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He<00:10:55.500><c> doesn't</c><00:10:55.759><c> do</c><00:10:55.919><c> it</c><00:10:56.039><c> for</c><00:10:56.320><c> years</c><00:10:56.919><c> and</c><00:10:57.179><c> years.</c><00:10:58.580><c> He</c><00:10:58.720><c> has</c><00:10:58.899><c> no</c><00:10:59.100><c> particular</c><00:10:59.600><c> interest</c><00:11:00.360><c> in</c>

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being<00:11:01.500><c> king.</c>

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And<00:11:02.740><c> look</c><00:11:02.919><c> at</c><00:11:03.039><c> verse</c><00:11:03.220><c> 16</c><00:11:03.779><c> of</c><00:11:03.980><c> this</c><00:11:04.360><c> chapter</c><00:11:04.679><c> 10.</c><00:11:06.600><c> Saul</c><00:11:06.600><c> meets</c>

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up<00:11:07.600><c> with</c><00:11:07.759><c> his</c><00:11:07.899><c> uncle</c><00:11:08.320><c> and</c><00:11:09.740><c> Saul</c><00:11:10.580><c> says,</c><00:11:11.259><c> you</c><00:11:11.259><c> know,</c>

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he<00:11:12.279><c> said</c><00:11:12.379><c> unto</c><00:11:12.559><c> his</c><00:11:12.720><c> uncle</c><00:11:12.960><c> in</c><00:11:13.100><c> verse</c><00:11:13.259><c> 16,</c><00:11:14.360><c> I</c><00:11:14.460><c> met</c><00:11:14.700><c> this</c><00:11:15.059><c> person,</c><00:11:15.700><c> Samuel,</c><00:11:16.220><c> and</c><00:11:16.360><c> he</c>

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told<00:11:16.779><c> us</c><00:11:17.039><c> plainly</c><00:11:17.600><c> that</c><00:11:17.860><c> the</c>

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assets<00:11:18.220><c> were</c><00:11:18.480><c> found,</c><00:11:19.200><c> but</c><00:11:19.840><c> of</c><00:11:20.259><c> the</c><00:11:20.460><c> matter</c><00:11:20.759><c> of</c><00:11:21.019><c> the</c><00:11:21.200><c> kingdom</c>

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whereof<00:11:23.120><c> Samuel</c><00:11:23.539><c> spake,</c><00:11:24.259><c> Saul</c><00:11:24.519><c> didn't</c><00:11:24.820><c> tell</c><00:11:25.059><c> Abner.</c>

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Now<00:11:27.240><c> you</c><00:11:27.320><c> would</c><00:11:27.559><c> think</c><00:11:27.679><c> he</c><00:11:27.820><c> would</c><00:11:28.039><c> be</c><00:11:28.279><c> bubbling</c><00:11:28.519><c> over</c><00:11:28.879><c> with</c>

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excitement<00:11:29.559><c> with</c><00:11:29.779><c> the</c><00:11:29.919><c> fact</c><00:11:30.100><c> that</c>

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he's<00:11:31.120><c> going</c><00:11:31.279><c> to</c><00:11:31.500><c> have</c><00:11:31.720><c> this</c><00:11:31.919><c> opportunity</c><00:11:32.559><c> to</c><00:11:32.720><c> be</c><00:11:32.899><c> king</c><00:11:33.120><c> over</c>

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Israel,<00:11:34.019><c> but</c><00:11:34.220><c> he's</c><00:11:34.460><c> not.</c><00:11:35.679><c> He's</c><00:11:36.159><c> not</c><00:11:36.320><c> telling</c><00:11:36.580><c> his</c>

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uncle<00:11:37.000><c> about</c><00:11:37.320><c> this.</c><00:11:38.539><c> And</c><00:11:38.700><c> when</c><00:11:38.899><c> it</c><00:11:38.960><c> comes</c><00:11:39.220><c> time</c><00:11:39.559><c> for</c><00:11:39.740><c> his</c><00:11:39.899><c> public</c><00:11:40.200><c> presentation</c><00:11:40.779><c> to</c>

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Israel,<00:11:41.919><c> verse</c><00:11:42.159><c> 22,</c>

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they<00:11:43.659><c> can't</c><00:11:44.100><c> find</c><00:11:44.500><c> Saul.</c><00:11:46.720><c> Therefore</c><00:11:46.919><c> they</c><00:11:47.159><c> inquired</c><00:11:47.539><c> of</c><00:11:47.659><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:11:48.000><c> further,</c><00:11:48.639><c> if</c><00:11:48.700><c> the</c><00:11:48.899><c> man</c><00:11:49.080><c> should</c><00:11:49.240><c> yet</c><00:11:49.440><c> come</c>

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hither,<00:11:49.899><c> and</c><00:11:50.019><c> the</c><00:11:50.120><c> Lord</c><00:11:50.340><c> answered,</c><00:11:51.179><c> behold,</c><00:11:51.980><c> he</c><00:11:52.059><c> hath</c><00:11:52.120><c> hid</c><00:11:52.299><c> himself</c><00:11:52.679><c> among</c><00:11:52.899><c> this</c><00:11:53.179><c> stuff.</c><00:11:54.580><c> And</c><00:11:54.879><c> I</c>

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imagine<00:11:55.259><c> we've</c>

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seen<00:11:55.500><c> this</c><00:11:55.720><c> in</c><00:11:55.919><c> some</c><00:11:56.220><c> Sunday</c><00:11:56.460><c> school</c><00:11:56.720><c> plays,</c><00:11:57.100><c> and</c><00:11:57.240><c> they</c><00:11:57.299><c> ran</c>

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and<00:11:57.840><c> they</c><00:11:58.279><c> fetched</c><00:11:58.940><c> Saul</c><00:11:59.159><c> so</c><00:12:00.220><c> that</c><00:12:00.340><c> he</c><00:12:00.379><c> could</c><00:12:00.559><c> be</c>

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presented<00:12:01.120><c> to</c><00:12:01.320><c> the</c><00:12:01.440><c> people</c><00:12:01.720><c> as</c><00:12:01.960><c> their</c><00:12:02.740><c> king.</c><00:12:04.320><c> And</c><00:12:04.399><c> then</c><00:12:04.620><c> in</c><00:12:04.740><c> chapter</c><00:12:04.980><c> 11,</c><00:12:05.419><c> verse</c><00:12:05.600><c> 5,</c>

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now<00:12:06.620><c> he's</c><00:12:06.779><c> been</c><00:12:07.059><c> presented</c><00:12:07.419><c> to</c>

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the<00:12:07.779><c> whole</c><00:12:08.100><c> nation</c><00:12:08.500><c> as</c><00:12:08.700><c> king.</c><00:12:09.679><c> And</c><00:12:09.820><c> what</c><00:12:09.980><c> has</c><00:12:10.139><c> he</c><00:12:10.240><c> done?</c><00:12:11.179><c> He's</c>

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gone<00:12:11.600><c> back</c><00:12:11.919><c> to</c><00:12:12.120><c> husbandry.</c><00:12:13.179><c> When</c><00:12:13.279><c> they</c><00:12:13.399><c> go</c><00:12:13.559><c> looking</c>

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for<00:12:14.139><c> Saul,</c><00:12:15.519><c> verse</c><00:12:15.879><c> 5</c><00:12:16.279><c> of</c><00:12:16.399><c> 1</c><00:12:16.620><c> Samuel</c><00:12:16.919><c> 11,</c><00:12:17.340><c> behold,</c><00:12:18.220><c> Saul</c><00:12:18.600><c> came</c>

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after<00:12:19.799><c> the</c><00:12:20.139><c> herd</c><00:12:20.480><c> out</c><00:12:20.799><c> of</c><00:12:20.940><c> the</c><00:12:21.159><c> field.</c>

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Now,<00:12:23.559><c> we</c><00:12:23.779><c> may</c><00:12:23.980><c> take</c><00:12:24.179><c> a</c><00:12:24.259><c> look</c><00:12:24.379><c> at</c><00:12:24.500><c> that</c><00:12:24.679><c> and</c><00:12:24.759><c> say,</c><00:12:25.019><c> well,</c><00:12:25.279><c> that's</c>

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just<00:12:26.000><c> because</c><00:12:26.299><c> the</c><00:12:26.500><c> man</c><00:12:26.639><c> was</c><00:12:26.860><c> a</c><00:12:27.019><c> humble</c><00:12:27.200><c> man.</c>

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Maybe<00:12:29.460><c> he</c><00:12:29.659><c> was,</c><00:12:30.820><c> but</c><00:12:31.659><c> the</c><00:12:31.919><c> nation</c><00:12:32.500><c> was</c><00:12:33.059><c> in</c><00:12:33.320><c> trouble.</c><00:12:36.179><c> And</c><00:12:36.399><c> God</c>

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had<00:12:37.980><c> appointed</c><00:12:38.399><c> Saul</c><00:12:39.000><c> to</c><00:12:39.240><c> be</c><00:12:39.539><c> the</c><00:12:39.940><c> leader</c>

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of<00:12:41.559><c> God's</c><00:12:42.000><c> heritage.</c><00:12:44.019><c> Here</c><00:12:44.419><c> was</c><00:12:44.620><c> an</c><00:12:44.779><c> opportunity</c><00:12:45.279><c> for</c><00:12:45.600><c> service.</c><00:12:47.340><c> Here</c>

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was<00:12:47.860><c> the</c><00:12:48.159><c> time</c><00:12:48.480><c> to</c><00:12:48.919><c> answer</c><00:12:49.500><c> the</c><00:12:50.360><c> call,</c>

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trusting<00:12:51.919><c> that</c><00:12:52.220><c> God</c><00:12:52.559><c> would</c><00:12:52.879><c> strengthen</c><00:12:53.240><c> him</c><00:12:53.440><c> to</c><00:12:53.620><c> the</c><00:12:53.779><c> job.</c>

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Now,<00:12:56.419><c> I</c><00:12:56.440><c> don't</c><00:12:56.580><c> imagine</c><00:12:56.860><c> any</c><00:12:57.100><c> of</c><00:12:57.200><c> us</c><00:12:57.340><c> have</c><00:12:57.500><c> been</c><00:12:57.700><c> called</c><00:12:57.980><c> to</c><00:12:58.679><c> a</c>

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particular<00:12:59.399><c> area</c><00:12:59.840><c> of</c><00:13:00.179><c> service</c><00:13:00.440><c> as</c><00:13:00.700><c> dramatically</c><00:13:01.200><c> as</c>

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Saul<00:13:01.740><c> was.</c><00:13:04.179><c> But</c><00:13:04.679><c> you</c><00:13:04.820><c> know,</c><00:13:05.139><c> the</c><00:13:05.360><c> circumstances</c><00:13:06.139><c> of</c><00:13:06.980><c> life</c><00:13:07.419><c> can</c>

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call<00:13:09.399><c> us</c><00:13:10.039><c> to</c><00:13:10.940><c> an</c><00:13:11.100><c> opportunity</c><00:13:11.559><c> to</c><00:13:11.919><c> serve.</c>

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And<00:13:15.240><c> when</c><00:13:15.840><c> they</c><00:13:16.120><c> do,</c><00:13:17.460><c> it</c><00:13:17.639><c> is</c><00:13:18.019><c> fine</c><00:13:18.279><c> to</c><00:13:18.480><c> be</c><00:13:18.679><c> humble,</c><00:13:20.039><c> but</c><00:13:20.299><c> that</c>

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is<00:13:20.820><c> not</c><00:13:21.120><c> the</c><00:13:21.360><c> time</c><00:13:21.580><c> to</c><00:13:21.820><c> be</c><00:13:21.980><c> so</c><00:13:22.259><c> self</c><00:13:22.559><c>-effacing</c><00:13:22.960><c> that</c>

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we<00:13:23.360><c> turn</c><00:13:23.559><c> it</c><00:13:23.779><c> down.</c><00:13:24.899><c> That</c><00:13:25.200><c> is</c><00:13:25.419><c> the</c><00:13:25.639><c> time</c><00:13:25.899><c> to</c><00:13:26.279><c> serve,</c><00:13:28.100><c> trusting</c>

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the<00:13:29.500><c> Lord</c><00:13:29.820><c> to</c><00:13:30.039><c> make</c><00:13:30.220><c> up</c><00:13:30.519><c> for</c><00:13:30.899><c> our</c><00:13:31.220><c> inadequacies.</c>

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And<00:13:33.720><c> that's</c><00:13:33.940><c> what</c><00:13:34.720><c> God</c><00:13:34.980><c> does</c><00:13:35.200><c> with</c><00:13:35.500><c> Saul.</c><00:13:36.960><c> He</c><00:13:37.259><c> does</c><00:13:37.659><c> everything</c><00:13:38.539><c> he</c><00:13:39.100><c> can</c><00:13:39.519><c> to</c>

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make<00:13:40.700><c> it</c><00:13:40.960><c> work</c><00:13:41.159><c> with</c><00:13:41.399><c> Saul.</c>

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God<00:13:42.700><c> was</c><00:13:42.940><c> fully</c><00:13:43.179><c> aware</c><00:13:43.440><c> he</c><00:13:43.580><c> was</c><00:13:43.820><c> not</c><00:13:43.980><c> one</c><00:13:44.120><c> of</c><00:13:44.200><c> the</c><00:13:44.360><c> faithful</c><00:13:44.639><c> in</c><00:13:44.799><c> Israel,</c>

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but<00:13:46.740><c> if</c><00:13:47.080><c> that's</c><00:13:47.440><c> the</c><00:13:47.519><c> man</c><00:13:47.840><c> that's</c><00:13:48.100><c> going</c><00:13:48.220><c> to</c><00:13:48.399><c> satisfy</c><00:13:48.820><c> the</c><00:13:49.019><c> situation,</c>

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then<00:13:50.740><c> he's</c><00:13:51.059><c> going</c><00:13:51.220><c> to</c><00:13:51.399><c> do</c><00:13:51.559><c> everything</c><00:13:51.899><c> he</c><00:13:52.200><c> can</c><00:13:52.620><c> to</c><00:13:53.299><c> make</c><00:13:53.460><c> it</c><00:13:53.679><c> work.</c><00:13:56.419><c> Go</c>

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back<00:13:56.919><c> to</c><00:13:57.480><c> chapter</c><00:13:57.899><c> 10.</c>

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He<00:14:01.740><c> gives</c><00:14:02.080><c> Saul</c><00:14:02.980><c> through</c><00:14:03.659><c> Samuel</c><00:14:04.480><c> four</c><00:14:05.639><c> signs,</c><00:14:07.679><c> four</c><00:14:08.000><c> signs</c>

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that<00:14:08.679><c> God</c><00:14:09.039><c> had</c><00:14:09.240><c> truly</c><00:14:09.500><c> selected</c><00:14:09.899><c> him</c>

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and<00:14:11.500><c> would</c><00:14:12.019><c> provide</c><00:14:12.480><c> for</c><00:14:12.639><c> his</c><00:14:12.879><c> needs.</c><00:14:15.019><c> After,</c><00:14:15.419><c> in</c><00:14:15.500><c> verse</c><00:14:15.740><c> one,</c>

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Samuel<00:14:16.480><c> had</c><00:14:16.759><c> taken</c><00:14:16.980><c> a</c><00:14:17.159><c> vial</c><00:14:17.360><c> of</c><00:14:17.600><c> oil</c><00:14:17.840><c> and</c><00:14:18.059><c> anointed</c>

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Saul<00:14:18.980><c> to</c><00:14:20.259><c> be</c><00:14:20.559><c> captain</c><00:14:21.059><c> over</c><00:14:21.779><c> God's</c><00:14:22.539><c> inheritance.</c><00:14:24.340><c> Verse</c><00:14:24.580><c> two,</c>

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these<00:14:25.480><c> are</c><00:14:25.700><c> the</c><00:14:25.879><c> signs,</c>

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when<00:14:26.379><c> thou</c><00:14:26.580><c> art</c><00:14:26.759><c> departed</c><00:14:27.159><c> from</c><00:14:27.340><c> me</c><00:14:27.539><c> today,</c><00:14:28.799><c> then</c><00:14:28.879><c> thou</c><00:14:29.039><c> shalt</c>

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find,<00:14:29.740><c> and</c><00:14:29.860><c> the</c><00:14:30.000><c> signs</c><00:14:30.240><c> are</c><00:14:30.460><c> very</c><00:14:30.860><c> specific,</c>

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two<00:14:32.320><c> men</c><00:14:32.700><c> by</c><00:14:32.980><c> Rachel</c><00:14:33.460><c> Seppelker,</c><00:14:35.340><c> and</c><00:14:35.980><c> they</c><00:14:36.100><c> were</c><00:14:36.259><c> going</c><00:14:36.379><c> to</c>

