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be<00:16:04.730><c> able</c><00:16:04.929><c> to</c><00:16:05.250><c> overcome</c><00:16:05.809><c> evil</c><00:16:06.230><c> in</c><00:16:06.470><c> our</c><00:16:06.669><c> life</c><00:16:06.950><c> with</c><00:16:07.289><c> good.</c><00:16:08.909><c> And</c>

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childhood,<00:16:12.049><c> in</c><00:16:12.269><c> the</c><00:16:12.370><c> days</c><00:16:12.549><c> of</c><00:16:12.769><c> our</c><00:16:12.970><c> youth,</c><00:16:14.190><c> it</c><00:16:14.470><c> becomes</c><00:16:14.750><c> a</c><00:16:14.889><c> much</c><00:16:15.090><c> bigger</c><00:16:15.389><c> battle</c><00:16:15.970><c> in</c>

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our<00:16:17.029><c> old</c><00:16:17.389><c> and</c><00:16:17.649><c> adult</c><00:16:17.889><c> age.</c>

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We<00:16:20.090><c> want</c><00:16:20.190><c> to</c><00:16:20.289><c> have</c><00:16:20.409><c> a</c><00:16:20.470><c> look</c><00:16:20.549><c> at</c><00:16:20.730><c> the</c><00:16:20.990><c> words</c><00:16:21.389><c> of</c><00:16:21.649><c> the</c><00:16:21.769><c> Lord</c><00:16:21.950><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ,<00:16:23.429><c> I</c><00:16:23.549><c> have</c><00:16:24.009><c> overcome</c><00:16:24.769><c> the</c><00:16:25.269><c> world,</c>

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he<00:16:30.850><c> has</c><00:16:30.970><c> been</c><00:16:31.230><c> victorious</c><00:16:32.029><c> over</c><00:16:32.450><c> the</c>

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very<00:16:32.950><c> enemy</c><00:16:33.269><c> that</c><00:16:33.470><c> we</c><00:16:33.710><c> fight</c><00:16:33.929><c> against,</c><00:16:35.110><c> then</c><00:16:35.190><c> everything</c><00:16:35.549><c> we</c>

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can<00:16:35.870><c> learn</c><00:16:36.090><c> about</c><00:16:36.309><c> how</c><00:16:36.509><c> he</c><00:16:36.649><c> did</c><00:16:36.850><c> that</c><00:16:37.429><c> will</c><00:16:38.269><c> be</c><00:16:38.570><c> great</c>

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assistance<00:16:39.649><c> to</c><00:16:39.889><c> us.</c><00:16:42.169><c> And</c><00:16:42.289><c> then</c><00:16:42.669><c> finally,</c><00:16:43.049><c> where</c><00:16:43.230><c> we</c><00:16:43.370><c> would</c><00:16:43.529><c> like</c><00:16:43.629><c> to</c>

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end<00:16:44.049><c> our</c><00:16:44.269><c> week</c><00:16:44.649><c> is</c><00:16:45.470><c> in</c><00:16:46.590><c> Revelation</c><00:16:47.169><c> chapter</c><00:16:48.529><c> 21.</c>

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This,<00:16:51.610><c> brothers</c><00:16:51.690><c> and</c><00:16:51.970><c> sisters,</c><00:16:52.370><c> to</c><00:16:52.590><c> my</c><00:16:52.809><c> mind,</c><00:16:53.090><c> is</c><00:16:53.230><c> the</c><00:16:53.490><c> kind</c>

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sink<00:16:57.009><c> or</c><00:16:57.470><c> over</c><00:16:57.649><c> the</c><00:16:57.870><c> places</c><00:16:58.090><c> where</c><00:16:58.370><c> you</c><00:16:58.789><c> constantly</c><00:16:59.289><c> are</c><00:17:00.190><c> observing</c><00:17:00.870><c> something.</c><00:17:03.409><c> This</c>

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wonderful<00:17:05.670><c> in</c><00:17:05.829><c> all</c><00:17:06.210><c> the</c><00:17:06.490><c> things</c><00:17:06.750><c> it</c><00:17:07.049><c> represents.</c><00:17:08.890><c> Revelation</c>

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shall<00:17:15.690><c> inherit</c><00:17:16.250><c> all</c><00:17:16.690><c> things.</c><00:17:18.410><c> I</c><00:17:18.750><c> will</c><00:17:18.930><c> be</c><00:17:19.109><c> his</c><00:17:19.349><c> God.</c><00:17:20.829><c> He</c><00:17:21.150><c> shall</c>

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us<00:17:30.589><c> as</c><00:17:30.890><c> well.</c><00:17:31.750><c> She</c><00:17:32.049><c> that</c><00:17:32.349><c> overcomeeth</c>

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which<00:17:46.130><c> God</c><00:17:46.509><c> reaches</c><00:17:46.910><c> up</c>

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how<00:18:47.569><c> God</c><00:18:47.990><c> said</c><00:18:48.289><c> there</c><00:18:48.450><c> would</c><00:18:48.690><c> be</c>

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us.<00:19:09.450><c> He</c><00:19:09.609><c> was</c><00:19:09.869><c> a</c><00:19:10.210><c> standout</c><00:19:10.630><c> person</c><00:19:11.190><c> in</c><00:19:11.869><c> his</c><00:19:12.069><c> own</c><00:19:12.309><c> day</c><00:19:12.470><c> and</c><00:19:12.650><c> generation.</c><00:19:14.809><c> In</c><00:19:14.869><c> our</c><00:19:15.109><c> third</c><00:19:15.410><c> class,</c><00:19:15.730><c> we</c>

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his<00:20:29.210><c> life.</c><00:20:30.309><c> And</c><00:20:30.609><c> we,</c><00:20:31.190><c> looking</c><00:20:31.369><c> back</c><00:20:31.730><c> in</c><00:20:31.950><c> history,</c>

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parts<00:20:39.190><c> that</c><00:20:40.089><c> we</c><00:20:40.430><c> are</c><00:20:40.769><c> called</c><00:20:41.089><c> to</c><00:20:41.769><c> overcome</c><00:20:42.269><c> in</c><00:20:42.529><c> our</c><00:20:42.730><c> life.</c><00:20:44.309><c> In</c>

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our<00:20:44.690><c> fifth</c><00:20:44.910><c> class,</c><00:20:45.430><c> we</c><00:20:46.069><c> want</c><00:20:46.250><c> to</c><00:20:46.369><c> have</c><00:20:46.509><c> a</c><00:20:46.589><c> look</c><00:20:46.750><c> at</c><00:20:46.930><c> that</c>

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overcome,<00:21:10.000><c> that</c><00:21:10.359><c> is</c><00:21:10.680><c> the</c><00:21:10.900><c> reward.</c><00:21:13.160><c> So</c><00:21:13.440><c> getting</c><00:21:13.599><c> into</c><00:21:13.940><c> our</c><00:21:14.319><c> class</c><00:21:14.539><c> this</c><00:21:14.839><c> morning,</c><00:21:15.220><c> we</c>

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to<00:23:20.529><c> deal</c><00:23:20.630><c> with</c><00:23:20.829><c> stress</c><00:23:21.329><c> from</c><00:23:21.650><c> the</c><00:23:21.849><c> world</c><00:23:22.289><c> without</c><00:23:23.490><c> the</c><00:23:23.710><c> Bible.</c>

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But<00:23:25.230><c> we</c><00:23:25.569><c> know,</c><00:23:26.029><c> brothers</c><00:23:26.089><c> and</c><00:23:26.349><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:23:27.809><c> know</c><00:23:28.329><c> that</c><00:23:28.630><c> there</c><00:23:28.829><c> is</c><00:23:29.029><c> a</c><00:23:29.230><c> secret</c><00:23:29.690><c> involved</c><00:23:30.210><c> here.</c><00:23:31.170><c> And</c><00:23:31.410><c> the</c>

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secret's<00:23:32.170><c> only</c><00:23:32.690><c> revealed</c><00:23:33.230><c> to</c><00:23:33.490><c> the</c><00:23:33.670><c> people</c>

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who<00:23:34.190><c> have</c><00:23:34.430><c> taken</c><00:23:34.690><c> the</c><00:23:34.970><c> time</c><00:23:35.150><c> to</c><00:23:35.430><c> open</c><00:23:35.670><c> this</c><00:23:35.990><c> book,</c><00:23:37.589><c> that</c><00:23:37.890><c> you</c>

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can<00:23:38.329><c> have</c><00:23:38.529><c> your</c><00:23:38.930><c> inner</c><00:23:39.210><c> strength,</c><00:23:40.009><c> the</c><00:23:40.269><c> inner</c><00:23:40.509><c> man</c>

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renewed<00:23:41.650><c> every</c><00:23:42.730><c> single</c><00:23:43.410><c> day.</c><00:23:46.430><c> Where</c><00:23:46.609><c> other</c><00:23:46.849><c> people</c><00:23:47.190><c> are</c><00:23:47.470><c> concerned</c><00:23:48.029><c> and</c>

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worried<00:23:48.630><c> about</c><00:23:48.970><c> what</c><00:23:49.230><c> happens</c><00:23:49.650><c> next,</c>

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how<00:23:50.410><c> far</c><00:23:50.829><c> down</c><00:23:51.210><c> can</c><00:23:51.509><c> you</c><00:23:51.789><c> fall</c><00:23:52.269><c> before</c><00:23:53.130><c> you</c><00:23:53.509><c> collapse,</c><00:23:54.190><c> before</c>

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you're<00:23:54.690><c> useless.</c><00:23:56.950><c> We</c><00:23:57.289><c> know</c><00:23:57.710><c> you</c><00:23:58.230><c> can</c><00:23:58.809><c> renew</c><00:23:59.569><c> your</c>

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strength<00:24:00.390><c> every</c><00:24:00.849><c> day.</c><00:24:01.910><c> We</c><00:24:02.250><c> know</c><00:24:02.549><c> the</c><00:24:02.869><c> source</c><00:24:03.150><c> of</c><00:24:03.369><c> the</c><00:24:03.589><c> strength.</c><00:24:04.009><c> It's</c><00:24:04.430><c> not</c><00:24:04.690><c> here.</c><00:24:05.930><c> It's</c><00:24:06.230><c> not</c><00:24:06.490><c> in</c><00:24:06.750><c> positive</c>

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thinking.<00:24:07.609><c> It's</c><00:24:07.890><c> not</c><00:24:08.130><c> in</c><00:24:08.329><c> all</c><00:24:08.490><c> those</c><00:24:08.809><c> philosophies</c><00:24:09.750><c> that</c><00:24:10.089><c> the</c>

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world<00:24:10.509><c> has</c><00:24:10.849><c> tried</c><00:24:11.150><c> to</c><00:24:11.390><c> direct</c><00:24:11.670><c> the</c><00:24:11.990><c> world</c><00:24:12.349><c> to.</c>

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It's<00:24:13.829><c> this</c><00:24:14.250><c> precious</c><00:24:14.809><c> word</c><00:24:15.329><c> that</c><00:24:15.549><c> we've</c><00:24:15.829><c> got</c><00:24:16.170><c> that</c><00:24:17.009><c> tells</c><00:24:17.289><c> us</c>

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that<00:24:17.930><c> our</c><00:24:18.289><c> inward</c><00:24:18.589><c> strength</c><00:24:19.230><c> comes</c><00:24:19.670><c> from</c><00:24:19.950><c> our</c><00:24:20.230><c> God.</c>

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For<00:24:21.569><c> those</c><00:24:21.849><c> who</c><00:24:22.109><c> have</c><00:24:22.809><c> no</c><00:24:23.309><c> might,</c><00:24:24.589><c> the</c><00:24:24.710><c> prophet</c><00:24:24.970><c> says,</c><00:24:25.630><c> he</c><00:24:25.869><c> increases</c><00:24:26.609><c> strength</c><00:24:27.369><c> because</c><00:24:28.250><c> he</c>

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never<00:24:28.990><c> faints,</c>

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neither<00:24:30.089><c> is</c><00:24:30.369><c> he</c><00:24:30.589><c> weary.</c><00:24:31.730><c> And</c><00:24:31.930><c> he</c><00:24:31.970><c> goes</c><00:24:32.150><c> on</c><00:24:32.369><c> to</c><00:24:32.549><c> say</c><00:24:32.670><c> in</c><00:24:32.789><c> verse</c>

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two,<00:24:33.890><c> as</c><00:24:34.049><c> we</c><00:24:34.569><c> referred</c><00:24:34.809><c> to</c><00:24:35.309><c> primarily</c><00:24:35.970><c> yesterday,</c>

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about<00:24:37.089><c> trying</c><00:24:37.430><c> to</c><00:24:37.789><c> find</c><00:24:38.029><c> others,</c><00:24:39.369><c> faithful</c><00:24:39.890><c> men,</c><00:24:41.210><c> the</c><00:24:41.450><c> same</c>

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commit<00:24:42.250><c> thou</c><00:24:42.549><c> to</c><00:24:42.970><c> faithful</c><00:24:43.630><c> men</c><00:24:44.170><c> who</c><00:24:44.849><c> shall</c><00:24:45.069><c> be</c><00:24:45.369><c> able</c>

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to<00:24:45.849><c> teach</c><00:24:46.089><c> others</c><00:24:46.470><c> also.</c><00:24:47.730><c> So</c><00:24:47.910><c> it's</c><00:24:48.089><c> not</c><00:24:48.329><c> just</c><00:24:48.549><c> a</c><00:24:48.670><c> matter</c><00:24:48.890><c> of</c><00:24:49.230><c> passing</c><00:24:49.549><c> the</c><00:24:49.849><c> truth</c><00:24:50.009><c> off</c><00:24:50.230><c> to</c>

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anybody,<00:24:50.990><c> but</c><00:24:51.150><c> it's</c>

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seeking<00:24:51.809><c> out</c><00:24:52.170><c> people</c><00:24:52.710><c> who</c><00:24:53.509><c> treasure</c><00:24:53.869><c> it</c><00:24:54.410><c> like</c><00:24:54.809><c> we</c><00:24:55.170><c> treasured</c>

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it,<00:24:56.390><c> who</c><00:24:56.509><c> are</c><00:24:56.630><c> the</c><00:24:56.809><c> kind</c><00:24:56.970><c> of</c><00:24:57.130><c> people</c><00:24:57.329><c> who</c>

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understand<00:24:58.009><c> this</c><00:24:58.230><c> is</c><00:24:58.390><c> like</c><00:24:58.569><c> a</c><00:24:58.829><c> precious</c><00:24:59.210><c> medicine</c><00:24:59.890><c> that's</c>

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being<00:25:01.150><c> carefully</c><00:25:01.690><c> put</c><00:25:01.950><c> together</c><00:25:02.369><c> and</c><00:25:02.710><c> prescribed.</c>

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You<00:25:03.789><c> take</c><00:25:04.190><c> it</c><00:25:04.450><c> as</c><00:25:04.750><c> it's</c><00:25:05.230><c> prescribed</c><00:25:05.809><c> and</c><00:25:06.730><c> the</c><00:25:06.970><c> effect</c><00:25:07.170><c> is</c><00:25:07.410><c> it</c>

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will<00:25:07.869><c> cure</c><00:25:08.130><c> you</c><00:25:08.829><c> of</c><00:25:09.150><c> the</c><00:25:09.390><c> disease.</c>

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But<00:25:11.130><c> don't</c><00:25:11.430><c> play</c><00:25:11.670><c> around</c><00:25:11.869><c> with</c><00:25:12.049><c> a</c><00:25:12.250><c> prescription.</c><00:25:13.690><c> Don't</c><00:25:13.930><c> add</c>

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to<00:25:14.430><c> it.</c><00:25:15.289><c> Don't</c><00:25:15.569><c> take</c><00:25:15.829><c> away</c><00:25:16.069><c> from</c><00:25:16.309><c> it.</c>

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Keep<00:25:17.490><c> it</c><00:25:17.869><c> unrebukeable,</c><00:25:18.970><c> without</c><00:25:19.369><c> spot</c><00:25:19.809><c> until</c><00:25:20.089><c> the</c><00:25:20.329><c> coming</c>

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of<00:25:20.690><c> the</c><00:25:20.849><c> Lord,</c><00:25:21.450><c> because</c><00:25:21.549><c> that's</c><00:25:21.910><c> the</c><00:25:22.130><c> only</c><00:25:22.329><c> way</c>

