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thousands<00:19:36.089><c> of</c><00:19:36.470><c> people</c><00:19:37.670><c> come</c><00:19:38.430><c> to</c><00:19:39.269><c> see</c><00:19:39.410><c> what</c><00:19:39.630><c> was</c><00:19:39.769><c> going</c><00:19:40.049><c> on.</c>

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You<00:19:40.910><c> know,</c><00:19:40.950><c> what's</c><00:19:41.269><c> happening</c><00:19:41.549><c> here?</c>

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Don't<00:19:42.829><c> you</c><00:19:43.329><c> think</c><00:19:44.130><c> that</c><00:19:46.289><c> some</c><00:19:46.630><c> of</c><00:19:46.750><c> them</c><00:19:46.829><c> would</c><00:19:47.069><c> have</c><00:19:47.170><c> gone</c><00:19:47.369><c> up</c>

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to<00:19:47.990><c> Noah</c><00:19:48.130><c> and</c><00:19:49.890><c> said,</c>

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excuse<00:19:52.230><c> me,</c><00:19:52.410><c> what's</c><00:19:52.789><c> happening</c><00:19:53.069><c> here?</c>

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Noah<00:19:55.049><c> would</c><00:19:55.369><c> have</c><00:19:55.609><c> had</c><00:19:56.430><c> many</c><00:19:57.170><c> opportunities,</c><00:19:58.730><c> I</c><00:20:00.130><c> would</c><00:20:00.450><c> hope,</c>

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to<00:20:01.849><c> preach</c><00:20:02.130><c> the</c><00:20:02.349><c> word</c><00:20:02.470><c> of</c><00:20:02.769><c> God.</c>

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It<00:20:05.869><c> didn't</c><00:20:06.190><c> happen.</c>

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It<00:20:09.289><c> didn't</c><00:20:09.710><c> happen.</c>

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It<00:20:12.589><c> says</c><00:20:12.950><c> only</c><00:20:13.529><c> the</c><00:20:13.930><c> original</c><00:20:14.410><c> eight</c><00:20:15.190><c> were</c><00:20:15.670><c> saved.</c>

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You<00:20:21.230><c> know,</c><00:20:21.509><c> Jesus</c><00:20:21.930><c> Christ</c><00:20:22.869><c> is</c><00:20:25.490><c> the</c><00:20:25.789><c> ark</c><00:20:26.069><c> we</c><00:20:26.329><c> have</c><00:20:26.529><c> ended</c><00:20:26.789><c> into</c>

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by<00:20:28.369><c> faith</c><00:20:28.970><c> and</c><00:20:31.569><c> baptism.</c>

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And<00:20:33.750><c> now</c><00:20:34.470><c> we</c><00:20:34.990><c> must</c><00:20:35.269><c> ride</c><00:20:35.529><c> out</c><00:20:35.730><c> the</c><00:20:35.990><c> storm</c><00:20:36.450><c> until</c><00:20:37.369><c> our</c><00:20:37.650><c> Lord</c><00:20:37.829><c> returns.</c>

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Surely,<00:20:42.349><c> you</c><00:20:42.869><c> know,</c><00:20:43.490><c> the</c><00:20:43.650><c> days</c><00:20:43.849><c> of</c><00:20:44.170><c> Noah</c><00:20:44.329><c> are</c><00:20:44.670><c> upon</c><00:20:44.849><c> us.</c>

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Hatred,<00:20:48.109><c> violence,</c><00:20:49.529><c> murder</c><00:20:50.089><c> are</c><00:20:51.230><c> all</c><00:20:51.609><c> around</c><00:20:51.970><c> us</c><00:20:52.230><c> in</c><00:20:52.390><c> the</c><00:20:52.589><c> world.</c>

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But<00:20:56.150><c> unlike</c><00:20:57.289><c> the</c><00:20:57.569><c> days</c><00:20:57.769><c> of</c><00:20:58.089><c> Noah,</c><00:20:59.789><c> we</c><00:21:00.210><c> hear</c><00:21:00.690><c> still</c><00:21:01.970><c> of</c><00:21:03.230><c> many</c><00:21:03.509><c> who</c><00:21:03.849><c> are</c><00:21:04.589><c> embracing</c><00:21:05.089><c> Jesus</c><00:21:05.630><c> Christ</c><00:21:07.029><c> through</c><00:21:07.529><c> the</c><00:21:07.750><c> waters</c><00:21:08.029><c> of</c><00:21:08.289><c> Babylon.</c>

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Through<00:21:08.730><c> baptism.</c>