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tell<00:14:36.759><c> him</c><00:14:36.980><c> that</c><00:14:37.159><c> the</c><00:14:37.440><c> asses</c><00:14:37.779><c> had</c><00:14:37.960><c> been</c><00:14:38.220><c> found.</c>

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And<00:14:40.179><c> the</c><00:14:40.259><c> second</c><00:14:40.580><c> sign</c><00:14:40.960><c> is</c><00:14:41.919><c> verse</c><00:14:42.279><c> three,</c><00:14:43.600><c> then</c><00:14:43.840><c> shalt</c><00:14:44.139><c> thou</c>

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go<00:14:44.480><c> on</c><00:14:44.759><c> forward</c><00:14:45.059><c> from</c><00:14:45.340><c> thence,</c><00:14:45.700><c> and</c><00:14:45.720><c> thou</c><00:14:45.919><c> shalt</c>

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come<00:14:46.320><c> to</c><00:14:46.480><c> the</c><00:14:46.600><c> plain</c><00:14:46.779><c> of</c><00:14:46.980><c> Tabor,</c><00:14:47.820><c> and</c><00:14:47.919><c> there</c><00:14:48.100><c> shall</c><00:14:48.259><c> meet</c><00:14:48.559><c> thee</c>

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three<00:14:49.220><c> men</c><00:14:49.580><c> coming</c><00:14:49.840><c> out</c><00:14:50.799><c> to</c><00:14:51.179><c> God</c><00:14:51.500><c> to</c><00:14:51.720><c> Bethel,</c>

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one<00:14:52.820><c> carrying</c><00:14:53.159><c> three</c><00:14:53.539><c> kids,</c><00:14:53.899><c> another</c><00:14:54.080><c> carrying</c><00:14:54.379><c> three</c><00:14:54.720><c> loaves</c><00:14:55.039><c> of</c><00:14:55.220><c> bread,</c><00:14:55.740><c> another</c><00:14:55.940><c> carrying</c><00:14:56.200><c> a</c>

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bottle<00:14:56.500><c> of</c><00:14:56.720><c> wine.</c>

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in<00:15:02.960><c> verse</c><00:15:03.159><c> five,</c><00:15:03.620><c> the</c><00:15:03.799><c> third</c><00:15:04.039><c> sign,</c>

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and<00:15:05.360><c> after</c><00:15:05.580><c> thou</c><00:15:05.799><c> shalt</c><00:15:06.000><c> come</c><00:15:06.259><c> to</c><00:15:06.379><c> the</c><00:15:06.440><c> hill</c><00:15:06.600><c> of</c><00:15:06.720><c> God,</c><00:15:07.759><c> where</c>

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is<00:15:07.980><c> the</c><00:15:08.139><c> garrison</c><00:15:08.399><c> of</c><00:15:08.559><c> the</c><00:15:08.720><c> Philistines?</c>

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Very<00:15:09.879><c> specific</c><00:15:10.440><c> signs.</c><00:15:11.480><c> It</c><00:15:11.639><c> shall</c><00:15:11.799><c> come</c><00:15:12.039><c> to</c><00:15:12.259><c> pass</c><00:15:12.659><c> when</c><00:15:13.100><c> thou</c>

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art<00:15:13.399><c> come</c><00:15:13.639><c> hither,</c><00:15:15.320><c> that</c><00:15:15.419><c> thou</c><00:15:15.639><c> shalt</c><00:15:15.879><c> meet</c><00:15:16.100><c> a</c>

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company<00:15:16.539><c> of</c><00:15:16.860><c> prophets</c><00:15:17.139><c> coming</c><00:15:17.440><c> down</c><00:15:17.700><c> from</c><00:15:17.879><c> the</c><00:15:18.019><c> high</c><00:15:18.220><c> place</c><00:15:18.519><c> with</c><00:15:18.940><c> a</c>

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salt<00:15:19.360><c> tree</c><00:15:19.500><c> and</c><00:15:19.600><c> a</c><00:15:19.799><c> tabernacle</c><00:15:20.399><c> and</c><00:15:20.659><c> a</c><00:15:20.820><c> pipe</c>

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and<00:15:21.179><c> a</c><00:15:21.340><c> harp</c><00:15:21.879><c> before</c><00:15:22.620><c> them,</c><00:15:22.840><c> and</c><00:15:22.860><c> they</c><00:15:23.080><c> shall</c><00:15:23.279><c> prophesy.</c><00:15:24.820><c> And</c>

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the<00:15:25.340><c> fourth</c><00:15:25.600><c> sign,</c><00:15:26.820><c> and</c><00:15:27.139><c> then</c><00:15:27.379><c> the</c><00:15:27.600><c> Spirit</c><00:15:27.940><c> of</c><00:15:28.120><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:15:28.500><c> will</c><00:15:28.700><c> come</c><00:15:28.899><c> upon</c><00:15:29.200><c> thee,</c><00:15:29.460><c> and</c><00:15:29.500><c> thou</c><00:15:29.720><c> shalt</c><00:15:29.960><c> prophesy</c><00:15:30.519><c> with</c><00:15:30.700><c> them,</c><00:15:31.240><c> and</c>

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shalt<00:15:31.659><c> be</c><00:15:31.919><c> turned</c><00:15:32.200><c> into</c><00:15:32.460><c> another</c><00:15:32.740><c> man.</c>

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So<00:15:33.919><c> God</c><00:15:34.139><c> was</c><00:15:34.360><c> going</c><00:15:34.480><c> to</c><00:15:34.559><c> give</c><00:15:34.679><c> him</c><00:15:34.919><c> the</c><00:15:35.179><c> full</c><00:15:35.600><c> experience</c><00:15:36.299><c> of</c>

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what<00:15:36.580><c> it</c><00:15:36.759><c> feels</c><00:15:37.059><c> like</c>

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to<00:15:38.019><c> be</c><00:15:38.299><c> filled</c><00:15:38.740><c> with</c><00:15:39.139><c> an</c><00:15:39.440><c> ecstatic</c><00:15:40.379><c> praise</c><00:15:41.000><c> and</c><00:15:41.919><c> a</c><00:15:42.039><c> highly</c>

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spiritual<00:15:43.019><c> feeling.</c>

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when<00:15:54.039><c> these</c><00:15:54.299><c> signs</c><00:15:54.700><c> are</c><00:15:54.960><c> come</c><00:15:55.100><c> unto</c><00:15:55.220><c> thee,</c>

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that<00:15:56.779><c> thou</c><00:15:57.299><c> do</c><00:15:57.519><c> as</c><00:15:57.720><c> occasion</c><00:15:58.240><c> serve</c><00:15:58.720><c> thee,</c><00:15:59.019><c> for</c><00:15:59.200><c> God</c><00:15:59.419><c> is</c><00:15:59.620><c> with</c>

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thee,<00:15:59.980><c> and</c><00:16:00.100><c> thou</c><00:16:00.299><c> shalt</c><00:16:00.580><c> go</c><00:16:00.980><c> down</c><00:16:01.279><c> before</c><00:16:01.659><c> me</c><00:16:01.879><c> to</c>

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Gilgal.<00:16:04.299><c> So</c><00:16:04.919><c> there</c><00:16:05.039><c> was</c><00:16:05.259><c> no</c><00:16:05.639><c> obligation</c><00:16:06.299><c> to</c><00:16:06.720><c> immediately</c><00:16:07.240><c> go</c>

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down<00:16:07.759><c> to</c><00:16:07.980><c> Gilgal.</c>

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When<00:16:12.019><c> Saul</c><00:16:12.539><c> found</c><00:16:13.100><c> it</c><00:16:13.379><c> convenient</c><00:16:13.860><c> and</c><00:16:14.100><c> wanted</c><00:16:14.360><c> to</c><00:16:14.600><c> do</c><00:16:14.740><c> it,</c><00:16:16.440><c> then</c><00:16:16.559><c> he</c>

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was<00:16:16.840><c> to</c><00:16:16.919><c> go</c><00:16:17.059><c> down</c><00:16:17.240><c> to</c><00:16:17.399><c> Gilgal,</c>

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and<00:16:18.120><c> there</c><00:16:18.500><c> Samuel</c><00:16:18.799><c> would</c><00:16:19.100><c> meet</c><00:16:19.159><c> him</c><00:16:19.299><c> after</c><00:16:19.580><c> seven</c><00:16:19.840><c> days,</c><00:16:20.799><c> and</c>

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he<00:16:21.159><c> would</c><00:16:21.399><c> provide</c><00:16:21.740><c> him</c><00:16:22.000><c> with</c><00:16:22.259><c> the</c><00:16:22.580><c> instructions</c>

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that<00:16:23.440><c> Saul</c><00:16:23.659><c> needed</c><00:16:24.080><c> to</c><00:16:24.720><c> function</c><00:16:25.080><c> as</c><00:16:25.379><c> king.</c><00:16:27.460><c> Well,</c><00:16:28.059><c> what's</c><00:16:28.620><c> interesting</c><00:16:29.100><c> about</c><00:16:29.440><c> this</c><00:16:29.860><c> is</c>

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the<00:16:30.799><c> difference</c><00:16:31.159><c> in</c>

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attitude<00:16:31.860><c> of</c><00:16:32.700><c> Saul</c><00:16:33.200><c> and</c><00:16:34.620><c> of</c><00:16:34.879><c> God.</c><00:16:37.720><c> God</c><00:16:38.200><c> is</c><00:16:38.820><c> so</c><00:16:39.600><c> anxious</c><00:16:40.139><c> to</c><00:16:40.399><c> make</c><00:16:40.600><c> it</c>

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work<00:16:41.200><c> with</c><00:16:41.480><c> Saul</c><00:16:42.100><c> that</c><00:16:43.720><c> he</c><00:16:44.919><c> fulfills</c><00:16:45.320><c> all</c><00:16:45.659><c> the</c>

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signs<00:16:46.220><c> all</c><00:16:47.059><c> that</c><00:16:47.340><c> day,</c><00:16:48.720><c> and</c><00:16:48.899><c> the</c><00:16:49.120><c> fourth</c><00:16:49.340><c> one</c><00:16:49.519><c> he</c><00:16:49.600><c> does</c><00:16:49.840><c> first.</c>

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Verse<00:16:52.059><c> nine,</c><00:16:53.000><c> it</c><00:16:53.159><c> was</c><00:16:53.440><c> so</c><00:16:53.639><c> that</c><00:16:53.820><c> when</c><00:16:54.100><c> Saul</c><00:16:54.299><c> had</c>

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turned<00:16:54.659><c> his</c><00:16:54.899><c> back</c><00:16:55.059><c> to</c><00:16:55.240><c> go</c><00:16:55.340><c> from</c><00:16:55.559><c> Samuel,</c><00:16:56.860><c> God</c><00:16:57.159><c> gave</c><00:16:57.360><c> him</c><00:16:57.539><c> another</c><00:16:57.740><c> heart.</c><00:16:59.080><c> Right</c>

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off<00:16:59.600><c> the</c><00:16:59.779><c> bat,</c><00:17:00.419><c> he</c><00:17:00.480><c> does</c><00:17:00.700><c> that</c>

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for<00:17:01.100><c> him,</c><00:17:01.559><c> and</c><00:17:01.879><c> all</c><00:17:02.480><c> those</c><00:17:02.840><c> signs</c><00:17:03.299><c> came</c><00:17:03.639><c> to</c><00:17:03.860><c> pass</c><00:17:04.099><c> that</c><00:17:04.460><c> day.</c><00:17:07.380><c> So</c><00:17:07.519><c> what</c><00:17:07.680><c> God</c><00:17:07.900><c> was</c><00:17:08.160><c> saying</c><00:17:08.539><c> to</c><00:17:08.839><c> Saul</c><00:17:09.000><c> is,</c><00:17:09.339><c> I</c>

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am<00:17:09.740><c> very</c>

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ready<00:17:10.599><c> and</c><00:17:11.359><c> very</c><00:17:11.940><c> anxious</c><00:17:12.359><c> to</c><00:17:12.660><c> help.</c><00:17:15.279><c> But</c><00:17:15.500><c> Saul</c><00:17:15.619><c> doesn't</c><00:17:15.819><c> go</c>

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to<00:17:16.140><c> Gilgal.</c><00:17:17.900><c> Saul</c><00:17:18.220><c> doesn't</c><00:17:18.480><c> go</c><00:17:18.740><c> to</c><00:17:18.960><c> Gilgal</c><00:17:19.440><c> until</c>

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years<00:17:20.779><c> later</c><00:17:21.359><c> to</c><00:17:22.339><c> go</c><00:17:22.619><c> through</c><00:17:22.880><c> this</c><00:17:23.099><c> seven</c><00:17:23.359><c> days</c><00:17:23.799><c> of</c><00:17:24.079><c> contemplation</c><00:17:24.920><c> and</c><00:17:25.119><c> meditation,</c><00:17:26.220><c> waiting</c><00:17:26.519><c> for</c><00:17:26.880><c> Samuel</c>

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to<00:17:27.339><c> come</c><00:17:27.619><c> down</c><00:17:28.019><c> and</c><00:17:28.559><c> offer</c><00:17:28.859><c> sacrifices</c><00:17:29.539><c> on</c><00:17:29.819><c> the</c><00:17:30.019><c> seventh</c><00:17:30.220><c> day,</c>

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and<00:17:31.160><c> then</c><00:17:31.380><c> provide</c><00:17:31.680><c> him</c><00:17:31.859><c> some</c><00:17:32.099><c> additional</c>

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instruction.<00:17:34.039><c> God</c><00:17:34.359><c> was</c><00:17:34.640><c> anxious</c><00:17:34.980><c> to</c><00:17:35.180><c> do</c><00:17:35.299><c> his</c><00:17:35.599><c> part,</c><00:17:37.259><c> but</c><00:17:37.500><c> Saul</c>

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was<00:17:37.940><c> not</c><00:17:38.119><c> anxious</c><00:17:38.420><c> to</c><00:17:38.619><c> do</c><00:17:38.759><c> his.</c><00:17:41.279><c> But</c><00:17:41.539><c> you</c><00:17:41.680><c> know,</c>

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God<00:17:42.500><c> saw</c><00:17:42.680><c> that,</c><00:17:43.559><c> but</c><00:17:43.740><c> that</c><00:17:44.039><c> did</c><00:17:44.380><c> not</c><00:17:44.759><c> keep</c><00:17:45.299><c> the</c><00:17:45.859><c> Lord</c><00:17:46.200><c> from</c><00:17:46.559><c> continuing</c><00:17:47.200><c> to</c>

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help<00:17:48.079><c> Saul.</c><00:17:49.440><c> Look</c><00:17:49.640><c> at</c><00:17:49.640><c> chapter</c><00:17:50.000><c> 10</c><00:17:50.299><c> verse</c><00:17:50.559><c> 26.</c>

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Saul<00:17:54.539><c> went</c><00:17:54.799><c> home</c><00:17:55.059><c> to</c><00:17:55.259><c> Gibeah,</c><00:17:55.660><c> and</c><00:17:55.759><c> there</c><00:17:56.039><c> went</c><00:17:56.359><c> with</c><00:17:56.660><c> him</c><00:17:57.319><c> a</c>

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band<00:17:58.619><c> of</c><00:17:58.900><c> men</c><00:17:59.359><c> whose</c><00:17:59.640><c> hearts</c><00:18:00.259><c> God</c><00:18:00.599><c> had</c><00:18:00.920><c> touched.</c>

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to<00:18:06.839><c> inspire</c><00:18:07.400><c> him</c><00:18:07.619><c> in</c><00:18:07.880><c> faith.</c><00:18:08.539><c> They</c><00:18:08.779><c> wouldn't</c><00:18:09.059><c> be</c>

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Saul's<00:18:10.299><c> normal</c><00:18:10.640><c> companions,</c><00:18:12.440><c> but</c><00:18:12.759><c> God</c><00:18:13.019><c> was</c><00:18:13.339><c> providing</c><00:18:13.720><c> them</c>

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opportunity<00:18:18.819><c> to</c><00:18:19.819><c> be</c><00:18:20.000><c> the</c><00:18:20.180><c> king</c><00:18:20.619><c> that</c><00:18:21.539><c> God</c><00:18:21.799><c> wanted</c><00:18:22.079><c> him</c><00:18:22.259><c> to</c><00:18:22.440><c> be.</c>

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you<00:18:29.240><c> might</c><00:18:29.440><c> remember</c><00:18:29.819><c> the</c><00:18:30.099><c> crisis</c><00:18:30.519><c> at</c><00:18:30.759><c> Jabesh</c><00:18:31.079><c>-Gilead</c><00:18:31.519><c> when</c>

