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have<00:10:29.740><c> it</c><00:10:30.159><c> close</c><00:10:30.419><c> at</c>

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end,<00:10:31.120><c> you'll</c><00:10:31.480><c> see</c><00:10:31.620><c> that</c><00:10:31.779><c> we've</c><00:10:31.980><c> now</c><00:10:32.200><c> reached</c><00:10:32.419><c> level</c><00:10:32.759><c> four,</c><00:10:33.720><c> where</c><00:10:33.879><c> the</c><00:10:34.120><c> alliance</c><00:10:34.460><c> is</c>

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to<00:10:41.120><c> physically</c><00:10:41.860><c> threaten</c><00:10:42.500><c> the</c><00:10:42.879><c> Jews.</c><00:10:44.080><c> And</c><00:10:44.360><c> the</c><00:10:44.539><c> beauty</c><00:10:44.759><c> of</c><00:10:44.960><c> verse</c><00:10:45.139><c> nine,</c><00:10:46.519><c> do</c>

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you<00:10:46.740><c> catch</c><00:10:46.980><c> the</c><00:10:47.240><c> subtle</c><00:10:47.460><c> difference</c>

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ridiculing<00:11:00.000><c> the</c><00:11:00.200><c> nation,</c>

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and<00:11:11.879><c> a</c><00:11:12.080><c> protection</c><00:11:12.500><c> against</c><00:11:12.980><c> them</c><00:11:13.440><c> day</c><00:11:13.820><c> and</c>

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night<00:11:14.200><c> because</c><00:11:14.519><c> the</c><00:11:14.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:11:15.559><c> is</c><00:11:16.100><c> coming</c><00:11:16.379><c> along</c><00:11:16.860><c> this</c><00:11:17.320><c> same</c>

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path.<00:11:20.139><c> Prayer</c><00:11:20.600><c> and</c><00:11:20.980><c> action</c><00:11:21.399><c> and</c><00:11:21.720><c> operation.</c><00:11:22.840><c> You</c>

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praying,<00:11:40.980><c> parents,</c><00:11:42.480><c> for</c><00:11:42.620><c> our</c><00:11:42.860><c> children</c><00:11:43.139><c> to</c><00:11:43.360><c> grow</c><00:11:43.539><c> up</c>

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and<00:11:43.919><c> accept</c><00:11:44.299><c> the</c><00:11:44.580><c> truth</c><00:11:45.019><c> and</c><00:11:45.580><c> be</c><00:11:45.860><c> welcomed</c><00:11:46.139><c> into</c><00:11:46.360><c> the</c><00:11:46.559><c> kingdom</c>

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and<00:12:09.159><c> then</c><00:12:09.340><c> the</c><00:12:09.519><c> opportunity</c><00:12:10.000><c> presents</c><00:12:10.539><c> itself</c><00:12:11.179><c> for</c><00:12:11.379><c> us</c><00:12:11.539><c> to</c><00:12:11.740><c> help</c><00:12:11.879><c> them</c><00:12:12.120><c> out</c><00:12:12.360><c> and</c><00:12:12.500><c> we</c>

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have<00:12:12.879><c> other</c><00:12:13.179><c> things</c><00:12:13.440><c> that</c>

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enticement<00:12:33.879><c> that</c><00:12:34.000><c> we're</c><00:12:34.220><c> struggling</c>

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surveillance,<00:12:51.559><c> the</c><00:12:51.679><c> city</c><00:12:51.879><c> is.</c><00:12:52.860><c> There's</c><00:12:53.200><c> a</c><00:12:53.340><c> need</c><00:12:53.460><c> for</c><00:12:53.659><c> a</c><00:12:53.820><c> 24</c><00:12:54.159><c>-hour</c><00:12:54.460><c> guard.</c><00:12:56.360><c> There's</c><00:12:56.720><c> no</c>

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is<00:13:04.759><c> now</c><00:13:05.039><c> living</c><00:13:05.299><c> in</c><00:13:05.779><c> constant</c><00:13:06.279><c> fear</c><00:13:06.720><c> of</c><00:13:06.919><c> a</c><00:13:07.100><c> sudden</c><00:13:07.279><c> attack</c><00:13:07.860><c> because</c><00:13:08.580><c> they</c><00:13:08.799><c> are</c>

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Same<00:20:59.420><c> word.</c><00:21:00.779><c> You</c><00:21:01.000><c> see</c><00:21:01.160><c> we</c><00:21:01.380><c> can't</c><00:21:02.019><c> fear</c><00:21:02.339><c> the</c><00:21:02.579><c> Gentiles</c><00:21:03.819><c> and</c><00:21:04.440><c> fear</c><00:21:04.859><c> God</c>

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can't<00:21:12.160><c> love</c><00:21:12.440><c> the</c><00:21:12.619><c> way</c><00:21:12.720><c> of</c><00:21:12.880><c> the</c><00:21:13.019><c> Gentiles</c>

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are<00:21:18.240><c> mutually</c><00:21:18.619><c> exclusive.</c>

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concept<00:21:23.859><c> demonstrated</c><00:21:24.859><c> that</c><00:21:25.539><c> day</c><00:21:25.880><c> as</c><00:21:26.180><c> the</c><00:21:26.440><c> family</c>

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stood<00:21:26.880><c> around</c><00:21:27.160><c> the</c><00:21:27.380><c> wall</c><00:21:27.559><c> and</c><00:21:27.700><c> it</c><00:21:27.819><c> was</c><00:21:28.059><c> that</c><00:21:28.400><c> concept</c><00:21:29.240><c> that</c>

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Nehemiah<00:21:30.480><c> implored</c><00:21:31.019><c> the</c><00:21:31.259><c> community.</c><00:21:31.779><c> Don't</c><00:21:32.180><c> fear</c>

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them,<00:21:33.759><c> fear</c><00:21:33.940><c> God</c><00:21:34.420><c> because</c><00:21:35.119><c> he</c><00:21:35.420><c> will</c><00:21:35.720><c> deliver</c><00:21:36.039><c> us</c><00:21:36.799><c> and</c><00:21:37.519><c> deliver</c>

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them<00:21:38.579><c> he</c><00:21:38.960><c> did.</c><00:21:40.339><c> When</c><00:21:40.619><c> our</c><00:21:40.940><c> enemies</c><00:21:41.240><c> heard</c><00:21:41.579><c> in</c>

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all<00:21:46.920><c> returned</c><00:21:47.299><c> to</c><00:21:47.500><c> the</c><00:21:47.700><c> wall,</c>

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each<00:21:48.700><c> to</c><00:21:48.900><c> his</c><00:21:49.099><c> work.</c>

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know<00:22:02.819><c> is</c><00:22:03.019><c> that</c><00:22:03.119><c> it</c><00:22:03.299><c> was.</c>

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and<00:22:12.619><c> God</c><00:22:13.319><c> was</c><00:22:13.859><c> the</c><00:22:14.079><c> one</c><00:22:14.440><c> who</c><00:22:14.799><c> frustrated</c><00:22:15.319><c> their</c><00:22:15.740><c> plan.</c><00:22:16.819><c> You</c><00:22:17.000><c> see</c><00:22:17.160><c> they</c><00:22:17.420><c> knew</c><00:22:17.619><c> who</c><00:22:17.839><c> this</c><00:22:18.059><c> God</c><00:22:18.240><c> of</c>

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told<00:22:24.500><c> Haman</c><00:22:24.900><c> when</c><00:22:25.119><c> he</c><00:22:25.259><c> came</c><00:22:25.460><c> back</c><00:22:25.740><c> from</c><00:22:25.980><c> the</c>

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parade<00:22:28.640><c> around</c><00:22:28.920><c> the</c><00:22:29.119><c> city</c><00:22:29.279><c> that</c><00:22:29.480><c> day</c><00:22:29.619><c> with</c><00:22:29.819><c> Mordecai?</c>

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because<00:22:56.880><c> he</c><00:22:57.140><c> always</c><00:22:57.500><c> works</c><00:22:57.819><c> with</c><00:22:58.140><c> the</c><00:22:58.299><c> rendment</c><00:22:58.640><c> on</c>

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consistent<00:22:59.440><c> principles.</c>

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They're<00:23:01.599><c> utterly</c><00:23:01.960><c> helpless</c><00:23:02.359><c> and</c><00:23:02.559><c> without</c><00:23:02.759><c> power</c><00:23:03.019><c> to</c><00:23:03.240><c> save</c><00:23:03.400><c> themselves.</c><00:23:03.980><c> They</c><00:23:04.140><c> were</c><00:23:04.279><c> going</c><00:23:04.359><c> to</c>

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do<00:23:04.480><c> what</c><00:23:04.599><c> they</c>

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wanted<00:23:11.680><c> to</c><00:23:11.680><c> do.</c><00:23:12.059><c> They</c><00:23:12.460><c> were</c><00:23:12.599><c> totally</c><00:23:12.980><c> dependent</c><00:23:13.400><c> upon</c><00:23:13.740><c> God.</c>

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They<00:23:14.779><c> faced</c><00:23:15.059><c> multiple</c><00:23:15.680><c> concurrent</c><00:23:16.240><c> trials</c><00:23:16.700><c> that</c>

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grew<00:23:17.099><c> more</c><00:23:17.480><c> intense</c><00:23:17.759><c> as</c><00:23:17.980><c> their</c><00:23:18.220><c> faith</c><00:23:18.440><c> grew.</c><00:23:18.779><c> Oh,</c><00:23:19.019><c> it</c><00:23:19.019><c> would</c><00:23:19.220><c> have</c><00:23:19.319><c> been</c><00:23:19.539><c> so</c><00:23:19.900><c> easy</c><00:23:20.380><c> had</c><00:23:21.099><c> it</c><00:23:21.279><c> just</c><00:23:21.440><c> been</c><00:23:21.640><c> a</c><00:23:21.799><c> wall</c>

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we'll<00:23:25.160><c> see</c><00:23:25.279><c> in</c><00:23:25.400><c> a</c><00:23:25.519><c> few</c><00:23:25.619><c> minutes,</c><00:23:25.920><c> there</c><00:23:26.019><c> wasn't</c>

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just<00:23:26.460><c> a</c><00:23:26.619><c> wall</c><00:23:26.779><c> to</c><00:23:27.000><c> build</c><00:23:27.140><c> with</c><00:23:27.319><c> the</c><00:23:27.480><c> Gentiles.</c><00:23:27.900><c> There</c><00:23:27.980><c> was</c><00:23:28.160><c> a</c>

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famine<00:23:28.579><c> going</c><00:23:28.819><c> on</c><00:23:28.980><c> at</c><00:23:29.119><c> the</c><00:23:29.240><c> same</c><00:23:29.460><c> time,</c><00:23:29.700><c> which</c><00:23:29.960><c> further</c>

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complicated<00:23:31.279><c> the</c><00:23:31.619><c> matters.</c><00:23:33.039><c> We</c><00:23:33.180><c> can</c><00:23:33.400><c> only</c><00:23:33.599><c> imagine</c><00:23:34.059><c> what</c>

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their<00:23:34.480><c> prayers</c><00:23:34.720><c> would</c><00:23:34.900><c> have</c><00:23:35.059><c> contained,</c>

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but<00:23:36.119><c> the</c><00:23:36.440><c> response,</c><00:23:37.720><c> the</c><00:23:38.019><c> discipleship</c><00:23:38.660><c> that's</c><00:23:39.519><c> defined</c><00:23:39.880><c> in</c>

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this<00:23:41.900><c> is</c><00:23:42.039><c> what</c><00:23:42.200><c> God</c><00:23:42.440><c> brought</c><00:23:42.700><c> them</c><00:23:42.960><c> to.</c><00:23:43.680><c> They</c><00:23:43.859><c> were</c><00:23:44.099><c> now</c><00:23:44.380><c> wholly</c><00:23:44.720><c> consumed</c><00:23:45.440><c> in</c>

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their<00:23:45.980><c> service</c><00:23:46.359><c> and</c><00:23:46.500><c> the</c><00:23:46.660><c> truth.</c>

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You<00:23:48.380><c> didn't</c><00:23:48.579><c> have</c><00:23:48.799><c> to</c><00:23:48.940><c> ask</c><00:23:49.200><c> them</c><00:23:49.440><c> what</c><00:23:49.579><c> they</c><00:23:49.759><c> were</c><00:23:49.880><c> going</c><00:23:49.980><c> to</c>

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do<00:23:50.220><c> tomorrow</c><00:23:50.619><c> night.</c>

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You<00:23:52.019><c> didn't</c><00:23:52.220><c> have</c><00:23:52.440><c> to</c><00:23:52.579><c> ask</c><00:23:52.799><c> them</c><00:23:53.039><c> if</c><00:23:53.180><c> they</c><00:23:53.380><c> were</c><00:23:53.519><c> going</c><00:23:53.660><c> to,</c><00:23:54.240><c> you</c><00:23:54.480><c> know,</c><00:23:54.579><c> go</c>

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that.<00:24:02.819><c> All</c><00:24:03.119><c> I'm</c><00:24:03.319><c> saying</c><00:24:03.539><c> is</c><00:24:03.680><c> they</c><00:24:03.779><c> had</c><00:24:03.940><c> a</c><00:24:04.299><c> single</c><00:24:04.700><c> clear</c><00:24:05.099><c> focus</c>

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weekends<00:24:07.920><c> can</c><00:24:08.119><c> be</c><00:24:08.319><c> very</c><00:24:08.660><c> spiritually</c><00:24:08.960><c> regenerating</c><00:24:09.559><c> or</c><00:24:09.740><c> rejuvenating.</c><00:24:10.839><c> So</c>

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let<00:24:11.319><c> me</c><00:24:11.420><c> make</c><00:24:11.579><c> sure</c><00:24:11.720><c> that</c><00:24:12.039><c> that</c><00:24:12.140><c> is</c>

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perfectly<00:24:12.660><c> stated.</c><00:24:13.019><c> But</c><00:24:13.240><c> their</c><00:24:13.500><c> focus</c><00:24:13.819><c> was</c><00:24:14.000><c> a</c><00:24:14.279><c> spiritual</c><00:24:14.799><c> focus.</c><00:24:16.240><c> They</c><00:24:16.440><c> had</c>

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no<00:24:16.960><c> doubt</c><00:24:17.240><c> in</c><00:24:17.400><c> their</c><00:24:17.640><c> mind</c><00:24:18.079><c> what</c><00:24:18.579><c> they</c>

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were<00:24:18.900><c> there</c><00:24:19.039><c> to</c><00:24:19.220><c> do.</c><00:24:19.339><c> They</c><00:24:19.480><c> worked</c><00:24:19.680><c> together</c><00:24:19.980><c> in</c><00:24:20.200><c> unity.</c><00:24:21.039><c> They</c>

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were<00:24:21.299><c> willing</c><00:24:21.500><c> to</c><00:24:21.720><c> risk</c><00:24:21.839><c> their</c><00:24:22.099><c> lives</c><00:24:22.359><c> and</c><00:24:22.500><c> they</c>

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were<00:24:22.740><c> learning</c><00:24:23.019><c> to</c><00:24:23.359><c> walk</c><00:24:23.559><c> by</c><00:24:23.940><c> faith,</c><00:24:24.599><c> trusting</c><00:24:24.920><c> in</c><00:24:25.180><c> God</c><00:24:25.339><c> to</c>

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deliver<00:24:25.900><c> them</c><00:24:26.079><c> because</c><00:24:26.339><c> that's</c><00:24:26.660><c> all</c><00:24:26.839><c> they</c><00:24:27.039><c> could</c><00:24:27.220><c> do.</c>

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If<00:24:28.119><c> the</c><00:24:28.359><c> Samaritans</c><00:24:28.740><c> decide</c><00:24:29.099><c> to</c><00:24:29.339><c> attack,</c><00:24:29.619><c> they</c><00:24:29.720><c> are</c><00:24:29.980><c> probably</c>

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going<00:24:30.319><c> to</c><00:24:30.400><c> be</c><00:24:30.539><c> defeated.</c>

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the<00:24:35.740><c> same</c><00:24:35.920><c> way</c><00:24:36.420><c> that</c><00:24:36.779><c> he</c><00:24:36.940><c> works</c>

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with<00:24:37.579><c> us.</c><00:24:38.700><c> Don't</c><00:24:39.039><c> miss</c><00:24:39.559><c> the</c><00:24:39.859><c> lesson</c><00:24:40.279><c> of</c><00:24:40.559><c> redemption</c><00:24:41.019><c> that</c><00:24:41.700><c> we</c>

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see<00:24:42.200><c> in</c><00:24:42.380><c> chapter</c><00:24:42.720><c> four.</c>

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God<00:24:45.059><c> has</c><00:24:45.420><c> rendered</c><00:24:45.839><c> their</c><00:24:46.400><c> enemy</c><00:24:47.099><c> powerless.</c><00:24:49.480><c> This</c><00:24:49.900><c> enemy</c><00:24:50.339><c> that</c><00:24:51.000><c> dominated</c><00:24:51.519><c> them</c><00:24:51.859><c> and</c><00:24:52.079><c> had</c><00:24:52.200><c> the</c><00:24:52.440><c> power</c><00:24:52.700><c> of</c>

