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turn<00:11:41.179><c> that</c><00:11:41.379><c> little</c><00:11:41.620><c> glass</c><00:11:41.919><c> upside</c><00:11:42.340><c> down</c><00:11:42.620><c> and</c><00:11:42.860><c> start</c><00:11:43.039><c> all</c><00:11:43.259><c> over</c><00:11:43.480><c> again.</c>

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So,<00:11:49.120><c> the</c><00:11:49.419><c> breath</c><00:11:49.559><c> of</c><00:11:49.779><c> life,</c><00:11:51.559><c> the</c><00:11:51.779><c> breath</c><00:11:51.980><c> of</c><00:11:52.200><c> life</c><00:11:52.399><c> has</c><00:11:52.799><c> a</c><00:11:53.220><c> use</c>

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-by<00:11:53.799><c> date.</c>

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What<00:11:59.120><c> is</c><00:11:59.360><c> your</c><00:11:59.519><c> life?</c><00:12:00.220><c> It's</c><00:12:00.460><c> even</c><00:12:00.659><c> a</c><00:12:00.840><c> vapour</c><00:12:02.019><c> that</c><00:12:02.659><c> appeareth</c>

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So,<00:12:06.100><c> in</c><00:12:06.100><c> the</c><00:12:06.299><c> final</c><00:12:06.679><c> summing</c><00:12:07.059><c> up,</c><00:12:07.360><c> brethren</c><00:12:07.399><c> and</c><00:12:07.700><c> sisters,</c><00:12:08.159><c> what</c><00:12:08.440><c> is</c>

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our<00:12:09.179><c> life?</c>

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It's<00:12:09.659><c> like</c><00:12:09.960><c> a</c><00:12:10.320><c> fine</c><00:12:10.620><c> mist,</c><00:12:10.840><c> you</c><00:12:11.000><c> know,</c><00:12:11.240><c> like</c><00:12:11.440><c> that,</c><00:12:12.340><c> I</c><00:12:12.759><c> think</c>

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sun,<00:12:26.539><c> it</c><00:12:26.799><c> dissipates</c><00:12:27.340><c> and</c><00:12:27.460><c> it's</c><00:12:27.799><c> gone.</c>

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birth<00:12:47.360><c> or</c><00:12:48.919><c> after</c><00:12:49.379><c> 100</c><00:12:49.879><c> years,</c><00:12:50.740><c> 80,</c><00:12:51.000><c> 90,</c><00:12:51.740><c> 100</c><00:12:51.740><c> years</c><00:12:52.159><c> of</c><00:12:52.519><c> labour</c>

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and<00:12:53.580><c> sorrow.</c>

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But<00:12:55.480><c> it's</c><00:12:55.659><c> a</c><00:12:55.779><c> gift.</c>

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And<00:12:57.179><c> our</c><00:12:57.440><c> days</c><00:12:58.059><c> upon</c><00:12:58.679><c> the</c><00:12:58.919><c> earth</c><00:12:59.139><c> are</c><00:12:59.399><c> as</c><00:12:59.559><c> a</c><00:12:59.759><c> shadow.</c>

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So,<00:13:00.899><c> Psalmist</c><00:13:01.159><c> says,</c><00:13:02.179><c> our</c><00:13:02.220><c> days</c><00:13:02.559><c> are</c><00:13:02.820><c> as</c><00:13:02.940><c> in</c><00:13:03.220><c> hand</c><00:13:03.500><c> breath.</c>

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Verily,<00:13:05.679><c> every</c><00:13:06.039><c> man</c><00:13:06.320><c> at</c><00:13:06.539><c> his</c><00:13:06.860><c> best</c><00:13:07.320><c> state</c><00:13:07.779><c> is</c><00:13:08.379><c> altogether</c><00:13:08.960><c> vanity.</c>

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And<00:13:10.220><c> vanity</c><00:13:10.419><c> means</c><00:13:10.820><c> emptiness</c><00:13:11.399><c> or</c><00:13:11.820><c> a</c><00:13:12.080><c> vapour.</c>

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And<00:13:13.360><c> to</c><00:13:13.559><c> use</c><00:13:13.879><c> another</c><00:13:14.539><c> analogy</c><00:13:15.019><c> that</c><00:13:15.259><c> we</c><00:13:15.419><c> know</c><00:13:15.620><c> so</c><00:13:16.019><c> well,</c><00:13:17.220><c> certainly</c><00:13:17.379><c> back</c>

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home,<00:13:18.659><c> we're</c><00:13:18.799><c> like</c><00:13:18.919><c> the</c><00:13:19.179><c> grass</c><00:13:19.399><c> of</c><00:13:19.620><c> the</c><00:13:19.879><c> field.</c>

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It<00:13:20.720><c> soon</c><00:13:20.960><c> withers</c><00:13:21.519><c> and</c><00:13:21.879><c> the</c><00:13:22.159><c> flower</c><00:13:22.399><c> thereof</c><00:13:23.159><c> falleth</c><00:13:23.600><c> away.</c>

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Verse<00:13:26.179><c> 15,</c><00:13:26.700><c> for</c><00:13:27.279><c> that</c><00:13:27.659><c> ye</c><00:13:27.899><c> ought</c><00:13:28.259><c> to</c><00:13:28.639><c> say,</c><00:13:28.980><c> if</c><00:13:29.100><c> the</c><00:13:29.279><c> Lord</c><00:13:29.480><c> will</c>

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we<00:13:29.919><c> shall</c><00:13:30.100><c> live</c><00:13:30.419><c> and</c><00:13:30.600><c> do</c><00:13:30.820><c> this</c><00:13:31.080><c> or</c><00:13:31.279><c> that.</c>

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So,<00:13:31.759><c> if</c><00:13:31.980><c> the</c><00:13:32.139><c> Lord</c><00:13:32.379><c> wills,</c><00:13:33.019><c> we</c><00:13:33.279><c> shall</c><00:13:33.559><c> live.</c>

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As<00:13:35.100><c> Paul</c><00:13:35.360><c> said</c><00:13:35.580><c> to</c><00:13:35.759><c> the</c><00:13:35.879><c> men</c><00:13:35.980><c> of</c><00:13:36.179><c> Athens,</c><00:13:36.500><c> God</c><00:13:36.779><c> that</c><00:13:37.019><c> made</c><00:13:37.320><c> the</c>

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world<00:13:37.919><c> and</c><00:13:38.120><c> all</c><00:13:38.379><c> things</c><00:13:38.639><c> therein,</c><00:13:39.259><c> he</c><00:13:39.580><c> giveth</c><00:13:39.820><c> to</c><00:13:40.139><c> all</c><00:13:40.340><c> life</c>

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and<00:13:42.039><c> breath</c><00:13:42.759><c> and</c><00:13:44.620><c> all</c><00:13:44.919><c> things.</c>

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Acts<00:13:46.840><c> 17,</c><00:13:47.379><c> he</c><00:13:48.159><c> hath</c><00:13:48.500><c> determined</c><00:13:49.139><c> that</c><00:13:49.440><c> times</c><00:13:49.799><c> before</c><00:13:50.500><c> appointed</c><00:13:51.000><c> in</c><00:13:51.220><c> the</c>

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bounds<00:13:51.600><c> of</c><00:13:51.799><c> their</c><00:13:51.980><c> habitation,</c><00:13:52.820><c> that,</c><00:13:53.100><c> that,</c><00:13:54.059><c> that,</c><00:13:55.120><c> the</c><00:13:55.379><c> purpose</c><00:13:55.720><c> of</c>

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that<00:13:56.100><c> life,</c><00:13:57.460><c> that</c><00:13:57.659><c> they</c><00:13:57.919><c> should</c><00:13:58.139><c> seek</c><00:13:58.559><c> the</c><00:13:58.879><c> Lord.</c>

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So,<00:14:01.159><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:01.559><c> says,</c><00:14:01.960><c> behold,</c><00:14:02.299><c> the</c><00:14:02.419><c> nations</c><00:14:02.740><c> are</c><00:14:02.919><c> as</c><00:14:03.059><c> a</c><00:14:03.299><c> drop</c><00:14:03.440><c> of</c>

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a<00:14:03.820><c> bucket</c><00:14:04.120><c> and</c><00:14:04.919><c> accounted</c><00:14:05.200><c> as</c><00:14:05.480><c> a</c><00:14:05.700><c> small</c><00:14:05.919><c> dust</c><00:14:06.159><c> of</c><00:14:06.320><c> a</c><00:14:06.480><c> balance.</c>

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Behold,<00:14:07.279><c> he</c><00:14:07.519><c> taketh</c><00:14:07.679><c> up</c><00:14:07.919><c> the</c><00:14:08.139><c> isles</c><00:14:08.379><c> as</c><00:14:08.600><c> a</c><00:14:08.899><c> very</c><00:14:09.480><c> small</c><00:14:10.220><c> thing.</c>

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So,<00:14:13.960><c> we,</c><00:14:13.960><c> we</c><00:14:14.519><c> rightly,</c><00:14:15.220><c> and</c><00:14:15.440><c> you,</c><00:14:15.799><c> brothers</c><00:14:15.820><c> and</c><00:14:16.039><c> sisters,</c><00:14:16.360><c> in</c>

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this,<00:14:16.799><c> in</c><00:14:16.980><c> this</c><00:14:17.179><c> country</c><00:14:17.519><c> are</c><00:14:17.899><c> very</c><00:14:18.419><c> fortunate</c><00:14:18.820><c> because</c><00:14:20.399><c> habitually</c><00:14:21.360><c> people</c><00:14:21.820><c> say,</c>

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if<00:14:22.539><c> the</c><00:14:22.740><c> Lord</c><00:14:22.919><c> will,</c><00:14:23.480><c> or</c><00:14:23.720><c> Lord</c><00:14:23.960><c> willing.</c>

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It's,<00:14:25.480><c> it's</c><00:14:25.820><c> a</c><00:14:25.980><c> very</c><00:14:26.299><c> beautiful</c><00:14:26.799><c> expression.</c>

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So,<00:14:29.360><c> we</c><00:14:29.559><c> rightly</c><00:14:29.940><c> preface</c><00:14:30.399><c> all</c><00:14:30.659><c> of</c><00:14:30.820><c> our</c><00:14:31.059><c> plans</c><00:14:31.480><c> with,</c><00:14:32.139><c> if</c><00:14:32.700><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:14:33.259><c> will.</c>

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And<00:14:34.600><c> rather</c><00:14:34.940><c> than</c><00:14:35.259><c> planning</c><00:14:35.679><c> to</c><00:14:36.019><c> get</c><00:14:36.399><c> going,</c><00:14:36.840><c> brothers</c><00:14:36.899><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:14:38.299><c> maybe,</c><00:14:38.299><c> maybe</c><00:14:38.700><c> we</c><00:14:38.919><c> should</c><00:14:39.220><c> just</c><00:14:39.700><c> plan</c><00:14:40.779><c> giving</c><00:14:42.980><c> our</c>

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time<00:14:44.279><c> not</c><00:14:45.379><c> to</c><00:14:45.919><c> get</c><00:14:46.399><c> going.</c>

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Maybe<00:14:48.480><c> we</c><00:14:48.740><c> should</c><00:14:48.860><c> be</c><00:14:49.139><c> planning</c><00:14:49.340><c> how</c><00:14:49.659><c> we</c><00:14:49.919><c> should,</c><00:14:50.440><c> how</c><00:14:50.659><c> we</c><00:14:50.919><c> can</c>

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bring<00:14:51.419><c> the</c><00:14:51.700><c> message</c><00:14:52.159><c> of</c><00:14:52.779><c> life</c><00:14:53.299><c> to</c><00:14:54.279><c> a</c><00:14:54.460><c> perishing</c><00:14:54.759><c> world.</c>

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How<00:14:55.379><c> to</c><00:14:55.580><c> ease</c><00:14:55.720><c> the</c><00:14:56.000><c> burdens</c><00:14:56.340><c> carried</c><00:14:56.759><c> by</c><00:14:57.620><c> our</c><00:14:58.019><c> brothers</c><00:14:58.240><c> and</c><00:14:58.480><c> sisters.</c>

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How<00:14:59.840><c> we</c><00:15:00.039><c> can</c><00:15:00.220><c> set</c><00:15:00.440><c> aside</c><00:15:00.820><c> time</c><00:15:01.299><c> for</c><00:15:01.740><c> reading</c><00:15:02.100><c> and</c><00:15:02.320><c> for</c><00:15:02.659><c> meditation</c><00:15:03.059><c> and</c><00:15:03.899><c> for</c><00:15:04.179><c> prayer.</c>

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But<00:15:05.279><c> whether</c><00:15:05.500><c> it</c><00:15:05.700><c> be</c><00:15:05.879><c> planning</c><00:15:06.240><c> for</c><00:15:06.720><c> spiritual</c><00:15:07.279><c> or</c><00:15:07.700><c> for</c><00:15:08.100><c> natural</c><00:15:08.480><c> needs</c>

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to<00:15:08.980><c> do</c><00:15:09.200><c> this</c><00:15:09.460><c> or</c><00:15:09.659><c> to</c><00:15:09.879><c> do</c><00:15:10.059><c> that,</c><00:15:10.259><c> it's</c><00:15:10.539><c> always</c><00:15:10.960><c> with,</c><00:15:12.279><c> if</c><00:15:12.460><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:15:12.799><c> will.</c>

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You<00:15:15.580><c> know,</c><00:15:15.639><c> that's</c><00:15:15.879><c> not</c><00:15:16.240><c> a</c><00:15:16.559><c> glib</c><00:15:17.120><c> formula.</c>

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It's<00:15:19.539><c> not</c><00:15:19.759><c> just</c><00:15:20.279><c> words</c><00:15:20.759><c> before</c><00:15:21.320><c> we</c><00:15:22.159><c> rush</c><00:15:22.440><c> off</c><00:15:22.720><c> without</c><00:15:22.980><c> another</c><00:15:23.360><c> thought</c><00:15:23.639><c> for</c><00:15:23.840><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:15:26.220><c> not</c><00:15:26.460><c> like</c><00:15:26.879><c> a</c><00:15:27.159><c> good</c><00:15:27.399><c> luck</c><00:15:27.620><c> charm</c><00:15:28.159><c> that</c><00:15:28.720><c> you</c><00:15:28.899><c> just</c><00:15:29.220><c> tack</c><00:15:29.379><c> on</c>