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right<00:18:34.380><c> eyes</c><00:18:34.660><c> of</c><00:18:34.880><c> all</c><00:18:35.019><c> the</c><00:18:35.119><c> men</c><00:18:35.200><c> of</c><00:18:35.400><c> Jabesh</c><00:18:35.700><c>-Gilead,</c><00:18:36.799><c> and</c><00:18:37.079><c> the</c>

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messenger<00:18:37.579><c> comes</c><00:18:37.940><c> to</c><00:18:38.420><c> to</c><00:18:38.700><c> Saul,</c><00:18:39.799><c> and</c><00:18:39.799><c> quite</c><00:18:40.359><c> uncharacteristically</c>

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Saul<00:18:42.119><c> responds</c><00:18:43.220><c> with</c><00:18:43.480><c> great</c><00:18:43.839><c> vigor.</c><00:18:44.220><c> Well,</c><00:18:44.579><c> the</c><00:18:44.640><c> reason</c><00:18:44.960><c> why</c>

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he<00:18:45.220><c> does</c><00:18:45.640><c> is</c><00:18:46.680><c> because</c><00:18:47.000><c> in</c><00:18:47.180><c> verse</c><00:18:47.420><c> 6,</c>

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the<00:18:48.960><c> Spirit</c><00:18:49.359><c> of</c><00:18:49.579><c> God</c><00:18:49.980><c> came</c><00:18:50.259><c> upon</c><00:18:50.640><c> Saul</c><00:18:51.119><c> when</c><00:18:51.359><c> he</c><00:18:51.480><c> heard</c><00:18:51.640><c> those</c>

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tidings,<00:18:53.319><c> and</c><00:18:53.400><c> his</c><00:18:53.579><c> anger</c><00:18:53.839><c> was</c><00:18:54.119><c> kindled</c><00:18:54.440><c> greatly.</c>

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So<00:18:56.059><c> in</c><00:18:56.259><c> this</c><00:18:56.619><c> crisis,</c><00:18:57.420><c> God's</c><00:18:57.720><c> Spirit</c><00:18:57.980><c> causes</c><00:18:58.440><c> Saul</c><00:18:58.920><c> to</c><00:18:59.680><c> finally</c><00:19:00.079><c> act</c><00:19:00.579><c> with</c><00:19:00.859><c> decisive</c><00:19:01.259><c> leadership.</c><00:19:02.059><c> He</c>

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is<00:19:02.460><c> giving</c>

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Saul<00:19:03.759><c> every</c><00:19:04.839><c> opportunity</c><00:19:05.660><c> to</c><00:19:06.740><c> make</c><00:19:06.980><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:10.359><c> you</c><00:19:10.500><c> know</c><00:19:10.660><c> there</c><00:19:10.819><c> are</c><00:19:11.400><c> there</c><00:19:11.400><c> are</c><00:19:11.579><c> little</c><00:19:11.819><c> indications</c>

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that<00:19:12.680><c> maybe</c><00:19:12.880><c> we're</c><00:19:13.059><c> making</c><00:19:13.519><c> progress</c><00:19:14.039><c> because</c>

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when<00:19:16.359><c> Saul</c><00:19:16.680><c> does</c><00:19:17.039><c> lead</c><00:19:17.220><c> a</c><00:19:17.740><c> deliverance</c><00:19:18.259><c> of</c><00:19:18.500><c> Jabesh</c><00:19:18.799><c>-Gilead</c><00:19:19.700><c> in</c>

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verse<00:19:20.680><c> 13</c><00:19:21.200><c> of</c><00:19:21.720><c> first</c><00:19:21.960><c> Samuel</c><00:19:22.420><c> 11,</c>

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Saul<00:19:24.819><c> will</c><00:19:25.420><c> not</c><00:19:25.720><c> let</c><00:19:25.940><c> his</c><00:19:26.259><c> critics</c><00:19:26.640><c> be</c><00:19:27.400><c> be</c><00:19:27.599><c> set</c><00:19:27.759><c> upon.</c><00:19:28.859><c> And</c>

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then<00:19:29.019><c> Saul</c><00:19:29.200><c> says,</c>

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So<00:19:37.119><c> maybe</c><00:19:37.720><c> we</c><00:19:37.839><c> are</c><00:19:38.059><c> starting</c><00:19:38.319><c> to</c><00:19:38.460><c> make</c><00:19:38.640><c> progress.</c><00:19:39.220><c> Maybe</c><00:19:39.380><c> God</c>

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is<00:19:39.799><c> making</c><00:19:40.019><c> progress</c><00:19:40.539><c> with</c><00:19:41.259><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:19:43.299><c> when</c><00:19:43.460><c> we</c><00:19:43.839><c> come</c><00:19:44.059><c> to</c><00:19:44.160><c> chapter</c><00:19:44.480><c> 13,</c><00:19:46.160><c> we</c><00:19:46.519><c> find</c><00:19:47.059><c> Saul</c><00:19:47.460><c> taking</c>

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some<00:19:48.099><c> initiative.</c>

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He's<00:19:50.039><c> getting</c><00:19:50.299><c> organized</c><00:19:50.980><c> and</c><00:19:51.220><c> he's</c><00:19:51.440><c> getting</c><00:19:51.700><c> aggressive</c><00:19:52.400><c> in</c>

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an<00:19:53.460><c> attempt</c><00:19:53.660><c> to</c><00:19:54.180><c> deliver</c><00:19:54.460><c> the</c><00:19:54.700><c> people.</c>

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And<00:19:59.680><c> it</c><00:19:59.920><c> looks</c><00:20:00.160><c> like</c><00:20:00.440><c> maybe</c><00:20:00.700><c> he's</c><00:20:00.880><c> starting</c><00:20:01.140><c> to</c><00:20:01.539><c> become</c><00:20:01.839><c> the</c><00:20:02.099><c> king</c><00:20:02.380><c> that</c><00:20:03.140><c> God</c><00:20:03.460><c> wanted.</c><00:20:05.240><c> Verse</c><00:20:05.380><c> 2</c>

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of<00:20:05.920><c> 1st</c><00:20:06.220><c> Samuel</c><00:20:06.480><c> 13,</c>

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Saul<00:20:09.539><c> chose</c><00:20:09.880><c> him.</c><00:20:10.200><c> Three</c><00:20:10.259><c> thousand</c><00:20:10.599><c> men</c><00:20:11.000><c> were</c><00:20:11.220><c> of</c><00:20:11.339><c> two</c><00:20:11.599><c> thousand</c><00:20:11.920><c> were</c><00:20:12.099><c> with</c><00:20:12.299><c> Saul</c><00:20:12.519><c> and</c><00:20:12.680><c> Micmash,</c><00:20:13.259><c> and</c><00:20:13.359><c> a</c><00:20:13.480><c> thousand</c>

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were<00:20:14.420><c> with</c><00:20:14.619><c> Jonathan.</c><00:20:16.000><c> It's</c><00:20:16.440><c> there</c><00:20:16.640><c> that</c><00:20:16.839><c> in</c><00:20:16.960><c> verse</c><00:20:17.160><c> 3,</c><00:20:17.740><c> Jonathan's</c><00:20:18.579><c> smote</c>

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the<00:20:19.440><c> garrison</c><00:20:19.740><c> of</c><00:20:19.920><c> the</c><00:20:20.059><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:20:21.039><c> verse</c><00:20:21.460><c> 4,</c><00:20:21.819><c> all</c><00:20:22.119><c> Israel</c><00:20:22.500><c> heard</c><00:20:22.759><c> say</c><00:20:23.079><c> that</c><00:20:23.599><c> Saul</c><00:20:23.940><c> had</c><00:20:24.240><c> smitten</c><00:20:24.460><c> the</c>

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garrison<00:20:24.980><c> of</c><00:20:24.980><c> the</c><00:20:24.980><c> Philistines,</c>

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and<00:20:25.859><c> that</c><00:20:26.619><c> Israel</c><00:20:27.000><c> also</c><00:20:27.460><c> was</c><00:20:27.619><c> had</c><00:20:27.720><c> an</c><00:20:27.900><c> abomination</c><00:20:28.359><c> with</c><00:20:28.559><c> the</c>

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Philistines,<00:20:29.180><c> and</c><00:20:29.279><c> the</c><00:20:29.400><c> people</c><00:20:29.559><c> were</c><00:20:29.819><c> called</c><00:20:30.059><c> together</c>

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after<00:20:31.200><c> Saul</c><00:20:31.500><c> to</c><00:20:31.700><c> Gilgal.</c><00:20:34.140><c> But</c><00:20:34.900><c> then</c><00:20:36.119><c> Saul</c><00:20:36.660><c> looks</c><00:20:36.920><c> at</c><00:20:37.140><c> the</c><00:20:37.339><c> odds.</c><00:20:39.720><c> Israel</c><00:20:40.099><c> gathered,</c><00:20:41.480><c> but</c>

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so<00:20:41.880><c> did</c><00:20:42.000><c> the</c><00:20:42.240><c> Philistines.</c>

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with<00:20:47.059><c> Israel</c><00:20:47.799><c> 30</c><00:20:48.839><c>,000</c><00:20:50.220><c> chariots,</c>

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and<00:20:52.359><c> Israel</c><00:20:52.579><c> didn't</c><00:20:52.799><c> have</c><00:20:53.000><c> any.</c><00:20:54.579><c> And</c><00:20:54.759><c> 6</c><00:20:55.079><c>,000</c><00:20:55.839><c> horsemen</c><00:20:56.779><c> and</c><00:20:57.640><c> people</c><00:20:58.019><c> that</c><00:20:58.299><c> looked</c><00:20:58.460><c> to</c>

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Israel<00:20:59.099><c> as</c><00:20:59.339><c> the</c><00:20:59.680><c> sand</c><00:21:00.079><c> of</c><00:21:00.299><c> the</c>

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sea<00:21:00.900><c> in</c><00:21:01.160><c> front</c><00:21:01.319><c> of</c><00:21:01.440><c> them.</c><00:21:03.599><c> And</c><00:21:03.819><c> they</c><00:21:03.859><c> came</c><00:21:04.099><c> up</c><00:21:04.400><c> and</c><00:21:05.000><c> they</c><00:21:05.299><c> pitched</c><00:21:05.539><c> in</c><00:21:05.759><c> Micmash.</c><00:21:07.339><c> And</c><00:21:07.519><c> when</c><00:21:07.759><c> the</c><00:21:07.900><c> men</c><00:21:08.339><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:21:08.980><c> saw</c>

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this,<00:21:11.259><c> they</c><00:21:11.440><c> were</c><00:21:11.660><c> in</c><00:21:11.880><c> a</c><00:21:12.059><c> straight.</c><00:21:12.900><c> The</c><00:21:13.099><c> people</c><00:21:13.359><c> were</c><00:21:13.660><c> distressed.</c><00:21:14.740><c> And</c><00:21:15.019><c> they</c><00:21:15.140><c> did</c><00:21:15.339><c> hide</c><00:21:15.519><c> themselves</c><00:21:16.039><c> in</c><00:21:16.259><c> caves</c>

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and<00:21:16.859><c> thickets</c><00:21:17.160><c> and</c><00:21:17.339><c> rocks</c><00:21:17.640><c> in</c><00:21:17.799><c> the</c><00:21:17.920><c> high</c><00:21:18.119><c> places</c><00:21:18.519><c> and</c><00:21:18.900><c> in</c><00:21:19.099><c> the</c>

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pits.<00:21:20.160><c> And</c><00:21:20.240><c> some</c><00:21:20.400><c> of</c><00:21:20.519><c> the</c><00:21:20.660><c> Hebrews</c><00:21:20.839><c> went</c><00:21:21.019><c> over</c>

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Jordan<00:21:21.619><c> to</c><00:21:21.799><c> the</c><00:21:21.880><c> land</c><00:21:22.059><c> of</c><00:21:22.240><c> Gad</c><00:21:22.420><c> and</c><00:21:22.579><c> Gilead.</c><00:21:23.400><c> They're</c><00:21:23.720><c> scattering.</c><00:21:24.160><c> All</c><00:21:24.359><c> these</c><00:21:24.519><c> people</c><00:21:24.799><c> that</c><00:21:24.980><c> had</c><00:21:25.160><c> gathered</c>

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in<00:21:25.559><c> support</c><00:21:25.859><c> of</c><00:21:26.019><c> Saul,</c><00:21:26.180><c> they're</c><00:21:26.339><c> scattering</c><00:21:26.660><c> all</c><00:21:26.920><c> over</c><00:21:27.039><c> the</c>

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place.<00:21:29.019><c> They're</c><00:21:29.240><c> in</c><00:21:29.440><c> panic</c><00:21:29.779><c> at</c><00:21:29.980><c> the</c><00:21:30.099><c> threat</c><00:21:30.240><c> of</c><00:21:30.420><c> the</c>

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Philistines.<00:21:32.460><c> Now</c><00:21:32.859><c> you</c><00:21:33.259><c> take</c><00:21:33.440><c> a</c><00:21:33.519><c> look</c><00:21:33.619><c> at</c><00:21:33.740><c> that</c><00:21:33.920><c> and</c><00:21:34.039><c> you</c><00:21:34.180><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:21:35.160><c> all</c><00:21:35.299><c> right,</c><00:21:35.519><c> no</c><00:21:35.640><c> wonder</c><00:21:35.839><c> Saul</c><00:21:36.099><c> got</c><00:21:36.279><c> excited.</c>

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But<00:21:38.039><c> you</c><00:21:38.220><c> see,</c><00:21:39.319><c> what</c><00:21:39.579><c> God</c><00:21:39.900><c> wanted</c><00:21:40.420><c> was</c><00:21:41.460><c> a</c><00:21:41.799><c> king</c><00:21:42.259><c> who</c><00:21:42.720><c> in</c><00:21:42.900><c> the</c><00:21:43.119><c> face</c><00:21:43.339><c> of</c>

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overwhelming<00:21:44.119><c> odds</c><00:21:44.519><c> would</c><00:21:44.700><c> put</c><00:21:45.359><c> his</c><00:21:45.680><c> faith</c>

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in<00:21:46.880><c> the</c><00:21:47.079><c> God</c><00:21:47.259><c> of</c><00:21:47.400><c> Israel.</c><00:21:48.480><c> Because</c><00:21:48.740><c> overwhelming</c><00:21:49.140><c> odds</c><00:21:49.400><c> didn't</c><00:21:49.660><c> mean</c>

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anything<00:21:50.119><c> to</c><00:21:50.299><c> the</c><00:21:50.420><c> God</c><00:21:50.599><c> of</c><00:21:50.859><c> Israel.</c>

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What<00:21:52.240><c> God</c><00:21:52.519><c> wanted</c><00:21:52.839><c> was</c><00:21:53.119><c> a</c><00:21:53.619><c> king</c><00:21:54.059><c> who</c><00:21:54.259><c> would</c><00:21:54.720><c> calm</c><00:21:55.039><c> the</c><00:21:55.299><c> people</c>

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and<00:21:55.799><c> circulate</c><00:21:56.259><c> amongst</c><00:21:56.559><c> them</c><00:21:56.759><c> and</c><00:21:56.940><c> say,</c>

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focus<00:21:57.920><c> yourself</c><00:21:58.579><c> upon</c><00:21:59.099><c> God</c><00:21:59.700><c> and</c><00:21:59.920><c> upon</c><00:22:00.079><c> his</c><00:22:00.339><c> power.</c><00:22:00.799><c> He</c><00:22:00.960><c> wanted</c>

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a<00:22:01.480><c> spiritual</c><00:22:02.059><c> leader,</c><00:22:02.980><c> a</c><00:22:03.240><c> true</c><00:22:03.599><c> shepherd</c><00:22:03.960><c> of</c><00:22:04.140><c> his</c><00:22:04.380><c> sheep.</c>

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And<00:22:07.640><c> Saul,</c><00:22:08.000><c> he</c><00:22:08.480><c> decides,</c><00:22:09.220><c> well,</c><00:22:10.160><c> you</c><00:22:10.299><c> know,</c><00:22:10.440><c> I</c><00:22:10.500><c> should</c><00:22:10.680><c> have</c><00:22:10.740><c> come</c><00:22:10.940><c> down</c><00:22:11.140><c> here</c><00:22:11.279><c> a</c>

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long<00:22:11.579><c> time</c><00:22:11.819><c> ago</c><00:22:11.980><c> and</c><00:22:12.099><c> spent</c>

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that<00:22:12.519><c> seven</c><00:22:12.799><c> days</c><00:22:13.140><c> and</c><00:22:13.299><c> waited</c><00:22:13.480><c> for</c><00:22:13.839><c> Samuel</c><00:22:14.079><c> to</c><00:22:14.359><c> come</c><00:22:14.559><c> and</c><00:22:15.319><c> offer</c><00:22:15.440><c> these</c><00:22:15.740><c> sacrifices</c><00:22:16.299><c> and</c>

