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there's<00:10:20.879><c> a</c><00:10:20.980><c> need</c><00:10:21.120><c> to</c><00:10:21.279><c> be</c><00:10:21.460><c> wary</c><00:10:21.860><c> of</c><00:10:22.860><c> the</c><00:10:23.000><c> danger</c><00:10:23.340><c> of</c><00:10:23.700><c> prosperity.</c>

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chapter<00:10:53.019><c> 11.</c>

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we<00:10:59.580><c> have</c><00:11:00.039><c> men</c><00:11:00.600><c> came</c><00:11:00.960><c> to</c><00:11:01.039><c> hear</c><00:11:01.159><c> the</c><00:11:01.320><c> wisdom</c><00:11:01.559><c> of</c><00:11:01.779><c> Solomon,</c><00:11:02.440><c> says</c><00:11:02.539><c> Christ,</c>

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but<00:11:03.220><c> a</c><00:11:03.360><c> greater</c><00:11:03.539><c> than</c><00:11:03.799><c> Solomon</c><00:11:04.100><c> was</c><00:11:04.299><c> among</c><00:11:04.600><c> them.</c>

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referring<00:11:16.100><c> to</c><00:11:16.299><c> the</c><00:11:16.500><c> flowers</c><00:11:16.700><c> of</c><00:11:16.860><c> the</c><00:11:17.039><c> field</c><00:11:17.220><c> and</c><00:11:17.379><c> the</c><00:11:17.460><c> way</c><00:11:17.620><c> that</c><00:11:17.820><c> God</c>

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and<00:12:39.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:40.440><c> loved</c><00:12:40.879><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:12:41.159><c> we're</c><00:12:41.259><c> talking</c><00:12:41.539><c> about</c><00:12:41.740><c> a</c><00:12:41.940><c> baby</c><00:12:42.159><c> here.</c>

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Yahweh<00:12:43.840><c> loved</c><00:12:44.320><c> that</c><00:12:44.759><c> baby.</c>

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And<00:12:46.320><c> he</c><00:12:46.500><c> signified</c><00:12:46.919><c> that</c><00:12:47.120><c> by</c><00:12:47.379><c> sending</c><00:12:47.679><c> once</c><00:12:48.019><c> again</c><00:12:48.279><c> into</c><00:12:48.480><c> the</c>

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court<00:12:48.840><c> of</c><00:12:49.120><c> David,</c><00:12:49.700><c> Nathan</c><00:12:49.940><c> the</c><00:12:50.179><c> prophet.</c>

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You<00:12:50.559><c> can</c><00:12:50.700><c> imagine</c><00:12:50.980><c> how</c><00:12:51.240><c> David</c><00:12:51.480><c> and</c><00:12:51.659><c> Bathsheba</c><00:12:52.080><c> would</c><00:12:52.279><c> have</c>

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felt<00:12:52.799><c> when</c><00:12:53.240><c> Nathan</c><00:12:53.600><c> comes</c><00:12:53.940><c> wandering</c><00:12:54.259><c> through</c><00:12:54.519><c> the</c><00:12:54.700><c> door</c><00:12:54.820><c> again.</c>

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The<00:12:55.419><c> last</c><00:12:55.659><c> time</c><00:12:55.860><c> they'd</c><00:12:56.059><c> had</c><00:12:56.179><c> Nathan</c><00:12:56.519><c> walk</c><00:12:56.799><c> into</c><00:12:57.159><c> them,</c><00:12:57.820><c> it</c><00:12:57.960><c> was</c><00:12:58.100><c> to</c>

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tell<00:12:58.360><c> them</c><00:12:58.440><c> their</c><00:12:58.659><c> child</c><00:12:58.860><c> was</c><00:12:59.100><c> going</c><00:12:59.220><c> to</c><00:12:59.419><c> die.</c>

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And<00:13:02.000><c> Nathan</c><00:13:02.299><c> walks</c><00:13:02.559><c> in</c><00:13:02.759><c> again</c><00:13:02.899><c> and</c><00:13:03.120><c> David's</c><00:13:03.500><c> heart</c><00:13:03.600><c> would</c>

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have<00:13:03.940><c> trembled.</c>

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And<00:13:07.320><c> Nathan</c><00:13:07.559><c> says,</c><00:13:09.860><c> I'm</c><00:13:09.980><c> going</c><00:13:10.080><c> to</c><00:13:10.259><c> call</c><00:13:10.379><c> his</c><00:13:10.639><c> name</c><00:13:11.139><c> Jedidiah</c>

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because<00:13:13.000><c> of</c><00:13:13.519><c> Yahweh.</c>

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You<00:13:14.700><c> know,</c><00:13:15.080><c> the</c><00:13:15.419><c> parents,</c><00:13:15.899><c> David</c><00:13:16.200><c> and</c><00:13:16.379><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:13:16.879><c> had</c><00:13:17.039><c> called</c><00:13:17.200><c> his</c>

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name<00:13:17.740><c> Solomon.</c>

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Perhaps<00:13:19.200><c> indicating</c><00:13:19.659><c> that</c><00:13:19.840><c> they</c><00:13:20.080><c> saw</c><00:13:20.220><c> in</c><00:13:20.360><c> this</c><00:13:20.519><c> that</c><00:13:20.679><c> they</c>

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had<00:13:21.019><c> made</c><00:13:21.240><c> peace</c><00:13:21.559><c> with</c><00:13:21.740><c> their</c><00:13:21.919><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:22.980><c> God</c><00:13:23.139><c> comes</c><00:13:23.419><c> in</c><00:13:23.600><c> and</c><00:13:23.700><c> said,</c><00:13:23.940><c> yes,</c><00:13:24.100><c> I</c><00:13:24.259><c> have</c><00:13:24.460><c> accepted</c><00:13:24.820><c> you.</c>

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I'm<00:13:25.220><c> calling</c><00:13:25.500><c> this</c><00:13:26.299><c> baby</c><00:13:26.620><c> a</c><00:13:27.080><c> combination</c><00:13:27.519><c> of</c><00:13:27.759><c> your</c><00:13:27.960><c> name,</c><00:13:28.179><c> David,</c><00:13:28.500><c> and</c>

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a<00:13:28.879><c> combination</c><00:13:29.240><c> of</c><00:13:29.480><c> my</c><00:13:29.759><c> name.</c>

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The<00:13:31.120><c> beloved</c><00:13:31.580><c> of</c><00:13:31.960><c> Yahweh,</c><00:13:33.519><c> Jedidiah,</c><00:13:36.679><c> indicating</c><00:13:37.019><c> that</c><00:13:37.299><c> God</c>

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and<00:13:37.679><c> David</c><00:13:37.919><c> were</c><00:13:38.100><c> at</c><00:13:38.279><c> unity</c><00:13:38.639><c> again.</c>

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So<00:13:41.000><c> right</c><00:13:41.159><c> from</c><00:13:41.340><c> his</c><00:13:41.559><c> birth,</c><00:13:41.919><c> God</c><00:13:42.240><c> had</c><00:13:42.899><c> indicated</c><00:13:43.320><c> his</c><00:13:43.759><c> acceptance</c><00:13:44.100><c> of</c>

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this<00:13:44.559><c> child.</c>

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Yahweh<00:13:45.539><c> loved</c><00:13:46.019><c> him</c><00:13:46.460><c> as</c><00:13:47.159><c> a</c><00:13:47.379><c> baby.</c>

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Yahweh<00:13:48.159><c> loved</c><00:13:48.360><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:13:48.679><c> an</c><00:13:48.940><c> incredible</c><00:13:49.320><c> statement</c><00:13:49.639><c> when</c><00:13:49.799><c> you</c><00:13:49.899><c> think</c><00:13:50.039><c> about</c><00:13:50.320><c> that.</c>

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He<00:13:51.539><c> had</c><00:13:51.620><c> an</c><00:13:51.860><c> excellent</c><00:13:52.080><c> upbringing.</c>

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He<00:13:53.519><c> often</c><00:13:53.700><c> refers</c><00:13:54.139><c> to</c><00:13:54.320><c> it</c><00:13:54.399><c> in</c><00:13:54.480><c> the</c><00:13:54.519><c> book</c><00:13:54.700><c> of</c><00:13:54.980><c> Proverbs,</c><00:13:55.919><c> the</c>

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great<00:13:56.240><c> upbringing</c><00:13:56.580><c> his</c><00:13:56.899><c> parents</c><00:13:57.259><c> gave</c><00:13:57.580><c> him.</c>

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The<00:13:57.960><c> words</c><00:13:58.279><c> that</c><00:13:58.500><c> his</c><00:13:58.700><c> mother</c><00:13:58.960><c> taught</c><00:13:59.259><c> him</c><00:13:59.460><c> were</c><00:13:59.840><c> stayed</c><00:14:00.039><c> with</c>

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him<00:14:01.100><c> at</c><00:14:02.059><c> the</c><00:14:02.159><c> end</c><00:14:02.299><c> of</c><00:14:02.379><c> his</c><00:14:02.559><c> life.</c>

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He<00:14:03.120><c> remembered</c><00:14:03.460><c> them.</c>

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He<00:14:05.360><c> didn't</c><00:14:05.620><c> think</c><00:14:05.899><c> about</c><00:14:06.179><c> them</c><00:14:06.379><c> in</c><00:14:06.480><c> the</c><00:14:06.639><c> days</c><00:14:07.000><c> when</c><00:14:07.240><c> he</c><00:14:07.379><c> thought</c><00:14:07.519><c> he</c><00:14:07.620><c> was</c><00:14:07.899><c> strong.</c>

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He<00:14:09.460><c> says</c><00:14:09.600><c> in</c><00:14:09.799><c> Proverbs</c><00:14:10.120><c> chapter</c><00:14:10.379><c> 4</c><00:14:10.740><c> and</c><00:14:10.879><c> verse</c><00:14:11.039><c> 3</c><00:14:11.259><c> and</c><00:14:11.379><c> 5,</c><00:14:11.700><c> I</c><00:14:11.700><c> was</c><00:14:11.899><c> my</c>

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father's<00:14:12.759><c> son,</c>

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tender<00:14:13.259><c> and</c><00:14:13.440><c> only</c><00:14:13.620><c> beloved</c><00:14:13.940><c> in</c><00:14:14.120><c> the</c><00:14:14.360><c> sight</c><00:14:14.480><c> of</c><00:14:14.679><c> my</c><00:14:14.860><c> mother.</c>

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He<00:14:15.980><c> taught</c><00:14:16.179><c> me</c><00:14:16.399><c> also</c><00:14:16.600><c> and</c><00:14:16.759><c> said</c><00:14:16.840><c> unto</c><00:14:17.019><c> me,</c><00:14:17.240><c> let</c><00:14:17.399><c> thine</c><00:14:17.759><c> heart</c>

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retain<00:14:18.799><c> my</c><00:14:19.539><c> words.</c>

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And<00:14:20.000><c> I</c><00:14:20.059><c> want</c><00:14:20.200><c> you</c><00:14:20.340><c> to</c><00:14:20.500><c> just,</c><00:14:21.440><c> brethren</c><00:14:21.559><c> and</c><00:14:21.740><c> sisters,</c><00:14:21.940><c> if</c><00:14:22.100><c> nothing</c><00:14:22.440><c> else</c>

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comes<00:14:22.940><c> across</c><00:14:23.279><c> from</c><00:14:23.440><c> this</c><00:14:23.679><c> address,</c>

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take<00:14:24.940><c> a</c><00:14:25.159><c> note</c><00:14:25.279><c> of</c><00:14:25.480><c> the</c><00:14:25.820><c> heart</c><00:14:26.100><c> of</c><00:14:26.419><c> Solomon.</c>

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His<00:14:27.799><c> parents</c><00:14:28.179><c> said,</c><00:14:28.960><c> let</c><00:14:29.120><c> your</c><00:14:29.480><c> heart</c><00:14:29.860><c> retain</c><00:14:30.360><c> my</c><00:14:30.740><c> words.</c>

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Keep<00:14:31.740><c> my</c><00:14:32.059><c> commandments</c><00:14:32.480><c> and</c><00:14:32.740><c> live.</c>

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Get<00:14:33.179><c> wisdom.</c><00:14:33.620><c> Get</c><00:14:33.840><c> understanding.</c><00:14:34.559><c> Forget</c><00:14:34.740><c> it</c><00:14:35.000><c> not.</c>

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Neither<00:14:36.080><c> declined</c><00:14:36.580><c> from</c><00:14:36.740><c> the</c><00:14:36.919><c> words</c><00:14:37.080><c> of</c><00:14:37.279><c> my</c><00:14:37.440><c> mouth.</c>

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His<00:14:38.120><c> parents</c><00:14:38.440><c> had</c><00:14:38.659><c> tried</c><00:14:38.879><c> to</c><00:14:39.039><c> give</c><00:14:39.100><c> him</c><00:14:39.259><c> a</c><00:14:39.379><c> good</c><00:14:39.500><c> education.</c>

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They<00:14:40.600><c> had</c><00:14:40.720><c> enormous</c><00:14:41.200><c> hopes</c><00:14:41.500><c> for</c><00:14:41.700><c> this</c><00:14:41.940><c> son.</c>

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The<00:14:43.120><c> promises</c><00:14:43.419><c> were</c><00:14:43.620><c> linked</c><00:14:43.779><c> to</c><00:14:44.059><c> Solomon</c><00:14:44.360><c> in</c><00:14:44.740><c> a</c><00:14:44.899><c> most</c><00:14:45.100><c> remarkable</c><00:14:45.740><c> way.</c>

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David<00:14:47.179><c> prayed</c><00:14:47.539><c> to</c><00:14:47.779><c> God</c><00:14:47.940><c> for</c><00:14:48.139><c> Solomon's</c><00:14:48.659><c> heart</c><00:14:48.820><c> to</c><00:14:48.980><c> be</c><00:14:49.100><c> kept</c><00:14:49.299><c> upright.</c>

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And<00:14:51.580><c> when</c><00:14:51.700><c> he</c><00:14:51.779><c> was</c><00:14:51.919><c> about</c><00:14:52.159><c> 18,</c><00:14:52.620><c> he</c><00:14:52.679><c> stood</c><00:14:52.860><c> at</c><00:14:53.000><c> his</c><00:14:53.159><c> father's</c><00:14:53.600><c> bedside</c><00:14:54.000><c> and</c><00:14:54.120><c> he</c>

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heard<00:14:54.399><c> the</c><00:14:54.620><c> last</c><00:14:54.840><c> words</c><00:14:55.059><c> of</c><00:14:55.240><c> David.</c>

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And<00:14:56.000><c> David</c><00:14:56.259><c> called</c><00:14:56.480><c> for</c><00:14:56.720><c> all</c><00:14:56.919><c> the</c><00:14:57.059><c> elders</c><00:14:57.179><c> of</c><00:14:57.360><c> Israel</c><00:14:57.580><c> to</c><00:14:57.740><c> be</c><00:14:57.940><c> there,</c>

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that<00:14:58.559><c> they</c><00:14:58.820><c> might</c><00:14:59.080><c> witness</c><00:14:59.440><c> what</c><00:14:59.580><c> he</c><00:14:59.700><c> would</c><00:14:59.860><c> say</c><00:15:00.019><c> to</c><00:15:00.200><c> his</c><00:15:00.399><c> son</c><00:15:00.559><c> Solomon.</c>

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And<00:15:01.759><c> we</c><00:15:01.960><c> find</c><00:15:02.120><c> those</c><00:15:02.399><c> words</c><00:15:02.620><c> in</c><00:15:02.779><c> the</c><00:15:02.919><c> first</c><00:15:03.120><c> of</c><00:15:03.299><c> Chronicles</c><00:15:03.700><c> chapter</c><00:15:04.000><c> 28</c>

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and<00:15:05.279><c> verse</c><00:15:05.500><c> 5</c><00:15:05.820><c> to</c><00:15:06.000><c> 7.</c>

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Remarkable<00:15:08.679><c> words,</c><00:15:09.179><c> really,</c><00:15:09.259><c> when</c><00:15:09.399><c> you</c><00:15:09.559><c> consider</c><00:15:09.840><c> how</c><00:15:10.059><c> they</c>

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were<00:15:10.440><c> linked</c><00:15:10.679><c> into</c><00:15:11.059><c> the</c><00:15:11.340><c> promises</c><00:15:11.740><c> to</c><00:15:12.419><c> David.</c>

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We'll<00:15:16.120><c> just</c><00:15:16.299><c> read</c><00:15:16.500><c> particularly.</c>

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It's<00:15:17.840><c> based</c><00:15:18.019><c> on</c><00:15:18.200><c> the</c><00:15:18.320><c> promises</c><00:15:18.580><c> to</c><00:15:18.840><c> David.</c>

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We'll<00:15:19.340><c> read</c><00:15:19.519><c> particularly</c><00:15:20.360><c> verse</c><00:15:21.059><c> 7.</c>

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Moreover,<00:15:21.860><c> I</c><00:15:21.879><c> will</c><00:15:22.100><c> establish</c><00:15:22.480><c> his</c><00:15:22.779><c> kingdom</c><00:15:23.100><c> forever.</c>

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Forever.

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Solomon<00:15:26.279><c> could</c><00:15:26.480><c> have</c><00:15:26.620><c> ruled</c><00:15:26.799><c> over</c><00:15:27.080><c> the</c><00:15:27.240><c> throne</c><00:15:27.379><c> of</c><00:15:27.539><c> David</c><00:15:27.840><c> forever</c><00:15:28.240><c> if,</c><00:15:28.700><c> if,</c>

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and<00:15:29.159><c> that's</c><00:15:29.460><c> the</c><00:15:29.600><c> conditional</c><00:15:29.899><c> word,</c>

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if<00:15:30.340><c> he'd</c><00:15:30.620><c> be</c><00:15:30.799><c> constant</c><00:15:31.059><c> to</c><00:15:31.240><c> do</c><00:15:31.340><c> my</c><00:15:31.600><c> commandments</c><00:15:31.980><c> and</c><00:15:32.259><c> my</c><00:15:32.480><c> judgments</c><00:15:32.879><c> as</c>

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at<00:15:34.019><c> this</c><00:15:34.340><c> day.</c>

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And<00:15:38.879><c> now</c><00:15:39.059><c> therefore</c><00:15:39.299><c> in</c><00:15:39.500><c> the</c><00:15:39.720><c> sight</c><00:15:39.860><c> of</c><00:15:40.019><c> all</c><00:15:40.159><c> Israel,</c>

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the<00:15:41.399><c> congregation</c><00:15:42.039><c> or</c><00:15:42.240><c> the</c><00:15:42.340><c> Septuagint</c><00:15:42.779><c> has</c><00:15:43.019><c> the</c><00:15:43.299><c> ecclesia</c>

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and<00:15:46.139><c> in</c><00:15:46.279><c> the</c><00:15:46.419><c> audience</c><00:15:46.659><c> of</c><00:15:46.840><c> our</c><00:15:47.059><c> God,</c>

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keep<00:15:47.519><c> and</c><00:15:47.840><c> seek</c><00:15:47.980><c> for</c><00:15:48.379><c> all</c><00:15:48.720><c> the</c><00:15:48.980><c> commandments</c><00:15:49.539><c> of</c><00:15:50.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:50.580><c> your</c><00:15:50.799><c> God,</c>

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that<00:15:51.139><c> you</c><00:15:51.279><c> may</c><00:15:51.379><c> possess</c><00:15:51.759><c> this</c><00:15:52.059><c> land.</c>

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And<00:15:54.559><c> he's</c><00:15:54.779><c> saying</c><00:15:54.879><c> to</c><00:15:55.120><c> Solomon,</c><00:15:55.399><c> you</c><00:15:55.539><c> have</c><00:15:55.799><c> to</c><00:15:55.960><c> lead</c><00:15:56.100><c> this</c><00:15:56.320><c> nation</c><00:15:56.620><c> by</c><00:15:56.879><c> example.</c>

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Seek<00:15:58.679><c> for</c><00:15:58.940><c> all</c><00:15:59.240><c> the</c><00:15:59.399><c> commandments.</c>

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You<00:15:59.960><c> know,</c><00:16:00.039><c> it's</c><00:16:00.220><c> very</c><00:16:00.559><c> natural</c><00:16:00.779><c> to</c><00:16:00.919><c> the</c><00:16:01.100><c> human</c><00:16:01.299><c> heart</c><00:16:01.500><c> for</c><00:16:01.659><c> us</c>

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to<00:16:01.960><c> give</c><00:16:02.100><c> emphasis</c><00:16:02.460><c> to</c><00:16:02.720><c> those</c><00:16:03.200><c> parts</c><00:16:03.600><c> of</c><00:16:03.779><c> the</c><00:16:03.899><c> word</c><00:16:04.000><c> of</c><00:16:04.200><c> God</c>

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that<00:16:04.559><c> appeal</c><00:16:04.820><c> to</c><00:16:05.039><c> our</c><00:16:05.480><c> natural</c><00:16:05.879><c> inclinations,</c>

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and<00:16:08.740><c> to</c><00:16:08.919><c> ignore</c><00:16:09.159><c> those</c><00:16:09.820><c> that</c><00:16:10.299><c> don't</c><00:16:10.559><c> necessarily</c><00:16:11.059><c> appeal</c><00:16:11.360><c> to</c><00:16:11.480><c> us.</c>

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Some<00:16:11.820><c> of</c><00:16:11.960><c> us</c><00:16:12.159><c> are</c><00:16:12.539><c> by</c><00:16:12.759><c> nature</c><00:16:13.120><c> sword</c><00:16:13.519><c> waivers.</c>

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Others<00:16:14.899><c> are</c><00:16:15.059><c> by</c><00:16:15.320><c> nature</c><00:16:15.580><c> more</c><00:16:15.840><c> sympathetic.</c>

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We've<00:16:17.419><c> got</c><00:16:17.519><c> to</c><00:16:17.740><c> take</c><00:16:17.919><c> in</c><00:16:18.080><c> the</c><00:16:18.320><c> whole</c><00:16:18.559><c> council</c><00:16:18.919><c> of</c><00:16:19.179><c> God,</c><00:16:19.340><c> as</c>

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Paul<00:16:19.740><c> says,</c>

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and<00:16:20.659><c> balance</c><00:16:21.019><c> our</c><00:16:21.279><c> natures</c><00:16:22.139><c> to</c><00:16:22.480><c> the</c><00:16:22.659><c> mind</c><00:16:22.840><c> of</c><00:16:23.139><c> Christ.</c>

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Give<00:16:25.980><c> heed</c><00:16:26.360><c> to</c><00:16:27.159><c> all</c><00:16:27.399><c> the</c><00:16:27.559><c> commandments</c><00:16:28.039><c> of</c><00:16:28.919><c> your</c><00:16:29.120><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:30.279><c> then</c><00:16:30.440><c> in</c><00:16:30.600><c> verse</c><00:16:30.779><c> 9,</c><00:16:31.200><c> we</c><00:16:31.220><c> have</c><00:16:31.440><c> this</c><00:16:31.940><c> timeless</c><00:16:32.440><c> exhortation.</c>

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An<00:16:34.879><c> exhortation</c><00:16:35.360><c> to</c><00:16:35.519><c> those</c><00:16:35.700><c> who</c><00:16:35.820><c> would</c><00:16:35.919><c> be</c><00:16:36.100><c> kings.</c>

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At<00:16:36.419><c> his</c><00:16:36.639><c> father's</c><00:16:37.659><c> bedside,</c><00:16:38.159><c> as</c><00:16:38.240><c> his</c><00:16:38.379><c> father</c><00:16:38.639><c> was</c><00:16:39.159><c> aged</c><00:16:39.539><c> and</c>

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about<00:16:39.940><c> to</c><00:16:40.200><c> die,</c>

