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improvement</c><00:11:53.299><c> of</c><00:11:53.820><c> life</c><00:11:54.220><c> or</c><00:11:54.700><c> character,</c> 00:11:55.940 --> 00:11:57.500 for<00:11:56.100><c> instruction</c><00:11:56.759><c> in</c><00:11:57.039><c> righteousness.</c> 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:02.139 Now,<00:11:58.159><c> this</c><00:11:58.340><c> word,</c><00:11:58.860><c> instruction,</c><00:11:59.919><c> has</c><00:12:00.279><c> in</c><00:12:00.519><c> it</c><00:12:00.700><c> the</c><00:12:00.919><c> Greek</c><00:12:01.580><c> word</c> 00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:05.259 for<00:12:02.519><c> children,</c><00:12:03.980><c> P</c><00:12:04.080><c>-A</c><00:12:04.460><c>-I.</c> 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:09.019 You've<00:12:06.200><c> heard</c><00:12:06.299><c> about</c><00:12:06.519><c> a</c><00:12:06.820><c> pedagogue,</c><00:12:07.980><c> the</c><00:12:08.139><c> minder</c><00:12:08.399><c> of</c><00:12:08.700><c> children.</c> 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:12.519 It's<00:12:09.840><c> got</c><00:12:10.039><c> the</c><00:12:10.559><c> word</c><00:12:10.820><c> for</c><00:12:11.120><c> children</c><00:12:11.360><c> in</c><00:12:11.500><c> it.</c> 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:16.759 And<00:12:12.639><c> it</c><00:12:12.820><c> means</c><00:12:13.139><c> the</c><00:12:13.480><c> whole</c><00:12:13.940><c> training</c><00:12:14.519><c> and</c><00:12:14.899><c> education</c><00:12:15.460><c> of</c><00:12:15.720><c> children,</c> 00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:20.980 which<00:12:17.039><c> relates</c><00:12:17.360><c> to</c><00:12:17.559><c> the</c><00:12:17.740><c> cultivation</c><00:12:18.220><c> of</c><00:12:18.600><c> mind</c><00:12:19.120><c> and</c><00:12:20.039><c> morals,</c> 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.320 and<00:12:21.679><c> employs</c><00:12:21.960><c> for</c><00:12:22.120><c> this</c><00:12:22.299><c> purpose</c><00:12:22.700><c> commands,</c><00:12:23.759><c> admonitions,</c> 00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:25.919 reproof<00:12:24.840><c> and</c><00:12:24.980><c> punishment.</c> 00:12:26.139 --> 00:12:27.159 Quite<00:12:26.320><c> a</c><00:12:26.460><c> word,</c><00:12:26.620><c> isn't</c><00:12:26.779><c> it?</c> 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:30.419 The<00:12:27.700><c> Scripture,</c><00:12:28.019><c> brothers</c><00:12:28.259><c> and</c><00:12:28.480><c> sisters,</c><00:12:29.059><c> is</c><00:12:29.220><c> capable</c><00:12:29.799><c> of</c> 00:12:30.419 --> 00:12:33.059 producing<00:12:30.820><c> children</c><00:12:31.379><c> for</c><00:12:31.779><c> Almighty</c><00:12:32.139><c> God,</c> 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.460 of<00:12:33.700><c> framing</c><00:12:34.000><c> and</c><00:12:34.419><c> fashioning</c><00:12:34.860><c> the</c><00:12:34.960><c> way</c><00:12:35.100><c> they</c><00:12:35.440><c> think</c><00:12:35.799><c> and</c><00:12:36.360><c> the</c> 00:12:36.460 --> 00:12:37.779 way<00:12:36.639><c> they</c><00:12:36.899><c> act.</c> 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.320 That<00:12:38.419><c> is</c><00:12:38.679><c> its</c><00:12:38.919><c> value.</c> 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.019 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the</c><00:12:54.340><c> man</c><00:12:54.519><c> of</c><00:12:54.700><c> God</c><00:12:54.860><c> may</c><00:12:55.080><c> be</c><00:12:55.320><c> perfect.</c> 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:59.500 Now,<00:12:56.879><c> by</c><00:12:57.039><c> this</c><00:12:57.240><c> word</c><00:12:57.519><c> perfect,</c><00:12:57.960><c> normally</c><00:12:58.320><c> the</c><00:12:58.500><c> word</c><00:12:58.720><c> perfect</c> 00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:02.139 would<00:13:00.200><c> be</c><00:13:00.419><c> teleos</c><00:13:01.059><c> in</c><00:13:01.820><c> the</c><00:13:02.000><c> Greek.</c> 00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:03.200 It's<00:13:02.360><c> not.</c> 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:04.620 It's<00:13:04.120><c> a</c><00:13:04.139><c> different</c><00:13:04.440><c> word.</c> 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:06.659 It's<00:13:05.539><c> athios.</c> 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:09.340 And<00:13:07.179><c> athios</c><00:13:07.559><c> means</c><00:13:08.000><c> fresh.</c> 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:14.820 That<00:13:09.860><c> is</c><00:13:10.519><c> fitted</c><00:13:10.980><c> for</c><00:13:12.600><c> use</c><00:13:13.100><c> right</c><00:13:14.080><c> now.</c> 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:17.379 That's<00:13:15.460><c> how</c><00:13:15.639><c> the</c><00:13:15.820><c> Greeks</c><00:13:15.919><c> understood</c><00:13:16.360><c> that</c><00:13:16.620><c> word.</c> 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:21.779 Fresh,<00:13:18.759><c> fitted</c><00:13:18.879><c> for</c><00:13:19.220><c> use</c><00:13:19.639><c> right</c><00:13:20.500><c> now.</c> 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:24.860 And<00:13:23.059><c> therefore</c><00:13:23.279><c> complete</c><00:13:23.700><c> and</c><00:13:23.960><c> perfect.</c> 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:27.279 So<00:13:25.200><c> the</c><00:13:25.299><c> Word</c><00:13:25.480><c> of</c><00:13:25.659><c> God</c><00:13:25.779><c> is</c><00:13:25.980><c> able</c><00:13:26.120><c> to</c><00:13:26.299><c> resolve</c><00:13:26.519><c> all</c><00:13:26.720><c> of</c><00:13:26.820><c> our</c><00:13:27.000><c> problems.</c> 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furnished.</c> 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.779 This<00:13:43.080><c> is</c><00:13:43.360><c> a</c><00:13:43.419><c> word</c><00:13:43.539><c> that</c><00:13:43.700><c> is</c><00:13:43.899><c> also</c><00:13:44.179><c> based</c><00:13:44.519><c> upon</c><00:13:44.820><c> this</c><00:13:45.059><c> word</c><00:13:45.299><c> athios.</c> 00:13:46.179 --> 00:13:49.200 You<00:13:46.340><c> see</c><00:13:46.539><c> this</c><00:13:46.820><c> word</c><00:13:46.980><c> here,</c><00:13:47.940><c> ex</c><00:13:48.019><c> athiso.</c> 00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:53.740 It's<00:13:50.340><c> derived</c><00:13:50.820><c> from</c><00:13:51.379><c> this</c><00:13:51.620><c> word</c><00:13:51.820><c> here,</c><00:13:52.860><c> derived</c><00:13:53.100><c> from</c><00:13:53.340><c> athios.</c> 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:58.120 And<00:13:54.139><c> it</c><00:13:54.299><c> means</c><00:13:54.519><c> to</c><00:13:54.879><c> finish</c><00:13:55.240><c> out</c><00:13:55.899><c> time,</c><00:13:57.240><c> figuratively</c><00:13:57.539><c> therefore</c><00:13:57.879><c> to</c> 00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:59.200 fully<00:13:58.360><c> equip.</c> 00:13:59.340 --> 00:14:02.259 So<00:13:59.899><c> here</c><00:14:00.220><c> we've</c><00:14:00.480><c> got,</c><00:14:00.820><c> brothers</c><00:14:00.860><c> and</c><00:14:01.059><c> sisters,</c><00:14:01.500><c> the</c><00:14:01.639><c> power</c><00:14:02.019><c> of</c> 00:14:02.259 --> 00:14:03.100 the<00:14:02.379><c> Word</c><00:14:02.559><c> of</c><00:14:02.720><c> God.</c> 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:04.659 It<00:14:03.399><c> can</c><00:14:03.899><c> freshen</c><00:14:04.159><c> us.</c> 00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:08.460 It<00:14:05.059><c> can</c><00:14:05.240><c> make</c><00:14:05.419><c> us</c><00:14:05.840><c> fit</c><00:14:06.240><c> for</c><00:14:06.840><c> the</c><00:14:07.039><c> purpose</c><00:14:07.399><c> for</c><00:14:07.580><c> which</c><00:14:07.759><c> God</c><00:14:08.100><c> has</c> 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:09.139 called<00:14:08.659><c> us.</c> 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:13.580 But<00:14:09.899><c> disillusionment</c><00:14:11.340><c> endangers</c><00:14:12.019><c> all</c><00:14:12.460><c> of</c><00:14:12.820><c> those</c><00:14:13.059><c> desirable</c> 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:15.559 outcomes,<00:14:14.259><c> doesn't</c><00:14:14.559><c> it?</c> 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:17.200 You<00:14:15.820><c> become</c><00:14:16.139><c> disillusioned.</c> 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:20.700 You<00:14:18.120><c> become</c><00:14:18.399><c> like</c><00:14:18.679><c> the</c><00:14:18.799><c> men</c><00:14:18.879><c> we're</c><00:14:19.059><c> going</c><00:14:19.139><c> to</c><00:14:19.259><c> talk</c><00:14:19.419><c> about</c><00:14:19.679><c> tonight.</c> 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:22.600 All<00:14:21.240><c> of</c><00:14:21.379><c> that's</c><00:14:21.679><c> endangered.</c> 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:26.139 So<00:14:23.820><c> what</c><00:14:24.000><c> are</c><00:14:24.139><c> the</c><00:14:24.279><c> causes</c><00:14:24.620><c> of</c><00:14:24.879><c> disillusionment?</c> 00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:29.139 Well,<00:14:27.019><c> there</c><00:14:27.179><c> are</c><00:14:27.340><c> far</c><00:14:27.559><c> too</c><00:14:27.759><c> many</c><00:14:27.960><c> of</c><00:14:28.139><c> them</c><00:14:28.419><c> in</c><00:14:28.679><c> our</c><00:14:28.919><c> days,</c> 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.500 aren't<00:14:29.399><c> there?</c> 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.159 Far,<00:14:30.200><c> far</c><00:14:30.539><c> too</c><00:14:30.799><c> many</c><00:14:30.980><c> of</c><00:14:31.220><c> them.</c> 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:34.539 Personal<00:14:33.539><c> failure.</c> 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:37.240 I'll<00:14:35.120><c> put</c><00:14:35.179><c> that</c><00:14:35.399><c> one</c><00:14:35.620><c> first</c><00:14:36.039><c> because</c><00:14:36.460><c> that's</c><00:14:36.799><c> the</c><00:14:36.919><c> one</c><00:14:37.039><c> that</c> 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.159 bothers<00:14:37.460><c> me</c><00:14:37.740><c> 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I</c><00:14:51.919><c> don't</c><00:14:52.500><c> understand.</c> 00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:55.980 I<00:14:53.679><c> don't</c><00:14:54.179><c> want</c><00:14:54.480><c> to</c><00:14:54.720><c> be</c><00:14:54.960><c> here.</c> 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:57.639 But<00:14:56.740><c> I'm</c><00:14:56.919><c> on</c><00:14:57.019><c> the</c><00:14:57.159><c> merry</c><00:14:57.340><c>-go</c><00:14:57.500><c>-round.</c> 00:14:57.980 --> 00:15:00.379 Now,<00:14:58.259><c> I've</c><00:14:58.500><c> probably</c><00:14:58.620><c> got</c><00:14:58.799><c> a</c><00:14:58.879><c> few</c><00:14:59.039><c> friends</c><00:14:59.259><c> in</c><00:14:59.399><c> the</c><00:14:59.539><c> audience.</c> 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:04.200 I've<00:15:01.340><c> got</c><00:15:01.600><c> a</c><00:15:01.720><c> few</c><00:15:01.899><c> mates</c><00:15:02.139><c> in</c><00:15:02.299><c> the</c><00:15:02.500><c> audience,</c><00:15:03.080><c> haven't</c><00:15:03.220><c> I?</c> 00:15:04.419 --> 00:15:06.200 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wife.</c> 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:21.080 Problems<00:15:20.100><c> and</c><00:15:20.240><c> failure</c><00:15:20.559><c> in</c><00:15:20.720><c> the</c><00:15:20.879><c> family.</c> 00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:22.039 We've<00:15:21.299><c> had</c><00:15:21.379><c> a</c><00:15:21.519><c> few</c><00:15:21.639><c> of</c><00:15:21.820><c> those.</c> 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:24.480 Is<00:15:22.460><c> there</c><00:15:22.679><c> a</c><00:15:22.759><c> family</c><00:15:23.080><c> in</c><00:15:23.259><c> Christadolphi</c><00:15:23.740><c> that</c><00:15:23.799><c> doesn't</c><00:15:24.039><c> have</c><00:15:24.240><c> problems?</c> 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:25.200 Put<00:15:24.720><c> your</c><00:15:24.840><c> hand</c><00:15:25.059><c> up.</c> 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:26.960 I'd<00:15:25.419><c> like</c><00:15:25.500><c> to</c><00:15:25.620><c> know</c><00:15:25.700><c> what</c><00:15:25.840><c> your</c><00:15:26.019><c> secret</c><00:15:26.240><c> is.</c> 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:31.620 Decline<00:15:30.100><c> in</c><00:15:30.279><c> the</c><00:15:30.460><c> occlusion</c><00:15:30.840><c> of</c><00:15:31.059><c> brotherhood.</c> 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:35.500 Is<00:15:32.240><c> there</c><00:15:32.460><c> decline</c><00:15:32.879><c> in</c><00:15:33.039><c> the</c><00:15:33.259><c> occlusion</c><00:15:33.580><c> of</c><00:15:33.799><c> brotherhood</c><00:15:34.679><c> that</c> 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:37.440 causes<00:15:35.860><c> disillusionment?</c> 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:39.940 I<00:15:38.299><c> don't</c><00:15:38.340><c> have</c><00:15:38.440><c> to</c><00:15:38.559><c> answer</c><00:15:38.759><c> the</c><00:15:38.980><c> question.</c> 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:41.519 Defections<00:15:40.860><c> from</c><00:15:41.080><c> the</c><00:15:41.279><c> truth.</c> 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:45.320 You<00:15:41.799><c> know,</c><00:15:41.960><c> when</c><00:15:42.019><c> I</c><00:15:42.200><c> travel</c><00:15:42.440><c> around,</c><00:15:42.799><c> I</c><00:15:42.820><c> come</c><00:15:43.000><c> across</c><00:15:43.379><c> bread</c><00:15:43.539><c> and</c><00:15:43.679><c> the</c><00:15:43.759><c> sisters</c><00:15:43.960><c> who</c><00:15:44.179><c> I</c><00:15:44.440><c> love.</c> 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:48.919 And<00:15:46.120><c> one</c><00:15:46.259><c> of</c><00:15:46.379><c> them,</c><00:15:46.600><c> my</c><00:15:46.700><c> sister,</c><00:15:47.460><c> wet</c><00:15:47.620><c> in</c><00:15:48.299><c> my</c><00:15:48.600><c> presence</c> 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:50.960 when<00:15:49.139><c> she</c><00:15:49.299><c> was</c><00:15:49.480><c> talking</c><00:15:49.700><c> about</c><00:15:49.980><c> a</c><00:15:50.200><c> brother,</c><00:15:50.379><c> an</c><00:15:50.559><c> Australian</c> 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:51.779 brother,<00:15:51.299><c> by</c><00:15:51.480><c> the</c><00:15:51.659><c> way,</c> 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:55.799 who<00:15:51.960><c> had</c><00:15:52.179><c> spent</c><00:15:52.379><c> some</c><00:15:52.679><c> time</c><00:15:52.899><c> in</c><00:15:53.620><c> her</c><00:15:53.799><c> city,</c><00:15:54.519><c> in</c><00:15:54.639><c> her</c><00:15:54.860><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:15:56.539 --> 00:15:59.340 who,<00:15:57.299><c> when</c><00:15:57.519><c> he</c><00:15:57.620><c> was</c><00:15:57.820><c> there,</c><00:15:58.000><c> did</c><00:15:58.100><c> a</c><00:15:58.179><c> lot</c><00:15:58.299><c> of</c><00:15:58.419><c> good</c><00:15:58.620><c> work</c><00:15:58.779><c> for</c><00:15:59.000><c> them.</c> 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:01.200 He's<00:16:00.000><c> now</c><00:16:00.200><c> an</c><00:16:00.379><c> atheist.</c> 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:04.059 And<00:16:01.980><c> he</c><00:16:02.220><c> broadcasts</c><00:16:02.759><c> it</c><00:16:02.840><c> on</c><00:16:03.000><c> the</c><00:16:03.240><c> internet.</c> 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.980 Broke<00:16:05.000><c> her</c><00:16:05.200><c> heart.</c> 00:16:06.179 --> 00:16:07.779 Broke<00:16:06.519><c> her</c><00:16:06.779><c> heart.</c> 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say</c><00:16:21.240><c> any</c><00:16:21.399><c> more</c><00:16:21.580><c> than</c><00:16:21.759><c> that.</c> 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:24.379 I<00:16:22.419><c> don't</c><00:16:22.580><c> need</c><00:16:22.740><c> to</c><00:16:22.960><c> tell</c><00:16:23.059><c> you</c><00:16:23.200><c> the</c><00:16:23.299><c> history</c><00:16:23.600><c> of</c><00:16:23.740><c> the</c><00:16:23.779><c> last</c><00:16:24.019><c> 15</c> 00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:25.120 years,<00:16:24.679><c> do</c><00:16:24.840><c> I?</c> 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:27.340 I<00:16:25.559><c> do</c><00:16:25.860><c> not</c><00:16:26.100><c> need</c><00:16:26.200><c> to</c><00:16:26.440><c> tell</c><00:16:26.620><c> you.</c> 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:30.279 I<00:16:28.000><c> know</c><00:16:28.279><c> some</c><00:16:28.580><c> people,</c><00:16:29.240><c> particularly</c><00:16:29.559><c> young</c><00:16:29.820><c> people,</c><00:16:30.139><c> have</c> 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:32.779 become<00:16:30.659><c> extremely</c><00:16:31.259><c> disillusioned</c> 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:35.399 that<00:16:33.039><c> they're</c><00:16:34.379><c> notable</c><00:16:35.000><c> leaders.</c> 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:38.659 The<00:16:35.899><c> leaders</c><00:16:36.240><c> of</c><00:16:36.419><c> our</c><00:16:36.639><c> community</c><00:16:37.139><c> have</c><00:16:37.519><c> collapsed.</c> 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:42.740 The<00:16:40.340><c> repeated</c><00:16:40.799><c> failure</c><00:16:41.159><c> of</c><00:16:41.340><c> the</c><00:16:41.440><c> expectations</c><00:16:41.940><c> of</c><00:16:42.100><c> the</c><00:16:42.139><c> return</c><00:16:42.419><c> of</c><00:16:42.639><c> Christ.</c> 00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:45.059 I<00:16:42.860><c> don't</c><00:16:43.059><c> know</c><00:16:43.200><c> how</c><00:16:43.460><c> many</c><00:16:43.679><c> times</c><00:16:43.960><c> people</c><00:16:44.259><c> have</c><00:16:44.480><c> said</c><00:16:44.639><c> to</c><00:16:44.879><c> me,</c> 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:48.559 but,<00:16:45.500><c> Jim,</c><00:16:45.539><c> you</c><00:16:46.059><c> were</c><00:16:46.220><c> saying</c><00:16:46.480><c> in</c><00:16:46.799><c> 1979</c><00:16:47.600><c> that</c><00:16:47.940><c> Christ</c><00:16:48.159><c> was</c><00:16:48.399><c> coming</c> 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:51.039 and<00:16:48.720><c> you're</c><00:16:48.799><c> still</c><00:16:49.059><c> saying</c><00:16:49.279><c> it</c><00:16:49.399><c> and</c><00:16:49.399><c> he's</c><00:16:49.580><c> not</c><00:16:49.779><c> here</c><00:16:50.059><c> yet.</c> 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:55.980 You<00:16:54.000><c> can</c><00:16:54.220><c> get</c><00:16:54.399><c> disillusioned</c><00:16:54.840><c> about</c><00:16:55.059><c> that,</c><00:16:55.340><c> can't</c><00:16:55.460><c> you?</c> 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:58.700 You<00:16:56.500><c> can</c><00:16:56.779><c> become</c><00:16:57.120><c> disillusioned.</c> 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:03.059 It<00:16:59.919><c> would</c><00:17:00.080><c> be</c><00:17:00.259><c> much</c><00:17:00.700><c> easier</c><00:17:01.240><c> to</c><00:17:01.480><c> become</c><00:17:01.659><c> disillusioned</c> 00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:07.160 if<00:17:03.480><c> the</c><00:17:03.720><c> signs</c><00:17:04.339><c> weren't</c><00:17:05.500><c> so</c><00:17:05.880><c> powerful</c><00:17:06.299><c> that</c><00:17:06.460><c> Christ</c><00:17:06.700><c> is</c><00:17:06.960><c> about</c> 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.599 to<00:17:07.359><c> come.</c> 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:12.079 Anyway,<00:17:10.460><c> the</c><00:17:10.619><c> apparent</c><00:17:10.980><c> prosperity</c><00:17:11.539><c> of</c><00:17:11.700><c> the</c><00:17:11.839><c> wicked.</c> 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:16.440 Now,<00:17:12.400><c> that</c><00:17:12.539><c> was</c><00:17:12.759><c> the</c><00:17:12.920><c> problem,</c><00:17:13.180><c> of</c><00:17:13.359><c> course,</c><00:17:13.880><c> of</c><00:17:14.059><c> Asaph,</c><00:17:14.500><c> wasn't</c><00:17:14.619><c> it?</c> 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:19.099 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in</c><00:17:30.039><c> the</c><00:17:30.240><c> Scripture</c><00:17:30.720><c> for</c><00:17:31.779><c> the</c> 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:33.380 very<00:17:32.140><c> reason</c> 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.099 what<00:17:34.279><c> we've</c><00:17:34.400><c> just</c><00:17:34.619><c> been</c><00:17:34.779><c> talking</c><00:17:35.059><c> about,</c> 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:40.500 about<00:17:37.119><c> disillusionment</c><00:17:37.640><c> and</c><00:17:38.039><c> depression</c><00:17:38.500><c> in</c><00:17:38.700><c> the</c><00:17:38.880><c> minds</c><00:17:39.059><c> of</c><00:17:39.279><c> Christadelphians.</c> 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:43.519 That's<00:17:41.500><c> why</c><00:17:41.680><c> I</c><00:17:41.720><c> think</c><00:17:41.900><c> God's</c><00:17:42.259><c> put</c><00:17:42.339><c> it</c><00:17:42.480><c> here.</c> 00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:48.799 Now,<00:17:44.880><c> it</c><00:17:45.059><c> begins</c><00:17:45.339><c> in</c><00:17:45.559><c> verse</c><00:17:45.819><c> 1</c><00:17:46.700><c> with</c><00:17:48.279><c> this</c><00:17:48.519><c> statement,</c> 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:51.700 the<00:17:48.960><c> word</c><00:17:49.240><c> that</c><00:17:49.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:17:49.980><c> the</c><00:17:50.200><c> prophet</c><00:17:50.539><c> spake</c><00:17:50.839><c> unto</c><00:17:51.119><c> Barak</c> 00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:52.779 the<00:17:52.039><c> son</c><00:17:52.279><c> of</c><00:17:52.480><c> Nerai.</c> 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:56.579 Now,<00:17:53.400><c> many</c><00:17:53.599><c> of</c><00:17:53.740><c> you</c><00:17:53.799><c> will</c><00:17:53.960><c> know</c><00:17:54.119><c> that</c><00:17:54.460><c> Barak's</c><00:17:54.779><c> name</c><00:17:54.960><c> means</c><00:17:55.319><c> blessed.