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break<00:15:52.279><c> down</c><00:15:52.860><c> those</c><00:15:53.320><c> walls.</c>

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He<00:15:53.779><c> didn't</c><00:15:53.980><c> want</c><00:15:54.200><c> the</c><00:15:54.460><c> walls</c><00:15:54.639><c> to</c><00:15:54.860><c> go</c><00:15:55.059><c> up.</c>

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And<00:15:55.440><c> so</c><00:15:55.580><c> he</c><00:15:55.759><c> fought</c><00:15:56.000><c> hard</c><00:15:56.259><c> along</c><00:15:56.460><c> with</c><00:15:56.620><c> some</c><00:15:56.759><c> other</c><00:15:56.919><c> people</c><00:15:57.279><c> to</c>

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keep<00:15:57.940><c> the</c><00:15:58.200><c> walls</c><00:15:58.340><c> from</c><00:15:58.600><c> being</c><00:15:58.879><c> built.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:16:01.879><c> managed</c><00:16:02.159><c> to</c><00:16:02.399><c> keep</c><00:16:02.559><c> him</c><00:16:02.840><c> out</c><00:16:03.159><c> and</c><00:16:03.340><c> keep</c><00:16:03.480><c> that</c><00:16:03.799><c> influence</c><00:16:04.139><c> out.</c>

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And<00:16:04.820><c> the</c><00:16:04.980><c> walls</c><00:16:05.139><c> were</c><00:16:05.340><c> able</c><00:16:05.500><c> to</c><00:16:05.639><c> go</c><00:16:05.779><c> up</c><00:16:05.899><c> and</c><00:16:06.000><c> they</c><00:16:06.259><c> celebrated</c>

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this<00:16:06.759><c> fantastic</c><00:16:07.419><c> feast,</c><00:16:07.759><c> the</c><00:16:07.899><c> Feast</c><00:16:08.080><c> of</c><00:16:08.279><c> Tabernacles.</c>

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It<00:16:09.379><c> says</c><00:16:09.600><c> in</c><00:16:09.720><c> Nehemiah</c><00:16:10.220><c> 27</c><00:16:10.659><c> and</c><00:16:10.860><c> 30,</c>

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And<00:16:11.980><c> at</c><00:16:12.159><c> the</c><00:16:12.379><c> dedication</c><00:16:12.759><c> of</c><00:16:12.940><c> the</c><00:16:13.100><c> walls</c><00:16:13.279><c> of</c><00:16:13.500><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:13.840><c> they</c>

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sought<00:16:14.220><c> the</c><00:16:14.460><c> Levites</c><00:16:14.799><c> out</c><00:16:14.960><c> of</c><00:16:15.100><c> all</c><00:16:15.279><c> the</c><00:16:15.440><c> places</c><00:16:15.679><c> to</c><00:16:15.940><c> bring</c><00:16:16.059><c> them</c><00:16:16.179><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem<00:16:16.840><c> to</c><00:16:17.039><c> keep</c><00:16:17.220><c> the</c><00:16:17.480><c> dedication</c><00:16:17.899><c> with</c><00:16:18.259><c> gladness,</c><00:16:19.139><c> both</c>

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with<00:16:19.779><c> thanksgiving</c><00:16:20.299><c> and</c><00:16:20.480><c> with</c><00:16:20.679><c> singing,</c><00:16:21.080><c> with</c><00:16:21.259><c> cymbals,</c><00:16:21.720><c> salt</c><00:16:21.980><c> trees,</c><00:16:22.159><c> and</c>

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with<00:16:22.539><c> harps.</c>

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And<00:16:23.659><c> the</c><00:16:23.840><c> priests</c><00:16:24.100><c> and</c><00:16:24.360><c> the</c><00:16:24.519><c> Levites</c><00:16:24.860><c> purified</c><00:16:25.539><c> themselves</c>

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and<00:16:26.620><c> purified</c><00:16:27.080><c> the</c><00:16:27.320><c> people</c><00:16:27.720><c> and</c><00:16:28.240><c> the</c><00:16:28.460><c> gates</c><00:16:28.840><c> and</c><00:16:29.539><c> the</c><00:16:29.820><c> wall.</c>

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And<00:16:31.200><c> then</c><00:16:31.320><c> in</c><00:16:31.399><c> verse</c><00:16:31.580><c> 43</c><00:16:31.980><c> it</c><00:16:32.179><c> says,</c>

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So<00:16:42.000><c> that</c><00:16:42.360><c> the</c><00:16:42.480><c> joy</c><00:16:42.840><c> of</c><00:16:43.059><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:43.480><c> was</c><00:16:43.820><c> heard</c><00:16:44.220><c> even</c><00:16:45.120><c> afar</c><00:16:45.779><c> off.</c>

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So<00:16:46.759><c> you</c><00:16:46.940><c> have</c><00:16:47.100><c> this</c><00:16:47.419><c> marvelous</c><00:16:48.000><c> finish</c><00:16:48.440><c> of</c><00:16:48.980><c> the</c><00:16:49.240><c> walls</c><00:16:49.600><c> around</c>

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about<00:16:50.299><c> 445</c><00:16:51.200><c> BC.</c>

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And<00:16:54.179><c> this</c><00:16:54.500><c> tremendous</c><00:16:55.120><c> celebration</c><00:16:55.759><c> of</c><00:16:56.120><c> the</c><00:16:56.259><c> Feast</c><00:16:57.000><c> of</c><00:16:57.320><c> Tabernacles.</c>

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And<00:17:00.480><c> then</c><00:17:00.720><c> 12</c><00:17:01.019><c> years</c><00:17:01.340><c> go</c><00:17:01.600><c> by.</c>

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And<00:17:03.440><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:03.960><c> goes</c><00:17:04.500><c> back</c><00:17:05.180><c> to</c><00:17:05.500><c> Persia.</c>

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And<00:17:07.279><c> then</c><00:17:07.420><c> he</c><00:17:07.519><c> comes</c><00:17:07.759><c> back.</c>

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It's<00:17:15.440><c> the</c><00:17:15.619><c> difference</c><00:17:15.859><c> between</c><00:17:17.559><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:18.180><c> chapter</c><00:17:18.579><c> 12</c><00:17:19.420><c> and</c>

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Nehemiah<00:17:21.140><c> chapter</c><00:17:21.460><c> 13.</c>

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And<00:17:22.920><c> when</c><00:17:23.039><c> he</c><00:17:23.140><c> comes</c><00:17:23.339><c> back</c><00:17:23.900><c> in</c><00:17:24.119><c> chapter</c><00:17:24.339><c> 13</c><00:17:25.119><c> everything</c><00:17:26.299><c> is</c><00:17:26.579><c> different.</c>

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So<00:17:28.539><c> what</c><00:17:28.839><c> happened?</c>

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And<00:17:29.799><c> it</c><00:17:29.920><c> is</c><00:17:30.119><c> in</c><00:17:30.240><c> between</c><00:17:30.500><c> those</c><00:17:30.920><c> times</c><00:17:31.380><c> that</c><00:17:31.579><c> in</c><00:17:31.799><c> comes</c><00:17:32.000><c> this</c>

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man<00:17:32.579><c> Malachi</c><00:17:33.440><c> with</c><00:17:34.140><c> this</c><00:17:35.599><c> oracle,</c><00:17:36.220><c> this</c><00:17:36.519><c> prophecy.</c>

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So<00:17:38.900><c> what</c><00:17:39.160><c> happened?</c>

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Well<00:17:40.960><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:41.299><c> points</c><00:17:41.640><c> out</c><00:17:42.519><c> that</c><00:17:42.839><c> one</c><00:17:43.000><c> of</c><00:17:43.140><c> the</c><00:17:43.279><c> first</c><00:17:43.460><c> things</c>

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that<00:17:44.000><c> happened</c><00:17:44.759><c> was,</c><00:17:45.700><c> it</c><00:17:45.700><c> says</c><00:17:45.839><c> in</c><00:17:45.960><c> verse</c><00:17:46.140><c> 4</c><00:17:46.359><c> of</c><00:17:46.519><c> chapter</c><00:17:46.740><c> 13,</c>

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Before<00:17:47.579><c> this,</c><00:17:48.140><c> Eliashib</c><00:17:48.380><c> the</c><00:17:48.559><c> priest,</c><00:17:49.740><c> having</c><00:17:50.059><c> oversaw</c><00:17:50.400><c> the</c>

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chamber<00:17:50.920><c> of</c><00:17:51.099><c> the</c><00:17:51.160><c> house</c><00:17:51.339><c> of</c><00:17:51.460><c> the</c><00:17:51.619><c> God,</c><00:17:51.900><c> was</c><00:17:52.099><c> allied</c><00:17:52.519><c> onto</c><00:17:52.920><c> Tobiah.</c>

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So<00:17:54.559><c> the</c><00:17:54.720><c> walls</c><00:17:54.960><c> went</c><00:17:55.220><c> up,</c><00:17:55.579><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:55.920><c> went</c><00:17:56.099><c> home,</c><00:17:57.019><c> Tobiah</c><00:17:57.460><c> still</c><00:17:57.759><c> tried</c><00:17:58.019><c> to</c>

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get<00:17:58.259><c> inside</c><00:17:58.619><c> the</c><00:17:58.859><c> walls,</c><00:17:59.099><c> and</c><00:17:59.259><c> he</c><00:17:59.380><c> was</c><00:17:59.599><c> successful.</c>

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It<00:18:01.480><c> says,</c><00:18:02.400><c> and</c><00:18:02.400><c> he</c><00:18:02.500><c> had</c><00:18:02.740><c> prepared</c><00:18:03.160><c> for</c><00:18:03.460><c> him,</c><00:18:04.119><c> that</c><00:18:04.119><c> is,</c><00:18:05.140><c> Eliashib</c><00:18:05.660><c> the</c>

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priest<00:18:06.299><c> had</c><00:18:06.539><c> prepared</c><00:18:06.940><c> for</c><00:18:07.200><c> Tobiah,</c>

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a<00:18:08.980><c> great</c><00:18:09.299><c> chamber</c><00:18:09.880><c> where</c><00:18:10.539><c> aforetime</c><00:18:11.200><c> they</c><00:18:11.400><c> had</c><00:18:11.640><c> laid</c><00:18:11.779><c> the</c><00:18:12.019><c> meat</c><00:18:12.220><c> offerings,</c><00:18:12.680><c> the</c>

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frankincense,<00:18:13.440><c> and</c><00:18:13.619><c> the</c><00:18:13.759><c> vessels,</c>

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and<00:18:14.220><c> the</c><00:18:14.380><c> tithes</c><00:18:14.619><c> of</c><00:18:14.740><c> the</c><00:18:14.960><c> corn,</c><00:18:15.200><c> and</c><00:18:15.339><c> the</c><00:18:15.519><c> new</c><00:18:15.759><c> wine,</c><00:18:16.099><c> and</c><00:18:16.220><c> the</c>

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oil,<00:18:17.279><c> which</c><00:18:17.519><c> was</c><00:18:17.799><c> commanded</c><00:18:18.099><c> to</c><00:18:18.279><c> be</c><00:18:18.440><c> given</c><00:18:18.559><c> to</c><00:18:18.759><c> the</c><00:18:18.960><c> Levites,</c>

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and<00:18:19.440><c> to</c><00:18:19.519><c> the</c><00:18:19.680><c> singers,</c><00:18:20.059><c> and</c><00:18:20.140><c> to</c><00:18:20.259><c> the</c><00:18:20.460><c> porters,</c><00:18:20.740><c> and</c><00:18:20.880><c> to</c><00:18:21.000><c> the</c><00:18:21.240><c> offerings</c><00:18:21.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:21.920><c> priests.</c>

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So<00:18:22.920><c> what</c><00:18:23.160><c> the</c><00:18:24.180><c> priest</c><00:18:24.480><c> had</c><00:18:24.740><c> done,</c><00:18:25.640><c> as</c><00:18:25.859><c> he</c><00:18:26.059><c> had</c><00:18:26.299><c> taken</c><00:18:26.539><c> the</c><00:18:26.779><c> place</c><00:18:26.940><c> where</c><00:18:27.119><c> the</c>

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offerings<00:18:27.740><c> go,</c>

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for<00:18:30.460><c> the</c><00:18:30.599><c> Levites,</c>

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and<00:18:31.420><c> he</c><00:18:31.519><c> took</c><00:18:31.700><c> those</c><00:18:32.000><c> things</c><00:18:32.339><c> out,</c><00:18:32.799><c> and</c><00:18:32.920><c> he</c><00:18:33.039><c> built</c><00:18:33.140><c> an</c><00:18:33.400><c> office</c>

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for<00:18:35.460><c> Tobiah,</c>

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the<00:18:37.119><c> very</c><00:18:37.380><c> man</c><00:18:37.619><c> that</c><00:18:37.920><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:38.799><c> had</c><00:18:39.119><c> kept</c><00:18:39.420><c> from</c><00:18:40.160><c> outside</c><00:18:40.720><c> the</c><00:18:41.000><c> walls.</c>

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He<00:18:42.960><c> had</c><00:18:43.240><c> brought</c><00:18:43.440><c> him</c><00:18:43.980><c> back</c><00:18:44.500><c> in.</c><00:18:44.859><c> Why?</c>

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Well<00:18:46.519><c> this</c><00:18:46.660><c> man</c><00:18:47.140><c> was</c><00:18:47.559><c> a</c><00:18:47.680><c> man</c><00:18:47.779><c> of</c><00:18:47.900><c> great</c><00:18:48.079><c> influence,</c><00:18:48.559><c> a</c><00:18:48.640><c> man</c><00:18:48.799><c> of</c>

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great<00:18:49.140><c> money,</c>

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and<00:18:51.660><c> he</c><00:18:51.980><c> promised</c><00:18:52.319><c> them</c><00:18:52.559><c> all</c><00:18:52.880><c> kinds</c><00:18:53.180><c> of</c><00:18:53.400><c> different</c><00:18:53.680><c> things,</c>