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he<00:16:41.279><c> said</c><00:16:41.440><c> this,</c><00:16:41.779><c> And</c><00:16:41.840><c> thou,</c><00:16:42.240><c> Solomon,</c><00:16:42.419><c> my</c><00:16:42.759><c> son,</c><00:16:43.620><c> know</c><00:16:43.779><c> thou</c><00:16:43.960><c> the</c><00:16:44.059><c> God</c><00:16:44.259><c> of</c>

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thy<00:16:44.620><c> father,</c>

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and<00:16:45.200><c> serve</c><00:16:45.379><c> him</c><00:16:45.519><c> with</c><00:16:45.679><c> a</c><00:16:45.820><c> perfect</c><00:16:46.240><c> heart</c><00:16:46.820><c> and</c><00:16:47.779><c> with</c><00:16:48.019><c> a</c><00:16:48.100><c> willing</c><00:16:48.340><c> mind.</c>

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For<00:16:49.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:49.820><c> searcheth</c><00:16:50.340><c> all</c><00:16:50.980><c> hearts.</c>

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I<00:16:51.820><c> want</c><00:16:51.980><c> you</c><00:16:52.120><c> to</c><00:16:52.279><c> notice</c><00:16:52.460><c> that</c><00:16:52.759><c> David</c><00:16:53.019><c> understood</c><00:16:53.559><c> the</c><00:16:53.759><c> need</c>

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for<00:16:54.200><c> us</c><00:16:54.759><c> to</c><00:16:55.399><c> keep</c><00:16:55.600><c> our</c><00:16:55.899><c> hearts</c><00:16:56.080><c> with</c><00:16:56.379><c> diligence,</c>

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because<00:16:57.139><c> out</c><00:16:57.840><c> of</c><00:16:58.019><c> the</c><00:16:58.200><c> heart</c><00:16:58.360><c> are</c><00:16:58.559><c> the</c><00:16:58.700><c> issues</c><00:16:58.879><c> of</c><00:16:59.100><c> life.</c>

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And<00:17:02.299><c> he</c><00:17:02.360><c> understandeth</c><00:17:02.820><c> the</c><00:17:03.039><c> imaginations</c><00:17:03.600><c> of</c><00:17:03.799><c> all</c><00:17:04.000><c> the</c><00:17:04.220><c> thoughts.</c>

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The<00:17:05.759><c> word</c><00:17:05.759><c> imaginations,</c><00:17:06.839><c> dear,</c><00:17:06.960><c> in</c><00:17:07.019><c> the</c><00:17:07.180><c> Hebrew,</c><00:17:07.400><c> means</c><00:17:07.660><c> the</c>

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framework<00:17:08.519><c> of</c><00:17:08.880><c> your</c><00:17:09.140><c> hearts.</c>

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What<00:17:10.900><c> are</c><00:17:11.079><c> the</c><00:17:11.319><c> paradigms</c><00:17:11.799><c> in</c><00:17:12.000><c> your</c><00:17:12.200><c> mind?</c><00:17:12.400><c> What</c><00:17:12.500><c> are</c><00:17:12.660><c> the</c><00:17:12.779><c> limitations?</c>

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What<00:17:13.579><c> are</c><00:17:13.759><c> the</c><00:17:13.960><c> divine</c><00:17:14.299><c> principles</c><00:17:14.940><c> that</c><00:17:15.640><c> surround</c><00:17:16.059><c> your</c><00:17:16.319><c> thinking?</c>

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A<00:17:18.359><c> good</c><00:17:18.519><c> man</c><00:17:18.759><c> out</c><00:17:19.299><c> of</c><00:17:19.380><c> the</c><00:17:19.559><c> treasure</c><00:17:19.819><c> of</c><00:17:19.980><c> his</c><00:17:20.220><c> heart,</c><00:17:20.500><c> said</c>

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Jesus,<00:17:21.539><c> bringeth</c><00:17:21.799><c> forth</c><00:17:22.099><c> good</c><00:17:22.400><c> things.</c>

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The<00:17:22.940><c> framework</c><00:17:23.400><c> is</c><00:17:23.720><c> right.</c><00:17:24.380><c> The</c><00:17:24.480><c> tree</c><00:17:24.759><c> is</c><00:17:24.980><c> good.</c><00:17:25.319><c> The</c><00:17:25.519><c> fruit,</c>

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the<00:17:26.019><c> words</c><00:17:26.319><c> that</c><00:17:26.519><c> come</c><00:17:26.680><c> out</c><00:17:26.859><c> will</c><00:17:27.019><c> be</c><00:17:27.180><c> good.</c>

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And<00:17:29.259><c> to</c><00:17:29.380><c> the</c><00:17:29.559><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:29.740><c> mind,</c><00:17:30.279><c> the</c><00:17:30.279><c> word</c><00:17:30.480><c> heart</c><00:17:30.839><c> signified</c><00:17:31.359><c> our</c>

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emotions,<00:17:32.119><c> our</c><00:17:32.279><c> feelings,</c><00:17:32.779><c> our</c><00:17:32.940><c> love,</c><00:17:33.220><c> our</c><00:17:33.359><c> attitudes.</c>

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That's<00:17:34.960><c> why</c><00:17:35.140><c> David</c><00:17:35.460><c> was</c><00:17:35.720><c> called</c><00:17:35.859><c> a</c><00:17:36.059><c> man</c><00:17:36.240><c> after</c><00:17:36.599><c> God's</c><00:17:37.019><c> own</c><00:17:37.220><c> heart.</c>

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He<00:17:38.980><c> had</c><00:17:39.140><c> the</c><00:17:39.380><c> same</c><00:17:39.619><c> mind</c><00:17:39.980><c> and</c><00:17:40.220><c> aspirations</c><00:17:40.839><c> as</c><00:17:41.200><c> his</c><00:17:41.420><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:45.319><c> he</c><00:17:45.440><c> was</c><00:17:45.660><c> warned</c><00:17:45.900><c> at</c><00:17:46.099><c> the</c><00:17:46.220><c> end</c><00:17:46.460><c> of</c><00:17:46.579><c> verse</c><00:17:47.740><c> 9</c><00:17:49.279><c> of</c><00:17:49.619><c> this</c><00:17:49.900><c> little</c><00:17:50.440><c> speech</c><00:17:50.720><c> by</c><00:17:50.980><c> David</c>

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that<00:17:52.319><c> if</c><00:17:52.440><c> he</c><00:17:52.619><c> was</c><00:17:52.799><c> to</c><00:17:53.059><c> fail,</c><00:17:53.339><c> that</c><00:17:53.400><c> it</c><00:17:53.519><c> would</c><00:17:53.720><c> have</c><00:17:53.920><c> eternal</c><00:17:54.660><c> ramifications.</c>

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If<00:17:56.119><c> thou</c><00:17:56.339><c> forsake</c><00:17:56.799><c> him,</c><00:17:56.940><c> he</c><00:17:57.059><c> will</c><00:17:57.299><c> cast</c><00:17:57.579><c> thee</c><00:17:57.799><c> off</c><00:17:58.180><c> forever.</c>

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The<00:18:02.259><c> attitudes</c><00:18:02.700><c> and</c><00:18:02.859><c> the</c><00:18:03.039><c> emotions</c><00:18:03.740><c> and</c><00:18:06.119><c> the</c><00:18:06.319><c> innocence</c><00:18:06.599><c> that</c>

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we<00:18:07.039><c> have</c><00:18:07.180><c> can</c><00:18:07.400><c> so</c><00:18:07.599><c> easily</c><00:18:07.940><c> be</c><00:18:08.240><c> destroyed</c><00:18:08.599><c> by</c><00:18:08.839><c> the</c><00:18:09.059><c> deceitfulness</c><00:18:09.500><c> of</c><00:18:09.839><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:18:11.099><c> can</c><00:18:11.339><c> so</c><00:18:11.480><c> easily</c><00:18:11.900><c> lose</c><00:18:12.240><c> our</c><00:18:12.640><c> sensitivity</c><00:18:13.299><c> to</c><00:18:14.420><c> the</c><00:18:14.619><c> great</c><00:18:14.819><c> things</c><00:18:15.059><c> of</c><00:18:15.359><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:16.859><c> that's</c><00:18:17.059><c> why</c><00:18:17.259><c> God</c><00:18:17.500><c> loves</c><00:18:17.900><c> the</c><00:18:18.140><c> tender</c><00:18:18.440><c> and</c><00:18:18.759><c> malleable</c><00:18:19.079><c> conscience</c><00:18:19.720><c> that</c><00:18:20.240><c> trembles</c><00:18:20.740><c> at</c>

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his<00:18:21.299><c> word.</c>

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And<00:18:22.920><c> so</c><00:18:23.119><c> Solomon</c><00:18:23.380><c> was</c><00:18:23.579><c> given</c><00:18:23.779><c> every</c><00:18:24.259><c> encouragement</c><00:18:24.720><c> by</c><00:18:24.980><c> his</c>

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parents<00:18:25.700><c> to</c><00:18:26.700><c> keep</c><00:18:26.920><c> his</c><00:18:27.200><c> heart</c><00:18:27.400><c> with</c><00:18:27.579><c> all</c><00:18:27.759><c> diligence.</c>

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His<00:18:29.779><c> reign,</c><00:18:30.099><c> brethren</c><00:18:30.240><c> and</c><00:18:30.480><c> sisters,</c><00:18:30.839><c> was</c><00:18:31.180><c> a</c><00:18:31.539><c> remarkable</c><00:18:31.940><c> reign.</c>

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And<00:18:32.500><c> these</c><00:18:32.819><c> overheads</c><00:18:33.240><c> are</c><00:18:33.359><c> coming</c><00:18:33.539><c> to</c><00:18:33.680><c> you,</c><00:18:33.839><c> I</c><00:18:33.920><c> understand,</c>

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fairly<00:18:35.059><c> shortly.</c>

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Look<00:18:37.200><c> at</c><00:18:37.319><c> the</c><00:18:37.440><c> things</c><00:18:37.559><c> that</c><00:18:37.720><c> he</c><00:18:37.819><c> did</c><00:18:38.079><c> in</c><00:18:38.279><c> his</c><00:18:38.539><c> reign.</c>

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Twenty<00:18:39.859><c> years</c><00:18:40.160><c> of</c><00:18:40.400><c> great</c><00:18:40.599><c> success</c><00:18:41.119><c> he</c><00:18:41.259><c> took</c><00:18:41.480><c> out</c><00:18:41.680><c> of</c><00:18:41.799><c> the</c><00:18:41.980><c> kingdom,</c><00:18:42.279><c> those</c><00:18:42.519><c> who</c>

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had<00:18:42.880><c> abused</c><00:18:43.140><c> David's</c><00:18:43.819><c> trust.</c>

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He<00:18:44.940><c> established</c><00:18:45.339><c> his</c><00:18:45.640><c> authority</c><00:18:46.019><c> before</c><00:18:46.319><c> the</c><00:18:46.519><c> people.</c>

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He<00:18:48.380><c> took</c><00:18:48.539><c> a</c><00:18:48.720><c> faithful</c><00:18:49.039><c> bride</c><00:18:49.460><c> from</c><00:18:49.859><c> Egypt.</c>

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Quite<00:18:51.519><c> strangely,</c><00:18:52.140><c> it</c><00:18:52.140><c> seems</c><00:18:52.480><c> that</c><00:18:52.720><c> Solomon</c><00:18:52.940><c> had</c><00:18:53.119><c> a</c><00:18:53.299><c> child</c><00:18:53.619><c> by</c>

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an<00:18:55.119><c> anemonitis</c><00:18:55.880><c> prior</c><00:18:56.579><c> to</c><00:18:56.799><c> coming</c><00:18:57.000><c> to</c><00:18:57.180><c> the</c><00:18:57.400><c> throne.</c>

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Rehoboam<00:18:58.420><c> was</c><00:18:58.660><c> the</c><00:18:59.119><c> son</c><00:18:59.400><c> of</c><00:18:59.539><c> an</c><00:18:59.640><c> anemonitis.</c>

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But<00:19:01.019><c> he</c><00:19:01.119><c> took</c><00:19:01.240><c> a</c><00:19:01.460><c> faithful</c><00:19:01.700><c> bride</c><00:19:01.940><c> from</c><00:19:02.140><c> Egypt.</c><00:19:02.440><c> She</c><00:19:02.559><c> was</c><00:19:02.759><c> the</c>

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subject<00:19:03.259><c> of</c><00:19:03.480><c> Psalm</c><00:19:03.700><c> 45.</c>

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She<00:19:06.799><c> was</c><00:19:07.079><c> called</c><00:19:07.259><c> in</c><00:19:07.619><c> 1</c><00:19:07.839><c> Kings</c><00:19:08.220><c> 9</c><00:19:08.579><c> verse</c><00:19:08.779><c> 16</c><00:19:09.279><c> Solomon's</c><00:19:09.920><c> wife</c>

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by<00:19:10.500><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:11.500><c> it</c><00:19:11.700><c> seems</c><00:19:11.880><c> that</c><00:19:12.099><c> she</c><00:19:12.160><c> was</c><00:19:12.339><c> God's</c><00:19:12.720><c> gift</c><00:19:12.859><c> to</c><00:19:13.059><c> him,</c><00:19:13.839><c> all</c><00:19:14.039><c> glorious</c><00:19:14.440><c> within,</c><00:19:15.900><c> the</c>

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type<00:19:16.299><c> of</c><00:19:16.440><c> the</c><00:19:16.619><c> bride</c><00:19:16.740><c> of</c><00:19:16.940><c> Christ,</c><00:19:17.619><c> leaving</c><00:19:17.900><c> Egypt.</c>

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If<00:19:20.380><c> only</c><00:19:20.559><c> he</c><00:19:20.700><c> had</c><00:19:20.759><c> remained</c><00:19:21.059><c> faithful</c><00:19:21.500><c> to</c><00:19:21.700><c> the</c><00:19:21.859><c> wife</c><00:19:22.079><c> that</c><00:19:22.240><c> God</c>

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gave<00:19:22.720><c> him.</c>

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He<00:19:24.319><c> had</c><00:19:24.440><c> a</c><00:19:24.579><c> great</c><00:19:24.740><c> sense</c><00:19:24.940><c> of</c><00:19:25.240><c> responsibility</c><00:19:25.720><c> to</c><00:19:25.940><c> lead</c><00:19:26.039><c> Israel</c>

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in<00:19:26.619><c> the</c><00:19:26.859><c> prayer</c><00:19:27.039><c> when</c><00:19:27.380><c> he</c><00:19:27.539><c> was</c><00:19:27.700><c> given</c><00:19:27.880><c> by</c><00:19:28.160><c> God</c>

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the<00:19:28.579><c> chance</c><00:19:28.880><c> to</c><00:19:29.099><c> ask</c><00:19:29.299><c> for</c><00:19:29.460><c> anything</c><00:19:29.799><c> that</c><00:19:29.980><c> he</c><00:19:30.180><c> desired.</c>

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His<00:19:32.299><c> request</c><00:19:32.599><c> for</c><00:19:32.819><c> wisdom</c><00:19:33.079><c> was</c><00:19:33.339><c> greatly</c><00:19:33.619><c> appreciated</c><00:19:34.140><c> by</c><00:19:34.420><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:34.660><c> God</c><00:19:34.880><c> said</c><00:19:35.099><c> to</c><00:19:35.119><c> him,</c><00:19:35.500><c> because</c><00:19:35.660><c> you've</c><00:19:36.059><c> got,</c><00:19:36.259><c> Solomon,</c><00:19:37.240><c> a</c><00:19:37.579><c> hearing</c><00:19:38.099><c> heart,</c><00:19:38.559><c> a</c>

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humble<00:19:39.160><c> heart,</c>

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that<00:19:41.380><c> I</c><00:19:41.500><c> will</c><00:19:41.700><c> give</c><00:19:41.859><c> you</c><00:19:42.119><c> not</c><00:19:42.279><c> only</c><00:19:42.579><c> the</c><00:19:42.799><c> wisdom</c><00:19:43.099><c> you</c><00:19:43.339><c> asked</c><00:19:43.519><c> for</c><00:19:43.680><c> to</c>

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govern<00:19:44.039><c> the</c><00:19:44.279><c> people</c><00:19:44.500><c> wisely,</c>

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but<00:19:45.980><c> I</c><00:19:46.119><c> will</c><00:19:46.299><c> give</c><00:19:46.440><c> you</c><00:19:46.619><c> great</c><00:19:46.819><c> knowledge</c><00:19:47.240><c> and</c><00:19:47.500><c> riches</c><00:19:47.920><c> and</c><00:19:48.539><c> blessings</c><00:19:48.960><c> as</c><00:19:49.359><c> well.</c>

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He<00:19:51.160><c> had</c><00:19:51.279><c> a</c><00:19:51.339><c> very</c><00:19:51.640><c> great</c><00:19:51.859><c> correct</c><00:19:52.200><c> sense</c><00:19:52.480><c> of</c><00:19:52.859><c> priorities</c><00:19:53.220><c> as</c><00:19:53.420><c> to</c>

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what<00:19:53.660><c> was</c><00:19:53.960><c> important</c><00:19:54.500><c> in</c><00:19:55.700><c> his</c><00:19:56.000><c> life.</c>

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He<00:19:57.319><c> gave</c><00:19:57.480><c> careful</c><00:19:57.839><c> attention</c><00:19:58.240><c> to</c><00:19:58.400><c> the</c><00:19:58.539><c> building</c><00:19:58.740><c> of</c><00:19:58.960><c> God's</c><00:19:59.279><c> house.</c>

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He<00:19:59.420><c> spent</c><00:19:59.420><c> seven</c><00:19:59.779><c> years'</c><00:20:00.059><c> work</c><00:20:00.400><c> in</c><00:20:00.539><c> building</c><00:20:00.700><c> that</c><00:20:00.900><c> house,</c><00:20:01.519><c> following</c><00:20:01.880><c> precisely</c><00:20:02.519><c> the</c><00:20:02.759><c> blueprints</c><00:20:03.420><c> of</c>

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David<00:20:03.900><c> and</c><00:20:04.200><c> Samuel.</c>

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And<00:20:06.019><c> when</c><00:20:06.119><c> the</c><00:20:06.319><c> temple</c><00:20:06.440><c> was</c><00:20:06.660><c> opened,</c><00:20:06.960><c> he</c><00:20:07.059><c> gave</c><00:20:07.319><c> a</c><00:20:07.500><c> wonderful</c>

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prayer<00:20:08.240><c> at</c><00:20:08.799><c> the</c><00:20:08.920><c> dedication</c><00:20:09.359><c> of</c><00:20:09.539><c> the</c><00:20:09.700><c> temple,</c>

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full<00:20:10.059><c> of</c><00:20:10.279><c> spiritual</c><00:20:10.700><c> thinking,</c><00:20:11.519><c> wonderful</c><00:20:11.799><c> allusions</c><00:20:12.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:20:12.619><c> law.</c>

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And<00:20:15.259><c> when</c><00:20:15.359><c> you</c><00:20:15.559><c> read</c><00:20:15.680><c> in</c><00:20:15.819><c> that</c><00:20:16.019><c> prayer</c><00:20:16.180><c> in</c><00:20:16.319><c> 1</c><00:20:16.599><c> Kings</c><00:20:17.059><c> 8</c><00:20:17.640><c> verse</c>

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22,<00:20:18.420><c> 38</c><00:20:18.880><c> and</c><00:20:19.079><c> 39,</c>

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he<00:20:20.160><c> talks</c><00:20:20.440><c> about</c><00:20:20.759><c> how</c><00:20:21.140><c> confident</c><00:20:21.420><c> he</c><00:20:21.640><c> was</c><00:20:21.839><c> of</c><00:20:22.000><c> his</c><00:20:22.160><c> own</c><00:20:22.420><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:20:27.599><c> everybody</c><00:20:27.980><c> in</c><00:20:28.140><c> the</c><00:20:28.299><c> world</c><00:20:28.500><c> came</c><00:20:28.740><c> to</c><00:20:28.920><c> know</c><00:20:29.019><c> of</c><00:20:29.180><c> the</c><00:20:29.299><c> wisdom</c>

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of<00:20:29.779><c> Solomon.</c>

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The<00:20:31.519><c> queen</c><00:20:31.720><c> of</c><00:20:31.960><c> Sheba,</c><00:20:32.200><c> when</c><00:20:32.339><c> she</c><00:20:32.519><c> came</c><00:20:32.759><c> up,</c><00:20:33.680><c> said</c><00:20:33.880><c> to</c><00:20:34.059><c> Solomon,</c>

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Blessed<00:20:34.680><c> be</c><00:20:34.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:35.240><c> thy</c><00:20:35.480><c> God,</c><00:20:35.759><c> which</c><00:20:35.940><c> delighted</c><00:20:36.359><c> in</c><00:20:36.539><c> thee</c><00:20:36.619><c> to</c>

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set<00:20:37.019><c> thee</c><00:20:37.160><c> on</c><00:20:37.299><c> his</c><00:20:37.579><c> throne,</c>

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the<00:20:38.299><c> throne</c><00:20:38.440><c> of</c><00:20:38.619><c> Israel,</c><00:20:39.039><c> because</c><00:20:39.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:39.559><c> loved</c><00:20:39.819><c> Israel</c><00:20:40.339><c> forever.</c>

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Therefore<00:20:41.920><c> he</c><00:20:42.099><c> made</c><00:20:42.339><c> thee</c><00:20:42.579><c> king</c><00:20:42.779><c> to</c><00:20:42.940><c> do</c><00:20:43.079><c> judgment</c><00:20:43.519><c> and</c><00:20:43.859><c> justice.</c>

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People<00:20:45.359><c> recognized</c><00:20:45.940><c> that</c><00:20:46.079><c> he</c><00:20:46.160><c> was</c><00:20:46.400><c> set</c><00:20:46.539><c> there</c><00:20:46.680><c> by</c><00:20:46.920><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:48.019><c> his</c><00:20:48.180><c> wisdom</c><00:20:48.480><c> became</c><00:20:48.880><c> proverbial.</c><00:20:49.460><c> His</c><00:20:49.619><c> judicial</c><00:20:50.019><c> skills</c>

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were<00:20:50.519><c> brilliant.</c>

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His<00:20:51.480><c> political</c><00:20:51.940><c> skills,</c><00:20:52.519><c> his</c><00:20:52.559><c> social</c><00:20:52.980><c> skills,</c><00:20:53.380><c> his</c><00:20:53.460><c> diplomatic</c><00:20:53.920><c> skills</c>

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were<00:20:55.000><c> wonderfully</c><00:20:55.519><c> beheld</c><00:20:55.960><c> in</c><00:20:56.099><c> the</c><00:20:56.279><c> earth</c>

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that<00:20:56.559><c> he</c><00:20:56.720><c> was</c><00:20:56.940><c> a</c><00:20:57.140><c> great</c><00:20:57.279><c> and</c><00:20:57.460><c> a</c><00:20:57.579><c> wise</c><00:20:57.799><c> king.</c>

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And<00:20:59.039><c> under</c><00:20:59.160><c> his</c><00:20:59.460><c> reign,</c><00:21:00.180><c> Israel</c><00:21:00.519><c> became</c><00:21:01.099><c> one</c><00:21:01.700><c> of</c><00:21:01.799><c> the</c><00:21:02.000><c> greatest</c><00:21:02.319><c> of</c><00:21:02.619><c> kingdoms.</c>

