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ignores<00:12:08.299><c> willfully.</c><00:12:09.200><c> He</c><00:12:09.600><c> chooses</c><00:12:10.179><c> to</c><00:12:10.700><c> ignore</c><00:12:11.279><c> that</c><00:12:11.720><c> fact.</c><00:12:12.559><c> He</c>

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is<00:12:13.220><c> veiled,</c><00:12:13.620><c> as</c><00:12:13.799><c> his</c><00:12:14.000><c> name</c><00:12:14.200><c> suggests.</c><00:12:14.919><c> His</c><00:12:15.100><c> eyes</c><00:12:15.519><c> are</c>

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veiled<00:12:16.080><c> to</c><00:12:16.399><c> this</c><00:12:16.639><c> fact.</c><00:12:16.899><c> He</c><00:12:17.019><c> just</c><00:12:17.379><c> doesn't</c><00:12:17.659><c> consider</c><00:12:18.159><c> it.</c><00:12:18.419><c> He</c>

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doesn't<00:12:18.860><c> enter</c><00:12:19.340><c> into</c><00:12:19.539><c> his</c><00:12:19.740><c> thoughts</c><00:12:19.940><c> at</c><00:12:20.179><c> all.</c><00:12:22.419><c> And</c><00:12:22.639><c> we</c>

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ourselves,<00:12:23.200><c> brothers</c><00:12:23.299><c> and</c><00:12:23.360><c> sisters,</c><00:12:23.539><c> make</c><00:12:23.799><c> choices</c><00:12:24.139><c> like</c><00:12:24.399><c> that.</c><00:12:26.080><c> When</c><00:12:26.259><c> we</c>

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choose<00:12:27.059><c> to</c><00:12:27.460><c> move</c><00:12:27.879><c> house,</c><00:12:28.500><c> let's</c><00:12:28.820><c> take</c><00:12:29.159><c> that</c>

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as<00:12:29.600><c> an</c><00:12:29.799><c> example.</c><00:12:31.200><c> We</c><00:12:31.399><c> choose</c><00:12:31.600><c> to</c><00:12:31.759><c> move</c><00:12:31.879><c> house</c><00:12:32.440><c> and</c><00:12:33.320><c> we</c><00:12:33.500><c> think,</c>

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now,<00:12:34.080><c> where</c><00:12:34.179><c> are</c><00:12:34.279><c> we</c><00:12:34.360><c> gonna</c><00:12:34.480><c> go?</c><00:12:35.720><c> When</c><00:12:35.879><c> we</c><00:12:36.000><c> look</c>

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around<00:12:36.360><c> the</c><00:12:36.559><c> city</c><00:12:36.759><c> or</c><00:12:37.080><c> whatever</c><00:12:37.500><c> it</c><00:12:37.659><c> is</c><00:12:37.759><c> we</c><00:12:37.940><c> live,</c><00:12:38.860><c> oh,</c><00:12:39.039><c> it's</c><00:12:39.179><c> a</c>

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lovely<00:12:39.539><c> situation.</c><00:12:40.399><c> It's</c><00:12:40.679><c> a</c><00:12:40.779><c> beautiful</c><00:12:41.159><c> house.</c>

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There's<00:12:42.779><c> a</c><00:12:43.000><c> good</c><00:12:43.179><c> neighborhood.</c><00:12:44.379><c> There's</c><00:12:45.019><c> a</c><00:12:45.299><c> good</c><00:12:45.500><c> bus</c><00:12:45.779><c> service.</c><00:12:47.759><c> This</c>

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considering,<00:12:52.080><c> perhaps,</c><00:12:53.460><c> that</c><00:12:53.759><c> there</c><00:12:53.960><c> are</c><00:12:54.059><c> other</c><00:12:54.220><c> things</c><00:12:54.799><c> to</c>

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be<00:12:55.320><c> thought</c><00:12:55.460><c> about.</c><00:12:56.519><c> Where,</c><00:12:56.820><c> for</c><00:12:57.080><c> example,</c><00:12:57.419><c> is</c><00:12:57.620><c> the</c>

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nearest<00:12:58.019><c> Ecclesia?</c><00:12:59.460><c> Where,</c><00:12:59.860><c> for</c><00:13:00.159><c> example,</c><00:13:00.539><c> is</c><00:13:00.919><c> that</c><00:13:01.259><c> brother</c>

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or<00:13:01.820><c> sister</c><00:13:02.320><c> upon</c><00:13:02.759><c> whom</c><00:13:03.039><c> you</c><00:13:03.200><c> can</c><00:13:03.480><c> rely,</c><00:13:04.120><c> upon</c>

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whose<00:13:04.740><c> advice</c><00:13:05.259><c> you</c><00:13:05.460><c> can</c><00:13:06.000><c> depend</c><00:13:06.460><c> when</c><00:13:06.899><c> you</c><00:13:07.299><c> have</c><00:13:07.580><c> a</c><00:13:07.940><c> problem</c><00:13:08.240><c> which</c><00:13:08.500><c> requires</c><00:13:09.000><c> a</c>

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scriptural<00:13:09.559><c> answer?</c><00:13:10.360><c> Where</c><00:13:10.759><c> is</c><00:13:10.980><c> he?</c>

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70<00:13:12.419><c> miles</c><00:13:12.740><c> in</c><00:13:12.960><c> that</c><00:13:13.139><c> direction.</c><00:13:16.360><c> And</c><00:13:16.580><c> should</c><00:13:16.700><c> that</c><00:13:16.980><c> not</c><00:13:17.159><c> give</c>

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us<00:13:17.679><c> pause</c><00:13:18.159><c> and</c><00:13:18.720><c> make</c><00:13:18.899><c> us</c><00:13:19.259><c> think</c><00:13:19.759><c> before</c><00:13:20.500><c> we</c><00:13:20.899><c> choose</c>

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to<00:13:21.940><c> go</c><00:13:22.159><c> that</c><00:13:22.440><c> way?</c><00:13:22.899><c> It's</c><00:13:23.159><c> green.</c><00:13:24.059><c> It's</c><00:13:24.360><c> well</c><00:13:24.639><c> watered.</c><00:13:26.720><c> But</c><00:13:26.840><c> what's</c><00:13:27.100><c> the</c><00:13:27.299><c> point</c><00:13:27.600><c> to</c>

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pockets<00:13:30.379><c> if</c><00:13:31.720><c> it</c><00:13:31.919><c> brings</c><00:13:32.179><c> leanness</c><00:13:33.159><c> into</c><00:13:33.820><c> our</c><00:13:34.100><c> souls?</c><00:13:35.100><c> What's</c>

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the<00:13:35.379><c> point</c><00:13:35.539><c> of</c><00:13:35.679><c> it</c><00:13:35.820><c> all?</c><00:13:38.100><c> Well,</c><00:13:38.340><c> we</c><00:13:38.620><c> move</c><00:13:38.840><c> house</c>

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once<00:13:39.379><c> or</c><00:13:39.539><c> twice,</c><00:13:40.159><c> perhaps</c><00:13:40.200><c> three</c><00:13:40.440><c> times</c><00:13:40.659><c> in</c><00:13:40.840><c> our</c><00:13:41.000><c> lives.</c><00:13:42.460><c> What</c>

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partner?<00:13:46.259><c> Ah,</c><00:13:47.840><c> she's</c><00:13:48.279><c> beautiful.</c><00:13:50.759><c> But</c><00:13:51.179><c> not</c><00:13:52.460><c> in</c><00:13:52.860><c> the</c><00:13:53.059><c> truth.</c>

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She's<00:13:54.940><c> not</c><00:13:55.139><c> involved</c><00:13:55.500><c> in</c><00:13:55.620><c> the</c><00:13:55.799><c> truth</c><00:13:55.919><c> at</c><00:13:56.139><c> all.</c><00:13:57.139><c> She</c><00:13:57.399><c> shows</c>

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very<00:13:57.940><c> little</c><00:13:58.279><c> inclination</c><00:13:59.039><c> towards</c><00:13:59.639><c> being</c><00:14:00.179><c> in</c><00:14:00.360><c> the</c><00:14:00.519><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:14:01.720><c> when</c><00:14:01.840><c> we</c><00:14:02.100><c> marry</c><00:14:02.320><c> him</c><00:14:02.600><c> or</c><00:14:02.779><c> we</c><00:14:03.000><c> marry</c><00:14:03.200><c> her,</c>

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she<00:14:05.279><c> might</c><00:14:05.500><c> turn</c><00:14:05.799><c> around,</c><00:14:06.399><c> he</c><00:14:06.580><c> might</c><00:14:06.799><c> turn</c><00:14:07.120><c> around.</c><00:14:08.700><c> And</c><00:14:08.980><c> so</c>

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we<00:14:09.379><c> choose,</c><00:14:11.539><c> not</c><00:14:11.840><c> with</c><00:14:12.100><c> God</c><00:14:12.299><c> in</c><00:14:12.539><c> mind,</c><00:14:13.679><c> but</c><00:14:13.779><c> with</c>

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something<00:14:14.340><c> else.</c><00:14:15.580><c> And</c><00:14:15.879><c> too</c><00:14:16.159><c> often,</c><00:14:16.500><c> as</c><00:14:16.659><c> I've</c><00:14:16.919><c> said</c><00:14:17.019><c> before,</c>

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too<00:14:18.139><c> often</c><00:14:18.519><c> it</c><00:14:18.840><c> turns</c><00:14:19.220><c> sour.</c><00:14:20.139><c> Too</c><00:14:20.480><c> often</c><00:14:20.919><c> the</c><00:14:21.240><c> person</c><00:14:21.539><c> you</c>

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pursued<00:14:27.360><c> this</c><00:14:27.659><c> course</c><00:14:28.240><c> refuse</c><00:14:29.519><c> to</c><00:14:29.720><c> recommend</c><00:14:30.019><c> it</c><00:14:30.799><c> to</c><00:14:31.019><c> others.</c>

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things.<00:14:35.899><c> What</c><00:14:36.059><c> is</c><00:14:36.259><c> the</c><00:14:36.419><c> point</c><00:14:36.659><c> of</c><00:14:36.840><c> making</c><00:14:37.100><c> a</c><00:14:37.360><c> decision</c><00:14:37.639><c> that</c>

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is<00:14:38.240><c> logical,</c><00:14:39.100><c> that</c><00:14:39.179><c> is</c><00:14:39.419><c> natural,</c><00:14:40.279><c> that</c><00:14:40.360><c> is</c><00:14:40.639><c> obvious,</c>

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is<00:14:49.179><c> not</c><00:14:49.440><c> unjust,</c>

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please<00:14:50.240><c> remember.</c><00:14:50.820><c> Lot</c><00:14:51.019><c> is</c><00:14:51.220><c> not</c><00:14:51.440><c> ungodly.</c><00:14:52.779><c> But</c><00:14:52.960><c> this</c><00:14:53.179><c> is</c><00:14:53.399><c> the</c>

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sort<00:14:53.740><c> of</c><00:14:53.940><c> decision</c><00:14:54.200><c> he</c><00:14:54.419><c> makes</c><00:14:54.639><c> that</c><00:14:54.980><c> takes</c><00:14:55.259><c> him</c><00:14:55.539><c> down</c>

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towards<00:14:56.679><c> Sodom.</c><00:14:57.879><c> You</c><00:14:58.080><c> know</c><00:14:58.259><c> this</c><00:14:58.480><c> sequence</c><00:14:58.860><c> just</c><00:14:59.179><c> as</c><00:14:59.320><c> well</c><00:14:59.419><c> as</c>

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I<00:14:59.759><c> do.</c><00:15:00.100><c> He</c><00:15:00.320><c> pitches</c><00:15:00.600><c> his</c><00:15:00.919><c> tent</c><00:15:01.299><c> towards</c><00:15:02.139><c> Sodom.</c><00:15:02.779><c> He</c>

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goes<00:15:03.299><c> that</c><00:15:03.580><c> way,</c><00:15:04.000><c> towards</c><00:15:04.240><c> Sodom.</c><00:15:05.179><c> In</c><00:15:05.399><c> chapter</c><00:15:05.679><c> 14,</c><00:15:06.740><c> we</c><00:15:07.019><c> find</c>

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that<00:15:07.700><c> he</c><00:15:07.919><c> is</c><00:15:08.080><c> actually</c><00:15:08.440><c> living</c><00:15:08.779><c> in</c><00:15:09.039><c> Sodom.</c><00:15:09.559><c> Verse</c><00:15:09.779><c> 12,</c>

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these<00:15:11.620><c> kings</c><00:15:11.960><c> come</c><00:15:12.259><c> down</c><00:15:12.600><c> and</c><00:15:13.019><c> they</c><00:15:13.519><c> took</c><00:15:13.940><c> Lot,</c><00:15:15.120><c> Abram's</c><00:15:15.779><c> brother's</c><00:15:16.620><c> son,</c>

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who<00:15:17.960><c> dwelt</c><00:15:18.500><c> in</c><00:15:19.000><c> Sodom</c><00:15:19.519><c> and</c><00:15:20.059><c> his</c><00:15:20.399><c> goods,</c>

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chapter<00:15:29.500><c> 1,</c><00:15:29.919><c> chapter</c><00:15:30.120><c> 19</c><00:15:30.480><c> and</c><00:15:30.639><c> verse</c><00:15:30.820><c> 1,</c><00:15:31.379><c> that</c><00:15:31.480><c> there</c><00:15:31.580><c> came</c><00:15:31.879><c> two</c><00:15:32.259><c> angels</c><00:15:32.720><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:42.759><c> judges,</c><00:15:43.080><c> one</c><00:15:43.179><c> of</c><00:15:43.279><c> the</c><00:15:43.519><c> respected</c><00:15:43.960><c> of</c><00:15:44.440><c> that</c><00:15:44.679><c> country,</c><00:15:45.100><c> of</c>

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that<00:15:45.840><c> city.</c><00:15:46.480><c> Lot</c><00:15:46.779><c> sits</c><00:15:47.059><c> in</c><00:15:47.279><c> the</c><00:15:47.419><c> gate.</c><00:15:47.799><c> He</c><00:15:47.960><c> pitches</c><00:15:48.220><c> his</c>

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tent<00:15:48.759><c> towards</c><00:15:49.120><c> Sodom.</c><00:15:49.539><c> He</c><00:15:49.759><c> dwells</c><00:15:50.240><c> in</c><00:15:50.460><c> Sodom</c><00:15:50.820><c> and</c><00:15:51.019><c> at</c><00:15:51.240><c> the</c><00:15:51.399><c> end</c>

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of<00:15:51.740><c> it</c><00:15:51.919><c> all,</c><00:15:52.159><c> he</c><00:15:52.320><c> is</c><00:15:52.519><c> a</c><00:15:52.720><c> judge,</c><00:15:52.919><c> he's</c><00:15:53.240><c> a</c><00:15:53.399><c> ruler,</c><00:15:53.740><c> he's</c><00:15:54.019><c> a</c><00:15:54.220><c> big</c>

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man<00:15:54.980><c> in</c><00:15:55.279><c> Sodom.</c><00:15:57.860><c> Brothers</c><00:15:57.919><c> and</c><00:15:58.059><c> sisters,</c><00:15:58.379><c> God</c><00:15:58.620><c> did</c><00:15:58.840><c> his</c><00:15:59.159><c> best.</c>

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God<00:16:00.639><c> tried</c><00:16:00.980><c> his</c><00:16:01.259><c> best</c><00:16:01.480><c> to</c><00:16:01.720><c> get</c><00:16:01.879><c> that</c><00:16:02.100><c> man</c><00:16:02.279><c> out</c><00:16:02.440><c> of</c><00:16:02.580><c> there</c>

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and<00:16:03.559><c> just</c><00:16:03.879><c> so</c><00:16:04.100><c> it</c><00:16:04.279><c> is</c><00:16:04.659><c> that</c><00:16:05.080><c> when</c><00:16:05.460><c> we</c><00:16:06.220><c> make</c><00:16:06.539><c> bad</c><00:16:06.820><c> decisions,</c><00:16:07.919><c> God</c><00:16:08.200><c> tries</c><00:16:08.580><c> sometimes</c><00:16:09.000><c> to</c>

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fish<00:16:09.340><c> us</c><00:16:09.460><c> out</c><00:16:09.620><c> of</c><00:16:09.740><c> it.</c><00:16:10.919><c> He</c><00:16:11.159><c> tries</c>

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to<00:16:11.600><c> get</c><00:16:11.820><c> Lot</c><00:16:11.960><c> out</c><00:16:12.200><c> of</c><00:16:12.379><c> Sodom.</c><00:16:12.820><c> He</c><00:16:13.139><c> sends</c><00:16:13.500><c> these</c><00:16:13.820><c> kings</c><00:16:14.080><c> down</c>

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and<00:16:14.759><c> these</c><00:16:14.960><c> kings</c><00:16:15.220><c> come</c><00:16:15.539><c> and</c><00:16:15.879><c> this</c><00:16:16.320><c> affliction</c><00:16:16.720><c> comes</c>

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upon<00:16:17.259><c> him</c><00:16:17.480><c> and</c><00:16:17.899><c> instead</c><00:16:18.440><c> of</c><00:16:19.139><c> getting</c><00:16:19.419><c> out</c><00:16:19.740><c> of</c><00:16:19.899><c> Sodom</c><00:16:20.120><c> and</c><00:16:20.220><c> staying</c><00:16:20.480><c> out</c>