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But<00:21:15.089><c> it's</c><00:21:15.990><c> not</c><00:21:16.390><c> the</c><00:21:16.769><c> hate</c><00:21:17.329><c> and</c><00:21:17.829><c> the</c><00:21:18.089><c> violence</c><00:21:18.769><c> and</c><00:21:19.609><c> the</c><00:21:19.829><c> murder</c>

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that<00:21:21.750><c> we</c><00:21:21.950><c> have</c><00:21:22.150><c> to</c><00:21:22.309><c> guard</c><00:21:22.450><c> against.</c>

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None<00:21:25.369><c> of</c><00:21:25.529><c> us</c><00:21:26.150><c> are</c><00:21:26.609><c> engaged</c><00:21:27.069><c> in</c><00:21:27.309><c> any</c><00:21:27.509><c> of</c><00:21:27.710><c> that.</c>

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We're<00:21:29.289><c> engaged</c><00:21:29.650><c> in</c><00:21:29.890><c> love.</c>

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The<00:21:31.789><c> problem</c><00:21:32.210><c> is</c><00:21:33.549><c> much</c><00:21:34.029><c> more</c><00:21:34.349><c> difficult.</c>

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It's<00:21:35.950><c> much</c><00:21:36.250><c> more</c><00:21:36.710><c> subtle.</c>

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Turn<00:21:41.049><c> with</c><00:21:41.230><c> me</c><00:21:41.369><c> to</c><00:21:41.549><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:42.069><c> chapter</c><00:21:42.529><c> two.</c>

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We'll<00:21:45.289><c> go</c><00:21:45.490><c> to</c><00:21:45.670><c> the</c><00:21:45.769><c> Old</c><00:21:45.930><c> Testament</c><00:21:46.289><c> again</c><00:21:46.589><c> for</c><00:21:46.750><c> an</c><00:21:47.009><c> example.</c>

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Starting<00:21:54.950><c> at</c><00:21:56.069><c> verse</c><00:21:56.589><c> five.</c>

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It<00:22:00.049><c> says</c><00:22:00.410><c> that</c><00:22:01.650><c> the</c><00:22:01.789><c> Judeans</c><00:22:02.410><c> had</c><00:22:02.769><c> become</c><00:22:03.410><c> replenished</c><00:22:04.730><c> from</c>

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I<00:22:08.569><c> would</c><00:22:08.730><c> assume</c><00:22:09.009><c> this</c><00:22:09.269><c> to</c><00:22:09.529><c> mean</c><00:22:10.069><c> that</c><00:22:11.130><c> they</c><00:22:11.450><c> had</c><00:22:11.789><c> become</c><00:22:12.329><c> involved</c><00:22:13.289><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:14.849><c> religious</c><00:22:15.430><c> practices</c><00:22:16.150><c> of</c><00:22:16.789><c> their</c><00:22:18.049><c> idolatrous</c><00:22:19.109><c> eastern</c><00:22:19.630><c> neighbors.</c>

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They<00:22:22.990><c> are</c><00:22:23.230><c> soothsayers</c><00:22:24.009><c> like</c><00:22:24.430><c> the</c><00:22:24.730><c> Philistines.</c>

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In<00:22:28.009><c> other</c><00:22:28.329><c> words,</c><00:22:31.349><c> they</c><00:22:31.650><c> had</c><00:22:31.829><c> become</c><00:22:32.250><c> enmeshed</c><00:22:33.109><c> in</c><00:22:34.210><c> the</c><00:22:34.470><c> practices</c><00:22:35.049><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:36.369><c> surrounding</c><00:22:36.829><c> nations.</c>

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Enchanters,<00:22:41.009><c> charmers,</c><00:22:42.690><c> consulting</c><00:22:43.049><c> with</c><00:22:43.309><c> familiar</c><00:22:43.670><c> spirits,</c><00:22:44.410><c> witchcraft,</c><00:22:45.170><c> etc.</c>

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All<00:22:47.930><c> of</c><00:22:48.089><c> these</c><00:22:48.289><c> things,</c><00:22:48.569><c> of</c><00:22:48.809><c> course,</c><00:22:50.109><c> are</c><00:22:50.349><c> an</c><00:22:50.549><c> abomination</c><00:22:51.269><c> too</c><00:22:52.029><c> and</c><00:22:53.009><c> had</c><00:22:53.150><c> been</c><00:22:53.450><c> forbidden</c><00:22:53.829><c> by</c><00:22:54.230><c> God.</c>