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and<00:18:54.420><c> so</c><00:18:54.539><c> the</c><00:18:54.720><c> priest</c><00:18:54.880><c> let</c><00:18:55.259><c> him</c><00:18:55.599><c> in.</c>

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Let<00:18:56.519><c> that</c><00:18:56.900><c> influence</c><00:18:57.319><c> just</c><00:18:57.759><c> walk</c><00:18:58.160><c> in.</c><00:18:58.799><c> You</c><00:18:59.019><c> see,</c><00:18:59.119><c> they</c><00:18:59.279><c> had</c>

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built<00:18:59.680><c> the</c><00:18:59.940><c> walls</c><00:19:00.279><c> up,</c><00:19:00.940><c> and</c><00:19:01.160><c> the</c><00:19:01.359><c> walls</c><00:19:01.579><c> were</c><00:19:01.839><c> still</c><00:19:02.039><c> there,</c>

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but<00:19:03.359><c> the</c><00:19:03.539><c> purpose</c><00:19:03.839><c> of</c><00:19:04.039><c> the</c><00:19:04.200><c> walls</c><00:19:04.440><c> had</c><00:19:04.640><c> been</c><00:19:04.819><c> knocked</c><00:19:05.200><c> down</c><00:19:05.759><c> in</c>

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those<00:19:06.460><c> twelve</c><00:19:06.759><c> years,</c>

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and<00:19:30.940><c> said,</c>

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followed<00:19:33.140><c> Ezra,</c>

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he<00:20:01.660><c> makes</c><00:20:01.900><c> this</c><00:20:02.240><c> prophecy,</c>

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Now,<00:20:32.240><c> in</c><00:20:32.720><c> your</c><00:20:32.900><c> Bible,</c><00:20:33.140><c> it</c><00:20:33.240><c> might</c><00:20:33.420><c> say</c><00:20:33.680><c> oracle,</c><00:20:35.960><c> and</c><00:20:36.299><c> actually</c>

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Now,<00:20:39.240><c> how</c><00:20:39.319><c> can</c><00:20:39.619><c> a</c><00:20:39.859><c> burden</c><00:20:40.059><c> and</c><00:20:40.259><c> an</c><00:20:40.480><c> oracle</c><00:20:40.740><c> both</c><00:20:41.079><c> be</c><00:20:41.420><c> correct?</c>

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Well,<00:20:42.500><c> the</c><00:20:42.599><c> root</c><00:20:43.240><c> word</c><00:20:43.799><c> for</c><00:20:43.960><c> this</c><00:20:44.140><c> word</c><00:20:44.380><c> burden</c><00:20:44.799><c> is</c><00:20:45.700><c> to</c><00:20:46.059><c> carry</c><00:20:46.319><c> something.</c>

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Now,<00:20:48.720><c> there's</c><00:20:48.900><c> two</c><00:20:49.579><c> parts</c><00:20:49.900><c> to</c><00:20:50.180><c> carrying</c><00:20:50.440><c> something.</c>

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There's<00:20:52.180><c> the</c><00:20:52.400><c> carrier,</c><00:20:53.500><c> he</c><00:20:53.799><c> who</c><00:20:53.980><c> brings</c><00:20:54.220><c> it,</c><00:20:55.019><c> and</c><00:20:55.220><c> he</c><00:20:55.660><c> who</c><00:20:55.880><c> brings</c><00:20:56.200><c> it</c><00:20:56.500><c> to.</c>

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There<00:21:01.259><c> is</c><00:21:01.559><c> the</c><00:21:01.759><c> burden</c><00:21:02.059><c> of</c><00:21:02.460><c> Malachi,</c><00:21:03.400><c> who</c><00:21:03.500><c> has</c><00:21:03.680><c> a</c><00:21:03.819><c> burden</c><00:21:04.079><c> to</c><00:21:04.359><c> carry,</c>

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burden<00:21:15.819><c> that</c><00:21:16.599><c> he</c><00:21:16.859><c> had</c><00:21:17.079><c> to</c><00:21:17.420><c> carry.</c>

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And<00:21:19.599><c> so</c><00:21:19.759><c> what</c><00:21:20.000><c> was</c><00:21:20.960><c> the</c><00:21:21.839><c> burden</c><00:21:22.559><c> of</c><00:21:24.099><c> Malachi?</c>

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Well,<00:21:28.500><c> it's</c><00:21:29.259><c> actually</c><00:21:29.500><c> not</c><00:21:29.700><c> hard</c><00:21:29.799><c> to</c><00:21:29.980><c> figure</c><00:21:30.140><c> out</c><00:21:30.880><c> because</c><00:21:31.259><c> it</c><00:21:31.519><c> says.</c>

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The<00:21:44.319><c> burden</c><00:21:44.539><c> that</c><00:21:44.779><c> Malachi</c><00:21:45.119><c> had</c><00:21:45.859><c> was</c><00:21:46.859><c> the</c><00:21:47.140><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:21:49.900><c> you</c><00:21:50.000><c> say,</c><00:21:50.319><c> well,</c><00:21:50.339><c> the</c><00:21:50.500><c> truth</c><00:21:50.680><c> isn't</c><00:21:50.940><c> a</c><00:21:51.099><c> burden.</c>

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The<00:21:53.240><c> truth</c><00:21:53.400><c> is</c><00:21:53.819><c> the</c><00:21:54.079><c> truth.</c><00:21:54.579><c> It's</c><00:21:54.859><c> the</c><00:21:55.000><c> word</c><00:21:55.160><c> of</c><00:21:55.400><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:21:57.099><c> wonderful,</c><00:21:57.700><c> and</c><00:21:57.940><c> yes,</c><00:21:58.140><c> it</c><00:21:58.339><c> is.</c>

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But<00:22:00.079><c> it's</c><00:22:00.299><c> also</c><00:22:00.640><c> a</c><00:22:00.779><c> burden.</c>

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It's<00:22:03.200><c> a</c><00:22:03.319><c> burden</c><00:22:03.440><c> for</c><00:22:04.359><c> two</c><00:22:04.980><c> reasons,</c><00:22:05.299><c> if</c><00:22:05.500><c> you</c><00:22:05.680><c> will.</c>

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Because<00:22:12.240><c> if</c><00:22:12.680><c> you</c><00:22:12.859><c> know</c><00:22:13.039><c> the</c><00:22:13.259><c> truth,</c><00:22:15.359><c> then</c><00:22:15.579><c> you</c><00:22:15.720><c> have</c><00:22:15.940><c> to</c><00:22:16.119><c> live</c>

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the<00:22:17.019><c> truth.</c>

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You<00:22:18.759><c> can't</c><00:22:19.160><c> deny</c><00:22:19.619><c> it</c><00:22:20.440><c> if</c><00:22:20.920><c> you</c><00:22:21.079><c> know</c><00:22:21.259><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:22.299><c> that's</c><00:22:22.480><c> going</c><00:22:22.559><c> to</c><00:22:22.619><c> be</c><00:22:22.759><c> part</c><00:22:22.960><c> of</c><00:22:23.079><c> what</c><00:22:23.380><c> we're</c><00:22:23.500><c> going</c><00:22:23.599><c> to</c><00:22:23.640><c> see</c><00:22:23.779><c> with</c><00:22:24.019><c> Malachi</c><00:22:24.299><c> talking</c><00:22:24.619><c> to</c>

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And<00:22:26.660><c> so</c><00:22:26.759><c> it's</c><00:22:26.980><c> a</c><00:22:27.079><c> burden.</c>

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You<00:22:28.859><c> know,</c><00:22:29.059><c> there</c><00:22:29.160><c> are</c><00:22:29.160><c> many</c><00:22:29.380><c> people</c><00:22:29.660><c> that</c><00:22:29.859><c> don't</c><00:22:30.200><c> struggle</c>

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We<00:22:38.599><c> know</c><00:22:38.799><c> what</c><00:22:38.980><c> the</c><00:22:39.160><c> word</c><00:22:39.319><c> of</c><00:22:39.559><c> truth</c><00:22:39.720><c> is.</c>

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We<00:22:40.119><c> are</c><00:22:41.180><c> truly</c><00:22:41.579><c> blessed</c><00:22:42.259><c> to</c><00:22:43.480><c> know</c><00:22:43.660><c> the</c><00:22:43.839><c> word</c><00:22:44.019><c> of</c><00:22:44.319><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:22:47.079><c> then</c><00:22:47.359><c> we</c><00:22:47.559><c> can't</c><00:22:48.980><c> deny</c><00:22:49.680><c> the</c><00:22:50.680><c> word</c><00:22:50.880><c> of</c><00:22:51.140><c> truth.</c>

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put<00:25:45.660><c> those</c><00:25:46.000><c> aside.</c>

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And<00:25:50.519><c> I</c><00:25:50.599><c> want</c><00:25:50.700><c> to</c><00:25:50.799><c> make</c><00:25:50.940><c> a</c><00:25:50.980><c> couple</c><00:25:51.200><c> of</c><00:25:51.359><c> suggestions</c><00:25:51.720><c> about</c><00:25:52.000><c> Malachi.</c>

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You<00:25:54.680><c> know,</c><00:25:55.059><c> he</c><00:25:55.380><c> has</c><00:25:55.680><c> this</c><00:25:55.880><c> way</c><00:25:56.039><c> of</c><00:25:56.279><c> speaking</c><00:25:56.500><c> where</c><00:25:56.799><c> he</c><00:25:57.000><c> asks</c><00:25:57.259><c> a</c>

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question<00:25:57.720><c> and</c><00:25:57.920><c> then</c><00:25:58.079><c> gives</c><00:25:58.279><c> the</c><00:25:58.460><c> answer.</c>

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Right.

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He<00:25:59.960><c> says</c><00:26:00.259><c> at</c><00:26:00.619><c> the</c><00:26:00.740><c> beginning</c><00:26:01.000><c> of</c><00:26:01.200><c> one</c><00:26:01.380><c> verse</c><00:26:01.640><c> one</c><00:26:01.819><c> where</c><00:26:02.019><c> he</c><00:26:02.119><c> says,</c><00:26:03.059><c> verse</c><00:26:03.180><c> two,</c><00:26:03.539><c> where</c><00:26:03.599><c> he</c>

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says,<00:26:04.019><c> I</c><00:26:04.019><c> have</c><00:26:04.259><c> love</c><00:26:04.380><c> you,</c><00:26:04.640><c> saith</c><00:26:04.720><c> the</c><00:26:04.940><c> Lord.</c>

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Yet<00:26:05.519><c> you</c><00:26:05.819><c> say,</c><00:26:06.319><c> wherein</c><00:26:06.500><c> hast</c><00:26:06.819><c> thou</c><00:26:07.039><c> loved</c><00:26:07.279><c> us?</c>

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Was<00:26:07.759><c> not</c><00:26:07.980><c> Esau</c><00:26:08.299><c> my</c><00:26:08.519><c> brother,</c><00:26:08.960><c> saith</c><00:26:09.140><c> the</c><00:26:09.380><c> Lord?</c>

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And<00:26:09.759><c> away</c><00:26:09.900><c> he</c><00:26:10.140><c> goes.</c>

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And<00:26:10.500><c> he</c><00:26:10.559><c> does</c><00:26:10.700><c> this</c><00:26:11.160><c> throughout</c><00:26:11.440><c> the</c><00:26:11.720><c> prophecy</c><00:26:12.000><c> where</c><00:26:12.240><c> he</c><00:26:12.380><c> asks</c><00:26:12.519><c> a</c>

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question<00:26:12.900><c> and</c><00:26:12.980><c> gives</c><00:26:13.180><c> an</c><00:26:13.400><c> answer.</c>

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And<00:26:14.680><c> the</c><00:26:14.799><c> suggestion</c><00:26:15.180><c> is</c><00:26:15.440><c> that</c><00:26:15.579><c> this</c><00:26:15.799><c> is</c><00:26:16.000><c> sort</c><00:26:16.240><c> of</c><00:26:17.779><c> a</c><00:26:17.980><c> Socratic</c>

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way<00:26:18.700><c> of</c><00:26:18.859><c> doing</c><00:26:19.099><c> things,</c><00:26:19.359><c> this</c><00:26:19.579><c> rhetorical</c><00:26:20.240><c> question</c><00:26:20.599><c> that</c><00:26:20.759><c> he</c>

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gives<00:26:21.039><c> the</c><00:26:21.160><c> answer</c><00:26:21.299><c> to.</c>

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I<00:26:21.559><c> don't</c><00:26:21.720><c> think</c><00:26:21.819><c> that's</c><00:26:22.119><c> the</c><00:26:22.160><c> way</c><00:26:22.339><c> it</c><00:26:22.480><c> happened</c><00:26:22.680><c> at</c><00:26:22.880><c> all,</c><00:26:23.500><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:23.640><c> honest</c><00:26:23.859><c> with</c><00:26:24.000><c> you.</c>

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I<00:26:26.299><c> think</c><00:26:26.519><c> Malachi</c><00:26:27.259><c> was</c><00:26:27.680><c> in</c><00:26:27.900><c> the</c><00:26:28.099><c> temple</c><00:26:28.519><c> and</c><00:26:29.839><c> was</c><00:26:30.039><c> asking</c><00:26:30.400><c> these</c><00:26:30.700><c> questions</c><00:26:31.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:31.339><c> temple</c><00:26:31.779><c> and</c><00:26:32.339><c> was</c><00:26:32.619><c> getting</c><00:26:32.900><c> the</c><00:26:33.180><c> answers</c><00:26:33.680><c> from</c><00:26:34.240><c> the</c><00:26:34.480><c> people</c><00:26:34.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:34.960><c> temple.</c>

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And<00:26:35.380><c> then</c><00:26:35.579><c> he</c><00:26:35.960><c> threw</c><00:26:36.099><c> the</c><00:26:36.319><c> answers</c><00:26:36.619><c> back</c><00:26:37.000><c> at</c><00:26:37.220><c> them</c><00:26:37.420><c> when</c><00:26:37.559><c> he</c>

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wrote<00:26:37.859><c> the</c><00:26:38.119><c> prophecy.</c>