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of<00:16:20.759><c> there,</c><00:16:20.940><c> learning</c><00:16:21.320><c> the</c><00:16:21.539><c> lesson,</c><00:16:21.980><c> what</c>

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happens?<00:16:22.720><c> Lot's</c><00:16:22.980><c> head</c><00:16:23.179><c> straight</c><00:16:23.700><c> back</c><00:16:24.440><c> like</c><00:16:25.559><c> a</c><00:16:25.759><c> bee</c><00:16:26.220><c> to</c><00:16:26.899><c> the</c>

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flower.<00:16:28.559><c> And</c><00:16:28.679><c> brothers</c><00:16:28.779><c> and</c><00:16:28.899><c> sisters,</c><00:16:29.039><c> when</c><00:16:29.200><c> we've</c>

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put<00:16:29.600><c> ourselves</c><00:16:29.980><c> in</c><00:16:30.200><c> bad</c><00:16:30.399><c> situations</c><00:16:30.919><c> before</c><00:16:31.220><c> God,</c><00:16:31.899><c> when</c><00:16:32.080><c> we've</c><00:16:32.399><c> chosen</c><00:16:32.700><c> wrongly,</c><00:16:33.340><c> when</c>

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we've<00:16:33.840><c> made</c><00:16:34.120><c> wrong</c><00:16:34.360><c> decisions,</c>

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sometimes<00:16:35.580><c> it</c><00:16:35.820><c> happens</c><00:16:36.059><c> that</c><00:16:36.240><c> God</c><00:16:36.539><c> does</c><00:16:36.860><c> his</c><00:16:37.120><c> best</c><00:16:37.279><c> to</c><00:16:37.480><c> get</c><00:16:37.580><c> us</c>

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out<00:16:37.860><c> of</c><00:16:37.980><c> it.</c><00:16:38.620><c> By</c><00:16:38.840><c> means</c><00:16:39.080><c> of</c><00:16:39.340><c> illness,</c><00:16:39.879><c> by</c><00:16:40.080><c> means</c>

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of<00:16:40.600><c> adverse</c><00:16:40.980><c> circumstances,</c><00:16:41.879><c> by</c><00:16:42.059><c> means</c><00:16:42.240><c> of</c><00:16:42.460><c> other</c><00:16:42.659><c> offers,</c>

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God<00:16:43.460><c> tries</c><00:16:43.860><c> to</c><00:16:44.299><c> push</c><00:16:44.460><c> us</c><00:16:44.659><c> out</c><00:16:44.759><c> of</c><00:16:44.879><c> it</c><00:16:44.980><c> or</c><00:16:45.259><c> pull</c>

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us<00:16:45.659><c> out</c><00:16:45.860><c> of</c><00:16:45.980><c> it</c><00:16:46.220><c> but</c><00:16:47.720><c> sometimes</c><00:16:48.559><c> we</c><00:16:48.720><c> won't</c><00:16:48.919><c> come.</c><00:16:50.320><c> We</c><00:16:50.559><c> just</c><00:16:50.940><c> won't</c><00:16:51.240><c> come.</c><00:16:53.919><c> And</c>

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the<00:16:54.139><c> trouble</c><00:16:54.320><c> with</c><00:16:54.519><c> decisions</c><00:16:54.899><c> like</c>

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that<00:16:55.700><c> is</c><00:16:56.580><c> that</c><00:16:56.759><c> they</c><00:16:57.100><c> destroy</c><00:16:57.940><c> one's</c><00:16:58.600><c> credibility.</c><00:17:00.000><c> They</c>

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totally<00:17:00.639><c> destroy</c><00:17:01.159><c> one's</c><00:17:01.600><c> credibility</c><00:17:02.019><c> with</c><00:17:02.580><c> everybody.</c>

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Lot<00:17:04.140><c> went</c><00:17:04.339><c> down</c><00:17:04.599><c> to</c><00:17:04.839><c> Sodom,</c><00:17:05.000><c> he</c><00:17:05.180><c> lived</c><00:17:05.359><c> in</c><00:17:05.599><c> Sodom</c><00:17:06.039><c> and</c><00:17:06.400><c> he</c><00:17:06.539><c> didn't</c><00:17:06.759><c> save</c>

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a<00:17:07.299><c> soul</c><00:17:07.619><c> in</c><00:17:08.000><c> Sodom.</c><00:17:08.940><c> Let's</c><00:17:09.140><c> have</c><00:17:09.319><c> a</c><00:17:09.339><c> look</c><00:17:09.440><c> and</c>

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see<00:17:09.680><c> what</c><00:17:09.839><c> happens.</c><00:17:11.119><c> Genesis</c><00:17:11.299><c> chapter</c><00:17:11.599><c> 19.</c><00:17:14.900><c> Remember</c><00:17:15.299><c> who</c><00:17:15.579><c> this</c><00:17:15.900><c> man</c><00:17:16.059><c> is.</c><00:17:17.160><c> Lot</c><00:17:17.220><c> is</c>

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a<00:17:17.779><c> judge</c><00:17:18.140><c> in</c><00:17:18.579><c> Sodom.</c><00:17:19.220><c> Lot</c><00:17:19.440><c> is</c><00:17:19.680><c> a</c>

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big<00:17:20.160><c> man</c><00:17:20.559><c> in</c><00:17:20.839><c> Sodom</c><00:17:21.400><c> and</c><00:17:21.859><c> the</c><00:17:22.140><c> angels</c><00:17:22.440><c> come</c><00:17:22.960><c> and</c><00:17:24.380><c> he</c><00:17:24.700><c> invites</c>

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them<00:17:25.039><c> into</c><00:17:25.220><c> his</c><00:17:25.420><c> house,</c><00:17:26.200><c> was</c><00:17:26.259><c> full</c><00:17:26.599><c> marks</c><00:17:26.880><c> to</c><00:17:27.059><c> Lot</c><00:17:27.180><c> for</c>

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that<00:17:27.859><c> and</c><00:17:29.079><c> he</c><00:17:29.259><c> pressed</c><00:17:29.400><c> them,</c><00:17:29.579><c> verse</c><00:17:29.759><c> 3,</c><00:17:30.160><c> he</c><00:17:30.359><c> pressed</c><00:17:30.519><c> upon</c><00:17:30.759><c> them</c><00:17:31.019><c> greatly</c><00:17:31.519><c> and</c><00:17:31.980><c> they</c><00:17:32.359><c> turned</c><00:17:32.660><c> in</c>

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onto<00:17:33.259><c> him</c><00:17:33.680><c> and</c>

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entered<00:17:34.400><c> into</c><00:17:34.660><c> his</c><00:17:34.880><c> house</c><00:17:35.160><c> and</c><00:17:35.420><c> he</c><00:17:35.619><c> made</c><00:17:35.779><c> them</c><00:17:35.980><c> a</c><00:17:36.200><c> feast</c><00:17:36.500><c> and</c>

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they'd<00:17:37.039><c> bake</c><00:17:37.220><c> unleavened</c><00:17:37.940><c> bread</c><00:17:38.079><c> and</c><00:17:38.500><c> they</c><00:17:38.700><c> did</c><00:17:38.799><c> eat.</c>

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But<00:17:39.380><c> before</c><00:17:40.019><c> they</c><00:17:40.400><c> lay</c><00:17:40.680><c> down,</c><00:17:41.859><c> the</c><00:17:42.079><c> men</c><00:17:42.259><c> of</c><00:17:42.440><c> the</c><00:17:42.680><c> city,</c><00:17:43.319><c> even</c>

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the<00:17:43.940><c> men</c><00:17:44.180><c> of</c><00:17:44.799><c> Sodom,</c><00:17:45.539><c> compassed</c><00:17:46.000><c> the</c><00:17:46.099><c> house</c><00:17:46.380><c> round,</c>

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both<00:17:47.460><c> young</c><00:17:48.200><c> and</c><00:17:48.859><c> old</c><00:17:49.180><c> and</c><00:17:49.619><c> all</c><00:17:50.240><c> the</c><00:17:50.440><c> people</c><00:17:50.700><c> from</c><00:17:51.259><c> every</c><00:17:51.880><c> quarter.</c><00:17:52.460><c> The</c>

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house<00:17:53.000><c> is</c><00:17:53.819><c> a</c><00:17:53.940><c> meeting</c><00:17:54.319><c> place</c><00:17:54.859><c> of</c><00:17:55.220><c> these</c>

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iniquitous<00:17:56.759><c> and</c><00:17:57.240><c> wicked</c><00:17:57.440><c> men</c><00:17:57.980><c> and</c><00:17:59.420><c> they</c><00:17:59.660><c> called</c><00:17:59.880><c> Lot</c><00:18:00.359><c> and</c><00:18:01.519><c> said</c><00:18:01.640><c> unto</c><00:18:01.799><c> him,</c><00:18:02.700><c> where</c><00:18:02.940><c> are</c>

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the<00:18:03.319><c> three</c><00:18:03.500><c> men?</c><00:18:04.079><c> Where</c><00:18:04.420><c> are</c>

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which<00:18:05.009><c> came</c><00:18:05.250><c> into</c><00:18:05.490><c> thee</c><00:18:05.690><c> this</c><00:18:05.910><c> night?</c><00:18:06.750><c> Bring</c><00:18:06.809><c> them</c><00:18:07.009><c> out</c><00:18:07.170><c> unto</c>

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us<00:18:07.549><c> that</c><00:18:07.670><c> we</c><00:18:07.849><c> may</c><00:18:07.970><c> know</c><00:18:08.150><c> them.</c><00:18:09.990><c> And</c><00:18:10.250><c> mark</c><00:18:10.509><c> the</c><00:18:10.690><c> words</c>

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of<00:18:11.269><c> Lot</c><00:18:11.369><c> here,</c><00:18:11.730><c> brethren</c><00:18:11.849><c> and</c><00:18:12.029><c> sisters.</c><00:18:13.690><c> Lot</c><00:18:13.890><c> went</c><00:18:14.109><c> out</c><00:18:14.329><c> at</c>

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the<00:18:14.690><c> door</c><00:18:15.210><c> unto</c><00:18:15.509><c> them</c><00:18:16.049><c> and</c><00:18:16.710><c> shut</c><00:18:16.930><c> the</c><00:18:17.130><c> door</c><00:18:17.309><c> after</c><00:18:17.609><c> him</c>

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and<00:18:19.049><c> he</c><00:18:19.349><c> said,</c><00:18:20.750><c> I</c><00:18:21.210><c> pray</c><00:18:21.650><c> you,</c><00:18:22.569><c> brethren,</c><00:18:24.529><c> do</c><00:18:24.829><c> not</c><00:18:25.230><c> sow</c><00:18:26.029><c> wickedly.</c><00:18:28.549><c> Brethren,</c><00:18:31.130><c> I</c><00:18:31.430><c> tell</c>

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you,<00:18:32.569><c> Abraham</c><00:18:32.769><c> would</c><00:18:32.970><c> have</c>

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choked<00:18:33.690><c> on</c><00:18:33.869><c> his</c><00:18:34.269><c> beard</c><00:18:34.670><c> before</c><00:18:35.210><c> he</c><00:18:35.490><c> called</c><00:18:35.650><c> people</c><00:18:35.970><c> like</c><00:18:36.289><c> this,</c><00:18:37.029><c> his</c>

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brethren.<00:18:38.410><c> Brethren,</c><00:18:39.349><c> do</c><00:18:39.509><c> not</c><00:18:39.890><c> sow</c><00:18:40.269><c> wickedly.</c>

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And<00:18:42.849><c> he</c><00:18:43.029><c> offers</c><00:18:43.170><c> them</c><00:18:43.349><c> his</c><00:18:43.569><c> daughters,</c><00:18:44.730><c> they've</c><00:18:45.009><c> come</c><00:18:45.190><c> here</c>

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under<00:18:45.730><c> the</c><00:18:45.930><c> shadow</c><00:18:46.109><c> of</c><00:18:46.289><c> my</c><00:18:46.470><c> roof,</c><00:18:46.990><c> don't</c><00:18:47.269><c> dare</c><00:18:47.549><c> touch</c>

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them.<00:18:48.809><c> They</c><00:18:49.190><c> said,</c><00:18:50.349><c> stand</c><00:18:50.529><c> back</c><00:18:51.029><c> and</c><00:18:51.490><c> see</c><00:18:51.650><c> the</c><00:18:51.930><c> contempt</c><00:18:52.190><c> with</c>

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which<00:18:52.490><c> they</c><00:18:52.670><c> hold</c><00:18:52.829><c> him</c><00:18:53.069><c> and</c><00:18:53.450><c> they</c><00:18:53.750><c> said</c><00:18:53.869><c> again,</c>

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this<00:18:54.890><c> one</c><00:18:55.470><c> fellow,</c><00:18:57.190><c> this</c><00:18:58.789><c> joker</c><00:18:59.670><c> came</c><00:19:00.089><c> into</c><00:19:00.490><c> Sodom</c><00:19:01.329><c> and</c><00:19:01.690><c> now</c><00:19:02.150><c> he</c><00:19:02.410><c> will</c><00:19:02.730><c> need</c><00:19:02.930><c> to</c><00:19:03.109><c> be</c><00:19:03.210><c> a</c>

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judge.<00:19:03.910><c> Now</c><00:19:04.190><c> we</c><00:19:04.369><c> will</c><00:19:04.589><c> deal</c>

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worse<00:19:05.150><c> with</c><00:19:05.390><c> thee</c><00:19:05.549><c> than</c><00:19:05.670><c> with</c><00:19:05.890><c> them.</c><00:19:06.309><c> You</c><00:19:06.509><c> see</c><00:19:06.630><c> how</c><00:19:06.769><c> much</c><00:19:06.910><c> respect,</c><00:19:07.710><c> how</c>

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much<00:19:08.309><c> admiration,</c><00:19:09.250><c> how</c><00:19:09.369><c> much</c><00:19:09.650><c> affection</c>

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and<00:19:11.150><c> great</c><00:19:11.509><c> thought</c><00:19:11.890><c> they</c><00:19:12.130><c> had</c><00:19:12.349><c> for</c><00:19:12.490><c> Lot</c><00:19:12.589><c> in</c><00:19:12.750><c> all</c><00:19:12.950><c> this.</c><00:19:14.029><c> So</c><00:19:14.390><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:19:14.609><c> save</c><00:19:14.829><c> any</c><00:19:15.009><c> of</c><00:19:15.089><c> the</c><00:19:15.150><c> men</c><00:19:15.269><c> of</c><00:19:15.430><c> Sodom.</c><00:19:16.450><c> They</c>

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wouldn't<00:19:17.130><c> listen</c><00:19:17.349><c> to</c><00:19:17.509><c> him.</c><00:19:18.509><c> They</c><00:19:18.869><c> had</c><00:19:19.009><c> no</c><00:19:19.150><c> respect</c><00:19:19.470><c> whatsoever.</c><00:19:20.549><c> They</c><00:19:20.869><c> knew</c>

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that<00:19:21.289><c> he</c><00:19:21.349><c> was</c><00:19:21.549><c> a</c><00:19:21.670><c> servant</c>

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of<00:19:22.009><c> God.</c><00:19:22.609><c> What</c><00:19:22.890><c> was</c><00:19:23.069><c> he</c><00:19:23.210><c> doing</c><00:19:23.410><c> here</c><00:19:23.849><c> if</c><00:19:24.190><c> he</c><00:19:24.369><c> was</c><00:19:24.569><c> a</c><00:19:24.710><c> servant</c><00:19:24.950><c> of</c>

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God?<00:19:25.289><c> What's</c><00:19:25.650><c> he</c><00:19:25.849><c> doing</c><00:19:26.089><c> here?</c><00:19:27.250><c> They</c><00:19:27.509><c> probably</c><00:19:27.869><c> said,</c>

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can't<00:19:29.730><c> be</c><00:19:29.910><c> taking</c><00:19:30.069><c> his</c><00:19:30.289><c> religion</c><00:19:30.569><c> too</c><00:19:30.910><c> seriously.</c><00:19:33.049><c> So</c><00:19:33.190><c> the</c>

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men<00:19:33.569><c> said,</c><00:19:34.029><c> right,</c><00:19:34.750><c> okay,</c><00:19:35.369><c> verse</c><00:19:35.609><c> 12,</c><00:19:36.349><c> have</c><00:19:36.470><c> you</c><00:19:36.589><c> got</c>

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anybody<00:19:37.069><c> here</c><00:19:37.470><c> else</c><00:19:37.690><c> besides</c><00:19:38.289><c> son</c><00:19:38.609><c>-in</c><00:19:38.849><c>-law,</c><00:19:39.349><c> sons,</c><00:19:39.930><c> daughters,</c><00:19:40.490><c> whatsoever</c><00:19:40.869><c> thou</c><00:19:41.089><c> hast</c>

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in<00:19:41.450><c> the</c><00:19:41.569><c> city,</c>

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bring<00:19:42.190><c> them</c><00:19:42.349><c> out</c><00:19:42.549><c> of</c><00:19:42.670><c> this</c><00:19:42.869><c> place</c><00:19:43.109><c> for</c><00:19:43.470><c> we</c><00:19:43.670><c> will</c><00:19:43.869><c> destroy</c><00:19:44.250><c> this</c>