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to<00:15:30.360><c> the</c><00:15:30.480><c> end</c><00:15:30.659><c> of</c><00:15:30.779><c> your</c><00:15:30.980><c> expression.</c>

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It's<00:15:33.860><c> not</c><00:15:34.360><c> a</c><00:15:35.259><c> touch</c><00:15:35.539><c> wood</c><00:15:36.539><c> principle.</c>

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It<00:15:39.399><c> is</c><00:15:39.639><c> a</c><00:15:39.940><c> principle</c><00:15:40.700><c> that</c><00:15:41.559><c> governs</c><00:15:42.019><c> our</c><00:15:42.179><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:15:43.919><c> the</c><00:15:44.059><c> foundation</c><00:15:44.519><c> upon</c><00:15:44.799><c> which</c><00:15:45.039><c> all</c><00:15:45.259><c> of</c><00:15:45.379><c> our</c><00:15:45.559><c> hopes</c><00:15:45.799><c> and</c>

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our<00:15:46.279><c> prayers</c><00:15:46.639><c> are</c><00:15:47.460><c> based.</c>

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But<00:15:48.840><c> now</c><00:15:49.159><c> you</c><00:15:49.419><c> rejoice</c><00:15:49.860><c> in</c><00:15:50.019><c> your</c><00:15:50.220><c> boasting.</c>

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And<00:15:52.860><c> again,</c><00:15:53.399><c> this</c><00:15:53.799><c> self</c><00:15:54.220><c>-arrogance,</c><00:15:55.039><c> this</c><00:15:55.440><c> confidence</c><00:15:56.200><c> to</c><00:15:56.500><c> lord</c><00:15:56.759><c> it</c>

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over<00:15:57.080><c> their</c><00:15:57.320><c> brethren</c><00:15:57.639><c> and</c><00:15:58.000><c> to</c><00:15:58.279><c> imagine</c><00:15:58.639><c> that</c><00:15:58.799><c> they</c><00:15:58.960><c> were</c><00:15:59.200><c> masters</c><00:15:59.759><c> over</c><00:16:00.059><c> their</c><00:16:00.360><c> own</c><00:16:00.659><c> destiny.</c>

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All<00:16:02.399><c> such</c><00:16:02.720><c> rejoicing,</c><00:16:03.559><c> James</c><00:16:03.940><c> says,</c><00:16:04.320><c> is</c><00:16:04.700><c> evil.</c>

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Such<00:16:06.740><c> worldly</c><00:16:07.379><c> talk</c><00:16:08.100><c> and</c><00:16:09.940><c> worldly</c><00:16:10.179><c> values</c><00:16:10.799><c> can</c><00:16:12.080><c> spread</c><00:16:12.399><c> like</c>

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a<00:16:12.940><c> canker</c><00:16:13.940><c> through</c><00:16:14.559><c> the</c><00:16:14.799><c> ecclesia.</c>

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It<00:16:15.559><c> infects</c><00:16:17.179><c> young</c><00:16:17.340><c> and</c><00:16:17.580><c> old.</c>

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It's<00:16:18.100><c> evil</c><00:16:18.580><c> and</c><00:16:19.320><c> it's</c><00:16:20.419><c> God</c><00:16:20.620><c> dishonouring.</c>

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Therefore,<00:16:22.340><c> to</c><00:16:22.340><c> him</c><00:16:22.559><c> that</c><00:16:22.820><c> knoweth</c><00:16:23.059><c> to</c><00:16:23.220><c> do</c><00:16:23.320><c> good</c><00:16:23.580><c> and</c><00:16:23.860><c> doeth</c>

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it<00:16:24.299><c> not,</c><00:16:24.460><c> to</c><00:16:24.679><c> him</c><00:16:25.000><c> it</c><00:16:25.299><c> is</c><00:16:25.559><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:16:27.820><c> there</c><00:16:28.000><c> was</c><00:16:28.519><c> a</c><00:16:28.919><c> profession,</c><00:16:30.500><c> but</c><00:16:30.720><c> sadly</c><00:16:31.299><c> there</c><00:16:31.840><c> was</c><00:16:32.059><c> not</c><00:16:32.480><c> a</c><00:16:32.720><c> performance.</c>

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As<00:16:34.840><c> Jewish</c><00:16:35.159><c> converts,</c><00:16:35.759><c> they</c><00:16:35.899><c> knew</c><00:16:36.139><c> well</c><00:16:36.740><c> the</c><00:16:37.340><c> injunctions</c><00:16:38.080><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:38.539><c> scriptures.</c>

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He<00:16:39.500><c> has</c><00:16:39.940><c> showed</c><00:16:40.340><c> the</c><00:16:40.600><c> old</c><00:16:40.779><c> man</c><00:16:40.940><c> what</c><00:16:41.139><c> is</c><00:16:41.399><c> good.</c>

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What<00:16:41.960><c> was</c><00:16:42.200><c> it?</c>

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To<00:16:43.159><c> do</c><00:16:43.440><c> justly,</c><00:16:44.399><c> to</c><00:16:44.500><c> love</c><00:16:44.740><c> mercy</c><00:16:45.179><c> and</c><00:16:45.360><c> to</c><00:16:45.559><c> humble</c><00:16:45.759><c> thyself,</c><00:16:46.340><c> to</c>

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walk<00:16:46.679><c> with</c><00:16:46.899><c> God.</c>

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But<00:16:47.259><c> they</c><00:16:47.480><c> weren't</c><00:16:47.879><c> doing</c><00:16:48.179><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:50.960><c> as</c><00:16:51.179><c> baptized</c><00:16:52.679><c> believers</c><00:16:53.340><c> in</c><00:16:54.059><c> Christ,</c><00:16:54.860><c> they</c><00:16:55.039><c> knew</c><00:16:55.440><c> that</c>

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as<00:16:56.620><c> branches</c><00:16:56.940><c> of</c><00:16:57.159><c> the</c><00:16:57.419><c> Christ</c><00:16:57.720><c> vine,</c><00:16:58.059><c> they</c><00:16:58.279><c> were</c><00:16:58.539><c> to</c><00:16:58.820><c> abide</c><00:16:59.200><c> in</c>

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him<00:16:59.600><c> and</c><00:16:59.759><c> keep</c><00:16:59.980><c> his</c><00:17:00.240><c> commandments.</c>

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For<00:17:01.019><c> therein</c><00:17:01.860><c> is</c><00:17:02.120><c> the</c><00:17:02.299><c> Father</c><00:17:02.559><c> glorified,</c><00:17:04.000><c> that</c><00:17:04.279><c> they</c><00:17:04.599><c> may</c>

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bear<00:17:05.119><c> much</c><00:17:05.440><c> fruit.</c>

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But<00:17:05.920><c> they</c><00:17:06.299><c> weren't</c><00:17:06.759><c> doing</c><00:17:07.119><c> it.</c>

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So<00:17:09.980><c> they</c><00:17:10.119><c> had</c><00:17:10.299><c> no</c><00:17:10.619><c> excuse.</c>

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They<00:17:11.700><c> were</c><00:17:12.299><c> living</c><00:17:12.819><c> a</c><00:17:13.579><c> lie.</c>

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It<00:17:15.339><c> was</c><00:17:15.619><c> a</c><00:17:15.900><c> sham.</c>

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It<00:17:16.880><c> was</c><00:17:17.160><c> a</c><00:17:17.339><c> pretense.</c>

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But<00:17:20.299><c> all</c><00:17:20.660><c> along,</c><00:17:20.980><c> they</c><00:17:21.200><c> knew</c><00:17:21.460><c> the</c><00:17:21.619><c> will</c><00:17:21.700><c> of</c><00:17:21.900><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:23.240><c> as</c><00:17:23.380><c> James</c><00:17:23.599><c> says</c><00:17:23.880><c> to</c><00:17:24.140><c> him,</c><00:17:24.480><c> it</c><00:17:24.680><c> is</c><00:17:25.039><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:17:27.019><c> to</c><00:17:27.579><c> peel</c><00:17:27.839><c> away</c><00:17:28.299><c> the</c><00:17:28.579><c> veneer,</c><00:17:29.039><c> to</c><00:17:29.279><c> take</c><00:17:29.539><c> off</c><00:17:29.980><c> the</c><00:17:30.319><c> mask,</c><00:17:31.380><c> there</c><00:17:31.579><c> was</c>

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sin<00:17:32.279><c> and</c><00:17:33.380><c> there</c><00:17:33.539><c> was</c><00:17:33.779><c> guilt.</c>

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Brethren<00:17:37.740><c> and</c><00:17:38.059><c> sisters,</c><00:17:38.519><c> what</c><00:17:38.660><c> we</c><00:17:38.859><c> have</c><00:17:39.039><c> before</c><00:17:39.440><c> us</c><00:17:39.819><c> is</c><00:17:40.099><c> that</c>

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appreciation<00:17:41.200><c> of</c><00:17:43.019><c> the</c><00:17:43.279><c> brevity</c><00:17:43.559><c> of</c><00:17:43.839><c> life.</c>

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So,<00:17:45.900><c> brethren</c><00:17:46.059><c> and</c><00:17:46.259><c> sisters,</c><00:17:46.500><c> knowing</c><00:17:46.900><c> what</c><00:17:47.240><c> is</c><00:17:47.680><c> good,</c><00:17:50.339><c> let's</c>

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do<00:17:51.200><c> it</c><00:17:52.039><c> and</c><00:17:52.440><c> let's</c><00:17:52.740><c> not</c><00:17:52.960><c> sin.</c>

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Come<00:17:54.299><c> to</c><00:17:54.519><c> James</c><00:17:54.759><c> 5.</c>

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Be<00:17:57.119><c> patient</c><00:17:57.579><c> therefore,</c><00:17:58.039><c> brethren.</c>

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The<00:18:00.140><c> first</c><00:18:00.680><c> six</c><00:18:01.000><c> verses</c><00:18:01.380><c> are</c><00:18:01.859><c> an</c><00:18:02.160><c> indictment</c><00:18:02.740><c> against</c><00:18:03.619><c> the</c>

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rich<00:18:04.220><c> Jews.</c>

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This<00:18:07.319><c> is</c><00:18:07.460><c> like</c><00:18:07.660><c> the</c><00:18:07.779><c> Old</c><00:18:08.000><c> Testament</c><00:18:08.380><c> prophets.</c>

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You<00:18:09.200><c> know</c><00:18:09.400><c> how</c><00:18:09.660><c> they</c><00:18:10.200><c> spoke</c><00:18:10.579><c> to</c><00:18:10.779><c> Israel.</c>

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They<00:18:11.539><c> first</c><00:18:11.779><c> condemned</c><00:18:12.359><c> Israel's</c><00:18:13.680><c> unfaithfulness,</c><00:18:15.119><c> the</c><00:18:15.319><c> cause</c><00:18:15.559><c> of</c>

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all<00:18:17.279><c> their</c><00:18:17.480><c> troubles.</c>

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And<00:18:18.240><c> then</c><00:18:18.420><c> the</c><00:18:18.599><c> prophets</c><00:18:18.859><c> roundly</c><00:18:19.640><c> condemned</c><00:18:20.220><c> the</c><00:18:21.279><c> surrounding</c><00:18:21.740><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:18:23.539><c> it's</c><00:18:23.720><c> very</c><00:18:23.900><c> much</c><00:18:24.119><c> the</c><00:18:24.319><c> same</c><00:18:24.500><c> here.</c>

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And<00:18:26.359><c> if</c><00:18:26.559><c> as</c><00:18:26.779><c> we</c><00:18:27.000><c> know</c><00:18:27.200><c> that</c><00:18:27.380><c> there</c><00:18:27.519><c> was</c><00:18:27.660><c> about</c><00:18:27.859><c> 25</c><00:18:28.359><c> years</c><00:18:28.759><c> left</c>

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before<00:18:29.480><c> the</c><00:18:29.640><c> Roman</c><00:18:29.980><c> Holocaust,</c>

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then<00:18:31.440><c> the</c><00:18:31.680><c> glory</c><00:18:31.920><c> and</c><00:18:32.079><c> the</c><00:18:32.319><c> power</c><00:18:32.539><c> and</c><00:18:32.759><c> the</c><00:18:32.920><c> wealth</c><00:18:33.099><c> of</c><00:18:33.319><c> the</c>

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rich<00:18:33.680><c> and</c><00:18:33.859><c> the</c><00:18:34.079><c> powerful</c><00:18:34.500><c> Jews</c>

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was<00:18:35.259><c> only</c><00:18:35.519><c> for</c><00:18:35.759><c> a</c><00:18:35.859><c> little</c><00:18:36.059><c> time</c><00:18:36.660><c> before</c><00:18:37.640><c> it</c><00:18:37.839><c> was</c><00:18:38.099><c> all</c><00:18:38.359><c> reduced</c>

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to<00:18:39.980><c> dust</c><00:18:40.380><c> and</c><00:18:40.940><c> devastation.</c>

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So<00:18:41.799><c> if</c><00:18:42.099><c> the</c><00:18:42.420><c> believing</c><00:18:42.720><c> Jews</c><00:18:43.359><c> were</c><00:18:44.220><c> befriending</c><00:18:45.519><c> the</c><00:18:46.180><c> aristocracy</c><00:18:47.059><c> and</c><00:18:47.339><c> the</c>

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elite<00:18:47.900><c> class,</c>

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then<00:18:49.359><c> James'</c><00:18:49.799><c> words</c><00:18:50.240><c> would</c><00:18:50.599><c> just</c><00:18:51.240><c> perhaps</c><00:18:51.819><c> jolt</c><00:18:52.019><c> them</c><00:18:52.279><c> back</c>

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to<00:18:53.559><c> reality,</c>

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to<00:18:55.819><c> save</c><00:18:56.079><c> them</c><00:18:56.299><c> from</c><00:18:56.579><c> going</c><00:18:56.819><c> over</c><00:18:57.279><c> to</c><00:18:57.500><c> the</c><00:18:57.720><c> elite</c><00:18:58.039><c> side</c><00:18:58.759><c> and</c><00:19:00.599><c> to</c>