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tell<00:22:16.700><c> me</c><00:22:16.799><c> what</c><00:22:16.940><c> I</c><00:22:17.140><c> should</c><00:22:17.259><c> do.</c>

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I<00:22:18.420><c> really</c><00:22:18.740><c> need</c><00:22:19.000><c> Samuel</c><00:22:19.460><c> now.</c><00:22:19.960><c> So</c><00:22:20.240><c> he</c><00:22:20.359><c> figures,</c><00:22:20.839><c> well,</c><00:22:20.839><c> we'll</c>

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count<00:22:21.319><c> this</c><00:22:21.579><c> as</c><00:22:21.779><c> a</c><00:22:21.900><c> seven</c><00:22:22.039><c> day</c><00:22:22.220><c> period.</c>

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And<00:22:23.940><c> he's</c><00:22:24.240><c> tearing</c><00:22:24.500><c> seven</c><00:22:24.920><c> days</c><00:22:25.319><c> according</c><00:22:25.660><c> to</c><00:22:25.900><c> the</c><00:22:26.039><c> set</c><00:22:26.220><c> time,</c><00:22:26.880><c> verse</c><00:22:27.059><c> eight,</c><00:22:27.819><c> that</c>

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Samuel<00:22:28.279><c> had</c><00:22:28.519><c> appointed.</c>

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But<00:22:30.380><c> Samuel's</c><00:22:30.920><c> late</c><00:22:31.299><c> getting</c><00:22:31.839><c> there</c><00:22:32.200><c> on</c><00:22:32.440><c> the</c><00:22:32.660><c> seventh</c><00:22:32.839><c> day.</c>

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And<00:22:34.740><c> the</c><00:22:34.859><c> people</c><00:22:35.019><c> were</c><00:22:35.319><c> scattered.</c>

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But<00:22:37.640><c> Saul</c><00:22:37.880><c> says,</c><00:22:38.579><c> well,</c><00:22:39.420><c> he</c><00:22:39.599><c> says,</c><00:22:39.640><c> this</c><00:22:39.759><c> is</c><00:22:40.079><c> a</c><00:22:40.140><c> dire</c><00:22:40.380><c> situation.</c><00:22:42.519><c> Bring</c><00:22:42.839><c> the</c><00:22:43.220><c> sacrifices.</c><00:22:43.859><c> And</c><00:22:44.059><c> he</c><00:22:44.400><c> disobeys</c>

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Samuel's<00:22:46.740><c> explicit</c><00:22:47.299><c> instruction</c><00:22:48.039><c> that</c><00:22:48.220><c> we</c><00:22:48.359><c> had</c><00:22:48.519><c> read</c><00:22:48.640><c> earlier,</c><00:22:49.799><c> where</c>

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Samuel<00:22:50.359><c> said,</c><00:22:50.599><c> I'll</c><00:22:50.799><c> come</c><00:22:50.960><c> to</c><00:22:51.119><c> you</c>

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and<00:22:52.180><c> I'll</c><00:22:52.460><c> offer</c><00:22:52.579><c> the</c><00:22:52.960><c> sacrifices.</c><00:22:55.660><c> I</c><00:22:56.039><c> will</c><00:22:56.200><c> come</c><00:22:56.440><c> down</c><00:22:56.640><c> unto</c>

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thee<00:22:57.099><c> to</c><00:22:57.339><c> offer</c><00:22:57.579><c> burnt</c><00:22:57.819><c> offerings</c>

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and<00:22:59.500><c> to</c><00:22:59.720><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:00.160><c> sacrifices.</c><00:23:01.200><c> So</c><00:23:01.359><c> if</c><00:23:01.440><c> you</c><00:23:01.519><c> don't</c><00:23:01.660><c> have</c><00:23:01.799><c> a</c>

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reference,<00:23:03.119><c> in</c><00:23:03.319><c> first</c><00:23:03.519><c> Samuel</c><00:23:03.880><c> 13,</c><00:23:04.720><c> verse</c><00:23:05.079><c> eight,</c>

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back<00:23:06.740><c> to</c><00:23:06.920><c> first</c><00:23:07.160><c> Samuel</c><00:23:07.519><c> 10,</c><00:23:08.680><c> verse</c><00:23:08.839><c> eight.</c><00:23:11.619><c> Put</c><00:23:11.859><c> one</c><00:23:12.079><c> in,</c><00:23:14.380><c> because</c><00:23:14.700><c> that's</c><00:23:15.140><c> the</c>

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key<00:23:15.740><c> to</c><00:23:17.180><c> the</c><00:23:17.339><c> problem</c><00:23:17.700><c> here.</c>

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This<00:23:19.460><c> is</c><00:23:19.700><c> an</c><00:23:19.859><c> allusion</c><00:23:20.319><c> back</c><00:23:20.920><c> to</c><00:23:21.140><c> chapter</c><00:23:21.480><c> 10,</c><00:23:21.920><c> verse</c><00:23:22.140><c> eight,</c>

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when<00:23:22.720><c> Samuel</c><00:23:23.099><c> had</c><00:23:23.460><c> said,</c><00:23:24.500><c> you</c><00:23:24.519><c> go</c><00:23:24.779><c> there</c><00:23:25.339><c> and</c><00:23:25.940><c> you</c>

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wait<00:23:26.380><c> seven</c><00:23:26.740><c> days</c><00:23:27.160><c> until</c><00:23:27.440><c> I</c><00:23:27.680><c> come</c><00:23:27.920><c> and</c><00:23:28.160><c> I</c><00:23:28.440><c> will</c><00:23:28.700><c> offer</c><00:23:28.900><c> the</c><00:23:29.240><c> sacrifices.</c><00:23:31.059><c> The</c>

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two<00:23:31.940><c> incidents</c><00:23:32.299><c> are</c><00:23:32.640><c> separated</c><00:23:32.960><c> by</c>

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several<00:23:33.539><c> years,</c><00:23:34.160><c> which</c><00:23:34.220><c> is</c><00:23:34.759><c> why</c><00:23:35.240><c> sometimes</c><00:23:35.680><c> we</c><00:23:35.819><c> don't</c><00:23:36.059><c> connect</c><00:23:36.400><c> them.</c>

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But<00:23:38.240><c> that's</c><00:23:38.599><c> the</c><00:23:38.799><c> connection.</c>

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Now,<00:23:40.960><c> why</c><00:23:41.220><c> does</c><00:23:41.500><c> Saul</c><00:23:41.839><c> think</c><00:23:42.539><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:43.279><c> is</c><00:23:44.380><c> so</c><00:23:44.660><c> important?</c><00:23:46.059><c> It's</c><00:23:46.420><c> obedience</c><00:23:46.980><c> that</c><00:23:47.259><c> God</c><00:23:47.539><c> wants.</c><00:23:48.539><c> The</c><00:23:48.759><c> cattle</c><00:23:48.940><c> on</c><00:23:49.099><c> a</c>

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thousand<00:23:49.559><c> hills</c><00:23:49.920><c> are</c><00:23:50.140><c> God's.</c><00:23:50.740><c> He</c><00:23:50.859><c> doesn't</c><00:23:51.119><c> need</c><00:23:51.460><c> to</c><00:23:51.619><c> be</c><00:23:51.900><c> propitiated.</c><00:23:54.200><c> He</c><00:23:54.480><c> wants</c><00:23:54.740><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:55.180><c> trusted.</c>

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If<00:23:57.859><c> Saul</c><00:23:58.119><c> would</c><00:23:58.319><c> only</c><00:23:58.859><c> believe</c><00:23:59.299><c> in</c><00:23:59.500><c> the</c><00:23:59.779><c> Lord</c><00:24:00.140><c> God</c><00:24:00.380><c> of</c><00:24:00.519><c> Israel,</c>

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God<00:24:01.059><c> would</c><00:24:01.240><c> give</c><00:24:01.359><c> him</c><00:24:01.539><c> the</c><00:24:01.700><c> victory.</c>

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And<00:24:05.519><c> he</c><00:24:05.579><c> doesn't</c><00:24:05.799><c> do</c><00:24:06.000><c> that.</c><00:24:07.660><c> Because</c><00:24:07.920><c> he</c><00:24:08.039><c> doesn't</c><00:24:08.279><c> do</c><00:24:08.480><c> that,</c>

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he's<00:24:10.680><c> rejected.</c><00:24:13.099><c> Because,</c><00:24:13.440><c> you</c><00:24:13.559><c> see,</c><00:24:14.480><c> God</c><00:24:14.680><c> had</c><00:24:14.799><c> been</c>

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working<00:24:15.160><c> with</c><00:24:15.380><c> him,</c><00:24:16.279><c> giving</c><00:24:16.480><c> him</c><00:24:16.680><c> every</c><00:24:16.920><c> opportunity</c><00:24:17.359><c> to</c><00:24:17.519><c> come</c><00:24:17.740><c> around.</c><00:24:19.319><c> And</c>

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God<00:24:20.039><c> wanted</c><00:24:20.599><c> someone</c><00:24:21.099><c> who</c><00:24:21.480><c> would</c><00:24:21.799><c> lead</c>

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Israel<00:24:22.960><c> in</c><00:24:23.519><c> faith,</c><00:24:25.019><c> no</c><00:24:25.200><c> matter</c><00:24:25.420><c> what</c><00:24:25.599><c> the</c><00:24:25.819><c> odds.</c><00:24:27.319><c> He</c><00:24:27.660><c> wanted</c><00:24:27.920><c> a</c>

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teacher<00:24:28.619><c> of</c><00:24:29.079><c> righteousness</c><00:24:29.619><c> who</c><00:24:30.740><c> would</c><00:24:31.019><c> guide</c>

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Israel<00:24:32.059><c> in</c><00:24:32.400><c> godliness</c><00:24:32.960><c> and</c><00:24:33.539><c> feed</c><00:24:34.140><c> them</c><00:24:34.339><c> on</c><00:24:34.539><c> the</c><00:24:34.680><c> word</c><00:24:34.880><c> of</c><00:24:35.039><c> God.</c>

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He<00:24:38.099><c> wanted</c><00:24:38.460><c> someone</c><00:24:38.900><c> who</c><00:24:39.079><c> would</c><00:24:39.400><c> accept</c><00:24:39.799><c> the</c><00:24:40.140><c> call</c>

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to<00:24:40.660><c> be</c><00:24:40.900><c> king</c><00:24:41.559><c> and</c><00:24:42.160><c> would</c><00:24:42.440><c> use</c><00:24:42.759><c> it</c><00:24:42.980><c> to</c><00:24:43.259><c> strengthen</c><00:24:43.599><c> Israel.</c><00:24:46.539><c> He</c>

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wanted<00:24:46.960><c> someone</c><00:24:47.380><c> who</c><00:24:47.519><c> would</c><00:24:47.680><c> lead</c><00:24:47.880><c> Israel</c><00:24:48.299><c> to</c><00:24:48.579><c> fulfill</c>

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its<00:24:49.160><c> destiny</c><00:24:49.779><c> of</c><00:24:51.059><c> being</c><00:24:51.400><c> a</c><00:24:51.720><c> great</c><00:24:51.960><c> power</c><00:24:52.640><c> in</c><00:24:52.900><c> the</c><00:24:53.119><c> area</c><00:24:53.799><c> and</c><00:24:54.579><c> a</c>

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light<00:24:55.160><c> to</c><00:24:55.500><c> the</c><00:24:55.599><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Samuel<00:25:00.039><c> says</c><00:25:00.359><c> to</c><00:25:00.599><c> Saul</c><00:25:00.819><c> in</c><00:25:00.980><c> verse</c><00:25:01.200><c> 13,</c>

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Thou<00:25:03.579><c> hast</c><00:25:03.759><c> done</c><00:25:04.019><c> foolishly.</c><00:25:05.680><c> Thou</c><00:25:05.859><c> hast</c><00:25:06.180><c> not</c><00:25:06.559><c> kept</c><00:25:06.839><c> the</c><00:25:07.079><c> commandment</c><00:25:07.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:07.819><c> Lord</c><00:25:08.000><c> thy</c><00:25:08.259><c> God</c><00:25:08.579><c> which</c><00:25:08.740><c> he</c><00:25:09.000><c> commanded</c>

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thee.<00:25:11.380><c> For</c><00:25:11.720><c> now,</c><00:25:12.740><c> even</c><00:25:13.079><c> in</c><00:25:13.339><c> spite</c><00:25:13.480><c> of</c><00:25:14.579><c> the</c><00:25:15.140><c> difficulties</c><00:25:15.680><c> God</c>

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had<00:25:16.420><c> with</c><00:25:16.700><c> Saul,</c><00:25:18.220><c> he</c><00:25:18.420><c> would</c><00:25:18.599><c> continue</c><00:25:18.940><c> to</c><00:25:19.119><c> work</c><00:25:19.259><c> with</c>

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him.<00:25:20.019><c> For</c><00:25:20.200><c> now</c><00:25:20.579><c> God</c><00:25:20.880><c> the</c><00:25:21.119><c> Lord</c><00:25:21.440><c> would</c><00:25:21.660><c> have</c><00:25:21.859><c> established</c><00:25:22.319><c> thy</c>

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kingdom<00:25:23.000><c> upon</c><00:25:23.259><c> Israel</c><00:25:23.640><c> forever,</c><00:25:24.400><c> but</c><00:25:24.579><c> now</c><00:25:24.920><c> thy</c>

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kingdom<00:25:25.880><c> shall</c><00:25:26.180><c> not</c><00:25:26.519><c> continue.</c><00:25:29.039><c> The</c><00:25:29.220><c> Lord</c><00:25:29.539><c> hath</c><00:25:29.880><c> sought</c><00:25:30.140><c> him</c>

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a<00:25:30.599><c> man</c><00:25:31.400><c> after</c><00:25:33.019><c> his</c><00:25:33.400><c> own</c><00:25:33.799><c> heart,</c><00:25:35.799><c> and</c><00:25:36.019><c> the</c><00:25:36.160><c> Lord</c><00:25:36.440><c> hath</c>

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commanded<00:25:37.140><c> him</c><00:25:37.400><c> to</c><00:25:37.539><c> be</c><00:25:37.799><c> captain</c><00:25:38.119><c> over</c><00:25:38.380><c> his</c><00:25:38.599><c> people,</c><00:25:40.319><c> because</c>

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thou<00:25:40.819><c> hast</c><00:25:41.119><c> not</c><00:25:41.460><c> kept</c><00:25:41.720><c> that</c><00:25:42.440><c> which</c><00:25:43.000><c> the</c><00:25:43.180><c> Lord</c><00:25:43.599><c> commanded</c>

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thee.<00:25:48.880><c> And</c><00:25:49.359><c> Saul</c><00:25:49.859><c> proves</c><00:25:50.700><c> that</c><00:25:52.099><c> the</c><00:25:52.339><c> divine</c><00:25:52.660><c> evaluation</c><00:25:53.240><c> is</c>

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correct.<00:25:53.859><c> We</c><00:25:54.039><c> may</c><00:25:54.220><c> look</c><00:25:54.420><c> at</c><00:25:54.519><c> that</c><00:25:54.680><c> and</c><00:25:54.759><c> say,</c><00:25:54.900><c> well,</c>

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that's<00:25:55.160><c> a</c><00:25:55.339><c> bit</c><00:25:55.500><c> premature.</c><00:25:57.039><c> We</c><00:25:57.039><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:58.200><c> judge</c><00:25:58.740><c> the</c><00:25:58.940><c> matter</c>

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that<00:25:59.380><c> way,</c><00:25:59.519><c> I</c><00:25:59.640><c> think,</c><00:25:59.799><c> when</c><00:25:59.980><c> we</c><00:26:00.119><c> see</c><00:26:00.460><c> what</c><00:26:00.740><c> we've</c>

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just<00:26:01.220><c> looked</c><00:26:01.400><c> at</c><00:26:01.559><c> in</c><00:26:01.720><c> regard</c><00:26:02.000><c> to</c><00:26:02.259><c> Saul,</c><00:26:02.480><c> all</c><00:26:02.700><c> the</c><00:26:03.019><c> help</c><00:26:03.240><c> that</c>

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God<00:26:03.579><c> was</c><00:26:03.819><c> giving</c><00:26:03.980><c> him</c><00:26:04.240><c> and</c><00:26:04.920><c> his</c><00:26:05.119><c> matter</c><00:26:05.339><c> back</c><00:26:05.619><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:26:06.099><c> 10.</c><00:26:07.000><c> But</c><00:26:07.039><c> in</c><00:26:07.400><c> a</c><00:26:07.500><c> cursory</c><00:26:07.839><c> reading,</c><00:26:08.099><c> we</c><00:26:08.259><c> might</c><00:26:08.440><c> think</c>