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life<00:24:53.200><c> and</c>

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over<00:24:53.920><c> them,</c><00:24:54.519><c> but</c><00:24:54.799><c> they</c><00:24:55.140><c> still</c><00:24:55.559><c> had</c><00:24:55.839><c> to</c><00:24:56.059><c> do</c><00:24:56.339><c> their</c><00:24:56.779><c> part.</c><00:24:57.740><c> They</c>

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still<00:24:58.259><c> had</c><00:24:58.460><c> to</c><00:24:58.660><c> devote</c><00:24:58.920><c> themselves</c><00:24:59.680><c> and</c><00:25:00.039><c> be</c><00:25:00.259><c> willing</c>

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to<00:25:00.740><c> lay</c><00:25:00.900><c> down</c><00:25:01.140><c> their</c><00:25:01.380><c> life</c><00:25:01.619><c> for</c><00:25:01.819><c> one</c><00:25:01.960><c> another.</c><00:25:03.000><c> And</c><00:25:03.200><c> you</c><00:25:03.380><c> see</c>

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the<00:25:03.819><c> connections,</c><00:25:04.380><c> the</c><00:25:04.640><c> echoes,</c><00:25:05.019><c> the</c><00:25:05.140><c> links</c>

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with<00:25:07.640><c> the</c><00:25:08.119><c> teaching</c><00:25:08.440><c> of</c><00:25:08.640><c> the</c><00:25:08.839><c> atonement</c><00:25:09.160><c> and</c><00:25:09.299><c> what</c><00:25:09.480><c> Christ</c><00:25:09.740><c> was</c><00:25:09.900><c> trying</c><00:25:10.079><c> to</c>

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teach<00:25:10.380><c> us</c><00:25:10.559><c> on</c><00:25:10.700><c> the</c><00:25:10.859><c> cross.</c>

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If<00:25:12.640><c> the</c><00:25:12.920><c> Jews</c><00:25:13.140><c> thought</c><00:25:13.700><c> that</c><00:25:14.200><c> God</c><00:25:14.420><c> was</c><00:25:14.660><c> going</c><00:25:14.839><c> to</c><00:25:15.000><c> do</c><00:25:15.119><c> it</c><00:25:15.299><c> all,</c>

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they<00:25:16.099><c> would</c><00:25:16.380><c> not</c><00:25:16.559><c> have</c><00:25:16.799><c> stood</c><00:25:17.079><c> family</c><00:25:17.480><c> by</c><00:25:17.720><c> family</c>

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around<00:25:18.279><c> the</c><00:25:18.519><c> wall.</c><00:25:19.599><c> They</c><00:25:19.759><c> would</c><00:25:19.940><c> have</c><00:25:20.099><c> just</c><00:25:20.420><c> stepped</c><00:25:20.640><c> back</c>

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and<00:25:21.579><c> passively</c><00:25:21.980><c> said,</c><00:25:22.359><c> well,</c><00:25:22.480><c> God</c><00:25:22.740><c> will</c><00:25:22.960><c> take</c><00:25:23.180><c> care</c>

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of<00:25:23.519><c> this.</c><00:25:24.839><c> For</c><00:25:25.079><c> us</c><00:25:25.380><c> to</c><00:25:25.619><c> be</c><00:25:25.920><c> redeemed</c><00:25:27.319><c> by</c><00:25:27.680><c> this</c><00:25:28.000><c> power</c><00:25:28.400><c> that</c><00:25:28.700><c> surrounds</c><00:25:29.079><c> us</c>

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or<00:25:29.720><c> comes</c><00:25:30.000><c> from</c><00:25:30.299><c> within,</c><00:25:30.859><c> that</c><00:25:30.980><c> seeks</c><00:25:31.180><c> to</c>

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dominate<00:25:31.819><c> us,</c><00:25:32.859><c> whether</c><00:25:33.039><c> it's</c><00:25:33.299><c> the</c><00:25:34.000><c> world's</c><00:25:34.440><c> influence</c><00:25:34.740><c> of</c><00:25:34.980><c> sin</c><00:25:35.079><c> in</c>

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our<00:25:35.420><c> life</c><00:25:35.579><c> or</c><00:25:35.779><c> the</c><00:25:36.380><c> sin</c><00:25:36.579><c> nature</c><00:25:36.880><c> that</c><00:25:37.059><c> we</c><00:25:37.279><c> have,</c>

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we<00:25:38.119><c> have</c><00:25:38.319><c> to</c><00:25:38.480><c> be</c><00:25:38.640><c> willing</c><00:25:38.839><c> to</c><00:25:39.180><c> devote</c><00:25:39.480><c> ourselves</c><00:25:40.240><c> completely</c>

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to<00:25:42.400><c> the</c><00:25:42.619><c> battle</c><00:25:42.960><c> the</c><00:25:43.480><c> same</c><00:25:43.700><c> way</c><00:25:43.900><c> that</c>

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the<00:25:44.140><c> nation</c><00:25:44.700><c> was</c><00:25:45.000><c> that</c><00:25:45.259><c> day,</c><00:25:46.099><c> willing</c><00:25:46.440><c> to</c><00:25:46.779><c> lay</c><00:25:46.960><c> down</c><00:25:47.119><c> our</c><00:25:47.299><c> life</c>

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for<00:25:47.759><c> each</c><00:25:47.960><c> other.</c><00:25:48.940><c> And</c><00:25:49.140><c> then</c><00:25:49.700><c> in</c><00:25:50.079><c> God's</c><00:25:50.759><c> grace</c><00:25:51.099><c> and</c>

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in<00:25:51.539><c> his</c><00:25:51.859><c> wisdom</c><00:25:52.119><c> and</c><00:25:52.279><c> in</c><00:25:52.380><c> his</c><00:25:52.599><c> power,</c><00:25:53.339><c> the</c><00:25:53.660><c> enemy</c><00:25:54.019><c> will</c><00:25:54.339><c> be</c><00:25:54.500><c> rendered</c><00:25:54.819><c> powerless</c><00:25:55.420><c> as</c>

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exactly<00:25:56.759><c> as</c><00:25:56.980><c> it</c><00:25:57.160><c> was</c><00:25:57.460><c> that</c><00:25:57.740><c> day</c>

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in<00:25:58.019><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:26:05.720><c> Deliverance</c><00:26:06.319><c> was</c><00:26:06.559><c> by</c><00:26:06.920><c> faith,</c><00:26:08.240><c> but</c><00:26:08.480><c> it</c><00:26:08.619><c> was</c><00:26:08.920><c> a</c>

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faith<00:26:09.460><c> that</c><00:26:09.700><c> was</c><00:26:10.000><c> coupled</c><00:26:10.299><c> with</c><00:26:10.619><c> a</c><00:26:10.880><c> hundred</c><00:26:11.140><c> percent</c>

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devotion<00:26:12.440><c> to</c><00:26:13.680><c> the</c><00:26:13.900><c> process</c><00:26:14.519><c> of</c><00:26:14.759><c> being</c><00:26:15.000><c> redeemed.</c><00:26:17.559><c> In</c><00:26:17.640><c> the</c><00:26:17.819><c> end,</c><00:26:18.039><c> the</c>

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victory<00:26:18.339><c> was</c><00:26:18.559><c> all</c><00:26:18.759><c> to</c><00:26:18.880><c> God,</c><00:26:19.259><c> the</c><00:26:19.319><c> glory</c><00:26:19.619><c> was</c><00:26:19.839><c> all</c>

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to<00:26:20.119><c> him.</c><00:26:21.279><c> Permanent</c><00:26:21.640><c> changes</c><00:26:21.960><c> are</c><00:26:22.180><c> made</c><00:26:22.319><c> as</c><00:26:22.500><c> a</c><00:26:22.619><c> result</c><00:26:22.819><c> of</c><00:26:23.000><c> this.</c><00:26:23.720><c> We</c>

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won't<00:26:23.960><c> go</c><00:26:24.220><c> through</c><00:26:24.339><c> them</c><00:26:24.519><c> in</c><00:26:24.740><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.059><c> four</c>

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because<00:26:25.460><c> we</c><00:26:25.619><c> want</c><00:26:25.759><c> to</c><00:26:25.839><c> go</c><00:26:25.920><c> on</c><00:26:26.019><c> to</c><00:26:26.160><c> chapter</c><00:26:26.420><c> five.</c><00:26:27.240><c> But</c><00:26:27.400><c> from</c><00:26:27.599><c> now</c><00:26:27.859><c> on,</c><00:26:28.059><c> half</c><00:26:28.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:28.579><c> people</c><00:26:28.740><c> will</c><00:26:28.940><c> work</c><00:26:29.079><c> on</c><00:26:29.240><c> the</c><00:26:29.400><c> wall,</c>

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half<00:26:30.339><c> of</c><00:26:30.480><c> the</c><00:26:30.680><c> people</c><00:26:31.140><c> will</c><00:26:31.799><c> protect</c><00:26:32.220><c> the</c><00:26:32.440><c> wall.</c><00:26:33.640><c> And</c><00:26:34.039><c> then</c><00:26:34.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:34.640><c> half</c><00:26:34.819><c> that</c><00:26:34.960><c> are</c><00:26:35.119><c> working</c><00:26:35.400><c> on</c><00:26:35.599><c> the</c><00:26:35.799><c> wall,</c>

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half<00:26:38.240><c> of</c><00:26:38.420><c> those</c><00:26:38.940><c> will</c><00:26:39.559><c> carry</c><00:26:39.839><c> a</c><00:26:40.140><c> weapon</c><00:26:40.480><c> in</c><00:26:40.900><c> their</c><00:26:41.119><c> hand.</c><00:26:43.279><c> And</c>

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the<00:26:43.579><c> other</c><00:26:43.779><c> half,</c><00:26:44.140><c> and</c><00:26:44.299><c> we</c><00:26:44.380><c> don't</c><00:26:44.539><c> know</c><00:26:44.660><c> if</c><00:26:44.759><c> it's</c><00:26:45.099><c> a</c>

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half<00:26:45.380><c> or</c><00:26:45.900><c> what</c><00:26:46.160><c> percentage</c><00:26:46.500><c> was,</c><00:26:46.759><c> but</c><00:26:46.880><c> of</c><00:26:46.980><c> the</c><00:26:47.119><c> half</c><00:26:47.240><c> that</c><00:26:47.380><c> were</c><00:26:47.519><c> working,</c><00:26:48.279><c> even</c><00:26:48.519><c> part</c><00:26:48.759><c> of</c>

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them<00:26:49.160><c> had</c><00:26:49.380><c> to</c><00:26:49.559><c> carry</c><00:26:49.680><c> a</c>

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weapon<00:26:50.019><c> in</c><00:26:50.140><c> their</c><00:26:50.279><c> hand</c><00:26:50.400><c> so</c><00:26:50.500><c> they</c><00:26:50.619><c> only</c><00:26:50.779><c> had</c><00:26:50.920><c> one</c><00:26:51.160><c> arm</c><00:26:51.359><c> free</c><00:26:52.039><c> to</c>

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do<00:26:52.420><c> the</c><00:26:52.599><c> building.</c><00:26:53.440><c> The</c><00:26:53.680><c> rest,</c><00:26:54.400><c> the</c><00:26:54.599><c> 25</c><00:26:54.980><c>%</c><00:26:55.180><c> that</c><00:26:55.299><c> were</c>

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left<00:26:55.640><c> or</c><00:26:55.799><c> whatever</c><00:26:56.019><c> it</c><00:26:56.220><c> was,</c><00:26:56.779><c> had</c><00:26:56.940><c> their</c><00:26:57.140><c> weapon</c><00:26:57.380><c> at</c><00:26:57.539><c> the</c><00:26:57.779><c> side</c>

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and<00:26:58.480><c> they</c><00:26:58.599><c> had</c><00:26:58.720><c> both</c><00:26:58.940><c> hands</c><00:26:59.200><c> free</c><00:26:59.420><c> to</c><00:26:59.599><c> work.</c><00:27:00.640><c> So</c><00:27:00.839><c> not</c>

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only<00:27:01.160><c> is</c><00:27:01.500><c> it</c><00:27:01.640><c> difficult</c><00:27:02.059><c> to</c><00:27:02.220><c> build</c><00:27:02.420><c> the</c><00:27:02.599><c> wall,</c><00:27:02.960><c> but</c><00:27:02.980><c> now</c><00:27:03.200><c> they</c>

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have<00:27:03.500><c> to</c><00:27:03.619><c> do</c><00:27:03.799><c> it</c><00:27:04.000><c> with</c><00:27:04.859><c> half</c><00:27:05.240><c> of</c><00:27:05.420><c> them</c><00:27:06.099><c> acting</c><00:27:06.559><c> as</c>

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soldiers.<00:27:07.940><c> Again,</c><00:27:08.200><c> God</c><00:27:08.400><c> didn't</c><00:27:08.619><c> bring</c><00:27:08.819><c> the</c><00:27:09.000><c> Gentile</c><00:27:09.519><c> influence</c><00:27:10.019><c> and</c><00:27:10.559><c> remove</c><00:27:10.900><c> it.</c>

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He<00:27:11.700><c> left</c><00:27:11.900><c> it</c><00:27:12.119><c> there,</c>

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but<00:27:12.559><c> the</c><00:27:12.799><c> wall</c><00:27:13.019><c> is</c><00:27:13.400><c> finished</c><00:27:13.799><c> with</c><00:27:14.400><c> the</c><00:27:14.660><c> danger</c><00:27:15.039><c> of</c><00:27:15.339><c> a</c><00:27:15.680><c> certain</c>

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attack<00:27:16.359><c> still</c><00:27:16.960><c> living</c><00:27:17.200><c> with</c><00:27:17.460><c> them</c><00:27:17.720><c> day</c><00:27:17.940><c> to</c><00:27:18.099><c> day,</c>

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evidenced<00:27:19.059><c> by</c><00:27:19.279><c> the</c><00:27:19.480><c> fact</c><00:27:19.680><c> that</c><00:27:19.920><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:20.420><c> now</c><00:27:20.799><c> issues</c><00:27:21.240><c> additional</c><00:27:21.839><c> orders</c>

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that<00:27:22.960><c> from</c><00:27:23.160><c> now</c><00:27:23.380><c> on,</c><00:27:23.799><c> from</c><00:27:23.940><c> sunup</c>

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till<00:27:24.460><c> sundown,</c><00:27:25.819><c> the</c><00:27:26.180><c> work</c><00:27:26.339><c> would</c><00:27:26.619><c> continue.</c><00:27:27.660><c> The</c><00:27:27.819><c> Jews</c><00:27:28.000><c> were</c>

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to<00:27:28.339><c> spend</c><00:27:28.519><c> their</c><00:27:28.700><c> nights</c><00:27:29.019><c> in</c><00:27:29.579><c> the</c><00:27:29.799><c> city</c><00:27:30.059><c> and</c><00:27:30.200><c> they</c>

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were<00:27:30.359><c> to</c><00:27:30.579><c> be</c><00:27:30.799><c> on</c><00:27:31.079><c> constant</c><00:27:31.400><c> guard</c><00:27:31.920><c> because,</c><00:27:33.180><c> as</c><00:27:33.180><c> we</c><00:27:33.319><c> know</c><00:27:33.539><c> from</c>

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the<00:27:33.799><c> New</c><00:27:34.000><c> Testament,</c><00:27:34.440><c> it</c><00:27:34.559><c> is</c><00:27:34.759><c> through</c><00:27:34.940><c> much</c>

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tribulation<00:27:35.980><c> that</c><00:27:36.400><c> we</c><00:27:36.640><c> enter</c><00:27:36.980><c> the</c><00:27:37.240><c> Kingdom</c><00:27:37.460><c> of</c><00:27:37.579><c> God.</c><00:27:39.819><c> In</c><00:27:40.079><c> the</c>

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midst<00:27:40.599><c> of</c><00:27:40.839><c> all</c><00:27:41.019><c> of</c><00:27:41.160><c> this</c><00:27:42.279><c> comes</c><00:27:43.119><c> chapter</c><00:27:43.519><c> 5.</c>

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If<00:27:46.700><c> verse</c><00:27:47.299><c> 16</c><00:27:48.140><c> was</c><00:27:48.500><c> not</c><00:27:48.740><c> included</c><00:27:49.140><c> in</c><00:27:49.380><c> chapter</c><00:27:49.799><c> 5,</c><00:27:51.859><c> we</c><00:27:52.119><c> would</c><00:27:52.359><c> say,</c><00:27:52.700><c> well,</c><00:27:53.160><c> chapter</c><00:27:53.440><c> 5</c>

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happens<00:27:54.579><c> sometime</c><00:27:55.220><c> else,</c>

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sometime<00:27:56.940><c> in</c><00:27:57.180><c> the</c><00:27:57.359><c> future</c><00:27:58.039><c> during</c><00:27:58.500><c> the</c><00:27:59.220><c> 12</c><00:27:59.460><c> years</c><00:27:59.759><c> when</c><00:27:59.900><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:00.400><c> was</c>

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the<00:28:00.759><c> governor</c><00:28:01.000><c> of</c><00:28:01.240><c> Judah.</c>