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In<00:22:58.690><c> verse</c><00:22:58.910><c> six</c><00:22:59.190><c> it</c><00:22:59.349><c> says,</c><00:23:01.410><c> they</c><00:23:01.730><c> pleased</c><00:23:02.430><c> themselves</c><00:23:03.170><c> with</c><00:23:04.049><c> the</c><00:23:04.289><c> children</c><00:23:04.569><c> of</c><00:23:04.890><c> strangers.</c>

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I<00:23:08.789><c> don't</c><00:23:09.150><c> believe</c><00:23:09.450><c> they</c><00:23:09.670><c> were</c><00:23:09.849><c> child</c><00:23:10.230><c> molesters</c><00:23:10.730><c> or</c><00:23:11.789><c> anything</c>

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like<00:23:12.450><c> that.</c>

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It<00:23:13.809><c> could</c><00:23:14.089><c> mean</c><00:23:14.470><c> that</c><00:23:15.829><c> their</c><00:23:16.670><c> relationship</c><00:23:17.589><c> with</c><00:23:18.230><c> surrounding</c><00:23:18.849><c> nations</c><00:23:19.890><c> was</c><00:23:20.730><c> such</c><00:23:21.029><c> that</c><00:23:21.670><c> they</c><00:23:22.329><c> were</c><00:23:22.569><c> giving</c><00:23:22.849><c> and</c><00:23:23.230><c> taking</c><00:23:23.569><c> their</c><00:23:23.910><c> sons</c><00:23:24.190><c> and</c><00:23:24.529><c> daughters</c><00:23:24.950><c> in</c>

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marriage<00:23:26.329><c> from</c><00:23:26.670><c> strangers.</c>

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And<00:23:32.549><c> as</c><00:23:33.369><c> we</c><00:23:33.650><c> read</c><00:23:33.890><c> on,</c><00:23:36.049><c> here's</c><00:23:36.990><c> where</c><00:23:37.230><c> we</c><00:23:37.470><c> have</c><00:23:37.650><c> to</c><00:23:37.910><c> sit</c><00:23:38.029><c> up</c><00:23:38.730><c> and</c>

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take<00:23:39.390><c> notice.</c>

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It<00:23:44.589><c> says</c><00:23:44.970><c> that</c><00:23:45.329><c> their</c><00:23:45.609><c> land</c><00:23:46.109><c> was</c><00:23:47.069><c> full</c><00:23:48.009><c> of</c><00:23:48.470><c> silver</c><00:23:48.769><c> and</c><00:23:50.029><c> gold</c>

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and<00:23:51.150><c> isles.</c>

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It<00:23:54.089><c> appears</c><00:23:54.470><c> to</c><00:23:54.690><c> be</c><00:23:54.890><c> a</c><00:23:55.109><c> comfortable</c><00:23:55.990><c> way</c><00:23:56.349><c> of</c><00:23:56.650><c> life.</c>

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What<00:24:00.230><c> has</c><00:24:00.609><c> happened,</c><00:24:01.849><c> if</c><00:24:02.049><c> you</c><00:24:02.250><c> look</c><00:24:02.470><c> at</c><00:24:02.730><c> it,</c><00:24:04.369><c> was</c><00:24:04.609><c> that</c><00:24:05.430><c> spiritually</c><00:24:06.130><c> they</c>

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had<00:24:07.849><c> become</c><00:24:08.170><c> indifferent.</c>

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The<00:24:12.549><c> love</c><00:24:12.809><c> of</c><00:24:13.130><c> God</c><00:24:13.529><c> waxed</c><00:24:14.430><c> cold.</c>

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They<00:24:17.089><c> had</c><00:24:17.369><c> become</c><00:24:18.670><c> overindulgent,</c><00:24:21.730><c> relying</c><00:24:22.089><c> on</c><00:24:22.509><c> material</c><00:24:23.069><c> things</c><00:24:24.150><c> rather</c><00:24:24.930><c> than</c><00:24:25.390><c> the</c><00:24:25.569><c> word</c><00:24:25.750><c> of</c><00:24:26.049><c> God.</c>

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In<00:24:30.529><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:30.950><c> 29</c><00:24:31.529><c> and</c><00:24:31.769><c> 13,</c><00:24:32.470><c> God</c><00:24:32.910><c> said</c><00:24:33.430><c> to</c><00:24:33.869><c> them,</c><00:24:35.430><c> of</c><00:24:35.750><c> them,</c>

