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It's<00:13:09.100><c> kind</c><00:13:09.259><c> of</c><00:13:09.399><c> like</c><00:13:09.980><c> the</c><00:13:10.360><c> clay</c><00:13:10.720><c> saying</c><00:13:11.639><c> to</c><00:13:11.879><c> the</c><00:13:12.139><c> potter,</c><00:13:12.840><c> I'm</c>

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Blessed<00:13:35.720><c> are</c><00:13:36.379><c> you,</c><00:13:36.919><c> Lord,</c><00:13:38.220><c> God</c><00:13:38.500><c> of</c><00:13:38.700><c> Israel,</c><00:13:40.019><c> our</c><00:13:40.279><c> Father</c><00:13:40.700><c> forever</c><00:13:41.519><c> and</c><00:13:42.320><c> ever.</c>

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Yours,<00:13:44.500><c> O</c><00:13:44.659><c> Lord,</c><00:13:44.799><c> is</c><00:13:45.039><c> the</c><00:13:45.320><c> greatness,</c><00:13:45.860><c> the</c><00:13:46.139><c> power</c><00:13:46.419><c> and</c><00:13:46.620><c> the</c>

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glory,<00:13:47.299><c> the</c><00:13:47.600><c> victory</c><00:13:47.980><c> and</c><00:13:48.159><c> the</c><00:13:48.320><c> majesty.</c>

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Yours<00:13:50.039><c> is</c><00:13:50.340><c> the</c><00:13:50.580><c> kingdom.</c>

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Both<00:13:51.740><c> riches</c><00:13:52.299><c> and</c><00:13:52.639><c> honor</c><00:13:52.860><c> come</c><00:13:53.139><c> from</c><00:13:53.440><c> you</c><00:13:54.159><c> and</c><00:13:54.860><c> you</c><00:13:55.200><c> reign</c><00:13:55.440><c> over</c><00:13:55.879><c> all</c>

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in<00:13:56.700><c> your</c><00:13:57.179><c> hand.</c>

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It<00:13:58.059><c> is</c><00:13:58.620><c> to</c><00:13:58.960><c> make</c><00:13:59.279><c> great</c><00:13:59.700><c> and</c><00:13:59.860><c> to</c><00:14:00.000><c> give</c><00:14:00.220><c> strength</c><00:14:00.659><c> to</c><00:14:01.039><c> all.</c>

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Now,<00:14:02.080><c> therefore,</c><00:14:02.960><c> our</c><00:14:03.080><c> God,</c><00:14:04.679><c> now,</c><00:14:05.039><c> therefore,</c><00:14:06.399><c> our</c><00:14:06.700><c> God,</c><00:14:07.279><c> we</c>

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And<00:14:12.259><c> that</c><00:14:12.500><c> is</c><00:14:12.759><c> why</c><00:14:13.419><c> when</c><00:14:14.539><c> faith</c><00:14:14.899><c> begins</c><00:14:15.799><c> by</c><00:14:16.279><c> believing</c><00:14:16.679><c> he</c><00:14:17.100><c> exists,</c><00:14:18.879><c> it</c>

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grows<00:14:20.080><c> when</c><00:14:20.960><c> we</c><00:14:21.259><c> begin</c><00:14:21.759><c> to</c><00:14:22.059><c> acknowledge</c><00:14:22.820><c> our</c><00:14:23.340><c> dependence</c><00:14:24.139><c> upon</c><00:14:24.879><c> God</c>

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in<00:14:26.159><c> all</c><00:14:26.500><c> things.</c>

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profound<00:14:38.980><c> statements</c><00:14:39.779><c> being</c><00:14:40.240><c> made</c><00:14:40.600><c> about</c><00:14:41.000><c> God</c><00:14:41.600><c> and</c><00:14:42.039><c> ourselves</c><00:14:42.759><c> that</c><00:14:43.299><c> formed</c><00:14:43.659><c> the</c>

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ABCs<00:14:45.220><c> of</c><00:14:45.440><c> the</c><00:14:45.799><c> development</c><00:14:46.220><c> of</c><00:14:46.480><c> our</c><00:14:46.740><c> faith.</c>

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Well,<00:14:50.620><c> there</c><00:14:50.940><c> is</c><00:14:51.600><c> in</c><00:14:51.879><c> this</c><00:14:52.379><c> statement</c><00:14:52.799><c> that</c><00:14:54.080><c> God</c><00:14:54.740><c> created</c><00:14:55.700><c> all</c><00:14:56.159><c> things.</c>

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And,<00:15:02.679><c> well,</c><00:15:02.919><c> let's</c><00:15:03.259><c> put</c><00:15:03.399><c> it</c><00:15:03.500><c> this</c><00:15:03.779><c> way.</c>

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He's<00:15:04.600><c> created</c><00:15:05.019><c> all</c><00:15:05.460><c> things.</c>

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If<00:15:06.759><c> he</c><00:15:07.039><c> created</c><00:15:07.480><c> all</c><00:15:07.879><c> things,</c><00:15:09.120><c> is</c><00:15:09.320><c> it</c><00:15:09.620><c> true</c><00:15:09.899><c> that</c><00:15:10.120><c> he</c><00:15:10.340><c> is</c><00:15:10.659><c> also</c>

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greater<00:15:12.659><c> than</c><00:15:13.299><c> all</c><00:15:13.600><c> things?</c>

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Let's<00:15:14.480><c> explore</c><00:15:14.779><c> this</c><00:15:14.980><c> for</c><00:15:15.220><c> a</c><00:15:15.379><c> moment.</c>

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Thus<00:15:16.460><c> you</c><00:15:16.659><c> shall</c><00:15:16.820><c> say</c><00:15:17.100><c> to</c><00:15:17.259><c> them,</c><00:15:17.620><c> that's</c><00:15:18.080><c> the</c><00:15:18.360><c> idolaters,</c><00:15:19.179><c> this</c><00:15:19.360><c> is</c>

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Jeremiah<00:15:20.080><c> speaking,</c><00:15:20.919><c> the</c><00:15:21.080><c> gods</c><00:15:21.399><c> that</c><00:15:21.600><c> have</c><00:15:21.919><c> not</c><00:15:22.259><c> made</c><00:15:22.840><c> the</c>

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heavens<00:15:23.659><c> and</c><00:15:23.899><c> the</c><00:15:24.139><c> earth</c><00:15:24.340><c> shall</c><00:15:24.620><c> perish</c><00:15:25.039><c> from</c><00:15:25.259><c> the</c><00:15:25.440><c> earth</c><00:15:25.720><c> and</c>

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He<00:15:30.559><c> is</c><00:15:30.899><c> the</c><00:15:31.059><c> living</c><00:15:31.340><c> God</c><00:15:31.700><c> and</c><00:15:31.919><c> the</c><00:15:32.259><c> everlasting</c><00:15:32.820><c> King.</c>

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You<00:15:42.159><c> see,</c><00:15:44.000><c> Genesis</c><00:15:44.080><c> 1</c><00:15:44.700><c> verse</c><00:15:45.279><c> 1,</c><00:15:46.720><c> and</c><00:15:47.080><c> actually</c><00:15:47.440><c> the</c><00:15:47.899><c> whole</c><00:15:48.320><c> of</c>

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devastating<00:15:53.860><c> statement</c><00:15:54.659><c> to</c><00:15:55.500><c> the</c><00:15:55.799><c> idolater.</c>

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Because<00:15:57.620><c> what</c><00:15:58.100><c> is</c><00:15:58.519><c> there</c><00:15:59.019><c> in</c><00:15:59.679><c> all,</c><00:16:01.659><c> there</c><00:16:02.799><c> it</c><00:16:02.960><c> is,</c><00:16:03.860><c> back</c><00:16:03.860><c> up</c><00:16:04.100><c> there,</c><00:16:04.759><c> what</c><00:16:05.039><c> is</c>

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there<00:16:05.820><c> in</c><00:16:06.080><c> all</c><00:16:06.360><c> of</c><00:16:06.539><c> God's</c><00:16:06.980><c> creation</c><00:16:07.620><c> that</c><00:16:08.860><c> can</c><00:16:09.080><c> replace</c><00:16:09.600><c> God</c>

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who<00:16:10.220><c> has</c><00:16:10.480><c> made</c><00:16:10.679><c> it</c><00:16:10.879><c> all?</c>

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The<00:16:11.200><c> sun,</c><00:16:11.759><c> the</c><00:16:11.879><c> moon,</c><00:16:13.399><c> the</c><00:16:13.759><c> elephant</c><00:16:14.220><c> headed</c><00:16:15.000><c> god</c><00:16:15.419><c> Ganesh,</c>

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the<00:16:17.779><c> human</c><00:16:18.100><c> headed</c><00:16:18.399><c> fish</c><00:16:19.039><c> Dagon.</c>

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What<00:16:21.620><c> is</c><00:16:22.100><c> there</c><00:16:22.320><c> in</c><00:16:22.500><c> all</c><00:16:22.779><c> of</c><00:16:22.940><c> God's</c><00:16:23.340><c> creation</c><00:16:23.840><c> that</c><00:16:24.059><c> is</c><00:16:24.399><c> greater</c><00:16:24.799><c> than</c><00:16:25.039><c> he?</c>

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To<00:16:26.159><c> whom</c><00:16:26.440><c> then</c><00:16:26.639><c> will</c><00:16:26.820><c> you</c><00:16:27.000><c> liken</c><00:16:27.279><c> me</c><00:16:27.500><c> or</c><00:16:27.639><c> to</c><00:16:27.820><c> whom</c><00:16:28.019><c> shall</c><00:16:28.279><c> I</c><00:16:28.759><c> be</c>

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equal,<00:16:29.500><c> says</c><00:16:29.539><c> the</c><00:16:29.779><c> Holy</c><00:16:30.059><c> One.</c>

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Lift<00:16:31.179><c> up</c><00:16:31.399><c> your</c><00:16:31.639><c> eyes</c><00:16:32.000><c> on</c><00:16:32.259><c> high</c><00:16:32.500><c> and</c><00:16:32.899><c> see</c><00:16:33.259><c> who</c><00:16:33.940><c> has</c><00:16:34.360><c> created</c><00:16:35.059><c> these</c><00:16:35.759><c> things,</c><00:16:36.679><c> who</c>

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brings<00:16:37.419><c> out</c><00:16:37.720><c> their</c><00:16:37.940><c> host</c><00:16:38.259><c> by</c><00:16:38.620><c> number.</c>

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He<00:16:40.179><c> calls</c><00:16:40.799><c> them</c><00:16:41.000><c> all</c><00:16:41.139><c> by</c><00:16:41.440><c> name,</c><00:16:42.559><c> by</c><00:16:42.779><c> the</c><00:16:43.100><c> greatness</c><00:16:43.360><c> of</c><00:16:43.620><c> his</c><00:16:43.899><c> might</c><00:16:44.200><c> and</c><00:16:44.679><c> strength</c><00:16:45.379><c> of</c>

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or<00:16:55.980><c> him</c><00:16:56.480><c> who</c><00:16:57.179><c> made</c><00:16:57.799><c> all</c><00:16:58.440><c> those</c><00:16:58.840><c> things.</c>

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Now<00:16:59.940><c> I</c><00:17:00.139><c> know,</c><00:17:02.259><c> even</c><00:17:02.360><c> though</c><00:17:02.559><c> Ganesh</c><00:17:03.139><c> is</c><00:17:03.779><c> a</c><00:17:04.099><c> modern</c><00:17:05.640><c> god,</c><00:17:07.720><c> idol</c>

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that<00:17:08.440><c> is</c><00:17:08.680><c> worshiped</c><00:17:09.140><c> in</c><00:17:09.460><c> certain</c><00:17:09.740><c> parts</c><00:17:10.059><c> of</c><00:17:10.240><c> the</c><00:17:10.400><c> world,</c>

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and<00:17:12.579><c> the</c><00:17:12.720><c> rest</c><00:17:12.980><c> are</c><00:17:13.380><c> ancient</c><00:17:14.059><c> gods</c><00:17:14.640><c> that</c><00:17:15.119><c> were</c><00:17:15.319><c> worshiped</c><00:17:15.940><c> in</c>

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this<00:17:16.460><c> age</c><00:17:16.759><c> of</c><00:17:17.099><c> scientific</c><00:17:17.819><c> enlightenment,</c>

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when<00:17:19.319><c> we</c><00:17:19.519><c> have</c><00:17:19.720><c> uncovered</c><00:17:20.099><c> so</c><00:17:20.579><c> many</c><00:17:20.819><c> of</c><00:17:20.920><c> the</c><00:17:21.200><c> mysteries</c><00:17:21.700><c> of</c>

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creation<00:17:22.680><c> and</c><00:17:22.880><c> the</c><00:17:23.119><c> world,</c>

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there's<00:17:24.940><c> really</c><00:17:25.279><c> not</c><00:17:25.519><c> a</c><00:17:25.700><c> place</c><00:17:25.940><c> for</c><00:17:26.279><c> idolatry</c><00:17:26.940><c> today</c><00:17:27.339><c> and</c><00:17:27.539><c> most</c><00:17:27.880><c> people,</c><00:17:28.400><c> I</c>

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guess,<00:17:29.559><c> in</c><00:17:29.779><c> the</c><00:17:30.339><c> scientific</c><00:17:30.960><c> enlightened</c><00:17:31.579><c> part</c><00:17:31.880><c> of</c><00:17:32.039><c> the</c><00:17:32.220><c> world</c>

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don't<00:17:33.140><c> really</c><00:17:34.059><c> get</c><00:17:34.440><c> involved</c><00:17:34.960><c> with</c><00:17:35.259><c> this</c><00:17:35.940><c> because</c><00:17:36.480><c> they</c><00:17:36.759><c> know</c>

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better,<00:17:37.400><c> right?</c>

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Well<00:17:38.960><c> then,</c><00:17:39.200><c> so</c><00:17:39.380><c> how</c><00:17:39.579><c> do</c><00:17:39.779><c> you</c><00:17:40.119><c> explain</c><00:17:40.539><c> the</c><00:17:41.400><c> immense</c><00:17:41.779><c> popularity</c><00:17:42.500><c> of</c><00:17:42.819><c> astrology</c><00:17:43.480><c> in</c>

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our<00:17:44.500><c> enlightened</c><00:17:45.059><c> and</c><00:17:45.480><c> cultured</c><00:17:46.140><c> world,</c><00:17:46.720><c> right?</c>

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That<00:17:48.299><c> literally</c><00:17:48.859><c> means,</c><00:17:49.720><c> and</c><00:17:49.900><c> this</c><00:17:50.019><c> is</c><00:17:50.220><c> the</c><00:17:50.400><c> foundation</c><00:17:50.980><c> ideas</c><00:17:51.460><c> behind</c><00:17:51.920><c> it,</c>

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that<00:17:52.400><c> you're</c><00:17:52.720><c> led</c><00:17:53.000><c> by</c><00:17:53.279><c> the</c><00:17:53.660><c> stars</c><00:17:54.599><c> whom</c><00:17:55.880><c> God</c><00:17:56.160><c> created</c><00:17:56.680><c> on</c><00:17:56.880><c> the</c>

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fourth<00:17:57.319><c> day.</c>

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And<00:17:59.720><c> therefore</c><00:18:00.000><c> you</c><00:18:00.200><c> have</c><00:18:00.380><c> these</c><00:18:00.740><c> horoscopes,</c><00:18:02.099><c> right?</c>

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These<00:18:02.759><c> predictions</c><00:18:03.440><c> that</c><00:18:03.799><c> tell</c><00:18:03.920><c> you</c><00:18:04.059><c> how</c><00:18:04.220><c> to</c><00:18:04.400><c> live</c><00:18:04.579><c> your</c><00:18:04.859><c> day</c>

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each<00:18:05.559><c> day</c><00:18:05.960><c> so</c><00:18:06.400><c> that</c><00:18:06.619><c> you</c><00:18:06.779><c> don't</c><00:18:07.000><c> do</c><00:18:07.200><c> the</c><00:18:07.480><c> wrong</c><00:18:07.799><c> thing</c>

