent,</c><00:21:34.799><c> but</c><00:21:34.900><c> he</c><00:21:34.960><c> didn't</c>

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make<00:21:35.319><c> it</c><00:21:35.440><c> right,</c><00:21:35.700><c> did</c><00:21:35.799><c> he?</c><00:21:37.400><c> Ignorance</c><00:21:37.839><c> is</c><00:21:37.960><c> no</c><00:21:38.099><c> excuse,</c><00:21:39.099><c> we</c><00:21:39.299><c> say</c>

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in<00:21:39.599><c> modern</c><00:21:39.859><c> parlance,</c><00:21:41.039><c> and</c><00:21:41.160><c> nor</c><00:21:41.279><c> was</c><00:21:41.440><c> it</c><00:21:41.519><c> under</c>

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the<00:21:41.819><c> law</c><00:21:42.000><c> of</c><00:21:42.220><c> Moses.</c><00:21:43.039><c> It</c><00:21:43.160><c> was</c><00:21:43.359><c> still</c><00:21:43.640><c> sin,</c><00:21:44.339><c> even</c><00:21:44.500><c> though</c><00:21:44.680><c> Jonathan</c><00:21:45.000><c> were</c>

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not<00:21:45.339><c> aware</c><00:21:45.640><c> of</c><00:21:45.799><c> the</c><00:21:45.960><c> commandment</c><00:21:46.339><c> of</c><00:21:46.500><c> his</c>

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father.<00:21:47.619><c> So</c><00:21:47.839><c> Jonathan</c><00:21:49.000><c> illegally,</c><00:21:49.839><c> illegitimately</c><00:21:50.180><c> put</c><00:21:50.460><c> forth</c><00:21:50.740><c> his</c>

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hand<00:21:51.700><c> to</c><00:21:52.579><c> take</c><00:21:53.019><c> of</c><00:21:53.700><c> that</c><00:21:53.900><c> honeycomb,</c>

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and<00:21:55.880><c> his</c><00:21:56.079><c> eyes</c><00:21:56.480><c> were</c><00:21:57.019><c> enlightened.</c><00:21:57.700><c> Now</c><00:21:58.019><c> that's</c><00:21:58.319><c> not</c><00:21:58.619><c> the</c><00:21:58.819><c> same</c><00:21:59.099><c> expression</c><00:21:59.619><c> as</c>

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Genesis.<00:22:00.259><c> I</c><00:22:00.359><c> want</c><00:22:00.539><c> you</c><00:22:00.660><c> to</c><00:22:00.880><c> note,</c>

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it's<00:22:01.480><c> not</c><00:22:01.680><c> the</c><00:22:01.920><c> same</c><00:22:02.119><c> as</c><00:22:02.559><c> when</c><00:22:03.019><c> the</c><00:22:03.839><c> eyes</c><00:22:04.160><c> of</c><00:22:04.319><c> Adam</c><00:22:04.500><c> and</c><00:22:04.660><c> Eve</c><00:22:04.720><c> were</c><00:22:04.940><c> opened,</c><00:22:05.420><c> but</c><00:22:05.480><c> it</c>

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reminds<00:22:06.039><c> us</c><00:22:06.220><c> of</c><00:22:06.339><c> that,</c>

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doesn't<00:22:06.640><c> it?</c><00:22:06.960><c> Here</c><00:22:07.079><c> the</c><00:22:07.200><c> word</c><00:22:07.380><c> is</c><00:22:07.599><c> a</c><00:22:07.680><c> little</c><00:22:07.799><c> different.</c><00:22:08.140><c> The</c>

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word<00:22:08.339><c> is</c><00:22:08.759><c> enlightened.</c><00:22:09.259><c> It</c><00:22:09.319><c> means</c><00:22:09.559><c> that</c><00:22:09.759><c> Jonathan's</c>

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eyes<00:22:10.339><c> shone.</c><00:22:12.299><c> The</c><00:22:12.400><c> eyes</c><00:22:12.619><c> of</c><00:22:12.759><c> Adam</c><00:22:12.960><c> and</c><00:22:13.119><c> Eve,</c><00:22:13.440><c> when</c><00:22:13.579><c> they</c><00:22:13.779><c> put</c>

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forth<00:22:14.240><c> their</c><00:22:14.539><c> hand</c><00:22:14.740><c> to</c><00:22:15.140><c> take</c><00:22:15.359><c> of</c><00:22:15.519><c> the</c><00:22:16.019><c> tree</c><00:22:16.240><c> of</c><00:22:16.339><c> the</c>

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knowledge<00:22:16.640><c> of</c><00:22:16.759><c> good</c><00:22:16.859><c> and</c><00:22:17.059><c> evil</c><00:22:17.240><c> denied</c><00:22:17.579><c> to</c><00:22:17.759><c> them,</c><00:22:18.500><c> their</c><00:22:18.700><c> eyes</c>

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were<00:22:19.099><c> opened</c><00:22:19.299><c> that</c><00:22:19.440><c> they</c><00:22:19.599><c> knew</c><00:22:19.740><c> that</c><00:22:19.880><c> they</c><00:22:19.960><c> were</c>

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naked.<00:22:22.859><c> Jonathan's</c><00:22:23.220><c> eyes</c><00:22:23.619><c> were</c><00:22:23.859><c> opened</c><00:22:24.420><c> in</c><00:22:24.960><c> the</c><00:22:25.000><c> sense</c><00:22:25.200><c> that</c>

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they<00:22:25.480><c> were</c><00:22:25.720><c> enlightened.</c><00:22:26.299><c> They</c><00:22:26.519><c> shone.</c><00:22:28.079><c> The</c><00:22:28.240><c> honey</c>

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helped<00:22:29.200><c> him</c><00:22:29.799><c> in</c><00:22:30.339><c> some</c><00:22:30.579><c> way.</c><00:22:30.819><c> See,</c><00:22:31.099><c> he</c><00:22:31.240><c> says,</c><00:22:31.839><c> how</c><00:22:32.079><c> mine</c><00:22:32.259><c> eyes</c><00:22:32.599><c> have</c><00:22:32.779><c> been</c><00:22:32.980><c> enlightened</c><00:22:33.400><c> because</c><00:22:33.799><c> I</c>

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tasted<00:22:34.420><c> a</c>

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little<00:22:35.059><c> of</c><00:22:35.259><c> this</c><00:22:35.400><c> honey.</c><00:22:37.380><c> But</c><00:22:37.460><c> if</c><00:22:37.539><c> that's</c><00:22:37.799><c> different</c><00:22:38.119><c> from</c><00:22:38.339><c> Genesis,</c><00:22:38.960><c> the</c><00:22:39.079><c> net</c><00:22:39.180><c> result</c><00:22:39.519><c> is</c>

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still<00:22:40.019><c> the</c><00:22:40.259><c> same.</c>

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Look<00:22:42.359><c> down</c><00:22:42.640><c> the</c><00:22:42.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:43.039><c> to</c><00:22:43.220><c> verse</c><00:22:43.440><c> 44.</c><00:22:45.619><c> Saul</c><00:22:45.759><c> answered,</c><00:22:46.539><c> God</c>

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do<00:22:47.099><c> so,</c><00:22:47.619><c> and</c><00:22:47.720><c> more</c><00:22:47.940><c> also,</c><00:22:48.660><c> for</c><00:22:48.779><c> thou</c><00:22:49.059><c> shalt</c><00:22:49.440><c> surely</c><00:22:49.980><c> die,</c>

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Jonathan.<00:22:52.299><c> And</c><00:22:52.559><c> if</c><00:22:52.640><c> that's</c><00:22:52.960><c> not</c><00:22:53.099><c> an</c><00:22:53.240><c> echo</c><00:22:53.380><c> of</c><00:22:53.559><c> Genesis,</c><00:22:54.000><c> well,</c>

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brethren<00:22:54.339><c> and</c><00:22:54.480><c> sisters,</c><00:22:55.059><c> I</c><00:22:55.259><c> don't</c><00:22:55.460><c> know</c><00:22:55.640><c> what</c><00:22:55.880><c> is.</c>

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Twice<00:22:57.359><c> in</c><00:22:57.579><c> this</c><00:22:58.019><c> chapter,</c><00:22:58.619><c> back</c><00:22:58.740><c> again</c><00:22:59.160><c> in</c><00:22:59.319><c> verse</c><00:22:59.539><c> 39,</c><00:23:00.119><c> the</c><00:23:00.279><c> same</c><00:23:00.599><c> phrase</c><00:23:00.900><c> occurs.</c><00:23:03.160><c> Saul</c><00:23:03.200><c> says,</c><00:23:03.680><c> as</c>

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the<00:23:03.720><c> Lord</c>

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liveth<00:23:04.460><c> which</c><00:23:04.839><c> saveth</c><00:23:05.180><c> Israel,</c><00:23:05.839><c> though</c><00:23:05.920><c> it</c><00:23:06.119><c> be</c><00:23:06.259><c> in</c><00:23:06.460><c> Jonathan</c>

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my<00:23:06.960><c> son,</c><00:23:07.299><c> he</c><00:23:07.500><c> shall</c><00:23:07.839><c> surely</c><00:23:08.299><c> die.</c><00:23:09.299><c> Wherever</c>

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there<00:23:09.740><c> is</c><00:23:09.900><c> inequity,</c><00:23:10.440><c> says</c><00:23:10.500><c> Saul,</c><00:23:11.019><c> he</c><00:23:11.160><c> shall</c><00:23:11.460><c> surely</c><00:23:11.839><c> die.</c><00:23:13.140><c> Knowing</c><00:23:13.619><c> that</c><00:23:15.299><c> he</c>

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and<00:23:15.660><c> Jonathan</c><00:23:15.960><c> had</c><00:23:16.119><c> been</c><00:23:16.420><c> taken</c>

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in<00:23:18.460><c> lots,</c><00:23:20.359><c> he</c><00:23:20.539><c> and</c><00:23:20.660><c> Jonathan</c><00:23:20.920><c> on</c><00:23:21.140><c> one</c><00:23:21.339><c> side</c><00:23:21.579><c> and</c><00:23:21.720><c> the</c><00:23:21.859><c> people</c>

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on<00:23:22.160><c> the</c><00:23:22.279><c> other,</c><00:23:23.079><c> knowing</c><00:23:23.299><c> full</c><00:23:23.500><c> well</c><00:23:23.619><c> it</c>

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wasn't<00:23:23.960><c> himself,</c><00:23:25.740><c> Saul</c><00:23:25.960><c> now</c><00:23:26.319><c> condemns</c><00:23:27.059><c> Jonathan.</c><00:23:28.720><c> Verse</c><00:23:28.839><c> 44,</c>

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thou<00:23:30.660><c> shalt</c><00:23:31.279><c> surely</c><00:23:31.940><c> die,</c><00:23:33.319><c> Jonathan.</c>

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That<00:23:36.720><c> intriguing</c><00:23:37.240><c> little</c><00:23:38.039><c> episode,</c><00:23:38.680><c> brethren</c><00:23:38.839><c> and</c><00:23:39.059><c> sisters,</c>

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would<00:23:39.599><c> seem</c><00:23:39.799><c> to</c><00:23:40.039><c> suggest,</c><00:23:40.440><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:40.619><c> it,</c>

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that<00:23:41.000><c> there</c><00:23:41.599><c> must</c><00:23:41.920><c> be</c><00:23:42.200><c> a</c><00:23:42.440><c> relationship</c><00:23:42.900><c> with</c><00:23:43.200><c> Genesis</c><00:23:43.640><c> here.</c>

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Those<00:23:45.779><c> echoes,</c><00:23:46.380><c> those</c><00:23:46.680><c> whispers</c><00:23:46.940><c> of</c><00:23:47.140><c> the</c><00:23:47.259><c> word</c>

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cannot<00:23:47.640><c> be</c><00:23:47.960><c> accidental,</c><00:23:48.759><c> can</c><00:23:48.900><c> they?</c><00:23:49.299><c> That</c><00:23:49.539><c> sort</c><00:23:49.680><c> of</c><00:23:49.779><c> thing</c><00:23:49.880><c> doesn't</c><00:23:50.180><c> happen</c><00:23:50.500><c> in</c>

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our<00:23:50.880><c> scriptures,</c><00:23:51.259><c> does</c><00:23:51.339><c> it?</c><00:23:51.440><c> There</c>

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must<00:23:51.720><c> be</c><00:23:51.880><c> a</c><00:23:51.980><c> reason</c><00:23:52.160><c> for</c><00:23:52.380><c> that.</c><00:23:52.859><c> And</c><00:23:53.000><c> it</c><00:23:53.119><c> suggests</c><00:23:53.440><c> to</c><00:23:53.599><c> me</c><00:23:53.700><c> that</c>

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perhaps<00:23:54.220><c> Jonathan</c><00:23:54.559><c> stands</c><00:23:55.240><c> for</c><00:23:55.440><c> those</c><00:23:55.799><c> like</c>

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ourselves,<00:23:56.839><c> who</c><00:23:56.940><c> were</c><00:23:57.220><c> without</c><00:23:57.819><c> the</c><00:23:58.240><c> law,</c><00:23:59.519><c> gentiles</c><00:23:59.920><c> outside</c>

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:06.980
the<00:24:00.900><c> law,</c><00:24:02.380><c> and</c><00:24:02.640><c> yet</c><00:24:03.160><c> condemned.</c><00:24:06.319><c> Those</c><00:24:06.700><c> who</c>

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:12.500
lived<00:24:07.200><c> from</c><00:24:07.480><c> Adam</c><00:24:07.819><c> to</c><00:24:08.019><c> Moses,</c><00:24:10.160><c> though</c><00:24:10.579><c> they</c><00:24:11.680><c> had</c><00:24:11.920><c> not</c><00:24:12.220><c> sinned</c>

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after<00:24:12.759><c> the</c><00:24:12.940><c> similitude</c><00:24:13.400><c> of</c><00:24:13.579><c> Adam's</c><00:24:14.000><c> transgressions,</c>

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says<00:24:14.680><c> the</c><00:24:14.839><c> apostle</c><00:24:15.140><c> in</c><00:24:15.319><c> Romans,</c><00:24:16.319><c> were</c><00:24:16.559><c> yet</c><00:24:16.880><c> under</c><00:24:17.380><c> death.</c><00:24:18.519><c> And</c>

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we,<00:24:18.960><c> brethren</c><00:24:19.079><c> and</c><00:24:19.359><c> sisters,</c><00:24:19.720><c> as</c><00:24:19.960><c> Jonathan</c><00:24:20.400><c> was</c><00:24:20.680><c> in</c>

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:24.160
this<00:24:21.039><c> incident,</c><00:24:22.140><c> were</c><00:24:22.299><c> outside</c><00:24:23.000><c> the</c><00:24:23.299><c> law,</c><00:24:23.720><c> weren't</c><00:24:23.799><c> we,</c><00:24:24.000><c> and</c>

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:28.259
yet<00:24:24.400><c> condemned,</c><00:24:26.039><c> as</c><00:24:26.279><c> Jonathan</c><00:24:26.640><c> has</c><00:24:26.900><c> been</c><00:24:27.220><c> condemned.</c>

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And<00:24:29.940><c> it's</c><00:24:30.160><c> interesting</c><00:24:30.680><c> that</c><00:24:30.920><c> what</c><00:24:31.099><c> happens</c><00:24:31.480><c> in</c><00:24:31.680><c> this</c><00:24:31.880><c> chapter</c><00:24:32.279><c> is</c><00:24:32.839><c> that</c><00:24:33.079><c> Jonathan</c><00:24:33.460><c> is</c>

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ransomed<00:24:34.720><c> in</c><00:24:35.019><c> some</c><00:24:35.279><c> way.</c>

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Now,<00:24:36.059><c> quite</c><00:24:36.119><c> how</c><00:24:36.299><c> that</c><00:24:36.579><c> took</c><00:24:36.799><c> place,</c><00:24:37.480><c> whether</c><00:24:37.700><c> it</c><00:24:37.940><c> was</c><00:24:38.339><c> that</c><00:24:38.640><c> the</c><00:24:39.099><c> people</c><00:24:39.319><c> ransomed</c><00:24:39.819><c> him</c><00:24:40.019><c> under</c><00:24:40.299><c> a</c><00:24:40.599><c> provision</c>

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:44.019
in<00:24:41.140><c> the</c><00:24:41.319><c> law</c><00:24:41.500><c> of</c><00:24:41.700><c> Moses,</c><00:24:42.480><c> whether</c><00:24:42.759><c> the</c><00:24:43.079><c> people</c><00:24:43.380><c> brought</c><00:24:43.759><c> and</c>

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provided<00:24:44.400><c> an</c><00:24:44.799><c> offering</c><00:24:45.259><c> for</c><00:24:45.779><c> Jonathan</c><00:24:46.299><c> so</c><00:24:46.619><c> that</c><00:24:46.779><c> he</c>

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spared<00:24:47.539><c> through</c><00:24:47.799><c> sacrifice,</c><00:24:48.980><c> or</c><00:24:49.160><c> whether</c><00:24:49.460><c> it</c><00:24:49.740><c> means</c><00:24:49.940><c> it</c><00:24:50.099><c> on</c><00:24:50.240><c> a</c>

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more<00:24:50.519><c> casual</c><00:24:50.880><c> level,</c><00:24:51.319><c> for</c><00:24:51.720><c> Saul</c><00:24:51.980><c> was</c><00:24:52.200><c> not</c><00:24:52.420><c> that</c>

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concerned<00:24:53.240><c> or</c><00:24:53.559><c> was</c><00:24:53.740><c> about</c><00:24:54.019><c> complying</c><00:24:54.420><c> with</c><00:24:54.599><c> the</c><00:24:54.740><c> law</c><00:24:54.839><c> of</c><00:24:55.019><c> Moses.</c><00:24:55.500><c> Perhaps</c><00:24:55.839><c> it</c>

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.180
was<00:24:56.160><c> just</c><00:24:56.400><c> the</c><00:24:56.539><c> weight</c><00:24:56.660><c> of</c><00:24:56.859><c> opinion</c>

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against<00:24:57.599><c> Saul</c><00:24:58.140><c> that</c><00:24:58.619><c> led</c><00:24:58.819><c> to</c><00:24:59.119><c> Jonathan</c><00:24:59.339><c> being</c><00:24:59.619><c> ransomed.</c><00:25:00.019><c> We</c>

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can't<00:25:00.400><c> be</c><00:25:00.619><c> certain</c><00:25:00.819><c> exactly</c><00:25:01.299><c> how</c><00:25:01.660><c> it</c><00:25:01.819><c> was</c><00:25:02.039><c> done</c><00:25:02.400><c> or</c>

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how<00:25:02.880><c> it</c><00:25:03.079><c> came</c><00:25:03.279><c> about.</c><00:25:04.200><c> But</c><00:25:04.339><c> verse</c><00:25:04.619><c> 45</c><00:25:05.240><c> of</c><00:25:05.420><c> 1</c><00:25:05.640><c> Samuel</c><00:25:05.980><c> 14</c><00:25:06.380><c> says,</c>