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And<00:21:03.839><c> it</c><00:21:04.059><c> became</c><00:21:04.339><c> a</c><00:21:04.619><c> type</c><00:21:04.779><c> of</c><00:21:04.940><c> the</c><00:21:05.099><c> kingdom</c><00:21:05.279><c> of</c><00:21:05.579><c> God,</c><00:21:06.140><c> the</c><00:21:06.240><c> Prince</c><00:21:06.519><c> of</c><00:21:06.660><c> Peace,</c>

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reigning<00:21:07.220><c> on</c><00:21:07.400><c> the</c><00:21:07.559><c> throne</c><00:21:07.720><c> of</c><00:21:07.960><c> David</c><00:21:08.319><c> and</c><00:21:08.960><c> all</c><00:21:09.220><c> the</c><00:21:09.420><c> world</c><00:21:09.619><c> at</c><00:21:09.900><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:21:12.099><c> the</c><00:21:12.240><c> language</c><00:21:12.579><c> that</c><00:21:12.799><c> describes</c><00:21:13.220><c> the</c><00:21:13.380><c> kingdom</c><00:21:13.579><c> of</c><00:21:13.839><c> Solomon,</c><00:21:14.059><c> his</c>

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kingdom<00:21:14.640><c> language,</c>

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there<00:21:15.380><c> came</c><00:21:15.559><c> all</c><00:21:15.880><c> people</c><00:21:16.119><c> to</c><00:21:16.279><c> hear</c><00:21:16.359><c> the</c><00:21:16.519><c> wisdom</c><00:21:16.740><c> of</c><00:21:17.000><c> Solomon</c>

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and<00:21:17.460><c> all</c><00:21:17.619><c> the</c><00:21:17.779><c> kings</c><00:21:17.920><c> of</c><00:21:18.059><c> the</c><00:21:18.200><c> earth</c><00:21:18.420><c> that</c><00:21:18.640><c> heard</c><00:21:18.740><c> of</c><00:21:18.859><c> his</c><00:21:19.039><c> wisdom.</c>

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He<00:21:20.140><c> had</c><00:21:20.299><c> dominion</c><00:21:20.640><c> over</c><00:21:20.960><c> all</c><00:21:21.079><c> and</c><00:21:21.220><c> he</c><00:21:21.319><c> had</c><00:21:21.420><c> peace</c><00:21:21.660><c> on</c><00:21:21.819><c> all</c><00:21:22.039><c> sides</c><00:21:22.319><c> round</c><00:21:22.539><c> about</c><00:21:22.799><c> him.</c>

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They<00:21:23.579><c> dwelt</c><00:21:23.819><c> safely,</c><00:21:24.440><c> every</c><00:21:24.579><c> man</c><00:21:24.720><c> under</c><00:21:24.859><c> his</c><00:21:25.160><c> vine</c><00:21:25.420><c> and</c><00:21:25.599><c> under</c>

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his<00:21:26.059><c> fig</c><00:21:26.220><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:21:27.720><c> none</c><00:21:27.859><c> made</c><00:21:28.099><c> them</c><00:21:28.319><c> afraid</c><00:21:28.619><c> all</c><00:21:28.839><c> the</c><00:21:29.000><c> days</c><00:21:29.180><c> of</c><00:21:29.460><c> Solomon.</c>

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The<00:21:31.200><c> wealth</c><00:21:31.359><c> of</c><00:21:31.539><c> the</c><00:21:31.660><c> nations</c><00:21:32.019><c> poured</c><00:21:32.319><c> in.</c><00:21:33.059><c> Pilgrimages</c><00:21:33.380><c> were</c>

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made<00:21:33.779><c> to</c><00:21:34.039><c> Zion.</c>

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He<00:21:35.480><c> became</c><00:21:35.740><c> a</c><00:21:36.000><c> type</c><00:21:36.380><c> of</c><00:21:37.539><c> the</c><00:21:37.740><c> Prince</c><00:21:37.940><c> of</c><00:21:38.079><c> Peace,</c><00:21:38.559><c> the</c><00:21:38.619><c> son</c><00:21:38.779><c> of</c>

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David,<00:21:39.839><c> reigning</c><00:21:40.140><c> in</c><00:21:40.400><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:21:41.539><c> right</c><00:21:41.759><c> at</c><00:21:41.960><c> that</c><00:21:42.240><c> pinnacle,</c><00:21:42.559><c> right</c><00:21:42.859><c> when</c><00:21:43.019><c> he'd</c><00:21:43.299><c> opened</c>

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the<00:21:43.720><c> temple,</c>

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right<00:21:44.240><c> when</c><00:21:44.619><c> the</c><00:21:44.859><c> whole</c><00:21:45.140><c> world</c><00:21:45.279><c> was</c><00:21:45.460><c> at</c><00:21:45.559><c> his</c><00:21:45.819><c> feet,</c>

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God<00:21:46.759><c> came</c><00:21:47.099><c> to</c><00:21:47.240><c> him</c><00:21:47.339><c> the</c><00:21:47.700><c> second</c><00:21:47.960><c> time</c><00:21:48.319><c> in</c><00:21:48.460><c> his</c><00:21:48.720><c> life</c><00:21:49.140><c> and</c><00:21:50.420><c> warned</c><00:21:50.680><c> him</c><00:21:50.900><c> in</c><00:21:51.039><c> the</c><00:21:51.180><c> first</c><00:21:51.380><c> of</c><00:21:51.559><c> Kings</c><00:21:51.740><c> chapter</c><00:21:52.079><c> 9</c>

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and<00:21:53.160><c> verse</c><00:21:53.420><c> 4.</c>

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You<00:21:54.279><c> know,</c><00:21:54.359><c> this</c><00:21:54.440><c> was</c><00:21:54.579><c> a</c><00:21:54.660><c> dramatic</c><00:21:55.099><c> warning</c><00:21:55.420><c> that</c><00:21:55.619><c> God</c><00:21:55.799><c> gave</c>

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to<00:21:56.339><c> Solomon,</c>

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the<00:21:56.819><c> second</c><00:21:57.059><c> appearing,</c><00:21:58.240><c> reinforcing</c><00:21:58.779><c> to</c><00:21:58.980><c> him</c><00:21:59.140><c> the</c><00:21:59.460><c> consequences</c><00:21:59.960><c> of</c><00:22:00.319><c> failure.</c>

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And<00:22:01.640><c> he</c><00:22:01.779><c> must</c><00:22:01.940><c> have</c><00:22:02.119><c> found</c><00:22:02.259><c> this</c><00:22:02.500><c> most</c><00:22:02.859><c> unusual</c><00:22:03.319><c> that</c><00:22:03.500><c> God</c><00:22:03.680><c> would</c><00:22:03.900><c> appear</c><00:22:04.119><c> to</c>

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him<00:22:04.839><c> and</c><00:22:05.380><c> warn</c><00:22:05.599><c> him</c>

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right<00:22:05.920><c> at</c><00:22:06.059><c> this</c><00:22:06.359><c> pinnacle</c><00:22:06.640><c> of</c><00:22:06.819><c> his</c><00:22:07.019><c> career</c><00:22:07.200><c> when</c><00:22:07.319><c> the</c><00:22:07.559><c> temple's</c><00:22:07.799><c> just</c>

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been<00:22:08.240><c> opened.</c>

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And<00:22:08.619><c> God</c><00:22:08.819><c> says</c><00:22:09.039><c> in</c><00:22:09.339><c> verse</c><00:22:09.579><c> of</c><00:22:09.759><c> Kings</c><00:22:09.900><c> 9</c><00:22:10.220><c> verse</c><00:22:10.460><c> 4,</c><00:22:11.859><c> he</c><00:22:12.039><c> says,</c>

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And<00:22:12.579><c> if</c><00:22:12.779><c> thou</c><00:22:12.920><c> wilt</c><00:22:13.119><c> walk</c><00:22:13.359><c> before</c><00:22:13.740><c> me,</c><00:22:13.920><c> as</c><00:22:14.039><c> David</c><00:22:14.359><c> thy</c><00:22:14.559><c> father</c>

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walked,<00:22:15.579><c> in</c><00:22:15.799><c> integrity</c><00:22:16.400><c> of</c><00:22:16.940><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:22:18.299><c> the</c><00:22:18.519><c> constant</c><00:22:18.859><c> warning</c><00:22:19.119><c> that</c><00:22:19.380><c> Solomon's</c><00:22:19.839><c> had</c><00:22:19.940><c> right</c><00:22:20.099><c> from</c><00:22:20.279><c> the</c>

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time<00:22:20.599><c> he</c><00:22:20.680><c> was</c><00:22:20.880><c> a</c><00:22:21.059><c> child,</c>

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from<00:22:21.799><c> the</c><00:22:22.000><c> time</c><00:22:22.140><c> he</c><00:22:22.279><c> stood</c><00:22:22.359><c> at</c><00:22:22.440><c> his</c><00:22:22.619><c> father's</c><00:22:23.099><c> bedside</c><00:22:23.559><c> and</c><00:22:23.900><c> now</c><00:22:24.140><c> being</c><00:22:24.400><c> warned</c><00:22:24.599><c> by</c><00:22:24.920><c> God</c>

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that<00:22:26.019><c> he's</c><00:22:26.359><c> got</c><00:22:26.480><c> to</c><00:22:26.660><c> be</c><00:22:26.920><c> careful</c><00:22:27.220><c> about</c><00:22:27.579><c> his</c><00:22:27.980><c> heart</c><00:22:28.619><c> comes</c><00:22:30.180><c> to</c>

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him<00:22:30.720><c> once</c><00:22:31.160><c> again.</c>

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And<00:22:32.940><c> he</c><00:22:33.059><c> was</c><00:22:33.279><c> warned</c><00:22:33.440><c> about</c><00:22:33.740><c> idolatry</c><00:22:34.299><c> in</c><00:22:34.460><c> verse</c><00:22:34.680><c> 6.</c>

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Do<00:22:35.359><c> not</c><00:22:35.740><c> serve</c><00:22:36.019><c> other</c><00:22:36.299><c> gods</c><00:22:36.599><c> and</c><00:22:36.819><c> worship</c><00:22:37.200><c> them.</c>

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If<00:22:37.940><c> you</c><00:22:38.160><c> do</c><00:22:38.380><c> that,</c><00:22:39.099><c> then</c><00:22:39.220><c> you'll</c><00:22:39.319><c> not</c><00:22:39.440><c> only</c><00:22:39.619><c> destroy</c><00:22:40.039><c> yourself,</c><00:22:40.440><c> but</c><00:22:40.599><c> you'll</c><00:22:40.759><c> destroy</c><00:22:41.160><c> the</c><00:22:41.339><c> nation.</c>

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It<00:22:42.619><c> could</c><00:22:42.880><c> not</c><00:22:43.039><c> have</c><00:22:43.240><c> been</c><00:22:43.339><c> a</c><00:22:43.480><c> more</c><00:22:43.740><c> clear</c><00:22:43.920><c> warning.</c>

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And<00:22:46.799><c> I</c><00:22:46.880><c> can</c><00:22:47.019><c> imagine</c><00:22:47.339><c> Solomon</c><00:22:47.740><c> saying</c><00:22:48.019><c> to</c><00:22:48.180><c> himself,</c><00:22:49.220><c> what</c><00:22:49.319><c> have</c><00:22:49.440><c> I</c><00:22:49.599><c> done?</c>

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I've<00:22:50.619><c> just</c><00:22:50.839><c> built</c><00:22:50.980><c> the</c><00:22:51.200><c> temple.</c><00:22:51.440><c> I've</c><00:22:51.599><c> just</c><00:22:51.779><c> put</c><00:22:51.900><c> in</c><00:22:52.099><c> seven</c><00:22:52.380><c> years</c><00:22:52.660><c> of</c>

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hard<00:22:53.180><c> work.</c>

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I've<00:22:53.920><c> just</c><00:22:54.140><c> governed</c><00:22:54.240><c> this</c><00:22:54.460><c> glorious</c><00:22:54.819><c> opening.</c><00:22:55.579><c> Why</c><00:22:56.019><c> talk</c><00:22:56.359><c> to</c>

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me<00:22:56.519><c> about</c><00:22:56.720><c> these</c><00:22:57.039><c> things,</c><00:22:57.619><c> God?</c>

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Never<00:22:59.779><c> let</c><00:22:59.900><c> us</c><00:23:00.039><c> think,</c><00:23:00.359><c> brethren</c><00:23:00.460><c> and</c><00:23:00.680><c> sisters,</c><00:23:01.839><c> that</c><00:23:01.960><c> we</c><00:23:02.119><c> don't</c><00:23:02.339><c> need</c><00:23:02.519><c> the</c>

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warnings<00:23:02.900><c> of</c><00:23:03.140><c> Scripture.</c><00:23:03.420><c> We</c><00:23:03.599><c> do.</c>

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The<00:23:05.079><c> human</c><00:23:05.400><c> heart</c><00:23:05.660><c> is</c><00:23:05.920><c> deceitful</c><00:23:06.420><c> above</c><00:23:06.680><c> all</c><00:23:07.160><c> things.</c>

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Let<00:23:08.539><c> him</c><00:23:08.700><c> that</c><00:23:09.019><c> thinketh</c><00:23:09.400><c> he</c><00:23:09.779><c> standeth,</c><00:23:10.319><c> take</c><00:23:10.599><c> heed</c><00:23:10.980><c> lest</c><00:23:11.240><c> he</c><00:23:11.619><c> fall.</c>

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And<00:23:12.319><c> God</c><00:23:12.539><c> was</c><00:23:12.799><c> warning</c><00:23:13.059><c> Solomon</c><00:23:13.500><c> that</c><00:23:14.019><c> ahead</c><00:23:14.319><c> of</c><00:23:14.460><c> him</c><00:23:14.539><c> was</c><00:23:14.720><c> the</c>

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most<00:23:15.079><c> difficult</c><00:23:15.440><c> part</c><00:23:15.720><c> of</c><00:23:15.859><c> his</c><00:23:16.059><c> life.</c>

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And<00:23:17.599><c> fall</c><00:23:17.759><c> he</c><00:23:18.019><c> did.</c><00:23:18.279><c> I'd</c><00:23:18.500><c> like</c><00:23:18.559><c> you</c><00:23:18.680><c> to</c><00:23:18.819><c> come</c><00:23:18.880><c> with</c><00:23:19.039><c> me</c><00:23:19.140><c> to</c><00:23:19.279><c> the</c>

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1<00:23:19.599><c> Kings,</c><00:23:20.099><c> chapter</c><00:23:20.400><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:23:21.160><c> let's</c><00:23:21.319><c> just</c><00:23:21.579><c> look</c><00:23:21.740><c> at</c><00:23:21.839><c> some</c><00:23:22.039><c> of</c><00:23:22.160><c> the</c><00:23:22.339><c> things</c><00:23:22.500><c> that</c><00:23:22.799><c> happened</c><00:23:22.940><c> in</c><00:23:23.079><c> the</c>

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life<00:23:23.339><c> of</c><00:23:23.599><c> Solomon.</c>

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We<00:23:25.160><c> read</c><00:23:25.279><c> in</c><00:23:25.420><c> 1</c><00:23:25.559><c> Kings</c><00:23:25.779><c> 11,</c><00:23:26.160><c> verse</c><00:23:26.359><c> 9,</c><00:23:26.839><c> And</c><00:23:27.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:27.599><c> was</c><00:23:27.980><c> angry</c>

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with<00:23:28.740><c> Solomon.</c>

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The<00:23:31.299><c> God</c><00:23:31.599><c> who</c><00:23:31.839><c> loved</c><00:23:32.079><c> him</c><00:23:32.240><c> from</c><00:23:32.440><c> a</c><00:23:32.619><c> baby</c><00:23:32.839><c> was</c><00:23:33.099><c> now</c><00:23:33.359><c> angry</c><00:23:33.640><c> with</c><00:23:33.819><c> him.</c>

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What<00:23:34.960><c> had</c><00:23:35.220><c> changed?</c><00:23:35.619><c> Why</c><00:23:35.799><c> had</c><00:23:35.940><c> this</c><00:23:36.220><c> chosen</c><00:23:36.539><c> son</c><00:23:36.779><c> of</c><00:23:36.880><c> David,</c>

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the<00:23:37.400><c> type</c><00:23:37.599><c> of</c><00:23:37.819><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:23:38.700><c> man</c><00:23:38.900><c> that</c><00:23:39.079><c> God</c><00:23:39.200><c> had</c><00:23:39.380><c> visited</c><00:23:39.619><c> twice,</c><00:23:40.039><c> the</c><00:23:40.160><c> man</c><00:23:40.319><c> who</c><00:23:40.480><c> built</c>

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God's<00:23:41.000><c> house,</c>

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now<00:23:42.319><c> he</c><00:23:42.640><c> was</c><00:23:42.799><c> the</c><00:23:43.019><c> subject</c><00:23:43.339><c> of</c><00:23:43.579><c> divine</c><00:23:44.000><c> condemnation?</c>

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And<00:23:45.940><c> it</c><00:23:46.039><c> all</c><00:23:46.220><c> happens</c><00:23:46.480><c> because</c><00:23:46.839><c> chapter</c><00:23:47.119><c> 11</c><00:23:47.380><c> opens</c><00:23:47.720><c> with</c><00:23:47.980><c> one</c>

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very<00:23:49.079><c> small</c><00:23:49.460><c> word,</c>

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but<00:23:49.920><c> one</c><00:23:50.220><c> word</c><00:23:50.400><c> of</c><00:23:50.700><c> enormous</c><00:23:51.339><c> significance,</c><00:23:52.279><c> but</c><00:23:52.960><c> a</c><00:23:54.319><c> tragic</c><00:23:54.660><c> comment,</c>

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for<00:23:55.539><c> all</c><00:23:55.900><c> the</c><00:23:56.059><c> things</c><00:23:56.180><c> that</c><00:23:56.480><c> go</c><00:23:56.660><c> through</c><00:23:56.819><c> the</c><00:23:57.059><c> glorious</c><00:23:57.400><c> reign</c>

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of<00:23:57.799><c> Solomon.</c>

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But,<00:23:58.720><c> says</c><00:23:59.059><c> chapter</c><00:23:59.319><c> 11,</c><00:23:59.680><c> verse</c><00:23:59.900><c> 1,</c><00:24:03.559><c> Solomon</c><00:24:03.839><c> loved</c><00:24:04.339><c> many</c>

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strange<00:24:05.279><c> women,</c>

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not<00:24:07.579><c> together</c><00:24:07.980><c> as</c><00:24:08.180><c> it's</c><00:24:08.420><c> got</c><00:24:08.480><c> in</c><00:24:08.640><c> the</c><00:24:08.819><c> A</c><00:24:08.980><c>.V.,</c><00:24:09.079><c> as</c><00:24:09.220><c> the</c><00:24:09.420><c> margin</c>

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has<00:24:09.880><c> is</c><00:24:10.140><c> quite</c><00:24:10.420><c> correct,</c>

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besides<00:24:13.920><c> the</c><00:24:14.400><c> daughter</c><00:24:14.680><c> of</c><00:24:15.019><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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And<00:24:15.619><c> it</c><00:24:15.740><c> just</c><00:24:15.960><c> seems</c><00:24:16.220><c> to</c><00:24:16.339><c> me,</c><00:24:16.579><c> brethren</c><00:24:16.680><c> and</c><00:24:16.920><c> sisters,</c><00:24:17.160><c> that</c>

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whatever<00:24:17.460><c> his</c><00:24:17.680><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:24:18.420><c> the</c><00:24:18.599><c> Ammonitess</c><00:24:19.460><c> through</c><00:24:19.660><c> whom</c><00:24:19.799><c> Rehoboam</c><00:24:20.259><c> was</c><00:24:20.519><c> conceived,</c>

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the<00:24:22.759><c> daughter</c><00:24:23.240><c> of</c><00:24:23.480><c> Egypt</c><00:24:23.720><c> was</c><00:24:23.920><c> the</c><00:24:24.019><c> one</c><00:24:24.140><c> that</c><00:24:24.319><c> God</c><00:24:24.519><c> intended</c>

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him<00:24:25.140><c> to</c><00:24:25.319><c> have</c><00:24:25.539><c> for</c><00:24:25.720><c> his</c><00:24:25.920><c> wife,</c>

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because<00:24:27.339><c> she</c><00:24:27.579><c> was</c><00:24:27.799><c> the</c><00:24:28.019><c> bride</c><00:24:28.200><c> from</c><00:24:28.440><c> afar</c><00:24:28.819><c> that</c><00:24:29.160><c> came,</c><00:24:29.640><c> left</c>

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her<00:24:30.079><c> father's</c><00:24:30.480><c> house,</c>

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and<00:24:31.180><c> became</c><00:24:31.660><c> a</c><00:24:32.000><c> part</c><00:24:32.180><c> of</c><00:24:32.319><c> Israel,</c><00:24:34.079><c> part</c><00:24:34.319><c> of</c><00:24:34.440><c> the</c><00:24:34.579><c> great</c><00:24:34.859><c> type,</c>

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I<00:24:35.240><c> believe,</c><00:24:35.819><c> that</c><00:24:35.920><c> was</c><00:24:36.140><c> there.</c>

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But<00:24:39.299><c> besides</c><00:24:39.859><c> her,</c><00:24:40.220><c> he</c><00:24:40.440><c> loved</c><00:24:40.640><c> many</c><00:24:40.960><c> strange</c><00:24:41.359><c> women.</c>

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He<00:24:43.359><c> copied</c><00:24:43.579><c> all</c><00:24:43.799><c> the</c><00:24:43.960><c> eastern</c><00:24:44.200><c> kings</c><00:24:44.599><c> who</c><00:24:45.359><c> had</c><00:24:45.559><c> a</c><00:24:45.720><c> habit</c><00:24:45.859><c> of</c><00:24:46.119><c> accumulating</c><00:24:46.599><c> great</c><00:24:46.940><c> harems</c><00:24:48.140><c> of</c><00:24:48.279><c> women.</c>

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He<00:24:49.420><c> made</c><00:24:49.660><c> alliances</c><00:24:50.160><c> and</c><00:24:50.579><c> sealed</c><00:24:50.759><c> them</c><00:24:51.019><c> in</c><00:24:51.240><c> marriage.</c>

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He<00:24:52.279><c> chased</c><00:24:52.579><c> after</c><00:24:52.900><c> pretty</c><00:24:53.119><c> flesh.</c>

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You<00:24:53.619><c> couldn't</c><00:24:53.859><c> marry</c><00:24:54.140><c> that</c><00:24:54.299><c> many</c><00:24:54.539><c> princesses.</c>

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There<00:24:55.160><c> weren't</c><00:24:55.380><c> 300</c><00:24:55.779><c> nations</c><00:24:56.599><c> around</c><00:24:57.180><c> to</c><00:24:57.359><c> just</c><00:24:57.579><c> marry.</c>

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He<00:24:58.240><c> had</c><00:24:58.380><c> a</c><00:24:58.480><c> thousand</c><00:24:58.799><c> women</c><00:24:59.079><c> in</c><00:24:59.420><c> his</c><00:24:59.859><c> collection.</c>

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It<00:25:01.359><c> must</c><00:25:01.619><c> have</c><00:25:01.799><c> been</c><00:25:01.940><c> just</c><00:25:02.259><c> the</c><00:25:02.460><c> sight</c><00:25:02.579><c> of</c><00:25:02.779><c> the</c><00:25:02.920><c> eyes</c><00:25:03.140><c> after</c><00:25:03.480><c> a</c>

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while<00:25:03.960><c> that</c><00:25:04.700><c> he</c><00:25:04.880><c> chose</c><00:25:05.160><c> these</c><00:25:05.400><c> women.</c>

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And<00:25:05.779><c> the</c><00:25:06.079><c> consequences</c><00:25:06.400><c> were</c><00:25:06.700><c> tragic,</c><00:25:07.160><c> personally</c><00:25:07.599><c> and</c><00:25:07.940><c> nationally.</c>

