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Also<00:14:33.480><c> in</c><00:14:33.799><c> chapter</c><00:14:34.279><c> nine,</c><00:14:35.220><c> verse</c><00:14:35.360><c> four,</c>

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whoever<00:14:37.100><c> is</c><00:14:37.700><c> simple,</c><00:14:38.059><c> let</c><00:14:38.320><c> him</c><00:14:38.639><c> turn</c><00:14:39.059><c> in</c><00:14:39.500><c> here.</c>

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As<00:14:40.879><c> for</c><00:14:41.159><c> him</c><00:14:41.320><c> who</c><00:14:41.519><c> lacks</c><00:14:41.820><c> understanding,</c><00:14:42.679><c> she</c><00:14:42.940><c> says</c><00:14:43.200><c> to</c><00:14:43.379><c> him,</c>

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come<00:14:43.820><c> eat</c><00:14:44.120><c> of</c><00:14:44.299><c> my</c><00:14:44.580><c> bread</c><00:14:44.799><c> and</c><00:14:45.120><c> drink</c><00:14:45.460><c> of</c><00:14:45.679><c> the</c><00:14:45.879><c> wine</c><00:14:46.100><c> I</c><00:14:46.279><c> have</c><00:14:46.519><c> mixed.</c>

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Forsake<00:14:48.259><c> foolishness</c><00:14:48.899><c> and</c><00:14:49.159><c> live,</c>

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and<00:14:50.139><c> go</c><00:14:50.340><c> in</c><00:14:50.480><c> the</c><00:14:50.600><c> way</c><00:14:50.740><c> of</c><00:14:51.039><c> understanding.</c>

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So<00:14:52.539><c> there's</c><00:14:52.860><c> this</c><00:14:53.179><c> call</c><00:14:53.539><c> to</c><00:14:53.919><c> leave</c><00:14:54.299><c> simple</c><00:14:54.759><c> ways,</c>

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and<00:14:56.539><c> to</c><00:14:57.279><c> commit</c><00:14:57.720><c> to,</c><00:14:58.019><c> to</c><00:14:58.360><c> anchor</c><00:14:58.779><c> yourself</c><00:14:59.460><c> in</c><00:14:59.919><c> the</c><00:15:00.080><c> word</c><00:15:00.179><c> of</c><00:15:00.440><c> God.</c>

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Unfortunately,<00:15:04.200><c> down</c><00:15:04.299><c> in</c><00:15:04.940><c> chapter,</c>

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also<00:15:06.419><c> in</c><00:15:06.799><c> chapter</c><00:15:06.980><c> nine,</c><00:15:07.279><c> verse</c><00:15:07.419><c> 13,</c>

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a<00:15:09.320><c> foolish</c><00:15:09.639><c> woman</c><00:15:10.000><c> is</c><00:15:10.379><c> clamorous.</c>

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She<00:15:11.240><c> is</c><00:15:11.500><c> simple</c><00:15:11.720><c> and</c><00:15:11.879><c> knows</c><00:15:12.100><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:15:13.799><c> she</c><00:15:14.100><c> calls</c><00:15:14.360><c> out</c><00:15:14.620><c> in</c><00:15:14.820><c> verse</c><00:15:15.000><c> 16,</c>

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whoever<00:15:16.159><c> is</c><00:15:16.580><c> simple,</c><00:15:16.840><c> let</c><00:15:17.000><c> him</c><00:15:17.200><c> turn</c><00:15:17.500><c> in</c><00:15:17.840><c> here.</c>

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So<00:15:19.179><c> here</c><00:15:19.340><c> we</c><00:15:19.460><c> have</c><00:15:19.580><c> the</c><00:15:19.899><c> simple</c><00:15:20.419><c> being</c><00:15:21.120><c> called</c><00:15:21.519><c> by</c><00:15:21.799><c> different</c><00:15:22.059><c> voices,</c>

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and<00:15:23.799><c> they</c><00:15:23.980><c> have</c><00:15:24.179><c> to</c><00:15:24.360><c> make</c><00:15:24.519><c> a</c><00:15:24.759><c> decision</c>

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instead<00:15:25.980><c> of</c><00:15:26.399><c> going</c><00:15:26.779><c> back</c><00:15:27.159><c> and</c><00:15:27.440><c> forth</c>

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between<00:15:28.159><c> different</c><00:15:28.940><c> things</c><00:15:29.460><c> that</c><00:15:29.659><c> they're</c><00:15:30.000><c> hearing,</c>

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just<00:15:32.679><c> believing</c><00:15:33.259><c> everything</c><00:15:34.019><c> they</c><00:15:34.360><c> hear.</c>

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Proverbs<00:15:38.279><c> seven,</c><00:15:38.820><c> verse</c><00:15:38.820><c> seven,</c>

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I<00:15:39.779><c> think</c><00:15:40.000><c> is</c><00:15:40.440><c> a</c><00:15:40.679><c> good</c><00:15:41.440><c> proverbs</c><00:15:42.240><c> to</c><00:15:42.500><c> help</c><00:15:42.659><c> describe</c>

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what<00:15:43.320><c> the</c><00:15:43.539><c> simple</c><00:15:43.740><c> are</c><00:15:43.940><c> like.</c>

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It<00:15:45.139><c> says,</c><00:15:46.480><c> and</c><00:15:46.759><c> they</c><00:15:47.220><c> saw</c><00:15:47.440><c> that</c><00:15:48.039><c> among</c><00:15:48.279><c> the</c><00:15:48.580><c> simple,</c>

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I<00:15:49.519><c> perceived</c><00:15:49.940><c> among</c><00:15:50.279><c> the</c><00:15:50.600><c> youths,</c>

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a<00:15:52.039><c> young</c><00:15:52.379><c> man</c><00:15:52.740><c> devoid</c><00:15:53.139><c> of</c><00:15:53.379><c> understanding.</c>

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And<00:15:54.200><c> so</c><00:15:54.500><c> I</c><00:15:54.779><c> think</c><00:15:54.919><c> when</c><00:15:55.080><c> we</c><00:15:55.299><c> all</c><00:15:55.600><c> start</c><00:15:55.860><c> out,</c>

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when<00:15:57.500><c> we're</c><00:15:57.860><c> young,</c><00:15:58.179><c> we're</c><00:15:58.399><c> all</c><00:15:58.879><c> simple.</c>

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Just<00:16:00.379><c> think</c><00:16:00.600><c> about</c><00:16:00.820><c> some</c><00:16:01.019><c> of</c><00:16:01.159><c> the</c><00:16:01.259><c> things</c>

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our<00:16:01.679><c> parents</c><00:16:01.940><c> may</c><00:16:02.139><c> have</c><00:16:02.340><c> told</c><00:16:02.500><c> us</c><00:16:02.720><c> about</c><00:16:02.899><c> the</c><00:16:03.179><c> tooth</c><00:16:03.360><c> fairy.</c>

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And<00:16:05.000><c> my</c><00:16:05.440><c> parents</c><00:16:05.779><c> told</c><00:16:06.019><c> me</c><00:16:06.220><c> that</c><00:16:06.460><c> until</c><00:16:06.720><c> you're</c><00:16:06.919><c> 18</c><00:16:07.320><c> years</c><00:16:07.659><c> old,</c>

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steak<00:16:08.279><c> was</c><00:16:08.600><c> illegal.</c>

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You're<00:16:09.379><c> not</c><00:16:09.539><c> allowed</c><00:16:09.700><c> to</c><00:16:09.860><c> have</c><00:16:10.059><c> steak.</c>

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And<00:16:10.559><c> we</c><00:16:10.740><c> believe</c><00:16:10.980><c> them,</c><00:16:11.460><c> why</c><00:16:11.820><c> not?</c>

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But<00:16:14.860><c> we</c><00:16:15.000><c> were</c><00:16:15.200><c> devoid</c><00:16:15.500><c> of</c><00:16:15.740><c> understanding.</c>

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There<00:16:16.340><c> was</c><00:16:16.519><c> no</c><00:16:16.799><c> depth</c><00:16:17.159><c> of</c><00:16:17.460><c> thinking.</c>

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There<00:16:17.820><c> was</c><00:16:18.059><c> no</c><00:16:18.679><c> questioning.</c>

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So<00:16:21.500><c> it's</c><00:16:21.860><c> an</c><00:16:22.080><c> attribute</c><00:16:22.340><c> of</c><00:16:22.519><c> the</c><00:16:22.600><c> young,</c>

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but<00:16:22.879><c> we</c><00:16:23.080><c> have</c><00:16:23.299><c> to</c><00:16:23.460><c> mature.</c>

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We<00:16:24.139><c> have</c><00:16:24.340><c> to</c><00:16:24.519><c> grow</c><00:16:24.779><c> out</c><00:16:25.120><c> of</c><00:16:25.340><c> that.</c>

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And<00:16:27.559><c> then</c><00:16:27.899><c> I</c><00:16:27.919><c> think</c><00:16:28.080><c> the</c><00:16:28.399><c> core</c><00:16:28.639><c> of</c><00:16:28.840><c> the</c><00:16:29.100><c> issue</c><00:16:29.240><c> with</c><00:16:29.460><c> the</c><00:16:29.720><c> simple</c>

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is<00:16:30.480><c> Proverbs</c><00:16:30.940><c> 14,</c><00:16:31.580><c> verse</c><00:16:31.759><c> 15,</c>

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where<00:16:33.379><c> it</c><00:16:33.480><c> says</c><00:16:33.620><c> the</c><00:16:33.899><c> simple</c><00:16:34.299><c> believes</c><00:16:34.899><c> every</c><00:16:35.919><c> word,</c>

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but<00:16:37.399><c> the</c><00:16:37.759><c> prudent</c><00:16:38.539><c> considers</c><00:16:39.399><c> well</c><00:16:39.899><c> his</c><00:16:40.259><c> steps.</c>

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And<00:16:41.700><c> I</c><00:16:41.799><c> think</c><00:16:41.919><c> that's</c><00:16:42.399><c> the</c><00:16:42.779><c> essence</c><00:16:43.299><c> of</c><00:16:43.700><c> the</c><00:16:43.919><c> simple.</c>

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They<00:16:45.200><c> just</c><00:16:45.460><c> simply</c><00:16:45.840><c> believe</c><00:16:46.320><c> every</c><00:16:46.980><c> word.</c>

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So<00:16:51.159><c> let's</c><00:16:51.379><c> go</c><00:16:51.559><c> and</c><00:16:51.779><c> let's</c><00:16:52.000><c> look</c><00:16:52.159><c> at</c><00:16:52.299><c> maybe</c>

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some<00:16:53.259><c> scriptural</c><00:16:54.259><c> examples.</c>

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So<00:16:57.440><c> in</c><00:16:57.759><c> Exodus</c><00:16:58.320><c> 32,</c><00:16:59.340><c> verse</c><00:16:59.659><c> four,</c>

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Moses<00:17:01.500><c> is</c><00:17:01.779><c> up</c><00:17:01.919><c> the</c><00:17:02.120><c> mountain</c><00:17:02.600><c> and</c><00:17:03.820><c> the</c><00:17:04.019><c> people</c><00:17:04.539><c> think,</c>

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oh,<00:17:05.779><c> you</c><00:17:05.880><c> know</c><00:17:06.059><c> that</c><00:17:06.200><c> Moses</c><00:17:06.660><c> guy,</c><00:17:07.140><c> he's</c><00:17:07.240><c> gone</c><00:17:07.579><c> now.</c>

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Who's<00:17:09.299><c> gonna</c><00:17:09.480><c> lead</c><00:17:09.759><c> us?</c>

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And<00:17:11.240><c> they're</c><00:17:12.640><c> coming</c><00:17:13.039><c> after</c><00:17:13.380><c> Aaron.</c>

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So<00:17:13.920><c> he</c><00:17:14.039><c> says,</c><00:17:14.299><c> take</c><00:17:14.380><c> all</c><00:17:14.539><c> your</c><00:17:14.700><c> gold</c><00:17:15.059><c> and</c><00:17:15.400><c> he</c><00:17:15.640><c> puts</c><00:17:15.740><c> it</c><00:17:15.940><c> in</c><00:17:16.039><c> the</c><00:17:16.220><c> fire</c>

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and<00:17:16.619><c> they</c><00:17:16.940><c> create</c><00:17:17.200><c> this</c><00:17:17.640><c> golden</c><00:17:18.180><c> calf.</c>

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And<00:17:18.720><c> all</c><00:17:18.859><c> of</c><00:17:19.059><c> a</c><00:17:19.140><c> sudden,</c><00:17:19.839><c> they're</c><00:17:21.599><c> very</c><00:17:22.140><c> simple.</c>