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and<00:18:08.279><c> run</c><00:18:08.539><c> counter</c><00:18:09.079><c> to</c><00:18:09.339><c> the</c><00:18:09.519><c> course</c><00:18:09.720><c> of</c><00:18:09.900><c> the</c><00:18:10.140><c> stars,</c><00:18:10.519><c> right?</c>

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You<00:18:11.220><c> live</c><00:18:11.380><c> in</c><00:18:11.680><c> harmony</c><00:18:12.119><c> with</c><00:18:12.380><c> the</c><00:18:12.660><c> stars.</c>

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You<00:18:13.579><c> know,</c><00:18:14.720><c> it</c><00:18:14.779><c> is</c><00:18:14.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:15.460><c> who</c><00:18:15.799><c> said,</c><00:18:16.240><c> stand</c><00:18:16.559><c> now</c><00:18:16.859><c> with</c><00:18:17.079><c> your</c>

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enchantments<00:18:17.940><c> and</c><00:18:18.099><c> the</c><00:18:18.279><c> multitude</c><00:18:18.680><c> of</c><00:18:18.880><c> your</c><00:18:19.140><c> sorceries.</c>

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Let<00:18:20.119><c> now</c><00:18:20.519><c> the</c><00:18:21.059><c> astrologers,</c><00:18:22.059><c> the</c><00:18:22.380><c> stargazers,</c><00:18:23.059><c> and</c><00:18:23.339><c> monthly</c>

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prognosticators<00:18:24.859><c> stand</c><00:18:25.480><c> up</c><00:18:25.720><c> and</c><00:18:25.980><c> save</c><00:18:26.180><c> you.</c>

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And<00:18:26.700><c> this</c><00:18:26.859><c> is</c><00:18:26.980><c> what</c><00:18:27.079><c> he</c><00:18:27.240><c> was</c><00:18:27.440><c> addressing</c><00:18:27.779><c> to</c><00:18:28.019><c> his</c><00:18:28.240><c> people</c><00:18:28.460><c> Israel</c><00:18:29.259><c> when</c>

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they<00:18:30.920><c> were</c><00:18:31.140><c> influenced</c><00:18:31.519><c> by</c><00:18:31.759><c> the</c><00:18:31.960><c> Babylonians.</c>

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Same<00:18:35.700><c> thing</c><00:18:36.220><c> as</c><00:18:38.200><c> we</c><00:18:38.420><c> see</c><00:18:38.579><c> today.</c>

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How<00:18:42.119><c> far</c><00:18:42.440><c> are</c><00:18:42.720><c> we</c><00:18:43.339><c> influenced</c><00:18:44.319><c> by</c><00:18:44.900><c> some</c><00:18:45.140><c> of</c><00:18:45.299><c> these</c><00:18:45.559><c> things?</c>

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You<00:18:47.140><c> don't</c><00:18:47.319><c> ever</c><00:18:47.680><c> peek</c><00:18:47.960><c> at</c><00:18:48.140><c> a</c><00:18:48.319><c> horoscope,</c><00:18:49.019><c> do</c><00:18:49.039><c> you?</c>

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No,<00:18:51.799><c> so</c><00:18:51.980><c> we</c><00:18:52.099><c> don't</c><00:18:52.259><c> do</c><00:18:52.420><c> any</c><00:18:52.599><c> of</c><00:18:52.740><c> that.</c>

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Well,<00:18:54.319><c> how</c><00:18:54.799><c> about</c><00:18:55.440><c> luck</c><00:18:56.579><c> and</c><00:18:56.960><c> fortune?</c>

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You<00:18:58.480><c> know,</c><00:18:58.480><c> those</c><00:18:58.599><c> are</c><00:18:58.819><c> gods,</c><00:18:59.240><c> the</c><00:18:59.380><c> god</c><00:18:59.539><c> of</c><00:18:59.720><c> luck</c><00:18:59.900><c> and</c><00:19:00.079><c> the</c><00:19:00.200><c> god</c>

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of<00:19:00.640><c> fortune.</c>

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Those<00:19:01.420><c> are</c><00:19:01.700><c> gods</c><00:19:02.019><c> that</c><00:19:02.200><c> are</c><00:19:02.380><c> worshiped</c><00:19:02.859><c> today.</c>

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You<00:19:03.660><c> know,</c><00:19:03.740><c> you</c><00:19:03.880><c> can</c><00:19:04.140><c> kind</c><00:19:04.279><c> of</c><00:19:04.460><c> see</c><00:19:04.579><c> how</c><00:19:04.759><c> they're</c><00:19:05.000><c> worshiped</c><00:19:05.380><c> today.</c>

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Have<00:19:05.920><c> any</c><00:19:06.240><c> of</c><00:19:06.319><c> you</c><00:19:06.500><c> ever</c><00:19:07.099><c> kind</c><00:19:07.319><c> of</c><00:19:07.799><c> secretly</c><00:19:08.339><c> wished</c><00:19:08.839><c> that</c><00:19:10.180><c> it</c>

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would<00:19:11.099><c> be</c><00:19:11.099><c> great</c><00:19:11.559><c> to</c><00:19:12.099><c> win</c><00:19:12.339><c> the</c><00:19:12.599><c> lottery?</c>

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And<00:19:15.019><c> you</c><00:19:15.140><c> know</c><00:19:15.279><c> what?</c>

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I'd<00:19:16.099><c> give</c><00:19:16.339><c> half</c><00:19:16.799><c> of</c><00:19:17.160><c> my</c><00:19:17.339><c> money</c><00:19:17.660><c> to</c><00:19:17.920><c> the</c><00:19:18.200><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:19:20.000><c> right?</c>

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Or<00:19:21.420><c> have</c><00:19:21.619><c> you</c><00:19:21.819><c> ever</c><00:19:22.420><c> quietly</c><00:19:23.299><c> just</c><00:19:23.759><c> purchased</c><00:19:24.180><c> one</c><00:19:24.440><c> of</c><00:19:24.480><c> those</c>

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little<00:19:25.059><c> lottery</c><00:19:25.400><c> tickets</c>

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just<00:19:26.539><c> on</c><00:19:26.940><c> the</c><00:19:27.619><c> chance</c><00:19:28.420><c> that</c><00:19:29.200><c> you</c><00:19:29.380><c> might,</c><00:19:29.819><c> you</c><00:19:30.220><c> know,</c><00:19:30.440><c> win</c><00:19:30.740><c> something</c><00:19:31.160><c> from</c>

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it,<00:19:32.339><c> you</c><00:19:32.640><c> see?</c>

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In<00:19:34.359><c> our</c><00:19:34.599><c> enlightened</c><00:19:35.099><c> age,</c><00:19:36.299><c> there</c><00:19:36.299><c> are</c><00:19:37.539><c> still</c><00:19:37.660><c> replacements</c>

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for<00:19:39.119><c> Almighty</c><00:19:39.640><c> God</c>

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that<00:19:41.339><c> tempt</c><00:19:41.700><c> us</c><00:19:42.079><c> and</c><00:19:42.259><c> would</c><00:19:42.720><c> draw</c><00:19:42.900><c> us</c><00:19:43.279><c> into</c><00:19:43.460><c> their</c><00:19:44.880><c> worship,</c>

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if<00:19:45.420><c> you</c><00:19:45.579><c> like.</c>

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And<00:19:47.940><c> what</c><00:19:48.480><c> about</c><00:19:49.779><c> the</c><00:19:50.240><c> god</c><00:19:50.500><c> of</c><00:19:50.839><c> humanism?</c>

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What<00:19:54.099><c> about</c><00:19:55.140><c> that</c><00:19:56.059><c> theory</c><00:19:56.579><c> that</c><00:19:57.599><c> would</c><00:19:57.980><c> state</c><00:19:58.380><c> that</c><00:19:58.819><c> nature</c>

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and<00:20:00.420><c> the</c><00:20:00.559><c> laws</c><00:20:01.000><c> of</c><00:20:01.319><c> nature</c><00:20:01.900><c> are</c><00:20:02.579><c> what</c><00:20:02.819><c> brought</c><00:20:03.200><c> everything</c>

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into<00:20:04.359><c> existence?</c>

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In<00:20:05.200><c> fact,</c><00:20:05.420><c> I</c><00:20:05.519><c> was</c><00:20:05.700><c> just</c><00:20:05.960><c> reading</c><00:20:06.259><c> something</c><00:20:06.599><c> about</c><00:20:06.900><c> Stephen</c><00:20:07.339><c> Hawking,</c>

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and<00:20:08.140><c> that's</c><00:20:09.720><c> that</c><00:20:09.720><c> guy</c><00:20:10.059><c> in</c><00:20:10.279><c> England,</c><00:20:10.819><c> the</c><00:20:11.059><c> one</c><00:20:11.220><c> that</c><00:20:11.420><c> can't</c>

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even<00:20:11.960><c> speak.</c>

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He<00:20:12.319><c> just</c><00:20:12.539><c> uses</c><00:20:12.799><c> his</c><00:20:13.079><c> eyes</c><00:20:13.380><c> to</c><00:20:13.619><c> communicate</c><00:20:14.579><c> these</c><00:20:15.700><c> days.</c>

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And<00:20:17.220><c> he</c><00:20:17.400><c> was</c><00:20:17.539><c> saying,</c><00:20:18.740><c> doesn't</c><00:20:18.859><c> believe</c><00:20:19.220><c> in</c><00:20:19.480><c> God</c><00:20:19.640><c> at</c><00:20:19.920><c> all.</c>

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Death,<00:20:22.619><c> the</c><00:20:22.759><c> end</c><00:20:22.940><c> of</c><00:20:23.140><c> all</c><00:20:23.279><c> of</c><00:20:23.400><c> it.</c>

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He's<00:20:24.200><c> not</c><00:20:24.380><c> worried</c><00:20:24.640><c> about</c><00:20:24.940><c> that.</c>

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He<00:20:25.299><c> said,</c><00:20:25.480><c> I've</c><00:20:26.059><c> faced</c><00:20:26.259><c> that</c><00:20:26.599><c> long</c><00:20:26.859><c> ago.</c>

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Because<00:20:29.579><c> you</c><00:20:29.660><c> know</c><00:20:29.819><c> why?</c>

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Because<00:20:30.440><c> he</c><00:20:30.619><c> says,</c><00:20:30.799><c> you</c><00:20:30.799><c> know,</c><00:20:31.319><c> random</c><00:20:31.579><c> fluctuations</c><00:20:32.279><c> of</c><00:20:32.640><c> gravity.</c>

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That's<00:20:33.799><c> what</c><00:20:33.940><c> brought</c><00:20:34.160><c> in</c><00:20:34.420><c> all</c><00:20:34.579><c> the</c><00:20:34.920><c> universes</c><00:20:35.279><c> into</c><00:20:35.640><c> existence.</c>

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Multiple<00:20:36.819><c> universes,</c><00:20:37.359><c> you</c><00:20:37.559><c> see.</c>

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And<00:20:38.000><c> we</c><00:20:38.119><c> just</c><00:20:38.319><c> got</c><00:20:38.460><c> lucky</c><00:20:38.740><c> because</c><00:20:38.900><c> we</c><00:20:39.140><c> got</c><00:20:39.259><c> in</c><00:20:39.380><c> the</c><00:20:39.519><c> right</c><00:20:39.720><c> one.</c>

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And<00:20:40.940><c> here</c><00:20:41.160><c> all</c><00:20:41.339><c> the</c><00:20:41.539><c> laws</c><00:20:41.759><c> just</c><00:20:42.059><c> happen</c><00:20:42.200><c> to</c><00:20:42.359><c> be</c><00:20:42.599><c> exactly</c><00:20:43.039><c> perfect.</c>

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So<00:20:44.380><c> that</c><00:20:44.680><c> everything</c><00:20:45.140><c> as</c><00:20:45.299><c> it</c><00:20:45.599><c> developed</c><00:20:45.980><c> would</c><00:20:46.480><c> bring</c><00:20:46.720><c> about</c>

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the<00:20:47.259><c> very</c><00:20:47.579><c> situation</c>

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in<00:20:48.440><c> which</c><00:20:48.619><c> we're</c><00:20:48.920><c> standing</c><00:20:49.240><c> right</c><00:20:49.579><c> now,</c><00:20:49.779><c> this</c><00:20:50.059><c> earth,</c>

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in<00:20:50.579><c> the</c><00:20:50.700><c> right</c><00:20:50.880><c> distance</c><00:20:51.259><c> from</c><00:20:51.460><c> the</c><00:20:51.640><c> sun</c><00:20:51.819><c> and</c><00:20:51.960><c> the</c><00:20:52.099><c> right</c><00:20:52.279><c> galaxy</c><00:20:52.740><c> and</c>

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all<00:20:53.140><c> of</c><00:20:53.259><c> this</c><00:20:53.359><c> other</c><00:20:53.579><c> stuff.</c>

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Random<00:20:55.599><c> stuff.</c>

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You<00:20:57.079><c> see,</c><00:20:57.599><c> the</c><00:20:57.640><c> theory</c><00:20:57.859><c> of</c><00:20:58.019><c> evolution,</c><00:20:59.779><c> understand</c><00:21:00.319><c> this.</c>

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It's<00:21:01.619><c> not</c><00:21:02.000><c> just</c><00:21:02.400><c> about</c><00:21:02.759><c> explaining</c><00:21:03.559><c> the</c><00:21:04.140><c> origins</c><00:21:04.900><c> of</c><00:21:06.079><c> the</c><00:21:06.319><c> universe</c><00:21:06.880><c> and</c>

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of<00:21:07.359><c> life</c><00:21:07.559><c> on</c><00:21:07.880><c> it.</c>

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Today,<00:21:11.259><c> evolution</c><00:21:11.819><c> is</c><00:21:12.099><c> being</c><00:21:12.579><c> used</c><00:21:13.140><c> as</c><00:21:13.539><c> the</c><00:21:14.039><c> explanatory</c><00:21:14.740><c> principle</c>

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of<00:21:16.440><c> every</c><00:21:17.059><c> facet</c><00:21:17.500><c> of</c><00:21:17.720><c> human</c><00:21:18.019><c> life,</c><00:21:18.799><c> our</c><00:21:19.099><c> culture,</c><00:21:19.619><c> our</c><00:21:19.839><c> society,</c>

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the<00:21:20.900><c> values</c><00:21:21.619><c> that</c><00:21:21.859><c> we</c><00:21:22.099><c> hold,</c><00:21:23.480><c> that</c><00:21:23.660><c> we</c><00:21:23.980><c> think</c><00:21:24.200><c> are</c><00:21:24.660><c> maybe</c><00:21:24.980><c> biblical</c><00:21:25.339><c> or</c><00:21:25.640><c> something.</c>

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They're<00:21:26.740><c> explaining</c><00:21:27.160><c> all</c><00:21:27.500><c> of</c><00:21:27.680><c> these</c><00:21:27.839><c> in</c><00:21:28.019><c> terms</c><00:21:28.319><c> of</c><00:21:28.539><c> evolution.</c>

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And<00:21:29.619><c> to</c><00:21:29.779><c> my</c><00:21:30.079><c> shock,</c><00:21:32.039><c> I</c><00:21:32.160><c> recently,</c><00:21:33.019><c> something</c><00:21:33.160><c> my</c><00:21:33.400><c> son</c><00:21:33.640><c> forwarded</c><00:21:34.240><c> to</c><00:21:34.299><c> me</c>

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from<00:21:35.339><c> Ecclesial</c><00:21:35.839><c> Discuss.</c>

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Anyone<00:21:36.640><c> know</c><00:21:36.940><c> about</c><00:21:37.180><c> Ecclesial</c><00:21:37.720><c> Discuss,</c><00:21:38.160><c> ED?</c>

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Ecclesial<00:21:40.099><c> Discuss?</c>

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Well,<00:21:40.940><c> all</c><00:21:41.140><c> right,</c><00:21:41.240><c> you're</c><00:21:41.400><c> lucky.</c>

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So<00:21:41.839><c> you're</c><00:21:41.980><c> not</c><00:21:42.079><c> exposed</c><00:21:42.440><c> to</c><00:21:42.640><c> that</c><00:21:42.859><c> part</c><00:21:43.059><c> of</c><00:21:43.259><c> the</c><00:21:43.380><c> Christodophian</c><00:21:43.940><c> world.</c>