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This<00:24:37.569><c> people</c><00:24:38.329><c> draw</c><00:24:38.849><c> near</c><00:24:39.390><c> to</c><00:24:39.849><c> me</c><00:24:40.130><c> with</c><00:24:40.430><c> their</c><00:24:40.829><c> mouths,</c><00:24:42.029><c> and</c><00:24:42.970><c> with</c><00:24:43.269><c> their</c><00:24:43.630><c> lips</c><00:24:43.990><c> do</c>

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honor<00:24:44.569><c> me.</c>

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But<00:24:46.150><c> they</c><00:24:46.490><c> have</c><00:24:46.789><c> removed</c><00:24:47.470><c> their</c><00:24:48.109><c> heart</c><00:24:49.309><c> far</c><00:24:50.089><c> from</c><00:24:50.450><c> me,</c><00:24:51.950><c> and</c><00:24:52.210><c> their</c><00:24:52.509><c> fear</c><00:24:52.990><c> toward</c><00:24:53.589><c> me</c>

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is<00:24:55.230><c> taught</c><00:24:55.849><c> by</c><00:24:56.910><c> the</c><00:24:57.230><c> precept</c><00:24:57.769><c> of</c><00:24:58.109><c> men.</c>

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It<00:25:02.150><c> seems</c><00:25:02.549><c> as</c><00:25:02.890><c> though</c><00:25:03.670><c> they</c><00:25:04.730><c> went</c><00:25:05.170><c> through</c><00:25:05.609><c> the</c><00:25:05.829><c> motions</c><00:25:06.190><c> of</c>

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worship<00:25:07.210><c> while</c><00:25:08.750><c> their</c><00:25:09.130><c> heart</c><00:25:09.769><c> was</c><00:25:10.250><c> full</c><00:25:10.950><c> of</c><00:25:11.650><c> worldly</c><00:25:12.130><c> lifestyle,</c><00:25:14.170><c> thoughts,</c><00:25:15.309><c> and</c><00:25:15.529><c> ideas.</c>

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We<00:25:20.410><c> can't</c><00:25:20.630><c> let</c><00:25:20.809><c> that</c><00:25:21.089><c> happen</c><00:25:21.349><c> to</c><00:25:21.609><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:25:24.069><c> the</c><00:25:24.349><c> trial</c><00:25:24.609><c> we</c><00:25:24.970><c> face.</c>

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To<00:25:28.509><c> help</c><00:25:28.750><c> us,</c><00:25:30.849><c> we</c><00:25:30.950><c> must,</c><00:25:32.069><c> we</c><00:25:32.309><c> cannot</c><00:25:32.710><c> neglect</c><00:25:33.309><c> the</c><00:25:34.130><c> word</c><00:25:34.269><c> of</c><00:25:34.569><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:25:36.250><c> here</c><00:25:36.390><c> to</c><00:25:36.609><c> help</c><00:25:36.769><c> us.</c>

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Constant<00:25:39.690><c> study,</c><00:25:41.430><c> constant</c><00:25:41.990><c> prayer,</c><00:25:44.490><c> constant</c><00:25:44.990><c> fellowship</c>

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can<00:25:46.329><c> help</c><00:25:46.589><c> us</c><00:25:46.930><c> overcome.</c>

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And<00:25:50.690><c> now</c><00:25:51.009><c> as</c><00:25:51.309><c> we</c><00:25:52.549><c> participate</c><00:25:53.369><c> in</c><00:25:53.930><c> this</c><00:25:54.170><c> communion</c><00:25:54.630><c> service,</c>

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we<00:25:56.869><c> should</c><00:25:57.150><c> always</c><00:25:57.769><c> give</c><00:25:58.089><c> thanks</c><00:25:58.650><c> and</c><00:25:58.990><c> praise</c><00:25:59.670><c> to</c><00:25:59.910><c> God</c><00:26:00.650><c> for</c><00:26:02.029><c> providing</c><00:26:02.549><c> us</c>

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with<00:26:04.950><c> a</c><00:26:05.210><c> high</c><00:26:05.529><c> priest</c><00:26:06.130><c> and</c><00:26:06.869><c> king</c><00:26:07.450><c> who</c><00:26:08.690><c> sits</c><00:26:09.230><c> at</c><00:26:09.650><c> his</c><00:26:10.069><c> right</c><00:26:10.569><c> hand,</c><00:26:12.349><c> ready</c><00:26:12.769><c> to</c>

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help<00:26:13.390><c> us</c><00:26:14.250><c> in</c><00:26:14.730><c> time</c><00:26:15.250><c> of</c><00:26:15.730><c> need.</c>

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Amen.