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They<00:17:22.539><c> go</c><00:17:22.799><c> from</c><00:17:23.779><c> everything</c><00:17:24.339><c> that</c><00:17:24.559><c> God</c><00:17:24.700><c> has</c><00:17:24.880><c> shown</c><00:17:25.019><c> them</c>

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and<00:17:25.299><c> they</c><00:17:25.619><c> simply</c><00:17:25.980><c> turn</c><00:17:26.259><c> and</c><00:17:26.460><c> say,</c><00:17:26.920><c> okay,</c><00:17:27.099><c> this</c><00:17:28.420><c> is</c><00:17:28.660><c> our</c><00:17:28.779><c> God</c><00:17:29.059><c> now.</c>

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In<00:17:30.700><c> 1</c><00:17:30.859><c> Kings</c><00:17:31.099><c> 18</c><00:17:31.559><c> is</c><00:17:31.839><c> another</c><00:17:32.119><c> example</c><00:17:32.640><c> where</c><00:17:34.079><c> Elijah</c><00:17:34.720><c> brings</c>

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together<00:17:36.380><c> all</c><00:17:37.200><c> the</c><00:17:37.460><c> people</c><00:17:37.680><c> who</c><00:17:37.859><c> are</c><00:17:38.099><c> following</c><00:17:38.440><c> Baal.</c>

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And<00:17:39.599><c> they</c><00:17:39.759><c> have</c><00:17:39.859><c> that</c><00:17:40.200><c> contest</c><00:17:40.619><c> on</c><00:17:41.059><c> Mount</c><00:17:41.380><c> Carmel.</c>

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And<00:17:42.779><c> he</c><00:17:42.960><c> says</c><00:17:43.319><c> to</c><00:17:43.500><c> them,</c><00:17:43.779><c> if</c><00:17:43.920><c> we</c><00:17:44.059><c> go</c><00:17:44.200><c> to</c><00:17:44.400><c> 1</c><00:17:44.619><c> Kings</c><00:17:44.900><c> 18,</c>

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first<00:17:52.420><c> Kings</c><00:17:52.740><c> 18,</c><00:17:55.000><c> verse</c><00:17:55.140><c> 21,</c><00:17:56.359><c> it</c><00:17:56.359><c> says</c><00:17:56.539><c> in</c><00:17:56.680><c> Elijah</c><00:17:57.180><c> came</c>

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to<00:17:57.700><c> the</c><00:17:57.920><c> people</c><00:17:58.200><c> and</c><00:17:58.579><c> said,</c><00:17:59.819><c> how</c><00:17:59.980><c> long</c><00:18:00.480><c> will</c><00:18:00.700><c> you</c><00:18:01.019><c> falter</c>

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between<00:18:01.920><c> two</c><00:18:02.460><c> opinions?</c>

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If<00:18:03.619><c> the</c><00:18:03.940><c> Lord</c><00:18:04.099><c> is</c><00:18:04.359><c> God</c><00:18:04.599><c> follow</c><00:18:05.039><c> him,</c><00:18:06.140><c> but</c><00:18:06.319><c> if</c><00:18:06.619><c> Baal</c><00:18:06.900><c> follow</c><00:18:07.339><c> him,</c>

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but<00:18:08.599><c> the</c><00:18:08.839><c> people</c><00:18:09.099><c> answered</c><00:18:09.539><c> him</c><00:18:09.839><c> not</c><00:18:10.220><c> a</c><00:18:10.480><c> word.</c>

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And<00:18:11.279><c> so</c><00:18:11.339><c> he's</c><00:18:11.579><c> calling</c><00:18:11.920><c> to</c><00:18:12.079><c> them,</c><00:18:12.359><c> stop</c><00:18:12.480><c> being</c><00:18:12.720><c> so</c><00:18:13.099><c> simple.</c>

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Pick,<00:18:15.680><c> choose,</c><00:18:16.319><c> is</c><00:18:16.460><c> it</c><00:18:16.720><c> God</c><00:18:17.059><c> or</c><00:18:17.980><c> Baal?</c>

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And<00:18:19.640><c> they</c><00:18:19.779><c> were</c><00:18:20.019><c> faltering.</c>

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Stop<00:18:21.019><c> faltering</c><00:18:21.500><c> between</c><00:18:21.900><c> two</c><00:18:22.160><c> opinions.</c>

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I<00:18:34.039><c> think</c><00:18:34.220><c> it's</c><00:18:34.500><c> very</c><00:18:36.039><c> common,</c><00:18:39.480><c> might</c><00:18:39.720><c> be</c><00:18:39.880><c> the</c><00:18:40.019><c> word.</c>

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in<00:18:45.740><c> Ephesus</c><00:18:46.400><c> and</c><00:18:46.819><c> they</c><00:18:46.980><c> were</c><00:18:47.160><c> yelling</c><00:18:47.440><c> great</c>

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as<00:18:48.880><c> Diana</c><00:18:49.299><c> of</c><00:18:49.640><c> the</c><00:18:49.779><c> Ephesians.</c>

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In<00:18:51.119><c> verse</c><00:18:51.339><c> 32,</c><00:18:51.920><c> there's</c><00:18:52.220><c> an</c><00:18:52.460><c> interesting</c><00:18:52.779><c> comment.</c>

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Acts<00:18:55.740><c> 19,</c><00:18:56.400><c> some</c><00:18:56.680><c> therefore</c><00:18:57.140><c> cried</c><00:18:57.420><c> one</c><00:18:57.880><c> thing</c><00:18:58.240><c> and</c><00:18:58.740><c> some</c><00:18:58.980><c> another</c>

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for<00:19:00.000><c> the</c><00:19:00.259><c> assembly</c><00:19:00.640><c> was</c><00:19:00.920><c> confused.</c>

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And<00:19:01.859><c> most</c><00:19:02.259><c> of</c><00:19:02.559><c> them</c><00:19:03.200><c> did</c><00:19:03.720><c> not</c><00:19:03.940><c> know</c><00:19:04.099><c> why</c><00:19:04.339><c> they</c><00:19:04.519><c> had</c><00:19:04.700><c> come</c><00:19:04.880><c> together.</c>

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I<00:19:06.519><c> mean,</c><00:19:06.680><c> they're</c><00:19:06.920><c> in</c><00:19:07.000><c> this</c><00:19:07.440><c> massive</c><00:19:07.920><c> crowd</c>

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and<00:19:08.680><c> they're</c><00:19:09.039><c> all</c><00:19:09.339><c> excited</c>

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and<00:19:10.119><c> they're</c><00:19:10.339><c> just</c><00:19:10.759><c> following</c><00:19:11.140><c> the</c><00:19:11.400><c> crowd.</c>

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And<00:19:12.500><c> it</c><00:19:12.579><c> says</c><00:19:12.759><c> most</c><00:19:13.079><c> of</c><00:19:13.160><c> them</c><00:19:13.240><c> didn't</c><00:19:13.420><c> even</c><00:19:13.619><c> know</c>

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why<00:19:13.920><c> they</c><00:19:14.059><c> were</c><00:19:14.220><c> there.</c>

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They're<00:19:14.599><c> just</c><00:19:15.039><c> following</c><00:19:15.460><c> the</c><00:19:15.720><c> masses.</c>

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And<00:19:17.019><c> I</c><00:19:17.180><c> think</c><00:19:17.299><c> that</c><00:19:17.599><c> shows</c><00:19:18.039><c> a</c><00:19:18.880><c> lack</c><00:19:19.240><c> of</c><00:19:20.200><c> depth</c><00:19:20.460><c> of</c><00:19:20.799><c> thinking</c>

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and<00:19:22.180><c> emptiness,</c><00:19:22.900><c> a</c><00:19:22.960><c> gullibility</c>

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that<00:19:23.920><c> they'll</c><00:19:24.140><c> just</c><00:19:24.440><c> follow</c><00:19:24.740><c> people.</c>

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And<00:19:25.140><c> I</c><00:19:25.279><c> think</c><00:19:25.700><c> that's</c><00:19:26.920><c> a</c><00:19:27.059><c> good</c><00:19:27.240><c> metaphor</c><00:19:27.660><c> for</c><00:19:27.960><c> our</c><00:19:28.559><c> world.</c>

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One<00:19:31.019><c> more,</c><00:19:31.539><c> and</c><00:19:31.640><c> then</c><00:19:31.799><c> I'm</c><00:19:31.940><c> going</c><00:19:32.220><c> to,</c><00:19:32.460><c> after</c><00:19:32.619><c> this</c><00:19:32.920><c> one,</c>

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I'm<00:19:33.299><c> just</c><00:19:33.480><c> gonna</c><00:19:33.619><c> ask</c><00:19:33.960><c> if</c><00:19:34.119><c> anyone</c><00:19:34.420><c> can</c><00:19:34.700><c> think</c>

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of<00:19:35.019><c> any</c><00:19:35.259><c> other</c><00:19:35.640><c> examples,</c><00:19:37.220><c> scriptural</c><00:19:37.599><c> examples</c>

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of<00:19:38.259><c> the</c><00:19:38.539><c> simple.</c>

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But<00:19:39.980><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:40.519><c> four,</c><00:19:41.000><c> verse</c><00:19:41.160><c> 14,</c><00:19:43.160><c> Paul</c><00:19:43.420><c> is</c><00:19:43.759><c> asking</c><00:19:44.180><c> us,</c>

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he's<00:19:44.680><c> pleading</c><00:19:44.920><c> with</c><00:19:45.140><c> us</c><00:19:45.859><c> not</c><00:19:46.660><c> to</c><00:19:46.839><c> be</c><00:19:47.119><c> simple.</c>

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Chapter<00:19:51.140><c> four,</c><00:19:51.599><c> verse</c><00:19:51.740><c> 14,</c><00:19:54.200><c> that</c><00:19:54.559><c> we</c><00:19:54.799><c> should</c><00:19:55.019><c> no</c><00:19:55.359><c> longer</c><00:19:55.680><c> be</c><00:19:56.339><c> children.</c>

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So<00:19:57.339><c> there's</c><00:19:57.599><c> that</c><00:19:57.859><c> connection</c><00:19:58.259><c> to</c><00:19:58.519><c> youth</c><00:19:58.740><c> again.</c>

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Tossed<00:20:00.420><c> to</c><00:20:00.759><c> and</c><00:20:01.180><c> fro,</c><00:20:02.140><c> carried</c><00:20:02.480><c> about</c><00:20:02.880><c> with</c><00:20:03.319><c> every</c><00:20:03.700><c> wind</c><00:20:03.900><c> of</c><00:20:04.200><c> doctrine</c>

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by<00:20:04.779><c> the</c><00:20:05.160><c> trickery</c><00:20:05.599><c> of</c><00:20:05.819><c> men</c><00:20:06.119><c> in</c><00:20:06.339><c> the</c><00:20:06.640><c> cunning</c><00:20:07.180><c> craftiness</c>

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of<00:20:08.619><c> deceitful</c><00:20:09.359><c> plotting.</c>

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never<00:20:15.160><c> planting</c><00:20:15.740><c> ourselves,</c><00:20:16.680><c> anchoring</c><00:20:17.059><c> ourselves</c>

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to<00:20:17.720><c> the</c><00:20:17.880><c> word</c><00:20:17.980><c> of</c><00:20:18.200><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:19.559><c> so</c><00:20:19.740><c> those</c><00:20:19.940><c> are</c><00:20:20.119><c> some</c><00:20:21.200><c> examples</c><00:20:22.380><c> of</c><00:20:22.599><c> the</c><00:20:22.859><c> simple</c><00:20:23.240><c> in</c><00:20:23.940><c> scripture.</c>

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So<00:20:26.000><c> in</c><00:20:26.299><c> our</c><00:20:26.660><c> cultural</c><00:20:27.299><c> moment,</c><00:20:28.839><c> I</c><00:20:29.240><c> think</c><00:20:29.420><c> we</c><00:20:29.599><c> do</c><00:20:29.859><c> see</c>

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as<00:20:30.319><c> Butch</c><00:20:30.500><c> was</c><00:20:30.680><c> just</c><00:20:30.920><c> saying,</c><00:20:31.160><c> people</c><00:20:31.440><c> who</c><00:20:31.640><c> are</c><00:20:31.859><c> easily</c><00:20:32.240><c> persuaded</c>