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But<00:28:02.700><c> we</c><00:28:02.819><c> know</c><00:28:02.940><c> from</c><00:28:03.099><c> verse</c><00:28:03.299><c> 16</c><00:28:03.700><c> that</c><00:28:03.819><c> chapter</c><00:28:04.119><c> 5</c><00:28:04.460><c> happens</c><00:28:04.839><c> smack</c><00:28:05.539><c> dab</c>

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:08.400
in<00:28:06.220><c> the</c><00:28:06.359><c> middle</c><00:28:06.700><c> of</c><00:28:06.940><c> building</c><00:28:07.240><c> the</c><00:28:07.480><c> wall.</c>

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Absolutely<00:28:10.960><c> phenomenal</c><00:28:11.559><c> what</c><00:28:12.099><c> brethren</c><00:28:12.480><c> were</c><00:28:12.720><c> doing</c><00:28:12.940><c> to</c><00:28:13.200><c> brethren</c><00:28:13.500><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:28:14.099><c> 5.</c>

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Recall<00:28:16.680><c> the</c><00:28:16.880><c> events</c><00:28:17.160><c> of</c><00:28:17.359><c> chapter</c><00:28:17.640><c> 4.</c>

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The<00:28:21.259><c> Gentiles</c><00:28:21.779><c> are</c><00:28:22.099><c> severely</c><00:28:22.779><c> mistreating</c><00:28:23.599><c> the</c><00:28:23.980><c> Jews,</c><00:28:25.059><c> ridiculing</c><00:28:25.579><c> them,</c>

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you<00:28:26.819><c> know,</c><00:28:27.319><c> planning</c><00:28:27.400><c> a</c><00:28:27.880><c> secret</c>

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ambush<00:28:28.740><c> to</c><00:28:29.039><c> come</c><00:28:29.339><c> and</c><00:28:29.759><c> slay</c><00:28:30.140><c> them</c><00:28:30.359><c> all.</c><00:28:31.240><c> The</c><00:28:31.460><c> Jews</c><00:28:31.680><c> are</c><00:28:31.980><c> left</c>

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in<00:28:32.680><c> mortal</c><00:28:32.940><c> danger</c><00:28:33.400><c> of</c><00:28:33.619><c> their</c><00:28:33.799><c> life.</c><00:28:34.720><c> They're</c><00:28:34.920><c> sleeping</c>

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in<00:28:35.480><c> the</c><00:28:35.700><c> city</c><00:28:35.920><c> to</c><00:28:36.200><c> provide</c><00:28:36.460><c> the</c><00:28:36.720><c> 24</c><00:28:37.000><c>-hour</c><00:28:37.279><c> protection.</c><00:28:37.980><c> They're</c><00:28:37.980><c> working</c><00:28:38.299><c> with,</c>

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some<00:28:39.099><c> of</c><00:28:39.200><c> them,</c><00:28:39.359><c> the</c><00:28:39.420><c> ones</c><00:28:39.539><c> that</c>

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can,<00:28:39.859><c> are</c><00:28:39.980><c> working</c><00:28:40.140><c> with</c><00:28:40.400><c> one</c><00:28:40.559><c> hand</c><00:28:40.700><c> on</c><00:28:40.859><c> a</c><00:28:41.000><c> weapon.</c><00:28:41.660><c> Some</c><00:28:41.880><c> are</c>

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acting<00:28:42.259><c> as</c><00:28:42.480><c> the</c><00:28:42.660><c> soldiers.</c><00:28:43.339><c> There's</c><00:28:43.660><c> heavy</c><00:28:43.920><c> labor</c>

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that's<00:28:44.500><c> still</c><00:28:44.720><c> required</c><00:28:45.099><c> to</c><00:28:45.319><c> build</c><00:28:45.440><c> the</c><00:28:45.680><c> wall.</c><00:28:46.240><c> In</c><00:28:46.420><c> the</c><00:28:46.559><c> midst</c>

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.420
of<00:28:47.160><c> all</c><00:28:47.440><c> of</c><00:28:47.640><c> this,</c><00:28:47.920><c> the</c><00:28:47.920><c> Gentiles</c><00:28:47.920><c> are</c>

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:53.160
mistreating<00:28:49.880><c> the</c><00:28:49.880><c> Jews.</c><00:28:49.880><c> There</c><00:28:49.880><c> are</c><00:28:50.140><c> brethren</c><00:28:50.539><c> in</c><00:28:50.799><c> the</c><00:28:51.140><c> community</c><00:28:51.759><c> mistreating</c><00:28:52.700><c> other</c>

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brethren<00:28:53.619><c> over</c><00:28:54.380><c> financial</c>

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gains.<00:28:58.200><c> Chapter</c><00:28:58.440><c> 4</c><00:28:58.859><c> is</c><00:28:59.099><c> a</c><00:28:59.259><c> summary</c><00:28:59.559><c> of</c><00:28:59.740><c> the</c><00:28:59.900><c> Gentiles</c><00:29:00.420><c> mistreating</c><00:29:00.859><c> the</c><00:29:01.119><c> Jews.</c><00:29:01.440><c> Chapter</c><00:29:01.720><c> 5</c>

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is<00:29:02.539><c> an</c><00:29:02.960><c> insight</c>

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in<00:29:04.119><c> how</c><00:29:04.319><c> the</c><00:29:04.619><c> Jews</c><00:29:05.039><c> were</c><00:29:05.460><c> mistreating</c><00:29:06.019><c> each</c><00:29:06.400><c> other.</c>

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The<00:29:10.619><c> building</c><00:29:11.059><c> of</c><00:29:11.339><c> the</c><00:29:11.559><c> wall</c><00:29:11.839><c> does</c><00:29:12.160><c> not</c><00:29:12.440><c> create</c><00:29:12.900><c> the</c><00:29:13.119><c> situation</c><00:29:13.680><c> of</c><00:29:13.859><c> chapter</c><00:29:14.119><c> 5.</c>

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This<00:29:16.000><c> mistreatment</c><00:29:16.720><c> of</c><00:29:17.000><c> brother</c><00:29:17.279><c> to</c><00:29:17.500><c> brother</c><00:29:17.819><c> is</c><00:29:18.200><c> going</c><00:29:18.500><c> on</c>

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before<00:29:19.220><c> the</c><00:29:19.440><c> wall</c><00:29:19.779><c> started</c><00:29:20.200><c> to</c><00:29:20.480><c> be</c><00:29:20.700><c> rebuilt.</c>

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It's<00:29:22.700><c> a</c><00:29:22.880><c> critical</c><00:29:23.200><c> time</c><00:29:23.819><c> in</c><00:29:24.460><c> the</c><00:29:24.599><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:29:26.279><c> or</c><00:29:26.539><c> in</c><00:29:26.660><c> the</c><00:29:26.920><c> community's</c><00:29:27.759><c> development,</c><00:29:28.140><c> and</c>

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it's<00:29:29.680><c> evident</c><00:29:29.920><c> now</c><00:29:30.279><c> that</c>

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some<00:29:30.779><c> in</c><00:29:30.940><c> the</c><00:29:31.099><c> community</c><00:29:31.440><c> had</c><00:29:31.700><c> lost</c><00:29:32.119><c> their</c><00:29:32.619><c> spiritual</c><00:29:33.039><c> compass</c><00:29:33.539><c> because</c><00:29:34.279><c> they</c>

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are<00:29:34.900><c> practicing</c><00:29:35.480><c> the</c><00:29:36.480><c> dual</c>

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evils<00:29:37.660><c> of</c><00:29:37.960><c> charging</c><00:29:38.319><c> interest</c><00:29:39.039><c> and</c><00:29:40.220><c> enslaving</c><00:29:40.940><c> their</c><00:29:41.160><c> own</c><00:29:41.400><c> brethren</c><00:29:41.660><c> and</c><00:29:41.880><c> the</c><00:29:42.180><c> children</c><00:29:42.519><c> of</c>

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their<00:29:42.880><c> own</c><00:29:43.099><c> brethren</c>

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because<00:29:44.240><c> of</c><00:29:44.539><c> their</c><00:29:44.700><c> financial</c><00:29:45.299><c> interests.</c><00:29:46.900><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:47.500><c> recognizes</c><00:29:48.200><c> this</c>

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and<00:29:49.279><c> he</c><00:29:49.500><c> is</c><00:29:49.759><c> quick</c><00:29:50.000><c> to</c><00:29:50.240><c> respond</c>

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because<00:29:51.480><c> he</c><00:29:51.880><c> sees</c><00:29:52.259><c> that</c><00:29:52.519><c> this</c><00:29:52.779><c> internal</c><00:29:53.180><c> strife</c><00:29:53.640><c> of</c><00:29:53.839><c> chapter</c>

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5<00:29:54.720><c> can</c><00:29:55.200><c> be</c><00:29:55.619><c> just</c><00:29:55.980><c> as</c><00:29:56.400><c> damaging</c><00:29:56.839><c> as</c><00:29:57.480><c> the</c>

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Gentile<00:29:58.180><c> influence</c><00:29:58.720><c> that</c><00:29:59.119><c> was</c><00:29:59.299><c> going</c><00:29:59.599><c> on</c><00:30:00.000><c> around</c><00:30:00.279><c> them</c><00:30:00.740><c> in</c><00:30:01.019><c> chapter</c><00:30:01.279><c> 4.</c>

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He<00:30:03.299><c> also</c><00:30:03.599><c> realizes</c><00:30:04.099><c> that</c><00:30:04.380><c> if</c><00:30:04.500><c> they</c><00:30:04.640><c> get</c>

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done<00:30:04.960><c> and</c><00:30:05.119><c> build</c><00:30:05.259><c> this</c><00:30:05.500><c> wall</c><00:30:05.980><c> and</c><00:30:07.079><c> the</c><00:30:07.279><c> standard</c><00:30:07.640><c> of</c><00:30:07.859><c> conduct</c>

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in<00:30:08.259><c> their</c><00:30:08.460><c> community</c><00:30:08.960><c> is</c><00:30:09.180><c> one</c><00:30:09.420><c> brother</c><00:30:09.660><c> can</c>

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mistreat<00:30:10.200><c> another</c><00:30:10.519><c> brother</c><00:30:10.799><c> or</c><00:30:11.019><c> a</c><00:30:11.240><c> sister,</c><00:30:11.539><c> another</c><00:30:11.740><c> sister,</c>

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whatever<00:30:12.839><c> combination</c><00:30:13.359><c> you</c><00:30:13.539><c> want</c><00:30:13.680><c> to</c><00:30:13.839><c> use,</c>

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:19.160
then<00:30:14.740><c> the</c><00:30:14.980><c> wall</c><00:30:15.200><c> is</c><00:30:15.420><c> of</c><00:30:15.619><c> absolutely</c><00:30:16.319><c> no</c><00:30:16.880><c> value.</c><00:30:18.039><c> And</c><00:30:18.380><c> the</c><00:30:18.539><c> lesson</c><00:30:18.799><c> there</c><00:30:19.019><c> is</c>

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we<00:30:19.259><c> can</c><00:30:19.480><c> build</c><00:30:19.839><c> big</c><00:30:20.099><c> strong</c><00:30:20.420><c> walls</c>

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around<00:30:20.940><c> our</c><00:30:21.160><c> families,</c><00:30:21.660><c> around</c><00:30:21.839><c> our</c><00:30:22.059><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:30:22.460><c> around</c><00:30:22.680><c> our</c>

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communities,<00:30:23.380><c> and</c><00:30:24.200><c> if</c><00:30:24.359><c> we're</c><00:30:24.539><c> going</c><00:30:24.759><c> to</c><00:30:24.980><c> mistreat</c>

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:28.819
each<00:30:25.720><c> other</c><00:30:25.940><c> inside,</c><00:30:27.119><c> the</c><00:30:27.259><c> lesson</c><00:30:27.500><c> of</c><00:30:27.700><c> chapter</c><00:30:28.000><c> 5</c><00:30:28.359><c> is</c><00:30:28.519><c> that</c><00:30:28.700><c> we</c>

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:33.440
are<00:30:29.180><c> building</c><00:30:29.539><c> the</c><00:30:29.839><c> wall</c><00:30:30.440><c> for</c><00:30:31.420><c> futile</c><00:30:32.339><c> reasons.</c>

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:39.019
What's<00:30:36.160><c> happening</c><00:30:36.480><c> in</c><00:30:36.640><c> verse</c><00:30:36.940><c> 1</c><00:30:37.400><c> is</c><00:30:37.640><c> there</c><00:30:37.779><c> was</c><00:30:38.000><c> a</c><00:30:38.039><c> great</c><00:30:38.460><c> outcry</c><00:30:38.900><c> of</c>

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:41.279
the<00:30:39.200><c> people</c><00:30:39.660><c> and</c><00:30:39.920><c> of</c><00:30:40.039><c> their</c><00:30:40.259><c> wives</c><00:30:40.700><c> against</c>

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:45.720
their<00:30:41.539><c> Jewish</c><00:30:41.940><c> brethren</c><00:30:42.460><c> and</c><00:30:43.539><c> it's</c><00:30:43.819><c> the</c><00:30:44.039><c> same</c><00:30:44.259><c> word,</c><00:30:44.799><c> this</c><00:30:45.279><c> shriek,</c><00:30:45.680><c> I</c>

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think<00:30:45.880><c> it</c><00:30:45.960><c> is</c><00:30:46.140><c> in</c><00:30:46.220><c> the</c><00:30:46.380><c> authorized</c><00:30:46.700><c> version,</c>

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or<00:30:47.819><c> I</c><00:30:47.859><c> guess</c><00:30:48.039><c> it</c><00:30:48.160><c> is</c><00:30:48.319><c> great</c><00:30:48.539><c> cry,</c><00:30:48.759><c> but</c><00:30:48.859><c> the</c><00:30:48.980><c> word</c><00:30:49.079><c> means</c><00:30:49.339><c> to</c><00:30:49.599><c> shriek.</c><00:30:49.960><c> It's</c><00:30:50.140><c> the</c>

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:51.119
same<00:30:50.480><c> response</c>

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:56.299
of<00:30:51.880><c> the</c><00:30:52.220><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:52.539><c> to</c><00:30:52.799><c> the</c><00:30:53.039><c> Egyptian</c><00:30:53.400><c> taskmasters</c><00:30:54.640><c> back</c><00:30:55.140><c> in</c><00:30:55.579><c> Exodus</c><00:30:55.839><c> 3</c>

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:58.880
verses<00:30:56.559><c> 9</c><00:30:56.819><c> and</c><00:30:56.960><c> 11.</c><00:30:57.960><c> So</c><00:30:58.059><c> what</c><00:30:58.240><c> the</c><00:30:58.460><c> Egyptian</c>

00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:04.940
taskmasters<00:30:59.839><c> were</c><00:31:00.099><c> doing</c><00:31:00.299><c> to</c><00:31:00.500><c> the</c><00:31:00.720><c> Jews</c><00:31:01.079><c> back</c><00:31:01.660><c> before</c><00:31:02.039><c> the</c><00:31:02.279><c> Exodus,</c><00:31:03.160><c> the</c><00:31:03.460><c> Jews</c><00:31:03.880><c> are</c><00:31:04.220><c> now</c><00:31:04.440><c> doing</c><00:31:04.720><c> to</c>

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.240
each<00:31:05.240><c> other</c>

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:10.420
in<00:31:06.819><c> chapter</c><00:31:07.220><c> 5</c><00:31:07.500><c> at</c><00:31:07.680><c> verse</c><00:31:07.900><c> 1</c><00:31:08.380><c> creating</c><00:31:08.920><c> this</c><00:31:09.200><c> great</c><00:31:09.640><c> outcry</c><00:31:10.180><c> of</c>

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:13.740
the<00:31:10.599><c> people</c><00:31:10.920><c> and</c><00:31:11.119><c> their</c><00:31:11.339><c> wives</c><00:31:11.859><c> against</c><00:31:12.539><c> themselves.</c>

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:17.839
It<00:31:15.940><c> was</c><00:31:16.180><c> affecting</c><00:31:16.480><c> the</c><00:31:16.759><c> families</c><00:31:17.099><c> and</c><00:31:17.279><c> it</c><00:31:17.319><c> was</c><00:31:17.559><c> splitting</c>

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:20.440
the<00:31:18.119><c> children</c><00:31:18.500><c> from</c><00:31:18.960><c> the</c><00:31:19.180><c> parents.</c><00:31:19.599><c> It's</c><00:31:19.799><c> little</c><00:31:20.019><c> wonder</c>

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:25.539
that<00:31:20.920><c> the</c><00:31:21.140><c> wives</c><00:31:21.579><c> and</c><00:31:21.900><c> the</c><00:31:22.099><c> mothers</c><00:31:22.460><c> led</c><00:31:22.900><c> the</c><00:31:24.119><c> outcry</c><00:31:24.539><c> and</c><00:31:25.359><c> the</c>

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:27.539
outrage.<00:31:26.299><c> There</c><00:31:26.500><c> are</c><00:31:26.740><c> three</c><00:31:26.960><c> conditions</c>

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:37.200
that<00:31:27.759><c> are</c><00:31:27.900><c> leading</c><00:31:28.640><c> or</c><00:31:31.200><c> that</c><00:31:31.440><c> are</c><00:31:31.720><c> causing</c><00:31:32.220><c> this</c><00:31:32.700><c> outcry.</c><00:31:36.640><c> Verses</c><00:31:36.980><c> 2</c>