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it's<00:25:22.789><c> going</c><00:25:22.890><c> to</c><00:25:23.009><c> help</c><00:25:23.150><c> anybody</c><00:25:23.549><c> else.</c><00:25:25.789><c> And</c><00:25:25.950><c> then</c><00:25:26.049><c> we</c><00:25:26.170><c> go</c><00:25:26.329><c> on</c><00:25:26.509><c> to</c>

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verse<00:25:26.809><c> three.</c><00:25:27.990><c> Thou</c><00:25:28.210><c> therefore</c><00:25:28.829><c> endure</c><00:25:29.829><c> hardness</c>

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as<00:25:30.890><c> a</c><00:25:31.150><c> good</c><00:25:31.490><c> soldier</c><00:25:32.170><c> of</c><00:25:32.970><c> Jesus</c><00:25:33.430><c> Christ.</c><00:25:35.150><c> It's</c><00:25:35.329><c> through</c><00:25:35.529><c> much</c>

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tribulation<00:25:36.410><c> we</c><00:25:36.609><c> enter</c><00:25:36.769><c> the</c><00:25:36.930><c> kingdom</c><00:25:37.150><c> of</c><00:25:37.390><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:25:37.750><c> not</c><00:25:37.930><c> an</c><00:25:38.109><c> easy</c><00:25:38.470><c> road.</c><00:25:40.309><c> The</c><00:25:40.450><c> things</c><00:25:40.630><c> that</c><00:25:40.809><c> we</c><00:25:40.950><c> are</c><00:25:41.170><c> required</c><00:25:41.470><c> to</c><00:25:41.690><c> do</c>

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are<00:25:42.009><c> not</c><00:25:42.329><c> easy.</c><00:25:43.410><c> So</c><00:25:43.609><c> that</c><00:25:43.730><c> when</c><00:25:43.890><c> you're</c>

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considering<00:25:44.890><c> that</c><00:25:45.329><c> running</c><00:25:45.509><c> that</c><00:25:45.890><c> relay</c><00:25:46.170><c> race</c><00:25:46.549><c> and</c><00:25:46.750><c> you're</c>

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in<00:25:47.769><c> sort</c><00:25:48.789><c> of</c><00:25:48.910><c> the</c><00:25:49.049><c> latter</c><00:25:49.210><c> part</c><00:25:49.529><c> of</c><00:25:49.630><c> it</c><00:25:49.730><c> and</c><00:25:49.869><c> you're</c>

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running<00:25:50.269><c> with</c><00:25:50.589><c> all</c><00:25:50.849><c> of</c><00:25:51.029><c> your</c><00:25:51.250><c> strength,</c><00:25:51.690><c> you</c><00:25:51.789><c> might</c><00:25:52.230><c> be</c><00:25:52.789><c> able</c>

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to<00:25:53.250><c> feel</c><00:25:53.450><c> mentally</c><00:25:54.109><c> what</c><00:25:55.970><c> it</c><00:25:56.369><c> felt</c><00:25:56.529><c> like</c><00:25:56.950><c> one</c><00:25:57.210><c> time</c>

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you<00:25:57.690><c> did</c><00:25:57.910><c> that.</c><00:25:59.309><c> Of</c><00:25:59.569><c> how</c><00:25:59.769><c> you</c><00:25:59.970><c> feel</c><00:26:00.210><c> tired,</c><00:26:00.809><c> how</c><00:26:00.970><c> you</c><00:26:01.210><c> want</c><00:26:01.410><c> to</c>

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give<00:26:01.750><c> up,</c><00:26:02.210><c> how</c><00:26:02.369><c> you</c><00:26:02.650><c> wish</c><00:26:02.789><c> the</c><00:26:03.009><c> end</c><00:26:03.130><c> was</c><00:26:03.369><c> there,</c>

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but<00:26:04.309><c> you</c><00:26:04.490><c> can't</c><00:26:04.769><c> give</c><00:26:04.990><c> up.</c><00:26:06.170><c> We've</c><00:26:06.450><c> got</c><00:26:06.549><c> to</c><00:26:06.769><c> agonize.</c><00:26:07.369><c> We've</c><00:26:07.549><c> got</c><00:26:07.650><c> to</c>

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endure<00:26:08.250><c> hardness</c><00:26:08.809><c> as</c><00:26:09.349><c> a</c><00:26:09.569><c> good</c><00:26:09.769><c> soldier</c><00:26:10.190><c> of</c><00:26:10.369><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:26:12.430><c> And</c><00:26:12.569><c> then,</c><00:26:12.910><c> brothers</c><00:26:12.990><c> and</c><00:26:13.230><c> sisters,</c><00:26:13.930><c> no</c><00:26:14.029><c> man</c><00:26:14.309><c> that</c>

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warth<00:26:15.150><c> and</c><00:26:15.690><c> tangled</c><00:26:16.009><c> themselves</c><00:26:16.650><c> with</c><00:26:17.029><c> the</c><00:26:17.250><c> affairs</c>

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of<00:26:17.789><c> this</c><00:26:18.009><c> life.</c><00:26:20.809><c> Wouldn't</c><00:26:20.970><c> it</c><00:26:21.109><c> be</c><00:26:21.329><c> awful</c><00:26:21.589><c> if</c><00:26:21.769><c> you're</c><00:26:21.950><c> running</c>

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he's<00:26:24.529><c> not</c><00:26:24.670><c> even</c><00:26:24.849><c> looking</c><00:26:25.130><c> at</c><00:26:25.490><c> you.</c><00:26:26.829><c> He's</c><00:26:26.990><c> talking</c><00:26:27.329><c> to</c><00:26:27.589><c> somebody</c><00:26:27.890><c> in</c><00:26:28.069><c> the</c><00:26:28.210><c> audience.</c>

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I<00:26:30.970><c> mean,</c><00:26:30.970><c> how</c><00:26:31.089><c> can</c><00:26:31.250><c> we</c><00:26:31.410><c> pass</c><00:26:31.769><c> off</c><00:26:31.970><c> the</c><00:26:32.210><c> truth</c><00:26:32.369><c> to</c><00:26:32.569><c> someone</c><00:26:32.769><c> who's</c><00:26:32.930><c> not</c>

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even<00:26:33.490><c> giving</c><00:26:33.609><c> attention</c><00:26:34.150><c> to</c><00:26:34.410><c> us?</c>

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Or<00:26:36.369><c> can</c><00:26:36.630><c> we</c><00:26:36.849><c> be</c><00:26:37.190><c> distracted</c><00:26:37.569><c> as</c><00:26:37.809><c> to</c><00:26:37.990><c> not</c><00:26:38.170><c> know</c><00:26:38.569><c> which</c><00:26:38.930><c> way</c><00:26:39.210><c> we're</c><00:26:39.650><c> going?</c><00:26:40.789><c> So</c><00:26:41.049><c> there's</c><00:26:41.329><c> a</c>

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focus<00:26:42.069><c> needed</c><00:26:42.329><c> here</c>

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to<00:26:43.190><c> convey</c><00:26:43.490><c> these</c><00:26:43.829><c> things.</c><00:26:44.730><c> No</c><00:26:45.069><c> man</c><00:26:45.430><c> that</c><00:26:45.809><c> wars</c><00:26:46.349><c> and</c><00:26:46.849><c> tangles</c>

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everyday<00:26:51.950><c> life.</c><00:26:52.690><c> Got</c><00:26:52.910><c> to</c><00:26:52.990><c> be</c><00:26:53.049><c> very</c><00:26:53.430><c> focused</c><00:26:53.849><c> on</c><00:26:53.990><c> what</c><00:26:54.170><c> we're</c>

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doing.<00:26:55.349><c> That</c><00:26:55.450><c> he</c><00:26:55.569><c> may</c><00:26:55.910><c> please</c><00:26:56.250><c> him</c><00:26:56.529><c> who</c><00:26:56.710><c> hath</c>

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chosen<00:26:57.269><c> him</c><00:26:57.529><c> to</c><00:26:57.690><c> be</c><00:26:57.890><c> a</c><00:26:58.069><c> soldier.</c><00:27:00.190><c> And</c><00:27:00.289><c> if</c><00:27:00.470><c> a</c><00:27:00.630><c> man</c><00:27:00.730><c> also</c><00:27:01.190><c> strives</c>

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for<00:27:01.849><c> masteries,</c><00:27:03.190><c> yet</c><00:27:03.289><c> is</c><00:27:03.589><c> he</c><00:27:03.829><c> not</c><00:27:04.190><c> crowned</c>

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except<00:27:05.029><c> he</c><00:27:05.369><c> strive</c><00:27:05.730><c> lawfully.</c><00:27:06.990><c> There</c><00:27:07.250><c> are</c><00:27:07.529><c> rules.</c><00:27:09.430><c> And</c><00:27:09.589><c> as</c><00:27:09.710><c> you</c><00:27:09.829><c> know</c><00:27:09.950><c> in</c>

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a<00:27:10.250><c> relay</c><00:27:10.509><c> race,</c><00:27:11.069><c> there's</c><00:27:11.230><c> a</c><00:27:11.410><c> time</c><00:27:11.589><c> when</c><00:27:11.829><c> you</c>

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can't<00:27:12.430><c> pass</c><00:27:12.650><c> it</c><00:27:12.829><c> off</c><00:27:12.950><c> and</c><00:27:13.049><c> there's</c><00:27:13.250><c> a</c><00:27:13.369><c> time</c><00:27:13.509><c> when</c><00:27:13.670><c> you</c><00:27:13.890><c> must</c><00:27:14.109><c> have</c><00:27:14.410><c> passed</c><00:27:14.630><c> it</c>

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off.<00:27:15.009><c> And</c><00:27:15.170><c> that</c><00:27:15.490><c> little</c><00:27:15.769><c> range</c>

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is<00:27:16.670><c> where</c><00:27:16.869><c> it</c><00:27:17.049><c> must</c><00:27:17.269><c> be</c><00:27:17.529><c> done.</c><00:27:18.009><c> Just</c><00:27:18.250><c> illustrating,</c><00:27:18.890><c> there</c>

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are<00:27:19.269><c> rules.</c>

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And<00:27:23.089><c> I</c><00:27:23.410><c> suppose</c><00:27:23.789><c> that</c><00:27:23.970><c> all</c><00:27:24.069><c> of</c><00:27:24.210><c> us</c><00:27:24.369><c> have</c><00:27:25.109><c> thought</c><00:27:25.450><c> a</c><00:27:25.690><c> little</c><00:27:25.990><c> about</c><00:27:26.529><c> what</c><00:27:26.769><c> the</c><00:27:26.950><c> Lord</c><00:27:27.109><c> said</c><00:27:27.769><c> when</c><00:27:28.829><c> at</c>

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the<00:27:29.589><c> judgment</c>

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seat<00:27:30.210><c> there'll</c><00:27:30.549><c> be</c><00:27:30.670><c> some</c><00:27:31.009><c> he</c><00:27:31.349><c> won't</c><00:27:31.509><c> even</c><00:27:31.750><c> recognize.</c><00:27:32.970><c> Lord,</c>

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didn't<00:27:33.490><c> we</c><00:27:33.730><c> do</c><00:27:33.890><c> these</c><00:27:34.150><c> wonderful</c><00:27:34.509><c> things</c><00:27:34.869><c> in</c><00:27:35.069><c> your</c>

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name?<00:27:36.450><c> And</c><00:27:36.630><c> he'll</c><00:27:36.869><c> say</c><00:27:37.029><c> to</c><00:27:37.109><c> them,</c><00:27:37.369><c> depart</c><00:27:37.890><c> from</c><00:27:38.230><c> me.</c><00:27:38.430><c> I</c><00:27:38.750><c> never</c>

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knew<00:27:39.289><c> you.</c><00:27:41.569><c> And</c><00:27:41.869><c> so</c><00:27:42.049><c> that</c><00:27:42.369><c> gets</c><00:27:42.650><c> us</c><00:27:42.950><c> back</c><00:27:43.190><c> into</c>

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word<00:27:43.609><c> of</c><00:27:43.890><c> truth.</c><00:27:44.289><c> We</c><00:27:44.349><c> don't</c><00:27:44.730><c> want</c><00:27:44.930><c> to</c><00:27:45.069><c> be</c><00:27:45.150><c> like</c><00:27:45.470><c> that.</c><00:27:45.650><c> We</c><00:27:45.789><c> don't</c><00:27:46.049><c> want</c>

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to<00:27:46.470><c> have</c><00:27:46.750><c> run</c><00:27:47.230><c> and</c><00:27:48.509><c> then</c><00:27:48.670><c> not</c><00:27:48.950><c> win.</c>

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We<00:27:50.670><c> don't</c><00:27:50.829><c> want</c><00:27:51.109><c> to</c><00:27:51.490><c> have</c><00:27:51.750><c> run</c><00:27:52.049><c> and</c><00:27:52.250><c> have</c><00:27:52.589><c> agonized</c><00:27:53.109><c> through</c>

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this<00:27:54.130><c> right</c><00:27:54.329><c> through</c><00:27:54.589><c> our</c><00:27:54.829><c> life</c><00:27:55.009><c> only</c><00:27:55.289><c> to</c>

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be<00:27:55.690><c> rejected</c><00:27:56.250><c> because</c><00:27:56.710><c> we</c><00:27:57.009><c> are</c><00:27:57.250><c> disqualified.</c><00:27:58.849><c> We</c><00:27:59.029><c> didn't</c><00:27:59.230><c> obey</c><00:27:59.390><c> the</c><00:27:59.609><c> rules.</c><00:28:01.650><c> And</c><00:28:01.809><c> so</c>

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you<00:28:02.089><c> can</c><00:28:02.329><c> see</c><00:28:02.470><c> how</c>

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these<00:28:02.970><c> things</c><00:28:03.269><c> do</c><00:28:03.690><c> temper</c><00:28:04.049><c> us</c><00:28:04.450><c> and</c><00:28:04.990><c> cause</c><00:28:05.349><c> us</c><00:28:05.589><c> to</c><00:28:05.869><c> think</c><00:28:06.069><c> again</c>

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about<00:28:07.069><c> our</c><00:28:07.470><c> running.</c><00:28:09.930><c> Now</c><00:28:10.089><c> let's</c><00:28:10.269><c> go</c><00:28:10.569><c> to</c><00:28:10.809><c> Exodus</c>

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chapter<00:28:11.569><c> 17,</c><00:28:12.430><c> brothers</c><00:28:12.490><c> and</c><00:28:12.730><c> sisters,</c><00:28:12.990><c> to</c><00:28:13.190><c> have</c><00:28:13.309><c> a</c><00:28:13.430><c> look</c><00:28:13.529><c> at</c>

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this<00:28:13.990><c> because</c><00:28:15.410><c> there's</c><00:28:16.950><c> great</c><00:28:17.970><c> lessons</c><00:28:18.630><c> for</c><00:28:19.130><c> us</c><00:28:20.089><c> in</c>

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Exodus<00:28:21.190><c> 17.</c><00:28:24.990><c> And</c><00:28:25.329><c> all</c><00:28:25.690><c> we're</c><00:28:26.009><c> doing</c><00:28:26.170><c> really</c><00:28:26.589><c> in</c><00:28:26.890><c> this</c><00:28:27.190><c> chapter</c>

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and<00:28:27.750><c> in</c><00:28:27.930><c> these</c><00:28:28.089><c> other</c><00:28:28.369><c> examples</c><00:28:29.190><c> is</c><00:28:29.470><c> just</c>

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rounding<00:28:30.150><c> out</c><00:28:30.589><c> this</c><00:28:30.930><c> principle</c><00:28:31.630><c> of</c><00:28:32.470><c> overcoming</c><00:28:32.930><c> so</c><00:28:33.569><c> that</c><00:28:33.730><c> we</c>

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can<00:28:34.750><c> get</c><00:28:35.130><c> a</c><00:28:35.309><c> hold</c><00:28:35.450><c> of</c><00:28:35.789><c> something</c><00:28:36.190><c> somewhere</c><00:28:36.910><c> to</c><00:28:37.450><c> help</c>

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us<00:28:37.930><c> in</c><00:28:38.049><c> our</c><00:28:38.329><c> particular</c><00:28:38.930><c> problem.</c><00:28:41.809><c> Now</c><00:28:41.990><c> the</c><00:28:42.250><c> record,</c><00:28:43.089><c> the</c><00:28:43.349><c> Bible</c><00:28:43.690><c> record,</c><00:28:44.490><c> is</c>

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wonderful.<00:28:46.470><c> It's</c><00:28:46.769><c> not</c><00:28:47.130><c> just</c><00:28:47.769><c> a</c><00:28:48.130><c> list</c>