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that<00:20:34.059><c> they</c><00:20:34.279><c> don't</c><00:20:34.539><c> really</c><00:20:34.920><c> wanna</c><00:20:35.079><c> go</c><00:20:35.299><c> to</c><00:20:35.519><c> any</c><00:20:35.799><c> depth</c>

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of<00:20:36.460><c> thinking</c><00:20:36.720><c> on</c><00:20:37.039><c> things.</c>

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to<00:20:40.259><c> the</c><00:20:40.579><c> logical</c><00:20:41.160><c> conclusion.</c>

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They're<00:20:42.440><c> fine</c><00:20:42.619><c> with</c><00:20:42.900><c> just</c><00:20:43.799><c> maybe</c><00:20:44.220><c> the</c><00:20:44.640><c> excitement</c>

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of<00:20:45.119><c> what</c><00:20:45.279><c> they're</c><00:20:45.519><c> hearing,</c>

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but<00:20:46.980><c> they</c><00:20:47.140><c> don't</c><00:20:47.279><c> wanna</c><00:20:47.440><c> go</c><00:20:47.680><c> any</c><00:20:48.039><c> further.</c>

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And<00:20:49.779><c> part</c><00:20:50.099><c> of</c><00:20:50.259><c> it</c><00:20:50.440><c> might</c><00:20:50.640><c> be</c><00:20:51.359><c> that</c><00:20:52.000><c> we</c><00:20:52.299><c> live</c><00:20:52.640><c> in</c><00:20:52.880><c> an</c><00:20:53.140><c> era</c>

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where<00:20:53.960><c> emotional</c><00:20:54.880><c> reasoning</c><00:20:55.579><c> is</c><00:20:56.140><c> supreme.</c>

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So<00:20:57.660><c> it's</c><00:20:57.940><c> always</c><00:20:58.259><c> trust</c><00:20:58.640><c> your</c><00:20:58.940><c> feelings,</c><00:21:00.160><c> create</c><00:21:00.799><c> your</c><00:21:01.160><c> own</c><00:21:01.460><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:21:04.759><c> feelings</c><00:21:05.099><c> are</c><00:21:05.380><c> compelling.</c>

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We<00:21:06.200><c> all</c><00:21:06.700><c> have</c><00:21:06.940><c> emotions,</c><00:21:07.980><c> but</c><00:21:08.660><c> they're</c><00:21:08.900><c> not</c><00:21:09.279><c> reasonable.</c>

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They're<00:21:10.440><c> not</c><00:21:10.740><c> something</c><00:21:11.019><c> that</c><00:21:11.180><c> you</c><00:21:11.319><c> can</c><00:21:11.519><c> sit</c><00:21:11.660><c> down</c><00:21:11.920><c> and</c><00:21:12.019><c> say,</c>

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let's<00:21:12.640><c> reason</c><00:21:13.039><c> this</c><00:21:13.400><c> out.</c>

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Well,<00:21:14.440><c> you</c><00:21:14.700><c> can,</c><00:21:15.220><c> but</c><00:21:15.299><c> people</c><00:21:15.539><c> don't</c><00:21:15.779><c> like</c><00:21:16.059><c> to.</c>

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They<00:21:16.400><c> like,</c><00:21:17.440><c> follow</c><00:21:17.440><c> your</c><00:21:17.819><c> heart.</c>

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You<00:21:19.480><c> be</c><00:21:19.740><c> you,</c><00:21:20.119><c> follow</c><00:21:20.460><c> your</c><00:21:20.839><c> dreams.</c>

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And<00:21:21.460><c> that</c><00:21:21.680><c> can,</c><00:21:22.859><c> feelings</c><00:21:23.119><c> are</c><00:21:23.440><c> so</c><00:21:23.799><c> shifty.</c>

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One<00:21:26.059><c> minute</c><00:21:26.319><c> you're</c><00:21:26.660><c> angry,</c><00:21:27.319><c> cause</c><00:21:27.559><c> you're</c><00:21:27.900><c> hungry.</c>

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The<00:21:28.519><c> next</c><00:21:28.880><c> minute</c><00:21:29.119><c> you're</c><00:21:29.500><c> full</c><00:21:29.900><c> and</c><00:21:30.720><c> slothful.</c>

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You're<00:21:32.400><c> in</c><00:21:32.740><c> love,</c><00:21:33.079><c> the</c><00:21:33.500><c> deepest</c><00:21:33.900><c> love.</c>

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And<00:21:34.559><c> then</c><00:21:34.700><c> there's</c><00:21:35.099><c> hate</c><00:21:35.440><c> and</c><00:21:36.279><c> not</c><00:21:36.980><c> something</c>

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that<00:21:37.559><c> we</c><00:21:37.779><c> wanna</c><00:21:38.559><c> sort</c><00:21:38.940><c> of</c><00:21:39.440><c> base</c><00:21:39.720><c> our</c><00:21:40.420><c> or</c><00:21:40.759><c> rule</c><00:21:40.940><c> our</c><00:21:41.299><c> lives</c><00:21:41.640><c> on</c><00:21:42.180><c> feelings.</c>

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We<00:21:44.240><c> also</c><00:21:44.559><c> live</c><00:21:44.740><c> in</c><00:21:44.880><c> an</c><00:21:45.140><c> atmosphere</c><00:21:45.559><c> of</c><00:21:45.900><c> manipulation</c><00:21:46.680><c> through</c>

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and<00:21:48.119><c> with</c><00:21:48.420><c> AI,</c><00:21:48.940><c> this</c><00:21:49.160><c> is</c><00:21:49.440><c> getting</c><00:21:50.019><c> very</c><00:21:50.839><c> dangerous.</c>

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The<00:21:51.539><c> world</c><00:21:51.740><c> recognizes</c><00:21:52.380><c> it.</c>

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When<00:21:53.259><c> the</c><00:21:53.660><c> leaders</c><00:21:54.059><c> say,</c><00:21:54.619><c> we've</c><00:21:54.779><c> got</c><00:21:54.859><c> to</c><00:21:55.180><c> slow</c><00:21:55.480><c> this</c><00:21:55.779><c> thing</c><00:21:56.039><c> down,</c>

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the<00:21:58.920><c> level</c><00:21:59.259><c> of</c><00:21:59.640><c> manipulation</c><00:22:00.400><c> can</c><00:22:01.420><c> be</c><00:22:01.599><c> very</c><00:22:01.960><c> high.</c>

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And<00:22:03.819><c> that</c><00:22:03.980><c> can</c><00:22:04.119><c> be</c><00:22:04.359><c> governments,</c><00:22:05.019><c> it</c><00:22:05.019><c> can</c><00:22:05.220><c> be</c><00:22:05.400><c> social</c><00:22:05.779><c> media,</c>

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entertainment,<00:22:08.480><c> marketing.</c>

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There's<00:22:10.640><c> a</c><00:22:10.779><c> lot</c><00:22:10.940><c> of</c><00:22:11.259><c> charismatic,</c><00:22:12.599><c> compelling</c><00:22:13.299><c> characters</c>

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out<00:22:14.299><c> there</c><00:22:15.099><c> and</c><00:22:16.119><c> they</c><00:22:16.319><c> can</c><00:22:16.539><c> create</c><00:22:16.799><c> a</c><00:22:17.119><c> massive</c><00:22:17.460><c> following.</c>

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I<00:22:22.039><c> wanna</c><00:22:22.259><c> be</c><00:22:22.500><c> a</c><00:22:22.759><c> YouTuber.</c>

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Now<00:22:23.920><c> everyone</c><00:22:24.359><c> wants</c><00:22:24.640><c> to</c><00:22:24.759><c> be</c><00:22:24.960><c> an</c><00:22:25.259><c> influencer,</c><00:22:25.799><c> a</c><00:22:26.079><c> YouTuber.</c>

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And<00:22:28.819><c> people</c><00:22:29.059><c> can</c><00:22:29.240><c> get</c><00:22:29.420><c> really</c><00:22:29.839><c> tricked</c><00:22:29.960><c> by</c><00:22:30.160><c> this.</c>

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Very<00:22:30.980><c> smart,</c><00:22:31.720><c> people</c><00:22:31.940><c> we</c><00:22:32.099><c> would</c><00:22:32.259><c> say</c><00:22:32.420><c> very</c><00:22:32.940><c> smart</c><00:22:33.319><c> can</c><00:22:33.519><c> be</c><00:22:33.759><c> tricked.</c>

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I<00:22:34.579><c> was</c><00:22:34.759><c> thinking</c><00:22:35.039><c> about</c><00:22:36.019><c> that</c><00:22:37.200><c> CEO,</c><00:22:38.099><c> Elizabeth</c><00:22:38.400><c> Holmes,</c>

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and<00:22:39.380><c> she</c><00:22:39.640><c> started</c><00:22:39.920><c> that</c><00:22:40.440><c> company</c><00:22:40.740><c> called</c><00:22:41.059><c> Theranos,</c>

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which<00:22:42.480><c> came</c><00:22:42.700><c> out</c><00:22:42.920><c> with</c><00:22:44.259><c> a</c><00:22:45.299><c> blood</c><00:22:45.759><c> testing</c><00:22:46.240><c> machine.</c>

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And<00:22:48.759><c> she</c><00:22:48.960><c> got</c><00:22:49.259><c> millions</c><00:22:50.059><c> and</c><00:22:50.279><c> millions</c><00:22:50.559><c> of</c><00:22:50.960><c> investors.</c>

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Some<00:22:51.640><c> of</c><00:22:51.759><c> the</c><00:22:51.980><c> top</c><00:22:52.259><c> investors</c><00:22:52.799><c> of</c><00:22:53.019><c> the</c><00:22:53.279><c> world</c><00:22:53.519><c> really</c><00:22:54.019><c> believed</c>

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in<00:22:54.559><c> her</c><00:22:54.740><c> and</c><00:22:55.059><c> believed</c><00:22:55.279><c> in</c><00:22:55.480><c> her</c><00:22:55.720><c> product,</c>

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even<00:22:56.640><c> when</c><00:22:57.700><c> things</c><00:22:58.819><c> just</c><00:22:59.420><c> didn't</c><00:22:59.799><c> sound</c><00:23:00.220><c> right.</c>

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And<00:23:00.819><c> all</c><00:23:01.000><c> the</c><00:23:01.359><c> alarm</c><00:23:01.700><c> bells</c><00:23:01.920><c> were</c><00:23:02.180><c> going</c><00:23:02.420><c> off.</c>

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She<00:23:02.799><c> was</c><00:23:03.119><c> still</c><00:23:03.579><c> getting</c><00:23:03.940><c> investment</c><00:23:04.660><c> of</c><00:23:05.119><c> millions</c>

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and<00:23:05.700><c> millions</c><00:23:05.980><c> of</c><00:23:06.220><c> dollars</c><00:23:06.779><c> and</c><00:23:07.519><c> people</c><00:23:07.799><c> got</c><00:23:08.039><c> in</c><00:23:08.380><c> deep.</c>

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And<00:23:08.779><c> then</c><00:23:08.920><c> the</c><00:23:09.220><c> deeper</c><00:23:09.440><c> you</c><00:23:09.680><c> get</c><00:23:09.859><c> into</c><00:23:10.079><c> these</c><00:23:10.359><c> things,</c>

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the<00:23:12.000><c> more</c><00:23:12.299><c> afraid</c><00:23:12.599><c> you</c><00:23:12.880><c> are</c><00:23:13.059><c> to</c><00:23:13.400><c> sort</c><00:23:13.619><c> of</c><00:23:13.900><c> call</c><00:23:14.039><c> it</c><00:23:14.160><c> what</c><00:23:14.359><c> it</c><00:23:14.599><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:23:16.019><c> hard</c><00:23:16.259><c> to</c><00:23:16.539><c> turn</c><00:23:16.759><c> back.</c>

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And<00:23:19.440><c> so</c><00:23:19.700><c> we</c><00:23:20.119><c> see</c><00:23:20.420><c> this</c><00:23:21.420><c> atmosphere</c><00:23:22.799><c> of</c><00:23:22.980><c> manipulation.</c>

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And<00:23:24.180><c> also</c><00:23:24.680><c> there's</c><00:23:25.400><c> an</c><00:23:25.720><c> absence</c><00:23:26.319><c> in</c><00:23:26.539><c> our</c><00:23:26.839><c> world</c>

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of<00:23:27.319><c> an</c><00:23:27.720><c> external</c><00:23:28.359><c> source</c><00:23:29.019><c> of</c><00:23:29.460><c> objective</c><00:23:30.099><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:23:32.480><c> we</c><00:23:32.920><c> as</c><00:23:33.140><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:23:33.819><c> we</c><00:23:34.039><c> can</c><00:23:34.299><c> hear</c><00:23:34.599><c> something</c>