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And<00:25:07.200><c> the</c><00:25:07.339><c> people</c><00:25:07.599><c> said</c><00:25:07.759><c> unto</c><00:25:07.980><c> Saul,</c><00:25:08.440><c> Shall</c>

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Jonathan<00:25:09.140><c> die,</c><00:25:09.740><c> who</c><00:25:09.880><c> hath</c><00:25:10.059><c> wrought</c><00:25:10.220><c> this</c><00:25:10.440><c> great</c><00:25:10.720><c> salvation</c>

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in<00:25:11.359><c> Israel?</c><00:25:11.720><c> God</c><00:25:12.059><c> forbid!</c><00:25:12.720><c> As</c><00:25:12.880><c> the</c><00:25:13.119><c> Lord</c><00:25:13.460><c> liveth,</c><00:25:14.059><c> there</c>

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shall<00:25:14.299><c> not</c><00:25:14.599><c> one</c><00:25:14.880><c> hair</c><00:25:15.059><c> of</c><00:25:15.180><c> his</c><00:25:15.359><c> head</c><00:25:15.500><c> fall</c><00:25:15.700><c> to</c><00:25:15.859><c> the</c><00:25:16.019><c> ground,</c><00:25:16.539><c> for</c><00:25:16.660><c> he</c>

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hath<00:25:16.980><c> wrought</c><00:25:17.220><c> with</c><00:25:17.440><c> God</c><00:25:17.779><c> this</c><00:25:18.079><c> day,</c>

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so<00:25:19.119><c> the</c><00:25:19.319><c> people</c><00:25:19.640><c> rescued</c><00:25:20.559><c> Jonathan</c><00:25:21.039><c> that</c><00:25:21.240><c> he</c><00:25:21.519><c> died</c><00:25:21.779><c> not.</c><00:25:22.519><c> And</c>

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the<00:25:22.819><c> margin</c><00:25:23.039><c> gives</c><00:25:23.279><c> us</c><00:25:23.460><c> the</c><00:25:23.640><c> Hebrew,</c><00:25:24.259><c> so</c><00:25:24.339><c> the</c><00:25:24.539><c> people</c>

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ransomed<00:25:25.900><c> Jonathan.</c><00:25:27.339><c> They</c><00:25:27.559><c> ransomed</c><00:25:28.059><c> him</c><00:25:28.259><c> in</c><00:25:28.500><c> some</c><00:25:28.700><c> way,</c><00:25:29.019><c> brought</c><00:25:29.200><c> him</c>

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back,<00:25:29.819><c> as</c><00:25:29.940><c> we,</c><00:25:30.380><c> brethren</c><00:25:30.380><c> and</c><00:25:30.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:33.920
though<00:25:31.220><c> without</c><00:25:31.559><c> law</c><00:25:31.700><c> yet</c><00:25:31.980><c> standing</c><00:25:32.359><c> condemned</c><00:25:32.799><c> through</c><00:25:33.119><c> sin,</c><00:25:33.759><c> are</c>

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ransomed<00:25:34.380><c> by</c><00:25:34.599><c> the</c><00:25:34.779><c> grace</c><00:25:34.940><c> of</c><00:25:35.180><c> God</c><00:25:35.380><c> and</c><00:25:35.519><c> the</c>

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redemptive<00:25:36.079><c> work</c><00:25:36.299><c> of</c><00:25:36.480><c> our</c><00:25:36.599><c> Lord</c><00:25:36.779><c> Jesus</c><00:25:37.140><c> Christ.</c><00:25:39.720><c> Jonathan</c><00:25:40.119><c> then</c><00:25:40.480><c> seems</c><00:25:40.799><c> to</c>

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stand,<00:25:42.140><c> perhaps</c><00:25:42.660><c> for</c><00:25:43.380><c> the</c><00:25:43.700><c> faithful</c>

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remnant<00:25:44.660><c> in</c><00:25:44.920><c> Israel,</c><00:25:46.259><c> or</c><00:25:46.380><c> perhaps</c><00:25:46.779><c> more</c><00:25:47.000><c> likely</c><00:25:47.420><c> for</c><00:25:47.940><c> those</c>

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outside<00:25:48.900><c> of</c><00:25:49.200><c> Israel,</c><00:25:50.180><c> those</c><00:25:50.519><c> like</c><00:25:50.839><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:25:53.500><c> Saul?</c><00:25:54.799><c> Well,</c><00:25:55.180><c> Saul</c><00:25:55.519><c> obviously</c><00:25:56.099><c> stands</c><00:25:56.559><c> for</c><00:25:56.799><c> Israel</c><00:25:57.180><c> in</c><00:25:57.460><c> general,</c><00:25:57.839><c> doesn't</c><00:25:58.019><c> he?</c><00:25:58.460><c> For</c><00:25:58.700><c> the</c><00:25:58.880><c> nation</c><00:25:59.119><c> as</c><00:25:59.380><c> a</c><00:25:59.559><c> whole.</c>

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As<00:26:01.960><c> king,</c><00:26:03.019><c> he</c><00:26:03.220><c> should</c><00:26:03.440><c> have</c><00:26:03.720><c> been</c><00:26:03.940><c> the</c><00:26:04.259><c> representative</c><00:26:04.779><c> of</c><00:26:05.140><c> God.</c><00:26:06.900><c> Interesting</c><00:26:07.339><c> to</c>

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compare<00:26:07.980><c> Saul</c><00:26:08.339><c> and</c><00:26:08.500><c> David</c><00:26:08.799><c> in</c>

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this<00:26:09.160><c> respect.</c><00:26:09.900><c> Saul,</c><00:26:10.240><c> so</c><00:26:10.319><c> far</c><00:26:10.579><c> as</c><00:26:10.720><c> I</c><00:26:10.779><c> can</c><00:26:11.019><c> tell,</c><00:26:11.299><c> brethren</c><00:26:11.460><c> and</c><00:26:11.660><c> sisters,</c><00:26:12.140><c> never</c><00:26:12.420><c> fought</c><00:26:12.740><c> an</c>

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aggressive<00:26:13.400><c> war.</c>

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He<00:26:15.220><c> only</c><00:26:15.480><c> ever</c><00:26:15.740><c> fought</c><00:26:15.880><c> when</c><00:26:16.019><c> he</c><00:26:16.160><c> needed</c><00:26:16.420><c> to.</c><00:26:17.220><c> He</c><00:26:17.259><c> only</c><00:26:17.460><c> ever</c>

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fought<00:26:17.859><c> when</c><00:26:18.079><c> enemies</c><00:26:18.279><c> came</c><00:26:18.579><c> against</c><00:26:18.900><c> him,</c>

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usually<00:26:20.240><c> the</c><00:26:20.420><c> Philistines.</c><00:26:22.839><c> Then</c><00:26:23.079><c> he</c><00:26:23.200><c> was</c><00:26:23.420><c> obliged</c><00:26:24.000><c> to</c><00:26:24.380><c> go</c><00:26:24.599><c> to</c>

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war.<00:26:25.799><c> David</c><00:26:25.900><c> was</c><00:26:26.079><c> quite</c><00:26:26.299><c> different.</c><00:26:26.839><c> Almost</c>

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:31.700
immediately<00:26:27.500><c> David</c><00:26:27.799><c> came</c><00:26:28.000><c> to</c><00:26:28.160><c> the</c><00:26:28.339><c> throne.</c><00:26:28.700><c> He</c><00:26:28.880><c> set</c><00:26:29.079><c> about</c><00:26:29.339><c> removing</c><00:26:29.920><c> from</c><00:26:30.220><c> the</c><00:26:30.500><c> land</c><00:26:30.700><c> the</c><00:26:30.920><c> enemies</c><00:26:31.160><c> of</c><00:26:31.400><c> God,</c>

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:34.519
because<00:26:31.980><c> that's</c><00:26:32.180><c> how</c><00:26:32.380><c> David</c><00:26:32.619><c> saw</c><00:26:32.920><c> them.</c><00:26:33.380><c> He</c><00:26:33.579><c> saw</c><00:26:33.740><c> it</c><00:26:33.920><c> as</c><00:26:34.059><c> God's</c>

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:36.859
kingdom<00:26:34.779><c> and</c><00:26:34.960><c> God's</c><00:26:35.440><c> land,</c><00:26:36.039><c> and</c><00:26:36.259><c> immediately</c><00:26:36.640><c> he</c>

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:39.519
wished<00:26:37.000><c> to</c><00:26:37.299><c> remove</c><00:26:37.740><c> from</c><00:26:37.940><c> its</c><00:26:38.180><c> boundaries</c><00:26:38.599><c> all</c><00:26:39.099><c> those</c><00:26:39.319><c> things</c>

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:41.839
that<00:26:39.799><c> offended</c><00:26:40.220><c> God</c><00:26:40.619><c> and</c><00:26:40.940><c> prevented</c><00:26:41.240><c> it</c><00:26:41.539><c> being</c>

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God's<00:26:42.259><c> home</c><00:26:42.500><c> and</c><00:26:42.720><c> God's</c><00:26:43.039><c> dwelling.</c><00:26:44.220><c> David</c><00:26:44.339><c> immediately</c><00:26:44.859><c> and</c>

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:47.799
rightly<00:26:45.579><c> set</c><00:26:45.900><c> about</c><00:26:46.240><c> aggressive</c><00:26:47.000><c> warfare.</c><00:26:47.700><c> He</c>

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didn't<00:26:48.019><c> wait</c><00:26:48.259><c> for</c><00:26:48.420><c> the</c><00:26:48.559><c> enemies</c><00:26:48.720><c> to</c><00:26:48.940><c> come</c><00:26:49.059><c> to</c><00:26:49.259><c> him.</c><00:26:50.259><c> He</c><00:26:50.480><c> set</c><00:26:50.599><c> about</c><00:26:50.859><c> taking</c><00:26:51.200><c> them</c><00:26:51.359><c> out</c><00:26:51.519><c> of</c>

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God's<00:26:52.000><c> land,</c>

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that<00:26:52.279><c> it</c><00:26:52.440><c> might</c><00:26:52.559><c> be</c><00:26:52.779><c> a</c><00:26:52.859><c> fit</c><00:26:52.960><c> place</c><00:26:53.339><c> for</c><00:26:53.519><c> God</c><00:26:53.740><c> to</c><00:26:53.920><c> dwell.</c><00:26:57.000><c> And</c><00:26:57.180><c> David</c><00:26:57.519><c> saw</c><00:26:57.720><c> it</c>

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always<00:26:58.259><c> as</c><00:26:58.559><c> God's</c><00:26:59.019><c> kingdom</c><00:26:59.400><c> and</c><00:27:00.140><c> he</c>

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as<00:27:00.519><c> God's</c><00:27:01.000><c> representative.</c><00:27:02.380><c> Though</c><00:27:02.519><c> he</c><00:27:02.640><c> were</c><00:27:02.799><c> king</c><00:27:03.019><c> over</c><00:27:03.240><c> the</c>

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people,<00:27:04.019><c> he</c><00:27:04.180><c> was</c><00:27:04.400><c> nevertheless</c><00:27:04.900><c> the</c><00:27:05.240><c> subject</c><00:27:05.559><c> of</c>

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God,<00:27:06.059><c> and</c><00:27:06.180><c> God</c><00:27:06.420><c> was</c><00:27:06.660><c> really</c><00:27:06.940><c> the</c><00:27:07.180><c> King.</c><00:27:07.680><c> The</c><00:27:07.799><c> Lord</c><00:27:08.160><c> is</c><00:27:08.420><c> King,</c>

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say<00:27:08.960><c> the</c><00:27:09.200><c> Psalms.</c>

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Saul<00:27:13.619><c> seems</c><00:27:14.119><c> hardly</c><00:27:14.460><c> to</c><00:27:14.660><c> have</c><00:27:14.759><c> seen</c><00:27:15.000><c> himself</c><00:27:15.640><c> as</c><00:27:16.200><c> God's</c><00:27:16.640><c> representative,</c><00:27:18.220><c> and</c>

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certainly<00:27:18.700><c> here</c><00:27:19.000><c> in</c><00:27:19.140><c> this</c>

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incident<00:27:19.700><c> he</c><00:27:19.859><c> does</c><00:27:20.079><c> not</c><00:27:20.240><c> act</c><00:27:20.619><c> as</c><00:27:20.859><c> God</c><00:27:21.460><c> in</c><00:27:21.900><c> Genesis,</c><00:27:22.500><c> does</c><00:27:22.619><c> he?</c>

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:25.779
Where<00:27:24.039><c> Adam</c><00:27:24.319><c> had</c><00:27:24.619><c> sinned</c><00:27:24.799><c> in</c><00:27:25.000><c> putting</c><00:27:25.279><c> forth</c><00:27:25.500><c> his</c>

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hand<00:27:25.940><c> and</c><00:27:26.119><c> taking</c><00:27:26.380><c> of</c><00:27:26.559><c> the</c><00:27:26.720><c> fruit</c><00:27:26.859><c> of</c><00:27:27.220><c> the</c><00:27:27.380><c> tree</c><00:27:27.480><c> of</c><00:27:27.579><c> the</c><00:27:27.720><c> knowledge</c><00:27:27.900><c> of</c>

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:31.400
good<00:27:28.119><c> and</c><00:27:28.299><c> evil,</c><00:27:29.180><c> where</c><00:27:30.720><c> Adam</c><00:27:31.140><c> had</c>

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:35.140
received<00:27:31.960><c> as</c><00:27:32.140><c> the</c><00:27:32.279><c> result</c><00:27:32.660><c> that</c><00:27:33.319><c> sentence,</c><00:27:33.779><c> thou</c><00:27:33.940><c> shalt</c><00:27:34.259><c> surely</c><00:27:34.680><c> die,</c>

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God<00:27:35.700><c> immediately</c><00:27:36.339><c> swung</c><00:27:36.579><c> into</c><00:27:36.819><c> action</c><00:27:37.140><c> to</c>

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:42.240
save<00:27:37.720><c> Adam,</c><00:27:38.900><c> but</c><00:27:39.079><c> not</c><00:27:39.339><c> so</c><00:27:39.559><c> Saul</c><00:27:39.799><c> to</c><00:27:40.019><c> save</c><00:27:40.259><c> Jonathan.</c><00:27:41.859><c> Even</c><00:27:41.980><c> though</c><00:27:42.160><c> he</c>

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:44.059
be<00:27:42.380><c> my</c><00:27:42.619><c> son,</c><00:27:43.059><c> says</c><00:27:43.160><c> Saul,</c><00:27:43.680><c> even</c><00:27:43.880><c> though</c>

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:48.039
he<00:27:44.180><c> be</c><00:27:44.339><c> Jonathan,</c><00:27:44.960><c> he</c><00:27:45.200><c> shall</c><00:27:45.480><c> surely</c><00:27:45.960><c> die.</c><00:27:47.420><c> And</c><00:27:47.579><c> Saul</c><00:27:47.700><c> is</c><00:27:47.880><c> not</c>

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:50.880
concerned<00:27:48.480><c> to</c><00:27:48.759><c> seek</c><00:27:49.339><c> a</c><00:27:49.759><c> way</c><00:27:49.940><c> of</c><00:27:50.220><c> rescuing</c><00:27:50.579><c> or</c>

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:54.420
of<00:27:51.079><c> ransoming</c><00:27:51.440><c> Jonathan</c><00:27:51.880><c> in</c><00:27:52.480><c> the</c><00:27:52.619><c> way</c><00:27:52.960><c> that</c><00:27:53.319><c> God</c><00:27:53.619><c> sought</c><00:27:53.960><c> to</c>

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save<00:27:54.660><c> Adam</c><00:27:55.279><c> and</c><00:27:56.000><c> his</c><00:27:56.200><c> race.</c>

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We<00:28:01.099><c> need</c><00:28:01.319><c> to</c><00:28:01.420><c> go</c><00:28:01.680><c> back</c><00:28:01.900><c> a</c><00:28:02.019><c> chapter</c><00:28:02.339><c> or</c><00:28:02.500><c> two</c><00:28:02.640><c> now</c><00:28:03.039><c> to</c><00:28:03.559><c> remind</c><00:28:03.980><c> ourselves</c><00:28:04.700><c> of</c>

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:07.319
something<00:28:05.440><c> that</c><00:28:05.660><c> was,</c><00:28:06.640><c> again,</c><00:28:06.980><c> in</c><00:28:07.140><c> our</c>

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:14.440
readings<00:28:07.599><c> a</c><00:28:07.779><c> few</c><00:28:07.900><c> nights</c><00:28:08.180><c> ago,</c><00:28:09.599><c> to</c><00:28:09.940><c> 1</c><00:28:10.119><c> Samuel</c><00:28:10.440><c> chapter</c><00:28:10.880><c> 8.</c><00:28:14.200><c> Saul,</c><00:28:14.299><c> as</c>

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.720
we<00:28:14.619><c> said,</c><00:28:15.019><c> ought</c><00:28:15.119><c> to</c><00:28:15.220><c> have</c><00:28:15.380><c> been</c><00:28:15.460><c> the</c>

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:18.660
representative<00:28:16.079><c> of</c><00:28:16.380><c> God.</c><00:28:17.220><c> In</c><00:28:17.460><c> fact,</c><00:28:17.819><c> he</c><00:28:18.019><c> stood</c><00:28:18.240><c> at</c><00:28:18.440><c> the</c><00:28:18.559><c> head</c>

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:22.220
of<00:28:18.859><c> this</c><00:28:19.059><c> nation</c><00:28:19.420><c> as</c><00:28:20.460><c> being</c><00:28:20.759><c> the</c><00:28:20.960><c> epitome</c><00:28:21.319><c> of</c><00:28:21.500><c> the</c>

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:27.980
in<00:28:22.980><c> all</c><00:28:23.319><c> its</c><00:28:23.900><c> faithlessness</c><00:28:24.720><c> too.</c><00:28:26.799><c> And</c><00:28:26.859><c> 1</c><00:28:27.039><c> Samuel</c><00:28:27.380><c> chapter</c><00:28:27.799><c> 8</c>

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:30.660
is<00:28:28.140><c> the</c><00:28:28.299><c> chapter</c><00:28:28.619><c> that</c><00:28:29.440><c> reminds</c><00:28:29.740><c> us</c><00:28:30.039><c> how</c><00:28:30.259><c> the</c><00:28:30.480><c> people</c>

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:33.299
came<00:28:30.900><c> to</c><00:28:31.119><c> request</c><00:28:31.460><c> a</c><00:28:31.640><c> king,</c><00:28:31.920><c> how</c><00:28:32.099><c> it</c><00:28:32.220><c> was</c><00:28:32.380><c> their</c><00:28:32.559><c> desire</c><00:28:33.099><c> that</c>