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of<00:28:48.569><c> events,</c><00:28:51.049><c> but</c><00:28:51.190><c> it's</c><00:28:51.470><c> a</c><00:28:51.569><c> list</c><00:28:51.769><c> of</c><00:28:52.009><c> events</c><00:28:52.509><c> put</c><00:28:52.910><c> together</c><00:28:53.710><c> in</c>

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such<00:28:54.630><c> a</c><00:28:54.809><c> way</c><00:28:54.910><c> as</c><00:28:55.130><c> to</c><00:28:55.390><c> lead</c><00:28:55.650><c> the</c><00:28:55.950><c> reader</c><00:28:56.230><c> to</c><00:28:56.509><c> make</c>

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connections.<00:28:59.210><c> I</c><00:28:59.430><c> mean</c><00:28:59.569><c> why</c><00:28:59.789><c> would</c><00:28:59.990><c> we</c><00:29:00.329><c> think</c><00:29:00.569><c> that</c><00:29:00.730><c> there</c><00:29:00.910><c> would</c><00:29:01.029><c> be</c>

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any<00:29:01.450><c> connection</c><00:29:01.970><c> between</c><00:29:02.869><c> the</c><00:29:03.130><c> first</c><00:29:03.369><c> part</c><00:29:03.630><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:29:04.170><c> 17</c><00:29:05.130><c> and</c><00:29:05.890><c> verse</c><00:29:06.150><c> 8,</c><00:29:06.890><c> then</c><00:29:07.109><c> came</c><00:29:07.450><c> Amalek,</c><00:29:08.470><c> except</c><00:29:08.849><c> they're</c><00:29:09.069><c> put</c>

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together.<00:29:11.170><c> And</c><00:29:11.390><c> God</c><00:29:11.609><c> wanted</c><00:29:11.970><c> us</c><00:29:12.230><c> when</c><00:29:12.390><c> we're</c>

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reading<00:29:12.930><c> through</c><00:29:13.210><c> the</c><00:29:13.369><c> record</c><00:29:13.650><c> to</c><00:29:13.869><c> have</c><00:29:14.069><c> that</c><00:29:14.309><c> introduction</c>

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before<00:29:15.789><c> then</c><00:29:16.069><c> we</c><00:29:16.450><c> suddenly</c><00:29:16.869><c> are</c><00:29:17.529><c> presented</c><00:29:17.910><c> with</c><00:29:18.410><c> Amalek</c>

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who<00:29:20.029><c> fights</c><00:29:20.329><c> against</c><00:29:20.789><c> Israel</c><00:29:21.289><c> and</c><00:29:21.609><c> Rephidim.</c><00:29:24.049><c> Well</c><00:29:24.230><c> there</c><00:29:24.309><c> was</c><00:29:24.569><c> a</c>

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lead<00:29:24.789><c>-up</c><00:29:24.930><c> to</c><00:29:25.130><c> this</c><00:29:25.789><c> and</c><00:29:27.289><c> the</c><00:29:27.490><c> lead</c><00:29:27.630><c>-up</c><00:29:27.789><c> to</c><00:29:27.950><c> this</c><00:29:28.170><c> was</c>

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way<00:29:29.170><c> back</c><00:29:29.490><c> in</c><00:29:29.650><c> verse</c><00:29:29.869><c> 2.</c><00:29:31.430><c> There</c><00:29:31.630><c> was</c><00:29:31.809><c> no</c><00:29:32.089><c> water</c><00:29:32.549><c> for</c><00:29:32.970><c> the</c><00:29:33.150><c> people</c><00:29:33.329><c> to</c><00:29:33.589><c> drink.</c>

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Wherefore<00:29:35.289><c> the</c><00:29:35.430><c> people</c><00:29:35.750><c> did</c><00:29:36.170><c> chide</c><00:29:36.390><c> with</c><00:29:36.609><c> Moses</c><00:29:36.970><c> and</c><00:29:37.250><c> said,</c>

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give<00:29:37.890><c> us</c><00:29:38.250><c> water</c><00:29:38.490><c> that</c><00:29:38.690><c> we</c><00:29:38.849><c> may</c><00:29:39.089><c> drink.</c>

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And<00:29:40.269><c> Moses</c><00:29:40.490><c> said</c><00:29:40.670><c> unto</c><00:29:40.809><c> them,</c><00:29:41.589><c> why</c><00:29:41.809><c> do</c><00:29:41.950><c> you</c><00:29:42.109><c> chide</c><00:29:42.309><c> with</c><00:29:42.569><c> me?</c>

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Wherefore<00:29:43.849><c> do</c><00:29:44.029><c> you</c><00:29:44.230><c> tempt</c><00:29:44.710><c> the</c><00:29:45.089><c> Lord?</c><00:29:46.109><c> The</c><00:29:46.390><c> people</c>

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thirsted<00:29:47.130><c> there</c><00:29:47.349><c> for</c><00:29:47.549><c> water</c><00:29:47.869><c> and</c><00:29:48.029><c> the</c><00:29:48.190><c> people</c><00:29:48.470><c> murmured</c><00:29:48.869><c> against</c><00:29:49.250><c> Moses</c><00:29:49.670><c> and</c>

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said,<00:29:50.890><c> wherefore</c><00:29:51.309><c> is</c><00:29:51.569><c> this</c><00:29:51.750><c> that</c>

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thou<00:29:52.109><c> hast</c><00:29:52.349><c> brought</c><00:29:52.650><c> us</c><00:29:52.829><c> up</c><00:29:52.990><c> out</c><00:29:53.130><c> of</c><00:29:53.269><c> Egypt</c><00:29:53.549><c> to</c><00:29:53.950><c> kill</c><00:29:54.210><c> us</c><00:29:54.470><c> and</c>

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our<00:29:54.730><c> children</c><00:29:55.089><c> and</c><00:29:55.369><c> our</c><00:29:55.650><c> cattle</c><00:29:55.849><c> with</c><00:29:56.170><c> thirst?</c>

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Now<00:29:57.130><c> there's</c><00:29:57.789><c> a</c><00:29:58.049><c> big</c><00:29:58.329><c> difference</c><00:29:58.930><c> between</c><00:29:59.509><c> those</c><00:29:59.869><c> two</c><00:30:00.069><c> verses</c>

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brothers<00:30:00.789><c> and</c><00:30:01.049><c> sisters.</c><00:30:02.630><c> It's</c><00:30:02.849><c> one</c><00:30:03.230><c> thing</c><00:30:03.569><c> for</c>

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us<00:30:04.069><c> to</c><00:30:04.430><c> feel</c><00:30:05.410><c> thirsty</c><00:30:06.049><c> or</c><00:30:06.769><c> to</c><00:30:06.990><c> feel</c><00:30:07.170><c> hungry</c><00:30:07.670><c> and</c><00:30:08.490><c> to</c><00:30:08.789><c> ask</c><00:30:09.150><c> God</c>

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that<00:30:09.589><c> he</c><00:30:09.750><c> might</c><00:30:09.910><c> give</c><00:30:10.089><c> us</c><00:30:10.349><c> something</c><00:30:10.589><c> to</c><00:30:10.869><c> quench</c><00:30:11.130><c> our</c>

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thirst<00:30:11.750><c> or</c><00:30:12.089><c> to</c><00:30:12.309><c> satisfy</c><00:30:12.609><c> our</c><00:30:12.849><c> hunger.</c><00:30:14.089><c> But</c><00:30:14.369><c> it's</c><00:30:14.670><c> quite</c><00:30:14.869><c> another</c><00:30:15.170><c> to</c><00:30:15.490><c> say,</c><00:30:17.049><c> why</c><00:30:17.390><c> did</c><00:30:17.589><c> God</c><00:30:17.829><c> bring</c><00:30:18.089><c> us</c>

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up<00:30:18.529><c> out</c><00:30:18.650><c> of</c>

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Egypt?<00:30:20.450><c> Now</c><00:30:20.710><c> we've</c><00:30:21.130><c> got</c><00:30:21.230><c> to</c><00:30:21.410><c> see</c><00:30:21.589><c> that</c><00:30:21.890><c> difference.</c><00:30:23.190><c> We've</c><00:30:23.490><c> got</c><00:30:23.630><c> to</c>

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recognize<00:30:24.569><c> what</c><00:30:25.390><c> was</c><00:30:25.809><c> wrong</c><00:30:26.269><c> with</c><00:30:27.029><c> carrying</c><00:30:27.390><c> on</c>

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one's<00:30:28.309><c> wants</c><00:30:28.569><c> or</c><00:30:28.930><c> thirsts</c><00:30:30.329><c> into</c><00:30:30.609><c> making</c><00:30:31.130><c> it</c><00:30:32.170><c> expressed</c><00:30:32.670><c> in</c><00:30:32.910><c> those</c><00:30:33.150><c> words</c><00:30:33.569><c> as</c>

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they<00:30:35.170><c> went</c><00:30:35.309><c> on</c><00:30:35.549><c> to</c><00:30:35.769><c> say.</c><00:30:36.349><c> And</c><00:30:36.609><c> we</c><00:30:36.769><c> know</c>

00:30:37.029 --> 00:30:42.549
that<00:30:38.190><c> this</c><00:30:38.910><c> is</c><00:30:39.349><c> in</c><00:30:39.710><c> Israel's</c><00:30:40.289><c> history</c><00:30:40.650><c> is</c><00:30:40.890><c> a</c><00:30:41.109><c> very</c><00:30:41.630><c> low</c><00:30:41.970><c> point</c>

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when<00:30:43.569><c> the</c><00:30:43.789><c> people</c><00:30:44.049><c> would</c><00:30:44.430><c> question</c><00:30:44.950><c> why</c><00:30:45.450><c> God</c><00:30:45.750><c> even</c>

00:30:46.049 --> 00:30:50.589
brought<00:30:46.250><c> them</c><00:30:46.430><c> out</c><00:30:46.609><c> of</c><00:30:46.730><c> Egypt.</c><00:30:49.029><c> And</c><00:30:49.069><c> it</c><00:30:49.289><c> seems</c><00:30:49.529><c> to</c><00:30:49.690><c> be</c><00:30:49.809><c> an</c><00:30:49.950><c> analogy</c><00:30:50.250><c> that</c>

00:30:50.589 --> 00:30:55.289
fits<00:30:50.809><c> pretty</c><00:30:51.210><c> well.</c><00:30:52.170><c> Faith</c><00:30:52.609><c> is</c><00:30:53.609><c> a</c><00:30:54.009><c> stairway</c>

00:30:56.089 --> 00:30:58.430
that<00:30:56.529><c> when</c><00:30:56.710><c> we</c><00:30:56.890><c> don't</c><00:30:57.109><c> have</c><00:30:57.289><c> any</c><00:30:57.589><c> faith</c><00:30:57.789><c> we're</c><00:30:58.009><c> in</c><00:30:58.109><c> the</c><00:30:58.210><c> bottom</c>

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of<00:30:58.630><c> the</c><00:30:58.769><c> stairs.</c>

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And<00:31:00.710><c> in</c><00:31:00.809><c> our</c><00:31:01.029><c> life</c><00:31:01.509><c> we</c><00:31:02.349><c> have</c><00:31:02.609><c> reason</c><00:31:03.009><c> to</c><00:31:03.329><c> ask</c><00:31:03.630><c> God</c><00:31:03.890><c> for</c><00:31:04.170><c> things,</c>

00:31:04.950 --> 00:31:07.630
trusting<00:31:05.250><c> in</c><00:31:05.470><c> his</c><00:31:05.650><c> word.</c><00:31:06.490><c> And</c><00:31:06.710><c> when</c><00:31:06.950><c> God</c><00:31:07.230><c> grants</c>

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us<00:31:07.890><c> those</c><00:31:08.190><c> things</c><00:31:08.349><c> we've</c><00:31:08.690><c> gone</c><00:31:08.769><c> up</c><00:31:08.970><c> one</c><00:31:09.309><c> stair.</c><00:31:09.789><c> We</c><00:31:09.950><c> can</c><00:31:10.089><c> look</c>

00:31:10.269 --> 00:31:12.329
back<00:31:10.470><c> in</c><00:31:10.589><c> our</c><00:31:10.769><c> life</c><00:31:10.930><c> and</c><00:31:11.150><c> say,</c><00:31:11.329><c> I</c><00:31:11.509><c> asked</c><00:31:11.789><c> God</c>

00:31:12.329 --> 00:31:16.349
and<00:31:12.769><c> he</c><00:31:12.849><c> gave</c><00:31:13.069><c> it</c><00:31:13.250><c> to</c><00:31:13.369><c> me.</c><00:31:14.210><c> Therefore</c><00:31:14.569><c> I</c><00:31:14.809><c> have</c><00:31:15.289><c> the</c><00:31:15.650><c> basis</c><00:31:15.990><c> of</c>

00:31:16.349 --> 00:31:18.230
trusting<00:31:16.650><c> that</c><00:31:16.869><c> if</c><00:31:16.990><c> he</c><00:31:17.089><c> can</c><00:31:17.309><c> take</c><00:31:17.470><c> me</c><00:31:17.650><c> up</c><00:31:17.789><c> the</c><00:31:17.990><c> first</c>

00:31:18.230 --> 00:31:23.349
stair,<00:31:19.650><c> he</c><00:31:19.750><c> can</c><00:31:19.910><c> take</c><00:31:20.089><c> me</c><00:31:20.230><c> up</c><00:31:20.329><c> the</c><00:31:20.569><c> second</c><00:31:20.809><c> stair.</c><00:31:23.009><c> Now</c><00:31:23.190><c> isn't</c>

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that<00:31:23.609><c> the</c><00:31:23.730><c> way</c><00:31:23.910><c> we</c><00:31:24.190><c> progress</c><00:31:24.549><c> through</c><00:31:24.829><c> life?</c>

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Isn't<00:31:27.109><c> it</c><00:31:27.329><c> the</c><00:31:27.529><c> reason</c><00:31:27.950><c> that</c><00:31:28.150><c> we</c><00:31:28.430><c> ask</c><00:31:28.730><c> God</c><00:31:28.990><c> for</c><00:31:29.210><c> things?</c><00:31:29.529><c> Because</c><00:31:29.829><c> we've</c>

00:31:30.210 --> 00:31:34.170
asked<00:31:30.430><c> before</c><00:31:31.170><c> and</c><00:31:32.470><c> God</c><00:31:32.670><c> gave</c><00:31:32.869><c> it</c><00:31:33.049><c> to</c><00:31:33.170><c> us.</c>

00:31:34.609 --> 00:31:36.970
Now<00:31:34.829><c> it</c><00:31:34.990><c> may</c><00:31:35.230><c> be</c><00:31:35.410><c> that</c><00:31:35.509><c> he</c><00:31:35.609><c> didn't</c><00:31:35.869><c> give</c><00:31:36.029><c> us</c><00:31:36.190><c> what</c><00:31:36.349><c> we</c><00:31:36.630><c> wanted</c>

00:31:36.970 --> 00:31:41.109
but<00:31:37.970><c> he</c><00:31:38.089><c> did</c><00:31:38.269><c> answer.</c><00:31:39.430><c> He</c><00:31:39.690><c> did</c><00:31:39.910><c> give</c><00:31:40.049><c> us</c><00:31:40.269><c> something</c>

00:31:41.349 --> 00:31:45.430
and<00:31:41.990><c> in</c><00:31:42.150><c> many</c><00:31:42.390><c> cases</c><00:31:42.950><c> it</c><00:31:43.630><c> goes</c><00:31:43.950><c> back</c><00:31:44.289><c> a</c><00:31:44.369><c> few</c><00:31:44.569><c> years</c><00:31:44.950><c> before</c><00:31:45.269><c> we</c>

00:31:45.430 --> 00:31:48.230
can<00:31:45.690><c> see</c><00:31:45.849><c> that</c><00:31:46.049><c> God</c><00:31:46.250><c> did</c><00:31:46.529><c> work</c><00:31:46.769><c> with</c><00:31:46.950><c> us</c><00:31:47.109><c> that</c><00:31:47.410><c> way.</c>

00:31:49.410 --> 00:31:56.049
But<00:31:49.650><c> these</c><00:31:49.910><c> people</c><00:31:51.049><c> came</c><00:31:51.650><c> through</c><00:31:52.849><c> the</c><00:31:53.390><c> Red</c><00:31:53.809><c> Sea.</c><00:31:55.269><c> They</c><00:31:55.670><c> sang</c>