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You<00:25:08.839><c> think</c><00:25:08.980><c> of</c><00:25:09.140><c> what</c><00:25:09.319><c> this</c><00:25:09.640><c> led</c><00:25:09.740><c> to,</c><00:25:10.099><c> brethren</c><00:25:10.220><c> and</c><00:25:10.519><c> sisters.</c>

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Within<00:25:11.680><c> one</c><00:25:11.940><c> generation,</c><00:25:12.559><c> Israel</c><00:25:12.920><c> was</c><00:25:13.200><c> divided.</c>

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Enemies<00:25:14.720><c> rose</c><00:25:15.000><c> up</c><00:25:15.240><c> against</c><00:25:15.500><c> his</c><00:25:15.819><c> sons,</c><00:25:16.299><c> his</c><00:25:16.500><c> son</c><00:25:16.619><c> and</c><00:25:16.779><c> his</c><00:25:17.000><c> grandsons.</c>

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The<00:25:18.900><c> ten</c><00:25:19.200><c> tribes</c><00:25:19.720><c> within</c><00:25:20.240><c> one</c><00:25:20.519><c> generation</c><00:25:21.059><c> were</c><00:25:21.259><c> in</c><00:25:21.359><c> a</c>

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disgusting<00:25:21.980><c> apostasy.</c>

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All<00:25:23.640><c> of</c><00:25:23.900><c> David's</c><00:25:24.319><c> careful</c><00:25:24.599><c> work</c><00:25:24.900><c> in</c><00:25:25.059><c> building</c><00:25:25.240><c> up</c><00:25:25.460><c> the</c><00:25:25.720><c> spiritual</c><00:25:26.000><c> heart</c>

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of<00:25:26.359><c> the</c><00:25:26.460><c> nation</c><00:25:26.700><c> was</c><00:25:26.940><c> demolished.</c>

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Israel<00:25:28.640><c> was</c><00:25:29.000><c> entrenched</c><00:25:29.259><c> in</c><00:25:29.480><c> idolatry</c><00:25:29.960><c> for</c><00:25:30.240><c> 350</c><00:25:31.000><c> years</c><00:25:31.460><c> until</c>

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the<00:25:31.859><c> death</c><00:25:32.059><c> of</c><00:25:32.240><c> Josiah.</c>

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The<00:25:33.799><c> royal</c><00:25:34.019><c> line</c><00:25:34.259><c> to</c><00:25:34.460><c> Christ</c><00:25:34.799><c> passed</c><00:25:35.299><c> from</c><00:25:35.539><c> him</c><00:25:36.180><c> to</c><00:25:36.700><c> his</c>

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brother,<00:25:37.160><c> Nathan.</c>

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The<00:25:38.799><c> Babylonians</c><00:25:39.599><c> tore</c><00:25:40.000><c> the</c><00:25:40.200><c> temple</c><00:25:40.500><c> apart</c><00:25:41.039><c> brick</c><00:25:41.400><c> by</c><00:25:41.720><c> brick</c>

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and<00:25:42.480><c> burned</c><00:25:42.660><c> it</c><00:25:42.819><c> to</c><00:25:42.880><c> the</c><00:25:43.079><c> ground.</c>

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What<00:25:45.640><c> a</c><00:25:45.900><c> tragedy.</c>

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And<00:25:46.299><c> it</c><00:25:46.420><c> all</c><00:25:46.700><c> started,</c><00:25:47.059><c> brethren</c><00:25:47.220><c> and</c><00:25:47.460><c> sisters,</c><00:25:47.940><c> the</c><00:25:48.140><c> rot</c><00:25:48.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:48.720><c> nation</c><00:25:49.059><c> started</c><00:25:49.480><c> with</c><00:25:49.759><c> Solomon</c>

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and<00:25:50.680><c> his</c><00:25:50.960><c> heart</c><00:25:51.200><c> being</c><00:25:51.480><c> turned</c><00:25:51.819><c> away.</c>

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It<00:25:52.880><c> should</c><00:25:53.079><c> never</c><00:25:53.339><c> have</c><00:25:53.619><c> happened.</c>

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You<00:25:53.940><c> know,</c><00:25:54.099><c> God</c><00:25:54.299><c> had</c><00:25:54.500><c> given</c><00:25:54.660><c> plenty</c><00:25:54.940><c> of</c><00:25:55.220><c> guidance</c><00:25:55.539><c> to</c><00:25:55.839><c> kings.</c>

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In<00:25:57.220><c> the</c><00:25:57.299><c> book</c><00:25:57.440><c> of</c><00:25:57.599><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:25:58.039><c> the</c><00:25:58.180><c> words</c><00:25:58.299><c> we</c><00:25:58.480><c> know</c><00:25:58.619><c> so</c><00:25:59.000><c> well,</c><00:25:59.319><c> God</c>

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had<00:25:59.799><c> given</c><00:26:00.019><c> guidance</c><00:26:00.559><c> for</c><00:26:01.000><c> kings.</c>

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He<00:26:05.559><c> says</c><00:26:05.720><c> about</c><00:26:06.019><c> kings,</c><00:26:06.480><c> they</c><00:26:06.619><c> shall</c><00:26:06.839><c> not</c><00:26:07.079><c> multiply</c><00:26:07.799><c> horses</c>

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to<00:26:08.500><c> themselves</c>

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nor<00:26:09.299><c> cause</c><00:26:09.519><c> the</c><00:26:09.660><c> people</c><00:26:09.859><c> to</c><00:26:10.119><c> return</c><00:26:10.380><c> to</c><00:26:10.660><c> Egypt.</c>

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Those<00:26:12.799><c> who</c><00:26:12.980><c> are</c><00:26:13.140><c> in</c><00:26:13.259><c> positions</c><00:26:13.500><c> of</c><00:26:13.619><c> responsibility</c><00:26:14.380><c> must</c><00:26:14.799><c> never</c><00:26:15.180><c> lead</c><00:26:15.480><c> the</c>

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people<00:26:15.940><c> of</c><00:26:16.019><c> God</c><00:26:16.339><c> back</c><00:26:16.619><c> to</c><00:26:16.839><c> Egypt,</c>

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back<00:26:17.420><c> to</c><00:26:17.640><c> the</c><00:26:17.779><c> days</c><00:26:18.000><c> of</c><00:26:18.240><c> slavery</c><00:26:18.640><c> and</c><00:26:18.839><c> darkness</c><00:26:19.440><c> and</c><00:26:20.039><c> the</c><00:26:20.240><c> old</c>

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ways<00:26:20.640><c> of</c><00:26:20.900><c> sin,</c>

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to<00:26:22.940><c> the</c><00:26:23.099><c> end</c><00:26:23.180><c> that</c><00:26:23.299><c> he</c><00:26:23.319><c> should</c><00:26:23.460><c> multiply</c><00:26:23.940><c> horses.</c>

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That<00:26:24.700><c> was</c><00:26:24.900><c> a</c><00:26:25.099><c> trust</c><00:26:25.279><c> in</c><00:26:25.640><c> the</c><00:26:25.839><c> power</c><00:26:26.019><c> of</c><00:26:26.220><c> the</c><00:26:26.380><c> flesh</c><00:26:26.539><c> and</c><00:26:26.680><c> your</c>

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own<00:26:27.119><c> strength.</c>

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God<00:26:29.279><c> had</c><00:26:29.579><c> said</c><00:26:29.759><c> that</c><00:26:29.940><c> the</c><00:26:30.079><c> nation</c><00:26:30.440><c> was</c><00:26:30.660><c> to</c><00:26:30.799><c> go</c><00:26:31.000><c> no</c><00:26:31.259><c> more</c><00:26:31.400><c> that</c><00:26:31.660><c> way.</c>

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Neither<00:26:33.180><c> shall</c><00:26:33.359><c> they</c><00:26:33.519><c> multiply</c><00:26:33.960><c> wives</c><00:26:34.259><c> to</c><00:26:34.440><c> themselves,</c><00:26:34.900><c> that</c>

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his<00:26:35.420><c> heart</c><00:26:35.799><c> be</c><00:26:36.160><c> not</c><00:26:36.440><c> turned</c><00:26:36.740><c> away.</c>

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There<00:26:37.579><c> was</c><00:26:37.759><c> the</c><00:26:37.940><c> warning</c><00:26:38.099><c> in</c><00:26:38.279><c> the</c><00:26:38.420><c> Bible.</c>

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Your<00:26:39.119><c> heart</c><00:26:39.519><c> will</c><00:26:39.759><c> be</c><00:26:39.900><c> turned</c><00:26:40.140><c> away</c><00:26:40.480><c> by</c><00:26:40.660><c> multiple</c><00:26:41.079><c> wives.</c>

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And<00:26:44.019><c> we</c><00:26:44.160><c> learn</c><00:26:44.319><c> from</c><00:26:44.480><c> that</c><00:26:44.660><c> that</c><00:26:44.819><c> you</c><00:26:44.940><c> can't</c><00:26:45.259><c> ignore</c><00:26:45.480><c> divine</c>

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principles<00:26:46.259><c> without</c><00:26:46.640><c> harm.</c>

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The<00:26:47.180><c> heart</c><00:26:47.380><c> will</c><00:26:47.619><c> be</c><00:26:47.839><c> affected.</c>

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I<00:26:50.720><c> reckon</c><00:26:50.920><c> Solomon</c><00:26:51.240><c> would</c><00:26:51.400><c> have</c><00:26:51.500><c> looked</c><00:26:51.619><c> at</c><00:26:51.779><c> these</c><00:26:51.980><c> verses</c>

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like<00:26:52.500><c> they</c><00:26:52.619><c> were</c><00:26:52.839><c> Sunday</c><00:26:53.099><c> school</c><00:26:53.299><c> lessons.</c>

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They<00:26:55.940><c> were</c><00:26:56.160><c> so</c><00:26:56.480><c> simple</c><00:26:56.759><c> and</c><00:26:57.019><c> so</c><00:26:57.299><c> practical</c><00:26:57.900><c> that</c><00:26:59.160><c> perhaps</c><00:26:59.500><c> he</c>

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thought<00:26:59.880><c> he</c><00:27:00.019><c> was</c><00:27:00.180><c> above</c><00:27:00.440><c> them.</c>

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And<00:27:03.200><c> God</c><00:27:03.380><c> foresaw</c><00:27:03.819><c> that</c><00:27:04.059><c> danger</c><00:27:04.400><c> as</c><00:27:04.700><c> well,</c><00:27:04.900><c> that</c><00:27:05.039><c> we</c><00:27:05.200><c> might</c><00:27:05.440><c> get</c><00:27:05.680><c> to</c>

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think<00:27:06.039><c> that</c><00:27:06.539><c> because</c><00:27:06.940><c> we</c><00:27:07.140><c> are</c><00:27:07.319><c> wise</c>

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and<00:27:07.799><c> we've</c><00:27:08.059><c> learnt</c><00:27:08.259><c> so</c><00:27:08.579><c> much</c><00:27:08.920><c> that</c><00:27:09.240><c> we</c><00:27:09.319><c> don't</c><00:27:09.599><c> need</c><00:27:09.799><c> the</c><00:27:10.000><c> basic</c>

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Sunday<00:27:10.579><c> school</c><00:27:10.759><c> lessons.</c>

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Well,<00:27:11.299><c> it</c><00:27:11.440><c> goes</c><00:27:11.640><c> on</c><00:27:11.819><c> to</c><00:27:11.980><c> say</c><00:27:12.119><c> this.</c>

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You<00:27:13.079><c> do</c><00:27:13.339><c> need</c><00:27:13.539><c> the</c><00:27:13.680><c> basic</c><00:27:14.019><c> Sunday</c><00:27:14.319><c> school</c><00:27:14.559><c> lessons.</c>

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Verse<00:27:17.380><c> 17,</c><00:27:18.160><c> verse</c><00:27:18.380><c> 19</c><00:27:18.799><c> of</c><00:27:18.960><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:19.359><c> 17</c><00:27:19.819><c> says,</c><00:27:21.039><c> and</c><00:27:21.119><c> it</c><00:27:21.359><c> shall</c><00:27:21.500><c> be,</c>

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and<00:27:21.819><c> again</c><00:27:22.039><c> we</c><00:27:22.140><c> need</c><00:27:22.299><c> to</c><00:27:22.539><c> correct</c><00:27:22.660><c> the</c><00:27:22.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:27:23.180><c> or</c><00:27:23.960><c> put</c><00:27:24.240><c> the</c><00:27:24.420><c> original</c><00:27:24.660><c> Hebrew</c><00:27:24.880><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:25.200><c> translation,</c>

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as<00:27:25.799><c> Rotherham</c><00:27:26.140><c> has</c><00:27:26.359><c> it,</c><00:27:26.759><c> but</c><00:27:27.099><c> it</c><00:27:27.480><c> shall</c><00:27:27.700><c> be.</c>

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Just<00:27:28.700><c> in</c><00:27:28.940><c> case</c><00:27:29.119><c> you</c><00:27:29.420><c> think</c><00:27:29.680><c> that</c><00:27:29.859><c> the</c><00:27:30.000><c> Sunday</c><00:27:30.180><c> school</c><00:27:30.380><c> lessons</c>

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are<00:27:30.980><c> too</c><00:27:31.180><c> basic,</c>

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but<00:27:32.220><c> he</c><00:27:32.440><c> says,</c><00:27:32.700><c> God,</c><00:27:33.500><c> it</c><00:27:33.740><c> shall</c><00:27:33.960><c> be</c><00:27:34.099><c> when</c><00:27:34.220><c> you</c><00:27:34.420><c> sit</c><00:27:34.519><c> upon</c><00:27:34.759><c> the</c>

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throne<00:27:35.140><c> of</c><00:27:35.299><c> the</c><00:27:35.480><c> kingdom,</c>

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when<00:27:36.440><c> you</c><00:27:36.599><c> are</c><00:27:36.880><c> in</c><00:27:37.059><c> positions</c><00:27:37.420><c> of</c><00:27:37.720><c> responsibility</c><00:27:38.339><c> and</c><00:27:38.559><c> leadership,</c>

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keep<00:27:41.160><c> up</c><00:27:41.380><c> your</c><00:27:41.599><c> personal</c><00:27:41.900><c> Bible</c><00:27:42.220><c> study.</c>

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:44.660
You<00:27:42.579><c> shall</c><00:27:42.799><c> write</c><00:27:43.059><c> your</c><00:27:43.279><c> own</c><00:27:43.519><c> copy</c><00:27:43.740><c> of</c><00:27:43.859><c> this</c><00:27:44.059><c> law</c><00:27:44.220><c> in</c><00:27:44.380><c> a</c><00:27:44.500><c> book</c>

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out<00:27:44.900><c> of</c><00:27:45.099><c> that,</c>

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which<00:27:46.099><c> is</c><00:27:46.339><c> before</c><00:27:46.740><c> the</c><00:27:46.920><c> priests</c><00:27:47.220><c> of</c><00:27:47.460><c> the</c><00:27:47.599><c> Levites.</c>

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He<00:27:47.960><c> was</c><00:27:48.099><c> to</c><00:27:48.279><c> make</c><00:27:48.380><c> his</c><00:27:48.619><c> own</c><00:27:48.859><c> personal</c><00:27:49.220><c> copy</c><00:27:49.460><c> of</c><00:27:49.640><c> the</c><00:27:49.799><c> Bible.</c>

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God<00:27:51.480><c> is</c><00:27:51.700><c> telling</c><00:27:51.839><c> us</c><00:27:52.039><c> that</c><00:27:52.180><c> we</c><00:27:52.279><c> need</c><00:27:52.420><c> to</c><00:27:52.619><c> keep</c><00:27:52.759><c> doing</c><00:27:52.980><c> our</c><00:27:53.259><c> own</c>

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personal<00:27:53.900><c> Bible</c><00:27:54.279><c> study</c><00:27:54.579><c> and</c><00:27:54.819><c> reflection.</c>

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And<00:27:57.079><c> look</c><00:27:57.160><c> what</c><00:27:57.259><c> it</c><00:27:57.500><c> says,</c><00:27:57.859><c> it</c><00:27:58.079><c> shall</c><00:27:58.359><c> be</c><00:27:58.880><c> with</c><00:27:59.380><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:01.000><c> that</c><00:28:01.119><c> in</c><00:28:01.240><c> the</c><00:28:01.420><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:01.559><c> is</c><00:28:01.740><c> a</c><00:28:01.859><c> very</c><00:28:02.119><c> intense</c><00:28:02.480><c> word.</c>

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It's<00:28:03.039><c> used</c><00:28:03.259><c> of</c><00:28:03.460><c> marriage</c><00:28:03.759><c> in</c><00:28:03.900><c> a</c><00:28:04.019><c> number</c><00:28:04.220><c> of</c><00:28:04.460><c> places.</c>

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It<00:28:05.259><c> shall</c><00:28:05.480><c> be</c><00:28:05.779><c> part</c><00:28:06.059><c> of</c><00:28:06.220><c> him</c><00:28:06.319><c> is</c><00:28:06.440><c> what</c><00:28:06.599><c> the</c><00:28:06.779><c> word</c><00:28:06.880><c> means.</c>

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And<00:28:08.299><c> you</c><00:28:08.380><c> see,</c><00:28:08.559><c> your</c><00:28:08.779><c> Bible</c><00:28:09.099><c> study</c><00:28:09.480><c> will</c><00:28:09.680><c> do</c><00:28:10.160><c> far</c><00:28:10.500><c> more</c><00:28:10.740><c> for</c>

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you<00:28:11.099><c> than</c><00:28:11.259><c> from</c><00:28:11.480><c> all</c><00:28:11.740><c> the</c><00:28:11.940><c> talks</c><00:28:12.119><c> you</c><00:28:12.279><c> might</c><00:28:12.500><c> listen</c><00:28:12.779><c> to.</c>

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Brethren<00:28:13.660><c> will</c><00:28:13.880><c> give</c><00:28:13.980><c> you</c><00:28:14.140><c> the</c><00:28:14.359><c> keys,</c><00:28:14.579><c> they</c><00:28:14.759><c> will</c><00:28:14.940><c> give</c><00:28:15.039><c> you</c><00:28:15.240><c> information,</c>

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.799
they<00:28:16.420><c> will</c><00:28:16.599><c> give</c><00:28:16.700><c> you</c><00:28:16.900><c> ideas</c><00:28:17.240><c> to</c><00:28:17.460><c> follow</c><00:28:17.619><c> through,</c>

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:20.980
but<00:28:17.920><c> it</c><00:28:18.160><c> only</c><00:28:18.359><c> really</c><00:28:18.740><c> works</c><00:28:19.019><c> when</c><00:28:19.200><c> you</c><00:28:19.420><c> make</c><00:28:19.579><c> it</c><00:28:19.819><c> part</c><00:28:19.980><c> of</c><00:28:20.220><c> you.</c>

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When<00:28:21.220><c> you</c><00:28:21.420><c> take</c><00:28:21.599><c> it</c><00:28:21.759><c> away</c><00:28:21.940><c> and</c><00:28:22.079><c> you</c><00:28:22.319><c> develop</c><00:28:22.519><c> it</c><00:28:22.799><c> and</c><00:28:22.900><c> you</c><00:28:23.119><c> think</c><00:28:23.319><c> about</c><00:28:23.579><c> it</c>

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and<00:28:23.940><c> you</c><00:28:24.160><c> apply</c><00:28:24.480><c> it,</c>

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you<00:28:25.180><c> make</c><00:28:25.339><c> it</c><00:28:25.640><c> part</c><00:28:25.859><c> of</c><00:28:26.140><c> you.</c>

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And<00:28:30.579><c> it's</c><00:28:30.819><c> got</c><00:28:30.880><c> to</c><00:28:31.059><c> happen</c><00:28:31.420><c> as</c><00:28:31.900><c> it</c><00:28:32.079><c> goes</c><00:28:32.200><c> on</c><00:28:32.339><c> to</c><00:28:32.539><c> say</c><00:28:32.839><c> every</c><00:28:33.680><c> day</c>

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of<00:28:34.019><c> your</c><00:28:34.160><c> life.</c>

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:38.180
You<00:28:35.420><c> shall</c><00:28:35.619><c> read</c><00:28:35.839><c> it</c><00:28:36.240><c> all</c><00:28:36.640><c> the</c><00:28:36.859><c> days</c><00:28:37.140><c> of</c><00:28:37.339><c> his</c><00:28:37.640><c> life</c><00:28:37.880><c> that</c><00:28:38.019><c> you</c>

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might<00:28:38.420><c> learn</c><00:28:38.759><c> to</c><00:28:39.019><c> fear</c><00:28:39.160><c> God</c>

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and<00:28:41.039><c> it</c><00:28:41.180><c> will</c><00:28:41.279><c> keep</c><00:28:41.460><c> you</c><00:28:41.740><c> humble,</c><00:28:42.480><c> that</c><00:28:42.579><c> his</c><00:28:42.960><c> heart</c><00:28:43.440><c> be</c><00:28:43.799><c> not</c><00:28:44.160><c> lifted</c><00:28:44.460><c> up</c>

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above<00:28:45.180><c> his</c><00:28:45.559><c> brethren.</c>

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And<00:28:46.400><c> the</c><00:28:46.599><c> Bible</c><00:28:46.799><c> has</c><00:28:47.000><c> a</c><00:28:47.259><c> great</c><00:28:47.440><c> way</c><00:28:47.660><c> of</c><00:28:47.859><c> keeping</c><00:28:48.039><c> us</c><00:28:48.319><c> all</c><00:28:48.700><c> very,</c>

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very<00:28:49.759><c> humble</c>

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because<00:28:53.339><c> people</c><00:28:53.660><c> are</c><00:28:53.880><c> watching</c><00:28:54.079><c> us.</c>

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That<00:28:55.299><c> he</c><00:28:55.420><c> might</c><00:28:55.619><c> prolong</c><00:28:55.900><c> his</c><00:28:56.180><c> days</c><00:28:56.339><c> in</c><00:28:56.500><c> his</c><00:28:56.700><c> kingdom,</c><00:28:57.059><c> he</c><00:28:57.440><c> and</c>

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his<00:28:58.039><c> children.</c>

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Never<00:29:01.440><c> underestimate,</c><00:29:02.220><c> brethren</c><00:29:02.319><c> and</c><00:29:02.559><c> sisters,</c><00:29:02.880><c> the</c><00:29:03.039><c> impact</c>

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that<00:29:04.339><c> we</c><00:29:04.480><c> have</c><00:29:04.599><c> upon</c><00:29:04.880><c> those</c>

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who<00:29:06.279><c> look</c><00:29:06.420><c> to</c><00:29:06.619><c> us</c><00:29:06.819><c> for</c><00:29:07.039><c> role</c><00:29:07.200><c> models.</c>

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It's<00:29:10.599><c> interesting</c><00:29:10.940><c> when</c><00:29:11.099><c> you</c><00:29:11.240><c> think</c><00:29:11.380><c> about</c><00:29:11.660><c> Solomon,</c><00:29:12.099><c> though</c>

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he<00:29:12.380><c> had</c><00:29:12.539><c> a</c><00:29:12.579><c> thousand</c><00:29:13.000><c> women</c><00:29:13.380><c> in</c><00:29:13.619><c> his</c><00:29:13.819><c> house,</c>

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it<00:29:17.220><c> appears</c><00:29:17.440><c> he</c><00:29:17.579><c> only</c><00:29:17.799><c> had</c><00:29:17.980><c> one</c><00:29:18.259><c> son.</c>