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:35.579
there<00:28:33.480><c> should</c><00:28:33.619><c> be</c><00:28:33.859><c> a</c><00:28:34.000><c> king,</c><00:28:34.660><c> and</c><00:28:34.819><c> how</c><00:28:34.920><c> that</c><00:28:35.200><c> desire</c>

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:42.359
so<00:28:35.980><c> grieved</c><00:28:36.359><c> Samuel.</c><00:28:37.940><c> 1</c><00:28:38.200><c> Samuel</c><00:28:38.539><c> chapter</c><00:28:38.839><c> 8</c><00:28:39.180><c> and</c><00:28:39.480><c> verse</c><00:28:39.740><c> 9,</c><00:28:41.259><c> God</c><00:28:41.660><c> speaking</c><00:28:42.099><c> to</c>

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his<00:28:42.599><c> prophet</c><00:28:42.920><c> says,</c>

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Now<00:28:43.920><c> therefore</c><00:28:44.559><c> hearken</c><00:28:45.059><c> unto</c><00:28:45.400><c> their</c><00:28:45.799><c> voice,</c><00:28:46.180><c> that</c><00:28:46.359><c> is</c><00:28:46.539><c> to</c><00:28:46.740><c> the</c><00:28:46.880><c> voice</c><00:28:47.119><c> of</c>

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:50.119
the<00:28:47.500><c> people,</c><00:28:48.119><c> howbeit</c><00:28:48.619><c> yet</c><00:28:49.359><c> protest</c>

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solemnly<00:28:50.859><c> unto</c><00:28:51.119><c> them,</c><00:28:52.019><c> and</c><00:28:52.220><c> show</c><00:28:52.420><c> them</c><00:28:52.660><c> the</c><00:28:52.900><c> manner</c><00:28:53.259><c> of</c><00:28:53.500><c> the</c>

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:56.200
king<00:28:54.119><c> that</c><00:28:54.359><c> shall</c><00:28:54.579><c> reign</c><00:28:54.859><c> over</c><00:28:55.079><c> them.</c>

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Yes,<00:28:57.319><c> says</c><00:28:57.380><c> God,</c><00:28:57.839><c> accede</c><00:28:58.099><c> to</c><00:28:58.259><c> their</c><00:28:58.480><c> request,</c><00:28:58.900><c> Samuel.</c><00:28:59.900><c> If</c><00:29:00.059><c> they</c><00:29:00.559><c> desire</c><00:29:01.000><c> a</c>

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:03.019
king,<00:29:01.519><c> then</c><00:29:01.660><c> a</c><00:29:01.779><c> king</c><00:29:02.059><c> they</c><00:29:02.279><c> shall</c><00:29:02.480><c> have.</c>

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Harken<00:29:03.619><c> to</c><00:29:03.880><c> their</c><00:29:04.180><c> voice.</c><00:29:05.539><c> We'll</c><00:29:05.799><c> give</c><00:29:06.000><c> in</c><00:29:06.220><c> to</c><00:29:06.420><c> their</c><00:29:06.700><c> will,</c><00:29:07.400><c> but</c><00:29:07.759><c> protest.</c><00:29:09.119><c> Show</c><00:29:09.279><c> them</c><00:29:09.500><c> what</c><00:29:09.880><c> sort</c><00:29:10.079><c> of</c><00:29:10.220><c> a</c><00:29:10.359><c> king</c>

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:15.460
it<00:29:10.619><c> will</c><00:29:10.799><c> be.</c><00:29:11.740><c> Do</c><00:29:11.940><c> your</c><00:29:12.160><c> best</c><00:29:12.420><c> to</c><00:29:12.960><c> show</c><00:29:13.279><c> them</c><00:29:13.539><c> the</c><00:29:13.779><c> disadvantages.</c><00:29:14.960><c> And</c><00:29:15.259><c> Samuel</c>

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:18.619
did<00:29:15.700><c> that,</c><00:29:17.059><c> but</c><00:29:17.319><c> to</c><00:29:17.480><c> no</c><00:29:17.680><c> avail.</c>

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:21.539
Israel<00:29:19.359><c> were</c><00:29:19.579><c> not</c><00:29:19.819><c> convinced</c><00:29:20.339><c> of</c><00:29:20.519><c> their</c><00:29:20.779><c> folly,</c><00:29:21.299><c> and</c><00:29:21.299><c> verse</c>

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19<00:29:22.500><c> says</c><00:29:23.019><c> very</c><00:29:23.380><c> eloquently,</c><00:29:24.500><c> Nevertheless,</c>

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Samuel<00:29:26.799><c> having</c><00:29:27.240><c> spelled</c><00:29:27.599><c> out</c><00:29:28.140><c> all</c><00:29:28.599><c> the</c><00:29:28.839><c> disadvantages</c><00:29:29.339><c> involved,</c><00:29:30.420><c> nevertheless,</c><00:29:31.299><c> the</c>

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people<00:29:31.619><c> refused</c><00:29:32.180><c> to</c>

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obey<00:29:32.759><c> the</c><00:29:32.960><c> voice</c><00:29:33.160><c> of</c><00:29:33.420><c> Samuel,</c><00:29:33.720><c> and</c><00:29:33.799><c> they</c><00:29:34.000><c> said,</c><00:29:34.579><c> Nay,</c><00:29:34.759><c> but</c><00:29:34.940><c> we</c>

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will<00:29:35.319><c> have</c><00:29:35.559><c> a</c><00:29:35.660><c> king</c><00:29:35.940><c> over</c><00:29:36.259><c> us.</c>

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:44.700
There<00:29:41.640><c> is</c><00:29:41.859><c> the</c><00:29:42.180><c> sadness</c><00:29:42.519><c> of</c><00:29:42.759><c> it,</c><00:29:42.940><c> isn't</c><00:29:43.099><c> it?</c><00:29:43.539><c> That</c><00:29:43.759><c> we</c><00:29:43.940><c> also</c><00:29:44.359><c> may</c><00:29:44.519><c> be</c>

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:48.039
like<00:29:45.059><c> all</c><00:29:45.700><c> the</c><00:29:45.900><c> other</c><00:29:46.140><c> nations.</c><00:29:47.200><c> That</c><00:29:47.680><c> was</c><00:29:47.859><c> what</c>

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:51.240
they<00:29:48.240><c> really</c><00:29:48.680><c> wanted,</c><00:29:49.119><c> to</c><00:29:49.319><c> be</c><00:29:49.500><c> like</c><00:29:49.819><c> the</c><00:29:50.059><c> other</c><00:29:50.240><c> peoples,</c><00:29:50.720><c> those</c><00:29:51.059><c> who</c>

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:54.180
had<00:29:51.420><c> been</c><00:29:51.660><c> called</c><00:29:51.920><c> to</c><00:29:52.119><c> be</c><00:29:52.440><c> separate,</c><00:29:53.640><c> special,</c>

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holy<00:29:54.980><c> to</c><00:29:55.220><c> God,</c><00:29:56.859><c> denouncing</c><00:29:57.480><c> and</c><00:29:57.700><c> renouncing</c><00:29:58.319><c> that</c><00:29:58.839><c> in</c><00:29:59.460><c> favour</c>

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:02.480
of<00:30:00.039><c> being</c><00:30:00.359><c> like</c><00:30:00.900><c> all</c><00:30:01.339><c> the</c><00:30:01.519><c> others.</c>

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Now<00:30:03.920><c> Saul</c><00:30:03.960><c> was</c><00:30:04.180><c> God's</c><00:30:04.579><c> choice.</c><00:30:06.240><c> We</c><00:30:06.579><c> should</c><00:30:06.740><c> not</c><00:30:06.880><c> imagine</c><00:30:07.200><c> that</c>

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:09.980
he<00:30:07.460><c> was</c><00:30:07.640><c> not.</c><00:30:08.940><c> The</c><00:30:09.119><c> Scripture</c><00:30:09.240><c> tells</c><00:30:09.500><c> us</c><00:30:09.660><c> very</c>

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:17.579
that<00:30:10.980><c> God</c><00:30:11.579><c> chose</c><00:30:12.220><c> Saul,</c><00:30:14.259><c> but</c><00:30:14.380><c> God</c><00:30:14.779><c> chose</c><00:30:15.160><c> Saul</c><00:30:15.859><c> not</c><00:30:16.420><c> as</c><00:30:16.960><c> God's</c>

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:19.900
choice,<00:30:18.299><c> but</c><00:30:18.480><c> as</c><00:30:18.799><c> the</c><00:30:19.019><c> people's</c><00:30:19.579><c> choice.</c>

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:24.440
God<00:30:20.460><c> chose</c><00:30:20.839><c> Saul,</c><00:30:21.619><c> but</c><00:30:21.680><c> he</c><00:30:21.940><c> chose</c><00:30:22.319><c> what</c><00:30:22.599><c> the</c><00:30:22.900><c> people</c><00:30:23.180><c> wanted.</c>

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:28.400
God<00:30:25.839><c> giving</c><00:30:26.259><c> them</c><00:30:26.720><c> their</c><00:30:27.039><c> just</c><00:30:27.339><c> deserts.</c>

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:32.680
And<00:30:29.400><c> so</c><00:30:29.519><c> if</c><00:30:29.640><c> you</c><00:30:29.759><c> come</c><00:30:29.920><c> over</c><00:30:30.140><c> for</c><00:30:30.299><c> a</c><00:30:30.440><c> moment,</c><00:30:30.640><c> keep</c><00:30:30.859><c> a</c><00:30:31.000><c> finger</c><00:30:31.180><c> in</c><00:30:31.400><c> Samuel,</c><00:30:31.940><c> but</c><00:30:32.079><c> come</c><00:30:32.259><c> over</c><00:30:32.440><c> for</c><00:30:32.599><c> a</c>

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moment<00:30:32.839><c> to</c>

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see<00:30:34.920><c> what</c><00:30:34.920><c> God</c><00:30:35.799><c> is</c><00:30:35.799><c> doing.</c><00:30:36.160><c> And</c><00:30:36.440><c> there</c><00:30:36.720><c> in</c><00:30:36.839><c> the</c><00:30:36.940><c> little</c><00:30:37.259><c> prophecy</c><00:30:37.559><c> of</c><00:30:37.859><c> Hosea,</c><00:30:38.920><c> the</c>

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:40.900
matter<00:30:39.240><c> is</c><00:30:39.480><c> set</c><00:30:39.680><c> out</c><00:30:39.839><c> very</c><00:30:40.180><c> plainly.</c>

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:46.480
Hosea<00:30:42.700><c> chapter</c><00:30:43.000><c> 13</c><00:30:43.599><c> and</c><00:30:44.960><c> verse</c><00:30:45.339><c> 11,</c>

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verse<00:30:49.059><c> 9,</c><00:30:49.539><c> for</c><00:30:49.599><c> connection,</c><00:30:50.079><c> O</c><00:30:50.079><c> Israel,</c><00:30:50.839><c> thou</c><00:30:51.000><c> hast</c><00:30:51.279><c> destroyed</c><00:30:51.839><c> thyself,</c>

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but<00:30:52.900><c> in</c><00:30:53.079><c> me</c><00:30:53.220><c> is</c><00:30:53.400><c> thine</c><00:30:53.539><c> help.</c>

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I<00:30:54.000><c> will</c><00:30:54.160><c> be</c><00:30:54.319><c> thy</c><00:30:54.500><c> king.</c><00:30:55.039><c> Where</c><00:30:55.240><c> is</c><00:30:55.359><c> any</c><00:30:55.539><c> other</c><00:30:55.700><c> that</c><00:30:55.839><c> may</c><00:30:56.039><c> save</c>

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thee<00:30:56.519><c> in</c><00:30:56.619><c> all</c><00:30:56.819><c> thy</c><00:30:56.980><c> cities,</c>

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:59.980
and<00:30:57.720><c> thy</c><00:30:57.839><c> judges,</c><00:30:58.299><c> of</c><00:30:58.400><c> whom</c><00:30:58.480><c> thou</c><00:30:58.700><c> saidst,</c><00:30:59.200><c> Give</c><00:30:59.359><c> me</c><00:30:59.599><c> a</c><00:30:59.740><c> king</c>

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and<00:31:00.200><c> princes?</c>

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Verse<00:31:01.880><c> 11,</c><00:31:02.240><c> I</c><00:31:02.460><c> gave</c><00:31:02.859><c> thee</c><00:31:03.160><c> a</c><00:31:03.200><c> king</c><00:31:03.339><c> in</c><00:31:03.599><c> mine</c><00:31:03.740><c> anger,</c><00:31:05.039><c> and</c><00:31:05.220><c> took</c>

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:08.220
him<00:31:05.640><c> away</c><00:31:06.220><c> in</c><00:31:07.019><c> my</c><00:31:07.220><c> wrath.</c>

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:17.259
God<00:31:09.720><c> gave</c><00:31:10.220><c> Israel</c><00:31:10.759><c> a</c><00:31:11.039><c> king,</c><00:31:12.180><c> King</c><00:31:12.400><c> Saul,</c><00:31:13.559><c> in</c><00:31:13.720><c> his</c><00:31:13.940><c> anger,</c><00:31:16.240><c> righteous</c><00:31:16.519><c> anger</c><00:31:16.940><c> that</c>

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.920
is,<00:31:17.720><c> not</c><00:31:18.079><c> in</c><00:31:18.259><c> a</c><00:31:18.359><c> fit</c><00:31:18.460><c> of</c><00:31:18.680><c> peak,</c>

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not<00:31:19.380><c> out</c><00:31:19.559><c> of</c><00:31:19.720><c> temper</c><00:31:19.960><c> of</c><00:31:20.180><c> course,</c><00:31:20.880><c> but</c><00:31:21.099><c> in</c><00:31:21.319><c> righteous</c><00:31:21.599><c> anger,</c>

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brethren<00:31:22.220><c> and</c><00:31:22.440><c> sisters,</c>

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God<00:31:23.180><c> giving</c><00:31:23.420><c> them</c><00:31:23.680><c> their</c><00:31:23.880><c> just</c><00:31:24.099><c> deserts,</c><00:31:24.539><c> God</c><00:31:24.880><c> giving</c><00:31:25.259><c> them</c>

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:28.180
what<00:31:26.019><c> was</c><00:31:26.380><c> their</c><00:31:26.720><c> own</c><00:31:27.039><c> choice,</c><00:31:27.480><c> the</c><00:31:27.680><c> king</c><00:31:27.920><c> that</c>

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:31.460
they<00:31:28.420><c> would</c><00:31:28.740><c> have</c><00:31:29.000><c> desired,</c><00:31:29.980><c> although</c><00:31:30.240><c> God</c><00:31:30.559><c> chose</c><00:31:30.920><c> him</c><00:31:31.180><c> for</c>

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:36.599
them.<00:31:33.380><c> And</c><00:31:33.599><c> so</c><00:31:34.059><c> Saul</c><00:31:34.319><c> turned</c><00:31:34.680><c> out</c><00:31:35.019><c> to</c><00:31:35.140><c> be</c><00:31:35.519><c> exactly</c>

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:39.819
God's<00:31:37.279><c> choice,</c><00:31:38.000><c> and</c><00:31:38.039><c> yet</c><00:31:38.319><c> the</c><00:31:38.779><c> people's.</c><00:31:39.160><c> Come</c><00:31:39.359><c> back</c><00:31:39.519><c> to</c><00:31:39.640><c> 1</c>

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:41.200
Samuel<00:31:40.119><c> chapter</c><00:31:40.440><c> 10,</c>

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:45.819
and<00:31:43.119><c> verses</c><00:31:43.299><c> 23</c><00:31:43.819><c> and</c><00:31:44.019><c> 24</c><00:31:44.519><c> there,</c>

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:50.140
where<00:31:47.819><c> the</c><00:31:47.980><c> lot</c><00:31:48.240><c> had</c><00:31:48.519><c> fallen</c><00:31:48.779><c> upon</c><00:31:49.119><c> Saul's</c><00:31:49.559><c> family,</c><00:31:49.880><c> and</c><00:31:49.980><c> then</c>

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:51.720
upon<00:31:50.339><c> Saul</c><00:31:50.579><c> himself,</c>

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:54.559
and<00:31:52.019><c> Saul</c><00:31:52.119><c> of</c><00:31:52.279><c> course</c><00:31:52.539><c> had</c><00:31:53.140><c> hidden</c><00:31:53.380><c> himself</c><00:31:53.880><c> shyly</c><00:31:54.299><c> amongst</c>

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:56.059
the<00:31:54.839><c> staff,</c><00:31:55.039><c> and</c><00:31:55.099><c> they</c><00:31:55.279><c> ran</c><00:31:55.460><c> and</c><00:31:55.660><c> fetched</c><00:31:55.920><c> him</c>

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:59.059
and<00:31:56.460><c> when</c><00:31:56.759><c> he</c><00:31:57.000><c> stood</c><00:31:57.119><c> among</c><00:31:57.339><c> the</c><00:31:57.539><c> people,</c><00:31:58.059><c> he</c><00:31:58.059><c> was</c><00:31:58.259><c> higher</c><00:31:58.559><c> than</c><00:31:58.720><c> any</c>

00:31:59.059 --> 00:32:00.500
of<00:31:59.200><c> the</c><00:31:59.339><c> people</c><00:31:59.559><c> from</c><00:31:59.779><c> his</c><00:32:00.000><c> shoulders</c><00:32:00.279><c> and</c>

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:03.559
upward,<00:32:01.740><c> head</c><00:32:01.839><c> and</c><00:32:02.039><c> shoulders</c><00:32:02.319><c> above</c><00:32:02.619><c> the</c><00:32:02.859><c> people,</c><00:32:03.259><c> exactly</c>

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:05.319
what<00:32:03.779><c> they</c><00:32:04.019><c> wanted,</c><00:32:04.460><c> a</c><00:32:04.680><c> good</c><00:32:04.859><c>-looking</c><00:32:05.079><c> man,</c>

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:09.579
a<00:32:05.420><c> man</c><00:32:05.519><c> who</c><00:32:05.700><c> looked</c><00:32:05.799><c> every</c><00:32:06.160><c> inch</c><00:32:06.359><c> a</c><00:32:06.579><c> king,</c><00:32:07.539><c> who</c><00:32:07.740><c> stood</c><00:32:07.960><c> and</c><00:32:08.279><c> towered</c><00:32:08.559><c> above</c><00:32:08.779><c> them,</c><00:32:09.440><c> a</c>

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figure<00:32:09.740><c> of</c><00:32:10.079><c> strength,</c>

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:14.559
one<00:32:10.559><c> that</c><00:32:10.640><c> they</c><00:32:10.779><c> could</c><00:32:10.900><c> look</c><00:32:11.099><c> up</c><00:32:11.339><c> to,</c><00:32:11.759><c> literally</c><00:32:12.079><c> and</c><00:32:12.960><c> spiritually</c><00:32:13.339><c> too.</c><00:32:14.380><c> So</c>

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.799
they<00:32:14.779><c> thought,</c>