00:31:56.049 --> 00:32:00.349
the<00:31:56.309><c> song</c><00:31:56.569><c> of</c><00:31:56.789><c> Moses.</c><00:31:58.490><c> They</c><00:31:58.890><c> rejoiced</c><00:31:59.569><c> before</c><00:32:00.029><c> God.</c>

00:32:00.410 --> 00:32:04.470
They<00:32:00.730><c> proclaimed</c><00:32:01.349><c> that</c><00:32:01.849><c> he</c><00:32:02.049><c> was</c><00:32:02.289><c> a</c><00:32:02.529><c> wonderful</c><00:32:03.130><c> and</c><00:32:03.829><c> a</c><00:32:04.170><c> mighty</c>

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God<00:32:04.849><c> that</c><00:32:05.069><c> could</c><00:32:05.349><c> bring</c><00:32:05.650><c> a</c><00:32:05.809><c> nation</c><00:32:06.049><c> like</c><00:32:06.349><c> that</c>

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through<00:32:06.910><c> the</c><00:32:07.049><c> Red</c><00:32:07.410><c> Sea.</c><00:32:07.950><c> And</c><00:32:08.089><c> then</c><00:32:08.210><c> you</c><00:32:08.289><c> can</c><00:32:08.529><c> see</c><00:32:08.730><c> Pharaoh</c><00:32:09.049><c> and</c>

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his<00:32:09.809><c> horsemen</c><00:32:10.509><c> dead</c><00:32:10.869><c> on</c><00:32:11.549><c> the</c><00:32:11.549><c> on</c><00:32:11.549><c> the</c><00:32:12.349><c> on</c><00:32:12.349><c> the</c><00:32:12.630><c> shores</c>

00:32:12.910 --> 00:32:17.529
of<00:32:13.309><c> the</c><00:32:13.529><c> sea</c><00:32:13.789><c> the</c><00:32:14.190><c> next</c><00:32:14.509><c> day.</c><00:32:15.349><c> They</c><00:32:15.710><c> felt</c><00:32:16.109><c> sure</c><00:32:16.750><c> at</c><00:32:17.069><c> that</c><00:32:17.349><c> time</c>

00:32:17.529 --> 00:32:19.950
that<00:32:17.710><c> God</c><00:32:17.890><c> was</c><00:32:18.109><c> with</c><00:32:18.289><c> them</c><00:32:18.690><c> and</c><00:32:19.170><c> they</c><00:32:19.450><c> sang</c><00:32:19.630><c> his</c>

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praises<00:32:20.269><c> and</c><00:32:20.450><c> they</c><00:32:20.690><c> thanked</c><00:32:20.849><c> him</c><00:32:21.069><c> for</c><00:32:21.289><c> it.</c><00:32:23.029><c> Well</c><00:32:23.150><c> then</c><00:32:23.269><c> the</c><00:32:23.450><c> next</c><00:32:23.609><c> time</c><00:32:23.750><c> they're</c><00:32:23.910><c> in</c>

00:32:24.109 --> 00:32:25.069
difficulty<00:32:24.430><c> to</c><00:32:24.609><c> say,</c><00:32:24.809><c> well</c><00:32:24.890><c> why</c>

00:32:25.069 --> 00:32:30.250
did<00:32:25.190><c> God</c><00:32:25.390><c> bring</c><00:32:25.589><c> us</c><00:32:25.730><c> out</c><00:32:25.869><c> of</c><00:32:25.990><c> Egypt?</c><00:32:26.230><c> Now</c><00:32:26.369><c> that's</c><00:32:26.630><c> not</c><00:32:26.950><c> consistent.</c><00:32:29.930><c> And</c><00:32:30.089><c> God</c>

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expects<00:32:30.789><c> that</c><00:32:30.930><c> if</c><00:32:31.089><c> we're</c><00:32:31.509><c> faithful</c>

00:32:32.690 --> 00:32:38.769
we<00:32:32.990><c> will</c><00:32:33.210><c> be</c><00:32:33.490><c> consistent</c><00:32:34.349><c> in</c><00:32:34.950><c> our</c><00:32:35.190><c> faith.</c><00:32:37.269><c> It's</c><00:32:37.789><c> no</c><00:32:38.210><c> value</c><00:32:38.589><c> at</c>

00:32:38.769 --> 00:32:41.849
all<00:32:38.930><c> to</c><00:32:39.190><c> us</c><00:32:39.789><c> to</c><00:32:40.130><c> go</c><00:32:40.349><c> up</c><00:32:40.509><c> one</c><00:32:40.769><c> stair</c><00:32:41.029><c> in</c><00:32:41.190><c> our</c><00:32:41.410><c> faith</c>

00:32:41.849 --> 00:32:44.569
and<00:32:42.490><c> then</c><00:32:42.589><c> when</c><00:32:42.710><c> we</c><00:32:42.890><c> get</c><00:32:43.049><c> there</c><00:32:43.369><c> wonder</c><00:32:43.789><c> whether</c><00:32:44.109><c> or</c><00:32:44.170><c> not</c><00:32:44.369><c> God</c>

00:32:44.569 --> 00:32:46.829
really<00:32:44.910><c> did</c><00:32:45.049><c> it</c><00:32:45.250><c> and</c><00:32:45.369><c> yet</c><00:32:45.490><c> that's</c><00:32:46.170><c> exactly</c><00:32:46.569><c> the</c><00:32:46.730><c> way</c>

00:32:46.829 --> 00:32:51.930
the<00:32:47.049><c> flesh</c><00:32:47.210><c> works.</c><00:32:48.569><c> Exactly</c><00:32:49.089><c> the</c><00:32:49.309><c> way</c><00:32:49.410><c> it</c><00:32:49.589><c> works.</c><00:32:51.190><c> Unless</c><00:32:51.450><c> the</c>

00:32:51.930 --> 00:32:53.990
spirit<00:32:52.130><c> is</c><00:32:52.369><c> working</c><00:32:52.630><c> upon</c><00:32:53.009><c> us</c><00:32:53.269><c> and</c><00:32:53.430><c> unless</c><00:32:53.670><c> these</c>

00:32:53.990 --> 00:32:57.210
words<00:32:54.349><c> are</c><00:32:54.529><c> in</c><00:32:54.650><c> our</c><00:32:54.869><c> mind</c><00:32:55.269><c> we</c><00:32:55.990><c> might</c><00:32:56.230><c> wonder</c><00:32:56.529><c> well</c><00:32:56.710><c> maybe</c><00:32:56.930><c> we</c>

00:32:57.210 --> 00:32:59.509
misinterpreted<00:32:57.869><c> that</c><00:32:58.029><c> experience.</c><00:32:58.809><c> Maybe</c><00:32:59.150><c> God</c>

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really<00:32:59.809><c> didn't</c><00:33:00.150><c> answer</c><00:33:00.470><c> our</c><00:33:00.769><c> prayer.</c><00:33:01.109><c> Maybe</c><00:33:01.309><c> it</c><00:33:01.410><c> was</c><00:33:01.609><c> just</c><00:33:01.890><c> coincidence.</c><00:33:04.210><c> And</c><00:33:04.309><c> hence</c><00:33:04.430><c> we</c>

00:33:04.650 --> 00:33:06.009
go<00:33:04.769><c> right</c><00:33:04.910><c> back</c><00:33:05.609><c> to</c><00:33:05.930><c> the</c>

00:33:06.009 --> 00:33:11.990
very<00:33:06.230><c> bottom</c><00:33:06.529><c> again.</c><00:33:08.230><c> And</c><00:33:08.369><c> God</c><00:33:08.589><c> calls</c><00:33:08.869><c> that</c><00:33:09.210><c> tempting</c><00:33:09.589><c> him</c><00:33:10.029><c> when</c><00:33:11.210><c> we</c>

00:33:11.990 --> 00:33:15.029
question<00:33:12.730><c> whether</c><00:33:13.029><c> or</c><00:33:13.150><c> not</c><00:33:14.029><c> God</c><00:33:14.529><c> can</c><00:33:14.829><c> do</c>

00:33:15.029 --> 00:33:19.670
something<00:33:15.390><c> which</c><00:33:15.990><c> at</c><00:33:16.410><c> one</c><00:33:16.589><c> other</c><00:33:16.849><c> time</c><00:33:17.049><c> in</c><00:33:17.230><c> our</c><00:33:17.390><c> life</c><00:33:17.589><c> we</c><00:33:17.950><c> clearly</c><00:33:18.529><c> declared</c><00:33:19.190><c> that</c>

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he<00:33:19.910><c> could</c><00:33:20.230><c> and</c><00:33:20.970><c> that</c><00:33:21.109><c> he</c><00:33:21.309><c> worked</c>

00:33:21.490 --> 00:33:26.690
in<00:33:21.670><c> our</c><00:33:21.829><c> life.</c><00:33:23.549><c> The</c><00:33:23.769><c> people</c><00:33:24.190><c> thirsted</c><00:33:24.809><c> for</c><00:33:25.089><c> water</c><00:33:25.569><c> and</c><00:33:26.289><c> they</c>

00:33:26.690 --> 00:33:29.349
murmured<00:33:27.170><c> against</c><00:33:27.609><c> Moses.</c><00:33:28.170><c> They</c><00:33:28.569><c> complained</c>

00:33:29.509 --> 00:33:34.369
their<00:33:30.269><c> whole</c><00:33:30.609><c> spirit</c><00:33:31.130><c> was</c><00:33:31.490><c> turned</c><00:33:31.769><c> against</c><00:33:32.670><c> the</c><00:33:33.009><c> very</c><00:33:33.430><c> reasons</c><00:33:34.109><c> that</c>

00:33:34.369 --> 00:33:36.809
they<00:33:34.609><c> came</c><00:33:34.849><c> out</c><00:33:35.029><c> of</c><00:33:35.190><c> Egypt</c><00:33:35.589><c> and</c><00:33:36.410><c> asked</c>

00:33:36.809 --> 00:33:39.029
whether<00:33:37.049><c> or</c><00:33:37.210><c> not</c><00:33:37.430><c> God</c><00:33:37.690><c> had</c><00:33:37.990><c> brought</c><00:33:38.170><c> them</c><00:33:38.329><c> out</c><00:33:38.450><c> of</c><00:33:38.549><c> Egypt</c><00:33:38.750><c> to</c>

00:33:39.029 --> 00:33:41.130
kill<00:33:39.269><c> them</c><00:33:39.630><c> and</c><00:33:39.789><c> their</c><00:33:40.049><c> children</c><00:33:40.430><c> and</c><00:33:40.630><c> their</c><00:33:40.930><c> cattle</c>

00:33:41.130 --> 00:33:45.089
with<00:33:41.410><c> thirst.</c><00:33:43.170><c> I</c><00:33:43.329><c> guess</c><00:33:43.490><c> you</c><00:33:43.630><c> have</c><00:33:43.829><c> to</c><00:33:43.990><c> be</c><00:33:44.329><c> thirsty</c><00:33:44.670><c> really,</c>

00:33:45.170 --> 00:33:47.690
really<00:33:45.650><c> thirsty</c><00:33:46.049><c> to</c><00:33:46.269><c> know</c><00:33:46.509><c> just</c><00:33:46.809><c> what</c><00:33:46.990><c> it</c><00:33:47.190><c> must</c><00:33:47.329><c> have</c><00:33:47.529><c> felt</c>

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like.<00:33:48.950><c> And</c><00:33:49.349><c> I</c><00:33:49.710><c> doubt</c><00:33:49.829><c> very</c><00:33:50.109><c> much</c><00:33:50.289><c> if</c><00:33:50.569><c> we</c><00:33:50.789><c> could</c><00:33:50.990><c> come</c><00:33:51.430><c> even</c><00:33:51.990><c> close</c><00:33:52.309><c> to</c>

00:33:52.509 --> 00:33:54.670
that<00:33:52.670><c> this</c><00:33:52.930><c> week.</c><00:33:53.089><c> This</c><00:33:53.289><c> is</c><00:33:53.730><c> the</c><00:33:54.089><c> wrong</c><00:33:54.289><c> week</c>

00:33:54.670 --> 00:33:59.549
to<00:33:55.289><c> wonder</c><00:33:55.410><c> what</c><00:33:55.569><c> it's</c><00:33:55.769><c> like</c><00:33:55.890><c> to</c><00:33:56.049><c> be</c><00:33:56.210><c> hungry</c><00:33:56.450><c> and</c><00:33:56.650><c> thirsty.</c><00:33:58.069><c> But</c><00:33:58.609><c> possibly</c><00:33:59.049><c> back</c><00:33:59.430><c> in</c>

00:33:59.549 --> 00:34:01.089
our<00:33:59.690><c> life</c><00:33:59.869><c> somewhere</c><00:34:00.430><c> we</c><00:34:00.769><c> were</c>

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thirsty<00:34:01.390><c> enough</c><00:34:01.670><c> to</c><00:34:01.890><c> know</c><00:34:02.049><c> what</c><00:34:02.309><c> real</c><00:34:02.690><c> thirst</c><00:34:03.029><c> is</c><00:34:03.369><c> like</c><00:34:03.849><c> and</c>

00:34:04.730 --> 00:34:08.389
how<00:34:05.029><c> when</c><00:34:05.250><c> we're</c><00:34:05.990><c> agitated</c><00:34:06.589><c> and</c><00:34:06.930><c> irritated</c><00:34:07.490><c> in</c><00:34:08.130><c> spirit</c>

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for<00:34:08.670><c> whatever</c><00:34:09.010><c> reason</c><00:34:09.590><c> that</c><00:34:10.269><c> the</c><00:34:10.489><c> flesh</c><00:34:10.670><c> does</c><00:34:10.949><c> get</c><00:34:11.210><c> bare</c><00:34:11.610><c> and</c>

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sometimes<00:34:12.469><c> we</c><00:34:12.769><c> say</c><00:34:13.070><c> things</c><00:34:13.489><c> that</c><00:34:13.730><c> we</c><00:34:13.929><c> really</c><00:34:14.170><c> don't</c>

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mean<00:34:14.670><c> to</c><00:34:14.909><c> say</c><00:34:15.030><c> or</c><00:34:15.269><c> want</c><00:34:15.570><c> to</c><00:34:15.809><c> say.</c><00:34:17.030><c> But</c><00:34:17.550><c> that</c><00:34:17.889><c> can't</c><00:34:18.130><c> be</c><00:34:18.389><c> far</c><00:34:18.670><c> off</c>

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where<00:34:19.170><c> our</c><00:34:19.530><c> spirit</c><00:34:19.730><c> really</c><00:34:20.150><c> is</c><00:34:20.489><c> when</c><00:34:20.690><c> we</c><00:34:20.869><c> allow</c><00:34:21.090><c> our</c>

00:34:21.369 --> 00:34:27.030
mouth<00:34:21.510><c> to</c><00:34:21.690><c> say</c><00:34:21.929><c> those</c><00:34:22.210><c> things.</c><00:34:23.550><c> And</c><00:34:23.969><c> God</c><00:34:24.170><c> saw</c><00:34:24.510><c> that</c><00:34:24.789><c> their</c><00:34:25.389><c> spirit,</c><00:34:25.949><c> their</c><00:34:26.230><c> mind</c><00:34:26.550><c> was</c>

00:34:27.030 --> 00:34:28.570
right<00:34:27.449><c> where</c><00:34:27.690><c> their</c><00:34:27.909><c> mouth</c><00:34:28.110><c> was</c>

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in<00:34:29.030><c> the</c><00:34:29.250><c> murmuring</c><00:34:29.849><c> and</c><00:34:30.250><c> the</c><00:34:30.550><c> complaining</c><00:34:30.929><c> and</c><00:34:31.389><c> the</c><00:34:31.670><c> questioning</c><00:34:31.989><c> that</c><00:34:32.170><c> was</c>

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going<00:34:32.590><c> on.</c>

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So<00:34:35.610><c> God</c><00:34:36.050><c> brings</c><00:34:36.750><c> Amalek</c><00:34:37.530><c> against</c><00:34:38.210><c> them</c><00:34:38.489><c> and</c><00:34:38.710><c> it</c><00:34:38.849><c> would</c><00:34:39.070><c> seem</c><00:34:39.210><c> to</c><00:34:39.369><c> me</c><00:34:39.590><c> that</c><00:34:39.730><c> this</c><00:34:39.969><c> is</c><00:34:40.110><c> just</c><00:34:40.389><c> a</c>

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pattern<00:34:41.170><c> of</c><00:34:41.630><c> the</c>