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And<00:29:19.579><c> that</c><00:29:19.720><c> son</c><00:29:19.920><c> was</c><00:29:20.180><c> born</c><00:29:20.400><c> before</c><00:29:20.680><c> Solomon</c><00:29:21.000><c> came</c><00:29:21.259><c> to</c><00:29:21.420><c> the</c><00:29:21.619><c> throne.</c>

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There<00:29:22.740><c> were</c><00:29:23.140><c> two</c><00:29:23.319><c> other</c><00:29:23.519><c> daughters</c><00:29:23.779><c> that</c><00:29:23.940><c> we</c><00:29:24.019><c> know</c><00:29:24.240><c> something</c><00:29:24.519><c> about,</c>

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:28.200
but<00:29:25.059><c> there</c><00:29:25.160><c> were</c><00:29:25.380><c> no</c><00:29:25.579><c> other</c><00:29:25.859><c> children</c><00:29:26.380><c> recorded</c><00:29:26.920><c> of</c><00:29:27.119><c> Solomon.</c>

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Something<00:29:31.279><c> to</c><00:29:31.400><c> think</c><00:29:31.599><c> about,</c><00:29:31.799><c> I'd</c><00:29:32.000><c> like</c><00:29:32.079><c> to</c><00:29:32.220><c> talk</c><00:29:32.319><c> to</c><00:29:32.460><c> you</c>

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about<00:29:32.539><c> that</c><00:29:32.640><c> over</c><00:29:32.839><c> lunch.</c>

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If<00:29:33.200><c> you'd</c><00:29:33.440><c> like</c><00:29:33.480><c> to</c><00:29:33.640><c> give</c><00:29:33.880><c> me</c><00:29:34.019><c> some</c><00:29:34.200><c> ideas</c><00:29:34.480><c> as</c><00:29:34.660><c> to</c><00:29:34.680><c> what</c><00:29:34.839><c> you</c><00:29:35.019><c> think</c><00:29:35.119><c> that</c><00:29:35.299><c> might</c><00:29:35.500><c> be</c>

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telling<00:29:35.880><c> us.</c>

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But<00:29:38.059><c> where</c><00:29:38.220><c> did</c><00:29:38.279><c> he</c><00:29:38.480><c> fail?</c>

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Well,<00:29:39.819><c> let's</c><00:29:39.980><c> just</c><00:29:40.160><c> go</c><00:29:40.279><c> through</c><00:29:40.460><c> the</c><00:29:40.619><c> first</c><00:29:40.799><c> of</c><00:29:40.940><c> Kings</c><00:29:41.119><c> 11.</c>

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It<00:29:42.779><c> was</c><00:29:43.019><c> a</c><00:29:43.220><c> gradual</c><00:29:43.559><c> process.</c>

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You<00:29:44.220><c> know,</c><00:29:44.279><c> there</c><00:29:44.420><c> are</c><00:29:44.539><c> a</c><00:29:44.680><c> few</c><00:29:44.779><c> people</c><00:29:45.140><c> that</c><00:29:45.740><c> slip</c><00:29:46.039><c> into</c><00:29:46.859><c> major</c>

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sin<00:29:47.480><c> like</c><00:29:47.720><c> David</c><00:29:48.079><c> did</c>

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just<00:29:48.579><c> as</c><00:29:48.799><c> an</c><00:29:49.099><c> overnight</c><00:29:49.460><c> thing.</c>

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Most<00:29:51.099><c> great</c><00:29:51.619><c> sins</c><00:29:52.000><c> that</c><00:29:52.220><c> people</c><00:29:52.460><c> commit</c><00:29:52.700><c> have</c><00:29:53.019><c> started</c><00:29:53.220><c> off</c>

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with<00:29:53.579><c> a</c><00:29:53.880><c> small</c><00:29:54.140><c> divergence</c><00:29:54.740><c> somewhere</c><00:29:55.160><c> down</c><00:29:55.500><c> the</c><00:29:55.759><c> track.</c>

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And<00:29:56.559><c> in</c><00:29:56.779><c> Solomon's</c><00:29:57.119><c> case,</c><00:29:57.420><c> we</c><00:29:57.480><c> read</c><00:29:57.660><c> in</c><00:29:57.819><c> verse</c><00:29:58.000><c> 6,</c>

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and<00:29:58.480><c> Solomon</c><00:29:58.819><c> did</c><00:29:59.059><c> evil</c><00:29:59.200><c> in</c><00:29:59.420><c> the</c><00:29:59.539><c> sight</c><00:29:59.680><c> of</c><00:29:59.940><c> Yahweh</c>

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and<00:30:01.119><c> went</c><00:30:01.519><c> not</c><00:30:02.400><c> fully</c><00:30:02.779><c> after</c><00:30:03.380><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:03.839><c> as</c><00:30:04.119><c> did</c><00:30:04.339><c> David</c><00:30:04.720><c> his</c><00:30:04.960><c> father.</c>

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After<00:30:06.180><c> having</c><00:30:06.420><c> done</c><00:30:06.640><c> so</c><00:30:07.000><c> much</c><00:30:07.140><c> good</c><00:30:07.420><c> work</c><00:30:07.640><c> in</c><00:30:07.859><c> setting</c><00:30:08.000><c> up</c><00:30:08.180><c> the</c>

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temple<00:30:08.599><c> and</c><00:30:08.759><c> the</c><00:30:08.940><c> nation,</c>

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:13.759
he<00:30:09.960><c> decided</c><00:30:10.359><c> to</c><00:30:10.660><c> slacken</c><00:30:11.000><c> off</c><00:30:11.299><c> and</c><00:30:11.559><c> to</c><00:30:11.759><c> make</c><00:30:12.039><c> exceptions</c><00:30:12.500><c> for</c><00:30:12.740><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:30:22.839><c> in</c><00:30:23.339><c> verse</c><00:30:23.660><c> 4</c><00:30:23.900><c> we</c><00:30:24.119><c> find,</c>

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and<00:30:24.680><c> it</c><00:30:25.119><c> came</c><00:30:25.299><c> to</c><00:30:25.519><c> pass</c><00:30:25.700><c> when</c><00:30:25.819><c> he</c><00:30:25.960><c> was</c><00:30:26.240><c> old,</c>

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that<00:30:27.460><c> his</c><00:30:27.700><c> wife</c><00:30:28.000><c> turned</c><00:30:28.259><c> away</c><00:30:28.460><c> his</c><00:30:28.759><c> heart</c><00:30:28.980><c> after</c><00:30:29.380><c> other</c><00:30:29.779><c> gods.</c>

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We're<00:30:32.019><c> told</c><00:30:32.180><c> in</c><00:30:32.380><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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they<00:30:32.920><c> were</c><00:30:33.220><c> outlandish</c><00:30:33.799><c> women</c><00:30:34.000><c> that</c><00:30:34.220><c> turned</c><00:30:34.339><c> away</c><00:30:34.559><c> his</c><00:30:34.839><c> heart.</c>

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He<00:30:35.440><c> forgot</c><00:30:35.779><c> his</c><00:30:35.980><c> mother's</c><00:30:36.339><c> advice,</c>

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give<00:30:36.859><c> not</c><00:30:37.119><c> thy</c><00:30:37.339><c> strength</c><00:30:37.799><c> unto</c><00:30:38.059><c> strange</c><00:30:38.599><c> women,</c>

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nor<00:30:39.900><c> thy</c><00:30:40.200><c> way</c><00:30:40.420><c> to</c><00:30:40.559><c> that</c><00:30:40.700><c> which</c><00:30:41.059><c> destroyeth</c><00:30:41.559><c> kings.</c>

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He<00:30:42.539><c> underestimated</c><00:30:43.339><c> the</c><00:30:43.579><c> power</c><00:30:44.359><c> of</c><00:30:45.220><c> women</c><00:30:45.480><c> in</c><00:30:45.640><c> his</c><00:30:45.920><c> life.</c>

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And<00:30:47.859><c> bear</c><00:30:47.980><c> in</c><00:30:48.240><c> mind,</c><00:30:50.019><c> these</c><00:30:50.240><c> women,</c><00:30:51.779><c> most</c><00:30:52.079><c> of</c><00:30:52.220><c> them</c><00:30:52.319><c> were</c><00:30:52.539><c> foreigners.</c>

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They<00:30:54.480><c> probably</c><00:30:55.099><c> did</c><00:30:55.460><c> not,</c><00:30:55.759><c> like</c><00:30:55.960><c> the</c><00:30:56.119><c> daughter</c><00:30:56.380><c> of</c><00:30:56.680><c> Pharaoh,</c>

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become<00:30:57.940><c> converts</c><00:30:58.460><c> to</c><00:30:58.680><c> the</c><00:30:58.779><c> hope</c><00:30:58.900><c> of</c><00:30:59.160><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:31:01.819><c> many</c><00:31:02.039><c> of</c><00:31:02.180><c> these</c><00:31:02.420><c> wives</c><00:31:02.660><c> were</c><00:31:02.900><c> princesses.</c>

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.779
They<00:31:05.299><c> were</c><00:31:05.500><c> used</c><00:31:05.720><c> to</c><00:31:05.839><c> getting</c><00:31:06.039><c> their</c><00:31:06.279><c> own</c><00:31:06.539><c> way.</c>

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They<00:31:07.019><c> weren't</c><00:31:07.240><c> used</c><00:31:07.539><c> to</c><00:31:07.640><c> being</c><00:31:07.859><c> told</c><00:31:08.200><c> to</c><00:31:08.380><c> sit</c><00:31:08.579><c> down</c><00:31:08.799><c> and</c><00:31:08.900><c> be</c><00:31:09.160><c> quiet.</c>

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And<00:31:11.160><c> because</c><00:31:11.480><c> of</c><00:31:11.680><c> the</c><00:31:11.859><c> alliances</c><00:31:12.160><c> you've</c><00:31:12.460><c> made,</c><00:31:12.700><c> you</c><00:31:12.700><c> couldn't</c><00:31:12.940><c> send</c>

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:14.240
them<00:31:13.359><c> packing.</c>

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:17.720
I<00:31:15.200><c> mean,</c><00:31:15.299><c> to</c><00:31:15.500><c> send</c><00:31:15.680><c> home</c><00:31:15.940><c> the</c><00:31:16.079><c> daughter</c><00:31:16.359><c> of</c><00:31:16.940><c> the</c><00:31:17.000><c> king</c><00:31:17.180><c> of</c><00:31:17.420><c> Moab,</c>

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:19.799
it<00:31:17.900><c> would</c><00:31:18.019><c> have</c><00:31:18.160><c> meant</c><00:31:18.319><c> war</c><00:31:18.559><c> on</c><00:31:18.740><c> your</c><00:31:18.900><c> hands.</c>

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.859
So<00:31:20.339><c> you</c><00:31:20.440><c> had</c><00:31:20.579><c> to</c><00:31:20.740><c> keep</c><00:31:20.859><c> these</c><00:31:21.019><c> women</c><00:31:21.240><c> there</c><00:31:21.440><c> and</c><00:31:21.519><c> you</c><00:31:21.559><c> had</c><00:31:21.700><c> to</c>

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.420
keep<00:31:21.960><c> them</c><00:31:22.140><c> happy,</c>

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:25.200
lest<00:31:22.619><c> they</c><00:31:23.079><c> report</c><00:31:23.400><c> home</c><00:31:23.579><c> to</c><00:31:23.740><c> their</c><00:31:23.980><c> parents</c><00:31:24.420><c> about</c><00:31:24.920><c> the</c><00:31:25.039><c> way</c>

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.480
they're<00:31:25.339><c> being</c><00:31:25.599><c> treated.</c>

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.960
And<00:31:27.759><c> Solomon</c><00:31:27.960><c> said</c><00:31:28.160><c> in</c><00:31:28.319><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:31.599
oh,<00:31:29.259><c> he</c><00:31:29.259><c> said,</c><00:31:29.480><c> deliver</c><00:31:29.759><c> me</c><00:31:30.000><c> from</c><00:31:30.160><c> the</c><00:31:30.299><c> woman</c><00:31:30.519><c> whose</c><00:31:30.740><c> heart</c><00:31:31.140><c> is</c>

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:33.160
snares<00:31:31.960><c> and</c><00:31:32.220><c> nets,</c>

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:36.000
as<00:31:34.619><c> soon</c><00:31:34.759><c> as</c><00:31:34.859><c> she'll</c><00:31:35.000><c> be</c><00:31:35.200><c> taken</c><00:31:35.480><c> by</c><00:31:35.799><c> her.</c>

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:37.920
Perhaps<00:31:36.299><c> a</c><00:31:36.539><c> reflection</c><00:31:36.819><c> upon</c><00:31:37.039><c> his</c><00:31:37.220><c> own</c><00:31:37.400><c> experience,</c>

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:41.180
because<00:31:38.160><c> he</c><00:31:38.319><c> said,</c><00:31:39.240><c> one</c><00:31:39.579><c> among</c><00:31:39.819><c> a</c><00:31:39.980><c> thousand</c><00:31:40.240><c> women</c><00:31:40.579><c> have</c><00:31:41.039><c> I</c>

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.339
not<00:31:41.440><c> found.</c>

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:45.380
And<00:31:43.160><c> what</c><00:31:43.299><c> a</c><00:31:43.539><c> tragic</c><00:31:43.759><c> picture</c><00:31:44.039><c> it</c><00:31:44.279><c> was</c><00:31:44.440><c> in</c><00:31:44.619><c> verse</c><00:31:44.839><c> 7,</c><00:31:45.200><c> brethren</c>

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.859
and<00:31:45.599><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:50.380
Here<00:31:46.119><c> he</c><00:31:46.279><c> is,</c><00:31:46.960><c> the</c><00:31:47.200><c> great</c><00:31:47.720><c> temple</c><00:31:48.180><c> builder</c><00:31:48.440><c> of</c><00:31:48.660><c> the</c><00:31:48.779><c> house</c><00:31:49.039><c> of</c><00:31:49.279><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:53.279
now<00:31:51.299><c> building</c><00:31:51.599><c> a</c><00:31:51.839><c> house</c><00:31:52.039><c> for</c><00:31:52.339><c> Molech,</c>

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:57.500
the<00:31:53.700><c> great</c><00:31:53.940><c> architect</c><00:31:54.500><c> of</c><00:31:55.279><c> the</c><00:31:55.380><c> glorious</c><00:31:55.799><c> temple</c><00:31:56.539><c> of</c><00:31:57.059><c> Solomon,</c>

00:31:57.880 --> 00:32:01.200
now<00:31:58.160><c> designing</c><00:31:58.740><c> strange</c><00:31:59.339><c> shrines</c><00:31:59.920><c> for</c><00:32:00.180><c> Chemosh,</c>

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:05.039
the<00:32:01.759><c> man</c><00:32:01.920><c> who</c><00:32:01.980><c> led</c><00:32:02.099><c> Israel</c><00:32:02.500><c> in</c><00:32:02.819><c> prayer,</c><00:32:04.119><c> burning</c><00:32:04.420><c> incense</c><00:32:04.819><c> to</c>

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:07.119
Chemosh<00:32:05.519><c> and</c><00:32:05.740><c> Molech.</c>

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:10.680
You<00:32:07.839><c> imagine</c><00:32:08.240><c> in</c><00:32:08.380><c> the</c><00:32:08.539><c> nation</c><00:32:08.799><c> the</c><00:32:09.160><c> confusion</c><00:32:09.619><c> and</c><00:32:09.779><c> the</c><00:32:09.960><c> disillusionment</c><00:32:10.519><c> that</c>

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.059
they<00:32:10.859><c> got</c>

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:14.259
as<00:32:11.220><c> they</c><00:32:11.380><c> saw</c><00:32:11.539><c> King</c><00:32:11.779><c> Solomon</c><00:32:12.259><c> making</c><00:32:13.000><c> a</c><00:32:13.259><c> procession</c><00:32:13.640><c> down</c><00:32:13.859><c> the</c><00:32:14.140><c> street</c>

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:19.039
with<00:32:14.380><c> his</c><00:32:14.640><c> wives</c><00:32:14.940><c> leading</c><00:32:15.240><c> him</c><00:32:15.420><c> by</c><00:32:15.599><c> the</c><00:32:15.779><c> nose</c><00:32:16.099><c> down</c><00:32:16.640><c> to</c><00:32:16.819><c> the</c><00:32:16.920><c> temple</c><00:32:17.140><c> of</c><00:32:17.380><c> Molech.</c>

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:21.039
What<00:32:19.279><c> a</c><00:32:19.480><c> disaster,</c><00:32:19.980><c> brethren</c><00:32:20.140><c> and</c><00:32:20.359><c> sisters,</c><00:32:20.539><c> for</c><00:32:20.680><c> the</c><00:32:20.839><c> nation</c>

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:23.859
to<00:32:21.180><c> see</c><00:32:21.339><c> this</c><00:32:21.579><c> man</c><00:32:21.799><c> that</c><00:32:21.920><c> had</c><00:32:22.059><c> been</c><00:32:22.240><c> set</c><00:32:22.400><c> up</c><00:32:22.559><c> before</c><00:32:22.880><c> them</c><00:32:23.279><c> as</c><00:32:23.579><c> a</c>

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.319
great<00:32:24.059><c> king,</c>

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:26.720
the<00:32:24.599><c> type</c><00:32:24.740><c> of</c><00:32:24.940><c> the</c><00:32:25.059><c> kingdom</c><00:32:25.220><c> of</c><00:32:25.519><c> God,</c><00:32:26.160><c> leading</c><00:32:26.319><c> them</c><00:32:26.500><c> down</c>

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:28.019
that<00:32:27.019><c> track.</c>

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:33.539
And<00:32:30.859><c> the</c><00:32:30.960><c> disaster,</c><00:32:31.579><c> because</c><00:32:31.940><c> they'd</c><00:32:32.259><c> got</c><00:32:32.380><c> hold</c><00:32:32.579><c> of</c><00:32:32.740><c> his</c><00:32:33.059><c> heart.</c>

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:36.140
In<00:32:34.500><c> verse</c><00:32:34.740><c> 2,</c><00:32:35.240><c> he</c><00:32:35.319><c> had</c><00:32:35.519><c> been</c><00:32:35.799><c> warned,</c>

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:39.579
they<00:32:36.700><c> will</c><00:32:36.940><c> turn</c><00:32:37.140><c> away</c><00:32:37.420><c> your</c><00:32:37.720><c> heart</c><00:32:38.019><c> after</c><00:32:38.380><c> their</c><00:32:38.660><c> gods.</c>

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:41.960
In<00:32:39.940><c> verse</c><00:32:40.200><c> 3,</c><00:32:40.519><c> they</c><00:32:40.680><c> turned</c><00:32:40.980><c> away</c><00:32:41.259><c> his</c><00:32:41.500><c> heart.</c>

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:44.259
In<00:32:42.460><c> verse</c><00:32:42.700><c> 4,</c><00:32:43.000><c> they</c><00:32:43.180><c> turned</c><00:32:43.460><c> away</c><00:32:43.759><c> his</c><00:32:44.059><c> heart.</c>

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:46.000
His<00:32:44.519><c> heart</c><00:32:44.740><c> was</c><00:32:44.980><c> not</c><00:32:45.200><c> perfect</c><00:32:45.460><c> with</c><00:32:45.700><c> God.</c>

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:49.759
In<00:32:46.480><c> verse</c><00:32:46.740><c> 9,</c><00:32:47.119><c> his</c><00:32:47.259><c> heart</c><00:32:47.519><c> was</c><00:32:47.819><c> turned</c><00:32:48.039><c> from</c><00:32:48.220><c> the</c><00:32:48.359><c> Lord</c><00:32:48.519><c> God</c><00:32:48.680><c> of</c><00:32:48.819><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:52.420
And<00:32:50.559><c> you</c><00:32:50.680><c> see,</c><00:32:50.839><c> they'd</c><00:32:51.059><c> got</c><00:32:51.160><c> to</c><00:32:51.380><c> his</c><00:32:51.660><c> heart,</c><00:32:51.920><c> they'd</c><00:32:52.160><c> got</c><00:32:52.259><c> to</c>

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.680
his<00:32:52.559><c> emotions.</c>

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:58.960
And<00:32:55.559><c> in</c><00:32:55.680><c> verse</c><00:32:55.920><c> 11,</c><00:32:56.299><c> God</c><00:32:56.500><c> expresses</c><00:32:57.000><c> his</c><00:32:57.339><c> displeasure</c><00:32:57.859><c> to</c><00:32:58.099><c> Solomon.</c>

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:02.160
Wherefore<00:33:00.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:00.480><c> said</c><00:33:00.680><c> unto</c><00:33:00.980><c> Solomon,</c>

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:07.059
for<00:33:02.859><c> as</c><00:33:03.119><c> much</c><00:33:03.539><c> as</c><00:33:04.000><c> this,</c><00:33:04.299><c> this</c><00:33:04.740><c> idolatry,</c><00:33:06.019><c> this</c><00:33:06.319><c> serving</c><00:33:06.579><c> of</c><00:33:06.859><c> idols,</c>

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:10.619
this<00:33:07.400><c> going</c><00:33:07.660><c> along</c><00:33:07.940><c> with</c><00:33:08.099><c> your</c><00:33:08.299><c> wives,</c><00:33:09.319><c> and</c><00:33:09.519><c> the</c><00:33:09.720><c> interest</c><00:33:09.920><c> you're</c><00:33:10.140><c> showing</c><00:33:10.400><c> in</c>

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.019
these<00:33:10.859><c> things</c>

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:13.779
that<00:33:11.220><c> you</c><00:33:11.339><c> ought</c><00:33:11.480><c> to</c><00:33:11.700><c> actually</c><00:33:12.079><c> hate</c><00:33:12.400><c> Solomon,</c><00:33:12.700><c> as</c><00:33:12.859><c> much</c><00:33:13.099><c> as</c><00:33:13.420><c> this,</c>

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:17.859
and<00:33:14.400><c> notice</c><00:33:14.619><c> again</c><00:33:14.839><c> the</c><00:33:15.059><c> margin,</c><00:33:15.420><c> as</c><00:33:15.500><c> this</c><00:33:15.799><c> is</c><00:33:16.200><c> done</c><00:33:16.579><c> of</c><00:33:17.059><c> thee,</c>

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:21.579
as<00:33:18.319><c> much</c><00:33:18.539><c> as</c><00:33:18.779><c> this</c><00:33:19.119><c> idolatry</c><00:33:20.099><c> is</c><00:33:21.180><c> with</c><00:33:21.480><c> thee.</c>

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:23.799
And<00:33:21.740><c> that's</c><00:33:21.960><c> the</c><00:33:22.180><c> same</c><00:33:22.420><c> word</c><00:33:22.619><c> you</c><00:33:22.779><c> find</c><00:33:22.980><c> back</c><00:33:23.180><c> in</c><00:33:23.339><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.640
chapter<00:33:24.160><c> 17</c>

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:28.640
and<00:33:24.980><c> verse</c><00:33:24.980><c> 19,</c><00:33:26.240><c> that</c><00:33:26.559><c> the</c><00:33:26.900><c> law</c><00:33:27.279><c> that</c><00:33:27.500><c> you</c><00:33:27.740><c> write</c><00:33:27.940><c> every</c><00:33:28.400><c> day,</c>

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:31.279
your<00:33:28.920><c> own</c><00:33:29.220><c> copy</c><00:33:29.440><c> of</c><00:33:29.619><c> the</c><00:33:29.839><c> Bible</c><00:33:30.079><c> has</c><00:33:30.339><c> got</c><00:33:30.539><c> to</c><00:33:30.680><c> be</c><00:33:30.779><c> with</c><00:33:31.019><c> you.</c>