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place<00:19:44.769><c> because</c><00:19:45.150><c> the</c><00:19:45.450><c> cry</c><00:19:45.650><c> of</c><00:19:45.890><c> them</c><00:19:46.109><c> is</c><00:19:46.430><c> wax</c><00:19:46.710><c> and</c>

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great<00:19:47.250><c> before</c><00:19:47.730><c> the</c><00:19:47.970><c> face</c><00:19:48.130><c> of</c><00:19:48.289><c> the</c><00:19:48.430><c> Lord</c><00:19:48.549><c> and</c><00:19:48.869><c> the</c><00:19:49.049><c> Lord</c><00:19:49.190><c> has</c><00:19:49.430><c> sent</c><00:19:49.630><c> us</c>

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to<00:19:49.970><c> destroy</c><00:19:50.349><c> it.</c><00:19:52.029><c> Verse</c><00:19:52.250><c> 14,</c>

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and<00:19:54.029><c> Lot</c><00:19:54.369><c> went</c><00:19:54.769><c> out</c><00:19:55.410><c> and</c><00:19:56.069><c> spoke</c><00:19:56.390><c> unto</c><00:19:56.609><c> his</c><00:19:56.930><c> sons</c><00:19:57.269><c>-in</c><00:19:57.549><c>-law</c><00:19:57.789><c> which</c>

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married<00:19:58.690><c> his</c><00:19:59.009><c> daughters</c><00:19:59.349><c> or</c><00:19:59.470><c> which</c><00:19:59.650><c> are</c><00:19:59.849><c> about</c>

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to<00:20:00.369><c> marry</c><00:20:00.529><c> his</c><00:20:00.730><c> daughter,</c><00:20:01.109><c> we</c><00:20:01.630><c> don't</c><00:20:01.869><c> really</c><00:20:02.170><c> know,</c><00:20:03.109><c> and</c><00:20:03.329><c> said,</c><00:20:03.930><c> up,</c>

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get<00:20:04.970><c> you</c><00:20:05.269><c> out</c><00:20:05.569><c> of</c><00:20:05.710><c> this</c><00:20:05.930><c> place</c><00:20:06.309><c> for</c><00:20:06.549><c> the</c><00:20:06.890><c> Lord</c>

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will<00:20:07.410><c> destroy</c><00:20:07.970><c> this</c><00:20:08.230><c> city</c><00:20:08.529><c> and</c><00:20:08.829><c> they're</c><00:20:09.109><c> all</c><00:20:09.430><c> stricken</c><00:20:09.690><c> with</c>

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panic<00:20:10.329><c> and</c><00:20:10.609><c> they</c><00:20:10.829><c> all</c><00:20:11.009><c> said,</c><00:20:11.309><c> right,</c><00:20:11.569><c> this</c><00:20:11.769><c> man</c><00:20:11.869><c> is</c>

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very<00:20:12.329><c> serious.</c><00:20:12.789><c> We</c><00:20:12.970><c> know</c><00:20:13.150><c> in</c><00:20:13.309><c> the</c><00:20:13.470><c> past</c><00:20:13.630><c> he's</c><00:20:13.910><c> spoken</c><00:20:14.069><c> the</c><00:20:14.269><c> truth.</c><00:20:14.529><c> Let's</c><00:20:14.849><c> get</c>

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out<00:20:15.250><c> of</c><00:20:15.410><c> here.</c><00:20:18.970><c> But</c><00:20:19.450><c> he</c><00:20:19.730><c> seemed</c><00:20:20.170><c> as</c>

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one<00:20:22.289><c> that</c><00:20:22.769><c> mocked</c><00:20:23.930><c> unto</c><00:20:24.170><c> his</c><00:20:24.369><c> sons</c><00:20:24.529><c>-in</c><00:20:24.730><c>-law.</c><00:20:25.250><c> They</c><00:20:25.450><c> wouldn't</c>

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listen.<00:20:27.170><c> They</c><00:20:27.650><c> had</c><00:20:27.789><c> no</c><00:20:27.970><c> respect</c><00:20:28.269><c> for</c><00:20:28.430><c> what</c><00:20:28.529><c> he</c><00:20:28.690><c> said</c>

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because<00:20:30.089><c> they</c><00:20:30.309><c> knew</c><00:20:30.430><c> the</c><00:20:30.569><c> man.</c><00:20:31.329><c> He</c><00:20:31.529><c> had</c><00:20:31.789><c> weakened</c><00:20:32.109><c> his</c><00:20:32.349><c> position</c><00:20:32.730><c> before</c>

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them<00:20:33.410><c> to</c><00:20:33.710><c> such</c><00:20:33.869><c> an</c><00:20:34.089><c> extent</c><00:20:34.349><c> that</c><00:20:34.589><c> they</c>

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wouldn't<00:20:35.069><c> take</c><00:20:35.289><c> what</c><00:20:35.470><c> he</c><00:20:35.650><c> said</c><00:20:36.230><c> seriously.</c><00:20:39.130><c> Right,</c><00:20:39.349><c> so</c><00:20:39.549><c> he</c><00:20:39.589><c> didn't</c><00:20:39.869><c> save</c><00:20:40.109><c> his</c><00:20:40.329><c> sons</c><00:20:40.490><c>-in</c>

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-law<00:20:40.849><c> either.</c><00:20:42.509><c> How</c><00:20:42.650><c> about</c>

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his<00:20:42.970><c> wife?</c><00:20:44.549><c> Verse</c><00:20:45.049><c> 26,</c><00:20:49.150><c> but</c><00:20:49.690><c> his</c><00:20:50.190><c> wife</c><00:20:50.930><c> looked</c><00:20:51.829><c> back</c><00:20:52.630><c> from</c><00:20:53.349><c> behind</c><00:20:53.730><c> him</c>

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and<00:20:55.190><c> she</c><00:20:55.549><c> became</c><00:20:56.069><c> a</c><00:20:57.009><c> pillar</c><00:20:57.250><c> of</c><00:20:57.549><c> salt.</c><00:21:03.809><c> She</c>

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my<00:21:05.329><c> beautiful</c><00:21:05.849><c> house,</c><00:21:06.869><c> all</c><00:21:06.950><c> my</c><00:21:07.170><c> swimming</c><00:21:07.430><c> pool,</c><00:21:08.069><c> all</c><00:21:08.210><c> my</c><00:21:08.450><c> beautiful</c><00:21:08.890><c> carpets,</c><00:21:09.430><c> all</c>

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this.<00:21:10.690><c> She</c><00:21:11.029><c> stood</c><00:21:11.250><c> there</c><00:21:11.750><c> and</c>

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down<00:21:12.569><c> from</c><00:21:12.809><c> heaven</c><00:21:13.069><c> rained</c><00:21:13.509><c> fire,</c><00:21:14.309><c> brimstone,</c><00:21:15.190><c> liquid</c><00:21:15.569><c> salt</c>

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cascading<00:21:16.990><c> over</c><00:21:17.269><c> her.</c><00:21:18.529><c> She</c><00:21:18.789><c> became</c><00:21:19.049><c> a</c><00:21:19.230><c> pillar</c><00:21:19.410><c> of</c>

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salt.<00:21:20.809><c> So</c><00:21:20.990><c> he</c><00:21:21.009><c> didn't</c><00:21:21.190><c> save</c><00:21:21.329><c> his</c><00:21:21.529><c> wife.</c><00:21:22.710><c> Well,</c><00:21:23.109><c> only</c><00:21:23.369><c> leaves</c>

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his<00:21:23.849><c> daughters,</c><00:21:24.430><c> doesn't</c><00:21:24.730><c> it?</c><00:21:26.349><c> Verse</c><00:21:26.609><c> 30,</c>

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and<00:21:29.029><c> Lot</c><00:21:29.410><c> went</c><00:21:30.069><c> up</c><00:21:30.750><c> out</c><00:21:30.990><c> of</c><00:21:31.190><c> Zohar</c><00:21:32.230><c> and</c><00:21:32.829><c> dwelt</c><00:21:33.049><c> in</c><00:21:33.210><c> the</c><00:21:33.329><c> mountain</c><00:21:33.849><c> and</c><00:21:34.769><c> his</c>

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two<00:21:35.130><c> daughters</c><00:21:35.369><c> with</c><00:21:35.549><c> him.</c><00:21:36.490><c> For</c><00:21:36.769><c> he</c>

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feared<00:21:37.210><c> to</c><00:21:37.450><c> dwell</c><00:21:37.589><c> in</c><00:21:37.789><c> Zohar</c><00:21:38.529><c> and</c><00:21:38.950><c> he</c><00:21:39.130><c> dwelt</c><00:21:39.289><c> in</c><00:21:39.450><c> a</c><00:21:39.630><c> cave,</c><00:21:40.490><c> he</c>

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and<00:21:41.369><c> his</c><00:21:41.670><c> two</c><00:21:41.950><c> daughters.</c><00:21:43.690><c> And</c><00:21:43.890><c> the</c><00:21:44.089><c> firstborn</c><00:21:44.569><c> said</c>

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unto<00:21:44.910><c> the</c><00:21:45.109><c> younger,</c><00:21:45.650><c> our</c><00:21:45.849><c> father</c><00:21:46.190><c> is</c><00:21:46.470><c> old</c><00:21:46.670><c> and</c><00:21:46.849><c> there</c><00:21:47.029><c> is</c><00:21:47.089><c> not</c>

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a<00:21:47.410><c> man</c><00:21:47.549><c> in</c><00:21:47.730><c> the</c><00:21:47.910><c> earth</c><00:21:48.170><c> to</c><00:21:48.450><c> come</c><00:21:48.670><c> in</c><00:21:48.849><c> unto</c><00:21:49.009><c> us</c><00:21:49.230><c> out</c><00:21:49.390><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:49.650><c> manner</c><00:21:49.789><c> of</c><00:21:49.970><c> all</c><00:21:50.190><c> the</c><00:21:50.369><c> earth.</c><00:21:50.769><c> Come,</c><00:21:51.190><c> let</c><00:21:51.390><c> us</c><00:21:51.549><c> make</c><00:21:51.730><c> our</c><00:21:51.990><c> father</c><00:21:52.269><c> drink</c><00:21:52.569><c> wine</c><00:21:53.170><c> and</c><00:21:54.170><c> we</c>

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will<00:21:54.509><c> lie</c><00:21:54.690><c> with</c><00:21:54.869><c> him,</c>

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that<00:21:55.839><c> we</c><00:21:56.059><c> may</c><00:21:56.240><c> preserve</c><00:21:56.740><c> seed</c><00:21:57.000><c> of</c><00:21:57.220><c> our</c><00:21:57.380><c> father.</c><00:21:58.619><c> And</c><00:21:58.740><c> so</c><00:21:58.839><c> this</c>

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terrible<00:21:59.460><c> thing</c><00:22:00.299><c> comes</c><00:22:00.779><c> to</c><00:22:01.000><c> pass.</c><00:22:02.539><c> So</c><00:22:02.680><c> he</c><00:22:02.740><c> didn't</c>

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save<00:22:03.140><c> his</c><00:22:03.380><c> daughters</c><00:22:03.720><c> either.</c><00:22:05.980><c> You</c><00:22:06.079><c> see,</c><00:22:06.319><c> brother</c><00:22:06.319><c> and</c><00:22:06.420><c> sister,</c><00:22:07.539><c> once</c>

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we<00:22:08.460><c> make</c><00:22:08.779><c> decisions</c><00:22:09.359><c> that</c><00:22:09.619><c> are</c><00:22:09.900><c> weak,</c>

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that<00:22:10.839><c> we</c><00:22:11.160><c> know</c><00:22:11.380><c> within</c><00:22:11.700><c> our</c><00:22:12.000><c> heart</c><00:22:12.200><c> of</c><00:22:12.420><c> hearts</c><00:22:12.599><c> must</c><00:22:13.059><c> not</c><00:22:13.559><c> be</c>

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right,<00:22:14.400><c> must</c><00:22:14.660><c> be</c><00:22:14.920><c> in</c><00:22:15.259><c> some</c><00:22:15.619><c> way</c><00:22:15.980><c> wrong,</c><00:22:16.559><c> even</c><00:22:16.819><c> though</c>

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there's<00:22:17.299><c> nothing</c><00:22:17.619><c> overtly</c><00:22:18.519><c> wrong</c><00:22:18.740><c> with</c><00:22:18.980><c> them,</c><00:22:20.299><c> they</c><00:22:20.720><c> lead</c><00:22:21.000><c> us</c>

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on<00:22:21.339><c> a</c><00:22:21.559><c> path</c><00:22:21.720><c> that</c><00:22:21.940><c> goes</c><00:22:22.259><c> inevitably</c><00:22:22.980><c> downhill,</c>

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that<00:22:24.339><c> continues</c><00:22:25.180><c> downhill,</c><00:22:26.039><c> that</c><00:22:26.079><c> has</c><00:22:26.660><c> no</c><00:22:26.940><c> turning</c><00:22:27.180><c> back.</c><00:22:28.500><c> God</c><00:22:28.779><c> tries</c><00:22:29.160><c> his</c><00:22:29.420><c> best</c><00:22:29.660><c> to</c>

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get<00:22:30.019><c> us</c><00:22:30.200><c> out</c><00:22:30.420><c> of</c><00:22:30.579><c> such</c>

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situation.<00:22:31.440><c> But</c><00:22:31.559><c> because</c><00:22:31.839><c> we</c><00:22:32.000><c> have</c><00:22:32.200><c> put</c><00:22:32.339><c> ourselves</c><00:22:32.740><c> there</c><00:22:33.079><c> and</c><00:22:33.400><c> carry</c><00:22:33.640><c> on</c>

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putting<00:22:34.259><c> ourselves</c><00:22:34.740><c> there,</c>

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we<00:22:36.180><c> may</c><00:22:36.460><c> eventually</c><00:22:36.980><c> come</c><00:22:37.539><c> to</c><00:22:38.380><c> this</c><00:22:38.619><c> sort</c><00:22:38.779><c> of</c><00:22:38.980><c> destruction.</c>

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Lot<00:22:46.579><c> at</c><00:22:46.900><c> all.</c><00:22:47.339><c> He's</c>

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scripture.<00:22:52.759><c> God</c>

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sister,<00:22:57.200><c> what's</c><00:22:57.500><c> all</c><00:22:57.640><c> that</c><00:22:57.799><c> telling</c><00:22:58.019><c> you</c>

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whether<00:23:15.519><c> it</c><00:23:15.700><c> will</c><00:23:15.920><c> improve</c><00:23:16.279><c> our</c><00:23:16.640><c> standing</c><00:23:16.940><c> before</c><00:23:17.339><c> God,</c>

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ruin.<00:23:31.619><c> Oh</c><00:23:31.900><c> yes,</c><00:23:32.059><c> we</c><00:23:32.220><c> may</c><00:23:32.319><c> get</c><00:23:32.500><c> into</c><00:23:32.640><c> the</c><00:23:32.799><c> kingdom</c><00:23:32.980><c> of</c><00:23:33.200><c> God.</c><00:23:34.240><c> Lot</c>

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is<00:23:34.559><c> certainly</c><00:23:34.940><c> going</c><00:23:35.079><c> to</c><00:23:35.200><c> be</c><00:23:35.299><c> in</c><00:23:35.380><c> the</c><00:23:35.500><c> kingdom</c><00:23:35.660><c> of</c>

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God.<00:23:36.119><c> It</c><00:23:36.339><c> says</c><00:23:36.480><c> so</c><00:23:36.700><c> in</c><00:23:36.859><c> scripture</c><00:23:37.279><c> in</c><00:23:37.559><c> 2nd</c><00:23:37.859><c> of</c><00:23:37.960><c> Peter</c><00:23:38.099><c> chapter</c>

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2.<00:23:38.720><c> Lot</c><00:23:38.960><c> will</c><00:23:39.319><c> certainly</c><00:23:39.759><c> be</c><00:23:39.960><c> in</c><00:23:40.059><c> the</c><00:23:40.180><c> kingdom</c>

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or<00:23:47.480><c> tiny</c><00:23:47.839><c> little</c><00:23:48.140><c> pinpricks,</c><00:23:49.799><c> so</c><00:23:49.980><c> will</c><00:23:50.200><c> we</c><00:23:50.339><c> be.</c><00:23:51.380><c> We</c><00:23:51.640><c> shall</c><00:23:51.839><c> be</c>

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big<00:23:55.259><c> ones</c><00:23:55.740><c> or</c><00:23:56.619><c> little</c><00:23:56.859><c> ones.</c><00:23:57.740><c> And</c><00:23:58.000><c> if</c><00:23:58.119><c> you</c><00:23:58.359><c> want,</c><00:23:58.660><c> like</c><00:23:58.920><c> I</c><00:23:59.160><c> do,</c>

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to<00:24:00.000><c> be</c><00:24:00.480><c> ministered</c><00:24:01.039><c> and</c><00:24:01.240><c> abundant</c><00:24:01.900><c> entry</c><00:24:02.400><c> into</c><00:24:02.619><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:24:03.000><c> of</c><00:24:03.240><c> God,</c><00:24:04.059><c> then</c><00:24:04.180><c> let</c><00:24:04.339><c> us</c><00:24:04.599><c> look</c><00:24:04.859><c> into</c><00:24:05.099><c> our</c><00:24:05.259><c> lives</c><00:24:05.420><c> now</c>