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existence.<00:34:42.349><c> How</c><00:34:42.710><c> many</c><00:34:43.110><c> times</c><00:34:43.570><c> through</c><00:34:43.809><c> the</c><00:34:44.050><c> judges</c><00:34:44.429><c> and</c><00:34:44.710><c> through</c><00:34:44.929><c> the</c>

00:34:45.170 --> 00:34:47.869
kings<00:34:45.710><c> when</c><00:34:46.289><c> because</c><00:34:46.710><c> of</c><00:34:47.010><c> Israel's</c>

00:34:48.730 --> 00:34:52.750
unfaithfulness<00:34:49.309><c> to</c><00:34:49.510><c> God</c><00:34:49.869><c> he</c><00:34:50.329><c> brought</c><00:34:50.769><c> some</c><00:34:51.489><c> power</c><00:34:52.050><c> against</c>

00:34:52.750 --> 00:34:55.090
them<00:34:53.070><c> to</c><00:34:53.550><c> work</c><00:34:53.849><c> with</c><00:34:54.070><c> them</c><00:34:54.170><c> to</c><00:34:54.389><c> try</c><00:34:54.630><c> to</c><00:34:54.969><c> bring</c>

00:34:55.090 --> 00:34:59.170
them<00:34:55.309><c> back</c><00:34:55.570><c> to</c><00:34:55.730><c> him.</c><00:34:56.670><c> So</c><00:34:56.949><c> it</c><00:34:57.210><c> is</c><00:34:57.650><c> not</c><00:34:57.849><c> unusual</c><00:34:58.409><c> to</c><00:34:58.769><c> say</c><00:34:58.909><c> there's</c>

00:34:59.170 --> 00:35:01.909
a<00:34:59.309><c> link</c><00:34:59.449><c> between</c><00:34:59.849><c> verses</c><00:35:00.210><c> seven</c><00:35:00.550><c> and</c><00:35:00.769><c> verse</c><00:35:00.969><c> eight</c>

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:05.130
that<00:35:02.369><c> these</c><00:35:02.690><c> people</c><00:35:02.949><c> having</c><00:35:03.250><c> tempted</c><00:35:03.750><c> God</c><00:35:04.329><c> now</c><00:35:04.829><c> we're</c><00:35:05.030><c> going</c>

00:35:05.130 --> 00:35:09.670
to<00:35:05.349><c> face</c><00:35:05.590><c> Amalek.</c><00:35:07.969><c> Now</c><00:35:08.230><c> that</c><00:35:08.369><c> this</c><00:35:08.610><c> is</c><00:35:08.809><c> an</c><00:35:08.989><c> unusual</c>

00:35:09.670 --> 00:35:16.909
battle<00:35:10.309><c> should</c><00:35:10.789><c> be</c><00:35:11.110><c> obvious</c><00:35:11.530><c> to</c><00:35:11.789><c> us.</c><00:35:12.489><c> What</c><00:35:12.949><c> battle</c><00:35:13.369><c> is</c><00:35:13.769><c> ever</c><00:35:14.250><c> won</c><00:35:14.590><c> by</c><00:35:15.070><c> the</c><00:35:15.230><c> leader</c><00:35:15.409><c> going</c><00:35:15.650><c> up</c><00:35:15.889><c> on</c><00:35:16.010><c> the</c><00:35:16.210><c> top</c><00:35:16.329><c> of</c><00:35:16.550><c> a</c><00:35:16.690><c> hill</c>

00:35:16.909 --> 00:35:20.210
and<00:35:17.289><c> holding</c><00:35:17.489><c> his</c><00:35:17.710><c> hands</c><00:35:17.929><c> up</c><00:35:18.670><c> and</c><00:35:19.190><c> when</c><00:35:19.329><c> his</c><00:35:19.550><c> hands</c><00:35:19.769><c> were</c><00:35:20.010><c> up</c>

00:35:20.210 --> 00:35:21.969
they<00:35:20.369><c> were</c><00:35:20.550><c> winning</c><00:35:20.769><c> and</c><00:35:20.929><c> when</c><00:35:21.030><c> his</c><00:35:21.230><c> hands</c><00:35:21.449><c> came</c><00:35:21.690><c> down</c>

00:35:21.969 --> 00:35:26.530
they<00:35:22.090><c> were</c><00:35:22.329><c> losing.</c><00:35:23.510><c> Surely</c><00:35:23.949><c> that</c><00:35:24.210><c> tells</c><00:35:24.469><c> us</c><00:35:24.670><c> there's</c><00:35:24.889><c> something</c><00:35:25.230><c> more</c><00:35:25.690><c> than</c><00:35:25.869><c> just</c><00:35:26.309><c> a</c>

00:35:26.530 --> 00:35:28.289
normal<00:35:26.829><c> battle</c><00:35:27.210><c> here.</c>

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But<00:35:28.949><c> he</c><00:35:29.090><c> goes</c><00:35:29.309><c> on</c><00:35:29.590><c> to</c><00:35:29.829><c> say</c><00:35:29.949><c> in</c><00:35:30.130><c> verse</c><00:35:30.349><c> 16</c><00:35:31.090><c> that</c><00:35:32.429><c> the</c><00:35:32.730><c> Lord</c><00:35:33.389><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:34.090><c> has</c>

00:35:34.429 --> 00:35:37.429
sworn<00:35:34.969><c> he</c><00:35:35.369><c> will</c><00:35:35.650><c> have</c><00:35:35.969><c> war</c><00:35:36.469><c> with</c><00:35:36.889><c> Amalek</c>

00:35:37.429 --> 00:35:43.090
from<00:35:37.869><c> generation</c><00:35:38.610><c> to</c><00:35:39.590><c> generation.</c><00:35:42.170><c> In</c><00:35:42.269><c> other</c><00:35:42.329><c> words</c><00:35:42.469><c> this</c><00:35:42.630><c> seems</c><00:35:42.869><c> to</c>

00:35:43.090 --> 00:35:44.630
be<00:35:43.230><c> a</c><00:35:43.409><c> battle</c><00:35:43.570><c> that's</c><00:35:43.809><c> going</c><00:35:43.909><c> to</c><00:35:44.030><c> go</c><00:35:44.250><c> on</c>

00:35:44.630 --> 00:35:52.909
and<00:35:44.949><c> on</c><00:35:45.369><c> and</c><00:35:45.550><c> on.</c><00:35:47.449><c> Is</c><00:35:48.090><c> God</c><00:35:48.369><c> fighting</c><00:35:48.710><c> that</c><00:35:48.969><c> battle</c><00:35:49.349><c> today?</c><00:35:52.570><c> Well</c><00:35:52.809><c> if</c>

00:35:52.909 --> 00:35:55.489
we<00:35:53.150><c> think</c><00:35:53.289><c> it's</c><00:35:53.570><c> just</c><00:35:53.889><c> God's</c><00:35:54.449><c> battle</c><00:35:54.809><c> then</c><00:35:55.269><c> we</c>

00:35:55.489 --> 00:35:59.949
need<00:35:55.710><c> to</c><00:35:55.969><c> have</c><00:35:56.110><c> a</c><00:35:56.250><c> look</c><00:35:56.389><c> at</c><00:35:56.570><c> what</c><00:35:56.869><c> Moses</c><00:35:57.269><c> said</c><00:35:57.550><c> about</c><00:35:57.829><c> it</c><00:35:58.130><c> in</c><00:35:58.329><c> verse</c><00:35:58.590><c> 15.</c><00:35:59.670><c> He</c>

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built<00:36:00.349><c> an</c><00:36:00.789><c> altar</c><00:36:01.230><c> and</c><00:36:01.889><c> called</c><00:36:02.130><c> the</c><00:36:02.269><c> name</c>

00:36:02.409 --> 00:36:07.570
of<00:36:02.630><c> it</c><00:36:02.969><c> Jehovah</c><00:36:03.550><c> or</c><00:36:04.110><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:04.809><c> Nisi</c><00:36:05.269><c> which</c><00:36:06.510><c> in</c><00:36:06.829><c> your</c><00:36:07.070><c> margin</c><00:36:07.409><c> you</c>

00:36:07.570 --> 00:36:11.650
will<00:36:07.829><c> see</c><00:36:08.449><c> speaks</c><00:36:08.969><c> about</c><00:36:09.530><c> the</c><00:36:10.090><c> banner</c><00:36:10.590><c> of</c><00:36:11.250><c> God,</c>

00:36:11.650 --> 00:36:16.369
about<00:36:12.369><c> fighting</c><00:36:12.630><c> under</c><00:36:12.869><c> a</c><00:36:13.190><c> banner</c><00:36:13.510><c> so</c><00:36:14.449><c> that</c><00:36:14.710><c> people</c><00:36:15.050><c> who</c><00:36:15.469><c> fight</c><00:36:15.869><c> the</c>

00:36:16.369 --> 00:36:19.849
war<00:36:16.909><c> with</c><00:36:17.389><c> Amalek</c><00:36:18.130><c> are</c><00:36:18.570><c> fighting</c><00:36:18.849><c> under</c><00:36:19.329><c> the</c>

00:36:19.849 --> 00:36:23.929
banner<00:36:20.110><c> of</c><00:36:20.429><c> Yahweh,</c><00:36:21.050><c> fighting</c><00:36:21.409><c> in</c><00:36:21.590><c> his</c><00:36:21.949><c> name</c><00:36:22.750><c> against</c><00:36:23.389><c> this</c>

00:36:23.929 --> 00:36:27.250
enemy<00:36:24.289><c> which</c><00:36:24.710><c> will</c><00:36:25.030><c> be</c><00:36:25.210><c> there</c><00:36:25.469><c> in</c><00:36:25.829><c> every</c><00:36:26.090><c> generation.</c>

00:36:28.510 --> 00:36:33.309
And<00:36:28.789><c> you</c><00:36:28.909><c> can</c><00:36:29.090><c> see</c><00:36:29.309><c> that</c><00:36:30.230><c> people</c><00:36:30.610><c> who</c><00:36:30.809><c> don't</c><00:36:31.090><c> give</c><00:36:31.269><c> any</c><00:36:31.570><c> time</c><00:36:31.690><c> to</c><00:36:31.849><c> the</c><00:36:31.989><c> Bible</c><00:36:32.329><c> don't</c><00:36:32.730><c> have</c><00:36:32.969><c> a</c>

00:36:33.309 --> 00:36:35.610
chance<00:36:33.769><c> in</c><00:36:34.469><c> this</c><00:36:34.730><c> war.</c>

00:36:36.230 --> 00:36:39.489
If<00:36:36.550><c> this</c><00:36:36.909><c> war</c><00:36:37.110><c> is</c><00:36:37.369><c> a</c><00:36:37.570><c> vital</c><00:36:37.789><c> war</c><00:36:38.030><c> to</c><00:36:38.230><c> be</c><00:36:38.530><c> fought</c><00:36:38.829><c> and</c><00:36:39.190><c> you</c><00:36:39.309><c> don't</c>

00:36:39.489 --> 00:36:41.210
know<00:36:39.650><c> anything</c><00:36:39.929><c> about</c><00:36:40.150><c> the</c><00:36:40.389><c> Bible</c><00:36:40.590><c> how</c><00:36:40.829><c> could</c><00:36:41.030><c> you</c>

00:36:41.210 --> 00:36:45.230
win<00:36:41.349><c> it?</c><00:36:42.070><c> How</c><00:36:42.250><c> could</c><00:36:42.449><c> you</c><00:36:42.670><c> possibly</c><00:36:43.230><c> be</c><00:36:43.769><c> victorious</c><00:36:44.530><c> when</c><00:36:45.110><c> you</c>

00:36:45.230 --> 00:36:48.449
don't<00:36:45.409><c> know</c><00:36:45.510><c> who</c><00:36:45.769><c> the</c><00:36:45.929><c> enemy</c><00:36:46.170><c> is?</c><00:36:47.789><c> And</c><00:36:48.090><c> so</c><00:36:48.170><c> when</c><00:36:48.329><c> we</c>

00:36:48.449 --> 00:36:52.269
go<00:36:48.690><c> through</c><00:36:48.969><c> these</c><00:36:49.309><c> seminars</c><00:36:49.750><c> and</c><00:36:49.969><c> we</c><00:36:50.090><c> go</c><00:36:50.309><c> through</c><00:36:50.510><c> the</c><00:36:50.789><c> instruction</c><00:36:51.289><c> of</c><00:36:51.489><c> our</c><00:36:51.670><c> children</c><00:36:51.989><c> in</c>

00:36:52.269 --> 00:36:53.110
Sunday<00:36:52.510><c> school</c><00:36:52.809><c> and</c>

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CYC<00:36:53.769><c> and</c><00:36:53.889><c> we</c><00:36:54.429><c> talk</c><00:36:54.670><c> to</c><00:36:54.909><c> ourselves</c><00:36:55.349><c> and</c><00:36:55.510><c> to</c><00:36:55.690><c> others</c><00:36:55.909><c> in</c><00:36:56.050><c> our</c><00:36:56.250><c> lectures</c><00:36:56.550><c> about</c><00:36:57.329><c> the</c>

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nature<00:36:58.510><c> of</c><00:36:58.769><c> man,</c><00:37:00.130><c> about</c><00:37:00.369><c> who</c><00:37:00.630><c> the</c>

00:37:00.949 --> 00:37:07.110
devil<00:37:01.230><c> really</c><00:37:01.710><c> is,</c><00:37:02.889><c> that's</c><00:37:03.869><c> absolutely</c><00:37:04.710><c> essential</c><00:37:05.570><c> to</c><00:37:06.070><c> understand</c><00:37:06.710><c> and</c>

00:37:07.110 --> 00:37:10.289
to<00:37:07.289><c> know</c><00:37:07.789><c> to</c><00:37:08.090><c> be</c><00:37:08.289><c> victorious.</c><00:37:09.389><c> You</c><00:37:09.750><c> cannot</c>

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fight<00:37:10.769><c> an</c><00:37:10.949><c> enemy</c><00:37:11.210><c> if</c><00:37:11.389><c> you</c><00:37:11.630><c> do</c><00:37:11.909><c> not</c><00:37:12.150><c> know</c><00:37:12.530><c> who</c><00:37:12.909><c> the</c><00:37:13.110><c> enemy</c><00:37:13.309><c> is</c><00:37:13.989><c> and</c><00:37:14.369><c> how</c><00:37:14.769><c> that</c><00:37:15.070><c> enemy</c><00:37:15.349><c> actually</c><00:37:16.130><c> goes</c><00:37:16.590><c> to</c>

00:37:16.849 --> 00:37:17.250
battle<00:37:17.030><c> with</c>

00:37:17.250 --> 00:37:25.949
us.<00:37:20.130><c> We</c><00:37:20.210><c> need</c><00:37:20.510><c> to</c><00:37:20.889><c> give</c><00:37:21.050><c> attention</c><00:37:21.789><c> to</c><00:37:22.329><c> holding</c><00:37:22.670><c> up</c><00:37:23.329><c> hands.</c><00:37:25.630><c> Now</c><00:37:25.829><c> it</c>

00:37:25.949 --> 00:37:28.429
would<00:37:26.210><c> seem</c><00:37:26.389><c> to</c><00:37:26.590><c> me</c><00:37:27.090><c> that</c><00:37:27.449><c> if</c><00:37:27.590><c> there</c><00:37:27.750><c> was</c><00:37:27.969><c> anything</c>

00:37:28.429 --> 00:37:31.570
eternal<00:37:29.329><c> so</c><00:37:29.650><c> to</c><00:37:29.829><c> speak</c><00:37:29.949><c> about</c><00:37:30.230><c> this</c><00:37:30.690><c> battle,</c><00:37:30.949><c> if</c><00:37:31.070><c> it</c><00:37:31.269><c> really</c>

00:37:31.570 --> 00:37:34.030
was<00:37:31.809><c> from</c><00:37:32.130><c> generation</c><00:37:32.670><c> to</c><00:37:32.869><c> generation,</c><00:37:33.489><c> there</c><00:37:33.630><c> would</c><00:37:33.789><c> be</c>

00:37:34.030 --> 00:37:36.389
some<00:37:34.250><c> echo</c><00:37:34.489><c> in</c><00:37:34.650><c> the</c><00:37:34.710><c> New</c><00:37:34.889><c> Testament,</c><00:37:35.550><c> there</c><00:37:35.809><c> would</c><00:37:35.969><c> be</c><00:37:36.150><c> some</c>

00:37:36.389 --> 00:37:39.130
echo<00:37:36.809><c> in</c><00:37:37.289><c> other</c><00:37:37.489><c> parts</c><00:37:37.829><c> of</c><00:37:38.030><c> the</c><00:37:38.210><c> Old</c><00:37:38.469><c> Testament</c><00:37:38.829><c> about</c>