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And<00:26:39.960><c> I'll</c><00:26:40.039><c> tell</c><00:26:40.140><c> you</c><00:26:40.240><c> why</c><00:26:40.380><c> I</c><00:26:40.500><c> say</c><00:26:40.599><c> that.</c>

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First<00:26:40.940><c> of</c><00:26:41.059><c> all,</c><00:26:41.240><c> consider</c><00:26:41.759><c> Elihu.</c>

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We<00:26:42.380><c> just</c><00:26:42.680><c> read</c><00:26:43.039><c> Job</c><00:26:43.400><c> for</c><00:26:44.079><c> months</c><00:26:44.380><c> and</c><00:26:44.500><c> months,</c><00:26:45.220><c> or</c><00:26:45.420><c> it</c><00:26:45.539><c> seems</c><00:26:45.680><c> like</c><00:26:45.880><c> months,</c><00:26:46.200><c> I</c>

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guess<00:26:46.380><c> it</c><00:26:46.539><c> was</c><00:26:46.660><c> weeks.</c>

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And<00:26:48.480><c> what</c><00:26:48.759><c> Elihu</c><00:26:49.099><c> did,</c><00:26:49.519><c> Elihu</c><00:26:49.880><c> is</c><00:26:50.039><c> the</c><00:26:50.519><c> fourth</c><00:26:50.740><c> one</c><00:26:50.940><c> that</c>

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speaks,<00:26:51.660><c> right?</c>

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He<00:26:52.200><c> waits</c><00:26:52.539><c> for</c><00:26:52.859><c> chapter</c><00:26:53.099><c> after</c><00:26:53.359><c> chapter</c><00:26:53.660><c> for</c><00:26:53.900><c> everybody</c><00:26:54.220><c> to</c>

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say<00:26:54.519><c> what</c><00:26:54.640><c> they</c><00:26:54.799><c> have</c><00:26:54.980><c> to</c><00:26:55.180><c> say.</c>

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And<00:26:56.539><c> then</c><00:26:56.680><c> after</c><00:26:56.900><c> everybody</c><00:26:57.319><c> said</c><00:26:57.500><c> what</c><00:26:57.640><c> they</c><00:26:57.819><c> have</c><00:26:57.960><c> to</c><00:26:58.119><c> say,</c>

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including<00:26:58.779><c> Job</c><00:26:59.240><c> and</c><00:26:59.420><c> Bildad</c><00:26:59.839><c> and</c><00:26:59.980><c> all</c><00:27:00.200><c> the</c><00:27:00.400><c> others,</c>

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then<00:27:01.000><c> he</c><00:27:01.099><c> comes</c><00:27:01.220><c> back</c><00:27:01.480><c> and</c><00:27:01.579><c> says,</c><00:27:01.920><c> okay,</c><00:27:02.119><c> here's</c><00:27:02.400><c> what</c><00:27:02.599><c> you</c>

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said<00:27:03.440><c> and</c><00:27:04.619><c> here's</c><00:27:04.940><c> what's</c><00:27:05.180><c> wrong</c><00:27:05.319><c> with</c><00:27:05.519><c> it.</c>

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I'm<00:27:07.980><c> nobody.</c>

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I'm<00:27:08.740><c> just</c><00:27:08.960><c> a</c><00:27:09.160><c> young</c><00:27:09.339><c> man.</c>

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I<00:27:09.700><c> don't</c><00:27:09.880><c> know</c><00:27:09.960><c> what</c><00:27:10.099><c> I'm</c><00:27:10.259><c> talking</c><00:27:10.460><c> about,</c><00:27:11.240><c> but</c><00:27:11.339><c> I</c><00:27:11.500><c> am</c><00:27:11.680><c> going</c>

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to<00:27:12.079><c> show</c><00:27:12.299><c> you</c><00:27:12.440><c> what</c><00:27:12.579><c> you</c><00:27:12.819><c> said</c><00:27:13.019><c> and</c><00:27:13.200><c> show</c><00:27:13.420><c> you</c><00:27:13.559><c> what's</c><00:27:13.779><c> wrong</c>

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with<00:27:14.039><c> it.</c>

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And<00:27:14.259><c> I</c><00:27:14.319><c> think</c><00:27:14.440><c> that's</c><00:27:14.640><c> what</c><00:27:14.839><c> Malachi</c><00:27:15.180><c> did.</c>

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I<00:27:16.960><c> don't</c><00:27:17.140><c> think</c><00:27:17.259><c> Malachi</c><00:27:17.779><c> had</c><00:27:18.160><c> any</c><00:27:18.759><c> authority</c><00:27:19.700><c> whatsoever</c><00:27:20.920><c> because</c><00:27:22.420><c> they</c><00:27:22.660><c> had</c><00:27:22.960><c> proved</c><00:27:23.400><c> when</c><00:27:23.819><c> someone</c><00:27:24.079><c> of</c>

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authority<00:27:24.819><c> came,</c>

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whether<00:27:26.000><c> it</c><00:27:26.140><c> was</c><00:27:26.380><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:27:26.980><c> or</c><00:27:27.259><c> Ezra</c><00:27:27.740><c> or</c><00:27:27.920><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:27:28.440><c> they</c>

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listened<00:27:28.920><c> to</c><00:27:29.099><c> the</c><00:27:29.240><c> person</c><00:27:29.440><c> of</c><00:27:29.740><c> authority.</c>

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But<00:27:32.819><c> he</c><00:27:32.980><c> was</c><00:27:33.160><c> the</c><00:27:33.319><c> messenger</c><00:27:33.680><c> of</c><00:27:33.940><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:34.500><c> just</c><00:27:34.799><c> like</c><00:27:35.039><c> back</c><00:27:35.279><c> in</c><00:27:35.500><c> 605</c><00:27:36.240><c> when</c><00:27:36.400><c> we</c><00:27:36.559><c> saw</c><00:27:36.759><c> what</c><00:27:36.980><c> happens</c><00:27:37.200><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:37.579><c> prophets,</c>

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these<00:27:38.880><c> people</c><00:27:39.119><c> that</c><00:27:39.380><c> have</c><00:27:39.559><c> no</c><00:27:39.960><c> real</c><00:27:40.680><c> authority</c><00:27:41.180><c> on</c><00:27:41.380><c> the</c><00:27:41.519><c> earth</c>

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to<00:27:41.859><c> say</c><00:27:42.000><c> what</c><00:27:42.180><c> they</c><00:27:42.440><c> say,</c><00:27:42.599><c> we</c><00:27:42.759><c> saw</c><00:27:43.000><c> what</c><00:27:43.160><c> they</c><00:27:43.400><c> did.</c>

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And<00:27:44.059><c> that's</c><00:27:44.240><c> just</c><00:27:44.480><c> the</c><00:27:44.579><c> way</c><00:27:44.700><c> Malachi</c><00:27:45.099><c> was.</c>

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I<00:27:45.420><c> think</c><00:27:45.599><c> Malachi</c><00:27:46.079><c> walked</c><00:27:46.359><c> into</c><00:27:46.599><c> the</c><00:27:46.779><c> temple</c><00:27:46.960><c> area</c><00:27:47.299><c> and</c>

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started<00:27:48.000><c> asking</c><00:27:48.420><c> questions.</c>

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And<00:27:50.000><c> you</c><00:27:50.079><c> know</c><00:27:50.160><c> what</c><00:27:50.259><c> happens</c><00:27:50.559><c> when</c><00:27:50.759><c> people</c><00:27:51.039><c> start</c><00:27:51.259><c> asking</c>

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questions<00:27:52.140><c> and</c><00:27:52.500><c> you</c><00:27:52.660><c> don't</c><00:27:52.819><c> think</c><00:27:52.960><c> this</c><00:27:53.200><c> guy</c><00:27:53.359><c> means</c><00:27:53.660><c> anything</c>

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and<00:27:54.480><c> you</c><00:27:54.619><c> get</c><00:27:54.759><c> in</c><00:27:54.900><c> the</c><00:27:55.079><c> conversation,</c><00:27:55.539><c> you</c><00:27:55.759><c> say</c><00:27:55.920><c> whatever</c><00:27:56.200><c> you</c><00:27:56.519><c> want.</c>

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I<00:27:57.740><c> don't</c><00:27:57.839><c> know</c><00:27:57.900><c> if</c><00:27:58.099><c> on</c><00:27:58.400><c> Sunday</c><00:27:58.660><c> morning</c><00:27:59.000><c> we</c><00:27:59.180><c> come</c><00:27:59.339><c> here</c><00:27:59.519><c> and</c><00:27:59.599><c> we</c>

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say<00:27:59.839><c> all</c><00:28:00.079><c> the</c><00:28:00.220><c> right</c><00:28:00.420><c> things.</c>

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When<00:28:01.400><c> we</c><00:28:01.500><c> go</c><00:28:01.619><c> to</c><00:28:01.720><c> Bible</c><00:28:02.039><c> school,</c><00:28:02.299><c> we</c><00:28:02.460><c> say</c><00:28:02.619><c> all</c><00:28:02.880><c> the</c><00:28:03.039><c> right</c><00:28:03.220><c> things.</c>

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Do<00:28:04.180><c> we</c><00:28:04.299><c> say</c><00:28:04.420><c> all</c><00:28:04.599><c> the</c><00:28:04.740><c> right</c><00:28:04.880><c> things</c><00:28:05.119><c> when</c><00:28:05.319><c> we're</c><00:28:05.539><c> at</c><00:28:05.660><c> work?</c>

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When<00:28:06.839><c> people</c><00:28:07.059><c> start</c><00:28:07.299><c> asking</c><00:28:07.640><c> us</c><00:28:08.299><c> questions</c><00:28:08.680><c> at</c><00:28:08.920><c> work,</c><00:28:09.059><c> do</c><00:28:09.200><c> we</c>

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say<00:28:09.440><c> all</c><00:28:09.619><c> the</c><00:28:09.740><c> right</c><00:28:09.880><c> things</c>

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or<00:28:10.220><c> do</c><00:28:10.440><c> we</c><00:28:10.539><c> let</c><00:28:11.079><c> what's</c><00:28:12.000><c> really</c><00:28:12.240><c> in</c><00:28:12.480><c> our</c><00:28:12.740><c> hearts</c><00:28:13.180><c> come</c><00:28:14.180><c> out?</c>

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And<00:28:16.319><c> so</c><00:28:16.500><c> he</c><00:28:16.640><c> says</c><00:28:17.039><c> to</c><00:28:17.539><c> these</c><00:28:17.759><c> people,</c><00:28:18.500><c> he</c><00:28:18.720><c> walked</c><00:28:18.920><c> in</c><00:28:19.119><c> and</c><00:28:19.160><c> he</c><00:28:19.279><c> says,</c>

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the<00:28:19.539><c> Lord</c><00:28:19.880><c> says,</c><00:28:22.019><c> I</c><00:28:22.140><c> have</c><00:28:22.400><c> loved</c><00:28:22.660><c> you.</c>

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Who<00:28:24.900><c> is</c><00:28:25.140><c> this</c><00:28:25.420><c> guy?</c>

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How<00:28:27.259><c> has</c><00:28:27.400><c> the</c><00:28:27.559><c> Lord</c><00:28:27.759><c> loved</c><00:28:28.039><c> us?</c>

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They<00:28:28.599><c> looked</c><00:28:28.740><c> at</c><00:28:28.880><c> the</c><00:28:28.960><c> situation.</c>

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and<00:28:34.259><c> all</c><00:28:34.460><c> the</c><00:28:34.579><c> work</c><00:28:34.740><c> that</c><00:28:34.920><c> we</c><00:28:35.079><c> did</c><00:28:35.220><c> to</c><00:28:35.440><c> rebuild</c><00:28:35.700><c> these</c><00:28:35.960><c> walls</c>

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and<00:28:36.380><c> keep</c><00:28:36.480><c> the</c><00:28:36.660><c> people</c><00:28:36.900><c> out.</c>

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We<00:28:37.619><c> created</c><00:28:38.059><c> this</c><00:28:38.299><c> situation.</c>

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Now<00:28:40.319><c> consider</c><00:28:40.680><c> the</c><00:28:40.940><c> burden</c><00:28:41.279><c> of</c><00:28:41.619><c> Malachi.</c>

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He<00:28:44.740><c> knows</c><00:28:45.259><c> how</c><00:28:46.220><c> much</c><00:28:46.519><c> the</c><00:28:46.819><c> Lord</c><00:28:47.019><c> has</c><00:28:47.319><c> loved</c><00:28:47.599><c> them.</c>

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Imagine<00:28:48.720><c> yourself</c><00:28:49.160><c> as</c><00:28:49.380><c> a</c><00:28:49.680><c> father</c><00:28:50.240><c> and</c><00:28:51.420><c> you</c><00:28:51.660><c> say</c><00:28:51.819><c> to</c><00:28:52.039><c> your</c><00:28:52.279><c> son,</c>

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I<00:28:54.559><c> have</c><00:28:54.859><c> loved</c><00:28:55.160><c> you.</c>

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And<00:28:56.740><c> your</c><00:28:57.000><c> son</c><00:28:57.220><c> says</c><00:28:57.500><c> to</c><00:28:57.779><c> you,</c><00:28:59.480><c> how</c><00:28:59.779><c> have</c><00:29:00.000><c> you</c><00:29:00.220><c> loved</c><00:29:00.420><c> me?</c>

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And<00:29:02.859><c> you</c><00:29:02.980><c> are</c><00:29:03.099><c> Malachi</c><00:29:03.599><c> and</c><00:29:03.839><c> you</c><00:29:04.160><c> know</c><00:29:04.539><c> the</c><00:29:04.759><c> depth</c><00:29:05.359><c> of</c><00:29:05.740><c> God's</c>

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love<00:29:06.359><c> because</c><00:29:06.720><c> he's</c><00:29:07.119><c> the</c><00:29:07.380><c> messenger</c><00:29:07.980><c> of</c><00:29:09.079><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:10.960><c> he</c><00:29:11.019><c> knows</c><00:29:11.279><c> exactly</c><00:29:11.859><c> how</c><00:29:12.140><c> much</c><00:29:12.359><c> God</c><00:29:12.680><c> has</c><00:29:12.980><c> loved</c><00:29:13.180><c> them.</c>