</c> 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.319 Now,<00:17:57.599><c> we're</c><00:17:58.059><c> all</c><00:17:58.279><c> blessed,</c><00:17:58.880><c> aren't</c><00:17:59.000><c> we?</c> 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:01.099 We're<00:18:00.039><c> blessed</c><00:18:00.279><c> in</c><00:18:00.519><c> knowing</c><00:18:00.700><c> the</c><00:18:00.980><c> truth.</c> 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:04.039 We're<00:18:01.480><c> blessed</c><00:18:01.720><c> in</c><00:18:01.920><c> having</c><00:18:02.099><c> the</c><00:18:02.400><c> calling</c><00:18:02.619><c> that</c><00:18:02.799><c> we've</c><00:18:03.079><c> received.</c> 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.559 So<00:18:04.420><c> he</c><00:18:04.539><c> really</c><00:18:04.819><c> becomes</c><00:18:05.099><c> a</c><00:18:05.400><c> representative</c><00:18:05.859><c> of</c><00:18:06.319><c> latter</c><00:18:06.579><c>-day</c><00:18:06.859><c> Christadelphians.</c> 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:11.039 And<00:18:07.660><c> I</c><00:18:07.779><c> want</c><00:18:07.920><c> to</c><00:18:08.059><c> show</c><00:18:08.180><c> what</c><00:18:08.420><c> is</c><00:18:08.599><c> about</c><00:18:08.900><c> latter</c><00:18:09.119><c>-day</c><00:18:09.299><c> Christadelphians</c><00:18:10.000><c> in</c><00:18:10.180><c> a</c><00:18:10.299><c> minute.</c> 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:15.380 So,<00:18:12.720><c> say</c><00:18:12.819><c> unto</c><00:18:13.359><c> Barak</c><00:18:14.039><c> the</c><00:18:14.180><c> son</c><00:18:14.319><c> of</c><00:18:14.480><c> Nerai,</c> 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.380 when<00:18:15.799><c> he</c><00:18:15.920><c> had</c><00:18:16.019><c> written</c><00:18:16.160><c> these</c><00:18:16.460><c> words</c><00:18:16.720><c> in</c><00:18:16.900><c> a</c><00:18:17.019><c> book</c><00:18:17.119><c> at</c><00:18:17.299><c> the</c><00:18:17.500><c> mouth</c><00:18:17.680><c> of</c><00:18:17.960><c> Jeremiah,</c> 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:21.640 in<00:18:19.099><c> the</c><00:18:19.359><c> fourth</c><00:18:19.619><c> year</c><00:18:19.859><c> of</c><00:18:20.059><c> Jehoiakim,</c><00:18:20.720><c> the</c><00:18:20.799><c> son</c><00:18:21.000><c> of</c><00:18:21.160><c> Josiah,</c> 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.940 king<00:18:21.839><c> of</c><00:18:22.140><c> Judah.</c> 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:25.599 Now,<00:18:23.220><c> I</c><00:18:23.319><c> want</c><00:18:23.380><c> you</c><00:18:23.539><c> to</c><00:18:23.700><c> notice,</c><00:18:24.700><c> the</c><00:18:24.700><c> Bible</c><00:18:25.059><c> never</c><00:18:25.339><c> says</c> 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:27.579 anything<00:18:26.099><c> without</c><00:18:26.500><c> purpose.</c> 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:30.440 The<00:18:28.579><c> time,</c><00:18:29.099><c> the</c><00:18:29.400><c> year</c><00:18:29.660><c> is</c><00:18:29.920><c> given</c><00:18:30.160><c> to</c><00:18:30.339><c> us.</c> 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:32.960 It's<00:18:30.700><c> the</c><00:18:31.059><c> fourth</c><00:18:31.500><c> year</c><00:18:32.059><c> of</c><00:18:32.400><c> Jehoiakim.</c> 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:36.619 Now,<00:18:33.319><c> Jehoiakim,</c><00:18:33.799><c> of</c><00:18:33.960><c> course,</c><00:18:34.160><c> was</c><00:18:34.319><c> an</c><00:18:34.519><c> absolute</c><00:18:34.980><c> rotter,</c><00:18:36.240><c> a</c> 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:38.519 corrupt,<00:18:37.180><c> evil</c><00:18:37.559><c> man.</c> 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:43.720 So<00:18:39.259><c> it's</c><00:18:39.420><c> in</c><00:18:39.559><c> that</c><00:18:39.819><c> fourth</c><00:18:40.099><c> year</c><00:18:40.880><c> that</c><00:18:41.279><c> this</c><00:18:41.539><c> comes</c><00:18:42.119><c> to</c><00:18:43.000><c> Barak.</c> 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:47.279 Verse<00:18:44.400><c> 2,</c><00:18:44.700><c> Thus</c><00:18:44.900><c> saith</c><00:18:45.119><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:45.539><c> the</c><00:18:45.660><c> God</c><00:18:45.839><c> of</c><00:18:45.940><c> Israel,</c><00:18:46.339><c> unto</c><00:18:46.400><c> thee,</c><00:18:46.740><c> O</c><00:18:46.859><c> Barak,</c> 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:52.359 Thou<00:18:48.259><c> didst</c><00:18:49.519><c> say,</c><00:18:49.980><c> Woe</c><00:18:50.440><c> is</c><00:18:50.859><c> me</c><00:18:51.319><c> now!</c> 00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:56.619 Well,<00:18:53.180><c> why</c><00:18:53.500><c> was</c><00:18:53.700><c> he</c><00:18:53.819><c> under</c><00:18:54.140><c> this</c><00:18:55.079><c> depressed</c><00:18:55.740><c> state</c><00:18:56.099><c> of</c><00:18:56.339><c> mind?</c> 00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:59.559 Well,<00:18:57.019><c> we're</c><00:18:57.200><c> told</c><00:18:57.440><c> in</c><00:18:57.640><c> verse</c><00:18:57.859><c> 3,</c><00:18:58.160><c> because</c><00:18:58.339><c> he</c><00:18:58.619><c> said,</c> 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:02.599 For<00:18:59.859><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:00.519><c> hath</c><00:19:00.779><c> added</c><00:19:01.200><c> grief</c><00:19:01.599><c> to</c><00:19:01.940><c> my</c><00:19:02.279><c> sorrow.</c> 00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:07.680 Now,<00:19:03.059><c> how</c><00:19:03.380><c> had</c><00:19:03.619><c> Yahweh,</c><00:19:04.740><c> in</c><00:19:05.039><c> his</c><00:19:05.359><c> view,</c><00:19:06.319><c> added</c><00:19:06.640><c> grief</c><00:19:07.259><c> unto</c> 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.740 his<00:19:07.940><c> sorrow?</c> 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:13.099 Well,<00:19:09.740><c> we</c><00:19:09.940><c> need</c><00:19:10.079><c> to</c><00:19:10.180><c> go</c><00:19:10.359><c> back</c><00:19:10.599><c> to</c><00:19:10.799><c> Jeremiah</c><00:19:11.259><c> chapter</c><00:19:11.599><c> 36.</c> 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:16.599 Barak,<00:19:14.920><c> his</c><00:19:15.119><c> name</c><00:19:15.299><c> means</c><00:19:15.599><c> blessed.</c> 00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:21.880 He's<00:19:17.859><c> the</c><00:19:17.960><c> son</c><00:19:18.180><c> of</c><00:19:18.359><c> Neriah,</c><00:19:19.420><c> which</c><00:19:19.680><c> means</c><00:19:19.940><c> the</c><00:19:20.259><c> light</c><00:19:20.660><c> of</c><00:19:21.099><c> Yah.</c> 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:25.599 Now,<00:19:22.160><c> when</c><00:19:22.319><c> you</c><00:19:22.460><c> get</c><00:19:22.599><c> back</c><00:19:22.799><c> to</c><00:19:23.319><c> Jeremiah</c><00:19:23.680><c> 36,</c><00:19:24.400><c> just</c><00:19:24.599><c> do</c><00:19:24.799><c> something</c><00:19:25.119><c> for</c><00:19:25.380><c> me.</c> 00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:30.039 Before<00:19:25.960><c> I</c><00:19:26.240><c> start</c><00:19:26.420><c> talking</c><00:19:26.660><c> about</c><00:19:26.920><c> that</c><00:19:27.180><c> chapter,</c><00:19:28.160><c> just</c><00:19:28.539><c> go</c><00:19:29.140><c> over</c><00:19:29.460><c> to</c> 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:32.680 Jeremiah<00:19:30.519><c> 51,</c><00:19:31.099><c> 59.</c> 00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:36.700 Jeremiah<00:19:33.279><c> chapter</c><00:19:33.599><c> 51,</c><00:19:34.259><c> 59,</c><00:19:34.539><c> without</c><00:19:34.839><c> losing</c><00:19:35.220><c> chapter</c><00:19:35.500><c> 36.</c> 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:39.599 It<00:19:38.279><c> says</c><00:19:38.539><c> this.</c> 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:43.500 The<00:19:40.240><c> word</c><00:19:40.539><c> which</c><00:19:40.920><c> Jeremiah</c><00:19:41.500><c> the</c><00:19:41.799><c> prophet</c><00:19:42.160><c> commanded,</c> 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:48.480 Sereiah<00:19:44.759><c> the</c><00:19:45.359><c> son</c><00:19:45.740><c> of</c><00:19:45.940><c> Neriah,</c><00:19:47.339><c> the</c><00:19:47.539><c> son</c><00:19:47.779><c> of</c><00:19:47.960><c> Maceiah,</c> 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:51.599 when<00:19:48.680><c> he</c><00:19:48.940><c> went</c><00:19:49.119><c> with</c><00:19:49.359><c> Zedekiah</c><00:19:49.880><c> the</c><00:19:50.059><c> king</c><00:19:50.259><c> of</c><00:19:50.539><c> Judah</c><00:19:50.740><c> into</c><00:19:51.059><c> Babylon</c> 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:53.680 in<00:19:52.279><c> the</c><00:19:52.519><c> fourth</c><00:19:52.779><c> year</c><00:19:53.000><c> of</c><00:19:53.140><c> his</c><00:19:53.380><c> reign.</c> 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:56.519 And<00:19:54.299><c> this</c><00:19:54.519><c> Sereiah</c><00:19:54.940><c> was</c><00:19:55.160><c> a</c><00:19:55.519><c> quiet</c><00:19:56.099><c> prince.</c> 00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:59.880 Now,<00:19:56.740><c> the</c><00:19:56.839><c> word</c><00:19:57.039><c> quiet</c><00:19:57.420><c> there</c><00:19:57.680><c> is</c><00:19:57.940><c> the</c><00:19:58.420><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:58.740><c> word</c><00:19:59.079><c> menukah.</c> 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:02.240 It<00:19:59.980><c> means</c><00:20:00.579><c> repose</c><00:20:01.339><c> or</c><00:20:01.700><c> peaceful.</c> 00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:04.299 He<00:20:02.920><c> was</c><00:20:03.140><c> a</c><00:20:03.380><c> peaceful</c><00:20:03.859><c> prince.</c> 00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:06.579 Now,<00:20:04.980><c> so</c><00:20:05.240><c> who</c><00:20:05.380><c> is</c><00:20:05.619><c> this</c><00:20:05.880><c> fellow?</c> 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:11.660 Well,<00:20:07.940><c> this</c><00:20:08.059><c> fellow</c><00:20:08.380><c> Sereiah</c><00:20:09.000><c> is</c><00:20:09.299><c> the</c><00:20:09.640><c> brother</c><00:20:10.140><c> of</c><00:20:10.660><c> Barak.</c> 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:14.480 They're<00:20:12.000><c> both</c><00:20:12.440><c> the</c><00:20:12.779><c> sons</c><00:20:13.119><c> of</c><00:20:13.440><c> Neriah.</c> 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:16.619 And<00:20:14.740><c> it</c><00:20:14.880><c> is</c><00:20:15.099><c> evident,</c><00:20:15.460><c> brothers</c><00:20:15.619><c> and</c><00:20:15.779><c> sisters,</c><00:20:16.119><c> that</c><00:20:16.339><c> this</c> 00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:18.420 family<00:20:16.940><c> was</c><00:20:17.160><c> quite</c><00:20:17.460><c> wealthy.</c> 00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:23.900 Because,<00:20:19.319><c> you</c><00:20:19.359><c> see,</c><00:20:19.640><c> this</c><00:20:19.819><c> man</c><00:20:20.140><c> Sereiah</c><00:20:20.940><c> is</c><00:20:21.319><c> chosen</c><00:20:21.740><c> as</c><00:20:22.880><c> an</c><00:20:23.160><c> ambassador,</c><00:20:23.700><c> as</c> 00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:25.200 a<00:20:24.119><c> representative.</c> 00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:29.200 And<00:20:26.299><c> he</c><00:20:26.420><c> goes</c><00:20:26.680><c> off</c><00:20:26.880><c> to</c><00:20:27.039><c> Babylon</c><00:20:27.420><c> with</c><00:20:28.140><c> a</c><00:20:28.299><c> message.</c> 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:34.640 And<00:20:29.799><c> it's</c><00:20:30.160><c> clear,</c><00:20:30.640><c> it's</c><00:20:31.059><c> clear</c><00:20:31.420><c> that</c><00:20:31.700><c> he</c><00:20:31.880><c> leaves</c><00:20:32.099><c> behind</c><00:20:32.700><c> a</c><00:20:33.039><c> pretty</c><00:20:33.359><c> large</c><00:20:33.700><c> home</c><00:20:34.079><c> in</c><00:20:34.299><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:36.819 Now,<00:20:34.839><c> I'll</c><00:20:34.940><c> give</c><00:20:35.000><c> you</c><00:20:35.099><c> the</c><00:20:35.200><c> evidence</c><00:20:35.359><c> for</c><00:20:35.500><c> this</c><00:20:35.640><c> later</c><00:20:35.880><c> on.</c> 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.279 But,<00:20:37.539><c> you</c><00:20:37.619><c> know,</c><00:20:37.640><c> he's</c><00:20:37.859><c> a</c><00:20:38.019><c> prince.</c> 00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:41.680 Now,<00:20:38.680><c> princes</c><00:20:38.900><c> don't</c><00:20:39.259><c> normally</c><00:20:39.519><c> live</c><00:20:39.720><c> in</c><00:20:39.859><c> a</c><00:20:40.039><c> shanty,</c><00:20:40.700><c> do</c><00:20:40.799><c> they?</c> 00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:45.480 They<00:20:42.740><c> live</c><00:20:42.839><c> in</c><00:20:43.019><c> something</c><00:20:43.240><c> that's</c><00:20:43.900><c> quite,</c><00:20:44.480><c> you</c><00:20:44.559><c> know,</c><00:20:44.740><c> usually</c><00:20:44.980><c> quite</c><00:20:45.299><c> good,</c> 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:47.839 like<00:20:45.700><c> the</c><00:20:45.900><c> doctors</c><00:20:46.240><c> and</c><00:20:46.400><c> the</c><00:20:46.579><c> lawyers</c><00:20:46.880><c> of</c><00:20:47.099><c> our</c><00:20:47.299><c> society.</c> 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:51.319 You<00:20:48.440><c> know,</c><00:20:48.440><c> they</c><00:20:48.599><c> live</c><00:20:48.720><c> in</c><00:20:48.880><c> the</c><00:20:49.099><c> upper</c><00:20:49.500><c> echelons</c><00:20:49.980><c> of</c><00:20:50.259><c> society.</c> 00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:58.259 And<00:20:52.220><c> that's</c><00:20:52.660><c> a</c><00:20:53.599><c> key</c><00:20:54.099><c> to</c><00:20:55.140><c> the</c><00:20:55.480><c> depression</c><00:20:55.960><c> of</c><00:20:57.180><c> Barak,</c><00:20:57.500><c> as</c><00:20:57.640><c> we</c><00:20:57.759><c> will</c><00:20:57.920><c> see</c><00:20:58.019><c> when</c><00:20:58.160><c> we</c> 00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:59.660 come<00:20:58.480><c> back</c><00:20:58.680><c> to</c><00:20:58.819><c> it.</c> 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:06.299 So<00:21:00.079><c> you</c><00:21:00.220><c> in</c><00:21:00.380><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.619><c> 36,</c><00:21:02.819><c> let's</c><00:21:03.019><c> read</c><00:21:03.220><c> verse</c><00:21:03.500><c> 1</c><00:21:03.720><c> of</c><00:21:03.900><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:04.319><c> 36.</c> 00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:09.819 And<00:21:07.460><c> it</c><00:21:07.680><c> came</c><00:21:07.839><c> to</c><00:21:08.039><c> pass</c><00:21:08.220><c> in</c><00:21:08.440><c> the</c><00:21:08.680><c> fourth</c><00:21:08.940><c> year</c><00:21:09.160><c> of</c><00:21:09.339><c> Jehoiakim.</c> 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:12.859 Now,<00:21:10.160><c> isn't</c><00:21:10.319><c> that</c><00:21:10.519><c> the</c><00:21:10.640><c> year</c><00:21:10.779><c> we</c><00:21:11.039><c> referred</c><00:21:11.279><c> to</c><00:21:11.480><c> in</c><00:21:11.619><c> chapter</c><00:21:11.819><c> 45?</c> 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.819 Yes. 00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:18.099 So<00:21:14.859><c> here</c><00:21:15.180><c> we're</c><00:21:15.400><c> going</c><00:21:15.400><c> to</c><00:21:15.519><c> get</c><00:21:15.660><c> our</c><00:21:15.839><c> reasons</c><00:21:16.400><c> as</c><00:21:17.039><c> to</c><00:21:17.160><c> why</c><00:21:17.359><c> Barak</c><00:21:17.779><c> is</c> 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.700 so<00:21:18.339><c> upset.</c> 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:23.160 Well,<00:21:19.819><c> what</c><00:21:19.839><c> happens</c><00:21:20.180><c> in</c><00:21:20.380><c> this</c><00:21:21.019><c> fourth</c><00:21:21.299><c> year</c><00:21:21.539><c> of</c><00:21:21.700><c> Jehoiakim?</c> 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:26.759 Well,<00:21:24.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:24.500><c> is</c><00:21:24.839><c> told,</c><00:21:25.579><c> take</c><00:21:25.660><c> thee</c><00:21:25.920><c> a</c><00:21:26.099><c> roll</c><00:21:26.240><c> of</c><00:21:26.400><c> a</c><00:21:26.559><c> book,</c> 00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.460 in<00:21:26.980><c> verse</c><00:21:27.259><c> 2,</c> 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:29.579 and<00:21:27.640><c> write</c><00:21:27.880><c> there</c><00:21:28.059><c> in</c><00:21:28.240><c> all</c><00:21:28.500><c> the</c><00:21:28.660><c> words</c><00:21:28.859><c> that</c><00:21:29.019><c> I</c><00:21:29.160><c> have</c><00:21:29.339><c> spoken</c> 00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.839 unto<00:21:29.819><c> thee</c><00:21:29.980><c> against</c><00:21:30.359><c> Israel</c> 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:33.099 and<00:21:31.059><c> against</c><00:21:31.440><c> Judah</c><00:21:31.680><c> and</c><00:21:31.859><c> against</c><00:21:32.220><c> all</c><00:21:32.440><c> the</c><00:21:32.619><c> nations,</c> 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:37.940 from<00:21:33.839><c> the</c><00:21:34.019><c> day</c><00:21:34.180><c> I</c><00:21:34.460><c> spake</c><00:21:34.779><c> unto</c><00:21:35.039><c> thee</c><00:21:35.440><c> from</c><00:21:35.900><c> the</c><00:21:36.099><c> days</c><00:21:36.299><c> of</c><00:21:36.539><c> Josiah,</c><00:21:37.759><c> even</c> 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.559 unto<00:21:38.119><c> this</c><00:21:38.420><c> day.</c> 00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:41.880 Now,<00:21:38.720><c> he</c><00:21:38.880><c> began</c><00:21:39.160><c> prophesying</c><00:21:39.700><c> in</c><00:21:39.880><c> the</c><00:21:40.019><c> 13th</c><00:21:40.400><c> year</c><00:21:40.500><c> of</c><00:21:40.700><c> Josiah.</c> 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:44.339 That<00:21:42.519><c> was</c><00:21:42.740><c> 23</c><00:21:43.180><c> years</c><00:21:43.519><c> ago.</c> 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:49.640 So<00:21:45.480><c> you</c><00:21:45.720><c> see,</c><00:21:46.299><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:46.539><c> is</c><00:21:46.740><c> going</c><00:21:46.839><c> to</c><00:21:46.980><c> have</c><00:21:47.119><c> to</c><00:21:47.380><c> write</c><00:21:47.619><c> out</c><00:21:48.720><c> 23</c> 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:51.339 years<00:21:50.299><c> of</c><00:21:50.599><c> prophesying,</c> 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:53.059 almost<00:21:51.900><c> non</c><00:21:52.259><c>-stop.</c> 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:55.160 How<00:21:53.519><c> long</c><00:21:53.700><c> that's</c><00:21:53.960><c> going</c><00:21:54.099><c> to</c><00:21:54.279><c> take?</c> 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:57.380 Well,<00:21:55.839><c> who's</c><00:21:56.099><c> going</c><00:21:56.180><c> to</c><00:21:56.240><c> do</c><00:21:56.359><c> the</c><00:21:56.519><c> writing?</c> 00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.640 Barak. 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:01.400 I'm<00:22:00.140><c> just</c><00:22:00.359><c> a</c><00:22:00.559><c> scribe,</c><00:22:00.900><c> he</c><00:22:01.059><c> might</c><00:22:01.180><c> have</c><00:22:01.339><c> said.</c> 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:03.420 I'm<00:22:01.660><c> just</c><00:22:01.880><c> a</c><00:22:02.160><c> scribe.</c> 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:07.240 But<00:22:03.700><c> he</c><00:22:03.940><c> is</c><00:22:04.140><c> going</c><00:22:04.240><c> to</c><00:22:04.339><c> be</c><00:22:04.519><c> asked</c><00:22:04.680><c> to</c><00:22:04.900><c> do</c><00:22:05.099><c> things</c><00:22:05.839><c> by</c><00:22:06.519><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:09.160 and<00:22:07.819><c> hence</c><00:22:08.059><c> by</c><00:22:08.400><c> Jehoi</c> 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:12.079 that<00:22:09.480><c> are</c><00:22:09.579><c> going</c><00:22:09.799><c> to</c><00:22:09.799><c> put</c><00:22:09.799><c> enormous</c><00:22:10.440><c> pressure</c><00:22:10.960><c> on</c><00:22:11.160><c> him.</c> 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.740 Enormous<00:22:12.759><c> pressure.</c> 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:16.740 And<00:22:14.319><c> it's</c><00:22:14.460><c> this</c><00:22:14.700><c> pressure</c><00:22:15.000><c> that</c><00:22:15.319><c> gets</c><00:22:15.579><c> to</c><00:22:15.819><c> him.</c> 00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:19.059 I'm<00:22:17.599><c> going</c><00:22:17.619><c> to</c><00:22:17.740><c> talk</c><00:22:17.859><c> about</c><00:22:18.119><c> that.</c> 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.660 Well,<00:22:19.220><c> what</c><00:22:19.420><c> happens?</c> 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:24.259 Well,<00:22:19.859><c> we</c><00:22:19.940><c> come</c><00:22:20.200><c> down</c><00:22:20.460><c> in</c><00:22:20.640><c> verse</c><00:22:21.240><c> 4</c><00:22:22.359><c> of</c><00:22:23.160><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:23.619><c> 36,</c> 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:27.079 then<00:22:24.539><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:25.039><c> called</c><00:22:25.420><c> Barak</c><00:22:25.839><c> the</c><00:22:26.000><c> son</c><00:22:26.200><c> of</c><00:22:26.380><c> Neriah,</c> 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:31.240 and<00:22:27.779><c> Barak</c><00:22:28.180><c> wrote</c><00:22:28.440><c> from</c><00:22:28.700><c> the</c><00:22:28.839><c> mouth</c><00:22:29.059><c> of</c><00:22:29.299><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:29.680><c> all</c><00:22:30.259><c> the</c><00:22:30.440><c> words</c><00:22:30.700><c> of</c><00:22:30.980><c> Jehoi</c> 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:33.759 which<00:22:31.420><c> he</c><00:22:31.579><c> had</c><00:22:31.799><c> spoken</c><00:22:32.000><c> unto</c><00:22:32.279><c> him</c><00:22:32.619><c> upon</c><00:22:32.980><c> a</c><00:22:33.240><c> roll</c><00:22:33.380><c> of</c><00:22:33.519><c> a</c><00:22:33.640><c> book.