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.119
to<00:31:37.279><c> 5,</c>

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:42.279
there<00:31:39.160><c> were</c><00:31:39.339><c> those</c><00:31:39.579><c> who</c><00:31:39.819><c> said</c><00:31:40.079><c> with</c><00:31:40.240><c> our</c><00:31:40.519><c> sons</c><00:31:40.779><c> and</c><00:31:40.819><c> our</c><00:31:41.099><c> daughters</c><00:31:41.299><c> we</c><00:31:41.480><c> are</c><00:31:41.700><c> many,</c><00:31:41.960><c> let</c><00:31:42.099><c> us</c>

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.039
get<00:31:42.519><c> grain</c><00:31:42.740><c> that</c><00:31:42.900><c> we</c>

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:46.579
may<00:31:43.240><c> eat</c><00:31:43.500><c> and</c><00:31:43.660><c> keep</c><00:31:43.920><c> alive.</c><00:31:45.220><c> There</c><00:31:45.339><c> were</c><00:31:45.579><c> also</c><00:31:45.880><c> those</c><00:31:46.119><c> who</c><00:31:46.339><c> said</c><00:31:46.460><c> we</c>

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:48.339
are<00:31:46.799><c> mortgaging</c><00:31:47.200><c> our</c><00:31:47.440><c> fields,</c><00:31:47.859><c> our</c><00:31:48.000><c> vineyards,</c>

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:50.980
and<00:31:48.500><c> our</c><00:31:48.599><c> houses</c><00:31:48.960><c> to</c><00:31:49.099><c> get</c><00:31:49.279><c> grain</c><00:31:49.500><c> because</c><00:31:49.779><c> of</c><00:31:49.920><c> the</c><00:31:50.099><c> famine</c><00:31:50.420><c> and</c>

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:52.559
there<00:31:51.160><c> were</c><00:31:51.279><c> those</c><00:31:51.559><c> who</c><00:31:51.799><c> said</c><00:31:51.900><c> we</c><00:31:52.099><c> have</c><00:31:52.339><c> borrowed</c>

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:57.119
money<00:31:52.819><c> for</c><00:31:53.039><c> the</c><00:31:53.200><c> king's</c><00:31:53.579><c> tax</c><00:31:53.819><c> upon</c><00:31:54.000><c> our</c><00:31:54.240><c> fields</c><00:31:54.440><c> and</c><00:31:54.559><c> our</c><00:31:54.720><c> vineyards.</c><00:31:56.680><c> Now,</c>

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:59.200
verse<00:31:57.579><c> 5,</c><00:31:58.039><c> our</c><00:31:58.299><c> flesh</c><00:31:58.619><c> is</c><00:31:58.740><c> as</c><00:31:58.880><c> the</c><00:31:59.039><c> flesh</c>

00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:03.599
of<00:31:59.339><c> our</c><00:31:59.519><c> brethren,</c><00:31:59.839><c> our</c><00:32:00.019><c> children,</c><00:32:01.259><c> as</c><00:32:02.059><c> are</c><00:32:02.079><c> as</c><00:32:02.200><c> their</c><00:32:02.380><c> children,</c><00:32:03.140><c> yet</c><00:32:03.400><c> we</c>

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:05.480
are<00:32:03.839><c> forcing</c><00:32:04.240><c> our</c><00:32:04.680><c> sons</c><00:32:04.980><c> and</c><00:32:05.200><c> our</c>

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:08.279
daughters<00:32:05.759><c> to</c><00:32:05.960><c> be</c><00:32:06.240><c> slaves</c><00:32:06.640><c> and</c><00:32:07.240><c> some</c><00:32:07.519><c> of</c><00:32:07.680><c> our</c><00:32:07.819><c> daughters</c><00:32:08.039><c> have</c>

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:11.160
already<00:32:08.599><c> been</c><00:32:08.839><c> enslaved</c><00:32:09.480><c> but</c><00:32:10.059><c> it</c><00:32:10.240><c> is</c><00:32:10.480><c> not</c><00:32:10.720><c> in</c><00:32:10.900><c> our</c>

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:14.160
power<00:32:11.400><c> to</c><00:32:11.640><c> help</c><00:32:11.839><c> it</c><00:32:12.279><c> for</c><00:32:12.519><c> other</c><00:32:12.799><c> men</c><00:32:13.039><c> have</c><00:32:13.220><c> our</c><00:32:13.500><c> fields</c><00:32:13.819><c> and</c>

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:17.140
our<00:32:14.319><c> vineyards.</c><00:32:15.339><c> See</c><00:32:15.640><c> what</c><00:32:15.799><c> was</c><00:32:16.019><c> happening</c><00:32:16.420><c> was</c>

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:22.319
they<00:32:17.779><c> had</c><00:32:18.059><c> to</c><00:32:18.779><c> feed</c><00:32:19.319><c> their</c><00:32:19.779><c> kids,</c><00:32:20.599><c> their</c><00:32:20.779><c> families.</c><00:32:21.720><c> This</c><00:32:21.900><c> building</c><00:32:22.160><c> of</c>

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.420
the<00:32:22.500><c> wall</c><00:32:22.740><c> did</c><00:32:22.940><c> not</c><00:32:23.140><c> mean</c><00:32:23.299><c> that</c>

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:25.680
all<00:32:23.579><c> this</c><00:32:23.740><c> food</c><00:32:23.940><c> is</c><00:32:24.059><c> going</c><00:32:24.180><c> to</c><00:32:24.279><c> be</c><00:32:24.460><c> shipped</c><00:32:24.640><c> in</c><00:32:24.859><c> from</c><00:32:25.079><c> Shushan</c>

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:28.619
or<00:32:26.039><c> any</c><00:32:26.259><c> other</c><00:32:26.500><c> area.</c><00:32:27.880><c> On</c><00:32:28.119><c> top</c><00:32:28.339><c> of</c><00:32:28.500><c> that,</c>

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:32.420
God<00:32:28.819><c> has</c><00:32:29.019><c> brought</c><00:32:29.200><c> a</c><00:32:29.480><c> famine</c><00:32:29.720><c> in</c><00:32:29.920><c> the</c><00:32:30.099><c> land</c><00:32:30.420><c> and</c><00:32:31.200><c> thirdly,</c><00:32:31.599><c> while</c><00:32:31.779><c> this</c><00:32:32.000><c> building</c><00:32:32.220><c> is</c>

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.539
taking<00:32:32.660><c> place,</c><00:32:33.059><c> the</c><00:32:33.160><c> king's</c>

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:38.140
tax<00:32:33.660><c> still</c><00:32:33.839><c> has</c><00:32:34.000><c> to</c><00:32:34.140><c> be</c><00:32:34.299><c> paid.</c><00:32:35.160><c> There</c><00:32:35.400><c> was</c><00:32:35.599><c> no</c><00:32:35.859><c> moratorium</c><00:32:36.519><c> or</c>

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:40.319
temporary<00:32:38.619><c> suspension</c><00:32:39.079><c> of</c><00:32:39.440><c> the</c><00:32:39.599><c> royal</c><00:32:39.759><c> tax</c><00:32:40.039><c> to</c><00:32:40.160><c> be</c>

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:45.180
paid<00:32:40.420><c> during</c><00:32:40.660><c> this</c><00:32:40.859><c> time.</c><00:32:41.019><c> The</c><00:32:41.140><c> result</c><00:32:41.500><c> is</c><00:32:42.079><c> those</c><00:32:42.579><c> who</c><00:32:42.779><c> are</c><00:32:42.859><c> building</c><00:32:43.119><c> the</c><00:32:43.400><c> wall</c><00:32:43.779><c> are</c><00:32:44.319><c> forced</c><00:32:44.839><c> to</c>

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.839
mortgage<00:32:45.519><c> their</c>

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:48.660
fields<00:32:46.119><c> and</c><00:32:46.680><c> their</c><00:32:46.920><c> vineyards</c><00:32:47.200><c> and</c><00:32:47.279><c> their</c><00:32:47.500><c> homes</c><00:32:47.799><c> because</c><00:32:48.059><c> they</c><00:32:48.200><c> have</c><00:32:48.440><c> to</c>

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:50.559
buy<00:32:48.940><c> food</c><00:32:49.339><c> for</c><00:32:49.480><c> their</c><00:32:49.680><c> family</c><00:32:50.059><c> and</c><00:32:50.440><c> they</c>

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:55.000
have<00:32:50.819><c> to</c><00:32:51.079><c> pay</c><00:32:51.619><c> the</c><00:32:51.779><c> king's</c><00:32:52.180><c> tax.</c><00:32:53.339><c> Some,</c><00:32:54.359><c> because</c><00:32:54.700><c> they</c><00:32:54.859><c> don't</c>

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.640
have<00:32:55.200><c> fields</c><00:32:55.440><c> to</c><00:32:55.640><c> mortgage,</c><00:32:56.059><c> are</c><00:32:56.160><c> even</c><00:32:56.359><c> having</c><00:32:56.539><c> to</c>

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:59.900
sell<00:32:56.819><c> their</c><00:32:56.980><c> own</c><00:32:57.200><c> children</c><00:32:57.799><c> and</c><00:32:58.380><c> the</c><00:32:58.579><c> slavery</c><00:32:58.980><c> so</c><00:32:59.640><c> that</c><00:32:59.779><c> they</c>

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:02.980
can<00:33:00.380><c> raise</c><00:33:00.700><c> money</c><00:33:01.200><c> in</c><00:33:01.900><c> order</c><00:33:02.119><c> to</c><00:33:02.319><c> pay</c><00:33:02.440><c> the</c><00:33:02.559><c> king's</c>

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:07.819
tax<00:33:03.339><c> and</c><00:33:03.779><c> to</c><00:33:03.960><c> feed</c><00:33:04.079><c> the</c><00:33:04.140><c> rest</c><00:33:04.319><c> of</c><00:33:04.420><c> their</c><00:33:04.559><c> family.</c><00:33:06.319><c> Little</c><00:33:06.779><c> wonder</c><00:33:07.400><c> that</c>

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:11.099
Nehemiah<00:33:08.400><c> is</c><00:33:08.859><c> absolutely</c><00:33:09.940><c> appalled</c><00:33:10.619><c> at</c><00:33:10.859><c> this</c>

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:15.500
situation<00:33:12.119><c> to</c><00:33:13.380><c> find</c><00:33:13.799><c> that</c><00:33:14.000><c> in</c><00:33:14.160><c> the</c><00:33:14.279><c> midst</c><00:33:14.519><c> of</c><00:33:14.819><c> the</c><00:33:15.220><c> building</c>

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:18.539
of<00:33:15.759><c> the</c><00:33:15.980><c> wall,</c><00:33:16.839><c> this</c><00:33:17.039><c> type</c><00:33:17.400><c> of</c><00:33:17.640><c> mistreatment</c>

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:26.000
is<00:33:18.839><c> taking</c><00:33:19.140><c> place.</c><00:33:20.619><c> You</c><00:33:20.799><c> see,</c><00:33:21.039><c> the</c><00:33:21.200><c> building</c><00:33:21.460><c> of</c><00:33:21.720><c> the</c><00:33:21.940><c> wall</c><00:33:22.259><c> didn't</c><00:33:22.599><c> take</c><00:33:22.940><c> this</c><00:33:23.339><c> right</c><00:33:23.680><c> situation</c><00:33:24.339><c> and</c><00:33:24.640><c> make</c><00:33:24.799><c> it</c><00:33:25.039><c> wrong.</c>

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:31.660
The<00:33:27.000><c> building</c><00:33:27.299><c> of</c><00:33:27.539><c> the</c><00:33:27.759><c> wall</c><00:33:28.039><c> took</c><00:33:28.380><c> this</c><00:33:28.960><c> wrong</c><00:33:29.319><c> situation</c><00:33:30.099><c> and</c><00:33:30.940><c> exposed</c><00:33:31.400><c> it</c>

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:33.500
for<00:33:32.039><c> everybody</c><00:33:32.359><c> to</c><00:33:32.680><c> see.</c>

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:45.180
The<00:33:38.279><c> result</c><00:33:38.680><c> is,</c><00:33:39.440><c> of</c><00:33:39.619><c> these</c><00:33:39.960><c> three</c><00:33:40.200><c> conditions,</c><00:33:41.559><c> severe</c><00:33:41.940><c> financial</c><00:33:42.859><c> strain</c><00:33:43.440><c> and</c>

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:47.380
the<00:33:45.380><c> outcome</c><00:33:45.920><c> is</c><00:33:46.920><c> people</c><00:33:47.180><c> are</c>

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:49.460
losing<00:33:47.559><c> their</c><00:33:47.819><c> homes,</c><00:33:48.519><c> they're</c><00:33:48.579><c> losing</c><00:33:48.839><c> their</c><00:33:49.140><c> property,</c>

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:51.279
their<00:33:49.819><c> fields,</c><00:33:50.220><c> their</c><00:33:50.339><c> vineyards</c><00:33:50.720><c> and</c><00:33:50.920><c> their</c><00:33:51.099><c> own</c>

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:54.619
children.<00:33:52.259><c> Now</c><00:33:52.380><c> you</c><00:33:52.480><c> can</c><00:33:52.680><c> imagine</c><00:33:53.000><c> the</c><00:33:53.279><c> arguments</c><00:33:53.720><c> that</c><00:33:54.440><c> the</c>

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:56.839
nobles<00:33:54.880><c> and</c><00:33:55.059><c> the</c><00:33:55.240><c> officials</c><00:33:55.539><c> would</c><00:33:55.720><c> have</c><00:33:55.900><c> said,</c>

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:04.039
Well,<00:34:00.779><c> these</c><00:34:01.299><c> poor</c><00:34:01.579><c> brothers</c><00:34:01.880><c> and</c><00:34:01.940><c> sisters</c><00:34:02.500><c> have</c><00:34:02.920><c> only</c><00:34:03.339><c> themselves</c><00:34:03.819><c> to</c>

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:06.259
blame.<00:34:05.440><c> They've</c><00:34:05.660><c> made</c><00:34:05.799><c> some</c><00:34:06.059><c> poor</c>

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:10.579
financial<00:34:06.700><c> decisions,</c><00:34:07.279><c> they</c><00:34:07.400><c> got</c><00:34:07.619><c> in</c><00:34:07.759><c> over</c><00:34:07.940><c> their</c><00:34:08.179><c> head.</c><00:34:09.079><c> We're</c><00:34:09.340><c> actually</c><00:34:09.780><c> doing</c><00:34:10.039><c> them</c><00:34:10.360><c> a</c>

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:12.219
favor<00:34:11.119><c> by</c><00:34:11.739><c> lending</c><00:34:12.039><c> them</c>

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:15.059
this<00:34:12.400><c> money</c><00:34:12.840><c> and</c><00:34:13.460><c> by</c><00:34:13.679><c> being</c><00:34:13.880><c> willing</c><00:34:14.079><c> to</c><00:34:14.239><c> mortgage</c><00:34:14.579><c> them</c><00:34:14.800><c> this</c>

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.820
field<00:34:15.300><c> in</c><00:34:15.480><c> the</c><00:34:15.579><c> midst</c><00:34:15.719><c> of</c><00:34:15.900><c> the</c><00:34:16.039><c> famine.</c>

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:21.960
Who<00:34:18.400><c> knows</c><00:34:18.780><c> what</c><00:34:18.960><c> the</c><00:34:19.219><c> arguments</c><00:34:19.519><c> were?</c><00:34:20.699><c> We</c><00:34:20.980><c> do</c><00:34:21.260><c> know</c><00:34:21.480><c> that</c><00:34:21.559><c> there</c><00:34:21.699><c> was</c><00:34:21.860><c> a</c>

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:24.019
whole<00:34:22.179><c> class</c><00:34:22.519><c> of</c><00:34:22.659><c> them,</c><00:34:23.199><c> the</c><00:34:23.360><c> nobles</c><00:34:23.739><c> and</c>

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:27.579
officials<00:34:24.820><c> in</c><00:34:25.400><c> verse</c><00:34:25.639><c> seven,</c><00:34:26.420><c> that</c><00:34:26.440><c> were</c><00:34:26.679><c> responsible</c><00:34:27.400><c> for</c>

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:30.179
this<00:34:27.780><c> situation.</c><00:34:29.260><c> They</c><00:34:29.500><c> may</c><00:34:29.659><c> have</c><00:34:29.840><c> said</c><00:34:29.980><c> that,</c>

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:32.019
well<00:34:30.260><c> look,</c><00:34:30.440><c> God</c><00:34:30.599><c> brought</c><00:34:30.820><c> the</c><00:34:31.019><c> famine,</c><00:34:31.340><c> it</c><00:34:31.340><c> wasn't</c><00:34:31.519><c> us.</c><00:34:31.920><c> If</c>

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:33.519
you<00:34:32.119><c> want</c><00:34:32.260><c> to</c><00:34:32.380><c> blame</c><00:34:32.480><c> anybody,</c><00:34:32.840><c> blame</c><00:34:33.119><c> God.</c><00:34:33.460><c> We're</c>