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and<00:23:35.599><c> we</c><00:23:35.799><c> can</c><00:23:35.940><c> say,</c><00:23:36.460><c> okay,</c><00:23:37.880><c> I'm</c><00:23:38.180><c> going</c><00:23:38.380><c> to</c><00:23:38.859><c> not</c><00:23:40.680><c> sort</c><00:23:40.920><c> of</c><00:23:41.220><c> assess</c><00:23:41.440><c> it</c>

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based<00:23:41.859><c> on</c><00:23:42.039><c> my</c><00:23:42.339><c> feelings</c><00:23:42.960><c> or</c><00:23:44.359><c> something</c><00:23:44.920><c> inside</c><00:23:45.319><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:23:45.740><c> going</c><00:23:45.980><c> to</c><00:23:46.180><c> base</c><00:23:46.359><c> it</c><00:23:46.599><c> on</c><00:23:46.799><c> something</c><00:23:47.099><c> outside</c><00:23:47.640><c> of</c><00:23:47.799><c> me,</c>

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something<00:23:48.339><c> that's</c><00:23:49.500><c> solid</c><00:23:49.859><c> and</c><00:23:50.400><c> sure</c><00:23:50.680><c> and</c><00:23:51.160><c> time</c><00:23:51.559><c> worthy</c>

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on<00:23:53.900><c> my</c><00:23:54.500><c> heavenly</c><00:23:54.859><c> father</c><00:23:55.279><c> and</c><00:23:55.460><c> his</c><00:23:55.740><c> word.</c>

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It<00:23:57.279><c> doesn't</c><00:23:57.599><c> change,</c><00:23:58.059><c> it</c><00:23:58.339><c> doesn't</c><00:23:58.559><c> shift.</c>

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And<00:24:00.059><c> our</c><00:24:00.220><c> society</c><00:24:00.640><c> doesn't</c><00:24:00.980><c> have</c><00:24:01.299><c> that</c><00:24:01.619><c> anymore.</c>

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And<00:24:02.700><c> so</c><00:24:02.920><c> it</c><00:24:03.240><c> can</c><00:24:03.539><c> really</c><00:24:04.059><c> be</c><00:24:04.819><c> a</c><00:24:05.420><c> world</c><00:24:05.640><c> of</c><00:24:05.940><c> simplicity.</c>

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So<00:24:06.960><c> I'm</c><00:24:07.220><c> gonna</c><00:24:07.640><c> stop</c><00:24:08.140><c> there</c><00:24:08.400><c> as</c><00:24:08.640><c> well.</c>

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And<00:24:09.299><c> I</c><00:24:09.460><c> don't</c><00:24:09.579><c> know</c><00:24:09.660><c> if</c><00:24:09.799><c> anyone</c><00:24:10.019><c> else</c><00:24:10.240><c> has</c><00:24:10.440><c> any</c><00:24:10.720><c> cultural</c><00:24:11.220><c> examples</c>

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of<00:24:12.539><c> how</c><00:24:12.740><c> we</c><00:24:12.960><c> are</c><00:24:13.180><c> really</c><00:24:13.500><c> swimming</c><00:24:13.900><c> in</c><00:24:14.440><c> a</c><00:24:14.700><c> world</c>

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where<00:24:17.660><c> there's</c><00:24:18.220><c> simplicity</c><00:24:18.880><c> in</c><00:24:19.480><c> the</c><00:24:19.579><c> way</c><00:24:19.740><c> people</c><00:24:20.059><c> think.</c>

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So<00:24:22.900><c> taking</c><00:24:23.460><c> this</c><00:24:23.720><c> idea</c><00:24:23.960><c> of</c><00:24:24.119><c> the</c><00:24:24.380><c> simple</c><00:24:24.619><c> and</c><00:24:24.900><c> asking</c><00:24:25.220><c> ourselves,</c>

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am<00:24:26.680><c> I</c><00:24:27.059><c> simple?</c>

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And<00:24:27.480><c> I</c><00:24:27.660><c> came</c><00:24:27.839><c> across</c><00:24:28.160><c> this</c><00:24:28.519><c> quote</c><00:24:28.660><c> by</c><00:24:28.960><c> Mark</c><00:24:29.220><c> Twain</c>

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that<00:24:29.619><c> I</c><00:24:29.819><c> thought</c><00:24:29.920><c> was</c><00:24:30.220><c> important</c><00:24:30.880><c> where</c><00:24:31.259><c> he</c><00:24:31.480><c> said,</c>

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it's<00:24:31.859><c> easier</c><00:24:32.140><c> to</c><00:24:32.420><c> fool</c><00:24:32.619><c> people</c><00:24:33.319><c> than</c><00:24:33.920><c> to</c><00:24:34.279><c> convince</c><00:24:34.680><c> them</c>

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that<00:24:35.059><c> they</c><00:24:35.359><c> have</c><00:24:35.619><c> been</c><00:24:36.000><c> fooled.</c>

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And<00:24:37.940><c> so</c><00:24:38.059><c> we</c><00:24:38.200><c> really</c><00:24:38.440><c> have</c><00:24:38.640><c> to</c><00:24:38.880><c> take</c><00:24:39.059><c> on</c><00:24:40.380><c> a</c><00:24:41.200><c> position</c><00:24:41.740><c> of</c><00:24:42.079><c> humility</c>

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when<00:24:43.539><c> we</c><00:24:44.079><c> ask</c><00:24:44.420><c> ourselves</c><00:24:44.859><c> these</c><00:24:45.279><c> questions,</c>

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because<00:24:47.460><c> pride</c><00:24:47.839><c> will</c><00:24:48.119><c> really</c><00:24:48.380><c> get</c><00:24:48.539><c> in</c><00:24:48.680><c> the</c><00:24:48.759><c> way</c><00:24:48.839><c> and</c><00:24:49.000><c> say,</c>

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oh,<00:24:49.440><c> I've</c><00:24:50.039><c> never</c><00:24:50.299><c> been</c><00:24:50.599><c> fooled.</c>

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We<00:24:52.079><c> like</c><00:24:52.279><c> to</c><00:24:52.440><c> put</c><00:24:52.519><c> up</c><00:24:52.660><c> those</c><00:24:52.880><c> defenses.</c>

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We<00:24:53.400><c> don't</c><00:24:53.579><c> like</c><00:24:53.740><c> to</c><00:24:54.039><c> think</c><00:24:54.200><c> that</c><00:24:54.400><c> we're</c><00:24:54.619><c> a</c><00:24:54.839><c> fool</c>

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or<00:24:55.299><c> have</c><00:24:55.519><c> been</c><00:24:55.799><c> fooled.</c>

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And<00:25:02.440><c> Augustine</c><00:25:02.940><c> said</c><00:25:03.180><c> something</c><00:25:03.539><c> important</c>

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that<00:25:05.579><c> I've</c><00:25:06.099><c> come</c><00:25:06.359><c> to</c><00:25:06.579><c> many</c><00:25:07.359><c> times.</c>

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And<00:25:08.059><c> just</c><00:25:08.240><c> the</c><00:25:08.500><c> idea</c><00:25:08.660><c> of,</c>

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is<00:25:09.920><c> simplicity</c><00:25:10.319><c> a</c><00:25:10.880><c> threat</c><00:25:11.119><c> to</c><00:25:11.539><c> our</c><00:25:11.980><c> ecclesias?</c>

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We've<00:25:15.099><c> been</c><00:25:15.839><c> united</c><00:25:16.440><c> in</c><00:25:16.700><c> baptism.</c>

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We<00:25:17.579><c> share</c><00:25:18.099><c> as</c><00:25:18.420><c> a</c><00:25:18.759><c> community,</c><00:25:19.160><c> a</c><00:25:19.279><c> love</c><00:25:19.420><c> of</c><00:25:19.660><c> God,</c><00:25:20.160><c> a</c><00:25:20.279><c> love</c><00:25:20.400><c> of</c><00:25:20.579><c> his</c><00:25:20.880><c> son,</c>

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a<00:25:22.299><c> love</c><00:25:22.420><c> of</c><00:25:22.640><c> his</c><00:25:22.920><c> word.</c>

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But<00:25:24.539><c> when</c><00:25:24.779><c> we</c><00:25:25.119><c> allow</c><00:25:25.859><c> other</c><00:25:26.599><c> things</c><00:25:27.279><c> to</c><00:25:27.759><c> usurp</c>

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that<00:25:28.640><c> relationship</c><00:25:29.339><c> we</c><00:25:29.599><c> have,</c>

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if<00:25:30.740><c> we</c><00:25:30.920><c> allow</c><00:25:31.119><c> those</c><00:25:31.380><c> things</c><00:25:31.599><c> to</c><00:25:31.880><c> divide</c><00:25:32.240><c> us,</c>

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then<00:25:33.720><c> I</c><00:25:33.839><c> think</c><00:25:34.039><c> we're</c><00:25:34.259><c> demonstrating</c><00:25:34.880><c> simplicity.</c>

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We're,<00:25:37.160><c> and</c><00:25:37.500><c> as</c><00:25:37.700><c> he</c><00:25:37.940><c> put</c><00:25:38.099><c> it,</c><00:25:38.480><c> we're</c><00:25:39.420><c> disordering</c><00:25:40.039><c> our</c><00:25:40.400><c> loves.</c>

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So<00:25:42.700><c> I</c><00:25:43.299><c> tread</c><00:25:43.559><c> carefully,</c><00:25:44.119><c> but</c><00:25:44.319><c> I</c><00:25:44.519><c> think</c><00:25:44.660><c> if</c><00:25:45.259><c> vaccines</c>

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separate<00:25:49.280><c> brothers</c><00:25:49.880><c> and</c><00:25:50.240><c> sisters</c><00:25:50.559><c> in</c><00:25:50.900><c> Christ,</c>

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we've<00:25:51.880><c> disordered</c><00:25:52.279><c> our</c><00:25:52.519><c> loves.</c>

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If<00:25:54.299><c> we</c><00:25:54.700><c> take</c><00:25:55.019><c> masking</c><00:25:55.819><c> rules</c><00:25:56.519><c> or</c><00:25:57.059><c> should</c><00:25:57.339><c> we</c><00:25:57.579><c> mask,</c>

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shouldn't<00:25:57.940><c> we</c><00:25:58.160><c> mask</c><00:25:58.380><c> and</c><00:25:58.519><c> we</c><00:25:58.680><c> say,</c>

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this<00:25:59.140><c> is</c><00:25:59.400><c> a</c><00:25:59.539><c> reason</c><00:25:59.819><c> I</c><00:25:59.980><c> don't</c><00:26:00.200><c> wanna</c><00:26:00.460><c> meet</c><00:26:00.819><c> with</c><00:26:01.059><c> you</c><00:26:01.259><c> anymore,</c>

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then<00:26:02.720><c> we've</c><00:26:03.160><c> disordered</c><00:26:03.559><c> our</c><00:26:03.819><c> loves.</c>

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If<00:26:05.740><c> politics</c><00:26:06.299><c> comes</c><00:26:07.660><c> in</c><00:26:07.900><c> between</c><00:26:08.460><c> our</c><00:26:09.019><c> brothers</c><00:26:09.259><c> and</c><00:26:09.579><c> sisters,</c>

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or<00:26:29.319><c> an</c><00:26:29.700><c> equal</c><00:26:29.920><c> love</c><00:26:30.259><c> for</c><00:26:30.539><c> things</c>

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but<00:26:41.019><c> we</c><00:26:41.240><c> should</c><00:26:41.420><c> love</c><00:26:41.819><c> supremely</c><00:26:42.599><c> our</c><00:26:42.819><c> heavenly</c><00:26:43.220><c> father,</c>

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his<00:26:44.700><c> son</c><00:26:45.039><c> and</c><00:26:45.319><c> our</c><00:26:45.579><c> brothers</c><00:26:45.920><c> and</c><00:26:46.240><c> sisters.</c>

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that<00:26:49.920><c> holds</c><00:26:50.119><c> us</c><00:26:50.400><c> together,</c><00:26:51.119><c> not,</c>

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So<00:27:07.420><c> just</c><00:27:07.579><c> something</c><00:27:07.880><c> to</c><00:27:08.279><c> think</c><00:27:08.519><c> about,</c>

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we<00:27:08.839><c> can</c><00:27:09.019><c> discuss</c><00:27:09.359><c> that</c><00:27:09.799><c> later</c><00:27:10.079><c> if</c><00:27:10.299><c> you</c><00:27:10.420><c> have.</c>