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There<00:21:44.880><c> is</c><00:21:45.119><c> a</c><00:21:45.279><c> brother,</c><00:21:45.640><c> a</c><00:21:45.720><c> prominent</c><00:21:46.000><c> brother,</c><00:21:46.619><c> I</c><00:21:46.819><c> don't</c><00:21:46.960><c> know</c>

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if<00:21:47.140><c> it's</c><00:21:47.380><c> Australia</c><00:21:47.720><c> or</c><00:21:47.779><c> New</c><00:21:48.019><c> Zealand.</c>

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He's<00:21:48.480><c> a</c><00:21:48.619><c> medical</c><00:21:48.960><c> doctor.</c>

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And<00:21:49.920><c> he</c><00:21:50.039><c> was</c><00:21:50.279><c> arguing</c><00:21:50.579><c> with</c><00:21:50.799><c> two</c><00:21:51.019><c> other</c><00:21:51.299><c> brethren.</c>

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That's<00:21:51.720><c> what</c><00:21:51.819><c> they</c><00:21:52.019><c> do</c><00:21:52.180><c> on</c><00:21:52.400><c> ED</c><00:21:52.599><c> is</c><00:21:52.740><c> they</c><00:21:52.980><c> argue</c><00:21:53.220><c> with</c><00:21:53.440><c> each</c>

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other,<00:21:53.980><c> right?</c>

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Sometimes<00:21:54.819><c> not</c><00:21:55.019><c> very</c><00:21:55.380><c> politely,</c><00:21:55.799><c> which</c><00:21:56.140><c> really</c><00:21:56.700><c> disturbs</c><00:21:57.039><c> my</c><00:21:57.299><c> son,</c>

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but<00:21:57.940><c> that's</c><00:21:58.700><c> how</c><00:21:58.900><c> they</c><00:21:59.119><c> kind</c><00:21:59.259><c> of</c><00:21:59.400><c> conduct</c><00:21:59.599><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:22:01.160><c> he</c><00:22:01.640><c> was</c><00:22:02.299><c> basically</c><00:22:03.160><c> telling</c><00:22:03.720><c> these</c><00:22:04.160><c> two</c><00:22:04.400><c> younger</c><00:22:04.740><c> brethren</c>

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who<00:22:06.299><c> were</c><00:22:06.599><c> arguing</c><00:22:07.059><c> that</c><00:22:07.299><c> Genesis</c><00:22:07.700><c> 1</c><00:22:07.940><c> is</c><00:22:08.299><c> true</c><00:22:08.900><c> as</c><00:22:10.240><c> read</c><00:22:10.740><c> that</c>

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they<00:22:12.940><c> just</c><00:22:13.259><c> didn't</c><00:22:13.720><c> understand.</c>

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Even<00:22:16.380><c> in</c><00:22:16.579><c> the</c><00:22:16.839><c> medical</c><00:22:17.279><c> world,</c><00:22:17.640><c> he</c><00:22:17.880><c> says,</c><00:22:19.599><c> the</c><00:22:19.880><c> evolutionary</c><00:22:20.900><c> doctrine,</c>

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the<00:22:23.079><c> fact</c><00:22:23.400><c> of</c><00:22:23.660><c> evolution</c><00:22:24.279><c> is</c><00:22:25.319><c> absolutely</c><00:22:26.019><c> vital</c><00:22:26.779><c> to</c><00:22:27.059><c> understanding</c><00:22:28.000><c> the</c><00:22:28.480><c> workings</c><00:22:29.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:29.480><c> human</c><00:22:29.720><c> body.</c>

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That's<00:22:31.900><c> a</c><00:22:32.039><c> brother</c><00:22:32.579><c> that</c><00:22:33.720><c> said</c><00:22:33.880><c> that.</c>

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And<00:22:35.640><c> I</c><00:22:35.799><c> thought</c><00:22:35.960><c> to</c><00:22:36.180><c> myself,</c><00:22:37.180><c> you</c><00:22:37.299><c> know,</c><00:22:37.500><c> just</c><00:22:37.920><c> that</c><00:22:38.339><c> week</c><00:22:38.640><c> I</c>

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had<00:22:39.099><c> read</c><00:22:39.299><c> how</c><00:22:39.539><c> in</c><00:22:39.799><c> the</c><00:22:40.059><c> evangelical</c><00:22:40.619><c> community,</c>

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something<00:22:42.440><c> called</c><00:22:42.900><c> bio</c><00:22:43.480><c> logos,</c><00:22:44.960><c> just</c><00:22:44.960><c> put</c><00:22:45.220><c> that</c><00:22:45.400><c> in</c><00:22:45.500><c> the</c><00:22:45.619><c> back</c>

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of<00:22:45.880><c> your</c><00:22:46.019><c> mind.</c>

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You<00:22:46.220><c> may</c><00:22:46.440><c> start</c><00:22:46.720><c> hearing</c><00:22:47.079><c> about</c><00:22:47.359><c> this.</c>

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Bio<00:22:48.180><c> logos</c><00:22:48.539><c> is</c><00:22:48.819><c> a</c><00:22:49.240><c> group</c><00:22:49.599><c> of</c><00:22:50.720><c> evangelical</c><00:22:51.819><c> scholars</c><00:22:52.700><c> and</c><00:22:53.119><c> scientists</c><00:22:53.799><c> that</c>

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believe<00:22:54.819><c> evolution</c><00:22:55.640><c> is</c><00:22:56.880><c> fact.</c>

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And<00:22:59.500><c> therefore,</c><00:23:00.599><c> Genesis</c><00:23:00.940><c> has</c><00:23:01.240><c> to</c><00:23:01.420><c> be</c><00:23:01.619><c> explained</c><00:23:02.220><c> in</c><00:23:02.500><c> light</c>

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of<00:23:03.059><c> that</c><00:23:03.359><c> theory.</c>

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So<00:23:05.519><c> the</c><00:23:06.240><c> world</c><00:23:06.680><c> in</c><00:23:06.900><c> which</c><00:23:07.079><c> we're</c><00:23:07.319><c> living</c><00:23:07.720><c> is</c><00:23:09.019><c> very</c><00:23:09.539><c> rapidly.</c>

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And<00:23:10.779><c> you</c><00:23:10.940><c> young</c><00:23:11.160><c> people,</c><00:23:11.519><c> this</c><00:23:11.700><c> is</c><00:23:11.859><c> what</c><00:23:12.200><c> you</c><00:23:12.640><c> are</c><00:23:12.779><c> being</c><00:23:13.059><c> exposed</c><00:23:13.619><c> to</c>

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day<00:23:14.240><c> in</c><00:23:14.460><c> and</c><00:23:14.640><c> day</c><00:23:14.880><c> out.</c>

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Everything,<00:23:16.599><c> whether</c><00:23:16.819><c> it's</c><00:23:17.160><c> history,</c><00:23:18.359><c> whether</c><00:23:18.420><c> it's</c><00:23:19.279><c> human</c>

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life,<00:23:20.059><c> as</c><00:23:20.140><c> I</c><00:23:20.440><c> said,</c><00:23:21.119><c> or</c><00:23:21.319><c> biology,</c>

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everything<00:23:22.539><c> is</c><00:23:22.779><c> being</c><00:23:23.059><c> explained</c><00:23:23.579><c> by</c><00:23:23.839><c> this</c><00:23:24.180><c> theory.</c>

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And<00:23:25.420><c> so</c><00:23:26.039><c> as</c><00:23:26.700><c> a</c><00:23:26.759><c> result</c><00:23:27.240><c> is</c><00:23:27.640><c> right</c><00:23:28.059><c> and</c><00:23:28.619><c> wrong</c><00:23:29.220><c> being</c><00:23:30.240><c> altered</c>

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by<00:23:31.579><c> this</c><00:23:31.839><c> God.</c>

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There<00:23:33.680><c> is</c><00:23:33.900><c> a</c><00:23:34.059><c> man</c><00:23:34.220><c> named</c><00:23:35.119><c> Michael</c><00:23:35.559><c> Dennett,</c><00:23:37.019><c> excuse</c><00:23:37.019><c> me,</c>

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Daniel<00:23:37.720><c> Dennett.</c>

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He's<00:23:38.339><c> an</c><00:23:38.539><c> atheist</c><00:23:38.900><c> philosopher.</c><00:23:39.660><c> He</c><00:23:39.660><c> wrote</c><00:23:39.839><c> a</c><00:23:40.039><c> book.</c>

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It's<00:23:40.839><c> called</c><00:23:41.099><c> Darwin's</c><00:23:41.799><c> Dangerous</c><00:23:42.380><c> Idea</c><00:23:43.099><c> and</c><00:23:44.140><c> the</c><00:23:44.420><c> Evolution</c>

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and<00:23:45.339><c> the</c><00:23:45.579><c> Meaning</c><00:23:45.880><c> of</c><00:23:46.140><c> Life.</c>

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And<00:23:46.960><c> here's</c><00:23:47.140><c> what</c><00:23:47.299><c> he</c><00:23:47.559><c> said.</c>

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He<00:23:48.660><c> said</c><00:23:48.980><c> that</c><00:23:49.440><c> evolution</c><00:23:49.940><c> is</c><00:23:50.180><c> like</c><00:23:50.319><c> a</c><00:23:50.720><c> universal</c><00:23:51.319><c> acid.</c>

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There's<00:23:53.779><c> nothing</c><00:23:54.140><c> that</c><00:23:54.380><c> you</c><00:23:54.519><c> can</c><00:23:54.779><c> put</c><00:23:55.000><c> it</c><00:23:55.180><c> in</c><00:23:55.339><c> that</c><00:23:55.480><c> it</c><00:23:55.720><c> won't</c>

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eat<00:23:56.940><c> through</c><00:23:57.339><c> and</c><00:23:57.819><c> corrupt.</c>

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Here's<00:23:59.180><c> how</c><00:23:59.359><c> he</c><00:23:59.680><c> made</c><00:24:00.059><c> the</c><00:24:00.339><c> statement.</c>

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He<00:24:01.000><c> said</c><00:24:01.319><c> creationists</c><00:24:02.240><c> are</c><00:24:02.599><c> right</c><00:24:02.799><c> about</c><00:24:03.160><c> one</c><00:24:03.559><c> thing.</c>

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Darwin's<00:24:04.859><c> dangerous</c><00:24:05.440><c> idea</c><00:24:06.000><c> cuts</c><00:24:06.319><c> much</c><00:24:06.900><c> deeper</c><00:24:07.480><c> into</c><00:24:07.940><c> the</c><00:24:08.259><c> fabric</c><00:24:08.579><c> of</c>

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our<00:24:08.940><c> most</c><00:24:09.319><c> fundamental</c><00:24:09.859><c> beliefs</c>

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than<00:24:10.900><c> many</c><00:24:11.319><c> of</c><00:24:11.480><c> his</c><00:24:11.720><c> sophisticated</c><00:24:12.279><c> apologists</c><00:24:12.859><c> have</c><00:24:13.059><c> yet</c><00:24:13.259><c> admitted.</c>

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Many<00:24:14.460><c> people</c><00:24:14.839><c> still</c><00:24:15.140><c> have</c><00:24:15.299><c> not</c><00:24:15.460><c> come</c><00:24:15.680><c> to</c><00:24:15.900><c> terms</c><00:24:16.119><c> with</c><00:24:16.299><c> its</c>

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mind<00:24:17.119><c> boggling</c><00:24:17.660><c> implications.</c>

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You<00:24:20.119><c> know</c><00:24:20.299><c> what?</c>

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The<00:24:22.000><c> latter</c><00:24:22.579><c> part</c><00:24:23.460><c> of</c><00:24:23.680><c> Romans</c><00:24:24.059><c> chapter</c><00:24:24.799><c> one</c><00:24:26.819><c> presents</c><00:24:27.740><c> you</c><00:24:28.460><c> with</c><00:24:29.500><c> the</c><00:24:30.019><c> outcome</c><00:24:30.599><c> of</c>

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men<00:24:31.319><c> and</c><00:24:31.640><c> women</c>

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who<00:24:33.019><c> embrace</c><00:24:33.779><c> and</c><00:24:34.259><c> worship</c><00:24:34.779><c> nature,</c><00:24:36.559><c> the</c><00:24:36.920><c> thing</c><00:24:37.180><c> that</c><00:24:37.420><c> God</c>

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created<00:24:38.720><c> rather</c><00:24:40.319><c> than</c><00:24:40.700><c> him</c><00:24:41.400><c> who</c><00:24:42.119><c> creates.</c>

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So<00:24:47.140><c> our</c><00:24:48.420><c> world</c><00:24:48.619><c> is</c><00:24:48.839><c> being</c><00:24:49.140><c> changed.</c>

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I<00:24:50.039><c> don't</c><00:24:50.259><c> know,</c><00:24:50.880><c> brethren</c><00:24:51.039><c> and</c><00:24:51.279><c> sisters.</c>

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Well,<00:24:51.799><c> I</c><00:24:51.900><c> do</c><00:24:52.119><c> know</c><00:24:52.279><c> in</c><00:24:52.480><c> some</c><00:24:52.680><c> cases</c><00:24:53.180><c> how</c><00:24:53.779><c> our</c><00:24:54.359><c> thinking,</c><00:24:54.880><c> even</c>

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as<00:24:55.279><c> the</c><00:24:55.440><c> Christadelphian</c><00:24:55.980><c> community,</c>

00:24:56.900 --> 00:25:02.700
have<00:24:57.099><c> been</c><00:24:57.579><c> altered,</c><00:24:59.599><c> what</c><00:24:59.759><c> we</c><00:25:00.000><c> now</c><00:25:00.279><c> consider</c><00:25:00.680><c> to</c><00:25:00.920><c> be</c><00:25:01.519><c> normal,</c>

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:07.619
that<00:25:04.019><c> 50</c><00:25:04.599><c> years</c><00:25:04.960><c> ago</c><00:25:05.359><c> we</c><00:25:05.839><c> would</c><00:25:06.160><c> not</c><00:25:06.359><c> even</c><00:25:06.579><c> have</c><00:25:06.859><c> entertained</c>

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:11.180
under<00:25:09.599><c> the</c><00:25:09.839><c> word</c><00:25:10.119><c> normal.</c>

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:18.680
Well,<00:25:13.579><c> there</c><00:25:13.720><c> are</c><00:25:13.799><c> other</c><00:25:13.980><c> gods,</c><00:25:14.279><c> of</c><00:25:14.500><c> course,</c><00:25:16.079><c> our</c><00:25:16.240><c> modern</c><00:25:16.599><c> gods</c><00:25:17.000><c> that</c><00:25:17.480><c> are</c><00:25:17.740><c> worshipped.</c>

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:21.700
You<00:25:19.180><c> know,</c><00:25:20.019><c> when</c><00:25:20.200><c> you</c><00:25:20.380><c> look</c><00:25:20.539><c> at</c><00:25:20.660><c> what</c><00:25:20.839><c> you</c><00:25:21.119><c> see</c><00:25:21.279><c> here,</c>

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:24.359
I<00:25:22.299><c> especially</c><00:25:22.599><c> like</c><00:25:22.799><c> this</c><00:25:23.039><c> one</c><00:25:23.160><c> up</c><00:25:23.359><c> here</c><00:25:23.460><c> which</c><00:25:23.619><c> you</c><00:25:23.720><c> can't</c><00:25:24.079><c> read,</c><00:25:24.200><c> so</c>

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.200
I'll<00:25:24.500><c> read</c><00:25:24.599><c> it</c><00:25:24.799><c> for</c><00:25:24.920><c> you.</c>

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:32.660
We<00:25:25.740><c> covet</c><00:25:26.200><c> because</c><00:25:27.559><c> sometimes</c><00:25:29.380><c> want</c><00:25:30.160><c> is</c><00:25:31.160><c> too</c><00:25:31.400><c> small</c><00:25:31.720><c> a</c><00:25:31.920><c> thing.</c>

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:36.319
Oh<00:25:34.160><c> no,</c><00:25:34.359><c> too</c><00:25:34.619><c> small</c><00:25:34.859><c> a</c><00:25:35.059><c> word,</c><00:25:35.339><c> excuse</c><00:25:35.579><c> me.</c>