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What<00:29:15.440><c> a</c><00:29:15.720><c> burden.</c>

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What<00:29:17.500><c> a</c><00:29:17.759><c> burden</c><00:29:17.940><c> we</c><00:29:18.420><c> have</c><00:29:18.859><c> to</c><00:29:19.220><c> understand</c><00:29:20.059><c> the</c><00:29:20.660><c> truth</c><00:29:20.839><c> of</c><00:29:21.039><c> the</c>

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word<00:29:21.339><c> of</c><00:29:21.559><c> God,</c>

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to<00:29:22.700><c> understand</c><00:29:23.019><c> the</c><00:29:23.259><c> love</c><00:29:23.380><c> of</c><00:29:23.660><c> God</c><00:29:24.000><c> and</c><00:29:24.160><c> to</c><00:29:24.440><c> see</c><00:29:24.640><c> in</c><00:29:24.839><c> the</c><00:29:25.039><c> world</c>

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around<00:29:25.599><c> us</c><00:29:25.799><c> and</c><00:29:25.920><c> sometimes</c><00:29:26.400><c> in</c><00:29:26.799><c> ourselves</c>

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the<00:29:28.900><c> corruption</c><00:29:29.500><c> of</c><00:29:29.859><c> what</c><00:29:30.319><c> not</c><00:29:31.099><c> believing</c><00:29:31.640><c> in</c><00:29:32.039><c> and</c><00:29:32.200><c> not</c><00:29:32.559><c> trusting</c><00:29:32.880><c> in</c>

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that<00:29:33.400><c> love</c><00:29:33.940><c> creates.</c>

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And<00:29:35.599><c> so</c><00:29:35.759><c> he</c><00:29:35.920><c> says</c><00:29:36.180><c> to</c><00:29:36.420><c> him,</c><00:29:37.299><c> well,</c><00:29:37.740><c> Jacob,</c><00:29:38.640><c> I</c><00:29:38.839><c> loved</c><00:29:39.059><c> and</c><00:29:39.299><c> you're</c><00:29:39.460><c> the</c>

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children<00:29:39.839><c> of</c><00:29:40.140><c> Jacob,</c>

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but<00:29:41.619><c> Esau</c><00:29:42.000><c> I</c><00:29:42.180><c> hated</c><00:29:42.500><c> and</c><00:29:43.220><c> I</c><00:29:43.480><c> persecuted</c><00:29:43.980><c> Esau</c><00:29:45.019><c> and</c><00:29:45.180><c> I</c><00:29:45.380><c> left</c><00:29:45.519><c> him</c>

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in<00:29:45.819><c> the</c><00:29:46.000><c> desert.</c>

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And<00:29:47.480><c> he</c><00:29:47.579><c> says</c><00:29:47.759><c> to</c><00:29:47.900><c> him,</c><00:29:48.180><c> and</c><00:29:48.180><c> you</c><00:29:48.400><c> can</c><00:29:48.700><c> see</c><00:29:48.940><c> that</c><00:29:49.859><c> and</c><00:29:50.319><c> you'll</c>

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say,<00:29:50.700><c> oh,</c><00:29:50.859><c> that's</c><00:29:51.160><c> God's</c><00:29:51.660><c> work,</c>

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that<00:29:53.099><c> Edom</c><00:29:53.380><c> is</c><00:29:53.619><c> suffering</c><00:29:53.900><c> the</c><00:29:54.119><c> way</c><00:29:54.220><c> that</c><00:29:54.400><c> they</c><00:29:54.500><c> are.</c>

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But<00:29:54.960><c> you</c><00:29:55.119><c> won't</c><00:29:55.339><c> see</c><00:29:55.619><c> God's</c><00:29:56.160><c> work</c><00:29:56.819><c> in</c><00:29:57.519><c> yourself.</c>

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You<00:29:59.960><c> won't</c><00:30:00.259><c> see</c><00:30:00.539><c> it</c><00:30:00.839><c> in</c><00:30:01.180><c> you.</c>

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And<00:30:01.859><c> so</c><00:30:01.980><c> this</c><00:30:02.180><c> is</c><00:30:02.299><c> what</c><00:30:02.480><c> Malachi</c><00:30:02.859><c> does</c><00:30:03.259><c> throughout</c><00:30:03.779><c> this</c><00:30:04.160><c> prophecy,</c>

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is<00:30:05.059><c> he</c><00:30:05.180><c> has</c><00:30:05.460><c> this</c><00:30:05.720><c> conversation</c><00:30:06.420><c> with</c><00:30:06.720><c> them</c><00:30:07.039><c> where</c><00:30:07.400><c> he</c><00:30:07.599><c> asks</c><00:30:07.819><c> them</c><00:30:08.039><c> a</c><00:30:08.160><c> question</c>

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and<00:30:08.960><c> they</c><00:30:09.200><c> say,</c><00:30:09.700><c> what</c><00:30:09.920><c> are</c><00:30:10.059><c> you</c><00:30:10.259><c> talking</c><00:30:10.500><c> about?</c>

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And<00:30:12.680><c> it</c><00:30:13.339><c> reflects</c><00:30:13.819><c> right</c><00:30:14.140><c> along</c><00:30:14.400><c> with</c><00:30:14.619><c> the</c><00:30:14.759><c> things</c><00:30:14.880><c> that</c>

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Nehemiah<00:30:15.480><c> talked</c><00:30:15.779><c> about.</c>

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The<00:30:16.119><c> only</c><00:30:16.319><c> difference</c><00:30:17.220><c> is</c><00:30:17.740><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:18.220><c> said</c><00:30:18.500><c> they</c><00:30:18.920><c> did</c><00:30:19.180><c> this</c>

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and<00:30:19.680><c> they</c><00:30:19.859><c> did</c><00:30:20.079><c> this</c><00:30:20.400><c> and</c><00:30:20.500><c> they</c><00:30:20.680><c> did</c><00:30:20.859><c> this.</c>

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In<00:30:21.259><c> fact,</c><00:30:21.519><c> the</c><00:30:21.579><c> list</c><00:30:21.759><c> of</c><00:30:21.980><c> the</c><00:30:22.119><c> things</c><00:30:22.579><c> that</c><00:30:23.259><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:24.000><c> points</c><00:30:24.339><c> out,</c>

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see<00:30:26.140><c> if</c><00:30:26.259><c> I</c><00:30:26.299><c> can</c><00:30:26.480><c> find</c><00:30:26.680><c> it.</c>

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Sorry,<00:30:30.140><c> I</c><00:30:30.240><c> don't</c><00:30:30.319><c> go</c><00:30:30.400><c> to</c><00:30:30.440><c> my</c><00:30:30.599><c> notes</c><00:30:30.759><c> that</c><00:30:30.940><c> often.</c>

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He<00:30:33.960><c> says,</c><00:30:34.460><c> well,</c><00:30:34.619><c> first</c><00:30:34.859><c> of</c><00:30:35.000><c> all,</c><00:30:35.079><c> you</c><00:30:35.279><c> allowed</c><00:30:35.559><c> Tobiah</c><00:30:36.000><c> to</c><00:30:36.200><c> come</c><00:30:36.400><c> in</c>

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and<00:30:37.619><c> have</c><00:30:37.779><c> an</c><00:30:38.079><c> office</c><00:30:38.420><c> in</c><00:30:38.700><c> the</c><00:30:38.880><c> temple.</c>

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And<00:30:39.779><c> to</c><00:30:39.920><c> do</c><00:30:40.119><c> that,</c><00:30:40.579><c> you</c><00:30:40.700><c> had</c><00:30:40.839><c> to</c><00:30:41.000><c> take</c><00:30:41.119><c> the</c><00:30:41.420><c> sacrifices</c><00:30:41.839><c> out.</c>

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So<00:30:42.259><c> what</c><00:30:42.400><c> you</c><00:30:42.599><c> did</c><00:30:42.740><c> was</c><00:30:43.160><c> you</c><00:30:43.660><c> stopped</c><00:30:44.259><c> collecting</c><00:30:44.859><c> sacrifices</c>

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to<00:30:46.700><c> feed</c><00:30:46.980><c> the</c><00:30:47.200><c> Levites.</c>

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Now<00:30:48.119><c> the</c><00:30:48.319><c> Levites</c><00:30:48.579><c> had</c><00:30:48.740><c> to</c><00:30:48.819><c> go</c><00:30:49.019><c> out</c><00:30:49.420><c> and</c><00:30:49.559><c> get</c><00:30:49.700><c> their</c><00:30:49.980><c> own</c><00:30:50.539><c> food</c>

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because<00:30:51.960><c> you've</c><00:30:52.240><c> let</c><00:30:52.440><c> the</c><00:30:52.740><c> world</c><00:30:53.000><c> in.</c>

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Now<00:30:54.279><c> they</c><00:30:54.420><c> have</c><00:30:54.640><c> to</c><00:30:55.000><c> fend</c><00:30:55.339><c> for</c><00:30:55.519><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:30:57.200><c> he</c><00:30:57.339><c> says</c><00:30:57.480><c> you</c><00:30:57.700><c> profane</c><00:30:58.160><c> the</c><00:30:58.420><c> Sabbath</c><00:30:58.759><c> and</c><00:31:00.359><c> you</c><00:31:00.599><c> started</c>

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intermarrying<00:31:01.619><c> again.</c>

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What<00:31:04.460><c> Nehemiah</c><00:31:04.799><c> says</c><00:31:05.000><c> in</c><00:31:05.119><c> 13</c><00:31:05.480><c> that's</c><00:31:05.779><c> so</c><00:31:05.880><c> much</c><00:31:06.039><c> different</c><00:31:06.279><c> than</c><00:31:06.480><c> 12</c>

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and<00:31:06.980><c> everything</c><00:31:07.279><c> before</c><00:31:07.660><c> it,</c>

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is<00:31:08.559><c> he</c><00:31:08.680><c> says,</c><00:31:09.200><c> Lord,</c><00:31:09.960><c> think</c><00:31:10.319><c> of</c><00:31:10.480><c> me</c><00:31:10.660><c> for</c><00:31:10.980><c> good</c><00:31:11.299><c> because</c><00:31:11.779><c> I've</c>

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done<00:31:12.160><c> this.</c>

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He<00:31:12.480><c> says</c><00:31:12.619><c> it</c><00:31:12.759><c> three</c><00:31:12.980><c> times</c><00:31:13.299><c> in</c><00:31:13.480><c> chapter</c><00:31:13.720><c> 13.</c>

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He's<00:31:16.619><c> no</c><00:31:16.940><c> longer</c><00:31:17.220><c> trying</c><00:31:17.500><c> to</c><00:31:17.759><c> save</c><00:31:18.440><c> the</c><00:31:19.160><c> people.</c>

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He's<00:31:20.400><c> no</c><00:31:20.680><c> longer</c><00:31:20.920><c> trying</c><00:31:21.140><c> to</c><00:31:21.400><c> rebuild</c><00:31:21.980><c> the</c><00:31:22.380><c> walls</c><00:31:22.880><c> because</c>

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the<00:31:24.440><c> walls</c><00:31:24.660><c> have</c><00:31:24.880><c> been</c><00:31:25.039><c> torn</c><00:31:25.319><c> down</c><00:31:25.700><c> from</c><00:31:26.039><c> inside.</c>

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And<00:31:27.940><c> so</c><00:31:28.099><c> all</c><00:31:28.279><c> Nehemiah</c><00:31:28.720><c> can</c><00:31:28.940><c> do</c><00:31:29.000><c> at</c><00:31:29.180><c> this</c><00:31:29.380><c> point</c><00:31:29.559><c> is</c><00:31:29.859><c> say,</c><00:31:30.339><c> I've</c>

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done<00:31:30.859><c> all</c><00:31:31.099><c> this.</c>

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Please<00:31:31.680><c> accept</c><00:31:32.000><c> it</c><00:31:32.160><c> for</c><00:31:32.400><c> good</c><00:31:32.579><c> in</c><00:31:32.759><c> your</c><00:31:32.980><c> mercy</c><00:31:33.299><c> and</c><00:31:33.480><c> in</c><00:31:33.619><c> your</c><00:31:33.779><c> love.</c>

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What<00:31:34.960><c> Malachi</c><00:31:35.480><c> does</c><00:31:36.099><c> is</c><00:31:36.859><c> Malachi</c><00:31:37.359><c> points</c><00:31:37.660><c> out</c><00:31:37.859><c> to</c><00:31:37.940><c> them</c><00:31:38.279><c> what</c>

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they<00:31:38.839><c> were</c><00:31:38.960><c> doing</c><00:31:39.140><c> in</c><00:31:39.339><c> their</c><00:31:39.619><c> heart,</c>

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how<00:31:41.539><c> much</c><00:31:41.819><c> they</c><00:31:42.099><c> had</c><00:31:42.859><c> neglected</c><00:31:43.440><c> God</c><00:31:44.099><c> in</c><00:31:44.779><c> their</c><00:31:45.140><c> hearts.</c>

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x
So<00:31:46.440><c> much</c><00:31:46.839><c> so</c><00:31:47.599><c> that</c><00:31:49.079><c> he</c><00:31:49.240><c> could</c><00:31:49.440><c> say</c><00:31:49.660><c> to</c><00:31:49.720><c> them,</c><00:31:50.119><c> I</c><00:31:50.119><c> have</c><00:31:50.440><c> loved</c><00:31:50.680><c> you.</c>

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:53.980
x
And<00:31:51.700><c> they</c><00:31:51.839><c> would</c><00:31:52.000><c> say,</c><00:31:52.220><c> how</c><00:31:52.779><c> have</c><00:31:53.220><c> you</c><00:31:53.420><c> loved</c><00:31:53.599><c> us?</c>

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That's<00:31:54.640><c> really</c><00:31:54.920><c> completely</c><00:31:55.400><c> different</c><00:31:55.940><c> than</c><00:31:56.240><c> what</c><00:31:56.420><c> had</c><00:31:56.579><c> ever</c>

