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We<00:10:02.720><c> know</c><00:10:02.980><c> who</c><00:10:03.259><c> is</c><00:10:03.480><c> going</c><00:10:03.639><c> to</c><00:10:03.940><c> accomplish</c><00:10:04.299><c> it</c><00:10:04.600><c> by,</c>

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and<00:10:05.899><c> the</c><00:10:06.120><c> means</c><00:10:06.399><c> whereby</c><00:10:06.960><c> He</c><00:10:07.500><c> will</c><00:10:08.080><c> accomplish</c><00:10:08.639><c> that.</c>

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Now<00:10:13.659><c> the</c><00:10:13.700><c> book</c><00:10:13.940><c> of</c><00:10:14.139><c> Judges,</c><00:10:14.659><c> brethren</c><00:10:14.799><c> and</c><00:10:14.960><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:10:15.539><c> one</c><00:10:15.759><c> of</c><00:10:15.940><c> the</c><00:10:16.120><c> most</c><00:10:17.240><c> darkest</c><00:10:18.159><c> periods</c><00:10:18.960><c> in</c><00:10:19.960><c> Old</c><00:10:20.240><c> Testament</c><00:10:20.740><c> history.</c>

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The<00:10:23.019><c> darkest</c><00:10:23.480><c> period,</c><00:10:23.899><c> of</c><00:10:24.159><c> course,</c><00:10:24.379><c> was</c><00:10:24.559><c> when</c><00:10:26.460><c> the</c><00:10:27.360><c> Jews</c><00:10:27.600><c> took</c>

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the<00:10:28.220><c> Lord</c><00:10:28.399><c> Jesus</c><00:10:28.840><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:10:29.580><c> they</c><00:10:30.559><c> nailed</c><00:10:30.980><c> Him</c><00:10:31.240><c> to</c><00:10:31.419><c> a</c><00:10:31.600><c> cross.</c>

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But<00:10:32.899><c> in</c><00:10:33.080><c> the</c><00:10:33.200><c> Old</c><00:10:33.399><c> Testament,</c><00:10:34.779><c> we've</c><00:10:35.000><c> got</c><00:10:35.139><c> this</c><00:10:35.600><c> period</c>

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which<00:10:40.059><c> is</c><00:10:40.580><c> sandwiched</c><00:10:41.320><c> between</c><00:10:41.759><c> the</c><00:10:41.960><c> book</c><00:10:42.120><c> of</c><00:10:42.340><c> Joshua</c><00:10:42.720><c> and</c><00:10:42.919><c> the</c><00:10:42.980><c> book</c><00:10:43.159><c> of</c><00:10:43.440><c> Ruth.</c>

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The<00:10:44.220><c> book</c><00:10:44.460><c> of</c><00:10:44.679><c> Joshua</c><00:10:45.019><c> where</c><00:10:45.279><c> we</c><00:10:45.480><c> see</c><00:10:45.679><c> a</c><00:10:46.200><c> nation</c><00:10:46.659><c> going</c><00:10:47.139><c> in</c><00:10:47.519><c> full</c><00:10:47.740><c> of</c><00:10:48.059><c> enthusiasm,</c>

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full<00:10:50.460><c> of</c><00:10:50.980><c> zeal</c><00:10:51.340><c> for</c><00:10:51.559><c> the</c><00:10:51.700><c> things</c><00:10:51.879><c> of</c><00:10:52.080><c> the</c><00:10:52.320><c> truth,</c>

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determined<00:10:53.320><c> to</c><00:10:53.940><c> get</c><00:10:54.220><c> rid</c><00:10:54.440><c> of</c><00:10:54.639><c> the</c><00:10:54.799><c> enemy,</c><00:10:56.379><c> to</c><00:10:56.679><c> crush</c><00:10:57.019><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:10:57.740><c> then</c><00:10:57.940><c> you've</c><00:10:58.159><c> got</c><00:10:58.460><c> the</c><00:10:58.980><c> other</c><00:10:59.240><c> side</c><00:10:59.480><c> of</c><00:10:59.639><c> the</c><00:10:59.799><c> coin,</c><00:11:00.039><c> you've</c><00:11:00.200><c> got</c>

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the<00:11:00.460><c> book</c><00:11:00.620><c> of</c><00:11:00.879><c> Ruth,</c>

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which<00:11:01.840><c> comes</c><00:11:02.259><c> right</c><00:11:02.679><c> on</c><00:11:02.899><c> the</c><00:11:03.059><c> heels</c><00:11:03.299><c> of</c><00:11:03.519><c> that</c><00:11:04.159><c> horrible</c><00:11:04.740><c> period</c>

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which<00:11:06.200><c> took</c><00:11:06.419><c> place</c><00:11:06.840><c> in</c><00:11:07.940><c> Gibeah</c><00:11:08.639><c> of</c><00:11:08.840><c> Benjamin.</c>

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And<00:11:10.419><c> you've</c><00:11:10.620><c> got</c><00:11:10.779><c> the</c><00:11:11.320><c> contrast</c><00:11:11.980><c> with</c><00:11:13.700><c> Judah</c><00:11:14.360><c> and</c><00:11:14.799><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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And<00:11:16.840><c> we</c><00:11:16.899><c> know</c><00:11:17.080><c> later</c><00:11:17.500><c> on,</c><00:11:18.820><c> when</c><00:11:18.960><c> Israel</c><00:11:19.279><c> had</c><00:11:19.460><c> to</c><00:11:19.679><c> make</c><00:11:19.840><c> a</c><00:11:20.059><c> choice</c>

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as<00:11:20.559><c> to</c><00:11:20.720><c> the</c><00:11:20.840><c> kind</c><00:11:21.120><c> of</c><00:11:21.240><c> king</c><00:11:21.460><c> that</c><00:11:21.779><c> they</c><00:11:23.440><c> wanted,</c>

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they<00:11:24.220><c> chose</c><00:11:24.740><c> somebody</c><00:11:25.240><c> from</c><00:11:25.600><c> the</c><00:11:25.879><c> background</c><00:11:26.500><c> of</c><00:11:27.240><c> Benjamin</c>

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and<00:11:28.539><c> Gibeah.</c>

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And<00:11:30.879><c> God's</c><00:11:31.480><c> choice</c><00:11:31.820><c> was</c><00:11:32.399><c> a</c><00:11:32.539><c> man</c><00:11:32.700><c> from</c><00:11:32.980><c> Judah</c><00:11:33.399><c> and</c><00:11:33.879><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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So<00:11:34.960><c> you've</c><00:11:35.080><c> got</c><00:11:35.200><c> these</c><00:11:35.559><c> two</c><00:11:35.860><c> books,</c><00:11:36.940><c> sandwiching</c><00:11:37.659><c> the</c><00:11:37.779><c> book</c>

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of<00:11:39.080><c> Judges.</c>

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And<00:11:39.960><c> throughout</c><00:11:40.179><c> that</c><00:11:40.480><c> book</c><00:11:40.679><c> we've</c><00:11:40.980><c> got</c><00:11:41.100><c> this</c><00:11:41.500><c> idea</c><00:11:42.120><c> of</c><00:11:42.960><c> Israel</c><00:11:43.480><c> in</c><00:11:43.700><c> verse</c><00:11:44.039><c> 1.</c>

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The<00:11:45.519><c> children</c><00:11:45.960><c> of</c><00:11:46.139><c> Israel,</c><00:11:46.519><c> it</c><00:11:46.779><c> says</c><00:11:47.000><c> in</c><00:11:47.220><c> chapter</c><00:11:47.639><c> 6</c><00:11:48.639><c> and</c><00:11:48.820><c> verse</c><00:11:49.100><c> 1,</c>

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did<00:11:49.659><c> evil</c><00:11:50.279><c> in</c><00:11:50.600><c> the</c><00:11:50.860><c> sight</c><00:11:51.059><c> of</c><00:11:51.360><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:11:51.840><c> then</c><00:11:52.000><c> six</c><00:11:52.259><c> times</c><00:11:53.059><c> we</c><00:11:54.240><c> go</c><00:11:54.519><c> through</c><00:11:54.779><c> this</c><00:11:55.419><c> sequence</c><00:11:56.059><c> of</c><00:11:56.500><c> sinning</c>

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and<00:11:58.159><c> as</c><00:11:58.360><c> a</c><00:11:58.519><c> result</c><00:11:58.799><c> of</c><00:11:59.000><c> it</c><00:11:59.220><c> suffering,</c>

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and<00:12:00.919><c> then</c><00:12:01.120><c> then</c><00:12:01.519><c> supplicating</c><00:12:02.340><c> or</c><00:12:02.679><c> crying</c><00:12:03.000><c> unto</c><00:12:03.320><c> God</c>

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and<00:12:04.039><c> God</c><00:12:04.279><c> extending</c><00:12:04.940><c> his</c><00:12:05.480><c> work</c><00:12:05.759><c> of</c><00:12:06.039><c> salvation.</c>

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It's<00:12:07.220><c> a</c><00:12:07.539><c> cycle</c><00:12:08.000><c> which</c><00:12:08.460><c> recurs</c><00:12:08.779><c> six</c><00:12:09.519><c> times</c><00:12:10.299><c> the</c><00:12:11.019><c> number</c><00:12:11.379><c> of</c><00:12:11.700><c> flesh.</c>

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We<00:12:16.879><c> are</c><00:12:17.240><c> constantly</c><00:12:17.840><c> reminded</c><00:12:18.360><c> in</c><00:12:18.639><c> the</c><00:12:18.740><c> book</c><00:12:18.940><c> of</c><00:12:19.200><c> Judges</c>

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that<00:12:21.240><c> the</c><00:12:21.480><c> children</c><00:12:21.840><c> of</c><00:12:22.039><c> Israel</c><00:12:22.440><c> did</c><00:12:22.759><c> evil</c><00:12:23.179><c> in</c><00:12:23.419><c> the</c><00:12:23.659><c> sight</c><00:12:23.899><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:26.159><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:12:28.399><c> that</c><00:12:28.740><c> every</c><00:12:29.179><c> man</c><00:12:29.519><c> did</c><00:12:29.799><c> that</c><00:12:30.059><c> which</c><00:12:30.259><c> was</c><00:12:30.679><c> right</c><00:12:31.159><c> in</c><00:12:31.960><c> his</c>

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own<00:12:32.419><c> eyes.</c>

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And<00:12:34.620><c> yet</c><00:12:34.860><c> scattered</c><00:12:35.279><c> on</c><00:12:35.539><c> the</c><00:12:35.700><c> landscape</c><00:12:36.320><c> of</c><00:12:36.559><c> the</c><00:12:36.659><c> book</c><00:12:36.840><c> of</c><00:12:37.059><c> Judges</c>

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are<00:12:39.080><c> men</c><00:12:39.259><c> and</c><00:12:39.460><c> women</c><00:12:39.720><c> of</c><00:12:40.019><c> faith.</c>

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People<00:12:41.019><c> like</c><00:12:41.320><c> Deborah</c><00:12:41.960><c> and</c><00:12:42.720><c> Barak,</c><00:12:43.740><c> Gideon,</c>

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Shamgar,<00:12:49.100><c> Jephthah,</c><00:12:50.720><c> and</c><00:12:50.919><c> Samson.</c>

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Yes,<00:12:53.019><c> Samson.</c>

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It's<00:13:02.820><c> an</c><00:13:03.000><c> interesting</c><00:13:03.620><c> setting,</c><00:13:04.620><c> Judges</c><00:13:05.019><c> chapter</c><00:13:05.360><c> 6.</c>

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It<00:13:08.120><c> tells</c><00:13:08.480><c> us</c><00:13:08.940><c> in</c><00:13:09.159><c> verse</c><00:13:09.860><c> 1</c>

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that<00:13:13.419><c> as</c><00:13:13.639><c> a</c><00:13:13.799><c> result</c><00:13:14.179><c> of</c><00:13:14.419><c> the</c><00:13:14.639><c> evil</c><00:13:14.940><c> that</c><00:13:15.139><c> they</c><00:13:15.340><c> did</c><00:13:15.539><c> in</c><00:13:15.759><c> the</c><00:13:15.940><c> sight</c><00:13:16.100><c> of</c><00:13:16.419><c> Yahweh,</c>

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Yahweh<00:13:18.039><c> delivered</c><00:13:18.580><c> them</c><00:13:19.039><c> into</c><00:13:19.580><c> the</c><00:13:19.840><c> hand</c><00:13:20.059><c> of</c><00:13:20.919><c> the</c><00:13:21.220><c> Midian,</c>

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seven<00:13:23.200><c> years.</c>

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Now<00:13:26.500><c> Midian</c><00:13:26.779><c> has</c><00:13:27.039><c> a</c><00:13:27.120><c> very</c><00:13:27.559><c> extensive</c><00:13:28.220><c> history,</c><00:13:29.360><c> doesn't</c><00:13:30.000><c> it?</c>

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With<00:13:31.120><c> the</c><00:13:31.360><c> people</c><00:13:31.620><c> of</c><00:13:31.899><c> God.</c>

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It<00:13:34.100><c> was</c><00:13:34.299><c> the</c><00:13:34.519><c> king</c><00:13:34.740><c> of</c><00:13:35.059><c> Moab</c><00:13:35.659><c> and</c><00:13:36.539><c> the</c><00:13:36.840><c> elders</c><00:13:37.200><c> of</c><00:13:37.580><c> Midian</c>

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that<00:13:40.000><c> hired</c><00:13:40.320><c> Balaam</c><00:13:40.980><c> to</c><00:13:41.519><c> tempt</c><00:13:41.960><c> the</c><00:13:42.299><c> people</c><00:13:42.559><c> of</c><00:13:42.779><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:13:44.559><c> they</c><00:13:44.720><c> were</c><00:13:44.919><c> successful</c><00:13:45.539><c> not</c><00:13:45.799><c> because</c><00:13:46.600><c> God</c><00:13:46.960><c> allowed</c><00:13:47.340><c> them</c>

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to<00:13:48.000><c> speak</c><00:13:48.379><c> a</c><00:13:48.679><c> curse,</c>

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but<00:13:50.320><c> Balaam</c><00:13:51.779><c> and</c><00:13:51.840><c> Balaam</c><00:13:53.039><c> found</c><00:13:53.559><c> a</c><00:13:53.820><c> solution</c><00:13:54.360><c> between</c><00:13:56.120><c> Shittim</c><00:13:56.700><c> and</c><00:13:56.840><c> Gilgal.</c>

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And<00:13:59.399><c> they</c><00:13:59.720><c> wooed</c><00:14:00.120><c> the</c><00:14:00.240><c> nation</c><00:14:00.539><c> of</c><00:14:00.720><c> Israel</c>

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through<00:14:01.500><c> the</c><00:14:02.679><c> circumstances</c><00:14:03.399><c> of</c><00:14:03.700><c> the</c><00:14:03.840><c> worship</c><00:14:04.240><c> of</c><00:14:05.220><c> the</c><00:14:05.399><c> Midian</c><00:14:05.700><c>-Itish</c><00:14:05.960><c> people.</c>

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So<00:14:09.139><c> what</c><00:14:09.340><c> we</c><00:14:09.620><c> find</c><00:14:09.960><c> is</c><00:14:10.220><c> that</c><00:14:11.279><c> God,</c><00:14:13.600><c> because</c><00:14:13.899><c> of</c><00:14:14.100><c> their</c><00:14:14.320><c> evil,</c>

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brings<00:14:16.059><c> this</c><00:14:16.600><c> opposition</c><00:14:17.379><c> against</c><00:14:18.100><c> them</c><00:14:18.240><c> for</c><00:14:18.460><c> seven</c><00:14:18.759><c> years.</c>

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And<00:14:19.679><c> of</c><00:14:19.799><c> course</c><00:14:19.940><c> as</c><00:14:20.139><c> we've</c><00:14:20.460><c> read,</c><00:14:21.700><c> they</c><00:14:21.879><c> were</c><00:14:22.080><c> now</c><00:14:22.419><c> back</c><00:14:22.860><c> worshipping</c><00:14:23.460><c> Baal.</c>

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And<00:14:27.299><c> it</c><00:14:27.440><c> says</c><00:14:27.600><c> the</c><00:14:27.759><c> hand</c><00:14:28.000><c> of</c><00:14:28.179><c> Midian</c><00:14:28.440><c> prevailed</c><00:14:28.940><c> against</c><00:14:29.299><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:14:30.879><c> because</c><00:14:31.100><c> of</c><00:14:31.259><c> the</c><00:14:31.399><c> Midianite,</c><00:14:31.980><c> the</c><00:14:32.100><c> children</c><00:14:32.340><c> of</c><00:14:32.440><c> Israel</c>

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made<00:14:33.139><c> them</c><00:14:33.679><c> dens</c>

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which<00:14:34.279><c> were</c><00:14:34.500><c> in</c><00:14:34.600><c> the</c><00:14:34.759><c> mountains</c><00:14:35.159><c> and</c><00:14:35.500><c> caves</c><00:14:35.899><c> and</c><00:14:36.539><c> strongholds.</c>

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Verse<00:14:39.200><c> 5</c><00:14:39.500><c> tells</c><00:14:39.799><c> us</c><00:14:40.460><c> that</c><00:14:40.799><c> they</c><00:14:40.960><c> were</c><00:14:41.240><c> like</c><00:14:41.620><c> grasshoppers</c><00:14:43.379><c> for</c><00:14:45.059><c> multitude.</c>

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Verse<00:14:46.379><c> 5,</c><00:14:47.240><c> they</c><00:14:47.419><c> came</c><00:14:47.679><c> up</c><00:14:47.879><c> with</c><00:14:48.080><c> their</c><00:14:48.340><c> cattle</c><00:14:48.559><c> in</c><00:14:48.759><c> their</c><00:14:49.019><c> tents,</c>

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they<00:14:49.879><c> came</c><00:14:50.120><c> as</c><00:14:50.360><c> grasshoppers</c><00:14:50.940><c> for</c><00:14:51.200><c> multitude,</c>