00:37:39.130 --> 00:37:43.090
this<00:37:39.349><c> kind</c><00:37:39.710><c> of</c><00:37:39.909><c> a</c><00:37:40.090><c> battle.</c><00:37:41.289><c> Well</c><00:37:41.750><c> we</c><00:37:42.190><c> don't</c><00:37:42.409><c> have</c><00:37:42.570><c> the</c><00:37:42.769><c> time</c><00:37:42.929><c> to</c>

00:37:43.090 --> 00:37:45.550
get<00:37:43.230><c> into</c><00:37:43.469><c> the</c><00:37:43.650><c> one</c><00:37:43.789><c> with</c><00:37:44.050><c> Saul</c><00:37:44.289><c> today</c><00:37:44.769><c> but</c><00:37:45.030><c> we</c><00:37:45.250><c> will</c>

00:37:45.550 --> 00:37:50.110
later<00:37:45.849><c> on</c><00:37:46.150><c> where</c><00:37:46.329><c> Samuel</c><00:37:46.710><c> tells</c><00:37:47.090><c> Saul</c><00:37:47.530><c> to</c><00:37:48.030><c> fulfill</c><00:37:48.510><c> these</c><00:37:48.809><c> words.</c><00:37:49.789><c> What</c><00:37:49.969><c> we</c>

00:37:50.110 --> 00:37:53.030
want<00:37:50.230><c> to</c><00:37:50.329><c> have</c><00:37:50.429><c> a</c><00:37:50.510><c> look</c><00:37:50.670><c> at</c><00:37:51.389><c> is</c><00:37:52.110><c> the</c><00:37:52.429><c> very</c>

00:37:53.030 --> 00:37:58.570
valuable<00:37:53.690><c> commentary</c><00:37:54.550><c> of</c><00:37:54.869><c> Moses</c><00:37:55.429><c> in</c><00:37:55.949><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:37:56.469><c> 25</c><00:37:57.309><c> and</c><00:37:58.090><c> we're</c><00:37:58.289><c> going</c><00:37:58.409><c> to</c>

00:37:58.570 --> 00:38:01.090
have<00:37:58.730><c> to</c><00:37:59.510><c> even</c><00:37:59.750><c> be</c><00:38:00.030><c> quick</c><00:38:00.190><c> at</c><00:38:00.809><c> referring</c>

00:38:01.090 --> 00:38:06.670
to<00:38:01.250><c> that</c><00:38:02.030><c> because</c><00:38:02.909><c> of</c><00:38:03.070><c> our</c><00:38:03.289><c> time.</c><00:38:03.909><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:38:04.409><c> 25</c><00:38:05.070><c> verse</c><00:38:05.289><c> 17,</c>

00:38:08.130 --> 00:38:11.429
he<00:38:08.269><c> says</c><00:38:08.530><c> in</c><00:38:09.210><c> recounting</c><00:38:09.829><c> to</c><00:38:10.030><c> Israel</c>

00:38:11.750 --> 00:38:15.210
about<00:38:12.349><c> things</c><00:38:12.650><c> they</c><00:38:12.969><c> ought</c><00:38:13.230><c> to</c><00:38:13.469><c> remember,</c><00:38:14.230><c> one</c><00:38:14.489><c> of</c><00:38:14.630><c> them</c><00:38:14.829><c> was</c>

00:38:15.210 --> 00:38:19.130
remember<00:38:16.130><c> what</c><00:38:16.730><c> Amalek</c><00:38:17.409><c> did</c><00:38:17.690><c> unto</c><00:38:17.989><c> thee</c><00:38:18.269><c> by</c><00:38:18.530><c> the</c><00:38:18.730><c> way</c>

00:38:19.130 --> 00:38:23.170
when<00:38:19.570><c> you</c><00:38:19.789><c> were</c><00:38:19.969><c> come</c><00:38:20.309><c> forth</c><00:38:20.570><c> out</c><00:38:20.789><c> of</c><00:38:20.989><c> Egypt,</c><00:38:21.789><c> how</c><00:38:22.050><c> he</c><00:38:22.349><c> met</c><00:38:22.630><c> thee</c><00:38:22.889><c> by</c>

00:38:23.170 --> 00:38:25.389
the<00:38:23.369><c> way</c><00:38:23.730><c> and</c><00:38:24.130><c> smote</c><00:38:24.489><c> behind</c><00:38:24.809><c> most</c><00:38:25.150><c> of</c>

00:38:25.389 --> 00:38:28.349
thee<00:38:25.590><c> even</c><00:38:25.809><c> all</c><00:38:26.230><c> that</c><00:38:26.329><c> were</c><00:38:26.650><c> feeble</c><00:38:27.050><c> behind</c><00:38:27.489><c> thee</c><00:38:27.909><c> when</c><00:38:28.150><c> thou</c>

00:38:28.349 --> 00:38:32.429
was<00:38:28.750><c> faint</c><00:38:29.210><c> and</c><00:38:29.730><c> weary</c><00:38:30.070><c> and</c><00:38:30.469><c> he</c><00:38:30.769><c> feared</c><00:38:30.969><c> not</c><00:38:31.409><c> God.</c>

00:38:32.489 --> 00:38:35.510
Therefore<00:38:32.730><c> it</c><00:38:33.010><c> shall</c><00:38:33.190><c> be</c><00:38:33.530><c> when</c><00:38:34.150><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:34.610><c> thy</c><00:38:34.849><c> God</c><00:38:35.070><c> hath</c><00:38:35.289><c> given</c>

00:38:35.510 --> 00:38:37.769
thee<00:38:35.769><c> rest</c><00:38:35.989><c> from</c><00:38:36.369><c> all</c><00:38:36.610><c> thine</c><00:38:36.769><c> enemies</c><00:38:37.070><c> round</c><00:38:37.429><c> about</c>

00:38:37.769 --> 00:38:40.949
in<00:38:38.289><c> the</c><00:38:38.469><c> land</c><00:38:38.610><c> which</c><00:38:38.869><c> the</c><00:38:39.130><c> Lord</c><00:38:39.329><c> thy</c><00:38:39.610><c> God</c><00:38:39.989><c> giveth</c><00:38:40.349><c> thee</c><00:38:40.530><c> for</c><00:38:40.730><c> an</c>

00:38:40.949 --> 00:38:42.829
inheritance<00:38:41.349><c> to</c><00:38:41.650><c> possess</c><00:38:41.969><c> it</c>

00:38:43.150 --> 00:38:46.210
that<00:38:43.510><c> thou</c><00:38:43.809><c> shalt</c><00:38:44.289><c> blot</c><00:38:44.690><c> out</c><00:38:44.969><c> the</c><00:38:45.289><c> remembrance</c><00:38:45.650><c> of</c><00:38:45.929><c> Amalek</c>

00:38:46.210 --> 00:38:48.949
from<00:38:46.389><c> under</c><00:38:46.670><c> heaven,</c><00:38:46.969><c> thou</c><00:38:47.050><c> shalt</c><00:38:47.369><c> not</c><00:38:47.670><c> forget</c><00:38:47.989><c> it.</c>

00:38:50.130 --> 00:38:53.389
Now<00:38:50.730><c> it</c><00:38:50.929><c> is</c><00:38:51.150><c> interesting</c><00:38:51.550><c> to</c><00:38:51.809><c> just</c><00:38:52.050><c> ponder</c><00:38:52.349><c> for</c><00:38:52.769><c> a</c><00:38:52.949><c> moment</c><00:38:53.150><c> or</c>

00:38:53.389 --> 00:38:56.570
two<00:38:53.550><c> the</c><00:38:54.389><c> things</c><00:38:54.789><c> that</c><00:38:55.230><c> may</c><00:38:55.630><c> come</c><00:38:55.969><c> to</c><00:38:56.190><c> our</c><00:38:56.389><c> mind,</c>

00:38:56.590 --> 00:39:00.349
not<00:38:56.829><c> necessarily</c><00:38:57.429><c> Saul</c><00:38:57.789><c> but</c><00:38:58.409><c> there's</c><00:38:58.869><c> another</c><00:38:59.369><c> battle</c><00:39:00.110><c> we</c>

00:39:00.349 --> 00:39:02.610
must<00:39:00.630><c> fight</c><00:39:00.969><c> that</c><00:39:01.289><c> the</c><00:39:01.389><c> New</c><00:39:01.590><c> Testament</c><00:39:01.929><c> talks</c><00:39:02.309><c> about</c>

00:39:02.610 --> 00:39:14.329
where<00:39:02.829><c> we</c><00:39:03.090><c> must</c><00:39:03.349><c> put</c><00:39:03.730><c> to</c><00:39:04.030><c> death</c><00:39:04.570><c> the</c><00:39:05.010><c> enemy,</c><00:39:09.530><c> crucify</c><00:39:10.550><c> the</c><00:39:11.230><c> flesh.</c><00:39:14.150><c> For</c>

00:39:14.329 --> 00:39:16.150
us<00:39:14.530><c> who</c><00:39:14.730><c> have</c><00:39:14.889><c> the</c><00:39:15.269><c> benefit</c><00:39:15.590><c> of</c><00:39:15.809><c> the</c><00:39:15.929><c> New</c>

00:39:16.150 --> 00:39:21.150
Testament<00:39:16.630><c> we</c><00:39:17.730><c> can</c><00:39:18.070><c> see</c><00:39:18.269><c> that</c><00:39:18.710><c> there</c><00:39:18.849><c> is</c><00:39:19.090><c> another</c><00:39:19.349><c> battle</c><00:39:19.650><c> like</c><00:39:19.949><c> this</c><00:39:20.610><c> where</c><00:39:21.050><c> you</c>

00:39:21.150 --> 00:39:22.969
have<00:39:21.389><c> to</c><00:39:21.849><c> blot</c><00:39:22.190><c> out</c>

00:39:23.010 --> 00:39:27.269
the<00:39:23.369><c> enemy,</c><00:39:24.250><c> you've</c><00:39:24.329><c> got</c><00:39:24.429><c> to</c><00:39:24.809><c> totally</c><00:39:25.309><c> eradicate</c><00:39:26.130><c> the</c><00:39:26.329><c> enemy,</c>

00:39:27.769 --> 00:39:31.610
crucify<00:39:28.429><c> the</c><00:39:28.670><c> flesh.</c><00:39:30.889><c> Not</c><00:39:31.010><c> a</c><00:39:31.170><c> battle</c><00:39:31.409><c> with</c>

00:39:31.610 --> 00:39:35.590
someone<00:39:31.869><c> else,</c><00:39:32.949><c> not</c><00:39:33.070><c> a</c><00:39:33.309><c> battle</c><00:39:33.429><c> with</c><00:39:33.650><c> an</c><00:39:33.849><c> enemy</c><00:39:34.090><c> that</c><00:39:34.250><c> will</c><00:39:34.489><c> appear</c><00:39:34.769><c> one</c><00:39:35.050><c> day,</c><00:39:35.349><c> it's</c><00:39:35.570><c> a</c>

00:39:35.590 --> 00:39:37.130
battle<00:39:35.829><c> with</c><00:39:36.050><c> ourselves.</c>

00:39:37.610 --> 00:39:42.809
Every<00:39:37.989><c> one</c><00:39:38.190><c> of</c><00:39:38.289><c> us</c><00:39:38.510><c> have</c><00:39:38.769><c> got</c><00:39:39.050><c> particular,</c><00:39:39.849><c> peculiar</c><00:39:40.550><c> problems</c><00:39:41.369><c> of</c><00:39:42.329><c> which</c><00:39:42.530><c> the</c>

00:39:42.809 --> 00:39:44.190
Bible<00:39:43.110><c> challenges</c><00:39:43.730><c> us,</c>

00:39:44.190 --> 00:39:52.130
we<00:39:44.909><c> must</c><00:39:45.349><c> learn</c><00:39:45.869><c> how</c><00:39:46.190><c> to</c><00:39:46.530><c> overcome.</c><00:39:48.010><c> And</c><00:39:48.230><c> the</c><00:39:48.389><c> Lord</c><00:39:48.670><c> seven</c><00:39:49.409><c> times</c><00:39:49.989><c> saying</c><00:39:50.429><c> overcome</c><00:39:51.349><c> and</c>

00:39:52.130 --> 00:39:54.250
this,<00:39:52.730><c> if</c><00:39:52.889><c> you</c><00:39:53.190><c> overcome</c>

00:39:54.429 --> 00:39:59.170
and<00:39:54.869><c> that,</c><00:39:55.690><c> that's</c><00:39:56.289><c> the</c><00:39:56.610><c> spirit</c><00:39:56.969><c> of</c><00:39:57.329><c> this</c><00:39:57.670><c> battle</c><00:39:57.949><c> which</c><00:39:58.389><c> was</c>

00:39:59.170 --> 00:40:02.090
commemorated<00:39:59.989><c> in</c><00:40:00.530><c> the</c><00:40:00.710><c> ways</c><00:40:00.969><c> that</c><00:40:01.190><c> we</c><00:40:01.329><c> saw</c><00:40:01.550><c> in</c><00:40:01.789><c> Exodus</c>

00:40:02.090 --> 00:40:07.909
17.<00:40:04.230><c> Who</c><00:40:04.510><c> does</c><00:40:04.769><c> Amalek</c><00:40:05.170><c> fight</c><00:40:05.449><c> against?</c><00:40:07.050><c> Amalek's</c><00:40:07.530><c> not</c><00:40:07.670><c> the</c>

00:40:07.909 --> 00:40:11.429
person<00:40:08.190><c> that</c><00:40:08.530><c> shows</c><00:40:08.829><c> up</c><00:40:09.110><c> so</c><00:40:09.289><c> to</c><00:40:09.550><c> speak</c><00:40:09.949><c> and</c><00:40:10.570><c> faces</c><00:40:11.130><c> you</c>

00:40:11.429 --> 00:40:16.570
or<00:40:11.590><c> confronts</c><00:40:12.409><c> you,</c><00:40:13.150><c> he's</c><00:40:13.530><c> the</c><00:40:13.710><c> one</c><00:40:13.869><c> who</c><00:40:14.670><c> works</c><00:40:14.949><c> on</c><00:40:15.250><c> the</c><00:40:15.829><c> weak,</c>

00:40:16.610 --> 00:40:19.590
the<00:40:16.849><c> feeble,</c><00:40:17.469><c> the</c><00:40:17.769><c> faint,</c><00:40:18.409><c> the</c><00:40:18.670><c> people</c><00:40:18.849><c> who</c><00:40:19.110><c> are</c>

00:40:19.590 --> 00:40:24.849
the<00:40:19.969><c> stragglers,</c><00:40:20.610><c> the</c><00:40:20.869><c> hindmost</c><00:40:21.449><c> of</c><00:40:21.670><c> the</c><00:40:21.789><c> verse</c><00:40:22.030><c> 18.</c><00:40:24.349><c> Brothers</c><00:40:24.610><c> and</c>

00:40:24.849 --> 00:40:26.409
sisters,<00:40:25.170><c> that's</c><00:40:25.530><c> essential,</c>

00:40:26.869 --> 00:40:31.130
absolutely<00:40:27.230><c> essential</c><00:40:27.710><c> to</c><00:40:27.889><c> this</c><00:40:28.150><c> battle.</c><00:40:28.750><c> You've</c><00:40:29.130><c> got</c><00:40:29.230><c> to</c><00:40:29.349><c> know</c><00:40:29.429><c> how</c><00:40:29.690><c> this</c><00:40:30.329><c> battle</c><00:40:30.650><c> is</c>

00:40:31.130 --> 00:40:41.289
fought.<00:40:33.349><c> This</c><00:40:33.610><c> is</c><00:40:33.949><c> a</c>

00:40:41.289 --> 00:40:46.590
week<00:40:41.570><c> and</c><00:40:41.909><c> stragglers.</c><00:40:44.510><c> I'm</c><00:40:44.670><c> not</c><00:40:44.829><c> thinking</c><00:40:44.989><c> about</c><00:40:45.130><c> people</c><00:40:45.349><c> come</c><00:40:45.530><c> in</c><00:40:45.750><c> late.</c>

00:40:48.909 --> 00:40:56.449
Think<00:40:49.210><c> about</c><00:40:49.590><c> every</c><00:40:50.050><c> one</c><00:40:50.190><c> of</c><00:40:50.349><c> us</c><00:40:51.510><c> could</c><00:40:52.489><c> be</c><00:40:54.110><c> weak</c><00:40:54.550><c> and</c><00:40:55.909><c> weary</c>