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gone<00:31:56.960><c> on</c><00:31:57.220><c> before.</c>

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Before<00:31:58.279><c> they</c><00:31:58.500><c> understood</c><00:31:58.980><c> God</c><00:31:59.319><c> had</c><00:31:59.539><c> loved</c><00:31:59.720><c> them,</c><00:32:00.440><c> yet</c><00:32:00.579><c> they</c>

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had<00:32:01.140><c> turned</c><00:32:01.400><c> to</c><00:32:01.700><c> other</c><00:32:01.900><c> things.</c>

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They<00:32:02.400><c> turned</c><00:32:02.680><c> to</c><00:32:02.960><c> idols</c><00:32:03.160><c> and</c><00:32:03.319><c> they</c><00:32:03.500><c> turned</c><00:32:03.680><c> to</c><00:32:03.859><c> other</c><00:32:04.000><c> things</c>

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and<00:32:04.339><c> they</c><00:32:04.599><c> turned</c><00:32:04.880><c> away.</c>

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Now<00:32:06.259><c> they</c><00:32:06.440><c> haven't</c><00:32:06.720><c> just</c><00:32:07.039><c> turned</c><00:32:07.299><c> away.</c>

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Now,<00:32:09.680><c> after</c><00:32:09.940><c> these</c><00:32:10.279><c> 12</c><00:32:10.680><c> years,</c><00:32:11.140><c> they</c><00:32:11.339><c> have</c><00:32:11.700><c> turned</c><00:32:12.079><c> their</c><00:32:12.359><c> backs</c><00:32:12.980><c> completely</c><00:32:14.059><c> on</c><00:32:15.240><c> God.</c>

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Malachi<00:32:18.839><c> puts</c><00:32:19.099><c> it</c><00:32:19.700><c> this</c><00:32:20.099><c> way.</c>

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He<00:32:25.900><c> says,</c><00:32:29.299><c> first</c><00:32:29.579><c> of</c><00:32:29.859><c> all,</c><00:32:31.460><c> if</c><00:32:31.720><c> I</c><00:32:31.819><c> have</c><00:32:31.880><c> my</c><00:32:31.980><c> right</c><00:32:32.140><c> notes,</c><00:32:38.240><c> that</c>

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you<00:32:38.700><c> repudiated</c><00:32:39.819><c> God's</c><00:32:40.480><c> love.</c>

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That's<00:32:41.759><c> what</c><00:32:41.859><c> he</c><00:32:41.980><c> says</c><00:32:42.240><c> in</c><00:32:42.460><c> chapter</c><00:32:42.779><c> 1,</c><00:32:43.539><c> verses</c><00:32:43.880><c> 2</c><00:32:44.200><c>-3</c><00:32:44.420><c>-5,</c><00:32:45.500><c> that</c>

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you've<00:32:46.140><c> turned</c><00:32:46.279><c> away</c><00:32:46.880><c> from</c><00:32:47.680><c> God's</c><00:32:48.200><c> love.</c>

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Secondly,<00:32:51.279><c> he</c><00:32:51.539><c> says</c><00:32:52.119><c> that</c><00:32:52.920><c> you've</c><00:32:53.180><c> turned</c><00:32:53.299><c> away</c><00:32:53.559><c> from</c><00:32:53.880><c> honoring</c><00:32:54.220><c> God.</c>

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He<00:32:56.859><c> says,</c><00:32:57.220><c> O</c><00:32:57.279><c> priests</c><00:32:57.539><c> that</c><00:32:57.700><c> have</c><00:32:57.960><c> despised</c><00:32:58.400><c> my</c><00:32:58.720><c> name,</c><00:32:59.460><c> and</c><00:32:59.559><c> ye</c>

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say,<00:33:00.099><c> wherein</c><00:33:00.420><c> have</c><00:33:00.720><c> we</c><00:33:01.039><c> despised</c><00:33:01.480><c> your</c><00:33:01.759><c> name?</c>

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And<00:33:02.680><c> Malachi</c><00:33:02.900><c> is</c><00:33:03.079><c> having</c><00:33:03.259><c> this</c><00:33:03.480><c> conversation</c><00:33:03.980><c> with</c><00:33:04.140><c> him.</c>

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He<00:33:04.339><c> says,</c><00:33:04.799><c> God</c><00:33:05.000><c> says</c><00:33:05.180><c> you've</c><00:33:05.599><c> despised</c><00:33:05.940><c> his</c><00:33:06.220><c> name.</c>

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He<00:33:06.460><c> says,</c><00:33:06.720><c> how</c><00:33:06.839><c> have</c><00:33:06.980><c> we</c><00:33:07.200><c> despised</c><00:33:07.599><c> his</c><00:33:07.980><c> name?</c>

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And<00:33:09.180><c> he</c><00:33:09.259><c> says,</c><00:33:09.660><c> because</c><00:33:09.700><c> you</c><00:33:09.880><c> don't</c><00:33:10.259><c> offer</c><00:33:10.900><c> the</c><00:33:11.720><c> best</c><00:33:12.660><c> of</c><00:33:13.339><c> what</c>

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you<00:33:13.799><c> have.</c>

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You<00:33:15.160><c> offer</c><00:33:15.400><c> some,</c><00:33:16.480><c> the</c><00:33:16.640><c> religion</c><00:33:16.920><c> was</c><00:33:17.099><c> still</c><00:33:17.299><c> going</c><00:33:17.599><c> on,</c><00:33:18.859><c> but</c>

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you<00:33:19.140><c> don't</c><00:33:19.279><c> offer</c><00:33:19.420><c> the</c><00:33:19.660><c> best.</c>

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You<00:33:21.440><c> don't</c><00:33:21.660><c> give</c><00:33:21.819><c> me</c><00:33:22.079><c> anything,</c><00:33:23.380><c> just</c><00:33:23.680><c> the</c><00:33:23.980><c> lame</c><00:33:24.220><c> and</c><00:33:24.400><c> the</c><00:33:24.579><c> weak</c><00:33:25.140><c> and</c>

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the<00:33:25.839><c> blonde.</c>

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And<00:33:27.759><c> then</c><00:33:27.880><c> he</c><00:33:28.000><c> says</c><00:33:28.319><c> that</c><00:33:28.599><c> you've</c><00:33:28.900><c> rejected</c><00:33:29.380><c> God's</c><00:33:30.539><c> faithfulness.</c>

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He<00:33:33.259><c> says,</c><00:33:33.700><c> Judah</c><00:33:33.980><c> has</c><00:33:34.339><c> dealt</c><00:33:34.599><c> treacherously</c><00:33:35.240><c> in</c><00:33:35.420><c> an</c><00:33:35.619><c> abomination</c><00:33:36.019><c> committed</c><00:33:36.359><c> in</c><00:33:36.480><c> Israel</c><00:33:36.819><c> and</c>

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in<00:33:37.059><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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But<00:33:37.519><c> Judah</c><00:33:38.339><c> hath</c><00:33:39.759><c> rejected</c><00:33:40.240><c> me,</c><00:33:40.920><c> hath</c><00:33:41.079><c> profaned</c><00:33:41.480><c> the</c><00:33:41.640><c> holiness</c><00:33:41.880><c> of</c><00:33:42.079><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:33:42.539><c> which</c><00:33:42.700><c> he</c><00:33:42.960><c> loved,</c>

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and<00:33:43.720><c> hath</c><00:33:43.880><c> married</c><00:33:44.119><c> the</c><00:33:44.380><c> daughters</c><00:33:44.599><c> of</c><00:33:44.759><c> a</c><00:33:44.960><c> strange</c><00:33:45.220><c> God.</c>

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The<00:33:45.799><c> Lord</c><00:33:46.119><c> will</c><00:33:46.859><c> cut</c><00:33:47.079><c> off</c><00:33:47.279><c> the</c><00:33:47.440><c> man</c><00:33:47.599><c> that</c><00:33:47.819><c> doeth</c><00:33:48.079><c> this,</c><00:33:48.900><c> the</c><00:33:49.119><c> master</c><00:33:49.420><c> and</c><00:33:49.559><c> the</c><00:33:49.779><c> scholar,</c><00:33:50.099><c> out</c><00:33:50.160><c> of</c>

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the<00:33:50.480><c> tabernacle</c><00:33:50.839><c> of</c><00:33:51.119><c> Jacob,</c>

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and<00:33:51.980><c> him</c><00:33:52.099><c> that</c><00:33:52.420><c> offereth</c><00:33:52.700><c> an</c><00:33:52.900><c> offering</c><00:33:53.119><c> unto</c><00:33:53.339><c> the</c><00:33:53.500><c> Lord</c><00:33:53.700><c> of</c><00:33:53.900><c> hosts.</c>

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And<00:33:55.160><c> this</c><00:33:55.339><c> have</c><00:33:55.500><c> ye</c><00:33:55.660><c> done,</c><00:33:56.140><c> covering</c><00:33:56.339><c> the</c><00:33:56.599><c> altar</c><00:33:56.779><c> of</c><00:33:56.940><c> the</c><00:33:57.119><c> Lord</c>

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with<00:33:57.519><c> tears,</c><00:33:58.039><c> with</c><00:33:58.299><c> weeping,</c><00:33:58.619><c> with</c><00:33:58.859><c> crying,</c>

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so<00:33:59.420><c> much</c><00:33:59.680><c> that</c><00:33:59.819><c> ye</c><00:33:59.920><c> have</c><00:34:00.039><c> regarded</c><00:34:00.420><c> not</c><00:34:00.740><c> the</c><00:34:00.960><c> offerings</c><00:34:01.200><c> any</c>

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more,<00:34:02.220><c> or</c><00:34:02.599><c> have</c><00:34:03.700><c> received</c><00:34:04.059><c> it</c><00:34:04.180><c> with</c><00:34:04.359><c> the</c><00:34:04.539><c> good</c><00:34:04.680><c> of</c><00:34:04.839><c> your</c><00:34:05.180><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:34:09.320><c> condemns</c><00:34:09.820><c> their</c><00:34:10.500><c> intermarriage.</c>

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He<00:34:12.059><c> condemns</c><00:34:12.480><c> the</c><00:34:12.699><c> fact</c><00:34:12.840><c> that</c><00:34:13.019><c> they</c><00:34:13.239><c> allowed</c><00:34:13.420><c> the</c><00:34:13.719><c> walls,</c><00:34:14.099><c> once</c><00:34:14.380><c> again,</c><00:34:14.699><c> to</c>

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be<00:34:15.019><c> torn</c><00:34:15.239><c> down,</c><00:34:16.599><c> this</c><00:34:16.920><c> time</c><00:34:17.159><c> from</c><00:34:17.440><c> within.</c>

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And<00:34:19.239><c> then</c><00:34:19.380><c> he</c><00:34:19.460><c> says</c><00:34:19.619><c> you</c><00:34:19.780><c> tried</c><00:34:20.039><c> to</c><00:34:20.280><c> redefine</c><00:34:20.960><c> God's</c><00:34:21.619><c> righteousness.</c>

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He<00:34:23.460><c> says</c><00:34:23.679><c> in</c><00:34:23.800><c> chapter</c><00:34:24.539><c> 2,</c><00:34:24.860><c> verse</c><00:34:25.039><c> 17,</c><00:34:25.679><c> you</c><00:34:25.840><c> have</c><00:34:26.099><c> wearied</c><00:34:26.380><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:34:26.760><c> with</c><00:34:27.000><c> your</c><00:34:27.239><c> words.</c>

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Yet<00:34:28.139><c> you</c><00:34:28.320><c> say,</c><00:34:28.739><c> wherein</c><00:34:28.980><c> have</c><00:34:29.139><c> we</c><00:34:29.340><c> wearied</c><00:34:29.619><c> him?</c>

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When<00:34:30.619><c> you</c><00:34:30.860><c> say,</c><00:34:31.139><c> everyone</c><00:34:31.400><c> that</c><00:34:31.619><c> doeth</c><00:34:31.880><c> evil</c><00:34:32.219><c> is</c><00:34:32.519><c> good</c><00:34:32.659><c> in</c><00:34:32.840><c> the</c>

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sight<00:34:33.079><c> of</c><00:34:33.260><c> the</c><00:34:33.380><c> Lord,</c><00:34:34.280><c> and</c><00:34:34.559><c> he</c><00:34:34.820><c> delighteth</c><00:34:35.179><c> in</c><00:34:35.380><c> them.</c>

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Or<00:34:35.960><c> where</c><00:34:36.260><c> is</c><00:34:37.000><c> the</c><00:34:37.539><c> God</c><00:34:37.800><c> of</c><00:34:38.079><c> judgment?</c>

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They<00:34:39.219><c> were</c><00:34:39.340><c> looking</c><00:34:39.619><c> at</c><00:34:39.800><c> their</c><00:34:40.019><c> lives</c><00:34:40.420><c> and</c><00:34:40.559><c> they</c><00:34:40.699><c> said,</c><00:34:40.820><c> you</c>

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know,<00:34:41.019><c> we're</c><00:34:41.239><c> supposed</c><00:34:41.599><c> to</c><00:34:41.860><c> have</c><00:34:42.199><c> the</c><00:34:42.760><c> Lord's</c><00:34:44.079><c> fullness</c><00:34:44.179><c> in</c>

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the<00:34:44.639><c> temple.</c>

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We<00:34:46.519><c> find</c><00:34:46.760><c> ourselves</c><00:34:47.079><c> every</c><00:34:47.380><c> day</c><00:34:47.639><c> struggling,</c><00:34:48.579><c> every</c><00:34:48.860><c> day</c><00:34:49.059><c> fighting.</c>

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You<00:34:50.280><c> know</c><00:34:50.420><c> what?</c><00:34:51.320><c> Evil</c><00:34:51.599><c> is</c><00:34:51.900><c> good</c><00:34:52.119><c> and</c><00:34:52.320><c> good</c><00:34:52.500><c> is</c><00:34:52.780><c> evil.</c>