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:38.179
just<00:34:33.699><c> trying</c><00:34:33.860><c> to</c><00:34:33.980><c> make</c><00:34:34.099><c> the</c><00:34:34.199><c> most</c><00:34:34.380><c> of</c><00:34:34.519><c> the</c><00:34:34.639><c> situation.</c><00:34:36.739><c> But</c><00:34:36.900><c> the</c><00:34:37.079><c> amazing</c><00:34:37.400><c> part</c><00:34:37.699><c> is,</c><00:34:38.000><c> is</c>

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:39.539
this<00:34:38.340><c> situation</c><00:34:38.880><c> reveals</c>

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:44.199
that<00:34:40.500><c> under</c><00:34:40.739><c> the</c><00:34:41.079><c> worst</c><00:34:41.460><c> possible</c><00:34:42.059><c> conditions,</c><00:34:44.059><c> brethren</c>

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:47.300
will<00:34:44.619><c> still</c><00:34:45.360><c> mistreat</c><00:34:46.000><c> their</c><00:34:46.260><c> own</c><00:34:46.480><c> brethren.</c>

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:51.480
Likely<00:34:48.679><c> those</c><00:34:48.940><c> who</c><00:34:49.099><c> were</c><00:34:49.239><c> doing</c><00:34:49.500><c> the</c><00:34:49.800><c> mistreatment</c><00:34:50.519><c> were</c><00:34:50.900><c> involved</c><00:34:51.239><c> in</c>

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:53.400
self<00:34:51.900><c>-justification</c><00:34:52.579><c> of</c><00:34:52.820><c> some</c><00:34:53.099><c> kind.</c>

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:56.340
It<00:34:53.840><c> goes</c><00:34:54.039><c> back</c><00:34:54.300><c> to</c><00:34:54.440><c> the</c><00:34:54.619><c> thinking</c><00:34:54.820><c> of</c><00:34:55.000><c> the</c><00:34:55.139><c> serpent</c><00:34:55.460><c> in</c><00:34:55.639><c> Genesis</c><00:34:55.980><c> 3</c><00:34:56.260><c> and</c>

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:58.260
15,<00:34:57.219><c> that</c><00:34:57.360><c> Jesus</c><00:34:57.619><c> talks</c><00:34:57.920><c> about</c><00:34:58.099><c> in</c>

00:34:58.260 --> 00:35:03.199
John<00:34:58.500><c> 8,</c><00:34:59.059><c> thinking</c><00:34:59.420><c> of</c><00:34:59.699><c> his</c><00:34:59.940><c> own.</c><00:35:00.659><c> It</c><00:35:00.760><c> was</c><00:35:00.940><c> their</c><00:35:01.199><c> own</c><00:35:01.480><c> thinking</c><00:35:01.780><c> that</c><00:35:02.039><c> led</c><00:35:02.139><c> them</c><00:35:03.000><c> to</c>

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:04.679
this<00:35:03.940><c> notion</c><00:35:04.320><c> that</c><00:35:04.480><c> what</c>

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:06.679
we're<00:35:04.920><c> doing</c><00:35:05.139><c> is</c><00:35:05.440><c> the</c><00:35:05.599><c> right</c><00:35:05.800><c> thing</c><00:35:05.960><c> to</c><00:35:06.139><c> do.</c><00:35:06.300><c> And</c><00:35:06.360><c> they</c><00:35:06.519><c> ended</c>

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:08.940
up<00:35:06.860><c> having</c><00:35:07.119><c> to</c><00:35:07.300><c> deceive</c><00:35:07.440><c> themselves,</c><00:35:08.679><c> thinking</c>

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:11.159
that<00:35:09.139><c> their</c><00:35:09.320><c> actions</c><00:35:09.659><c> were</c><00:35:09.900><c> good.</c><00:35:10.179><c> And</c><00:35:10.179><c> you</c><00:35:10.340><c> see,</c><00:35:11.039><c> brethren</c>

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:13.639
and<00:35:11.380><c> sisters</c><00:35:11.539><c> and</c><00:35:11.719><c> young</c><00:35:11.860><c> people,</c><00:35:12.219><c> that's</c><00:35:12.519><c> exactly,</c>

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:19.039
exactly<00:35:14.199><c> how</c><00:35:14.380><c> the</c><00:35:14.539><c> Gentile</c><00:35:14.920><c> influence</c><00:35:15.280><c> affects</c><00:35:15.559><c> us.</c><00:35:18.099><c> It</c><00:35:18.579><c> takes</c><00:35:18.860><c> what</c>

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:21.639
is<00:35:19.360><c> right</c><00:35:19.840><c> and</c><00:35:20.420><c> makes</c><00:35:20.579><c> it</c><00:35:20.800><c> wrong.</c>

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:24.980
And<00:35:22.059><c> it</c><00:35:22.179><c> takes</c><00:35:22.440><c> what</c><00:35:22.619><c> is</c><00:35:22.940><c> wrong</c><00:35:23.380><c> and</c><00:35:23.679><c> makes</c><00:35:23.860><c> it</c><00:35:24.079><c> right.</c>

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:30.360
You<00:35:26.900><c> don't</c><00:35:27.079><c> think</c><00:35:27.260><c> so?</c><00:35:28.179><c> Just</c><00:35:28.400><c> look</c><00:35:28.539><c> at</c><00:35:28.639><c> the</c><00:35:28.699><c> last</c><00:35:28.920><c> 25</c><00:35:29.340><c> years.</c>

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:34.059
You<00:35:31.219><c> can</c><00:35:31.400><c> look</c><00:35:31.639><c> at</c><00:35:31.980><c> specific</c><00:35:33.000><c> situations</c><00:35:33.840><c> in</c>

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:44.059
society<00:35:34.500><c> 25</c><00:35:34.960><c> years</c><00:35:35.300><c> ago.</c><00:35:36.320><c> Wrong,</c><00:35:37.019><c> wrong,</c><00:35:37.900><c> wrong.</c><00:35:39.280><c> Today,</c><00:35:40.179><c> society</c><00:35:40.500><c> says,</c><00:35:42.199><c> right,</c><00:35:42.980><c> right,</c><00:35:43.559><c> right,</c><00:35:43.920><c> to</c>

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.579
the<00:35:44.320><c> same</c>

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:51.119
situation.<00:35:47.159><c> Adultery.</c><00:35:49.599><c> There</c><00:35:49.780><c> was</c><00:35:49.940><c> a</c><00:35:50.119><c> time</c><00:35:50.260><c> when</c><00:35:50.440><c> people</c><00:35:50.699><c> would</c><00:35:50.900><c> be</c>

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.780
fired<00:35:51.360><c> from</c><00:35:51.539><c> their</c><00:35:51.739><c> job</c><00:35:51.940><c> in</c><00:35:52.099><c> this</c><00:35:52.239><c> country</c>

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:56.320
if<00:35:53.420><c> they</c><00:35:53.599><c> were</c><00:35:53.760><c> involved</c><00:35:54.079><c> in</c><00:35:54.260><c> an</c><00:35:54.480><c> adulterous</c><00:35:55.059><c> situation.</c>

00:35:57.960 --> 00:36:02.360
Homosexuality.<00:36:00.539><c> Another</c><00:36:00.800><c> situation</c><00:36:01.460><c> where</c><00:36:01.820><c> society</c>

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:07.340
at<00:36:02.780><c> one</c><00:36:03.039><c> point</c><00:36:03.360><c> stood</c><00:36:03.679><c> with</c><00:36:04.019><c> the</c><00:36:04.219><c> scriptures.</c><00:36:05.880><c> Today,</c><00:36:06.880><c> it's</c>

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:12.909
illegal<00:36:08.000><c> to</c><00:36:09.679><c> fail</c><00:36:09.980><c> to</c><00:36:10.460><c> support</c><00:36:11.199><c> what</c><00:36:11.960><c> used</c><00:36:12.320><c> to</c><00:36:12.559><c> be</c>

00:36:12.909 --> 00:36:19.309
illegal<00:36:14.010><c> because</c><00:36:15.210><c> of</c><00:36:15.510><c> the</c><00:36:15.849><c> change</c><00:36:16.309><c> in</c><00:36:16.690><c> society's</c><00:36:17.309><c> views.</c><00:36:18.829><c> Now,</c><00:36:19.070><c> if</c>

00:36:19.309 --> 00:36:22.389
that<00:36:19.750><c> change</c><00:36:20.170><c> takes</c><00:36:20.489><c> place</c><00:36:20.869><c> in</c><00:36:21.110><c> our</c><00:36:21.329><c> community,</c>

00:36:22.510 --> 00:36:25.889
you<00:36:22.750><c> can</c><00:36:22.989><c> see</c><00:36:23.150><c> how</c><00:36:23.369><c> the</c><00:36:23.590><c> Gentile</c><00:36:24.130><c> influence</c><00:36:24.750><c> can</c><00:36:25.269><c> take</c><00:36:25.570><c> what</c>

00:36:25.889 --> 00:36:30.030
was<00:36:26.610><c> wrong</c><00:36:27.190><c> and</c><00:36:28.230><c> now</c><00:36:28.610><c> make</c><00:36:28.969><c> it</c><00:36:29.190><c> right.</c>

00:36:30.389 --> 00:36:33.110
And<00:36:30.730><c> it</c><00:36:30.829><c> works</c><00:36:31.050><c> the</c><00:36:31.269><c> other</c><00:36:31.429><c> way</c><00:36:31.590><c> as</c><00:36:31.809><c> well.</c><00:36:32.289><c> What</c><00:36:32.530><c> was</c><00:36:32.849><c> right</c>

00:36:33.110 --> 00:36:34.130
now<00:36:33.329><c> becomes</c><00:36:33.690><c> wrong.</c>

00:36:34.510 --> 00:36:39.389
It's<00:36:34.969><c> illegal</c><00:36:35.429><c> in</c><00:36:35.730><c> Michigan</c><00:36:36.269><c> to</c><00:36:37.929><c> physically</c><00:36:38.570><c> discipline</c>

00:36:39.389 --> 00:36:40.889
your<00:36:39.829><c> children.</c>

00:36:44.369 --> 00:36:47.510
We've<00:36:44.849><c> had</c><00:36:44.989><c> a</c><00:36:45.150><c> case</c><00:36:45.590><c> in</c><00:36:46.050><c> the</c><00:36:46.130><c> Detroit</c><00:36:46.469><c> area</c><00:36:46.789><c> in</c><00:36:46.949><c> the</c><00:36:47.070><c> last</c><00:36:47.269><c> two</c>

00:36:47.510 --> 00:36:51.130
years<00:36:48.150><c> where</c><00:36:49.190><c> parents</c><00:36:49.730><c> were</c><00:36:50.070><c> sued</c><00:36:50.389><c> or</c><00:36:50.610><c> taken</c><00:36:50.869><c> to</c>

00:36:51.130 --> 00:36:53.230
court.<00:36:51.269><c> They</c><00:36:51.369><c> weren't</c><00:36:51.550><c> sued.</c><00:36:51.789><c> They</c><00:36:51.849><c> were</c><00:36:51.989><c> taken</c><00:36:52.170><c> to</c><00:36:52.409><c> court</c><00:36:52.730><c> by</c>

00:36:53.230 --> 00:36:56.289
the<00:36:53.809><c> prosecuting</c><00:36:54.429><c> attorney</c><00:36:54.929><c> because</c><00:36:55.710><c> they</c><00:36:55.969><c> were</c>

00:36:56.289 --> 00:36:59.889
physically<00:36:56.869><c> disciplining</c><00:36:57.389><c> their</c><00:36:57.670><c> kids.</c><00:36:59.230><c> And</c><00:36:59.409><c> the</c><00:36:59.570><c> kids</c><00:36:59.690><c> went</c>

00:36:59.889 --> 00:37:01.650
to<00:37:00.130><c> school</c><00:37:00.329><c> and</c><00:37:00.530><c> talked</c><00:37:00.690><c> to</c><00:37:00.829><c> the</c><00:37:01.050><c> parents</c><00:37:01.309><c> and</c><00:37:01.469><c> the</c>

00:37:01.650 --> 00:37:03.690
parents<00:37:01.909><c> talked</c><00:37:02.190><c> to</c><00:37:02.389><c> the</c><00:37:02.630><c> social</c><00:37:02.909><c> workers.</c><00:37:03.230><c> And</c><00:37:03.369><c> it</c><00:37:03.469><c> wasn't</c>

00:37:03.690 --> 00:37:06.630
just,<00:37:04.250><c> it</c><00:37:04.630><c> wasn't</c><00:37:04.809><c> child</c><00:37:05.110><c> abuse.</c><00:37:05.670><c> It</c><00:37:05.889><c> was</c><00:37:06.170><c> just</c>

00:37:06.630 --> 00:37:09.590
disciplining<00:37:07.090><c> them</c><00:37:07.389><c> because</c><00:37:07.889><c> they</c><00:37:08.369><c> were</c><00:37:08.570><c> acting</c><00:37:08.969><c> improperly</c>

00:37:09.590 --> 00:37:12.690
at<00:37:09.750><c> home.</c><00:37:11.730><c> Now,</c><00:37:11.969><c> where</c><00:37:12.150><c> that</c><00:37:12.329><c> will</c><00:37:12.469><c> go,</c>

00:37:12.690 --> 00:37:14.989
I<00:37:12.690><c> don't</c><00:37:12.949><c> know.</c><00:37:13.230><c> But</c><00:37:13.289><c> you</c><00:37:13.429><c> can</c><00:37:13.650><c> think</c><00:37:13.849><c> through</c><00:37:14.210><c> situations</c><00:37:14.869><c> in</c>

00:37:14.989 --> 00:37:17.030
your<00:37:15.230><c> own</c><00:37:15.429><c> life</c><00:37:15.809><c> and</c><00:37:16.230><c> talk</c><00:37:16.449><c> to</c><00:37:16.530><c> some</c><00:37:16.730><c> of</c><00:37:16.789><c> the</c><00:37:16.889><c> older</c>

00:37:17.030 --> 00:37:19.989
members<00:37:17.349><c> here.</c><00:37:18.510><c> If</c><00:37:18.590><c> you</c><00:37:18.730><c> have</c><00:37:18.829><c> any</c><00:37:19.010><c> doubts</c><00:37:19.230><c> about</c><00:37:19.510><c> what</c><00:37:19.710><c> used</c>

00:37:19.989 --> 00:37:22.710
to<00:37:20.090><c> be</c><00:37:20.289><c> wrong</c><00:37:20.610><c> is</c><00:37:20.909><c> now</c><00:37:21.190><c> becoming</c><00:37:21.590><c> acceptable.</c>

00:37:23.530 --> 00:37:26.190
You<00:37:23.690><c> can</c><00:37:23.869><c> look</c><00:37:24.130><c> through</c><00:37:24.369><c> on</c><00:37:24.570><c> what</c><00:37:24.789><c> used</c><00:37:25.070><c> to</c><00:37:25.230><c> be</c><00:37:25.550><c> outlawed</c><00:37:25.989><c> on</c>

00:37:26.190 --> 00:37:29.210
television<00:37:26.710><c> and</c><00:37:26.989><c> is</c><00:37:27.210><c> now</c><00:37:27.630><c> fully</c><00:37:28.010><c> acceptable.</c>

00:37:31.989 --> 00:37:34.989
And<00:37:32.250><c> that</c><00:37:32.690><c> influence</c><00:37:33.190><c> of</c><00:37:33.409><c> the</c><00:37:33.510><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:34.030><c> can</c><00:37:34.250><c> take</c><00:37:34.489><c> what</c><00:37:34.690><c> was</c>

00:37:34.989 --> 00:37:39.329
wrong<00:37:35.329><c> and</c><00:37:35.670><c> make</c><00:37:35.849><c> it</c><00:37:36.130><c> right</c><00:37:36.690><c> if</c><00:37:37.610><c> we're</c><00:37:38.030><c> not</c><00:37:38.309><c> careful.</c>

00:37:41.309 --> 00:37:48.150
What<00:37:41.969><c> was</c><00:37:42.250><c> happening</c><00:37:42.690><c> in</c><00:37:42.969><c> the</c><00:37:43.110><c> community</c><00:37:43.889><c> in</c><00:37:44.510><c> chapter</c><00:37:44.869><c> 5</c><00:37:45.869><c> was</c>

00:37:48.150 --> 00:37:50.789
the<00:37:49.170><c> the</c><00:37:49.389><c> brethren</c><00:37:49.530><c> and</c><00:37:49.849><c> sisters</c><00:37:50.130><c> that</c><00:37:50.250><c> were</c><00:37:50.469><c> well</c>

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off<00:37:51.449><c> were</c><00:37:52.489><c> taking</c><00:37:53.010><c> advantage</c><00:37:53.550><c> of</c><00:37:53.809><c> their</c><00:37:54.590><c> brethren</c><00:37:54.849><c> and</c><00:37:55.110><c> sisters</c><00:37:55.429><c> that</c>

00:37:55.650 --> 00:37:58.630
weren't<00:37:55.869><c> well</c><00:37:56.170><c> off.</c><00:37:57.929><c> They</c><00:37:58.150><c> only</c><00:37:58.449><c> needed</c>