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So<00:27:11.599><c> here's</c><00:27:11.880><c> the</c><00:27:12.140><c> antidote,</c><00:27:12.539><c> I</c><00:27:12.759><c> think,</c>

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and<00:27:13.619><c> really</c><00:27:14.059><c> it's</c><00:27:14.299><c> turning</c><00:27:14.480><c> to</c><00:27:14.720><c> the</c><00:27:14.839><c> word</c><00:27:14.940><c> of</c><00:27:15.200><c> God,</c>

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but<00:27:15.799><c> Proverbs</c><00:27:16.079><c> 1</c><00:27:16.339><c> verse</c><00:27:16.579><c> 23,</c><00:27:17.180><c> which</c><00:27:17.400><c> we</c><00:27:17.660><c> read,</c>

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after<00:27:20.680><c> wisdom</c><00:27:21.240><c> calls</c><00:27:21.619><c> out</c><00:27:22.259><c> the</c><00:27:22.680><c> simple,</c>

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there's<00:27:24.119><c> this</c><00:27:24.700><c> appeal,</c><00:27:25.680><c> turn.</c>

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In<00:27:27.819><c> the</c><00:27:27.960><c> New</c><00:27:28.140><c> Testament,</c><00:27:28.519><c> it</c><00:27:28.660><c> might</c><00:27:28.859><c> say</c><00:27:29.079><c> something</c><00:27:29.339><c> like</c><00:27:29.640><c> repent.</c>

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Turn<00:27:31.480><c> at</c><00:27:31.740><c> my</c><00:27:32.019><c> rebuke.</c>

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Surely<00:27:32.880><c> I</c><00:27:33.140><c> will</c><00:27:33.420><c> pour</c><00:27:33.680><c> out</c><00:27:33.859><c> my</c><00:27:34.140><c> spirit</c><00:27:34.420><c> on</c><00:27:34.619><c> you.</c>

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I<00:27:34.940><c> will</c><00:27:35.140><c> make</c><00:27:35.359><c> my</c><00:27:35.640><c> words</c><00:27:35.880><c> known</c><00:27:36.259><c> to</c><00:27:36.480><c> you.</c>

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And<00:27:41.460><c> Proverbs</c><00:27:41.720><c> 3</c><00:27:41.980><c> verse</c><00:27:42.160><c> five</c><00:27:42.460><c> through</c><00:27:42.680><c> seven,</c>

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here's<00:27:44.059><c> that</c><00:27:44.380><c> anchor</c><00:27:44.720><c> that</c><00:27:44.900><c> we</c><00:27:45.079><c> can</c><00:27:45.359><c> have.</c>

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Trust<00:27:46.880><c> in</c><00:27:47.079><c> the</c><00:27:47.240><c> Lord</c><00:27:47.400><c> with</c><00:27:47.599><c> all</c><00:27:47.740><c> your</c><00:27:47.940><c> heart</c>

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and<00:27:48.579><c> lean</c><00:27:48.859><c> not</c><00:27:49.099><c> on</c><00:27:49.339><c> your</c><00:27:49.619><c> own</c><00:27:49.859><c> understanding.</c>

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In<00:27:51.119><c> all</c><00:27:51.299><c> your</c><00:27:51.440><c> ways,</c><00:27:51.759><c> acknowledge</c><00:27:52.259><c> him</c>

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and<00:27:53.180><c> he</c><00:27:53.380><c> shall</c><00:27:53.579><c> direct</c><00:27:53.920><c> your</c><00:27:54.180><c> paths.</c>

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Do<00:27:54.799><c> not</c><00:27:55.119><c> be</c><00:27:55.480><c> wise</c><00:27:55.940><c> in</c><00:27:56.160><c> your</c><00:27:56.380><c> own</c><00:27:56.599><c> eyes,</c>

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fear<00:27:58.039><c> the</c><00:27:58.279><c> Lord</c><00:27:58.440><c> and</c><00:27:58.680><c> depart</c><00:27:58.940><c> from</c><00:27:59.240><c> evil.</c>

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with<00:28:05.119><c> brother</c><00:28:05.420><c> Colin</c><00:28:05.839><c> Badger.</c>

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I<00:28:06.519><c> don't</c><00:28:06.559><c> know</c><00:28:06.640><c> if</c><00:28:06.700><c> you</c><00:28:06.859><c> listened</c>

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to<00:28:07.259><c> the</c><00:28:07.440><c> Good</c><00:28:07.660><c> Christadelphian</c><00:28:08.259><c> podcast.</c>

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There<00:28:09.920><c> was</c><00:28:10.079><c> a</c><00:28:10.200><c> rather</c><00:28:10.440><c> long</c><00:28:10.680><c> one,</c><00:28:10.839><c> but</c><00:28:10.980><c> he</c><00:28:11.160><c> was</c><00:28:11.420><c> doing</c>

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how<00:28:12.140><c> sure</c><00:28:12.400><c> are</c><00:28:12.519><c> the</c><00:28:12.680><c> foundations</c><00:28:13.259><c> and</c><00:28:13.559><c> appeal</c><00:28:14.039><c> to</c><00:28:14.660><c> Catholics.</c>

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And<00:28:16.180><c> he</c><00:28:16.359><c> mentioned</c><00:28:16.660><c> how</c><00:28:17.019><c> the</c><00:28:17.480><c> Bereans</c><00:28:18.119><c> we</c><00:28:18.380><c> know</c><00:28:18.579><c> in,</c>

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well,<00:28:20.359><c> let</c><00:28:20.599><c> me</c><00:28:21.240><c> get</c><00:28:21.480><c> up</c><00:28:21.599><c> my</c><00:28:21.779><c> notes</c><00:28:22.019><c> to</c><00:28:22.200><c> get</c><00:28:22.339><c> the</c><00:28:22.480><c> right</c><00:28:22.640><c> passage.</c>

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I<00:28:31.380><c> think</c><00:28:31.700><c> I</c><00:28:31.940><c> wrote</c><00:28:32.099><c> it</c><00:28:32.359><c> down.</c>

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Yeah,<00:28:33.339><c> Acts</c><00:28:33.619><c> chapter</c><00:28:34.039><c> 17</c><00:28:34.680><c> verse</c><00:28:35.039><c> 11.</c>

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It<00:28:42.339><c> says</c><00:28:42.700><c> the</c><00:28:43.059><c> Bereans,</c><00:28:43.859><c> they</c><00:28:43.859><c> were</c><00:28:44.099><c> more</c><00:28:44.619><c> fair</c><00:28:44.940><c>-minded</c>

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than<00:28:45.559><c> those</c><00:28:45.839><c> in</c><00:28:46.079><c> Thessalonica</c>

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in<00:28:47.640><c> that</c><00:28:47.799><c> they</c><00:28:48.039><c> received</c><00:28:48.519><c> the</c><00:28:48.759><c> word</c><00:28:48.920><c> with</c><00:28:49.180><c> all</c><00:28:49.440><c> readiness</c>

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and<00:28:50.220><c> searched</c><00:28:50.559><c> the</c><00:28:50.819><c> scriptures</c><00:28:51.160><c> daily</c>

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to<00:28:52.720><c> find</c><00:28:53.039><c> out</c><00:28:53.339><c> whether</c><00:28:53.619><c> these</c><00:28:54.000><c> things</c><00:28:54.240><c> were</c><00:28:54.579><c> so.</c>

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So<00:28:55.799><c> we</c><00:28:56.019><c> hear</c><00:28:56.299><c> things</c><00:28:56.700><c> in</c><00:28:56.880><c> the</c><00:28:57.019><c> news.</c>

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We<00:28:57.500><c> hear</c><00:28:57.779><c> things</c><00:28:58.160><c> from</c><00:28:59.220><c> charismatic</c><00:28:59.980><c> people</c><00:29:00.500><c> in</c><00:29:00.720><c> the</c><00:29:00.900><c> media.</c>

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And<00:29:02.099><c> we</c><00:29:02.259><c> don't</c><00:29:02.519><c> say,</c><00:29:02.880><c> oh,</c><00:29:03.059><c> let's</c><00:29:03.440><c> analyze</c><00:29:04.140><c> the</c><00:29:05.539><c> word</c><00:29:05.680><c> of</c><00:29:05.900><c> God</c>

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through<00:29:06.420><c> that</c><00:29:06.740><c> lens.</c>

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We<00:29:08.299><c> say,</c><00:29:08.539><c> let's</c><00:29:08.880><c> analyze</c><00:29:09.240><c> what</c><00:29:09.420><c> we're</c><00:29:09.700><c> hearing</c>

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through<00:29:10.559><c> the</c><00:29:10.859><c> lens</c><00:29:11.079><c> of</c><00:29:11.400><c> the</c><00:29:11.619><c> scriptures.</c>

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This<00:29:12.700><c> is</c><00:29:13.099><c> our</c><00:29:13.599><c> anchor,</c><00:29:13.980><c> it's</c><00:29:14.200><c> our</c><00:29:14.359><c> foundation.</c>

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This<00:29:16.579><c> is</c><00:29:16.839><c> what</c><00:29:16.980><c> we're</c><00:29:17.279><c> filled</c><00:29:17.559><c> with.</c>

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And<00:29:18.900><c> by</c><00:29:19.140><c> doing</c><00:29:19.420><c> that,</c><00:29:19.720><c> we</c><00:29:19.920><c> should</c><00:29:20.140><c> be</c><00:29:20.380><c> able</c><00:29:20.500><c> to</c><00:29:20.740><c> keep</c><00:29:20.920><c> our</c><00:29:21.640><c> loves</c>

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in<00:29:22.140><c> the</c><00:29:22.279><c> right</c><00:29:22.539><c> order.</c>

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We<00:29:23.619><c> should</c><00:29:23.779><c> be</c><00:29:23.920><c> able</c><00:29:24.079><c> to</c><00:29:24.299><c> demonstrate</c><00:29:24.640><c> wisdom,</c><00:29:25.380><c> not</c><00:29:25.460><c> simplicity.</c>

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All<00:29:29.420><c> right,</c><00:29:29.779><c> so</c><00:29:30.440><c> time</c><00:29:31.339><c> is</c><00:29:31.599><c> moving</c><00:29:31.819><c> on.</c>

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We'll<00:29:32.880><c> try</c><00:29:33.259><c> to</c><00:29:33.380><c> get</c><00:29:33.500><c> through</c><00:29:33.680><c> this</c><00:29:33.900><c> one</c><00:29:33.980><c> as</c><00:29:34.240><c> well.</c>

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And<00:29:36.460><c> this</c><00:29:36.619><c> is</c><00:29:36.759><c> the</c><00:29:36.859><c> second</c><00:29:37.079><c> one.</c>

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It<00:29:37.259><c> says</c><00:29:37.539><c> also</c><00:29:38.539><c> in</c><00:29:38.819><c> Proverbs</c><00:29:39.140><c> 1</c><00:29:39.400><c> verse</c><00:29:39.640><c> 22,</c><00:29:40.519><c> it</c><00:29:40.700><c> says,</c>

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for<00:29:41.400><c> scorners</c><00:29:42.000><c> delight</c><00:29:42.559><c> in</c><00:29:42.920><c> their</c><00:29:43.400><c> scorning,</c>

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scorners<00:29:45.839><c> delight</c><00:29:46.279><c> in</c><00:29:46.599><c> their</c><00:29:46.960><c> scorning.</c>

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And<00:29:48.400><c> so</c><00:29:48.519><c> this</c><00:29:48.700><c> is</c><00:29:48.920><c> the</c><00:29:49.059><c> word</c><00:29:49.220><c> lutz</c><00:29:49.759><c> in</c><00:29:50.619><c> Hebrew.</c>

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It<00:29:52.779><c> means</c><00:29:53.119><c> to</c><00:29:53.460><c> deride,</c><00:29:54.819><c> to</c><00:29:55.059><c> mock,</c><00:29:55.900><c> to</c><00:29:56.220><c> scoff</c><00:29:56.599><c> at.</c>

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Sort<00:29:58.799><c> of</c><00:29:58.960><c> comes</c><00:29:59.140><c> from</c><00:29:59.420><c> a</c><00:29:59.720><c> word</c><00:29:59.859><c> that</c><00:30:00.059><c> means</c>

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as<00:30:00.539><c> if</c><00:30:00.779><c> you're</c><00:30:01.319><c> mocking</c><00:30:01.700><c> somebody</c><00:30:02.119><c> else's</c><00:30:02.640><c> language.</c>