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God<00:26:09.339><c> was</c><00:26:09.559><c> awfully</c><00:26:09.819><c> quick</c><00:26:10.140><c> to</c><00:26:10.660><c> reject</c><00:26:11.039><c> Saul,</c><00:26:11.339><c> hardly</c>

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gave<00:26:11.700><c> him</c><00:26:11.839><c> a</c><00:26:11.960><c> chance,</c><00:26:12.200><c> but</c><00:26:12.579><c> he</c><00:26:12.859><c> was</c><00:26:13.200><c> dead</c><00:26:13.539><c> right</c><00:26:13.980><c> with</c><00:26:14.900><c> Saul,</c>

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because<00:26:16.720><c> when</c><00:26:17.000><c> Saul</c><00:26:17.319><c> finally</c><00:26:17.619><c> does</c><00:26:17.880><c> take</c><00:26:18.180><c> hold</c><00:26:18.319><c> as</c><00:26:18.519><c> king,</c>

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we<00:26:19.599><c> find</c><00:26:19.920><c> he</c><00:26:20.039><c> has</c><00:26:20.440><c> a</c><00:26:21.619><c> deity</c><00:26:21.980><c> complex.</c><00:26:24.279><c> Look</c><00:26:24.480><c> at</c><00:26:24.640><c> chapter</c><00:26:24.960><c> 14</c>

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verse<00:26:25.640><c> 24.</c>

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He<00:26:33.339><c> speaks</c><00:26:33.720><c> about</c><00:26:34.039><c> the</c><00:26:34.240><c> enemies</c><00:26:34.519><c> of</c><00:26:34.740><c> God</c><00:26:35.019><c> and</c><00:26:35.220><c> the</c><00:26:35.299><c> enemies</c><00:26:35.599><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:26:36.119><c> as</c><00:26:36.319><c> if</c><00:26:36.460><c> they</c><00:26:36.619><c> were</c>

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his<00:26:38.059><c> enemies,</c><00:26:39.119><c> not</c><00:26:39.339><c> God's</c><00:26:39.720><c> enemies.</c><00:26:40.900><c> The</c><00:26:41.000><c> men</c><00:26:41.200><c> of</c><00:26:41.359><c> Israel</c><00:26:41.599><c> were</c><00:26:41.819><c> distressed</c><00:26:42.319><c> that</c><00:26:42.599><c> day.</c><00:26:42.759><c> Verse</c><00:26:42.960><c> 24</c>

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of<00:26:43.740><c> 1</c><00:26:43.940><c> Samuel</c><00:26:44.299><c> 14,</c>

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For<00:26:46.380><c> Saul</c><00:26:46.819><c> had</c><00:26:47.180><c> adjured</c><00:26:47.539><c> the</c><00:26:47.740><c> people,</c><00:26:48.400><c> saying,</c><00:26:49.579><c> I</c><00:26:49.799><c> know</c><00:26:50.039><c> it's</c>

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not<00:26:50.519><c> mine,</c><00:26:50.779><c> because</c><00:26:50.940><c> I</c><00:26:51.160><c> turned</c><00:26:51.400><c> it</c><00:26:51.619><c> off.</c>

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That's<00:26:54.180><c> somebody's</c><00:26:54.619><c> cell</c><00:26:54.779><c> phone.</c><00:26:56.920><c> I</c><00:26:57.359><c> had</c><00:26:57.519><c> that</c><00:26:57.779><c> happen</c><00:26:58.039><c> one</c><00:26:58.319><c> time.</c><00:26:58.599><c> We</c><00:26:58.720><c> were</c><00:26:58.980><c> at</c><00:26:59.640><c> a</c>

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Bible<00:27:00.059><c> school,</c><00:27:00.440><c> and</c><00:27:00.519><c> there's</c>

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this<00:27:00.880><c> quite</c><00:27:01.059><c> large</c><00:27:01.339><c> auditorium,</c><00:27:02.339><c> and</c><00:27:02.480><c> we</c><00:27:02.759><c> had</c><00:27:02.940><c> forgotten</c><00:27:03.180><c> to</c>

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turn<00:27:04.500><c> the</c><00:27:04.720><c> cell</c><00:27:04.900><c> phone</c><00:27:05.019><c> off,</c><00:27:05.200><c> and</c><00:27:05.299><c> I</c><00:27:05.380><c> could</c><00:27:05.519><c> hear</c><00:27:05.619><c> it</c>

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going,<00:27:06.019><c> and</c><00:27:06.160><c> there</c><00:27:06.279><c> it</c><00:27:06.440><c> was.</c><00:27:06.539><c> It</c><00:27:06.619><c> was</c><00:27:06.859><c> ours.</c><00:27:08.000><c> I'd</c><00:27:08.279><c> say,</c><00:27:08.579><c> Ellen,</c>

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Ellen,<00:27:08.980><c> the</c><00:27:09.140><c> cell</c><00:27:09.319><c> phone's</c><00:27:09.579><c> ringing,</c><00:27:10.259><c> but</c><00:27:10.480><c> that</c><00:27:10.660><c> one's</c>

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not<00:27:11.019><c> mine.</c><00:27:15.119><c> Look</c><00:27:15.339><c> at</c><00:27:15.460><c> what</c><00:27:15.660><c> Saul</c><00:27:15.920><c> says.</c><00:27:16.380><c> The</c><00:27:16.400><c> men</c><00:27:16.619><c> of</c><00:27:16.680><c> Israel</c>

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were<00:27:17.259><c> distressed</c><00:27:17.779><c> that</c><00:27:18.119><c> day,</c><00:27:18.480><c> for</c><00:27:18.640><c> Saul</c><00:27:18.980><c> had</c>

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adjured<00:27:19.579><c> the</c><00:27:19.799><c> people,</c><00:27:20.440><c> saying,</c><00:27:21.119><c> Cursed</c><00:27:21.359><c> be</c><00:27:21.599><c> the</c><00:27:21.819><c> man</c><00:27:22.059><c> that</c><00:27:22.240><c> eateth</c><00:27:22.480><c> any</c><00:27:22.819><c> food</c><00:27:23.119><c> until</c><00:27:23.400><c> evening,</c><00:27:25.079><c> that</c><00:27:25.160><c> I</c>

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may<00:27:25.700><c> be</c><00:27:26.019><c> avenged</c>

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on<00:27:28.480><c> my</c><00:27:29.119><c> enemies.</c><00:27:31.660><c> He</c><00:27:32.299><c> invokes</c><00:27:32.859><c> this</c><00:27:34.059><c> foolish</c><00:27:35.279><c> rule</c><00:27:36.900><c> upon</c><00:27:37.240><c> the</c>

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people,<00:27:38.519><c> almost</c><00:27:38.839><c> kills</c><00:27:39.180><c> Jonathan</c><00:27:39.640><c> because</c><00:27:40.000><c> of</c><00:27:40.140><c> it.</c>

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These<00:27:41.299><c> were</c><00:27:41.500><c> not</c><00:27:41.680><c> his</c><00:27:41.980><c> enemies,</c><00:27:42.599><c> and</c><00:27:42.680><c> it</c><00:27:42.720><c> wasn't</c><00:27:42.920><c> for</c><00:27:43.140><c> him</c><00:27:43.319><c> to</c>

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make<00:27:43.680><c> rules</c><00:27:44.180><c> about</c><00:27:44.740><c> fighting</c><00:27:45.200><c> them.</c><00:27:45.740><c> They</c><00:27:45.859><c> were</c><00:27:46.059><c> God's</c>

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enemies.<00:27:47.200><c> And</c><00:27:47.339><c> look</c><00:27:47.420><c> at</c><00:27:47.579><c> over</c><00:27:47.779><c> in</c><00:27:48.359><c> the</c><00:27:48.480><c> incident</c><00:27:48.819><c> of</c><00:27:49.059><c> the</c><00:27:49.220><c> Amalekites</c><00:27:49.880><c> in</c><00:27:50.099><c> chapter</c><00:27:50.500><c> 15,</c><00:27:53.420><c> and</c><00:27:53.640><c> there's</c><00:27:54.259><c> a</c>

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couple<00:27:54.619><c> of</c>

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words<00:27:55.119><c> here</c><00:27:55.400><c> that</c><00:27:55.660><c> are</c><00:27:57.599><c> quite</c><00:27:57.880><c> critical.</c><00:28:00.420><c> What</c><00:28:00.940><c> he</c><00:28:01.119><c> was</c><00:28:01.339><c> told</c>

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to<00:28:01.799><c> do.</c><00:28:03.940><c> 1</c><00:28:04.059><c> Samuel</c><00:28:04.319><c> 15</c><00:28:04.839><c> verse</c><00:28:05.099><c> 3,</c><00:28:06.140><c> Now</c><00:28:06.339><c> go</c><00:28:06.720><c> and</c><00:28:06.900><c> smite</c>

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Amalek.<00:28:08.839><c> And</c><00:28:08.980><c> notice</c><00:28:09.200><c> what</c><00:28:09.319><c> he</c><00:28:09.420><c> was</c><00:28:09.640><c> supposed</c><00:28:09.880><c> to</c><00:28:10.059><c> do.</c><00:28:12.819><c> Utterly</c><00:28:13.259><c> destroy</c><00:28:13.900><c> all</c>

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that<00:28:15.539><c> they</c><00:28:15.779><c> have.</c>

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Okay,<00:28:17.680><c> now</c><00:28:17.799><c> come</c><00:28:17.960><c> to</c><00:28:18.079><c> verse</c><00:28:18.279><c> 9.</c><00:28:20.240><c> Saul</c><00:28:20.559><c> and</c><00:28:20.700><c> the</c><00:28:20.880><c> people</c><00:28:21.180><c> spared</c>

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Agag<00:28:22.180><c> and</c><00:28:22.319><c> the</c><00:28:22.500><c> best</c><00:28:22.680><c> of</c><00:28:22.799><c> the</c><00:28:23.000><c> sheep</c><00:28:23.160><c> and</c><00:28:23.279><c> of</c><00:28:23.400><c> the</c>

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oxen<00:28:23.859><c> and</c><00:28:23.960><c> of</c><00:28:24.019><c> the</c><00:28:24.200><c> fatlings</c><00:28:24.539><c> and</c><00:28:24.700><c> the</c><00:28:24.900><c> lambs</c><00:28:25.359><c> and</c><00:28:25.579><c> all</c><00:28:25.799><c> that</c>

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was<00:28:26.099><c> good,</c><00:28:26.960><c> and</c><00:28:28.259><c> would</c><00:28:29.019><c> not</c><00:28:30.420><c> utterly</c><00:28:31.460><c> destroy</c><00:28:32.539><c> them.</c>

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It<00:28:34.599><c> was</c><00:28:34.940><c> a</c><00:28:35.119><c> deliberate</c><00:28:35.920><c> refusal</c><00:28:37.119><c> to</c><00:28:39.619><c> disobey</c><00:28:40.079><c> God.</c><00:28:41.980><c> It</c><00:28:42.059><c> was</c><00:28:42.299><c> a</c>

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deliberate<00:28:43.099><c> decision</c><00:28:43.880><c> to</c><00:28:44.940><c> not</c><00:28:45.640><c> utterly</c><00:28:46.799><c> destroy</c><00:28:47.539><c> them.</c>

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He<00:28:48.220><c> would</c><00:28:48.819><c> not</c><00:28:49.660><c> do</c><00:28:49.980><c> it.</c><00:28:50.920><c> Now</c><00:28:51.140><c> this</c><00:28:51.279><c> is</c><00:28:51.480><c> not</c><00:28:51.599><c> what</c><00:28:51.740><c> God</c><00:28:52.000><c> wanted</c><00:28:52.200><c> as</c><00:28:52.420><c> a</c>

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king.<00:28:53.880><c> God</c><00:28:54.119><c> wanted</c><00:28:54.400><c> a</c><00:28:54.700><c> servant.</c>

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He<00:28:57.759><c> wanted</c><00:28:58.099><c> a</c><00:28:58.279><c> man</c><00:28:58.579><c> who</c><00:28:58.779><c> was</c><00:28:59.099><c> God's</c><00:28:59.619><c> servant,</c><00:29:00.299><c> who</c><00:29:00.640><c> would</c><00:29:01.079><c> do</c>

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God's<00:29:02.900><c> will,</c><00:29:04.079><c> as</c><00:29:04.299><c> he</c><00:29:04.480><c> led</c><00:29:04.859><c> God's</c><00:29:05.720><c> people.</c>

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And<00:29:09.240><c> furthermore,</c><00:29:10.200><c> when</c><00:29:10.220><c> it</c><00:29:10.279><c> comes</c><00:29:10.700><c> to</c><00:29:11.200><c> accepting</c><00:29:11.599><c> the</c><00:29:11.819><c> blame,</c><00:29:12.859><c> Saul</c>

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won't<00:29:13.559><c> do</c><00:29:13.799><c> it.</c><00:29:15.779><c> Look</c><00:29:16.099><c> what</c><00:29:16.240><c> Saul</c><00:29:16.519><c> says</c><00:29:16.779><c> in</c>

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verse<00:29:17.140><c> 15.</c><00:29:18.319><c> Sure,</c><00:29:18.880><c> God</c><00:29:19.180><c> knows</c><00:29:19.700><c> that</c><00:29:19.960><c> any</c><00:29:20.160><c> king</c><00:29:20.380><c> of</c><00:29:20.500><c> his</c><00:29:20.660><c> people</c>

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is<00:29:21.039><c> going</c><00:29:21.140><c> to</c><00:29:21.319><c> make</c><00:29:21.480><c> mistakes.</c><00:29:21.920><c> He's</c><00:29:22.099><c> going</c><00:29:22.279><c> to</c>

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sin.<00:29:25.359><c> But</c><00:29:25.960><c> when</c><00:29:27.579><c> the</c><00:29:27.700><c> ruler</c><00:29:27.980><c> does</c><00:29:28.440><c> sin,</c><00:29:28.779><c> when</c><00:29:28.920><c> he</c><00:29:29.119><c> does</c><00:29:29.440><c> make</c>

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mistakes,<00:29:30.380><c> he</c><00:29:30.440><c> wants</c><00:29:30.819><c> the</c><00:29:31.059><c> man</c><00:29:31.279><c> to</c><00:29:31.500><c> face</c><00:29:31.799><c> up</c><00:29:32.059><c> to</c><00:29:32.180><c> it.</c>

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But<00:29:32.599><c> Saul</c><00:29:32.759><c> won't</c><00:29:32.980><c> do</c><00:29:33.220><c> that.</c><00:29:34.559><c> Saul</c><00:29:34.900><c> said,</c><00:29:37.539><c> they</c><00:29:37.720><c> have</c><00:29:38.240><c> brought</c>

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them<00:29:39.200><c> from</c><00:29:39.460><c> the</c><00:29:39.579><c> Amalekites</c><00:29:40.180><c> for</c><00:29:40.539><c> the</c><00:29:40.980><c> people</c>

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spared,<00:29:43.240><c> the</c><00:29:43.359><c> best</c><00:29:43.619><c> of</c><00:29:43.819><c> the</c><00:29:44.019><c> sheep.</c><00:29:45.200><c> The</c><00:29:45.440><c> people</c><00:29:45.920><c> did</c><00:29:46.200><c> it.</c><00:29:48.880><c> In</c>

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verse<00:29:49.240><c> 21,</c><00:29:49.740><c> it</c><00:29:49.740><c> says</c><00:29:50.019><c> the</c><00:29:50.140><c> same</c><00:29:50.400><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:29:52.519><c> the</c><00:29:52.920><c> people</c><00:29:53.480><c> took</c><00:29:54.079><c> of</c><00:29:54.599><c> the</c><00:29:54.859><c> spoil.</c><00:29:57.240><c> That's</c><00:29:57.759><c> not</c><00:29:57.960><c> what</c><00:29:58.039><c> God</c>

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wants.<00:29:58.640><c> He</c><00:29:58.759><c> wants</c><00:29:59.000><c> somebody,</c><00:29:59.440><c> yes,</c><00:30:00.299><c> people</c><00:30:00.519><c> are</c><00:30:00.660><c> going</c>

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:04.460
to<00:30:00.900><c> make</c><00:30:01.059><c> mistakes.</c><00:30:02.119><c> And</c><00:30:02.240><c> the</c><00:30:02.299><c> bigger</c><00:30:02.519><c> the</c><00:30:02.779><c> job,</c><00:30:03.079><c> the</c><00:30:03.160><c> more</c><00:30:03.359><c> mistakes</c><00:30:03.720><c> they're</c><00:30:03.900><c> likely</c><00:30:04.200><c> to</c>

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make.<00:30:05.640><c> But</c><00:30:05.819><c> he</c><00:30:05.900><c> wants</c>