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:33.420
That's<00:33:32.099><c> got</c><00:33:32.180><c> to</c><00:33:32.279><c> be</c><00:33:32.359><c> the</c><00:33:32.559><c> thing</c><00:33:32.680><c> that's</c><00:33:32.920><c> in</c><00:33:33.019><c> the</c><00:33:33.140><c> centre</c><00:33:33.279><c> of</c>

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.799
your<00:33:33.599><c> life.</c>

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:35.460
But<00:33:34.119><c> he</c><00:33:34.200><c> said,</c><00:33:34.480><c> you've</c><00:33:34.839><c> not</c><00:33:35.059><c> done</c><00:33:35.259><c> that.</c>

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:37.480
You've<00:33:35.779><c> stopped</c><00:33:35.980><c> writing</c><00:33:36.259><c> out</c><00:33:36.460><c> the</c><00:33:36.619><c> Bible</c><00:33:36.819><c> for</c><00:33:37.019><c> yourself.</c>

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:40.799
And<00:33:38.059><c> you've</c><00:33:38.279><c> now</c><00:33:38.480><c> got</c><00:33:38.660><c> idolatry</c><00:33:39.299><c> taking</c><00:33:39.559><c> that</c><00:33:39.880><c> place</c><00:33:40.059><c> in</c><00:33:40.240><c> your</c><00:33:40.480><c> heart.</c>

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:44.539
As<00:33:41.500><c> much</c><00:33:41.720><c> as</c><00:33:41.920><c> this</c><00:33:42.099><c> is</c><00:33:42.339><c> with</c><00:33:42.619><c> thee,</c><00:33:43.519><c> and</c><00:33:43.680><c> you've</c><00:33:43.920><c> not</c><00:33:44.119><c> kept</c><00:33:44.220><c> my</c>

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.339
covenant<00:33:44.720><c> and</c><00:33:44.900><c> my</c><00:33:45.119><c> statutes,</c>

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:48.440
I<00:33:45.559><c> will</c><00:33:45.880><c> surely</c><00:33:46.200><c> rend</c><00:33:46.400><c> the</c><00:33:46.640><c> kingdom</c><00:33:46.940><c> from</c><00:33:47.519><c> you.</c>

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:52.099
And<00:33:51.099><c> it</c><00:33:51.200><c> didn't</c><00:33:51.359><c> take</c><00:33:51.559><c> very</c><00:33:51.859><c> long.</c>

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:55.799
By<00:33:52.299><c> verse</c><00:33:52.619><c> 14,</c><00:33:53.960><c> God</c><00:33:54.220><c> has</c><00:33:54.579><c> stirred</c><00:33:54.740><c> up</c><00:33:55.000><c> enemies</c><00:33:55.279><c> against</c><00:33:55.640><c> the</c>

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.559
kingdom<00:33:56.019><c> of</c><00:33:56.299><c> Solomon.</c>

00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:01.079
The<00:33:57.279><c> peace</c><00:33:57.519><c> was</c><00:33:57.859><c> over</c><00:33:58.180><c> because</c><00:33:58.779><c> he</c><00:33:59.359><c> had</c><00:33:59.640><c> forgotten</c><00:33:59.960><c> his</c><00:34:00.279><c> God.</c>

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:03.440
So<00:34:01.599><c> what</c><00:34:01.680><c> are</c><00:34:01.799><c> the</c><00:34:01.920><c> lessons</c><00:34:02.140><c> we</c><00:34:02.299><c> can</c><00:34:02.539><c> learn</c><00:34:02.759><c> from</c><00:34:02.960><c> that</c><00:34:03.160><c> very</c>

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:05.400
brief<00:34:03.640><c> review</c><00:34:03.900><c> of</c><00:34:04.059><c> the</c><00:34:04.200><c> life</c><00:34:04.359><c> of</c><00:34:04.619><c> Solomon?</c>

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:08.639
As<00:34:05.599><c> we</c><00:34:05.839><c> stand</c><00:34:06.099><c> 3</c><00:34:06.440><c>,000</c><00:34:06.740><c> years</c><00:34:06.960><c> later,</c><00:34:07.240><c> I</c><00:34:07.400><c> believe</c><00:34:07.559><c> there</c><00:34:07.680><c> are</c><00:34:07.859><c> six</c><00:34:08.139><c> things</c><00:34:08.460><c> we</c>

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.400
ought<00:34:08.760><c> to</c><00:34:08.980><c> mention</c>

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:12.619
that<00:34:10.099><c> we</c><00:34:10.239><c> can</c><00:34:10.440><c> learn</c><00:34:10.699><c> from</c><00:34:10.920><c> the</c><00:34:11.139><c> experience</c><00:34:11.539><c> of</c><00:34:11.800><c> Solomon.</c>

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:18.900
Number<00:34:13.300><c> one,</c><00:34:14.460><c> the</c><00:34:14.579><c> necessity</c><00:34:15.179><c> to</c><00:34:16.000><c> keep</c><00:34:16.239><c> our</c><00:34:16.599><c> hearts</c><00:34:16.980><c> with</c><00:34:17.480><c> all</c><00:34:17.820><c> diligence.</c>

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:24.519
Because<00:34:21.719><c> out</c><00:34:21.940><c> of</c><00:34:22.059><c> the</c><00:34:22.260><c> heart</c><00:34:22.420><c> are</c><00:34:22.619><c> the</c><00:34:22.780><c> issues</c><00:34:23.119><c> of</c><00:34:23.380><c> life.</c>

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.159
Proverbs<00:34:25.059><c> 4,</c><00:34:25.420><c> verse</c><00:34:25.539><c> 23.</c>

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:29.119
Out<00:34:26.460><c> of</c><00:34:26.599><c> the</c><00:34:26.820><c> heart</c><00:34:27.019><c> are</c><00:34:27.199><c> the</c><00:34:27.440><c> issues</c><00:34:27.800><c> of</c><00:34:28.119><c> life.</c>

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:32.179
Solomon<00:34:29.940><c> had</c><00:34:30.079><c> been</c><00:34:30.300><c> instructed</c><00:34:30.900><c> to</c><00:34:31.320><c> serve</c><00:34:31.559><c> God</c><00:34:31.800><c> with</c><00:34:31.960><c> a</c>

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:33.400
perfect<00:34:32.480><c> heart.</c>

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:35.260
His<00:34:33.679><c> parents</c><00:34:33.940><c> had</c><00:34:34.099><c> done</c><00:34:34.179><c> everything</c><00:34:34.420><c> they</c><00:34:34.719><c> could</c><00:34:34.900><c> to</c><00:34:35.099><c> keep</c>

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:36.880
his<00:34:35.539><c> heart</c><00:34:35.860><c> right.</c>

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:40.739
He'd<00:34:38.340><c> been</c><00:34:38.519><c> commended</c><00:34:38.840><c> because</c><00:34:39.139><c> his</c><00:34:39.420><c> heart</c><00:34:39.599><c> was</c><00:34:39.840><c> right</c><00:34:40.039><c> with</c><00:34:40.260><c> God.</c>

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:43.739
In<00:34:41.300><c> 2</c><00:34:41.619><c> Chronicles</c><00:34:42.119><c> 1,</c><00:34:42.460><c> verse</c><00:34:42.639><c> 11.</c>

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:47.739
David<00:34:44.699><c> had</c><00:34:45.059><c> prayed</c><00:34:45.539><c> very</c><00:34:46.079><c> desperately</c><00:34:46.500><c> to</c><00:34:46.739><c> God</c><00:34:46.980><c> before</c><00:34:47.239><c> he</c><00:34:47.519><c> died</c>

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:51.039
that<00:34:48.559><c> God</c><00:34:48.840><c> might</c><00:34:49.059><c> give</c><00:34:49.260><c> Solomon</c><00:34:49.699><c> a</c><00:34:50.340><c> perfect</c><00:34:50.780><c> heart.</c>

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:54.699
In<00:34:51.199><c> 1</c><00:34:51.480><c> Chronicles</c><00:34:52.019><c> 29,</c><00:34:53.159><c> verse</c><00:34:53.360><c> 19.</c>

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:57.960
He<00:34:55.820><c> was</c><00:34:56.019><c> encouraged</c><00:34:56.539><c> by</c><00:34:56.840><c> God</c><00:34:57.119><c> to</c><00:34:57.340><c> continue.</c>

00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:00.880
If<00:34:58.500><c> you</c><00:34:58.719><c> walk</c><00:34:58.960><c> before</c><00:34:59.320><c> me,</c><00:34:59.619><c> as</c><00:34:59.699><c> David</c><00:35:00.019><c> walked,</c><00:35:00.480><c> in</c><00:35:00.559><c> integrity</c>

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.679
of<00:35:01.139><c> heart,</c><00:35:01.480><c> said</c><00:35:01.539><c> God.</c>

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:07.139
And<00:35:03.920><c> God</c><00:35:04.099><c> gave</c><00:35:04.360><c> Solomon</c><00:35:04.780><c> wisdom</c><00:35:05.079><c> and</c><00:35:05.400><c> largeness</c><00:35:05.960><c> of</c><00:35:06.199><c> heart.</c>

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.579
God<00:35:07.920><c> blessed</c><00:35:08.239><c> him</c><00:35:08.440><c> because</c><00:35:09.280><c> when</c><00:35:09.639><c> he</c><00:35:09.780><c> asked</c><00:35:10.000><c> for</c><00:35:10.139><c> wisdom,</c><00:35:10.519><c> it</c>

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.800
evidenced<00:35:10.920><c> a</c><00:35:11.139><c> humble</c><00:35:11.400><c> heart.</c>

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:14.900
But,<00:35:12.480><c> and</c><00:35:12.619><c> that's</c><00:35:12.880><c> the</c><00:35:13.000><c> big</c><00:35:13.199><c> but</c><00:35:13.380><c> in</c><00:35:13.559><c> the</c><00:35:13.619><c> life</c><00:35:13.840><c> of</c><00:35:14.099><c> Solomon.</c>

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:17.679
Solomon<00:35:15.739><c> later</c><00:35:16.019><c> on</c><00:35:16.300><c> looked</c><00:35:16.460><c> back</c><00:35:16.699><c> on</c><00:35:16.820><c> his</c><00:35:16.980><c> life</c><00:35:17.179><c> and</c><00:35:17.340><c> he</c><00:35:17.500><c> saw</c>

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:20.480
where<00:35:17.840><c> he'd</c><00:35:18.000><c> gone</c><00:35:18.219><c> wrong</c><00:35:18.539><c> in</c><00:35:18.780><c> matters</c><00:35:19.079><c> of</c><00:35:19.360><c> the</c><00:35:19.579><c> heart.</c>

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:23.059
He<00:35:20.739><c> said,</c><00:35:20.920><c> I</c><00:35:21.039><c> gave</c><00:35:21.380><c> my</c><00:35:21.719><c> heart</c><00:35:21.880><c> to</c><00:35:22.159><c> seek</c><00:35:22.360><c> out</c><00:35:22.539><c> and</c><00:35:22.659><c> to</c><00:35:22.860><c> search</c>

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:25.159
out<00:35:23.340><c> wisdom</c><00:35:23.699><c> under</c><00:35:23.980><c> the</c><00:35:24.280><c> sun.</c>

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:30.920
Instead<00:35:25.880><c> of</c><00:35:26.000><c> giving</c><00:35:26.179><c> my</c><00:35:26.539><c> heart</c><00:35:26.980><c> to</c><00:35:27.179><c> the</c><00:35:27.340><c> things</c><00:35:27.500><c> of</c><00:35:27.760><c> God,</c><00:35:28.000><c> I</c><00:35:28.239><c> sought</c><00:35:28.400><c> out</c><00:35:28.820><c> worldly</c><00:35:29.179><c> wisdom,</c><00:35:29.780><c> says</c><00:35:29.840><c> Solomon,</c><00:35:30.719><c> to</c>

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:32.079
my<00:35:31.179><c> detriment.</c>

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:36.579
He<00:35:33.119><c> thought</c><00:35:33.300><c> he</c><00:35:33.420><c> could</c><00:35:33.639><c> experiment</c><00:35:34.320><c> and</c><00:35:35.239><c> not</c><00:35:35.440><c> be</c><00:35:35.699><c> affected.</c>

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:39.860
I<00:35:37.119><c> sought</c><00:35:37.280><c> in</c><00:35:37.460><c> my</c><00:35:37.739><c> heart</c><00:35:37.900><c> to</c><00:35:38.099><c> give</c><00:35:38.199><c> myself</c><00:35:38.679><c> to</c><00:35:38.980><c> wine.</c>

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:43.059
Whatever<00:35:40.519><c> mine</c><00:35:40.800><c> eyes</c><00:35:41.079><c> desired,</c><00:35:41.780><c> I</c><00:35:41.880><c> withheld</c><00:35:42.260><c> not</c><00:35:42.500><c> my</c><00:35:42.780><c> heart</c>

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:44.659
from<00:35:43.340><c> any</c><00:35:43.719><c> joy.</c>

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:47.559
And<00:35:45.800><c> Solomon</c><00:35:46.000><c> thought</c><00:35:46.179><c> he</c><00:35:46.280><c> could</c><00:35:46.500><c> try</c><00:35:46.719><c> all</c><00:35:46.860><c> these</c><00:35:46.980><c> other</c><00:35:47.199><c> things</c><00:35:47.460><c> and</c>

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:49.079
it<00:35:47.639><c> would</c><00:35:47.920><c> not</c><00:35:48.119><c> affect</c><00:35:48.400><c> his</c><00:35:48.739><c> heart.</c>

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:51.079
And<00:35:49.340><c> he</c><00:35:49.500><c> hadn't</c><00:35:49.800><c> listened</c><00:35:50.019><c> to</c><00:35:50.139><c> what</c><00:35:50.239><c> his</c><00:35:50.440><c> parents</c><00:35:50.699><c> had</c><00:35:50.960><c> said.</c>

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:55.039
He'd<00:35:51.639><c> ignored</c><00:35:51.860><c> what</c><00:35:52.079><c> God</c><00:35:52.260><c> had</c><00:35:52.480><c> said</c><00:35:52.579><c> about</c><00:35:52.860><c> the</c><00:35:53.139><c> need</c><00:35:53.320><c> to</c><00:35:53.619><c> guard</c><00:35:53.800><c> our</c><00:35:54.059><c> hearts.</c>

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:59.300
Brethren<00:35:57.239><c> and</c><00:35:57.440><c> sisters,</c><00:35:57.780><c> and</c><00:35:57.940><c> particularly</c><00:35:58.340><c> our</c><00:35:58.639><c> young</c><00:35:58.860><c> people,</c><00:35:59.139><c> we</c>

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.900
say<00:35:59.559><c> this.</c>

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:04.880
Do<00:36:00.579><c> not</c><00:36:01.239><c> fool</c><00:36:01.619><c> yourself</c><00:36:02.360><c> that</c><00:36:03.539><c> you</c><00:36:03.699><c> can</c><00:36:03.940><c> indulge</c><00:36:04.380><c> the</c><00:36:04.659><c> flesh</c>

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:06.519
and<00:36:05.219><c> not</c><00:36:05.440><c> be</c><00:36:05.679><c> affected.</c>

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:09.099
Do<00:36:07.380><c> not</c><00:36:07.739><c> experiment</c><00:36:08.199><c> with</c><00:36:08.420><c> temptation.</c>

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:14.320
The<00:36:09.800><c> flesh</c><00:36:10.059><c> is</c><00:36:10.400><c> deceitful</c><00:36:10.920><c> above</c><00:36:11.219><c> all</c><00:36:11.659><c> things</c><00:36:12.179><c> and</c><00:36:12.719><c> desperately</c><00:36:13.280><c> sick.</c>

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:18.960
And<00:36:16.659><c> our</c><00:36:16.840><c> hearts</c><00:36:17.099><c> and</c><00:36:17.260><c> our</c><00:36:17.579><c> consciences</c><00:36:17.820><c> are</c><00:36:18.139><c> very,</c><00:36:18.519><c> very</c>

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.679
fragile<00:36:19.380><c> things.</c>

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:23.139
They<00:36:19.900><c> must</c><00:36:20.139><c> be</c><00:36:20.460><c> carefully</c><00:36:20.920><c> guarded,</c><00:36:22.099><c> constantly</c><00:36:22.539><c> washed</c><00:36:22.920><c> by</c>

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.980
the<00:36:23.360><c> water</c><00:36:23.539><c> of</c><00:36:23.780><c> the</c><00:36:23.940><c> word.</c>

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:30.920
Keep<00:36:29.039><c> thy</c><00:36:29.300><c> heart</c><00:36:29.559><c> with</c><00:36:29.719><c> all</c><00:36:29.900><c> diligence</c><00:36:30.239><c> for</c><00:36:30.460><c> out</c><00:36:30.559><c> of</c><00:36:30.679><c> it</c><00:36:30.800><c> are</c>

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:32.440
the<00:36:31.099><c> issues</c><00:36:31.300><c> of</c><00:36:31.539><c> life.</c>

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:34.880
The<00:36:33.360><c> second</c><00:36:33.659><c> thing</c><00:36:33.860><c> we</c><00:36:34.059><c> learn</c><00:36:34.239><c> is</c><00:36:34.480><c> this.</c>

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:37.619
Never<00:36:35.300><c> be</c><00:36:35.559><c> too</c><00:36:35.880><c> confident</c><00:36:36.440><c> in</c><00:36:36.920><c> your</c><00:36:37.219><c> standing.</c>

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:42.380
Nehemiah<00:36:38.460><c> said,</c><00:36:39.300><c> Solomon,</c><00:36:40.019><c> him,</c><00:36:40.400><c> even</c><00:36:40.760><c> him,</c><00:36:41.699><c> did</c><00:36:41.860><c> outlandish</c>

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.920
women<00:36:42.679><c> cause</c><00:36:42.940><c> to</c><00:36:43.199><c> sin.</c>

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:46.579
Do<00:36:44.480><c> not</c><00:36:44.820><c> assume</c><00:36:45.099><c> ever</c><00:36:45.380><c> that</c><00:36:45.559><c> the</c><00:36:45.699><c> lessons</c><00:36:45.960><c> you</c><00:36:46.139><c> are</c><00:36:46.360><c> hearing</c>

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:48.179
are<00:36:46.820><c> for</c><00:36:46.960><c> other</c><00:36:47.239><c> people.</c>

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:51.460
You<00:36:49.440><c> know,</c><00:36:49.500><c> I</c><00:36:49.539><c> had</c><00:36:49.659><c> a</c><00:36:49.820><c> grandmother</c><00:36:50.119><c> who</c><00:36:50.320><c> was</c><00:36:50.659><c> an</c><00:36:50.820><c> interesting</c><00:36:51.139><c> character.</c>

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:54.519
And<00:36:51.619><c> she</c><00:36:51.659><c> used</c><00:36:51.800><c> to</c><00:36:51.860><c> come</c><00:36:51.980><c> out</c><00:36:52.139><c> of</c><00:36:52.239><c> the</c><00:36:52.320><c> Sunday</c><00:36:52.559><c> morning</c><00:36:52.820><c> exhortations</c><00:36:53.559><c> and</c><00:36:53.800><c> say,</c>

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:58.099
that<00:36:54.860><c> was</c><00:36:55.079><c> a</c><00:36:55.340><c> marvellous</c><00:36:55.739><c> exhortation.</c><00:36:56.380><c> I</c><00:36:56.440><c> hope</c><00:36:56.559><c> Brother</c><00:36:56.860><c> Smith</c><00:36:57.079><c> was</c><00:36:57.300><c> listening.</c>

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:59.880
He<00:36:58.460><c> needs</c><00:36:58.719><c> it.</c>

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:03.280
Never<00:37:01.219><c> assume</c><00:37:01.599><c> that</c><00:37:01.900><c> the</c><00:37:02.159><c> exhortations</c><00:37:02.760><c> and</c><00:37:02.920><c> the</c><00:37:03.079><c> lessons</c>

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:05.260
are<00:37:03.539><c> for</c><00:37:03.699><c> somebody</c><00:37:04.159><c> else,</c>

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:08.159
or<00:37:05.860><c> that</c><00:37:05.980><c> you're</c><00:37:06.239><c> too</c><00:37:06.380><c> advanced</c><00:37:06.820><c> or</c><00:37:07.079><c> too</c><00:37:07.280><c> mature</c><00:37:07.659><c> to</c><00:37:07.840><c> have</c><00:37:08.019><c> to</c>

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.820
listen<00:37:08.300><c> to</c><00:37:08.460><c> these</c><00:37:08.719><c> things.</c>

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:13.260
One<00:37:10.440><c> of</c><00:37:10.539><c> the</c><00:37:10.780><c> greatest</c><00:37:11.079><c> barriers</c><00:37:11.559><c> to</c><00:37:11.840><c> us</c><00:37:12.340><c> seeing</c><00:37:12.599><c> ourselves</c>

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:18.239
is<00:37:15.400><c> the</c><00:37:15.639><c> superiority</c><00:37:16.699><c> of</c><00:37:17.119><c> mind,</c>

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:21.119
thinking<00:37:18.760><c> that</c><00:37:18.920><c> we</c><00:37:19.039><c> are</c><00:37:19.199><c> above</c><00:37:19.659><c> these</c><00:37:20.059><c> simple</c><00:37:20.360><c> lessons,</c><00:37:20.960><c> that</c>

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:23.599
we<00:37:21.280><c> are</c><00:37:21.840><c> more</c><00:37:22.039><c> mature</c><00:37:22.480><c> people.</c>

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:27.840
Solomon,<00:37:24.400><c> for</c><00:37:24.739><c> all</c><00:37:25.039><c> his</c><00:37:25.300><c> wisdom,</c><00:37:25.599><c> both</c><00:37:25.940><c> natural</c><00:37:26.300><c> and</c><00:37:26.739><c> spiritual</c><00:37:27.059><c> that</c><00:37:27.219><c> he</c><00:37:27.440><c> had,</c>

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:31.320
made<00:37:28.780><c> some</c><00:37:29.039><c> most</c><00:37:29.440><c> fundamental</c><00:37:29.980><c> mistakes.</c>

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:34.860
He<00:37:31.920><c> multiplied</c><00:37:32.440><c> wives.</c><00:37:33.059><c> He</c><00:37:33.119><c> married</c><00:37:33.340><c> unconverted</c><00:37:33.980><c> women.</c>

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:37.179
He<00:37:35.179><c> sought</c><00:37:35.360><c> out</c><00:37:35.619><c> human</c><00:37:35.820><c> wisdom.</c><00:37:36.320><c> He</c><00:37:36.340><c> multiplied</c><00:37:36.920><c> wealth.</c>

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:42.039
You<00:37:37.300><c> know,</c><00:37:37.420><c> every</c><00:37:37.679><c> year</c><00:37:37.860><c> they</c><00:37:38.059><c> brought</c><00:37:38.219><c> in</c><00:37:38.440><c> by</c><00:37:38.500><c> way</c><00:37:38.780><c> of</c><00:37:39.000><c> tribute</c><00:37:39.480><c> 666,</c>

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.420
significant<00:37:42.880><c> number,</c>

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:47.079
talents<00:37:43.940><c> of</c><00:37:44.239><c> gold</c><00:37:44.500><c> came</c><00:37:44.760><c> into</c><00:37:44.940><c> that</c><00:37:45.179><c> land</c><00:37:45.380><c> from</c><00:37:45.559><c> the</c><00:37:45.699><c> Gentile</c><00:37:46.119><c> nations.</c>

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:49.980
He<00:37:47.780><c> should</c><00:37:47.960><c> have</c><00:37:48.099><c> used</c><00:37:48.320><c> it</c><00:37:48.500><c> to</c><00:37:48.639><c> keep</c><00:37:48.780><c> on</c><00:37:49.079><c> magnifying</c><00:37:49.539><c> God</c><00:37:49.820><c> in</c>