</c> 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.960 It<00:22:34.039><c> took</c><00:22:34.279><c> them</c><00:22:34.599><c> months.</c> 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:37.039 We<00:22:35.420><c> don't</c><00:22:35.599><c> know</c><00:22:35.740><c> how</c><00:22:35.819><c> many</c><00:22:35.980><c> months,</c><00:22:36.259><c> but</c><00:22:36.400><c> it</c><00:22:36.539><c> took</c><00:22:36.660><c> them</c><00:22:36.880><c> months.</c> 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.279 You<00:22:37.180><c> know</c><00:22:37.259><c> how</c><00:22:37.400><c> I</c><00:22:37.579><c> know</c><00:22:37.779><c> that?</c> 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:40.539 Because<00:22:39.000><c> of</c><00:22:39.160><c> verse</c><00:22:39.380><c> 9.</c> 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.880 In<00:22:41.740><c> verse</c><00:22:42.039><c> 9</c><00:22:42.420><c> we</c><00:22:42.660><c> read,</c> 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:45.660 it<00:22:42.980><c> came</c><00:22:43.200><c> to</c><00:22:43.400><c> pass</c><00:22:43.599><c> in</c><00:22:43.819><c> the</c><00:22:44.099><c> fifth</c><00:22:44.440><c> year</c><00:22:44.700><c> of</c><00:22:44.900><c> Jehoiakim,</c><00:22:45.559><c> the</c> 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.660 son<00:22:45.839><c> of</c><00:22:46.059><c> Josiah.</c> 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:49.220 So<00:22:47.299><c> they</c><00:22:47.440><c> began</c><00:22:47.740><c> this</c><00:22:48.019><c> work</c><00:22:48.180><c> in</c><00:22:48.359><c> the</c><00:22:48.539><c> fourth</c><00:22:48.779><c> year,</c> 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:51.839 didn't<00:22:49.700><c> complete</c><00:22:50.019><c> it</c><00:22:50.220><c> till</c><00:22:50.339><c> the</c><00:22:50.519><c> fifth</c><00:22:50.920><c> year.</c> 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:57.059 And<00:22:52.539><c> you</c><00:22:52.720><c> see,</c><00:22:53.559><c> when</c><00:22:53.779><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:54.299><c> completed</c><00:22:54.940><c> the</c><00:22:56.319><c> giving</c><00:22:56.559><c> of</c> 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.720 his<00:22:57.339><c> prophecies,</c> 00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:59.700 and<00:22:57.920><c> he</c><00:22:58.140><c> prophesied</c><00:22:58.559><c> for</c><00:22:58.740><c> the</c><00:22:58.819><c> last</c><00:22:59.039><c> 23</c><00:22:59.440><c> years,</c> 00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:03.619 and<00:23:00.059><c> Barak</c><00:23:00.359><c> had</c><00:23:00.660><c> laboriously</c><00:23:01.480><c> written</c><00:23:01.720><c> them</c><00:23:01.920><c> all</c><00:23:02.140><c> down</c><00:23:02.579><c> on</c> 00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.880 the<00:23:03.819><c> parchments,</c> 00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:06.200 this<00:23:05.359><c> is</c><00:23:05.559><c> what</c><00:23:05.759><c> happened.</c> 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:08.140 Verse<00:23:06.839><c> 9.</c> 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:10.259 It<00:23:08.460><c> came</c><00:23:08.680><c> to</c><00:23:08.859><c> pass</c><00:23:09.039><c> in</c><00:23:09.200><c> the</c><00:23:09.319><c> fifth</c><00:23:09.500><c> year</c><00:23:09.660><c> of</c><00:23:09.759><c> Jehoiakim,</c> 00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:11.880 the<00:23:10.440><c> son</c><00:23:10.619><c> of</c><00:23:10.779><c> Josiah,</c><00:23:11.240><c> king</c><00:23:11.380><c> of</c><00:23:11.640><c> Judah,</c> 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:15.259 in<00:23:12.579><c> the</c><00:23:12.720><c> ninth</c><00:23:12.940><c> month</c><00:23:13.180><c> that</c><00:23:13.319><c> they</c><00:23:13.579><c> proclaimed</c><00:23:14.039><c> a</c><00:23:14.279><c> fast</c><00:23:14.519><c> before</c><00:23:14.940><c> Yahweh</c> 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.480 to<00:23:15.460><c> all</c><00:23:15.660><c> the</c><00:23:15.819><c> people</c><00:23:15.960><c> in</c><00:23:16.119><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:18.519 and<00:23:16.619><c> to</c><00:23:16.799><c> all</c><00:23:16.920><c> the</c><00:23:17.079><c> people</c><00:23:17.200><c> that</c><00:23:17.420><c> came</c><00:23:17.779><c> from</c><00:23:18.039><c> the</c><00:23:18.119><c> cities</c><00:23:18.279><c> of</c> 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:20.099 Judah<00:23:19.019><c> unto</c><00:23:19.579><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:25.680 Then<00:23:20.819><c> read</c><00:23:21.460><c> Barak</c><00:23:22.500><c> in</c><00:23:23.400><c> the</c><00:23:23.599><c> book</c><00:23:23.720><c> the</c><00:23:24.019><c> words</c><00:23:24.359><c> of</c><00:23:24.599><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:25.200><c> in</c> 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.500 the<00:23:25.859><c> house</c><00:23:25.980><c> of</c><00:23:26.220><c> God.</c> 00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:29.240 Now<00:23:27.140><c> why</c><00:23:27.380><c> isn't</c><00:23:27.579><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:28.160><c> reading</c><00:23:28.720><c> it?</c> 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:32.240 Well,<00:23:29.920><c> because</c><00:23:30.259><c> you</c><00:23:30.460><c> see</c><00:23:30.680><c> in</c><00:23:30.900><c> verse</c><00:23:31.160><c> 5</c><00:23:31.559><c> we</c><00:23:31.839><c> read,</c> 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:36.079 And<00:23:33.220><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:33.839><c> commanded</c><00:23:34.539><c> Barak,</c><00:23:35.579><c> saying,</c> 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:38.480 I<00:23:36.519><c> am</c><00:23:37.119><c> shut</c><00:23:37.500><c> up.</c> 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:41.819 I<00:23:38.900><c> cannot</c><00:23:39.359><c> go</c><00:23:39.980><c> into</c><00:23:40.240><c> the</c><00:23:40.460><c> house</c><00:23:40.680><c> of</c><00:23:40.880><c> the</c><00:23:41.019><c> Lord.</c> 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:44.940 So<00:23:42.680><c> this</c><00:23:42.880><c> is</c><00:23:43.019><c> one</c><00:23:43.140><c> of</c><00:23:43.220><c> those</c><00:23:43.480><c> periods</c><00:23:43.900><c> where</c><00:23:44.160><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:44.660><c> was</c> 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:46.619 probably<00:23:45.299><c> incarcerated.</c> 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.940 He<00:23:47.299><c> went</c><00:23:47.460><c> through</c><00:23:47.700><c> several</c><00:23:48.000><c> of</c><00:23:48.200><c> those.</c> 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.619 He's<00:23:49.380><c> incarcerated.</c> 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:53.160 He<00:23:51.240><c> can't</c><00:23:51.680><c> go</c><00:23:51.940><c> and</c><00:23:52.279><c> read</c><00:23:52.500><c> from</c><00:23:52.740><c> the</c><00:23:53.000><c> scroll.</c> 00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:56.259 So<00:23:53.380><c> he</c><00:23:53.460><c> says</c><00:23:53.680><c> to</c><00:23:53.920><c> Barak,</c><00:23:54.640><c> you're</c><00:23:54.880><c> next</c><00:23:55.180><c> in</c><00:23:55.440><c> line.</c> 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:58.500 I'm<00:23:56.640><c> only</c><00:23:56.859><c> a</c><00:23:57.019><c> scribe.</c> 00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:00.900 I'm<00:23:59.299><c> not</c><00:23:59.500><c> a</c><00:23:59.640><c> public</c><00:23:59.880><c> speaker.</c> 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.700 I<00:24:01.359><c> don't</c><00:24:01.480><c> care.</c> 00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:03.099 You<00:24:01.859><c> can</c><00:24:02.119><c> read.</c> 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:04.480 Go<00:24:03.380><c> and</c><00:24:03.660><c> read.</c> 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.380 So<00:24:04.660><c> he</c><00:24:04.819><c> goes</c><00:24:05.140><c> and</c><00:24:05.299><c> read.</c> 00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:07.200 And<00:24:05.559><c> this</c><00:24:05.680><c> is</c><00:24:05.859><c> a</c><00:24:06.079><c> special</c><00:24:06.720><c> feast</c><00:24:07.079><c> day.</c> 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.819 It's<00:24:07.440><c> a</c><00:24:07.640><c> fast</c><00:24:08.039><c> to</c><00:24:08.579><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:12.359 There<00:24:09.380><c> are</c><00:24:09.579><c> literally</c><00:24:09.980><c> thousands</c><00:24:10.920><c> of</c><00:24:11.200><c> people</c><00:24:11.460><c> there.</c> 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:15.680 And<00:24:13.000><c> we</c><00:24:13.240><c> read</c><00:24:13.779><c> that</c><00:24:14.480><c> as</c><00:24:14.640><c> he</c><00:24:14.819><c> reads</c><00:24:15.039><c> this</c><00:24:15.339><c> book,</c> 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:17.359 the<00:24:16.019><c> princes</c><00:24:16.400><c> hear</c><00:24:16.680><c> about</c><00:24:17.000><c> this.</c> 00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.700 Verse<00:24:17.759><c> 11.</c> 00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:21.880 When<00:24:18.980><c> Micahiah,</c><00:24:19.779><c> the</c><00:24:19.980><c> son</c><00:24:20.180><c> of</c><00:24:20.359><c> Gemariah,</c><00:24:20.920><c> the</c><00:24:21.039><c> son</c><00:24:21.240><c> of</c><00:24:21.559><c> Shafan,</c> 00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:24.339 had<00:24:22.140><c> heard</c><00:24:22.380><c> out</c><00:24:22.579><c> of</c><00:24:22.700><c> the</c><00:24:22.839><c> book</c><00:24:23.140><c> all</c><00:24:23.599><c> the</c><00:24:23.759><c> words</c><00:24:23.920><c> of</c><00:24:24.119><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:27.019 then<00:24:24.500><c> he</c><00:24:24.680><c> went</c><00:24:24.859><c> down</c><00:24:25.119><c> to</c><00:24:25.299><c> the</c><00:24:25.460><c> king's</c><00:24:25.799><c> house</c><00:24:26.240><c> into</c><00:24:26.720><c> the</c> 00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.900 scribe's<00:24:27.579><c> chamber</c> 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:30.519 and<00:24:28.380><c> the</c><00:24:28.599><c> princes</c><00:24:28.940><c> sat</c><00:24:29.279><c> there.</c> 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.920 Elishammah,<00:24:32.319><c> Deliahiah,</c><00:24:33.000><c> the</c><00:24:33.099><c> son</c><00:24:33.259><c> of</c><00:24:33.420><c> Shemaiah,</c> 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.420 El<00:24:34.299><c>-Natham,</c><00:24:34.619><c> the</c><00:24:34.680><c> son</c><00:24:34.880><c> of</c><00:24:35.039><c> Achbor,</c> 00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:37.039 Gemariah,<00:24:36.220><c> the</c><00:24:36.299><c> son</c><00:24:36.460><c> of</c><00:24:36.680><c> Shafan,</c> 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.599 Zedekiah,<00:24:37.720><c> the</c><00:24:37.839><c> son</c><00:24:37.980><c> of</c><00:24:38.099><c> Hananiah,</c> 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:43.480 all<00:24:38.960><c> the</c><00:24:39.140><c> bigwigs,</c><00:24:40.880><c> most</c><00:24:41.180><c> of</c><00:24:41.339><c> whom</c><00:24:41.440><c> supported</c><00:24:42.039><c> the</c><00:24:42.460><c> king.</c> 00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.640 And<00:24:44.900><c> what</c><00:24:45.079><c> did</c><00:24:45.299><c> they</c><00:24:45.299><c> do?</c> 00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:48.680 They<00:24:46.000><c> said,</c><00:24:46.180><c> you</c><00:24:46.279><c> better</c><00:24:46.519><c> get</c><00:24:46.819><c> Barak</c><00:24:47.200><c> down</c><00:24:47.599><c> here</c><00:24:47.880><c> quick.</c> 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.980 So<00:24:49.380><c> they</c><00:24:49.440><c> went</c><00:24:49.599><c> and</c><00:24:49.740><c> they</c><00:24:49.960><c> plucked</c><00:24:50.119><c> him</c><00:24:50.259><c> out</c><00:24:50.400><c> of</c><00:24:50.480><c> the</c><00:24:50.599><c> multitude</c> 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.900 and<00:24:51.160><c> they</c><00:24:51.279><c> said,</c><00:24:51.500><c> come</c><00:24:51.700><c> here.</c> 00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:53.140 Bring<00:24:52.119><c> that</c><00:24:52.339><c> scroll.</c> 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:55.220 And<00:24:53.660><c> they</c><00:24:53.779><c> took</c><00:24:53.920><c> him</c><00:24:54.059><c> down</c><00:24:54.240><c> to</c><00:24:54.420><c> the</c><00:24:54.579><c> scribe's</c><00:24:54.980><c> chamber</c> 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.799 and<00:24:55.519><c> they</c><00:24:55.740><c> said,</c><00:24:56.119><c> read</c><00:24:56.279><c> it.</c> 00:24:57.220 --> 00:25:00.740 So<00:24:57.619><c> he</c><00:24:57.859><c> reads</c><00:24:58.140><c> it</c><00:24:58.319><c> out</c><00:24:58.420><c> in</c><00:24:58.500><c> front</c><00:24:58.640><c> of</c><00:24:58.759><c> all</c><00:24:58.900><c> the</c><00:24:59.160><c> bigwigs</c><00:24:59.619><c> of</c><00:24:59.880><c> Judah.</c> 00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:05.000 And<00:25:01.960><c> then</c><00:25:02.119><c> they</c><00:25:02.319><c> say</c><00:25:02.559><c> to</c><00:25:02.680><c> him,</c><00:25:03.380><c> you</c><00:25:03.460><c> better</c><00:25:03.660><c> go</c><00:25:03.880><c> and</c><00:25:04.039><c> hide,</c><00:25:04.339><c> mate.</c> 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:08.980 Have<00:25:05.680><c> a</c><00:25:05.839><c> look</c><00:25:06.339><c> at</c><00:25:07.180><c> verse</c><00:25:07.559><c> 19.</c> 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:12.200 Just<00:25:09.619><c> step</c><00:25:09.960><c> back</c><00:25:10.200><c> a</c><00:25:10.319><c> little</c><00:25:10.500><c> bit,</c><00:25:10.740><c> verse</c><00:25:10.980><c> 17.</c> 00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:14.000 And<00:25:12.539><c> they</c><00:25:12.799><c> asked</c><00:25:13.119><c> Barak,</c><00:25:13.880><c> saying,</c> 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:16.839 tell<00:25:14.299><c> us,</c><00:25:14.579><c> how</c><00:25:14.779><c> didst</c><00:25:15.160><c> thou</c><00:25:15.240><c> write</c><00:25:15.480><c> all</c><00:25:15.740><c> these</c><00:25:15.920><c> words</c><00:25:16.160><c> at</c><00:25:16.299><c> his</c><00:25:16.539><c> mouth?</c> 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:18.700 Now,<00:25:17.559><c> think</c><00:25:17.759><c> about</c><00:25:17.940><c> this,</c><00:25:18.299><c> brothers</c><00:25:18.299><c> and</c><00:25:18.519><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:20.180 What<00:25:18.859><c> would</c><00:25:19.019><c> you</c><00:25:19.279><c> say?</c> 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:22.960 If<00:25:20.599><c> you</c><00:25:20.779><c> were</c><00:25:20.940><c> Barak,</c><00:25:21.519><c> what</c><00:25:21.680><c> would</c><00:25:21.859><c> you</c><00:25:22.140><c> say?</c> 00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:25.400 Would<00:25:23.859><c> you</c><00:25:24.099><c> say,</c><00:25:24.380><c> well,</c><00:25:24.640><c> I</c><00:25:24.880><c> wrote</c><00:25:25.019><c> them</c><00:25:25.220><c> down</c> 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:28.559 because<00:25:25.859><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:26.359><c> spoke</c><00:25:26.700><c> them</c><00:25:26.819><c> and</c><00:25:26.900><c> I</c><00:25:27.079><c> agree</c><00:25:27.240><c> with</c><00:25:27.380><c> all</c><00:25:27.539><c> of</c><00:25:27.660><c> this.</c> 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:30.039 Would<00:25:28.779><c> you</c><00:25:28.920><c> say</c><00:25:29.099><c> that?</c> 00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:32.859 Look<00:25:30.640><c> what</c><00:25:30.720><c> he</c><00:25:30.880><c> says</c><00:25:31.240><c> in</c><00:25:31.599><c> verse</c><00:25:31.859><c> 18.</c> 00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:34.339 Then<00:25:33.299><c> Barak</c><00:25:33.680><c> answered</c><00:25:34.099><c> them.</c> 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:36.380 He<00:25:34.539><c> pronounced</c><00:25:34.940><c> all</c><00:25:35.160><c> these</c><00:25:35.359><c> words</c><00:25:35.559><c> under</c><00:25:35.740><c> me</c><00:25:35.900><c> with</c><00:25:36.039><c> his</c><00:25:36.220><c> mouth</c> 00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.960 and<00:25:36.500><c> I</c><00:25:36.640><c> wrote</c><00:25:36.700><c> them</c><00:25:36.839><c> in</c><00:25:36.940><c> a</c><00:25:37.000><c> book.</c> 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:40.700 I'm<00:25:38.920><c> just</c><00:25:39.099><c> a</c><00:25:39.319><c> scribe.</c> 00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:45.460 But<00:25:41.799><c> the</c><00:25:42.000><c> princes</c><00:25:42.240><c> said</c><00:25:42.500><c> to</c><00:25:42.619><c> him,</c><00:25:42.779><c> now</c><00:25:42.920><c> listen,</c><00:25:44.039><c> you're</c><00:25:44.279><c> in</c><00:25:44.400><c> trouble.</c> 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:47.920 And<00:25:45.779><c> in</c><00:25:45.920><c> verse</c><00:25:46.119><c> 19,</c><00:25:46.660><c> the</c><00:25:46.819><c> princes</c><00:25:47.160><c> said</c><00:25:47.440><c> to</c><00:25:47.680><c> Barak,</c> 00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:50.200 go<00:25:48.519><c> hide</c><00:25:48.980><c> thee,</c><00:25:49.259><c> thou</c><00:25:49.579><c> and</c><00:25:49.720><c> Jeremiah,</c> 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:52.880 and<00:25:50.400><c> let</c><00:25:50.680><c> no</c><00:25:51.019><c> man</c><00:25:51.299><c> know</c><00:25:51.640><c> where</c><00:25:51.920><c> ye</c><00:25:52.140><c> be.</c> 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:55.660 Now,<00:25:53.440><c> you</c><00:25:53.539><c> know</c><00:25:53.680><c> what</c><00:25:53.839><c> happens</c><00:25:54.079><c> next,</c><00:25:54.500><c> don't</c><00:25:54.579><c> you?</c> 00:25:56.319 --> 00:26:00.160 These<00:25:56.599><c> princes</c><00:25:57.039><c> go</c><00:25:57.319><c> to</c><00:25:57.599><c> the</c><00:25:57.859><c> king,</c><00:25:58.339><c> King</c><00:25:58.700><c> Jehoiakim,</c> 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:02.880 and<00:26:01.019><c> he's</c><00:26:01.319><c> sitting</c><00:26:01.660><c> in</c><00:26:02.279><c> his</c><00:26:02.519><c> chamber.</c> 00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:05.299 Look<00:26:03.279><c> at</c><00:26:03.440><c> verse</c><00:26:03.859><c> 22.</c> 00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:09.059 Now,<00:26:06.039><c> the</c><00:26:06.140><c> king</c><00:26:06.700><c> sat</c><00:26:07.220><c> in</c><00:26:07.420><c> the</c><00:26:07.619><c> winter</c><00:26:07.839><c> house</c><00:26:08.140><c> in</c><00:26:08.359><c> the</c><00:26:08.500><c> ninth</c><00:26:08.720><c> month.</c> 00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.700 You<00:26:09.539><c> know</c><00:26:09.619><c> what</c><00:26:09.740><c> the</c><00:26:09.940><c> ninth</c><00:26:10.140><c> month</c><00:26:10.359><c> was?</c> 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.420 The<00:26:11.259><c> beginning</c><00:26:11.480><c> of</c><00:26:11.680><c> winter.</c> 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:15.019 You<00:26:13.559><c> know,</c><00:26:13.680><c> if</c><00:26:13.819><c> you</c><00:26:13.900><c> go</c><00:26:14.019><c> back</c><00:26:14.180><c> to</c><00:26:14.319><c> the</c><00:26:14.420><c> book</c><00:26:14.579><c> of</c><00:26:14.839><c> Ezra,</c> 00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:17.579 you<00:26:15.200><c> find</c><00:26:15.460><c> that</c><00:26:15.799><c> there</c><00:26:15.880><c> was</c><00:26:15.980><c> a</c><00:26:16.059><c> lot</c><00:26:16.160><c> of</c><00:26:16.359><c> rain</c><00:26:16.599><c> in</c><00:26:16.799><c> the</c><00:26:16.940><c> ninth</c><00:26:17.160><c> month.</c> 00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:20.000 It<00:26:18.220><c> was</c><00:26:18.380><c> a</c><00:26:18.559><c> miserable</c><00:26:18.940><c> time,</c><00:26:19.500><c> cold.</c> 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:22.839 So<00:26:20.640><c> the</c><00:26:20.819><c> king's</c><00:26:21.160><c> sitting</c><00:26:21.339><c> and</c><00:26:21.440><c> he's</c><00:26:21.640><c> got</c><00:26:21.740><c> a</c><00:26:21.940><c> fire</c><00:26:22.180><c> burning.</c> 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:26.980 In<00:26:23.440><c> verse</c><00:26:23.640><c> 23,</c><00:26:25.099><c> it</c><00:26:25.099><c> came</c><00:26:25.440><c> to</c><00:26:25.640><c> pass</c><00:26:25.859><c> that</c><00:26:26.099><c> when</c><00:26:26.460><c> Yehudi,</c> 00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:30.900 his<00:26:27.339><c> name</c><00:26:27.559><c> means</c><00:26:27.799><c> the</c><00:26:28.119><c> Jew,</c><00:26:28.740><c> had</c><00:26:28.900><c> read</c><00:26:29.119><c> three</c><00:26:29.400><c> or</c><00:26:29.579><c> four</c><00:26:29.859><c> leaves,</c> 00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.960 he<00:26:31.299><c> cut</c><00:26:31.539><c> it</c><00:26:31.880><c> with</c><00:26:32.200><c> a</c><00:26:32.440><c> penknife.</c> 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:35.960 Now,<00:26:33.519><c> Rotherham</c><00:26:33.880><c> says</c><00:26:34.299><c> the</c><00:26:35.000><c> scribe's</c><00:26:35.740><c> knife.