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for<00:14:52.179><c> both</c><00:14:52.539><c> they</c><00:14:52.899><c> and</c><00:14:53.220><c> their</c><00:14:53.500><c> camels</c><00:14:53.820><c> were</c><00:14:54.080><c> without</c><00:14:54.500><c> number,</c>

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and<00:14:55.639><c> they</c><00:14:55.960><c> entered</c><00:14:56.419><c> into</c><00:14:56.879><c> the</c><00:14:57.120><c> land</c><00:14:57.480><c> to</c><00:14:58.039><c> destroy</c><00:14:58.559><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:00.639><c> so</c><00:15:00.720><c> there</c><00:15:00.860><c> was</c><00:15:01.039><c> an</c><00:15:01.240><c> absence</c><00:15:01.539><c> of</c><00:15:01.940><c> peace.</c>

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There<00:15:04.279><c> was</c><00:15:04.519><c> this</c><00:15:04.879><c> absence</c><00:15:05.320><c> of</c><00:15:05.559><c> peace,</c><00:15:06.019><c> brethren</c><00:15:06.179><c> and</c><00:15:06.279><c> sisters,</c>

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which<00:15:07.620><c> wasn't</c><00:15:08.220><c> simply</c><00:15:09.179><c> that</c><00:15:10.039><c> there</c><00:15:10.240><c> was</c><00:15:10.460><c> conflict</c><00:15:10.799><c> with</c><00:15:11.059><c> Midian</c><00:15:11.340><c> and</c><00:15:11.460><c> Israel,</c>

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there<00:15:12.559><c> was</c><00:15:12.820><c> an</c><00:15:13.039><c> absence</c><00:15:13.440><c> of</c><00:15:13.899><c> peace</c><00:15:14.539><c> from</c><00:15:15.240><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:15:16.379><c> that's</c><00:15:16.820><c> brought</c><00:15:17.080><c> out</c><00:15:17.360><c> in</c><00:15:17.519><c> verse</c><00:15:18.360><c> 13</c><00:15:19.799><c> of</c><00:15:20.019><c> this</c><00:15:20.240><c> chapter.</c>

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Gideon<00:15:22.960><c> said</c><00:15:23.220><c> unto</c><00:15:23.440><c> him,</c><00:15:23.639><c> O</c><00:15:23.799><c> my</c><00:15:24.080><c> Lord,</c><00:15:24.720><c> if</c><00:15:24.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:25.500><c> be</c><00:15:25.779><c> with</c><00:15:25.919><c> us,</c>

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why<00:15:26.779><c> then</c><00:15:26.980><c> is</c><00:15:27.080><c> all</c><00:15:27.340><c> this</c><00:15:27.620><c> befallen</c><00:15:28.059><c> us?</c>

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Where<00:15:29.580><c> is</c><00:15:29.799><c> all</c><00:15:30.000><c> his</c><00:15:30.240><c> miracles,</c><00:15:30.879><c> which</c><00:15:31.139><c> our</c><00:15:31.399><c> fathers</c><00:15:31.700><c> told</c><00:15:32.039><c> us</c><00:15:32.259><c> of,</c>

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saying,<00:15:33.080><c> Did</c><00:15:33.379><c> not</c><00:15:33.620><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:34.000><c> bring</c><00:15:34.259><c> us</c><00:15:34.379><c> up</c><00:15:34.580><c> from</c><00:15:34.799><c> Egypt?</c>

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But<00:15:35.379><c> now</c><00:15:35.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:36.580><c> hath</c><00:15:36.980><c> forsaken</c><00:15:37.399><c> me,</c><00:15:38.940><c> forsaken</c><00:15:39.399><c> us</c><00:15:39.559><c> and</c><00:15:39.759><c> delivered</c><00:15:40.059><c> us</c>

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into<00:15:40.820><c> the</c><00:15:41.039><c> hands</c><00:15:41.519><c> of</c><00:15:42.279><c> the</c><00:15:42.419><c> Midianites.</c>

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And<00:15:43.120><c> so</c><00:15:43.399><c> the</c><00:15:43.860><c> peace</c><00:15:44.100><c> was</c><00:15:44.399><c> not</c><00:15:44.659><c> only</c><00:15:46.120><c> taken</c><00:15:46.720><c> away</c><00:15:47.100><c> from</c><00:15:47.320><c> the</c><00:15:47.559><c> land,</c>

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but<00:15:49.059><c> there</c><00:15:49.240><c> was</c><00:15:49.460><c> an</c><00:15:49.779><c> estrangement</c><00:15:50.659><c> with</c><00:15:51.460><c> God</c>

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because<00:15:52.720><c> of</c><00:15:52.960><c> their</c><00:15:53.320><c> own</c><00:15:53.980><c> weaknesses.</c>

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And<00:15:56.639><c> so</c><00:15:56.720><c> we're</c><00:15:56.980><c> now</c><00:15:57.220><c> introduced</c><00:15:57.720><c> in</c><00:15:57.899><c> verse</c><00:15:58.200><c> 11</c><00:15:58.879><c> to</c><00:15:59.659><c> this</c><00:16:00.019><c> man</c><00:16:00.779><c> Gideon.</c>

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An<00:16:01.539><c> angel</c><00:16:01.940><c> appears</c><00:16:02.659><c> in</c><00:16:03.240><c> verse</c><00:16:03.519><c> 11</c><00:16:03.899><c> and</c><00:16:04.139><c> sat</c><00:16:04.480><c> under</c><00:16:04.779><c> the</c><00:16:05.059><c> oak,</c>

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which<00:16:05.879><c> was</c><00:16:06.159><c> in</c><00:16:06.480><c> Ofra,</c><00:16:07.860><c> and</c><00:16:08.039><c> pertained</c><00:16:08.759><c> unto</c><00:16:09.179><c> Joash</c><00:16:09.679><c> the</c><00:16:09.879><c> Abbezerite,</c>

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and<00:16:11.600><c> his</c><00:16:11.879><c> son</c><00:16:12.080><c> Gideon</c><00:16:12.620><c> threshed</c><00:16:13.440><c> wheat</c><00:16:13.700><c> by</c><00:16:14.259><c> the</c><00:16:14.519><c> winepress</c>

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to<00:16:15.539><c> hide</c><00:16:15.820><c> it</c><00:16:16.039><c> from</c><00:16:16.279><c> the</c><00:16:16.399><c> Midianites.</c>

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And<00:16:17.259><c> so</c><00:16:17.340><c> we</c><00:16:17.460><c> can</c><00:16:17.679><c> see</c><00:16:17.860><c> the</c><00:16:18.759><c> conditions</c><00:16:19.500><c> that</c><00:16:19.820><c> they</c><00:16:19.940><c> were</c>

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living<00:16:20.320><c> under.</c>

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I<00:16:21.759><c> mean,</c><00:16:22.100><c> nigh</c><00:16:22.320><c> impossible</c><00:16:22.759><c> to</c><00:16:23.100><c> thresh</c><00:16:23.340><c> wheat</c><00:16:23.919><c> in</c><00:16:24.419><c> a</c><00:16:24.600><c> winepress.</c>

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It<00:16:26.700><c> must</c><00:16:26.899><c> have</c><00:16:27.019><c> been</c><00:16:27.120><c> the</c><00:16:27.179><c> most</c><00:16:27.559><c> uncomfortable</c><00:16:28.080><c> kind</c><00:16:28.440><c> of</c><00:16:28.600><c> thing</c>

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and<00:16:29.080><c> the</c><00:16:29.120><c> most</c><00:16:31.000><c> cumbersome</c><00:16:32.259><c> activity</c><00:16:32.879><c> in</c><00:16:33.299><c> long</c><00:16:33.759><c> protracted</c><00:16:34.580><c> time</c>

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because<00:16:35.240><c> you</c><00:16:35.539><c> just</c><00:16:35.720><c> didn't</c><00:16:35.879><c> have</c><00:16:36.039><c> the</c><00:16:36.299><c> floor</c><00:16:36.519><c> space.</c>

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You<00:16:37.019><c> usually</c><00:16:37.480><c> thresh</c><00:16:37.940><c> wheat</c><00:16:38.240><c> in</c><00:16:38.419><c> an</c><00:16:38.600><c> open</c><00:16:38.799><c> area.</c>

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Though<00:16:39.960><c> they</c><00:16:40.100><c> would</c><00:16:40.320><c> be</c><00:16:40.500><c> in</c><00:16:40.600><c> a</c><00:16:40.820><c> confined</c><00:16:41.379><c> space,</c><00:16:42.419><c> restricted,</c>

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limited<00:16:43.919><c> in</c><00:16:44.080><c> what</c><00:16:44.220><c> they</c><00:16:44.440><c> can</c><00:16:44.659><c> produce</c><00:16:45.220><c> in</c><00:16:45.559><c> a</c><00:16:45.659><c> very</c><00:16:45.899><c> short</c><00:16:46.159><c> period.</c>

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Gideon<00:16:51.299><c> means,</c><00:16:52.740><c> you</c><00:16:53.019><c> were</c><00:16:53.259><c> down.</c>

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And<00:16:55.899><c> God</c><00:16:56.100><c> says</c><00:16:56.399><c> in</c><00:16:56.580><c> verse</c><00:16:56.860><c> 12</c><00:16:57.779><c> that</c><00:16:58.340><c> he</c><00:16:58.419><c> was</c><00:16:58.700><c> a</c><00:16:58.879><c> mighty</c><00:16:59.419><c> man</c><00:17:00.559><c> of</c><00:17:01.039><c> valor.</c>

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Yahweh<00:17:02.259><c> is</c><00:17:02.679><c> with</c><00:17:02.980><c> thee,</c><00:17:03.940><c> thou</c><00:17:04.119><c> mighty</c><00:17:04.720><c> man</c><00:17:05.160><c> of</c><00:17:05.779><c> valor.</c>

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And<00:17:06.740><c> the</c><00:17:07.079><c> interesting</c><00:17:07.539><c> thing</c><00:17:07.819><c> is</c><00:17:08.039><c> that</c><00:17:08.220><c> the</c><00:17:08.279><c> word</c><00:17:08.599><c> mighty</c><00:17:09.059><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:09.380><c> word</c><00:17:09.660><c> gibor,</c>

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which<00:17:11.000><c> links</c><00:17:11.319><c> us</c><00:17:11.519><c> with</c><00:17:11.740><c> the</c><00:17:11.859><c> Lord</c><00:17:12.039><c> Jesus</c><00:17:12.440><c> Christ,</c><00:17:12.940><c> doesn't</c><00:17:13.079><c> it?</c>

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In<00:17:14.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:15.000><c> 9,</c><00:17:15.500><c> which</c><00:17:15.599><c> talks</c><00:17:15.880><c> about</c><00:17:16.980><c> this</c><00:17:17.640><c> son</c><00:17:17.960><c> being</c><00:17:18.299><c> the</c><00:17:18.539><c> prince</c><00:17:18.839><c> of</c><00:17:19.140><c> peace,</c>

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he<00:17:20.720><c> is</c><00:17:20.940><c> also</c><00:17:21.339><c> the</c><00:17:21.720><c> El</c><00:17:22.279><c>-Gibor,</c><00:17:23.519><c> the</c><00:17:23.759><c> mighty</c><00:17:24.119><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:26.839><c> so</c><00:17:27.039><c> it</c><00:17:27.299><c> means</c><00:17:27.660><c> powerful</c><00:17:28.359><c> by</c><00:17:28.680><c> implication</c><00:17:29.380><c> a</c><00:17:29.660><c> warrior.</c>

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And<00:17:30.400><c> it's</c><00:17:30.740><c> translated</c><00:17:31.160><c> a</c><00:17:31.400><c> champion.</c>

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That's<00:17:32.160><c> what</c><00:17:32.880><c> Goliath</c><00:17:33.400><c> was</c><00:17:33.920><c> when</c><00:17:34.839><c> he</c><00:17:35.059><c> stood</c><00:17:35.200><c> up</c><00:17:35.420><c> against</c><00:17:35.900><c> the</c>

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nation<00:17:36.519><c> of</c><00:17:36.759><c> Israel.</c>

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It's<00:17:38.559><c> also</c><00:17:38.900><c> a</c><00:17:39.259><c> reference</c><00:17:39.559><c> to</c><00:17:40.299><c> the</c><00:17:40.559><c> near</c><00:17:40.859><c> kinsmen</c><00:17:41.579><c> in</c><00:17:42.059><c> Ruth</c><00:17:42.380><c> chapter</c><00:17:42.819><c> 2,</c>

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where<00:17:44.940><c> Boaz</c><00:17:45.519><c> was</c><00:17:45.819><c> a</c><00:17:46.039><c> mighty</c><00:17:46.359><c> man.</c>

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And<00:17:47.619><c> he</c><00:17:47.859><c> stood</c><00:17:48.119><c> up</c><00:17:48.359><c> as</c><00:17:48.599><c> the</c><00:17:48.839><c> near</c><00:17:49.180><c> kinsman</c><00:17:49.819><c> to</c><00:17:50.220><c> restore</c><00:17:50.740><c> the</c><00:17:51.039><c> name</c><00:17:52.220><c> of</c><00:17:53.160><c> Elimelech.</c>

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And<00:17:55.200><c> of</c><00:17:55.400><c> course,</c><00:17:55.660><c> it's</c><00:17:56.019><c> the</c><00:17:56.180><c> reference</c><00:17:56.500><c> to</c><00:17:56.740><c> the</c><00:17:56.859><c> Lord</c><00:17:57.039><c> Jesus</c><00:17:57.440><c> Christ,</c>

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as<00:17:58.400><c> we've</c><00:17:58.759><c> already</c><00:17:59.160><c> noted.</c>

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God's<00:18:03.160><c> purpose,</c><00:18:03.740><c> therefore,</c><00:18:04.039><c> brethren</c><00:18:04.319><c> and</c><00:18:04.599><c> sisters,</c>

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God's<00:18:07.619><c> purpose</c><00:18:08.500><c> was</c><00:18:10.579><c> to</c><00:18:10.819><c> secure</c><00:18:11.240><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:18:13.000><c> that</c><00:18:13.299><c> peace</c><00:18:13.559><c> was</c><00:18:13.839><c> to</c><00:18:14.000><c> be</c><00:18:14.259><c> achieved</c><00:18:14.519><c> in</c><00:18:14.799><c> two</c><00:18:15.480><c> stages.</c>

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First,<00:18:18.039><c> through</c><00:18:18.359><c> an</c><00:18:18.700><c> individual</c><00:18:19.339><c> who</c><00:18:21.099><c> would</c><00:18:21.460><c> achieve</c><00:18:21.859><c> the</c><00:18:22.099><c> victory,</c>

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and<00:18:24.579><c> Gideon</c><00:18:24.920><c> represented</c><00:18:25.660><c> that</c><00:18:25.980><c> man.</c>

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Judgment<00:18:27.980><c> must</c><00:18:28.259><c> begin</c><00:18:28.559><c> at</c><00:18:28.759><c> the</c><00:18:28.900><c> house</c><00:18:29.079><c> of</c><00:18:29.279><c> God,</c><00:18:29.680><c> brethren</c><00:18:29.839><c> and</c><00:18:29.980><c> sisters.</c>

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Gideon<00:18:33.400><c> had</c><00:18:33.599><c> to</c><00:18:33.839><c> sort</c><00:18:34.019><c> himself</c><00:18:34.480><c> out</c><00:18:35.039><c> and</c><00:18:35.319><c> his</c><00:18:35.559><c> family</c>

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before<00:18:36.259><c> he</c><00:18:36.420><c> could</c><00:18:36.640><c> be</c><00:18:37.099><c> a</c><00:18:37.319><c> mighty</c><00:18:37.599><c> man</c><00:18:37.839><c> of</c><00:18:38.099><c> valor.</c>

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And<00:18:39.920><c> the</c><00:18:40.019><c> Lord</c><00:18:40.220><c> Jesus</c><00:18:40.619><c> Christ,</c><00:18:41.180><c> who</c><00:18:41.259><c> was</c><00:18:41.440><c> that</c><00:18:41.720><c> individual</c><00:18:42.299><c> that</c><00:18:42.640><c> it</c>

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pointed<00:18:43.279><c> to,</c>

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he<00:18:45.140><c> must</c><00:18:45.400><c> first</c><00:18:45.700><c> suffer</c><00:18:46.539><c> for</c><00:18:48.319><c> the</c><00:18:48.480><c> sins</c><00:18:48.660><c> of</c><00:18:48.960><c> many.</c>

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He<00:18:53.140><c> was</c><00:18:53.420><c> the</c><00:18:53.640><c> who</c><00:18:54.119><c> in</c><00:18:54.880><c> the</c><00:18:55.140><c> singular</c><00:18:55.559><c> of</c><00:18:55.819><c> I</c><00:18:56.099><c> will</c><00:18:56.339><c> be</c><00:18:56.599><c> who</c><00:18:56.940><c> I</c><00:18:57.240><c> will</c><00:18:57.539><c> be.</c>

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But<00:18:59.140><c> the</c><00:18:59.380><c> second</c><00:18:59.680><c> lesson</c><00:19:00.440><c> in</c><00:19:01.220><c> securing</c><00:19:01.779><c> peace</c>

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is<00:19:03.200><c> in</c><00:19:03.359><c> the</c><00:19:03.599><c> final</c><00:19:03.980><c> victory</c><00:19:04.680><c> over</c><00:19:05.420><c> the</c><00:19:05.619><c> enemy</c><00:19:05.940><c> of</c><00:19:06.180><c> God,</c>

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which<00:19:06.619><c> in</c><00:19:06.779><c> this</c><00:19:07.039><c> case</c><00:19:07.299><c> was</c><00:19:07.539><c> the</c><00:19:07.720><c> Midianites.</c>

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So<00:19:09.240><c> Gideon</c><00:19:09.440><c> had</c><00:19:09.640><c> to</c><00:19:09.799><c> go</c><00:19:09.940><c> through</c><00:19:10.119><c> a</c><00:19:10.339><c> process</c><00:19:11.000><c> as</c><00:19:11.579><c> an</c><00:19:11.859><c> individual</c>