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God<00:34:53.440><c> doesn't</c><00:34:53.739><c> have</c><00:34:53.980><c> any</c><00:34:54.199><c> justice.</c>

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Have<00:34:54.719><c> you</c><00:34:54.880><c> ever</c><00:34:55.719><c> thought</c><00:34:56.119><c> that</c><00:34:56.320><c> in</c><00:34:56.500><c> your</c><00:34:56.699><c> hearts?</c>

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They<00:34:58.960><c> did.</c>

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And<00:35:00.579><c> Malachi</c><00:35:00.860><c> said,</c><00:35:01.300><c> this</c><00:35:01.300><c> is</c><00:35:01.480><c> what</c><00:35:01.639><c> you've</c><00:35:01.900><c> done.</c>

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You<00:35:03.159><c> tried</c><00:35:03.340><c> to</c><00:35:03.599><c> redefine</c><00:35:04.059><c> the</c><00:35:04.280><c> righteousness</c><00:35:04.619><c> of</c><00:35:05.039><c> God.</c>

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:09.820
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He<00:35:07.159><c> says</c><00:35:07.239><c> you</c><00:35:07.420><c> tried</c><00:35:07.659><c> to</c><00:35:07.920><c> rob</c><00:35:08.639><c> my</c><00:35:09.579><c> riches.</c>

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It<00:35:10.059><c> says</c><00:35:10.340><c> in</c><00:35:10.480><c> Malachi</c><00:35:10.960><c> 3,</c><00:35:11.960><c> verse</c><00:35:12.260><c> 10.</c>

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Bring<00:35:14.980><c> ye</c><00:35:15.199><c> all</c><00:35:15.360><c> the</c><00:35:15.599><c> tithes</c><00:35:15.820><c> into</c><00:35:15.980><c> the</c><00:35:16.320><c> storehouse,</c><00:35:16.980><c> that</c><00:35:17.059><c> there</c><00:35:17.300><c> may</c>

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be<00:35:17.920><c> meat</c><00:35:18.139><c> in</c><00:35:18.440><c> mine</c><00:35:18.579><c> houses.</c>

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And<00:35:19.320><c> prove</c><00:35:19.420><c> me</c><00:35:19.659><c> how</c><00:35:20.420><c> it</c><00:35:20.719><c> saith</c><00:35:20.920><c> the</c><00:35:21.079><c> Lord</c><00:35:21.219><c> of</c><00:35:21.400><c> hosts,</c><00:35:21.619><c> if</c><00:35:21.699><c> I</c><00:35:21.860><c> will</c><00:35:22.039><c> not</c>

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open<00:35:22.460><c> up</c><00:35:22.639><c> the</c><00:35:22.760><c> windows</c><00:35:22.960><c> of</c><00:35:23.199><c> heaven</c><00:35:23.460><c> and</c><00:35:24.000><c> pour</c><00:35:24.260><c> out</c><00:35:24.480><c> a</c><00:35:24.719><c> blessing,</c>

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that<00:35:25.840><c> there</c><00:35:25.980><c> shall</c><00:35:26.159><c> not</c><00:35:27.360><c> be</c><00:35:27.539><c> room</c><00:35:27.739><c> enough</c><00:35:27.980><c> to</c><00:35:28.139><c> receive</c><00:35:28.480><c> it.</c>

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Malachi<00:35:29.619><c> says,</c><00:35:30.360><c> open</c><00:35:30.599><c> up</c><00:35:30.800><c> the</c><00:35:31.019><c> storehouse</c><00:35:31.659><c> and</c><00:35:32.480><c> fill</c><00:35:32.619><c> it</c><00:35:32.739><c> with</c>

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the<00:35:33.119><c> offerings.</c>

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And<00:35:34.440><c> what</c><00:35:34.539><c> was</c><00:35:34.739><c> in</c><00:35:34.880><c> the</c><00:35:35.099><c> storehouse?</c>

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Tobiah<00:35:37.559><c> was</c><00:35:38.000><c> in</c><00:35:38.179><c> the</c><00:35:38.360><c> storehouse.</c>

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They<00:35:39.719><c> had</c><00:35:39.840><c> closed</c><00:35:40.019><c> up</c><00:35:40.579><c> the</c><00:35:40.980><c> storehouses.</c>

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Those<00:35:42.880><c> were</c><00:35:43.079><c> supposed</c><00:35:43.219><c> to</c><00:35:43.340><c> be</c><00:35:43.480><c> the</c><00:35:43.639><c> riches</c><00:35:43.840><c> that</c><00:35:44.059><c> they</c><00:35:44.239><c> had</c>

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put<00:35:44.440><c> there</c><00:35:44.619><c> for</c><00:35:44.800><c> God.</c>

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And<00:35:45.480><c> Malachi</c><00:35:45.800><c> says,</c><00:35:46.099><c> you</c><00:35:46.099><c> took</c><00:35:46.260><c> it</c><00:35:46.440><c> away</c><00:35:46.619><c> and</c><00:35:46.739><c> you</c><00:35:46.880><c> gave</c><00:35:46.960><c> it</c><00:35:47.059><c> to</c>

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this<00:35:47.380><c> man.</c>

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All<00:35:50.440><c> you</c><00:35:50.699><c> wanted</c><00:35:50.900><c> is</c><00:35:51.139><c> a</c><00:35:51.300><c> leader,</c><00:35:51.480><c> and</c><00:35:51.619><c> this</c><00:35:51.820><c> is</c><00:35:52.019><c> the</c><00:35:52.139><c> leader</c>

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that<00:35:52.659><c> you</c><00:35:52.860><c> chose,</c><00:35:53.280><c> this</c><00:35:53.519><c> man</c><00:35:53.719><c> Tobiah.</c>

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And<00:35:55.559><c> then</c><00:35:55.679><c> he</c><00:35:55.840><c> says,</c><00:35:56.360><c> you</c><00:35:56.420><c> have</c><00:35:57.460><c> reviled</c><00:35:58.599><c> God's</c><00:35:59.400><c> grace.</c>

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It<00:36:00.139><c> says</c><00:36:00.440><c> in</c><00:36:00.559><c> chapter</c><00:36:00.760><c> 3,</c><00:36:01.099><c> verse</c><00:36:01.380><c> 13.</c>

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Your<00:36:02.739><c> words</c><00:36:03.019><c> have</c><00:36:03.219><c> been</c><00:36:03.440><c> stout</c><00:36:03.760><c> against</c><00:36:04.239><c> me,</c><00:36:04.639><c> saith</c><00:36:04.719><c> the</c><00:36:04.960><c> Lord.</c>

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Yet<00:36:05.800><c> ye</c><00:36:06.099><c> say,</c><00:36:07.320><c> what</c><00:36:07.539><c> have</c><00:36:07.739><c> we</c><00:36:07.940><c> spoken</c><00:36:08.219><c> so</c><00:36:08.500><c> much</c><00:36:08.679><c> against</c><00:36:09.139><c> thee?</c>

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You<00:36:10.360><c> have</c><00:36:10.539><c> said</c><00:36:10.699><c> it</c><00:36:10.900><c> is</c><00:36:11.239><c> vain</c><00:36:11.599><c> to</c><00:36:11.880><c> serve</c><00:36:12.119><c> God.</c>

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And<00:36:13.079><c> what</c><00:36:13.340><c> profit</c><00:36:13.739><c> is</c><00:36:13.980><c> it</c><00:36:14.139><c> that</c><00:36:14.300><c> we</c><00:36:14.480><c> have</c><00:36:14.699><c> kept</c><00:36:14.840><c> his</c><00:36:15.119><c> ordinances</c><00:36:15.699><c> and</c><00:36:16.159><c> that</c>

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we<00:36:16.460><c> have</c><00:36:16.699><c> walked</c><00:36:16.980><c> mournfully</c><00:36:17.539><c> before</c><00:36:17.840><c> the</c><00:36:18.079><c> Lord</c><00:36:18.239><c> of</c><00:36:18.480><c> hosts?</c>

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And<00:36:21.280><c> now</c><00:36:21.460><c> we</c><00:36:21.679><c> call</c><00:36:21.780><c> the</c><00:36:22.000><c> proud</c><00:36:22.320><c> happy.</c>

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Yea,<00:36:23.420><c> they</c><00:36:23.659><c> that</c><00:36:23.980><c> work</c><00:36:24.239><c> wickedness</c><00:36:24.699><c> are</c><00:36:24.940><c> set</c><00:36:25.139><c> up.</c>

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Yea,<00:36:25.599><c> they</c><00:36:25.860><c> that</c><00:36:26.099><c> tempt</c><00:36:26.320><c> God</c><00:36:26.800><c> are</c><00:36:27.460><c> even</c><00:36:27.719><c> delivered.</c>

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He<00:36:31.480><c> says,</c><00:36:31.780><c> look,</c><00:36:32.179><c> you</c><00:36:32.619><c> put</c><00:36:32.900><c> other</c><00:36:33.300><c> things</c><00:36:33.619><c> in</c><00:36:33.800><c> your</c><00:36:34.079><c> heart.</c>

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You<00:36:36.360><c> let</c><00:36:36.539><c> other</c><00:36:36.920><c> things</c><00:36:37.260><c> come</c><00:36:37.539><c> in</c><00:36:38.119><c> and</c><00:36:38.619><c> take</c><00:36:38.860><c> over</c><00:36:39.119><c> your</c><00:36:39.440><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:36:41.380><c> think</c><00:36:41.539><c> of</c><00:36:41.659><c> the</c><00:36:41.860><c> burden</c><00:36:42.079><c> of</c><00:36:42.400><c> Malachi</c><00:36:42.840><c> carrying</c><00:36:43.380><c> that</c><00:36:43.780><c> burden</c><00:36:44.059><c> and</c>

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saying,<00:36:44.659><c> look</c><00:36:44.719><c> what</c><00:36:44.900><c> you've</c><00:36:45.280><c> done.</c>

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And<00:36:45.619><c> they're</c><00:36:45.880><c> not</c><00:36:46.539><c> listening</c><00:36:47.019><c> to</c><00:36:47.239><c> him.</c>

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He's<00:36:48.320><c> so</c><00:36:48.500><c> insignificant</c><00:36:49.059><c> that</c><00:36:49.260><c> they're</c><00:36:49.480><c> perfectly</c><00:36:49.860><c> willing</c>

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to<00:36:50.460><c> tell</c><00:36:50.579><c> him</c><00:36:50.820><c> exactly</c><00:36:51.420><c> how</c><00:36:51.900><c> they</c><00:36:52.219><c> feel.</c>

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:57.460
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But<00:36:55.280><c> they're</c><00:36:55.539><c> not</c><00:36:55.739><c> listening</c><00:36:56.179><c> to</c><00:36:56.480><c> what</c><00:36:56.599><c> he</c><00:36:56.739><c> has</c><00:36:56.920><c> to</c><00:36:57.159><c> say.</c>

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They<00:36:58.179><c> listened</c><00:36:58.420><c> to</c><00:36:58.699><c> Haggai</c><00:36:59.800><c> at</c><00:37:00.760><c> the</c><00:37:00.980><c> time</c><00:37:01.099><c> of</c><00:37:01.280><c> the</c><00:37:01.400><c> prophets</c><00:37:01.599><c> earlier.</c>

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They<00:37:02.280><c> listened</c><00:37:02.440><c> to</c><00:37:02.639><c> him.</c>

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They<00:37:03.800><c> listened</c><00:37:03.920><c> to</c><00:37:04.139><c> Zechariah.</c>

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But<00:37:06.079><c> this</c><00:37:06.360><c> Malachi,</c><00:37:08.800><c> he's</c><00:37:09.280><c> nobody.</c>

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He's<00:37:11.039><c> insignificant.</c>

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You<00:37:14.739><c> see,</c><00:37:14.960><c> we</c><00:37:15.380><c> know</c><00:37:15.940><c> Malachi,</c><00:37:17.099><c> the</c><00:37:17.320><c> messenger</c><00:37:17.659><c> of</c><00:37:17.920><c> God,</c><00:37:19.500><c> because</c><00:37:20.400><c> we</c><00:37:20.659><c> are</c><00:37:20.920><c> called</c><00:37:21.320><c> to</c>

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the<00:37:22.360><c> same</c><00:37:22.639><c> thing.</c>

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We<00:37:24.619><c> are</c><00:37:24.880><c> called</c><00:37:25.019><c> to</c><00:37:25.260><c> be</c><00:37:25.679><c> the</c><00:37:26.019><c> messengers</c><00:37:26.400><c> of</c><00:37:26.719><c> God.</c>

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I<00:37:28.840><c> was</c><00:37:29.300><c> talking</c><00:37:29.559><c> to</c><00:37:30.059><c> Brother</c><00:37:30.260><c> Jim</c><00:37:30.579><c> last</c><00:37:31.480><c> week.</c>

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I<00:37:31.780><c> think</c><00:37:31.900><c> I</c><00:37:32.079><c> pointed</c><00:37:32.239><c> out</c><00:37:32.539><c> in</c><00:37:32.800><c> the</c><00:37:33.380><c> CYC</c><00:37:33.820><c> class</c><00:37:34.079><c> as</c><00:37:34.340><c> well.</c>

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Brother<00:37:35.340><c> Jeff</c><00:37:35.519><c> Jeleno</c><00:37:36.000><c> did</c><00:37:36.480><c> a</c><00:37:36.920><c> rough</c><00:37:37.099><c> study</c><00:37:37.460><c> of</c><00:37:37.699><c> how</c><00:37:37.860><c> many</c><00:37:38.079><c> Christadelphians</c><00:37:38.719><c> there</c><00:37:38.940><c> are</c>

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in<00:37:39.280><c> the</c><00:37:39.460><c> world.</c>

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And<00:37:41.679><c> Jeff</c><00:37:42.079><c> surmised,</c><00:37:42.679><c> Jeff's</c><00:37:42.920><c> a</c><00:37:43.000><c> part</c><00:37:43.079><c> of</c><00:37:43.300><c> the</c><00:37:43.400><c> CBM,</c><00:37:43.980><c> so</c><00:37:44.099><c> he</c><00:37:44.260><c> has</c><00:37:44.460><c> a</c>