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:20.259
and<00:32:17.279><c> Samuel</c><00:32:17.619><c> said</c><00:32:17.900><c> to</c><00:32:18.059><c> all</c><00:32:18.299><c> the</c><00:32:18.480><c> people,</c><00:32:19.180><c> See</c><00:32:19.420><c> him</c><00:32:19.759><c> whom</c><00:32:19.940><c> the</c>

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:22.740
Lord<00:32:20.599><c> hath</c><00:32:20.839><c> chosen,</c><00:32:21.640><c> that</c><00:32:21.759><c> there</c><00:32:21.980><c> is</c><00:32:22.180><c> none</c><00:32:22.440><c> like</c>

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:25.299
among<00:32:23.099><c> all</c><00:32:23.460><c> the</c><00:32:23.619><c> people,</c><00:32:24.019><c> and</c><00:32:24.099><c> all</c><00:32:24.279><c> the</c><00:32:24.420><c> people</c><00:32:24.660><c> shouted</c><00:32:25.019><c> and</c>

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:27.279
said,<00:32:25.559><c> God</c><00:32:25.839><c> save</c><00:32:26.180><c> the</c><00:32:26.400><c> king.</c>

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:31.920
There<00:32:28.640><c> was</c><00:32:28.819><c> their</c><00:32:29.119><c> enthusiasm</c><00:32:29.720><c> for</c><00:32:30.000><c> their</c><00:32:30.259><c> new</c><00:32:30.539><c> king,</c><00:32:31.799><c> the</c>

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:34.240
one<00:32:32.099><c> that</c><00:32:32.279><c> they</c><00:32:32.579><c> wanted,</c><00:32:33.140><c> head</c><00:32:33.299><c> and</c><00:32:33.519><c> shoulders</c>

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:39.240
above<00:32:34.960><c> them,</c><00:32:36.079><c> but</c><00:32:36.519><c> see</c><00:32:36.799><c> him</c><00:32:37.140><c> whom</c><00:32:37.500><c> the</c><00:32:37.839><c> Lord</c><00:32:38.160><c> had</c><00:32:38.500><c> chosen</c><00:32:38.880><c> for</c>

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:43.779
them.<00:32:41.460><c> So</c><00:32:41.819><c> Saul</c><00:32:42.079><c> was</c><00:32:42.420><c> looking</c><00:32:42.759><c> good,</c>

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:48.220
and<00:32:44.900><c> he</c><00:32:45.160><c> was</c><00:32:45.400><c> of</c><00:32:45.660><c> course,</c><00:32:46.059><c> as</c><00:32:46.400><c> the</c><00:32:46.720><c> Pharisees</c><00:32:47.319><c> of</c><00:32:47.519><c> our</c><00:32:47.720><c> Lord's</c>

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:51.339
day,<00:32:48.819><c> precisely</c><00:32:49.400><c> as</c><00:32:50.160><c> they</c><00:32:50.519><c> were,</c>

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concerned<00:32:52.299><c> himself</c><00:32:52.900><c> with</c><00:32:53.460><c> outward</c><00:32:53.859><c> appearance.</c><00:32:55.019><c> It</c><00:32:55.200><c> was</c><00:32:55.660><c> the</c>

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:58.599
lesson<00:32:56.140><c> that</c><00:32:56.339><c> he</c><00:32:56.440><c> had</c><00:32:56.740><c> to</c><00:32:57.039><c> learn</c><00:32:57.380><c> so</c><00:32:58.140><c> hard,</c>

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:02.279
wasn't<00:32:58.880><c> it?</c><00:32:59.579><c> Chapter</c><00:32:59.839><c> 15,</c><00:33:01.039><c> again</c><00:33:01.279><c> it's</c><00:33:01.420><c> been</c><00:33:01.619><c> in</c><00:33:01.779><c> our</c><00:33:01.960><c> reading</c>

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:05.819
so<00:33:02.640><c> recently,</c><00:33:03.259><c> hasn't</c><00:33:03.400><c> it?</c><00:33:04.819><c> The</c><00:33:05.059><c> lesson</c><00:33:05.279><c> that</c>

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:11.819
Saul<00:33:06.079><c> failed</c><00:33:06.759><c> to</c><00:33:07.119><c> learn,</c><00:33:07.759><c> that</c><00:33:08.119><c> Samuel</c><00:33:08.380><c> had</c><00:33:08.599><c> to</c><00:33:08.900><c> drive</c><00:33:09.359><c> home</c><00:33:09.779><c> for</c><00:33:10.019><c> him.</c><00:33:10.680><c> Verse</c><00:33:10.859><c> 22</c><00:33:11.359><c> of</c><00:33:11.579><c> 1</c>

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.740
Samuel<00:33:12.140><c> 15,</c>

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Rebellion<00:33:13.539><c> is</c><00:33:13.700><c> as</c><00:33:13.859><c> the</c><00:33:14.200><c> sin</c><00:33:14.339><c> of</c><00:33:14.599><c> witchcraft,</c><00:33:15.900><c> and</c><00:33:16.119><c> stubbornness</c><00:33:16.599><c> is</c><00:33:16.740><c> as</c><00:33:16.940><c> iniquity</c><00:33:17.400><c> and</c>

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:19.299
idolatry,<00:33:19.099><c> and</c>

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Saul<00:33:19.640><c> stooped</c><00:33:20.000><c> to</c><00:33:20.140><c> witchcraft</c><00:33:20.559><c> ultimately,</c><00:33:21.220><c> didn't</c><00:33:21.380><c> he?</c><00:33:21.660><c> He</c>

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:24.400
added<00:33:22.039><c> that</c><00:33:22.359><c> to</c><00:33:22.559><c> his</c><00:33:22.839><c> rebellion</c><00:33:23.339><c> to</c><00:33:23.799><c> show</c><00:33:24.119><c> that</c>

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:29.259
rebellion<00:33:24.819><c> and</c><00:33:25.019><c> witchcraft</c><00:33:25.779><c> were</c><00:33:26.299><c> synonymous.</c><00:33:28.059><c> Because</c><00:33:28.059><c> thou</c><00:33:28.279><c> hast</c><00:33:28.519><c> rejected</c><00:33:29.039><c> the</c>

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.000
word<00:33:29.460><c> of</c><00:33:29.619><c> the</c><00:33:29.779><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:33.859
he<00:33:30.380><c> also</c><00:33:30.779><c> hath</c><00:33:31.019><c> rejected</c><00:33:31.539><c> thee</c><00:33:31.859><c> from</c><00:33:32.079><c> being</c><00:33:32.519><c> king.</c><00:33:33.259><c> The</c><00:33:33.400><c> lesson</c><00:33:33.640><c> there</c>

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:35.619
is<00:33:34.000><c> in</c><00:33:34.119><c> verse</c><00:33:34.339><c> 22,</c>

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:38.359
Samuel<00:33:36.240><c> said,</c><00:33:36.700><c> Hath</c><00:33:36.839><c> the</c><00:33:37.000><c> Lord</c><00:33:37.140><c> as</c><00:33:37.299><c> great</c><00:33:37.559><c> delight</c><00:33:37.880><c> in</c><00:33:38.140><c> burnt</c>

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:39.579
offerings<00:33:38.700><c> and</c><00:33:39.119><c> sacrifices</c>

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:45.119
as<00:33:40.059><c> in</c><00:33:40.339><c> obeying</c><00:33:40.980><c> the</c><00:33:41.240><c> voice</c><00:33:41.539><c> of</c><00:33:41.819><c> the</c><00:33:42.039><c> Lord?</c><00:33:43.400><c> Behold,</c><00:33:44.299><c> to</c><00:33:44.559><c> obey</c>

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:47.480
is<00:33:45.440><c> better</c><00:33:45.839><c> than</c><00:33:46.140><c> sacrifice,</c>

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and<00:33:47.859><c> to</c><00:33:48.119><c> hearken</c><00:33:48.380><c> than</c><00:33:48.579><c> the</c><00:33:48.759><c> fat</c><00:33:48.880><c> of</c><00:33:49.119><c> rams.</c><00:33:49.640><c> And</c><00:33:49.779><c> it's</c><00:33:50.079><c> precisely</c><00:33:50.480><c> that</c><00:33:50.740><c> lesson</c><00:33:51.019><c> that</c><00:33:51.220><c> Jesus</c><00:33:51.460><c> takes</c><00:33:51.720><c> up</c>

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:54.400
on<00:33:52.299><c> two</c><00:33:52.579><c> separate</c><00:33:52.880><c> occasions</c><00:33:53.319><c> in</c><00:33:53.460><c> Matthew,</c><00:33:53.799><c> Matthew</c><00:33:54.059><c> 9</c><00:33:54.299><c> and</c>

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:56.940
Matthew<00:33:54.680><c> 12.</c><00:33:55.359><c> Jesus</c><00:33:55.640><c> takes</c><00:33:55.900><c> up</c><00:33:56.140><c> just</c><00:33:56.440><c> those</c><00:33:56.640><c> words,</c>

00:33:57.099 --> 00:34:00.779
he<00:33:57.299><c> actually</c><00:33:57.660><c> draws</c><00:33:57.859><c> them</c><00:33:58.059><c> from</c><00:33:58.279><c> Hosea,</c><00:33:58.779><c> the</c><00:33:58.900><c> prophecy</c><00:33:59.200><c> of</c><00:33:59.380><c> Hosea,</c><00:34:00.200><c> chapter</c><00:34:00.440><c> 6,</c>

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:02.440
I<00:34:00.940><c> think</c><00:34:01.140><c> it</c><00:34:01.299><c> is.</c><00:34:02.000><c> And</c><00:34:02.140><c> in</c><00:34:02.240><c> Matthew</c>

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:05.660
9<00:34:02.700><c> and</c><00:34:02.799><c> 12,</c><00:34:03.500><c> Jesus</c><00:34:03.660><c> drives</c><00:34:04.079><c> home</c><00:34:04.339><c> just</c><00:34:04.599><c> that</c><00:34:04.920><c> same</c><00:34:05.140><c> lesson</c><00:34:05.460><c> for</c>

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:08.079
the<00:34:05.839><c> Pharisees</c><00:34:06.240><c> of</c><00:34:06.380><c> his</c><00:34:06.599><c> day.</c><00:34:06.960><c> Behold,</c><00:34:07.400><c> to</c><00:34:07.660><c> obey</c><00:34:08.000><c> is</c>

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:11.099
better<00:34:08.340><c> than</c><00:34:08.539><c> sacrifice.</c><00:34:09.159><c> Go</c><00:34:09.340><c> and</c><00:34:09.559><c> learn</c><00:34:09.760><c> what</c><00:34:10.000><c> that</c><00:34:10.380><c> meaneth,</c><00:34:10.760><c> Jesus</c>

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.400
says<00:34:11.400><c> to</c><00:34:11.719><c> the</c><00:34:11.900><c> religious</c><00:34:12.159><c> leaders</c>

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:19.900
of<00:34:12.500><c> his</c><00:34:12.820><c> day,</c><00:34:13.440><c> I</c><00:34:13.440><c> will</c><00:34:13.659><c> have</c><00:34:13.960><c> mercy</c><00:34:14.360><c> and</c><00:34:14.699><c> not</c><00:34:15.019><c> sacrifice.</c><00:34:18.260><c> Mercy</c><00:34:18.679><c> and</c>

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:23.340
not<00:34:20.179><c> sacrifice.</c><00:34:21.539><c> Obedience</c><00:34:22.219><c> is</c><00:34:22.719><c> better</c><00:34:23.079><c> than</c>

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:27.760
sacrifice.<00:34:25.619><c> And</c><00:34:25.860><c> Saul,</c><00:34:26.320><c> brethren</c><00:34:26.500><c> and</c><00:34:26.739><c> sisters,</c><00:34:27.079><c> just</c><00:34:27.480><c> like</c>

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:31.599
the<00:34:28.019><c> Pharisees,</c><00:34:29.400><c> failed</c><00:34:29.719><c> to</c><00:34:30.079><c> appreciate</c><00:34:30.539><c> it.</c>

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:36.860
He<00:34:31.880><c> had</c><00:34:32.159><c> every</c><00:34:32.619><c> blessing,</c><00:34:33.119><c> didn't</c><00:34:33.340><c> he?</c><00:34:33.559><c> Just</c><00:34:33.860><c> like</c><00:34:34.239><c> them.</c><00:34:35.380><c> Every</c><00:34:35.840><c> advantage</c><00:34:36.559><c> and</c>

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.840
every<00:34:37.199><c> opportunity</c>

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:43.559
to<00:34:38.360><c> make</c><00:34:38.639><c> a</c><00:34:38.920><c> good</c><00:34:39.179><c> king</c><00:34:39.619><c> and</c><00:34:40.000><c> to</c><00:34:40.219><c> make</c><00:34:40.460><c> good,</c><00:34:41.519><c> God</c><00:34:41.820><c> gave</c><00:34:42.139><c> to</c><00:34:42.440><c> Saul</c><00:34:42.739><c> as</c>

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:45.420
he<00:34:43.739><c> gave</c><00:34:43.940><c> to</c><00:34:44.119><c> the</c><00:34:44.199><c> whole</c><00:34:44.440><c> nation,</c>

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:49.360
Israel<00:34:46.820><c> itself.</c><00:34:47.780><c> Saul,</c><00:34:48.000><c> as</c><00:34:48.099><c> we</c><00:34:48.280><c> said,</c><00:34:48.500><c> the</c><00:34:48.659><c> epitome</c><00:34:49.039><c> of</c><00:34:49.219><c> the</c>

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:51.400
nation.<00:34:49.880><c> The</c><00:34:50.000><c> nation</c><00:34:50.300><c> too</c><00:34:50.500><c> had</c><00:34:50.659><c> every</c><00:34:50.940><c> blessing</c>

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:55.039
from<00:34:51.659><c> God,</c><00:34:51.860><c> every</c><00:34:52.099><c> opportunity,</c><00:34:52.760><c> didn't</c><00:34:52.900><c> they?</c><00:34:53.380><c> Called</c><00:34:53.739><c> to</c><00:34:53.940><c> be</c><00:34:54.059><c> unto</c><00:34:54.340><c> God,</c><00:34:54.900><c> a</c>

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:57.260
kingdom<00:34:55.280><c> of</c><00:34:55.559><c> priests,</c><00:34:55.880><c> a</c><00:34:56.019><c> holy</c><00:34:56.280><c> nation.</c>

00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:01.099
What<00:34:57.599><c> nation</c><00:34:57.960><c> is</c><00:34:58.219><c> there,</c><00:34:58.420><c> says</c><00:34:58.559><c> Moses</c><00:34:58.860><c> in</c><00:34:59.179><c> the</c><00:34:59.400><c> early</c><00:34:59.559><c> chapters</c><00:34:59.860><c> of</c><00:35:00.039><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:06.639
who<00:35:01.980><c> hath</c><00:35:02.380><c> God</c><00:35:02.940><c> nigh</c><00:35:03.199><c> unto</c><00:35:03.460><c> them</c><00:35:03.619><c> as</c><00:35:03.860><c> ye</c><00:35:04.119><c> have?</c><00:35:06.039><c> What</c><00:35:06.300><c> nation</c>

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:08.820
was<00:35:06.980><c> there</c><00:35:07.119><c> with</c><00:35:07.340><c> all</c><00:35:07.719><c> the</c><00:35:07.960><c> blessings</c><00:35:08.340><c> and</c>

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:11.780
advantages<00:35:09.380><c> and</c><00:35:09.679><c> opportunities</c><00:35:10.300><c> that</c><00:35:10.860><c> they</c><00:35:11.139><c> had,</c><00:35:11.420><c> and</c><00:35:11.599><c> yet</c>

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:14.380
they<00:35:12.059><c> retained</c><00:35:12.340><c> no</c><00:35:12.659><c> gratitude,</c><00:35:13.460><c> as</c><00:35:13.659><c> Saul</c><00:35:13.840><c> had</c><00:35:14.099><c> no</c>

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:17.179
gratitude<00:35:14.980><c> for</c><00:35:15.320><c> that</c><00:35:15.539><c> which</c><00:35:15.739><c> God</c><00:35:16.059><c> had</c><00:35:16.340><c> wrought</c><00:35:16.539><c> with</c><00:35:16.800><c> him</c><00:35:17.019><c> and</c>

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:21.599
for<00:35:17.440><c> him?</c><00:35:19.059><c> Indeed,</c><00:35:20.440><c> Saul</c><00:35:20.619><c> was</c><00:35:20.840><c> rather</c><00:35:21.039><c> like</c><00:35:21.280><c> the</c><00:35:21.440><c> man</c>

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:25.739
that<00:35:21.820><c> James</c><00:35:22.099><c> described</c><00:35:22.659><c> and</c><00:35:22.880><c> to</c><00:35:22.960><c> whom</c><00:35:23.079><c> my</c><00:35:23.199><c> brother</c><00:35:23.400><c> Graham</c><00:35:23.659><c> referred</c><00:35:23.980><c> last</c><00:35:24.300><c> night,</c><00:35:24.519><c> the</c><00:35:24.619><c> man</c><00:35:24.800><c> who</c><00:35:25.320><c> looks</c><00:35:25.539><c> in</c>

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:26.159
the<00:35:25.920><c> glass</c>

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:28.800
and<00:35:26.619><c> immediately</c><00:35:27.000><c> goes</c><00:35:27.239><c> away</c><00:35:27.500><c> and</c><00:35:27.679><c> forgets</c><00:35:28.179><c> what</c><00:35:28.340><c> manner</c><00:35:28.599><c> of</c>

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:34.360
man<00:35:29.199><c> he</c><00:35:29.699><c> is.</c><00:35:31.699><c> Saul</c><00:35:31.940><c> was</c><00:35:32.559><c> quick</c><00:35:32.900><c> to</c><00:35:33.199><c> forget</c><00:35:33.659><c> that</c><00:35:33.940><c> he</c><00:35:34.079><c> was</c>

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:38.159
a<00:35:34.539><c> sinner,</c><00:35:35.840><c> quick</c><00:35:36.000><c> to</c><00:35:36.340><c> forget</c><00:35:36.659><c> what</c><00:35:37.019><c> kind</c><00:35:37.340><c> of</c><00:35:37.480><c> a</c><00:35:37.579><c> man</c><00:35:37.699><c> he</c><00:35:37.880><c> is.</c>

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.860
Every<00:35:38.699><c> one</c><00:35:38.860><c> of</c><00:35:38.940><c> us,</c><00:35:39.260><c> brethren</c><00:35:39.420><c> and</c><00:35:39.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:43.039
should<00:35:40.139><c> look</c><00:35:40.340><c> into</c><00:35:40.559><c> that</c><00:35:40.780><c> glass</c><00:35:41.079><c> and</c><00:35:41.559><c> know</c><00:35:42.079><c> repeatedly</c><00:35:42.679><c> and</c>