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it<00:24:46.119><c> came</c><00:24:46.319><c> to</c><00:24:46.519><c> pass</c><00:24:47.140><c> in</c><00:24:47.960><c> the</c><00:24:48.160><c> days</c><00:24:48.680><c> when</c><00:24:49.200><c> the</c><00:24:49.380><c> judges</c>

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and<00:25:13.079><c> sisters.</c><00:25:13.779><c> There's</c><00:25:13.920><c> another</c><00:25:14.140><c> Bethlehem,</c>

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David<00:25:17.339><c> comes.</c><00:25:18.460><c> And</c><00:25:18.579><c> you'll</c><00:25:18.880><c> recall,</c><00:25:19.240><c> won't</c><00:25:19.380><c> you,</c>

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it<00:25:26.259><c> had</c><00:25:26.480><c> so</c><00:25:26.759><c> much</c><00:25:26.940><c> vegetation</c><00:25:27.440><c> that</c><00:25:27.799><c> it</c><00:25:27.940><c> was</c><00:25:28.339><c> a</c><00:25:28.440><c> real</c><00:25:28.819><c> house</c><00:25:29.339><c> of</c>

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bread.<00:25:30.920><c> David</c><00:25:31.039><c> was</c><00:25:31.220><c> a</c><00:25:31.380><c> shepherd,</c><00:25:31.880><c> it</c><00:25:32.019><c> is</c><00:25:32.180><c> very</c>

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see,<00:25:36.059><c> they</c><00:25:36.220><c> go</c><00:25:36.500><c> to</c><00:25:36.740><c> this</c><00:25:37.180><c> country</c><00:25:37.720><c> of</c><00:25:38.180><c> Moab</c><00:25:38.579><c> and</c><00:25:39.440><c> Moab</c>

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it<00:26:02.079><c> for</c><00:26:02.220><c> a</c><00:26:02.359><c> moment.</c><00:26:03.319><c> What</c><00:26:03.559><c> are</c><00:26:03.799><c> they</c><00:26:03.980><c> doing?</c><00:26:05.119><c> They're</c><00:26:05.480><c> taking</c>

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themselves<00:26:06.440><c> up</c><00:26:07.079><c> from</c><00:26:07.519><c> the</c><00:26:07.740><c> country</c><00:26:08.119><c> of</c><00:26:08.359><c> God,</c>

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where<00:26:09.140><c> at</c><00:26:09.279><c> least</c><00:26:09.519><c> God</c><00:26:09.740><c> is</c><00:26:10.019><c> nominally</c><00:26:10.519><c> acknowledged,</c><00:26:11.420><c> where</c>

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God<00:26:11.720><c> is</c><00:26:12.099><c> at</c><00:26:12.240><c> least</c><00:26:12.500><c> nominally</c><00:26:13.079><c> worshipped.</c><00:26:14.460><c> They're</c>

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taking<00:26:15.140><c> themselves</c><00:26:15.519><c> from</c><00:26:15.779><c> there</c><00:26:16.140><c> and</c><00:26:16.619><c> because</c><00:26:17.039><c> of</c><00:26:17.339><c> this</c><00:26:17.900><c> famine</c><00:26:18.220><c> which</c><00:26:18.539><c> God</c>

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has<00:26:19.180><c> sent,</c><00:26:20.579><c> they</c><00:26:20.759><c> are</c><00:26:20.880><c> going</c><00:26:21.180><c> to</c><00:26:21.400><c> the</c>

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country<00:26:22.039><c> of</c><00:26:22.400><c> Moab</c><00:26:22.680><c> where</c><00:26:23.140><c> things</c><00:26:23.539><c> look</c><00:26:23.759><c> better.</c><00:26:24.299><c> But</c><00:26:24.579><c> in</c><00:26:24.819><c> the</c>

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country<00:26:25.299><c> of</c><00:26:25.500><c> Moab,</c><00:26:26.339><c> they</c><00:26:26.500><c> worship</c><00:26:26.819><c> other</c><00:26:27.140><c> gods,</c>

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:31.539
they<00:26:28.099><c> worship</c><00:26:28.539><c> Kemosh,</c><00:26:29.339><c> they</c><00:26:29.539><c> worship</c><00:26:29.859><c> other</c><00:26:30.140><c> ones.</c><00:26:30.700><c> And</c><00:26:30.960><c> Kemosh,</c><00:26:31.279><c> you</c>

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remember,<00:26:32.019><c> is</c><00:26:32.160><c> a</c><00:26:32.319><c> god</c><00:26:32.440><c> that</c><00:26:32.819><c> was</c><00:26:33.019><c> a</c><00:26:33.240><c> great</c>

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brazen<00:26:33.940><c> idol</c><00:26:34.200><c> with</c><00:26:34.500><c> a</c><00:26:34.720><c> fire</c><00:26:34.940><c> burning</c><00:26:35.220><c> in</c><00:26:35.400><c> his</c><00:26:35.559><c> belly</c><00:26:35.740><c> that</c><00:26:35.920><c> they</c><00:26:36.119><c> took</c><00:26:36.299><c> the</c>

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children<00:26:36.720><c> and</c><00:26:37.019><c> chucked</c><00:26:37.240><c> them</c><00:26:37.420><c> in</c><00:26:37.980><c> to</c><00:26:38.400><c> be</c>

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right.<00:26:39.859><c> Kemosh</c><00:26:40.339><c> was</c><00:26:40.460><c> the</c><00:26:40.500><c> god</c><00:26:40.660><c> of</c><00:26:40.819><c> Moab.</c><00:26:41.839><c> They</c><00:26:41.940><c> picked</c><00:26:42.119><c> themselves</c><00:26:42.480><c> up</c><00:26:43.180><c> and</c>

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there<00:26:43.980><c> they</c><00:26:44.180><c> go.</c><00:26:45.720><c> Did</c><00:26:45.880><c> they</c><00:26:46.099><c> do</c><00:26:46.380><c> right?</c>

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Did<00:26:48.299><c> they</c><00:26:48.539><c> do</c><00:26:48.680><c> right,</c><00:26:49.059><c> brothers</c><00:26:49.180><c> and</c><00:26:49.319><c> sisters?</c><00:26:50.440><c> Do</c><00:26:50.599><c> you</c><00:26:50.720><c> think</c>

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so?<00:26:52.140><c> I</c><00:26:52.319><c> have</c><00:26:52.480><c> my</c><00:26:52.680><c> doubts,</c><00:26:53.359><c> especially</c><00:26:53.799><c> when</c><00:26:54.000><c> I</c>

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remember,<00:26:54.480><c> for</c><00:26:54.740><c> example,</c><00:26:55.220><c> Moses,</c><00:26:56.059><c> who</c><00:26:56.160><c> the</c><00:26:56.279><c> letter</c><00:26:56.519><c> to</c><00:26:56.700><c> the</c>

00:26:56.839 --> 00:27:00.380
Hebrew<00:26:57.039><c> says,</c><00:26:57.500><c> he</c><00:26:57.759><c> chose</c><00:26:58.299><c> rather</c><00:26:58.839><c> to</c><00:26:59.579><c> suffer</c><00:26:59.859><c> affliction</c>

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with<00:27:00.579><c> the</c><00:27:00.779><c> people</c><00:27:00.980><c> of</c><00:27:01.180><c> God</c><00:27:01.440><c> than</c><00:27:01.660><c> to</c><00:27:01.880><c> enjoy</c><00:27:02.420><c> the</c><00:27:03.559><c> treasures</c><00:27:03.859><c> of</c>

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Egypt.<00:27:05.900><c> I</c><00:27:06.380><c> think</c><00:27:06.539><c> they</c><00:27:06.680><c> should</c><00:27:06.880><c> have</c><00:27:07.039><c> stayed</c><00:27:07.339><c> and</c><00:27:08.299><c> the</c>

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consequences<00:27:08.960><c> of</c><00:27:09.059><c> this</c><00:27:09.640><c> prove,</c><00:27:10.140><c> I</c><00:27:10.480><c> think,</c><00:27:10.839><c> that</c><00:27:10.960><c> they</c><00:27:11.099><c> should.</c><00:27:12.039><c> They</c>

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went<00:27:12.500><c> to</c><00:27:12.700><c> the</c><00:27:12.759><c> country</c><00:27:13.119><c> of</c><00:27:13.380><c> Moab</c><00:27:13.660><c> to</c><00:27:14.160><c> save</c>

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:19.740
their<00:27:15.099><c> lives.</c><00:27:16.680><c> Verse</c><00:27:16.839><c> 2,</c><00:27:17.539><c> the</c><00:27:17.619><c> name</c><00:27:17.880><c> of</c><00:27:18.039><c> the</c><00:27:18.180><c> man</c><00:27:18.380><c> was</c><00:27:18.660><c> Elimelech</c><00:27:19.220><c> and</c><00:27:19.539><c> his</c>

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:21.359
name<00:27:19.859><c> of</c><00:27:20.000><c> his</c><00:27:20.180><c> wife</c><00:27:20.420><c> was</c><00:27:20.680><c> Naomi</c><00:27:21.059><c> and</c>

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the<00:27:21.980><c> name</c><00:27:22.160><c> of</c><00:27:22.299><c> his</c><00:27:22.440><c> two</c><00:27:22.640><c> sons</c><00:27:23.059><c> are</c><00:27:23.519><c> Malan,</c><00:27:23.980><c> Kilian</c><00:27:24.400><c> and</c><00:27:24.640><c> they're</c><00:27:24.940><c> Ephrathites</c><00:27:25.440><c> of</c><00:27:25.819><c> Bethlehem</c><00:27:26.339><c> Judah.</c><00:27:26.740><c> And</c><00:27:27.140><c> they</c>

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came<00:27:27.480><c> to</c><00:27:27.660><c> the</c><00:27:27.779><c> country</c><00:27:28.160><c> of</c><00:27:28.400><c> Moab</c><00:27:28.759><c> and</c><00:27:29.220><c> they</c><00:27:29.700><c> continued</c><00:27:30.640><c> there</c>

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:38.160
and<00:27:33.140><c> Elimelech,</c><00:27:34.500><c> Naomi's</c><00:27:34.940><c> husband,</c><00:27:36.640><c> died.</c><00:27:37.859><c> So</c>

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:44.480
he<00:27:38.400><c> didn't</c><00:27:38.559><c> save</c><00:27:38.900><c> his</c><00:27:39.160><c> life.</c><00:27:40.819><c> She</c><00:27:41.059><c> was</c><00:27:41.299><c> left</c><00:27:41.720><c> and</c><00:27:42.480><c> her</c><00:27:42.660><c> two</c><00:27:42.819><c> sons.</c><00:27:44.319><c> So</c>

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:47.079
what<00:27:44.680><c> do</c><00:27:44.779><c> they</c><00:27:44.920><c> do?</c><00:27:45.839><c> They</c><00:27:46.059><c> get</c><00:27:46.279><c> married.</c><00:27:46.960><c> Do</c>

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they<00:27:47.299><c> send</c><00:27:47.599><c> home</c><00:27:48.019><c> for</c><00:27:48.240><c> women</c><00:27:48.440><c> to</c><00:27:48.579><c> get</c><00:27:48.720><c> married</c><00:27:48.960><c> to</c><00:27:49.140><c> who</c><00:27:49.420><c> believe</c><00:27:49.740><c> in</c><00:27:49.880><c> the</c>

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one<00:27:50.180><c> true</c><00:27:50.319><c> God?</c><00:27:51.339><c> Not</c><00:27:51.680><c> at</c><00:27:51.900><c> all.</c><00:27:52.579><c> They</c>

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:57.759
choose<00:27:53.140><c> to</c><00:27:53.420><c> disobey.</c><00:27:54.019><c> Can</c><00:27:54.140><c> you</c><00:27:54.240><c> put</c><00:27:54.359><c> your</c><00:27:54.480><c> finger</c><00:27:54.720><c> in</c><00:27:54.859><c> there</c><00:27:54.960><c> and</c><00:27:55.099><c> turn</c><00:27:55.240><c> back</c><00:27:55.440><c> to</c><00:27:55.819><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:56.420><c> chapter</c><00:27:56.880><c> 7</c><00:27:57.240><c> for</c>

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a<00:27:57.940><c> moment</c><00:27:58.259><c> and</c><00:27:59.180><c> notice</c><00:27:59.420><c> the</c><00:27:59.640><c> position</c><00:28:00.220><c> that</c><00:28:00.500><c> the</c><00:28:00.759><c> parents</c><00:28:01.279><c> play</c><00:28:01.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:02.779><c> marriage</c><00:28:03.140><c> of</c><00:28:03.539><c> their</c><00:28:03.740><c> children</c><00:28:04.119><c> here.</c><00:28:05.039><c> And</c>

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notice<00:28:05.480><c> the</c><00:28:05.819><c> commandments</c><00:28:06.319><c> too.</c><00:28:08.099><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:28:08.519><c> chapter</c><00:28:08.819><c> 7</c><00:28:09.519><c> and</c><00:28:10.200><c> verse</c><00:28:10.559><c> 3.</c>

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It<00:28:12.019><c> says</c><00:28:12.460><c> of</c><00:28:12.880><c> all</c><00:28:13.119><c> the</c><00:28:13.299><c> people</c><00:28:13.480><c> who</c><00:28:13.740><c> dwelt</c>

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in<00:28:14.140><c> the</c><00:28:14.279><c> lands</c><00:28:14.440><c> there,</c><00:28:15.460><c> that</c><00:28:15.480><c> neither</c><00:28:16.099><c> shalt</c><00:28:16.559><c> thou</c><00:28:16.900><c> make</c><00:28:17.400><c> marriages</c><00:28:18.119><c> with</c>

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:21.880
them.<00:28:20.160><c> Thy</c><00:28:20.519><c> daughter</c><00:28:21.059><c> thou</c><00:28:21.319><c> shalt</c><00:28:21.519><c> not</c>

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give<00:28:22.200><c> unto</c><00:28:22.500><c> his</c><00:28:22.940><c> son,</c><00:28:23.859><c> nor</c><00:28:24.079><c> his</c><00:28:24.579><c> daughter</c><00:28:25.119><c> shalt</c><00:28:25.420><c> thou</c><00:28:25.579><c> take</c>

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unto<00:28:26.180><c> thy</c><00:28:26.660><c> son.</c><00:28:27.880><c> For</c><00:28:28.299><c> they</c><00:28:28.700><c> will</c><00:28:29.059><c> turn</c><00:28:29.380><c> away</c><00:28:29.779><c> thy</c>

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son<00:28:30.400><c> from</c><00:28:31.380><c> following</c><00:28:31.799><c> me,</c><00:28:32.559><c> that</c><00:28:32.799><c> they</c><00:28:33.019><c> may</c><00:28:33.259><c> serve</c><00:28:33.779><c> other</c><00:28:34.119><c> gods.</c><00:28:35.380><c> No</c>

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says<00:28:35.819><c> God,</c><00:28:36.440><c> you</c><00:28:36.619><c> are</c><00:28:36.960><c> not</c><00:28:37.160><c> to</c><00:28:37.440><c> take</c><00:28:37.980><c> wives</c><00:28:38.539><c> from</c>

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the<00:28:39.259><c> people</c><00:28:39.420><c> who</c><00:28:39.680><c> worship</c><00:28:39.900><c> these</c><00:28:40.119><c> other</c><00:28:40.359><c> gods.</c><00:28:40.819><c> Don't</c><00:28:41.200><c> do</c><00:28:41.480><c> it.</c>

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:45.319
And<00:28:43.519><c> you</c><00:28:43.660><c> notice</c><00:28:43.920><c> it's</c><00:28:44.220><c> the</c><00:28:44.400><c> parent's</c><00:28:45.220><c> responsibility.</c>

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:54.619
Thou<00:28:46.180><c> shalt</c><00:28:46.579><c> not</c><00:28:46.940><c> take.</c><00:28:50.480><c> Naomi</c><00:28:50.759><c> is</c><00:28:50.980><c> there.</c><00:28:52.279><c> Naomi</c><00:28:52.619><c> is</c><00:28:52.920><c> probably</c><00:28:53.240><c> the</c><00:28:53.559><c> chief</c><00:28:53.900><c> architect</c><00:28:54.440><c> of</c>

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this.<00:28:55.720><c> Naomi</c><00:28:56.000><c> goes</c>

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out,<00:28:56.759><c> selects</c><00:28:57.500><c> two</c><00:28:57.680><c> women,</c><00:28:58.500><c> Orpah</c><00:28:58.759><c> and</c><00:28:59.039><c> Ruth,</c><00:29:00.160><c> and</c><00:29:00.359><c> marries</c>

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:04.960
them<00:29:01.079><c> to</c><00:29:01.440><c> her</c><00:29:01.640><c> two</c><00:29:01.819><c> sons.</c><00:29:03.720><c> It's</c><00:29:03.940><c> the</c><00:29:04.059><c> logical,</c>