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face<00:19:01.019><c> both</c><00:19:01.400><c> temporal</c><00:19:01.779><c> and</c><00:19:02.160><c> eternal</c><00:19:02.599><c> loss.</c>

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So<00:19:04.339><c> therein</c><00:19:04.720><c> lies</c><00:19:05.000><c> a</c><00:19:05.099><c> lesson</c><00:19:05.339><c> for</c><00:19:05.599><c> us</c><00:19:05.839><c> to</c><00:19:06.059><c> appreciate</c><00:19:06.579><c> that</c><00:19:06.839><c> judgments</c><00:19:07.140><c> of</c>

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God<00:19:07.599><c> are</c><00:19:07.819><c> coming</c><00:19:08.160><c> upon</c><00:19:08.599><c> this</c><00:19:09.019><c> world.</c>

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Let's<00:19:10.579><c> pause</c><00:19:10.819><c> and</c><00:19:11.279><c> consider</c><00:19:12.440><c> the</c><00:19:13.140><c> folly</c><00:19:13.420><c> of</c><00:19:13.740><c> friendship</c><00:19:14.079><c> with</c>

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this<00:19:14.740><c> world</c><00:19:14.940><c> that</c><00:19:15.119><c> is</c><00:19:15.440><c> ripe</c><00:19:15.960><c> for</c><00:19:17.119><c> judgment.</c>

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So<00:19:18.720><c> verse</c><00:19:18.960><c> 1,</c><00:19:19.259><c> go</c><00:19:19.440><c> to</c><00:19:19.700><c> now</c><00:19:19.900><c> ye</c><00:19:20.059><c> rich</c><00:19:20.319><c> men,</c><00:19:20.720><c> weep</c><00:19:20.920><c> and</c><00:19:21.200><c> howl</c><00:19:21.480><c> for</c>

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your<00:19:21.960><c> miseries.</c>

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This<00:19:22.539><c> is</c><00:19:22.779><c> the</c><00:19:22.900><c> language</c><00:19:23.240><c> of</c><00:19:23.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:24.039><c> 13</c><00:19:25.019><c> and</c><00:19:25.339><c> 14</c><00:19:25.980><c> and</c><00:19:26.319><c> 15.</c>

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Howl<00:19:28.140><c> for</c><00:19:28.240><c> your</c><00:19:28.480><c> miseries</c><00:19:28.779><c> that</c><00:19:28.980><c> shall</c><00:19:29.140><c> come</c><00:19:29.420><c> upon</c><00:19:29.720><c> you.</c>

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So<00:19:32.299><c> James</c><00:19:32.619><c> is</c><00:19:32.880><c> not</c><00:19:33.119><c> warning</c><00:19:33.500><c> of</c><00:19:34.480><c> business</c><00:19:35.140><c> miseries.</c>

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He's<00:19:37.380><c> warning</c><00:19:37.700><c> of</c><00:19:38.220><c> terrible</c><00:19:38.920><c> calamities,</c><00:19:40.680><c> the</c><00:19:40.880><c> perils</c><00:19:41.160><c> and</c>

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horror<00:19:41.779><c> of</c><00:19:42.019><c> the</c><00:19:42.200><c> Roman</c><00:19:42.539><c> siege</c>

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that<00:19:43.799><c> Josephus</c><00:19:44.460><c> so</c><00:19:44.740><c> graphically</c><00:19:45.140><c> describes.</c>

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Verse<00:19:47.000><c> 2,</c><00:19:47.400><c> your</c><00:19:47.640><c> riches</c><00:19:47.960><c> are</c><00:19:48.259><c> corrupted</c><00:19:48.640><c> and</c><00:19:48.839><c> your</c><00:19:49.039><c> garments</c>

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are<00:19:49.640><c> moth</c><00:19:49.880><c>-eaten.</c>

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And<00:19:52.299><c> so</c><00:19:52.500><c> the</c><00:19:53.000><c> national</c><00:19:53.480><c> and</c><00:19:53.960><c> the</c><00:19:54.440><c> international</c><00:19:55.140><c> calamities</c>

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were<00:19:57.079><c> bearing</c><00:19:57.380><c> down</c><00:19:57.720><c> upon</c><00:19:58.059><c> the</c><00:19:58.359><c> Jews.</c>

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They<00:19:58.720><c> were</c><00:19:59.099><c> so</c><00:19:59.740><c> certain</c><00:20:00.140><c> of</c><00:20:00.720><c> enactment</c><00:20:01.740><c> that</c><00:20:02.960><c> James</c><00:20:03.299><c> says</c>

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they've<00:20:05.900><c> already</c><00:20:06.220><c> happened.</c>

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They<00:20:06.900><c> are</c><00:20:07.180><c> so</c><00:20:07.500><c> certain</c><00:20:07.680><c> they</c><00:20:07.880><c> are</c><00:20:08.039><c> going</c><00:20:08.200><c> to</c><00:20:08.460><c> happen</c><00:20:08.660><c> that</c><00:20:09.000><c> he</c>

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speaks<00:20:09.640><c> as</c><00:20:09.880><c> though</c><00:20:09.960><c> they've</c><00:20:10.220><c> already</c><00:20:10.460><c> happened.</c>

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The<00:20:11.460><c> symbols</c><00:20:12.079><c> of</c><00:20:12.440><c> their</c><00:20:13.500><c> wealth</c><00:20:13.980><c> were</c><00:20:15.599><c> eroding</c><00:20:16.279><c> before</c><00:20:16.779><c> their</c><00:20:17.079><c> eyes.</c>

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Your<00:20:18.279><c> gold,</c><00:20:18.740><c> your</c><00:20:18.960><c> silver</c><00:20:19.240><c> is</c><00:20:19.500><c> cankered</c><00:20:19.839><c> and</c><00:20:20.019><c> the</c><00:20:20.160><c> rust</c><00:20:20.339><c> of</c><00:20:20.519><c> them</c><00:20:21.140><c> shall</c><00:20:21.559><c> be</c>

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a<00:20:22.099><c> witness</c><00:20:22.920><c> against</c><00:20:23.900><c> you.</c>

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We<00:20:26.480><c> know,</c><00:20:26.819><c> brothers</c><00:20:26.980><c> and</c><00:20:27.240><c> sisters,</c><00:20:27.519><c> that</c><00:20:27.660><c> gold</c><00:20:28.019><c> and</c><00:20:28.279><c> silver</c>

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doesn't<00:20:29.019><c> literally</c><00:20:29.500><c> rust.</c>

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Same<00:20:31.400><c> word</c><00:20:31.779><c> for</c><00:20:32.279><c> canker.</c>

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But<00:20:34.500><c> James</c><00:20:34.740><c> is</c><00:20:35.000><c> using</c><00:20:35.339><c> language</c><00:20:35.779><c> to</c><00:20:36.079><c> emphasize</c><00:20:37.160><c> destruction,</c>

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so<00:20:39.579><c> powerful</c><00:20:40.400><c> and</c><00:20:40.839><c> so</c><00:20:41.559><c> all</c><00:20:41.859><c>-embracing</c>

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that<00:20:43.779><c> even</c><00:20:44.359><c> the</c><00:20:44.759><c> incorruptible</c><00:20:45.640><c> precious</c><00:20:46.140><c> metal</c><00:20:46.940><c> would</c><00:20:48.599><c> suffer</c><00:20:48.940><c> rust</c>

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and<00:20:50.960><c> would</c><00:20:51.240><c> decay.</c>

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And<00:20:53.720><c> it</c><00:20:53.839><c> would</c><00:20:54.000><c> be</c><00:20:54.220><c> a</c><00:20:54.319><c> witness,</c><00:20:54.799><c> it</c><00:20:54.920><c> would</c><00:20:55.079><c> be</c><00:20:55.299><c> a</c><00:20:55.500><c> sign</c><00:20:55.920><c> of</c><00:20:57.339><c> really</c><00:20:57.680><c> how</c>

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morally<00:20:58.480><c> corrupt</c><00:20:59.140><c> they</c><00:20:59.500><c> themselves</c><00:21:00.000><c> were.</c>

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So<00:21:02.819><c> the</c><00:21:02.980><c> gold</c><00:21:03.279><c> and</c><00:21:03.539><c> silver</c><00:21:03.779><c> is</c><00:21:04.039><c> cankered</c><00:21:04.420><c> and</c><00:21:04.599><c> the</c><00:21:04.740><c> rust</c><00:21:04.920><c> of</c><00:21:05.160><c> them</c><00:21:05.319><c> shall</c><00:21:05.559><c> be</c>

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a<00:21:05.839><c> witness</c><00:21:06.119><c> against</c><00:21:06.640><c> you</c>

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and<00:21:07.200><c> shall</c><00:21:07.460><c> eat</c><00:21:07.819><c> your</c><00:21:08.200><c> flesh</c><00:21:08.579><c> as</c><00:21:09.039><c> it</c><00:21:09.359><c> were</c><00:21:09.660><c> fire.</c>

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So<00:21:12.160><c> the</c><00:21:12.339><c> literal</c><00:21:12.660><c> fires</c><00:21:13.180><c> of</c><00:21:13.839><c> AD</c><00:21:14.220><c> 70</c><00:21:14.700><c> were</c><00:21:16.200><c> but</c><00:21:16.460><c> the</c><00:21:16.779><c> literal</c><00:21:17.200><c> devastation</c><00:21:18.599><c> of</c>

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a<00:21:19.200><c> way</c><00:21:19.359><c> of</c><00:21:19.640><c> life.</c>

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It<00:21:21.339><c> would</c><00:21:21.500><c> all</c><00:21:21.779><c> go,</c><00:21:22.980><c> it</c><00:21:23.140><c> would</c><00:21:23.500><c> all</c><00:21:24.200><c> perish,</c><00:21:24.880><c> it</c><00:21:24.880><c> would</c><00:21:25.319><c> wax</c>

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old<00:21:25.859><c> and</c><00:21:26.279><c> vanish</c><00:21:26.559><c> away.</c>

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A<00:21:28.480><c> pride</c><00:21:28.740><c> and</c><00:21:29.000><c> arrogance</c><00:21:29.279><c> that</c><00:21:29.599><c> consumed</c><00:21:30.099><c> their</c><00:21:30.440><c> lives,</c><00:21:30.859><c> their</c><00:21:31.039><c> obsession</c><00:21:31.779><c> with</c>

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material<00:21:32.680><c> gain</c>

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would<00:21:34.180><c> make</c><00:21:34.460><c> them,</c><00:21:34.980><c> brothers</c><00:21:34.980><c> and</c><00:21:35.119><c> sisters,</c><00:21:36.200><c> the</c><00:21:36.359><c> object</c><00:21:36.839><c> of</c>

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divine<00:21:38.039><c> and</c><00:21:38.839><c> human</c><00:21:39.200><c> anger.</c>

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You<00:21:41.420><c> see,</c><00:21:41.759><c> they</c><00:21:42.059><c> had</c><00:21:42.339><c> heaped</c><00:21:42.700><c> treasure</c><00:21:43.180><c> together</c><00:21:43.799><c> for</c><00:21:44.160><c> the</c><00:21:44.359><c> last</c><00:21:44.700><c> days</c><00:21:44.920><c> and</c><00:21:45.039><c> we</c>

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know<00:21:45.480><c> the</c><00:21:45.680><c> last</c><00:21:46.000><c> days.</c>

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That<00:21:48.099><c> expression</c><00:21:48.779><c> is</c><00:21:49.900><c> so</c><00:21:50.140><c> often</c><00:21:50.440><c> used</c><00:21:50.900><c> about</c><00:21:51.700><c> the</c><00:21:51.960><c> end</c><00:21:52.180><c> of</c>

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Judah's<00:21:52.880><c> Commonwealth.</c>

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The<00:21:55.200><c> last</c><00:21:55.660><c> days</c><00:21:56.279><c> of</c><00:21:57.200><c> the</c><00:21:57.539><c> Jewish</c><00:21:57.839><c> political</c><00:21:58.460><c> state,</c><00:22:00.599><c> so</c><00:22:01.359><c> right</c>

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on<00:22:02.779><c> the</c><00:22:02.920><c> edge</c><00:22:03.140><c> of</c><00:22:03.980><c> impending</c><00:22:04.519><c> collapse.</c>

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Hebrews<00:22:06.759><c> speaks</c><00:22:07.119><c> about</c><00:22:07.420><c> it,</c><00:22:07.640><c> Jude</c><00:22:07.880><c> speaks</c><00:22:08.279><c> about</c><00:22:08.579><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:22:09.180><c> many</c><00:22:09.440><c> other</c><00:22:09.740><c> passages</c><00:22:10.079><c> which</c><00:22:10.599><c> speak</c><00:22:10.960><c> so</c><00:22:11.420><c> eloquently</c>

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about<00:22:12.339><c> this</c><00:22:13.259><c> imploding</c><00:22:14.019><c> of</c><00:22:15.279><c> the</c><00:22:15.720><c> Jewish</c><00:22:15.960><c> political</c><00:22:16.480><c> state.</c>

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So<00:22:18.700><c> they</c><00:22:18.980><c> were</c><00:22:19.079><c> hoarding</c><00:22:19.400><c> wealth,</c><00:22:20.759><c> they</c><00:22:20.859><c> were</c><00:22:21.140><c> victimizing</c>

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the<00:22:22.599><c> poor,</c>

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but<00:22:24.680><c> only</c><00:22:24.980><c> served</c><00:22:25.480><c> to</c><00:22:25.779><c> hasten</c><00:22:26.299><c> and</c><00:22:26.400><c> worsen</c><00:22:27.019><c> the</c><00:22:28.440><c> full</c><00:22:28.940><c> fury</c><00:22:29.359><c> of</c>

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God's<00:22:30.000><c> wrath</c>

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that<00:22:31.920><c> was</c><00:22:32.119><c> even</c><00:22:32.380><c> then</c><00:22:32.740><c> looming</c><00:22:33.059><c> up</c><00:22:33.319><c> on</c><00:22:33.519><c> the</c><00:22:33.720><c> horizon.</c>

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He<00:22:36.279><c> lays</c><00:22:36.640><c> three</c><00:22:37.339><c> charges</c><00:22:37.900><c> against</c><00:22:38.460><c> them,</c><00:22:38.779><c> brothers</c><00:22:38.900><c> and</c><00:22:39.119><c> sisters.</c>