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:48.860
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pretty<00:37:44.760><c> good</c><00:37:44.960><c> idea</c><00:37:45.340><c> of</c><00:37:46.440><c> the</c><00:37:47.179><c> different</c><00:37:47.579><c> places</c><00:37:48.420><c> around</c><00:37:48.719><c> the</c>

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world<00:37:49.000><c> where</c><00:37:49.199><c> there's</c><00:37:49.380><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:54.880
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And<00:37:51.059><c> he</c><00:37:51.260><c> surmised</c><00:37:51.659><c> that</c><00:37:51.820><c> roughly</c><00:37:52.099><c> there</c><00:37:52.360><c> are</c><00:37:52.579><c> about</c><00:37:53.960><c> 50</c><00:37:54.440><c>,000</c>

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:56.059
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Christadelphians<00:37:55.679><c> today.</c>

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I<00:37:56.380><c> think</c><00:37:56.500><c> he</c><00:37:56.599><c> said</c><00:37:56.780><c> 49</c><00:37:57.360><c>,940,</c><00:37:59.860><c> which</c><00:38:00.059><c> he</c><00:38:00.280><c> admits</c><00:38:00.460><c> is</c><00:38:00.639><c> a</c><00:38:00.800><c> ridiculous</c><00:38:01.139><c> number</c>

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:03.159
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because<00:38:01.659><c> it's</c><00:38:01.880><c> all</c><00:38:02.019><c> such</c><00:38:02.219><c> an</c><00:38:02.360><c> estimate.</c>

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:07.599
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But<00:38:03.500><c> roughly</c><00:38:03.699><c> there</c><00:38:03.860><c> are</c><00:38:04.059><c> 50</c><00:38:04.320><c>,000</c><00:38:05.199><c> Christadelphians</c><00:38:06.019><c> in</c><00:38:06.420><c> the</c><00:38:06.599><c> world.</c>

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:11.480
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50<00:38:08.360><c>,000</c><00:38:08.699><c> people</c><00:38:09.019><c> who</c><00:38:09.280><c> I</c><00:38:09.659><c> firmly</c><00:38:09.940><c> believe</c><00:38:10.380><c> have</c><00:38:10.599><c> been</c><00:38:10.860><c> showed</c>

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:14.059
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the<00:38:12.239><c> light</c><00:38:12.400><c> of</c><00:38:12.599><c> the</c><00:38:12.699><c> Word</c><00:38:12.860><c> of</c><00:38:13.059><c> God,</c>

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:20.260
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the<00:38:15.219><c> depth</c><00:38:15.519><c> of</c><00:38:15.860><c> what</c><00:38:16.420><c> Christ's</c><00:38:17.039><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:17.280><c> is</c><00:38:17.480><c> all</c><00:38:17.719><c> about,</c><00:38:18.880><c> the</c><00:38:19.019><c> depth</c><00:38:19.219><c> of</c>

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:22.440
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what<00:38:20.400><c> God's</c><00:38:21.059><c> love</c><00:38:21.460><c> is</c><00:38:21.840><c> all</c><00:38:22.119><c> about,</c>

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:28.980
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the<00:38:23.159><c> character</c><00:38:23.579><c> of</c><00:38:23.820><c> Christ,</c><00:38:24.199><c> the</c><00:38:24.460><c> character</c><00:38:24.840><c> of</c><00:38:25.099><c> man,</c><00:38:27.179><c> the</c><00:38:27.559><c> plan</c><00:38:27.800><c> and</c><00:38:28.000><c> purpose</c><00:38:28.260><c> of</c><00:38:28.599><c> God.</c>

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:31.059
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50<00:38:29.679><c>,000.</c>

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There<00:38:32.000><c> are,</c><00:38:32.460><c> as</c><00:38:32.719><c> of</c><00:38:33.000><c> yesterday,</c><00:38:33.840><c> 7</c><00:38:34.099><c>.2857</c><00:38:36.019><c> something</c><00:38:36.980><c> billion</c>

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.880
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people<00:38:38.320><c> in</c><00:38:38.500><c> the</c><00:38:38.679><c> world.</c>

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:41.320
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It's<00:38:39.179><c> an</c><00:38:39.579><c> estimation</c><00:38:40.019><c> you</c><00:38:40.199><c> can</c><00:38:40.360><c> get</c><00:38:40.519><c> online</c><00:38:40.880><c> that</c><00:38:41.099><c> literally</c>

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:43.320
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shows<00:38:41.559><c> a</c><00:38:41.699><c> number</c><00:38:41.880><c> that's</c><00:38:42.260><c> changing</c><00:38:42.519><c> all</c><00:38:42.840><c> the</c><00:38:43.000><c> time.</c>

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:47.980
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Roughly<00:38:43.980><c> 7</c><00:38:44.340><c>.2</c><00:38:45.639><c> billion</c><00:38:46.179><c> people</c><00:38:46.760><c> in</c><00:38:46.920><c> the</c><00:38:47.079><c> world.</c>

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:52.900
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That<00:38:48.840><c> means</c><00:38:49.219><c> there</c><00:38:49.500><c> is</c><00:38:49.980><c> one</c><00:38:50.599><c> Christadelphian</c><00:38:51.320><c> for</c><00:38:51.599><c> every</c><00:38:52.139><c> 144</c>

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:54.340
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,000<00:38:53.719><c> people.</c>

00:38:54.480 --> 00:39:03.239
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It's<00:38:55.239><c> a</c><00:38:55.340><c> percentage</c><00:38:55.719><c> of</c><00:38:56.019><c> like</c><00:38:56.320><c> 0</c><00:38:56.880><c>.00007</c><00:38:58.639><c>%</c><00:38:59.460><c> of</c><00:38:59.639><c> the</c><00:38:59.820><c> world's</c><00:39:00.480><c> population</c><00:39:01.099><c> have</c><00:39:02.579><c> been</c><00:39:02.840><c> called</c><00:39:03.019><c> to</c>

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:05.099
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the<00:39:03.420><c> true</c><00:39:03.619><c> Word</c><00:39:03.860><c> of</c><00:39:04.099><c> God.</c>

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If<00:39:05.639><c> you</c><00:39:05.739><c> just</c><00:39:05.900><c> want</c><00:39:06.000><c> to</c><00:39:06.139><c> measure</c><00:39:06.420><c> Christians,</c><00:39:07.079><c> there</c><00:39:07.199><c> are</c><00:39:07.460><c> 2</c><00:39:07.699><c>.1</c>

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billion<00:39:09.019><c> Christians</c><00:39:09.679><c> in</c><00:39:10.760><c> the</c><00:39:10.940><c> world</c><00:39:11.340><c> today,</c><00:39:12.480><c> according</c><00:39:12.579><c> to</c>

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estimations<00:39:13.559><c> online.</c>

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That's<00:39:16.239><c> a</c><00:39:16.360><c> percentage,</c><00:39:17.199><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:39:18.500><c> of</c><00:39:18.599><c> 0</c><00:39:19.199><c>.0002</c><00:39:20.920><c>%</c><00:39:22.059><c> of</c>

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Christians<00:39:22.900><c> in</c><00:39:22.940><c> this</c><00:39:23.199><c> world</c><00:39:23.739><c> have</c><00:39:25.019><c> been</c><00:39:25.420><c> blessed</c><00:39:25.980><c> to</c><00:39:26.539><c> be</c><00:39:26.800><c> called</c><00:39:27.019><c> to</c>

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know<00:39:27.699><c> the</c><00:39:28.059><c> true</c><00:39:28.260><c> Word</c><00:39:28.460><c> of</c><00:39:28.639><c> God.</c>

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I<00:39:29.920><c> don't</c><00:39:30.139><c> know</c><00:39:30.340><c> if</c><00:39:30.480><c> there's</c><00:39:30.920><c> any</c><00:39:31.179><c> others</c><00:39:31.440><c> that</c><00:39:31.760><c> understand</c><00:39:32.260><c> the</c><00:39:32.440><c> true</c><00:39:32.599><c> Word</c><00:39:32.739><c> of</c>

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God.<00:39:33.099><c> I</c><00:39:33.199><c> don't</c><00:39:33.420><c> know</c><00:39:33.539><c> every</c><00:39:33.739><c> person</c><00:39:34.019><c> in</c><00:39:34.219><c> the</c><00:39:34.280><c> world.</c>

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But<00:39:35.920><c> I</c><00:39:35.980><c> know</c><00:39:36.159><c> our</c><00:39:36.460><c> message</c><00:39:36.760><c> is</c><00:39:37.219><c> exceedingly</c><00:39:37.860><c> unique.</c>

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It's<00:39:39.639><c> only</c><00:39:39.940><c> unique</c><00:39:40.420><c> in</c><00:39:40.699><c> that</c><00:39:41.079><c> so</c><00:39:41.840><c> many</c><00:39:42.079><c> others</c><00:39:42.340><c> don't</c><00:39:42.659><c> understand</c><00:39:43.179><c> it.</c>

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For<00:39:43.960><c> it's</c><00:39:44.119><c> been</c><00:39:44.239><c> the</c><00:39:44.460><c> same</c><00:39:44.659><c> message</c><00:39:45.039><c> since</c><00:39:45.440><c> the</c><00:39:45.639><c> beginning</c><00:39:45.940><c> of</c><00:39:46.239><c> time.</c>

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Since<00:39:47.820><c> Adam</c><00:39:48.139><c> and</c><00:39:48.300><c> Eve</c><00:39:48.400><c> were</c><00:39:48.659><c> born,</c><00:39:49.619><c> it's</c><00:39:50.380><c> been</c><00:39:50.500><c> the</c><00:39:50.820><c> same</c><00:39:51.340><c> message,</c><00:39:51.860><c> the</c>

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same<00:39:52.340><c> revelation,</c><00:39:53.780><c> the</c><00:39:54.039><c> same</c><00:39:54.380><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:39:56.659><c> we're</c><00:39:56.960><c> called</c><00:39:57.099><c> to</c><00:39:57.440><c> know</c><00:39:57.559><c> it.</c>

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It<00:39:58.380><c> says</c><00:39:59.059><c> in</c><00:40:02.179><c> chapter</c><00:40:02.659><c> 17,</c><00:40:05.079><c> I'm</c><00:40:05.360><c> sorry,</c><00:40:05.860><c> chapter,</c><00:40:06.300><c> verse</c><00:40:06.619><c> 17,</c>

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verse<00:40:08.860><c> 16</c><00:40:09.260><c> of</c><00:40:09.420><c> chapter</c><00:40:09.639><c> 3.</c>

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As<00:40:12.440><c> Malachi</c><00:40:12.900><c> finishes</c><00:40:13.320><c> all</c><00:40:13.639><c> the</c><00:40:13.820><c> sins</c><00:40:13.940><c> of</c><00:40:14.099><c> the</c><00:40:14.239><c> people,</c><00:40:14.480><c> he</c><00:40:14.579><c> says,</c>

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And<00:40:14.880><c> then</c><00:40:15.139><c> they</c><00:40:15.559><c> that</c><00:40:15.980><c> feared</c><00:40:16.280><c> the</c><00:40:16.559><c> Lord</c><00:40:16.980><c> spoke</c><00:40:17.380><c> often</c><00:40:17.739><c> to</c><00:40:17.920><c> one</c>

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another,<00:40:18.739><c> and</c><00:40:18.860><c> the</c><00:40:18.980><c> Lord</c><00:40:19.239><c> harkened</c><00:40:19.659><c> and</c><00:40:19.900><c> heard</c><00:40:20.039><c> it.</c>

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And<00:40:20.360><c> a</c><00:40:20.420><c> book</c><00:40:20.619><c> of</c><00:40:20.860><c> remembrance</c><00:40:21.179><c> was</c><00:40:21.380><c> written</c><00:40:21.579><c> before</c><00:40:22.000><c> him</c><00:40:22.280><c> for</c>

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them<00:40:22.980><c> that</c><00:40:23.260><c> feared</c><00:40:23.420><c> the</c><00:40:23.639><c> Lord</c><00:40:23.880><c> and</c><00:40:24.079><c> that</c><00:40:24.579><c> thought</c><00:40:24.699><c> upon</c><00:40:25.039><c> his</c><00:40:25.340><c> name.</c>

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And<00:40:26.760><c> they</c><00:40:27.119><c> shall</c><00:40:27.300><c> be</c><00:40:27.579><c> mine,</c><00:40:28.019><c> saith</c><00:40:28.159><c> the</c><00:40:28.320><c> Lord</c><00:40:28.519><c> of</c><00:40:28.699><c> hosts.</c>

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And<00:40:29.059><c> that</c><00:40:29.260><c> day</c><00:40:29.460><c> when</c><00:40:29.619><c> I</c><00:40:29.800><c> wake,</c><00:40:30.460><c> make</c><00:40:30.579><c> up</c><00:40:30.780><c> my</c><00:40:31.059><c> jewels,</c><00:40:31.440><c> and</c><00:40:31.599><c> I</c><00:40:31.679><c> will</c><00:40:31.920><c> spare</c><00:40:32.119><c> them</c><00:40:32.360><c> as</c>

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a<00:40:32.699><c> man</c><00:40:32.900><c> spareth</c><00:40:33.179><c> his</c><00:40:33.400><c> own</c><00:40:33.760><c> son</c><00:40:34.000><c> that</c><00:40:34.280><c> serveth</c><00:40:34.539><c> him.</c>

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Then<00:40:35.659><c> shall</c><00:40:35.940><c> ye</c><00:40:36.079><c> return</c><00:40:36.480><c> to</c><00:40:36.760><c> discern</c><00:40:37.000><c> between</c><00:40:37.340><c> the</c><00:40:37.519><c> righteous</c>

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and<00:40:37.920><c> the</c><00:40:38.079><c> wicked,</c><00:40:38.320><c> between</c><00:40:38.639><c> him</c><00:40:38.840><c> that</c><00:40:39.079><c> serveth</c><00:40:39.320><c> God</c><00:40:39.780><c> and</c><00:40:40.260><c> him</c>