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:13.099
it's<00:29:05.440><c> the</c><00:29:05.579><c> natural,</c><00:29:06.799><c> it's</c><00:29:07.220><c> the</c><00:29:07.559><c> expedient</c><00:29:08.279><c> thing</c><00:29:08.960><c> to</c><00:29:09.779><c> do.</c><00:29:12.240><c> They</c><00:29:12.299><c> dwelt</c><00:29:12.480><c> there</c><00:29:12.680><c> about</c><00:29:12.900><c> ten</c>

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:14.799
years,<00:29:14.259><c> haven't</c><00:29:14.440><c> got</c><00:29:14.619><c> any</c>

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children.<00:29:15.900><c> And</c><00:29:16.039><c> verse</c><00:29:16.220><c> 5,</c><00:29:16.940><c> Marlon</c><00:29:17.220><c> and</c><00:29:17.559><c> Chillion,</c><00:29:18.359><c> both</c><00:29:18.700><c> of</c>

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:23.579
them<00:29:18.940><c> died.</c><00:29:20.740><c> So</c><00:29:21.059><c> the</c><00:29:21.160><c> husband's</c><00:29:21.640><c> dead,</c><00:29:22.799><c> the</c><00:29:23.019><c> elder</c><00:29:23.279><c> son's</c>

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:27.319
dead,<00:29:24.339><c> the</c><00:29:24.700><c> younger</c><00:29:25.000><c> son's</c><00:29:25.359><c> dead,</c><00:29:26.539><c> although</c><00:29:26.740><c> they've</c><00:29:27.039><c> gone</c>

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:30.859
there<00:29:27.640><c> to</c><00:29:27.880><c> save</c><00:29:28.099><c> their</c><00:29:28.359><c> lives.</c><00:29:30.000><c> Seems</c><00:29:30.480><c> as</c><00:29:30.720><c> though</c>

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God<00:29:31.039><c> doesn't</c><00:29:31.319><c> approve</c><00:29:31.599><c> of</c><00:29:31.779><c> this.</c><00:29:33.319><c> So</c><00:29:33.460><c> she's</c><00:29:33.720><c> left</c><00:29:34.039><c> with</c><00:29:34.700><c> her</c>

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two<00:29:35.140><c> sons,</c><00:29:36.940><c> she's</c><00:29:37.359><c> left</c><00:29:37.519><c> of</c><00:29:37.759><c> her</c><00:29:37.940><c> two</c><00:29:38.140><c> sons</c><00:29:38.440><c> and</c><00:29:38.839><c> her</c>

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:42.160
husband.<00:29:39.319><c> So</c><00:29:39.500><c> she</c><00:29:39.640><c> gets</c><00:29:39.839><c> up</c><00:29:40.059><c> now,</c><00:29:40.940><c> the</c><00:29:41.180><c> crooks</c><00:29:41.440><c> in</c><00:29:41.640><c> Moab</c><00:29:41.880><c> being</c>

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no<00:29:42.359><c> less</c><00:29:42.519><c> than</c><00:29:42.680><c> the</c><00:29:42.819><c> crooks</c><00:29:43.000><c> in</c><00:29:43.140><c> Israel.</c><00:29:43.859><c> They</c>

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:46.859
swindle<00:29:44.519><c> her</c><00:29:44.660><c> of</c><00:29:44.839><c> all</c><00:29:45.019><c> her</c><00:29:45.220><c> property,</c><00:29:45.599><c> they</c><00:29:45.839><c> cheat,</c><00:29:46.500><c> they</c><00:29:46.660><c> rob</c>

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:48.900
them,<00:29:47.420><c> the</c><00:29:47.559><c> poor</c><00:29:47.700><c> women</c><00:29:47.980><c> are</c><00:29:48.319><c> left</c><00:29:48.519><c> on</c><00:29:48.680><c> their</c><00:29:48.819><c> own,</c>

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no<00:29:49.079><c> one</c><00:29:49.220><c> to</c><00:29:49.420><c> defend</c><00:29:49.660><c> them,</c><00:29:50.400><c> all</c><00:29:50.700><c> the</c><00:29:50.859><c> goods</c><00:29:50.980><c> are</c><00:29:51.259><c> gone.</c><00:29:52.859><c> She</c><00:29:53.240><c> arose</c><00:29:53.579><c> with</c><00:29:53.799><c> her</c><00:29:53.980><c> daughters</c><00:29:54.220><c>-in</c>

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.539
-law<00:29:54.880><c> that</c><00:29:55.200><c> she</c><00:29:55.359><c> might</c>

00:29:55.539 --> 00:30:00.259
return<00:29:55.960><c> from</c><00:29:56.160><c> the</c><00:29:56.299><c> country</c><00:29:56.579><c> of</c><00:29:56.779><c> Moab.</c><00:29:58.160><c> For</c><00:29:58.299><c> she</c><00:29:58.460><c> had</c><00:29:58.700><c> heard</c><00:29:59.240><c> in</c>

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:02.740
the<00:30:00.440><c> country</c><00:30:00.720><c> of</c><00:30:00.920><c> Moab</c><00:30:01.640><c> how</c><00:30:02.079><c> that</c><00:30:02.279><c> the</c><00:30:02.519><c> Lord</c>

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:07.619
had<00:30:03.079><c> visited</c><00:30:03.440><c> his</c><00:30:03.779><c> people</c><00:30:04.200><c> in</c><00:30:04.759><c> giving</c><00:30:05.039><c> them</c><00:30:05.700><c> bread.</c><00:30:07.460><c> Brothers</c>

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:09.160
and<00:30:07.740><c> sisters,</c><00:30:07.880><c> this</c><00:30:08.039><c> does</c><00:30:08.299><c> not</c><00:30:08.500><c> improve</c><00:30:08.920><c> my</c>

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respect<00:30:09.579><c> for</c><00:30:10.119><c> Naomi</c><00:30:10.420><c> and</c><00:30:11.099><c> for</c><00:30:11.500><c> what</c><00:30:11.680><c> they</c><00:30:11.880><c> did.</c><00:30:13.059><c> Now</c><00:30:13.400><c> there's</c>

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:16.220
bread<00:30:13.980><c> there,</c><00:30:14.619><c> they</c><00:30:14.920><c> go</c><00:30:15.160><c> there.</c><00:30:15.720><c> When</c><00:30:15.940><c> there</c>

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:18.099
wasn't<00:30:16.420><c> any</c><00:30:16.740><c> bread</c><00:30:16.900><c> there,</c><00:30:17.099><c> they</c><00:30:17.240><c> picked</c><00:30:17.400><c> themselves</c><00:30:17.779><c> up</c><00:30:18.000><c> and</c>

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:20.299
they<00:30:18.279><c> left,</c><00:30:19.160><c> despite</c><00:30:19.559><c> the</c><00:30:19.779><c> fact</c><00:30:19.940><c> that</c><00:30:20.059><c> it</c><00:30:20.140><c> was</c>

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:22.900
God's<00:30:20.660><c> country</c><00:30:20.940><c> that</c><00:30:21.200><c> they</c><00:30:21.400><c> were</c><00:30:21.539><c> leading</c><00:30:21.799><c> in</c><00:30:22.000><c> the</c><00:30:22.039><c> very</c><00:30:22.319><c> first</c><00:30:22.480><c> instance.</c><00:30:22.720><c> It</c>

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:24.240
does<00:30:23.160><c> not</c><00:30:23.400><c> improve</c><00:30:23.579><c> my</c><00:30:23.779><c> respect</c><00:30:24.059><c> for</c>

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:29.920
them.<00:30:26.180><c> They're</c><00:30:26.380><c> doing</c><00:30:26.700><c> what</c><00:30:27.599><c> circumstances</c><00:30:28.440><c> dictate</c><00:30:29.079><c> rather</c>

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:33.160
than<00:30:30.079><c> what</c><00:30:30.359><c> principle</c><00:30:30.740><c> dictates.</c><00:30:32.579><c> So</c><00:30:32.779><c> off</c><00:30:32.960><c> they</c>

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:37.779
go.<00:30:33.799><c> She,</c><00:30:34.160><c> verse</c><00:30:34.160><c> 7,</c><00:30:34.720><c> she</c><00:30:35.119><c> and</c><00:30:35.640><c> her</c><00:30:35.839><c> two</c><00:30:35.980><c> daughters</c><00:30:36.220><c>-in</c><00:30:36.519><c>-law</c><00:30:36.519><c> with</c><00:30:36.720><c> her</c><00:30:37.000><c> and</c><00:30:37.240><c> they</c><00:30:37.420><c> went</c><00:30:37.599><c> to</c>

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.759
return<00:30:38.099><c> to</c><00:30:38.279><c> the</c><00:30:38.400><c> land</c><00:30:38.559><c> of</c>

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:42.460
Judah.<00:30:40.359><c> And</c><00:30:40.579><c> Naomi</c><00:30:40.839><c> said</c><00:30:41.079><c> unto</c><00:30:41.279><c> her</c><00:30:41.519><c> two</c><00:30:41.720><c> daughters</c><00:30:41.980><c>-in</c><00:30:42.220><c>-law,</c>

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:45.960
go<00:30:43.039><c> return</c><00:30:43.619><c> each</c><00:30:43.900><c> of</c><00:30:44.059><c> you</c><00:30:44.180><c> to</c><00:30:44.339><c> her</c><00:30:44.559><c> mother's</c><00:30:44.859><c> house.</c><00:30:45.680><c> The</c>

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.539
Lord<00:30:46.180><c> deal</c><00:30:46.480><c> kindly</c><00:30:46.940><c> with</c><00:30:47.220><c> you</c><00:30:47.359><c> as</c><00:30:47.519><c> ye</c><00:30:47.660><c> have</c><00:30:47.859><c> dealt</c><00:30:48.140><c> with</c><00:30:48.380><c> the</c>

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:52.519
dead.<00:30:49.279><c> The</c><00:30:49.500><c> Lord,</c><00:30:50.259><c> and</c><00:30:50.539><c> with</c><00:30:50.779><c> me,</c><00:30:51.539><c> the</c><00:30:51.579><c> Lord</c><00:30:51.900><c> grant</c><00:30:52.319><c> you</c>

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:56.660
that<00:30:52.619><c> you</c><00:30:52.799><c> may</c><00:30:53.019><c> find</c><00:30:53.299><c> rest</c><00:30:53.680><c> each</c><00:30:54.200><c> of</c><00:30:54.359><c> you</c><00:30:54.480><c> in</c><00:30:54.599><c> the</c><00:30:54.819><c> house</c><00:30:55.059><c> of</c><00:30:55.240><c> her</c><00:30:55.420><c> husband.</c><00:30:56.500><c> Go</c>

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:58.579
back<00:30:56.880><c> home,</c><00:30:57.099><c> she</c><00:30:57.279><c> says.</c><00:30:58.180><c> You're</c><00:30:58.460><c> not</c>

00:30:58.579 --> 00:31:01.480
going<00:30:58.700><c> to</c><00:30:58.819><c> find</c><00:30:58.940><c> any</c><00:30:59.160><c> husbands</c><00:30:59.420><c> in</c><00:30:59.619><c> Israel.</c><00:31:00.500><c> No,</c><00:31:00.779><c> no,</c><00:31:00.940><c> no,</c><00:31:01.099><c> no.</c>

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:04.700
They<00:31:01.940><c> don't</c><00:31:02.200><c> like</c><00:31:02.579><c> immigrants</c><00:31:03.019><c> there.</c><00:31:03.980><c> Don't</c><00:31:04.420><c> come</c>

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:07.220
to<00:31:04.839><c> Israel</c><00:31:05.099><c> with</c><00:31:05.299><c> me.</c><00:31:05.819><c> The</c><00:31:06.019><c> fact</c><00:31:06.160><c> that</c><00:31:06.279><c> when</c><00:31:06.440><c> they</c><00:31:06.619><c> go</c><00:31:06.839><c> there,</c>

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:09.000
they<00:31:07.559><c> might</c><00:31:07.920><c> learn</c><00:31:08.200><c> something</c><00:31:08.519><c> about</c><00:31:08.680><c> the</c><00:31:08.859><c> true</c>

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:14.059
God.<00:31:10.000><c> That's</c><00:31:10.279><c> got</c><00:31:10.400><c> nothing</c><00:31:10.559><c> to</c><00:31:10.700><c> do</c><00:31:10.740><c> with</c><00:31:10.880><c> it.</c><00:31:12.539><c> Go</c><00:31:12.740><c> back.</c><00:31:13.539><c> You</c><00:31:13.640><c> won't</c><00:31:13.779><c> get</c><00:31:13.940><c> a</c>

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:16.519
husband<00:31:14.279><c> there.</c><00:31:15.759><c> She</c><00:31:16.000><c> kissed</c><00:31:16.220><c> them,</c>

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:21.339
they<00:31:16.920><c> lifted</c><00:31:17.039><c> up</c><00:31:17.220><c> their</c><00:31:17.400><c> voice</c><00:31:17.799><c> and</c><00:31:18.420><c> they</c><00:31:18.640><c> wept.</c><00:31:19.519><c> And</c><00:31:19.660><c> they</c><00:31:19.900><c> said</c><00:31:20.160><c> unto</c><00:31:20.339><c> her,</c><00:31:20.740><c> surely</c><00:31:21.019><c> we</c>

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.160
will<00:31:21.640><c> return</c><00:31:21.980><c> with</c>

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:25.359
thee<00:31:22.279><c> unto</c><00:31:22.500><c> thy</c><00:31:22.660><c> people.</c><00:31:22.900><c> We</c><00:31:23.339><c> really</c><00:31:23.700><c> want</c><00:31:23.859><c> to</c><00:31:24.079><c> go</c><00:31:24.220><c> with</c><00:31:24.440><c> you.</c>

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:28.640
Naomi<00:31:26.140><c> said,</c><00:31:26.519><c> turn</c><00:31:26.680><c> again,</c><00:31:27.000><c> my</c><00:31:27.240><c> daughters.</c><00:31:28.420><c> Why</c>

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:31.920
will<00:31:28.799><c> you</c><00:31:28.940><c> go</c><00:31:29.079><c> with</c><00:31:29.299><c> me?</c><00:31:30.420><c> Are</c><00:31:30.619><c> there</c><00:31:30.779><c> yet</c><00:31:30.940><c> any</c><00:31:31.180><c> more</c><00:31:31.420><c> sons</c><00:31:31.720><c> in</c>

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:34.579
my<00:31:32.200><c> womb</c><00:31:32.359><c> that</c><00:31:32.519><c> they</c><00:31:32.700><c> may</c><00:31:32.819><c> be</c><00:31:32.940><c> your</c><00:31:33.160><c> husbands?</c><00:31:34.359><c> Turn</c>

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:37.099
again,<00:31:34.799><c> my</c><00:31:35.079><c> daughters.</c><00:31:35.680><c> Go</c><00:31:35.920><c> your</c><00:31:36.180><c> way</c><00:31:36.299><c> for</c><00:31:36.440><c> I</c><00:31:36.539><c> am</c><00:31:36.619><c> too</c><00:31:36.819><c> old</c><00:31:36.960><c> to</c>

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:39.640
have<00:31:37.220><c> a</c><00:31:37.279><c> husband.</c><00:31:38.680><c> And</c><00:31:38.900><c> even</c><00:31:39.039><c> if</c><00:31:39.180><c> I</c><00:31:39.279><c> should</c><00:31:39.440><c> have</c>

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:41.880
a<00:31:39.720><c> husband,</c><00:31:40.000><c> she</c><00:31:40.160><c> says,</c><00:31:40.440><c> and</c><00:31:40.519><c> bear</c><00:31:40.680><c> a</c><00:31:40.839><c> son.</c><00:31:41.339><c> Would</c><00:31:41.500><c> you</c><00:31:41.660><c> wait</c>

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:45.480
for<00:31:42.059><c> them</c><00:31:42.440><c> till</c><00:31:42.819><c> they</c><00:31:43.039><c> were</c><00:31:43.240><c> grown?</c><00:31:44.559><c> And</c><00:31:44.920><c> then</c><00:31:45.259><c> we</c>

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:52.259
come<00:31:45.619><c> to</c><00:31:45.759><c> this</c><00:31:46.660><c> extraordinary</c><00:31:47.420><c> statement.</c><00:31:49.220><c> Nay,</c><00:31:49.740><c> my</c><00:31:50.119><c> daughters,</c><00:31:51.599><c> for</c><00:31:51.799><c> it</c>

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:54.980
grieveth<00:31:52.759><c> me</c><00:31:53.259><c> much</c><00:31:53.720><c> for</c><00:31:54.180><c> your</c><00:31:54.720><c> sakes</c>

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:59.779
that<00:31:56.000><c> the</c><00:31:56.400><c> hand</c><00:31:56.779><c> of</c><00:31:57.039><c> the</c><00:31:57.359><c> Lord</c><00:31:57.599><c> is</c><00:31:57.920><c> gone</c><00:31:58.099><c> out</c><00:31:58.380><c> against</c><00:31:58.700><c> me.</c><00:31:59.519><c> And</c>

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:03.819
my<00:32:00.000><c> margin</c><00:32:00.319><c> translates</c><00:32:00.900><c> that</c><00:32:01.259><c> as,</c><00:32:02.619><c> nay,</c><00:32:03.000><c> my</c><00:32:03.279><c> daughters,</c>