</c> 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:39.200 You<00:26:36.299><c> know,</c><00:26:36.460><c> the</c><00:26:36.640><c> scribes,</c><00:26:36.859><c> when</c><00:26:37.000><c> they</c><00:26:37.680><c> were</c><00:26:37.839><c> going</c><00:26:38.019><c> to</c><00:26:38.279><c> make</c><00:26:38.680><c> up</c><00:26:38.880><c> a</c><00:26:39.079><c> scroll,</c> 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.680 they<00:26:39.420><c> would</c><00:26:39.539><c> have</c><00:26:39.640><c> to</c><00:26:39.839><c> cut</c><00:26:39.960><c> the</c><00:26:40.259><c> scroll</c><00:26:40.440><c> out,</c> 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.660 and<00:26:40.839><c> they</c><00:26:40.900><c> would</c><00:26:41.059><c> use</c><00:26:41.500><c> a</c><00:26:42.000><c> cutting</c><00:26:42.240><c> knife,</c> 00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:45.039 cut<00:26:43.220><c> the</c><00:26:43.480><c> scroll,</c><00:26:43.700><c> and</c><00:26:43.859><c> then</c><00:26:43.940><c> they</c><00:26:44.039><c> would</c><00:26:44.220><c> start</c><00:26:44.380><c> writing</c><00:26:44.700><c> on</c><00:26:44.880><c> it.</c> 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:47.440 Well,<00:26:45.960><c> he's</c><00:26:46.259><c> got</c><00:26:46.380><c> one</c><00:26:46.539><c> of</c><00:26:46.680><c> them.</c> 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:50.519 And<00:26:48.220><c> as</c><00:26:48.599><c> this</c><00:26:49.079><c> scroll</c><00:26:49.319><c> is</c><00:26:49.619><c> read,</c> 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.299 he<00:26:51.079><c> gets</c><00:26:51.299><c> out</c><00:26:51.519><c> the</c><00:26:51.680><c> knife</c><00:26:51.859><c> and</c><00:26:52.039><c> says,</c> 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:57.019 let<00:26:52.640><c> me</c><00:26:52.799><c> have</c><00:26:52.920><c> that,</c><00:26:54.859><c> cuts</c><00:26:55.099><c> off</c><00:26:55.339><c> the</c><00:26:55.519><c> bit</c><00:26:55.640><c> that's</c><00:26:55.819><c> been</c><00:26:56.119><c> read,</c> 00:26:57.140 --> 00:27:02.359 and<00:26:57.380><c> throws</c><00:26:57.579><c> it</c><00:26:57.759><c> into</c><00:26:57.900><c> the</c><00:26:58.059><c> fire</c><00:26:58.539><c> until</c><00:26:59.779><c> the</c><00:27:00.079><c> whole</c><00:27:00.480><c> scroll</c><00:27:00.980><c> is</c><00:27:01.599><c> gone.</c> 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:05.039 Now,<00:27:02.779><c> this,</c><00:27:03.259><c> brothers</c><00:27:03.339><c> and</c><00:27:03.559><c> sisters,</c><00:27:04.079><c> is</c><00:27:04.380><c> quite</c><00:27:04.680><c> dramatic.</c> 00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.599 You<00:27:05.259><c> know</c><00:27:05.380><c> why</c><00:27:05.559><c> it's</c><00:27:05.700><c> dramatic?</c> 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:09.740 We<00:27:07.859><c> read</c><00:27:08.099><c> in</c><00:27:08.279><c> verse</c><00:27:08.480><c> 24,</c> 00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:13.859 Yet<00:27:09.980><c> they</c><00:27:10.259><c> were</c><00:27:10.480><c> not</c><00:27:10.660><c> afraid,</c><00:27:12.039><c> nor</c><00:27:12.319><c> rent</c><00:27:12.539><c> their</c><00:27:12.819><c> clothes,</c> 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:16.619 neither<00:27:14.380><c> the</c><00:27:14.599><c> king,</c><00:27:15.559><c> nor</c><00:27:15.759><c> any</c><00:27:16.059><c> of</c><00:27:16.140><c> his</c><00:27:16.299><c> servants</c> 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:18.500 had<00:27:16.900><c> heard</c><00:27:16.980><c> all</c><00:27:17.220><c> these</c><00:27:17.420><c> words.</c> 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:21.660 They<00:27:19.259><c> did</c><00:27:19.559><c> not</c><00:27:19.980><c> tremble</c><00:27:20.599><c> at</c><00:27:20.920><c> the</c><00:27:21.059><c> word</c><00:27:21.180><c> of</c><00:27:21.400><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:24.779 but<00:27:22.059><c> guess</c><00:27:22.400><c> who</c><00:27:22.740><c> was</c><00:27:23.119><c> trembling</c><00:27:23.480><c> at</c><00:27:23.799><c> the</c><00:27:23.960><c> word</c><00:27:24.099><c> of</c><00:27:24.319><c> Yahweh</c> 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:26.460 right<00:27:25.380><c> now?</c> 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:30.460 I<00:27:26.960><c> want</c><00:27:27.099><c> you</c><00:27:27.160><c> to</c><00:27:27.220><c> come</c><00:27:27.420><c> to</c><00:27:27.579><c> Daniel</c><00:27:27.819><c> chapter</c><00:27:28.180><c> 2.</c> 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:42.519 In<00:27:38.980><c> Daniel</c><00:27:39.359><c> chapter</c><00:27:39.700><c> 2,</c><00:27:41.660><c> we</c><00:27:41.819><c> read</c><00:27:42.059><c> in</c><00:27:42.220><c> verse</c><00:27:42.400><c> 1,</c> 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:44.420 you<00:27:42.640><c> know</c><00:27:42.740><c> what</c><00:27:42.920><c> Daniel</c><00:27:43.180><c> 2</c><00:27:43.440><c> contains,</c> 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:48.180 the<00:27:45.079><c> dream</c><00:27:45.480><c> of</c><00:27:45.740><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:27:46.420><c> image.</c> 00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:51.420 Daniel<00:27:48.980><c> 2</c><00:27:49.220><c> verse</c><00:27:49.460><c> 1,</c><00:27:49.799><c> you</c><00:27:49.980><c> read</c><00:27:50.200><c> this.</c> 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:57.099 And<00:27:54.720><c> in</c><00:27:54.839><c> the</c><00:27:55.099><c> second</c><00:27:55.380><c> year</c><00:27:55.720><c> of</c><00:27:55.960><c> the</c><00:27:56.140><c> reign</c><00:27:56.279><c> of</c><00:27:56.440><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c> 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:59.640 now<00:27:57.359><c> guess</c><00:27:57.599><c> what</c><00:27:57.819><c> the</c><00:27:58.099><c> second</c><00:27:58.380><c> year</c><00:27:58.660><c> of</c><00:27:58.779><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:27:59.480><c> is,</c> 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.880 brothers<00:27:59.839><c> and</c><00:28:00.079><c> sisters?</c> 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:05.480 The<00:28:02.359><c> fifth</c><00:28:03.000><c> year</c><00:28:03.779><c> of</c><00:28:04.119><c> Jehoiakim.</c> 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:09.839 So<00:28:06.339><c> while</c><00:28:06.700><c> the</c><00:28:06.960><c> king</c><00:28:07.359><c> of</c><00:28:07.720><c> Judah</c><00:28:07.920><c> is</c><00:28:08.279><c> sitting</c><00:28:08.519><c> in</c><00:28:08.759><c> his</c><00:28:09.160><c> throne</c> 00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:12.859 with<00:28:10.460><c> his</c><00:28:10.720><c> feet</c><00:28:10.839><c> up</c><00:28:11.079><c> against</c><00:28:11.319><c> the</c><00:28:11.680><c> fireplace</c> 00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:16.460 and<00:28:13.740><c> the</c><00:28:14.039><c> scroll</c><00:28:14.619><c> of</c><00:28:15.519><c> Yahweh's</c><00:28:16.099><c> prophecies</c> 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.920 through<00:28:16.720><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:17.240><c> is</c><00:28:17.460><c> being</c><00:28:17.740><c> read,</c> 00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:20.880 he's<00:28:18.259><c> cutting</c><00:28:18.480><c> it</c><00:28:18.700><c> off</c><00:28:18.859><c> and</c><00:28:19.220><c> throwing</c><00:28:19.440><c> it</c><00:28:19.579><c> in</c><00:28:19.640><c> the</c><00:28:19.819><c> fire.</c> 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:25.900 At<00:28:22.000><c> the</c><00:28:22.299><c> very</c><00:28:22.539><c> same</c><00:28:22.940><c> time,</c><00:28:23.319><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:23.940><c> is</c><00:28:24.380><c> giving</c><00:28:24.579><c> a</c><00:28:24.839><c> dream</c> 00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:29.759 to<00:28:26.740><c> the</c><00:28:26.880><c> greatest</c><00:28:27.200><c> monarch</c><00:28:27.559><c> on</c><00:28:27.819><c> earth,</c><00:28:29.059><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c> 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.960 And<00:28:30.200><c> what</c><00:28:30.319><c> does</c><00:28:30.460><c> he</c><00:28:30.619><c> do?</c> 00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:33.859 We'll<00:28:31.519><c> read</c><00:28:31.700><c> on</c><00:28:31.880><c> in</c><00:28:32.039><c> verse</c><00:28:32.259><c> 1</c><00:28:32.480><c> of</c><00:28:32.680><c> Daniel</c><00:28:32.960><c> 2.</c> 00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:38.099 It<00:28:34.640><c> says</c><00:28:34.859><c> this,</c><00:28:36.259><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:28:37.000><c> dreamed</c><00:28:37.319><c> dreams</c> 00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:39.940 wherewith<00:28:38.660><c> his</c><00:28:39.039><c> spirit</c><00:28:39.299><c> was</c><00:28:39.619><c> troubled</c> 00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:41.880 and<00:28:40.220><c> his</c><00:28:40.559><c> sleep</c><00:28:40.720><c> break</c><00:28:41.059><c> from</c><00:28:41.299><c> him.</c> 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.900 He<00:28:42.640><c> got</c><00:28:42.819><c> no</c><00:28:43.099><c> rest.</c> 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:48.720 He<00:28:44.759><c> was</c><00:28:45.099><c> trembling</c><00:28:45.559><c> at</c><00:28:46.160><c> the</c><00:28:46.400><c> word</c><00:28:47.079><c> of</c><00:28:47.440><c> Yahweh</c> 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:54.079 while<00:28:49.779><c> the</c><00:28:50.019><c> king</c><00:28:50.180><c> of</c><00:28:50.559><c> Judah</c><00:28:50.900><c> was</c><00:28:52.359><c> burning</c><00:28:52.680><c> it</c><00:28:52.880><c> in</c><00:28:53.000><c> the</c><00:28:53.099><c> fire.</c> 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.319 Got<00:28:56.420><c> a</c><00:28:56.579><c> picture?</c> 00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.980 Yeah. 00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:01.779 Imagine<00:28:59.920><c> how</c><00:29:00.079><c> God</c><00:29:00.299><c> felt</c><00:29:00.500><c> about</c><00:29:00.779><c> that.</c> 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:04.680 Imagine<00:29:02.440><c> how</c><00:29:02.660><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:03.140><c> felt</c><00:29:03.359><c> about</c><00:29:03.680><c> that.</c> 00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:07.079 Imagine<00:29:04.980><c> what</c><00:29:05.539><c> Barak</c><00:29:05.799><c> felt</c><00:29:06.099><c> about</c><00:29:06.819><c> that.</c> 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:09.880 He'd<00:29:07.440><c> just</c><00:29:07.660><c> spent</c><00:29:07.960><c> months</c><00:29:08.559><c> writing</c><00:29:09.079><c> this</c><00:29:09.460><c> out.</c> 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.460 And<00:29:10.559><c> guess</c><00:29:10.680><c> what's</c><00:29:10.900><c> going</c><00:29:11.000><c> to</c><00:29:11.099><c> happen</c><00:29:11.240><c> now?</c> 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:13.920 Come<00:29:11.640><c> back</c><00:29:11.819><c> to</c><00:29:12.000><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:12.279><c> 36.</c> 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.700 Verse<00:29:16.940><c> 26.</c> 00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:20.720 The<00:29:17.819><c> king</c><00:29:18.119><c> commanded</c><00:29:18.619><c> Jeremiel,</c><00:29:19.220><c> the</c><00:29:19.440><c> son</c><00:29:19.680><c> of</c><00:29:20.259><c> Hamelech,</c> 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.759 and<00:29:21.000><c> Saraiah,</c><00:29:21.480><c> the</c><00:29:21.599><c> son</c><00:29:21.799><c> of</c><00:29:22.000><c> Azaril,</c> 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:24.240 Shalemiah,<00:29:23.440><c> the</c><00:29:23.579><c> son</c><00:29:23.740><c> of</c><00:29:23.920><c> Abdeel,</c> 00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:27.500 to<00:29:24.480><c> take</c><00:29:24.799><c> Barak</c><00:29:25.240><c> the</c><00:29:25.500><c> scribe</c><00:29:25.980><c> and</c><00:29:26.359><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:26.900><c> the</c><00:29:27.119><c> prophet.</c> 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:29.740 But<00:29:28.240><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:28.599><c> hid</c><00:29:28.819><c> them.</c> 00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:32.200 Then<00:29:30.059><c> we</c><00:29:30.279><c> read</c><00:29:30.440><c> this</c><00:29:30.680><c> in</c><00:29:30.819><c> verse</c><00:29:31.039><c> 27.</c> 00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:34.640 Then<00:29:32.779><c> the</c><00:29:32.960><c> word</c><00:29:33.200><c> of</c><00:29:33.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:33.660><c> came</c><00:29:34.000><c> to</c><00:29:34.259><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:36.660 after<00:29:35.000><c> the</c><00:29:35.200><c> king</c><00:29:35.480><c> had</c><00:29:35.799><c> burned</c><00:29:36.079><c> the</c><00:29:36.339><c> roll</c> 00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:38.980 and<00:29:37.140><c> the</c><00:29:37.240><c> words</c><00:29:37.480><c> which</c><00:29:37.779><c> Barak</c><00:29:38.019><c> wrote</c><00:29:38.240><c> at</c><00:29:38.380><c> the</c><00:29:38.539><c> mouth</c><00:29:38.759><c> of</c> 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.799 Jeremiah<00:29:39.299><c> saying,</c> 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:42.319 this<00:29:40.380><c> is</c><00:29:40.480><c> what</c><00:29:40.660><c> God</c><00:29:40.859><c> told</c><00:29:41.119><c> Jeremiah,</c> 00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:44.220 take<00:29:42.640><c> thee</c><00:29:42.940><c> again</c><00:29:43.240><c> another</c><00:29:43.880><c> roll</c> 00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:48.099 and<00:29:45.059><c> write</c><00:29:45.400><c> in</c><00:29:45.559><c> it</c><00:29:45.900><c> all</c><00:29:46.380><c> the</c><00:29:46.660><c> former</c><00:29:46.960><c> words</c><00:29:47.359><c> that</c><00:29:47.539><c> were</c><00:29:47.680><c> in</c><00:29:47.819><c> the</c> 00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.680 first<00:29:48.440><c> roll</c> 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:50.880 which<00:29:49.000><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:29:49.579><c> the</c><00:29:49.700><c> king</c><00:29:49.859><c> of</c><00:29:50.119><c> Judah</c><00:29:50.259><c> hath</c><00:29:50.519><c> burned</c> 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:53.559 and<00:29:51.039><c> thou</c><00:29:51.200><c> shalt</c><00:29:51.400><c> say</c><00:29:51.700><c> to</c><00:29:51.859><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:29:52.400><c> king</c><00:29:52.559><c> of</c><00:29:52.779><c> Judah,</c> 00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:56.000 thus<00:29:53.759><c> saith</c><00:29:54.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:54.299><c> thou</c><00:29:54.519><c> hast</c><00:29:54.759><c> burned</c><00:29:55.079><c> this</c><00:29:55.380><c> roll</c><00:29:55.559><c> saying,</c> 00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:58.519 why<00:29:56.559><c> hast</c><00:29:56.700><c> thou</c><00:29:56.799><c> written</c><00:29:57.059><c> therein</c><00:29:57.519><c> saying</c><00:29:57.700><c> the</c><00:29:57.839><c> king</c><00:29:58.079><c> of</c><00:29:58.279><c> Babylon</c> 00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:00.500 shall<00:29:58.740><c> certainly</c><00:29:59.099><c> come</c><00:29:59.339><c> and</c><00:29:59.500><c> destroy</c><00:29:59.900><c> this</c><00:30:00.140><c> land</c> 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:03.039 and<00:30:00.980><c> shall</c><00:30:01.160><c> cause</c><00:30:01.460><c> to</c><00:30:01.680><c> cease</c><00:30:01.839><c> from</c><00:30:02.079><c> this</c><00:30:02.259><c> man</c><00:30:02.559><c> and</c><00:30:02.740><c> beast?</c> 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:06.440 Therefore<00:30:03.980><c> thus</c><00:30:04.259><c> saith</c><00:30:04.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:04.900><c> of</c><00:30:05.140><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:30:05.740><c> king</c><00:30:05.940><c> of</c><00:30:06.220><c> Judah,</c> 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:09.000 he<00:30:06.819><c> shall</c><00:30:07.039><c> have</c><00:30:07.339><c> none</c><00:30:07.539><c> to</c><00:30:07.740><c> sit</c><00:30:07.819><c> upon</c><00:30:08.079><c> the</c><00:30:08.299><c> throne</c><00:30:08.480><c> of</c><00:30:08.720><c> David</c> 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:12.680 and<00:30:09.640><c> his</c><00:30:09.859><c> dead</c><00:30:10.180><c> body</c><00:30:10.799><c> shall</c><00:30:11.039><c> be</c><00:30:11.359><c> cast</c><00:30:11.680><c> out</c><00:30:12.000><c> in</c><00:30:12.220><c> the</c><00:30:12.440><c> day</c> 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:15.160 to<00:30:12.859><c> the</c><00:30:13.039><c> heat</c><00:30:13.279><c> and</c><00:30:13.480><c> the</c><00:30:13.680><c> night</c><00:30:13.920><c> to</c><00:30:14.119><c> the</c><00:30:14.339><c> frost.</c> 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:19.180 And<00:30:15.700><c> we're</c><00:30:15.859><c> also</c><00:30:16.160><c> told</c><00:30:16.660><c> that</c><00:30:17.839><c> not</c><00:30:18.039><c> only</c><00:30:18.299><c> did</c><00:30:18.460><c> they</c><00:30:18.759><c> write</c><00:30:18.920><c> all</c> 00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:20.200 the<00:30:19.440><c> former</c><00:30:19.700><c> words</c> 00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:22.539 which<00:30:20.640><c> took</c><00:30:20.880><c> them</c><00:30:21.079><c> months</c><00:30:21.299><c> to</c><00:30:21.579><c> write,</c> 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:25.160 but<00:30:23.240><c> they</c><00:30:23.480><c> added</c><00:30:23.599><c> a</c><00:30:23.819><c> whole</c><00:30:23.960><c> lot</c><00:30:24.140><c> more.</c> 00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:28.920 Can<00:30:26.299><c> I</c><00:30:26.420><c> ask</c><00:30:26.700><c> you,</c><00:30:26.920><c> if</c><00:30:26.980><c> you</c><00:30:27.079><c> were</c><00:30:27.220><c> Barak,</c><00:30:27.559><c> how</c><00:30:27.720><c> you'd</c><00:30:27.940><c> be</c><00:30:28.099><c> feeling?</c> 00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:33.000 You're<00:30:31.420><c> in</c><00:30:31.660><c> fear</c><00:30:31.799><c> of</c><00:30:31.920><c> your</c><00:30:32.099><c> life.</c> 00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:36.000 You've<00:30:33.779><c> got</c><00:30:33.779><c> to</c><00:30:34.039><c> hide</c><00:30:34.400><c> every</c><00:30:34.859><c> day.</c> 00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:38.940 You've<00:30:36.799><c> spent</c><00:30:36.920><c> months</c><00:30:37.500><c> writing</c><00:30:37.859><c> out</c><00:30:38.160><c> something</c><00:30:38.440><c> that</c><00:30:38.680><c> the</c> 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.680 kings<00:30:39.200><c> burnt</c> 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:41.680 and<00:30:40.519><c> then</c><00:30:40.740><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:41.079><c> says</c><00:30:41.319><c> to</c><00:30:41.500><c> you,</c> 00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:44.519 here,<00:30:42.000><c> hey</c><00:30:42.220><c> fella,</c><00:30:43.220><c> sit</c><00:30:43.420><c> down.</c> 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:47.539 We're<00:30:45.779><c> going</c><00:30:45.779><c> to</c><00:30:45.859><c> do</c><00:30:46.059><c> it</c><00:30:46.220><c> all</c><00:30:46.400><c> again.</c> 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:51.220 And<00:30:49.480><c> a</c><00:30:49.700><c> whole</c><00:30:49.839><c> lot</c><00:30:50.019><c> more.</c> 00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:53.539 You're<00:30:52.259><c> kidding</c><00:30:52.500><c> me.</c> 00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:57.539 You<00:30:55.619><c> know</c><00:30:55.720><c> what</c><00:30:55.839><c> was</c><00:30:56.019><c> happening</c><00:30:56.279><c> in</c><00:30:56.579><c> Barak's</c><00:30:57.000><c> mind</c> 00:30:57.539 --> 00:31:00.579 while<00:30:58.099><c> he's</c><00:30:58.420><c> hiding</c><00:30:58.779><c> for</c><00:30:59.140><c> fear</c><00:30:59.380><c> of</c><00:30:59.500><c> his</c><00:30:59.680><c> life?</c> 00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:03.940 He's<00:31:02.160><c> thinking</c><00:31:02.440><c> about</c><00:31:02.740><c> what</c><00:31:02.900><c> it</c><00:31:03.079><c> would</c><00:31:03.180><c> have</c><00:31:03.359><c> been</c><00:31:03.480><c> like</c> 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he</c><00:31:16.599><c> went</c><00:31:16.740><c> away</c><00:31:16.940><c> to</c><00:31:17.140><c> Babylon</c><00:31:17.420><c> in</c><00:31:17.660><c> the</c><00:31:17.740><c> time</c><00:31:17.900><c> of</c><00:31:18.039><c> Zedekiah,</c> 00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:25.000 putting<00:31:20.900><c> his</c><00:31:21.339><c> feet</c><00:31:21.480><c> up</c><00:31:22.700><c> on</c><00:31:23.640><c> the</c><00:31:23.859><c> hearth</c> 00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:29.240 and<00:31:25.660><c> just</c><00:31:25.980><c> having</c><00:31:26.180><c> a</c><00:31:26.339><c> good</c><00:31:26.519><c> time,</c><00:31:27.539><c> a</c><00:31:27.880><c> quiet</c><00:31:28.240><c> time.</c> 00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:32.160 Hands<00:31:29.819><c> up,</c><00:31:30.200><c> brethren.</c><00:31:30.599><c> I</c><00:31:30.619><c> won't</c><00:31:30.819><c> ask</c><00:31:31.059><c> the</c><00:31:31.220><c> sisters.</c> 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:37.480 Hands<00:31:33.279><c> up,</c><00:31:33.559><c> 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your</c><00:32:00.799><c> mind</c> 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:03.500 when<00:32:01.779><c> you're</c><00:32:01.960><c> in</c><00:32:02.079><c> the</c><00:32:02.140><c> middle</c><00:32:02.339><c> of</c><00:32:02.539><c> ecclesial</c><00:32:02.960><c> problems</c><00:32:03.339><c> and</c> 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.960 troubles,<00:32:03.880><c> would</c><00:32:03.940><c> it?</c> 00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:07.160 You'd<00:32:05.359><c> never</c><00:32:05.559><c> think</c><00:32:05.759><c> about</c><00:32:06.039><c> that.