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his<00:30:07.400><c> man</c><00:30:08.079><c> to</c><00:30:08.960><c> own</c><00:30:09.180><c> up</c><00:30:09.440><c> to</c><00:30:09.619><c> it.</c><00:30:11.119><c> Saul</c><00:30:11.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:11.460><c> do</c><00:30:11.680><c> that.</c>

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And<00:30:14.539><c> in</c><00:30:14.680><c> verse</c><00:30:15.039><c> 22</c><00:30:15.440><c> and</c><00:30:15.599><c> 23,</c><00:30:17.299><c> we</c><00:30:17.500><c> have</c><00:30:17.880><c> a</c><00:30:18.440><c> very</c><00:30:18.799><c> famous</c><00:30:19.500><c> passage</c>

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which<00:30:21.019><c> illustrates</c><00:30:21.700><c> and</c><00:30:22.440><c> summarizes</c><00:30:23.000><c> the</c>

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fact<00:30:23.420><c> that</c><00:30:23.680><c> Saul</c><00:30:23.980><c> just</c><00:30:24.279><c> never</c><00:30:24.619><c> did</c><00:30:24.839><c> understand</c><00:30:25.839><c> the</c><00:30:26.319><c> divine</c>

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priorities.<00:30:29.420><c> Samuel</c><00:30:29.740><c> said,</c>

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Behold,<00:30:38.259><c> to</c><00:30:38.480><c> obey</c><00:30:38.960><c> is</c><00:30:39.259><c> better</c><00:30:39.640><c> than</c><00:30:39.920><c> sacrifice,</c><00:30:42.140><c> and</c><00:30:42.519><c> to</c><00:30:42.759><c> hearken</c><00:30:43.059><c> than</c>

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the<00:30:43.420><c> fat</c><00:30:43.500><c> of</c><00:30:43.740><c> rams.</c><00:30:44.660><c> And</c><00:30:45.019><c> God</c><00:30:45.319><c> wanted</c><00:30:45.700><c> a</c>

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leader<00:30:46.640><c> of</c><00:30:46.839><c> his</c><00:30:47.059><c> people</c><00:30:47.339><c> who</c><00:30:48.059><c> resonated</c><00:30:48.759><c> with</c><00:30:50.019><c> those</c><00:30:50.279><c> priorities,</c><00:30:52.000><c> who</c><00:30:52.220><c> knew</c><00:30:52.559><c> that</c><00:30:52.819><c> rebellion</c><00:30:53.240><c> is</c>

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as<00:30:53.640><c> the</c>

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sin<00:30:53.839><c> of</c><00:30:54.019><c> witchcraft,</c><00:30:54.940><c> and</c><00:30:55.079><c> stubbornness</c><00:30:55.579><c> is</c><00:30:55.759><c> as</c><00:30:55.940><c> iniquity</c><00:30:56.339><c> and</c><00:30:56.519><c> idolatry.</c><00:30:58.880><c> What</c><00:30:59.099><c> God</c><00:30:59.400><c> wanted</c><00:30:59.700><c> to</c>

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lead<00:31:00.039><c> his</c><00:31:00.299><c> people</c>

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was<00:31:01.680><c> a</c><00:31:01.900><c> king</c><00:31:02.200><c> who</c><00:31:02.980><c> knew</c><00:31:03.359><c> God's</c><00:31:03.960><c> heart</c><00:31:04.279><c> and</c><00:31:04.599><c> would</c><00:31:04.839><c> teach</c><00:31:05.140><c> the</c>

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people<00:31:05.960><c> the</c><00:31:06.519><c> divine</c><00:31:06.940><c> priorities.</c>

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God<00:31:09.740><c> wanted</c><00:31:10.180><c> a</c><00:31:10.559><c> model</c><00:31:11.039><c> king,</c><00:31:13.660><c> and</c><00:31:13.839><c> Saul</c><00:31:14.019><c> was</c><00:31:14.240><c> not</c><00:31:14.460><c> the</c><00:31:14.619><c> man.</c>

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And<00:31:19.079><c> so</c><00:31:19.279><c> God</c><00:31:19.599><c> looked</c><00:31:20.200><c> throughout</c><00:31:20.960><c> all</c><00:31:21.559><c> Israel.</c><00:31:23.680><c> And</c><00:31:23.779><c> you</c><00:31:23.799><c> know,</c><00:31:24.940><c> we</c>

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can<00:31:26.039><c> say</c><00:31:26.380><c> that,</c><00:31:26.579><c> well,</c><00:31:26.700><c> God</c><00:31:26.980><c> knew</c><00:31:27.140><c> who</c>

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he<00:31:27.480><c> was</c><00:31:27.640><c> going</c><00:31:27.799><c> to</c><00:31:28.000><c> choose</c><00:31:28.200><c> while</c><00:31:28.359><c> in</c><00:31:28.500><c> advance</c><00:31:28.799><c> of</c><00:31:29.039><c> choosing</c>

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him.<00:31:29.480><c> But</c><00:31:29.559><c> that's</c><00:31:30.579><c> not</c><00:31:31.279><c> the</c><00:31:31.460><c> way</c><00:31:31.900><c> the</c>

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narrative<00:31:33.420><c> is</c><00:31:33.740><c> presented.</c><00:31:34.240><c> It's</c><00:31:34.660><c> presented</c><00:31:35.000><c> to</c><00:31:35.279><c> appeal</c><00:31:35.559><c> to</c>

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our<00:31:36.039><c> hearts</c><00:31:36.380><c> more</c><00:31:37.099><c> powerfully</c><00:31:37.740><c> than</c><00:31:38.000><c> that.</c>

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:47.440
The<00:31:40.720><c> Lord</c><00:31:41.319><c> saw</c><00:31:42.059><c> him,</c><00:31:43.220><c> a</c><00:31:43.460><c> man,</c><00:31:44.839><c> after</c><00:31:45.279><c> his</c><00:31:45.500><c> own</c><00:31:45.859><c> heart.</c><00:31:47.119><c> And</c><00:31:47.359><c> you</c>

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see<00:31:47.720><c> the</c><00:31:47.980><c> Lord</c><00:31:48.440><c> looking</c><00:31:49.240><c> out</c><00:31:50.220><c> over</c><00:31:50.619><c> the</c><00:31:50.960><c> hearts</c>

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of<00:31:52.500><c> the</c><00:31:53.539><c> men</c><00:31:53.900><c> of</c><00:31:54.079><c> Israel.</c><00:31:56.799><c> And</c><00:31:57.000><c> that's</c><00:31:57.140><c> what</c><00:31:57.240><c> he</c><00:31:57.339><c> says</c><00:31:57.539><c> to</c><00:31:57.779><c> Samuel</c><00:31:58.559><c> in</c>

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:02.779
chapter<00:31:59.579><c> 16.</c><00:32:01.299><c> At</c><00:32:01.460><c> the</c><00:32:01.539><c> end</c><00:32:01.700><c> of</c><00:32:01.839><c> verse</c><00:32:02.000><c> 7,</c>

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the<00:32:03.920><c> Lord</c><00:32:04.059><c> doesn't</c><00:32:04.319><c> look</c><00:32:04.519><c> on</c><00:32:04.640><c> the</c><00:32:04.819><c> outward</c><00:32:05.039><c> appearance,</c><00:32:05.500><c> he</c>

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looks<00:32:05.779><c> on</c><00:32:05.940><c> the</c><00:32:06.180><c> heart.</c><00:32:06.920><c> And</c><00:32:07.059><c> that's</c><00:32:07.220><c> what</c><00:32:07.299><c> he'd</c><00:32:07.460><c> been</c>

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:10.720
doing.<00:32:08.000><c> He'd</c><00:32:08.039><c> been</c><00:32:08.240><c> looking</c><00:32:08.559><c> on</c><00:32:08.779><c> the</c><00:32:09.039><c> hearts</c><00:32:09.619><c> of</c><00:32:10.200><c> the</c><00:32:10.319><c> men</c><00:32:10.480><c> of</c>

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:13.759
Israel.<00:32:11.480><c> And</c><00:32:11.720><c> he</c><00:32:11.799><c> looked</c><00:32:12.000><c> at</c><00:32:12.299><c> David's</c><00:32:12.779><c> heart.</c>

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:19.700
He<00:32:14.099><c> said,</c><00:32:14.480><c> that's</c><00:32:14.539><c> it.</c><00:32:16.279><c> I</c><00:32:16.380><c> found</c><00:32:16.779><c> him.</c><00:32:18.119><c> That's</c><00:32:18.660><c> the</c><00:32:18.819><c> man</c><00:32:19.240><c> to</c><00:32:19.480><c> be</c>

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captain<00:32:20.019><c> of</c><00:32:20.240><c> my</c><00:32:20.559><c> people.</c>

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I<00:32:22.779><c> have</c><00:32:23.200><c> found</c><00:32:23.640><c> David,</c><00:32:24.220><c> the</c><00:32:24.359><c> son</c><00:32:24.519><c> of</c><00:32:24.740><c> Jesse,</c><00:32:25.579><c> a</c><00:32:25.819><c> man</c><00:32:26.059><c> after</c><00:32:26.359><c> my</c>

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own<00:32:26.900><c> heart,</c><00:32:27.799><c> who</c><00:32:27.920><c> shall</c><00:32:28.180><c> fulfill</c><00:32:29.019><c> all</c><00:32:29.980><c> my</c><00:32:30.500><c> will.</c>

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And<00:32:32.619><c> by</c><00:32:32.759><c> the</c><00:32:32.839><c> way,</c><00:32:32.920><c> that's</c><00:32:34.059><c> from</c><00:32:34.500><c> the</c><00:32:34.720><c> Apostle</c><00:32:35.119><c> Paul</c><00:32:35.480><c> in</c><00:32:35.720><c> Acts</c>

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:38.539
13,<00:32:37.059><c> verse</c><00:32:37.240><c> 22.</c><00:32:37.660><c> And</c><00:32:37.759><c> if</c><00:32:37.859><c> you've</c><00:32:38.000><c> ever</c><00:32:38.200><c> looked</c><00:32:38.400><c> at</c>

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:42.559
statement<00:32:39.480><c> by</c><00:32:39.759><c> the</c><00:32:39.900><c> Apostle</c><00:32:40.279><c> Paul</c><00:32:40.559><c> and</c><00:32:41.160><c> tried</c><00:32:41.420><c> to</c><00:32:41.700><c> find</c><00:32:41.960><c> where</c>

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does<00:32:42.759><c> it</c><00:32:42.940><c> come</c><00:32:43.140><c> from,</c><00:32:44.059><c> it's</c><00:32:44.160><c> one</c><00:32:44.299><c> of</c><00:32:44.400><c> those</c>

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combination<00:32:45.420><c> quotes,</c><00:32:46.920><c> where</c><00:32:47.000><c> he</c><00:32:47.279><c> combines</c><00:32:47.680><c> a</c><00:32:47.960><c> phrase</c><00:32:48.119><c> here</c><00:32:48.380><c> and</c><00:32:48.500><c> a</c>

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:50.759
phrase<00:32:49.059><c> there</c><00:32:49.400><c> from</c><00:32:50.119><c> the</c><00:32:50.319><c> Old</c><00:32:50.500><c> Testament</c>

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:56.460
record.<00:32:52.140><c> And</c><00:32:52.220><c> he</c><00:32:52.299><c> says,</c><00:32:52.640><c> that's</c><00:32:53.160><c> what</c><00:32:53.380><c> happened.</c><00:32:54.940><c> David</c><00:32:55.279><c> looked,</c><00:32:56.059><c> God</c>

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looked<00:32:56.799><c> at</c><00:32:56.980><c> the</c><00:32:57.220><c> hearts</c><00:32:57.839><c> of</c><00:32:58.920><c> the</c><00:32:59.039><c> men</c><00:32:59.140><c> of</c>

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Israel.<00:33:01.539><c> You</c><00:33:01.779><c> know,</c><00:33:02.039><c> when</c><00:33:02.119><c> we</c><00:33:03.220><c> think</c><00:33:04.220><c> about</c><00:33:04.480><c> God</c><00:33:04.920><c> doing</c><00:33:05.259><c> that,</c>

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it<00:33:09.400><c> makes</c><00:33:09.579><c> you</c><00:33:09.779><c> wonder,</c><00:33:11.380><c> you</c><00:33:11.380><c> know,</c>

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if<00:33:14.079><c> we'd</c><00:33:14.259><c> been</c><00:33:14.420><c> there,</c><00:33:16.240><c> if</c><00:33:16.359><c> we'd</c><00:33:16.559><c> been</c><00:33:16.720><c> alive</c><00:33:17.420><c> in</c><00:33:17.799><c> that</c><00:33:17.980><c> generation,</c><00:33:20.859><c> what</c>

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would<00:33:21.019><c> he</c><00:33:21.160><c> have</c><00:33:21.240><c> thought</c><00:33:21.359><c> of</c><00:33:21.480><c> our</c>

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hearts?<00:33:25.180><c> Well,</c><00:33:25.440><c> you</c><00:33:25.519><c> know,</c><00:33:25.619><c> he</c><00:33:25.680><c> still</c><00:33:25.900><c> does</c><00:33:26.119><c> do</c><00:33:26.299><c> that,</c><00:33:26.579><c> doesn't</c><00:33:26.700><c> he?</c><00:33:28.180><c> I</c>

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mean,<00:33:29.339><c> we</c><00:33:29.460><c> read</c><00:33:29.619><c> in</c><00:33:29.819><c> Hebrews</c><00:33:30.119><c> how</c><00:33:30.819><c> it</c>

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:35.339
uses<00:33:32.119><c> the</c><00:33:32.319><c> language</c><00:33:32.579><c> of</c><00:33:32.859><c> sacrifice,</c><00:33:34.240><c> that</c><00:33:34.339><c> the</c><00:33:34.559><c> dividing</c><00:33:34.880><c> ascent</c><00:33:35.180><c> is</c>

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:37.000
to<00:33:35.539><c> divide</c><00:33:35.740><c> us</c><00:33:35.940><c> under</c><00:33:36.119><c> an</c><00:33:36.319><c> animal,</c><00:33:36.599><c> to</c><00:33:36.680><c> look</c><00:33:36.859><c> at</c>

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it,<00:33:37.140><c> to</c><00:33:37.200><c> see</c><00:33:37.339><c> how</c><00:33:37.500><c> it</c><00:33:37.579><c> looks</c><00:33:37.819><c> inside.</c><00:33:39.359><c> The</c><00:33:39.460><c> word</c><00:33:39.599><c> of</c><00:33:39.779><c> God</c><00:33:39.940><c> is</c>

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:42.900
sharper<00:33:41.079><c> than</c><00:33:41.259><c> any</c><00:33:41.500><c> two</c><00:33:41.660><c>-edged</c><00:33:41.859><c> sword,</c><00:33:42.279><c> piercing</c><00:33:42.559><c> even</c>

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:45.940
to<00:33:43.039><c> the</c><00:33:43.220><c> dividing</c><00:33:43.500><c> asunder</c><00:33:43.940><c> of</c><00:33:44.160><c> soul</c><00:33:44.380><c> and</c><00:33:44.619><c> spirit.</c><00:33:45.400><c> He</c><00:33:45.700><c> still</c>

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:50.900
looks<00:33:46.180><c> at</c><00:33:46.339><c> our</c><00:33:46.559><c> hearts.</c><00:33:49.960><c> It's</c><00:33:50.200><c> tough</c><00:33:50.420><c> for</c><00:33:50.559><c> us</c><00:33:50.700><c> to</c>

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:54.000
remember<00:33:51.099><c> that</c><00:33:51.299><c> all</c><00:33:51.500><c> the</c><00:33:51.660><c> time</c><00:33:51.859><c> because</c><00:33:52.180><c> we're</c><00:33:53.039><c> so</c><00:33:53.460><c> conscious</c>

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:56.900
of<00:33:54.180><c> what</c><00:33:54.519><c> people</c><00:33:55.019><c> see</c><00:33:55.700><c> when</c><00:33:56.380><c> they</c><00:33:56.579><c> look</c><00:33:56.759><c> at</c>

00:33:56.900 --> 00:34:01.900
us.<00:33:58.539><c> It's</c><00:33:58.720><c> tough</c><00:33:58.940><c> for</c><00:33:59.160><c> us</c><00:33:59.279><c> to</c><00:33:59.480><c> remember</c><00:33:59.779><c> that</c><00:34:00.619><c> God's</c><00:34:01.180><c> looking</c>

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at<00:34:03.220><c> the</c><00:34:03.440><c> heart.</c><00:34:04.039><c> Well,</c><00:34:04.200><c> he</c><00:34:04.279><c> notices</c><00:34:04.680><c> the</c><00:34:04.920><c> outward</c>

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:08.400
appearance,<00:34:06.460><c> but</c><00:34:06.460><c> primarily</c><00:34:06.980><c> what</c><00:34:07.160><c> he's</c><00:34:07.460><c> concerned</c><00:34:07.759><c> about</c>