00:40:56.449 --> 00:40:59.010
and<00:40:57.170><c> faint</c><00:40:57.349><c>-hearted</c><00:40:57.690><c> spiritually,</c>

00:40:59.510 --> 00:41:04.389
questioning,<00:41:00.530><c> wondering</c><00:41:00.849><c> whether</c><00:41:01.210><c> this</c><00:41:01.489><c> really</c><00:41:01.789><c> is</c><00:41:02.010><c> the</c><00:41:02.190><c> faith,</c><00:41:03.230><c> asking</c><00:41:03.610><c> ourselves</c><00:41:04.010><c> why</c>

00:41:04.389 --> 00:41:05.590
did<00:41:04.670><c> God</c><00:41:04.889><c> bring</c><00:41:05.170><c> us</c><00:41:05.389><c> out</c>

00:41:05.590 --> 00:41:11.110
Egypt.<00:41:07.469><c> Those</c><00:41:07.829><c> kinds</c><00:41:08.190><c> of</c><00:41:08.369><c> questions</c><00:41:08.710><c> put</c><00:41:09.050><c> us</c><00:41:09.429><c> at</c><00:41:09.909><c> risk,</c><00:41:10.889><c> great</c>

00:41:11.110 --> 00:41:14.849
risk.<00:41:12.469><c> Anybody</c><00:41:12.849><c> who</c><00:41:13.150><c> is</c><00:41:13.510><c> faint</c><00:41:13.809><c>-hearted</c><00:41:14.210><c> in</c><00:41:14.530><c> the</c>

00:41:14.849 --> 00:41:21.030
truth<00:41:15.170><c> is</c><00:41:15.809><c> about</c><00:41:16.210><c> to</c><00:41:16.449><c> be</c><00:41:16.630><c> consumed</c><00:41:17.210><c> by</c><00:41:17.829><c> their</c><00:41:18.389><c> flesh,</c><00:41:19.489><c> by</c><00:41:20.090><c> Amalek,</c><00:41:20.829><c> by</c>

00:41:21.030 --> 00:41:23.769
the<00:41:21.329><c> warfare</c><00:41:21.789><c> which</c><00:41:22.190><c> we</c><00:41:22.570><c> must</c><00:41:22.829><c> learn</c><00:41:23.369><c> to</c>

00:41:23.769 --> 00:41:28.730
overcome.<00:41:25.269><c> That's</c><00:41:25.710><c> the</c><00:41:25.889><c> whole</c><00:41:26.130><c> battle.</c><00:41:26.690><c> It's</c><00:41:26.829><c> not</c><00:41:27.090><c> something</c>

00:41:28.730 --> 00:41:31.269
that<00:41:29.030><c> must</c><00:41:29.329><c> yet</c><00:41:29.670><c> show</c><00:41:30.010><c> up</c><00:41:30.469><c> in</c><00:41:30.710><c> our</c><00:41:30.929><c> life,</c>

00:41:31.269 --> 00:41:34.889
it's<00:41:31.949><c> probably</c><00:41:32.510><c> something</c><00:41:32.849><c> we</c><00:41:33.110><c> know</c><00:41:33.630><c> the</c><00:41:34.170><c> battle</c><00:41:34.369><c> we</c><00:41:34.550><c> have</c><00:41:34.710><c> to</c>

00:41:34.889 --> 00:41:37.070
fight,<00:41:35.190><c> we</c><00:41:35.309><c> know</c><00:41:35.570><c> the</c><00:41:35.769><c> enemy,</c><00:41:36.070><c> we</c><00:41:36.230><c> know</c><00:41:36.510><c> the</c><00:41:36.710><c> weakness</c>

00:41:37.070 --> 00:41:41.590
we<00:41:37.590><c> have</c><00:41:37.829><c> not</c><00:41:38.110><c> been</c><00:41:38.309><c> able</c><00:41:38.550><c> to</c><00:41:38.849><c> overcome.</c><00:41:41.010><c> What</c><00:41:41.170><c> are</c><00:41:41.269><c> we</c><00:41:41.409><c> doing</c>

00:41:41.590 --> 00:41:43.190
to<00:41:41.809><c> fight</c><00:41:41.969><c> that</c><00:41:42.230><c> battle?</c>

00:41:45.389 --> 00:41:50.329
Now<00:41:45.710><c> that</c><00:41:45.829><c> there</c><00:41:46.010><c> is</c><00:41:46.269><c> great</c><00:41:46.510><c> dangers</c><00:41:46.989><c> to</c><00:41:47.269><c> us</c><00:41:47.429><c> when</c><00:41:47.650><c> we're</c><00:41:48.570><c> faint</c><00:41:48.829><c>-hearted</c><00:41:49.269><c> and</c>

00:41:50.329 --> 00:41:52.210
weary<00:41:50.570><c> is</c><00:41:50.909><c> shown</c><00:41:51.070><c> up</c><00:41:51.289><c> by</c><00:41:51.550><c> one</c><00:41:51.809><c> other</c>

00:41:52.210 --> 00:41:54.909
particular<00:41:52.690><c> example.</c><00:41:53.210><c> I'd</c><00:41:53.530><c> just</c><00:41:53.530><c> like</c><00:41:53.650><c> to</c><00:41:53.869><c> take</c><00:41:54.010><c> a</c><00:41:54.170><c> minute</c><00:41:54.429><c> just</c><00:41:54.769><c> to</c>

00:41:54.909 --> 00:41:59.769
look<00:41:55.030><c> it</c><00:41:55.150><c> up.</c><00:41:57.909><c> This</c><00:41:58.429><c> example</c><00:41:58.949><c> will</c><00:41:59.309><c> illustrate</c>

00:41:59.769 --> 00:42:04.829
to<00:41:59.929><c> us,</c><00:42:01.389><c> I</c><00:42:01.829><c> think</c><00:42:02.110><c> better</c><00:42:02.409><c> than</c><00:42:02.949><c> even</c><00:42:03.170><c> in</c><00:42:03.389><c> the</c><00:42:03.409><c> case</c><00:42:03.650><c> of</c><00:42:03.929><c> Amalek,</c><00:42:04.550><c> just</c>

00:42:04.829 --> 00:42:07.090
how<00:42:05.170><c> weak</c><00:42:05.369><c> we</c><00:42:05.530><c> can</c><00:42:05.750><c> get</c><00:42:05.889><c> at</c><00:42:06.150><c> times.</c>

00:42:07.230 --> 00:42:15.070
Genesis<00:42:07.590><c> 25,</c><00:42:08.909><c> see</c><00:42:09.130><c> it's</c><00:42:09.210><c> not</c><00:42:09.969><c> just</c><00:42:12.309><c> the</c><00:42:12.949><c> hunger</c><00:42:13.429><c> or</c><00:42:13.829><c> the</c><00:42:14.210><c> thirst</c><00:42:14.590><c> that</c>

00:42:15.070 --> 00:42:18.690
may<00:42:15.329><c> be</c><00:42:16.849><c> something</c><00:42:17.150><c> we</c><00:42:17.449><c> know</c><00:42:17.730><c> and</c><00:42:18.150><c> experience</c>

00:42:18.690 --> 00:42:22.010
at<00:42:18.989><c> times,</c><00:42:19.489><c> it's</c><00:42:19.869><c> the</c><00:42:20.150><c> mental</c><00:42:20.550><c> attitude</c><00:42:21.110><c> that</c><00:42:21.369><c> comes</c><00:42:21.670><c> around</c>

00:42:22.010 --> 00:42:25.289
it.<00:42:23.289><c> If</c><00:42:23.570><c> we</c><00:42:23.730><c> were</c><00:42:23.909><c> just</c><00:42:24.269><c> weak</c><00:42:24.469><c> physically</c><00:42:25.010><c> from</c>

00:42:25.289 --> 00:42:28.530
hunger<00:42:25.570><c> and</c><00:42:25.829><c> thirst,</c><00:42:26.510><c> that's</c><00:42:26.710><c> one</c><00:42:26.969><c> thing,</c><00:42:27.190><c> but</c><00:42:27.489><c> to</c><00:42:27.849><c> be</c><00:42:28.130><c> weak</c>

00:42:28.530 --> 00:42:32.429
mentally<00:42:29.190><c> at</c><00:42:29.389><c> the</c><00:42:29.590><c> same</c><00:42:29.909><c> time</c><00:42:30.210><c> puts</c><00:42:30.469><c> us</c><00:42:30.889><c> doubly</c><00:42:31.289><c> at</c><00:42:31.530><c> risk.</c>

00:42:33.929 --> 00:42:39.469
So<00:42:34.130><c> we</c><00:42:34.349><c> read</c><00:42:34.769><c> in</c><00:42:35.329><c> verse</c><00:42:35.550><c> 29</c><00:42:35.989><c> of</c><00:42:36.449><c> Genesis</c><00:42:36.789><c> 25</c><00:42:37.750><c> that</c><00:42:38.309><c> Jacob</c><00:42:38.750><c> sawed</c>

00:42:39.469 --> 00:42:42.650
potage<00:42:39.869><c> and</c><00:42:40.090><c> Esau</c><00:42:40.469><c> came</c><00:42:40.849><c> from</c><00:42:41.050><c> the</c><00:42:41.289><c> field</c><00:42:41.590><c> and</c><00:42:42.190><c> he</c>

00:42:42.650 --> 00:42:49.510
was<00:42:43.449><c> faint.</c><00:42:45.190><c> That's</c><00:42:45.710><c> the</c><00:42:45.869><c> word</c><00:42:46.030><c> we</c><00:42:46.329><c> picked</c><00:42:46.489><c> up</c><00:42:46.769><c> in</c><00:42:47.250><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:47.869><c> 25.</c><00:42:48.670><c> He</c><00:42:48.969><c> was</c>

00:42:49.510 --> 00:42:51.829
faint.<00:42:50.190><c> Why</c><00:42:50.530><c> was</c><00:42:50.769><c> he</c><00:42:51.010><c> faint?</c>

00:42:52.230 --> 00:42:55.949
Well<00:42:52.710><c> it</c><00:42:52.849><c> says,</c><00:42:53.889><c> he</c><00:42:53.889><c> said</c><00:42:54.130><c> to</c><00:42:54.389><c> Jacob,</c><00:42:54.969><c> feed</c><00:42:55.130><c> me,</c><00:42:55.590><c> I</c><00:42:55.590><c> pray</c><00:42:55.789><c> thee,</c>

00:42:55.949 --> 00:42:58.449
with<00:42:56.110><c> that</c><00:42:56.449><c> same</c><00:42:56.710><c> red</c><00:42:57.030><c> potage,</c><00:42:57.409><c> for</c><00:42:57.570><c> I</c><00:42:57.750><c> am</c><00:42:58.070><c> faint.</c>

00:42:58.750 --> 00:43:03.030
Therefore<00:42:59.130><c> was</c><00:42:59.409><c> his</c><00:42:59.610><c> name</c><00:42:59.829><c> called</c><00:43:00.130><c> Edom.</c><00:43:01.590><c> Jacob</c><00:43:01.909><c> said</c><00:43:02.150><c> to</c><00:43:02.289><c> him,</c><00:43:02.710><c> sell</c><00:43:02.789><c> me</c>

00:43:03.030 --> 00:43:04.650
this<00:43:03.230><c> day</c><00:43:03.409><c> thy</c><00:43:03.590><c> birthright.</c>

00:43:05.130 --> 00:43:09.130
And<00:43:05.369><c> Esau</c><00:43:05.530><c> said,</c><00:43:06.190><c> behold,</c><00:43:07.150><c> I</c><00:43:07.369><c> am</c><00:43:07.510><c> at</c><00:43:07.630><c> the</c><00:43:07.809><c> point</c><00:43:07.969><c> to</c><00:43:08.289><c> die.</c><00:43:08.889><c> What</c>

00:43:09.130 --> 00:43:11.550
profit<00:43:09.449><c> shall</c><00:43:09.690><c> this</c><00:43:09.929><c> birthright</c><00:43:10.349><c> be</c><00:43:10.550><c> to</c><00:43:10.769><c> me?</c>

00:43:11.869 --> 00:43:14.630
And<00:43:12.230><c> Jacob</c><00:43:12.570><c> said,</c><00:43:13.030><c> swear</c><00:43:13.230><c> to</c><00:43:13.429><c> me</c><00:43:13.550><c> this</c><00:43:13.789><c> day.</c><00:43:14.050><c> And</c><00:43:14.210><c> he</c><00:43:14.409><c> sweared</c>

00:43:14.630 --> 00:43:17.570
unto<00:43:14.809><c> him,</c><00:43:15.369><c> and</c><00:43:15.570><c> he</c><00:43:15.809><c> sold</c><00:43:16.010><c> his</c><00:43:16.250><c> birthright</c><00:43:17.030><c> unto</c>

00:43:17.570 --> 00:43:21.969
Jacob.<00:43:19.070><c> And</c><00:43:19.269><c> Jacob</c><00:43:19.510><c> gave</c><00:43:19.809><c> Esau</c><00:43:20.150><c> bread</c><00:43:20.570><c> and</c><00:43:20.869><c> potage</c><00:43:21.190><c> of</c><00:43:21.329><c> lentils</c><00:43:21.690><c> and</c><00:43:21.849><c> he</c>

00:43:21.969 --> 00:43:23.489
did<00:43:22.150><c> eat</c><00:43:22.269><c> and</c><00:43:22.510><c> drink,</c><00:43:22.949><c> rose</c><00:43:23.170><c> up,</c>

00:43:23.570 --> 00:43:27.429
went<00:43:23.630><c> his</c><00:43:23.849><c> way.</c><00:43:24.949><c> Thus</c><00:43:25.130><c> Esau</c><00:43:25.690><c> despised</c><00:43:26.429><c> his</c><00:43:26.750><c> birthright.</c><00:43:27.170><c> Now</c>

00:43:27.429 --> 00:43:31.329
that's<00:43:27.929><c> the</c><00:43:28.170><c> problem</c><00:43:28.610><c> of</c><00:43:28.969><c> being</c><00:43:29.389><c> weak</c><00:43:29.750><c> and</c><00:43:30.150><c> faint</c><00:43:30.389><c>-hearted.</c>

00:43:31.670 --> 00:43:38.570
That<00:43:31.849><c> at</c><00:43:32.030><c> a</c><00:43:32.329><c> time</c><00:43:32.710><c> when</c><00:43:33.369><c> something</c><00:43:34.849><c> bothers</c><00:43:35.610><c> us,</c><00:43:36.289><c> it</c><00:43:36.489><c> may</c><00:43:36.710><c> be</c><00:43:36.909><c> hunger,</c><00:43:37.329><c> it</c><00:43:37.389><c> may</c><00:43:37.590><c> be</c><00:43:37.809><c> thirst,</c><00:43:38.030><c> it</c><00:43:38.190><c> may</c><00:43:38.289><c> be</c><00:43:38.469><c> a</c>

00:43:38.570 --> 00:43:38.969
number<00:43:38.750><c> of</c>

00:43:38.969 --> 00:43:44.690
other<00:43:39.110><c> things,</c><00:43:40.789><c> but</c><00:43:41.130><c> being</c><00:43:41.510><c> weak</c><00:43:41.809><c> in</c><00:43:42.190><c> spirit,</c><00:43:42.809><c> being</c><00:43:43.130><c> weak</c><00:43:43.469><c> in</c>

00:43:44.690 --> 00:43:48.050
faith,<00:43:45.590><c> puts</c><00:43:45.769><c> us</c><00:43:46.130><c> at</c><00:43:46.409><c> risk</c><00:43:46.730><c> to</c><00:43:46.949><c> lose</c><00:43:47.190><c> everything.</c>

00:43:48.130 --> 00:43:51.730
So<00:43:48.650><c> here</c><00:43:48.829><c> was</c><00:43:49.050><c> a</c><00:43:49.210><c> man</c><00:43:49.389><c> who</c><00:43:49.909><c> couldn't</c><00:43:50.230><c> care</c><00:43:50.510><c> less</c><00:43:50.710><c> about</c><00:43:50.909><c> his</c><00:43:51.150><c> birthright</c><00:43:51.530><c> at</c>