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to<00:37:58.869><c> ask</c><00:37:59.090><c> themselves</c><00:37:59.710><c> a</c><00:38:00.309><c> single</c><00:38:00.610><c> question.</c><00:38:02.130><c> Is</c><00:38:02.309><c> what</c><00:38:02.650><c> I'm</c><00:38:03.010><c> doing</c><00:38:03.670><c> helping</c><00:38:04.469><c> or</c>

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hurting<00:38:05.230><c> my</c><00:38:05.590><c> brethren</c><00:38:05.789><c> and</c><00:38:06.010><c> sisters?</c>

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Living<00:38:07.449><c> a</c><00:38:07.730><c> life</c><00:38:07.889><c> of</c><00:38:08.050><c> disciple</c><00:38:08.469><c> is</c><00:38:08.789><c> not</c><00:38:09.329><c> overly</c><00:38:09.769><c> complex.</c><00:38:11.530><c> There</c><00:38:11.590><c> was</c>

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a<00:38:11.969><c> whole</c><00:38:12.210><c> line</c><00:38:12.489><c> of</c><00:38:12.809><c> mothers,</c><00:38:13.170><c> if</c><00:38:13.349><c> they</c><00:38:13.550><c> would</c>

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have<00:38:13.869><c> listened,</c><00:38:14.329><c> that</c><00:38:14.449><c> would</c><00:38:14.590><c> have</c><00:38:14.750><c> saying</c><00:38:15.190><c> that</c><00:38:15.650><c> we're</c><00:38:15.909><c> saying</c><00:38:16.150><c> not</c>

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helpful.<00:38:20.230><c> What</c><00:38:20.630><c> we</c><00:38:20.849><c> do</c><00:38:21.010><c> for</c><00:38:21.230><c> each</c><00:38:21.449><c> other,</c>

00:38:22.070 --> 00:38:24.570
what<00:38:22.210><c> we</c><00:38:22.409><c> do</c><00:38:22.530><c> for</c><00:38:22.730><c> the</c><00:38:22.929><c> ecclesia,</c><00:38:23.250><c> what</c><00:38:23.389><c> we</c><00:38:23.570><c> do</c><00:38:23.690><c> for</c><00:38:23.929><c> our</c><00:38:24.150><c> spouse,</c><00:38:24.429><c> what</c>

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we<00:38:24.710><c> do</c><00:38:24.809><c> for</c><00:38:25.010><c> our</c><00:38:25.170><c> children.</c>

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Ask<00:38:26.150><c> ourselves</c><00:38:26.610><c> the</c><00:38:26.849><c> question,</c><00:38:28.349><c> are</c><00:38:28.690><c> the</c><00:38:28.969><c> decisions</c><00:38:29.369><c> I'm</c><00:38:29.670><c> making,</c><00:38:30.070><c> the</c>

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actions<00:38:30.650><c> I'm</c><00:38:30.989><c> taking,</c>

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is<00:38:32.289><c> this</c><00:38:32.590><c> spiritually</c><00:38:33.110><c> helpful</c><00:38:33.670><c> to</c><00:38:33.809><c> those</c><00:38:34.110><c> who</c><00:38:34.289><c> are</c><00:38:34.449><c> affected</c>

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by<00:38:35.110><c> it?</c>

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When<00:38:36.809><c> we</c><00:38:37.030><c> work</c><00:38:37.250><c> in</c><00:38:37.469><c> the</c><00:38:37.630><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:38.030><c> or</c><00:38:38.210><c> in</c><00:38:38.389><c> the</c><00:38:38.610><c> CYC,</c><00:38:39.730><c> turn</c><00:38:40.030><c> around</c><00:38:40.289><c> and</c>

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take<00:38:40.650><c> a</c><00:38:40.710><c> look</c><00:38:40.869><c> at</c><00:38:41.010><c> our</c><00:38:41.210><c> wake.</c><00:38:41.829><c> What</c><00:38:41.969><c> am</c><00:38:42.110><c> I</c>

00:38:42.230 --> 00:38:45.130
leaving<00:38:42.489><c> in</c><00:38:42.670><c> my</c><00:38:42.889><c> wake?</c><00:38:44.050><c> Is</c><00:38:44.210><c> it</c><00:38:44.329><c> brethren</c><00:38:44.530><c> and</c><00:38:44.730><c> sisters</c><00:38:44.969><c> that</c>

00:38:45.130 --> 00:38:48.090
are<00:38:45.369><c> spiritually</c><00:38:45.690><c> up</c><00:38:45.929><c>-built?</c><00:38:47.409><c> Are</c><00:38:47.530><c> my</c><00:38:47.769><c> children</c>

00:38:48.090 --> 00:38:50.769
being<00:38:48.429><c> spiritually</c><00:38:48.849><c> up</c><00:38:49.050><c>-built</c><00:38:49.170><c> by</c><00:38:49.369><c> the</c><00:38:49.530><c> actions</c><00:38:49.730><c> I'm</c><00:38:49.989><c> taking?</c>

00:38:50.949 --> 00:38:52.630
Simple<00:38:51.389><c> question.</c><00:38:51.789><c> I</c><00:38:51.869><c> think</c><00:38:52.070><c> at</c><00:38:52.210><c> the</c><00:38:52.389><c> judgment</c>

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seat,<00:38:53.349><c> you</c><00:38:53.610><c> know,</c><00:38:53.750><c> we've</c><00:38:54.010><c> had</c><00:38:54.190><c> some</c><00:38:54.429><c> opportunity</c><00:38:54.949><c> back</c><00:38:55.269><c> home</c>

00:38:55.489 --> 00:38:57.269
to<00:38:55.610><c> look</c><00:38:55.809><c> at</c><00:38:55.969><c> this</c><00:38:56.170><c> because</c><00:38:56.429><c> of</c><00:38:56.750><c> some</c><00:38:56.949><c> of</c><00:38:57.070><c> the</c>

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discussions<00:38:57.630><c> and</c><00:38:57.750><c> the</c><00:38:57.909><c> work</c><00:38:58.110><c> we're</c><00:38:58.409><c> taking</c><00:38:58.650><c> place.</c><00:38:59.630><c> We</c><00:38:59.849><c> don't</c>

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know<00:39:00.230><c> for</c><00:39:00.590><c> certain</c><00:39:00.989><c> how</c><00:39:01.510><c> the</c><00:39:01.710><c> judgment</c><00:39:02.010><c> seat</c>

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will<00:39:03.590><c> play</c><00:39:03.869><c> out,</c><00:39:04.590><c> but</c><00:39:04.789><c> I</c><00:39:05.010><c> have</c><00:39:05.230><c> found</c><00:39:05.429><c> great</c><00:39:05.710><c> power</c><00:39:06.090><c> and</c><00:39:06.429><c> I</c><00:39:06.630><c> think</c><00:39:06.829><c> Christ</c><00:39:07.110><c> will</c><00:39:07.349><c> ask</c>

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three<00:39:07.889><c> questions.</c>

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What<00:39:09.909><c> did</c><00:39:10.090><c> you</c><00:39:10.230><c> do?</c><00:39:11.449><c> Why</c><00:39:11.789><c> did</c><00:39:11.949><c> you</c><00:39:12.070><c> do</c><00:39:12.250><c> it?</c><00:39:12.949><c> And</c><00:39:13.110><c> how</c><00:39:13.250><c> did</c><00:39:13.369><c> it</c><00:39:13.510><c> affect</c><00:39:13.750><c> others?</c><00:39:14.570><c> And</c><00:39:14.710><c> I</c>

00:39:14.769 --> 00:39:15.369
think<00:39:14.889><c> you</c><00:39:14.989><c> can</c><00:39:15.170><c> show</c>

00:39:15.369 --> 00:39:18.670
scriptural<00:39:15.969><c> verses</c><00:39:16.309><c> that</c><00:39:16.550><c> support</c><00:39:16.789><c> each</c><00:39:17.650><c> of</c><00:39:17.750><c> those.</c><00:39:18.369><c> So</c><00:39:18.510><c> what</c>

00:39:18.670 --> 00:39:20.909
actions<00:39:18.969><c> did</c><00:39:19.150><c> you</c><00:39:19.309><c> do?</c><00:39:20.210><c> What</c><00:39:20.369><c> were</c><00:39:20.510><c> your</c><00:39:20.690><c> motives</c>

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behind<00:39:21.210><c> the</c><00:39:21.469><c> actions</c><00:39:21.789><c> and</c><00:39:22.110><c> how</c><00:39:22.289><c> did</c><00:39:22.429><c> they</c><00:39:22.530><c> affect</c><00:39:22.769><c> other</c><00:39:22.989><c> people?</c><00:39:24.769><c> And</c>

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if<00:39:25.309><c> there</c><00:39:25.610><c> are</c><00:39:26.030><c> right</c><00:39:26.269><c> actions</c>

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done<00:39:27.769><c> for</c><00:39:27.929><c> the</c><00:39:28.090><c> right</c><00:39:28.269><c> reasons</c><00:39:28.730><c> that</c><00:39:28.929><c> had</c><00:39:29.170><c> positive</c><00:39:29.570><c> spiritual</c><00:39:30.010><c> effect</c>

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on<00:39:30.469><c> others,</c><00:39:31.170><c> those</c><00:39:31.349><c> are</c><00:39:31.510><c> the</c><00:39:31.590><c> ones</c>

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that<00:39:31.889><c> go</c><00:39:32.010><c> into</c><00:39:32.130><c> the</c><00:39:32.289><c> kingdom.</c><00:39:33.650><c> For</c><00:39:33.789><c> those</c><00:39:33.969><c> who</c><00:39:34.090><c> had</c><00:39:34.150><c> the</c><00:39:34.349><c> wrong</c>

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actions<00:39:35.070><c> or</c><00:39:36.070><c> for</c><00:39:36.210><c> those</c><00:39:36.389><c> who</c><00:39:36.570><c> had</c><00:39:36.769><c> thought</c><00:39:36.969><c> they</c>

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had<00:39:37.190><c> the</c><00:39:37.349><c> right</c><00:39:37.510><c> actions</c><00:39:37.809><c> but</c><00:39:37.949><c> didn't</c><00:39:38.130><c> have</c><00:39:38.269><c> the</c><00:39:38.429><c> right</c><00:39:38.650><c> motives</c><00:39:38.949><c> or</c>

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for<00:39:39.929><c> those</c><00:39:40.070><c> who</c><00:39:40.250><c> thought</c><00:39:40.409><c> they</c><00:39:40.550><c> had</c><00:39:40.610><c> the</c>

00:39:40.789 --> 00:39:42.250
right<00:39:40.909><c> actions</c><00:39:41.230><c> and</c><00:39:41.389><c> thought</c><00:39:41.530><c> they</c><00:39:41.630><c> had</c><00:39:41.730><c> the</c><00:39:41.869><c> right</c><00:39:42.030><c> motives</c>

00:39:42.250 --> 00:39:44.409
and<00:39:42.510><c> destroyed</c><00:39:42.849><c> people</c><00:39:43.130><c> in</c><00:39:43.250><c> the</c><00:39:43.389><c> process,</c>

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those<00:39:45.210><c> are</c><00:39:45.349><c> the</c><00:39:45.429><c> ones</c><00:39:45.550><c> that</c><00:39:45.670><c> go</c><00:39:45.789><c> to</c><00:39:45.909><c> the</c><00:39:45.989><c> other</c><00:39:46.170><c> side.</c><00:39:48.050><c> Discipleship</c><00:39:48.449><c> is</c><00:39:48.690><c> not</c>

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overly<00:39:49.269><c> complex,</c>

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but<00:39:50.510><c> the</c><00:39:50.829><c> famine</c><00:39:51.010><c> is</c><00:39:51.250><c> further</c><00:39:51.610><c> insight</c><00:39:52.050><c> into</c><00:39:52.309><c> the</c><00:39:52.510><c> wisdom</c><00:39:52.849><c> of</c>

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God<00:39:53.210><c> at</c><00:39:53.409><c> work.</c>

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Why,<00:39:57.469><c> why,</c><00:39:57.969><c> why</c><00:39:58.510><c> did</c><00:39:59.429><c> you</c><00:39:59.630><c> bring</c><00:39:59.809><c> a</c><00:40:00.030><c> famine</c><00:40:00.269><c> in</c><00:40:00.489><c> the</c><00:40:00.670><c> midst</c><00:40:00.889><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:01.250><c> building</c><00:40:01.429><c> of</c><00:40:01.570><c> the</c><00:40:01.710><c> wall?</c>

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Can't<00:40:04.269><c> you</c><00:40:04.429><c> cut</c><00:40:04.610><c> us</c><00:40:04.809><c> a</c><00:40:04.989><c> break?</c>

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The<00:40:07.929><c> famine</c><00:40:08.090><c> is</c><00:40:08.429><c> exactly</c><00:40:08.949><c> what</c><00:40:09.150><c> the</c><00:40:09.369><c> community</c><00:40:09.670><c> needed</c><00:40:10.070><c> because</c><00:40:11.369><c> God</c>

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uses<00:40:12.269><c> the</c><00:40:12.670><c> famine</c>

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to<00:40:14.909><c> expose</c><00:40:15.610><c> the</c><00:40:15.949><c> mistreatment.</c><00:40:17.369><c> Here</c><00:40:17.730><c> are</c><00:40:18.010><c> the</c><00:40:18.110><c> most</c><00:40:19.070><c> deplorable</c><00:40:19.969><c> conditions</c><00:40:20.889><c> of</c><00:40:21.489><c> trying</c><00:40:21.829><c> to</c>

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rebuild<00:40:22.389><c> this</c>

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wall<00:40:23.030><c> under</c><00:40:23.250><c> the</c><00:40:23.610><c> Gentile</c><00:40:24.309><c> influence</c><00:40:24.829><c> and</c><00:40:24.989><c> where</c><00:40:25.170><c> they're</c><00:40:25.829><c> threatening</c><00:40:26.230><c> us</c>

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with<00:40:26.610><c> our</c><00:40:26.789><c> very</c><00:40:27.030><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:40:28.969><c> God</c><00:40:29.230><c> uses</c><00:40:29.530><c> that</c><00:40:29.969><c> very,</c><00:40:30.570><c> very</c><00:40:30.909><c> difficult</c><00:40:31.309><c> situation</c><00:40:32.130><c> to</c><00:40:32.630><c> bring</c><00:40:32.909><c> along</c><00:40:33.170><c> a</c>

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famine<00:40:33.690><c> to</c><00:40:33.969><c> show</c><00:40:34.309><c> that</c><00:40:34.449><c> even</c><00:40:34.710><c> under</c>

00:40:34.909 --> 00:40:39.190
those<00:40:35.170><c> worst</c><00:40:35.469><c> possible</c><00:40:35.909><c> conditions,</c><00:40:37.590><c> some</c><00:40:37.849><c> brethren</c><00:40:38.250><c> will</c>

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mistreat<00:40:39.750><c> other</c><00:40:40.170><c> brethren</c><00:40:40.670><c> for</c><00:40:41.429><c> the</c><00:40:41.730><c> sake</c><00:40:41.909><c> of</c>

00:40:42.230 --> 00:40:49.429
financial<00:40:42.570><c> gain.</c><00:40:45.670><c> Absolutely</c><00:40:46.469><c> incredible</c><00:40:47.190><c> as</c><00:40:48.710><c> God</c><00:40:49.010><c> brings</c>

00:40:49.429 --> 00:40:52.429
this<00:40:49.710><c> to</c><00:40:49.869><c> the</c><00:40:50.070><c> surface</c><00:40:50.670><c> and</c><00:40:51.389><c> Nehemiah</c><00:40:51.849><c> presents</c>

00:40:52.429 --> 00:40:57.469
an<00:40:52.949><c> airtight</c><00:40:53.530><c> case</c><00:40:54.110><c> against</c><00:40:54.630><c> the</c><00:40:54.829><c> nobles</c><00:40:55.230><c> and</c><00:40:55.570><c> the</c><00:40:55.769><c> officials.</c><00:40:56.829><c> It's</c><00:40:57.010><c> interesting</c><00:40:57.329><c> to</c>

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go<00:40:57.630><c> back</c><00:40:57.889><c> and</c><00:40:58.010><c> look,</c>

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he<00:40:58.250><c> doesn't</c><00:40:58.610><c> let</c><00:40:59.010><c> secondary</c><00:40:59.590><c> issues</c><00:41:00.010><c> get</c><00:41:00.269><c> involved.</c><00:41:01.409><c> He</c><00:41:01.510><c> doesn't</c><00:41:01.789><c> let</c>

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personalities<00:41:02.750><c> get</c><00:41:03.070><c> involved.</c><00:41:03.989><c> He</c><00:41:04.150><c> says,</c>

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here's<00:41:05.230><c> the</c><00:41:05.389><c> Bible,</c><00:41:07.170><c> here</c><00:41:07.349><c> are</c><00:41:07.449><c> your</c><00:41:07.610><c> actions,</c><00:41:08.590><c> and</c><00:41:08.929><c> they</c><00:41:09.210><c> don't</c><00:41:09.429><c> measure</c><00:41:09.730><c> up.</c>