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that<00:40:40.699><c> serveth</c><00:40:40.980><c> him</c><00:40:41.639><c> not.</c>

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You<00:40:44.380><c> know,</c><00:40:44.760><c> we</c><00:40:44.800><c> have</c><00:40:46.340><c> speakers</c><00:40:46.940><c> come</c><00:40:47.219><c> here</c><00:40:47.420><c> all</c><00:40:47.679><c> the</c><00:40:47.900><c> time.</c>

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Oftentimes<00:40:50.420><c> we</c><00:40:50.659><c> don't</c><00:40:50.900><c> know</c><00:40:51.099><c> them</c><00:40:52.260><c> from</c><00:40:52.920><c> the</c><00:40:53.099><c> hole</c><00:40:53.199><c> in</c><00:40:53.340><c> the</c><00:40:53.440><c> wall.</c>

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The<00:40:55.179><c> only</c><00:40:55.239><c> thing</c><00:40:55.420><c> we</c><00:40:55.639><c> know</c><00:40:55.820><c> is</c><00:40:56.000><c> that</c><00:40:56.099><c> they're</c><00:40:56.280><c> Christadelphian.</c>

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The<00:40:56.960><c> only</c><00:40:57.099><c> thing</c><00:40:57.260><c> we</c><00:40:57.420><c> know</c><00:40:57.599><c> is</c><00:40:57.780><c> that</c><00:40:57.860><c> they're</c><00:40:58.099><c> a</c><00:40:58.099><c> member</c><00:40:58.360><c> of</c><00:40:59.000><c> an</c>

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ecclesia,<00:40:59.619><c> usually</c><00:41:00.039><c> that</c><00:41:00.159><c> we've</c><00:41:00.480><c> heard</c><00:41:00.639><c> of,</c><00:41:00.780><c> but</c><00:41:00.920><c> not</c><00:41:01.199><c> always.</c>

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And<00:41:02.400><c> they</c><00:41:02.559><c> stand</c><00:41:02.699><c> up</c><00:41:02.900><c> here</c><00:41:03.000><c> on</c><00:41:03.099><c> this</c><00:41:03.280><c> platform.</c><00:41:03.639><c> We</c><00:41:03.900><c> don't</c>

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know<00:41:04.380><c> their</c><00:41:04.760><c> parents'</c><00:41:05.380><c> name.</c>

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We<00:41:05.840><c> don't</c><00:41:06.159><c> know</c><00:41:06.820><c> whether</c><00:41:07.119><c> they</c><00:41:07.320><c> were</c><00:41:07.460><c> raised</c><00:41:07.840><c> Christadelphian.</c>

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We<00:41:08.679><c> don't</c><00:41:08.900><c> know</c><00:41:09.559><c> virtually</c><00:41:09.960><c> anything</c><00:41:10.500><c> about</c><00:41:10.800><c> them,</c><00:41:10.980><c> just</c><00:41:11.199><c> like</c><00:41:11.360><c> we</c>

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don't<00:41:11.639><c> know</c><00:41:11.800><c> much</c><00:41:12.019><c> of</c><00:41:12.239><c> anything</c><00:41:12.500><c> about</c><00:41:12.820><c> Malachi.</c>

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And<00:41:14.500><c> yet</c><00:41:14.599><c> they</c><00:41:14.780><c> stand</c><00:41:14.980><c> up</c><00:41:15.199><c> here</c><00:41:15.340><c> and</c><00:41:15.460><c> they</c><00:41:15.619><c> give</c><00:41:15.719><c> an</c><00:41:15.880><c> exhortation,</c><00:41:16.559><c> and</c><00:41:16.579><c> we</c>

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know<00:41:17.099><c> exactly</c><00:41:18.340><c> what</c><00:41:19.440><c> they're</c><00:41:19.739><c> talking</c><00:41:20.139><c> about.</c>

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We<00:41:23.820><c> know</c><00:41:24.079><c> exactly</c><00:41:24.860><c> who</c><00:41:25.139><c> they</c><00:41:25.420><c> are.</c>

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We<00:41:27.739><c> know</c><00:41:27.920><c> what</c><00:41:28.119><c> their</c><00:41:28.360><c> priorities</c><00:41:28.980><c> are.</c>

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We<00:41:30.380><c> know</c><00:41:30.539><c> what</c><00:41:30.719><c> their</c><00:41:31.139><c> desire</c><00:41:31.579><c> is.</c>

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We<00:41:32.559><c> might</c><00:41:32.820><c> not</c><00:41:33.079><c> know</c><00:41:33.260><c> all</c><00:41:33.539><c> their</c><00:41:33.900><c> failings,</c><00:41:34.300><c> but</c><00:41:34.460><c> we</c><00:41:34.639><c> have</c><00:41:34.780><c> a</c>

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good<00:41:35.039><c> idea</c><00:41:35.340><c> because</c><00:41:35.599><c> we</c><00:41:35.800><c> know</c><00:41:35.960><c> them</c><00:41:36.119><c> in</c><00:41:36.320><c> ourselves.</c>

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This<00:41:37.699><c> is</c><00:41:37.960><c> true</c><00:41:38.079><c> with</c><00:41:38.380><c> Malachi.</c>

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Malachi<00:41:40.519><c> was</c><00:41:40.739><c> a</c><00:41:40.960><c> man</c><00:41:41.139><c> like</c><00:41:41.420><c> you</c><00:41:41.579><c> and</c><00:41:41.800><c> I.</c>

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And<00:41:43.480><c> yet</c><00:41:43.579><c> through</c><00:41:43.760><c> the</c><00:41:43.940><c> process</c><00:41:44.360><c> of</c><00:41:44.619><c> his</c><00:41:44.960><c> faith,</c><00:41:45.320><c> he</c><00:41:45.440><c> could</c><00:41:45.639><c> be</c>

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called<00:41:45.980><c> the</c><00:41:46.219><c> messenger</c><00:41:46.579><c> of</c><00:41:46.800><c> God,</c>

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and<00:41:47.559><c> he</c><00:41:47.699><c> is</c><00:41:47.940><c> completely</c><00:41:48.380><c> absent</c><00:41:48.920><c> from</c><00:41:49.119><c> his</c><00:41:49.400><c> prophecy</c><00:41:49.699><c> because</c>

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his<00:41:50.420><c> prophecy</c><00:41:50.699><c> is</c><00:41:50.920><c> not</c><00:41:51.099><c> about</c><00:41:51.320><c> him,</c>

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because<00:41:52.000><c> the</c><00:41:52.360><c> life</c><00:41:52.559><c> of</c><00:41:52.800><c> a</c><00:41:52.840><c> faithful</c><00:41:53.179><c> man</c><00:41:53.719><c> is</c><00:41:54.559><c> not</c><00:41:54.920><c> about</c><00:41:55.239><c> yourselves.</c>

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It's<00:41:57.280><c> about</c><00:41:57.599><c> carrying</c><00:41:58.079><c> the</c><00:41:58.360><c> word</c><00:41:58.559><c> of</c><00:41:58.820><c> God.</c><00:41:59.079><c> That's</c><00:41:59.400><c> what</c><00:41:59.519><c> we're</c><00:41:59.800><c> called</c><00:42:00.039><c> to</c><00:42:00.320><c> do.</c>

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We're<00:42:01.300><c> carried</c><00:42:01.440><c> to</c><00:42:01.699><c> explain</c><00:42:01.980><c> to</c><00:42:02.199><c> people</c><00:42:02.420><c> what</c><00:42:02.820><c> this</c><00:42:03.179><c> bread</c>

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and<00:42:03.679><c> what</c><00:42:03.860><c> this</c><00:42:04.139><c> cup</c><00:42:04.340><c> truly</c><00:42:04.920><c> represents.</c>

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It<00:42:07.820><c> represents</c><00:42:08.460><c> the</c><00:42:08.980><c> free</c><00:42:09.320><c> will</c><00:42:09.960><c> of</c><00:42:11.159><c> a</c><00:42:11.380><c> man</c><00:42:11.940><c> to</c><00:42:12.460><c> put</c><00:42:12.679><c> his</c><00:42:13.019><c> entire</c><00:42:13.460><c> life</c>

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into<00:42:14.480><c> the</c><00:42:14.780><c> hands</c><00:42:14.980><c> of</c><00:42:15.199><c> his</c><00:42:15.360><c> father.</c>

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That's<00:42:17.380><c> what</c><00:42:17.699><c> that</c><00:42:18.019><c> is.</c><00:42:18.679><c> It's</c><00:42:19.039><c> not</c><00:42:19.260><c> a</c><00:42:19.599><c> payment.</c><00:42:20.639><c> It's</c><00:42:20.940><c> not</c><00:42:21.139><c> a</c><00:42:21.420><c> retribution.</c>

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It<00:42:23.320><c> is</c><00:42:23.559><c> a</c><00:42:23.920><c> free</c><00:42:24.260><c> will</c><00:42:24.679><c> offering</c><00:42:25.199><c> of</c><00:42:25.800><c> a</c><00:42:26.059><c> life</c><00:42:26.440><c> of</c><00:42:26.880><c> a</c><00:42:27.059><c> righteous</c><00:42:27.420><c> man.</c>

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That's<00:42:31.340><c> what</c><00:42:31.519><c> we</c><00:42:31.820><c> know</c><00:42:32.000><c> when</c><00:42:32.159><c> these</c><00:42:32.460><c> brothers</c><00:42:32.679><c> come</c><00:42:32.980><c> and</c><00:42:33.280><c> speak.</c>

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We<00:42:33.880><c> don't</c><00:42:34.159><c> know</c><00:42:34.360><c> them,</c><00:42:35.800><c> but</c><00:42:36.059><c> we</c><00:42:36.239><c> know</c><00:42:36.380><c> where</c><00:42:36.579><c> their</c><00:42:36.780><c> heart</c><00:42:37.019><c> lies.</c>

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And<00:42:38.559><c> that</c><00:42:38.719><c> is</c><00:42:38.940><c> where</c><00:42:39.159><c> our</c><00:42:39.679><c> heart</c><00:42:40.179><c> should</c><00:42:40.639><c> always</c><00:42:41.219><c> lie.</c>

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That<00:42:42.519><c> is</c><00:42:42.739><c> the</c><00:42:42.940><c> transformation</c><00:42:43.480><c> that</c><00:42:43.800><c> should</c><00:42:44.000><c> occur</c><00:42:44.460><c> in</c><00:42:45.119><c> our</c><00:42:45.480><c> hearts,</c>

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that<00:42:46.340><c> we</c><00:42:46.619><c> are</c><00:42:46.880><c> messengers</c><00:42:47.500><c> just</c><00:42:48.179><c> like</c><00:42:48.420><c> this</c><00:42:48.719><c> man</c><00:42:49.019><c> Malachi.</c>

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It's<00:42:51.099><c> a</c><00:42:51.260><c> burden.</c><00:42:52.079><c> It's</c><00:42:52.420><c> a</c><00:42:52.599><c> trial.</c>

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Yet<00:42:54.800><c> it</c><00:42:54.900><c> is</c><00:42:55.139><c> the</c><00:42:55.400><c> greatest</c><00:42:55.739><c> trial</c><00:42:56.179><c> in</c><00:42:56.460><c> life.</c>

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It<00:42:58.380><c> is</c><00:42:58.900><c> the</c><00:42:59.340><c> plan</c><00:42:59.559><c> and</c><00:42:59.800><c> purpose</c><00:43:00.099><c> of</c><00:43:00.360><c> God</c><00:43:01.139><c> growing</c><00:43:01.679><c> in</c><00:43:01.980><c> your</c><00:43:02.320><c> hearts.</c>

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If<00:43:03.619><c> you</c><00:43:03.780><c> can</c><00:43:04.000><c> understand</c><00:43:04.619><c> God's</c><00:43:05.380><c> love</c><00:43:05.719><c> for</c><00:43:06.059><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:43:06.519><c> what</c><00:43:06.739><c> Malachi</c><00:43:07.079><c> was</c><00:43:07.280><c> trying</c><00:43:07.519><c> to</c><00:43:07.739><c> tell</c><00:43:07.860><c> them.</c>

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God<00:43:08.840><c> loves</c><00:43:09.480><c> you.</c><00:43:10.079><c> I</c><00:43:10.500><c> have</c><00:43:11.840><c> loved</c><00:43:12.460><c> you.</c>

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And<00:43:14.500><c> if</c><00:43:14.639><c> you</c><00:43:14.800><c> know</c><00:43:15.000><c> that,</c><00:43:17.219><c> then</c><00:43:17.360><c> you</c><00:43:17.480><c> know</c><00:43:17.659><c> Malachi.</c>

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And<00:43:19.980><c> then</c><00:43:20.119><c> you</c><00:43:20.219><c> know</c><00:43:20.420><c> what</c><00:43:20.639><c> should</c><00:43:20.880><c> lie.</c>

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And<00:43:21.900><c> Lord</c><00:43:22.099><c> willing</c><00:43:22.360><c> does</c><00:43:22.679><c> lie</c><00:43:23.099><c> at</c><00:43:23.380><c> the</c><00:43:23.539><c> depth</c><00:43:23.840><c> of</c><00:43:24.019><c> your</c><00:43:24.179><c> very</c><00:43:24.519><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:43:25.980><c> we</c><00:43:26.139><c> can</c><00:43:26.420><c> be</c><00:43:26.739><c> transformed.</c>

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We<00:43:28.099><c> can</c><00:43:28.420><c> be</c><00:43:28.760><c> changed</c><00:43:29.500><c> into</c><00:43:30.639><c> nothing</c><00:43:31.039><c> more</c>

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and<00:43:32.340><c> everything</c><00:43:32.719><c> there</c><00:43:33.019><c> is</c><00:43:33.579><c> to</c><00:43:34.019><c> be</c><00:43:34.219><c> a</c><00:43:34.380><c> messenger</c><00:43:34.679><c> of</c><00:43:34.960><c> God.</c>