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x
And<00:30:04.759><c> there's</c><00:30:05.140><c> this</c><00:30:05.480><c> delight</c><00:30:05.960><c> in</c><00:30:06.220><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:30:06.779><c> this</c><00:30:07.140><c> delight,</c><00:30:07.779><c> like</c><00:30:08.059><c> it's</c><00:30:08.319><c> a</c><00:30:08.460><c> big</c><00:30:08.740><c> joke</c>

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that<00:30:09.319><c> you're</c><00:30:09.759><c> ripping</c><00:30:10.019><c> on</c><00:30:10.339><c> other</c><00:30:10.599><c> people</c><00:30:10.940><c> and</c><00:30:11.319><c> tearing</c><00:30:11.720><c> down.</c>

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I<00:30:12.500><c> think</c><00:30:12.640><c> that's</c><00:30:12.920><c> an</c><00:30:13.180><c> important</c><00:30:13.420><c> word</c><00:30:13.660><c> that</c><00:30:13.859><c> you're,</c>

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instead<00:30:15.319><c> of</c><00:30:15.599><c> building</c><00:30:16.019><c> something</c><00:30:16.440><c> up,</c><00:30:16.720><c> you're</c><00:30:17.019><c> destroying.</c>

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In<00:30:19.599><c> the</c><00:30:19.880><c> context</c><00:30:20.299><c> of</c><00:30:20.619><c> navigating</c><00:30:21.039><c> through</c><00:30:21.400><c> life,</c>

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these<00:30:22.400><c> are</c><00:30:22.579><c> the</c><00:30:22.779><c> people</c><00:30:23.160><c> who</c><00:30:23.539><c> say</c><00:30:24.180><c> the</c><00:30:25.740><c> vehicle</c>

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is<00:30:26.400><c> the</c><00:30:26.619><c> wrong</c><00:30:26.819><c> vehicle,</c><00:30:27.900><c> the</c><00:30:28.740><c> path,</c>

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the<00:30:30.079><c> road</c><00:30:30.319><c> that</c><00:30:30.460><c> you're</c><00:30:30.660><c> traveling</c><00:30:30.980><c> is</c><00:30:31.220><c> the</c><00:30:31.460><c> wrong</c><00:30:31.700><c> road.</c>

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x
We're<00:30:33.359><c> leaving</c><00:30:33.640><c> at</c><00:30:33.819><c> the</c><00:30:34.039><c> wrong</c><00:30:34.259><c> time.</c>

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Everything<00:30:37.180><c> is</c><00:30:37.500><c> wrong.</c>

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The<00:30:39.359><c> companions</c><00:30:39.980><c> are</c><00:30:40.299><c> annoying.</c>

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x
They<00:30:41.619><c> just</c><00:30:42.599><c> rip</c><00:30:42.859><c> on</c><00:30:43.259><c> everything.</c>

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x
And<00:30:46.039><c> we</c><00:30:46.240><c> have</c><00:30:46.480><c> some</c><00:30:47.200><c> passages.</c>

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I<00:30:48.380><c> don't</c><00:30:48.599><c> have</c><00:30:48.740><c> this</c><00:30:48.980><c> one</c><00:30:49.079><c> on</c><00:30:49.259><c> the</c><00:30:49.440><c> screen,</c>

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but<00:30:49.900><c> we</c><00:30:50.099><c> know</c><00:30:50.259><c> from</c><00:30:50.559><c> Psalm</c><00:30:50.920><c> 1</c><00:30:51.380><c> verse</c><00:30:51.660><c> 1,</c><00:30:52.099><c> it</c><00:30:52.099><c> says,</c>

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blessed<00:30:52.640><c> is</c><00:30:52.920><c> the</c><00:30:53.119><c> man</c><00:30:53.779><c> who</c><00:30:54.420><c> walks</c><00:30:54.680><c> not</c><00:30:54.960><c> in</c><00:30:55.119><c> the</c><00:30:55.299><c> counsel</c>

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of<00:30:55.779><c> the</c><00:30:55.920><c> ungodly</c><00:30:57.220><c> nor</c><00:30:57.579><c> stands</c><00:30:58.039><c> in</c><00:30:58.240><c> the</c><00:30:58.400><c> path</c><00:30:58.599><c> of</c><00:30:58.859><c> sinners.</c>

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x
And<00:30:59.460><c> then</c><00:30:59.660><c> the</c><00:31:00.259><c> last</c><00:31:00.559><c> but</c><00:31:00.740><c> nor</c><00:31:01.000><c> sits</c><00:31:01.400><c> in</c><00:31:02.079><c> the</c><00:31:02.400><c> seat</c><00:31:02.619><c> of</c><00:31:02.859><c> the</c><00:31:03.220><c> scornful.</c>

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x
So<00:31:04.440><c> it</c><00:31:04.500><c> seems</c><00:31:04.779><c> to</c><00:31:05.000><c> be</c><00:31:05.160><c> that</c><00:31:05.519><c> final</c><00:31:05.900><c> resting</c><00:31:06.420><c> spot.</c>

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x
We<00:31:07.579><c> can</c><00:31:07.839><c> start</c><00:31:08.019><c> off</c><00:31:08.279><c> simple,</c>

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but<00:31:08.799><c> if</c><00:31:08.940><c> we're</c><00:31:09.079><c> not</c><00:31:09.380><c> careful,</c>

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we<00:31:10.740><c> can</c><00:31:10.960><c> even</c><00:31:11.259><c> end</c><00:31:11.500><c> up</c><00:31:11.799><c> being</c><00:31:12.099><c> a</c><00:31:12.519><c> scorner.</c>

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x
From<00:31:16.140><c> Proverbs</c><00:31:16.839><c> 14</c><00:31:17.740><c> verse</c><00:31:18.039><c> 9,</c><00:31:18.759><c> it</c><00:31:18.759><c> says,</c><00:31:19.200><c> they</c><00:31:19.200><c> mock.</c>

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:23.240
x
So<00:31:21.279><c> fools,</c><00:31:21.839><c> this</c><00:31:22.019><c> is</c><00:31:22.279><c> one</c><00:31:22.539><c> of</c><00:31:22.700><c> those</c><00:31:22.940><c> verses</c>

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:25.519
x
that<00:31:23.559><c> links</c><00:31:23.839><c> fools</c><00:31:24.420><c> to</c><00:31:24.980><c> the</c><00:31:25.220><c> scorners.</c>

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The<00:31:25.660><c> word</c><00:31:25.859><c> mock</c><00:31:26.180><c> is</c><00:31:26.480><c> the</c><00:31:26.940><c> loots.</c>

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x
They<00:31:28.180><c> mock</c><00:31:28.519><c> at</c><00:31:28.819><c> sin,</c><00:31:29.900><c> but</c><00:31:30.019><c> among</c><00:31:30.220><c> the</c><00:31:30.480><c> upright,</c><00:31:30.720><c> there's</c><00:31:31.079><c> favor.</c>

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x
So<00:31:31.519><c> they</c><00:31:31.640><c> even</c><00:31:32.000><c> laugh</c><00:31:32.339><c> at</c><00:31:32.619><c> sin.</c>

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x
And<00:31:35.920><c> I</c><00:31:36.339><c> think</c><00:31:36.480><c> we</c><00:31:36.640><c> see</c><00:31:36.759><c> that</c><00:31:37.000><c> nowadays</c><00:31:37.400><c> where</c><00:31:37.640><c> people,</c>

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what<00:31:38.660><c> are</c><00:31:39.140><c> you</c><00:31:39.319><c> saying?</c><00:31:39.680><c> I'm</c><00:31:39.720><c> a</c><00:31:39.920><c> sinner.</c>

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They<00:31:42.059><c> laugh</c><00:31:42.460><c> at</c><00:31:42.640><c> what</c><00:31:42.819><c> we</c><00:31:43.019><c> might</c><00:31:43.240><c> call</c><00:31:43.680><c> a</c><00:31:43.920><c> sin.</c>

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x
Proverbs<00:31:46.119><c> 21</c><00:31:46.759><c> verse</c><00:31:47.119><c> 24,</c>

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it<00:31:49.240><c> links</c><00:31:49.500><c> those</c><00:31:49.940><c> who</c><00:31:50.380><c> scoff</c><00:31:50.700><c> with</c><00:31:51.160><c> arrogant</c><00:31:51.819><c> pride.</c>

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x
And<00:31:55.720><c> in</c><00:31:55.940><c> Proverbs</c><00:31:56.220><c> 22</c><00:31:56.720><c> verse</c><00:31:57.019><c> 10,</c>

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cast<00:31:58.000><c> out</c><00:31:58.299><c> the</c><00:31:58.740><c> scoffer</c><00:31:59.559><c> and</c><00:32:00.180><c> contention</c><00:32:00.799><c> will</c><00:32:01.099><c> leave.</c>

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Yes,<00:32:02.099><c> strife</c><00:32:02.539><c> and</c><00:32:02.900><c> reproach</c><00:32:03.539><c> will</c><00:32:03.900><c> cease.</c>

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So<00:32:04.720><c> we</c><00:32:04.880><c> see</c><00:32:05.039><c> this</c><00:32:05.279><c> as</c><00:32:05.519><c> something</c><00:32:05.819><c> that</c><00:32:06.200><c> really</c><00:32:06.720><c> affects</c>

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those<00:32:07.680><c> around</c><00:32:08.220><c> them.</c>

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x
See,<00:32:14.019><c> there's</c><00:32:14.140><c> somebody</c><00:32:17.160><c> wrote</c><00:32:17.920><c> this.</c>

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x
They<00:32:20.220><c> said,</c><00:32:20.420><c> there</c><00:32:20.720><c> is</c><00:32:21.039><c> nothing</c><00:32:21.440><c> worse</c>

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:24.400
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than<00:32:22.220><c> looking</c><00:32:22.579><c> up</c><00:32:22.900><c> to</c><00:32:23.099><c> a</c><00:32:23.279><c> mocker.</c>

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x
They<00:32:24.880><c> make</c><00:32:25.079><c> it</c><00:32:25.319><c> impossible</c><00:32:26.000><c> for</c><00:32:26.279><c> you</c><00:32:26.440><c> to</c><00:32:26.779><c> develop</c><00:32:27.079><c> loyalty</c>

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or<00:32:28.039><c> reverence</c><00:32:28.339><c> for</c><00:32:28.680><c> anything,</c>

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x
because<00:32:29.660><c> when</c><00:32:29.839><c> you</c><00:32:30.160><c> constantly</c><00:32:30.700><c> tear</c><00:32:31.099><c> down</c><00:32:31.480><c> everything,</c>

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there's<00:32:32.220><c> nothing</c><00:32:32.579><c> left</c><00:32:32.980><c> for</c><00:32:33.220><c> you</c><00:32:33.500><c> to</c><00:32:33.980><c> love</c><00:32:34.440><c> or</c><00:32:34.660><c> to</c><00:32:34.819><c> have</c><00:32:35.039><c> loyalty</c><00:32:35.500><c> to.</c>

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Here's<00:32:38.420><c> some</c><00:32:38.680><c> scriptural</c><00:32:39.140><c> examples.</c>

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x
Job's<00:32:41.660><c> friends,</c><00:32:42.119><c> it</c><00:32:42.119><c> says,</c><00:32:42.500><c> my</c><00:32:42.500><c> friends</c><00:32:42.940><c> scorn</c><00:32:43.680><c> me.</c>

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x
My<00:32:45.200><c> eyes</c><00:32:45.640><c> pour</c><00:32:45.980><c> out</c><00:32:46.240><c> tears</c><00:32:46.539><c> to</c><00:32:46.759><c> God.</c>

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In<00:32:47.799><c> this</c><00:32:48.000><c> next</c><00:32:48.279><c> verse,</c>

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x
I<00:32:51.279><c> don't</c><00:32:51.539><c> know</c><00:32:51.660><c> if</c><00:32:51.779><c> I've</c><00:32:51.940><c> ever</c><00:32:52.160><c> read</c><00:32:52.339><c> it</c><00:32:52.539><c> before,</c>

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:59.400
x
but<00:32:53.299><c> what</c><00:32:53.579><c> man</c><00:32:53.779><c> is</c><00:32:53.980><c> like</c><00:32:54.599><c> Job</c><00:32:54.900><c> who</c><00:32:55.480><c> drinks</c><00:32:56.279><c> scorn</c><00:32:57.579><c> like</c><00:32:58.259><c> water?</c>

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:02.539
x
That's<00:33:00.259><c> a</c><00:33:00.940><c> really</c><00:33:01.240><c> telling</c><00:33:01.940><c> passage</c>