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He<00:41:11.730><c> doesn't</c><00:41:11.969><c> ask</c><00:41:12.309><c> them</c><00:41:12.489><c> to</c><00:41:12.769><c> submit</c><00:41:13.030><c> to</c><00:41:13.250><c> him.</c><00:41:14.489><c> He</c><00:41:14.670><c> gets</c><00:41:14.929><c> the</c><00:41:15.210><c> word</c><00:41:15.489><c> out</c>

00:41:16.030 --> 00:41:16.789
front<00:41:16.250><c> and</c><00:41:16.389><c> he</c><00:41:16.570><c> says,</c>

00:41:16.969 --> 00:41:20.829
the<00:41:16.989><c> law</c><00:41:17.289><c> of</c><00:41:17.610><c> Moses</c><00:41:17.929><c> doesn't</c><00:41:18.449><c> teach</c><00:41:19.110><c> what</c><00:41:19.590><c> you're</c><00:41:19.849><c> doing.</c>

00:41:22.849 --> 00:41:26.530
Airtight<00:41:23.409><c> case,</c><00:41:23.829><c> there's</c><00:41:24.269><c> absolutely</c><00:41:24.849><c> no</c><00:41:25.130><c> wiggle</c><00:41:25.369><c> room</c><00:41:25.809><c> so</c>

00:41:26.530 --> 00:41:28.170
that<00:41:26.710><c> when</c><00:41:26.909><c> the</c><00:41:27.090><c> nobles</c><00:41:27.369><c> and</c><00:41:27.590><c> the</c><00:41:27.809><c> officials</c>

00:41:28.170 --> 00:41:32.289
hear<00:41:28.730><c> the</c><00:41:29.070><c> evidence</c><00:41:29.329><c> that's</c><00:41:29.730><c> presented,</c><00:41:31.130><c> they</c><00:41:31.510><c> sit</c><00:41:31.750><c> there</c><00:41:32.010><c> in</c>

00:41:32.289 --> 00:41:34.829
silence<00:41:32.750><c> because</c><00:41:33.150><c> they</c><00:41:33.329><c> have</c><00:41:33.550><c> nothing</c><00:41:33.789><c> to</c><00:41:34.030><c> say.</c>

00:41:35.070 --> 00:41:39.250
They<00:41:35.369><c> are</c><00:41:35.869><c> shamed</c><00:41:36.570><c> by</c><00:41:36.949><c> their</c><00:41:37.170><c> actions</c><00:41:37.610><c> and</c><00:41:38.150><c> it</c><00:41:38.309><c> was</c><00:41:38.570><c> the</c><00:41:38.869><c> word</c>

00:41:39.250 --> 00:41:41.889
that<00:41:39.710><c> shamed</c><00:41:39.969><c> them.</c><00:41:40.449><c> It</c><00:41:40.590><c> wasn't</c><00:41:40.989><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:41:42.230 --> 00:41:46.349
See,<00:41:42.409><c> so</c><00:41:42.670><c> often</c><00:41:42.909><c> we</c><00:41:43.010><c> get</c><00:41:43.170><c> ourselves</c><00:41:43.510><c> in</c><00:41:43.630><c> these</c><00:41:43.809><c> situations</c><00:41:44.690><c> and</c><00:41:45.389><c> the</c><00:41:45.710><c> brother</c><00:41:46.110><c> or</c>

00:41:46.349 --> 00:41:47.730
the<00:41:46.670><c> sister</c><00:41:46.969><c> or</c><00:41:47.130><c> the</c><00:41:47.349><c> group</c><00:41:47.530><c> of</c>

00:41:47.730 --> 00:41:52.449
brethren,<00:41:48.070><c> whoever</c><00:41:48.349><c> it</c><00:41:48.610><c> is,</c><00:41:50.010><c> unfortunately</c><00:41:50.670><c> lets</c><00:41:51.090><c> themselves</c><00:41:51.789><c> play</c><00:41:52.130><c> too</c>

00:41:52.449 --> 00:41:54.469
prominent<00:41:52.849><c> a</c><00:41:53.130><c> role</c><00:41:53.469><c> so</c><00:41:54.369><c> that</c>

00:41:54.469 --> 00:41:58.369
when<00:41:54.550><c> they</c><00:41:54.710><c> come</c><00:41:54.889><c> knocking</c><00:41:55.210><c> on</c><00:41:55.429><c> my</c><00:41:55.789><c> door</c><00:41:56.309><c> telling</c><00:41:56.809><c> me</c><00:41:57.050><c> I'm</c><00:41:57.289><c> mistreating</c><00:41:57.650><c> a</c><00:41:57.909><c> brother</c><00:41:58.090><c> or</c><00:41:58.250><c> I</c>

00:41:58.369 --> 00:41:59.309
need<00:41:58.550><c> the</c><00:41:58.849><c> change,</c>

00:41:59.610 --> 00:42:02.670
they're<00:41:59.949><c> really</c><00:42:00.250><c> asking</c><00:42:00.570><c> me</c><00:42:00.829><c> to</c><00:42:01.030><c> submit</c><00:42:01.329><c> myself</c><00:42:01.809><c> to</c><00:42:02.010><c> this</c><00:42:02.269><c> brother</c><00:42:02.510><c> and</c>

00:42:02.670 --> 00:42:03.750
that's<00:42:02.969><c> difficult</c><00:42:03.409><c> to</c><00:42:03.650><c> do.</c>

00:42:03.750 --> 00:42:07.710
Nehemiah<00:42:04.210><c> doesn't</c><00:42:04.409><c> ask</c><00:42:04.869><c> them</c><00:42:05.329><c> to</c><00:42:05.730><c> submit</c><00:42:06.030><c> themselves</c><00:42:06.449><c> to</c><00:42:06.670><c> him.</c>

00:42:08.630 --> 00:42:11.510
Nehemiah<00:42:09.110><c> puts</c><00:42:09.349><c> the</c><00:42:09.610><c> word</c><00:42:09.769><c> out</c><00:42:10.090><c> front.</c><00:42:10.510><c> Marvelous</c><00:42:11.070><c> spiritual</c>

00:42:11.510 --> 00:42:14.349
counselor<00:42:11.889><c> was</c><00:42:12.070><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:42:13.570><c> Absolutely</c>

00:42:14.349 --> 00:42:19.489
marvelous.<00:42:16.010><c> It's</c><00:42:16.349><c> difficult</c><00:42:16.809><c> enough</c><00:42:17.530><c> to</c><00:42:18.690><c> get</c><00:42:18.909><c> one</c><00:42:19.230><c> brother</c>

00:42:19.489 --> 00:42:23.250
or<00:42:19.789><c> sister</c><00:42:20.210><c> to</c><00:42:20.610><c> agree</c><00:42:21.210><c> to</c><00:42:21.829><c> change</c><00:42:22.269><c> their</c><00:42:22.650><c> conduct</c>

00:42:23.250 --> 00:42:27.250
in<00:42:23.730><c> order</c><00:42:23.969><c> to</c><00:42:24.190><c> be</c><00:42:24.409><c> restored</c><00:42:25.230><c> to</c><00:42:26.010><c> good</c><00:42:26.289><c> standing</c><00:42:26.710><c> within</c><00:42:26.969><c> the</c>

00:42:27.250 --> 00:42:31.050
community.<00:42:29.610><c> For</c><00:42:29.750><c> any</c><00:42:29.969><c> who</c><00:42:30.110><c> have</c><00:42:30.269><c> ever</c><00:42:30.510><c> been</c><00:42:30.769><c> involved</c>

00:42:31.050 --> 00:42:35.510
in<00:42:31.130><c> that,</c><00:42:31.409><c> it's</c><00:42:31.530><c> a</c><00:42:31.650><c> very</c><00:42:31.989><c> sensitive</c><00:42:32.469><c> area.</c><00:42:32.929><c> It's</c><00:42:33.030><c> a</c><00:42:33.130><c> very</c><00:42:33.429><c> delicate</c><00:42:33.829><c> area.</c><00:42:34.849><c> Oftentimes</c><00:42:35.190><c> it's</c>

00:42:35.510 --> 00:42:36.730
a<00:42:35.510><c> very</c><00:42:35.909><c> unsuccessful</c>

00:42:36.730 --> 00:42:41.710
attempt.<00:42:38.769><c> Nehemiah</c><00:42:39.309><c> did</c><00:42:39.530><c> it</c><00:42:39.690><c> for</c><00:42:39.849><c> the</c><00:42:40.130><c> whole</c><00:42:40.449><c> class</c><00:42:40.909><c> of</c><00:42:41.190><c> nobles</c><00:42:41.489><c> and</c>

00:42:41.710 --> 00:42:43.590
officials<00:42:42.110><c> right</c><00:42:43.070><c> there</c><00:42:43.369><c> in</c><00:42:43.489><c> the</c>

00:42:43.590 --> 00:42:46.630
middle<00:42:43.710><c> of</c><00:42:43.869><c> the</c><00:42:43.989><c> business</c><00:42:44.309><c> meeting.</c><00:42:45.369><c> He</c><00:42:45.610><c> calls</c><00:42:45.909><c> them</c><00:42:46.150><c> out</c><00:42:46.409><c> and</c>

00:42:46.630 --> 00:42:50.369
says<00:42:46.809><c> this</c><00:42:47.010><c> is</c><00:42:47.210><c> what</c><00:42:47.349><c> you're</c><00:42:47.570><c> doing</c><00:42:47.989><c> and</c><00:42:49.050><c> it's</c><00:42:49.369><c> wrong</c>

00:42:50.570 --> 00:42:55.570
and<00:42:50.849><c> it</c><00:42:51.030><c> wasn't</c><00:42:51.230><c> his</c><00:42:51.670><c> personality.</c><00:42:52.869><c> It</c><00:42:52.969><c> was</c><00:42:53.250><c> the</c><00:42:53.590><c> power</c><00:42:53.869><c> of</c><00:42:54.150><c> the</c><00:42:54.389><c> word</c><00:42:54.630><c> that</c><00:42:54.809><c> was</c><00:42:55.070><c> brought</c><00:42:55.309><c> to</c>

00:42:55.570 --> 00:42:57.289
bear<00:42:55.710><c> in</c><00:42:55.869><c> that</c><00:42:56.050><c> situation</c>

00:42:57.789 --> 00:43:04.050
and<00:42:58.469><c> they</c><00:42:58.650><c> humbly</c><00:43:00.010><c> and</c><00:43:00.949><c> willingly</c><00:43:01.590><c> acknowledged</c><00:43:02.829><c> and</c><00:43:03.150><c> confessed</c><00:43:03.710><c> their</c>

00:43:04.050 --> 00:43:05.590
sin<00:43:04.349><c> in</c><00:43:04.610><c> chapter</c><00:43:04.949><c> five</c>

00:43:05.590 --> 00:43:10.090
and<00:43:06.469><c> then</c><00:43:06.750><c> took</c><00:43:06.949><c> the</c><00:43:07.250><c> extra</c><00:43:07.570><c> step</c><00:43:07.829><c> of</c><00:43:08.170><c> agreeing</c><00:43:08.530><c> to</c><00:43:08.909><c> change</c><00:43:09.449><c> their</c><00:43:09.670><c> way</c><00:43:09.869><c> of</c>

00:43:10.090 --> 00:43:14.090
life.<00:43:11.769><c> A</c><00:43:12.110><c> marvelous</c><00:43:12.610><c> example</c><00:43:13.329><c> for</c><00:43:13.650><c> any</c><00:43:13.929><c> of</c>

00:43:14.090 --> 00:43:21.449
us<00:43:14.449><c> who</c><00:43:14.670><c> are</c><00:43:14.929><c> involved</c><00:43:15.610><c> in</c><00:43:16.989><c> efforts</c><00:43:17.550><c> of</c><00:43:18.130><c> reclaiming</c><00:43:18.869><c> those</c><00:43:19.409><c> who</c><00:43:20.130><c> may</c><00:43:20.349><c> have</c><00:43:20.469><c> been</c><00:43:20.750><c> lost</c><00:43:21.150><c> or</c>

00:43:21.449 --> 00:43:22.429
who<00:43:21.690><c> may</c><00:43:21.829><c> have</c>

00:43:22.429 --> 00:43:25.489
been<00:43:23.010><c> involved</c><00:43:23.329><c> in</c><00:43:23.710><c> a</c><00:43:23.929><c> way</c><00:43:24.150><c> of</c><00:43:24.269><c> life</c><00:43:24.570><c> that</c><00:43:24.670><c> is</c><00:43:24.969><c> inconsistent</c>

00:43:25.489 --> 00:43:26.329
with<00:43:25.690><c> the</c><00:43:25.889><c> scripture.</c>

00:43:26.829 --> 00:43:32.789
Marvelous<00:43:27.449><c> example</c><00:43:28.130><c> of</c><00:43:28.530><c> how</c><00:43:28.769><c> God</c><00:43:29.170><c> was</c><00:43:29.769><c> working</c><00:43:30.110><c> through</c><00:43:30.449><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:43:31.610><c> Marvelous</c><00:43:32.190><c> example</c><00:43:32.610><c> of</c>

00:43:32.789 --> 00:43:33.670
how<00:43:32.909><c> God</c><00:43:33.130><c> was</c><00:43:33.349><c> using</c>

00:43:33.670 --> 00:43:40.150
simultaneous<00:43:34.389><c> events</c><00:43:34.909><c> to</c><00:43:35.489><c> expose</c><00:43:36.190><c> this</c><00:43:36.809><c> severe</c><00:43:37.369><c> mistreatment</c><00:43:38.190><c> of</c><00:43:38.510><c> one</c><00:43:38.769><c> brother</c><00:43:39.090><c> to</c><00:43:39.369><c> another.</c>

00:43:41.269 --> 00:43:47.250
It<00:43:41.389><c> wasn't</c><00:43:41.769><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:43:42.570><c> anger</c><00:43:43.030><c> that</c><00:43:44.969><c> convinced</c><00:43:46.550><c> those</c><00:43:47.070><c> who</c>

00:43:47.250 --> 00:43:49.130
were<00:43:47.429><c> wrong</c><00:43:47.690><c> to</c><00:43:48.230><c> change</c><00:43:48.530><c> their</c><00:43:48.710><c> perspective.</c>

00:43:49.130 --> 00:43:53.230
By<00:43:49.809><c> the</c><00:43:50.070><c> way,</c><00:43:50.369><c> just</c><00:43:50.429><c> so</c><00:43:50.650><c> we</c><00:43:50.849><c> don't</c><00:43:51.409><c> miss</c><00:43:51.829><c> the</c><00:43:52.050><c> connection,</c><00:43:53.030><c> one</c>

00:43:53.230 --> 00:43:55.889
of<00:43:53.329><c> the</c><00:43:53.409><c> reasons</c><00:43:53.769><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:54.170><c> is</c><00:43:54.369><c> angry</c><00:43:54.769><c> is</c><00:43:55.590><c> because</c>

00:43:55.889 --> 00:43:58.469
if<00:43:56.010><c> you</c><00:43:56.110><c> notice</c><00:43:56.329><c> in</c><00:43:56.489><c> verse</c><00:43:56.670><c> six</c><00:43:56.989><c> it's</c><00:43:57.250><c> the</c><00:43:57.389><c> nobles</c><00:43:57.630><c> and</c><00:43:57.769><c> the</c><00:43:57.969><c> officials</c><00:43:58.250><c> as</c>

00:43:58.469 --> 00:44:01.829
it<00:43:58.570><c> is</c><00:43:58.710><c> in</c><00:43:58.989><c> the</c><00:43:59.190><c> RSV.</c><00:44:00.329><c> Over</c><00:44:00.489><c> in</c><00:44:00.789><c> verse</c><00:44:01.250><c> 17</c>

00:44:01.829 --> 00:44:06.590
some<00:44:02.610><c> of</c><00:44:02.730><c> those</c><00:44:02.949><c> same</c><00:44:03.250><c> people</c><00:44:04.090><c> who</c><00:44:04.630><c> are</c><00:44:04.829><c> charging</c><00:44:05.170><c> the</c><00:44:05.590><c> interest</c><00:44:05.809><c> in</c><00:44:06.030><c> forcing</c><00:44:06.329><c> the</c>

00:44:06.590 --> 00:44:08.989
slavery<00:44:07.050><c> are</c><00:44:08.170><c> eating</c><00:44:08.670><c> at</c>

00:44:08.989 --> 00:44:14.510
Nehemiah's<00:44:09.650><c> table.</c><00:44:11.570><c> Incredible.</c><00:44:13.409><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:13.869><c> goes</c><00:44:14.050><c> on</c><00:44:14.250><c> to</c><00:44:14.409><c> say</c>

00:44:14.510 --> 00:44:15.510
if<00:44:14.630><c> you</c><00:44:14.849><c> remember</c><00:44:15.070><c> in</c><00:44:15.230><c> the</c><00:44:15.309><c> reading,</c>

00:44:15.510 --> 00:44:19.269
I<00:44:15.730><c> was</c><00:44:16.030><c> careful</c><00:44:16.510><c> not</c><00:44:17.210><c> to</c><00:44:17.449><c> charge</c><00:44:17.650><c> the</c><00:44:17.889><c> governor's</c><00:44:18.269><c> tax</c><00:44:18.670><c> for</c><00:44:19.010><c> my</c>