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before<00:19:12.740><c> he</c><00:19:12.920><c> could</c><00:19:13.259><c> accomplish,</c><00:19:14.519><c> collectively</c><00:19:15.039><c> with</c><00:19:15.339><c> the</c><00:19:15.480><c> rest</c><00:19:15.700><c> of</c><00:19:16.000><c> Israel,</c>

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the<00:19:17.299><c> destruction</c><00:19:17.980><c> of</c><00:19:19.039><c> the</c><00:19:19.299><c> enemy.</c>

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Now,<00:19:27.180><c> when</c><00:19:27.380><c> you</c><00:19:27.539><c> look</c><00:19:27.779><c> at</c><00:19:29.960><c> the</c><00:19:31.500><c> words</c><00:19:31.819><c> in</c><00:19:32.099><c> verse</c><00:19:33.640><c> 16,</c>

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it<00:19:40.079><c> says</c><00:19:40.420><c> there,</c><00:19:41.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:41.539><c> said</c><00:19:41.819><c> unto</c><00:19:42.059><c> him,</c>

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Surely<00:19:43.160><c> I</c><00:19:44.599><c> will</c><00:19:44.920><c> be</c><00:19:45.480><c> with</c><00:19:45.819><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:19:47.680><c> thou</c><00:19:47.960><c> shalt</c><00:19:48.359><c> smite</c><00:19:49.119><c> the</c><00:19:49.400><c> Midianites</c><00:19:50.119><c> as</c><00:19:51.140><c> one</c><00:19:51.660><c> man.</c>

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That<00:19:54.599><c> word,</c><00:19:55.599><c> I</c><00:19:55.920><c> will</c><00:19:56.259><c> be,</c><00:19:57.799><c> is</c><00:19:58.039><c> the</c><00:19:58.200><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:58.500><c> word</c><00:19:59.019><c> Eie.</c>

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Now,<00:20:02.880><c> that's</c><00:20:03.160><c> the</c><00:20:03.279><c> word</c><00:20:03.440><c> which</c><00:20:03.720><c> was</c><00:20:04.019><c> used</c>

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when<00:20:05.799><c> Moses,</c><00:20:06.880><c> like</c><00:20:07.460><c> Gideon</c><00:20:07.940><c> said,</c>

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I'm<00:20:10.059><c> not</c><00:20:10.319><c> capable</c><00:20:10.779><c> of</c><00:20:10.980><c> doing</c><00:20:11.259><c> this</c><00:20:11.500><c> job.</c>

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I'm<00:20:14.799><c> not</c><00:20:15.019><c> an</c><00:20:15.259><c> eloquent</c><00:20:15.680><c> man,</c><00:20:16.279><c> Moses</c><00:20:16.799><c> said.</c>

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And<00:20:17.559><c> God</c><00:20:17.720><c> says</c><00:20:18.119><c> in</c><00:20:18.839><c> chapter</c><00:20:19.119><c> 3,</c><00:20:19.440><c> verse</c><00:20:19.640><c> 12</c><00:20:19.920><c> of</c><00:20:20.180><c> Exodus,</c>

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I<00:20:20.900><c> will</c><00:20:21.200><c> be</c><00:20:21.480><c> with</c><00:20:21.779><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:20:23.880><c> why</c><00:20:24.079><c> is</c><00:20:24.339><c> it</c><00:20:24.539><c> that</c><00:20:25.299><c> we're</c><00:20:25.640><c> being</c><00:20:25.940><c> reminded</c><00:20:26.579><c> of</c><00:20:27.180><c> the</c><00:20:27.440><c> Exodus</c>

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on<00:20:27.920><c> this</c><00:20:28.099><c> occasion?</c>

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And<00:20:28.720><c> notice</c><00:20:29.019><c> the</c><00:20:29.279><c> parallel</c><00:20:29.900><c> between</c><00:20:30.500><c> Moses</c><00:20:30.920><c> and</c><00:20:31.119><c> Gideon.</c>

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Both<00:20:33.180><c> were</c><00:20:33.460><c> sent</c><00:20:33.680><c> to</c><00:20:33.920><c> Israel.</c>

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Both<00:20:36.180><c> questioned</c><00:20:36.720><c> their</c><00:20:37.079><c> ability</c><00:20:37.640><c> to</c><00:20:37.920><c> do</c><00:20:38.079><c> the</c><00:20:38.299><c> job.</c>

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God<00:20:39.519><c> says</c><00:20:39.799><c> to</c><00:20:40.019><c> both</c><00:20:40.299><c> of</c><00:20:40.440><c> them,</c><00:20:40.619><c> I</c><00:20:40.880><c> will</c><00:20:41.099><c> be</c><00:20:41.359><c> with</c><00:20:41.579><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:20:42.259><c> both</c><00:20:42.660><c> receive</c><00:20:43.480><c> three</c><00:20:43.980><c> signs</c><00:20:44.920><c> indicating</c><00:20:46.319><c> that</c><00:20:46.660><c> God</c><00:20:47.099><c> would</c><00:20:47.680><c> be</c>

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with<00:20:48.059><c> them.</c>

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What<00:20:50.720><c> was</c><00:20:50.940><c> the</c><00:20:51.180><c> point?</c>

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Well,<00:20:54.240><c> it's</c><00:20:54.619><c> a</c><00:20:54.819><c> reminder</c><00:20:55.339><c> which</c><00:20:55.740><c> we</c><00:20:56.000><c> have</c><00:20:56.180><c> so</c><00:20:56.460><c> many</c><00:20:56.740><c> times</c><00:20:57.099><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:57.420><c> Word</c><00:20:57.559><c> of</c><00:20:57.740><c> God</c>

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of<00:20:59.900><c> the</c><00:21:00.200><c> deliverance</c><00:21:00.680><c> from</c><00:21:00.960><c> Egypt.</c>

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He's<00:21:01.740><c> already</c><00:21:02.180><c> said</c><00:21:02.359><c> that</c><00:21:02.619><c> in</c><00:21:02.819><c> verse</c><00:21:03.279><c> 6</c><00:21:03.859><c> to</c><00:21:04.000><c> 8.</c>

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When<00:21:05.220><c> they</c><00:21:05.460><c> cried</c><00:21:05.759><c> unto</c><00:21:06.059><c> him,</c><00:21:08.039><c> it</c><00:21:08.059><c> says</c><00:21:08.319><c> at</c><00:21:08.480><c> verse</c><00:21:08.740><c> 8,</c>

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Yahweh<00:21:09.339><c> sent</c><00:21:09.619><c> a</c><00:21:09.819><c> prophet</c><00:21:10.119><c> unto</c><00:21:10.319><c> the</c><00:21:10.539><c> children</c><00:21:10.839><c> of</c><00:21:10.960><c> Israel</c>

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which<00:21:11.519><c> said</c><00:21:11.700><c> unto</c><00:21:11.900><c> them,</c>

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Thus<00:21:12.700><c> saith</c><00:21:13.240><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:13.839><c> God</c><00:21:14.000><c> of</c><00:21:14.119><c> Israel,</c><00:21:14.799><c> I</c><00:21:15.039><c> brought</c><00:21:15.339><c> thee</c><00:21:15.559><c> up</c>

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from<00:21:17.240><c> Egypt</c>

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and<00:21:17.920><c> brought</c><00:21:18.119><c> you</c><00:21:18.400><c> forth</c><00:21:18.720><c> out</c><00:21:19.339><c> of</c><00:21:19.500><c> the</c><00:21:19.700><c> house</c><00:21:20.000><c> of</c><00:21:20.380><c> bondage,</c>

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and<00:21:21.279><c> I</c><00:21:21.559><c> delivered</c><00:21:21.920><c> you</c><00:21:22.160><c> out</c><00:21:22.400><c> of</c><00:21:22.519><c> the</c><00:21:22.599><c> hand</c><00:21:22.819><c> of</c><00:21:23.460><c> the</c><00:21:23.660><c> Egyptians</c>

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and<00:21:24.660><c> out</c><00:21:24.900><c> of</c><00:21:25.019><c> the</c><00:21:25.079><c> hand</c><00:21:25.299><c> of</c><00:21:25.480><c> all</c><00:21:25.660><c> that</c><00:21:25.880><c> oppressed</c><00:21:26.160><c> you.</c>

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And<00:21:27.339><c> God</c><00:21:27.539><c> was</c><00:21:27.859><c> now</c><00:21:28.480><c> going</c><00:21:28.799><c> to</c><00:21:29.720><c> remind</c><00:21:30.259><c> them</c><00:21:30.579><c> that</c><00:21:30.819><c> as</c><00:21:31.099><c> he</c><00:21:31.200><c> did</c>

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it<00:21:31.579><c> with</c><00:21:31.839><c> Moses,</c>

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he<00:21:32.799><c> was</c><00:21:33.059><c> going</c><00:21:33.180><c> to</c><00:21:33.440><c> use</c><00:21:33.740><c> Gideon</c><00:21:34.359><c> in</c><00:21:34.700><c> the</c><00:21:34.960><c> same</c><00:21:35.220><c> capacity.</c>

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God<00:21:37.420><c> would</c><00:21:37.680><c> use</c><00:21:38.000><c> Gideon.</c>

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And<00:21:40.319><c> the</c><00:21:40.519><c> principle,</c><00:21:41.180><c> brethren</c><00:21:41.359><c> and</c><00:21:41.559><c> sisters,</c><00:21:41.920><c> when</c><00:21:43.039><c> Gideon</c><00:21:43.460><c> says,</c>

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my<00:21:44.480><c> family</c><00:21:44.859><c> is</c><00:21:45.200><c> poor</c><00:21:45.539><c> and</c><00:21:45.799><c> I'm</c><00:21:46.119><c> the</c><00:21:46.259><c> least</c><00:21:46.440><c> in</c><00:21:46.599><c> my</c><00:21:46.900><c> father's</c><00:21:47.400><c> house,</c>

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the<00:21:48.460><c> principle</c><00:21:49.099><c> that</c><00:21:49.500><c> we</c><00:21:49.700><c> have</c><00:21:49.920><c> repeated</c><00:21:50.579><c> time</c><00:21:50.980><c> and</c><00:21:51.259><c> time</c><00:21:51.460><c> again</c><00:21:51.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:52.079><c> book</c><00:21:52.279><c> of</c><00:21:52.500><c> Judges</c>

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is<00:21:54.720><c> that</c><00:21:55.059><c> God</c><00:21:55.579><c> delivers</c><00:21:56.359><c> through</c><00:21:57.539><c> the</c><00:21:57.880><c> weak</c><00:21:58.259><c> things</c><00:21:58.819><c> of</c><00:21:59.299><c> life.</c>

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Look<00:22:00.519><c> at</c><00:22:00.579><c> what</c><00:22:00.700><c> it</c><00:22:00.920><c> says</c><00:22:01.259><c> in</c><00:22:01.940><c> the</c><00:22:01.940><c> book</c><00:22:02.559><c> of</c><00:22:03.819><c> Corinthians,</c>

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in<00:22:04.640><c> 1st</c><00:22:04.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:05.319><c> chapter</c><00:22:05.759><c> 1</c><00:22:06.099><c> and</c><00:22:06.299><c> verse</c><00:22:06.460><c> 25.</c>

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1st<00:22:16.740><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:17.079><c> 1</c><00:22:17.720><c> and</c><00:22:18.059><c> verse</c><00:22:18.299><c> 25.</c>

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Because<00:22:21.000><c> the</c><00:22:21.380><c> foolishness</c><00:22:22.039><c> of</c><00:22:22.240><c> God</c><00:22:22.500><c> is</c><00:22:22.880><c> wiser</c><00:22:23.200><c> than</c><00:22:23.500><c> man,</c>

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and<00:22:25.099><c> the</c><00:22:25.400><c> weakness</c><00:22:25.920><c> of</c><00:22:26.339><c> God</c><00:22:26.680><c> is</c><00:22:27.079><c> stronger</c><00:22:27.440><c> than</c><00:22:27.720><c> man.</c>

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For<00:22:29.779><c> ye</c><00:22:30.059><c> see</c><00:22:30.180><c> your</c><00:22:30.500><c> calling,</c><00:22:30.880><c> brethren,</c><00:22:31.400><c> how</c><00:22:31.500><c> not</c><00:22:31.740><c> many</c><00:22:32.059><c> wise,</c>

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not<00:22:32.900><c> many</c><00:22:33.160><c> mighty</c><00:22:33.500><c> after</c><00:22:33.799><c> the</c><00:22:34.079><c> flesh,</c>

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not<00:22:35.220><c> many</c><00:22:35.500><c> wise</c><00:22:35.799><c> men</c><00:22:35.960><c> after</c><00:22:36.240><c> the</c><00:22:36.519><c> flesh,</c>

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not<00:22:37.079><c> many</c><00:22:37.359><c> mighty,</c><00:22:38.079><c> not</c><00:22:38.240><c> many</c><00:22:38.480><c> noble</c><00:22:38.839><c> are</c><00:22:39.059><c> called,</c>

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but<00:22:39.559><c> God</c><00:22:39.799><c> hath</c><00:22:39.980><c> chosen</c><00:22:40.299><c> the</c><00:22:40.680><c> foolish</c><00:22:41.000><c> things</c><00:22:41.380><c> of</c><00:22:41.559><c> the</c><00:22:41.779><c> world</c>

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to<00:22:42.500><c> confound</c><00:22:42.940><c> the</c><00:22:43.220><c> wise.</c>

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And<00:22:44.220><c> all</c><00:22:44.420><c> through</c><00:22:44.640><c> the</c><00:22:44.759><c> book</c><00:22:44.960><c> of</c><00:22:45.180><c> Judges</c><00:22:45.619><c> we've</c><00:22:45.960><c> been</c><00:22:46.259><c> reminded</c><00:22:46.819><c> of</c><00:22:47.099><c> that</c><00:22:47.319><c> principle.</c>

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In<00:22:50.039><c> the</c><00:22:50.220><c> days</c><00:22:50.460><c> of</c><00:22:50.720><c> Deborah</c><00:22:50.980><c> and</c><00:22:51.279><c> Barak,</c>

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victory<00:22:53.079><c> was</c><00:22:53.440><c> achieved</c><00:22:53.839><c> through</c><00:22:54.119><c> a</c><00:22:54.319><c> woman</c>

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who<00:22:55.220><c> drove</c><00:22:55.519><c> a</c><00:22:55.759><c> tentake</c><00:22:56.240><c> through</c><00:22:56.480><c> the</c><00:22:57.299><c> captain</c><00:22:57.599><c> of</c><00:22:57.819><c> the</c><00:22:58.000><c> host.</c>

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Gideon<00:23:01.420><c> was</c><00:23:01.660><c> able</c><00:23:01.880><c> to</c><00:23:02.180><c> succeed</c><00:23:02.619><c> with</c><00:23:03.019><c> 300</c><00:23:03.740><c> men.</c>

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Samson<00:23:06.059><c> destroyed</c><00:23:06.660><c> in</c><00:23:06.880><c> a</c><00:23:07.019><c> whole</c><00:23:07.279><c> army</c><00:23:07.660><c> with</c><00:23:08.019><c> the</c><00:23:08.200><c> jawbone</c><00:23:08.660><c> of</c>

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an<00:23:09.099><c> ass.</c>

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It's<00:23:10.720><c> the</c><00:23:10.920><c> weak</c><00:23:11.200><c> things</c><00:23:11.539><c> of</c><00:23:11.920><c> God</c><00:23:12.359><c> that</c><00:23:14.000><c> can</c><00:23:14.319><c> confound</c><00:23:14.819><c> the</c><00:23:15.099><c> wise.</c>

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God<00:23:15.660><c> chooses</c><00:23:16.319><c> these</c><00:23:16.740><c> weak</c><00:23:16.940><c> things</c><00:23:17.359><c> in</c><00:23:17.640><c> life</c><00:23:18.000><c> to</c><00:23:18.500><c> overthrow</c>

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the<00:23:19.819><c> mighty.</c>

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And<00:23:21.299><c> so</c><00:23:21.440><c> it</c><00:23:21.599><c> is</c><00:23:21.740><c> with</c><00:23:21.960><c> the</c><00:23:22.119><c> Apostle</c><00:23:22.519><c> Paul,</c>

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when<00:23:23.940><c> he</c><00:23:24.160><c> asked</c><00:23:24.480><c> God</c><00:23:24.740><c> to</c><00:23:25.039><c> remove</c><00:23:25.440><c> the</c><00:23:25.819><c> thorn</c><00:23:26.140><c> in</c><00:23:26.400><c> his</c><00:23:26.799><c> flesh,</c>

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he<00:23:27.799><c> says</c><00:23:28.019><c> in</c><00:23:28.220><c> 2nd</c><00:23:28.640><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:29.059><c> chapter</c><00:23:29.440><c> 12</c><00:23:30.099><c> and</c><00:23:30.480><c> verse</c><00:23:30.740><c> 9,</c>

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My<00:23:32.140><c> grace</c><00:23:32.839><c> is</c><00:23:33.900><c> sufficient</c><00:23:34.500><c> for</c><00:23:34.819><c> thee,</c>

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for<00:23:36.240><c> my</c><00:23:36.660><c> strength</c><00:23:37.259><c> is</c><00:23:37.880><c> perfected</c><00:23:38.940><c> in</c><00:23:39.259><c> weakness.</c>

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And<00:23:41.059><c> when</c><00:23:42.259><c> you</c><00:23:42.480><c> think</c><00:23:42.720><c> about</c><00:23:43.019><c> that,</c><00:23:43.319><c> especially</c><00:23:43.759><c> with</c><00:23:44.059><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:23:44.420><c> Jesus</c><00:23:44.880><c> Christ,</c>

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how<00:23:47.880><c> could</c><00:23:48.099><c> it</c><00:23:48.240><c> be</c><00:23:48.539><c> possible</c>