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:15.019
is<00:34:09.480><c> the</c><00:34:09.599><c> condition</c><00:34:09.940><c> of</c><00:34:10.099><c> the</c><00:34:10.280><c> heart.</c><00:34:12.559><c> Well,</c><00:34:12.900><c> when</c><00:34:13.119><c> we</c><00:34:14.800><c> see</c>

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:20.219
what<00:34:15.019><c> he</c><00:34:15.239><c> has</c><00:34:15.460><c> to</c><00:34:15.599><c> say</c><00:34:15.780><c> about</c><00:34:16.019><c> David,</c><00:34:17.719><c> we</c><00:34:18.000><c> understand</c><00:34:18.900><c> why</c><00:34:20.000><c> he</c>

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:26.340
picked<00:34:20.460><c> it.</c><00:34:23.139><c> Because</c><00:34:23.400><c> the</c><00:34:24.519><c> phrase</c><00:34:24.960><c> that</c><00:34:25.179><c> is</c><00:34:25.440><c> used</c><00:34:25.960><c> to</c>

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:38.380
describe<00:34:26.860><c> David</c><00:34:27.440><c> is</c><00:34:29.719><c> this</c><00:34:30.500><c> phrase,</c><00:34:31.019><c> servant,</c><00:34:32.219><c> my</c><00:34:32.559><c> servant.</c><00:34:34.760><c> And</c><00:34:35.079><c> this</c><00:34:35.280><c> will</c><00:34:36.280><c> bring</c><00:34:37.219><c> to</c><00:34:37.460><c> mind</c><00:34:37.739><c> just</c><00:34:38.059><c> a</c>

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.940
couple<00:34:38.599><c> of</c><00:34:38.780><c> the</c>

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:45.000
places<00:34:39.239><c> where</c><00:34:40.360><c> that</c><00:34:41.679><c> phrase</c><00:34:41.960><c> occurs.</c><00:34:43.659><c> Because,</c><00:34:43.980><c> you</c><00:34:43.980><c> see,</c><00:34:44.860><c> it</c>

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:51.500
occurs<00:34:45.400><c> 54</c><00:34:46.079><c> times</c><00:34:47.280><c> in</c><00:34:48.500><c> Scripture.</c><00:34:50.159><c> David,</c><00:34:50.639><c> my</c><00:34:50.960><c> servant,</c>

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1<00:34:51.719><c> Samuel</c><00:34:52.139><c> 5,</c><00:34:53.039><c> 7,</c><00:34:53.440><c> 5,</c><00:34:54.179><c> go</c><00:34:54.239><c> and</c><00:34:54.519><c> tell</c><00:34:54.719><c> my</c><00:34:55.300><c> servant</c><00:34:55.739><c> David,</c><00:34:57.400><c> thus</c>

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saith<00:34:57.739><c> the</c><00:34:57.920><c> Lord,</c><00:34:58.360><c> shalt</c><00:34:58.480><c> thou</c><00:34:58.679><c> build</c><00:34:58.920><c> me</c><00:34:59.099><c> in</c><00:34:59.239><c> a</c><00:34:59.260><c> house</c>

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:10.800
for<00:34:59.679><c> me</c><00:34:59.860><c> to</c><00:35:00.500><c> dwell</c><00:35:00.719><c> in.</c><00:35:02.639><c> Psalm</c><00:35:03.019><c> 89,</c><00:35:03.659><c> verse</c><00:35:03.840><c> 3,</c><00:35:07.260><c> where</c><00:35:07.260><c> we</c><00:35:09.420><c> read,</c>

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I<00:35:13.360><c> have</c><00:35:13.539><c> made</c><00:35:13.719><c> a</c><00:35:14.019><c> covenant</c><00:35:14.320><c> with</c><00:35:14.619><c> my</c><00:35:14.940><c> chosen.</c><00:35:16.059><c> I</c><00:35:16.199><c> have</c><00:35:16.539><c> sworn</c>

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unto<00:35:17.940><c> David,</c><00:35:19.360><c> my</c><00:35:19.719><c> servant.</c><00:35:22.579><c> You</c><00:35:22.579><c> know,</c><00:35:22.880><c> David</c><00:35:23.019><c> is</c><00:35:23.199><c> referred</c><00:35:23.460><c> to</c><00:35:23.659><c> as</c><00:35:23.780><c> a</c>

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:27.800
servant<00:35:24.099><c> of</c><00:35:24.219><c> God</c><00:35:24.500><c> 54</c><00:35:25.000><c> times.</c><00:35:25.579><c> Moses</c><00:35:26.199><c> is</c><00:35:26.980><c> referred</c>

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:32.039
as<00:35:28.219><c> God's</c><00:35:28.639><c> servant</c><00:35:28.860><c> 36</c><00:35:29.320><c> times.</c><00:35:30.420><c> And</c><00:35:30.519><c> nobody</c><00:35:30.679><c> else</c><00:35:30.920><c> is</c><00:35:31.179><c> close.</c>

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:35.480
Now,<00:35:32.920><c> of</c><00:35:33.059><c> course,</c><00:35:34.340><c> the</c><00:35:34.420><c> Lord</c><00:35:34.579><c> Jesus</c><00:35:34.840><c> Christ</c><00:35:35.139><c> is</c><00:35:35.320><c> the</c>

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:38.579
greatest<00:35:35.699><c> servant</c><00:35:35.980><c> of</c><00:35:36.219><c> all.</c><00:35:36.719><c> But</c><00:35:36.840><c> that</c><00:35:37.119><c> particular</c><00:35:37.820><c> phrase</c>

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:44.960
is<00:35:39.920><c> applied</c><00:35:40.599><c> to</c><00:35:41.619><c> David</c><00:35:41.980><c> that</c><00:35:43.519><c> many</c><00:35:43.800><c> times.</c>

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:51.159
And<00:35:46.579><c> it's</c><00:35:47.059><c> interesting</c><00:35:47.440><c> that</c><00:35:47.780><c> the</c><00:35:48.260><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:48.699><c> word</c><00:35:49.539><c> for</c><00:35:50.719><c> servant</c>

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:57.239
is<00:35:53.079><c> a</c><00:35:53.639><c> strong</c><00:35:54.380><c> word.</c><00:35:55.820><c> It's</c><00:35:56.280><c> a</c><00:35:56.420><c> word</c><00:35:56.639><c> that</c><00:35:56.860><c> means</c>

00:35:57.239 --> 00:36:05.000
a<00:35:57.619><c> servant,</c><00:35:59.179><c> a</c><00:35:59.519><c> doer,</c><00:36:00.719><c> a</c><00:36:01.280><c> tiller,</c><00:36:02.500><c> a</c><00:36:02.780><c> slave.</c><00:36:04.460><c> And</c><00:36:04.619><c> the</c><00:36:04.820><c> Greek</c>

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:08.920
word<00:36:05.219><c> that</c><00:36:05.380><c> is</c><00:36:05.579><c> used</c><00:36:05.880><c> in</c><00:36:06.500><c> Acts</c><00:36:06.800><c> by</c><00:36:07.380><c> the</c><00:36:07.639><c> Apostle</c><00:36:08.079><c> is</c>

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:16.059
the<00:36:10.099><c> Greek</c><00:36:10.320><c> word</c><00:36:10.579><c> for</c><00:36:11.139><c> slave.</c><00:36:14.860><c> And</c><00:36:14.980><c> what</c><00:36:15.159><c> that</c><00:36:15.340><c> is</c><00:36:15.519><c> telling</c><00:36:15.719><c> us</c>

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:20.320
is<00:36:16.239><c> that</c><00:36:16.619><c> the</c><00:36:16.900><c> heart</c><00:36:17.260><c> of</c><00:36:17.599><c> the</c><00:36:17.800><c> true</c><00:36:18.420><c> servant</c><00:36:18.900><c> of</c><00:36:19.199><c> God</c>

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:25.059
is<00:36:21.039><c> to</c><00:36:21.380><c> carry</c><00:36:21.639><c> out</c><00:36:21.940><c> the</c><00:36:22.260><c> charges</c><00:36:22.719><c> of</c><00:36:22.980><c> his</c><00:36:23.260><c> Lord</c><00:36:23.699><c> for</c><00:36:24.340><c> no</c><00:36:24.800><c> other</c>

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:26.619
reason<00:36:25.460><c> than</c><00:36:25.619><c> that</c><00:36:25.619><c> they</c><00:36:25.800><c> are</c><00:36:26.000><c> the</c><00:36:26.260><c> appointment</c>

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:34.780
of<00:36:26.760><c> the</c><00:36:26.840><c> Lord.</c><00:36:28.880><c> He's</c><00:36:29.099><c> a</c><00:36:29.300><c> slave,</c><00:36:29.599><c> he's</c><00:36:30.019><c> a</c><00:36:30.099><c> servant</c><00:36:30.619><c> of</c><00:36:31.380><c> God.</c><00:36:34.619><c> And</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:39.280
that<00:36:34.940><c> phrase,</c><00:36:35.579><c> a</c><00:36:35.639><c> man</c><00:36:36.340><c> after,</c><00:36:38.360><c> my</c><00:36:38.619><c> own</c><00:36:38.880><c> heart.</c>

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:44.440
Just<00:36:40.159><c> have</c><00:36:40.360><c> a</c><00:36:40.420><c> look</c><00:36:40.539><c> at</c><00:36:40.679><c> Genesis</c><00:36:41.019><c> 1.</c><00:36:42.400><c> That's</c><00:36:42.679><c> where</c><00:36:42.860><c> this</c><00:36:43.920><c> word</c>

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:46.940
takes<00:36:45.159><c> on</c><00:36:45.559><c> considerable</c><00:36:46.000><c> importance</c><00:36:46.639><c> because,</c>

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:50.900
you<00:36:47.099><c> see,</c><00:36:47.360><c> it's</c><00:36:48.619><c> used</c><00:36:48.619><c> over</c><00:36:49.219><c> and</c><00:36:49.320><c> over</c><00:36:49.480><c> again</c><00:36:49.739><c> in</c><00:36:49.920><c> Genesis</c><00:36:50.300><c> 1</c>

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:55.780
to<00:36:52.099><c> express</c><00:36:52.639><c> that</c><00:36:53.059><c> which</c><00:36:53.280><c> is</c><00:36:54.460><c> similar</c><00:36:54.860><c> to</c><00:36:55.199><c> or</c><00:36:55.360><c> of</c><00:36:55.659><c> the</c>

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:59.219
same<00:36:56.019><c> kind</c><00:36:56.579><c> as</c><00:36:56.940><c> or</c><00:36:57.039><c> having</c><00:36:57.280><c> a</c><00:36:57.519><c> likeness</c><00:36:57.940><c> to.</c><00:36:58.519><c> Look</c><00:36:58.739><c> at</c><00:36:59.079><c> it</c><00:36:59.219><c> at</c>

00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:02.320
verse<00:36:59.739><c> 11.</c><00:37:00.559><c> It's</c><00:37:00.679><c> the</c><00:37:00.679><c> first</c><00:37:00.940><c> time</c><00:37:01.159><c> it's</c><00:37:01.380><c> used.</c>

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:05.800
And<00:37:03.139><c> God</c><00:37:03.380><c> said,</c><00:37:03.820><c> let</c><00:37:03.820><c> the</c><00:37:04.219><c> earth</c><00:37:04.420><c> bring</c><00:37:04.780><c> forth</c><00:37:05.079><c> grass,</c><00:37:05.639><c> the</c>

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:07.820
herb<00:37:05.980><c> yielding</c><00:37:06.480><c> seed,</c><00:37:06.719><c> and</c><00:37:06.860><c> the</c><00:37:07.039><c> fruit</c><00:37:07.239><c> tree</c><00:37:07.380><c> yielding</c>

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:14.420
fruit<00:37:08.320><c> after</c><00:37:09.500><c> his</c><00:37:10.739><c> kind.</c><00:37:12.659><c> And</c><00:37:12.900><c> the</c><00:37:13.019><c> earth</c><00:37:13.159><c> brought</c><00:37:13.420><c> forth</c><00:37:13.719><c> grass</c><00:37:14.219><c> in</c>

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:18.559
verse<00:37:14.800><c> 12,</c><00:37:16.000><c> and</c><00:37:16.139><c> herb</c><00:37:16.400><c> yielding</c><00:37:16.900><c> seed</c><00:37:17.380><c> after</c>

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:23.119
his<00:37:19.099><c> kind.</c><00:37:20.219><c> And</c><00:37:20.360><c> it</c><00:37:20.460><c> keeps</c><00:37:20.699><c> on</c><00:37:20.920><c> being</c><00:37:21.159><c> used</c><00:37:21.800><c> throughout</c><00:37:22.719><c> this</c>

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:27.440
chapter.<00:37:24.619><c> Verse</c><00:37:24.860><c> 21,</c><00:37:25.960><c> God</c><00:37:26.320><c> created</c><00:37:27.059><c> great</c>

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:29.880
whales<00:37:27.840><c> and</c><00:37:27.960><c> every</c><00:37:28.219><c> living</c><00:37:28.460><c> creature</c><00:37:28.780><c> that</c><00:37:29.019><c> moveth,</c><00:37:29.719><c> which</c>

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:32.019
the<00:37:30.139><c> waters</c><00:37:30.420><c> brought</c><00:37:30.699><c> forth</c><00:37:31.019><c> abundantly</c>

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:38.320
after<00:37:33.639><c> their</c><00:37:34.300><c> kind.</c><00:37:34.800><c> And</c><00:37:34.980><c> every</c><00:37:35.239><c> winged</c><00:37:35.659><c> fowl</c><00:37:36.159><c> after</c><00:37:36.760><c> his</c><00:37:37.199><c> kind.</c><00:37:38.059><c> And</c>

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:40.449
we<00:37:38.579><c> see</c><00:37:38.760><c> it</c><00:37:38.920><c> this</c><00:37:39.119><c> time</c><00:37:39.340><c> of</c><00:37:39.500><c> year</c><00:37:39.619><c> with</c>

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:45.980
the<00:37:41.840><c> rebirth</c><00:37:42.139><c> of</c><00:37:42.480><c> the</c><00:37:42.679><c> flora,</c><00:37:43.500><c> but</c><00:37:43.739><c> also</c><00:37:44.239><c> in</c><00:37:44.699><c> the</c><00:37:44.860><c> birds</c><00:37:45.239><c> nesting,</c><00:37:45.780><c> they</c>

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all<00:37:46.260><c> produce</c><00:37:46.659><c> after</c><00:37:47.300><c> their</c><00:37:47.739><c> kind.</c>

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It's<00:37:49.559><c> that</c><00:37:49.760><c> which</c><00:37:49.940><c> is</c><00:37:51.400><c> like,</c><00:37:52.920><c> having</c><00:37:53.159><c> a</c><00:37:53.380><c> great</c><00:37:53.780><c> likeness</c><00:37:54.280><c> to.</c>

00:37:55.539 --> 00:38:00.300
And<00:37:55.739><c> then</c><00:37:56.340><c> you</c><00:37:56.579><c> have</c><00:37:56.699><c> it</c><00:37:56.960><c> applied</c><00:37:57.239><c> to</c><00:37:58.699><c> man</c><00:37:59.199><c> coming</c><00:37:59.559><c> to</c><00:37:59.860><c> the</c>

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sixth<00:38:00.559><c> day,</c><00:38:03.320><c> where</c><00:38:03.539><c> we</c><00:38:03.739><c> find</c><00:38:03.980><c> the</c><00:38:04.179><c> phrase</c><00:38:04.400><c> used</c><00:38:04.699><c> frequently.</c>

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:07.539
Pick<00:38:05.880><c> it</c><00:38:05.980><c> up</c><00:38:06.079><c> in</c><00:38:06.179><c> verse</c><00:38:06.380><c> 24.</c><00:38:07.079><c> And</c><00:38:07.099><c> God</c><00:38:07.300><c> said,</c>

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:10.360
let<00:38:07.719><c> the</c><00:38:07.920><c> earth</c><00:38:08.059><c> bring</c><00:38:08.340><c> forth</c><00:38:08.599><c> the</c><00:38:08.760><c> living</c><00:38:08.980><c> creature</c><00:38:09.539><c> after</c>

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:14.460
his<00:38:10.719><c> kind.</c><00:38:11.780><c> Cattle</c><00:38:12.099><c> and</c><00:38:12.260><c> creeping</c><00:38:12.519><c> thing</c><00:38:12.780><c> and</c><00:38:12.940><c> beast</c><00:38:13.159><c> of</c>