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:10.480
for<00:32:03.839><c> it</c><00:32:04.779><c> is</c><00:32:05.160><c> far</c><00:32:05.759><c> more</c><00:32:06.480><c> bitter</c><00:32:06.920><c> for</c><00:32:07.240><c> me</c><00:32:07.779><c> than</c><00:32:08.019><c> for</c><00:32:08.480><c> you</c><00:32:09.079><c> that</c><00:32:09.640><c> the</c><00:32:09.980><c> hand</c><00:32:10.259><c> of</c>

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:13.220
the<00:32:10.779><c> Lord</c><00:32:11.019><c> is</c><00:32:11.339><c> gone</c><00:32:11.559><c> out</c><00:32:11.880><c> against</c><00:32:12.240><c> me.</c>

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:19.880
She's<00:32:14.980><c> wallowing</c><00:32:15.460><c> in</c><00:32:15.920><c> self</c><00:32:16.200><c>-pity.</c><00:32:17.960><c> She</c><00:32:18.299><c> can't</c><00:32:18.740><c> be</c><00:32:19.039><c> sorry</c><00:32:19.319><c> enough</c><00:32:19.619><c> for</c>

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:22.859
herself.<00:32:20.799><c> The</c><00:32:21.059><c> hand</c><00:32:21.420><c> of</c><00:32:21.640><c> the</c><00:32:21.960><c> Lord</c><00:32:22.279><c> is</c><00:32:22.660><c> gone</c>

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:27.000
out<00:32:23.119><c> against</c><00:32:23.460><c> me.</c><00:32:24.380><c> She</c><00:32:24.740><c> hasn't</c><00:32:24.920><c> done</c><00:32:25.019><c> anything</c><00:32:25.240><c> wrong.</c><00:32:26.759><c> The</c>

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:29.420
hand<00:32:27.339><c> of</c><00:32:27.539><c> the</c><00:32:27.740><c> Lord</c><00:32:27.940><c> is</c><00:32:28.180><c> gone</c><00:32:28.339><c> out</c><00:32:28.559><c> against</c><00:32:28.839><c> me.</c>

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:35.079
Not<00:32:29.779><c> like</c><00:32:30.059><c> Joe.</c><00:32:31.400><c> The</c><00:32:31.599><c> Lord</c><00:32:31.940><c> giveth,</c><00:32:32.980><c> the</c><00:32:33.279><c> Lord</c><00:32:33.619><c> taketh</c><00:32:34.000><c> away.</c>

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:37.519
Blessed<00:32:35.500><c> be</c><00:32:35.799><c> the</c><00:32:35.880><c> name</c><00:32:36.099><c> of</c><00:32:36.279><c> the</c><00:32:36.420><c> Lord,</c><00:32:36.579><c> he</c><00:32:36.720><c> said.</c>

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:42.019
The<00:32:38.420><c> hand</c><00:32:38.779><c> of</c><00:32:39.019><c> the</c><00:32:39.299><c> Lord</c><00:32:39.519><c> is</c><00:32:39.799><c> gone</c><00:32:40.019><c> out</c><00:32:40.220><c> against</c><00:32:40.519><c> me.</c><00:32:41.319><c> And</c><00:32:41.500><c> then,</c><00:32:41.759><c> brothers,</c><00:32:41.900><c> we</c>

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:45.440
have<00:32:42.200><c> this</c><00:32:43.079><c> totally</c><00:32:43.640><c> unacceptable</c>

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:50.259
incident<00:32:46.160><c> here.</c><00:32:47.900><c> Verse</c><00:32:48.079><c> 14,</c><00:32:48.980><c> they</c><00:32:49.160><c> lifted</c><00:32:49.420><c> up</c><00:32:49.640><c> their</c><00:32:49.859><c> voice</c>

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:53.920
and<00:32:50.740><c> wept</c><00:32:51.019><c> again.</c><00:32:52.000><c> And</c><00:32:52.299><c> Alfa</c><00:32:52.480><c> kissed</c><00:32:52.819><c> her</c><00:32:53.039><c> mother</c><00:32:53.259><c>-in</c><00:32:53.460><c>-law,</c>

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:57.400
probably<00:32:54.519><c> at</c><00:32:54.839><c> their</c><00:32:55.220><c> goodbye.</c><00:32:55.839><c> Okay,</c><00:32:56.460><c> I'm</c><00:32:56.779><c> off,</c><00:32:57.019><c> said</c><00:32:57.119><c> Alfa.</c>

00:32:57.460 --> 00:33:01.859
I'm<00:32:57.740><c> leaving.</c><00:32:59.319><c> And</c><00:32:59.500><c> she</c><00:32:59.619><c> turns</c><00:32:59.839><c> to</c><00:33:00.099><c> Ruth</c><00:33:00.279><c> and</c><00:33:00.500><c> says</c><00:33:00.740><c> this,</c>

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:06.480
and<00:33:02.460><c> she</c><00:33:02.720><c> said,</c><00:33:03.220><c> behold,</c><00:33:04.240><c> thy</c><00:33:04.440><c> sister</c><00:33:04.900><c>-in</c><00:33:05.140><c>-law</c><00:33:05.400><c> is</c><00:33:05.799><c> gone</c><00:33:06.079><c> back</c>

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:09.059
onto<00:33:06.700><c> her</c><00:33:07.000><c> people</c><00:33:07.380><c> and</c><00:33:08.039><c> onto</c><00:33:08.460><c> her</c>

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:15.119
gods.<00:33:10.220><c> Return</c><00:33:10.819><c> thou</c><00:33:11.339><c> after</c><00:33:12.000><c> thy</c><00:33:12.319><c> sister</c><00:33:12.640><c>-in</c><00:33:12.900><c>-law.</c><00:33:14.380><c> Brothers</c><00:33:14.519><c> and</c><00:33:14.680><c> sisters,</c><00:33:14.799><c> I</c>

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.220
ask<00:33:15.420><c> you,</c>

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:20.819
if<00:33:17.839><c> someone</c><00:33:18.200><c> is</c><00:33:18.519><c> showing</c><00:33:18.700><c> signs</c><00:33:19.059><c> of</c><00:33:19.259><c> coming</c><00:33:19.460><c> to</c><00:33:19.619><c> the</c><00:33:19.799><c> truth,</c>

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:22.759
leaving<00:33:21.180><c> the</c><00:33:21.380><c> Catholic</c><00:33:21.619><c> Church,</c><00:33:21.980><c> the</c><00:33:22.140><c> Jewish</c><00:33:22.380><c> religion,</c>

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:25.900
the<00:33:23.160><c> Muslim</c><00:33:23.539><c> faith,</c><00:33:24.240><c> the</c><00:33:24.380><c> whatever,</c><00:33:25.240><c> coming</c><00:33:25.400><c> to</c><00:33:25.559><c> the</c><00:33:25.720><c> truth,</c>

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:28.099
would<00:33:26.480><c> you</c><00:33:26.660><c> then</c><00:33:26.859><c> turn</c><00:33:27.099><c> around</c><00:33:27.299><c> and</c><00:33:27.420><c> say,</c><00:33:27.660><c> look,</c>

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:32.539
don't<00:33:28.500><c> come</c><00:33:28.660><c> with</c><00:33:28.819><c> me.</c><00:33:29.380><c> Go</c><00:33:29.619><c> back</c><00:33:30.079><c> to</c><00:33:30.359><c> your</c><00:33:30.799><c> gods.</c><00:33:31.700><c> Go</c><00:33:31.920><c> back</c><00:33:32.279><c> to</c>

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:35.440
your<00:33:32.839><c> old</c><00:33:33.140><c> religion,</c><00:33:34.220><c> especially</c><00:33:34.740><c> when</c><00:33:35.019><c> you</c><00:33:35.279><c> knew</c>

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:38.400
that<00:33:35.720><c> what</c><00:33:35.920><c> they</c><00:33:36.200><c> did</c><00:33:36.339><c> there</c><00:33:36.559><c> was</c><00:33:36.740><c> to</c><00:33:36.980><c> take</c><00:33:37.180><c> these</c><00:33:37.500><c> children,</c>

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.940
eat<00:33:38.819><c> up</c><00:33:39.119><c> Kimash's</c><00:33:39.700><c> belly</c><00:33:39.920><c> and</c><00:33:40.319><c> throw</c><00:33:40.680><c> these</c>

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:44.480
children<00:33:41.240><c> in.</c><00:33:41.819><c> Would</c><00:33:42.079><c> you</c><00:33:42.400><c> say</c><00:33:42.599><c> a</c><00:33:42.720><c> thing</c><00:33:42.839><c> like</c><00:33:43.160><c> that</c><00:33:43.460><c> and</c><00:33:43.839><c> unto</c>

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:49.799
her<00:33:45.180><c> gods</c><00:33:45.700><c> return</c><00:33:46.799><c> thou</c><00:33:47.319><c> after</c><00:33:48.039><c> thy</c><00:33:48.299><c> sister</c><00:33:48.619><c>-in</c><00:33:48.920><c>-law?</c>

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:53.339
What<00:33:50.460><c> sort</c><00:33:50.819><c> of</c><00:33:50.980><c> a</c><00:33:51.099><c> woman</c><00:33:51.259><c> is</c><00:33:51.480><c> this</c><00:33:51.640><c> we're</c><00:33:51.920><c> dealing</c><00:33:52.180><c> with</c><00:33:52.400><c> here?</c>

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:55.500
You<00:33:54.019><c> see,</c><00:33:54.119><c> it's</c><00:33:54.259><c> the</c><00:33:54.400><c> logical,</c><00:33:54.960><c> the</c><00:33:55.240><c> natural,</c>

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:59.000
the<00:33:55.819><c> obvious</c><00:33:56.099><c> thing</c><00:33:56.380><c> that</c><00:33:56.579><c> is</c><00:33:56.900><c> motivating</c><00:33:57.299><c> her.</c><00:33:58.079><c> If</c><00:33:58.259><c> she</c><00:33:58.480><c> comes</c><00:33:58.779><c> to</c>

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.599
Israel,<00:33:59.579><c> there</c><00:33:59.720><c> is</c><00:33:59.900><c> one</c><00:34:00.180><c> god</c><00:34:00.380><c> there,</c>

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:03.240
not<00:34:00.799><c> the</c><00:34:00.940><c> one</c><00:34:01.019><c> you've</c><00:34:01.140><c> been</c><00:34:01.339><c> used</c><00:34:01.559><c> to.</c><00:34:02.460><c> You</c><00:34:02.579><c> won't</c><00:34:02.819><c> find</c><00:34:03.099><c> a</c>

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:05.460
husband<00:34:03.480><c> there</c><00:34:03.720><c> because</c><00:34:03.960><c> they</c><00:34:04.140><c> don't</c><00:34:04.440><c> like</c><00:34:04.799><c> immigrants.</c>

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:11.780
You<00:34:05.940><c> won't</c><00:34:06.279><c> get</c><00:34:06.579><c> a</c><00:34:06.799><c> place</c><00:34:07.059><c> of</c><00:34:07.380><c> rest,</c><00:34:07.660><c> as</c><00:34:07.759><c> she</c><00:34:07.980><c> calls</c><00:34:08.179><c> it.</c><00:34:09.880><c> Go</c><00:34:10.119><c> back</c><00:34:10.340><c> home.</c><00:34:11.500><c> You'd</c><00:34:11.679><c> be</c>

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:13.139
far<00:34:11.900><c> better</c><00:34:12.119><c> off</c><00:34:12.280><c> there.</c>

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:15.659
The<00:34:13.420><c> consideration</c><00:34:14.219><c> that</c><00:34:14.400><c> she</c><00:34:14.579><c> might</c><00:34:14.780><c> come</c><00:34:15.079><c> to</c><00:34:15.260><c> the</c><00:34:15.480><c> truth,</c>

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.699
that<00:34:15.940><c> she</c><00:34:16.139><c> might</c><00:34:16.239><c> believe</c><00:34:16.659><c> in</c><00:34:16.960><c> God,</c>

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:22.400
none<00:34:18.099><c> of</c><00:34:18.340><c> these</c><00:34:18.500><c> seem</c><00:34:18.860><c> to</c><00:34:19.659><c> enter</c><00:34:19.920><c> into</c><00:34:20.179><c> Naomi's</c><00:34:20.619><c> mind</c><00:34:20.980><c> at</c><00:34:21.400><c> all.</c>

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:24.539
And<00:34:22.880><c> she's</c><00:34:23.199><c> so</c><00:34:23.579><c> wrong</c><00:34:23.800><c> about</c><00:34:24.099><c> it</c>

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:28.760
that<00:34:24.900><c> Ruth</c><00:34:25.320><c> puts</c><00:34:25.659><c> her</c><00:34:25.880><c> to</c><00:34:26.179><c> shame</c><00:34:26.599><c> and</c><00:34:27.179><c> it</c><00:34:27.320><c> is</c><00:34:27.440><c> an</c><00:34:27.699><c> eternal</c><00:34:28.159><c> credit</c><00:34:28.519><c> to</c>

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:30.440
this<00:34:28.920><c> woman</c><00:34:29.219><c> and</c><00:34:29.679><c> to</c><00:34:29.860><c> perhaps</c><00:34:30.039><c> the</c><00:34:30.280><c> teaching</c>

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:34.199
of<00:34:30.619><c> her</c><00:34:30.719><c> husband.</c><00:34:31.099><c> I</c><00:34:31.099><c> don't</c><00:34:31.380><c> know</c><00:34:31.800><c> that</c><00:34:33.179><c> she</c><00:34:33.460><c> says</c><00:34:33.699><c> what</c><00:34:33.900><c> she</c>

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:37.539
says.<00:34:35.940><c> Intreat</c><00:34:36.340><c> me</c><00:34:36.559><c> not</c><00:34:36.760><c> to</c><00:34:36.960><c> leave</c><00:34:37.159><c> thee</c>

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:42.400
or<00:34:38.400><c> to</c><00:34:38.679><c> return</c><00:34:38.900><c> from</c><00:34:39.159><c> following</c><00:34:39.440><c> after</c><00:34:39.780><c> thee.</c><00:34:40.760><c> For</c><00:34:40.900><c> whither</c><00:34:41.159><c> thou</c><00:34:41.480><c> goest,</c><00:34:42.179><c> I</c>

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:44.320
will<00:34:42.599><c> go</c><00:34:43.000><c> and</c><00:34:43.380><c> where</c><00:34:43.739><c> thou</c>

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:49.880
lodgest,<00:34:45.219><c> I</c><00:34:45.460><c> will</c><00:34:45.659><c> lodge.</c><00:34:46.900><c> Thy</c><00:34:47.400><c> people</c><00:34:48.059><c> shall</c><00:34:48.460><c> be</c><00:34:48.860><c> my</c><00:34:49.239><c> people</c>

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:55.119
and<00:34:50.639><c> thy</c><00:34:51.280><c> God</c><00:34:51.780><c> my</c><00:34:52.440><c> God.</c><00:34:53.840><c> Where</c><00:34:54.260><c> thou</c><00:34:54.559><c> diest,</c>

00:34:55.619 --> 00:35:01.820
will<00:34:55.820><c> I</c><00:34:56.059><c> die</c><00:34:56.460><c> and</c><00:34:57.280><c> there</c><00:34:57.699><c> will</c><00:34:57.900><c> I</c><00:34:58.039><c> be</c><00:34:58.219><c> buried.</c><00:34:59.940><c> Jehovah,</c><00:35:01.260><c> do</c><00:35:01.500><c> so</c>

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:05.760
to<00:35:02.139><c> me</c><00:35:02.519><c> and</c><00:35:03.079><c> more</c><00:35:03.440><c> also</c><00:35:04.000><c> if</c><00:35:04.599><c> ought</c><00:35:04.900><c> but</c><00:35:05.320><c> death</c>

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:09.260
part<00:35:06.280><c> thee</c><00:35:06.699><c> and</c><00:35:06.940><c> me.</c><00:35:07.260><c> And</c><00:35:07.440><c> she</c><00:35:07.760><c> takes</c><00:35:08.059><c> the</c><00:35:08.340><c> covenant</c><00:35:08.639><c> name</c><00:35:09.019><c> of</c>

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:11.539
God<00:35:09.539><c> into</c><00:35:10.079><c> her</c><00:35:10.500><c> mouth,</c>

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:19.119
expressing<00:35:12.980><c> her</c><00:35:13.619><c> faith</c><00:35:14.119><c> in</c><00:35:15.739><c> God.</c><00:35:16.559><c> The</c><00:35:16.559><c> Lord</c><00:35:17.460><c> Jehovah,</c><00:35:18.699><c> do</c><00:35:18.780><c> so</c>

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:22.340
to<00:35:19.320><c> me</c><00:35:19.599><c> and</c><00:35:20.000><c> more</c><00:35:20.219><c> also</c><00:35:20.699><c> if</c><00:35:21.179><c> ought</c><00:35:21.440><c> but</c><00:35:21.840><c> death</c>

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:27.519
part<00:35:22.820><c> thee</c><00:35:23.260><c> and</c><00:35:23.679><c> me.</c><00:35:25.219><c> Thy</c><00:35:25.579><c> God</c><00:35:25.960><c> shall</c><00:35:26.219><c> be</c><00:35:26.519><c> my</c><00:35:26.840><c> God,</c><00:35:27.059><c> she</c><00:35:27.320><c> says.</c>