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that<00:23:50.839><c> a</c><00:23:51.000><c> man</c><00:23:51.180><c> could</c><00:23:51.519><c> hang</c><00:23:51.839><c> upon</c><00:23:52.140><c> a</c><00:23:52.380><c> cross</c>

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and<00:23:54.359><c> bring</c><00:23:54.559><c> salvation?</c>

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Those<00:23:56.779><c> are</c><00:23:57.000><c> the</c><00:23:57.180><c> weak</c><00:23:57.420><c> things</c><00:23:57.799><c> of</c><00:23:58.039><c> life,</c>

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but<00:23:58.579><c> God</c><00:23:59.099><c> used</c><00:23:59.740><c> this</c><00:24:00.720><c> process</c><00:24:01.480><c> in</c><00:24:02.099><c> a</c><00:24:02.240><c> very</c><00:24:02.940><c> powerful</c><00:24:03.740><c> way.</c>

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Now<00:24:08.440><c> what</c><00:24:09.839><c> happens</c><00:24:10.660><c> when</c><00:24:13.039><c> God</c><00:24:13.740><c> is</c><00:24:14.539><c> forsaken</c><00:24:15.599><c> by</c><00:24:16.279><c> his</c><00:24:16.599><c> people?</c>

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Turn<00:24:18.039><c> with</c><00:24:18.220><c> me</c><00:24:18.420><c> to</c><00:24:18.579><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:19.640><c> chapter</c><00:24:20.200><c> 31.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:24:27.359><c> chapter</c><00:24:27.700><c> 31</c><00:24:28.740><c> and</c><00:24:29.559><c> verse</c><00:24:29.799><c> 17.</c>

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Because<00:24:34.400><c> this</c><00:24:34.660><c> is</c><00:24:34.900><c> the</c><00:24:34.980><c> situation</c><00:24:35.539><c> in</c><00:24:35.759><c> the</c><00:24:35.859><c> book</c><00:24:36.019><c> of</c><00:24:36.220><c> Judges.</c>

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They<00:24:36.960><c> had</c><00:24:37.259><c> turned</c><00:24:37.640><c> their</c><00:24:37.980><c> back</c><00:24:38.500><c> on</c><00:24:39.180><c> God.</c>

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What<00:24:40.160><c> happens</c><00:24:40.619><c> when</c><00:24:40.819><c> that</c><00:24:41.079><c> happens?</c>

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Verse<00:24:43.259><c> 17,</c>

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Then<00:24:45.160><c> mine</c><00:24:45.480><c> anger</c><00:24:46.079><c> shall</c><00:24:47.240><c> be</c><00:24:47.539><c> kindled</c><00:24:48.119><c> against</c><00:24:48.619><c> them</c><00:24:49.259><c> in</c><00:24:49.660><c> that</c><00:24:49.960><c> day,</c>

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and<00:24:51.180><c> I</c><00:24:51.359><c> will</c><00:24:51.559><c> forsake</c><00:24:52.000><c> them,</c>

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and<00:24:53.559><c> I</c><00:24:53.759><c> will</c><00:24:54.059><c> hide</c><00:24:54.539><c> my</c><00:24:55.019><c> face</c><00:24:55.660><c> from</c><00:24:56.079><c> them,</c>

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and<00:24:57.480><c> they</c><00:24:57.700><c> shall</c><00:24:58.000><c> be</c><00:24:58.740><c> devoured,</c>

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many<00:25:00.539><c> evils</c><00:25:01.079><c> and</c><00:25:01.279><c> troubles</c><00:25:01.619><c> shall</c><00:25:01.900><c> befall</c><00:25:02.279><c> them,</c>

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so<00:25:03.180><c> that</c><00:25:03.319><c> they</c><00:25:03.460><c> will</c><00:25:03.720><c> say</c><00:25:03.920><c> in</c><00:25:04.140><c> that</c><00:25:04.339><c> day,</c>

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Are<00:25:04.859><c> not</c><00:25:05.079><c> these</c><00:25:05.400><c> evils</c><00:25:05.759><c> come</c><00:25:06.019><c> upon</c><00:25:06.279><c> us,</c>

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because<00:25:06.799><c> our</c><00:25:07.099><c> God</c><00:25:07.400><c> is</c><00:25:07.839><c> not</c><00:25:08.140><c> amongst</c><00:25:08.480><c> us,</c>

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and<00:25:09.220><c> I</c><00:25:09.440><c> will</c><00:25:09.740><c> surely</c><00:25:10.319><c> hide</c><00:25:10.920><c> my</c><00:25:11.359><c> face</c><00:25:11.779><c> in</c><00:25:12.099><c> that</c><00:25:12.420><c> day?</c>

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And<00:25:14.039><c> so</c><00:25:14.480><c> when</c><00:25:14.960><c> people</c><00:25:15.440><c> forsake</c><00:25:16.019><c> God,</c>

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God<00:25:18.059><c> hides</c><00:25:18.720><c> his</c><00:25:19.140><c> face</c><00:25:19.920><c> from</c><00:25:20.380><c> them.</c>

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And<00:25:21.299><c> we</c><00:25:21.400><c> have</c><00:25:21.819><c> a</c><00:25:22.119><c> series</c><00:25:22.460><c> of</c><00:25:22.740><c> verses</c><00:25:23.039><c> there,</c>

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so<00:25:23.299><c> you</c><00:25:23.400><c> can</c><00:25:23.680><c> trace</c><00:25:23.880><c> them</c><00:25:24.140><c> through</c><00:25:24.299><c> in</c><00:25:24.500><c> a</c><00:25:24.700><c> concordance</c><00:25:25.259><c> for</c><00:25:25.619><c> yourself.</c>

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But<00:25:27.980><c> notice</c><00:25:28.319><c> also</c><00:25:29.220><c> that</c><00:25:30.740><c> God's</c><00:25:31.240><c> face</c><00:25:32.140><c> is</c><00:25:33.859><c> open</c><00:25:34.799><c> to</c><00:25:36.220><c> those</c><00:25:36.539><c> who</c>

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call<00:25:37.059><c> upon</c><00:25:37.380><c> him.</c>

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Look<00:25:38.059><c> at</c><00:25:38.220><c> Psalm</c><00:25:38.460><c> 22.</c>

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Psalm<00:25:49.559><c> 22</c><00:25:50.220><c> and</c><00:25:50.559><c> verse</c><00:25:50.779><c> 23.</c>

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Ye<00:26:00.599><c> that</c><00:26:00.920><c> fear</c><00:26:01.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:01.759><c> praise</c><00:26:02.140><c> him,</c>

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or<00:26:03.400><c> ye</c><00:26:03.660><c> the</c><00:26:03.900><c> seed</c><00:26:04.019><c> of</c><00:26:04.180><c> Jacob</c><00:26:04.619><c> glorify</c><00:26:05.339><c> him.</c>

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Fear<00:26:06.319><c> him,</c><00:26:06.920><c> or</c><00:26:07.039><c> ye</c><00:26:07.259><c> the</c><00:26:07.480><c> seed</c><00:26:07.640><c> of</c><00:26:07.799><c> Israel,</c>

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for<00:26:09.220><c> he</c><00:26:09.539><c> hath</c><00:26:09.700><c> not</c><00:26:10.079><c> despised</c><00:26:10.859><c> nor</c><00:26:11.279><c> abhorred</c><00:26:11.900><c> the</c><00:26:12.119><c> affliction</c>

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of<00:26:12.819><c> the</c><00:26:13.019><c> afflicted,</c>

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neither<00:26:14.940><c> hath</c><00:26:15.259><c> he</c><00:26:15.759><c> hid</c><00:26:15.960><c> his</c><00:26:16.339><c> face</c><00:26:17.000><c> from</c><00:26:17.480><c> him,</c>

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but<00:26:18.859><c> when</c><00:26:19.140><c> he</c><00:26:19.599><c> cried</c><00:26:20.079><c> unto</c><00:26:20.500><c> him,</c><00:26:21.400><c> he</c><00:26:21.680><c> heard</c><00:26:21.980><c> him.</c>

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So<00:26:24.839><c> when</c><00:26:25.059><c> he</c><00:26:25.460><c> cried</c><00:26:25.700><c> unto</c><00:26:26.000><c> God,</c><00:26:27.480><c> he</c><00:26:27.720><c> heard</c><00:26:28.019><c> him.</c>

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So<00:26:30.819><c> God's</c><00:26:31.259><c> face</c><00:26:32.160><c> becomes</c><00:26:32.859><c> open</c><00:26:33.779><c> to</c><00:26:34.440><c> those</c><00:26:34.839><c> that</c><00:26:35.420><c> turn</c><00:26:35.660><c> to</c><00:26:35.900><c> him.</c>

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And<00:26:36.880><c> Judges</c><00:26:37.259><c> chapter</c><00:26:37.640><c> 6</c><00:26:38.740><c> says</c><00:26:39.319><c> that</c><00:26:39.599><c> they</c><00:26:39.920><c> cried</c><00:26:40.700><c> unto</c><00:26:41.519><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Now<00:26:43.400><c> let's</c><00:26:43.640><c> just</c><00:26:43.900><c> have</c><00:26:44.079><c> a</c><00:26:44.140><c> look</c><00:26:44.339><c> at</c><00:26:44.579><c> that</c><00:26:45.119><c> again.</c>

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Let's<00:26:45.720><c> go</c><00:26:45.940><c> back</c><00:26:46.140><c> to</c><00:26:46.319><c> Judges</c><00:26:46.740><c> 6</c><00:26:46.940><c> now,</c>

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and<00:26:48.380><c> pick</c><00:26:48.519><c> up</c><00:26:48.640><c> some</c><00:26:48.920><c> more</c><00:26:49.119><c> of</c><00:26:49.259><c> the</c><00:26:49.440><c> details.</c>

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Gideon's<00:26:58.119><c> work</c><00:26:58.779><c> was</c><00:26:59.619><c> typical.</c>

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God<00:27:02.240><c> had</c><00:27:02.480><c> forsaken</c><00:27:03.000><c> them,</c>

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and<00:27:05.240><c> Israel</c><00:27:05.539><c> had</c><00:27:05.799><c> become</c><00:27:06.119><c> captive</c><00:27:06.819><c> to</c><00:27:07.279><c> sin</c><00:27:07.759><c> in</c><00:27:09.500><c> verses</c><00:27:09.839><c> 2</c><00:27:10.140><c> and</c><00:27:10.339><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:27:12.480><c> a</c><00:27:12.779><c> forerunner</c><00:27:14.779><c> goes</c><00:27:15.839><c> to</c><00:27:16.779><c> Israel,</c><00:27:17.279><c> verse</c><00:27:17.539><c> 8.</c>

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Yahweh<00:27:19.259><c> sent</c><00:27:19.619><c> a</c><00:27:19.940><c> prophet</c><00:27:20.539><c> unto</c><00:27:21.440><c> the</c><00:27:21.660><c> children</c><00:27:22.000><c> of</c><00:27:22.299><c> Israel.</c>

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A<00:27:25.740><c> delivery</c><00:27:26.160><c> is</c><00:27:26.500><c> sent.</c>

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This<00:27:27.680><c> forerunner</c><00:27:28.259><c> warns</c><00:27:28.740><c> of</c><00:27:28.880><c> the</c><00:27:29.200><c> deliverer</c><00:27:30.000><c> that</c><00:27:30.339><c> would</c><00:27:30.660><c> rise.</c>

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And<00:27:32.440><c> a</c><00:27:32.640><c> delivery</c><00:27:33.180><c> is</c><00:27:33.539><c> sent</c><00:27:33.920><c> in</c><00:27:34.680><c> verses</c><00:27:35.019><c> 11</c><00:27:35.460><c> to</c><00:27:35.619><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:27:39.440><c> God's</c><00:27:40.059><c> covenant</c><00:27:40.519><c> is</c><00:27:41.099><c> confirmed</c><00:27:41.839><c> by</c><00:27:42.559><c> sacrifice,</c>

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verse<00:27:44.400><c> 19</c><00:27:45.039><c> through</c><00:27:45.299><c> 27.</c>

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And<00:27:48.140><c> then</c><00:27:48.359><c> judgment</c><00:27:48.920><c> begins</c><00:27:49.720><c> at</c><00:27:49.940><c> the</c><00:27:50.119><c> household</c><00:27:50.480><c> of</c><00:27:50.740><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:27:51.680><c> just</c><00:27:52.039><c> look</c><00:27:52.240><c> at</c><00:27:52.380><c> that</c><00:27:53.200><c> as</c><00:27:54.059><c> a</c><00:27:54.200><c> parallel</c><00:27:54.640><c> to</c><00:27:55.640><c> the</c><00:27:55.799><c> work</c><00:27:55.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:56.299><c> Lord</c><00:27:56.500><c> Jesus</c><00:27:56.940><c> Christ.</c>

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This<00:27:58.299><c> work</c><00:27:58.619><c> was</c><00:27:59.700><c> typical</c><00:28:00.380><c> of</c><00:28:01.140><c> what</c><00:28:01.500><c> Jesus</c><00:28:01.900><c> would</c><00:28:02.200><c> do.</c>

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The<00:28:03.559><c> people</c><00:28:03.980><c> sat</c><00:28:04.259><c> in</c><00:28:04.519><c> darkness,</c>

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which<00:28:05.960><c> Brother</c><00:28:06.259><c> Mike</c><00:28:06.579><c> addressed</c><00:28:08.160><c> last</c><00:28:08.519><c> night</c><00:28:08.740><c> in</c><00:28:08.920><c> the</c><00:28:09.079><c> daily</c><00:28:09.359><c> readings.</c>

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The<00:28:10.099><c> people</c><00:28:10.500><c> that</c><00:28:10.819><c> sat</c><00:28:10.940><c> in</c><00:28:11.140><c> darkness</c><00:28:11.640><c> have</c><00:28:12.039><c> seen</c><00:28:12.279><c> a</c><00:28:12.480><c> great</c><00:28:12.680><c> light,</c>

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and<00:28:13.339><c> God</c><00:28:13.599><c> sent</c><00:28:14.000><c> to</c><00:28:14.119><c> them</c><00:28:14.299><c> a</c><00:28:14.579><c> forerunner,</c>

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John<00:28:16.119><c> the</c><00:28:16.700><c> Baptist,</c><00:28:17.279><c> to</c><00:28:17.400><c> prepare</c><00:28:17.839><c> the</c><00:28:18.119><c> way</c><00:28:18.420><c> of</c><00:28:18.720><c> Yahweh.</c>

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God<00:28:20.839><c> visited</c><00:28:21.299><c> his</c><00:28:21.720><c> people,</c>

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and<00:28:22.500><c> he</c><00:28:22.740><c> sent</c><00:28:22.980><c> a</c><00:28:23.180><c> deliverer,</c><00:28:23.599><c> the</c><00:28:23.779><c> Lord</c><00:28:24.000><c> Jesus</c><00:28:24.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:28.859
And<00:28:25.759><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:27.039><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:27.039><c> confirmed</c><00:28:27.900><c> God's</c><00:28:28.480><c> covenant,</c>

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:33.880
as<00:28:29.380><c> it</c><00:28:29.559><c> is</c><00:28:29.839><c> recorded</c><00:28:30.279><c> in</c><00:28:30.720><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:31.140><c> chapter</c><00:28:31.519><c> 13</c><00:28:32.019><c> and</c><00:28:32.220><c> verse</c><00:28:32.500><c> 10.</c>

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:39.119
And<00:28:34.480><c> then</c><00:28:35.079><c> those</c><00:28:35.960><c> who</c><00:28:36.299><c> are</c><00:28:37.220><c> invited</c><00:28:37.980><c> into</c><00:28:38.319><c> that</c><00:28:38.619><c> covenant</c>

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:44.759
are<00:28:40.019><c> called</c><00:28:40.279><c> upon</c><00:28:40.720><c> to</c><00:28:41.400><c> walk</c><00:28:42.019><c> in</c><00:28:42.880><c> newness</c><00:28:43.339><c> of</c><00:28:43.759><c> life.</c>

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:49.779
So<00:28:45.660><c> the</c><00:28:45.920><c> work</c><00:28:46.160><c> of</c><00:28:46.680><c> Gideon</c><00:28:47.279><c> is</c><00:28:48.500><c> a</c><00:28:48.779><c> typical</c><00:28:49.180><c> work.</c>

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:54.599
It<00:28:50.779><c> represents</c><00:28:51.619><c> that</c><00:28:52.339><c> of</c><00:28:52.559><c> the</c><00:28:52.680><c> Lord</c><00:28:52.880><c> Jesus</c><00:28:53.319><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:58.440
Now<00:28:55.880><c> look</c><00:28:56.059><c> at</c><00:28:56.220><c> verse</c><00:28:56.579><c> 14.</c>

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:05.859
It<00:29:02.359><c> says,</c><00:29:02.960><c> God</c><00:29:02.980><c> hides</c><00:29:03.400><c> his</c><00:29:03.720><c> face</c><00:29:04.000><c> from</c><00:29:04.220><c> those</c><00:29:04.599><c> who</c><00:29:04.759><c> forsake</c><00:29:05.200><c> him,</c>

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:09.400
but<00:29:06.279><c> God's</c><00:29:06.660><c> face</c><00:29:06.940><c> is</c><00:29:07.279><c> open</c><00:29:07.680><c> to</c><00:29:07.859><c> those</c><00:29:08.220><c> who</c><00:29:08.579><c> cried</c><00:29:08.839><c> unto</c><00:29:09.319><c> him,</c>

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:13.500
and<00:29:09.859><c> they</c><00:29:10.240><c> cried</c><00:29:10.759><c> unto</c><00:29:12.140><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:16.160
Look<00:29:14.160><c> at</c><00:29:14.299><c> verse</c><00:29:14.579><c> 14.</c>

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:22.619
When<00:29:19.660><c> Gideon</c><00:29:20.200><c> says</c><00:29:20.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:20.920><c> has</c><00:29:21.160><c> forsaken</c><00:29:21.619><c> us,</c><00:29:21.799><c> verse</c><00:29:22.039><c> 14,</c>