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:17.199
his<00:38:14.639><c> kind.</c><00:38:15.300><c> And</c><00:38:15.300><c> it</c><00:38:15.300><c> was</c><00:38:15.619><c> so.</c><00:38:16.280><c> And</c><00:38:16.380><c> God</c><00:38:16.539><c> made</c><00:38:16.739><c> the</c><00:38:16.880><c> beast</c><00:38:17.019><c> of</c>

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:20.500
the<00:38:17.340><c> earth</c><00:38:17.619><c> after</c><00:38:18.360><c> his</c><00:38:18.739><c> kind.</c><00:38:19.539><c> And</c><00:38:19.699><c> cattle</c><00:38:19.960><c> after</c>

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:24.199
their<00:38:20.840><c> kind.</c><00:38:21.440><c> And</c><00:38:21.639><c> everything</c><00:38:21.900><c> that</c><00:38:22.159><c> creepeth</c><00:38:22.460><c> upon</c><00:38:22.739><c> the</c><00:38:22.920><c> earth</c><00:38:23.179><c> after</c><00:38:23.840><c> his</c>

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:25.840
kind.<00:38:24.559><c> And</c><00:38:24.679><c> God</c><00:38:24.960><c> saw</c><00:38:25.179><c> that</c><00:38:25.280><c> it</c><00:38:25.400><c> was</c><00:38:25.579><c> good.</c>

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:29.739
And<00:38:26.380><c> God</c><00:38:26.619><c> said,</c><00:38:26.960><c> let</c><00:38:27.019><c> us</c><00:38:27.179><c> make</c><00:38:27.380><c> man</c><00:38:27.679><c> in</c><00:38:27.880><c> our</c><00:38:28.059><c> image</c><00:38:28.360><c> after</c><00:38:29.260><c> our</c>

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:34.500
likeness.<00:38:32.320><c> God</c><00:38:32.780><c> wanted</c><00:38:33.079><c> a</c><00:38:33.440><c> heart</c>

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:41.820
that<00:38:35.880><c> was</c><00:38:36.099><c> after</c><00:38:36.699><c> his</c><00:38:37.300><c> own</c><00:38:37.579><c> heart.</c><00:38:39.519><c> He</c><00:38:39.880><c> wanted</c><00:38:40.320><c> a</c><00:38:40.780><c> heart</c><00:38:41.280><c> that</c>

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:44.039
would<00:38:42.260><c> love</c><00:38:42.599><c> what</c><00:38:43.019><c> God</c><00:38:43.380><c> loves.</c>

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:50.199
That<00:38:45.039><c> would</c><00:38:45.340><c> hate</c><00:38:45.559><c> what</c><00:38:45.840><c> God</c><00:38:46.139><c> hates.</c><00:38:47.719><c> He</c><00:38:47.820><c> wanted</c><00:38:48.059><c> a</c><00:38:48.380><c> heart</c><00:38:48.699><c> which</c><00:38:48.940><c> would</c><00:38:49.460><c> delight</c><00:38:49.960><c> in</c>

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.679
God's<00:38:50.679><c> statutes</c><00:38:51.099><c> and</c>

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:55.139
yearn<00:38:52.280><c> for</c><00:38:52.500><c> his</c><00:38:52.760><c> promises</c><00:38:53.219><c> and</c><00:38:53.820><c> appreciate</c><00:38:54.400><c> his</c><00:38:54.659><c> righteous</c>

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judgments<00:38:55.599><c> and</c><00:38:56.340><c> rejoice</c><00:38:56.940><c> in</c><00:38:57.119><c> his</c><00:38:57.400><c> mercies.</c>

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:07.019
God<00:39:00.739><c> wanted</c><00:39:01.179><c> a</c><00:39:01.440><c> heart</c><00:39:02.099><c> that</c><00:39:03.500><c> would</c><00:39:03.820><c> beat</c><00:39:04.780><c> in</c><00:39:05.460><c> rhythm</c><00:39:06.039><c> with</c><00:39:06.780><c> his</c>

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:14.239
own.<00:39:08.699><c> And</c><00:39:08.980><c> he</c><00:39:09.199><c> found</c><00:39:09.539><c> it.</c><00:39:10.900><c> And</c><00:39:11.219><c> David,</c><00:39:12.840><c> my</c><00:39:13.219><c> servant.</c>

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:22.300
And<00:39:15.239><c> we</c><00:39:15.480><c> wonder,</c><00:39:15.840><c> you</c><00:39:16.000><c> know,</c><00:39:16.260><c> when</c><00:39:16.300><c> he</c><00:39:16.400><c> looks</c><00:39:16.619><c> at</c><00:39:16.840><c> us,</c><00:39:18.280><c> searching</c><00:39:18.500><c> our</c><00:39:18.840><c> hearts.</c><00:39:21.239><c> Does</c><00:39:21.420><c> he</c>

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find<00:39:22.780><c> a</c><00:39:23.039><c> heart</c>

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:29.179
that<00:39:24.840><c> beats</c><00:39:25.400><c> in</c><00:39:25.940><c> rhythm</c><00:39:26.420><c> with</c><00:39:27.059><c> his?</c><00:39:28.679><c> Well,</c><00:39:28.860><c> you</c><00:39:28.860><c> know,</c><00:39:29.059><c> maybe</c>

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:32.599
he<00:39:29.260><c> doesn't</c><00:39:29.539><c> fully.</c><00:39:30.440><c> But</c><00:39:30.840><c> we've</c><00:39:31.199><c> seen</c><00:39:31.679><c> from</c><00:39:31.980><c> what</c><00:39:32.219><c> he</c>

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did<00:39:32.940><c> with</c><00:39:33.340><c> Saul,</c><00:39:35.239><c> that</c><00:39:35.360><c> he's</c><00:39:35.599><c> prepared</c><00:39:35.860><c> to</c><00:39:36.039><c> work</c><00:39:36.239><c> with</c><00:39:36.400><c> us.</c><00:39:37.699><c> He's</c><00:39:37.940><c> prepared</c><00:39:38.119><c> to</c>

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work<00:39:38.500><c> with</c><00:39:38.699><c> us</c><00:39:38.820><c> to</c><00:39:38.980><c> that</c><00:39:39.239><c> end.</c>

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:44.699
Now,<00:39:41.940><c> God</c><00:39:42.179><c> was</c><00:39:42.380><c> very</c><00:39:42.760><c> anxious</c><00:39:43.099><c> to</c><00:39:43.300><c> work</c><00:39:43.539><c> with</c><00:39:43.760><c> Saul.</c><00:39:44.079><c> Saul</c><00:39:44.420><c> was</c>

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not<00:39:44.900><c> as</c><00:39:45.139><c> anxious</c><00:39:45.420><c> to</c><00:39:45.659><c> work</c><00:39:45.820><c> with</c><00:39:46.039><c> God.</c>

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God's<00:39:47.760><c> very</c><00:39:48.079><c> anxious</c><00:39:48.420><c> to</c><00:39:48.579><c> work</c><00:39:48.820><c> with</c><00:39:49.039><c> us.</c><00:39:50.500><c> We</c><00:39:50.719><c> need</c><00:39:50.940><c> to</c><00:39:51.099><c> be</c><00:39:51.360><c> as</c>

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anxious<00:39:52.139><c> to</c><00:39:52.320><c> work</c><00:39:52.539><c> with</c><00:39:52.739><c> him.</c>

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:58.940
To<00:39:54.480><c> seek</c><00:39:54.760><c> to</c><00:39:55.019><c> become</c><00:39:55.639><c> people</c><00:39:56.460><c> whose</c><00:39:56.960><c> hearts</c><00:39:57.460><c> beat</c><00:39:58.079><c> in</c><00:39:58.579><c> rhythm</c>

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with<00:40:00.079><c> God's.</c>

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And<00:40:05.019><c> you</c><00:40:05.119><c> know,</c><00:40:05.300><c> it's</c><00:40:05.400><c> not</c><00:40:05.559><c> mystical.</c><00:40:06.739><c> It's</c><00:40:06.920><c> not</c><00:40:07.079><c> mystical,</c>

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:12.599
this<00:40:07.699><c> matter</c><00:40:08.000><c> of</c><00:40:08.619><c> working</c><00:40:09.039><c> with</c><00:40:09.300><c> God</c><00:40:09.659><c> to</c><00:40:10.719><c> change</c><00:40:11.519><c> the</c><00:40:12.260><c> rhythm</c>

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of<00:40:12.920><c> our</c><00:40:13.119><c> hearts.</c>

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You've<00:40:16.239><c> noticed</c><00:40:16.480><c> that</c><00:40:16.719><c> passage</c><00:40:17.139><c> in</c><00:40:17.300><c> Matthew</c><00:40:17.739><c> 6,</c><00:40:18.159><c> where</c><00:40:18.320><c> it</c><00:40:18.500><c> talks</c><00:40:18.960><c> about</c><00:40:19.260><c> laying</c><00:40:19.599><c> up</c>

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treasure<00:40:20.139><c> in</c><00:40:20.300><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:40:23.579><c> where,</c><00:40:24.639><c> don't</c><00:40:24.699><c> lay</c><00:40:24.860><c> up</c><00:40:25.039><c> treasure</c><00:40:25.260><c> on</c><00:40:25.500><c> earth,</c><00:40:25.820><c> where</c><00:40:25.960><c> moth</c>

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:30.179
and<00:40:26.940><c> rust</c><00:40:27.199><c> doth</c><00:40:27.380><c> corrupt,</c><00:40:28.199><c> but</c><00:40:28.380><c> lay</c><00:40:28.739><c> up</c><00:40:28.940><c> treasure</c><00:40:29.219><c> in</c><00:40:29.400><c> heaven.</c>

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:37.760
Then<00:40:31.119><c> it</c><00:40:31.199><c> goes</c><00:40:31.420><c> on</c><00:40:31.639><c> to</c><00:40:31.820><c> say,</c><00:40:33.219><c> where</c><00:40:33.599><c> your</c><00:40:34.320><c> treasure</c><00:40:34.820><c> is,</c><00:40:37.500><c> there</c>

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will<00:40:37.920><c> your</c><00:40:38.059><c> heart</c><00:40:38.320><c> be.</c>

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:46.019
Now,<00:40:40.659><c> you</c><00:40:40.719><c> know,</c><00:40:40.840><c> we</c><00:40:41.000><c> often</c><00:40:41.360><c> think</c><00:40:41.679><c> that,</c><00:40:43.019><c> well,</c><00:40:43.920><c> until</c><00:40:44.559><c> I</c><00:40:44.920><c> really</c><00:40:45.519><c> want</c><00:40:45.820><c> to</c>

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:48.659
do<00:40:46.179><c> something,</c><00:40:47.260><c> I</c><00:40:47.400><c> can't</c><00:40:48.119><c> really,</c>

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:54.420
it<00:40:49.019><c> isn't</c><00:40:49.260><c> worth</c><00:40:49.460><c> really</c><00:40:49.719><c> going</c><00:40:49.920><c> about</c><00:40:50.280><c> doing</c><00:40:50.579><c> it.</c><00:40:51.039><c> I</c><00:40:51.239><c> can't</c><00:40:51.579><c> really</c><00:40:51.940><c> affect</c><00:40:52.519><c> my</c><00:40:53.039><c> heart</c><00:40:53.340><c> and</c><00:40:53.820><c> what</c><00:40:54.039><c> I</c>

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.840
want<00:40:54.679><c> to</c><00:40:54.920><c> do.</c>

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Well,<00:40:56.480><c> you</c><00:40:56.579><c> know,</c><00:40:56.760><c> the</c><00:40:56.840><c> truth</c><00:40:57.019><c> of</c><00:40:57.219><c> the</c><00:40:57.239><c> matter</c><00:40:57.460><c> is,</c><00:40:57.760><c> we</c><00:40:57.800><c> can</c>

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:59.639
affect<00:40:58.380><c> our</c><00:40:58.579><c> hearts.</c>

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Where<00:41:00.980><c> our</c><00:41:01.400><c> treasure</c><00:41:01.719><c> is,</c><00:41:02.000><c> that</c><00:41:02.300><c> which</c><00:41:02.480><c> we</c><00:41:02.739><c> spend</c><00:41:03.039><c> our</c><00:41:03.519><c> time</c>

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.579
and<00:41:04.400><c> effort</c><00:41:04.800><c> and</c><00:41:05.400><c> thought</c><00:41:05.780><c> and</c><00:41:06.260><c> energy</c><00:41:06.619><c> upon,</c>

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:13.920
where<00:41:07.860><c> our</c><00:41:08.239><c> treasure</c><00:41:08.659><c> is,</c><00:41:10.179><c> our</c><00:41:10.480><c> heart</c><00:41:11.099><c> will</c><00:41:11.840><c> follow</c><00:41:12.440><c> our</c><00:41:12.860><c> actions.</c>

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:19.280
So<00:41:15.460><c> just</c><00:41:15.679><c> like</c><00:41:15.900><c> with</c><00:41:16.179><c> Saul,</c><00:41:17.380><c> he</c><00:41:17.639><c> had</c><00:41:17.840><c> an</c><00:41:18.019><c> opportunity</c><00:41:18.519><c> to</c><00:41:18.800><c> become</c><00:41:19.059><c> the</c>

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:20.840
man<00:41:19.539><c> that</c><00:41:19.739><c> God</c><00:41:19.980><c> wanted</c><00:41:20.300><c> because</c>

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:25.280
God<00:41:21.420><c> would</c><00:41:21.739><c> work</c><00:41:22.039><c> with</c><00:41:22.260><c> him,</c><00:41:24.079><c> but</c><00:41:24.340><c> he</c><00:41:24.460><c> wasn't</c><00:41:24.699><c> interested</c><00:41:25.079><c> in</c>

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:26.739
working<00:41:25.480><c> with</c><00:41:25.699><c> God.</c>

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:30.940
Let<00:41:27.619><c> it</c><00:41:27.679><c> be</c><00:41:27.840><c> in</c><00:41:27.940><c> our</c><00:41:28.179><c> own</c><00:41:28.380><c> cases,</c><00:41:29.519><c> knowing</c><00:41:29.820><c> that</c><00:41:30.000><c> God</c><00:41:30.300><c> wants</c><00:41:30.679><c> to</c>

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:33.219
work<00:41:31.079><c> with</c><00:41:31.300><c> us,</c><00:41:31.719><c> that</c><00:41:31.880><c> we</c><00:41:32.079><c> are</c><00:41:32.360><c> willing</c><00:41:32.619><c> to</c><00:41:32.860><c> work</c><00:41:33.019><c> with</c>

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:37.380
God,<00:41:33.860><c> that</c><00:41:34.039><c> our</c><00:41:34.260><c> hearts</c><00:41:34.599><c> might</c><00:41:35.440><c> beat</c><00:41:35.820><c> in</c><00:41:36.019><c> rhythm</c><00:41:36.199><c> with</c><00:41:36.460><c> his,</c>

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:44.059
that<00:41:38.300><c> we</c><00:41:38.559><c> might</c><00:41:39.099><c> truly</c><00:41:39.659><c> be</c><00:41:41.619><c> his</c><00:41:42.860><c> servants.</c>

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:52.219
Thank<00:41:51.119><c> you.</c>

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:57.860
This<00:41:54.940><c> is</c><00:41:55.000><c> our</c><00:41:55.260><c> first</c><00:41:55.699><c> class,</c><00:41:56.059><c> which</c><00:41:56.300><c> was</c><00:41:56.519><c> given</c><00:41:56.760><c> to</c><00:41:57.059><c> us</c>

00:41:59.420 --> 00:42:03.219
by<00:42:00.019><c> our</c><00:42:00.219><c> brother</c><00:42:00.440><c> Don</c><00:42:00.760><c> Stiles.</c><00:42:02.059><c> I'm</c><00:42:02.300><c> sure</c><00:42:02.420><c> everyone</c><00:42:02.800><c> enjoyed</c>

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:05.300
that<00:42:03.699><c> first</c><00:42:04.039><c> class</c><00:42:04.360><c> and</c><00:42:04.539><c> is</c><00:42:04.719><c> looking</c><00:42:05.059><c> forward</c>

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very<00:42:05.639><c> much</c><00:42:05.860><c> to</c><00:42:06.099><c> class</c><00:42:06.639><c> two</c><00:42:07.219><c> and</c><00:42:07.559><c> three.</c><00:42:08.500><c> We</c><00:42:08.719><c> thank</c><00:42:08.880><c> our</c><00:42:09.179><c> brother</c><00:42:09.360><c> Don.</c><00:42:10.679><c> This</c><00:42:10.980><c> is</c><00:42:11.260><c> a</c>

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reminder<00:42:11.659><c> before</c><00:42:11.940><c> we</c><00:42:12.219><c> pause</c>

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:16.179
for<00:42:13.139><c> a</c><00:42:13.320><c> moment's</c><00:42:14.360><c> break.</c><00:42:15.119><c> Thank</c><00:42:15.159><c> you.</c>