</c> 00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:10.160 Well,<00:32:08.259><c> I</c><00:32:08.400><c> think</c><00:32:08.519><c> you</c><00:32:08.700><c> know</c><00:32:08.940><c> full</c><00:32:09.200><c> well</c><00:32:09.299><c> what</c><00:32:09.440><c> was</c><00:32:09.619><c> going</c><00:32:09.779><c> on</c><00:32:09.900><c> in</c> 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.319 Barak's<00:32:10.460><c> mind.</c> 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:14.759 He<00:32:12.640><c> was</c><00:32:12.859><c> 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all</c><00:32:30.880><c> being</c><00:32:31.180><c> tested</c><00:32:31.500><c> at</c><00:32:31.700><c> the</c><00:32:31.839><c> end.</c> 00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.880 Some<00:32:33.799><c> people</c><00:32:34.019><c> say</c><00:32:34.279><c> to</c><00:32:34.440><c> me,</c> 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:38.140 Jim,<00:32:35.660><c> you</c><00:32:35.819><c> understand</c><00:32:36.220><c> why</c><00:32:36.480><c> all</c><00:32:36.599><c> these</c><00:32:36.759><c> troubles</c><00:32:37.079><c> are</c><00:32:37.339><c> occurring?</c> 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.220 Well,<00:32:38.380><c> there's</c><00:32:38.680><c> many</c><00:32:38.900><c> reasons.</c> 00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:41.240 You<00:32:39.420><c> know</c><00:32:39.500><c> what</c><00:32:39.599><c> I</c><00:32:39.779><c> say</c><00:32:39.940><c> to</c><00:32:40.039><c> them</c><00:32:40.119><c> in</c><00:32:40.259><c> response?</c> 00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:45.880 Why<00:32:42.559><c> should</c><00:32:43.019><c> not</c><00:32:43.720><c> the</c><00:32:44.119><c> final</c><00:32:44.440><c> generation</c><00:32:45.000><c> of</c><00:32:45.200><c> Christodorphians</c> 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:49.140 who<00:32:46.039><c> have</c><00:32:46.220><c> enjoyed</c><00:32:46.500><c> 60</c><00:32:46.920><c> or</c><00:32:47.119><c> 70</c><00:32:47.500><c> years</c><00:32:47.819><c> of</c><00:32:48.099><c> general</c><00:32:48.480><c> prosperity,</c> 00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:51.380 we<00:32:49.680><c> have</c><00:32:49.759><c> more</c><00:32:50.019><c> money</c><00:32:50.259><c> in</c><00:32:50.420><c> our</c><00:32:50.619><c> pockets</c><00:32:50.759><c> and</c><00:32:50.839><c> we</c><00:32:50.940><c> know</c><00:32:51.059><c> what</c><00:32:51.200><c> to</c> 00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.640 do<00:32:51.599><c> with?</c> 00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:56.200 If<00:32:53.220><c> you</c><00:32:53.380><c> work</c><00:32:53.539><c> in</c><00:32:53.660><c> Australia,</c><00:32:53.980><c> you</c><00:32:54.079><c> get</c><00:32:54.279><c> four</c><00:32:54.519><c> or</c><00:32:54.619><c> five</c><00:32:54.880><c> weeks</c><00:32:55.099><c> holiday</c> 00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:58.900 plus<00:32:56.859><c> long</c><00:32:57.380><c> service</c><00:32:57.819><c> leave.</c> 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.920 We've<00:33:00.119><c> got</c><00:33:00.200><c> all</c><00:33:00.539><c> of</c><00:33:00.660><c> the</c><00:33:00.880><c> comforts</c><00:33:01.259><c> of</c><00:33:01.380><c> life.</c> 00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:05.279 Nothing<00:33:02.640><c> is</c><00:33:02.900><c> restricted</c><00:33:03.319><c> from</c><00:33:03.599><c> us,</c><00:33:04.180><c> basically.</c> 00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:08.880 Why<00:33:06.119><c> shouldn't</c><00:33:06.519><c> this</c><00:33:06.799><c> generation</c><00:33:07.460><c> be</c><00:33:07.900><c> tested?</c> 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:13.900 Why<00:33:10.460><c> shouldn't</c><00:33:10.819><c> God</c><00:33:11.680><c> put</c><00:33:13.160><c> us</c><00:33:13.319><c> to</c><00:33:13.460><c> the</c><00:33:13.660><c> test?</c> 00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:17.119 He<00:33:14.180><c> doesn't</c><00:33:14.420><c> give</c><00:33:14.640><c> immortality</c><00:33:15.119><c> to</c><00:33:15.240><c> anyone</c><00:33:15.660><c> on</c><00:33:15.880><c> the</c><00:33:16.019><c> basis</c> 00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:20.220 of<00:33:18.059><c> going</c><00:33:18.299><c> into</c><00:33:18.460><c> the</c><00:33:18.619><c> kingdom</c><00:33:18.799><c> in</c><00:33:18.960><c> an</c><00:33:19.200><c> armchair.</c> 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:24.119 You<00:33:20.859><c> don't</c><00:33:21.240><c> get</c><00:33:21.559><c> into</c><00:33:21.779><c> the</c><00:33:21.960><c> kingdom</c><00:33:22.160><c> of</c><00:33:22.400><c> God</c><00:33:22.559><c> in</c><00:33:22.740><c> an</c><00:33:22.960><c> armchair.</c> 00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:28.380 And<00:33:26.160><c> so</c><00:33:26.420><c> the</c><00:33:26.660><c> trials</c><00:33:27.140><c> that</c><00:33:27.460><c> we</c><00:33:27.660><c> are</c><00:33:27.700><c> being</c><00:33:27.940><c> put</c><00:33:28.140><c> through,</c> 00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:30.660 brothers<00:33:28.640><c> and</c><00:33:28.859><c> sisters,</c><00:33:29.420><c> are</c><00:33:29.420><c> designed</c><00:33:29.859><c> to</c><00:33:30.259><c> test</c><00:33:30.480><c> us.</c> 00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:32.779 And<00:33:30.819><c> that's</c><00:33:31.000><c> what</c><00:33:31.259><c> was</c><00:33:31.380><c> happening</c><00:33:31.599><c> to</c><00:33:31.900><c> Barak.</c> 00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:36.079 You<00:33:33.839><c> know,</c><00:33:33.980><c> I</c><00:33:34.160><c> want</c><00:33:34.279><c> you</c><00:33:34.420><c> to</c><00:33:34.460><c> come</c><00:33:34.680><c> back</c><00:33:34.819><c> to</c><00:33:35.000><c> Jeremiah</c><00:33:35.339><c> 45.</c> 00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:39.000 Let's<00:33:36.720><c> just</c><00:33:37.059><c> analyse</c><00:33:37.440><c> what</c><00:33:37.660><c> he</c><00:33:37.900><c> said.</c> 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:42.339 Verse<00:33:41.319><c> 3.</c> 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:45.960 Thou<00:33:43.779><c> didst</c><00:33:44.299><c> say,</c><00:33:44.700><c> woe</c><00:33:45.180><c> is</c><00:33:45.519><c> me,</c> 00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:48.700 the<00:33:46.539><c> passionate</c><00:33:46.940><c> cry</c><00:33:47.200><c> of</c><00:33:47.339><c> grief</c><00:33:47.599><c> and</c><00:33:47.819><c> despair.</c> 00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:51.900 The<00:33:49.400><c> word</c><00:33:49.619><c> grief</c><00:33:50.039><c> means</c><00:33:50.440><c> grief</c><00:33:50.740><c> or</c><00:33:51.019><c> sorrow</c><00:33:51.220><c> or</c><00:33:51.460><c> anguish.</c> 00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:55.420 The<00:33:52.480><c> word</c><00:33:52.740><c> sorrow</c><00:33:53.420><c> means</c><00:33:54.059><c> pain</c><00:33:54.279><c> or</c><00:33:54.480><c> sorrow.</c> 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.299 You<00:33:56.240><c> see,</c><00:33:56.460><c> he</c><00:33:56.539><c> goes</c><00:33:56.740><c> on</c><00:33:56.940><c> to</c><00:33:57.119><c> say,</c> 00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:01.680 I<00:33:57.819><c> fainted</c><00:33:58.339><c> in</c><00:33:58.539><c> my</c><00:33:58.940><c> sighing</c><00:33:59.400><c> and</c><00:33:59.579><c> I</c><00:33:59.980><c> find</c><00:34:00.259><c> no</c><00:34:00.720><c> rest.</c> 00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:04.559 This<00:34:02.259><c> word</c><00:34:02.519><c> fainted,</c><00:34:03.059><c> yaga,</c><00:34:03.440><c> means</c><00:34:03.680><c> to</c><00:34:04.019><c> gasp,</c> 00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:07.160 to<00:34:04.700><c> be</c><00:34:04.960><c> exhausted,</c><00:34:06.099><c> to</c><00:34:06.279><c> tire</c><00:34:06.559><c> in</c><00:34:06.960><c> toil.</c> 00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:11.219 Yeah,<00:34:07.400><c> he</c><00:34:07.539><c> was</c><00:34:07.920><c> sick</c><00:34:08.420><c> and</c><00:34:09.239><c> tired</c><00:34:09.659><c> of</c><00:34:10.719><c> sitting</c><00:34:10.940><c> there</c> 00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:14.320 writing<00:34:11.480><c> out</c><00:34:12.059><c> this</c><00:34:12.360><c> lengthy</c><00:34:12.780><c> scroll</c><00:34:13.239><c> twice</c> 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:18.320 and<00:34:14.920><c> then</c><00:34:15.079><c> having</c><00:34:15.239><c> to</c><00:34:15.639><c> hide</c><00:34:16.380><c> the</c><00:34:16.940><c> fear</c><00:34:17.059><c> of</c><00:34:17.199><c> his</c><00:34:17.400><c> life.</c> 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:20.179 And<00:34:18.760><c> that's</c><00:34:18.960><c> why</c><00:34:19.179><c> he</c><00:34:19.480><c> sighs,</c><00:34:19.659><c> you</c><00:34:19.940><c> see.</c> 00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:23.000 I<00:34:20.719><c> fainted</c><00:34:21.300><c> in</c><00:34:21.480><c> my</c><00:34:21.880><c> sighing.</c> 00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:25.440 This<00:34:23.639><c> groaning,</c><00:34:24.460><c> this</c><00:34:24.460><c> expression</c><00:34:24.900><c> of</c><00:34:25.239><c> grief</c> 00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:27.260 or<00:34:25.699><c> physical</c><00:34:26.119><c> distress.</c> 00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.579 And<00:34:27.739><c> he</c><00:34:27.840><c> got</c><00:34:28.019><c> no</c><00:34:28.300><c> rest.</c> 00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:31.340 He<00:34:28.800><c> got</c><00:34:29.079><c> no</c><00:34:29.760><c> manuka,</c><00:34:30.360><c> no</c><00:34:30.619><c> resting</c><00:34:30.980><c> place.</c> 00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:33.820 But<00:34:31.639><c> he</c><00:34:31.739><c> wanted</c><00:34:31.960><c> one</c><00:34:32.300><c> and</c><00:34:32.579><c> there</c><00:34:32.739><c> was</c><00:34:32.860><c> one</c><00:34:33.059><c> just</c><00:34:33.280><c> up</c><00:34:33.460><c> the</c><00:34:33.619><c> hill.</c> 00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:36.519 But<00:34:33.980><c> he</c><00:34:34.019><c> couldn't</c><00:34:34.239><c> go</c><00:34:34.500><c> there</c><00:34:34.659><c> because</c><00:34:34.880><c> he'd</c><00:34:35.139><c> be</c><00:34:35.559><c> caught.</c> 00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:38.820 There<00:34:37.260><c> was</c><00:34:37.360><c> one</c><00:34:37.539><c> up</c><00:34:37.760><c> the</c><00:34:37.900><c> hill</c><00:34:38.000><c> and</c><00:34:38.119><c> his</c><00:34:38.280><c> brother</c><00:34:38.480><c> was</c><00:34:38.679><c> living</c> 00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:40.199 in<00:34:38.960><c> it.</c> 00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:43.300 Nice<00:34:41.900><c> plush</c><00:34:42.260><c> house.</c> 00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:46.199 How<00:34:45.219><c> do</c><00:34:45.320><c> we</c><00:34:45.360><c> know</c><00:34:45.500><c> that's</c><00:34:45.800><c> true?</c> 00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:49.039 We<00:34:46.880><c> know</c><00:34:47.059><c> it's</c><00:34:47.340><c> true</c><00:34:47.460><c> from</c><00:34:47.659><c> verse</c><00:34:47.920><c> 5.</c> 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:52.079 In<00:34:50.159><c> verse</c><00:34:50.360><c> 5</c><00:34:50.659><c> we</c><00:34:50.860><c> read</c><00:34:51.079><c> this.</c> 00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:56.039 This<00:34:52.340><c> is</c><00:34:52.460><c> what</c><00:34:52.679><c> God</c><00:34:52.940><c> says</c><00:34:53.760><c> to</c><00:34:55.019><c> Barak.</c> 00:34:56.880 --> 00:35:01.599 And<00:34:56.900><c> seekest</c><00:34:57.340><c> thou</c><00:34:57.579><c> great</c><00:34:57.920><c> things</c><00:34:58.300><c> for</c><00:34:58.519><c> thyself,</c><00:35:00.340><c> seek</c><00:35:00.500><c> them</c><00:35:00.719><c> not.</c> 00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:05.139 The<00:35:01.900><c> word</c><00:35:02.139><c> seekest,</c><00:35:02.940><c> bakash,</c><00:35:03.440><c> means</c><00:35:03.719><c> to</c><00:35:03.960><c> seek</c><00:35:04.099><c> or</c><00:35:04.320><c> secure.</c> 00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:08.260 And<00:35:05.480><c> this</c><00:35:05.639><c> word</c><00:35:05.840><c> great</c><00:35:06.280><c> things,</c><00:35:06.519><c> just</c><00:35:06.780><c> the</c><00:35:06.900><c> one</c><00:35:07.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:07.360><c> word,</c><00:35:07.920><c> gadol,</c> 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:11.380 I<00:35:08.420><c> want</c><00:35:08.539><c> you</c><00:35:08.679><c> to</c><00:35:08.820><c> lock</c><00:35:08.940><c> that</c><00:35:09.119><c> one</c><00:35:09.239><c> away</c><00:35:09.460><c> in</c><00:35:09.860><c> your</c><00:35:10.000><c> mind</c><00:35:10.239><c> for</c><00:35:10.480><c> a</c><00:35:10.579><c> second,</c> 00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:14.519 means<00:35:12.199><c> great</c><00:35:12.500><c> or</c><00:35:12.780><c> large</c><00:35:13.019><c> in</c><00:35:13.280><c> magnitude</c><00:35:13.820><c> and</c><00:35:14.119><c> extent.</c> 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:18.920 And<00:35:15.380><c> I</c><00:35:15.559><c> think</c><00:35:15.760><c> God</c><00:35:16.000><c> has</c><00:35:16.239><c> in</c><00:35:16.400><c> mind</c><00:35:16.599><c> that</c><00:35:16.840><c> big</c><00:35:17.079><c> house</c><00:35:17.340><c> up</c><00:35:17.559><c> the</c><00:35:17.739><c> road.</c> 00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:23.780 You<00:35:20.159><c> know,</c><00:35:20.500><c> Barak</c><00:35:20.599><c> wasn't</c><00:35:20.880><c> looking</c><00:35:21.179><c> to</c><00:35:21.380><c> be</c><00:35:21.599><c> prominent,</c><00:35:23.480><c> was</c><00:35:23.679><c> he?</c> 00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:25.719 He<00:35:23.920><c> wasn't</c><00:35:24.039><c> looking</c><00:35:24.360><c> for</c><00:35:24.719><c> fame.</c> 00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:27.719 He<00:35:26.440><c> just</c><00:35:26.719><c> wanted</c><00:35:26.960><c> some</c><00:35:27.320><c> rest.</c> 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:30.940 I<00:35:28.579><c> just</c><00:35:28.940><c> want</c><00:35:29.099><c> some</c><00:35:29.460><c> rest,</c><00:35:29.980><c> please.</c> 00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:34.500 Look<00:35:32.500><c> at</c><00:35:32.619><c> that</c><00:35:32.739><c> house</c><00:35:32.960><c> my</c><00:35:33.179><c> brother's</c><00:35:33.579><c> in.</c> 00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:41.260 Seek<00:35:36.519><c> not</c><00:35:36.760><c> great</c><00:35:37.119><c> things</c><00:35:37.659><c> for</c><00:35:38.079><c> yourself,</c><00:35:39.820><c> says</c><00:35:39.980><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:44.320 He<00:35:42.739><c> goes</c><00:35:43.139><c> on</c><00:35:43.260><c> to</c><00:35:43.400><c> say</c><00:35:43.559><c> this.</c> 00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:47.300 For<00:35:44.659><c> behold</c><00:35:45.000><c> I</c><00:35:45.179><c> will</c><00:35:45.340><c> bring</c><00:35:45.559><c> evil</c><00:35:45.820><c> upon</c><00:35:46.139><c> all</c><00:35:46.420><c> flesh,</c><00:35:46.860><c> saith</c><00:35:46.940><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:51.079 but<00:35:47.599><c> thy</c><00:35:48.000><c> life,</c><00:35:48.599><c> thy</c><00:35:48.920><c> niphesh,</c><00:35:49.840><c> will</c><00:35:49.960><c> I</c><00:35:50.119><c> give</c><00:35:50.280><c> unto</c><00:35:50.519><c> thee</c><00:35:50.860><c> for</c> 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.920 a<00:35:51.320><c> prey</c> 00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:55.099 in<00:35:52.739><c> all</c><00:35:53.139><c> places</c><00:35:53.519><c> whither</c><00:35:53.699><c> thou</c><00:35:54.059><c> goest.</c> 00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:59.039 So<00:35:55.639><c> you're</c><00:35:56.139><c> going</c><00:35:56.239><c> to</c><00:35:56.400><c> survive,</c><00:35:57.199><c> Barak,</c><00:35:57.820><c> in</c><00:35:58.119><c> all</c><00:35:58.440><c> places,</c> 00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:01.019 whither<00:35:59.340><c> you</c><00:35:59.599><c> go,</c><00:36:00.099><c> including</c><00:36:00.579><c> Egypt.</c> 00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:03.960 Now<00:36:01.519><c> just</c><00:36:01.639><c> come</c><00:36:01.860><c> back</c><00:36:02.099><c> to</c><00:36:02.260><c> chapter</c><00:36:02.500><c> 43</c><00:36:02.980><c> verses</c><00:36:03.300><c> 6</c><00:36:03.599><c> and</c><00:36:03.699><c> 7,</c> 00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:05.579 just<00:36:04.239><c> a</c><00:36:04.420><c> page</c><00:36:04.639><c> back</c><00:36:04.840><c> in</c><00:36:04.980><c> your</c><00:36:05.139><c> Bible.</c> 00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:08.900 Jeremiah<00:36:06.480><c> 43</c><00:36:07.079><c> verses</c><00:36:07.340><c> 6</c><00:36:07.619><c> and</c><00:36:07.880><c> 7.</c> 00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:15.780 And<00:36:11.079><c> this</c><00:36:11.219><c> is</c><00:36:11.320><c> what</c><00:36:11.420><c> God</c><00:36:11.639><c> says</c><00:36:12.079><c> about</c><00:36:12.440><c> those</c><00:36:13.179><c> who</c><00:36:14.239><c> went</c><00:36:14.360><c> into</c><00:36:14.559><c> Egypt.</c> 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:18.820 Verse<00:36:16.139><c> 6,</c><00:36:17.340><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:17.619><c> 43.</c> 00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:21.579 Even<00:36:19.440><c> men</c><00:36:19.699><c> and</c><00:36:19.840><c> women</c><00:36:20.119><c> and</c><00:36:20.320><c> children</c><00:36:20.679><c> and</c><00:36:20.840><c> the</c><00:36:21.039><c> king's</c><00:36:21.360><c> daughters</c> 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:23.820 and<00:36:21.719><c> every</c><00:36:22.039><c> person</c><00:36:22.380><c> that</c><00:36:22.579><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:36:23.159><c> and</c><00:36:23.320><c> the</c><00:36:23.519><c> captain</c> 00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.320 of<00:36:23.980><c> the</c><00:36:24.179><c> guard</c> 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.380 had<00:36:24.539><c> left</c><00:36:24.739><c> with</c><00:36:24.940><c> Gedaliah</c><00:36:25.460><c> the</c><00:36:25.579><c> son</c><00:36:25.780><c> of</c><00:36:25.980><c> Ahicham</c><00:36:26.340><c> the</c><00:36:26.480><c> son</c><00:36:26.699><c> of</c><00:36:26.940><c> Shafan</c> 00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:31.260 and<00:36:27.960><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:28.559><c> the</c><00:36:28.860><c> prophet</c><00:36:29.199><c> and</c><00:36:29.860><c> Barak</c><00:36:30.300><c> the</c><00:36:30.480><c> son</c><00:36:30.699><c> of</c><00:36:30.900><c> Neriah.</c> 00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:32.820 So<00:36:31.440><c> there</c><00:36:31.619><c> he</c><00:36:31.820><c> is.</c> 00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:35.539 So<00:36:33.400><c> they</c><00:36:33.599><c> came</c><00:36:34.099><c> into</c><00:36:34.400><c> the</c><00:36:34.599><c> land</c><00:36:34.820><c> of</c><00:36:35.059><c> Egypt,</c> 00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:38.119 for<00:36:35.980><c> they</c><00:36:36.219><c> obeyed</c><00:36:36.619><c> not</c><00:36:36.800><c> the</c><00:36:37.000><c> voice</c><00:36:37.199><c> of</c><00:36:37.400><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:40.500 thus<00:36:38.300><c> they</c><00:36:38.539><c> came</c><00:36:38.840><c> to</c><00:36:39.119><c> Tapanis.</c> 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:42.440 So<00:36:41.019><c> Barak</c><00:36:41.300><c> ends</c><00:36:41.579><c> up</c><00:36:41.800><c> in</c><00:36:41.960><c> Egypt.</c> 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:45.559 Have<00:36:42.900><c> a</c><00:36:43.000><c> look</c><00:36:43.119><c> at</c><00:36:43.239><c> chapter</c><00:36:43.500><c> 44</c><00:36:44.019><c> verse</c><00:36:44.380><c> 14.</c> 00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:47.679 It<00:36:45.960><c> says</c><00:36:46.099><c> this.</c> 00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:49.699 So<00:36:48.400><c> that</c><00:36:48.420><c> none</c><00:36:48.719><c> of</c><00:36:48.880><c> the</c><00:36:49.000><c> remnant</c><00:36:49.260><c> of</c><00:36:49.519><c> Judah,</c> 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:51.460 which<00:36:49.980><c> are</c><00:36:50.260><c> gone</c><00:36:50.420><c> into</c><00:36:50.619><c> the</c><00:36:50.780><c> land</c><00:36:50.940><c> of</c><00:36:51.099><c> Egypt,</c> 00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:53.639 to<00:36:51.739><c> sojourn</c><00:36:52.159><c> there</c><00:36:52.320><c> shall</c><00:36:52.500><c> escape,</c><00:36:53.320><c> will</c><00:36:53.320><c> remain.</c> 00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:57.300 So<00:36:53.920><c> God</c><00:36:54.139><c> says,</c><00:36:54.760><c> you</c><00:36:54.900><c> people,</c><00:36:56.480><c> you</c><00:36:56.699><c> should</c><00:36:56.880><c> have</c><00:36:57.039><c> stayed</c><00:36:57.139><c> in</c> 00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:57.760 the<00:36:57.460><c> land,</c> 00:36:58.159 --> 00:37:01.719 you<00:36:58.360><c> went</c><00:36:58.519><c> to</c><00:36:58.699><c> Egypt,</c><00:36:59.340><c> none</c><00:36:59.539><c> of</c><00:36:59.639><c> you</c><00:36:59.699><c> are</c><00:36:59.800><c> going</c><00:36:59.880><c> to</c><00:37:00.019><c> escape,</c><00:37:00.739><c> except.</c> 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.119 Except. 00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:05.000 Well,<00:37:03.579><c> who's</c><00:37:03.760><c> the</c><00:37:03.920><c> exception?