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:40.900
We<00:25:36.980><c> covet</c><00:25:37.259><c> because</c><00:25:37.700><c> sometimes</c><00:25:38.799><c> want</c><00:25:39.319><c> is</c><00:25:39.779><c> too</c><00:25:40.140><c> small</c><00:25:40.420><c> a</c><00:25:40.660><c> word.</c>

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:43.500
And<00:25:41.319><c> you</c><00:25:41.420><c> know,</c><00:25:41.500><c> that</c><00:25:41.660><c> picks</c><00:25:41.859><c> up</c><00:25:42.079><c> exactly</c><00:25:42.480><c> what</c><00:25:42.720><c> Paul</c><00:25:43.019><c> says,</c>

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covetousness,<00:25:44.799><c> which</c><00:25:44.980><c> is</c><00:25:45.279><c> idolatry.</c>

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Think<00:25:46.359><c> about</c><00:25:46.579><c> what</c><00:25:46.720><c> he's</c><00:25:46.960><c> saying.</c>

00:25:50.799 --> 00:26:01.640
Whenever<00:25:51.759><c> that</c><00:25:52.720><c> thing</c><00:25:53.539><c> or</c><00:25:55.079><c> that</c><00:25:55.599><c> one</c><00:25:55.880><c> that</c><00:25:56.180><c> we</c><00:25:56.680><c> desire</c><00:25:57.480><c> to</c><00:25:57.779><c> possess</c><00:25:58.900><c> becomes</c><00:26:01.079><c> the</c>

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:04.140
force<00:26:02.000><c> that</c><00:26:02.319><c> drives</c><00:26:02.720><c> our</c><00:26:03.160><c> lives,</c>

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:09.140
the<00:26:05.420><c> thing</c><00:26:05.619><c> that</c><00:26:05.839><c> we</c><00:26:06.099><c> bow</c><00:26:06.420><c> before</c><00:26:07.019><c> because</c><00:26:07.400><c> we</c><00:26:07.859><c> want</c><00:26:08.160><c> it,</c>

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:17.319
that's<00:26:11.720><c> when</c><00:26:12.140><c> we</c><00:26:12.660><c> have</c><00:26:12.960><c> replaced</c><00:26:13.799><c> the</c><00:26:14.339><c> one</c><00:26:14.539><c> who</c><00:26:14.960><c> created</c><00:26:15.619><c> with</c>

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:21.440
those<00:26:17.980><c> things</c><00:26:18.440><c> that</c><00:26:18.859><c> have</c><00:26:19.500><c> been</c><00:26:20.059><c> created.</c>

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:28.099
Jesus,<00:26:24.359><c> remember,</c><00:26:25.559><c> you</c><00:26:26.019><c> cannot</c><00:26:26.319><c> serve</c><00:26:26.799><c> God</c><00:26:27.200><c> in</c><00:26:27.480><c> mammon.</c>

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:30.839
Either<00:26:28.559><c> you'll</c><00:26:28.859><c> hate</c><00:26:29.119><c> the</c><00:26:29.400><c> one,</c><00:26:29.680><c> love</c><00:26:29.940><c> the</c><00:26:30.220><c> other,</c><00:26:30.420><c> or</c><00:26:30.640><c> else</c>

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:33.420
you'll<00:26:31.079><c> be</c><00:26:31.279><c> loyal</c><00:26:31.539><c> to</c><00:26:31.720><c> the</c><00:26:31.900><c> one</c><00:26:32.059><c> and</c><00:26:32.279><c> despise</c><00:26:32.759><c> the</c><00:26:33.000><c> other.</c>

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:38.980
Or<00:26:34.420><c> again,</c><00:26:36.400><c> something</c><00:26:36.599><c> that</c><00:26:37.180><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:37.720><c> says,</c>

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:44.740
are<00:26:39.839><c> there</c><00:26:40.720><c> among</c><00:26:42.140><c> the</c><00:26:42.539><c> idols</c><00:26:42.859><c> of</c><00:26:43.099><c> the</c><00:26:43.279><c> nations</c><00:26:43.859><c> any</c><00:26:44.279><c> that</c><00:26:44.480><c> can</c>

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.059
cause<00:26:45.039><c> rain?</c>

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:49.000
Or<00:26:46.579><c> can</c><00:26:46.819><c> the</c><00:26:47.079><c> heavens</c><00:26:47.440><c> give</c><00:26:47.839><c> showers?</c>

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:52.779
Are<00:26:50.019><c> you</c><00:26:50.319><c> not</c><00:26:50.720><c> he,</c><00:26:51.240><c> O</c><00:26:51.400><c> Lord</c><00:26:51.599><c> our</c><00:26:51.920><c> God?</c>

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:59.319
Therefore<00:26:53.839><c> will</c><00:26:54.099><c> we</c><00:26:54.339><c> wait</c><00:26:54.680><c> for</c><00:26:55.359><c> you,</c><00:26:56.799><c> since</c><00:26:57.119><c> you</c><00:26:58.039><c> have</c><00:26:58.559><c> made</c>

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:01.200
all<00:26:59.819><c> these</c><00:27:00.240><c> things.</c>

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.940
And<00:27:01.640><c> so</c><00:27:01.740><c> what</c><00:27:01.859><c> do</c><00:27:01.960><c> we</c><00:27:02.099><c> learn</c><00:27:02.240><c> from</c><00:27:02.480><c> this?</c>

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:06.859
Well,<00:27:03.559><c> as</c><00:27:04.140><c> faith</c><00:27:04.559><c> grows,</c><00:27:05.299><c> there's</c><00:27:05.559><c> a</c><00:27:05.720><c> maturation</c><00:27:06.380><c> that</c><00:27:06.619><c> goes</c>

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on<00:27:07.160><c> in</c><00:27:07.500><c> faith.</c>

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:12.880
So<00:27:08.259><c> that</c><00:27:08.460><c> ultimately</c><00:27:08.819><c> we</c><00:27:09.240><c> come</c><00:27:09.559><c> to</c><00:27:09.920><c> worship</c><00:27:10.640><c> only</c><00:27:11.579><c> him</c><00:27:12.279><c> who</c>

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:15.839
created<00:27:13.599><c> all</c><00:27:14.359><c> things.</c>

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:25.559
Well,<00:27:21.640><c> that's</c><00:27:22.359><c> kind</c><00:27:22.500><c> of</c><00:27:22.640><c> like</c><00:27:22.819><c> the</c><00:27:23.099><c> basic</c><00:27:23.519><c> ABCs</c><00:27:24.099><c> of</c><00:27:24.279><c> life,</c><00:27:24.799><c> right?</c>

00:27:25.730 --> 00:27:30.539
Have<00:27:26.160><c> I</c><00:27:27.079><c> said</c><00:27:27.279><c> anything</c><00:27:27.680><c> that</c><00:27:28.740><c> isn't</c><00:27:29.180><c> anything</c><00:27:30.240><c> that</c><00:27:30.380><c> you</c>

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:32.700
haven't<00:27:30.799><c> appreciated</c><00:27:31.460><c> before?</c>

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:35.440
But<00:27:33.259><c> perhaps</c><00:27:33.460><c> as</c><00:27:33.640><c> you</c><00:27:33.799><c> step</c><00:27:34.019><c> back</c><00:27:34.359><c> and</c><00:27:34.539><c> realize</c><00:27:34.960><c> that</c><00:27:35.140><c> within</c>

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.819
five<00:27:36.039><c> words,</c>

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:44.539
we<00:27:37.339><c> have</c><00:27:37.500><c> been</c><00:27:37.720><c> introduced</c><00:27:38.440><c> to</c><00:27:38.880><c> concepts</c><00:27:39.480><c> that</c><00:27:40.759><c> form</c><00:27:41.259><c> the</c><00:27:42.000><c> absolute</c><00:27:42.539><c> rock's</c><00:27:43.359><c> foundation</c><00:27:44.079><c> of</c>

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:46.400
our<00:27:44.779><c> lives</c><00:27:45.079><c> in</c><00:27:45.359><c> Christ.</c>

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:51.359
But<00:27:47.299><c> the</c><00:27:47.920><c> implication</c><00:27:48.500><c> of</c><00:27:48.700><c> these</c><00:27:48.980><c> last</c><00:27:49.319><c> two</c><00:27:49.619><c> points</c><00:27:50.160><c> that</c><00:27:50.839><c> God</c>

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:56.920
created<00:27:52.359><c> and</c><00:27:53.160><c> therefore</c><00:27:53.599><c> God</c><00:27:53.940><c> is</c><00:27:54.240><c> greater</c><00:27:54.680><c> than</c><00:27:54.859><c> all</c><00:27:55.180><c> things,</c>

00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:06.799
the<00:27:58.799><c> implication</c><00:27:59.680><c> of</c><00:28:00.200><c> these,</c><00:28:01.839><c> while</c><00:28:03.380><c> it</c><00:28:03.619><c> may</c><00:28:03.900><c> seem</c><00:28:04.200><c> fairly</c><00:28:04.599><c> obvious</c><00:28:05.119><c> to</c><00:28:05.400><c> us,</c>

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:13.259
carry<00:28:07.019><c> within</c><00:28:07.539><c> them</c><00:28:08.599><c> some</c><00:28:10.599><c> deeper</c><00:28:11.180><c> thoughts</c><00:28:12.119><c> that</c><00:28:12.859><c> are</c><00:28:13.039><c> even</c>

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.740
more<00:28:13.539><c> profound.</c>

00:28:15.130 --> 00:28:20.099
And<00:28:15.640><c> unfortunately,</c><00:28:16.960><c> these</c><00:28:17.420><c> deeper</c><00:28:17.960><c> thoughts</c><00:28:18.720><c> are</c><00:28:19.619><c> the</c><00:28:19.859><c> ones</c>

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:26.200
that<00:28:20.380><c> actually</c><00:28:21.000><c> challenge</c><00:28:21.579><c> us</c><00:28:22.559><c> and</c><00:28:23.859><c> challenge</c><00:28:24.339><c> our</c><00:28:25.059><c> faith,</c>

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:32.920
sometimes<00:28:27.279><c> causing</c><00:28:27.680><c> us</c><00:28:27.900><c> to</c><00:28:28.259><c> struggle</c><00:28:28.680><c> almost</c><00:28:29.339><c> a</c><00:28:29.700><c> lifetime</c><00:28:30.339><c> with</c><00:28:31.440><c> what</c><00:28:32.180><c> God</c><00:28:32.640><c> is</c>

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putting<00:28:33.099><c> before</c><00:28:33.559><c> us.</c>

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:38.420
Let<00:28:36.039><c> me</c><00:28:36.319><c> share</c><00:28:36.539><c> with</c><00:28:36.759><c> you</c><00:28:36.920><c> the</c><00:28:37.180><c> challenge.</c>

00:28:38.890 --> 00:28:46.460
In<00:28:39.359><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:28:40.160><c> 32,</c><00:28:41.880><c> God</c><00:28:42.180><c> says,</c><00:28:42.980><c> Now</c><00:28:42.980><c> see</c><00:28:43.700><c> that</c><00:28:44.539><c> I,</c><00:28:45.480><c> even</c><00:28:45.799><c> I</c>

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:50.539
am<00:28:46.940><c> he</c><00:28:47.299><c> and</c><00:28:47.480><c> there</c><00:28:47.759><c> is</c><00:28:48.079><c> no</c><00:28:48.319><c> God</c><00:28:48.619><c> beside</c><00:28:49.200><c> me.</c>

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.380
Right?

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:57.759
I<00:28:54.099><c> kill</c><00:28:54.700><c> and</c><00:28:56.079><c> I</c><00:28:56.460><c> make</c><00:28:56.740><c> alive.</c>

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I<00:28:59.519><c> wound</c><00:29:00.380><c> and</c><00:29:01.200><c> I</c><00:29:01.700><c> heal.</c>

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:06.299
Is<00:29:03.140><c> there</c><00:29:03.519><c> any</c><00:29:03.859><c> who</c><00:29:04.039><c> can</c><00:29:04.279><c> deliver</c><00:29:04.680><c> from</c><00:29:04.940><c> my</c><00:29:05.220><c> hand?</c>

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:10.480
Or<00:29:07.400><c> again</c><00:29:07.720><c> in</c><00:29:07.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:08.279><c> 45</c><00:29:09.000><c> and</c><00:29:09.200><c> that</c><00:29:09.420><c> well</c><00:29:09.720><c>-known</c><00:29:09.900><c> verse</c><00:29:10.259><c> six</c>

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.660
and<00:29:10.779><c> seven,</c>

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:15.000
I<00:29:12.140><c> am</c><00:29:12.319><c> the</c><00:29:12.599><c> Lord</c><00:29:12.859><c> and</c><00:29:13.099><c> there</c><00:29:13.319><c> is</c><00:29:13.619><c> no</c><00:29:13.880><c> other.</c>

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.000
Right?

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:22.420
I<00:29:17.279><c> form</c><00:29:17.740><c> the</c><00:29:18.039><c> light</c><00:29:18.599><c> and</c><00:29:20.420><c> create</c><00:29:21.140><c> darkness.</c>

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:28.319
I<00:29:24.019><c> make</c><00:29:24.599><c> peace</c><00:29:25.400><c> and</c><00:29:26.240><c> create</c><00:29:26.799><c> calamity.</c>

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:32.380
I,<00:29:28.740><c> the</c><00:29:28.980><c> Lord,</c><00:29:29.279><c> do</c><00:29:29.660><c> all</c><00:29:30.400><c> these</c><00:29:31.220><c> things.</c>

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:39.039
Do<00:29:36.559><c> you</c><00:29:36.720><c> really</c><00:29:37.000><c> believe</c><00:29:37.279><c> this</c><00:29:37.539><c> brother</c><00:29:37.779><c> and</c><00:29:37.960><c> sisters?</c>

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:47.779
Is<00:29:40.779><c> God</c><00:29:41.279><c> greater</c><00:29:41.920><c> than</c><00:29:42.579><c> all</c><00:29:43.720><c> things</c><00:29:44.759><c> that</c><00:29:45.740><c> enter</c><00:29:46.039><c> into</c><00:29:46.420><c> our</c><00:29:46.740><c> life?</c>

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:55.480
And<00:29:49.400><c> does</c><00:29:49.700><c> this</c><00:29:50.339><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:50.740><c> 45</c><00:29:51.519><c> mean</c><00:29:52.039><c> what</c><00:29:52.579><c> it</c><00:29:53.059><c> seems</c><00:29:53.319><c> to</c><00:29:53.720><c> say</c><00:29:54.099><c> that</c><00:29:55.000><c> God</c>

00:29:55.480 --> 00:30:00.279
creates<00:29:56.279><c> every</c><00:29:57.799><c> evil</c><00:29:59.019><c> event?</c>

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Let's<00:30:02.380><c> reflect</c><00:30:02.720><c> on</c><00:30:02.920><c> that</c><00:30:03.099><c> just</c><00:30:03.220><c> for</c><00:30:03.460><c> a</c><00:30:03.579><c> moment.</c>

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Did<00:30:06.279><c> God</c><00:30:07.019><c> kill</c><00:30:08.779><c> Abel?</c>

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:15.519
No,<00:30:12.700><c> of</c><00:30:12.859><c> course</c><00:30:13.039><c> God</c><00:30:13.240><c> didn't</c><00:30:13.559><c> kill</c><00:30:13.880><c> Abel.</c>

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:17.000
Cain<00:30:15.759><c> killed</c><00:30:16.220><c> Abel.</c>

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:21.519
It<00:30:17.400><c> was</c><00:30:17.619><c> out</c><00:30:17.839><c> of</c><00:30:18.200><c> Cain's</c><00:30:19.000><c> mind</c><00:30:19.519><c> came</c><00:30:19.900><c> the</c><00:30:20.299><c> evil</c><00:30:20.779><c> thought</c><00:30:21.160><c> that</c>

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:24.980
was<00:30:21.759><c> then</c><00:30:22.160><c> produced</c><00:30:22.640><c> the</c><00:30:22.960><c> evil</c><00:30:23.339><c> action</c><00:30:23.759><c> that</c><00:30:24.059><c> ended</c><00:30:24.359><c> in</c><00:30:24.759><c> the</c>