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:52.780
the<00:37:50.179><c> sight</c><00:37:50.260><c> of</c><00:37:50.420><c> the</c><00:37:50.559><c> nations,</c><00:37:51.360><c> as</c><00:37:51.599><c> Christ</c><00:37:51.960><c> will.</c>

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:54.900
Instead<00:37:53.380><c> he</c><00:37:53.579><c> spent</c><00:37:53.760><c> it</c><00:37:53.900><c> on</c><00:37:53.960><c> his</c><00:37:54.159><c> own</c><00:37:54.460><c> pleasures,</c>

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:58.380
building<00:37:55.880><c> incredible</c><00:37:56.420><c> gardens</c><00:37:56.900><c> and</c><00:37:57.619><c> chariots</c><00:37:58.019><c> and</c><00:37:58.179><c> things</c>

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.980
like<00:37:58.659><c> that.</c>

00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:01.980
He<00:37:59.460><c> developed</c><00:37:59.780><c> a</c><00:38:00.019><c> trust</c><00:38:00.199><c> in</c><00:38:00.500><c> chariots</c><00:38:00.860><c> and</c><00:38:01.079><c> horses.</c>

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:04.280
He<00:38:02.280><c> actually</c><00:38:02.539><c> began</c><00:38:02.800><c> to</c><00:38:03.019><c> become</c><00:38:03.179><c> a</c><00:38:03.480><c> trader</c><00:38:03.659><c> in</c><00:38:03.980><c> chariots.</c>

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:06.480
He<00:38:04.460><c> brought</c><00:38:04.619><c> them</c><00:38:04.780><c> in</c><00:38:04.940><c> from</c><00:38:05.079><c> Egypt</c><00:38:05.440><c> and</c><00:38:05.900><c> then</c><00:38:06.039><c> he</c><00:38:06.260><c> sold</c><00:38:06.340><c> them</c>

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.500
to<00:38:06.599><c> the</c><00:38:06.699><c> surrounding</c><00:38:07.099><c> nations.</c>

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:10.219
So<00:38:07.679><c> he</c><00:38:07.780><c> became</c><00:38:07.980><c> a</c><00:38:08.219><c> great</c><00:38:08.480><c> dealer</c><00:38:08.739><c> in</c><00:38:09.039><c> chariots.</c>

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:16.179
And<00:38:10.619><c> do</c><00:38:10.739><c> you</c><00:38:10.739><c> know,</c><00:38:11.019><c> brethren</c><00:38:11.099><c> and</c><00:38:11.340><c> sisters,</c><00:38:13.519><c> within</c><00:38:13.780><c> 30</c><00:38:14.179><c> years</c><00:38:14.940><c> the</c>

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:17.280
surrounding<00:38:16.639><c> nations</c>

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:20.059
were<00:38:17.760><c> rattling</c><00:38:18.019><c> those</c><00:38:18.380><c> chariots</c><00:38:18.760><c> through</c><00:38:18.960><c> the</c><00:38:19.219><c> streets</c><00:38:19.380><c> of</c><00:38:19.559><c> Israel,</c>

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:22.739
wiping<00:38:20.739><c> out</c><00:38:21.039><c> the</c><00:38:21.219><c> descendants</c><00:38:21.539><c> of</c><00:38:21.800><c> Solomon.</c>

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:27.820
You<00:38:25.880><c> can't</c><00:38:26.219><c> fool</c><00:38:26.420><c> around</c><00:38:26.659><c> with</c><00:38:26.800><c> the</c><00:38:26.980><c> world</c><00:38:27.119><c> and</c><00:38:27.219><c> get</c><00:38:27.400><c> away</c><00:38:27.579><c> with</c><00:38:27.719><c> it.</c>

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:30.699
God<00:38:28.059><c> said,</c><00:38:28.719><c> you</c><00:38:28.719><c> do</c><00:38:29.099><c> not</c><00:38:29.260><c> multiply</c><00:38:29.739><c> horses</c><00:38:30.039><c> and</c><00:38:30.320><c> chariots.</c>

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:34.480
Those<00:38:31.179><c> same</c><00:38:31.579><c> chariots</c><00:38:32.019><c> came</c><00:38:32.300><c> back</c><00:38:32.599><c> to</c><00:38:32.960><c> destroy</c><00:38:33.219><c> his</c><00:38:33.539><c> grandchildren.</c>

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:37.500
He<00:38:35.800><c> failed</c><00:38:36.059><c> to</c><00:38:36.260><c> keep</c><00:38:36.400><c> humble.</c>

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:40.400
You<00:38:37.699><c> know,</c><00:38:38.079><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:38:38.460><c> 4</c><00:38:38.739><c> verse</c><00:38:39.000><c> 13,</c><00:38:39.440><c> it's</c><00:38:39.639><c> written</c><00:38:39.780><c> at</c><00:38:39.920><c> the</c><00:38:40.019><c> end</c><00:38:40.199><c> of</c>

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:41.320
Solomon's<00:38:40.840><c> life,</c>

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:44.699
is<00:38:41.820><c> perhaps</c><00:38:42.139><c> a</c><00:38:42.420><c> commentary</c><00:38:42.719><c> on</c><00:38:42.900><c> himself.</c><00:38:43.340><c> It</c><00:38:43.500><c> says</c><00:38:43.699><c> this,</c>

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:48.840
Better<00:38:45.880><c> is</c><00:38:46.179><c> a</c><00:38:46.440><c> poor</c><00:38:46.820><c> and</c><00:38:47.219><c> wise</c><00:38:47.699><c> child</c>

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:53.639
than<00:38:49.579><c> an</c><00:38:49.780><c> old</c><00:38:50.099><c> and</c><00:38:50.400><c> foolish</c><00:38:50.699><c> king</c><00:38:51.079><c> who</c><00:38:51.239><c> will</c><00:38:51.440><c> no</c><00:38:51.659><c> more</c><00:38:51.800><c> be</c><00:38:52.079><c> admonished.</c>

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:56.539
And<00:38:54.039><c> I</c><00:38:54.159><c> believe</c><00:38:54.340><c> that's</c><00:38:54.679><c> a</c><00:38:54.760><c> reflection</c><00:38:55.179><c> upon</c><00:38:55.539><c> Solomon</c><00:38:55.900><c> himself,</c>

00:38:56.920 --> 00:39:00.820
an<00:38:57.199><c> old</c><00:38:57.460><c> and</c><00:38:57.699><c> foolish</c><00:38:57.980><c> king</c><00:38:58.280><c> who</c><00:38:58.420><c> will</c><00:38:58.599><c> no</c><00:38:58.760><c> more</c><00:38:58.860><c> be</c><00:38:59.079><c> admonished.</c>

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:03.139
And<00:39:00.900><c> he</c><00:39:01.119><c> tried</c><00:39:01.300><c> to</c><00:39:01.500><c> do</c><00:39:01.579><c> what</c><00:39:01.820><c> so</c><00:39:02.059><c> many</c><00:39:02.219><c> Christadelphians</c><00:39:02.900><c> have</c>

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:04.579
tried<00:39:03.380><c> to</c><00:39:03.559><c> do</c><00:39:03.679><c> ever</c><00:39:03.940><c> since,</c>

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:07.159
and<00:39:05.159><c> that</c><00:39:05.239><c> is</c><00:39:05.420><c> to</c><00:39:05.619><c> serve</c><00:39:05.800><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:06.199><c> and</c><00:39:06.340><c> other</c><00:39:06.539><c> gods</c><00:39:06.800><c> at</c><00:39:06.960><c> the</c>

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.639
same<00:39:07.420><c> time.</c>

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:10.079
You<00:39:07.880><c> just</c><00:39:08.199><c> can't</c><00:39:08.480><c> do</c><00:39:08.659><c> it,</c><00:39:08.860><c> brethren</c><00:39:08.980><c> and</c><00:39:09.199><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:12.260
God<00:39:10.539><c> will</c><00:39:10.760><c> not</c><00:39:11.000><c> tolerate</c><00:39:11.360><c> it.</c>

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:17.519
The<00:39:13.719><c> third</c><00:39:13.960><c> lesson</c><00:39:14.199><c> we</c><00:39:14.360><c> learn</c><00:39:14.480><c> from</c><00:39:14.699><c> Solomon</c><00:39:15.019><c> is</c><00:39:15.179><c> don't</c><00:39:15.500><c> pursue</c><00:39:15.820><c> after</c><00:39:16.159><c> prosperity.</c>

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:20.559
The<00:39:17.760><c> eye</c><00:39:17.940><c> is</c><00:39:18.039><c> not</c><00:39:18.300><c> satisfied</c><00:39:18.800><c> with</c><00:39:19.099><c> seeing,</c><00:39:20.000><c> nor</c><00:39:20.159><c> the</c><00:39:20.380><c> heart</c>

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.559
with<00:39:20.840><c> having.</c>

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.559
We<00:39:22.099><c> can</c><00:39:22.340><c> never</c><00:39:22.559><c> satisfy</c><00:39:23.019><c> our</c><00:39:23.300><c> wants.</c>

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:26.820
You<00:39:23.820><c> know,</c><00:39:24.039><c> Solomon</c><00:39:24.239><c> had</c><00:39:24.400><c> the</c><00:39:24.579><c> means</c><00:39:24.780><c> to</c><00:39:25.039><c> buy</c><00:39:25.280><c> or</c><00:39:25.539><c> try</c><00:39:25.760><c> everything</c><00:39:26.260><c> that</c>

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.739
the<00:39:27.039><c> heart</c><00:39:27.199><c> could</c><00:39:27.440><c> desire,</c>

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:29.119
and<00:39:27.860><c> he</c><00:39:27.980><c> did</c><00:39:28.219><c> so.</c>

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:31.360
Whatever<00:39:29.380><c> my</c><00:39:29.739><c> heart</c><00:39:29.940><c> desired,</c><00:39:30.400><c> I</c><00:39:30.599><c> got</c><00:39:30.800><c> it,</c><00:39:30.920><c> he</c><00:39:31.079><c> says.</c>

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:34.420
Every<00:39:32.119><c> whim,</c><00:39:32.480><c> every</c><00:39:32.760><c> gadget,</c><00:39:33.380><c> every</c><00:39:33.659><c> building</c><00:39:34.019><c> project</c><00:39:34.300><c> you</c>

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.960
could<00:39:34.599><c> think</c><00:39:34.800><c> of,</c>

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:37.619
every<00:39:35.500><c> garden</c><00:39:35.820><c> you</c><00:39:35.960><c> could</c><00:39:36.139><c> design,</c><00:39:36.880><c> every</c><00:39:37.159><c> pleasure</c><00:39:37.480><c> you</c>

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.400
could<00:39:37.820><c> seek</c><00:39:38.099><c> after,</c>

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.940
every<00:39:39.000><c> food</c><00:39:39.239><c> you</c><00:39:39.340><c> could</c><00:39:39.599><c> taste,</c>

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:42.059
every<00:39:40.519><c> bit</c><00:39:40.679><c> of</c><00:39:40.800><c> human</c><00:39:41.000><c> wisdom</c><00:39:41.300><c> you</c><00:39:41.440><c> could</c><00:39:41.699><c> collect,</c>

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:44.579
every<00:39:42.559><c> bit</c><00:39:42.800><c> of</c><00:39:42.860><c> culture,</c><00:39:43.519><c> arts,</c><00:39:43.900><c> musical</c><00:39:44.239><c> talent,</c>

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:49.739
the<00:39:45.099><c> rarities,</c><00:39:45.780><c> peacocks,</c><00:39:46.699><c> monkeys,</c><00:39:47.039><c> whatever</c><00:39:47.260><c> it</c><00:39:47.519><c> was,</c><00:39:47.860><c> Solomon</c><00:39:48.059><c> had</c><00:39:48.320><c> them.</c>

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:57.059
He<00:39:51.280><c> set</c><00:39:51.460><c> up</c><00:39:51.679><c> grand</c><00:39:52.000><c> schemes,</c><00:39:53.360><c> importing</c><00:39:53.699><c> chariots,</c><00:39:54.579><c> mining,</c><00:39:55.199><c> smelting,</c>

00:39:57.699 --> 00:40:01.239
ships,<00:39:58.360><c> trade,</c><00:39:58.760><c> all</c><00:39:58.960><c> kinds</c><00:39:59.239><c> of</c><00:39:59.380><c> things</c><00:39:59.519><c> were</c><00:39:59.679><c> done</c><00:39:59.760><c> in</c><00:39:59.920><c> the</c><00:39:59.980><c> reign</c><00:40:00.159><c> of</c><00:40:00.380><c> Solomon.</c>

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:04.079
And<00:40:02.920><c> the</c><00:40:03.059><c> conclusion?</c>

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:08.320
It's<00:40:06.019><c> all</c><00:40:06.179><c> vanity</c><00:40:06.480><c> and</c><00:40:06.679><c> vexation</c><00:40:07.179><c> of</c><00:40:07.460><c> spirits.</c>

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:11.679
As<00:40:09.099><c> goods</c><00:40:09.280><c> increase,</c><00:40:09.960><c> they</c><00:40:09.980><c> are</c><00:40:10.139><c> increased</c><00:40:10.460><c> that</c><00:40:10.639><c> eat</c><00:40:10.800><c> them.</c>

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:14.739
You<00:40:11.800><c> just</c><00:40:12.099><c> read</c><00:40:12.559><c> the</c><00:40:12.880><c> number</c><00:40:13.119><c> of</c><00:40:13.239><c> people</c><00:40:13.519><c> that</c><00:40:13.739><c> sat</c><00:40:13.840><c> at</c><00:40:14.039><c> Solomon's</c><00:40:14.440><c> table</c>

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:16.559
and<00:40:14.880><c> how</c><00:40:15.019><c> much</c><00:40:15.219><c> they</c><00:40:15.420><c> ate</c><00:40:15.539><c> every</c><00:40:15.840><c> day,</c><00:40:16.059><c> and</c><00:40:16.159><c> you</c><00:40:16.199><c> can</c><00:40:16.340><c> see</c><00:40:16.400><c> what</c>

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:18.699
he<00:40:16.800><c> meant</c><00:40:16.960><c> by</c><00:40:17.260><c> that.</c>

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:23.460
And<00:40:19.579><c> brethren</c><00:40:19.739><c> and</c><00:40:19.980><c> sisters,</c><00:40:22.260><c> none</c><00:40:22.460><c> of</c><00:40:22.639><c> us</c><00:40:22.760><c> will</c><00:40:22.960><c> ever</c><00:40:23.219><c> have</c>

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.239
the<00:40:23.639><c> opportunities</c>

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:28.960
in<00:40:24.480><c> this</c><00:40:24.719><c> life</c><00:40:24.960><c> like</c><00:40:25.179><c> Solomon</c><00:40:25.559><c> did</c><00:40:26.039><c> to</c><00:40:27.260><c> try</c><00:40:27.500><c> and</c><00:40:27.739><c> find</c><00:40:27.900><c> happiness.</c>

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:32.119
Why<00:40:30.820><c> do</c><00:40:30.940><c> we</c><00:40:31.059><c> keep</c><00:40:31.280><c> trying?</c>

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:35.400
Why<00:40:33.039><c> don't</c><00:40:33.239><c> we</c><00:40:33.400><c> believe</c><00:40:33.719><c> what</c><00:40:33.940><c> Solomon</c><00:40:34.280><c> says</c><00:40:34.519><c> to</c><00:40:34.760><c> us,</c><00:40:34.900><c> that</c><00:40:35.019><c> it's</c><00:40:35.300><c> a</c>

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:36.099
waste<00:40:35.639><c> of</c><00:40:35.920><c> time,</c>

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:38.000
it's<00:40:36.360><c> vanity</c><00:40:36.719><c> and</c><00:40:37.059><c> emptiness?</c>

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:41.199
Why<00:40:39.000><c> do</c><00:40:39.139><c> we</c><00:40:39.239><c> keep</c><00:40:39.519><c> trying</c><00:40:39.920><c> to</c><00:40:40.139><c> be</c><00:40:40.239><c> like</c><00:40:40.460><c> the</c><00:40:40.639><c> nations</c><00:40:40.920><c> round</c>

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.880
about<00:40:41.460><c> us,</c>

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:44.619
like<00:40:42.199><c> the</c><00:40:42.420><c> people</c><00:40:42.619><c> that</c><00:40:42.780><c> live</c><00:40:42.860><c> in</c><00:40:42.980><c> our</c><00:40:43.199><c> street,</c><00:40:44.119><c> and</c><00:40:44.239><c> have</c><00:40:44.420><c> all</c>

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:46.539
the<00:40:44.760><c> good</c><00:40:44.960><c> things</c><00:40:45.199><c> of</c><00:40:45.360><c> this</c><00:40:45.599><c> life?</c>

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:51.039
Solomon<00:40:49.000><c> teaches</c><00:40:49.300><c> us</c><00:40:49.559><c> one</c><00:40:49.840><c> thing,</c><00:40:50.059><c> he's</c><00:40:50.260><c> teaching</c><00:40:50.559><c> us</c><00:40:50.860><c> that</c>

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:53.019
nothing<00:40:51.280><c> in</c><00:40:51.460><c> this</c><00:40:51.659><c> life</c><00:40:51.880><c> is</c><00:40:52.059><c> of</c><00:40:52.239><c> lasting</c><00:40:52.579><c> value.</c>

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.940
Nothing<00:40:53.699><c> brings</c><00:40:54.019><c> real</c><00:40:54.300><c> satisfaction.</c>

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:56.960
Ignore<00:40:55.599><c> what</c><00:40:55.739><c> they</c><00:40:56.000><c> tell</c><00:40:56.099><c> you</c><00:40:56.239><c> in</c><00:40:56.320><c> the</c><00:40:56.500><c> advertisements,</c>

00:40:57.320 --> 00:41:00.940
that<00:40:57.480><c> once</c><00:40:57.739><c> you</c><00:40:57.900><c> buy</c><00:40:58.079><c> this</c><00:40:58.380><c> gadget</c><00:40:58.619><c> or</c><00:40:58.800><c> this</c><00:40:59.000><c> widget</c><00:40:59.300><c> that</c><00:40:59.760><c> will</c><00:40:59.920><c> clean</c><00:41:00.099><c> your</c><00:41:00.280><c> windows</c><00:41:00.619><c> 20</c>

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.300
feet<00:41:01.139><c> up,</c>

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:03.000
you'll<00:41:01.460><c> be</c><00:41:01.579><c> the</c><00:41:01.699><c> happiest</c><00:41:02.059><c> person</c><00:41:02.420><c> in</c><00:41:02.559><c> the</c><00:41:02.739><c> world.</c>

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:06.780
All<00:41:04.039><c> problems</c><00:41:04.559><c> of</c><00:41:04.860><c> life</c><00:41:05.099><c> can</c><00:41:05.260><c> be</c><00:41:05.480><c> solved</c><00:41:05.679><c> by</c><00:41:05.940><c> having</c><00:41:06.320><c> things,</c>

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.940
they<00:41:07.000><c> tell</c><00:41:07.199><c> us.</c>

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:10.079
And<00:41:08.320><c> Solomon's</c><00:41:08.760><c> saying</c><00:41:08.900><c> that</c><00:41:09.159><c> things</c><00:41:09.420><c> are</c><00:41:09.639><c> nothing</c><00:41:09.800><c> more</c>

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:12.019
than<00:41:10.340><c> chains</c><00:41:10.679><c> around</c><00:41:10.980><c> your</c><00:41:11.179><c> ankles.</c>

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:18.760
Let's<00:41:15.239><c> lead</c><00:41:15.420><c> a</c><00:41:15.679><c> quiet</c><00:41:16.000><c> and</c><00:41:16.380><c> simple</c><00:41:16.619><c> life</c><00:41:16.980><c> and</c><00:41:17.139><c> be</c><00:41:17.360><c> content</c><00:41:17.679><c> with</c><00:41:17.900><c> such</c><00:41:18.099><c> things</c><00:41:18.500><c> as</c>

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:20.179
we<00:41:19.079><c> have.</c>

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:24.019
Godliness<00:41:21.079><c> with</c><00:41:21.480><c> contentment</c><00:41:21.980><c> is</c><00:41:22.440><c> great</c><00:41:23.019><c> gain.</c>

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:29.019
The<00:41:25.940><c> fourth</c><00:41:26.119><c> thing</c><00:41:26.300><c> we</c><00:41:26.460><c> learn</c><00:41:26.579><c> from</c><00:41:26.800><c> Solomon</c><00:41:27.260><c> is</c><00:41:28.460><c> that</c><00:41:28.719><c> past</c>

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:31.340
success<00:41:29.559><c> is</c><00:41:29.739><c> of</c><00:41:29.900><c> no</c><00:41:30.219><c> consequence</c><00:41:30.739><c> with</c><00:41:31.000><c> God.</c>

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:35.579
What<00:41:32.239><c> matters</c><00:41:32.639><c> is</c><00:41:32.780><c> how</c><00:41:33.000><c> God</c><00:41:33.280><c> finds</c><00:41:33.699><c> us</c><00:41:34.039><c> in</c><00:41:34.239><c> the</c><00:41:34.440><c> end.</c>

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:38.699
He<00:41:37.019><c> won't</c><00:41:37.159><c> be</c><00:41:37.300><c> any</c><00:41:37.440><c> good</c><00:41:37.539><c> at</c><00:41:37.659><c> the</c><00:41:37.860><c> judgment</c><00:41:38.059><c> seat</c><00:41:38.219><c> of</c><00:41:38.400><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:39.380
saying<00:41:38.960><c> to</c><00:41:39.139><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:41.840
well<00:41:39.539><c> look</c><00:41:39.679><c> 20</c><00:41:39.840><c> years</c><00:41:40.079><c> ago</c><00:41:40.300><c> Christ</c><00:41:40.579><c> I</c><00:41:40.699><c> was</c><00:41:40.820><c> very</c><00:41:41.039><c> active</c><00:41:41.219><c> in</c><00:41:41.360><c> the</c><00:41:41.539><c> truth,</c><00:41:41.719><c> I</c>

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:43.800
was<00:41:42.059><c> doing</c><00:41:42.179><c> all</c><00:41:42.420><c> kinds</c><00:41:42.639><c> of</c><00:41:42.820><c> things.</c>

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:47.519
There<00:41:45.559><c> won't</c><00:41:45.699><c> be</c><00:41:45.820><c> any</c><00:41:45.980><c> difference</c><00:41:46.179><c> between</c><00:41:46.380><c> us</c><00:41:46.559><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:50.340
If<00:41:48.119><c> we</c><00:41:48.300><c> have</c><00:41:48.400><c> become</c><00:41:48.679><c> hardened,</c><00:41:49.099><c> if</c><00:41:49.179><c> we've</c><00:41:49.380><c> lost</c><00:41:49.539><c> our</c><00:41:49.880><c> sensitivity,</c>

00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:54.099
if<00:41:50.820><c> we've</c><00:41:51.139><c> fallen</c><00:41:51.320><c> away</c><00:41:51.780><c> from</c><00:41:51.940><c> the</c><00:41:52.159><c> things</c><00:41:52.320><c> we</c><00:41:52.519><c> once</c><00:41:52.780><c> believed,</c>

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:57.119
as<00:41:54.719><c> it</c><00:41:54.880><c> says</c><00:41:55.000><c> in</c><00:41:55.159><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:41:55.619><c> all</c><00:41:55.800><c> our</c><00:41:56.059><c> past</c><00:41:56.280><c> goodness</c><00:41:56.639><c> will</c><00:41:56.880><c> be</c>

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:58.679
remembered<00:41:57.420><c> no</c><00:41:57.739><c> more.</c>