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Verse<00:22:40.740><c> four,</c><00:22:43.240><c> the</c><00:22:43.539><c> first</c><00:22:43.920><c> charge</c><00:22:44.500><c> was</c><00:22:45.299><c> that</c><00:22:45.500><c> they</c><00:22:45.660><c> were</c><00:22:46.039><c> exploiting</c><00:22:47.019><c> their</c>

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fellow<00:22:47.700><c> men.</c>

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Verse<00:22:49.359><c> five,</c><00:22:49.759><c> they</c><00:22:49.960><c> were</c><00:22:50.299><c> engaging</c><00:22:50.920><c> in</c><00:22:51.700><c> riotous</c><00:22:52.240><c> living.</c>

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Verse<00:22:54.920><c> six,</c><00:22:56.460><c> they</c><00:22:56.779><c> were</c><00:22:56.960><c> condemning</c><00:22:57.859><c> and</c><00:22:58.619><c> killing</c><00:22:59.000><c> the</c><00:22:59.480><c> righteous.</c>

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So<00:23:01.920><c> verse</c><00:23:02.180><c> four.</c>

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You<00:23:15.180><c> know,</c><00:23:15.940><c> brothers</c><00:23:16.119><c> and</c><00:23:16.339><c> sisters,</c><00:23:16.740><c> perhaps</c><00:23:16.880><c> if</c><00:23:17.160><c> we</c><00:23:17.500><c> read,</c><00:23:18.380><c> particularly</c><00:23:18.920><c> if</c><00:23:19.160><c> you</c><00:23:19.400><c> read</c><00:23:19.880><c> works</c><00:23:21.539><c> like</c><00:23:21.859><c> A</c>

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Life<00:23:22.220><c> of</c><00:23:22.380><c> Jesus,</c>

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other<00:23:24.119><c> works</c><00:23:24.519><c> about</c><00:23:25.240><c> the</c><00:23:25.859><c> life</c><00:23:26.079><c> and</c><00:23:26.420><c> times</c><00:23:26.740><c> of</c><00:23:27.380><c> Christ</c><00:23:27.759><c> and</c>

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the<00:23:28.180><c> apostles,</c>

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you<00:23:30.099><c> get</c><00:23:30.339><c> a</c><00:23:30.519><c> picture</c><00:23:30.759><c> in</c><00:23:31.000><c> those</c><00:23:31.559><c> early</c><00:23:31.859><c> chapters</c><00:23:32.440><c> of</c><00:23:33.720><c> the</c><00:23:34.819><c> extreme</c><00:23:35.400><c> conditions</c><00:23:36.119><c> under</c><00:23:36.519><c> which</c><00:23:36.839><c> the</c>

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average<00:23:37.500><c> family</c><00:23:37.980><c> lived</c><00:23:38.319><c> in</c><00:23:38.559><c> those</c><00:23:38.799><c> days.</c>

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The<00:23:40.460><c> youngest</c><00:23:40.839><c> sons</c><00:23:41.420><c> of</c><00:23:41.759><c> these</c><00:23:42.119><c> peasant</c><00:23:42.579><c> families</c><00:23:43.259><c> were</c><00:23:44.599><c> forced</c><00:23:45.140><c> off</c>

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the<00:23:45.660><c> land</c>

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due<00:23:47.059><c> to</c><00:23:47.400><c> the</c><00:23:47.720><c> foreclosure</c><00:23:48.920><c> of</c><00:23:49.420><c> mortgages</c><00:23:50.019><c> on</c><00:23:50.539><c> their</c><00:23:50.779><c> property.</c>

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They<00:23:52.779><c> were</c><00:23:52.960><c> bled</c><00:23:53.220><c> white</c><00:23:53.839><c> by</c><00:23:55.000><c> the</c><00:23:55.180><c> Roman</c><00:23:55.480><c> taxes,</c><00:23:56.299><c> by</c><00:23:56.519><c> the</c>

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temple<00:23:56.980><c> taxes.</c>

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You<00:23:58.660><c> see,</c><00:23:59.660><c> today's</c><00:24:00.460><c> wage</c><00:24:00.779><c> brought</c><00:24:01.339><c> tomorrow's</c><00:24:02.640><c> meal.</c>

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So<00:24:05.539><c> behold,</c><00:24:06.039><c> the</c><00:24:06.240><c> hire</c><00:24:06.480><c> of</c><00:24:06.660><c> the</c><00:24:06.880><c> laborers</c><00:24:07.279><c> who</c><00:24:07.460><c> have</c><00:24:07.700><c> ripped</c>

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down<00:24:08.200><c> your</c><00:24:08.559><c> fields,</c>

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which<00:24:09.180><c> is</c><00:24:09.480><c> of</c><00:24:09.720><c> you</c><00:24:09.980><c> kept</c><00:24:10.359><c> back</c><00:24:11.039><c> by</c><00:24:11.740><c> fraud,</c><00:24:13.759><c> cryeth.</c>

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So<00:24:16.119><c> this</c><00:24:16.420><c> was</c><00:24:16.759><c> victimization,</c><00:24:17.920><c> which</c><00:24:19.140><c> clearly</c><00:24:19.579><c> is</c><00:24:19.839><c> condemned</c>

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under<00:24:20.519><c> the</c><00:24:20.700><c> law</c><00:24:20.799><c> of</c><00:24:21.059><c> Moses,</c>

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particularly<00:24:23.900><c> Jeremiah</c><00:24:24.440><c> 22,</c><00:24:25.099><c> 13,</c><00:24:26.619><c> and</c><00:24:26.720><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:27.099><c> 24,</c><00:24:27.900><c> 14,</c>

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and<00:24:28.619><c> 15.</c>

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There<00:24:29.700><c> are</c><00:24:29.700><c> many</c><00:24:29.940><c> other</c><00:24:30.220><c> passages.</c>

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James<00:24:31.359><c> is</c><00:24:31.640><c> making</c><00:24:31.900><c> the</c><00:24:32.140><c> point</c><00:24:32.359><c> very</c><00:24:32.940><c> graphically.</c>

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Even<00:24:35.079><c> the</c><00:24:35.680><c> inanimate</c><00:24:36.319><c> wages,</c><00:24:38.259><c> even</c><00:24:38.579><c> the</c><00:24:38.839><c> wages</c><00:24:39.180><c> themselves,</c>

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screamed<00:24:40.720><c> out</c><00:24:41.140><c> in</c><00:24:41.599><c> protest</c><00:24:42.240><c> at</c><00:24:43.640><c> this</c><00:24:43.980><c> heartless</c><00:24:44.680><c> fraud.</c>

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And<00:24:46.759><c> the</c><00:24:47.119><c> cries</c><00:24:47.420><c> of</c><00:24:47.680><c> them</c><00:24:47.839><c> which</c><00:24:48.140><c> have</c><00:24:48.440><c> ripped</c><00:24:48.720><c> are</c><00:24:49.220><c> entered</c>

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into<00:24:49.759><c> the</c><00:24:49.980><c> ears</c><00:24:50.339><c> of</c><00:24:50.599><c> the</c><00:24:50.839><c> Lord</c><00:24:51.059><c> of</c><00:24:51.460><c> Sabaoth.</c>

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This<00:24:53.960><c> militant</c><00:24:54.579><c> title</c><00:24:55.140><c> is</c><00:24:56.140><c> untranslated</c><00:24:56.980><c> from</c><00:24:57.240><c> the</c><00:24:57.460><c> Hebrew.</c>

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It's<00:24:57.940><c> carried</c><00:24:58.279><c> straight</c><00:24:58.779><c> over</c><00:24:59.059><c> into</c><00:24:59.279><c> the</c><00:24:59.420><c> New</c><00:24:59.579><c> Testament.</c>

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Here<00:25:00.559><c> it's</c><00:25:00.839><c> used</c><00:25:01.039><c> by</c><00:25:01.400><c> James</c><00:25:01.940><c> to</c><00:25:02.660><c> hit</c><00:25:03.119><c> home</c><00:25:03.460><c> the</c><00:25:03.759><c> full</c><00:25:04.140><c> force</c><00:25:04.440><c> of</c>

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God's<00:25:05.160><c> power</c><00:25:05.559><c> to</c><00:25:06.180><c> vindicate</c><00:25:07.000><c> the</c><00:25:07.599><c> poor</c><00:25:07.900><c> and</c><00:25:08.279><c> the</c><00:25:08.539><c> needy.</c>

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Yahweh<00:25:10.559><c> Sabaoth</c><00:25:11.440><c> is</c><00:25:12.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:12.700><c> of</c><00:25:13.279><c> armies,</c>

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legions,<00:25:17.319><c> legions</c><00:25:17.880><c> of</c><00:25:18.180><c> angels</c><00:25:18.700><c> at</c><00:25:19.200><c> his</c><00:25:19.500><c> bidding</c><00:25:19.799><c> to</c><00:25:20.359><c> defend</c>

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the<00:25:22.440><c> defenseless.</c>

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So<00:25:24.359><c> the</c><00:25:24.660><c> point</c><00:25:24.859><c> to</c><00:25:25.140><c> James</c><00:25:25.500><c> Readers</c><00:25:25.819><c> is</c><00:25:26.460><c> more</c><00:25:26.900><c> one</c><00:25:27.119><c> of</c><00:25:27.480><c> comfort,</c>

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one<00:25:28.940><c> of</c><00:25:29.619><c> reassurance</c><00:25:30.940><c> that</c><00:25:31.799><c> their</c><00:25:32.259><c> cries</c><00:25:32.920><c> reach</c><00:25:33.940><c> the</c><00:25:34.400><c> throne</c>

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of<00:25:35.019><c> grace</c><00:25:35.359><c> of</c><00:25:35.859><c> so</c><00:25:36.400><c> great</c><00:25:36.740><c> a</c><00:25:37.240><c> sovereign,</c>

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a<00:25:38.920><c> sovereign</c><00:25:39.359><c> Lord</c><00:25:40.039><c> who</c><00:25:40.960><c> would</c><00:25:41.319><c> repay</c><00:25:41.799><c> with</c><00:25:42.319><c> terrible</c><00:25:42.859><c> vengeance.</c>

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And,<00:25:47.099><c> brethren</c><00:25:47.180><c> and</c><00:25:47.420><c> sisters,</c><00:25:47.640><c> if</c><00:25:47.920><c> we</c><00:25:49.160><c> ever</c><00:25:49.420><c> suffer</c><00:25:50.000><c> anything</c>

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like<00:25:51.279><c> what</c><00:25:51.819><c> our</c><00:25:52.400><c> brethren</c><00:25:52.740><c> and</c><00:25:52.920><c> sisters</c><00:25:53.099><c> suffered,</c>

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then<00:25:55.059><c> our</c><00:25:55.420><c> cries</c><00:25:56.119><c> likewise</c><00:25:57.619><c> reach</c><00:25:58.400><c> the</c><00:25:58.700><c> ears</c><00:25:59.119><c> of</c><00:25:59.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:00.700><c> Sabaoth.</c>

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And,<00:26:03.839><c> brethren</c><00:26:03.839><c> and</c><00:26:03.960><c> sisters,</c><00:26:04.240><c> when</c><00:26:04.480><c> he</c><00:26:04.720><c> has</c><00:26:04.980><c> a</c><00:26:05.339><c> controversy</c>

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with<00:26:06.319><c> all</c><00:26:06.660><c> flesh,</c>

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the<00:26:09.599><c> rich</c><00:26:09.839><c> men</c><00:26:10.099><c> particularly</c><00:26:10.680><c> will</c><00:26:10.960><c> run</c><00:26:11.400><c> to</c><00:26:11.740><c> the</c><00:26:11.859><c> dens</c><00:26:12.119><c> and</c><00:26:12.319><c> the</c><00:26:12.500><c> caves</c><00:26:12.759><c> of</c>

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:17.000
the<00:26:13.160><c> earth</c><00:26:13.500><c> for</c><00:26:13.980><c> fear</c><00:26:14.500><c> of</c><00:26:14.819><c> the</c><00:26:14.980><c> majesty</c><00:26:15.539><c> of</c><00:26:15.960><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:21.559
You<00:26:17.799><c> have</c><00:26:18.039><c> lived</c><00:26:18.259><c> in</c><00:26:18.519><c> pleasure</c><00:26:18.740><c> on</c><00:26:18.960><c> the</c><00:26:19.119><c> earth</c><00:26:19.700><c> and</c><00:26:20.200><c> been</c><00:26:20.420><c> wanton.</c>

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:25.059
You<00:26:22.079><c> have</c><00:26:22.259><c> nourished</c><00:26:22.599><c> your</c><00:26:22.900><c> hearts</c><00:26:23.480><c> as</c><00:26:24.039><c> in</c><00:26:24.220><c> a</c><00:26:24.299><c> day</c><00:26:24.440><c> of</c><00:26:24.720><c> slaughter.</c>

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:30.940
So<00:26:26.220><c> their</c><00:26:26.720><c> indulgence</c><00:26:27.799><c> was</c><00:26:28.380><c> at</c><00:26:28.619><c> the</c><00:26:29.019><c> expense</c><00:26:29.660><c> of</c><00:26:30.259><c> the</c><00:26:30.660><c> sweat</c>

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:34.220
and<00:26:31.359><c> the</c><00:26:31.720><c> tears</c><00:26:32.319><c> of</c><00:26:33.420><c> their</c><00:26:33.700><c> workers</c>

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:39.000
who<00:26:35.279><c> were</c><00:26:35.500><c> at</c><00:26:35.619><c> the</c><00:26:35.779><c> very</c><00:26:36.200><c> point</c><00:26:36.559><c> of</c><00:26:36.980><c> starvation</c>

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whilst<00:26:40.019><c> these</c><00:26:40.880><c> lordly</c><00:26:41.500><c> men</c><00:26:42.220><c> whined</c><00:26:43.019><c> and</c><00:26:43.420><c> dined</c><00:26:43.759><c> at</c><00:26:44.380><c> their</c><00:26:44.779><c> expense.</c>