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:26.259
it<00:29:23.019><c> says</c><00:29:23.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:23.859><c> looked</c><00:29:24.359><c> upon</c><00:29:24.799><c> him</c><00:29:25.299><c> and</c><00:29:26.059><c> said,</c>

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:28.200
Go<00:29:26.559><c> in</c><00:29:26.740><c> this</c><00:29:26.960><c> thy</c><00:29:27.279><c> might,</c>

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:31.420
and<00:29:28.440><c> thou</c><00:29:28.599><c> shalt</c><00:29:28.880><c> save</c><00:29:29.299><c> Israel</c><00:29:29.720><c> from</c><00:29:29.960><c> the</c><00:29:30.119><c> hand</c><00:29:30.279><c> of</c><00:29:30.440><c> the</c><00:29:30.559><c> Midianites,</c>

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:33.299
have<00:29:31.579><c> not</c><00:29:31.819><c> I</c><00:29:32.079><c> sent</c><00:29:32.339><c> thee.</c>

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:36.440
And<00:29:33.799><c> the</c><00:29:33.980><c> revised</c><00:29:34.339><c> version</c><00:29:34.779><c> margin</c><00:29:35.400><c> tells</c><00:29:35.779><c> us</c>

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:41.579
that<00:29:37.160><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:37.940><c> turned</c><00:29:39.000><c> towards</c><00:29:40.299><c> him.</c>

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:48.059
See,<00:29:42.619><c> Gideon</c><00:29:42.720><c> had</c><00:29:42.900><c> his</c><00:29:43.180><c> back</c><00:29:44.180><c> towards</c><00:29:46.839><c> Gideon.</c>

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:50.240
He<00:29:48.579><c> had</c><00:29:48.740><c> his</c><00:29:49.019><c> back</c><00:29:49.339><c> turned.</c>

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:52.420
His<00:29:50.559><c> face</c><00:29:51.039><c> was</c><00:29:51.480><c> hid.</c>

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:55.500
And<00:29:53.200><c> when</c><00:29:53.339><c> he</c><00:29:53.440><c> came</c><00:29:53.700><c> to</c><00:29:53.900><c> Gideon</c><00:29:55.119><c> and</c><00:29:55.339><c> said,</c>

00:29:55.619 --> 00:30:02.160
Yahweh,<00:29:58.640><c> be</c><00:30:00.420><c> with</c><00:30:00.700><c> you,</c><00:30:01.019><c> thou</c><00:30:01.119><c> mighty</c><00:30:01.460><c> man</c><00:30:01.740><c> of</c><00:30:01.960><c> valor,</c>

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:06.420
verse<00:30:02.460><c> 12,</c><00:30:04.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:04.680><c> literally</c><00:30:05.299><c> turned.</c>

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:11.160
Now,<00:30:09.859><c> what</c><00:30:10.039><c> does</c><00:30:10.160><c> that</c><00:30:10.359><c> remind</c><00:30:10.779><c> us</c><00:30:11.000><c> of,</c>

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.539
brethren<00:30:11.440><c> and</c><00:30:11.619><c> sisters?</c>

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:16.759
Well,<00:30:15.059><c> it</c><00:30:15.279><c> reminds</c><00:30:15.559><c> us</c><00:30:15.759><c> of</c><00:30:15.900><c> number</c><00:30:16.140><c> 16,</c>

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:19.140
number<00:30:17.200><c> 6,</c><00:30:17.740><c> doesn't</c><00:30:17.920><c> it?</c>

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:22.740
Yahweh<00:30:19.579><c> bless</c><00:30:19.960><c> thee</c><00:30:20.579><c> and</c><00:30:21.279><c> keep</c><00:30:21.599><c> thee.</c>

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:26.440
Yahweh<00:30:23.460><c> make</c><00:30:23.740><c> his</c><00:30:24.079><c> face</c><00:30:24.400><c> to</c><00:30:24.640><c> shine</c><00:30:24.900><c> upon</c><00:30:25.240><c> thee.</c>

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:32.240
Yahweh<00:30:27.839><c> be</c><00:30:28.180><c> gracious</c><00:30:28.579><c> unto</c><00:30:28.880><c> thee</c><00:30:29.720><c> and</c><00:30:30.339><c> give</c><00:30:30.579><c> thee</c><00:30:31.160><c> peace.</c>

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:36.400
Now,<00:30:33.740><c> notice</c><00:30:33.759><c> how</c><00:30:34.279><c> each</c><00:30:34.720><c> of</c><00:30:34.880><c> those</c><00:30:35.200><c> phrases</c>

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:41.319
is<00:30:37.279><c> reflected</c><00:30:37.880><c> in</c><00:30:38.839><c> Judges</c><00:30:39.220><c> chapter</c><00:30:39.559><c> 6.</c>

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:45.259
Verse<00:30:42.180><c> 12,</c>

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:50.839
The<00:30:46.259><c> angel</c><00:30:46.660><c> of</c><00:30:46.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:47.859><c> came</c><00:30:50.200><c> unto</c><00:30:50.519><c> him,</c>

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:55.099
Yahweh<00:30:51.460><c> is</c><00:30:51.759><c> with</c><00:30:51.960><c> thee,</c><00:30:52.299><c> thou</c><00:30:52.420><c> mighty</c><00:30:52.799><c> man</c><00:30:53.579><c> of</c><00:30:54.660><c> valor.</c>

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:58.119
Yahweh<00:30:55.900><c> bless</c><00:30:56.160><c> thee</c><00:30:56.420><c> and</c><00:30:56.559><c> keep</c><00:30:56.680><c> thee.</c>

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.519
Verse<00:30:59.880><c> 14,</c>

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:04.259
We<00:31:01.500><c> have</c><00:31:01.720><c> evidence</c><00:31:02.099><c> that</c><00:31:02.339><c> God's</c><00:31:02.640><c> face</c><00:31:03.019><c> turned</c><00:31:03.519><c> upon</c><00:31:03.900><c> him.</c>

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:08.079
He<00:31:04.779><c> turned</c><00:31:05.140><c> his</c><00:31:05.460><c> back</c><00:31:05.839><c> and</c><00:31:06.240><c> shined</c><00:31:06.559><c> upon</c><00:31:06.859><c> him.</c>

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:11.480
Yahweh<00:31:08.400><c> was</c><00:31:08.779><c> gracious</c><00:31:09.160><c> to</c><00:31:09.400><c> him</c><00:31:09.599><c> in</c><00:31:09.759><c> verse</c><00:31:10.039><c> 17.</c>

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:14.539
If<00:31:11.680><c> now</c><00:31:12.039><c> I</c><00:31:12.279><c> have</c><00:31:12.539><c> found</c><00:31:12.859><c> grace</c><00:31:13.460><c> in</c><00:31:13.759><c> thy</c><00:31:14.039><c> sight,</c>

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:17.099
show<00:31:15.099><c> me</c><00:31:15.380><c> a</c><00:31:15.539><c> sign</c><00:31:15.740><c> that</c><00:31:15.900><c> thou</c><00:31:16.160><c> talkest</c><00:31:16.579><c> with</c><00:31:16.779><c> me.</c>

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:20.500
And<00:31:17.519><c> so</c><00:31:17.619><c> God's</c><00:31:17.960><c> grace</c><00:31:18.279><c> was</c><00:31:18.579><c> extended</c><00:31:19.079><c> to</c><00:31:19.359><c> him.</c>

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:24.359
Yahweh<00:31:21.400><c> lift</c><00:31:21.700><c> up</c><00:31:21.920><c> thy</c><00:31:22.160><c> countenance</c><00:31:22.839><c> upon</c><00:31:23.279><c> thee</c>

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:27.519
and<00:31:24.960><c> peace,</c><00:31:26.660><c> and</c><00:31:26.759><c> give</c><00:31:26.920><c> thee</c><00:31:27.200><c> peace.</c>

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:29.579
And<00:31:27.779><c> we</c><00:31:27.920><c> see</c><00:31:28.200><c> in</c><00:31:28.380><c> verse</c><00:31:28.640><c> 23,</c>

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:32.359
Yahweh<00:31:30.460><c> said</c><00:31:30.700><c> unto</c><00:31:30.900><c> him,</c><00:31:31.119><c> Peace</c><00:31:31.460><c> be</c><00:31:31.660><c> unto</c><00:31:31.859><c> thee.</c>

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:35.220
Fear<00:31:32.960><c> not,</c><00:31:33.720><c> thou</c><00:31:34.180><c> shalt</c><00:31:34.539><c> not</c><00:31:34.859><c> die.</c>

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:37.299
That<00:31:35.619><c> was</c><00:31:35.920><c> depicted</c><00:31:36.299><c> beautifully,</c><00:31:36.880><c> wasn't</c><00:31:37.119><c> it,</c>

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:39.359
in<00:31:37.440><c> one</c><00:31:37.599><c> of</c><00:31:37.799><c> the</c><00:31:39.039><c> banners,</c>

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:41.579
I<00:31:39.559><c> can't</c><00:31:39.880><c> just</c><00:31:40.160><c> figure</c><00:31:40.339><c> out</c><00:31:41.119><c> where</c><00:31:41.319><c> it</c><00:31:41.480><c> is,</c>

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:44.059
where<00:31:41.779><c> the</c><00:31:41.960><c> face</c><00:31:42.839><c> of</c><00:31:43.259><c> God</c><00:31:43.579><c> was,</c>

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:46.519
where<00:31:44.380><c> they</c><00:31:44.599><c> were</c><00:31:44.839><c> face</c><00:31:45.140><c> to</c><00:31:45.339><c> face.</c>

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:50.740
That's<00:31:48.920><c> the</c><00:31:49.019><c> one</c><00:31:49.140><c> there,</c><00:31:49.500><c> right.</c>

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:56.440
Oh,<00:31:52.900><c> he</c><00:31:53.240><c> is</c><00:31:54.319><c> no</c><00:31:54.519><c> longer</c><00:31:54.839><c> a</c><00:31:54.980><c> mighty</c><00:31:55.200><c> man</c><00:31:55.480><c> of</c><00:31:55.660><c> valor.</c>

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:02.759
So<00:31:59.539><c> we</c><00:31:59.759><c> see</c><00:32:00.059><c> in</c><00:32:00.859><c> Judges</c><00:32:01.359><c> chapter</c><00:32:01.680><c> 6,</c>

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:06.900
a<00:32:03.039><c> reflection</c><00:32:03.759><c> of</c><00:32:04.700><c> Numbers</c><00:32:05.640><c> chapter</c><00:32:06.099><c> 6,</c>

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:11.140
the<00:32:07.299><c> way</c><00:32:07.480><c> in</c><00:32:07.599><c> which</c><00:32:07.900><c> God's</c><00:32:08.380><c> face</c><00:32:08.599><c> was</c><00:32:08.880><c> now</c><00:32:09.900><c> directed</c>

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:14.019
towards<00:32:12.140><c> Gideon</c><00:32:12.779><c> and</c><00:32:13.099><c> the</c><00:32:13.220><c> nation</c><00:32:13.500><c> of</c><00:32:13.700><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:18.460
And<00:32:14.480><c> we</c><00:32:14.940><c> need</c><00:32:15.200><c> to</c><00:32:16.599><c> capture</c><00:32:17.059><c> the</c><00:32:17.400><c> spirit</c><00:32:17.720><c> of</c><00:32:18.140><c> Gideon</c>

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.339
and<00:32:18.700><c> learn</c><00:32:18.900><c> the</c><00:32:19.079><c> lesson.</c>

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:22.119
Now,<00:32:19.859><c> how</c><00:32:20.019><c> many</c><00:32:20.279><c> times</c><00:32:20.619><c> do</c><00:32:20.799><c> we</c><00:32:20.960><c> encounter</c><00:32:21.400><c> that</c><00:32:21.640><c> in</c><00:32:21.839><c> the</c><00:32:22.019><c> Word?</c>

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:25.839
Let's<00:32:22.339><c> go</c><00:32:22.519><c> to</c><00:32:22.700><c> Mark</c><00:32:23.819><c> chapter</c><00:32:24.200><c> 5.</c>

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:33.539
And<00:32:30.400><c> while</c><00:32:30.779><c> you're</c><00:32:31.140><c> looking</c><00:32:31.440><c> for</c><00:32:31.660><c> Mark</c><00:32:31.900><c> chapter</c><00:32:32.259><c> 5,</c>

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:37.839
I'll<00:32:34.500><c> just</c><00:32:34.819><c> comment</c><00:32:35.119><c> on</c><00:32:35.339><c> something</c><00:32:35.660><c> from</c>

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:45.599
Isaiah<00:32:44.480><c> 64.</c>

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:47.420
Remember<00:32:46.319><c> in</c><00:32:46.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:46.779><c> 64,</c>

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:49.680
Israel<00:32:48.660><c> said,</c>

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:16.700
Now<00:33:13.619><c> we</c><00:33:14.700><c> have</c><00:33:14.940><c> an</c><00:33:15.660><c> enacted</c><00:33:16.160><c> parable</c>

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:20.140
of<00:33:16.819><c> that</c><00:33:17.119><c> event</c><00:33:17.559><c> in</c><00:33:17.880><c> Mark</c><00:33:18.119><c> chapter</c><00:33:18.460><c> 5,</c><00:33:18.839><c> don't</c><00:33:19.099><c> we?</c>

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:22.460
He's<00:33:20.539><c> talking</c><00:33:20.799><c> about</c><00:33:21.160><c> God's</c><00:33:21.519><c> face</c><00:33:21.839><c> being</c><00:33:22.119><c> hid</c>

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:25.539
and<00:33:23.000><c> nobody's</c><00:33:23.640><c> taking</c><00:33:23.960><c> hold</c><00:33:24.299><c> of</c><00:33:24.559><c> him.</c>

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:29.099
And<00:33:25.740><c> they're</c><00:33:26.759><c> like</c><00:33:27.180><c> a</c><00:33:27.539><c> polluted</c><00:33:27.920><c> garment.</c>

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.839
When<00:33:29.579><c> we</c><00:33:29.740><c> come</c><00:33:29.880><c> to</c><00:33:30.019><c> Matthew</c><00:33:30.359><c> 5,</c>

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:32.579
we<00:33:31.019><c> have</c><00:33:31.200><c> the</c><00:33:31.420><c> incident</c><00:33:31.839><c> of</c><00:33:32.059><c> the</c><00:33:32.220><c> woman</c>

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:35.579
with<00:33:33.279><c> the</c><00:33:33.519><c> issue</c><00:33:33.859><c> of</c><00:33:34.140><c> blood,</c><00:33:34.380><c> don't</c><00:33:34.640><c> we?</c>

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:38.920
And<00:33:36.079><c> there</c><00:33:36.160><c> in</c><00:33:36.259><c> Matthew</c><00:33:36.619><c> 5</c><00:33:37.039><c> and</c><00:33:37.200><c> verse</c><00:33:37.480><c> 32,</c>

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:41.799
we<00:33:39.480><c> are</c><00:33:39.799><c> reminded,</c>

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:49.400
picking<00:33:46.059><c> up</c><00:33:46.339><c> at</c><00:33:47.619><c> verse</c><00:33:48.000><c> 27,</c>

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:51.519
this<00:33:50.019><c> woman</c><00:33:50.319><c> had</c><00:33:50.740><c> come,</c>

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:55.299
she<00:33:52.279><c> had</c><00:33:52.440><c> an</c><00:33:52.579><c> issue</c><00:33:52.779><c> of</c><00:33:53.019><c> blood,</c><00:33:53.279><c> verse</c><00:33:53.539><c> 25,</c>

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.119
verse<00:33:55.519><c> 27,</c>

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.140
when<00:33:56.299><c> she</c><00:33:56.460><c> heard</c><00:33:56.660><c> of</c><00:33:56.819><c> Jesus,</c>

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:59.339
she<00:33:57.359><c> came</c><00:33:57.640><c> in</c><00:33:57.819><c> the</c><00:33:58.039><c> press</c><00:33:58.299><c> behind</c>

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:02.039
and<00:34:00.019><c> she</c><00:34:00.299><c> touched</c><00:34:00.680><c> his</c><00:34:00.960><c> garment.</c>

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.759
For<00:34:02.380><c> she</c><00:34:02.579><c> said,</c>

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:04.519
If<00:34:02.940><c> I</c><00:34:03.099><c> may</c><00:34:03.259><c> but</c><00:34:03.480><c> touch</c><00:34:03.740><c> his</c><00:34:04.079><c> clothes,</c>

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.559
I<00:34:04.880><c> shall</c><00:34:05.039><c> be</c><00:34:05.339><c> whole.</c>

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:07.980
So<00:34:05.839><c> you've</c><00:34:06.079><c> got</c><00:34:06.140><c> him</c><00:34:06.380><c> reaching</c><00:34:06.779><c> out.</c>

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:09.800
There<00:34:08.400><c> was</c><00:34:08.599><c> nobody</c><00:34:08.860><c> doing</c><00:34:09.119><c> that</c><00:34:09.360><c> in</c><00:34:09.500><c> Israel</c>

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:11.420
but<00:34:10.019><c> this</c><00:34:10.320><c> one</c><00:34:10.519><c> woman.</c>

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.900
And<00:34:12.519><c> straightway</c><00:34:12.940><c> the</c><00:34:13.119><c> fountain</c><00:34:13.420><c> of</c><00:34:13.599><c> her</c><00:34:13.739><c> blood</c>

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:16.139
was<00:34:14.199><c> dried</c><00:34:14.420><c> up</c><00:34:14.659><c> and</c><00:34:14.780><c> she</c><00:34:15.000><c> felt</c><00:34:15.340><c> in</c><00:34:15.579><c> her</c><00:34:15.780><c> body</c>

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.960
that<00:34:16.460><c> she</c><00:34:16.639><c> was</c><00:34:16.900><c> healed</c><00:34:17.159><c> of</c><00:34:17.380><c> that</c><00:34:17.639><c> plague.</c>

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:19.280
And<00:34:18.420><c> Jesus</c><00:34:18.679><c> immediately,</c>