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:29.739
And<00:35:27.940><c> brothers</c><00:35:28.119><c> and</c><00:35:28.280><c> sisters,</c><00:35:28.719><c> if</c><00:35:29.000><c> Naomi</c><00:35:29.300><c> was</c><00:35:29.559><c> an</c>

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:33.179
example,<00:35:30.260><c> I</c><00:35:30.579><c> really</c><00:35:30.940><c> don't</c><00:35:31.280><c> know</c><00:35:31.579><c> how</c><00:35:31.880><c> it</c><00:35:32.099><c> happens</c><00:35:32.500><c> that</c><00:35:32.920><c> Ruth</c>

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:35.980
could<00:35:33.440><c> believe</c><00:35:33.739><c> so</c><00:35:34.500><c> strongly</c><00:35:35.000><c> in</c><00:35:35.579><c> the</c><00:35:35.719><c> God</c><00:35:35.800><c> that</c>

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:40.699
she<00:35:36.159><c> believed</c><00:35:36.360><c> in.</c><00:35:36.559><c> I</c><00:35:36.760><c> really</c><00:35:36.980><c> don't</c><00:35:37.199><c> know.</c><00:35:38.539><c> She's</c><00:35:38.860><c> an</c><00:35:38.980><c> extraordinary</c><00:35:39.800><c> woman.</c>

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.139
And<00:35:41.599><c> when</c><00:35:41.659><c> she</c><00:35:41.820><c> saw</c><00:35:41.980><c> that</c>

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:44.840
she<00:35:42.219><c> was</c><00:35:42.440><c> steadfastly</c><00:35:42.940><c> minded</c><00:35:43.119><c> to</c><00:35:43.320><c> go</c><00:35:43.460><c> with</c><00:35:43.619><c> her,</c><00:35:44.320><c> she</c><00:35:44.599><c> left</c>

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:47.619
speaking<00:35:45.219><c> unto</c><00:35:45.420><c> her</c><00:35:46.260><c> and</c><00:35:46.780><c> they</c><00:35:46.940><c> carried</c><00:35:47.059><c> on</c>

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:52.539
to<00:35:47.800><c> Bethlehem.</c><00:35:49.880><c> And</c><00:35:49.940><c> brothers</c><00:35:50.099><c> and</c><00:35:50.239><c> sisters,</c><00:35:50.519><c> all</c><00:35:50.760><c> the</c><00:35:51.000><c> privations,</c><00:35:52.239><c> all</c>

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:54.099
these<00:35:52.780><c> twisted</c><00:35:53.280><c> thoughts</c><00:35:53.719><c> that</c><00:35:53.960><c> were</c>

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:58.960
in<00:35:54.300><c> Naomi</c><00:35:54.559><c> must</c><00:35:55.300><c> have</c><00:35:55.519><c> marked</c><00:35:55.820><c> her</c><00:35:56.159><c> face</c><00:35:56.420><c> and</c><00:35:56.599><c> her</c><00:35:56.840><c> mind.</c><00:35:58.719><c> So</c>

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:02.019
much<00:35:59.239><c> so</c><00:35:59.780><c> that</c><00:36:00.340><c> when</c><00:36:00.579><c> they</c><00:36:00.880><c> got</c><00:36:01.079><c> to</c><00:36:01.280><c> the</c><00:36:01.420><c> city,</c><00:36:01.739><c> it</c><00:36:01.860><c> says,</c>

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:09.139
the<00:36:02.179><c> women</c><00:36:02.519><c> said,</c><00:36:04.300><c> is</c><00:36:04.420><c> this</c><00:36:04.800><c> Naomi?</c><00:36:06.880><c> Surely</c><00:36:07.280><c> not.</c><00:36:08.960><c> Can't</c><00:36:08.980><c> be</c>

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:11.659
Naomi.<00:36:10.199><c> She's</c><00:36:10.480><c> so</c><00:36:10.659><c> different.</c>

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:16.840
And<00:36:13.760><c> she</c><00:36:14.019><c> said</c><00:36:14.199><c> unto</c><00:36:14.420><c> them,</c><00:36:15.719><c> and</c><00:36:15.800><c> brothers</c><00:36:15.920><c> and</c><00:36:16.079><c> sisters</c><00:36:16.159><c> again,</c><00:36:16.519><c> she</c>

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:20.340
just<00:36:17.599><c> wallows</c><00:36:17.980><c> in</c><00:36:18.199><c> the</c><00:36:18.659><c> self</c><00:36:18.940><c>-pity</c><00:36:19.199><c> of</c><00:36:19.440><c> hers,</c>

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:25.039
call<00:36:21.480><c> me</c><00:36:21.739><c> not</c><00:36:22.059><c> Naomi,</c><00:36:22.539><c> which</c><00:36:22.800><c> means</c><00:36:23.219><c> pleasant.</c><00:36:24.539><c> Don't</c><00:36:24.840><c> call</c>

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:27.780
me<00:36:25.280><c> pleasant.</c><00:36:26.239><c> Call</c><00:36:26.639><c> me</c><00:36:27.139><c> bitter,</c>

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:39.219
for<00:36:27.780><c> the</c><00:36:29.659><c> Almighty</c><00:36:30.360><c> hath</c><00:36:30.800><c> dealt</c><00:36:31.480><c> very</c><00:36:32.659><c> bitterly</c><00:36:33.179><c> with</c><00:36:33.420><c> me.</c><00:36:36.300><c> Ah,</c><00:36:36.900><c> poor</c><00:36:37.119><c> Naomi.</c><00:36:39.219><c> I</c>

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:41.599
went<00:36:39.719><c> out</c><00:36:40.760><c> full</c>

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:47.760
and<00:36:42.159><c> the</c><00:36:42.440><c> Lord</c><00:36:42.659><c> hath</c><00:36:42.940><c> brought</c><00:36:43.260><c> me</c><00:36:43.519><c> home</c><00:36:43.760><c> again</c><00:36:44.599><c> empty.</c><00:36:46.219><c> Why</c><00:36:46.599><c> then</c><00:36:47.119><c> call</c><00:36:47.519><c> ye</c>

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:49.699
me<00:36:48.019><c> pleasant,</c><00:36:48.780><c> seeing</c><00:36:49.159><c> that</c><00:36:49.420><c> the</c>

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:53.079
Lord<00:36:49.900><c> has</c><00:36:50.260><c> testified</c><00:36:50.800><c> against</c><00:36:51.179><c> me</c><00:36:51.559><c> and</c><00:36:51.820><c> the</c><00:36:52.039><c> Almighty</c><00:36:52.679><c> has</c>

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:55.980
afflicted<00:36:53.699><c> me?</c><00:36:55.059><c> Brothers</c><00:36:55.300><c> and</c><00:36:55.460><c> sisters,</c><00:36:55.539><c> that's</c><00:36:55.739><c> not</c>

00:36:55.980 --> 00:37:01.619
true.<00:36:56.659><c> I</c><00:36:57.179><c> went</c><00:36:57.500><c> out</c><00:36:57.900><c> full,</c><00:36:58.280><c> she</c><00:36:58.320><c> said,</c><00:37:00.239><c> totally</c><00:37:00.699><c> untrue.</c><00:37:01.400><c> She</c>

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:03.360
went<00:37:01.820><c> out</c><00:37:02.039><c> with</c><00:37:02.280><c> her</c><00:37:02.480><c> stomach</c><00:37:02.739><c> flapping</c><00:37:03.039><c> against</c>

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:06.880
her<00:37:03.619><c> backbone.</c><00:37:04.179><c> It</c><00:37:04.320><c> was</c><00:37:04.500><c> a</c><00:37:04.639><c> famine,</c><00:37:04.840><c> you</c><00:37:05.059><c> remember?</c><00:37:06.340><c> I</c><00:37:06.639><c> went</c>

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:09.820
out<00:37:07.179><c> full,</c><00:37:07.440><c> she</c><00:37:07.659><c> said,</c><00:37:08.780><c> and</c><00:37:09.000><c> the</c><00:37:09.179><c> Lord</c><00:37:09.360><c> has</c><00:37:09.659><c> brought</c>

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:14.519
me<00:37:10.059><c> back</c><00:37:10.860><c> empty.</c><00:37:12.519><c> It's</c><00:37:12.880><c> a</c><00:37:13.079><c> terrible</c><00:37:13.360><c> sort</c><00:37:13.579><c> of</c><00:37:13.739><c> attitude</c><00:37:14.019><c> to</c><00:37:14.239><c> have,</c><00:37:14.360><c> I</c>

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:17.639
think.<00:37:15.360><c> But</c><00:37:15.579><c> again,</c><00:37:16.039><c> Naomi</c><00:37:16.179><c> is</c><00:37:16.380><c> a</c><00:37:16.599><c> natural,</c>

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:22.360
ordinary<00:37:18.440><c> sort</c><00:37:18.699><c> of</c><00:37:18.840><c> person</c><00:37:19.119><c> that</c><00:37:19.599><c> doesn't</c><00:37:19.900><c> seem</c><00:37:20.219><c> to</c><00:37:20.440><c> be</c><00:37:20.980><c> motivated</c><00:37:21.539><c> by</c><00:37:21.900><c> faith</c><00:37:22.119><c> at</c>

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:24.179
all.<00:37:23.239><c> Circumstances</c><00:37:23.760><c> dictate</c>

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:27.280
what<00:37:24.340><c> happened</c><00:37:24.579><c> to</c><00:37:24.739><c> her.</c><00:37:25.199><c> Circumstances</c><00:37:25.800><c> dictate</c><00:37:26.219><c> her</c><00:37:26.440><c> attitude,</c><00:37:26.940><c> not</c>

00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:30.500
principle.<00:37:29.300><c> And</c><00:37:29.460><c> of</c><00:37:29.619><c> course,</c>

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:34.599
she<00:37:30.840><c> stands</c><00:37:31.139><c> there</c><00:37:32.139><c> saying</c><00:37:33.039><c> a</c><00:37:33.239><c> thing</c><00:37:33.340><c> like</c><00:37:33.599><c> this,</c><00:37:34.039><c> the</c><00:37:34.280><c> Lord</c>

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:37.440
has<00:37:34.940><c> brought</c><00:37:35.179><c> me</c><00:37:35.440><c> home</c><00:37:35.659><c> again</c><00:37:36.239><c> empty.</c>

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:41.360
And<00:37:37.840><c> there's</c><00:37:38.179><c> Ruth,</c><00:37:39.199><c> standing</c><00:37:39.280><c> there,</c><00:37:40.179><c> this</c><00:37:40.440><c> gentle</c><00:37:40.960><c> woman</c>

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:43.599
who<00:37:41.699><c> is</c><00:37:41.900><c> now</c><00:37:42.119><c> going</c><00:37:42.320><c> to</c><00:37:42.599><c> take</c><00:37:42.780><c> upon</c><00:37:42.960><c> herself</c><00:37:43.380><c> the</c>

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:47.179
burden<00:37:43.940><c> of</c><00:37:44.320><c> looking</c><00:37:44.539><c> after</c><00:37:44.900><c> Naomi,</c><00:37:45.500><c> caring</c><00:37:45.900><c> for</c><00:37:46.179><c> her</c><00:37:46.699><c> in</c><00:37:46.940><c> her</c>

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:50.420
illness<00:37:47.420><c> if</c><00:37:47.579><c> she</c><00:37:47.780><c> was</c><00:37:48.019><c> ill.</c><00:37:48.920><c> She</c><00:37:49.380><c> stands</c><00:37:49.760><c> there</c><00:37:50.119><c> and</c>

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:55.780
dares<00:37:50.880><c> to</c><00:37:51.179><c> say,</c><00:37:51.980><c> I</c><00:37:52.139><c> have</c><00:37:52.360><c> come</c><00:37:52.539><c> back</c><00:37:52.760><c> again</c><00:37:53.039><c> totally</c><00:37:53.579><c> empty</c><00:37:53.920><c> with</c><00:37:54.320><c> nothing</c><00:37:54.719><c> at</c><00:37:55.019><c> all.</c>

00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:04.619
It's<00:37:58.920><c> tragic.</c><00:38:00.780><c> It's</c><00:38:01.260><c> sad.</c><00:38:02.519><c> It's</c><00:38:02.679><c> a</c><00:38:02.780><c> pity.</c><00:38:03.860><c> And</c><00:38:04.039><c> you</c><00:38:04.179><c> know</c><00:38:04.380><c> full</c>

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:06.320
well<00:38:04.739><c> what</c><00:38:04.900><c> happens,</c><00:38:05.360><c> brothers</c><00:38:05.420><c> and</c><00:38:05.559><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:10.159
The<00:38:06.639><c> one</c><00:38:06.840><c> of</c><00:38:07.039><c> them,</c><00:38:07.679><c> the</c><00:38:07.820><c> one</c><00:38:07.960><c> of</c><00:38:08.119><c> those</c><00:38:08.400><c> two</c><00:38:08.739><c> who</c><00:38:09.260><c> did</c><00:38:09.579><c> not</c><00:38:09.880><c> act</c>

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:12.460
according<00:38:10.539><c> to</c><00:38:10.800><c> common</c><00:38:11.039><c> sense,</c><00:38:11.559><c> who</c><00:38:11.760><c> did</c><00:38:12.019><c> not</c><00:38:12.239><c> act</c>

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:15.739
according<00:38:12.800><c> to</c><00:38:13.000><c> that</c><00:38:13.179><c> which</c><00:38:13.559><c> appeared</c><00:38:13.940><c> to</c><00:38:14.139><c> be</c><00:38:14.280><c> logical,</c><00:38:14.980><c> natural,</c><00:38:15.519><c> and</c>

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:18.000
obvious,<00:38:16.340><c> that</c><00:38:16.679><c> is</c><00:38:16.940><c> the</c><00:38:17.119><c> one</c><00:38:17.360><c> who</c><00:38:17.699><c> receives</c>

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.940
the<00:38:18.480><c> greatest</c><00:38:18.480><c> of</c><00:38:18.699><c> blessings.</c><00:38:19.500><c> She</c><00:38:19.679><c> is</c><00:38:20.000><c> married</c><00:38:20.320><c> in</c><00:38:20.500><c> a</c><00:38:20.639><c> very</c>

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:23.539
short<00:38:21.219><c> time.</c><00:38:21.699><c> She</c><00:38:21.940><c> finds</c><00:38:22.320><c> someone</c><00:38:22.739><c> to</c><00:38:23.000><c> feed</c><00:38:23.139><c> her</c><00:38:23.420><c> in</c>

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:26.539
an<00:38:23.860><c> exceedingly</c><00:38:24.239><c> short</c><00:38:24.559><c> time.</c><00:38:25.059><c> And</c><00:38:25.300><c> although</c><00:38:25.460><c> she'd</c><00:38:25.719><c> been</c><00:38:25.800><c> married</c><00:38:26.019><c> for</c><00:38:26.280><c> 10</c>

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:28.719
years<00:38:27.000><c> to</c><00:38:27.659><c> either</c><00:38:28.019><c> Mala</c><00:38:28.260><c> or</c><00:38:28.380><c> children,</c>

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:31.519
which<00:38:28.980><c> one,</c><00:38:29.099><c> I</c><00:38:29.219><c> don't</c><00:38:29.539><c> know,</c><00:38:30.079><c> she</c><00:38:30.280><c> didn't</c><00:38:30.480><c> have</c><00:38:30.619><c> any</c><00:38:30.800><c> children.</c><00:38:31.179><c> And</c><00:38:31.420><c> in</c>

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.900
an<00:38:31.900><c> extremely</c><00:38:32.300><c> short</c><00:38:32.639><c> time,</c>

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:39.280
she<00:38:33.159><c> has</c><00:38:33.360><c> a</c><00:38:33.539><c> child</c><00:38:33.820><c> from</c><00:38:34.159><c> an</c><00:38:34.380><c> old</c><00:38:34.679><c> man,</c><00:38:35.440><c> Boaz.</c><00:38:37.039><c> Boaz</c><00:38:37.420><c> was</c><00:38:37.579><c> an</c><00:38:37.699><c> old</c><00:38:37.880><c> man.</c><00:38:38.760><c> You</c><00:38:38.880><c> remember,</c><00:38:39.079><c> it</c>

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:40.519
says<00:38:39.659><c> that</c><00:38:40.280><c> blessed</c>

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:43.400
be<00:38:40.739><c> thou</c><00:38:40.900><c> because</c><00:38:41.199><c> thou</c><00:38:41.360><c> hast</c><00:38:41.599><c> not</c><00:38:41.880><c> followed</c><00:38:42.059><c> after</c><00:38:42.340><c> the</c><00:38:42.659><c> young</c><00:38:42.980><c> men,</c>

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:45.239
implying<00:38:44.019><c> that</c><00:38:44.179><c> he</c><00:38:44.260><c> was</c><00:38:44.380><c> an</c><00:38:44.500><c> old</c><00:38:44.699><c> man.</c><00:38:45.000><c> From</c>

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:48.380
an<00:38:45.360><c> old</c><00:38:45.579><c> man,</c><00:38:45.960><c> she</c><00:38:46.179><c> bears</c><00:38:46.440><c> a</c><00:38:46.679><c> child</c><00:38:46.900><c> in</c><00:38:47.219><c> an</c><00:38:47.519><c> exceedingly</c><00:38:48.039><c> short</c>