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:46.280
never<00:35:43.400><c> forget</c><00:35:43.920><c> how</c><00:35:44.519><c> much</c><00:35:44.800><c> we</c><00:35:45.179><c> stand</c><00:35:45.460><c> in</c><00:35:45.760><c> need</c><00:35:45.920><c> of</c><00:35:46.099><c> the</c>

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:50.840
grace<00:35:46.460><c> of</c><00:35:46.699><c> God</c><00:35:47.059><c> and</c><00:35:47.340><c> of</c><00:35:47.460><c> that</c><00:35:47.639><c> law</c><00:35:47.800><c> of</c><00:35:48.059><c> liberty</c><00:35:48.340><c> that</c><00:35:48.659><c> is</c><00:35:48.880><c> in</c><00:35:49.039><c> Christ</c><00:35:49.300><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:49.619><c> that</c><00:35:49.920><c> royal</c><00:35:50.340><c> law</c><00:35:50.619><c> as</c>

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.519
James<00:35:51.119><c> calls</c><00:35:51.420><c> it.</c>

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:56.800
We<00:35:53.380><c> look</c><00:35:53.639><c> into</c><00:35:53.860><c> that</c><00:35:54.159><c> glass</c><00:35:54.440><c> and</c><00:35:54.820><c> know</c><00:35:55.159><c> or</c><00:35:55.380><c> should</c><00:35:55.699><c> know</c><00:35:56.400><c> the</c>

00:35:56.800 --> 00:36:00.800
face<00:35:57.019><c> of</c><00:35:57.400><c> sin</c><00:35:57.719><c> in</c><00:35:58.199><c> what</c><00:35:58.420><c> we</c><00:35:58.739><c> see.</c><00:36:00.139><c> And</c><00:36:00.280><c> Saul</c><00:36:00.420><c> ended</c>

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:06.500
forgetting<00:36:01.500><c> that,</c><00:36:02.699><c> forgetting</c><00:36:03.199><c> always</c><00:36:04.239><c> his</c><00:36:04.940><c> need</c><00:36:05.280><c> of</c><00:36:05.579><c> God,</c>

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:09.159
and<00:36:06.699><c> he</c><00:36:06.880><c> finished</c><00:36:07.159><c> up</c><00:36:07.539><c> far</c><00:36:08.099><c> from</c><00:36:08.400><c> what</c><00:36:08.579><c> we</c><00:36:08.760><c> were</c><00:36:08.920><c> saying</c>

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:12.199
the<00:36:09.340><c> other</c><00:36:09.519><c> day,</c><00:36:09.800><c> the</c><00:36:10.039><c> importance</c><00:36:10.440><c> of</c><00:36:10.920><c> identifying</c><00:36:11.699><c> with</c><00:36:11.980><c> God</c>

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:14.460
and<00:36:12.480><c> feeling</c><00:36:12.739><c> as</c><00:36:12.960><c> God</c><00:36:13.179><c> feels.</c><00:36:13.739><c> Saul</c><00:36:14.000><c> finished</c><00:36:14.239><c> up</c>

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:17.980
hating<00:36:14.760><c> what</c><00:36:15.000><c> God</c><00:36:15.260><c> loved.</c><00:36:16.780><c> That's</c><00:36:17.000><c> the</c><00:36:17.159><c> tragedy</c><00:36:17.420><c> of</c><00:36:17.659><c> Saul's</c>

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:20.539
life.<00:36:18.239><c> He</c><00:36:18.440><c> hated</c><00:36:18.619><c> what</c><00:36:18.800><c> God</c><00:36:19.039><c> loved.</c><00:36:19.559><c> God</c><00:36:19.840><c> loved</c><00:36:20.039><c> David.</c>

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:25.739
I<00:36:21.260><c> have</c><00:36:21.559><c> sought</c><00:36:21.719><c> him</c><00:36:22.079><c> a</c><00:36:22.699><c> man</c><00:36:23.000><c> after</c><00:36:23.219><c> my</c><00:36:23.380><c> own</c><00:36:23.659><c> heart.</c><00:36:25.400><c> And</c><00:36:25.519><c> that's</c><00:36:25.639><c> what</c>

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:27.559
we<00:36:25.940><c> read</c><00:36:26.039><c> today,</c><00:36:26.480><c> wasn't</c><00:36:26.659><c> it?</c>

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:34.420
Those<00:36:27.980><c> few</c><00:36:28.219><c> verses</c><00:36:28.519><c> that</c><00:36:28.780><c> we</c><00:36:29.380><c> began</c><00:36:29.739><c> with,</c><00:36:30.679><c> where</c><00:36:30.960><c> Saul</c><00:36:31.380><c> was</c><00:36:32.059><c> rejected</c><00:36:32.719><c> and</c><00:36:33.039><c> Samuel</c><00:36:33.460><c> said</c><00:36:33.699><c> to</c><00:36:33.900><c> him</c><00:36:34.039><c> in</c><00:36:34.199><c> 1</c>

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.440
Samuel<00:36:34.739><c> 13</c>

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:38.780
and<00:36:35.739><c> verse</c><00:36:36.000><c> 14,</c><00:36:36.739><c> God</c><00:36:36.940><c> hath</c><00:36:37.260><c> sought</c><00:36:37.480><c> him</c><00:36:37.699><c> a</c><00:36:37.820><c> man</c><00:36:37.960><c> after</c><00:36:38.260><c> his</c><00:36:38.440><c> own</c>

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:43.880
heart.<00:36:40.340><c> And</c><00:36:40.539><c> what</c><00:36:40.880><c> God</c><00:36:41.280><c> loved</c><00:36:41.840><c> and</c><00:36:42.900><c> what</c><00:36:43.159><c> he</c><00:36:43.400><c> saw</c><00:36:43.579><c> and</c>

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:49.219
loved<00:36:44.000><c> in</c><00:36:44.239><c> David,</c><00:36:45.559><c> Saul</c><00:36:45.820><c> hated.</c><00:36:48.059><c> Saul</c><00:36:48.340><c> had</c><00:36:48.460><c> been</c><00:36:48.739><c> called</c><00:36:49.019><c> of</c>

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:51.719
God<00:36:49.559><c> and</c><00:36:49.960><c> given</c><00:36:50.199><c> the</c><00:36:50.559><c> spirit</c><00:36:50.780><c> to</c><00:36:51.019><c> assist</c><00:36:51.300><c> him,</c>

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:55.920
just<00:36:52.159><c> as</c><00:36:52.380><c> Israel,</c><00:36:54.239><c> but</c><00:36:54.500><c> he</c><00:36:54.699><c> allowed</c><00:36:54.900><c> his</c><00:36:55.199><c> calling</c><00:36:55.440><c> to</c><00:36:55.719><c> become</c>

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:58.800
an<00:36:56.079><c> end</c><00:36:56.199><c> in</c><00:36:56.360><c> itself.</c><00:36:57.840><c> He</c><00:36:57.920><c> allowed</c><00:36:58.099><c> himself</c><00:36:58.519><c> to</c>

00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:04.440
become<00:36:59.079><c> puffed</c><00:36:59.420><c> up</c><00:36:59.579><c> as</c><00:36:59.739><c> the</c><00:36:59.900><c> king,</c><00:37:00.840><c> proud.</c><00:37:02.300><c> He</c><00:37:02.699><c> allowed</c><00:37:02.940><c> himself</c><00:37:03.480><c> to</c><00:37:03.820><c> feel</c><00:37:04.019><c> that</c><00:37:04.219><c> he</c>

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:05.539
had<00:37:04.679><c> the</c><00:37:04.940><c> truth</c><00:37:05.179><c> and</c><00:37:05.320><c> he</c>

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:08.960
didn't<00:37:05.800><c> want</c><00:37:06.019><c> others</c><00:37:06.260><c> in</c><00:37:06.539><c> there.</c><00:37:07.659><c> And</c><00:37:08.000><c> that</c><00:37:08.099><c> was</c><00:37:08.380><c> really</c><00:37:08.760><c> the</c>

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:12.139
jealousy<00:37:09.380><c> that</c><00:37:09.860><c> characterizes</c><00:37:10.500><c> Saul</c><00:37:10.960><c> all</c><00:37:11.800><c> the</c><00:37:11.940><c> way</c>

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:14.619
through<00:37:12.260><c> the</c><00:37:12.440><c> rest</c><00:37:12.679><c> of</c><00:37:12.880><c> his</c><00:37:13.039><c> life,</c><00:37:13.460><c> all</c><00:37:13.659><c> the</c><00:37:13.820><c> way</c><00:37:14.039><c> through</c><00:37:14.280><c> the</c>

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:17.179
rest<00:37:14.920><c> of</c><00:37:15.119><c> this</c><00:37:15.360><c> story,</c><00:37:15.780><c> brethren</c><00:37:15.920><c> and</c><00:37:16.159><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:24.599
Disobedient<00:37:19.320><c> and</c><00:37:19.760><c> rebellious,</c><00:37:21.239><c> and</c><00:37:21.460><c> more</c><00:37:21.679><c> than</c><00:37:21.920><c> that,</c><00:37:22.900><c> afraid</c><00:37:23.300><c> too.</c>

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:27.619
Come<00:37:25.440><c> over</c><00:37:25.579><c> to</c><00:37:25.719><c> 1</c><00:37:25.900><c> Samuel</c><00:37:26.199><c> 17,</c>

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:32.780
the<00:37:28.599><c> chapter</c><00:37:28.940><c> about</c><00:37:29.679><c> David's</c><00:37:30.940><c> killing</c><00:37:31.159><c> Goliath.</c><00:37:32.480><c> We</c><00:37:32.639><c> know</c>

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:34.659
well<00:37:33.000><c> enough,</c><00:37:33.239><c> don't</c><00:37:33.380><c> we,</c><00:37:33.500><c> the</c><00:37:33.699><c> faith</c><00:37:34.000><c> and</c><00:37:34.179><c> the</c><00:37:34.400><c> courage</c>

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:37.579
of<00:37:34.840><c> David,</c><00:37:35.519><c> the</c><00:37:35.619><c> way</c><00:37:35.760><c> in</c><00:37:35.840><c> which</c><00:37:36.019><c> David</c><00:37:36.340><c> attributed</c><00:37:36.800><c> this</c><00:37:37.079><c> victory</c><00:37:37.360><c> to</c>

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:39.300
God<00:37:37.900><c> and</c><00:37:38.219><c> did</c><00:37:38.420><c> not</c><00:37:38.639><c> take</c><00:37:38.780><c> the</c><00:37:38.980><c> praise</c><00:37:39.119><c> to</c>

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:42.860
himself.<00:37:40.239><c> Perhaps</c><00:37:40.500><c> we</c><00:37:40.699><c> sometimes</c><00:37:41.159><c> fail</c><00:37:41.460><c> to</c><00:37:41.639><c> notice</c><00:37:41.960><c> how</c><00:37:42.260><c> everyone</c><00:37:42.599><c> else</c>

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:45.139
in<00:37:42.960><c> Israel</c><00:37:43.300><c> was</c><00:37:43.840><c> frightened.</c>

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:50.019
Verse<00:37:45.400><c> 11</c><00:37:46.159><c> of</c><00:37:46.500><c> 1</c><00:37:46.719><c> Samuel</c><00:37:47.039><c> 17</c><00:37:47.539><c> says,</c><00:37:48.139><c> When</c><00:37:48.380><c> Saul</c><00:37:48.739><c> and</c><00:37:48.940><c> all</c><00:37:49.119><c> Israel</c><00:37:49.599><c> heard</c>

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:51.719
those<00:37:50.400><c> words</c><00:37:50.719><c> of</c><00:37:50.920><c> the</c><00:37:51.139><c> Philistine</c><00:37:51.480><c> of</c>

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:54.840
Goliath,<00:37:52.239><c> they</c><00:37:52.360><c> were</c><00:37:52.579><c> dismayed</c><00:37:53.280><c> and</c><00:37:53.460><c> greatly</c><00:37:53.860><c> afraid.</c><00:37:54.639><c> Head</c>

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:57.440
and<00:37:55.059><c> shoulders</c><00:37:55.380><c> above</c><00:37:55.639><c> the</c><00:37:55.860><c> rest,</c><00:37:56.340><c> Saul</c><00:37:56.480><c> stood,</c>

00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:02.380
but<00:37:58.059><c> his</c><00:37:58.320><c> statue</c><00:37:58.579><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:58.820><c> help</c><00:37:59.039><c> him</c><00:37:59.260><c> now.</c><00:38:00.920><c> He</c><00:38:01.159><c> was</c><00:38:01.400><c> a</c><00:38:01.519><c> man</c>

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:08.619
disobedient,<00:38:05.400><c> proud,</c><00:38:07.159><c> and</c><00:38:07.280><c> now</c><00:38:07.539><c> afraid.</c>

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:13.739
As<00:38:09.500><c> we</c><00:38:09.739><c> said,</c><00:38:10.079><c> he</c><00:38:10.119><c> added</c><00:38:10.440><c> to</c><00:38:10.659><c> that</c><00:38:11.440><c> jealousy.</c><00:38:13.179><c> That</c><00:38:13.340><c> came</c><00:38:13.579><c> in</c>

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:15.260
yesterday's<00:38:14.360><c> reading,</c><00:38:14.619><c> didn't</c><00:38:14.800><c> it?</c>

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:18.699
Chapter<00:38:15.659><c> 18,</c><00:38:16.900><c> where</c><00:38:17.159><c> the</c><00:38:17.260><c> women</c><00:38:17.480><c> celebrated</c><00:38:18.079><c> that</c><00:38:18.360><c> victory</c>

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:20.099
over<00:38:18.920><c> the</c><00:38:19.059><c> Philistines.</c>

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:24.059
Saul<00:38:20.440><c> has</c><00:38:20.699><c> slain</c><00:38:21.019><c> his</c><00:38:21.219><c> thousands,</c><00:38:21.579><c> they</c><00:38:21.739><c> said,</c><00:38:21.980><c> and</c><00:38:22.119><c> David</c><00:38:22.320><c> his</c><00:38:22.539><c> ten</c><00:38:22.820><c> thousands.</c><00:38:23.880><c> As</c>

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.239
well<00:38:24.159><c> they</c><00:38:24.360><c> might.</c>

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:29.300
Saul<00:38:26.579><c> was</c><00:38:26.900><c> angry</c><00:38:27.260><c> with</c><00:38:27.440><c> their</c><00:38:27.719><c> songs.</c><00:38:28.679><c> Through</c><00:38:28.800><c> every</c><00:38:29.079><c> city</c>

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:30.980
that<00:38:29.500><c> the</c><00:38:29.659><c> procession</c><00:38:30.019><c> came,</c><00:38:30.340><c> as</c><00:38:30.460><c> it</c><00:38:30.599><c> made</c><00:38:30.800><c> its</c>

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:34.219
way<00:38:31.159><c> back</c><00:38:31.599><c> from</c><00:38:32.199><c> the</c><00:38:32.780><c> war</c><00:38:33.119><c> with</c><00:38:33.320><c> the</c><00:38:33.460><c> Philistines,</c><00:38:33.880><c> from</c><00:38:34.059><c> the</c>

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:36.260
front<00:38:34.460><c> line</c><00:38:34.780><c> back</c><00:38:35.199><c> towards</c><00:38:35.559><c> their</c><00:38:35.780><c> headquarters,</c>

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:38.440
through<00:38:36.579><c> every</c><00:38:36.880><c> city</c><00:38:37.079><c> the</c><00:38:37.179><c> women</c><00:38:37.400><c> came</c><00:38:37.619><c> out</c><00:38:37.860><c> and</c><00:38:37.960><c> they</c><00:38:38.199><c> sang</c>

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:40.940
that<00:38:38.760><c> song.</c><00:38:39.420><c> And</c><00:38:39.559><c> Saul</c><00:38:39.659><c> was</c><00:38:39.940><c> annoyed,</c>

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:44.539
desperately<00:38:41.440><c> angry</c><00:38:41.880><c> about</c><00:38:42.179><c> that.</c><00:38:43.019><c> Hold,</c><00:38:43.420><c> he</c><00:38:43.480><c> said,</c><00:38:43.599><c> they</c><00:38:43.760><c> have</c><00:38:43.920><c> attributed</c><00:38:44.219><c> ten</c>

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.320
thousands<00:38:44.840><c> to</c><00:38:45.019><c> David,</c>

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:48.619
and<00:38:45.619><c> to</c><00:38:45.760><c> me</c><00:38:45.900><c> they</c><00:38:46.059><c> have</c><00:38:46.260><c> attributed</c><00:38:46.579><c> but</c><00:38:46.820><c> thousands.</c><00:38:47.440><c> And</c><00:38:47.559><c> well,</c><00:38:47.679><c> they</c><00:38:47.860><c> might.</c><00:38:48.300><c> What</c><00:38:48.440><c> did</c>

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.940
Saul<00:38:48.800><c> expect?</c>

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:55.119
Who<00:38:51.380><c> had</c><00:38:51.480><c> hidden</c><00:38:51.599><c> in</c><00:38:51.760><c> his</c><00:38:51.940><c> tent,</c><00:38:52.760><c> fearful</c><00:38:53.079><c> and</c><00:38:53.340><c> afraid,</c><00:38:54.239><c> cowering</c><00:38:54.679><c> before</c><00:38:54.880><c> the</c>

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:56.480
giant?<00:38:55.500><c> What</c><00:38:55.659><c> did</c><00:38:55.840><c> Saul</c><00:38:56.079><c> expect,</c>

00:38:56.639 --> 00:39:01.539
brethren<00:38:56.760><c> and</c><00:38:56.960><c> sisters?</c><00:38:59.400><c> Of</c><00:38:59.639><c> course,</c><00:38:59.880><c> they</c><00:39:00.099><c> said,</c><00:39:00.900><c> David</c><00:39:01.239><c> had</c>

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:04.739
slain<00:39:01.719><c> his</c><00:39:01.980><c> ten</c><00:39:02.219><c> thousands,</c><00:39:02.820><c> for</c><00:39:02.960><c> so</c><00:39:03.260><c> indeed</c><00:39:03.500><c> it</c><00:39:03.760><c> was.</c>

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:09.079
But<00:39:05.500><c> that</c><00:39:05.780><c> was</c><00:39:06.059><c> the</c><00:39:06.340><c> start</c><00:39:06.659><c> of</c><00:39:06.900><c> the</c><00:39:07.179><c> jealousy</c><00:39:07.739><c> of</c><00:39:08.400><c> the</c><00:39:08.579><c> Lord's</c>

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:12.500
anointed,<00:39:10.179><c> that</c><00:39:10.519><c> festered</c><00:39:11.480><c> and</c><00:39:11.780><c> rotted</c><00:39:12.159><c> the</c>