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x
about<00:33:02.980><c> what</c><00:33:03.440><c> Job</c><00:33:03.619><c> was</c><00:33:03.940><c> going</c><00:33:04.220><c> through,</c>

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the<00:33:05.380><c> ridicule,</c><00:33:06.380><c> the</c><00:33:06.779><c> tearing</c><00:33:07.119><c> down</c>

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that<00:33:07.759><c> he</c><00:33:07.920><c> was</c><00:33:08.140><c> going</c><00:33:08.319><c> through</c><00:33:08.500><c> on</c><00:33:08.680><c> a</c><00:33:08.799><c> daily</c><00:33:09.000><c> basis.</c>

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:12.400
x
We<00:33:10.700><c> know</c><00:33:10.819><c> in</c><00:33:10.960><c> Mark</c><00:33:11.140><c> 15</c><00:33:11.579><c> verse</c><00:33:11.799><c> 31,</c>

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the<00:33:12.880><c> chief</c><00:33:13.119><c> priests</c><00:33:13.400><c> also</c><00:33:13.960><c> mocking</c><00:33:14.579><c> among</c><00:33:15.000><c> themselves</c>

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x
with<00:33:15.859><c> the</c><00:33:16.140><c> scribes</c><00:33:16.599><c> said,</c>

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he<00:33:17.420><c> saved</c><00:33:17.740><c> others</c><00:33:18.160><c> himself</c><00:33:18.660><c> he</c><00:33:18.920><c> cannot</c><00:33:19.220><c> save.</c>

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:22.079
x
So<00:33:20.839><c> they</c><00:33:20.980><c> were</c><00:33:21.279><c> tearing</c><00:33:21.519><c> down,</c>

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:24.319
x
tearing<00:33:22.720><c> at</c><00:33:23.019><c> Christ</c><00:33:23.420><c> with</c><00:33:23.619><c> their</c><00:33:23.880><c> words.</c>

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:29.579
x
And<00:33:25.359><c> then</c><00:33:25.519><c> we</c><00:33:25.980><c> live</c><00:33:26.180><c> in</c><00:33:26.339><c> this</c><00:33:26.599><c> world</c><00:33:26.779><c> that</c><00:33:26.980><c> Peter</c><00:33:27.660><c> foretold</c><00:33:28.539><c> of</c>

00:33:29.490 --> 00:33:32.660
x
that<00:33:29.759><c> there</c><00:33:30.000><c> shall</c><00:33:30.140><c> come</c><00:33:30.359><c> in</c><00:33:30.539><c> the</c><00:33:30.700><c> last</c><00:33:30.920><c> days</c><00:33:31.240><c> scoffers,</c>

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:36.000
x
who<00:33:33.200><c> will</c><00:33:33.680><c> scoff</c><00:33:34.119><c> and</c><00:33:34.700><c> laugh</c><00:33:35.200><c> at</c><00:33:35.480><c> Christianity,</c>

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x
laugh<00:33:36.500><c> at</c><00:33:36.720><c> our</c><00:33:36.980><c> hope.</c>

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.680
x
Ever<00:33:39.039><c> since</c><00:33:39.299><c> the</c><00:33:39.480><c> beginning,</c>

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x
you've<00:33:39.980><c> been</c><00:33:40.119><c> saying</c><00:33:40.380><c> that</c><00:33:40.619><c> Christ</c><00:33:40.819><c> is</c><00:33:41.059><c> coming</c><00:33:41.220><c> back.</c>

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x
Where<00:33:42.700><c> is</c><00:33:42.940><c> he?</c>

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x
So<00:33:46.000><c> cultural</c><00:33:46.319><c> examples,</c>

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x
I<00:33:48.119><c> think</c><00:33:48.359><c> the</c><00:33:48.700><c> scorners</c><00:33:49.440><c> in</c><00:33:49.859><c> our</c><00:33:50.240><c> world</c><00:33:50.740><c> are</c><00:33:51.440><c> celebrities</c>

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in<00:33:52.440><c> many,</c><00:33:53.359><c> many</c><00:33:53.359><c> cases.</c>

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They're<00:33:54.799><c> socially</c><00:33:55.119><c> sought</c><00:33:55.460><c> after</c><00:33:55.819><c> online.</c>

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They<00:33:56.680><c> have</c><00:33:56.880><c> great</c><00:33:57.259><c> followings.</c>

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They're<00:33:59.579><c> elevated.</c>

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I'm<00:34:01.279><c> not</c><00:34:01.519><c> a</c><00:34:01.720><c> late</c><00:34:01.900><c> night</c><00:34:02.240><c> TV</c><00:34:02.559><c> guy,</c>

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but<00:34:03.079><c> occasionally</c><00:34:03.519><c> you</c><00:34:03.779><c> see</c><00:34:03.940><c> a</c><00:34:04.160><c> clip</c><00:34:04.279><c> or</c><00:34:04.480><c> whatever,</c>

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but<00:34:04.920><c> it's</c><00:34:05.380><c> usually</c><00:34:05.839><c> a</c><00:34:06.579><c> mocking</c><00:34:07.079><c> stance.</c>

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I<00:34:10.000><c> had</c><00:34:10.159><c> some</c><00:34:10.480><c> names</c><00:34:10.800><c> of</c><00:34:11.119><c> some,</c>

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some<00:34:12.019><c> who</c><00:34:12.519><c> seem</c><00:34:12.659><c> particularly</c><00:34:13.559><c> bad,</c>

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like<00:34:16.980><c> John</c><00:34:17.320><c> Oliver,</c><00:34:18.380><c> Bill</c><00:34:18.619><c> Maher,</c><00:34:19.179><c> Seth</c><00:34:19.340><c> Meyers.</c>

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I<00:34:20.780><c> don't</c><00:34:20.960><c> know</c><00:34:21.179><c> specifically,</c>

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but<00:34:23.559><c> you</c><00:34:24.159><c> know,</c><00:34:24.320><c> they'll</c><00:34:24.559><c> get</c><00:34:24.719><c> on</c>

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and<00:34:25.400><c> they</c><00:34:25.559><c> never</c><00:34:25.900><c> build</c><00:34:26.199><c> anything</c><00:34:26.599><c> up.</c>

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It's<00:34:27.119><c> just</c><00:34:27.360><c> about</c><00:34:27.579><c> tearing</c><00:34:27.900><c> down</c>

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and<00:34:28.460><c> laughing</c><00:34:28.880><c> at</c><00:34:29.519><c> others</c><00:34:30.039><c> and</c><00:34:30.380><c> their</c><00:34:30.659><c> stances</c><00:34:30.980><c> they</c><00:34:31.340><c> take</c>

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and<00:34:31.800><c> the</c><00:34:32.039><c> things</c><00:34:32.179><c> they're</c><00:34:32.480><c> trying</c><00:34:32.699><c> to</c><00:34:32.940><c> do.</c>

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Online,<00:34:37.380><c> I</c><00:34:37.400><c> put</c><00:34:37.579><c> it's</c><00:34:37.960><c> a</c><00:34:38.159><c> Petri</c><00:34:38.559><c> dish</c><00:34:38.780><c> of</c><00:34:39.079><c> mockery.</c>

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I<00:34:39.840><c> was</c><00:34:39.980><c> talking</c><00:34:40.139><c> to</c><00:34:40.280><c> some</c><00:34:40.480><c> young</c><00:34:40.739><c> people</c><00:34:41.139><c> in</c><00:34:41.380><c> their</c><00:34:41.579><c> meeting</c>

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and<00:34:43.440><c> you</c><00:34:43.800><c> know,</c><00:34:43.800><c> they</c><00:34:43.900><c> have</c><00:34:44.159><c> a</c><00:34:44.699><c> presence</c><00:34:44.960><c> online</c>

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and<00:34:45.639><c> they</c><00:34:45.900><c> say</c><00:34:46.019><c> that</c><00:34:46.280><c> if</c><00:34:46.559><c> you</c><00:34:46.820><c> put</c><00:34:46.980><c> any,</c>

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if<00:34:47.360><c> you</c><00:34:47.579><c> post</c><00:34:47.960><c> anything,</c>

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especially<00:34:49.760><c> on,</c><00:34:50.280><c> I</c><00:34:50.480><c> think</c><00:34:50.579><c> it</c><00:34:50.659><c> was</c><00:34:50.780><c> on</c><00:34:51.039><c> Twitter</c>

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or<00:34:51.579><c> whatever</c><00:34:51.760><c> they</c><00:34:52.000><c> call</c><00:34:52.239><c> it</c><00:34:52.679><c> X</c><00:34:52.960><c> now,</c>

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be<00:34:54.719><c> ready</c><00:34:55.179><c> for</c><00:34:55.539><c> the</c><00:34:55.880><c> haters</c>

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or<00:34:56.739><c> those</c><00:34:57.079><c> who</c><00:34:57.239><c> will</c><00:34:57.420><c> just</c><00:34:57.820><c> mock.</c>

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And<00:34:58.920><c> there</c><00:34:59.059><c> is</c><00:34:59.500><c> no</c><00:34:59.860><c> lines</c><00:35:00.239><c> of</c><00:35:00.519><c> decorum</c><00:35:01.079><c> for</c><00:35:01.320><c> many</c><00:35:01.639><c> of</c><00:35:01.820><c> them.</c>

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If<00:35:02.300><c> you</c><00:35:02.500><c> have</c><00:35:02.679><c> a</c><00:35:02.900><c> disability,</c><00:35:04.059><c> they</c><00:35:04.280><c> will</c><00:35:04.579><c> mock</c><00:35:04.840><c> it.</c>

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If<00:35:05.239><c> you're</c><00:35:05.559><c> slightly</c><00:35:06.019><c> overweight</c><00:35:06.639><c> or</c><00:35:07.699><c> bald</c>

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or<00:35:08.639><c> whatever</c><00:35:09.039><c> it</c><00:35:09.260><c> might</c><00:35:09.420><c> be,</c><00:35:09.659><c> they</c><00:35:09.920><c> will</c><00:35:10.280><c> tear</c><00:35:10.659><c> you</c><00:35:11.099><c> down.</c>

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And<00:35:12.500><c> anonymity,</c><00:35:13.119><c> I</c><00:35:13.159><c> think</c><00:35:13.519><c> fuels</c><00:35:14.239><c> it</c>

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because<00:35:16.079><c> you're</c><00:35:16.320><c> not</c><00:35:16.599><c> face</c><00:35:16.900><c> to</c><00:35:17.059><c> face</c><00:35:17.340><c> with</c><00:35:17.559><c> somebody.</c>

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If<00:35:19.579><c> we</c><00:35:19.780><c> hear</c><00:35:19.980><c> it</c><00:35:20.179><c> with</c><00:35:20.480><c> neighbors,</c>

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:24.639
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if<00:35:21.059><c> we</c><00:35:21.239><c> hear</c><00:35:21.340><c> that</c><00:35:21.599><c> sort</c><00:35:21.760><c> of</c><00:35:22.219><c> mocking,</c><00:35:23.139><c> questioning,</c>

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mocking<00:35:25.059><c> that</c><00:35:25.340><c> we</c><00:35:25.579><c> believe</c><00:35:25.940><c> that</c><00:35:26.400><c> God</c><00:35:26.579><c> is</c><00:35:26.820><c> the</c><00:35:27.119><c> creator,</c>

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that<00:35:28.320><c> his</c><00:35:28.539><c> son</c><00:35:28.639><c> is</c><00:35:28.900><c> coming</c><00:35:29.079><c> back.</c>

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I<00:35:30.320><c> think</c><00:35:30.579><c> the</c><00:35:31.039><c> strategy</c><00:35:31.559><c> isn't</c><00:35:31.860><c> to</c><00:35:32.079><c> fight</c><00:35:32.239><c> back,</c>

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it's<00:35:32.639><c> to</c><00:35:32.840><c> ask</c><00:35:33.079><c> questions</c><00:35:33.639><c> and</c><00:35:33.880><c> just</c><00:35:34.039><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:35:34.539><c> you</c><00:35:34.800><c> know,</c><00:35:34.800><c> what</c><00:35:34.920><c> alternatives</c><00:35:35.579><c> are</c><00:35:35.880><c> you</c><00:35:36.119><c> providing?</c>

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What<00:35:36.739><c> are</c><00:35:36.960><c> you</c><00:35:37.360><c> building?</c>