00:44:19.269 --> 00:44:21.210
own<00:44:19.429><c> eating.</c><00:44:19.630><c> What</c><00:44:19.809><c> I</c><00:44:20.010><c> ate,</c><00:44:20.210><c> I</c><00:44:20.269><c> ate</c><00:44:20.389><c> at</c><00:44:20.550><c> my</c><00:44:20.730><c> expense</c>

00:44:21.210 --> 00:44:24.650
because<00:44:21.730><c> the</c><00:44:21.949><c> burden</c><00:44:22.090><c> on</c><00:44:22.269><c> the</c><00:44:22.449><c> people</c><00:44:22.650><c> was</c><00:44:23.289><c> was</c><00:44:23.289><c> strong</c><00:44:23.570><c> enough.</c><00:44:24.050><c> So</c><00:44:24.289><c> here</c><00:44:24.510><c> he</c>

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is<00:44:24.909><c> feeding</c><00:44:25.269><c> these</c><00:44:25.630><c> brethren</c><00:44:25.929><c> in</c>

00:44:26.130 --> 00:44:29.610
the<00:44:26.289><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:27.130><c> and</c><00:44:27.510><c> they're</c><00:44:27.809><c> free</c><00:44:28.210><c> of</c><00:44:28.449><c> charge</c><00:44:28.889><c> and</c><00:44:29.369><c> they're</c>

00:44:29.610 --> 00:44:32.769
walking<00:44:29.949><c> out</c><00:44:30.570><c> and</c><00:44:31.630><c> they</c><00:44:31.889><c> are</c><00:44:32.210><c> putting</c><00:44:32.449><c> their</c>

00:44:32.769 --> 00:44:35.989
own<00:44:33.010><c> brethren</c><00:44:33.230><c> and</c><00:44:33.469><c> sisters</c><00:44:33.730><c> into</c><00:44:34.070><c> slavery</c><00:44:34.889><c> because</c><00:44:35.809><c> they</c>

00:44:35.989 --> 00:44:39.389
can't<00:44:36.190><c> pay</c><00:44:36.369><c> their</c><00:44:36.530><c> bills.</c><00:44:38.409><c> Don't</c><00:44:38.789><c> miss</c><00:44:39.050><c> the</c><00:44:39.250><c> point</c>

00:44:39.389 --> 00:44:42.059
and<00:44:39.590><c> we'll</c><00:44:40.469><c> conclude</c><00:44:40.769><c> on</c><00:44:40.929><c> this</c><00:44:41.170><c> one.</c>

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We<00:44:46.289><c> of</c><00:44:46.670><c> all</c><00:44:47.010><c> people</c><00:44:47.989><c> understand</c><00:44:48.969><c> the</c><00:44:49.289><c> price</c><00:44:49.670><c> that</c><00:44:49.829><c> was</c><00:44:50.090><c> paid</c>

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to<00:44:51.449><c> redeem</c><00:44:51.730><c> us</c><00:44:52.429><c> from</c><00:44:53.590><c> the</c><00:44:53.829><c> bondage</c><00:44:54.230><c> of</c><00:44:54.469><c> sin.</c>

00:44:56.190 --> 00:45:02.309
We<00:44:56.550><c> have</c><00:44:56.809><c> been</c><00:44:57.289><c> freed</c><00:44:57.869><c> from</c><00:44:59.409><c> slavery</c><00:44:59.989><c> to</c><00:45:00.429><c> sin</c><00:45:00.889><c> to</c><00:45:01.670><c> be</c><00:45:01.949><c> servants</c>

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of<00:45:02.550><c> Yahweh.</c>

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The<00:45:05.210><c> price</c><00:45:05.750><c> Christ</c><00:45:06.250><c> paid,</c><00:45:07.530><c> the</c><00:45:07.750><c> devotion,</c><00:45:08.590><c> the</c><00:45:08.710><c> love</c><00:45:08.929><c> of</c><00:45:09.110><c> the</c>

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Father<00:45:09.590><c> and</c><00:45:09.769><c> the</c><00:45:09.989><c> Son</c><00:45:10.210><c> working</c><00:45:10.630><c> together,</c>

00:45:11.869 --> 00:45:18.570
we<00:45:12.230><c> all</c><00:45:12.610><c> know</c><00:45:12.909><c> intimately.</c><00:45:15.710><c> But</c><00:45:16.110><c> if</c><00:45:16.690><c> and</c><00:45:17.170><c> when</c><00:45:17.550><c> we</c><00:45:18.110><c> mistreat</c>

00:45:18.570 --> 00:45:22.010
each<00:45:18.849><c> other,</c><00:45:20.269><c> we</c><00:45:20.510><c> speak</c><00:45:20.829><c> ill</c><00:45:21.130><c> of</c><00:45:21.230><c> each</c><00:45:21.510><c> other,</c>

00:45:22.409 --> 00:45:26.889
we<00:45:22.650><c> discourage</c><00:45:23.289><c> each</c><00:45:23.610><c> other,</c><00:45:24.429><c> and</c><00:45:24.829><c> we</c><00:45:25.070><c> send</c><00:45:25.269><c> each</c><00:45:25.530><c> other</c><00:45:25.889><c> right</c><00:45:26.389><c> back</c>

00:45:26.889 --> 00:45:28.889
into<00:45:27.150><c> the</c><00:45:27.369><c> pit</c><00:45:27.570><c> of</c><00:45:27.929><c> slavery,</c>

00:45:29.730 --> 00:45:33.869
we<00:45:30.369><c> are</c><00:45:30.530><c> having</c><00:45:30.829><c> the</c><00:45:31.190><c> same</c><00:45:31.429><c> effect</c><00:45:31.869><c> on</c><00:45:32.210><c> one</c><00:45:32.469><c> another</c><00:45:32.969><c> as</c><00:45:33.530><c> these</c>

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brethren<00:45:34.170><c> were</c><00:45:34.550><c> in</c><00:45:34.809><c> chapter</c><00:45:35.110><c> five.</c>

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There's<00:45:38.050><c> two</c><00:45:38.289><c> aspects</c><00:45:38.710><c> of</c><00:45:38.909><c> the</c><00:45:39.110><c> atonement</c><00:45:39.429><c> that</c><00:45:39.590><c> always</c><00:45:40.010><c> strike</c><00:45:40.289><c> me</c>

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as<00:45:40.670><c> being</c><00:45:40.889><c> powerful.</c>

00:45:42.750 --> 00:45:47.730
One<00:45:43.070><c> is</c><00:45:43.670><c> the</c><00:45:44.170><c> work</c><00:45:44.369><c> of</c><00:45:44.550><c> the</c><00:45:44.690><c> Lord</c><00:45:44.869><c> Jesus</c><00:45:45.230><c> Christ</c><00:45:46.010><c> and</c><00:45:46.809><c> the</c><00:45:47.010><c> crucifying</c><00:45:47.570><c> of</c>

00:45:47.730 --> 00:45:49.969
the<00:45:47.989><c> flesh</c><00:45:48.329><c> and</c><00:45:48.769><c> the</c><00:45:49.110><c> devotion</c><00:45:49.530><c> to</c><00:45:49.769><c> his</c>

00:45:49.969 --> 00:45:53.929
father<00:45:50.449><c> and</c><00:45:50.929><c> the</c><00:45:51.210><c> moral</c><00:45:51.469><c> impact</c><00:45:51.929><c> that</c><00:45:52.190><c> ought</c><00:45:52.409><c> to</c><00:45:52.710><c> have</c><00:45:52.949><c> on</c><00:45:53.289><c> us</c>

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to<00:45:54.469><c> walk</c><00:45:54.710><c> in</c><00:45:54.789><c> his</c><00:45:55.030><c> footsteps.</c><00:45:57.010><c> The</c><00:45:57.610><c> second</c><00:45:57.969><c> is</c>

00:45:58.389 --> 00:46:03.730
the<00:45:58.849><c> level</c><00:45:59.190><c> of</c><00:45:59.510><c> devotion</c><00:45:59.949><c> each</c><00:46:00.510><c> of</c><00:46:00.670><c> us</c><00:46:00.809><c> should</c><00:46:01.050><c> have</c><00:46:01.489><c> to</c><00:46:02.130><c> encourage</c><00:46:03.190><c> one</c>

00:46:03.730 --> 00:46:06.710
another<00:46:04.150><c> to</c><00:46:04.929><c> follow</c><00:46:05.309><c> that</c><00:46:05.769><c> path,</c>

00:46:07.110 --> 00:46:10.809
to<00:46:07.210><c> do</c><00:46:07.389><c> the</c><00:46:07.650><c> best</c><00:46:07.909><c> we</c><00:46:08.230><c> possibly</c><00:46:08.730><c> can</c><00:46:09.250><c> at</c><00:46:09.730><c> living</c><00:46:09.989><c> the</c><00:46:10.210><c> power</c><00:46:10.590><c> of</c>

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the<00:46:11.010><c> cross</c><00:46:11.230><c> in</c><00:46:11.469><c> our</c><00:46:11.670><c> life.</c>

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When<00:46:13.349><c> we</c><00:46:13.710><c> discourage</c><00:46:14.269><c> each</c><00:46:14.530><c> other,</c><00:46:15.570><c> when</c><00:46:15.730><c> we</c><00:46:15.989><c> mistreat</c><00:46:16.469><c> each</c>

00:46:16.789 --> 00:46:18.929
other,<00:46:17.070><c> when</c><00:46:17.230><c> we</c><00:46:17.469><c> say</c><00:46:17.650><c> unkind</c><00:46:18.170><c> words</c><00:46:18.510><c> of</c><00:46:18.690><c> each</c>

00:46:18.929 --> 00:46:21.769
other,<00:46:19.389><c> and</c><00:46:19.610><c> what</c><00:46:20.170><c> we're</c><00:46:20.369><c> doing</c><00:46:20.590><c> is</c><00:46:20.829><c> sending</c><00:46:21.110><c> each</c><00:46:21.409><c> other</c><00:46:21.630><c> in</c>

00:46:21.769 --> 00:46:25.349
the<00:46:22.070><c> opposite</c><00:46:22.449><c> direction,</c><00:46:23.349><c> right</c><00:46:23.769><c> back</c><00:46:24.090><c> into</c><00:46:24.309><c> slavery.</c>

00:46:25.469 --> 00:46:29.309
But<00:46:26.030><c> we</c><00:46:26.309><c> have</c><00:46:26.590><c> all</c><00:46:26.769><c> people</c><00:46:27.090><c> should</c><00:46:27.269><c> appreciate</c><00:46:27.869><c> the</c><00:46:28.050><c> need</c><00:46:28.449><c> for</c>

00:46:29.309 --> 00:46:31.909
everyone<00:46:29.809><c> in</c><00:46:30.070><c> the</c><00:46:30.289><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:30.670><c> to</c><00:46:30.849><c> be</c><00:46:31.210><c> assisting</c>

00:46:31.909 --> 00:46:36.090
each<00:46:32.409><c> other</c><00:46:32.789><c> so</c><00:46:33.769><c> that</c><00:46:33.909><c> they</c><00:46:34.090><c> can</c><00:46:34.349><c> live</c><00:46:34.630><c> the</c><00:46:34.969><c> principle</c><00:46:35.550><c> of</c><00:46:35.849><c> the</c>

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cross<00:46:36.610><c> to</c><00:46:37.309><c> the</c><00:46:37.550><c> best</c><00:46:38.070><c> possible</c><00:46:38.809><c> ability,</c>

00:46:40.170 --> 00:46:43.389
and<00:46:40.190><c> to</c><00:46:40.409><c> be</c><00:46:40.570><c> the</c><00:46:40.650><c> most</c><00:46:41.050><c> faithful</c><00:46:41.489><c> and</c><00:46:41.769><c> obedient</c><00:46:42.289><c> disciples.</c>

00:46:43.590 --> 00:46:46.309
And<00:46:43.710><c> let</c><00:46:43.889><c> us</c><00:46:44.090><c> make</c><00:46:44.349><c> sure</c><00:46:44.550><c> that</c><00:46:44.909><c> none</c><00:46:45.090><c> of</c><00:46:45.250><c> us</c>

00:46:46.309 --> 00:46:50.949
hinder<00:46:47.110><c> or</c><00:46:48.449><c> send</c><00:46:48.949><c> each</c><00:46:49.210><c> other</c><00:46:49.409><c> back</c><00:46:49.710><c> down</c><00:46:49.909><c> that</c><00:46:50.170><c> road</c><00:46:50.389><c> to</c><00:46:50.730><c> sin</c>

00:46:50.949 --> 00:46:53.369
and<00:46:51.190><c> to</c><00:46:51.469><c> slavery</c><00:46:51.789><c> to</c><00:46:52.090><c> sin,</c><00:46:52.550><c> but</c><00:46:52.809><c> to</c><00:46:53.050><c> encourage</c>

00:46:53.369 --> 00:46:56.590
one<00:46:53.570><c> another</c><00:46:53.849><c> to</c><00:46:54.030><c> do</c><00:46:54.170><c> all</c><00:46:54.409><c> we</c><00:46:54.650><c> can</c><00:46:55.190><c> to</c><00:46:55.530><c> live</c><00:46:55.670><c> the</c><00:46:55.869><c> power</c><00:46:56.190><c> of</c><00:46:56.369><c> the</c>

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cross<00:46:56.969><c> in</c><00:46:57.429><c> our</c><00:46:57.590><c> life.</c>

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Thank<00:47:13.809><c> you</c><00:47:13.909><c> very</c><00:47:14.150><c> much,</c><00:47:14.469><c> Brother</c><00:47:14.610><c> Ken.</c><00:47:15.170><c> I'm</c><00:47:15.389><c> sure</c><00:47:15.489><c> I</c><00:47:15.630><c> speak</c><00:47:15.730><c> for</c><00:47:15.929><c> all</c><00:47:16.110><c> of</c><00:47:16.269><c> us,</c>

00:47:17.250 --> 00:47:19.429
and<00:47:17.489><c> I</c><00:47:17.630><c> say</c><00:47:17.710><c> that</c><00:47:17.829><c> you</c><00:47:17.909><c> have</c><00:47:18.030><c> given</c><00:47:18.170><c> us</c><00:47:18.389><c> much</c><00:47:18.610><c> to</c><00:47:18.869><c> think</c><00:47:19.050><c> about</c>

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and<00:47:19.690><c> to</c><00:47:19.969><c> contemplate.</c>

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Those<00:47:25.989><c> who</c><00:47:26.750><c> have</c><00:47:27.010><c> table</c><00:47:27.329><c> duty</c><00:47:27.610><c> for</c><00:47:27.869><c> the</c><00:47:28.050><c> noon</c><00:47:28.230><c> meal,</c><00:47:29.449><c> please</c>

00:47:29.650 --> 00:47:32.670
leave<00:47:29.849><c> immediately</c><00:47:30.590><c> and</c><00:47:31.750><c> start</c><00:47:32.150><c> getting</c><00:47:32.369><c> that</c>

00:47:32.670 --> 00:47:38.309
ready.<00:47:33.710><c> Those</c><00:47:34.050><c> whose</c><00:47:34.329><c> first</c><00:47:34.690><c> names</c><00:47:35.449><c> begin</c><00:47:36.190><c> from</c><00:47:36.610><c> M</c><00:47:37.289><c> through</c><00:47:37.750><c> R</c>

00:47:38.309 --> 00:47:40.110
can<00:47:38.690><c> be</c><00:47:38.869><c> dismissed</c><00:47:39.170><c> now.</c>

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So

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John<00:48:04.690><c> wanted</c><00:48:04.929><c> to</c><00:48:05.969><c> close</c><00:48:06.369><c> our</c><00:48:06.670><c> morning</c><00:48:06.949><c> session</c><00:48:07.250><c> with</c><00:48:07.489><c> prayer</c>

00:48:07.750 --> 00:48:10.150
after<00:48:08.090><c> we</c><00:48:08.389><c> sing</c><00:48:08.570><c> the</c><00:48:08.730><c> words</c><00:48:08.909><c> to</c><00:48:09.090><c> hymn</c><00:48:09.250><c> number</c>

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275.<00:48:12.030><c> He</c><00:48:12.110><c> who</c><00:48:12.429><c> would</c><00:48:12.829><c> valiant</c><00:48:13.369><c> be</c><00:48:13.889><c> against</c><00:48:14.349><c> all</c><00:48:14.550><c> disaster,</c><00:48:15.389><c> let</c><00:48:15.469><c> him</c><00:48:15.730><c> in</c>

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constancy<00:48:16.429><c> follow</c><00:48:16.869><c> the</c><00:48:17.110><c> master.</c>

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There's<00:48:18.530><c> no</c><00:48:18.769><c> discouragement</c><00:48:19.429><c> shall</c><00:48:20.010><c> make</c><00:48:20.210><c> him</c><00:48:20.409><c> once</c><00:48:20.670><c> relent.</c>

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His<00:48:22.030><c> first</c><00:48:22.329><c> devout</c><00:48:22.610><c> intent</c><00:48:23.110><c> to</c><00:48:23.730><c> be</c><00:48:23.909><c> a</c><00:48:24.090><c> pilgrim,</c><00:48:24.510><c> hymn</c><00:48:24.750><c> 275.</c>

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Thank<00:48:49.449><c> you.</c>