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:21.400
soul<00:39:12.719><c> of</c><00:39:13.500><c> Saul</c><00:39:13.500><c> until</c><00:39:14.179><c> it</c><00:39:14.599><c> destroyed</c><00:39:15.079><c> him</c><00:39:15.360><c> entirely.</c><00:39:18.159><c> That</c><00:39:18.460><c> envy,</c><00:39:18.739><c> brethren</c><00:39:19.059><c> and</c><00:39:19.300><c> sisters,</c><00:39:19.619><c> ate</c><00:39:20.000><c> like</c><00:39:20.679><c> a</c><00:39:20.980><c> canker</c>

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:24.980
at<00:39:21.960><c> the</c><00:39:22.199><c> heart</c><00:39:22.440><c> and</c><00:39:22.679><c> mind</c><00:39:23.019><c> of</c><00:39:23.340><c> Saul.</c><00:39:23.900><c> What</c><00:39:24.039><c> a</c><00:39:24.300><c> foolish</c><00:39:24.579><c> man</c><00:39:24.800><c> he</c>

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:27.780
was.<00:39:25.579><c> How</c><00:39:25.760><c> he</c><00:39:25.880><c> might</c><00:39:26.119><c> have</c><00:39:26.340><c> used</c><00:39:26.699><c> David</c><00:39:27.079><c> to</c><00:39:27.340><c> find</c><00:39:27.559><c> his</c>

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:31.900
own<00:39:27.960><c> way</c><00:39:28.099><c> back</c><00:39:28.320><c> to</c><00:39:28.559><c> God.</c><00:39:29.719><c> If</c><00:39:29.880><c> only</c><00:39:30.219><c> Saul</c><00:39:30.519><c> had</c><00:39:30.880><c> been</c><00:39:31.099><c> able</c><00:39:31.380><c> to</c>

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:33.960
put<00:39:32.260><c> aside</c><00:39:32.679><c> that</c><00:39:33.000><c> envy,</c><00:39:33.300><c> brethren</c><00:39:33.579><c> and</c><00:39:33.780><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:37.539
look<00:39:34.239><c> objectively</c><00:39:35.199><c> at</c><00:39:35.820><c> David</c><00:39:36.119><c> and</c><00:39:36.400><c> see</c><00:39:36.679><c> the</c><00:39:37.039><c> righteousness</c>

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:41.480
and<00:39:37.940><c> the</c><00:39:38.179><c> godliness</c><00:39:39.280><c> of</c><00:39:39.719><c> that</c><00:39:40.139><c> lovely</c><00:39:40.599><c> young</c><00:39:40.920><c> man.</c>

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:45.000
If<00:39:42.099><c> only</c><00:39:42.280><c> he</c><00:39:42.559><c> could</c><00:39:42.780><c> then</c><00:39:42.960><c> have</c><00:39:43.179><c> said</c><00:39:43.300><c> to</c><00:39:43.500><c> David,</c><00:39:44.579><c> you</c><00:39:44.639><c> can</c><00:39:44.880><c> set</c>

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:47.159
me<00:39:45.119><c> an</c><00:39:45.280><c> example.</c><00:39:46.019><c> I</c><00:39:46.380><c> could</c><00:39:46.559><c> take</c><00:39:46.739><c> a</c><00:39:46.880><c> leaf</c><00:39:46.980><c> out</c>

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:50.820
of<00:39:47.300><c> your</c><00:39:47.440><c> book.</c><00:39:48.079><c> I</c><00:39:48.219><c> could</c><00:39:48.420><c> copy</c><00:39:48.679><c> your</c><00:39:48.900><c> godliness.</c><00:39:49.719><c> David,</c><00:39:50.300><c> come</c><00:39:50.480><c> into</c><00:39:50.619><c> my</c>

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.780
house.<00:39:50.960><c> You</c><00:39:51.079><c> can</c><00:39:51.260><c> help</c><00:39:51.539><c> me</c>

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:56.880
to<00:39:52.559><c> find</c><00:39:52.840><c> God</c><00:39:53.099><c> again,</c><00:39:53.780><c> to</c><00:39:54.019><c> find</c><00:39:54.340><c> forgiveness,</c><00:39:55.579><c> to</c><00:39:55.679><c> find</c><00:39:55.920><c> reconciliation</c><00:39:56.619><c> with</c>

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:58.320
God,<00:39:57.559><c> such</c><00:39:57.739><c> as</c><00:39:57.900><c> it</c><00:39:58.019><c> might</c><00:39:58.159><c> have</c>

00:39:58.320 --> 00:40:02.599
been<00:39:58.579><c> under</c><00:39:58.579><c> the</c><00:39:58.780><c> old</c><00:39:58.960><c> covenant.</c><00:40:01.460><c> But</c><00:40:01.639><c> he</c><00:40:01.679><c> didn't</c><00:40:01.940><c> use</c><00:40:02.280><c> David</c>

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:04.420
in<00:40:02.820><c> that</c><00:40:03.019><c> way</c><00:40:03.199><c> at</c><00:40:03.440><c> all,</c><00:40:03.840><c> brethren</c><00:40:04.000><c> and</c><00:40:04.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:07.760
did<00:40:04.659><c> he?</c><00:40:05.460><c> He</c><00:40:05.639><c> didn't</c><00:40:05.900><c> allow</c><00:40:06.320><c> the</c><00:40:06.539><c> witness</c><00:40:06.820><c> of</c><00:40:07.019><c> David</c><00:40:07.320><c> to</c><00:40:07.579><c> aid</c>

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:10.179
his<00:40:08.079><c> own</c><00:40:08.400><c> godliness</c><00:40:08.800><c> whatsoever.</c><00:40:09.780><c> Instead,</c>

00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:15.300
he<00:40:10.380><c> set</c><00:40:10.519><c> himself</c><00:40:11.019><c> up</c><00:40:11.519><c> against</c><00:40:11.940><c> David,</c><00:40:13.099><c> and</c><00:40:13.280><c> in</c><00:40:13.480><c> fighting</c><00:40:13.800><c> against</c><00:40:14.219><c> David</c><00:40:14.739><c> was</c>

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:17.699
found<00:40:15.579><c> to</c><00:40:15.739><c> be</c><00:40:15.940><c> fighting</c><00:40:16.260><c> against</c><00:40:16.820><c> God.</c>

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:25.579
So<00:40:19.460><c> that</c><00:40:19.679><c> in</c><00:40:19.900><c> chapter</c><00:40:20.260><c> 15</c><00:40:20.820><c> and</c><00:40:21.420><c> verse</c><00:40:21.739><c> 26,</c><00:40:23.159><c> we</c><00:40:23.260><c> find</c><00:40:23.559><c> him</c><00:40:24.739><c> following</c><00:40:25.260><c> the</c>

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:28.139
rejection<00:40:26.019><c> already</c><00:40:26.639><c> of</c><00:40:26.960><c> chapter</c><00:40:27.380><c> 13,</c>

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:33.719
we<00:40:28.579><c> find</c><00:40:29.000><c> now</c><00:40:29.559><c> this</c><00:40:30.099><c> final</c><00:40:30.500><c> rejection,</c><00:40:31.199><c> chapter</c><00:40:31.579><c> 15</c><00:40:32.159><c> and</c><00:40:32.420><c> verse</c><00:40:32.659><c> 26.</c>

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.179
Samuel<00:40:34.280><c> said</c><00:40:34.519><c> unto</c><00:40:34.800><c> Saul,</c>

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:38.639
I<00:40:35.260><c> will</c><00:40:35.579><c> not</c><00:40:35.940><c> return</c><00:40:36.340><c> with</c><00:40:36.659><c> thee,</c><00:40:37.219><c> for</c><00:40:37.400><c> thou</c><00:40:37.679><c> hast</c><00:40:38.000><c> rejected</c>

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:40.079
the<00:40:38.900><c> word</c><00:40:39.119><c> of</c><00:40:39.400><c> the</c><00:40:39.679><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:44.659
and<00:40:40.519><c> the</c><00:40:40.739><c> Lord</c><00:40:41.079><c> hath</c><00:40:41.360><c> rejected</c><00:40:41.800><c> thee</c><00:40:42.300><c> from</c><00:40:42.679><c> being</c><00:40:43.000><c> king</c><00:40:43.280><c> over</c><00:40:43.519><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:52.260
Just<00:40:47.460><c> like</c><00:40:48.099><c> the</c><00:40:48.619><c> Pharisees</c><00:40:49.239><c> again,</c><00:40:51.380><c> envious</c><00:40:51.679><c> of</c><00:40:51.860><c> the</c><00:40:51.980><c> Lord's</c>

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:54.800
anointed.<00:40:53.699><c> That</c><00:40:53.900><c> was</c><00:40:54.119><c> the</c><00:40:54.260><c> trouble</c><00:40:54.519><c> there,</c>

00:40:54.800 --> 00:41:00.099
wasn't<00:40:55.039><c> it?</c><00:40:55.480><c> It</c><00:40:55.480><c> was</c><00:40:55.699><c> their</c><00:40:55.880><c> jealousy</c><00:40:56.420><c> that</c><00:40:56.840><c> festered</c><00:40:57.519><c> and</c><00:40:57.719><c> became</c><00:40:58.000><c> hatred</c><00:40:58.420><c> until</c><00:40:58.699><c> they</c><00:40:59.119><c> were</c><00:40:59.579><c> found</c><00:40:59.760><c> to</c><00:40:59.920><c> be</c>

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:04.320
fighting<00:41:00.360><c> against</c><00:41:00.780><c> God,</c><00:41:02.760><c> and</c><00:41:02.860><c> had</c><00:41:03.059><c> determined</c><00:41:03.340><c> upon</c><00:41:03.599><c> the</c><00:41:03.780><c> destruction</c><00:41:04.159><c> of</c>

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:05.739
the<00:41:04.440><c> Lord's</c><00:41:04.699><c> anointed</c><00:41:04.960><c> exactly</c><00:41:05.380><c> as</c><00:41:05.619><c> Saul</c>

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:10.300
had<00:41:05.920><c> done</c><00:41:06.159><c> here.</c><00:41:07.619><c> He</c><00:41:08.179><c> was</c><00:41:08.460><c> determined</c><00:41:08.900><c> to</c><00:41:09.199><c> exterminate</c><00:41:09.900><c> David</c>

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:15.099
as<00:41:10.960><c> the</c><00:41:11.199><c> Pharisees</c><00:41:11.679><c> wished</c><00:41:12.079><c> to</c><00:41:13.539><c> kill</c><00:41:13.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:21.539
In<00:41:16.500><c> a</c><00:41:16.619><c> life</c><00:41:16.900><c> that</c><00:41:17.159><c> is</c><00:41:17.380><c> now</c><00:41:17.760><c> totally</c><00:41:18.719><c> un</c><00:41:19.340><c>-Christ</c><00:41:19.619><c>-like,</c><00:41:20.619><c> in</c><00:41:20.699><c> every</c><00:41:21.079><c> way</c>

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:26.320
we<00:41:22.239><c> find</c><00:41:22.699><c> Saul</c><00:41:23.219><c> seeking</c><00:41:24.039><c> the</c><00:41:24.340><c> life</c><00:41:25.000><c> of</c><00:41:25.500><c> David.</c>

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:36.820
Come<00:41:26.800><c> to</c><00:41:26.940><c> chapter</c><00:41:27.219><c> 18.</c><00:41:32.420><c> Here</c><00:41:32.559><c> again</c><00:41:32.860><c> is</c><00:41:33.059><c> the</c><00:41:33.239><c> contrast.</c><00:41:34.039><c> Jonathan's</c><00:41:34.599><c> so</c><00:41:34.739><c> different.</c><00:41:36.159><c> Chapter</c><00:41:36.440><c> 18</c>

00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:37.739
of<00:41:36.960><c> 1</c><00:41:37.179><c> Samuel</c>

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:40.280
he<00:41:38.119><c> came</c><00:41:38.260><c> to</c><00:41:38.440><c> pass</c><00:41:38.679><c> when</c><00:41:38.860><c> he</c><00:41:39.000><c> had</c><00:41:39.199><c> made</c><00:41:39.380><c> an</c><00:41:39.599><c> end</c><00:41:39.760><c> of</c><00:41:40.019><c> speaking</c>

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:42.119
unto<00:41:40.539><c> Saul,</c><00:41:40.960><c> that</c><00:41:41.079><c> is</c><00:41:41.239><c> David,</c>

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:45.260
that<00:41:42.460><c> the</c><00:41:42.780><c> soul</c><00:41:42.960><c> of</c><00:41:43.179><c> Jonathan</c><00:41:43.440><c> was</c><00:41:43.840><c> knit</c><00:41:44.099><c> with</c><00:41:44.420><c> the</c><00:41:44.719><c> soul</c><00:41:44.940><c> of</c>

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:48.739
David,<00:41:46.039><c> and</c><00:41:46.280><c> Jonathan</c><00:41:46.579><c> loved</c><00:41:46.900><c> him</c><00:41:47.059><c> as</c><00:41:47.179><c> his</c><00:41:47.340><c> own</c><00:41:47.800><c> soul.</c>

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:54.099
What<00:41:50.539><c> he</c><00:41:50.739><c> loved,</c><00:41:51.059><c> brethren</c><00:41:51.260><c> and</c><00:41:51.480><c> sisters,</c><00:41:51.820><c> wasn't</c><00:41:52.420><c> a</c><00:41:53.340><c> courageous</c><00:41:53.820><c> young</c>

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:56.179
man.<00:41:55.500><c> It</c><00:41:55.699><c> wasn't</c><00:41:55.800><c> because,</c>

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:58.440
don't<00:41:56.440><c> imagine,</c><00:41:57.079><c> please,</c><00:41:57.219><c> that</c><00:41:57.320><c> it</c><00:41:57.380><c> was</c><00:41:57.559><c> because</c><00:41:57.860><c> David</c><00:41:58.179><c> had</c>

00:41:58.440 --> 00:42:01.159
slain<00:41:58.639><c> Goliath</c><00:41:59.099><c> in</c><00:41:59.260><c> chapter</c><00:41:59.559><c> 17</c><00:42:00.179><c> and</c><00:42:00.559><c> then</c><00:42:00.880><c> spoken</c>

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:05.280
to<00:42:01.460><c> Saul</c><00:42:01.619><c> discreetly</c><00:42:02.280><c> that</c><00:42:02.440><c> Jonathan</c><00:42:02.860><c> loved</c><00:42:03.320><c> David.</c><00:42:04.699><c> Jonathan</c><00:42:05.059><c> loved</c>

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:06.599
David<00:42:05.579><c> because</c><00:42:05.920><c> he</c><00:42:06.099><c> saw</c><00:42:06.239><c> in</c><00:42:06.400><c> David</c>

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:09.760
a<00:42:06.920><c> kindred</c><00:42:07.099><c> spirit.</c><00:42:08.280><c> He</c><00:42:08.340><c> saw</c><00:42:08.500><c> in</c><00:42:08.679><c> David</c><00:42:08.800><c> a</c><00:42:08.880><c> man</c><00:42:09.019><c> like</c><00:42:09.219><c> himself,</c>

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:12.280
a<00:42:10.119><c> man</c><00:42:10.320><c> who</c><00:42:10.599><c> knew</c><00:42:10.860><c> courage,</c><00:42:11.579><c> who</c><00:42:11.739><c> demonstrated</c>

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:16.380
faith,<00:42:12.940><c> exactly</c><00:42:13.360><c> as</c><00:42:13.579><c> Jonathan</c><00:42:13.940><c> himself</c><00:42:14.380><c> had</c><00:42:14.539><c> done</c><00:42:14.679><c> in</c><00:42:14.880><c> chapter</c><00:42:15.159><c> 14.</c><00:42:15.880><c> David</c><00:42:16.179><c> is</c>

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:17.719
the<00:42:16.579><c> same</c><00:42:16.860><c> kind</c><00:42:17.179><c> of</c><00:42:17.400><c> man.</c>

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:20.400
They're<00:42:18.139><c> kindred</c><00:42:18.599><c> spirits,</c><00:42:19.139><c> brethren</c><00:42:19.280><c> and</c><00:42:19.480><c> sisters,</c><00:42:19.840><c> and</c><00:42:19.980><c> that's</c><00:42:20.260><c> a</c>

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.400
marvellous<00:42:20.760><c> thing</c><00:42:20.920><c> in</c><00:42:21.079><c> the</c><00:42:21.239><c> truth,</c>

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:26.280
isn't<00:42:21.539><c> it?</c><00:42:21.599><c> That's</c><00:42:21.820><c> what</c><00:42:21.960><c> real</c><00:42:22.219><c> fellowship</c><00:42:22.619><c> is</c><00:42:22.820><c> about.</c><00:42:23.519><c> We</c><00:42:23.699><c> misuse</c><00:42:24.099><c> the</c><00:42:24.300><c> word</c><00:42:24.460><c> sometimes,</c><00:42:24.980><c> don't</c><00:42:25.119><c> we?</c><00:42:25.960><c> We</c><00:42:26.119><c> shall</c>

00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:28.139
write<00:42:26.539><c> home</c><00:42:26.780><c> or</c><00:42:26.880><c> we</c><00:42:27.000><c> shall</c><00:42:27.119><c> go</c><00:42:27.300><c> home</c><00:42:27.480><c> after</c><00:42:27.639><c> this</c><00:42:27.820><c> week</c><00:42:27.940><c> and</c><00:42:28.059><c> we</c>

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:29.880
shall<00:42:28.260><c> say,</c><00:42:28.659><c> we</c><00:42:28.659><c> had</c><00:42:28.820><c> a</c><00:42:28.940><c> lovely</c><00:42:29.099><c> week</c><00:42:29.300><c> of</c><00:42:29.519><c> fellowship,</c>

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:32.219
we<00:42:30.340><c> used</c><00:42:30.500><c> that</c><00:42:30.739><c> word</c><00:42:30.860><c> very</c><00:42:31.199><c> lightly</c><00:42:31.400><c> and</c><00:42:31.579><c> very</c><00:42:31.860><c> glibly.</c><00:42:32.059><c> What</c>

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:34.099
we<00:42:32.440><c> really</c><00:42:32.659><c> mean</c><00:42:32.840><c> is</c><00:42:33.260><c> we</c><00:42:33.400><c> met</c><00:42:33.579><c> a</c><00:42:33.659><c> lot</c><00:42:33.739><c> of</c><00:42:33.920><c> lovely</c>

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:38.800
people<00:42:34.340><c> and</c><00:42:34.460><c> we</c><00:42:34.619><c> felt</c><00:42:34.780><c> good.</c><00:42:35.260><c> That's</c><00:42:35.579><c> not</c><00:42:35.739><c> fellowship,</c><00:42:36.300><c> is</c><00:42:36.320><c> it?</c><00:42:36.920><c> Fellowship</c><00:42:37.320><c> goes</c><00:42:37.539><c> deeper</c><00:42:37.820><c> than</c><00:42:38.019><c> that.</c><00:42:38.239><c> We</c><00:42:38.460><c> have</c>