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Brothers<00:26:47.680><c> and</c><00:26:47.859><c> sisters,</c><00:26:48.079><c> it's</c><00:26:48.359><c> a</c><00:26:48.460><c> rather</c><00:26:48.740><c> graphic</c><00:26:49.180><c> picture,</c>

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:51.019
but<00:26:49.660><c> I</c><00:26:49.779><c> want</c><00:26:49.859><c> you</c><00:26:50.019><c> to</c><00:26:50.160><c> think</c><00:26:50.319><c> about</c><00:26:50.539><c> this.</c>

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:57.799
They<00:26:51.880><c> were</c><00:26:52.460><c> fattening</c><00:26:53.059><c> themselves</c><00:26:54.079><c> for</c><00:26:55.380><c> the</c><00:26:55.680><c> day</c><00:26:55.839><c> of</c><00:26:56.220><c> slaughter.</c>

00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:02.500
Rather<00:26:58.859><c> gruesome,</c><00:26:59.640><c> I</c><00:26:59.640><c> know,</c><00:27:00.240><c> but</c><00:27:00.500><c> it's</c><00:27:01.119><c> what</c><00:27:01.279><c> they</c><00:27:01.440><c> were</c><00:27:01.579><c> doing.</c>

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:07.059
They<00:27:03.640><c> were</c><00:27:03.640><c> nourishing</c><00:27:04.079><c> your</c><00:27:04.640><c> hearts</c><00:27:05.059><c> as</c><00:27:05.339><c> in</c><00:27:05.500><c> a</c><00:27:05.640><c> day</c><00:27:05.740><c> of</c><00:27:06.059><c> slaughter.</c>

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:11.279
Verse<00:27:07.619><c> 6,</c><00:27:08.039><c> you</c><00:27:08.039><c> have</c><00:27:08.240><c> condemned</c><00:27:08.680><c> and</c><00:27:09.079><c> killed</c><00:27:09.660><c> the</c><00:27:10.400><c> just.</c>

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:15.880
And<00:27:12.519><c> here</c><00:27:12.619><c> we</c><00:27:12.799><c> have</c><00:27:13.019><c> the</c><00:27:13.619><c> terminology</c><00:27:14.180><c> of</c><00:27:14.559><c> a</c><00:27:14.859><c> judicial</c><00:27:15.279><c> court.</c>

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:20.039
They<00:27:17.059><c> were</c><00:27:17.380><c> pressing</c><00:27:17.880><c> charges</c><00:27:18.640><c> against</c><00:27:19.119><c> the</c><00:27:19.440><c> righteous</c>

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:26.240
and<00:27:21.259><c> seeing</c><00:27:21.539><c> the</c><00:27:21.880><c> sentence</c><00:27:22.400><c> of</c><00:27:23.099><c> capital</c><00:27:23.559><c> punishment</c><00:27:24.380><c> passed</c>

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against<00:27:26.660><c> these</c><00:27:27.339><c> innocent</c><00:27:27.839><c> victims.</c>

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:34.480
So<00:27:29.720><c> these,</c><00:27:30.880><c> the</c><00:27:30.880><c> just</c><00:27:31.200><c> ones,</c><00:27:32.759><c> these</c><00:27:33.200><c> humble,</c><00:27:33.759><c> the</c><00:27:33.980><c> meek</c><00:27:34.299><c> folk</c>

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:37.619
of<00:27:34.680><c> the</c><00:27:34.859><c> earth,</c><00:27:35.119><c> these</c><00:27:35.559><c> disciples</c><00:27:36.180><c> of</c><00:27:36.440><c> the</c><00:27:36.619><c> Lord,</c>

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:48.859
they<00:27:39.039><c> were</c><00:27:39.220><c> going</c><00:27:39.480><c> down</c><00:27:39.960><c> that</c><00:27:40.279><c> exact</c><00:27:40.900><c> same</c><00:27:41.480><c> path</c><00:27:42.079><c> of</c><00:27:42.640><c> sacrifice,</c><00:27:45.200><c> of</c><00:27:45.500><c> persecution</c><00:27:46.140><c> and</c><00:27:47.720><c> death</c>

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:53.339
that<00:27:49.240><c> was</c><00:27:49.519><c> meted</c><00:27:49.740><c> out</c><00:27:50.099><c> to</c><00:27:50.259><c> John</c><00:27:50.480><c> the</c><00:27:50.660><c> Baptist</c><00:27:51.079><c> and</c><00:27:51.940><c> the</c><00:27:52.099><c> Lord</c><00:27:52.240><c> himself.</c>

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:59.980
He<00:27:54.980><c> doth</c><00:27:55.339><c> not</c><00:27:55.940><c> resist</c><00:27:56.380><c> you.</c><00:27:56.700><c> And</c><00:27:57.039><c> isn't</c><00:27:57.299><c> that</c><00:27:57.799><c> a</c><00:27:58.220><c> beautiful</c><00:27:58.900><c> compliment?</c>

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He<00:28:00.559><c> doth</c><00:28:01.059><c> not</c><00:28:01.720><c> resist</c><00:28:02.539><c> you.</c>

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:10.119
Because<00:28:05.019><c> native</c><00:28:05.480><c> to</c><00:28:05.700><c> their</c><00:28:05.920><c> flesh</c><00:28:06.140><c> there</c><00:28:06.359><c> was</c><00:28:06.779><c> every</c><00:28:07.460><c> inclination</c><00:28:08.559><c> to</c><00:28:09.039><c> resist</c><00:28:09.740><c> and</c>

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to<00:28:10.339><c> protest.</c>

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:18.460
He<00:28:13.119><c> doth</c><00:28:13.500><c> not</c><00:28:13.940><c> resist</c><00:28:14.460><c> you.</c><00:28:15.059><c> And</c><00:28:15.220><c> that's</c><00:28:15.720><c> so</c><00:28:16.500><c> uncommon</c><00:28:17.119><c> to</c><00:28:17.400><c> the</c><00:28:17.619><c> Jews.</c>

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:22.000
You<00:28:19.420><c> know,</c><00:28:19.500><c> we</c><00:28:19.720><c> can</c><00:28:19.960><c> picture</c><00:28:20.200><c> the</c><00:28:20.420><c> Lord</c><00:28:20.619><c> Jesus</c><00:28:21.099><c> Christ</c><00:28:21.519><c> facing</c>

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another<00:28:22.480><c> court,</c><00:28:23.099><c> another</c><00:28:23.440><c> judgement.</c>

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:27.559
You<00:28:24.980><c> think</c><00:28:25.180><c> about</c><00:28:25.400><c> the</c><00:28:25.700><c> terminology</c><00:28:26.099><c> here,</c><00:28:26.579><c> how</c><00:28:27.059><c> appropriate</c>

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:29.640
it<00:28:27.759><c> is</c><00:28:27.940><c> to</c><00:28:28.400><c> what</c><00:28:28.680><c> James</c><00:28:29.079><c> is</c><00:28:29.460><c> saying.</c>

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Think<00:28:30.240><c> about</c><00:28:30.460><c> the</c><00:28:30.559><c> words</c><00:28:30.839><c> of</c><00:28:31.200><c> 1</c><00:28:31.400><c> Peter</c><00:28:31.619><c> 2,</c><00:28:32.259><c> verse</c><00:28:32.460><c> 23,</c><00:28:33.460><c> where</c>

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Christ<00:28:34.619><c> was</c><00:28:36.480><c> revealed,</c>

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he<00:28:42.019><c> was</c><00:28:42.019><c> reviled,</c><00:28:42.500><c> he</c><00:28:42.680><c> was</c><00:28:42.980><c> reviled</c><00:28:43.519><c> not</c><00:28:44.140><c> again,</c><00:28:45.460><c> when</c><00:28:45.759><c> he</c><00:28:46.240><c> suffered</c><00:28:46.559><c> he</c>

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threatened<00:28:47.539><c> not,</c>

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but<00:28:48.900><c> committed</c><00:28:49.460><c> himself</c><00:28:50.359><c> to</c><00:28:51.140><c> him</c><00:28:51.660><c> that</c><00:28:52.359><c> judgeth</c><00:28:53.519><c> righteously.</c>

00:28:57.700 --> 00:29:04.119
So<00:28:58.539><c> when</c><00:28:58.740><c> he</c><00:28:59.039><c> faced</c><00:28:59.619><c> and</c><00:29:01.619><c> looked</c><00:29:01.819><c> into</c><00:29:02.160><c> the</c><00:29:02.339><c> eyes</c><00:29:02.599><c> of</c><00:29:02.980><c> Pilate,</c>

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:07.140
he<00:29:04.779><c> looked</c><00:29:05.059><c> straight</c><00:29:05.500><c> through</c><00:29:06.019><c> Pilate.</c>

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:14.819
And<00:29:09.000><c> he</c><00:29:09.480><c> saw</c><00:29:10.160><c> and</c><00:29:10.920><c> bowed</c><00:29:11.200><c> the</c><00:29:11.339><c> knee</c><00:29:11.980><c> to</c><00:29:13.220><c> the</c><00:29:13.400><c> God</c><00:29:13.579><c> of</c><00:29:13.940><c> heaven.</c>

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Because<00:29:15.779><c> behind</c><00:29:17.480><c> Pilate,</c><00:29:19.420><c> behind</c><00:29:19.920><c> all</c><00:29:20.319><c> of</c><00:29:20.480><c> that</c><00:29:20.819><c> pomp</c><00:29:21.180><c> and</c><00:29:21.599><c> arrogance,</c>

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:28.880
behind<00:29:22.920><c> the</c><00:29:23.619><c> judicial</c><00:29:24.380><c> proceedings</c><00:29:25.160><c> of</c><00:29:25.539><c> Rome,</c><00:29:27.480><c> he</c><00:29:27.720><c> was</c><00:29:28.059><c> bowing</c><00:29:28.339><c> the</c><00:29:28.460><c> knee</c>

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:34.519
and<00:29:29.500><c> gave</c><00:29:29.759><c> testimony</c><00:29:30.299><c> before</c><00:29:31.380><c> the</c><00:29:32.079><c> higher</c><00:29:32.619><c> court</c><00:29:33.059><c> of</c><00:29:33.680><c> heaven.</c>

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:40.039
He<00:29:36.119><c> submitted</c><00:29:36.619><c> to</c><00:29:37.299><c> that</c><00:29:37.700><c> higher</c><00:29:38.099><c> court</c><00:29:38.500><c> of</c><00:29:39.279><c> righteousness</c>

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:42.259
and<00:29:40.799><c> his</c><00:29:41.099><c> disciples,</c>

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:48.160
his<00:29:43.059><c> beloved</c><00:29:43.539><c> Jewish</c><00:29:43.980><c> brethren</c><00:29:44.460><c> in</c><00:29:45.660><c> this</c><00:29:45.940><c> context</c><00:29:46.579><c> were</c><00:29:47.759><c> not</c>

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resisting<00:29:48.819><c> the</c><00:29:49.140><c> temporal</c><00:29:49.460><c> power.</c>

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:54.460
So<00:29:51.519><c> here's</c><00:29:51.779><c> another</c><00:29:52.059><c> pointer</c><00:29:52.400><c> to</c><00:29:52.720><c> Christ</c><00:29:53.059><c> and</c><00:29:53.279><c> his</c><00:29:53.480><c> followers.</c>

00:29:55.400 --> 00:30:00.500
What<00:29:55.740><c> an</c><00:29:56.259><c> encouragement</c><00:29:56.759><c> to</c><00:29:57.099><c> James'</c><00:29:57.980><c> readers</c><00:29:58.460><c> and</c><00:29:59.259><c> to</c><00:29:59.460><c> us.</c>

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:05.160
But<00:30:01.579><c> to</c><00:30:02.039><c> all</c><00:30:02.420><c> of</c><00:30:02.619><c> Christ's</c><00:30:03.180><c> brethren,</c><00:30:04.319><c> and</c><00:30:04.420><c> we</c><00:30:04.619><c> think</c><00:30:04.839><c> about</c>

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.440
the<00:30:05.339><c> work</c><00:30:05.539><c> of</c><00:30:05.720><c> Brother</c><00:30:05.900><c> Alanier,</c>

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:11.240
we<00:30:06.980><c> think</c><00:30:07.259><c> about</c><00:30:07.519><c> the</c><00:30:07.759><c> protesters,</c><00:30:08.420><c> the</c><00:30:08.640><c> brethren</c><00:30:09.259><c> in</c><00:30:09.920><c> former</c><00:30:10.460><c> generations,</c>

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:16.099
our<00:30:11.740><c> brethren</c><00:30:12.220><c> who</c><00:30:13.579><c> testified</c><00:30:14.299><c> at</c><00:30:14.579><c> the</c><00:30:14.900><c> expense,</c><00:30:15.359><c> at</c><00:30:15.440><c> the</c><00:30:15.640><c> risk</c><00:30:15.880><c> of</c>

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their<00:30:16.400><c> lives,</c>

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they<00:30:17.380><c> testified</c><00:30:18.079><c> to</c><00:30:18.759><c> both</c><00:30:19.079><c> church</c><00:30:19.480><c> and</c><00:30:20.099><c> state</c><00:30:20.859><c> at</c><00:30:22.700><c> the</c><00:30:23.000><c> cost</c>

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of<00:30:23.579><c> their</c><00:30:23.759><c> lives.</c>

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:30.799
They<00:30:26.559><c> would</c><00:30:26.819><c> not</c><00:30:27.019><c> take</c><00:30:27.259><c> to</c><00:30:27.539><c> arms,</c><00:30:28.380><c> unlike</c><00:30:28.880><c> other</c><00:30:29.359><c> protest</c><00:30:29.779><c> groups.</c>

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:33.880
They<00:30:31.259><c> would</c><00:30:31.519><c> flee</c><00:30:31.799><c> from</c><00:30:32.099><c> one</c><00:30:32.460><c> city</c><00:30:32.740><c> to</c><00:30:32.980><c> another.</c><00:30:33.220><c> They</c><00:30:33.440><c> would</c>

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not<00:30:34.240><c> resist</c><00:30:34.880><c> evil.</c>

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.700
They<00:30:35.460><c> would</c><00:30:35.799><c> turn</c><00:30:36.200><c> the</c><00:30:36.380><c> other</c><00:30:36.579><c> cheek.</c>