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.960
knowing<00:34:19.719><c> in</c><00:34:19.860><c> himself</c><00:34:20.320><c> that</c><00:34:20.639><c> virtue</c>

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.840
had<00:34:21.159><c> gone</c><00:34:21.320><c> out</c><00:34:21.579><c> of</c><00:34:21.679><c> him,</c>

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:24.139
he<00:34:22.420><c> turned</c><00:34:22.760><c> him</c><00:34:23.079><c> about.</c>

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:26.679
He<00:34:24.880><c> had</c><00:34:25.099><c> his</c><00:34:25.360><c> back</c><00:34:25.639><c> to</c><00:34:25.800><c> her.</c>

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:28.559
He<00:34:27.239><c> turned</c><00:34:27.460><c> him</c><00:34:27.739><c> about</c><00:34:28.139><c> and</c><00:34:28.340><c> he</c><00:34:28.420><c> said,</c>

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.659
Who<00:34:28.719><c> touched</c><00:34:29.300><c> my</c><00:34:29.739><c> clothes?</c>

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:32.460
And<00:34:31.179><c> his</c><00:34:31.320><c> disciples</c><00:34:31.800><c> said</c><00:34:32.039><c> unto</c><00:34:32.320><c> him,</c>

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:34.440
Thou<00:34:32.699><c> seest</c><00:34:33.039><c> the</c><00:34:33.219><c> multitude</c><00:34:33.679><c> thronging</c><00:34:34.179><c> thee,</c>

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:36.860
and<00:34:34.880><c> sayest</c><00:34:35.159><c> thou,</c><00:34:35.400><c> Who</c><00:34:35.539><c> touched</c><00:34:35.860><c> me?</c>

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.980
And<00:34:37.719><c> he</c><00:34:37.840><c> looked</c><00:34:38.159><c> round</c><00:34:38.519><c> about</c>

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:42.360
to<00:34:39.280><c> see</c><00:34:39.599><c> her</c><00:34:39.880><c> that</c><00:34:40.019><c> had</c><00:34:40.179><c> done</c><00:34:40.400><c> this.</c>

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:46.179
And<00:34:42.519><c> verse</c><00:34:43.219><c> 34,</c><00:34:45.420><c> he</c><00:34:45.440><c> said,</c>

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:51.099
Daughter,<00:34:47.820><c> thy</c><00:34:48.039><c> faith</c><00:34:48.679><c> had</c><00:34:49.440><c> made</c><00:34:49.739><c> thee</c><00:34:50.079><c> whole.</c>

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:53.699
Go<00:34:52.039><c> in</c><00:34:52.639><c> peace.</c>

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:57.440
The<00:34:54.980><c> Lord</c><00:34:55.219><c> make</c><00:34:55.519><c> his</c><00:34:55.739><c> face</c><00:34:55.960><c> to</c><00:34:56.199><c> shine</c><00:34:56.440><c> upon</c><00:34:56.780><c> thee</c>

00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:00.079
and<00:34:57.960><c> give</c><00:34:58.239><c> thee</c><00:34:59.059><c> peace.</c>

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:02.780
We<00:35:01.059><c> have</c><00:35:01.320><c> another</c><00:35:01.619><c> occasion,</c><00:35:02.179><c> don't</c><00:35:02.400><c> we,</c>

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:06.139
in<00:35:03.219><c> the</c><00:35:04.159><c> Gospel</c><00:35:04.519><c> of</c><00:35:04.800><c> Luke,</c><00:35:05.179><c> chapter</c><00:35:05.420><c> 22.</c>

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:09.139
And<00:35:06.500><c> we</c><00:35:06.699><c> remember</c><00:35:07.139><c> the</c><00:35:07.400><c> incident</c><00:35:08.000><c> of</c><00:35:08.739><c> Peter</c>

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:11.239
who<00:35:10.019><c> so</c><00:35:10.420><c> valiantly</c><00:35:10.940><c> said,</c>

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:16.360
Lord,<00:35:12.360><c> we</c><00:35:12.659><c> will</c><00:35:12.920><c> go</c><00:35:13.460><c> and</c><00:35:14.280><c> die</c><00:35:14.519><c> with</c><00:35:14.820><c> you.</c>

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:19.099
And<00:35:17.699><c> Jesus</c><00:35:17.960><c> said,</c>

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:23.239
Before<00:35:19.840><c> the</c><00:35:20.679><c> crow</c><00:35:20.980><c> twice,</c>

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:26.920
thou<00:35:24.659><c> shalt</c><00:35:24.920><c> deny</c><00:35:25.300><c> me</c><00:35:25.599><c> thrice.</c>

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:29.940
And<00:35:28.579><c> in</c><00:35:28.699><c> Luke</c><00:35:28.900><c> chapter</c><00:35:29.300><c> 22,</c>

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:32.260
we<00:35:30.219><c> have</c><00:35:30.400><c> that</c><00:35:30.719><c> incident,</c><00:35:31.239><c> don't</c><00:35:31.599><c> we,</c>

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:34.699
of<00:35:33.000><c> that</c><00:35:33.280><c> event.</c>

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:40.880
And<00:35:36.400><c> verse</c><00:35:36.619><c> 60,</c><00:35:39.400><c> Peter</c><00:35:39.579><c> says,</c>

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:44.500
On<00:35:42.659><c> the</c><00:35:42.820><c> third</c><00:35:43.199><c> time,</c>

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:48.300
I<00:35:45.780><c> know</c><00:35:46.099><c> not</c><00:35:46.440><c> what</c><00:35:46.679><c> thou</c><00:35:47.099><c> sayest,</c>

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:51.380
and<00:35:49.360><c> immediately</c><00:35:50.019><c> while</c><00:35:50.539><c> he</c><00:35:50.739><c> yet</c><00:35:51.059><c> spake</c>

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.739
the<00:35:51.679><c> cock</c><00:35:51.940><c> crow.</c>

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:56.400
Notice<00:35:54.880><c> verse</c><00:35:55.179><c> 61,</c>

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:58.659
And<00:35:57.360><c> the</c><00:35:57.519><c> Lord</c><00:35:57.860><c> turned</c>

00:35:58.659 --> 00:36:02.199
and<00:35:59.659><c> looked</c><00:36:00.119><c> upon</c><00:36:00.920><c> Peter.</c>

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:04.960
And<00:36:03.000><c> Peter</c><00:36:03.280><c> remembered</c><00:36:03.840><c> the</c><00:36:04.099><c> word.</c>

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:08.719
It<00:36:06.360><c> wasn't,</c><00:36:07.320><c> I</c><00:36:07.780><c> believe,</c>

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:11.179
a<00:36:09.320><c> look</c><00:36:09.519><c> of</c><00:36:10.159><c> judgment,</c>

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:14.380
a<00:36:12.239><c> look</c><00:36:12.440><c> of</c><00:36:13.000><c> condemnation.</c>

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:15.880
Jesus<00:36:14.760><c> had</c><00:36:15.039><c> already</c><00:36:15.440><c> said,</c>

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.920
When<00:36:16.519><c> thou</c><00:36:16.820><c> art</c><00:36:17.119><c> converted,</c>

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:20.559
strengthen<00:36:18.780><c> thy</c><00:36:19.340><c> brethren.</c>

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:22.780
And<00:36:21.380><c> you</c><00:36:21.500><c> can</c><00:36:21.780><c> imagine,</c><00:36:22.440><c> it</c><00:36:22.500><c> says,</c>

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:24.420
that<00:36:22.980><c> he</c><00:36:23.019><c> went</c><00:36:23.300><c> out</c><00:36:23.619><c> in</c><00:36:23.800><c> one</c><00:36:23.940><c> of</c><00:36:24.079><c> the</c><00:36:24.219><c> records</c>

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:26.980
and<00:36:24.639><c> he</c><00:36:24.860><c> wept</c><00:36:25.199><c> bitterly.</c>

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:31.039
And<00:36:27.880><c> yet</c><00:36:28.059><c> there</c><00:36:28.280><c> was</c><00:36:28.440><c> Jesus</c><00:36:29.519><c> turning,</c>

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:34.480
causing<00:36:31.739><c> his</c><00:36:32.079><c> face</c><00:36:32.460><c> to</c><00:36:32.900><c> shine</c><00:36:33.159><c> upon</c><00:36:33.460><c> Peter</c>

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:38.360
and<00:36:35.460><c> extending</c><00:36:35.960><c> compassion</c><00:36:36.599><c> and</c><00:36:36.820><c> mercy</c><00:36:37.099><c> to</c><00:36:37.340><c> him.</c>

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:40.219
And<00:36:38.760><c> Peter</c><00:36:38.940><c> responded</c><00:36:39.500><c> to</c><00:36:39.780><c> that.</c>

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:42.940
Unfortunately,<00:36:41.440><c> Judas</c><00:36:41.699><c> didn't</c>

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:45.199
when<00:36:43.280><c> he</c><00:36:43.659><c> extended</c><00:36:44.079><c> the</c><00:36:44.400><c> salt</c>

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:48.320
as<00:36:46.280><c> a</c><00:36:46.659><c> sentiment</c><00:36:47.099><c> of</c><00:36:47.380><c> peace.</c>

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:52.780
So<00:36:50.599><c> we</c><00:36:50.699><c> have</c><00:36:50.840><c> these</c><00:36:51.159><c> incidents</c><00:36:51.519><c> in</c><00:36:51.840><c> the</c><00:36:52.380><c> Gospel</c>

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:56.079
where<00:36:53.019><c> the</c><00:36:53.159><c> Lord</c><00:36:53.380><c> Jesus</c><00:36:53.820><c> Christ</c>

00:36:58.019 --> 00:37:02.360
manifests<00:36:58.599><c> these</c><00:36:59.179><c> characteristics</c><00:37:00.079><c> of</c><00:37:00.380><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:07.019
Now<00:37:04.900><c> Judges</c><00:37:05.519><c> chapter</c><00:37:05.860><c> 6</c><00:37:06.139><c> is</c><00:37:06.320><c> all</c><00:37:06.579><c> about</c>

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:09.159
three<00:37:07.579><c> altars.</c>

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.719
There<00:37:11.559><c> seems</c><00:37:11.820><c> to</c><00:37:11.960><c> be</c><00:37:12.039><c> some</c><00:37:12.260><c> discussion</c>

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:16.000
as<00:37:12.960><c> to</c><00:37:13.079><c> whether</c><00:37:13.260><c> there</c><00:37:13.500><c> was</c><00:37:13.639><c> two</c><00:37:13.900><c> or</c><00:37:14.000><c> three.</c>

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:19.699
Some<00:37:17.380><c> brethren</c><00:37:17.679><c> have</c><00:37:17.920><c> said</c><00:37:18.119><c> that</c>

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:23.420
the<00:37:19.940><c> second</c><00:37:20.400><c> altar,</c><00:37:21.800><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:22.420><c> Shalom,</c>

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.960
was<00:37:23.659><c> actually</c><00:37:24.079><c> the</c><00:37:24.320><c> first</c><00:37:24.639><c> altar</c>

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:27.360
upon<00:37:25.340><c> which</c><00:37:25.920><c> the</c><00:37:26.219><c> sacrifices</c><00:37:26.780><c> were</c><00:37:27.119><c> made.</c>

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:29.820
Others<00:37:27.820><c> have</c><00:37:28.079><c> said</c><00:37:28.480><c> that</c><00:37:29.440><c> the</c><00:37:29.599><c> altar</c>

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:34.980
that<00:37:30.039><c> was</c><00:37:30.400><c> built</c><00:37:30.880><c> to</c><00:37:32.820><c> burn</c><00:37:33.159><c> the</c><00:37:34.019><c> seven</c><00:37:34.280><c>-year</c><00:37:34.500><c>-old</c><00:37:34.619><c> bullet</c>

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:38.280
was<00:37:35.340><c> the</c><00:37:36.239><c> same</c><00:37:36.460><c> altar</c><00:37:36.780><c> as</c><00:37:36.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:37.420><c> Shalom.</c>

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:39.739
But<00:37:38.320><c> it</c><00:37:38.579><c> seems</c><00:37:38.800><c> to</c><00:37:38.940><c> me</c><00:37:39.059><c> that,</c>

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:42.260
I've<00:37:40.239><c> just</c><00:37:40.480><c> taken</c><00:37:40.699><c> the</c><00:37:40.960><c> record</c><00:37:41.239><c> as</c><00:37:41.440><c> it</c><00:37:41.599><c> is,</c>

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:47.260
and<00:37:42.519><c> it</c><00:37:42.659><c> seems</c><00:37:42.900><c> to</c><00:37:43.000><c> me</c><00:37:43.139><c> that</c><00:37:43.260><c> there</c><00:37:43.460><c> are</c><00:37:43.699><c> three</c><00:37:45.860><c> records</c>

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:50.699
of<00:37:49.260><c> an</c><00:37:49.860><c> altar.</c>

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:57.460
Now,<00:37:54.800><c> the</c><00:37:54.900><c> first</c><00:37:55.219><c> altar</c><00:37:55.679><c> is</c><00:37:56.260><c> where</c><00:37:56.420><c> the</c><00:37:56.659><c> sacrifice</c>

00:37:57.619 --> 00:38:00.440
which<00:37:58.219><c> became,</c><00:37:59.260><c> whether</c><00:37:59.539><c> that</c><00:37:59.739><c> was</c><00:37:59.980><c> intended</c>

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:02.639
to<00:38:00.679><c> be</c><00:38:00.840><c> a</c><00:38:00.960><c> burnt</c><00:38:01.159><c> offering</c><00:38:01.480><c> is</c><00:38:01.699><c> difficult</c><00:38:02.059><c> to</c><00:38:02.360><c> tell,</c>

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:05.119
but<00:38:03.219><c> it</c><00:38:03.480><c> certainly</c><00:38:03.739><c> became</c><00:38:04.199><c> a</c><00:38:04.420><c> burnt</c><00:38:04.639><c> offering</c>

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:06.679
and<00:38:05.659><c> there</c><00:38:05.820><c> was</c><00:38:06.000><c> a</c><00:38:06.119><c> meal</c><00:38:06.300><c> offering.</c>

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:09.539
The<00:38:07.159><c> second</c><00:38:07.420><c> altar</c><00:38:07.760><c> is</c><00:38:08.500><c> a</c><00:38:08.739><c> memorial,</c>

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:13.099
an<00:38:09.960><c> altar</c><00:38:10.219><c> without</c><00:38:10.699><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:11.280><c> called</c><00:38:11.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:12.099><c> Shalom.</c>

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.960
And<00:38:14.579><c> the</c><00:38:14.699><c> third</c><00:38:14.980><c> altar</c><00:38:15.320><c> is</c><00:38:15.519><c> an</c><00:38:15.719><c> altar</c>

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:19.340
which<00:38:16.119><c> was</c><00:38:16.460><c> built</c><00:38:16.760><c> upon</c><00:38:17.079><c> the</c><00:38:17.320><c> ruins</c><00:38:17.599><c> of</c><00:38:18.000><c> Baal.</c>

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:25.579
Let's<00:38:21.599><c> have</c><00:38:21.860><c> a</c><00:38:21.920><c> look</c><00:38:22.059><c> at</c><00:38:22.199><c> these</c><00:38:22.940><c> three</c><00:38:23.420><c> altars.</c>

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:30.699
The<00:38:26.099><c> first</c><00:38:26.400><c> one,</c><00:38:27.519><c> Gideon</c><00:38:27.880><c> says,</c><00:38:30.079><c> verse</c><00:38:30.239><c> 18,</c>

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:32.500
Depart<00:38:31.179><c> not</c><00:38:31.400><c> hence,</c><00:38:31.699><c> I</c><00:38:31.920><c> pray</c><00:38:32.179><c> thee,</c>

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:34.139
until<00:38:32.940><c> I</c><00:38:33.239><c> come</c><00:38:33.480><c> again</c><00:38:33.760><c> unto</c><00:38:33.960><c> thee</c>

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:36.619
and<00:38:34.260><c> bring</c><00:38:34.519><c> forth</c><00:38:34.940><c> my</c><00:38:35.539><c> presence.</c>

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:39.159
Now<00:38:37.380><c> notice</c><00:38:37.519><c> what</c><00:38:37.659><c> he</c><00:38:37.840><c> brings,</c><00:38:38.260><c> verse</c><00:38:38.500><c> 19.</c>

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:43.199
He<00:38:39.679><c> brings</c><00:38:40.059><c> unleavened</c><00:38:40.800><c> cakes</c><00:38:41.000><c> of</c><00:38:41.239><c> an</c><00:38:41.519><c> ephah</c><00:38:42.000><c> of</c><00:38:42.360><c> flour.</c>

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.980
Now<00:38:44.139><c> we've</c><00:38:44.340><c> already</c><00:38:44.739><c> said</c>

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:48.679
that<00:38:45.059><c> it</c><00:38:45.199><c> was</c><00:38:45.500><c> difficult</c><00:38:45.920><c> enough</c><00:38:46.340><c> trying</c><00:38:46.840><c> to</c>

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:56.699
produce<00:38:49.539><c> the</c><00:38:52.219><c> grain</c><00:38:52.739><c> in</c><00:38:55.460><c> a</c><00:38:55.639><c> winepress.</c>

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:59.480
That<00:38:56.980><c> would</c><00:38:57.159><c> have</c><00:38:57.320><c> taken</c><00:38:57.619><c> a</c><00:38:57.980><c> long</c><00:38:58.400><c> time.</c>

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:02.579
And<00:38:59.800><c> yet</c><00:38:59.940><c> he</c><00:39:00.199><c> wants</c><00:39:00.519><c> to</c><00:39:01.260><c> provide</c><00:39:01.719><c> a</c><00:39:02.260><c> present,</c>

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:07.940
a<00:39:02.900><c> minkah</c><00:39:03.739><c> offering,</c><00:39:05.179><c> by</c><00:39:05.380><c> using</c><00:39:05.860><c> an</c><00:39:06.360><c> ephah</c><00:39:06.820><c> of</c><00:39:07.159><c> flour.</c>