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Give<00:35:39.079><c> me</c><00:35:39.440><c> something</c><00:35:39.840><c> other</c><00:35:40.280><c> than</c><00:35:40.460><c> what</c><00:35:40.659><c> I</c><00:35:41.059><c> have.</c>

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Put<00:35:42.639><c> them</c><00:35:42.900><c> on</c><00:35:43.119><c> the</c><00:35:43.360><c> spot</c><00:35:43.559><c> to</c><00:35:43.739><c> see</c><00:35:43.860><c> if</c><00:35:43.960><c> there's</c><00:35:44.260><c> anything</c>

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because<00:35:45.079><c> as</c><00:35:45.519><c> I</c><00:35:45.679><c> mentioned,</c>

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the<00:35:46.739><c> scorners</c><00:35:47.199><c> are</c><00:35:47.380><c> just</c><00:35:47.559><c> there</c><00:35:47.760><c> to</c><00:35:48.079><c> tear</c><00:35:48.320><c> down.</c>

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They're<00:35:49.019><c> not</c><00:35:50.000><c> building</c><00:35:50.579><c> anything.</c>

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x
And<00:35:54.679><c> so</c><00:35:54.780><c> I'll</c><00:35:54.900><c> just</c><00:35:55.380><c> bring</c><00:35:55.860><c> the</c><00:35:56.219><c> class</c><00:35:56.780><c> to</c><00:35:57.320><c> a</c><00:35:57.400><c> close</c>

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in<00:35:57.780><c> a</c><00:35:57.880><c> couple</c><00:35:58.019><c> of</c><00:35:58.199><c> seconds,</c>

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then<00:35:58.539><c> we</c><00:35:58.659><c> can</c><00:35:58.880><c> discuss</c><00:35:59.260><c> the</c><00:35:59.539><c> scorners</c><00:35:59.940><c> more</c><00:36:00.139><c> at</c><00:36:00.360><c> the</c><00:36:00.539><c> end.</c>

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:04.380
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But<00:36:02.300><c> we</c><00:36:02.840><c> have</c><00:36:03.000><c> to</c><00:36:03.219><c> sort</c><00:36:03.320><c> of</c><00:36:03.460><c> take</c><00:36:03.639><c> that</c><00:36:04.000><c> mirror</c>

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:06.940
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and<00:36:04.519><c> look</c><00:36:04.679><c> at</c><00:36:04.860><c> ourselves</c><00:36:05.239><c> and</c><00:36:05.420><c> say,</c><00:36:05.639><c> am</c><00:36:05.960><c> I</c><00:36:06.239><c> a</c><00:36:06.539><c> scorner?</c>

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And<00:36:07.079><c> I</c><00:36:07.219><c> think</c><00:36:07.699><c> personally,</c><00:36:08.559><c> there</c><00:36:08.760><c> are</c><00:36:09.019><c> times</c>

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when<00:36:09.579><c> I</c><00:36:09.760><c> am</c><00:36:09.980><c> somebody</c><00:36:10.260><c> who</c><00:36:11.420><c> tears</c><00:36:12.059><c> things</c><00:36:12.599><c> down</c><00:36:13.599><c> too</c><00:36:14.619><c> readily</c>

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with<00:36:15.539><c> words.</c>

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But<00:36:19.199><c> Proverbs,</c><00:36:19.960><c> here's</c><00:36:20.460><c> once</c><00:36:20.719><c> again</c><00:36:20.920><c> the</c><00:36:21.159><c> advice</c><00:36:21.500><c> for</c><00:36:21.840><c> us,</c>

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the<00:36:22.320><c> antidote.</c>

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It<00:36:24.579><c> says,</c><00:36:25.219><c> turn</c><00:36:25.239><c> at</c><00:36:25.500><c> my</c><00:36:25.760><c> rebuke.</c>

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Once<00:36:27.159><c> again,</c><00:36:27.619><c> surely</c><00:36:27.860><c> I</c><00:36:28.079><c> will</c><00:36:28.260><c> pour</c><00:36:28.440><c> out</c><00:36:28.599><c> my</c><00:36:28.880><c> spirit</c><00:36:29.079><c> on</c><00:36:29.280><c> you.</c>

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I<00:36:29.659><c> will</c><00:36:29.880><c> make</c><00:36:30.139><c> my</c><00:36:30.460><c> words</c><00:36:30.780><c> known</c><00:36:31.219><c> to</c><00:36:31.539><c> you.</c>

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So<00:36:32.099><c> that</c><00:36:32.320><c> idea</c><00:36:32.539><c> of</c><00:36:32.840><c> repentance</c><00:36:33.380><c> turning.</c>

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:38.179
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In<00:36:35.460><c> Proverbs</c><00:36:35.739><c> 30</c><00:36:36.119><c> verse</c><00:36:36.360><c> 32,</c><00:36:36.920><c> I</c><00:36:37.039><c> think</c><00:36:37.179><c> this</c><00:36:37.420><c> is</c><00:36:37.699><c> great</c><00:36:37.860><c> advice.</c>

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:41.719
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We<00:36:38.440><c> probably</c><00:36:38.980><c> heard</c><00:36:39.179><c> it</c><00:36:39.340><c> from</c><00:36:39.539><c> our</c><00:36:39.980><c> moms</c><00:36:40.440><c> first.</c>

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:44.820
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In<00:36:42.880><c> Proverbs,</c><00:36:43.280><c> it</c><00:36:43.480><c> says,</c><00:36:43.659><c> if</c><00:36:43.800><c> you</c><00:36:44.000><c> have</c><00:36:44.119><c> been</c><00:36:44.400><c> foolish</c>

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:48.539
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in<00:36:45.219><c> exalting</c><00:36:45.699><c> yourself</c><00:36:46.320><c> or</c><00:36:47.380><c> if</c><00:36:47.539><c> you</c><00:36:47.639><c> have</c><00:36:47.860><c> devised</c><00:36:48.219><c> evil,</c>

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:51.840
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put<00:36:49.079><c> your</c><00:36:49.460><c> hand</c><00:36:50.000><c> on</c><00:36:50.699><c> your</c><00:36:50.960><c> mouth,</c><00:36:51.500><c> right?</c>

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:53.420
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What<00:36:52.039><c> did</c><00:36:52.239><c> our</c><00:36:52.500><c> moms</c><00:36:52.820><c> would</c><00:36:53.059><c> say?</c>

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:56.619
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If<00:36:53.840><c> you</c><00:36:54.019><c> don't</c><00:36:54.360><c> have</c><00:36:54.639><c> anything</c><00:36:55.039><c> nice</c><00:36:55.440><c> to</c><00:36:55.739><c> say,</c>

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:59.099
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don't<00:36:57.159><c> say</c><00:36:57.460><c> anything</c><00:36:57.940><c> at</c><00:36:58.219><c> all.</c>

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:00.659
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You<00:36:59.519><c> know,</c><00:36:59.519><c> if</c><00:36:59.579><c> you're</c><00:36:59.739><c> not</c><00:36:59.920><c> gonna</c><00:37:00.099><c> build</c><00:37:00.380><c> up,</c>

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:04.059
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if<00:37:00.800><c> you're</c><00:37:00.980><c> just</c><00:37:01.219><c> here</c><00:37:01.400><c> to</c><00:37:01.639><c> tear</c><00:37:01.820><c> down,</c><00:37:02.880><c> zip</c><00:37:03.239><c> it.</c>

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:09.500
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Romans<00:37:06.460><c> 14</c><00:37:07.099><c> verse</c><00:37:07.360><c> 19,</c><00:37:08.699><c> we're</c><00:37:09.019><c> told</c><00:37:09.099><c> therefore,</c>

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:13.519
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let<00:37:09.699><c> us</c><00:37:09.920><c> pursue</c><00:37:10.300><c> the</c><00:37:10.639><c> things</c><00:37:10.940><c> which</c><00:37:11.360><c> may</c><00:37:11.679><c> make</c><00:37:11.980><c> for</c><00:37:12.360><c> peace</c>

00:37:13.750 --> 00:37:16.480
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and<00:37:14.039><c> the</c><00:37:14.280><c> things</c><00:37:14.500><c> by</c><00:37:14.780><c> which</c><00:37:14.980><c> one</c><00:37:15.239><c> may</c><00:37:15.739><c> edify</c><00:37:16.199><c> another.</c>

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:19.179
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And<00:37:16.679><c> that</c><00:37:16.800><c> word</c><00:37:17.000><c> edify</c><00:37:17.460><c> means</c><00:37:17.739><c> build</c><00:37:18.199><c> up.</c>

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So<00:37:20.159><c> we</c><00:37:20.340><c> really</c><00:37:20.619><c> have</c><00:37:20.860><c> to</c><00:37:21.320><c> be</c><00:37:21.579><c> aware</c><00:37:22.320><c> of</c><00:37:22.739><c> the</c><00:37:23.079><c> words</c><00:37:23.280><c> we're</c><00:37:23.619><c> using</c>

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and<00:37:24.199><c> if</c><00:37:24.380><c> we're</c><00:37:24.840><c> building</c><00:37:25.280><c> up</c><00:37:25.840><c> or</c><00:37:26.039><c> if</c><00:37:26.139><c> we're</c><00:37:26.380><c> tearing</c><00:37:26.719><c> down.</c>

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So<00:37:34.099><c> I'll</c><00:37:34.280><c> just</c><00:37:34.980><c> conclude</c><00:37:36.099><c> with</c><00:37:39.320><c> looking</c><00:37:40.340><c> once</c><00:37:40.639><c> again</c>

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at<00:37:41.199><c> Proverbs</c><00:37:41.719><c> 1</c><00:37:42.420><c> verse</c><00:37:42.659><c> 22</c><00:37:43.059><c> and</c><00:37:43.280><c> 23.</c>

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And<00:37:44.780><c> then</c><00:37:45.199><c> we're</c><00:37:45.719><c> also</c><00:37:45.940><c> gonna</c><00:37:46.119><c> go</c><00:37:46.380><c> to</c><00:37:46.599><c> Ephesians</c><00:37:47.159><c> chapter</c><00:37:47.559><c> five</c>

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but<00:37:49.760><c> how</c><00:37:50.099><c> long</c><00:37:50.280><c> you</c><00:37:50.539><c> simple</c><00:37:50.780><c> ones</c><00:37:51.039><c> will</c><00:37:51.260><c> you</c><00:37:51.460><c> love</c><00:37:51.659><c> simplicity</c>

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for<00:37:52.579><c> scorners</c><00:37:53.119><c> delight</c><00:37:53.500><c> in</c><00:37:53.679><c> their</c><00:37:53.920><c> scorning</c>

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and<00:37:54.739><c> fools</c><00:37:55.099><c> hate</c><00:37:55.480><c> knowledge.</c>

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Turn<00:37:58.420><c> at</c><00:37:58.780><c> my</c><00:37:59.019><c> rebuke.</c>

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Surely<00:37:59.699><c> I</c><00:37:59.940><c> will</c><00:38:00.139><c> pour</c><00:38:00.380><c> out</c><00:38:00.539><c> my</c><00:38:00.860><c> spirit</c><00:38:01.059><c> on</c><00:38:01.280><c> you.</c>

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I<00:38:01.679><c> will</c><00:38:01.880><c> make</c><00:38:02.159><c> my</c><00:38:02.500><c> words</c><00:38:02.780><c> known</c><00:38:03.179><c> to</c><00:38:03.420><c> you.</c>

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I<00:38:10.239><c> think</c><00:38:10.380><c> it's</c><00:38:10.820><c> sort</c><00:38:11.000><c> of</c><00:38:11.119><c> all</c><00:38:11.340><c> encompassing</c><00:38:14.460><c> verse</c><00:38:15.340><c> and</c><00:38:15.840><c> advice</c>

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starting<00:38:17.780><c> at</c><00:38:17.980><c> verse</c><00:38:18.179><c> 15,</c><00:38:20.300><c> Paul</c><00:38:20.440><c> tells</c><00:38:20.699><c> us,</c>

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see<00:38:21.699><c> then</c><00:38:22.219><c> that</c><00:38:22.980><c> you</c><00:38:23.300><c> walk</c><00:38:23.599><c> circumspectly</c><00:38:24.480><c> not</c><00:38:24.800><c> as</c><00:38:25.340><c> fools</c>

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but<00:38:26.599><c> as</c><00:38:26.920><c> wise</c><00:38:27.559><c> redeeming</c><00:38:29.000><c> the</c><00:38:29.320><c> time</c><00:38:29.719><c> because</c><00:38:30.260><c> the</c><00:38:30.599><c> days</c><00:38:31.019><c> are</c><00:38:31.639><c> evil.</c>