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.660
death<00:30:25.460><c> of</c><00:30:26.220><c> Abel.</c>

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:28.940
That<00:30:27.119><c> came</c><00:30:27.380><c> from</c><00:30:27.640><c> Cain,</c><00:30:28.119><c> not</c><00:30:28.359><c> from</c><00:30:28.660><c> God.</c>

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:32.140
But<00:30:29.220><c> you</c><00:30:29.380><c> see</c><00:30:29.819><c> that</c><00:30:30.380><c> only</c><00:30:30.660><c> pushes</c><00:30:30.960><c> the</c><00:30:31.279><c> problem</c><00:30:31.720><c> that</c><00:30:31.920><c> we're</c>

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:35.960
looking<00:30:32.420><c> at</c><00:30:32.680><c> right</c><00:30:32.960><c> now</c><00:30:33.619><c> one</c><00:30:34.039><c> step</c><00:30:34.380><c> further</c><00:30:34.839><c> back.</c>

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:39.740
Because<00:30:36.619><c> the</c><00:30:36.859><c> question</c><00:30:37.180><c> that</c><00:30:37.440><c> then</c><00:30:37.680><c> comes</c><00:30:38.119><c> is</c><00:30:38.900><c> if</c><00:30:39.279><c> there</c><00:30:39.559><c> is</c>

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:43.940
nothing<00:30:39.960><c> greater</c><00:30:40.359><c> than</c><00:30:40.660><c> God,</c><00:30:41.400><c> then</c><00:30:41.559><c> are</c><00:30:41.819><c> there</c><00:30:42.059><c> any</c><00:30:42.619><c> events?</c>

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:48.980
Are<00:30:45.039><c> there</c><00:30:45.380><c> any</c><00:30:46.019><c> circumstances</c><00:30:46.980><c> that</c><00:30:47.720><c> we</c><00:30:47.940><c> might</c><00:30:48.200><c> confront</c><00:30:48.720><c> in</c>

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:57.000
our<00:30:49.200><c> lives</c><00:30:49.680><c> that</c><00:30:50.539><c> are</c><00:30:51.180><c> outside</c><00:30:52.319><c> his</c><00:30:53.900><c> power</c><00:30:54.740><c> to</c><00:30:55.740><c> control?</c>

00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:06.039
We<00:30:59.380><c> often</c><00:30:59.759><c> say</c><00:31:00.160><c> in</c><00:31:00.880><c> careless</c><00:31:01.559><c> conversation,</c><00:31:02.460><c> I</c><00:31:02.640><c> do</c><00:31:02.859><c> it</c><00:31:02.960><c> myself,</c><00:31:03.619><c> and</c><00:31:03.700><c> since</c><00:31:03.960><c> I've</c><00:31:04.539><c> given</c><00:31:04.740><c> this</c><00:31:05.079><c> class,</c><00:31:05.680><c> I</c>

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:08.720
keep<00:31:06.299><c> trying</c><00:31:06.559><c> to</c><00:31:06.779><c> check</c><00:31:07.039><c> myself</c><00:31:07.519><c> with</c><00:31:07.759><c> this.</c>

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:11.759
But<00:31:09.000><c> we'll</c><00:31:09.259><c> sometimes</c><00:31:09.700><c> say</c><00:31:10.019><c> to</c><00:31:10.259><c> a</c><00:31:10.460><c> brother</c><00:31:10.680><c> or</c><00:31:10.819><c> sister,</c><00:31:11.579><c> oh,</c>

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:14.759
how<00:31:12.259><c> fortunate</c><00:31:12.740><c> it</c><00:31:13.019><c> is</c><00:31:13.240><c> that</c><00:31:13.500><c> that</c><00:31:13.740><c> happened.</c>

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:20.460
I<00:31:15.460><c> don't</c><00:31:15.779><c> believe</c><00:31:16.039><c> in</c><00:31:16.220><c> the</c><00:31:16.440><c> God</c><00:31:16.599><c> of</c><00:31:16.880><c> fortune,</c><00:31:18.599><c> yet</c><00:31:18.660><c> I've</c><00:31:18.940><c> invoked</c><00:31:19.240><c> his</c><00:31:19.539><c> name.</c>

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:24.759
Or<00:31:21.299><c> we'll</c><00:31:21.500><c> say,</c><00:31:22.599><c> oh,</c><00:31:22.920><c> what</c><00:31:23.220><c> bad</c><00:31:23.759><c> luck.</c>

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:28.759
Brother<00:31:26.119><c> Nathan</c><00:31:26.559><c> Badger,</c><00:31:26.920><c> anyone</c><00:31:27.200><c> know</c><00:31:27.380><c> Nathan</c><00:31:27.759><c> Badger</c><00:31:28.420><c> or</c>

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.940
heard<00:31:28.960><c> of</c><00:31:29.039><c> him?</c>

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:33.160
We<00:31:30.500><c> had</c><00:31:30.700><c> him</c><00:31:30.779><c> go</c><00:31:31.000><c> to</c><00:31:31.200><c> Guyana</c><00:31:31.700><c> to</c><00:31:31.960><c> do</c><00:31:32.099><c> the</c><00:31:32.259><c> Bible</c><00:31:32.640><c> school</c><00:31:32.940><c> there</c>

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.700
this<00:31:33.460><c> year,</c><00:31:33.720><c> right?</c>

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:41.880
Well,<00:31:36.039><c> bad</c><00:31:36.339><c> luck.</c><00:31:36.740><c> Nathan's</c><00:31:37.180><c> on</c><00:31:37.380><c> his</c><00:31:37.640><c> way</c><00:31:37.900><c> to</c><00:31:38.079><c> the</c><00:31:38.279><c> airport</c><00:31:38.759><c> and</c><00:31:39.359><c> his</c><00:31:39.839><c> battery</c><00:31:40.279><c> dies</c><00:31:40.700><c> on</c><00:31:41.019><c> him.</c>

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:45.099
Because<00:31:42.480><c> his</c><00:31:42.740><c> battery</c><00:31:43.259><c> dies</c><00:31:43.700><c> and</c><00:31:43.839><c> he</c><00:31:43.980><c> can't</c><00:31:44.180><c> get</c><00:31:44.359><c> it</c><00:31:44.640><c> fixed</c><00:31:44.839><c> in</c>

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:46.799
time,<00:31:45.240><c> he</c><00:31:45.400><c> doesn't</c><00:31:45.660><c> get</c><00:31:45.880><c> to</c><00:31:46.019><c> the</c><00:31:46.200><c> airport</c><00:31:46.480><c> in</c><00:31:46.680><c> time.</c>

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:48.940
And<00:31:46.980><c> because</c><00:31:47.160><c> he</c><00:31:47.319><c> doesn't</c><00:31:47.500><c> get</c><00:31:47.720><c> to</c><00:31:47.839><c> the</c><00:31:48.019><c> airport</c><00:31:48.220><c> in</c><00:31:48.440><c> time,</c><00:31:48.720><c> he</c>

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:50.400
missed<00:31:49.200><c> his</c><00:31:49.519><c> flight</c><00:31:49.680><c> to</c><00:31:49.900><c> Guyana.</c>

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:53.420
And<00:31:50.920><c> because</c><00:31:51.220><c> he</c><00:31:51.359><c> missed</c><00:31:51.660><c> his</c><00:31:51.900><c> flight</c><00:31:52.079><c> to</c><00:31:52.279><c> Guyana,</c><00:31:52.940><c> the</c><00:31:53.079><c> Bible</c>

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:56.099
school<00:31:53.660><c> is</c><00:31:53.859><c> saying,</c><00:31:54.059><c> aye,</c><00:31:54.440><c> what</c><00:31:54.579><c> are</c><00:31:54.700><c> we</c><00:31:54.759><c> going</c><00:31:54.859><c> to</c><00:31:54.960><c> do</c><00:31:55.039><c> now?</c>

00:31:58.099 --> 00:32:01.140
And<00:31:58.500><c> through</c><00:31:58.900><c> a</c><00:31:58.960><c> very</c><00:31:59.339><c> expensive</c><00:31:59.720><c> ticket</c><00:32:00.039><c> that</c><00:32:00.599><c> fortunately</c>

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:04.960
kind<00:32:01.339><c> of</c><00:32:01.579><c> showed</c><00:32:01.700><c> up</c><00:32:01.940><c> later</c><00:32:02.240><c> on,</c><00:32:04.099><c> Brother</c><00:32:04.220><c> Nathan</c><00:32:04.500><c> was</c><00:32:04.720><c> able</c>

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:07.539
to<00:32:05.140><c> make</c><00:32:05.259><c> it</c><00:32:05.440><c> to</c><00:32:05.539><c> Guyana</c><00:32:05.960><c> by</c><00:32:06.160><c> God's</c><00:32:06.619><c> grace,</c><00:32:06.960><c> for</c><00:32:07.119><c> which</c><00:32:07.259><c> we</c><00:32:07.400><c> are</c>

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.180
all<00:32:07.680><c> very</c><00:32:07.940><c> happy.</c>

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:11.859
But<00:32:08.519><c> you</c><00:32:08.640><c> see,</c><00:32:08.799><c> we</c><00:32:08.839><c> can</c><00:32:08.980><c> say,</c><00:32:09.259><c> oh,</c><00:32:09.339><c> what</c><00:32:09.500><c> bad</c><00:32:09.779><c> luck,</c><00:32:10.779><c> but</c><00:32:10.940><c> I</c><00:32:11.099><c> don't</c><00:32:11.380><c> believe</c><00:32:11.700><c> in</c>

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:13.259
the<00:32:12.039><c> God</c><00:32:12.180><c> of</c><00:32:12.400><c> luck.</c>

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:15.500
Why<00:32:13.539><c> would</c><00:32:13.720><c> I</c><00:32:14.019><c> say</c><00:32:14.220><c> something</c><00:32:14.559><c> of</c><00:32:14.819><c> that</c><00:32:15.079><c> nature?</c>

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:19.480
But<00:32:15.980><c> you</c><00:32:16.200><c> see,</c><00:32:17.420><c> it</c><00:32:17.680><c> raises</c><00:32:18.059><c> that</c><00:32:18.440><c> question.</c>

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:26.700
Are<00:32:20.099><c> there</c><00:32:20.539><c> evil</c><00:32:20.940><c> events</c><00:32:21.640><c> that</c><00:32:23.000><c> somehow</c><00:32:24.400><c> just</c><00:32:25.140><c> seem</c><00:32:25.380><c> to</c><00:32:26.099><c> slip</c>

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:31.920
through<00:32:27.319><c> the</c><00:32:27.660><c> fingers</c><00:32:28.059><c> of</c><00:32:28.420><c> God</c><00:32:28.980><c> and</c><00:32:30.640><c> happen?</c>

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:42.740
So<00:32:33.079><c> you</c><00:32:33.200><c> see,</c><00:32:34.000><c> is</c><00:32:34.180><c> God,</c><00:32:35.099><c> is</c><00:32:35.940><c> God</c><00:32:36.420><c> really</c><00:32:37.460><c> greater</c><00:32:38.400><c> than</c><00:32:39.819><c> all</c><00:32:41.140><c> things?</c>

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:49.839
Consider<00:32:47.079><c> Proverbs,</c><00:32:47.720><c> Chapter</c><00:32:48.099><c> 16,</c><00:32:48.920><c> Verse</c><00:32:49.059><c> 4.</c>

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:54.619
The<00:32:50.480><c> Lord</c><00:32:50.779><c> works</c><00:32:51.099><c> out</c><00:32:51.440><c> everything</c><00:32:51.920><c> for</c><00:32:52.240><c> his</c><00:32:52.480><c> own</c><00:32:52.740><c> ends,</c><00:32:54.319><c> even</c>

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:57.240
the<00:32:54.940><c> wicked</c><00:32:55.259><c> for</c><00:32:55.559><c> a</c><00:32:55.779><c> day</c><00:32:55.940><c> of</c><00:32:56.180><c> disaster.</c>

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:59.079
I<00:32:57.680><c> said,</c><00:32:57.940><c> yeah,</c><00:32:58.099><c> right.</c>

00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:01.539
So<00:32:59.400><c> he</c><00:32:59.539><c> sets</c><00:32:59.759><c> up</c><00:33:00.000><c> the</c><00:33:00.180><c> wicked</c><00:33:00.359><c> for</c><00:33:00.599><c> a</c><00:33:00.779><c> day</c><00:33:00.900><c> of</c><00:33:01.140><c> disaster.</c>

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:04.779
But<00:33:02.079><c> you</c><00:33:02.200><c> know,</c><00:33:02.900><c> the</c><00:33:03.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:03.240><c> is</c><00:33:03.519><c> actually</c><00:33:03.759><c> very</c><00:33:04.039><c> ambiguous</c>

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:10.200
because<00:33:06.480><c> he</c><00:33:07.240><c> could</c><00:33:07.500><c> be</c><00:33:07.859><c> saying</c><00:33:08.099><c> the</c><00:33:08.400><c> wicked</c><00:33:08.900><c> for</c><00:33:09.559><c> their</c><00:33:09.920><c> day</c>

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.079
of<00:33:10.480><c> disaster.</c>

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:17.039
Or<00:33:11.700><c> he</c><00:33:11.920><c> could</c><00:33:12.119><c> be</c><00:33:12.460><c> saying</c><00:33:12.640><c> the</c><00:33:12.940><c> wicked</c><00:33:13.460><c> for</c><00:33:14.220><c> your</c><00:33:15.079><c> day</c><00:33:15.539><c> of</c><00:33:15.920><c> disaster.</c>

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:23.579
And<00:33:19.180><c> when</c><00:33:19.319><c> you</c><00:33:19.539><c> look</c><00:33:19.700><c> then</c><00:33:20.019><c> in</c><00:33:20.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:20.700><c> 54,</c><00:33:22.079><c> 15</c><00:33:22.500><c> through</c><00:33:22.740><c> 17,</c>

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:26.900
God<00:33:24.160><c> says</c><00:33:24.440><c> this</c><00:33:25.039><c> astonishing</c><00:33:25.759><c> thing.</c>

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:33.759
It<00:33:27.140><c> is</c><00:33:27.640><c> I</c><00:33:28.819><c> who</c><00:33:30.140><c> created</c><00:33:30.880><c> the</c><00:33:31.740><c> blacksmith</c><00:33:32.339><c> who</c><00:33:32.720><c> fans</c><00:33:33.079><c> the</c><00:33:33.460><c> coals</c>

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:38.099
into<00:33:34.039><c> flame</c><00:33:34.640><c> and</c><00:33:35.539><c> forges</c><00:33:36.059><c> a</c><00:33:36.420><c> weapon</c><00:33:36.819><c> for</c><00:33:37.220><c> its</c><00:33:37.680><c> work.</c>

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:44.500
And<00:33:39.359><c> it</c><00:33:39.640><c> is</c><00:33:40.119><c> I</c><00:33:40.859><c> who</c><00:33:41.140><c> created</c><00:33:41.619><c> the</c><00:33:42.119><c> destroyer</c><00:33:42.920><c> to</c><00:33:43.200><c> work</c><00:33:43.519><c> havoc.</c>

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:48.940
And<00:33:45.460><c> then</c><00:33:45.720><c> he's</c><00:33:46.059><c> able</c><00:33:46.259><c> to</c><00:33:46.500><c> provide</c><00:33:46.839><c> some</c><00:33:47.160><c> assurance</c><00:33:47.619><c> to</c><00:33:47.859><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:56.059
And<00:33:49.460><c> so</c><00:33:49.599><c> we</c><00:33:50.119><c> see</c><00:33:50.660><c> just</c><00:33:51.240><c> a</c><00:33:51.599><c> glimpse</c><00:33:52.000><c> of</c><00:33:53.460><c> the</c><00:33:53.940><c> God</c><00:33:54.240><c> who</c><00:33:55.119><c> is</c><00:33:55.579><c> indeed</c>

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.259
greater<00:33:56.519><c> than</c><00:33:56.819><c> all</c><00:33:57.099><c> things.</c>

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.440
But<00:33:57.680><c> think</c><00:33:57.819><c> about</c><00:33:58.119><c> that.</c>