</c> 00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:07.159 Verse<00:37:05.639><c> 14</c><00:37:05.980><c> he</c><00:37:06.199><c> says,</c> 00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:09.739 none<00:37:08.199><c> of</c><00:37:08.380><c> them</c><00:37:08.460><c> shall</c><00:37:08.659><c> escape</c><00:37:09.099><c> or</c><00:37:09.380><c> remain,</c> 00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:11.820 that<00:37:10.039><c> they</c><00:37:10.260><c> should</c><00:37:10.420><c> return</c><00:37:10.760><c> into</c><00:37:10.960><c> the</c><00:37:11.079><c> land</c><00:37:11.320><c> of</c><00:37:11.579><c> Judah,</c> 00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:14.860 to<00:37:12.300><c> the</c><00:37:12.440><c> which</c><00:37:12.579><c> they</c><00:37:12.860><c> have</c><00:37:12.980><c> a</c><00:37:13.239><c> desire</c><00:37:13.519><c> to</c><00:37:13.820><c> return</c><00:37:14.019><c> to</c><00:37:14.219><c> dwell</c><00:37:14.460><c> there,</c> 00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:18.619 for<00:37:15.460><c> none</c><00:37:15.860><c> shall</c><00:37:16.099><c> return,</c><00:37:16.739><c> but</c><00:37:16.980><c> such</c><00:37:17.360><c> as</c><00:37:17.800><c> shall</c><00:37:18.000><c> escape.</c> 00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:20.519 So<00:37:19.219><c> who's</c><00:37:19.659><c> that?</c> 00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:25.699 Well,<00:37:21.780><c> have</c><00:37:21.980><c> a</c><00:37:22.079><c> look</c><00:37:22.159><c> at</c><00:37:22.300><c> verse</c><00:37:22.519><c> 28</c><00:37:23.300><c> of</c><00:37:23.800><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:24.260><c> 44.</c> 00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:29.159 Yet<00:37:26.880><c> a</c><00:37:27.199><c> small</c><00:37:27.420><c> number</c><00:37:27.860><c> that</c><00:37:28.119><c> escaped</c><00:37:28.539><c> the</c><00:37:28.920><c> sword</c> 00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:31.820 shall<00:37:29.420><c> return</c><00:37:30.340><c> out</c><00:37:30.659><c> of</c><00:37:30.760><c> the</c><00:37:30.940><c> land</c><00:37:31.099><c> of</c><00:37:31.320><c> Egypt</c> 00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:33.840 into<00:37:32.440><c> the</c><00:37:32.599><c> land</c><00:37:32.780><c> of</c><00:37:33.079><c> Judah.</c> 00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:36.260 And<00:37:34.400><c> all</c><00:37:34.579><c> the</c><00:37:34.699><c> remnant</c><00:37:34.920><c> of</c><00:37:35.139><c> Judah</c><00:37:35.420><c> that</c><00:37:35.659><c> are</c><00:37:35.840><c> gone</c><00:37:35.940><c> into</c><00:37:36.139><c> the</c> 00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.900 land<00:37:36.440><c> of</c><00:37:36.599><c> Egypt,</c> 00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:40.639 to<00:37:37.119><c> sojourn</c><00:37:37.500><c> there,</c><00:37:37.920><c> shall</c><00:37:38.059><c> know</c><00:37:38.480><c> whose</c><00:37:38.800><c> word</c><00:37:39.159><c> shall</c><00:37:39.500><c> stand,</c> 00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:42.360 mine<00:37:41.199><c> or</c><00:37:41.360><c> theirs.</c> 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:45.340 The<00:37:43.380><c> bulk</c><00:37:43.539><c> of</c><00:37:43.699><c> them</c><00:37:43.820><c> perished</c><00:37:44.179><c> in</c><00:37:44.340><c> Egypt.</c> 00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:47.780 But<00:37:46.460><c> a</c><00:37:46.599><c> very</c><00:37:46.880><c> small</c><00:37:47.099><c> number</c><00:37:47.400><c> survived.</c> 00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.920 I<00:37:48.019><c> wonder</c><00:37:48.159><c> who</c><00:37:48.320><c> they</c><00:37:48.599><c> were.</c> 00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:50.880 Well,<00:37:49.460><c> I</c><00:37:49.539><c> know</c><00:37:49.619><c> who</c><00:37:49.739><c> one</c><00:37:49.840><c> of</c><00:37:49.940><c> them</c><00:37:50.059><c> was.</c> 00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:53.699 One<00:37:51.659><c> of</c><00:37:51.780><c> them</c><00:37:51.880><c> was</c><00:37:52.079><c> Barak,</c><00:37:52.460><c> the</c><00:37:52.579><c> son</c><00:37:52.659><c> of</c><00:37:52.820><c> Neriah.</c> 00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:57.500 Your<00:37:55.380><c> life</c><00:37:55.739><c> will</c><00:37:55.920><c> be</c><00:37:56.079><c> given</c><00:37:56.260><c> to</c><00:37:56.500><c> you</c><00:37:56.639><c> for</c><00:37:56.860><c> a</c><00:37:57.079><c> prey</c> 00:37:57.500 --> 00:38:01.400 in<00:37:58.199><c> all</c><00:37:58.760><c> places</c><00:37:59.480><c> whither</c><00:37:59.760><c> you</c><00:37:59.960><c> go,</c><00:38:00.739><c> Barak.</c> 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:04.460 That's<00:38:02.219><c> the</c><00:38:02.300><c> guarantee</c><00:38:02.639><c> God</c><00:38:02.900><c> gives</c><00:38:03.119><c> him.</c> 00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:06.900 Where<00:38:05.000><c> you</c><00:38:05.179><c> go,</c><00:38:05.619><c> Halak,</c><00:38:05.960><c> means</c><00:38:06.179><c> to</c><00:38:06.380><c> walk.</c> 00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:10.679 Wherever<00:38:07.480><c> you</c><00:38:07.699><c> walk,</c><00:38:08.820><c> your</c><00:38:08.980><c> life</c><00:38:09.239><c> will</c><00:38:09.500><c> be</c><00:38:09.739><c> preserved.</c> 00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:13.940 So<00:38:11.420><c> what</c><00:38:11.760><c> did</c><00:38:12.280><c> Barak</c><00:38:13.059><c> seek?</c> 00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:16.280 Well,<00:38:15.639><c> there's</c><00:38:15.840><c> a</c><00:38:15.960><c> hint.</c> 00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:20.599 There's<00:38:17.059><c> a</c><00:38:17.199><c> hint</c><00:38:17.539><c> in</c><00:38:17.860><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:18.260><c> 45,</c><00:38:18.940><c> verse</c><00:38:19.139><c> 4.</c> 00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:23.099 We<00:38:21.460><c> read</c><00:38:21.659><c> this.</c> 00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:24.780 Thus<00:38:23.280><c> thou</c><00:38:23.500><c> shalt</c><00:38:23.699><c> say</c><00:38:23.980><c> unto</c><00:38:24.159><c> him,</c> 00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:27.000 that<00:38:25.420><c> is,</c><00:38:25.679><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:38:26.079><c> going</c><00:38:26.219><c> to</c><00:38:26.320><c> say</c><00:38:26.460><c> to</c><00:38:26.659><c> Barak,</c> 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:30.900 Yahweh<00:38:27.980><c> saith</c><00:38:28.280><c> thus,</c><00:38:29.159><c> behold,</c><00:38:29.340><c> that</c><00:38:29.579><c> which</c><00:38:29.800><c> I</c><00:38:30.019><c> have</c><00:38:30.539><c> built</c> 00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:33.239 will<00:38:31.559><c> I</c><00:38:31.840><c> break</c><00:38:32.139><c> down.</c> 00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:37.099 And<00:38:33.679><c> that</c><00:38:33.860><c> which</c><00:38:34.039><c> I</c><00:38:34.239><c> have</c><00:38:34.519><c> planted,</c><00:38:35.860><c> I</c><00:38:36.099><c> will</c><00:38:36.380><c> pluck</c><00:38:36.599><c> up.</c> 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.320 Even<00:38:37.820><c> this</c><00:38:38.239><c> whole</c><00:38:38.820><c> land,</c><00:38:39.579><c> and</c><00:38:39.739><c> he</c><00:38:39.900><c> means,</c> 00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:44.260 including<00:38:41.280><c> your</c><00:38:41.760><c> father's</c><00:38:42.380><c> property</c><00:38:42.679><c> where</c><00:38:42.900><c> your</c><00:38:43.139><c> brother's</c><00:38:43.559><c> living.</c> 00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:47.420 That<00:38:45.199><c> big</c><00:38:45.579><c> house</c><00:38:45.920><c> up</c><00:38:46.119><c> on</c><00:38:46.300><c> the</c><00:38:46.460><c> hill.</c> 00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:51.099 Because<00:38:48.760><c> when</c><00:38:48.940><c> you</c><00:38:49.019><c> go</c><00:38:49.199><c> back</c><00:38:49.360><c> to</c><00:38:49.519><c> 2</c><00:38:49.739><c> Kings</c><00:38:50.039><c> 25,</c><00:38:50.659><c> verse</c><00:38:50.900><c> 9,</c> 00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:52.440 this<00:38:51.260><c> is</c><00:38:51.340><c> what</c><00:38:51.420><c> you</c><00:38:51.659><c> read.</c> 00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:55.880 When<00:38:53.059><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:38:53.619><c> comes</c><00:38:53.880><c> down,</c><00:38:54.139><c> he</c><00:38:54.380><c> burnt</c><00:38:54.699><c> the</c><00:38:54.940><c> house</c><00:38:55.239><c> of</c><00:38:55.480><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:57.980 And<00:38:56.480><c> the</c><00:38:56.639><c> king's</c><00:38:57.119><c> house.</c> 00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:59.579 And<00:38:58.099><c> all</c><00:38:58.460><c> the</c><00:38:58.619><c> houses</c><00:38:58.860><c> of</c><00:38:59.119><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:01.380 And<00:39:00.059><c> every</c><00:39:00.500><c> great.</c> 00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:04.800 Now<00:39:01.880><c> this</c><00:39:02.039><c> word,</c><00:39:02.599><c> mans,</c><00:39:02.940><c> in</c><00:39:03.139><c> the</c><00:39:03.300><c> A</c><00:39:03.500><c>.V.</c><00:39:03.920><c> is</c><00:39:04.139><c> in</c><00:39:04.320><c> italics.</c> 00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:06.960 It's<00:39:04.960><c> not</c><00:39:05.219><c> there</c><00:39:05.619><c> in</c><00:39:06.059><c> the</c><00:39:06.179><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:09.340 It's<00:39:07.880><c> just</c><00:39:08.079><c> one</c><00:39:08.340><c> word.</c> 00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:11.900 It's<00:39:10.420><c> the</c><00:39:10.519><c> word</c><00:39:10.860><c> gadol.</c> 00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:15.860 Every<00:39:13.300><c> great</c><00:39:13.860><c> house</c><00:39:14.599><c> burnt</c><00:39:15.119><c> he</c><00:39:15.260><c> with</c><00:39:15.539><c> fire.</c> 00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:17.900 Do<00:39:16.320><c> you</c><00:39:16.460><c> remember</c><00:39:16.739><c> what</c><00:39:16.880><c> he</c><00:39:17.039><c> said?</c> 00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:20.119 Verse<00:39:18.719><c> 5.</c> 00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:22.579 Seekest<00:39:20.679><c> thou</c><00:39:21.079><c> great</c><00:39:22.019><c> things?</c> 00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:26.059 That's<00:39:23.500><c> the</c><00:39:23.639><c> Hebrew</c><00:39:23.920><c> word</c><00:39:24.840><c> gadol.</c> 00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:28.360 There's<00:39:27.260><c> your</c><00:39:27.400><c> hint.</c> 00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:35.199 Now<00:39:29.739><c> nobody,</c><00:39:30.539><c> nobody</c><00:39:30.840><c> in</c><00:39:31.059><c> the</c><00:39:31.139><c> latter</c><00:39:31.320><c> days</c><00:39:31.719><c> would</c><00:39:32.000><c> be,</c><00:39:32.760><c> you</c><00:39:33.420><c> know,</c> 00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:37.699 seeking<00:39:35.360><c> great</c><00:39:35.719><c> things</c><00:39:35.940><c> for</c><00:39:36.099><c> themselves,</c><00:39:36.679><c> would</c><00:39:36.699><c> they?</c> 00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:40.579 We<00:39:38.519><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:38.780><c> do</c><00:39:39.059><c> that.</c> 00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:47.780 I<00:39:44.880><c> think</c><00:39:45.099><c> Barak's</c><00:39:45.500><c> there</c><00:39:45.699><c> for</c><00:39:45.840><c> a</c><00:39:46.039><c> reason,</c><00:39:46.380><c> brothers</c><00:39:46.500><c> and</c><00:39:46.699><c> sisters.</c> 00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:54.099 The<00:39:49.940><c> escape</c><00:39:50.460><c> from</c><00:39:51.280><c> depression,</c><00:39:53.340><c> from</c><00:39:53.480><c> the</c><00:39:53.739><c> concern</c> 00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:56.739 and<00:39:54.300><c> the</c><00:39:54.500><c> disillusionment</c><00:39:55.059><c> that</c><00:39:55.219><c> you</c><00:39:55.460><c> might</c><00:39:55.659><c> have,</c> 00:39:56.960 --> 00:40:00.820 is<00:39:57.059><c> not</c><00:39:57.679><c> in</c><00:39:58.460><c> building</c><00:39:58.760><c> bigger</c><00:39:59.119><c> and</c><00:39:59.420><c> better</c><00:39:59.619><c> things.</c> 00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.800 Not<00:40:01.739><c> in</c><00:40:02.000><c> that.</c> 00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:05.719 So<00:40:03.920><c> how</c><00:40:04.039><c> do</c><00:40:04.079><c> you</c><00:40:04.280><c> overcome</c><00:40:04.619><c> it?</c> 00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:08.719 How<00:40:05.980><c> do</c><00:40:06.079><c> you</c><00:40:06.239><c> overcome</c><00:40:06.579><c> this</c><00:40:06.860><c> feeling</c><00:40:07.139><c> of</c><00:40:08.119><c> disillusionment</c> 00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.800 and<00:40:08.880><c> depression?</c> 00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:12.780 Well<00:40:10.380><c> you</c><00:40:10.480><c> express</c><00:40:10.820><c> your</c><00:40:11.039><c> feelings</c><00:40:11.280><c> to</c><00:40:11.460><c> God</c><00:40:11.699><c> and</c><00:40:11.900><c> to</c><00:40:12.079><c> caring</c><00:40:12.320><c> friends.</c> 00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:16.360 Jeremiah<00:40:13.480><c> expressed</c><00:40:14.360><c> his</c><00:40:14.619><c> feelings</c><00:40:14.900><c> to</c><00:40:15.099><c> God</c><00:40:15.260><c> in</c><00:40:15.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:40:15.860><c> 20.</c> 00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:18.639 You<00:40:17.260><c> continue</c><00:40:17.679><c> in</c><00:40:18.019><c> prayer.</c> 00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:20.420 James<00:40:19.360><c> 5</c><00:40:19.840><c>.13.</c> 00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:22.260 Is<00:40:20.920><c> any</c><00:40:21.159><c> among</c><00:40:21.340><c> you</c><00:40:21.579><c> afflicted?</c> 00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.820 Let<00:40:22.699><c> him</c><00:40:22.900><c> pray.</c> 00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:26.920 I<00:40:24.880><c> want</c><00:40:25.019><c> you</c><00:40:25.119><c> to</c><00:40:25.179><c> come</c><00:40:25.340><c> to</c><00:40:25.519><c> Psalm</c><00:40:25.719><c> 73.</c> 00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:34.119 Here<00:40:30.179><c> we've</c><00:40:30.400><c> got</c><00:40:30.539><c> Asaph.</c> 00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:40.780 A<00:40:38.920><c> son</c><00:40:39.079><c> of</c><00:40:39.260><c> Asaph,</c><00:40:39.619><c> the</c><00:40:39.880><c> collector.</c> 00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:43.059 You<00:40:41.340><c> know</c><00:40:41.380><c> what</c><00:40:41.480><c> his</c><00:40:41.679><c> job</c><00:40:41.900><c> was,</c><00:40:42.320><c> brothers</c><00:40:42.400><c> and</c><00:40:42.619><c> sisters?</c> 00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:46.239 Spent<00:40:43.940><c> every</c><00:40:44.239><c> day</c><00:40:44.420><c> of</c><00:40:44.500><c> his</c><00:40:44.639><c> life</c><00:40:44.900><c> in</c><00:40:45.059><c> the</c><00:40:45.219><c> temple.</c> 00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:50.639 He<00:40:47.659><c> was</c><00:40:47.840><c> the</c><00:40:48.000><c> one</c><00:40:48.139><c> who</c><00:40:48.380><c> collected</c><00:40:48.760><c> the</c><00:40:49.000><c> songs</c><00:40:49.380><c> of</c><00:40:49.739><c> Zion,</c> 00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:52.880 who<00:40:51.019><c> taught</c><00:40:51.260><c> the</c><00:40:51.500><c> people</c><00:40:51.719><c> to</c><00:40:52.000><c> sing.</c> 00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:54.699 He<00:40:53.199><c> was</c><00:40:53.199><c> in</c><00:40:53.380><c> charge</c><00:40:53.519><c> of</c><00:40:53.639><c> the</c><00:40:53.739><c> music,</c><00:40:54.039><c> like</c><00:40:54.199><c> Brother</c><00:40:54.440><c> Aaron</c> 00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:56.159 this<00:40:55.260><c> week.</c> 00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.559 Alright,<00:40:56.719><c> that</c><00:40:56.820><c> was</c><00:40:56.980><c> his</c><00:40:57.139><c> job.</c> 00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:59.639 He<00:40:58.199><c> spends</c><00:40:58.400><c> half</c><00:40:58.599><c> his</c><00:40:58.719><c> life</c><00:40:58.960><c> in</c><00:40:59.119><c> this</c><00:40:59.300><c> hall,</c><00:40:59.480><c> don't</c><00:40:59.559><c> you</c> 00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.639 Brother<00:40:59.820><c> Aaron?</c> 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.400 Yeah. 00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:04.280 Asaph<00:41:01.960><c> spent</c><00:41:02.159><c> his</c><00:41:02.360><c> whole</c><00:41:02.559><c> life</c><00:41:02.800><c> in</c><00:41:03.260><c> the</c><00:41:03.440><c> temple.</c> 00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:08.199 So<00:41:05.780><c> when</c><00:41:06.099><c> he</c><00:41:06.480><c> says,</c><00:41:06.900><c> and</c><00:41:07.059><c> we</c><00:41:07.159><c> know,</c><00:41:07.480><c> I</c><00:41:07.500><c> don't</c><00:41:07.699><c> need</c><00:41:07.920><c> to</c><00:41:08.059><c> tell</c><00:41:08.119><c> you,</c> 00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:10.300 Brother<00:41:08.460><c> Dean</c><00:41:08.719><c> dealt</c><00:41:08.940><c> with</c><00:41:09.099><c> this</c><00:41:09.239><c> on</c><00:41:09.440><c> Sunday,</c><00:41:09.860><c> briefly.</c> 00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:14.199 I<00:41:11.039><c> don't</c><00:41:11.219><c> need</c><00:41:11.360><c> to</c><00:41:11.559><c> tell</c><00:41:11.739><c> you</c><00:41:12.380><c> what</c><00:41:12.619><c> his</c><00:41:12.820><c> depression</c><00:41:13.239><c> was</c><00:41:13.440><c> all</c><00:41:13.699><c> about.</c> 00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:16.159 Because<00:41:14.739><c> he</c><00:41:14.880><c> saw</c><00:41:15.059><c> the</c><00:41:15.280><c> prosperity</c><00:41:15.659><c> of</c><00:41:15.840><c> the</c><00:41:15.960><c> wicked.</c> 00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:18.920 Now<00:41:16.659><c> the</c><00:41:16.780><c> wicked</c><00:41:16.960><c> here</c><00:41:17.219><c> are</c><00:41:17.340><c> not</c><00:41:17.460><c> the</c><00:41:17.619><c> people</c><00:41:17.760><c> in</c><00:41:17.880><c> the</c><00:41:18.079><c> world.</c> 00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:22.960 The<00:41:19.400><c> wicked</c><00:41:19.579><c> here,</c><00:41:19.880><c> the</c><00:41:20.039><c> lawless</c><00:41:20.360><c> here</c><00:41:20.619><c> are</c><00:41:21.340><c> people</c><00:41:21.619><c> in</c><00:41:21.760><c> the</c><00:41:21.920><c> brotherhood.</c> 00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:28.019 He<00:41:24.019><c> saw</c><00:41:24.300><c> that</c><00:41:24.519><c> people</c><00:41:24.699><c> in</c><00:41:24.820><c> the</c><00:41:25.039><c> brotherhood</c><00:41:26.260><c> were</c><00:41:27.500><c> prosperous</c> 00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:29.420 and<00:41:28.480><c> doing</c><00:41:28.699><c> their</c><00:41:28.980><c> own</c><00:41:29.239><c> thing.</c> 00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:31.400 That's<00:41:30.059><c> what</c><00:41:30.320><c> disillusioned</c><00:41:30.940><c> him.</c> 00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:33.239 That's<00:41:32.179><c> what</c><00:41:32.400><c> depressed</c><00:41:32.800><c> him.</c> 00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:36.699 He's<00:41:33.800><c> devoting</c><00:41:34.119><c> his</c><00:41:34.300><c> whole</c><00:41:34.619><c> life</c><00:41:35.159><c> to</c><00:41:35.760><c> spiritual</c><00:41:36.280><c> things.</c> 00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:38.659 And<00:41:37.119><c> look</c><00:41:37.260><c> at</c><00:41:37.420><c> these</c><00:41:37.619><c> people.</c> 00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:40.960 And<00:41:39.579><c> they</c><00:41:39.800><c> seem</c><00:41:39.960><c> to</c><00:41:40.119><c> get</c><00:41:40.260><c> away</c><00:41:40.539><c> with</c><00:41:40.780><c> it.</c> 00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:43.800 And<00:41:41.139><c> they</c><00:41:41.380><c> do</c><00:41:41.679><c> seem</c><00:41:41.900><c> to</c><00:41:42.019><c> get</c><00:41:42.159><c> away</c><00:41:42.380><c> with</c><00:41:42.579><c> it.</c> 00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:46.559 He<00:41:43.920><c> got</c><00:41:44.139><c> very</c><00:41:44.719><c> disillusioned</c><00:41:45.340><c> about</c><00:41:45.599><c> that.</c> 00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:49.480 So<00:41:47.719><c> when</c><00:41:47.820><c> he</c><00:41:47.980><c> comes</c><00:41:48.300><c> to</c><00:41:48.480><c> consider</c><00:41:48.820><c> these</c><00:41:49.139><c> things,</c> 00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:50.699 he<00:41:49.739><c> says</c><00:41:49.960><c> in</c><00:41:50.139><c> verse</c><00:41:50.360><c> 13,</c> 00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:52.320 Verily<00:41:51.039><c> I</c><00:41:51.199><c> have</c><00:41:51.300><c> cleansed</c><00:41:51.539><c> my</c><00:41:51.820><c> heart</c><00:41:52.000><c> in</c><00:41:52.219><c> vain.</c> 00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:55.239 What<00:41:52.500><c> have</c><00:41:52.619><c> I</c><00:41:52.880><c> put</c><00:41:53.260><c> my</c><00:41:53.480><c> whole</c><00:41:53.760><c> life</c><00:41:53.960><c> into</c><00:41:54.119><c> this</c><00:41:54.420><c> for?</c> 00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:57.739 And<00:41:55.639><c> these</c><00:41:55.800><c> people</c><00:41:55.980><c> get</c><00:41:56.219><c> away</c><00:41:56.500><c> with</c><00:41:56.639><c> it.