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:41.679
had<00:42:39.019><c> a</c><00:42:39.300><c> lovely</c><00:42:39.599><c> week</c><00:42:39.820><c> of</c><00:42:40.099><c> fellowship,</c><00:42:40.980><c> but</c><00:42:41.079><c> let's</c><00:42:41.300><c> make</c><00:42:41.500><c> sure</c>

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:44.219
we<00:42:41.800><c> know</c><00:42:41.920><c> what</c><00:42:42.059><c> we</c><00:42:42.320><c> mean</c><00:42:42.539><c> by</c><00:42:42.840><c> that</c><00:42:43.300><c> and</c><00:42:43.619><c> not</c><00:42:43.840><c> use</c><00:42:44.099><c> the</c>

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:49.940
word<00:42:44.420><c> likely.</c><00:42:46.679><c> I</c><00:42:46.719><c> have</c><00:42:47.019><c> no</c><00:42:47.199><c> man</c><00:42:47.500><c> like</c><00:42:48.000><c>-minded,</c><00:42:48.679><c> says</c><00:42:48.920><c> the</c><00:42:49.159><c> Apostle</c><00:42:49.519><c> Paul</c>

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:51.840
to<00:42:50.360><c> the</c><00:42:50.539><c> Corinthians,</c><00:42:50.900><c> who</c><00:42:51.039><c> will</c><00:42:51.260><c> naturally</c>

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:55.199
care<00:42:52.440><c> for</c><00:42:52.739><c> your</c><00:42:53.099><c> estate.</c><00:42:54.019><c> And</c><00:42:54.199><c> that's</c><00:42:54.360><c> what</c><00:42:54.539><c> Jonathan</c><00:42:54.880><c> found</c>

00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:57.800
in<00:42:55.420><c> David,</c><00:42:55.659><c> a</c><00:42:55.739><c> man</c><00:42:56.000><c> like</c><00:42:56.420><c>-minded,</c><00:42:57.179><c> a</c><00:42:57.300><c> man</c><00:42:57.400><c> who</c><00:42:57.619><c> felt</c>

00:42:57.800 --> 00:43:01.639
the<00:42:58.099><c> same</c><00:42:58.340><c> way</c><00:42:58.559><c> about</c><00:42:58.880><c> God</c><00:42:59.320><c> and</c><00:42:59.599><c> this</c><00:42:59.800><c> people</c><00:43:00.079><c> of</c><00:43:00.300><c> God</c><00:43:00.539><c> scattered</c><00:43:00.960><c> like</c><00:43:01.260><c> sheep</c><00:43:01.460><c> on</c>

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:03.719
the<00:43:01.780><c> hills,</c><00:43:03.039><c> for</c><00:43:03.119><c> whom</c><00:43:03.340><c> Saul</c>

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:09.420
would<00:43:04.039><c> accept</c><00:43:04.539><c> no</c><00:43:04.780><c> responsibility</c><00:43:05.579><c> and</c><00:43:06.239><c> was</c><00:43:06.440><c> not</c><00:43:06.659><c> a</c><00:43:06.780><c> good</c><00:43:06.940><c> shepherd.</c><00:43:09.420><c> The</c>

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.920
soul<00:43:09.519><c> of</c><00:43:09.679><c> Jonathan</c><00:43:10.019><c> was</c><00:43:10.360><c> knit</c><00:43:10.539><c> with</c><00:43:10.760><c> the</c>

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:13.760
soul<00:43:11.059><c> of</c><00:43:11.320><c> David</c><00:43:11.460><c> for</c><00:43:11.739><c> that</c><00:43:12.019><c> reason,</c><00:43:12.760><c> not</c><00:43:13.000><c> just</c><00:43:13.239><c> because</c><00:43:13.500><c> he'd</c>

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:16.300
slain<00:43:13.980><c> Goliath,</c><00:43:14.960><c> but</c><00:43:15.119><c> because</c><00:43:15.500><c> of</c><00:43:15.639><c> his</c><00:43:15.800><c> attitude</c>

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:22.179
and<00:43:16.880><c> spirit</c><00:43:17.280><c> that</c><00:43:17.820><c> enabled</c><00:43:18.079><c> him</c><00:43:18.260><c> to</c><00:43:18.420><c> do</c><00:43:18.539><c> it.</c><00:43:20.300><c> Then</c><00:43:20.460><c> Jonathan</c><00:43:20.820><c> and</c><00:43:20.940><c> David,</c><00:43:21.300><c> verse</c><00:43:21.500><c> three,</c><00:43:21.719><c> made</c><00:43:21.900><c> a</c>

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:23.340
covenant<00:43:22.539><c> because</c><00:43:23.099><c> he</c>

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:26.000
loved<00:43:23.519><c> him</c><00:43:23.679><c> as</c><00:43:23.800><c> his</c><00:43:23.980><c> own</c><00:43:24.300><c> soul</c><00:43:24.539><c> and</c><00:43:24.820><c> Jonathan</c><00:43:25.219><c> stripped</c><00:43:25.500><c> himself</c><00:43:25.840><c> of</c>

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:27.260
the<00:43:26.139><c> robe</c><00:43:26.260><c> that</c><00:43:26.360><c> was</c><00:43:26.519><c> upon</c><00:43:26.739><c> him</c><00:43:26.940><c> and</c><00:43:27.079><c> gave</c>

00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:29.719
it<00:43:27.400><c> to</c><00:43:27.539><c> David</c><00:43:27.780><c> and</c><00:43:27.960><c> his</c><00:43:28.139><c> garments,</c><00:43:28.719><c> even</c><00:43:28.960><c> to</c><00:43:29.119><c> his</c><00:43:29.420><c> sword</c><00:43:29.579><c> and</c>

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:31.880
to<00:43:29.820><c> his</c><00:43:30.079><c> bow</c><00:43:30.179><c> and</c><00:43:30.300><c> to</c><00:43:30.420><c> his</c><00:43:30.639><c> girdle,</c><00:43:31.480><c> the</c><00:43:31.619><c> sword</c><00:43:31.760><c> of</c>

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:35.000
which<00:43:31.960><c> there</c><00:43:32.079><c> was</c><00:43:32.219><c> only</c><00:43:32.480><c> one.</c><00:43:32.920><c> Well,</c><00:43:33.119><c> perhaps</c><00:43:33.420><c> now</c><00:43:33.599><c> there</c><00:43:33.739><c> were</c><00:43:33.860><c> more</c><00:43:34.119><c> because</c><00:43:34.460><c> they</c><00:43:34.860><c> had</c>

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.760
gained<00:43:35.159><c> the</c><00:43:35.320><c> victory</c><00:43:35.579><c> of</c>

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:38.679
the<00:43:35.900><c> Philistines</c><00:43:36.360><c> and</c><00:43:36.920><c> no</c><00:43:37.119><c> doubt</c><00:43:37.360><c> almost</c><00:43:37.699><c> every</c><00:43:37.920><c> man</c><00:43:38.059><c> in</c><00:43:38.179><c> Israel</c><00:43:38.460><c> now</c>

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:41.480
had<00:43:38.900><c> his</c><00:43:39.159><c> sword.</c><00:43:40.059><c> But</c><00:43:40.260><c> Jonathan</c><00:43:40.539><c> donated</c><00:43:41.019><c> his,</c>

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:44.739
that<00:43:42.099><c> sword</c><00:43:42.420><c> with</c><00:43:42.659><c> which</c><00:43:42.900><c> he'd</c><00:43:43.500><c> conquered</c><00:43:43.820><c> that</c><00:43:44.179><c> garrison</c><00:43:44.559><c> of</c>

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:47.500
the<00:43:44.900><c> Philistines</c><00:43:45.440><c> under</c><00:43:45.980><c> the</c><00:43:46.179><c> hand</c><00:43:46.360><c> of</c><00:43:46.639><c> God.</c>

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:53.659
That<00:43:48.559><c> sword</c><00:43:49.099><c> he</c><00:43:49.739><c> gave</c><00:43:50.119><c> to</c><00:43:50.340><c> Jonathan,</c><00:43:51.159><c> sorry,</c><00:43:51.460><c> he</c><00:43:51.539><c> gave</c><00:43:51.719><c> to</c><00:43:52.000><c> David</c><00:43:52.340><c> because</c><00:43:53.320><c> he</c>

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:55.539
loved<00:43:53.840><c> him</c><00:43:54.139><c> so</c><00:43:54.460><c> much.</c>

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:59.820
There's<00:43:56.639><c> no</c><00:43:56.860><c> jealousy</c><00:43:57.300><c> here,</c><00:43:57.679><c> is</c><00:43:57.860><c> there?</c><00:43:58.639><c> Jonathan,</c><00:43:59.039><c> who</c><00:43:59.199><c> might</c><00:43:59.420><c> have</c><00:43:59.579><c> had</c>

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:01.800
greater<00:44:00.039><c> cause</c><00:44:00.480><c> for</c><00:44:00.780><c> envying</c><00:44:01.239><c> David,</c>

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:04.420
Jonathan<00:44:02.679><c> who</c><00:44:02.820><c> could</c><00:44:03.059><c> see</c><00:44:03.320><c> the</c><00:44:03.480><c> future</c><00:44:03.719><c> of</c><00:44:03.920><c> David</c><00:44:04.099><c> and</c><00:44:04.300><c> knew</c>

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:05.719
that<00:44:04.619><c> David</c><00:44:04.800><c> would</c><00:44:04.980><c> be</c><00:44:05.079><c> the</c><00:44:05.199><c> next</c><00:44:05.440><c> king,</c>

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:08.840
as<00:44:06.059><c> he</c><00:44:06.199><c> admits</c><00:44:06.559><c> to</c><00:44:06.840><c> David</c><00:44:07.199><c> when</c><00:44:07.699><c> they</c><00:44:07.900><c> meet</c><00:44:08.079><c> secretly</c><00:44:08.500><c> in</c><00:44:08.679><c> the</c>

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:12.519
field<00:44:09.300><c> after</c><00:44:10.340><c> the</c><00:44:10.880><c> lad</c><00:44:11.239><c> has</c><00:44:11.599><c> shot</c><00:44:11.760><c> those</c><00:44:12.079><c> arrows</c>

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:15.820
as<00:44:12.820><c> a</c><00:44:12.980><c> sign</c><00:44:13.219><c> to</c><00:44:13.460><c> David.</c><00:44:14.119><c> Jonathan</c><00:44:14.480><c> says</c><00:44:14.900><c> that</c><00:44:15.079><c> he</c><00:44:15.199><c> knows</c><00:44:15.539><c> that</c>

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:17.780
David<00:44:16.000><c> will</c><00:44:16.179><c> be</c><00:44:16.380><c> king</c><00:44:16.559><c> and</c><00:44:16.820><c> he</c><00:44:16.980><c> is</c><00:44:17.179><c> content</c><00:44:17.480><c> to</c><00:44:17.639><c> be</c>

00:44:17.780 --> 00:44:20.860
next<00:44:18.079><c> to</c><00:44:18.320><c> David,</c><00:44:18.579><c> to</c><00:44:18.760><c> play</c><00:44:18.940><c> second</c><00:44:19.300><c> fiddle.</c><00:44:19.860><c> If</c><00:44:20.320><c> that</c><00:44:20.519><c> is</c><00:44:20.760><c> the</c>

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:24.079
will<00:44:20.960><c> of</c><00:44:21.199><c> God,</c><00:44:22.539><c> Jonathan</c><00:44:22.880><c> will</c><00:44:23.159><c> submit</c><00:44:23.460><c> himself</c>

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:29.099
to<00:44:24.539><c> what</c><00:44:24.739><c> is</c><00:44:25.000><c> God's</c><00:44:25.460><c> will.</c><00:44:27.079><c> In</c><00:44:27.099><c> chapter</c><00:44:27.440><c> 19,</c><00:44:28.500><c> how</c><00:44:28.739><c> different</c>

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:32.360
again<00:44:29.519><c> with</c><00:44:29.840><c> Saul,</c><00:44:30.440><c> who</c><00:44:30.659><c> not</c><00:44:30.880><c> only</c><00:44:31.460><c> failed</c><00:44:32.019><c> to</c>

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:35.059
understand<00:44:32.860><c> Jonathan's</c><00:44:33.400><c> attitude</c><00:44:33.760><c> but</c><00:44:33.960><c> was</c><00:44:34.139><c> surprised</c><00:44:34.659><c> that</c>

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:38.000
Jonathan<00:44:35.340><c> didn't</c><00:44:35.619><c> share</c><00:44:35.880><c> his</c><00:44:36.119><c> own</c><00:44:36.360><c> hatred</c><00:44:36.719><c> of</c><00:44:37.119><c> David.</c>

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:41.000
Saul<00:44:38.699><c> spake</c><00:44:38.980><c> to</c><00:44:39.139><c> Jonathan</c><00:44:39.460><c> his</c><00:44:39.659><c> son</c><00:44:39.900><c> and</c><00:44:40.199><c> to</c><00:44:40.360><c> all</c><00:44:40.460><c> his</c><00:44:40.679><c> servants</c><00:44:40.860><c> that</c>

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:42.739
they<00:44:41.139><c> should</c><00:44:41.340><c> kill</c><00:44:41.679><c> David.</c>

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:46.179
But<00:44:43.199><c> Jonathan</c><00:44:43.480><c> saw</c><00:44:43.719><c> his</c><00:44:43.739><c> son</c><00:44:43.960><c> delighted</c><00:44:44.380><c> much</c><00:44:44.679><c> in</c><00:44:44.960><c> David</c><00:44:45.460><c> and</c>

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:47.599
Jonathan<00:44:46.480><c> told</c><00:44:46.780><c> David</c><00:44:47.099><c> saying,</c>

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:50.159
Saul,<00:44:48.139><c> my</c><00:44:48.300><c> father,</c><00:44:48.820><c> seeketh</c><00:44:48.980><c> to</c><00:44:49.159><c> kill</c><00:44:49.340><c> me.</c>

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:58.960
And<00:44:52.539><c> that,</c><00:44:52.780><c> brethren</c><00:44:52.960><c> and</c><00:44:53.219><c> sisters,</c><00:44:54.239><c> is</c><00:44:54.500><c> highlighted.</c><00:44:55.340><c> We</c><00:44:55.340><c> see</c><00:44:55.619><c> Saul's</c><00:44:56.079><c> anger</c><00:44:56.320><c> reach</c><00:44:56.619><c> its</c><00:44:56.860><c> climax</c><00:44:57.300><c> in</c><00:44:57.880><c> verses</c>

00:44:59.039 --> 00:45:06.900
30<00:44:59.579><c> to</c><00:44:59.920><c> 33</c><00:45:00.820><c> of</c><00:45:01.840><c> chapter</c><00:45:02.119><c> 20.</c><00:45:04.500><c> When</c><00:45:04.739><c> Saul</c><00:45:05.139><c> actually</c><00:45:05.719><c> throws</c><00:45:06.159><c> javelin</c><00:45:06.719><c> not</c>

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:08.380
now<00:45:07.119><c> at</c><00:45:07.360><c> David</c><00:45:07.559><c> but</c><00:45:07.739><c> at</c><00:45:07.940><c> Jonathan,</c>

00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:12.340
his<00:45:08.840><c> anger</c><00:45:09.199><c> knows</c><00:45:09.460><c> no</c><00:45:09.820><c> bounds</c><00:45:10.059><c> and</c><00:45:10.280><c> uncontrollably</c><00:45:11.519><c> Saul</c><00:45:12.139><c> in</c>

00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:14.940
his<00:45:12.800><c> hatred</c><00:45:13.139><c> and</c><00:45:13.400><c> his</c><00:45:13.619><c> envy</c><00:45:13.880><c> seeks</c><00:45:14.179><c> to</c><00:45:14.420><c> kill</c><00:45:14.559><c> even</c><00:45:14.780><c> his</c>

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:18.480
own<00:45:15.139><c> son,</c><00:45:16.019><c> father</c><00:45:16.199><c> and</c><00:45:16.539><c> son,</c><00:45:16.840><c> brethren</c><00:45:17.059><c> and</c><00:45:17.239><c> sisters,</c><00:45:17.599><c> at</c><00:45:17.760><c> loggerheads</c><00:45:18.219><c> in</c>

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:21.420
this<00:45:18.719><c> way</c><00:45:19.239><c> because</c><00:45:20.980><c> of</c><00:45:21.219><c> their</c>

00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:26.079
different<00:45:21.719><c> attitudes</c><00:45:22.400><c> to</c><00:45:22.719><c> the</c><00:45:22.880><c> Lord's</c><00:45:23.260><c> anointed.</c><00:45:25.679><c> Verse</c><00:45:25.800><c> 30,</c>

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:27.480
Saul's<00:45:26.380><c> anger</c><00:45:26.559><c> was</c><00:45:26.800><c> kindled</c><00:45:27.119><c> against</c>

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:30.739
Jonathan<00:45:27.880><c> and</c><00:45:28.239><c> he</c><00:45:28.400><c> said</c><00:45:28.519><c> unto</c><00:45:28.639><c> him,</c><00:45:28.860><c> thou</c><00:45:28.900><c> son</c><00:45:29.199><c> of</c><00:45:29.300><c> the</c><00:45:29.440><c> perverse,</c><00:45:29.980><c> rebellious</c><00:45:30.360><c> woman,</c>

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.579
do<00:45:31.019><c> not</c><00:45:31.139><c> I</c><00:45:31.320><c> know</c><00:45:31.460><c> that</c>

00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:34.920
thou<00:45:31.719><c> hast</c><00:45:31.920><c> chosen</c><00:45:32.159><c> the</c><00:45:32.340><c> son</c><00:45:32.480><c> of</c><00:45:32.679><c> Jesse</c><00:45:32.840><c> to</c><00:45:33.000><c> thine</c><00:45:33.119><c> own</c><00:45:33.340><c> confusion</c><00:45:33.900><c> and</c><00:45:34.219><c> unto</c><00:45:34.340><c> the</c><00:45:34.500><c> confusion</c><00:45:34.780><c> of</c>

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:35.400
thy<00:45:35.039><c> mother's</c>

00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:38.980
nakedness.<00:45:36.219><c> As</c><00:45:36.420><c> long</c><00:45:36.599><c> as</c><00:45:36.739><c> the</c><00:45:36.880><c> son</c><00:45:36.980><c> of</c><00:45:37.139><c> Jesse</c><00:45:37.380><c> liveth</c><00:45:37.619><c> upon</c><00:45:37.840><c> the</c><00:45:38.059><c> ground,</c><00:45:38.400><c> thou</c><00:45:38.420><c> shalt</c><00:45:38.579><c> not</c><00:45:38.780><c> be</c>

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.920
established<00:45:39.380><c> nor</c><00:45:39.639><c> thy</c>

00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:45.340
kingdom,<00:45:41.340><c> as</c><00:45:41.500><c> though</c><00:45:41.659><c> Jonathan</c><00:45:41.980><c> care.</c><00:45:43.340><c> So</c><00:45:43.539><c> Jonathan</c><00:45:43.840><c> was</c><00:45:44.079><c> concerned.</c>