00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:02.160
He<00:33:58.880><c> creates</c><00:33:59.299><c> the</c><00:33:59.559><c> blacksmith</c><00:34:00.160><c> that</c><00:34:00.720><c> forges</c><00:34:01.119><c> the</c><00:34:01.400><c> weapon</c><00:34:01.839><c> that</c>

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:06.019
is<00:34:02.339><c> going</c><00:34:02.480><c> to</c><00:34:02.599><c> be</c><00:34:02.880><c> used</c><00:34:03.200><c> by</c><00:34:03.480><c> some</c><00:34:03.720><c> other</c><00:34:03.980><c> guy</c><00:34:04.220><c> that</c><00:34:04.440><c> is</c><00:34:04.740><c> now</c><00:34:05.059><c> the</c><00:34:05.460><c> soldier</c>

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who's<00:34:06.599><c> going</c><00:34:06.759><c> to</c><00:34:06.839><c> go</c><00:34:07.059><c> out</c><00:34:07.380><c> and</c><00:34:07.660><c> create</c><00:34:08.019><c> havoc</c><00:34:08.579><c> and</c><00:34:09.239><c> evil</c><00:34:09.539><c> in</c><00:34:09.679><c> the</c><00:34:10.019><c> excuse</c><00:34:10.500><c> me,</c><00:34:10.719><c> in</c>

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:12.179
the<00:34:11.059><c> earth.</c>

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:14.599
God<00:34:13.099><c> does</c><00:34:13.380><c> that.</c>

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:26.699
So<00:34:18.519><c> think</c><00:34:19.440><c> of</c><00:34:20.280><c> think</c><00:34:20.920><c> of</c><00:34:21.480><c> Jesus</c><00:34:22.059><c> when</c><00:34:22.780><c> he</c><00:34:23.019><c> stood</c><00:34:23.119><c> before</c><00:34:23.579><c> Pilate</c><00:34:24.280><c> as</c><00:34:24.860><c> one</c><00:34:25.179><c> final</c><00:34:25.539><c> example</c><00:34:26.039><c> of</c><00:34:26.239><c> this.</c>

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:32.960
He<00:34:27.079><c> said</c><00:34:27.420><c> to</c><00:34:27.659><c> Pilate,</c><00:34:29.780><c> You</c><00:34:29.780><c> could</c><00:34:30.059><c> have</c><00:34:30.280><c> no</c><00:34:30.559><c> power</c><00:34:31.119><c> at</c><00:34:31.420><c> all</c><00:34:31.739><c> against</c><00:34:32.119><c> me</c>

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:37.659
unless<00:34:33.539><c> it</c><00:34:33.719><c> had</c><00:34:34.079><c> been</c><00:34:34.260><c> given</c><00:34:34.559><c> to</c><00:34:34.900><c> you</c><00:34:35.960><c> from</c><00:34:36.420><c> above.</c>

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:41.840
Therefore,<00:34:39.980><c> the</c><00:34:40.039><c> one</c><00:34:40.219><c> who</c><00:34:40.500><c> delivered</c><00:34:40.800><c> me</c><00:34:41.039><c> to</c><00:34:41.139><c> you</c><00:34:41.360><c> has</c><00:34:41.579><c> the</c>

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:43.099
greater<00:34:42.159><c> sin.</c>

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:46.679
So<00:34:43.880><c> do</c><00:34:44.400><c> you</c><00:34:44.460><c> see</c><00:34:44.539><c> what</c><00:34:44.699><c> it's</c><00:34:44.860><c> saying,</c><00:34:45.239><c> brethren</c><00:34:45.440><c> and</c><00:34:45.679><c> sisters?</c>

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:54.699
Even<00:34:48.960><c> the</c><00:34:49.619><c> evil</c><00:34:50.139><c> event</c><00:34:50.960><c> is</c><00:34:52.519><c> in</c><00:34:52.800><c> God's</c><00:34:53.480><c> hands.</c>

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:58.659
There<00:34:56.519><c> isn't</c><00:34:57.139><c> anything</c><00:34:57.659><c> greater</c><00:34:58.119><c> than</c><00:34:58.380><c> him.</c>

00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:01.280
Who<00:34:59.159><c> in</c><00:34:59.420><c> the</c><00:34:59.559><c> heavens</c><00:34:59.780><c> can</c><00:35:00.039><c> be</c><00:35:00.239><c> compared</c><00:35:00.659><c> to</c><00:35:00.860><c> the</c><00:35:01.059><c> Lord?</c>

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:04.420
Who<00:35:01.920><c> is</c><00:35:02.360><c> mighty</c><00:35:02.639><c> like</c><00:35:03.039><c> you,</c><00:35:03.440><c> O</c><00:35:03.699><c> Lord?</c>

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:08.320
You<00:35:05.079><c> rule</c><00:35:05.639><c> the</c><00:35:06.000><c> raging</c><00:35:06.320><c> of</c><00:35:06.559><c> the</c><00:35:06.860><c> sea</c><00:35:07.119><c> when</c><00:35:07.300><c> its</c><00:35:07.559><c> waves</c><00:35:07.820><c> rise.</c>

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:10.760
You<00:35:09.360><c> still</c><00:35:09.900><c> them.</c>

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:14.320
You<00:35:11.139><c> have</c><00:35:11.480><c> broken</c><00:35:11.980><c> Rahab</c><00:35:12.679><c> in</c><00:35:12.880><c> pieces</c><00:35:13.159><c> as</c><00:35:13.500><c> one</c><00:35:13.659><c> who</c><00:35:13.820><c> was</c><00:35:14.019><c> slain.</c>

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:17.900
You<00:35:15.019><c> have</c><00:35:15.360><c> scattered</c><00:35:15.780><c> your</c><00:35:16.139><c> enemies</c><00:35:16.440><c> with</c><00:35:16.719><c> your</c><00:35:17.900><c> mighty</c><00:35:17.900><c> with</c>

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:19.360
your<00:35:18.019><c> mighty</c><00:35:18.400><c> arm.</c>

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:25.920
So<00:35:21.820><c> in</c><00:35:22.619><c> all</c><00:35:22.920><c> of</c><00:35:23.159><c> this,</c><00:35:23.980><c> we</c><00:35:24.139><c> do</c><00:35:24.440><c> learn</c><00:35:24.639><c> the</c><00:35:24.880><c> lesson.</c>

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:34.860
God<00:35:26.639><c> is</c><00:35:27.440><c> greater</c><00:35:28.099><c> than</c><00:35:29.820><c> all</c><00:35:31.059><c> things</c><00:35:32.219><c> that</c><00:35:32.860><c> we</c><00:35:33.179><c> experience</c><00:35:34.280><c> in</c>

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:36.320
our<00:35:35.119><c> lives.</c>

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:42.480
And<00:35:38.039><c> even</c><00:35:38.300><c> if</c><00:35:38.559><c> we</c><00:35:38.780><c> don't,</c><00:35:39.239><c> brethren</c><00:35:39.360><c> and</c><00:35:39.679><c> sisters,</c><00:35:40.559><c> understand</c><00:35:41.280><c> what</c><00:35:42.079><c> our</c>

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:45.579
father<00:35:42.800><c> is</c><00:35:43.219><c> doing</c><00:35:43.619><c> in</c><00:35:44.659><c> our</c><00:35:44.940><c> lives,</c>

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:49.579
even<00:35:46.699><c> though</c><00:35:46.920><c> we</c><00:35:47.119><c> don't</c><00:35:47.539><c> understand</c><00:35:48.159><c> it,</c><00:35:49.019><c> can</c><00:35:49.039><c> there</c><00:35:49.280><c> really</c>

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:54.119
be<00:35:49.860><c> any</c><00:35:50.199><c> other</c><00:35:50.500><c> response</c><00:35:51.380><c> to</c><00:35:51.920><c> this</c><00:35:52.340><c> understanding</c><00:35:53.099><c> about</c><00:35:53.500><c> God</c>

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:57.619
than<00:35:55.380><c> Peter's</c><00:35:56.199><c> words</c><00:35:56.440><c> in</c><00:35:56.679><c> Chapter</c><00:35:56.980><c> five?</c>

00:35:57.980 --> 00:36:01.380
Therefore,<00:35:58.280><c> humble</c><00:35:58.719><c> yourselves</c><00:35:59.559><c> under</c><00:36:00.119><c> the</c><00:36:00.460><c> mighty</c><00:36:00.800><c> hand</c><00:36:01.099><c> of</c>

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:07.400
God<00:36:01.659><c> that</c><00:36:01.820><c> he</c><00:36:01.980><c> may</c><00:36:02.380><c> exalt</c><00:36:02.880><c> you</c><00:36:03.179><c> in</c><00:36:03.420><c> due</c><00:36:03.699><c> time,</c><00:36:05.500><c> casting</c><00:36:06.079><c> all</c>

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:09.679
your<00:36:07.820><c> care</c><00:36:08.039><c> upon</c><00:36:08.420><c> him.</c>

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:12.420
For<00:36:10.199><c> he</c><00:36:10.519><c> cares</c><00:36:10.960><c> for</c><00:36:11.239><c> you,</c><00:36:11.639><c> brethren</c><00:36:11.760><c> and</c><00:36:11.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:17.800
Or<00:36:13.320><c> again</c><00:36:13.679><c> in</c><00:36:13.840><c> Chapter</c><00:36:14.219><c> four,</c><00:36:15.159><c> when</c><00:36:15.179><c> he</c><00:36:15.360><c> says,</c><00:36:16.079><c> Therefore,</c><00:36:16.219><c> let</c><00:36:16.320><c> those</c><00:36:16.659><c> who</c><00:36:16.960><c> suffer</c><00:36:17.179><c> according</c><00:36:17.519><c> to</c>

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:20.440
the<00:36:18.039><c> will</c><00:36:18.159><c> of</c><00:36:18.500><c> God</c><00:36:19.059><c> see</c><00:36:19.500><c> his</c><00:36:19.800><c> oversight.</c>

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:22.579
He's<00:36:21.300><c> in</c><00:36:21.539><c> control.</c>

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Let<00:36:22.820><c> those</c><00:36:23.119><c> who</c><00:36:23.420><c> suffer</c><00:36:23.619><c> according</c><00:36:23.980><c> to</c><00:36:24.159><c> the</c><00:36:24.320><c> will</c><00:36:24.420><c> of</c><00:36:24.659><c> God</c><00:36:24.900><c> commit</c><00:36:25.280><c> their</c><00:36:25.679><c> souls</c><00:36:26.019><c> to</c>

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:32.199
him<00:36:26.820><c> in</c><00:36:27.280><c> doing</c><00:36:27.559><c> good</c><00:36:28.159><c> as</c><00:36:28.679><c> to</c><00:36:29.440><c> note</c><00:36:29.679><c> his</c><00:36:30.079><c> words</c><00:36:30.579><c> as</c><00:36:31.380><c> to</c><00:36:31.579><c> a</c>

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:33.920
faithful<00:36:32.659><c> creator.</c>

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:37.719
See,<00:36:34.320><c> Peter</c><00:36:34.440><c> had</c><00:36:34.719><c> learned</c><00:36:34.980><c> and</c><00:36:35.239><c> understood</c><00:36:35.679><c> the</c><00:36:35.960><c> lesson</c><00:36:36.480><c> of</c>

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:40.280
the<00:36:37.920><c> first</c><00:36:38.179><c> verse</c><00:36:38.519><c> of</c><00:36:38.780><c> Genesis,</c><00:36:39.199><c> Chapter</c><00:36:39.679><c> one.</c>

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:44.519
And<00:36:40.699><c> that</c><00:36:40.900><c> brings</c><00:36:41.219><c> us</c><00:36:41.780><c> to</c><00:36:42.500><c> a</c><00:36:42.699><c> summary</c><00:36:43.019><c> of</c><00:36:43.199><c> this,</c><00:36:44.039><c> because</c><00:36:44.179><c> as</c>

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:49.000
faith<00:36:44.820><c> matures,</c><00:36:46.500><c> faith</c><00:36:46.840><c> ultimately</c><00:36:47.519><c> submits,</c><00:36:48.619><c> even</c><00:36:48.840><c> though</c>

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:51.239
we<00:36:49.179><c> may</c><00:36:49.340><c> not</c><00:36:49.519><c> always</c><00:36:49.820><c> understand,</c>

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:55.619
it<00:36:51.599><c> learns</c><00:36:52.139><c> to</c><00:36:52.559><c> submit</c><00:36:52.840><c> in</c><00:36:53.099><c> humility</c><00:36:53.719><c> and</c><00:36:54.119><c> thankfulness</c><00:36:55.219><c> to</c>

00:36:55.619 --> 00:37:01.539
the<00:36:55.820><c> gods,</c><00:36:56.400><c> to</c><00:36:56.719><c> God's</c><00:36:57.260><c> hands</c><00:36:57.960><c> and</c><00:36:58.920><c> everything</c><00:36:59.659><c> in</c><00:37:00.199><c> our</c><00:37:00.400><c> lives.</c>

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:07.400
It's<00:37:04.400><c> tough</c><00:37:04.519><c> to</c><00:37:05.139><c> breathe</c><00:37:05.480><c> that</c><00:37:05.800><c> in,</c><00:37:06.139><c> brethren</c><00:37:06.260><c> and</c><00:37:06.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:11.400
It<00:37:08.239><c> is</c><00:37:08.719><c> an</c><00:37:08.760><c> enormous</c><00:37:09.599><c> revelation</c><00:37:10.260><c> to</c><00:37:10.500><c> us.</c>

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:14.940
And<00:37:12.460><c> it's</c><00:37:12.940><c> further</c><00:37:13.300><c> accentuated</c><00:37:14.059><c> when</c><00:37:14.219><c> we</c><00:37:14.300><c> go</c><00:37:14.519><c> to</c><00:37:14.619><c> Genesis</c>

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:16.179
one,<00:37:15.420><c> verse</c><00:37:15.619><c> two.</c>

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:18.860
The<00:37:16.460><c> earth</c><00:37:16.719><c> was</c><00:37:16.980><c> without</c><00:37:17.320><c> form</c><00:37:17.619><c> and</c><00:37:17.880><c> void</c><00:37:18.059><c> and</c><00:37:18.260><c> darkness</c><00:37:18.679><c> was</c>

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.940
on<00:37:19.079><c> the</c><00:37:19.239><c> face</c><00:37:19.460><c> of</c><00:37:19.619><c> the</c><00:37:19.760><c> deep.</c>

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:22.619
And<00:37:20.260><c> the</c><00:37:20.500><c> spirit</c><00:37:20.739><c> of</c><00:37:20.920><c> God</c><00:37:21.139><c> was</c><00:37:21.420><c> hovering</c><00:37:21.699><c> over</c><00:37:22.000><c> the</c><00:37:22.239><c> face</c><00:37:22.460><c> of</c>

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.079
the<00:37:22.760><c> waters.</c>

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:26.280
That's<00:37:23.699><c> how</c><00:37:23.840><c> my</c><00:37:24.099><c> version</c><00:37:24.400><c> has</c><00:37:24.659><c> it,</c><00:37:24.860><c> hovering</c><00:37:25.260><c> over</c><00:37:25.880><c> the</c><00:37:26.079><c> face</c>

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:29.179
of<00:37:26.440><c> the</c><00:37:26.579><c> waters,</c><00:37:26.960><c> or</c><00:37:27.179><c> the</c><00:37:27.380><c> King</c><00:37:27.619><c> James</c><00:37:27.980><c> moved</c><00:37:28.420><c> upon</c><00:37:28.739><c> the</c><00:37:28.980><c> face</c>

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:30.280
of<00:37:29.920><c> the</c><00:37:30.000><c> waters.</c>

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:34.960
When<00:37:31.059><c> we</c><00:37:32.219><c> see</c><00:37:32.500><c> that</c><00:37:32.840><c> word</c><00:37:33.099><c> hovering</c><00:37:33.539><c> and</c><00:37:34.059><c> we</c><00:37:34.260><c> compare</c><00:37:34.679><c> it,</c><00:37:34.880><c> as</c>