</c> 00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:00.760 We<00:41:58.880><c> come</c><00:41:59.059><c> down</c><00:41:59.239><c> to</c><00:41:59.320><c> verse</c><00:41:59.519><c> 17.</c> 00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:04.480 Until<00:42:02.440><c> I</c><00:42:02.639><c> went</c><00:42:02.820><c> into</c><00:42:03.019><c> the</c><00:42:03.320><c> sanctuary</c><00:42:03.699><c> of</c><00:42:03.940><c> God,</c> 00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:06.260 then<00:42:05.139><c> understood</c><00:42:05.539><c> I</c><00:42:05.780><c> therein.</c> 00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:08.440 You<00:42:07.420><c> know,</c><00:42:07.760><c> brothers</c><00:42:07.860><c> and</c><00:42:08.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:11.539 what<00:42:08.980><c> he</c><00:42:09.139><c> doesn't</c><00:42:09.440><c> mean</c><00:42:09.940><c> by</c><00:42:10.219><c> that</c><00:42:10.420><c> word</c><00:42:10.599><c> sanctuary?</c> 00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.780 He<00:42:13.659><c> doesn't</c><00:42:13.980><c> mean</c><00:42:14.340><c> the</c><00:42:14.579><c> temple.</c> 00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:19.179 You<00:42:17.820><c> know</c><00:42:17.920><c> why</c><00:42:18.079><c> I</c><00:42:18.099><c> know</c><00:42:18.280><c> that?</c> 00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:22.900 Because<00:42:20.420><c> the</c><00:42:20.659><c> Hebrew</c><00:42:21.000><c> word</c><00:42:21.320><c> there</c><00:42:21.579><c> is</c><00:42:21.760><c> in</c><00:42:21.920><c> the</c><00:42:22.099><c> plural.</c> 00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:26.840 It<00:42:23.199><c> should</c><00:42:23.440><c> be</c><00:42:23.659><c> rendered</c><00:42:24.119><c> the</c><00:42:25.340><c> sanctuaries.</c> 00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:31.199 You<00:42:28.579><c> go</c><00:42:28.739><c> to</c><00:42:28.900><c> Young's</c><00:42:29.179><c> literal,</c><00:42:30.039><c> the</c><00:42:30.340><c> literal</c><00:42:30.579><c> translations,</c> 00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:33.300 that's<00:42:31.900><c> what</c><00:42:32.039><c> you'll</c><00:42:32.380><c> read.</c> 00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:36.679 The<00:42:34.800><c> sanctuaries</c><00:42:35.360><c> of</c><00:42:35.880><c> ale.</c> 00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:38.000 Power. 00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:39.480 So<00:42:38.420><c> what</c><00:42:38.559><c> are</c><00:42:38.659><c> they?</c> 00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:42.440 Well,<00:42:41.260><c> they're</c><00:42:41.400><c> any</c><00:42:41.639><c> place.</c> 00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:44.139 And<00:42:42.599><c> Brother</c><00:42:42.760><c> Dean</c><00:42:42.960><c> mentioned</c><00:42:43.219><c> we</c><00:42:43.360><c> come</c><00:42:43.539><c> to</c><00:42:43.739><c> Bible</c><00:42:43.980><c> school.</c> 00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:46.500 We're<00:42:44.320><c> in</c><00:42:44.440><c> a</c><00:42:44.599><c> sanctuary</c><00:42:44.880><c> of</c><00:42:45.079><c> a</c><00:42:45.219><c> sword,</c><00:42:45.380><c> aren't</c><00:42:45.519><c> we?</c> 00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:50.880 But<00:42:47.340><c> what</c><00:42:47.800><c> Asaph</c><00:42:48.159><c> means</c><00:42:48.579><c> is</c><00:42:49.900><c> any</c><00:42:50.280><c> place</c> 00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:56.059 where<00:42:51.440><c> you</c><00:42:52.639><c> rebuild</c><00:42:53.579><c> your</c><00:42:54.179><c> personal</c><00:42:54.659><c> relationship</c><00:42:55.300><c> with</c><00:42:55.599><c> God.</c> 00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.460 That's<00:42:56.900><c> what</c><00:42:57.039><c> he</c><00:42:57.199><c> means.</c> 00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:59.440 How<00:42:57.960><c> do</c><00:42:58.139><c> I</c><00:42:58.139><c> know</c><00:42:58.239><c> that's</c><00:42:58.559><c> true?</c> 00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:02.320 Look<00:43:00.000><c> at</c><00:43:00.139><c> verse</c><00:43:00.360><c> 28.</c> 00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:05.219 Verse<00:43:03.619><c> 28</c><00:43:04.059><c> he</c><00:43:04.260><c> says,</c> 00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:08.400 But<00:43:05.260><c> it</c><00:43:05.400><c> is</c><00:43:05.699><c> good</c><00:43:05.960><c> for</c><00:43:06.179><c> me</c><00:43:06.639><c> to</c><00:43:06.860><c> draw</c><00:43:07.079><c> near</c><00:43:07.320><c> to</c><00:43:07.480><c> God.</c> 00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:11.420 I<00:43:09.360><c> put</c><00:43:09.559><c> my</c><00:43:09.880><c> trust</c><00:43:10.340><c> in</c><00:43:10.719><c> Adonai</c><00:43:11.099><c> Yahweh</c> 00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:13.059 that<00:43:11.559><c> I</c><00:43:11.739><c> may</c><00:43:11.840><c> declare</c><00:43:12.260><c> all</c><00:43:12.519><c> thy</c><00:43:12.639><c> works.</c> 00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:15.500 Look<00:43:13.699><c> at</c><00:43:13.840><c> verse</c><00:43:14.059><c> 25.</c> 00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:18.579 Whom<00:43:16.199><c> have</c><00:43:16.380><c> I</c><00:43:16.760><c> in</c><00:43:17.099><c> heaven</c><00:43:17.659><c> but</c><00:43:18.119><c> thee?</c> 00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:20.760 So<00:43:19.199><c> where's</c><00:43:19.380><c> the</c><00:43:19.619><c> sanctuaries?</c> 00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:22.199 Not<00:43:21.739><c> in</c><00:43:21.880><c> the</c><00:43:22.019><c> temple.</c> 00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:24.280 He<00:43:22.579><c> spent</c><00:43:22.760><c> every</c><00:43:23.059><c> day</c><00:43:23.239><c> of</c><00:43:23.360><c> his</c><00:43:23.559><c> life</c><00:43:23.699><c> in</c><00:43:23.860><c> the</c><00:43:24.039><c> temple</c> 00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:26.000 and<00:43:24.420><c> he</c><00:43:24.519><c> was</c><00:43:24.699><c> still</c><00:43:24.900><c> depressed.</c> 00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:28.559 All<00:43:27.500><c> right?</c> 00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:31.980 This<00:43:29.679><c> is</c><00:43:30.019><c> about</c><00:43:30.360><c> a</c><00:43:30.619><c> man</c><00:43:30.920><c> who</c><00:43:31.199><c> reaches</c><00:43:31.480><c> a</c><00:43:31.800><c> point</c> 00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:35.039 where<00:43:32.260><c> he</c><00:43:32.579><c> knows</c><00:43:32.900><c> he's</c><00:43:33.480><c> got</c><00:43:33.679><c> to</c><00:43:33.940><c> dig</c><00:43:34.079><c> himself</c><00:43:34.480><c> out</c><00:43:34.780><c> of</c><00:43:34.900><c> this</c> 00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:37.800 by<00:43:35.380><c> rebuilding</c><00:43:35.960><c> his</c><00:43:36.320><c> personal</c><00:43:36.719><c> relationship</c><00:43:37.300><c> with</c><00:43:37.539><c> God.</c> 00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:40.639 And<00:43:38.380><c> when</c><00:43:38.639><c> you</c><00:43:38.920><c> do,</c><00:43:39.320><c> brothers</c><00:43:39.420><c> and</c><00:43:39.659><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:44.639 it<00:43:42.119><c> doesn't</c><00:43:42.440><c> really</c><00:43:42.760><c> matter</c><00:43:43.000><c> what</c><00:43:43.179><c> other</c><00:43:43.440><c> people</c><00:43:43.719><c> do.</c> 00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:46.480 I<00:43:44.900><c> mean,</c><00:43:45.000><c> you're</c><00:43:45.219><c> concerned</c><00:43:45.619><c> about</c><00:43:45.940><c> it.</c> 00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.800 You'd<00:43:46.980><c> want</c><00:43:47.039><c> it</c><00:43:47.179><c> to</c><00:43:47.260><c> be</c><00:43:47.460><c> different.</c> 00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:50.039 You'll<00:43:48.559><c> work</c><00:43:48.719><c> to</c><00:43:49.000><c> change</c><00:43:49.260><c> it.</c> 00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:53.280 But<00:43:50.480><c> if</c><00:43:50.739><c> you</c><00:43:51.059><c> have</c><00:43:51.239><c> got</c><00:43:51.400><c> a</c><00:43:51.539><c> relationship</c><00:43:52.059><c> with</c><00:43:52.280><c> God,</c> 00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:56.139 then<00:43:54.320><c> it</c><00:43:54.420><c> doesn't</c><00:43:54.619><c> really</c><00:43:54.900><c> matter.</c> 00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:58.099 That's<00:43:56.900><c> what</c><00:43:56.980><c> he's</c><00:43:57.320><c> saying.</c> 00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:03.579 So<00:44:00.019><c> here</c><00:44:00.219><c> we've</c><00:44:00.440><c> got</c><00:44:00.599><c> a</c><00:44:00.760><c> man</c><00:44:01.119><c> who</c><00:44:01.840><c> applied</c><00:44:02.219><c> the</c><00:44:02.400><c> right</c><00:44:02.639><c> treatment.</c> 00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:05.980 You've<00:44:04.500><c> got</c><00:44:04.500><c> to</c><00:44:04.579><c> listen</c><00:44:04.760><c> to</c><00:44:05.000><c> feedback.</c> 00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:09.099 If<00:44:06.340><c> you've</c><00:44:06.599><c> got</c><00:44:06.719><c> good,</c><00:44:07.260><c> solid</c><00:44:07.559><c> brethren</c><00:44:08.079><c> and</c><00:44:08.559><c> sisters</c> 00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:12.760 and<00:44:09.780><c> they</c><00:44:10.000><c> see</c><00:44:10.179><c> you</c><00:44:10.380><c> in</c><00:44:10.480><c> a</c><00:44:10.699><c> state</c><00:44:10.860><c> of</c><00:44:11.079><c> distress</c><00:44:11.500><c> or</c><00:44:11.699><c> depression,</c> 00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:14.599 then<00:44:13.460><c> don't</c><00:44:13.719><c> hide</c><00:44:14.019><c> from</c><00:44:14.260><c> them</c> 00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:16.500 because<00:44:15.019><c> some</c><00:44:15.300><c> of</c><00:44:15.360><c> them</c><00:44:15.460><c> will</c><00:44:15.619><c> want</c><00:44:15.719><c> to</c><00:44:15.880><c> give</c><00:44:16.019><c> you</c><00:44:16.179><c> good,</c> 00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:17.260 solid<00:44:16.820><c> feedback</c> 00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:19.699 like<00:44:17.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:18.000><c> gave</c><00:44:18.380><c> to</c><00:44:18.679><c> Barak</c><00:44:18.920><c> through</c><00:44:19.179><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:22.400 I<00:44:20.059><c> mean,</c><00:44:20.239><c> God</c><00:44:20.460><c> could</c><00:44:20.659><c> have</c><00:44:20.780><c> spoken</c><00:44:21.079><c> to</c><00:44:21.300><c> Barak</c><00:44:21.539><c> himself,</c><00:44:22.239><c> couldn't</c><00:44:22.300><c> he?</c> 00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:24.380 But<00:44:22.739><c> no,</c><00:44:22.800><c> he</c><00:44:22.900><c> got</c><00:44:23.260><c> Jeremiah</c><00:44:23.940><c> to</c><00:44:24.119><c> do</c><00:44:24.239><c> it</c> 00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:27.639 because<00:44:24.579><c> you</c><00:44:24.820><c> see,</c><00:44:25.500><c> it's</c><00:44:25.860><c> going</c><00:44:25.960><c> to</c><00:44:26.079><c> come</c><00:44:26.219><c> through</c><00:44:26.420><c> your</c><00:44:26.599><c> brethren.</c> 00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:30.639 Accept<00:44:29.500><c> the</c><00:44:29.739><c> reality.</c> 00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:33.159 Things<00:44:31.579><c> may</c><00:44:31.920><c> not</c><00:44:32.159><c> change.</c> 00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:35.159 God<00:44:33.699><c> says</c><00:44:34.000><c> to</c><00:44:34.260><c> Barak,</c><00:44:34.480><c> they're</c><00:44:34.559><c> not</c><00:44:34.699><c> going</c><00:44:34.860><c> to</c><00:44:35.000><c> change.</c> 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:37.079 In<00:44:35.340><c> fact,</c><00:44:35.599><c> they're</c><00:44:35.760><c> going</c><00:44:35.860><c> to</c><00:44:35.960><c> get</c><00:44:36.079><c> worse.</c> 00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:40.059 They<00:44:39.280><c> may</c><00:44:39.559><c> get</c><00:44:39.760><c> worse.</c> 00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:41.280 Jeremiah<00:44:40.599><c> 12</c><00:44:40.940><c> verse</c><00:44:41.119><c> 5.</c> 00:44:41.340 --> 00:44:43.280 Just<00:44:41.519><c> read</c><00:44:41.619><c> it</c><00:44:41.739><c> in</c><00:44:41.840><c> our</c><00:44:42.000><c> readings,</c><00:44:42.320><c> haven't</c><00:44:42.420><c> we?</c> 00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:45.639 If<00:44:43.500><c> thou</c><00:44:43.719><c> hast</c><00:44:43.960><c> run</c><00:44:44.179><c> with</c><00:44:44.380><c> the</c><00:44:44.579><c> footmen,</c> 00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.860 and<00:44:45.860><c> they</c><00:44:46.119><c> have</c><00:44:46.340><c> wearied</c><00:44:46.659><c> thee,</c> 00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:49.380 you<00:44:47.380><c> can't</c><00:44:47.599><c> keep</c><00:44:47.800><c> up</c><00:44:47.900><c> with</c><00:44:48.039><c> the</c><00:44:48.199><c> foot</c><00:44:48.360><c> soldiers,</c> 00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:53.119 then<00:44:50.579><c> how</c><00:44:50.920><c> canst</c><00:44:51.300><c> thou</c><00:44:51.460><c> contend</c><00:44:51.840><c> with</c><00:44:52.019><c> horses?</c> 00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:56.139 You'd<00:44:54.360><c> better</c><00:44:54.460><c> pick</c><00:44:54.659><c> up</c><00:44:54.820><c> speed,</c><00:44:55.639><c> mate.</c> 00:44:57.780 --> 00:45:00.380 And<00:44:57.960><c> if</c><00:44:58.079><c> in</c><00:44:58.239><c> the</c><00:44:58.360><c> land</c><00:44:58.539><c> of</c><00:44:58.800><c> peace</c><00:44:59.039><c> wherein</c><00:44:59.360><c> thou</c><00:44:59.659><c> trust</c><00:44:59.960><c> us,</c> 00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:02.280 they<00:45:00.840><c> wearied</c><00:45:01.199><c> thee,</c> 00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:04.199 then<00:45:02.500><c> how</c><00:45:02.699><c> wilt</c><00:45:02.820><c> thou</c><00:45:03.000><c> do</c><00:45:03.179><c> in</c><00:45:03.320><c> the</c><00:45:03.519><c> swelling</c><00:45:03.719><c> of</c><00:45:04.019><c> Jordan?</c> 00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:06.019 And<00:45:04.380><c> the</c><00:45:04.500><c> swelling</c><00:45:04.659><c> of</c><00:45:04.900><c> Jordan</c><00:45:05.079><c> was</c><00:45:05.260><c> the</c><00:45:05.559><c> jungle</c> 00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:08.800 in<00:45:06.460><c> the</c><00:45:06.679><c> Jordan</c><00:45:06.940><c> Valley</c><00:45:07.559><c> where</c><00:45:08.019><c> there</c><00:45:08.179><c> were</c><00:45:08.380><c> lions</c> 00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:11.159 and<00:45:09.239><c> all</c><00:45:09.420><c> sorts</c><00:45:09.639><c> of</c><00:45:09.840><c> other</c><00:45:10.039><c> wild</c><00:45:10.260><c> beasts.</c> 00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:14.619 How<00:45:12.539><c> are</c><00:45:12.579><c> you</c><00:45:12.599><c> going</c><00:45:12.659><c> to</c><00:45:12.739><c> get</c><00:45:12.820><c> on</c><00:45:13.019><c> down</c><00:45:13.159><c> there,</c><00:45:14.119><c> mate?</c> 00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:17.800 See,<00:45:15.900><c> so</c><00:45:16.159><c> what</c><00:45:16.260><c> he's</c><00:45:16.519><c> saying</c><00:45:16.820><c> to</c><00:45:17.079><c> Jeremiah</c><00:45:17.440><c> is,</c> 00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:19.199 you<00:45:18.099><c> think</c><00:45:18.320><c> you're</c><00:45:18.480><c> in</c><00:45:18.639><c> trouble.</c> 00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:21.619 Well,<00:45:19.739><c> you</c><00:45:19.820><c> are</c><00:45:20.039><c> probably</c><00:45:20.380><c> in</c><00:45:20.599><c> trouble.</c> 00:45:21.739 --> 00:45:23.880 But<00:45:21.860><c> you</c><00:45:21.940><c> know,</c><00:45:22.219><c> things</c><00:45:22.380><c> will</c><00:45:22.559><c> probably</c><00:45:22.760><c> get</c><00:45:23.000><c> worse.</c> 00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:28.400 Now,<00:45:25.639><c> if</c><00:45:25.840><c> I</c><00:45:26.400><c> was</c><00:45:27.320><c> a</c><00:45:27.659><c> negative</c><00:45:28.019><c> person,</c> 00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:29.900 I<00:45:28.500><c> would</c><00:45:28.679><c> say</c><00:45:28.940><c> to</c><00:45:29.079><c> you,</c> 00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:32.539 brethren<00:45:30.139><c> or</c><00:45:30.320><c> sisters,</c><00:45:30.579><c> things</c><00:45:30.800><c> are</c><00:45:31.039><c> going</c><00:45:31.139><c> to</c><00:45:31.260><c> get</c><00:45:31.400><c> worse.</c> 00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:37.739 Sadly,<00:45:35.360><c> I</c><00:45:35.500><c> think</c><00:45:35.860><c> they</c><00:45:36.139><c> are</c><00:45:36.340><c> going</c><00:45:36.460><c> to</c><00:45:36.579><c> get</c><00:45:36.699><c> worse.</c> 00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:43.719 So<00:45:39.639><c> we</c><00:45:40.079><c> need</c><00:45:40.320><c> to</c><00:45:40.519><c> expect</c><00:45:41.599><c> what's</c><00:45:43.039><c> coming.</c> 00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:46.519 But<00:45:44.639><c> you</c><00:45:44.760><c> know,</c><00:45:45.320><c> we</c><00:45:45.539><c> can</c><00:45:45.699><c> do</c><00:45:45.820><c> what</c><00:45:46.000><c> Asaph</c><00:45:46.280><c> did</c> 00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:50.719 because<00:45:46.820><c> in</c><00:45:47.159><c> Psalm</c><00:45:47.340><c> 73</c><00:45:47.920><c> verse</c><00:45:48.260><c> 1</c><00:45:48.679><c> and</c><00:45:48.920><c> 23</c><00:45:49.340><c> to</c><00:45:49.519><c> 24,</c> 00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:52.820 he<00:45:51.239><c> counts</c><00:45:51.579><c> his</c><00:45:51.900><c> blessings.</c> 00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:55.539 He<00:45:54.219><c> got</c><00:45:54.400><c> to</c><00:45:54.539><c> the</c><00:45:54.679><c> bottom</c><00:45:54.900><c> of</c><00:45:55.039><c> the</c><00:45:55.239><c> barrel.</c> 00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:57.099 He<00:45:56.000><c> knows</c><00:45:56.260><c> he</c><00:45:56.400><c> has</c><00:45:56.579><c> to</c><00:45:56.760><c> rebuild</c><00:45:56.960><c> it,</c> 00:45:57.199 --> 00:45:59.639 but<00:45:57.360><c> he</c><00:45:57.719><c> counts</c><00:45:58.179><c> his</c><00:45:58.579><c> blessings.</c> 00:45:59.739 --> 00:46:03.400 And<00:46:00.039><c> that's</c><00:46:00.280><c> a</c><00:46:00.380><c> good</c><00:46:00.519><c> thing</c><00:46:00.760><c> to</c><00:46:00.980><c> do</c><00:46:01.559><c> every</c><00:46:02.199><c> now</c><00:46:02.460><c> and</c><00:46:02.579><c> then.</c> 00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:06.800 So<00:46:04.099><c> how</c><00:46:04.260><c> do</c><00:46:04.340><c> you</c><00:46:04.539><c> overcome</c><00:46:04.880><c> depression</c><00:46:05.539><c> and</c><00:46:06.360><c> sadness</c> 00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:09.019 that<00:46:07.699><c> leads</c><00:46:07.920><c> to</c><00:46:08.119><c> it?</c> 00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:10.679 Try<00:46:09.219><c> to</c><00:46:09.360><c> look</c><00:46:09.500><c> outwardly</c><00:46:09.960><c> and</c><00:46:10.059><c> think</c><00:46:10.239><c> of</c><00:46:10.440><c> others.</c> 00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:12.239 That's<00:46:11.300><c> what</c><00:46:11.539><c> Asaph</c><00:46:11.860><c> does.</c> 00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:15.380 Verse<00:46:12.659><c> 15,</c><00:46:13.119><c> look</c><00:46:13.260><c> at</c><00:46:13.360><c> verse</c><00:46:13.539><c> 15</c><00:46:13.860><c> of</c><00:46:14.039><c> Psalm</c><00:46:14.239><c> 73.</c> 00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:17.980 If<00:46:16.420><c> I</c><00:46:16.719><c> say,</c><00:46:17.119><c> I</c><00:46:17.139><c> will</c><00:46:17.400><c> speak</c><00:46:17.719><c> thus,</c> 00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:19.500 that<00:46:18.460><c> is,</c><00:46:18.760><c> he's</c><00:46:18.780><c> saying,</c> 00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:21.099 if<00:46:19.599><c> I</c><00:46:19.780><c> was</c><00:46:19.900><c> to</c><00:46:20.039><c> go</c><00:46:20.159><c> in</c><00:46:20.300><c> and</c><00:46:20.480><c> tell</c><00:46:20.599><c> my</c><00:46:20.920><c> brethren,</c> 00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:23.960 I'm<00:46:21.340><c> in</c><00:46:21.440><c> this</c><00:46:21.679><c> state</c><00:46:21.860><c> of</c><00:46:22.059><c> mind,</c><00:46:22.219><c> I'm</c><00:46:22.440><c> deeply</c><00:46:22.780><c> depressed,</c> 00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:26.599 well,<00:46:24.320><c> that's</c><00:46:24.639><c> going</c><00:46:24.820><c> to</c><00:46:25.199><c> be</c><00:46:25.500><c> a</c><00:46:25.679><c> negative</c><00:46:25.920><c> thing</c><00:46:26.119><c> for</c><00:46:26.340><c> them.</c> 00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:29.719 I<00:46:27.380><c> should</c><00:46:27.639><c> offend</c><00:46:28.079><c> against</c><00:46:28.500><c> the</c><00:46:28.699><c> generation</c><00:46:29.119><c> of</c><00:46:29.340><c> thy</c><00:46:29.440><c> children.</c> 00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:31.079 I<00:46:29.880><c> put</c><00:46:30.019><c> a</c><00:46:30.219><c> stumbling</c><00:46:30.360><c> block</c><00:46:30.579><c> in</c><00:46:30.760><c> front</c><00:46:30.860><c> of</c><00:46:31.000><c> them.</c> 00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:32.579 I<00:46:31.219><c> don't</c><00:46:31.360><c> want</c><00:46:31.440><c> to</c><00:46:31.519><c> do</c><00:46:31.679><c> that.</c> 00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:34.820 Think<00:46:33.800><c> of</c><00:46:33.980><c> others.