00:43:51.730 --> 00:43:52.949
this<00:43:51.949><c> time</c>

00:43:53.010 --> 00:43:56.690
and<00:43:53.530><c> prepared</c><00:43:53.849><c> to</c><00:43:54.150><c> sell</c><00:43:54.250><c> it</c><00:43:54.409><c> to</c><00:43:54.550><c> Jacob.</c><00:43:55.289><c> And</c><00:43:55.449><c> we</c><00:43:55.530><c> know</c><00:43:55.670><c> how</c><00:43:55.869><c> that's</c><00:43:56.349><c> picked</c><00:43:56.469><c> up</c>

00:43:56.690 --> 00:43:58.429
and<00:43:56.889><c> we</c><00:43:56.989><c> just</c><00:43:57.230><c> look</c><00:43:57.409><c> at</c><00:43:57.570><c> that</c>

00:43:58.429 --> 00:44:02.309
comment<00:43:58.809><c> on</c><00:43:59.050><c> this</c><00:43:59.250><c> in</c><00:43:59.570><c> Hebrews</c><00:43:59.889><c> chapter</c><00:44:00.329><c> 12.</c><00:44:01.590><c> It</c><00:44:01.829><c> speaks</c><00:44:02.110><c> of</c>

00:44:02.309 --> 00:44:05.150
him<00:44:02.530><c> in</c><00:44:02.809><c> very</c><00:44:03.070><c> despicable</c><00:44:03.610><c> terms</c><00:44:04.090><c> because</c><00:44:04.550><c> of</c>

00:44:05.150 --> 00:44:09.449
the<00:44:05.309><c> way</c><00:44:05.449><c> he</c><00:44:05.969><c> despised</c><00:44:06.590><c> his</c><00:44:07.010><c> birthright.</c><00:44:08.530><c> Hebrews</c><00:44:08.829><c> 12</c><00:44:09.250><c> verse</c>

00:44:09.449 --> 00:44:13.550
16.<00:44:11.530><c> It</c><00:44:11.530><c> says,</c><00:44:11.869><c> lest</c><00:44:11.949><c> there</c><00:44:12.150><c> be</c><00:44:12.369><c> any</c><00:44:12.789><c> fornicator</c>

00:44:13.550 --> 00:44:19.809
or<00:44:14.030><c> profane</c><00:44:14.750><c> person</c><00:44:15.349><c> as</c><00:44:15.849><c> Esau,</c><00:44:17.309><c> who</c><00:44:17.409><c> for</c><00:44:17.670><c> one</c><00:44:18.409><c> morsel</c><00:44:18.829><c> of</c><00:44:19.090><c> meat</c>

00:44:19.809 --> 00:44:24.349
sold<00:44:20.829><c> his</c><00:44:21.110><c> birthright.</c><00:44:22.670><c> For</c><00:44:22.869><c> you</c><00:44:23.130><c> know</c><00:44:23.550><c> how</c><00:44:23.949><c> that</c>

00:44:24.349 --> 00:44:27.429
afterward,<00:44:25.550><c> when</c><00:44:25.750><c> he</c><00:44:25.969><c> would</c><00:44:26.269><c> have</c><00:44:26.510><c> inherited</c><00:44:26.889><c> the</c><00:44:27.150><c> blessing,</c>

00:44:27.449 --> 00:44:30.250
he<00:44:27.630><c> was</c><00:44:27.929><c> rejected,</c><00:44:29.050><c> for</c><00:44:29.250><c> he</c><00:44:29.469><c> found</c><00:44:29.710><c> no</c><00:44:30.070><c> place</c>

00:44:30.250 --> 00:44:34.929
of<00:44:30.530><c> repentance,</c><00:44:31.050><c> though</c><00:44:31.289><c> he</c><00:44:31.570><c> sought</c><00:44:31.769><c> it</c><00:44:32.070><c> carefully</c><00:44:32.409><c> with</c><00:44:32.710><c> tears.</c><00:44:34.690><c> But</c>

00:44:34.929 --> 00:44:40.429
we're<00:44:35.070><c> thinking</c><00:44:35.349><c> about,</c><00:44:39.329><c> brothers</c><00:44:39.329><c> and</c>

00:44:40.849 --> 00:44:45.710
sisters,<00:44:41.449><c> when</c><00:44:41.449><c> our</c><00:44:41.969><c> faith</c><00:44:42.309><c> is</c><00:44:42.690><c> weak,</c><00:44:43.309><c> we</c><00:44:43.309><c> are</c><00:44:43.690><c> very</c><00:44:44.349><c> vulnerable</c><00:44:44.989><c> to</c><00:44:45.309><c> this</c>

00:44:45.710 --> 00:44:47.929
battle,<00:44:46.650><c> which</c><00:44:46.789><c> is</c><00:44:47.110><c> going</c><00:44:47.329><c> on</c><00:44:47.630><c> from</c>

00:44:47.929 --> 00:44:52.269
generation<00:44:48.650><c> to</c><00:44:48.929><c> generation.</c><00:44:50.610><c> We</c><00:44:50.929><c> are</c><00:44:51.210><c> only</c><00:44:51.590><c> able</c><00:44:51.889><c> to</c><00:44:52.110><c> fight</c>

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this<00:44:52.570><c> battle</c><00:44:52.889><c> under</c><00:44:53.190><c> the</c><00:44:53.550><c> banner</c><00:44:54.010><c> of</c><00:44:54.550><c> our</c><00:44:54.849><c> God,</c>

00:44:55.989 --> 00:44:59.969
only<00:44:56.429><c> able</c><00:44:56.750><c> to</c><00:44:57.010><c> fight</c><00:44:57.230><c> it</c><00:44:57.409><c> with</c><00:44:57.630><c> the</c><00:44:58.769><c> equipment</c><00:44:59.250><c> that</c><00:44:59.530><c> God's</c>

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given<00:45:00.130><c> us,</c><00:45:00.590><c> that</c><00:45:00.730><c> we</c><00:45:00.969><c> would</c><00:45:01.409><c> pray</c><00:45:01.809><c> to</c><00:45:01.989><c> him</c><00:45:02.329><c> and</c>

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ask<00:45:02.889><c> for</c><00:45:03.070><c> his</c><00:45:03.349><c> grace</c><00:45:03.690><c> and</c><00:45:03.849><c> his</c><00:45:04.110><c> favor.</c><00:45:04.789><c> But</c><00:45:05.010><c> we</c><00:45:05.070><c> don't</c><00:45:05.289><c> do</c><00:45:05.469><c> that</c>

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when<00:45:05.869><c> we're</c><00:45:06.170><c> weak</c><00:45:06.449><c> and</c><00:45:06.670><c> faint</c><00:45:06.869><c>-hearted</c><00:45:07.150><c> often</c>

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because<00:45:09.510><c> we're</c><00:45:10.070><c> faint</c><00:45:10.349><c> in</c><00:45:10.849><c> spirit,</c><00:45:11.969><c> faint</c><00:45:12.170><c> spiritually.</c><00:45:14.469><c> Now,</c><00:45:14.769><c> knowing</c><00:45:15.010><c> these</c><00:45:15.389><c> things,</c><00:45:16.030><c> brothers</c><00:45:16.150><c> and</c><00:45:16.369><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:16.710 --> 00:45:19.670
which<00:45:16.909><c> is</c><00:45:17.130><c> a</c><00:45:17.269><c> lesson</c><00:45:17.489><c> that</c><00:45:17.730><c> occurs</c><00:45:17.969><c> very</c><00:45:18.349><c> early</c><00:45:18.510><c> in</c><00:45:18.650><c> the</c><00:45:18.809><c> Bible,</c><00:45:19.449><c> going</c>

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back<00:45:19.969><c> as</c><00:45:20.190><c> far</c><00:45:20.349><c> as</c><00:45:20.630><c> Esau,</c><00:45:21.409><c> it's</c><00:45:21.670><c> a</c><00:45:21.789><c> very</c>

00:45:22.329 --> 00:45:28.269
early<00:45:22.750><c> lesson</c><00:45:23.110><c> in</c><00:45:23.289><c> the</c><00:45:23.449><c> Bible.</c><00:45:24.929><c> That</c><00:45:25.210><c> gives</c><00:45:25.409><c> us</c><00:45:25.750><c> great</c><00:45:25.969><c> advantage</c><00:45:26.690><c> in</c><00:45:27.269><c> being</c><00:45:27.510><c> able</c><00:45:27.769><c> to</c>

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put<00:45:28.710><c> into</c><00:45:29.110><c> place</c><00:45:29.530><c> and</c>

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into<00:45:29.989><c> action</c><00:45:30.550><c> the</c><00:45:31.389><c> things</c><00:45:31.650><c> which</c><00:45:31.909><c> will</c><00:45:32.269><c> allow</c><00:45:32.510><c> us</c><00:45:32.809><c> to</c><00:45:33.289><c> overcome,</c><00:45:34.170><c> to</c><00:45:34.329><c> be</c>

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victorious<00:45:35.369><c> in</c><00:45:35.550><c> our</c><00:45:35.710><c> life,</c>

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and<00:45:36.389><c> to</c><00:45:36.570><c> receive</c><00:45:37.070><c> the</c><00:45:37.349><c> great</c><00:45:37.690><c> reward</c><00:45:38.389><c> that</c><00:45:39.030><c> the</c><00:45:39.230><c> Lord</c><00:45:39.510><c> Jesus</c>

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attaches<00:45:40.429><c> to</c><00:45:40.849><c> every</c><00:45:41.250><c> one</c><00:45:41.409><c> of</c><00:45:41.489><c> those</c><00:45:41.730><c> statements</c>

00:45:42.110 --> 00:45:46.409
about<00:45:42.469><c> overcome.</c><00:45:44.289><c> Like</c><00:45:44.449><c> he's</c><00:45:45.010><c> trying</c><00:45:45.349><c> to</c><00:45:45.550><c> attract</c><00:45:45.989><c> us,</c><00:45:46.269><c> you</c>

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want<00:45:46.650><c> to</c><00:45:46.909><c> overcome,</c><00:45:47.570><c> you</c><00:45:47.610><c> want</c><00:45:47.869><c> these</c><00:45:48.150><c> great</c><00:45:48.389><c> rewards,</c>

00:45:48.869 --> 00:45:52.030
then<00:45:49.030><c> you've</c><00:45:49.230><c> got</c><00:45:49.409><c> to</c><00:45:49.909><c> get</c><00:45:50.070><c> into</c><00:45:50.369><c> it</c><00:45:50.570><c> and</c><00:45:50.730><c> fight</c><00:45:51.030><c> harder,</c><00:45:51.769><c> know</c>

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your<00:45:52.309><c> enemy,</c><00:45:52.829><c> and</c><00:45:53.030><c> know</c><00:45:53.210><c> how</c><00:45:53.409><c> to</c><00:45:53.630><c> deal</c><00:45:53.929><c> with</c><00:45:54.550><c> those</c>

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things<00:45:55.110><c> which</c><00:45:55.409><c> are</c><00:45:55.769><c> otherwise</c><00:45:56.650><c> overcoming</c><00:45:57.429><c> us.</c><00:45:58.349><c> Interesting</c>

00:45:58.750 --> 00:46:02.230
case,<00:45:59.269><c> isn't</c><00:45:59.309><c> it?</c><00:46:00.369><c> If</c><00:46:00.730><c> we</c><00:46:00.969><c> don't</c><00:46:01.230><c> overcome,</c>

00:46:02.449 --> 00:46:06.510
we<00:46:02.969><c> will</c><00:46:03.230><c> be</c><00:46:03.469><c> overcome.</c><00:46:03.949><c> It's</c><00:46:04.170><c> a</c><00:46:04.429><c> struggle.</c><00:46:05.650><c> One's</c><00:46:06.110><c> going</c><00:46:06.309><c> to</c>

00:46:06.510 --> 00:46:09.610
win,<00:46:07.329><c> either</c><00:46:07.469><c> that</c><00:46:07.750><c> which</c><00:46:07.969><c> is</c><00:46:08.550><c> we're</c><00:46:08.809><c> fighting</c><00:46:09.070><c> against</c>

00:46:09.610 --> 00:46:14.130
and<00:46:10.309><c> it's</c><00:46:10.630><c> our</c><00:46:10.809><c> personal</c><00:46:11.190><c> weakness,</c><00:46:12.369><c> or</c><00:46:12.570><c> whether</c><00:46:12.989><c> because</c><00:46:13.989><c> of</c>

00:46:14.130 --> 00:46:16.550
what<00:46:14.289><c> we</c><00:46:14.510><c> can</c><00:46:14.690><c> put</c><00:46:14.889><c> together</c><00:46:15.309><c> with</c><00:46:15.670><c> the</c><00:46:16.070><c> things</c><00:46:16.289><c> that</c>

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God<00:46:17.070><c> tells</c><00:46:17.449><c> us</c><00:46:17.670><c> in</c><00:46:17.809><c> his</c><00:46:18.050><c> word,</c><00:46:18.590><c> we</c><00:46:18.809><c> can</c><00:46:19.110><c> find</c><00:46:19.329><c> the</c><00:46:19.590><c> strength</c><00:46:19.829><c> and</c><00:46:20.070><c> the</c><00:46:20.309><c> resources</c><00:46:20.650><c> which</c><00:46:20.969><c> essentially</c><00:46:21.469><c> is</c>

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his<00:46:21.949><c> help,</c>

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and<00:46:23.250><c> we</c><00:46:23.849><c> are</c><00:46:24.449><c> the</c><00:46:24.610><c> ones</c><00:46:24.750><c> that</c><00:46:24.989><c> overcome</c><00:46:25.429><c> and</c><00:46:25.690><c> be</c><00:46:25.889><c> victorious.</c>

00:46:27.889 --> 00:46:29.329
So<00:46:28.130><c> we</c><00:46:28.329><c> trust,</c><00:46:28.750><c> brothers</c><00:46:28.849><c> and</c><00:46:29.090><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:29.329 --> 00:46:32.329
as<00:46:29.449><c> we</c><00:46:29.650><c> go</c><00:46:29.969><c> through</c><00:46:30.489><c> these</c><00:46:30.929><c> lessons</c><00:46:31.309><c> this</c><00:46:31.670><c> week,</c><00:46:31.949><c> there's</c><00:46:32.170><c> going</c><00:46:32.250><c> to</c>

00:46:32.329 --> 00:46:34.789
be<00:46:32.510><c> very</c><00:46:33.010><c> valuable</c><00:46:33.590><c> things</c><00:46:34.010><c> to</c><00:46:34.309><c> us,</c>

00:46:35.289 --> 00:46:39.989
a<00:46:35.590><c> very</c><00:46:35.889><c> deceitful,</c><00:46:37.510><c> trying</c><00:46:38.230><c> time</c><00:46:38.670><c> in</c><00:46:38.789><c> this</c><00:46:39.050><c> world</c><00:46:39.250><c> about</c><00:46:39.449><c> us,</c>

00:46:40.409 --> 00:46:42.630
where<00:46:40.590><c> the</c><00:46:40.829><c> world</c><00:46:41.010><c> is</c><00:46:41.369><c> trying</c><00:46:41.630><c> harder</c><00:46:42.150><c> and</c><00:46:42.389><c> harder</c>

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to<00:46:42.869><c> squeeze</c><00:46:43.570><c> every</c><00:46:44.050><c> little</c><00:46:44.409><c> bit</c><00:46:44.550><c> of</c><00:46:44.909><c> energy</c><00:46:45.329><c> and</c><00:46:45.929><c> resources</c>

00:46:46.409 --> 00:46:49.190
it<00:46:46.750><c> can</c><00:46:46.929><c> out</c><00:46:47.070><c> of</c><00:46:47.230><c> us</c><00:46:47.690><c> for</c><00:46:48.070><c> their</c><00:46:48.349><c> favor.</c>

00:46:49.929 --> 00:46:52.570
That's<00:46:50.530><c> leading</c><00:46:50.750><c> us</c><00:46:50.989><c> in</c><00:46:51.130><c> the</c><00:46:51.369><c> wrong</c><00:46:51.570><c> direction.</c><00:46:52.090><c> We've</c><00:46:52.449><c> got</c>

00:46:52.570 --> 00:46:54.550
to<00:46:52.750><c> learn</c><00:46:52.909><c> how</c><00:46:53.110><c> to</c><00:46:53.449><c> overcome</c><00:46:53.869><c> these</c><00:46:54.250><c> things</c>

00:46:54.550 --> 00:46:58.809
lest<00:46:55.469><c> we</c><00:46:55.650><c> be</c><00:46:56.030><c> swallowed</c><00:46:56.309><c> up</c><00:46:56.869><c> by</c><00:46:57.289><c> that</c><00:46:57.610><c> very</c><00:46:57.929><c> enemy.</c>