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:39.039
you<00:37:35.000><c> may</c><00:37:35.239><c> have</c><00:37:35.619><c> heard,</c><00:37:36.099><c> brethren,</c><00:37:36.300><c> have</c><00:37:36.460><c> made</c><00:37:36.659><c> this</c><00:37:36.940><c> comparison</c><00:37:37.420><c> in</c><00:37:37.679><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:37:38.239><c> 32,</c>

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:44.179
as<00:37:39.599><c> an</c><00:37:39.840><c> eagle</c><00:37:40.039><c> stirs</c><00:37:40.420><c> up</c><00:37:40.619><c> its</c><00:37:40.860><c> nest,</c><00:37:41.340><c> hovers,</c><00:37:42.079><c> same</c><00:37:42.539><c> word,</c><00:37:43.519><c> over</c><00:37:43.860><c> its</c>

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:47.599
young,<00:37:44.920><c> spreading</c><00:37:45.099><c> out</c><00:37:45.420><c> its</c><00:37:45.679><c> wings,</c><00:37:46.280><c> taking</c><00:37:46.519><c> them</c><00:37:46.739><c> up,</c><00:37:47.099><c> carrying</c><00:37:47.400><c> them</c>

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.300
on<00:37:47.739><c> its</c><00:37:48.019><c> wings.</c>

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:51.119
The<00:37:48.780><c> Lord</c><00:37:49.079><c> alone</c><00:37:49.500><c> led</c><00:37:49.719><c> him</c><00:37:49.940><c> and</c><00:37:50.059><c> there</c><00:37:50.199><c> was</c><00:37:50.380><c> no</c><00:37:50.639><c> foreign</c><00:37:50.840><c> god</c>

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.480
with<00:37:51.280><c> him.</c>

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:53.599
We<00:37:51.860><c> understand</c><00:37:52.360><c> the</c><00:37:52.599><c> imagery.</c>

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:59.300
In<00:37:55.739><c> verse</c><00:37:56.099><c> two,</c><00:37:56.519><c> we're</c><00:37:56.699><c> now</c><00:37:57.000><c> introduced</c><00:37:57.719><c> not</c><00:37:58.280><c> just</c><00:37:58.539><c> to</c><00:37:58.699><c> a</c><00:37:58.940><c> god</c>

00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:02.980
who<00:37:59.719><c> controls,</c><00:38:00.340><c> if</c><00:38:00.480><c> you</c><00:38:00.659><c> write,</c><00:38:01.039><c> has</c><00:38:01.300><c> oversight</c><00:38:01.800><c> and</c><00:38:02.099><c> authority</c><00:38:02.519><c> over</c>

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.559
all<00:38:03.300><c> things,</c>

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is<00:38:03.820><c> greater</c><00:38:04.119><c> than</c><00:38:04.400><c> everything</c><00:38:04.920><c> because</c><00:38:05.440><c> he</c><00:38:05.739><c> created</c><00:38:06.059><c> all</c><00:38:06.400><c> things.</c>

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We<00:38:08.099><c> have</c><00:38:08.219><c> a</c><00:38:08.440><c> god</c><00:38:08.619><c> who</c><00:38:08.940><c> cares,</c><00:38:10.760><c> who</c><00:38:11.260><c> deeply</c><00:38:11.940><c> cares</c><00:38:12.860><c> for</c><00:38:13.960><c> his</c><00:38:14.260><c> creation,</c>

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which<00:38:17.179><c> is</c><00:38:17.380><c> why</c><00:38:18.340><c> in</c><00:38:19.460><c> the</c><00:38:19.719><c> Psalm,</c><00:38:21.099><c> Psalm</c><00:38:21.360><c> 45,</c><00:38:22.219><c> which</c><00:38:22.440><c> 145</c><00:38:23.179><c> that</c>

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:27.019
we<00:38:23.480><c> looked</c><00:38:23.619><c> at</c><00:38:23.840><c> earlier,</c><00:38:24.300><c> the</c><00:38:24.500><c> eyes</c><00:38:24.800><c> of</c><00:38:25.059><c> all</c><00:38:25.199><c> look</c><00:38:25.539><c> expectantly</c><00:38:26.260><c> to</c><00:38:26.599><c> you.</c>

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:30.980
You<00:38:27.659><c> open</c><00:38:27.960><c> your</c><00:38:28.280><c> hands</c><00:38:28.559><c> and</c><00:38:28.940><c> satisfy</c><00:38:29.380><c> the</c><00:38:29.639><c> desire</c><00:38:30.320><c> of</c><00:38:30.639><c> every</c>

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living<00:38:31.280><c> thing.</c>

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This<00:38:34.820><c> is</c><00:38:35.500><c> the</c><00:38:36.139><c> god</c><00:38:36.340><c> of</c><00:38:36.519><c> the</c><00:38:36.699><c> Bible,</c><00:38:38.340><c> a</c><00:38:38.579><c> god</c><00:38:38.960><c> who</c><00:38:39.579><c> deeply,</c><00:38:40.119><c> deeply</c><00:38:40.739><c> cares</c>

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for<00:38:42.440><c> his</c><00:38:42.719><c> creation.</c>

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So<00:38:46.079><c> doesn't</c><00:38:46.380><c> that</c><00:38:46.980><c> again</c><00:38:47.400><c> prove,</c><00:38:48.500><c> because</c><00:38:48.679><c> god</c><00:38:49.039><c> cares,</c><00:38:49.980><c> think</c>

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:58.980
about<00:38:50.519><c> this,</c><00:38:51.940><c> that</c><00:38:52.619><c> everything,</c><00:38:55.260><c> that</c><00:38:55.760><c> everything</c><00:38:57.019><c> that</c><00:38:58.500><c> god</c>

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does<00:38:59.599><c> in</c><00:39:00.059><c> our</c><00:39:00.619><c> lives,</c>

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including<00:39:02.980><c> the</c><00:39:03.340><c> evil</c><00:39:03.739><c> events</c><00:39:04.300><c> and</c><00:39:04.760><c> circumstances,</c><00:39:07.579><c> must</c><00:39:08.079><c> be</c>

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an<00:39:08.639><c> expression</c><00:39:09.400><c> of</c><00:39:10.900><c> the</c><00:39:11.219><c> love</c><00:39:11.739><c> and</c><00:39:12.199><c> the</c><00:39:12.599><c> care</c><00:39:13.320><c> of</c><00:39:13.699><c> god.</c>

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I<00:39:17.599><c> want</c><00:39:17.800><c> you,</c><00:39:18.280><c> in</c><00:39:18.460><c> closing</c><00:39:18.780><c> off</c><00:39:19.099><c> this</c><00:39:19.380><c> first</c><00:39:19.659><c> class,</c><00:39:21.400><c> to</c><00:39:21.519><c> come</c>

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on<00:39:21.960><c> over</c><00:39:22.260><c> to</c><00:39:22.539><c> Romans</c><00:39:23.000><c> chapter</c><00:39:23.579><c> eight,</c><00:39:25.400><c> to</c><00:39:25.619><c> a</c><00:39:26.079><c> famous</c><00:39:26.539><c> passage.</c>

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A<00:39:32.440><c> famous</c><00:39:33.099><c> passage</c><00:39:33.679><c> with</c><00:39:34.320><c> a</c><00:39:34.679><c> surprising</c><00:39:35.260><c> twist</c><00:39:35.699><c> in</c><00:39:35.860><c> it,</c><00:39:37.960><c> a</c><00:39:38.179><c> twist</c><00:39:38.780><c> that</c><00:39:39.980><c> older</c><00:39:40.719><c> brethren</c><00:39:41.119><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:39:42.199><c> have</c><00:39:43.199><c> come</c><00:39:43.559><c> to</c><00:39:43.760><c> understand.</c>

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So<00:39:44.559><c> let's</c><00:39:44.760><c> take</c><00:39:44.980><c> a</c><00:39:45.019><c> look</c><00:39:45.199><c> at</c><00:39:45.340><c> this.</c><00:39:45.780><c> Romans</c><00:39:46.099><c> chapter</c><00:39:46.619><c> eight,</c>

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:51.500
verses<00:39:48.019><c> 31</c><00:39:48.739><c> through</c><00:39:49.039><c> 37,</c><00:39:49.960><c> we</c><00:39:50.079><c> read</c><00:39:50.340><c> this.</c>

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:56.699
What<00:39:52.780><c> then</c><00:39:53.119><c> shall</c><00:39:53.320><c> we</c><00:39:53.539><c> say</c><00:39:53.820><c> to</c><00:39:54.019><c> these</c><00:39:54.380><c> things?</c><00:39:55.440><c> If</c><00:39:55.780><c> god</c><00:39:56.179><c> is</c><00:39:56.440><c> for</c>

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:59.800
us,<00:39:57.599><c> who</c><00:39:57.820><c> can</c><00:39:57.980><c> be</c><00:39:58.199><c> against</c><00:39:58.579><c> us?</c>

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He<00:40:00.440><c> who</c><00:40:00.679><c> did</c><00:40:01.000><c> not</c><00:40:01.360><c> spare</c><00:40:01.699><c> his</c><00:40:02.019><c> own</c><00:40:02.460><c> son,</c><00:40:03.820><c> but</c><00:40:03.960><c> delivered</c><00:40:04.440><c> him</c>

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up<00:40:04.960><c> for</c><00:40:05.260><c> us</c><00:40:05.599><c> all,</c><00:40:06.840><c> how</c><00:40:07.260><c> shall</c><00:40:07.719><c> he</c><00:40:08.739><c> not</c><00:40:09.880><c> with</c><00:40:10.880><c> him</c><00:40:11.380><c> also</c><00:40:12.119><c> freely</c>

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give<00:40:12.820><c> us</c><00:40:13.059><c> all</c><00:40:13.380><c> things?</c>

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Who<00:40:14.539><c> shall</c><00:40:14.760><c> bring</c><00:40:14.980><c> a</c><00:40:15.280><c> charge</c><00:40:15.579><c> against</c><00:40:16.019><c> god's</c><00:40:16.579><c> elect?</c><00:40:16.900><c> It</c><00:40:16.940><c> is</c>

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god<00:40:17.460><c> who</c><00:40:17.760><c> justifies.</c><00:40:18.639><c> Who</c><00:40:18.800><c> is</c><00:40:18.960><c> he</c><00:40:19.099><c> that</c><00:40:19.199><c> is</c><00:40:19.360><c> going</c><00:40:19.519><c> to</c><00:40:19.699><c> condemn</c><00:40:20.019><c> us?</c>

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It<00:40:21.519><c> is</c><00:40:22.139><c> Christ</c><00:40:22.599><c> who</c><00:40:22.920><c> died</c><00:40:23.219><c> and</c><00:40:23.519><c> furthermore</c><00:40:23.980><c> is</c><00:40:24.199><c> also</c><00:40:24.639><c> risen,</c>

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who<00:40:25.380><c> is</c><00:40:25.500><c> even</c><00:40:25.699><c> at</c><00:40:25.860><c> the</c><00:40:26.019><c> right</c><00:40:26.239><c> hand</c><00:40:26.380><c> of</c><00:40:26.599><c> god,</c><00:40:26.880><c> who</c><00:40:27.039><c> also</c><00:40:27.400><c> makes</c>

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intercession<00:40:28.280><c> for</c><00:40:28.559><c> us.</c>

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Who<00:40:29.519><c> shall</c><00:40:29.820><c> separate</c><00:40:30.280><c> us</c><00:40:30.460><c> from</c><00:40:30.639><c> the</c><00:40:30.800><c> love</c><00:40:30.920><c> of</c><00:40:31.139><c> Christ?</c><00:40:32.199><c> Shall</c>

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:36.719
tribulation<00:40:33.360><c> or</c><00:40:33.559><c> distress</c><00:40:34.099><c> or</c><00:40:34.440><c> persecution</c><00:40:35.099><c> or</c><00:40:35.699><c> famine</c><00:40:36.179><c> or</c>

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:41.500
nakedness<00:40:37.380><c> or</c><00:40:37.800><c> eat,</c><00:40:38.079><c> feral</c><00:40:38.360><c> or</c><00:40:38.679><c> sword,</c><00:40:38.900><c> all</c><00:40:39.099><c> those</c><00:40:39.300><c> evil</c><00:40:39.539><c> events,</c><00:40:40.039><c> right,</c><00:40:40.260><c> brethren</c><00:40:40.460><c> and</c><00:40:40.719><c> sisters?</c>

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Shall<00:40:42.360><c> any</c><00:40:42.760><c> of</c><00:40:42.800><c> those</c><00:40:43.099><c> things</c><00:40:43.420><c> separate</c><00:40:43.980><c> us</c><00:40:44.480><c> from</c><00:40:44.800><c> the</c><00:40:44.980><c> love</c>

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of<00:40:45.460><c> Christ?</c><00:40:46.599><c> For</c><00:40:46.739><c> your</c><00:40:47.159><c> sake,</c><00:40:47.360><c> he</c><00:40:47.639><c> quotes,</c><00:40:48.000><c> we</c><00:40:48.079><c> are</c><00:40:48.360><c> killed</c>

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all<00:40:48.840><c> day</c><00:40:49.039><c> long.</c>

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We<00:40:49.460><c> are</c><00:40:49.719><c> accounted</c><00:40:50.019><c> to</c><00:40:50.320><c> sheep</c><00:40:50.480><c> for</c><00:40:50.699><c> the</c><00:40:50.880><c> slaughter.</c><00:40:51.500><c> Yet</c><00:40:51.619><c> in</c>

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all<00:40:52.119><c> these</c><00:40:52.519><c> things,</c><00:40:52.860><c> he</c><00:40:53.119><c> says,</c><00:40:53.639><c> we</c><00:40:53.820><c> are</c><00:40:54.119><c> more</c><00:40:54.480><c> than</c><00:40:54.739><c> conquerors</c><00:40:55.280><c> through</c>

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:57.760
him<00:40:55.679><c> who</c><00:40:55.920><c> loved</c><00:40:56.099><c> us.</c>

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More<00:41:04.059><c> than</c><00:41:04.579><c> a</c><00:41:04.820><c> conqueror?</c><00:41:06.780><c> Wait,</c><00:41:06.980><c> wait,</c><00:41:07.159><c> wait,</c><00:41:07.260><c> wait,</c><00:41:07.400><c> wait,</c>

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wait,<00:41:07.619><c> wait.</c><00:41:08.260><c> That</c><00:41:08.460><c> doesn't</c><00:41:08.559><c> make</c><00:41:08.760><c> any</c><00:41:08.920><c> sense.</c>

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I<00:41:10.480><c> understand</c><00:41:11.219><c> that</c><00:41:11.639><c> when</c><00:41:11.800><c> you're</c><00:41:12.039><c> faced</c><00:41:12.360><c> with</c><00:41:12.599><c> adversity,</c><00:41:14.320><c> we</c><00:41:14.380><c> picture</c><00:41:14.940><c> the</c><00:41:15.260><c> adversity</c><00:41:15.719><c> as</c><00:41:15.920><c> an</c><00:41:16.119><c> enemy</c><00:41:16.519><c> to</c><00:41:17.340><c> be</c><00:41:17.539><c> beaten,</c><00:41:18.300><c> whether</c><00:41:18.559><c> it's</c><00:41:19.079><c> a</c>

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cancer<00:41:19.860><c> or</c><00:41:20.280><c> something</c><00:41:20.820><c> in</c><00:41:21.079><c> our</c><00:41:21.320><c> bodies</c><00:41:21.619><c> that</c><00:41:21.780><c> has</c><00:41:21.960><c> gone</c><00:41:22.199><c> wrong.</c>

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We<00:41:23.280><c> see</c><00:41:24.400><c> it</c><00:41:24.579><c> as</c><00:41:24.980><c> something</c><00:41:25.239><c> to</c><00:41:25.420><c> be</c><00:41:25.579><c> beaten</c><00:41:26.019><c> with</c><00:41:27.179><c> the</c><00:41:27.440><c> help</c><00:41:27.539><c> and</c>

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the<00:41:28.019><c> blessing</c><00:41:28.159><c> and</c><00:41:28.340><c> the</c><00:41:28.480><c> grace</c><00:41:28.639><c> of</c><00:41:28.800><c> god,</c><00:41:29.219><c> absolutely.</c><00:41:30.559><c> But</c><00:41:30.739><c> it's</c><00:41:31.039><c> an</c>