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:06.239
Let<00:42:00.519><c> us</c><00:42:00.800><c> be</c><00:42:01.739><c> patient</c><00:42:02.119><c> and</c><00:42:02.619><c> continue</c><00:42:02.980><c> in</c><00:42:03.300><c> well</c><00:42:03.519><c> doing</c><00:42:03.920><c> until</c><00:42:04.760><c> he</c><00:42:04.920><c> comes.</c>

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:11.559
Number<00:42:08.239><c> five</c><00:42:08.480><c> we</c><00:42:08.639><c> learn</c><00:42:08.719><c> from</c><00:42:08.940><c> Solomon</c><00:42:09.239><c> is</c><00:42:09.440><c> what</c><00:42:09.619><c> we</c><00:42:09.860><c> do</c><00:42:10.559><c> has</c>

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:13.780
an<00:42:11.800><c> impact</c><00:42:12.059><c> upon</c><00:42:12.280><c> other</c><00:42:12.539><c> people.</c>

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:18.039
It's<00:42:14.820><c> a</c><00:42:14.940><c> dreadful</c><00:42:15.260><c> thing</c><00:42:15.480><c> that</c><00:42:15.639><c> we</c><00:42:15.820><c> should</c><00:42:16.500><c> despise</c><00:42:17.460><c> the</c><00:42:17.659><c> grace</c><00:42:17.820><c> of</c>

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:20.360
God<00:42:18.280><c> and</c><00:42:18.659><c> lose</c><00:42:18.900><c> our</c><00:42:19.139><c> own</c><00:42:19.320><c> salvation.</c>

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:24.860
But<00:42:22.280><c> I</c><00:42:22.360><c> want</c><00:42:22.460><c> you</c><00:42:22.579><c> to</c><00:42:22.800><c> think</c><00:42:22.940><c> of</c><00:42:23.079><c> the</c><00:42:23.320><c> devastating</c><00:42:23.719><c> impact</c><00:42:24.099><c> that</c><00:42:24.340><c> Solomon</c><00:42:24.579><c> had</c>

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:27.119
upon<00:42:25.139><c> Israel</c><00:42:25.559><c> from</c><00:42:25.800><c> that</c><00:42:26.019><c> day</c><00:42:26.260><c> forward.</c>

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:31.820
His<00:42:28.320><c> personal</c><00:42:28.800><c> failure</c><00:42:29.519><c> was</c><00:42:31.179><c> to</c><00:42:31.380><c> lead</c><00:42:31.579><c> millions,</c>

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:38.780
and<00:42:32.420><c> I</c><00:42:32.619><c> mean</c><00:42:33.019><c> millions</c><00:42:33.719><c> of</c><00:42:34.179><c> other</c><00:42:35.000><c> Israelites</c><00:42:35.619><c> to</c><00:42:36.860><c> death,</c><00:42:37.460><c> to</c><00:42:37.599><c> oblivion.</c>

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:41.519
You<00:42:39.559><c> think</c><00:42:39.719><c> of</c><00:42:39.880><c> what</c><00:42:40.059><c> idolatry</c><00:42:40.460><c> did</c><00:42:40.579><c> to</c><00:42:40.719><c> that</c><00:42:40.940><c> nation</c><00:42:41.239><c> for</c><00:42:41.460><c> the</c>

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:43.440
next<00:42:41.880><c> 300</c><00:42:42.260><c> years.</c>

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:46.139
And<00:42:43.880><c> how</c><00:42:44.019><c> many</c><00:42:44.179><c> people</c><00:42:44.500><c> will</c><00:42:44.679><c> not</c><00:42:44.920><c> be</c><00:42:45.039><c> in</c><00:42:45.139><c> the</c><00:42:45.280><c> kingdom</c><00:42:45.460><c> of</c><00:42:45.719><c> God</c>

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:48.239
because<00:42:46.920><c> they</c><00:42:47.179><c> took</c><00:42:47.340><c> Solomon's</c><00:42:47.900><c> example</c>

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:51.239
and<00:42:48.400><c> said</c><00:42:48.500><c> well</c><00:42:48.739><c> if</c><00:42:49.139><c> there's</c><00:42:49.480><c> a</c><00:42:49.619><c> man</c><00:42:49.800><c> that</c><00:42:49.960><c> is</c><00:42:50.119><c> so</c><00:42:50.360><c> blessed</c><00:42:50.599><c> by</c><00:42:50.940><c> God,</c>

00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:55.579
there's<00:42:51.699><c> a</c><00:42:51.840><c> man</c><00:42:52.000><c> that</c><00:42:52.159><c> knows</c><00:42:52.420><c> so</c><00:42:52.820><c> much,</c><00:42:53.320><c> he's</c><00:42:53.519><c> got</c><00:42:53.659><c> so</c><00:42:53.960><c> much</c><00:42:54.139><c> wisdom,</c><00:42:55.079><c> and</c><00:42:55.199><c> well</c><00:42:55.440><c> he</c>

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:57.559
can<00:42:55.760><c> do</c><00:42:55.920><c> it.</c>

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:01.900
And<00:43:00.280><c> they</c><00:43:00.500><c> followed</c><00:43:00.719><c> his</c><00:43:00.940><c> example.</c>

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:05.699
And<00:43:02.940><c> you</c><00:43:03.079><c> read</c><00:43:03.280><c> through</c><00:43:03.460><c> the</c><00:43:03.599><c> record</c><00:43:03.739><c> of</c><00:43:03.920><c> the</c><00:43:04.079><c> kings,</c><00:43:04.599><c> even</c><00:43:04.880><c> the</c><00:43:05.119><c> best</c><00:43:05.340><c> of</c><00:43:05.539><c> kings,</c>

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:09.239
right<00:43:06.059><c> down</c><00:43:06.260><c> until</c><00:43:06.400><c> Josiah</c><00:43:06.900><c> came</c><00:43:07.119><c> along,</c><00:43:07.659><c> they</c><00:43:07.960><c> still</c><00:43:08.260><c> couldn't</c><00:43:08.480><c> get</c><00:43:08.639><c> out</c><00:43:08.820><c> of</c><00:43:08.900><c> Israel,</c>

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:13.280
those<00:43:09.559><c> high</c><00:43:09.920><c> places</c><00:43:10.400><c> that</c><00:43:11.139><c> Solomon</c><00:43:11.420><c> had</c><00:43:11.639><c> set</c><00:43:11.860><c> up.</c>

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:21.639
Because<00:43:14.900><c> the</c><00:43:15.079><c> people</c><00:43:15.239><c> came</c><00:43:15.539><c> to</c><00:43:15.760><c> say</c><00:43:15.900><c> well</c><00:43:16.300><c> Solomon</c><00:43:16.619><c> did</c><00:43:16.820><c> it.</c>

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:23.940
What<00:43:22.219><c> else</c><00:43:22.360><c> would</c><00:43:22.460><c> you</c><00:43:22.659><c> expect</c><00:43:22.900><c> to</c><00:43:23.139><c> happen</c><00:43:23.260><c> when</c><00:43:23.380><c> the</c><00:43:23.579><c> wisest</c>

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:27.280
man<00:43:24.159><c> ever</c><00:43:25.420><c> ignored</c><00:43:26.300><c> and</c><00:43:26.539><c> broke</c><00:43:26.699><c> God's</c><00:43:27.099><c> laws</c>

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:29.400
then<00:43:27.440><c> that</c><00:43:27.579><c> others</c><00:43:27.719><c> should</c><00:43:27.920><c> follow</c><00:43:28.099><c> his</c><00:43:28.320><c> example.</c>

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:32.500
They<00:43:30.800><c> took</c><00:43:31.000><c> licence</c><00:43:31.420><c> from</c><00:43:31.639><c> Solomon.</c>

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:35.440
We<00:43:33.440><c> will</c><00:43:33.699><c> be</c><00:43:33.940><c> called</c><00:43:34.039><c> to</c><00:43:34.260><c> account</c><00:43:34.519><c> brethren</c><00:43:34.760><c> and</c><00:43:35.019><c> sisters</c><00:43:35.239><c> for</c>

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:37.360
what<00:43:35.659><c> we</c><00:43:35.860><c> do</c><00:43:35.960><c> to</c><00:43:36.119><c> other</c><00:43:36.280><c> people.</c>

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:39.840
These<00:43:37.780><c> words</c><00:43:37.960><c> from</c><00:43:38.099><c> Brother</c><00:43:38.280><c> Roberts</c><00:43:38.599><c> probably</c><00:43:38.880><c> are</c><00:43:39.079><c> well</c><00:43:39.260><c> known</c><00:43:39.440><c> to</c><00:43:39.679><c> you.</c>

00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:43.760
From<00:43:40.019><c> Nazareth</c><00:43:40.300><c> we</c><00:43:40.480><c> visited</c><00:43:41.059><c> page</c><00:43:41.460><c> 404.</c>

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:45.019
Just<00:43:44.099><c> read</c><00:43:44.239><c> the</c><00:43:44.320><c> last</c><00:43:44.599><c> paragraph.</c>

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:47.519
It<00:43:45.139><c> says</c><00:43:45.400><c> we</c><00:43:45.519><c> are</c><00:43:45.659><c> under</c><00:43:45.880><c> obligation</c><00:43:46.380><c> to</c><00:43:46.599><c> consider</c><00:43:46.860><c> the</c><00:43:47.119><c> bearing</c><00:43:47.340><c> of</c>

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:49.340
our<00:43:47.699><c> actions</c><00:43:48.039><c> upon</c><00:43:48.320><c> others.</c>

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:52.400
If<00:43:50.340><c> we</c><00:43:50.500><c> are</c><00:43:50.679><c> indifferent</c><00:43:50.960><c> on</c><00:43:51.199><c> this</c><00:43:51.480><c> head,</c>

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:55.340
we<00:43:52.940><c> may</c><00:43:53.199><c> find</c><00:43:53.440><c> ourselves</c><00:43:53.940><c> unexpectedly</c><00:43:54.619><c> confronted</c><00:43:55.059><c> with</c>

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:57.179
unknown<00:43:55.699><c> responsibilities</c>

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in<00:43:57.880><c> the</c><00:43:58.019><c> day</c><00:43:58.139><c> of</c><00:43:58.380><c> account.</c>

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We<00:44:01.579><c> will</c><00:44:01.719><c> not</c><00:44:01.840><c> only</c><00:44:02.019><c> be</c><00:44:02.280><c> called</c><00:44:02.699><c> to</c><00:44:03.280><c> the</c><00:44:03.440><c> judgment</c><00:44:03.659><c> seat</c><00:44:03.780><c> of</c><00:44:03.940><c> Christ</c>

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to<00:44:04.360><c> give</c><00:44:04.440><c> an</c><00:44:04.599><c> account</c><00:44:04.820><c> of</c><00:44:05.000><c> our</c><00:44:05.219><c> salvation</c><00:44:05.719><c> and</c><00:44:05.880><c> what</c><00:44:06.019><c> we've</c><00:44:06.219><c> done</c><00:44:06.420><c> with</c><00:44:06.599><c> the</c><00:44:06.780><c> garment</c><00:44:06.940><c> of</c><00:44:07.199><c> righteousness.</c>

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We<00:44:08.960><c> will</c><00:44:09.179><c> be</c><00:44:09.400><c> called</c><00:44:09.500><c> to</c><00:44:09.699><c> account</c><00:44:09.940><c> brethren</c><00:44:10.159><c> and</c><00:44:10.480><c> sisters</c><00:44:10.659><c> for</c>

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how<00:44:11.139><c> we've</c><00:44:11.420><c> impacted</c><00:44:11.699><c> upon</c><00:44:11.980><c> other</c><00:44:12.199><c> people.</c>

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And<00:44:15.380><c> the</c><00:44:15.480><c> last</c><00:44:15.659><c> thing</c><00:44:15.780><c> we</c><00:44:15.900><c> learn</c><00:44:16.019><c> from</c><00:44:16.239><c> Solomon</c><00:44:16.559><c> is</c>

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make<00:44:18.980><c> the</c><00:44:19.219><c> changes</c><00:44:19.460><c> in</c><00:44:19.619><c> your</c><00:44:19.840><c> life</c><00:44:20.239><c> today.</c>

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Don't<00:44:21.000><c> say</c><00:44:21.219><c> to</c><00:44:21.320><c> yourself</c><00:44:21.639><c> well</c><00:44:21.820><c> look</c><00:44:22.159><c> in</c><00:44:22.679><c> three</c><00:44:22.860><c> months</c><00:44:23.099><c> time</c>

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when<00:44:23.460><c> I</c><00:44:23.579><c> get</c><00:44:23.679><c> through</c><00:44:23.880><c> this</c><00:44:24.079><c> or</c><00:44:24.239><c> that</c><00:44:24.380><c> little</c><00:44:24.780><c> project</c>

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I've<00:44:25.340><c> got</c><00:44:25.460><c> underway</c><00:44:25.820><c> and</c><00:44:26.039><c> when</c><00:44:26.159><c> I</c><00:44:26.320><c> can</c><00:44:26.739><c> get</c><00:44:26.940><c> out</c><00:44:27.079><c> of</c><00:44:27.219><c> my</c><00:44:27.739><c> life</c>

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some<00:44:28.199><c> of</c><00:44:28.340><c> the</c><00:44:28.500><c> things</c><00:44:28.639><c> that</c><00:44:28.920><c> clutter</c><00:44:29.059><c> it</c><00:44:29.219><c> up</c>

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and<00:44:29.400><c> I'll</c><00:44:29.559><c> just</c><00:44:29.739><c> finish</c><00:44:29.960><c> this</c><00:44:30.219><c> off</c><00:44:30.360><c> and</c><00:44:30.519><c> finish</c><00:44:30.739><c> that</c><00:44:30.960><c> off,</c><00:44:31.420><c> then</c><00:44:31.659><c> I</c>

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will<00:44:32.019><c> give</c><00:44:32.199><c> myself</c><00:44:32.679><c> to</c><00:44:32.840><c> the</c><00:44:33.059><c> truth.</c>

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You<00:44:33.860><c> know</c><00:44:34.059><c> Solomon</c><00:44:34.360><c> was</c><00:44:34.500><c> all</c><00:44:34.719><c> about</c><00:44:35.039><c> doing</c><00:44:35.300><c> it</c><00:44:35.719><c> now.</c>

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He<00:44:37.340><c> made</c><00:44:37.500><c> it</c><00:44:37.659><c> very</c><00:44:37.900><c> clear</c><00:44:38.039><c> to</c><00:44:38.159><c> us</c><00:44:38.340><c> brethren</c><00:44:38.539><c> and</c><00:44:38.800><c> sisters,</c><00:44:39.219><c> particularly</c><00:44:39.639><c> again</c><00:44:39.960><c> for</c>

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those<00:44:40.340><c> who</c><00:44:40.500><c> are</c><00:44:40.659><c> young,</c>

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remember<00:44:41.699><c> now</c><00:44:42.079><c> thy</c><00:44:42.300><c> creator</c><00:44:42.659><c> in</c><00:44:42.840><c> the</c><00:44:43.019><c> days</c><00:44:43.239><c> of</c><00:44:43.559><c> thy</c><00:44:43.760><c> youth.</c>

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But<00:44:44.860><c> the</c><00:44:45.019><c> lesson</c><00:44:45.219><c> is</c><00:44:45.500><c> there,</c><00:44:45.739><c> do</c><00:44:45.980><c> it</c><00:44:46.239><c> now.</c>

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Decide<00:44:47.800><c> now</c><00:44:48.059><c> to</c><00:44:48.219><c> give</c><00:44:48.360><c> yourself</c><00:44:48.699><c> to</c><00:44:48.900><c> God</c><00:44:49.079><c> and</c><00:44:49.239><c> to</c><00:44:49.460><c> cleanse</c><00:44:49.659><c> your</c><00:44:49.940><c> life</c><00:44:50.099><c> from</c><00:44:50.280><c> the</c>

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things<00:44:50.679><c> that</c><00:44:50.920><c> offend,</c>

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the<00:44:51.940><c> things</c><00:44:52.119><c> that</c><00:44:52.340><c> need</c><00:44:52.460><c> to</c><00:44:52.579><c> be</c><00:44:52.800><c> improved.</c>

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We<00:44:56.500><c> believe</c><00:44:56.840><c> that</c><00:44:57.099><c> Solomon</c><00:44:57.380><c> repented</c><00:44:57.820><c> in</c><00:44:57.980><c> his</c><00:44:58.139><c> old</c><00:44:58.380><c> age.</c>

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We<00:45:00.860><c> trust</c><00:45:01.239><c> that</c><00:45:01.460><c> the</c><00:45:01.559><c> book</c><00:45:01.699><c> of</c><00:45:01.880><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:45:02.500><c> represents</c><00:45:03.079><c> the</c>

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final<00:45:04.059><c> state</c><00:45:04.380><c> of</c><00:45:04.659><c> Solomon's</c><00:45:05.159><c> mind</c><00:45:05.400><c> before</c><00:45:05.739><c> he's</c><00:45:06.039><c> God.</c>

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A<00:45:07.460><c> complete</c><00:45:07.880><c> rejection</c><00:45:08.500><c> of</c><00:45:09.360><c> the</c><00:45:09.559><c> vanities</c><00:45:09.960><c> of</c><00:45:10.260><c> this</c><00:45:10.500><c> life.</c>

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A<00:45:13.420><c> self</c><00:45:13.659><c> condemnation</c><00:45:14.659><c> of</c><00:45:15.480><c> those</c><00:45:15.780><c> who</c><00:45:16.019><c> think</c><00:45:16.119><c> they</c><00:45:16.260><c> can</c><00:45:16.480><c> experiment</c><00:45:16.920><c> and</c>

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not<00:45:17.260><c> be</c><00:45:17.480><c> affected.</c>

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And<00:45:20.340><c> I</c><00:45:20.480><c> say</c><00:45:20.579><c> to</c><00:45:20.619><c> you</c><00:45:20.760><c> brethren</c><00:45:20.940><c> and</c><00:45:21.159><c> sisters</c><00:45:21.340><c> we</c><00:45:21.500><c> do</c><00:45:21.800><c> trust</c><00:45:22.079><c> that</c><00:45:22.340><c> Solomon</c><00:45:22.559><c> will</c><00:45:22.780><c> be</c>

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in<00:45:23.039><c> the</c><00:45:23.139><c> kingdom</c><00:45:23.320><c> of</c><00:45:23.579><c> God.</c>

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Otherwise<00:45:24.760><c> we</c><00:45:26.199><c> very</c><00:45:26.619><c> strangely</c><00:45:26.980><c> have</c><00:45:27.219><c> three</c><00:45:27.460><c> books</c><00:45:27.699><c> in</c><00:45:27.880><c> the</c><00:45:28.019><c> Bible.</c>

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Song<00:45:30.039><c> of</c><00:45:30.219><c> Solomon,</c><00:45:30.699><c> Proverbs</c><00:45:31.019><c> and</c><00:45:31.219><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:45:31.980><c> that</c><00:45:33.159><c> are</c><00:45:33.280><c> given</c><00:45:33.380><c> to</c><00:45:33.579><c> us</c><00:45:33.760><c> by</c><00:45:34.019><c> a</c>

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rejected<00:45:34.500><c> sinner.</c>

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Let's<00:45:37.239><c> hope</c><00:45:37.480><c> that</c><00:45:37.619><c> they</c><00:45:37.840><c> represent</c><00:45:38.260><c> the</c><00:45:38.599><c> final</c><00:45:38.820><c> thoughts</c><00:45:39.119><c> and</c>

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Ecclesiastes<00:45:39.980><c> of</c><00:45:40.179><c> a</c><00:45:40.320><c> man</c><00:45:40.860><c> who</c><00:45:41.679><c> very</c><00:45:42.019><c> sadly</c><00:45:42.300><c> learned</c><00:45:42.480><c> his</c><00:45:42.699><c> lesson</c>

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and<00:45:44.760><c> ended</c><00:45:44.920><c> up</c><00:45:45.179><c> desperate</c><00:45:45.579><c> that</c><00:45:45.739><c> others</c><00:45:46.000><c> might</c><00:45:46.400><c> not</c><00:45:46.860><c> follow</c>

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his<00:45:47.380><c> bad</c><00:45:47.579><c> example.</c>

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Let<00:45:48.639><c> us</c><00:45:49.400><c> hear</c><00:45:49.519><c> the</c><00:45:49.719><c> conclusion</c><00:45:50.159><c> of</c><00:45:50.320><c> the</c><00:45:50.440><c> whole</c><00:45:50.619><c> matter</c><00:45:50.860><c> said</c><00:45:51.059><c> Solomon.</c>

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Fear<00:45:51.760><c> God</c><00:45:52.099><c> and</c><00:45:52.300><c> keep</c><00:45:52.460><c> his</c><00:45:52.679><c> commandments</c><00:45:53.219><c> for</c><00:45:54.280><c> this</c><00:45:54.539><c> is</c><00:45:54.760><c> the</c>

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whole<00:45:55.260><c> man.</c>

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This<00:45:56.239><c> is</c><00:45:56.460><c> the</c><00:45:56.599><c> complete</c><00:45:57.019><c> man.</c>

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And<00:45:59.000><c> so</c><00:45:59.139><c> brethren</c><00:45:59.320><c> and</c><00:45:59.559><c> sisters</c><00:46:00.320><c> and</c><00:46:01.260><c> also</c><00:46:01.519><c> to</c><00:46:01.719><c> our</c><00:46:01.880><c> young</c><00:46:02.039><c> people</c><00:46:02.260><c> we</c>

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say<00:46:02.699><c> this.</c>

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Value<00:46:05.119><c> very</c><00:46:05.460><c> greatly</c><00:46:05.760><c> the</c><00:46:06.059><c> heart</c><00:46:06.260><c> that</c><00:46:06.420><c> God</c><00:46:06.599><c> has</c><00:46:06.780><c> given</c><00:46:06.940><c> you,</c>

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the<00:46:07.800><c> conscience</c><00:46:08.280><c> and</c><00:46:08.539><c> the</c><00:46:08.719><c> innocence</c><00:46:08.980><c> that</c><00:46:09.199><c> you</c><00:46:09.460><c> have.</c>

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But<00:46:12.239><c> learn</c><00:46:12.400><c> from</c><00:46:12.639><c> Solomon</c><00:46:12.940><c> this</c><00:46:13.179><c> lesson</c><00:46:13.500><c> that</c><00:46:13.659><c> the</c><00:46:13.880><c> heart</c><00:46:14.380><c> is</c>

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very<00:46:15.820><c> very</c><00:46:16.119><c> easily</c><00:46:16.440><c> affected</c>

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by<00:46:17.099><c> the</c><00:46:17.300><c> things</c><00:46:17.460><c> that</c><00:46:17.619><c> we</c><00:46:17.800><c> subject</c><00:46:18.099><c> ourselves</c><00:46:18.599><c> to.</c>

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Never<00:46:19.860><c> think,</c><00:46:20.619><c> never</c><00:46:20.960><c> trust</c><00:46:21.280><c> your</c><00:46:21.639><c> heart</c><00:46:21.840><c> to</c><00:46:22.019><c> be</c><00:46:22.159><c> able</c><00:46:22.280><c> to</c>

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cope<00:46:22.679><c> with</c><00:46:22.900><c> temptation.</c>

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Keep<00:46:25.420><c> thy</c><00:46:25.659><c> heart</c><00:46:25.880><c> with</c><00:46:26.059><c> all</c><00:46:26.219><c> diligence</c><00:46:26.599><c> for</c><00:46:26.860><c> out</c><00:46:26.980><c> of</c><00:46:27.119><c> it</c><00:46:27.699><c> are</c>

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the<00:46:28.380><c> issues</c><00:46:28.619><c> of</c><00:46:28.860><c> life.</c>

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Amen.