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:10.980
Now<00:39:08.460><c> in</c><00:39:08.599><c> modern</c><00:39:08.960><c> day</c><00:39:09.280><c> terms,</c><00:39:09.880><c> an</c><00:39:09.900><c> ephah</c><00:39:10.460><c> of</c><00:39:10.480><c> flour,</c>

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:15.000
an<00:39:11.599><c> ephah</c><00:39:11.780><c> would</c><00:39:11.960><c> fill</c><00:39:12.239><c> 22</c><00:39:12.860><c> liter</c><00:39:14.260><c> container</c>

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:18.199
or<00:39:15.619><c> 4</c><00:39:15.940><c>.8</c><00:39:16.719><c> gallon</c><00:39:17.460><c> container.</c>

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:20.679
That's<00:39:18.880><c> a</c><00:39:19.019><c> lot</c><00:39:19.340><c> of</c><00:39:19.780><c> grain.</c>

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:23.500
And<00:39:21.980><c> he</c><00:39:22.079><c> was</c><00:39:22.260><c> a</c><00:39:22.400><c> man</c><00:39:22.539><c> that</c><00:39:22.719><c> was</c><00:39:22.900><c> willing</c><00:39:23.099><c> to</c>

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:28.360
sacrifice<00:39:24.219><c> all</c><00:39:24.679><c> that</c><00:39:24.980><c> hard</c><00:39:25.260><c> labor</c><00:39:25.760><c> back</c><00:39:27.199><c> to</c><00:39:27.440><c> God.</c>

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:31.699
So<00:39:28.800><c> that's</c><00:39:28.960><c> an</c><00:39:29.159><c> indication</c><00:39:29.639><c> of</c><00:39:29.840><c> the</c><00:39:30.019><c> quality</c><00:39:30.420><c> of</c><00:39:30.659><c> this</c><00:39:30.900><c> man.</c>

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:35.099
He<00:39:32.980><c> wanted</c><00:39:33.199><c> to</c><00:39:33.480><c> provide</c><00:39:33.800><c> this</c><00:39:34.179><c> present.</c>

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:38.719
So<00:39:36.420><c> whatever</c><00:39:36.739><c> purpose</c><00:39:37.159><c> he</c><00:39:37.460><c> intended</c><00:39:37.780><c> the</c><00:39:38.059><c> kid</c><00:39:38.219><c> to</c><00:39:38.500><c> be,</c>

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:41.619
it<00:39:39.039><c> was</c><00:39:39.320><c> accepted</c><00:39:39.840><c> as</c><00:39:40.159><c> a</c><00:39:40.280><c> burnt</c><00:39:40.500><c> offering.</c>

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:45.039
Now<00:39:41.860><c> there</c><00:39:41.980><c> are</c><00:39:42.159><c> two</c><00:39:42.360><c> rocks</c><00:39:42.960><c> indicated</c><00:39:43.760><c> in</c><00:39:44.280><c> this</c><00:39:44.579><c> chapter.</c>

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:48.440
You<00:39:45.559><c> notice</c><00:39:45.860><c> verse</c><00:39:46.079><c> 21,</c><00:39:47.000><c> verse</c><00:39:47.239><c> 20.</c>

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:53.380
Lay<00:39:49.019><c> the</c><00:39:49.699><c> cakes</c><00:39:50.380><c> and</c><00:39:51.860><c> the</c><00:39:52.119><c> flesh</c><00:39:52.360><c> upon</c><00:39:52.679><c> the</c><00:39:53.000><c> rock</c>

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:55.280
and<00:39:54.280><c> pour</c><00:39:54.500><c> out</c><00:39:54.800><c> the</c><00:39:55.019><c> broth.</c>

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:58.380
And<00:39:55.719><c> that</c><00:39:55.860><c> word</c><00:39:56.099><c> rock</c><00:39:56.559><c> is</c><00:39:57.320><c> the</c><00:39:57.440><c> word</c><00:39:57.739><c> sealer.</c>

00:39:58.579 --> 00:40:00.719
It's<00:39:58.760><c> the</c><00:39:58.860><c> one</c><00:39:58.980><c> which</c><00:39:59.179><c> is</c><00:39:59.400><c> used</c><00:39:59.599><c> in</c><00:39:59.820><c> Numbers</c><00:40:00.099><c> 20</c>

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:03.199
where<00:40:01.079><c> he</c><00:40:01.159><c> had</c><00:40:01.360><c> to</c><00:40:01.679><c> speak</c><00:40:01.920><c> to</c><00:40:02.159><c> the</c><00:40:02.380><c> rock.</c>

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:05.900
The<00:40:03.760><c> other</c><00:40:04.079><c> rock</c><00:40:04.280><c> in</c><00:40:04.460><c> verse</c><00:40:05.039><c> 21,</c>

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:08.699
it's<00:40:06.619><c> the</c><00:40:06.900><c> Hebrew</c><00:40:07.239><c> word</c><00:40:07.559><c> sur.</c>

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:11.820
It<00:40:08.980><c> denotes</c><00:40:09.539><c> a</c><00:40:10.239><c> cliff</c><00:40:10.440><c> or</c><00:40:10.699><c> a</c><00:40:10.880><c> boulder.</c>

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:14.219
And<00:40:12.300><c> it's</c><00:40:12.480><c> that</c><00:40:12.639><c> one</c><00:40:12.780><c> which</c><00:40:12.980><c> is</c><00:40:13.219><c> used</c><00:40:13.500><c> in</c><00:40:13.860><c> smiting</c>

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.179
the<00:40:14.420><c> rock</c><00:40:14.639><c> in</c><00:40:14.900><c> Exodus.</c>

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:18.960
So<00:40:15.679><c> what</c><00:40:15.820><c> you</c><00:40:16.059><c> had,</c><00:40:16.679><c> you</c><00:40:16.760><c> had</c><00:40:16.980><c> an</c><00:40:17.199><c> outcrop</c><00:40:17.639><c> of</c><00:40:17.920><c> rock</c>

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:21.300
overshadowing<00:40:20.059><c> another</c><00:40:20.579><c> piece</c><00:40:20.900><c> of</c><00:40:21.039><c> rock</c>

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:22.280
upon<00:40:21.539><c> which</c><00:40:21.800><c> it</c><00:40:22.039><c> stood.</c>

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:25.119
And<00:40:22.519><c> they</c><00:40:23.099><c> would</c><00:40:23.360><c> normally</c><00:40:23.739><c> grind</c><00:40:24.239><c> the</c><00:40:24.840><c> grapes</c>

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:27.960
and<00:40:25.320><c> it</c><00:40:25.420><c> would</c><00:40:25.659><c> fall</c><00:40:25.900><c> through</c><00:40:26.139><c> a</c><00:40:26.300><c> hole</c><00:40:26.440><c> into</c><00:40:26.699><c> the</c><00:40:26.940><c> winepress.</c>

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:34.800
Now<00:40:32.059><c> the</c><00:40:32.500><c> kiddon</c><00:40:32.880><c> is</c><00:40:33.340><c> not</c><00:40:33.780><c> the</c><00:40:34.000><c> principal</c><00:40:34.400><c> offering,</c>

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:36.320
brethren<00:40:35.199><c> and</c><00:40:35.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:39.679
The<00:40:37.219><c> principal</c><00:40:37.780><c> offering</c><00:40:38.199><c> in</c><00:40:38.420><c> this</c><00:40:39.079><c> sacrifice</c>

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:41.900
is<00:40:39.920><c> the</c><00:40:40.179><c> present,</c><00:40:40.900><c> the</c><00:40:41.159><c> minkah,</c>

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:45.780
which<00:40:42.659><c> is</c><00:40:43.679><c> a</c><00:40:43.820><c> variation</c><00:40:44.380><c> of</c><00:40:44.659><c> the</c><00:40:45.099><c> meal</c><00:40:45.440><c> offering</c>

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:47.300
because<00:40:46.059><c> the</c><00:40:46.239><c> minkah,</c><00:40:46.780><c> the</c><00:40:46.900><c> meal</c><00:40:47.119><c> offering,</c>

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:48.500
was<00:40:47.579><c> a</c><00:40:47.719><c> handful</c><00:40:48.000><c> of</c><00:40:48.280><c> corn.</c>

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:50.820
This<00:40:49.139><c> was</c><00:40:49.539><c> an</c><00:40:49.940><c> ether</c><00:40:50.219><c> of</c><00:40:50.599><c> weight.</c>

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:54.460
And<00:40:51.139><c> the</c><00:40:51.280><c> meal</c><00:40:51.539><c> offering</c><00:40:52.079><c> represented</c><00:40:53.340><c> consecration,</c>

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.500
didn't<00:40:54.780><c> it?</c>

00:40:55.500 --> 00:41:00.619
It<00:40:56.820><c> was</c><00:40:57.099><c> based</c><00:40:57.360><c> upon</c><00:40:57.739><c> sincerity</c><00:40:58.579><c> and</c><00:40:59.539><c> truth.</c>

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:04.320
It<00:41:01.559><c> was</c><00:41:01.820><c> a</c><00:41:01.980><c> returning</c><00:41:02.480><c> to</c><00:41:02.800><c> God</c><00:41:03.099><c> of</c><00:41:03.380><c> those</c><00:41:03.719><c> things</c>

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:06.380
that<00:41:04.719><c> God</c><00:41:04.960><c> had</c><00:41:05.199><c> given</c><00:41:05.420><c> us.</c>

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:11.280
It<00:41:07.400><c> indicated</c><00:41:07.900><c> our</c><00:41:08.539><c> pleasure</c><00:41:09.019><c> and</c><00:41:10.139><c> our</c><00:41:10.659><c> desire</c>

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:12.719
to<00:41:11.619><c> give</c><00:41:11.880><c> back</c><00:41:12.139><c> to</c><00:41:12.340><c> God</c>

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:15.880
what<00:41:13.300><c> he</c><00:41:13.559><c> had</c><00:41:13.760><c> so</c><00:41:14.039><c> graciously</c><00:41:14.679><c> given</c><00:41:15.239><c> to</c><00:41:15.519><c> us.</c>

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:17.300
But<00:41:16.400><c> when</c><00:41:16.599><c> he</c><00:41:16.599><c> came</c><00:41:16.760><c> to</c><00:41:16.960><c> the</c><00:41:17.099><c> kid,</c>

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:21.039
which<00:41:18.019><c> was</c><00:41:19.400><c> consumed</c><00:41:19.940><c> totally,</c>

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:26.179
that<00:41:22.119><c> indicates</c><00:41:22.719><c> how</c><00:41:23.420><c> our</c><00:41:24.039><c> consecration</c><00:41:24.699><c> must</c><00:41:25.039><c> be.</c>

00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:31.539
Our<00:41:27.480><c> consecration</c><00:41:28.159><c> of</c><00:41:29.380><c> the</c><00:41:29.559><c> things</c><00:41:29.860><c> that</c><00:41:30.099><c> God</c><00:41:30.300><c> has</c><00:41:30.539><c> given</c><00:41:30.739><c> us</c>

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:35.559
must<00:41:32.019><c> be</c><00:41:32.340><c> made</c><00:41:32.800><c> in</c><00:41:33.300><c> total</c><00:41:34.019><c> dedication.</c>

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:39.519
You<00:41:36.039><c> see</c><00:41:36.219><c> an</c><00:41:36.400><c> example</c><00:41:36.780><c> of</c><00:41:36.980><c> that</c><00:41:37.119><c> in</c><00:41:37.280><c> Acts</c><00:41:37.460><c> chapter</c><00:41:37.739><c> 5,</c><00:41:38.159><c> don't</c><00:41:38.420><c> you?</c>

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:42.260
Where<00:41:39.940><c> they</c><00:41:40.239><c> said</c><00:41:40.380><c> they</c><00:41:40.559><c> were</c><00:41:40.739><c> going</c><00:41:40.900><c> to</c><00:41:41.159><c> give</c><00:41:41.460><c> to</c><00:41:41.800><c> God</c>

00:41:42.260 --> 00:41:44.300
an<00:41:42.599><c> Annihilation</c><00:41:43.079><c> Sapphira,</c>

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:47.340
the<00:41:45.019><c> money</c><00:41:45.360><c> that</c><00:41:45.519><c> they</c><00:41:45.820><c> received</c><00:41:46.320><c> from</c><00:41:46.579><c> their</c><00:41:46.860><c> land.</c>

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:51.360
Did<00:41:48.280><c> they</c><00:41:48.539><c> give</c><00:41:48.840><c> the</c><00:41:49.400><c> total</c><00:41:49.900><c> dedication</c><00:41:50.519><c> of</c><00:41:50.780><c> their</c><00:41:50.980><c> revenue?</c>

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.360
No,<00:41:52.039><c> they</c><00:41:52.079><c> didn't.</c>

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:55.019
They<00:41:52.679><c> kept</c><00:41:53.159><c> back</c><00:41:53.840><c> part</c><00:41:54.219><c> of</c><00:41:54.420><c> the</c><00:41:54.639><c> price.</c>

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:57.400
And<00:41:55.559><c> that's</c><00:41:56.079><c> the</c><00:41:56.320><c> indication</c><00:41:56.900><c> of</c><00:41:57.179><c> this.</c>

00:41:57.780 --> 00:42:00.079
We<00:41:57.980><c> give</c><00:41:58.480><c> to</c><00:41:58.980><c> God</c><00:41:59.179><c> what</c><00:41:59.360><c> he</c><00:41:59.599><c> has</c><00:41:59.619><c> given</c><00:41:59.860><c> us.</c>

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:01.940
We<00:42:00.320><c> are</c><00:42:00.539><c> sincere</c><00:42:01.199><c> in</c><00:42:01.539><c> truth.</c>

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:05.840
But<00:42:02.619><c> we</c><00:42:02.880><c> give</c><00:42:03.079><c> it</c><00:42:03.300><c> through</c><00:42:03.579><c> total</c><00:42:04.460><c> dedication.</c>

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:15.820
Altar<00:42:09.280><c> number</c><00:42:09.579><c> 3</c><00:42:12.179><c> signifies</c><00:42:13.619><c> the</c><00:42:13.900><c> second</c><00:42:14.260><c> stage</c>

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:19.139
in<00:42:16.539><c> overthrowing</c><00:42:17.519><c> the</c><00:42:17.679><c> enemy</c><00:42:17.980><c> of</c><00:42:18.280><c> God.</c>

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:24.760
We<00:42:19.599><c> have</c><00:42:19.800><c> to</c><00:42:20.079><c> cast</c><00:42:20.420><c> down</c><00:42:21.019><c> the</c><00:42:21.460><c> altars</c><00:42:21.880><c> which</c><00:42:22.320><c> dominate</c><00:42:23.019><c> our</c><00:42:23.500><c> life.</c>

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:28.420
Midian<00:42:25.500><c> had</c><00:42:25.860><c> re</c><00:42:26.000><c>-established</c><00:42:26.880><c> this</c><00:42:27.320><c> grip</c><00:42:27.579><c> over</c><00:42:27.920><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:32.699
The<00:42:29.039><c> sin</c><00:42:29.199><c> of</c><00:42:29.559><c> Balaam</c><00:42:29.900><c> had</c><00:42:30.219><c> returned</c><00:42:30.820><c> through</c><00:42:31.300><c> Baal</c><00:42:31.699><c> worship.</c>

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:35.800
And<00:42:33.800><c> there</c><00:42:33.920><c> was</c><00:42:34.099><c> a</c><00:42:34.260><c> way</c><00:42:34.380><c> of</c><00:42:34.699><c> peace,</c>

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:38.360
but<00:42:36.360><c> not</c><00:42:36.639><c> everybody</c><00:42:37.079><c> was</c><00:42:37.400><c> walking</c><00:42:37.760><c> in</c><00:42:38.000><c> it.</c>

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:43.719
Just<00:42:39.039><c> look</c><00:42:39.360><c> at</c><00:42:41.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:42.059><c> 48.</c>

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:46.760
For<00:42:45.659><c> example,</c>

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:50.960
we<00:42:49.239><c> are</c><00:42:49.420><c> running</c><00:42:49.639><c> out</c><00:42:49.960><c> of</c><00:42:50.199><c> time,</c>

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:54.699
but<00:42:52.099><c> we'll</c><00:42:52.659><c> just</c><00:42:52.860><c> briefly</c><00:42:53.900><c> quote</c><00:42:54.380><c> this,</c>

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:56.719
just<00:42:55.000><c> to</c><00:42:55.119><c> show</c><00:42:55.280><c> the</c><00:42:55.519><c> point.</c>

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:05.940
There<00:43:00.440><c> is</c><00:43:00.739><c> no</c><00:43:01.059><c> peace,</c><00:43:02.000><c> saith</c><00:43:03.159><c> Yahweh,</c><00:43:04.719><c> unto</c><00:43:04.820><c> the</c><00:43:05.059><c> wicked.</c>

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:08.500
So<00:43:07.360><c> there</c><00:43:07.539><c> is</c><00:43:07.699><c> a</c><00:43:07.840><c> way</c><00:43:08.000><c> of</c><00:43:08.300><c> peace,</c>

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:11.280
but<00:43:08.800><c> not</c><00:43:09.059><c> everybody</c><00:43:09.559><c> walks</c><00:43:09.960><c> in</c><00:43:10.159><c> it.</c>

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:15.699
The<00:43:12.179><c> wicked</c><00:43:12.780><c> do</c><00:43:13.559><c> not</c><00:43:13.840><c> walk</c><00:43:14.159><c> in</c><00:43:14.280><c> the</c><00:43:14.440><c> way</c><00:43:14.619><c> of</c><00:43:14.880><c> peace.</c>

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:18.820
Those<00:43:16.480><c> walk</c><00:43:17.039><c> in</c><00:43:17.400><c> crooked</c><00:43:17.760><c> paths,</c>

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:21.860
it<00:43:19.619><c> says</c><00:43:19.840><c> in</c><00:43:20.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:20.400><c> 59.</c>