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enemy.<00:41:32.400><c> You</c><00:41:32.800><c> conquer</c><00:41:33.360><c> enemies.</c>

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What<00:41:35.239><c> are</c><00:41:35.360><c> you</c><00:41:35.639><c> saying,</c><00:41:35.900><c> Paul,</c><00:41:36.260><c> that</c><00:41:36.460><c> we're</c><00:41:36.900><c> supposed</c><00:41:37.099><c> to</c><00:41:37.300><c> be</c>

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:42.039
more<00:41:38.239><c> than</c><00:41:38.599><c> conquerors?</c><00:41:39.719><c> What</c><00:41:40.000><c> more</c><00:41:40.219><c> is</c><00:41:40.500><c> there</c><00:41:40.679><c> once</c><00:41:40.840><c> you</c><00:41:41.199><c> vanquish</c><00:41:41.780><c> the</c>

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enemy<00:41:42.420><c> and</c><00:41:42.840><c> you</c><00:41:43.019><c> rejoice</c><00:41:43.480><c> and</c><00:41:43.639><c> you</c><00:41:43.800><c> give</c><00:41:44.000><c> praise</c><00:41:44.320><c> to</c><00:41:44.579><c> god</c><00:41:44.900><c> for</c>

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:47.699
his<00:41:45.579><c> deliverance</c><00:41:46.340><c> from</c><00:41:46.639><c> the</c><00:41:46.840><c> hand</c><00:41:47.000><c> of</c><00:41:47.199><c> the</c><00:41:47.360><c> enemy?</c>

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How<00:41:48.519><c> could</c><00:41:48.699><c> we</c><00:41:49.059><c> ever</c><00:41:49.320><c> be</c><00:41:49.920><c> more</c><00:41:50.679><c> than</c><00:41:51.659><c> an</c><00:41:52.019><c> enemy,</c><00:41:53.460><c> excuse</c><00:41:53.699><c> me,</c><00:41:54.440><c> than</c><00:41:54.820><c> a</c><00:41:55.019><c> conqueror?</c>

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Well,<00:42:01.320><c> the</c><00:42:01.320><c> answer,</c><00:42:01.659><c> brethren,</c><00:42:02.079><c> is</c><00:42:02.159><c> this.</c><00:42:04.320><c> Because</c><00:42:04.840><c> adversity</c><00:42:06.019><c> in</c><00:42:08.860><c> the</c>

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hands<00:42:09.380><c> of</c><00:42:09.780><c> god</c><00:42:10.280><c> is</c><00:42:12.139><c> turned</c><00:42:12.739><c> into</c><00:42:13.420><c> our</c><00:42:14.340><c> friend.</c>

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We<00:42:19.019><c> know</c><00:42:19.480><c> that</c><00:42:20.480><c> all</c><00:42:21.780><c> things</c><00:42:22.980><c> work</c><00:42:24.119><c> together</c><00:42:24.840><c> for</c><00:42:25.340><c> good</c><00:42:25.880><c> to</c><00:42:26.519><c> those</c><00:42:27.079><c> who</c>

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:31.860
love<00:42:27.940><c> god,</c><00:42:28.840><c> to</c><00:42:29.000><c> those</c><00:42:29.320><c> who</c><00:42:29.719><c> are</c><00:42:29.800><c> called</c><00:42:30.079><c> according</c><00:42:30.539><c> to</c><00:42:30.800><c> his</c><00:42:31.000><c> purpose.</c>

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All<00:42:34.199><c> things</c><00:42:35.239><c> work</c><00:42:37.179><c> together</c><00:42:37.820><c> for</c><00:42:38.420><c> good.</c>

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:48.719
It<00:42:42.340><c> is</c><00:42:42.659><c> the</c><00:42:43.019><c> truth</c><00:42:43.619><c> that</c><00:42:45.280><c> many</c><00:42:45.659><c> of</c><00:42:46.659><c> older</c><00:42:46.880><c> brethren</c><00:42:47.179><c> and</c><00:42:47.460><c> sisters</c><00:42:47.880><c> here</c>

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will<00:42:49.719><c> understand</c><00:42:50.880><c> after</c><00:42:51.940><c> a</c><00:42:52.239><c> lifetime</c><00:42:52.880><c> in</c><00:42:53.760><c> god's</c><00:42:54.380><c> family,</c><00:42:56.159><c> where</c><00:42:56.380><c> we</c>

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go<00:42:56.920><c> through,</c><00:42:57.659><c> maybe</c><00:42:58.079><c> going</c><00:42:58.500><c> through</c><00:42:58.960><c> experiences</c><00:42:59.880><c> in</c><00:43:00.139><c> our</c><00:43:00.380><c> lives</c><00:43:00.920><c> that</c><00:43:01.760><c> challenge</c><00:43:02.239><c> our</c><00:43:02.760><c> faith</c><00:43:03.099><c> and</c><00:43:03.719><c> our</c><00:43:04.179><c> trust</c><00:43:04.579><c> and</c><00:43:05.000><c> our</c><00:43:05.340><c> understanding</c><00:43:06.059><c> of</c>

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why<00:43:06.579><c> god</c><00:43:06.800><c> are</c><00:43:06.940><c> you</c><00:43:07.159><c> doing</c><00:43:07.420><c> these</c><00:43:07.820><c> things.</c>

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In<00:43:10.000><c> the</c><00:43:10.440><c> end,</c><00:43:12.559><c> we</c><00:43:12.679><c> come</c><00:43:13.079><c> to</c><00:43:13.400><c> understand</c><00:43:14.500><c> that</c><00:43:15.639><c> that</c><00:43:16.099><c> which</c><00:43:16.300><c> we</c>

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thought<00:43:16.940><c> was</c><00:43:17.280><c> an</c><00:43:17.619><c> enemy</c><00:43:18.260><c> has</c><00:43:19.579><c> in</c><00:43:19.920><c> fact</c><00:43:20.300><c> become</c><00:43:21.480><c> god's</c><00:43:22.199><c> greatest</c><00:43:22.539><c> blessing</c><00:43:23.079><c> in</c><00:43:23.340><c> our</c><00:43:23.539><c> lives.</c>

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It<00:43:25.159><c> has</c><00:43:25.500><c> become</c><00:43:25.920><c> a</c><00:43:26.219><c> best</c><00:43:26.539><c> friend</c><00:43:27.219><c> because</c><00:43:28.260><c> it</c><00:43:28.860><c> has,</c><00:43:29.480><c> even</c><00:43:29.760><c> though</c><00:43:29.920><c> it</c>

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may<00:43:30.340><c> in</c><00:43:30.579><c> the</c><00:43:30.860><c> beginning</c><00:43:31.079><c> have</c><00:43:31.440><c> shattered</c><00:43:31.800><c> our</c><00:43:32.280><c> faith</c><00:43:32.739><c> and</c><00:43:33.579><c> our</c>

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lives,<00:43:35.940><c> when</c><00:43:36.159><c> god</c><00:43:36.500><c> gets</c><00:43:36.900><c> to</c><00:43:37.119><c> the</c><00:43:37.340><c> end</c><00:43:37.539><c> of</c><00:43:37.699><c> what</c><00:43:37.840><c> he's</c><00:43:38.159><c> doing</c><00:43:38.699><c> in</c>

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our<00:43:39.380><c> lives,</c><00:43:40.519><c> we</c><00:43:41.000><c> discover</c><00:43:41.599><c> that</c><00:43:42.039><c> that</c><00:43:42.900><c> enemy</c><00:43:43.340><c> has</c><00:43:44.619><c> helped</c><00:43:45.019><c> us</c>

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grow<00:43:46.320><c> in</c><00:43:47.179><c> greater</c><00:43:47.599><c> faith</c><00:43:48.239><c> and</c><00:43:49.139><c> confidence</c><00:43:49.840><c> and</c><00:43:50.599><c> trust.</c>

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And<00:43:53.000><c> the</c><00:43:53.139><c> lord</c><00:43:53.380><c> our</c><00:43:53.659><c> god,</c><00:43:54.500><c> all</c><00:43:58.179><c> things</c><00:43:59.579><c> truly</c><00:44:01.219><c> do</c><00:44:01.679><c> work</c><00:44:01.940><c> together</c><00:44:02.500><c> for</c><00:44:02.980><c> good</c><00:44:03.440><c> to</c>

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those<00:44:04.539><c> who</c><00:44:04.840><c> love</c><00:44:05.079><c> god</c><00:44:05.539><c> and</c><00:44:05.739><c> are</c><00:44:06.079><c> called</c><00:44:06.320><c> according</c><00:44:06.780><c> to</c><00:44:07.019><c> his</c><00:44:07.219><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:44:08.360><c> that's</c><00:44:08.659><c> why</c><00:44:09.000><c> Paul</c><00:44:09.360><c> says</c><00:44:09.739><c> I</c><00:44:09.920><c> am</c><00:44:10.119><c> persuaded</c><00:44:10.860><c> that</c><00:44:12.099><c> neither</c>

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death<00:44:12.880><c> nor</c><00:44:13.099><c> life</c><00:44:13.440><c> nor</c><00:44:13.659><c> angels</c><00:44:14.039><c> nor</c><00:44:14.340><c> principalities</c><00:44:15.139><c> nor</c><00:44:15.380><c> powers</c><00:44:15.800><c> nor</c>

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things<00:44:16.480><c> present</c><00:44:16.960><c> nor</c><00:44:17.320><c> things</c><00:44:17.639><c> to</c><00:44:18.000><c> come</c><00:44:18.900><c> nor</c><00:44:19.360><c> height</c><00:44:19.619><c> nor</c><00:44:19.880><c> depth</c><00:44:20.139><c> nor</c>

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any<00:44:21.000><c> created</c><00:44:21.619><c> thing</c><00:44:22.679><c> shall</c><00:44:24.139><c> be</c><00:44:24.480><c> able</c><00:44:24.780><c> to</c><00:44:25.219><c> separate</c><00:44:25.599><c> us</c><00:44:25.800><c> from</c>

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the<00:44:26.159><c> love</c><00:44:26.280><c> of</c><00:44:26.599><c> god,</c><00:44:27.280><c> which</c><00:44:27.480><c> is</c><00:44:27.719><c> in</c><00:44:27.960><c> Christ</c><00:44:28.219><c> Jesus</c><00:44:28.679><c> our</c><00:44:29.000><c> lord.</c>

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That<00:44:31.119><c> is</c><00:44:31.659><c> the</c><00:44:31.760><c> profound</c><00:44:32.400><c> truth</c><00:44:33.300><c> that</c><00:44:34.219><c> god</c><00:44:34.760><c> created</c><00:44:35.579><c> all</c><00:44:36.000><c> things</c><00:44:36.360><c> and</c>

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is<00:44:36.760><c> greater</c><00:44:37.199><c> than</c><00:44:37.440><c> all</c><00:44:37.760><c> things</c><00:44:38.019><c> and</c><00:44:38.420><c> cares</c><00:44:38.880><c> for</c><00:44:39.159><c> all</c><00:44:39.460><c> things.</c>

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And<00:44:40.840><c> that</c><00:44:40.980><c> is</c><00:44:41.199><c> why</c><00:44:41.440><c> faith</c><00:44:41.960><c> ultimately</c><00:44:43.099><c> going</c><00:44:43.599><c> through</c><00:44:43.900><c> this</c>

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process<00:44:44.679><c> of</c><00:44:45.019><c> growth</c><00:44:45.280><c> and</c><00:44:45.519><c> maturation</c><00:44:46.860><c> finally</c><00:44:47.980><c> comes</c><00:44:48.380><c> to</c><00:44:48.699><c> rejoice</c><00:44:49.219><c> and</c>

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prosper<00:44:50.179><c> in</c><00:44:51.340><c> god's</c><00:44:51.840><c> love</c><00:44:52.480><c> and</c><00:44:53.559><c> his</c><00:44:53.820><c> tender</c><00:44:54.099><c> care</c><00:44:54.679><c> for</c><00:44:55.400><c> us.</c>

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And<00:44:58.000><c> so</c><00:44:58.260><c> we</c><00:44:58.420><c> see</c><00:44:58.679><c> brother</c><00:44:58.960><c> and</c><00:44:59.159><c> sisters</c><00:44:59.539><c> as</c><00:44:59.760><c> we've</c><00:45:00.099><c> just</c><00:45:00.320><c> begun</c>

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a<00:45:00.920><c> meditation</c><00:45:01.500><c> upon</c><00:45:01.960><c> god.</c>

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We<00:45:03.719><c> thought</c><00:45:03.980><c> these</c><00:45:04.179><c> were</c><00:45:04.539><c> simple</c><00:45:05.019><c> little</c><00:45:05.360><c> things</c><00:45:05.800><c> that</c><00:45:06.039><c> god</c>

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is<00:45:06.500><c> revealing</c><00:45:06.860><c> to</c><00:45:07.260><c> us</c><00:45:07.739><c> and</c><00:45:08.099><c> yet</c><00:45:08.280><c> they</c><00:45:08.480><c> are</c><00:45:08.719><c> profound</c><00:45:09.559><c> in</c><00:45:09.780><c> their</c>

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depth<00:45:10.539><c> of</c><00:45:11.360><c> what</c><00:45:11.619><c> they</c><00:45:12.000><c> tell</c><00:45:12.199><c> us</c><00:45:12.460><c> about</c><00:45:12.639><c> the</c><00:45:12.980><c> richness</c><00:45:13.440><c> of</c><00:45:13.940><c> the</c>

00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:18.219
one<00:45:14.239><c> that</c><00:45:14.420><c> we</c><00:45:14.659><c> come</c><00:45:14.920><c> to</c><00:45:15.199><c> believe</c><00:45:15.420><c> because</c><00:45:16.000><c> faith</c><00:45:16.360><c> begins</c><00:45:17.219><c> by</c>

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believing<00:45:18.579><c> that</c><00:45:18.820><c> he</c><00:45:19.019><c> exists.</c>

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It<00:45:20.539><c> grows</c><00:45:21.239><c> as</c><00:45:21.420><c> we</c><00:45:21.659><c> begin</c><00:45:22.019><c> to</c><00:45:22.440><c> trust</c><00:45:22.800><c> him</c><00:45:23.019><c> and</c><00:45:23.280><c> depend</c><00:45:23.599><c> upon</c><00:45:23.940><c> him</c>

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in<00:45:24.539><c> all</c><00:45:25.000><c> things,</c><00:45:26.099><c> all</c><00:45:26.539><c> things.</c>

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And<00:45:27.920><c> then</c><00:45:28.119><c> as</c><00:45:28.320><c> it</c><00:45:28.480><c> matures,</c><00:45:29.400><c> our</c><00:45:29.539><c> faith</c><00:45:29.860><c> develops</c><00:45:30.360><c> more</c><00:45:30.739><c> and</c>

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matures,<00:45:31.699><c> we</c><00:45:31.820><c> come</c><00:45:32.079><c> to</c><00:45:32.360><c> worship</c><00:45:32.780><c> and</c><00:45:33.139><c> exalt</c><00:45:33.519><c> only</c><00:45:34.039><c> him</c><00:45:34.500><c> in</c><00:45:34.960><c> our</c>

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life,<00:45:36.880><c> learning</c><00:45:37.380><c> through</c><00:45:37.860><c> the</c><00:45:37.980><c> experience</c><00:45:38.619><c> of</c><00:45:38.880><c> life</c><00:45:39.420><c> to</c><00:45:40.239><c> submit</c><00:45:40.820><c> to</c>

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his<00:45:41.980><c> hand</c><00:45:42.460><c> that</c><00:45:43.179><c> ultimately</c><00:45:43.860><c> we</c><00:45:44.079><c> might</c><00:45:44.420><c> come</c><00:45:44.800><c> to</c><00:45:45.099><c> rejoice</c><00:45:45.679><c> and</c>

00:45:46.300 --> 00:45:50.360
to<00:45:46.599><c> prosper</c><00:45:47.079><c> in</c><00:45:47.980><c> his</c><00:45:48.260><c> love</c><00:45:48.880><c> and</c><00:45:49.219><c> tender</c><00:45:49.460><c> care.</c>