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:53.179
And<00:45:47.780><c> Saul,</c><00:45:48.079><c> verse</c><00:45:48.380><c> 33,</c><00:45:49.019><c> cast</c><00:45:49.219><c> a</c><00:45:49.440><c> javelin</c><00:45:49.719><c> at</c><00:45:49.920><c> him</c><00:45:50.079><c> to</c><00:45:50.440><c> smite</c><00:45:50.780><c> him</c><00:45:51.380><c> whereby</c><00:45:51.739><c> Jonathan</c><00:45:52.219><c> knew</c><00:45:52.599><c> that</c><00:45:52.780><c> it</c><00:45:52.880><c> was</c>

00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:57.719
determined<00:45:53.539><c> of</c><00:45:53.699><c> his</c><00:45:53.880><c> father</c><00:45:54.219><c> to</c><00:45:54.460><c> slay</c><00:45:54.719><c> David.</c><00:45:56.679><c> And</c><00:45:56.820><c> then</c><00:45:57.039><c> verse</c><00:45:57.260><c> 34,</c>

00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:01.440
the<00:45:58.039><c> one</c><00:45:58.320><c> little</c><00:45:59.320><c> slightly</c><00:46:00.159><c> uncharacteristic</c>

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:06.019
gesture,<00:46:02.840><c> the</c><00:46:02.960><c> one</c><00:46:03.159><c> little</c><00:46:03.460><c> blemish</c><00:46:03.820><c> perhaps</c><00:46:04.239><c> on</c><00:46:04.760><c> Jonathan's</c>

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:07.719
character,<00:46:06.239><c> but</c><00:46:06.340><c> who</c><00:46:06.500><c> can</c><00:46:06.699><c> blame</c><00:46:06.920><c> him?</c>

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:13.880
A<00:46:08.179><c> chip</c><00:46:08.320><c> off</c><00:46:08.539><c> the</c><00:46:08.679><c> old</c><00:46:08.840><c> block,</c><00:46:09.780><c> he</c><00:46:09.840><c> still</c><00:46:10.119><c> was.</c><00:46:11.340><c> Jonathan's</c><00:46:11.880><c> anger</c><00:46:12.159><c> was</c><00:46:12.599><c> kindled</c><00:46:13.199><c> and</c><00:46:13.659><c> he</c>

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:15.340
arose<00:46:14.300><c> from</c><00:46:14.559><c> the</c><00:46:14.780><c> table</c><00:46:15.000><c> in</c>

00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:18.099
fierce<00:46:15.679><c> anger</c><00:46:16.260><c> and</c><00:46:16.719><c> he'd</c><00:46:16.860><c> eat</c><00:46:17.000><c> no</c><00:46:17.159><c> meat</c><00:46:17.400><c> the</c><00:46:17.599><c> second</c><00:46:17.820><c> day</c><00:46:17.980><c> of</c>

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:21.300
the<00:46:18.159><c> month.</c><00:46:19.559><c> But</c><00:46:19.719><c> he</c><00:46:19.760><c> wasn't</c><00:46:20.059><c> so</c><00:46:20.420><c> angry</c><00:46:20.920><c> that</c>

00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:23.699
he<00:46:21.460><c> was</c><00:46:21.619><c> uncontrolled.</c><00:46:22.639><c> He</c><00:46:22.679><c> wasn't</c><00:46:22.920><c> so</c><00:46:23.139><c> angry</c><00:46:23.320><c> that</c><00:46:23.519><c> he</c><00:46:23.559><c> threw</c>

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:25.739
the<00:46:23.880><c> javelin</c><00:46:24.199><c> back,</c><00:46:24.639><c> you</c><00:46:24.840><c> notice.</c>

00:46:26.199 --> 00:46:31.360
He<00:46:26.659><c> didn't</c><00:46:26.940><c> cast</c><00:46:27.260><c> at</c><00:46:27.380><c> his</c><00:46:27.619><c> father</c><00:46:28.139><c> what</c><00:46:29.059><c> his</c><00:46:29.340><c> father</c><00:46:29.719><c> had</c><00:46:30.039><c> thrown</c><00:46:30.280><c> at</c><00:46:30.539><c> him.</c>

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:37.559
So<00:46:33.780><c> it</c><00:46:33.960><c> came</c><00:46:34.199><c> about</c><00:46:34.599><c> that</c><00:46:34.980><c> Saul,</c><00:46:36.320><c> the</c><00:46:36.579><c> epitome,</c><00:46:37.079><c> as</c><00:46:37.179><c> we</c><00:46:37.360><c> said,</c>

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:40.900
of<00:46:37.780><c> the</c><00:46:37.980><c> nation,</c><00:46:39.400><c> the</c><00:46:39.480><c> one</c><00:46:39.699><c> who</c><00:46:40.019><c> stands</c><00:46:40.360><c> for</c><00:46:40.559><c> Israel</c>

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:47.480
after<00:46:41.179><c> the</c><00:46:41.460><c> flash,</c><00:46:42.420><c> was</c><00:46:42.719><c> cast</c><00:46:43.079><c> off</c><00:46:43.860><c> and</c><00:46:44.440><c> cut</c><00:46:44.739><c> off.</c><00:46:46.400><c> And</c><00:46:46.579><c> Jonathan,</c><00:46:47.079><c> brethren</c><00:46:47.239><c> and</c>

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:49.480
sisters,<00:46:48.460><c> representing</c><00:46:48.940><c> that</c>

00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:55.500
faithful<00:46:50.079><c> remnant</c><00:46:50.739><c> who</c><00:46:51.539><c> accepted</c><00:46:52.179><c> the</c><00:46:52.500><c> anointed</c><00:46:52.900><c> one,</c><00:46:54.119><c> Jonathan</c><00:46:54.559><c> accepting,</c><00:46:55.139><c> be</c><00:46:55.380><c> it</c>

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:56.239
the<00:46:55.679><c> faithful</c><00:46:55.920><c> remnant</c>

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:59.019
within<00:46:56.480><c> Israel</c><00:46:56.840><c> or</c><00:46:57.219><c> those</c><00:46:57.599><c> gentiles</c><00:46:58.079><c> like</c><00:46:58.320><c> ourselves</c><00:46:58.760><c> from</c>

00:46:59.019 --> 00:47:01.000
without,<00:46:59.699><c> outside</c><00:47:00.000><c> the</c><00:47:00.239><c> law,</c>

00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:04.679
accepted<00:47:01.960><c> the</c><00:47:02.380><c> Lord's</c><00:47:02.860><c> anointed</c><00:47:03.199><c> and</c><00:47:03.539><c> loved</c><00:47:03.820><c> him</c><00:47:04.019><c> as</c><00:47:04.159><c> his</c><00:47:04.340><c> own</c>

00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:07.300
soul<00:47:05.000><c> and</c><00:47:05.500><c> made</c><00:47:05.719><c> a</c><00:47:06.019><c> covenant</c><00:47:06.340><c> with</c><00:47:06.659><c> him.</c>

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:13.619
And<00:47:07.679><c> though</c><00:47:07.840><c> he</c><00:47:08.139><c> died</c><00:47:08.800><c> the</c><00:47:09.340><c> same</c><00:47:09.639><c> day</c><00:47:09.860><c> as</c><00:47:10.099><c> his</c><00:47:10.280><c> father,</c><00:47:11.039><c> yet,</c><00:47:11.360><c> brethren</c><00:47:11.579><c> and</c><00:47:11.840><c> sisters,</c><00:47:12.300><c> in</c><00:47:12.400><c> Jonathan</c><00:47:12.860><c> we</c><00:47:13.159><c> see</c><00:47:13.420><c> a</c>

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:20.800
man<00:47:13.800><c> who</c><00:47:14.000><c> will</c><00:47:14.260><c> rise</c><00:47:14.539><c> again</c><00:47:15.400><c> to</c><00:47:16.300><c> share</c><00:47:16.699><c> that</c><00:47:17.099><c> kingdom</c><00:47:17.579><c> of</c><00:47:18.559><c> David's</c><00:47:19.579><c> greater</c><00:47:19.780><c> son.</c>

00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:25.599
In<00:47:22.539><c> this</c><00:47:22.860><c> father</c><00:47:23.139><c> and</c><00:47:23.380><c> son,</c><00:47:23.739><c> then,</c><00:47:23.840><c> we</c><00:47:24.039><c> see</c><00:47:24.280><c> again</c><00:47:24.639><c> a</c><00:47:24.920><c> contrast</c>

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in<00:47:26.119><c> their</c><00:47:26.320><c> attitudes</c><00:47:26.880><c> and</c><00:47:27.099><c> their</c><00:47:27.340><c> approach</c>

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to<00:47:28.119><c> the</c><00:47:28.239><c> things</c><00:47:28.500><c> of</c><00:47:28.719><c> God</c><00:47:29.199><c> in</c><00:47:29.900><c> their</c><00:47:30.099><c> love</c><00:47:30.659><c> for</c><00:47:31.059><c> the</c><00:47:31.260><c> Lord's</c><00:47:31.659><c> anointed.</c><00:47:32.920><c> And</c>

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may<00:47:33.219><c> we</c><00:47:33.420><c> ourselves,</c><00:47:34.099><c> brethren</c><00:47:34.219><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:47:35.380><c> be</c><00:47:35.599><c> warned,</c><00:47:37.019><c> oh</c><00:47:37.320><c> so</c><00:47:37.699><c> fervently,</c><00:47:39.079><c> warned</c><00:47:39.420><c> against</c>

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that<00:47:40.739><c> creeping,</c><00:47:41.780><c> cankerous</c><00:47:42.280><c> envy</c><00:47:42.800><c> that</c>

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characterised<00:47:44.239><c> Saul,</c><00:47:44.960><c> that</c><00:47:45.099><c> in</c><00:47:45.300><c> our</c><00:47:45.519><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:45.980><c> families,</c>

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fathers<00:47:46.980><c> and</c><00:47:47.260><c> sons</c><00:47:47.579><c> might</c><00:47:48.019><c> live</c><00:47:48.360><c> together</c><00:47:48.800><c> in</c><00:47:49.119><c> harmony,</c>

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sharing<00:47:50.159><c> their</c><00:47:50.480><c> common</c><00:47:50.840><c> love</c><00:47:51.159><c> for</c><00:47:51.360><c> the</c><00:47:51.599><c> Lord's</c><00:47:52.019><c> anointed</c><00:47:52.300><c> in</c>

00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:55.139
the<00:47:52.719><c> things</c><00:47:52.960><c> of</c><00:47:53.239><c> God</c><00:47:53.739><c> and</c><00:47:54.239><c> not</c><00:47:54.539><c> allowing</c>

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personal<00:47:55.920><c> prejudice,</c><00:47:57.820><c> personal</c><00:47:58.059><c> ambition,</c><00:48:00.099><c> pride</c><00:48:00.500><c> and</c><00:48:01.360><c> envy</c>

00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:03.800
and<00:48:01.960><c> the</c><00:48:02.199><c> things</c><00:48:02.460><c> that</c><00:48:02.760><c> they</c><00:48:03.219><c> breathe</c>

00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:09.239
to<00:48:04.599><c> creep</c><00:48:04.840><c> into</c><00:48:05.380><c> ecclesial</c><00:48:06.000><c> relationships,</c><00:48:07.440><c> to</c><00:48:07.619><c> destroy</c><00:48:08.159><c> either</c><00:48:08.619><c> father</c><00:48:08.980><c> or</c>

00:48:09.239 --> 00:48:12.300
son,<00:48:10.900><c> that</c><00:48:10.980><c> by</c><00:48:11.280><c> the</c><00:48:11.460><c> grace</c><00:48:11.619><c> of</c><00:48:11.860><c> God,</c>

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:15.340
fathers<00:48:12.920><c> and</c><00:48:13.239><c> sons</c><00:48:13.539><c> of</c><00:48:13.739><c> our</c><00:48:13.920><c> ecclesial</c><00:48:14.300><c> families</c><00:48:14.780><c> might</c><00:48:15.079><c> find</c>

00:48:15.340 --> 00:48:16.639
themselves<00:48:15.800><c> together</c>

00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:20.289
in<00:48:17.400><c> the</c><00:48:17.619><c> kingdom</c><00:48:17.860><c> of</c><00:48:18.139><c> our</c><00:48:18.260><c> Lord</c><00:48:18.480><c> and</c><00:48:18.719><c> Saviour,</c><00:48:19.139><c> Jesus</c><00:48:19.440><c> Christ.</c>

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Let's<00:48:22.570><c> bow</c><00:48:22.710><c> our</c><00:48:22.889><c> heads.</c>

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Great<00:48:28.630><c> God,</c><00:48:30.050><c> our</c><00:48:30.329><c> Father</c><00:48:30.889><c> in</c><00:48:31.670><c> heaven,</c>

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holy<00:48:34.570><c> and</c><00:48:35.010><c> righteous</c><00:48:35.489><c> art</c><00:48:35.789><c> thou,</c><00:48:36.170><c> O</c><00:48:36.429><c> Lord,</c><00:48:38.550><c> and</c><00:48:38.809><c> all</c><00:48:39.130><c> thy</c><00:48:39.389><c> dealings.</c>

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All<00:48:42.650><c> that</c><00:48:42.789><c> thou</c><00:48:42.949><c> hast</c><00:48:43.309><c> wrought,</c><00:48:44.929><c> thou</c><00:48:45.150><c> hast</c><00:48:45.449><c> wrought</c><00:48:45.789><c> in</c><00:48:46.070><c> truth</c><00:48:46.869><c> and</c><00:48:47.929><c> righteousness.</c>

00:48:50.949 --> 00:48:56.489
Lord,<00:48:51.570><c> help</c><00:48:51.849><c> us</c><00:48:52.170><c> to</c><00:48:52.469><c> love</c><00:48:52.909><c> thine</c><00:48:53.329><c> anointed</c><00:48:53.849><c> and</c><00:48:54.690><c> to</c><00:48:55.090><c> desire</c><00:48:55.369><c> earnestly</c><00:48:55.829><c> the</c><00:48:56.070><c> day</c><00:48:56.329><c> of</c>

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his<00:48:56.690><c> appearing.</c>

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Help<00:48:58.989><c> us,</c><00:48:59.269><c> O</c><00:48:59.429><c> Lord,</c><00:48:59.650><c> to</c><00:48:59.969><c> demonstrate</c><00:49:00.489><c> our</c><00:49:00.750><c> love</c><00:49:00.909><c> for</c><00:49:01.110><c> him</c><00:49:01.570><c> by</c>

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our<00:49:02.210><c> love</c><00:49:02.409><c> for</c><00:49:02.670><c> one</c><00:49:02.909><c> another,</c>

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that<00:49:05.010><c> we</c><00:49:05.170><c> may</c><00:49:05.489><c> seek</c><00:49:05.889><c> to</c><00:49:07.250><c> give</c><00:49:07.469><c> ourselves</c><00:49:08.110><c> in</c><00:49:08.530><c> service</c><00:49:08.829><c> to</c><00:49:09.010><c> one</c>

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another<00:49:09.710><c> until</c><00:49:11.030><c> he</c><00:49:11.250><c> shall</c><00:49:11.489><c> come.</c>

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O<00:49:14.710><c> Lord,</c><00:49:15.349><c> hear</c><00:49:15.590><c> our</c><00:49:15.909><c> prayers.</c><00:49:17.449><c> Let</c><00:49:17.650><c> thy</c><00:49:18.030><c> kingdom</c><00:49:18.469><c> come.</c>

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And<00:49:20.230><c> the</c><00:49:20.389><c> day</c><00:49:20.690><c> dawn</c><00:49:20.949><c> when</c><00:49:21.230><c> thy</c><00:49:21.590><c> will</c><00:49:21.849><c> shall</c><00:49:22.050><c> be</c><00:49:22.329><c> done</c><00:49:22.489><c> in</c><00:49:22.670><c> all</c>

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the<00:49:23.130><c> earth,</c>

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even<00:49:23.849><c> as</c><00:49:24.050><c> the</c><00:49:24.269><c> angel</c><00:49:24.570><c> hosts,</c><00:49:25.230><c> carry</c><00:49:25.429><c> it</c><00:49:25.670><c> out</c><00:49:25.849><c> unquestioningly</c>

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in<00:49:27.090><c> heaven.</c>

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Grant<00:49:30.010><c> us,</c><00:49:30.230><c> Lord,</c><00:49:30.469><c> in</c><00:49:30.630><c> thy</c><00:49:30.869><c> mercy</c><00:49:31.510><c> that</c><00:49:32.250><c> we</c><00:49:32.469><c> may</c><00:49:32.650><c> find</c><00:49:32.929><c> grace</c>

00:49:33.250 --> 00:49:34.989
to<00:49:33.550><c> help</c><00:49:33.730><c> in</c><00:49:33.909><c> that</c><00:49:34.210><c> time</c><00:49:34.469><c> of</c><00:49:34.769><c> need,</c>

00:49:35.210 --> 00:49:37.949
that<00:49:35.349><c> we</c><00:49:35.489><c> may</c><00:49:35.690><c> by</c><00:49:35.869><c> thy</c><00:49:36.130><c> grace</c><00:49:36.389><c> be</c><00:49:36.630><c> counted</c><00:49:36.829><c> worthy</c><00:49:37.269><c> to</c><00:49:37.489><c> escape</c>

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all<00:49:38.389><c> those</c><00:49:38.670><c> things</c><00:49:38.969><c> that</c><00:49:39.130><c> must</c><00:49:39.329><c> come</c><00:49:39.550><c> upon</c><00:49:39.789><c> our</c><00:49:40.070><c> world</c><00:49:40.289><c> first</c>

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and<00:49:41.849><c> to</c><00:49:42.230><c> stand,</c><00:49:43.809><c> to</c><00:49:44.090><c> stand</c><00:49:44.530><c> and</c><00:49:44.769><c> be</c><00:49:44.929><c> found</c><00:49:45.110><c> approved</c><00:49:45.769><c> in</c><00:49:47.110><c> the</c>

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sight<00:49:47.590><c> of</c><00:49:47.829><c> our</c><00:49:47.989><c> judge.</c>

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For<00:49:50.869><c> it</c><00:49:51.070><c> is</c><00:49:51.269><c> in</c><00:49:51.389><c> the</c><00:49:51.530><c> name</c><00:49:51.670><c> of</c><00:49:51.909><c> Jesus</c><00:49:52.230><c> that</c><00:49:52.510><c> we</c><00:49:52.750><c> ask</c><00:49:53.190><c> thy</c><00:49:53.429><c> mercies</c>

00:49:54.789 --> 00:50:00.630
and<00:49:55.349><c> render</c><00:49:55.710><c> our</c><00:49:56.050><c> thankfulness</c><00:49:56.789><c> and</c><00:49:57.130><c> praises</c><00:49:57.449><c> in</c><00:49:57.730><c> his</c><00:49:58.010><c> name.</c><00:49:59.929><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.