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:26.440
And<00:43:24.500><c> Israel</c><00:43:24.860><c> is</c><00:43:25.199><c> presently</c><00:43:25.619><c> in</c><00:43:25.719><c> that</c><00:43:25.940><c> position.</c>

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:29.139
If<00:43:26.920><c> you</c><00:43:26.960><c> notice</c><00:43:27.360><c> in</c><00:43:27.559><c> Isaiah,</c><00:43:28.099><c> in</c><00:43:28.360><c> Ezekiel,</c>

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:32.139
God's<00:43:30.059><c> face</c><00:43:30.360><c> is</c><00:43:30.639><c> hid</c><00:43:30.880><c> from</c><00:43:31.199><c> them.</c>

00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:35.940
But<00:43:32.780><c> when</c><00:43:33.000><c> they</c><00:43:33.260><c> will</c><00:43:33.699><c> overcome</c><00:43:34.139><c> the</c><00:43:34.420><c> enemy</c><00:43:34.699><c> finally,</c>

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:38.219
they<00:43:36.699><c> will</c><00:43:37.019><c> be</c><00:43:37.380><c> restored</c><00:43:37.639><c> to</c><00:43:37.960><c> favor.</c>

00:43:38.219 --> 00:43:41.199
In<00:43:38.219><c> Isaiah,</c><00:43:38.900><c> Ezekiel</c><00:43:39.360><c> 39</c><00:43:39.960><c> says</c>

00:43:40.889 --> 00:43:44.980
that<00:43:41.280><c> God's</c><00:43:41.719><c> face</c><00:43:41.960><c> will</c><00:43:42.260><c> no</c><00:43:42.519><c> longer</c><00:43:43.179><c> be</c><00:43:43.599><c> hid</c><00:43:43.760><c> from</c><00:43:44.099><c> them.</c>

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:47.099
But<00:43:45.719><c> to</c><00:43:45.920><c> conclude</c><00:43:46.260><c> with</c><00:43:46.539><c> brethren</c><00:43:46.780><c> and</c><00:43:46.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:48.780
it's<00:43:47.420><c> the</c><00:43:47.619><c> second</c><00:43:47.980><c> altar.</c>

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:52.880
The<00:43:50.179><c> sacrificial</c><00:43:50.760><c> altar</c><00:43:51.320><c> is</c><00:43:51.940><c> now</c><00:43:52.340><c> followed</c>

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:56.920
by<00:43:53.719><c> a</c><00:43:54.079><c> memorial</c><00:43:54.619><c> altar,</c><00:43:55.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:55.900><c> Shalom.</c>

00:43:58.059 --> 00:44:02.440
And<00:43:58.260><c> as</c><00:43:58.400><c> we</c><00:43:58.599><c> know</c><00:43:59.219><c> from</c><00:44:00.000><c> the</c><00:44:00.260><c> passages</c><00:44:00.639><c> that</c><00:44:00.960><c> are</c><00:44:01.099><c> on</c><00:44:01.320><c> there,</c>

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:06.219
the<00:44:03.239><c> sacrifice</c><00:44:03.840><c> of</c><00:44:04.059><c> Jesus</c><00:44:04.480><c> brought</c><00:44:05.019><c> peace.</c>

00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:10.539
Ephesians<00:44:07.300><c> 2</c><00:44:07.639><c> says</c><00:44:08.000><c> that</c><00:44:08.360><c> He</c><00:44:08.599><c> is</c><00:44:08.980><c> our</c><00:44:09.320><c> peace,</c>

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:14.559
having<00:44:11.119><c> broken</c><00:44:11.619><c> down</c><00:44:12.099><c> the</c><00:44:12.380><c> middle</c><00:44:12.860><c> wall</c><00:44:13.340><c> of</c><00:44:13.719><c> petition.</c>

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:18.900
Some<00:44:16.639><c> expound</c><00:44:17.280><c> that</c><00:44:17.539><c> as</c><00:44:17.719><c> the</c><00:44:17.900><c> middle</c><00:44:18.179><c> wall</c><00:44:18.460><c> of</c><00:44:18.760><c> petition</c>

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:20.559
between<00:44:19.360><c> Jew</c><00:44:19.519><c> and</c><00:44:19.760><c> Gentile.</c>

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:23.179
The<00:44:21.079><c> word</c><00:44:21.340><c> between</c><00:44:21.719><c> us,</c><00:44:21.940><c> I</c><00:44:22.059><c> don't</c><00:44:22.340><c> think</c><00:44:22.480><c> is</c><00:44:22.739><c> there</c>

00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:24.599
in<00:44:23.539><c> the</c><00:44:23.739><c> original.</c>

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:27.599
I<00:44:25.699><c> always</c><00:44:26.019><c> favor,</c><00:44:26.460><c> yes,</c><00:44:26.719><c> that</c><00:44:26.960><c> did</c><00:44:27.219><c> happen,</c>

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:30.519
but<00:44:27.840><c> the</c><00:44:28.079><c> middle</c><00:44:28.320><c> wall</c><00:44:28.579><c> of</c><00:44:28.860><c> petition</c><00:44:29.099><c> was</c><00:44:29.480><c> broken</c><00:44:29.960><c> down</c>

00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:33.179
between<00:44:31.079><c> us</c><00:44:31.500><c> and</c><00:44:31.800><c> God</c><00:44:32.340><c> also.</c>

00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:38.760
In<00:44:34.059><c> the</c><00:44:34.219><c> context</c><00:44:34.739><c> of</c><00:44:35.239><c> Ephesians</c><00:44:35.679><c> chapter</c><00:44:36.079><c> 2.</c>

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:42.679
And<00:44:39.159><c> Paul</c><00:44:39.360><c> comments</c><00:44:40.059><c> in</c><00:44:40.679><c> Philippians</c><00:44:41.119><c> chapter</c><00:44:41.500><c> 4</c>

00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:44.920
and<00:44:43.199><c> at</c><00:44:43.340><c> verse</c><00:44:43.579><c> 7,</c>

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:52.199
that<00:44:47.460><c> the</c><00:44:47.619><c> peace</c><00:44:47.920><c> of</c><00:44:48.179><c> God</c><00:44:49.219><c> passes</c><00:44:50.219><c> all</c><00:44:50.880><c> understanding.</c>

00:44:55.820 --> 00:45:00.880
The<00:44:56.559><c> peace</c><00:44:56.920><c> of</c><00:44:57.179><c> God</c><00:44:58.119><c> which</c><00:44:58.820><c> passeth</c><00:44:59.460><c> all</c><00:44:59.960><c> understanding</c>

00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:06.059
shall<00:45:01.760><c> keep</c><00:45:02.119><c> your</c><00:45:02.440><c> hearts</c><00:45:02.860><c> and</c><00:45:03.179><c> minds</c><00:45:03.539><c> through</c><00:45:03.920><c> Christ</c><00:45:04.519><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:08.900
You<00:45:07.119><c> remember</c><00:45:07.440><c> in</c><00:45:08.079><c> Ephesians</c><00:45:08.500><c> 3,</c>

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:12.519
he<00:45:08.960><c> says</c><00:45:09.239><c> the</c><00:45:09.440><c> love</c><00:45:09.719><c> of</c><00:45:10.000><c> Christ</c><00:45:10.619><c> passes</c><00:45:11.300><c> knowledge.</c>

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:14.059
What<00:45:12.820><c> is</c><00:45:13.039><c> it,</c><00:45:13.360><c> brethren</c><00:45:13.519><c> and</c><00:45:13.739><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:14.300 --> 00:45:17.039
that<00:45:14.780><c> is</c><00:45:15.440><c> incomprehensible?</c>

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:22.400
What<00:45:19.860><c> is</c><00:45:20.119><c> it</c><00:45:20.300><c> that</c><00:45:20.480><c> is</c><00:45:20.960><c> incomprehensible?</c>

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:27.880
That<00:45:25.139><c> we</c><00:45:25.300><c> have</c><00:45:25.500><c> difficulty</c><00:45:26.420><c> in</c><00:45:27.179><c> understanding</c>

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:33.900
why<00:45:28.960><c> God</c><00:45:29.300><c> would</c><00:45:29.579><c> move</c><00:45:30.239><c> in</c><00:45:30.760><c> such</c><00:45:30.940><c> a</c><00:45:31.139><c> way</c><00:45:31.719><c> for</c><00:45:32.260><c> the</c><00:45:32.420><c> likes</c><00:45:32.619><c> of</c><00:45:32.860><c> us.</c>

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:39.659
It's<00:45:36.500><c> because</c><00:45:36.900><c> the</c><00:45:37.219><c> chastisement</c><00:45:37.960><c> of</c><00:45:38.219><c> our</c><00:45:38.480><c> peace</c>

00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:41.539
was<00:45:40.079><c> upon</c><00:45:40.380><c> Him.</c>

00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:45.139
That<00:45:42.599><c> God</c><00:45:42.780><c> was</c><00:45:43.079><c> prepared</c><00:45:43.559><c> to</c><00:45:43.840><c> allow</c><00:45:44.119><c> the</c><00:45:44.519><c> sacrifice</c>

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:47.460
of<00:45:45.500><c> a</c><00:45:45.619><c> thin</c><00:45:45.840><c>-less</c><00:45:46.039><c> man</c>

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:52.679
so<00:45:49.639><c> that</c><00:45:49.880><c> you</c><00:45:50.059><c> and</c><00:45:50.280><c> I</c><00:45:51.440><c> could</c><00:45:51.880><c> be</c><00:45:52.199><c> received</c>

00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:54.719
back<00:45:53.019><c> into</c><00:45:53.300><c> divine</c><00:45:53.739><c> favor.</c>

00:45:55.320 --> 00:45:58.260
It<00:45:55.940><c> passes</c><00:45:56.360><c> all</c><00:45:56.679><c> understanding.</c>

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:03.039
And<00:46:00.579><c> God</c><00:46:00.780><c> in</c><00:46:00.980><c> the</c><00:46:01.199><c> pursuit</c><00:46:01.460><c> of</c><00:46:01.760><c> peace</c><00:46:01.980><c> with</c><00:46:02.199><c> His</c><00:46:02.380><c> creation</c>

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:08.460
was<00:46:04.219><c> willing</c><00:46:04.840><c> to</c><00:46:06.559><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:07.219><c> His</c><00:46:07.519><c> Son.</c>

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:14.059
What<00:46:11.599><c> do</c><00:46:11.800><c> we</c><00:46:12.000><c> do</c><00:46:12.119><c> in</c><00:46:12.360><c> return,</c><00:46:12.940><c> brethren</c><00:46:13.119><c> and</c><00:46:13.360><c> sisters?</c>

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:20.000
What<00:46:16.039><c> kind</c><00:46:16.320><c> of</c><00:46:16.719><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:17.539><c> do</c><00:46:19.199><c> we</c><00:46:19.480><c> make</c>

00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:22.820
in<00:46:20.960><c> our</c><00:46:21.219><c> daily</c><00:46:21.559><c> lives?</c>

00:46:25.739 --> 00:46:28.719
In<00:46:26.480><c> what</c><00:46:26.760><c> sense</c><00:46:27.059><c> do</c><00:46:27.260><c> we</c><00:46:27.480><c> pursue</c><00:46:27.920><c> peace</c>

00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:31.280
in<00:46:29.599><c> ecclesial</c><00:46:30.119><c> life?</c>

00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:35.800
Do<00:46:33.980><c> we</c><00:46:34.260><c> deal</c><00:46:34.619><c> with</c><00:46:35.019><c> problems</c>

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:38.860
simply<00:46:37.019><c> to</c><00:46:37.239><c> get</c><00:46:37.420><c> rid</c><00:46:37.599><c> of</c><00:46:37.840><c> them?</c>

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:41.500
Or<00:46:40.139><c> do</c><00:46:40.320><c> we</c><00:46:40.500><c> deal</c><00:46:40.739><c> with</c><00:46:41.059><c> problems</c>

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:45.059
with<00:46:41.780><c> the</c><00:46:42.039><c> hope</c><00:46:42.719><c> of</c><00:46:43.539><c> reconciling?</c>

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:49.440
You<00:46:46.480><c> know</c><00:46:46.619><c> what</c><00:46:46.840><c> Paul</c><00:46:47.119><c> says</c><00:46:47.360><c> in</c><00:46:47.559><c> Romans</c><00:46:47.880><c> chapter</c><00:46:48.239><c> 14</c>

00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:52.099
when<00:46:50.199><c> there</c><00:46:50.480><c> were</c><00:46:51.119><c> issues</c><00:46:51.739><c> there,</c>

00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:54.039
some<00:46:52.360><c> of</c><00:46:52.539><c> them</c><00:46:52.679><c> of</c><00:46:53.119><c> no</c><00:46:53.440><c> consequence</c>

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:56.579
whether<00:46:54.260><c> you</c><00:46:54.519><c> followed</c><00:46:54.699><c> it</c><00:46:54.900><c> one</c><00:46:55.059><c> way</c><00:46:55.260><c> or</c><00:46:55.260><c> the</c><00:46:55.440><c> other.</c>

00:46:57.860 --> 00:46:59.179
He<00:46:57.900><c> says</c><00:46:58.139><c> at</c><00:46:58.320><c> verse</c><00:46:58.519><c> 19,</c>

00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:01.760
Let<00:46:59.760><c> us</c><00:47:00.039><c> therefore</c><00:47:00.679><c> follow</c><00:47:01.099><c> after</c><00:47:01.440><c> things</c>

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:03.920
which<00:47:02.119><c> make</c><00:47:02.519><c> for</c><00:47:02.860><c> peace.</c>

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:10.199
And<00:47:05.019><c> things</c><00:47:06.039><c> wherewith</c><00:47:06.860><c> one</c><00:47:07.300><c> may</c><00:47:07.800><c> edify</c><00:47:08.719><c> one</c><00:47:09.260><c> another.</c>

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Is<00:47:10.719><c> that</c><00:47:10.900><c> the</c><00:47:11.039><c> way</c><00:47:11.219><c> in</c><00:47:11.340><c> which</c><00:47:11.579><c> we</c><00:47:13.059><c> act</c><00:47:13.420><c> out</c>

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the<00:47:13.780><c> process</c><00:47:14.300><c> of</c><00:47:14.619><c> peace?</c>

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Or<00:47:16.800><c> are</c><00:47:16.880><c> we</c><00:47:17.079><c> always</c><00:47:17.380><c> emphasizing</c>

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we've<00:47:18.340><c> got</c><00:47:18.500><c> to</c><00:47:18.780><c> purge</c><00:47:19.119><c> out</c><00:47:19.340><c> the</c><00:47:19.519><c> old</c><00:47:19.780><c> level?</c>

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We've<00:47:21.519><c> got</c><00:47:21.599><c> to</c><00:47:21.739><c> get</c><00:47:21.880><c> rid</c><00:47:22.099><c> of</c><00:47:22.340><c> the</c><00:47:22.519><c> problems.</c>

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We<00:47:26.300><c> have</c><00:47:26.480><c> to</c><00:47:26.639><c> be</c><00:47:26.840><c> cognizant</c>

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of<00:47:28.599><c> the</c><00:47:28.760><c> way</c><00:47:28.920><c> in</c><00:47:29.019><c> which</c><00:47:29.199><c> God</c><00:47:30.500><c> treated</c><00:47:32.380><c> us.</c>

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When<00:47:33.059><c> we</c><00:47:33.320><c> were</c><00:47:33.539><c> without</c><00:47:34.000><c> strength,</c>

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when<00:47:35.400><c> we</c><00:47:35.659><c> were</c><00:47:36.039><c> ungodly,</c>

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when<00:47:37.480><c> we</c><00:47:37.719><c> were</c><00:47:37.980><c> sinners,</c>

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Christ<00:47:39.960><c> died</c><00:47:40.440><c> for</c><00:47:40.739><c> us.</c>

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And<00:47:42.960><c> we</c><00:47:43.139><c> are</c><00:47:43.440><c> encouraged,</c><00:47:44.019><c> aren't</c><00:47:44.139><c> we,</c>

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brethren<00:47:44.619><c> and</c><00:47:44.920><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:47:46.300><c> our</c><00:47:46.539><c> daily</c><00:47:46.800><c> life</c>

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to<00:47:48.619><c> seek</c><00:47:49.500><c> peace</c><00:47:50.039><c> with</c><00:47:50.440><c> all</c><00:47:50.719><c> men,</c>

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to<00:47:52.519><c> operate</c><00:47:53.219><c> on</c><00:47:53.420><c> the</c><00:47:53.659><c> same</c><00:47:53.940><c> basis</c>

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that<00:47:54.639><c> God</c><00:47:55.079><c> has</c><00:47:55.619><c> worked</c><00:47:55.960><c> on</c><00:47:56.239><c> our</c><00:47:56.539><c> behalf.</c>

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And<00:47:58.480><c> in</c><00:47:58.599><c> our</c><00:47:58.739><c> final</c><00:47:59.139><c> quotation,</c>

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we<00:48:01.340><c> are</c><00:48:01.659><c> reminded</c>

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in<00:48:03.480><c> the</c><00:48:03.940><c> Sermon</c><00:48:04.179><c> on</c><00:48:04.400><c> the</c><00:48:04.539><c> Mount</c>

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by<00:48:04.960><c> the</c><00:48:05.079><c> Lord</c><00:48:05.260><c> Jesus</c><00:48:05.659><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:48:06.980><c> Matthew</c><00:48:07.380><c> chapter</c><00:48:07.780><c> 5</c><00:48:08.639><c> and</c><00:48:09.019><c> verse</c><00:48:09.280><c> 9,</c>

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Blessed<00:48:11.239><c> are</c><00:48:11.780><c> the</c><00:48:12.000><c> peacemakers,</c>

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for<00:48:14.099><c> they</c><00:48:15.019><c> shall</c><00:48:15.440><c> be</c><00:48:15.699><c> called</c>

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the<00:48:16.199><c> children</c><00:48:16.480><c> of</c><00:48:16.760><c> God.</c><00:48:18.099><c> Amen.</c>