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:45.420
So<00:30:40.359><c> Proverbs</c><00:30:40.759><c> 20</c><00:30:41.119><c> says,</c><00:30:41.759><c> Wait</c><00:30:41.759><c> on</c><00:30:42.000><c> the</c><00:30:42.180><c> Lord,</c><00:30:42.980><c> wait</c><00:30:43.299><c> on</c><00:30:43.900><c> the</c><00:30:44.119><c> Lord</c><00:30:44.519><c> and</c><00:30:44.980><c> he</c>

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shall<00:30:45.640><c> save</c><00:30:46.000><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:30:49.460><c> our</c><00:30:49.700><c> closing</c><00:30:50.420><c> verses</c><00:30:51.039><c> now</c><00:30:51.420><c> will</c><00:30:51.619><c> be</c><00:30:51.759><c> verses</c><00:30:52.099><c> 7</c><00:30:52.599><c> to</c><00:30:52.799><c> 11.</c>

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:56.920
There's<00:30:53.779><c> an</c><00:30:53.960><c> exhortation</c><00:30:54.539><c> here</c><00:30:54.880><c> for</c><00:30:55.059><c> us</c><00:30:55.319><c> to</c><00:30:55.500><c> be</c><00:30:55.740><c> patient.</c>

00:30:57.500 --> 00:31:01.599
Verse<00:30:57.740><c> 7,</c><00:30:59.119><c> Be</c><00:30:59.259><c> patient</c><00:30:59.599><c> therefore</c><00:31:00.000><c> brethren</c><00:31:00.380><c> unto</c><00:31:00.740><c> the</c><00:31:01.119><c> coming</c><00:31:01.380><c> of</c>

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.039
the<00:31:01.740><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:08.539
So<00:31:02.279><c> he</c><00:31:02.559><c> came,</c><00:31:04.640><c> his</c><00:31:04.940><c> Perusia</c><00:31:05.720><c> presence</c><00:31:06.279><c> was</c><00:31:06.920><c> there</c><00:31:07.480><c> behind</c><00:31:08.000><c> the</c><00:31:08.279><c> scenes</c>

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:13.859
when<00:31:08.839><c> the</c><00:31:09.140><c> Roman</c><00:31:09.460><c> armies</c><00:31:10.240><c> swept</c><00:31:11.099><c> in</c><00:31:11.440><c> and</c><00:31:11.720><c> besieged</c><00:31:13.279><c> the</c><00:31:13.660><c> city</c>

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.420
of<00:31:14.079><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:21.339
We<00:31:14.619><c> know</c><00:31:14.839><c> that</c><00:31:15.079><c> from</c><00:31:15.299><c> Matthew</c><00:31:15.680><c> 22</c><00:31:16.299><c> and</c><00:31:16.480><c> verse</c><00:31:16.700><c> 7,</c><00:31:17.799><c> when</c><00:31:17.960><c> he</c><00:31:18.279><c> sent</c><00:31:18.619><c> forth</c><00:31:19.160><c> his</c><00:31:20.119><c> armies.</c>

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:26.200
In<00:31:22.200><c> Daniel</c><00:31:22.480><c> 9,</c><00:31:22.859><c> 26,</c><00:31:23.599><c> they</c><00:31:23.799><c> were</c><00:31:24.000><c> the</c><00:31:24.160><c> people</c><00:31:24.440><c> of</c><00:31:24.759><c> the</c><00:31:24.960><c> prince.</c>

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:31.220
My<00:31:28.940><c> brethren</c><00:31:29.180><c> and</c><00:31:29.400><c> sisters,</c><00:31:29.579><c> this</c><00:31:29.799><c> word</c><00:31:30.099><c> patient</c><00:31:30.539><c> is</c><00:31:30.799><c> one</c><00:31:31.039><c> of</c>

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.720
the<00:31:31.579><c> most</c><00:31:31.900><c> beautiful</c><00:31:32.380><c> words</c>

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:35.539
that<00:31:33.039><c> James</c><00:31:33.460><c> uses</c><00:31:34.440><c> and</c><00:31:34.619><c> I</c><00:31:34.839><c> love</c><00:31:35.000><c> it.</c>

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:41.000
This<00:31:36.299><c> word,</c><00:31:37.000><c> the</c><00:31:37.160><c> root</c><00:31:37.359><c> word</c><00:31:37.680><c> means</c><00:31:38.380><c> under</c><00:31:39.180><c> and</c><00:31:39.980><c> abide.</c>

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:45.660
So<00:31:42.619><c> they</c><00:31:42.779><c> were</c><00:31:43.160><c> abiding</c><00:31:44.259><c> under.</c>

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:53.420
The<00:31:49.839><c> revised</c><00:31:50.180><c> version,</c><00:31:50.599><c> margin</c><00:31:50.920><c> and</c><00:31:51.140><c> other</c><00:31:51.339><c> places</c><00:31:51.660><c> has</c><00:31:52.279><c> endurance.</c>

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:56.799
Let's<00:31:55.099><c> think</c><00:31:55.319><c> about</c><00:31:55.519><c> this,</c><00:31:55.799><c> my</c><00:31:55.799><c> brethren</c><00:31:55.900><c> and</c><00:31:56.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:57.259 --> 00:32:03.000
You<00:31:57.440><c> know,</c><00:31:57.779><c> we</c><00:31:58.059><c> may</c><00:31:58.440><c> endure</c><00:31:58.920><c> trials.</c><00:32:00.940><c> That's</c><00:32:01.740><c> one</c><00:32:02.000><c> thing.</c>

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:07.619
But<00:32:05.079><c> how</c><00:32:05.359><c> do</c><00:32:05.480><c> you</c><00:32:05.700><c> handle</c><00:32:06.220><c> provocation?</c>

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:13.579
Are<00:32:09.920><c> we</c><00:32:10.240><c> patient</c><00:32:10.880><c> when</c><00:32:11.460><c> we</c><00:32:11.880><c> are</c><00:32:11.960><c> provoked?</c>

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:22.619
In<00:32:15.359><c> not</c><00:32:15.559><c> resisting</c><00:32:16.119><c> evil,</c><00:32:18.119><c> how</c><00:32:19.460><c> well</c><00:32:19.759><c> do</c><00:32:19.920><c> we</c><00:32:20.200><c> show</c><00:32:20.660><c> self</c><00:32:21.420><c>-restraint?</c>

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:33.440
When<00:32:25.619><c> provoked,</c><00:32:26.740><c> to</c><00:32:26.900><c> not</c><00:32:27.460><c> retaliate,</c><00:32:31.039><c> to</c><00:32:31.220><c> not</c><00:32:31.960><c> fire</c><00:32:32.319><c> back.</c>

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:40.039
You<00:32:35.759><c> know,</c><00:32:36.000><c> our</c><00:32:36.200><c> Lord</c><00:32:36.460><c> was</c><00:32:36.940><c> the</c><00:32:37.339><c> perfect</c><00:32:38.259><c> role</c><00:32:38.579><c> model,</c><00:32:39.019><c> wasn't</c><00:32:39.180><c> he?</c>

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:45.259
But<00:32:42.160><c> maybe</c><00:32:42.380><c> brethren</c><00:32:42.680><c> and</c><00:32:42.900><c> sisters,</c><00:32:43.980><c> these</c><00:32:44.539><c> brethren</c><00:32:44.960><c> were</c>

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:48.079
likewise<00:32:45.900><c> good</c><00:32:46.339><c> role</c><00:32:46.599><c> models</c><00:32:46.859><c> for</c><00:32:47.140><c> us</c>

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:55.400
of<00:32:49.680><c> curbing</c><00:32:50.220><c> protestation</c><00:32:51.279><c> under</c><00:32:52.039><c> fraud,</c><00:32:54.039><c> under</c><00:32:54.519><c> injustice,</c>

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.339
whatever<00:32:55.900><c> form</c><00:32:56.240><c> it</c><00:32:56.480><c> comes.</c>

00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:03.480
So<00:32:58.700><c> really,</c><00:32:59.359><c> how</c><00:33:00.240><c> long</c><00:33:00.960><c>-suffering</c><00:33:01.839><c> are</c><00:33:02.240><c> we?</c>

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.940
Really.

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:09.400
Behold,<00:33:07.180><c> the</c><00:33:07.420><c> husbandman</c><00:33:08.039><c> waiteth</c><00:33:08.359><c> for</c><00:33:08.579><c> the</c><00:33:08.779><c> precious</c><00:33:09.160><c> fruit</c>

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:13.779
of<00:33:09.579><c> the</c><00:33:09.759><c> earth</c><00:33:09.920><c> and</c><00:33:10.180><c> hath</c><00:33:10.720><c> long</c><00:33:11.140><c> patience</c><00:33:11.599><c> for</c><00:33:11.900><c> it</c>

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:18.000
until<00:33:15.000><c> he</c><00:33:15.519><c> received</c><00:33:16.039><c> the</c><00:33:16.319><c> early</c><00:33:16.519><c> and</c><00:33:16.680><c> the</c><00:33:16.819><c> latter</c><00:33:17.019><c> rain.</c>

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:23.440
And<00:33:18.579><c> in</c><00:33:18.740><c> tomorrow's</c><00:33:19.259><c> notes,</c><00:33:19.480><c> you'll</c><00:33:19.900><c> see</c><00:33:20.299><c> there's</c><00:33:20.960><c> a</c><00:33:21.079><c> very</c><00:33:21.279><c> good</c><00:33:21.539><c> description</c><00:33:22.000><c> by</c>

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.559
George<00:33:23.859><c> Adam</c><00:33:24.200><c> Smith</c>

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:29.240
of<00:33:24.799><c> the</c><00:33:25.160><c> cycle,</c><00:33:26.059><c> the</c><00:33:26.660><c> climatic</c><00:33:27.500><c> cycles</c><00:33:27.960><c> in</c><00:33:28.279><c> the</c><00:33:28.440><c> land.</c>

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:31.079
So<00:33:29.759><c> have</c><00:33:29.940><c> a</c><00:33:30.039><c> look</c><00:33:30.099><c> at</c><00:33:30.180><c> that</c><00:33:30.319><c> later.</c>

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:33.779
But<00:33:31.980><c> it</c><00:33:32.500><c> has</c><00:33:32.759><c> impressed</c><00:33:33.099><c> me,</c><00:33:33.400><c> brethren</c><00:33:33.500><c> and</c><00:33:33.680><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:36.700
I'm<00:33:34.119><c> sure</c><00:33:34.380><c> brethren</c><00:33:35.299><c> and</c><00:33:35.460><c> sisters</c><00:33:35.819><c> and</c><00:33:36.039><c> young</c><00:33:36.279><c> people</c><00:33:36.519><c> have</c>

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:38.640
been<00:33:36.920><c> into</c><00:33:37.079><c> the</c><00:33:37.220><c> mission</c><00:33:37.539><c> field.</c>

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:45.599
How<00:33:40.460><c> you</c><00:33:41.099><c> meet</c><00:33:41.319><c> people</c><00:33:42.059><c> who</c><00:33:42.940><c> really</c><00:33:43.200><c> do</c><00:33:43.460><c> live</c><00:33:43.779><c> from</c><00:33:44.220><c> day</c><00:33:44.759><c> to</c><00:33:45.160><c> day</c>

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:51.579
and<00:33:46.000><c> are</c><00:33:46.160><c> subject</c><00:33:46.619><c> to</c><00:33:47.779><c> the</c><00:33:47.980><c> vagaries</c><00:33:48.579><c> of</c><00:33:48.960><c> life,</c><00:33:49.660><c> the</c><00:33:49.859><c> variableness</c><00:33:50.299><c> of</c><00:33:50.519><c> the</c><00:33:50.700><c> seasons.</c>

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:56.640
You<00:33:53.099><c> know,</c><00:33:53.099><c> you</c><00:33:53.279><c> see</c><00:33:53.480><c> the</c><00:33:53.720><c> people</c><00:33:53.920><c> in</c><00:33:54.099><c> the</c><00:33:54.319><c> islands</c><00:33:54.559><c> with</c><00:33:54.839><c> their</c><00:33:55.079><c> cash</c><00:33:55.460><c> crops.</c>

00:33:58.019 --> 00:34:01.519
They're<00:33:58.660><c> growing</c><00:33:58.660><c> their</c><00:33:59.079><c> vegetables</c><00:33:59.599><c> in</c><00:34:00.079><c> the</c><00:34:00.339><c> garden</c><00:34:00.880><c> so</c><00:34:01.140><c> they</c><00:34:01.279><c> can</c>

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:03.440
take<00:34:01.740><c> them</c><00:34:01.859><c> to</c><00:34:02.039><c> the</c><00:34:02.220><c> market</c><00:34:02.500><c> to</c><00:34:02.880><c> sell,</c>

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:08.639
to<00:34:04.579><c> have</c><00:34:04.720><c> some</c><00:34:05.000><c> cash</c><00:34:05.380><c> to</c><00:34:05.759><c> buy</c><00:34:06.000><c> the</c><00:34:06.220><c> necessary</c><00:34:07.579><c> food.</c>

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:14.480
So<00:34:10.019><c> they</c><00:34:10.239><c> wait</c><00:34:10.559><c> for</c><00:34:11.440><c> this</c><00:34:11.679><c> garden</c><00:34:12.119><c> crop</c><00:34:12.559><c> to</c><00:34:13.019><c> grow</c><00:34:13.300><c> and</c><00:34:13.659><c> to</c><00:34:13.980><c> develop</c><00:34:14.199><c> and</c>

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.239
to<00:34:14.739><c> mature,</c>

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:22.219
only<00:34:16.179><c> for</c><00:34:16.840><c> it</c><00:34:16.960><c> to</c><00:34:17.079><c> be</c><00:34:17.380><c> wiped</c><00:34:17.639><c> out</c><00:34:18.440><c> in</c><00:34:19.480><c> torrential</c><00:34:20.199><c> storms</c><00:34:20.559><c> and</c><00:34:21.000><c> typhoons.</c>

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.659
The<00:34:23.500><c> crop's</c><00:34:23.880><c> ruined.</c>

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:32.119
They<00:34:26.440><c> live</c><00:34:27.019><c> every</c><00:34:28.400><c> day</c><00:34:28.679><c> saying,</c><00:34:29.760><c> give</c><00:34:29.760><c> us</c><00:34:30.239><c> this</c><00:34:30.579><c> day</c><00:34:31.380><c> our</c>