</c> 00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:37.900 Keep<00:46:36.159><c> active</c><00:46:36.500><c> and</c><00:46:36.739><c> involved</c><00:46:37.019><c> in</c><00:46:37.179><c> a</c><00:46:37.320><c> ecclesial</c><00:46:37.599><c> life.</c> 00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:40.619 Focus<00:46:38.320><c> on</c><00:46:38.619><c> God,</c><00:46:38.960><c> his</c><00:46:39.039><c> purpose</c><00:46:39.480><c> and</c><00:46:39.659><c> his</c><00:46:39.840><c> love</c><00:46:40.019><c> for</c><00:46:40.320><c> us.</c> 00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:43.840 Lamentations<00:46:41.480><c> 3</c><00:46:41.820><c> verses</c><00:46:42.059><c> 22</c><00:46:42.500><c> to</c><00:46:42.739><c> 24</c><00:46:43.099><c> make</c><00:46:43.340><c> that</c><00:46:43.579><c> statement</c> 00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:48.280 as<00:46:44.039><c> Jeremiah</c><00:46:44.679><c> sat</c><00:46:45.099><c> in</c><00:46:45.380><c> the</c><00:46:45.599><c> ruins</c><00:46:45.980><c> of</c><00:46:46.639><c> the</c><00:46:46.800><c> city</c><00:46:47.059><c> of</c><00:46:47.320><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:52.119 It<00:46:49.300><c> is</c><00:46:49.539><c> of</c><00:46:49.739><c> Yahweh's</c><00:46:50.380><c> mercies</c><00:46:50.900><c> that</c><00:46:51.059><c> we</c><00:46:51.219><c> are</c><00:46:51.380><c> not</c><00:46:51.579><c> consumed,</c> 00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:54.860 he<00:46:52.500><c> wrote</c><00:46:52.780><c> in</c><00:46:53.300><c> his</c><00:46:53.519><c> Lamentations,</c> 00:46:55.219 --> 00:46:57.960 because<00:46:55.559><c> his</c><00:46:55.940><c> compassions</c><00:46:56.719><c> fail</c><00:46:57.099><c> not.</c> 00:46:58.219 --> 00:46:59.699 They<00:46:58.559><c> are</c><00:46:58.880><c> new</c><00:46:59.019><c> every</c><00:46:59.340><c> morning,</c> 00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:03.739 and<00:46:59.880><c> he's</c><00:47:00.059><c> got</c><00:47:00.260><c> smoke</c><00:47:00.760><c> coming</c><00:47:01.059><c> up</c><00:47:01.820><c> past</c><00:47:02.360><c> his</c><00:47:02.639><c> legs</c> 00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:08.400 from<00:47:04.820><c> the</c><00:47:05.039><c> burning</c><00:47:05.420><c> timbers</c><00:47:05.940><c> of</c><00:47:06.940><c> the</c><00:47:07.119><c> temple</c><00:47:07.360><c> of</c><00:47:07.619><c> God.</c> 00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:10.760 Think<00:47:09.480><c> about</c><00:47:09.719><c> that.</c> 00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:14.159 They<00:47:12.059><c> are</c><00:47:12.380><c> new</c><00:47:12.500><c> every</c><00:47:12.880><c> morning.</c> 00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:15.659 Great<00:47:14.760><c> is</c><00:47:15.039><c> thy</c><00:47:15.340><c> faithfulness.</c> 00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:18.139 We<00:47:15.760><c> have</c><00:47:15.920><c> a</c><00:47:16.039><c> hymn</c><00:47:16.460><c> with</c><00:47:16.679><c> those</c><00:47:16.900><c> words</c><00:47:17.119><c> in</c><00:47:17.219><c> it,</c><00:47:17.380><c> don't</c><00:47:17.500><c> we?</c> 00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:21.599 Great<00:47:19.440><c> is</c><00:47:19.940><c> thy</c><00:47:20.219><c> faithfulness.</c> 00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:24.019 Yahweh<00:47:22.400><c> is</c><00:47:22.599><c> my</c><00:47:22.860><c> portion,</c><00:47:23.400><c> saith</c><00:47:23.539><c> my</c><00:47:23.820><c> soul,</c> 00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:26.420 therefore<00:47:24.719><c> will</c><00:47:25.039><c> I</c><00:47:25.239><c> hope</c><00:47:25.440><c> in</c><00:47:25.639><c> him.</c> 00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:29.000 So<00:47:27.260><c> here</c><00:47:27.400><c> are</c><00:47:27.440><c> some</c><00:47:27.639><c> hints</c><00:47:27.840><c> for</c><00:47:28.099><c> associates</c><00:47:28.460><c> and</c><00:47:28.780><c> carers</c> 00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:30.119 of<00:47:29.179><c> those</c><00:47:29.440><c> who</c><00:47:29.579><c> are</c><00:47:29.699><c> depressed.</c> 00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:32.219 Don't<00:47:30.920><c> despise</c><00:47:31.320><c> them.</c> 00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:33.699 Don't<00:47:32.780><c> despise</c><00:47:33.260><c> depression,</c> 00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:36.039 because<00:47:33.980><c> you</c><00:47:34.119><c> might</c><00:47:34.300><c> be</c><00:47:34.480><c> there</c><00:47:34.619><c> one</c><00:47:34.840><c> day</c><00:47:35.000><c> yourself.</c> 00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:38.280 Avoid<00:47:36.880><c> making</c><00:47:37.260><c> hasty</c><00:47:37.699><c> judgements.</c> 00:47:38.280 --> 00:47:41.460 Provide<00:47:39.000><c> understanding</c><00:47:39.559><c> and</c><00:47:39.840><c> patient</c><00:47:40.119><c> support.</c> 00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:43.539 Listen<00:47:41.699><c> carefully</c><00:47:42.099><c> and</c><00:47:42.340><c> provide</c><00:47:42.719><c> measured</c><00:47:43.079><c> feedback.</c> 00:47:43.659 --> 00:47:45.880 That's<00:47:43.800><c> what</c><00:47:43.980><c> God</c><00:47:44.219><c> gave</c><00:47:44.480><c> to</c><00:47:44.739><c> Barak.</c> 00:47:46.039 --> 00:47:48.820 That's<00:47:46.159><c> what</c><00:47:46.219><c> he</c><00:47:46.380><c> gave</c><00:47:46.480><c> to</c><00:47:46.719><c> Elijah,</c><00:47:47.019><c> remember,</c><00:47:47.400><c> at</c><00:47:47.559><c> Mount</c><00:47:47.739><c> Horum.</c> 00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:50.940 Empathise,<00:47:50.099><c> but</c><00:47:50.239><c> don't</c><00:47:50.559><c> indulge.</c> 00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:53.239 You<00:47:51.099><c> don't</c><00:47:51.300><c> help</c><00:47:51.519><c> people</c><00:47:51.780><c> by</c><00:47:52.039><c> indulging.</c> 00:47:54.840 --> 00:47:55.960 Empathise<00:47:55.320><c> with</c><00:47:55.519><c> them,</c> 00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:58.480 and<00:47:56.599><c> gently</c><00:47:57.000><c> use</c><00:47:57.300><c> the</c><00:47:57.539><c> Scriptures</c><00:47:57.760><c> to</c><00:47:58.000><c> encourage</c> 00:47:58.480 --> 00:47:59.699 and<00:47:58.719><c> feed</c><00:47:58.960><c> them</c><00:47:59.219><c> spiritually.</c> 00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:00.860 You've<00:48:00.000><c> got</c><00:48:00.039><c> to</c><00:48:00.239><c> gently</c><00:48:00.619><c> use</c><00:48:00.780><c> them.</c> 00:48:00.900 --> 00:48:03.000 You<00:48:00.920><c> don't</c><00:48:01.059><c> hit</c><00:48:01.280><c> them</c><00:48:01.400><c> over</c><00:48:01.579><c> the</c><00:48:01.719><c> head</c><00:48:01.840><c> with</c><00:48:02.000><c> the</c><00:48:02.199><c> Scripture.</c> 00:48:05.139 --> 00:48:07.000 So<00:48:05.619><c> what</c><00:48:05.739><c> are</c><00:48:05.920><c> the</c><00:48:06.059><c> perils</c><00:48:06.320><c> of</c><00:48:06.539><c> disillusionment</c> 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:08.340 if<00:48:07.079><c> you</c><00:48:07.260><c> don't</c><00:48:07.519><c> dig</c><00:48:07.719><c> yourself</c><00:48:08.059><c> out?</c> 00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:10.340 Well,<00:48:08.480><c> it</c><00:48:08.599><c> can</c><00:48:08.800><c> divert</c><00:48:09.059><c> the</c><00:48:09.320><c> attention</c><00:48:09.739><c> towards</c> 00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:11.679 mundane<00:48:10.900><c> and</c><00:48:11.179><c> temporal</c><00:48:11.440><c> things.</c> 00:48:11.699 --> 00:48:13.440 That<00:48:11.800><c> was</c><00:48:12.079><c> Barak's</c><00:48:12.539><c> problem.</c> 00:48:14.179 --> 00:48:16.239 It<00:48:14.340><c> can</c><00:48:14.599><c> undermine</c><00:48:14.920><c> our</c><00:48:15.280><c> confidence</c><00:48:15.619><c> in</c><00:48:15.820><c> our</c><00:48:16.000><c> brethren,</c> 00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:17.800 especially<00:48:16.739><c> our</c><00:48:17.019><c> leaders.</c> 00:48:18.579 --> 00:48:20.800 It's<00:48:18.800><c> one</c><00:48:18.940><c> of</c><00:48:19.059><c> the</c><00:48:19.219><c> tests</c><00:48:19.659><c> of</c><00:48:20.159><c> the</c><00:48:20.360><c> last</c><00:48:20.639><c> days</c> 00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:23.940 in<00:48:20.940><c> which</c><00:48:21.059><c> we</c><00:48:21.300><c> find</c><00:48:21.500><c> ourselves</c><00:48:21.940><c> for</c><00:48:22.139><c> this</c><00:48:22.400><c> prosperous</c><00:48:22.760><c> generation.</c> 00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:26.619 And<00:48:25.059><c> the</c><00:48:25.219><c> principle</c><00:48:25.539><c> involved</c><00:48:25.940><c> in</c><00:48:26.059><c> all</c><00:48:26.280><c> of</c><00:48:26.440><c> this,</c> 00:48:26.719 --> 00:48:29.239 Christ<00:48:26.960><c> spelled</c><00:48:27.239><c> out</c><00:48:27.460><c> in</c><00:48:27.559><c> Luke</c><00:48:27.760><c> chapter</c><00:48:28.079><c> 17.</c> 00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:33.320 Whosoever<00:48:29.840><c> shall</c><00:48:30.000><c> seek</c><00:48:30.280><c> to</c><00:48:30.539><c> save</c><00:48:30.760><c> his</c><00:48:31.059><c> life</c><00:48:31.639><c> shall</c><00:48:32.679><c> lose</c><00:48:32.980><c> it.</c> 00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:35.460 Barak<00:48:33.940><c> was</c><00:48:34.099><c> on</c><00:48:34.300><c> that</c><00:48:34.500><c> path.</c> 00:48:36.219 --> 00:48:37.760 Whosoever<00:48:36.739><c> shall</c><00:48:36.900><c> lose</c><00:48:37.179><c> his</c><00:48:37.480><c> life,</c> 00:48:37.820 --> 00:48:40.000 that<00:48:37.940><c> is,</c><00:48:38.260><c> lose</c><00:48:38.519><c> the</c><00:48:38.699><c> things</c><00:48:38.820><c> that</c><00:48:39.039><c> belong</c><00:48:39.219><c> to</c><00:48:39.380><c> the</c><00:48:39.579><c> present,</c> 00:48:40.280 --> 00:48:42.159 shall<00:48:40.360><c> preserve</c><00:48:40.739><c> it</c><00:48:40.900><c> for</c><00:48:41.039><c> the</c><00:48:41.179><c> future.</c> 00:48:43.739 --> 00:48:46.139 I<00:48:43.880><c> want</c><00:48:43.960><c> to</c><00:48:44.000><c> conclude</c><00:48:44.400><c> with</c><00:48:44.559><c> a</c><00:48:44.699><c> few</c><00:48:44.840><c> brief</c><00:48:45.059><c> words.</c> 00:48:47.139 --> 00:48:51.460 Now,<00:48:47.340><c> I'm</c><00:48:47.519><c> not</c><00:48:47.760><c> one</c><00:48:48.139><c> for</c><00:48:48.800><c> human</c><00:48:49.159><c> philosophy,</c><00:48:50.019><c> brothers</c><00:48:50.179><c> and</c><00:48:50.400><c> sisters,</c> 00:48:51.820 --> 00:48:53.360 but<00:48:51.940><c> there</c><00:48:52.119><c> are</c><00:48:52.360><c> times</c><00:48:52.699><c> occasionally</c> 00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:55.900 when<00:48:53.719><c> philosophers</c><00:48:54.159><c> say</c><00:48:54.420><c> something</c><00:48:54.780><c> sensible.</c> 00:48:56.420 --> 00:48:58.659 All<00:48:56.679><c> right?</c><00:48:57.639><c> Occasionally.</c> 00:48:59.440 --> 00:49:01.820 Now,<00:48:59.599><c> this</c><00:48:59.780><c> guy's</c><00:49:00.119><c> name</c><00:49:00.300><c> is</c><00:49:00.559><c> Charles</c><00:49:01.139><c> Swindoll,</c> 00:49:01.820 --> 00:49:06.900 not<00:49:02.659><c> S</c><00:49:03.179><c>-W</c><00:49:03.579><c>-I</c><00:49:03.920><c>-N</c><00:49:04.119><c>-D</c><00:49:04.440><c>-L</c><00:49:04.679><c>-E,</c><00:49:05.800><c> right,</c> 00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:09.460 but<00:49:07.900><c> D</c><00:49:08.159><c>-A</c><00:49:08.460><c>-L</c><00:49:08.699><c>-L.</c> 00:49:10.260 --> 00:49:12.739 I<00:49:10.780><c> don't</c><00:49:11.019><c> think</c><00:49:11.099><c> what</c><00:49:11.260><c> he</c><00:49:11.440><c> says</c><00:49:11.539><c> is</c><00:49:11.739><c> a</c><00:49:11.900><c> swindle.</c> 00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:14.940 This<00:49:13.260><c> is</c><00:49:13.380><c> what</c><00:49:13.480><c> he</c><00:49:13.719><c> says,</c><00:49:14.119><c> importance</c><00:49:14.420><c> of</c><00:49:14.619><c> attitude.</c> 00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:18.059 The<00:49:15.480><c> longer</c><00:49:15.719><c> I</c><00:49:15.980><c> live,</c><00:49:17.079><c> the</c><00:49:17.239><c> more</c><00:49:17.480><c> I</c><00:49:17.739><c> realise</c> 00:49:18.059 --> 00:49:20.820 the<00:49:18.300><c> impact</c><00:49:18.619><c> of</c><00:49:18.800><c> attitude</c><00:49:19.260><c> on</c><00:49:19.940><c> life.</c> 00:49:21.139 --> 00:49:23.019 It<00:49:21.400><c> is</c><00:49:21.579><c> more</c><00:49:21.780><c> important</c><00:49:22.199><c> than</c><00:49:22.380><c> education,</c> 00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:25.599 than<00:49:23.559><c> money,</c><00:49:24.760><c> than</c><00:49:24.940><c> circumstances,</c> 00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:27.500 than<00:49:26.000><c> failures,</c><00:49:26.739><c> than</c><00:49:26.880><c> successes,</c> 00:49:27.500 --> 00:49:32.199 than<00:49:28.420><c> whatever</c><00:49:28.860><c> anyone</c><00:49:29.460><c> might</c><00:49:29.840><c> say</c><00:49:30.519><c> or</c><00:49:31.079><c> do.</c> 00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:37.480 It<00:49:32.980><c> is</c><00:49:33.179><c> more</c><00:49:33.400><c> important</c><00:49:33.900><c> than</c><00:49:34.219><c> appearances,</c><00:49:35.440><c> giftedness</c><00:49:36.099><c> or</c><00:49:36.579><c> skill.</c> 00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:41.739 The<00:49:38.920><c> remarkable</c><00:49:39.340><c> thing</c><00:49:39.840><c> is</c><00:49:40.079><c> that</c><00:49:40.320><c> we</c><00:49:40.719><c> have</c><00:49:41.079><c> the</c><00:49:41.360><c> choice</c> 00:49:41.739 --> 00:49:46.539 to<00:49:42.039><c> create</c><00:49:42.380><c> the</c><00:49:42.639><c> attitude</c><00:49:43.219><c> we</c><00:49:44.019><c> have</c><00:49:44.559><c> for</c><00:49:45.340><c> that</c><00:49:45.619><c> day.</c> 00:49:47.699 --> 00:49:49.480 We<00:49:47.920><c> cannot</c><00:49:48.260><c> change</c><00:49:48.719><c> our</c><00:49:49.059><c> past.</c> 00:49:49.940 --> 00:49:52.159 We<00:49:50.059><c> cannot</c><00:49:50.420><c> change</c><00:49:50.880><c> the</c><00:49:51.079><c> way</c><00:49:51.260><c> people</c><00:49:51.659><c> act.</c> 00:49:52.420 --> 00:49:54.619 We<00:49:52.559><c> cannot</c><00:49:52.980><c> change</c><00:49:53.420><c> the</c><00:49:53.659><c> inevitable.</c> 00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:57.960 The<00:49:56.159><c> one</c><00:49:56.500><c> thing</c><00:49:56.699><c> we</c><00:49:56.920><c> can</c><00:49:57.239><c> change</c> 00:49:57.960 --> 00:50:01.599 is<00:49:58.739><c> the</c><00:49:58.980><c> only</c><00:49:59.380><c> thing</c><00:49:59.679><c> we</c><00:49:59.860><c> have</c><00:50:00.079><c> control</c><00:50:00.500><c> over.</c> 00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:03.900 That<00:50:02.420><c> is</c><00:50:02.659><c> our</c><00:50:02.880><c> attitude.</c> 00:50:05.239 --> 00:50:08.639 I'm<00:50:05.599><c> convinced</c><00:50:06.159><c> that</c><00:50:06.519><c> life</c><00:50:06.780><c> is</c><00:50:07.019><c> 10</c><00:50:07.500><c>%</c><00:50:07.699><c> what</c><00:50:07.940><c> actually</c><00:50:08.360><c> happens</c> 00:50:08.639 --> 00:50:09.699 to<00:50:08.920><c> us</c> 00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:14.739 and<00:50:10.559><c> 90</c><00:50:11.000><c>%</c><00:50:12.219><c> how</c><00:50:12.760><c> we</c><00:50:12.960><c> react</c><00:50:13.199><c> to</c><00:50:13.400><c> it.</c> 00:50:15.420 --> 00:50:17.559 I<00:50:15.599><c> don't</c><00:50:15.699><c> think</c><00:50:15.760><c> he's</c><00:50:15.900><c> too</c><00:50:16.159><c> far</c><00:50:16.300><c> from</c><00:50:16.480><c> the</c><00:50:16.659><c> truth.</c> 00:50:17.760 --> 00:50:19.099 It's<00:50:17.960><c> not</c><00:50:18.159><c> biblical,</c> 00:50:19.860 --> 00:50:22.340 but<00:50:20.139><c> I</c><00:50:20.280><c> don't</c><00:50:20.320><c> think</c><00:50:20.400><c> he's</c><00:50:20.559><c> too</c><00:50:20.860><c> far</c><00:50:21.019><c> from</c><00:50:21.219><c> the</c><00:50:21.400><c> truth.</c> 00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:26.420 Lift<00:50:24.280><c> up</c><00:50:24.519><c> your</c><00:50:24.699><c> heads,</c><00:50:25.139><c> brethren</c><00:50:25.239><c> and</c><00:50:25.420><c> sisters.</c> 00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:30.099 As<00:50:27.380><c> Jeremiah</c><00:50:27.840><c> sat</c><00:50:28.099><c> amongst</c><00:50:28.400><c> the</c><00:50:28.619><c> ruins</c><00:50:28.820><c> of</c><00:50:29.079><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:50:31.079 --> 00:50:32.460 he<00:50:31.280><c> said</c><00:50:31.460><c> this,</c> 00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:35.340 For<00:50:32.980><c> the</c><00:50:33.119><c> Lord</c><00:50:33.320><c> will</c><00:50:33.539><c> not</c><00:50:33.719><c> cast</c><00:50:34.039><c> off</c><00:50:34.219><c> forever.</c> 00:50:36.420 --> 00:50:37.719 Although<00:50:36.579><c> he</c><00:50:36.860><c> caused</c><00:50:37.079><c> grief,</c> 00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:39.199 yet<00:50:38.239><c> will</c><00:50:38.420><c> he</c><00:50:38.539><c> have</c><00:50:38.679><c> compassion</c> 00:50:39.199 --> 00:50:41.960 according<00:50:39.559><c> to</c><00:50:39.739><c> the</c><00:50:39.840><c> multitude</c><00:50:40.159><c> of</c><00:50:40.360><c> his</c><00:50:40.559><c> mercies.</c> 00:50:42.139 --> 00:50:44.260 For<00:50:42.300><c> he</c><00:50:42.539><c> doth</c><00:50:42.679><c> not</c><00:50:42.920><c> afflict</c><00:50:43.199><c> willingly,</c> 00:50:44.719 --> 00:50:46.719 nor<00:50:44.880><c> grieve</c><00:50:45.199><c> the</c><00:50:45.380><c> children</c><00:50:45.659><c> of</c><00:50:45.860><c> men</c><00:50:46.000><c> without</c><00:50:46.300><c> purpose.</c> 00:50:46.940 --> 00:50:48.079 I've<00:50:47.000><c> added</c><00:50:47.079><c> the</c><00:50:47.300><c> ellipsis.</c> 00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:50.960 It<00:50:48.619><c> doesn't</c><00:50:48.860><c> afflict</c><00:50:49.219><c> you</c><00:50:49.400><c> without</c><00:50:49.739><c> purpose.</c> 00:50:52.260 --> 00:50:54.639 That<00:50:52.340><c> once</c><00:50:52.659><c> depressed</c><00:50:53.099><c> sister</c><00:50:53.500><c> said,</c> 00:50:55.199 --> 00:50:58.139 Depression<00:50:55.199><c> is</c><00:50:55.519><c> not</c><00:50:55.820><c> a</c><00:50:56.039><c> sign</c><00:50:56.239><c> that</c><00:50:56.440><c> God</c><00:50:56.619><c> has</c><00:50:56.860><c> abandoned</c><00:50:57.260><c> us.</c> 00:50:58.860 --> 00:51:01.139 It<00:50:58.860><c> is</c><00:50:59.039><c> more</c><00:50:59.239><c> likely</c><00:50:59.599><c> a</c><00:50:59.820><c> sign</c><00:51:00.000><c> that</c><00:51:00.179><c> God</c><00:51:00.340><c> is</c><00:51:00.539><c> getting</c><00:51:00.719><c> to</c><00:51:00.980><c> work</c> 00:51:01.139 --> 00:51:01.579 on<00:51:01.320><c> us</c> 00:51:01.579 --> 00:51:03.320 for<00:51:01.820><c> our</c><00:51:02.079><c> ultimate</c><00:51:02.400><c> good.</c> 00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:05.780 James<00:51:05.360><c> wrote,</c> 00:51:06.139 --> 00:51:08.639 You<00:51:06.159><c> have</c><00:51:06.320><c> heard</c><00:51:06.500><c> of</c><00:51:06.659><c> the</c><00:51:06.860><c> steadfastness</c><00:51:07.519><c> of</c><00:51:07.820><c> Job.</c> 00:51:08.739 --> 00:51:10.599 You<00:51:08.900><c> have</c><00:51:09.079><c> seen</c><00:51:09.320><c> the</c><00:51:09.500><c> purpose</c><00:51:09.940><c> of</c><00:51:10.139><c> the</c><00:51:10.300><c> Lord.</c> 00:51:10.900 --> 00:51:12.739 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depression</c><00:51:23.659><c> was</c><00:51:23.980><c> not</c><00:51:24.199><c> without</c><00:51:24.559><c> purpose.</c> 00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:30.659 How<00:51:27.300><c> the</c><00:51:27.420><c> Lord</c><00:51:27.619><c> is</c><00:51:27.920><c> compassionate</c><00:51:28.500><c> and</c><00:51:29.699><c> merciful.</c> 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:34.639 So<00:51:31.119><c> that</c><00:51:31.400><c> Job</c><00:51:31.619><c> could</c><00:51:31.920><c> write</c><00:51:32.219><c> Job</c><00:51:32.599><c> 23</c><00:51:33.079><c> verse</c><00:51:33.420><c> 10,</c> 00:51:35.380 --> 00:51:39.460 But<00:51:35.500><c> he</c><00:51:35.739><c> knoweth</c><00:51:36.119><c> the</c><00:51:36.300><c> way</c><00:51:36.539><c> that</c><00:51:36.739><c> I</c><00:51:36.920><c> take,</c><00:51:38.079><c> and</c><00:51:38.219><c> he</c><00:51:38.360><c> does.</c> 00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:42.659 When<00:51:40.679><c> he</c><00:51:40.980><c> hath</c><00:51:41.179><c> tried</c><00:51:41.480><c> me,</c> 00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:45.440 I<00:51:43.559><c> shall</c><00:51:43.719><c> come</c><00:51:44.019><c> forth</c><00:51:44.300><c> as</c><00:51:44.500><c> gold.</c> 00:51:47.099 --> 00:51:49.059 Finally,<00:51:47.619><c> brethren</c><00:51:47.760><c> and</c><00:51:47.940><c> sisters,</c> 00:51:49.860 --> 00:51:51.679 Resist<00:51:50.119><c> becoming</c><00:51:50.519><c> disillusioned</c><00:51:51.260><c> and</c><00:51:51.360><c> depressed</c> 00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:55.320 by<00:51:51.920><c> the</c><00:51:52.119><c> decline</c><00:51:52.400><c> and</c><00:51:52.679><c> failure</c><00:51:52.940><c> that's</c><00:51:53.179><c> going</c><00:51:53.400><c> on</c><00:51:53.579><c> all</c><00:51:53.800><c> around</c><00:51:54.079><c> you.</c> 00:51:55.639 --> 00:52:00.420 Be<00:51:55.840><c> steadfast</c><00:51:56.699><c> and</c><00:51:57.739><c> unmovable</c><00:51:58.780><c> unto</c><00:51:59.320><c> the</c><00:51:59.579><c> end.</c> 00:52:00.940 --> 00:52:03.599 And<00:52:01.119><c> none</c><00:52:01.219><c> of</c><00:52:01.380><c> us,</c><00:52:01.780><c> none</c><00:52:02.039><c> of</c><00:52:02.199><c> us</c><00:52:02.579><c> believe</c><00:52:02.960><c> that</c><00:52:03.139><c> the</c><00:52:03.280><c> end's</c><00:52:03.559><c> a</c> 00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:05.619 long<00:52:03.780><c> way</c><00:52:04.039><c> away,</c><00:52:04.239><c> do</c><00:52:04.440><c> we?</c> 00:52:06.519 --> 00:52:08.679 It<00:52:07.000><c> surely</c><00:52:07.280><c> must</c><00:52:07.659><c> be</c><00:52:07.860><c> nigh.</c>