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:52.800
space<00:38:48.659><c> of</c><00:38:48.860><c> time.</c><00:38:50.679><c> And</c><00:38:50.900><c> not</c><00:38:51.039><c> only</c><00:38:51.219><c> that,</c><00:38:52.340><c> you</c><00:38:52.539><c> know</c>

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:56.980
as<00:38:53.000><c> well</c><00:38:53.119><c> as</c><00:38:53.260><c> I</c><00:38:53.380><c> do</c><00:38:53.920><c> that</c><00:38:54.559><c> her</c><00:38:54.860><c> child</c><00:38:55.460><c> had</c><00:38:55.860><c> children</c><00:38:56.340><c> who</c><00:38:56.719><c> had</c>

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:59.599
children<00:38:57.440><c> and</c><00:38:57.860><c> eventually</c><00:38:58.340><c> the</c><00:38:58.679><c> messiah</c><00:38:59.000><c> was</c><00:38:59.260><c> born</c>

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:03.519
of<00:38:59.940><c> that</c><00:39:00.199><c> line.</c><00:39:00.920><c> And</c><00:39:01.099><c> so</c><00:39:01.219><c> as</c><00:39:01.360><c> a</c><00:39:01.539><c> reward</c><00:39:01.900><c> for</c><00:39:02.139><c> her</c><00:39:02.480><c> faith,</c><00:39:03.159><c> as</c><00:39:03.320><c> a</c>

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:06.559
reward<00:39:03.800><c> for</c><00:39:04.099><c> her</c><00:39:04.400><c> not</c><00:39:05.000><c> acting</c><00:39:05.480><c> according</c><00:39:06.039><c> to</c><00:39:06.260><c> the</c>

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:11.599
the<00:39:07.340><c> obvious,</c><00:39:08.219><c> the</c><00:39:08.559><c> natural,</c><00:39:10.019><c> the</c><00:39:10.260><c> immediate</c><00:39:10.679><c> and</c><00:39:11.039><c> expedient</c>

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:14.019
thing,<00:39:13.000><c> Ruth</c><00:39:13.199><c> is</c><00:39:13.559><c> blessed</c>

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:17.539
far<00:39:14.860><c> more</c><00:39:15.159><c> than</c><00:39:15.280><c> she</c><00:39:15.480><c> could</c><00:39:15.719><c> ever</c><00:39:16.019><c> have</c><00:39:16.320><c> dreamed</c><00:39:16.679><c> or</c><00:39:17.099><c> we</c><00:39:17.360><c> would</c>

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.980
ever<00:39:17.739><c> have</c><00:39:17.960><c> dreamed.</c>

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:22.179
And<00:39:19.820><c> so,</c><00:39:20.119><c> brothers</c><00:39:20.139><c> and</c><00:39:20.360><c> sisters</c><00:39:20.539><c> and</c><00:39:20.699><c> young</c><00:39:20.840><c> people,</c><00:39:21.900><c> I</c><00:39:22.079><c> say</c>

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:25.699
to<00:39:22.360><c> you,</c><00:39:23.440><c> when</c><00:39:23.739><c> you</c><00:39:24.139><c> have</c><00:39:24.320><c> a</c><00:39:24.679><c> serious</c><00:39:25.039><c> decision</c><00:39:25.480><c> to</c>

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:30.880
make<00:39:25.840><c> in</c><00:39:26.000><c> your</c><00:39:26.219><c> life,</c><00:39:27.719><c> lying</c><00:39:27.860><c> there</c><00:39:28.219><c> before</c><00:39:28.539><c> you,</c><00:39:29.760><c> consider,</c>

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:33.400
yes,<00:39:31.619><c> is</c><00:39:31.840><c> it</c><00:39:31.980><c> going</c><00:39:32.039><c> to</c><00:39:32.179><c> be</c><00:39:32.380><c> profitable?</c><00:39:32.960><c> Yes,</c>

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:37.219
is<00:39:33.739><c> it</c><00:39:33.900><c> going</c><00:39:33.980><c> to</c><00:39:34.119><c> be</c><00:39:34.280><c> beneficial?</c><00:39:34.880><c> Yes,</c><00:39:35.280><c> is</c><00:39:35.539><c> it</c><00:39:35.739><c> sensible?</c><00:39:36.440><c> Yes,</c><00:39:36.940><c> is</c>

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:38.880
it<00:39:37.440><c> reasonable</c><00:39:37.880><c> to</c><00:39:38.079><c> do?</c>

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:43.000
But<00:39:39.659><c> also</c><00:39:40.099><c> make</c><00:39:40.400><c> no</c><00:39:40.659><c> mistake</c><00:39:40.980><c> about</c><00:39:41.219><c> it,</c><00:39:41.619><c> consider</c><00:39:42.260><c> carefully</c>

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:45.099
what<00:39:43.639><c> it</c><00:39:43.840><c> will</c><00:39:43.980><c> do</c><00:39:44.179><c> to</c><00:39:44.360><c> your</c><00:39:44.579><c> relationships</c>

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:49.219
with<00:39:45.360><c> your</c><00:39:45.559><c> God.</c><00:39:46.780><c> Will</c><00:39:46.940><c> it</c><00:39:47.199><c> make</c><00:39:47.380><c> you</c><00:39:47.800><c> worse?</c><00:39:48.780><c> Will</c><00:39:48.920><c> it</c><00:39:49.079><c> make</c>

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:51.719
you<00:39:49.500><c> better?</c><00:39:50.260><c> Will</c><00:39:50.420><c> it</c><00:39:50.679><c> improve</c><00:39:51.059><c> your</c><00:39:51.300><c> spiritual</c>

00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:54.699
life?<00:39:52.300><c> Will</c><00:39:52.460><c> it</c><00:39:52.699><c> destroy</c><00:39:53.119><c> it?</c><00:39:53.599><c> Will</c><00:39:53.760><c> it</c><00:39:54.000><c> take</c><00:39:54.119><c> you</c><00:39:54.300><c> away</c><00:39:54.480><c> from</c>

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:57.139
home?<00:39:55.500><c> Will</c><00:39:55.639><c> it</c><00:39:55.880><c> make</c><00:39:56.039><c> you</c><00:39:56.380><c> give</c><00:39:56.519><c> you</c><00:39:56.699><c> more</c><00:39:56.880><c> time</c>

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at<00:39:57.360><c> home?</c><00:39:57.739><c> Will</c><00:39:57.880><c> you</c><00:39:58.000><c> be</c><00:39:58.139><c> able</c><00:39:58.239><c> to</c><00:39:58.460><c> attend</c><00:39:58.659><c> the</c><00:39:58.860><c> meetings</c><00:39:59.199><c> or</c>

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will<00:39:59.699><c> you</c><00:39:59.820><c> have</c><00:39:59.940><c> to</c><00:40:00.099><c> stay</c><00:40:00.260><c> away</c><00:40:00.420><c> from</c><00:40:00.559><c> them?</c><00:40:00.860><c> Will</c><00:40:01.019><c> you</c>

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be<00:40:01.400><c> able</c><00:40:01.400><c> to</c><00:40:01.519><c> attend</c><00:40:01.659><c> the</c><00:40:01.840><c> Bible</c><00:40:02.059><c> class</c><00:40:02.320><c> or</c><00:40:02.599><c> won't</c><00:40:02.800><c> you</c><00:40:02.960><c> be</c><00:40:03.059><c> able</c><00:40:03.219><c> to</c>

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attend<00:40:03.460><c> the</c><00:40:03.619><c> Bible</c><00:40:03.800><c> class?</c><00:40:04.119><c> Will</c><00:40:04.300><c> you</c><00:40:04.440><c> go</c><00:40:04.639><c> into</c>

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isolation<00:40:05.440><c> deliberately</c><00:40:06.300><c> to</c><00:40:06.679><c> make</c><00:40:06.920><c> more</c><00:40:07.199><c> money?</c><00:40:08.039><c> Then</c><00:40:08.199><c> you</c>

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may<00:40:08.519><c> pay</c><00:40:08.760><c> for</c><00:40:08.980><c> it</c><00:40:09.360><c> by</c><00:40:09.639><c> the</c><00:40:09.940><c> destruction</c><00:40:10.320><c> of</c><00:40:10.559><c> your</c><00:40:10.800><c> soul,</c>

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of<00:40:11.219><c> your</c><00:40:11.460><c> faith.</c><00:40:12.099><c> Would</c><00:40:12.300><c> you</c><00:40:12.460><c> do</c><00:40:12.639><c> it?</c><00:40:13.920><c> Think</c><00:40:14.400><c> carefully,</c><00:40:15.159><c> brothers</c><00:40:15.380><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:40:16.360><c> because</c><00:40:16.780><c> the</c><00:40:17.219><c> consequences</c>

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of<00:40:17.840><c> the</c><00:40:18.039><c> logical,</c><00:40:18.760><c> the</c><00:40:19.000><c> natural</c><00:40:19.519><c> and</c><00:40:19.860><c> the</c><00:40:20.179><c> obvious</c><00:40:20.559><c> seem</c><00:40:21.079><c> to</c>

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me<00:40:21.420><c> in</c><00:40:21.619><c> scripture</c><00:40:21.960><c> when</c><00:40:22.320><c> they</c><00:40:22.599><c> are</c><00:40:22.679><c> divorced</c><00:40:23.119><c> from</c>

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thinking<00:40:23.880><c> about</c><00:40:24.159><c> God</c><00:40:24.440><c> as</c><00:40:24.619><c> all,</c><00:40:25.280><c> they</c><00:40:25.579><c> seem</c><00:40:25.739><c> to</c><00:40:25.920><c> be</c><00:40:26.179><c> invariably</c>

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wrong.<00:40:30.059><c> Let's</c><00:40:30.579><c> bear</c><00:40:30.800><c> that</c><00:40:31.019><c> in</c><00:40:31.199><c> mind</c>

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a<00:40:38.500><c> word</c><00:40:38.599><c> of</c><00:40:38.820><c> prayer.</c>

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for<00:40:46.639><c> us</c><00:40:46.880><c> who</c><00:40:47.059><c> cannot</c><00:40:47.340><c> look</c><00:40:47.719><c> into</c><00:40:47.920><c> the</c><00:40:48.119><c> future</c><00:40:48.380><c> and</c><00:40:48.579><c> see</c><00:40:48.739><c> what's</c><00:40:49.079><c> there,</c>

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hymn<00:40:51.659><c> number</c><00:40:52.179><c> 105,</c><00:40:54.019><c> Lord,</c><00:40:57.119><c> who</c><00:40:57.360><c> thyself</c><00:40:57.980><c> has</c><00:40:58.199><c> bidden</c><00:40:58.460><c> us</c><00:40:58.699><c> to</c>

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pray<00:40:59.059><c> for</c><00:40:59.340><c> daily</c><00:40:59.619><c> bread,</c><00:41:01.139><c> number</c><00:41:01.460><c> 105.</c>

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Lord,<00:41:23.619><c> who</c><00:41:24.780><c> thyself</c><00:41:25.920><c> has</c><00:41:27.199><c> bidden</c><00:41:28.340><c> us</c><00:41:28.980><c> to</c><00:41:29.559><c> pray</c><00:41:30.739><c> for</c><00:41:31.920><c> daily</c><00:41:34.079><c> bread,</c>

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freedom's<00:41:37.440><c> the</c><00:41:37.860><c> art</c><00:41:38.260><c> for</c><00:41:38.840><c> grace,</c><00:41:39.760><c> and</c><00:41:40.079><c> sickness'</c><00:41:41.840><c> the</c><00:41:42.199><c> aim,</c>

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our<00:41:43.820><c> path</c><00:41:45.039><c> to</c><00:41:46.539><c> bread.</c>

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God,<00:41:50.500><c> for</c><00:41:50.880><c> to</c><00:41:51.659><c> God</c><00:41:52.900><c> our</c><00:41:53.559><c> God,</c><00:41:54.159><c> is</c><00:41:54.619><c> such</c><00:41:55.280><c> our</c><00:41:55.960><c> hero,</c><00:41:57.940><c> tell</c><00:41:58.719><c> thee</c>

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our<00:42:01.179><c> prayer,</c>

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would<00:42:39.679><c> not</c><00:42:41.019><c> come.</c>

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world's<00:42:56.800><c> own.</c>

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We<00:42:58.760><c> have</c><00:42:59.099><c> to</c><00:42:59.860><c> know</c><00:43:00.340><c> life</c><00:43:01.059><c> as</c><00:43:01.699><c> it</c><00:43:02.119><c> cannot</c><00:43:03.340><c> fail,</c><00:43:05.079><c> nor</c><00:43:05.960><c> love</c><00:43:07.039><c> nor</c><00:43:08.500><c> hope.</c>

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Someday<00:43:13.260><c> thy</c><00:43:13.920><c> name</c><00:43:15.039><c> I</c><00:43:15.980><c> will</c><00:43:16.539><c> never</c><00:43:17.639><c> take</c><00:43:18.960><c> up,</c><00:43:20.880><c> our</c><00:43:21.300><c> souls</c><00:43:22.400><c> shall</c><00:43:23.579><c> say,</c>

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so<00:43:26.119><c> let</c><00:43:26.820><c> us</c><00:43:27.519><c> be</c><00:43:27.840><c> content,</c><00:43:29.280><c> thy</c><00:43:29.739><c> love</c><00:43:30.440><c> to</c><00:43:30.980><c> prove</c><00:43:32.320><c> each</c><00:43:33.820><c> passing</c><00:43:35.400><c> day.</c>

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O<00:43:42.260><c> Lord</c><00:43:42.719><c> our</c><00:43:43.139><c> God,</c><00:43:44.880><c> the</c><00:43:45.099><c> high</c><00:43:45.340><c> and</c><00:43:45.500><c> lofty</c><00:43:45.800><c> one</c><00:43:46.400><c> who</c><00:43:47.719><c> inhabits</c>

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eternity,<00:43:50.039><c> who</c><00:43:50.179><c> knows</c><00:43:50.380><c> the</c><00:43:50.699><c> end</c><00:43:51.000><c> from</c>

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beginning,<00:43:52.960><c> we</c><00:43:53.280><c> thy</c><00:43:53.559><c> frail</c><00:43:54.840><c> mortal</c><00:43:55.460><c> children,</c><00:43:57.199><c> whose</c><00:43:57.380><c> frames</c>

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are<00:43:58.219><c> of</c><00:43:58.739><c> dust,</c><00:44:01.019><c> come</c><00:44:01.159><c> unto</c><00:44:01.340><c> thee</c><00:44:01.559><c> this</c><00:44:01.780><c> day,</c>

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thee<00:44:06.880><c> to</c><00:44:07.420><c> help</c><00:44:07.659><c> us</c><00:44:07.900><c> in</c><00:44:08.019><c> all</c><00:44:08.219><c> our</c><00:44:08.440><c> decisions,</c>

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choose<00:44:14.940><c> them</c><00:44:15.159><c> they</c><00:44:15.360><c> appear</c>

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to<00:44:15.900><c> be</c><00:44:15.900><c> difficult</c><00:44:16.679><c> and</c><00:44:17.400><c> painful,</c><00:44:18.719><c> but</c><00:44:18.820><c> we</c><00:44:19.039><c> shall</c><00:44:19.260><c> still</c><00:44:19.500><c> choose</c><00:44:19.699><c> them</c>

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because<00:44:20.960><c> they</c><00:44:21.260><c> please</c><00:44:21.639><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:44:22.679><c> will</c><00:44:22.880><c> redound</c><00:44:23.260><c> to</c><00:44:23.519><c> our</c><00:44:23.699><c> honor</c><00:44:24.159><c> in</c><00:44:25.199><c> the</c><00:44:25.320><c> kingdom</c><00:44:25.500><c> of</c><00:44:25.719><c> God.</c>

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O<00:44:27.239><c> Lord</c><00:44:27.440><c> open</c><00:44:27.780><c> our</c><00:44:28.039><c> eyes</c><00:44:28.219><c> that</c><00:44:28.380><c> we</c><00:44:28.519><c> may</c><00:44:28.699><c> see</c><00:44:28.940><c> the</c>

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right<00:44:29.400><c> paths,</c><00:44:30.579><c> enlighten</c><00:44:31.000><c> our</c><00:44:31.239><c> hearts,</c><00:44:32.159><c> give</c><00:44:32.239><c> us</c><00:44:32.500><c> understanding</c><00:44:33.079><c> that</c><00:44:33.860><c> we</c>

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may<00:44:34.159><c> choose</c><00:44:34.539><c> the</c><00:44:34.699><c> right</c>

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when<00:44:35.719><c> these</c><00:44:36.019><c> decisions</c><00:44:36.559><c> and</c><00:44:36.840><c> problems</c><00:44:37.420><c> come</c><00:44:37.840><c> upon</c><00:44:38.019><c> us.</c><00:44:39.719><c> Accept</c><00:44:40.079><c> our</c>

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thanksgiving<00:44:40.800><c> this</c><00:44:41.059><c> day</c>

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and<00:44:42.760><c> bless</c><00:44:42.940><c> us</c><00:44:43.139><c> all</c><00:44:43.300><c> now</c><00:44:43.980><c> through</c><00:44:44.460><c> Christ</c><00:44:44.699><c> Jesus</c><00:44:45.059><c> our</c><00:44:45.280><c> Lord.</c><00:44:46.619><c> Amen.</c>