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:33.559
daily<00:34:32.460><c> bread.</c>

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:38.820
So<00:34:36.260><c> verse</c><00:34:36.500><c> 8,</c><00:34:36.900><c> be</c><00:34:37.059><c> also</c><00:34:37.400><c> patient.</c>

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:42.320
Also<00:34:39.920><c> patient,</c><00:34:41.500><c> all</c><00:34:41.639><c> long</c><00:34:41.840><c>-suffering.</c>

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:44.460
Establish<00:34:42.920><c> your</c><00:34:43.139><c> hearts</c><00:34:43.440><c> for</c><00:34:43.619><c> the</c><00:34:43.760><c> coming</c><00:34:43.920><c> of</c><00:34:44.079><c> the</c><00:34:44.219><c> Lord</c>

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.199
draweth<00:34:44.880><c> nigh.</c>

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:50.059
So<00:34:45.880><c> establish</c><00:34:46.199><c> has</c><00:34:46.519><c> the</c><00:34:46.699><c> idea</c><00:34:47.059><c> of</c><00:34:47.320><c> setting</c><00:34:47.539><c> fast</c><00:34:48.099><c> and</c><00:34:48.760><c> turning</c><00:34:49.320><c> resolutely.</c>

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:54.960
So<00:34:51.000><c> in</c><00:34:51.199><c> the</c><00:34:51.539><c> first</c><00:34:51.780><c> century</c><00:34:52.199><c> and</c><00:34:52.440><c> in</c><00:34:52.619><c> the</c><00:34:52.960><c> 20th</c><00:34:53.400><c> century,</c><00:34:53.860><c> brethren</c><00:34:53.940><c> and</c><00:34:54.199><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:57.739
should<00:34:55.159><c> not</c><00:34:55.539><c> we,</c><00:34:56.179><c> I</c><00:34:56.300><c> should</c><00:34:56.500><c> say</c><00:34:56.739><c> the</c><00:34:56.860><c> 21st,</c><00:34:57.480><c> shouldn't</c><00:34:57.500><c> I,</c>

00:34:57.940 --> 00:35:03.679
we<00:34:58.159><c> should</c><00:34:58.360><c> not</c><00:34:58.539><c> in</c><00:34:58.800><c> the</c><00:34:58.960><c> year</c><00:34:59.199><c> 2003</c><00:35:00.480><c> play</c><00:35:02.360><c> down</c><00:35:02.719><c> the</c><00:35:03.139><c> force</c>

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:08.119
and<00:35:04.239><c> the</c><00:35:04.559><c> relevance</c><00:35:04.900><c> of</c><00:35:05.219><c> this</c><00:35:05.679><c> expectation</c><00:35:06.739><c> of</c><00:35:07.360><c> the</c><00:35:07.719><c> coming</c>

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:10.039
of<00:35:08.599><c> the</c><00:35:08.840><c> Lord.</c>

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:15.579
Brethren<00:35:12.659><c> and</c><00:35:12.860><c> sisters</c><00:35:13.000><c> James</c><00:35:13.460><c> and</c><00:35:13.699><c> Peter</c><00:35:13.980><c> and</c><00:35:14.300><c> Paul</c><00:35:14.460><c> all</c><00:35:14.780><c> speak</c><00:35:15.059><c> about</c><00:35:15.340><c> the</c>

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.780
80,<00:35:15.960><c> 70</c><00:35:16.360><c> days</c>

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.940
that<00:35:16.960><c> were</c><00:35:17.179><c> coming</c><00:35:17.380><c> upon</c><00:35:17.699><c> them.</c>

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:20.880
And<00:35:18.059><c> sure</c><00:35:18.280><c> it</c><00:35:18.460><c> wasn't</c><00:35:18.820><c> an</c><00:35:19.099><c> open</c><00:35:19.420><c> manifestation</c><00:35:20.260><c> of</c><00:35:20.500><c> the</c><00:35:20.679><c> Lord</c>

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:22.019
in<00:35:21.139><c> might</c><00:35:21.360><c> and</c><00:35:21.699><c> glory</c>

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:25.800
before<00:35:22.679><c> all</c><00:35:22.960><c> nations</c><00:35:23.360><c> that</c><00:35:23.599><c> we</c><00:35:23.920><c> expect</c><00:35:24.360><c> in</c><00:35:24.599><c> our</c><00:35:24.860><c> day,</c>

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:31.619
but<00:35:26.639><c> it</c><00:35:26.940><c> was</c><00:35:27.239><c> an</c><00:35:27.519><c> onset</c><00:35:27.920><c> of</c><00:35:28.539><c> cataclysmic</c><00:35:29.739><c> events</c><00:35:30.159><c> for</c><00:35:31.139><c> Israel</c>

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:35.179
where<00:35:31.860><c> Christ</c><00:35:32.219><c> was</c><00:35:32.480><c> to</c><00:35:32.739><c> judge</c><00:35:32.960><c> and</c><00:35:33.179><c> to</c><00:35:33.460><c> overthrow</c><00:35:33.960><c> with</c>

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:36.199
devastating<00:35:35.760><c> effect.</c>

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:42.920
And<00:35:36.460><c> so</c><00:35:36.599><c> the</c><00:35:36.980><c> arm</c><00:35:37.360><c> of</c><00:35:38.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:38.559><c> was</c><00:35:38.880><c> about</c><00:35:39.280><c> to</c><00:35:39.639><c> be</c><00:35:41.559><c> the</c><00:35:42.360><c> unbeared</c>

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:44.880
and<00:35:43.619><c> the</c><00:35:43.880><c> sheath,</c><00:35:44.340><c> brethren</c><00:35:44.460><c> and</c><00:35:44.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:48.480
The<00:35:45.159><c> sword</c><00:35:45.519><c> of</c><00:35:45.780><c> judgment</c><00:35:46.099><c> was</c><00:35:46.360><c> to</c><00:35:46.440><c> be</c><00:35:46.619><c> unsheathed</c><00:35:48.079><c> and</c><00:35:48.320><c> they</c>

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:51.039
would<00:35:48.760><c> see</c><00:35:48.920><c> it.</c>

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:55.239
I<00:35:51.679><c> wonder,</c><00:35:52.039><c> brethren</c><00:35:52.179><c> and</c><00:35:52.380><c> sisters,</c><00:35:52.599><c> when</c><00:35:52.880><c> we</c><00:35:53.500><c> contemplate</c>

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:56.239
the<00:35:55.880><c> relevance</c>

00:35:56.239 --> 00:36:01.260
of<00:35:56.519><c> these</c><00:35:56.840><c> things</c><00:35:57.099><c> for</c><00:35:57.300><c> us</c><00:35:57.539><c> today,</c><00:35:59.219><c> the</c><00:35:59.579><c> impending</c><00:36:00.239><c> divine</c><00:36:00.760><c> judgment</c>

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:08.960
that<00:36:01.980><c> is</c><00:36:02.179><c> coming</c><00:36:02.360><c> upon</c><00:36:03.039><c> our</c><00:36:03.760><c> world,</c><00:36:05.860><c> whether</c><00:36:06.019><c> we</c><00:36:07.260><c> have</c><00:36:07.400><c> the</c><00:36:07.639><c> same</c><00:36:07.940><c> sense</c><00:36:08.239><c> of</c><00:36:08.579><c> relief</c>

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:12.360
and<00:36:09.320><c> assurance</c><00:36:09.820><c> that</c><00:36:10.059><c> they</c><00:36:10.420><c> had,</c><00:36:11.400><c> that</c><00:36:11.579><c> their</c><00:36:11.840><c> prayers</c><00:36:12.119><c> were</c>

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.760
going<00:36:12.480><c> to</c><00:36:12.599><c> be</c><00:36:12.780><c> answered.</c>

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:17.539
But<00:36:14.539><c> how</c><00:36:14.960><c> relevant</c><00:36:15.219><c> are</c><00:36:15.420><c> these</c><00:36:15.679><c> warnings</c><00:36:16.059><c> for</c><00:36:16.340><c> us</c><00:36:16.760><c> in</c><00:36:17.059><c> these</c>

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.219
latter<00:36:17.800><c> days,</c>

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:22.219
the<00:36:18.500><c> days</c><00:36:18.760><c> of</c><00:36:19.119><c> distress</c><00:36:19.599><c> of</c><00:36:19.880><c> nations,</c><00:36:20.940><c> days</c><00:36:21.199><c> of</c><00:36:21.559><c> perplexity,</c>

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:24.639
days<00:36:22.579><c> of</c><00:36:22.980><c> falling</c><00:36:23.260><c> away.</c>

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:31.280
So<00:36:25.860><c> establish,</c><00:36:27.440><c> establish</c><00:36:28.639><c> your</c><00:36:30.079><c> hearts.</c>

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:35.119
Face<00:36:32.840><c> resolutely</c><00:36:33.599><c> with</c><00:36:34.260><c> your</c><00:36:34.519><c> families.</c>

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:40.199
As<00:36:35.980><c> for</c><00:36:36.199><c> me</c><00:36:36.400><c> and</c><00:36:36.539><c> my</c><00:36:36.800><c> house,</c><00:36:37.619><c> let's</c><00:36:38.039><c> face</c><00:36:38.400><c> resolutely</c><00:36:39.139><c> our</c><00:36:39.920><c> days</c>

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:42.260
for<00:36:40.420><c> the</c><00:36:40.599><c> coming</c><00:36:40.760><c> of</c><00:36:40.940><c> the</c><00:36:41.079><c> Lord</c><00:36:41.360><c> droeth</c><00:36:41.699><c> nigh.</c>

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:46.380
Then<00:36:43.059><c> he</c><00:36:43.239><c> says,</c><00:36:43.639><c> verse</c><00:36:43.840><c> 9,</c><00:36:44.539><c> judge,</c><00:36:45.159><c> sorry,</c><00:36:45.760><c> grudge</c><00:36:46.019><c> not,</c>

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:51.780
we'll<00:36:47.039><c> finish</c><00:36:47.320><c> on</c><00:36:47.500><c> this</c><00:36:47.780><c> verse,</c><00:36:48.619><c> grudge</c><00:36:49.019><c> not</c><00:36:49.380><c> one</c><00:36:49.820><c> against</c><00:36:50.500><c> another,</c>

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:55.840
brethren,<00:36:54.199><c> lest</c><00:36:54.400><c> ye</c><00:36:54.619><c> be</c><00:36:54.840><c> condemned.</c>

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:59.219
So<00:36:56.820><c> in</c><00:36:56.980><c> the</c><00:36:57.119><c> light</c><00:36:57.239><c> of</c><00:36:57.519><c> Christ</c><00:36:57.800><c> coming</c><00:36:58.139><c> to</c><00:36:58.380><c> us,</c><00:36:58.659><c> these</c><00:36:58.980><c> words</c>

00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:00.940
are<00:36:59.599><c> very,</c><00:37:00.079><c> very</c><00:37:00.679><c> relevant.</c>

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:08.699
Grudge,<00:37:01.800><c> brethren</c><00:37:02.000><c> and</c><00:37:02.179><c> sisters,</c><00:37:02.380><c> means</c><00:37:02.699><c> to</c><00:37:03.199><c> sigh,</c><00:37:05.400><c> to</c><00:37:05.739><c> murmur,</c><00:37:06.980><c> to</c><00:37:07.360><c> grieve.</c>

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:13.460
You<00:37:09.460><c> know,</c><00:37:09.659><c> we</c><00:37:09.820><c> may</c><00:37:10.039><c> be</c><00:37:10.320><c> patient</c><00:37:10.539><c> under</c><00:37:10.800><c> the</c><00:37:11.079><c> pressure</c><00:37:11.400><c> of</c><00:37:12.079><c> an</c><00:37:12.340><c> ungodless,</c>

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:17.619
of<00:37:14.039><c> a</c><00:37:14.159><c> godless</c><00:37:14.619><c> world,</c><00:37:16.000><c> but</c><00:37:16.159><c> in</c><00:37:16.420><c> the</c><00:37:16.619><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:37:17.199><c> brethren</c><00:37:17.320><c> and</c><00:37:17.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:23.139
all<00:37:18.039><c> too</c><00:37:18.320><c> often</c><00:37:18.619><c> we</c><00:37:18.860><c> find</c><00:37:19.199><c> ourselves</c><00:37:19.699><c> murmuring</c><00:37:20.420><c> and</c><00:37:20.820><c> quarreling</c><00:37:21.559><c> and</c><00:37:21.960><c> complaining,</c>

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:27.800
not<00:37:24.460><c> of</c><00:37:24.760><c> course</c><00:37:24.940><c> to</c><00:37:25.139><c> those</c><00:37:25.400><c> who</c><00:37:25.599><c> we've</c><00:37:25.940><c> fallen</c><00:37:26.099><c> out</c><00:37:26.380><c> with,</c><00:37:27.619><c> but</c>

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.079
to<00:37:28.000><c> our</c><00:37:28.239><c> friends.</c>

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:36.639
We<00:37:29.480><c> breathe</c><00:37:30.000><c> those</c><00:37:31.039><c> heavy</c><00:37:31.800><c> sighs</c><00:37:32.539><c> of</c><00:37:33.820><c> complaint</c><00:37:34.519><c> and</c><00:37:35.099><c> annoyance.</c>

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:41.099
You<00:37:37.920><c> know,</c><00:37:38.079><c> we</c><00:37:38.199><c> can</c><00:37:38.599><c> harbour</c><00:37:39.280><c> grudges</c><00:37:39.719><c> for</c><00:37:40.019><c> years.</c>

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:49.739
You<00:37:43.320><c> know,</c><00:37:44.880><c> no</c><00:37:45.019><c> matter</c><00:37:45.219><c> how</c><00:37:45.599><c> well</c><00:37:45.780><c> you</c><00:37:46.079><c> nurse</c><00:37:46.380><c> a</c><00:37:46.739><c> grudge,</c><00:37:48.099><c> it'll</c><00:37:48.380><c> never</c><00:37:48.579><c> get</c><00:37:48.820><c> better.</c>

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:56.159
We<00:37:52.320><c> speak</c><00:37:52.619><c> evil</c><00:37:53.019><c> of</c><00:37:53.260><c> one</c><00:37:53.460><c> another,</c><00:37:54.300><c> we</c><00:37:54.559><c> impute</c><00:37:54.900><c> wrong</c><00:37:55.179><c> motives,</c>

00:37:56.960 --> 00:38:02.760
we're<00:37:57.280><c> given</c><00:37:57.559><c> default</c><00:37:57.960><c> finding</c><00:37:58.619><c> and</c><00:37:59.039><c> to</c><00:37:59.599><c> carping,</c><00:38:01.000><c> negative</c><00:38:01.539><c> criticism.</c>

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:04.940
We've<00:38:03.360><c> got</c><00:38:03.420><c> long</c><00:38:03.820><c> memories,</c><00:38:04.500><c> brethren</c><00:38:04.639><c> and</c><00:38:04.940><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:07.780
We've<00:38:05.460><c> got</c><00:38:05.780><c> long,</c><00:38:06.440><c> long</c><00:38:06.800><c> memories.</c>

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:10.579
Brethren<00:38:08.460><c> and</c><00:38:08.579><c> sisters,</c><00:38:08.940><c> our</c><00:38:09.039><c> words</c><00:38:09.340><c> will</c><00:38:09.639><c> condemn</c><00:38:09.860><c> us,</c>

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:13.059
even<00:38:10.980><c> if</c><00:38:11.199><c> we</c><00:38:11.360><c> have</c><00:38:11.599><c> resolutely</c><00:38:12.019><c> faced</c><00:38:12.539><c> the</c><00:38:12.800><c> world,</c>

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:19.780
but<00:38:13.219><c> are</c><00:38:13.480><c> guilty</c><00:38:13.780><c> of</c><00:38:15.099><c> undermining</c><00:38:15.860><c> the</c><00:38:16.340><c> reputation</c><00:38:17.199><c> of</c><00:38:18.800><c> the</c><00:38:18.980><c> brethren.</c>

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:23.820
So<00:38:20.900><c> murmurers</c><00:38:21.420><c> and</c><00:38:21.900><c> complainers</c><00:38:22.340><c> are</c><00:38:22.739><c> roundly</c><00:38:23.300><c> condemned</c>

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:28.179
in<00:38:24.780><c> both</c><00:38:25.079><c> the</c><00:38:25.260><c> Old</c><00:38:25.460><c> Testament</c><00:38:25.880><c> and</c><00:38:26.139><c> the</c><00:38:26.280><c> New</c><00:38:26.460><c> Testament</c><00:38:27.099><c> scriptures.</c>

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:30.719
I've<00:38:28.940><c> got</c><00:38:29.059><c> a</c><00:38:29.159><c> little</c><00:38:29.340><c> piece</c><00:38:29.619><c> here</c><00:38:29.820><c> which</c><00:38:29.960><c> I'd</c><00:38:30.199><c> like</c><00:38:30.280><c> to</c><00:38:30.500><c> pass</c>

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.139
on<00:38:30.920><c> to</c><00:38:31.039><c> you</c>

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:33.199
at<00:38:31.139><c> the</c><00:38:31.340><c> risk</c><00:38:31.559><c> of</c><00:38:31.800><c> taking</c><00:38:32.059><c> time.</c>

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:35.920
Have<00:38:34.500><c> a</c><00:38:34.619><c> little</c><00:38:34.739><c> notice</c><00:38:35.059><c> board.</c>

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:38.219
Encouragement,<00:38:37.280><c> wanted.</c>

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:47.579
More<00:38:41.659><c> to</c><00:38:42.239><c> improve,</c><00:38:44.300><c> fewer</c><00:38:44.659><c> to</c><00:38:46.219><c> disapprove.</c>

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:52.000
More<00:38:48.559><c> doers,</c><00:38:50.619><c> fewer</c><00:38:50.880><c> takers.</c>

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:57.139
More<00:38:52.659><c> to</c><00:38:52.940><c> say</c><00:38:53.099><c> it</c><00:38:53.300><c> can</c><00:38:53.559><c> be</c><00:38:53.780><c> done,</c><00:38:54.500><c> fewer</c><00:38:54.760><c> to</c><00:38:55.079><c> say</c><00:38:55.320><c> it</c><00:38:55.820><c> can't</c><00:38:56.139><c> be</c><00:38:56.320><c> done.</c>

00:38:57.539 --> 00:39:00.980
More<00:38:58.099><c> to</c><00:38:58.340><c> inspire</c><00:38:58.800><c> others</c><00:38:59.300><c> with</c><00:38:59.619><c> confidence,</c>

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:06.320
fewer<00:39:01.380><c> to</c><00:39:01.679><c> throw</c><00:39:01.940><c> cold</c><00:39:02.400><c> water</c><00:39:03.039><c> on</c><00:39:03.960><c> anyone</c><00:39:04.380><c> taking</c><00:39:04.980><c> even</c><00:39:05.920><c> one</c>

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:08.019
step<00:39:06.539><c> in</c><00:39:06.719><c> the</c><00:39:06.840><c> right</c><00:39:07.019><c> direction.</c>

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:12.280
More<00:39:08.760><c> to</c><00:39:08.920><c> get</c><00:39:09.059><c> into</c><00:39:09.320><c> the</c><00:39:09.519><c> thick</c><00:39:09.679><c> of</c><00:39:09.880><c> things</c><00:39:10.139><c> and</c><00:39:10.340><c> to</c><00:39:10.599><c> do</c><00:39:10.820><c> something</c><00:39:11.340><c> about</c><00:39:11.800><c> it,</c>

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:17.340
fewer<00:39:12.599><c> to</c><00:39:12.860><c> sit</c><00:39:12.960><c> on</c><00:39:13.159><c> the</c><00:39:13.420><c> sidelines</c><00:39:14.940><c> merely</c><00:39:15.940><c> finding</c><00:39:16.340><c> a</c><00:39:16.619><c> fault.</c>

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:20.219
More<00:39:18.219><c> to</c><00:39:18.480><c> point</c><00:39:18.639><c> out</c><00:39:18.840><c> what's</c><00:39:19.219><c> right,</c>

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:24.980
fewer<00:39:21.239><c> to</c><00:39:21.519><c> keep</c><00:39:22.199><c> harping</c><00:39:22.659><c> on</c><00:39:22.940><c> about</c><00:39:23.280><c> what's</c><00:39:24.059><c> wrong.</c>

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:32.820
More<00:39:26.420><c> to</c><00:39:26.639><c> light</c><00:39:26.820><c> a</c><00:39:27.159><c> candle,</c><00:39:29.699><c> fewer</c><00:39:30.039><c> to</c><00:39:30.940><c> curse</c><00:39:31.219><c> the</c><00:39:31.440><c> darkness.</c>

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:36.900
So<00:39:34.000><c> behold,</c><00:39:34.579><c> the</c><00:39:34.619><c> judge</c><00:39:34.940><c> standeth</c><00:39:35.440><c> before</c><00:39:35.820><c> the</c><00:39:36.039><c> door.</c>

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.400
Imagine<00:39:37.360><c> the</c><00:39:37.619><c> scene,</c><00:39:37.880><c> brothers</c><00:39:38.059><c> and</c><00:39:38.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:42.739
the<00:39:38.619><c> Lord</c><00:39:38.860><c> is</c><00:39:39.179><c> standing</c><00:39:39.420><c> at</c><00:39:39.619><c> the</c><00:39:39.780><c> door</c><00:39:40.059><c> waiting</c><00:39:40.579><c> and</c><00:39:41.420><c> listening.</c>

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:48.760
He's<00:39:43.480><c> there</c><00:39:43.840><c> at</c><00:39:44.079><c> the</c><00:39:44.340><c> door</c><00:39:44.860><c> listening</c><00:39:45.659><c> to</c><00:39:46.500><c> us</c><00:39:47.059><c> and</c><00:39:47.380><c> to</c><00:39:47.519><c> our</c><00:39:47.719><c> families.</c>

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:52.360
So<00:39:49.699><c> inside</c><00:39:50.199><c> the</c><00:39:50.579><c> household</c><00:39:50.980><c> the</c><00:39:51.219><c> brethren</c><00:39:51.420><c> are</c><00:39:51.760><c> brawling</c><00:39:52.159><c> and</c>

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:53.840
they're<00:39:52.699><c> disputing</c><00:39:53.059><c> with</c><00:39:53.219><c> each</c><00:39:53.500><c> other.</c>

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:58.300
How<00:39:54.400><c> could</c><00:39:54.559><c> they</c><00:39:54.760><c> judge</c><00:39:55.039><c> one</c><00:39:55.239><c> another</c><00:39:55.519><c> with</c><00:39:55.800><c> the</c><00:39:56.019><c> one</c><00:39:56.280><c> true</c><00:39:56.599><c> judge</c><00:39:56.920><c> standing</c><00:39:57.340><c> right</c><00:39:57.719><c> there</c><00:39:57.980><c> at</c>

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the<00:39:58.440><c> door</c><00:39:58.699><c> listening?</c>

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Brothers<00:40:01.780><c> and</c><00:40:02.000><c> sisters,</c><00:40:02.199><c> in</c><00:40:02.360><c> our</c><00:40:02.579><c> homes,</c>

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the<00:40:05.760><c> Lord</c><00:40:06.079><c> is</c><00:40:06.539><c> at</c><00:40:06.800><c> the</c><00:40:06.940><c> door</c><00:40:07.760><c> and</c><00:40:08.639><c> listening</c><00:40:09.159><c> to</c><00:40:10.780><c> what's</c><00:40:11.179><c> going</c>

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on<00:40:12.039><c> in</c><00:40:12.440><c> our</c><00:40:12.699><c> homes.</c>

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Now,<00:40:15.800><c> Christian,</c><00:40:17.039><c> do</c><00:40:17.179><c> we</c><00:40:17.280><c> have</c><00:40:17.440><c> a</c><00:40:17.519><c> couple</c><00:40:17.679><c> of</c><00:40:17.820><c> minutes</c><00:40:18.000><c> for</c>

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that<00:40:18.300><c> hymn?</c>

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Okay,<00:40:19.519><c> why</c><00:40:19.679><c> don't</c><00:40:19.840><c> we,</c><00:40:20.099><c> if</c><00:40:20.219><c> you</c><00:40:20.480><c> can,</c><00:40:20.860><c> find</c><00:40:21.119><c> that</c><00:40:21.579><c> hymn,</c><00:40:22.239><c> the</c>

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James<00:40:22.860><c> hymn,</c>

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and<00:40:23.880><c> we</c><00:40:23.980><c> might</c><00:40:24.300><c> also</c><00:40:25.079><c> sing</c><00:40:25.480><c> it</c><00:40:25.800><c> at</c><00:40:26.000><c> our</c><00:40:26.199><c> last</c><00:40:26.780><c> study.</c>

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But<00:40:27.940><c> we'll</c><00:40:28.579><c> try</c><00:40:28.820><c> it</c><00:40:28.940><c> for</c><00:40:29.039><c> the</c><00:40:29.179><c> first</c><00:40:29.360><c> time</c><00:40:29.579><c> today.</c>

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There's<00:40:32.579><c> some</c><00:40:32.920><c> spare</c><00:40:33.119><c> ones</c><00:40:33.340><c> here.</c>

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If<00:40:33.619><c> you</c><00:40:33.780><c> haven't</c><00:40:33.880><c> got</c><00:40:34.019><c> a</c><00:40:34.139><c> copy,</c><00:40:34.340><c> put</c><00:40:34.519><c> your</c><00:40:34.639><c> hand</c><00:40:34.800><c> up,</c><00:40:36.159><c> please.</c>

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Okay,<00:40:41.519><c> is</c><00:40:41.639><c> there</c><00:40:41.760><c> anybody</c><00:40:42.000><c> who's</c><00:40:42.400><c> still</c><00:40:42.780><c> not</c><00:40:43.039><c> got</c><00:40:43.179><c> a</c><00:40:43.380><c> copy,</c>

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can't<00:40:43.980><c> see</c><00:40:44.260><c> one?</c>

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Can<00:40:45.280><c> you</c><00:40:45.519><c> sort</c><00:40:45.619><c> of</c><00:40:45.780><c> move</c><00:40:45.980><c> around,</c><00:40:46.760><c> sorry,</c><00:40:47.219><c> can</c><00:40:47.360><c> you</c><00:40:47.500><c> move</c><00:40:47.699><c> around</c><00:40:47.940><c> a</c><00:40:48.079><c> little</c><00:40:48.199><c> bit</c><00:40:48.539><c> to</c><00:40:48.800><c> share?</c>

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It's<00:40:50.659><c> not</c><00:40:50.840><c> in</c><00:40:51.039><c> the</c><00:40:51.099><c> hymn</c><00:40:51.260><c> book,</c><00:40:51.539><c> it's</c><00:40:51.679><c> one</c><00:40:51.880><c> that</c><00:40:52.079><c> we've</c><00:40:52.480><c> prepared,</c><00:40:53.519><c> sorry,</c>

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written<00:40:54.820><c> by</c><00:40:55.420><c> a</c><00:40:55.619><c> sister</c><00:40:55.980><c> back</c><00:40:56.440><c> home.</c>

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So,<00:40:59.800><c> thank</c><00:40:59.980><c> you,</c><00:41:00.179><c> if</c><00:41:00.239><c> you'd</c><00:41:00.480><c> like</c><00:41:00.500><c> to.</c>

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Perhaps<00:41:01.099><c> if</c><00:41:01.400><c> we</c><00:41:01.519><c> can</c><00:41:01.719><c> play</c><00:41:01.920><c> the</c><00:41:02.139><c> whole</c><00:41:02.340><c> verse</c><00:41:02.659><c> through</c><00:41:03.159><c> just</c>

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to<00:41:04.139><c> get</c><00:41:04.239><c> the</c><00:41:04.340><c> feeling</c><00:41:04.519><c> of</c><00:41:04.739><c> the</c><00:41:04.900><c> tune,</c>

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and<00:41:05.920><c> then</c><00:41:06.039><c> you</c><00:41:06.159><c> can</c><00:41:06.360><c> do</c><00:41:06.559><c> the</c><00:41:06.760><c> opening.</c>